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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-10

Senator's Edward Wiggin, Prtsque Isle; Rams
ford w. Shaw, Ioulton.
SherT-Ienry &. Sharp. Monticello.
County Trcasurcr-Eeland o. Ludwig, lioulton.
County Attorney. Wallace Il. Lumbert. Carl
bUu.
County Commissioner-James ". Ambrose,
Sherman.
Register OF Deeds, Southern District James
H. Kdder, IIoulton.
Register Of Deeds, Northern District-Leyite IL.
1hib0deau. MadaWaska.
Clerk OF Courts--Mchael N. Clark, Houlton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-10

Senator's Elmer r. spoaord, Deer Isle; GiIbcl
Il. Simpson, sullivan.
Sherin'-W William Fenne!ly, Eden.
County Treasurer-.James +. Davis, Ellsworth
County Attorney-%E.I $. Clark, Eden.
County Commissioncrs-Nahum Hnckley. BLU
hill Perry w, Richardson, fremont.
Register OF Deeds-Wiiiam b. ampbel Ell
worth.
Clerk of Courts John Kncwlton, Ellsworth
Judge of Probate--O oscar L. Cunningham, Buck
mort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-10

We have all the goods which were explained
by Mr.. Worrell at his Lecture They are the beat
goods in the several lines. Safe TO use, sure TO
give satisfaction.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
Senator Gray.

Harper's Weekly of last week con-
tanned likeness of Senator Gray, in
the attitude of addressing the Senate,
drawn from life by Mr.. G. w. Break.
The pose Of Senator Gray is good, but
the artist has failed to catch exact ex.
preston of the face, which is so familiar
to DelawareaHs. Accompanying the
picture is a sketch of the Delaware
senator. The writer is very eulogistic
iD his review Ex-senator Gray's political
career, and he describes him as having
''fOr years been one of the forces for
good in the Democratic party ."Further
on the writer who does not have verv
clearly'deined knowledge of political
history in Delaware, says:
There was a time, some fifteen years
ago, when Mr.. Bayard was the one pub
lie man who seemed to unite the Dem
Ocratic party with the independent
voters who had grown dissatisfied with
the practices and tendencies of the Re-
publican party. 1t was generally sup
posed that he stood alone in his State.
and therefore the appearance of man
of such evident character as Attorney.
General Gray was somewhat of sur
prise. Delaware had persisted in send.
ing ordinary men as colleagues to Mr..
Bayard in the Senate and as it's repre-
sentatives in the popular branch of
Congress, so that it had been ac-
cepted as fact that Mr.. Bayard was
the only public man of the State, at
least in the Democratic party.
This declaration is particularly inter.
eSting to the people of Delaware, but
it does not really mean as much as it
says. The statesmen that Delaware
had persisted in sending ordinary men
as colleagues to Mr.. Bayard sounds
well, it is true; but when the facts are
recalled there is another side to the
declaration.
Thomas F. Bayard went into the
United States Senate on March 4, 1869,
and remained there until January 20.
1885, when Mr.. Gray took his place,
Mr.. Bayard having been selected as
Secretary of State. Mr.. Gray was,
therefore never a colleague of Mr.. Bay
ards. During Mr.. Bayard's term in the
Senate the only colleagues that he had
were the late Willard Salisbury and
the late Eli Salisbury. The former re-
tired from the Senate in 1871, and was
a colleague Of Mr. Bayard's only two
years. At the same time he was the
peer of Mr.. Bayard In intellect and
general capacity. Practically the only
colleague which Mr.. Bayard ever had
In the Senate from Delaware was the
late Eli Salisbury.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
The Railroad Situation.
ditorial in Rashinaton Poal. !

