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Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

The New York Posts editorial eX-
preston Of grief on the death of Cen
of elaborate eulogy Of the late General
Del Pillar of the Filipino army. This
is fair sample of Godkinized Ameri-
caniSm
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

Colonel Bryan is to visit Maine and
convert the Republican majority of
that State into free silver. Demo
cratic cataract of votes. s.-Boston Tran
script.
Yes, Maine can hear the increasing
roar Of the torrent.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

For once. Mr.. Bryan is right. It is
true that the new currency law is not
in the interests of Democracy. There
is suspicion that its trainers built it
this way on purpose. since Democracy
is not in the interests of the country
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22
The JOIIQ Girl

Often changes to the jaded woman. ~I
cent see what's come over Mary; she
used to be such jolly girl" was the
remark Of a young woman visiting
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

1t is hoped that Santa Clans will
pring primer to the man who persists
IN spelling it ''X-mas''
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

The. Schley Sampson controversy il
pailng into insignificance beside the
when-does- the 2Oth-century begin dis
pute.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

Fairfield Journal: How much easier
it is to work away from home be it vii
ldge or city and one very good reason
for this is that ones services are bet
ter appreciated away and there is not
the Jealousy to be found at home, or in
ones own circle. This is not right.
our best should be at home. in the
home. the church, the club, etc. ana
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

ana after the Christmas shopping
VIII come the New Years resolutions
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

T. j. earle, well-known York
county man, who has made a special
study of grasshopper culture.
calls down the Journal for not being
able to tell whether the grasshopper
captured in Augusta, Dec. 20. was one
left over from last summer or the
guard Of next years crop. He writes
us as follows: Il think you kenne-
becers are not fully up to the grass
hopper, even though the season may
be at its height in Augusta. Now up
in York county when we want to know
the hopper's age we just look at his
teeth. Should you find three molars on
each side he is for next year, if the
molars are missing he is a back num-
Der"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22
J Maine 00ssa(m]
The Smile Behind the Tear.

Waiting back O. every tear there's u jol-
ly smile,
Perrin through the tear-drop rain-grin-
min all the while
Chuckin' softly to itself while the tears
is shed
Known purity soon that it'll git the
chance to spread
Never was a tear that drapped cause o
fortunes vile
That didn't hide the bubblin-est sort O
tickled smile.
Tears may come jes' like a rain-hardes
ever fell,
But they always bring a smile fer UNI
berel.
Hidin back o every tear, ready fer a
Is the smile that's boun' to come from a
CHEEKY heart.
Lots % things 10 bring a tear every little
while
Lots more. ef YOU look fer EN-, fer to
make you smile.
baltimore American.
The crop of Christmas weddings is Il
record breaker.
The jails have less than half as many
tramps as last year
The Governor and Council make a
Christmas present of a pardon to one
unfortunate.
An old resident has discovered that
this weather is a repetition of the win
ter of 1856 and 1857
Bath has erected fully 100 houses,
this year. and within a few days the
ground has been broken for six more.
The ice men are satisfied. They say
the open winter will be bad for the
Hudson. but Maine. is sure Of plenty Of
! cold weather, later on.
There are others than Bucksport,
after all. Topsham has a schoolhouse,
built in 1895. which has electric lights
throughout. and they come in very
nicely these short days.
1t was curious shipment which a
Portland grocer made to California,
this week, two cases Of canned blue
| berries They We're ordered by a
| Maine man for whom all the oranges
i and figs ana grapes of the Pacific coast
can never make up for the berries from
! the pastures of his native State.
! Lewiston and Auburn are having a
discussion as to whether one fire whis-
! tie is enough for the two cities. or
whether each must support a whistle
I of its own.
l Fairfield Journal: How much easier
I il is to work away from home be it VIII
ldge or city and one very good reason
/ for this is that ones services are bet
ter appreciated away and there is not
the Jealousy to be found at home. or in
i ones own circle. This is not right.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

