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The record-union., 1897-07-20
Cabinet Photo Frames.

Fancy Celluloid Frames for
cabinet size pictures. Painted de-
signs. Assorted color. I5c each.
New designs in White Metal
Photograph Frames. Cabinet size,
25c, soc, 75c. Paris panel size,
81, SIdT5.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
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What Competition Does.

1T is this very struggle for ex-
istence, this keen competition and
rivalry with our fellows that
sharpens the inte1lects of the
race, brings all our energies into
play and has been the prime fac
tor in advancing all civilization.
Were it not for the desire of ev-
eryone to make money, to cheaper
the cost of production and trans
veniences and even many of the
Injuries of life would not be with
in the reach of the multitude as
they now are.
"SeIf-interest has always been
the greatest of all social or
economic forces, and though a
business mans motive may simply
be to increase his sales to the ut
most, yet the means he takes to in
crease his sales and crowd out op-
ponents must necessarily result in
the public being better served and
getting commodities at cheaper
rate, so that unintentionally he
becomes, to a certain extent, a
public benefactor.
"It is the spirit of enterprise
based on se1f-interest that has
created the commerce of the
world, calling into existence all
our mercantile navies, railroad or
other facilities for transportation
and that has developed all the
of daily te1egraphic reports re-
garding the prices of commodi-
ties, the state of the crops and all
the varying circumstances of sup
ply and demand that influence the
fluctuations of prices all over the
world. No government agency,
however benevolent, or however
well organized, could possibly ac-
complish as much as private en-
terprise, because the great motive
power, se1f-interest, would be
wanting. How differently all our
are run, whether n,u-
nicipal, State or Federal, to what
a business man would run his own
private concern"
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Domestic Convenience.

Mr. Hooligan-Shure tits a moighty
convanient arrangement living in wan
apartment, Mrs. Finucane Whoi, whin
Oi want to go from the dhrawing room
to the shtudio or the kitchen, Oi just
stay where Oh am.-Tit-Bits
The record-union., 1897-07-20
A Handsome Silk.

A handsome Cream Taffeta Silk
with corn or lavender hair stripes.
Will make a handsome evening
waist. Price, 60c yard.
The record-union., 1897-07-20

Silver fox skins have become exceed
inly rare. and bring fancy prices, fine
specimens recently bringing SS15. These
skins are usually bought up by the
Russians and French
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Summer Vests Reduced.

Egyptian Lisle Vests in ecru,
white or black, silk trimmed neck
and arm holes. Reduced to I6c.
Plain White Lisle Silk, trimmed
at neck, worth soc. Reduced to
25c
Excellent value in Lisle Vests,
white or ecru, richly trimmed neck
and arm holes, 28c. Reduced from
SOC.
Silk Vest, trimmed at neck with
a silk lace and tape Reduced to
48c.
Silk Plated Vest, with a deep
lace front, white only, 43c.
Lisle Union Suits, ecru color,
sleeveless and ankle length. Neat
" finished at neck and arm holes.
Reduced to 48c.
High Neck Ecru Vests, long
sleeves, cotton rib. Reduced to
48c.
Pink or blue Richelieu rib Vest,
silk tape at neck, 3 for soc.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Workingmen's Shoes.

Strongly made Shoes with
heavy nailed soles, high tops and
bellows tongues, at ST IS pair.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Japanese
Telescope Baskets.

Light, strong and inexpensive
for travelling. Various sizes from
zoe to ST per pair. Straps 25c and
3oc; cloth straps for small sizes,
IOc each.
The record-union., 1897-07-20

The largest gold mine-owners in the
world are the RothschildS.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Reduced to SIC.

LOT 3-Some very fine Waists,
including celebrated Derby Waist,
which we have been selling at
ST so. In this lot are also lawns,
dIrnlties. Lappets. etc.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Japanese Mating.

New importation Fine Fancy
Colored Linen Warp Mating.
Usual market price, 25c; our price,
I8c ward.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Reduced to 47C.

LOT 2-Some choice Waists in
percales and fine batiste, detacha-
bic collars and cuffs, double-point-
ed yoke, with extra fullneSs in
back. Price till now, ST 25.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
Japanese Rugs.

