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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08
STATE HOUSE.
The Annual Tax on Express
Companies Committed F Friday.
What Is the Meaning Of wildcat
in the Bounty Law?
The Crime Tor Which Charles BsaI Wishes II
Be Pardoned.

What is a wildcat?" asked one State
House attachee of another. FRIDAY
afternoon.
Ordinarily one would not believe
that such a question would be a hard
one to answer but the person asked
could not satisfactorily explain him
self.
rs there such thing as wildcat
in the Maine woods?" continued the
questioner. You remember that at
the time of the last Legislature when
the matter of a bounty on wild cats
was brought up. no one seemed to
know just what sort of an animal a
wildcat was. They could not under
stand if the man who introduced the
bill meant the Canada lynx, the bob
cat or the loupcervier, why he did not
So state it, but no one could give any
other description of a wildcat. Now in
case there is no such a thing as a Wild
cat, but all such animals as the lynx
or any of the cat family that are in the
Maine woods are to be brought in. how
is the person paying the bounties to
discriminate. There is the fisher, the
black cat. the lynx and a dozen other
animals of the cat tribe, and all are
wild. According to my way of think
ing they are one and all as we'll en-
titled to the name of wildcat as the
lynx"
But there will be no bounties paid
at all will there?" asked the man ad-
dressed. There was on appropriation
made for the bounty even after it was
placed on them. am informed"
This led the party to the State
treasurer's office where it was found
that in the appropriation bill for the
year 1899 is the sum of $4,000 for boun-
ties on wild animals, and $1,000 on seals.
1t was also learned that the bounties
on several wildcats had been approved
by the Governor and Council, this year.
In the appropriation bill for 1900 the
appropriation does not appear.
This was all explained by the fact
that none of these bounties are paid
until the end of the year. as they are
first paid by the treasurer of the town
or city in which the animal is killed,
and at the end of the year he sends in
his vouchers to the State treasurer,
who pays the bill after it has been ap-
proved by the Governor and Council.
This appropriation bill for 1899 was
meant to pay the bounties for the year
1898, and has no reference to the year
1899 or 1900. so the people who shoot
animals upon which there are bounties
in the next two years will have to
wait a year or more before collecting.
In connection with the bOunties and
the proofs that have to be submitted,
the State treasurer received positive
proof of the death of a seal not long
ago from Bath, when man sent along
the partially decomposed nose of
seal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08

Charles L. Beal, the prisoner in the
State prison, who has applied for a
pardon. a hearing on which will be
held at the time Of the meeting Of the
Governor and Council. Thursday fore
noon, July Is, was a resident Of Clin-
ton, and the crime Of which he was
convicted was that of poisoning his
father. Beal was tried at the April
term of the Kennebec superior court.
and the case did not look very hard
against him until he let drop a word
about a bottle in the basement of his
fathers house. The officers dug in a
heap of refuse and found the bottle
1t was found upon analysis to contain
strychnne, the victim having died
from the effects of this drug. A point
that was never clearly proven was the
source through which this poison was
obtained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08
AUCuSTA MAINE

AUGUSTA, MAINE.
Analysis from the fifth annual report Of
the Maine State Board Of Health.
'"rhe SPARKLING: CLEARNESS justi-
fies the fanciful NAME of the SPRING
CHEMICALLY and MICROSCOPICAL-
'LY IT Is ONE OF THE PUREST OF
WATERS" Date of examination. April
q. 1889. analysis of sample of water No.
SIG expressed In parts per 100000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08
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AooAs Pills cure liver Ills; the non rritating and
snlY ssthaItic . take With Hoods Sarsapariila.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
CHAPTER XIII.
The Requital.

Three days and nights passed with
out finding US able to surprise or dis
lodge the demon who was in possess
sion Of the cabin without our knowing
where the ship was driving or drift
Ing to. and without a sail appearing.
A man-of-war belonging to any coun-
try we should have hailed as a pro-
tector: but on the wide waters of tho
Southern Atlantic ships are few and
lar. between.
Hyslop rallied little and was re-
moved Into one OF the forecastle berths.
He could tell US only that he had been
surprised when asleep. and had been
rtabbed again and again-that he be-
came insensible and remembered moth
ing more. His distress was great when
we related the story OF the captains
fate. the death OF VIII White. and that
their destroyer was still in possession
Of the ship and the arbfter of all our
lives. r
He writhed on his bed of pain and
sighed bitterly on finding how stiff and
sorc, how weak and almost blind he
had become by loss OF blood; but q
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
TIE MhNCHUS.
PccuIiari.ies OF the i,acs That Has Long
Governed China.
ITO be continued.)

