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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
Meaning Of Words.

Speaking of the strange, eventful his
tory OF words. the Hartford Courapt
notes that queen" originally meant SIM
ply woman, but now designates the most
giittering place which the earth can be-
stow. while with the slightly different
spelling of ''quean" it stands for a WON.
an OF a different sort: so. too, ..knaye"
at the start meant only Il boy. as in the
German form, "knabe." but as bows 90
wrong sometimes. the word in time OBJ
tanned IN unpleasant meaning. The
word imp" might have been added AS
having had very much the saline history
as a for. meaning first /: scion. or
shoot. 1t next stood for ii child. and now
1t means an inferior devil. Lord Bacon
spoke OF ''tnose most yirltIoi.s and ypoily
young imps. the Duke of Suffolk and hi,
brother"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

Here is an invitation from Mrs. 3
for a children's party, Dolly" said /,
mother, handing her little girl a note
"See how nicely you can answer it YOUR
self without my help" The child wen,
OFT and in a few moments returned with
the following: Miss Dolly A. canno,
accept Mrs. BIS kind invitation, as she
has something else to do that she likes
much better"
Now, how can | teach that child con.
ventional lies:' said the parent laugh.
ingly as she handed the production TO a
visitor.
II should not call it conyentiopalitv.
but consideration for the feelings OF ON
ers. 1t is not necessary to be brusuue to
he truthful" rejoined the friend. ..There
Is a great deal said about society's white
lies, but ! am quite sure that children
are too genuinely honest not to detect
the difference between the false and the
rue, and there is no danger of a child's
becoming nntruthful by using the for.
mulss current in society."-New York
Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

Professor Farmland speaks ~unfavor
ably of the condition OF water when
taken FOR consumption in London dir
lng November. lie SAYS that on NOV
u the Thames at Hampton was chem
lcal!v III an ever worse condition than
on Oct. II, though bactatially it was con.
~slterably better. The water wa, very
turpId and brown. but was in every case
except IA efficiently filtered before de-
livery.
The nntl;ered water. taken chiefly
nom the Lpa By the New i.lycr com.
pauy, was on Nev. 90 both chemically
and Materially in an rnr.suali, Lad eon
ditlon. Compared with the sample
taken IL the previous month. il con
tanned more than twice as much a
matter and more than fuur times lis
many microbes. 1t WAS also turbid and
yellow. but before it was distributed II
was efficiently filtered and improved
The deep well waters of the East Lon.
don and Colne Valley companies con
tanned more organic matter than usual
but they Were or .~anicaliy much better
than any of the river d rived supplies
Public Opinion.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

In the forenoon Of Jan. 81, 1892, the
old building at Park row and Beekman
street caught fire. The 6-story building
had only one stairway and was filled
with people. The building being old
and dry, the fame spread rapidly, and
many people found a terrible death.
just as it seemed that no human being
could escape death three men were seen
in an upper window. The fremen
quickly brought ladders, but the longest
reached only half the distance. In the
crowd a colored bootblack, Charles
Wright, saw that fastened to the roof Of
the building, just above the window
where the men were. was q telegraph
wire, and that this wire ran across the
street to the top of q telegraph pole in
City Hall park.
He saw that if the wire was cut in the
park it would fall right across the win.
dow, SO hat the men could descend by
1t. In an instant he seized a fireman's
wrench that lay neal by, ran across the
street and began to climb the tall, smooth
telegraph pole. 1t was not easy in the
wind and snow, but by hard climbing
Wright soon reached the crossbars.
Quickly he twisted the wire rope off.
DOWN it fell, right across the window.
The crowd shouted for joy as one after
another the three men came down in
lafety. For . moment only the boy was
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

A Scotch laborer was dying. He had
four little children. After lying silent
for awhile he said he would like to see
them, and the poor wife brought them
to the bedside. All he did was to take
a OF the three elder children by the
hand and to say, Guide day."
Then he said to the youngest, a wee
thing 2 years old, will We gle me a
DIT kiss
1he mother. lifting up the wondering
child, said, Say ta-ta to your father"
"Ta-ta.' said the little boy in a loud.
cheerful voice, and then ran out of
the cottage to play. The poor father
closed his eyes: the tears ran down his
cheeks, but he said no more. The album
dance of his heart choked his utterauce.
tie was weary, too, and SO guide day
was his only word Of parting.-.'Twen-
ty-tive Years of st. Andrews"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
Spelling u Good story.

