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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28

Original, novel, and unique tableaux
viviants arranged and presented at rea-
sonably short notice. Liberal terms to
all church societies. clubs, fraternities,
charitable organizat ions and private par
ties. Special attention given to fairy and
scenic productions for childrens fest-
walls. Also lessons given in dramatic eX-
preston. Address, Mrs. Arthur L.
Brown, Capitol Square, Augusta, Maine.
mav2 d1mo*
...DAHr Dp Inv (no,,,,.r.,& 4. 81 40
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28

A house of eight rooms, with a good
garden. No. 81 State street. Inquire at
So Bridge street. may2l, d2w*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28

A store, in Riverside block. Inquire OF
DR.. J. F. Hill or VIM. H. Libby.
jan1Sdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28
To IS.DT.

Upstairs tenement of six rooms All
the modern conveniences. Apply to
George d. Haskell, East Side grocer,
Cony street. may26dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28
WA NTHD

MADAM BRANN-Clairvoyant. Is at ~
Gage street. Augusta, Me. feb15.d tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28

A pleasant, sunny, upstairs tenement,
corner Chestnut and Court streets. In
quire at Macomber, Farr & Co.'S insur-
ance Office. april26dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28

A small tenement of four rooms at q
Crescent street Inquire of Capt. Thomas
Clark, State House. may7dtf l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28

Fred Beal returned home from Brock
ton, Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
Not Tall Enough.
From London Tid-Bits.

From London It'd Bits.
Just at the time when vague reports were
beginning to creep abroad that Germany
was meditating fresh extension of her
frontier at the expense Of Holland, Dutch
official of high rank happened to be visiting
the court of Berlin, and among other Spec
tacles got UP to amuse him a review was
organized at Potsdam
What does your excellency think of our
soldiers?" asked Prince Bismarck, as one
OF the regiments came marching past in
admirable order
They lcok as II they knew how to fight"
replied the visitor graveiy, but they are
not quite tall enough"
The prince looked rather surprised. but
made no answer, and several other regi-
ments filed past In succession; but the
Dutchmans verdict upon each was still the
same: Not tall enough"
At length the grenadiers of the guard
made their appearance magnificent body
OF veterans. big and stalwart enough to
have satisfied even the giant-loving father
OF Frederick the Great; but the memorable
critic merely said: Zine soldiers, but not
tall enough"
Then Prince Bismarck rejoined: these
grenadiers are the finest men in our whole
army; may 1 ask what your excellency il
pleased to mean by saying that they are
not tall enough%'
The Dutchman looked him full in the
face. and replied with significant emphasis:
Il mean that we can flood our country
twelve feet Deep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
Japan's Next Emperor.
N the Pail Mall Gazette


The Temps has an interesting article ON
the succession to the throne of japan. His
Imperial Highness Yoshihito Jhinno Harou
no mya is suffering from lung disease and
cannot recover. Prince "Spring"-to give
him more manageable title, which is the
translation of Harou-is only eighteen. He
is the son, not Of the empress (who Is child
iess), but OF one of her ladics-in-waiting:
and he was proclaimed heir by an article
In the constitution granted by the en-
peror In 1889. He is the last male descend
ant In order of primogeniture of a dynasty
which has reigned for 200 years, and
traces its origin to a female incarnation of
the sun-the Goddess Amatera This s.-
neaiogy is accepted without difficulty In a
country which knows all the latest inn
provements In electricity and representa-
1--WE government The nearest approach to
serious religion which the Japanese have
would seem to be their cult for the imperial
parsonage as enbodying in some sort the
traditions and the spirit of japan. Conse-
quently, there is not likely to be any trou-
pie over his arrangements for the success
sion, which. according to the constitution
OF 1879. passes, in default of his own direct
descendants. TO the heirs male of Prince
Arsugava Taruhito. who died in 1895 dur
ING the siege of Wei-hai-wei His son
Prince Takehito, who was made vice adj
1niraI during the war. is, therefore at pres
ent the most likely person to succeed to
the throne which poor Prince Spring will
hardly live to occupy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
An African Thorn Forest.

