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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24
Independence Day Celebration
Ever Held in Maine.
Mardi Gras!

At great expense Portland has OBJ
tanned an entire procession of the fam
GUS New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival,
consisting of Is Beautiful Floats of
dazzling brilliancy, laden with hand
some Women in Magnificent Oriental
Costumes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24
AUGUSTA TO SOUTH GARDINER.

Through tickets to California and all
points South and West may be had of T..
H. Walker, ticket agent. Augusta. the
only Office in Augusta selling via all
routes and checking baggage free of ex-
pense.
GEO. F. EVANS.
General Manager
f. f. BOOTHBY,
GenI Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Portland, June Is, 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24
CITY OF AUGUSTA
Collectors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the taxes
assessed on the polls and estates of the
city Of Augusta for the year 1897 We're
committed to ]. r.. Townsend, collector
of said city. on the 18th day of June, 1897.
That by a vote Of the city council of
said city. said taxes are due and pay
able to said collector. on or before the
18th day of September. 1897. and that an
abatement or discount OF 9 per cent. will
be allowed on all taxes assessed for the
year 1897 which shall be voluntarily paid
to said collector on or before the 18th
day of August. 1897. and interest at per
cent. will be added to all of said taxes
remaining unpaid, Sept. IS. 1897, from
that date
]. r. TOWNSEND, Collector
Augusta, June Is. 1897. june16dtd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Arrangement of Trains in
Effect June 20, 1897.
THROUGH TRAINS

Passenger trains leave Augusta as fol-
lows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24
The White Squadron

VIII be in the Harbor and open to
Public Inspection.
Grand Military. Civic and Trades
Parade two miles long.
Horrible and Fantastic Carnival
Parade
Illuminated Bicycle Parade at night.
Artillery and Infantry drills
Continuous Concerts by Military
Bands.
Two Balloon Ascensions.
Day Fireworks.
Professional Ease Ball Game.
Athletic Sports
Yacht Races.
Boat Races.
Bicycle Races.
Sails down the liarbor.
All The old fashioned features.
Ono Fare Ola All Kali
roads.
Tickets good until Tuesday, July 9Th.
See news columns for further par
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24

Tickets good until Tuesday, July 9Th
See news columns for further par
ticulars.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
o come from. he IL greatly mistaken.

to come from, he IL greatly mistaken,
for the clever Greek monks, while
claiming to. run free boarding house
for tramp pilgrims. have managed to
make the establishment not only a pay.
ing institution, but one Of the wealth.
lest communities in the Fast. 1t IL os-
tentatiously given out that entertain.
ment IL free for all who come, but be.
fore the tourist leaves the confines Of
the monastery he IL made aware that
any contribution he feels willing TO
make In aid Of the poor brethren will
be gratefully received. or course, ev.
cry tourist takes the hint. and even
from the poorer classes Of pilgrims.
who 60 afoot md have little to spare.
the shrewd monks contrive to ge,
something.
From the towers Of Mar Saba It Il an
easy rif, to the tomb Of Moses. which
marks the end Of the hill country Of
Judea and the beginning Of the plains
Of Jericho. The tomb IL Mohnmmp.
dan mosque on the site Of Christian
monastery that dated from the days
Of the Crusades. 1t Is not an imposing
structure. low, fat and without archi.
tectural pretensions. but enjoys great
repute In the world Of 1slam as a
shrine Of unusual sanctity. The fact
that the real grave Of Moses was un.
known even to the Jews Of his own day
cuts no figure in this case, for, during
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

