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Τ HUM S, TWO DOLLARS I'KR YKAR.
NEW SERIES, VOL. I!). NO. 83
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"TUΚ WORLD 18 GOVKRNKD TÔO MUCH.'"
ON Κ DOLLAR AND l'IFTY CKNTS IN ADVANCE.
PARIS, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1888.
OLD SERIES, VOLUME 35, NO. 43.
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POETRY.
THE DIFFEREVCE.
Mm loo·# thrir ihlp·, the · >|< r tiiiog·,
To try tbr It tuck t| sea,
IWjt mm ran Ml by uotr or tuant,
llo«r many Ikn· May br.
I)»* turortti ΓΜΙ, Uulhrr »oulh —
Tltrj nr»rr o.ro· agala.
And th»n »» know lh»< mm hat· tank.
Hit nnlt.· r boar nor wh«»u
God wnds Là» happy bird* abroad -
•*Tb#f'f«r than thip·," «r «ay ;
Mo moun-at ptnM but M· know ·
Mow many th*r» «boald b*.
<>a* bmkWth hl|h. aaothw low.
With Ji·» a bird*· light far·—
If nnly «β*, prrrhatn-, doth f«H
• iwd kaowath «bra ami whrr·.
—Itorst· ΓΜΜ.
AFTER.
Aftvr th· <how»r. ihr franco Π sua;
After tbr «now, the «mwilii lea*·· „
t»tl»rr «tar· whrn th· day I· don* ,
Aftr-r tbr h«r« »«t. gofdm ·'IraII**.
Aftt the cioad«.thr tiolrt sky;
Af»»r tbr i»· npr it, tin· Ια II of wav·· ;
wo-xt. a Urn th# win·!· go by;
Allrr tbr balll«. prarrfal grates.
Af . r th· kwl, Ike wvddtag t»-ll« ;
Aftvr tira bud. tbr radlaat ruw ;
Jojfu! (tr<tin(| from s»d fatrwrllt,
Aflrr oar Wrrplni, awrrt rr^iw.
Alttf th· !.u-.|rn, th.- bllstfal mrr.I.
Attrr th· flight, th· duwo; nr»t.
After th· farrow, the waking ·<«<);
Aft·» Ibr *t> xiowy rlrn—ml ]
M ISC β I. li Α λ V.
How it C<tme to Pa«s.
Thev »cri· having each a splendid time.
I knew Everybody wn enjoying them·
•elves -everybody but mo ! I could bear
it no longer ; il»·· ferling* I lu t be.·» strug
gling to repress all ι}*» mutt hitf their vent
at last.an 1 springing up. 1 (tew like » start
led bare through the front door, down the
long avenue, put the flower garden, aero sa
the orchard, till 1 readied tuy own little ar
bor, which from earlier childhood had been
mv hiding place an<i refuge in evert* trouble
*nd veaation. an ! thero flinging myself up
on the soft green grass, I give way to a
pas sionate burst of weeping.
Απ! I cried till, morn out by the violence
οίων grief, I could only liu and aob, with
now and then a long dt awn. trvraulou* sigh.
Ju«t then I heard. just al ni y side, the
•ound of an approaching step, llt-forc 1
could spring up—b-for·; I could even rai*e
my h ad— I fi lt myself lilted by a pair of
strpng arm*, and seated—of all strange
places in the w.*rld—on a gentleman's knee.
The neat oumicnt. after a startle»» glance at
my face, the stranger—for he was a strang
er—suddenly loosed hi* bold, and, spring·
ing to my f· «it, we stood facing each other
f'ray. pardon me, he »aid, his handsome
facc Hushing crimson. Vou seemed iu such
distress ; vou looked so very small and
dainty, curled up among the leaves, I took
j ou for a grieved child.
«lis confusion was so very evident, hi·
dismay so apparent !y' genuine, that forget
ting my own embarrassment, 1 could only
blush. and say with a smile:
I am not much more.
It was \i ry foolith of uie, he continued,
but I always feel a great dislike to letting
people alone when they seem in trouble.
« mi » ou tell me whether I aui trespassing
Dr not? 1 a n looking for Mr. Devine's
bouse, and. hating s natural propensity for
iborl cuts. I was making a bee ling for the
chimne w of the mansion pointed out to ine.
Have 1 last my bearing
N>», you were right Vou are upon Mr.
Devine'* ground· now I «m t, « daughter.
lie boa ι d in a< t n< > * ι Mgcii>< n. of t h> in
troduction.
