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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
THE LIMERICK CLUB
Of West Newton, Mass, Unfurls First
Reed Campaign Flag.
declares ..rom, Reed in tho Race and in I'll.
Race to stay. a.

Newton Mass, Jan. 1.-The Ltperich
Club held meeting at the residence If
George Staples, Otis street, West Newton,
this evening. and formerly declared Tom
Reed'' In the race for the Presidency and
in the Sace to stay.
The limerick Club Ia composed Ut about
100 gentlemen, either natives OF or at one
time residents of Limerick, Me-, or YOrs
county, Me-, which with Cumberland
county forms the congressional district
which ilrst sent Mr.. Reed to Congress.
Every member Of the club is IA staunch
Reed man and many of them are warm
PERSONAL friends Of that gentleman.
Among the guests we're SIX men vino
votsd Tor Abraham Lincoln. and who have
voted the Republican ticket ever since, and
not . few Of whom were members of the
Whig party.
eThs affair was informal, there were no
soesches, and the assembly was not con-
sldeeed In the light OF political gather
Ing
b Early In the evening, while the guestr
wets assembled on the spacious lawn OF
the handsome estate, the first political flag
Of tho ear was run out, bearing tho words
- For President, Thomas 3. Reed"
The guests present were from Boston.
Cambridge, Arlington, Chelses, Dorches-
tor, Waltham, Somervillc, Lynn and else
where.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
How German Appeared.


The Washington Post says that Senator
German tells this story of himself:
He was sitting one day eating lunch in
the old Barnum hotel, in Baltimore, with
friend, when another gentleman came
up and was introduced. Finally the Wis
itor, who had not caught Germans name,
remarked to him, "Do understand you
come from Howard county?''
''Yes, SIR" said Mr.. German.
"Then you know man there by the
name Of Arthur Gorman?'
Eyes, sir, very well, 4" replied the sena-
tor, without smile.
''What sort of a man Is he?''
'He looks very much like me" said the
senator.
just at that moment the senator friend
nudged the visitor. ''You are talking to
German himself" he whispered. The
man turned around. "And you are Cor
mani" he inquired. The senator pleaded
guilty.
well, sir" said the man, II owe you
an apology"
''Not at all, said the senator pleasantly.
But, sir, do,' persisted the man,
with the air Of one who had been greatly
disappointed. ~ am mortified beyond
measure. thought Senator German was
really somebody, and you, sir, are as COM
mon looking rs 1 ami"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
AN HONEST BRtTISHER.
London Chronicle Sees Error Of Eng
lands Venezuelan Position,
And admits That to Attempt to Maintain il
Would Be 4 Mistake.

London, Jan. 1.-The Chronicle says
that it has learned on the highest authority
that Earl Granville in 1885 virtually con-
cludsd with Senior Blanco treaty con-
tanning an arbitration clause covering the
Venezuelan international boundary dis
pute.
The Marquis Of Salisbury ON coming in
to power later in the same year, virtually
cancelled this clause by limiting the pro-
visions of the treaty.to commercial ques-
tiOns. -
Nothing could have been more unfortu-
nate. says the Chronicle, inasmuch as the
boundary dispute was on the eve of perma-
Gent settlement.
The Chronicle says that it Is convinced
by careful researches thai there is debat-
able land both north rand south of the
Schomburgk line. and it would be grave
error to imagine rigid assistance ON the
ScAomburgk line, and the declaration
tina. there il no ground for arbitration
constitutes the essence of the English case
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
ShOpgirls' Luncheons.

Shopgirls' luncheons are proverbially
poor things to support health and strength
on, particularly those that are put up in
boarding houses. 1t isn't II good plan for
sales people to eat in the i'll ventilated
apartments set apart for lunchrooms il
tho Easements Of shops. They should get
into the open air during their whole noon
Ing. The establishment Of the cheap and
good dairy lunchrooms in large cities has
been a blessing to both men and women
working for small salaries, likewise to
women who are doing days shopping
and are far too apt to consider it economy
to get faint from hunger rather than spend
the money for n luncheon. A glass Of milk
and "a cheese sandwich, or bowl of bread
and milk is much more sensible lunch
than q cup Of coffee and a doughnut or a
piece of pie and an eclair-favorite lunches,
these latter combinations. A bowl of soup
is also cheap and good, if 1t is good soup.
--Jenness Miller Monthly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
Afloat In q CONN.

