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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-19
Dailv Kennebec Journal,

I..uea every morning, except Sundays. It contains
ba is.c., news by telegraph and mail, gives reports
.nuarket. and has carefully prepared political and
".,l articles, and generous amount OF farming,
,o,oe and nscc .lancous reading with a fuh cOmpila-
,ion of state news.
'' Trn,s. 81 PEI, asaam in adrnnce, - il payment
IA t made within the year. single copies cents, TO
re md A, the bookstores and at this ONCE.
.dy.rti.em.ns inserted ON reasonable terms. Rates
,o.s he Ind On application at this Office.
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Noetital.
THE GOLDEN SILENCE.


What though sing no other sones
What though ! sprak no other wortis
Is silence shsmef IL patience wrongs
A. least one song II mine WAS heard;
one echo frem the mountain air.
One ocean mnrmar, glad and fr~c
one sign that nothing grand or fair
In ali this world WAS lost to me.
will not wake the sleeping lyre;
I will not strain the chords cf thought,
The sweetest fruit of all desire
Comes its own way, and comes unsought.
Though all the haris of earth were dead.
And all their music passed away.
What nature wishes should be said
She'll hnd the rightfai vo!ce to say,
Her heart is In the shimmering leaf,
The drifting cloud, the lonely sky.
Aud all We know Of bliss or grief
She speaks, In forms that cannot die,
The mountain peaks that shine afar,
The silent stars, the pathless sea. -
Are living signs Of ali We are,
And types of all we hope to be.
--Baidria's Mosfhls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-19
Weakly Kennebec Journal,

publis,cd every Wedne sday morning, the largest
s; nlu.r in the st.te containing news, political ar
,iIe, agricultural and scientific matter, tales, poetry,
sn.ciotrs hou .choid matter markets, &C., &c.
Terms ~ per dnnam in airaace.
T,an.cut Advertisements, 500 per Inch for first
vk 80 cents per week for each subsequent insertion.
SPECIAL Notices, $3.50 per inch for first week; so
coat. uer week for each subsequent week.
Kn.Ines. Notices, in reading columns, 20 cents per
line for first insertion; 10 cents per line for each SUBJ
se,,lent insertion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-19

Committee on Commerce.
The Committee on Commerce will meet in Room
No. IL, Wednesdays, at 2i O'Clock Z. NJ.
HIRAM u. COOMBS, fh.,.,,.c
GUY &. GOSS,
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Committee on Cioias.
The Committee on Claims have changed their time
and place Of meeting. They will meet In room No
IL Tuesday Of each week at o'clock r. NJ.
GEO. r. FERNALD, cr.,
WILLIAM FENNELLY, S"e"'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-19

Commiitee on Ways and Bridges.
The joint Standing Committee Ways and
Bridges will meet "Wednesday and Friday Of each
week. In Room No. q. at go T. NJ.
GEORGE PARCHER, ch,,rm.,
GEORGE PARCHER, '"'"'
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STILL ANOTHER
Important Discovery
Nature Again Dascloscs Her Sc
creas for the Benefit Of
Mankind.
How The Suffering May Find Relief.
GOOD CHEER 10 ALL AFFLICTED.
Cures Effected by the
H A W A TIA n
cATARRn REMEDY.
Il DisaOree0Lle Disease AcOided
and Cured by its use.

