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Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16
3D.. Arrangement
% Of Trains in Effect
June rs, 1899


LEAVE Portland. ,12-55 a. NJ; Augusta,
gor, geo A. NJ; Arrive Lagrange. 7l3 A.
NJ NJ; BTownyiile: {Ta "a A NJ; kasahdin.
n; sherman, $40 A. Nj; Patten. 1906 A.
NJ; Island Falls. 1907 A. N: Smyrna
NILS, sihis n l9S3 = A A. n; Masardis. lls7 A. n:
alssihaiand: lssia5: 100 NJ H2ulton. ll@ A. N;
T. M: Caribou, 1.o5 p. NJ: Limestone, IS
Z. NJ; Fort Fairfield. LIS p: NJ: Dover
ana Eoxcroft S.03 A. NJ: Guilford. S.92 A.
n; Monson, S.57 a. M; Greenville. $50 A.
LEAVE Portland. lilo A. NJ: Water
vile, la5 + n; Bangor, S-25 p. NJ; Ar
GuiIford. 400 P. NJ; Monson. SOS p. NJ:
Greenyille: 5;o5 P; NJ: Kinee, 7.o5 P. NJ;
N9rcross, 5;46 T: NJ Sherman, 6.S I; NJ;
NJ; HoIlton. 7.45 p. NJ: Fort Fairfield.
10 +; Mi; !, Presaue Isle, sl5 p. NJ; Carl
LEAVE Portland, 12.4o P. NJ; Augusta,
2-$5 Z. NJ: Waterville, 315 p. NJ: Bangor.
5U0 =. NJ; Old Town, 535 +. M; Brown.
VILE u !, G;i5 +; NJ: katahdin Iron Works.
Guilford, 7i5 r. NJ: Monson Junction, z 20
I; NJ: Greenville. SO p. NJ.
LEAVE Greenville, 5-S5 A. NJ: Monson
Dover. and Foxcroft, 656 A. NJ; Katah.
din Iron Works, go A. NJ; BrowAvIlle,
Lo A; NJ; Lagrange, 7.4S A. NJ.
ARRlt II Bangor, y.U1 A. Nj.
LEANE Fort Fairfield, Gas A. NJ: Lime
stone, 5.55 a. NJ; Caribou, $40 A. NJ:
tresque Isle, 100 a. NJ; Houlton, IS A.
IL; Ashland. 7.30 A. NJ Masardis, 7.5l A.
NJ; Smyrna Mills. SIS A. M; Island
Falls, 9-25 A. NJ; Patten. $40 A. NJ; Sher-
man, 9.iS A. NJ; Norcross, l0H A. NJ:
Brownville, 1l.S2 A. NJ; Arrive Bangor,
l.U5 +. NJ; Waterville. 3.15 r. M; Au-
gusta. S52 +. NJ; Portland, 5.35 P. NJ;
Limestone, 1925 A. NJ.
LEAVE Caribou. 1205 p. M: Presque
Isle, 1888 +. NJ; Fort Fairfield, 11.50 A.
NJ; Bridgewater. 1.10 p. NJ; Houlton, 2.l9
i. NJ; Island Falls. 3l0 F.. NJ; Patten,
305 =. NJ; Sherman, 3.3S p. NJ: Norcross,
i.40 l.. NJ; katahdin Iron Works, 800 +.
NJ: Brownville, $40 Z. M, Lagrange,
6.l1 =. NJ; Kineo, l.55 P. M: Greenville.
355 =. NJ; Monson. S.45 p. NJ: Guilford.
sos L. NJ; Dover and Foxcrort, 5.2l p. NJ;
Arrive Bangor. Ills =. NJ; Waterville,
95S F. NJ; Augusta, 10.4S 2. NJ; Portland.
l.30 A. NJ.
LEAVE Kineo, $40 A. NJ: Greenville
II. 10 A. NJ; Guilford, 12.A P. NJ; Dover,
loo Z. NJ; Newport Junction, 2.27 p. NJ:
Waterville. BIS p. NJ; Augusta, 3s2 p.
NJ: Portland, 535 z. NJ
GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON,
Genl Pass. and Ticket Agent.
f. w. CRAM,
v. p: and General Manager.
Bangor, June p, 1899.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16

