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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Opinion of an Eminent Jurist.

Ballot reform in New York necessary
says an eminent jurst because mere politicians
by trade who had no interest in government or
politics except to enrich and aggrandize them
selves sought perpetual control. There are oth-
er excellent reforms besides that of the ballot
Conspicuous among them is the reform prompt
ly and thoroughly effected, in disordered piF-
steal system by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters'
which counteracts tendencies to serious disease
bred by deficiency of vital stamina lrresu-
larity of the bowels, stomach. liver or KIDNEY
and inquietude of the nerves. This steriihS
medicine. which has for near half century WON
because 1t deserves popular favor is commehu-
Oh nv nhvsicions of eminence who accord IL
their approval, not only for its excellent qua
tiles in remedial capacity, but also Tor its Sc,
yiceable properties as medicinal stimuant. !.
soothes and strengthens the nerves, ana is -.
preferable to the hcady. unmedicated stin'u'' VI
commerce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
A Wastet vo!e.
(NeW York Tribune i

me vote in the Senate does nat ,,,t.
lead anybody. All the world knew ,ha .
'herr We're q Few silver states each Win
p vote in the Senate equal to - WIN
New York. All the world also knen, :, "
me, House represented the naurla t',n I
tndt no monetary bill could pass wi,bnn.
we signature of the President. Mo-
thdn q third in either House wo1,Id ~,
rort MN. ana vote in favor of free 81
Yer IS as effective as the Ponce LII
against a comet. Not one silver mo IN ~
me Senate imagined 1t could have I'M ~
other use than as evidence thai =
measure embodying the ideas Of tba
monetary Commission could not pseg
Bal the silver men themselves wern
weak u they imagined that a fact 90
""il khoWn was in need of any proof
~ = misfortune that 50 many Of the
pcopi" VINO feel called upon to think a,d
ialR ana write ana agitate about fipannaa
KNOW 50 little about the Government ~
the Fitted States. They go on organfa
ihS' eXpendinS money for the information
~ IN" people. and holding conventin,,
ana passing resolutions lust AZ II ~
Government Of the United States ~
located in some silver mine mr. So
Dahk parlor. The fact is that il is nn,
located in either. and II might he vyaIi
Tor people to grasp that idea. The Ill
yer producers can control the TcgieI1
lures ana thus the Senators. of = ga,,
states. crazy and desperate Democra.
&c party being ready To vote for any
In
order 70 get power. will give the silvnr
men all they want as the votes of Dom.
o"ratir senators show. The two ropetha,
nay" majority in the Senate. as they
have had for more than twenty years
That is one side of the case and =
makes impossible for the present the
itSSagt OF any measure to which the
silver mon object. Ii any man wants
S0ch Z measure passed, his only chance
" - Put certain Democrats out Of H.
! uited States Senate
Tn" other side is that the peonle cor-
troll the House OF Representatives ana
are Overwhelmingly opposed TO free.sil.
Yer coinag" or amy debasement of the
currency. The majority in the House is
large. but If there were only A einei.
vote more than Il third In that body Or
in the Senate to uphold sound money No
silver bill could be passed until tho
term of President Mckinley had expired
Thus IT is nothing but foOlishness 10
attempt by any action in the Senate Ia
swing the finances Of this country
over 10 silver basis. With these facts
clearly in mind. why are people worried
or even excited in antagonism? Tho
trdth Is that nothing whatever can be
done. unless ii Is such action as the
President may propose and some of the
silver senators may be disposed to
accept. When hard-money people. or
soft money people, or any other people
seek some settlement along that line il
VIII be time enough to wonder what NAV
possibly come 10 pass. Until then
except in that way the man who thinks
can be done is sure 10 be dis
aDDointe1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

There is no end of the difficulties
which face the KlondiNe fortune
hunter. and now n new on" of serious
aspect threatens to arise. IT is hard
~ credible. however. that the Cana
dian government contcmpates deny
ing the right to locate mining claims
in the klondike region to any except
British subjects. Such 4 proceeding
would stir up trouble beside which thu
sealing wrangle would seem insg-
nfioant. Gold hunting. by a sort of
unwritten international law. is FREQ
for-all race No one is barred. Rich
and poor stand upon tho same footing.
y claim once filed in accordance wins
the mining usage is safe against all
the world. Even the despised China
man is protected in his rights ana
claim jumping is VIGOROUSLY the most
unhealthy and precarious Of all occu-
pations. Probably the Canadian GOV
eminent has authority to place limits
upon gold digging ir its territory. hut
II will hardly exercise that authority
To do so would be to defy all prec-
edent and to invite such a fracaq as
would set half the nations Of TIE
earth by the ears.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
4 BARGAIN

