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Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

The scarcity of Washington news
during the recess was shown in Sat
urday's Boston Globe when elaborate
and extensive headlines We're over au
item stating that Secretary Long had
purchased new hat
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

most people VIII prefer 1900" though
it be a struggle to get used to it,
That big MOTEL at Belgrade Mills is
nearing completion. The exterior work
is done and large crew is busy on the
interior finish. The hotel commands a
magnificent view, and is in the heart
of one of Names best fishing regions.
Belgrade feels confident that. this will
mean an extended train service, next
summer. with the Bar Harbor express
stopping there. and perhaps night
train from Boston.
The Portland Advertiser also fails to
see the point of the official order that
Puerto Rico" shall be the way to
spell it. 1t suggests that if we are to
follow the Spanish fashion, the govern
ment should change Havana to Ha-
bana. Sulu to Jolo and the Philippines
to the Filipinas. Porto Rico is shorter
1t corresponds to the common pro-
nunciation, and Porto Rico it is likely
to remain for the present among old
fashioned folk. in spite of the crotchets
of the government geographerS.
The Maine pedagoSues chose wisely
IN naming Miss Mary S. Snow of Ban
gor, as their president for the coming
year. Miss Snow is one Of the brightest
women of our State. and her fame in
educational work is widespread. Her
administration can only be for the ad-
of the society.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

1t is going to be a big year. There
will be presidential campaign. the
Paris exposition, and the South African
war as prominent features: and in
these times there is no knowing what
unexpected great event a year will
bring forth
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

This is Il good day to send around
that little remembrance which you for
got at Christmas time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

Invading Canada would be no easy
task for the Fenians but il would be
a snap in comparison with the riddle
of what to do with Canada after they
had invaded it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

Don't compromise. but swear away
off if you swear off at all.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

Half the ills that man IL heir To come
from Indigestion; Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach
makes indigestion impossible.
mon wed fri.SHkVtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

May the year and the century close
without a war among nations and
without a war cloud upon the horizon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

1t was a peaceful and pretty death
which the Old Year died
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01
Maine G0ssa|p>|
Farewell to the Gid Year.

Farewell. old year. We walk no more to
grther.
c5tch the sweetness Of thy latest
And crowned with yellow brake and
withered heather.
see thee stand beneath this cloudy
sky.
Here in lhc dim light Of a gray Deccm-
her
We part in smiles, and yct We MT in
tears:
Watching tay chilly dawn, We'll remem-
thought thee saddvst born Of all the
years.
knew mt then what precious gifts were
hidden
Under The mist that veiled thy path
knew. MT then what jgy would come
~ make they closing hours dtvinely
| only saw the dreary clouds unbrok N.
only heard the paSh Of icy rain.
And in the winter gloom found no tpk
TO TIL me that thc sun would shine
again.
O, dear old year, l wronged a Fathers
! wouI not trust him with my bad Of
care
Ana 10. He blessed me with an ans
wered prayer.
Goodbye, kind year, we walk no more
together,
But here in quiet happiness We part;
And from thy wreath Of faded fern ana
heather
take some sprays and wear them on
Sunday Magazine.
-----
A happy New Year.
Ring out the old. ring in the new"
Did you watch the old year out, last
night?
Augusta dances for sweet charitys
sake. this evening.
The best New Years resolution is to
make not more than you can keep.
oxford county sends down chilly
tale Of Is below zero, last week.
The ice is forming clear and clean,
ara the harvesters' hopes are high
Portland leads the Maine cities ir
contributions to the fund for the re-
lief of General Lawton's family.
State Superintendent of Schools Stet-
son spoke in public 321 times during
1899. What speaker can beat that
record?
Think of the dust swallowed by that
Foxcroft man who has worked with a
thrashing machine for - consecutive
se"soIs.
1t is a change of three figures in
stead of one in writing the year, and
there will be lots of spoiled letter
heads, this week
The Lincoln Clubs speakers. Feb. H.
will include Congressman Allen and
Littlefield Of Maine and Lands of In
diana, Governor Powers and eX-Gov-
ernor CleaVeS
The Portland Argus suggests that if
Porto Rico is to be called Puerto Rico
why not have the Forest City in it.
too? Puertland. All. there, hows
that for style?
The Roman numerals N c VI will be
a very concise way of writing the year
1900. Far less cumbersome than the
MDCCCNCTN tbat deSippatac last
Year. 50. today. date your letters Jan.
l, NON, and you'll b" all right Yet
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communica ions.
Tne journal cannot he held respOn.
sible for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications,
Aaoress all communication relating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
bURLE1GH G. FLYNT. Publishers
Augusta Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