There are those who would have US
believe that a young man doesn't havy
the chance to start in life that his
father and grandfather did. one with
such erroneous ideas should interview
Elisha Stetson. eldest son of l.. {. Stet-
son of Canton. who is taking a college
course at the Lcavitt Institute in Tur-
ner. The Rumford Falls Times says
young Stetson. who is Ii years of age.
is working his board at the home Of
Mrs. Jones and has Il head of cattle
to care for. seven cows to milk. ten
swine and two horses t. feed. besides
various other kinds of work During
mis- vacation he works for the sur
rounding farmers. That boy will get Il
the top of the ladder. all right.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

at home receive the warmest apprecia =
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

There is one little rift in the har-
mony Of the Grange. after all. Two or
three subordinate oranges are sore
over being Obliged to live up to the
just laws and regulations of the order.
and one of them, Hampden Grange, the
oldest in the State, has made the fool
ish move of breaking away from the
regular organization. Its secretary
sends the following notice to the Ban
gor Commercial:
IN consequence of some arbitrary rul-
ing of the State master. Hampden Grange
has voted that hereafter. We absolve
al allegiance with the State Grange ana
its master ana are hereafter an 'lndc-
pendent Order of Patrons. "
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22
AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK.
ORGANIZED 1SlS
Banking Rooms 235 Water
Street.

TRUSTEES. H. Manley, L. c. Cor
nish, Lendall Titcomb, B. F. Parrott,
Treby Johnson.
Deposits are placed on interest: the first
OF February, May, August and November
Interest paid or credited on account on
first Wednesday of February and Au-
gust.
Deposits are exempt by law from all
taxes, and accounts are strictly confiden-
tia.
Especial privileges afforded to Execu~
tors. Administrators. Guardians, Trus.
tees, married women and minors.
EDWIN C. DUDLr.., IRE
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

Lewiston and Auburn are having a
discussion as to whether one fire whis-
tie is enough for the two cities. or
whether each must support a whistle
of its own,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

Bath has erected fully 100 houses
this year. and within few days the
ground has been broken for six more.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

The ice men are satisfied. They say
the open winter, will be bad for the
Hudson. but Maine is sure Of plenty of
cold weather, later on.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

An old resident has discovered that
this weather is a repetition of the win
ter of 1856 and 1857.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

There are others than Bucksport,
after all. Topsham has schoolhouse
built in 1895. which has electric lights
throughout and they come in very
nicely these short days.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-22

The Governor and Council make d
Christmas present of a pardon to one
unfortunate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30

In verbal explanation of the report
Mr.. Carter said in regard to Chinatown
filth in general:
The Chinese sell ducks from their
stores which are covered with filth In
their back courtyards they have chick
ems tied up by the legs all the time.
There is no place for poultry to move
around in and they remain in one place
continually, making filthy recesses.
IF regulations are enforced whereby
light, air and room between houses is
looked after things would be in much
better shape in the district We have
been allowing shacks and shanties to
be added on to buildings for years, I'M
Ill now we cannot change the condi-
ton in a day, but must take time to
effect the changes"
President Dole: ''Supposing the
outlying houses would be in a salts
factory shape, how many of the build
ings are suitable for general habita-
tion?"
Mr.. Carter: The original buildings
would be all right if there was space
between the buildings and the floors
all raised
President Dole: Are some of the
buildings very insanitary?"
Mr. Carter: Eyes, sir, they are.
Where there is no space between the
houses the garbage is thrown on the
ground into the courtyards. And then
there is little or no ventilation at all.
That is what / call an inSanitary
building. The rest of the community
should not allow them to live in such
places. There are buildings in the dis
trlct so rotten you could push your
hand through, but these might not be
termed insanitary. If the owners want
to maintain a structure where no one
could go upstairs without causing it to
fall down, why of course that may be
another matter"
George w. Smith: "Some of the
on Nuuanu street are below
the street level, and the floors are di-
rectly on the ground. The people spill
water and Stops on the floors and it
goes down through the crevices. Wa
ter overf1ows from some other building
and comes up through the floor of some
other house. This makes filthy con-
Mr.. Ripley: "The original buildings
look as if they were erected all right,
but shacks have been added on for
years past until this crowded insani-
tary condition has come about"
Mr.. Carter: 1--WE feel that the neces-
sity for cutting al1eyways through the
blocks is an absolute want The clean
ing of cesspools Is one of the most i'm
portant things to be done. There are
places where every occupant for half
a block uses the same cesspOol, many
Of which have not been emptied for
eight years, and quite a number of
them are right under houses"
After considerable discussion On the
digging of new cesspools in view of the
of the sewer system
within the next few months, DR.. Wood
ofs-~ed the following resolution:
move that the report of this COM
nittee be accepted by the Board of
Health, and our thanks and congratu-
atoms be extended to the members of
he committee for their work and in |
crest manifested in the subject; and |
hat the report be given to the press
or publication, so that the community |
nay be fully appraised of what has |
,een done by the commissioners and |
Board of Health"
The motion was seconded and car
led and the meeting adjourned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE.
Special Features at the Methodist
Church on Sunday.

