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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-21

AUGUSTA, MAINE.
Analysis from the fifth annual report OF
the Maine State Board of Health.
THE SPARKLING CLE,ARNESS justi-
iies the fanciful NAME of the SPRING
CHEMICALLY and MICROSCOPICAL-
LY 1T is ONE OF THE PUREST OF
WATERS" Date of examination, April
o. 1889. analysis of sample of water No.
BIG expressed in parts per 100000.
r,oioi .''-.'''.''.' ..none
lotai Sol!us .:.........-..............
Loss on ignition .................5S
Phenomena Ignition ................nothing
tldruiitSs .....................t.. ........I.S6
Shloflne ....-.....-............ g
Free Ammonia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. go
Organic Ammonia ..................... 900
Nitrltes ..-..............--.-... none
NltrateS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. trace
Iron Observation-Disclosures. none
Seulnheht ..'......;.... :..................n none
Microscopic examination ..... nothing
This is the PUREST DRINKING WA
TER IIR,I in the CITY for the ANALYSIS
ORGANIC MATTER IN 1T. 1t boils up
through clean white sand from beneath a
solid layer of clay which strictly
protects 1t from surface drainage and all
poisonous matter: Those desiring PURE
DIAMOND SPRING WATER today.
One gallon daily per month. ..........75cts.
Each extra gallon daily per month"; 25cts.
One-half gallon daily per month Scots,
All orders promptly attended to by
0. R. WElLmAM,
soLE PROPRIETOR. Aniaaa
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30
Gortfebuns folgt.)

-Rein 6 nmpttment. Suns
ger @hsmunn: -aIiO has lit elm Rpits
hrattn2 2isbes Weib9en, Oh bait
Ielbit ben ~5eriibmten frunaDfI4en
iibertroIfeu. Der aus elmer S9ubs
Ioble einen Roitbruteu bsrIteate." .0b.
S4mti9ler!" ga, Oh bal. ans
setehrt aus inem R%oItbrate0 siiR
ssalaG!."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30
- DID -
Ra6e OeS SpanierS.
Ruman aus Der 8eit bes ipaniidume.
riinHiihrn 9rieaes.
Bon &arI 8enter. &ereer.

Copyright 1899 by the German Pres. & Plate Co.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

identification with the matters he de
scribes, especially if he be a man Of
public consequence, are nevertheless
not to be fully relied upon if we desire
accurate history.
There are several of Mr. Hears rec
objections which were of special inter-
est to many politicians of this city be
cause they had personal part in and
knowledge of the events which he De
sCribes. Thus, his intimation that
Massachusetts, probably defeated the
denomination of President Arthur IS
accepted here not as a whole truth, put
only half truth. Since there were
other things with which many men
now living are acquainted, that com
bined with the action of Massachusetts
to prevent that nomination.
But there is another remlnlscehce
narrated by the senator which is spo-
ken of here not only as half truth
but as entirely incorrect, at least III
the inference which Senator Hoar
draws from the experience he relates
1t Is that part of his narrative Whlcn
describes certain events which lea TO
the nomination of Gen. Harrison 1of
tile presidency in 1883. And the fact
that Senator Hoar has written OF ms
experience now, makes 1t possible 10
tell for the first time exactly how the
nomination of President Harrison was
contaminated This narrative is Cd
tanned from one Of those who had per-
sonal part in the incident which IS mere
deseMnedn He-spoke of il to snow no"
little a man who is in the thick OF
political convention may after oil hho"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

Of the dominant influences that con
troll the important work of collNeh-
ton. -
New York state had named Chauh-
cey NJ. Depew as it's candidate tof tne
nomination, but there was no eXPeClat,
tlon on the part of the delegates tlld'
Mr. Depew could receive that hohor'
That was not based upon the leal
that objection would be raised TO ms
record as a railway man, but because II
mas long been recognized here that the
dominating influences in the republican
party have never been willing that tne
republican nomination should go easL
or the Allegheny Mountains, excepting
In the case of Blaine. who was lookeu
upon as a citizen of the United states
rather than as a citizen OF Maine ana
whose friends were able to overcome
other sectional objections by claim tib
that Blaine was born west OF the Al
leshanies and passed his youth ana az
tanned his majority in the Ohio Valley,
That was the reason why there was
no faith in the candidacy of Mr.. DepeW'
The New York delegation gave au-
thority of leadership and delegated tne
power to direct and control the uelesa
ton and speak for II to four men;
known colloquially as the Big Four
Warner Miller. Thomas c. Flalt'
Frank Hiscock and Chauncey M: De
pew. One of these men was then Unlteu
States senator, two of them had peeil
and the last on this list Is just begin
ming his term.
Evey one remembers the long, trying
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
BROADWAY AND BOWERY.
But the Grandeur of ManIia's EscaIta
Is Passing.

