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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15
STATE HOUSE.
Land Agent Oak Says hroostook !:
Not So Dry.
Secretary PIummer Believes the Price oil
Cattle Will Stay Up.

Land Agent C. f. Oak has been in all
parts of the State of Maine in the past
two weeks. and he has had an opportu-
nifty to investigate the condition of the
crops and to forecast somewhat on their
outlook.
Il have found sections of the State that
look far worse than it does about Au-
gusta,' he remarked, Wednesday morn
ing, out there are other sections where
the condition is no different from the av-
erage year. Up in Aroostook we have
had many very sharp showers. so that
the outlook is good for all classes OF
crops This is also true Of the Rangeey
region. But the nearer have approached
the sea coast. the worse have | found
the condition of things"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

The water in the river and brooks is
much higher than would be expected
from the long spell Of dry weather
which was broken by yesterday
shower. The water is about the average
hpipht
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

Secretary Plummer Of the board of
State assessors, Is man who has always
been interested in farming and he believes
in the raising of cattle and horses.
what will become OF the poor farmer
if the drouth spos his hay CROP"
asked visitor, Wednesday morning.
won't it make him 50 very hard up
that he will have to sell his cattle to raise
money to pay his taxes. and from the
lack Of money to buy more hay?"
Possibly" replied Mr.. Plummer but he
always looks on the bright side of every
thing and he added" | hardly think
though that one poor hay crop will cause
them to sell out, for there is lots of OIL
hay in the country. today, that would
carry them over another year.
Il should doubt if the cry of the pos
sibe decrease in the price of cattle and
horses as the result had much founda-
ton. You see New England is but a
small part of this great country, and
there is not much doubt but that there
will be good crops in some parts Of the
United States Now, you understand
that the price of cattle and also of horses
has been much firmer and higher than for
long time, and | believe it will stay 50
and what little selling there is done. this
year, will not affect the price
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

The funeral of the late Mrs. Charles
BARRON will be held. this morning, at
o,o,ock in st. Mary's church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

Secretary g. w. McKeen went to Orono,
Tuesday night to be present at the com
mcncement exercises at the University
Of Maine. He will start, today. upon Il
series of farmers institutes that will
keep him from his office a the State
House for three weeks without a break
His coming bulletin of the month is likely
to tell better than anything else that has
been published. the exact condition of
the crops Of the State ana their possible
failure or success
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

There are so many remedies offered for
this complaint that we should be careful in
selecting the right one. What you really
need is-not mere purgative which will
require increased doses and finally cease act
ing-but a well-seasoned medicine, which,
while it cleanses, at the same time strengthens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

Hon. w. S Cotton of Lisbon Falls. was
a the State House. Wednesday. on bust
ness connected with his compilation OF
the journal Of the House for the past ses-
sion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

height.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

Commissioner S. W. Carr is in Calais
on work connected with his department.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

Two bales of this years cottonwere
sold here yesterday, one bringing
7 cents and the other 81 per pound.
Both bales were gathered from
Red River farms, the one bringing
Z cents, on the Rochell farm, the
other from the Runnell's farm, Mr..
Albert Purcell was the purchaser.
They are still having a time at
Rennes with the Dreyfus case,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

The lights in the postofflce went
out Friday gnight, and as there was
no one who understood the working
of the machinery, it was some time
before the light could be made to
burn. We learn the superintend-
ent of the city gas plant was impor-
tuned to turn gas on, but he de-
clned unless the authorities were
ready to give his company a per-
manencey order for lighting the
postofice. AS there was no one
present to assume this great re-
sponsibility, the Government hav-
ing just put in a plant at a cost
of 5000, the superintendent dinnt
get the order. We suppose Post
master Foreman when he comes,
will try and have his janitor school
ed in handling the gas plant. There
is one thing certain, it takes some
one to look after plant of this
kind and when it gets out of order,
to know the cause and apply the
remedy
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27
State Line M. E. Church South.

