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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

1t will take even more than Senator
Tillmans praise of the President as "a
patriotic and noble man" to get the
people down on Mr.. Mckinley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

Just like Helen Gould, to be main
tanning for months past without let
tin" tra .'.I.." AMOS. IL. /. i --.-i .nr-
official chaplains among the solt ar
boys in the Philippines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

No notice whatever will b taken OF
unsigned communica Sons.
The Journal cannot he held respOr-
sible for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all comm unications relating
to subscriptions AID advertisements to
BURLEIGH & F'LYNT. Publishers
Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

This is a good story which the Ban
gor Commercial tries to make its read
ers believe is true Of small boy in a
Bangor grammar school. Al q recent
monthly examination one Of the ques-
tions in physiology was: What is the
p1tella or knee PAM" The answer "
one boy was as follows: The patellas
or knee pants is trousers which extend
from the waste to the knee. ana We're
worn by grown UP men during george
Washington's administration. They
are not Worn by men in the present
Time except bicycle riders and men
who play golf, but are only worn by
small Boys. Evry Boy is glad when
he is old enough to take off his patel
las or knee pants and go into long
pants which extend from the waste to
the ankel."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

ure to overbalance. ana the system
had to go. What a pity that every
home, where servants are employed,
cannot know the mutual spirit Of fl
deity ana affection which dignifies 40
nestle service in that Brooklyn house
hold. + It the fault of servants or
employers that such conditions are 50
uncommon? Sometimes the one and
sometimes the other. no doubt, yet we
feel that the employers have it in
their power to do much more than
they usually do to have the highest
ideals of domestic service realized. y
fairly intelligent servant is very large
ly what the employer makes Of her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29
J Maine G0ssln|
The .Po,t Laurcasc's Plea Tor the Birds.


heard thr Skyiark' he1ycn"ard note.
And watched TIL white gulls wheel ana
]. M Abqq t.l the !! hright NM ba[{;
the woodpockor ,iisht
Then ripple out "A siahf-
Ana then another =ieht | saw
The shattered wing; III" crippled claw,
And round Til havoc, dreIturts lair.
WIN ~, "a, put taEIr h" INc,. .hot, h,i
- tTI,urt n' ~ H. t'ud u vie
The selisame heaven that lent you life
And when. mid wintfy frost and rhine
Remember. III the sweet sp'ingtime.
'neS th VIM '"'H LAYS A'"' i'Ne VIII
If, YOU will only @rit',
NJ, Thc kingtiEh ,., r. r,n "ii.'"E "'''N
its tenderness begun;
\ ,i, N ,''' r i,',ii ii .''' t1r Inn,
Alfred Austin i'll the INDEPENDENT
VIII Ia I<nnnnbac H. cIaar If icc ~
''''- "''''
Bangor is having recurrence Of its
dream If al army most
--
week ana thn fax dolgnr il thinking
m som. nny game
~ '''' LAY 'i"' VI '''i''' n'9 IN ''
golf clubs, the Boston Globe attributes
the fact that Portland people walk
with their chins elevated
At q Biddeford funeral. this week
foiIr eoDc nf III. dead NAV a,t.d nc
bearers. MOI the uSuai thlhS. 10 be
sure put what could nave b~en more
With only three alarms of fire since
January |. and none of them from fires
- ol,,,,.,.,.,,,,,., ,,,e.,,,... ,
is iecuIu ana 1eeiS especially loftu-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

What humiliation it is for Ohio,
the country and Consress.to have such
an ass as John J. Lcntz brayinS at the
national capital
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

Hard work does not hurt a well
woman. 1t is the weak woman, suf-
fering from diseases peculiar to her
sex, who breaks down under the daily
strain Of household duties. For dis
eases of the delicate womanly organs
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS
the standard remedy. Over half a
million women owe health and hap
pinesS to DR.. Pierce's treatment.
mo tongue could express the pain that ]
endured before / commenced taking Or.
Pierce's medicine" writes Mrs. Moilie Col
gate. Of Randolph, Charlotte Co, Va. ri
was not able to do anything at all. Could
not eat anything except bread and tea-or if
] did the top of my head hurt so it seemed
it would xiii me; but now l can eat lit
tie of almost anything 1 want and can do
n good days work as well as any body can.
Am better than l have been for years.
think your medicine is the best that ever
was made for ii is the only thing that ever
did me any good. l tried many other kinds
but none did me any good but your Favorite
Prescription and Golden Medical DisCov-
cry can never praise them too highly"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

