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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-26

On FRIDAY Ct this week. delegation of
fifty members of Custer Post, G. A, Il. of
Lewiston. accompanied by their ladies', will
spend the DAY Ia this city and vicinity, the
guests % Heath Pot. They vili reach
here AZ SO IN the morning and viii lesve
for the Nstionsl Home at 10 O'Clock, by
-peclsi train. over the Kennebec Central.
They will take dinner at the Home, make
al inspection OF the buildings and grounds,
and return in the afternoon 10 season for u
little eight seeing about the city. AT &
o'clock supper will he served in the dining
room in Grand Array hail. and in the even.
irg an interesting programme including
speeches music, Rotations, will be given,
the vjsi,ots returning on the II o'clock
pullman. All members Of IIesth Post,
Heath R'lief Core, and aIl Old soldiers who
are m, rested. arc invited to Join the party
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-26
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN REFORM
SCHOOL.


co moion of Mr.. Chsdbourn:
of Biddeford. bill an &C. with
reference TO religious instruction in the
Maine State Reform School. tsbled 70,
printing pending acceptance Of either repo,
OF committee, was taken from the table.
majority report. fought not to pass. y
Minority report, ought to PASS ia new
drsft")
Mr.. ChsdhourDe iotroducsd \ bill inia
the Legislature which looked toward u {
allowing Of elergymen OF sll denomination
TO be Admitted into our Msine State Reform
School for the purpose Of religions tesct
ing. ] c5Lfess TIA. ray purpose wss ,ds
sdDission Of clereymen Of the Roma
+. Catholic church into that tchool 10 gfss
Catholic inmates religion. .nsrnc,i3n in
sheir faith | csn's see any fear in .b,
term Roman Catholic. Any church or any
organization which look. foTsr1 the e,sva-
ti1n Of mankind hid God ,peed. Soma
three years sgo 5 catholic priess came into s,y
offi " aud said that there ~sre some & hI-
lie boys IN he Reform School who s.n.ed
him TO hear their confession. That form
OF confession has good deal Of dread %
many persons | hare sa0sn good de.l
Of the coffesaions Of the communicate s.f
the Catholic church and can say eonscier u.
t5usfY ard honestly that believe ths. thsy
are IN instrument for good. lam f., from
Catholic bu: ! am liberal enough to conn
tenance good wherever may zee it fais
priest told ne that he could no. hear tue
confessions of those boys because they
would not allow him TO enter the institution
for thst purpose. / made some investia.-
ton and wrote the superintendent Of ,hs
Rafoym School and he ser. me 4 COPY Of
Of the rule, which they had laid down with
reference to religious teaching. VIVA. VS..
itf That teaching should be non sectarisn.
Well now that may apply 70 q fshs be-
tween the Bsp.ists and the Consrszs,io ,sl-
lists gnd the Methodirs bu. il Is to narrow 70
suit me. II matters not shout nv persona.
belief. do know tilat these confessions
do smcuns to something, especially to The
younger communicants Of the church.
Well now, what hs,rn can there BE- +, Al.
loving the prissts 10 go in there? Are not
oar Catholic friends Throughout fhi. Sts.s
entitled to AZ much respec. fer their faith
IS we are for ours, SO far - that faith i. ada
item toa higher conc sp.ion Of mans dasiss
10 himself ard to lbs Gods / can't .ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-26
LIsTs OF VoTERs.

