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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

classes of employees, as follows: Train men, 1,674 killed, 1,5O3 injured; switch tenders, crossing tenders and watchmen, 200 killed, 1, ,443 injured other employees, 1,O95 killed. 27,57S injured. The casual ties to employees resulting from coup ling and uncoupling cars were: Elm ployes killed, 167; injured, 2.s64. The casualties connected with coupling and uncoupling cars are assigned as follows: Trainmen killed, 141; injured, 2,475; switch tenders, crossing tenders and watchmen killed, r; injured, 2S5; other employees killed, g; injured, 1O4. The casualties due to falling from trains, locomotives or cars in motion were: Trainmen killed, 371; injured, S,S21; switch tenders, crossing tenders and watchmen killed, 40; injured, 276; other employees killed, so; injured, 570. The casualties due to jumping on or off trains, locomotives or cars in motion were: Trainmen killed, 7S; injured, g. 6S1; switch tenders, crossing tenders and watchmen killed, F: injured, 2OS; other employees killed, 50; injured, 452 The casualties to the same three classes of employees from collisions and derail- ments were: Trainmen killed, 534; in- jured. 3,35O; switch tenders. crossing tenders and watchmen killed, F; in- jured, 70; other employees killed, S7; in- jured, $40.
 One out of every 4O1 employees was killed and one out of every twenty-four employees was injured. This is more disastrous record than some wars have shown. and it indicates a part of the payment which must be made for mod ern enterprise and hustle
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
GOOD YORK IN MANILA.

The sanitary officers who are at work in the Philippines haven't yet cleared and cleaned the country in the way the sanitary officers who worked in Cuba did, but they are making cheering pro- gress. For instance the death rate of Manila has decreased from 46.S0 per thousand of the population for the first quarter of 1900 to 22.17 for the first quar- ter of 1902. Assistant Surgeon Munson says that the improvement in the con- ditions this year has been accomplished in spite of the fact that Asiatic cholera and bubonic plague had previously gained a foothold in the islands and that the existence of largely unvac- cinated population in the provinces meant constant introduction into the city of the infection of smallpox. Cases of plague, cholera and smallpox have occurred in Manila during the present year, but the precautions taken by the Board of Health have prevented an epi- den1ic therefrom. The sanitary results obtained in the last four years through American control have been accom- plished, says Dr. Munson. despite the naturally insalubrious location of Man. ila and it's total lack of sanitation under the former sovereignty, which from the level site interfering with drainage, the the absence of any sewerage system and the existence of an impure and in- sufficient water supply, and many old unhealthful habitations-have created sanitary problems of the greatest diffi- culty. The Board of Health therefore has been unable to turn previously ex- isting methods and conditions to sani- tary advantage, and has found it neces- sary not only to develop entirely new plans of improvement, but at the same time to combat the results of conditions inherited from the Spanish ad,ninistra- tion. The mixed character of the in- habitants with their prejudices, super stitions apd largely primitive habits of life, also has been constant obstacle in sanitary work.
 The present death rate of Manila com pares not unfavorably with that of Washington, San Francisco, Boston and New York
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
-----------T-- HUSKY HECTOR AND HORTENSE.
Suggested by Sudden Strength Stories
 in Health Magazines.

III f1edltI NdSdZliIeS.
 Hector Halfgrone was slender man, but o, he was so kind-hearted!
 It was the latter quality, more than his sveltness, which attracted the ad- miraton of Hortense Skillumus. Miss Skillmus was the only daughter of old Pete Skilumus, who had amassed a comfortable fortune in the railroad bus mess by leading his stock out to water in the early dawn and feeding it to the lambs while the stock exchange re- mained open.
 But, alas, in these days, when every body should know how beneficial it is to practice deep breathing and hammer throwing, Hector Halfgrone had neg lected his physical development. One round at the two step sent him to his corner, and a one hundred yard dash at polka simply put him under the ropes. He was keenly sensitive on this score, and his feelings may be imagined when, at grand ball given by her father, he was dancing with Hortense. He had waltzed until he felt a stringhalt com ing on and was about to suggest that they sit out the rest of the dance, when up stepped Bill Magoomus, who had risen to affluence through discreet man. agement of an ice wagon that was con- vertible into a coat cart, and who had, as soon as he acquired sufficient money to give a freak dinner, simply done flying wedge into society. Imagine his, feelings, as we said about a half-mile back-that is. Hector Halfgrone's reel ings-when Bill Magoomus stepped up to him and took him by the collar and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
THE RAILRO.dD VAR

