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The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
"REMEMBER TIE MAINE"
Capt. Slgsbee Denies That the Navy
Used This Motto on the
Warships.

Capt. Sigsbee, writing of the destruc-
ton of his battleship, denies that IRE
member the Maine!' was used as {
motto by the navy in the late war Wit
Spain. He also indicates a perfectly
proper use of the phrase by patriotic
Americans. He says:
eve have heard much of the motto:
Remember the Maine. If we are
satisfied that the Maine was blown W
from the outside we have right To
remember her with indignation; but
without more conclusive evidence than
we now have, we are not right if we
charge criminality to persons. There
fore [ corrective that the motto: Re
member the Maine, used as a war cry
would not have been justifable.
should like to make the point here, as
/ have made il elsewhere, that this
great and free country, with its educa-
ton, good intention and universal
moral influence, may go to war to pun
ish, but not to revenge. Improperly
applied the motto: Remember the
Maine,' savors too much of revenge,
too much Of evil for evil; but it may
be used in an entirely worthy sense.
During the recent war with Spain
about rs men were killed and wounded
in the United States navy. Only IS
were killed. On board the Maine 254
men were killed outright and others
died later-more than II times as many
as were killed in the United States
navy by the Spanish land and naval
forces during the en,ire war. In the
way that the men of the Maine died
and suffered there was enough Of the
heroic to provide a sound foundation
for the motto: Remember the Maine
Let me dismiss the prevailing impress
sion that this motto was used in the
United States navy. in the recent war
as battle-signal. No United States
naval vessel has entered into action
flying the signal: Remember the
Maine l am glad that it can be so
stated; yet one may excuse many mis-
taken expressions of the heat of ac-
ticn."
1t may be said on the authority of
Capt. John r. Bartlett, during the war
chief intelligence officer Of the navy:
''The signal. Remember the Maine
has never been displayed on United
States man-of-war or by the army or
navy, with one exception. A signal
quartermaster Gan enlisted man) of the
coast signal service hoisted the signal
from the station at Port Eads. at the
mouth Of the Mississippi when trans
port loaded with troops was passing
out to sea. In reporting the passing
out of the transport. as was his duty.
the quartermaster added to his mes
sage to headquarters the fact of dis
play of signal, which was received with
great enthusiasm by the troops. He
was severely reprimanded by return
message over the wires. Century.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
BANDED NOT TO MARRY.
Club of Twelve Boston Young Men
Who Decide to Encourage
BacheIOrhOOd,

With the greatest secrecy an anti
matrimonial club was recently formed
in Boston, with a membership of just
~. The secret was too much for one or
two of the young men. and now nearly
all about the unholy compact is known
1t is proposed to dine annually as long
as the men hold together, and should
one of them be married he must give a
farewell dinner costing not less than
ten dollars a plate, and as much more
than that as he cares 20 afford, to II
the other members, and must also pay
into the general treasury for the ac-
cumulation of a club fund the sum of
$500 as slight forfeit" for his treason
10 the cause in taking unto himself q
wife. Eventually, if all but one, nem-
ber became married, the remaining
bachelor would pocket the contribu-
tions of the others, amounting to $500
and interest accruing from time to
time, besides which he would mean-
while enjoy many excellent dinners.
The members of The Club of Twelve,
as it is called, were desirous of keep
ing their Plan secret, fearing that il it
became generally known society might
receive them less cordially than of
yore. Such result has not yet become
apparent. Indeed, matchmaking
mammas laugh at the whole affair,
limiting that these vows of celibacy
must represent some gases OF disap-
pointed love. a
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
BIG PROFIT FOR FAST BOAT.
Maine-BuiIt Ship Earns %10O,OO5
Gross Receipts In Fifteen
Months.

