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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
Living Rent Free.

"A Philadelphia man has lived ten
years in a house for which he paid no
rent and no taxes 1t belonged to the
gas company, and he had paid rent
regularly until the property Of the
He says himself: Il don't remember
how long it is since | stopped paying
rent 1t was when the gas office was
on Seventh street. l went there one day
with my rent, and offered it to Mr..
White, who had charge of the gas
company's real estate, but he refused
to take it, and told me that ii was to
be paid at the city treasurers office in
the future. | took it up there, and A
young man there said he could nos
take it, as he couldn't find record of
any such house. He told me that they
would notify me when they were ready
to take my money. ! went back to Nj
White. and he advised me to go home
and wait until | heard from them
Well, | waited Nobody came to col
lect money until recently. when the
city discovered its title and sent man
to collect" The tenant got day 90
consider, and promptly skipped. Btt
his experience with a free rent does
not seem to have becn satisfactory, if
we may trust his Wife. Yes says
she resentfully, he thought it was a
snap, and look where he is now-no
money. no business. looking for Il job.
and a family to support. He wouldn't
take my advice, and move where bust
ness was good. but he Rugged his snau
and stuck there in that stagnant neigh
borhood and spent money on repairs
for the house and didn't make any
money. "-philadelphi Record
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
only the Best

Should be your motto when you need
a medicine. Do not be induced TO take
any substitute when you call for Hood :
Sarsaparilla. Experience has proved ii
to be the best. 1t is an honest medl-
cine. possessing actual and unequalled
merit. We wise and profit by the eX-
perience Of other people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
City and County.
HERE AND THERE
Stories Cleaned by Journal Scribe,

II remember having severe bilious at
tack some years ago. remarked we'll
known citizen at the AbnaN Club the
other night. at was when old Dr. Hill
was alive. ana | was walking past his
house one morning looking l suppose very
much as I felt The doctor was standing
by the gate. Hold on Il minute he called.
as / was hurrying by with down east
eyes whats the matter with YOU?
II really don't know ! said.
Got the liver complaint?
Yes, I'm afriad I have"
Now he careful there-Isn't it really
heart disease?
well, now that YOU speak of il.
guess, that is really the trouble with me.
Looking little white aren't you-are
YOU sure it isn't consumption?
NO, / answered wearlly. Sometimes |
thinks that's exactly what is destroy
ing my health"
The doctor looked at me retiectiVely for
moment. and the uncomfortable sus-
picion crossed my mind that / detected
twinkle of fun in his eye"
Nov wouldn you really like to know
exactly what il is that ais YOU he
asked
at would certainly be Il great relief to
me"
wei II Ten H""--i'7 Iii"'S'9''"''- II
"V''9 ~ ~" 81 "'''' "i''9S Se'ili"'ii -
""t 81 o'"ei 'il't'S''''9 H'ii'9VH '"o mn
- ~ ''i'' 20 "'' .' Ms '''' ~
man ''''' - '''" '' ~" ''' u" Gu
| IN N"' ''N'i' on" - '"7 'N'''"S
''''' Guy "'''9"'''H = W." f"'' N' '"''
N'I'' ul' ~ say '""s ",' " '"''' ''''
9e'ii''tNh "o o'"'I' 'tl''t '''h GUNS
US ''ii'' 20" 5"Ne IL q N"''''''i' ''i''
'"l' ~
= followed MN INTO the once an" NJ
wrote OUT prescriptions mere ne SAN
'S 'l' '!'i',''' ~ - ny we, '''''e P0' w. ~,
'''''' ''N' 1t ~ '''i'.', ~ ,''
""''''''' '''' you y i''' ''' q
gay VI '""' ..
ia. '''N '''l'' "9N'1 80
20 -N"'h"'S u" S.''"' l"N''e" H""
loF'' so" EN' YOUR 7''i',''c" d '''"''0''
on maven 5ol '"' QUE 'l'' ~ N'''''
you "'N 81 "'' '' ''''t 10 E'' "''''ii'''
'"'h inc lf'9'r''''"" |" Il "fuE N'"r
i', .,.,,,, ,,,,,,.
"o'ul me SIZE o. ''""'fr EF"P'S' h't
'Id ''e business however III d ie" ''''I
.i Nc. ,,'.,.'
III ""7" 7t''i 0F'' '''' vs. '''' INV "'''
-
at is certainly amazing what Il power
the imagination is in carrying mp ill.," Re-
marked another mcmbor az the group
Il had such an experience once myself
! had left homo on Il long business trim.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22