Occasionally "a railroad war; breaks out and then much is said and written about it. Little is said or written about the railroad war which is constantly going on and which brings wounds and death to many. The record of the cas- ualties to persons on the railroads of this country for the last year has been made up, and it is found that of the railroad employees 1869 were killed and 50,524 were injured. These casualties were distributed among three general
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small aiiyertIsements. One Cent a Word each h. sertion. Five Gents Word for full weeS tseVeu tlmesl.
 Display advertisements, per Inch. one in, sertion, $l.20; each suDse1uent insertion W year. S41.
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse. 10 cenrs per line. Notices of Births. Marrl' ages, Deaths, and Funeral. 50 cents eacn- Local Notices. 15 cents per hne.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to theiE own immediate business lasl matter to pc unoDjetclonabie). and their contracts do not fuci1Ge Wants. To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

One of the results of the Missouri flood is that Farmer P. c. Knuckles of Rocheport, Missouri, finds himself pos sessor of a new house completely fur nished. MT. Knuckles was driven away from his farm by the flood, and when he came back this house in good condi- tion lay stranded on his land. He has not heard anything as to its previous ownership.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

the injuries received. The prisoners were defended at the Assize Court by two advocates. who strongly insisted that their clients had been stung to the quick by the islanders circulated about
 them. and that they received strong provocation. The jury acquitted them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
Ont of the Dark.

Out of the dark Love mocks at me, Eyes that 1 thought no more to see, Voice that I thought no more to hear, Foolish words that once held dear, Laughter that paid a penalty. Even the birds croon drowsily Hints of an ancient melody, Bringing the song of yester-year Out of the dark. Vainly to Love make my plea, Beg him to cease his mimicry; Just as the balm of sleep seems near, Cruel as some grim shape of fear, Deep in the night comes memory, Out of the dark!
 Town Topics.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
AErER THE PosTAL RAscALs.


 It is warm now in the postal investi- gation, but the warmth isn't the "hot air'' mentioned by Postmaster-Genera Payne when he tried to shoo away Mir TulIoch and his charges. In letter to the attorney general the President has Suggested" tha. special assistants in the postoffice cases be appointed, mot only to take up the cases in which in- dictments have been found or hereafter may be found, but to examine into all charges that have been made against officials in the postal service, with a view to the removal and prosecution of all guilty men in the service and the prosecution of guilty men, whether in the service or not, where the cases are not barred by the statute of limita- tions" As a result of this suggestion Charles J. Bonaparte and Conrad Holmes have been selected.
 These are first-class selections. MT. Bonaparte is a mugWump and MT. Holmes is Democrat, and both are men of such high character as to make impossible a suggestion that they would spare rascal because of his po- litical or other affiliations and inf1u ences. Both men are also experienced and able lawyers, and if any guilty man escapes it wont be their fault. The Presidents sincerity in this mat ter will not be questioned again by any, body who is himself sincere.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

Dr. Le Baron R. Briggs, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences of Harvard university, has been chosen president of Radcliffe College for Women, succeed ing Mrs. Louis Agassiz, who resigned recently. Dr. Briggs is the man recent Iy characterized by President Eliot of Harvard as patient, tender, discerning, candid, just and cheering, because con- yinced of the overwhelming preponder- ance of good in the student world
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

VOW of vengeance. Then he pursued his way down the street, and had al- most overtaken it, when his eyes espied
 a copy of the Health Seekers Own Magazine and Compendium of Muscle
 Building" on a newsstand. An inspira-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

French juries do as queer things as American juries. At Clichy, suburb of Paris, an artisan named Lemaire and laundress were long on bad terms with their concierge, woman whom they accused of spreading the basest calumnies about them. The concierge summoned the tenants before a police magistrate, who admonished Lemaire and the laundress. After having been lectured by the magistrate, the laun- dress seems to have reached high pitch of exasperation, for on returning home she armed herself with sword
 bayonet, gave Lemaire carving knife, and both then descended to meet the concierge. The latter's son, seeing the armed man and woman approaching, rushed out to do battle with them, but he was stabbed through the stomach by Lemaire and died in few hours from
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

