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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

At a recent sale Of autograph letters IN
London an original plan and survey en-
tirely in the hand of George Washington
and made by him in 1880. when surveyor
in the woods of Virginia. was sold for
$50 \ fine letter written by William
Penn. dated 400, brought $56.S1,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

George G. Libby, clerk at the First
National bank. is much better and is
rapidly gaining strength from his re-
cent attack of typhoid fever
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
STILL GROWING.
Hon. John r. Hill Makes Another 500 Sub
scriptIon 10 The Hospital Fund.

The following letters explains itself:
Augusta, Ne. Feb u.s. 1898.
Or. o. c. S. Davies. Augusta. Me:
Dear DoCtor-lnclosed find check for
800. as a contribution toward the expense
of maintaining the Augusta city hospital
for the coming year. You are doing Il
good work. and am glad 10 see that you
are receiving such substantial encourage
ment from our citizens. That it will lead
to something even more permanent and
in the end | am very sure
wish you all success in the good work
YOU are doing. Very truly yours.
JOHN r. HILL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

There will be meeting Of the direc-
tors of the Augusta City hospital. At
the municipal court room in the city
building. this evening at S o'clock, A
full attendance. is desired
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
THE CURSE

OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bio o d
poison-claimed as its victim Mr..
Frank B. Martin, 826 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, ID. G., and
the usual physicians treatment
did him not the slightest good. His
condition reached that deplorable
stage which only this terrible dis.
ease can produce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
AUGUSTA, NE.
The Finest Kid Boot
For Ladies' Wear
That Was Ever Brought to This Market.

Made to fit the feet, fits like a glove,
as soft and flexible as a silk stocking
beautiful to look at. and wears to give
} perfect satisfaction.
Bring your poor tired feet to us and
we will make that corn, those bunions
} and your poor cramped toes feel at if
they had wings. by fitting them to the
most comfortable boot ever made.
We have secured the country over
for this boot and have been two years
and a half in securing it. 1t is made
expressly for our trade and there is
) none that excel it. and we have not
seen its equal We rejected sample
after sample made for us by different
manufacturers before we We're able -
secure this boot. We were after the
finest boot that could be made and are
confident We have at last secured it.
1t is manufactured by parties who
make only for the very finest trade in
the largest cities in the United States.
Can at
HASKELL Bros.
and he convinced of the above ,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19

Charles Weymouth of the State House
force. who has been at work running the
elevator since he recovered from his re-
cent Illness, is again ILL., and was obliged
to leave his work. Friday morning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03
LIKE BEGETS LIKE.

Athens had no pOorhouse. The rea-
son why she had none was that she did
not supply the material with which
poOrhOuses are filled. Rome had as
many prisons, pro rata of her popula-
tiOn, ,as Boston. The reason why she had
as many was that she supplied the ma
terial with which to fill them. Rome
thought she was doing well when she
apprehended her criminals and put
them in the Mamertime caves. Boston
thinks so, also. Rome and Boston
both tlatter themselves that they "pro-
tect society" by producing and then
caging criminals. Paris has as many
almshOuses as New York, and both
Paris and New York have made the
wretches who cry at the doors or drift
in shoals along the streets. The rea-
son why Paris and New York have in
vented the almshouses is because they
first invented the beggars. 1t is no
doubt fine thing to make paupers
and feed them.-John Clark Ridpath.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03