The receipt for making this WONDERFUL REMEDY
was obtained by James }. Peavey. while living in
Honolulu Haw allan Island where he resided for more
than twelve years.
Mr.. Peavey, at that time suffering from catarrh
and with many doubts as to the curative properties
of this remedy. he compounded small quantity, and
began to directed. To his surprise and joy he
found relief after the first trial. and in short time
he entirely cured.
Mr.. Peavey afterwards put this remedy up in small
quantities and sold and gave il away to his friends
but not until recently has he consented to have it
prepared and thoroughly introduced to the world
II Is sure relief and for Catarrh in its worst
forms.
One trial of the remedy is its best testimonial
relief is within the reach Of all who are willing
to give it q single trial.
II is harmless, convenient TO take a, any time, and
its good effects be felt soon as the rem
etly is applied.
This is entirely different from any other snuff on
the market, as every particle is dissolved
It comes in contact with the delicate menbranous
cOatings that line the nasal passages, acting it
does directly upon the Inucus membrane.
DO not delay another day. but send b cents and
obtain u sample box by return mail.
SS-For safe by all Druggists.
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Committee OH Railroads.
The Committee Railroads, will meet in room
No. 9, Thursday of every week At 20 O'Clock +. NJ.
AUSTIN HARRIS. ! c..,.
MARK +. WENTWORTH, ~"" '
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The Co@asiffe. oa the Judiciary.
The Committee on the judiciary viii be ia session in
the Senate Chamber, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays unit! further noticr, at sl +. NJ.
ALpkN BRADFORD, / Cb.irn.r
ElGENE HALE, >""
A.G. BEApsrREEr, Secy.
Augusta Feb. 4, l>>o
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and guarantee satisfaction in every respect Large
stock of drain pipe always on hand. Plumbing jobs
of all kinds done AT the LOWEST POSSIBLE
PRICES and pronptly attended 10. dec3!n
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Committee on agriculture.
The Committee on Agriculture, will meet in tn,
Senate Chamber, Mondays Mt "a O'Clock T.. NJ.
4. ID. LAMSON, c,,
II. :. STEWARD, I N""i"S"'
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Committee on Legal Affairs.
The Committee Legal Affairs will meet in tn
senate Chamber, on "Wednesday and Thursday Of eacl
week, ut 80 o'clock =. NJ.
J. DINGLEY, JR r.,
BYRON u. VERRlLL, "
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Comm; ;ftee of Education.

Comaiffee Of Education.
The Committee of Education, will meet In the
senate Chamber, Tuesdays and Thursdays at "a
O'Clock.
ANDREW 4; G. SMITH, Cba,rmen.
GEO. :. HILL, '
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Commitfee oa Insane Hospital.
The Committee on Insane Hospital will meet =,
committee No. l., on "Wednesday ofeach week,
NJ =, O'Clock 4. NJ.
}. W. DEARBORN. Chairm,u.
J. X. EATON, W.
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Commiffee on Temperance.
The Committee on Temperance and the Prohibtory
Laws will meet in the Senate Chamber, Wet.nes-
days at q O'Clock +. NJ.
Ep. LnAMs3N. chairmen.
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Com misfee on Passions.

The Committee on Pensions will meet "Wednesday
D: each week. in room No. 20, a: a.3e 4. NJ.
JOHN W. ATWELi, .a,
JAMES NJ. ROBINSON. / >"""'"e
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Gbe 1ie' nebee yournal.

p,llished at AuGCsTA, MAINE, Water Street foot
fCourt BY SrEAGUE & son.
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ommifiee ON kishel1eS.

CommiHee on Fisheries.
The Committee on Fisheries will meet In the Hall
of Representatives Wednesday of each * at 2
o clock +. NJ, until otherwise ordered.
DAVID DURAN, Ch,;rr.,
t.GILMAN,
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Committee on Banks and BANKING.
The joint Standing Committee on Banks and
Banking will meet at the Senate Chamber on Wed
nesday of each week, at - o'clockP. NJ.
j. .DlNGLEY. JR., C,.;.
S- &. HATCH, N""'"'
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Committee on State Lands and State Roads.
The Com mittec on State Lands and State Roads
will meet the Office of the Superintendent Of Com
mon Schools, Thursday afternoon of each week at
80 o'clock.
A. X. q. SMITH, .,,
John Il. FAHREII.l
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Comniffec on T0rps.
The Committee Towns will meet in the Senate
Chamber on Wednesdays AZ % +. NJ.
HENRY G.. BREWER, ! .,.,.,
CYRUS NJ. POWERS, ! '""''"''"'
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Committee on Mauyfaefures
The Committee Manufactures will meet every
Tuesday at 2a O'Clock, =. ~
&C. CORNISH Cb.rmen.
J.P. WYMAN,
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Committee on Indian .4fairs.
The Committee on Indian Affairs will meet In room
No. 10, under the Senate Chamber, on "Wednesday o
each week ST u o'clock, =. VI.
LEVI B. EATEN, Chairmcn.
CHAS. A. ROLFE, \
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NOTICE.