Editorial in Washington POSI-
In the speech of Hon. Thomas B.
Reed, made at the Academy of Music.
in Philadelphia, the other day, he cal.
led attention to the fact that we have
more miles of railroad in this country
in the hands of receivers than there are
In all of Great Britain.
The cause of this can be traced verv
largely to the paralysis of business all
over the country, making the struggle
for what there is so great that the low
rates, which have thereby been brought
about by the competition of the trunk
lines, have ceased to be remunerative.
Is this condition of affairs a healthy
one for either the shippers or the own
ers of the road ?
Since the passing of the interstate
commerce law the leading roads have
been busy gathering up their tributaries
into a consolidation or leasehOld
system.
Long before man trOd on this planet
the law of the survival of the fttest''
was as supreme as it is to-day.
Rivalry and competition breed con-
querOrs; the weaker 60 down and the
stronger gather up the wrecks, and so
rapidly has this been going on that if
1t continues few years more a dozen
men will eventually control the entire
railroad system of the country, and
then there will be uniform tariff
made that the public will be powerless
to resist.
To-day there is but a single trans
continental system not in the hands of
receivers, in part at least, not that is
the Great Northern, which is not com
pleted, and still having the benefit of
bonds to sell from which interest can
be paid little while longer.
The Northern Pacific, with its mile
age of over 5000 miles, the Union
Pacific, with nearly 5000 miles, and
the AtchisOn, with over 1000, have
struck their cOlOrs before the waste of
unhealthy competition, and the Mis-
souri, Pacific, with nearly 5000 miles, is
kept from tie same evil ending by two
OF its large stockholders, who may
sooner or later get tired of their load
The great Pennsylvania Railroad,
with nearly 5000 miles, and the New
York Central Railroad, with the per-
sonal holdings of the Vanderblts in
their connecting lines. already ap-
prOximate 10000 miles.
How long will it be before these
roads, with their unrivalled credit.will
gather in the whole of the lines now in
the receivers hands, and to be had at
their own prices?
The piracy of the Canadian Pacific
on our own roads is q crying evil that
seems to be tolerated as though it
could not be corrected, and yet it will
have to be some time, and the ability
of that road, maintained by enormous
subsidies of the Canadian government.
to prosper while the American roads
are being forced to the wall, will not
always continue to be passed over in
silence.
Unless Congress is desirous of hav-
Ing the already rapid marches of con.
solidatiOn hastened still farther, they
should 80 amend the interstate com
merce act as to stop the stealing of
business that belongs to the transcon-
tinental lines, and by some plan of
dividing the business at living rates let
the weaker ones live little longer.
In hard times like these we live very
fast in such matters.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
Liquor Licenses Refused.

The refusal of the Superior Court to
grant last week in Wilmington anv
new liquor licenses is to be com.
mended. The court has done its duty
in refusing to increase the number of
places in the city where liquor is to be
sold. The needs of the city do not re-
quire any more drinking places than it
has now. The number which are now
licensed are out of proportion to the
number of inhabitants. The existing
saloons do not meet the demand alone:
they go further aud are temptation
to the weak men who are inclined to
waste their wages in saloons.
1t can, however, go still further in
the work of reducing or keeping down
the number of saloons. That is bv
making it rule to refuse renewal to
all applicants against whom we'll au-
thenticated complaints are made. By
doing this, and by refusing to grant
new licenses, the moral tone of the citv
will be advanced.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

