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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-26
Concert at the r, B. Church.

Notwithstanding the fact that a sever,
rainstorm was in progress, Thursday eve
a large crowd was present at the Christ.
mas concert at the Maine street Free Bap.
fist church. An excellent program was
arranged by the committee in charge
which was presented in a manner which
reflected much credit on the children as
well as the committee. The concert was
fully up to the usual standard and thai
it was well received was shown by the
frequent bursts of applause winch were
elected from the audience.
The large tree was well laden with pres
ents, every child being presented with
some reminder of the day.
Following is the program:
Song-Processional, Forty Children
Prayer, Rev. O. III Tracy
Recitation, Lulu Dow
Recitation, Eta Mae Berdeen
Song, Ladies' Quartet
Miss Eva Josslyn, Mrs. Carl Coffin Mrs.
VIM. Halves, Miss Marie L. Bryant
Flag Drill, Ten Boys
Marie J.. Bryant. Directress.
Dialogue Little Folks for Jesus"
Guy Shaw and Lawson Annis
Notwithstanding the Christmas Tree
= Mrs. +. U. I.andman and 70 Children
Recitation" The Little Fir Tree
Greta Pennell
Song. Florence Cornell
Recitation, Martha Drake
Vocal Solo, Earl Salley
Observation-Disclosures Secrets
Walter Haseltjnc, Edythe Haseltine, Mar
tina Drake, Mona Warner.
Vocal Solo, Miss Eva Josslyn
Recitation, Ruth Ordway
Vocal Duet,
Gladys Sturtevant and Earl Salley
Observation-Disclosures Wreaths,
Vida Prilay. Florence Prilay, Thelma Ma
son, Aletha Gould.
Song, Ladies Quartet
Recitation-"Empty Stocking"
Natlie Taylor
ecitation-"Grandma's Sermon
Mona Warner
Song, Ladies Quartet
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A Great GUESSING Contest.

The guessing contest which has been
conducted by Eedington d Co, for
some time past has been 4 decided sue
cess. The guess was on the length of
a tape entwined from the first floor to
the top of the building. L was wound
in and out so much and given so many
quirks and twists that there was little
means OF getting a bind on any ac-
curate way of measuring it in the posi-
ton it held. When taken down and
carefully measured by w. B. Arnold
and W. II. X. Abbott the length was
found to be just 30G feet, liz inches.
There were in the neighborhood of 2000
guosscs. everyone purchasing 81 worth
Of goods being entitled to one. The
gu"sses have been gone over pretty
carfuly and SO far as can be deter
mined the prizes have been awarded.
This involves q great deal of figuring,
however, and some mistakes may yet
be discovered but if the figures prove
to be absolutely correct the prizes will
be given as follows: j. l.. Lewis, New
por, guess 301 feet, the chamber set;
Chester Gctchell, guess 397 feet, ~
inches. dinner set; Mrs. w. e. Noble,
guess SOS feet. Z inches, toilet table.
ono man guessed $500 feet, his being
the highest. The others ranged from
this down to 100 feet. One man had
- guoSsos ana did not come anywhere
near the right length, starting too low.
Another had so and was also away off.
Some OF the customers would not guess
at all though entitled to by their pu-
! chases. In contrast to these was one
man who spent over two hours in try
ing to estimate the length and then
made a wild guess as has now been
! shown. While many of the guesses
! We're very wild it will be noticed that
the winners We're remarkably close to
the right length.
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COLLEGE GRADUATES NO OLDER.
| Figures That Upset Recent Compar'-
sons Between Old Times and Now.

Prof. w. L. Thomas of Columbia Uni
|vcrStty has recently completed an cxhaus-
tive examina ton of the records OF eleven
parts Of the country except the extreme
West, with a view of finding out what
changes have taken place in the age of
college graduates.
1T was found that in 1870 years at Dart
mouth College the average ageiat gradua
ton has fallen three months, while in n
hundred years at Middebury College the
average age has risen four months.
In the decade extending from 1850 to 1866
the median age at graduation at the yari-
Gus colleges studied was % years 96
months. In the decade from 1850 to 1000
the average was % years rs months.
1t therefore appears that the recent
statements about the increased age of COL
lege men at graduation We're not well
founded. The average age of graduates
during the year 1850 to 1850. rs opDosed to
the medium age. was % years 1.3 months.
Tho corresponding figure for the ten years
1890 to 1900, was % years 1.9 months.
In these calculations. each college or
university was considered separately in
making up the average. If the graduates
be punched the average are. for the
former decade above mentioned. % years
and 3 months. and for the latter decade
% years and IS days. That is the greatest
change any of the possible calculations
point to--a lowering of 80 years of the age
of graduation of just about two months
and a half considered from this point of
view
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CHRISTMAS DAY.
Observance Was Quiet with Usual
Celebration in All Lines.

