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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17
s1V1|,CE, WEBSTER I COMPANY
Home and Country

for August is replete with good things, and
cannot fail to increase its already large
list of readefss The opening number,
"Some Well.known New York Divinessn, by
Frederick R, Coste, is q paper of unusual
interest, and one which will undoubtedly
receive a wide reading. Thu article is fine.
ly illustrated with portraits of Archbishop
NJ. A. Corrigan and Revs. Charles H. Park
hurst, r. S. Macarthur, James r. Day,
Lyman Abbott, Robert Collier, Charles h
Eaton, l. X. Funk, Prof. Felix Adler, and
Mrs. j. H. Knowles. In Games and
Their Import" William c. Norris
discusses broadly the influence Of
games on humanity 1t is an article which
will well repay careful reading. d. M
Morrell contributes a thoughtful, we'll
written article under the caption "Women
as Wage.earners Other interesting articles
and short stories contained in this issue
are, "a Natural Sequence" by Cara Bar.
nard; "The Street Life of Naples" by Gil.
Ter and Prouty "Dick Merridith's Fairy,
by Homer Bishop; driving" c. j. Ander.
son; "Latter-day Cremation Institutes,
Harold Ford, and Diamonds and Dia.
mond Cutting" H. Cutting Bouvee. JOSEPH
w. Kay, SO East 10th ST., New York.
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The Maine Republican Platform.

The Republican party of Maine invite all the
people of the State who areiin accord with the
principles OF the following platform to unite in
common course of actiOn:-
A financial policy not in favor of monometal
lisn, either of gold or silver, as the basis of q
financial system, but International bimetallism TO
be secured by strenuous efforts of the national
power Now, and in the future all dollars should
be of equal value TO the end that suitable cur
the people the full results Of their labor.
The enactment and enforcement Of all laws re-
Of labor.
The American Union, its citizens and their great
privileges can be prOtec ed in no surer way than
by absolute exclusion from our country. of the
paupers, criminals, and diseased of Europe. The
party, therefore. favors the passage of such re-
| strictive legislation will admit to our shores
only those Immigrants who have the capacity and
desire to become good American citizens.
| firm and unb, nding foreign policy, which will
prevent the interference of European powers in
the domestic government OF American states and
countries. The party sustains the course of
President Harrison and ex-Mnister John l..
stevens toward the people of the Hawaii islands,
and wholly disapproves the unAmerican policy
of the Cleveland administration in relation there
Legislation for the benefit Of the Union soldiers
| of the war of the rebellion, their widows and
children, and disapproval of the present policy of
the Pension Bureau in making such laws, to a de-
Full recognition of the benefits to all the people
| of the State which have come from temper ance
| and prohibition and we pledge our continued and
hearty support of the enforcement Of the prohibit
| tory laws. al
A tariff for the protection of American labor
against the underpaid and pauper labor of foreign
countries.
The Republican party calls upon all the voters
| OF the State to express at the POLLS their disap
proval of the Wilson tariff bill, the main vicious
features OF which are maintained and added to in
the bill now before the Senate, which surrenders
the interests of Northern labor, while 1t protects
those Of the South, and delivers nearly every in
dustry OF Maine into the hands of our nearest and
| most hostile rival, the Dominion of Canada.
The Blaine system Of reciprocity and opposition
to the Democratic policy which attempts its aban
| donment and repeal.
Cordial approval of the course of the Maine del
egation, In toe Senate and In the House of Repre-
sentstives, in fighting the Democratic tariff bill q,
every stage, and continued support In every fur
Their effort to obstruct and defeat the bill.
A full Enforcement of the conduct of the affair
| Of the State by the executive and Legislative
branches, and a cordial Recommendation of Gov
ernor Henry b. Cleaves for reelection to the higf
| office which he has so admirably filed.
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PRESS COM MENTs.
Chairman Wilson's Ignorance.
IN. Y. SUM-

