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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

One more novel from the pen Of the
late Nine. Durand ("Henry Greville'O
may be expected by the bookseller, as
her last work is even now running as
serial In a Patisian newspaper. Some
OF her stories are said to have gone in
TO from twenty to one hundred edi-
tions-and they are now as dead as
nail in door. This lady was essentially
mediocre as writer. and her books
have no claim to survive her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26


A Portland paper has discovered
why it cleared on Thursday after four
days of rain and clouds. Up to 4 r.
M. it was cloudy and the vane of the
weather bureau stood exactly east, but
shortly after O'clock man went up
to, the top of the mast and oiled the
vane, which Instantly Topped around
to west and at once the sky began to
clear and stayed clear all the next day.
George A. Alley, 15-year-old boy Of
Head Harbor Island, caught halibut
one day last week that measured 8
feet. inches in length and weighed 1877
pounds. The young fisherman dis
posed of his prize at Bar Harbor for
$1,000 which he considers good days
work and is ready for another at the
same pay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

Minot will celebrate it's centennial on
Thursday of Old Home week. The
town voted $500 for the purpose and
the committees have the arrangements
pretty well made. Who the orator of
the occasion will be has not yet been
decided on. 1t was hoped to get a ia
nous son of Minot now living in the
West, but he has notified the COM
mittee that he cannot be there on the
date designated. Judge Bonney of
Portland will be present and speak for
the lawyers. He will also probably be
president of the day. Hon. B. NJ.
Fernald. member of the Maine Sem
ate. will speak for Poland. Other
speakers will be on the program. A
public dinner will be served and music
furnished by the Turner band. Minot
is five miles west of Auburn on the
Portland & Rumford Falls railway. 1t
was formerly a part of Poland. 1t was
incorporated the 129th town in Maine,
February Is, 1902. The town was di-
vided and Auburn incorporated in 1S42.
A portion was set off as part Of the
town of Mechanic Falls, March %. 1898.
The present population of Minot is
about $50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

Two volumes of the collected works
of f. Hopkinson Smith have just been
issued by Charles Scribner's Sons, who
will complete the set in ten volumes
under the title of 1.-THE Beacon Edition"
Mr.. Smith has revised and rearranged
his stories and sketches for this edi-
ton, bringing together related themes,
and he has also added several stories
not hitherto published. A special
feature of the volumes will be draw
ings in color by Edwin A. Abbey, How
ard Chandler Christy, Henry Reuter-
dahl, F. c. Yohn, Mr.. Smith himself
and other artists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

For Register of Deeds.
GEORGE r. SMITH of Winthrop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

- AOtAee whatever viii b takoa II
unslgned communications.
The Journal cannot be held resDOn-
sable for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications
nAAress al communication relating
% subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & ELYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

Sir Hiram Maxim of London, one of
Names most distinguished sons, cables
the st. Louis fair managers that he ex-
poets to get his flying machine to soar
ing in time, for this worlds fair. AS
soon as his health will permit he will
go to work upon new experiments for a
flying machine. Sir Hiram is slowly
recovering from an attack of bronchitis
and has gone to the south of France
for course of special treatment at one
of The baths. He expects to return
Sept. 1. His idea, as is generally
known, is a machine which will have
either the smallest relation or none at
all, to a balloon. He firmly believes
that ain effective machine can be made
with which to navigate the air. He
has already spent about $4,000 in ex-
periments and is quite as strong as
ever in his belief of final success. 1t
is extremely probable a little later in
the year if his health is fully restored,
that he will come to st. Louis and en-
ter more fully upon the matter, giving
the committee the benefit of his ex-
periments and of his great knowledge
of aerostaticS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

For County Treasurer.
JAMES L. BLANCHARD of Chelsea
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

The first edition of 1000 copies OF
Holman Days new poems. entitled
Pine Tree Ballads" published by
Small, Maynard & Co. was exhausted
within week after publication The
publishers believe that this book bids
fair to exceed the remarkable success
Of Mr.. Days first book, up in Maine"
Of which nearly 10000 copies have been
sold. These figures certainly contra
dict the general impression that poetry
does rot sell, and prove that the public
will buy good deal of poetry. if it is
of the Kind that they like.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
For Governor
JOHN F. HILL.
For Representative to Congress
EDWIN C. BURLEIGH
Kennebec County Nominations.

