Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-11


cents" was Mr.. Does reply. but l can
take them cheaper by the DOZEN
Perhaps | will watt the woman
said, for l now have ten children" A
look of amazement was on the photog-
rapher's face as the woman left the
studio. and he did not attempt to eX-
plain his remark. IF
Aroostook Republican: In several
eastern towns recently there have been
charges that certain confectioners are
adding to their revenue by the sale of
an abomination known as brandy
drops, a form of candy saturated with
strong spirits. and the reported con-
fiscation of stocks of the diabolical
stuff in two or three places proves that
the traffic has become quite general.
The baseness of the dealer who would
deliberately peddle these drops to
school children with the knowledge
that he is fostering in some of them
an appetite for strong drink is SO low
that the swiftest and severest punish
ment under the law should be visited
upon him. He ought to be amenable
both to federal and State laws govern
ing the sale of intoXicants and there
fore liable to heavy sentence.
New York World: A part, and that
not a small part of the blame for the
catastrophe at Mount Desert Ferry
must be charged to that prolific cause
of casualties in America-the passion
for getting there" as quickly as pos
sible, without the slightest regard to
whether there is any rational object in
hurry. An American starts out on n
pleasure trip. He sees a car just leav-
ing. 1t is packed. 1t is underway.
The day is hot and he will have to run
to catch il. There will be another car.
in which he can seat himself comfort
ably, in minute or two. In vain do
these reasons tug at him.. He becomes
possessed of blind fear of getting
left" He runs and at the cost of his
comfort and at the risk of his life he
catches that car and triumphantly
hangs on to it by his eyelids. 1t is
quite useless to reason with or remon-
strate against this national habit. Be
sides. casting up its profit and loss.
does it not show an enormous balance
to the good ?- .t
The August st. Nicholas contains
beautiful poem, finely illustrated, en-
titled Saint Olga's Bell" written by
Augustus gifted author, Mrs. Emma
Huntington Mason.
The Portland postoffice. building
built of white marble, which by the
way isn't half SO handsome as the
Maine granite in the government
building at Augusta, has been cleaned
lately and now the janitor is sitting up
nights firing off fire-crackers to scare
away the pigeons that had helped to
make the cleaning necessary. 1t is a
tough job, for the birds are determined
to abide in their old home.
The friends of agriculture as we'll as
the lovers of birds, may well be
alarmed at the dire results of the de-
struction of bird life that has taken
place in recent years. Most of this de-
struction has been brought about by
the demand for the stuffed bodies or
the wings of birds to be used for the
this there has been much killing of
birds from mere wantonness until we
have come to inhabit an almost bird
less country. Maine has suffered along
with the rest of the states and even a
casual observer cannot fail to note
the absence of bird life in the country
districts where it used to be so abun-
dant. The loss of the birds means an
opportunity for all manner of insects
to prey upon vegetation, and prompt
advantage has been taken of it. I'm
less the birds can be restored one of
the worst enemies of the farmer will
increase year after year. The most
stringent laws should be enacted and
enforced if they be found necessary to
protect the birds and allow them again
to fulfill their helpful mission to the
cause of the agriculturalist