The Hon. William L. Wilson of west
Virginia, chairman of the House com.
mittee of ways and means, made this
assertion in his speech on Monday, pre-.
paratory to voting for the German tariff
bill and surrendering his own:
Il am informed-whether it be true OF
not do not know-that the sugar trust
in anticipation of the passage of the bill
have imported about hundred millions
worth, or, it has been said, even in excess
of that quantity of raw sugar"
And in reply to question from Mr.
Dingley CT Maine as to bis authority fol
saying what he did, he replied:
IL did not intend to give the figures that
one hundred millions of raw sugar had beer
imported. l stated that had been Informed
that the sugar trust had imported about
that amount, and 1 have even heard il
stated that it was in excess of that. 1t has
been put at 448,000 tons by gentlemen who
profess to know" 20.
If Mr.. Wilson had possessed even the
smallest acquaintance with the facts, he
would have known that 100000 900 il
nearly the value of an entire years importa
ton of sugar into this country. If he had
known anything about sugar refining he
would have known That $4,000 tons
represents only about three months con.
sumption by the American Sugar Refining
Company alone, and would not, therefore
be an extraordinary provision. And if he
knew the market price of sugar, he would
know that it costs only about $50 per ton,
making the total value of 44S 900 tons less
than $27 ,000, 900, instead of the 800, 00O,.
900 and upward that he speaks of.
This exhibition of ignorance by the chair
man of the most important committee of the
House of Representatives il as humiliatine
as it is surprising. God help the Demo
cracy when such men are its leaders,
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UNPRECEDENTED CRUELTY.
Ills That May Result From . Thoughtles
Use of the Fan In Public.

Ills That May Result From . ThouEhtless
Use of the Fan In Public.
A word of caution about tho needless
use of fans in public places is given by
Harper's Bazaar: "A woman sitting in
her pew at church or her chair at the the
alter or opera may thoughtlessly incom-
mode the person In front Of her or may
deal bronchitis or pneumonia to that help
less victim simply by an indiscreet method
of tanning herself. An ice cold stream of
air falls on the unprotected neck and
shoulders of the other woman or on the
back of her head. She twists and squirms
and is wrctched beyond her power to de-
SCRIBE but she must endure the discomfort
or leave the place.
ITO sensitive woman the act of leaving
a church during service is SO formidable
that 1t re.1ires much courage, and besides
she dislikcS to hurt the feelings of the
tanner, who may suspect her reason for
going. And when one has paid a high
price for her ticket to performance she
naturally cannot make up her mind to
lose both her money and her treat. In
both instances she remains where she Is
and takes cold and under her breath
RACES at the tyrant behind her, tanning re-
lentlessly on, with the face of an angel
and the energy Of fiend.
LAS it is quite possible to fan oneself
without in the least inconvefiiencing ones
neighbors a word to the wise should be
sufficient. No ono should ever have on her
conscience the burden of inflicting an I'M
necessary misery ON another human be-
ing, and this business of .thoughtless fam
ming on the backs Of other people involves
so much distress and peril that it cannot
be too seriously spoken Of. 1t is easy to
uso ones fan in such a way that tho
strokes send the air only into ones own
face and not vigorously against the most
delicate portion of a neighbours anatomy ="
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Personal.

John S. Eaton, for 90 years d general
passenger and ticket agent of the Boston
and Maine railroad at Wakefield, Mass,
and one of the most prominent citizens,
is seriously ill, and there are but slight
hopes of his recovery.
Henry D. Lloyd of Chicago has been
nominated for congress by the Populists
of the Seventh Illinois district. He is a
man of wealth and ability whose deep
sympathy with the poor has led him to es-
pouse the cause of the radical social re-
formers.
dered him an enthusiastic welcome last
Sunday in Philadelphia, on his return
home from his recent European trip He
made brief address to the great congre-
cation assembled to greet him. recounting
)ome of his experiences while abroad.
: Herr Krupp, the great gun founder has
commissioned Munich SCULPTOR to model
statue Of the Chinese viceroy, Lii Hung
Chang, which he means to present, when
completed. to the Asiatic diplomatist as a
to introduce European ordnance into tbs
Chinese army and navy.
1t is said that Mr.. Froude is an enthusi-
astic yachtsman and may often be seen
sailing his smart little cutter himself He
lives on the Devon coast and has plenty of
opportunities for his fayorite sport. We
can recall no American author and profes.
sor who has similar taste, but many Of
them are nowadays profioients in tennis.
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AUGUST MAGAZINES.