State Superintendent of Schools Stet-
son spoke in public 321 times during
1899. What speaker can beat that
record?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

Think of the dust swallowed by that
FoXcroft man who has worked with a
thrashing machine for - consecutive
seasons.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

Hail to the fin de steele year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

Portland leads the Maine cities ir
contributions to the fund for the re-
lief of General LaWtons family.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

1t is change of three figures in
stead of one in writing the year, and
there will be lots of spoiled letter
heads, this week
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01
PROF. HENRY c. EMERY

To Leave Bowdoin College for Yale's
Chair of Political Economy
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

The Roman numerals NJ c NJ will be
a very concise way of writing the year
1900. Far less cumbersome than the
MDGCCNCIN. that designates last
Year. 50. today. date your letters Jan.
l, MCM.. and you'll BE- all right. Yet
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

The Portland Argus suggests that if
Porto Rico is to be called Puerto Rico
why not have the Forest City in it.
too? Puertland. All, there, how's
that for style?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

The Lincoln Clubs speakers. Feb. IL
will include Congressman Allen and
Littlefeld of Maine and Lands of In
diana, Governor Powers and ex-Gov-
ernor CleaVeS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-01

The ice is forming clear and clean
ard the harvesters' hopes are high.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
Black and buchanan.

A document of some interest was
entered for record at the Franklin Pa)
county courthouse few days ago. 1t
is a deed conveying to Judge jeremiah
s. Black 240 acres of land near Mercer
burg by President James Buchanan.
The conveyance was made in June,
1868, after Mr.. Buchanan had retired
from Office, together with Judge Black,
who was in Buchanan's cabinet first !, 5
attorney general and then as secretary
of state.
The price paid for the land by Judge
Black was $15,624. A story connected
with this transfer of realty, says the
Chambersburg Pa.) Valley Spirit,
showed the confidence that Judge
Black had in Mr.. Buchanan. The pres
ident wanted to sell the land to the
judge, who said he would take it with
out seeing it. President Buchanan In
sisted, however, that he go to Franklin
county and see the property. Judge
Black went to Chambersburg and staid
few days with friends, after which
he returned to his home at York and
made the purchase without having
seen the land.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
. GROWTH OF LANGUAGE.
Words Once Tabooed Are Likely to
Recome Suddenly Popular.

Words Once Tabooed Are Likely to
Become Suddenly Popular.
Language is being made SO fast in
these days that it is unsafe for purists
to formulate lists of words that are I'M
fit for polite use. A writer in the Lon
don Academy contends that many
words rejected of the purists are really
rough hewn stones that are necessary
to fill crevices in the language and that
the critic who would exclude them is
ignorant of his calling William Cullen
Bryants long list, published many
years ago and widely consulted ever
since, The Academy critic objects to as
bag filled with bones Of contention
and liable to rattle whenever it is
touched --ss,esssa.ss,sr,.--,
The difficulty seems to be that while
any reputable list Of this kind is pretty
sure to be authoritative in partevidence
Of use of forbidden words by some
great author or some author of grow
ing fame is likely to crop up at any
time and put the seal of responsibility
upon any lnongrel word that one has
been accustomed to point the finger of
scorn at. If you find Swift, Gray or
other master employing word that
some picayune carper for verbal pre-
cision is trying to ostracize, you feel
like associating with that word. Be-
, sides, some of these rude but healthy
offshoots of the language are doing
special duty and after proving their
6%poce for II will I,o i,,c% oc AZ for srond
verbal society as the rest.
What is the difference between an
officer and an official? "OficiaI' is
nothing better than lame cur of a
word in the estimation of some people,
but we are told now that it is perfectly
proper, that it has its place; is, in fact,
the square peg for the square hole. An
sofficer' is man of recognized badges
and known duties; an Official" is a
man of more disguised and indefinite
power. The work of society, the sub.
division of labor, has been making this
distinction, while you, in your igno-
rance, didn't know what was going on
An ''officer" appears on parade ground
| or on deck in uniform; an official
Coolies loTlu lTOu 4uleI OuCe wearing
frock coat and top hat, and he car
make you feel he is an official If yor
run up against that reserve power OF
which you see no outward manifesto
ton in spurs or gold lace. Genera
Miles is an officer" John R. Rookie
Teller is an official" Verbal purist.
should keep in mind the constant man
ufacture of distinctions that is goint
on.-New York Commercial Advertiser
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
society.s Newest Toy.

