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The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
Rev. Joseph Kicker Dead.

AUGUSTA, sept. ). Rev. Joseph Kicker,
d. D., died at his home in this city late
Saturday. He was one of the most prom
inent men connected with the Baptist de-
nomination i'll this State He was born
in Parsonstield, June y, 1914, and grad
uated from Waterville college in 1889
He Immediately became editor of Zion s
Advocate, the organ of the Baptist de-
nomination in Maine. For four years he
edited that paper with marked ability,
leaving the work to take up the ministry
For % years, with the exception of two
and one-half years that he was chaplain
of the Massachusetts State prison, he was
successfully and continuously employed
as pastor of the Baptist churches at New
Gloucester and Belfast, and Woburn and
Milford, Mass. He then became pastor
of the Augusta church, but resigned to
devote his entire effort to superintend-
ence of missionary work and promotion
of the educational institutions of his de-
nomination. While engaged with pastor
ates he was for seven years secretary of
the Massachusetts Baptist convention,
and for two years of the Maine conven-
ton.
He was elected a trustee of Waterville
college, now Colby university in 1919, be-
ing at his death the oldest trustee. In 1865
he was made doctor of divinity. He did
very effective work in putting Colby S
training schools at Waterville, Houlton
and Hebron on a sound financial basis
To the school at Houlton he gave SO, 900
from his earnings in the ministry and the
Houlton institution, the Kicker classical
institute, bears his name. He also gave
very literally from his means to other ed
cational institutions in the State and to
missionary work. He was nan greatly
beloved.
Two years ago he was stricken with
paralysis, but the final illness came on
about two weeks prior to his death. The
funeral occurred at 2 p. M, Tuesday,
from the Baptist church in Augusta.
DR.. Kicker became pastor of the Bap-
tist church of Belfast in 1885, and remain
ed until 1858. His first wife died shortly
after settling here and before ending his
pastorate he married a lady from Brook
line, Mass. He bought the house ON Mil
ler street, now the residence of Dr. Elmer
Small, before it was finished, and COM
pleted the work on it, afterwards selling
it to John c. Frye. Since leaving Belfast
he has often occupied the Baptist pulpit
here, and has delivered lectures in oul
local lyceum courses. He preached the
seamon at the dedication of the present
Baptist church June "a 1873
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
Contents of To-Day's Journal.

PAGE l.
News of the Week. Rev. Joseph Kicker Dead.
Hor Day ia Maine The Passage to kondike.
serious Railroad Accident. .Lewiston's Four
emit Bonds. Visiting Massachusetts odd
loNs The Hotel Meeting Monday Evening
Belfast schools Personal.
PAGE ..
iitorial Notes Labor in Maine The Mother
.''- A Kiss for Gone, The Ohio Democratic
-r5orm. Capt Charles King. Helped Take Cali
.r5a.-.New Line of Clipper ships .Siyerism
-d The Farmers Congress.
PAGE3
>la Rica. Belfast Free Library. Kansas Wit
Wisdom Unsurpassable. The Shipkeeper...
Hawks Of New England. The Farmers Profits.
PAGE 4.
llJorals. City Government, Editorial Notes.
, Young Man Assaults His Father. The SuS-
hanna's Quick Trip Nouhport News. Obitu-
Wedding Bells. The Maine Congregational
terence Transfers in Real Estate. The Barre
mite Quarries The Mixer Family Reunion.
PAGE 5.
The News of Belfast. The Streets and Sewers.
Churches..A Change in Belfast's Oldest
Waldo County Exhibits at Bangor. Yachts
Boats..A Colorado Corn Roast A Belfast
Business Ability.
FACE s.
VIII Unwater the Bassick. Advance i'll Sea
be- : Wages The Masted Steel Bark Pisagua..
Other Side. Literary News and Notes. When
-heT Feeds the Chickens (poem). Lay of the
NaS Hen poem. The Boyess Town Cpoem. A
lLner Song poem. Register Of Deep Water
sells.
PAGE7.
emile Annie. .MaddoX's Barking Cat Rural
re Delivery. Household Hints. The 9Th Maine
4,Jery Association, Mckinley on Prosperity.
Noman's Notions. The Birds of Maine
PAGE 8.
-earsport Locals. County Correspondence. Ship
IS. Markets. Births Marriages. .Dea his.
and Lincoln Veterans.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

