Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
April 15, 1897

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faihj getwebtt journal. TERMS: *7.00 PER YEAR. No notice whatever win be taken of an dined communications. THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for the preservation or return of rejected communications. Address all communications relattns to subscriptions and advertisements to BURLEIGH A FLTNT, Publishers. Au gusta, Maine. STATE OF MAINE A FAST DAY PROCLAMATION. Recognizing and conforming to a long established custom, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council. I do hereby designate and appoint THURS DAY. the twenty-second day of April next, to be observed by all the people of our State as a day of FASTING AND PRAYER. This ancient custom comes to us con secrated by the observance of our fathers for many generations. In deference to It as a hallowed memory of the past, I earnestly recommend that all good citi zens should that day abstain from their usual vocations, and having assembled In their churches and around their firesides reverently approach the presence of Him ■who guides, governs and controls the destinies of all nations, asking that peace, plenty, prosperity and happiness may continue throughout our borders. Given at the Executive Chamber, in Augusta, this twenty-fourth day of March, In the year of our I«ord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-first. LLEWELLYN TOWERS. By the Governor, BYRON BOYD. Secretary of State. No Depression in the Fool Market. Those who thrive on fools are never at a loss to find business. Times of the greatest business depressions do not seem to affect them. Barnum said a new crop of fools was born each year and those who have been fooled once are as eager to be fooled again as the drunkard is to get his second drink. It is unnecessary to estimate the legiti mate profit made from the credulity of people, the flagrant cases of the most bare-faced swindling are so common. Pope simply followed the fashion when he wrote of "Justice” giving the con testants each a shell, keeping the oyster for itself with the remark "We thrive at Westminster on fools like you.” In these days he would find enough of more flagrant dealing in the fool market to occupy all the shafts of his wit without recourse to such stale jukes. And if he should set out to warn the public against the snares and pitfalls he would throw up his job in disgust after a short experience. Laws against rascality are devised, amended and changed to tit changing conditions; the newspapers expose anil explain the innumerable devices of the swindlers, who are constantly invent ing new methods, though why it is difficult to understand for the old tricks work as well, apparently, as they did the first time they were tried. Some of the success of the scamps is explained on the ground of hypnotism, doubtless with more or less of reason, but this excuse is not left to the thou sands of victims of some of the more recent and successful swindles. Surely law and enforcement of law cannot protect people who are so silly as to invest their all in such a concern as that recently exposed under the name of the “E. S. Dean Company,” which in alx>ut 14 months numbered over 26,000 victims, some of whom had “invested their last dollar” in the most silly way imaginable. They never had seen any of the members of this wonderful com pany, which c onsisted of a man and his wife. They had only read circulars in which it was stated that this concern had exceptional facilities for invest ment which it was extremely desirous the world at large should profit from, apparently not caring for profit itself. Those, who in all their lives never met with an instance where persons having unusual facilities for making money went out into the highways and by ways seeking to make others rich, read this little circular and believed. They were to be rich. Nothing ventured nothing had. Those who plodded along in the old way had their pity*. As foi themselves they were to he rich with out exertion and for the expenditure ol a few dollars—presumably to pay the freight on the gold awaiting them From time to time bucket shops oper branches in some of the smaller cities and villages in this State, reap a har vest and get out. After their patrons have been given a little time in whirl to cool their anger and earn enough telieves only in inter national bimetallism. It is the mission of the Democratic party to crystallize into legislation the principles which he (Jefferson) taught. William Jennings Bryan at Washing ton.—Then is Mr. Bryan an arch traitor to the Democracy for his chief effort has been made and his notoriety ljeen gained in an attempt to crystallize into legislation principles which Thomas Jefferson expressly and vigorously condemned. A New Hampshire victim of poor 1 roads was smothered to death in the mud of a highway. But the lesson of frightful example is one few heed.

