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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25

All metal used is fluid compressed. The
specifications. which are being adhered
to. demand the most eXacting physical
tests. Specimen pieces of metal are TAX
en- from all forgings and are subjected to
elongation, breaking and bending tests.
Finally, every part of the gun must be of
forged metal. The tube, for INSTANCE, has
been cast and rough bored. 1t will next
have mandrel introduced through its
length. and then be placed under the
hammer.
For this latter stage the Bethlehem
works have the largest hammer in the
void. 1t is capable of delivering a blow
of 40 tons. or some ten tons more than
the famous Krupp hammer.
The building of the new sixteen-inch
gun is an expensive undertaking. The
gun itself will cost about $4,000. For
single guns. the average cost to the gov
crnment for all fabrication work in this
country is roughly estimated at $1,000 per
ton of gun.
The cost of gun carriage and turret will
bring the cost up to as much again as the
weapon. while the cost for foundation
will. ii is estimated. round out grand to-
tai of at least s300.OO0. The foundation for
the sixteen-inch gun will require a depth.
it is said. of fifty feet, if earth be the ba-
sis. This foundation must be constructed
of concrete.-Philadelph Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
Reduced Danger ia Ocean Travel.

Hundreds of people are yearly de-
tered from going abroad, no. SO much
on account of the dread of sea sickness
as on account of the insane fear of
being overtaken by some accident on
the water
To show the utter absurdity of sucn
fear it is only necessary to make a
few citations from the last annual re-
port of the supervising inspector gen.
eral of the United States marine SER
vice. According to this report, only As
steamboat passengers lost their lives
during the past year out of all the
multitudes passing to and fro between
the United States and Europe. When
the system of inspection now in vogue
was first instituted. some 46 years ago,
the loss of life was one out of every
$4,000 passengers. At the present time
it is only one out of every 1,SS2,S45 pas
sengers, showing most remarkable
Improvement during the last two de-
cades. This is due. in part, TO the rigid
system of inspection and in part TO the
gradual progress which recent years
have brought about in the science of
navigation. Perhaps more is due to
In the light of these figures taken
from the report of the inspector gem
eral. ii is evident that the fear of
meeting with some accident on the
water which yearly detains SO many
nervous people at home is wholly with
out rational excuse. Every one who is
financially able to cross the water
should certainly do SO. without giving
heed for a single moment to the en-
ploded idea that ocean travel is
hazardous. To every fatal accident
which occurs on the water more thar
so occur on land.
With cheaper rates and increased
facilities of ocean travel, together with
the progress which science has made in
preventing accidents, there is no rea-
son why all who can afford it should
not see something of the world.
Groundless fears should not stand in
the way of broader ideas.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
VESSEL FOR CADETS.
Training Ship Upon which Uncle Sans
Seamen WIN Learn the Art Of War.

For some years the naval academy
has suffered for the want of properly
equipped and modern training vessel,
the little Bancroft being too crowded
with features of instruction to leave
room for the accommodation of the lea
diets, and as a result satisfactory work
in practical seamanship has been Sc
Merely handicapped.
Provision was made by the last regu-
lar session of Congress for a training
vessel, to be propelled by steam and
sail and to cost not more than $3.50 900,
but at the instance of the secretary OF
the navy, the act was modified to pro-
vide for sailing vessel only, and fin
al provision of $125,OO0 was made for
her construction. That sum will not
build the craft, and the bids which will
soon be asked will no doubt be made
upon basis of only part completion.
The new vessel has a number Of
novel features, suggested by Chief
Constructor Hichborn, and she is ex-
pected to meet the pressing needs of
the academy most admirably, the su-
perintendent of that institution being
unqualified in his commentator of the
design. She will be built of steel and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
A Common Experience.

