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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-04
y. i. Mackay aud Edwin Forrest.

Mr. F Mackay sat in his dressing room
at the Broadway theatre, made up for the
part of the bland legal adviser of Lord Dorm
court The first act Of Little Lord Fauntle-
roy" bad ended The second act WIS just
about to begin- However Mr. Mackay hal
quarter Of an hour to chat in before the ex-
igencies Of the situation would compel him
to go on again.
I'm not very good hand at telling anec-
aotes," said he, My life has been more
given up to thought than action. But there
is one stage OF my career to which | look
back with peculiar pleasure | refer TO my
connection with the great actor Edwin For
rest. You may not have seen Forrestf No.
But you know from reading what strange
being he was He had strong likings and
disllkings, held himself aiouf from his fellow
artists, and was generally supposed to be par
ticularly jealous of his great contemporary
Macready. whose visit to America. as you
will remember caused the famous riots
During Edwin Forests last engagement
was a member Of lis company. Though
he avoided intercourse with almost all Of his
other colleagues he made an exception in my
case, and had frequent opportunities of con
versing with him on men and art
One day the news OF Macready's death
reached America | thought would take
the opportunity of testing Forests charac-
ter and finding out whether Forrest was
really as narrow as was imagined. or whether,
as believed, he was capable OF taking broad
and generous views of other men After
reading the news broke into Forrest study,
where found him plunged in gloomy ct
Of abstraction hardly calculated to enceur
ago a caller asked him il he had read the
morning papers
No said be.
Then you don't know tina: Macready is
deadr
Macready dead r exclaimed Forrest, rising
with q start The greatest actor Of our time
deadr
He paused for a time, overcome by emo
ton
Mackay,' he presently went on, do you
know what Il meansl In ten years no one Cd
the boards will be capable of reciting Eng
hshF New York Herald.
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Wan was working over to Noteworthy
No 4 was always telling me TO turn over his
mattress livery day. But | won't turn over
nobody's mattress more than onct n week
no, won't; but the bye was always telling
me to do it. There was no peace for me day
OF night with his talking and bossng; 50
used to say ''yis" livery time he asked me-
But he was a shyly cratur, and wan day |
found pin stuck in the bottom side of the
mattress; so TUX it out and put ii in his
towel, but the next day it was in the same
place agen To save me sowl couldn't think
what he put it there for till wan day he seq,
SEE he
You haven't turned me mattress the day,
Miss Dolan," seq he
"Yis have" seq Howly mother, for
give the lie.
NO, you haven't, Miss Dolan," SEE he, and
walked out jist as cool as you PLACE.
Thin | knew what he was up to, and so
livery day instead Of turning the mattress, |
shtuck the pin on the other side, and, bcdad
he niver asked me word. and ON Christmas
he give me foine shawl Harvard Lam
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-04

The practice Of lobbying sometimes
arises from the most innocent of motives and
is carried on by persons whom one would never
suspect Of doing it. class Of little girls In
a certain primary school had resolved to
form themselves into u secret society and ac-
cordingly planned meeting for the election
Of officers.
One child, who had always been dcservedly
popular, went about at recess saying to ono
and another, Now remember, Susie Joy
will make a nice vice president. and Nellie
Smart must be treasurer
Her classmates quite agreed with her, and
no comment was made until another little
girl newcomer, who was not accustomed
to the leadership Of this young lobbyist, be
thought herself to ask
But who will be PRESIDENT
The small wire puller paused and looked at
her with establishment Then she said in q
genuinely aggrieved tone; why. | thought
you would all want mel You always do put
mo at the head Of thingsr'-Youth Com
panion,
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CUNNING REWARD.
Here Are Three Queer ssories froo the
Hills Of Lancaster County.