Japanese Floor Rugs make a
fine carpet for center OF floors.
They come in rich Turkish pat
terms, medium colors.
Size 3ox6o inches. 81 rs
Size 36x72 inches. 49,. I o5
Size 6x0 feet. ......... 5 40
Size oxI2 feet. 10 so
These rugs are very bright and
attractive and make the most dur
able and inexpensive floor cover
ing we know.
The record-union., 1897-07-20
All Reduced to 0SC.

LOT 4-Fine Tan-Colored
Dotted Swiss Waists. Also our
Tucked Front Waists, with white
collar, cuffs and strip down front
Former nrice 81 zE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

Last week 1882 cases were shipped ana
IL 6l0 pounds of leather received. Dur
ing the corresponding week of last year
;,'l26 cases Were shipped and 26i.iS0 pounds
of leather received.
Amos Abbott e. Co. of Dexter. have en-
gagged about $50 cords of wood, nearly all
they intend to purchase this winter.
Large quantities of soft coal have Deen
used at the mill of late years and TINS
fall they received at one time "p IONS.
Notwithstanding this large amount the
supply will be insufficient to last year
in connection with the wood. The price.
paid by the firm for cordwood does NOT
often exceed $40. This they claim Is an
they can afford to pay with the price Vi
coal as it is at present. AS the farmers
realize spot cash for their wood there
is no lack of supply offered at the flrm S
figures.
Fred Gilbert the Orono lumberman;
has commenced operations on the lana
owned by the Whittemore: OWNER anu
Egery heirs. north of Williamsburg anu
expects to get 100000. Burr Bros; OF
Old Town. have begun operations on iahu
owned by the Egcry heirs rouiu q
I.add will cut 100000 spruce and pine; Oh
land owned by Bahson X Norton lney
will move their camps later to Township
A x l.. north of Barnard. which was re-
Gently purchased by BabSon Norto,,,
from the Egery heirs. where tney VIII VII
humber until the snow is too deep 1or
Il
about 200 D0 spruce and pine on adjacent
land. McNuughton Bros. are also iunioei-
ing in the same vicinity.
A Browntield correspondent has the ioi-
lowing to say relative to the hoop lious
try of that town: wv. f; onu'e 1,,,s I'm in
birch hoop dealer of South Casco. was III
town the past week making happy Inc me
hoopmakers with cash payment I1r
what hoops they had on hanu. M
Chute is buying large quantities OF nU NJ, -.
From present indications there Will pc
more hoops made in this section, during
the winter, than before for many years years.
Ii is estimated that three million Dir, paao,i
hoops will he shipped from TINS rai aoan
station tho present winter at the averaSe
price of Sos to ST. per thousand. Ing
renort of thp money order business OF tnls
small fourth class office for N ,rr -
amounts to over 500. Mr.. Fred mayer 70
,1,,ip.r an AK handle lathe to his MIL Ma
chinery. This will be new industry io'
the town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18
This is a Little More Sanguine.

The view that the existing competi-
ton with the South in the matter of
cotton manufacturing will of necessity
bring the wages in the North to a level
with those now paid in the South is re-
garded as extreme by some who are
prominent in the production and manu-
facture of cotton, according to the
opinions which the New York Tribune
has obtained. The head of one of the
wholesale dress goods houses on Broad
way secuted the idea that the South is
seriously cutting into the business of
the New England cotton mills. He
says the Southern manufacturer has
to pay almost as much as the Northern
manufacturer for the cotton he uses
because the grower insists on obtain
ing for himself what is saved by freight
charges Moreover this authority says
the ignorant indolent laborer in the
South really accomplishes less in six
days with twelve hours each than does
the Northern worker IN the Iuty-elSnt
hours he is permitted to work by law.
This view is the old one entertained
quite generally before the present over
production of goods complicated mat
tiers. The new view is different. The
Northern manufacturers give figures
to show that the wage cost of produce
ton in the South is actually forty per
cent. less than in the North and that
other advantages exist there. Indeed
some of the Southern municipalities
have taken steps to relieve by exemp-
ton from taxation and in other ways
the burdens on the industry in the
South. Between these views the
average person must form his own con-
illusions. There was an overproduction
Of cotton last year and an overproduc-
ton of cottons partly due at least to
e the falling off in consumption owing to
hard times The better the times. the
bigger the consumption and it will be
surprising if cotton manufacturing
does not share in some degree in the
general Improvement in the industrial
world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18
Make Way for Bicycle and Motorcycle.

