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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14
The Number Three.

All of the general oddity writers in the
United States have taken turns at prov
ing seven to be sacred number" ant
even the great Talmage has preached 4
sermon with that number as his theme.
Three. however, and its surprising mum
Der of occurrences in sacred literature
have seldom been mentioned. That n sin.
gular significance is attached to that mum
Der can he easily proved;
Noah had three sons, Jonah was three
days and nights in the whales belly. there
were three atriarchs-Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob; Daniel was thrown into ii den
with three lions for praying three times q
day, three persons-Sshadrnch, Meshach
and Abed nego-were rescued from the
fiery furnace, job had three true friends,
the commandments were delivered on the
third day, the dreams Of Pharaoh 8 baker
and butler were to come to pass In three
days, the sacred letters on the cross were
three in number-I. II. s., the three con
ditions of man are earth, hell and heaSrn,
and, lastly, we have the Holy Trinity Fa-
tter. Son and Holy Ghost.-St. Loais Re
rubiic
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14
ANOTHER GALE
Causes Much Damage In Portions Of the
South Of Finland.

LONDON, Dec. l3.-A hurricane swept
over the south Of England. Telegraph
lines have been blown down in all direc
tons The channel mail boat was unable
to enter Folkestone harbor and was
Obliged to proceed to Dover.
A dispatch from Plymouth announces
the eapsizinG of boAt in that harbor
by which four Inen-of-warsmen were
drowned
The roof Of the railroad station at Ports
mouth collapsed. wou0ding two persons
one of whom will die Great damage has
been done I1y the storm at Poole, where q
number of fishing boats have foundered.
Hundreds OF acres of ground around
Christ's church are submerged, and the
tracks OF the new railroad are washed
away At Brighton, BournemOuth,
Aldershot and Folkestone hundreds of
houses have been severely damaged, and
many cases of personal injury arr reported
from all these towns.
In addition, much damage has been
done in all the towns in the southwest Of
England, where property has suffered Sc
verely on all sides. The mail boat Louise
Dagmar. with 10 passengers on board, has
been unable to make landing at Folke-
stone. and then tried to enter Dover, but
che storm was 50 severe that she was
obliged to put to sea again. Great anx-
ietv * expressed for her safety.
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The DeeeGloef term Of probate court
oeeaed a. sko@legan On Tuesdsy AID Is
isyinz . busy session. The first contested
case WIS concerning the appointment OF an
sdGiais-y2tlr % the estate Of james Lister,
late Of Aas3n. There are two petitions ;
one by B. 5. Collins. E'q,. for bis appoint
meat aal one by the widow OF The deceased
FOR her appointment Mr.. Collins and tie
Aessrs. Walton represents the fetaer +
ihe d. ceased vho Is the only hel' 10 tie
property excepting The wilow Hr Col
wes not the legal wife of deceased, che
having b-ea p-egi1usiy married to another
m 40 and thai { she hal any cialn is wss
txiiasGi7h,d by settlement made by hr
Collins in her in hish h. paid her $50
81 mon aud gave her note for $3.50. On
TIE otts : IA nd She widow, represented 3
Merrill & Goser, Esqs, claims that while
she formerly lived with another man, passtd
50 bis n.ie AMI had by him two children, yet
h vas never married to him and tina, con-
s.qdenIr her marriage with Mr. Later was
legal. SIC ii liu.s further that the alleged
s't'l.me I and re lease wee Obtained from
her by f.Au!, that it WAS represented TO her
,h1t Ter counsel, Mr.. Merrill, knew about
the proposed settlement and approved it;
81 a theFe was an insurance Of $1,000 on
NJ. L4tefs life which wunl come 10 her,
batil-s ether prop rty if i were no. for the
III god ttlement. Judge Busweil has re-
serve his Decision 10 Later Day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14
The Hummins of Telegraph Wires
You have all heard the hG7 ing and


singing of telegraph and teles-o-t wires
as YOU passed the poles along the ;.2e's,
No doubt you have concluded that il Is
caused Gy the action ot the wind On the
wires and given it no further Thought.
But it il not truc&that tle singing Is
caused by the wind, and II you are i;t all
Observing YOU will notice that often the
humminS sound is to he h-e,fi on cold
winter mornings, when the smoke from
chimneys goes straight up until 1T il iast
in the clouds, and when the frost on the
wires il as fuzzy and thick IS a roll OF
chenille fringe.
The wind has nothing to do with the
sonnd, and according to an Austrian Sci
enlist the vibrations are due to the
changes of atmospheric temperature. and
especially through the action OF cold, as a
lowering Of temperature induces a shorten
ing of the wires extending over the whole
of the conductor. A considera BILE amount
Of friction is produced on the supporting
bells, thus inducing sounds both on the
wires and the poles.
When this humming has been going on,
birds have mistaken the sound for insects
inside the poles and have been seen 10
peek with their bills on the outside as they
do upon the apple and other trees. The
story is told of bear that mistook the
humming noise as coming from nest OF
bees. and clawed at the pole and tore away
the stones at its base in the hope of find
ing the much coveted honey
Journal OF Commerce.
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DEATH RECORD.