y. puNhSpoft IlStflCt ministerial
Association.
Temperance.
West Paris, Feb 2-Oxford District
Lodge Good Templars
East Surry-Feb. 3-Hancock District
Lodge Good Tempars.
bscflng, Feb. 9-Cumberland District
Lodge Good Templars.
fhomaSton, Feb. 9-KnoX District
Lodge Good Templars.
Pennington, Feb. 10-Franklin District
Lodge Good Templars.
Pembroke, Feb. 11-Washington District
Lodge Good Templars.
Biddcford, Feb. lG-Iork District Lodge
Good Tcmplars.
Biddeford, Feb. 16-York District
| Lodge Good Templars.
! Lewiston, Feb 23-Androscoggin Dis
| trict Lodge Good Templars.
Binsiiam, March 4-Somerset District
| Lodge Good Templars
Caribou. March i-5-North Aroostool
! District Lodge Good Templars.
Grange.
! North Brewer, Jan. 23-Penobscot Po
! mona Grange.
Bryant's Pond, Feb. 1-Oxford Pomona
! Grange.
Monroe Feb. Waldo Pomona Grange
South Lewiston, Feb. 2-AndroscogSi
! Ioi"Oua Grange.
Bridscwatcr, Feb. 5-Aroostook Pumo-
| ma Grange.
Nassalboro Feb. 10-l<cnncbcc Pomona
| Grange.
Miscellaneous.
Lewiston, Feb. 2l-2J-Annual Encamp-
ment Department of Maine G.. \. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
New York Cotton Market.

New York. Jam. n.
Cotton futures closed quiet; sales, S. 100
bales January. SO February, 5.65.
March. 5.GS; April. 5.11: May, 5.74: June
III, July. Isl; August. 3.Sl; September
$50: October 5S.; November. so.
Cotton spot closed steady: middling IN
lands ~; middling gulf, Gis: sales 81
bales.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22

An article of merit is sure to Win
SO with the Hop Plasters which are
used in thousands of homes with con
fdence and success. Active the mo-
ment applied. All medicine dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
Fall River Print Market.

Fall River, Mass. Jan a.
The cloth market continues active at
rs cents; plus per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22

Aluminium is being tried for grain
buckets by the Indian Wharf Brewing
Company OF BROOKLYN The buckets are
attached to an endless chain. and it is
thought by making them Of aluminium
that the decrease in weight would result
in saving Of power and experience has
PRAYED The, correctness Of the conclusion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22

HOODS PILLS are the fdvorite
family cathartic. easy 20 take, easy to
operate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
SHIPPING NEWS.
N aine Ports.

PORTLAND-Jan. 81 ar sim Devona
TAFT, Shields; schs 4. G. Sawyer. kei-
ley. MachiaS for New York: Catalina
Mcintyre, Rockport for Boston; Ripley
Banks, do: sim Manhattan, New York
Cid sch Abby and Eva Hooper, Eos
ter. st. John. \. b.
MACHlAS-Jan. Il. SD sim Alaska
New York: Catharinc G. Barry. New
York; Georgia Myers. New York
BELFAST-Jan. T.. ar sch Nolant
LincolnVille.
BOOTHBAY-Jan u. ar schs VIA
Keene, Machias; Eldorado. Milbridgo;
Railroad, Friendship sid sch w g
Norcross. Rockport.
ROCKLAND- Il, sld. schs Morris;
and Cliff. Torrey, New York; James \
Brown Simmons. New York
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22