The Marchus, as a hcdy, really do
not care two straws about Confucius,
though it is part of their policy to
make great fuss, just as Napoleon
found it paid best to humor the popes.
or course, ! am speaking of the gem
uine typical Manchus, who are fast dy-
ing out and become petticoated prigs
of Cinnamon, but without a China
mans supplenesS and brains. The true
Manchu has an honest contempt for
writing fellows he has long since
forgotten his own language, and now
speaks rough, energetic. bastard Chi
nese, called Pekingese, with a good,
honest country burr. 1t bears much
the same relation to literary Chi
nese" that Hindustani does to Sans
krit; or, better still, that the Vienncse
dialect does to German. The emper-
or of China on formal occasions, de-
scantlng on funerals. Confucius, filiaI
piety, and SO on, is like e. j. Dillon's
French president, descanting on fright
civilization and Justice" The real
human Manchu emperor making broad
jokes in the coarse Peking brogue,
cracking melon seeds and putting at
his water pipe wlthal, may be COM
pared with his majesty, the Emperor
Francis Joseph with a feather In his
billycock and a pot OF Pilsener beer
before him, smoking a long, coarse,
Italian Avana da quindici with a straw
run through 1t. and exchanging re-
parfeas with hig DrIvata cropIoc In
piquant Viennese. The Manchus like
sport, good living and fresh air; they
neither care nor profess to care one
little bit about the Chinese empire,
except in SO far as It is a big elastic
sponge out of which can be squeezed
at suitable intervals u rich nutriment.
The ono exception Ia. or was, the en-
peror, who during the first four reigns
took keen pleasure, as well as a
pride, in running the vast machine as
economically and as uprightly MS pos
sible. and even now there ID consld-
erable quantity Of good manly leaven
in Manchu mankind. Just as there is
In any other mankind, and II is this
minority of good men which keeps
things going. not to speak OF the leav-
Ell OF good in the Chinese or Confu-
clan element. which combines with the
excellence on the Manchu side, even
as in the United Estates the under
stratum Of solid worth In party life
Keeps things sufficiently afioat In the
serbonlan bogs of populism and Tam
many hall.--Gentiemen's Magazine. 0l
.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

With deadly tenacity. for he knew tNat
I II once he was fairly launched into
the ocean his fate would be sealed.
His face was pale with combined fear
and fury; his black eyes blazed with
the hre Of hatred; the perspiration
oozed in drops from his temples. Tom
Lambourne' sprang forward to beat OF
his fingers; but at that moment the
boom, slender spar, broke from its
lashings alongside, and swung out at
right angle from the brig, with the
wretch at the extreme end of it, dang
ling over the waves, like a herring at
the point of ramrod.
Again and again he writhed his body
upward in wild struggles to get astride
the boom, or to reach it with his
knees, but in vain!
Instead Of exciting pity his terrible
situation drew forth a shout of de-
rision, mingled with expressions of ha-
tired and satisfaction, from the line
of avenging faces that surveyed him
over the bulwark He hung thus for
fully five minutes, for he was power
ful man, OF great strength, muscle and
bulk.
have no doubt this man was as
brave as it is possible for ruffian to
be; but the prospect of an immediate
death-a death. too. from which there
was no escape-terrified him.
His glance of hate toward us turned
to one of wild and earnest entreaty.
Mercy! -pardon!-in the name and
for the love of the Almighty" he ex-
claimed in Spanish. in tone of in
tense earnestness; but he was heard by
us with fierce derision in that moment
of just triumph and too long delayed
vengeance.
Twice the Eugene gave lee lurch,
and each time the feet and knees of the
wretched Cubano were immersed in the
waves
Beneath him was the abyss of wa
ter that rushed past the side of the
brig. He painted rather than breathed,
and through the dusk we could see how
his aching hands turned white as his
face, and that the points of his fingers
were blood-red. His eyes grew wild
and haggard as terror chilled his cow
ard heart and agonized his soul; and
yet through the surge the fleet craft
flew on!
Every moment increased the weight
OF his body and the weakness of his
hands and wrists.
AT last it was evident that his pow
ers of endurance could be no longer
taxed; he uttered a half-smothered
shrek, and closed his eyes es he clung
to that slender spar, and 1t swayed to
and fro while the close hauled brig
flew on!
The iron hook in the bulwark on
which the studding-sail boom was
hung gave way under the double
weight of the spar and of his body.
There was a shrill cry of despair, like
the parting shrek of an evil spirit,
or the skirl of the gusty blast, as the
boom. and the wretch who clung to 1t
in blind desperation, vanished into the
black trough of the sea, and, like a
cork or a reed, were swept amid the
salt foam to leeward.
The Eugene rose like a duel, upon
the water, and, as If freed at that
moment from load OF crime, seemed
to fly forward with increased speed.
Twas night now, and the ship
which we had first seen upon our
weather bow was mile >astern and to
leeward CO us.
Ito be continued)
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
1a,a zZ's. Sxntsy
to mrs. R2a1Aasp.
TLrrTza 70 MA ,ln1aAn NO. 76.a44I

