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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-19

The Poland fellow who mcrcilessly
beat borrowed horse is To be made
to suffer for it, He offended against
both his horse and his neighbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-19
Hancock.
StFRRY.

Miss Edith Anderson entertained a
number of her friends at her home on
Main street. Tuesday evening
large delegation from the Bluehill
Lodge. visited Surry Lodge No. IS,
a. Q. L. W.. last Saturday evening a
collation. of clam stew cake and cor
fee was served in the lower hail.
Mrs. S. S. Scammons of Franklin. is
visiting her parents. Capt and Ms
H. G. Young.-Miss Esther Emery
who has been whiting in Ellsworth
has returned home. Maynard Blais-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-19

4 man in Machias. an cX-soldie-
We infer, is said to have shown the t
he had some soldicrly grit left, if his
Judgment is impaired. In the mill d
car of edginSs passed over a foot
breaking the bones and mangling the
flesh of a toe. He continued to work
all day without even taking off his
shoe or letting anybody know of the
accident. He remained in the house
several days after the occasion, for ac
tiVity had passed, however, and
worked his toe up into passable shape.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-19

Portland mayor thinks charity be
gins at home 50 far as the matter Of
apprupriatug the citys money for
cuba is concerned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-19
school ma ans. BY all means don t
forget the school ma ANS.

Prof. Bateman predicts Il row in the
next Legislature over game laws But
just what Prof Batcman thinks OF tn"
row brewing among the remnants of
the PopuliSt party is the subject on
which the professor is iGost at home.
A Sanguine prophet says the South
will probably get our cotton mills in
time but We can then use them for
spinning spruce fiber into silk ard
what With the demand for heavy wool
ems in Alaska new wooden mills will
spring up throughout New England.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-19

The Auburn Art and Literary cluh
isn't SO utterly absorbed i'll art and
literature as to overlook the value OF
good acquaintance and SO tenders !
reception to the teachers for the pur-
pose of meeting them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-15

