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Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

Not the Ieas. stBonz our Maine indus
tries is that OF picking biasberriss 10
supply the various packing fsctories III
the eastesa part Of the state. Washing,
ton county has done an unusually large
taslness the pAst seas sn--s0re families
having receised from 800 TO 500 as the
result Of the summers work The
AMOUNT Of single single days receipts
ia the packing houses ia the vicinity Of
(.hsrryfieid has often run up as high a.
1000 bushels
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

II is stated that . rsttle-snske cannot bite
II hsld up BY the tail. Would you like to
pu, the statement to practical tes,2 Prob
sbly not; but how often do YOU take fsi
| greater risks? A snakeb bite 10 not the only
means Of introducing peisen into the sys
,em. Ifyour liver is sluggish, il fails 10
remove the impurities from The blood which
passes through il, and deadly poisoas are
| thus thrown into the circulation, sil the
| more dangerous because they are lnsidious
| II your blood 10 impure, IL your liver is GU
| Of order, IL you have blotchss, pimples
| ooils or erupsiens, don't monkey with ths
snake" Take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medica
Discovery, the only specific against al
blood, oisors. no matter of wha; name ol
nature. 1t 10 sold under positive guarsn
tee that i, will benefit or cure, or you
| money will be refunded. sep,2tdS wfoiim
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

The Bsngsr Commercial says that
dealers In cigarettes in that city are rig
Sdiy observing the law by refusing 10
..iE 10 fBEners Such should be the con
dirlon Of affairs every~here. The cigar
ette hahit /. an IL Jury 10 those addicted
10 IL and especially 80 10 young reopie
who have not attained ts.ir growth.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

Even the oldss, rssidsus. regard the Ken.
nehec ~ unusually low for this ssason.
Rain 10 eeded ~ ~
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

A farmer from South Lewiston, say
lhe Lewiston Journal, came into town
this morning with two bran sacks tilec
with live chickens. They were IN th'
bottom Of the wagon. rhe farmer left
hls horse standing in the street anc
walked into store The horse saa
some plants In the store window and
Walking up on 10 the sidewalk tried TO ea
them through the plate glass window
IL was failure. He stepped back anc
the chickens fell ont aud all set up
,quaking The farmer came out OF the
store Just In time to drive two big dog
away from the bag Of live poultry
Then he picked them up and drove OIL
but the chickens kept up their noise
Just the same till the tam was out OF
light up Main street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25
Sept. z1-as -Pjrhi.s iesd fsy, PsrfisHd'
3gaArA

sTe@Ss Ssases-
Oct s-f.ss.4 fsszse II Asize Good fe1pssrs
a,,smH ss.. loo sf 80. r ria.
os,' I4 Z &, ~ Dltsie Lodss q cd retap'a,s
hft. .@t fes1.
Hsr. ,-a, ssss D.s;sis: lslxs Good fsH'sss's
v bpessp|t
No 7-wss, D',isis; Lorss Good Ieasi~f-
NSsfh resfstsft 80
Hsy. is- ga llrfiss Losse Good Iemp'As'
ksx lYfft
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

We understand that Mr.. j. { White
II Rockland. son of Superintendent
y 1hite Of the Knox 4 Lincoln Railroad,
. IN take the !.are OF the prebie House.
sumlng the management 10 about a
foftni,ht He has been connected with
Bh. Common wealth II Boston and Faf
xvr House at hennebunk- Mr. L''bs0n
sill then retire. Mr.. blitson has been
i-ndlord for at least twenty yeats, has
made hosts of friends ali over tbs coan'
rry, and has been hon0esd With the pres
idsncy OF the National Hotel Mems "A
.nclation Portland will lore good
landlord in Sr Gibson. We understand
he has m4ds no arrangements f1r TIE
future ss yet - Portland Press
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25
nArsE oossr

These glorious antsmn days arc being
generally improved BY excursionisss 2 %
arlists. The scenery along the rive,
banks and lske shres Ia unsurpasz e
and cannot fAiI % attract merised 20 al
ration from all loyers of nature Maize
is fast becomiaz the Mecca not only o.
summer exegr.ioDistz ia p1rsuis OF resi-
aud recreation, but the crossing artist
/. s.srnez here 10 dad inspiration And -ns
terial for his eAsf 4 gwsrs
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