tLrrTE1 TO Ma PINxHAN NO. 76,1@4J
"One year ago last June three dos
tors gave me up to die, and as 1 had e
different times used your Vegetable
Compound with good results, 1 had too
much faith in It to die until had tried
1t again. was apparently m invalid,
was confined to my bed for ten weeks.
Il believe my trouble was liberation Of
womb).
''After taking four bottles of tho
Compound and using some of the Liver
Pills and Sanative Wash, at the end Of
two months 1 had greatly improved
and weighed 1856 pounds, when never
before weighed over 1873. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best medicine ever used, and recon.
mend it to all my friends. Mrs. ANNA
EVA GUNTER, HIGGINsvILLE, Mo.
Mrs. Barnhart Enjoys LILO once More.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-y had been
sick ever since my marriage, seven
years ago; have given birth to four
children, and had two miscarriages.
had falling of womb, leucorrhna, pains
In back and legs; dyspepsia and .
nervous trembling of the stomach.
Now have none of these troubles and
can enjoy my life. Your medicine has
worked wonders for me."-MRs. 8.
BARNuART. New CASTLE, PA.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
DIR. Hartland Law,

One of the founders of the viavi, will
lecture to ladies only on the subject,
"Pre-Natal Influence and Higher Ply
steal Life of Woman" at Odd Fellows
hall, 1913 Champa street, Denver, Mon
day and Wednesday,, July 3rd and
9th, 2:30 p. m. Admission free. Re-
duced rates over all railways. Cut this
out
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

General Manager Underwood of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has is
sued an order that holders of trip
passes, desiring to stop off at any sta
tion, will be allowed to do so. Con-
ductors will note on the back Of passes
the name of the station in ink or in
delible pencil, and this endorsement
will be honored for passage by con-
ductors Of succeeding trains.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
Are 10. Uslas AiIse's Bees-nasss

Are You Ustas AlIsa's Beos-nasss
II ID the only cure for ewollsa,
Hmarting, Burning. ,SWearing Fest,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for AII6n'S-
Foot Ease. = powder 70 be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists ma Shoe
Stores, 26c.. Sample sent FREE. Al
dress. Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Z.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
An Eoonomical Occupation.

-what a liberal thinker Joe scrimper-
Eyes; it doesn't cost him any cash to
think"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
Ds Your Feet Aeh. ..a n...s

Snske into your shoes. Allen,a Foot
Ease. powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions. Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 26c Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen 8. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
The Summer Bath for Health.

The bath In summer is not only n luxury but
q necessity for health and beauty. To take it
properly. fill n tub with luke warm water use
Ivory soap rub the flesh until 1t glows, rinse in
cool water and dry on n soft towel. A daily
bath thus taken will keep the system in good
condition during the warm weather
ELIZA X. PARKER.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
washing Day

is relieved of much of its drudgery by the
use Of "Faultless Starch" Once tried,
always used. Get a package from your
with every package.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
Halls Catarrh Cure
institutional cure. Price, 75c.

whats your brother doing with that
heavy overcoat on this time o'year?" He
left 1t off in March and caught pneumo.
MIA, so now he thinks he's got to keep 1t
on all summer"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
The Wreckers.