tive in both cases the same-tO obtain
something without giving value in re-
turn?
The ancient king as the modern, the
ancient church as the modern, the an
clent man as the modern, have in their
various ways destroyed life, in general
called murder. TO obtain land, money
or goods from his fellowman (except
as gift without returning full value
therefor is in reality either robbery or
theft and has been practised by the an
cient as we'll as the modern nations
under various names.
The ancient made laws to prevent
or kill the evil in its beginning, there
fore they were sharp and are called
barbaric. But they were more effect
i've than those of the present Gay.
Does modern civilization consist of
advancement in mechanics, astronomy,
political contamination, diplomatic
cleverness, hypocrisy or fashionable
costumes, adulterated food and drinks,
fashionable horses and carriages and
the health injuring patent medicines
which are in frequent use? If modern
advance is in culture and secular
wealth, then it also has become more
addicted to physical and moral dis
eases, as nervousness, sorrow, misery,
sin, evil and crime. The latter is grow
ing and spreading fast, of which the
always increasing laws and criminal
courts give ample proofs. Probably
the ancients of the past did, and the
savages of today do feel more content
with their strong and robust health,
physical strength, spiritual vigor, coarse
but convenient garment, simple and
nourishlng food, purer and innocent
spirits than the kings of the modern
civilized nations.
According to my view the true civil
lzatlon consists of progressive perfec-
tion in truth, wisdom and love to fel.
loWmen and the practice of the teach
ing of Christ, "DO unto others as We
would they should do unto you" But
that kind of civilization seems foreign
TO modern notions. j. F. J.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03

'Declaration" was based, and these,
allied to personal liberty far broader
than any ever before recognized by the
state in and for its subject citizen,
have given to the world this tireless
American energy, constantly expand
ing, ever aggressive, that knows no de-
feat and that rises through every in
dustry, every art, every science to stand
first in the eyes of the world; and her
democratic institutions still stand to
view, like McCauly's traveller from
New Zealand gazing on the ruins of ST..
PauPS, the ruins of the last monarch
ical institution pass away from the
other nations of earth. LEONARD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03
Written for The Prison Mirror.
AMERICAN PROGRESS.

The progress of civilization may be
likened to the spirals of spring, each
round of which is in advance of the
last; SO in the round of centuries we
see Slight yet certain advance in so.
cial thought and customs over that of
the century preceding.
Society progresses through its ideals.
The attempt to reach the ideal ad-
vances the real; and the advancement
of the real standard elevates the ideal
standard. This is the "why'' of social
progress in its every branch. SO it has
been through the ages, so it will be in
the ages yet to be.
''For know that through the ages.
One increasing purpose runs;
And the minds of men are brOadened
BY the process of the suns"
Today, social life means more to
each individual member of society and
to that society as whole than it has
ever meant before in any society of
any period in the worlds history. We
have seen that of old, art, literature,
religion, commerce, the peaceful pur-
suits of life existed; people lived and
loved and died, but the ideals be-
hind this existence were, with few ex-
ceptions without rivalry; and ''rivalry,"
some one has said, "ls the spice of life"
In ancient life that race or nation
which could look back upon centuries
of unchanged social conditions wore
the laurel wreath of fame. Plato tells
us that Solon, visiting Egypt about 61O
B. c., was boasting of the knowledge
and antiquity of the Greeks to some
learned Egyptians. They in turn,
laughed at him, likening the Greeks as
infants in the history of nations and
declared that they could trace their
nations history through a period of
5000 years. But today the traveller to
foreign lands, looks not for the evidence
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03
Written for The Prison Mirror
MODERN CIVILIZATION.
From a Pessimistic Standpoint it Does
Not Equal Ancient Civilization.

Wherever one goes among the So
called civilized nations, you hear and
see the phrase "Our modern civilza-
tiOn," used as conspicuous standard
in literature. conversation and the
public press. Wherefore | ask the
question: is our modern civilization
more beneficial to mankind than the
ancient; if so, in what respect? When
we compare modern with ancient civ
lllZatiOn we find that in some respects
the ancient was, and in others the
modern is the superior, but which of
the two is most beneficial to mankind
in general is for the reader to decide
One of the great writers of the pres
ent day has stated that war has been
the cause of civilization through ages
of time. In one sense he is correct, if
he thereby means the improvement of
weapons and more effective modes of
ruin and destruction to life and prop
erty of which Turkey and Spain give
ample proof in Armenia and Cuba at
present. War hardens the heart of the
warrior and leads to cruelty and crime
against his fellowman.
The ancient wOrshiped the Creator
IN the form of a Spirit, or in idols rep
resentative Of the Deity's attributes,
with more or less ceremonial pomp.
The present generation does the same
thing. The ancients had their poets,
philosophers, orators, actors, painters,
musicians, etc, of which we even find
some to be superior to those of the
present day. The ancient had few but
effective laws. Adultery was punished
by death: the thief had to return to the
owner of the property twice the value
of the amount taken. In the modern
civilization we frequently find immor-
allty and crime permitted by license
for certain sum per year. Among
modern laws we find those governing
theft numerous, and the punishment
varies according to circumstances. If
person steals purse and it contains
a small amount he is punished for
petty larceny; but if that purse hap
pened to contain large sum, the thief
is punished for grand larceny. If a
person steals horse to get transporta-
tion to a certain place he is sent to
prison; if he steals a ride on the train
he is either put off or put in Jail few
days for vagrancy. Was not the mo.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03
GOOD ADVICE.