There is n queer story of Dutch casta.
way. In the days when tho island Of St
Helena was an unpcopled waste, long be-
fore the coming of the great exile who has
made its name famous, Dutch vessel, re-
turning from the West Indies, cast anchor
off its coast In short while boat was
lowered.
The occupants, besides the crew, were a
dead officer in coffin and downeast sea
man in irons. This seaman for some
oflense against discipline had been con
demned to death by the captain, but in
consequence of an appeal for mercy signed
by his messmates he was ordered to be
marooned on this desolate island instead
Of being hung up to the yardarm.
1t is probable that even this grace would
have been denied him but for the dead
officer, for whose burial the ship put into
harbor. The grave was dug, the officer
buried. The crew departed and the ship
weighed anchor.
The Dutchman. on his side, lost no
time. He opened the new made grave,
dragged out the coffin, tumbled his dead
superior out Of it and carried it down to
the shore where, having launched his ex-
tcnporized boat, he jumped in in trice,
and, using the lid as a paddle, quickly
thanks to a calm-overtook the departing
ship. He WIS taken on board and par
doIed in consideration of his pluck
Strand Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
THE NlGHTlNGALE'S SONG.


Small Wonder That It Has Called Out
Tributes In Every Language.
Harkl From the depths of the stray
Cling thicket which skirts the wood there
comes now sound in which there is
something curiously weird when heard for
the first time and from distance. 1t is
bird singing in the night. Clear, soft
and distinct, the notes rise and fall in the
silence. 1t is the nightingale. This is a
favorite haunt of the birds 1t is surpris-
ing how far the sound travels. Even after
a quarter of mile has been traverscd in
its direction it is still considerable dis
lance off. Similar sounds come now from
the copses above, but the birds have each
appropriated situation. Solitary they
sit, without changing position, each in
continuous song throughout the night. 1t
is the male bird which thus sings to the
female as she sits on the nest.
1t is only few steps from the thicket
at last, and the songster cannot be moro
than 90 yards off. You do not wonder
now at tho estimate of the extraordinary
quality of the birds song, nor that it
should have stirred the tongues of men to
strophes in many languages. Full, rich
and liquid, the notes fall with strange
IOuuubsS IlltO Vic StilA HlSIll L CV IL Is ICt
SO much the form of the song itself which
is remarkable as the passion with which
it seems to thrill. Sweet, sweet, sweet
lower and tenderer the long drawn out
notes come, the last of the series prolonged
till the air vibrates as if wire had been
struck and the solitary singer seems al
most to choke with the Overmastering in
tensity of feeling in the final effort.
The stars shine through the feathery
branches of the silver birches as you listen
the hoarse bay of the watchdog still comes
at intervals on the breeze; far down the
valley burns the red eye Of the railway
signal; in the distance coal train is slow
ly painting southwark, pillar of fire
seeming to precede it when the white light
from the engine fire shines upon the
steam, but the bird still sings on and on.
1t is lost in world to which you have no
key; it has not changed its position or
ceased it's song since sunset, and it will be
singing still with the dawn. Strange in
fnity of nature! Thus must. its kind
have sung here while the name of England
was yet unfashioned on mems lips and it
was still q painless wood to the northern
Thames. Thus do the birds sing still on
the fringes of modern Babylon, oblivious
and indifferent to all that men consider
the vast import of the seething life beyond.
-(,epturv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
DRESDEN.
Strange Cure For Lunacy.

