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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-24

superintendent w. w. Stetson ar
rived in the city on the Pullman. Fri
day evening, from a trip through
northern Piscataquis county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-24

Taber, Carey & Reid are doing some
fine bath room work, particularly the
one for Mayor Stafford of Hal1owell
and Mrs. Lamont Capitol street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-24
An Augusta Post Office Clerk
in Serious Trouble.
Money Order Clerk Eden W. Hanks
Accused Of ENLIGHTENMENT.
Placed uadcr $1,000 Bonds Tor Appearance
at United States Court.

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and Mr. Hanks could not account for
the rest though he saws he. is sure that
s,373 is tho amount. for as he SAYS, he
has lost "a, sleen thinking about it.
According, to the Investigations of In.
sne,,,or Swift the money has been
taken = little at a time for several
months THE method as explained by
Mr. swifr is an ofs1 one though it is
nossibie. and had Mr.. Hanks made
roo.s the amount Of shortage on Thurs
law nuthins, wo,ld have been done by
| tho d.,nart,nant, more than to censure
hi,,, eor bein,g so slack about his
met od.
| Ao,orai,,y 70 NJ. Swift amounts OF
rn.,pe, wo,,id be taken ONE dav and not
,nrned in or rather not accounted for
,n tho hooks umt,, q like amount had
,een. received keeping a certain
,pount ahead Of the books. This
amount kent growing steadily until II
ra,chad, tho amount stated.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
MAN TO GO OVER NIAGARA.
Robert Leach Tests His Barrel In the
Whirlpool Rapids.

Niagara Falls. n. Y, June 12.-
Robert Leach, of Watertown, this
afternoon tested the barrel in which
he intends going over the Horseshoe
Falls by trip through the Whirl-
pool Rapids. Leach is SO years old,
and weighs about 1925 pounds. His
barrel is well ballasted with iron and
lead, and when he is in it he is sup
ported by a netting.
About 3 o'clock he entered the
craft, and was towed out to the entire
of the river, about 1000 feet above
the rapids. After he had been cast
loose from the small boat his barrel
swung around in an eddy, and it
was necessary for the boat to again
tow him to the main current, enter
ing which he was soon being tossed
on the white-capped waves of the
rapids.
The barrel rode wave after wave,
frequently disappearing from sight
for little time, making the thous-
ands OF spectators tremble for Leach's
safety. When Just above the whirl-
pool the barrel was caught in an
eddy on the Canadian side, and
Leach was taken out unin jured. He
says he is satisfied with the ba rrel,
and after making more trips through
the rapids he will go over the Falls
in II
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
General Lees Diplomacy.

a New York man who makes his
home in Washington. and who re-
Gently married a pretty Virginia girl,
was with his wife in the crowd of
citizens informally received by Gen.
Lee after the ovation. SAYS the Wash
ing Post, When the New York man
drew near to the consul-general. he
took his blushing wife by the hand.
and leading her up to the distin-
guished Eirginian, said:
General Lee, YOU see before YOU
union of New York and Virginia. -
General Lee extended his hand to
the bride pleasantly. and inquired:
And the Virginia party to the
union"
1T looks 10 me as if YOU are now
squeezing her hand, sir" said the
husband.
UNI might have known that
mean. that the lady is the repre-
sentative from the Southland" re-
piled the consul-general gallantlv.
You're diplomat, all right
enough. sir" said the husband. Il
notice that You took pains to make
your inquiry before you passed your
compliment.
My boy answered General Lee.
''have you ever heard the maxim
that its better to be right than to be
PRESIDENT"
That's what | have" was the
quick reply. You're one of them
now; later or You'll be BOTH
The consul-general blushed mod
estly and the mated representative
of New York and Virginia passed on.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
Sell your Tobacco at the House and Market which Pays You the Most Clear Money

ke we facility for conducting
good dry stalls The
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23

o! say. do you see by the dawn's early
light,
What so proudly We hailed at the
twiIight's last cleaning
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the clouds of the night,
Ger the rampart> we watched were 50
gallantly streaming?
And the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting in air.
Gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there;
o. say, does that Star-SpangIed Banner
yet wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of
the brave?
On that shore dimly seen through the
miSts of the deep,
Where the foes naughty host in dread
silence repOSeS,
What is that which the breeze, DER the
towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals. now
Now it catches the CLEAN of the mornings
first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the
stream;
IT'S the Star-Spangled Banner; 0 long
may it wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of
tbs brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly
SWOre
That the havoc of war and the 5attle's
confusion
A home and a country should leave us no
more?
Their blood has washed out their foul
foot steps pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and
slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of
the grave;
And the Star-Spanglcd Banner in triumph
doth wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of
the brave.
o. thus be it ever. when freemen shall
stand
Between their loved homes and the war s
desolatiOn
Blest with victory and peace, may the
heav n rescued land
Praise the power that has made and pre-
served us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it
is just,
And this be orr motto-"In Col is Our
Trust
And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph
shall wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of
the brave.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
HOW'S This?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., propr's,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West Iruax, wholesale druggists, To-
ledO, Ohio.
Walding, kinna1 & Marvin, wholesa lie
druggists, Toledo. Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
Type for Sale.