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IfK'I Ι«, 4Ι>'1 I ll-.tr·! »<» III». il .1 III Γ ill.*» i
love Ιμ,γ aid·*.]», wiib'iul I'lcn li»rin^ »ecii
lie r.
SI t* in ilic ikarv»l, b«*l mother in lb»
• uril , it» one tan lielp luv.ng lier, 1 ιβ·
μ! κ I m trinlj.
Il·· Miiil·'·) λ 41>ji< t liltSe (mile.
I ι u<.lit l li i ν ι· it (runt l* Mer authority,
are y "t tlio only* cbikl?
1 U ig>· 1 «t the ι·Ιιa
li. Ir· ·1 r.i>. tln r<· ar·· teivn ol tt», «n i I
am tl.e tiurl upon l! ο list. Tbfjr lell me
Ihoogb, l' t( I .t u lit· ottlv \\ · «lun among
t lie ni. I iiivv rny mother'» haïr «lui eyi».
You might know Lit l>y me. llui I »·κ!
abruptly, »iru II liv aiU'Ivlcii lliou^lit, il tou
have li* ver m en In r, anl y cl «now her ·ο
well bj report, )oi ntu«l l>c
Harry Ι*ι·toa.be int· rrnpl·· I with a »mile.
i larry Litton. of Ne· York al jroui ·· r»·· r.
Al prevent on iiiy « »v to lh< rcn <· eil ι
t'aplani < row where I am na<ilr afrai'l, i
w.n « xjmpcIc J tbi* morning, bol Ιχιι >κ' a
•boikingiv \*T.y in<li\iilual. I «iij not arrive
al the village till tin* afternoon, anil lin«Jing
upon inquiry il»at your mother'» lay bet·»· e®
ine ani my Ji unalion, I coohJ not reatai
th· tt-mpiaii >n to linger '»> the war.
Oh, then you havti iu.»»c i I be pu nie. 1
trie·! in «liainayr.
In luinr w»». I ba·! forgotten the awe olj
that moil terrible ol lion·, * real live aulL-,
or, and looked up into hi· face <piitc I ear
less, ι· I announced this in my «»»■#—nirt·
ordinary misfortune.
Ami tliey counted upon you, too, so
much, I am very sorry.
Γ be picnic! What picnic! Ob. yes lo
be sure I did bear something of a gra< d
Fourth of Jul* célébration; but 1 don't par·
ticulaily caro for that aorl of thing a» a
general iule, ami, to tell tbv truth. I a<n
just a link· pliAH'd at escaping it Have I
mined any very great pleasure?
Indeed you bave. Τ bey bave been plan
ning il bete lor week*, and the arrange
ment* were all admirable. Every one has
gone in the neighborhood—every one from
our house except giandma and I. So vou
•ee vou have made jour visit at an unfoi
tunate liiue.
No, not at all. he said gravely. Ilut as
they are all gone away, tbeio is no need of
adjourning lo the house just yet. is then-?
be (jueried, < ρ icily sealing himself on the
arbor. It is so ρ lea eau I out here, espec
ially to a worn out tiaveller. You l>a\c no
duties calling you. Mu» Devine? he added
La-lily. se« ing a shade of embarrassment
on my lace.
No. oh no, not now at all events,
(•landma's nap will last at least for an hour
longer; but ion wi'I think me very rude —
hadn't you hotter jo on to the grove ? It
is only two miles further on, and vou will
be in time for the pleasantcst part of the
entertainment They will like it so, loo.
Nay, excuse me. Two miles seem to
m* an interminable distance to one so woin
oui a« I Λ'η Λ·ιι| he threw Uaek his head
with a ludicrous attempt at complete ex
haustion. I don't believe I could walk two
steps without suffering by exertion. And
plea«e. Miss l> -vine, be seated, il lat'^u«»s
me to see you luok so ready lor motion.
As I complied with this request, he went
on :
Hut way I ask, as this picnic was lo be
»u«h a splendid affair, and as everybody
was jjoin^ away, why Mus Dovine stayed
away?
I blu-bed and looked down iu confusion.
It seemed so loolish not to tell him the
plain truth. Hut then, lo do so,would look
like |irai*i'ig one's self; so I faltered out:
I could not. 1 had lo stay with grand
mother.
You wanted to go, then?
Indeed 1 did, so much.
And why couldn't some one else stay with
grandma? There are eight other members
υ ι the family, I believe, are there not?