From The New Africa" by Or. Aurel Schulz.
A bad thorn forest had to be passed
through here. composed principally of the
Waaeht cen beetle thorn trees, whose hook
ed thorns. arranged in opposite curves on
the same branch. catch the unhappy pas
ser-by in their tolls whichever way he
moves. The instinct, when caught by
thorn, is to halt and loosen ones self care
fully, and then try to avoid the repetition
OF the occurrence. The waacht cen beetle,
however, with diabolical accuracy, when
ever 1t has hooked a passer-by renders
such attempts futile, for as soon as one
mas got free in one place, the thorns set in
the opposite direction on the same branch
invariably hook into some fresh part of the
cfcthing, and at each move the neighbor-
Ing prehensile branches, set in motion by
the movement, seem to hook on from above
ana below. until apparently there is only
one possible way out of the difficulty, and
that Is TO wrench ones self free at the x
pense of>one's clothing, and succession of
very pronounced and ugly scratches Added
70 all this. the plant, with its light green
Ionage hiding the vicious thorns in their
friendly appearing veriure, seems to invite
the touch by an outward display of at
tracuveness, never exposing on its exterior
any sign of its disagreeable nature MANY
a nard-Pressed giraffe or buck owes its
lie to the friendly intervention of the
Waacht cen beetle tree, past which the
hunter, all unsuspecting, has brushed in
the hurry of the chase, to be held fast
whiie the game vanishes over the belt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
A New York Policeman. Bravery.

Ineooore Roosevelt In the Century.
Early in our term we promoted a patrol-
man to the grade OF roundsman for activ-
lily In catching, burglar under rather
peculiar circumstances. happened to note
his getting burglar one week. Apparent
~ he had fallen into the habit, for he got
another the next week. In the latter case
the burglar escaped from the house soon
after midnight. and ran away toward Park
avenue with the policeman in hot chase
The New York Central railroad runs under
Park avenue. and there are a succession
OF openings in the top Of the tunnel. Find
ing that the policeman was gaining on him.
the burglar took desperate chance end
leaped down one of these openings, at the
risk OF breaking his neck. Now, the bur-
giar was running for his liberty, .nd 1t
was the part of wisdom for him to imperil
hfe or limb. but the policeman was merely
doing his duty, and nobody could have
blamed him for not taking the jump. How
ever. he jumped, and in this particular
case the hand Of the Lord was heavy upon
the unrighteous. The burglar had the
breath knocked out of him, and the COP
didn't. When his victim could walk the
officer trotted him around to the station
house. and a week afterward he himself
was promoted. 1t appearing. upon careful
investigation, that he was sober, trust
worthy and strictly attentive to els duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
The Salt Habit.


The use Of salt as condfment is SO gem
eral and so universally believed in as NEG
essary that We rarely hear a word arainst
It's excessive use. but there are a multitude
OF persons who eat Tar too much salt-eat
II on everything. on meat, fish, potatoes.
melons. In butter, on tomatoes turnins
and squash. In bread and on a host of foods
too numerous to mention. To SO great an
extent Is 1t used that no food IL relished
which has not a salty taste and this hiGes
more or less the real taste, which ia often
very delicate. Now, the amount of salt re-
quired in the system IL comparatiyely
small, and If the diet has been rightly
compounded very little In necessary some
60 so far as to discard It's use altogether.
but whether this Is wise or not we viii not
here consider. What are some of the evils
Of the excessive use Of salt? They are to
paralyze the nerves Of taste. or to PER-
vert them SO they cannot enjoy anything
which has not salty aaver, and in addi-
ton there Is direct tax on both the SKIN
and the kidneys In removing It from the
blood. Whether the skin In harmed by this
tax we do not know. Possibly It e not
greatly injured. yet we know that few
people possess healthy skin; but It II
now pretty well settled that an excessive
use Of salt does overtax the Kidneys In its
removal and that the great number Of cases
Of arrangement and disease OF these or
gans Is due to this use. It takes only
little time to learn to enjoy many kinds Of
food without salt and we advice our read
era and others to LOOK int this matter and
to try and diminish the use OF this condf-
ment 20 Car a. possible. We believe they
WA be better tor t..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02

