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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
United States and China.
IN. Y. 'lrrihnne.l


The United States, too, has great inter-
ests in China. and hopes 10 have greater
when the annexation of Hawaii and the
laying of Geographic cable shall have
helped this country into the dominant
rank in Pacific commerce to which 1t is
naturally entitled. Its trade with China
is now over $l6,0U0000 a year-eXcecded
only by that Oh Great Britain and Japan.
1t is eminently desirable that that trade
should be preserved and increased. But
that end is not to be attained by going to
war with the partitionng powers nor by
seizing for this country share of the
crumbling empire There is no lack of
suggestions that we should adopt such /,
course. Those who disputed the right of
this country to express any interest even
in Venezuela. who talk about Yankee
insolence" in Cuba, and who weep croc-
otlile tears over the awful blunder We
shall make in anneXing Hawaii. are
daily urging this country to interfere in
the partition of China The tricis will not
work. The Monroe docfrine cannot be
stretched to cover Asia. The United
States will not. by meqdling in the af-
fairs of European powers. invite and jus
tify the meddling of European powers i'll
mate rights of the United States in China
ought to be and will be safeguarded. But
that is tc be done by peaceful negotia
tons with the powers under whose con-
troll China passes. exactly as Japans
rights in hawaii will be secured by treaty
with this country when this country has
annexed those islands. And it is by no
means impossible that this country may
get more real profit out of China than
any of the powers that so arbitrarily OPP
press her and divide her lands among
thcm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Mr., Bryan is said to have been con-
firmed in his opinion that the silver
currency of Mexico is just what this
country needs. If that is so Mr.. Bryan
is in favor of silver mOnometallic
standard, not bimetallism. Bimctallism
signifies the circulation side by side Of
silver and gold. In Mexico gold long
since ceased to circulate beside the
cheaper metal. No one can get gold
there by paying the silver dollar for
the gold dollar. When gold must be
had to pay the foreign exchanges it
takes more than two Mexican silver
dollars to buy one of gold. That is
the condition of affairs Mr.. Bryan
would have in this country if he ap-
proves of it in Mexico. for it was Ions
since demonstrated that it would be
impossible for free coinage of silver N
this country alone to raise the price of
the white metal to that Of the yellow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
A Most Delightful Whist Party.
(Atchison GloIe.b

Miss Dorothy PoZzeman gave one %
the most delightful whist parties of III
season yesterday. There were seven tn
bies. and the refreshments consisted o
the usual stuff served on such occasions
Among the guests Were Miss Alice Blim
Sor. who holds record Of having at
tended every whist party last season ant
this: Mrs. John I.indcrman. who is al
ways cumming around when she ought t
be at home attending to household duties
Miss Marguerite Killing. who loafs al
peoples houses so much that severa
husbands have privately threatened t,
throw her out: MRS. i'm Slaugh.. VINO has
sickening habit Of falling in love
with other women,e Miss Martha Pink
who thinks she is so pretty that she vii
marry well. no difference whether SHE
knows anything or not: Miss Edith wy
andorfer. the old maid. who tries TO ere
ate the impression that she is "A very de-
vout church worker but who is such III
awful gossip and SO disagreeabie that NJ
man will have anything to do with her
Miss Jane Ranfoley. whose parents arr
too poor to support her in idleness. and
who ought to go to, work And there
were others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30 is

which 3 man or woman may devote
his or her efforts With more assurance
of opportunity for achieving lasting
results for the betterment of society
than that of teaching offers 1t is inn
possible to accurately estimate r the
power for good which the conscientious,
intelligent and successful teacher may
exert and there is little liability of
overestimating it. OF all this there no
longer is question among intelligent
people. Consequently the need of i'm
proving the service, the personnel of
the teachers, the breadth of their knowl-
edge, their enthusiasm for the work,
and of affording them every possible
facility, knowledge of all the facts
demonstrated by experience, every as
sistance which association and cooper
alton may yield, must be apparent.
No state in the Union has better ma
than has Maine, but more can be done
in the way of developing it, more in :
ducements are needed to keep the best.
to utilize what we have. And such an
organization as this society can do
very much. along these lines. The
Maine Pedagogical Society has done
much in fact, and it is gratifying to
note is not weary with we'll doing.
May it's tribe: increase, also its power
for good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

A report from Kentucky to the effect
opposed to civil service reform is being
organized all over the country for the
purpose Of abolishing the reform al
ready achieved, should be hailed with
delight by the friends of the reform.
Whoever heard of a secret organization
Aeing able to run this government to
its liking? Any such attempt reflects
upon the cause espoused, it would be
nothing less than a source of fatal
weakness to the purpose of restoring
the spOils system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
SPARKS FROM mAIne SIRtS.