Arizona's first Dull fight was not a success but she is probably determined to beat Utah's record and so is likely to make another attempt. I The attitude of Japan toward Hawaii is such that Uncle Sam may lie sud denly called upon to define his position toward those islands. 'j I.lliuokalani talks like a new woman i but if she ever gets control of affairs in i Hawaii again she'll show 'em she's the I same old woman. An Important Matter. The Journal has frequently urged upon the people of Augusta the gieat Importance of scouring to our city every possible transportation facility for connecting with the trade of the outlying country. One of the greatest misfortunes that could befall us would be to permit the opening up of new roads from other points to graduallj withdraw from us the volume of out side commerce which would naturally, under favorable conditions, center here, and which is of so great importance to the growth and prosperity of our city. We have often urged the great im portance of a connection with the is easset road at Cooper'd Mills. Of even greater importance is the building of the narrow guage road between this city and Farmington to connect, at that point, with the Sandy River and Phillips and Rangeley roads. There can be no doubt but what this road is destined to be built in the near future, and it is of very great Importance to the business interests of our city that it should come to Augusta. The pro ject is beginning to take definite* shape. Outside capital is ready to engage in the enterprise, and it is willing that the road should be built to this city, if our people are ready to assume a fair and reasonable proportion of the expense. The matter is one that calls for the earnest attention of all who have at heart the future growth and welfare of our city. Here, at least, there should be united and generous effort. The plan proposed for the construction of this road is one that will come easily within the means of our citizens if they will stand together in its support. A meeting of citizens to consider the mat ter is called at the city council rooms. Saturday evening at 7..'i0 o'clock, when it is hoped that all who are interested in having this road built to Augusta, will be present and join in some prac tical plan of action. The opportunity is certainly one that the city of Au gusta can ill-afford to permit to go unimproved. Occasionally a foreigner can give a wide-awake American a valuable sug gestion. Our consul at Zurich says: In Brussels the children attending public schools were requested by their teachers to gather up on their way to and from the school all such apparently valueless objects as old metallic bottle capsules, tin foil, tin cans, paint tubes, refuse metal, etc., arid deliver their collection daily; to their respective teachers. In the period from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1, 1895, or within eight months, the following amounts were collected: Tin foil, 1925 pounds; old paint tul>es, 220 pounds: bottle capsules, 4415 pounds; scraps of metal, 1221 pounds; total, 7TS1 pounds. This apparent rubbish was disposed of and the proceeds applied so as to completely clothe five hundred j poor children and send 90 sick ones to] recuperation colonies, and there still remained quite a balance which was distributed among the poor sick of the city.” Bryan says followers of Jefferson have cause to rejoice over the Demo-] cratk* victories in Chicago and Cincin nati. The Hon. Arthur Sewall, on th other hand, sees nothing but local sig nificance in those elections. The com mon sense of Mr. Sew&ll's remark will go farther toward convincing the pub lic than the rhetoric of Mr. Bryan. The Powers go on aggravating war, never agreeing upon a remedy until too late. Easter Flowers. The ruses were the first to hear— The roses trellised to the tomb: Bring roses—hide the marks of spear And cruel nails that sealed His doom. The lilies were the first to sec— The liies on that Easter morn; Bring lilies—crowned with blossoms be The head so lately crowned with thorn. The roses were the first to hear: Ere yet tin* dark has dreamed of dawn. The faintest rustle reached their ear: They heard the napkin downward drawn: They listened to His breathing low; His feet upon the threshold fall. Bring roses—sweetest btins that blow, His love the perfume of them all. The lilies were the first to see: They, watching in the. morning gray. Saw angels come so silently And roll the mighty stone away: They say Him pass the portal’s gloom; Ho brushed their leaves—oh. happy dower! Bring lilies—purest buds that bloom. His face reflected in each flower. lilt* n ti f nit* m ft iicai, The lilies were the lirsl to see; Bring fragrant flowers from far anil near To match the Easter melody! “Habboni!’ be on every tongue. And every heart the rapture share Of Mary, as she kneels among The roses and the lilies fair! Clarence L'rmy in the April Century. They've l>een seeing ’em over at South Paris this week—sea gulls. The Dover man who has whiled away the winter with a lame toe, the shingles and the grip tells the correspondent and gets his Bame In print as did Job of old. I I i This is the encouragement one cor respondent serves up for the benefit of those who about this time long for an opportunity to seek health and profit in a garden. He says: “I make a gar den. every year. I pay a man to plough it. Then I pay $3.50 for garden seeds, and in the fall. I go and buy my vege tables of the farmers. I've done this

I now for six years, and I owe my robust health and olive complexion to the fact that I’ve got a garden and do just as little in it as possible." It is declared with a show of truth that Brunswick is to have a new rail toad station this year. Deports of thefts in different parts of the State IndPaie that the knaves who exploited ttrtinftdlves about here a year ago are still alive and active. Sangerville thinks she should iecel\e mere notice in the daily papers. She has three woolen mills running on full time and business is brisk with her [people. Surely that warrants an "item” oven if we have learned to ex pect that much of this enterprising place. What with G. A. R. and mayoralty politics Lewiston is having a week of it. The Madison Bulletin wants to know why it is that enterprising village hasn’t what nearly every other equally Mg town in New Ehgland lias, a Mi lage improvement society. Judging from what it says of some of *he condi tions some people Will want to know why it hasn’t a vigilance committee. The Bulletin saysh Perhaps nothing short of a man with a gun would stop the loafers on our streets from cover ing the sidewalks with phlegm and tobacco juice. At no time during the spring and summer 'months (unless it is immediately after a drenching shower) can a lady walk these streets without danger of ruining her skirts and perhaps her whole dress. We wit nessed one day last summer a stream of tobacco juice flow carelessly from the lips of a gentleman over the rail of a favorite loafing place and strike the back breadths of a delicately tinted cashmere dress. You should have seen the dress. 1 was ruined. And still we shall doubtless go no dodging between the squirts and leave the loafer in peace.” Prof. Bateman, who recently lecture 1 In Harrison oil tin- subject of phrenol ogy, had a very much interested audi ence it is said, but some wondered why among his diagrams of the crania* bumps of great m*n he did not include those of Tom Watson and Arthur Bewail. It appears that many in Portland ar unable to comprehend the need of in creasing municipal salaries then*. It sal ways in order to increase salaries unde; which it is impossible to obtain honest, efficient servie«f Unfortunately tin salary doesn't always ensure the earn ing of it. A Biddeford youth who fractured his arm while “boxing" is the recipient of a purse of $122 from his friends. This is commendable, only it is no moi than just to see that the good Samari tans are as well provided for as th “boxers." The incident of rtte Caribou man. who having lost a hand commenced t-» educate himself, recalls to rh** Bath Enterprise the case- of a man in Bath who was so severely injured in a ship yard as to be unfitted for physical la bor. He was over 30 years of age at the time, and had no education. Vet he went to work diligently and studied and became a school teacher, in which line of work he was a success. Event ually he obtained a college education. The Lewiston clergyman who recent ly addressed a young women's home took for his text. “I will make you fishers of men.” He didn't see anything funny about it. however, until after he got home and his wife laughed at him. A Portland woman's club has deemei it necessary to protest against the idea that woman's increasing interest in club life and like matters has really killed Cupid, as som** writers have as serted. There is sucfTft thing, however, as protesting overmuch. Eleven young ladies and no young men graduate from the East port high school. Fortunately in this generation such a condition does not preclud** graduating essays on th*- Eastern ques