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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
CONTINUES 10 IMPROVE.
Mrs. MckinIey's Physicians Says She Is
Gaining Strength.

Washington. June 11.-Dr. Rixey.
Tuesday morning. reported that Mrs.
Mckinley passed a comfortable night.
Mrs. McEinley's phys clans held
b,icf consultation Tuesday forenoon.
after which the following statement as
to her condition was issued:
'Mte. McKinlcy's physicians report
that she continues to improve and Is
slowly gaining strength
Mrs. McKinlev's condition continued to
improve. tonight. Surgeon General Stern
berg. after his usual visit at $50 tonight.
said:
Mrs. Mckinley is improving slowly but
steadily. Everything now is favorable
She sat up in bed for a while again. to-
day
Dr. RiXcy. when he left the White
House shortly after 1890 o'clock. tonight.
after a visit of an hour and half at
Mrs. McI<incy's bedside. said:
Mrs. Mckinley is resting very com
fortlbly, tonight. The IMPROVEMENT con
tinucs. There is no particular change.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
THE ANNUAL STATE DAY
OF the Old Home Week May Have 10 Be Taken
by Portland.

Portland. Me. June n.-Mayor Boothby
state. today. that if no application is
made for the State day celebration for
Old Home week, he will cndcavor to have
Portland again assume 1t. In event Of an
acceptance by this city. however it will
he on a much less elaborate scale than
that of year ago. the expense not to cX-
coed the amount now held by the local
association. No municipal appropriation
nor public subscription will be asked in
aid of the celebration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
FOR ABDUCTION.
Somerv;lIe Man Found Guilty Of Stealing
1O-Year-o!d Girl.

Freedom, Nc, June 1.-Milford, alias
John Chamberlain of Somerville, was
brought before Trial Justice c. T. Hitch
ms by Deputy Sheriff Norton by war
rant for the abduction of the 15-ycar- old
daughter of Jason Richardson of this
town. by complaint of Mr.. Richardson
Monday. J.. ID. Jones. ESD. appeared Tor
Mr. Richardson. Chamberlain found
guilty and on his returning the girl and
paying fine and costs the m.ttimus was
SlSDcnded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
UNITARIAN CONVENTION.
Members from All Over State at PASSPORT foI
9Th Annual.

Eastport. Me. June 11.-Unitarians from
all parts Of Maine arrived here. today. to
attend the 37th annual convention of the
Unitarian churches of the State. which
began. this evening. and will continue
through tomorrow and Thursday. The
session. this evening. was brief and uuirn-
portant and was followed by a sermon by
Rev Charles T.. St. John. The real busl
ness of the session will begin. tomorrow.
when sessions will be held in the fore
noon, afternoon and evening. The con-
ference will close. at noon THURSDAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
Weather Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, June il-Along the New
England coast the winds will continue
light to fresh and mostly from the south
Steamers which depart for European
ports will have fresh southerly winds
partly cloudy weather and showers To thu
Grand Banks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
Attempts to Float Assyrian Fails

st. Johns. n. F.. June 1.-THE at
tempts to float the steamer Assyrian
failed. today. owing to the pumps be-
coming choked. The water is again
rising in No. hold. Another attempt
TO float her will be made, tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
Washington Forecast.

Washington, June u.-Foreoast for
Wednesday and Thursday for Maine
Fair. Wednesday: fair. Thursday. in east
cra, showers in western portion; fresh
sotrthcrIy winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
Augusta Steam Laundry,

The population OF each town as given
by the U. S. Census for 1900.
The valuation of each town "a given
by the board of State assessors for 1900.
The vote cast for each candidate for
President, Governor and Congressman it
the last election.
The new apportionment of Maine for
the next ten years
The State Legislature for 1912 and the
Mty-seventh L. s. Congress.
Township map of Maine, revised to
date Cloth bound. about 1000 pages
Price, Business edition, 500: Legislative
SIS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
EN- PRES. CLEVELAND.
Il Have Not Word to Say on It
Not a Single Word"

Princeton. n. j., June 11.-Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland. when interviewed. to-
night. on President Mckinley's state
ment regarding Il third term. said:
Il have not a word to say on it-not
a single word
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12
FAIR WEATHER.