ihe theif sPpolnltu As VOmD1Iee on tns
part Of the House Messr.. Hersev, Pack
ard of Sesrsror. and Titc,mb.
LIsrs OF voTERs.
Ga motion Of Mr.. Chsdbourne Of Bidde.
ford. bill, Al act to amend section oil
chsptsr 4 of the Revised Stnutes reissirs
to LETS OF voters, tabled pending passage "a
be ensrosssd, with amendmen, offered by
Mr.. Cnadcourne. Was taken from tue taol.
Mr.. Chsdoourne withdrew the amend.
men. ard substituted the folloviog: Amend
BY adding sitter the last word in lice u O.
thu printed bill the following: Boards o.
registration in cities shall be in sess:oa %
election days for toe purpose Of carree,ins
cierich errors oaly. and q certificate OF
such correction as soon ~ mad. sEsli he
iss1ed to the warden aud yard clerk in ,heIy
respective wards.
The question was then upon the adoption
81 the anna nimeEs.
Mr. Pesks Of Dover hoped ,h.s The
Amendment would be Withdrawn tor The
reason ihss it a. Dot in piece here. +.
proper plsce would be in the Revised S.s,.
ates.
Msss,s. C5,dborroe anil O.yood >; oks il
favor Of the amendment
Ms. Peaks thought tbs. the matter had
been passed upoa by toe ususe within &
fe. days, .ha, such Al amendment Lad
been shsredt, The 70 sis.rrtioa bill.
Chair-There vas an amendment offered
when the mater "a, up day or tvo ago.
s.id ths; amen3msnt has been Withdrawn
by the gehtlsmsa ofe.i z i, ami o new
one, almost similar b1s limiting /. 10 eieri-
ca, errors oYiy. has been .uhStl.ut Il
Mr.. Cbaabourns ss;d tina: hr asd rot
known OF such Al amend pens osiss . 1ay ed
TO the registration bi |. /, seemed (, him
that this ans ndnens limiting tie coyYeati DC
to clerical errors Vas s very god one a3d
be could not see Why this xss no. q gaod
place for The smen1nsbt.
Mr. Hestick of Be,hes Impaired wtether
OF not tits msste. did nos coma under
House raie Si--..E No melisn CT proportion
Oh 5 suti sct disssns ffsta TIT IL -.--
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-26

| q iAse DCmOef Oh Iett'10ns were p1eepnts ]
10 this Legislative by lshoriog men, ssking
/ for an increase of the appropriation in
favor Of the bureau Of industrial statistic.
u $1,000. Ttose pe,i ioas we're referred
to the committee on l,bor, who gave hesr.
irg and l pvesune thoroughly considered
the matter. they reported bill. to thi.
House granting the sum that was ssked for,
$1,000 extra per year over and above whal
1 has been heretofore granted. II ] haze
been correctly Informed there was TO di.
sentirg voice at thst time 10 the committee
/ sg-inst grating this smouot. That ti,
came tn The House. There wss AZ
er-cr IN iis 'iils in negiectiug to ssy 10
Whist II relsted. The gentleman from
/ Deerips hal the cams lsid on the table
Af'erSards it was taken up and REFER.
back TO the committee. Also sn order We,
4 referred ~ the s.ms time 30 the COMMITTEES.
I prssen.ed by the gentleman from Ss. Al.
bans, and further hesring Vas given on
this matter and after due con.iisratio,
! they reported the Treiert bill ;ha, w. have
I before Us, giving tie sum Of $1,000 fo-
( the pexs two wears. The appropriation
/ heretofore has sheen $4,000. Tse petition.
ers a,ked fer s2oc0 more per year whic =
~ooId make II granted for two years tn >
I SUN of $40 eco But the COMMITTEES
UPON reeohsiderirg have only voted to Civ
stis Bureau the sum Of $1,000, CT $500 De,
year. Gu, OF ihss sum The COMMISSIONS
receive $500 for biz. services. lie paid
/ $500 for clerk hire nshiog $1,000. 'ihs1
OILY left the sum Of $1,000 ,hss This surear
had to work With. in other words, i. cos
/ $1,000 to get $1,000 worth Of work per
formed. To my mind this IL . very inpo..
tant bureau in Which very much work ouahl
to De done for the laboring man. IL oush, Il
contain aii about the mar ufAc.uIins inssi
ta,ioas ia our State. 1t osght 70 t.a:s
how much the lsbofers n GIVE. men,
women AID children. + 1t ought q
state how much II costs them "a
live In different sections Of the State. II
ought 10 give the best farming iocslise. 80
that " man wanted to 20 int farming be
vcald kaov where to move, and thousand
other tnings that would be beneficial - tte
lsborins man In this county We have
81 bureaus established Ia the dIferen,
states. There 10 also one established At
Washington. mskisg ~. fMf. Tra.sll
Rad portion Of tbs nsetssg- % the Gov
eynor Of Wiscsnsia endersirg tic werk 81
the l:bor bureau The only css ssss The
'anofine men hsve TO repr, san. thstn m
this State 10 the commissioner Ct isb,r
The record-union., 1891-03-22

