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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-27

guards W no spoke English well. and were
as manly and sef-respecting in their
bearing rs our own conductors.
During these continental and English
experiences with sleeping cars | men,
tally declared that two dollars per night,
and no three, or four, or five. or six first
class fares, and no supplements and
no extras was dirt cheap, and that if
ever l grumbled at our methods of trav-
cling. l richly deserved to spend eternity
in the numerous dreadful contrvances
catalogucd above, and called by courtesy
compartments de luxe Why, the
common everyday luxury of the poorest
Pullman car, with the most Indifferent of
colored porters, beats these so-called
compartments de luxe" of the conti-
nent out of sight.
But even more to the point is the fact
that our sleeping arrangements are man.
aged on equitable business principles.
and while with us it is ten to one you
get a comfortable BERTH in Europe with
all their frills and compartments de
luxe it is ten to one you don't get it,
even if YOU are willing to pay most out
rageous price for a few hours imperfect
slumber.
Our public is far more exacting than
that OF Europe in such matters, and as
a result, the passenger traffic not only
costs a great deal more than here. but,
to meet the requirements of the general
public, the service is really rendered
when accommodation is considered, at
practically half the cost demanded and
paid by those who travel in Europe
Robert p. Porter in Boston Transcript.
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For the Amateur Dressmaker.

1t is useless, and worse than useless
for the woman who has received no
training as a dressmaker, to lose her
time and wear out her patience in the
vain endeavor to copy elaborate suits
or coats.
Should a woman find it eXpedient to
make her own clothes, let her choose
at first simple models. Such a gown
to one which lacks the style and air of
distinction of the original model.
The first thing to be done is to make
up your mind as to the becomingness
of certain style of dress; the next is
to procure perfectly reliable pattern
and adapt it to your own requirements
A larger or smaller seam added or
taken off will usually accomplish this.
If in doubt as to your own ability to
fit a waist, it is better to go to some
reliable dressmaker who will fit ami
haste the lining. Before taking it
apart in order to basic the material on
to it, carefully crease or mark each
seam with pencil or piece of French
chalk; it is worth the trouble, as you
will be enabled to preserve the exact
lines.
In basting, the material must be
drawn much tighter than the lining,
especially about the waist line and
over the hips; some dressmakers leave
the lining quite wrinkled about the
waist, smoothing it out when the bones
are adjusted. The front of the shoul-
der seam should be stretched in order
to make it set smoothly. The seams on
the shoulders should not be drawn up
too tightly, as this is likely to shorten
the waist.
After the first experimental fitting
the hooks and eyes should be stitched
onto the fronts; it is frequently nee
essary to put one or two plaits in the
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the bridge across the chasm down the
road a half mile
What. are you crazy?" shouted the
host There is no bridge across the Au
Sable: there has, been no bridge there for
the last ten years.
But you are mistaken, my friend; l
rode my horse across it not three-quar-
tiers of an hour ago."
Impossible. sir; I tell you that the
bridge blew down ten years ago.
Again l tell you, my friend, that
rode across it this very night" was the
imperturbable answer. 1T was too dark
for me to see but l heard the clatter of
my horses feet on the planking. and the
noise of the water in the chasm below
The argument waxed warmer and
warmer until the stranger said that they
would wait until next morning. when it
could easily be settled if there was a
bridge or not. He made a wager with the
landlord that it was still standing across
the chaSm.
The next morning every man, woman
and child of Au Sable Forks was at the
chasm. Sure enough. in the soft sand of
the road there We're footprints of a horse.
and the trail led from the stringer across
the chasm up to the tavern porch. One
young daredevil walked across the mar
row stringer and made a startling dis
covery.
There was similar trail on the other
side.
The stranger had told the truth. In the
darkness of the night his horse had
crossed the chasm on single beam.
But that was not the strangest part of
the story. When that forenoon the srang-
er rode down to the Au Sable Chasm to
settle his wager with the keeper of the
tavern and he saw the perilous path over
which he had travelled the night before
it is said that he was stricken with
trembling that never left his limbs until
death. and that within the space of sixty
seconds his hair turned from a jet black
to the color of the driven snow.-The
Chicago Times Herald.
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Pertinent Suggsstien

