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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14
Three
Notes..
A week of broken records.

y week OF broken records.
Seldom have races been run off so free
from accidents.
1t is expected that the total receipts will
break all previous records.
A chap who thought he was funny in
insulting some ladies'. had the fun well
shaken out of him by an officer.
The cake walk by few colored people
the track while waiting for the last
heat of the 2.21 class, furnished no end OF
amusement for the crowd.
The association is TO be congra tulated
on securing the services of Starter Dor
rity. who is considered and rightly one of
| the best starters in New England.
Prof Mosher. the bicycle trick rider,
| had been suffering with a severe attack
| of neuralgia. but came out for his act n
| usual, with his face tied up with hand
| kerchief- He went through his turn but
| evidently suffering. His final act is t.
| ride standing on his head in the saddle
| and when he dropped to the ground ht
staggered and. after walking few feet
| tainted. He was carried To the dressing
room, where he soon recovered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Hill & Locke's candy department is
now in its glory and they are deter
mined the people shall call and see the
purity, richness, neatness and whole
someness of the feast they spread be-
fore the public. If low prices mean
anything, today's and Mondays prices
cocoanut bar. for this sale only, lac,
lovely Dewey Marshmallows only 19c.,
and those pretty fancy pound boxes
of chocolates and bon-bons only 21c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14
Local Matters.
The Journals Telephone Call-IS6.l,
The Parsons Limit.

He'd been preaching and exhorting
For score Of years or 50
In portion Of the vineyard
Where the harvesting was slow;
Where the temporal inducement
For his ceaselesS diligence
Was promise OF four hundred
For his yearly recOmpense
tnrelenting was the ardor
ife devoted 10 the cause,
And though slowly came the dollars
Still he labored without pause,
Til one day they came and told him,
Al he kicked against the pricks,
That they'd raised their offered stipend
From four hundred up to six.
Then the good man sank exhausted
As he feebly made reply:
'. Don't. ! pray you, men and brethren,
Thus my patience Overtry:
For 10 CLEAN the four You W promised
Hath 50 warped my vital store
That twould kill me If you taxed me
To collect two hundred more"
Boston Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

The bill of Archie Arsenault for SIS
was presented 10 the city government.
Thursday night. for driving the city
team 10 days during the absence of
City Driver McCausland. The alder
men voted to pay the bill rather than
to have Mr. McCausland pay it. as
they believed he had i'm his service
been so faithful that he deserved the
holiday. The lower branch referred
the matter to the committee on ac
counts. but il is safe to assume that
this committee will act as the alder
men have acted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14
Local Notice.

Miss Alice e. Whitehouse desires pu-
pils in music. instruction evenings
also. Refer by permission to Mr. Julius
Hart. Will call upon application. Ad-
dress. G5 Patterson street, city.
oct14oed2Ws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

F. III. Butler has a large assortment
Of ready made trimmed hats, and also
has a fashionable milliner who makes
hats and bonnets to order
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Miss Harvey will commence her
dancing classes in November. Her
first class will be formed the 10th and
the second one on the 11th
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Dunlap Commandery passed through
the city. Friday morning. at 10 O'Clock,
on a special train for Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Buckley & Goodrich will have their
grand millinery opening on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Burt Young returned. Friday morn
ing. from a two weeks hunting trip to
The Forks. bringing home a deer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

The loads of deer are beginning to
show in the express cars, and as the
cold weather approaches more will be
seen. one car that passed through
in it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Miss Louise B. Robinson will reopen
her class in Voice Culture, Oct. 16 at
20 Grove street octl2eod2ws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14
NEW RECORDS
CONTINUED from page ~

cheers for Hal Rhea when he came in
winner.
A bicycle race was sandwiched in al
ter the third heat of the 2.27, open 10
all amateurs. First prize, silver
medal; second, bicycle lamp, with SIN
entries as follows. with their positions:
f. r. Hildreth, Wilfred Caron, Albert
Moran. Marcis Caron. II. l. Gaudreau
and Morris Simpson. The boys bent Their
hacks and worked their legs with all
their might and main, and the heat was
worth seeing. f.. K. Hildreth won the
firsti heat; Morris Simpson, second
Time, 2.33l5. ---.. -
The second heat, was won by Slmp-
son, a. Corron, second. Time, 2.4o.
The third heat was won by SIMPSON
Hildreth, second; Moran, third. Time
2e .-.-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

