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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-11

A youth of this city is great sing
or. great in the sense of noisy and not
in fame. as commonly accepted. lie
arises early. one thing in his favor rs
soon as breakfast is over he starts oul
for work. With all the vigof OF ms
Youthful lungs he will start on stralf
decidedly on the monotone: IheA
think that | am fresh, but they are
mistaken This he repeats over an"
agaiu with no variation of music OF
words. No one has yet attempted Il
disabuse him of this idea. Anothe'
combination is: 1T must be So peedua'
my mother told me ii was IL SON
music teacher thinks there IS any pos
sibility of training this sound propeh-
slty in a profitable, at least III i'll eh
durable direction. he or she VIII DOUBT
less find a suitable compensation ny
conferring with the residents OF 'api-
tel Sewall, winthrop and state stree's'
and surroundings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-11
STATE HOUSE.
Military Affairs at Capitol
Petitioners for Bangor Co.
OF Recent Examinations Of
OH csrs--Arbor Day.
secretary oil Board OF Health Receives M
secretary oil Board OF Health Receives M
News Of Small Pox.

a petition for the organization of
Company G. ID Regiment. to be located
IN bangor, has been received. there be-
ing 90 names submitted. An enlistment
has been ordered, and a muster viii,
shortly follow
me following are the names of the
members: Richard f. Porter. A. A.
Robinson, Charles r. oliver, John n.
Carpenter, Henry G. Fiske, Elmer T.
Boyd, George w. Wescott. Harry J..
Hunt, Willard L. Barnes. Josiah Stew
ard, Herbert A. Mayberry, Halter d.
Seavcy, Frank d, Hight, William Nee.
Sawyer, Franklin A. w. Field, Henry
i. Farnham, Edwin G. Merrill. Stanley
p. bennett, Harry II. Chapman, Carl
+. bennett, Frank l.. Tuck, Charles p
Taylor. Reuel S. kimbal. Franklin T.
Bragg. T. Herbert White, J. II. Lyons
II. w. Lunt, J. +. Dunnng Edward II.
Kelley, Charles p. Ware, W. w. Pal
mer, Richard Fl. Palmer, Charles j.
Hutchins, Highland II. Fairbanks. Har-
ry NJ. Smith. ii. b. Wyman, p. A. Hub
bard, G.. A. Sabin, II. j. Hunt, j. +.
Holt. r, J. Sawyer, F. +. Hutchinson.
Fred d. Jordan, Fl. f. Sawyer, Ed
Humid, Donald F. Snow, Wilson D.
Bradford. Charles w. Semple, j. Harry
Freese. John Fl. Rice, James ID. Rice.
L. J. Emery, H. II. Hodge, e. #. Brad
ford, O. e. Wasgatt, f. B. Cummings,
w. b. Pierce, Charles l. Haynes, +. B.
Sanger. Charles II. Hubbard. Frank C.
Henches. Arthur c. NiclSerson, Roscoe
of Bangor; and Willis II. Bunker of
Brewer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-11

A good story is being told TINS Weeh
of vo,lng German in town. "nose
sweetheart lives in Augusta ne No.
longed for some time to see 'ie 80,
girl. but favorable ePl'oi ,u''' -,
not presented itself, anu Wv WIZ
ait,, is Ionp way from here. When
Hovt's "A Temperance Town was
played in Lewiston, this young man a BE-
thought himself that 1t was an ~, :,
lent time to see his girl. Aeco rnins,s
he wrote her to meet him in the splnaie
city, and wcrded his note SUI M 60, nr
like this Il want to see YOU go
account of an executlo, ~ 49,,
wa 9" what was his surprise when
dav cr 60 afterward he received
letter from the girl, asking who's IS,
execution lss5 he was to attend. He meant
excursion" instead oil eAee"''o'''
Rumford, Falls Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-11

c.,ra,rd ranutable articles are not
49,. NJ mo nrices asked for them. SUD
stitutes offered by INSCRIPTIONS and r.
responsible makers are costly at any nr ne
IRE Re SIRE that no humbug is prac-
tced on YOU when you go 70 puy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-11

Do you get what you w W tbis Nn news s%u
ask for goods ADVERTISED , III he glad TO
per? The publishers mo u',hstitution has
hear of any case wnei ,,,nted
been practiced or atteHpleu
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
-=-==e-a4n--a--
Personal.

