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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-22

Tie mNs:er n.s lirr bt-,rou wut.r and
spria. - ,fos'' io 'hr Gold and siv.t AM
p f'tDg 500 mat o"uo again, bus 10
hunger have ll.s A"H lh~'us claim TO he
cath Each = 10. H". h.r nsG 2 1his
ard in THE uh i ,llsrr'ss o. hrr own domain
ilgtd aut 1iuklr.s trN, also been striving
for ro,-rsslrA ant tHe un aIt n'sntt htt ar
nearn '4upl hstr JIT pa. d by
IN re- IL. ~. htr II mo.t that some
how h.l-ps wuh A.p'. ult push few external
Signs A." W- i' To-, lf its have dAnii'd
TO lIile t'f sup. y Iw a Il tAcn Ap-
p'nr paIen 81 sc.n grass ~h"rr the
snow ia. u"i''i h'at, lut these have
been pres'tstl "S trc Hlfmfh ct heir
covering, iasr walk through III" open
fields. an '"u mN return npHe wlih tie
conviction thu nIs wintrr y"t. Nryvr'he
lrss the kalc losrnte - tur ng Not slow
ly even, tut an rush. a7 II 'hrte were
hardly 'iHe for another revolution. Brook
AMI streams ara fall 90 eNtrhpNl and
hurry aiong a- IT thefr w"t" nut 4 m,unt- -
vast. Veg 'ahie htt ~ The depths NJ yOH
darkest cellar has heard th' cAil. Awake
as'ke, - the voice 'lt'S suli early, but
the hour for lris'pg has come
March is clustering an apparently accom-
pishr. hnt NIUE Inc "Elug - "itTn quot''
that ''f March c'u"s IN IKE hon II goes
out Iike lamo' sud vac" '"r'a- Tins ~
one OF the ignorant twists t9st tin" ma
given To AT innocent r'unrk Nonr OF our
carry toretaihrr@. noting IL f'qurW tiuetnt-
tons between winter ana sp' nS' tts habit OF
heihs null AMI h'rce, ana mat this month
was very apt to come ~ Ike lion AMI 20
Out IKE hmb is was also sail mat =
bnshel of March dust was worth u king
ransom. There would seem To b. no reason
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You see, Sir, I'm teastty young yet"
Probably never i'll his years of service
had Col. Barnes ever had made to him
or heard given by any one else such an
excuse for an indiscreton at the table; in
fact it was so new that he did not in the
least know what TO say. And while he
was still staring at Tommy, speechless
with surprise. must confess that Beauti
full Jim, whose sense OF humor was not
small, went off into smothered egonies of
laughter such as at last babe fair to choke
him And the more he tried to disguise it
by the help OF a big pocket handkerchief
and a make believe cough the more and
more infectious il became until at last
Col Barnes got up from his chair in dig
nifty that was exceedingly shaky.
Well. Earlc. he said, in voice as
shaky as his dignity. II am very glad to
see that You have sense to know and to
honestly own when you've been in fault
II you keep up that spirit, my boy, there
will be no fear of your not doing well In
the Bankshire regiment We will say
10 more about il. Beresf Hook
-iu'-probably the chief had meant to
say again, but before he had finished
speaking his laughter had got beyond his
control and his only way Of hiding from
the offender that he was laughing himself
or that he had taken notice of the agonies
that Beautiful jim was suffering, was by
edging OF toward the door, and getting
himself out of the room without the &c.
lay of a moment. As matter Of fact. Ec
simply could not have uttered the last
word without going off into roars Of
laughter, even TO have saved his life.
And Col Barnes had n very proper idea OF
the dignity Of his rank and position. and
the due eject Of both upon his junior
officers
Beautiful jim. relieved from the neccs.
sity Of lidfa- lis laughter, simply laid
back in his chair and laughed weakly un.
ri the tears ,> / in his eyes. and his
sides achcd so that he could scarcely
breathe
! can soc what you find to laugh at"
said Tommy blandly
Tommy Tommy yoh1l be the death
of ne. Jim gasped
Cant see why As for the colonel
Tommy remarked Il believe he's gone
off to have fit of apoplexy."
II shouldn't at all wonder" declared
the other in feeble voice Il know II
he'd stayed five minutes longer in thi,
room should have had one for certain
You see, sir. I'm beastls young and my
head gets knocked over in next to no
time Tommy, can't you see the Joke Of
IT."
No, | can't, said Tommy, tartly
"foa told me- to patch it up II | could
and have patched it up. and even now
yon aren't satisfied don't know what
you want nor what you would be atl'
Then can't enli.hten you. my son."
Jim declared, and as | live, am due at
the office Ia IA old chap. See you later
in the day dare say, and Beautiful Jim
jammed his cap upon his head and rushed
oil buching On his sword as he went
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able haven Of the back sezt-"had . dew
ilish good time. Urvuha-t's blazing
good fellow; only wish I'd go1e into Lis
regiment -
But then the speech was cut short BY
the cabrlan starting OF his old horse, and
Is matter OF course pitching Tommy vio-
lently backward Beautiful Jim wheeled
round with disguised exclamation, and
found himself face TO face with Col
Urquhart and Marcus Oxford, who had
said good night and were going 10 walk
home together.
Good night. Beresfcrd. said UrquharJ-
Il suppose ought 10 feel immensely tiat-
tered. but must say / m very glad you
are going 20 have the licking Of that
young gentleman into shape instead Of
any Of Us
THAT young cub. you r-ean. colonel?''
broke out Beautiful jim, who ked but
little patience with shortcomings Of that
kind. and YVES thinking. tco. what sts
would say
Col CrqGhart, however. only l4ughed,
and with mother -'good night. passed on.
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IDEAS Eos naEss.