AS for men with guns, the woods are
Iuli OF them; but the sportsman NAV 90
Tar ana not meet up with a master mate
indeed things have come to such a pass
IN more than one hunting district that
the prudent sportsman will remain ar
nome, and keep himself out of the woods.
Tor very fear of having his head shot off
Inc woods and swamps and canebrakes
are now practically free from dangerous
varmints that go on four legs. but a new
terror Is the biped armed with a deadly
weapon and from whose noddle common
sense mes when gun comes into his
mana: The explanation of the multiple
lty OF casualties and fatalities with guns
ana rifles, of which we read lists lin the
press day after day, is found in the fact
tnat an army of greenhorns has taken to
the woods and fields. every man-iack of
mem frantic to shoot something, and
each one ready to shoot on the instant
De1ore ne can know what the something
IS whether 1t may be game or another
man-Jack or man. 1t is these gunners-
without experience, and wanting in that
caution with gun which experience
alone can give-who get their names and
the names of their victims into the nress
reports of cunning ACCIDENTS" They
should be chained up at home, that thew
may be saved from themselves, that 9th
ers may be saved from them. and that
the woods may be secure for the use and
enjoyment of the sp0rtsmen.-Forest and
Stream. $50
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sides, according to made up garment
OF the requisite length; this does not.
however, always suffice; let no women
De rash enough to cut off the super
huous length without first trying the
skirt on.
II these directions are faithfully fol-
lowed, the results should be good.
Above all, do nothing rashly: exercise
patience. and cut and fit with care: in
an emergency bring your common
sense TO bear upon the matter in de-
1ault OF experience. Your first dress
VIII not probably be great success; it
is best to experiment with inexpensive
material,
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THEIR TRAINS AND OURS.
The Great Superiority Of American Railways
Over European.

There are some things besides the
affections of the human heart that
cannot be measured by a two-foot rule
For instance, it is possible to fill page
Of this newspaper with tabulated state
ments and parallel columns of figures
showing that for the same accommo-
dations the passengers on English and
even continental railways pay double
and in some cases treble the amount
paid by the American traveller, but
such statistics would in no way gauge
the relative degree of comfort in
travelling in Europe and the United
States There are accommodation
which the American public not only
expect but demand at a reasonable
cost which no service which l have
seen affords in Europe, and 1 have
travelled on all the railways of all the
principal countries. First let us con-
slider England as we find it today.
The railway service may be said to
nave improved in the last 25 years in
spots. Three or four of the leading
companies-the London & North
western. the Midland and the Great
give Tic PuDllS a OSNeNi
thlrd,class service than formerly, and
aiew third class dining cars have been
put on between important points,
largely for advertising purposes. In
speaking Of third class, we must bear
IN mind that the second class has been
abolished on some of these railways.
ana that the choice is offered the pas
seneer between third class, which costs
IN the average about the same as first
class in the United States, and first
cass which. roundly speaking, costs
as much again as third class. Thus, If
am going journey say Of 200 miles,
nave the alternative of paying 16s. Cd
WI third class,or say about BIS. (S.6s),
certainly the first class would not be
iess than 3Os. ($7.20). AS have said in
former letter, in order to secure a
snlaii stuffy bed on the night train
from London to Edinburg or Glasgow,
; must practically pay SOS. (s12) in
s'ead OF S2s. ($7.6S), and then, in addi-
,'on, the IS. ($1.5O) or IS. ($1.92) for the
'e'lh IN the sleeping car.
suppose I want to take a night jour-
nes' say from London to Liverpool.
nich is about the distance from New
ork 10 Washington. The statistics of
"e Journey would be as follows:
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..'.............. .G4s. $1,000 $12.0O
h. e relative degree of comfort would
algeiy in favor of the journey from
q m iork to Washington at cost Of
ors less. In the one case, commodi-
vo,,, sars are on the track, ready for
tro:- any time after 9 o'clock if the
stan u starts at 10, or even if it does not
! -as I'll midnight, you may get aboard
as se time before and be sound
i ~ When the train pulls out. There
Tho ~ scramble for the berth, because
o. r eu.,re train is practically made up
lsrsa 'inan cars which are twice as
fdr e. tne English carriages, and run
Tha asler. without jerking and jolting.
~4e result is you can really sleen com
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
A BoDYeUARD OF TARPoN.

