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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-29
PETITIONS.

In the United States district court. be
.a.a 1rdre Webb at Portland, Saturday.
petitions in bankruptcy were filed by;
Emerson. Benton: Alfred Lo-
-" Lewiston; John ID. Pattee. Houl-
per ei;Houlton Grain and Grocery Coz
I Ianes P. Hall. Lincoln; Willis T. Rob
erts, Enfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-29
IN The HOUSE.
EuIogies on the Late Represe NATIVE Baird
OF Louisiana.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-The House gave
an hour Saturday. to eulogies on the late
Representative Baird Of Louisiana, and
beyond This transacted no business of i'm
portdnce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-29
Boston Forecast.

Boston. Jan. 2S.-Local Forecast.
ram. changing to snow, and followed
by fair colder weather during the
afternoon or night. with winds becom-
ing westerly, fair Tuesday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-29
1900 BRITISH DEAD.

Boer Head Lager. Ladysmith. Jan.
2'.-6 p. M.-Thc British dead left on
the field, yesterday. numbered 1900
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-29

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
each box. &C.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10
The BeIqian Hare Fad.

A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal,
says: LESS than year ago the en-
tire state was Belgian hare fad. Fan
ciers were importing animals from
abroad and paying exhorbitant prices
for them; every man with back yard
soon had sign stretched in front of
his house with Rabbitry' upon it;
newspapers devoted special issues to
the industry and from every standpoint
it promised to rival the mineral wealth
Of California as buiIder-up of mag
nificent fortunes Now the bubble has
broken and the agricultural and horti-
cultural interests of southern Califor-
MIA are threatened with a Belgian
hare pest. The effort to create a ue-
mand for the hare for food purposes
was not successful and the present
market prices are considerably less
than is required for feed alone and
the industry is profitless and dis
couraging. It is for this reason that
many breeders who have become dis
gusted at the almost utter lack of
market for their hares are secretly and
in some instances openly turning them
loose to forage in the country in order
to avoid the expense OF feeding them.
The menace in this condition of affairs
will perhaps be understood better
when it is stated that there are prob
ably more than 100000 hares in this
state at present. The fecundity Of the
hare in this climate is beyond all ex-
pectations of the pioneers in the in
dustry. One rabbit in this city in IA
months raised 12O young, and there
are from $4,000 to $4,000 animals in
this county alone. Not only do they
multiply at wonderful rate, but they
are hardy and will do we'll in the open.
The coyotes and wildcats, which ara
natural enemies to the rabbit family,
have been nearly exterminated. In
years gone the jack rabbit and cotton
tail have been a great menace to plant
ers, and it is only a few years since
that annual rabbit drives were held
at which thousands Of the Dummies
were rounded up and slaughtered"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10

The necessity of mechanical venti-
lation in the case of crowded rooms
and the Importance of natural venti-
lation was shown at a recent sanitary
congress. The gain by introducing
good ventilation in offices where
clerks are crowded together would
doubtless be even more marked than
in the case of the theater. It is
usually considered that 1000 cubic
feet of air an hour is what is required
by single person, but at the opera
house at Vienna the figure was 1000
cubic feet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10
CHAPTER XIX.
"CrueIy Struck Her Fair, Patient
Face"

"Cruelly Struck Her Fair, Patient
Face"
Come, come, Sybil," said Lyster
Ayrton, more gently; this is all great
nonsense. You women are always get
ting up sentimental scenes. Don't
think any more of what I said-you
made me very angry"
She turned away from him, and
made no reply.
"Of course I love you,' he continued
you know that. You will under
stand, when you are little older, that
love is not the first thing in the world
it is only a pastime after all-some-
thing to fill up vacant hours. Men
cannot make love life, as women DO.
Forget all about it now. You will
write, won't you?"
mo-" she said, in clear, steady
tones; st will cut off my right hand
sooner"
q can't force you to do it." he said.
violently.
"You cannot" she said firmly.
you are stronger than I-you may kill
me, but you shall never make me do a
mean, dishonorable thing"
He saw that he was powerIess. He
might kill her-she was weak and
fragile, tender and helpless-but ne
could never bend her noble, honorable
mind to his.
eve shall see,' he said. Without a
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10

