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Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

Specially deal II is unfortunate that
no portrait of him exists Other than
the silhouette which is given below.
He was born on the old home
stead in Albion. Nov. Q. 1902 and
was the eldest son of Rev. Daniel Love
joy, man of native strength and
sterling character. With what little
aid his father was able TO give nim.
Elijah was able TO secure the advan-
tages of the regular course of study at
WaterVille tnoW Colby) college. from
which he was graduated in the class
OF 1926. After graduation Lovejoy
Went to Missouri and engaged in edi
torial work. He was full of courage
and zeal in giving full and free eX-
preston to his convictions of right
and duty. II was period when such
qualities. a period when Intolerance
sat in high places, and slave-holdinS
oligarchy was practically ruling the
country. 1t seems strange TO Us look
ing back from the standpoint of today
that the voice of conscience was then
so dead in this country. that any man
who Ventured TO raise his voice in pro-
test against the institution of human
slavery was generally looked upon as
most dangerous fanatic Tha South
was in the saddle; the Northern press
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

engaged in guarding new press
which was stored in ware house.
Here they We're attacked by a mob.
and the building was set on fire. AS
the flames rose Lovejoy opened the
door and stepped into full view Of his
enemies. In a moment his body was
ridded with bullets. and he fell dead
at the feet of his comrades.
The great champion of human liber-
ty was no more, but in his tragic fate
the great cause he so nobly Championed
found new strength and a new prog
ress. The awakened conscience of the
North was stirred to action. Men who
had been silent before now threw aside
their indifference, and gave their open
adherence to the anti-slavery forces
a great wave of indignant resentment
swept over the country that one so
pure and good. whose only offence was
his devotion to what he believed to be
his Christian duty. should have been
so brutally assassinated by the pro-
slavery advocates. There was a grow
ing feeling that the same power that
deprived the black man of his God
given rights would not hesitate to as
sail those of the white man as well. if
it seemed to be for its interests to do
80. From that hour the "irrepressible
conflict was on. In life Lovejoy
wrote with but one pen, and spoke
with but one voice. In death he wrote
with thousand pens and spoke with
a thousand tongues. The whole nation
was aroused and the forces set in
motion that were destined. in the not
far distant future to forever wipe out
the curse of slavery in this great land
of the free and the home or the
brave
Among the meetings held to protest
against the conditions Of society that
sought to stitle the voice or the press
and silence the public conscience by
resort TO violence. the most notabIe
occurred in Faneui hall. Boston. on
December s. 1897. Owing I" the fear
of the city authorities-most OF them
pro- slavery men-that II might De
subjected to the violence OF mon. IT
was held in the day time rather thah
in the evening. as was the usual Gus
tom With such occasions rms meet
ing was called by William hliery
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

Claiming. the eminent preacher and
writer 1t was presided over by iona
than Phillips. Doctor Claiming in an
eloquent and impressive address intro
duced resolutions expressing abhor-
renee at the Alton outrage, and vigor-
ously condemning those who were
directly and indirectly responsible for
il. He was followed by George S. Hill
lard. a popular young lawyer. in "A
clear and forCeful speech advocating
their adoption. At this point. James
r. Austin. the attorney general of the
state. arose. He was himself mem
Der of DR.. Channing's congregation
but was known as an intense pro-
slavery man. He bitterly opposed the
adoption of the resolutions eulogiZing
the Alton murdererS. comparing them
with the Revolutionary patriots. and
declared that LoVejoy died as fool
dieth' Among the young men present
was Wendell Phillips. He had come
with no intention of speaking: but i'm
PEELED by his feelings Of Indignation at
the brutal sentiments uttered by Aus
tin. he accepted an invitation to reply
to them. and took the platform. He
spoke calmly. but with great feeling
and long before he had finished. the
members of his audience realized that
they We're listening to an orator Of
rare power and eloquence. When. "
said he. Il heard the gentleman tMr.
Austinl. lay down principles which
placed the rioters. incendiariee. and
murderers of Alton side by side with
Otis and Hancock. with Quincy and
tJap,c tbnIIght tboga picfljrpi lipS
(pointing to the portraits upon the
walD would have broken into voice
to rebuke the recreant American. the
slanderer of the dead. Sir. for the
sentiments he has uttered on soil con-
secrated by the prayers of Puritans
and the blood of patriots the earth
should have yawned and swallowed
him up.
The tremendous applause that fol-
lowed these words showed the young
orator that the sympathies of his audi
ence We're with him-and at the close
of his remarks the resolutions intro
duced by DIR. Charming Were carried
by an overwhelming majority.
Today at Alton Illinois. n splendid
monument marks the last resting place
of Elijah p Lovejoy. the first great
apostle Of American freedom. Abuse
ana obIoquy made his life burden
some one: but they could not sour his
sweetness of disposition. or win him
from the straight and narrow way
where duty called.
sleep sweetly. tender heart in peace,
Sleep. holy spirit, blessed soul,
While the stars burn, the moons increase,
Ana The great ages onward roll
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27
Maine Fish and Game Notes.