Our forefathcrs were so fond of tho whip
that they seem to have regarded it as a
cure for 1unacy and even for smallpox.
The accounts of q neutrality-suspicious. parish,
under date 1891, have the entry, 'Pd. in
charges taking up q distracted woman,
watching her, and whipping her next day,
S.. Cd. u md a few years later. sd. is paid
for 'swhipping two people IT had thesmall
pox. IS
Bang beggar,'' was evidently no mere
fancy name for the parish beadle. He
thoroughly earned the title in the days of
his greatness.
Tho name outlasted the whip and the
brutal performance at the whipping post
or the carts tail. Fifty or sixty years ago
bang heggar', was still the provincial
name for a beadie in several Of the midland
counties.
a Cheshire glossary defines "bang beg
gnr', a.. "a beadle, ono Of whose duties it
lwAs 70 take up and drive away any beg
cara ID the district md prosecute them AZ
ths law dlroots- Pearsons Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
A TWIN PEACH.

is smooth and somewhat bony, like the
inside of peach stone. But there is more
than one seed in the apple cell, though in
peach cell, or ''stone,' there are often
two and sometimes three kernels. 1t may
be said that the peach stone is the equiva-
lent of one cell in an apple.
When nature makes species, she often
does it by suppressing parts that are devel
oped in others. And this is what occurs
when nature makes a peach. -Four of the
five cells in the apple are abortive, and one
only is developed. But the power to pro
duce the suppressed cells is still there, and
it is sometimes exercised. In this twin
peach this has been DONE Two carpets
have come to perfection. What is known
as the suture in the peach is the line where
the original leaf which forms the carpet is
folded. This lesson is sometimes better
taught in the case Of the double lowered
peaches. Doutie Powered peaches occa-
sionally fruit, and in these cases two and
sometimes three carpets are brought to
perfection.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
KING OF THEM ALL. /"
An Old Reliable Boston Resident
Says So, and Tells why He Knows
IL.
(From the Boston Post.)

When one has the word OF . reliable
man, and of long residence In the COM
muDity, confidence is established, and
that once determined settles about all our
perplexities. Standing before the public
means making ones self . willing target.
We knew our standing before the public
and all i. implies. We know that only
just such arrows as the heading 20 this
article can hit US, and we get them every
LAY. and they score high. Such eulogy
varies in value and potency according to
the source, !. e., reliability.
Mr.. Asa F. Croker Is an old resident
and reliable citizen of Boston, fesiding at
1878 Washington ST., Jamaica Plain.
He is pleasant, large. heavy man-but
we will let him speak for himself. He
says: II have been a keen sufferer from
kidney complaint for the past fifteen
years. As You see I am heavy man,
and when compelled to stand for any
length of time the pain and heavy feeling
over my kidneys would become almost
unbearable Exertion increased my back
ache. The kidneys acted improperly,
and that added to my misery. | was i'm
pressed by an advertisement of Doan' 4
kidney PILLS and deciding to try them,
got box at knights pharmacy, Court
and Hanover SITS, and took them as was
directed He says: They took hold
right from the first. My backache is
gone, the pain in my kidneys is gone,
and they now act in accordance with the
laws of health, and to sum it all up is it
any wonder have so much confidence in
Doan's Kidney Pills? / think not We
certainly can stand before the public
whea s1ch testimony of cures comes to us
from every direction every day.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers-prlce 30 ccnts-or sent by mail
by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, \. Y.
sole agents for the U. S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
FIG. l..
EASY EXPERIMENTS IN OPTICS.

EASY EXPERIMENTS IN OPTICS
ing Everything is perfectly dark. If now,
though through the little hole we intro
duce toothbrush handle, or the finger,
or bit of white paper, into the course OF
the rays, this instantly reflects portion
of such rays OF the crossing beam of light
and so reveals their existence 4 mo-
ment' S consideration will show that were
light, as light, not invisible the whole Of
our night sky outside of the conical shadow
of the earth must be a blaze of light, as,
of course, the suns rays are traversing it
everywhere.
But one may ask, eff what you say IL
true, how do you account for those fam
like rays, seemingly emanating from the
sun, which country people call the sun
drawing water:' Why is it that you can
often track the beam of light from po
liceman's lantern, like comets taili
And how is it that In room with the shut
tiers closed and the sun shining through
a chink in them, you can trace the light
across from the shutter to the floor?" The
answer is "that, in the first two cases,
particles Ct vapor, and in the third case, OF
dust, play the part Of our toothbrush han.
die and reflect to our eyes some of the
crossing uRht.
Among interesting phenomena Of re-
Elected light is that known as the 'caustic
curve" produced by reflection from IA con-
cave cylindrical surface. A familiar illus.
tration of such luminous curves is seen in
a cup of milk when "A sunbeam or other
strong light shines obliquely into it. Chill
dren sometimes speak Of the appearance
as 'the cows foot" in the milk, and it
looks quite as much like this as tho man
in the MOON does like human face re
illustrate it by another experiment take
a board, b, painted white or covered with
white paper pasted upon it, and with a
curved groove cut in it when the paste is
dry, to hold the piece of watchspring, VS..
If, now, the light be allowed to fall
obliquely on the spring, the beautiful
curve CCC will at once become visible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
LIGHT IS ITSELF INVISIBLE.
How tho Sum Draws Water and the Ohass
Of the Cows Foot In the MILK.