arly essay from the pen OF the Rev. Iy-
man Abbott. u. d, entitled. ''The Basis
o. an Ang .o-American Understanding,
wherein is discussed the commercial pc
liticai and moral advantages OF an aI'-
ance between Great Britain and the
United States.
The feature OF the May number OF
FS'ry Month 81 an iexcelient patriotic
song and chorus. THE Flag Of the Free"
which has the fire and vigor necessary 10
the success Of national song.
The oii.iook has secured IRE services of
Seorse KEENAN,. Vice president OF the
American Red cross Society, as I mem
her et SIS stat, during the war He VIII
study conditions in Cuba and elsewhere.
Tie May number Of Outdoor Life, Dem
ver's new magazine Of Western sports. Is
Just our. 1t is attrsctiyely illustrated with
pho,o-reproduc.ions OF Wild game and
contains ably-wrstten articles on these III
ferestiag subjects.
L has doubtless been forgotten by mary
t@at Gen. 4. W. Greedy. who mas written
graphic article on The Polar Bear for
Tie Hoaih's Companion OF the week Of
May -. owes his rescue from starvation
in the Arctic 10 Com. w S. Schley. now
eomma riding the United States Aging
squadron
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mind. Written. as II was during the aw-
full agon:es OK our civil strife, II has the
convincing note If experience and suffer-
ing. II VAS not fancy sketch or = flight
Of poetic Imagination. but a leaf from the
page OF actual war-a cry for peace that
was echoed in all parts Of the nation:
Peace. Peace, God Of our fathers. grant
Unto our cry Of anguish and despair
Give ear and pity! From tho lonely
Where widowed besgav and orphaned
woe
FIJI their poor urns with tears: from
trampIed plains.
Where the brightest harvest Thou hast
The blood Of them who should have sar-
Calling 10 Thee-from fields Of carnass.
The foulbeaked vultures. stated. nap their
wings
Ger crowded ccrpses tina, but Yesterday
Bore hearts Of brothers. beating high
with love
And common hopes and pride. all blasted
now.
Father of mercies. not alone from these
Our prayer and wall are lifted. Not alone
Upon the bates scared and desoiate
track,
Nor with the sword and name Is it. O
That Thou hast snitten Us. Around our
hearts.
And in the crowded streets ana busy
marls,
Where echo whispers not the far-ofY strife
That Stays our loved ones-in the solemn
halls
OF safe and quiet counsel-nay, beneath
The temple-roofs that We have reared 10
Thee
And mid their rising incense-God of
Peace.
The curse OF war is on us. Greed and
hate
Hungering for gold and blood: Ambition.
bred
OF passionate vanity and sord;d lusts,
Mad with the base desiro of tyrannous
sway
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erssney pxve as more than usual calm.
while her honseiy Mrs. Poyser ana
a-aseb Garth go straight 10 tae readers
heart Stevenson has told US Ii bis ac-
count OF the geneS.s Of Treasure issard-
how much he relied upon map; but then
the map was his own invention, and 10
compare the wandersnxs Of Alan and
David among his familiar Highland hills
with those Of the Master In foreign
wilderness IL to see az glance the diff
ference between the local color which
gives itself. masked. unsought. and that
which Is simply 'crammed' To visit a
place under a sense Of duty is little better
thar to read IL up on the plan adopted by
Mr.. Poss.s critic Of Chinese metaphysics
A great writer may be as accurate or AZ
incorrect as he pleases ia his local color;
II Is q matter OF detail. He may give Bo-
hernia a seaboard, or Cleopatra billiard
table. place Newcastle on the border or
eclipse the sun for full hour. and we
care not a 5cs What we demand Is four
tresfIes, four boards. two actors and a
passion The accessories are OF trifiins
Importance. bu. too many Of our modern
Soyelists are able to handle nothing else,
and they make a virtue OF necessity.
They forget that a scene-painter cannot
FIJI The theater except at rantonine sea-
SON.
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Books Of ff,e DaY
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unne on his shelves he ought not 70 grudgs
any one . partial reproduction Of his
treasure.
Referring 70 the effect OF the war on
the business OF the publisher In this conn-
try. says the New York Tribune. one
sapient Saturday Reviewer observes.
There Is no doubt that actual hostilities,
win the chance OF the city being sbeiied.
will result In the extinction OF several
historic TRINA" This Is . fearsome pros
pecs. but we fancy that the publishing
firms Of this city. historic or otherwise.
will face the sheils Of the enemy without
fear Of extinction. They face minor poets
and budding noveissts every day. we dars
say, and are Injured 10 terrors. What
they are undoubtedly feeling already Is
the xlackening OF trade In books which
inevitably comes with q crisis like that
through which America now passing.
II would be interesting to have some off,
cial figures on this score. bur one testi-
mony TO the depressed condition of bust
ness Is offered plainly enough by the pub
fishers lists. These make a fair showing,
but they contain few notable things. Lit
tie is expected OF the summer season, but
the outlook now seems even less promis-
ing than Il was q fortnight ago. and there
appears to be q general understanding
among the publishers that ali new books
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To wake the midnight OF our scrrcwsng :
With tidings Of Good VIII and peace 10
men.
Earth's wisdom then. guide not our folly
now.
Oh. be The lightning Thine Evangelist.
With all its f1ery. forked tongues TO
The unanswerab.s message OF Thy win.
Peace, Peace! God Of our fathers grant
US peace.
Peace in our hearts and at thy affairs:
Peace
On the red waters and their blighted
Peace for the leaguered cities and the
hosts
That watch and bleed. around them and
within:
Peace for the homeless and the father
less:
Peace for the captive on his weary way.
And the mad crowds Who 1eer his help
For them that suffer. them that do the
wrong.
SHINING and sinned against-o God' for
all
For distracted. torn and bleeding land
Speed the glad tidings. Give us give US
peaces
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DREAMERs OF THE GHETTO. By
Israel ZangwiiL Harper Eros.
In this. his latest. work Mr.. ZangwiH con-
Rissses to interpret Israel to the Gentiles
\ work well worthy TO be done. II would
seem. II Ne are TO Judge ~ the rapidly
Mi:h which modern European nations drop
Back into blind medieval hatred Of the
chosen people.
TIE idea OF sha book, like all OF Mr.
Esnxwil.s ideas. 10 s,rikinsiy clever. The
msnas a the Jews have always been play
lng about the problems of the universe. and
Adr Zangwiil aims to exhibit ths play OF
sh< beet Jewish NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Heine.
1.assaile and others unknown to European
lamer-in a xeries Of nasi-noyelissic chap
eers By weaving their PHILOSOPHERS. their
erigrzms. ali the ana possible. In short.
into conversation. and setting u down TO
lhs present tense, an aspect of life Is given
% tdeas buried In Biographies and eritS-
cal histories. We are carried Up ana
down the centuries 10 various parts OF
Europe, and are shown gIxnp<es OF strange
phases OF bfe and thought. The varied
colors. the living hopes and thoughts or
one point Of time are presented In typical
fouls.
Mr.. Zanxw.H. as readers Of his first Jew
ash novel Will remember. has a merciiesss
sye for the sordid narrowness. the per
vsrfed ingenuity and pinchback gutter OF
the parvenu Jew. but In his "Dreamers.
On strong artistic contrast, he reveals the
secular glory OF Israei-the obstinate pa
thence. the undying hope. tho unsatistied
hunger for God that never dies out OF the
heart OF this wonderful race. As the
korid-weary and dsiiusioEed jew In
nschad GAdya" sinks In Venetian canal
he tries to utter with his last breath the
ancient words. Hear. o Israel. the Lord
our God. the Lord Is one"
The seriousness OF tho present work n
very manifest. II h poetical sermon
f.sm the text. 1.-THE letter killeth, but the
opirit uaketh alive. And for an exam
Die OF the noble impartiality in which Mr..
Eangwtll has treated judaism. Ne have
only 70 compare the skstchss Joseph the
Dreamer and "Uriel Acossa.'
Mr.. Zangwill. - We ell know. v the most
compulsory wit. or wag. or sage before the
public, but when he took up his pen TO
write Of the "Dresmers OF the Ghetto he
oeans to have remembered Zion. and IN
90 doing became himself dreamer. But
as he says. this IL the story or dream
that has not come true.
THE ANIMAL WORLD, IT'S RoMANCES
AND REALITIES. Appleton's Home
Reading Books d. Appleton 4 Co.
The latest issue of Appleton's list for
home reading is entitled Tho Amman
world" compiled and edited by Frank
Vincent, II A. The subject has been APP
prcached from as many characteristic
points az possible. The selections are en-
PERTAINING "a we'll as Instructive, and are
designed to awaken the curiosity OF read
ers and stimulate them to independent OBJ
starvation and investigation. Appropriate
extracts have been introduced for varie;y's
sake. and the illustrations are attractive
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THE ANIMAL WORLD. IT'S ROMANCE


