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PART IL


Well, we got through those fourteen
bridges again, but we received some bad
scratches on the starboard side of the
schooner and had our main rigging and
iron work damaged. The tow boat left US
near q repairing dock at Staten. Island,
two efficient blacksmiths were found. and
the next day the IRON work was fixed, the
rigging set up again and new channel
made. The other repairs must wait for a
more convenient season.
Monday noon we went into the dock to
on board who were never in coal dock
before. Here we experience one of the
shady turns which q sailors life will take
on at times.
Tuesday the Abbie Bursley struck US on
the port side and with her anchor tore an
other channel up and made q few more
scratches to match those we received COM
ing through the bridges. This would have
been the Feather that broke the camers
back" had not the gentlemanly way in
which Capt. Gordon paid the bill, saying
he wished to do as he would be done by.
rather healed the wounds. How different
as the manner and action of the tow.
boat captain who left US after our con.
tact with he bridges, to look out for our
damages the best we could, fully deter
mined that we should get no remuneration
from him or his owners, If he could help
it.
On the llth we finished loading 40 tons
Of coal for Boston, and early on the 18th
tow-boat came for US. Slowly we towed
through the Kills, across New York har-
Dor. by Liberty" which never looked 50
majestic as on that great iay-C Columbus
Day.
The ships in the harbor never looked 60
fine. dressed as they were in full quits OF
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State News.

The farm buildings Of Herbert Russell
in Turner were burned Monday evening.
The fre caught from the chimney. Loss,
81 800; insured.
"A Rockland dispatch says Edward
Davis OF Ash Point, left Andrews Island
Saturday morning, for the main land, q
distance less than four miles, in q sail
boat aud heavy wind. Nothing has
been heard from him since. He leaves a
widow and four small children.
The North street school at Houlton
WAS damaged 81, 900 by fire.
Rev. Thomas B. Paine of Buffalo,
N. T.. has been called to the pastorate OF
the Bates street Universaiist church in
Lewiston. Rev. Mr.. Paine will assume
work on Nov. 17th.
"A cablegram was received at Augusta
wednesday morning announcing the death
ln Paris, of Mrs. ralph Z. johnson Of
Augusta, daughter Of the late Allan Lom-
bard. Mr.. Johnson VINO had received the
news OF her illness, intended to sail from
New York al once
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Cleveland, the Scriyener.

Martin Van Buren, one Of the most
astute politicians this country ever pro-
duced, and in fact the first Of the long
line Of great American politicians, re-
garded letter writing as dangerous
practice in a campaign. He would
travel long journey, even by stage, to
confer verbally with political conf
dant rather than write him letter.
Grover Cleveland might do well to imi-
tate this example, if not for his own
good at least for the relief Of the public.
Denver Sun.
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The parents, teacher, and scholars in
district No. II, had contributed their mite
and purchased n fine flag for the school
house, 2 10, and Saturday, October
20, was set apart for the raising AT the
appointed hour, the school house was we'll
filed with people from this and adjoining
districts. The assembly was called To
order by the teacher, Miss Georgia Cain,
and the following program was carried
out Music by the choir, America. Read
ing by Oramel Haney Address by Rev,
Mr. Hogdon in which he sketched the
early settlement of America, and gave the
origin and history of our national banner.
Reading by Orsmel Haney, an appropriate
address touching the significance of our
flag. Recitation by Harvey Leach, The
Rising of l7T6." Reading by Cora Leach,
"Our National Banner" Reading by Lester
Hinckley. Reading by Gladys Hutchins,
The Flower of Liberty" j. NJ. Hutch
ins was called upon for remarks, but de-
cllned saying there were others there who
no doubt were loaded for the occasion, and
were anxious to speak, and called upon
Hosea b. Wardwell, superintendent of
schools who, he said, had come a long
distance to attend these exercises and no
doubt had something valuable to contri-
opened fire with his usual wit, and gave
very interesting historical sketch. Miss
Sarah Treworgy, being present. was called
upon for remarks and responded in a
graceful and effective speech touching the
cost of our flag. J. P. Haney made ap-
propriate remarks upon the protective
power of our national emblem. Samuel
ID. Staples, one of our Oldest school teach
ers, brought out some facts relating to the
history, significance and glory of our BAN
ner. Closed with solo, "The Star Spang-
led Banner" by Miss Sarah Treworgy.
The flag was then flung to the breeze amid
the cheers of the crowd.
Miss Sarah Treworgy of Surry, preached
in the Methodist churches Sunday, to good
congregations. She viii aid MIR. Hodgdon
in special meetings during the week.
George Perkins and wife intend TO move
next week on the farm of Professor
Ames in Castine and take charge OF the
same.
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ing. All through the three days there was
remarkably good order and few people
were intoxicated. The city is beginning to
emerge from its three days of celebration
and resume a business-like air.
Truly yours.
JOHN W. KANE.
New York, Oct. 10, '92
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Snow-Bound.
An Extract from Whittier. most Charac-
teri fic