Here Are Three Queer storfee MOI tne
Hills Of Lancaster County.
Tl,rce funny fox chasss are reported from
different localities in this county. At lands
valley fox had been started and thirty-five
hounds and a half dozen cross county riders
were in lively pursuit The trail led among
the fields and over the hills for several miles,
and then took the hounds to the turnpike.
There, in the middle Of the pike, the scent
was lost. The dogs unanswered and beat
about here there and everywhere, but the
trail could not be found teamster on his
way to town with load Of hay had passed
the SPOT where the trail was lost in the pike
only a minute before the hounds burst on the
road in full cry. The teamster stopped on
seeing the pack and the riders following
them. TO watch the result Of the maneuver'
ing.
(which way did he gor' shouted one of
the hunters
..Dunnol" the teamster shouted back.
Didn't see him"
After watching dog and the hunters for
q few minutes the teanster went on The
hunters unanimously declared that there had
never before been such an inexphcable loss OF
a foxs trail, and had to give up the chase
After going mile or So as he tells the story,
the telfllsltI viii tAit utN stSPtNN MS
to talk with an acquaintance he met on the
road and as they were talking fox jumped
ont of the hav at the rear end, landed in the
road and trotted leisurey away to cover.
"Well, I'll be jiggeredr' said the teainster,
and told his friend about the way the hunters
had lost the trail a mile back They both
concluded that the only explanation of 1t was
that the fox had jumped into the road Just
behind the load of hay as it was passing and,
being a cunning old customer, had jumped on
the hay and burrowed into it out of sight be
fore the dogs came up in full cry, He had
doubtless enjoyed the discontinue of both
hounds and hunters, as it was revealed to hun
by the short parley with the teaInster, and
when the wagon stopped a mile away from
the last trail he had thought that good OPP
portunity to leave his hiding place and had
done so.
At Fairville party of hunters, with large
pack of hounds, were led a long and circuit
Gus chase by fox, and at last the trail took
them to Farmer Edward Haller's garden.
There the scent was lost and could not be re
covered The chase was abandoned An
hour later Mr. Halter was looking out of a
back window and was surprised TO the
fox jump out of big Dutch oven in the gar
den. the door of which is four feet from the
ground and hurry away to his native hills
During another chase in Lands valley the
fox led the hunters and dogs IA long chase
over hard country and then struck for the
Lititz pike, above Neffsvile. The trail fol
lowed the pike long distance and then took
to the fields again. The chase lasted until
late in the afternoon. when the fox threw the
hunters off the scent Toward night the fox's
hiding place was discovered by accident 1t
had entered a farm yard near kssel hill and
taken refuge in the kennel of one of the very
hounds that were in the chase. Lancaster
lPa.) Dispatch.
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Had Faith in the HYMN RooL.

A story is told of an old clergyman who
had the most unbounded faith in Watts
hymn book. He was fond of saying that he
could never open at any page without finding
an appropriate hymn. A mischievous son Of
his thought it would be a good thing to test
his fathers faith. SO he took an old song
and pasted it on one of the pages of the book,
over hymn, so nicely that it could not be
easily detected. At church one Sabbath
morning the minister happened to open on
that very page, and commenced to read:
"Old Grimes is dead" There was a sensa-
ton in the audience. He looked at the choir,
and they looked at him; but such was his
faith in Watts hymns that be undertook it
again, commencing with the same line.
There was another sensation in the audience.
Looking at it again, and then at the congre-
CATION and at the choir, he said Brethren,
1t Is here in the regular order in Watts HYMN
book. and we will sing it anyhow!p-Dundee
News
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.
fContinaed from first page.


