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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

tional wealth, and build up large and
acts. Nor should the fact be over
looked that the products of these
islands would be largely those which
at the present time, this country is
obliged to import. Good judges who
have visited these islands believe that
they could easily be made to produce
all of the coffee used in this country,
ana this is but one of many lines in
which their great natural resources
could be developed to the advantage OF
he United States.
But when all this has been said the
fact remains that the great advantage
of these islands to the United States
would he their strategic importance.
They constitute the only coaling sta
ZION between our Pacific coast and the
Orient. The early statesmen of the
country saw the importance of moi
permitting these islands to pass into
fho p0SSeSsion of a foreign power, and
the pnlicv Of our government through
many Years has been to warn other
countries off. ana to hold steadily in
,.aw their ultimate annexation
"a This country. Every naval
oaicer-inciuding Captain Mahan
hilnself-who has ever viste /
these islands has been fully impressed
win their strategic importancr. and
the necessity of their control hy the
I-nired States. as a protection 70 the
immense interests of our Pacific coast
Among them all, there has not been u
single dissenter from this View uf the
ituation and yet a few men who are
absolutely without military or naval
training. have undertaken to tell uS
that the great statesmen Of this coun-
try. including Webster. Marcy. Seward
and Blaine. had absolutely no good rea-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Gardiner Reporter-Journal: Probably
there is not in This or any other town a
parent. " haiever his or her moral con-
dltion. who would not prefer hi, or her
thild TO grow into the best type Of man
ar woman. but there is many parent
Wh0 forgcts that one reaps what h"
sows. and that children left on the
streets cannot grow into purity and
ruth What are mothers and fathers
thinking that they allow their sons and
daughters on the streets at night with
out any reason? Why are they al
lowed 10 hang about the postOftice, the
stations. the corners? 1t is as unsafe
for boys as for girls. and the need pf
good men is as great as for good
women. Do men and women forget or
are they ignorant Of the lessons taught
by the streets? Obscene and profane
language is hut one of the evils Bold
ness instead of modesty is a greater.
Parents are personally to blame forl
the harm that comes 10 their children
when they have SO neglected them. and
no parent is doing his duty by che
souls for which he is responsible when
he leaves his ignorant young flock TO
spend their hours on the street. pick
ing up slang. vulgar illusions, rough
ness boldness. and evil companions.
1t is most pitiful that young people are
exposed by the carelessneSs of their
natural protectors to such dangers,
while those who ought TO care for them
calmly say. My daughter can look
after herself I'm not afraid to trust
her" To trust child is one thing.
TO thrust her into evil is another. and
that is what parents in Gardiner or any
other place are doing when they allow
the street to be the nursery for the de-
velopment OF childs morals and
manners Tragedies. everywhere. teach
that young people are safe at home.
and never safe on the street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Confirmation of reported French aE-
eressions upon British territory in west
Africa put a really serious face upon
the situation. 1t is hardy possible that
the French forces are acting without
specific instructions from their govern
ment, and the fact that no fewer than
four expeditions have appeared in the
English hinterland indicates a we'll
defined purpose upon the part of the
Melinc government to bring matters in
west Africa to an issue. England ;
position is complicated by the fact that
the disputed district is not directly and
specifically under British control. bat
is in the possession of a chartered cor
poraton, the Royal Niger Company
just as India was for years controlled
by the East India Company. Never
theless. British troops are on the
round and if it comes to armed con
1.iCt of course the imperial government
will stand by the Niger company t.
the last 1t is in that way that most
# t.n@land's colonial possessions have
been acquired ard there Will be no de-
parture from traditional policy in the
present case.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
e-Is she really 50 curious? ?

