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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Lieutenant Richard Pearson Hobson
acted Ike a man when he sank the
Merrimac at the mouth of Santiago
harbor. and as occasion has required
he has talked like a man ever since
The latest display of his strong, modest
common sense appears in his explana-
ton of his declination of an offer of
$4,000 for Il certain number of public
lectures on his naval achievements.
He says: 1T would be idle for me to
say that l did not consider the PROPOSE
tion carefully. did. My people are
all in moderate circumstances. but my
reflections led me to this conclusion:
Before the sinking of the Merrimac my
lectures would have been worth prob
ably not more than so cents; the sinl,
ing of the MerrImac seems to have
made them worth $4,000. The work
which so suddenly raised my stock in
literary trade was done in simple ex-
ecution of my duty as an officer in the
eiioaii navy. ulu not feel that
Had a right to use the performance OF
that duty for my financial betterment
therefore declined the offer of $50. .OOO :
"ood for Hobson. Fame has no,
SpoAied MIN. His head retains its nor
"'ai proportions. His refusal of az
o'er naturally SO tempting to a perso.
:" moderate circumstances is mani,
anu nerolc. He manifests a sense D
uu'S and self-respect which shout,
as reouke to many persons VIII,
are all too easily persuaded to eyploi
'heir own achievements for purpose
L OF revenue onluSuSa6s
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

On complaint OF T.. +. Spencer, Judge
Vose of Bangor, has issued q warrant
for the arrest on one Frederic Card OF
Surry, on the charge of obtaining goods
under false pretences.
Albert Cookson, the old man who
was lost for three days in the woods
near Costigan, arrived at his home IN
Newport on Tues lay night. He is in
much better condition than 1t was ex-
pected that he would be on his return
by the members of his family.
News was received in Calais, Of the
death of DR.. Walter Holmes, Sunday
in Waterbury. Conn, of Bright's dis
easce. DR.. Holmes was nephew OF
Ex- Vice President Harnlin and one OF
the leading physicians of his adopted
city. He was a son of the late DIR.
Holmes. who wyas during his Life time
the leading physician of Calais and
vicinity
Arville D. Jordan of Waltham was in
Ellsworth. Wednesday, with large
moose, which he had shot. AS this is
the first killed in the county since 1861,
it attracted much attention on the
street. In the year mentioned hunters
say that a COW moose and two baby
moose were killed after being tracked
for three days, near No. 10, Spring
river, by two experienced hunters
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

A movement of social reform has
been started in Philadelphia and ex-
tended to Washington that is now at
tracing general attention and ap-
proval in New York, as we'll as in other
large centers of social activity. In
Philadelphia a number of prominent
women have proposed the formation of
what may be called an Early Hour
League. The primal idea is that the
formal functions of society are pro-
lOnged too far into the night for the
physical or mental well-being of the
participants. 1t is proposed to agree
that receptions and germans, for ex-
ample, shall begin not later than {
o'clock and shall be brought to a close
before midnight. Other gayeties ol
fashion are in similar manner to begin
and end earlier. Ii is a good move
ment and deserves success. Once
made the fashionable thing, the rest
will be easy. The lives of too many
men and women are made shorter and
harder by the late hours now de-
manded by social functions.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
Arrangement
Of Trains in Effect,
November 81, 1898