Special service at State Line to-
day at l0:45 a. M and 8 p. m.
Topic for the morning sermon
"Why do the majority of men stay
away from church," Let me urge
my congregation to come out Men
are earnestly requested to be pres
ent. If ! can help any of my gentle
man friends, it will delight me to dc
SO. Come-you will hear some soul
stirring music. See program for
young peoples service at night.
All invited-strangers welcome.
D. f. G. TIArdoNs, Pastor.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

AHNA&--
rSafDfaMfD ,
,rstches, diamonds
1 val Jewelry, Bicycles,
1 ..,as Machines, PISTOLS etc
,,ouls HHILBRON's, .,,,.. (
"lOh The Reliable Money Lender
"E~@
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

We call attention of the west side
officers to the fact that out inst
beyound Mr.. Targets on State Line
Ave, lives a lot of negroes that are
disturbers in the worst sense of the
word-when they are not hopping
and yelling at the top of their voice,
they seemingly are beating some of
their children to death-they live
on the Texas side and some II or IL
blocks from Broad street, and the
third house from the corner this
way, is badly in need of attention
they are most desperate in their
daily conduct
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27
rEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1899
EXPECTED A MONKEY SHOW,
MorrilltOn People Hot Under the Col
lar at Wood and Davis,


Friday three thousand Morillton-
ians assembled under a brush arbor
to see and hear the only and origi-
nal JEFF Davis, and Hon. ]. E. Wood
open the gubernatorial campaign.
They had advertised that they were
going to have a cat and parrot
time of it and would make the
feathers fly, and advised the men
folks to have the buttons sewed on
their pants tight and the old ladies
to leave their false teeth at home.
Hon. ]. e. Wood was introduced
first and he began by telling what
he did in the legislature and why
he did it. 1t was a big 'TH speech
all the way through. The Morrill,
tonians after patiently listening
for two hours and not seeing a
feather fly from Davis, they began
to yell to give Davis a showing, and
the noise became so general that
Wood had to come down and leave
part of his speech unsaid, He made
a bad impression, SO it is said,
Davis got the floor and made the
same old speech he has been max
lug since he entered the race. He
attacked the press, those editors
who were against him. To illus
trate what he thought of an editor
he said
Il have a twelve year old boy at
home, and | propose to make a
preacher out of him, provided he
has sense enough, but, it not. then
| will make lawyer out of him,
but, if | see he has no sense at all
then l will make an editor out of
him.
1t seems that Davis carried off
the honors, though the people we're
expecting good hair pulling time,
but got disappointed.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

"For the sake of Fun, Mischief is
Done" A vast amount of mischief
is done, too, because people neglect
to keep their blood pure, This mis-
chief, fortunately, may be undone
by the faithful use Of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

The remains of Charles McCor.
mick arrived here last night and
was conveyed to the undertaking
establishment of G. M. Reeves.
The family met the train that
brought the remains and there
was an affecting scene.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

There will be a Elk lodge insti-
tuted at Shreveport next Tuesday
night and the Elks of this city have
been invited to attend the organi-
zation of the same. Several of the
members of Texarkana will go over
and assist
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

We learn that there is considera-
BILE sickness here in the way Of fe-
vers. AS an act of caution it would
be well for people to boil their
drinking water, as water is more
often than anything else the source
of such sickness.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

Texarkana can never hope to be
the enterprising city she should be
until we have cotton factories.
Why not get up one on the coop
erative plan, like Shreveport and
Fort Smith, 1t could be done very
easily.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

The remains Of Victor Collier
who died suddenly at the Cosmo-
politan hotel Friday morning was
buried at the Catholic Cemetery
Friday afternoon at five o'clock,
John Buron, uncle Of the deceased
and Messrs Victor and Albert Blu.
ron and Mrs. Victor Buron, cousins
Of the deceased were in attendance
and looked after the details of the
burial. Several friends of the Blu
ron family accompanied them to
the cemetery
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

