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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27
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The Years Crown,

Spring has her changeful skies. her wax
ing leaves
Summer her lavish dover of bloom and
balm:
And Autumn has her days of golden
calm
Rich pauses when, forgetting she be-
reaVeS
The world of Summer, she no longer
grieveS.
She smiles. "How well-beloved queen
l amr'
Lingering to hear the lands Thanks
giving psalm
For wealth of fragrant fruit and gar
nered sheaves.
But Winter is the monarch of the year
When wild winds make the giant pines
their harp,
And joy of Christmastde is at the food.
Only to those who miss presence dear
The thorns of Winters holly-crown are
sharp.
And all it's berries CLEAN like drops of
blood
Christmas Number DecembeD of
Scribner'S.
Now for the Christmas presents.
When they're made we can be
thankful again.
Thanksgiving day was polo day in
most OF the Maine cities.
A Bowdoinham correspondent says
"a four legged hog is very much better
in community than a two legged
one" Probably because the latter fills
nobody's pork barrel save his own.
An elderly Portland citizen takes
great delight in looking over the re-
wards of merit he received as a school
boy. Too many waste their time look
ing over the rewards of merit they
think they ought to have received in
life and didn't.
Two Harrington sea captains set
forth the other day to demonstrate
their prowess by land as well as by
water. They found fawn sleeping
and shot it. Next they stumbled on
bears den with the old bear at home,
also snoozing. He was awakned by
the bullet that took his life. Those old
salts declare that anyone who thinks
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Herald declares that the
annexation of Hawaii, if not by two
thirds vote in the Senate then by act
of Congress as was done in the case Of
Texas, may be regarded as certainty.
The claim is by no means unreason-
able. Annexation ought to be had and
everything indicates that it will be.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27
Reflections OF a Bachelor.

After while the women will get up a
movement to have a curfew rung for the
men.
The reason why most old bachelors
have never married is because they have
never asked any girl.
When girl can't judge man by the
company he keeps she judges him by the
creases in his trousers.
There may be such thing as a man
convinced against his will, but there new
was a woman convinced any way at
all
When a girl runs away from home be-
cause her mother won't let ier go bicycle
riding we can guess why her mother
wouldn't let her go bicycle ridirs.-N. Y.
Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

sumed to be agitated when President
Mckinley appointed Mr.. Bliss secre-
business man" they said. We would
call their attention to the fact that this;
down the estimates over nine million
dollars at time when it was extreme
ly desirable to cut down expenditures.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

No NOTICE Whatever win b taken Of un-
signed communication.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE for the preservation or
return Of rejected communications.
Address all eemmuntcatifNs relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
DU1kUI0H q FLYNT. Publishers. Au-
gustA, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

There are indications that the silver
syndicate has opened another barrel,
though such a little thing as that it
probably deems unworthy of mention.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Croker says Senator Murphy and not
David B. Hill is the leader for the New
York Democracy but David still pre-
serves his silence. What's the matter
with Croker? Isn't he satisfied with
running the metropolis by proxy?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Liliuokalani IS. said to be jealous of
the attention her daughter Kaiulani is
receiving in Hawaii. She needn't
worry about Kaiulani or anyone else
rescuing that throne from the ASH
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

A week hence the lawmakers will be
assembling in Washington. Meanwhile
the newspapers are taking advantage
of the opportunity to guess all sorts of
things concerning the Presidents
forthcoming message.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