Yes, hut there was no one else that could,
ex e l,t 11 cstie or mother, and—and—and 1
did nut want either ol :hcui lo miss the pleas
ure .
Why nut lit *si·- a? well a#—pardon u>e,
what is the bam- ?
I" AilI» if you please Oh! it wouldn't
bave donv a', all tw have llcnic May. 5b«
is tlm belle ul the ouutry. vou know. so
pri ity ami agreeable, the celebration would
have been nothing without her Father
would nut have allowed it, cither—he is so
p*oud of her. I aiu—au we all are. And I
t link you will admire her when you aee her.
Indcc·!, you can't Ιι«·Ιρ it. Kvcrybody
do»·»
lie «reined «lightly a>nu«ed at in y enthuj
ia uni.
Ν > doii!>t ; but I caution you, that, a* a
general rule, I do not liku beauties. And
to ιi-turit tu the picnic Why couldn't jour
mother stay?
She wanted to. Indeed 1 had hard work
persuading her to go. Hut she needed
the »· »! and refreshment. .She woika hard
fur us all.
Then il wa« at your own re'|uest lhat
you wi're I·· ft at ho tin. It was a voluntary
sacrifie·
It is hardlr worth calling it a sacrifice. I
said, han^iii^ my head with athrill of shame
at the renieuibram c ol tbv outbitak be liai
» ilncsscd.
He must hive remembered it too, fur,
bi n .ing uver to look into iny LI idling face,
l.e said— Wi.' lhat what you were crying
about ?
I was s<lly ant! wi< ked; but I ha I stnig·
gird a.sunt it all day.
And I glanced up timid y. What < a« it
m Ins t) es that made my own lall abashed
before them, and ca isi the blood to tlu»h
so rosily in my cheeks?
I could not lell, lie only said vrrv softly
l'oor child. Yet I fuit tlust another in<>.
meut woukl brin); a repetition of the out
burst, su springing up hastil) , said :
I must go lo the house n > w and see if
grandma bas awoke. Will you come? I
can give vou some cold haul, biscuit, and j
a citp of tea. an·! a Utile umsic afterward·,
if you May and wait for the party.
1 don't know but that I ought to stay— )
N>» thank vou but am very lond ol cold barn
vid bus uit. and louder still of a little mu* j
ti afterwards, he said, rising lo follow me.
It will be a very ordinary performance I
warn you, I sai 1 doubtfully, as be went in.
I am't a bit talented ; you know. Lucy ■· ι
th·· smart one.
And llessie the beauty. What depart*
nv-nt do yon i laim?
(Jb I'm nothing in particular. Chariot
call· u»e a Jack of all-tra :<·· I think pie
making u inr peculiar accomplishment.
You shall have a piece of air cherry pie fur
your atipper ; that ia if you ever indulge in
lite article at that meal. 1 know it ia nal
; just the thing.
lie laughed.
I think ( will try a piece at all hazard*,
l'hia ι* the bou>e, is it η >t ' And ia lint
grandma at I ha window?
; ·Υββ.'
And 1 harried in to uk anxiously if she
had long been awake, and if «Le had want'
ed me.
'No, child, not at all. Hut what gentle
man i· that with you? Seems to me 1 know
hi* fare; anyhow, he's as handsome as a
picture/ Before 1 could answer be was at
I my aide, hat in hand.·
*Ciran<lma, this i« Mr. I.iaton, a son ol
mother's old Iriend . don't \qu know?'
'Ves, ye«- ( rememlter. Mary Seymour's
«ΐ'.η. Well, I might have known. He's
her very image. Do sit down and tell nie
how your mother'· health ia now And
• here you are living?' alie asked, with her
face full of interest.
And knowing that grarxlma, once roused
to conversation, would make a most a>l·
mitable hostess. 1 slipped away to proform
one or two highly important duties. First
I must spread the supper ι aide with a deli
cate dima«k rlotb, and t'ie ilainly best
china. Then cut the liatn, s«t the tea to
draw ; bring from the spr...g house a pot
ol fiesh butter; select from the pantry a
plate of snow white biscuit, and my own
nice looking cherry pie. ami then, after
giving an approval at the tout ensemble
of the dining room, tlv upstairs to brush
my disordered curls, bathe ray red eyes,
and change my chintz dress for the mote
appropriate blue lawn.
iJcstn-nding a;rain to the parlor, I found
giandina descanting , alter a fashion of her
own, upou the virtuea of each member of the
family ; entered, in faat, jusl in tini«) to hear
her say, With emphasis :
•Well, I don't care what other· »ay, for
πιν part I think little Kay the (lower of the
flock.1
And to catch the stranger*· grave —
* I da not doubt it.'
