Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07

iipit ttsh vi DltttIiN DtdI. he
should then have turned the X-rays
upon it. and if it was found to shine
with the scarlet and blue tints of the
dawn it would Indicate the success of
Mckinley, but if it showed only
sombre green, it would have been safe
to bet on Bryan. No doubt Mr.. Kim
balls neglect to observe these simple
and infallible rules of representation
caused him much needless worry and
uncertainty.
The story is told that a well known
capitalist of Portland was recerdy APP
preached by a committee from an edu-
cational institution to subscribe to
fund toward the furnishing of a new
addition. Among other subjects dis
cussed by the committee in his presence
was that of securing necessary addi-
tons for the improvement in teaching
the languages. The old gentleman
listened with considerable interest. es-
pecially to the latter, and then asked of
the committee:
DO you think that it is necessary for
a young mans success in business that
he he well versed in the languages ?"
1T is of incalculable benefit to him.
That's strange" replied the old gen
tleman. My son-in-law speaks three,
and he hasn't succeeded in making a
living yet
The needs of an increased text book
fund for our public schools, says the
Rockland daily, become more apparent.
This year the city government appro-
priated $1,000. which although an in
crease of 800 over last year, is mad
equate for the reason that the new text
books We're supplied in 1890 and the
greater portion of them have to be re-
plenished. There are about 1900 pupils
attending the public schools at this
time out of 2000 shown by the school
census This would give an average OF
less than 81 per pupil, while the aver
age number of books required is about
six, costing, many of them, over 81
apiece. A recent act of the Legislature
has given parents who wish to avail
themselves of it the power to purchase
books exclusively for their children as
was the case before the free text book
system came in. OF course this has
many advantages, for the pupil can re-
tain the book after he has finished
school, whereas free text books are the
property of the school to be handled
by neat and tidy alike. The system is
one that greatly commends itself how
ever, for there is little doubt that many
parents send their children to school
where before they could not afford the
cost of books.
The Oxford nprnOorat iS of the npi,,-
ion that fifty years from now, the in
habitants of this enlightened country
will look upon the narrow tires in use
today, if any of them should happen to
be preserved, as relics of the Dark
Ages"
Colby students are anxious to see the
college campus lighted by electricity.
Mr.. Daniel Weber of Lewiston. has
an old day book from the store of
James Lowell whose place of business
in what is now Hospital square was a
thriving opposition to Squire Reynolds
store in 1884. The old leathern-covered
book is good specimen of the careful
way in which everything in James
LowelFs store was kept. What tales
the old book could tell, if it was only
allowed to; and what tales it does tell
too. There were very few total alb
stainers in those days, as the accounts
will show. Here's one on page where
the name of a well-known Lewiston
family heads the list: 1.-TWO gallons
of rum, half pound of brown sugar,
half pound of pork, three-quarters
of pound of beef" And again, three
glasses of gin, one spool of thread and
| paper of pins" 1t tells the secret of
many family, long since extinct in
these parts, and of others who were
then of small account. but are now well
known. The old store was a sort Of
department store, where everything
from French lace to lard could be
bought. Around the old cast iron
stove. or earlier about the fireplace.
the settler used to sit and smoke and
drink their toddy and tell theE VAR