Perhaps no city in the country is so
prominently before the country just now as
il Washington. In the Century for Aug
ust Washington is considered las specta-
cle." And grand one it makes. Then, as
il to encourage the warm and perspiripg
reader to take courage, the frontispiece is
a representation of sleigbing on Pennsly-
yania Avenue. The article is we'll illus
trated. The text is by F. Marion Craw-
ford. 1t touches on society life at the
Capital. The curious and enticing tale of
the adventures encountered in crossing
A. STA on a bicycle is continued. John Fo1's
"A Cumberland Vendetta" is concluded in
away which was satisfactory to the author
and ought to be to the reader. But per-
haps one of the most noticeable fcontribu-
tons is from the pens of Senator George F.
Hoar and Rev. ]. M. Buckley ,on both sides
of the woman's suffrage question. They
wrote independently first, and then had
space give n to them for a postscript after
they had each seen the others argument.
Timothy Cole contributes another number
in his "Old Dutch Masters' series. There
is plenty of fiction in this midsummer
Number" Marion Crawford deals with Bar
Harbor. Mrs. Burton Harrison, in "a
Bachelor Maid (continued) with New York.
George ". Edwards with the Canadian sea
coast, and Mary Hallock Foote, in "Mav-
erick," with the Idaho frontier. series
of quotations from the unpublished cores
pondence of Edgar Allen Poe is edited by
his historian, Mr.. Woodbury.. CDR. Nor
toms Discovery of Anestheeia," by z. l..
Smell, with fac-simile note from Oliver
Wendell Holmes, is an article well worth
attention. The Century Company, New
York.
Lippincott's Magazine.
The complete novel in the August num-
Der Of Lppincott's 10 Sweetheart Ma
nette," by Maurice Thompson. The scene
| is laid at Bay St. Lewis, on the Gulf Of
Mexico, and the charming heroine has q
quartette of lovers, and no little difficulty
| in deciding between them. The we'll
| known author has done no better work.
Louise Stocktons tale, "a Mess of Pot
| tage," 10 concluded. Other short stories
are cat the Roueh-and- Tumble Landing, .
by Prof. Charles G. d. Roberts, A "Mili-
tary Maneuvre" by Kate Lee Ash.
ley; "The Everlastin' Buzzards' Sit" by
| Charles McIlvaine; and Gan In Memoriam
of the Keys" by Johanna Stats. Thomas
| Stinson Jarvis contributes an acute and
suggestive essay on "Feminine Phases" and
Charles Henry Webb discusses "Uncared.
for Csts' in q humanely humorous vein.
Mrs. M. f. W. Sherwood supplies interest.
ing "reminiscences of Washington before
the War;" Mary Elizabeth Blake writes on
| Muscles and Morals" George Grantham
Balm on Newspaper Taking" and Will
Clemens on "Chinese Shops" and theil
peculiar signs. The poetry of the number
j. by Margaret Gilman George, Dora Read
Goodale, Fannie Bent Dillingham;. and Pro.
lessor John B. Tabb. ~. Lippincots Co.,
! Philadelphia, Pa.
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CARES AND cIO7HEs.
Sometimes Pat or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NOT. -


Old Sir Robert Walpole ed to say that he pu'
off his cares when he put off his clothes. That 81
easy for n tough, rugged old fox hunter, even
when he ha the weight of government on n,
shoulders. Sir Robert had a good gestlon. ano
that counts for more in wooing sleep than Q cieal
Mr.. NV. Cole of 227 Bloomfield Street. Hobo
ken, n. l., had bsd digestion after recovering
from the grip. She was thin, nervous and depii,
fated She had no appetite, and felt dreaoIul
husband had heard that Pasko.a would make THO
dyspeptic people fat aud well. Mrs. Cole tried IT,
April Is, 1874, she writes:
"After taking the second bottle W is as Wen ~
ever and had gained wonderfully in every way. :!
wish everyone could know of and use Paskola. L,
certainly can be consc entiously recommended 10
the weak, sick and suffering everywhere"
c. A. Baker, of Newark, N. j., writes:
PRE- DIGEsTED FooD Co.,
20 Reade ST., New York:
Gentlemen-I wish to say Paskola has done me
more good than any other remedy have tried. In
fact, none helped me but Paskols, and have used
everything l could think of, having been in the
drug trade for years until had TO give up ano
try outside work.
''That did not &C ,omplish nay recovery from in
digestion and constipation, but Pashola gave me
better appetite and color almost at once, and
shall never be without it if can get it,"
Such letters as this are coming in every Gay
All reputable druggists sell Paskola. The reasons
for its successare explained in descriptive pamph
let which will be sent free to any address or
al plication to The Pre- Digested Food Co., sc
Reade ST., New York. Charles X. Partridge. Col
Market So, Augusta.
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the average rate has remained nearly sta
tionary, close to 6 per cent. In Vermont
it has risen from 5.81 to 5.93, and in South
Carolina from 7.50 to 8 35.
1t appears from personal inquiries made
in 1O2 selected counties, that 80.13 per
cent of the mortgages in number, and $3.50
per cent. in value, were made for purchase
money and improvements. Not more than
1.73 per cent. of the sums procured by
mortgages were disbursed for farm and
family expenses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