For Senators.
RUTILLUS ALDEN of Winthrop.
C. C.. LIBBY of PittstOn.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

To the rash man or woman who
would write novel Mr.. Clement
Shorter makes these suggestions: For
the historical novelist my recipe would
probably be: Take two Of Sir Walter
Scotts novels, two volumes of French
memoirs, sprinkle with 'Zoundsr
Albeit and BY the mass!' to taste,
and you have the average historical
novel of the day-English and Ameri-
can. AS to the humorous novel the
recipe is. of course: One volume of
Fielding, one of Smollet and all OF
Dickens. brought up to date by modern
Cockneyisms. The third and even
more popular form OF fiction is that
which introduces a great deal Of
of the obvious; the writer
who best reflects the muddled thoughts
of a certain type of mind will assured
ly secure the largest circulation. This
implies the least art and the greatest
Of readers"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

For County Attorney.
THOMAS LEIGH of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

For Sheriff.
FRANK ]. HAM Of Belgrade.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
The sesl.

AS we SEQ upon the streets OF Bos-
ton dozens Of seal skin sacks, worn by
women of wealth, very few OF us give
thought to the animal that supplies
the skins out Of which the garments
are fashioned, says the Boston Jour
nal. Seals are found all along our
northern coasts and on the shores of
Newfoundland and several hundred
thousand are killed every year. Up
In the northern regions seals are often
taken for sets when young, and will
become as devoted to their master or
mistress as will a faithful dog. A boy
writes: II was presented with a seal
by some fishermen. It was two weeks
old, and soon became quite tame. fol-
lowing me about and showing signs
OF pleasure when / would come near
even eating out of my hand. 1t was
fond Of heat and would lie for hours
by the kitchen fire, raising its head to
look at every newcomer, but never
attempting to bite any one. 1t would
nestle close to the dogs, who soon be-
came quite accustomed to their new
companion. The following winter
after received my pet seal was very
cold and stormy, go that food was
scarce, and my parents thought it best
to take the seal far oct in our boat
and drop him into the sea. This we
did. But to our astonishment the seal
refused to be thus cast off, and fol-
lowed after the boat, crying so pitt
fully that our hearts melted, cold as
1t was, and we took him home where
he was received with great affection
by the entire family, and we decided
to share with the faithful seal what
ever we had for ourselves"
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Longest Way Around.

Here is an instance which illustrates
the intelligent telegraph service as it
is conducted under governm ent super
vision in rural England: A telegram
was sent from Dunwich to Wessleton,
Suffolk, villages about two miles
apart It took about one and a half
hours in transit. Inquiry showed that
it was first telephoned from Dunwich
to Southwold, four miles as the crow
flies; then telegraphed from there to
Lowestoft, eleven miles. From loves
toft, which lies in the extreme north
of Suffolk, 1t was telegraphed to Ips-
wich, in the south, a distance in a
straight line of thirty-eight miles.
From there it was transmitted another
eighteen miles to Saxmundham; then
a few miles to Dursham, whence 1t
was sent by foot messenger to Wessle-
ton. A boy could have walked the dis.
tance in about a third of tho time,
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
A Marriage In PersIa.

Before dinner is served the bride
goes to the bath, accompanied by fe-
maio relatives and friends. At night
as the procession Of the bridegroom
approaches aims are distributed and
women and children look on from
neighboring roofs. Loud cries from
the women welcome the bridegroom
on his arrival, while the bride, CAREFUL
iy yelled mounts the horse awaiting
her at the door. All the men who
have been feasted and entertained join
in the procession, in which lanterns
are borne The brides departure is
the signal for the discharge Of fire.
works and a great beating of the big
drum. The final ceremony is similar
to one observed by the Arabs and the
COpts, namely, the sacrifice Of sheep.
These are killed as the bride steps
over the threshold Of her new home
One wonders what the idea is underly.
ing the sacrifices. Are they intended
as acts Of propitiation inherited from
an earlier age, when people thus en-
deavored ''to appease the anger of the
GODS" or of the spirits of their ances.
tors? Or is it merely way Of sealing
in blood an important act and cove
nant?-Womans Home Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Fnrt lRners In Rnston.