vyHIS is to forbid all persons from trusting har
i boring my wife, ELLEN Y. BRAxy, as I shall
pay NO debts Of her contracting after this date.
WILLARD b. BRAyN.
Aagusta, Feb. 4, 1850 febs33ws
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Committee on Mercantile Afairs and In
:HJdace.
The Joint Standing Committee on Mercantile AZ
fairs and Insurance will NEE. every Thursday after
noon. at u O'Clock. in Room No. Il.
NAHUM I. HILL, ! .,,.;.,u,
TOBIAS LORD, JR.
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Committee on Interior Waters.
The Committee Interior Waters, will meet in
Room No, g, on Tuesday Of each week at IN
O'Clock J.. VI.
GEO. u. wAkEFIELD, chairmen.
GEO. H. ROBBINS,
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Heating BY 4. Water and Steam !

We heat our store by hot water. and would he
pleased to have all call and see it in operation. We
have in our employ first class,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-03-20

of scientific research. But such persons
are, and always must be, very small
minority. The tendency of things is to
lavish expenditure and to luxurious liv-
ing. l am not now arguing as to which
of the two systems is the better. One
great moralist of the last century has
said in celebrated passage that "what-
ever makes the past, the distant, or the
future predominant over the presest
advances us in the dignity of think
ing beings" But many political philoso-
pliers do not accept this doctrine, and are
jealous of the wealth Or of the distinc-
lions which may be gained by individuals
in one generation surviving in another.
Whether this Jealousy be good or bad, ii
is certain that laws OF customs which
are inspired by it end to the quicker dis
sipation rather than to the more equal
distribution of wealth. New York has
all the appearance of being one of the
most luxurious cities in the world, while
the discomfort of the working classes is
often propitiated, if l may believe the
general representations of my American
friends, by tolerating heavy taxation
which these classes impose, but to which
they do not contribute, and by an expen-
diture Of the funds SO raised in man
ner which is generally extravagant and
very often corrupt.-Duke Of Argyll.
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VENTILATION.

A gentleman while attending church
one evening found that his feet were icy
cold, SO that he had to raise them of The
floor. Calling the attention of the SEX
ton to the fact, the latter said with some
perplexity: Yes, we have a good many
complaints of cold feet from others: but
don't understand the reason why we can't
keep the church warm; we surely have
fires enough
So saying he pointed to 4 register III
the floor directly behind the gentleman.
in the adjoining pew. Looking around,
| the latter could see that there was Il hot
fire in the furnace beneath, and yet 10
heat came up. When 4 handkerchief
was laid over the register it scarcely stir
red. The visitor asked the sexton:
Have you any means of ventilation:'
"No, sir"
Are there no windows open?'
None whatever
How, then, do you expect the air to
come in here if it can't get out some
whcre?'
There was no responsible man was
nonplussed.
Did you ever try to blow into 4 bot
tie ?" continued the inquirer.
mo, SIR
"Do you think, if you did attempt
it, that you could force any more air
into bottle by blowing than was in ii
before" He couldn't say. Never had
thought of it.
We'll" continued the gentleman.
"you would soon find if you tried that it
was impossible, and neither can you force
air into this church through :: register. if
you don't open window or some other
orifice.''
But" the sexton demurred, "open-
ing window would let in the cold air,
wouldn't ito"
"You just try it, was the response.
''Raise some of the windows to the lee
ward side of the church. and sec what
will happen
1t was done. and instantly the handker
chief lying on the register rose halfway
to the ceiling with the force of the as
cending current. The sexton stood and
stared in establishment.
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ADVICE TO A WHISTLER.

