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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

The lily pond on the premises OF the
Mount Desert nurseries, on Schooner
Head road. is to have a glass roof
The frame will have floor area of
l7X10 feet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

A purse containing a small sum Of
money was picked up near the Journal
office, Saturday, and can be found At
this Office
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

The Gardiner murder was the all
absorbing topic of conversation. Sat
urday. The little knots of loafers who
were larger than common on account
of the fine weather. were busy discuss
ing the affair over and over again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
Local Matters.
The AsssIus.

Among the harvesters at eventide
/ stand; and, listening, trembe as hear
The Ave-Mary bell, that sudden, clear.
Tells that no longer here may abide
Doubling / linger, though on either side
Ny fellows hasten homeward with a
cheer,
And count my scanty reapings. and fear
The summoning bell, my work not per
fected.
bow my head. But as the carlton
Still echoes in my cars, | dare to pray;
Lord, grant me entrance whittier these
Shall / not Gomez" But the bell muir.
murs: NAY,
Their works accomplished. thine as We:
undOne.'
take my sickle up and turn away.
as is then true that ultimate success
And The good Masters bountiful reward
Come not to me, whose arid fields AFFORD
Scanf usury?" To my unwprthinesS
The bell replies in tone like a cares,
And as along the quickened air is po1red
Its melody, my angry eyes are lowered
And / dare hope It's l the bell doth bless
. steadfast maid. who tolest with me
here.
If we but pile our sheaves as In Gods
sight,
Seeking no recompense. unquestioning,
However rich his store, that will tongh.
AT the great feast sit nearer to the King.
Emerson Clifford Taylor. in the Critic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

F. w. Newcomb of Woodfords,
passed the greater part of the day. Sat-
urday, in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

social under the auspices OF the.
Y. r $. c. f.. of the Peoples chureh
viii be held. Tuesday evening, in the
church parlor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
MAINE POSTAL CHANGES.

Washington, Feb. ia post Office has
been established at Middle Dam in Ok
ford county. and Alice NJ. Coburn has
been appointed postmaster
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
You Should Know

What Hoods SarsaparilIa has power to
do for those who have impure and i'm
poverished blood. 1t makes the
blood rich and pure. and cures
scrofula. salt rheum. dyspepsia
catarrh. rheumatism. nervousness. If
you are troubled with any aiment
caused or promoted by impure blood.
take Hoods Sarsaparilla at once.
HOODS PILLS are prompt and eff
cient. easy to take, easy to operate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

ney pegin to soothe and absorb the
p NM alIa soreness the moment yon anniy
nent an mp hlasters The cure is pertna-
viii s ,,nu pressing. Your medicine dealer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
To Cure Constipation in One Week
To Purify the Blood in One Week
TO Strengthen Nerves in One Week
To Cure Sick Headache in One Dav

Take cleveiand's Celery Compound Tea.
zoe. Trial size free. II it fails to cure.
your money will be refunded. John
Coughiin. West End Kennebec Eeidgn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

Augusta Lodge. A. o. L. W, has it's
postponed whist party this evening, N
Union hail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
IN THE SENATE.
Post Office Bill and Amendments eulooies
Tor ts Mr.. Simpkins.

Washington, Feb. l9.-When consid-
erat'on OF the postoffice appropriation
plil "as resumed in the Senate. Satur-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

Saturday would have passed for the
opening day of spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
FOR SALE.