Captain Richard Matthews. we'll
known citizen of Maiden, Mass. died sud
denly. aged 10 lie was sea captain foi
many years and was large shipowner.
Horace F. Holton of Lancaster, y. r.,
formerly prominent anti-slavery worker
.nd recently member of the state board
of agriculture, il dead. aged 10
Rev. W. II. Elliott. u. D.. one of the
oldest members Of the Philadelphia con
ference, NJ +. church. diei at Lebanon,
Pa. He was IS years of age.
Hon. Jeremiah Murphy. ex-member Of
congress from iowa, died at Washington.
Mr. Murphy was born ut Lowell. Mass,
N 1ssS5.
Francois NJ Sahlon, mimic and dancer,
died in New York, aged 80 years. He was
a native of France.
Dr. Daniel Peabody, for 30 years we'll
Known physician of Springfield, Mass, is
dead, aged 90.
Benjamin J. Hitchings, weIl-known
New York and Brooklyn lawyer, died at
the age Of 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

Several men in an up town hotel recently
were telling Of duel;ng experience they
had had, when it came William II. SEQ
Wills turn. He is a fine looking, modest
man, with mild gray eyes, and resides in
Hudson, y. Y. He spends much Of his
time here and is quite popular. His duel
was thrust on him. Travelling from Paris
to Nice in car. an insolent young fellow
made himself Objectionable to a lady.
Colonel Scoviil told the young man that
be: had TO stop it or be elected from the car
on the end of a boot. He then sat near
the lady and saw that she was nos mo-
Tested. At Nice be was waited upon by
the seconds of the young man. He init
mated he did not care to fight. but ne
marked that If he saw the young man In
suIting any lady he would kick him. The
next day the seconds called again and said
their principal wanted satisfaction and
gore. The colonel had them bring him
around an Wv, young fellow. put up your
hands, for am going to thrash you, If
can said the colonel The young fellow
was knocked out, and the colonel remark
ed, THAT will teach you not to be inso-
lent to ladies New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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/. ssmAskAs,s somnamsuLisr.


raoas ss--.Iie Asleep.
One Of the rssosf ssnss.rkasle aud px,S-
ding stories Of soniaam ssSlisstii Bias rssssi :
ly ecsass 10 HIGHT. The subject wasa Young
ece,ssiassss. 4. "a seminary. The bishop ot
the diocese was 80 deeply interested t1ss
he went nightly u the yolrsg rliaa = ehaiia-
ls.r. He ssfT him gut cut OF bed. sSSslFe
rssnsr, coHunase and write sermons IN
fnfshins. p~gs, he rsssi IL aioasd- When >
v.s.d sissqi.a-ed hsIas, he write q correct ion
With great exaetasss- The bishop nsi
ssxaa Il beginning Of some OF these SOM
narnhaiisfic sermons and Thought taen
well composed and CORRECTLY written. VI
rfoSas to ascertain whether the Young risan
made use Of his eyes. the bishop put a cara
u-slss- his chin in such a manner as 20
pr..,ri,t him seeing the paper on the tabir
{ before hira but be still continued 10 write.
Not vet satisfied whether CT not be could
distinguish different objects placed heftsre
him. the bishop took away the pieee or
ssssle- er, whtch he wrote and substituted
:. several Other kinds at different times lie
oiways perceived the Change, because the
pieces OF paper were OF different sizes
{ When a niece exactly like his own WIS 81
/ stitntsd. he used il and wrote his correc-
tic,us ON the places corresponding To these
I on his cwn paper. IL was by this means
/ that portions Of his nocturnal compost
tieas were obtained. His most astonlsh-
/ ing production was piece Of music writ
! ten with great exactituGe. lie used a cane
for a ruler The ciefs, the fats and the
shariss were all in their right places, the
! notes were all made as circles. and tefr's
requiring it were aftervard biae&sfeti
with ink The wortis were all written
below, but once they were in such very
large characters that they did not ooias
directly below their proper notes. and l'''s'
/ ceiving this he erased them all and wrote
! them over ngain. News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