That would not do at all. I thought; so I
interrupted tbi conversation by the an
nouncement of supper.
It was ceriainly the most p'casant of all
mea's.
We lingered around the table until w<·
could no longer di*tingui«h each other's
features in lljc growing twilight. and grand·
ma. desdarvd that her bedtime bad clipped
by unnoticed. Then, rond net in g our guest
to the parlor, I had icen her comfortably
settled for the night, and heard her pay:
with hrr good night kis* ;
'It bas been a plea.ant evening, Fa),
haun t il? He is a noble tcllow, just like
hi* mother. Iilcss bio».'
Returning to the parlor, I spent a Lappy
hour with our guest II*· conversed delight
full). Il<· requested me t> sing,with which
rti|uc!t ί complied, and received hi< warm
est thanks. He in return, sung three sweet
• ongs with a richness and fulness ol cx
pression which 1 never beard before. When
the last word bad died upon bis lips he said
decisively :
'No more music to night. You arc as
•entitivc as a wild flower, Mi»» Faith.
Then rising to go, he lo>k my ban J, ami
holding it with a «oit pre·sure, he added :
'You need some one to care for and cher
ish you, a· they would a bird or a gem —
an) rhing that is rare aril prccioua. Do
you know i·, little Faith?'
I think it *»» his tone more than his
wotd· tha> made my heart thrill with a new,,
yet strangely sweet srtisal ;un ; jet, I ouly
• aid very juicily
Dut y ou are not going \ ct. Mr. Liatori?
I think I hear the sound of the ι airiage η I
ready. Surely you wdl ally and see moth
er.'
•T'iis evening has been one of sm h en
joy ment, that I cam ot bear to mar it with
the sight of another fate, or the «ootid of
another loico. fiood ni^'it. My respect·
10 \our mother. Miss Faitb Un«M more
good night.1
And with a smile, a bo λ , one last pit «s
UP· of the hand, be wai down the et» |>· and
away.
The aouml or his retrca'ing fool fall* w»<
lost in reuse of ibe approaching carriage·,
and at they dr«* up al the door, I deecend
ed in time to receive into my arms Cttrit'i
little figure, heavy with si· ep, and to ieei
the tightening claap ot her arms about my
neck, a· she woke to ronsciouane·· of my
preaence.
·(> darlin' Key!1 she murmured drowsily.
■I'm ·ο glad I wanted you »o all day *
Bui as I bore her in and laid her upon !
the unfa, nil»· sunk into a heavy sleep. I hen
I ran ba< k to the door.
·<> Faith,' «aid ('harlie. a little impatient
ly ,· for merry · sak.j don't ask no many ί
• pjestion*. all in the »ame breath, or rather, 1
don't ask any at all until to-morrow. We
are the forioroest party you ever encoun-j
tered. Willi·» Lucia. and Car ie have
slept in concrrl for the lut mil·, anil Hess
and Tom bave quarrelled the whole way.'
'< > Β··»·!'I uciaimeil in aatonishment.
'It it'cmi so ilnnge lo mu that such a day
should e Mil in a quarrel. * 'Well Faith.'aaid
Ho«·. 'Iw is so rroM. Come into the par
lor. that'· a po<xl girl, ami help me off with
my thing*. Well, I ha<l a right pleasant
time, alter all. But just to think—the young
lawyer—Liston hi· naïuo is—didn't roam
after all. Wasn't ii too provoking?'
'Indeed I should think it wa·,' I tried to
sjiy sy mpatiuzingly. 'And ho'a 10 very
pleasant, too.'
'Pleasant!' she cried, turning with a look
of amazement. 'Why, Kav Devine, bow
do you know ? you never laid eyes on him !'
'Yes, b*it I have though. He spent the
afternoon and evening here.1
•Well. 1 never ! Mother, just hear that.
While we've been fritting ourselve· to
death over the non-arrival of our guest.
Faith has been ijuietly entertaining hun at
home. It is enough to provoke a «ainf '
And. by way oi establishing ber c'aim
to that title, Bess went off in a decided fit
of the sulks.
'You «hull tell us about it, my daughter,
in the morning. .Just now we are tired
and cross, and want to get to bed ns soon
as possible.' And she followed the proces
sion of weary children that were slowly
dragging themselves ttp stairs.