4 MINISTER OF THE WORLD. By
Caroline Mason. Doubleday & Mcclure
THE SPIRIT OF swEETwATER BY
Hamiin Garland. Doubleday Mcclure.
efgTTuCK's ADVANCED RULES OF
PARLrAMENTARY LAW. Lee Shep-
herd. publishers.
THE SECRET OF THE RoTHSCHfI.ps.
By Mary r. Hobart
THE co-oPoLfTAN. by Zebina For
bush.
NfiE PROTESTANT FAITH. OR SALIVA
TION BY BELIEF BY Dwight Hinck-
lev olmstead. q. J. Patnam's Sons.
WOULD ANY MANI BY Charles Peale
Older Williams S wilkins Co.
REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY FOR
PRESENT CURRENCY PERiI.S, BY
/ Percy Belmont G. +. Putnan's sons.
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CURRENT LITERARY GOSSIP.

The Death OF Gastave Moreau, very re-
uArkable French artist. - announced. IL
ft airfcult To explain what was aoreau' :
manner err style. save 20 state that in MS
technique he was endowed with marvel
Gus nicety There was some very slight
resemblance IN hts work 20 that OF the
English aphaslites. only his effects
were much more brilliant.
I, ls reported from Italy that III. @.
wells. the author 81 The War OF the
Words" n seriously ~ a, Clvisa Vecchia.
Ahe watering place Of Rome. Mr.. Wells.
who for sonse time has been I'm sndiner-
art health from overw0rk. has now deve,-
oued constructive symptoms to such an
extent that his medical adviser has pre-
acrihee fer him, az the only possible cure,
d lcna rest and an absolute cessation from
I'll work.
One OF the literary parahles with which
ssThe London Academy" has been anus
Ing tts readers runs thus: "A piper STOOD
On TIE marke;-place and piped tune 80
Siliianous that The people asssIled him
with blows And next year he came again
With a new tune that Get them nil aaarc~
sng. And they filled his hat with ha'p-ncs.
ard sala 'Exeslientt Now play something
elser Ana being more or less put 10 Il for
snatter. the piper venturcd on the tune for
which tvelveuioGth hack he Hah suffered
blows Aad n. people were rsvishea."
That - rot hsa-ii - a picturesque way
Of putting an cbvicus truth
MIR Thomas Il p&w,ey r.. the war
voy.ss pendent. contributes AZ Interesting
h,ss oricai and picturesque account u
s'Gpatemalss II. ,he May number % Self
Culture .tI'he Elements ~ Success" Is n
pracsieai sad very helpful article. givssS.
as II does. no, only the authors own
views on the subject. hut the Consensus
% opinion oe the worlds great ~riieTs.
In order 10 succeed in any undertaking.
there must he an intense desire 10 realize
Q definitely conceived i6eai which seems
90 be worthy OF arv sacrifice. mar can
properly consider himself successful Il he
aSccmrllshes the hes; results 10 b. al
xa,aed In his Own particular sphere.
The objection raised here ard there
against the publication in a popular ell
Zion" - some new and important hook
sfter the same w~s has seen printed IN
larger ana cosstier form. seems ta US
escr.-ssghtec. ard in 50 far as II is based
en- the feeling - she cary purchaser that
ths reprint 10 81 infringement OF his
rsghse. hslttl'nE the value OF the book
Cor wsiea he Ia. paid a high price 1. Is
grossly selfish In literature Che creates:
good 10 the greatest number Is the para
mount oaieCt. \ fact which No Doubt ss
o.ssastefgi 10 she s.lelfsati bat whts.n IS
ecund. nevertheless. The possession OF
Gns ssisseaS Is a delight apart. sad osce a
esaax 81 ovfntsy Put Z bssatsfu vel
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INTERtOEOE IRON az

