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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
To The Peoples Store

We have waiting room on second floor,
where all the latest fashion magazines
will be found, and stationery and writ
ing material for your use, also q nice
toilet room for the accommodation of
our lady patrons. We want you to
make yourselves at home at The
Peoples Store during your stay in our
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

The Patrons began To leave us,
Thursday morning, ana all Of Thurs
days trains took many Of them away.
They have had a good time in Augusta
ana viii come again, they say. Au-
Custa certainly hopes so.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

The reports of drowning accidents
all about Augusta, should be a warn
ing to Augusta skaters to be careful
and not take too great a risk. OF
COURSE it is useless to preach about the
subject, but just a reminder to one :
friends by another. will possibly save
a life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
Mothers! Mothers.! Mothers!!!

MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been uSe,i
forever FIFTY lEARSby MIL1IONSuf MOTHERS
for their CHILDREN while TEErIlNG. with PER
FEET SUCCESS. II SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFT.
EMS the GU MS. ALIAIS AL PAIN. CURES WIND
COLO. and is tile best remedy for DIARRiIuA.
sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. Twenty five cents a bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
HOLIDAY POSTAL ORDERS.
Arrangements by Postmaster Stinson OF Inter
est to Augusta People.

The following general orders from
the Office Of Postmaster Stinson We're
posted, yesterday:
Augusta. Me, Dec. n, 1899
General Orders No. a.
on and after this date. for the DAYS Of
TINS week only, the general stamp win
dow is 70 remain open until 9 +. NJ, with
the exception Of Saturday. when il will
remain open until 10 +. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

TaEer. Carey K Reid have n real
wonder in that "Wonder' air tight
stove, which burns As hours. They
extend special invitation to grangers
who may tie in the city to call and
see it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

Santa Claus will be busy, next Mon
day evening" remarks a small friend
OF the Journal, because he will have
to visit twice as many Christmas trees
as usual
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
Alnusements.
PADEREWSKI.

only Recital. City Hall. Portland
Wednesday afternoon, Jan g. Reserved
seats. sl50 and $500 Admission. $lO0. on
sale ut NJ. Steinert Sons Co. 5i7 Congress
St Half fare on all railroads to ali hold
ing "Paderewski' tickets. Telephone Iis
decS div
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

J. &. Kirkpatrick announces special
prices for today and Saturday. and
says he shall display an extra line Of
the latest ieWelry novelties. chains,
pins. brooches, diamond rings. silver
articles etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
lust Looking Today"

All day doth the Christmas shopper
Rush madly here ana there.
And all she Spendeth is one dime,
and that is for street car rare.
Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
REGISTRY DIVISION.

For The accommodation of the public
the registry department will be open for
the receipt ana delivery Of registered
mail until $50 Saturday evening. 1t is
against the law to deliver registered mail
on Sunday. 80 that division will be closed
for the entire day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

North Carolina needle pines and
evergreen wreaths for Xmas at Part
ridges, today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22
SUPERIOR COURT.
December Term. 1899. Hon. o. G. Hal
Presiding.

w. s. CHoATE, Clerk.
| G. w. HEsELToN, County Attorney.
A. l.. McFADDEN. Sheriff.
II. A. SMALL, StenOgrapher.
Augusta Dec. q.
State vs.. Morrill, and Edmunds Tni.
case was given to the jury nj : O'Clock
At 3.:i5 a verdict Of guilty Of assault wa:
returned against both defendants.
The hearing in the case Of State VS.
John a. Merrill was resumed, this after
noon, the pending question being that oi
sentence. Testimony WAS Introduced ~
the part Of the government. coming from
prominent citizens of Newport. From
The greater portion of them the teSti-
mnny was that Merrill for the last six
months had not borne good reputation
for exemplary conduct: that he had been
seen under circumstances that Indicated
intuNicatiOu. Counsel for respondent in
troduccd petitions addressed to the court
from citizens IF Last and North Nassal-
boru, in favor ~ clrmcncN.
Mr.. Goddard Of counsel for Merrill, then
briefly addressed the court, asking for a
mild sentence, and MI. Heselton spoke
against such disposition Of the case.
The case was then further continued IN
til Saturday next at 10 o'clock. when sen
ttnce Will br imposed
In the ease Of State w. charles X. Run
nels and George Il tunnels plea IF
nOlo contendcrc Was entered and the
matter Wa continued for sentence On
payment Of costs. taxed at 81. The same
plea WAS entered in Il taSr against the
same parties for cunccalng mortgagci
property ANA the ease continued for sen
tence.
Assignment Il civil actions, beginning
Tuesday, Dee -:
sl7-Marrcll, I'LL. V. MJrreH. Johnson;
Brown * r.
o5l-Marrri >ebt vs MarreI. brown X
7sl-RS@co I'll Wy Robinson. Became I I'll;
Thompson. 1885,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