She's glad to give her little heart
In ransom when she's wed,
To any man. that is to say,
Who'll let her have her head
Il am a poor. motherless girl faltered
ENanSellne, her voice qlavering.
But James Wetmore Wetmore-Smith
was not a man easily to be baked
= do not expect my Wife, he replied,
gently, albeit something reproachfuy,
10 be both rich and motherless.
UNUSUAL AND SUSPICIOUS,
Client--I dunno. / hope it's all right
but | don't trust my lawyer any too
much. ~
Friend-Why note
Client-ohshim and the lawyer on the
other side IL too blamed polite to each
other.-New Work Journal
Patience-'sWhat is the cheapest look
ing thing yotrsexers saw about a bargain
counter Patriee--..A husband waiting
for his wife. A-Yonkers Statesman "a
He-"My heart is on fire NIT lofe for {
YOU ess5s -sx
She tcoldy,--"vell. as sdere Is no inzpr-ss
ance. YOU hatSpetter put dot fire .oudt -
Puck.
PROPER ANNOUNCEMENT.
And shall speak to yont father, my9.
darlmg?"
Yes. but if YOU want every oIo '2gs
know about it right away, you'd bettef
speak to mammas"
A NATTER OF SIZE.
Daisy-Shc has such pretty foot |
don't know where you would find any
thing smaller. do YOU?
Frances-Yes, the shoe she wears.
Fuddy-Talk about saving women. ! Z
suppose my wife is the most economical
woman going" Duddy-..What has she
been doing now?H Fuddy--.She has beer
wanting a new cloak. and TIE otner day
she said Il wish | had fifty dollars get
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

President Mckinley is right. The
friends Of an honest currency have
the great power of right on their side,
and need not fear to be aggressive in
the advocacy of it. Let the work of
intoxicating sound theories Of finance
be pushed on every hand with mtir-
ing vigor. In this way the vantage
ground gained in the last national
campaign may he held, and the hosts
who are opposed to debased and
deprecated currency, will be kept in
good fighting trim for the battles Yet
10 be fought
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
The Curse Of Gold"

The cyclonic campaign for the sill
vangelization of the country is now be-
ing carried on along new line. The
silver mine owners and their fanatical
devotees are row seeking to introduce
their ranacea through new channel.
They have not lost faith in the
efficacy of windy orators, belchiry
forth bluff and buster. falsehood ard
fallacy; nor win they give up their
time-honored side show devices With
denlagogical, Organic attractions. But
in their persistent endeavor to save the
country from the certain disaster that
faces it under a policy Of sound finance
and national integrity. they are de.
tcrmined to leave no stone unturned
Thus it is that the whole land is put,
On the qui Vive by the startling an
rCuncement from the headquarters Of
the silver hosts that free silver play
is to be turned loose upon the STAGE
and that it viii tour the country or
perish in the attempt. 1t is said to
pc a rip-roarins tragedy mixed
anundantly. as is proper in such +
play. with melodrama comedy. ballet
uli5Jic pErotechnics. and it's acts and
scenes prove beyond a shadow of It
doubt that the country has gone To
the dogs, that crushing calamity ANA
overwhelming depression are every-
where euthroned, that all but the
milionaires are dying Of hunger that
disaster has raraIyzed every branch of
Industry, that thr masses are heine
luthlrssly crushed under the wheels u
q golden Juggernaut, ana that the only /
remedy for all these conditions Is fha /
free and unlimited coinage "f silver al 4
once, at the ratio Of IS - ].
This new play ought 10 bear as =
namc, part of the rirated phras. thar .
lifted into notoriety the boy leader Of .
thc silver crusade-"The Cross If +
Gold" But the managers Of such a /
theatrical venture doubtless thought (
they had crosses enough Of their oWn /
to bear without imposing one on the 4
play 50 they gave it name which. in 4
part, at least, is not inappropriate 4
The Curse Of Gold" The play may .
devote itself to curSinG gold. but ii II 1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Places Restrictions OF Publishers.