Friday WAS peculiar Christmas day
for Maine-cloudy, cherries, with
abundant signs of rain in the air and
not very cold There WAS rain the
right before, and this left the streets
wet and the sidewalks clammy. There
was Indifferent skating on the river
and the ponds, and this was used by
many of the young people. The ice was
soft and carried Il good deal of water
making Il fail not q very pleasant eX-
pcrcnce. This was really the only out
door sport that was available. Riding
was 0Ul of the question. as only wheels
could he used, and the roads were so
ROUGH that there WAS no pleasure in
going over them. Trolley rides could
be taken. but these did not seem to be
very popular. and the cars run light
All through III" day.
1t Was one Of those days when the
best place in the world was right by
the fire ut home, so it was spent mostly
in family and social gatherings. There
were many of thes" about the city,
neighbors aud friends getting together
to defy The efforts of the cherries
weather oltside.
The holiday trade, this year. began to
dWindic by Thursday and the CUSTOM
airy Christmas eve crush was nothing
to what it has been in years past. Tho
weather may have been accountable for
this or it may have been because pco-
pie are beginning to anticipate the rush
OF the last few hours. The trade on the
WHOLE has been much better than any
of the merchants expected. Every one
asked has been satisfied with the blsi-
..ness he has done. Some say that it has
not been in to the standard of other
years, but that it has been good, and
they have no complaint to make.
Watcrvile has been hit as hard as
any place III the State by the low water,
in the rivers. Few realized how very
much business and prosperity depend
on the water wheels here. The two
largest industries--the Lockwood cot
ton mill and the Hollingsworth & Whit
ney paper mill-depend largely on the
river for their power and when tina
. fails, the big mills are crippled. Both
have been running on reduced time for
nearly two months and it was expected
that great Scarcity of money for
Christmas would result. But lust whe,
it seemed that the trade was ruined for
good, there came good rain that
promised steady work once more. and
the purse strings were loosened.
For the past week. the Lockwood ana
the paper. mill have been running nrac-
tically at their full capacity with little
fear OF any more serious trouble from,
low waten This made every one OF
their employees feel cheerful and like
spending whatever money they could
spare for holiday goods. The Patrons
Oh Husbandry. coming here for their
annual State meeting. helped out 60
that when the books come to be hal
anoed, a surprisingly good result Is
found. -
Those who are in position to know,
declare that an unusually large amount
OF holiday cheer has been coming into
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The Personal Tie Between Mistress

