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Evening star., 1898-10-01
and he will reply. well. that's all Tieht-
dear old Moo Yawk. anyhow
The Servant Girl Problem.


Yesterday afternoon met former
Washington woman who is now the mis-
tress of tidy little household. even II 1t
is a fiat. over here. Her countenance wore
q look Of mingled WEAKNESS and distress
She was bound for an employment office,
which explained the look of mingled weari-
ness and pain. The servant problem was
bearing heavily upon her spirits, as 1t
bears upon the spirits of women who come
here from any part of the contry to live.
The New York women have become so cal
loused to the situation that they have ceas-
ed to take on additional wrinkles over ii.
The gist Of what the Washington woman
said with regard to the servant proposition
was this:
IF could get Washington colored girl,
such as in Washington l used to employ
for 81 or SO a month. to come over to me
here l would very willingly pay her $40
month. and l would undertake to handle
her with long suede gloves and to treat
mean precisely what / say. i am not in
sufficiently cheerful frame of mind to in
dulge in persifage. The servant problem
over here is simply dreadful beyond all
words. I've only had my fiat for eight
months. and I've positively had twelve ser
wants since then. That's a servant and a
half a month, isn't it? And I'm sure I'm
not SO very disagreeable nor so very hard
to get on with. In Washington ! had the
same colored woman for twelve years, and
when was compelled to give up my Wash
ington home to come over here with my
husband I'm sure she was very sorry to see
me leave. But she would not come along
ump-um, She had heard too much about
New York. Well, before l came over here
L made all sorts Of ella borate efforts to in
duce dozens of colored girls to come over
here with me. but my inducements were of
no avail whatever. They simply would not
come A Washington colored woman stands
in horror of New York-and, really i do
not much blame her. l have since met
several Washington women who did sue
ceed, when they came over here to live in
Inducing colored girls from Washington
to come along with them, but they all told
me that their colored girls left them in
less than two weeks, on the average after
arriving here and few straight back to
Washington-admirable taste they dis
played. was it not?
We'll, when l got here 1 had to get
servant, and, as l say I've had twelve of
them within eight months | shall not
smear narrowing details over the story
It's the same old tale of the servant girl
IN New York, only 1t has been harder for
me to endure on account of the really ideal
period / enjoyed in dealing with perma-
nent and occasional colored servants in
washington. I've been shouted and
screamed at and abused in Gaelic, Scan
clnaVlan, Scandihoolihan Plattdeutsch.
pIalh-Very plain-Irish and all modern lam
BuaSes up to twelve, by their representa-
ives in the form of threatening. fmnudent
intolerabie servant girls laying down the
law to me and demanding their rights
and I'm about discouraged I've been do
ing all of my own work for the past con-
pie OF weeks, and now 1 am looking for
another girl, for l am on the point of col
lapse"
Evening star., 1898-10-01

buildings. with roofs of red tiles and wide
porches fioored with brick, running about
patioS and gardens. grove of trees at
least 100 feet high looked down upon *, and
the long leaves of great palm hundred
years Old ruStled 4 welcome as we stepped
Upon the porch. There were, l judge, at
least one hundred large rooms in the
house, and all the ground floor. The
furnishing was with regard to comfort
more than to the extravaganza OF show,
which you see in all of the Chilean city
homes. and We at once We're made to feel
that We were in Liberty Hail." ard were
free to go and ccine and do as we pleased.
There We're about thirty children and
grandchildren of Madame &c Toro visiting
her, as well as several other guests. We
we're duly introduced. and later in the DAY
drove with SenOr Santiago de Toro who
is the chief manager of the estate under
his mother, over the great farm in quite
royal style.
In the Carriage of a King.
Our carriage was a three-seated drag
which once belonged to King Louis Phil
El'pe, and of which the counterpart or mate
is now the property of Queen Victoria, AID
is kept in the Windsor stables. Senior de
Toro bought the Vehicle in Paris after the
deposition of Louis Philippe. and it has
been so kept that ii looks as we'll today as
when a king was its owner. We had six
horses managed by three postillons in
Evening star., 1898-10-01

