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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-18
Washington Forecast.

Washington, sept. i7.-For New Eng
land: Far. Monday; showers, Tues
day; cooler on the western portions;
fresh south to west winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-18
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Boston, Sept. 17.-Forrcast for Mon
day: Fair, cooler. Monday night; winds
shifting to northerly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-18

by the upsetting Of a lamp. Mrs.
Samuel Perkins, who resided on Per-
hins street, Rockport. Mass, was
frightfully burned early. Sunday morn
ing, and died, in the afternoon, from
her injuries
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-18
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

account of the ledge it hung at least
40 feet out from the face of the rock.
After studying it over for awhile
I spliced couple of fishing poles to-
gether and fastened a soft sponge to
the end. That was my brush, and by
lying fiat on the ladder l managed to
do very decent piece of work; at
least, you could read it like boUk
from below, and that was the thing
we wanted. When the railroad people
found out what l had done they were
as mad as blazes, especially the chief
engineer, who was an aesthetic sort
of gent from Boston, and he tried
for nearly month to get it off, let
ting down Cinnamon with scrubbing
brushes on poles, but they only made
it all the brighter. At last he got
some brown paint, about the color of
the rocks, and smeared it out, but it
took at least a dozen coats and cost
a heap of money. If they had only let
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
DENEY'S NEW HOME.
Located on One of Washington's
Most Desirable Streets.
With True Sailors Instinct the Adj
miraI Began CoaIinE and Laying
In Supplies of All Kinds the
Very First Thing.

Admiral Dewey is delighted with the
for him with the money subscribed
by the American people. 1t is his in
tention unless he should again be
called upon to command an American
fleet to pass the remainder of his days
in Washington.
The location of the house is exactly
what the admiral desired. In Rhode
Island avenue, it is in the very center
of social Washington. The Metropoli-
tan club and the Army and Navy club,
two favorite resorts of the admiral,
are only a short walk from his door,
and the navy department and the
white house are almost as near. Just
around the corner is the italian en-
bassy, and on the opposite side of
Connecticut avenue are the British
embassy and the Brazilian legation.
The legation of Hungary is a
few doors away, in Rhode Island ave-
nue., and Secretary of War Root lives
nue..
One of the special requests made by
the admiral of the Dewey home COM
mittee was that the house selected
should front the south, and this con-
| dtion is fully met in the new home.
The house is built of brick, with
brown stone trimmings. 1t is 81 feet
wide and ~ feet deep, with a rear
yard 40 feet deep, extending to an al
ley. There is no stable, but the adj
miral has arranged for the purchase
of stable on an adjoining lot for the
accommodation of his horses and car
riagcs.
There are II rooms and four bath
rooms in the house-quite enough for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

to die. They will keep on in the pres.
ence of any number of spectators, hang,
ing on to one another like bulldogs and
burying their enormously strong jaws
and teeth in one another's flesh. Hedge.
hogs, another type of the quiet, molten
sive-looking animal, not only fight, but
always o the death, and when one is
killed the other generally devours him
Hares, on the other hand, are proverb.
tally the most timid of creatures, yet
they can fight. A fight between two
hares is ludicrous sight, as they skip
and jump over one another. But blow
from the hind legs of hare is no joke
to his opponent. Among birds robins
are the most pugnacious. More than
one case could be quoted of two robins
so frantically set on killing one another
as to have allowed themselves to be
picked up in the hands of a looker-on
and there have laid with beak and claws
deeply buried in one another's plumage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
THE KAFFIR'S WIVES.
They Are Purchased for Ten Gown
and Are Quickly Dis
carded.