TABLED.
Bill an act additional to chapter l3e,
Private and Special Laws Of 1857 entitIed
an act To incorporate the Castine and Bangor
Railroad Company
BorsrY ON SEALs.
On notion Of Mr.. Kaler Of Scsrboro. bill
IN act TO provide a bounty for the destruction
Of seals sss taken from the table.
Mr.. Kaler said that this was matter that
had come In without any petitions OF any
kind, 90 far a. he knew. He hoped that the
good sense Of the House would protect the
seal. He thought they were going too far in
providing a bounty on the seals tail.
lie moved that the matter be Indefinitely
postponed. d.
Mr.. Talbot Of Fast Nacbias inquired II
there were any particular acts of depreciation
TO cause the destruction Of these animals
What was the object Of this billt
Mr.. Pst,angali Of Pembroke said that be
unders,oofffom several Of the COMMITTEE
on Fisheries and Game that near the mouths
Of the rivers, where salmon ven; from salt
water up into fresh, seals we're very ds.truc-
tive Of salmon. He cared nothing about the
bounty himself. He had thought Of Offering
an amendment similar 70 that a the CROW bill,
ii should not apply 70 seals that rers killed
on tue GDdst DsA VI hipre At Wv
Laughter.
Mr., Cole Of Brookln said that he had
noticed for several years 10 the papers of the
State and especially on the Penobscot CON-
plants that the seals was destroying the
salmon Fisheries The seals hal Increased
very rapidly particularly on the Psnobscot
river after the river was restOcked with
salmon, and IL the scal continued 10 incre ise
at the same rate the salmon. fishery would be-
come failure. Also injury IL done to ash
weirs. Down in his own town they had
several weirs for catching herring for cam
mag purposes and most VI these veirs were
constructed of brush, what they called
~eirs, and most Of the pounds were brush
pounds. The seals force their way through
the brush Of which the weir Is con.tructed,
aud get into the weir where the herring are,
and brighten the fish 80 that they rush and
free themselSe. through the brush, and the
consequence is great loss 10 the fishermen
It ia often necessary To hold the fish III the
weir. for day or two until they are needed
at the canning factory. Herring will re-
main in these veirs from "a 10 40 hours
without making any SPECIAL effort to get out
IL nothing disturbs them. IL the
fishermen construct their pounds OF
tsine, unless they are very strong, the seals
will get through and break holes and let the
the herring put. He supposed that 1t was
with these facts In view that the matter was
introduced aud he saw no reason why some
effort should not be made to put stop 10
this. There was no danger of e1terminatins
the seal.
The question was thea upon the motion OF
Mr.. Kaler Of Scarboro to definitely post
pone The motion was carried
On motion Of Mr. Pattangall of Pembroke
Adjourned.
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"On one condition only $40 rnsowl, I'm
advise thea
.speak, speakl- cried the caliph, II ssrs
to alF-
at is that iuasznuch Is would also be frsA.
one of you must marry me-
The grand vizier looked doubtful and mufr
tered something about "a pig in poke, but
the caiph accepted the condition and heard
that on that very night an orgy would %
held A long and dark passage TOOK them 10
a crevice whence they had view OF the
banqueting hall The company were Assem-
bled and partook freely Of the luscious fruits
and wines before them kashnur was pres
ent. He was asked to relate some recent
achievements and told among others the
story Of Chasii and Aansor.
What word was this, asked one, tnaI
thou gavest themf'
oh answered kashnur, Fit Is dlf1cuit
Latin word; it is 'Mutabor.
The joy Of the storks was excessive. Tho
caliph returned to the owl and said;
NV saviour. take me as thy husband, for
that which thou hast done for me and my
friend
Three times they bowed to the east. MI
tabor they cried And seel In the joy OF
their recovered manhood master and servant,
half laughing, half crying, embraced one an
othcr. But, as they turned, fancy their sur
prise. a princess. gorgeously attired, stood
before them
Smilingiy she said:
You do not know your OWL"
The caliph was 50 delighted with her beauty
that he exclaimed:
1t was my greatest fortune that became
a stork,"
The caliph's return to Bagdad created
great joy, and all were delighted TO see their
beloved master again All the more was
Mira detested He and his father were
taken prisoners Kashnur was immured in
the same dungeon that had held the princess,
and Mira, with a good dose OF the black
powder, was changed to stork and confined
in cage in the royal garden.
For many years Chasid and his beautiful
queen reigned. much beloved and happy.
Witt Mansor the caliph frequently rehearsed
the suork story when, with their children at
their sides, their gray hairs gave the signs OF
old age.-Adapted from The Carnian by Ed
win n Mayer for Boys and Girls.
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Dead and Gone Chief Colorow,

