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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-04

We have chosen line Of bicycles that
stand, up and cause us no trouble. We
keep them IN repair all the season. A few
second hand bicycles ct bargains. We
carry q full line Of Snndries. Repairing
q speciality. Our business Is bicycles only.
and we can meet anybody's prices. Dom t
buy before you see our line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-04

hall. Apply to James w. North. No. -
Grove St.. or Fred w. Ellis. So Sewall St
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-04
Farm, |! Miles From P. @.

Farm Of 30 acres on High street, good
buildings and good orchard. Inquire OF
81. A. Jones, harness maker, Gardiner
ne. - ~ mayS.dtf
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
Sc. ror the wrong Time.

He works In down town office for
a gruff old chap who has no love for
laggards. He Is due at sharp, but
as he likes to be cut o nights he never
wakes up a moment too soon. He has
an alarm clock. which he sets at Z,
and this gives him barely time to
dress. breakfast and reach the office.
One day last week. the man having
forgotten to wind his clock the night
before, it didn't go off. So there were
explanations to be made about $3.50 a.
IN. This was the excuse:
"Well. you see. Mr.. Gruff, know
how punctual you like all of your men
to be, so | have an alarm clock, which
l set for Z In the morning. But, by
mistake. | set 1t for In the evening
last night, and of course 1t didn't go off
at Z in the morning today, as usual
And oversight myself"
"Ah, you did? Well, I'll excuse you
this time. But set 1t properly after
this"
And now the chap Is wondering
whether or not "the old man" was real
ly fooled or merely wanted to let him
down easy. Perhaps he thinks the
boss believes he has "a hour clock
Kansas City Journal.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05

er OF the trees, they halted on the
edge Of a clearing. Not more than
a thousand yards away, 900 F1lipinos,
under the leadership of young officer
In the uniform Of the United States
army, were stealthily advancing.
Careful men. Don't fire. Wait fol-
ORDERS" cautioned the officers.
The American lines deployed and
now a volley carried death into the op.
posing force. The battle ragged back
and forth. Scattering were the shots
which returned the regular fire of the
boys In blue. The insurgents became
disorganIzed. Their retreat became q
rout.
The battle was over. The soldiers
returned victoriously rejoicing. AS they
picked their way over the spot Of the
first encounter, they came upon a sad
scene. In the midst of the dead and
dying, lay the lifeless body Of a pretty
black-eyed Filipino girl, beside the dead
deserter lieutenant and there, with his
head buried in his arms and weeping
like child, was Private Chadwick
he mourned the loss of friend and
sweetheart.-New York Evening Sun.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
They We're All Tired.

The parlor entertainer has some anus
ing experiences, although he is not al
ways good natured enough to tell them
against himself. One who appreciates
a joke, however, relates that on a GER
tain occasion he had been performing
at an "at home" and responding to so
many encores that the programme be-
came unusually long.
After 1t was over his hostess with her
young daughter came up to him and,
after congratulating him on the success
of the afternoon, said most cordially:
"Oh, Mr.. Blank, come and have some
refreshments and sit down for awhile.
l know you must be awfully tired"
"Yes," chimed in the sweet young
daughter, with the best intentions In
the world; "Pm sure we arc."-New
York Mall and Express.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05

Among many savage tribes the sense
OF smell is almost as acute IS In some
OF the lower animals. The Peruvian
Indians are able, according to Hum.
boldt, to distinguish In the middle of
the night, whether an approaching
stranger is European, American, In
dian, or negro. M. Houzeau also as
serts that he proved by repeated ex-
periments that negroes and Indians can
distinguish persons In the dark by their
color. Indian travellers have recorded
that certain natives who habitually alb
stain from animal food have a sense
of smell which is so exquisitely deli
cate that they can tell from which well
vessel of water has been obtained
By smell alone the negroes of the An
TILES will detect the footsteps of
Frenchman from those of negro. The
guides who accompany travellers on the
route from Aleppo to Babylon will tell
by smelling the desert sand how near
they are to the latter place. But the
people gifted with delicate olfactory
nerves, above all others, are the abo-
rigines of Australia; and to such an ex-
tent is their gift relied upon that the
government had, few years back,
number Of natives In the police force
who were employed solely as trackers
for hunting out criminals by smell
alone, which they did with the greatest
success.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05