KELLEY INSTITUTE, Portland. NJ.
april, eod1yr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

Hospital day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14
217 CLASS-TROT AND p

Tackhammer Morrill,, b. s., X.
&. Sumner ......--....... 800.
Johnnie Wilkes, b. g, +. Later a p.
JAY, blk. g K. ID. Waite ...--:. .
Ike Wilkes. b. g., G. A. Chand-
Ter Observation-Disclosures. '....-f go. = ~"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

from the moorings of home life,
and caring nothing for religion and
duty to God, that he win become
callous to the finer impulses of hu-
manity. The keen business eye,
the splendid business Judgment,
and the marvellous energy in this
class Of men are admirable, and
they are useful as the mere gath
erers of money, butSohl the pow
erty of soul, and the dwarfed SEN
abilities Of the better nature.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

The people of Vinita don't ever
have TO ask where The Chieftain
stands upon any question effecting
the morals Of the town. The man
who is willing to compromise with
the devil is against this paper,
every time.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

The Indian Chisftain was ar.
raigned, tried and convicted, yes
terday afternoon by the First Ma
tional Bank of this city. The tri-
al was Pickwickian In every detail.
The papers offense was urging the
collection of tribal revenues by the
interior department. The bank is
o business institution of the town
and has no connection whatever
with the The Indian Chieftain. 1t
is presumed the patronage the pa
per has received from it heretofore
was worth what il cost, hence the
the childishness of the proceeding.
Eighty per cant of the stockhold-
ers Of the bank are cattlemen, and
are perhaps indebted to the Chero-
kee nation in the aggregate $50, 900
delinquent taxes on cattle import
ed and grazed in the Cherokee
nation. The grievance Of the
bank directory is easily under
stod. The papers position was
this: Inasmuch as the royalty on
hay, merchandise, etc., was being
.exacted, then the tax on cattle
should also be collected. We
stand squarely upon the PROPOSE
tion that all should be required to
toe the mark and to pay up like
men; and we deny the right of the
First National Bank, or any other
institution to interfere with the
policy of the paper.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

From all over the Cherokee ma
st;on come words Of approval Of
fhe Chieftain's position in the
matter Of the collection Of the tri-
bal revenues. We certainly ap-
preciate these tokens Of good will
from the people we are trying to
benefit.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

If any other daily paper in any
town in the Indian Territory of
twice the size of Vinita prints q
better newspaper than The Daily
Chieftain please let us know it.
We want to keep the lead at all
hazards.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

The aggressor in a row with
newspaper is the last one that
ought to find fault with hard hit
ting. If you get the worst of it
the only sensible thing to do is to
subside.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

Ex-Chieif Harris. Connel Rogers
and Henry Lowery are candidates
for President of the Cherokee
Senate.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

All the practicing attorneys in
the Creek nation have been re-
quired to pay the s25 occupation
tax.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

IA chiefs amang ye takin' notes,
And faith, he'll prent it"
Dr.n~,o
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

The town is yet liable to be
sued for building it's sidewalks too
high.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

Chieitain at the bat, First Ma
tional in the field.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-14

on an average $4,000 cattle inn
ported annually. The tax, if it
had been paid, would have amount
ed in round numbers to S175, 600.
This money is yet due the Chero-
KEGS and ought to be paid as a
matter of right.
The Indian Chieftain has stood
for what it conceived to be the
best for the community in which
it lives. 1t has insisted on the
observance of the American Sab
bath. it has discouraged saloons
and gambling dens, and wherever
possible pointed them out to the
officers of the law. 1t has espec-
tally urged The enforcement of the
prohibitive liquor laws on all oc.
casions, and the absence of saloons
aud gambling houses in Vinita
now is in large measure due to-
the efforts of The Chieftain. ALI
this ia deemed to be detrimental
to tbs town, by those who have
undertaken the task Of dictators.
lis fact that will perhaps not
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
PUBLIC LANDS