Boston was at one time considered
the most distinctiyely American of the
cities Of the United States, but that
distinction exists no longer. The last
published report of the Boston Board
Of Health a good guide to the division
of population shows that the number
of deaths for the week was 237, as
against 9O2 for the corresponding week
last year, OF the number 233 were
white and four colored; lac were born
in the United States, eighty-fve in for
eign countries and six Of unknown ma
tionality; forty-seven were of Ameri.
can parentage. The increase in the
foreign-born population OF Boston is
mostly from Ireland, Canada and Rus
sia The German population of Bos-
Ton continues small. New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Care Of Wet Umbrella.

My grandfather told me about IT,"
said Uncle Hiram, but now my
grandnephew asks me why we stand a
wet umbrella to drip not tip but han,
die downward told my grand
nephew that the reason for standing
a wet umbrella on its handle rather
than on Its tip is that If 1t were stood
on its tip more or less Of the water
on 1t running down the sides would,
instead Of running off, settle in the
folds Of the cloth around where the
bows are Joined to the stick and
water-soak that part Of the cloth
which would remain wet or damp
longer than the rest and so have a
tendency to rot and break. have
seen many an umbrella with a ragged
edged little hole around the stick at
the top that had been caused by the
cloth decaying there from this cause:
but you don't see so many of these
nowadays as you used to for the SIM
pie reason that people are more in
telligent nowadays about the care OF
umbrellas, as they are about all
things else. Still. there's my grand
nephew, bright youngster, certainly,
and he didn't know, and there must
be others; and for their benefit
Uncle Hiram says, as to how to stand
wet umbrella when you bring it in
from outdoors: Stand it on the han
die. New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Too Risky.

During the dinner hour at a certain
factory not long ago there was a some
what heated argument in progress,
when one individual, who had hitherto
kept silent was appealed to for an
opinion.
"Come, Bill" remarked his friend,
tive knows you loves a argument, an
can spout WI the best Wot's your
opinion O. this Boer war businessT
Il amt a-going to discuss it" said
Bill, promptly. I've threshed the mat
ter oot afOre."
AN what did ye arrive atg' be was
asked.
"Woy," was the cool reply "me an
tother chap didn't agree, nohow. We
took different roads, so TO speak. He
arrived at the 'orspital an / arrived
at the police station, an amt a-goln'
to thresh that matter out again in a
hurryw
Neither was Bill pressed to do so.-
Tit-Bits.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
An Amerlean ArtIst on AmerIean Art.


Mr.. Frederick William MacMonnies,
one Of the leading scupltors OF the
world, born an American, has just come
home to live and work in his native
land. After seventeen years residence
in Paris it would be natural to suspect
a man of Partisan leanings. Not so
with Mr. MacMonnies. II have come
back because I am homesick," said he.
One must 90, Ia his opinion, to the hot
bed Of his art or his profession, work
there a long time, always studying,
and then with the training of years
in the best school let the man return
to his own country and apply what he
has learned to its needs. The possibil-
titles in this country for sculpture are
magnificent. l can't imagine anything
finer. There is a splendid, unmistaka-
bic movement in the United States to-
ward having all that Is beautiful and
true. Some Of the finest things in the
worlds sculpture have been called
forth by patriotism. There are no peo-
pie in the world so patriotic as the
Americans" That does not sound as
il the American nation was composed
Of money-grabbers and stock brokers
alone. When we can remind our
selves of Abbey and Sargent and Mac
MOnnies, and know they are all Ameri-
cans wherever they may be, and when
every now and then one or the other
speaks thus of the outlook-Mr. Alb
hey yesterday, Mr., MacMonnies to-
day, Mr. Sargent or some one else to-
morrow-then there is much to be said
OF the future of American arts. These
men have sought the best place to
learn, and they come home from time
TO time to do work in their own land.
1t is so to-day, and George Meredith was
right when he said that soon-in TWEEN.
ty-five in fifty years-the centre of Gre
atiye art would be in America.-Har-
pers Weekly.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
rHE cRuMRLlNG MULE.
He Can DO the Most Work, But He Sets
Everybody by the Ears.

