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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-08
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-08
FOR SALE.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-08

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
THE LAND OF DROWSIREAD.

I've wandered East, I've wandered West:
Tomany spot my feet have sped,
But there is ore love the best,
OF oil wherein I've made by bed;
Whats'er's been writ, whate'er been SAID,
By men, O there's no place for rest
Like the dear Land Of Drowsihead!
But Just this side the gates OF sleep,
perfume rare, meseems, Is shed
From poppy blooms whose breath reap.
And poppy leaves, meseems, arc spread
Der oil the path that 1 must tread,
Asou my way to dreams l keep
Thro' that sweet Land of Drowsihead.
Ihave no hopes, have no fears,
take no thought for daily bread;
Earth's hum my soul but vaguely hears.
I'm not alive, nor am dead,
And yet Of limo lose the thread.
Myself as some gray ghost appears
In that dim Land Of Drowsihcad
Ahalf.way house bctwixt the strife
OF day and night Who does not dread
To find the weird of dreams as rifo
With foes rs that from which he's fledt
AS on his way to sleep he's led,
Who'd not lay down the load of life
In this fair Land CT Drowsihcad'
'Tis not Nirvana. Yet. for grace,
IT'S next to that. Tho heart that blcd
But now finds here in this still place
The peace for which 1t long has plead.
My weary spirit, o it's fed
From Lethc! For q little space
Irest In this dear Drowsihead
Boston Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
He Read It Clear Through.

It is related that Thomas Carlyle.
while on visit to the provost of Kir-
caldy, worthy elder who conducted
family worship, was one morning in
vited by the provost to take the read
ing, and he would offer up the prayer
himself afterward. Carlyle, by acct.
dent, opened the Bible at the first
chapter of the Book of Job. He began
to read this slowly and intelligently,
pausing after some clause, as if to
mediate on the circumstances and
take in the whole meaning. On he
went, the servants wondering. the
provost "dumfoondert Yet no one
dare to interrupt the sage, as his face
was getting all aglow. The time passed
on and yet he was only heating to the
work. After finishing the whole forty
two chapters he quietly closed the
Bible and remarked: 'Thatis mar.
velous life-like drama, only to be ap-
preciated when read right through -
Carlyle used to wonder that the invita-.
tion was NOT repeated. -Speqtator:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
HOW TO USE GLUE.
Valuable Hints for Mechanics and Anna
teur Cabfnet-Makers.

Valuable Hints for Mechanics and Anna
tsur Cabinet-Makers.
All the glue as received from the fac
tory requires the addition of water be-
fore it will melt properly, and every
addition of water (while the glue is
fresh made) will, up to certain point,
increase the adhesiveness and elias
ITCHY; and it is the duty of every man
who uses glue to find out just where the
point lies, as it is possible to melt glue
and have it so thick that after it is dry
or set it will be so brittle as not to adj
here to the wood. Some CLUES will bear
more water than others, but all will
bear more than usually falls to their
share, and that, too, with greater in
crease in the quality Of the work. For
glue to be properly effective it requires
to penetrate the pores of the wood, and
the more body of glue penetrates the
wood the more substantial the joint will
remain. Glue that takes the longest to
dry is to be preferred to Clues that dry
quickly, the slow-drying CLUES being al
ways the strongest, other things being
equal. fOr general use uo ueIuou
gives such good results as the follow
ing: Break the glue up small, put into
an iron kettle, cover tho glue with
water and allow it to soak twelve hours;
after soaking boil until done. Then
pour into an air-tight box; leave the
cover off until cold; then cover up tight.
As glue is required cut portion and
melt in the usual way. Expose no moro
OF the made glue to the atmosphere for
any length of time than is necessary, as
the atmosphere is very destructive to
made glue. Never heat made glue in a
pot that is subjected to the direct heat
of fire or lamp. All such methods of
heating glue can not be condemned in
terms too severe. Do not use thick glue
for joints or veneering. In all cases
work it we'll into the wood in sim
liar manner to what painters do with
paint. Glue both surfaces Of your work,
excepting in the case of veneering.
Never glue upon hot wood, or use hot
cauls to veneer with, as the hot wood
will absorb all the water in the glue too
suddenly and leave only very small
residue, with no adhesive power in it
Manufacturer and Builder.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY. 4,
rITH AND POINT.