The horseless carriage is society's
newest toy. One secret Of its success
is it's conspicuousness, for never was
there such opportunity to sit up and
look monarch of all creation as that
front seat affords. Madame enthrones
herself where the world may stare at
her. Monsieur likewise feels the i'm
portance of his position and finds that
steering teakettle on rollers is more
exhilarating than driving $1,000 pair
of trotters. For the time being the
sensation has novelty to commend 1t,
but of course this cannot last, and then
it is wondered what will be the auto
mobiles fate.-Boston Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
REBEL WAYsIN CHINA
uPRlslNGs THAT HAVE RUN A DIRE
Full COURSE.
Seeds of Discomfort Take Deep Root.
Wonderful Vitality of the Tai
ping and Mohammedan Rebellions.
Kang-Yu-Wei's Doctrines.
[Copyright, 1900. by G. l.. Kilmer.1

copyright, 1900, by G. L. Kilmer.l
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
The Wolf Dog of the North.

Neck from head to shoulders mass
Of bristling hair, sharp pointed ears,
long shouted, lips snarling, fangs drip
ping, yelping rather than barking,
wolfish of aspect and not nice to look
upon when in anger-this is the husky,
or wolf dog, of the north. Much has
been said of the Klondike, but these
magnificent brutes, which iii the begin
ming made that frigid Ell Dorado posi-
BILE, have received little more than
passing comment.
They are far from humble, as their
wild ancestry attests. They may be
beaten into submission, but that will
not prevent them still snarling their
hatred. They may be starved into ap-
parent docility and then die suddenly,
with teeth fast locked in brothers
throat, torn to pieces by their COM
rades. Rather has little attention been
accorded them because the interest of
man has gravitated inexorably toward
the natural, mineral and social fea-
lures of that far northerly land
But the husky is far from uninter-
esting. AS type of endurance no bet
ter product Of natural selection need
be sought. If ever species has been
born and bred of hard times, it has
Only the fittest in a hard struggle fol-
existence extending through thou.
sand generations have survived And
they are well fit. Domesticated by the
savage autochthons of that forbiddine
region, they may not only account
their remote ancestors as wild wolves
but often their immediate forbears.-
Harper's Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
saved by Turkeys.

It is said that the tobacco harvest Of
Asia Minor has just been saved from
destruction in singular manner. Cat
erpillars had settled upon the plants in
myriads, and all hope Of the crop seem
ed gone, when one Of the growers con-
ceived the idea Of turning his turkeys
among the plants. In few days the
gobblers had effectually cleared the
pest on that particular plantation, and
other proprietors fastened to acquire
focks of turkeys. The worlds supply
OF Turkish" for 1900 has been saved.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
Loaded Cannon.

The city of st. Paul got one Of the
Spanish cannon captured in the war
and set it up i'll front Of the entrance
to the city hall and courthouse. Later
it was found to hold a charge of pow
der and ball. and. Furthermore, it was
trained at an angle that would plant
the missile in the coping of fine bust
ness block across the street. A num-
Der of these guns were given on appli-
cation to cities in Pennsylvania, and
at Bradford 1t was found upon exami-
nation that the gun was loaded. The
shell was shot into an embankment
and afterward dug out, as it did not
explode.-Argonaut.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
The Nev.paper cad"

A large and successful advertiser
says that when he first went into bust
ness he regarded newspaper advertis-
ing as an expense which was impor-
tant, but not essential to success. but a
little experience taught him to view
regular and systematic advertising in
the most widely circulated newspapers
as an investment or as necessary
part of the capital put into his estab-
lishment. Like any other safe invest
ment," he says, "the newspaper 'ad.
brings in profits, and without 1t an en-
terprise falls short Of its possibilities.'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23