It seems rather odd that the testimony
Of five inanimate. speechless trees should
be taken as indisputable evidence Of the
existence Of God or the immortality 81
the soul, but such is the case, at least
with large portion of the people Of Hert-
fordshire, England. At Tewin, five miles
from the residence of the Marquis of Sails
bury. five large trees grow from grave
in the cemetery. The legend concerning
them Ia this: The grave is that Of Lady
Anne Grimcstoft, wife Of Sir Samuel
Grimeston Of Gorhambury, who died
Nov. 90. 1ii3. On her deathbed she
denied the existence Of God. and hoped If
she found things otherwise five trees
would grow ogt Of iier grave. The trees
soon appeared and grew with surprising
rapidity, bud uov lnutcly tell the remain.
der Of the story .--Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14
pAaaac,ne EVIDENCE.


NEW YoEE. Dec. ss-The trial Of DR.
Meyer forthe rsn-,ier ~ POISON Of I-adwig
Brandt was resumed yesterday. L1sniel
G. Gillette. manager az the department. Of
revision Of the Mutual Life Insurance
company. IVES called Mr.. tiiisstss safi
that when Meyer WAS arrested the 1;tsaess
was aware that WsniEsers OK Mailer had
furnished information against Meyer.
Tae 500 reward received by Muller was
paid by the Nnsual s.if4 Insar-nee com
pany The witness said that No monsf
had been promised Muller for tessifyirg
IA the case.
Thomas J. Mumsord, narager Of the
/ Ems Life Insurance company, IN New
York. first saw the prisoner in April, fssS,
With Mrs. Meyer when she called TO col
leet the claim on Brandt's life for sitno.
Cyrus Mum OF the Washington Life
Insurance company identified the policy
for s59la made OFT in the name Of Baum
and testified to the payment Of the death
claim for that amount 10 Mrs. Meyer, the
supposed widow of Baum. NullSr and
DR. Meyer were with Mrs. Meyer when
she got the eheek.
Dwight Bureie. Of the New York Lift
Insurance company, identified the policy
issued by his company 10 Brandt.
Mrs Muller wife Of the accused doctors
aecompliee, said she WAS married April
"a. 1893, by Justice of the Peace Brayton
| She said the Idea Of marriage was Muller's
after they had lived together since Janu
airy, 1883.
When did your husband work last and
what att asked Mr.. Brooke.
As musician in disorderly houses last
winter"
"You were servant when you met
| Muller
ayes, sir
did you wear diamonds them
The soubrette witness shook her bronx
! frizzes, and the diamonds giistened in hel
ears as she replied in the negative.
Undertaken Herman H. Kip came mex
20 the stand. He buried the body alleged
| 20 have been that of Ludwig Brandt, and
| described by the death certificate as Gus
! tave A. Baum, on April ,. 1872 Mr.. Xii
| identified Mrs. Meyer and Muller as 'th'
| widow Baum" and Mr.. WINNERS" wht
| were the mourners at the funeral
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

Some people We're laughing Mt an Irish
man who won a race for saying, "WeIl,
I'm first ut last" You needn't laugh, y
said he: ''sllie wasn't | behind bcfnre?"
The following conversation wns heard in
the Fenian times, some years ago. a cab
driver named Tom begins the colloouy.
These IRE terrible times, Bill" '3etiad.
they are, Tom; it's "a woniber if wen get
ont of the world alive" "I'in aftarpd we
won't. even II we had IA many lives as
Piutarch." ''If Oliver Cromwell could
only come up ont Of he'll, he'd soon settle
it. "Bcd',d, maybe bed rather stop
where he Is. Seventy Years Of Irish
Life"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

The following Is illustrative OF the fact
that sometimes when we have reached n
point which we intensely desired TO attain
we find ourselves worse of than we were
before:
A Seotchman who was mounted on n
donkey had to travel over rather roUgh
piece of country in Australia. After n
while he came to wide ditch, which the
donkey refused to cross. Turning hack a
few yards, he urged the donkey into gal
Top, thinking the donkey would jump
across Instead Of jumping across the an
imal stopped suddenly. throwing Sandy
over his head with such force that he land
ed on the other side Of the ditch. ihst
where he wanted to be. only be needed
the donkey In order to finish his journey
Moharimed couldn't go hack to the NOM
tain, and the mountain wouldn't come
to bim.-Ram's Horn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