The familiar appearance of the Lewiston
was increased on this occasion by the pres
ence of First Officer James Tucker, who
held that position for many years with the
Boston & Bangor S. S. Co., and j. T. Scott,
the colored steward, who served for years
in the stewards department of the Lewiston
while she was on this line. Capt. j. W.
Bennett of Belfast was employed as pilot
specially for this occasion, and the officers
of the Department speak in high terms of
his skill in handling the boat and in making
landings.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
The Belfast Schools,

The school year of 1878 in the Belfast
public schools will begin next Monday fore
noon. The changed grades will be put in
operation, but the changes will be made
gradually. There will be nine grades below
the High school. The Central intermediate
school, formerly grades 3 and t. will be 4
and 5, and each grade above will be adj
vanced one number.
In the Academy building there will be 5
grades, but the order has not yet been fully
arranged.
The corps of teachers will be as follows:
High school, Hugh D. Mcclellan, Caroline
W Field, Ellen D. Townsend.
Upper Grammar, H. E. Ellis, Grace A.
Lord
Lower Grammar, Abby Mcdowell, Bertha
l. Bird.
Central Intermediate, Mrs u. S. Hall,
Alma A. Tilton.
South intermediate, Juliet A. Wiggin,
Ida B. Carter
South Primary, Alberta Wadsworth, Isa-
dora Piper.
North Primary, Grace A. Walton, Ida B.
Roberts.
Head of the Tide, Sadie A. Russ, Edith
M. Ladd.
Pitcher school, Edith Fl. Thomas.
Brick schoolhouse, Ethel E. Thomas.
Hayford school, Alma Robinson.
Poor's Mills, Mrs. A. l.. Moody,
Citypoint, Eva NJ. Ward.
Board Landing, Nettie M. Brown.
White school, Mamie Woodbury..
There will be flag raising at the City
point schoolhouse next Monday evening.
The schoolhouse has been newly clapboard-
ed, and the citizens have bought a new flag
and pole.
Ihe examinations of pupils who failed to
pass In their last years work were held last
week, and about IS per cent. of those who
studied and tried to make up during vaca-
ton passed, and will be advanced with their
classes.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

FISH AND GAME. At the shipyards of
Dialogue & Son, Camden, n. j., there is
being constructed for Boston capitalists a
steel vessel the first of its kind in this
country. The steamer is being built to
fish for halibut in Alaskan waters. The
vessel has been in process of construction
for three months, and will be ready to be
turned over to the owners in six weeks.
She will Immediately start on a 1900
mile trip to fish for halibut in Behring Sea,
and if the venture is successful, it is said
that the Bostonians back of the enterprise
will place an order for another. This one
will cost SAT, 900 and the plans of the
owners contemplate the ultimate con-
struction of five sister ships. The fish
ing steamer is to have first class, $50
horse power, triple expansion engines,
constructed with special view to econo-
my of coal as coal is very expensive on the
Pacific coast, running between IS and 80
per ton.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
A Serious Railway Accident.

BANGOR, Sept. 5. By the breaking of a
wheel, a rear car of an excursion train on the
way from Dover and Foxcroft to Etna camp
ground, was thrown from the track at Etna
bog, this forenoon, and turned bottom up in
the ditch. Martin Paine of Plymouth was
killed and several others were dangerously
wounded, while 25 were badly cut and bruis-
ed The train consisted of six cars and was
we'll loaded with people, mostly from Piscat-
aquis county, on their way to the Spiritualist
camp-meeting at Etna Grove. At Newport
and East Newport caboose was added,
which was almost filled with people from
those stations. Three miles west of the
camp-ground there was sudden shock and
the caboose went tumbling over the EN-.
bankment.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. The post
master-general has issued an order call
ing the attention of postmasters to the
fact that postal cards which have been
mutilated or cut ale not mailable as pos
tai cards, but that letter postage must be
demanded in every instance. 80. The silver
in the United States Treasury could be
bought now for 500, 900, 900 less than it
cost As a financial keystone silver is
not success. Col. Brigham, the assist
ant secretary Of agriculture, who has just
lsturned from visit to New England
says that the people Of that section gener-
ally express themselves as pleased at the
change which has taken place in industri-
al conditions. Col. Brigham says that
the aggregate value of the crops of the
country will be half a billion dollars in
excess of that OF the last year.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
Lewiston's Four Per Cent. Bonds.