tion, ought the United States to inter fere in Cuba and like problems which once were supposed only to come with in the province of boys. A Portland barber eaters for the wheelmen’s trade by placing a bicycle pump and stand in front of his shop. Waterville Mail: The work of or ganizing local branches of the Maine Christian- Civic League goes rapidly on in the Maine cities and towns. The movement has met with a more ready response than even its warmest friends had hoped for. it is very young yet. but thereareat thisstageof its existence indications that it is to be a power for good in Maine and that the State will have occasion to be grateful to the men who conceived of the original idea. One of the oldest of Bridgton families traces back to Giles Corey who was pressed to death at Salem during the days of witchcraft. That's a sturdy ancestry to have. The descendants will be able to sacrifice much for the public weal and for their principles if the grit of Giles Corey has been transmitted unimpaired. Getting ahead of each other in get DROP*' Suo^R JOHNSON'S ANODYNE LINIMENT Cures Colds Croup Cough Colic Cramps All who use it are amazed at its wonderful power and are loud in its praise ever after. Every Motheris'r.’hdetill* Originated in 1810. by an Family Physician. ___#Fa __ Be not’afraid to trust whaHitnc has endorsed. PEj For Internal as muchPExternalus*. Bend for our New Boole Treatment for Diseases. The Doctor Signature ami Directions on every bottle. 8olu by all bru|t|0*t*. Price. ?n cent*. Hi* bottle*. §♦»no. I* 8- JOHNSON a ftT£ 4 untojUloiias St., ilo»ton, Mat*. WASHINGTON Life Insurance Company. ._. I f Washington 1 in 1894-5-6 6 J. B. BRACKETT, Mangfr for Maine: E. J. BRACKETT, Asst. Mangle OFFICE, 185 MIDDLE STREET, PORTLAND, MAINE. CEORCE F. OILE, Agent,.WATERVILLE, MAINE. t.ng sawdust .amuses the natives of one Maine sawmill hamlet this spring. This incident is related by one of out exchanges: "The farmers are getting their sawdust at the mill. The one that gets there fir‘st is the one who gets it every time. Henry McAllister got ui and went down at 4.30 one morning and took off his coat all ready to rau under the null, when A. R. Davis stuck his head out of the hole, and said: "Get out of this: 1 have been here more that an hour." Henry put on his coat, and went, not home, but after an alarm clock. The next morning he got some sawdust." Considering the uses t' which some farmers put sawdust the energy is worse than wasted in sotm Instances. THE MAGAZINES. The Living Age. Recent numk»rs of that always popu lar eclectic, Littell's Living Age. con tain many notable papers, including the following: "Wordsworth’s Youth.' "The Story of Nansen's Achievement, "Literature and Music," "Forty-on Years in India." "The Eastern Crisis. "Picturesqueness in History," "Liter ary Recollections," "The Cretan Ques tion," "Two Centuries of National Monuments," "Life in a French Com mune." "Hidden Dangers of Cycling.’ and "Castelar on the Death of Maceo.’ There are as usual a number of stories and poems together with th*» supple ment containing readings from th* American Magazines. Vick's Magazine The current number of Vick's Maga zine is an excellent one in every par ticular. A number of beautiful half tones add much to the appearance of the magazine. The longer article; given include “Polyantha Hoses it Beds.” "Flowers of South Florida.” "Spring and Summer in My Garden,” 'The Bay Window." "Seeds and Seed Sowing. "The Dahlia." and "How t Grow the English Gooseberry." Tin departments give much timely infor mation. The Chautauquan. The April Chautauquan devotes con siderable space to France. The articles on this subject are of much interest and include "Paris, the Magnificent," "The Three Carnots,” "Mlrabeau Be fore the Revolution,” "The Causes of Increased Juvenile Criminality it France," and "French Cooks and Cook ing.” In "The Storm Center of Europe.” W. H. Withrow gives much interesting information concerningTur kty. William E. Waters contributes a timely paper on "King George I. of Greece." Other valuable papers are "The Horseless Carriage." "Mining Camps of the West." "The Homes that Knew Thomas Carlyle," "Where Shawls are Made." and "The Art of Stained Glass." The Maine Sportsman. The April Maine Sportsman, in addi tion to its regularly well-filled depart ments relative to s]x>rting matters, contains among others the following interesting papers: “Hunting the Woodcock,” "The Sportsmen's Exposi tion.” "A Trip to Richardson Igrke," "Dogs of Bangor." "Partridges in Coops,” "Frog