As the senate tariff bill. adopted by the
house, makes the new tariff take effect on
Aug. 1, we do not see why the bill must
not 10 back to the senate for amendment
as to the date when the new tariff rates
shall become operative. It is not usual to
change the tariff rates on the day that q
tariff bill Is adopted. much less to make 1t
retroactive. OF course this scheme about
separate bills to make iron, coal and sugar
free, is mere talk If it is anything more
than talk, what sense is there in the
Democratic claim that the tariff question
is already solved?-( Fitchburg Sentinel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

The centennial observance of the birth
of William Cullen Bryant was celebrated al
Cummington Thursday in a lovely grove
where Thanatopsis was written. How fit-
tingly the words of the poets surviving
brother applied to the groups of friends
present on this occasion and who must have
felt the life presence of the departed poet
"But though know that this Is SO
Twill not have it so today;
The Illusion still, by force of will,
Shall give my wayward fancy play"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

The house ofthe Good Shepherd, Rock
land, has no fault to find With summer
visitors. 1t was recently the recipient of a
gift of $l20. as the result of an entertain
ment given by the guests at Bay Point no.
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York County,

Senators-Charles H. Preecotk Biddeford
FranklrIeM. Higgins, Limerick; Horace Aitchell,
Kittery.
Sherif-Nathaniel Hurd, Berwick.
County Treasurer-Charles II. Adams, Liner
lex.
County Attorney-W Willis 7. Emmons, Saeo.
County CONFERENCE.-The Hanecom, Leb.
anon.
Register of Desds-Justin NJ. Leavitt, Buxton.
Clerk of Courts-James 4. Hewey, Alfred.
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How to Tie Your shoestrinr.

To tie shoestring so that it will not
come undone is a simple matter. Com
mence as though going to tie an ordinary
double bowknot, but before tightening it
pass the right hand loop through the knot,
then pull both loops at once, and the
string will DO firmly tied. There Is no
difficulty about the untieing. BY pulling
the right hand end 1t Is undone at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

The most absent-mipded young lady
heard of this year lives At Dyer Brook
She bought ticket for Houtton, one morn
ing recently, and when the train came in
walked out Of the station and about half
way acrors the platform and then stopped
and stood looking at the cars in a sort Of
walking dream till they started up again
and passed out of the depot. Then she
came to her senses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

What would candy" Jackson do were he
President today? Unfortunately he is not
and even the stanch old Democrat who has
voted for Jackson at every presidential
ian Democracy is myth these days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

Japan shows herself an active, progressive
combatant; China an old fogy with IN
limited resources, men galore to kill under
a stupid regime. But give China plenty
Of time and she will probably effect her
purposes unless interfered with.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

The attitude of the administration on the
sugar question is well known, but could
easily be ascertained from the work the
administration is putting in to head off the
| free sugar measure.
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Senator German has shown himself the
best tactician that has for many years
pulled the wires 10 the Democratic party.
But man can achieve wonders in the
Democratic party when he has the millions
of the whiskey and sugar trusts to draw
unOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

Tho smallest quantity Of apples ex.
ported in the last IA years was 81 ,532 bar
rels, in 1888, there having been previously
in 1880. 1,32s, sos barrels. and afterward, in
1891, the banner year" in the apple trade
1,45O, 1886 barrels. 80 that II the exports OF
the current year are to he unprecedented
they must come near |, SOC, 900 barrels.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17
MAINE GOSSIP.