Young man, just stepping into the
arena of life, with the strength of
rich daddy behind you to push you
along, Pm talking to you when l say:
Give the rich man chance. The poor
man, my young citizen, in paternal
affiuence-the poor man takes about
all the chances without waiting to
have one given him. Ii you give him
any more chances than he takes, he
will soon own everything, and run the
ONO man out of the country; so we
must curtail the poor mans chances
little. We must sit down on him, and
hold him down, and give the rich man
chance. The poor man has had
things his own way too long. He has
crowded the rich man out.
But for the poor man, this old world
would have cast anchor six thousand
years ago, and be covered with moss
and barnacles today, like a United
States man-o'-war. George Peabody
was a boy in grocery; Edgar Allen
Poe was the son of stroliing players;
John Adams was the son of farmer:
Benjamin Franklin the printer was the
son of tallOw-chandler; Clifford, the
first editor of the Quarterly Review,
was sailor; Ben. Jonson was brick
layer: the father of Shakespeare
couldn't spell or wlite his own name
neither can you; even his illustrious
son couldn't spell it twice alike; Robert
Burns was child of poverty, the
eldest of seven children, the family of
poor bankrupt; John Milton was the
son of Scrivener; Andrew jackson
was the son of poor Irishman; An.
drew Johnson was a tailor; Garfield
was boy of all work, too poor even to
have a regular trade; Vanderbilt
ferryman; Lincoln keel-bOatman and
common farmland, and the Prince of
Wales is the son of queen. 1t is his
misfortune not his fault; he couldn't
help it and he can't help it now. But
you see, that's all there is in him; he's
just the Prince of Wales, and he's only
that because he can't help it. How
thankful young man, rich On money
you never earned, should you be that
you aren't the Prince Of Wales.
Young man, rich on your daddys
money, please don't say, in the height
ened salubrity of your second hand
intelligence, that the poor man has no
chance. True, poor lawyer, poor
doctor, poor printer, poor work
man of any kind has no chance; he
deserves to have no chance; he de-
serves to have none; but the poor man
mOnOpOlizes about all the chances
there are. Put Laban and Jacob in
business together anywhere, and in
about fourteen years Jacob will not
only own about four fifths of the cat
tie, but he will have married about
one-half his partners family Go to,
young man! Let us give the rich man
chance.-Robert J. Burdette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03
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If ! But Gould.

Ii l could clOthe each jeweled thought
That comes to me from Natures bowers
In classic language, such as taught
Away from Western woods and flowers:
IF could sing the sweet refrains
That in my soul in silence cluster,
From many heart I'd strike the chains.
And give the star of hope new lustre.
III could scatter all the gems
That light my soul. in darkened places;
Gould pluck the hOpe-buds from their stems.
And wreathe them O'er despondent faces;
If but had the power to stay
The blighting hand of pain and sorrow.
The human flowers that wilt today
Would raise their heads and bloom tomorrow
II, from the Master hand above,
To me the lOnged-fOr power was given.
To change all bitterness to love,
OF every earthly hell make heaven,
The lowering clouds would quickly flee
Before the light which followed after
And every wave of Lies broad sea
Would geam with love and song and laughter
Captain Jack Crawford.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-03
VALUE OF CIVILITY