The hunters report the partridge very
thick at Kingfield. One man was out
only 30 minutes and bagged four.
The Unity Fish and Game Protective
Association has been organized in Un-
ity. A large number have become
members of the association. and it is
assured that the excellent bass and
pickereI fishing will be greatly i'm
proved by the addition of trout and
salmon in Unity Lake and its tributary
waters.
County Game Warden Ross Of Calais.
has been busy of late stocking lakes
ard streams in Washington county
with landlocked salmon fry from the
East Auburn hatchery. Last week
Warden Ross placed 90 cans Of the fry
in Cathance lake. 20 in Tunk pond, six
in Spring river. eight in Pennamaquan
eight in Howard lake. On Tuesday Of
this week he brought 20 cans from the
hatchery for Hunter and Bog lakes:
on Thursday. 20 cans, 10 for Schoodic
pond and 10 for Boyden's lake, and on
Saturday. Warden Ross will take 20
cans to Forest station which will he
forwarded to Grand Lake Next week
40 cans will be taken ia Moosehead.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

was almost obsequi0us; the Northern
voice. had not been raised TO thunder
forth its condemnation of that instltu-
ton that violated the foundation pre-
cepts of the immortal declaration, ana
brazenly set at naught the command
n,ents of the Almighty. But the dawn
ot a new and brighter era was at
hand. and in its breaking light Elijan
p Lovejoy stood forth then. and Tor
eyermore the most conspicuous hSufe
III our country's history.
Those were days when it requir-
cd courage OF a high order, even at the
North. for any man to stand forth ana
publicly condemn the institution o.
slavery. John Quincy Adams had been
hissed in the halls of Congress. Niiilani
Lloyd Garrison had been dragged with
A rope about his neck. through N"
streets of Boston. and naugnt say"
persecution and ridicule awaited any
man who dared to raise MS voice III "e-
half of human freedom. But there were
even in those dark days. noble lew
who dared to brave the storm anu
foremost among them was Elijah r.
uoveioy. Neither the hatred OF the
South nor the rdicule of the North
had any terrors for him. Above the
nassions and prejudices Of the nour ne
heard the voice Of God The way Pc
for. him was hard. but he did not Ia
,.r Persecution. and insult ana oo-
Ioouy dogged his footsteps, pu' ne
dressed resolutely onward. we can
hardly conceive today of the intoieI-
ance that undertook this Sterh'ls
American citizen. as it did others OF
his way Of thinking. OF the riSht 70
give expression to their honest con-
,.ictions He was constantly pursued
with threats and was COMMANDED I" pe
silent His reply to this infamous "e
mand is historic. He said so long as
7 am an American citizen. as long a.
American blood flows in my VEINS
sball hold myself at liberty TO speak
n write. and to publish what pieaSe'
haine amenable to the laws OF my
country for the same
II was manly utterance reiuiiihS
o,u,..oe of the highest order. out II
sealed the doom Of the brave man VINO
made IT, His footsteps were h"sse"
III day and night, he lived in the shah-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

ton. Surveying the novels of 1899. he
has divided them into four classes.
The first embraces those authors who
are in constant demand. whose works
editors gladly publish as serials and
publishers gladly welcome, and whose
circulation may be reckoned by thou
sands. These favored mortals are
few. Sir Walter Besant has been able
to discover only % of them. The
novelists of the next lower class. who
have attained a respectable vogue"
number %. The third class, made up
of novelists fairly readable but of
no great Importance, are somewhat
less numerous: there are y Of the
guild. Finally. of the aspirants to
fame who have succeeded in getting
themselves printed. but have otherwise
gained nothing from their countrymen.
Sir Walter has counted an appalling
company. There are no fewer than
99S Of these poor creatures. In this
conclusion We are asked to observe
the real tragedy of the calling" We
refuse to shed a single tear. A band
0. incompetents nearly 1000 strong is
deplorable. no doubt. but. on the other
hand. is not the first class in Sir Wall
ter Besant's scheme rather overcrowd-
ed? Are not % novelists lin constant
demand good many more than We
have any right to expect? Indeed We
are less sangune than the amiable
novelist and man Of letters who has
drawn up this schedule. One really
capable novelist a year would be good
measure.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
"Eben Holden" Now at the Head Of
Recent Book Successes.
The Real David Harum-The Reviewing o
Books.