Arab Becoming Popular in England.
From the London Live Stock Journal.
There are not wanting signs to prove
that the Arab is increasing in popularity In
this country. this result being probably
due in some measure to the value of his SER
vices as polo pony sire. The demand thus
created has no doubt caused the merits of
the pure-bred horse to become more wide
ly recognized. with the result that more
Arabs have been seen in the park this
season than for many years past. The de-
votion of Field Marshal Lord Roberts for
his favorite charger, which has carried
him through all his recent campaigns
without making mistake, has also no
doubt interested the public In the breed
Lord Roberts. indeed. Ii q most pronounced
Arab phile. and loses no opportunity of
attesting to the utility and stamina Of this
horse; while II may not be generally known
that the charger alluded to above, which
he rode at the cad Of the colonial troops
in the diamond jubilee procession, Is the
possessor of a war medal granted 1t by
her majesty as a recognition of long and
n4eritorious service in the field. No doubt,
too, Mr.. Wiifrid Blunts recent importation
-of bluest-blooded Arab stock will cause
increased attention to be paid to the va
riety. which, II placed in its proper POSI-
ton in the equine world, and not asked to
perform impossibilities, should outlive the
opposition which has been expressed
against IT, and become as popular In this
country as any other breed Of horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
A Ballad Of the Fleet-4SO b. @.
From the Pan Mall Gasette.

When we loosed from blue Piraeus,
Under the Violet Crown,
The sun hung over tho masthead
Like Pallas above the town:
The sun hung over the masthead
And the land lay on the lea,
Wher9 the gray eyes Of Glaucopis
Were the eyes that followed me.
We sailed away to the southland,
Where the maids are born to kisss
We saw the daughter Of Pharaoh
When we lay at Naucratis;
And their eyes shone like Selenes
But all that they said to me
Was: 4he gray eyes OF Glaueopis
Are the eyes that chine for thee"
We coasted the Great King's country.
We looked on the Asian girls
We saw the haeh OF their white arms
The toss Of their coal black curls;
But ont OF their Songs and dances
The message that came to me
Was: The gray eyes Of GIaucopfs
Are the eyes that watch for thee"
Sometimes when the night wind whimpers
And whistles among the spars,
And the sullen raindrOp splashes,
And q wet mist dims the stars,
At sight Of their fearful beauty
think on Q harbor quay,
Where the gray eyes Of Glauc0pis
Are the eyes that weep Tor me.
A OFT IL the summer starshine
We Ioiter among the isles,
We can see the town lights twinkle
AND beck0n across the miles,
But behind them and beyond them
city seem to zee,
Where the gray eyes Of G1aucopis
Are the eyes that beckon me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
The Trend Of horticulture.
From Lippincott's.


Untamed nature thinks only of the per-
petuation Of it's species. The Wild plants
of field and forest, luxuriating in the warm
ing rays of the summer sun, extract from
the soil the nourishment and vitality es-
sential to the completion of their little
round Of life; and then, having passed
through their short cycle of existence, from
the bursting bud to the ripened fruit, they
droop and die. The mysterious operation
of growth and death is repeated season by
season, and one generation IL but a redu-
plication Of all others. modified slightly by
peculiar conditions Of soil and climate.
The pattern Of nature is spread out with
glorious possibilities. but the individual eff
forts Of the plants to raise themselves
above their kind are abortive. Their hopes
are blasted In the bud. flower or fruit: the
limitations imposed upon them prove In
surmountable barriers.
Improvement and progressive develop
ment begin with man. The struggling plant
that has outstripped Its kind and stands
on the verge Of decay, knowing that 1t will
be replaced the following season by anoth-
er whose feeble growth may ncutralize all
the good that 1t has ACCOMPLISHED sud-
denly finds itself lifted to more congenial
surroundings. The mere struggle for a pre-
carlous existence instantly ceases to alb
sorb all its strength and powers. The arbi-
tTary laws OF nature can no longer limit
development and expansion, and the plant
has leisure and opportunity to cultivate the
beauties and refinements of new life.
The flowers take on a fairer and more
delicate hue, improving in size and beauty
by slow magical processes; the foliage IN
tensif1es in strength and color to form a 1T
ting background for the blossoms, and the
maturing fruits develop sweetness and
lusciousness heretofore existent only In a
potential state. The plants slowly differ
entiate from their kind, assuming the an
pearances and characteristics Of a new or
der. retaining. however, enough of the
blood OF their ancestors to drag them down
once freed from mans control ana left to
their mutual selection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
Recreation Piers.
From Municipal Anain.

