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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07
AN EsEVATED CAR INCIDENT.
The Acquaintance strucl, Up by Small
BOY with the Man Sitting Next.

Among the pcoEI.a. standing in one of the
cars Of an clev0tcaEain We're young ia
thcr and his son. a trim, handsome little
fellow Of 3 or years After awhile there
was seat for them, ono seat, and the ia
thcr sat down and held the little fellow be
tween his knees. Pretty soon there was a
seat vacant opposite. The little chap
wanted to rise TO the dignity of scat all
to himself, and he started across to it.
Maybe his father thought he would get up
on his knees to look out of the window, as
little folks are apt to do, but the little fell
low didn't get up. He simply sat down
III the scat like grown up folks, and while
he was under little tension at being so
far away from his father looking out for
himself, he looked across and smiled.
Sitting next to the boy was we'll
dressed, we'll groomed man of 80, with a
smooth face, who was reading . ncwspa-
per, Pretty soon he stopped reading and
seemed to be thinking about something.
He rested his right elbow on a window sill
and sort OF turned sidcwise u little and
looked out of window. Hew sitting in
side seat, the next scat back from the
boy, and this movement brought him over
the boys scat Il little and with his face
if he had been sitting upright.
Pretty soon the little fellow reached up
ana laid the palm of his small right hand
gently and lovingly upon the smooth cheek
Of the stranger. OF course the strange
gentleman was surprised, but rs he was q
man OF nerve he didn't show his surprise
He didn't straighten up suddenly, or
start, or anything Of that sort. but Just
Y mol, in, h.,
from which the touch came and then he
saw the small hoy. Then there did come
into the strange gentlomnn's checks a lit
tic touch of color. There are plenty of men
Of perfect nerve who can Withstand any
shock or surprise with entire equanimity,
but who are really put to the test only by
the advances of little child The gentle
man stood the test nobly He didn draw
back, but inclined his head gently "a little
nearer, and with smile on his face he
spoke to the youngster.
The small boy realized his mistake in
stantly, but he didn't slide off the seat and
run to his father. He looked across at him
with an instructive appeal for support, and
his face was rather sober, and he sat Up
now very straight, but evidently he was
going to sit it out. He thawcd under the
Vi bllt lttttti man, whose
friendly, smiling face was still bent over
him, and whose heart there could be no
mistaking, and presently he looked up and
smiled il little, aud then he and the strange
gentleman got along together very nicely.
Through it all the father had never tax
en- his eyes off the boy, but now he turned
to the man sitting next to him and said,
with smiling face and with intense low
ing fondncss in every tone:
He thought it was l. New York Sun.
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The Bank Was Closed.

One night recently a resident Of Man
chester procured some crabs and tied them
up in II paper He reached home at mid
night, and in the quiet Of the parlor undid
the package, Tho fish had apparently
gone TO sleep for the night, and to give
them some animation he poured few
drops of whisky on them from conven-
lent bottle and then emptied the creatures
into his trousers pockets. Soon all was
quiet i'll his bedroom, and no successfully
counterfcited his accustomed Scandinavian
snorc. Then the partner of his bosom
quietly arose and proceeded to do some
banking business with his trousers, which
hung on their usual peg 1t is said that
Freedom shricked when Kosciusko fell. +"
Well, if she ever shrieked as did this wo-
man when she got couple of mad crabs
on the ends of her taper fingers 1t would
have scaled all the whitewash off every
ceiling in Poland. When a woman can
yell so that it curdles all the milk in the
neighborhoCd, you can rest assured that,
as the saying is, there is something in the
air. She continued to shrek until she ex-
haustcd all the atmosphere there was in
the house, by which time the crabs got
frightened and let go of their own accord.
philadelphia Times
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Christian Endeayor.