The success Of "Eben Holden" bids
fair to be phenomenal. In less than
two months after publication Mr..
Bachelors forest scented fresh aired.
bracing ana wholly American story"
as Edmund Clarence Stedman calls il.
has leaped into its fiftieth thousa nd.
ON Thursday of this week the Lothrop
Publishing Company booked orders for
over ten thousand copies-eight thou
sand coming from New York alone.
where the book bids fair to outstrip
its Boston record. This speedy sue
cess of an unheralded book by u new
author places "Eben Holden at the
head of the recent book successes that
have been a feature of the past two
wears Its pungent. homely philOSo-
nhy is becoming as familiar on the lips
of readers as that of David Harum. :"
The author is himself of undiluted
American stock. being descended on
the one side from John Alden and
Priscilla Mullins, and on the other
from Stephen Bacheller of early
colonial fame. Mr.. Bachelor was edu-
Gated at St. Lawrence University. at
Canton, n. ", where athletics claimed
as much OF his attention as did his
books The cane rush vividly described
in "Eben Holden" is commemorated to
Mr. Bachelor by a scar received in the
original fray, but he declares that his
love of wrestling still abides. He is
now on a hunting trip to the Maine
woods.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27
b. BANGOR & AROOSTO0K
IN RAILROAD
Arrangement Of Trains
In Effect October 8, 1900.

Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars. between
Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at els A. NJ. and Bangor at AS
LEAVE Portland. 11.oO P. NJ; Augusta,
lS5 A. NJ: Waterville. rs A. NJ; Ban
gor, 100 A. M; Arrive Lagrange. s13 A.
Iron Works, $50 A. NJ; Norcross. s,42 a:
n: M,llinocket. a.55 A NJ; Sherman, 10. IS
A. NJ: Patten. 1l.0S a. NJ: Island Fails.
lilo A. NJ; Smyrna Mills. IA A A. NJ; Ma
Houlton, 1910 p NJ: Bridgewater, 1.03 P:
NJ; Presque Isle. Isl p. NJ; Caribou. rs
p NJ: New Sweden, 2.5S P. NJ; Van Bu-
ren, 400 p. NJ: Limestone; $40 NJ;
croft, sl0 a. M: Guilford, ,9;35 a: Nd;
Monson, 1913 A. NJ; Greenville, 1850 A.
LEAVE Portland. 12.4o p. NJ; Augusta,
80 p NJ; Waterville. $40 Z. M; Ban
cor, As p. NJ; Arrive Brownville, $50 Z:
NJ; Norcross, 7.2o P; NJ; Millinockei; 7;3l
P. NJ; sherman. sl3 T. NJ; Island Fails.
IS IS P. n; NJ presaue Isle. 1880 P: u. car
ibou Ills P. NJ. Fort Fairfield. 10 P. NJ.
LEAVE Greenville, $50 A. NJ: Mons9n
Junction, ,6.25 A. NJ; Guiliord; 612 4. NJ:
Iron Works. $50 \. NJ; Brownville. 40
A. NJ; Lagrange, 1.5l a. NJ.
ARRIVE Bangor. go A. N.
), LEAVE Fort fairfie!. ~ ~ =; ~; r.
Houlton, $50 A. NJ; Ashland, 100 A a.;
Masardis, 726 a. NJ; SMYRNA Mills, So
A. NJ; Island Falls, 915 =. NJ; Patten,
$40 A. NJ; Sherman, $40 A. NJ; Millinoc-
ket, 1923 A. NJ; Norcross. 1910 4. NJ:
Brownville. 1l.34 A. NJ; Arrive Bangor,
los P. NJ. Waterville, $40 ?. NJ; Au-
susta. $50 T.. NJ; Portland, 5.35 p: NJ.
LEAVE Caribou. 11.45 A. NJ: Van Bu-
ren. 1905 A. NJ: New Sweden, 1i.07 A. NJ;
Limestone. 1910 A. NJ: Pressure Isle,
l2.l5 p. NJ; Fort Fairfield, Ills y.
NJ; Bridgewater, 1.0S p. NJ; Houlton, zoo
P: NJ; Island Falls. 25S p. NJ; Patten.
80 ?. NJ; Sherman. 3.24 p. NJ: Norcross.
I25 p. M: Katahdin Iron Works, 800 +.
NJ. Brownvile. 5.27 2. NJ; Lagrange.
sos P. NJ. Greenville. SSS5 p. M; Monson,
$40 P NJ; Guilford, Az z. NJ: Dover and
Foxcroft. sos p. M; Arrive Bangor. ~
p. NJ; Waterville. 955 p NJ; Augusta.
l0.i5 p. NJ: Portland. 1.25 A. NJ.
GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON. G. P. {, T. A.
+. W. CRAM V. P. & Gen. Man.
Bangor Oct g. 1900
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