fore the camera than the ordinary SpanIsh
soldier and officer. They viii pose at any
ana AL times. their especially strong char
acteristics Of self esteem and inordfnate
vanity being appeased by what they re-
gard as tribute to their personal charms.
They fondly imagine they must look hand
some. An American society woman would
not think OF displaying the conceit exhib-
tied by these swarthy, disagreeable look
ing men. who rarely. In FORM or feature
are even presentable. Their general tout
ensemble is the same as the ordinary col
lection Of Italian BARRIERS seen in the
United States. Occasionally young Span
lard or Cuban of the male persuasion il
genuinely handsome
A fortified car iS attached to every train
in the rear that leaves Havana and car
riss small armed force TO defend the
freight il not the passengers frpm cap
ture- This car fort is always an ordinary
freight car iron bound inside. An opening
Just wide enough for the soldier to push
his rife through and take aim extends the
the top. as Is plainly indicated In the IL
Iustra.ion.
This particular car was attached 10 the
train that was attacked by insurgents
near Havana on Sunday, March % last
Two American passengers were shot one
fatally at the time. the other dying two
weeks later.
The second photograph represents the
inside OF the fort car Blindado Caro- dur
Ing the attack on the train on March Il.
The iron lining. the bolts the rude benches
and the defensive position Of the soldiers
are plainly depicted. The door on one side
CO the car has been thrown open, possibly
TO aid in more aggressive operation.
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There's soulful sob from windwardlee.
There's a protest coming from La Podunk
There's an urgent call from Skinnymebunk
There's yearning yelp from Cow's-Nest-
hurst.
There's long appeal from Morninghurs:
There's a sounding shout from Skiilety.i.e
There's a frightened yell from Bunghole
Hill.
They're coming In from the coas, OF Maine
To the Key West line and back again.
From every municipality
In sight or in smell OF the sounding sea-
Each seems 20 think that the Spanish spite
Is centered upon mat one town site.
And that the government ought 10 arise
In It's might to preserve this oae choice
prize.
But they need not worry X the Spanish
ships
Come over this way IN quest fer tips
The Yankees will keep them so busy that
They never viii learn where these towns
are AT New York Sun.
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Over mems souls and thoughts have set
their price
On human hetacou1hs. and sell and buy
Their sons and brothers for the shambles-
Priests,
With white. anolnted. supplicatinE hands.
F'rem Sabbath unto Sabbath clasped to
Thee
Burn in their t,ngiing pulses. to Ming
Thy censors and Thy cross. 10 clutch the
threats
OF kinsmen by whose cradles they were
born,
or grasp the brand of Herod ard 70
forth
TIL Rachael hath TO children left TO STAY.
The very name OF Jesus, writ upon
Thy shrines. beneath the spotess, out
stretched wings
OF Thine Almighty Dove, IS wrapt and
hid
wl;h Bloody battle flags. and from the
ina. r'oe above them ansay banners
nout
Tae skies to which they point, amid the
~ rolling war songs. tuned to mock Thy
praise.
All things once priced and honored are
The freedom that We wo-shipped. next 20
Thee.
The manhood hat was freedoms spear
and shield.
The rroud. true heart. IN. brave. out
spoken word.
whfrh might be stined. but could never
wear
'f'Ae gaiise. whate'er the profit. % lie
All these are gene. and IN their stead
have come
TIE vices OF m. rniser ard the slay--
Srosr!rc TO shame fha. triaEeih gold or
power.
E~nv.f-E 20 love. or faith. or reverence.
o~ sympathy. or Sc. or aim. OF aope,
Save as neguH in Z. md ending thers-
WITH vipeFs ike 20 these. o blessed God.
Scourge Us no longer. send as down enee
more
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or importance VIII De held over until the
fall.
In the current number Of "r.ltsrat,lre.
In an article on one OF the trump cards OF
contemporary fiction, namely, topograph-
fesi and similar useful but not transcend
entity important accessories. these wiz.
words occur The fact is tina,
thu passion for accurate local color.
like most sghal.ern virtues may
be overdoae. Thackeray put (, in
It's r.gh, place when he observed that
he would Ike TO have a competent. re-
specialize and rapid clerk for the business
part OF his novels. who might be instruct
81 TO kin the archbishop IN about five
pages and 'colcr IN with local colorinx'
This, in fact. IL the carpenters ard Join
er's part OF the business. and too many q
our contemporary usvelssts have set up as
architects on the strength OF nothing
more. IL Is . natural consequence that
'lecal color has been exalted uarsason-
ably among the various ingredients that
sc 20 the making Of a good novel. In she
hands Of the buffers. AZ least, !t Is made
- do duty for all the rest: they even for
get that color should be mixed with
brains and so many people are Incapable
a. distinguishing between puffeyy and
criticism that this IS 80 be regretted,
When one sees noveiis: openly eulogixed
- NNS sS~aN ~ s-@S Rssss- %ft9 expense NaaS
as has devoted 10 Tire accumulation OF
local eossr. IL il tirae 20 make a protest
One IS even inclined 10 prefer the fostow-
erS Of Nj. Raves. fellows that scoyn 10
initiate nature. ou; are given altogether TO
elevate and surprise. Happily nature has
provided a remedy The sweet voices OF
the pussrs soon de away. ana true poru-
f&rsy or peFalzue;ce IS not ID BE wen hy
tier saa Tor hy 'he mos; ralasIaking and
fresh iocsl color Deliberately 10 cram
that. indeed. Is usually fatal To take a
single INSTANCE. GEORGE Es.as spent years
IN thus adsrntng RsanelA,' yea hsx Jiox-
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co-oPERATIvE MINING sYNpIcATE

