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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-27
4 Good Thing.

Oysters served in every style, and sole
by the measure, at Dawes PLACE.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-27

W" are Offering some rare bargains
Ill our furniture, carpet and China de-
partments. Now is your chance to fur
nlsh your house at little cost.
SAM Ell WATKINS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-27
LIVE AGENTS WANTED
Everywhere to show sample pages and get gr
clubs.
Extraordinarily Liberal Terms.

Money can be made rapidly. and vast
amount of good done in circulating one
Of the noble>t historical works pub
li>h, during the past quarter
II n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
MISS WIZARDS WORK
Will Be Continued by Mrs. L. N. Stevens iol
the Present.

Chicago Feb lS.-Mrs l.. Nj. n
stevens. national vice president of the
". c. T. t.. will according to Nation
al Secretary Miss Kate l.. Stevenson.
carry on Miss Wizards work for thu
present NO election will take place
until the next regular convention.
said Miss Stevenson. Miss Stevenson
and Miss Wizards secretary. Anna G.
Gordon. With other national officers.
will accompany the remains to Chica
90. The body will lie in state for a day
in Willard han in the Womans' Temple
building in Chicago. before being taken
to Evanston
Miss T. NJ Meier. state vice presi-
dent at large and Miss Helen Rood
corresponding secretary of the w. t.
I. L.. sent out a request. today. To tht
local unions of Illinois, between 800 ana
800 in numner. for the setting aside OF
next Tuesday. the day Of Miss Will
lard $ burial at Rose Hill, as a day Of
memorial services by all those who
cannot come to Chicago, to attend the
SpIN.ipaS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
&. Arrangement Of
mr. Trains
~ In effect Oct. 4, '97.

LEAVE Portland, HOO P. NJ; Augusta,
t5O A.. M; Waterville. 2.45 A. M; Ban
IL; Brownville. $50 A. H.: Katahdin
iro, Works. $40 A. NJ; Norcross, s.47 A.
M; Sherman, 1850 A. NJ; Island Falls.
ii2o A: M; SMYRNA Mills. u.55 A. M:
Masardis; Ito T; NJ; Ashland. LIS P.
l.15 P. NJ: Presoue Isle. 205 T. NJ: Car
bou, 2.35 7. M; Fort Fairfield. 2.3O P. NJ:
Dover and Foxcroft. Sls A. M; Guilford,
go A; NJ; Monson, 1OlS A. NJ; Greenville.
LE Z Portland; u.2o a NJ: Augusta.
S6 2. NJ; Arrive Brownville. SIS p. NJ:
Norcross, GO p. NJ: Sherman, 40 p NJ:
NJ; Lttleton. 9.Q1 p. NJ: Bridgewater. -
p M. Pressure Isle. 1922 p. NJ: Caribou.
1850 T. NJ; Fort Fairfield. lo40 p. NJ.
LEAVE Bangor, 425 +. NJ.
ARRIVE Dover and Foxcroft. $40 p.
NJ; Guilford 7o5 P. NJ: Monsoon juno
ton. 7.23 P. NJ; Greenville, $50 j.. NJ.
LEAVE Greenville, 525 =. M Monson
Junction. SIS A. M; Guilfcr:- s-4s A. NJ:
vile, 7.15 A. NJ; Lagrange. 757 A. M.
ARRIVE Bangor, 9.15 4. N.
LEAVE Fort Fairfield, $50 u. NJ; Car
ibou. 5.45 A; NJ; Presqre Isle. els A. NJ;
Houlton, 7:55 A. M; ashland $40 a. NJ.
A.; NJ; Island Falls. SEQ a. NJ; Sherman,
9.13 a. NJ; Norcross, 1913 A. NJ: Brown
vile, 1l07 A. NJ: Arrive Bangor. 1915 p.
NJ: Waterville. 2.E Z. NJ; Augusta, IN
+. M. Portland, 5.45 p. NJ.
LEAVE Caribou, Hos A. M; Pressure
Isle, 80 a. NJ. Fort Fairfield II 10 A,
NJ. Bridgewater 12.25 p M; Houlton, 1.50
?. NJ; Island Falls, lis T. M: Sherman,
PAP T.. NJ; Norcross, 3.45 =. NJ; Brown
vile, AS i. NJ; Lagrange, 5.24 p. NJ;
Greenvile, 40 z. M: Monson, BIS p. NJ;
Guilford, 3.57 p. M; Dover and Fox
croft, AS T. M; Sebec, AS P. NJ; Ar
De & NUnt
p. NJ; Augusta, 1850 p. M. Portland, Lao
A. NJ.
GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON,
Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent
f. w. CRAM,
V. Z. and General Manager.
Bangor Sent 30 1887
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
The CABINET MEETING.
The Maine Disaster .cussed-Presdcn,' S
Course Fully Approved.

