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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

ii failed to show that it had settled or
given way at any point, or that the keel
blocks were improperly placed. The
vessel seemed to be collapsing simply be
cause her framework was not strong
enough to bear up her weight when
deprived OF the support of the water.
Final investigation will probably show
that such was the case. The choice will
therefore lie between leaving the ship too
light and weak to bear her own weight,
and making her so heavy as to iDperil
her buoyancy. In this dilemma the
present secretary of the navy may extract
some comfort from reperusal of commu-
nication addressed to him, when he was
chairman of the naval committee of the
House, by Mr.. Whitney, then secretary of
the navy. "Our true policy, " wrote Mr..
Whitney, is to borrow the ideas of our
neighbors, and give them to our ship
builders in the shape of plans" The
Texas, lying damaged and helpless in the
navy yard dock, Isl the full fruition Of
tour true policy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
intelligent persons will not care to
associate

Exoiorer Peary says: Arctic eZpiora-
ton must, like anything else, be made
business and carried on from year to
year, proftiDg by each added item Of e1-
perience, aud taking advantage OF each
recurring opportunity. Ny experience in
the past two years has accentuated my
previous belief In small parties for
Arctic work. Thrown upon the resources
Of the country, ar Occurrences that IS che
Of the most certain Of Arctic possibilities,
the members Of large parties would
starye where small party would have
abundant ratians As for the project OF
Anaree, who proposes u reach the pole
by means Of a balloon, can only say that
/ personally prefer to wait until the
science of aeronaut.cs has been reduced n
exactftude, Before that time arrives |
beIieve the North Pole will have been
reached by s1nic OF the methods Of loco
motion recognized al present, and If net
obtained by either of the expeditions now
in the field, / believe it will be reached by
an American" These remarks though
not anticipated might well have baen ex-
pected from one who among Arctic
explorers has been conspicuous for the
got d sense that characterized his methods
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Recent developments in inicrobe phohia
are assuring. The horrible thought that
In everything we eat, everything we smell.
In the fresh and foul air We breathe, in
every object we touch, we perilously en-
counter microbes had become almost I'M
bearable. We are now somewhat
reassured. A scientist by the name of
Kijanizin of Kew, doubtless out of pity
for several small pet animals, collected a
quantity of air which he first Invested of
all microbes and then gave his pets to
breathe. The animals breathed 1t and
died. They could not get along without
microbes. And so 1t is natural to infer
that human beings must have microbes
AS the great majority of us under any
conditions that might be devised would b,
compelled to associate with and Absorb
microbes, neny willy, we are glad thai
, it is found for the advantage of all {.
share alike in this respect. OF cours,
there Will still be microbes with whict
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
English Plans and American Ships.
IN. Y. Tribune.)

The battleship Texas is in bad way
She lies in a dry dock, in the Brooklyn
navy yard, with a number of her bottom
plates buckled, several of her ribs strained
and bent, and her keel in danger of col
lapse. She is partly submerged, in eleven
feet of water. 1t will not do to pump
that out of the dock for fear of further
damage to the ship. Neither would it be
prudent to let in more and float her out
of the dock and go to sea- Present indi-
cations are, therefore, that she will have
to be lightened and largely dismantled. by
the removal of her guns, etc, when per-
haps she will be able to support her own
weight. Then the dock can be empted
and the necessary repairs made.
Until the dock is emptied 1t may not
be possible to determine positively the
cause of this disaster, but it is practically
certain that one of two things will be
found to have occurred. Either the floor
of the dock has given way under the great
weight of the ship, or the framework Of
the ship itself has begun to collapse
through structural weakness The dock
In question Is the timber dry dock which
was built under the first Cleveland ad-
ministration, when Mr. Whitney was secre-
tary of the navy. 1t was scarcely intended
to hold so heavy ship as the Texas
Moreover, a bed of quicksand was found
under it, which gave its builders much
trouble. 1t is possible, therefore, though
not probable, that the dock Is partly at
fault for what has occurred. On the other
hand, there are very strong reasons for
suspecting the Texas of that structural
weakness which the Democratic poll
ticians responsible for her so quickly and
falsely charged against another shiE which
had been built under Republican auspices
Her original plans, for which Secretary
Whitney paid large sum of money to an
English designer, were exceedingly
faulty. A ship built in accordance with
them would probably have sunk by her
own weight The Democratic admins
tration stuck to them, however; they
were English, you know. But it had
them 50 modified as to assure the buoy
ancy of the ship. In so doing the frame
of the ship was weakened; perhaps fatally
weakened. In the closing months of the
Cleveland administration Mr.. Whitney
determined to go on with the ship. and
ordered work on it to be pushed as rapidly
as possible. The succeeding administra-
ZION Diu mounting 20 10 Dnt To carry IL 70
completion and make the best of a bad
job.
That it was and is a bad job seems now
reasonably certain. The overwhelming
probability is that the present damage is
due to structural weakness of the ship.
that in tura being due to the i'll considered
and modified English designs The
crushing In of the ships bottom was
noticed on Saturday last The dock was
| then empty, and careful examination of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
Perhaps those who have been wont