An Extract from Whittier. most Charac
tcristic Poem.
The moon above the eastern wood
Shone at its full the hill-range stood
Transigured In the silver food.
Its blown SHOWS flashing cold and keen,
Dead white. save here some sharp ravine
Took shadow. or the sombre green
OF hemlochs turned to pitchy black
Against the whiteness at their back.
For such world and such a night
Most fitting that unwarming light.
Which only seemed " here'er il fell
To make the GOODNESS visible.
Shut in from all the world without.
We sat the cean-w winged hearth about.
Content TO let the north wind roar
In baffied rage al pane and door.
While the red logs before us beat
The frost-line back with tropic heat;
And ever, when louder blast
Shook beam and raftar rs II passed,
The merrier up its roaring draught
The great throat OF the chimney laughed.
The house-dog on bis paws purspread
Laid to the fire his droSsy head,
The cats dark Silhouette on the wall
A couchanf tigers seemed to fall;
And. for the winter iireside meet,
Between the androns' straddIing feet,
The mug OF cider simmered slow.
And close at band, the basket stood
" ith nuts from brown October, wood.
What matter how the night behaved:
What matter how the north wind ravedy
Blow high. blow low, not all its snow
Could quench our hearth fires r,Iddy glow.
o Time and Change with hair as gray
As was my sire's that winter day,
How strange IL seems. with much gone
OF life and love. to still live on
All, brother. only | and thou
A re- left OF all thst circle now
The dear home faces whereupon
That titful freight paled and shone.
HencefOrward. listen a. we will.
The voices Of that hearth are still;
Look where we may, the wide earth DER.
Those lighted faces smile no more.
We tread the paths their feet have worn.
We sit beneath their orchard trees.
We hear. like them. the hum OF bees
And rustic Of the hladed corn;
We turn the pages that they read.
Their written words we linger Der.
But in the sun they cast no shade.
No voice is heard. no sign i made,
No step j. on the conscious floor,
! ct Love will dream, and Faith will trust.
Since He who knows our need is JUST
hat somehow. somew here, meet we must.
Alss for MIN who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees.
W no. hopeless. lays his dead away.
Nor looks 10 see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles plsy
Who hath not learned. in hours OF faith.
The truth 10 flesh and sense unknown,
That Life j. ever lord OF Death
And Love can never lose ii> own,
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Hii,s Position succinctIv Stated.

Senator David Bennett Hills speech
at the recent clambake Of the Old Guard
wasn't long one, but about half way
between the exordium and peroration
we come upon sentence that is just
chock full of contemporaneous human
interest. For reasons too numerous to
mention" said David. 81 am a gentle
man of leisure this summer. Hartford
COurant
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There is another reason why the old
time advocates of protection in the Dem
Ocratic party do not take kindly to the
free trade plank. It was an essential
provision of the constitution adopted by
instrument declared that taxes should be
levied "for revenue only and that no
duties on imports should be laid ''to pro-
mote or foster any branch Of industry" /"
No wonder our Democratic friends
squirrn and wriggle when brought face
to face with the tariff issue as the party
has defined it.-Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
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Steyenson and His Exploded Maxims

I1PfUueu
There was nothing new or forceful in
Mr.. Stevenson's treatment of the tariff.
His lament Of prohibitory tariff finds
consolation in the fact that imports Of
merchandise at New York during the
past three weeks were 4S115 per cent?
greater than during the corresponding
period of last year. But Mr.. Stevenson
and his associates are now repeating ex-
ploded maxims rather than studying
markets and facts.-Indianapolis Jour
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JOHN 8. SMITH.
That Il the Name Of New Hampshire's
Next Governor.