ana iHaiG.
I have word to say about domestic
service, and l shall not apologize for
saying it, because, since the day when
Eve was banished from out-of-d doors
and sentenced to live under roof,
houseWork and houseWorkers have
been the bane or blessing of every Hv-
ing woman. Each OF us has her own
story of especial miseries and difficult
ties to tell, and her own plan for relief
70 urge writes Itebecca Harding Davis,
in The Congregationalist.
The only perfect system Of house
keeping that | ever heard of is to be
found in one of Scheherazade's stories
You rub on an old lamp when you are
hungry, and the floor opens, and up
comes table perfectly appointed
Aapery, flowers. crystal-to suit your
own taste Then follows course after
course Of your favOrite dishes, cooked
to perfection Genii, dumb and noise
less. serve the meal, and when it is
finished, YOU clap your hands, and the
table sinks out Of sight. Best of all,
the genii sink with it! There is an end
of the whole business. No wages, no
greasy smells, no chaffering about
privileges" or days out" no harsh
ness on one side and insolence on the
other. What would not the housekecp-
or. worn ont with drunken cooks or
saucy maids and her own defeated
plans for reform, give for Scheherzade's
old lantern.
The best system Of household service
(ncEt to that of the genii and the
lamp, the most rational and effective,
the most Just to employers and en-
ployCd, went out of use in the Middle
States of this country during the first
half Of the last century. ] don't know
whether it existed in New England.
But it was in use from the middle of
the eighteenth century until near the
time of the Civil War in western New
York, Pennsylvania and Nirginia-that
great territory of low hills and rich
farmlands into which the Scotch-Irish
descended and prospered. THE land
was as q desolate wilderness before
them, and behind them, a garden of
Eden.' The soil was rich, they We're a
shrewd, stubborn, Woodworking, God
fearing race-the story could have but
one ending.
Very few of these immigrants came
enough to buy tracts as large as Ger
man principalities. for land was cheap
in those days. They stocked their
plantations with sheep, hogs and cattle.
They built homesteads strong enough
to shelter their descendants for gem
erations. In each of these great farm
houses, both linen and wooden clothes
We're spun and woven. Each had its
dairy, its butchering house, its smoke
house, where pork, venison and beef
were dried for winter use, and it's huge
kitchens, While outside. the homestead
was ramparted by offices and barns
larger than itself.
Much of the homework was done by
Negro slaves, those in Pennsylvania
who had been too old to come under the
act of emancipation when it passed.
But 9 higher class of laborers were
the girls and boys bound to their en-
ployers by the system which seems to
me to have been SO just and wise.
They were poor, white children, whose
parents were either dead or unable to
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the city by express, but the police have
no kick coming" But four arrests
We're made from Thursday morning I'M
I'll Friday night, and there have been
no serious disturbances. There was a
little trouble up on Ticonic street, Fri
DAY afternoon, that needed the atten-
tlon OF the officers, but it was soon
quelled. The celebration was a great
zeal quieter than had been expected.
and they pay passed a god deal like any
Sunday.
Nearly every place of business on the
street was closed all the day and even
ing, the drug and tobacco stores and
restaurants being about the only ex-
ceptions. The news stores were open a
Few hours for the paper sales. and clos
ed Tor the greater part of the time.
Nearly all of the officers were deserted,
the doctors being the only professional
men attending to business, and that
because they were obliged to. The en-
ployes of the Industries, also, were Civ
en- a holiday so far as possible.
The churches arranged most Of their
entertainments for the special benefit
of the children, the celebrations being
of q character suited to them and car
AA~d Jul tiiiSliS NY liie.ll. All VI THESE
services We're well attended in spite of
the disagreeable weather, as the church
is never more attractive for the little
tot than at Christmas.
The midnight mass at st. Marks
church was we'll attended. The cele-
bration of the day began at this church
at 4.S0, Thursday afternoon, when the
children had their special exercises,
followed by Il supper at the rectory and
Christmas tree. Then came the mid
night mass for the adults, commencing
at 11.30. The music for this was feat
ure. and was very good. 1t was preced-
ed by a fine sermon by the rector. The
holy eucharist was celebrated at 7.3Q
Friday morning. and mathis at $50.
At the Methodist church in the even
ing, there was a very pretty cantata
given by the children, and the distribu-
ton of gifts to the members of the Sun
day School. At this church there will
be special music at the Sunday morn
ing service, and, in the evening, exer-
ciseS by the children of the Sunday
School.
AT the Unitarian church, there was an
entertainment at $50, Friday after
noon, especially for the children. This
was held in the Ware parlors and was
attended by q good number of the par
ents. 1t was a very pleasing celebra-
ton of the day, and included treat for
the little folks.
The children of the Universalist So
ciety gathered at the church at
o'clock in the evening. the special at
traction being q Christmas treat for
their benefit. There was also an enter
tainment appropriate to the season
There was also a Christmas treat at
the French Mission on Water street,
making three for the day and evening.
The members of st. Omer Command
cry, according to the tine-honored GUS
tom, gathered at their asylum to unite
in toast to the grand master to re-
ceive his response.
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Charles w. Puilen.