We find in the Lewiston Journal of
the 18th inst. "the record of Maine
built ship" which is very pleasant read
ing, for it furnishes conclusive proof
that shipbuilding in the United States
is a profitable industry under judi
cious management. This ship is called
the Dirigo. and appears to be worthy
of her proud name. She was built,
the Journal says, by the Sewalls, at
Bath, and is the largest steel ship
af1oat bearing the stars and stripes.
1t is probable that no steamship in
the freight business exclusively has
earned so much money in year as this
sailing vessel has placed to the credit
of her owners.
The record published in the Journal
shows that the Dirigo left New York
for Shanghai on January last with a
cargo of general merchandise, which
brought in a gross amount of $35, $50.
After discharging at Shanghai she came
across the Pacific in ballast to Puget
sound and Immediately picked up coal
freight for San Francisco, which added
$1,000 more to her receipts. Coal
freights paid so well then that the ship
made two voyages in the trade.
She has just been chartered to load
wheat on the Puget sound at 33 shil-
lings 9 pence. She can carry 4,700
tons of cargo, and at this rate the gross
receipts for the voyage to Europe will
be $3S,070. She is a fast boat, but if
she could make only an average vow
age she will reach Liverpool by April,
| so that her gross receipts for Is months
work will amount to nearly $100.000,
about One-half of which will be profit
Our Lewiston contemporary finds in
these figures an ample exposition of
the reason why Arthur Sewall, "the
Bath shipbuilder and the owner of the
Dirigo, goes right along building sail
ing ships, while less enterprising cap
italists have bewailed their decadence
and bought lots in Lonesomeyille at two
per cept."-Washingt Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
GlOve-Making Animals.

Among the more popular materials
used in modern glove-making are kid
lamb, buck, doe and dog skins. The kids
are specially reared for the use Of their
hides. They are all kept in pens, and
thus are prevented from injuring their
skins against hedges, palings or rocks.
They are fed only with milk, so as to
preserve the quality of the hide, which
becomes very delicate, and, naturally.
more valuable. AT one time Senator
Mackay, of Nevada, conceived the idea
of buying up all the goats in the world
so as to obtain a monopoly of kid leath-
er, but the scheme did not flourish.
Following closely upon this was plan
projected by several French capitalists
TO catch all the rats in Chicago and es-
tablish a preserve which would supply
the French glove-makers with rat skins
to be converted into "kid" gloves
Frank H. Vizetelly, in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
MAY HAVE TO GOVERN HAYTI.
The United States Government Likely
to Interfere tc Stop Vicious
Practices.

A mulattress with a plump baby in
her arms reached Philadelphia on
sailing vessel from Hayti the other day
and declared her eager desire to be-
come a resident of the United States.
1t was necessary for her to get bond
as guarantee that she would not be-
come public charge, and while the in
cidental formalities were in progress
somebody asked her why she had
come from a tropical island and her
own people to I've among strangers,
where the making of living is task
by no means easy. The woman an
Swered with an earnestness, that said
much for her sincerity and something
for her accuracy, that she left Hayti
because the season for certain canni
balistic rites in the district where she
lived were coming On, and that her
child would have been killed and eaten
if she had not left the country.
This horrible charge has been made
against the Haytans many times and
as often denied Icy them, hut the de-
malls have not carried the weight of
the accusations, and the best authori
ties regard it at least as highly prob
able that in parts of the black repub-
lc heathenish customs of the most
frightful sort have been practiced ever
since the expulsion Of the French. The
I5aytians are now very close neighbors
of our own, and it remains TO be seen
what the consequences OF this prox-
unity will be. The old isolation is sure
to be broken down, business and other
relations with Americans are ;nevita-
BILE, and existing conditions in Hayti
may well become as uncomfortable to us
as were those of Cuba under Spanish
rule.
Even if cannibalism is mere
sporadic crime in Hayti, there are
other things there practically worse
and morally almost as bad about which
| there is no doubt whatever. The gov
ernment is corrupt and sanguinary,
and the treatment of white foreigners
is often atrocious. The Haytians have
had many years in which to develop
the power of fself-government, but they
re main far below the standard of
civilization, and harsh critics declare
that they are sinking rather than ris-
ing. Moreover this island is potential
Iy of great value. There is a basis for
prophecy in that fact.-N Y. Times.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
r,uccbeni,s Punishment.