Boston, June 11.-ForccaSt for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Fair weather
Wednesday and Thursday: light south
west winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12

private artesian wells and II public
ones. This number will soon be in
creased, for. at the present time. many
property owners in the neighborhood OF
Guerrero are having wells bored in
their yards.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-12

George J.. Hart. IS years old and
married, committed suicide 1T his home
in Holden. Monday. by cutting his throat
with a iackknife. He had been dcspon-
dent for several months. and recently
told his brother that he intended To die
drCn survive him.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
Cloud Mountains.

The highest of all the clouds are
those delicate, white, f1brous, detached
masses Of frozen vapor; always seem
high against the blue sky. The top
most point of.the highest of these may
be ten miles above the earth. They are
called cirrhus clouds. Altogether there
are ten principal types of clouds. The
lowest, known as the stratus, are really
horizontal sheets of lifted fog seen on
damp days or in very damp localities.
These clouds are only. a few hundred
feet above the earth.
Some of the vast bodies of vapor are
higher than the. tallest of the Alps.
They are undoubtedly snow capped
veritable mountains Of ice and snew.
1t has been discovered that the tenn
perature on one such summit was 70
degrees below zero.
Were it possible for us to ascend in a
balloon and spenetrate one of these
snew capped peaks from base to sum-
NIT we should travel first through a
layer of dry air, 'yapor and water, a
third Of freezing vapor, water and ice,
and finally through the summit, COM
posed of dry air, vapor and ice, but no
water
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
An Anecdote of Greeley.

A call was once made by a dozen
noted artists Of the Academy of De-
sign, in 1870, on Horace Greeley. Mr..
Clarence Cock, then the art critic Of
The Tribune, had been saying things
about the academy exhibition which
caused the venerable chiefs of that es-
adjustment to boil with indignation.
One day a committee went down to
The Tribune to complain. Mr. Greeley,
having. listened in silence to what these
gentlemen had to say, looked up from
his desk, a twinkle in his eye, and
said, with his peculiar nasal falsetto:
Gentlemen, ! judge from your re-
marks that Mr.. Cooks articles are
widely read. They will therefore con-
tinue to be printed in The Tribune.
Good morning"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
Getting Away From Land.

The question has been asked. Is it
possible to sail 1000 miles from land?
This can be done at several points. By
leaving San Francisco and sailing
northwestward into the north Pacific
spot is reached where there is no land,
not even an islet, for 1000 miles in any
direction. So, too, sailing from the
southern point of Kamchatka SOUTH
eastward ships reach point equally
distant from land of any kind, the
nearest to the north being the Ales-
tian islands and to, the south the
outlying members of the Sandwich
group. In the southern Indian ocean
it is possible to sail 1000 miles out
from the southern points of Australia
and New Zealand and still be as far
from any other land, and the same may
be done in a westerly direction from
Cape Horn. Indeed, from this point
a much longer distance might be reach
ed, for the southern Pacific between
the Horn and New Zealand covers a
space of so degrees of longitude and
40 of latitude Of absolutely unbroken
sea, making its central point over 1900
miles from anywhere.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
Apple Culture Profitable

In a general way I have faith IN
the pro1tableness of apple growing if
rightly managed. 1t is a good time to
plant apple trees, at least for the man
in the right place. The majority Of
orchards set thirty and forty years
ago will have to go. The trees were
by far too close, and they will soon
be useless, worthless. unless from two
to three trees out of every four are
cut down to make room for the re-
naming one. Even that remedy will
not help much in all cases. Severe
pruning ana spraying will have to
be practiced in these orchards il
satisfactory results can be hoped for.
Start young orchards, by all means,
and be sure to set block for tho
very purpose OF grating over, when
five or more years old, to some of
the new sorts that in the meantime
will prove of especial merit. Don't
imagine, however, that you can plant
apple trees or any other fruit tree
and have. them make satisfactory
crops if they are left to grow in sod,
or if you SOW wheat, rye or oats on
the same ground. For Few years
you may plant hoed crops among the
trees. l would prefer small fruits,
especially strawberries; but manure
and good tillage should never be
withheld. When the trees begin to
bear, let them have the exclusive uss
of the well-tilled soil, and you will
have your reward in due time.-JT.
Grener, in Farm and Fireside.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14

At first thought one would be IN
cljned to smile at the idea of using a
harbed wire fence for telephone
line; but little thought will convince
anyone that it is practical. In fact
there is now a company making a
speciality of putting up such lines, and
have them working in several States
to the entire satisfaction of those own
ing phones along the lines. One limo
in Texas covers a distance of one hun
dred miles The farmer hardly real
ICES what benefit phone connecting
him with his home town and his
neighbors would be. There would GER
family be more rural lines if he dii l..
AT any rate, if the cost of putting up
a line will be cheapened, as it GER
tainly will If our fences can be utiliz-
ed, it will be but short time until i
phone Will be in every farm house,
and we will find ourselves wondering
how we ever did busingess without a
phone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
Mother Goose Repartee.