Scarlet fever has broken out in Vinal-
haven and the Sunday schools and library
have been closed. Only one case, however,
has yet proved fatal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

Statistics relative to the mortgages placed
during the period from 1880 to 1889 in this
country have been summarized by Carroll d.
Wright in recent bulletin. The aggregate
mortgage indebtedness of the United States
amounted on Jan. l, 1890, to $6,0l9 &c.
9S5. This vast sum was represented by
4,777 sos mortgages, divided by the statis-
tician into two classes, according as they
rest on acre tracts or on city, town, or viii
lage lots. The number of acres covered by
mortgages in force at the date mentioned
was 273 1862 ,109 the number Of lots was
4,l6l,l 1888. The smallest amount of mort.
gage debt owed in any state, viz, 81, 1884,
995, rests upon Nevada. The heaviest
burden is borne by New York, where the
real estate mortgages are valued at 81 ,G07,-
s74 ,30l, equivalent to nearly 81 per cent.
of the whole mortgage Indictment of the
United States. The mortgage debt in
force throughout the Union amounts to $96
head of the population, the three largest
state averages being SECS in New York,
$2OG in Colorado, and 5000 in California.
The largest proportion of mortgaged acres
is in Kansas, where G0.32 per cent. of the
total number of taxed acres are thus en-
numbered. Next stands, or, rather, stoops,
Nebraska. with "a 70 per cent and then
South Dakota, with SIG per cent. On the
other hand, if we take the average of Al
states, we find that only 2S Sc per cent. of
the taxed acres are covered by the existing
mortgages. In reveral of the Southern
states the land is conspicuously free from
encumbranoe. Thus, in Kentucky, the
mortgaged acres constitute but 1878 pei
nt.of the taxed acres in, Virginia but 10.
so, inTennessee but II i6, land in Florida but
go. The percentage of mortgsged farms
to taxed farms in Arizona is 80, the low
est of all. 1t appears that Cos per cent.
of the whole number made during the ten
years ending Dec. 81, 1889, were for
amounts of less than 800 each; while 45.-
II per cent. we're for sums of less than
$500; mortgages for debts less than 81 200
constituted 6s As per cent. of the whole, and
only 4.05 per cent. were for $4,000 or over.
As to the varying rates of interest charg-
ed in different sections of the country, the
gratifying fact is noted that, considering
the United States collectively, the average
rate of interest declined from ia per cent
in 1880 to CTS per cent. in 1889. OF the
aggregate mortgage Indebtedness incurred
during the ten years throughout the Union,
1906 per cent. was subject to rates less
than 6 per cent. Also per cent. to rate
of G per cent. and ~ O5 per cent. to rates
higher than that last named. Passing to
details, we observe that in the decennial
period of lsS0-s9 the rate of interest on
mortgages fell in New York from $50 to
5.34 per cent. in Massachusetts from 6.06
to 5 So; in Connecticut from SOL to 5.54 !;
in New Jersey from sos to SCI; and in
Pennsylvania from 5 81 to 5.65. In Kan
sas the average rate of interest dropped
from a.47 to s As; in Colorado from ii .05
t, S,22: in Nebraska from $50 to S.04 ;
and in South Dakota from 1921 to S.96.
In Virginia, West Virgins and Tennessee
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ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.

The congress of the labor party in Brus
sells has resolved that wealth and the
means of producing 1t are the patrimeny
of the entire human race and must be re-
stored to mankind collectively"
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DR.. J. C. Bush of Hawkesville, KY, is
perhaps the most experienced fisherman in
that part of the country. Here is an item
lied statement Of results after two months
of patient work: Tackle, $50: other tackle,
sl2; boat hire and African services, $40:
minnow buckets, sinkcrs, ETC., 50; bait, s.;
total, $45. Fish, one, which he borrowed
from Mr.. Gill.
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There is a deep, dark and damning sus-
picion awakened that All of the hullabaloo
about free raw material and a modiflca-
ton of the senate bill was only for effect
and to insure the success Of sugar ct. al.
The fact that the house slumped. with
Mr.. Cleyeland's consent, just when the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

Prospect has had genuine sensation
Four ladies recently passed through that vii.
lage on bicycles, the first ever seen there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

For Cleveland to allow the bill of sale to
become law without signing or vetoing
would be cowardice indeed.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

There was no needless formality about
the capitulation of the house Democrats.
The surrender was abjcct and complete
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