On very hot days. when New York city
sweltered under the torrid rays of a scorch-
ing sun, young mothers by the hundred.
could be seen with babies in their arms
occupying the settees upon the recreation
piers, and many OF them eating luncheons
purchased ut the pier at prices which pre-
vail In our public parks. On the promenade
at night. when thousands gathered, could
be seen q cosmopolitan collection of human
beings not to be duplicated anywhere else
In the world. The strong. intelligent faces
and sturdy physiquas that characterize so
large part OF our East Side population
Indicate hard knocks and rough usage re-
ceived in the struggle for existence. When
the band plays q popular air the musical
instinct which seems to be q part OF their
nature asserts itself, and they can be heard
humming to the accompaniment OF the
band playing Rosie O'0rady," or the air
Of some other song. This musical instinct
II one OF the most conspicuous character
istics Of the people coming to the pier. the
major part OF whom are Polish or Russian
Jews. with q strong admixture of Germans
Hungarians and other natfonalifies. When
the band ceases to play, about 1910 pm.
they disperse in a. orderly q manner as
the average New York crowd leaving q
theater. It - impossible TO VISIT this Sd
street pier either In the day or evening and
see the thorough enjoyment gotten out OF
Il without concluding that the welfare Of
the community has been materially bene-
.nted. and the health and Happiness OF the
people improved BY its erection. Withal Il
9 one OF the cheapest and most efIective
methods OF promoting order and harmony
among the people, and Of incu1cafinG On
them respecf for the laws and Tor fhone
charged with their administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
TROUBLES OF A CONDUCTOR.

A Mfx-CD ON London Omnibus In the
. Matter Of Making Change.
From Jerome =. Jerome,s The Man Who Always
Interferes."
It was upon an omnibus that my own
personal acquaintance with him began. I
was sitting beside two ladies when the con-
ductor came up to collect fares One Of
them handed him a sixpence, telling him to
take to Piccadilly Circus, which was two
pence.
NO." said the other lady to her friend,
handing the man a shilling. 'I owe you
sixpence: you give me fourpence and I'll
pay for the two
The conductor took the shilling, punched
Two twopenny tickets, and then stood try
That's right" said the lady who had
spoken last: give my friend fourpence."
The conductor did SO: Now you give that
fourpence to me-" The friend handed it to
her. And you." she concluded, to the con-
ductor, give. me eightpence. Then we
shall be right" The conductor doIed out to
her the eightpence. the sixpence he had
.tf ken from the first lady. with penny and
two halfpennies out of his own bag. dis
trustfully. and retired, muttering some
thing about his duties not including these
OF lightning calculation.
NOW" said the elder lady to the Young
er, II owe you q shilling"
deemed the incident closed, when sud-
denly dorid gentleman on the opposite
seat called out In stentorian tones:
HI! conductor. you've cheated those
ladies out Of fourpence"
"Oos cheated 90 out O. fourpencer' re-
piled the indignant conductor from the top
Two twopences don't-make eiRhtpence.''
retorted the dorfd gentleman, holly How
much did you give that fellow, my dear?,
he asked. addressing the first Of the young
ladies.
II gave him sixpence." replied the lady.
examining her purse. And then 1 gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
TWO shaifl Be Born.

Two shall be horn the whole wide world apart.
And speak In different tongues and have no thought
Each OF the others being and no heed;
And these DER unknown seas to unknown lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck defying death.
And all unconseious1y shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one end
That day, out OF Darkness they shall meet
And read LIES meaning In each others eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way Of life
So nearly side by side that should one turn
Ever so little space to left right
They need must stand acknowledged face to face;
And yet with wistful eyes that never meet
With cropping hands that never clasp, and lips
Calling In vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all their weary days,
And die unsatisfied-aDd this Is fate!
SUSAN NJ. SPALDTNQ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
The Heredity of Acquired CharaC
terfsficS.