10 Cure Headache in Is Minutes.
Take DR.. Davis Anti Headache. Al
druggists. jan1Sdeod1y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
Other Domestic Ports

PORTSMOUTH \ H.-Jan. u. IL
sim Erie. New York to st. John
BOSToN-Jan y. ar sims Cambrian
Minia (Brl. Halifax: Chas T Mayer. Port
land.
Cid, sim Cephalonia tBr,. Liverpool:
schs Glydon CBr), Halifax; Sackvine
Packet (Brl. ST John.
Sid, sim Roston fB), Yarmouth y S,
schs Harry Chester. MachiaS; Robert
Byron. Rockport. Me; Helen G. King
HIGHLAND LIGHT. MASS. Jan u
psd out. sim John Englis. Portland for
New York
Psd east, sim Manhattan, New York
for Portland.
FALL RIVER. MASS.-Jan q. ar. schs
II ii Harvey. ST John. Edward Lameyer
ROckland. Me.
RALTlMORE-Jan II ar, sim Ursula
Bright. HaVre via Halifax and Hampton
Roads: sch Georgia |. Dickson. Portland
CITY ISLAND-Jan p. bound south
schs James b Pace, Portland Nc, Via
Glen cove.
Ar. sch Mary + Corson ST John.
Hope Portland.
Cld. stms Massachusetts. London. Scr
via. Liverpool; sch Caroline & Foss. ST
Johns. \ =.
Jan -, ar sim Campania Liverpool
Jan u. sim ST Louis southampton.
PHILADELPHlA-Cl sim Ports
mouth, with Big Preston for Portland;
Schs Chas y briggs. John r Randall and
Sarah & Ropes Portland.
SALEM. MASS.-Jan q. Sid sch Carrie
/. HiN. Rockuort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
HYOI1EI"
CURES BY INHALATION

'Hvomci" Outfit. & 90 Extra bottles,
soc. "Hyomei" Balm "a wonderful heal
err. csc Sold by all druggists or sent by
mail send for the Story oil 'Hyomei"
Malleti lrne.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
Daily Kennebec Journal.
OF COMING EVENTS.
Religious.
Temperance.

PASSPORT, Feb. 2S-March Eastern Di-
tlslon OF Bucksport District Ministerial
| Association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22
r. T. BOOTH CO.,

Room j.. Browns Block.
531 Congress St. Portland, Me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-22

Lewiston, Feb. 2l-25-Annual Encam
ment, Department of Maine G.. \. K.
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23
LOviSiANA'S NEW SvFFRA0l

Something entirely new In Qualifica.
tiOns for suffrage II about to be given
trial In Louisiana. The provision
finally adopted. not without opposition,
requires an educational test for suf.
frage, but makes an exception where
the illiterate voter possesses property
or his wife has property. Exception
is also made In case OF foreigner nat.
uralixed prior to the first Of this year,
ana in the case Of an illltcrate voter
whose father or grandfather was a
voter In Louisiana or some other State
previous to jan. 1. 1857. With voting
where suffrage IL granted because Of
the electors garden patch or his
wife's mules We IRE familiar, sOr sew
eral States have similar property quail
iicatiOns. But the plan Of permitting
II man who cannot read and has no
mules to vote simply because his
grandfather was voter more than
thirty years ago Is a decided innOva-
tiOn. The proposal would be amusing
were II not so serious. In business life
young men frequently bank on the
credit Of their fathers, and In social
life there Is tendency to rely on
grandfathers or more distant ances-
tors. This, however, Is the first sug.
gcstiOn OF hereditary qualification
for suffrage In any American State.
1t certainly Is not suggestion OF the
surviving grandfathers, for few OF
them would care to continue voting in
definitely through illiterate descend
ants. This strange suffrage qualifica-
ton Is of doubtful validity. A majority
of the delegates opposed 1t, but accept
cd 1t as compromise. Both OF the
United States Senators from Louisiana
have declared 1t unconstitutional from
a Federal standpoint, ana n number of
other Senators consulted denOunce 1t.
II it is finally tried and sustained what
new and strange suffrage qualification
may we not expect from the next con-
stitutiOn.maklng body?
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23