1.-THE exiled Chinese agitator.l
liza, wherever Mohammedan blood and
the faith of Islam had taken root. The
imperialists were not able to break the
communications of the rebels with
Burma, and for years arms and ammu-
milton poured in to aid the rebel cause.
Finally. after an exhaustive struggle,
Tu was hemmed in and summoned to
surrender the city to General Ma. A
sedan chair supposed to contain the
rebel chief entered the imperial line
only to deliver to the impatient victor
a corpse. Ma quickly decapitated the
body and sent the head to the imperial
palace. The Mohammedan leaders.
who surrendered in good faith upon the
promise of life, were treacherously
murdered at feast given them by the
victors. Next the Chinese soldiers, gil
gantic and fierce fellows from Human.
were let loose upon the city, and the
butchery of defenseless men. women
was too fatigued to keep up the slaugh-
ter.
In the north the followers of the
prophet carried on an Independent re-
bellion contemporary with that of the
Taipings and the Yunnan Mohamme-
dams. Having no soldiers to send
against the rebel. of Shensi and Kan
su, the emperor dispatched two COM
missioners, one Of whom was murder
ed by the rebels. The emperor then or
dered general massacre Of all the fol-
lowers of Islam. The Chinese soldiers
in the imperial garrisons cut off in cold
blood their comrades Of the Moham-
medan line The war lasted four years
more. and Russia, as well as the prov
inces in central Asia, became involved.
| 1t is like an interposition of fate that
Kang-Yu-Wei escaped the country
when the. reformers were exterminated
| couple Of years ago. He finally reach
ed Singapore and has made the most of
| his opportunity to spread the idea of
| reform for China among the millions of
Celestials outside of the empire. The
reform party of which Wei is the head
/ claims membership Of 25.000,OOO. and
every province of the country, every
yamen, even the court itself, is infect
ed with the notion that there will be
no hating until China is turned upside
down and set going after a new fash
ion. GEORGE L. KILMER.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
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Z
A POISON TO FISH.
Pure Salt Will Bring Death to Crea-

lures of the Sea.
That a marine creature can be poi
soned with salt water seems mani
fest absurdity, yet we are assured on
the strength of very recent expert
ments that pure salt acts as a violent
poison to fish and that it is only the
other constituents of their native ele-
ment that prevent it's SO acting in sea
water. Says the Revue Generate des
Sciences in an account of the expert
ments just mentioned:
1.-THE innumerable animals that live
in the sea are in permanent contact
with strong salt water containing not
exclusively, but chiefly, chloride of So
dunn. Many of them die in few min
utes when they are put into fresh wa
ter. Man adds to his food large pro-
portions of this same salt and is in
commoded If deprived of it. Sea salt
thus seems to be of use to many living
organisms and indispensable to some.
Nj. Jacques Loeb announces very inter-
esting experiments that prove that this
chloride of sodium, when purified and
freed from the other salts that accom-
pany it in the sea, is a violent poison
for sea creatures. Perhaps it might
also be poisonous to man If he did not
take into his system with his food and
| drink certain quantity of potash and
lime salts, which are it's antidotes.
| Loeb takes small marine fish newly
| caught of the genus fundulus and
| puts them into solution of pure So
dunn chloride containing the same pro-
portion of this salt sea water. At the
| end of IL hours all the fish are dead.
If this salt solution be diluted with dis
| titled water, the fish live longer, the
length of time being in ratio to the ex-
tent of the dilution. They live indefi-
| nitely if they are put into Tea water
even If 5 per cent of pure chloride of
sodium be added to it. The chloride of
sodium must, then, act as poison, but
sea water must contain antidotes to it.
Here are interesting facts whose
theoretical Importance is considerable.
They show us very strikingly the part
played by the mineral composition Of
the surrounding medium in vital phe.
nomena. They reveal the unexpected
son, as are the chlorides of potassium
and calcium. While the mixture OF
these three bodies in the proper pro
portions is, on the contrary, favorable
to the preservation and development Of
certain living creatures.
Loeb believes that the metallic ion.
of these salts form combinations will
the proteid substances of the proto
plasm; that these. combinations ar,
quite easily dissociable, so that in thu
presence of pure salt, such as sodium
chloride, the sodium ion takes the plac,
in the protoplasm of the potassium
calcium and magnesium ions, givin.
compounds that are not capable of sus
tanning the life of the organism Thes
Of course are but hypothesis. M. Loci
promises to establish their CORRECTNESS
by series of experiments. His stud,
of the toxicity of sodium chloride is tn
first of this promised SERIES"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
ton, the rule of tie torch and the
sword. The rebellion lasted long
enough for the people, to see the evil Of
ii, and it collapsed suddenly, leaving
nSne to regret it's fate.