The Heredity of Acquired Charac-
teristics.
Prof. Cesare LOmbroso In the Forum
1 have found in my study of camels
however, an example perhaps still more
curious and significant. 1t is known that
with the exception of its stature, the camel
is absolutely llama, it's blood glob-
tiles being ellipitical, its teeth reptil-
Ian in form, . its rudimentary third
and fifth toes permanent. 1t possess
ses, further, that mysterious pouch of the
stomach for the storage Of fluids, the same
kind of callosity on breast-bone and knees,
acquired by the camel through kneeling to
receive loads. But the camel differs strik-
ingiy from the llama in that it possesses
the hump-that fatty mass, with a special
development of some of the spinal process
eS. For long time / could not explain
this hump. One day, however, a poor por-
ter, having complaint In his chest, came
to consult me; and, on examination, I
found. halfway down his back, precisely
where he was wont to rest his burdens, a
tumor larger than a mans fist, formed
almost wholly of adipose tissue. 1t sud-
denly occurred to me that this lump-which
not only caused the porter no inconyeni-
ence, but even aided him in his work.
might perhaps serve as a clue to my mys-
terry OF the camefs hump. 1 sue
ceeded in examining seventy porters of
various occupations, and, to my great Joy,
l was able to find four more examples Of
this fatty tumor.
What was of even greater value in our
inquiry was the fact that 30 per cent Of the
porters examined. although having no real
hump, yet presented an unusual protuber-
arce OF the spinal processes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02

eigner to crack. A lpdieroua instance Of
such a fiasco occurs IN chapter 2, where
Mr.. Chicks matrimonial chickering's with
his better half form the theme Of eur In
imitabie humorist's sportive and allegorical
muse. 'Often, when Mr.. Chick seemed
beaten. he would suddenly make q start,
turn the tables, clatfer them about the ears
of Mrs. Chick. and carry ell before him"
The Russian rendering Of this sentence,
which l retranslate verbatim, runs: ''Often
start up from his seat, catch hold of chairs.
and make clatter close to the ears of his
astonished spouse, and fling about every
thing that came ready to hand" Wen, in
deed, might the elegant and ladylike Louisa.
show establishment at such emphatic con-
tributions to the debate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
corean Civil Service Examinations.

COrean Civil Service Examinations
From the Popular Scierce Monthly.
A gentleman will study classics In win
ter, composition of poetry in spring and in
summer study those subjects which will NJ
him for official duties. The king appoints
judges to examine candidates for office:
the number appointed may be three, seven
or twelve. The student for examination
Is locked up in a room for three days with
out books. The subjects usually selected
for examination are from ancient poetry
and classics, as follows: 1. Long word poe-
try OF seven words. =. Short word poetry
of six words. g. Problems in classics A.
Clearing up doubts In classics. B. Criti-
cising famous men of olden times. q. Con-
sidering what system Of morality is best
to correct or modify bad customs. Z. Sug-
costing what kind Of military organization
Is best to defend and control the country
In these various examinations 1t is claimed
that poetry reveals ones nature that
problems In classics show ones knowledge
that clearing up doubts in classics demon
strates ones powers of decision, that criti-
edge of persons, that judyin the best sys-
tenn of morality and deciding as to the best
kind of military organization displays ones
mental attributes.
The swindling and thieving character Of
Corean officials their torturing and mur-
derfag subjects without trial and the
degradation and helplessness of Corea to-
day. stand In curious contrast to this en-
nobling list of studies and examinations
and indicate a depth of hollow pretense
ana hypocrisy which is simply appalling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02

ductor. again pointing the finger OF accu-
sation at the elder lady. You can search
my bag. II yer nike l amt got blooming
sixpence on me-"
BY this time everybody had forgotten
what they had done. and contradicted
tbemsei ives and one another. The 1orid
man took II upon himself to put everybody
right, With the result that before Picca-
Oily Circus MAS reached three passengers
threatened to report the conductor for IN
becoming language. The conductor had
called policeman and had taken the
names and addresses OF the two ladies. in.
tending to sue them for the fourpence
(Which they wanted to pay. but which ,he
noriG man would not allow them to io,
the younger lady had become convinced
that the elder lady had meant TO cheat.ner
ard the elder lady was in tears.