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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Hazing as a Lost Art.

The recent attempts made to do away
with the hazing practices at the mill
tary academy at West Point, are a re-
minder that this form of devltry is not
entirely a thing of the past. The time
was when a severe and unpleasant haz-
ing experience at the hands of sopho-
mores and upper classmen was the lot
of almost every college freshman. Most
of the older college graduates can re
call their own impressive experiences
in this line, and will spin you some
were victims or inqusitors There were
some points to be raised in defense of
haZing, but many more and Weighter
ones to be raised against it. and gradu-
ally through the manly spirit and good
sense of the students themselves the
custom has been practically abolished
in all the colleges and universities of
the land. 1t has come to be regarded
as a relic of barbarism and not as a
necessary adjunct to higher education
The few traces Of it that remain are in
the line of harmless fun and are not
worth taking seriously.
At least, this is true of the Maine
colleges and of various others in New
England of which we have knowledge
But at West Point matters are differ
ent. The life of the "plebe," as the
first year student is called, has always
been made unpleasant and occasionally
unbearable by the youthful cruelty of
those in the higher classes. Hazing
has not been dying out there. OF late
strong sentiment in army circles has
been manifested against the barbaric
customs existing, and the present su-
perntendent has determined to stamp
out the practices. Several aggravated
cases have occurred and the families of
the victims, to whose ears reports of
proceedings have come have entered
vigorous protests. Only this week a
Nebraska cadet was expelled for haz-
ing L. s. Grant Sd, now ''plebe" at
the academy.
1t is to be hoped that the efforts to
kill haZing at West Point may be sue
cessful. Such customs are particular
ly out of place where such emphasis is
laid upon the cultivation Of those SOL
| dierly qualities of bravery. manliness
! and respect for law and order There
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

min was eating That pious person drew
back mortified at the living forms he saw.
What did he do? Throw away the fruit
Not he He smashed the microscope
and went on with his meal.
There are people who are suffering
with weak lungs. They have an obsfi-
nate cough, are weak, enaciated, hope
less. They have been taught there's no
hope for them. Some one puts into their
hands one of DIR. Picrce's books or adj
vertisements and through this medium
they see healthy, happy men and women.
who declare that their lungs had bVen
weak, they had been racked by coughs,
had been enaciated, feeble, hopeless,
and were positively and permanently
cured BY DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery These cures can be num-
bered by scores of thousands.
Are you sicke Will you throw aside
the advertisement, break the microscope,
or will you make one effort for health !?
Write to DR.. r. V. Pierce, at Buffalo,
NY. There is no charge for consulta-
ton by letter. You'll get a prompt
answer, with fatherly sympathy and
medical skill combined.
There is no alcohol, or other stinulant
In Golden Medical Discovery"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
A Word to Mothers.

Mothers of children affected with
Group or severe cold need not hest
tate to administer Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. 1t contains no opiatt
nor narcotic in any form and may be
given as confidently to the babe as ID
an adult. The great success that has
attended its use in the treatment Of
colds and Group has won for it the an
prevail and praise it has received
throughout the United States and in
many foreign lands. For sale by Jno
Coushlin, IL Water street. druggist.
tu,th, sat,tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
ON this Goth day OF August A. d. 1890
on reading the foregoing petition, it is
ordered by the Court, that a hearing he
had upon the same on the 23d day OF
September, a. ID. 1899. before said Court nj
Portland. in said District. at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon; and that notice thereof BE-
published in the Daily kennebec Journal
a newspaper printed in said District. and
mat all known creditors and other per-
sons IN interest, may appear at the said
time and place, and show cause if any
they have. why the prayer of said peti-
TONER should not be granted
And II IS further ordered by the Court
that the Clerk shall send by mail 10 nj
known creditors copies of said petition
ana this order. addressed to them at their
places of residence as stated
Witness the Honorable NATHAN
WEBB. Judge Of the said Court, and the
seal thereof, at Portland, In said District
on the 26th day of August A. ID. 1899
q. s. A. H. DAVIS Cjar,
A true copy of petition and order thereon
Attest: A. H. DAVIS, Clerk.
aug31, dit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Reflections OF a Bachelor