Perhaps those who have been wont to
discredit the advantages Of jury system
would prefer to leave case In which they
were an interested party to the decision
of a jury OF twelve good men and true
than to a judge Of the pattern recently
found in Kansas. In this judge court a
witness was called to testify as TO whether
q certain liquor was or was not beer.
The witness said he could not tell withou;
testing the liquor. The judge told him
to taste it, The witness declined, on the
ground that as an American citizen ht
had right to drinkwhat and when he
pleased. The judge sent him to Jail fol
contempt of court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Bishop Doane, is man who has earned
Of late consid' rabie fame or notoriety ny
combating impressions that were well
established His recent effort in this
direction was made in a lecture ON the
liquor question. In this he advanced the
idea that the proper sJlution of the ques-
tion was 10 leave it to supply and de-
mand, as, If We have legal restrictions to
the sale of liquor, 1t makes politicians of
llauor dealers and saloon keepers and a
political centre Of the bar room. We
hardly expect the good bishop to follow
out bis argument to logical conclusion,
bee iuse TO do 50 would argue that he best
get out OF the pulpit, 80 long as the
church shall continue to advocate human
law and order, for it follows that if re-
straint Of rumselling compels rumsellers
to resort II politics In self defense, and
makes Of otherwise billiards astutc poll
tlcians, so does the legil restraint of sin,
a restraint that IN general Bishop Doane
as preacher is supposed to advocate,
compel his satanic majesty to resort tc
arts and wiles, rs he would not otherwise
be compelled to do. We await Bishop
Doane's argument in favor Of leaving sir
and the devil to the laws of supply and
demand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
OVER THE STATE.
Choice Bits OF News Selected for Our Maine
Readers.