The Government has gone far enough
in the experiment of affording the
means of education to Indian children
demonstrate the wisdom of going fur
ther. The indisposition of Indian par
ents to have their children educated
has gradually been overcome, and the
number of Indian children who will
this year attend the schools on the
reservations and elsewhere throughout
the country will be over 10000, It is
cheaper to educate the young Indians
than to maintain an army to kill the
adults. As the expenditure for the
schools shall be increased the ex-
pendIture for soldiers will be lessened.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Since the recent Pennsylvania cleo
ton there has been a general feeling
among Democratic politicians in New
York that the chances of a Democratic
victory in New York this fall are very
slim. hear that this is the way that
Hill, Murphy and other leaders of the
machine regard the situation, and that
they are governing themselves accord
ingly. Senator Hill has written a lot.
ter declining to be a candidate for
Governor, and has made deliverance
on the Tariff bill intended to be so con-
servative as to save himself from the
political consequences of popular re-
pudiatiOn of that measure at the polls
Governor Flower can have renomina-
ton if he desires, but he has intimated
to his friends that unless the situation
changes he will not care to be a can.
didnte this fall. Even the the fight be-
tween the Platt and anti-Platt factions.
while atfording the Democrats some
amusement does not increase their
hopes much. Their main reliance now
is on a possible change ef sentiment be-
tween March and November. At pres
ent, however, there are no indications
of such a change.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Who are the most famous writers
and artists of both continents? The
Cosmopolitan MDgGzine is endeavoring
to answer this inquiry by printing a
list from month to month-in its con-
tents pages, This magazine claims
that Notwithstanding its extraordinary
reduction in price, it is bringing the most
famous writers and artists of Europe
and America to interest its readers, and
in proof of this claim, submits the fol-
lowing list of contributors for the five
months ending with February: Valdes
Howells, Paul Heyse, Francisque
Sarcey, Robert Grant, John J. Ingall.
Lyman Abbott, Frederick Mason,
Agnes Repplier, J. G. Whittier. Walter
Besant, Mark Twain, st. George Mivart,
Paul Bourget, Louise Chandler Moul-
ton, Flammarion, Tissandier, F. DEM
ster Sherman, Adam Badeau, Captain
King, Arthur SherburLe Hardy, Geo.
Ebers, De Maupassant, Sir Edwin
Arnold, Spiehagen, Andrew Lang,
Berthelot, H. H. Bapesen, Hopkinson
Smith, Lyman J, Gage. Daniel c. Gill
man, Franz Won Lenbach, Thomas A.
Janvier. And for artists who have i'll
lustrated during the same time time;
Verge, Reinhart, Merold, f, d. Small,
Dan Beard, Jose Cabrinety Oliver Her
ford, Remington, Hamilton Gibson,
Otto Bacher, H. S. Mowbray, Otto
Guillonnet. f. G. Atwood, Hopkinson
Smith, Geo. w. Edwards, Paul de
Longpre, HaLert Dys. F H. Schell.
How this is done for $1.5O year, the
editors of the Cosmopolitan alone
know.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Colonel John T. Crisp, of Missouri,
tells of judge in Texas who in.
structed the jury in murder case to
bring in verdict of not guilty if they
were satisfied that the man who killed
the other used only his fists. The
counsel for the friends of the dead man
interposed vigorous objection, and
asked the Justice what he meant by
such ruling. "Well," replied the
Judge, who had seen a score of good
men killed in quarrels in which pis-
tolls and knives were the weapons, II
only want to encourage fist fighting in
these parts"
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Mr.. PaumertOn saw nothing of the
good.looking fellow he had been fol-
| lowing.
II might as well see what he has to
sell. will show little Mrs. Rose that
l can keep a secret as we'll as herself"
Before he went home he found ex-
actly what he wanted, only he learned
that another bidder was after the prop
erty.
Thenex day he went and looked at
the house and lot. A beautiful home
it was, indeed, and be put in his bid
and anxiously awaited results.
1--WE offered.all I can afford" he
mused.
81 hope the other party won't go any
better"
But the other party did "go BETTER"
and the deeds were made out. he
learned.
'I'm sorry" he said to the gray
haired gentleman, "but 1 could not af.
ford to offer any more, and it really, in
my estimation, wasn't worth any
more"
Then the same individual that he
had followed not long before entered
the Office and addressed the elderly
man as ''father."
"His son." unused Mr.. Paumerton.
II know his name now, and shall have
an eye on him hereafter"
But that night, when he went homo
to supper, Rose, clad in her prettiest
gown, met him with smile and the
happiest face in the world.
He noticed her glowing cheeks, her
lack of appetite, her restlessness, and
wondered much. When once in the
parlor she came and sat down beside
him and put her hand in his.
1--WE confession to make, 'she said,
shyly.
"The secrets coming now, is it ?" he
gayly asked
mot before it's proper time though.
Some months ago had letter from
papa saying that he desired to present
to me home, and he wanted me to
select pretty place, such as 1 thought
we should both like, and he would pay
for it. The price of said property must
not be over $4,000
Mr.. PaumertOn looked delighted.
YES" continued Rose, land found
the loveliest place had a hard time
to get it, for it was wanted by another
party; but | raised my first bid 5000
more, and to-daG / have the deed; here
it is"
Mr.. PaumertOn took the paper and
looked it over; then he began laughing
and he continued laughing until his
pretty wife thought he had taken leave
of his senses.
"You see now" she said, poutingly,
"whether l can keep secret or not"
II see quite plainly" he gasped, at
last, and it has cost you just 5000"
How? What do you mean ?"
"Only that l happened to be the
part who caused you to raise your bid"
"Bu, papa"-
Papa is all right; he's trump, and
the place, under the circumstances,
peculiar as they are. is worth all yo've
paid for it. My darling, wanted you
to have just such home. I've saved
and scrimped for that purpose, but my
money can be invested elsewhere, and
want you to enjoy your lovely new
house, as ! shall. never ought to
have told you, Don't look so sold. The
joke was too good. Next time you
have a secret you'd better have conf
dant."
1t was some time before Rose could
laugh over il; but she does now,
though she has never told her father.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
Commit Thy Way Unto The Lord"
- Ps. xxxvii. 5.
BY REV. J. T. UMsTED, D. D.