Throw a bone to dog, according to
shrewd observer, and he will run off
with it in his mouth, with no vibration
in his tail. Call the dog to you, pat
him on the head, let him take the bone
from your hand, and his tail will wag
with gratitude. The animal recognizes
the good deed, and the gracious man
ner of doing it. Those who throw
their good deeds should not expect
them to be caught with a thankful
smile.
Thousands of well meaning boys and
girls have been failures largely from
gruff coarse, rude manners, which re-
pei customers and people with whom
they come in contact. A fine manner
is irresistible, it often dispels the
strongest prejudices, and sometimes
forces us to love even those whom we
consider our natural enemies. South
ernerS who hated Wendell Phillips
were powerfully drawn to him when
in the north and could not resist the
temptation to hear him lecture when
ever the opportunity presented.
A fine courtesy is fortune in itself.
The gOodmannered can do without
riches, for they have passports every
where. All doors fly open to them,
and they enter without money or price
They can enjoy nearly everything
without the trouble Of buying or own
ing. They are as welcome in every
household as the sunshine; and why
not? for they carry light, sunshine and
joy everywhere. They disarm jealousy
and envy, for they bear good will to
everybody. Bees will not sting a man
smeared with honey.
"a mans own good breeding" says
Chesterfield, "is the best security
against other peoples ill manners. 1t
carries along with it a dignity that is
respected by the most petulant. Ill
breeding invites and authorizes the
familiarity of the most timid. 40 man
ever said a pert thing to the Duke
of Marlborough, or a civil one to
Robert Walpole"
1t is said that Abbott Lawrence was
courteous and lordly to his customers.
He exhibited his goods as if he were
doing personal favor. He was liberal
in his style of doing things, throwing
in the odd quarter of a yard of cloth,
the odd shilling in change. When he
gained a customer he kept him. The
house of the LaWrenceS held mOnOp-
oily of heavy beavers and wide broad
cloths. A country trader bought few
yards of cloth at ten dollars a yard.
On returning home and measuring the
goods he found one piece to be short a
quarter of a yard. He was almost
afraid to speak of so small matter to
so cOurtly merchant. On his next
trip to Boston, however, he plucked up
courage to say: "Mr. Lawrence, when
1 was here few months ago, bought
a few yards of fine broadcIoth at $40 a
yard. According to my measurement,
it fell short quarter of yard"
"Fell short quarter? That will
never do; it should have overrun
quarter" Turning to his bookkeeper,
he said: "Credit this gentleman with
half a yard of our best broadcloth."
The bookkeeper did so, and the custo-
mer was nailed for life.-Success.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-20
TARS WERE
EXPECTED HOME
Fleets of Sampson and Schley Due at
New York; Enthusiastic Recep-
ton to Be Accorded Them.

NEW YORK. Aug. I9.-Rear Admirals
Sampson and Schley and the six vessels
of the North Atlantic squadron that are
coming to this port are expected to ar
rive some time this afternoon. This is
according to naval officers reckoning
but there is possibility that the squad
will not be here until late in the evening
or perhaps tomorrow morning. If it
arrives off Sandy Hook this afternoon it
will be met by a fotilla of excursion
craft and escorted up the bay to the
man of war anchorage off Tompkins-
vile. AS the warsh1ps pass in at Sandy
Hook the guns at Fort Hancock will
belch forth salute. At Forts Wads-
worth and Hamilton more saIutes will
be fired, so that the arrival of the SQUAD
ron will be announced to the citizens of
New York, who are waiting to do honor
to the returning sailors.
The officers and men on the warships
are unaware of an reception preparing
for them, and Rear Admiral Sampson
will be informed by message sent down
in dispatch boat as soon as he arrives.
The tars will then have to bestir them
selves in preparation for the parade
which is to take place tomorrow. The
parade, if the warships arrive on time,
is to start at 10 o'clock from the anchor
age off Tompkinsville. The warshi ps
will steam slowly up the Hudson river
to Grants tomb, where a national
salute of twenty-one guns will be fred.
They will make wide circle and slowly
steam back to the man-of-war anchor
age. The excursion steamers, it is ex-
peCted, will wait for the warshlps to
pass by and then follow in their wake,
making long and picturesque process
sion. Every vessel will be gay with
bunting, and it is expected that there
will be more Stars and Stripes afioat in
the harbor than were ever seen at one
time before. As the vessels pass Castle
William a salute will be fired This
salute will be equivalent to an an
nouncement that the parade has started.
The vessels in line will be the New
York, Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts,
Oregon, Indiana, Iowa, St. Paul and
Nahant.
General Gillespie. commander of the
department of the East, was ordered
yesterday to have the forts salute the
vessels, and he in turn issuedI orders to
the officers in command at the forts.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-20