H. o. Dodge of Belfast. is building
up a good business in the manufactur-
ing of clothing. MIR. Dodge started a
short time ago with a small room but
is now occupying two-thirds of the
building. A, large number of pant and
suit makers are in his employ through
out the country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The Austrian Parliament will have
to adopt the .rldimentary precaution IN
vogue at cowboy entertainments:
"Gents will leave their hardware at the
5oor ,S,ssg So
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The prediction that Attorney General
McKenna is to be appointed to tin,
time there appears to be good grounds
for the supposition. He is regarded as
a very able man by those who know
him hact
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

satisfied the Rockland Opinion which
thinks all productive industry should
be relieved of taxation. TOO bad We
can't all be relieved.
A blue headed Amazon parrot has
won distinction in Machias by hei
ability to sing several tunes accom-
panying piano in good time, pro-
nouncing her words distinctly; but she
hasn't overcome the weakness OF
amateurs generally, the desire to Ds
coaxed when asked to render After
the Ball. or some other popular air
She Is then wont to remark, polly is
hoarse today" II have forgotten my
music" or Nobody plays since father
took sick"
One poor victim who slept off the
effects of intoxication in the Brewer
police station the other night is not
sure but he had an attack of the ]. J's.
1t seems a fellow inebriate sobered OFF
more quickly than the other and being
somewhat Of ventriloquist initiated a
woman's voice in the outer office in
quiring for her drunken husband. II
was done so cleverly the husband
thought it really was his wife looking
for him. 1t is needless to add that he
had decidedly i'll turn.
Cherryfieid is to have a board OF
trade or know the reason why.
a RiIIpfnr1 hoc t,J In, .,
very amusing manner the way in
which megaphone i'm the hands of A
Maine street clerk was made to waken
the conscience of farmer who while
in town one day recently noticed a
halter lying in the road. He stopped
and picked it up when there came to
his ears the sepulchral reverberations
of a voice saying: That is not your
halter Someone lost that" The
farmer paused. Then he stopped again
to pick ii up when again the voice
You are thief II you keep it, The
farmer looked everywhere but no sign
of the owner or origin of that voice
was visible. He threw the halter in
his wagon: the voice threw in a re
mark 1T doesn't belong TO you. ="
Finally the farmer could stand il no
longer and took the halter into one OF
the stores leaving 1t with the remark
that someone had lost il.
The report that skeleton of a giant
nine feet tall had been found in Cas-
tine will, perhaps, be better understood
when the size of the reporters imagin-
alton shall be known.
y man in Portland who is in the
habit of jawing himself when he COM
mits a blundcr was calling himself
some variety of fool while walking on
the street the other day. it is said. a
passerby overheard him and think
ing the remarks were addressed 70
himself wheeled about and BACKED the
eye of the man VINO was talking to
himself.
Maine is getting some benefit out of
the klondike craze. Some of our ves-
sells have left or will do so for Pacific
waters. Only the other day there was
quite large shipment of ship building
tools and material from Camden to
Port Blakely. Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Thaddeus Cross of Norway, recently
invented a whist card holder and sold
it the same day to parties for $40. 1t
will be patented and offered for sale.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Even with II threshing machines
working all the time New Sweden
farmers can't got their threshing done
as soon as wanted.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

1t would seem that the duties Of
slave driver ought not to be those of an
officer in the United States army.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The increase in the revenues fol-
November is occasion for national
thanksgiving.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Wrath seems to be the distinguish
ing feature of the Austrian Reichsrath.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The Brunswick Mfg. Co. has re-
ceived an order that will take five
tons of material and the number of
ferrules will be in the millions.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Three hundred Americans in London
dined Thursday off what Ambassador
Hay called the Altruistic turkey"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

which separates US from the land or
Eldorado and the limitless production
of the Pacific coast.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The Quakers had to fight for their
barren victory over Cornell.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

It's surprising what busy place
Portland is. One man down there is so
busy that he has been driving about in
his phaeton entirely oblivious to the
fact that some rascally fellows. who
wished to play practical joke. eX
changed one of the fore and one of tn.
hind wheels, nearly week ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27
When

, When g
female gynnasl
leaps blindfold
through the air,
t h c w o III c II
spectators usu.
ally think it is a
terribly ris Ky
thing to do, and
wonder how she
ever has the
hardiliood; ye,
tne leap Is TAKEN
with perfect
confidence be-
cause she knows
that strong and
deXtrous hands
are ready to re-
ceive her. She
W uld never
t a k e. s Il c Ii
chances at the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

satisfied the Rockland Opinion which
thinks all productive industry should
be relieved of taxation. TOO bad we
can't all be relieved.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