We have for sale lot of display lob
type as shown below. Some of this
type has never been used at all and is
as good as it was the day it came from
the foundry. The reason for selling is
that it is not best adapted to newspa-
per service, the face being too delicate.
1t is we'll suited for job work, however,
as will readily be seen.
The other fonts for most party are
in good condition and will be found
very serviceable either in newspaper
or job office. We have a surplus and
prefer some one TO have it who needs
it worse than we do. Therefore, will
sell it very cheaply. Cut out such as
would be useful in your office and
say what you can make it worth to you.
No reasonable offer will be refused.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
Attention, Publishers.

In addition to the display job type
advertised for sale we have two or
three hundred pounds of long primer
and bourgeois body type-the letter
now in use on this paper-whch will
also he sold at very reasonable price.
1t any of our brethren of the press
wish to add to the equipment of their
office and at the same time enhance
the appearance of their paper by put
ting on a newer and neater dress, we
can make it such an object to them that
they will be justified in doing 80. Write
US about the matter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
Body Type For Sale.

We have also a quantity of Bour-
geois, Long Primer and Minion body
type-same as heretofore used in
printing the GOLD LEAF-which will
be sold at from 10 to Is cents per
pound. Between $50 and 200 pounds
of each kind.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23

There is nothing dcarer to man
than good wife-with the possible
exception of her shopping expedi-
tons
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23

Avoid the law by acting in a way
that will cause the law to avoid YOU.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23

Why does one man ask another
what time it is, if time will teIlo
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23

Fortune is so far impartial that
everyone has his turn. if it's ONLY at
the handle end of somebody else's
grindstone.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-23
*Daily. tDaily ex. Sunday.

Nos. 403 and 4O2, 1.-The Atlanta Special"
Solid Festibuled Train, with Pullman
SleeperS and Coaches between Washing.
ton and Atlanta, also Pullman >lrrprIs
between Portsmouth and Chester. :. G.
Nos Al and 38, 1.-The s. A. l.. Express"
Solid Train Coaches and Pullman Slr.pcr>
between Portsmouth and Atlanta. Com.
pany sleepers between Columbia and Al.
lanta.
Both trains make immediate Connection
at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New
Orleans, Texas, California, Mexico, Chat.
tanooga. Nashville, Memphis Macon.
Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers. etc, apply to
} w. BROWN, Jr., City Passenger Agent
1893 Main ST.. Norfolk, Va
MURRAY FORBES, T.P.A
Portsmouth, Va.
st. John, Vice President and Gen Mgr
V: +: McBee. General Superintendent
ii. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager.
L. j. Anderson, Gen. Pass. AIT.
General Offices: Portsmouth. Va
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

hand, ana were protected by steel
shields two inches thick.
The weight OF brnadslde OF thu
Maine would have been 1900 pounds.
exclusive Of the secondary battery.
Tier Cost sg.soo.ooo.
The Maine had eight steel horizontal
boilers. vertical inverted cylinder dl.
rect acting triple expansion twin screw
engines Of 1900 Indicated horse power.
She carried s22 tons Of coal with which
she could steam 2.77O knots At las
knots an hour. or 1000 knots AZ 10
Knots an hour. She had a double bot
tom and numerous water tight COM
partments.
The fun complement Of men carried
by the Maine when she was put In COM
mission was BOG besides the officers and
forty marines.
The Maine. though type Of construc-
ton last Improved upon. was one OF
the best vessels Of Americas new navy.
She cost. all told. s2.5OO.OOO
Captain Richard D. sigaboe. who was
In command OF the warahip Maine. 10
one OF the most popular officers In the
navy. His record since he was gradu-
atod from Annapolis In 1868 IL lne. lie
served In Mobile bay. was an active
participant In the work OF the North
Atlantic 'blockadlng squadron In 1866,
ana helped In the attacks aud In tho
mai assault upon Fort Fisher. Not
long ago the Maine. with slgabee I'm
command. found herself bearing down
on an excursion boat In the East river.
Ahead was the excursion boat full OF
human beings. On either aide WIS a
barge. The only clear way showed a
pier. The old commander ordered his
engines reversed. and to the amaze
ment Of the boholdora no Hteered
straight for the pier and ran into Il
amuek. The pier was badly torn up.
the Maino's nose was bruised, but sew
orai hundred human lives were saved.
The excursion boat ran clear. but ten
loaded freight ears that were standing
on the pier went to the bottom Of tho
river There II no doubt Al 10 CAPTAIN
siFHhee'h relative valuation 81 human
life and properly. About 1900 In
property was destroyed. but ! 200 llvea
were saved. That was not a bad ten
minutes work for a man whose buai-
ness Il Is to XIII
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04
COMPASS IS rnRArIc.
In Russia the Magnetic Needle one
Plays russilnE Triehs.