He-Is she really 50 curious?
She-Curious? Why. she'd listen to adj
vice just to find out what it was.-Brook
lyn Life.
De man dat's risin' in life" said Uncle
then. "doesn' hab no chance foh takin
lings easy. Yoh KANT coast yoh bicycle
up Hill. Washington Star.
Henpeck-l have troubles of my own.
Mrs. Peck-But you are the partner of
my woes.
Henpeck-Yes silent. as in everything
else.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
Harrigus-O see you out no more since
you married Dolan's wildly. Do you care
no more for the club?
GarriguS-ItS that very thing Oi am
afraid of.-Indianapolis Journal.
Woman-You about as shiftless-look-
ing a man as have ever seen.
Tramp-Wel. ma am. with flour fifty
can't expect me to dress i'm hroadcloth.-
Judge
What is the difference" asked the
hoarder with a passion for idotic conun-
drums, between a very young girl and a
very old boy"
"A very young girl" the Mean Man
hastened to answer generally is the
very cid oy."-lndianapolis Journal.
My darling" said the Klondike miner
to the girl who had travelled all the way
from Boston to marry him, you are
Don't say gold" she interrupted.
That expression is so trite.'
81 do not intend to say that you are
worth your weight in anything SO COM
mon as gold. My precious girl, you are
worth your weight in baked beanS!''-
Pittsburs Chroncle-Telegraph
You and the new boarier" said the
landlady. seem to be hand-in-glove.
"Why not? he replied. Didn't you
know that We're kids together?"-In-
dianapoliS journal.
Trouble in the Family. gave up
having coat-of-armS." Why" MY
husband said my griffin wouldn't look
well dragging his ancestral milk wagon.
Chicago Record.
Old Mllion-"My dear Miss Youngthing.
if you'd only marry me | could die hap
py." Miss Youngthing-"Why. Mr.. Mil
lion. if you We're dying, Ia marry you
| in Il minute. .'-Tit-Bits.
Belief had an awful scare the other
day while out for Il walk with VIII.
| Betsy-"How?" Why, we met the min
! lister, and VIII asked him to join us. -
Yonkers Statesman.
Robert-"What is the difference between
domestic goods and good domestics?
acknowledgements goods are articles
made in this country. Good domeStics-
there aren't any."-Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Reflections OF a Bachelor.

A holiday is a day when most people
feel less hollow than usual.
Love is like the aurora borealis its
pretty only because it's so dark all
around it.
Every girl ought to be shut up some
whore till she is thirty and then married
before she is let out.
The sensible thing for woman to do is
to climb onto her faith and leave politics
in the hands of the Lord. @~'
Every married woman has a story
which she is pretty certain is all right.
but which she doesn't dare tel her hus-
band.
When Il woman asks her husband for
some money to go shopping with, she al
ways looks surprised if he gives her more
than a dollar-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Many of the North American Indians
were magnificent specimens of physical
manhood This was due, largely, to their
active outdoor life. Nevertheless, they
had the wisdom to know that an active life
in the open air alone, would not keep a
man healthy. They had their medicine
men, who gathered herbs from field and
forest and brewed decoctions to assist the
natural processes of the various vital
organs.
Modern civilized men do not as a usual
thing recognize the same necessity until it
is too late. They ignore medicine until
they are within the grasp OF some serious
or fatal disease The time for man to be
gin taking medicine is when he begins to
feel out of sorts. If man is thoroughly
well and healthy he does not feel that way
1t he does feel that way he may be pretty
sure that he is half sick. When he is half
SICK 1t docs not take long before he is
whole sick" " Dr. Picrce's Golden Med.
zeal Discovery is the best medicine for
man when he is sick or getting sick. 1t
puts him all right all round Ii puts his
stomach right to begin with, and that is the
most important point. II puts his liver
right, and that is the second most import
ant point. 1t purifes his blood and fills it
with the life giving elements Of the food
he eats, and that is the third important
point. II drives ont all disease germs and
impurities of every description. Ii makes
the appetite keen and hearty 1t is the
greatest blood maker and flesh builder It
cures qS per cent of all cases of cousump-
ton. weak lungs, splitting OF blood ob,ii
nate coughs and kindred ailments Thou
sands who were given up to die have tcsti
ied TO their recovery under this marvellous
medicine. An honest dealer will not urge
substitute for the sake of little extra
profit. He gives you what you ask for.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