Charles w. PulIen, one of SkowlleSan
oldest and most respected citizens, d!ed al
his home on Corut street at 1030 O'Clock
Wednesday night, at the result of a par
alytic shock which he suffered, last Sat
urday.
He was born in Manchester in 1893 and
recently celebrated his S0th birthday an
niynrXary. In 1852, he married Amelia W.
Lord of Hallowel. where they made ther
home for the next year. Then then liVed
at Fast Winthrop one year before rehoN-
ing to Skowhcgan, where they nave re-
sided since. Mr. Pullen secured employ
mont in the oil cloth factory fo1 lWo
wears, at the end Of which time he began
work for the Williams Hardware GO. as
a tin-l1nocker. Later he secured IL posi-
ton with the Blunt Hardware Co, "flefc
no worked until about three years ago
Since then he has had charge OF the ponce
station.
Mr.. and Mrs Pullen had one son, Gar
encn Pullen, now deceased. Mrs. Puilen
ard q granddaughter. Miss Bertha Puiicn
of Augusta. survive him.
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Local Basketball,

What will probably be the best bas-
ketball game of the season so far IN
this vicinity will be played at Fairfield
Tuesday night, when that team and
Gardiner come together. Gardiner has
neen playing pretty fast basketball
now for several seasons and is said to
nave very strong team, this winter.
Fairfield has been coming to the front
very rapidly, the team being supported
With all the old time baseball enthusi-
asm. The basketball season, by the
way, has been rather dull so far, the
Iaconnet Club doing the bulk OF the
paying here in the city. The CODY
'eam commenced practice before the
christmas vacation, but did not get
INTO shape. 1t is expected to get into
IN" game in earnest with the opening
OF the winter term and the game will
oouot!ess be pretty hot from then until
spring.
There has been considerable talk Of
town team here, but so far little has
oeeh done toward organizing one. The
,ean known as the Waterville Locals
mas been made up of young players
VINO nave not had much experience
ana who have been overwhelmingly
ueleated several times by the older
! ana more experienced players.
Nopufn has been getting a good team
INTO shape and will doubtless be heard
/ rom before spring. The game that Is
| ''o" being played about the city IS
iiiuch faster and stronger one than mas
ever been seen before. The Taconnet
iuo has one of the best teams OF It's
Kind and when it meets Fairfield some
Iuf Is bound TO fly. With little more
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STOP THAT COUGH!


Miss Lillia, OF Illinois, started ont
exactly in this way. Fortunately, she
took course of Peruna before it was
too late. She had caught several colds.
then cough developed. She took all
sorts of cough medicines, until, as she
puts it, 81 sickencd at the sightof them.n
In four weeks Peruna had cured her of
her catarrh and her system was entirely
rid of il
This is what Peruna is doing all the
while. Not day, and probably not an
hour, passes but some one has similar
experience with Peruna.
! The first step toward consumption is
catching cold. Thenextstep il a failure
to cure it promptly. The third step is
the development Of catarrh, which grad
ually becomes chronic. The fourth step.
the catarrh begins to spread from the
head to the throat. The fifth step, tho
and lungs. it then becomes consump-
ton in its first stage.
At any time during the progress Of tho
catarrh, from the first onset Of the cold
to its final settlement in the lungs, Pc
runa can be relied upon to stop the dis
case. 1t cures entirely. Even after
consumption has become thoroughly
developed, many cases have found in
Peruna q permanent cure. After they
have been given up by physicians to die
of consumption Pcruna has cured them.
We have hundreds of testimonials
that declare these facts in the most
enthusiastic language.
U. S.Senator John NJ. Thurston, from
, Nebraska, writes the following letter
from Washington, d. c., under date OF
April 6, 1901: ~ ~ .f5.
81 have used Peruna ut various times
during the past year or two with most
satisfactory results.
cit entirely relieved me from an frri-
tating cough, the result of excessive
effort in the Presidential campaign, and
am firm believer in it's efficacy in
any such trouble."-Jno. NJ. Thurston.
To take quoting medicines to stop q
cough is absurd and harmful. Tho Only
way to stop cough permanently and
without doing more injury than good is
to cure the catarrh, which is exhctlv
what Peruna does. 1t cures the catarrh
Of the bronchial tubes and the cough
ceases.
At the slightest appearance of a cough
bottle of Peruna should be taken
according to directions. One bottle in
the beginning will do more than q half
dozen bottles after the catarrh has
fastened itself on the lungs.
you do not dcrite prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Pe-una,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving u
full statement of your case, and he will
ho pleased to give you his valuable nd
vice gratis.
Addrcss ~. Hartman. President ce
The Hartman Sanitariui.,. Colu,nbus, G,
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Ex-Gov Isaac Sharp of Kansas. died.
Friday, at Washington of an affection. of
the stomach, aged II.
The National Tube Co.'S. factory at
OVERS Sound. Ont. was destroyed by
fire, Friday. Loss, 100000. "a
William (Honie) Melody of Charles
town, got the decision over Patsey Swee-
ney of Manchester, n H., after the 18th
and final round Of their bout at Law
renee Mass, Friday night.
John Turino, an Italian, was stabbed,
perhaps fatally, by a follow countryman.
Friday night, at Bridgeport. CT. The two
men had quarrelled and to all appearances
made up. The assailant invited Turino to
a stiletfo irto his hip. making a wound
two inches long and nearly as deep. lie
then stabbed him in the abdomen, pene-
trating the abdominal wall. The assail-
ant fed.
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household, to keep the house clean and at
tracuve as to paint watercolors or to
write short stories for the magazines.
Don't work for the civilization of the
Flhpinos or l<affirs until you have up
lifted the heather in your laundry. Don't
establish Hull Houses for starving souls
in the slums until you are sure there are
no starving souls in your own.
No doubt the work seems mean and
squaiid to you. Cooks and maids and but
lers, You say, are ignorant and insolent.
They care for nothing but money. They
have no human feeling for you. Do you
never oVervalue money? When did You
show any human feeling for them? Learn
to understand their work. When they see
that you regard it a fine art they will
cease to despise it. If you meet them as
human beings and not machines, if YOU
are glad CT their successes and sorry for
their failures, they will soon grow more
human and sane; they will find their work
honorable and serve you for nobler re-
ward than dollars.
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SHOTS WERE FIRED.
A Fatal Quarrel in Christmas Cele-
bration at Newton, Mass.