The corner stone Of the new Episcopal
chapei AZ Woodfurds Corner was laid
Wednesday afternoon, the Right key
Henry A Nicely, Bi,h0p Of Maine. oil
eating. Ceremonies appropriate to tht
occasion were performed by the Bishop
and assisting olergymen, at the con
ciusion Of which the corner stone Wa
blessed and placed in position he
chapel when finally completed will seat
about 200 people aud will be a mission
attached 70 ST. Lukes cathedral, being
supplied By the cathedral clergy Much
of the credit for the erection of the
chapel il due to Rev. & w. Ogden and
his estimable wife. who have already
Identified themselves with church
interests IN the vicinity; Mrs Ogden
having had charge OF successful sun
day school for some time past.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

A spider Is the novel pet OF L'ang
burg, Mich, girl. He ia kept under 4
goblet and carefully fed, positively re-
fusIng to begin meal until three OF
four fiies have been thrust into his
apartment. These he lets walk around
him and even over him, allowing them
to think him perfectly harmless, until 10
some of their trips under his nose he ap-
parently wakes up and grabs them
After one OF these meals he loses his ap'
petite for about ~ hours.
The value of the exports OF bread
stun. alone from the United States dur
ing the month Of August was SIS ,s13,
SO. For August, 1890, the figures were
go 72l, ,2l0 That is nearly three times
the exports In the same month last year
and the present prospect is that the
monthly average will exceed the ex'
ports OF August during whole year
from the beglnning of the movemeot OF
this years crops. That will be about
the measure Of the splendid results OF
the legislation OF the Republican Con
gress to the farmers Of the United
States,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25
RSiiG1Soa

81 ~ fJci fkifa - Is .'isy Of -
&, ia, yfss s.sp &. $50 "a 3 .. " ~ iiiss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

Coal miners OF Pittsourg Rsilrosd dis
trict, involving 5000 men, will demand 40
advance in wages 81 the convention in Pitts-
burg next Tues
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25

In connection with the action which The
insurance commissioner is bringing agsinsl
illegal insurance companies IL ID intsfssling
to note the following from the Biddsfssd
Times: All sxpletivss are being made uss
Of by some Of the swindied IN the Friendly
Aid business, and certain oficials, II they
could get their ear near the key hole d he
right time would hear something highly
entertaining. -..A'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-25
CALIFORNIA.

Dates Of other California EHoursions
Oct. Is. January l2 aui II; February 2, II. an!
| 2S and March 10.
nat,s oS Ne xiCO Excursions January 12
FehTt,ary ard "a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-03
Criminal Carlessness.

The slaughter Of Captain Wallace
and twenty five soldiers near the Pine
Ridge Agency last Monday by Big
Foot's band Of Indians after they had
been captured by the troops seems to
us to be the result of criminal care
lessness on the part of the officers in
command. Why it is that these
treacherous savages were not dis
armed, when they were captured, and
thus rendered powerless to do mis-
chief seems mystery. 1t may be
claimed that their arms were concealed
under their blankets, but even this ia
no excuse for 1t was certainly the
business Of the commanding officer
TO have them searched, as is usually
the case when supposed criminal is
captured, to SEQ that they were with
out the means OF killing or wounding
their captors; but that the officers did
know that the Indians were still
armed is manifest from the following
extract from the dispatch announcing
theircapture: "The general opinion
is that the surrender Of Big Foot was
not made in good faith, as the Indians
still retain their arms" We do not,
of course, know all the circumstances
of the unfortunate event, but 1t seems
that the captives should have been
rendered powerless to do harm imme-
diGtely ontheir capture. At this dis.
lance it looks very much like q piece
Of criminal Carelessness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-03
County Official Paper
SCHOOL sUPERINTENDENCY