To the fact that Portland has three
golf clubs. the Boston Globe attributes
the fact that Portland people walk
with their chins elevated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

Lewiston Journal: If it be true that
Bishop Goldman Of Maine told the peo-
pie of Newcastle at st. Andrew >
church, this week, that. while Maine
had had many able men in the past,
she would have none in the next gen
Grafton, the learned bishop IS showing
an unfeeling heart for us. sunkcn III
our own sins. We don't believe That
the bishop said it. He wouldn't nave
the heart to break such news to us.
He could not, in the sacred desk, com
ing as he does into a State new TO nm,
rend the veil of prophecy which the
bliss of our own ignorance has dropped
between us and the future. Maine S
able men are all behind us! The Who'll"
iIlustriouS role from William king,
who so numerically walloped the conf
monWealth of Massachusetts in the
first generation of the present century,
through all the line up to the man,
who SO elOquently represents this dis
trict of ours in Congress today, but a
memory. not an inspiration. All gone
not to be renewed, The thought is
saddening, the prospect dishclrteninG.
the future dark indeed. For our part
we decline to believe it, even if the
learned bishop did say it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

The assessors will start out, next
week, ana the tax dodscr is thinking
up some new game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

At Biddeford funeral. this week
bearers. Not the usual thing. to be
sure, but what could have been more
fitting?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

The Dexter Gazette notes that with
in half mile from each other in the
town of Garland there are eight per-
sons whose combined ages are $50
years, and whose average age is Sc
years, all of the good old Maine stock.
Mrs Eliza Stuart. % years; Luther
Rideout, 81; Mrs. Hannah NJ. Taylor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

Now that the national banks Oh
Maine have perfected their State Or
.anization. the idea seems to be catch
ing in banking circles. The loan ana
building associations are next In order
and they will hold a convention III
Portland. about the middle of APRIL
for the purpose, of organizing state
league. All of the So associations III
Maine representing capital OF about
s.. 200, 900 have signified their wllilhs-
ness to enter into the league which VIII
be similar to others now existing IN a
majority of states throughout the
county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

50: Ransom A. Rowley, Sc; Hon Lyn-
don Oak, SO: Mrs Lyndon OAK, 90
Andrew NJ. Haskell, 81, and Mrs. A. NJ
Haskell, SO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

With only three alarms of fire since
January 1. and none of them from fires
of consequence, Augusta has broken
its record and feels especially fortu-
nate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

Bangor is having recurrence Of its
dream Of an army post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

killing calves" as a pastime for
small boys, with the aid Of a big knife.
viii not increase in popularity among
parents as the result Of the Troy af-
fair. But the boys will be crazy to
try it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-29

Will the Kenncbec BE- clear Of ice by
April /?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
WHAT A FEW oUBANs WANT.