Hon. John B. Smith, of Hillsboro, Re
publican candidate for governor Of New
Hampshire. is native of Saxton's River.
Vt, where he was born April 12. 1888.
His father was Ammi Smith. of Scotch
Irish descent, whose ancestry can be
traced back to Lieutenant Thomas
Smith, the first settler of New Boston.
John B. received his education at the
district school and later at Francestown
academy, where he became known MS
one of its best classical scholars. He
first worked in shoepeg factory in
Henniker and then in Manchester.
After clerking IN country store in
New Boston he bought out drug store
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Growers penchant to write letters to
Tom, Dick and Harry on the slightest
provocation leads somebody to beg him
to write one to David B. Hill. The
country would read such communica-
ton with interest, but David BIS an
swer would be more interesting STILL
Lowell (Mass.) Courier.
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Uncle Sam's Corns Are All Right.
The shoe pinches, but it doesn't pinch
Uncle Sans corns. The value Of the
importations of woolen goods under the
Mckinley bill has decreased $21, 600, 900
and Of silk goods $7,5O0,OOO. But the
consumption has not decreased, and the
prices have not increased. Who pays
the tax? Who gets the job Of supplying
the home market? - Burlington Qa.)
Hawkeve
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We lead all nations in agriculture,
mining and manufacturing. These are
the trophies We bring after tVenty-nine
years of protective tariff.-William
Mckinley. Jr.
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favor encouragement to home prod
ucts. employment to labor at living
wages and the development of home re-
source-Ulysses S. Grant.
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Titus Sheard's partner in the kni.
goods underwear mills at Little Falls
says: 1--WE sells knit goods now for
5000
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We should encourage home manufac-
lures to the extent Of our consumption
Of everything Of which we raise the raw
Observation-Disclosures.
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The grand jury in Waldo county found
thirty-one indictments, one being Tor ma.
licious mischief. the rest for violation OF
the liquor law.
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Agriculture, commerce and manufac-
lures will prosper together or languish
together.-Daniel Webster.
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never knew n spinner before to make
SO much. In England a spinner thinks
he has made good wages when he is paid
$500
a week. New York Press.
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The Republican party, the friend and
protector Of the American home.-Ben-
jamin Harrison.
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dozen that we asked

for in the year 800. One Of our spin
ners. young man. has made in six days
SCI. Sc.
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OBJ GJ,sWortb Amrrl(an.

.1,feALi LOCAL AND POLITICAL JOURNAL
mI>liFD EVERY THURSDAY By THE
lse HD county Publishing Company
J. c. Chilcott, Editor.
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$1,000

5000
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-06-18
Mutual Con ndOlences.

"Folks we'll, johnny inquired the
young man who was waiting in the par.
lcr for Johnny's sister to come down.
Not very" replied the little boy.
"Maw's got the rheumatism. It's in her
right foot. wish.'' he walled. with
vivid rccollcctions of a spirited inter.
view half an hour before with his moth
er and a slipper. II wish she had a
touch of it in her right arm"
'.Is your father ever troubled with
rheumatism. johnny"
Eyes. he's got it in his shoulder blades
and one of his arms"
Ever since one night last January
sighed the young man. plaintively, 81
have known that he is never bothered
with it in his right foot"
And while the night winds moaned
drearily outside and the cat asleep on
the hearthrug snored incasilv in its
s,umbers. the two victims of misplaced
rheumatism sat in the little parlor and
condoled with each other.-Chicagc
Tribune.
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HUMOROUS.