An invitation is extenaed to as many
as an crowd into the meeting, on New
Yelrs eve. of the Young Peoples So
cieties of the city. After the usual
churcA services, forces are to be united
at the Methodist Episcopal Church,
where from nine till midnight varied
and interesting program has been ar.
ranged. something of the nature OF
this UNIQUE meeting will be noticed
from the following:
The Praise service from nine till ten
will be in charge OF Mr.. Iheodore
Richards. and will consist of congre-
gational singing, with the addition OF
some special numbers in harmony with
the sniri. of the meeting. During TINS
hour Mr.. Russell will make a snort ao-
dress Every one who comes to the
meeting is requested to bring some
scriptural text, suggested by the year
which has nassed, to be deposited In
box az the door, and at this part If
the program they will be read. with
these verses Is a Slfs, experience
meetings VII be in TIE hands OF Mr.
Mcclellan and Miss Yarrow.
During the intermission between
10:4 40 and 11:1o. some spec1ai features
will be introduced and the soclal pcs
sibilities of the Young Peoples so
cieties, will the subject Of short ad-
dress by the Rev. J. P. Erdman, after
which, meetings for prayer conducted
by Capt. Matthews Of the Salvation
Army, and Rev. S. P. Perry Of Kane
hameha, will be held. Rev. W. NJ
Kincaid, at 11:45, will give the socle-
ties some thoughts for meditation and
after which there Will
be abCrt FIVE minutes for silent prayer.
The inl sion is general.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30

within the limits of such sewer system
shall be cleaned as above, and then
filled with such clean earth, sand, rock
or combination of same as shall be ap-
proved. but in no case shall such old
vaults or cesspools be filled with ref
use or garbage, but shall be filed as
above, and without delay.
All refuse and garbage must be re-
moved at least once in every forty
eight hours. in tight carts. and, pend
ing removal, all refuse shall be kept in
close-covered water-tight metal CON
tainerS.
No building shall be inhabited that
is situated upon land where there is
standing water within eighteen inches
of the surface of the ground.
All buildings and premises which do
not conform in every respect to the
requirements of the foregoing regula-
tons, should be declared a nuisance
and dangerous to the public health, and
should be condemned
GEORGE R CARTER.
F. B. EDWARDS.
c. b. RIPLEY
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30
What is LaXatine?

LAXATINE IS NOTHING BUT THE
FINEST CASTOR OIL. with its obiec-
ronabls taste removed by our new
,roessa LAXATIVE Is as pleasant to
take ~ honey. Children like It. No
Erozhls TO get them TO take It 1t con-
uains neither orium, morphine. nor
srhsr narcotic substances. 1t relieves
tssthing troubles. cures constipation
And aatulency; It assimilates the food,
regulates the stomach and bowels. Civ
nj healthy and natural sleep.-The
CAildrsn's Panacea - the Mothers
friend.
Prepared only by the Western
Chemical Co., Chicago, Ills
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30
THE PLAGUE is CHECKED
Continued from Page -

which nave been built in this district
by the tenants themselves without the
authority OF the law. 1t will also re-
guire the REMOVAL of decayed and filth
iInpregnated floors. and the forcing
Of many residents TO at once put in
patent closets with good vents and
drains. which can eventually be con-
nected at small cost with the sewer
age system.
We have given these recommended
lions much thought. and have endeav-
Ored 10 frame such as can be applied
TO any part Of the city included within
the sewerage system rather than take
the time necessary to point out specific
uuiSances.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30

