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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

DRY HARD AND SOFT WOOD;
wood. Price reasonable. All orders left
at G.. w. 'Wadleigh's, grocer, or M. Il.
Merrills. barber. P. A. Haskell, Route 8,
Augusta, Me mch23d1 VS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

% FOOT LAUNCH WITH POWER
all in good condition. Further informa-
ton apply to H. l. Cromwell, Bath, Maine.
mch24d1 wA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

SINGLE COMB r. |. RED, ROoE
Comb r. l. Reed, White Wyandotte and
Puff Cochin Bantum eggs for setting from
the best strains Good layers. Is eggs at
house for so cents Well packed for ship
ping, 81. IA Grove ST., E. F. Farnham.
mch1Gdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

Are now ready 70 III 0fdeTs at retail
Furnace. wood, about half dried. sawed
and split coarse, at $500: green hard wood
(every stick split, $3.50; green hard wood
40 per cent. round, 2z inches in .cireum-
ference), $500; green hard wood limbs
mixed with bone dry hemlock. at $3.50;
green wood Gas cut in the woods), A.5O.
My wood is rock and grey maple. yellow
birch and beech. no better wood sold in
Wood cut in September. 1902 (hard and
soft, $3.50 Drop a postal order and state
your wants. or call me up by Tel. No. 259-4
before A. M. and after 6. p. N. WOOD
TO BURN" II. II. Lee. jan23dtf
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HALI,s BARBER SCHOOL,

Washington ST.. Extraordinarily fur
nished: before July we we want +. 800 BARRIERS
ly. expert instructors, constant practice
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

10 CENTS SEcUnES ANY OF THE
following articles postpaid: Thread. Cut
ting Thimble, Egg Separator, Ideal Spoon
Holder. Catalogue Free. Nehumkeag
Supply Co., s. r., Ills, Gardiner. Me
Y,,cIofa7+x
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

HOUSE LOTS IN THE HEART OF
Brooklyn. Greater New York. from $3.50
to $500: $40 down and Sc per month; guar
anteed increase in value % per cent per
annum. Greatest chance in a lifetime for
investors with small means. Melville
Smith, agent, 1855 Water or 80 Winthrop
St, Augusta, Me- mar2UdlWs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26
WEST GARNER,

A public examination of teachers will be
held at Browns Corner schoolhouse,
Monday, April 18th, at p NJ All teach
ers wishing to teach in town, for the en-
suing year, should be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

ers get our Free illustrated Catalogue.
Owners send us details Of your property.
E. A. Strout, 120 Exchange St., Portland.
Local Agent, VIM. T. Jones. 1856 Water ST.,
Augusta. sept4dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

THE NEW ATHENA CORSET,
straight front, up-to-date shoulder braces
for ladies, best kind for sale by Lizzie
Boyes, las Northern Avenue. Call in
evenings dec29dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

TENEMENT OF FOUR ROOMS ON
first floor, in good repair. Price Is per
week at 145 Northern Ave. Mrs Lizzie
Boyes. deco3dts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14