All the neighbors of a Bangor man
felt very badly and called around with
their condolences when it was learned
that the turkey he hung up in his
stable Wednesday night had been
stolen by a dog, an unusually good
jumper.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Maine is getting some benefit out of
the Kondike craze. Some of our ye:;-
sells have left or will do so for Pacific
waters. Only the other day there was
quite large shipment of ship building
tools and material from Camden to
Port Blakely, Washington
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Ellsworth expects her new hardwood
factory to put an end to hard times.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Cherryfieid is to have a board OF
trade or know the reason why
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Thanksgiving day was polo day in
most OF the Maine cities.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The report that skeleton OF a gian:
nine feet tall had been found in Cas-
tine Will, perhaps, be better understood
when the size of the reporters imaGin-
alton shall be known.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

A BoWdoinham correspondent says
"a four legged hog is very much better
in a community than a two legged
one" Probably because the latter fills
nobody's pork barrel save his own.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

Now the Bangor foot ball team has
beaten Portland it's alleged misman-
agement of finances along with other
lapses will be forgiven
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-27

The first Aroostook snow storm was
so sudden and SO fierce that some of
the clothes lines and their contents
were completely buried and some of
the good people had not at last account
dug out their change of linen.
Vmalhaven by exempting it's new
twine factory from taxation has not
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
Rational House Dress.

Mrs. Annie Jcnncss Miller says that she
believes that the house dress OF the future
Will be short enough; THAT the woman
who goes up s.airs, or who goes around
with all kinds of household implements,
will be ablctp 80 UP stairs naturally, three
steps at II lime il she wants to, aad get all
the benefit she can out Of that exercise.
Going up and down s,>.irs is the best ex-
ercise in the world And yet you can find
learned doctors who will warn women
against going up and down stairs. They
do it justly, too, because the learned doctor
knows that u woman who has n lot of
skirts pressing down, who lifts herself up
and down stairs on levers, so to speak,
churns all tho vital organs and does her
self infinite harm.
81 have invented houseworker's dress
which any woman can carry out for her
self, Mrs. Miller went on to say. 1T
does not require n pattern. All you have
to do is to make the skirt come half way
between the knees and the ankle, and
make the waist and skirt all in one piece.
Then you can have little Elton jacket
hanging over a chair, and when a caller
comes in all you have to do is to slip off
your apron ard slip on your jacket, and
you can entertain your friends in the par
lor. That is utility in dress"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
Lacing Not Good Form.

To be "laced' is now considered the
height of vulgarity. Fashion, frivolous
as she is, does once in a decade strike
something sensible, and this is certainly
one of the times. Fancy the human figure
being expected to show the neck and waist
of the same proportion. Those who are
trying to live up to this false ideal must
have grown into dcformity. 1t is quite
natural the waist should be smaller than
the bust or hips, but it need not be stran-
gled. Few of us are constructed on the
lines of the ideal woman, SO that much of
our beauty of form depends on good cor
sets. These are of primary importance.
All modistes declare this, although few of
them have any preference, provided the
corset is suited to the figure wearing it.
What is needed is u corset allowing plenty
of room at the bust and on the hips, inter-
fering in no way with the breathing and
catching one in just below the ribs. The
trouble with corscts in general is they are
too long and press upon the ribs. Tho
glove fitting corset is the correct mode In
Paris the shor,, 50 sort OF corsctS are worn.
Every corset should have at least two 1accs
so there will Ike 10 sila,ining at any point.
-Philadclphia Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
CHURCH DISTURBANCE.