| Altogether the spirit Of Christian En-
deavor appears to have been manifested
to as gratifying degree at Houlton as at
Boston several weeks ago There was less
OF the spectacular but evidently none the
less Of the spiritual, when the numbers
attending each are compared. While at
the convention in Boston, one or more
state delegations had women for presi-
dents, they were of sufficient rarity 10 ex-
cite comment snd the fact that the Maine
delegates decided at Houlton, that for
the ensuing year they were content to be
under the executive management OF
woman, is worthy of more than passing
notice. 1t appears that the desire to have
President Townsend remain for another
year in the office, which be has SO ably
filled, vas father of the thought that he
would accept When he resigned it seems
that there was a little confusion during
which the spirit, that of late has brought
woman more and more into public recog-
milton, swept the convention and Miss
Cora b. Bickford of Bddeford found
herself elected president amid enthusiastic
applause. This can but serve to bring
Miss Bickford into prominence which Is
accorded but few and she will come to
an Office that has been filed with marked
ability, in recognition Of which fact a
rousipg vote of thanks was extended
President Townsend. Nevertheless, those
who know the lady best, feel assured of
her unqualified success and ell will aid
her in ever way possible. Miss Bckford
is widely known to Maine Endeavorers as
the author Of the Maine c. K. battle
hymn, aud in her home city, where she is
assistant principal Of the spruce street
grammar school, she is greatly liked and
her enthusiasm for the work of the society
of which she Is now the president has never
Jagged. In all ways the convention at
Houlton was an unqualified success and
the hospitality of the people of that town
was such as to impress the Endeavorers
who always receive warm welcome, with
more than usual force. The practical
spirit was also not wanting as was dem
onstrated by the generous contributions
IF money
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COSTLY CHINA.
How Much the C2arina of Russia Pays For
Her Dishes.

Perhaps tho largest residence III the
world is the Winter palace at St. Peters
burg It has 700 rooms, many Of them
Of enormous size, and some SO large that
the White House at Washington could
be erected in them, portico and all. 1t is
said that 8, GOO soldiers have been sheltered
under its roof. The storerooms of the
Winter palace are filed with the china Of
the Russian cars rs far back as Catherine
the Great and here woman collector was
able to obtain samples by purchasing them
of the attendants, who brought the pieces
to her hotel ore at time for several days
afterward and demanded only moderate
priccs-not more than some plates would
be worth at shop without considering
the value of association.
The imperial china is all of Russian
manufacture and does not equal in quality
nor in luster the product of Austria or
Germany or France. 1t is plain and coarse,
and the decorations are not very artistic,
although there is in the Winter palace a
world famous table service of solid silver
overiaid with gold that will furnish ban
Guet of 500 covers. 1t dates back to the
time of the crazy Emperor Paul, who was
the son of Catherine the Great.
The plates used by all the czars are lar
ger than the ordinary size. Those of Cath
erino were ornainented with conventional
designs Of blue and gold and bore the i'm
porial crest IN the center Nicholas ''the
iron czar " as he was called, used enor
nous plates and cups and saucers, of the
commonest china, heavy and coarse, which
were also decorated with blue and in the
center bore his initial, with crown and
cross. The china Of Alexander II, who
was assassinated by the nihilists, was n
little better III quality but of similar de
sign, only it boro the initial A and an
eagle with outsproad wings. That of the
present car is Of the same pattern and
bears the same initial with the distinctive
III under the A, to indicate that it belongs
to the third monarch OF that name
It is said that the private china in the
smaller palaces is very different and q
much better quality. It was imported by
the empress from England, but strangers
arc not allowed to visit them, and it Is i'm
possible to obtain a sample. New York
AdycrtiSee.
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Church and Pastor.