How tho Sun Draws Water and the 0hnss
Of the Cows Foot In the MIN.
Light is only perceived when it enters
the eye In straight lines. Whatever its ma
turc may be, it is quite certain that light
is itself invisible. as may be shown by a
simple experiment which Popular Science
News presents in illustration of this state
ment.
A tube should be made-by rolling
pasted brown paper round a wooden cylin-
der-and lined with dead black paper. The
bottom of this is closed, but one end is left
open to be looked into. Two large holes,
which are shown at Hi in Fig. l, one on
each side, make a wide opening ~ admit
strong light across the tube only. A small
er hole is also bored, for the purpose to be
Immediately explained. Now let the SUM-
light, entering, say, Though hole in tho
shutter of q darkened room, shine through
the side apertures of our tube, going In at
one and coming out at the other, and let
Us look into the tube. We shall see moth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02

Alfred Austin was born near Leeds,
May 30, 1885, and took his degree at the
University at London in 1858, and in 1857
he was called to the'bar of the inner TEN.
pie. At the age of 10 he had published u
poem anonymously called Randolph"
and is himself authority for the statement
that he was early imbued with a deter
minatiOn to devote his life to literature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
Roast Goose.

Pick, SINCE and draw fat young goose.
Wipe inside and out with damp towel.
Make stufIinC of Irish potatoes, boiled
and mashed, seasoned with butter, minced
onion, salt and pepper. Fill the body OF
the goose with it, place in baking pan,
pour cupfnl of hot water in the bottom,
to which add teaspoonful Of salt and set
in quick oven. Let roast 25 minutes for
every pound. basting every ten minutes.
When done take up garnish with slices OF
fried apple and serve with onion sauce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
Railroads and Steamboat.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
ARRANGEMENT OF TRAINS IN EFFECT
DECEMBER ~, 1895.
Passenger trains leave Augusta as follows
THROUGH TRAINS.


GOING WEST-830 A. NJ. for Lewiston,
Examination. Rangeley. Rookland, Portland,
Bridgton, Boston and Montreal. 1905 Daily
4. NJ. for Brunswick. Lewiston, Farmington
Phillips. Rockland. Portland and Boston, Mon
treal, Chicago. 305 and $50 =. NJ. (ex-
ll.o0 p. NJ might Pullman) every night for
Lewiston, Bath. Portland and Boston: l.a5 A.
Nj. Portland and Boston.
GOING EAST-l50 A. NJ (night express)
for Skowhegan, Belfast. Bangor. Bar Harbor,
ST. Ste phen st. John, Halifax and Aroostook
county; 81. A. nj. for Waterville. Skowhegan
and Bangor. l242 M. for Waterville. 245 I'm.
for Bangor. Bar Harbor, Old Town and Houl-
ton via B.& A; 347 Pm Greenvlle via Fo1croft
for Waterviile Oaklsnd. North Arson, Bing-
ham, Skowhegan. Belfast, Bangor Old Town,
Vanceboro. Houlton, Woodstock. st. John
and Halifax. us l.. NJ. for Waterfalls; 9.15 A.
NJ: and $40 T. NJ. Sundays only for Water
Vile and Bangor.
The Night Pullman Train going East does
not connect for Skowhegan on Monday morn
ings. or for Belfast, Foxcroft or beyond Ban.
gor. Sunday mornings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02