The Escalta was Manilas pride. Mad
rid, Paris, Japan and India have CON
trlbuted beautifully to its stores, and
one can purchase anything from Par
isian knick-knack to Bombay shawl
along the Escalta. 1t is probably the
most cosmopolitan place outside of a
worlds exposition. All that China pro-
duces is represented there; stores are
filled with fine satsuma ware, and the
choicest Japanese silks and carvings;
English commodities, hardware and
drugs; Spanish fabrics supplies and
wines; Partisan silver and gold ware,
perfumes, soaps, diamonds and jewels
galore; German saloons, drug stores
ana Photographic shops; Burmese and
Ceylon embroideries; Australian hides
and provisions-they are all there. min
Cling French with Tagalog Spanish
with pidgin Chinese, German and Eng
lish, and blending them into a pidgin
(busness) language incomprenensible
outside Of Manila and the Escata
But the grandeur Of the Escalta In
passing, writes the Manila correspond
ent Of Leslie's Weekly When the army
Of the occupation will have shaken the
dust Of Manila off It's heels the Escalta
Of the old days will but a memory II
is now the Midway Plaisance Of the city
and the enterprise Of American saloon
keeuers is rapidly degenerating IL into
q Bowery. From almost every other
store the original tenant has flown and
in his stead a beer hall or concert dive
holds forth in noisy and clamorous oc-
cupancy For rent Is a sign that takes
the placeOf the price mark. and as soon
rs possible the business portion Of the
Escalta win move out and pick other
quarters. There is half a mile Of street
that runs from the Plaza Cervantes, AZ
the end Of the Escalta out toward the
Hotel Oriante the wharves Of rhe Pasig
and the Zero de CarriI that the Amer.
lean Speculation already has an eye ana
an option upon and what is now fire
and earthquake devastated street will
in time bloom into another new Manila
the Manila of American commercial
activity Times forelock has already
been given a hard Jerk by that eiemenA
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

DR.. Pierce has made the treatment Of
diseases of women his special study. Qf
half a million cases treated ninety eagnt
women out of every hundred have been
perfectly and permanently cured. It's g
wonderful record, attested by grateful
letters from women in every part OF the
country. There is positively no charge
for such consultation Every letter Is
held as strictly private and sacredly con-
tldential and to preserve that privacy
throughout all answers are mailed n per5
advertising upon them. Write without
fear as without fee
Designing men sometimes invite women
to write to a woman" on the score of re-
ceiving "a woman's sympathy" and that
"a woman understands woman's all
ments" The bearded lady" is evidently
not found In the dime museum alone, The
fallacy OF such statements Is evident
when It is considered that If any woman
can cure woman's diseases 1t must be by
medical knowledge. 1t Is only of recent
profession. All the medical knowledge
any woman can have she must have
learned from some man or the writings Of
some man, which makes ridiculous the
claim that woman understands woman"
better than the men who taught and
trained her. There is as far as known
no woman physician qualified to practice
connected with any proprietary medicine.
1t is absolutely certain that. there is no
woman with a record equal to DR.
Pierces: more than thirty years of spe-
cial study Of wOmen's Diseases in which
more than half a million have been treat
ed and ninety-eight in every hundred
have been completely cured. .,.
There is no alcohol, whisky or other
stmulant I'm "Favorite Prescription" II
contains no opium nor other narcotic and
is entirely free from syrup or sugar
which disagrees with and is Injurious TO
some stomachs. without any Of these
ingredients it preserves all its healing
virtues in any climate and retains its
pleasant flavor.
For q one-cent stamps to pay postage
only you can get free copy of the
common Sense Medical Adviser"
work Of zoos pages. Cloth bound "a
st?npe. Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
NINE, BEGUEY's BREAKFASTS
Famous Restaurant in the New Orleans
French Quarter.