-Four converts We're recently baptized at
East New Portland by Rev. l.. Hutchins.
Twelve persons were baptized at Dry
Mills, Sunday, by Rev. +. p. NORWOOD
Six persons have recently been received
into the Congregational church at Den
mark.
Rev, Il, J. Haughton of South Paris is
supplying the Congregational church In
Oxford.
The Fast Winthrop Baptist church re-
ceived an accession of four new members,
sunday, sept LIST.
Seven members were taken into full
connection with the Methodist church at
Rockland, Sunday.
The Second Baptist church of Bangor
will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its
organization, Sept IL.
Four candidates were received into
membership at the Wesley Methodist
church, Bath, sept. 1st
The new Catholic church at south
Brewer will be named Saint Teresa. 1t
will probably be dedicated late In Sep
tember.
Rev. +, T. Nelson of Nashua, n. H
has accepted call to All Souls church,
Morrill's Corner, and began his passionate,
sept. LIST.
Fourteen new converts are reported as
the result OF special meetings held at New
gloucester Lower Corner, conducted by
bhe Cummings brothers
At Tenants Harbor last Sunday. Rev.
Browne of the Baptist church, baptized
young man and young lady and gave
the hand of fellowship to eleven.
Miss Annie Hargadon, formerly of
Portland, was admitted, saturday, to the
novitiate of the Order of Zion at Auburn,
taking the name In religion of Sister
Mary Benoit
Rev. W. L. Noyes, who has been sup
plying the Baptist church at North Ssdg-
wick, has removed to Boston and engaged
as missionary agent for the New England
Home for Little Wanderers.
Rev :. A. Aprahamiap, a graduate q
Bangor Theological Seminary, class 96,
will occupy the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church at Green 5 Landing, Deer
Isle, for the next three months.
Rev. Father John Brady, the oldest
Catholic clergyman in Maine, who recent
~ retired from the rectorship of st.
Mary church, Biddeford, has made gift
Of $4,000 to the Biddeford parochial school.
The Cherryfield Baptist church has been
bequeathed thousand dollars legacy by
the late Mrs. Caroline Campbell of that
Gown. Inc fund to remain a permanent
one and the society to receive only the
interest.
The Baptist churches of Aroostoob
county have just held their annual con
yention at smyrna. The reports showed
great progress, 1879 members having beer
added by baptism, and new church hay
ing been planted, at Brockton.
Rev. j \. Barnes. the Free Christian
Baptist minister vino has preached In
Fort Fairfield and vicinity, will move to
The Province again October 10Th, living
IN Hsrtland and having charge of thu
hsrtland circuit, comprising severa
| churches.
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to the coinage Of both gold and silver for
the owners thereof, without discriminat-
ing against either metal or charge for
mintage, etc. He says that whitney
exclaimed They will certainly consent
to that; think they will: that's vote
getter; l will talk to them about It." He
says that Whitney, after an earnest con
versation with the senators, returned and
reported: Its no use; they will consent
to no change"
Was Mr. Whitney simply trying tc
throw dust IN the eyes Of that sub-com
mittee when he proposed free silver coin
age or wa. he in earnest? l. he willing
now to 20 to such lengths IN quest of vote
getting possibilities, Mr.. Patterson Leaves
Mr. whitney in an unpleasant predica-
ment
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Abide the Decision OF the Majority.

Today, the voters of Augusta will have
opportunity to decide the question whether
majority of them want the proposed
ever the result Of the vote today, may be,
the people should accept the decision of
the majority without farther questioning
and with the best of feeling. There has
been comparatively little pickering con
corning the matter thus far, there should
be none in the future. nor can we think
there will be.
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Massachusetts,, Sunday, and will make q
short visit with relatives IN this town and
vicinity George Baker of Salem, Mass +,
arrived Saturday, Oh visit TO his sister,
Mrs Jane Colburn. He returned home
again Tuesday. Mrs. j. A. Marson ar
rived home Saturday evening from a
short visit in Portiand.-The new four
masted schooner Lewis II. Coward, Cap
tain Henry Haynes finished loading With
ice at the Independent houses, Monday.
She was built by G. g. Dcering Of Bath
and is a beauty. She took ITO tens Of
ice on less than II feet draught, which is
the largest cargo ever taken from these
houses, also the largest taken from any
where above the upper sands. The
schools began Monday. Arthur Moody
teaches In District No. 8 and G. r. Man
sir in District No 1 e. A. Lapham has
been drawn to serve on the jury.-Alonzo
knight and viii Knight have arrived
home from trip go the seashore in their
sailboat
RIVERSIDE.
A very pretty wedding took place, Sun
day evening, September l. at tho residence
of Mr. and Mrs O. II. Brown, when their
daughter, Mary, was united IN marriage
to Mr.. Luther Humphrey Of Augusta
The ceremony was performed at 9 o'clock
by Rev. n. r. Pearson of China, in the
presence of about SO invited guests The
bride was very prettily attired in Il suit of
ashes of roses trimmed with green. Her
brothers, Ed and Walter acted as best
men, and Miss Gertrude Forrest of this
place and Miss Matte Green of Auburn
as bridesmaids Refreshments we're served
and then the happy couple left on the
Pullman train for short wedding tour
amid shower of rice from the hands Of
their many friends. Miss Brown has been
one Of Riverside's most charming young
ladies and all are sorry to lose her, but as
she is going to reside in Augusta her
many friends here will probably see her
often now Wedding presents were nu
merous and costly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07