D Lord would not take one step alone
Through life thy hand must lead me on,
Sometimes the night is dark, and 1 would stray
Before the breaking Of the day
wand'rer lost?
need a light upon my pats to shine,
Thy light o Lord may it be mine
Then may the brightest sun on me go down,
No darkness can upon me frown-
My feet are safe
OFT as my journey lay DER fen and moor,
Ger food, and erag-ways insecure
Through lonely vale, and gloomy with dismay,
Thy presence did my fears allay-
Keep near me still!
l know not what my future path may be,
AS it has been ordained by Thee
But rough or smooth, wherever it may lead,
Der dreary waste or verdant mead,
Be Thou my guide!
AS thou thus far hast led me on my way,
Lead kindly on, o Lord pray:
In weakness be my strength; keep firm my feet
Till the golden city greet
Then safe at home
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
One Year Ago.

What stars have faded from our skyl
What hopes unfolded but to die
WHAT dreams so fondly pondered DER;
Forever lost the hues they were!
How like ath-knell, sad and slow,
Tolls through the soul, lone year agol"
Where is the face we loved to greet,
The form that graced the fireside seat,
The gentle smile, the winning way.
That blessed our life-path day by day?
Where aed those accents, soft and low,
That thrilled our hearts zone year agOf"
All ! vacant is the fireside chair,
The smile that won, no longer there,
From door and hall, from porch and laWI
The echo of the voice is gone;
And we who linger only know
How much was lost zone year agow
Beside his grave the marble white
Keeps silent guard by day and night;
Serene he sleeps-nor heeds the tread
OF footsteps DER his lowly bed:
His pulseless breast no more may know
The pangs oflife zone year ago."
But why repine? A few more years,
A few more broken sighs and tears,
And we, enlisted with the dead,
Shall follow where his steps have led;
To that far world rejoicing go
To which he passed zone year ago."
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