The Little Boy had been trying to go
into vaudeville, with i'll success, and
he was obviously in a fault finding hui
NOR as he sat under the haycock with
Bopeep.
81 fail to see the reason why you Sc
cure such widespread advertisement"
he exclaimed pettishly.
Especially" retorted Bopeep, when
you are so vigorously blowing your
own horn"
you neglect your charges shameful
ly. | believe even now they are lost, "
he pursued.
"Oh, they'll all come home, like your
press agents, bringing their tales be-
hind them" returned Bopeep airily.
Hereupon the Little Boy looked rath-
er sheepish for an instant. Your long
continued association with crooks is
corrupting your morals and manners, "
he cried, recovering himself.
At this Bopeep blushed, but made no
reply. Perhaps, after all, it was jeal-
ousy that made the Little Boy Blue
New York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14

Never go near your horse without
speaking to him.
A horse can travel better and with
less wear and tear with his head free.
Use check rein with the bittlng-rig.
and when training, but when the colt
has completed his education and can
be used for regular driving take It off.
Breed horses with style and spirit
enough to hold their heads up nat
urally.
Encourage your horses to lie down
by making heir stalls comfortable.
The more they rest the better.
When driving in hot days give a few
swallows of water whenever it is pos
sible.
If heated do not let him fill up,
but give him little at every trough.
Take barrel of water to the field
and give the work-horses a few
nouthfulls every hour or SO. 1t win
help them as much as it will yourself.
Low managers are best.
Do not allow the dried perspiration
to remain in the hair over night. 1t
will cause the coat to fade.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
An Eccentric Bullet.

At the battle on the peninsula an in
fantryman fell to the ground as If shot
dead and was left lying in heap as
the regiment changed position. The
ball which hit him first struck the bar
rel of his gun, glanced and struck a
button OF his coat, tore the watch out
of his vest pocket and then struck the
man just over the heart and was stop
ped there by songbook in his shirt
pocket. He was unconscious for three
quarters of an hour, and 1t was a full
month before the black and blue SPOT
disappeared.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
THE MILK COWS.
An Interesting Talk to Benefit the DAIRY
men In Making Business Pay

An Interesting Talk to BENEFIT the DAIRY
men In Making business Pay
When we talk about preserving the
quality of milk in hot weather we
must remember that some milk keeps
better than others.
mean by this that there are dlt-
ferent grades of resistance to the action
of degenerative bacteria, and tnat
some milk viii keep sweet and pure
longer than other kinds under the
same conditions.
How is this to be accounted Tor!
one would naturally ask.
First, the healthfulness and vlgor OF
the COW, in a great measure warrant
the healthfulness and purity OF the
milk, as docs also the character OF the
food she eats.
Pure. healthy milk will not sour or
faint prematurely unless under the
most adverse atmospheric conditions.
One frequent cause of a rapid de-
generative change il milk in not
weather, cause that is too often
overlooked, is the over-heating of COWS
prior to milking.
To rush COWS into the stable from
the pasture night or morning, is to
excite them sufficiently physically 70
heat their milk to a feverish point,
quickly undermining its quality.
So, in order to preserve milk in hot
weather. aeration, ice, and cold water
arc mockery. unless the COWS are
kept cool and free from irritation.
For this reason l have no use for
even the most intelligent dogs to as
sist in driving COWS to and from the
pasture.
The presence of such an animal is
sure to excite some nervous, sensitive
COW, and such are usually the best
mixers, and her tactical yield if alone
affected will leaven the product OF the
whole herd.
Cows should always be handled and
driven deliberately, and so none but
experienced people who can always
control their temper should be about
them.
Get up early enough in the morn
ing so that you will not have to hurry
the cows in from the pasture, and quit
field work early enough at night tor
the same reason.
When a farmer ceases to consider
dairyipg simply as doing chores" but
to regard it as one of the most i'm
purtant interests he has on his place,
then and then only is he prepared 10
make his COWS pay,
Never make dairying subservient to
other work unless you have no need
of a dairy income.-Geo. E. Newell, in
Live Stock Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
Key to the PuzzIer.