There are many interesting fields Of
eXplorat don ON the earth, besides the
frozen zones. of which little is known.
\ noteworthy contribution to scientific
Knowledge is made by the expedition
Just returned from the Galapagos
Islands. This equatorial group. about
20 miles west of the South American
coast. has been little known, and its
isolation has caused peculiarities ot
fauna and fora of great interest and
possibly of practical value. The eNp2-
dition has collected specimens of an
estimated value Of $2o 900. and these are
to be retained in London. where the
enterprise originated. although some Of
the explorers were Americans. The re-
suits Of the examination and classit-
cation of these specimens, some Of
which are said 10 be entirely new, Will
ne awaited with great interest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Vicar General NJ. c. O'Brien has ap-
pointed Rev. Matthew w. REILLY to the
pastorate of Winn to succeed Rev. Father
McGrath. who died from injuries received
in the Maine Central Railroad accident
at Orono. Father Reilly whose home IS
at Frankfort, made his. studies at Grand
Seminary, Montreal. and was ordained IN
Portland by Bishop Healy on June y.
1897. In July he came to st. Mary
church and remained there until October.
O. Brien, Y. G. Father Reilly was then
transferred to Waterville, where he has
been stationed up to the present time.
Rev. Thomas h. Cunningham of Wor-
cester. Mass, will succeed Father Reilly
in WaterVille.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

The generosity of people who cor
tribute to foreign missions is likely to
be chilled by some recent developments
in New York Rev. DR.. Lang-denomi-
nation not Stated-declared the other
day that the missionaries in New
Zealand swindled the heather out of
their land, a statement which was
promptly denounced by Rev. Mir, Will
liams, n returned missionary. as false
and slanderous. Thercupon DR.. Lang
returned to the charge with figures to
substantiate his statement. alleging,
among other things. that Mr.. Williams
himself got hold of l.. 600 acres of land.
The latter gentleman has not replied
OF course he may contend he saved thu
souls of the heather who used to own
the land. in which case he gave more
than value received. But certainly #
missionary work in New Zealand brings
such rewards it is hardly necessary to
invite contributions from the home
churches to keep it going.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Home rule for Ireland is no longer i
dim dream of some distant age but a
proba biity Of the near future. The
new measure for Irish local govern
ment which the British ministry has
introduced in Parliament seems to he
acceptable in the main to the Irish
leaders. though they criticise some
points in il, and there seems 10 he 4
good chance not only for its passaGe,
but for the acquiscence of the ,lrlsh
people in its provisions. should TINS
nroye TO be the case, the comment Ot
an Irish member of Parliament, that
lit gives a sure foothold to the peor''
for the near attainment of home rule.
is probably justified.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Senator White of California is wise
in announcing that he Will not be 4
candidate for reelection. California
does not care to be misrepresented hy
him. While Mr.. White has been MAX
ing thrce-day speeches against annex
alton the san Francisco Chamber of
Commerce has unanimously adopted a
memorial to Congress urging prompt
action" for annexation upon tn
ground of national policy, prestige and
commercial necessity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Can We Be Cured
Of Catarrh, Bronchitis.
Asthma, Consumption?
A Test by Which the True value Of
All Cures Can be Determined.

How many thousands there are TO-DAY
VINO would gladly pay almost any reason.
able sum TO be cured OF either one of The
above diseases. bat, knowing Of so MANY
dllierent remedies and treatments, are IN
able to decide which one to try 1t does
seem difficult task, vet becomes a com.
parativcly easy one if the person afflicted
VIII but use a little good judgment and
common sense. in the first place, everyman
and woman knows, ur5hould know ,thatthe
ali passages were made for air alone, and
mat nature has 50 constructed these pas.
sagcs that moisture OF any kind cannot
enter the bronchial tubes OF lungs. This at
once prceludcs all. possibility OF a cure OF
deep seated diseases being effected bv
treatment requiring the use of SPRAYS.
douches, atC;nizers or Vapors. Secondly.
I'll regular physicians admit that these
diseases are purely local and must be
treated locally. consequently stomach
medicines become useless in treating dis
cases OF the air passages. The diseased
parts must be reached through the air We
breathe OF not 1t all. Not only this, but n
Gcrmicidc must DC used which will leave
the air dry and yet have the power TO de.
stroy the bacilli Of disease in the minu,est
air cells Of tic Lungs. This decision
reached, then comes the question: Is there
such a Germicidc. which can be inhaled
through the air vow breathe? Thirtv-eiyht
hundred physicians and over three hun
dred thousand pcr1or3 who have tested it.
say YES.
Your money j. refunded l., i, fails to do
rs guaranteed.
Iiyomei Inhaler Ou,ii,. 81 m. Txtra Bo,t,..
" Ifyomei' soc Hyomei % Balm, 4 wonderful
healer 25c. Can be obtained of Your druggist. Al
OFFICE OR EY MAIL. Pamphlets. consultation
and advice free send i7r tie Story Of Hyomei.''
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

1t is right that the Havana inquiry
should be behind closed doors. AS soon
as the truth about the destruction Of
the Maine is established it will be
known in Washington, and as soon as
it is known there the American people
will be fully advised of the facts. In
the meantime keep cool and let tie
sensational poster sheets have a
monopoly of the war excitement.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
} Mainae GOss1fp.
A Weak Affair.