* 11 lit m ο liter dear, do tell me, have you
had a good time?'
'.V delightful time, mv daughter.* she
said soltly, 'made doubly so by the remem
brance of ber to whose love I owed it all.
And 3 ou — lia vu you been happy?'
Ό luolbet dear,' I said throwing mv arms
about her neck, 'it has l>een the happiest
day in my liic. And now 1 know you have
enjoyed it, 1 am »o much more repaid for
my sacrifice.'
And »o, indeed it was. Not only be
cause the pretty self-denial of tins morning
had been the first step in the path ο I sacri
fice which, sooner or later, all human feet
must learn to tread - not only because it
liad knit my mother's head and mine in
boida of closer and firmer affection —not
only because it h.id taught me that our
greatest trials often prove blessings in dis
guise, and they are alway s — a. way * to hope
ami trust ; but became ( have you not guess
ed already?) the friendship commenced that
morning beneath the shadow of the old nr
bur. ripened into the true, earne t, and
protecting lore, which makes me. at this
moment, the very happiest little wilo upon
whom the sun shines.
Governor Yatea on Grant.
\Vc cxiract ι he fallowing interesting
sketch froiu a Washington leiU r in a late
number of the Cleveland leader:
III put suit ol information about General
(îrant, 1 cal'dl on 8«n*(or Bichard Yates
al the Avenue Hotel last Sunday lie is a
Kentuckiao by l>irtL. fifty year· old, a blue
eyed man. of large, distinguished frame
and li· ad. and ol a pleasant simplicity and
sincerity of r peecb.uu.re slow than plausible,
and, as 1 believe, lite least artful and tLe
most candid oi Senators.
lie wa- a faiiuei'» son, and Lis larger
political hie be;; an in 184-, since whit I»
time Le bai risen steadily, gra le by grade,
to lb·· office of Governor, and at last to the
Senatorsbip. Lincoln loved liim heartily,
and be stood among tlie highest and best of
wariiovrrnors. Ifis labors at Springfield,
in the cauipj, and at Washington, during
tli ur eaei'ii g times, wlien lie equipped and
seul to the field two hundred and eighty two
regiments ol men, «Heeled his tanguint)
tcmpcrsmeir ai d in the relapse ol i>eaee
hi* in ιΛίΐιι» system felt the result. TLo
rune was the · .isc with most war>Govrrnr>rs
lirough, Hicks, and Ληιΐιβ* died; Morton
is paralyzed; (un in Lad to batten te
Havana and Europe to keep alive. Gov
ernor Yates w.vi instrumental in the elet tion
of Tiumbull. his colleague, and he gavo
(îrant his fis si volunteer . ommand.
"Grant," »aid the Governor, "eame down
to Kpringtield dreised in commun working
clothes. He luoked very much as he dors
now, ordinary, taeituin, unpretentious,
\\ hen he presented Liuiself to me hu said :
" •Governor, the United Slates educated
un.·. 1 want to he of use to her now thai
she is in danger.''"
\ ali a asked him what hi' wished to have.
" \ny place where I can be useful," said
Grant; "it don't matter much !"
The system at that tim·· was to connni··
sion only o®< era who had raised com·
panic·. Vatrs, hurried and overrun, told
firent to look in again. Aller a few day·
Grant, whose money had nearly run out
paying hit* I board, dropped in again, bst
in hand, and asked Yale· il anything had
turned up.
"Can yon write military order· ' asked
the Governor.
••yes!"
"Well! I'll give yoa a detk in my office,
•nd you'll find plenty to do."
••There" mM Yates. "Grant worked
away satisfactorily, though my hands wire
(all and everyibing wis mora or le·· di·
organized. I bad no lime to observe him,
and he wa» never forward lo speak After
ward 1 put biiu in the Adju'anf tieneral'
office and although we did not know it
particularly at the time, we have found
•iuce that he laid the foundation there of
what is now, probably, the beet adjutant
general'* oth.e in the United Sut us. Be
fore the war it was nothing. During all
this time tirant was seldom io my mind. I
had too much to do to keep personal watch
over every officer in the State, and did not
look out particularly lor the Coming Man.
But tirant made no mistakes, and I aaw
that his Writ Point knowledge waa useful
lo us.