Colorow did not believe in industry or open
hostility. He was conservative Jack the
Ripper on his fathers side. All his ancestors
were long lived. That is, they generally sue
ceeded in living longer than those who looked
at things from different standpoint Those
who disagreed with the Colorow family gen
orally ran across each other in a better land
He was quiet like all successful murderers,
and reminded me in many ways of old man
Bender in his more prosperous days Still he
had an air about him which, though favored
with the past, still commanded respect. and
when he asked man at the table to please
pass the butter that man would drop every
thing else be had on hand and pass the butter.
Pill Ma
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The museum of the State Mining bureau has
oesn presented with some curious articles by
l. Z. Ward, mining man Of Chill. The
colection consists of minerals, ancient Peru
Wan pottery taken from the graves Of the
ihcas, and three mummy eyes found in Boil
VIA Tho mummy eyes, as they are called,
are taken from the bodies Of Bolivian mum
mics, but bear no resemblance to the human
eye They look like glass shells with gilt in
side, and, in spite Of the fact that they are
solid, are delicate and easily broken. When
exposed to dampness the gilt appearance is
lost and they resemble piece Of yellow crys-
tal-San Francisco Chronicle
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ONE m A THOUSAND.

ne sink upon The cshinaed hench
Al MessrA Kok and Xpp'A
And softly said she'd Ike 70 ees
A pair Of sealskin slips
M cserk came Enfrking with . -rsas
And then With three" and -four.
Bs1r still alas Ike Dickens Tvtss.
Her feet demaneed-"Nore"
The Young man reached his Wits .I-rene;
He dared not venture higher.
For fear another customer
Would dounee away IN ire
Nox she, A smile broke from her eye4
She cried: Why. man alive,
II you must work that moss grown CANA
Begin with number hveF'
Burlington Fres Preza
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All great men have their eccentricities, re-
marks The Nebraska State Journal For in
stance, Bill Canada. when walking to or from
Nebraska City. always taken the road, while
Senator Ransom prefers the railway track.
Both Of them absolutely refuse to ride on the
trucks OF passing traina
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STATE NEW S,
kENSEiiEC.

R,adfcid.
ON Thursday Little girl of Marcellus
Rollins had her collar bone fractured while
sliding Fishing on our ponds finds many
occupants and some fine bass and pickerel
have been taken,-Much hay is being press
ed and shipped to Boston from this vicinity
and farmers are securing fair price for the
samc-Nawoc Commandery L. q. G.. C.,
was visited FRIDAY evening by ID. q. C.,
Moses Alley, who completed the organization
here-Dr. Wright received flying visit
from Dr. \. G. Young, Secretary of the
State Board of Health, FRIDAY afternoon,
who came to inquire into the history of the
vsrieloid case at Readfcld, and learn of its
progress. There are no new cases as vet
and those best informed in regard to it hope
they are seeing the last Of this disease here,
but will not be sure on this point till Wed
nesday or Thursday of next week Mean
while all is being done that can be topreven'
its spread.
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THE RAPTURE OF KISSING.

30 you call that kiss when, in token Of parting,
Your lips touched my own with such tremulous
fear,
When haste took for wages the most Of the honey,
And whispered that hunger and peril were near
gou there in the stiffness and some one beside
you
Wen say. for the Dreams sake. the one you
love best:
She is kneeling beside you. your arms are around
her,
Her head on your shoulder b pillowed In rest
you smooth the soft tresses away from her fore
head.
Her breath. sweet as summer. floats over your
cheek;
You tighten your clasp you murmur. NY
darling
am weary and faint for the kisses SEEK
She turns her face toward you. her large eyes up
lifted,
Dilated and dark with passionate fre,
And her rich dewy lips n their innocent foudneEs
Fill up In full measure your cun If d-<i--
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Aailroaos d. Steamboats,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
arrangement Of Trains IN Effect
Dec. 81, 1855.
Until further notice trains leave Augusta ~ fol.