The aborigines of this vast country
were black men--the Kaffirs. They
have lost dominion of the country and
are but serfs to the burghers or citizens.
The Kaffir, says an interview in the Co.
lumbia State, is a day laborer and reck'
ons his wealth in the number of
heads of cattle he may be able to ac-
quire. He works for couple of years
until he can get ] oxen or cows. Then
he HES himself to the Zuzuland on the
east or to other countries controlled by
black men, and there buys himself a
wife. Ten cows is the price of wife.
The eleventh is killed. for the wedding
feast. The Kaffir remains a few
month"; with his wife, then off to the
mines he goes to earn the price of an
other. When he possesses half dozen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

the establishment of the admiral. The
entire first floor is divided into three
large rooms, separated from each
other by sliding doors. The parlor,
with a spacious bay window, is fin
ished in white and gold. Back of this
is the library, finished in old quar-
tered oak, and back of this is the din
ing-room, finished in mahogany. The
two upper floors are arranged as sleep
ing apartments.
Though the admiral could have an
Office in the navy department building,
if he wished it, he does not intend to
avail himself of this privilege. His office
will be in his house, and he will have
the back rooms on the second floor fit
ted up with desks and office furniture
for himself and his aid and secretary
He will have telephone in his office by
which he can communicate with the
navy department.
Mr.. James f. Fitch, from whom the
house was purchased six months ago,
was offered $4,000 for the house IN
furnished. He has now sold it to the
committee for the same amount, in
Guiding the furniture. Most of the
furniture will be retained in the house
Just as Mr. Fitch left it. One piece,
however, that Admiral Dewey would
like very much to have retained an
old-fashioned hall clock-Mr. Fitch
stipulated at the time of the sale should
not remain in the house. The admiral
has told his friends that he intends to
buy a similar clock to replace it.
Offers TO supply the house with a
piano have been made by nearly all
the prominent piano manufacturers of
the United States. The first offer of
this kind was received from a Boston
establishment. 1t was accepted by
the committee, and the factory is now
at work on the finest piano that it can
turn out. Other suitable furniture is
being contributed by manufacturers
who preferred to put their contribu
tons to the fund in this form.
Admiral Dewey is having none of the
trouble that usually attends the or
ganization of a household of servants
for new establishment. He retained
two of the servants who had been in
the Fitch house, and, with the consent
of the landlord OF the Everett, where
he lived when last on duty in Washing
ton, he takes to his new home four
servants from that establishment.
With true sailor instinct, says the
New York Herald, the admiral's first
thoughts were for his coal and stores.
The next day after the selection had
been made, and even before the trans
fer of the house was completed, he
personally ordered a full supply of coal
for the winter and arranged for sup
! plies of various kinds for his table.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
PITH AND POINT.

A soft answer prevents further hard
words.-Elliott' Magazine.
1t is a sign of weakness to venomous-
ly hate people.-Atchison Globe.
No Harm Done.-''She thinks she can
act" whats the odds so long as she
doesn't Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Many men think women were made
for men without thinking that men
were made for women.-Ledger Month
ly.
THE girl Tom is going TO wed owns a
fine residence" Toms lucky. Not
every man gets such a good house
wife. "-Philadelphi Bulletin.
May-''Have you heard of the acct
dent that happened to Clara?" Belle
mo" May-"She had an anniversary
of her birthday last week,"-Town
Topics.
Il wonder if the man in the moon has
any trouble finding the keyhole when
he's full and stays out late?" "Key-
hole? OF course not. What silly
ideal" "Oh, don't know. They tell us
there are canals in the moon, so there
must be locks. '-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Indecent Haste.-''I have called to
collect that little account which has
been standing for over two years"
Hum! Don't you think after trusting
me all this time you're showing indie
cent haste in rushing me for payment
all of a sudden ?"-Philadelphia North
American.
The Reward of Labor. bill,
have you cut the frewood?" eyes,
sir" An fed the mules?" eyes,
sir AN MIXED the cows?" ''All
MIXED, sir" An ground the corn?"
Jest through, sir" AN banked the
taters?" Last one, sir" ''Well, you're
good one. Now call the dogs an you
kin go an tree 'possum fer yer sup
per!'--Atlanta Constitution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
THE SUNSET OF THE YEAR.