The enterprise, prosperity and hap
piuess Of any county depends upon
the education Of her people; hence
the educational interests Of the State
should he fostered by every means
which will lead to that end, A
competent and faithful Superintend-
ent at Schools is an important factor
in promoting proper education, aud
for this reason we are opposed to the
adjustment OF that Office or its con-
Bolidation with that Of District At
torney. There is such thing as
misery economy, and such, in our
judgment, would be the saving Of
few dollars at the expense of the edu-
cational interests Of the State. There
is no tax which an enterprising, high
minded citizen will pay more cheer
fully than tax for school purposes,
and nothing should be left undone
which will conduce TO the education
of our children.
We have no children to send to
school, not child to educate; but we
. would hail with delight raise in the
school tax sufficient to provide an
ample fund to run every school in the
county ten months in the year with
competent and we'll paid teachers,
under the SUPPLEMENTARY of an
honest, industrious and competent
County Superintendent at salary of
$3.50 a month. We do not believe it
would be economy to permit our
children" to grow up in ignorance
simply to savo what their education
. would cost in dollars and cents.
If economy consists in saving ex-
penses without regard to conse-
quences, why not dispense with the
expensive school system entirely?
Change the Constitution so that the
revenues from the State School Fund
can be applied to the payment of the
salaries Of necessary State officers,
and thus reduce the tax levy for
State purposes. Dispense with the
levy Of 35 cents in this county for
school purposes, and shut up the
school houses. By this means see
how many thousands of dollars would
be saved annually to the pockets of
the tax-ridden people Of Nevada!
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-03
Live And Let Live.

Those who desire to purchase the
best quality of Groceries and Pro-
visions are referred to the above re-
liable house where fair deuling and
courteous treatment il tho rule.
Glassware, Tinwaro, Stoneware, Nails
etc. always ia stock.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15

work upon the Solomon group. Abou
one thousand Solomon Islanders go to
Fiji to work on the plantations there,
and we have baptized some Of them.
We expect that they will live in villages
together, to which the missionaries
will go and from which, with inter
prefers, they may go out to work
among the natives. I want about seven
more missionaries, who will make the
number twenty-five in my diocese,
which covers nine degrees Of latitude,
from II degrees south to q degrees
south, and degrees of longitude.
The Samoans are far superior both
physically and intellectually to Fiiians,
but the Fijians, being of more zeal
GUS nature, make better converts. The
Fijians are Of far more warlike ma.
ture than the Samoans. The Solomon
Islanders resemble the Fiiians more
than the Samoans. The Fijians live
very simple lives, their only care being
to have enough to eat. Their dress,
which is merely skirt from the waist.
troubles them but little. They dress
the hair in many fantastic fashions.
They have no use for money. The
converts devote much time to prav f"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15
New York Times on the Land Tax.

The great advantage of tax upon
land is that it can be equitably adjusted
and economically collected that there
can be no escape or evasion. and that it
will bear upon value that is absolute
ly proportional to the profitableness Of
its occupation anduse In other words,
it will be proportional to the wealth
that is employed in the use of the land,
which, directly and Indirectly consid-
cred, is the entire wealth of the COM
munity. The tax will necessarily be
paid out of the surplus of production.
When the tax is levied anywhere be-
tween the land and the wealth accumu-
lated from it's use, it falls upon the ac-
tive agencies of production, and inter
feres with their activity and fruitful
ness. This induces inequality of bur.
dens and efforts to escape, and when.
ever the pressure is greater in one place
than another, there will be a shifting OF
ground as inevitably as air or water
moves in the direction of the least re.
sistance. In our efforts at tax reform
we are driven more and more back tc
the land, or to what is called real prop
erty, as the true basis of public reve.
anuaS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15

bv thin black beard which he wears.
His thick black hair is spotted here
and there with gray, but the years
have evidently dealt kindly with him.
Speaking to San Francisco Chronicle
reporter of his mission he says:
"rwelve years ago the hi jams were
cannibals. At the present day the
Solomon Islanders, among whom L in
tend to go, are cannibals. Bishop
Epalle was killed by them three years
ago. This cross I wear belonged to
him. In the Fiji group are 200 islands,
about eighty of which are inhabited.
One island is 1872 miles long and ITO
miles wide, and another is of about the
same size. There are $4,000 natives
and LOGO Europeans in the group. In
the capital, Suva, there are 700 Euro
peans, and at Levuka about two hun
dred. There are about two hundred
Irish Catholics in the group. have
eighteen missionaries and nineteen
sisters. Fifteen sisters are engaged as
teachers in the native schools, in which
there are about four thousand native
children, and the other four are in the
white schools. There are fourteen
churches on six of the princi-
pal islands. We have about
eleven thousand native converts
and $50 native catechists. We have
prayer books, catechisms and hymns
printed in Fijian, and I am about to
print the vespers and gospel in Fijian
also. This work is done by the mis-
sionaries, all of whom speak the native
language. The printing is done on a
small forty-pound press l took to the
islsnds. The language is not hard to
learn and missionary can learn to
speak it we'll in six months. We in
struct the children in their own Ian
guage and teach them some history,
geography, and the four rules OF
arithmetic. The geography is gen:
eral idea of the countries of the world
and we have about forty pages descrip.
tive of Oceanica. We also instruct
them in the history of the church since
Jesus Christ.
I'VE have few catechists, who we
expect will assist us greatly in ou1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15
Tax Commissioner Coleman on Taxa
ton.