papers as the richest woman OF the world
the Chilean woman who had millions OF
acres Of lands mines Of copper. silver and
coal, towns ana factories, and an income
Of millions year. These statements were
much exaggerated. Madame Cousino was
very rich. but there are today women in
Chile who are richer than she ever was.
She has, however. been a heavy spender,
and her estate, which through her death
In Paris few months ago Is now being
settled UP, will not aggregate. I am told,
ten millions of dollars. She was never.
theless a remarkable woman and fond of
all things modern. Mocul was one of her
best farms. 1t contains about 5000 acres
and cost when Senor Cousino bought 1t
100000. l venture to say more than that
amount has been spent upon it, and it is
now valued at over a million. Upon 1t. are
a hundred of the finest of blooded horses,
the choicest of sheep and 200 of the best
of cattle bred from imported Durham
stock. 1t has a vineyard which contains
hundreds of thousands of vines and Wnich
produces millions of bottles of wine a
year. American plows and other machln-
cry are used upon it, and 1t takes a regl-
ment of poems to do the work The es-
tate is kept like a prize farm, and lines
of tall poplars mark out the course OF
each irrigation ditch. The water rents Tor
is very rich and all things grow luxuri-
antly. Along the poplar hedges L sa"
blackberry bushes thirty feet high. lhey
were wild blackherries and had grown up
between the poplars. The Park OF sMocui
is one of the finest in Chile.
/ doubt whether in some respects there
is a finer In the world. 1t has long avenues
of trees 100 feet high, the branches OF
which meet overhead and form arbors
reaching almost far as you can see AT
places other avenues meet these and you
stand and look down these long arbors IN
four different directions. There are groves
of acres of great trees planted so regularly
that every way you look your eye runs
along the straight lines OF one OF the rows
There are lagoons which wind In and out
among mosSy rocks and beds of flowers.
Swans and other water fowl swim upon the
lagoonS and over their dark waters orange
trees palms and weeping willows hang.
Here you pass over what seems natural
bridge, in the center of which there Is
rustic table under a canopy of bark, and
there q waterfall splashes over the rocks
and you look upward you see bronze
statues of Neptune and his wife where the
silvery drops are spraying before they flow
onward to their falls. Here is a winding
cave and there lemon grove laden with
yellow fruit. There are hedges Of roses
and other flowers, great green houses filled
with orchids, and, in short. such variety
of beautiful things that l might fill a col
umn in mentioning them. 1t takes thirty
men to care for the gardens of Mocul alone
and $50 men are employed in its vineyards.
one of these big farms al ways has its
manager or major domo. 1t has its sub
Overseers and it's army of laboring men or
rotos. The farm hands of Chile are called
rOtos. They are the cross formed by the
union of the Indians and Spaniards. They
Evening star., 1898-10-01
From the London Mail.


Statistics just published show that in
Russia only BAT ,26S families out of popu-
laton of about 130, 900, 900 souls have an in
come of over E00 a year. or that practical
ly more than 80 per cent of the whole popu-
lation are constantly in a state of abject
poverty and pauperism in their various de-
greeS.
The figures become appalling when one
considers the case of the peasantry, which
forms the overwhelming majority of the
population. The average yearly income of
a peasant family consisting of six men,
bers ranges between FL and f15 a year,
out of which between TO and f7 has to be
paid to the government in direct taxes.
Evening star., 1898-10-01

chiefly supplied from the estate, the ice
cream being made by means of snow
brought from the mountains in bags on the
backs Of her poems. 1t takes them several
days to make the journey and she could
import ice more cheaply by train from San
uago, but she prefers the old way rather
than the new, and her estate is kept as
much as possible as it was in the days of
her girlhood. Each of her many grand
children has his own ponv, and | saw a lot
of the little boys and girls between the
ages of four and fourteen galloping about
the place and holding their seats like men
and women. The meals on such an estate
are of course excellent. You get up when
you feel like it and have your coffee or tea
and toast in your room. At IL or II o'clock
all of the household meet at breakfast
This is what We would call a course din
Eer, beginning with soup and ending with
coffee. Then at o'clock there is dinner
with perhaps lunch or tea at o'clock
and supper late in the evening The Chill
can families, as a rule, keep very late
hours, and there are usually some at Aguila
who stay up chatting till long after mid
night.
Madame Cousino's Santiago Ranch.
l also paid visit during my stay at San
tiago to the famous estate of the late
Madame Cousino, known as Mocul You
have heard of Madame Cousino. She has
been much written about in the news
Evening star., 1898-10-01