The best lawyers In Chicago are
pleased to learn that the leaders Of the
Republican party In Cook County have
made up their minds to nominate one
Of our most popular young attorneys
for Judge of the Superior Court. The
gentleman referred to is Mr.. Thomas
Taylor. Jr.. Master In Chanccry, and
one Of the well.knOwn members Of the
Chicago hMr. He was born In Eng.
land, but his parents came to this
country when he was very young. He
was reared and educated In this State.
After completing an academic course.
Mr.. Taylor entered Knox College ut
Gnlesburg. this State. from which In.
stitutiOn he graduated with the degree
Of b. y. Later he attended Harvard
University. from which institution he
received the degree Of LII. Il. He first
located. In the practice Of his prOfcs.
sion, In Boston, but In 1887 came tO
Chicago. where he has since resided.
and where l,e has built up n large prac.
tlce. MIR. Taylor II member Of the
Chicago Bar Association. nnd has been
its treasurer since 1904. lie is also a
Master In Chancery Of the Circuit
Court, which Office he has held for four
years, having been appointed 10 sue.
ceed Judge Wlndes. lie has filed the
Office with distinguished success. He
IN member Of the University. Chica.
go Literary, Athletic nnd Washington
Park Clubs, anll OF the Clic,,gO His.
tOrical Society. In politics he is n Re.
publican. Mr.. Taylor II eminently
qualified to grace the bench, M he n
one Of the best equipped lawyers In tho
city, having In addition to his law
course ut Harvard spent two years
abroad, where he studied civil law IN
the Universities Of Berlin and Vienna,
He married In 1901 Miss Florence
ClnrksOn, the daughter Of John ThOrne
Clarkson, Of this city. They have two
sons.
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23
ASSESSOR STUCKART AFTER
0RAF1ERS.

Henry Stuckart. the recently elected
Democratic South Town Assessor, an.
nounced Wednesday that he is after
the ''grafters" that have for many
years mulcted the taxpayers of the
South Town. War Is declared on the
men who represent themselves as go
betweens and thus sandbag property
owners with promises of reduced as.
scssments.
Although Assessor Stuckart has been
in office only since last Monday he has
already had reports from many taxpay-
crs In the downtown section Of men
seeking blackmail by pretending to rep
resent the Assessor. Half dozen cases
were reported Tuesday and as many
more Wednesday.
''These vultures, who prey on b,isi-
ness men and ruin the character Of an
Assessor. have begun their work." said
Mr.. Stuckart. ''and I want to warn the
business men Of the South Town that
these men do not represent me. They
tell property-Owners that they can fix
their assessments on payment or cer-
tain amounts, and In some cases, am
told, the money has already been paid
for influence with me. want II under.
stood by the taxpayers Of the South
Town that all such men are impOstors.
There II not one Of them that can fix
me or who has any influence whatever
In the matter Of assessments. will
consider II a personal favor II some bus.
mess man who has the good Of the
community mt heart will detain one Of
these swindlers until I can see him or
until we can give him in charge Of the
police"
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23
THE WEST TOWN row.