The British Government has sup
pressed the American District Messenger
Service recently established in London
The Government claimed that it inter-
fered with the postal and telegraph sys-
TENS. All it allows now is the sending
of telegram or letter to station, which
a messenger will deliver. The parcel
carrying, escorting, errand-running, fire
and police-call system, is prohibited by
the suppression of the American enter
prise. 1t appears also that the London
public had fallen very much in love with
the American scheme, and that it won in
slant popularity. 1t did not, in fact, in
terfere with the postal or telegraph sys-
TENS, since the Government could require,
if it chose, that stamp should be at
tached to every sealed letter carried If
the London public is as indignant over
the interference of the Government as is
reported, we may expect the authorities
to yield, since there, as here, public sent
iment controls in the long run.
The record-union., 1891-03-22

EFFORTS to produce natural colors in
photography have been many, but no
true success has been attained heretofore.
Now, however, comes the announcement
that M. Lippmann, of Sorbonne. has laid
before the Paris Academy a method OF
photographing all colors throughout the
range of the spectrum. He has not
claimed, however, that the discovery in
its present stage will enable mixed colors
to be reproduced, but that may follow.
The principle upon which M. Lippmann
operates is the sending of broken lines of
light instead of continuous wave, across
the Photographic plate. This is caused
by interference. The broken wave causes
the precipitation of the silver in layers of
different thicknesses. AS each wave pro-
duces thickness corresponding to the
length of the wave, it can let pass only
the light originating it. If Lippmann's s
discovery proves to be economic, it will
work revolution in the art of photo
graphing, for it will do away very largely
with the assistance of the colorist, though
not with that of the re-toucher. 1t will
add new interest and new usefulness to
the art also, and will render photography
of greater value in the detection of crime,
in taking for the uses of the painter, and
will especially tend to make photographs
more satisfactory by reducing the hard
ness and severity that now so much dis
tinguishes them from other art methods
of reproduction.
The record-union., 1891-03-22
FOOLED FOR ONCE.
A Rat Routs Two Ferrets Which Have
Had Things Their Own Way.

Had Things Their Own Way.
The statesmen of Weber's clothing store
own two white English ferrets, and they
have great sport chasing and killing rats
with them, says the Toledo Bee. Very
often several rodents are caught in trap
and let loose in large dry goods box.
One of the ferrets is then placed in the
box, and in less time than it can be told
the rats are laid out cold.
On last Monday monster rat was
shared in the trap and, as usual, placed in
the box to be slaughtered by the ferret.
1t was sayage-looking specimen of the
vermin, and exhibited no fear, but backed
into one corner and looked sullenly about.
The young ferret was dropped In first,
the boys supposing, of course, that the rat
would be dispatched without ceremony.
But in this they were badly fooled, as the
ferret, on catching sight of the rat, sneak
ed into the farthest corner and huddled
down shivering with fear.
The rat, after taking a brief survey,
glided swiftly over to the ferret's corner,
and, swapping savagely at the ferret, re-
tired to its corner. The, ferret squealed
in terror and made repeated efforts to
jump out of the box. The rat grew
bolder and continued its attacks, which
resulted in utterly routing the ferret and
starting it on lively chase around the
box. Realizing that the young ferret was
mot in it," the boys dropped the old
fellow in, and imagine their amazement
when he, too, sneaked Off in a corner,
scared of his life. The rat, on. sizing up
the reinforcement, hustled up and went
for both animals, tooth and nail, and
there is no telling what the result would
have been if the boys had not taken the
and tan terrier in the box, which soon did
the work
The record-union., 1891-03-22

desirable for visitation in winter as in
summer by tourists, and that will proba-
bly, be the means of revenue, in some de-
gree from privileges, for the maintenance
fund. This plan, at the same time, will
leave large portion of the grounds a
summer garden, as those within the hall
would constitute winter garden, only
so much being foored over as museum
needs demand.
1t will cost something less to simply
turn the Suffers Fort plat into park
and erect in it's center a monument, but
it was never intended by the State or the
subscribers to the purchase fund that a
park should be supplied to Sacramento at
State and private expense and by sacrifice
ofSutter's Fort. Restoration and preserva-
ton were the ends every subscriber to
the fund had in view, and these alone
moved the Legislature to its liberal
action. The whole people now own SUIT
ter's Fort, and any plan of treatment
must delocalize it. Some such scheme of
treatment as we have outlined will be in
finitely better for this city, however,
since the treatment that keeps the his
torical idea in view and the suggestion of
museum-to which, by the natural mo-
mentum of interest and State pride Cali
fornia historic relics will come in time
will draw to greatest number of visitors
and this locality will be naturally and
legitimately benefited.
The record-union., 1891-03-22