wit" it said do you want the thrall to
stand forth and prove for the hundredth
time that their bins must needs be as empty
your head?"
Nenturing no more than growl, the man
dropped his chin back upon his fists But
Browne Cloak, the English serf, found some
where the notion that here was an opportu-
nifty to rehearse once more the service
which was his sole claim upon his new
masters Indulgence, and he got on his legs
accordingly.
Il can say soothly that you will not have
to bear it much longer, Lord Dale he re-
assured. My own eyes saw that" He
ended in a howl as a half-gnawed sheep
bone from the warriors hand struck him
with a force that knocked him sprawling
among the ashes.
DO not trouble yourself to answer until
you are questioned" the Scar Cheek rec
commended briefly. And round Of laughter
followed the poor scapegoat as he picked
himself up, groaning, and crept away into
the shadow. In the restlessness of their
inactivity, and this swift breaking into pas
sages of growing and toothplay whenever,
in their narrow confines they CHANGED to
jostle each other, they were like nothing so
much as a pack of Gagged wolves.
Into the den few minutes later, the
daughter of Erode came on her difficult mis-
sion. Her face was so CHASTITY that the
man who first caught sight Of 1t did not
recognize her, and snatched up his weapon
as against an enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
SURRENDER OF THE WEAK.
Suicide the Last Refuge of the Coward
Dare Not Fight the World.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The popular idea of suicide undoubtedly
is that it most commonly results from ex-
cess of emotion of some kind The men
whom most of US think of as likely to kill
themselves are those whose passions are
strong-men who love and hate fercely,
are violently impatient of physical ills,
drink hard hold some idea SO tenacious
ly that 1t possesses their whole being and
they become insane.
These are the suicides of romance almost
invariably. But Prof. Bailey of Yale in
his recent statistical study of suicide in the
United States shows that they are far from
being the majority of actual suicides. He
has collected details of 10000 cases of sui
eide from 1897 to 1901 and analysed them
with respect to the age, SEX, social rela.
tons and other common factors of their
victims. and the known or apparent causes
of their self-destruction.
Bad health, insanity, disappointment in
love and strong drink do lead to suicide,
but they are causes much less potent than
business losses, while the most frequent
cause is what is known as '-despondency'
the feeling that the victim has made a
failure in accomplishing his purposes ano7
that further struggle against the Obstacles
that confront him is hopeless.
That more than three men kill themselves
to one woman has long been known Re-
membering what are the chief causes OF
suiciue, it is easy to understand why this is
So Between the ages of twenty and fifty,
when two-thrds of the suicides occur,
nearly every is working for himself
and a woman, already found or sought.
Hence, when man feels that he has failed
the weight that falls upon him is double.
He has failed not only for himself, but
also for the woman.
And the further conclusion seems justif-
able that suicide is not wild breaking
through the barriers of life. as often
imagined. but is rather admission that
these barriers are impossible. Suicide was
long ago called the last refuge of the cow
ard Harsh the description has seemed,
it is practically true. Its most frequent
causes prove that self-murder is not the
revolt of the strong, but the surrender OF
the weak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
French Soudan and Timbuktu.