The conservative tendencies Of English
men are illustrated even in the labor
unions, some Of which through age and
success have attained to n sort Of arstoc-
racy. This conservatism is well Illus
trated by two resolutions adopted at the
last trade union congress. one provides
that no person who does not follow a
trade shall be admitted to the congress
MS representative of u union of that
trade. Under this the professional agita-
tor will be obliged to get labor agitatlng
recognized as trade of Itself, establish
an agitators union and SO ensure admit
tance to the trade congress, provided,
however, that this body shall choose to
admit them. But even In that event the
proceedings Of the congress are likely TO
partake more Of the nature of business
and less Of bombast than formerly. The
second resolution is opposed TO the trade
councils which are not properly trade
unions and are political in their nature
Evidently the trade union congress of
England, this year was determined to
"get down to business "
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STATE NEWS.
kennebec.
WEST GARDINER.

W TsI d<tIkb1N H.
Mrs. Hartley and son of Fall River
hav been visiting at Hartwell Clough' s.
4. +, Peacock and n. W. Benner went n
kent's Hill last week.-Lewis W. Fuller
has gone to Massachusetts -Leander Spear
of Spears Corner had a severe troke of pa,
ralysis Thursday. He is not expected To
live ALBERT Fuller went to Lowell.
Mass, Saturday, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Maud.
PITTSTON.
Joseph Vessels died, Friday. of con.
sumption, after quite long sickness
He is survived by u wife who has in.
sympathy of her many friends In her Re
reavement. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the chapel ard th,
remains were placed in the cemetery M
this place Fred Flitner arrived Ia.
week from Mass sch usetts, for short v,s,,
with relatives and friends at this place :
George Pears IL and wife arrived srou
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81 feel, as a Republican, that | do the
best for my party in doing Whist / can to
secure honest elections. Woe to the
scoundrel who cheats. We don't think
he will DO u Republican, but we will
'clnoh' him all the same.
SO spoke Police Commissioner Roosevelt
before Republican club in the city Of
Now York. Tuesday evening, and 1t is
significant that his audience cheered him
to the echo and extended him vote of
thanks.
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Whitney Tor Free SiIver7

We shall look for a mere interesting
interview from William c. Whitney than
was his last, in which he took occasion to
say that Grover Cleveland was so good -
President that the people might want
him to run again and that Growers sense
of duty might compel him to obey the
mandate What Mr. Whitney will
have to say now is likely to attract more
attention. We expect him to come ont
with perpendicular declaration that one
Tom Patterson of Denver, Colorado editor
by profession, is a liar; or else endeavor
by circumlocution to get around state
ment which the aforesaid Tom Patterson
has recently made. For Mr.. Whitney TO
keep silent under the accusation of the
Rocky Mountain teller of tales out of
school would be confession, would be a
case where silence gives consent This
might impair the glittering presi-
Dental possibilities which appear to be
playing the will.o-the-wisp with Mr..
Whitney's imagination.
Indeed it Is difficult to think of Mr.,
Whitney who by every possible tie is bound
to a sound money doctrine, playing the
part Of a free silver man, or even, as is
charged consenting to free silver
platform for its vote getting qualities
But Editor Patterson was not only q
delegate to the Democratic national con
vention of 1899 and member of the
committee on resolutions, but was also q
member of the subcommittee that made
the first draft OF the resolutions. Now
Mr.. Patterson declares in print that when
this subcommittee was considering the
monetary plank Mr.. Whitney wanted the
word free" inserted before the words
"ooinage OF gold and silver, saying tina,
such an amendment would be ia vote
getter. But after talking with Villa.
and Mcpherson whitney came back and
said they wonidn't agree to any such
change. Kditor Patterson then asset
Whitney's opinion OF this resolution mo
posed by Atkins as a subst,,ate wv,
hold to the use Of both goi,, ana s,,ra.
the standard money of the oonn.r -
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Daily Keuaebse goaraaI.
TERMS: 800 Per Year.

