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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-15

mus lar IN the session Governor
Powers has signed 80 acts and five re-
solves. Almost all of the acts are OF
a private and special nature. as only
one or two public laws have yet found
their way. through both branches to
the executive chamber. The five re-
solves are the first general appropria-
ton bill mentioned above, a resolve to
cover the deficiency for cattle killed on
account of tuberculosis, a resolve jim
favor of the Penobscot Indian repre-
sentative, Horace Nicola, and the two
resolves fer battle monuments at
Gettysburg for the 3rd and 4th Maine
Regiments.
THE governor found Saturday a good
Iday in which to catch up with his work,
as quiet prevailed on all sides. and he
was not beseiged by the crowd of visi-
tors that always seek the executive
chamber when the Legislature and the
lobby are at their active duties. Mr.
Coffin was the only councillor remain
ling over Sunday. The council will met
again tomorrow.
1t is understood that an order will
directing the ways and means commit
tee of that body to enquire into the
necessity of raising the State tax rate
and to report the rate that will be re-
quired to meet the expenses CT gov
ernment. The recent reduction of the
rate has furnished the taxpayers of
Maine a relief, and now as a matter
Of course it must be raised again. The
raising of the rate to it's former place
or little higher does not furnish the
least occasion for alarm or give the
slightest ground for the charge of ex-
Itravagance. The rate was lowered,
and the resulting relief in hard times
was appreciated. and now, as a natur-
al consequence. it must be raised
again. 1t is simple matter of busi-
ness and sound financial policy. The
State is simply doing what persons,
corporations. and municipalities are
constantly doing. in the usual course
of their business.
The suggestion, made by several pa
pers early in the season, that the
State purchase the Blaine residence
as an executive mansion, does not
seem to he bearing fruit. 1t will like
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-15
Now Is the I iine. I'M
-cenujne Ching ()ui n Rnsiness Sale-

Still ir Progress. Everything selling below cost No
Fictitious Prices Given great Opportunity furnish
house at 1-2 the amount would ordinarily Note
Prices below and call and Examine Goods.
Ask to chamber set for $s7.4O.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-15

We have a number of Odd Chairs
and Fancy Rockers. Prices from $1.S9
up. every piece a Bargain. No trouble
to show goods.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
SHOWN IN THE STORES.

Girls checked cheviot frocks with
braid trimmings.
Pale-green, grayish-blue and pearl
gray note paper.
Many mohair braid yolIes and shaped
waist pieces.
Blue serge blouse and short trouser
suits for small boys.
Band trimmings of silk embroidery
in applique effect.
Boston bags of brown cloth mounted
in crocodile leather.
Cambria and batiste nightdresses hav-
ing small square neck.
Nightgowns with large empire col
lars of lace-edged tucking.
Leather-covered TASKS having silver
screw tops for travelling.
Close REFERS in tan, navy and gray
ish-blue cloth for early fall.
Small toques for September trimmed
with knots of velvet and wings.
Long black and white net scarfs
edged with a plated frill of lace.
Small square and round empire pic
ture frames enameled in colors.
Small toques having wings or quilts
and knot of velvet for travelling.
Sets of black mohair braid vandykes
for basque and skirt of wooden goods.
bicycle suits of cravenetted serge or
mixed gray and brown covert for hard
wear.
Ladies' handkerchiefs having tiny
vine of embroidery; others with very
slender initial.
Boys sailor suits of blue serge or
flannel with black or white braid and
white collar and vest.-Dry Goods Econ
omist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
LAGER, ALES UND WINES"
Meaning Of ell. A. w. Hotel" a. Ex-
pIained by n German.

Among the many advantages set forth by
the l.. \. w. to riders to join the organlza-
ton are the special Accommodations extended
to members at the official hotels in cities and
towns. 1t is the custom in suburban places
for proprietors of official hotels to display
a sign like this: IL. A. w. Hotel, in some
conspicuous place. Naturally riders patron
ize the official quarters, and as conse-
quence the keepers of road houses and OF
hotels in the country are now hanging out
81. A. w. Hotel" signs. The practice has
been called to the attention of the league,
and it's officers are trying to compel the non
official houses to remove the signboards.
Complaint was made to the New Jersey di-
vision of the league that hotelkeeper on
the outskirts of Jersey City not entitled to
display the official sign of the l.. A. w. was
an offender. A visit to the place developed
the fact that the owner was not disposed to
accede to the demands of the leagues rep
resentative. The latter, finding that mild
persuasion was futile, became indignant and
threatened lega! proceedings. The propri-
etor, a German, also waXed warm, and in
response to the remark that he was using
the official sign OF the league without author
ity, retorted
"Vot l know aloud veelmen's legs? Dot
dou't shtand for holdings like dot. Dot
sign shtands for lager, ales und wines hotel,
alretty yet. Dot my leeg, togedder."
The explanation amused the officials so
much that no legal move was taken.-N. Y.
Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
ENGLISH AS SHE is SPOKEN.
One Way to Spell Tomatoes, Five 10
Pronounce Ii.