1t was the Scar-Cheek who offered the
first welcome in a jovial shout 1.-THE
hawk escaped from the cage! Well done,
champion! Did you batter way out with
STAY the Englishman? Leave off your
bashfulness and tell us your deeds of
valor' A score of hands were stretched
forth to draw the boy into the circle; a
score of horns were held out for his refresh
ment.
To all of them Randalin yielded silently
silently accepting the cup which was near
est, in order to gain time by slipping it's
contents. She realized that only manner
of perfect unconcern could carry her
through, yet she felt herself shaking with
excitement.
Rothgar sat up on the great skin with a
gesture of some cordiality. Hail to you,
F'ridtjof Frodessonr' he said Your es-
cape is a thing that gladdens me. 1 did not
like the thought of starving you, and /
hope your father will overlook the unfriend-
illness of it,
The Scar-Cheek who had been scanning
her critically where she stood before them,
drinking, gave plying grunt. by the
crooked horn, boy, you must have had
naught but i'll luck since the time of Scoer-
stan! No more meat is on you than a raven
could eat; and the night was in the Eng
lishman's hall, you had the appearance of
having been under lash. Your guardian
spirit must have gone astray.'
Though she managed to keep her eyes
upon her cup, Randalin could not hinder a
wave of burning color from over-running
her face Seeing it, Ro.hgar held up his
handlesS left arm for silence.
you act in a mannerless way Snorri
Gudbrandsson, when you remind high
spirited youth that he has been disgraced
in his mind Yet do not let that prevent
your joy, my Bold One. To make up for
the injury 1 have been to you, 1 will give
you revenge on the Englishman that shall
wipe out everything you have endured from
him. If it is possible for me to take him
alive and bind him, your own hand shall be
the one to strike sebert oswaldsson his
death-blow.'
The girls nervousness betrayed her into
a burst of hysterical laughter, but her wits
were quick enough to turn 1t to good ac-
count. She said with Fridtjof's own petu-
lance, Your boon is like the one Canute
has in store for me. am likely to wait SO
long for both that shall have no teeth left
to chew them with like it much better to
take your kindness in the shape of food il
that is loaf yonder."
The abruptness with which silence fell
over the group was startling. Snort bent
forward and plucked her sternly back as
she made move toward the bread. A
dozen voices questioned her.
What do you mean by that?"
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NIT that that part is somewhat likely to
stick in my teeth and in your ears. From
clifford to Shepey was little better than a
retreat, and if"
THE battle! the battlev' a chorus of
voices cried, and the chief confirmed the
choice.
1.-The battle, by all means! The other
! will do for lesser dishes when the first
edge is off our appetite Where was 1t
And how long since? Yet, before any OF
these, how goes it with my royal foster
brother? And how do his traitors carry
sail, Odins curse upon them! Speak! How
fares hep
on the top of the wave wave my ,,e CHIEF ne
has your mind toward Edric Jari' Tor
ali that Thorkel is ever on hand TO urge
the value of his craft. And certainly 1t was
exceedingly useful to them at Assington"
"Assingtonv I'm EssexT the
chorus broke in upon him: ut nn nappe witb
the bloody saddle which he found over the
hill do you know for certain If
Fdric-" "Why will you interrupt
him?" Eyes, end this talk!' I.
go on, go on!' -,
the Jotun roared. go on and tell us what
Edric the Gamer did which they else could
not have done"
II said not that he did what they could
not, chief. He did what they would not, as
the thrall who pulls off our boots muddies
his hands that we my keep ours clean.
And a strange We is the way in which
the English XII .usts him even after this
treason has booh committed! The Gamer
fed, with all his men, at the moment when
most King Edmund depended upon his sup
port; and in this way left for Danish feet
hewn path where forest of battle trees
had stood"
Rothgar took no part in the stream of
questions and comments that again drowned
the voice of the messenger, until suddenly
he launched an oath that out-thundered
them all: May Thor feel otherwise than
1 do for VOW that were I in his place l
would raise Danish warriors in wool-chests!
Is that the valor of the descendants of
Odin, that they go not into battle until
foul hearted traitor has swept the way
clean of danger? Is the heart of the king
become wax within him? Or is it that
cold blooded fox at his side that Is drain
ing the manhood out of him? / would give
much if had been there!' Casting himself
down upon the bearskin. he lay there
breathing hard and tearing the fur out in
great handfuls.
Brass Borgar spoke with the utmost
deprecation: II say nothing against your
feelings, chief; and there not few
who think az you do: yet ask you to re-
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tickets for it,
AT your requestf
mo, he said he thought would appre-
ciate the attention. The tickets are very
much sought after"
And you kept them?"
Il have them. 1t is too late now to send
them back.
Into New Series.
And there you are L learn II is a constant
trick for these general lottery agents, who
do great business by mail. to thus work
off new tickets in place of the cash amount