There was much disturbance in the
church here last Sunday evening. The
young people OF this community need some
instructions on the common decencies of
life, we fear. 1t is the mark of a man
to behave himself in church, even though
he does not agree with all that is said ,
even If he takes no stock whatever in
current religious belief.
The parents of the boys and girls under
twelve years of age should either keep
their children at home on Sunday even
ing or should come to church with them,
or send them in company with older peo-
pie. Those who come to play and be
silly, to whisper and make disturbances,
should, after fair warning, be severely
dealt with. If two or three examples
were made the results would be salatary,
we believe.
Most OF our young people behave as
well as any anywhere; but here as else
where we have some few we wish might
learn some things or else migrate to
Africa, or some heather land where their
ways would make 10 comment and
require no correction.
Feb. 1. A FRIEND OF ORDER.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
GOOD ROADS FOR ALL.
They Are Not Intended to BENEFIT Any
One Class, but Everybody.

They Are Not Intended to Benefit Any
One Glass, but Everybody.
Two or three years ago the farmers
allowed themselves to believe that the
good roads agitation was wholly in the
interest of the wheelmen, and that the
burden of providing them would fall
upon the farmers shoulders.
That idea has exploded. While the
farmers know that good roads mean in
creased comfort and pleasure for those
who ride the wheel, they have come to
understand that good roads mean more
than that for them; that they not only
mean pleasure and comfort for them,
but high degree of profit-profit in
time saved, profit in vastly larger loads
while marketing their products, profit
in saved horsedesh, profit in a large in
crease in value of their farms.
They have come to realize that good
roads are c..eap roads, the cheapest that
the farmer can have. They have only
to point to here and there patches of
good road that have needed no atten-
ton, in some instances, for quarter of
q century.
Good roads are u logical, happy neces-
sity for all-not luxury for the few.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
A Novelty In Portieres.

An agreeable change in the convention
al porticrc is to have for door that is not
constantly used IL set of hangings consist
ing of two side curtains and deep val
ance, the former hung upon rods, SO that
they may be opened, if need be, but which
are for the most part kept closed. These
should be of some heavy material, of
which there is wide choice, running up
and down the scale of cost. Among the
more expensive fabrics velvet or some one
Of the thick, Plain surfaced goods of the
broadcloth order may be satisfactorily
used.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04

that water will not stand in them and
saturate the roadbed by capillary attrac-
tion.
But the work is only half done by the
removal of the surface water More dan
Gerous and injurious to the life of the
road are the wet places in the road
foundation. Underdrainage must be re-
sorted to to remove this foe of good
roads.
Underdrains should be made by lay.
ing "a line of tile on each side between
the roadbed and the side bitches. These
tile drains should be at least three feet
deep, carefully graded and have good,
CLEAR outlet Wet places III springy or
"seepy" hillsides can be remedied by
laying line of tile across the road
some distance above the wet place. This
will catch and remove the water before
it can come near the surface
Roadbuilders should bear in mind
that, no matter how hard the surface, it
will not stand the weight of traffic if it
be laid on wet soil, as the foundation
soon becomes saturated, and the destruc-
ton Of the road quickly follows.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04

The fashion of wearing ornaments II
the hair invariably commcnds itself. An
admirable dignity ard grace is frequently
given to the rlancst face by the addition
of some tiara, star or other arrangement,
placed we'll forward to obtain that smart,
piquant appearance which every one agrees
is SO desirable and there is no particular
necessity that anything shall be real, for
jewels are one Of the few things which es-
cape the searching analysis of the day.
That the glitter is not always that of dia-
monds affects us not at ALL the only impcr-
alive demand being that we shall indubi-
tably glitter-if not by real means, then
by sham. 1t is impossible to conceive q
more scrviceable present for the girl of So
cial instincts than one of these most excel
lent imitation Stars or bands, the which
she will pin, as described, in her bonny
brown hair and depart to the fray safe in
the thought that SO far as her couture is
concerned she IS profoundly correct-Phil-
adelphia Ledger
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
COUNTY NEWS.