For Willie Weeks y Door mHn.s
- ~
Nnd ~. h,d ,.a,,, lit,i, 80
MON.
This cash" said he "won't pav my
I've nothing here hut ones and
\ bright thought struck him. and he said
WE'D"
'ei'e hSpc"' pu' hthllN Saiu ~;
,Iil en,,, ,ro,t n.brn ,,a,. .',Un. ..n, '",,la
FRI.
.rh rn,., ''', anu ''it' an" ''"''
SAT.
Carolyn Wells, III Life.
The Lewiston camnaipn is ended
,.io,or,. &c u.o,,. ,>c,,,,. .l,,.o,ooa a ~,
''SA are 'i'al'n'iis nome AGAIN.
rho oo,,,.r,, 1- ~ .,;
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

There continues to be marked dii =
ference in tone between the headlines
and editorials Of certain newspapers in
dealing with the disaster to the Maine,
but then the headlines are to sell
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

on the street, in the hotels, at the
theatres, at college reunions and CluD
dinners-eVeryWher men meet, the
spirit Of patriotism is the dominant
tone. These are no days for denation-
allied Americans.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

once in a while man is discovered
who. didn't predict the destruction #
the Maine when she was ordered 10
Havana: but they are few. Truly this
is an age of prophets.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

In Italy there We're no less than 92a
duels fought last year with total Of
one man killed. This form of recrea-
tion, as practiced by Europeans, ism T.
game Of foot ball
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Sand in the Wrong Place.


"WeN those people down in Florida
have sand exclaimed a BoStOnan Just
after finishing his first spoonful of his
first SnnnlN of 1NAN hnrrieS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

1t is a grand Spectacle to see the blue
and gray united in their efforts to pre-
serve the historic battletiolds as ma
tional and state parks.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
The Mystery Solved.

tNew York Evening SUM
why do Boston women carry valiSeS?'
To keep their Brownings and IbsenS in.
If .o,rca
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

General LEV Wallace has wasted
none of his valuable time on the lndl q
ana man who has challenged him to 4
duel In his sober moments the author
have grace enough to be ashamed of it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Hard on the leaureate.
tBoSton Herald.)

Ii is announced that Alfred Austin. poet
laureate OF England, has given up the po-
stiou of editorial writer on the London
Standard to devote himself wholly 10 poe
try. What is journaliSms loss will be
poCtrN'S misfortune.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
is to have grand banquet and hopes
to have both President Mckinley ana
President DiaZ among the guests.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Speaking of Spanish valor reminds
one Of the remark of the
Duke of Wellington. He de-
clared that one Of the funniest sights
Of his life was the foot race of 10000
men at Vittora when his army routed
the SpaniardS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Kentucky in Line.


CKansas City JournalD
The South is also excited. Thousands
Of patriotic Kentuckians are energctical-
~ securing up their canteens.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Not Wanted in Washinqion.
tPittsbure Dispatcb1

Y VTIVI3DUTE DISDdIth.J
Reports in Washington that President
Mckinley will tender to the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan the leadership of the ma
rine band are plainly unfounded. The
President does not wish that kind OF
horn-blowing under the windows of the
W Nnife House
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Mr. Bryan exhorts his friends to be
united, and is willing 10 supply then
with a leader.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
important Re-iniorcements.
lkansAs CITY Star.

tNdHStLs tlty Star.D
In estimating the available fighting
force in the United States. he football
Oniingent must not be overlooked.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

The accident" theory is pretty
thoroughly exploded.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
German Names for Things.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.)