Love grows by what # doesn't feed on
No thin girl will ever admit that there
Is n family skeleton anywhere around her
house.
Some Of the worst gifts that Santa
Claus ever put in stocking are what
women wear in them.
After a girl has been engaged three ~
four times she feels lonesome every night
man doesn't propose to her.
Women who are awful careful abDu.
matching ribbons thar they wear where
nobody ever sees them are mighty reck
less matching hearts that everybody can
look at.
Love never condescends to reason; that
~ why II ~ 80 reasonable
The average woman would rather have
a man think less Of her ana think Of her
Oftcner.
When woman takes to collecting old
CHINA II ~ the first step toward collect /
ing old men.
You can always distract a woman's at
tention ~ showing her new dolly pat
tern or a baby.
wOman's idea Of society Is 10 talk and
act before people who aren't her own
family like she thought the world was
nothing but nice dish Of strawberries
ANA crcam.-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

There is something in the idea of a
in which two Waterville young peo-
pie recently INDUCED to escape the rice
shower Of their friends which
does not appeal to most peo-
pie, though they may be very much
matrimonially inclined. The Boston
Boston Transcript has the following
editorial comment on the matter:
Horrors! you don't suppose for a
minute, do you, that that five o'clock
in the morning wedding down in
Maine the other day will set a new
fashion a-going? In this case the OBJ
Ject was 10 elude the throwers of rice
and old shoes, who do their best to
make life miserable for a newly we'd
haps this will start ii reform going
through the ranks of the missile
throwers and that they will promise to
be good if only the wedding may come
off at more conventional hour and
not require respectable people to turn
out at such an unearthly season. And
again, If these break-o day weddings
become the fad, what sort Of costume
will be suitable? At some times of
year you see it would be pitch dark at
) o'clock A. NJ. and again it would be
past sun-up at the time Of the cere-
mony, so there you are faced by an
other problem. The fashion writer's
and the writer's on etiquette Will have
to call an extra session and straiGhten
this matter out at once"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

We do not always expect to find Gov
Roosevelt using temperance language
in his public utterances, but we do
look for the truth, etc.-New York
Post.
And you always get it, the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Governor Roosevelt's square and
Governor Roosevelt's square and force
full way of putting things may not be
pleasant in every instance to the dys-
peptic and unpatriotic Post, but it has
won him the universal admiration and
confidence of his countrymen, and
caused him to be regarded as the ex-
ponent of stalwart, strenuous Ameri-
canism. No slur from the Post or
those of it's cult can harm the man
who is as fearless and honorable in
the face of every public and private
duty as he was when he led his in
vincible regiment up the heights of
San Juan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

Those who have shed tears over the
manner in which the war department
treated the soldiers during the war
with Spain, will do we'll to ponder
carefully the fact that in orc of the
new volunteer regiments for Philip
pine service As per cent. of the men
and nine per cent. saw service as
regulars. This doesn't indicate that
the boys are very sore over the beef"
or. other issues. Most of their hard
treatment was in the yellow news
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

is nothing honorable or chivalric in
humilating and torturng n fellow stu
dent because he happens to be raw and
inexperienced. There is no real fun
in it, and it runs counter to the golden
rule. Hazing as it was known of old
is practically extinct. today. at our col
leges and universities. That it should
still exist at West Point. is no credit
to the cadets or to the management Of
the academy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

Gratis. In pleasing contrasts to the
anti attitude of Bryan, Croker and
Mclean is the patriotic stand taken
by that better class of Democrats rep
resented by Ex-Governor Patterson,
Gen. Palmer, Senator Lindsay and
others who give firm support to the ad-
ministration in it's determination to
crush at once and for all the armed in
surrection against American rule in the
Philippines. The national cause is
fortunate in it's friends, and, for that
matter, fortunate in it's enemies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Sj0ht Without Seeinu.