Sometimes, my son, You will want to
whistle. Do not entirely repress this de-
sire to asperate your feelings III sibilant
strains of wheezy music: merely mudu-
late and regulate it. Go off into the woods
five or six miles from any habitation. if
the desire comes upon YOU during bust
ness hours, and whistle there until the
birds make You ashamed of your poor ac-
compliShmcnt. Do not Weld to the temp
tarion too readily, lest you become add;c-
ted to the habit and become Il slave to it.
and go whistlin. around even as man
who has lost a dog. There are men. my
son, who can whistle unsteady: once in a
while you find men whose whistle is
pleasant to the ear and soothing to the
soul, but you only find one of these men
every three or four thousand wears. and
they die young, sir: they die very young.
\ ou will observe that the best whistler is
he who whistles least and practices in
solitude. The poor whistler who flats
on the high notes and gasps on the low
ones, and wheezes in the middle register.
is the man who whistles at all times and
i'll all places. Whistle all you will in sol
itary places son, if it pleases you whistle
in the hi sht as you go home if you will.
fora cherry whistle In the dark is pleas
ant sound unto the listening soul of the
hn1atai h,,+
into the assemblage and the business
haunts of men. .unpucker your musical
lips and shut up your whistle in your
heart. And if ever the temptation comes
to you to whistle against the edge of
card, crush it out. if the effort will kill
you. Whistling is not 4 lofty nor yet a
useful, although it is u universal accom-
plishment. Though you practice Il hun
dred years, and though you whistle never
5" wlliStlcy, my son, yet the commonest
switch engine that ever scared human
being deaf, can beat sou ut it. The great
and good were never great whistlers son.
George Washington never sat in friends
Office, with his feet on the winuow-sill.
whiStling My Grand-fathers c!Gph "
against the edge of a card. Strive to
emulate George Washington, and al
though you may never be first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of
countrymen, Yet fame will not forget You
ii they can write upon your tombstone
that YOU ntver wi,istled your contrymen
into commissions of Incorporate but fruit
less profanity.
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VALLEY FORGE.

Valley Forge is manufacturing place
and there is a constant hum of machiner
from the paper, flour, and woollen mil
The neat little houses of the factory hands
handsome residence of the mill-ownes
towers caStle-like above them. Past a
these dwellings, at the end of the street
stands the old-tashioned stone edifice ha2.
lowed by Washington's preseuer.
1t is a plain. sc.ne what contracted-lonk-
Ing house, this Valley Forge shrine aft,l
the usual type Of ancient Pennsylvania
homesteads, with queer roof over the
door. without either posts aS pillars, shap-
ed like the sounding boards in the OLD
time churches. The small PANIED windows
are long, and end in low, deep window
they are not cushioned. or ma.;e the mos
iii any way. The entrance door opens i'll
halves, aad TWO broad fiat stones lead to
it.
Nothing has been changed in the Ole
house since Washington left it. with the
exception of paper and paint; but il
strikes the visitor as decidedly bareback
ing, and by no means attractive as
place of residence. .rhe admission fee OF
ten cents is appropriated by the Centen-
NAL Committee for the furnishing fund,
their intention being to furnish the ha X
room on the ground floor, knoWA as Wash
ington,s private Office, With articles gait
cred here aa;i there Of the date of Wash
ingtop's residence, aud As near MS posi-
hle fac smile Of those in use at the
period, the original furniture having slip
ped away down the back stairs of time
without leaving trace behind.
AS yet, however, nothing has been ac-
complished, and very li,slS ut' interest is
to be seen ia the way of relics. The back
poom Is the chief point of interest; and
in one of the deep window seats is box,
the lid of which is labelled Washing
tons private papers, III" this recepta-
Gle having probably been made to avoid
surprises.
We are also allewl, d Revolutionary
ce,3,I,,,s mali, the old anvil used in shoeing
the horses of Washington and his troops,
and an ancient replace with backs and
iambs.' The iron back of another fire
place is unexpectedly displayed oHi1idc
of an entrance door Whifi, aeens into a
narrow Message. 1i.is back, of German
,.a.niacture. is quite a work of art, and
evidently intended rs a representation of
the miracle in Cana of Galilee. the aUee,
figures and water lars heiAg supplement
ed by 4 (!ernian inselsp,snn in which the
Words "Wasser" and ''Wein" are quite
distinct also the reference to John. ii. /
II.
The most noticeable article of furni,
ture in the room is an "old clock IN the
stairs, which seems its legitimate place.
1t was not used Iowevcr. BY Washington
having been imported from England by
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Mrs. Fitch's Diamond Necklaces.