1t must be good article that will in
duce a man to go forty miles to get it.,
Mr.. +. r. Swetman, of Fairfax Station,
Va, says: party came forty miles to
his store for Chamberlain's Cough rem
edy and bought dozen bottles. "The
Remedy is great favOrite in this VIZ
cinity," he says land has performed
some wonderful cures here" It is i'm
tended especially for Coughs, Cold,
Group aud Whooping Cough, For sale
by J. w; Clifton, Smyrna, and T. l..
Mason, Clayton,
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Three days is very short time In
which to cure bad case of rheumatism
but 1t can be done, If the proper treat
ment is adopted, as will be seen by the
following from James Lambert, of New
Brunswick, Ills: II was badly afflicted
with rheumatism in the hips and legs,
when ! bought bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain balm, It cured me in three
days. I am all right to-day and would
Insist on every one who is afflicted
with that terrible disease to use Cham
herlainis Pain Balm and get well at
opce.n soc bottles for sale by J, w,
Clifton, Smyrna, and 4. l.. Mason, OF
Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

The people of this vicinity insist on
having Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
ana DO not want any other" saws John
v, v. Bishop, of Portland Mills, Indianna
That is right, They know it to be SUI
perIor to any other for colds, and as a
preventive and cure for Group and wbv
should they not insist on having IL "a
cent bottles for sale by J. w. Clifton.
smyrna, and I. L. Mason, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07
she WOULDN'T TELL.
BY ABBIE c. M'KEEvER.

IA woman keep secret! 1t it quite,
quite beyond the power of single one
of them!"
Mr.. Paumerton laughed sarcastically
while his wife's cheeks burned sus-
piciously red.
"Women, then, are the only ones
given to betraying secrets, suppose"
Certainly. Men are above such
things, but women are like children.
You see, Rose, every woman has her
cOnfidant; if she's married, it's her hus-
band; and this friend has friends, and
so the story goes"
"Oh," said said Rose. "Then, when
a wife makes of her husband her con-
fidant, he goes off to his chum, and
keeps the ball rolling"
Nothing of the kind. | said men
were not given to talking"
"But your reasoning certainly would
lead me think so. Did Mrs. Sullivan
have a woman confidant when she dis.
covered the person whom she felt sure
had stolen her jewels?"
"Oh, but that's different"
"How? She told her husband. he
told you; you told Jim Dacy, cousin of
the supposed thief,who thereby learned
of the suspicion and fed"
Mr.. PaumertOn colored angrily.
Certainly, 1 told Dacy. l wanted
the matter sifted to the bottom. Inever
believed Joe Gibson to be guilty"
mot even after he Red?"
"Well-ROt till then"
But he got away with 81, 900 worth
ofjewels, because a silly little woman
entrusted her secret to her own hus-
band, who, after the most approved
manner, let the cat out of the bag"
"What a goose you are, Rose!"
Am 1? Well, if ever get into any
trouble l will show you whether one
woman can't keep a secret"
Mr.. Paumerton laughed carelessly,
snatched his hat and was off to his club.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Governor Reynolds appointed John
A. Kelley as the successor of Frapl, y
smith, whose term as justice of the
peace expired on Tuesday. From a
political standpoint the appointment
does not suit the rank and file of the
Democratic party; but it suits Messrs
Dickey and Neary. Mr.. Smith, dur.
ing the seven year that he held the of.
nee OF justice of the peace gave general
satisfaction.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Six months later, Mrs. PaumertOn
appeared strangely preOccupied, and
her restles manner surprised her hus-
band considerably.
"YOu are not well, are you, Rose P"
"Quite well. Why do you ask P''
"You are hardly yourself at times.
came in just after that strange man had
called, and found you flushed and ex-
cited, who was the fellow, and what
brought him her?"
He is friend of mine, and his call
was a purely business One."
Mr.. PaumertOn nearly fell out of his
chair at this statement.
Business! I'll be hanged Have
you ordered a new coffin for your dead
Tabby; or are yoA thinking of invest.
ing in mine or railroad? ?"
81 told you once upon a time that
some day 1 would show you whether
woman could keep secret or not"
"Oh, is that allP Well, I'll give you
until next Sunday not to tell; but you
will not be able to stand it any longer
than that"
"We'll aee," quickly responded Mrs.
Paumerton.
80 we will" said her husband,
jocularly.
Nevertheless, he did not feel as care
less over the matter as he pretended.
"B pretty howdy'e do l"he muttered.
my wife receiving men callers whom
1 don't know, and coolly telling me
that they call on business !"
A number of Sundays came and
went, and Mr.. PaUmsrtou was as far
from the secret as before. He had al.
most forgotten 1t, when once more he
came upon the sleek, fDe.looking fell
low he had seen previously. This time
the stranger was coming down the
front dOOrsteps, =.
"That rascal again I" exclaimed Mr..
Paumerton, angrily. "I'll follow him
and see who he is and what he's up
to-"
SO he halted passing cab, ordered
the driver to keep the carriage Just
ahead in view until it stopped, and
away they dashed.
HES in deal of hurry, ,"muttered
Mr.. Paumerton. But" grimly, "I'll
find out who he is and what Rose
means by receiving calls from him."
His own cabby stopped in front OF a
real estate cffice.
HE went In there" he said. "Id
kept up closer If could, but my horses
amt the equals o. his.
"That's all right; here's your money.
You need not wait. I'll take q street
Car back"
Into the handsome Office Mr.. Pau
merton rushed but the man he had fol-
lowed was not visible. A tall, gray
haired gentleman came forward,
" called" began Mr. Paumerton,
hesitatingly, ITO see about some real
estate"
"Ah, yes, certainly. Sit down. I'll
show you what we have, If you will
explain something in regard to your
wishes"
"My wife and have often talked OF
. home In the suburbs-On the hills. A
house Of eight or ten rooms, with nice
grounds, aud not too tremendensly
high-priced."
The other smiled blapdly then walked
back TO desk to bring forward bis
maps and diagrams. In the m esntlms
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