In richer hues than Tyrian dyes could lend
Yon wooded hill by autumn's touch is
dressed;
Where golden birch and silver poplar blend
With naples crimson as the robins
breast:
And fragrant pines and stately hemlocks
vie
With cedars vested in perennial green,
While russell robes DER oak and beeches lie,
And sumachs. raising flaming torches high,
In sunny spots Snd sylvan hooks are seen.
With dog and gun the 3nortsman eager HES
Through browning fieyjs once fair with
waving grain,
Where timid quail from out the stubble
rise,
And poor Bob White" must chant his
plea in vain.
From yonder marsh there comes the ploV-
er's call.
A rabbit fits from friendly thicket nigh;
A lonely woodcock in the bushes tall
Whistles his note ere brown wings down.
ward fall
AS rings his death-knell to the autumn
sky
In forest depths the evenings quiet broods,
Save where some lingering songster pipes
his tune,
And in the amber glory of the woods
PerchanCe rejoiCes in the suns of June.
pets spread,
There falls no more upon the listening
ear
Through spacious nave and archway over
head
The melody of song-the choir has fed;
The calm that tells the seasons close is
here.
Der forest, field and marsh and wooded hill
The golden lights in wondrous splendor
lie,
Ere Writer comes, of stern and rugged will,
And autumn whispers to the world good
by;
But ere the song of mountain stream be
stiled.
And russell robes give place to ermine
drear
Again is earth with summers presence
flied,
And natures heart with joyous whisper
tngs thrilled
In This, the radiant sunset of the year.
beatrice Harlowe, in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
SIGN PAINTERS TRIUMPH.
Wrote HIS "Ad." on the Grand Can
yOn Rocks with a Sponge and
Two FishpOles.

what was the hardest job 1 ever
tackled, did you ask?" said the sign
painter to New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat reporter. at was an adj for
smoking tobacco 1 painted on the side
of the Grand canyon on the line of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad. l was
working for a Buffalo concern that
had contract to put up 5000 land
scape signs for a tobacco company,
and a gang of us travelled over the
country looking for good, effective To-
cations. This place in the canyon was
as tough a proposition as any sign
writer ever went up against. The side
there went straight up about 200 feet,
and at the top there was big, over
hanging ledge. 1t was easy enough to
let down ladder from above, but on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

We look to England for the perfec
ton of tea. The teakettle is as much
an English institution as aristCcracy or
the prayer book, and when one wants
to know exactly how tea should be
made one has only to ask how fine old
English housekeeper makes it. The
first article of her faith is that the wa
ter must not merely be hot, not merely
have boiled a few moments since, but
be actually boiling at the moment it
touches the tea. Tea making belongs
to the drawing room, and high-born
ladies preside at the bubbling and
loud kissing" and see that ali due rites
and solemnities are properly performed
that the cups are hot and that the
infused tea waits the exact time before
the libations commence.-DetroitF Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
ENGLISH WINDOW GARDENS.
Prizes Are Regularly offered in a
Kentish village for Small
Flower Displays.

Not long ago | spent several weeks
in su,-.mer in the little village of Ket-
ton. and while there came to know of a
pretty custom which it seems to me
might be introduced into this country
that of giving prizes for the most
pleasing windows filled with house
plants.
The houses in Ketton are built of
stone. Almost without exception they
stand close to the street, for the Eng
fish gardens are behind the houses, or
behind high walls, and so the quaint
lead-sashed windows are so near the
sidewalks that the flowers which fill
them show to the best advantage. |
had often admired the beautiful dis
plays in Ketton and wondered at them,
until l happened to learn that they had
a definit1 object beside that of orna-
men:.
A small fund had been set aside some
years befogs by a wealthy lady, the in
come TO be devoted to giving prizes
each year to the posscssor of the finest
window garden. The sum valuable for
premiums was not large-as | remem-
Der it now SO a year (about 500. l
believe the three prizes were respective
ly & l, 12s. and SIS. That would be S.,
So and 50. The only restrictions were
that no one should compete who had
greenhoUse-sman glass houses for
forcing are much more common in
England than they are here: that the
competition should include only one
window in a house. thus putting the
occupant of the smallest house on a fair
footing with her more prosperous
neighbOrs, and that the general scheme
of arrangement should be decided on
at least one month before the day set
for awarding the prizes. and not al
tered during the month. This last COR
dition was to prevent anyone from pro-
curing greenhouse or other plants at
the last moment and making tenn
porary display. There We're three
judges. The year l was there the
judges were the wears wife, another
lady and the village schoolmaster.
There was a great deal of variety in
the different windows, more than one
would at first think possible, for the
English are natural gardeners. The
interest taken was intense, not only by
the contestants. in each others win
dows, as the designs developed, but by
all the residents of the town. The win
dow which took the first prize the year
l was there was a study in green and
yellow. A number of shelves were
fastened across the window inside, and
alternate shelves were filled with pots
of musk, with its delicate light green
leaves and yellow flowers, and pots of
lobelias, with dark green foliage and
| dark blue blossoms. There were
enough shelves so that the window was
filled solidly full by the day the judges
made their tour of inspection, and the
effect of the mass of foliage and flowers
in the soft gray setting of tirGc-worn
stone, of WHICH the cottage was built,
was very beautiful.-Vick's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