Towne-Yes, I'm looking for a
house; we'll have to move. The
reaches where we are now scare my
wife almost to death.
Browne thought you said the
only thing that could really brighten
her was a mouse.
Towne-That's just it. At little
distance these reaches look like
Philadelphia Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10

airy, 1891. by Major Andrew Ellicott
of Maryland, and a month later Major
LEnfant, French engineer, assisted.
in the work 1t was he who made the
plans of the city of washington.
The actual transfer Of the govern
ment to its new capital was provided
for by an act of congress at Philadel-
phia, approved on April "a, 1900, and
was fixed for the first Monday in De-
cember to be transferred from Phila-
delphia to the District of Columbia,
and on May 10, 1900. congress ordered
that it's next regular session should
be held on the third Monday in No
vember of that year in the city of
Washington instead of the first Mon
day in December. On May Is, 1900,
President Adams issued an order to
the effect that the heads of depart
ments Of the government should ar
range for the removal of the offices,
clerks and papers in such way that
said Offices could be opened for BUSH
ness in Washington by June To- This
part of the program was punctually
carried out. The president left .Phila-
delphia on May 81 and reached
Georgetown on June 8.
One Clerks Expenses.
There were at that time about 126
clerks employed in the departments,
and they came by stages or hired con-
veyances. Their expenses of removal
were paid by the government funds,
and the total cost was about $4,000.
Among the bills presented wsps one for
$445 by a John Little, clerk in the
registers office. He charged the gov
eminent $50 for expenses incurred in
finding a home" in the new city; 500
for hire of a carpenter to box up his
goods $50 for board of self and fam
lily in Philadelphia after the shipment
of my furniture until July 1" Cup to
which date he had to stay in Phila-
delphia to complete the dividends for
payment Of INTEREST,", and adding de
Quoting the difference of boarding my
family and what it would cost US in
housekeeping. On account of the
small number of houses which had
been erected most of the clerks had
to find accommodations in George
town The records, furniture, etc.,
belonging to the departments were
brought in by sailing vessels. Only
one building for government uses had
been erected, this being the old treas
ury building, on the site of the south
front of the present building The
war department took rooms on Penn
sylvania avenue above Twenty-first
street, and the postof1ce department
rented house near Blodget's hotel,
at the corner of Eighth and E streets
northwest The total amount of gov
eminent salaries paid at this time was
at the rate of about $125,00O per an
mum.
The removal of congress came later.
The house met in the north wing Of
the capitol building (Which was the
only part then completed) on Novem-
Der II. No quorum of either house
was present, but on the following day
the house mustered quorum and the
senate succeeded in doing likewise on
the 21st of that month, on which date
joint committee informed President
Adams that congress was in session
The third coordinate branch of the
government, the supreme court of the
United States, held it's first session in
Washington on Monday, February 2,
1901, although a quorum was not pres
ent until two days later.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10
Previous Capitals.

This removal Of the government of
the United States to Washington from
Philadelphia was the last of a series
of changes. During the previous quar-
ter of a century the Centennial CON
gress" and later the congress of the
confederation" had occupied eight or
more places in four states, to-wit:
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster,
York, Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton
and New York. The convention which
framed the constitution in 1881 had to
grapple with the question of a proper
permanent place for the establishment
of the government. Various places
had been suggested including sites on
the SusQuehanna, the Delaware and
Potomac At one time Germantown
now part of Philadelphia, was agreed
upon by both houses of congress, but
later this decision was reconsidered.
The Potomac was regarded by many
as an unhealthy wilderness" but
finally Pennsylvania, the claims of
which as the permanent seat of the
government had been very strong,
yielded the point and became satisfied
with the assurance of 10 years of oc-
cupancy by the government, and the
site of the Potomac, as already men
toned, was agreed to; but only by a
majority of three votes in the house
and two in the senate.
The survey of the new District of
Columbia was commenced in Febru-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
The stSin Eaters Task.