AS yet nobody has arisen to cite the
dogma of special Providences tending
the tragic affair at Mt. Desert Ferry
Fifty years ago it would probably have
been said that the breaking of that
slip was Il divine comment on the
special ana vindictive danger OF Sun
day excursions; but scientific age
smiles at the idea that spruce timbers
break quicker on Sunday than on
Monday. One philosopher. however
the Rockland Opinion, ancnt this Bar
Harbor tragedy speaks as follows:
When one reflects that there Were
more lives lost in one minute at Mt
Desert Ferry. last Sunday, in an at
tempt to see three of the war ships
than We're lost in battle by the entire
United States navy during the Span
iSh war, it makes one doubt whether
after all, the profession of arms is not
about as safe as any There are many
employments that are far more dan
gerous. And to us it was a spectacle
granite quarries. listening in open
eyed admiration and wonder to the
tales of blue jackets who were under
fire for an hour a year ago. while they
are themselves in greater danger for
much longer time every day of their
lives, and neither think anything of it
themselves nor are reckoned as heroes
dead or alive.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16

story is the careful manner In which
the name of the victim is disguised:
HE Is lawyer and his initials are
O. II. G.. but the Smoker doesn't pro-
pose to tell you who it is because that
would be giving him away. 1t hap
pened in this way A citizen who had
business to detain him quite late on
the street recently was hurrying
homeward, and when on Washington
street he met this above mentioned
lawyer rushing along in the direction
OF Water street, accosting him with
Hello, what's the matter. forget the
yeast cake?" Jimmy, worse than
that" shouts back the Hon, i've left
my horse down street He had come
home and was already for bed, when
he happened to remember that he rode
down town that evening. He found
his steed quietly waiting for him, and
credited the whole affair to little
case of absent mindedness. But how
is fellow expected to remember
everything, anyway"
1t is worth noting that Of the 5000
people who visited Merrymeeting park
on recent Sunday, but one was re-
fused admission on account of drunk
ennesS. People, as rule, do not
patroniZe the Sunday excursion to get
drunk and be disorderly.
The bright Bucksport Herald cele-
brates the close of its first year of ex-
istence, this week. 1t has won success
and deserves it. 1t says of itself:
But the brightest and most encour-
aging element in the whole matter is
the words of praise-and dollar bills
which come from the people who have
gone out from Bucksport and vicinity
The Herald goes to nearly every state
in the Union, to England. France, Ger
many Hawaii and even to Australia
and South Africa, all to people who
are anxious to learn the news from
home"
A Portland local missionary with a
passion for statistics has been inves-
tisatng the saloons of the Forest CITY.
He says that in Il series OF calls at 50
different saloons he found an aggrc-
gate of Gil men engaged in drinking
lie pays one compliment to the Port
land saloons. He says he found as
well conducted bars as YOU will find
in any city, and there was n marked
absence of drunkenness and rowdyism.
An old pocketbook has been kicking
around the corridors and stairways of
a Gardiner business block, the past
week or two, and the photographers
BARRIERS and pencil pushers occupying
the building have been pushing il
aside out of the way. supposing that
some one had left il there for a joke
or something of that sort. The other
day a gentleman took notion to ex-
anime the wallet. and was surprised
to find therein two dividend checks Of
the knickerbocker lee Company. SIS
and $lI respectively, payable To certain
Pittston parties. He notified the par
ties. who We're very glad to recover
their property. That It should have
been kicked around all Of these days.
and no one picking ii up is the won
der. But as a rule BARRIERS. photog-
raphers and newspaper folks have no
use for wallets. and if they knew they
We're filled with greenbackS would
simply kick them out from underfoot
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16
D0nahoe's Magazine

for August opens with a richly illus
trated paper on "The Revival Of
Music in Ireland" The article is one
Of great interest. A profusely illus
trated paper descriptive of Honduras.
is contributed by +. Lyell Earle. and is
entitled Where European Foot First
Trod." The remaining articles and
stories include: The Mystical Life"
"Augustin Daily and the Little Aspir-
ant" 'The Austro- Hungarian Agony"
and Heavens Killarney" A
number of charming poems add much
to the attractiveness OF this number.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16
BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD

Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between
Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at Gao A. NJ. and Bangor at as
z. N.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16

1t is worth noting that of the 5000
people who visited Merrymeeting park
on recent Sunday, but one was re-
fused admission on account of drunk
enness. People, as a rule. do MOI
patronize the Sunday excursion to get
drunk and be disorderly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16
Eastern St'mboat Co.
Summer Arrangement.

Leave Bath daily
(cxcept Sunday at
A&1 a. NJ. landing
vt Westpprt June
iiCn. Isle Of Springs
Southport, Mouse.
Capitol and Squir-
rel Islands. Spruce
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-16
The Outlook.

The 18th annual Educational Num-
Der of the Outlook is q notable ISSUE
Many able papers bearing upon this
important subject are given in this
number. as the following partial list
will show: American Education at
the Paris Exposition" Howard Rog-
ers: The Educational Progress of the
Year" Nicholas Murray Butler: Ed
ucational Signs Of the Times
Charles F. Thwing: THE Line of Ed
ucational Advance" G. Stanley Hall:
yale as University" THE Unver-
sity of Edinburgh. Hamilton w.
Mabie; and Vacation Schools and
Fairgrounds" Several equally inter-
esting papers together with the regu-
New-York tribune., 1899-03-05

in order to become fully acquainted f.,
sary 10 have the entire to several Of ,bs.sa -
only can one fully appreciate the charr,. =,
by st. Petersburg society TO those ',a els.
enough to have been received in frisnS,Ne 70
ner. There Is probably no society in r s,-r -
pean capital so intelligent and highlv y. y,
ual as that there, and certainly nov W.,
woman plays such leading part sns -
she is at the same time 80 thoroughIv - "a
gracious, "spirituelle," we'll edueatsa aaS,
touch with the literary and political quss,e-s e |
the day.
The Russian woman is a charmer a.
known; but what is less well known ,s ~. :
charm consists more in her intellectual ',4 ..-
than in her physical qualities. N'1
What strikes the foreigner In 81 ps,..,
after the good nature intelligence ana ~.
Of the women and the luxury of the soe,., 81 81
tainments is the charm Of the Intimate 49,
ings Of the drawing-ro0n. gatherings q, 49,
politics and the questions 0f the dav a., 4
cussed There exists liberty Of sneses I. I I
Petersburg unknown In Berlin and Vienrs I,
women and even young boys of twenty ~ Z (
greatest interest in public affairs and -
follow the Governments policy Russia.
not suspicious Of being surrounded bv s,I4. :
is the case in Berlin and Vienna. Hov'
most Of the drawing rooms where topics a, y
kind are discussed do not Open their so@.
foreigners.
New-York tribune., 1899-03-05
rnr RrcLpLENTS or THE GIEII'

From The London Chronicle ,.,g.
The confermert Il the Garter upon pSE PsI~.-s 5JS Z
is one more proof that the dictum % % ,bat Of
that the chief rccomm endai'oh os ,sr.e ..
v.as " that "There is no d nonse'so Torj P.
,hout il " no longer holds. The la's oSerpI
month indeed. refused the Har,S' hat b
hv Mr. Gladstone Oh the srou'E S,s,~ AZ.
NOT done any service % 'he ,s non. r
thought this should be a sint quo .be Care
long tim after lbs institution NV M, b, d,
Inv M means cordned 10 nohlemen' "i DSo hs.
t,yo centuries u1 one has hau ~ ~ ,hsr, va
rad title to nobility. saw SIR hoOco .'. Oc.omms,
and his elevation excited inNlIi""'
the rart of hostile critics. lass Wh' D
Among that small arlsio'rau' .,',s risb,
already got cyerythius else. ihe ''%e insloa.y .
cttos extraordinary craving anu n,nch Er
Prime Ministers have been a. '"n, n'u 81
ahout vacant Carriers as about Na.1h has as.
rtcs. During the last four relSnS ~, PIT :
been offered To prime Ministers ,,,,rs iet
month Melbourne Peel and Hi'usot'b 'so, be ii
n Melbourne gave rs a reason '.i", .I'ns taci :
vart - bril-, himself II is a 'urI9Os a. ~
tho ribbon Of the Garter once SeIaes SeS Tsr
instrument. I'm The time "i J".,,,sa wh
If Prince Maurice Of orange s'la r.a hssu srs
Princes ribbon a jeweller who mao wv
into the palace.
New-York tribune., 1899-03-05
4 RELIC or THE GLICiL PERIOD.
From The Enginccring News.