Mr.. HENRY NJ. STANLEY. the African
explorer, in his lecture in this city,
cleared up one matter that had been in
volved in doubt. We had all along be-
lieved that the accident which befel Emin
Pasha after his rescue, was without fault
on his part. Mr.. Stanley clearly states
that Emin was under the influence OF
wine, and staggered from the table out
upon the balcony and fell to the ground,
cracking a head that so much money,
blood and life had been sacrificed to res
cue. The reputation of Emin for cor
rectness Of habit had secured him the
benefit Of the doubt until Mr.. Stanley's
positive statement. me s3c
The record-union., 1891-03-22
Bank of England.

Every one may not know that the Bank
of England notes are made from new
white linen cuttings-never from any
thing that has been worn. So carefully is
the paper prepared that even the number
workman is registered on dial by ma
chinery, and the sheets are counted and
booked to each person through whose
hands they pass. They are made at
Laverstroke, on the River Whit, in
Hampshire, by family named Portal,
descending from a French Huguenot
refugee, and have been made by the same
family for more than $50 years. They are
printed within the building, there being
an elaborate arrangement for making
them so that each note of the same de-
nomination shall differ in some particu-
lar from the other.
The record-union., 1891-03-22

purpose of the law to conserve. It pro-
vides that the Act shall only apply to a
citizen or subject of a foreign nation
when such nation permits to citizens of
the United States the benefit of copyright
on substantially the same basis as its own
citizens, or when such foreign nation is a
party to an international agreement
which provides for reciprocity in the
granting of copyright, by the terms OF
which the United States may at its pleas
ure become party to such agreement.
The existence of either of the conditions
are to be determined by the President OF
the United States.
Such then is the law for which the
RECoRD-UNIoN in common with all the
leading journals of the nation, with here
and there an exception, has battled for so
many years. What now will be the effect
Of the law? 1t will inure to the benefit of
all authors, artists, designers, publishers,
printers and engravers of the United
States. American writers have been i'll
paid, because the middle man could buy
single copy of work by foreign
author, reprint it and sell it cheaply, not
having to pay the author solitary dime.
The stolen foreign books, therefore, al
ways undersold the home production,
while in other countries the works of
American authors were treated in pre-
clsely the same manner, and thus the pro-
ducers on both sides were robbed.
Again, the greed of middle men has
led them to issue stolen literary matter
and art works in the meanest possible
form, on poor paper, in small type and
in fimsy binding, and for these poor pub
llcations great deal of money has been
wasted; now, however, the publishers
will strive with one another to issue sale
able books in substantial and enduring
form, and will employ competent work
| men to that end. The United States has
been looked upon from abroad as a book
thief; the new law removes the reproach.
Publishers will benefit by the new law,
for foreign works will now go to the best
class OF American publishing houses; the
practice under the old system kept the
foreign books out of the hands of pub
fishers of the latter order and put them
into the hands of Indifferent men, who is
sued them in the meanest form in addi-
ton to stealing them.
Probably the price of the foreign copy-
righted books will slightly advance, but
in compensation we shall get far better
print, paper and binding. The better or
der of writer's will find their works
crowding out the trashy and worthless
productions-this latter process will be
slow, but it is inevitable, for the taste of
the people will insure it.. The cost of
American books will not be at all affected
by the law. The new law is one that
Congress should have enacted years ago:
that it has been so long in drumming up
courage to do it has been a national
shame.
The record-union., 1891-03-22
gale Rrna. s Gn.