Not i'll any moral or spiritual sense
is this text taken, but in the strict
physical sense. How little we see Of
what is before our eyes. How little
that is included in the focus of the OPP
tics is mirrored on the brain, making
its impression on the nerve centers.
Some see much more than others, but
all of us are blind at times. not in the
sense of appreciation, but in the actual
failure to see what we seem to be
looking at. Let us explain what we
mean by taking concrete case that all
will understand.
How many of the Augusta people VINO
walk the length of Water street from
one to a dozen times each day, ever
noticed that over the entrance doors
of the well-known dry goods store In
the Meonian hall block, the name OF
one of the partners is spelled In two
| ways on the two signs? There are the
signs Fowler & Hamlen" and Fowler,
Hamlin & Smith" in large letters, and
few. indeed out Of the many thousands
who have seen those signs since they
were put in place, years ago, have
noted the difference in the treatment
by the PAINTER of Frederick Hamlen's
name. A stranger in town noticed the
signs the other day. and called the at
| tention of a Journal man to them Not
very observing beings. are We?
| Scores of equally familiar illustra-
tions might be cited. Without looking
| at your watch for the express purpose,
can you tell the style of the u figures
arranged around the dial? Ninety
nine out of 100 will say that the fourth
| hour is indicated by the Roman char
acters ". Look, and you will find
| that it is the unusual form iii. which
is used almost nowhere else than on
dials. Some of the new watches have
the Arabic figures /, 2, 5, L. etc, but
all watches which have the Roman
numerals. have iii instead of the eX-
pected ". You have looked at your
watch thousands of times, but the odds
are large that you have never noticed
this. Columns might be filled with
equally surprising instances of things
which we look at and do not see.
There is nothing new in all this. 1t
is 4 well-knOwn principle in psychology.
and is on the whole a wise provision of
nature. There is no need for the mind
to be encountered with the details of all
that comes within the range of vision.
The general effect, the distances, the
outlines. are enough for ordinary pur-
poses. II is fortunate that a man can
walk along the street and see the store
signs without noticing the spelling of
the names: and that he can tell that ii
is four o'clock by his watch without
observing the unusual arrangement Of
straight lines which indicate the -four"
Were it otherwise a man could think
only of what lies before his' eyes: and
would have to close them or be in
dark room to think of absent persons
or things. or upon abstract subjects.
1t is impossible to improve upon ma
lures laws and the man who sees
everything is not always to be envied
1t is difficult to say whether it is more
unfortunate to be not observing enough
or to be too observing. We can see as
much or as little as we will of what
is around us. 1t doesn't pay to see too
the midst of beauty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
San Juan

AS far as it is possible for the Ohio
Democracy to sully its name it has done
so in the nomination of John R. Nc
Lean for governor. He has made a
fortune in the circulation of obscene
literature and has invested it in Sc
curities conditional in payment in gold,
though he shouts wildly for free sill
yer for others. If the Ohio Democracy
thought it had a fighting chance to
win, this year, it is not at all likely it
would have nominated such a leader.
OF him the New York Press SAYS: 1T
would be an insult to the people of the
state to discuss this mans condidacy.
He has lived by making of the columns
of his newspaper a sewer and sink
beside which the turbid current of
yellow journalism has a flow of pellu-
cid fragrance. We can scarcely i'm
agine an Ohio man who votes for him
as thereafter looking his wife or
daughter in the face. and it is diff
cult to conceive of a majority of that
sort, Of men in Ohio"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Upton and the Shamrock.