The supposed corduroy road" of late glacial
axe. found At AmbOy. Ohio has been examined
by Professor g. Frederick Wright Of Oberlin
Chic. He found series Of logs lying side by
side. as in corduroy road. and extending for
= length Of 200 feet and covered by about thirty
feet of gravel. in which was the tooth and tusk
of a mammoth; the tusk being 10 feet long by
- inches in circumference at the base and
WeiD hing 100 pounds. But he decides that while
he resemblance 20 an artificial road is striking
the appearance of the logs showed that they
We're driftWood deposited during the closing
centuries Of the glacial period when the water
If Lake Erie was held ut level 100 feet higher
han II IS at proSant The logs and base OF the
deposit are now about | lO feet above the lake
level and four mil. distant from the lake shore
on the banks Of the COnueaut Creek The
gravel was brought down from higher land to
the south. near tn" source Of the creek
New-York tribune., 1899-03-05

The crop can be sold at the plantations for %
10 - cents pound and AT New York for an
average Of ~ cents gold per pound and at an
expense Of six cents gold, leaving 81 cents net
The price at tn" plantation will average 90 cents
a pound, hence the net profit on the investment
of So. 100 will hr %36JJO For the next len
years the annual expense will not exceed -
cents per tree. which will yield every year %
,'tr cent more and at the end Of the second ten
ears will give "A handsome return Of four ard a
half pounds of gum The income Of the planta-
tion will then be $25S,OO0 from the rubber
New-York tribune., 1899-03-05
COST AND RETURNS.

As to expense and cost, the preparation and
cultivation Of an acre for ten years VIII require
the services of a la borcr working siXty-tWO days,
or its equivalent Of siXty-tWO laborerS each
working one day. The work consists Of clearing
the ground SO as To render it III for general
rrops but leaving three hundred forest trees
per acre as shade. requiring twenty days; holing
and stsAng. two days; collecting the seedlings
or cuttings. two hundred trees. two days, plant
ing sa 20. two and half days: sowing corn,
one aN half days, harvesting same. one and
"a hall Us: establishing nursery two and a
half d , planting cdcao trees. two davs. and
ten years cultivation. thirty days. Estimating
each days labor at 81. il is seen that two hun
drcd trees an acre Of land will have cost the
planter at the time they were ready for tapping
not less than 81 cents apiece. OF course this
amount can De- reduced tD about % per cent
from results obtained 10y raising side crops If a
plantation Of one hundred thousand trees is
wanted - acres will be required (fiVe hundred
for the rubber and twenty-five for house sites
gardens ctc) the total exact cost al the end of
ten years. including first cost OF the land. will
be as follows:
New-York tribune., 1899-03-05
THE POWER or THE S0rH,
TT CAN LIFT A WEIGHT OF TWO Az,
HALF TONS
From The Kansas City Star.