There may be all kinds of trouble for
Democratic officeholders. politicians
and ambitious candidates In facts that
have just come to light concerning af-
fairs In the West Town office. 1t start.
cd when 4. Il. Ryan, Assessor, had u
falling out with Dennis COnsidine, Su-
pervisor, last year. but was not per-
mitted to become public until Wednes.
day, when somebody discovered that
John G. Spry holds five-year lease for
quarters occupied by the board In his
building at Madison ana Morgan
streets, given by COnsldine.
Along with this information came the
discovery that Mr.. Ryan got the Audit.
Ing Board to allow him an advance OF
500 In his salary, and many people are
wanting to know why that was done.
There was another stir of surprise
and uneasiness when W. J.. \. Bernai.
mer presented bill for services as at,
torney for Town Collector George Leln.
niger In thirty.hve or forty cases
brought by taxpayers who protested
against Ryan's assessments on theil
property, as II was known that John T.
Kehoe, the regularly constituted Town
Attorney, was paid the - 900 salary his
office demanded.
In view of this fact the Auditing
Board, made up of West Town Justices
has ordered an investigation to discover
why Bernamer was employed.
Following these disclosures, the Sc
crcts of the Harrison ana Ryan faction
al tight OF the last campaign began tG
leak out. C0nsldine, II seems, appoint
ed Kehoe as Town Attorney much
against the wishes Of Mr.. Ryan. In
order to win votes Ryan made it his
policy, IL was charged, to release voters
from paying taxes as far as he could by
increasing the assessments on manu-
featuring concerns and big merchants
As a result Collector Leinlnger found
himself confronted with stack OF in,
junction suits brought by the latter.
II Is claimed now that he employed
Bernaimcr to defend these suits at the
lnstigation of Ryan, who feared that
Kehoe, as the friend of COnsidinc,
might not exert himself to fully uphold
the Assessors vote-gettlng policy.
The clash between Considine and
Ryan reached the stage Of open hOstili-
ties last fall when the two disagreed
as to a new location for the town offices.
Town Clerk BlnIak sided with Consi-
dine and the records We're removed to
the Spry Building. April > the two
held town meeting and executed ON
behalf Of the Town Board "A lease on
the Spry Building offices for term Of
five years AT a rental of 1925 a month.
Now the question Of the legality Of
this lease Is raised on the grounds that
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23
ILLiN0iS As 4 COAL PRODUCER.

Illinois was the second State In the
production Of coal last year. the total
product being 2O.O72,75S tons, valued
at the mines at $14.472.520, or an aver.
age Of " cents ton. Pennsylvania
stood at the head of the list, with a
product OF 53,S42, 500 tons Of bitumi-
nous, valued ut $37, ,064, ,400. an average
cost OF 20 cents ton at the mines. 1t
VIII surprise people to learn that West
Virginia stands third In coal production
of all the United States, her total reach.
Ing 13,556,O1S tons, valued at IS, ,637 ,017,
an average of "a cents n ton at the
mines, which was the lowest Of any
State In the Union. Ohio coal cost an
average OF IS cents, and, although the
total was 100000 tons less than was
mined In West Virginia, 1t sold for near
ly $l,OOO,OOO more money. Alabama
stands number five In the order of pro.
ductlOn. Then come Iowa, Maryland
and Indiana. Coal Is mined In twenty
nine States and Territories, ana the
national product last year was los, 1885,.
1sS tons, valued at SOS, ,O94, ,7O7, or near.
ly 81 ton ut the mines. or this 52,129,-
4Os tons was anthracite, produced In
Pennsylvania alone. The average cost
OF mining anthracite was $1.05 ton,
and the average cost Of bltuminOus was
81 cents. Out In Oregon they pay $311
ton for mining coal, In Nebraska $3.G
and In California $2.25. The increase
In the tonnage sent out last year was a
little mora than 3 per cent, while the
anthracite product decreased nearly
., $50 900 tons.
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23
colo FROM SEA.WATER.