IAN ancient Persian king" said tn,
doctor, had brought before him a ,rai
tor to the throne, who. after a brief hear
ing, was condemned to be stranaled.
Mercy. . king! cried the unhappy
man.
NO responded the king stsrnlv.
You have conspired agains, me, and
You must pay the penalty with your life,
The clock is now trembling On the stroke
OF II. When 1t sounds the hear, yon
must bid farewell to earth
Quick as thought the prisoner turned
to the clock, which stood BIZ the throne.
and with a mighty push threw it from
ITS pedestal. and it fell with IL crash to
the floor.
81 bow to Your will, Q king! he
said calmly. When this clock strikes !
will die. and not before
As a trioute to his presence of mind
the king spared the prisoners life, and
after a brief Imprisonment gave him his
liberty"
"Quite interesting" exclaimed a lady
when the narrator had finished.
Shows that there is nothing new un.
der the sun chiined in another.
"Humph-yes." said a small, QUIET
man In the corner after the comments
had run their course Very coed story,
and | hate to spoil it, but | must do it,"
What" exclaimed the story teller.
Yes. must do it. There We're nc
clocks in ancient Persia, SO the prisone,
could not have smashed one ."-London
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
The Friend Of the EracnhiIa-

The crocodile devours all birds il can
get but one-the sicsac. 1t is said that
when the crocodile comes on shore he
opens his jaws. and this bird enters and
swallows the leeches which are found
about the animals jaws and teeth, and
which have collected there owing to the
creature being SO long a time in the wa
ter. The relief afforded by having the
leeches Withdrawn induces the crocodile
to tolerate the presence of the Bird
London Tit-Bits,
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

A French journal reports the case Of q
man who entered a coffee house and sat
down near a customer who was reading
the morning newspaper which belonged
to the establishment.
After you with the paper. if you
please" said the newcomer.
The other man nodded assent and
went on reading. but at the end of half
an hour had hardly finished the first col.
nmn. Just as the waiting customer was
about making a second and perhaps i'm.
patient application he noticed that the
reader had lost one of his organs Of
sight. His resentment vanished.
"Ah," said he in a low voice, u am
not surprised. The poor man has only
one eye and has to read everything
twice Over."-Exchange.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
bout Talking Cattle.

You know the superstition which
claims that cattle have the gift of speech
at midnight Christmas eve. A. Schles.
wig story warns us to take such asser.
tions by faith rather than crave for
knowledge by sight. An unbelievinR
farmer C hid himself in his barn and
heard one of his horses say to the other,
dit Jaer waet wy noch unser Buer los
eve shall be rid Of our master this year..
The prophecy SO frightened the man that
he fell i'll and died, and the soothsayinQ
horse drew him to his grave.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Words al she Telephone.
Long distance telerzLoning has become
. little science on its own recount and
has called into existence a class Of oper.
ators who are valuable by reason of tho
and sharpness with which they
can pronounce words while speaking
rapidly.
1t has also developed the fact that the
language is better adapted to the
purposes of the telephone than the Eng.
lish. The ordinary business of the long
distance telephone between Paris and
London is carried on in the French Ian
suage. 1t is stated that the considerable
proportion of sibilant or kissing syllables
English renders it a less easy and &C.
curate means of communication,
Certain English words are especially
difficult of Transmission by telephone. |
The word soldier" is cited as n Of
these. Proper names frequently occur
the midst of an otherwise perfectly |
and intelligent conversation
which the a cannot possibly catch. |
These must be spelled out. involving de-
ay.
Expert telephone operators in the press
,ervice between Paris and London have
succeeded in transmitting messages in
he French language at the rate of 1870
words a minute. This is at a much
rate than ordinary speech
Youths Companion.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

Fh-1st
want 40 Guhe mon uoaured earl,
No brave and Cuulely knight.
want a man who'll tend the stove,
And the kitchen fires light.
j want no daring warrior
Before whose sword men fall:
Il timid little man
Who'll answer TO my call.
want no lordly banker
With wealth on land and sea:
i van a man whcse hoardtlss
Shall in my keeping be.
want no handsome, brilliant man
Whose glance the heart can hurt;
a man 80 ugly
That none will with him fiirt.
want a man of learning.
Oi the mental. vast and high,
want "A nan who knows and feels
lie knows much less than |.
omaha Bee.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
Two Cnc0ncuerable

Chauncey Depew met his old college
professor Of languages the other day,
and wishing to say something pleasant
remarked:
Il understand. professor, that you
have mastered all the known tongues"
mo, you are mistaken. ! haven't mas.
tered two-my wife's and her mother's."
Detroit Free Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
In Memorx Of Columhus

A public library has been founded in
Panama in commemoration Of the 4OOth
anniversary Of the discovery Of America.
Three hundred volumes were provided
to start the library, and 800 more were
donated by the Society Progresso de,
istmo.-New York Evening Sun.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12
Might Try II.