Washington. F-h lN-Thr only abs, Mt !
t'@ from tudtNS cabinet meeting were
St'f'tari"S sherman and Algcr During
III" meeting the disaster to the Maine
VS. de principal topic of discussion.
SECRETARY Long read "a c1hlcEram from
capt SiSsh"' giving AN account of th.
funeral. yesterday. of thu victims Of tho
cNpl"suu- It Jppcars that unusual. and
II som" respects extraordinary evidences
Of respect and sympathy We're shown bN
TN" Spanish authorities ana people
Although the President ana tho mem
beers of the cabinet await with interest
Tho result - thu inquiry into tn" cause
al the disaster. there remains ur:iCti,.. II =
II" doubt in their minds that it was an .lc-
rtd"ni. purely, and such Is might happen
at amy time This view of the matter
however. VIII not influence The PrcSi lcut
tn stop short at a most searching inVrSti-
cation into all The facts present and rr-
mote. that may have any possible bear
~" upon I'll" ease. or throw upon ii Il
Sin9l" raN ~ liAht. Until facts arr shown
I" TIN contrary. thr President viii ;S-
sum" mat thc explosion came from with
in. and was not the result If trrachrrY
on the part If any one
The President is receiving Il large NAM
her Of conGr"tu)utorN messages. com
mrudin@ him for the course he has pur-
sued i'm this matter. rs we'll as in the
homo
The President announces, 10 the cabi-
net that he would srud a houuvt of flow
vrS t. Mrs SigSbr". a decision which was
approved by the cabinet and iic,ortliuglv
Ensign Ncrtl" s,n-im LAYS of Cuptnin
Si@Sbrr. Was summoned from the navy
Department - the White House ana BADEN
with au immense bouquet. tied with white
satin ribbons
l'lpr;h tributes were also orIercd To- be
~"nt I" tho families of the sin members
Of the Maiur'S crew living here. who
met their deaths in tn" explosion
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Railroads and Steamboats,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Arrangement Of Trains in
Effect November "a, 1897.
Passenger trains leave Augusta a. fol-
THROUGH TRAINS

Passenger trains leave Augusta a. fol-
lows:
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEsT-s.3o A. M. for Lewiston,
Pennington. Phillips. Rockland. Port
land, Bridgton, Boston. Montreal ana
Quebec, 1906 A. NJ DAILY for Brunswick,
Lewiston, Portland and Boston, week
days connects also for Pennington, Phil
lips Carrabasset, Rangeley. Rockland. Mon
treal and Toronto; 3.35 p. M. (express) for
Brunswick, Bath, Lewiston. Portland.
Boston, 11.00 r. NJ. might Pullman) every
night for Lewiston. Bath, Portland ana
Boston; Las a. NJ. Portland and Boston.
Sundays only--11.32 A. NJ. mixed for Port
land and Boston
GOING EAST-I.60 A. NJ. might ex-
press) for Skowhegan, Bangor, Bar Har-
Dor, ST. Stephen, st. John, Halifax ana
Aroostook county: 9.10 i. III. Tor Water
Vile, Belfast. Skowhegan and Bangor;
lis r. M. for Waterville. Oakland, Win
throp, Bangor. Bar IIarbor, Old Town.
Patten and Aroostook county p. & A..
vacceboro. st. stephen. Houlton. Wood
stock St. John and Halifax:
$40 p NJ. for Waterville, OAK
land, North Arson, Bingham. Skowhegap-
Belfast, Foxcroft, Greenville, Bangor,
Old Town and Mattawamkeag; 7.23 P. n.
for Watervi.;e.
SUNDAYS only 915 A. NJ. and 255 =. n.
for Watervile and Bangor.
The Night Pullman Train leaving at 1.t0
A. NJ. going east does not connect Tor
Skowhegan on Monday mornings. or for
Belfast. Foxcroft or hey 0nd Bangor, Sun
day mornings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
A W0MAN'S BURDEN.
From the Evening News, Detroit, Micl