Had painted dresses are novelties In
Paris.
Jane Hading wears white gloves with
her riding haiti
Steel is the very effective and popular
metal used for trimming.
Lyons silks for evening and reception
dresse~ are in Oriental desisns-
Accordion plating Is DECIDEDLY the
fashion lor ting fronts Of dress.ss-
The Little Empire "a the name given
to q new dress Of French desisl.
The genuine mutton lex sleeve is one
Of the features Of new spring gowns
Some Of the new silks for summer are
in the most gorgeous tartan patterns
Tho silk mufIier Of the season is white.
with figures worked ii lightly IN black.
The empire and directoiFe gowns have
taken lease Of Dame Fashion for the
summer.
Gerauium il now the Fashionable color
for men ties. Dress tiea are wider than
formerly
Pink and black is i combination q
color t.,at will be fashionable for sum
mcr toilets.
Sers,-,. caslrneres and camcl'a hair are
the wOJlen gtufis which will be used for
spring dresses.
Besid,o cptton fabrics, washing fan
nels and silks are extensively used for
suiaufr dresses.
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An Af,er Dinncr ohscrratinn.

Mrs. Jelleby 90 Johnnyl-Johnny, my
child. YOU have been in the parlor since
dinner. What il our minister. dear ".
LongpsaIm, LsinS about now;
Johung-thout the age attained BY
the autediluN ian animals. mother.
Mrs. J.-baar. good SOUL He revel5
in the scientific.
johnny so does Deacon Timber
shanls. from the way he nodded ~
prevail while our minister talked I
heard Brother Lon psalm say that up
TIL to-day TO thought the antelilIvian
creatures persisted thousands Of years
ago, hut that the chicken YOU hid for
dinner hal thoroughly Convinced him to
the contrary,
Mrs. J.-And Brother Understands?
Johnny-Oh, he merely said: Me
too" brakes Magazine.
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Philadelphia Dame to little son tax
ing a bath)--Did you Use plenty Of soup.
rs told you:
Little Son-Ies. ma'am.
And then did You take plenty Of
water and wash the soap on
IVES, ma'Ggn."
We'll, now take this tasin OF filtered
water and wash the water OF. "-Phila-
delphil Record
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With such proof rs the following letter
from ". II Dean. of No asS seventh street
New York, il is rot necessary 10 make the
bare assertion that Allcvcks Porous Piasters
cure lumhaeo. Mr.. Dean says:
"Some ten days ago was taken with a
very violent pam in the small of my back
Ii wac so severe that cculd hardly breathe :;
every movement caused great agony |
finally found out it was lambago. Being en-
tirely helpless, FREUD sent 10 a drugeis,
and got two Alcocs's Porous Plasters these
were wei warmed aud applied TO nv back
Que above the othpt In half an hour, to
my great delight aul surprise. | (, uud the
pain began to abate. Ia Two hours I was