A meeting-house is being built at Bayonne, L. l., at cost of s16,O0O, and the pastor expects every wage earning man and woman to contribute one days pay each month for four months and every saloonkeeper to give one full days receipts in each of the four months. The pastor will give four days salary every month during that time. Some people are disposed to carp at his demands upon the saIoonkeepers-say ing money taken over the bar is not fit to build a meeting house.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

All the flood stories haven't been told yet. At Laurence (Kansas) the house of Captain Fearing was picked up by the flood, dashed to pieces at the bridge and sent in fragments over the dam. The son of Captain Fearing had curi- ous ring which he had secured in the Philippines. When the flood subsided, this ring was found resting on one of the capstones of the dam. When the floods commenced, young Fearing was afraid he might lose the ring while sEVorking in the water. He took it off sand placed it on shelf in the house for safety.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
Going on a Vacation? DON'T WATT

Until you leave the city before pro- viding yourself with the many little things needed for comfort and con venience. A good FIELD GLASS will afford much pleasure. TINTED SPEC EAGLES will protect your eyes from light and dust A POCKET FLASK and DRINKING CUP. a well filled DRESSING CASE. a bottle of TOILET POWDER, COLOGNE. BAY RUM, or AMMONIA, an ALCOHOL LAMP, a FOUNTAIN PEN and PACK OF CARDS may be convenient.
 A small MEDICINE CASE of renie- dies needed in emergency and HOT WATER BAG may save much suffer ing and the services of an unknown physician. 1 ,S
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25

It is said that Andrew Lang held at one time what must have been very nearly worlds record in literary out put. His regular weekly work was six leaders for morning newspaper, two humorous sketches for an evening journal, two articles, two book reviews and a contribution to weekly illustrat- ed paper. In addition to this he de- voted four hours every day to what may be called pure literature. He turned out books at the rate of three a year, or even more. In 1890, for instance, there appeared from his pen the 'Red Fairy Tale Book: Life, Letters and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote,'' ''How to Fail in Literature" and "Old Friends" For weeks together his work would av- craze 25,000 words a week.
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for safety.

United States shoes are fast walking their way into favor in foreign lands. The United States has been doing an enormous export shoe business during the fiscal year which is now nearing it's close. It is believed that when the ex- ports of shoes have been reckoned they will prove larger than those of any other year. In 1880 this country ex- ported 37S,274 pairs of boots and shoes; in 1890, 5S7,1OS pairs; in 1900, 3,O16,72O pairs. In the present fiscal year, &C., lcording to present estimates, the ex- ports will exceed 4,OoO,Oo0 pairs. The American shoe trade is pretty well eX- tended over the world. Of the s6,OOO,0OO worth of shoes exported in 1902, $2,OO0,- 900 worth went to the British Isles; British Australasia, Mexico, Cuba and Canada were also excellent customers.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18

their catcher, step up to the plate. He
did not disappoint them, for long
ground hit, combined with an error,
took him to second and Winters to third.
Cheering was forgotten, but sigh that
was almost a moan went up when
'Pretty" Reed landed fly exactly in
the hands of fielder, and was out.
Every nerve was tense, yet most OF the
spectators could not suppress smile as
Boney stepped out in response to the
peremptory "Batter up" The nervy
little pitcher gathered himself for a
, last effort. ''Strike-one," ''Strike-two,"
yelled the umpire. There was breath
less silence as the ball left the pitchers
hand for the last time. A second Of
suspense, and then-crash-an up and
out and on over the fielders' heads soar
ed the leathern sphere. A deafening
roar filled the air, as Bob" "Frenchy,"
and at last Boney, painted over the plate
The cup was won, and Boney had won
it. In second, he was on the shoulders
of the madly rejoicing boys, and every
body was shouting himself hoarse.
Above the tumult, to Boney's scarlet
ears, floated the voice of the omnipo-
tent manager of the locals Say,
young Teller, I'll give you twelve a week
and your board for the season."
NJ. D. P. 'O2.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18
FORAGE CROPS.