farmers are perhaps
the richest of their
kind in the world.
They live like feudal
lords upon their great
estates, and number
their retainers by the
hundred. They have
fl0cks OF thousands
of sheep. vast droves
of cattle and horses,
and their cowboys
are massed like an
army at the annual
Evening star., 1898-10-01
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following 10 q fist Of advertised letters re-
naming In the Washington %. c. post-othce Sat
urday, October l. 1898
To obtain any OF these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters
If not called for within two ~ weeks they will
be sent to the Dead Letter Offce.
Evening star., 1898-10-01
A Visit to Two Estates Managed by
Women.
LIFE ON ONE OF THE Big HACIENDAS
Mortality Of the Poems and Their
Wonderful Strength.
CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE

Copyright, 1895, by Frank C. Carpente-J
Special Correspondence Of Tha Evening Sta"
SAN ROSENDO. Chile September l, 1885
Evening star., 1898-10-01
Some One After 1t, Evidently.

AT one time" began the great grandee.
the early Kingdom of Spain ran clear
around the world"
1T did?" replied the pessimistic peasant.
who was making it run then?'
Evening star., 1898-10-01
4 Visit to n Great Hacienda.

Leaving Santiago on the train, we rode
under the snow walls Of the Andes, through
hacienda after hacienda by vast vineyards
OF blood-red vines. by walled fields filed
with herds Of cattle and sheep until We
came to the station Of the "Aguila" estate.
Here we Were met by a spanking team Of,
bays and driven for a mile or 20 en- the
estate before We came TO the home This
consisted OF many long, low oue-story
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
Literary News and Notes.

Frances Hodgson Burnett the novelist,
has been granted divorce from DR.. Swan
NJ. Burnett, we'll known oculist of
Washington, D. c. She is permitted to
resume her maiden name of Uodgson.
The May number of the Metropolitan
Magazine has the usual large number Of
beautiful illustrations and is entertaining
in its reading matter. 1t is unique in it's
makeup, and the monthly issues are
looked forward to with interest by an in
creasin e number of readers.
Interesting articles in the May number
of the Cosmopolitan are: 1.-The Great
Lakes by F. W. Fitzpatrick; "A Fam
lily of Engineers" by Y. c. Martin, c. Z. :;
''The Wilderness We Bought from
France" by Charles F. Henderson; Gre
garding the Voice in Conversation, by
Henry Gaines Hawn, and 1.-The Corona
ton of Wilhelmina of Holland - by Crom-
well Childe. The number is profusely il
Illustrated. Urvington, New York; 81. 90
per Year,
Mrs. Laura E. Richards's Captain Jan
uary has reached its hundredth thousand,
and this will be an edition de luxe. One
hundred copies will be printed upon I'M
perial japanese Government paper, and
bound in three quarter levant, with etch-
ings in duplicate upon Japan and India
paper, and bered title-pages, with
the autograph of the author and signed by
the publisher. The price will be SIS.
Nine hundred copies with less expensive
paper and binding will be sold at So. 20,
SO a circular from the publishers, Estes &
Lauriat, Boston, announces.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
What relaxed the grip on his throat.