That portion of the annual report Of
the secretary of interior devoted to the
subject of public lands shows that
there were disposed of during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1899, public lands
aggregating 9,1S2413.16 acres, classified
as follows: Cash sales. 629. .S57.O7 acres;
miscellaneous entries, embracing home
steads, timber culture, land warrants,
scrip, state selections, swamp lands,
ETC. $3.50, ,766.O1 acres; Indian lands,
81, ,79O.OS acres; showing an increase of
72S, ,516.24 acres as compared with the
aggregate disposals during the preced-
ing fiscal year
The total cash receipts during the
year from various sources, including
disposal of public land, 81. .594. .69O49; of
Indian lands. SAP. .913.73; from depreda-
tions on public land. S15,O49.63; from
sales of timber Cacts of March g. 1891,
and June 4 1S9O, s4.564.S 80: from sales
of government property. $1,972.4 45; and
from furnishing transcripts of records
and plats, S10,946.65, aggregated s3,070,-
1874, an increase over the receipts for
the preceding fiscal year of 1892, ,142. 16.
The total expense of district land Of
fees for salaries and commissions of
registers and receivers, incidental ex-
penses, and expenses of depositing pub
lie moneys during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1899, was s661. .4O2.27; an in
crease, as compared with the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1898. of $49. .99O. so,
due to the additional amount of busi-
ness transacted, and the consequent in
crease of the salaries and commissions
of local land officers and Office ex-
penses.
The total area of the public lands
stated to be approximately 1882. .13S, ,221
acres, of which 929, ,3Os 06S acres are un-
disposed of, and 152, ,S3O,153 acres have
been reserved for various purposes.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
ROBERTS INELIGIBLE.
Now Charged That He Is a
British Subject.

Washington, Dec. 4-The formal
memorial and protest against the ad-
mission of Brigham H. Roberts to a
seat in congress was circulated in
printed form and placed on the desks of
members during the day. The main
points are that Roberts is not a citizen
since "at all times after 1883, he was
and now is a bigamist and polygamist,
contrary to the lay" that he has been
prosecuted and punished for unlawful
cOhabitatiOn with more than one WO-
man." that he was born of British par
ents within the British realm, and has
never renOunced his allegiance to
Queen Victoria After reciting the
legal and moral objections to Roberts,
the petition asks that he be not allowed
to take the oath of office or to have a
seat in the house; that a special COM
mittee investigate the subject and that
Roberts seat be declared vacant.
The document is signed by Josiah
Strong, New York, president of League
Of Social Service and many others.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
FOR THE BOYS.