The Sportsman Thinks Perhaps His Cap
tive Was the Head of Family.
A Sportsmen's Reyiew writer tells
how he landed large tarpon on the
Gulf of Mexico:
eve came to our anchorage, and in
half an hour had strike. The sulky
brute would not jump, but Vhen ironed
would just show his head and blow
and then dive down into deep water
again. Exhausted by a previous fight
with tarpon, could not fight him so
hard, and it was so minutes before he
gave up.
''He jumped only twice; but re-
Inarkable incident happened during the
struggle. While the tarpon had on
was sluggish, he seemed to create in
tense excitement among all the others
in the bay. They were leaping and
cavorting around the captive and the
boat as if they intended a rescue. AT
one time, when we were being towed
at a great rate dow n the channel, 10 or
Is of them formed in almost perfect
line of fours behind us, following and
leaping into the air as they came. We
are leading the grand march, Davie,
the guide said, and | think from the
remarkable way in which the fish acted
we must have captured the head of the
family"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
His FnrereII sermon.

Brethren. in partin' frae ye ! must
in a truth say I'm mo- sorry. Ye're
neist pastor Cf We can get ane) will be
an eXtraordinar' man if he can bring ye
tae hear the word O God. Ye dirna lo'e
ane anither, because since my admins
tration name o We hae asl0it me tae pit
We into the holy state o matrimony.
God Gamma lo'e We, for the reasons that
he has ne'er ta'en ony o We until Him
sell. Ye dinna lo'e me because ye haze
na paid my stipend. Weel, hae been
appointed chaplin i the Jail i the
neeborhood, and will moo proceed tae
preach my farewell sermon frae ane o
the best texts in Holy Writ go to
prepare place for you"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
LABOR NOTES.

Over 100 gold mines have been start
ed in California within year.
Hamilton (Ont) street car employees
now get from 121s cents to 1917 cents
per hour.
1t is estimated that $10,OOO,o0O worth
of gold will be dug in Cripple Creek the
coming year.
A great strike of miners both in Ger
many and England is apprehended by
the mine owners.
Denver unionists are prosecuting a
contractor for violating the eight-hour
law q Colorado.
Kier Hardie, the British labor agi-
tator, contemplates making another
visit to this country in the near future.
Iron and steel works are to be started
In Japan at cost of $4,OO0,O0O. Native
capitalists are behind the project.
Matchmaking machinery, with a ca
pacity for turning out 400 kegs a day,
is soon TO be shipped to Japan by a
Cleveland house.
After passing the house of representa-
tives. an eight-hour bill has been re-
jected by the New Zealand house Of
lords by vote of Is to 10.
Cleveland leads the United States in
80 industries and the world in six
carbons, wire nails, telescopes, large
gears, cable machinery, chewing gum.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
FOREIGN NOTES.

A 44-year-old chancery case has Just
teen decided by Mr.. Justice Chitty,
and there was little money left for the
contestants.
France is seriously thinking Of con
ferring the Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor on President Kruger and Gen.
Joubert of the Transvaal.
Five goldenw weddings were celebrated
on the same Sunday recently at the
church of st. Peter and st. Paul in the
town of Wazemmes, Belgium. The
combined ages of the brides and grooms
made 500 years.
Frances Society DIES Gems de Lettres
has a woman for its oldest member.
She is Nine. du Bos d'Elbecq, born in
May, 1899, who wrote a number of
novels in the forties. She lives ut
Anglers and still writes vigorous letters
to the newspapers.
An encyclopedia of the laws of Eng
land in IL 5OO-page volumes is being
prepared, the first volume to be pub
lished in January. Among the con-
tributors are Sir William Arson, Sir
Walter Phillimore, and Sir Frederick
Pollock.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
TO THE POINT.
Dicks Remark After the Accident
Had Happened.

