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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
scottish Impartiality.

Color sergeant of highland company Gin
which were one or two English) calling
the roll:
.sApgus Mackayr' No reply. Uouder):
"Angus Mackayr' Still no reply. (Sotto
voce): 81 ken ye're there; yer aye at yer
iooty. decent mon, but ye're over modest
to speak before sac mony folk / see We
fine Marks him down in the roll.)
"John Jones.''
scucaky voice replies: Ere
Sergeant: lou, aye, ye're here, or say
vc're here, but ye're sic mucklc lcear
canna believe a word that comes DOT O. yer
mooth. sac I'll jist mark ye doom as abb
scnt'n-Answers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Reelection.

She looked at me and dropped he
gaze.
All, she was passing fair!
/ took my paper out and spread
1t wide before my face and read
About a sentence there.
Then suddenly looked at her;
Our glances met again.
Unto her cheeks tho roses came,
And in my breast felt flame
We both looked elsewhere then.
The car sped through the busy town,
The people came and went.
] looked at her; she looked at me.
smiled a little one, and she
A smiling answer sent.
At last the maiden rose to go.
She gazed at me: gazed at her.
! saw her tripping down the street.
The chances are we'll never iueet.
What fools both Of us were!
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18

Zimmerman, the eminent physician.
was sent from Hanover to attend Fred
erick the Great in his last illness. One
day the king said to him, "You have, ]
presume, sir, helped many man into
another world:'
This was rather bitter pill for the
doctor, but the dose he gave the king in
return was judicious mixture of truth
and fattery:
Not SO many as your majesty, nor
with so much honor to myself. "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
rh. weIcane Thau.

II is good to be alive when the thaw sets
in
Tho cutters gurgle freely and the ice gets
thin:
When mud is over shoe tops and the
stones shine bare,
The sunlight sparkles gayly in the bright
blue air.
Then man turns up his trousers and the
small boys wade;
All girls go on their tiptoes, Of the slush
afraid. ..e~
Cold weather Is forgotten--we pardon
winters sin --t~
For it's good to be alive when the thaw
sets in.
Chicago Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
= - ; 80 - r -
Prevention Of disease.

'AG"GWsaOss ~ fA"V""Ss
Mr.. Miles Menanderl Dawson. con-
sultiEg actuary and author of standard
works on life insurance, says in an in
terview: "From one-fifth to one-half
of the deaths that occur in youth and
middle age could be prevented by a
decent regard for sanitary conditions
and by common action of society for
the benefit of all 1t is not enough that
a man should take care of himself Dis
ease is communicable, and protecting
man against it is social function.
'.Fnlly onetifth of the total number
Of deaths are caused by zymotic dis
eases which are as purely accidental as
falling and breaking leg And one
fourth of the deaths in addition are
from digestive and respiratory diseases,
almost all of which are preventable.
About 1 : per cent of the deaths among
insured lives is from consumption and
) per cent from nervous diseases, all of
which are now believed to be prevent
able
''This means that fully onehalf of
tne uealuS among young anu Hiiuuit
aged persons could be prevented and
the proportion could no doubt be great
ly increased if parents paid a proper re
spect to the laws of heredity. 1t would
certainly be ii most important achieve
ment for the human race if united ac-
ton could be taken to secure that Il
larger proportion of persons would at
tain old age than at presnt. ''-Ainslee S
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
She Wanted the Whole Thing.

An instant later the storm burst upon
them
''Oh, Rose, )" he cried, sin this supreme
moment will you not say you love me!
NO." answered the brave girl, not for
getful of her maidenly reserve. for
while the tempest bowls through the rig
ging and the ship threatens to founder
every moment the waves DO not as yet
roll mountain high"
As for the man, such was his chagrin
that he hadn't the presence Of mind to
wh;stle for more wind.-Dctroit Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Me-, who Wear COrscts.