A friend, intimate with the prison
system Of Switzerland, was telling Inc
the ofherday of the fearful torture that
the sentence of perpetual seclusion
passed on Luccheni, the assassin of
the empress of Austria, involves. For
the first six months he will be in a
dungeon eight feet under ground,
where never a sound is heard, and only
the faintest streak of light is admitted.
He dare not speak to his jailers, and
the punishment is severe if he makes
the slightest remark, unless it is in re-
ply to question. When his spirit is
broken by this treatment he is removed
to better-situated cell, but the same
silence prevails. To the end of his
days the powers of speech and hearing
are denied him. AS rule. the prison
ers go raving mad.-To-Day.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Billy-"Does your mother give you
anything if you take your medicine
without crying?" Billy-"No; but she
gives me something if don't."-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Little MiIdred-"say, Tommy. do you
know what a category is?' Little
Tommy-"Course! Its the place where
the cats goes to when they die
Cleveland Leader.
Suited to Him.-The Pugilist-"Say,
but the part of Othello is just me style
The Patron-"Could you play it p The
Pugilist-"Sure! | never saw anybody
vet couldn't smoth her in two rounds.
N. 7. journal.
"The wheelmen all voted for him.
Certainly. lie is the author of the law
forbidding anybody to walk on the
street faster than two miles an hour, or
after dark without bell and lantern"
Detroit Journal.
Mrs. Dix-"They say Mrs. Peck
speaks four languages. Mrs. Hix-
Indeed! And how many does her hus-
band speak?" Mrs. Dix-"Oh, he
doesn't dare speak any when she Is
around. Chicago Daily News.
\ Patriot, ANYHOW. = brethren"
said the political orator Il admit
was never in the war, but had two rel
atives who were killed there" And
what were you a-doin' Of all that time ?"
asked man in the crowd. my friends
said the orator, Il was busy maxim
co1iins for 'em!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Nifte-"What beautiful china!
! wonder how Bcntleigh cans afford
such extravaganza. Mrs. Passay-
That is no mystery It's cheaper in
the end, you know. The dishes are so
handsome that in their admiration his
guests forget to eat as much as they
otherwise would."-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Griggs- Johns getting more
terribly absent minded every day.
Mrs. Briggs-"Why, what's he done
now?' Mrs. Griggs-"I told him to tie
a knot in his handkerchief to remem-
Der to get me some thread the other
! day, and he tied the knot without even
noticing that he hadn't any handker-
chief. Town Topics.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
where window Glass Is a Luxury.

Dawson is soon to be Dawson City"
IN reality, says Consul McCook. One
must take money in in order to bring
money out OF the gold fields, capital
being needed in developing. Many i'm
provements have been made in Dawson.
Window glass is scarce, small light
10 by 12 readily bringing $3.50 or 50.
Small fortunes have been made by par
ties who took supplies of glass and oil
lamps. A 81 lamp commands from SIS
to $40 in Dawson, and scent package
of carpet tacks will sell for rs cents.
0ne-half the buildings in Dawson to-
day are without window glass.-Chica-
go Times-Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
A Strange Discovery.

An English defaulting bank man
ager, who had eluded the police for
4hree years by staying in seaside vii
lage near Plymouth, has been discov-
cred by strange accident. While stroll
ing on the beach with a young woman
watching the warships sailor on board
&. cruiser, who happened to come from
he town whence the defaulter had ab-
seconded, looked through telescope,
recognized him, and informed the po-
4ice.-N, Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Ccntenarian Pensioners.