GNeAypouy w Nue Ehkhs
"The finest draft animal IN the world
is the grumbling mule,' said one of the
drivers handling the local mule ship
ments to South Africa. "Silence may
be golden all right, but it will not pull
as many tons on a cotton float or as
tall a load Of sappy sugarcane. Among
men some of the hardest workers have
been notorious kickers, and their case
appears to be something like that Of
the mule, who is so full Of dynamic
spirit that little is always stopping
over in the shape of dissatisfied growls.
Etill good work does not always make
up for a dissatisfied demeanOr, as l
found out a couple of years ago up
near Plaquemine.
Il was working in a sugar house at
che time, and the offices Of the planta.
ton we're just across passageway
from warehouse into which sugar
was lifted in the old-fashioned way by
a rope pulley and horse power. We
were all used TO the squeak and grit
or the apparatus, but one morning, in
addition to the accustomed sound,
there was series Of groans and grunts
which continued spasmodically
Throughout the day. Next morning
same trouble, and by noon the entire
Office force began to grow nervous and
cursed the mule.
Somebody was sent out to learn the
cause Of the trouble, and brought back
the Information that the grumbling
mule was the best puller on the plan
tation and the only one powerful
enough to stand the particular work.
We concluded to make the best Of it
and stood the noise for couple more
days, but by that time no one was on
speaking terms with any one else in
the Office, the manager and his assist
ant had almost come to blows, and 1
was on the point of throwing up my
job. The dissatisfied growl of the old
mule had inoculated the entire force.
"Finaily the manager gave peremp-
tory orders-to have the beast banished
to a drainage pump on the back levee,
and in a few hours harmony had re-
turned to our camp Two days later
the man IA charge of the drain pump
came into the office and threw up his
job. When asked why he replied:
Boss dat mule ye done gimme am too
confounded disagreeable.' - New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

The question as to whether a college
education is an advantage to a young
man in the practical work of the world
is answered in the affirmative in the
current number Of the Popular Science
Monthly by Professor Thurston, Dean
Of the Sibley College Of Engineering Of
Cornell University. He argues that
hereafter the uneducated man will not
have such opportunities as he has had
in the past. Even now the chances in
favor Of the college man are as thirty
to one, and Professor Thurston believes
that he will come more and more gen
orally to take and to hold 100 per cent.
of the positions assigned the generals
in the great army Of industry.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

Krteyas 9t Sss Post eeaee for traAesNtSsteR
n re,SxA &e Raatlb al stceNd~ciass TalteS.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

In speaking to the editor of the Citi-
zen the other day Mr. Louis P. Shoe
maker president of the Brightwood
Citizens Association, said:
YOUR PAPER IS CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR FHE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEO-
PIE. IT is A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS, TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

M. Jean de Bloch, the Russian Coun.
cillor of State and man Of science,
who has just died, became a person
of worldwide interest sDme years ago.
He put forward the theory that the
result Of the great Improvement in
modern armaments would be to make
it impossible for nations to 20 to war.
The Gar became interested IN his
views, and the Peace Congress at The
Hague was an outcome. The Boer
war furnished a curious commentary
both on the prophecies Of NJ. de Bloch
and the Congress. But the Russian
expert was not discouraged Like the
people who foretell the end Of the
world, and remain cheerful when their
predictions don't come true, he modi.
fed his views TO suit recent develop
ments and started al over again.
Which showed, at any rate, that he
had an open mind.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01

Professor d. D. Lantz Of the Kan.
sas Experimental Station, says that the
losses Of the farmers Of that State
last year by the ravages Of prairie
dogs did not exceed 100000. Extrava.
giant reports of the amount Of such
losses have been published in some
Eastern newspapers. Professor Lantz
adds that there was a loss Of at least
100000 to the alfalfa growers, due to
the presence Of the pocket gopher"
He is making experiments to ascer.
tain the best means Of destroying both
pests.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
Telegraph FaciIItIes in BrazII.