There was skating in spots on
Bond brook. Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

If you have any friends on the above
list Won would like to see get the sewing
machine deposit your votes for them
Customers are at liberty to vote for
themselves or whoever they like. Votes
can be had with every Twenty-Five cent
purchase at our store.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
A New Woman, This.

A remarkable woman died in Lon
don a few days ago. Because of her
death all of the conductors on the
South London tramway lines wore
mourning as a mark of reverence, for
she was a practical leader of laborers.
Her name was Miss Penman and she
was the superintendent CO the South
London tramway system. She was the
only woman who had ever held such
a position. Miss Penman once held a
position on the Glasgow tramways.
Her ability in a sphere hitherto sup
posed to belong exclusively to men at
tracted attention in the United King
dom, and several years ago she accept
ed the position Of superintendent on
the South London system. A few
months ago that line, with others,
went under municipal ownership. The
London County Council took over
all Of the southern lines to be hence
forth run by the people for the people.
and many changes In management and
working forces were made. Miss PEN
man, however, was continued in Office.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
Foreign.

In official quarters at London it is de-
MED there is any hitch in the final set
tlement of the Samoan agreement.
The Italian minister Of public in
structiOn proposes to introduce an
Arbor day each year for the planting
Of trees on Italy's waste lands.
Sir Richard Webster, attorney gen.
eral, has been created a baronet in
recognition of his work on the Ven
ezuelan arbitration commission.
Under the new supplement to the
workingman's insurance act in Ger
many the increase paid to workmen's
funds at the Krupp gun works alone
will be $4,000 a year.
In spite Of the fact that more political
prisoners now live in Siberia than aver
before the Russian government has
diminished the sum for their MAIN
tenance from $150,OO0 to $4,000.
Recent Investigations have shown a
deplorable state Of political corruption
in the Russian navy, and it is said that
the car will make an example of some
officers caught stealing funds through
forged vouchers.
A great sensation has been caused at
Berlin by the empress letter to the
municipality, in which she takes occa-
sion to express pain Mt the fact that 4
teacher of the Royal university ridi-
culed the Bible sin a manner to most
deeply iniure all morality, and, above
oil, Christian feeling"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
Women
Would SURG
y Try Mrs.
plnkhamIS
ModIcln0
They Only
Knew, Says
Mrs. King

and received benefit from IL .. nos
I have taken It yer since anu M
have no backache, no PAIN ~
side and my stomach and Doves That
perfectly well. lean honestly 81 ouly
there is nothing like 1t. II ccu vour
tell every woman how much go0 ..orld
medicine has done me, they ,ss,va
surely tryit."->MARTHA M. KING
ArTLEBoRo, MASS.
The way women trifle with . a,st !,
shows a degree of indifference Srse-
misunderstanding. Happiness.h. 70
fulness depend on physical makes
does a good disposition. Diseass srap
women nervous, irritable anu .ousp
pish. The very effort OF aiiins ner.
to be good-natured makes tneM :. viii
vous. Write TO Mrs. Pinkham'
help you to health and happlnesha
Itcostsnothing togstMrs. rip ss.ss
advice. Her address is Lynn
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
a ROMANCE COUNTED OUT.
Ensign Powell and wife Had Always
Been Sw%eethearts