II. w. Morse. Sedgwick sea captain.
had a rather exciting taste of the Cuban
war While discharging cargo at II
Cuban port on Dec. I. Il band of insur-
gents raided the town. and the wharf
where his vessel lay. shooting the Span
ish guard and carrying of $i1 900 of spices
which were in boxes on the wharf. Mr..
Morse writes that he has~no doubt there
is war in Cuba.
William II. Soule. cashier of the Cum
berland National Bank of Portland, died,
"Wednesday morning. Mr.. SOule was born
in Freeport in 1880. and was in the gro-
Gerry business there for some years. Then
he came to Portland and worked as book
keeper for Il wholesale house. He has
been cashier of the Cumberland National
Bank for 10 years. He leaves Il wife and
one brother. George w. Soule of Boston.
Deputy Sheriff Frank w. Lunt of West
fremont. arrived in Ellsworth. Tuesday,
with David and Joe Dawes of Tinker $
Island. These are the brothers of Charles
| and John Arthur Dawes who made their
| escape when Deputy Sheriff Llint raided
their house at Tinkers Island. He finally
located them at d camp on Moose Island.
He visited the camp. Monday night. and
found his men. They were bound over
in $1,000 each for the April term of the SUI
preme court. I.
John Buckley. for many years yard
overseer of the Pepperell mills in Biddc-
years. He was born in Ireland and came
to this country II years ago without a
dollar. While in Lowell looking for work
he saw a placard which read: Five hum
dred IriShmen wanted to work in the cot
ton mills in Biddeford'' He went there
secured employment and stuck to it near
ly 80 years with hardly Il vacation. BY
strict economy and shrewd investment
largely in local real estate. he accumu-
lated Il fortune estimated at 100000. A
wife. daughter and two sons survive
him.
The Inflated log drive of Dole &
Stewart. which is frozen into Sandy
river at Phillips. causes more or less
apprehension. The Sandy is as meek
as Moses. at low water pitch but when
the ice goes out" it rises up and tears
over the rocks with rip-snorting fe-
rocity that is appalling. The freshet
of SO carried out the bridge between
the village and the tBritish' side, and
ever since then the people have had
a healthy respect for the little river
Ordinary ice freshets excite but little
alarm. but it is feared that the logs
may make trouble In case of freshet
Just how the difficulty will be settled
is yet matter of Conjecture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Notwithstanding the preferential
and the bad turn consequently caused
out free traders the results show that
the growth of our imports into Canada
has increased and the imports from
England have fallen off. Canada I'M
ports more than twice as much from
us as from England, though she sells
twice as much to the mother country
as to u.s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

The abundant crops of clover that
was feature of the farms in Aroos-
took has been completely wiped ont
The past two years, owing to the
scarcity OF snow that left the fields ex-
posed. Not only the loss of the val
liable hay crop to a great extent but
the clover roots that kept the ground
in good condition as WELL 1t is i'm
possible to raise crop of clover unless
the ground is protected by plenty of
snow; thousands Of dollars worth of
clover and grass seed has been thrown
away on the ground that brought no
returns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
Maine Pedagogical Society.

The Maine Pedagogical Society was
organized in 1880. Ten years ago it's
annual meeting was held in this city.
We trust it will not restrict it's Au-
gusta meetings to one in a decade.
The State capital affords central To-
cation and there can be no question in
the mind of anyone but the people of
this city are glad to welcome it at any
time. @
.. We are proud of our schools and the
teachers who instruct our children and
I'VE do not believe there is any COM
munity in the State or in the country
that better appreciates the need Of Just
such efforts as the Maine Pedagogical
Society is making than do the
parents and teachers of this city.
|. As for the cordially of the welcome
our teachers have to offer there need
De nothtN said for have not the
visitor elfeady had proof, a welcome
Who's ysxv sweetnessyieldekh proof?'
NO. there car be no doubt ina the minds
q the members Of the society but they
=. ooo.iy Welcome and we trust there
VI. Pc none as to the Feasibility and
aph' yof holding these annual
then heretofore 1s
;c setainlv \. &.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

The state treasury Of North Carolina
is empty on account of the eXtravagant
appropriations made by the Populist
Legislature, which was elected on the
"Retrenchment and Reform" issue.
There never is much in a name
especially one of that kind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30


barely possible that he may have the natural
inherent resisting. power that will enable
him to conquer disease without the assist
ance of medicine, but he is not willing to
take the chances and will not disdain the
help of the right remedy.
When man feels out-of.sorts, when his
head is ache:y, dull and heavy, his body lazy,
his nerves jerky, his sleep broken, his APP
petite finicky, his skin sallow, his breath
foul and his mouth bad-tasting, he is having
a struggle with ill-health. If he is wise he
will take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t gives edge to the appetite and
makes the digestion perfect. 1t invigorates
the liver. 1t makes rich, red, pure blood
1t puts vim into every organ and fiber of
the body. 1t drives out all impurities and
disease germs. 1t imparts the glow of
health to the skin and the vigor of youth to
the muscles. 1t tones the nerves and gives
refreshing sleep. 1t builds firm flesh, but
does not raise the weight above Natures
normal. 1t cures 90 per cent. of all cases
OF consumption. All medicine stores sell
it. An honest dealer will not suggest a
worthless substitute for the sake of lit
tie extra profit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Several whiskey distillers have failed
because the market got overloaded
with whiskey Overlooking and failure
are by no means new penalties for
whiskey to inflict.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
Daily kennebec Journal.