The Cubans who were in the army
during the insurrection are displaying
a very bitter feeling towards the United
States because they fear that they are
not to be allowed to have full control
of the affairs of the island. Ever since
this country interfered in behalf of Cuba
few of these same old so-called
patriots have been making threats and
trouble for the Americans who have had
charge OF affairs in that country. Judg-
ing from their complaints and objec-
lions they were fighting more for places
than for patriotism. All they want is to
secure some fat job so that they can
sit back and take things easily. They
would probably fix things if they had
control so that every ex-officer would
get a life appointment at a good salary
with nothing to do. They are afraid that
they will not get full credit and reward
for what they claim is their due for
fighting the Spaniards and throwing off
the yoke of oppression. IF these men
were the real patriots they claim to be,
they would join hands with the United
States officials and work with view of
making the coming constitutional con-
vention a success. Instead of helping
they are doing all they can to hinder
the work.
It has been said in some of the re-
ports from Cuba that the ex-soldiers
thought that when the Spaniards had
left and peace was restored the island
would be turned over to them and they
would at once issue bonds and use the
proceeds to pay the rewards claimed by
the ex-soldiers. This has been
favorite method of securing money by
the Central and South American re-
publics after rebellion, but it will not
be allowed in Cuba There will be
enough debts contracted in a legitimate
manner without issuing bonds for the
benefit of the ex-fighters. The United
States certainly does not intend that
Cuba shall be burdened by an immense
debt-a debt that would create dissatis-
faction and breed revolutions. The
United States requires that the constitu-
ton adopted by the convention be SUBJ
mitted to congress for it's approval and
the ex-soldiers know that none of their
schemes can pass that body; hence
their howl.
1t has cost this country a good deal
to free Cuba and will cost more before
a stable government has been estab-
lshed. Therefore, this government will
not allow the Cubans who are dissatis-
hed and who are but small part of
the population to interfere in the work
that has been mapped out. The dis
gruntled element may make trouble for
a while, but the men who have most at
stake, the property owners and the bus
mess men, are in sympathy with the
plans adopted by our officials and will
have their way in the end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
WHEN JACKSON PLAYS THE
TROMBONE IN THE BAND.

If you want to hear the music that stirs
the soul and thrills
And makes you want to stamp your feet
You'll have to pass up Mozart. Chopin
And wait until the Twenty-third turns
They play the rag-time music that simply
And brings the people crowding to the
The cymba1s crash and ciatter. the pic
colo runs high,
"A. Anq the tu pa Is the best you ever neard;
And you say, are something simply soft
You hear on great occasions and only now
( and then,
When Jackson plays the trombone in the
band
colored troops marched or.
The Twenty-third was mustered with
And when they left the camp ground and
started for the train
The band was in the lead and played
the best.
They played a march and two step and
And they played it quick and clear and
fast and loud,
And the soldiers got to prancing and the
colonel stamped and swore.
For he'd mustered in cake walk crowd;
waved their iags and hats
And said they knew the lads were fun OF
second best
To Jackson. the trombone and the band.
Orpheus played for wild cats. parrots and
the like
And lulied their savage breasts to peace
and rest;
But he only used a whistle he carved out
with a knife
And he only played an octave at his
best.
He only sat and whistled and the beasts
looked on surprised
And yet his names been handed down
this far.
He only played three four time'' and
now and then six eight
But he never tackled rag time, not
bar.
Some say he was an artist and that he
played divine
And others say he was a master hand.
But he never played the music and he
couldn't keep the pace,
With Jackson, the trombone and the
-PHTT. EASTMAN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
THE TATTOOED CRUCIFIx.

ILieut. Com. Gilmore in McClure's.1
For the first time since we had been
on the march, the Filipino lieutenant
separated his camp from ours. He also
doubled his guard. stationing his soldiers
in the rocks which surrounded us. Think
ing all this somewhat peculiar, sent
one of the men to ask if he had placed
the guards for our protection.
NO" was the laconic answer. Soon
afterward he came himself to our camp,
and through interpreter calmly in
formed me that he had orders, presum-
ably from Gen. Tino, to execute us in
the mountains.
1 have always believed that the lieu
tenants refusal to obey orders and exc
cute was due to the effect produced
in his mind by an incident which had
occurred night or two earlier. At one
of our stops he had shown me a crucifix
which he wore hung by a, ribbon around
his neck, and said to me: THE 'Ameri-
canos' are not Christians" "Oh, yes"
replied. "All the Americans are Chris
tianS.'
I opened my jacket and showed him
there years ago, when I was a midship-
man. The Taga1 leaped to his feet with
an exclamation of surprise. He instant
~ crossed himself. His eyes nearly star
ted out of his head. explained to him
that any one could buy a crucifix and
hand it around his neck, but that / had
endured pain to have my crucifix prick
ed In the flesh, and that, as he could see
it must always be with me. There was
a marked change in his manner toward
me after that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
CUBAN TEACHER ENGLISH.