Diphtheria is raging at West Paris.
A Bath farmer harvested his socont
hay crop last week.
A Skowhcgan manufacturer has al
order or goo, 600 honey boxes.
The Auburn shoe manufacturers scou
the report that a shoe trust is being
formed.
The total weight Of freight handled al
the Waldoboro station was 1868, 800 lbs
charges, 81, 1863. g.
1t is reported that the Kineo company
is considering the feasibility of erecting {
new hotel at the Shaw farm in the nea,
future.
Signatures to q paper thanking Hon
Josiah Crosby for his efforts to get par
don for Stain and Cromwell are being
sought.
1t is rumOred that Frank G. Staples,
proprietor of the Sea Shore house at Old
Orhard is to lease the Dewitt house al
Lewiston.
Before next spring the territory on the
East Branch above Grand Lake dam will
be relieved Of from Is, 600, 600 to 20, 900,
600 feet of logs.
The estimated cut of logs the coming
winter in the territory on the East Branch
above Grand Lake dam is from Is, 600, zoe
to 20, 600, 900 feet of logs
The editors of the Dartmouth, show
themselves men in coming out squarely
and declaring that their athletic mana
gers did an injustice to Bowdon.
SbariG NichoIc of h.,
Gently returned from trip to Upper
Roach river and while there found pretty
strong evidence of illegal slaughter of
dear.
Chas. H. Chandler of Blaine. has 24OO
barrels of picked potatoes In his potato
house that he offers for $1,000, and will
give them the use of his store house until
The first Of May.
The Weld Fish and Game Association is
to restock the pond with trout and sal
mon. by wcirlng W. point and Bowley
brooks. There are now over 100, 900 trout
eggs in the hatchery.
1t is reported that the Wiscasset &
Quebec Railroad bonds have been bought
up by syndicate of outside parties who
evidently mean eventually to make II
standard guage and connect with some
through line in the northern part of the
State
A Lewiston young man is making n
winter cycle 1t has two runners, one
ahead of the other. and between them Is
pair of treadles like those on a bicvcle
From these to heavy balanced wheel in
the rear runs an endless chain, and this
wheel turns q small drive wheel with
spurs to stick into the snow. He thinks
that he can travel along hard beaten
country roads with this as easy as on a
cycle.
The Cooper brothers came to N.wport
about three years ago, since which time
they have erected a steam veneer and box
mill at cost Of about $40, 900 and have
also erected two beautiful homes this sea
son at cost Of about $4,000 each. besides
which they are giving employment to 20 or
% men nearly the year round, and paving
the farmers Of this and surrounding
towns thousands Of dollars annually for
lumber.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

II the newspaper reports Of the horse
show IN New York City be true 1t is q
pity that more Of the country people
do not attend. For generations the
comic papers have tickled the effete and
pampered risibilities of our metropolitan
cousins with cartoons Of "Uncle Reuben
Haysoed. gazing in open mouthed
establishment at the bewildering sights of
a modern city. In the course of human
nature Mr.. Hayseed's outward appearance
and manners have changed during these
generations, but the general effects of the
cartoon seem Interchangeable, imperlsh-
able. They are as familiar to Hayseed
himself rs to the city man. And SO we
wish that the former might, for the sake
of variety if nothing else, enjoy the privi-
lcge of attending the horse show at Madi.
son Square and view the city gawk at his
best or worst. He would, it is true run
the risk of oorrupting his manners, but
his general good sense would, we think,
withstand the shock We are told by the
truth loving New York reporter that the
| city gawk was at the horse show in force,
that he elbowed his way to the front of
the boxes, where another variety of city
gawk sat, that he stood and stared in
open-mouthed amazement at the other
city gawk, who affected nonchalanoe; we
are told that crowds of him pushed up in
front of the box containing the impo cunt
Gus English duke and his American wife,
stood there gaping and staring, lost to all
sense of decorum If not decency, realizing
only that here was y free show, a newly
welded couple on exhibition per adver.
tisement And the city gawk loves free
show as well as his country cousin even
when the slow is fourth late in quality.
And yet there are otherwise sensible
people all over the broad land looking &c
this specimen of degeneracy as a model,
accurate imitation of Which they fondly
imagine is the only requisite to good
society and gentle breeding. Great is the
gawk, II he but wear good clothes!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Ii is difficult at this distance to apprr-
ciatc tho craze in Colorado caused by the
mln Schl,ttcr, who healed 10y the laying
on Of hands and by, as he claimed, divine
power. The report sent out last week
that he had disappeared from Denver
without money and alone also included
mention of several amusing as well as sad
incidents Sick people who had come
long distances were compelled to return
without receiving what they hoped might
prove relief. But they were not the only
disappointed ones. The street hawkers,
who had been selling haDdkerchiefs said
to have been blessed by him, will have
their trade interrupted. a representative
of the chamber of commerce from Omaha
had come to induce Schlatter to go to that
city, while representative from St.
Louis was there prepared TO outbd him,
and willing to offer $4,000 If 1.-The healer
would come to St. Louis. Scblatter's
reply to the latter offer was chat he didn't
want the money Whatever kind Of
crank he may be, the man who has caused
the commotion appears to be sincere. But
however unworldiy he may be, the cities
in that part of the country have CONNER
cial instincts and are jostling one another
in their efforts to get the dollars of the
sick who are attracted ID this strange
being.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