From the Evcnin;; News, Detroit, Mich.
The women of today are not as strong
as their grandmot hers.
They are hearing q burden in silence
that grows heavier day by day: that *
Sapping their vitality, cIouding their hap
pIncSS, weighing them down with the woe
of i'll health
Mrs. Alexander T.. Clark. of III Michi-
gan Avenue, Detroit. is Il typical woman
OF today. a wife with such ambition as
only Il loving wife can have. But the joys
OF her life were married by the existence
of disease
Suffering as thousands Of her sisters
have suffered. she almost dcspaired of
life and yet she was cured.
She wants others to profit by her cX-
perirnce: 10 grow we'll; to enjoy health;
to be rs happy as she is
For 1--WE Years | suffered with ovarian
trouble. is Mrs. Clark's own version of
the story. II was not free one single day
from headache ana intense twitchinS
pains IN my neck ana shoulders.
"For months at a time would be con-
fined to my bed.
AT times black spots would appear he
fore my eyes and would become blind.
My nerves We're in such Il state that Il
step on the floor unsettled me.
Eminent doctors, skillful nurses. the
best food and medicine an failed. Then I
consented TO an operation. That. too,
failed and they said another was nccos-
SarN, After the second was worse than
ever and the world was darker than be-
fore.
1T was then l heard Of Or. Williams
Pink Pills fnr l'alr People.
- heard that they had cured eases like
mine and tried them.
They cured me, They brought sun
shin" 1" my life and filled my cup with
happiness. THE headache is gone: the
twiichinS il gone; the nervousness is
gone: the trembling has ccnscd ANA !
have gained twcnty-siX pounds.
"tlralth and strength is mine ana am
thankful 10 Dr Williams Pink Pills for
Pale Propl" for the blessing"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills have proved "A
boon to Womankmd. Acting directly on
the blood and nerves. they restore the
requisite vitality to all parts of the body:
creating functional regularity and perfect
harmony throughout the nervous system.
The pallnr ~ the checks is changed to
IA" delicate blush "f health: the eyes
brighten. thc muscles grow elastic ambi-
ton is created ana good health returns
Wltf-hlG. dailNfehlH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

department charged with this inquiry.
and viii not attempt to do anything
which could IN the least degree dcroGate
from the attitude which the American
| people aud Congress should holl in the
| presence of calamity so dire and 50
| tragic as that which befell the battleship.
| Maine. J. think those who know Hon.
| Theodore Roosevelt, who is Mr. Longs
| right hand. would be slow to believe that
he would seek to conceal the truth in re-
| gard to this disaster.
Mr.. President, | am sorry that any
| debate has arisen on this question
| IT seems To me that the attitude of
| Congress ever since that awful news
arrived has been in the highest degree
| dignitied ard worthy of itself and
| worthy OF the american people. We
! have not shricked or talked. We have
| waited in silence of much deeper
meaning than any words we want to
/ know the truth. If it was an accident
| which destroyed the Maine. then let
us provide 50 far as human foresight
| can against reoccurrenCe. If it was
treachery. then the righteous wrath Of
| the American people will take a signal
vengeance for the treachery which sent
that ship to the bottom and let no one
think to stay it.
Mason. in making his reply. said that
misuuotation and general spas,n would
not drive him from the discussion ~
this question. He shared, he said in
the general admiration of the various
executive departments. He was only
sorry that While Wolcott was giving a
lecture about the navy department ne
did not give tn" treasury department
some praise Mason endorsed all that
Lodge had said about the head of the
navy, whom he knew to he a man Of
ability. of great head and warm heart
But ht said Mr. Long could not him
self abjcct to an investigation ana It
was no part of friendship to him to try
! to shield him from such an inquiry as
! was proposed. He denied that his re
marks contained any reflection upon
Mr. Longs integrity or honor, or the
integrity or honor Of the officers of ~
navy. He resented the intimalion that
he had gone into the slums 10 find
words " it'll which to characterize The
navy department.
HaNleN. Connecticut pointed our
that the Investigation Of the catastrn-
phe would not lie made here in Wash
ington. 1t would have to be conducted
on the spot where the disaster occur
red H expressed fun confidence y.
Tho officers who Werr 10 make tn" in
vpstigation fnr the navy department.
Ialo rose ana said deliberately. II
decline absolutely 10 follow the son
ator from Illinois CMaSon) into gem
eral discussion at the Cuban qucstiuC.
had hoped hat this subject might To-
disposed Of. today. without debate an I
now decline to take advantage of IN"
"a. "a nlttlt
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On Miss Wizards Death.