Two men shall dwell the whole wide
world apart; rN
For years they thrive afar; then UP they
start
And wheeling toward each other. soon or
late, ..
Collide around a corner-such is fate.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
Only an limitation,

''Isabel, your new hat is absurd; 1t looks
Just like huge flower bed" g..
well, you needn't get SO excited, Ed
gar; you don't have to get up before day
light and pull weeds out Of it,
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

FITS Fermancn tly Cured. c fits after
first day of DIR. kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
scnd for FREE S2.OO trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. r. H. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia Pa.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
ONCE Stupidity.

"Our typewriter is going to leave"
whats the matter?'
''She says she wants a position with an
employer who has sense enough to see
when she's fixed up to go to the matinee"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
For Easy Ironing

use Faultless Starch" No sticking, blis-
tering or breaking. 1t leaves beautiful
finish and does not injure the most delicate
fabrics. All grocers sell it, 10c package
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

women talk SO much, Miss Emeline." +"
'I don't know; do you think they talk
much more than the men who are always
telling them how much they talk?"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

Ralph, when you write to our Harry in
Manila don't you say word about straw
berry shortcake." why not?" You
mutiny and come home"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

Daughter, what do you mean by talk
ing of going to Europe when you know
your father is financially straitened this
year,? Il thought ! would get him
scared up so he would let us go to the
seashore, anyway"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

"The man of refined and expensive
tastes suffers great deal" Not al
ways. Sometimes he succeeds in making
the tradesmen he knows suffer in his
stead"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.-Anna NJ.
Ross, Williamsport, Pa, Nov. II, '95.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

There's only one drawback to a day
want another day off"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

'Hoskins is not a success. but he has
always been a man cs high aims" YES
he has aimed high, but / guess he must
have shut his eyes when he fired"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

Miss Golightly, shall put some of this
lovely clover on your hat?' No: it's too
commonplace" Commonplace" Yes;
It looks just like clover"
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
Life TO a Lazy Liver!

Lnzy, leaden livers cause nine-tenths OF all
deaths. Give your lvcrs life with Cascarets Candy
Cathartc and your own life! All druggists,
10c, 25c 60c
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-up.
For children tecthirg softcns the gums, reduces in
Ganmation alays pain. cures wind collie 25c bottle.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

We Pay S15 a Week and Expenses
to men with rigs to Introduce Poultry Compound
Address with stamp, Javelle Mfg Co., Parsons kan.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form blc - refreshing to the
taste and acceptable TO the system. 1t
is the one perfect Strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitunl constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and SUBJ
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by n method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name Of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ky. NEW YORK n z.
For sale by all Druggists. Soc. per bottle
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22

why isn't star a sort Of sky-lish..
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
SADDLES AND HARNESS. faEAs lSads
BLACKSMIIH'S SUPPLIES, IRON
and Hardware. The Moore Hardware and Iron Co,

OXFORD HOTEL DEPOT, hsss St s.ss,iy ssa; gsss ss..
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
Saddles, Harness H. H;H; II,Hsi Hs!ssI s'!
nD III HM FREE -
Ouls u. Law ILLUSTRATED

LECTURES TO LADIES' July SO,
2:30 p. m, ut ODD FELLOWS HALL, I54a
Champa street, Denver. Bring friend. Cut
this out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-28

For years and years almost innumer.
able writer's, some of them learned in
maritime matters, and others only in
terested in, such things, have been
preaching the necessity for intelligent
and united action, either by govern
ments Or shipowners, to the end that
abandoned vessels may not be allowed
to remain afoat in the ocean highways.
increasing materially the perils of nav.
igation and giving needless proof that
what is ,everybody's business is no.
body's. Lamentably little has been &C.
complished by all this exhortation and
its continuance seems di&ouragingly
like a waste of energy. The issue is
thoroughly live one, however, and
perhaps by constantly harping on it
the vast number of people whose lives
are often and whose property is con-
stantly menaced by these derelicts may
at last be moved to enforce the rene
dying of the present neglect of great
evil.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-28