More men wear corsets than is gener-
ally believed. A certain London corset
maker states that he makes hundreds
every year and recently had in hand
one pair of pink satin decorated with
fiower-de- luce and another of nile green
satin adorned with lotus flowers, one OF
these being for an officer in India.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
where the Cars Arc Buried.

1t is not generally known that the
remains of all the cars of Russia since
Peter the Great lie in a memorial chapel
built on one of the islands of the Neva.
All the cenotaphs are exactly alike,
each being a block of white marble,
without any decoration whatever. The
only distinction by which one is marked
is the name OF, the deceased emperor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
THEY WENT TO THE CIRCUS.
But ms General Lee Took Them 1t
Was All Right.

General Robert Il. Lee, the famous Con
federate commander, was as kind hearted
and simple hammered as he was brave and
able. While president of Washington and
Lee university, Virginia, in the latter
years of his life, he was greatly beloved by
the children, whom he loved in return. 1t
waGhis delight to give the little ones pleas
ul Professor Nelson's two little girls
We great favorites. The general would
tu3 Ind ride with them when they met,
END arage them to talk of their dolls and
playthings and then escort them home
with as much gallantry as if they were
young ladies' He would alight and, help
ing them down from the gentle old horse
they both rode, he would part with kiss
from each.
Once the strict Presbyterian rule of the
Nelson household was rudely shocked by
the general. A circus was coming to town
and as Professor and Mrs. Nelson left for
visit of several days they charged the
children on no account to go. So the two
little girls hung over the fence, listened to
the music and envied the children that
passed on their way to that tented para
disc, but they never once hoped to go.
Presently a larger crowd of children than
ever came along and IN their midst was
General Lee keenly enjoying the happiness
of his little proteges The little Nelson
girls joined the party without a word
when he asked them to come along with
him. Soon they We're all in the tent and
when the performance began all were Civ
en- reserved seats by the owner of the cir
Gus.
Mother, we went to the circusr' was
the greeting of the children on their par
ents' return.
"Why, children, didn't I tell you you
must not go?" said their mother.
"But General Lee took us
"Oh, we'll, said their mother, ''if Gen
eraI Lee took you, that's all right.'
After that going to the circus was le-
ultimate amusement for children.-Troy
Times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
A WAY tn Wealth.

1rpon one occasion the late Earl Pou-
,o+t Who. by the way, was great spend
thrift, was paying his physician, and, on
handing the medical gentleman 4oo gum
cas- in gold, asked him II nc knew now 10
grow rich. The doctor replied III 1he neg
ative, and the earl advised MN never 10
nav an account by check, but always IN
coin, "for," he added, 1.-THE more you look
Mt your money the less inclined you Will
be to part with it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Not tho Drug Ba.iness.

"But prefer another" she objected.
"A fierce desperation took possession of
him
IT am just as good as another!" he
cried.
Now she laughed in his face.
TO DO sure, woman is woman, but
love is not precisely like the drug bust
ness, after all-Detroit journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18

Mrs. Ncwlywed - Darling, you often
said before we were married that you in
tended to do something very clever some
day.
Mr.. Newlywcd-I selected millionaire
for fathcrinlaw. think that was clev-
or enough to last lifetime -Tit-Bits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
A Cradle Song.

Lullaby darling one.
= Shut your pretty eyes. =
In the west the sleepy sun
I On his pillow lies.
. Lightly. lightly. gentle breeze.
: Softly. softly shake him!
Kiss his dimples. if you please;
Only do not wake him.
: Fairies rock him in his nest
While the dew is falling.
p would like a little rest
From his nightly squalling.
New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Where lie Draws the Line.

AS general rule
The profound Georgia mule
Will face bayonets and bullets and gun
ners.
but he draweth the line
with philosophy fine
And kicks at wagon on runners!
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Garry He Asked.

Swell-Why is it that every clown
has such stupid face: Is he obliged
to look stupid
Clown-Certainly. If l had your
face, my salary would be doubled at
once.-Fun
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Took Profits.