The Saturday Evening Post for
October p is the monthly double num-
Der, and it is largely devoted to coll
lege men and college interests. The
cover in colors is by George Gibbs. The
opening article is The Young Lawyer
and His Beginnings by United States
Senator Albert J. Beveride. DIR. Ma
thaniel Butler, President of Colby COL
lege, contributes an article on Women
in the Colleges" DR.. Russell H. Chit
tenden. director of the Sheffield Scien-
tific School of Yale University. out
lines The Practical College Course
for Young Men" DR.. Henry S. Prit-
chett. President of the MaSsachu-
setts Institute of Technology. has the
leading editorial on the engineering
profession and the opportunities that
are offered today. The leading poem
of the number is by Professor Charlie.
g. u. Roberts. The fiction includes:
Her Fiance-A Story of Smith
College by Josephine Dodge DaskaH;
His Crowning Day" by Ian Maclar-
en-: The Diary of a Harvard Fresh
men, by Charles Macomh Flandrau:
AT the Corner of Lovers Lane-A
Princeton Ghost Story. by jesse
Lynch Williams An interesting arti-
Gle which is copiously illustrated and
is accompanied by figures and facts. Is
Furnishing a College Room by Her
bert Copeland Mr.. Eustace H. Miles.
formerly lecturer and honours coach
at Cambridge University. England.
writes a very practical article on Fat
lacies About Training" There is an
instructive article on the self support
ing students in colleges. and the ways
in which young men can get through
college by their own efforts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27
Consumption

:, 4featment advised by fifty of the best
r"' sieians IN Europe and America sent
s. Address J. II. Symonds, ll6 Walker
we" YORK oct20, ,dlw&wklmo'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

For several years Frank l.. Stanton
has been widely known AS the poet
laureate Of the South. He says him
self that he isn't poet in the polished
sense of the word. but just news
paper man who writes verses from the
memory OF the life he has actually
seen and known. However this may
be. his volume of verses Songs from
Dixie Land" contains some poems.
many Of them pitched in minor Key.
which have spontaneity as refreshing
as a summer shower. Ii is the natu-
ralness. the absence of all Straining for
effect. that give these poems their pc
culiar charm. The songs seem TO sing
themselves and we hear the echo in
our own hearts. AS maker of verse
in the negro dialect. Mr.. Stanton has
few. if any. equals. and he is the mas
ter of pathos and that finer sentiment
which idealiZes the hOmely things Of
life. The poems are published by the
Bowen Merrill CO., Indianapolis. Ind.
which brought OUT When knighthood
Was in Flower and The Redemption
of David Corson."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

Gilbert Parker's new book. The
Lane That Had no Turning which is
to be out soon. just escaped a much
less happy christening. for up to the
last raoment its author was bent upon
calling it Born With Golden Spoon. "
He finally decided on the wiser choice
and used the title of the tale which is
chronoloeically. the climax of the
series and. we hear the announcement
with some melancholy, the end Of his
narratives of French Canadian life and
character. The writing of the series
has covered eight years and has been,
Mr. Parker declares. the most cher
ished of all his labors. on this last
study of an endeared theme he has
spent all that he has gathered in the
knowledge of life and sureness Of
Workmanship, since he first essayed
to make Canada's history familiar
through his art.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

Railroad life has seemed to have un-
common interest for story writer's in
recent years. One of the latest uses of
its picturesque features will be found
in The Darlngtons. by Elmore Ell
lott Peake. a young writer from Wis
consin. who mas hitherto appeared
only as the author of short stories.
He has been the secretary of rail
road president. and has thus got his
knowledge Of railroad life and prac
tice: but his novel. it is said. is not
the story of class or a vocation. but
has a wider interest. His book will.
soon be published by Mcclure. Phil
lips < Go.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