wives he Kaffir's mental toll is over and
he becomes a gentleman. His wives
plant the mealy (corn) and look after
what cattle their lord and master owns.
With kraal full of daughters the KAT
fir must become rich and important
person. The daughter of chief costs
rs cows, and the daughter of king 60,
no matter how old or ugly. The chiefs
are severely strict in their watchfulness
over the morals of the Kaffirs. If one is
found guilty of dishonesty he is fined
SO many oxen. The Kaffir is said to be
better in his original state than when
contaminated with what they call civ
ilization.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

A large farmhouse stands near the
still flow of western river. Trees and
vines cluster round it and well-tilled
acres, rich with the golden simmer of
ripening grain, stretch off from it.
Children's voices in laughter ring
among the trees, and the sunshine
comes and goes, between the passing
of the summer clouds.
And here the promise has come to
Obed Strong; and the love of true
woman has made beautiful life that
had he not waited, might have been
so dark that none would care to know
| its end-Elliott's Magazine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
chat sign stand it would have been a
great addition to the canyon"
Getting Rid of Turkish MaIcontents

They have pleasant ways in Turkey.
According to a Constantinople dis
patch to the London Leader, the latest
invention for suspected malcontents
when arrested is examination by a
medical commission. The commission
then gravely declares them to be luna
ties and orders them to be confined in
asylum, fate which usually means
leath
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
His Absent Min dedness.

Mrs. Tellington-PoorM Mr.. MoOnabout
is very absent-minded, isn't he?
Mr.. Tellington-Yes; his latest freak
was to lose his pocketbook and then
look for it among the ''p's" in the die
tionary.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

You would hardly believe that moles,
clumsy and almost blind, become per-
one knows what they quarrel about,
but if they once start fighting one has
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07

Libel once had no reference to any
thing offensive, but simply meant a
mall book or pamphlet. But PAM
phlet wars, which often were nothing
but printed foul attacks, changed its
meaning
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
Most OdOrOuA Roses.

An analyst has made the discovery
that California roses contain 20 per
cent. more perfume than those grown
elsewhere
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
A Trial Balance.

The scale of justice must be a sort
of trial balance.-Chicago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-07
Citizens Made in "A Hurry.

Maine and Michigan require but 90
davs' residence for citizenship.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-06-10
Miners Refused Work.

Gem, Idaho, June 5.--A new compiled
ton has arisen in connection with the
revival of work in the Canyon creek prop
critics. New men who have applied for
work complain that they have been re-
jected by shift bosses, and the implication
is that the bosses are working in sympathy
with the unions in trying to keep new
men from getting employment. Yesterday
and today complaints of that sort have
been numerous, and the applicants are
indignant at the failure of their efforts to
get work.
Under the union rules when a miner be-
comes a boss he is not permitted to at
tend union meetings, but he continues
payment of his dues, and is still a men,
Der of the federation.
AS consequence, some shift bosses are
likely to have more or less sympathy with
the union.
Nearly all of Canyon Creek turned out
to attend the funeral at Wallace of Mike
i. Devine, who died of pneumonia in the
prison hospital at Wardner.
About 300 men were in line with mourn
ing badges of the miners unions and the
knights of Labor. The Red men, of
whom the deceased had been one, also
took part in the ceremonies.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-06-10