There was lately sold in London, for
$l25, silver salver made in 1882. bearing
the coat of arms, crest and motto of WIZ
liam Pitt, and having the following words
engraved on it's back: This piece of plate
belonged to the Rt. Hon. William Pit.
the most incorrupt and loyal minister that
ever graced the annals of any nation.
Miles Crowley, the picturesque Texas
representative, is only "a years of age, and
prints in his biography that he was chief
engineer of the Galveston fire department
for two terms. His popularity there is
said to have given him the political inllu-
ence that sent him to the state legisla-
ture, first as a representative, then twice
as a senator, and afterward to congress.
1t is recalled that it is not so many
years since it was deemed effeminate for
man to play the piano and unladylike
Tor woman to practice the violin on one
occasion at a party given by Sir John
Millais, Lady Halle rose to play the vio-
lin, when, to her intense amusement, she
heard Landseer eXclaim: Good gracious
woman playing the fiddler On the
other hand, an old-fashioned nobleman.
when he saw a gentleman sit down 10
the piano. contemptuously remarked: Il
wonder if the creature can sew"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
HilI's view of Bryan.

In an interview published ia Thursdays
New York Sun Senator Hin is quoted as
saying that Mr.. Bryan lis dead beyond
political resurrection" and that Mr..
Bryans friends admit that such is the
case. Senator Hill IS a shrewd observer Of
political events and. besides. he is in close
communication with other politicians who
watch the drift Of public sentiment in re
spect to public men and events very care
fully. He may not be right in what ne
says about Mr.. Bryan, but the chances are
that he is. Mr.. Bryan has appeared be-
fore the public number Of times since
the presidential campaign, but he has not
increased his reputation IN any respect. by
doing So On the contrary, he has lost
ground The opinion is gradually being
entertained that he Is not an orator and
not a man of more than ordinary ability
There is also a growing impression that
he is not very well informed on any sub
ject.
No doubt he will continue to appear be-
fore the public at intervals for a year or
more, as a speaker at banquets and politi-
cal gatherings, but the desire to see him
and hear him speak will eventually die
out. Within two years from now very
little will be heard of him, unless he
should in the meantime show much great
er evidences Of craftsmanship than he has
yet shown. When the speeches he made
during the campaign are analysed it be-
comes apparent that there is nothing re-
markable in them. They contain a few
ideas which are used over and over again.
They may have Influenced the crowds
that fiocked to hear him, because the ex-
element was so great that what he said
was accepted without much question as to
its correctness. The same speeches now,
however, would not call out much, II any
applause,
Mr.. Bryan is sincere. There is no doubt
about that He is so sincere in his efforts
in behalf of free silver coinage that he ap-
pears to be willing to sacrifice everything
for it. In fact, he said as much in
speech he delivered the other day in Lin
coin, Neb., his home. He declared in ef-
feet that he was prepared to put aside all
other questions as being of little consc-
quence in comparison with free silver
coinage at the ratio of 16 TO l. If the dem
ocratic party doesn't follow him in the
course he has marked out for himself he
will probably desert that party. He is so
much in earnest that he talks of free sil-
yer coinage at 16 to as bimetallism, and
it is plain that free silver coinage at 16 to
is monometallism, at the present price
Of silver and not bmetallism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
In che BOX Omce.

pass fiends" said the proprietor. wear
iy to the Chicago Record man, as he
turned down the seventeenth stranded act
or who had asked for the courtesies of
the profession since morning, ARE more
numerous and daring this winter than
ever. Once a deadhead, always dead
head, and they try to make deadheads of
all their friends"
THE best I ever heard Of" said the Wis
iting manager, was a newspaper man in
Pittsburg. He used to work all the show
shops to a limit, and yet very raely came
to see a show. He simply used the passes
in his household eConomy-gaVe them to
his butcher and grocer.
"One day he came to the house where
my company CHANGED to be playing and
asked for two. He was given the seats
and as l heard the story, gave them to
his grocer in exchange for basket of
eggs. That night, just before the show
was due, somebody rang up the box office.
The house manager answered the phone.
q" 'Helloi is this the Heater
eyes, sir What can we do for your
"Well. this is - of the Daily -. You
remember those passes you gave me to-
day? Yes? Well, stop them at the door.
The eggs 1 got for them are something
terrible
The advance agent sighed and began to
tOllSOil d ram Ooiu SulNC- <AAtNA AOeiNAA-o
for seven minutes he broke silence by a
remark 10 the effect that it was time the
pool among the northwestern lines was
fought to a finish.
MATTERS are tough on roads running
out of Chicago now said he. IT'S diff
ferent in other cities. When we were in
Cleveland last week the agent of a GER
tain road came to me and asked me to ar
range for a rate on the company to Chi
cago l told him to name his rate. He
did, and l said it wouldn't do. Then he
said. very impressivey: Tell you what
I'll do: III quote you another rate, and
then. if that won't do, I'll quote you an
other, if you will listen to it after refus-
ing the secondi'
after a moments profound thinking,
1 suggested that he quote the third rate
second and save much waste of time and
energy"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09