ls5 A a.; Watersile e.: rs 4. H. NJ; MHasfsta. Ban..
sMpr' Rro,s Roo a; NJ. Arrive rrv Lagrange, SIS A.
Iron Works. s45 a. NJ: Norcross, s.H A.
N; Sherman, 10.r A. NJ: Patten, lilo A.
Mn. NJ; Island /, Falls, lilo A. NJ; smyrna
Ashland, l.30 P M; Houlton. 12.i0 p N:
Brddgewater, 1.0s p NJ; Presaue Isle. Is;
=; NJ; Caribou. rs P. H.. Fort Fair
i,eid; 4, 2'ls ;e; z, NJ; Dover and Foxcroft. Sis
A; NJ; Greenville. 1l.O0 A. M. 40
. Leave Portland. 1870 p NJ; Augusta,
"a. 20 +, % NJ; Waterville, Ss5 P. M; Ban
NJ; Norcross. 7.19 P. M; Sherman, sis
r.; NJ; Island Falls, $40 r. M: Patten,
s'il r M; Houlton, s,s5 P, M.
ford, 7.os z. NJ; Monson Junction, as P.
NJ; Greenvllle, SIS p. NJ ;.
,lae.aNs Leave j. .G5rreenyille. $40 "A. NJ: Monson
in1netion nnra, IA S;2e 70 a NJ Gqilford; Gs7 a NJ
ARRIVE Bangor, $50 4. M. ~
:, LEAVE o Fort Fairfield, sos A. NJ: Car
Houlton. $50 A. NJ; Ashland. 700 A. NJ;
Masardis. 726 A NJ; SMYRNA Mills. S.2
a; il N; ~ island Falls. sl5 A. NJ; Patten
1888 A. NJ: Brownvil!e, 1l.9O A. NJ: Ar.
rive Bangor, Los p. NJ; waterville, sos P.
NJ; Augusta, $40 p. M; Portland, 5.35 p.
LEAVE Caribou. 1145 a. NJ: Presaue
Isle, 1913 p. NJ; Fort Fairfield, Ills A.
NJ; Bridgewater, 1.03 P. NJ: Houlton. 30
r M; Island Fails, 2.5s p. NJ: Patten,
426 ?. NJ; Brownville, 5.27 P. M: La
grange, col p. ,I,; Greenville, 32O P. NJ:
Monson, S;45 P. NJ: Guilford, 440 P. NJ:
Dover and Foxcroft, 4.59 P. M: Arrive
Bangor. us p. NJ: Waterville, 95S P. NJ;
Augusta, 1913 p. NJ: portland, 1.30 A. NJ.
GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON,
Genl Pass. and Ticket Agent.
f. w. CRAM,
Y. P. and General Manager
Bangor Nov. 15 1898.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
New York Produce Market.

New York. Dec. l.
FLOuR-Receipts %, ,S99 bbls.: exports
LAO bbls; sales, 1900; fairly active ant
firmer.
WHEAT-Receipts. 354. 424 bushels: ex.
ports. 4i6,153 bushels; sales, zoos 900 bush.
els futures, $4,000 bushels spot and out.
ports; spot steady; No. . red, 76a4 0l77ii
fob afloat; No. l Northern Duluth. (
fob. afioat; No hard Western, 7Oa fob
afioat; No. Northern Duluth 1884 fob
atloat.
CORN--Receipts. ss6,s5o bushels: ex.
ports, 1875 bushels: sales 10000 bushels
futures. SOS. 600 bushels spot and outports
sport firm; No. 2, 407s fob. afioat.
OAIS-Receipts, 107, 900 bushels; exports
Is, ,090 bushels; spot firmer: No. 81; No
,, 81; No. 2 white, 331.; No. 3 white, s2ls
track mixed Western, 31h20a33; track
white, S3Q37la.
WOOL-Quiet.
COAL-Steady
BEEF-Steady; cut meats, quiet.
LARD-Firm
PORk-Steady.
,-59 B5m9TTERs-Steady: Western creamery,
lom23; do: factory, 12Gl41a; Elgins 23
EGGS-Steady; state and PENNSYLVANIA.
2oM2: Western fresh. 25Ib012S.
,PoIATOES-Stead Jerseys. $1eI1. .37Ih
New York. 81 .250Il50; Long I~fand ST. 251t
Ll5: sweets. Jersey. $lM2
SUGAR-Raw. strong.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
Five Miles Up in the Air.

Two daring London aeronauts ascended
five miles above the earth in a balloon
and nearly froze to death. The tempera-
ture at that height was 81 degrees below
zero. The men went in the interest of
science, and while the actual benefit of
their trip to humanity at large was con-
siderable, it will not begin to equal the
great good accomplished by the medical
scientist who gave the world Hostetter' :
Stomach Bitters. Nothing to equal this,
remedy has ever been discovered for all
ments of the stomach, liver. bowels and
Kidneys. The Bitters are the best remedy
tongue. bad breath, sleeplessness and ner.
vousness. They strengthen the brain. the
body. the nerves. They brace up the de
spohdent and cheer the invalid
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

think that if these things We're added
to the list they would not be present.
| know better. There are many Of
these animals in captivity in Maine.
and their owners are just anxious
enough for the praise of the public to
want to send them to Lewiston. l
would let the woman who ties knots in
her arms and the man who jumps out
of a balloon 50 by the board and
would try and get these animals"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK MARKET.
The Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Dec. 1--Today's stock mar
ket was largely influenced again by the
state of foreign money markets. Discount
rates at foreign centerS underwent q still
of these demands by American capital
was evidenced by an a,.vance of " cen,
in the actual rates for tering exchange
at New York. The resumption of the
process of loaning abroad promptly put "a
stop To the demand for gold In London
for export to the United States, engage
ments already made being cancelled. and
the subsldence OF apprehension on this
account in London resulted in consider
able buying of stocks in the New York
market for London account
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
Portland has plenty of work fOr. one