A Collender pool table. in tirst-cIass
shape. and all the para pherpalia. for sale
cheap. Address Chas f. Simpson. Rich
mond Me. feblS dIw%
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

Farm and village property for sale
Apply to Williamson Il Burleigh, coun-
sellors-at-law Augusta, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

Store suitable for furniture business,
FOur. floors and basement: elevator run
by electric motor The upper floors can
be arranged for desirable Offices. Inquire
or Atkinson Furnishing Co., 31S Water
street, Augusta. aug1,dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

My residence on Brunswick avenue In
Gardiner. Terms easy, or will exchange
for any desirable rentable property in
New England. +. G. Wise of Bickneli &
Neal Gardiner, Me. febl1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

WANTS put in these columns secur.
more answers than those who have not
tried are aware
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

$3.50 per month. Meonian hall for enter,
tainments and dances. Apply to James
a. Getchell, tanitor. or by Letter to
Horace North. Peabody, Mass. go Lowell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

WANTED--l00o mink skins. Highes.
market price paid. Cross Il Robinson.
Gardiner jan27 dino
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

Today. several capable house girls. two
for second work. Good help furnished at
short notice. Parties writing please en-
close stamp. Mrs. e. Nj. Glidden. with
Mrs. Cochrane. opposite Hotel North.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
WANTED

capable girl for general nouseworit
References required. Apply foreuoons 10
Mrs James T. Fuller. Is Green street.
feF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
MISCELIANEOU

Mrs. Cram. clairvoyant, can be consult
ed at is Gage street. Cases taken by
mail. febS. d2ws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

An experienced oining room girl Must
be neat and have references. AT Hotel
johnson. febl0dtf
\ situation to take care of an elderly
lady. OF as housekeeper for widowe!
Address. Mrs. q. Il. Woodward. +. q,
Box b. Amgusta. Ne. feblS dive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
New Advertisements To.ne,.

vinol.
Sapolio.
j. r.. Fuller.
DIR. Sander.
Carlsbad Sprudel Salts.
Bowditch, WEBSTER K Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

able color.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20
TO LET.

A convenient rent of five rooms Apply
Bank. a,lg5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

A bell boy al City Hotel. febi7,dtf
capable girl for general housewcrk |
must know how to cook. Apply y East |
ern Ave. --- 80 febl6,dtf /
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-20

Capability and satisfaction guaranteed
to those desiring my services in conduct
ing rehearsals for plays. scenic and floral
etc. Arranging elaborate
tableaux specially. Terms very mod
crate. Address, Mrs. Arthur l.. Brown.
Capitol square, Augusta Me.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03

a woman is not considered we'll formed
If she has a waist measuring less than
% inches and bust less than 36
inches.
Reasons for this change are not far
to seek. Never before were girls so
active or so varied in their pastimes as
they are today. Girls of the present
day are good at the oar, they are great
at cycling, they are not easily beaten
on the tennis court or golf links, and
they excel at basket ball and hockey.
Their grandmothers would be shocked
at the liberty enjoyed by the young
folk OF this generation.
Boys are not developing in ratio
with the girls. The height has not in
creased in late years, and the meas
urements of the average man of to-
day are not different from those of the
average man of so years ago.
Women now live longer than men.
The late Professor Buchner compiled
statistics showing that in Germany
only Alb out of 1000 males reach the
age of so, while more than 500 out OF
1000 females reach that age. In the
United States there are 1888 female
to 1893 male centenarians. In France,
often centenarians seven were women.
New York Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
Women and Money.

A good deal of newspaper discussion
has been aroused by an article in the
Popular Science Monthly in regard to
the alleged ignorance of women in
money matters. The author of the
article in question asserts that the
business education of the daughters
of America has been grievously neg
lected. and he urges the Importance
of thorough course of instruction,
with respect to the functions of checks
and drafts, and the proper use of
money in general.
No doubt the feminine mind, as q
rule, is little versed in even the sim
pier principles of banking, and no
doubt there ae numbers of women
just as there are many men, who are
foolishly extravagant. But it is mis-
take to assume, as some of our con-
temporaries have done, that these
sweeping accusations of womanly ex-
travagance are founded on fact.
An impartial observation of the
conditions of modern society will show
that they are far from true. The aver
age American woman appreciates the
worth OF q dollar more keenly and cal
culates its purchasing power more
closely than the typical man. 1t is not
for men, bat for women, that the
Especial sales" and ''bargain counter
offerings" are displayed. Whe a
man, if he wants shirt, hat or a
pair Of shoes, goes to the most con-
venlent place and gets the article
without expenditure of time or
thought, most women are resolute to
make their purchases where their dol
lars go farthest, even though they
have to spend much time and undergo
considerable inconvenience in order
to. reach them.
1t might be we'll if women were
more generally acquainted with bust
ness methods and the handling of
property. But, as sex, they assur-
edly need no tuition from masculinity
in the art of getting full value for their
money. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
Women Are Growing yal.r.