No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held respOn-
sible for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

The Nebraska merchants say their
Christmas trade was fifty per cent.
larger than last year Bryan should
hurry back from Mexico to tell them
it is only temporary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Quincy's success in Boston has so
cnthused his followers that they now
come right out frankly and say they
are cunning for the Honorable George
Fred Williams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

BY the mingling Of certain anaes-
thetics new one has been produced
for which wonderful properties are
claimed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
However that.mA be big Lewiston
dog that prided thimself on licking

every canine he came across was in
troduced to one of the clay pugs at a
certain store the fighting dog was in
the habit of visiting. The moment his
eyes fell on that model every hair on
his body bristled and with howl he
made his escape as if a horde of fiends
We're on his track. and he never came
back.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

The Russian paw is on Corea and it's
grip is known to be a difficult one to
shake off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

It is said the old year is getting
groggy, but surely not in celebrating
the advent Of his successor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

The attempt to make Secretary Gage
persona non Srata with the present
administration has again missed fire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

The weather of the past few days has
been doing for the ice crop what the
sunshine does for the corn about the
first of September.
The interest in Lewiston~ prayer
meeting was SO intense or so loud that
a fireman present failed to hear the
alarm that startled the town on the
occasion of a recent big fire there. a
Portland's shipping commissioner
has many applications from boys who
| want a chance to go to sea and learn
| to be sailors. but none of the captains
want them, for the reason that the boy
cannot earn his living aboard ship
| Under such conditions it is not surpris-
ing that first class American seamen
are not so common as foreigners even
| aboard our own vessels.
| The ArOOstook Republican begins the
! ing of confidence begotten by success.
The publisher continues to ask the peo-
| pie of the county for their support but
adds that he wants it only in that de-
gree warranted by the merit of the pa
per-" We can truthfully say that if he
gets it only under such conditions he
will have handsome patronage.
! An Auburn man who climbed to the
| ridgepole of his house one cold morn
| ing recently only to see the ladder by
which he climbed slip to the ground
! realizes the slangy significance of "a
| FROST
| A young man in Caribou has been
obliged to pass the cigars twice on ac-
count of his recent wedding He was
thoughtless enough to pass them before
leaving for Eft. Fairfield to have the
knot tied and when he got to the home
of his bride he found that he had left
the marriage license at home OF
course the predicament was too conf
cal to long remain a secret so he passed
the cigars again.
PerhafS dogs are not superstitious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
And Z Rich Pa.
Chicago Times-lierald.

II takes only thirty days and ~ cents
Il buShel to convert a reckless young
Spectator" into Napoleon OF finance"
Sometimes the return trip is made with
NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

All the reports from Dawson City
tell Of plenty, some of plenty of food
and others Of plenty of hunger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Salisbury leaves that sealing ques.
ton all to Canada, as If he could!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
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The man may be
able to whip the
lion single-handed,
but he is not taking
chances, and is moi
going to disdain the
assistance of help
ers with hot irons.
The same is true of
a wise man who is
having a tussle with
III A-NAH- IA =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