The following article from the Wich-
ita Register ought to be read by every
! boy in Kansas:
Young man-you sad faced lad who
are grieving because you were born
without silver spoon in your mouth
brace up and take courage. Don't lose
hope because opportunities for ad-
Vancement are apparently slipping
away from the American youth. Keep
a stiff upper lip and push forward. Let
the story of H. Z. Nudge cheer you and
give fresh vigOr to your ambition. That
is a story full of hope for lad Of met
tie.
New Years Day H. U. Nudge will
become the general manager of the
greatest railroad system in the world
He will have under him an army Of
men greater than Napoleon had at
AuSterlitz or than Caesar had when he
attached GaLl to the Roman empire
He will preside over the destiny Of more
millions than any Vanderbilt that ever
lived, possessed, and yet there are
men in Kansas who knew Nudge when
he was the smallest unit in the Operat-
ing force of the Santa Fe. He carried
water to slack the thirst of the braWny
men who pushed the Santa Fe through
the Sun-baked plains of western Kan
SaS. He followed them with his water
pail from the Arkansas to the Rockies.
He was a poor boy then, but if he lives
a month longer he will be the head man
of the great road with which he began
life under such discOuraging auspices.
When Mr.. Nudge became strong and
stout enough to drive a shovel or WELD
a sledge he became a section hand and
worked for ten bits day. He did not
dream about the management of the
road, but he had an ambition to climb
higher. He became a brakeman and
there he was not content to stop. He
so thoroughly familiarized himself with
all the details in every department
which he occupied that when he reach
ed the second highest round of the lad
der a few years agO-general Superin-
tendent-it was said of him that he
knew more about the operating depart
ment of a railroad than any man in
America.
Nudge is the second graduate from
the water bucket service of the Santa
Fe to the general management of
railroad. Contemporary with him in
western Kansas was Mr.. Nickerson,
now general manager of the Mexican
Central. He too climbed from the bot
tom to the top through all the grades
of railroad service. And there are others
who are climbing after them. Avery
Turner, George Hartman and George
Hawks, all we'll known in Wichita-and
all poor boys who began with the road
in a very humble capacity.
1T is not the one who was born with
a silver spOOr that always succeeds.
On the contrary, most of those whose
names fill the annals of success, rose
from humble positions because adver-
Sity in early life equipped them for the
battles which brought them victory.
Every age in the worlds history
has furnished examples of the pOssibil-
ity of the humble becoming exalted
and every future age viii prove that
those twin elements of success, faith
fulness and industry, will continue to
be rewarded.
smiles of fortunes can take hope from
the promotion of H. U. Nudge"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
Tests For Color Blindness.

frank T. Bullen in The London I4eader.1
Never shall I forget when passing my
examination for second mate (the sight
testing examination had then just been
adoPted) my crammer, at the close or the
preliminary canter on saturday oetore g17 gI177
ing up on Monday, brought out a boX 1u4
of slips of glass!
Moving to a window he held up one of
these before the light and asked me what
color it was. 1t was brilliant blue, and
toId MN SO. WlthoIN a Wo WoLu ne Lleiu I
up another, to which l said CHROME yell
low. And so on for a dozen shades all
OF which l named, according 70 thelr @
pink. etc LASTLY he held up a clear piece
which L told him was cOlOrless.
Then turning to me he said; Wei, all
I've got to say to you is that if you an
SWer the examiner like that on MONDAY,
youl II falI TO pass. PleaSe remember l { tnal
there are only two colors in that box,
red and green" I gasped for breath. Be
cause up till then I had believed that not
only could l match any shades but that
90 to I5'is a shop Without pattern and bring
back an exact match for the tinted stuff
gument was useIess-I was there to be
crammed anyhOw-sO I bottled up my
aminer, not, however, before 1 had paid
my fee. Which Gf I was correctly inform
ed at the tlme) was a gross injustice, pc
cause failing to pass the sight test, which
was applied first after payment, meant
your money and your career was stopped.
However, I went before the examiner,
and in solemn silence he held up piece
u i7 17Ia+ ~ # sb67iid he caiIed accord
Gently learned, red or green, was almost
maddening.
Finally 1 made plungs and moaned cut
Green" The examiner turned slightly;
held up a pink glass Red said /. quite
cheerfuny. Then blue. Green I cried
feeling that this was famous. Then came
a clear piece, and with a sigh of relief
Upon this the examiner turned to me
and said: Yours is the most eXtraOrdin-
ary case of color blindness I have ever
met You seem to think that there are
only two colors in existence, red and
green. 1t is true that they are the i'm
portant ones at sea, but when a man says
that yellow is green 1 can't help saying
that 1 have no confidence in his ability to
distinguish any one color from another"
And with that he reached for form
and dipped his pen into the ink Now.
like the great majority OF seamen. had
a most awful reverence for board of trade
officials and the idea of questioning their
decisions never entered my head but my
I moistened my cracking lips and said:
May I say word in explanation, gir?,'
Pausing, he replied ungraciously, well,
what is it2
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04