Had Happened.
One of the men employed in GER
tain Yorkshire stone quarry is man Of
few words. Indeed, his popularity with
his mates has been attributed to the
fact that Dick could never spare enough
words to get up a decent quarrel with
anyone. says Clips.
The other day huge block of stone,
weighing several tons, was being raised
by means of a steam crane. When near
the top the chain suddenly gave way.
Dick was at work 60 feet below when
tie accident occurred. Fortunately he
realized his danger, though only just
in time. and eprang from the ledge on
which he stood to another at some dis
lance.
A second later and the huge block was
broken into thousand pieces on the
solid bed of stone.
Trembling in every limb, the owner
of the quarry. who had witnessed the
affair, hurried to where Dick was stand
ing and seized him by the hand.
'Whatever would have happened if
you had delayed your leap second,
Dick?" he gasped.
The workman glanced back at the
heap of debris on The ledge.
"a funeral" he replied, coolly, Selling
his pick and preparing to resume work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
Cheap RailroadinE.

1t is quite true, says the Engineering
and Mining journal, that the kingdom
of Denmark does not possess very eX-
tended area, but the government, by
building railroads and buying those
built by private enterprise has now sue
ceeded in giving to its inhabitants a
very cheap means Of locomotion, andat
the same time owns valuable asset for
a large amount of its national debt, The
freight rates are already the lowest
known. A bill introduced by the gov
erment proposes to abolish return
tickets and only to issue direct tickets
between all stations. One will be able
to travel the whole length and breadth
of Denmark third-class for a sum not
exceeding $50, and the distance Gov
cred is about 300 by 200 miles. This is
a reduction of so per cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
THE VERSE WRITER'S.
The Scarecrow.

|
Within farmers garden is a scarecrow
old and worn
Inc rudely fashioned image of man
a thing of rags and tatters. a specter most
forlorn,
The weather-beaten index of a plan.
nhe storms have ragged against 1t and the
winds have racked 1t much,
us twisted figure looks grotesquely wild:
With such a wreck no decent man would
care to come in touch:
1t stands alone, abandoned, Stunned, re-
viled
And yet that lowly scarecrow serves a
purpose well defined:
1t does work essential to the plan
Or him whose is the garden and whose
providence designed
That 1t should bear the semblance of a
man.
plen call my life failure and my years are
well-nigh spent;
But still l hold my post without fear.
The storms may beat upon mel shall well
come them, content
TO serve my master well who placed me
here.
frank S. Pixley. in Chicago Times-Herald.
Comparative Nulsances.
The girls who pound pianos in a crowded
Have very much to answer for in line of dis
content
The people who hold dances in some quiet
little fiat
Have more, indeed, and yet, 1t seems,
there's something worse than that;
Inc woman who's singer we may wish
had ne'er been born,
But she really isn't in It with the man who
plays the horn.
The children on the stairways, though, IN
deed, there be score,
AT least retire early and we hear of them
no more;
The people who cook onions still this fear
full vengeance wreak
On meek and lowly neighbors only once or
twice a week:
30 of all the woeful grievances that leave
us all forlorn
There's nothing SO distressing as the man
who blows the horn.
Chicago Post
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
ADVICE FOR HUNTERS
The Best Way of Training a Dog "a
Shooting

me BEST way of Training q DOG for
Shooting.
Never be too familiar with n voung
dog. He must have a certain respect
not necessarily fear of you: but he
must learn to obey. Any intelligent
puppy will learn his name in a few les.
sons. Once you have given it to him
never change it. Mind you this-when
he mas once recognized you as beng his
master, his one idea is to please you
ana to deserve q pat on the head and
word of praise. Never tussel with him
with stick, and never deceive him un-
der any pretense. More dogs have been
spoiled by their masters not playing
fair with them than one could reckon.
BE honest with your dog, and he will be
honest with you.
If you possess a gun. and your dog is
OF that kind which has inherited the
scent FOR game, the first thing to teach
him is to fetch and carry-that is. 10 re-
trieve-and this without chewing or
mutilating the object which he brings.
a way to break a dog of this is to take
an old glove, put few tacks with the
points extending outward, and fill It full
Of cotton. He will find that by picking
1t up gently he can carry it without dis
comfort, while if he attempts to worry
1t, the consequences are not agreeable.
This lesson is much better for him than
any amount of whipping, and he will re-
member it much longer.
If you wish to shoot over your dog,
the next thing is to make him find the
bird. To do this, the best way is TO
procure live quail. which can easily be
had from any bird-fancier; put il in a
small cage and show it to the pup, warm
ing him not to touch it. Then conceal
the cage in a copse of fern or grass,
and bring him carefully in that direc-
ton. Never let him nearer than within
four or five feet of it; then speak to him
encouragingly. Under the influence of
your words hewill become all attention.
and a dog thus properly broken will
never Flush a covey." unless he runs
into them by accident or when he is
carried away by excitement, under
which circumstances he will show con.
trition.-Harper's Round Table.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
MUSIC A LA GOLF.
10 Gives q Freshness and Variety I
Criticism.