Those who get through the world by
making the worst of it, work hard for
poor pay.
Life is long enough for him who
knows how to use it. Working and
thinking extend it's limits.
n-Before getting into the swim" .
man should be reasonably sure that no
can keep his head above water.-Boston
Courier.
Stupidity is to the mind what clum-
siness is to the body. 1t exhibits just
the same fatal power of mischief in its
own way.-Once a Week.
1T is remarkable how little man
likes work when he does it himself and
how much he likes it when some body
else is doing it for Washington
Post
The art of putting the right men in
the right places is first in the science of
government, but that of finding places
for the disconnected is the most diff
cult.
Whenever man becomes rich by
merely acting as custodian of other
peoples money, look out for him. In
the language OF Confucius, "Thar's
suthin' ded up the eek."-Memphis
Appeal.
Poor human nature. It is weak,
selfish and meant If the other Fellow
crosses our pathway we call him any
thing but gentleman. IT he goes the
same way we go, and keeps little be-
hind US, we love him.-Western Rural.
The sacred rights of mankind are
not to be rummaged for among old
parchments or musty records. They are
written by sunbeam, in the whole vol
ume of human nature, by the hand Of
divinity elf.-Alexander Hamilton.
-"No true and permanent fame," says
Charles Sumner, ''can be founded, ex-
cept in labors which promote the hap
piness of mankind" This is but an
other form of the old truth: HE that
would be great lot him be servant"
There is no greatness apart from useful
ness
1t is one OF the strangest Of all
strange things in life thatpeople are not
kinder to one another. And it is be-
yond all understanding why one trudger
along life's highway should care to 60
out of his way to stab another, who is
doubtless having all he can do to keep
up the march and tug his gripsack
along. Boston Commonwealth.
Almost every one cherishes de-
sire, upon occasion, of doing . par
ticularly good thing. But it is possible
to so concentrate the thoughts upon the
single desire to do we'll, that it seems
impossible to decide what it would be
we'll to do. No good is likely to be ao-
complished by the mere wish to be a
well-doer. 1t is the work of the we'll
doer to know just what it would be we'll
to do-and to do it. A particularly good
thing is more likely to be done in that
way than in any other way.-Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
Triumph for Single Tax.

The first of last month a public spirit.
ed citizen offered two prizes for the best
newspaper articles on "a New Lynn"
or how to increase the wealth and popu-
lation and rebuild the burned district in
the shortest time, $50 to first and $25 to
second, to be decided by popular vote. !
regarded this as my opportunity to SOW
little seed, and availed myself of it,
and, much to my surprise, l captured
the first prize, winning by 100 votes.
My argument was on the single tax line.
We single takers hereabouts regard
this much in the light of triumph Of
our principles, and are consequently
somewhat elated. 1t demonstrates that
the public mind is capable of discerning
truth, even if it is not ready to admit all
we claim.
The article received second publica-
ton, and consequently more extended
reading.-Willard w. Gray, Lynn, Mass.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
Tho Tax-Payers Be Hanged.

Senator Hoar and Congressman Lodge,
of Massachusetts, are very anxious to
put the control of Congressional cleo.
lions, and, indeed, all State affairs, into
the hands of the Harrison Administra.
tion. Apart from the revolutionary,
autocratic, unconstitutional nature OF
the scheme, the taxpayers will be inter.
es.ed in knowing that Mr.. Lodges bill
alone involves at each election an ex.
penditure of 100000, and it would not
influence the result of the election in
more than half dozen districts. Here
is something for Republican Senators
and Congressman to ponder over. Is
the game worth the candle, as the
French would say? Yet this ruinous
scheme is being vigorously pushed in
Congress. The Republican leaders are
committed to 1t. They do not care a
straw how much it costs toe ta1-pAs-
ers.-Albany IN, " Argus.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
A ROMANTIC CAREER
The Notable Deeds OF william, Earl Of
Craven. In the Sixteenth Century.

The Notable Deeds OF william, Earl Of
Craven. in the Sixteenth Century.
William, Earl of Craven, had
notable career, and the story Of his life,
could it be told in detail, would be
fascinating one. His father was born
in Yorkshire, his parents being poor
peasants, When mere boy he de-
termined to seek his fortune in London.
He tramped all the way from his native
town to the metropolis, where he found
employment with draper. Bright and
Industrious, he quickly learned the
business, and before many years had
gone by set up for himself. He pros
pered exceedingly acquiring great
wealth, and finally being chosen Lord
Mayor of London. When he died he
left great torture to his son William.
This, however, did not satisfy the young
man, whose ambition was to shine in
society, because wealth without pedi-
gree in those days was not held in as
high esteem as it now is.
Military renown was the only thing
which made up for lack of gentle birth.
Craven consequently became soldier
of fortune, first joining the army Of
Henry, Prince of Orange, and acquit-
ing himself with honor and distinction.
Then he fought under Gustavus
Adolphus, and led the forlorn hope at
the storming of Crentznach. Though
the first assault was repulsed, Craven
with determined bravery led a second,
which proved gloriously successful. He
was severely wounded, and Gustavus
knighted him as he lay on the ground.
When he had had enough OF war he re.
turned to England. He at one time
gave Charles II. no less than ESQ, 900 in
one sum, and after the restoration he
was rewarded by having conferred upon
him the title of Earl. During the great
plague in London in 1865 Craven re-
manned in London to help the poor. en-
courage the timid, and preserve order.
Whenever fire took place he was sure
to be present, so it became a common
saying that his horse could smell fire
before it happened. His city birth,
warlike fame, and his romantic connec-
ton with Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia,
rendered him the most popular man in
London, and his protest was more eff.
fective in dispensing mob than q
regiment Of soldiers. He died April Q,
1896, at the age of eighty-eight.- Chicago
News.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
Hls is the E,oauence Of rruth.