and return. No one ventures even so
far ms the Jordan without an armed
escort. for the road from Jerusalem to
Jericho Is as badly infested with
thieves now as when the good Samari-
tan went that way and picked up the
luck!ess tourist who ventured to make
the journey without an escort. Even
now II sometimes happens that over
confident travellers come 10 grief. and
recent party met on their way a
couple OF English tourists who had fal-
len among thieves who carried out tho
Scripture program almost to the letter.
strinping them of their raiment, save
shirt apiece, and departing, leaving
them unwounded, It Is true, but half
dead under the responsibility of get.
ting back TO town with no more cloth
Ing than that left to them by the plum
derers.
About half way between the Holy
City and the Sea of the Dead the party
stops for the night at the Monastery OF
Mar Saba. 1t Is gloomy looking
place, half fortress. half monastery,
but It has abundant accommodations
for the hundreds Of pilgrims who flock
from Jerusalem to the Jordan and
back again. There Is no charge for
food or lodging, but II anyone supposes
that the monastery loses money by en-
tertaining travellers, or that the Abbot
lies awake nights worrying about
where the support OF the brethren II
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

the age Of the Crusades, miracles were
common, and when the desirabillty Cf
n shrine became manifest It was an
easy matter TO make miraculous dis.
cOvery Of the grave, the location of
which was 30 revealed to monk in
dream, the monastery established, and
afterward appropriated by the Turks.
The plains Of Jericho nre the private
property Of the Sultan; are titled for
his benefit by the local peasantry, and
are kept free from grnsshoppers by
primitive and thoroughly oriental
method. When the storks make their
first appearance In the spring. the In.
habitants know that the grasshoppers
will not be long In coming. and the 10.
cal supervisor sends word to the Pasha
In jerusalem that the hopper crop Is
nearly ready. A soon 40 the Pasha
feels equal to the necessary excrtiOi
he sends word to the men Of the VII.
lnges nearest to the Jordan TO hold
themselves in readiness to protect the
Sultan's crops. When the 'hoppers he.
gin to move, all the population turns
out In force, armed with sticks, brooms.
poles. brush. punches Of cane and SINH.
lar means OF offensive warfare, and,
forming q line, advances on the hop.
per infested district. Every grasshop.
per that can be found II killed. and
after the carnage. which generally lasts
only day or two. the pest 10 subduetl,
and the people 70 back to their homes.
The Jericho plains are singularly fer.
tile. and under any other rule than that
OF the Turk would be one Of the choice
garden spots OF Palestine. Now, little
Ii grown there save wheat, which Il
produced In quantity and Of quality
unknown elsewhere in the Holy Land.
Midway through the fats runs the
Jordan. and tradition has pointed ont
In the vicinity Of Jericho and along Its
fertile plain many spots noted In III.
cred lore. At one pool In the river. nc.
cording to the popular legends. Christ
was baptized. and here the Russian
pilgrims Ill their bottles with water
from the Jordan, to be taken home as
q holy relic. At another 10 shown tho
tree which Zaccheus climbed to got
above the heads Of the crowd; at still
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

another are few scattered stones,
stated TO he those CT the identical walls
which fell ut the blast of the Jewish
trumpets. A cave in the side of q hill!
Is stoutly affirmed to lie the veri.able
hole In the ground into which Lot re.
treated after the destruction of the
cities of the plain. while beneath the
waters OF the sea few hewn stones,
still In position. as q wall, are supposed
to mark the location of one of the
doomed cities.
The immediate neighborhood of tho
Sea OF the Dead presents few attrac-
lions to the tourist, and does not To-
vite stay Of more than few hours.
Not a bird In the air, not a fish in the
sea, not a sign OF life along Its shores,
but giimmering above the waters
from the constant evaporation, intense
heat, reflected from the rocks and
waters. and utter silence. The sea
well deserves its name, and after q
survey of the vicinity It is easy to I'M
derstand why the jewellers In the plains
of Jericho believe the region to rest
under perpetual curse, and that,
after nightfall, 1t is infected by the
uneasy ghosts of the wicked jewellers
In SOd0m and Gom0rrah.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

that a tourist goes alone. for travelling
In the East is expensive. and an cxcur.
sion Of this kind would cost three or
four travellers much less In proportion
than II would cost one. Mounting at
the hotel door, the party goes rattllng
along the narrow streets Of Jerusalem.
Two hours ride from the hotel down
through the gorge excavated by the
Brook Kedron brings the party to the
Turkish guardhouse on the road to the
Jordan. where he IN met by the un-
speakable Turk In force. for all the
garrison for the time being, whether
on duty or not. come out to meet the
travellers and bid them welcome. The
cordiality ID purely mcrcenary. how.
ever. for the Turkish and Kurdish
troops have no more love for the Chris.
tan tourist than for the Armenian
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Journey TO the Jordan.