what relaxed the grip on his throat. 81
didn't mean no harm by it-honest,
didn' t.. | won't do it no more. What are
you going to do with that rope, Bill?
You re not going to kill your poor, no ac-
count brother, are you, old boy"
without a word Bill and his attendants
continued wrapping the rope around Joe.
Then they stood him up beside tree and
tied him to it, SO that his club foot touch
ed the ground, while the other, the strong
one, was doubled back in the coil of rope.
"Now, you ungrateful whelp,' said
Bill, as he started to leave. 'Tll be back
in thirty minutes to see if you re ready to
tell me-
was tying him?' asked some one as they
walked away.
"Dogged if l know" said Bill, "Did
hep
Hardly had they left when Jim Smith
came up ard at once began to unite the
ropes.
Don't" said Joe, "Bill will be back in
few minutes. just unslip this loop here,
Thank you, The strain was on my right
arm, and it hurt, because it was sore.
jim, this is hard-but | guess | can stand
it. for Bill's sake. | amt hurtin' 50
much now, though, as | was. It's mostly
all joke. Bill was alters powerful fell
low to Joke. I wisht you'd 90 tell him
when he comes back | say please not to
bring nybody else with him.
At the appointed time, Bill Saddled his
pony and rode off to where Joe was.
''r Il take the boss, so that if Joe's ready
by now, he can start out after May and
bring her back. | rather guess he's ready
by now, too. Maybe we'll get to eat a
wedding dinner to-day, yet-only little
late, of course.
After some time had elapsed and neither
brother had showed up, as the phrase
goes in Texas, Jim Smith walked to the
place where he had left Joe. There the
poor fellow was, still tied to the tree
but dead The thirty minutes strain had
been too much for his crippled leg to bear,
and it had gradually given way, aud this
had allowed the poor fellow to choke to
death. OF course, Jim lost no time in
rousing the quasi wedding guests. and in
telling the real facts about May. 1t is not
the first instance in the history of the world
when a man has had the truth told about
him too late to do him any good. A pur-
suing party was out after Bill at once, but
all to no avail. Some say he committed
suicide shortly afterwards in San Antonio:
Others, that he is still alive in New Mex
leo; still others, that he is to- day in the
insane asylum at Terrell. l do not know
what the truth about tits. Mr.. and Mrs
Tom Jackson still live in Cottle County,
Tex. Jim Smith is the man who first
told me this story. Joe Savage is buried
on the banks of Plum Creek, and on his
wooden headboard you can still decipher
the inscription: He Loved Mutch.''
The Scripture had to be misquoted to
suit the gender of the pronoun, and the
spelling is slightly peculiar, but l can not
help thinking the inscription good one.
Many people consider love a very good
thing, and Prof. Drummond has written a
book to prove that it is 1.-The Greatest
Thing in the WoIld.' If these estimates
are correct, Joe Savage was surely great
and good man; for greater love hath no
man than this, that he lay down his life
for his friend. P. W. HORN
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
House Cleaning.
Lucy Larcon.

Yes, M'rlIy's bin house cleaning n I'm
seepin in the shed,
With some buggy robes for kivers n the
wash bench for bed
There's confusion in the parlor N heap
sight more upstairs,
While | KANT find comfort nowhere fer the
varnish on the chairs.
First they tore up all the carpets; then they
pulled down all the shades,
Till the place looked like homestead after
one of Moseby's raids;
Next the walls We're renervated, n the
floors was soaked and scrubbed,
N Mrilly bossed the workers as they
pounded, shook and rubbed.
Oh, tell yer, faint so funny when yer eat
in off the shelf
n Teller has to hustle for place to lay
hisself;
Fer the wmen folks mean bizness n they
make Teller jump.
Till he's like pesky camel with a double
action hump.
[ f. W Lee, in St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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An Important Announcement.

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readers to the exceptional terms upon which
we are prepared to offer the representative
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the head of the agricultural press. Its i'm
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each issue, is in itself a telling testimonial
of its practical value and intrinsic worth.
Our subscribers will do well to read the an
nouncement and avail themselves of an OPP
portunity to secure, at a trihing cost, a paper
which will return them Thousand per cent.
on the investment in the useful hints and
teachings to be obtained from its perusal.
To all we say, try Farm and Home year,
and you will never regret it.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
SHERIFF SAL.

WALDO IS. Taken on execution
W the inhabitants. % The town u'
springs against ANNA kelley, late ed.
new ct PIesque Isle. in AroostooN
VIII te sold at public aueslou GA HA'.
second day Of July A y. lS9S, AT
cluck III the afternoon, at the store OFF ~
bert. in Stockton Springs, IN said e"n
right, title and interest which the Salu
ley has or had on the 24th day oi VI
hours and no minutes A. NJ, A. ID. lS9' .
time of the attachment ON the orlEiUt
and to the following described parcel OF
the buildings thereon standing sltH'I'
Stockton Springs and bounded As follows
Beginning in west line of the mill road 81
at northeast corner of Annie NJ. Be-
thence westerly, by said Berry land ayr
Amanda ). Costigan to the shore of the D.
said stockton Springs, thence norIht
said shore to land of Mrs. Mary +. Ne9Ir'
easterly, by said Nealey's land to sald h.
thence southerly, by said road to h's'
bound, containing ten acres, more or les
Dated this tenth day of May, A. u, la'
EUGENE RLANCH ARD, DEPUTY
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The HOMEl|EST MAN IN BELFAST

AS well as the handsomest, and others are invited
to call on any druggist and get free trial bottle
of Kemps Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. a
remedy that is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, A sthma, Bronchitis
and Consumption. Price 25c. and Soc.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
WHEN NATURE

Needs assistance it may be best to remedy it
promptly, but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and
gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
The First song Sparrow.