eff 6 rls go on increasing the ave age
stature of women as they have done
FOR the last decade, where will they
stop?"was the question asked the other
day by fond mother, half uncon-
sciously and half proudly, as she
stood by the side of and looking up to
her three tall and athletic daughters.
The average height of the woman of
the last general on was not more than
five feet three inches, but FIVE feet six
inches is not considered too high
figure today.
A we'll formed woman of today
weighs 145 pounds-a gain of 20
pounds over her grandmother. When
the arms are extended perfectly
formed woman should measure from
the tip of the middle finger to the tip
Of the middle finger Just five feet six
inches, or exactly her own height.
From the thighs to the ground she
should measure just what she meas
ures from the thighs to the top of the
head. The knee should come exactly
midway beneath the thigh and the
he2
A woman of the last generation took
pride in waist of 18 inches but today
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
WCmen at the Front.

When the deeds of courage and
valor in the Philippines have become
part of familiar history one of its
brightest pages will be given to the
wives and maidens who bore part so
nobly with the Kansas troops. They
were present in the trenches, ready
with their bandage2 to give first aid
to any stricken soldier, and about the
hospitals their cheerful presence and
deft nursing gave comfort to many a
wounded boy. In the letters written
to home folk by the Kansas wounded
we find mentioned the names of Mrs.
Funston, wife of the colonel; Mrs.
Schlieman, wife of the chaplain; Mrs.
Whitman, wife of the junior major,
and perhaps more frequently yet
the names of Miss Bradner and
Miss Ollie O'Brien. Miss Bradner
went from Kansas to India several
years ago as missionary. With the
breaking out of the Spanish war she
proceeded to Hong Kong, and then,
after Manila had fallen, to the Phil
ippine capital, where she at once in
stalled herself as nurse in the Twen-
tieth Kansas. She kept at the front
with the boys all through the late
campaign and applied the first relief
to all that came within her reach.
Miss Ollie O'Brien is Topeka girl
who went to Manila last summer on
pleasure bent. She accompanied Mrs.
Stutensburg, wife of regular army
officer who is now serving with the
volunteers from Nebraska. When the
wounded commenced to come from
the front she volunteered to go to
hospital as a nurse, and she has at
tended to her duties faithfully and
we'll. Miss O'Brien is naturally of
the army. When bit of babe she
was adopted into the family of Captain
NJ. O'Brien, and the people Of Hays
City remember we'll the pretty little
girl who used to fit about their town
when the captain was stationed at q
nearby fort.
Miss OBrien is tasting for the first
time in her life the delight OF being
something in the world besides a So
cial favorite. She is learning to be
thrilled by the crash of guns, the tramp
of men and the blast of the bugle.
The flag is no longer a pretty flag
futtering in the whilom of the breezes
it is the soul of nation, speaking
serious thoughts. When she wraps
the wounds of patriots she feels that
she is soothing the hurts of her coun-
try, and the strength and broadness
of it is coming to her like a great light
out OF darkness. All of this Miss
O'Brien tells in her letters, and she
says that she is not shocked nor griev-
ing, but happy-iiercely happy. Kan
sas City Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
New style in Skirts.