A girl in New England factory
wrote her name several months ago
on a bolt of cotton. Recently she re-
ceived letter froM woman in Arizo-
ma saying that the cloth had been
bought by the government, and was be-
ing cut up for garments in an Apache
Indian school. 1t is but few years
ago that the Apaches thought more of
taking scalps than of schools in which
shirt making is done. While the mill
girls act ELECTED this striking COM
parison, it was an act to be 'unhesitat-
ingly condemned A girls name so
represents herself that to have it light
ly banded about in writing, or in pub
lie conveyances, or in the mouths of
strangers, reflects meretrieiously upon
her character Had the bolt of cotton
fallen into INSCRIPTIONS hands, the
letter sent from Arizona might have
been anything but pleasing to the
thonghtless recipient.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-28
ON THE EVE OF MUSTER OUT.
Papers Of the Thirteenth May Be
Ready This Week.

Papers Of the Thirteenth May be
Ready This Week.
San Francisco, Sept. 23.-It looks as
IL the muster rolls and other papers OF
the Thirteenth Minnesota will pc
ready by the end of this week. After
they have been turned in to the mus
tering officer it will be necessary Tor
q board of officers to go over them ana
see that they are correct before the
regiment is mustered out. In all prop
ability the original date set for the
muster out will be followed. although
it is possible that there may be a hitch
which will compel the mastering officer
to delay.
Capt. Bunker. Lieut.. Johnson. Bat
TALON Sergeant Major Loye and Ser
geant Poehler We're called before the
regular army examining board appoint
ed by Gen. Shafter and examined as to
their qualifications for commissions in
the new volunteer regiments. The eX-
animation was technical, but not hard.
The result will not be announced for
some time. Two of the four men will
be recommended for appointment. but
it will not be known who for some
time.
The North Dakotans will be mus
tered out Monday. Their muster rolls
are all completed and there will be no
hitch. This is one of the few volun-
leer regiments which has returned
from the Philippines without a fight OF
some kline somewhere.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-28
Florence Marryat MRS. Grannis
Lee, the novelist, is dying at Brighton,
EnrlonH
Foreign.

FOEcA8ns
Florence Marryat (Mrs. Grannis
Leej, the novelist, is dying at Brighton,
England.
The Russian government is making
IN effort to compete with the United
States for share of the British cattle
.rade.
Twenty deaths from the bubonic
olague took place at Hongkong last
week. Eighteen new cases have been
officially reported.
Maj. Hartman, of the artillery, who
gave testimony favorable to Dreyfus,
has been promoted to be assistant ma
jor of the army gun factory at Pu-
teauX
The Hungarian novelist, Marquis
Jokai. now in his seventy-fifth year.
was married at Budapest to the Hun
garian actress Arabella Grosnaja, Il
girl Of eighteen
NJ Menald. clerk of the court of cas-
sation, has been dismissed after thirty
one years service. for giving NJ. Cues
nay Beaurepaire information hurtful
to Dreyfus during the revision inquiry.
The Paris Journal is authority for
the statement that Gen. Mercier. who
is staying Mt Dinard. in the depart
ment Of lille ct Villaine, announces his
intention to stand for the senate in
the department of Sarthe.
The steamer August has arrived at
Boston. England. This is Capt.
Zachaus first visit to England since
he conveyed Prof. Andree to Spitz-
bergen in 1896. He says Andree's last
words to him We're: Don't give up
hope even if you don't hear from me
in three years."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-28
Acciaental HappeninE..

John Strauss of Terre Haute. Ind,
was seriously injured by a falling tim
Der in a Jackson, Tenn. sawmill.
Six ice houses of the Il. NJ. Sinclair
Packing company at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. have been destroyed by fire at
loss of $4,000.
The southeast corner or the Queens
Iall block at Montreal. in which was
coated w. II. Scroggie's retail dry
goods store. fell in. Loss, 500, 600 on
building and 100000 on Scroggie's
stock. No ore was injured.
The Ridgway tannery at Ridgeway.
Pa, belonging to the Elk Tanning COM
oany. was destroyed by fire. The fire
originated from an explosion of tan
park dust. The loss is estimated at
100000 and between 200 and 300 men
will be thrown out OF work.