1t is not only the knickerbockered small
boy who has games of his own. Girls,
too, have fads and occupations, though
all of them are not monopoliZed by doll
babies. In fact, their historic devotion
to these painted beauties seems to be
lessening Dolls of sawdust and paper
are good for rainy days and for the twi-
light hours before or after dinner when
one is not allowed to go out. But the
doll day is decidedly on the decline. 1t
is better for girls, as for boys, to be in
the open, to chase butterflies with nets.
to climb trees even at the expense of
clothing, and to jump and frolic with all
their might.
There is more to be discovered with
the ants, the bees, the birds, the flowers,
or in the companionship of a wise dog,
than in all the sawdust and china-eyed
babies in the world.
However, there are certain games sa-
cred to our grandmothers and still kept
up in a measure by little girls, being re-
yived from year to year. Some Of them
are silly. Most of them date from the
time when boys and girls did not study
from the same books, and when 1t was
reasoned out that even games must be
feminine. Now we know better. The
same sports that develop the little male
animal are good for little girls, too. Girls
now play baseball and even football.
First and dearest of all the girls games
comes tag. The children range in a
row and somebody counts.
Eeeny, meeny, miney, mo,
Catch a niger by the toe,
If he hollers let him go,
Eeeny, meeny, miney, mo.
The last mo" is st." and the game
begins with a nimble scattering and a
shrill squeak. The lines are silly and
ungrammatical, and the kindergartners
do not approve of them because they
are such meaningless jabber, but the old
doggerel has been used for SO many years
that very likely Its meaning, II 1t ever
had any, has all been rubbed of from
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05

"S-s-s-s-t."
The sound interrupted his revery. A
dirty, ragged individual stepped from
behind the tent. Looking cautiously
to the right and left he slipped grimy
bit of paper into Chadwick's hand.
Guy hastily tore open the note. He
read:
Ny Dear American Soldier: Prove to
me that you love me. Join us tonight.
Papa will make you big officer.
NINA.
A pang went to his heart A smoul-
dering fire famed up. In spite of this
evidence of her insincerity, Guy now
realized that his feeling for her was
more than mere interest in the girl. He
was disgusted to discover his weak
ness.
"Get out of here" he said In harsh
voice. go tell the one who sent you
that my flag Is dearer to me than all
the world, and before leave it l will
die. Co."
The effort cost him pain. He crawled
back into his tent a miserable man. The
sun had set.
Private Chadwick's SICK" comment
ed his comrades.
One ran with the news to Lieut.. But
terworth's tent. 1t was empty.
''The lieutenant went off with dirty
looking beggar," said the guard. Zone
Of his charities, | guess. Said he'd be
back before long"
Private Chadwick knew otherwise
He was torn one way by jealousy to-
ward his erstwhile friend, another by
anger at the girl who had played him
false. He worked himself into fever
His comrades attributed 1t to sorrow
for his lost friend, for, after fruitless
search, 1t was said that Lieut. Butter
worth had been trapped into an am
buscade
In the gray dawn of morning Private
Chadwick paced slowly up and down,
with his gun on his shoulder, doing SEN
try duty. He was still weak from the
fever. A rustic, as of some one NOV
ing, caught his attention.
VINO goes Jneref
His challenge went unanswered. He
espied form disappearing into clump
of bushes.
Bang" He fired-but into the air
The corporal of the guard came run
ming down the line. He received the
sentry's report: "Marauding party of
devils y But Guy did not tell of all
he saw. In the disappearing form he
had recognized his deserter friend.
With hasty formation Company =
was sent forward. Keeping under cov-
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05

constant use, like the red on Glady,
Gwendolens waxen cheek. In constant
repetition there's a certain wear and tear
Heaven knows IL the Scotch had any
thing to do with hop-scotch or not
There's nothing in a name, anyway. TIC
play the game a complicated scheme Is
chalked on the concrete walk. The
squares are quite large and numbered
and the hopping begins. 1t is certainly
good exercise. A little chip or stone
must be kicked from square 1 to square
2 and so on. 1t must always be done
with one foot and the other foot must
never touch the ground. Neither must
the chip stop on one of the numerous
chalked lines, and the hopper must never
twinkle toe on one of these lines, either
It's all very complicated and jarring
Almost everything is prohibited In hop
scotch.
Jumping rope is left to girls, too Doc
tors have inveighed against 1t, but all In
vain. The girls are still jumping. When
ever you see boys spinning tops you will
find girls jumping rope, and probably the
bene6t,sso far as exercise goes, is on the
side of the girls.
1t is a matter of pride to be able to
jump to twenty or forty or sixty, accord
ing to age and strength. How the braids
bob and the curls fly! They hold their
hats on by main force, while the rope
whips the ground beneath the flying feet.
There Is a double rope called the Spanish
rope, which calls for great swiftness of
eye and lightness of foot. There is q
slow motion of the rope from side tc
side, called making the cradle. Anybody
can jump that.
Whether you are girl admitted to the
blessed privilege of overalls, or whether
you are girl obliged to look after the
unbroken continuity of skirts and stock
ings, the pleasant spring days are the
time for fun. The days are 80 short and
the plays are 80 many that the little folk
stuff themselves at night, after all the
vigorous exercise, and go TO sleep with
skins tight as any drum.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
'IF ALL MY SHIPS COME HOME"