To Supplement Summer Pasture and Win
ter Hay.
Because of the long-continued drouth
the prospects are very unfavOrable for
the hay crop. While it is to be hoped
that before this reaches the eye of the
reader the drouth will have been brok-
en- by copious rain, many farmers will
still need to grow special forage crops
to supplement the summer pasturage
or the winters hay. While Indian
corn is the best forage plant for Maine,
if sufficient acreage has not been
planted the season is so far advanced
that other quicker growing plants can
now be more advantageOuSly used.
The millets- Hungarian, German,
Pearl and Japanese, Rape and on lighs
warm soils Early Soy Beans are the
more desirable. The smaller growing
millets can be made into hay, the
larger can be fed green or made into
silage. Rape is valuable as a summer
and fall feed for cattle, sheep, hogs and
poultry. The Soy Bean is highly nitro
genous, but Maine is so far north as to
make it a somewhat uncertain crop.
Those who need to plant supplement
tary forage crops should send to the
Secretary OF Agriculture, Washington,
d. c. do not inclose postage as the
Department has free use of the nails,
for the following Farmers Bulletins:
No, 1O1. Millets.
No. 1854. Rape as Forage Crop.
No. 1853. Pearl Millet.
Do not send to the Maine Expert
ment Station for these publications, as
we cannot supply them.
CHAs. d. WOODS, Director.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18
rNrER-rHE GIRL GRADUATE.

Rhymed Combination Of Seasonablt
Panegyric and Prayer.
! Girl graduate, the day draws near
Glad day in gentle june
When YOU will tread, with mein severe,
| A path with roses streWn. s
| When we shall think you very 1air,
And 'plaud with might and main
| The while YOU prove, to our despair,
| The knowledge in your brain.
| Girl graduate, your thesis long
! Will full of wonders be;
| We will not swear, for that IS wrong,
! But suffer silently.
| But as your burning thoughts outpour,
With ardor naught can Stake,
! Well readily forgive you for
| The picture that you make.
Girl graduate, in virgin white,
And eyes that CLINT and dance,
We humbly own your teachings right
| And our own ignorance.
Your words of wisdom sink so deep
| Into mems souls so bare,
| They cannot even go to sleep
| Because you are so fair.
The gray stuff in your classic brow
| That finds vent in your speech
Proves that all ideals, vow,
| Are quite beyond mems reach.
| Yet as the long hour passeth DER,
Each man who looks and sees
! Forgives your essays store OF lore,
| And all its abstrusiteS.
Girl graduate, so much of life
| You know at bright eighteen,
! All useless seem the years of strife
! Through which grown men have been.
! And as our eyes your rare charm taste,
| We greet you with acclaim
| Proud such profundness should be cased
| Within SO slight frame.
Girl graduate, as you rehearse
| Your speech for that glad day,
| Pray don't o'erturn the universe
With wealth of what you say!
! What if your throbbing brain should leak,
| And lose some pearl of thought?
| The other girls will want to speak
| Please make your essay short.
Girl graduate, all fresh and sweet
We mark your earnest eyes,
| And humbly listen at your 1eet
| Unto your words so wise.
But, as your burning words 90 rlhs'
| Pray careful notice take
| That all mankind is wondering
If you can broil steak.
H. R. V. in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18
The Fate of the Lawson.

The thing which we have heard prophe-
cied many times has come true, and the
biggest schooner, the Thomas W. Lawson,
has been sold to be turned into barge to
pass the rest of her career behind tow
boat. The sale of the vessel, only year
old, for this purpose is confession that
she is a failure, the most colossal failure in
marine construction in modern times, COM
parable in some respects to that Of the Great
Eastern. All the expense of rigging her
seven masts and equipping her with her
thousands of yards of canvas, everything
that has been put into her, practically, ex-
cept the bare hull is loss and the interior
changes which will be necessitated by her
new career partially represent another loss.
Bath Times.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18
THE "ORIGINAL PACKAGE"
Mike Burns of Augusta to Try Again to Sell
Liquor in the Original Package.
Especial to the Bath TimeS).