On the shores Of North Lubec, n little
town In eastern Maine. there has been
established an enterprise that seems to
suggest limitlcss possibilities. 1t Is n
"plant" for extracting from a.water,
by secret process, the single grain Of
gold which every ton contains. Since
the undertaking Is novel, NIL the appli.
anccs IRE necessarily crude; but even
now the yield Of gold ID said to be re.
niunerative. Az business proposition
It seems, at nrst thought. nm absurdity
to "trent" n ton Of water for the sake
Of n grain Of gold. Mnnlfestly, how.
ever, the enterprise would be subject
to the same general conditions that dc.
termine. say, the advisability Of min.
Ing l0w.grade ores. And the marine
miner, II we may 10 speak. has the nd.
vantage Of nm cxhaustless ''clain;" for
tho total mass Of sea.water is cstimat.
cd Mt nearly One-and.a.half million.
million. millions tons. Tho now expert.
ment II not only Interesting In itself;
II II significant. as probable prelude
to other efforts to recover the riches
held In this mighty reservoir. No one
but the scientist can comprehend the
wealth Of the waters-and even he hes.
itatcs to attempt to measure 1t. But
he II able TO name, In addition to gold.
moro than twenty valuable cOmpO.
ncnts Of the ocean salts. These. besides
tho chl0rides and sulphides OF sodium.
magnesium. potassium and calcium,
which are the principal components.
include arsenic, lithium, rubidium. cac.
siun. silicon, bOric acid. brOminc, 10.
dine, hu0rine as acid. and the oxides Of
nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminium,
zinc. silver. lead, copper, barium and
strOntium as basic compounds. Should
circumstances ever seem to call for the
utilization Of these treasures, science
will hnd the way. 1t IL likely, indeed,
that long before the need Of them
arises. commercial enterprise will have
been attracted to this new field Of cx.
plOitatiOn which IL capable Of adding
90 largely to the wealth Of the world.
There have been pessimists who
argued that In tho distant future In.
creasing population might exhaust
natural resources. They did not real.
Ike that man has but just begun to get
acquainted with his dwelling. place.
The sen, as well as the land. may some
day satisfy all the needs that IRE
known to the present age. ana meet
new demands Of which We do not even
dream.
Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23

Of building up the Industries Of the
country. Last year over Ave hundred
miles of new railway were constructed
in japan, and this year 1t Is proposed to
build even a greater mileage. All toll,
there are two thousand miles Of rail-
way in Japan, and In order to make
them pay they must be fed with the
traffic that springs out Of commercial
activity. These railways belong both
to the government and private corpora.
tions. and connect the principal cities
Of the Empire. In order to stimulate
manufactures, the new Cabinet de-
sides to negotiate commercial treaty.
Germany has been selected as one Of
the countries which will be invited to
enter such treaty. The japanese ar.
que that Germany manufactures ma.
chlnery which they need, and con-
sumes the products which they manu-.
facture. Therefore commercial treaty
with Germany is looked upon as a
desirable acquisition. This eagerness,
on the part Of the Japs, to secure
commercial treaty, under which the
products Of the two countries thereto
may he advantageously exchanged,
ought to attract the attention Of our
government. Germany produces no
machinery that we do not produce and
she consumes no japanese products
that we do not consume. We can sc.
cure the trade of japan II we 60 after
1t on terms that will be acceptable
to the new Cabinet, but we cannot get
1t II we remain inactive and silent while
Germany Is pursuing the prize. We
ought to furnish the japanese the
greater part of their railway iron, and
their rolling stock, but we furnish them
only small fraction Of what they use.
We ought to furnish them the machin.
cry they use in their cotton and silk
mills, but we do not furnish any to
speak Of. We ought to have a market
there for our machinery, agricultural
implements, ETC.. but the foreigners on
the other side of the Atlantic enjoy
monopoly Of what We ought to share.
The japanese like US. They are trying
to make their system Of government
analogous to ours, 80 far as II Is possI-
BILE to make q monarchy resemble re.
public. In view Of this we ought to
compete with Germany for the trade of
the japanese, and II necessary make
such concessions as would secure for
us a continuing market for our staples,
aud the products Of our mills and fac.
tories, which now glut the channels Of
home consumption. Japan wants to
trade with the outside world; why not
have her trade with this country?