No. Photographed Puzzle: 1. Port
land. .. Mexico. 3. Dakota. 4. Tren-
ton. g. Vermont.
No. 74.-Picture Puzzle. April.
No. 75.-Rebus:
t, here, S, man, Y, a, s, Ii, p,
i, wix, t, t. he, CIV (cue), pan, d, the, lip.
There's many slip
'Twixt the cup and the lip"
No. 76.-Charade: Pen-man-ship.
No -BeheadiHgs Bismarck. l.
Broad. 2. Irate. s. Selfish. 4. Mate.
8. Amiss. 6. Relate. T. Climb. 8. Know.
No. 7S.-Progressiv Enigma: April.
A (aye), ap (aps), pri pry), rl (rilD.
No. 79.-Riddle: A clock.
Ne. S0.-Anagram; Triangle.
No. S1.-Diamond. 1. G. 2. Cod. 3.
Canal 4. Conduit. 5. Daubs. 6. Lis.
Z. It.
No. S2.-Dopble Curtailings; 1. Door.
2. There. 3. With-er. 4. Thoughts. ).
Aim. @. Young.
No. SO. - Cities; veEa0ity. Felicity.
Reciprocity. Sagacity. Paucity. Rus
ITCHY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14

Lord Cardwell was in the habit of u.s.
ing the church prayers at family pray
ers. One day his. valet came to him and
said, 81 must leave your lerdship's
service at once"
"Why, what have you to complain
of?
Nothing personally, but your lord
ship will repeat every morning, we
have done those things which we ought
not to have done and have left undone
those things which we ought to have
DONE Now, freely admit Ithat'I have
often done things l ought not, but that
| have left undone things that ought
to have done | utterly deny, and will
not stay here to hear it said"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
A LASTING EFFECT.
This Evidence Should Prove
Every Claim.

Relief from the pains and aches of
bad back is always welcome to every
backache sufferer, but to cure a lame,
weak or aching back is what's wanted.
Cure 1t so it will stay cured. 1t can be
done. Here's the strongest evidence to
prove it.
Mr.. H. P. Smith, blacksmith, of Elm
street, Amesbury, Mass, says: "Mrs.
Smith, from a cold which settled in her
loins, suffered so severely from backache
that she was unable to attend to the Or
binary household duties, often finding it
impossible to even make bed for three
months. 1 had read great many state
ments of residents of Amesbury who pos
itively declared that Doan S Kidney Pills
had cured them of backache and other
symptoms of kidney complaint. This led
me to make some inquiries, and as Q re-
suit Mrs. Smith took thorough course
of the treatment. 1t cured her. 1t is so
long ago that / am confident the results
are permanent. We never lose An oppor-
tunity of advising others who suffer from
either weakened or over-excited kidneys
to procure Doan's Kidney Pills, and we
know of scores in and around Anesbury
who have taken our advice and were not
only surprised but gratifed at the bene~
fits received"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price so cents box. Mailed on
receipt of price by Foster-M ilburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the us.
Remember the name, Ooan's, and take
10 substitute.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14

The management of the Bureau of
Pensions may soon have its atten-
tlon directed to the subject of claims
for pensions on account of the war
with Spain. Applications on this ac-
count number $40. The total
number of men in service during the
war with Spain was 274 ZIG, or only
six times the number OF applications.
Our casualties during the war were
At Santiago, 260 killed, 1,421 wound
ed in Porto Rico, 3 killed, 40 wound
ed at Manila, II killed, 106 wound
ed. Deaths from disease we're: Of
ficers So men, 2,495. Thus far the
reflections have amounted to about
so per cent Of the claims examined.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
No. s6.-NumericaI Enigma.