Bass Harhor.
Charles Stanley is home on light house
furlough.
Lutte Sawyer was in town last week, off
from lighthouse duty.
Freeman Colt has laid the keel for
President Eliot's new yacht.
Captain Martin arrived in the harbor
Friday from lobster cruising to eastward
Stanley Heath, class of '97, Maine State
college, was i'll town last week. Mr..
Heath is pleasantly remembered as for
mer teacher of the Westside school.
There was an entertainment in the
church Wednesday evening of last week
for the benefit of the church fund.
There were singing by select choir, Mrs.
George Billings organist, some very
pretty exercises by the children, finely
rendered duet by Misses Pray and STAN
ley, excellent reading by Misses Lunt and
Kittridge, and cake sale. Something
like 81 was Melted.
Feb. 1. G.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
A Wasteful Repair System.

1t is ii curious fact that farmers, who
are the class most benefited by good
roads, are usually the last ones to move
toward their Improvement They go on,
in many communities, year after year
working out road tax. doing the work i'll
slipshod, half way fashion, drawing
soft earth up from the roadsides to the
middle of the highway, making thick
cushion over which teams and wagons
struggle until the yielding mass is
ground and cut and crumbled back again
to the bitches from which it came. This
performance is the regular order, and
the results are just what one might nat
urally expect-almost impossible mud
and deep cuts, dangerous alike to W.
hicles and the faithful beasts that draw
them. New York Ledger.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04

Surry.
Henry Miliken and Joseph Westcott
are hauling their wood out.
The smelters are busy. Up to date
Dyer Curtis is "high line.
Rev. and Mrs. Day and daughter la
expec: to go to Bangor on short visit
this week.
Joseph Colt, who has been suffering
extremely with a cancerous humor of the
mouth, is better.
Rev. f. w. Belcher is great walker.
He thinks nothing of taking an occa-
sional walk of five or six miles.
Miss Flora Frances Mlliken will enter
tain her cousin, NJ ISIS Eldridge, of Car
diner, for the remainder of the winter.
S. S. Scammon and Miss Eva Young
went to Franklin Friday afternoon and
spent Sunday with Mr.. Scammons
mother.
Miss Florence Anderson has returned to
Bar Harbor. Her many friends here
regret that she cannot remain at home
during the winter months to participate
in the church work and social gatherings,
as she is talented and helps out by sing
ing or in any way which presents itself.
The cottage prayer meetings, which have
been held weekly in East Surry homes,
have been very interesting and helpful to
all Who attended Next Wednesday even
ing the meeting is to be in the home Of
Amasa Young. Mr.. Young's mother, an
occupant of that home, is an intelligent
conversationalist in her ninety-first year.
The correspondent had the pleasure OF an
evening with her and will always remem-
Der it as one OF the brightest spots in life.
She is remarkably young for one so old.
She is looking forward to her birthday
party next July, and has already some
invitations out to her friends.
Feb. l. RAE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
Keep the Roads In Order.

To keep a macadamized road in good
order the dust should be removed from
the surface in dry weather and the mud
when it is wet, so as to keep the surface
clean, and the drains and cutters kept
clear. so that no water may lie on the
surface. In England the drainage of the
roads is considered of so much impor-
lance that property owners, through
whose lands any drain or ditch which
carries off the water may run, are re-
CURED by law to keep the drain or ditch
in good order Exchange.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
HINTS ON ROAD NIAKING
One of the Eequi-itrs Is a Dry and Solid
EoundatiOn.

One of the Eequi-itrs Is a Dry and Solid
Foundation.
The Importance Of drainage III the
construction OF roanI eds is not suffi-
GENTLY understood by amateur road
builders, farmers, path ma ters and road
tax workers in general. Dry roads, as
rule, are good roads, and the good roads
problem will be near solution when this
TACT is generally known and appreciated.
An essential for any kind of roadbed
is solid foundation. This can never be
attained SO long az water is allowed to
remain in the road or under it.
In road drainage provision must be
made for both surface and under drain.
age. The roadbed should be graded,
rounded anG kept smooth. SO that water
falling upon it may readily run to the
surface drains at the sides Of the road.
These side bitches should be graded SO