One word in its time has many pronuncla-
tions. For instance: Mrs. Housekeep the
other day was doing her mornings market
ing. With her had come the stranger who
was spending a week or two within her
gates. Standing by while she snapped the
beans between her fingers to see that they
were tender, parted the husks TO make sure
that the corn was ripe, pulled the pears out
of their paper wrappings and conducted her,
self generally after the manner OF careful
housewife, was the clerk, order book III
hand, and obsequiousness on his brow! The
visitor began it with:
These tomaytoes look nice. Get some
there's a dear!"
TO which Mrs. Housekeep replied: why,
certainly, if you like them!" Then TO the
clerk: "How much are Tomatoes this
morning."
I'm not sure; I'll ask. JIM" calling to
fellow clerk, chow much is them termait-
ersD
'I'll ask the boss. Say" passing the word
further back, watcher gettin for tonht-
toes today"
"T'mats? o, two baskets for a quarter,
l guess"
Therefore, to please her guest who loved
"tomaytoes," Mrs. Housekeep invested ID
some Tomatoes" and JIM who was inves
tigating the price of tomatoes" for the
benefit of fellow clerk who wanted to
know how to sell "termaiters," was en-
lightened as TO what he should charge for
"t'mats." And the bystander was left mar
yelling at the infinite variety of English as
she is spoke. Chicago Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
YIELDED TO TEMPTATION.
With n Soul Above Selling Lace He
Thought Only OF Love.

He was a clerk in a dry goods store, and
her beauty and grace simply turned his head.
1t was in a Chicago dry goods store, which
is in it's way unique, and the Chicago dry
goods clerk is a creation indigenous to the
plant he serves. The ''booful" lady was
young, albeit she is matron, and as she
stood entranced before remnants of lace and
tried their different effects by spreading
the mesh over her lily-white hand, he, poor
fellow, was entranced too.
Isn't it beautiful" she asked, enthusi-
astcally, as she laid another specimen over
the back of her small, plump fist.
Exquisite! Divine!" calculated the be-
wildered clerk, with an energy that ought
to have sold all the lace in the establish
ment, but which was lost on the object'of it.
us it pure white or cream" she further
demanded.
Pure white, with dimples, responded the
lost knight of the yardstck.
There was one more question for the shop
per TO ask and she asked it.
is it handmade"
"No," answered the poor fellow, rushing
on to his doom, 1T is heaven-made."
1t took the manager of the department
some little time TO square the matter up and
sell the lace, and now the too susceptible
clerk is transferred to a department where
he vii be out of the way of emptation.-Chi-
cago Times Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
DYNAMITE IN THE STACKS.
Michigan Threshcrs Blown Up by Mn
IiciOus Persons.

Niles, Sept. 6.-Farmers throughout
southern Michigan are looking for
persons who have secreted sticks of
dynamite in sheaves of wheat. Near
Galesburg, while Louis Lefevre was
threshing. an explosion took place.
which wrecked the separator, stacker
and attachment, and the flames de-
stroyed every bushel of wheat and the
farm buildings. Several men at work
on the thresher were blown many feet
away and severely injured. Saturday
afternoon while Harmon belong was
threshing wheat on George Town
sends farm, near Vandalia. a terrific
explosion took place, blowing the sep
arator TO fragments. At least half a
dozen of these explosions have oc-
Cured in different parts of the coun-
try, and the losses have been large.
Farmers have hired detectives to inves-
tigate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
VICTIMS OF A MOB.
Masked Men Mnltreat Couple at
West HarrisviIIe.