Annuitants never die. The fact has
lust been illustrated by circular from
the Spanish ministry of justice to the
collective pralates of Spain. law
was passed in 1887 dealing with the
Spanish national debt, according to
which law there were certain nuns
in Spanish converts and sisterhoods
who held a lien on the state for small
allowance to be paid by the treasury
10 each member yearly. The circular
goes on to state in calm, oflic.sl style,
that in 1887 the youngest of these re-
ligious ladies was II, the el lest was
c. Between them comes varying
list of ages, and all these ladies'. be
il remembered, were state annuitants
And now we are in 1898, and not single
death has been recorded in these 81
years. The nuns have with complete
unanimity and uniformity paced peace
fully through the century. and re-
main a compact and unbroken body OF
annuitants still. The youngest would
be rs. the eldest 1877, and almost all
the others have scored their three fig
ures. The treasury finds something
suspicious in this unbroken procession
of centenarians, costing it no less than
G0.OO0f. Their lordships are asked for
an explanation, and the venerable nuns
are invited to furnish some proof that
they really are alive, failing which" ,"
saws the circular abruptly, &" ye snail
be scheduled as dead."-Pall Mall Ga
Zette.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
CALM ADVICE IN RAINsToRM.
The Tall aFan Tells sEse Little One Who
Runs Into Him to Hold His
Head Up.

It was the day that it rained so hard
and showed little to help out, the dav
that the big steamer foundered oppo-
site the Auditorium and half dozen
other vessels were in distress along The
lake shore. The wind and rain swept
through the streets in binding gusts
and every pedestrian plowed along will
head bent to escape the wind. I'm brella
firmly clutched to avoid its destruction
and deep disgust for everybody and
everything written on his averted coun-
tenance, says the Chicago Chronicle.
One little man was wrestling with
wind and weather in a desperate sort
of way as he forced his course along
Fifth avenue. His head was down SO
low that he could see nothing except
the paving blocks, and still the shifting
wind carried the rain into his face at
times. At Washington street he es-
sayed to cross the street, and in doing
so ran directly into tall man who was
trying to get along with his head in the
air. The tall man doubled up for an in
slant, but he did not get mad. Instead
of saying harsh and profane things to
the man who had thus buffeted him he
said
Hold your head up" Then he strobe
on.
The man who received this piece of
advice did not for moment or two
realize what had been said. He stood
still, and when it dawned upon him that
perfect stranger had volunteered a
rule of conduct to be followed on a
stormy day he turned with frown and
a retort on his lips. But the tall man
was far away and the little fellow
bowed his head and once more plunged
into the storm
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Mystery OF a Disappearing Cargo.

The mystery Of the disappearance of
part of the cargo Of the schooner Chal-
mer two years ago, while bound from
Baltimore to Savannah. has been
solved by an examination of the vessel
at Philadelphia, where she has been
undergoing repairs. Ten tons of phos-
phate, the missing merchandise, were
located between the inner ceiling and
the outward planking, where it had
worked two years ago while the vessel
was storm-tossed at sea. 1t was neces
sary to cut away part Of the planing
on the inside and outside of the vessel
to remove the phosphate. the work oc-
cupying over a week. The vessel had
lost her insura BILE interest. and it was
while the trouble was being inquired
into that the missing cargo was discoy-
cred.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
American Citizens Who Get ''Orders.'

King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
has conferred the order CT Vasa on
August Peterson, of Washington, in rec
oenition Of his services in founding col
onies Of his countrymen in America.
The order was instituted by Gustavus
II in 1772, to recompense persons who
have rendered the state distinguished
services, and the honor is rarely cen
ferred outside of Sweden. Gel. Vif-
quain, who succeeds William j. Bryan
in command of the Third Nebraska egi-
ment. has been created a mandarin and
invested with the order Of the Double
Dragon by the emperor Of China. ''in
recognition" says the Chinese ambassa-
GCr, "of the valuable services he rem
dered his majesty's subjects while Unit
ed States consul-general at Panama
(1S95) Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
To WATERPROOF Paper.

Make two preparations, one consist
ing of alum two ounces and CASTLE
soap three ounces, dissolved in a pint
of water; the other of half an ounce OF
gum arabic and an ounce of blue, dis
solved in a pint of water. Then mix the
two, warm Slightly over the fire and
pour some of the preparation into I
large, fiat dish, or tin tea tray. Place
single sheets of white paper in the fluid
until saturated, then hang up to drain
and dry.-Philadelphia Press.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Ingenuity OF Brooklyn Black Cat.