London. Feb. 1S.-The afternoon
newspapers today, make sympathetic
references to the death of Miss Frances
Willard They all agree that Miss
Wizards death will prove a serious
blow To the societies with which she
was connected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

Mr.. Francis Treas, Northumberland.
Penna.. thinks it good remedy for
rheumatism He writes: Il have been
using your liniment called Salvation
Oil for rheumatism and find il gives mo
great relief Ii is a good remedy"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
NJ aine Pensions.

Washington. Fch l>.-The following
pension changes resulting from the issue
Of February are announced:
Maine. original WIDOW. etc. Maliuda j.
Hooper. liiddctord, $. Martha {. Me
tuTda, Sl2.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

, ~ '"i'' - ~. ~
80 tilV S"cr'i t"ilSld'ritioh Oh Nu'n pUVS-
I""s, re was noe Wing /" S'fihr 1ut
~ W.. iihti''"'N ION Wy iINolu-
i 49, "l' va INK ''t,u ~ nno"
Il 10 llrW "p t"' +'",.1' ''i''' ~ "',, WV
~ tll' ilioimau"il' ny utldN We
NJ l"ld 'hi't Years ago l" Wit IN
-" ii'"''t'h ' Tue 7t'i''Sl ,'i'i't'iIt9 I'''o
9"u ~ our t""l'S ana M" P"rtah'u on
nul iloSpi'antN WiiIe we were sun way
l"- ana mad continued /" wait uhtlI tne
/ ~ ~, oi caiamlilrS h't" hf'n crowned ny
.ru ;htli't t''aS'f"Pne VIZ 'S loss "l -"
P't '""S -NhI'!l'df! lN'S-
/ , 80 in'tFFHpie" M'S"" L." HHH nv
',i. ~ ~ p,,"i'''I'' 80 ~ ~ i"'' ~
PU'i II" Wl"lt ShpJ'Nt H"tt'i Wa
tNoh now undrr%"lhS ihNrS'l&atioh> ahu
~ view "f IN" pfnmpih'S@ Nhlch ~"
"''H FNc''lSV'. th't' WAS no reason ioi
tl'F EHli.S Ia" motives 81 thr olil'L'lS 81
me d'lAftmcnj. II" lh"uShi the senate
! '"'' i'd9ohIulE wait i Few DAYS uH.I
| ne results OF INC lhNTStle'tlon No''lu pr
sven |" INC puhil'. tie h"pod that the
| 9'ni!l' would See the pr"prlc,N OF ont
/ h.'N'nS inns an occasion Tor in''H'nmll"rN
/ SnN'HAtS ana ihat ait would take IN"
/ view mat IN the presence of a calamity
! WW'h had appalled, TN" Whol" world to
! GAY was not TIA" proper time Tor an ap-
! pea 7" passion and prejudice
/ i>"llAln@. Mason said there was no cit-
l3IhItN - great ~ Il failure on the part
! al tlpSr IN pow or I" appr"clat" the real
! SITUATION Mhth 1t WAS :" serious as 1t
/ now WIS. ANA n" sorrow 50 profound as
/ mat over Indifference |" this situation.
! ii' ha' letter from Mt luttan lta"-
( morn" read to snow, as h" claimed. 'hlt
/ murder WAS the policy Of IN" Spanish
! |"N'fhm'nl IN tuha Autonomy ne &c
. r"un''d rs i sham, fraud anu 4 drih-
7lnh, aud IN" De LONE letter only served
I" "mphasize the treach"rons rhar@ctFr
! oi tn" Spaniard Tie declared that he
woldd not be willing 70 serN" on tn" pro
posed committee. as ne would not want
Ia . In len In
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Daily kennebec 3ournal.
55th CONGRESS-.
Continued from page ID