When Coleridge was staying among the
Quantock hills. he was fond of riding
over to Tapnton whenever he could find
a hober steed, says the London Weekly
Telegraph. One day on a familiar route,
his horse cast a shoe, and he stopped at
a village. to have it repaired.
what time is it?" he asked the smith,
chiefly with the desire of making CONVEX
sation.
IN tell zee present. sir" said the man.
Then he lifted hind foot of the horse,
looked across it attentively, and added
"Half-past H."
How do you khaw?" asked Coleridge.
DO zee think as I've shod horses all my
life, and don't know by sign what o'clock
it is?'
The poet went away puzzled, but he re-
turned that evening, and offered the black
smith a shilling to show him how he could
tell time by a horses hoof.
Just you get off your horse, sir" said
the smith, with a twinkle in his eye.
Now, do zee stoop down and look through
the hole in yon pollard ash, and you'll
see the church clock!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
He wanted His breakfast.

A Vermont man here, says the Wash
ington Post, tells an incident of Repre-
sentative II. H. Powers career as a
school teacher in Tinmouth, town of Rut-
alnd, in days when pedagogues boarded
round" Powers was a little slow in ris-
ing, and acquired a reputation for this
among those thrifty people. In the course
of his round of boarding houses of the
town he was destined to reach the house
Of Elihu Cramton, father of the Hon. John
Cramton, a famous landlord of the Bard
well house. Cramton was known far and
wide as an early riser. His regular hour
in summer was $3.50 o'clock, and in winter
> o'clock He ate his breakfast shortly
after the rising hour, and every member
of the household had to be on hand. Mr..
Cramton learned that the SchoolmasterS
morning habits were too easy-going for
that community. and he let it be under
stood that there would be a change in
the young mans hour of rising shortly
after he reached the Cramton household.
This threat was not long in reaching
the young schoolmaster's ears. He form
ed his plans and bided his time. In the
course of events his belongings were
transferred to the Cramton house, and he
followed them. His room was assigned
to him. and he took good care to provide
himself with an interesting novel for the
first night. When he came in rather late
in the evening he went to his room, bun
died himself up-that was not the day of
steam-heated bed rooms--fixed himself
comfortably in a big chair and began his
book.
The night was long and the cold chills
played hide and seek up and down the
schoolmasters back, but his candle and
book held out. By and by it came 2
o'clock; the book was closed, and School
master Powers left his room. candle in
hand In a moment he was pounding at
the door of Mr. Cramton's room, impa-
tiently and emphaticaly. After his rat
tat-tat had echoed through the house for
some time the old man woke up and
yelled out to know what was wanted.
Il want my breakfast" said Powers
what time is it?" yelled the landlord
ITS o'clock. This is my regular hour
for breakfast and 1 want it. Can't you
get up and let me have it2'
The old man soon got himself wide
enough awake to appreciate the joke, and,
after a slight but very thoughtful pause,
shouted back: Young map, you go right
to bed and sleep as long as you want to. >"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
Pretty TalI an Around.

He as New Yorker and proud Of his
city, says Harper's Round Table, and al
though his Chicago friend pointed out
sight after sight, boasted of the city's fine
boulevards and drove the New Yorker
over them, he failed to excite in his guest
more than a slight curiosity. Then he
brought up the subject of tall buildings.
Chicago beats the world" he said. Our
tai. buildings top everything ever erected"
well, WE'LL" said the New Yorker,
that's queer. Ever heard of that build
ing in New York that the clouds bump
up against? Never heard of 1t, Ell? I'll
tell you something about 1t. When they
put in the last story on it a workman fell
off the top. Some time later / was pass
ing along the street be.ow when a news
boy yelled. 'Extry. Full account of the
accident brought paper, and 1t describ-
ed how the man toppled off and all that.
But what do you think? While l was read
ing it something dropped with a crash.
What was it? Why, the workman, of
course! He'd just reached the ground"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
BRIGHT BITS.

