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Devaux Neck is a peninsula formed by the Tulfinney and Coosawatchie rivers as they branch off the Broad River. The peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. This map, in closer detail than the one on p. 196, shows the skirmish between Confederate forces protecting the railroad and Union forces (the 127th New York Regiment under Gen. E. E. Potter) hoping to secure it.
NEWS OF THE WEEK Maim Mattkiis At a sheriffs sale last week at the granite works of the Maine iranite Co at Hewetts Island the property was disposed of Jo the fol lowing parties A C lay A Co a large hoisting engine Mathew Baird of New York a derrick w itli hoisting gear Hen i ry Sargent a derrick with hoisting gear and also several cars used to carry stone Jerry Harrington a steam hoisting en gine M A Johnson a steam hoisting engine Sherman A Hoverthe hoarding house The sale netted about 8000 William P Lennox aged To years one of the leading citizens of that section of the State died at his home in AAis casset May 2 For many years lie was president of the AViscasset Savings bank lie had held the office of county and town treasurer and was a promi nent merchant for yearsAVashbum Bros of Thomaston will huiklfor apt AVilliam 1 Lermond formerly in com mand uf the ship 1 l Thomas a four masted schooner with a carrying capac ity of 8000 tonsThe Androscoggin county Republican convention is called for June T An invitation has been ex tended Congressman Littlefield to ad
NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Matters The returns for the November election are practically complete and show McKinleys plurality in Maine to be 26200 McKinleys vote 61048 Bryans 35658 Wooleys 2012 ltebs 713The Maineborn congress men in other States are all reelected by big majorities Alexander of New York Fletcher and Stevens of Minne sota and Roberts of Massachusetts are returned by their constituents and there may be some sons of Maine among the new membersThe shoe business seems to be on the boom in Auburn Nearly all of the companies report a rush of work and say that the orders are coming in faster than they can be filledIt was announced that the new monitor to be launched from the Bath Iron Works the latter part of the month would be christened bv Miss Grace H Boutelle Since that time Miss Boutelle who is at present in Boston with her fatherCongressman Boutellehas decid ed that it would be impossible to accept the invitation of the Bath Iron Works and her sister Miss Annie Boutelle will do the christeningThe population of the cities of Maine and some of the larger towns has just been published by the census bureau In
You have read of the cures byHoods Sarsa parilla and you should have perfect confi dence in its merit It will do you good One Point of Difference Whats the matter with you asked the sympathetic friend an attack of grip No this isnt grip I havent time to stay at home and send for a doctor This is simply a bad cold Washington Star Dr Agnews i atrrhal Powder has proved a blessing to many a man before the public In eases of hoarseness bad throat tonsilitis and catarrh Some of the most recent evidences of its efficacy comes from a wellknown actor whose home is in New York City He says 1 have never found anything equal to this remedy for quick relief 50 cents Sold by Edmund Wilson and A A Howes A Co09 Made Him CrossButhe didnt call you a liar in set terms did he asked themolli fier He might as well have done so He said 1 had no more regard for the truth than an historical novelist Life Couldut Ksiinmte Its ValueDr Ag news Cure for the Heart never fails It re lieves in 30 minutes it cures It is a bacon light
LITERARY NEWS AND N0TE8 The New England this month has its usual variety of stories and poems Mr Meads Editors Table is devoted to im pressions of Chicago taking up various phases of the citys life as they appear to a New Englander after some years absence In the March issue of McCalls Mag azine there are given dozens of illustra tions of the most attractive styles accompanied by articles reviewing the latest in dress Much matter bearing upon subjects of interest to the house wife is also given including the follow ing articles Concerning Marketing Make the Best of Yourself About the Newr Shirtwaists Life in a New York Flat How to Make a Good Pud ding and Wedding Anniversaries Miss Ethel Parton contributes a bright paper to the March number of the New England upon Fanny Fern at the Hart ford Female Seminary This famous boardingschool was kept when Sarah Willis afterwards so widely known as Fanny Fern was a student there by Miss Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher a younger sister of the princi pal w as a pupilstudent The relations of the two girls destined to be such famous women were most interesting and Miss Partons