Harrisville, Sept. 3.-This vicinity is
excited over an outrage perpetrated
by masked mob upon Hiram Mckinna
and Mrs. Frank Haws. McKinna was
recently shot and slightly injured by
Mrs. Haws' husband on account of Nc
Kinna's alleged familiarity with Mrs.
Haws. During Wednesday night two
parties of masked men took the woman
and McKinna from the latter's house,
stripped them of most of their clothing
and marched them to West Harrisville,
three miles distant, fogging them both
with whips EN- route. The hair was cut
from Mrs. Haws' head, and finally the
couple were left tied to telegraph
pole Later McKinna cut the ropes
which bound them with a penllnife,
which he had managed TO conceal, and
returned home with the woman, who
was in a pitiable condition from the
blows she received. There have been
no arrests yet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
ringree's Employees at work.

Detroit, Sept. 3.-The strike of the
600 employees in Gov. Pingree's shoe
factory was brought to an end and
the machinery was started at one
o'clock Thursday afternoon. BY agree
ment every one is pledged to silence
as to the terms, but it is rumored that
although the firm made some minor
concessions. yet there will be no in
crease in the scale until the present
poor condition of the shoe business
changes for the better. Employees in
the finishing room are to get a mini
mum rate of S1.2j a day hereafter, it is
said, and the firm will pay the full
rate to men who succeed others on a
new job, provided the new men are
proficient
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Interesting Information from Many
Localities.

a Colon man shipped a ton of turtles
10 Chicago recently.
Capitalists will build an electric road
from Detroit to Romeo.
The Alger Guards, of Benton Harbor,
will organize a naval company.
Farmers i'm the vicinity of Petoskey
will start cooperative creamery.
Enormous catches of fish have been
made by fishermen in Saginaw bay.
Congressman Todd is busy at his
farm harvesting 1000 acres of mint.
The new State Telephone company
will establish an exchange at Lapeer.
William Atkins, of Arabella, Tuscola
county, has discovered fine vein of
soft coal on his farm.
Lansing will sue bondsmen for the
$4,000 city money deposited in the de-
funct Peoples savings bank.
4 receiver has been asked for the Ben
tor Harbor e. Eastern Electric Railway
company to wind up its affairs.
One of the new laws compels mine
companies TO fence in all open pits,
some of which are 100 or more feet
deep, and very dangerous.
George Demars, aged %, who halls
from New York state, was crushed 20
death in a hay press on the farm of
John Manning, near Saginaw.
The fiftieth session of the grand
lodge of odd fellows encampment of
Michigan will meet in kalamazoo, prob
ably the second week in October.
DR.. Henry f. Thomas, of Allegan. has
been nominated by the republicans of
the First district of Allegan county for
representative to the legislature.
George Humphrey, aged II years,
while playing on the turntable in the
Michigan Central yards at Oxford, was
crushed by an engine and died shortly
afterward.
Judge Maxwell, of Bay county, will
call grand jury on October Is 10 in
vestigate alleged irregularities in coun-
~ and city affairs. 1t promises to be a
great sensation.
The depositors of the defunct savings
bank at White hall will begin suit
against the directors of the bank to re-
cover their deposits. So far they have
received but II per cent. in dividends.
Mrs. w. Il. Hutchinson, of Flint, who
chloroformed her little girl and shot
another, declares that she intended to
kill her husband and then herself. fear
ing that all were doomed TO become in
sane.
The Knights of Khorassan of the en-
tire Saginaw district, which covers Bay
City, Flint, Owosso and many other
towns and cities. will be entertained by
Islam Temple, No. 81, Of Saginaw, Sep
TENDER Is.
Gov. Pingrce is prepared to appoint
an indefinite number of delegates TO
represent Michigan at the national
prison congress TO be held at Austin,
Tex, October 1920. The delegates will
have to pay their own expenses.
The Grand Trunk has just made an
important concession TO its employees.
The company will hereafter refund one
half the freight charges on coal, wood
and building material intended for
the personal use Of the employees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
Partly UnconstitutionnI.

Lansing, Sept. G.-Attorney-General
Maynard has filed an opinion relative
to the validity of the act of the last
legislature relative to hawkers' and
peddlers' licenses. lie declares that
while the act clearly applies to agents
who take orders from house to house
to be sent to another state and there
filed, such provision is clearly UNI
constitutional, being an attempt to reg
ulate interstate commerce. The bal
ance Of the act is not, however, invali-
dated because of this unconstitutional
provision.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
GOLD CRAZE GROWS.
Large Parties Leave the $500" for the
Michipicoten River.

Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 1.-The gold
fever is spreading and more parties are
organizing. Prospectors arrive every
hour. The gold fields are 120 miles
from the 800" and are reached
Monday and Thursday of each week.
Prospectors are landed in IL hours at
Gross Cap harbor, at the mouth OF the
Michipicoten river, where there was
formerly "A Hudson bay trading post.
From this point portage OF seven
miles has to be made, which brings the
gold hunter to Lake Wawa, where the
gold has been discovered. Prof Nc
Kenzie says he has never seen section
where the indications are more promis-
ing than they are at Michipicoten. In
no portion of this land has the pro-
fessor failed to find paying veins of
quartz. The gold in the quartz is most
sought after, because it is easily en-
tracted Prof. Mckenzie thinks it is
unlikely any placer diggings will be
discovered.
Samples of quartz shown here are
pronounced by local assayers to be ex-
ceedingiy rich. Expert miners claim
the new fields to be as rich as the Alas
ka Klondike. A. M. Mackie, of the
Canadian 500, has a claim, and from
good authority it is said a specimen he
showed brings 81 900 to the ton. While
prospecting in this district is hard
undertaking, owing to the heavy
growth of spruce and tamarack over
the deposits and the presence of moss
from six TO eight inches thick, yet the
region is easily accessible. There are
none of the hardships incident to trip
to the Klondike. For over week pros
pecting parties have been pouring into
the new district from here and the In
dians, according to reports which come
back. profess to have information
which will lead to still richer discov-
cries along the shores Of Manitou and
Dog lakes, to the north of the present
fields. The country in which the finds
have been made is practically an UNI
explored wilderness, but the Indians
say that pay dirt can be found along
the 200 streams pouring into the valley,
some OF them only little brooks. There
are now about 800 persons on the
ground, and this is the best season of
the year TO prospect in that country, as
the black flies and mosquitoes are gone.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

0Bryanism will soon be simply
Bryan, 10 judge by the rate at which
men are deserving it.-Syracuse Stand
ard.
UEven the calamity writers are be-
ing forced to go to work and earn a
share in the returning prosperity
Chicago Tribune.
rJBryan says the political battle of
1897 must be fought out on the platform
of 1896" Nothing will suit republic
ans better than that.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
DPotatoes are going up in price
while silver is falling. Another of the
many proofs that the prices of farm
products have no real relation to the
price of silver.-Toledo Blade.
DMexican silver dollars are worth
80 cents. If silver doesn't get off the
toboggan pretty soon our sister re-
public may be driven to adopt the cop
per tandard.-Chicago Times-Herald.
UThe silver men in the democratic
party continue their efforts 10 drive
the sound money democrats into the
republican party, and they are meet
ing with great success. In every cam
paign planned thus far they are MAX
ing silver the leading issue, and the re-
suit is that the decision of that once
great party. which was begun in the
campaign OF last fall, IS being made
permanent. - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
ryStep by step the richest silver pro-
ducing countries in the world are COM
ing to the gold standard. 1t has been
only few days since the abandonment
of the silver standard by San Salvador
was announced. and now it is report
ed that Peru is on the point of follow
ing the example of the little Central
American state. If things go on at
the present rate much longer only Bry-
on and Altgeld viii be left in the free
silver camp.-Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
AN EXTRA SESSION.
Gov. PinErec VIII Ask state SOiops
for Revenue LcGislatiOn.

Grand Rapids, Sept. 4. - Railroad
Commissioner Wesselius is authority
for the positive statement that Gov.
Pingree will call'a special session of the
legislature TO be held soon after the
holidays. The governor, he says, will
submit his views on needed legisla-
ton in way that his position cannot
be mistaken, and the legislators will
have TO go on record as to how they
stand before the next campaign opens.
The extra session will cost quite a
sum, but the state will make money by
it, as the revenue will be largely in
creased if the legislation asked for goes
through.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
IN a BURNING BLANKET.
Dementcd Woman's Method of End
ing Her Existence.

Owosso, Sept 6.-Aliss Mile Com
stock preferred death to spending the
rest of her life in an insane asylum.
She adopted sure method of ending
her existence. Saturating a blanket
with kerosene oil she wrapped herself
in it. Then she placed a match to the
blanket and drew her head into its
folds, completely enveloping herself in
flame. She died in great agony. Miss
Comstock was a music teacher. She
had been in poor heath for some time
and preparations were being made to
remove her to the Pontiac ASYLUM
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
Reports on the Hanks.