Ensign Joe" Powell, who followed
after Hobson in a steam launch on the
night the latter blew up the Merrimac
in the narrows OF Santiago harbor,
was married recently at Oswego, N. Y.
to Miss Bertha Allen Osterhout. Both
were born and reared in Oswego, but
pretty much all northern New York
look an interest in the event. Some
month"; ago one OF the New York Sun
Gay papers printed a story about En-
sign Powell being nursed back to life
oy Miss Osterhout in one of the mill
tar hospitals after the Santiago cam
palgn, and founded the romanc on
This experience. This tale gave just
and serious offense to the many friends
OF both parties, because ii was unit lie
and grossly irreconcilable with the
character OF either the ensign or his
bride. They were children together.
and Just belonged, like Dick and
Maisie, in Kipling's story. At least,
that is all the world knows about their
romance, or is likely ever to know, for
neither party has any sympathy with
~erandstand plays. Indeed, Powell's
modesty is his strongest weakness.
He has refused several offers from
magazines to write the story of his
experience on the night the Merrimac
was sunk. The only authentic story
yet published Of that daring perform
ance-more daring, some naval men
nave said, han Hobson's own-was in
complete, and 1t was wrung from the
ensign almost without his c~onsent,cer-
tainly without any encouragement
from him. Ensign Powell belongs to
the construction corps, having gradu-
ated number three in his class at An
napolis in 1898. He volunteered for
the line when the wal broke out, but
has now gone back to his own depart
ment. Thus he will be able to spend
his honeymoon in Glasgow, having
been detailed for construction work on
the Clyde for six months. One of the
open secrets of the navy is that Eng
land and France, just before the war,
withdrew from American naval gradu-
ates the ancient privilege of studying
at their shipyards, for the reason that
the Yankee boys had got into the habit
of winning all the prizes. Lately, in
pursuance of her friendly policy to-
ward Uncle Sam, England has restored
the courtesy, and Ensign Powell is one
of the first Americans to profit by this
freak of international comity.-Satur-
day Evening Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
In Two Sections.

In the Surrey village of Send Is a
sick benefit society which is conducted
in two sections, one for teetotalers and
the other for moderate drinkers. The
last balance sheet is a curious one. It
shows that the abstainers have re-
quired no sick pay during the twelve
months, and the subscriptions were
returned to the extent Of l pound, 4
shillings and 8 pence each. On the
other hand, only IS shillings each was
available for the moderate drinkers,
whose section bad received Is pounds,
l shilling and s pence in sick pay. The
first death in the club occurred recent
ly, and the question arose whether
both sections should be called on to
pay the levy usual in such cases. AS
the deceased was a moderate drinker,
the teetotalers contended that no part
of the subsidy should fall upon them,
but on a vote being taken they were
defeated on the point. They feel very
much aggrieved, however, and it is
not improbable that the section for
a~bstainers will cease to exist at the
end Of the year.-London Telegraph.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
4 TELESCOPES RusYRopY.
Something I'm n Neighbor's House He
Failed to See.

Failed to See.
II bought d >very powerful hand tele-
scope last summer" said a man of af-
fairs who amuses himself by dabbling
in science, land was ~star-gazing on
my roof almost every pleasant night"
quotes the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat. "One evening / was seated UP
there with my glass when my atten-
ton was attracted by a little square
of yellow toward the southwest. Out
of purely idle curiosity I lowered the
telescope in that direction, and was
startled to find myself looking at a
man in his shirt-sleeves seated at a
table in what seemed to be a study OF
some kind, evidently engaged in writ
ing. He was marvelously distinct, and
when was about to turn away he sud
denly clapped both hands to his fore
head and then threw them outward
with an indescribably tragic gesture.
Needless to say, l threw scruples to the
wind and kept my glass on the spot. In.
the next five minutes the man went
through the most singular and mex
plicable performance. He would write
for a few seconds, bring his hands to-
gether in an attitude of prayer, write
again, jump up and pace the floor, slap
his head, write some more, clutch at
the empty air, and, altogether, he
piqued my curiosity to the highest
point. l finally concluded he was an
author in the throes of composition,
and called to my brother-in-law, who
sometimes scribbles verses, to come
and give a expert opinion. Come
and see a fellow-poet In a fine frenzy
l called, and he came up in his paja-
mas. l trained the instrument for
him along the edge of the ~parapet. Be-
hold the bardr l said. Bard, your
grandmother he exclaimed, after a
long look through the tube. Why, l
know that man well. He's a boot and
h o drummer Drummer or not j
replied, he is certainly writing a poem
probably a sonnet on the immor-
tally of the insole. Otherwise, how
do you account for his paving the air
and shifting his brow? My brother
in-law looked again. Then he roared
with laughter. 'Bah!' he said, he's
not wrestling with the divine affiatus.
He's scrapping with mosquitoes I
took another survey myself and reluct-
antly admitted the correctness OF the
theory. I had never thought of mos
quitoes."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
rhe stupidity of Drawing Lines.