IL Gives q Freshness and Variety to
Criticism.
In these days, when golf is crowding
in popularity every other form of out
door sport, it is also-in England, at
least-giving a freshness and variety to
musical criticism which will be appre-
ciated by the lay mind that is not edu-
Gated up to knowledge of the technical
terms usually employed in describing
musical events. Here is a report, taken
from a recent London paper, of class
ical concert at St. James hall:
"An enormous crowd assembled Mon
day night to witness the foursome COM
petition over the St. James hall links.
Punctually at eight o'clock DR.. Joachim
drove off from the tee, signor Patti re-
spending with lovely low shot, which
left Mr.. Gibson within easy reach of
the green with his brassey. Mr.. Ries
fooled the second subject and DR..
Joachim was badly bunkered, but using
his niblick on the q string in mastery
style laid his ball dead, and the first
movement was halved amid great en-
thusiasm.
Staring one up at the scherzo, Signor
Patti began the second movement, and
outdrove DR.. Joachim by at least 20
bars. Mr. Gibson approached cleverly,.
and in the trio there was nothing to
choose between the opponents, the coda
icon sordini) resulting in another half.
Mr.. Gibson and Signor Patti were now
dormy, but the latter, being obliged to
play pawky round dangerous pizzicato
passage, lost a good deal of ground, as
DR.. Joachim's drive and Mr.. Ries' Sec
ond were both long and straight"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.

People who practice charity, have
little time to preach it.
No great man ever had time to play
checkers in the middle of the day.
A rude man usually has good deal
to say about the lack of politeness in
others.
Compliments may be silly, but that
man or woman never lived who did not
like them.
As a rule, the man who can tell you
oil about the problem of life, can't
work il himself.
AS good as girls are, whenever they
carry soup to the poor, they like to
carry it through the main streets.
A man who gets into a rut, and stays
there, may not rank among the push
ing and aggressive, but he misses lots
of rough jolting.
A dog looks so happy and comfort
able when lying asleep, that we never
see one without envying Rip Van VIM
kle, who lay down beside his dog, and
took nap that lasted 20 years.-Atchi-
SOL Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-26
a FISH'S MEMORY.
German Professor Wants Informal
ton on the Subject

German Professor Wants Informal
ton on the Subject.
We have to live such busy, eyclopaedic
lives nowadays that it is very delightful
sometimes to turn aside into some quiet
corner and watch a specialist at work,
says the Westminster Gazette. 1t may
be only the eye of a fly or the digestive
apparatus of caterpillar, but he de-
votes his life to it and thinks nothing of
all the noise and human struggles 60
ING on outside. A German professor,
Ludwig Edinger, is absorbed at present
in the question: "Have fish a memory"
and he has written to the Lancet to in
yite information on the subject. 1t
may seem a trivial question and the
brain of fish maybe a very small guam
tity. but great many little thing in
nature are worth studying, and even if
the problem cannot be solved it will
give a good opening for fish stories.
Every disciple of Izaak Walton will
have something to say and anecdotes
to tell to back his opinions There are
no fish in the neighborhood of Fleet
street, and, therefore, we cannot try
experiments, and the only contribution
we can make to the discussion is to ask
why anglers have to be so particular
about the make and color of their art-
fetal flies If fish have no memory. If
fish have vision withouta sense of men,
DRY surely they would never discrim-
mate between a May fly and red
spinner and anglers would be saved a
lot of trouble.