A good, practical meaning of sacrifice
is given by b. Fay Mills in the story of
little girl, who. while away from home on
visit declined to take the dessert one
day Mt dinner
"Well, belly, yonll take piece Of pie?
"No, ma am, said Dolly, my mamma
doesn't want me to cut pie.
Well how grand we Thought it was
that little G-year-old girl away from
home should do just IA her mamma want
ed her to do!
But the next day we had n different
kiud of pie. Tie hostess said;
81 believe you don t ,ake pie, Eollyf'
"Why. yes, ma am, III take piece OF
pie" said the girl hasitatjn,;iy.
"Why, Dolly. said her Guut. II Thought
your mamma didn't want you to crt pic.
"Well, ! didn't like that kind OF pie.
the girl said
And so it il with our sins. We can give
mp those we don't like.-Ram's Horn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

The big storage buildings in New York
ere managed in fashion that imprleses
visitors with belief that the science Oh
discipline has entered all fields of activity.
When the furniture is taken from the
house. it il packed intoa huge covered van.
The van is locked in the presence Of the
owner of the goods. and be takes the key.
Then he goes 10 the storage house, the van
Is driven on freight elevator and Is lit.
ed IT, the seventh or eighth story, where
the owner has leased room. The van is
backed up to the door OF the room, and
the goods arc taken out and packed skill
fully within the room The owner sits in
an armchair and watches it all Then
the door is locked and the key handed
him. the wagon is wheeled on the elsva.
tor. the iron doors leading to the corridor
ere closed aud locked, and all hands dc
scend to the first DOOr.
If the owner wishes to 60 TO his store
room at stipulated time, the attendant
uniocks the door and admits him to .he
elevator. The door ia locked behind him.
He il taken to the floor in which his room
ia situated, another door Is unlocked, and
he is passed over to "A second attendant
who takes list Of the things the owner
wishes TO have removed from his room.
The owner is again taken out, the door
unlocked, and he is passed over to the first
attendant. who conveys him to tho Office
Nobody can obtain access 10 the rooms
without going through this laborious rou-
tine. and the result is that petty piifering
and stealing from the rooms are entirely
unknown. The cost Of it all Is less than
might be expected. The rooms are leased
at anywh ere from @ TO SIS month.-New
York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

II IA list conld be made out Of the famous
people who have contributed To the liter
AZURE which the government sends out in
the form of census bulletins 1t would pre-
sent such collection of men Of distinction
and prominence as hardly any publication
or magazine could show among its con
tributors. Great specialists have written
up various subjects with which they were
familiar. Men of great wealth and inn
portant business connections have fur.
nished copy, and many chapters that &c
out without any signature at all had q
millionaire for their author. As for Illus
traitors, famous artists have been sent ont
by the government, and such men as the
Morans have welded their brushes in .ht
government service on the colored Illus
trations of the bulletins. One of the chap.
tiers on quicksilver had for its author o
western man worth at least $40, 900, 900 -
Mrs McGurk in Kate Fields Washing
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

Directors of the West End railway OF
Boston voted TO reduce the dividend to
per cent.
The question of caring for the great
number OF unemployed in Waltham,
Mass, is agitating the people of that city.
There is probably no truth in the state
ment that the General Electric ami TSonl-
son-IIouston companies viii I've dissolved.
The provisions of the Lyford act have
been complied with by the eancelia-
tion of the $i.50o0o0 note given hy the
Bay State Gas company of Massachusetts
to the Beacoa Construction company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

vas troubled with catarrh for seven
wears previous 10 commencing the use of
Elv's Cream Balm. IL has done for me
what other so-eslled cures have failed 70 do
cured me. The sff.c. of the Balm seemed
magical. Clarsnee l.. Huff, Biddeford, Ne.
sf!er trying many remedies for eatarrh
Turing past twelve years, tried Ely Cream
Balm with complete success II is over one
year since stopped u-irg it and have hsi
no return of cat Arrh. | recommend it TO
I'll my ffiends. --Mil;cn T. Palm. Reading.
decIleod&vzw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14
THE CURSE OF EDUCATION
sIen of Mental Ability Who Can rroearo
No Suitable Employment.