The 100000 of per; cent. bonds of the
city of Lewiston, which are to be refunded,
will go to Estabrook & Co., the Boston
brokers, they being the highest bidders.
The bonds bear per cent. interest and
run for thirty years. They are payable in
gold, which was one thing that tended
largely to increase the premium on the
bonds. Estabrook & Cs's bid was $780,
$500. This makes the premium on the
bonds nearly $4,000 This firm will take
the entire issue.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
ceivers will give bond for $50. 600 each.

ceivers will give bond for $50, 600 each...
The London Times Monday morning pub
lished despatch from Paris giving the
text of petition sent by the American
Chamber of Commerce in Paris to Presi-
dent Mckinley for the establishment of
reciprocity trade between France and the
United States. .....E Emma Goldman, the
noted ''agitating anarchist lectured at
40 Bennett street, Boston, last Sunday
evening, under the auspices of a Hebrew
society. Her topic was Must we be angels
to live under anarchy?' 500. Insurance
Commissioner Merrill of Massachusetts is
authority for the statement that the out.
look is good for satisfactory adjustment
of the affairs of the Bay State Beneficiary
Association. Gulf passenger train No. l
was held up at Twin Mountain. Col,
Friday night by masked men, who blew
the safe in the express car and secured
plunder estimated at sums varying from
50, 600 to S1o, 600. ....A Denver dispatch
says that State Game Warden Wilcox has
been murdered while attempting to arrest
party of II poachers. .... There is danger
of an uprising among the Cherokee Indians
in Grand river bottoms in the Indian ter
ritory. go. EX- Gov. Goodale of New Hamp-
shire visited Manchester Saturday. The
A7SofeiAol ID q loHhpeitt ttHoe dSlldtol anu
his coming resulted in the sudden closing
of all the saloons. 1t is reported that the
people of the city spent a very thirsty day.
THE chief of police and his assistant
were shot and wounded in Barcelona,
Spain, Friday night while engaged in a
search for dynamite bombs. A series of
explosions of natural gas in the town of
Broad Ripple, Ind, Saturday. caused the
death of Pious Gresh, Jacob Darling,
Charles Yountze and two unknown men.
Fifteen OF twenty persons were badly in
jured.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

Mr. !. G. Reynolds of South Brooks is
probably the oldest postmaster in the SER
vice OF the government to-day. He was ap-
pointed in 1857 under the administration of
PRESIDENT Buchanan and has held the posi-
tlon ever since-a continuous service of 40
years last April. Mr.. Reynolds is good
farmer and has the distinction of never hav-
Home.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

J. F. Wilson, F. L. Field, W. R. Ford and
Elisha Sherman went to Bath the first of the
week to attend the o. S. Court as jurors.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

Equity Grange conferred the Sd and 4th
degrees last Saturday evening. The addi-
tion to the hall is nearly finished.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09

James Emery, Esq of Bucksporr, is visit
ing friends in this city. He made The Jour
nal pleasant call Tuesday.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
The journal is THE PAPER for Maine sea
faring people,"
a.gest Circulation in City and County

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In advance. 81. 90 a year :;
10 for SIX months; 90 cents for three months
ADVERTISING TERMS For one square, one inch
Ieugth i'll column, 10 cents for one week and
1euts for each subsequent insertion.
The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
Visiting Massachusetts Odd Fellows.

Inc VlS1t OF the ElrSt Regiment OF MaSSa-
chusetts, Patriarchs Militant, I. o. O. F., to
this city was interrupted by shower, but
the Chevaliers and their friends made the
most of the circumstances and very enjoy.
able afternoon was spent. The steamer
Lewiston arrived here from Bangor at about
l.30 O'Clock, and there was large concourse
OF citizens, in addition to Canton Pallas and
the Belfast Band, at the wharf to greet the
visitors.
The Lewiston was gaily decorated for this
trip. At the main peak she carried the
Stars and Stripes and at the main topmast
the name-tiag so familiar to our people,
While at the fore topmast was the new Reg
mental flag, inscribed "First Regiment, P.
M, [. 0. 0. F., Massachusetts" The usual
strings of signal flags were artistically ar
ranged from the mastheads to the deck On
each side, forward, was a large inscription,
"Pllsrimage of the 1st Regt. P. NJ of Mass
ana below the three links enclosing the
names OF the Cantons Shawmut-Ridgelev
Bunker Hill, A wide strip of red. white
and blue bunting enclosed the rail of the
hurricane deck
AS the steamer approached the Belfast
Band on the wharf played lively air and
When the visitors came ashore they were
given hearty welcome by their brothers in
the order
The procession formed on the wharf in
the following order:
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, In her "MenB-
ories Of Hawthorne" gives this descrip-
tion Of her fathers methods Of writing:
"He had none Of the frantic reconsidera-
tions Of Scott or Balzac II he made .
change In a word, 1t was while IL was
fresh, and no one could obliterate what he
had written with a more fearless blot Of
the finger or one which looked more ear
nest and interesting. There was no scratch
ing nor quiddling in the manner with
which he fought for his art. Each day he
thought out the problems he had set him
self before beginning TO write, and IL n
word offended him, as he recorded the re-
suit he thrust it back into chaos before
the ink had dried. think that the manu-
script of DIR. Grimshnwe's Secret is an
exception TO some extent. There are many
written self communings and changes in
1t. am not sure but that my father some
times destroyed first drafts, of which his
family knew nothing. Indeed we have his
own word for 1t that he passed the day in
writing stories and the night in burning
them. Nevertheless, his tendency we know
to have been that of thinking out his plots
and scenes and characters and transcrib-
Ing them rapidly without further change."
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29
A Peculiar Case of the Paoca Ediot.