(Masom would see the improperly of the
position he was taking.
Mason said that he meant no reflection
ON Secretary Long, but an investigation
by Congress could not interfere with the
navy department.. lie said the American
people We're tired of investigation be
hind closed doors. that with 80 Scamtn
lying ut the bottom of Havana harhor
tn" people of the United States wanted
to know whether she was blown up by
her enemies or 10y spontaneous combus-
ton.
Mason said that if it was found that the
Maine disaster was the result of accident
the people would he better satisfied if Il
committee of Congress should find it SO.
and no harm would be done.
Mason. referring To the DcLomc letter.
said Hv thought every one would com
mont the President for the manner in
Which he handled a matter which was in
part 50 personal to himself. II" said
mat th"S" who are 50 anxious to 90 SLOW
in the matter Of the Maine We're the de
Tenders of DE Lomc. and had praised his
wise craftsmanship.
Mason said III" President said in his
mVsSaG" that one reason why he hest
tattd 1" Interfere was hccaus" "f Tho
promotion of autonomy. and Yet al the
| sam" time the SDaniIrds We're drnoun"-
| u3@ IN" government Mason said Their"
~h"uid br American divers for HE Maine.
| 50 that the truth could be tuld. He would
! not act upon "n lnVrSji2atlon committee.
| hc said. because h would not sit at
! tlhir with "a SpaniaTd unless BE- had a
| ~tiirtto in his poe lirt. This caused
| tittVr in the StNate.p
Senator Wolcott created sensation in
| replying TO Mason.
Wulcott said The senator from Illinois
| had said that the people were losing con-
| idvncc in one of the great departments
| uI th" government. q statement chat
! could moi pass unchallenScd.
| Mason sought Ia interrupt W"l"ntt but
| the lJtier percmprorilY declined To hr in
| ttrrilblsb and insisted THAI he words tI.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

Through tickets to California and all
points South and West may be had Of E.
II. Walker, ticket agent. Augusta, the
only Office In Augusta selling via all
routes and checking baggage free OF ex-
pense. GEO. T. EVANS. General Manag-
er; F. E. BOOTHBY, GenI Pass. and
Ticket Agent.
Portland Nov. 10. 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
ro crxE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative BromO Qulnlne Tablets. All drng
gists refund the money II It fails to cure 2sc
The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet
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BANGOR & ARoOs1OoK R. R.

Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between
Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at 545 A. NJ. and Bangor. at 3.x
p, NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.

SOUTH GARDINER TO AUGUSTA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-11
MANUFACTURE OF POWDER.
United States Prefers the Gun-COtton
SmOkeIesS Article.

NEW YORK, March 10-A representative
of the Associated Press called upon Mr..
Lewis Nixon to-day and directed his atten-
ton to the statements in this mornings pa
pers that the powder mills of the country
could make only about half a ton of smoke
less powder per day. Mr. Nixon said: IT
do not believe this statement, for the facili-
ties of the powder mills of the country must
be far in excess of the amount named. 1
know, however, of q new smokeless powder
and high explosive factory which can turn
cut now ton per day, and can in ten days
be in position to turn out five times this
amount. This mandatory is now making
smokeless powder giving an unusually high
velocity with very moderate pressure and a
temperature which will not cause the rapid
erosion which now limits the life of large
gun to few rounds. This factory was
built to meet the demands of an undertake
ing having nothing to do with the present
crisis, but it now becomes available in the
general scheme of national defense. Num-
erous new machines have been built and a
number have been imported from Krupp, of
Germany, so that every refinement known
in modern powder making available is
actually at work on powder and explosives
Of proven efficiency upon the waters of
Greater New York. The subject of smoke
less powder is at present engaging the earn
est attention of the most famous chemists
and explosive experts in Europe. Most of
the powders are made of gun cotton and
nitroglycerin in varying proportions. The
emulation of nitroglycerin has led to num-
erous accidents, some of them serious. The
United States Navy Department seems to
prefer what is termed a gun-cotton powder,
but the practice abroad is to use good deal
of nitroglycerin. The concern / have in
mind uses in its powder new chemical COM
pounds in many respects similar to those
used by others, but with just enough varia-
ton to give far greater stability. In addi-
ton to smokeless powder they are making
gun gelatine and filing shell for high ex-
plosive firing, and the shots recently heard
in the neighborhoOd of New York are not
those of an enemy's battery, but they are
made with a view to perfecting new fuses
to be used in high explosive warfare"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-11