Make way for the bicycle and the
motorcycle. Otherwise we shall miss
an opportunity.
With the Indifferent roads We have
we secure the patronage of many
bicyclists in the course of a summer
season here in Maine. How many
more could we have had we good roads
for them to ride over?
Very many of those who come do so
because they want to see cur State and
can do SO, though with difficulty. be-
cause an expert wheelman can propel
a wheel slowly over pretty poor road.
A bicycle does not make a wide track
and can tread a tortuous way slowly
but with reasonable surety.
But the bicycle is to give place in
large degree to the motorcycle. That
will require better road. 1t will run
upon four wheels instead of two. Thu
driver will not be able to shun obstacles
that the bicyclist may if he take pains.
Accordingly the people who come to
Maine in motorcycles will need better
roads than does the single wheelman.
In fact they will not venture over high
ways where now the wheelman travels.
What will they do? The thousands
of families. that within a few years
will want to take rides on their motor
cycles through Maine will hesitate un-
less we assure them of good roads.
They will go where the good roads are.
Maine wants them and she wants the
good reads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

hickory taffy purchases the nuts used in
Ii direct from California.
John X. Ames the last mill owner on the
Machias river to shut down. has shipped
- cargoeS of lumber. this season. to date,
and expects to ship the Seth.
Cleveland & Ludwig loaded three cars
of starch recently at Mars Hill. They
bought it year ago for IL cents and
sold ii for four cents per pound.
During the season just closed. Boom
master John Corliss has Tailed 69,000 logs
and 22.G0c stavc sticks through the
ChCrryiield Boom Company'S gap at Still
water.
French Bros. of Standpoint have ship
ped more than 1900 ducks this season. {.
p Richards. who dresses ducks for the
firm. had dressed f.5S6 up to last Satur-
day. and his co-worker had dressed nearly
as many.
A Portland shoe manufacturer is ne
gotiatinG for the Bath shoe factory and
the Enterprise tells that il satisfactory
arrangements can be made. he proposes
to go there and give employment to
thirty hands at the start.
Portland fishermen are making great
hauls of smelts all up and down the bay.
Besides plenty for the local market large
quantities,are shipped to the large cities.
One fisherman few days ago pulled in
LOCO pounds at one haul of his nets.
The ladies' wrapper factory at Nor
number of hands will be employed
throughout the year. About $l.0o per day
will be the amount paid to each employe.
Operations are still rushing at the
Calais shoe factory, and in some depart
ments night work is prosecuted Large
quantities of the manufactured product
are being shipped by every International
steamer.
George w. Clark of Bangor. has pur-
chased and shipped 10000 sheep and lambs
foil IN tS Of wi,
Mass. Mr.. Clark has recently purchased
quite large number in Piscataquis coun-
ty and shipped them from Dover and
FoXcroft.
A busy man is A. l.. Garland in Frank
Ficketts lumber mill at Mapleton. When
mill. rolls them on the carriage. takes
away the lumber. edges. cuts up the
slabs, scales, runs the planer and runs the
lumber out of the mill
The South Paris Sled Factory Company
has recently bought large lumber tract
on the Little AndroScoggin river above
the village. There are 225 operatives en-
pioyed by the company at good wages.
The company's factory has been run
steadily through the year, and for several
months past nights as well as days.
An Auburn manufacturing concern. the
whitman Agricultural Works. has taken
the largest Boston order of the season
for farm implements. Mr.. w. f.. Whit
man, the manager, returned to Auburn. a
rev days ago with this magnificent order
IN his inside pocket and he was a happy
man. 1t included an item of $1,000 for corn
planters. Indications are for a lively run
at the works this winter.
Following is the number of cases of
shoes shipped and the number of pounds
Of leather received by the Auburn shoe
factories for the week ending Dec. 10. 1881: :
Total number of eases shipped. 1850: total
weight ,nf leather received. .l493o pounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18
A lust Recognition.