Journey 70 tue yOr00us
A pleasure jaunt to the Dead Sen IL
Q novelty In these days, when novelty
has lost its edge. Yet. there Is such
thing. and. during the season. travel.
ers who desire TO make the journey
from Jerusalem to the nelghborhood
where Lot lost his wife may do 80 with
a. little discomfort rs the climate, the
bad roads and the horseback travelling
will permit.
The tourist who wishes to take in"
the Dead Sea as one Of the sights Of
Palestine will be reused at his hotel In
the City Of David before 9 o'clock In
the morning. and will find HE drago-
man waiting Mt the door with rs many
Of the small Syrian horses rs may be
needed for the party that proposes to
make the journey. II Is very seldom
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

peasant, and. II It were their interest
to do 30. would, with neatness and
dispatch, cut the throats Of all the
party. pillage their baggage and throw
their bodies over the nearest precipice.
But even Turks learn something by
experience. and the Turks OF the
guardhOuse on the road to the Jordan
have learned that II 10 more profitable
to protect than to plumber travellers. 10
they extend hearty welcome to the
tourists. invite them In and offer them
cups OF black coffee. Coffee. In all
parts Of the Ottoman Empire. 10 al.
ways on tap. and the traveller who &C.
cepts a cup from a gens.d'arine. by
that act engages the man a. bis protcc.
tor during the Journey to the Dead Sea
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
GUNNER Excursion

GUNNER Excursion
~ Tickets to the resorts
Of Wisconsin. Minnesota.
Michigan. Colorado. Cali
fornia, Montana, Wash.
ington, Oregon and British
Columbia; also to Alaska,
Japan, China and all Trans.
Pacific Points. are now on
sale BY the CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE & ST.
PAUL RAILWAY. Full
and reliable information
can be had by applying 10
MIR. 6. n. SOU1HER,
Ticket Agent. IS Adams
Street, Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

Snow at the Equator.
At the equator the limit of perpetual
snow In 14.1OO feet.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AN EXCURSION POPULAR IN THE
HOLY LAND.

From Jerusalem 60 the Monastery Of
Mar saba. Thence 60 the Fords Of
the Jordan - On the Piains Of
Jericho.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

Force Of Freezing Water.
The thickest artillery shells are burst
by the expansive force Of freezing
water.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

Men who 90 to the WALLPAPER.
hangers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07

4 sluggish liver-The sloth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02

General Daniel Ruggles, who died at
his home. in Fredericksburg, yesterday
morning was brave spirit and nobly
illustrated the high principle involved III
suffering for devotion to conviction
Of the right. Although man OF north
ern birth, r hero of two wars prior TO
the great civil conflict, and having, when
that conflict commenced, every reason
to expect preferment in the United
States army. in which he was an officer,
he unhesitatngly cast his lot with the
South.
General Ruggles believed that the
Southern States were acting entirely
within their constitutional prerogatives
in leaving the Union, and was willing
TO lay down his life for that belief. Du-
ring the struggle he rose to the rank Of
major-general, and added fresh laurels
to those he had already won in the
Seminole and the Mexican wars. His
determination TO follow the dictates Of
his conscience and espouse the cause Of
the South subjected him to great calumny
at tilt MI III HiiN mo - GN''J N''~-~ w.
confscated. and reward offered for his
capture. General Ruggles's whole life
testified TO his having been cast in an
heroic mould, and was record of un-
swerving fidelity 10 what he conceived
to be his duty. His memory will ever
be cherished with the deepest affection
by Virginia. his adopted mother, for
whom none born on her soil made great
er sacrifices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02