The telegraph lines in BAIL are al
most entirely owned and operated by
the Federal Government. The States
Of Sac Paulo, Rio Grande do Sui,
and Ceara have a few comparatively
unimportant and Improbable lines.
Certain railroads are permitted to take
messages for transmission between
points not served by the Federal lines,
and are said not to confne themselves
TO those points. The cable between
Para and Manaos is privately owned,
though receiving a subsidy from the
Government. The coastwlse foreign
owned cables do much Of the business
between the ports from Pernambuco to
Santos, as well as practically all the
service to points abroad.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
BIoedN "OYsterrtl Z

Reports in the Richmond Jva.) pa.
pers from correspondents along the
Potomac river are to the effect that
oyster houses are closing down on ac-
count of what is called bloody" oys-
ters This same disease caused a good
deal Of trouble along the Rappahan-
mock some few years ago, says tNQ
Richmond Dispatch, but since that
time the bloody" oyster has been an
unknown quantity in this section. This
trouble virtually ruins the sale Of oys-
ters and its appearance is unac-
counted for. At the time our oysters
were suffering from the disease they
were sent to be analyzed, and it was
found that the discoloration was not
at all injurious to the oyster, nor did
it make the mollusks unfit for eating
purposes. But while it was acknowl-
edged and known that such oysters
were good for eating, but few felt In
clined to eat them in that shape, and
thus the sale was ruined.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
CurIou. ResoIt Of a Traps,at,on.

Yn the preface to a new translation
IN English of Tolstoi's "Sevastopol" an
amusing story is told Of the way in
which German translator handled
the inscription to Anna Karenina," :"
Vengeance is mine; will repay"
That transcription was written by Toll
stoi in the ecclesiastical Slavonic used
by the Russian church, and the trans.
lator produced this rendering: IRE.
venge is sweet; will play the ace."
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
MALARIA.

Malaria can be cured by "Wyckoff's
Malaria" This remedy is almost in
stantaneous in its effect, and rarely fails
to make a complete cure of the most
stubborn case of chills and fever, and
malaria in all its forms. If not found
at your druggist, can be obtained from
The Wyckotf Malario Co., 1922 New
York Ave.
The suburban citizen., 1902-03-01
1nor...o Of prItlsh Rsvnnus.

Thus far in the fiscal year beginning
April British government revenue has
Increased a5,4oO,oO0 over 1900, whils
expenditure has increased R10, ,4oO,o 900
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-31

mans Loan Association Of Boston.
which makes loans at the rate OF
per cent a month and which has saved
thousands of artisans and laborers who
may be In temporary need from being
imposed upon by money lenders who
exact exorbitant rates of interest. He
Is at the head Of these various philan-
thr0pic associations and Is also presi-
dent of the American Peace Society.
In 1887 he endowed a fellowship Of
$4,000 at Harvard College for the
study Of the ethical problems of socie-
ty. the effects Of legislation, govern
mental administration and private
Philanthropy to ameliorate the lot of the
masses of mankind. Mr. Paine Is one
of those who believe that the strength
of the strong and the wisdom Of the
wise should be used to help the weak
and the foolish. He also believes that
men and women engaged in strenu-
GUS struggle for existence cannot he
helped primarily by charity or philan-
thropy but by cooperation with them
in directions which they themselves
think will aid them.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-31
CYCLONE CELLARS.

Means Of Protection Against Storms
by People in the West.
The cyclone Is by far the worst form
of disaster that visits this country.
coming at unexpected times and deal
ing death and destruction In such wide
spread manner.
When the summer days bring waves
of heat across the stretches Of hot sod,
then the residents Of the prairie west
begin to cast their eyes to the wind
ward. They are watching the forma-
ton Of the clouds, and he who could not
distinguish cyclone bank from any
other is indeed a tenderfoOt. Then the
cry Of warning Is carried across the
plains. and the members of every fam
lily make for their cyclone cellars. These
cellars differ In various communities.