Maine people will be pleased to learn
of the appointment of Hon. w. W.
Thomas of Portland, as United States
minister to Sweden. Mr. Thomas is
eminently qualified for the duties
of this important position which he has
discharged under former Republican
administrations. with signal ability
and success Mr.. Thomas speaks the
Swedish language with the fiueficy of d
native. His wife is a most beautiful
and accomplished Swedish lady of
noble BIRTH. His appointment will be
very gratifying to the Swedish people,
among whom he is justly popular.
Hon. William Wedgery Thomas
comes of one of Portland's Oldest and
most distinguished families, being a
descendant in the ninth generation of
George Cleeve, the first white settler
of Portland, and governor of the an
Gent province of Ligonia. Mr.. Thomas
was born in that city, in 1889, and grad
uated from Bowdoin with the highest
honors in 1860. He studied law, but
two years later he left his legal stud
les to be the bearer of dispatches from
this country to Turkey, where he be-
came vice consul general at Constan-
tinople, later acting consul at GalatZ,
Af 6n
appointed by President Lincoln, one of
the 80 war consuls, being assigned to
received from Secretary Seward 1.-The
special thanks of the department of
state" Mr.. Thomas returned to this
country in 1865, was admitted to the
bar in the following year and four
years later as commissioner of immi-
grafton for Maine, visited Sweden
where he recruited colony of 81
SwedeS for settlement of the township
now known as New Sweden which has
amply demonstrated the wisdom of the
undertaking. He served in the State
legislatures of 1873. "A, rs. where he
Immediately acquired distinction as an
able debater and parliamentarian and
in his second and third terms was the
speaker of that body. In 1879, he waa
senator from Cumberland county, but
declined denomination and in 1888,
went as minister resident to Sweden
and Norway He was the first Ameri
can minister to that country to address
the King in the latters own language.
He served with distinction until the
close of Arthur's administration. In
1889, President Harrison appointed him
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ip0tentialy to that country.
In all his distinguished public service
he has displayed marked ability and
foresight He is very effective pub
lie speaker and writer of much lit
erary ability. He has translated sew
era, works in the Swedish language
and has been valued contributor of
many of the magazines. His literary
ability is perhaps best shown in his
splendid work. Sweden and the
Swedes."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

Somewhere in Montana is a man, who
if he had not spent his money in a bar
room might now be worth eight thou
sand dollars mere than he is This
somebody, and there are several of him
judging by the claims advanced since
the truth leaked out. paid a silver dol
lar of the vintage of 1904 for a drink of
whiskey. 1t appears that for thirty
years coin collectors have wanted just
that coin and have stood ready to pay
anywhere from eight to ten thousand
dollars for it. The barleeper NOTICING,
the date of the coin put it in his pocket
replacing it with coin of his own.
Half dozen patrons of that saloon
now say they paid that dollar over Shy
mistake, that they knew it's value all
the time and that they propose to go to
law to recover it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

A bright young son Of Maine was
signally honored by President McKin-
ley, Friday Edgar Cakes Achron. who
has been appointed secretary of the
United States legation at st. Peters,
burg, was born in Newcastle, Lincoln
county, Maine, in 1859. Mr.. Achorn
was educated in the public schools until
he entered Lincoln Academy to prepare
for Bowdoin college. where he gradu-
ated in 1881. He at once became prin-
cipal of the high school at .Witham.
Mass. and held that position two years.
AT the end of that time he entered Bos-
ton University as law student. He
was admitted to the bar June 16. 1884,
and speedily pushed to the front In
his profession. Mr.. Achorn has been
specially prominent in Scandinavian
circles. He is eminently fitted for the
efficient discharge of the important I'LL
ties which will devolve upon him in his
new office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

A Klondike king has returned to his
old home in Plattsburg. N. Y, that he
left sixteen years ago poor youth. SO
poor in fact that the parents OF the girl
he wished to marry would not consent.
He returned a millionaire, welded his
old sweetheart, who had remained true.
and they expect to return to Dawson
City in the spring. This has a sweetly
sentimental flavor but is hardly en-
couraging to the average Impotence OF
youth. However those who are con-
tent to grub for sixteen years around
the Alaskan gold region for money
enough to marry are welcome to all
the comfort they can get out of this
romantic incident
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Please Explain.