Farming." and "Provin cial Game haws." An excellent feature of this number is the classified index of the public laws relative to fish and game passed by the last Legislature. The Humanitarian. The chief feature of the April Hu manitai ian is a discussion on the “Love of Plato.” by Sir George Douglass anl plla H. Dixon. G. A. Koek writes on 'The Need of a State Lifeboat Sys tem.” Other notable papers are The Happy Life.” The Woman of the Pit,” Is a Belief in the Supernatural Nec essary to Progress?” The Supremacy of the Average.” and The Present Position of Women Suffrage.” The de partments contain the usual amount of ntcrest i ng matter. The Art Amateur for April is brimming over with artistic ?ood things. The color plates are of a high order and include “Violets” and Washington’s Headquarters. 1773.” The supplement designs are unusually ittraetive and varied. The depart nents. My Note Book.” "Gallery and Studio.” “The House." “China Paint ing." aiit.1 “Correspondence” cover the .arious art interests in a thorough and practical manner. Among the more mportant papers given this month are loted the following: “Hints to Young Illustrators,** “Some Suggestions About Painting Pansies." “Expression in Ani mals: The Dog.” "Figure Painting.” ind “Botanical Hints for Painters.” Maine Fish and Game Notes. George Merrilield of Hope, shot 170 oirds last fall. 72 D ing woodcock. A Bueksport gunner got five wild geese tnd as many ducks the other day and >nly tired six shots in all. Oscar B. Anthony recently shot a wild most. that measured between five and dx feet from tip to tip of its wings. There are now at the hatching house at "old Stream lake.'in Kntield, JUO.UUO At antic salmon eggs to be distributed {n he Penobscot waters according to the or lcrs of the lish and game commissioners. Charles and Benjamin Robertson of North Searspqrt. while out hunting one lay recently, with thor day, this year, on a large scale. During the year ending March J, there were lOfi births, 49 inariiages and 97 deaths in Old Town. The ice in Moosehcad lake is said to be very strong still and is not likely to break up before May 10. The Kennebunkport people are talk ing of having a coaching parade this season instead of a river carnival. The 11th Maine Regiment will hold its reunion, this year, in Caribou, Wednesday and Thursday, August 11 and 12. Representative M. A. Austin of Mil ford. will deliver the Memorial day ad dress before S. J. flakes Post, G. A. R., Old Town. It would is? a very good thing if Bath could arrange so as to launch a vessel or two on the celebration of her fiftieth anniversary. The Franklin county law library at Farmington contains complete reports of all the New England states except Rhode Island. J H. Maxwell, Esq., has been invtted by Kimball Post. No. 28, G. A. R., to deliver the Memorial day oration at Livermore Falls. The coasting business does not look bright, but with a duty on lumber we may expect something better in the near future, writes the Milbridge cor respondent. Damariscotta has ordered 1000 feet of hose to make up the required '.’000 feet in order to get the extra reduction in the rates of insurance, which will be nearly 30 per cent reduction. In one of the Portland primary schools the teachers give an occasional lesson on good manners. The children are noticeably polite, always asking to be pardoned when obliged to pass in front of a visitor. Rev. Harry Hudson, the Episcopal rector at Winn, recently lost a valuable cow in a peculiar manner. An examin ation showed that a darning needle had. in some strange way penetrated the flesh and worked its way to the animal's heart, causing death. This Ts the second cow which Mr. Hudson has had the misfortune to lose within a year. _ _ A Rockland merchant has eyolved cuite a neat scheme. He, like many others, has heen much troubled by loungers and customers who are in the habit of detaching small strips from the dried fish on the counter. There is now a very attractive fish handy, but those who strip it come to grief for there is a small w ire, attached to a battery, with which the fingers come in contact and the self-helper receives a shock. Down on board the Labrador today the men have been getting in readiness for a game of football Saturday after noon with a picked team from the mill hands at Westbrook. But one game has been played lx*fore this season be tween these teams resulting in a de feat for the steamship boys. In a game last season the Labrador boys won their game so Saturday's game will be for blood. Frank Reynolds, a Lewiston