There is a place in New Orleans that
strangers are always glad to have
pointed out-Begeuy's over in the
French quarter, kept by Nine. Begeuy
pronounced Bigaay, with the accent on
the last syllabe), and famous for the
breakfasts it serves at II O'Clock every
morning. Originally, says Leslie's
Weekly, this breakfast was intended for
the butchers, and they contributed to
it the daintiest meats that the splendid
French market in New Orleans provided
from day to day. Gradually outsiders
began to come in, and now one must en-
gage a seat at breakfast two days
ahead. The morning the writer was
there a distinguished judge of the su-
prena court was the principal visitor,
and ne, with his family and several
guests from Boston. sat at the head of
the table. One long table occupies the
little dining room, to which one climbs
by ricllety fight Of stairs.
Every Frenchman, when he gets up,
takes a cup of coffee and a roll, and at
II o'clock eats his real breakfast This
is the meal that Madame Begeuy
serves, and ii costs one dollar. The
kitchen is right off the dining room,
and there is no pretense Of adornment.
Everything is as plain and simple as
it can be, excepting the food, and this
is the perfection Of the gastronomic
art. A bottle of claret stood at each
place, which, with water imported from
Germany and called blue label" was
all there was to drink, until the little
cup of black coffee finished the repast.
The first thing served was duck. 1t
was excellent, and so was everything
else included in the eight or nine
courses that came on, and that con-
Guided, singularly enough, with liver,
so cooked that the only regret was that
the piece was not larger. 1t takes two
hours to eat breakfast at Begeuy' S,
and you get enough to last you for all
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
NINE COCKTAILS.
Why a Western Girl Was Asked to Give
Up Her Room.


A young woman from the Pacific was
recent guest at a welI-known up
town hotel She had innocent blue
eyes, fluffy brown hair, and much in
dependence. She had come to New
York alone and unchaperoned and
spent her time industriously shopping.
Nothing in the least remarkable hap
pened until several days after her ar
rival, when coming in late in the after
noon she rang the bell and ordered a
Manhattan cocktail 1t was brought
her. Five minutes later she rang again
and ordered another. Scarcely had
the boy retTeated when an order for a
third cocktail startled the office. With
in the next half hour she had four
more. The office was thoroughly excited
by this time. and when the ninth cock
tail went up to the young woman, au-
thority went, too, and politely conveyed
the information that her room was
needed for another guest. The girl
turned pale and her innocent eyes wild
ened with surprise.
Why, what is the matter" she fall
tered. "Have l done anything"
Authority murmured something civ
lily vague
But l insist upon an explanation, "
cried the girl with rising spirit. Il
won't be turned out like this. 4"
Then she was told frankly that the
Blank Hotel did not care to entertain
young women who dissipated to the ex-
tent of nine cocktails in rapid success
sion. The young woman burst into
tears.
"Oh. dear!" she sobbed. 81 didn't
think how it would look downstairs, or
l wouldn't have done it! Of course.
| didn't want all those horrid things to
drink. You might have known that"
And she made dramatic gesture to-
ward row of untastSd cocktails on
the mantel.
you didn't want them to drink ?
Then what did you want them for?"
"Why-why-I just wanted to eat the
lovely branded cherries that they put
in the bottom of the glass;" wept the
gentle young thing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

Pleasant Pellets for they cured ms
when doctors and other medicines failed,
FOR fifteen years I suffered untold n1ie
cry When l commenced taking Or.
Pierce's medicines l had given up al
nope Of ever getting we'll. I could pot w
down, to sleep, and everything, ats
would almost cramp me TO death wa
very nervous and could hardly WALK
across the room. I only weighed ninety
pounds when I commenced taking these
medicines six years ago; 1 now weigh
having better health than ever before.
My friends all say they can hardly bA-
lieve that l am the same person; after
being sick so long I have changed 70 BE-
robust and rosy checked I have taken
fifteen bottles of the Prescription If
teen of the Discovery and fifteen OF The
Pellets; I take great pleasure IN rec
ommending your medicines TO the siqk,
for 7 know that If 1t had not been for
them would not have been living today.
/ am very thankful to God, who put the
great power in your medicines that cured
me-"
The secret of these changes in health
and appearance is easily explained. The
general health of women cannot be sep
arated from the local health of the deli
cate and sensitive womanly organs. When
these are diseased the whole health suf-
result is sleeplessness and restlessness.
The functions of the stomach are dis
turned and the body suffers from lack Of
nutrition. Offensive drains sap the
strength and undermine the constitution.
while female weakness and liberation
and Inflammation afflict the mind as well
as affect the body.
The action of 'Favorite Prescription"
is such that all the delicate and sensitive
womanly organs are promptly helned and
surely healed. Deblitating drains are
dried up. Inflammation and liberation
healed, female weakness cured and the
whole of the organs peculiarly feminine
are given vigor and elasticity. As a re-
suit of this the baby5 coming is not
dreaded, and its advent entails no trial
beyond the natural strength. When local
health is thus established the causes of
the hollow cheek, dull eye and thin form
are taken away.
Sick women are invited to consult Or.
r. V. Pierce by letter without charge.
For more than thirty years as chief con-
sulting physician of the lnvaids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute at Buffalo. n. T..
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
IRRIGATION IN EGYPT.


