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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27
Advance OF Science.
baltimore Americana

Modern civilization and science are
doing more and more to amclioratc the
sutfcrngS caused by warfare. Thu.
Kansas volunteers will be accompanied
to the front by lady surgeon young
and handsome.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Manila or bust" is the war cry o.
the Pacific coast which is sharing hon
ors with Remember the Maine"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Suspected spies and imaginary fleets
increase in Seometrlcal ratio as the
war advances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

The second call will give the dis
York. a chance to redeem themselves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27
Song OF King Coal.

am the king of strife and calm
Now a whistle and now moan
l have seized the scepter and torn the
From the Wind on his bauble throne.
Ny pipe in his face | boldly puff
Till his rage my soul inspires.
And | draw him down and his cries |
drown
In the glee of a billion fires,
o. am king of the land and sea,
King of the field and foam.
King of the mountain. Hill and lea.
King of the hearth and home!
Heir Of the lordly limbs and leaves
Now whistle and now moan
And my sires, up-garnered in mammoth
sncaVes,
on the floors of the world were strown.
Yet, up through the starless roofs | come,
And the sentry breeZcS quail:
And the furnace glow is the flag | throw
In the teeth of the bowling gale!
@. am king of the land and sea,
King of the field and foam.
King of the mountain. hill and lea,
King of the hearth and home.
Tears for the straining sail and sheet
Now whistle and now a moan
As the waves ride over the fated fleet
At the within of the wild md blown.
BUT cheers for the million-muscled oars
: That | make from drops of rain;
For as Coal / am king, and the song
sing
Is a dirge to the fleet of Spain,
O. ! am king of the land and sea.
King of the field and foam.
King of the mountain. hill and lea,
King of the hearth and home.
Boston Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Now that the bottling up process is
completed, let's have the contents OF
the bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Weyler says he has nothing moro to
say about the United States. The
Spanish language evidently cannot do
Justice to his feelings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Gen. Merritt's complete victory in
that Chicago engagement is second
only to Dewey's triumph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

The first American army to san
across the seas for conquest Is now on
the waters of the Pacific.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

This month opened with great vic
tory. 1t should not be allowed TO close
without another.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27
A Job for Joseph.
(LouiSNille PoSt.l

If Mr.. Letter will put cotton up to 20
cents, wc promise him the vote of the
cotton planters unanimously.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

A University of Maine boy who was
rejected from the volunteers by the
medical examining board won a large
share of the prizes at the college field
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Mountains ana scashore are a rare
combination in this country but
favoritc Camden has them in pcrfec-
ton. In fact beside Mount Desert.
Camden Is the only spot on the Atlantic
coast where the mountains dip into the
sea, and rise directly from the water :
edge. This would seem to be dlstinc
ton enough, hut back of these Camden
hills is a series of fresh water lakes.
dotted with Islands. and presenting an
enchanting View from the mountain
top.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

A Bangor church will give a Dewey
dew" of moonShine fame in it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Pcrham with about 800 inhabitants,
has had but one death. an infant less
than a year old, during the last six
months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

fleet which contains all told only about
dozen ships of real lighting mpor-
lance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

The city physician, city missionary,
overscers of the poor, police and the
doctors of Bangor. so far as heard
from, being still unable to locate the
remarkable twins mentioned in the
Boston Globe of Monday, as being Won
derS of infantry, unable to eat. drilk
or give three cheers for the flag, and
objects of excited interest on the part
of the surgeons of eastern Maine. It
seems probable that the Speers family
and the twins belong to the class of
which the heavy cannonading off the
Maine coast, and the long low rakish
torpedo boats. and the long, low rakish
our shore, are important members.
A peripatetic parody on Gods mas
terriece was taught good lesson Mon
day evening by plucky little woman
whom this impudent and carnal- mind
ed caricature of the genus homo had
insulted. says the Portland Express. II
occurred on Forest avenue in the vi
entity Of Deering Oaks. When the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27
Maine Qd0ssl(p>|
Daughter OF the Regiment.