Woman's Home Companion: How
infinitely stupid 1t is to draw lines in
small places instead of honestly en-
joying all there Is to enjoy. II one
has had superior advantages, is there
no obligation to give pleasure, to make
sunshine in others lives because Of
that good fortune? The time Is at
hand when intelligence will be too
widespread. progress to a more vigor-
Gus plane OF thinking too real to adj
init of men and women looking
askance at one another to make
mental invoice Of social, financial or
other probabilities? Will it not soon
penetrate the dullest brain that wealth,
rank or leadership are powerless as
shields against unhappiness, or as
props to mental, moral or physical de-
fciencies; that there is positively no
honest or sensible basis for judging
individuals excepting individuality?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
'PITH OF THE NEWS
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
. Comprehensive Review OF INV
Important Happenings OF the
Past Week CuIIed From the ie'-
egraph Reports - The Notapie
Events at Home and Abroad ih"'
Have Attracted Attention.
Accidental Happenings.

Benson Wantz, Millersburg, Ind, was
struck and instantly killed by a Lake
Shore train.
DR.. l.. VI. Johnson of Storm Lake,
Iowa, was accidentally poisoned by
wood alcohol.
G. Wellard of Bucyrus, Ohio, while
out hunting rabbits with his twin sons,
killed one and wounded the other.
Martin V. Bergen, son of Councilman
Peter V. Bergen of Princeton, \. j..
died recently from receiving a haZing
at Lawrenceville.
A tidal wave at LaytOnville, Cal.
swept away $50 feet of the wharf at
Bear Harbor. Charles Ward and Chris
topher Jones, labOrers, We're drowned.
General Manager +. c. Hills, of the
SiauX City, O'Neill & Western railroad,
died at Sioux City Of arsenic poisoning,
having eaten by mistake breakfast
food in which the drug had been mixed
for the purpose Of killing rats.
The st. Charles hotel and six other
buildings were destroyed by fire at
Wagner, 1. ". One guest. 4 Fort
Smith travelling man named White
side, was burned to death. Two others,
naL4es unknown, are missing.
The steamer Rosalie reports that J.
Smith and one Beattie were drowned
in White Horse rapids, Alaska, on Nov.
II. The steamer Tees reports the
drowning in Alaska of a Mrs. Dumble-
ton, another woman and three I'M
known men.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
WE BEAT THE WORLD
AMERICAN MACHINERY THE
BEST ON EARTH.
We Have ExcelIed the Great Ingenuity
of the French and Now Stand In
the Lead of All Nations In the
Mechanical Arts. >

French inventions are usually de-
the means by which the end sought to
be effected is attained. This is, no
doubt, due to the fact that so small a
proportion of the population have any
practical mechanical knowledge. AL
most every man in the United States
knows the use of tools. Very many
who have no manual occupation are
fairly skilled workers, and those who
have inventive tendencies are not
ashamed to devote their leisure time
to the requirement Of technical skill
necessary to prepare their working
models and perfect their inventions.
In France, on the contrary, such
knowledge is considered derogatory TO
any n in the higher walks Of life. A
clerk will not close a shutter nor dust
on the top of the desk at which he
works, since that is the business of an
"ouvrier;'' nor will a man who 10Y
in good society permit himself to be
seen carrying a package of any sort
along the street. One result Of this
use of tools by laborers is
that French invention usually has, to
an American, a certain sense of awk-
wardness in it's mechanical applica-
ton. The idea may be a good one.
but there is very seldom any of the
hardness which one finds in an Amer
can invention. A Guadeloupe manu-
facturer who had ordered two Ameri-
can machines tells his experience In a
letter to our consul. when they
came he writes, I'VE were much dis
appointed. They looked rough and
ugly, and we are accustomed to receive
from France similar goods that are
very beautiful and graceful to look at.
But when we came to examine the in
terror we were most pleasantly sur
prised-perfect adjustment, exquisite
fittings, the minimum of friction and
lost motion and maximum of efficiency
and solidity. Your machines are in
comparably better than our own in
these respects. and much cheaper"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
Criminal Record.