The holiday book" as such. is a
disappointing quantity in the book
trade: the holiday book that is, that
has its whole reason for being in the
approach of Christmas time. Not many
years ago it was the general custom
of the publishers to get ready for this
season of the year some particular
Christmas story or single poems,
which they would have elahorately IL
iustrated and saudily bound. If these
were not sold by Dec. "a they were
practically dead-they might as Well
be given away when the shops opened
again after Christmas day. This prac
tice has about ceased. The books tha+
publishers issue especially for the
holiday trade nowadays are usually
illustrated editions Of new OF standard
books that are always in demand and
that may be expected to sell nearly
as well at other times of the year.
But people Of good taste and culture.
according to the testimony of many
publishers. are getting more and more
TO give for Christmas presents tlne edl-
tions of good books that have no
special characteristics to mark them
as holiday books.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

Mr.. Parker. by the way was do
signed by his parents for the Eniscona,
ministry but after a few montbc Of
eccieslastical study he turned to
literature He was for some time a
lecturer at Trinity College Toronto
but i'll health compelled him 70 resign
his post.
The real David Harum" ;s StiI
the quaint figure portrayed by Edward
Noyes Westcott to the delight of so
many readers. and not the David
Hannum. whom Arthur T. Vance has
described IN little book called The
Real David Harum." Whatever in
terest may be felt by neighbors and
friends in the model from whom the
picture was painted. it is the picture
the artists work of portraiture. with
which the public concerns itself and
for which it cares. For this reason
Mr.. Vance's book has a slender basis
of real utility, though it may feed a
little passing curiosity and give a few
amusing glimpses of a quaint person.
ality. by gathering together considera-
BILE material, much of which has ap-
peared in the newspapers. He has es-
tablished the fact that the village of
Homer. Cortland county, ". y, is the
bonneville of the book; that Preble is
the Feeble: that Buxton Hill is the
TruXton: that the Eagle Hotel is in
reality called by different name. and
so on. The Homer people are jealous
of the fame that has come to their fel-
low townsmen. They are prone to say:
do not see why this here Westcott
picked out David Hannum to put in a
book. The town has a heap sight big
ger men than Dave Hannum ever was.
Why We sent men 10 Congress. and
there was a lot of fellows who went
West and made their fortunes. and was
much more distinguished than Dave
Hannum ever thought of being .
Dave Hannum was an ordinary sort Of
amusing cuss. and though he had lots
of money one time he died poorer than
a church mouse.
The real one was not so illiterate
as Mr.. Westcott made his character,
and the inhabitants of Homer-as do
most people who find themselves in
corporated in a work of fiction-resent
the manner in which they are depict
ed. There are number Of character
istic anecdotes in this book that sound
natural enough 10 readers of Mr.. West
colts novel, and that seem To bear out
the reality Of the likeness he drew.
one OF the most curious is that of Da
vid Hannum's connection with the
Cardiff Giant. that clever hoax OF
ago in which he secured an
interest with Dr. Westcott, the novel
lists father. His management of this
piece of property brought him into re-
lations with a Boston scientific COM
mittee. including Holmes and Emer
son. whom he allowed To bore test
hole in the figure. He finally sold i,
when the tide of inCredulity was rising.
TO a man who could not redeem his
promise to pay. and David Hannum
died sole owner If the famous hum
bug.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

The great publishing houses have an
elaborate machinery for sending out
their books for review by newspapers
and periodicals that devote space to
this purpose. says the New York Trib-
une. They have lists of newspapers
all over the country mounting up into
the hundreds. To some of tnese--a
very few, chiefly in New York-all their
publications are sent. except those of
so special or technical a character that
they would interest only the readers
of technical journals. For these books
there are special lists of such journals
Newspapers that are rated below the
first class are treated with different
degrees of liberality according to the
estimated value of their reviews in
reaching Il book buying public Some
get only few of the most popular
works of fiction. To others some hous-
es are willing to send books for review
if they will pay the express charges; to
a still lower grade the proposition is
only for a special reduction on the
price of the books in return for a re-
view OF some expensive and luXuri-
Gus editions only "a few can be sent to
the press on account of their cost. OF
a recent volume of this sort, one copy
was sent out by the publishers.
1t is always expected that marked
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-27

The appraisal of literature ny rule
nf thumb is. OF course abominable.
but there is entertainment. neverthe-
less. saws the New York Tribune, in
the elaborate statistical experiment
which Sir Walter Besant has recently
made in respect 10 contemporary fic-