Newton, Mass, Dec. 25.-During a
Christmas celebration at an Italian
boarding house at No. Morgan court,
NonaEtum district, tonight, a quarrel
started and in the general fight that
followed q revolver was use. Eelletro
Ellentro, 8 years Old was taken to
the Newton hospital with a bullet in
his head, and Dillignano Falgitano,
alias Tony Cottonloni, was arrested,
charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon. The wounded mans condi-
ton is considered serious.
Falgitano declares that he did not
fire a shot and he did not know who
did. A witness was found, however,
who said he saw the prisoner draw a
revolver and fire at Ellentrio.
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TIE DREYFUs DECISION
Occasions Little Comment in Paris
Public vii. Soon Tire of 1t.

Paris, Dec. 25.-'The Dreyfus commits
sion decision has created very little eX-
element The government expects that
the public will grow tired Of the case
by the end of the three months time
which will be required by the court OF
cessation to pass uDon the appeal
Dreyfus himself refuses to talk for pub
lication, but Joseph Reinach, formerly
editor of the Steele, and his other
friends, express their delight at what
they regard as the first step towards
his VindicatiOn.
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THE PARIS STRIKE.
Hundreds of Bakers Out, but No. Dis
turbances Occur.'

Paris, Dec. 25.--Beyond q few indi-
vidual attacks by the striking bakers
in bakeshops, Paris was quiet, today
a condition due to the disposition of
a strong force of police and military
guards. The strikers held q meeting
in the Bourse du Travail, today, and
strongly condemned the use of the
army to preserve order.
The strikers claim that POO bakers
have stopped work, wfrile the chief of
police says that only 1S9 have gone
out.
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Mr.. George Moore and Miss Bertha
Emerson were married at the home of
the brides father. Mr.. Elmer " Emer-
son. at Shawmut, Thursday evening,
by Rev. James H. Peardon, pastor of
the Universalist church of this town.
The wedding was private, only the i'm
mediate families of the bride and groom
being present. Mr. and Mrs. Moore will
reside at ShaWmut
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DaIy- Stone Fiaht Draw.

Boston, Dec. 25.-The feature of the
matinee exhibition before the Tam
many Athletic Club, today, was 49,
round bout to q draw between Tommy
DAILY of Brooklyn, and Jig Stone OF
this city. The fight was fast and
clever one and the finish was of SEN
sational order, both boxing furiously
at the gong.
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The trustees of the Kennebec Water
District will meet, Jan. 6, for the pur-
pose of discussing the source OF supply
for the system, the installation OF a
filter, the ways and means OF paying
the Maine Water Co. for the plant and
other matters.