Portland has plenty of work for one
historical society right at home, in
marking the famous historic spots in
which that city abounds and which the
general public would have difficulty in
finding. A Portland historian now
calls attention to a dwelling on the
west corner of Bracket and Summer
streets which is Interesting from the
fact that the basis of it was parts of
the old steamboat Chancellor Living
ston. the masterpiece of Robert Fulton
named for his early and most powerful
friend. The steamboat was cut up at
about the foot of Park and High
streets, about 1884, and the house was
built by Luther keaser. who lived on
the next lot and had obtained parts of
the old vessel to commence work with.
The floor of the lower corner room was
carried there whole and the sheathing
on the house came from the steamer,
as did doors. windows and side lights.
Additions have since been made to the
house but there is considerable of that
famous steamboat thus preserved. The
lower corner room was occupied by
EbeneZer Johnson as store for sew
eral years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

The DER true narrative whiak comes,
little by little, from Cape. Cod-zthe
grave of many stanch ship and of
many a brave seaman-illustrftes anew
and with peculiar vividness a fact that
too many of us. in these times of ours
have ignored. if not forgotten, the fast
that, despite the march of progress
the great deep has it's perils as truly
today as in the 'old time before u.s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. Dec. l.
The leau.ng futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-December. 66m661s; May, C6t,
GORN-Decefnber 1874 @33ss May, 34L;
OATS-December, 261sI265s; May, 26M.
PORk-December, $3.50; January, 80 27Is
May, $9.471a.
LARD-December, $500; January, $515:
May, $5.32A.
,RIBS-December, $3.50; January, $40;
May. .$4.S211a. '''N'
Cash quotations closed as follows:
FLOUR-Steadier
~ WaEAT1No. agt- At spring, eslz@66as; No. 2
CORN-No. 2, 34G341s.
No. white, 2SA0D29s4.
RYE-52A.
BARLEY-No. 2, 46650A.
FIAXSEED-97d$1.O .O3.
TlMOTHY-$2.2 90
LARD-$4.S0G isis.
PORK-Mess. $7.9O077.95: ribs, $4.5o64. 20:
shoulders, 4AM4as: clear sides, 81. .95Si3 o.
SUGAR-Unchanged.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

In the recent battle of Omdurman
only one British officer was killed At
Santiago 33 American officers We're
killed, though there We're fewer SOL
diers slain than at Omdurman. The
Santiago should not be entirely ignored
by critics who have SO much to say
about the management of the cam
no
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Coin Harveys new lecture is en-
titled "A Review of Civilization the
Cause of the Decline of Republics and
the Necessity of an Organization of
the People of the United States to Save
the Country from the Fate of Europe
and Asia This is topheavy. "a
the ground
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
Chicago Wheat Market.

Chicago, Dec. IAN almost total alb
sence of deliveries on December wheat
contracts and heavy clearances and sea-
boar, engagements gave wheat bulls, to-
with yesterday, the final figures show an
advance of %ND1c. Corn advanced Nal
oats closed a shade higher and provisions
2h6tl0c. higher.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
The Truce Of the Lion.