Congressman Loud of California. is ac-
lively pushing his pet measure-the bill
IN alter the present laws relating 10 Sec
ond-claSS mail matter. This bill failed of
passage at the last sessionsof Congress-
ana il is to be hoped that il will again
meet like fate. The bin places host
Of restrictions upon publishers and prac-
tlcaNy leaves thcm al the mercy OF the
nnsf n1nstrr-g generals WhiIn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Would Any One Care?

F'rom the Chicago Record)
Grover Cleveland might retaliate upon
the administration for this Dole recep-
ton by asking Liliuokalani down TO tea
at Princeton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

tcrested in collecting data Of Names
famous men for the benefit Of the
Maine Historical society but Bil
Nye's is tough case to unravel If
you remember Nye did not love his
native town very dearly for l believe
on being asked once what was tho
happiest day he could remember in his
life replied: "The day | left Shirley"
Evidently that Bath and Lewiston
electric road is a sure thing, as people
who have all along been Of the opinion
that it was only hubble are about
ready 10 admit Some Of the rails for
it have already arrived and aoundings
have leen made at New Meadows
river this week to find the best loca-
ton for building a bridge there.
the Cumberland Bar Association =
much stirred up over the charge that
some Of its members are usnig i'm
proper methods of soliciting business
and an Investigation is pending. one
gentleman cited an instance of client
informing him that brother lawyer
had solicited his business offering 10
take il on terms much cheaper than
The others ana under the association
scale Or fees, 1t is complained hat
such is the competition with the con
gestcd state Of the profession that
LAWYERS have not hesitated to haul
poor debtors before disclosure com
mssioners and take other steps to
try ana squeeze money out Of the poor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

The Madrid public prosecutor de-
mands that General Weylar be sent to
jail for two months for criticizinG
President McKinley's annual message.
If everybody in the United states who
has criticized the utterances Of Presi-
dent were imprisoned there would be
mighty few people at large.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
That New York Bouquet.
(Baitimore American !

Niteilius spent $50. 900 600 on his table i'm
tour months. and yet some of the yellow
dreadful papers in Greater New York
are trying TO make q sensation out of
the fact that thousand people spent
$4,000 for fine dinner. with Il speech by
the President thrown in. Greater New
York isn't in the same class with old
Rome
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

Nathan Godfrey, who left Cherryfield
as a boy several years ago. has worked
his way to Montana, says the Nara
guagus Times, where he is now an eX-
tensive ranchman and one of the stock
holders of the Boston and Montana Sheep
Co., which has a grazing ground u miles
wide and IS miles long. closed with WIRE
in which are kept 10000 sheep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

Good fishing is promised to those visit
ing Affords lake. Knox county next
spring. says Field Forest and Shore =
For the past few seasons thousands of
salmon and trout have been placed in
these waters until there is. counting the
original fry. some 100000 salmon in this
lake. Last September $4,000 three inch
fish were deposited there by J. NJ Black
ngton, president OF the Knox County
Fish and Game Association
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
No Need Of Going Too Far.
Gardner Reporter-Journal.)

MIR. Loud is said to refuse to accent
any amendments to his bill. If that is
the case We hope it will be defeated. but
with a few changes il would be a good
measure. There is need of a change, but
no need Of going too far with it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Daily ken,lebec 3ournaI.
TERMS: $500 PER YEAR,

No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held respon-
sihle for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
20 subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers All
guSta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Maine GOssap.