Aside from all questions of sympathy
with his doctrines we consider the liter
airy style of Mr.. Henry George for the
purposes of instruction or public address,
whether spoken or written, to come
about as near perfection as that of any
writer or speaker now before the English
speaking public. His prose is solid,
nervous, strong, Illuminated with poetic
flashes and ornamented by beautiful
turns Of expression, but its rhythm is
the rhythm of robust, sensible prose,
and has not that sickening regularity of
rhythm and ALTERATION of blank verse
sweetness which renders Mr.. Ingersoll's
style so Objectionable. Chicago Uni
yersalist.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
QUAY's LITTLE PLAN.
An Assessment About to Bo Levied a
All Good Republicans.

An ASSeSSmenC ABOUT 10 DO AeF1cu Oo
All Good Republicans.
The following letter, addressed to a
leading Republican of Detroit explains
itself Enclosed were number of hand
some certificates, suggestive of the most
artistic bank paper, decorated with neat
$40 mark and having coupon attached.
The use to which they are to be applied
appears in the confidential" communi.
cation. The letter is as follows:
WASHINGTON, April 30, 1sso.-My Dear Sir:
The Republican National Committee has es
tablished permanent headquarters in this city
in order that the party's interests throughout
the Nation may not be lost sight OF between
Presidential elections. We have found many
opportunities since the close of the campaign
of 1893 to aid in strengthening the party organ.
ization in various sections of the country. We
have recently ascertained that for months the
Democrats have been engaged in general and
secret distribution OF antiprotection literature
in many doubtful States and Congressional dis.
tricts, and that they have employed corps Of
agitators and organizers to travel among farm.
ers and working-men preaching freetrade doc.
trines and distributing freetrade pamphlets.
Meanwhile, demands for documents pertain
ing to the tariff and kindred questions reach
US daily, particularly from the West. Unless
we are properly sustained in financial
sense, we can not meet these demands. We
should be fully equipped for this work Of docu.
ment circulation at once. Very little practical
good is accomplished by the distribution Of po-
litical literature during an exciting campaign.
You know how difficult it is to raise money for
campaign purposes. We have adopted plan
which, if vigorously pushed, can not fail to
prove popular and successful.
send you herewith number Of certificates
which illustrate this plan. I trust you may be
able at an early day to place them with some Of
the Jealous Republicans Of your neighborhood.
Please fill up the coupons with full name and
address, cut them off and return them to us
with the $40 for each. All checks, money
orders, ETC., should be made payable to F. w.
Leach, assistant secretary, who has charge OF
this branch of the work. record will be kept
of all the subscribers, who will be known as
registered contributors to the Republican No.
tional Committee.
Believing you to be deeply interested in Re.
publican success and influential in the councils
Of the party, very earnestly ask you to as.
sist us. If we can not invoke the aid and CO.
operation Of Republicans Of your standing and
activity, upon whom can we depend! If you
conclude that you can not help US kindly return
the certificates, in order that we may place
them elsewhere. In such event, please name
some one who in your opinion will be likely to
aid us in the manner indicated With the hope
that your convenience may permit you to &C.
cord US an early response am very truly yours
dos M s OuAY
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
HENRYL. BIOSSAT, Business Mana

This daily call for tho letter that
never came amused me.
Brown would stink out of the post.
office like man in dream.
"Sly fellow" SAID one of his creditors;
The is keeping up the farce about his
expected remittance"
"ie is here every day." replied.
st is all the same - he's not tho
kind of man to have any luck" was the
answer.
And it began to look that way as the
weeks rolled on.
One morning I missed Brown at tho
post-ofiice.
'Hellor' shouted tho clerk, as I
turned away from his window. Here's
letter for Brown You live at the
same house, don't you?"
took the letter with genuine pleas.
ure. Here was sensation. Perhaps
1t was the remittance.
The thought made me laugh aloud.
mot Mrs. Burney in the hall when I
returned homo, and in reply to ques-
| ton she said that she had not seen
Brown that morning.
Going upstairs l met servant COM
ing down with terror-stricken face.
MIR. Brown is dead!" she screamed,
as she rushed by me.
1t was day of confusion at the Bur.
ney clearinghouse. There was an in.
| quest, and to our unutterable horror the
| fact came out that Brown had died OF
starvation!
The poor, proud thing had pawncd
his overcoat and sold his books, and had
quit boarding at the house to conceal
his poverty. How he had managed to
1.-Two during these weeks we could not
tell.
But the lettcr-that was the saddest
thing of all. 1t was from big lawyer
in Washington, and it told Brown that
his patent after q long contest had been
granted, and an immense sum of m oney
had been offered for the invention
some electrical appliance. In conclu-
sion, tho lawyer offered to honor a
draft for as high sum as ten thousand
dollars.
One day too late! After his brave and
silent fight, Brown had died in all the
bitter sorrow of defeat. One good din.
ner would have saved him-saved him
to enjoy his triumph and roll in wealth.
"How could we know-how could we
understand it?"
These questions were on our lips all
that day.
Brown died like a pauper, but he was
buried like gentleman. We all went
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04