Beware Oh the hungry non
Whenever he speaks you well:
| His words are fair at the mouth of his
lair
And as smooth as the road to hell,
| But his deeds are dark and bastard,
| And his thoughts are of his nav,
And his chops drip red with the blood
And greed is his only law.
He's good to see-at a distance
His hide is a tawny silk,
And his eyes beam bright-in the far sun
And his mien is as mild as milk.
But keep him off at a distance
And watch him all the time.
And his eyes will glare, and his tawny
Fail out with the mango of crime.
This is a tale of the lion
That many long years have told
'Tis CLOSED by his whelps but history
helps
TO show what was in the mold:
a man dwelt near to the lion,
And for many hundred year
The lions paw made the man law
OF hate and force and fear.
But one year all the misery
OF all the other years
Drove the man amuck, and he leaped
and struck
The lion between the ears:
Then quickly sought the shelter
OF his strong built hut To wait
The mighty bound that would shake the
ground,
So heavy it was with hate.
The timbers creaked and shuddered
When the tawny, living ball
OF weight and hate beat on the gate,
But the hut withstood ii all.
AT length the baffled demon
Called to the man within,
Now lets cease to war; let peace
Be with us as il has been.
No peace has been between us
The man spoke back. MY will
Has warred with thine till this hand of
mine
Was nerved to strike and kill
But the lion swore and promised
If the man made friends with him
His fields should be forever free
Till the sun at noon was dim.
So the man came forth. In the distance
The mans friends came in sight
In armed array, intent to slay
The sinking thing outright.
But the man stepped forth and checked
And the kill wilIed hands were staid.
For the. past was past, and twas peace
at last.
For the treaty had been made
The bold and clustering lion
Stood by with close sheathed claws,
And his tail betwixt his legs, and fixed
His lips Ger his teeth filled Jaws
Then the mans friends, murmuring. left
him
Alone with his new made friend,
And his heart beat glad, for he thought
he had
The peace that would have no end
His friends steps died in the distance.
The lion locked all round:
Then tiercely leaped on the man and
heaped
Him broken on the ground.
And the laws he made thereafter
Made Justices blood run cold.
For he MANNED and slew and ravished.
too
This is the tale of old
Beware of the hungry lion
Whenever he speaks you well
His words are fair at the mouth of his
lair
And as smooth as the road to hell
But his deeds are dark and bastard.
And his thoughts are of his nav,
And his chops drip red with the blood
mes shed,
And greed is his only law.
Vladimir Kazausky in New York Jour
nal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

If it were not for the pathos and
tragedy of the whole affair, the Boston
Herald's big cut of The Steamer
Portland in the Storm would cause a
very audible smile from all who saw it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

General Blanco. who has just left
Cuba, says the keenest sorrow of his
life is that his army must evacuate
without a fight. Toral. Linares, Ger
consoling points as to that.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Washington correspondents are MAX
ing prophecies that the Presidents
message will fill so to 60 ordinary news
paper columns.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

The United States navy costs more
than formerly, but the country realizes
more than formerly that it is getting
it's moneys worth.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
New York Money Market.

New York. Dec. I.
Money on call steady. 2l4a2ia per cent
last loan, 2ia.
Prime mercantile paper, 3Am4K per
cent.
Sterling exchange firm at s4s4lzGi4 S;2t
Tor demand and at Sis1IM4siia for 81
days; posted rates. A.S2aii s2ia and 81 s5t6:
commercial bills. s4.s0iaIiSl.
Silver certificates, 60i.4t6lis.
Bar silver, 5s3a
Mayicap lolI.rS Az.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
Fully Warrs nted.

If not cured after taking three
fourths of a bottle OF TOGUS COUGH
MIXTURE return the bottle, and the
money will be refunded.
WEBSTER q co.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

A Portland gentleman while walking
up from the Union station the other
day took pains to count the doctors
offices from that point to High street,
and found the number to be 33
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Last week only one death occurred
among the 10000 American troops in
Manila. With more experience comes
better sanitation. =
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
New York Cotton Market.

New York, Dec l.
Cotton futures closed steady. Decem.
Der, 5.3S: January, $40: February, 5.42
April, 5.49: May, 5.53; June. 557: July, $50
August, 5.63; September, SCI; October, 564
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Died, of acute revolution, an in
herited disease, the United States of
Central America, aged one month.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Women love a clear, healthy complex
ion. Pure blood makes it, Burdock BLOOD
Bitters makes pure blood.
mon, wed fri& wky,tf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Though Blanco is cut of a job, it is
believed he has laid something aside
for a rainy day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Now that Aguinaldo knows where HI
is at, what will he do about it?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

That obscure country lawyer" has
proven more than a match for Spain S
most skillful diplomats.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

There are almost as many theories as
theorists regarding the manner in
which the Portland met her fate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
AUGUSTA TO SOUTH cAPnrNr,,
SOUTH GARDINER TO AUGUsTA

Through tickets to California and al
points South and West may be had of I:,
H. Walker, ticket agent Augusta. the
only office in Augusta selling via ali
routes and checking baggage free Of ex-
pense.
GEO. F. EVANS, Y. P. & Gen. Man.
f. Z. BOOT1BY. G. 2. & q. q
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02
BANGOR & ARooSTOJK RAILROAD