There are n great many fascinating
bargains displayed now in the shops
in the ready made silk petticoats.
These are sold for considerably less
than the amount of silk put into them
would cost by the yard; but, like all
bargains, they have some bad points.
The cheap skirts are made on the old
fashioned lines. The front breadth is
so narpow that the skirt wears out
very quickly, and in the back there is
too much fulness. The clever seams
tress now buys these petticoats, opens
them out as far as the drawing string
will permit, folds over the extra full
ness until she has bias seam directly
mp the middle of the back, which of
course cuts out quite lot of silk
from around tho hips. With this
piece she puts extra pieces on either
side of the front breadth, giving the
required width across the front As
rule, these ready made skirts are very
well cut around the hips. and fit fair
ly we'll around the waist, and can
without any trouble be made to fit
perfectly when the additional fulness
is taken out of the back, and if, in
stead of being fastened with drawing
string, the fllness is laid in a small
pleat and Luton and buttonho!e
made to fastep the petticoat. = Har-
per's Bazaar.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
THE EVE OF HER WEDDING.

Hush! Let me hide my happiness,
A little while let grief hold sway,
And sweetness blend with bitterness,
Before give myself away.
Soon, soon, must pass for evermore
The scenes Of old; new paths choose;
Oh, let me count my treasures Ger,
That, winning loves delights, lose.
Dear home! How all its hooks and trees,
Recall my childhood's joys and tears,
Mixed with immortal memories
OF twenty tranquil, transient years
Familiar sounds Of birds and bees
On summer eevnings fair and still,
Set to the music OF the breeze,
Or twilight tinkling Of the rill.
Oh, babbling brook oh, darling glade,
Where oft my childish feet have strayed,
bid you all last adieu
My father smiles, and chides in vain
The tears my mothers love lets fall
My sisters heart is wrung with pain
Good-by 1 soon must leave you all
This little hour give to grief,
With tender thoughts my eyes are wet;
l almost seem to find relief
In reminiscence and regret
One little hour Mine womans eyes
With waning childhood's dews are dim.
Away Love calls must arise,
And hasten forth and follow him.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
French ",rr,. Psrtinston."

Calino, the French ''Mrs. Parting.
ton." does not amuse 80 much by the
confusion of his words as by the
quaintness and unintended plainness
of his remarks. He entered the ser.
vice of well-known doctor, who, af-
Caljno had been buying hay for his
horses for while, made up his mind
that the hay was worthless.
'That is very poor hay that you
have been buying" the doctor COM
planned.
"But the horses cat it, SIR" said
Calino.
''No matter; it's bad hay"
eyes, sir, )" said Calino. respectfully.
'I'll change it. I know you are a
much better Judge Of hay than the
horses are"
One day the bell rang, and Calino
came in.
"a patient has arrived, sir" he re-
ported.
can old patient or a new one?"
asked the doctor.
"New one, of course, SIR" said
Calino. ''The old ones never come
back!"
Calino admired very much the beau
iful teeth Of lady among his mas.
,er's patients.
"Ah!" he exclaimed. ''Her teeth
IRE as fresh and sound and white as @
Newborn baby's!"-Youth's Com
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
Savings Banks of Roman children.

The children of the Romans used to
put their pennies into savings banks
lust as the children of the Yankees do
:Q:day. In 1886, when Professor
Thofdas Wilson, of the Smithsonian
Institution, was wandering about Os-
ia, the seaport of ancient Rome, he
.ound a group Of peasants excavating.
They had dug out Of the sand num-
Ser of pots and jars that had been
buried for ages. and one of them had
ound a child's saving bank which
contained It's silver coins issued by
;he emperors of Rome between the
years 200 and 10 B. G. AS none of
the later date were found, it is to be
assumed that some child lost this
oank shortly before our era, and it
was covered for nineteen centuries by
The encroaching sand.
The little savings bank was almost
perfect when it was uncovered, but the
peasant who found it broke it open to
get the coins within. Professor Will
son found most of the pieces, how
sver, and has been able to put it to-
yether. 1t consists of single piece
If pottery about three inches wide,
With slit in the top through which
;he money was dropped.-Chicago
Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
Mahogany Is Plentiful Nowadays.
Never lE6l31lnU