The Kirby beach bathing pool is
now open for the summer D Al
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills Non
irritating,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

We have fterers ON the market
to filter our water but they are
not guaranteed to remove the mi
crobes or bacilli that are so indn-
tesimally small that a dozen Of
them in their embryo state can get
through the pores Of the stone
easily, to be incubated in the juices
OF the stomach, What we need is
something that will destroy these
germs as well as take the dirt out
of the water Boiling the water 1t
is claimed will kill these germs.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-27

Should provide themselves with the
best foods before leaving home, as a
camping out ground isn't a place to
secure such high grade groceries
canned goods and delicacies as you
will find in our high grade stock OF
foods. For camping, picnics, fishing
excursions sacure your palatabie,
nourishings. and choice foods at
Meriwether & TayIOr'S,
7Io East Broad St. Phone 100.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17
STATE OF WAR
Congressman SuIzer Wants
Beers to Have BeIIigerent
RIGHTS

Washington, Dec, 6.-Representative
sulzer of New York has introduced a
joint resolution declaring that state
of war exists in South Africa, and ac-
cordfng belligerent rights to the Trans
vaal government. The resolution is as
follows:
Joint resolution declaring that a
state of public war exists between
Great Britain and the Transvaal repub-
lie and that belligerent rights be ac-
corded tc the Transvaal government:
Resolved, by the Senate and House
Of Representatives., that the govern
ment of the United States recognize a
condition of public war between Great
Britain and the republic of the Trans
Vaal and the United States of America
hereby declare that they will maintain
condition of strict neutrality between
the contending powers and accord to
each all the rights of belligerents in the
ports and territory of the United States
The congress of the United States
protests and demonstrates against the
barbarous manner in which the war has
been conducted by Great Britain, and
the president is hereby authorized to
take such steps as may be expedient in
his judgment to observe the war as
recognize by all civilized nations and to
bring about an honorable peace
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17
TeIegraphic Briefs.

New York, Dec 16.-Former Mayor Pat
rick J. Gleason Of Long Island City filed
with the clerk of the United States dis
trict court, Brooklyn, today petition in
voluntary bankruptcy, in which he gives
his liabilities as $226, 1874; assets, $780,
Glen Falls. N. r., Dec. 16-Peter Shar-
key, resident of Keene, n. H., died
here today as the result of injuries re-
ceived early Thursday morning, when an
attempt was made to rob him. He was
internally injured and received bruises
about the head and shoulders He was
taken to his father-in-law house, where
he died reward of $3.50 has been offered
nv the district attorney of Warren county
for the arrest and conviction of the par
ties concerned in the murder
Fall River, Dec. 16.-Weavers employed
in the Parker mill claim that the 10 per
cent advance has not been allowed them.
II is claimed that the posted prices show
an advance of less than Ave per cent on
some classes of goods, and If the pay en-
welcomes of this class Of help do not show
thA full ADVANCE next week the operatives
threaten to strike
washington. Dec 16. = The transport
Logan. with Col. Richmond and the Forty
first volunteer infantry. arrived at Alden
at noon today.
Lowell. Dec 16.-About 700 operatives in
the Merrimac and Hamilton print works
forned a temporary organization and will
ioin tho American Federation Of Labor.
Tho wor.en will be asked to join the
union
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17
DON'T TELL TROUBLES
Little Sympathy for Men Who Are
Always Feeling Way Off Today"