brought to market. When the boy got
home his father shook up the potatoes
on top the barrels and returned to mar
ket Where he Immediately sold the lot
to the identical buyer who had refused
in the first instance. Probably the buy
er is more to be pitied than the boy
for he is undergoing no end of chatting
The Y. NJ. c. A. debates at Rockland
are lively affairs and some Of the best
speakers in town take part. AT the
last meeting the co-education of the
sexes was the discussion that brought
out the forensic eloquence of both the
gallant and the matter-of fact. Non
partisanship in municipal elections will
be the next subject.
If the Gulf stream has not of its own
accord turned inland the Aroostookians
will subscribe not penny for any
scheme to bring it nearer. They like
the good old fashioned winter best for
it is best adapted to their needs and
business.
Winnegance versus wardens and
Winnegance wins.
The Rockland Opinion has discovered
a woman at Feyler's Corner who has 4
lamp which she has used constantly
for 36 years, and has never broken a
chimney or a globe. Nothing of the
foolish virgin abo, that.
Biddeford Journal: The thanks of
the whole fraternity are due to a Da-
kota editor who wrote: THE price oi
this. paper is not increased by tn"
Dingley tariff bill, but we wish to cor
rect the misrepresentation of some of
our subscribers who seem to think il
, was placed on the free list"
This story comes from Washington
and if true Names senior senator un
doubleday enjoys it as well as anyone.
| Recently, it is said. he received a re-
quest for a copy of a government work.
THE Diseases of Cattle" and at once
| complied with it, The author is a dis
| tinguished scientist but the recipient
of the book appears to have taken it
for granted that Senator Hale was the
author for shortly after the senator
received another request from the same
town. The writer stated that he>had
sick calf. and as the senator was the
author of the book on diseases of cattle.
would be not tell him what to do to
heal the poor .bossy.
| tendance on the conventions of the
Pedagogical Society is Miss Snow. su-
perintendent of the Bangor schools.
An instance of her ready wit is re-
called by the following: 1t was at Il
State convention of this kind when :,
speaker on the subject. '"The Good
Girl expressed the opinion that the
good girl is myth. Quick as flash
came the remark from Miss Snow,
Perhaps she is to those who lisp
The hunting season in Maine is about
to close, and besides all the much -ad-
Nertised slaughter of the furry -coatAd
citizens of the woods, IA human lives
and any number of casualties con-
stitUte its most conspicuous record
Boston Transcript-This is the kind OF
advertising we are getting and will
continue to- get until something is done
to remove the CauSe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Spain is glad enough to have the
United States send aims to Cuba
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

purchase Il load of potatoes a boy
brought to market When the boy got
home his father shook up the potatoes
on top the barrels and returned to mar
ket where he Immediately sold the lot
to the identical buyer who had refused
in the first instance. Probably the buy
er is more to be pitied than the boy
for he is undergoing no end of chatting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30
J Maine GOss1lr.

The weather of the past few days has
been doing for the ice crop what the
sunshine does for the corn about the
first of September.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

women is DR.. Pierce's Com
> mon Sense Medical Adviser.
~ splendid thousand page
IsEtS volume, with over three hun
.uA. II1ssl dred engravings and coloretl
uxAN Ag1s, plates. A. copy, paper COW
M~ ss cred. will be sent to anyone
sending twenty one cents in
az one-cent stamps to pay the
T. cost of mailing only, to DR..
3. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Cloth bound 3flstamps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Perhal dogs are not superstitious
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-30

Winnegance versus wardens and
Winnegance wins.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-24
FORTIfICATION IN WARFARE.

The value Of adequate Notifications In case
of attack are admitted even by those most
ignorant Of the rules of warfare. 1t is also
obvious that all such measures are the result
forethought and preparation. To put of build
ing the necessary defences until the enemy 10
actually In sight would be the veriest folly yet
a majority Of people neglect fortifcstions that
are equally as important in an individual
sense. There exists substantially . state of
never ending war between nature and disease
At certain seasons the extreme atmospheric
conditions throw decided advantage towards
disease, hence we have what we call our eickly
seasons: notably the summer and fall. 1t is
strictly in accord with the prescribed rules of
warfare to fortify the body in advance of this
sickly season. The vital organs. the kidneys,
liver. stomach and bowels should be cleansed
stimulated and strengthened 30 as to resist the
enemy when he appears.
To purify and tone up the system. enrich the
blood and establish vigorous health through
out the body Prickly Ash Bitters 10 thorough
and reliable. It's value as . system tonic has
been shown in many years constant use. IL
removes bilious depression, nauseated stom-
sch and sluggishness Of body or brain and
quickly restores activity. energy and buoyancy
OF spirits. An invaluable fertilizer against sick
ness. Sold bv McClement i Co
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-24
Poem Causes a Murder.

Wichita, Kan, June S-At Ard
more, I. T., Jamss Williams, editor
of the Daily Chronicle, was shot
through the heart by Clarence Doug
lass, an Ardmore politician, in the
presence of hundreds Of people.
Douglass was the subject of an ar
ticle, written in Josh Billings style,
which appeared In the Chronicle
yesterday. His name was not men.
toned, bu. his public career was
held up to ,idicule and his political
ambitions referred to in such a man
ner as to leave the subjects identity
very evident When Douglass met
Williams he accused him of the au
thorship of the Objectionable article,
and Williams laughiugly admitted
that he wrote it Douglass immedi
ately drew his gun and fired.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-06-24
Reflections Of Il Bachelor.

New York Press.
A woman never completely loves
a man unless he is sometimes brutal
to her.
Every married man knows a girl
that hs thinks he might marry il
his wife died
Every girl has the belief that she e
Can cure certain mans headache
by stroking his forehead.
When girl wants to get married
sne always likes to show a man how
we'll she can hold another woman q
baby.
When some women ges to heaven
the first thing they will ask will bs
how the resi- of the angels have
agreed to treat Mary Magdalen.