~ :, -,
r4 Two,9S; St 4p'fi5, ....i,,. i clone
ing down the line,
answering Shl"s q oiur
rade with you,
Inc daughter OF the regiment March
Her eyes are lovelicr than the beams that
ne stars that WINK rom your ll'ES
The Daughter of the Regiment is on pa
diant She comes;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Lewiston Journal: Maine people
who are planning for summer at the
sea shore viii feel easier when that
Spanish fleet is finally located ana dis
posed Of. but a general feeling Of con-
fidence is noted as succeeding the ear
lier scare, all along the line. As for
our summer guests from cities outside
tho State. the nervous Boston or New
York man or woman would feel much
more secur" at Southport or Peaks
island or Winter Harhor than he would
at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Thrice $4,000 are eager to respond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

A business that will bring $40, 200, 900
into a state is a big factor. Now this
said Mr. Mathews, the State Commits
sioner of Industrial and Labor Sta
tstics, in a recent lecture in Bath, is
q fair estimate Of the sum total Of
Names summer tourist business last
year. Surely it is Il rare combination
of woods and mountains, streams and
invigorating and health-giVing climate
that will attract 100000 tourists way
down cast" in a summer. 1t shows
that Maine as a summer resort is no
fad" The family that came last year
returned this season with friends, as is
shown by the returns from the inn
keepers, who report an increase over
last year Of at least Is per cent, with
indications of a larger business still
for next year. And the 1886 miles Of
ncW railway into northern Maine must
he reckoned. too. into next years
tourists prospects.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

young lady rode by on her wheel he
very unceremoniously yelled out
Now, why don't you fall Off, my
dear?" This and other similar ex-
pressions he kept hurting at her. The
woman was pedaling along very slowly,
and the man followed still plying his
insinuations at the fair cyclienne.
whose face turned white, then livid
with suppressed emotion and rage.
Finally she could stand it no longer
she dsmounted, rested her wheel
against the curbing and rushed at the
scoffer. When last seen he was max
ing quick tracks for home holding on
to a swollen lip. The young woman
looked for moment cOntemptuously
in the direction of the vanquished, and
soon afterward was mounted compla-
Gently on her wheel and was riding
along the street as If nothing had
happened.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

The State steamboat inspectors have
run across 4 problem, the event being
reported in this wise Tuesday. they
went 10 Green lake on regular tour
of inspection. and in looking over the
craft there found the steamer Senator
tied up at the hatchery. ON reaching
her they were met by the officials of
the establishment, who refused to pay
for inspection. on the ground that the
boat was owned by the United States,
and showed adyices from Washington
saying that while the boat might be in
spected If the State authorities wished
it, the government would not pay for
the operation nor regard il as neces-
sarY. The State inspectors. whose or
ders are 20 examine all steamboats,
carrying passengers on inland waters.
finally decided that as the Senator did
not carry passengers for a considera-
ton. she might not come under their
jurisdiction on that ground. and re-
tired. leaving this latest question OF
State rights yet unsettled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held rcspOn-
sibIe for the preservation or return of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Names 80 will De all ready when
called for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

Now the "a Regiment Will have its
opportunity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

The rain fastened the sprouting pro-
cess.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
KiondlISe Gold

IEa had spent two or threo winters In
tho Hondilce country, or said ho had.
ana be 7yss telling his friends about It.
1T isn't 20 Gwfhiy cold UP there when
one gets used 70 it, is it7" asked q lls-
teneS. Well" be hesitated, 81 don't
really suppose il iss anyhow, it isn't
to The one that's used to It, lie don't
know a thing about It; he's been froze
to death q month by that time" ooh,
indeed" stammered the inquirer, who
seemed to be disturbed by the sad fate
of the person accustomed TO it.
''Yes, and I've seen it so cold that a
bullet shot up in the mir would freeze
UP there and not come down till the
spring thav. But that Isn't so bad as
Il was lsst Writer. BY lingo. Tn q
liar Il we didn't hava q Boston girl up
there lest winter teaching school. and
0he weather was 80 cold that that Bos-
ton girl actually set the school house
on fire by spontaneous combustion
she was that warm by comparison.
Cold? Well, if we could only ship the
cold down 20 this country like we can
the gold, you would be playing golf on
snow shoes all summer long right here
in the city Of roit."-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
COMPANY B AWAITING ORDERS.
COMPOSED OF MILFORD's BEST
YOUNG MEN-TEA IN HONOR OF
VISITORS.