COOPERATIVE MINING SYNDICATE.
Reports from Oregon Placer property
are very gratifying. The pay streak has
finally been reached and shows al aver
age % cents to the pan. which il away
beyond any expectations. Everything s
working so nIcfly that IL has been decided
not 10 stop for a cleanup untA siaice
boxes or other machinery demand repairs.
While tbs Will disappo.nt some stock
holders. Il means The greater gain 10 the
syndicate. az Il Is wise 10 work while the
water is 80 abundant.
The Miller river property is getting out
q shipment so- the srnel'eT. and shipments
will begin there as soon as snow viii per-
mt. TIE road TO Howard creek ~ being
pa. IN condition BY Snoaomsh county.
50 ina, ore can be moved ever Il inside
Of sky days.
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AMONG THE MAGAZINES.

Golfers Weekly is coming to the front
with rapid strides. The war matter Is
certainly good
Geraldine Bonner contributes an inter-
esting letter TO the Argonaut Of May Is
on the doings in New York during war
time, in which she tells OF the patriotism
displayed in the metropolis.
Timeliness and variety Of subjects from
well-known writer's OF today characterize
most eminentIy the contents OF the May
number OF the North American Review.
The opening pages are devoted TO a schol-
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ALONGsHORE.

There's a cry comes up from along the
shore.
A cry from a hundred towns or more
Each with its corporation where
1t catches the salt Atlantic air.
There isn't village from North TO South
That hasn't cry for help in its mouth.
F0r each one seems 70 think that II
Is the only one that can be hit:
That Spain win send on their quickest runs
Her biggest ships with their biggest guns,
To shoot that village so full of holes
The sea will run through 1t in great big
rolls
There's q wall from Plgmont-by-the-Sea,
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"A PRAYER FOR PEACE.
Memorable Poem ny tho Late =
feaekfs Mathis.

The following beautiful poem by the late
:. Teackie Wallis although written aur.r =
the civa var in this country. tx rot map
praprsate 20 the present sstnafson. As =
vivid and powerful picture OF tsse ho-rors
sEtf 1ntSeYles ~ war and ~ the dreasff Il
spirit % hate. passion. greed ard wrong
which 8 eegegs. 1t cenveyA solemn and
impressive warning whic0 should appeal
~ every fsas0t ha4st and fhouga;fsA