inventor, has gotten up a ripper for attachment to sewing machines which, they say,, beats the wide world. It is simplicity itself, being in but two pieces, the knife Operating in a continuous semi-rotaxy movement. It does its work with the utmost effectiveness and ought to cost practically nothing to complete. The Scientific American in a recent issue notes the sale of the ripper for 150,000 and gives the drawings and description of the same. Mr. Reynolds’ little at tachment. weighing only eight or ten ounces, is incomparably superior in simplicity and safety. STATE OK MAINE. KENNEBEC, ss. Superior Court. April Term. Is97. George O. Cooiidge Elbt. vs. Viora A. Cooiidge. I’pon the annexed writ and libel, it Ordered, that notiee thereof be given t«# the libelee by publishing an attested copy of the same, or an abstract thereof, to gether with this order thereon, three wt*eks successively in the Kennebec Jour nal. a newspaper printed in Augusta, hi said county of Kennelnc. the last publica tion to be thirty days at least before the next term of said court, to be holden at Waterville within and for said county o. Kennebec, on the second Tuesday of June next, that she may then and there appear in said court and answer thereto If she see fit. Attest: W. S. CHOATE. Clerk. ABSTRACT OF LIBEL. The libelant alleges that he was mar ried to the said libelee at I^eeds. in tnc State on Maine, on the 2Sth day of March 1884; that thi> saM libelant and libelee co habited in this State after their said mar riage: that the* libelant resided In thi of July 1889. she utterly deserted the 11 beiant without reasonable cause and has continued said desertion for three com seeutive years next prior to the filing ot this libel. Wherefore, he prays that a divorce from the bonds of matrimony between himself and said libelee may be decreed. And the libelant further alleges that h' has used reasonable diligence to ascertain I he presmt residence of said libelee, but Is unable to do so. and does not know where it is. C1EOKGE O. COOI.IDGE, I.lbe!unl. Androscoggin, ss. April 2. I said libelant made oath that the above lllegaliun as to the residence of the rtelee is true. Before me. JOHN H. MAXW EU~ Justice of the Peace. A true copy of the order of notice ar.f ibstract of libel. Attest: W. 3. CHOATE. Clerk. J,aprl5,22,29

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Waterviile Advertisements, SPRING SUMMER COSTUMES Silk lined suits for $12.00 ami $15-00. These come in all shad-s. il; vn the afternoon of Thursday, April Thales Spa aiding, a well known lum berman of the upper Kennebec, was in tin city. Wednesday. John Turner of Skmvhegan. one of the oldest lumbermen on the Kennebec, was in the city, yesterday. There will business of an important nature before tonight’s meeting of Huya.nl Division, l\ II. K. of P. limn K. F. Webb went to Solon, yes terday, to attend a meeting of the di '•ct r.-- i«-f the Moosehead Pulp and PH pc r Co. t IM Whit- of F Field, was in the eity W dmsday. Mr. White has recently sold out his nlaek-miih shop in Fairfield and contemplates loeating in Gardiner for Un City Council Meeting. A special meeting of the cu.>. council was In Id. Wedn* salay evening, for the purpose of list* ning to lie* report of the proceedings of the new ity hall building amni. sii.n and the opinion of City Soli citor lhiton on the question as to whether or not Mayor Kedington is entitled to nic sani mat Aiuerman Bouteiie has taken ;t deep interest in (he city building matter and that it was through an ordt r introduced by him at the l ist city council meeting that the report given below were brought out at. this time. Wednesday, for tin lirst time Alderman Botitelle viewed the plans of the plans I of the proposed building. In body of municipal officers. Mayor Uedir.gtnn announced that Mr. Hubbard, agent of the M. C. It. It., had askc*1 that ‘barge if. Simpson he appointed as a po le officer. In- having been employed*'and still to remain as an employee of the M. U. It. and to he paid by that corpora tion. Mayor Redlngton nominated Mr. Simpson for a police officer, said officer to b0 will go on the payment for the same. The committee to whom was referred I the Drummond avenue graveling case r I ported. Report was accepted and .he I street commissioner was instructed to j proceed to gravel the avenue. The mayor returned without approval the order introduced at the last meeting by Alderman Bouielle. requiring M. C. Foster Sons to stop proceedings on the city building matter. The mayor gave as his reason for disapproval