TFrorn the Philadelphia Record
Many of the visiting Cuban teachers
during their stay in this country picked
M a few words and phrases of English,
the meaning of which they hardly under
stood Near the University of Persnsyl-
vania a coal cart driver. who was stand
ing beside his team, started converse
ton with a stout Cuban senior.
$50 you're a Cuban, are your" he ask
ed.
Sure" was the rather slangy reply.
you like this country2''
"An right"
Were you born In Cuba?"
Sure"
How old are your
"All right"
This ended the conversation, as the
coal cart driver apparently felt that his
well meant efforts were not adequately
s-fvva r,ded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15

In addition to the $4,000 coal miners
who have declared a strike, there are T.
600 cigar makers locked out in New
York. The Mill Mems union of San
Francisco. backed by the Building Trades
council, has begun a fight which may
throw $1,000 men out of employment and
cause building to partially cease in that
city. There is a strike among the wood
workers, and the International Typo
graphical union will demand a nine-hour
working day on October l, in the book
and job Offices Portland, Ore, has a
strike of teamsters. The iron workers
of Lebanon, Pa, are out. All the unions
in Dallas. Tex, contemplate a syspa-
thetic strike with the Consolidated rail-
way employees. st. Louis has q street
railway strike. Seattle has a strike
among the miners There are over &c, 900
men connected with the building trades
In Chicago. who have been idle for over
eight months on account of labor trou-
bles- Seven hundred and fifty wood
workers quit work on September f. and
only last Saturday 5000 union carpenters
risked a further lockout by abandoning
work at noon and demanding for the
future a half-holiday on Saturday The
butchers in the Buffalo packing houses
have struck and there are indications
that the other packing house employees
may go out in sympathy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15

THAT AWFUL SPorrER.

new word has been coined within
the past five years which is now in
common use in Topeka The word is
''spotter." The business of a "spotter''
is to detect persons in the commission
of a crime The distinction between
the detective and ''spotter'' is a very fine
one. and it requires a deep mind to de-
tect it. A great deal of sentiment
against the ''spotter'' is worked up by
men who have good reason to dislike
him.
The "spotter'' does not harm the law
abiding citizen. The man whose bust
ness is legitimate does not fear him
A thousand spoilers would do him
no harm. It is the man who is lodging
the law that is afraid of the "spotter' .
He heaps vile anathemas upon the head
of the minion of the police and does all
he can to bring him in disrepute He
is the perpetual menace which the law
breaker sees in his dreams. The
spotter stands with uplifted club, ready
to crush him, and he naturally has
little love for this minion of the law.
The man whose business it is to evade
the law has no use for any one who
stands in the way. and as the s'spotter''
Is the greatest obstacle there is no Ian
guage too strong to apply to him and no
means too severe to apply to him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
PLEA ZOE rHE oANp1pATE

The man who becomes candidate
for ONCE is unfortunate in more respects
than one.
The candidate is the legitimate prey
of every political fake and hanger
on in existence. He is expected to
meet all demands with a smile and a
ready response. The lowest character
on earth feels on terms Of equality with
the candidate and as he Familiarity
slaps him on the back he is confident OF
his own power.
The candidate is a sweet morseI for
the scandal monger. If he has commit
ted an indiscretion in his childhood or If
any of his ancestors have strayed from
the paths of rectitude the corpse is
dragged from the grave of the past and
propped up in plain view of the multi
tude. But even If there should not be
q single flaw in the character of the
aspirant he can not hope to escape for
"a man who lived next door saw him
whipping his wife" The same man saw
him returning late at night in a state
Of intoxication and another neighbor can
testify that he has never attended
church or that he attends church and
swears frightfully and is a pious hypo-
critic. and probably he once stole 500, 900
from a bank or other institution.
If the candidate is a sensitive man
he will be worried into an early grave.
A candidate OF this kind was nominated
down in Bourbon county this year and
two weeks after the primary he shot
himself. A contemplation of his own
character as depicted by his political
opponents was too much for his sensi-
tive nerves. This man would probably
have lived happy and respected to the
end of his days If he had not in a weak
moment surrendered to the Office hunt
ing craze which has more victims than
cholera
The candidate really deserves SYM
pathy. He is never to be envied. He
may keep up an appearance which in
dicates in some vague way that he is
happy but he never is The search for
office is a delusion and even if the hopes
of the candidate are realized and he is
advanced to a position of honor he is
still to be pitied for his troubles are
endless as the days He has a critical
public to please and a horde Of party
strikers to satisfy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
AN AGE OF DISASTER.