"Near by Springfield there was a largo
ramp termed C'anip Yates, containing
twenty thousand, perhaps. It was a source
of annoyance to me. I could not find any
body to keep the men subject and see that
thej were made clean, properly led, and
taught the genus of organization. I sent
(•rant out there, and pretty soon complaint
ceased. Then I sent him on α tour to
various camps through the Slate, but still
I had no command to give hiin under the
arbitrary system of giving only those places
who had raised organizations, lie went
awav at last, to visit Covington. Ky..where
his father lived. 1 did not like to sec our
Illinois boys enter the service of another
Commonwealth, ar.d I soon found a chance
directly to displace a colonel, or rather to
i«end him to a different command, and then
I telegraphed to tirant:
•Will you lake command of the—st reg
iment? Answer. Ricuakd Yai-jû».'
"tirant replied :
·' *1 will! Start immediately !
" 'U. S. CtUANT.'
"Ile arrived promptly and look the posit·
ion. Still, I had no exalted expectation·
of him. He was not a brisk, nervous, at·
tiactive man. llis face and ligure were not
so striking that anybody could pick him
out of a troop, like Saul, and lie did notsav
enough In interest me. Out of the 282
colonels that I commissioned I thought it
as probable that 2X1 of them would bevomo
famous as tirant.
"Ho did one thing, however, which I
have since thought was significant of his
future good tense and enterprise. Hie
icgiment was the most demoralized cnc
that we had in Illinois. It had become
insubordinate and allowed to go to seed,
tirant started the process of breaking it in
by compelling it to march across the State
ol Missouri, and be was the first of our
colonels who had ceonomv and pluck
enough to * a ve us the delay and « xpense of
railway transportation in this manner. In
this march he stopped atraggling and
orchard robbing by a device original, good·
humored, and effective, lie made every
straggh i carry a fence rail in line, and. as
the march itself was tolerably la''·ί ions, the
fence-rail did its work. He made a lighting
regiment of those men."
Alter ·peaking on πιιην other trivial mat
ters, tiôvcrnor \ ales said in conclusion :
'llero worshippers « ill be disappointed
in li:ant 1 don't take it to be any stolid·
n« ss of mine that failed to pcrceive genius
:n him. Nobody else did, IIis genius is
not oslentatom or dramatic, it is tho
genius of accomplishment that he has.
W hen his work i« dune there it is, done :
and there i* tb». man, except lor the work,
ordinary as before. I don't make up for
this error of perception by visiting the
tieneral twice ss much now as before.
But in the light of his achievements I feel
the same confidence and satisfaction in him
that all the people feel. I'he I)· mocrals
fee I it too I le has no cnemic· in otir
State but politic»I ones, and one or two
personal one», like McCIernand. We will
elect bun with ( Af3.n
The W iter Power of Maine
In I he report of the Seretary o( the
( omiuiffWorier· r l tl»e H« drn^rnphic Survey
ο I our Stiite, w have rorne valuable fad»
•nd tfalirli '4 giv« n, whi<*h «how what our
S'afe i« capable of becoming in tim«·.
I ho rt jiurl of the Secrrttry of thr Koaril
occupica Λ21 pu»»·» ol the document. Fron»
hi·· l'r·-liuiiit%ry Statement wp aiutrftct lie
following fact· :
< >ut of the 31 000 Mfuarn mile· contained
within I he St »te.n«ai 1 r 14 ,'KJO are represent»
ed in tin! report. the innuUr of different
• aler power· pmlmilii'il being 'J.ΟΙΛ. The
power on ιl»e IVnobacnt in the twelve mile·
above Itangnr i» eethwêled at 40.000 hor»e
power·. On the Kennebee, Au;mt« has
5,<>00, Waterville H.'MtK R'«owhejjan Λ.700,
Kiirfifi'l 7.-50». An*on an<l Mad eon 6,000
On the An lro«eopyin,f/*wi··
t η lin 1 4.Λ0 ». Ilrtinewiek 8.0"0, Lisbon
I 'ί,"4<·. {«iterator· 3.200, Jay 4 9Λ0, Hum·
lord 2 {,000 horae jniwer·. jjroM. Tbeae
are only a I··* ol the principal fall* on the
II >wer section· ol three of the main river·,
and the pnwfr * peri Red i· for the lowe»t
maye of the »ire*m*.
The rum total of power represented in
I the report, t» eatiinattd at not It·· then
I 450,000 horee-power·. groM, and i· «tiecep·
Γ' οοίιηιιο 1 on Fourth Ρ·Ι»·|