An arrangement has been finally come
to between the impecunious Prince Sciarra
and the Italian government in regard to
the masterpieces Of art in his gallery.
Primes Sciarra wanted to sell some of his
pictures, but under an Italian law known
as the Pacca edict, he could not dispose of
them to any one living outside Of Italy.
Some time ago, however, he succeeded in
smuggling certain canvases out of tho
country, among these being Raphael g
"Violinist,' which he sold to Baron AL
phonse de Rothschild for 100000 francs;
Titian's Belle" sold to the same for 600,
900 francs; Leonardo da Vinci's vanity
and "Modesty," also purchased by Baron
Alphonse for 500, 900 francs; Perugino
sold to the Louvre for 100000 francs, and
Caravaggio's Gamblers" for which M.
Schneider paid 10000 francs. Now the
Italian government will permit Prince
Sciarra to dispose as he pleases Of all the
works of art in his possession excepting the
following Is, which become the property
of the government: Guido Renis Made
leine," Giotto's "Life of Jesus" Sche
done's "Arcadian Pastors" Andrea de-
Sartos "Virgin, "St Joseph and "St
Peter" De Carpi's "Pico Transformed, >
the same painters Vestal, with the statue
of Cybele; the painting, Church of tht
Gesu at the Canonization of st. Ignatius,
| by Gagliardi and Andrea Sacchi; Bellini''
"Virgin and Sleeping Child" Bronzini''
portrait of Stephen Colonna, the "Visioi
of Friar Thomas" artist unknown, ant
| five pieces of statuary. Collector.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29
Why He Wouldn,t Forget.

"Can l trust you to mail this?" asked
Miss Jawkins of the new boarder, ''or
are you the kind of man who carries
letters around in his pocket for a week
before mailing them?"
You may trust me-" said the new
boarder, taking the letter. II was cured
Of that disease at my first attack L
was boarding in the same house with
q very good friend, married man. He
lost his wife suddenly and was incon-
solable. Loads of letters came to him
from sympathetic friends, and one OF
them was handed to me to give to him
by the postman. l carried 1t up stairs
to my room and inadvertently put it
into my desk with lot of rubbish from
my breast pocket, and then forgot all
about it.
Just a year after my friend had so
far forgotten his loss that he became
engaged to very pretty girl. The
morning of the wedding, to which had
been invited, l was putting my desk in
order-a habit l have about once in six
years-and l came across the letter for
him. Forgetting the time at which 1t
had come, l hurried down stairs with
I it, and, with many words of apology,
handed it to him. He had a habit or
reading out loud, and he began: MY
Dear Jack-You have received a blow
! in the loss Of your wife from which you
will never recover, but don't forget.
my dear fellow, that Then he drop
ped it and glared at me.
IT didn't go to the wedding, and he's
never spoken to me from that day to
this. Yes, indeed, you may trust me to
mail your letter without fail
York Journal
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29
The Two Clean cities.