that he does I not believe that the'city council has anv SURE COLD KILLER PELLETS. Dr. Hill's No. 5. Guaranteed by C. H. BEANE, Druggist, Cardiner, Maine The Old Family Drug Store IIU III 5 'll Sill SII! tII! S III HI 1 ill 11 It l To the front. Bstaldished hy L. D. Cooke in 1851. completely remodeled and restocked by H. D. Itobinson Co. in the past month, and now ready for business, with one of the most complete stocks in the city. Of all the spring medicines of which we carry all kind at lowest price?, l)r. Pincin’s Bitters are the favorite. N. B. We want your trade and pro pose to offer inducements that will secure it. IlUillSlilsMUIIU "t Mill! i:it t H. D. Robinson Co., Successors to F. M. NOYES. authority to interfere. The matter was laid on the table. The mayor read a petition for the exten sion of Union street, as advocated by the Journal, last summer, under the Maine Central track to the Kennebec river. On i motion of Alderman Jioutelle. the petition was referred to the committee on now streets. The report of the committee on appro priations was made as follow.1-: City of Waterville, April 11. IV>7. To the City Council: Your committee on appropriations begs leave to make the following .statement and report. Your committee wishes to say right here that it is its lirni convle tion that iu these depressed times Mu rate of taxation must not be allowed to: be over 2 per cent. It presents on th‘~ sheet for your careful consideration the resjMM-tive amounts raised and appropri ated last year for the regular ordinary departments, and also their estimate** for the same departments for this year, j These sums, as estimated by the commit-I l,c, aggregate a considerably larger sum j I than we desire, as if the valuation now j being taken by the assessors should b I l«*ss or even tin- same as last year, tie I rate will be considerably more than 2 per •at.; therefore, some of these priation; new bridges, $500, leaving tin appropriation $50 pn ticuJar w.re railed for. It was. of emirs--, impossible f.-r tile aiahit i or tin m mi'-sion to determine just bow good a building eouid be Imilt for this sum and iheretotv. a condition was insert* I in th specification that alt ration and change: night b.* mad* by th cotnniissi >u!d agree upon the deductions to I mad in the contract price, by reason of the al terations and changes. in order Hint the cost in* imiiuiim: -hould not cxr.'ul $77i.ut. and rift hard pine floor uhstitiHe' in same as specified for top floors. iron work to the amount of i11 b** ik; Masons stair treads and carving «>i stairs, £100: chim ney place to be ::4 inches in diameter, $7‘*: In* store* work of w*: balcony and south entrance doors to be left out the contractors ha\e agriscusslon. Recess. Social hour from 6.30 to 7.3b. Music, vo e:il and instrumental, by members of Winslow Grange Other Evidence ol Progressiveness. The Journal has repe atedly ailed the attention of the world to the fact that Wateivill*- has everything that is going. Today, we r-c ord the- fac t Unit several i f our citizens have gone to the* limit bv transacting business with L. S. Dean X Go., tie* collapsed N«*w York bucket-. -hop eoneern. The plan ol this now famous company of brokers wa> to get w.dl-to-do men to iziv* t money tnrough in one Pay. The close of the first month s iw the mail tilled with 2 per cent, returns •tail everybody was satisfied that the company we as good as gold and more monev went to N• w York flying. Rut it n,v r earn*: b.nk. 'Pin company went up i hi- flume at the rcepnst of sari of it: victim?* baekecj up by the authorities. Now if Iti* vic tims In this :t> bad on!, jrjveti half the amount that th» y have i to the Golbv fund tIn y would 11.rough lit,* have h.oi a splendid monument t their public pit itedm to look at i the needed additions to Colby university. Much Wanted Wen. State t> i fiv* ft. M True of Hallo* Wt If. w.* iu llie 1: v. -I* rda\ Mr. Tru is on the trac k of Oscar Little, a g* nuirn hobo who is wanted badly iri Rockland] for onf'sc a’ing to bis own us»* a gold, watch ami chain. tin property of another; man. Little is a bad man irorti out of j the Stale. Ids record is bad and tin of lit ers want to get him In out of the April show* rs. He c ommitted the theft far which he i> wanted in Rockland, April Li if*- is deseribecl as IW \C .ifS Old. f» fe-',*i. .tail from wide h plac e hi s' sped s-v. ral weeks ago. was captured by Sheriff Timer of! k 1 a ml and n turn d to Sheri** l’at-j j, r. ci.. Livingstone arm- t,, Maine* last j f ill in the hope to escape tin- ohieers o: ilaw l.