If all the ships | have at sea
Should come a-sailing home to me,
All well, the harbor would not hold
So many ships as there would be,
II all my ships came home to me-
If half my ships came back from sea
And brought their precious freight to me,
All! well, should have wealth as great
AS any king that sits in state,
So rich the treasure there would be
In half my ships now out at sea.
Should come a-sailing home to me,
All! well. the storm clouds then might
frown.
For IL the others all went down,
Still rich and proud and glad I'd be
If that one ship came home to me.
But If that ship went down at sea
And all the others came to me,
weighed down with gems and wealth un-
told,
With honor, riches, glory, gold,
The poorest soul on earth I'd be,
If that one ship came not to me.
0 skies be calm. o winds blow free,
Blow all my ships safe home to me
But If thou sendest some awrack
To never more come sailing back,
Send any, all, that sail the sea,
But send my love ship home to me.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
One Improvident Family.

The minister in an adjoining Tennes-
see town was very much wrought up
over the pitiful condition of a parish
toner's family. He went to their home
and, finding they were almost starving,
decided that something should be done
for them. lie accordingly solicited con-
tributions for their relief Receiving
a liberal response, he promptly turned
over the money to the suffering Ones
thinking that all would be we'll
The first thing they did. however
was to go to the photographer of the
town and have a dozen pictures made
of each of the five members of the fam
lily, exhaustlng the amount, leaving
them In as bad condition as they were
before he had given them assistance
Memphis Sclmitar.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05

On one occasion. when Arthur Rob-
erts, the English actor, was performing
the part OF Captain Crosstree In the
burlesque of BLACK Eyed Susan" at
Glasgow. he converted an awkward
contretemps into hit. In one of the
scenes Crosstree enters supposed to be
inebriated and staggers about the
stage. In doing so Mr.. Roberts acci-
dentally came in contact with the seen
cry of the inn. bringing the whole set
down. The curtain had to be lowered
and the vivacious comedian came to
the front and said, Ladies' and gentle
men. you see when we come to Glas.
gov we ALWAYS bring down the house =
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
A French Novel.

Ion-I adore her!
Narcisse-I idolize her!
"Ha, then we are rivalsv'
"Yes, but still friends!
"Aye, friends till deathp
"Let us tell herw
They tell her.
She says:
"Let us dier'
They buy centimes' worth of char
coal.
They ignite 1t.
They inhale 1t.
They all die.
Viye famourl-J. G. Goddard's "a
Leave of Absence"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
why We wink.

No satisfactory determination has
been made OF the reason we wink
Some suppose that the descent and re-
turn of the lid over the eye serve to
sweep or wash II of. others that cover
Ing or the eye gives II rest from the
labor of vision. If only for an inap-
preciable Instant. This view borrows
some force from the fact that the rec.
ord of wlnk!ng Is considerably used by
experimental Psychologists to help
measure the fatigue which the eye suf-
fers. Popular Science.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-07-05
illustrating His Subject.

mo, you can't see Mr.. Blankblank
this morning during Office hours"
"But he's public official. isn't he?"
"Yes, and he's engaged in the public
service"
MAY ! ask what he's doing?"
Hes writing n magazine article on
How Can We Improve the Officehold-
er's Neglectful Treatment of the Pub
T"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
THE POSTMASTER
Is AFTER SMITH
Information Bureau Still Running,
With Results.