able 10 walk ont sod attend 10 my business
the pain heips almost zone Next day
was all right, but continued wesriag the
plastefs for a week" I,ar22 lii
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CUAPTTB. \.

g4'.-~ IL
taLaljt ~ ,ii1--'r,...rir,,, at half mast 10
-.
-rba-.,f,-e ,,.to,, To-,r7v bad nY1lod
tir,reif together maid tho cabrlai, and
et-rjebroned his Somewhat u,lr.anasoe-
iii, ,o,sI,, and his decidedly refractory
~rr,s,,d laers which eo-,if Lov. wouldn't
k.cn j., tha.r prnuer rlaees. he rave a
mil AZ The bell
The door was orer,ed. no. bv the staid
a,d rcenee,ablo family butler bv a voanr
e. mai, v.ho knew that the yonn.. .eu,
tlenau had Leen GiEi1r 1t the infantry
Rarraces and was nerhans sympathetic,
knowing what singular effects night air
so,petir,7es mas mon a person who has
como ont Of a hot and noisy room
Anv vav be shut the door and iulrne-
d,atafv Tt,hted n candle with n remark
Thai ;.tbe family have retire for the
ri,,b, ~ ali mn tho dean whn exDect
eyerv rlir,,te
M tbis vas enop,,b IN send Tommy
~ n bi1 room az fatf as HI, unsteady
Ia-r. co,,Id cli,,h tho stsirs for altbouob
he b,d fol, rcrfectIv eor,l 70 c...,fiinp one
Of Tho kepnas, wired mon in n. 4ervice.
in Tho person Of Col Trouhart he did
not feel equal after a twenty minutes
ride in a ioltinr snrjngless cab over the
viIlainouc1v onaint cobble stones which
salaino gu. fua'H' 80 'eorva ,n nai
pa1Gu we % II ',i
ing I'm 'Ge' a. II Ne -, 20 '''l m.
700 nilei' miner al a. H. lie.i nc 81
Iied IA .l'e L'a'Isliiie mt NC Il,.,u
nav sum- n'iiS li"1 tei nal's ~ ~
niS iLNlis 10 say 10 .He Ptes.I I;. 81 ~. ~
nlSe eo'-ii'i' e'e aoous '.o qnali' W. ny
"'He5' " ei.o1 n,4 1ne 'ei s. Nv
tne ueai. y. ptA'iA'ia'ipt on, ~ w. .'e' ha,
naa uiofe nun a., .'o'oi Ina, 'naS In 't
sen'ieilan "ouiu zen nlli' III Gi1H'' ou'
sPoAeh "orGS 'n"' ne y" as ufuNA' ~
Not uhat he WAS ortiih, miiiu YOU u5
pu4ied up snort on the hfst iahdihS, ana
glared at himself IN Dig square OF ieoH'
ing giass winch was SCI against the wal;
as II ms o'her ser IN inc grass hau
charged MN WIN peihg druhh' ana ne
meant to knock MN down Tor the insult!
90 there i"r minute ne ana ms releclioh
stood WIN one white lace staring at
aho'hef' with mar ruinpied Oh emo IKE
suiPAnf crested cocAai 90 ana Win eaiidle-
SUCK he!q WIN el5Baiit i'e9i'5ehee on one
sac SO tA"' inc nov wax ran Gown III
stream upon Inc hahasohe administer
carpet oeneath
"a pad VINE that' ne mu'tefea.
oe1ie'e II sot INTO NY heau' or upset
my digestion, or something; ana men ne
neafH 'iuleh, urn fi, iool sep on ane nag
oi tne potIico; loIlo"eu oy 'he rattle Vi
'1e fes " INC COR =, ,,-, II
v" w. io ""S Ivy ~ az vi .,iiH iie
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Continued from yesterday
BEAUTIFUL Jim.
By JOHN STRANGE WINTER.
CHAPTER TX
a FIRST FLIGHT.