Scene I.-Mr. johnson is obliged to
give up work. remain in the house and
take care of himself on account of a
dreadful scrofula sore on one of his
limbs.
Scene II.-Mr. johnson reads testi-
monial which tells of scrofulous troub-
les cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla. He
resolves to try it, sends for bottle
and begins taking it.
Scene III.-Mr. johnson has taken six
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla His
scrofula sore is cured. He is feeling
stronger. has a good appetite and is
able to attend to his work. He writes
a testimonial telling of his experience
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. and recon-
mendS it to others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25

having twice accompanied the fearless
Franconelli into the den of Richard
III, the largest and fiercest African
lion ever exhibited in this country, it
was at Vincennes, Ind, that l at
length determined to enter the den of
the beast alone. Clad in tinsel and
spangles. at the afternoon perform
ance. amid an outburst of music by the
band, l boldly approached the lions
cage. opened the barred door and en-
tered unframed. The great brute.
which was lying upon the floor at the
further end of the cage. seemed to not
need my presence other than by a
glance of sullen indifference. so that
deemed my first attempt at entering
lions den a success.
But my assurance of success was a
little premature, and fortunate was il
for me that beneath the cage was a
furnace in which glowed red hot iron
rods and that trusty attendants were
at hand TO effectively WELD them upon
the lion if necessity demanded. else
another page would have been added
to the bloody history of the king of the
forest and another name to his list of
victims. After three minutes stay
in the lions den | made a parting sa-
lutte TO the GREATNESS audience and
prepared to leave the cage. AS backed
toward the door ! observed 10 my hor-
ror that the lion mad almost impercep-
tibly risen from the floor. preparatory
TO sprnging upon me. Almost over
come by the grave danger of my situa-
ton, / contrived to signal the atten-
dants to thrust the heated rods in be-
tween me and the bloodthrsty brute.
Scarcely had done so when the great
tawny creature hurled itself upon me
and. burying its claws in my shoul-
ders, bore me to the floor
Il felt the hot breath of the lion in
my face as he opened his huge jaws
preparatory to sinking his fangs in my
throat. and horrible death was but a
brief second distant. when the red-hot
irons were brought into play and used
so effectively that the brute was forced
To retreat 10 the far end of the cage
without inflicting further injury upon
me. l was hurriedly drawn from the
cage. none the worse for my thrilling
experience, save badly shaken nerves,
lacerated shoulders and a tattered tin
sci jacket. AS l hurried behind the cur
tain the band triumphantly played
See, the Conquering Hero Comes,' and
l noticed that a panic in the audience
had been narrowly averted. And what
became of Richard III? On. he lived
to kill Franconelli few months later"
T ne Los Angeles Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
THE MILITARY SCHOOLS.
The Work They Are Doing in the United
States.

While most civilized countries Of any
size and Importance have many recog-
nized national military and naval
academies upon which to draw directly
for their officers, the United States has
but one naval academy and one mill
tary academy of that nature, they be-
ing respectively the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis and the U. S.
Military Academy at West Point. There
are, however, four national military
schools and smaller number of naval
institutes where the younger officers
of the army and the navy are sent for
postgraduate instruction in military
and naval subjects.
For the boy who aspires to become
an officer in the U. S. navy there is but
one general course to follow. and that
is to secure admission to the naval
academy at Annapolis.
To secure this he must either receive
an appointment from his representa-
tive in Congress or from the president
himself, who has at his disposal ten
vacancies to fill. There is absolutely no
other way of becoming an officer of the
U. S. navy. The usual way of securing
through the West Point Military
Academy.
However, when the number of vacan-
cies in the list of army officers for any
year exceeds the number of graduates
at West Point, competitive examina-
ton is held and thrown open to any
one in civil life who may be nominated
by the president. College graduates,
who formerly attended some of the
leading private or state military
academies, are the ones who usually
capture the prizes to be offered in this
way.
There is still another chance of be-
coming an army officer and that is
through the ranks. Rigid examinations
are held among the enlisted men, but
are open only to those who have been
in the service at least two years and
who can produce a good record.
1t is fact, however, that those men
who were originally intended to be en-
couraged and helped by this method Of
promotion are not the ones who now
secure these appointments; for, instead
of their being given to the men who
have served a long time honestly and
well, and who have slowly passed
through the different grades of a nom
commissioned officer, they are usually
obtained by young graduates of private
military schools and colleges. who en-
list for the purpose of securing COM
mission through the ranks. They are
prepared, by reason of their early edu-
cation, to distance easily in the race
their competitors from the ranks.
Next, therefore,t to the national acade-
mics in Importance and interest are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
TO THE NATIONAL HOME.
Eastern Branch, II. H. D. V. S., Togus,
.a,ssaas Contra! Railroad.