This is not a case of Kittery to Quoddy
but of Calais to Cape Flattery. The
young Republicans Of Calais have formed
a National Reed Club, > which they are
aiming to make national. President F..
B. Livingstone has sent out a circular let
ter to prominent Republicans, in which
he says calais was thought the most
desirable place for the birth of such an
organization, as 1t is the most eastern city
Ton the mainland) in the country. 1t is
the aim and purpose of the members to
extend the club literally from the most
eastern to the most western city, and they
earnestly solicit the assistance of all Re
publicans favoring their candidate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
PRESS MMENTS.
Costly AngIomania.
Oath Times.l

And now it appears that the English
designed battleship Texas is too lightly
constructed to support her own weight in
dock. This has been q trouble with a
large number of the English war ships
too much sacrifice of strength to lightness
and again demonstrates only at our
cost, that our American products lead the
world and the government will always
find it safer to trust TO home talent than
to alleged foreign abilities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.

Refraining from ordinary yocations, may
ali the people Of our Christian Common
wealth, In their homes and in places dedicated
to public worship. render tributes OF praise
and gratitude for the many manifestations oil
Gods goodness.
And amid our songs o! praise, let cur thank
fulness be evinced by some substantial ex'
preston OF sympathy for the poor, the unior'
tunate and a iilicted.
Given at the Executive Chamber at Au-
gusta, this eleventh day OF November, in
the year OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-fve. and OF the In
dependence OF the United States OF Amer
lea the one hundred and twentieth.
HENRY b. CLEAVES.
by the Governor.
Nicholas FgssENpEN, Secretary OF State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

The Boston Herald has been getting the
opinions OF leading Massachusetts, Demo
Gratis as to the advisability of a third term
for Cleveland. If Democrats in other parts
of the country talk like those In Massa
chusetts We shall expect Mr.. Cleveland to
come out with statement that he never
entertained the idea of "a third term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

The Brooklyn trolley car has l3l vic
Tins to its dlscredit And yet England is
going to war with the King of Ashantee
on the unproven assumption that he
sacrifices human victims.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Brewer Busch Of St Louis intends 10
eclipse the Marlborough Vanderbilt we'd
ding In New York when his daughter is
Joined to Count Paul Won Gontard of
Hagen. OF the counts financial status
we are not informed but are left to infer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Those who gave ex Mayer Hopkins of
Chicago, reception should see to it that
Dobs has one when he gets out of Jail
There should be no favoritism shown the
leaders of that great strike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
Roach's Dolphin, Whitney's Texas.
New York Press. }

kNGW L Urh ITGSSI
We note with pleasure the arrival of
the day when an inability to construct q
battleship is taken as an evidence of in
ability merely-not of crime.
We recall with pain the existence Of the
day, when not the inability, but the
partisan suspicion of the inability, to
construct a cruiser or a dispatch boat was
taken not as evidence of inability, but of
crime.
We are glad that nobody calls William
c. Whitney a thief, or dcprivcs him of
the dividends of his investments, or
drives him into bankruptcy or the grave,
because his imported English lin design
Texas turns out to be a worthless tub.
We are sorry that William G. Whitney
called John Roach thief, robbed him
of his dues, drove him into bankruptcy
and the grave cause partisan dislike had
put in his mind the belief that John
Roach's Dolphin, the staunchest vessel of
her size that floats, was such lopsided,
n-by -the-head, buckling, turtlc-turn-
ing (n posse) nautical monstrosity as
William G. Whitney's Texas has been
shown TO be.
The world moves. And in nothing
mere is this fact shown than in the con-
duct Of our navy. Not only would it be
impossible for any secretary of the navy
today to direct such ruthless and base
less persecution as Mr.. Whitney, in pur
suit Of political capital, directed against
John Roach but nobody thinks of asking
Mr.. Whitney to reimburse the government
for the millions diverted into the mass of
old iron now lying in the Brooklyn dry
dock. Nobody charges the costly failure
of the Texas to anything worse than MIR.
Whitney, anglomaniac Ignorance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