COMPOSED OF MII4FORDS BEST
YOUNG AIEN-TEA IN HONOR OF
VISITORS.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
Milford. April accompany B, Of
this town. is hourly expecting 10 pro
coed to camp The officers of the COM
pany are: Captain, Edward Lank;
lirst lieutenant, Arthur Reynolds; sec
ond lieutenant, Jay Foulke. This
company is composed Of many Of the
last young men OF Milford. Among
them is TO be found Oscar Wilson, Don
nell Marshall, Edward Causey, John
and George Truitt, William Sipple, Ed
yard Brown and many others.
A tea in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mauley brennan, Of Elkton, who are
visiting her sister, Mrs. George w. Mar
hall, VIII be given by Mrs. Laura Bill
lings this evening. 1t promises TO De a
very enjoyable affair.
A cavalry company will be organized
here as soon as the necessary permis-
sion is given. The matter Is In charge
of DIT. c. l.. Grier.
Fish are very plentiful IN this mar
let now. as not only quantities of shad
are being brought in, but trout are also
beginning to appear.
An effort is being made by the women
/ df the New-Century Club to induce the
merchants to close their places OF busi
ness earlier on Saturday evenings. AZ
ID is now, many Of them do not clos'
until after midnight. which causes sun
\ day work in the barber shops and eat
ing saloons as we'll as in the stores. on
barber was kept UP until o'clock las
sunday morning It Is said that this Il
the only town in the state where such
state of Affairs exists.
Hon. w. +. Causey will go to 81
1 Louis, Mo-, on Monday on a business
Trip. Mrs. w. F. Causey will at tn
same time visit her son, Foster, Il
| washington, ID. Q.
John p. Hudson, OF Smyrna, attend
! ed the funeral Of his stepmother, MT
Mary Hudson, on Wednesday.
Mrs. Ruth Carlisle returned hom
3Friday evening after a four months
Visit to her daughter. Mrs. Charlie
tHaisler, IN West Philadelphia
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
THE hpPROACH TO SHANGHAI

Standing on tho bow of the vessel the
night before we reached Shanghai, one
could read the time on the face OF his
watch, the water was so phOsphores-
cent. It looked like a sea of fire; every
little wave and the spray thrown up
by the vessel looded like liquid metal
at white heat. 1t was a very wierd
and strange sight
Extending many miles out into the
ocean along the Yang Use river are
low, level tracts of marsh land covered
with reeds, built up by the mud depos-
tied by the river. II also forms many
bars OF mud in the channel, so that the
large steamers anchor in the mouth
and send the passengers and freight
up to SHANGHAI in a small boat. Large
steamers by waiting for high tide come
over the bar and up to Hankow, which
mis- ESQ miles from the mouth. All the
way up to Shanghai the banks of the
river are low and covered with coarse
grass or weeds. There were many
water buffalo and native cattle grazing
on the banks.
Just before reaching Shanghai itself,
many large cotton mills, equipped with
he latest machinery, are seen; also a
large roller -four mill built by an Eng
ish firm, but part of the machinery Is
rom the United States. Most OF these
have been built in the last two years.
The wheat here is so dirty that after
IL is washed and dried before 1t Is
It Is screened 1t has to be washed and
dried before It Is ground This rs be-
cause the wheat Is threshed on earthen
doors with stone rollers drawn by cat
1 lie, OF else with fails The mills and
he wide street along the front Of the
liver farther UP, with the foreign
4 houses on theopposite side of it, give
It q very foreign appearance, and were
t not for the rickshaws and wheelbar-
rows, one would hardly think he was
| in China. On the other hand, by a
walk of then minutes into the native
| city, he would not know that there
was any foreign city or influence near
There is a large foreign population and
many large foreign stores.
Many visit China and go to the large
| cities, as Peking, Shanghai or Hankow
| and think they have seen China; but
| hey have a very wrong impression OF
t. This IS not confined TO mere visi-
| Tors. for many people live In the for
eign concessions for years, hardly
/ going outside them except to go tC
some other place by steamer. any peo-
pie in Honlow have never been across
the river to Wuchang. On one trip intC
the country to study the methods Of
farming. not more than thirty mile.
] from Hanl1ow, in one village over 10l
4 women came out to see me, as they haC
/ never seen a freigner before. -Chinesl
4 Letter in Country Gentlman.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
SOCl8L AHD Personal NOTES

