Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-29
STATE HOUSE.
Falling Off in Demand For 30 ks at
Library.
Work 70 Be Commenced hmm, dia,eIy at Mus.
ter Grourd

rs tn" summer season approaches
, there IL a steady falling off in the de-
mani for books at the State library
! During the winter a person cannot go to
the library at any hour during the day
when the doors are open, without find
ing me one busily engaged There is
! hardly profession that is not repre-
scented at some time during the day
The attorneys. not only from this city
but from all over the State are al work
in the law department. while in
another part may be Il clergyman.
Physicians and farmers are alike max
ing some reference to the volumes in
the different depa1 tments. While they
are 50 busily engaged in working on
the more practical subjects there are
many others going ana coming with
works Of fiction.
During the summer this is all
changed. With the coming Of warm
weather there is less inclination for
study, and the number Of professional
men who drop in gradually falls off
The readers of fiction. too. make less
frequent calls 50 that at this season Cf
the year there is a decided quietness in
the department.
The propOrtionate demand for maya
zines and novels does not change In
the winter when the theaters are in
full blast there is a demand for the
magazines which contain sketches Of
stage life and people With the close
Of the theatrical season this demand
decreases ana novel readers have little
inclination to continue their reading.
1t is probable there is no more con
scicntious worker in the library than
Rev. w. f. Livingston. He has been
working during the winter on the life
of Putnam. The work is now nearly
completed and the manuscript will
probably be given to the publisher. r.
II. Putnam. in the fall. Those who
are favored by seeing the work state
that it will be n standard work of his
tory.
Tho author has not confined his re-
searches wholly to the State library hut
has carried on his Investigations in the
Portland, Boston ana New York libra
rics. besides having access to Pututm'4
diary that will DC used for the first time
The PEOPLE In COL. T.. g. Stevens COM
pdny are christening the fountain the
NiibNfI lttl- Illt water WIS NulUf'l on
yesterday for the first time. Before il
was in working order several Of the crew
We're wet down as thoroughly as though
they had been under a shower bath. A.
arranged ut present the fountain does
not throw a spray several feet above the
tip Of the fountain. but instead 4 fin"
umbrella spray drops from the bronze
bowl to The marble basin beneath.
From thc articles NJ incorporation ~
companies tiled at th, office If the Soc
rotary IF STATE ii might ne thought thd-
some of the most prominent attorneys
were the principal officers Of score oi
companies capitalized at half million.
Under the corporation laws ii j. ncccS
sary to have the names Of three incor-
poratnrS. 1t frequently happens that bui
two of the incorrorators are able To b"
present. Under those conditions the at
turu-y forming the company subScribcS
tu a share of the stock and is elected -
the position designed for the incorpo-
rator who WAS not able to be present. y
resignation follows tine next day ana the
cnrporatiun l. continued IN the basis At
first planned.
OF late there have been a large number
If companies organized for the purpose
Of doing business in other countries. .As
4 rule the mining companies confinr
their operations wholly to this cuuntr>
but i'm the case Of other companies tn"
incorporation is for the purpose Of car
rving on the business i'll southern and
more especially in South American coun-
tries Il is a peculiar fact that but few
companics are formed for the purpose
of doing business in the provinces.
Hon. w. W. Stetson. State supcrinten-
dent of schools. received the degree u
Master of Arts from Colby at the Colby
commencement this year. No man is more
entitled to Il degree than he, for he has
ever been foremost in State educational
work. Even with the great demand for
his services in educational work. nc hhS
found time to engage in literary pursuits
and his works have received the mos
rattcring press comments.
The lists Of names from local old
| Home Week Associations are fairly
pouring into the office of Hon. 5. W.
| Matthews. secretary of the Maine ola
! Home Week Association. New 1ssocia-
| TONS are being formed every week ana
| with each new association comes "A list ot
names. while the old associations are
continually adding to tn. lists they hayc
previously sent i'll.
The manner in which Adiutant General
richards looks ont for the men who Were
in the 14t Maine during tine Spanish war
ly.,, h.Yl "a