Sir Thomas Upton. the Irish million
is already on this side. and who will
himself arrive soon. is true sports
man whose style and spirit are win
ming the admiration of all Americans.
His errand is to capture if possible
the Americas cup. which Yankee
yachts have successfully defended
since it was brought across the ocean
by the victorious America in 1851. 1t
is the worli's greatest and most IA
nous aquatic trophy, and. OF course
no loyal American can wish Sir Thorn
as success in his mission. But the
frank and sportsmanlike manner in
which he does everything. and wants
TO do everything. commands our adj
miration and he and his yacht are
given n cordial welcome and the as
surance Of fair play in the coming
series of races.
How different is the spirit of Sir
Thomas Upton from that of Lord
Dunraven whose contemplate conduct
on a similar occasion. a few days ago.
caused America to despise him and
England to be ashamed of him. Sir
Thomas made his fortune in honest
trade and can well afford the hundreds
of thousands of dollars which the
a NJ hn
him. We like the manly tone of his
words to his friends when they babe
him bon voyage at the Liverpool
wharf, the other day. He said
of one thing I am certain In the
coming friendly struggle | will receive
justice from our American brothers. |
feel as if | were going among my own
people, for | know the American peo-
pie. having toiled among them to very
little purpose at one stage OF my life
and having made some money among
them at another. l will not be sorry
to feel the strain and stress Of the
struggle for the cup. / have got into
the way of liking stress and strain. |
like fair and square fight. That's
what | expect to have. We will have
a splendid struggle for the cup, and
the better yacht will win"
He will find the fairness that he ex-
poets on this side, and being a true
sportsman himself he is sure of sports
manlike treatment in this country.
We hope he will go home in as pleas
ant frame of mind as that in which
he arrives. even if his confident hope
of carrying off the cup is not realized
There is no doubt that the Shamrock
is fine and fast yacht. The eX-
perts say she is the best which has
ever been sent over to compete for the
cup. But this country has faith that
the Columbia is also the best yacht
ever built to defend the cup, and that
she will prove herself superior to the
Shamrock in the races in early
October
Considering the fact that only
dozen or two people in this country
can afford to indulge in this class of
sport, it is surprising how general is
the interest in these races and how
much enthusiasm is manifested. In
all parts of the country it is the same
even far inland and on the Pacific
coast. 1t may be that it is not SO
much the interest in yachting as such,
as the fact that it is an international
contest, the greatest sporting event of
the year. but the enthusiasm is in evil
dence, just the same. The whole
ness, and wishes Sir Thomas and the
gallant Shamrock all the measure of
success and pleasure which can come
without the winning Of the cup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
The Shekei Earned.

That which We work for and win by
earnest effort Is doublv our own ana car.
ries with ii its wisdom. Thus 4 man who
inher.ts fortune seldom puts il To the
best ur Wises, uses In order to learn the
wise ana beueficcpt use VI money On.
must have toiled for it coin by coin. must
have some time suffered the want uf ii.
A man born with "a golden spoon in his
mouth never tastes either PAIN or haDpi-
ness as these are known To the common
man. re has Nos frlt the great danger NJ
desire which gives To fuliillment its ex-
quiSite flavor Not having struggled in
the fight. ne knows nothing OF the Jon OF
VictorY.-W umanS Home COMPANION
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
. "A SToE.IA..
Bears the INV And You Have Always Bo4ys
''s' "a "&HzeZw


In the matter Of
Bankrupt,
To the Hon. NATHAN WEBB, Judge of
the District Court of the United States
for the District of Maine.
JAMES a. JACKSON Of Farmingdale
in the County of kennebec. and State OF
Maine, in said District. respectfully rep
resents that on the 25th day OF March last
past he was duly adjudged bankrupt nm
der the Acts of Congress relating To
Bankruptcy; that he has duly surren-
dered all his property and rights Of prop
erty, and has fully complied with ali the
requirements of said Acts and OF the or
ders of Court touching his bankrup,cy.
Wherefore he prays, that he may be de-
creed by the Court to have a full dis
charge from all debts provabIe against
his estate under said bankrupt ActS ex
cept such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of July. A. D. 1899.
}. a. JACKSON
Bankrupt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