Little excitement has been caused
at Lahaina and other localities on the
Islands as a result of the plague scare
in Honolulu, according to the Mauna
LOa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30
SSSSSSSSSSS

IL takes months TO ill an order
for their glass, but when finished
Us the finest production in the
world.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30

We are exclusive dealers in
Hawkes." Cut Glass and carry a
large stock OF all their cuttings.
IL costs no more than doubtful
makes.
SSScSSSSSSSS<
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

cheaper. The rising standard OF living how.
ever makes a greater outlay Imperative.
small wonder then that to the question as
to whether the decrease in the prices OF
what he bought did not onset the fall in
prices OF what he sold. the answer is No,
emphatic as 1t is unanimous.
Another negative likewise unanimous, is
full Of hopeful human interest These
farmers do not work so hard as Of old. Some
give as a reason, falling strength or increas-
ing afHuence but on the whole there Is an
under-recognition of new ways better than
the old. In line is the recognition of the
work OF agricultural colleges and experiment
stations, also Of the fact that given a good
brain it can be turned into competence and
consequence among men, as readily in the
helds as In the market. or the forum.
From Farmer Professor.
On the question Of farm mortgages here
Is new light. Eugene Davenport of Wood
land, Mich sometimes a farmer pure and
simple, now an agricultural professor as
well, writes:
You are right in holding that farm mort
cages do not represent by that much loss
OF farm property. We have had all over
tho country an era OF building upon our
farm lands such as | have not seen, or
, known, in any other country. Whether
Wise policy or not, this one outlay rem.
rcsents millions Of dollars, and our farmers
are better housed than any farmers on
earth Times now are close, and the shift.
less farmers must go TO the wall But close
times and narrow margins will compel better
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY OCTOBER 90 1899.

prices 100000 but | do not know OF any
others who have equaled it. There are
but few mortgages. not one in ten, on the
farms OF this section. First-class men have
no trouble to get all the money they need
at per cent without any security what
ever. Second rate names borrow at Z per
cent on security. There is plenty of money,
or nearly so, FOR all practical purposes. |
have given no security for bank funds in
the last thirtyfvc years and have always
got all the funds l needed"
Ezra F. stephens, born in Maine and col
lese- bred, went to Crete, Neb,, in 1871 with
$1,000 to help him start in life. In 1894 he
had not very much more. In between, how
ever, he had rated himself and been rated
by others high up in the thousands. This
is his story in detail a story so wholly
American as 10 make 1t epic: I'll. Taught
school while looking for land. Took up pre-
emption also. Bought 24O acres b. & NJ.
land near Crete-Ss per acrc-rough land,
supposed to be all right for orcharding.
Spent $4,000 on it in planting and improv-
ing 1t, mortgage, Ii per cent, took it in
the collapse last May)
"'72. Subsoled 1S7 acres for b. & VI.
railroad and planted next spring on con-
tract, 100000 trees in wind-breaks on north
side of track. Cultivated that contract three
years; cultivated wheat and corn to open
and fit land for nursery and orchard. "A,
10, 'I6 and II grasshoppers ate my nursery
stock-fed out all the money | had and all
my friends were willing TO lend the grass
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

stock and better methods. Our farmers are
poor just now, not from failure OF crops,
but rather from overabundance."
Dollar wheat may possibly have induced
Mr.. Davenport to revise that last sentence
II. b. Battle, director OF a North Carolina
agricultural experiment station, writes:
our people are raising very largely their
home supplies, and with the rest of their
land raise money crop. Thus they can
live in comfort though there is but little
money in hand. Farming is becoming to
bo learned profession. Those that COM
bine headwork with handwork and are
properly equipped, find results successful.
Diversflcation and brain work are essentials
for success"
Against these officials hear plain farmer
d. B. Walker, who came from Taunton,
Mass, to settle in his present habitat, Odell,
H. He had a wife, baby and S400 when
no came west in 1866. Now he owns 24O
acres worth $75 an acre, and still rising.
He has brought up nine children who take
kindly to farming" Il have never seen
hard times he writes, "but worked hard
until I got start At present have mort
gage of $4,000 on farm. Loaned my son
$4,000. | have grain, cattle horses, sheep
and hogs. These with growing crops will
more than pay my mortgage, besides notes
and accounts. Many have done better, some
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