Until further notice trains leave Augusta ~ fol-
lows
GOING WEST-620 A. NJ for Lewiston. Rock.
land, Portland and Boston: s.35 A. NJ for Hal.
lowell ami Gardiner. 1905 forLewiston, Far
mington, Rockand. Portland and Boston; 400
Z. NJ. for Hallowell ana Gardner, sos r. NJ
for Brunswick, Bath. Portland and Boston:
$50 7. VI. for Bath, Lewiston, and Portland bEP
NJ. for Haowell and Gardiner; 1888 +. NJ. might
Pullman for Lewiston. Portland and Boston, and
for Bath Saturdays only.
GOING EAST 2.25 A. NJ. might express, for
st. John and Aroostook County; sN
An. for Waterville. skowhrgan, Bangor and Green
Vile, $50 Z. NJ. for Skowhegan. Belfast, Dex.
trr, Bangor, st. Stephen, st. John and ARGOS
took County. 7.io z. H. Tor wateryille on satur.
days only.
The Night Pullman Trains run each way every
night. Sundays included but not to Skowhegan, on
Monday mornings, or 10 Belfast and Dexter, or be-
you'd Bangor, on Sunday mornings
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN leaves Gardner for
Augusta nj 7i5 A. NJ - aud sos Z. NJ. Hallowell
at s.02 A. NJ l.35 and S.23 M
FREIGHT TRAINS for Portland, 7.Os A. NJ, and
l2.ls 7. NJ; for Watsrviie aud YHnceboro, i24S ?.
VI. and 40 7. n due from Boston, i2ls and Ala
Z. NJ; due from VancctOr0 and Watcrville 6A5A A.
NJ. and l2.05 =. NJ.
Through tickets to California and all points South
and West may be had of F.. u. Walker ticket agent,
Augusta, the only olhce selling via all routes and
checking baggage free of expense,
PAYSON TUCKER Genl Manager.
+. Il. BCO1HBY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agt.
Portland, Dec. "a. 1883.
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The Russian vice consul in Leipsic, N. de
rircss, has left at the Berlin aquarium, to be
taken care Of during his absence in Russia,
says correspondent, two raro monkeys One
is red haired orans optang, and the other
black chlrpanzee They we're sent 10 Berlin
in box lined with straw, and their travelling
Quit included table and rocking chair
They were each dressed in lohS flannel
bournous, and each wore red fez to protect
it from the cold Their suite consisted ct
little negro boy from the Congo. When they
were put into their cage in the Berlin aqua
rum the other monkeys there greeted them
with mighty chattering. At home they are
great pets, and they are very tam, and play
full Their prescribed diet is as follows: For
breakfast, specially prepared milk; for din
ner, rice or seznoina In bouillon and roast
veal or veal cutlets, in addition to which the
chimpanxee gets wine and water, and the
orang outang two bottles Of milk; for supper,
they have meat and bread and each two bot
ties of milk, while the chimpanzee gets an
apple besides, and all day long as much wine
= It likes Before going to sleep the negro
boy battles 'hem--Boston Herald
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Law has deigned to notice the pin Not
long before the close Of the reign of Henry
VIII, law was passed entitled, IAN Acte
for the true Makyng of Pynnes," enacting
that the price should not be more than Is
ST. thousand In the days when pins were
rare they were a very acceptable present.
instead of the gifts, a composition was
sometimes received in money this was
called. Of course, pin money, a term which
has been extended to a sum Of money 'se-
cured by husband on his marriage for the
private expenses of his wife, Addison has
recorded bis dislike Of what he calls 1.-THE doc
trine Of pin money! lit is.n be writes in
l1ll-l2, "of late date, and il is for the inter-
ests of both sexes 10 keep it from spreading"
He proposed needle money" as better
name, as it would have implied something
OF good ho'eewifery. food Housekeeping.
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LINCOLN
Eigecoi

Rev. Mr.. Nickerson is preaching in the
Freewill Baptist church. VIM. Rosindsle.
a sailor on the schooner Thomas Il. Garland,
fell into the hold Of the YES sci, breaking his
right shoulder and arm belos the elbow
lie was taken to the Maine General Hospital
at Portland Mr. Lancaster of Boston is
cutting ice on the Lily pond. which is stored
in j. b. Merrill's ice house.-Mrs. c. NJ.
Ryan has returned from Everett, Mass,
where she has been spending the winter. -
Miss Helen Haggett is home from Boston,
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Freedom.

fFSfdoM-
W. ID. Trip, who is in town. having lately
came from Montana where he has been for
five years past. has been very sick but is
now improving.-S. j, Glidden recently
killed an Is months old Poland China hog
that dressed $40 pounds farmers are
improving the fine shedding and Beutons
mill pond is fast filling with lumber.
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Bill an act additional to chapter iss,
Private and Special Laws Of 1887 entitled
an act To incorporate the Castine and Bangor
Railroad Company.