Of small prizes. Thus the client is drawn
into new series. Beginning, he must go
on, or else lose part of his value. For, as
my friend sad of his remaining ticket:
Il am almost glad II did not win a small
prize, because now / am in for the large
prizes of the final drawing of the series.
Do you not know that single tickets for II,
costing or ginally 81 marks, sell for as
much as TO marks each?"
They ost five times 81 marks, or 1s5
marks"
But had my chance to win in the previ-
Gus drawings. That must be included. Now
l nave a chance at one prize each of J00-
Ooo marks. 200Oo0 marks. 100000 marks,
10000 marks, so COO. 10000 5000 two of
10000, three of 5000. fifty of 1900. eighty
OF 1000 10 of 1,ooo 31S of 500. 1,1s7 of 30
and IL $40 of 226 marksr'
Hunt Hunt
He had that hope for thirty days-and
| then he won a prize OF 22j marks, reduced
methodically to 1856 marks AS he had
paid 1S5 marks for the five { ckets of that
series, he was / mark or % Genus, ahead
of the game on ii.
Therefore his hope cost him only the price
of the three sets of tickets that won
nothing, three times 1S5 marks or 500
marks, that is to say, something less than
$40!
Stirring Up Hopes.
During all of June July August. Sep
TENDER and October he had the right to do
lot of hoping. And the Bremen agent of
the lottery stirred up those hopes in every
letter that he wrote my friend.
PLEASE send me the balance of SO marks
30 due me, as per the inclosed account for
tickets in the fourth drawing he wrote in
one letter. Il have already paid 1t out for
you to the government, so that you might
/ not lose your chance
AS the lottery advances. the chances of
w1nn ng become more advantageous. the
numbers already drawn no longer particle
pating. You have had the luck to persist to
the end!''
THAT is to say, to win nothing as yetD
This is why your interest should push
you TO continue, fncreas ng your purchases
of tickets!
portant r yes for a great number of eli
ents, obtained only by their confidence and
perseverance,
And then there is this last gem, under
scored:
You must never lose hope Your number
not having come out among the W nners of
the past drawings, you must consider il as
certain that you will have success in the
great drawings now approaching
You must never lose Lope says the lot
terry agent. Hope costs 81 marks per
month. The French post Office thinks the
price too dear. STERLING HELLO.
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his fist or not at all. But at length he be-
gan to speak in a voice as keen and hard
as his sword.
You know my temper, and that I must
nave my WILL Always 1 have thought 1t
shame that my kinsmans odal should lie
in English hands, and now have made up
my mind to put an end to it. You know
that am In no way greedy for property.
When l obtain the victory you shall have
every acre and every stick on it to burn or
plumber or keep, as best pleases you But
L do not want to reproach myself longer
with my neglect; and whether it take two
weeks or whether it take twenty He
interrupted himself to bend forward. shad-
ing his eyes with his hands IF am not
much mistaken, he said, in quite another
voice, "yonder is Brass Borgar at last!
Yonder near those oak trees"
In an instant they had all turned to scan
the moonl1t OPEN And now that they were
silent, the thud of hoofs became distinct.
Shouting their welcome, soale hurried to
heap fresh fuel on the fire, and some ran
after more ale-skins; while others rushed
forward to meet the messenger and run
beside his horse, Kidding him with ques-
TONS
Folding his arms, the chief awaited him
in grim silence. If glances could have
burned, he would have writhed under the
look that a pair of iris blue eyes was deal
ing him over a bread crust. But it may
be that his skin was particularly thick, for
he betrayed no uneasiness whatever.
When the man finally stood before him
Ieolu6oi Sdlu, StcTuly, II Is liule you were
here! Ten days have gone over your head
since sent you out. You must do one Of
two thfngs-either tell great tidings or
submit to sharp words"
The Brass One laughed as he saluted. II
should have been liable to sharp steel had
I come sooner, chief. Would you have
taken it well if had left without knowing
how it went with the battle?"
"Battle!" three-score mouths cried as
with one voice. Who were victOrious?
The man laughed again. Should I come
to you with noisy voice and my chin held
high if other than one thing had happen
ed? Honor to the Thunderer, the Raven
possessed the field"
Such a clamor arose as though the wolf
pack had tasted blood. Three times,
through the trumpet of his hands, Roth
gar bawled a command for silence. One
horn you may have, then all this must be
told before you eat" he gave orders. And
he STROBE restlessly to and fro until the
time came when the horn stood on end
above the mans mouth and then was low
cred reluctantly.
Drawing his hand across his lips, the
Brass One cleared his throat. "At your
pleasure. chief. Is it to your mind to be-
gin with the battle? Or do you rather
wish to hear Of my journey thence? adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
THE FRENCH COLONIES
They Are Greater in Extent
Than All of Europe.
COST MANY MILLIONS
ALGERIA IS THE MOST PROSPER
GUS OF THEM ALL.
Big Holdings in Africa, Asia and
South America-Build-
ing UP Trade.
COST MANY MILLIONS
Copyright, 1903, by Frank G. Carpenter)