The first showing TOMORROW
OF the new Muslin Underwear for
the season!
The stimulus of past success,
together with the opportunities
OF more working space, are the
forces that have brought together
for this season the greatest stock
OF the kind known in our history.
And we are pleased to say that
the larger buying incident to such
increased assortments has had the
effect of bettering the prices Of
past years.
10 show just what this de-
partment is prepared to do for
you, we shall signalize the
Opening" by having on sale this
week a lineof MANUFACTURERS
SAMPLES, at prices from a THIRD
to a HALF less than their actual
value. The lot contains nearly
1000 pieces, all of which are diff
ferent patterns. The goods are 0
The record-union., 1891-03-22
THE SCHOOL BOOK SYSTEM
JUSTIFIED.

| About the middle Iof the legisla-
tive session the enemies of the State
school book system created some
thing Of breeze by rescuing from
| the records of the late administration the
| half-completed report of an expert, and
| from that insufficient data it was declared
that the books published by the State
cost too much and that the system was
uneconomic. At the time we pointed
| out the errors of the report, and showed
| that it was inaccurate; that it was no
| fault of the expert, however, but was due
| to the sudden closing of the report by
| those who set him at work, and limited
the field of his researches.
Now we have the detailed report of
| another expert, whose operations were
unhampered, and whose service of many
years in the Controllers department
specially qualified him for the search of
records of all classes. This expert, who
| proceeded to his work under orders from
| the Legislature, finds very different facts
from those reported by the expert of the
| late administration. He shows clearly
| that the State has been large gamer:
| that the people who purchase school
| books have been still larger beneiciaries;
that the system has worked well, even
better than there was reason to anticipate
| so early in the experiment. In short, the
report of expert Dunn is complete
vindication of the wisdom of the State
policy regarding textbooks for the COM
mon schools. 1t clearly shows that as a
| financial policy it was business discretion
well exercised. OF course, the enemies of
the system will assal the report, but it is
too well fortified by facts and financial
citations from State records to be open to
any lances.
The record-union., 1891-03-22

and sale OF certain indecent books. The
whole range of police, sporting and cheap
library nastiness and exaggeration tends
to corrupt the youth of both sexes, to
cultivate the taste for adventure of a
criminal character, to stimulate unhealth-
lily the animal passions, to degrade
woman in the estimation of the develop
ing man, and to brutalize man in the eyes
of the developing woman.
The record-union., 1891-03-22

Mrs. JOHN SHERWOOD joins with Mrs.
Wells, in the North american Revie,o, in
protest against certain literature of the
day that makes life dissecting room.
They well say, that in many of the pop
ular magazines there is now run species
of matter that is giving young girls
wholly false ideas of life and of love es-
pecially. and that is having direct and
bad influence upon their characters. A
large part of this class Of writing tends
to frighten susceptible and nervous
woman, and those not so sensitive are
taught ideas of life, before and after mar
riage, that are unreal and hence danger
GUS as guides. AS Mrs. Sherwood puts it:
SIT is shocking wrong and nuisance
that popular magazines should publish
stories which are read by young girls,
enabling them, as Mrs. Wells says, to
count ''the various kinds of kisses which
mark the advent and climax of lovers
regard. Love itself is just as subtle and
unselfish as ever it was; passion is as
true and noble; but their parasites are
deadly"
But all such literature is harmless as a
dove compared with the pernicious mat
ter that is put into the hands of youth,
and especially of young men and boys,
through the agency of the flash sheets,
low, cheap library editions of vulgar and
unreal fiction, and the criminal literature
of the Police Gazette order. The latter
class ought to be tabooed by the law
and its circulation forbidden, for reasons
similar to those for which we prohibit the
indiscriminate sale of poisons, and for
the reasons that we inhibit the printing
The record-union., 1891-03-22

The REcoRD-UNIoN, SUNDAY UNION
and WEEKLY UNION are the only papers
on the Coast, outside of San Francisco,
that receiue the full Associated Press dis
patches from all parts Of the aoortd. Out
side Of San Francisco, they haze no COM
2etftorS, either IN influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
The record-union., 1891-03-22
Munitions of War.

QUEBEC, March 20.-The Government
Cartridge Factory is running full time
on orders from Ottawa, and it is under
stood that factory for making Martini
Henry ammunition is to be established.
The cause of this activity is unknown.
The record-union., 1891-03-22

Fair Shopper-s'What is the difference
between those two pieces of goods p
Clerk-"One is marked higher than the
other" .'Yes, but what is the real differ
ence between them?" 81 Just told you
a marked difference .''-BnfaIo Express.
The record-union., 1891-03-22
Weather Forecast,

Forecast till p. NJ. Sunday, 22d-For
Northern California-Fair weather, except
light rain at Eureka and Red Bluff; winds gen.
orally westerly, fresh to brisk; cooler, except
nearly stationary temperature on the upper
northwest coast