-he--"woaid yon be offended u !
teii until after II has kappenedS"-N.
+. Truth.
--Milkc-"They say. Pat, that the
be used up. What will they do fur FIR.
in then7' Pat-"Burn coke, yer fool!"
-Tit-Rits.
How He Would Lessen the Risk
Slowpay-.'Will you take my check for
800 worth of jewelry?' Jeweler-
"Yes; if you'll let it covei the goods
you bought two years ago. .-Jewelcrs
Weekly.
-'Givc me a few pennies, sir. to"
"Herc. Here's quarter for yon. poor
fellow" THANK you. sir; but-cr-
this is q Canadian quarter sir. and
don't take Canadian or mutilated COIN"
|-Harper's Bazaar.
| Mrs. Younglove-"What's the baby
crying SO pitifully ahout?" Nurse
"Hes cutting his teeth, MA am. Mrs.
Younglovc-"Arcy You sure? lie acts
Just as if his teeth were cutting him."
IN. Y. World.
Undesirable as a Specimen.
"Will you marry me?' Shc-''No-yon
drink" He-"1'hen marry me and save
me-" She-''Thanks, no. ] don't want
q husband preserved in alcohol. kate
Fields Washington.
She Got Good Harry,
! wish you'd give me a spring hat" lie
-"Why?" She-'Bccause they are so
much lower now" Hc-"Come off.
Wasn't I at the theater last night?''
She issively)-"Possibly you
were. t."-Dctroit Free Press.
John, what are these round ivory
things in your dress-vest pocket?" ''T
those are samples of b-buttons that
got at my t-tailor's to-day. dear;
tucked them in there d-day before
yest--" (Which do you propose tn
choose for steady wear. John. the rcd,
the white or the blue oncs."-Slnitli,
Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
The Epicurean Moths.-Mr. Dingc
lyon want to be careful about pack
ing away your winter clothes. my dear
The moths are likely TO get into them. '
Mrs. Bingo-"You needn't be alarmed
about the moths. They are not going
20 bother with plush when they can get
genuine scalskin at the womans who
lives next tdoor."--C]oak Review.
-Teacher-'What is the distance
from here TO the noon" Thoughtful
Pupil--"About PAS. 900 miles" Haven
told you time and again. Johnny Pep
perill. that the distance from tht
earth's surface to the moon is little
less than 24O. 900 milcs?' ''Ycs'm; ant
YOU told us a little while ago that /
was night in China this very minute.
"Ccrtainly." "Well, amt it 5000 mile
from here to China?'
She had just returned from board
ing school and papa was strc'<ing he
hair fondly. 81 hope. my dear" salt
the old man. THAT you haven't &C
quired any of the vulgar phrases whicl
so many of the Vassar young ladies ar
said to use" "You bet haven't papa,
she replied. brightly: when anybod.
catches me talking slang, he is espe
cially invited to slug me in the seventh
rib" THAT is right, my daughter
never indulge in slang. 1t gives ;
young lady dead away"
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The clothes we wear should he kept
elcan by being brushed daily II posi-
BILE Those who are engaged in dirty or
eusty work should have their clothes
we'll beaten every day after they come
bone from work. This applies espe-
ciaIly to those who are employed in
chemical works. Those who work at
greasy occupations should have the
grease removed from their clothes by \
little benzine. II these simple precau-
tions are taken. better health will re-
suit, as dust and disease germs will
then be kept as much as possible out
side tho home. - Halls Journal q
Health
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-06-18

was likely 10 have speedy and telline
effect. At last tho prayer. ended. and
the bell called the children 10 their
booke and Ms 10 \ sense u the situation.
"f.ee's Fu,' whispered Mrs. Godsey,
and as silently as we had eome, IS
silently we stole away. Not = word
was said siii we Lad got out ot sight
And hearing of the schoo'hcuse, when
Mrs. ivens, she said to ME: ''Mrs.
Yates, l guess we can trust that girl
with our young ones"
Trust l,er!" said Mrs. Hatch, ''she's
~ Angel. the latch of whose shoestring
we're not worthy to unite"
Julia Ann always gets things little
snarled when she quotes Scriptures,
but s:,e means I"ell.
Aft,>y this we'd all have been glad o
be friendly with the Norths, but whoa
folks have been for months showing
their hateful side it comes awkward tc
rightabout face without some apPar-
ent good cxcus~,. We could not go u nj
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AN uNMITIGATEO PEST.
The Man who Persistently soiIcits One
for Dime.