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES The Chinese question is treated briefly from the Chinese point of view by Taw Sein Ko in the leading article in The Living Age for March 30 The leading feature of The Living Age for April 0the day before Easter will be a striking and touching Easter story One of These Little Ones by Princess Volkonski translated from the Bussian East does not mean to the Washing tonian what it means to the New Eng lander says W D Lyman in the April Atlantic Anything the ofher side of the Missouri is East to us A new arrival from Massachusetts was once greeted very cordially in my hearing by a lady who had been here some time and who said I came from the East myself Ah said the New England er From what place From Iowa was the unexpected answer In the Easter Number of The Sat urday Evening Post Forrest Crissev tells of the wonderful work of the Interna tional Sundayschool Lesson Series The Central editorial staff is the Ameri can Lesson Committee and it will bold its next meeting in New York on April 17 1101 Twenty million teachers and pupils simultaneously study
NEW YORK FASHIONS 11 aj Winter Millinery Plumage Hes inh Hair Fabric Broadcloth Dreus Haking New Silks es in fall and winter millinery nite varied the Continental be veil and several on tlie turban liter a strong contrast to tiaring A peculiar turban sliows a brim ating in a sharp point at thecen the bowl crown which renders it round All tastes may he suit hiring hats or those turning up tic are quite as much in demand e coming down over the face a rge picture hats are from their necessarily black a brim lined hilYon folds and one broad long lilume giving an elegant finish wu white velvet roses under the NEW HAT MATERIAL 1 colors resembling heavy cam clothbut with a satin finishlaid composes many stylish hats or ed in combination with plain or id felt 1 raped trimmings are ivlish with a drooping tendency back and silken scarfs with coils often serve this purpose ace of all kinds or real black lace are used on brims the lat i 1 plain or full and the former d on black taffetta silk or vel d draped on brims LARGE ROSES e in great favor ostrich plumes ver
Register of Deep Water Vessels SHIPS Abner Coburn arrived at Cape Town l C 11 Dec 5 from Port Townsend A G Popes D Pi vers sailed from San 1 ramieo Dec d Vi Queenstown A J Puller sailed inm Newcastle N S Y J C 11 fol Honolulu Ai v in A v 1 iueton sailed from Sail Fraie see Dec 27 loi Queenstown bangalore 1 daiicliaid ai l ived at Port Townsend Oct 21 Huii Nagaski K DSuttonI P Putmansailed from II iogo Iec o hi New Yoik ton George thus C McClure sailed iroiii Pei t 1 ow nsenu i ct 7 Horn Cheinainus lor Port Pii ie Gov Pobie Iron Kverett AY ash Sept 1 for Sxdney s AY ai l ived at t ape Tow n Jan n 11eiii P 11de arrived at Sun Fiancisco1 June l fiom Paltimoie Luzon Park sailtd from Newcastle N S 1 ec fol Manila Alary L ushing Newcastle N S AA foi Ponoluiu spoken Dec lat 31 S Ion 159 K Aiantie Liagum P t Nichols sailed from llong Kug Oct go lor New York passed St Helena J an 13 Pumtai A N Planthard ailed from San Francisco
CAPTAIN JOHN M HARDY Master of Schooner Kadlant 28 Tears Aye said skipper John M Hardy as liewhipped over the end of a piece of rope he was splicing on board the trim little schooner Radiant I have been 28 years in the coasting trade from ISoston arid New York ports east Yesn thats better than the average says be and he turns the rope over and looks longingly over the deck of the old schooner which has so long been home to him The old schooner Radiant and her jovial old commander past three score years have few equals in points of con tinuous service and the companionship of the two has been both pleasing to the shipper and the goodhearted old captain t apt lonn ju iiaruy now nearing three seor and ten years was born in Peer Isle the son ot Joseph P and Polly llaskell Hardy and until the age of 4 years resided there when the fam ily removed to Winterport where they had a little home and did a bit of farm ing in connection with their seafaring His father followed the sea but little yet there was in Capt Hardy the love of