Recently, before a New York leslsif
tive committee, Tax Commissioner Cole
man gave it as his opinion that the ef-
feet of the taxation of personal proper.
ty in this state had been to drive out OF
this city, in one year. over $500, ooo, ooo
in capital represented in corporations.
alone. At least Is to 20 per cent. OF
that amount represented the capital OF
companies which had been doing busl-
ness in this city. They had found 1T
more profitable. however. to WIND up
their affairs in New York and reorgan-
ize in New Jersey. Excessive taxation
had driven them across the river. AL
though organized in New Jersey. many
of these firms did business only in New
York city. This information was the
result of special investigation on the
part of Mr.. Coleman. Among those
firms the witness named the Thurber-
Whyland Co., Park & Tilford. the Gel
luloid Co., the United States Book Con-
Germ, Devoe & Co. and the Hoffman
Cafe. The Hoffman cafe was capital
lied at 81 $50, 600 in New Jersey. This
fact greatly surprised the senators.
These concerns all received the same
protection from the fire and police
departments as those Incorporated in
this state. They contributed in return
practically nothing to the government
of New York. They depend upon New
Jersey for nothing except exemption. 1t
was true that they We're obliged to pay
some money to the state of New Jersey.
The amounts, however, were compare
lively small. New Jersey did not com
pei her corporations to make returns of
their property. Much of the other tes-
timony given by the commissioner has
been printed in the Standard heretofore;
but he made one new point against the
personal property tax He said that it
was sapping at the roots of home life
in this city, ''for," said he, ''the rates OF
personal taxation are so obnoxious that
people instead of building fine resi-
dences engage suite of rooms in some
hotel and live at some club. A few
years ago hotels We're but seven stories
high, now they are seventeen stories
high The commissioner said that the
virtual abolition of the tax on persona
property would be of the greatest bene
fit to the city of New York.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15
A Detroit Paper Sees the Light.

A local assembly of the knights of
Labor in Boston has passed set of res
olutions which demand:
That a bill be drafted by the state
legislature providing that the state gov
eminent seize, under the rights of emf
nent domain, all vacant lands held for
speculative purposes. adjacent to all
steam or electric surface and elevated
railroads. at present erected or to be
erected that such lands be cut up into
houselots and decided to, at sum not to
exceed $500 per lot worl1ingmen, under
a mortgage by the state; that go per
cent. be charged as interest: that the
land be appraised by a state appraiser;
that each holder of a deed be advanced
enough money to build a house of re;-
sonable dimensions thereon: that when
the sum advanced by the state be re-
funded clear conveyance of the title
should be made to the holder of the
title.
The Detroit Evening journal thinks
that people will laugh at this
proposition, and that perhaps that is
the best way to treat it. Nevertheless
it goes on to say:
10 the thoughtful mind there is some
thing suggestive in this resolution by
the Boston Knights. Why is it that in
this young country, with it's natural re-
sources hardly touched, wages are SO
low that men find it hard to get homes
of their own? Is it because our land is
taken up in advance of actual need?
The speculator always goes ahead of
enterprise, and the land takes on not
only a fair rental value, but it takes on
prospective value, and every increase
in productive power simply gives the
landowner chance to shove up the
price of his land Wages, therefore, do
not rise materially; for the value of
the land tends to increase faster than
the production of wealth, and the land
owner gets what ought to go to labor
as wages. Horace Greeley saw all this
more or less clearly forty or fifty years
ago, and he advocated law limiting
the area of land which one man might
own. 1t would have been well had his
warning been needed; for even now
workingmen are looking greedily at
the land which belongs to those who
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15
The Thumb Ring.