Charles Wheeler and Cornelius
Holmes, charged with burglary, have
escaped from the Lincoln, ILL.,, Jail.
William Bull has been arrested A.
st. Louis on a charge of smuggling
Photographic lenses into the United
States.
The grand jury returned true bills
against Mrs. Henrietta Bamberger. thn
st. Louis midwife, who was arrested
last week.
Ernest Clevenger, recently convicted
OF killing George Allen and Della Clev.
enger at a religious meeting at Mis-.
souri, City, has been sentenced TO ba
hanged on Friday, Jan. 3.
Howard HalloweII, foreman Of tho
HARDWOOD & Barteer bedstead factory
at Marion, Ind, has been arrested for
coercing and discharging workmen no.
cause they Were members of a labor
union.
r. j. Knox, IN Of the alleged White.
man swindlers, was discharged M New
York. He was Immediately rearrested
by two detectives of Capt. McCluskev,s
force. He fiercely resisted the detec
tives and a fierce fight ensued. but with
the assistance OF a policeman Knoy
was overcome and taken into custody.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
people Talked About.

Daniel s. Kidder Of Florida has
been appointed consul ut Algiers, AT.
RIGA. vice G.. II. Grellet.
Miss Eliza Works, known as the old.
est resident Of Monroe county, N. j.,
died at her home In Henrietta. aged
1O5 years 10 months and ID days.
From n diary found among her eff
fects. ii is learned that the death OF
Mrs. Evelyn Adams, authoress, at New
York, was mainly due to starvation.
Thomas w. Bracher, inventor OF thir-
ty different pieces Of machinery ana
articles connected with the hatters'
trade, is dead ut his home in New
York, aged tifty-six years.
Mr.. Thomas Henry Ismay. h foun-
der and chairman of the board OF oil
rectors of the White Star Line Steam
ship company, died suddenly mt Liy-
erpool. He was born Jan. Z, 1887.
Mrs. Ben. G. Humphreys, honorable
president of the Mississippi chapter,
Daughters of the COnfederacy, dice ut
her home i'm Greenyaad, Miss, aged
seyenty-three years. She was the wife
of the late Ben. g. Humphreys, the
war governor of Mississippi.
Mai. William J, Volkmar, assistant
adiutant general, has applied for re-
tirement. thereby causing n OF the
most desirable vacancies that has &C.
CURED in the staff of the army for a
long time. Maj. Nolkmar is now at
tachcd to the headquarters of the de-
partment of the lakes at Chicago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
An Endless Chain.

From the Memphis Scimitar: Some
weeks ago a gentleman left a small
package at the home OF a young
lady upon whom he was max
ing his first call. She wrote him a
note telling him he had left 1t. He
wrote her m telling her it was some
edibles, and that she might appropriate
1t to her own use. She wrote again to
express her appreciation. He replied
to express his appreciation of her ap-
probation. She retaliated with an ex-
preston of her appreciation of his ap-
probation OF her appreciation. At
the present time the expression of APP
probation is going forward In arith-
metical progression as the letters null
tiply, and as they contain some
thing a little more serious in
its nature there promises to be
some very interesting complications
resulting from a correspondence, pre-
sumably for the expression Of appre-
citation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-30
Evolution of Ketchup.

One of the trials of our younger days
was to spell the name of the sauce
that was and still Is pronounced
''ketchup." Such as had mastered
'"c-a-t-s-u-p" were on the top shelf OF
culture. From catsup we filtered down
to katsup, then to catchup and finally
to ketchup. A man Owe in New Jer-
sey made a million at bottling to-
matoes. and married his daughter to
a real prince. Now comes along a man
up in the interior of the Empire state
Of New York who offers grape catch
up" as the finest modern relish. 1t Is
made from selected Catawba grapes"
and beats the old-fashioned home
made tomato catsup to death.-New
York Press.