There are several features of the ar
opposed to the annexation of Hawaii
which are not at all clear and which
it is but proper they should explain.
For instance, in case it be decided
that we do not wish to annex the Ha-
waiian islands, for reasons now being
advanced against annexation, what
should be our attitude toward them?
They tell us that the islands would
be a source of weakness, rather than Of
strength. to the nation that esta blished
a naval station there.
We being SO wise as to avoid that
selves lest some other nation expose
itself to a similar calamity
Accordingly We had supposed the
Observation-Disclosures would conclude
that we better Just wash our hands of
the whole matter. That manifestly
would be the logical conclusion of their
arguments, for if it be folly for us to
establish naval station there, if it be
un-American to interfere in any arbi-
trary way with another government
and to meddle in matters outside ourcon
fines we certainly. if these premises be
correct, should drop those islands like
a very hot potato, at the very first op-
portunity.
This being So we were somewhat
surprised to see that the New York
Post, than which there is no more out
spoken opponent of annexation, is de-
claring that we should maintain con-
troll of the islands but should not annex
them.
The Post cites in substantiation of
the above view the well-known fact
that it has been for more than half
century, the policy of this government
wall. 1t then repeats little history.
telling it's readers how. back in 1912,
President Tyler in his message to Con-
gress said we should promptly resent
any attempt on the part of any for
eign power to interfere With Hawaiian
matters; also that his secretary of
state, Daniel Webster. was Of the same
mind.
Now those statesmen must. have
been in the wrong if. the anti-annex-
ationists of the present are in the
right.
To be sure those statesmen did not
all Of them assume we should mmedi-
ately annex the islands, but they
thought they saw good reasons why
we should not allow any other country
to do so. But these more enlightened
statesmen and publicists who have dis
covered that it will be source of
weakness to any nation to establish a
naval station there, and that it is very
wicked for us to encourage that little
oligarchy of American Adventures,
appear to have found only the most ex-
cellent reasons why we should welcome
a chance to drop the whole matter, let
who might pick it UP, if any there be
so foolish as to do So
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18
Maine Industrial News.

The Lewiston bobbin factory is making
123 900 bobbinS a week.
The Warren shoe shop is busly en-
plOyed making bicycle shoes.
All Brookton the leading feature is
wOod-cutting for the furnaces, 30 men be-
ing employed.
The White Granite Company has done
but little business at their works in Blue
hill, during the past year.
The Kelloch Mcintosh factory at Union
is doing fine business. with a prospect
of being enlarged this coming spring.
II. o. Rolfe will have from 1900 to 1900
cords of birch hauled into his mill on the
Isthmus at Rumford Falls. this winter.
A Bath man who has made small
klondike for himself by manufacturing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

For a Christmas gift 10 a'a .
,.old folks at home. tnal, ,a q
pair of gold frame spec.atect
n eve glasses. with PEREZ a,,
,d;nstment of lenses. which
yoa can get from Charles II Z.
Partridge. druggist ana s Vp
,cian. opp. P. O.. Augusta.
Eyes tested free. Best speu =.
tacles and eye glasses l'o'''
d cents up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Concerning Lioels.

Nearly every daily newspaper in the
country contains every week three or four
libels. Some contain libels every day. and
If the law of libel were stringently APP
Piled many newspapers would be COM
PEELED to suspend. Editors and sub-edi-
tors are constantly cutting things out of
copy that would surely bring on a libel
SUIT: but, all the same. other things creep
in through the sheer impOssibility of veri-
flying all information. or are deftly in
serted through the malice of some un-
scrupulous writer.-Illustrated American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

Mr. Foster says that if we don't want
Hawaii the latter will seek the protec-
ton of the British empire. Will it be
just to Hawaii to refuse her request to
come under the starry flag and at the
same time refuse to allow her to seek
under the Union Jack the protection
she needs against Asiatic domination
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-18

That decision of the supreme court IN
the Bran case seems to afford little en-
Coura gement for detectives to try to
extort confessions from alleged Grim
mails