Houlton and Bangor. on trains leaving
Houlton at SO A. NJ. and Bangor at 445
p. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

On the Produce Exchange:
BUTTER-Steady; creamery, 14Ti251h;
dairies, 1903.
CHEESE--Steady, 81aNl101a.
EGGS-Firm; fresh 22Gi23
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Rangeley .breathes more easily, now
that the 'Injun devil' or painter has
been shot at last.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Those 13 articles in the treaty surely
mean bad luck-for Spain.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Poor Captain Blanchard cannot tell
us his side of the story.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

The Old Orchard pier received its
first real test from the oceans fury
during the recent storm and withstood
the shock and strain of the constant
fusillade of waves that rolled steadily
at it from end to end for many hours.
That it stood through this siege is
pretty good evidence that it will stand
through most any other that may fol-
low.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Maine has had no such terrible story
of shipwreck and loss of life to report
as that of the Portland since the
British schooner Royal Tar went down
near Fox Island Thoroughfare with $50
passengers and a large menagerie on
board. This catastrophe occurred on
October Is. 1886. and was by fire. not
by storm, though the wind was blow
ing a gale. AS the story has come
down to US the first and second en-
gineers. mates and a part of the crew,
seized the long boats and made for Isle
au Haut when it was found that the
boiler was red hot, and the captain and
rest of the crew followed, leaving the
passengers to their fate. These, with
the horses and elephants, threw them
selves into the sea, and about 20 of the
passengers were saved. There is not
the slightest sign of any such cow
| ardice in the present case. On the
| contrary. it is more than probable that
if any light is thrown on the tragedy
it will shine on heroic and self-sacrific-
| ing deeds OF officers and crew who did
all possible to save those whose lives
You can't lose Bangor. AS soon as
| the Commercial hears that waltzes are
occasionally played in Bath churches
as voluntaries and recessionals, it dis
| covers a Bangor girl who can play
The New Bully" in church in a way
| that draws tears from doorstep.
A Lewiston man is advancing a
unique idea for the next State fair
He says: Il would build pens for the
wild animals of Maine, and would offer
prizes for the best looking foxes, the
finest woodchucks, the best looking
skunks. the most vicious bobcat, the
fattest Maine black bear, the bigges;
moose the sleekest deer, and the mos,
active coOns. l would have every ani-
NAL that is to be found in the State OF
Maine we'll represented there I would
have a family of hedgehogs, of wolves
= Of rabbits, of caribou. Perhaps you
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

frankie Carpenter, polo, dances, card
parties and church affairs are making
Augustus social whirl so great, this
week, that its devotees are fairly dizzy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Nh ,otace whatever will be taken IT
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be neau
sible for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all communications reiating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Boards of trade are springing up
along the line of the Washington
County Road.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Just month before the Solons will
throng to the Capitol.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

1t is in Augusta, Ga, not Augusta,
Me-, that the mills are closed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

A Waldo county man who shipped
two coon kittens from Belfast to
Massachusetts. the other day, re-
marked that he has a cat 13 years old
of whose kittens he has sold more than
$l5 worth. This item must have an ag-
gravating sound to the poor cat whose
progeny are promptly consigned to the
slop pail. if she happens to be indoors
While her owner reads it aloud. Il
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

The w. c. T. U. will rejoice that at
beans was smashed on the bow of the
schooner in place of the traditional
champagne.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-02

Passengers trains leave Auyns,.
follows: eus,a
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-28
Her Complexion.

Made up compilations are on the in
crease in New York. The fashionable
or would be fashionable New Yorker
who does not today make up little is
a rare bird A dab of rouge for evening
has never been considered criminal by
her, but she now uses it for daytime as
well. AS always happens when a habit
becomes more universal, much of the
present make up is very badly done.
The few did it, as a rule, artistically,
but the many lay it on with heavy
hand. Without wishing to go into the
ethics of make up it is safe to say this
the fact that so much of it is done
badly is one reason why we object to
the increase
One must always have a sneaking ap-
probation Of the story of the father who
when told that his daughter used rouge
called her to him and asked if it were
true.
1T is, 4" replied the girl.
"For heaven sake, " said the father,
Ego straight up stairs and wash it off. a"
The girl did so and returned to her
father, who gave one glance at her col
orless cheeks.
For heavens sake, " he cried, Ego
straight up stairs and put it on again. -
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