10 Russia the Magnetic Needle onea
Plays russilnE Tricks.
From the New York Times; Oae OF
Ruarla'a innumorablo mysteries II tho
crratic behavior OF the magnetic needle
In many parts Of the great empire. Tho
compass On frcnlsy enough anywhere.
but Il seems to take a particular de-
llght In refusing to point north for the
subjects OF the czar French and Rus
sian scientists have recently been In
yostigating this subject on the vast
central plain between Moscow and
Kharkov The greatest alterations
we're found In tho province OF Kurak.
the capital town Of which Ia some 600
miles almost due south OF Moscow. In
the northern part Of the province. near
Tim. the needle defects 20 degrees;
further south. IN the province OF
starol oakol, up TO 30 degrees. while
In the southeast OF the province. about
100 miles south Of Tim. the detection
ls over 20 degrees. the needle standing
almost perpendicular and pointing
nearer east and west than north ana
south This reversal Of the magnetic
forces may have some curious e1ecta.
A number Of new railways are building
IN that region and the engineers ara
interested in finding out whether the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

sired moment They proved 20 be
dangerous. however. and an effort was
thereafter directed to the dirlglble. or
the automobile torpedo Generally de-
scrlbed the dlrigihlo torpedo is one
that contains its own propelling and
firms mcchanisms. and Is piloted from
the shore by means OF electric cables,
which function the machinery
The automobile torpedo In a weapon
that IL shot from a tube. generally
called a torpedo gun. aud takes no IT'S
line OF progress by machinery contain
ed In Ga body There are many forms
" these. IKE the Howell and the
Whitehead. for example, and some ex.
traordinary results have been obtain
ed with both. The whitehead is dis
charged from the tube by steam or
powder. and just as q leaves the muz-
Gle a lock automatically opened re-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

In a dry goods store a little boy yei
In dresses disturbed the peace OF hun.
dreda OF shoppers, mainly. though. be-
cause there seemed 10 be nothing they
could do for him. His mother. a well
meaning woman Of small Judgment and
experience. was buying hat. Sudden.
ly the lad by her side began 10 shrek
as n In severe pain or fright. Tho wo.
man tried to soothe him. but he
screamed more hercoly. upon which she
spanked him. A crowd gathered and
an attendant picked up the then thor
ouEhly unnorved yonngater and car
ried him Kicking and yelling Into an
anteroom. There he struggled and
gasped until a woman put some pink
candy In his hands. For a moment II
attracted him. Then he crumbled II
hercely and cried hyaterlcally again.
A peppermint from a third woman Inn
pressed him slightly, but he did not
gain self control until HIS mother ask
ed him II he wanted 60 go out OF doors.
Like a sitting animal he ahrioked.
Yes" The woman told me that she
could not understand II al all. He
never had such an attack before. Not
by way OF explanation. but incidental
~, she added that she and the boy had
Just landed from the Teutonlo the day
before. He had been sick In his berth
for six days. Poor chlldl Poorer moth.
erl Not 10 zee any connecuon between
six days Of sickness In a closed cabin
and nervous ht In close store on
the seventh She never knew. she
said, he had such a temper.-Grace 4
Drew In New York Press
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

leases the compressed air carried IN
flask and sets In motion the ma
chinery. Three things must be done
by IL. II must 90 through the water
at a high speed. preserving lie linear
direction; Il must float at a constant
depth, and on striking II must explode,
The ingenuity and simplicity OF the
mechanism which effects these three
things are really marvellous.
The Howell torpedo Ia based upon
the well.known principle OF the gyro'
scope. Its speed and surety Of direc'
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

such az will float always at a certain
depth below the surface. no matter
what may be the state Of the tide
some are htted to explode on contact
and most are so arranged that theJ
may be exploded at will BY Observer
stationed at points OF refuge. In bomt
proof and lookout stations ashore.
Ia the harbor OF Havana 30 guarded
and 30 protected. and could the Main,
have been anchored close to one Of
these submerged volcanoes. operated
so easily by tho simple twist OF hos
tile hand aahoro7
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