Mrs. Binks-Do You believe that story
about a young woman swallowing .
razor!
Mr.. Binks-Well, ! dunno. Perhap.
some one told her that Iazors were go0t
for the complexion. York Weekly.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

forgotten. Il wa, moi long before every
one had heard Of Charles Wright. Che
boy who saved three liyes.-Cor. New
York Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-12

Sometimes the buni;o -tcarer meets Ii.
match. Eecently ex-judge Thoma.
Lawrence, who has been Il practicin.
lawyer in this city for many years. but
now resides /. IS beautiful home in
Nyack, had an with one of
Hungry Joe's confrees in which the lat.
Ter acknowledged defeat. The ex-:judge
Is a Quaker and wears IA SLOUGH hat and
Joshua Whitcomb clothes. Passing
through city hall park an elegantly
dressed young man said: What! Do ny
eyes deceive me: You are But Mr.
Lawrence seized the fellows hand and
broke in: why. | am glad to see thee.
friena. Thou hast changed thy clothes
since | saw thee last on Blackweil's
island" Shaping Mr.. Lawrence Oh the
back, the would be swindler laughed and
said: THAT viii do. old Quaker: | SET
you are on to my game."-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Patents and What They Protect,
\ business mar in this city who is I'M
to his ears in the work necessary to
gather capital to float an enterprise. and
at the same time to keep information of
the nature of it away from busy rivals,
found time last week to say: Did YOU
ever think that a patent does not patent
in this country: Well. it's a fact. All
thai the patent Office does is to give YOU
a paper with some writing on it. bat if
another man steals your idea and goes
to manufacturing your invention the
patent Office will not lift a finger to pro.
tect You or to stand by its own decision.
The fact that you've got a patent is a
point in your favor. but you've got n
hire lawyers and fight the thief in the
courts. and if he can stand it to hire
lawyers longer than you can that settles
you. and you might as well make him a
present of your invention. There are lots
OF men in the country who are getting
rich on the discoveries Of other people.
they had to do was to take EN- and
fight the real d~iscoverers into poverty.
The patent office. to be respected and to
be OF any use. ought to have the power
20 cause the stealer of a patent to be sent
% prison. New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-10

Mr.. Chas. + Potter, special census agent
has been at the Augusta house for several
days past. He is quite enthusiastic over
his work, which is the collection of stats
tics relating to manufactures and industries
He has charge of the work in Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire and Maine and as
sists the special agents in prosecuting their
work and makes thorough examination OF
it after i, is completed to see that no omis-
sions have been made. Realizing the great
importance the information thus secured
who, not fully understanding the ma;ter,
are unwilling to answer the questions put
by the agents. Speaking of his
work to .IouRSAL reporter,
Mr.. Potter alluded to some of the diff
culties which the local agent, by reason of
being resident of the place he is canvass
ing, is compelled to meet. al find in many
instances when there is reluctance to give
proper replies to the local agent that it is
because of feeling on the part of the
manufacturer that these is likelihood the
agent may tell of the information TINS
secured to other people in the town. Now
the local agent is sworn to secrecy. He IL
to give to no one the information he has
secured save to the government. recall
our agent. who asked me if one of his
g.. hi,Y, IN,
pilatious of statistics. | told him most
certainly not. The government wants these
statistics for II wise purpose and it protects
the Individual through whose information
it is enabled to secure these facts. We
don't want to know anything about man
ufacturers assets. In the city of Lynn
the local agents met with many difficulties.
Many of the manufacturers did business on
small scale and it was difficult to find
them all out Then again there was many
Jealous of one another However, when |
came to tell them about the work and they
saw the benefits to accrue from it they
readily complied in answering the ones
tons. Asa result | had one refusal out
of 400. OF course under the United State s
law it is crime TO persist in resusiag 20
answer these questions and the person
can be brought into the nited States court
on account of such refusal Speaking OF
Mr.. William H. Holmes, who is the special
agent for Augusta, Mr.. Potter sail he had
full confidence in him and while he had
met with some difficulties he believed that
when the people thoroughly understood the
matter they would gladly furnish what in
formation they could. Mr.. Potter will re-
turn to Augusta again.
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Personals.

ten. 5. u. l4earitt and wife of Eastp or!
are At the Augusta House.
+. l.. Southland Esq, spent Sunday II
81. Adams.
Rev. T.. F. Newbcrt exchanged Sunday
With Rev. Mr.. Beach Of BANGOR.
Ja'!gc Libbey returned home Saturday
Mr.. c $. Pope of Manchester was in the
city Saturday.
Miss Ettie Dwyer. who has been visiting
Augusta friends. returned Saturday to hel
home in Grafton, Mass.
Ar. $. II. Holmes, superintendent Of
schools in ration, Mass. returned Satus
day from 4 visit to his oil home in Au
gasta.
Isaiah clifford. ESD. of rassslhoro. va.
IN the city Saturday. MIR. Clifford has been
Tor several years pas,, deputy sheriff fo
hennehec county, and has performed I'll,
duties of the office with great efficiency ant
to the entirc satisfaction of the public. lii
was member of the Maine House of Rep
sesentstives in 1871.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-10
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-10