No notice whatever will be taken Of I'M
signed communications.
TEE JoUREAL CANNOT BIZ HELD REsPoHsIBLE
for the preservation or return Of rejected COM
munications.
Address all communications relating to sub
scriptions and advertisements to BURLKIeH 81
FLYHT, Publishers, Augusta, Maine.
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A vivid illustration Of put up or shut
I'D" occurred In New York, this week,
when the saloon keepers, who refused to
shut up on Sundays were required to
put up $500 each.
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PRESS COM N sNTS.
One Of Growers Wabbles.
Portland Press. !

The Hon. William e. Chandler saws
that whatever other accusations may be
made against Cleveland he VIII never be
charged with being weak man, That
Is correct, though he did wabble consid-
erably when the German Wilson mon
strosity went to the White House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07

The New England League games which
were advertised In the big state fair pos
tiers failed to materializc. The Eastern
fair at Bangor was the only one this year
to furnish Its patrons flrst-class exhibit
lions of the national game
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The crooks were at the state fair though
not on exhibition. Ii seems to be an I'M.
possible task to altogether Danish crooked
ness from even so small a part of the
world as the average fair ground.
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Rather Indefinite

City Youth-Where was it you said you
livede
Mountain Maid-TI told you l lived in
the Switzerland of America. -
City iouth-Y-e-s, know, but whiuh
one:-New York Weekly.
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Gardiner Reporter Journal: County
says he will rot in jail before he will
testify before the grand jury 1t is need
less to say that he Is rotting
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Anyhow, the freroom of the Ammen ram
is one of the best to be found on any ship
and u model for builders to follow
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President Cleveland should set his Gu
ban bloodhounds on the trail Of the
Hawaiian flibusters who are said to be
plotting in Chicago.
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After due dcliberati0n the Lewiston fair
management decided the Nautch dance
vas naughty.
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Doubly Afflicted.

"Hi, Jimmy, wot's dc matterP"
Backs blistercd. "
Swimmin or lickinf"
Both. Chicago Record.
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recently by the guide, Morris, or Morri-
settle, is reported as improving and is now
pronounced out of danger 1t is to be
hoped. however, that his would be slayer
is not yet out of danger. He should con-
valcsce at Thomaston for the remainder Of
his life.
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Yale may decide TO give the winning
English oarsmen an exhibition Of Bob
Cooks tactics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07

The prevalence Of cholera in Japan de-
mands a vigilant quarantine guard at the
Golden Gate.
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A break in the peanut trust is reported.
May the trust. be compelled Hto shell
out
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The individual of the mean man species
who sows carpet tacks over bicycle track,
has two new but none the less powerful
forces to reckon with-thc increasing num-
Der of wheel people and electricity There
may yet come a time when bicyclists will
cause law to be framed conc inning
such mean persons to electrocutiun. Al
present they have applied electricity only
to removing the tacks. At Sanford the
other day the wheelmen finding that
someone had strcwed tacks upon the track
naenc'i2cd iron rak and in that way
eIA.'rC4 tho tack, without much trouble
Another time they may turn their atten-
zion to removing the offender.
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AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK.
Organized 1S4s.
BANKING ROOMS 235 WATER STREET.

r, IRusTEEs-Wm. s. Badger, J. H. Manley, L..
y. Cornish, Lendall Titcomb B. F. PARROT.
g Deposits received and placed on interest the
hrst day of every month.
interest paid or credited on account on the
hrst Wednesday of February and August.
deposits are exempt by law from all taxes,
ana accounts are strictly confidential.
Administrators, Guardians, Trustees, married
women and minors.
apr2dtf EDWIN @. DUDLEY, Treas.
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Canton's oldest resident, Aunt Hannah
Childs, aged g. visited the streets of
Rumford Falls few days ago. She
picked blueberries when girl on the land
where now stands this thriving village.