Liquor in the Original Package.
Especial to the Bath Times).
AUGUSTA, June, 6. 1t was announced
| to-day that Michael Burns of the famous
original package fame, who sold liquor
| in the city of Bath on orders on the
custom house, will soon reopen the case
by importing liquor in the original
package, accede to arrest and detern ne
once and for all whether the law passed
| by Congress in 1890 forbidding the sale
of imported liquor in the original pack
age is constitutional. 1t is stated that
there is plenty of financial backing be-
hind this movement to retain the most
learned attorneys on federal law and to
carry the case to the highest tribunal
in the land-the United States Supreme
Court.
/ Sixteen years ago Burns ran sa-
| loon III Augusta. He went TO Liverpool,
made arrangements with one of the larg-
est wholesalers there and ordered hun
dreds of packages of Jamaica rum and
Irish whiskey. The goods went through
the Portland custom house and on
June s, 1887, the first consignment came
to Augusta by freight. The goods were
placed in jigger wagons, properly mark
ed, and carried through the streets, the
populace staring wildly. The goods
were placed in the windows of the sa-
loon and offered for sale. None, how
ever, was sold except in the original
package.
Burns also established an office on
Front street in Bath. This sign adorn-
ed the establishment, M. Burns, I'm
porter" The goods came to the port
of Bath and Burns gave orders on the
custom authorities to deliver the goods
to the bearers, after they had paid for
the original package. The temperance
people in the Shipping City became
alarmed, and it is said that Burns was
prayed for in the churches. They could
not, however, stop him from selling the
goods as the federal authorities pro
tected him.
Burns sold case after case and for
awhile did land office business. Mat
|. tiers came to such stage that the late
Hon. Joseph r. Bodwell, who was then
governor, issued the famous proclama-
ton insinuating conspiracy against the
State using the federal laws as cloak.
This proclamation was undoubtedly
aimed at Burns.
June 81, 1887, Charles R. McFadden,
who was then high sheriff Of Kennebec
county, seized Burns liquor He was
found guilty in the Superior Court
and the case went to the Law Court.
That august legal body concurred with
the decision in the famous Iowa case
that imported liquor could be sold in
the original packages and the local or
State authorities must keep hands off.
Burns liquor was returned to him; -,
In 1890 through the efforts OF the
late Congressman Nelson Dingley, an
act was passed by Congress providing
that all fermented or distilled imported
liquors shall upon arrival within State
or territory be subject to the operation
of the laws of the State or territory
enacted i'll the exercise OF its police
powers That put an end to the "origl-
nal package" business.
The outcome of this case vii! be
awaited with interest by persons in this
and other States.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18

w. S. Cotton of Lisbon Falls, clerk
of the Maine House of Representatives,
has announced his candidacy for the Of
flee of secretary of state, in 1905. The
present secretary is also a candidate for
reelection, and as he is pretty gener-
ally regarded as '.all wool and a yard
wide," Mr.. Cotton probably realizes that
he has hard fight on his hands. More
over, ex-Postmaster Brown of Belfast
who is now assistant secretary of state,
announces that he, too, is candidate
when his chief is tired of the job
Ellsworth American.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18

"You have wonderful patience, Frau
Mertig, with your irritable and quarrel
some husband! How do you manage to
be always calm and pleasant toward
him, and never to contradict him?''
ooh, you see, that's what makes him
the maddest!''- Blaetter.
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18

WALDO SSH Court OF Probate. held at Bel
w last, on the 9Th day Of June, 1908 Bertram
L. smith, administrator on the estate of Incins
H: Murch. late of Belfast, In said County oeceas
ed, having presented his first account OF admin.
istration OF said estate for allowance.
O.dereo, that notice thereof be given, three
weeks successfully. in The Republican Journal. a
newspaper published in Belfast. in said County,
that al persons interested may attend at Pro-
PATE Court, to be held at Belfast on the I4th
DAY OF July next, and show cause. il any tbev
nsVe' why the said account should not he allow, d.
.. GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
CHAs. P. HAzELTINE, Register,
The Republican journal., 1903-06-18

'sYou don't seem to be at all nervous
about going to ask papa for me-" she
said. 'Oh, no he replied. 'I've had
experience both as a book agent and
life insurance solicitor. This'll be
Chicago Record Herald.