An odd custom prevails at funer::
ais in some parts of Wales. A
poor person is hired-<'a long, lean,
ugly, lamentable rascal''-to per-
form the duties of sin eater
Bread and beer are passed to the
man over the corpse, or laid on it:
these he consumes and by the pro-
cess he is supposed to take on him all
the sins of the deceased, and free
the person from walking after death
When a sin eater is not employed
glasses of wine and funeral biscuits
are given to each bearer across the
coffin. The people believe that cv-
cry drop Of wine drunk at funera
is a sin committed by the deceased
but that by drinking the wine the
soul of the dead is released from
the burden Of the sin.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Free of Charge.

Any adult suffering from a cold
settled on the breast, bronchitis,
throat or lung troubles of any ma
ture, who will call at Lafayette
Drug Company's, will be presented
with a sample bottle of Boschee's
German syrup, tree OF charge.
OilS one bottle gwen to one per
son. and none To- children with out
order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever
had such a sale as Boschee's Ger
man Syrup in all parts Of the civil
lied world. twenty years ago
millions, of bottles were given away,
and your druggists will tell you its
success was marvellous. 1t is really
the only Throat and Lung Remedy
generally endorsed by physicians.
One rs cent bottle will cure or
prove its value. Sold by dealers in
all civilized countries.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Tale OF Two Cities.

The cities of Detroit and Milwau-
Zee have travelled together with sin
gular closeness for many years.
Back in 1850 Detroit had popula-
ton Of 1,O19 and Milwaukee 2O,-
O61, and in 1860 they stood 1863
for Detroit and 1926 for Milwau-
kee. During the next decade De-
troit gained materially over the Wis
consin town, having some 5000
more people, but the latter recovered
nearly all the lost ground between
1870 and 1880, and in 1890 showed
2o4,4s6 against 2O5,e76 for De-
troit. Now they stand at 2s5,754
for Detroit and 2S5 1916 for Milwau-
kee, or almost exactly as close TO-
gether in size as in 1860.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
From So to $4,000.

Booker #. Washington says that
the first time he ever talked to the
late Coils P. Huntington on the
subject of negro education the lat
ter, gave him a contribution of So.
MIR. Huntington afterward became
c,>c of the most generous supporters
> . the cause, and the last time the
: 80 the negro educator $4,000 to-
-: he endown.cnts Of the school
II ru:Hu:gee.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
ABDUL Il Able.
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower sti5 has the
largest sale Of any rnt dl":n" in he
civilized world. Your mother and
gr. ndn ther never thought OF using
anything else for indigestion or
Billousness. Doctors weIc scarce,
and they seldom heard OF Appen-
dicitis, Nervous Ptostra ton of
Heart failure, etc They used
August Flower to clean out the
system and stop fermentation of
Indigestion food, regulate the &C
ton of the liver. stimulate TIE
nervous and organic ar,io'' IT the
system, and that is ali iney took
when feeling dull and bad with
headaches and other aches. You
only need a few doses of Green s
August Flower. in liquid form, TO
make you satisfied there is nothing
serious the matter with you. For
sale by the Lafayette Drug Co.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

This is what John Ruskin thought
of the bicycle: 'Some time since I
PUT myself on record as an antago-
mist of the DEVILS own toy, the BIZ
cycle. I want to reiterate, with all
The emphasis of strong language,
that I condemn all manner of BIZ,
tri-, and T., g., g., or 2, cycles. Any
Continuance or invention intended to
supersede the use of human feet on
Gods own ground damnable. Walk
ing, running, leaping and dancing
are legitimate and natural Joys Of
the body, and every attempt to
stride on stills, dangle on ropes OF
wiggle on wheels is an affront to the
Almighty. You can't improve on
Gods appointed way Of walking by
substituting an improved cart
Wheel"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

The big monitors are not healthy
in the two years that the Monadnock
has been at Manila three captains
have been incapacitated On &C
count of having to live so close tc
the water and the poor ventilation
below the wafer line. it was felt nee
c-sarv to pass an order that no Of
ficcr should be attached to one OF
the monitors for more than six
months.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
NUiuni us ,iciOM.