dian, after he had reclaimed a neglected farm
in his own country, felt STRINGS OF ambi-
tlon for a life in the states. So about 1856
he Sc. up his household gods in what was
then the territory OF Dakota. Drouth made
his first wheat crop a failure. The second
was something miraculous as to yield but
did not much more than pay pretty heavy
expenses. Two more failures from dry
springs brought him to 1890, when mag
nifcent crop on 500 acres put him ahead
although the high wages and general
neglect Of everything but having a jolly good
time made it difficult to get It taken care
OF and thus the net profit was small" In
1891 he sowed but 300 acres to wheat. and
planted potatoes, which grew magnlfcently.
but could not be sold for enough to pay the
freight. The grain yield was fine. but a
cold and early fall set the threshing for the
most part over into next summer, making
the larger part Of 1t a total loss. In 1892
$50 acres of wheat gave fine profit. The
next harvest on 45O acres encountered such
heavy weather. hail storms frosts and so
on 1t did not pay expenses.
To the lay mind that appears to be an
experience to warrant the least bit OF ca
sort such is the experience OF nearly
every farmer here" he says, yet do not
think we have any great reason to COM
plain. With all the natural drawbacks
doubt IL there is another country on the
face of Gods earth where farmers can live
with so little work, such a reckless system
of farming and money, With a few years
of the industry of our fathers practiCed forty
years ago we may all be independent of the
loan agency or the banks
So the tale runs through scores of mouths
Finance is evidently as vital among those
who live by the land as in Wall street it.
self, In the matter of land values and fuc-
tuations there are notable differences. West
ern lands on the whole, it appears are ris-
ing, eastern lands either stationary or fall
ing, middlc-west acres steady at high prices
and lands down south stationary or very
slowly rising. Local causes, however, de-
termine values much more than geographic.
EDWARD ATKINSON.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
"JUST DRAGGING AROUND"

Hancock County, Illinois.
81 had been sick for seven years" she says;
mot in bed but just dragging myself around.
At last took three bottles of DR.. Pierce's ia,
vorite Prescription aud five Of Golden Medical
Discovery and 1t Is fmpoSTbf 10 deSerf6f ~
uOyds the good these medicines did me. My
husba nd says Golden Medical Discovery is the
best medicine he ever tried for a cough. NO
praise Is too high for DR.. Pierces medicines"
Another lady, Mrs, r. Montort, OF Lebanon,
Warren Co, Ohio. says 81 think Or, iisrSes
Golden Medical Discovery the finest medicine
aud it is the only medicine that relieved my
terrible headaches"
Women who suffer should write TO Dr;
r, V. Pierce, of Buffalo, n. Y. He VIII SEND
them the best professional advice that can
be had anywhere in America and entirely
without charge Neither the Golden
Medical Discovery" nor the "FavoTite
Prescription contains any alcohol to in
ebriate or create a morbid craving TOR
stimulauts. go
Every woman should own a copy of his
splendid book The Common Sense Medi,
cal Adviser" 1t is the grandest medical
book Tor popular reading ever written IL
contains fund of knowledge OF precious
value 10 women, II has over thousand
pages elaborately illustrated with engrav.
ings and colored plates. The FIRST great
edition of more than halfa-million copies
was sold at 81. so each. The proht from TINS
induced DR.. Pierce to carry out his cher
ished intention of issuing free edition one
copy of which in paper-covers Will be sem
for the bare eoSf Of Mailing, 2L one-cenI
stamps, or q heavier eloth-bound copy foi
81 stamps.