1 am composed of 80 letters and form
a quotation by Philip James Bailey.
My 8, II, 4, %, 4S, 80 is modest
spring flower. My 80, II, s, 33, 36, 2,
40, % is the Jeffersonia. My %, 40, 7
II, 81; 3, %, SO, "a, 8, %, IS, 40, 20, q,
40, Z belongs to the lily family, and the
name suggests a very wise man. My
II, 81, s, "a, &c; 40, o, 30, IS, 20 is a
kind of herb bennett. My l, 10, u, SO,
IA, Al, 10 is always associated with the
death of a great philosopher. My ~, 10,
8, SO, 10, 80, 4S is Scotland's national
flower. My At, "a, IS, 80, %, 46, A was
made into a tea by our grandmothers.
My 6, 10, 40 is kind of rose. My 43, 81,
7, %, IS, 2. 40, SO is the heal all. My
80, 40, 20, 8, % is an aromatic herb. My
Al, %, 3, 81, 4, SO; 9, 4S, 80, Al, 40 is a
leguminous plant.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
Making u Man.

Hurry the baby as fast as you can;
Hurry him, worry him, make him man.
Of with his baby clothes, get him in pants;
Feed him on brain foods and make him advance
Hustle him soon as he's able to walk
Into grammar school; cram him with talk.
Fill his poor head full of figures and facts;
Keep on a-jamming them in till it cracks.
Once boys grew up at a rational rate;
Now we develop a man while you wait.
Rush him through college, compel him to grab
OF every known subject dip and dab
Get him in business and after the cash
All by the time he can grow a mustache.
Let him forget he was ever a boy;
Make gold his god and its jingle his joy.
Keep him a-hustling and clear out of breath
Until he wins-nervous prostration and DEATH
Christian Endeavor World
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-14
ELMER {. ELLSWORTH.
The Brave Young Soldier who Sleeps his Last
Sleep at MechaniCviIIe.
From The Utica, N. Y, Observer


From The Utica, N. Y, Observer
How many readers of The OBJ
server remember Col. Elmer E. Ellis
worth, the brave young man who
was shot at Alexandria, Va, May
"a, 1861? Those who do will recall
his visit to Utica during the summer
of 1860, when be came here as Cap
tain of Ellsworth's Zouaves, whose
evolutions in Chancellor Square are
still recalled by q few grayDeards as
the finest specimen they ever saw of
the result of military discipline. He
was q boyish looking fellow then, in
the early twenties, and he seemed to
be so entirely wrapped up in his self
adopted professionalism of drilling
men-that nothing else could long
distract his attention. The next
spring our Civil War began. Then,
throughout the North, the first ques-
tion on the lips of everybody was,
"Where is Ellsworth ?"
Ellsworth had been reading lew in
the office of Abraham Lincoln. He
was ready to accompany his pre-
ceptor to Washington when the
President-eect started on that
momentous journey. Reaching the
capital, he devoted his time to the
study of a larger phase of military
questions than had engaged his at
tention as drilmaster of a company,
until one April morning, when we
found ourselves in the very crater of
q volcano of the Civil War. New
York-city and state-was up and
doing. The Fire Department of the
city of New York Immediately pro-
ceeded to enroll two regiments, and
the command of the first of these was
rendered to Elmer E. Ellsworth. He
accepted it and was straightway
commissioned by Governor Morgan.
Behold him then as Colonel of the
Fire Zouavesl flow quickly he made
his men into excellent soldiers-they
were the old volunteer tiremen, ac-
customed to rough sort of dis
cipline, but impatient of restraint.
Under Colonel Ellsworth, however,
they yielded to the strictest rules un-
complainingly. They embarked from
New York On transport and went
directly to Alexandria, Va, which
they reached the day after the in
vasion of the sacred soil'' had been
ordered. One of the first sights that
met the young colonel's eye was the
Confederate flag flying from the
Marshall House-a hotel. Entering
that building, heordered the proprie.
tor to remove it. This Jackson re.
fused to do. Then Col. Ellsworth
mounted the stairs, and when he had
reached the top of the building he
hauled down the flag and was de.
scending with it when he was shot
dead by Jackson, the hotel keeper
who was Immediately killed by Frank
Brownell, who accompanied Ellis
worth. The tragic death of Col
Ellsworth filed us all with amaze
ment and grief. That President
Lincoln felt it deeply is evident from
the fact that he so soon promoted
Frank Brownell to be a Lieutenant
in the Regular Army.
The number of boys named "E. e.
during the first year of the war testi
fies to the universal regard in which
Elmer Ellsworth was held. He wal
native of the state in whose service
he died-having been born i'll Me
chanicville, Saratoga county, N. Y.
April %, 1887.