Mr.. Entwhistle as boy of Il held
the throttle on the first trip Of the
Rocket, Stevensons pioneer engine.
Edward Entwhistle was born March
"a, 1915, at Tilseys Banks, Lancashire,
England, and while mere boy was APP
prenticed to learn the machinist's, or,
as 1t is known in England the engi-
neers' trade. The Rocket was built in
the shops in which he was employed
and the interest which he took in the
machine attracted the attention of
Stevenson, who recommended that he
be permitted to ride on the engine on
its first trip over the Liverpool and
Manchester line, for which it was con-
structed. Young Entwhistle made the
trip and on the return journey he held
the throttle. This was the beginning
of his career as a locomotive engineer
He ran the Rocket for two years, max
ing two round trips between Liverpool
and Manchester, a distance of thirty
one miles each way. The work wore
on him and he was obliged, because of
nervousness, to resign. Stevenson then
secured for him a place as second en-
waters coasting steamers. He came
to America in 1887 and became engi-
neer on the Troy, a Hudson river
steamer. Soon after the engineer of
the famous John Bull locomotive was
! injured and Entwhistle took his run
| In 1914 he came to Chicago and at diff
ferent times held positions as station
airy engineer, lake steamer engineer
and locomotive engineer. He came to
Des Mones in 1856 and became en-
gineer of Shepherd q Perrier's Touring
mill. Later he became engineer of the
Ankeny mills, a position he held for
twenty-five years.
When Mr.. Entwhistle visited the
Worlds Fair in Chicago he spent near
ly all his time for three days standing
beside the Rocket, which was on eXhi-
bitiOn. He is a remarkably modest
man and did not make his identity or
his early connection with the engine
known. He even pledged the members
of his family not to give him away"
but he derived great pleasure from gaz-
ing at the pioneer locomotive and COM
pairing it with the modern machines
which were on exhibition in the same
building. The picture which accom-
panies this sketch is from photo
graph taken about the time of Mr..
Entwhistle's visit to the Worlds Fair.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-06-10
IDAHO.

The new ferry boat to be operated
two miles above Lenore was successful
ly launched recently.
Indian Agent Fisher has resigned
and he is confidently expecting to be
relieved from his public duties at the
Nez Perez agency in a few days
The ferry operated at Peck either
broke loose or, as it is thought in some
quarters, was cut loose, and drifted
for miles down the stream.
Unprecedented activity in the freight
business out of Kendricll has been the
feature of the past few days, owing to
the fair state of the roads. Sixteen 4.
horse teams were loading at one time
The position of farmer at the Nez
Perez agency has been abandoned
James Conley, who has held the posi-.
ton for nine years, has been offered a
transfer to Crow Creek agency, South
Dakota.
BY the collapse of a row-boat in the
big eddy of the Clearwater near Aga
tina, George Martin of Fort Jones. Cal,
was drowned. F. E. Clayton, of Den.
yer, was also thrown into the waste of
waters when the boat broke up, but
was rescued by George Keeney and an
other man. The second rescuer de.
clined to give his name.
The First National Bank of Idaho
at Boise, was the second national bank
organized on the Pacific coast and has
since 1867 opened it's doors to its de.
positors with unwavering integrity
There are 1865 national banks in the
United States and the number of this
bank is 1868. The Boise City Nation.
al Bank obtained it's charter in 1886
and is United States depository. The
deposits of both banks aggregate over
100000.
A serious cutting ARRAY occurred
near Medimont recently. Chas. Boice
John c. Lynch and Frank Herbert left
Medimont for George Lovell's ranch
where they were employed chopping
wood. Boice and Lynch were so drunk
that while walking arm in arm, at
tempting to support each other, they
fell from the railroad track and down
the grade into the water of the Occur
d'Alene river. Herbert pulled them
out of the water and directed them tt
remain there until he should bring g
boat. Upon getting out of the boat al
the ranch Lynch took an ak which was
lying in the boat and hit Boice in the
back of the head with it, inflicting q
serious wound which may prove fatal