leaders. and are satisfactorily to DOM
North and South; and .,oo,
whereas. such chapters In scnovl
history are most desirapie' anu 49,,
be OF Incalculable benefit 10 the co'"''
I'm proper instruction of the youth: there-
fore. be II .,.o
Resolved. That II IL the belef or ,ne
Department OF WISCONSIN, "ra"u go,
OF the Republic. that the sures', a''e =,
easiest. and best way 10 STU. a..
chapters for national scnooi nisas :,
to seec, for the work coHi'niA''op -.
distinguished educators from 'he ia''n
OF the contend;ng armies IN the
from 1s5l TO 1866.
Resolved, That our repres'n'n'''e - ~
the national encampment. when meets
at Buffalo next August. be requested 10
present this matter 10 that nohoiaOie
body"
This proposition IS receiving very great
attention I'm many OF the leading papers
of the country. both North and SOUTH
and the amount of approval the propo-
sl;ion is obtaining is at least twenty
times the amount OF disapprovai IL 90
tains. Next month the Confederate
Veterans will discuss the question: q.
their annual meeting. at Nashville; ana
II Is understood that their discussion VIII
20 on the lines OF the Joint-Biue-ahu-
Gray-Commisslon resolution adopted by
the Department OF Wisconsin, u. "A. H.
at Eau Claire.
1t is impossible. OF course, TO say be-
forehand what conclusion the Cohieu-
crate veterans will arrive at in TINS very
important matter: but. TO judge from the
completely unsectional feeling when
Federal and Confederate have developed
of late. and are now on every possible
occasion exhibiting toward each other'
the probabilities are strong that the
Confederate veterans will adopt the same
or a similar resolution. IL Is only rlsh'
and proper that they should; a genera
ton of men and women has now almost
passed from the earth since the close OF
the war, and coming generations VIII
want mainly to have the principles a1
stake i'm that momentous drama truth
fully set forth, and the varying phases
and Incidents Of the war accurately re-
lated They will certainly not want TO
have the animosties and bitternesses OF
the wartime perpetuated in histories
nor will they care to have highly-tinted
and ex-parte statement of the causes
and events of the unpleasantness taught
to their children, whether from Federal
or Confederate sources.
If the Confederate veterans at Nash
Vile fall i'm with the proposition TO have
a joint Federal and Confederate COM
mission of educators TO write resume
of the war that VIII be adopted both IN
northern and southern school histories.
II is almost certain that their example
will be followed by the Grand Army OF
the Republic at its annual encampment
two months later on and thus amicab'y
and satisfactorily will very ugly little
sectional question that has caused much
bad blood and bother for years be dis
pOsed of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02

cedes that the State may pess a prom
bition law IL II pleases, but he denies
that II has a right 10 monopolize the sale
OF liquor 10 the injury OF liquor dealers
in other States. His opinion is based
,,pon the Interstate commerce provision
OF the Federal Constitution and laws
Hereunder, which have been passed by
Congress.
The decision OF Judge Simonton has
brought the state OF South Carolina face
to face with a very disagreeable ques-
ton. IT has on hand $4,000 worth OF
LIQUOR. and hence II could not cease dis
pensIng' without a great loss. on the
other hand II cannot continue the dis
pensary business so long as Judge simon
toms Injunction stands.
We take IT for granted that immediate
efforts will be made 10 have the JUDGES
order set aside, but I'm these days, wheh
Fedora, courts are taking unto them-
selves so much authority, II Ii by no
means certain that an appeal viii avail
the State
Senator Tillman. In an interview pup
lished in a northern paper, roundly abuses
Judge Slmonton for his Infamous deci-
sion" but unfortunately for his cause
abuse will not dissolve an injunction.
1t Is doubtful If the attempt OF south
Carolina to regulate the liquor trai'ic by
taking II into her own hands has been
beneficial to her people. We know tnat
Mr.. Tnlman and many OF his friends
are ready to affirm that 1t has been. but
many other South Carolinians are OF
the contrary opinion. But this we know
IL has been the source Of much con-
tention. great deal of bad blood ana
OF not n few homicides. 1t is true that
a profit for the State has usually been
figured out for the business. but the peo-
pie Of South Carolina can only learn the
whole truth after the dispensary's affairs
have been wound up. And this proceed
ing seems now not unlikely. In case the
dispensary law is dispensed with, 1t Is
predicted by some of the newspaper cor
respondents that South Carolina will be-
come q prohibition State.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02
school History OF the War.