"There goes man VINO .iauu s'oo''oo
ont of a simple little invention
"What did he invent?
"He didn't invent awning ne was
,hr ,,romoter DINO stare ''"uF''ai.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
He Does Generally.

The first thing woman does when she
falls in love with n man is to believe that
no is the smartest man in the world, but
the man should know better than to be-
1ieve all of it.-Atchison Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
A Won,am's Aim.

Jack was very indignant. "What do
you mean" he said to his fiancee, by
throwing kisses at my chum, and when
I'm with him too?"
why, Jack, never did. threw them
to YOU
BLAMED funny if girl can't even
throw kisses raight"'-DetrOit Free
Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Nerve Personihed.

swell, there's the greatest case ever
SAW or heard of in my life, - said a Chica-
go bicycle seller the other day as tramp
turned away and walked out of the store.
what about him9" he was asked.
"This fellow had the nerve to ask me
for 10 cents to get his wash out OF the
laundry. ''-ChicagO News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
worth HIS Trying.

en- ,ou think there is anything IN INC
saying that the fish is . brain a 10" do Won
Il don't know. But ~ W. ;. pill.
any haYm to try the exper''''e"''
delphia North American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Worth His Trying.

edo you think there is anything IN the
saying that the fish is brain 1000"
II don't know, but it wouldn, 40 you
any harm to try the experiment -fhli"-
dclphia North American
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18

The greatest density OF population in
the world is claimed for Bombay and is
only disputed by Agra. The population
of Bombay amounts to 100 persons per
acre in certain areas, and in these sections
the street area only occupies one-fourth of
the whole
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18

The tree known as the ''grizzly giant
of California is 80 feet hlgh anu no
less than 93 feet in circumference.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Arrnncinc For His Crop.

The passenger agent. now
X, Shivering in his wraps
Is sitting at his desk at work
!, Upon next summers maps.
NJ
I And on these maps you'll see
r., That all his patrons ride
Upon a road whose right OF way
=. Is sixty-fvc miles wide.
49, Chicago Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Chilly.

"Darlinh. I am growing cold
Thus she sang in sweet cadenza'
He wrapped her up with many Aoio'
For she had got the influenza.
Pick Me Up.
Tasmania has one of the most Won
dcrful tin ..lines in the world, called
the Mount Bischoff mine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Tailored Suits

WOMEN'S SUITS MADE OF \
IALS. MADE IN THE NEWEST
STYLES, MADE BY TAILOR EH-
PERTS, HANDSOMELY LINED,
HANDSOMELY TRIMMED, FIN
lSHED THROUGHOUT, AT FROM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18

Sheen are used as beasts of burden il
India and Persia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
OPENING OF new

YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE STORE
MINUTEs HOUR.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-18
Plain and Mixed Dress Goods

CREPONS. COVERT CLOTH. PRJ7-
NELLA CLOTH, TWILLS, POPLINS.
VENETIANS. SERGES, BROAD
CLOTHS. MOHAIRS. WE. HAVE
LARGE ASSIGNMENTS IN ALL.
THE STAPLE WEAVES AND NEW
EST COLORINGS, AT FROM
Chicago eagle., 1899-11-25

and lack of nourlshng food makes them
necessarily patients.
The seamy side of life is uppermost
always ut the hospital, but after all It
brings more joy than sorrow. Some.
times Its unfortunate inmates show
their regard for benefits bestowed One
of these, versliler, testified to his ap-
probation, as the following lines pinned
to his history sheet at the foot of his cot
indicate:
70 THE HOSPITAL NURSE.
She wears n dainty snow-white cap,
Which crowns her nut-brOwn trcsscs.
Her tiny feet 90 plt,a-pat
Beneath her striped dresses.
Her eyes are soft with unshcd tears,
Her lips seem full of gricving.
As II her heart held untold fears
With hope for unbelievng
She walks the dismal halls at night,
Where grewsome shadows tarry,
And underneath the flickerlng light
Seems Ike some gentle fairy.
She holds sin-stained and world worn
hands,
Until they cease from cinging,
And join the beckoning ones from
lands
Where angel choirs are singing.
Strong In her sweet and tender creed,
Her young life linked sorrow,
Is delicate to those In need
Without thought of tomorrow.
Chicago eagle., 1899-11-25
Death OF VICE PRESIDENT HOBART