knew much about l.
Poly Alt-obus. for Instance. in arlte Of
hcr brave attire and tie lavish gifts Of
lir Ianf1ria. whica had made her out
a-d ont 20 best Gre 20 swiss peasant in
ali TIC slow, I'D suffered very martyr
coa Of pain-but after all roeody was
9ny the Uisc-. al1d cl-y one or two people
sutr TED :. hat Polly never spoke Of to
living eo-A
And l1li Charterhouse. whom Mrs An
frobus Lzd cDce cuIo2I2ed as being 50
freak and 09ea. 10 lin also that Swiss
/ air and alas. Of Flowers was on ordeal.
pcg.od If agcn eEcaisfe anguish that on
the second dag, when ~ lady spoke Of
rligg asg,n. he ior--. cEt. IL sheer SELF
defense. thar lis l,.s WIS b-'l again. and
he would rather keep quietly at home
So L-dy tharteE-Ol.e not UnTlI1r5iy.
vent CT L. herself and bad N ulic"-l.
monty roo4 tilae. much better than if
Mr.. y ll-s' WHO MAS. she made no
secret Of aasiaE. dear old boy, but as
a.Oa C. u top, had been wiia her But
uhea she came home AID euliyened nm
with iEll description Of everything and
a Lo~ Tat beautiful fair haired girl v it'll
the fat fassy uotber, and the lovely silver
crnameHts, i-2I looked more beautiful
that day than she had done On the Day
before Lord CAartcraoasa found Elmsc!f
wishing that lie bad gone too and made
80 La EiLd hat lie would 60 On tile nor
5o's. Al4 lCra caoa-h On the morrow he
Cd "a. c-d finding Lis way TO Tie stan at
hieA Folly w25 hoping. stayed there,
Las GG-.e leg giving Liza an excuse for
c.air, AID tie chair giving him al excuse
for remaining where he would Je out oil
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Aailroaos d STEAMBOATS,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Arrangement Of Trains u. Effect
Dec. 81, 1888,
Until further notice trains leave A,so..
lnvv ''-Ne augusta Is ful

lows sa''A rs 'oi
GOING WESI-6.2o A. NJ for Ievi.,o, psl
land, Portland and Boston; s.sS A NJ far u.j
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ior Brnrswics, Bath. Portland aud Boston bNP
~. Tor hhllovsN and Gardiner: lO.b5 p NJ IaIyh,
ruhman' tor Lewiston, Portland and Boston And
for Bath Saturdays only ."'
GOING EAST 2,25 A. NJ mich, .xpr..., IN,
Skowh.gsn, Bangor, har Harbnr N stephen
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Ihe Night Pullman Trains run each WAY ,v,rv
hakhi. sundays included but no. 10 skoybesan a
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yoli' hhnyH", on Nrrfgy lusrrjag,.
ACCOMMODATES TRAIN leave. ,,.rd,n,, IN,
Augusta Al 10 4 Nj, 10 ant 500 y ~: UalIov,n
at s.oz A. N, rs nnd s.agP NJ
FREIGHT TRAINS for Portland. 7.os A. NJ. and
i?le I: Nj; fer watervili. aad Vanceboro, i2is p.
and 10 7. " fys from aog.on l22s and IN
+; Nj. due from ar, b.fV ard Wa,crvile SIS A.
II. and 1905 ?. ~ ' -
Through tcSets 10 ra fo-ula .nd al points south
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Augusta, the Only oinee --lurg via all routes and
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ITO be continued.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF,