New Orleans Times-Democrat)
At the end OF last week we called
attention in these columns TO the unre-
constructed spirit of the Indiana De
partment Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie. in the matter Of school history OF
the civil war, and TO the thoroughly lib
eral and unscctional spirit exhibited by
the leading papers of Indiana while COM
menting on the Grand Army's narrow
minded pronouncement.
But all departments OF the Grand Army
of the Republic are fortunately not as
sectional and bigoted in this matter as
the Indiana department. The Depart
ment OF Wisconsin. q. a. r.. met at
Eau Claire last week. and at its pow
WOW II adopted the following preamble
and resolutions:
"Whereas, the war between the North
and South ended nearly third OF a Gen.
tury ago-endeb TO the honor and glory
of the best government ever vouchsared
TO mankind; and.
whereas. there tas not yet been pre-
pared for use In the public schools OF
the United States chapters on that great
war for school history that do exact
Justice to States, armies, battles, and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02
DIFFERENCE IN TINE.

In the press dispatches the earthquake
of Monday is stated to have occurred in
the West about O'Clock. Hereabout
il is stated TO have occurred about 2
O'Clock. In the one case the observers
used western time; in the other central
time Keeping this fact in view. the
reader will see that the shake" was Of
almost simultaneous occurrence where
ever it was felt.
Taking the accounts of the disturbance
by and through, we are Of the opinion
that the shock was as great in Virginia
as in any other State.
The rumb!ing noise seems not to have
been generally heard in our cities, but it
was very distinctly heard in the country
and in quiet towns. In few places in
Virginia, an explosion" or, as others
describe IL. "detonation," is said TO
have been heard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-02
FEDERAL DECOR ATION-DAY.

That was an interesting letter OF Mrs.
General John a. Logans published III
the New York Herald. Of Sunday, giving
the origin of "Decoration-Day.'
Mrs. Logan says that in the spring Of
1858 she went on a visit TO the southern
battle-helds. Everywhere she found
signs of privation and devastation, but
tho graves of the soldiers seemed as
far as possible the objects of the greatest
care and attention" one graveyard
that struck her as being especially
pathetic was in Richmond" The graves
were new and there had recently been
q Memorial-Day observance, and upon
each grave there had been placed
small Confederate flag and wreaths OF
beautiful flowers
So impressed was Mrs. Logan By what
she saw, Immediately upon her return
to Washington she urged General Logan
TO take steps to secure like observance
in memory of the fallen Union soldiers.
General Logan was at that time at the
head of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
and very shortly afterwards he issued
an order directing that all graves Of
Union veterans be decorated according
TO the custom which now prevails.
General Logan often spoke of the Issuing
Of this order as the proudest act of his
life." his wife says.
We think Mrs. Logan Is mistaken In
saving that the custom here was TO
place a small Confederate flag upon
each grave. in some instances that was
done no doubt; but our recollection is
that that practice was not, and never
has been, general.
So far as we know, this letter of Mrs.
Logan's makes the first public acknow-
ledgment of the indubtable fact that
the northern people borrowed from us
the custom Of setting apart day on
which TO decorate the graves of their
fallen soldiers and TO have memorial
exercises in their honor.
our observances are called memo
rial" days. At the North theirs were
usually called decoration" days; but of
late the name "Memorial-Day' has been
adopted in many northern localities.