Five children are missing and are sup
posed to have been drowned. They are
Irene Lotus, Regis LOTUS, Geuevieve
Shaughnessey, Margaret Shaughnessey
and Nellie Sauls.
The water in the run began to rise
this morning, and at O'Clock a great
volume of water came down. The MISC
ing children, with some other persons,
were standing upon the porch of tene-
ment house in the rear of the stream,
near West Casson. This porch over
hung the run, when a great wave, 20
feet high, came down, and the porch
was carried away and the people went
with it. The adults managed to scram-
BILE out, but the children disappeared in
the floating debris. Parties of men are
searchiug for the bodies of the children.
There was a heavy and continuous
downpour of rain throughout Western
Pennsylvania from midnight until 8
o clock this morning, and considerable
damage was done by washouts and over
flowing small streams.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-20
DIFFICULT MATTER
TO DECIDE
Wisconsin BattIeship Committee Puz-
zled as to the Selection of Spon-
sOr for the Battleship.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug TO- At 8
meeting of the battleship commission at
the Pfister hotel, all the mem bers, con-
sisting of Senator stebbins, of Ahnapee /;
DR.. Reynolds, of Genoa Lake, and Ju-
Illus Bleyer, of Milwaukee, were present.
It was expected that the commission
would at this time select the young lady
who is to stand sponsor for the battle
ship Wisconsin in the launching next
November. The commission, however,
adjourned without coming to any de-
cision. Candidates are coming from
every quarter, and the members find
they will have heavy task on their
hands.
The character of the present which
the state will make to the ship when
she goes into commission was discussed,
and it was decided not to present IL
brary, as has been suggested, but to se-
lect the usual conventional silver SER
vice. In addition to this, however, the
state will give the battleship hand
some bronze badger, the symbol of Wis
consin, with the state motto of sFor-
ward" placed over it.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-20
"a Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. "Was taken
with bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally termin-
ated in Consumption. Four doctors
gave me up, saying could live but q
short time. gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if could not stay
with my friends on earth, would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. gave it a trial, took in all eight
bottles. 1t has cured me, aud thank
God L am saved and now a well and
healthy woman" Trial bottles free at
Blakeley & Houghton's sdrug store.
Regular size SOC and $l.OO. Guaranteed
or price refunded.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-20
TROOPS WILL BE
MUSTERED OUT
COrbin Will Send From $4,000 to IoO,-
600 Volunteers Home as Fast as
Possible.

NEW YORK, Aug. ia special dis.
patch to the Tribune from Washington
says:
Adjutant- General Corbin said in an
interview that he was going to muster
out between $4,000 and 100000 volun-
teers as soon as practicable. The selec-
ton of the regiments will not be made
arbitrarily, but having in mind, first of
all, the reports of the regular army
officers now with the volunteers. The
highest consideration will be given the
wishes of governors, as well as of the
regiments themselves. The interests of
the national government demand the
disbandment of troops secured under
the second call in certain instances, and
in other cases regiments raised under
the first call, which have had service
and which have been materially reduced
in efficiency through sickness, will be
the first to go.
1t will not be feasible to issue a gen.
eral order or to prepare complete list
couering all the forces to be mustered
out for some to come. On the contrary,
as soon as an agreement is reached re-
garding any particular regiment, it will
be Immediately sent to the state cam p,
and as soon as the property can be
turned over to the government and it's
accounts settled, the individual records
of its officers and men will be completed
and they will be discharged from service
under the United States.
The only mastering out orders issued
up to the present time relate to the
First Vermont infantry.