The Egypt of the map shows more
than AGO. 600 square miles, an eXpanse
nearly seven times as great as New
England; but the practical Egypt
that which produces crops and sustains
life-is barely as large as the states of
Vermont and Rhode Island taken to-
gether. This is the ribbon-like strip
Of alluvial land bordering the Nile, a
few miles wide on each side, and meas
uring not more than 10,500 square
miles. The extension planned, and to
be completed in the next six or eight
years, wholly by Irrigation, Is no less
magnificent in conception than the res
cuing from the Libyan and Arabian
deserts of $500 square miles. on twice
the area of Rhode Island. This will be
exploitation in it's truest sense, and its
accomplishment will be a verihcation
of the ancient saying that Egypt IS
the Nile and the Nile is Egypt"
As an object lesson this Egyptian en-
terprse should have no more inter-
ested observers than in America, espe-
cially in Colorado, Nevada, California,
and other states of the west, where the
irrigation expert is succeeding the rail-
way builder as a developer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

confidence in him, and all of the support
that the business interests would give
10 sherman, Harrison will as easily
command. They tell me that he can
carry MS state more surely than any
oInef republican who could be named.
why does he not represent the divi-
SlonS mat We are trying to discover"
Wheh Mr.. Miller had said this, Mr.
Flatt beckoned to Senator Hiscock and
TOOK nm outside of the room. These
Two men were gone for about three
quarters of an hour, leaving Mr.. Miller
alone. When they came back, Mr.
FIatt SAID: We'll, Hiscock and 1 are
ready to take Harrison. It's the best
that can be done under the circum-
Stances. And it was then agreed
That these three men should go to the
New York delegation to cast it's vote
IN favor of the nomination of Gen. Har-
risoh. 1t was, of course, understood
That that advice would be followed.
Just as they were starting Mr. Miller
said that Mr.. Depew ought to be first
informed of this determination. They
sought Mr.. Depew and told him what
they had determined upon.
he agreed with them that the decision
was wise one, and Immediately after
1t was made known to the New York
delegation and met with the approval
OF every member of it. 1t was after
that that Mr.. Depew, meeting the de-
legation, made the brief address to
which Senator Hoar refers in mis- re-
miniscences, but the decision to advise
the New York delegation to support
Harrison was made by these three men,
was then communicated to Depew, and
the question of Iowas hostility to a
railway man as candidate was never
suggested or discussed until Mr.. Depew
nlmself spoke of it to the New York
delegates.
The rest is public HISTORY. The New
York delegation swung to Harrison and
he was easily nominated and elected by
the majority vote given to him bv New
York state, although Mr.. Miller, who
was candidate for governor upon the
same ticket, was defeated solely upon
the excise iSSuo
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