Connects at Gardiner with the Maine
Central Railroad. and Augusta, Halo
well and Gardiner Electric Railroad to
Augusta. and Kennebec Steamboats, for
Boston.
LEAVE RANDOLPH: 7.22 and 1852 A.
NJ; 1.52 and 422 p. NJ.
ARRIVE AT NATL HOME: 7G and
u.12 A. NJ: PIP and 4.42 P. NJ.
LEAVE NATL HOME: sis and 1lI
A. NJ: 2.25 and 500 P. NJ
ARRIVE AT RANDOLPH: SIS and
u.40 A. NJ; 245 ard $50 P. NJ.
f. A. LAWTCN, SIot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
Railroads and Steamboat.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Arrangement Of Trains :,
Effect November ID. iaoz
Passenger trains leave Augusta a. o.,
lows: as io.
THROUGH TRAINS

Passenger trains leave Augusta az r.,
lows: "S ioi'
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING wEST-s.30 A. M. for 1s,,,.
Pennington, Phillips, Rockland p o.a'
land, Bridgton, Boston, Montreal .n,
quebec, 1905 a. NJ. DAILY for Brunswdi"aa
Lewiston. Portland and Boston. ,r MA
days connects also for Farminpton psIA
lips, Carrabasset, Rangeley, Rocklan nd NM ,ili-
treal and Toronto; 3.35 2. N. (exnrees, ' IN
brunswick. Bath. Lewiston, PortIj.s,g1'
Boston; 1.00 +. NJ. might Pullman an'N,
night for Lewiston. Bath, Portland y
Boston; La A. NJ. Portland and Ros. ana
Sundays oniy-11.32 A. NJ. mixed for po,a
land and Boston. UT
GOING EAST-1.50 A. NJ. might -
press) for Skowhegan, Bangor, Bar ~.
Dor. st. Stephen. st. John Halifax al,
ArOOstook county; $40 A. NJ. for Wst am
vile, Belfast, Skowhegan and Ranae,.
LIS p. NJ. for Waterville Oakland VT
throp. Bangor, Bar Harbor, Old Torn
Patten and ArOostook county p. e W.
Vanceboro, st. Stephen. Houltoh, Wood''
stock, St. John and Halifsy.
$40 P. NJ. for Wateryille' nat'
land, North Arson, Bingham, Skowhe.ann'
Belfast, Foxcroft, Greenville, Ranso.
Old Town and Mattawamkeag; ia peW'
for Waterville. A.
SUNDAYS only 9.15 A. NJ. and 2npv
for Waterville and Bangor. A.
The Night Pullman Train leaving atm
A. NJ. going east does not connect ~.
Skowhegan on Monday mornings. or ~, ~,
Belfast, Foxcroft or beyond Bangor snp mn
day mornings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25

In Constantinopie daily and weekly pa
pers are published in dozen different
languages. but they must submit all aJ-
vance proofs to government censor.
who permits nothing to be printed with
out his mark of Harmless One of the
censOr's rules is to cut out all news of
assaults on crowned heads. The death of
President Carnot was given to the Tur-
kish public as caused by an Illness last
Ing several days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK
ORGANIZED rSiS.
Banking Rooms 235 "a'''
Street. a.
Augusta,

TRUSTEES-J. II. Manley. L. n n, ,rott.
nish, Lendall Titcomb. B. F. fa'''''
Treby johnson. interest
Deposits received and placed on HIVE
the first day of every month. ,ooouni
Interest paid or accredited on 'a Au.
on first Wednesday of February ""'
gust. foam all
Deposits are exempt by law 1ron a,en.
taxes. and accounts are strictly coi''''N
tial. Execu-
Especial privileges afforded TO hT Tr,,s.
tors. Administrators, Guardians
tees, married women and minors r,oas.
EDWIN C.. DUDLEY. Iva
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS

Through tickets to California and 2
points South and West may be had of
IL. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, t
only office in Augusta selling via
routes and checking baggage free of
pense. GEO. F. EVANS, General Mar
er; F. E. BOOTHBY, Genl Pass.
Ticket Agent.
Portland, Nov 10, 1897.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09
OTTO DORNER.