LITTLE ONES AWAITING THEIR TURN.
to tho third, you are hem" and so on
until she has given q name to each one
Even il two or three have received tho
same namo the fun is not lessenel. Step
ping to the center of the room, the leaGer
explains:
The game we have tonight iA!10 90 years
old, but you can make it new 5y playing
II better than ever it was played before.
shall recite verse to you, am when l
mention the name given to any Of you, you
are to make the sound which tlle creature
would make:
1 had little dog.
And he pleased me.
fed him under
A green bay tree, M
And he went
And was pleased
AS could be. q
Tho manager pausos after, And he
went just long enough for the shy lit.
tie girl in the corner to bark, ind then
goes ON with: M
And was pleased 49,
AS could be. slH&Si
II you have given several the same
name, as goats or hens or peacooks, change
your rhyme accordingly:
had some goats,
And they pleased me-. sN
! fed them under
A green bay tree.
And they went 4T
And ] was pleased isiE
As could be. IA 4
You will be surprised at tin dlfarens
sounds given to represent the HnJo( nrra
tire rT, tho II IL, -x,1ae ri n, IA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
Pure Air with Pure Food.

DR.. Griscom remarks that food carried
from the stomach to the blood cannot be-
come nutritve till it is properly oxygenat.
cd in the lungs, SO that small quantity
of food, if less wholesome, may be made
nutritivc by pure air as 1t passes through
the lungs, while, on the other hand, the
best of food cannot be changed into pure
blood till 1t is vitalized by pure air in the
lungs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
Name BlunSlera.

There is beneficent institution in
Newark, n. j., known as the Female
Charitable society. The name of the SUI
pcrintendcrt is Miss Merry. A short time
ago q woman who wished to take some of
the children sent out by the society for
two weeks IN the country addressed let
ter In good faith 10 the superintendent as
follows.
2 Miss 3iary Feamale, Charitable So
ciety, Newark. N. ~
A similar mistake was made by per-
som desiring tuErocure enc OF the Amos
-kcag fire engines, who sent letter to
Manchester n. H., addressed to Amos
Kcag, Esq. Christian Advocate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02

The point has been made in Mechanic
Monthly that what arc passed over as curl
osities or monstrosities in the vegetable
Kingdom are often special lessons which
nature spreads before us, to teach the
manner in which she performs her regular
operations. A twin peach gives just such
an interesting lesson. Meehans explains
that taking an apple, we find that it has
five cells. The inside surface Of these cells
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
Itaby's Cries.

A favorite assertion OF the mod IN train.
20 chiihs nurse rs that no he'd by baby
eries. If lie IL we'll, as he sho,iI he. and
jfoi'erly clothed and looked aftd he will
not cry. But, on the other hsl some
'iicdicai authorities assert that Tying is
ne c'iicf and nest exercise for yQng chill
iren, and ono hospital superintcn mt says
hat healthy baby should cry .ree or
our times day at least AID q n 10 TO
D MINUTES at n time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
n MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE
Nests Ia Annual Session and Speedily Com
plsiss 10 Organization.

Boston, Jan. 1.-The Legislature met,
today. Is
The Senate organized by the choice OF
George p. Lawrence Of North Adams, as
President, and Henry d. Coolidge Of Con.
oofd. a. clerk. Thirty -four votes vert
cast and the election Of both was unani
nous.
The House organized by the choice OF
Georse Won L. Meyer Of Boston, a.
Speaker, and George T. Sleeper Of Win
throp, clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
conDsxseo plsparcHss.

AZ Nsw York the intercollegiate chess
at New York was conclqde1
wednesday, Harvard winning the se33
E(enlp1n1ia, second; Princeton. third YSl4
12 INT midnight, To SAINTS Fl
{ S5 systen WAS transferred bss4ke
~ - fl,c new Organization snd the
|Ssk6 I1le rsceiyership - the hixfa1
|6f q n sis, practically ended &
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
NEK POET LAUREATE.
The Queen Appoints Alfred Austin TO That
Distinguished Position.

London, Jan. Among the New Year >
honors which have been gazetted are the
appointments Of Alfred Austin, to be pcet
laureate of England; Sir Frederick Leigh.
ton, RIA. and Henry H. Gibbs, to By
peers of the realm; Sir Richard Temple.
ex-mcmbcr Of parliament. and G. B. 8.
Wortlcy. to be privy councillors, and
Colonel Howard Vincent and Judge II. p.
p. Crosse Of British Columbia have been
kuighted