A motor cycle has left New York for a
run TO Chicago. For tho sake of the en-
terprise we hope the roads will continue
In good condition for eight days, the time
that Is estimated to be necessary for the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
Would Most Fully Meet Requirements
portland Press. J

Speaking of the effect Of the recent
election the Springfield Union says "the
favorite son cry has been robbed of its po-
tency by the storm of Republican ballots,
and the man who, taking the country
over, has the strongest hold upon the peo.
pie is likely to come out of the convention
winner, aud to the Union, it looks as
If Mr.. Reed would more fully meet the
requirements than any of the other men
who are at the front. If the newspa
pers are accurate reilectors of public sen
timent the ideas set forth by the Union
are fast becoming the popular ones all
over the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Those Marlboro shoe manufacturers
will be welcomed to Maine But they
should bear in mind that one reason why
there are so few labor troubles down in
this State is because of disposition on
he part Of employers rs well as employees
to meet half way. But then the average
cmployc in this State is more than an
ordinarily intelligent person.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Anarchist Most wishes he had been at
Chicago Mt tho time of the riots Consid-
ering what became of the rioters most
wish he had been.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18
Another Maine Specially.
(Biddeford Journal.)

The wisdom of the Legislature in on
acting stringent game laws and the en-
tcrprise of the down-east people in build
ing the Bangor 81 Aroostook Railroad are
meeting their reward Never in the
states history has there been such an in
flux of sportsmen into the Maine woods as
this year. And while they are not so nu-
merous as the summer tourists and do
not spend so much money, yet the agere-
gate OF their expenditures is very large
sum. The interest in the Maine woods as
hunting resort is reflected in the col
umns of the newspapers In Boston and
New York. in which much space is given
TO articles. illustrative and descripti ve.
concerning the feats OF sportsmon in north.
ern Maine
You see little in these papers now abou.
the Adirondacks; It is all Aroostook.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Strange things happen to drain pipe.
One in Lewiston was completely choked
with spongy growth from the seeds of q
poplar tree in an adjacent yard. Look
out for house drains and health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

The inhabitants of Buffalo Cleveland,
Chicago, milwaukee, and other cities upon
the great lakes think that the scope of
coast defences would take them In.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

The appropriation for the new dormi-
tory for the deaf school at Portland, will
be expended by New Years, it Is thought,
and the building be ready for occupancy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Lewiston Journal: Five of the brothers
of the late Hon. J. o. Kyes of Wilton,
who recently died, served in the Union
army. All these sons being large physi-
cally, the patriotic mother was accus-
toned to remark facetiously that she had
n thousand pounds in the war. How
much this country owes to mothers OF
that type.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

Some of the young ladies of an Auburn
shoe factory are making pair of shiny
patent feathers for Senator Frye. We
hope they will put soul into their work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

The variegated coloring of animals seen
in this State this season is unusual.
There have been white moose, milk white
fawns, grey wolves and within a few days
a pale yellow fox was shot at Allen S
Mills
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

thinks it ought to have policemen to ride
on its bobtailed street cars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

whose home is in this city makes it a
point to go out of town when there is to
be football game here. He can't keep
away from the game if he is here and if
he sees any rough play that he considers
unnecessary it makes him feel so much
like smashing the offending player that
he does not get back into his usual placid
frame of mind for day or two. He says
1t doesn't pay to get so stirred UP and so
he rcsists temptation by fleeing from it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-18

1t is said that there is in the neighbor-
hood of %, 600, 900 feet of lumber huc q
up on the st. John river and It's
branches. About 1900, 900 feet of the
amount is between Woodstock and Fred.
ericton. The lumbermen fear freeze ND