Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-30

the parent and the teacher. The home
the school and the church are the vital
forces in the life of the community
Let there be concerted action on the
part of these three and purer social
life will be realized"
The newly appointed judge of the
Deeling municipal court, John j
Goody, Esq, first met the present hold
er of the office under rather inaus-
picious circumstances. When he came
to that place to practice law, few
years ago, he was arrested for bicycle
riding upon the sidewalk contrary to
the local ordinance. Judge Hopkins
administered the usual fine, but liked
the young mans appearance so well
that they became fast friends, and Mr..
Goody was warmly supported by the
older judge for the position to which
he has just been appointed.
1t is of interest to know that the
charming young lady, Miss Stephen
son of Wisconsin, who christened the
battleship Wisconsin at San Francisco,
Pine Tree State. Her father, ex-Con-
gresSman Isaac Stephenson of Mari
nette, Wisconsin. is a native of Maine
who has won fame and fortune in the
Badger State.
The other day a Lewiston woman
called up a neghbor by the telephone
and informed her that the children had
the scarlet fever. Mercy" screamed
the lady at the other end of the line.
don't you know that have children
And she hung up the telephone with a
bang. A little later she called UP Gen.
trail and blew up the company for
not quarantinng the other woman's 5
house.
At al Auburn wedding, the other
day, the ceremony was performed in
the room in which the bride was born
and in which her mother and grand
mother had both been married before
her. May her daughter be married
there.
Building a. the Bath Iron Works and
nearly ready for launching is the larg-
est steam yacht ever built in America
and when ready for sea she will be the
most elegant private pleasure craft
atioat. This beautiful specimen of
marine architecture is for Colonel
Oliver H. Payne and will fly the colors
of the New York Yacht Club. The
principal dimensions of the craft are:
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line. 25S feet; beam on water line, 35.5
feet; depth at side. q feet four inches;
depth of hold, 20 feet; mean draught
Is feet; draft aft, 10 feet nine inches;
approximate gross tonnage. 1900
Everything will be as elegant and
elaborate as money and skill can
make it.
The Biddeford upholsterer who found
stock certificates worth $4,000 in an old
arm chair says that this is his most
valuable find though by no means the
most curious one. People take queer
places to hide things in, and things
select queer places in which to get lost
Bangor is having a whooping cough
epidemic and good doctor, with utter
disregard of prospective fees, an
nounces through a local paper that a
preparation of the nitrite of amyl is a
perfect specific for the disease, stop
ping at once the spasmodic strangling
leaving only a mild cough which soon
recovers. AS this remedy is not recon-
mended by any medical book, and as
the doctor has never known it to be
prescribed by any other physician, he
claims it as an important discovery
especially as no specific has heretofore
been known for that very troublesome
disease. 1t is perfectly harmless, but
must not be given in its original
strength.
The Portland Athletic Club comes
out $500 ahead in its foot ball season,