The announcement of the death Of
Garret A. Hobart. while not unexpect-
cd, will still he a shock to the people,
owing to the fact that reports from his
bedside Of late have been rather favor
able. 1t was known that his health
never again would he such as to permit
him to return to political life, but II was
hoped that his demise was something
fur remote.
Possibly 1t was because he was not n
politician that Mr.. Hobart made sG
many friends while Vice President OF
the United States. He was conspicuous
for his ability and his amiabllity, az
well as his good sense. AZ presiding
officer Of the Senate he favored many
reforms In the methods Of conducting
public business. but he did not attemp,
the impossible. He was just and even
generous 10 all, as " proved by the
number Of friends and admirers he had
In the opposite political party. Ills
perfect courtesy. gentlemanly bearing
and lack Of OstentatiOn endeared him tC
the public as well as to those who knew
him personally.
He was the Vice President and thu,
alone, his course being shaped by his
conception Of his duties rather than by
political ambition ana view to posi-
ble future prcferment. No better Oi
more conscientious Vice President ever
held the office, aud his death Is Il grea,
loss to the country he served.
Chicago eagle., 1899-11-25
MR.. ROACH PROMOTED.

John NJ. Roach was elected Vice
President Of the Chicago Union Trac-
tion Company Monday, vice Walter ii.
Wilson, resigned. This change puts
Mr., Yerkes' favOrite In u position of
highest Importance In the affairs of the
cOmpany-that of general manager and
second executive officer, In some quar-,
ters it is regarded rs only question of
time when President Jesse Spalding
will retire from nominal control, leav-
ing the Yerkes influence dominant in
the person of Mr.. Roach. The meeting
of the directors at which this action
was taken was attended by Directors
a. q. g. Smith, of New York, Billings,
Hutchinson and Wilson, Of Chicago,
and President Spalding. The status of
the controversy with Mr.. Yerkes re-
specting certain contracts was discuss
ed, and 1t was represented that they
We're in fair way of being settled.
Since the retirement of Henry Craw-
ford as general counsel, Mr.. Yerkes in
Inmates, the relations between the trac-
ton company and himself have been
harmonious to degree. The trouble
Is not yet formally settled, but gen.
eral understanding has been reached.
At the special meeting Of the stock
holders Monday 1t was voted to in
crease the Board ct Directors from
Chicago eagle., 1899-11-25
WHy Gas SIOCK IS FALiIN0.

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
decided In an analogous case that the
Chicago Gas Trust Is an illegal organ.
ixatlon.
The Chicago Gas Trust is combina.
tion Of competing gas factories and can
easily be wiped out Of existence.
The man who buys Its stock is a fool
because the fool and his money will be
soon parted.
The decision Of the Supreme Court of
Illinois against the Glucose Sugar Re.
fning Company shows that cOmbina.
tions Of competing factories may often
be prevented as easily as combinations
OF competing banks.
The Glucose Company was organized
under the corporation laws Of New
Jersey, and seems to have done nothing
In Illinois not authorized by the New
Jersey statutes.
But the Illinois laws, of course, gov
ern transactions within this State, and
the Illinois laws, AZ the Supreme Court
holds, forbid one corporation to sell Its
property to a competitor II the trans.
action has the effect OF regulating
prices, limiting competition or control
ling production.
| The unconstitutional act of 1907
which the Gas Trust bought from the
Legislature, has the effect OF "regulat.
Ing prices, limiting competition and
controlling the production" Of gas in
Chicago, thereby creating monopoly
The Supreme Court of Illinois said in
the glucose case that 1.-THE material con-
sideratiOn In the case of such cOmbina-
tiOn Is, as general thing, not that
prices are raised, but that 1t rests In
the power and discretion of the trust
or corporation to raise prices at any
relieve the trust Of its Objectionable
features that 1t may reduce the price
Of the articles which 1t manufactures"
The same line of reasoning Is followed
by one of the courts of Civil Appeals
Of Texas In an opinion just given by 1t.
The San Antonio Gas Company be-
came a member of local combine
formed to control the public and private
lighting Of that city. Suit was brought
against the company to take away its
charter. The lower court held against
the company and is sustained by the
Appellate Court. That court says 1t
makes no difference II the immediate
result of combination Is the temper
ary reduction Of prices. ITO fix by
combination a rate lower than the one
that has prevailed carries with 1t the
power and ability to establish higher
ones." Even though prices are reduced
by the combination. "a dangerous, arbi.
trary power has been lodged In its
Chicago eagle., 1899-11-25