HALF TONS.
From The Kansas City Star.
Science has been startled TO find that s,.,
Insignificant. commonplace vegetable !,
squash is capable Of elevating a 5Oln-.
weight. Experiments testing the marvellOu,, !,
latent in the vegetable world were conduct, .
Gently by Charles Fl. Ames at the MASSACRE,
Agricultural College. Amherst A squass =
harnessed in such a manner as would D.,
il to exert its utmost lifting powers n !
sCribing the preliminary experiments and ,
theories on which they based their plans :
Clark, president Of the college says: IN, !.
lowing considerations suggested the idea
First 1t is we'll known that beans. sr,
and other seeds in process u germinatOn q,
lift heavy masses Of earth in forcing Their y,
to the light.
Second Common mushrooms have dispA4
flagStOnes many years since In BasingstOke 4
more recently in Worcester England IL !,
latter case gentleman. noticing that 4
in the walk near his home had been disMf
called the police. under the impression 4
burglars We're plotting against him 4
turning up the stone, which weighed II
pounds the r0Eu~s were discovered % 4
shape # three giant mushrooms.
Third Bricks and stones are often digl
lv The roots of shade trees in streets. Ceir /
other walls are frequently injured in s.
way
-Fourth-There is a common belief thai |
grov.iug roots ~ trees frequently renf ls-
rocks on which they stand by penetrat-s
eNpanding within their creFicrs.
not knowing Of any attempt to measl1
avnansiv- force OF a growing plant We Z.
mined TO experiment in this direction. Fr
thought of tryiue th- expansive force
small hard green fruit such as hlcK0fy'-
a near but the expansion was 50 slow an
attachment of the fruit 70 the tree 50 N |
that the idea was abandoned. The 50
growing on the ground with great rapidly |
To an enormous size. seemed on the whos
bast Cor the experiment Accordingly SEED
tn. mammoth yellow Chill were planted Z |
prnpagating pits of the Durfee pl4nu
where the temperature and moisture @a'
controlled. 4 rich bed ~ compost from y
hotbed was prepared. and here under lh
II Professor Maynard the seeds sernlna,H
vine grew vigorously and the squash H.7l
The eXperim.nt was watched DAY an p.
bv RELAYS of scientists. The appaiais S,"'
the lifting power of the plant conssN .
frame If seven-inch boards. In tns NsE
SQUASH was deposited and. encirclea VIZ w..
straps. above the frame was placed q ~,
which were weights to measure lne
newer As the growing squash eie'a,
vciehts Others were added The reco'u
that the lifting done was as ioHo"s'
DIST of the month. .........'.''
23d Of the month. ......''' i
2lth Of the month-.....'.''''''' i
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-07-27
RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE.

The Long Pending Treaty Between
the Nations Finally Signed.
Washington, July @.-The long
pending reciprocity treaty negotiations
between the United States and France
were brought to a successful close at
the state department late yesterday af-
ternoon, when Ambassador Cambon,
in behalf OF France, and Commissioner
Kasson, In behalf of the United States.
afYixed their signatures to the reel
procity treaty. It is by far the most
important treaty concluded under the
reciprocity provisions Of the Dingley
law, and the only one affecting tho
trade with large commercial nation.
The negotiations were marked by
rather sharp and long continued dis
cussions, which continued up to the
time the signatures were placed on the
document. In the end spirit Of COM
promise prevailed, and each side yield
ed something. The general effect Of
the treaty will encourage commerce
between the two countries.
The concessions granted by France
embraced most of the articles In what
is known as the French minimum tar
III. This comprises GA heads. the
rates being on an average about 20 per
cent below those In the general tariff
on France. II was found necessary,
however, owing to protests from the
French agrarian interests. to except
from this minimum list about "a ar
ticles, chiefly agricultural products. 1t
UNA nm this nOint that the negOtiatiOnS
were In doubt for several days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-07-27
DEWEY IN PERFECT HEALTH.
Ho Expects TO Arrive in New Yorl
About Oct. I.