Copyright, 1903, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
3pecial Correspondence Of The Evening star.
PARIS
I have been looking into the French
mans share of the white mans burden.
1t attracts but little attention outside his
own country, but it is a big load and it
costs him more than S20,o0oo year.
There is a minister of the colonies at Paris
who has charge of the expenditures, and
in addition the province of Algeria and
that of French India have representatives
in the chamber of deputies to present the
special wants of their countries.
Few people realize the extent of the
French colonial possessions They are
greater than those of any other nation ex-
cepting Great Britain They are twenty
times as large as France itself; they cover
an area greater than all Europe, and in
Africa alone they are as large as the
United States proper. France has more
ground in Asia than in France. its South
American possessions are as big as the
state of New York, and it has also islands
in the West Indies. in Australasia and the
South seas. Parts of its territory are thick
ly populated. In all there are more than
CO 100000 inhabitants. of whom the ma
iority are as barbarouS any people on
the face of the globe.
Frances Most Prosperous Colony.
The best of all the French colonies is Al
Eeria. The French like it most and they
are spending the most money on it, They
are building railroads throughout the prin-
cpal parts of it. and they have already
constructed about two thousand miles of
wagon roads. All of the ports are being
improved, and every town of any size has
now it's French quarter. The country has
a good postal service. and there are more
than five hundred telegraph offices, through
which two million messages are sent every
year.
Algeria has already considerable COM
mercc. its imports and exports approximate
ing one hundred million dollars a year Tho
most of this trade is with France. and the
French look upon the country as their
chief granary and market garden. 1t lies
just across the Mediterranean, SO near that
fast steamers can reach it in twenty-four
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why will it take long?" Are they
not short in food?
knowing that she could not achieve I'M
concern, she kept to her petulance, jerking
her cloak away from the hand that deta1n-
ed it. Should l be apt to blame him Tor
starving me ii he did 1t because no better
cheer was to be had? Nor 90 L think you
have proved much more liberal. Let me
by to the bread
Instead, the ring narrowed around her,
and the chief himself put peremptory
questions in his heavy voice. Has he
food? What do you meant Clear your
understand that we think this TODD ques-
ton OF great Importance? The thrall told
us they are wont to keep their provisions
in the house we burned. Did he lie?"
Il do not know whether he lied or not"
Randalin answered, slowly, but it seems
to me great toollshness that you did not
take the time into consideration. AT the
end of the harvest any English house
You came the night the Iarder was fullest,
and they have only spent one meal day
SINCE"
Rothgar got upon his feet and lowered
over her, his Jotun frame appearing to
swell with irritation. DO you not know
how provoking your words are, that you
are SO glib of. stongue?' he Numbered.
Tell shortly what you think Of their case;
can they last one day more?"
The black head nodded alphabetically.
Can they laststwo days7"
Another nod.
IA week?"
Fridtjof the Bold took refuge in sul1en-
ness. ''They can last two weeks as easily
as one. How much longer are you going
to keep me from food?"
She was free after THAT to do anything
she liked, for theirsexcitement was so
great that they forgot her existence Those
whose fiuency was not hampered by their
feelings relieved their minds by cursing.
Those whose anger could be vented only
in action made after the laundering serf.
And the few who were boldest turned and
bearded the son of Lodbrok himself
How much longer must we endure this?"
Think Of the game we are missingw
There is little need to remind me. My
naked fists could batter the stones from
their places" In a week more 1t is
possible that England may be wonp'
what do you care for their wretched
land, chief?'' "Chief, how much longer
must we lie here?"
When that question was finally out every
man heaved sigh Of relief, Strengthening
in his place like a dog that is pricking his
ears, and there was a pause.
A fell look came into the Jotun's face as
he gazed back at them; and for time it
seemed that he would either answer with
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member one thing | ask you to remember
| that no Dane has ever held back in battle
because he had the traitors help. Canute
uses him to strengthen his back; never to
shield his face. The islanders own mouths
have admitted that the odds are against
| ten Englishman if they face one Dane. /
think it is because he Is out of patience
with the war that the king makes of the
Gamer a time saver. 1t has been told me
that he fights not for love of IL, nor yet for
glory, but because he covets the land Of"
Like the below of an angry bull Roth
gar's voice broke through his. Land!
Quickly will l proclaim my opinion of any
man who sets his heart that He who
forgets glory in his eagernesS for property
deserves the curse of Thori'
Prepare yourself, then, for thunder
bolt Rothgar Lodbroksson," a clear voice
spoke up suddenly.
None but had forgotten the red-cloaked
figure munching its bread in the shadow
behind them. One and all started in sur
prise. And the chief turned over his Shout
der a face that was livid with anger. You
you dare!' he roared
But Randalins heart was too full of Bit
terness to leave any room for fear. At
the moment it seemed to her that 1T did not
matter what happened. She stood before
the Jotun straight and unbending as a
spear shaft, and her eyes were reflections
of his own Her wonder was great when
slowly, even while his eyes blazed, Roth
gar's mouth began to twitch at the corners.
All at once he rolled over on his back with
a shout of laughter.
by Ragnar, there will not be many jests
to equal thisn' he gasped. THAT a tit.
mouse should ruff1e it's feathers and up-
braid me! Here is merriment!' He lay
there laughing after the others had joined
In with him, and his face was not entirely
sober the next time he turned ii toward
her. Good Berserker. give me leave to
live some while longer in order that l may
explain my intentions"
Yet when he had risen change came into