Mahogany 10 Plentiful Nowadays.
Mahogany IS no longer the rare and
hacdly procurable wood that it was in
our grandparents days, when table
or chest made from it was an unmis.
taxable indication of prosperity anG
gentility. Now it is used in railroad
cars, in the finish of private houses,
hotels, and for hundred purposes
formerly undreamed of.
A steamer in the service of large
Importing house brings in over a
million feet of mahogany lumber on a
single trip. Where 1000 feet of lum.
Der were brought to this country on
slow sailing vessels twenty-five years
ago, 100000 feet are brought on
rapid steamers now. The character
of the wood has changed, however
The best mahogany came from Cuba
and San Domingo, but all the ma.
hogany near the roads and water.
ways was used. There is still plenty
of mahogany in Cuba, but it is too
difficult and expensive to obtain. The
mahogany of San Domingo and Cuba
was superior in hardness, in the
beauty of its grain and in its sus-
ceptibility to high polish. Next in
quality is the Nicaraguan wood, which
is imported in large quantities. The
American firm which has the sole con-
troll of the wood on the Atlantic coast
of Nicaragua is under contract to plant
two trees for every one cut down, and
these, it Is estimated, will be ready
for the market in fifty years.
Africa has millions OF acres of ma
hogany, which is just beginning to
come into the market, but it is not as
good in quality as the Nicaragua wood.
New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03

there stood Silas McCabe, who had
recently returned from the far west.
"Well, Silas, walk right in and set
while I do up my dishes. I am
awful glad to see you."
| '.Law, now, Selina, this ERE does
look homelikel I've come to settle
down and so I'm calm round to see
the neighbors.
That's right, Silas," she added,
"and you must feel kinder lonely now
that Sairy Ann is dead"
eyes; I lost her nearly year ago,
and as we never had no children, I'm
all alone.''
'"That's hard lines ivr you, Silas."
"Yes, and your pa and ma is gone,
too, amt they ?''
When he rose to go he said: "Well,
I'll drop in again, Selma; I'm staying
at Cousin Pete's, and it's none too
lively there"
''Do call again." she sa d sweetly.
On his way over to the farm the
next night he thought to himself:
''Sairy Ann never had no faculty for
gettin' on and Selma seems real fore
handed; the year is nearly up, and
I'd kinder like to be married when the
anniversary comes round"
He found everything very neat in
the little kitched and Selma seemed
glad to see him. During the evening
he drew his splint bottomed chair up
close to hers and said:
"Say, Selma, the year is nearly up ;
could you get ready by that time?
"How soon is it, Silas?'
"'Bout ten days, l reckon; I alters
cared for you, Selma, in school more
than I did for Sairy Ann and wish I
hadn't minded Your hair then; think
it's real peart now; and somehow
Sairy Ann never seemed to have any
faculty for gettin on"
"Well, I guess I'm forehanded
enough to get ready in that time" re-
piled blushing Selma.
AS she blew out her candle that
night she said to hereslf: "Only ten
days Well Miss Clark can make
over mas green silk and I'll get new
alapaca; that'll be all I'll need, for
my trunk of clother is all ready. Ma
was in the right when she said its
alters best to be forehanded, even if
pa did say it was gals foolishness. +"
Atlanta Constitution.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-03
Mrs. McKinley,s Allowance.

Mrs. Mckinley has $4,000 which she
does not know how to spend. Con-
gress appropriates sum of money for
the White House expenses every year.
Mrs. Cleveland, like Mrs. Washing
ton, chose carriageway. Mrs. Har-
rison invested the money in dishes
and linen. and, in consequence, the
White House is so complete there isn't
really anything needed.
Mrs. Mckinley has had suggestions
galore, for her friends are anxious to
have their fingers in White House
pie. One suggested drinking foun-
tain for the benefit of sightseers. A
young girl friend of Mrs. Mckinley
made plea for an ideal tennis court.
New York Tribune. ssc. -