Lansing, Sept. 6.-The condition of
the 116 state banks and three trust com
panies Of the state at the close of bust
ness July % is given in consolidated
report issued by Banking Commits
sioner Just. Thereport showsincreased
deposits to the extent of S., 434, O37 80
overthe reportof May IA, the increase in
savings deposits alone amounting TO
S1.797 1850. Commercial deposits in
creased S771,74s.1S in two months, and
the certificates of deposit fell off
$lO5,14S.75. The increase in loans
and discounts amounts to S1,OS0, 17S.29,
and i'm resources to S774.OOS.45.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
Means Tvvo-Cent Fare.

Saginaw, Sept. 5.--The Grand Trunk
is issuing exchange tickets here to any
one who presents one of their $50 mile
age books. Hitherto the original pur-
chaser only could use the book. The
new departure actually means a two
cent rate over the system within Cen
trail Passenger association territory,
and war to the knife with the Michigan
Central and other Michigan roads
against the interchangeable mileage
system. which the Grand Trunk has al
ways fought.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
Apple Crop Poor.

Watervliet, Sept. A good many
apples are being shipped to Chicago,
despite The fact that fruit growers unite
ir declaring the crop failure. But
many orchards are almost destitute Of
fruit. and coopers are not rushed with
orders for barrels as they were last
year. Peaches are quite scarce in this
immediate vicinity, but a few miles
nearer the lake they appear to be plenti-
full. Pear orchards and vineyards are
loaded with fruit
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
SAID OF KlONDIKE,

If the Klondike gold fields turn out
to belong to us, we may expect Great
Britain TO ask for arbitration.-Toledo
Blade.
The Klondike mosquitoes are very
disagreeable creatures. They are too
big TO bar out with blankets, and yet
hardly big enough 10 eat.-Kansas City
Journal.
Considering the reports of gold dis
coveries which come from at least three
Of the four western points of the COM
pass, the whole western hemisphere is
under suspicion of being infected with
Klondike MISUNDERSTANDING Dis
patch.
4 liquor purveyor in New Orleans
found out day or two ago that the
two gold bricks he had purchased for
$1,000 were worth about two dollars
pair, He is evidently taking his Klon-
dixie disappointment right here at
home.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
It is some satisfaction to some boys to lie
leased about a girl they would like to 60
with but can't.-Washington Democrat.
~
larkey-"Excuse the remark, Mrs. Rooney,
but hasn't your tay a maley taste? Mrs.
Rooney-"Td have YOU TO know, Mrs. Null
larley, that whin we make stirabout we
make stirabout, an 'whn we make tay we
make tay, but we niver make them in the
same pot. Truth
''Nfy good man." said the severe lady.
"have YOU ever stopped to think how much
money is wasted in tobacco and rum? NO,
mum, haven't" answered the object It's
taking up all my time jist now to tigger out
how many families could be supported on
the price of the extra material women put
in their sleeves. "-Tit-Bits
There is nothing sadder than to look at
dressy old things, who have reached the
frozen ATTITUDES beyond fifty, and who per
sist in appearing III the airy costume of the
tropics.-lrederick Sheldon.
Peasant Wife Ito country quacl)-"Oh,
| doctor, you must do something more for my
husband; he is much worse. Doctor
"H'ml | have already cupped him and bled
him. There is nothing else | could do for
him but pull one of his teeth. "-FIiegende
| B!aettcr.
Teacher-"Freddy, how is the earth di.
vidcd?" Freddy" Between them that 3
got it and them that wants it. "-Credit Lost.
Flabson-"If you had million dollars
what would YOU do" Joggins-"Oh, I'd
probably spend my time going around tell
ing everybody how happy | was when
was poor and had my health. "-Roxbury
Gazette.
4 Difficult Problem.-"What kapes We
shtll so long, Dolan?' inquired Mr.. Raj
fertv Ohm arguin wild meself." About
WHAT" "Ci'm thryin' to convince meself
that its no harder to push a whee.barrow
on the level than to push me bicylllc mp hill,
an Oh can't 90 it!"-Washington Star.
1t keeps a fellow busy most days lodging
boroe -\VaShinrton Democrat