Bennington, kan., August 15.-The
tariff is largely chargeable with all the
trouble with agriculture, or rather for
the larger part Of it, and further for
the volumes of campaign errors and
frauds. The farmers price here is
fixed by the price in England less
transportation on what we sell; but
on what we buy, the price is put up
by the tariff combines and trusts plus
charges for transportation. Now we
grow about 1000 bushels OF grain on
this farm, which is worth in Liverpool
about ST. 200, but we get here about
$3.50. This we spend for goods, get
ting less than $500 worth as they are
sold at Burton-on-Trent, England. If
you will come out here, l will show
you two Overcoats. You cannot tell
one from the other. For one | paid
SIS; the other my friend paid So. 80 for
at Burton. The statement that the
tariff reduces the price of what we buy
or increases the price of what we sell
is all unmittigated wicked iallacy. The
tariff contracts our markets, and
thereby tends to reduce the prices of
what W. sell, and enables manufacture
to com me and form trusts and prevent
cOmpc itiOn from reducing prices to
what it costs to manufacture. The tariff
is nuisance, a robbery, fraud.
Fn' ners want free trade aud direct
tH' ton. The farmers should give
M g attention to the science OF gov
ei iment and less to partisan politics.
am sixty one years old and served
three terms in the union army.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
SOME FARMERS VIEWS.

St. Jacob, Ill, Aug. 20.-I hear my
neighbors grumble day after day OF
such unnecessary tax as they have
to pay for most all the necessaries OF
life. They could not see it last fall al
the polls. | can most assuredly say
by our next presidential election that
they will vote to their interest and not to
protect them that can help themselves
| am opposed to such system of laws
which L term robbery.
Zionsville, Ind, Aug. 20 Farmers
here have more mortgaged farms than
ever before, and the low price of what
we sell and the high price OF what we
buy are caused by the high tariff and
trusts. We have to pay much more
for the necessaries of life than formerly,
and the foreign demand for our surplus
products is lessened; so that the farm
ers can make no money. This "home
market" theory will not work tor the
farmers. They have lost social dignity.
The city and the country people do not
associate any more. Merchants are
growing richer and farmers are not.
Oderbolt, Ia, Aug. Is. - Taking
everything into consideration, the
farmer pays twice what he paid for the
necessaries of life before the high tariff,
which is the whole cause of the change.
These trusts they are getting up make
it still worse. Mr.. Blaine says it is
private business. So it is with the
pickpocket. | had as liet have a pick
pocket take my money as trust
company.
Phelps, Mo-, August 4.-Everything
that the farmer has to sell has been
going down in value, and all that he
has to buy has been going up. The
tariff has the effect to make the farmer
mortgage his farm and not be able to
lit the mortgage. Ten years ago there
was not farm mortgaged i'm this
neighborhood, and now there are sew
eral that have mortgages OH them.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
SOME SOLID SENSE FROM AN IOWA
FARMER.