The Alabama, now ready for service,
and the battleships Of the same type.
the kearsarge. the Kentucky, the Illi-
nois and the Wisconsin. now being
constructed, will be the most powerful
ships Of the navy, but they will be ex-
ceeded in time by the new Maine now
on the stocks at Cramps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
VOICES FROM THE PRESS.
The Inevitable Result .
(NeW York Press

William Jennings Bryan may call
his issue for the campaign of 1900
anti-imperialiSm, or standing army.
or trusts, or the Dreyfus case, or sweet
potatoes. or salt water. but the voters
of the United States will know that its
real name is and will be free silver.
And they will beat the life of that
issue in 1900 as they beat it in 1896.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

New Yorks reception TO Admiral
Dewey at the end of the month prom
Washington's welcome, a little later,
promises to outrank it. The latter will
be the really national affair. Boston is
still hoping for a chance at the hero;
but the real welcome which will be
most appreciated will come from Mont
pelier Vermont
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

At the meeting of the American Bar
Association, this week. vote of SYM
pathy was extended to Labor, the
able and fearless defender of Dreyfus,
whose murder was recently attempted
to 60, and people are puzzled to know
what the So meant by this action.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

The gold in the treasury this week,
s247, $50 COL is the largest amount in the
history of the country. Under Cleve-
lands administration it reached the
low water mark.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

The estimates call for a Republican
majority of 10000 in Pennsylvania
and one of $4,000 in Ohio, this fall. and
many good judges place the figures
even higher
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
The Pen and the Sword.
Detroit .JournaI)

The pen is mightier than the sword
The rates the magazines are paying to
heroes gives us some idea OF what the
pen and the sword can do when they
pull together.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

Natural gas conveyed in bamboo tubes
was utilized in China years ago AMI cne
Of their writer's mentions boxes whicl
repeated the sounds of persons voices
that We're dead-a machine similar % Ed
isOn's photograph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Papa's Suggestion.
Chicago POSt.l

Economy is a good thing" he said
TO his only daughter. but did it never
occur to you that the young man who
called last evening could save quite as
much gas by leaving earlier as by
turning it down."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
A Hirdoo believing in the transmigra-

the transmigra-
ton of souls.
ate no animal
food, because
in destroying
even a worm
he might be
destroying the
body occupied
by an ances-
tor. A traveller
coming upon
the Brahillin
taking his veg
etable meal,
told him il was
impossible to
avoid destruc-
ton Of animal
\life and, to
prove it, TO
Cused a micro
scope on the
fruit the Brall-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Achieved Greatness,
(Dowagiac Times \

The only thing lacking to make Gov
efhor Pingree one Of the truly great
men of the times has at last come his
way-a crank has threatened his life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

What will the New York papers do
with their poster type now that Crok-
er's colossal Ramapo water grab is
SnrIe1chpl9
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

Mississippi is without Il bureau Of sta
tistiCs or any board of the kind, ana con
SequentlN the state officers are much
hampered in their efforts to give adeuIIa j
replies 10 persons wishing to settla or
make investments in the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

The American jockeys in England are
eclipsing the fame of American heir
esses and American multi millionaires.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

Perhaps when Atkinson comes to. he
will give his opinion of the Pttsburg
speech of President Mckinley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
Al a DISADVANTAGE.
CPhiladelDhia Times

SO far as it's an omen Of the out
come in that yacht race, what Column
bia is to the ocean the song tells us,
while the shamrock only fiourishes on
land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

The Grand Army is marching on
Philadelphia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

You're another" seems to be the
sum of most of the evidence and ar
gument in the Dreyfus trial
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

The summer girl is coming home
after an unusually successful cam
paign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

President Kruger is buying powder
while he prays.