-s’ a V. a r* r* t*» j Det-ciivi! o>. made a short visit ;:t home on his last trip this way. The re will he a sociable in th I’ nton sc hoolliousc hall, tonight. Tin male quart* t cnriaisting of Misers. Tozier. Tot man. Tuttle and Pooler, will participate in tin programme which insures some line music. AM of Mr. 'Hackwell s frie nds wen*.de lighted to sec him again doing business Wednesday, in his old store. It i un derstand that lie settled on a basis of per e. nt. and will now oontinn* his busi ness. Mr. Sproulc. who is strain with him wili probably remain in town, although he had intended to move away. Amelia Labadossa and Joseph Ferri: h. vere placed under arnst at Boston. Tm-sdny night, on the charge of counter feiting, a complete equipment, of mould coins, eruicbles and other paraphernalia neeessc.rv for mtikirig spurious coins b« f I'.otiw is l» UiR wire! for tri lights. Morri* Chdhill is on a business trip to N« \v York. It is xi•»«'tm a prof ssional trip to Char leston. It v. A. T. Dunn of \VatorvUle. was in town. Wednesday, the suest of K. c. wl*: lit v. Y. Hanson, pastor of tin Madison avenu* Bethany li-ptsi chureh. Mr. Xdams was a v*-n ran of th. W ar apd a m- mlx r of Go. lMh Main** Kr^im«*nt. Hr w e- wound'.1 s v ra? 'Hi** deceased was f»0 y**ars of a*4nly f*-v. days for obtaining "King's Malt. at Urn ridiculously h.w prices Chas. Ward A Company have 1* n offering it for. A Business Change. Am* .dairy Wakefield are soon t* mak.- an important change in their bust in -s. For i v\ y* ars they have patient lv ami persistently be. n increasing their business, in .spite of not having a suit ao|,. s!>»w room on the lower floor. Wniili. energy and good business judg m- nt. partienlarly in buying, overcome location and a general business depn-s si*in that has proven so disastrous to many. They are now intending, about May 1st, to occupy their lower store room, which lias been used for the bak ery busii. .--s. Here they can make .1 creditable display of their fine stock anil retaining Cm upper floors for a fur ther increase «»f business. The puhli :"v- however, some hats I in this exhibition that Indies should sur,- i :l'‘ *!SI’' ‘"’iKinal in hi stun. i..i\tn;; .1 Style peculiarly tit. ir own. 1 Woman Saved the Battlefield. Tin- la gislaturo *>f Texas has appropri 'it- i«“» for tli** purpose of'purchasing tl hi *rjc «i battJ.field of San Jacinto, pic-• rving it as a state park. Tie- i a I tlefield, war th»- mouth of the San Jacinto river, is where General Sam Houston won his famous victory over tne M .ins comniiinii.d by Santa Anna, on Acril 21. 1M!S. s« uring the* independence

A». an rule. Though the number* ;ged v.- i- sm 11. the ngag* ment was e operate ar.il the victory a brilliant on*. Houston, with Tv; volunteers, routed the Mexican force of 1600 regulars, of whom w* tv killed and marly all the rest pttip 1. The T« x ms lost only v killed wounded. The outcome of this was the republic of Texas, which xisteil till 1*1* when it became one of *.i: I cited States. Hence San Jacinto is ■a» r.*d crop some yeara l fun*. >n land where clover seed had never been grown, one peck per acre, or a bushel to four acres, is none too I much. The alsike clover seed is small* j or and will bear to In* sown in less I amounts. Hut the alsike will not grow so largo stalks as will red clover, and therefore the effect of too thin sowing is to b t in more weeds. The alsike .seeds with its first growth in spring. and if this is allowed to iip« n some of the seed will fall on the ground. Alsik and also red cl iver seed has the faculty of remaining inert for years, until it finds favorable circumstances for grow ing. Wo have s n a good deal of al sike dover in a timothy »*d three years old. At first we supposed that it had I been sown with tin* grass seed three I yrars before, but learned that it "as fi.un an alsike seeding or 12 year*’ arlier, and that some of the aisike 'clover had appeared each time the tick I had been plowed and seeded since that date. We think that farmers generally sow more heavily to clover than they us'd to do.” CABTORXA. TU3 Scmerset Hotel, lortb Aosod, Me., has for many years been the h£BJ sportsmen and the commercial man wnen In this section of the State. The hotelU but a short distance 'nnt fhe beet n»u ponds otid hunting grounds In the Btaw The ...cry connected with the house1., £r..pv. and the very best. The cutotae .peaks for Itself and the terms are mOM reasonable. When making plaM your summer outing remember the bo™ hotel, r.eo. H. Clarke, proprtetor.