County Correspondence SEARSPORT LOCALS Albert Nichols is visiting friends in town Mr Harry Blake left Wednesday for Bos ton Miss Addie Hubbard left for Boston Sat urday Mr Bert Morrison is spending a short va cation in town Mr William Putnam and son Will left Wednesday for Boston Miss Eva Clement left Saturday for her home in Boston Rev Charles Whittier of Bangor spent Sunday in town Miss Jennie Salvage left for New York by boat Saturday Mr Maurice Dolliver was in Bangor for a few days last week Edward Porter left Saturday for a short visit in Providence R I Miss Rose Roulston of Boston is visiting Mr and Mrs N Roulston Dr S Calderwood of Boston was in town for a few days last week Mr Amos 1 Carver of Brooklyn N Y is in town for a few days Miss Emeliue Nickels is ths guest of Lap ami Mrs E D 1 Nickels Albert Fowler of Ames Iowa is visiting Ins aunt Mrs Geo Sargent Mr Charles Nichols ami family of Port land spent last week in town Mrs Nina Hadlock and son of Boston are the guests of Capt D S Goodell Will Prescott ami his
A BATTLE OF SONGS How a Contest Between Yankae Prisoners and a British Crew Ended I have been in a number of full fieriged naval actions myself and in many more scrimmages said a vener able manofwars man the other day so I am entitled to know something about the subject but I am free to con fess that the strangest tight on the high seas I ever heard about was one in which my father took part when be was a prisoner in the War of 1812 My f ather when a young man enlisted on the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel which as you may know was one of the most famous privateers in oursecond war against Great Britain She belonged to the estate of Mrs Charrten of New York and on Octobei U 1814 while under the command of a Hebrew named J Ordronaux beat ofl the boats of the English frigate Eudy mion with a loss of 49 killed 31 wounded and 30 prisoners to the enemy a total loss of 116 men or more than half of the number of the attacking party It was when the Prince de Neuf chatel arrived in Boston after
lift PRODICTION OF MAPLE SUGAR The Bureau of Forestry Seeks to Develop and Extend the Industry The Bureau of Forestry has been studying the maple sugar industry with the view of securing a larger use of the maple forests Since 1S50 the area oi maple sugar farming has greatly chang ed and shrunk In early days maple sugar was commonly made even in many parts of the South because cane sugar was virtually unobtainable No longer is there even a limited produc tion in South Carolina Georgia Alaba ma Mississippi Louisiana and Arkan sas This is because cane gugar can now be bought everywhere at a low price and is preferred to maple sugar for sweetening In Indiana Michigan and Illinois the maple trees have been extensively cut for lumber thus reduc ing the opportunity for tree tapping In those States also the markets are glutted with imitations which removes the incentive to extending the industry In other States as in western Mary land West Virginia Ohio New York and in New England the maple sugar industry has held its own or been in creased The best sap How is secured in the cooler northern States yet good results can
NEW YORK STYLES Fashionable Household Belongings About the Choice of Floor Coverings The Modern Bathroom Equipments House hold Linens A Word about Toilet Table and Couch Pillow Covers Correspondence of The Journal The tasteful woman who likes to make her home look artistic as well as comfortable will be delighted with the choice afforded this season in door coverings Of course fitted carpets are quite ont of date convenience and hygiene have combined to favor the use of rugs and carpets have been gradually discarded or made into rugs which is a practical way of disposing of them Certain firms take old carpets clean them and return them in the shape of rugs very attractive ones too woven of the yarns raveled from the carpets A Wilton rug is a safe invest ment and the most practical choice if the price of the Orientals which last a lifetime is prohibitive A good Wilton rug will last for years if treated with proper care Small geometrical designs are a feature this season and it is pos sible to procure shades of oue tone to match the color scheme of a room it desired Brown or wood color and green is a
Maines Vital Statistics 16003 Children Born in 1905 i6f Twin Births and One Triple Birth Three Men and One Woman Martied the Filth Time lr A G Young registrar of vital statistics tuts submitted bis last annual report that tor 1905 The number of children born in the State in 1905 was 10005 of which 15294 were living and 11 stillbirths Of the living children of which the sex was certified 7794 were males and 7483 females For each 100 girls born there were 1041 boys The birth rate in the cities per 1000 population was 2058 as compared with 2182 the birth rate of the rest of the State As it has invariably been since regis tration beguu in the State the birth rate was the highest in Aroostook county 3400 and the lowest in Waldo 1452 Of the total births 0008 per cent were of native parents 2079 of foreign parentage and 1799 of parents one of whom was foreign Lincoln county had the largest percentage of nativeborn parents 9101 per cent and only 058 percent in which both parents were foreign born High percentages of foreign horn parents were found in Androscoggin county 3960 and in York