This seems to be age OF disaster.
Fire, flood and explosions seem to have
been more numerous and more terrible
in the last year than for many years
previous.
OF terrible catastrophes the history Of
the past II months is blotted here and
there The accidents of half a dozen peo-
pie being killed at once are forgotten
for the larger death lists. The Hoboken
fire. the burning of Hull and Blooming
ton are not yet forgotten but such ca
lamities as the Brownsville, Pa, mine
explosion where so men were entombed,
the Wilkesbarre wreck where five were
instantly killed and more died, the
Longacre, w. Va, mine disaster where
so miners met their fate, the tenement
fires of New York and New Jersey, the
Texas and lower Mississippi floods, the
Scofield, Utah, mine disaster are nearly
forgotten except by those in the vicini-
ties where the disasters occurred. 1t
seems as If the human mind is becoming
so used to hearing Of the wholesale loss
of life that nothing but the most hor-
ible affairs leave even memory, they
are so quickly crowded out and over
Swallowed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
KANSAS MINERS GRIEVANCE

The conditions of which the Pennsyi-
vania coal miners complain are not ma
terially different from those that pre-
vail in some sections of Kansas The
evil or which the Kansas miner com
plains is the store upon which he is
forced to accept coupons or scrip. an
evil which various legislatures have at
tempted to crush out of existence but
have failed
The Kansas miner has come to the
Kansas legislature appealing in vain for
relief from this method of doing BUSH
ness but he has not had relief. Various
laws against the payment in scrip have
been enacted but they are practically
a dead letter in this state
This scrip is good at the stores o.
Grated by the coal companies where the
miners claim they are compelled to pay
exorbitant prices for the ordinary neces-
stiles of life; meal. flour, salt meats
and those things which are daily con-
stunned by the miner and his family.
The miners of Kansas. like the miners
of Pennsylvania, also claim that the
Kansas companies make them pay high
prices for powder used in blasting There
are labor agitators in Kansas who say
that the condition in the Sunfaower state
Ii exactly similar to that OF Pennsyl-
vania-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
The sGood Child" From Persia.
TFrom London Truth-1

A policeman on duty at the Villa
Evans spoke of the Shah after Salson's
attempt on his life as "a child, but a.
good child" He has a freshness of
mind that is (for HIMSELF perfectly
childish. All his impressions are as
vivid as those of childhood. The tri-
umphs of mind over matter, as in the
cycle, the motor car, the Palace of Iflu-
sion, the new electric lamp, the giant
photograph audible to 10000 persons at
a time, are what most charm him. But
he can be a philosopher. The Shah, in
passing by the Palais de Castillo, asked
who lived there, and was told Queen
Isabella Queen of what?" "Of SPAIN"
why does she not live in Spain?" She
was exiled." ''Exiled with a large for
tune" Yes" 1.-THE happy sovereign.
to be able to live as she likes, and az
long as she likes in Paris. Have thu
anarchists ever tried to shoot her since
she came here to stay?" Never. But
an attempt was made fifty years ago to
shoot her?" by an anarchist?" mo;
there were no anarchists then" But
there were regicides?" Yes" We'll.
then, anarchism is an old disease with
q new name"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-15
CURIOSITY NOT GRATIFIED

TFrorn the Memphis Scimitar.1
A young man Of this city rang up a
lady acquaintance of his in Court street,
some days ago, but instead of her an
sWering the phone herself her elder sis
ter did so. The young man recognized
the difference at once, and said in a
suave mellow voice:
Wont you please deliver a message
to Miss Clara?"
Delight at the prospect of carrying a
message that might result in giving her
some insight into the relation that exist
ed between her sister and the young man
at the other end of the line, she answer
ed:
why, certainly, with the greatest OF
pleasure"