enough for the people to see the evil of
il, and it collapsed suddenly, leaving
ncne to regret it's fate.
While the imperial government had
more than it's match in the TAPPING
rebels lodged in the valley Of the Yang
tse another long lived rebellion was
disturbing a wide district west and
north. This is known as the Moham-
medan rebellion, and it had no connec-
ton with the TAPPING movement. In
the extreme southwestern province of
the empire the population sprang from
Mohammedan fa,ners who settled there
in the eighth century. Having taken
wives from among the Celestials, their
descendants became Chinese in all but
religion. ,s IA ssss.
For centuries the Mohammedans liv-
ed in peace, but in 1851 the oppression
of provincial rulers led them to appeal
to Picking for redress. They didn't get
it. After time there was local riot
at the mines, and the Mohammedans
had the worst of it. Finally the Chi
nese were permitted to massacre thou
sands of Mohammedans in cold blood.
Then the race arose in fierce rebellion.
A rival government was established in
the town of Talifu, formerly the capt.
tai of kingdom and place well
adapted for defense.
At once there was split among the
rebels, the parties marshaling under
one Ma and one Tu. Tu held on to the
headquarters at Tall, defying Ma, and
the latter attacked the imperial troops
in Yunnan, the capital city of the prov
ince. Just when the Yunnan garrison
was on the point of surrendering the
willy Ma offered to sell out his chances
for government favor. He and his
whole force went over, and that is how
it is that the imperialists now have a
General Ma on the list. 1t was not
this particular Ma, but relation,
whom he foisted upon the government
when driving the clever bargain.
The ex-rebel Ma, finding that he
couldn't subdue Tu. tried to bride him
to get under imperial cover, but Tu
was too good a rebel. The whole prov.
ince of Yunnan as well as the adjoin
ing country rallied to him, and the
trouble spread away across the Yang
tse to the north and over into Mongo
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23

N FIGHTING
foreigners on
t II e battlefield
John Chinaman
has cut no fig
ure as compar-
ed with the pc
cu l diplomacy
displayed at Pc
k In g. And It
yet remains for
him to prove
that for all he is
an up to date
man of affairs
instead OF a fos-
sill. But as a
rebel the Celes-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-23
wind Up Of Delagoa Raw Gaze.

London, Nov. 13.-The Delagoa bay
railroad award was finally settled yes
terday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-11-14
The Unexpected Find.

This story was told by a Phlladel-
phia man who dislikes nothing SO
much as to be asked questions:
My little girl is very fond Of sea-
shells" he said, land, having been
called to Atlantic City on business the
otheE day. I took advantage of the op-
portunity to run down to the beach, to
see. If r could pick up a few. i was
sstrualing Mohg THE sand, gathering a
.fewskeHs Sad pebbles, which placed
in my handkerchief. when along came
one of those old idiots who ask ques-
tious with their mouths which their
ewes could answer. He smiled upon
nle and said: Fine day, isn't it? Are
YOU gathering shells:' No I snapped
back, saying the first thing thatpopped
into my mind, I'm looking for a set OF
false teeth 1 lost while in bathing
He expressed his sympathy anu then
his face lit up rs his eye caught sight
of a pink and white object on the
sand, Well, | declare! Here they are
nowr he exclaimed, and, sure enough,
he picked up Il set Of false teeth lying
right at his feet.
II was 100 surprised to do anything
but grab them and put them INTO my
pocket. The funny part Of it is that l
never had IL tooth pulled in my life. l
wonder whom that false set belongs
to."-philadelphia Record.