The two cleanest cities on the continent
,oday are Toronto and New York, and they
are both cleaned by direct labor.
New York not only employs and thus
directs all its street cleaning and garbage
dispatch forces, but it has an organized
department, with an adequate and proper
ly adjusted equipment Of horses, carts,
brooms, stables and stations, and it pays
Its men 81 a day and upward for eight
hours work. To be sure, it has had a
Colonel Waring, but had Colonel Waring
been q contractor or q contractors super
intendent the metropolis would not have
been the clean city it is today. II Is by
the method of direct labor, under model
conditions of employment, that this first
worthy result Of the kind in q large Amer
lean city has been achieved.
Toronto, the other Of these two exem-
plary cities, has gone even further than
New York in eliminating the contractor.
In this enterprising Canadian town, with
its 19O,00 people, Street Commissioner
Jones has during the last seven years en-
tirely revolutionized the care Of the streets
of the city. He has not only organized tho
execution of this work under o distincs
department., but out of the margin thus
saved from the annual appropriations for
caring for the streets he has actually built
and equipped a modest but complete set
of workshops, where the entire construc-
tion and repair work of the department is
executed.
Not only are the sprinklers, rotary
sweepers, automatic loading carts and
snow scrapers, each after a special pattern
devised by the commissioner or under his
direction, built in these shops, but even
the harnesses are made there, the horses
arc shod there, and it is the truthful boast
of the commissioner that every article of
manufacture used by the department is
produced from the raw material in these
shops. 1t is exceedingly refreshing to find
there inventive genius constantly brought
to bear to produce appliances not for sale
in the general market, and hence of that
crude adjustment which can be used any
where, but appliances precisely adapted
to the particular needs of Toronto, with
its own climate, soil, street mileage and
pavements. Review of Reviews.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29

IJ is the stfay opportunities and the stray
privileges which, taken up and bound to-
gether and beaten out, will at last I'LL you
with much joy.
There are a few moments left worth the
cleaning. Now, Ruth. to the fleldl May
each one have a measure full and running
overl oh, you cleaners, to the field! And
if there be in your household an aged one
or a sick relative that is not strong enough
to come forth and toll in this field, then
let Ruth take home to feeble Naomi this
sheaf of cleaning: "He that goeth forth
and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bring
ing his sheaves with him." May the Lord
God Of Ruth and Naomi be our portion
forever!
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29

Representative Perkins of Warren was
in his seat when the session opened and
beside him was the blushing young lady
he had married the day before. In the
course of the session Mr.. Hall of Wilt
mantle introduced congratulatory reso-
luton. Mr.. Workman of Bethel asked that
there be rising vote. Speaker Barbour
remarked:
"The chair, having taken pains to learn
that a resolution of this kind will not be
distasteful, he hopes to see 1t adopted, and
at the same time would personally extend
his congratulations"
The resolution was passed by rising
vote and with much laughter. The young
couple were as ruddy as Senator Louns-
bury apple DIR. Wilton of Manchester ex.
claimed, Snow tell the unmarried men,
go thou and do likewise
Speaker Barbour-The gentleman has
permission to introduce bill to that ef
| ect.-Hartford Courant.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-29
Magnetic Sentinel.

Lieutenant T. B. Badt has patented an
electro magnetic sentinel, which is de-
signed to give warning at distant post of
the approach of hostile warship to sub
marine mine, or to explode the mine auto
matically, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Such a device was badly needed. The
usual method employed for coast protec-
ton by means Of explosive mines has been
to sink them in the waterway to be pro-
tected, ordinarily in u narrow channel,
and form two observatories on shore, con-
nected by telephone and telegraph, tho Off
GERS on duty following, by means of range
finders, the movements Of any hostile YES
sci. When the instruments indicate that
the vessel is directly above the hidden
mine, switch is thrown which sets free
an electric current and explodes the mine.
This method is expensive, as it entails
keeping up two observatories, two sets OF
instruments and two or more operators.
Moreover, the apparatus cannot always be
relied upon. 1t may get out of order just
at the moment it Is needed. 1t can follow
the movements of only one vessel at q
time, and at night, in fogs or storms, it Ii
of little or no use.
Lieutenant Badt's device Is automatic
in its action and gives warming by night
as well as by day. 1t is simple and direct
in it's operations, and requires but one OBJ
servatory, ono set of instruments and ont
| attendant When arrangements are made
to explode the mine automatically, the at
tendant can be dispensed with. An in
duction coil, suitably connected, is securet
to the mine or torpedo, the fuse of whicl
is fired by powerful electric current
switched on either automatically or at tn
observatory. When the modern war vessel
heavily protected by iron or steel armor
approaches the induction coil, there will
be magnetic disturbance which is in
stantly indicated Jc the officer on duty a
| the observatory. He watches the vessel
and at the proper moment closes the fus
circuit and explodes the mine. In case al
automatic device is employed the arm o
an indicator is DETECTED until contact /
made, which causes the explosion.