ID and about thirty were wound
Tradition has woven many n ro-
|htic. many an impossible story
ut this disaster. One yarn told
.plngly how a gunner's mate had
i punished as be thought unjustly'
In revenge destroyed the ship. In
doing he lost his own life, but
cd in killing the object OF his ha-
an officer, who had loft the ship
|etiy a short time before the com
slon OF the crime. The real story
ms to be that a fuddled gunner's
be- by some error made bis way
) the magazine with an exposed
hted candle. stumbled into the pow
barrel OF the period and thus blew
ship skyward.
The Amphions Destruction.
n the English service there have
IN a number OF notable cases OF ox-
sion, but mainly In action. One
h known In time OF peace was the
.tructlon OF the frigate Amphlon,
pt. Israel Pellew commanding, on
mouth, England. Here, too, a gun
rs mate appears as the god In the
.ehins for. apocryphal or not. It Is
lioved 70 this day that the seaman
question went with a lighted lamp
o tho magazine TO steal powder,
Itch then had ready market Sew
Al hundred people were destroyed,
iong them prominent omcials and
teens OF the town who were dining
board. Among other crimes laid
unJustly to Irish sympathizera By
= English press and people was tho
struotlon OF tho British gunboai
ltterel In the Straits Of Magellan
10 arrived on Punta Arenas about
ae a. m. on April 70. 1851. The
ptaln went ashore coon after to pay
B ofneial call. and about ten a. m
10 terrible explosions were heard
d an immense cloud OF smoke wa
On lowering over the ship IN the per
Il calm Of the morning. Proiectllei
all kinds, MASSES Of human beings
ship equlpage and Of general wreck
c ware discovered dying through The
r, and the water for a quarter OF
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

cd seaport. Col Samuel Colt the in
ventor OF the American revolver, mrs
demonstrated the probability OF
blowing up vessels by submarine mines
fred by electricity. In iSi2 he blew
up the old gunboat Boxer. and In lsia
he destroyed a brig In the Potomac
river. while the vessel was under way
sailing at he rate OF 1--WE miles an
hour.
Many forms of mines were used here
and abroad. and they were success
fully employed against us In the ciVi1
war Every system OF coast defense
concerns itself with their distribution
and use. and every well-known harboI
Of the world is at this day so mapped
out that the planting Of these mines
may be- done ON a plan which promises
the greatest utility. Some OF these
are constant depth mines-that U.s.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-04

milo around the ship was Uttered with
debris. Boats put on from the shore.
and out OF the whole ships company
OF over 100 souls only eight were
saved. Fenian plots were held to be
The cause Of the disaster and South
America and Australia were the
scenes Of police Inquiry for months
II 80 now believed that the explosion
was due to the spontaneous Ignition
Of a paint then used In the British
navy. This. under deterioration or
when exposed TO heat. was found to
give on a highly lnhammablc gas, and
as the first explosion occurred In the
nelghborhood Of the paint locker. this
plausible theory Ia now accepted.
During the last twenty years two 9TH
er cases have occurrcd-one. when in
1850 n Spanish gunboat was blown up
In the harbor Of Santiago de Cuba. and
the other In 1893. when a most dam
aging and distressing explosion oc-
CURED on board Of the German ar
mored ship Baden. then at anchor on
Klel.
on the war inventions employed TO
destroy ships by submarine or aerial
proicctilcs or by mines the number Il
legion. We were among the earliest
TO employ these. and our contribu-
tlonH to the history Of torpedo war
fare have been very many and very
notable. The famous Battle Of the
Kegs" has been sung In mock heroic
verse. and the phladelphlans OF 1911
had many a merry Jest over the valor-
Gus attack made by the british gren-
adlers upon these lnnocuous barrels
Capt David bushnell OF Connectl-
cut was one Of the earliest expert
mentors with torpedocs. though Rob.
ert Fulton was the hrat 10 call maya.
zine OF powder intended for use under
water by this name. This great In
yontor made many experiments. and
the partlsans and opponents OF tho
new system Allied the journals OF tina,
day with acrimonious discussions.
The failure OF torpcdoes In the war Of
1912 and the general feeling against
this mode Of warfare ~ lnhuman and