season go of balloting at that oorvar+io-,
sa the prospect Of de adj cIin ,d
9iplliIy Of the naminor oF ('rlt. pc.
n "fE mad not been prominent IN a.
~Diic eye, at least in associ a +io-, I'll,
orIar nomination VI Miller and Plat in
to 49, ~ make Depew prominent enough
do io oiIlaln the deadlock until q canSi-
the u, ToIlu De agreed upon, did, to quote
storv oiuS OF the delegate who tells this
rowsd an = uhheard of thing. "Thev Dor
From uelesates from Pennsylvania and
for ~ ue Ut TWO other states simpIv
neu,Ss purpose Of maintaining Mr. De-
U,as sIelduon with the balloting. This
hor7ou+ohe With the promise that these
vlba ,omu votes would be returned
60 81 the demand was made"
senator Hoar in his "reminiscences
says that at last Mr.. Depew was in,
i biG n that Iowa would not sunnort
him I at ~ and would not SUPPORT
tbara --. me polls because in that state
railu,o was then intense opposition to the
tha+ = manager. When Depew learned
Yori, GdlIeu meeting of the New
nav ueiegs1lon and withdrew his
.nrobt On the ground that the party
,,etS7e 81 20 De united, and, while il was a
misfortune, not for him personally hut
Tor the country, that there vas eI pTI
y Ut9idir discrimination against the rail-
W. MaS y men, yet, in the interest of his par
~ ~ ne lett that the election ought not to
be imperiled. II iio' u
therefore. Withdrawing his name. ne
auVlsed the nomination of Gen. Hairi-
son, and New York acted upon that ad-
wee, swung to Harrison, carrying other
safes with her tbuc N, oI,;,.. IT. a. :
candidate and the president.
ms said the narrator Of this his
I0rlc incident, is another illustration
VI nose half truths upon which so
much of what is called history is based
There is modicum of truth in it, and
that is all"
After 1t had been made apparent by
me ruthless balloting that there must
De combination effected between the
trends Of some of the leading candi
oates, it was felt by those who were
directing the New York delegation that
the time had come for action. If New
ork could not name its own candidate
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
Senator Hoar's Renli-
niscenses Reviewed,
POLITICAL HISTORY.
Facts Are Not Stated Cor
rectly Says Holland.

In a recent number of one of the
Nonthly magazines, Senator Hoar mar
gated some of his "reminiscences asso-
dated with more important political
SCENTS that have happened within the
Semory of the present generation
critics Holland the New York CORE
3ondent Of the Philadelphia Press. II
segan to be known to be public here
sorne of whom had some share in these
gents, that Senator Hoar had written
som his own point of view of these ex-
Citing things, and SO one after another
@ad the brief sketch. and having done
that, there began to be comparison Of
sotes. That has led to some very in
terestipg discussions which 60 to show
that the "reminiscences of one indtvid,t.
d, While interesting from his own
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
A PROPERTY OF CATS.
(From The Chicago Tribune1

Johnny, what is the name Of the
Australian weapon that returns when
IL is thrown violently forward into the
air?"
1.-THE boomerang"
rs there anything else known to
science that has that peculiar prop
erty?"
"Yes'm; the cat.'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

They We're waiting on the corner OF
Devonshire and Milk for a car.
Here she comes!"
mo, here it comes"
Excuse me, srs," interrupted a
stranger. but here he comes"
And that was the truth-for it was a
mail CHARLESTON Globe.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
THE LOVERS LEAP,
The Romance and Reality of
WOman'S Love.

OF all lovers leaps sung in song or told
in story, that was the greatest. Do you
remember the story as Mr.. Browning tells
it in the rhyme of the Duchess May? a
tale of those fierce feudal times when
might was right, and when the law was
writ in the sharp edge OF a mans sword.
Sir Guy had stolen away the bride Of a
rival sutton. And now that rival has be-
seiged tho castle. which has sheltered
their brief happiness, until there is no
more use in defense. In despair Sir Guy
climbs to the topmoSt tower and sends
for his steed. He will take one leap from
his wife hears the steed's hoofs on the
stair, and follows 1t was the horse that
had borne them on the night of their
bridal, swift and safe from pursuing vas
SAILS and her hand was on the bride
when spouse and steed swept out upon
the tower.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
Down she knelt at her lords knee
and she looked up silently,
And he kissed her twice and thrice
for that look within her eyes,
Which he could not bear to see.

Then putting her away from him, he
babe her go back to her firing room and
her maids. But she by wifely bond and
woman's love swore that in death or life
she would not be parted from him He
turned and sprang to the saddle but she
caught and chung to the stirrup rein With
bit and spur he backed his horse for that
wild leap from the battlements, whence
a hundred feet went down" But she
still chung, half swooning, her hair sweep
ing the ground and her limbs dragging
Three times her husband broke her clasp,
and three times her hands closed again
with the same convulsive clutch. Then. as
commencing her to God, he pressed his
horse back for the fearful leap, love gave
her almost superhuman strength and she
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

owe she oYerCanle.
And her head was on his breast,
where she smiled like one at rest,
Then the horse in stark despair with
his front hoofs poised in air,
On the last verge rears amain.
Now he hangs, he rocks between, and
his nostrils Curdle in,
Now he shiyers head and hoof, and
<the flakes of foam fall off,
And his face grows fierce and thin.
Then back-toppHng crashing back,
d dead weight flung out to wract.
Horse and riders Overfell.