LONDON, March 10.-Arrived: Victoria,
from New York; Massachusetts, from New
York. Sailed: Mobile. for New York.
QUEENSTOWN, March 1O.-Sailed: Ma
jestic, for New York. Arrived: Germanic,
from New York, for Liverpool
HAVRE. March 10-Arrived: La Bre-
tagne, from New York.
LIVERPOOL. March 10.-Sailed Waes-
land, for Philadelphia.
MARSEILLES, March 10-Arrived: Bur-
gundy, from New York
BREMEN, March 1O.-Arrived: Trave,
from New York.
PENARTH. March 1O-sailed: Noordland,
for Baltimore.
AMSTERDAM, March 1O.-saiied: Edam,
for New York.
COPENHAGEN. March S-sailed: Hekla,
for New York.
GENOA. March lo-sailed; Fulda. for
New York.
NAPLES. March IO.-Arrived: Ems. from
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-11


whenever I am driven to DEATH" ex-
claims madame, "and want to do dozen
things at once and be in six different places
east, west, north and SOUTH simultaneously
church and clubs and charitable asSoc1a-
tons naggirg me-and / realize that am
behind in entertaining, and have neglected
my French, and have not begun Italian and
Spanish, as I meant tC do this season-then
Mrs. De Coverly becomes balm to my fe-
vered spirit She lives, while l am using
myself up. I don't believe she would cum
Der herself with what other women are
breaking their necks for. She gets all the
comfort and simply shuts her eyes to the
annoyances of a beautiful home Her serV-
ants adore her because she never nags
them She invites to her house the people
she likes and banisheS the rest, undeterred
by any social considerations. If l could
create around myself an oasis of rest, an
exquisite Eden in which all the natural out
door joys, the pleasures of books and hoW-
ers and selected friends, found place, such
as that woman keeps in the midst of a
bowling city, l wouldn't be the hag-drivcn
thing l am, at everybody's beck and call.
/ really think sometimes it is better to be
comfortable, and to make the men COM
Portable than to be advanced.
This confession of madames sets one
again face to face with the fact that civil
ization does not civiliZe. 1t only brings the
human being new variety of fortunes, and
brushes in him the noble old barbaric spirit
which would rebel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-11
Nansen ON America.
Harper's Weekly.


DR.. Nansen, in spite of himself, talks a
little now and then about his American eX-
periences recent London dispatch quotes
him as grieving over 1.-The inventions of the
American reporters and as divulging some
dissatisfaction with American audiences.
He says he feels at home in England, but
there Gin America), in spite of the crowds,
felt lack of sympathy with my scientific
achievements. In many cases the people
only wanted to stare, and they would have
been equally pleased if / had got up and
sung a comic song"
These sound like real sentiments and are
not surprising. In England there is I'M
doubtedly more interest to the square mile
in arctic exploration than in the United
States, and it is undoubtedly true that
curiosity was at the bottom of large share
of the attention that was paid to DR.. Nam
sen in this country. But that that would
be so was, as the Evening Post would say,
something that any educated man could
have predicted. DR.. Nansen may console
himself, however, with the knowledge that
whatever the motive that drew his audi
ences in America, the spectators were well
satisfied with his show. If they went to
stare at him, they found him, we'll worth
looking at. 1t is not recorded that any one
who went to see him denied that he was
a fine figure of man, or wanted his money
back after the performance.