Speaking of blizzards-don't say a
word.
1t it seemed rough and Wild in the
cities, what do you suppose it was out
in the country?
1t was not only record breaker
but it was a record annihilator
Yesterday was just an ideal day t.
sit beside an open fire in a cosy library
and read SNOW Bound OF Lorna
Doono." There was no need of the
aid of the imagination in picturing tbs
widest and most picturesque snow
storm scenes ever described
Didn't YOU envy the Journal carrier
boys, yesterday morning. Also the
mail carrier, the grocery clerks. the
stage driver, the railroad men. and the
many others who We're obliged to en-
ter the unequal struggle with the
bowling, binding elements?
Home. sweet home" acquired a new
significance, yesterday. 1t was good
place TO linger in ana everybody lin
gered there who could. But did you
stop TO think of the many to whom
such storm brought actual physical
suffering and privation? No need to
go far from Augusta to find many
homes where the snow sifted in
through gaping cracks and broken
windows. and where the supply of fuel
and food We're insufficient for comfort
The big blizzard of Feb. /, 1898 will go
On record. and will be used for years as
landmark With which other storms
will be compared. Ii was certainly the
worst storm for many years, and the
news Of its havoc. being spread over so
great an area. will continue to come in
for several days yet The great storm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Badly Mixed Up.

lFrom the Omaha Bee.)
The Nebraska Popocrats who are boast
ing Of improved business at the different
state institutions should be careful. or
they Will get their prosperity and calam-
itY ineXtricably mixed I'D.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

They say DR.. Schenk receives hun
dreds Of letters daily from women in
all parts Of the world. And every or"
wishes a son and no; one q daughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

y Missouri poetess sings: 4 stand
in the twilight; I'm kissed by the dew
This would appear 10 indicate thai
She is somewhat advanced in years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

The proposition TO christen the new
war ship Kentucky with water ap-
pears to have met with cordial ap-
prevail from the colonies of the Blue
Grass state who are opposed. on prin-
ciple, to any such reckless waste #
good liqllor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
A Missouri Opinion.
(kansas City Journal

NfNdIIs5ttS Wy JUN IItlIT
Mr.. Mckinley" says a local silver
organ, has not shown himself 10 be
friend of labor Hundreds of thousands
OF laborng people are ready to testify
that all such statements are lies-reckless,
SenSeless, contemplate lies
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Blouns's Goot Example.
New York Mail and Express

"" TofK -TdII ana EXpress)
Mr.. Cleveland may talk all he nleay.a
dpout MS treatment of the Hawaiian
question but you don't catch Para noun
Iiount induiging in any reckless REMARK
about his part in that scandalnna , .ssh NJ
re realizes that this is a partic,IiarI,,;
Rood time for every man commercial ,,;.ly
IN" policy of infamy to keen etil1 WIN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

our winter seems determined 20 de-
liver in one week all the goods ordered
for four months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

tt seems 10 have been case Of
spontaneous evaporation with Mi
Kurtz Of Ohio
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

Bangor Commercial: Peculiar" re
marked Hon, j F. sprague Of Monsoon
at the Penobscot Exchange one day
this week. whatever became Of Bill
Nye's family history He was born il
the little town Of Shirley up my way.
you know. but I've tried to trace "
his antecedents or relatives there but
find il impossible to get the leas;
clue know the house where Bill Wa;
born. though. hut beyond that there j.
scarcely a scintilia Of family history @!
anecdotes about our late lament"e
humorist that We can gather | am in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

The news that new paper trust has
been formed viii nteros. many sub
soribers to all papers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02
Spain Cannot Subdue Cuba,

one of the strongest and most coSent
was that delivered Saturday by Con-
gresham Miers of Indiana. In Il
most vigorous manner he showed the
desperate straits to which Spain is
driven and the perfect hopelessness If
its attempts to crush the rebellion in
Cuba. The plucky island is nearer
freedom every day. 1t bleeds and
suffers, but still it does not yield. The
world knows that Spain can never re-
gain its lost dominion there, and this
truth is being bitterly forced home
to Spain herself. There never was q
war hat had a better reason for is eX-
istoncc than that which is b"ns Waga i
IN Cuba now. No people were ever
more oppressed or were ever NOR"
long-auaerine than the people who il
Cu3a have taken az arms against
spain Each Of the long series If
rebeu:ans which make up Tie history
Of the last century in that island Was
preceded hE a peaceful! struggle FOR
Cuban rights In each cas-" Spanish
blindness and mislue drove the people
to desperation and forced them 10
strive for liberty through the horrors
If war. This was true in 1850. in 1880.
in ISIS. in 1880. and again in February
1885 when the present war began, Tn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