International Road Congress President Roosevelt Names Commissioners to Represent the U S Government Washington D C June 22 1resi dent Roosevelt lias directed that this Nation be strongly and officially repre seuted at the International Roads Coi gress to be held at Paris the week be ginning October 11 and credentials have been issued naming Logan Waller lage Director of the Office of Public Roads of the U S Department of Agri culture Chairmau of the Commission The other members named are Colonel Charles S liromwell of the United States Corps of Engineers now serving as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds of the District of Columbia and Clifford Richardson of New York an eminent chemist and one of the worlds acknowledged authorities on bituminous road building materials This coming Congress which will be attended by distinguished delegates from every country in the world is re garded by highway engineers and ex perts as probably the most iniportant ever summoned for the discussion of an economic question Its need is the direct outgrowth of the advent of the automobile for while thousands are ignorant of the fact the solt tires ol the modern motor car are the greatest menace the hard
Nearly Three Centuries Of Temperance Agitation and Legislation in Maine16361909 BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 6 In 1891 the Peoples Prohibitory En forcement League of Maine was organ ized and incorporated by the legislature Although this organization was rather shortlived yet it did much good in strengthening our prohibitory law and aiding in a more rigid enforcement of the law Dr John C Stewart of York was president of this organization and John W Mitchell of Freedom was its secretary Both gentlemen were promi nent members of the Good Templar or der and the best of feeling and harmony existed between these temperance or ganizations Dr Stewart is still living and only the past winter I met him at the State House in Augusta He is the same earnest and zealous champion of prohibition as in the days when he was an active Good Templar and a power as a debater in our grand lodge John W Mitchell the able secretary of the En forcement League was one of the most fearless temperance workers we have ever had in the State of Maine and his sad ar d tragic death by drowning in the Kennebec at Augusta in 1894 brought
Tgiectrie Plants That Make Money for Farmers hroUrh an old pasture on the Prf ared Van Wagenen Jr at iro p Xew York flows a very ifyerfU l hich one can easily step 1 1 water is high A little rosstu from the house is an old prhal rjng about three acres Siar rn tiny sawmills dotted lilt long P jht years ago I began to 1 to get this power to the it vuld do a little work t Wagenen My first i 5 i carry it there by belt vf proved that the fric D i t up the five horse power f t trio power easily trans tie loss was the only solu 151 i ked with many who un m niv and its engineering most of them laughed at jr hu1 a small installation construct a million would have been whole flS ce hut a small plant to f an be controlled by a i i wire was evidently a i good ileal of studying the plans were made nig so small the most water had to be ob r a imiciuvii ujjiigiu ht wooden case build if where it would get f d the fifteenfoot
AN AUTO RIDE I To Boston and Back in a Packard Cr The writer recently enjoyedhere may be added all the superlatives to be found in the dictionarya trip to Boston and return in a Packard touring car The ride was one for pleasure and the rough places in the Maine roads of which there are many were gone over at low speed and at no time was the rate too rapid to prevent full enjoyment of the scen ery So parts of two days were taken each way to cover a distance that could easily have been made in one The route both going and com ing was through the towns and cities of Bel mont Searsmont Appleton Union Waldoboro Damariscotta Newcastle Wiscasset Bath Brunswick Freeport Yarmouth Portland Scarboro Saco Biddeford Kennebunk Wells York Kittery Portsmouth Newhuryport Lynn Cambridge and Boston I may have skipped a town or two but those named will indicate the route taken The start was made from Belfast at 7 a m on the coldest morning of the coldest day of the season The party were clad in winter clothing but fur coats would not have been amiss The wind was blowing a gale