The concert numbers by Prof, Thime's
Teltkn0wn orchestra will be one the lead
Iag features of the finafore presentations
today Only six musicians had been en-
gagged but the remaining member having
volunteered their services, grand orehes-
ira of twenty pieces is at the service of the
managers. The special scenery which ar
rived Saturday was set under the personal
supervision Of Mr. Carl Turner. The slips
for the scholars matinee will be distributed
among the several schools this morning
NJ scholars or children not receiving
si'p can obtain one at the Opera house in
ihr afternoon. The Augusta members of the
troule were alt present at the Saturday
night rehearsal in Gardiner. \ brilliant
presentation is guaranteed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-10

The funeral of Dr. Henry NJ. Harlow
vas from the residence on Stone street at
II An saturday.
Rev, ]. s williamson. pastor of the
Congregational church, of which for many
years the deceased was prominent mem
her, ofiiclaie,i nj the funeral The religious
service consisted of reading from the Scrip
,urrs and prayer at the house and prayer nj
the grave The choral service was by the
Winthrop Street Male Quartet, and sew
eral very beautiful selections were rem
dcrrd
There was a large number in attendance
on the funeral services. The bearers were
nr, 4 ! Fuller of Bath Mr.. ;. :,
Brooks aud Mr. Geo. +. IIawes OF this
city, and Dr H. Il. Hill of the hospital
Superintendent Sanhorn was TO have beer
one of the bearers but was too i'll to attend
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-10

csa~istss yssss = Msll Field ps is assa,ss
jsss ioek.

There vas good deal Of interest in the field
day Of the Maine fnssrscholastic Athletic
Association heli IN augusta two years ago.
and il Is gratifying 70 learn thas the cxecu-
tive committee has decided on Augusta a.
the location for the nexf field meet, Juns
10TH In respect to central location and
accommodations augusta certainly ano.,i,
many reasons why this city should b.
chosen for these annual meets Jadgins
from the energy already displayed it ia SAT.
to predict that the field day of this season
viii greatly surpsss in interest that Of two
years ago.
The young men Who composed the com
mittee that met At Hotel North Saiansa,
are representative Of the best in our Mains
schools.
The meeting vas called to order az II 40
BY the president. Those present were The
president, c. r. Valentine Of Augusta; + !.
u. Dyer Of Hebron Academy j. W En-
cry Of Westbrook Seminary X. II. Paine,
Of Bangor; w. W. Bolster, Jr., OF Bate.
College +. X. Harrington of Bowdoin Col
iege; Geo. H.D.L'Amorueux Of Colby Uni
Tersity; Francis Woodbridge of the X. A.
a. and secretary Of the association.
Upon motion of Mr.. Woodbridge of Au-
gusta Gardiner High School was admitted
to membership. The following were ap-
pointed to solicit money tor the champion
ship cup; G.. V. S. MichaeIs of Aususta.
r. X. Dyer of Hebron. q. II. d. L'Amoru-
eur Of Wateryille.
The committee appointed to investigate
into the Warervilie- westbrook base bal
controversy reported that the entire blam.
for the trouble rested upon the president Of
the association, las he had arranged the gane
when Westbrook was not in the league, aud
that therefore Westbrook could not be held
liable for any part Of the expenses
The president appointed Emery of Deer
ing, Bolster of Lewiston and Palmer Of
Bangor committee to draw mp proper
rules to govern the field day sports
The executive committee voted to recon-
mend TO the association the following
changes in the programme for the annual
Held day: To strike out the running higl
KICK throwing the base ball, standing broad
jump, and to reduce the mile walk to one
half mile.
Mr.. Boster moved that the secretary pre-
sent the matter TO the assoc iation at a sre-
cial meeting to be held June 10TH and that
he communicate with the different associ-
ate schools, stating the reason why the
changes are necessary.
At the afternoon meeting the chair an
nouneed the next matter was the recon
sideration Of the location of the next field
meeting
+. W. Written and C.. 5. Pettengill of
Cony High School spoke in favor of Au-
gusta. Mr.. Written showed that Augusta
was the most central of any place
and that the track was one of
the best in New England
that the directors had pledged the park free
of charge He presented bond signed by
prominent business men of Augusta pledg-
ing 800 against any deficit if held in Au-
gusta. He said that the local athletes had
promised to supply all the necessary field
officers. Mr.. Pettingill also spoke in favor
af Augusta, adding many important reason