Ten times as many American horses
We're sent to Germany in 1897 as in 1899
their value last year reaching I. I69. 265
In German official circles this develop
ment of trade is called epizoOtic.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund tine p,oney II It fails to cure. -.
The gensiDs has u. u. @. - each ta6aee.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Spainobellum hysteria is the latest
microbe to get in his work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Under Cover OF the War Cloud.
(Philadelphia. InuuirerD

The present would seem to be Il favor
able opportunity for Hon. David Il. Hill
and Hon. Arthur Sewall to emerge from
their obscurity and come out into the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Endless Chain in Congress.
Nashville American.)

The galleries always applaud the Jingo
speakers in Congress. and the applause
brings on more Jingo talk. 1t is a kind
of endless chain arrangement.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
HITTING the Pipe.
Chicago Times-Herald.D

II NICUSO 7 IIIltS-I IitTUIU.1
The United States circuit court in Gin
cinnati has rendered Il decision against
the cast-iron pipe trust. Here is a meth
cd of hitting the pipe which should prove
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

War scares have way of cooling
and contracting over night.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
An ~ Paid Profession.
Chicago Times Herald J

V0TICds,O fT0t'I
'All the poets of my acquaintance, =
remarks Hamlin Garland. are short -
As a financial fact that statement is
almost automatic.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Dancer from the inside.

(\ew York PreSsi
II Billy Mason's forward magazine
would only blow up, all would be forSiv-
81
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
K. T. BOOTH CO.,
Room II, Browns Rlocl

Room II. Browns Block.
'5' congress st, Portland, Me.
FREE TREATMENT
with Iiomef given daily at the office, 5S7
Congress Street, between the hours of 3
A. NJ. and p. NJ. Sundays excepted
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26
Trials OF a Gold Hunter.

Commercial Tribune)
In addition to other ills the Klondike
prOspcCtor has to fear the tin-can poison
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held respOn-
sible for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and Advertisements to
BuRLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Eastpor still clings to local time
bur a movement is ON foot to adopt
standard time SO as Ia get accustomed
to the new thing" before the arrival
uf the first train on thr new railroad
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

The youngest editor in Maine is Mas
ter Ralph Chadbourn Of Lewiston. He
publishes a little paper written upon a
typewriter. He circulates it among his
playmates and his teacher was r.
Gently given copy. Among other in
terestng things published is a list Of
some of his most recently acquired
mineral specimens. He has large col
lection Of these for SO young lad. H.
is the son of the Well-knoWn scientific
writer. r. + Chadhourn of Lewiston
who has probably collected as valuable
a collection Of minerals as any private
citizen Of this city. His little hoy al
ways feels badly if his father secures a
specimen for his cabinet without A
duplicate for his own little one. and m
pronounces polysyliahic names uf
stones with an ease that positively
startles older people
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

sickness is all gone now-but the cut
still remains.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

Croker pines for Wales.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

There is no thunder or lightning with
III the Arctic circle.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-26

teams in Belfast to carry our people
about. yet some wonder how the own
crs Of the teams exist. It is more Of a
wonder how the owners Of the A. public
carriages in Augusta get a living.
A Belfast landlord viii watch dog
fights at a safe distance after this. IL
was watching two bulldogs lighting
near the city laundry, when some one
came out and emptied pail of water on
the dogs. They separated quickly
One dog. in his haste to get away from
the other, got tangled in Mr. kho"i-
toms legs, throwing him to the ground
BE this time the other dog arrived on
the scene. and they went to hghtlnS
again upon the PROSTATE body oi the
landlord Such a bowling and snarlinG
upon a human body was never seen
thercabout before Finally kind friends
interfered and pulled the gentleman
from his unc0mfortab bic position.
A Lewiston gentleman carries FOR Il
rocket piece at present bit of money
which may Well appeal TO the senu-
ment of any person who knows its
character 1t is an old English half
penny worn smooth as possible, and on
one side is engraved in the quaintest of
lattcrings. w Thompson. Durham,
and on the other. Miss BETSY Smith,
Sunderland, I715. What a story it
could tell if only ii could speak; for
This hit OF money evidently was an old
.'hctrothal coin" 50 common in the
wears gone by The lovers whose
names are there preserved have gone
10 resi- ana oblivion shields their fate;
Inu on the smooth face Of
!, hit of coin. carried i'll the
.ofErt of a gentleman thou
sand, Of miles from their native land
their names speak in language which
reaches every heart. Of that sentiment
so sweet to the modern as well as the
ancient people. the all potent power Of
love.