Miss Edna Finn is visiting Miss
Bertha Satterthwaite, Of Newport.
Frank II. Borie, of the Westinghouse
Electrical Supply Company, of Pitts
burg. Pa, is visiting his parents here.
Lieutenant A. Brown Lancaster has
been offered a position in Washington,
d. c. Owing to the probability Of the
militla's call to arms he will be unable
o accept the place.
Albert E. Wilson, Of New Haven,
Conn, formerly of this city, Is spending
a few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. EllwoOd Wilson.
Regimental Quartermaster II. V. d.
Bootes, OF Wilmington, visited Captain
Rogers yesterday. The captain accom-
panied Lieutenant Bootes on his return.
United States Inspector OF Dredging
work paid a visit to New Castle yes
serday on business connected with the
work on the Delaware.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
BLEW OPEH The SAFE

THIEVES BURGLARIZE THE Ell
DORADO POST OFFICE AND
: STORE Oh GEORGE BRINS-
FIELD.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
Seaford, April 23.-On Wednesday
might thieves entered and robbed the
store OF George w. Brinsfleld at Edo
radO, a small village a few miles west
'of here. The post Office being in the
store, the thieves rifled both the store
aEd post Office. They secured much
srchandlse, about $3.50 in cash from
he safe, and $50 postage stamps. Four
,lspicious characters were seen near
he village in the afternoon, who have
since disappeared. Mr.. Brinsfeld has
lelegraphed to Detectives McVey and
Witsil, describing the supposed thieves.
The Young Peoples Debating Society
met at the home Of George Dutton on
Wednesday evening. The subject was
Resolved, That Women's Suffrage Is
Desirable to the Future Welfare Of the
Nation" The debate was very inter
esting-
c. E. Lloyd, the popular baggage
master on the Cambridge and SeafOrd
railroad had his leg broken Wednes-
day evening by a heavy piece OF bag
gage falling on him while putting 1t in
the baggage car.
Master Calhoun Ross, the sen of Mr..
and Mrs Z. c. Ross, entertained a
aumber Of his playmates on Thursday
afternoon. Various kinds Of amuse-
rents were INDUCED in, after which a
olation was served.
NTru Ma11fn ord Uhn caynrnlV
her foot day or two ago by stepping
on a pair of upturned scissors, is re-
ported TO be improving.
Members Of st. Luke's Protestant
Episcopal Church have presented their
rector. Rev. L. r. Combs, with a fine
Bicycle.
c. NJ. Scott, Of Scott, was hereThursday
buvinR eggs. Mr.. Scott is one of the
most extensive egg shippers on the Pc
| ninsula. He ships thousands of doz-
ems weekly to the Northern cities.
Mrs. Ambrose Cannon, Of Cannon
| vas in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ruis, of Bridge
i Vile. spent Wednesday with Mrs
| Luther Culver.
william Bannister, OF Woodland
spent wednesday afternoon with
| friends in town.
Alphus Collins, of New York, is
| spending the week with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James Collins.
Mrs. John Z. Nichols and daughter
| Flora, are spending a few days will
Seaford friends.
Albert Donoho. OF Jefferson College
has been forced to return home on &C
! count OF bad health
Miss Handy. OF Reliance, was in towI
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Phillip Rawlins OF Bridgeville
was in town Thursday morning.
Mrs. Webster Kinder. from near Fed
ealsburg. was in town Thursday ol
| business.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
CITY'S PROTECTION.