No suitable Employ ment-
Ever since the enormous enlargement
almeriually of the English universities
there cra he little doubt that the value Of
q degree aas gone down commercially.
The number Of first class men soekipG
sork and finding none il II sorry com
;aeut on the development of the English
university system. II this il true Of the
FIRST class. what must he the lot of the 'src
md, the third and ihe pass mar IAc
'earnet professions, in fact, are orrr
crowded. The cause Of this unhappy crowd
ing Of the market for brain labUrers is not
Tar 10 seek.
An immense number Of persons who in
former times would have worked with
thcir hands, MS their fathers did h"l lre
thcrli, are i,ipg educate! 10 work with
heir h,yt,s There is general lrvclius
ip Of the scci1l lrpde- il you look nj il
enthusiastically This son Of the artisan be
comes clerk. The son of the clerk pirl :
to teach in school. The SON Of the scaunt
.ench1r aspir,s to go to O%ford or Cam
bridge But This lcycling mp is not an un-
mixed blessiag The result is that we have
20 times too many clerEs-26u applied t1r
m insignificant post advertised the ft-lcr
day-tcn times too many half educated
teachers, au,! alas. ten times too many uni
rersity graduates turned out every year 10
crowd the ranks of the bar, the schools aud
journalism and recruit the years crop Of
miserable and hopeless failures
None OF these people can dig - Their II
theirs did They cannot make shoPboys IT
busmen or crossing sweepers Too many
Of them can olly teach or starve. Il is
really impossible TO deny that II certain
degree of intellectual education TEtts a
man to work with his hands and earn his
bread as a laborer. 1t may he that it ought
not to do SO. but in the present imperfect
state of the world SO it is. Therefore,
somehow or other, places must be found
for this enormous harvest of tolerable
scholars as schoolmasters or something
analogous in the social scale. Every year
the problem is how to do it, That problem
formerly the university solved by the fel-
owship system. The number of scholars
was small, and they had n fellowship
apiece That solution is no longer posi-
BILE, even ii il were desirable.
Then the universities tried ignoring the
problem altogether They, as it were, de
nied liability. Their position was: "OuT
business is to provide facilities for those
VINO WISH 10 learn ANA opportunities ~
study for these who care to study. When
our men have attained, by the help OF our
tndowments, to degree. the connection
between us terminates. They must shift
.or themselves" Theoretically, Of course,
his was undeniably logical position,
which they could very fairly take up. but
in practice they must be held responsible,
in some degree, at least, for the men
whom they have raised out of their own
position in life by scholarships and exhi-
billions specifically offered for necessitous
persons. Saturday Review.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

In England, nj the Ola Bailey prison, :
Cinnamon wac presented rs witness il
an important case, and for some time th'
nature Of an orth and al that it implied
could not I've IMPRESSED upon him. Nolthc
could the authorities quite make out jus
what the Monpalian did consider binding
Finally, through the aid Of m interpreter
ii WAS decided tn break a saucer over tbs
head Of the proposed witness When Thu
was done. the thinaman appealed to th'
SuIgerne Being whom he wnrshpe,l. pray
ing that his own body might be broker
into as many pieces rs the saucer If tbs
testimony he WIS about ia give should 30
be the entire truth New \ oFk Times
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This anecdete IL ascribed to Louis Kos
suth. the Hungarian patriot. He is quit
expert ut the English language. but some
times is AT loss for the right word. One
ha spoke OF taking time by the hair,
aud noticing smile going around turned
mutely to gentleman on the platform be
hind him. and he suggested, by the fore
lock. "-Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

There ia popular and erroneous idea
that United States naval commanders
never take any step without precedent.
Commander Jonathan Young some years
ago was coming home from China ON q
United States warsbip. In mid Pacific he
saluted ;n approaching merchantmen, but
the latter never needed and passed by
withoE. showing his colors. Commander
Young Immediately put his ship about and
followed the merchantmen. First he giredl
a few blank shots and finally sent ball
whIzzipg across the strangers bow. Then
and not until then was flag shown. Sin
guiarly enough it was the cross Of Eng
land. --Phiiadeiphia Press.
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Enuipcpr Fatally Injured

LlrrLEToN. y. H.. Dec. l3.-A mail train
on the Concord and Montreal railroad
was thrown from the track and badly
wrecked near Bethlehem Hollow. En-
giueer Pike was injured internally and it
Is feared fatally. Fireman Miller was
scalded. but not seriously. No passengers
were injured
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-14

Mis-, Caddit uaines, sister Of r. w.
Haipcs Of the Cohurp House. died Tuesday
morning. She bad been in POOR hes!th Fl
long time, but was formerly smart, active
woman. and fo- long time after the open
ing of the Cohurn took the entire charge of
the housekeeping Arrangements.