Poor Brown! He had no personality
mo notwithstanding that inn
pressed anybody. When he was pres
Ont nobody knew it, and when he was
absent nobody missed him.
He was little pale-faced follow,
rather thin, and shabby in genteel
way, a perfect gentleman, but SO quiet
and retiring that we could find out
nothing about him.
We soon made up our minds that
Brown was a nobody and let him alone.
Whether this course pleased him or not
VIC neither knew nor cared. We were a
jolly set, bound to have our fun, and
when fellow did not run with US we
made point to have nothing to do with
him.
Yet we had no prejudice against the
little man. Somehow he was SO utterly
without life and color and body and
voice that he did not attract attention,
and without intending to snub him we
carelessly passed him by.
ANY body in the parlor?" I asked, one
evening.
Nobody" was the reply.
1cntercd tho room and found Brown,
but it did not occur to me that the serv-
ant had been mistaken.
One night | was late for supper, and
was told that would have the dining
room to myself. So l ate supper alone
there was nobody but Brown at the
table.
can see now, in looking back, that
this clover outcast in his timid way
tried to make himself one of us. lean
recof yet the faint smile that played
over his careworn face, tho gentle tone
of his voice, and hundred little con-
siderate ways he had-but at tho time
we never thought about it.
Sometimes among ourselves we made
Brown the subject OF many a pleasant
jest, and more than once we found that
we had been unaware of his presence,
and that he was in tho room hearing it
oil. On those occasions he would
make some light reply, and in mo-
ment would be missing, but whether
ne had taken offense or not we never
stopped to think. After all. it was only
Brown, you know.
When winter came Brown told the
iandlady that tho nature of his BUSH
ness 1or month or so would make
MS movements uncertain, and that he
would take his meals elsewhere. lie
made an arrangement, however, to keep
nis room, and remained in the house as
alodger.
IN those days he was thinner and
paier than ever, and yet persisted in
exposing himself to the weather with
outan oyercoat
You will find it cold" said to him
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-06-04
THE G. o. P.'S DILEMMA.
The Harrison-Quay Machine Troubled BY
Promises Made In 1888.

The Harrison Quay Machine Troubled by
Promises Made In 1888.
The Republican party came into pow
Or burdened with obligations which it
finds itself unable to discharge, and the
most difficult problem it now has to solve
is how to reward it's friends and pay
even a small part Of its political debts
without running the country. When out
of power it promised every thing to
every body; but there is not money
enough to go around, and as no one
is willing to be left out of the dis
tribution, or even to reduce his claim,
the situation has become quite serious.
1t has promised the taxpayers that it
would reduce taxation, and it has prom
Used the soldiers and the subsidy hunt
ers that it would increase the expendi-
lures. 1t can not do both, and it dare
not refuse to do either. 1t has promised
the friends of silver that it will help
them to remove the restrictions now inn
posed by law upon the coinage of that
metal, and it has promised the advo-
Gates of the gold standard that it would
do nothing to depreciate the value or
interfere With the stability of our cur
rency. In vain effort to keep both of
these pledges, it proposes to convert the
Treasury Department into warehouse
for the storage of silver bullion, and to
issue receipts to be used as money.
This is the only new financial policy it
has so far developed, but it's resources
are not yet exhausted, and if the de-
mands of the disconnected become suffi-
GENTLY strong, we may have paper
promises to pay issued upon deposits Of
wheat and corn, or upon farm mort
cages. 1t will be difficult to satisfy the
plundered and impoverished farmer
that his claim upon the bounty of the
Government is not as just as the claims
of the prosperous owner of silver mines
or the wealthy owner of ships. Sex
Speaker Carlisle, in Forum.
If Mr.. Harrison COULD see himself
as others see him there is one appoint
ment he would make without an in
stant's delay. He would appoint re-
ceiver fos his Administration Y.
Commercial Advertiser