A plumber who was sent to the
house Of a stockbroker to execute
Ter into the dining-room, and was
beginning his work when the lady
of the house entered. "John,
said she, with suspicious glance
toward the plumber, remove the
silver from the sidcboard and lock
it up at once But the man Of
lead was in no wise disconnected.
''Tom,' said he to his apprcntice ,
who accompanied him, s'take my
watch and chain and those coppers
home to my missuS at once. There
seems to be dishonest people about
this house,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
A Winning Tory Argu ment.

The Primrose DANES Of England
resorted to an artful dodge on behalf
of the Tories at the recent election.
They flooded many constituencies
with circulars under the four years
o. Salisburv's administration there
had been 1886 more marriages
than under the previous year under
the Liberal party. 1t j. believed
that the circulars had no inconsid-
cradle effect on the campaign.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Lurky Bruce milton.

Brigadier General Bruce Hamil-
ton, captor of the Boer general,
Olivier, and his three sons, is one OF
The luckiest men in the British army,
His promotion has been unusually
rapid Five years ago he was cap
tain in the East Yorkshire; today he
is the youn. lest British general Off
Ger. His first experience at war
fare was gained in South Africa, not
far from the scene of his latest ex-
plOit
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
An Embarrassing Error.

Naval Constructor Thomas F.
Ruhm, who was recently sent to sue
coed Naval Constructor Hobson Oh
the Asiatic station, was arrested the
other day near Kure by the Japan
csc police, who thought he was d de-
serter from the Oregon. The mag
istrate apologized for the biunder Of
the policeman and took the naval Of
fcer home to dinner.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

Lady Francis Hope (once May
Yohe, of burle~que renown) refuses
to act in America. She says shes
tired Of the whole business and is
going back 10 England. Plans for
the New York appearance of Lady
Francis had been made at the Savoy
th"attr, but the Savoy thcatcr
is in the throes of litigation, and
nothing is doing there in the am,lse.
ne III line. Her ladyship has snu5-
bed several anxious Americans who
are willing to arrange for a New
! ork debut. Last week, for in
-,nltle. she turned down an offer Of
- 800 Il week to appear in v:,ud~-
wi !e at kostcr g. BiAfs.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
sSPOisON.''

Two New York business men who
take their tipple when they fec
like it,, ordered whisky and plair
water at place not far from Crit
landt street. relatss VIC or Smit
in the Press. The ban - in house
that carries hoodoo. The tend T
set out an ugly b,ayG Bottle, two
empty glasses and 'wo giassfnls OF
water. Beth had p ured bcforc
either noticed that The bottle wa
labeled ''PCison, in bic red letters,
with the accompanying skull and
crossbones, Simultan nusly tn
placed the untouched g azses on he
bar and looked at each other. Then
they examined the bottle and found
a similar label under tha bottom
They thought, they smiled, they
hesitated. "Say, bartender, what
does this mean? Maybe you've
given us the wrong bottle, said ne.
The purveyor of brain stcalers re-
piled: 'EYou asked for bourbon,
ard have set it before you "Sur2
there's no mistaken p E'Sure. Yen
will both admit that it is poison.
and of the rankest kind. ! always
set out that bottle fer new custom
ers. 1t does not encourage men to
drink. Hereafter when you want
that sort ask for poison.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
r:;:. Did Naval SD!icer.'

George Brown. an old negro JAM
-to~ 1T the ANNAPOLIS naval academy,
49, been in t.he employ of the acad-
wv ever since it was founded in
=. ). and has been more or less ia
r. ! ar with all our naval heroes
s-,:,.cu that date. He is the only
j: .r.cn living who was connected
~i:'s the institution when it was
opened.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

When James Carey, the notorious
''IuvinriE,l;'" informcr. found, as q
;.uucrc2 OF Il -hot from Patrick
o i'rnnriIs revolver. Il grave ir
: ;..A tfricn he left son who. un.
der III: ;'-sunr.d name. has peen fight
in" with all Irish regiment against
the i;orrS and y no is now recovering
in | l,Iun from an attack of enter
iC fever.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Does 1t Pay To s}uy Cheap?

a cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, bu, you want
SOM thing t, al will relieve and cure
the rn,re sey. r. and dangerous re
suits o. t:1f,.At and lung troubles.
W ha, small Won do? Go to- a war'De'
and more regular climate? Ees, If
possib}e; if not p sshlc for you,
then in ell. err cas- take the only
retnedy that has been introduced in
all civilized countries with success
in severe throat and lung troubles,
"Boschce's German Syrup 1t not
only heals and stimulates the It's
sues to destroy the serm disease,
but allavs inflammat ton, causes
easy expectoration, gives good
nights rest, and cures the patient.
Try one bottle. Recommended
many years by all druggists IN the
world. For sale by Lafayette Drug
Co.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Young Men Flourish There,

North Carolina appears to be a
good field for young men in politics
For the first time in the history Of
that state since the war. she will
send solid delegation of young mon
tives. Not one of the Democratic.
nominees for the house was ID
enough to see service in the Confcd
crate army. and four of them were
born since the close of the war.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

Bible stories as themes for opera
b0uffe are the newest things on the
Paris stage. The play of LA Peti-
te Femme de Lot" by Ristan Ber
rard and Claude Terasse, is now
TN Ter rehearsal at the Theater DIES
Nnthurins. and it is said there Will
be more to fellow. This will prob
ably not yet be produced in London
Of New York, and perhaps Paris
may repudate it.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17

Th Hlrd class having had their
spelling Lessons in words of two
syllables, The little ones were called
up to leayn their ga b c's." The I'M
lucky infants were kept to their duty
by gentle raps on the head with the
handle of a penlnife used as a poin-
ter, and always kept in readiness for
the sxigencies of penmendlng.
A dozen or two of mere babies
were thus guided along the row of
twenty-six letters, while the lesson
was occasionally broken by such re-
quests as, s'Please to 'gwout to get
er drink er water!' Gas if there
were a choice of drink and Please
to mend my pen!' The stateman.
that ''they are a-crowdin' on me-
and an occasional howl from some
overtired little mortal on the front
bench gave variety to the exercises.
1t would now be time for the Sec
ond class to read and spell. a
whirl of feet and peticoats landed
two rows of boys and girls stand ng
on the floor, facing the teacher, who
gave the order, "Manners !" and the
jerking Of necks and the bobbing Of
skirts gave evidence that school eti-
quote was understood. The spell
ing came first, afterward the read
ing from the same page. Here arc
q few specimens
1--WE burn oil in tin and glass
lamps"
1--WE can burn fish all in lamps"
"Watts was a very good poet. He
wrote good songs"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Gave Him JESSIE.

The story is told that when the
young man who afterward became
General Fremont eloped with his
Jessie, "Tom'' Benton, the great
senator, made terrific threats of
what he would do to the young man.
He would give him roasts and bull
let's and hades, to all of which Mrs.
benton quietly remarked, 'FYou had
letter give him Jessie, my dear.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-11-17
Champion Boy Sleep walker.
There's something just now q


in our town." said Geneva, N. Y.
man, to an interviewer, recently,
chat furnishes more excitement
than politics. That something IL
u 16-year-old boy somnambulist, and
the Flint Checkers believe he is the
champion slcepwalker Of the world
This youngstcr has been walking In
his sleep since early childhood. His
parents have often seen him take
spoons and forks from the dining
table and hide them in ash barrels,
and he has been known to go to barn
and take harness to pieces and
conceal the various parts. When he
was years old he was found at 2
o'clock one monring sleeping under
tree in the yard of his parents
home. Not long since the lads
father was building a new barn:
and when the carpenters stopped
work they left large wooden NAL
let on cross-piece forty feet OF
more from the ground. At the sup.
per table that night the hoy's father
remarked that he wished the mallet
were down, as it might blow of and
hurt some one That night some
country people returning from a
dance saw white-robed figure
climbing ladder leading to the
staging around the new barn. The
boy reached the top, and, balancing
himself, walked upon a cross-piece
eighty feet to the opposite end,
picked up tho mallet, and returned
to the ground without ever waking.
The next morning he knew nothing
Of his nights adventures"