Postmaster Stewart Ia stiu run
ming his information bureau and
trying to ind missing things from
wills 60 wives. Ills latest task In TO
find the widow smith. first name not
given. This morning Mr Stewart
received the following Letters
Postmaster. Seattle There was "A
man died from a fall from a build
inE, his name was smith. lie told
mo year or Hu ago that he had "a
house ana shop In Seattle and "a wife
and daughters. uud that hc aud his
wife had parted, lie was rarpvns
ter. Ills shop has his name on IT,
! think BY photograph hc showed
me. Now he has left hia shop ana
tools IN Standpoint worth 1000 of
$500. which I suppose belongs to hiH
giria m you can do anything To- let
them know 81 hts death. please do
so. I heard him SAY his wife was
an NJ T. church member. ] believe.
but cant say sure. tut / am sure
she IL church member 81 some
sort. Ills property VIII go 10 waste
In a short time n not seen o..
Yours truly.
ARTHUR +. CARR.
Standpoint. Idaho. March IS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
R. G. COATS RAN
INTO AN OFFICER
Proposed a Bad Scheme WhIskey
Was 10 Blame.

r. q. Coats. road supervisor OF
district No. 30. Mason county. was
placed under arrest last evening by
fatrotman Wilson on suspicion.
Goats approached Wilson. whom no
did not know was an officer aud aug-
gcsted that they enter into a scheme
10 make "A barrel OF money. lie told
Wilson they could collect road poll
tax and use Mason county receipts.
at the same time producing a pack
age Of the latter. Wilson then In
formed Coats no was an officer and
that he (C0atHl had better consult
the captain at headquarters before
he started 10 collect road tax. cant.
sullivan questioned Coats. hut he
could not give a coherent account
Of his wanderinga. He said his home
vas at tllliwaup Falls and that he
had arrived Ia Seattle last satur-
day.
chief Meredith. after a lengthy In
teryiew With Coats to-day. came 60
the conclusion he was victim 81
had hpoHe." Coats win probably be
released this afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04

beats In the smart set assume the afr
~ the hauRhfily shocked. while the
biaCN-listed unfortunates 0f the
crudsr crust incline % bad speech
and back-fence borrowing Mean
time. the potato sack H. empty aud
there's no more olives In the Jug.
The action 81 the grncerymen IN
hiack-isstinE their customers Il the
result 81 a meeting o. the associa-
ton held a few days ago. Then the
battle began. The next days orders
for groceries were met with this
statement Of the case: we are
sorry. Mrs. smith-Iones and Mrs
Flanagan. but until your accounts
with as have been settled we must
decline your further custom. We
have heavy bills to meet. and our
creditors refuse to be stood on.
Then ensued a species Of remarks
calculated u jar you. Mrs. Elan-
uizan pleaded and stormed; Mrs.
9mith-JoneH said she was panied
that she should be subjected 10 such
annoyance. But IL diun't go. The
grocerymen said they. too. we're
panied And Mrs. Fiannlgan's po-
tato-order went untitled.
Neither have the shredded biscuits
and the olives shown up as yet at
the residence Of Mrs. smith-Jones.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04

This r. to be taken At $50 go now
re-upprniaed every ten years. Less
ees pay all taxes and assessments
Iseasces must erect n building worth
81 least Sc 600 and keep IL in repair
This lease will be assigned 90 the
stock company.
The conditions and location are
highly approved BY the committee.
The new building viii have stores TO
rent on both First avenue and Post
street Calculating the prospective
returns the committee estimated
the rents at 80 per cent. below the
rates of tho present leading build
luEa. yet after paying the ground
rent. taxes. Insurance. HlukiuR fund.
and other expenses. the net PROFIT
would be g. gaa. ON an investment
OF $50 600 this would 10 about n per
cent. This would make the enter
prise "A profitable investment. besides
adding greatly To the prestige uf the
chamber Of commerce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
Building Will Go Up at First Avenue
and Spring.

The plan for chamber OF com
meree building st First avenue aud
Spring street was formally recon-
mended yesterday hy the special
committee. a. forecaHfed IN the star.
and the report was adopted. The
following committee was then up-
pointed To organize the stock COM
pauy. 6. J. Smith. J. Il. MaeDouFnll
and J. y. Meikle. The plan IL TO OBJ
tain subscriptions for an So. 600
stock company and expend probably
$40 600 In constructing "a six-story
brick and stone building. Of which
the top floor viii be occupied by the
chamber Of commerce. free Of rental.
The investigating committee re-
ported that J. q. Meikie had obtain
ed a contract for n 50-ycar lease OF
the lot ON an annual rental OF 4 per
cent. OF the value OF the ground.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
SPOKANE is
THE WINNER
sspitoI Commission Rejsets
Seattle Architects.