|ASONS WHY THE POLICE
SHOULD NOT BE RE-
LARGE CROWDS HERE
.IER.
IS been q great deal Of talk
Election relative to reducing |
Expenses by doing away with |
IS Of one policeman. 1t has |
that the present system of
! le city makes it unnecessary |
lree policemen to look after |
g safety. This proposition
.nge when it is an acknOwl-
that many of the streets do
e nearly the light as under
IS system. Some places are
+ hat, excepting on moonlight
Is impossible almost for one
way along them.
.so been suggested that there
|lice on at nights and none in
he.
persons who advocate this
Il protecting the city seem to
looked the fact that the Sum-
|n is now coming on, when the
Jrs carry hundreds of people,
on Sunday, and when there
strangers in town than at any
|iod of the year. Then two
|hia excursion boats land here
|lday, bringing a more or less
lie class Of people, who, upon
ho police protection, would
b take the town." and act as
fit. The progressive citizens
brty owners of New Castle are
to reducing expenses at the
heir lives and safety Of their
They contend that there is
that indicates a retrOgrade
L in city affairs so much as the
of its municipal officers. The
alone shows that the place is
moss grown" and a back
Criminals OF all classes are
okout for just such moves and
Iow to take advantage of them.
is Incorporation, in 1875, the
had three police, with the ex-
4 Mayor Janvier's time. Dur
period an unsuccessful attempt
.e TO rob the Farmers Bank,
scheme failed was not due to
taken by the police. During
times Of last Winter not a sin
e was committed, even when
)tation must have been great
.ual starvation staring people
act, and when surrounding
ere suffering from the depriva-
hieves. To issue a prospectus
ended, setting forth the advan-
New Castle as a manufacturing
ering inducements to strangers
, here and then advertise Its
by reducing the police force fol
IS sake, seems to be as bad 8
could possibly be made, ever
ian spreading broadcast th'
neasle epidemic" scare. It Il
{ those persons who desire tw,
s no police would be the last
ssibly one or two exceptions
I'D volunteer to help an office
arrest or to respond II callel
The best citizens think tha
3 other ways in which econom,
practiced than at the expens
c safety.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
EEW CASTLE NEWS NOTES

Miss Young is slowly recovering from
her recent illness at her home, on
Third street.
The children Of Joseph Cavender are
improving under the anti-toxine treat
ment.
Ex-Mayor Samuel H. Black Is re-
covering, and soon expects to be about
again.
The trolley cars on the Wilmington
and New Castle railway have been
decorated with flags by the patriotic
employees Of the road.
Many fish dealers were on the wharf
yesterday laying in a supply Of shad foI
The regular Friday demand and Satur-
dav markets.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
INK AND DIsORDFRLY.

Mullen, Of Wilmington, en-
b the Edge Moor Bridge Works,
companions, came to New Cas-
Celebrate the firing Of the first
he war by America. Book beer
riotism proved too great a COM
d for John, and he got under
ther" and acted in an indecent
on South Third street. Officer
ton appeared on the scene and
jumped on a passing car. He
zen from it by the officer and
up. At the hearing at O'Clock
ded guilty to drunk and disor-
nd Mayor Boyd, taking into
ration the fact that Mullen had
and five children, accepted the
Id ignored the graver charge.
liars and twenty cents was the
imposed by the court, and John
wing the necessary coin, was
up until he could produce it.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
ETCIHTY PER CENT -ARr q

EIGHTY PER CENT. ARE CA
TARRH SUBJECTS.-Dr. Agnew's Ca
tarrhal Powder will cure the worst OF
them. 1t has been tested a thousand
times and never disappoints. It IS
pheasant TO apply, harmless. and gives
lsuch quick relief One short puff will
'1ear a cold from the head and prevent
ne possibility of contracting this nasty
Nscase which taints about so per cent.
sf the whole American people-26.
Sold by Miller Drug Company. 402
Market street; n b Danforth, Market
and Second streets.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
.GEAINT DAVIDSON GONF.

ant Higbee Davidson, Troop B,
U. S. Cavalry, has gone to
lgton. The sergeant, though on
IN, thought in times like these
Her Of Uncle Sam should be of
md therefore he has proceeded
capital to tender his services
government on detached duty.
on Is a fine horseman and
nan. He is one of thirty-six who
hosen to form a national rifle
( regular cavalrymen to shoot in
est at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
probable he will be assigned to
lt's duty on his arrival in Wash
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
FUNERIAL AT ST. PETERS.

Anna Green, 81 years Of age, was
buried from the undertaking rooms OF
c. H. Clewell yesterday morning at 8
o'clock. Services took place at St.
Peters r. G, Church, and mass cele-
brated. Tnterment was made in the ad-
Joining cemetery.
Evening journal., 1898-04-23
A PAINFuL MOrrNn

Glanden, a young boy working
shirt factory, met with a painful
He was running a tacking ma
when his left hand came too near
eedle, and the forefinger was
i entirely through. The needle
rough the nail and out the under
4 the finger, breaking off. The
was extracted with difficulty. DR..
iressed the wound and care must
ken lest serious results follow.