III" said a man of mature years,
II was going to give word Of advice
to young man, one of the things that
1 should say to him would be this:
Don't be sick That is, don't be an all
ing man, not feeling well, and all that
sort OF thing. Keep your little ills to
yourself. To tell how bad we feel does
not, as 0 rule awaken sympathy. As
a matter of fact-and it's all right so,
too--we don't cotton much to man
that wants or expects to be coddled all
the time we like better the chap made
of sterner stuff, who doesn't worry
himself over his little ills, nor worry
other people about them.
This does not mean that a man
wants to say he's we'll when really he
is sick. That would be foolish. as it
would be for a man to work in such
condition But nobody likes to see
man going around with woe-begone
expression on his countenance, and the
words I'm way off today on his lips,
and if this is his habit whenever he
isn't feeling just right, why, he there
by jGst counts himself out of it.
There's a large stock of sympathy
on hand in the world, and it's always
plentifully offered where it is really
needed, but there's mighty little of 1t
expended on people suffering from snlt-
fles. The fact is the world isn't drawn
much toward men that are always all
ing; but it just hollers for JOY over
men VINO are fit and able.
moral: Don't make it point to tell
people how miserable you're feeling to-
dawn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17
MUSKRAT AS A DELICACY
Under Name of Marsh Rabbit It
Is Coming to Be Esteemed

Epicurean friends of J. Frank Morri-
son. the big chief" in democratic
politics of the west end, are giving ex-
preston to fond hopes that he will
celebrate the recent victory of his party
by giving muskrat supper, to which
they will be invited, says the Baltimore
American. Mr.. Morrison's muskrat
seances have made him famous, and
the meat of the little animal is a most
popular delicacy in Baltimore, though
for many years it's flavor on the east
ern shore has been duly and truly APP
preciated.
The only thing against the inoffensive
muskrat is it's name, and those who
take umbrage at the association the
name suggests, can relieve their tender
sensibiltties by substituting marsh rab
bit. a name by which the little fellow is
now generally known among the white
folks" of the eastern shore. While in
former years the tender and Savory
meat was consigned to consumption by
the negro slaves, just as terrapin and
canvasback ducks, because of their
abundance and consequent cheapness,
way to the tables of the wealthy and
aristocratic classes in the towns OF
course, there is much in the prepara-
ton of the meat to render it a deli
cacy. Mr.. Morrison has made this
preparation a life study, and is now
past grand master in this branch of
culinary art. He has studied with the
love and precision of chemist the con-
diments and the quantity of the same
to be added and when and how to be
added when the marsh rabbit Gf you
please is undergoing the cooking treat
ment preparatory to tickling the cpl
curean palate.
There is one thing about Mr.. Nor
rison's marsh rabbit suppers which
should recommend them to high livers
with full appetites Ind lean purses, for
the meat does not cost much. In the
tide water sections of the peninsula it
is frequently drug on the market. be-
cause of its abundance. The animal
is hunted for its pelt as well as its
meat. The pelt is the main source of
profit. The animals are shot, though
they do not furnish much sport, as
they live in marshes over which
tramping is not very pleasant The
trap is the method generally in vogue
to capture them. AS soon as a musk
rat is caught it plunges into the water,
the weight of the trap holding it down
until the animal is drowned. When a
muskrat is trapped on land it eats it's
leg off above the trap and escapes on
three legs
In sksnaing muskrat an incision is
made near the root of the tail, and the
skin is then pulled down over the head
the way man takes off his shirt. The
skin is then turned fur side out and
hauled on over a shingle, to stretch
and dry. Until two years ago the skins
were very cheap, bringing no more
than 10 or 10 cents each. When skunk
fur went out of fashion and the skunk
farmers failed, muskrat skins doubled
in value, SO that good skins now bring
rs and 30 cents each When 4 man can
take thirty or forty muslkrats day
End keep it up through the winter to
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17
CHASE GIVEN UP
The Pursuit of the Fleet Filipino
Temporarily Abandoned
BY Major March
LEFT UNM0LESTED
AMONG MOUNTAINS
General Conception Says Only
Way to Terminate War Is to
Capture AguinaIdo