Sunshine set to music!
Hear the sparrow sing!
In mis- note is freshness
OF the newborn Spring,
In his thrill delicious
Summer Overtlows;
Wilderness of the lily,
Sweetness of the rose.
Splendor of the sunrise,
Fragrance of the breeze,
Crystal of the brooklet,
Trickling under trees,
Over moss and pebbles
Hark you have them all
Prophesied and chanted
In the sparrow's call.
Pilgrim of the tree-tops,
Burdened with a song
That he drops among us
AS he flies along;
Promises and blessings
Scattering at our feet,
Till We sing together:
sob, but life is sweet"
Listen. the song-sparrow.
Spirit? or bird?
Simple JOY of singing
In his song is heard
Somewhere, far in glory,
Love our life has kissed:
He resounds the rapture,
Heavenly optimist
Resurrection singer
Gladness of the year,
In thine Easter carol
Bringing heaven 50 near
That we scarcely know it
From the earth apart;
Sing, immortal Summer,
To the wintry heart
Watt us down faiths message
From behind the sky,
I'LL our aspirations
With thee sing and fly!
GOD is good forever
Nothing shall 60 wrong !"
Sunshine set to music:
It's the sparrow's song.
Larcom.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
Lewiston Fashions.

Lingerie will be worn as usual this
spring by the ladies', but rough, coarse man
has to 60 in and ask the price of cotton I'M
dershirts just as he always did. Lewiston
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19

MADRID, MAY 10, 10 a. M Captain-Gen-
eral Blanco has cableG an urgent request
for considerable supplies of provision.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19

When doctors fail try Burdock Blood Bit
tiers. Cures dyspepsia, constipation; invig-
crates the whole system.
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
STARVING.

There are thousands of children
who are actually starving. Starving
for kind of food not furnished in
their regular diet Starving not for
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19

WALDO Ssh Court of Probate, be
w fast. on the second Tuesday Of Nj,
MARY A. LIBBY, Administrators Oh t0-
of BENJAMIN LIBBY late of Belta-t
County, deceased, having presented ht-
final account of administration Of saide-
allowance.
Ordered, That notice thereof be CIV.
weeks successfully, in the RepuhlicAu
printed III Belfast, IN said county, that I
interested may attend at Probate D'..
held at Belfast, on the second Tuesdt,
next, and show cause, if any they hay
said account should not he allowed
GEO. +. JOHNSON
A true copy, Attest;
CHAs. +. HAZELuSt, l.
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CHARLES CLARK, late of Belfast,

DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE. The lbscriber
n hereby gives notice that he has been duly APP
pointed Administrator OF the estate OF
CHARLES CLARK, late of Belfast,
in the County of Waldo, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands against the estate of said deceased are de
sired to present the same for settlement, and all
indebted thereto are requested to make payment
Immediately to VIM. p. Thompson of Belfast, my
authorized agent CHARLES CLARK.
East Sound, WASH Nav TO- 1858.
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ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. me subscriber
n hereby gives notice that she has been duly
appointed Administrators with the will annexed,
of the estate of
MARY JANE FRENCH, late of Palermo
in the County of Waldo, deceased, and given bonds
as the law directs. All persons having demands
against the estate of said deceased are desired to
present the same for settlement and all indebted
thereto requested to make payment immedl-
ately. ,,-1,c>-
MARTHA BLANCHE HARRINGTON.
Skowhegan, May 10, 1898
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19

AT Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County of Waldo. on the second Tuesday of
Nav A d. 1898
The Republican journal., 1898-05-19

JKTEALTHY LOW, widow of WIN. F. LOW, late
w of Frankfort, in said County of Waldo, de
ceased, having presented petition praying for
allowance out of the personal estate of SAID
decreased.
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Ask Mrs Pinkams AdvceA Best Understands Womau'

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:s5 s; S II s5ss sss 0mfort POwder
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VI4V' IVTT-E0F7-N7
A true copy. Attest:
CHAs. 2. HAzELTISF, Register.
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\ true copy. Attest;
CHAs J.. HAzELTINE, Register
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~ cHAs. P. HAzEIrlNE, Re-
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Atfue cory Attest
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