One hundred and twenty-five dollars
in cash is offered in prizes by the League
of American Wheelmen for photo
graphs of bad country roads. The
competition for these prizes remains
open until June l, 1898; it is not limited
to members of the L. A. W., but is open
to all alike. A first prize has been set
aside of $50, second prize of S25, a
third prize of SIS, fourth of $40, and
five prizes of five dollars each. The
League of American Wheelmen has pub
lished extensive literature on good
roads, and the best of the pictures re-
ceived under this prize competition are
to be used in illustrating articles and
pamphlets on that subject. 1t is ex-
pected that members of the L. A. W.
and wheelmen generally who are able
to use the camera will assist in this
work by sending in pictures of bad
roads and incidentally taking part in
the competition for these cash prizes.
Photographs should be sent to Otto
Dorner, chairman national committee
for highway improvement. L. A. W.,
post office box 153, Milwaukee, Wis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09
DRYING VEGETABLES,
In California 1t Has Become Quite al
Important Industry.

In California 1t Has Become Quite an
Important Industry.
In California the drying of vegetables
has developed into an important in
dustry. Potatoes, carrots and other
tubers are poured into the hoppers of
cutting machines, where rotating blades
slice them quarter of al inch thick.
They are then slightly sulphured in a
wooden chamber. If this process is over
done the vegetables will taste of the
fumes; if too little, bacteria, attracted
by the starch, will develop. A little sui
phuring is necessary to prevent decay
and to preserve the color. The tubers
are now revolved for few hours close
to hot pipe in an evaporation, which
is a sort of Ferris wheel, consisting of a
brick oven with glass windows. AT the
end of this time the potatoes are taken
out in the form of dry chips. 1t re-
quires six or seven pounds of the fresh
to make one of the dried. AS bacteria
do not take kindly to onions, they are
only slightly sulphured. It takes 20
pounds of the fresh onions to make one
of dried, they shrivel up SO much. Nine
parts of fresh carrots are required to
make one of the dried. The industry is
proving very profitable, as there is q
great demand for the dried fruit and
vegetables in the country and at mines.
If steam comes into use in the process
the starch in potatoes could be sterilized
and partly cooked before they are evap-
GRATED. In this way they would be rid
of sulphur.-Chicago Inter Ocean
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
POOR STONE ROADS.
Few s'Macadam" ROadways Are BE
ing Built Properly.

Few ssMacadam' Roadways Are Be-
ing Built Properly.
InJerest in the movement for better
highways shows itself most strongly in
the growing custom of using crushed
stone for road improvement. The stone
crusher companies have evidently been
doing an excellent business, for both in
the cities and in the country do we find
that stone has been used as road ma
teriaI.
1t is greatly to be deplored, however,
that while 50 much excellent material
is being employed, the methods
adopted are so very faulty. In too
many cases the men having the work
in charge are content simply to deposit
the stone upon the L.ghway, frequently
throwing it right into a muddy spot,
and doing nothing further after the ma
terial has been put il place and spread.
In many of the towns and cities where
a road roller can be afforded the officials
undertake to finish their work by plac-
ing a layer of gravel on top of the
stone, and then rolling it until the
entire material has been packed and
hardened.
All of these attempts at building mac
adam roads are failures, when regarded
from the standpoint of intelligent and
scientific road construction. The val
liable feature of a stone or macadam
road is its absolute compactness, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09

Strong indeed is the force of habit
The police justice had formerly been
q bartender. He had gone into politics
and had been elected by big majority.
This was his first case. Mary McMan-
mis- was up before him for drunkenness,
The justice looked at her for minute,
and then said, sternly: well, what
are you here for?'
IF you please, yer honor" said Mary
"the copper beyant pulled me in, sayin'
I was drunk. An / don't drink, yer
honor; don't drink"
'All right" said the justice, his for
mer bartender habit getting the best
of him-"all right; have cigar
Buffalo Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09
CANNED FRUIT GAINS INDIANS.
A Possible Solution of the Outbreaks
Problem Su&gested by an Agent.