The Man who Persistently SolIcits One
for Dime.
It's a hard matter to refuse man
the loan of dime, isn't it, and yet
there is such an army of chronic dime
borrowers lurking about the highways
and byways that if one gives heed to
but a small percentage of them the
first he knows he is out of pocket to the
extent of a dollar or more. These dime
borrowers are an unmitigatcd nuisance.
The sum they ask of You is paltry
to be sure, but if il be true that
.'many a mickle makes a muckie" it is
equally true that ten dimes make a
dollar, and that is more money than
most of us can afford to throw away on
a set of blathcrskite dead beats. Quite
a good many of these chronic dime hor.
rovcrs are men who have seen better
days. and who have finally drifted
down very near the ditch ny reason Of
their own weakness. If not vices. Work
they will not, and SO they lie in wait for
busy men who have no time to parlcy
with them. and who contend that it is
cbea per to give them dime than it is
to argue the matter with them. Then,
again. there is another reason why il
ssn't pleasant to remain long in close
proximity to these borrowing friends -
they drink three-cent beer, they eat
onions and they chew tobacco. and if
that isn't combination for you, why
don't know whaS I am talking about.
But what pains me more than giving
up a dime to one of these scalawags is
the preliminary palaver that they feel
in duty bound to bore you with before
they strike" you for the nimble ten
cent piece. Whenever ] stand and
listen to a long preamble before pat
ing with my dime. figure that 1 am
out of pocket just sixty cents, for in all
conscience it's worth mt least half q
dollar to take the talk that prccc aes
the rtovch" fos tae eoiH.-Detroit gtss
] Press.
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ALecacr Of Anguish.

The rheumatic faint transmitted from
parent to child Is Indeed n legacy of an
guish. Moreover, trifiing cauets, such as
sitting in a drsught the neglect to speedily
change damp clothing; readily develop 1t.
Whether rheumatism be hereditary con.
tracted by exposure, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is the snrest depurent for expelline
the virus from the blood and for prev en- ting
the later encroachments OF the disease.
Equally potent is 1t in arrcsting malarious,
bilious and kidney trouble and constipation.
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-06-18

mean, uncharitable set. us women of
the Bend. and I'm not saying that /
was a whit better than the rest; but l
do think that there has been a change
for the better since sweet Olive North
came among us. 1t was a new place
and times hard, and we couldn't afford
all the necessaries OF life, much less it's
&uxuries, and hard work and privation
made us bitter and ill-tempered. When
tell you that only two families in all
the neighborhood were able to take a
paper. and books were as scarce as
hens teeth" among us, you may reckon
that intelligence and refinement were
at low ebb; but, la! it would not have
been safe for anyone to have told a
Bender that he or she was not as good
or as smart as the next one, and if there
was one thing that we disliked more
than our own hardships and privations
1t was the person who had not suffered
in like kind and measure.
When Judge North came among us
with his old maid sister and motherless
daughter, it did not take us long to see
that they were different from the rest
of ms, and different in way that we
resented. If they had been poorer or
more ignorant than ourselves we could
-,
but Miss North, though not in the least
naughty, was dignified and intellectual
looking, and Olive-well, she was pret-
tier. smarter and sweeter than any
other girl in the place. and we couldn't
help seeing it, and hated her accord
ingly-
If the judges folks had been extrav.
sgant in dress or naughty in manners,
or anything of the kind, there would
have been some excuse for our feelings
toward them. but they were plain and
simple and tried to be friendly, and
that seemed to make US dislike them
the more.
remember the first time I saw Olive
come into church. She wore simple
white linen lawn without bit of orna
ment except bit of hemstitching she
had done herself. and her black straw
hat had only purple lining and q
bunch of violets; but dress and hat wer,
fine of their kind, and couldn't hell
seeing the contrast between her an,
Rosy Watts. who had been considered
till then, the prettiest girl in the neigh
borhood. Rosy's dress was white, toe
but IL had q thick stripe and thin on
and yards of lace and ribbon, cheap, o
course, but, altogether, making he
dress cost more than Olives. Then he
hat was perfect posey garden o
flowers MIXED with gay ribbons, an
her bangs curled so tight you nigh
shiul< Il the reason her nose turned ur
"a slways sleught Rosy pretty "
Feliciana sentinel., 1892-06-18

prayer 1 never heard. Parson Olsberry
himself couldn't beat it. She prayed
FOR the children and for their parents
and that she might have wisdom and
patience to do her duty, and, above all,
that she might yet win little love
from the mothers of her dear pupils. l
saw big tear roll down and drop off
the end of Emerine Hooker's nose, then
she stretched hand to one on each
side of her and said: Sisters, let's
kneel," and tho uext moment we all got
down.
I don't know what anyone would
have thought to have seen us all kneel-
ing there in that little anteroom, Sob
bing silently while the young voice in
side went on praying for us all. not
knowing that for ouec we were getting
the benefit Of her prayer in way thai