A family in Brooklyn was recently
annoyed every morning by finding the
bottle of milk left by the milkman
On the front stoop knocked ever and
the contents gone. One night mem
Der of the family volunteered 20 get up
early the next morning and watch for
the culprit. Soon after he young man
had taken up his station he was re-
warded by seeing a large black cat
como across the veranda, knock over
the bottle and calmly lap up the milk
which had been spilled. Now the fam
lily puts out large tin cam. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
A Case Of Necessity.

Wife-Jack, dear, l have just come
from the dressmaker's and | think you
had better pay her something on ac-
count.
Husband-I don't see how can very
we'll.
But I want to get new gown, -
Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Grenter Than Greek.

Prof. Jebb made an excellence ap-
oearance on the congress platform and
showed that academic pursuits need
not make man poorJudge Of affairs.
Perhaps it is to Mr.. Jebb that the Rec
ord refers in one of its congress
Notes. He was learning golf, so the
story runs, at ST. Andrews, md making
out Indifferent progress. "Why cannot
play golf?' he inquired of The ever
'eady eadGy. 81 can manage most
.hings pretty we'll" AYE aye, re-
eplied the caddy. 'ye ken it's no vera
hard thing to teacn Greek and sIef'
r.. Iuf il takes he:a 10 Fay Cc",
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Credit I'm China.

Foreigners in China buy nearly
everything on credit, giving signed
'chits" for every purchase, the reason
being their unwillingness to load them
selves down with silver or native coin,
while paper money fuetuates too
much.-N. Y. Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Sneak BEFORE Dinner.

In Japan what we call "after-dinner
speeches" are made before dinner, thus
insuring brevity and furnishing topics
for conversation during the meal itself
Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-28
Breach of Chinese Etiquette.

It is a breach of etiquette for Chi
raman to wear spectocJes in comFan".
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-16

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50 tul-page engraved plates, containing
over 900 separate illustrations.
Il maps and plans, including 237 colored
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1nal Edinburgh edition nor in any other
Encyclopedia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-12
DAVID B. KNOWLES.

Essex, April 11.-David Brainard Knowles, for many years connected with Conklin Brothers, spar and block makers, died yesterday morning of a complication of diseases, aged S2 years and months. MT. Knowles was born in Haddam. He came to Essex when a young man and connected himself with the firm of Conklin Brothers, where he remained for more than sixty years and always in the same locality
 near the middle cove bay. The Conk- lin Brothers, Gamaliel and George, died a number of years ago. At their death the business was abandoned and the death of MT. Knowles removes the last one of the old time spar and block mall- CTS on the Connecticut river. MT. Knowles married Miss Susan Claiming of Clinton, November 3, 1S46, who sur wives him, besides two sons and one daughter, George o. Knowles, who is
 in business in New York city, Joseph F. Knowles, a merchant and Lizzie, wife of George B. Stillman of Essex. MT. Knowles was a charter member of the Essex First Congregational church. MT. and Mrs. Knowles celebrated their golden wedding November 5, 1896. The funeral will be held Wednesday after noon at o'clock at his late home near the middle cove. The Rev. w. F. Arms of the Congrega tional church will offici- ate. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-12
l'olt's Wonderland Theater.

The show at Manager Polls theater this week is deliehtine large audiences. Two athletes, billed from the Winter Garden, Berlin, do a startling and diff ficult series of feats. They are the Brothers Damn, and no better athletes were ever seen here. l bright Irish sketch is played by James B. and Fan nie Donovan, the Irish crystals. It is a visit of jolly Irishman to a strange hotel, and a lot of fun and merry dia- logue and songs ensue. One of the fun niest and most artistic sketches is "Skinny's Finish" by Eva Williams and Jack Tucker. The biograph has a fine list of pictures this week Hal Mer- ritt, clever mimic, made such a hit that he was recalled several times. Others on the bill are Tony Farrell and company in Sophie T." an amusing comedy; Williams and Melburn, Me- Guire and Mccarthy, and Emery and Nodine. Prices 10c and 20c; ladies at matinee, 10c.
 Those Pilgrim Park lots presented with Manager Poli's compliments are finding many takers The conveyancer is in Polls new building where he can be seen by MT. Polls patrons who ob- tain a parquet ticket at the theater.