As n charity, this hospital stands
pre-cmineut among all the charities OF
the great liberal city. II there were no
such shelter, what would become of
thousands of our suffering poor. with.
out means to pay for medical or surgi-
cal treatment, who are annually cared
for within its walls? MANY a humble
home owes the presence of the father.
or the mother. or the children to the
service obtained there. Many a would
be suicide owes his life to Its care.
The red stains of murder have been
washed from the hands Of criminals.
because II has saved their victims. and
many felons, desperately wounded In
some fierce fray. have been saved
from death by Its efficiency.
1t stands like u great mother. reach
ing out beneficent arms for the saving
of her childrcn-ofttimcs stern and
hcroic--but never cruel and pitiless.
Chicago eagle., 1899-11-25
THE Blue AND THE GRAY.

All who were thrilled by the spirited
evidence given at the beginning of.
and during. the recent war with Spain
by the South that it held the Stars and
stripes as sacred as did the North.
must again have felt thrill when they
read the request made Of Adjt. Gen.
COrbin by Maj. Frank Gordon of Geor-
gia that he be allowed to take the
place of Maj. John a. Logan. killed a
week ago last Saturday while gallant
ly leading his battalion. The wording
of this request Is such as to draw at
tention to the unity of the two sec
tons Of this country, once divided by
the chasm of civil war. II have the
honor to request" Maj. Gordon's let.
ter reads. that as a Logan of the
North has been killed at the front, a
Gordon of the South be permitted TO
take his place on the firing linc.'
The war with Spain did not unite
the North and South. but IL gave the
South an opportunity Of presenting evi.
deice of a union that had already ex-
isted-a union that silently had beer
taking place since the surrender OF
Robert Il. Lee at Appomattox. Nc
higher evidence Of loyalty than was
given during the war can be asked for
but surely II must mean much 10 us
even yet, that the son of a COnfed
crate general should ask for the place
of the dead son of a general who. thir.
ty-iivc years ago. was ranged on the
side opposite to his father. We may
be divided as 10 the justice Of the wal
In which Maj. Gordon asks to fight,
but we are united In admiring the
spirit which he shows.
Maj. Gordon proved his valor In
Cuba and is still suffering from a
wound which he received there. A
dangerous surgical operation which
this wound made necessary was to be
performed In few days. but this will
not bc done II Gen. COrbln grants his
request and orders him to sail on The
Logan. His really serious condition
Maj. Gordon passes over In his letter
In these words: "My physical dis
abilities are not of sufficient gravity Il
Interfere with a fight"
1t probably would be unwise TO ac
cede to Maj. Gordon's request ant
send him to the Philippines. In hi'
physical condition It might merely b,
sending him to a certain death. Bu
Maj. Gordon has shown us his spirit
and we do not need more proof Of hi
valOr. Georgia can be proud Of him
Illinois certainly would be proud 4
have the place Of the son Of Gen. 10
gan taken by this Gordon Of th'
South"