Am the only woman you ever low
ed?"
ooh. no." he answered, promptly, you
are the sixth
1.-The sixthp' she exclaimed, suddenly,
relieving his shoulder of the weight of her
head.
Yes he said, coldly, there were five
before you-my mother, an aunt, and
three sisters
more specific when she asked questions
Answers.
Exercise Assured-Physician-Y ma
dame, 1 have examined your husband. All
he needs is fresh air and exercise.
Caller-Uh, dear! He never will take
exercise, and 1 know there is no use urg-
ing him to- What shall / do?
-Physician-MOve out of the city into
the Suburbs. Get some house advertised
as Five minutes from the station" Then
he'll have to tramp about five miles twice
a day. or starve to death.-New York
Weekly, @
An Early Trait-It was late after
noon in winter. The streets were filed
with jostling throng, as little Teddy and
his mother stepped from a crowded store
on to the crowded street to wait for ca
bic car.
When it came the tired mother lifted her
4-year-old son up the steps, and climbed
on herself. Entering the car she dropped
YEARLY into a seat Soon she became
aware that her boy was not with her, and,
turning, she saw him on the back plat
form, and motioned him to enter.
mo- mamma" he called in his high,
childs voice. Il am going to stay here,
cause l like to see the people that get run
over"
Theodore, to-day, is an eminent vivisec-
tionist-Life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
II Mnn Lnckv.

Harry" she said, reproachfully.
"Well?" he returned. apprehensively, for
there was that in her tone that made him
fear the worst, says the Chicago Post.
ut is evident from your breath" she
went on. that you have been drinking. -
"Well?' he said again, for want of some
thing better to say.
when mere girl" she explained re-
gretfully. Il made solemn vow that lips
that touched wine should never touch
mine"
"Oh. is that all?" he said, with evident
relief. IF you were a little more con-
versant with the price of things in that
line and with the details of my salary
you wouldn't hesitate a moment on &C
count OF that VOW. But it's mighty lucky
that you didn't include anything but wine
In it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
Georgia Banks.
From the Macon Telegraph Dem.)

From every part of Georgia there comes
TO the Telegraph, as its daily dispatches
show. the most satisfactory reports of the
condition of the banks in both large and
small towns. Not only were the usual
January dividends declared, but the an
nual statements reveal the most healthy
condition of accounts. Notwithstanding
the calamity howlers, Georgia, like the
Irishman in the song. lis doing quite
we'll" These good reports substantiate
the figures of the Financial Chronicle,
which the Telegraph gave a few days ago
and which disclosed that during the year
1886 adverse as conditions were said in
have been, the south lost only per cent.
in the aggregate of its bank clearings 1t
may be concluded, therefore, that what
ever may have been the causes operating
to the harm of the banks of the north
west. they do not affect the banks of
Georgia, and also that business conditions
in the south are normal If, then, the
south has done so well during a period
when the winds were blowing so contra
rlly, what may we not expect when bust
ness becomes prosperous in all parts Of
the county?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09

1t was intended by the bureau of en-
craving and printing that the allegory on
the new $40 bills should be typical of the
progress of American invention, touch
ing especially upon inventions that have
advanced agricultural interests. To that
end the engravers were put to work at
cutting upon a plate a scene showing a
draped female figure with an old-fashion-
ed sickle, and in the distance a moving
machine. On the reverse of the bill was
TO be printed a picture of Cyrus McCor-
mick. the inventor of the moving ma
chine, and one of Eli Whitney. the in
ventor of the cotton gin. The engraving
was progressing finely, when there came
a big kick from a moving machine
manufacturer, who objected to giving the
Mccormick machine such a splendid
advertisement. The kick was effective;
at least the engraving has been held up,
and the treasury officials are probably
debating whether the design shall be
changed, or whether to run in a star and
a footnote with regard to moving ma
chimes, to the effect that there are
others"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09