not only the naval and military opera
t1ons. but all the diplomatic side of the
CONNECT, and does not only cover the
OuDan campaign but also that IN the
Philippines up to the present time.
There is no one who is better fitted to
write this hostory than Henry Cabot
Lodge, who has already won national
reputation as a historian of rank. Much
is added to the book by way of illus
tratiOn, for it contains over eighty full
page drawings by such eminent artists
Christy, and others, besides containing
numerous Photographs The book is
one that viii go down as history.
Santa Claus Partner by Thos. Mel
son Page. Price 81. so. Published by
Chas. Scribners Sons. Illustrations in
Christmas story will appeal to the uni
versal human heart. 1t tells how a
child transformed the character of a
successful business man whose nature
had become hardened and selfish in the
pursuit of wealth. and is told with all
the charm of manner and tenderness
OF feeling of which the author is the
master as is shown by his previous
books "Aarse Chan" Red Rock and
others. The story now appears for the
first time, having never run as a serial
or other form. The Illustrations are ex-
ceedlngly well done and the binding IS
very neat making a nice Christmas
gift.
OuA T yes dl Home ny duSA II.
Lusk. formerly member of the New
Zealand parliament. Published by
Doubleday and Mcclure Co, New York
city. Mr.. Lusk has spent several years
in the United States, and was for
long time a member of the New Zealand
parliament. He has brought to bear
upon some problems of American gov
ernment, an observation trained, yet
fresh and a complete knowledge of af-
fairs both here and abroad. Thus pro-
ducing a volume of extraordinary in
terest which no American, citizen can
read without enlightenment on many
vital points. The author does not
present "iridescent' theories; he shows
what actually has been done in New
Zealand and contrasts this strikingly
with American conditions. Price $1.O0,
and sent postpaid by the publishers on
approval to any address.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04
eePullD In Central America.

TFrom New Orleans Times Democrat.
when [ first began banana planting
in Central America" said g, resident of
that part of the world who frequently
visits New Orleans, L was greatly an
noyed by a neighbOr who made busi-
ness of Turing away my labOrerS. He
was a cantankerOuS old native who did
not like a SrlnSO, nOhOW, ana as the
jefe politico, or magistrate, OF the near
est town sided with him and shared his
views, I was in a fair way of being
broken up in business. About that time
[ had occasion to make a trip to the
capital, and while there 1 ran across
young officer whom had met the year
before during Mardi Gras in New Or
leans. He was first rate officer, and
I had done my best on that occasion
to make him enjoy his stay, but the
incident had passed almost entirely out
of nv mind. He rem bered 1t. how
ever, and greeted me like a long lost
brother, remarking Incidentally that
he was now first secretary to His
Excellency, the Minister of War. In
the course of our talk told him of
my troubles on the plantation, and he
asked me a few casual questions about
the local magistrate.
Next week 1 returned, end when I
rode into town on the way to my place
I was amazed to see the jefe pOliticO
come tearing out of his house, bare
headed, and salute me like a prince of
the blood. He begged me to dismOunt
and honor his poor abode with my pres
ence, that we might discuss the out
RACES that had been heaped upon me by
my VillainOuS neighbOr l was dazed by
such a change in his usually insulting
demeanor and told him not to worry
about the matter that I would have
talk with the planter next day and no
doubt we could come to understand
ing Impossible, senor, exclaimed the
jefe, the wretch is now in prison, in
communicated Then I began to under
stand. It seemed that my Mardi Gras
chum, the attache, had sent a red hot
letter by special courier, and the old
jefe, scared half out of his wits, had
Immediately arrested his friend and
thrown him into a dungeon. I laughed
so that I nearly fell off my horse, and
ordered him to release the prisoner at
once. After that I was treated with
the most distinguished consideration by
everybody in the department, and I
really owe my start in Central America
to the champagne cast upon the wa
ter in New Orleans. The Latin republics
are all right as places Of residence if
you only stand in"