The fashion, occasionally observed,
wearing ring on the thumb is OF u
Gent origin, there being the mumn]
of woman in the British Musess]
wearing ring on each thumb. .h Il
Gent kings who could not write . ,ls3
names wore massive seal rings on 'l II
thumbs, with which they signed Y
portant documents. rs
Falstaff declared that when ne WI W.,
young he could have crept INTO ~
Alderman's thumb ring. m q,
In Germany rings were worn s
every finger and upon the thumbs ,,nO
In this country wearing a ring ,d nI
the thumb denotes strong irlehu axp;
between two people of opposite : s1 love
but it is seldom the souvenir q a1onald
Oscar Wilde and George Mac G, r;nss
the novelist, both wear thnmo onnsfl
So does Edmund Russell, the ap0
of astheticism. Detroit Free f'''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15
Sound Queer to Us Now.

Among the time-worn relics |
well-known downtown chop house
copies of newspapers printed in
city more than one hundred years
says the New York Times. Here !
sample news paragraph that appea
in the Daily Record of Dec. 30, II
Yesterday was executed, pursu
to sentence, for burglary, Thomas I
10 black man. During the execut
the rope slipped and caught him by |
chin, in which situation he was s.
pended for nearly two minutes.
then spoke, saying, 1T does not chg
me, on which the platform was rail-
and the rope properly fixed, when
was launched into eternity. He
peared to have little concern for
unhappy situation and but an imp
feet idea of his future state. Notwl1
standing the awful spectacle, NUM-
of hardened villains the same MD
broke open the store Of Mr.. RhinelsE
er, at Burling Slip, and carried off
iron chest containing cash to
amount of G1OO."
In the same paper Of Nov. %, II
are these paragraphs:
"A mulatto boy between eighteenaa
nineteen years of age, to be sold;
tolerable cook, and understands
kinds of homework.
Bears grease for making the D.
grow to be had of Nathaniel Sml
lS5 Queen street.
THE Albany line of stages, by reas
of the shortness of the days, will, IN ~
the LIST of May next, take three "a
instead of two to perform their to'lf
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15
TALMAGE's suev :,

WIFE
A Glimpse of the Great ~
moss Man an, sr.seaeasr,
Mrs :. Tallmage is distinct,
bands right hand, and I'l nM bel
of his busy life are looIad1 an !, tshed
says Edward W. Box N NJ y Serb!
Home Journal. She i .ne i
woman, having rare e ~ buy
ity, capable of easily han nTGutl's
Der of things ut the same Amazing ~
of DR.. Talmage's daily wor lli :;
and laid out by her. SIN Is pa
pastoral and social engas as make
all his lecturing Interests n ne
hands. She knows his cans are
better than he. Whepeveess s j
is to be made, it is she wbo a I 10
the route, procures the t;o liz lag
staterooms, and attends ~
details. No public man, n Nc az
saved SO many annoyances sI ~
Talmage by his wifee's fores az
ability. The rear apartme eSlsat
second floor is Mrs. Talmage's
ing room. 1t is tastefully ivs,
but more with an eve to ut iItal1
ornamentation. In this roass
Talmage spends most of her t;ml
is her private den" An t i,a1
that is left at the house for S ns
mage is taken into this roon,
opened by her. It is not an NV, na,
thing for the postman to deE W.
tween one and two hundred le,,
day, all Of which pass thronab
Talmage's hands. Business le fh
answered by her, and all letter.,
may be of an unpleasant or ann
personal nature are DESTROYED
Talmage never sees them. ~
A day in Mrs. Talmage's home
be revelation to those who i
that the life of public mans
a succession of pleasures, dottet
with a pretty compliment and
with some token of honor
many people are yawning and y
ing to break their nights resi-
Talmage is already up, openil
first mail. Breakfast is prom
8 o'clock. Then the family Sc
and the wife begins to receive
which alone is task. 1t is
known saying among the nei
that "the Talmage bell is never
ALI kinds of people must be S,
Vulnerable appointments mad
kept, the pastoral work of the
church in America must be
after, the details Of a score {
missionary, church, literary S
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15

don't work. The Astors, drawing SsS'-
600 daily as ground rents, brush by t,'e
man who works for So per day and VINO
can't save enough to buy foot OF
oronnd. The few owners of the land
of New York city receive 100000 600
annually for its use, or, at least that IS
about the rental value, while only 4
nor cent. of the inhabitants live IN
houses of their own. Such state oi
affairs can not but lead to PROPOSE
tions of confiscation.