Manila, Dec. 16-Major Peyton C.
March Of the Thirty third infantry has
abandoned his pursuit of Aguinaldo anu
has reached Bagnen, in the heart Of
the Grand -Cordellier, where the range
is 10000 feet high, food is scarce and
travel almost impossible. From native
couriers and Spanish couriers it is
learned that Aguinaldo left Bovoto in
the province of the same name, with
three women and two soldiers, three
days ago, and headed southwark, evl-
IDENTIFY Tor Bayonbong, in the province
of Nuava Viscaya, where it is Thought
he may encounter the Americans.
Major March's command was depict
ed 20 per cent by the two days march
from Cervantes to Bagnen, so he re-
turned to Cervantes Dec. 10.
Lieut.. Chadwick and correspondent
of the Associated Press, the latter com
manding 30 Macabebes, have visited
the mountain town of Pamposa and re-
ceived the surrender of a company of
insurgents, including three officers, with
their aims and ammunition
Gen. Conception and other Filipino Of
ficers who have surrendered have been
taken to Vigan. Conception is cheerful
insists that the insurgent organization
will be maintained in the district where
the Americans are operating and that
the Filipino leaders can use their troops
whenever they desire. He says that the
only method of terminating the war is
the capture of Aguinaldc ami the other
lnsurgenI chieftains and believes
that Aguinaldo will never be caught.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17

How the Kaiser Reads

The world learned the other day how
the Emperor William, like his grand
father, confines his perusal Of the daily
press to the cuttings which are prepared
for him by the press bureau attached to
the ministry of the interior cuttings
which are pasted on to gilt-edged fools
cap paper, says the London Chronicle.
These extracts only refer to subjects in
which the emperor is supposed to take a
special interest. and thus a great respon-
sibility rests with the officials who are
charged with this delicate duty. A Ger
man correspondent supplies us with some
additional details:
''If any statement among these cuttings
requires correction or denial. his majesty
jots his annotations on the broad margin
such as 'Unsinui Zine Lugen 'Sehr
schon gesagtn and the like. which then
form material for semi-official dement's
and communicates In the North German
Gazette. Bismarck once complained Bit
terly to DIR. Busch-yide the latter's me-
moirs of tho chancellor--that the press
bureau frequently did is work badly, and
kept things from the eye of the emperor
which he ought to have seen. Among the
very few periodicals which the present
emperor honors with personal perusal Is
a well known illustrated English weekly
dealing with military and naval affairs"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17
GREATEST FIRE KNOWN
STARTED BY AN OFFICER

This is the season when the newspa-
pers of western Kansas begin to warn
the farmers of the dangers of prairie
fires. While these fires are still COM
mon in the west they no longer are the
besoms of destruction which in former
days swept over areas as large as
some states, leaving death and ruin in
their path. The greatest prairie fire
known in Kansas was in the year 1853,
and it was wantonly set by an officer
of the United States government This
officer is now in Washington, and dur
ing the Spanish war his name was
more frequently in the papers than any
other. He was and is one of the chiefs
of subsistence department, and in the
beef Investigations he was very prom
inent One day in 1859 he and a party
of officers from Fort Hays We're return
ing from wild turkey hunt in the can
yons of the Saline. The wind was blow
ing hurricane, and when a stop was
made on the wild prairie some ten
miles north of Hays, this officer DELHI
erately touched a match to the dry,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-17

crisp grass in order to make spec
tacfe.
When the other officers saw what he
was about to do they made desperate
effort to stop him, but the deed had
been done, and the red flames were
Keeling across the prairie like fright
ened antelope. That fire swept from
where it had been started clear across
Kansas into what is now Oklahoma.
The streams and roads offered no OBJ
stacles to it whatever While going
south it also turned toward the east,
and left a trail of ruin across Rice,
Reno, Kingman, Harper and other
counties Thousands of settlers were
burned out, losing not only their
houses and their feed, but also their
horses and cattle. If the man who set
Nat fire had been known to the settlers
al the troops on the plains would not
have been enough to stay their VEN
geanee. AS it was, he suffered remorse
beyond description. When the officers
at Hays would bring him papers tell
ing of the damage done he would groan
and curse himself roundly He left
Hays for some other post in the follow
ing year, and, so far as is known, his
name was never connected with the
gigantic prairie fire of 1862