| of March, 1888, was the one storm OF
! the past most frequently spoken Of
yesterday, always excepting the great
storm of his boyhood which every mar
rator was sure to remember wildly.
What an opportunity this storm will
give the Oldest inhabitants half or
| three quarters If century hence.
The Bangor Wing is receiving many
merited compliments for it's enterprise
in getting out a special edition Sunday
containing an account Of the terrible
railroad accident near Orono. 1t was a
most creditabe piece Of work, and one
that the reading public in eastern
Maine win be sure to appreciate.
The base ball enthusiasts of Port
land. will not be allowed to place a
team in the New England league:
but they may, perhaps. he permitted
to sit on the fence and see the pro-
Cession go by.
jay people are very much rejoiced
over the starting up cf the paper mill
ana the prospects are much brighter
~ $50 ,'u'i ti, ~ MI, ,;n =.
I'LL, ,,,nnin,, f,,I, hlasl ana furnfns, n,,t
:, la,..,o ,,,,ontitv az nm, n may nn,y
III eaia la, n.,tt.,s ara really hnoto-
I'LL, i, H.,
-
- NV 49,
any VI. '''S 'i'''7 - ''''9 ''''''''' 81
dangerous - ''''i'' '''' d ia ~ +'''''' e-
mar i'''"' It 'l'''','.'''
i"' ne'' "i' " a. '' q"
YUM IT i'' - 'il-
,'"" - ''''''''i' "
1T ~ 4" 49,
Gentlrmar. tearing ana picking mr.
"@"i@ W." ,'"''+ '. IL '9'''-''' g
a.,ht., I'LL. !, t,,+,h.r I.,.4 i I.aI.
much ike tnook.na hird ana i-
nome h in the Arctic regions lsut
ID sometimes comes as far 4eulh a-
this in winter The bird lives an
-narrows ana is .ucn q model butcher
that II was probably for fh.s reason
.,,a,,,.,,s and af,.., ,..,,,,.- ,.n.., :.
wants. places those mat ar. left. IN
the sharp thoens 81 thorn bush.
hi"' u ''S I'N "''t"a Il ''"ii' 50 u ga
una 'h"in men y E''7 NA"tiF
u..-,t..,.,. ..--4--t--.,.. LII.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

China has reason at the present time
10 play 10 b, delivered from her friends
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

Great consternat lion exists among
Nebraska cattle men over the appear
ance Of a new and deadly disease
in their herds. 1t is known as
1oof rot Thousands Of cattle have
ulrt ady died Of it, The feet Of the
afflicted animals turn black in night.
and within tWenty-four hours begin to
peel ana crumble away until nothing
but the bone is left. This disintesratas
in from three to five days, and the
cattle die in great agony apparently #
blood poisoning. Tho disease spreads
from herd 10 herd in a short time
Prompt measures VIII ne taken tc
ascertain the exact nature. Of tho
disease. and discover. if possible,
some successful way Of treating it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

The lads aHd ldases cf Virginia.
breathe freely orormore Theanti-njit-
ing bin has been doleatcd hy The Log
islature. ana The oli game of hear's
can now 50 ON Without danger to the
players of imprisonment or fine. If
morals have reached such d pass as
to require i special acl of Legislatures
to protect the pupils at a female
boarding school in Richmond, Il
would be better To put every girl in 4
balloon and keep her suspended IN
mid-air out of harms way. Certainly.
if the boarding school teachers can
not prevent these lanhkins from fol
lowing the natural instinct to coque,
with ravening man. it is from want Of
discipline ON their part, ana because
sirls will be girls in spite Of ihe best
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

All Maine rejoices with Bath at the
fine outlook in ship building for thu
coming season. There are contracts
10 burn and it is estimated that geo
skilled workmen will be employed il
the yards. The city mourns. however
the abandonment Of the ropeWali
which was once a valuable industry t
the city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

The Bangor Wing is receiving many
merited compliments for it's enterprise
in getting out special edition Sunday
containing an account Of the terrible
railroad accident near Orono II was a
most creditable piece Of work, and one
that the reading public in eastern
Maine VIII be sure to appreciate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-02

The base BAH enthusiasts of Port
land, will not be allowed to place a
team in the New England league;
but they may. perhaps. he permitted
to sit on the fence and see the pro-
cession go by.