A Possible Solution of the Outbreaks
Problem Suggested by an Agent.
about eight years ago I was in Kan
sas on business for a newspaper" said
a man who has travelled hither and
thither in the west for 25 years. 81 re-
ceived a message ordering me to Fort
Reno, in the Oklahoma country. The
message informed me that there was
threatened uprising of the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes in that country.
II had been in that country before
and / remembered that / had never seen
q lazier lot of Indians than the Okla
homa lot. But 1 had my orders and
started. Fort Reno is about seven miles
from Ell Reno, a station on the Rock
Island road. I reached FL Reno early in
the evening, and rode over to the fort
as rapidly as an Oklahoma horse could
be driven. Col. Wade, son of old Ben
Wade. was commander of the fort. He
received me in his quarters in anything
but a military makeup. When ex-
planned my mission he laughed. He
talked to me until late in the night, and
told me that if the white people would
attend to their business the Indian
would take care of himself. He told me
he would furnish me with q horse and
a map, and that might ride over every
mile of the country where he had juris-
diction, and if 1 behaved myself he
would guarantee more protection than
could get in any city in the country.
1.-THE next day I went over to Darling
ton, which is the Indian agency; the
storehouses and schools are there.
had a letter to Capt. Lee, who was in
charge. He told me that there was nc
| danger of any uprising in that coun-
try unless the stock of canned fruits
gave out. In that case he would not
stay in the country.
81 learned that the Indians had
| worked up an unsatisfied appetite for
canned goods. They were content to
forego their chuck which is Indian for
beef, if they could get canned stuff.
Nearly every Indian on the reservation
had credit at the Indian stores. This
is not because they are so honest that
they want to pay, but there is no chance
for the storekeeper to lose. He turns in
his bill to the agent, and the amount
is deducted from the next payment of
land money to the Indian by the gov
eminent.
"a few days before two young bucks,
who had been students in a well-known
Indian school in the east, entered one
of the stores and stole six cans of cher
ries. They were drunk and refused to
pay for the fruit. They galloped away
on horseback. They were pursued by
the storekeeper and a half-breed, over
taken and thrashed. The canned goods
were recovered.
"Out of that incident came the rumors
of another uprising among the Chey-
ennes and the Arapahoes. 1 tell you
that since Sitting Bull went out of the
Indian business there has been no dam
ger from the reds"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09


Gocated Between Fontainebleau and Sens)
the principal aim in building a road by
the use of crushed stone should be to
thoroughly pack and firmly unite every
part of the material used. The only
way to accomplish this is to roll every
layer of dirt, stone, gravel or other ma
terial separately. Before any of the
stone is deposited, the subsoil should be
thoroughly hardened by rolling with
a heavy roller. y layer of stone, if it is to
properly pack and form hard road
bed, must have, above all, solid foun-
dation. Stone deposited upon loose
gravel, on soft ground, or in bed of
mud can never be successfully packed,
either with a roller or by travel.
So, too, if it is intended oplace layer
of gravel, or smaller crushed stone, or
screenings on the surface, the layer of
crushed stone beneath should first be
thoroughly hardened and packed. 1t
is a mistake to suppose that the two
can be packed and rolled together.
Material, to be thus compacted, must
be uniform in character and size, and,
while the angular pieces of stone will
shift about under the weight of the
roller until they are all firmly wedged
in place, round particles of gravel, or
smaller pieces, loose dirt or sand,
when mixed with these angular pieces,
will prevent their being thus crowded
together and compacted.
The above explanations are the re-
suit of careful study of the instruc-
tions issued by the state highway
commissions of Massachusetts,, Cali
fOrnia, New Jersey and Connecticut,
and indicate the principles followed in
those states in the construction of
roads by state aid. The same principles
are laid down in treatises upon maca-
dam roads as built in Pennsylvania,
Alabama, New York, North Carolina
and Ontario, and they constitute the
fundamental rules laid down by ex-
perienced road engineers all over the
world.
The building of macadam roads Of
fers opportunities for manifold mis-
takes and for an enormous waste of
public funds. If ever it be true that
what is worth doing at all is worth do
ing well it is emphatically true in the
building of stone roads. A macadam
ROAD, When once properly constructed,
needs little repairing and lasts for gem
erations, as has been indisputably and
repeatedly proven in England and on
the European continent. \ stone road
poorly built, for want of successful
rolling, even with excellent material.
is but poor highway at best Many
so-called macadam roads, recently built
by inexperienced men or without the
proper use of good road rollers, are con-
tinually going to pieces by the wearing
of ruts and the subsequent combined
action of water and travel. Every good
macadam road testifies to the value of
durable highways, while every stone
road improperly built throws shadow
of doubt upon the movement for better
highways. Those who believe in good
roads cannot afford to have their work
thus discredited.