OLYMPIA, April 4.-The capitol
commission has selected W. A..
ai'ehie d Spokane as architect for
~ rernodeling OF the ThurBton coua
y courthouse. Mr Rltchie's com
I1'''oFs were Architect G. ". saund-
- and Charles 5. Elliott. both Of
ss@t'ie. II ia understood that the
.-'se'ion q the Spokane man in pref.
,se 70 the Seattle applicants was
..Aae IN compliance with the gov
dnor'e wlsh.
- -'ayof keinhart appeared before
- commission and formally tender
- on behalf Of the city Of Olympia.
- gift q Sylvester park and that
s.uon q Warrington street lying
.seefn the park and the courthouse
..senl' al n be used as capitol
- .sy sen This property is valued At
~ has been decided BY the COM
- a'ioh - use Cbuekanut stone In
- Ismodeling u the courthouse.
$3.50, oI this variety Of stone that the
Sht structure IL built.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
CHILDREN GAVE
SPLENDID DRILL
Interesting Feature Of the Teach
er's Institute.

The moat attractive feature Of the
session % the TehchefH' Institute
this morning wuH "a eaiisthenle drili
by Mina Elizabeth HoWnrthn cinsa
of 30 boys and girls from the Central
school. The drlii lasted over half m
hour and was received most euthu-
siastlcaily. A. itH conclusion the
children presented AtiHH Howhrth
with n large basket 81 cut flowers.
During the morning collection uf
fi04 was taken for the benefit 81 the
family Of q. ". Wcnthrrhy. who IL
now hopelaHaiY insane lie was for
merry a school teacher Ia thia city.
and his family Il destitute.
MlHs Pollock. recently appointed
principal 81 the Queen Anne school.
made a meet interesting address on
nature study aud pf ueehdolt, Ia
The unavoidable absence ~ President
Graves. teetured on the Rise 81
Shakeapearcan Drama
In the special help section. J. =.
Wilson iseturd on how To teach
p~umanAhip. The address Was fol-
lowed b. a most Interesting discus
siou.
In the primary section Mrs Ensle
3 Young spoke II school discipline.
and Miss lillian Sutherland led the
discussion which followed. Tho time
uf the grammar section was given
over 90 an address on decimals and
percentage BY u l.. Hardwell and
lecture on Hamlet By Prof.
nschdolt
This afternoon the session II being
held In the FIRST Presbyterian
church. and ls enlivened - much
music Katherine gieu'a fine con-
traito voice viii be heard. - viii 81.
MaRnus achultx and the 4. ~ ".
Girls Giee club. Two lectures are on
the program. one on character by
Hon J. ~ achfVeiy and another on
effects ~ aicohoi on mcntai work.
bY +. W. CoizruSa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
BEAUTIFUL BRITISH GIRL
FOUND ~ PAUNcEFoTG
POSING AS AN ART MODEL
Miss Isois Hamilton, Cousin to the Duke of Hamilton,
viii be Sent Home to Her People by the
British Ambassador.

NEW YORK. April t.--Mias Isola
N. Norton Douglas Hamilton. the
beautiful daughter % Mr.. Douglas
Hamilton OF England. first cousin to
the Duke Of Hamilton. has startled
and deeply distressed her people by
being discovered posing as model
before the New York Art Students
lea RsIs. in this city.
The young lady left her home IN
England after q family miHundsr-
standing. Her people wrote 10 Sir
Julian pauncefots. the British am
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
Strike on Napoleon.

sKAGWAY, March 29.-Rohert
Henderson, dlseoverer OF the Klon-
dixie, and Jas. French OF Dawson
have Just returned to that city from
Napoleon creek. In the Forty Mile
country, and report big strike on
that stream,
AS high as $40 was rocked out
from the pay In half an hour. Mir.
Henderson saw this done himself.
lie believes the men are Just as like
ly to take out $1,000 In half an hour
as to get n dollar I'm that time.
The pnystreak IN already proved
TO be II feet wide. aud the full width
Is not determined. Mr.. Henderson
II enthusiastic over the ind. lie has
an intrest In Nos. g and z, on Which
the strike was made. Nearly all the
creek ~ staked.
The gold Is coarse, running as
hiEh as $40 10 the piece.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-04
NOT DEAD
In KANSAS

TOPEKA. Kan. Arfu THE
election returnm from al over this
state indicate that prohibition - a
campaign issue f. not yet dead.
neither can ft be termed paramount.
In several Of the larger cities %
Kansas prohibition was not given
prominence in the municipal plat
form. being kept rather in the back
ground.
Col J. W. r. Hughes. republican
candidate for mayor % Topeka. am
that he viii contest the eiee-
ton on the claim that frauds were
perpetratsd and permitted at the
ballot box. Col Hughes was de-
feated by A. Parker. democrat.