News OF the present whereabouts Of
the magnificent diamond necklace which
was presented by the khedive of Egypt
to Mrs. Fitch, daughter of General Sher-
man, seems to have been obtained from a
diamond merchant by the Cincinnati En-
gurs!. Il will be remembered that this
necklace was deemed worth 5000. 900. and
Congress RENTED the duties. $50. 600. for
the nonpayment of which it was long de-
tanned in the New York custom-housc.
After this" says the informant. the
necklace was sent to Warrington and,
with Gen. Sk,et4taE's sword deposited in
the Initeu States Trea@,Wy fur safe keep
ing.
Upon further inquiry, Lieut.. Fitch as
certained that the yearly taxes on the
diamonds in st. Louis county, where he
then resided. would be much mnia than
his salary, and he apee n,"rt tnund them
an elephant nn hiS hands, His father
in laW, ten. Sherman, took pity on the
boy and returned the necklace, with
thanks to the donor in Egypt. Upon re-
ceiving them the Khedive wrote to the
General saying that it was not his dc sire
that the diamonds should be %@i,ep 30 aay
one memh!.eer sc his family. ANA. having
, ies:ntH ihas Ec had four daughters. it
! was his wish then that the diamonds
should be mounted in sets and equally
divided between them.
These daughters are Mrs. Flick 3...-
Minnie Sherman, Fla s"s.'"an. Lizzie
Si,erlu,,. ana Rachel Sherman. The
necklace was then returned to the Sher-
man family. and mounted in four mag
niiiccnt pendants, foHr pairs e St,ai,la'
solitaire farrina& ,L'. e;gn, .inas, These
io,,r iati:c. att now the happy possesSors
Of four complete suits of diamonds. the
value of each suit being at least s15 600
This makes each of them rich in her own
right through the generosity of E.1!pt's
late ruler"
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to encourage the individual development
of each child 10 kindle intelligent III
terest i'll all is impossible, but in every
class there are some who begin quite
early to show decided tastes in certain
directions. To foster and to develop
such growth should he the highest aim
of the common schools. 1t would be,
doubtless, impossible to give individual
instruction IL each pupil in the school it
self, but unlimited resources are at hand.
The public libraries are, for practical
purposes. perfect, and they are open to
all. Under 4 .iudicious system. the read
ing supplied to the schools might be
made 4 sort Of index or introduction to
the public libraries. 1t would be easy
and by no means costly to have a course
Of reading. beginning with these little
primary books and extending to the high
schools. which would in five or six years
give the children 4 fair idea of English
literature, stimulate their interest, and
at the same time put them in the way of
following out any subject for which they
had taste. Teachers. on their side,
should not stop 1T the books placed in
their hands. 1t should be their greatest
pleasure, rs it certainly is their highest
privilege. to point out to their children
the books to read at home. and thus to
give that invaluable lesson which is now
so seldom learned, how to 90 alone
Nothing can be done. however. so long
as schools remain the victims of routine.
Immense buildings, costly apparatus,
multitudeS of studies forms, parade. and
show. do not make good schools or good
scholars. That school is good in which
the work is done intelligentIy and with
interest. That school is bad in which
the work is superficial, uninteligent. or
dull.
That modern ideas should be bitterly
resisted by many teachers trained under
Old ideas Is natural. They worship the
text book as resource in time of trou-
bic, and do not knew what to do if they
are called on to rely upon themselves.
Yet no text book, however good, can
give what must be given to make teach
ing effective. Instruction depends. for
all its vitality and for all its vigor on
the life and power which the teacher can
put in his talk. Without that the best
of books must be dull t. school children.
the most carefully digested course must
become mere humdrum routine There
is no public question of more interest
and of more Importance. The schools
do not do the work they might: they do
not fill the place they should. The ex-
pense at which they are carried on is
crushing. More will not be given until
more is demanded by the public, and to
arouse public interest and call public at
tention to the school question as it now
stands is the best service that can be per
formed for popular education.
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WHOLE No. 1915

the grandfather of the present venerable
occupant in 1884
The old Potts mansion has been pur-
chased by the Centennial and Memorial
Association, and in the deed of trust the
ground belonging to it is carefully esti-
mated ut two acres and eight perches.
The long low stone barn that stretches
across large portion of one side is rough
and plain-the same in appearance as
when Washington stabbed his horses
there. Art has done little for the imme-
diate surroundings, except to introduce
the impertinent whiz of the factory op-
posite.
A portion of the old intrenchments.
which are some little distance off. still
remains, and in the woods near BY We're
the miserable barracks where the CONT
mental army nearly froze and starved dur
ing the hard winter of 7-'7S-Har-
per's Mdgaztns.