Cambria, Ia, Aug. 17.-According
to a recent report OF state official, we
see that the little state of New Hamp-
shire has F23,000,000 loaned at a high
rate of interest on western farms. This
money is paid to the yankee by the
western farmers in purchasing taxed
commodities. The protective tariff
affects us in about the same way ii
would to chain starving man to a
stump and then ring dinner-bell in
his face. The farmers of this country
produce surplus which must be sold
abroad, and the price it brings abroad
regulates the price at home. Therefore,
a bushel of wheat will bring no more
with protective tariff of twenty cents
a bushel than il would without any tax
at all. And so with all other farm
products. The American farmer is
forced into competition with all the
pauper labor of the world in ceiling his
surplus products: yet if he attempts to
buy In the same market i'm which he is
forced to sell, his government takes
from him All average of $47 out of
every 800 for the privilege. Farmers
sons show less willingness than for.
nerly to become farmers. The farmers
of the west, as class, are God fear
ing and God-serving people. We
hear them each morning pray, "Give
us this dav our daily bread" and see
them go out with their boys and swing
themselves to the plough handles from
twelve to fourteen hours day to get
it. The fact is, farming has become less
remunerative than almost any other
business. The farmers boys, hearing
father and mother complain of the toll
and drudgery of the farm without due
compensation, and seeing young men
engaged in other pursuits better paid
than they are, become restless and dis
satisfied.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
FACTORY WAGES.
LErom the Kansas City Times


Statistics supplied by manufacturers
are not tree trade theories. The census
of 1885 in Massachusetts, was very
elaborate and more exhaustive than
any other state census ever made. The
volume on manufactures and commerce
has just been printed.
In the factories of the state, most OF
them protected by nearly prohibitive
duties, the working people get no
very bOuntiful wages, according to the
report, the figures Tor which were com
piled from returns made by the manu-
faclnrers. Thirty-f per cent OF the
employees get from ) day down. This
calculation does not allow for time lost
when the mills are idle or shut down
for repairs. Only about 1000 out OF
24S, 900 get as much as S20 a week, a
very small proportion to account for
the "high wages to skilled mechanics"
which the republicans last year attri-
buted to the tariff. Over $4,000 gel
from Sc to 81 week; % 900 get less
than So; $4,000 get less than 80; over
22,00O less than $40. If allowance
were made for lost time it would un-
dOubtedly appear that the great bulk
of factory labor in the highly develop
ed and highly protected industries OF
Massachusetts exists on wages averag
ing less than S400 year, and this i'll.
cludes Il great number of men who add
to natural intelligence a high degree OF
skill. 1t has been shown too clearly to
he denied that American labor pro-
duces more than European labor
sometimes two and three times as
much. These manufacturers reports
in Massachusetts, added to what we
know about the product, established
the conclusion that American labor III
protected industries is about the worst
paid labor i'll the world; that is, it gets
the smallest share of the selling price
of the articles it produces.
If the conclusion is sound the agrl'
cultural states of the west are paying
heavily for the glory of being home
market and are still not able to get
fair share of their bonus to labor. The
western consuming market is handi-
capped WITH artificial prices and the
eastern consuming market is contract.
ed by low wages in manufacturing dis
tricts. Hot house manufacturing costs
every body and the cost falls heaviest
on farmers and wOrkingmen. Ii our
manufacturers would extend their
business to the markets abroad they
could at least keep their mills going
A year or two of ventilation would
make harder and more flourishing the
manufacturing industries of The nation
and would give the farmers chance to
lay by little money.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
THE CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY.


Deputy Marshal Nagle acted with
terrible promptjtude in protecting the
venerable member of the supreme
court with whose safety he was spec
tally charged, but few will be inclined
to censure him. He had to deal with a
man of fierce temper whose readiness
to use firearms was part OF the best
known history of California.
1t is a subject for general congratula-
ton that Justice Field escaped the VIC.
lencc of his assailant. The American
nation would be shocked to learn that
Il Judge of its highest tribunal could
not travel without danger of assault
from those whom he had been COM
PEELED to offend by administering the
laws. Justice Field has the respect
due his Office and that deeper and more
significant reverence produced by his
character and abilities. Since most of
the present generation were old enough
to observe public affairs he has been Il
jurist of national reputation and sit
Ting member OF the supreme court. In
that capacity he has earned the graf
itude of his cOuntrymen by bold and
unans werable defense OF sound consti-
tu,ional Interpretation on more than
one occasion. In ali the sad affair the
most prominent feeling will be that of
gratitude nj his escape.