A number of prominent Americans OF
Irish birth or extraction will meet in Bos-
ton on Jan. 20 for the purpose of forming
an American Historical Society, whose
special line of research shall be the his
tory of the Irish element in the compost
ton of the American people. The sgners
of the circular calling the meeting in
clude leading editors, statesmen and bust
ness men. Ex-senator Butler of South
Carolina is one of the signers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09

The city council of Chicago has passed
the most sweeping anti-theater hat ordl-
nance yet made into law. 1t is directed
against the proprietors of theaters and
other places of public amusement, and
says such proprietors shall not permit any
hat or other headgear worn in the theater
or place of amusement during the per-
Torrance. Even the little toque, and the
silk skull cap of the bald-headed gentle
man. must go. The fine upon the mana
, ger for every hat found being worn in
bis house is to be not less than $40 nor
more than S25. A few hats in the house
would knock big hole into the receipts
OF the evening.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09

Gen. Felix Agnus of Baltimore had a
long talk in Canton the other day with
Maj. Mckinley. The President-elect gave
the general to understand that he would
recognize the south in the makeup of
his cabinet. 1t is stated upon authority
that Gen. Agnus had no AK to grind"
upon his trip to Canton, and it is not diff
1fcut TO accept the statement At the
same time when Maj. Mckinley comes to
look over the south for a good man, he
will be bound to note that Gen. Angus
stands among the available and accept
able cabinet timber.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
CURRENT COMMENT.
Southern Rival to PittsburE.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch Rep.).

One place where the business revival is
notable since the election is in the iron
and steel producing section of the south
A special writer tells about the return of
prosperity about Birmingham and of the
development of the cheapest iron-produc-
ing region in the world. The furnace s
have all been put in blast again, and a
steady increase in output is predicted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09

A nice point Of law is to be settled IN
New York. Last summer thieves stole
lot of jewelry from Mr.. Burden and
carried it to England. 1t cost 1881, freight
and expenses. 10 have the jewelry brought
back to this country. The owner was
very glad to get It back. but he declines
TO pay the freight. Controller Fitch has
declined to pass the bill for payment by
the city, and says Mr. Burden ought to
pay IL. Mr. Burden says the officers Of
the law brought the jewelry back. as they
should have done, and delivered it to him,
as they should have done; that in doing
so they performed services properly paid
for out of the taxes, and that as a tax
payer he has contributed to such pay.
ment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
The Pacific Roads BiII.

For many years the government has
been trying to find a way to get the money
it loaned to the Central Pacific and Union
Pacific railroads, and those who control
these roads have been seeking way TO
get rid of their debt to the government
without paying it dollar for dollar.
A bill for the settlement OF this indebt-
edness is now being discussed in the
House. 1t purports to be a bill to pay the
government the fun amount of the debt
the roads owe it, but an examination of it
discloses the fact that it does nothing of
the kind.
The debt is now about 1921 ,000 repre-
scented by bonds, on which the government
pays the interest. The bill provides for
liquidating the entire debt i'll ninety years,
but the amount which the roads are to
pay the government each year. both prin-
cipal and interest, does not equal the
amount of interest which the government
pays on the bonds Most creditors would
think that a rather unsatisfactory way
of paying debt Still, the men who con-
troll the road say to the government, that
it must accept what they offer or else it
will get nothing, except the roadbed,
lot of old rails and some wornout locomo-
tiyes and cars. In other words, they say
to the government that they propose to
settle their Indebtedness in a manner to
suit themselves.
II the roads were really in a bankrupt
condition, both physically and financially,
there would be some excuse for their in
dependent and insolent attitude, but if re-
ports are correct the roads earn about
100000 a year, after paying all legiti-
mate fixed charges. This sum would pay
the interest on the government bonds and
leave large sum for the extinguishment
Of the principal of the bonds. The men
who control the roads do not intend to pay
avoid doing so.
They will not get their bill through con-
gress as easily as they expected. Senator
Morgan has a substitute for it. The Nor
gan bill authorizes the government to take
possession of the roads and manage them
in the governments interest. The sena-
tor is satisfied that the government can run
them so as to get it's money back, both
principal and interest.
If congress stands up for the rights of the
people, as it should, Senator Morgan may
succeed in having either his bill, or a mod
the scheme of those who are trying to get
the roads without paying the government
the money it advanced to build them.