Ho Expects TO Arrive In New York
About Oct. I.
Trieste, July 25.-A newspaper cor
respondent yesterday visited Admiral
Dewey on board his flagship Olympia
and was cordially received. Admiral
Dewey said that although he had re-
ceived many invitations from Ameri-
cans sojourning at Carlsbad. he had
never intended going there.
Look at me-" said the Sdmiral. DC
I look like a sick man? Do I look as
II I required Carlsbad treatment?
am quite healthy. and though will bs
81 next December. feel quite young
in health and spirits. came to
Trieste solely to recruit the health Of
the crew. they having passed II
months in the tropics without break
II expect to remain In Trieste about
q week longer. and shall then proceed
probably to Naples. Further details
and plans have not been decided upon
but the cruiser will remain during the
whole OF August at Mediterranean
ports. The last port touched In Europe
will be Gibraltar. We are expected In
New York Oct. /. have accepted invi'
tations to receptions by the citizens oi
New York and Washington"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-07-27
PENNSYLVANIA PROnIBlrI0NlsTs

Nominate . straiRhtout Prohibitior
Ticket For State Omcers.
Philadelphia. July 22.-The Prohibh
tion state convention was held heTs
yesterday and the following nomina-
tions were made: For state treasurer.
John NJ. Caldwell. OF Northumberland
county: for supreme court Judge, Ag,s
Ricketts,, Luzerne county; for superiU
court Judge. II. l.. Robinson. Fayet'r
county.
There was considerable talk befor
the delegates convened Of nominstint
Representative s. c. Greasy, who Is ta
Democratic nomine for state TREASURED
but his name was not mentioned whca
the nomination Of a candidate for stat
treasurer was before the convention
and straight out Prohibitionist vN
| named.
The platform denounces the legalizes
traffic In intoxicating liquors: favGrs
equal suffrage. regardless OF sex; Oh
nounces the present political olisnT-
chy" which dominates and conrols !,
all legislative and official affairs in tht
state: demands that President McHta
ley prohibit the sale Of intoxicahnh
liquors at canteensand post exchanges,
denounces trusts. and calls upon TN
president to take Immediate action II
, secure the peaceable adjustment OF Tn
difference between our govcrnmentaS
the Filipinos. so that the loss OF ldf
and property and decentralization inr&
dent to the present conflict shall IN
speedily ended"
The Filipino plank provoked a long
and warm debate. Some OF the dcIE
gates construed II as an attack on M
president. The plank was ndoT;et
however, with only few dissentins
votes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-07-27
Sick Soldiers From Manila.

San Francisco. July 25.-The United
Gtates transport Morgan City, which
has been converted into a hospital
ship, arrived yesterday from Manila.
having on board 473 sick and conva-
lescent soldiers. The vessel started
with <76, but three died on the voyage
Private G. J. Bobbs, Tenth Pennsyl-
vania, Private Lewis Cook, Twenty
second regiment, and First Lieutenant
Jackson, First South Dakota. All Of
those on board were Ill when the
steamer left Manila. but on arrival
here only q were unable to leave thell
berths. The men are now ct the MIL
itary hospital at the Presidios
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-07-27
KRUGER THREATENS TO ResIoN.
And the Tvansvaal Rand Gives Hin {
Vote or Confidence.

And the Tvausvaal Rand Gives Him .
Vote or Confidence.
Pretoria, July 25.-President Kruger.
Of the Transvaal republic. had been alb
sent from the government building
since Friday afternoon, and II was un-
Gerstood that owing to the opposition
shown him by the executive council
and the volksraad regarding the Ques-
tions Of the Johannesburg fort and the
dynamite monopoly ,he had arrived at
the conclusion that he no longer
possessed the volksraad's confidence,
and threatened to resign. Yesterday,
however. deputation. including Gen.
eral Joubert. the vice president. Herren
Schalk and Burger aad the chairman
Of the volksraad waited upon President
Kruger and induced him to attend a
secret session Of the vOiksraad, which
lasted over three hours.
Late last evening ii was announced
that the volksraad had finally assured
the president that II had the utmost
confidence in him. It is understood
however. that majority OF the mem
bers of the raad still differ with the
preI!dent on the dynamite monopoly
Quei.ion.
A prominent Briton said: There Is
no likelihood Of the presidents resig-
nation. which is not desired at the
present moment. in the interests OF
either the Outlanders or the Trans.
vaalers."