A good definition of ia grippen was
gwen by Smith yesterday. II was :
II you feel tired and broke down, sore
all over; feel like beating your wife
Kicking the dog, killing the cat, gett.
ing away from everybody and break
ing up your furniture, you have the
tarnaI thing, and you'll never forget it j"
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

ArFOlNIMENIS FOR THE DIOCESE OF
DELAWARE BY BISHOP COLEMAN.
The following are Bisop Coleman's
appointments for confirmation March
4th, New Castle; March 11th, evening
Trinity Church, Wilmington March
18th, Dover and Camden; April 1st.
morning, ClaymOnt; afternoon. Cal.
vary Church Brandywine hundred .
evening, Old Swedes Church, Whining.
ton; April 9th, morning, st. Andrews
Church, Wilmington; afternoon, Grace
Church, Brandywine hundred; even
ing Calvary Church Wilmington. :
April 10Th, morning, Smyrna; evening
MlddletOwn April 10th, St. Georges
Indian River; April 18th, Milton ;
April 18th, MarshalltOn; April goth
Delaware City; April 22d, morning
Stanton; afternoon, Newport; evening
Newark April 29th, morning, Imman.
uel Church, Highlands; evening, St.
Mathews, Wilmington; May 9th. Mil
ford and Harrington; May 10th, Mills
boro'; May 11th, Trinity Chapel, Long
Neck; May 18th. morning, Laurel:
afternoon, Christ Church, Broad Greek /:
evening, Delmar; May 18th, Lewes =:
May goth, afternoon, st. Johns Church
Wilmington; evening, Christ Church.
Christiana hundred May 9th, morn.
ing, st. Johns Little Hill afternoon.
st. Marks Little Greek; evening, St..
Andrews Ellis Grove.
SeafOrd, Georgetown and Bridgeville
May be arranged latter.
Smyrna times., 1894-03-07

Stern EmplOyer-"see here, young
man. this makes three times you have
been late at the office this week. 1 de-
mand an explanation" Blase Clerk
WELL believe in the theory that the
office should seek the man rather than
that the man should seek the Office. p