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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
& Bangor { Aroostook
gWY RAILROAD.
No. Arrangement. Of Trains
~ in Effect June "a, 1901.

Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars. between
! Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at 6.35 A. NJ. and Bangor at 81
Leave Portland. 12.55 A. NJ: Augusta.
% A. NJ; Wa5erviile. s-25 A. NJ: Ban.
g9r' 40 \. N; Arrive Lagrange, 7-1s A.
Iron Works. 1000 A. NJ; Norcross. s.42 A.
9.i5 4. NJ; Pstten III io.i5 a, NJ; island land
Falls. 1O.15 A. NJ: Smyrna Mills, 1O;45 A.
r. Ill: HoultOn. Ito A. NJ: Bridgewater,
l3.05 T. NJ: Pressure Isle l.. 80 p. NJ; Car
ibou, l.2o Z. NJ; New Sweden. 80 ?. NJ.
Van Buren,. 80 l. NJ; Limestone. us I;
FoxcrOft, sos A. NJ; Guilford, SO A. n;
Monsoon. S.51 A. M; Greenville, go A. II.
kineo. so \. NJ.
LEAVE Portland. HOS A M: Water
Brownvile. 40 p M: Noreross, SAB =.
NJ: Milinocket. $50 z. Nj; Sherman. 6,3s
p. NJ: Patten, 100 7. NJ: Island Falls.
sardis, SCI P. NJ; Ashland. $50 P. M:
HouIton. 7.i5 Il. NJ; Pressure Isle, 9l5 p.
NJ; Caribou. 1900 7. NJ; Fort Fairfield.
Il IEAVE Portland. 1910 P. NJ: Augusta.
235 +. NJ; Waterville, BIS p. NJ: Ban
cor. 40 T. M; Brownville, Gas P. Al;
Mulinocket. 10 p. NJ: Guilford. Ills r.
NJ: Greenville. so p. Nj.
LEAVE Montreal. SO p. M; Quebec,
7.5i u. NJ: Greenvlle, $50 A. NJ. Monson
Junction. co A. Nj: Guilford. 6.$s A. N:
Dover and Foxcroft, SO A. NJ; katahdin
Iron Works, Go 4. NJ: Millinocket, 6.W
\ NJ; Brownville. 7.01 A. NJ; Lagrange
IA, \. NJ.
ARRIVE Bangor. $40 A. NJ.
LEAVE Fort Fairfield, 60 A. M; Car
lbou. G.35 A. M; Pressure Isle. 100 A. NJ;
lIoutun s35 A. Nj: Ashland, rs A. M;
MasardiS. ~ \. III: Smyrna Mills, $50
A. NJ; island Falls. 9.26 A. NJ: Patten.
$50 a. NJ: Sherman. giS A. NJ; A.i-
nocket 10 SO n NJ: Norcross, To- A. M
Bruwnvil1e. ll.3G A. Nj; Arrive Bangor.
tbs p. NJ: Waterville. 315 p: NJ: An
gusta 3.52 p. NJ; Portland, 6S5 7. III.
LEAVE Caribou. 1aUl r, M; Van 6a-
rem. 10. 20 a. NJ; New Sweden ILL., a. M
Limestone. 1850 A. NJ; Presque Isle.
les II. Nj: Fort Fairfield, lLSo A. n;
Bridgewater. lis p. NJ: Houlton. Zp
P. NJ: Island Falls. 500 P. NJ: Patten.
30d f. Nj; sherman, $50 7. NJ NorcIoSns'
i:S T. NJ: Katahdin Iron works, S.Uo Z:
M: Gruvnyile. so l.. NJ; Lagrange ~:
II. Nj; hinen. 1.55 Il. NJ: Greenyille. ~ ~
p. NJ. Monsoon. .3.45 p. NJ: Guilford' ~
p NJ: Dover and FoXcroft, 5.l6 r y;
Arrive Bangor 1.2u l.. Nj: Watervilie. ~
p. NJ; Augusta, 1913 Il M; Portland h~
A. NJ. ANA
~ NJ. BROWN, Superintendent.
Bangor, June 20. 1901.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
Are You Guilty.
(AtchinSon Globe).

There has long been gossip about a
certain Atchison woman-gossip that
cid her very great harm; that almost
starved her in fact. man took
occasion TO lock NJ the truthfulncss OF
the gossip.
The woman he interviewed said
everybody knew about it.
But what do you know about it,?
the man asked the woman.
She confessed she knew nothing.
Other women We're visited. and they
knew nothing: some idle person had
started a vicious story, and a lot of
otherwise worthy people had accepted
it. AS result. "A worthy woman has
starved. Her relatives have deserted
her; she has become an outcast. she
has heard ner children cry for food
all because of untruthful stories
about her.
Are you doing anything of this kind?
And ii you are. can you afford it, Is
it honest to accept rumor as the
truth-a rumor started by some mali
Cious mischevous person? Seventeen
tbs of the gossip you hear floating
round is untrue; the only safe rule is
not to accept any of it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
The Merrymeetinq C0nclave.

1t may be the duty of the Maine
Democratic club to- show that it still
lives. and it may be its pleasure to in
wife Democrats from other States to its
powwows; but of all places in the land
of Dirigo why was Merrymeeting park
in Brunswick chosen as the site of IA
Democratic demonstration last week?
Merrymeeting. The speeches show
that it was anything but that. Weep
ing Water. Neb.. is the only authorized
Democratic place of assembly.-New
York Sun.
For all that, the meeting in question
was good deal merrier than the Sun
might imagine from the obsequies.
There are many things at Merrymeet-
ing to amuse and entertain sad
dened soul. including menaaerie,
lawn swings and several tintype gall
leries. 1t is said. however. that visitors
who patronized the latter places have
not dared to show. the results to their
wives; but. prefer. that their better
halves should,rerJember them as they
were. Then there are the boiling
springs of clear. ,.eold water-always
dear to the Dethecratic heart,-and
last but not least the gay succulent
uniivalled clam of the Maine coast
always at. his best in August. Even
the speeches We're not wholly,bad. al
though some of the visitors have ad-
mitted. privately, that they were no
nearly as interesting as the baby
buffalo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,
EASTERN STEAMBOAT COMPANY
NV : & wky.tf
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT


Leave Bath daily tcNcept Sunday. a,
s.5 a. m. landing at Westport Junction
sawyer Island. Isle of Springs. South
port Mouse. Capitol ana Squirrel Islands
Spruce Point Ocean Point and RoOthbay
liarhpr, connects at Mouse Island for
Christmas Cove, Heron Island ana Pcna-
qIid.
Returning leave Pemaqud at lis p. N
Buothhay at IN. making same landings
Leave BoOth1dy Harbor al l. a m
landing daily tSIndays excepted al
Squirrel and Mouse Is. Southport. Riggs
vile, Mestport Junction and Nest port, on
Non. Wed. ana Fri. al Five Islands. on
Tues. Thurs. and Sat. at Isle uf Springs
ana Sawycrs Island. Connections made
with ocean TT. ana Capitol ls On this trip.
Returning leave BAN n 20 y. IN.
Saturaa- evening express commences
July eth. Leave Edth at G.-g i. NJ
Noon express commences July 18th,
Tue, Thu and Sat, leave Bath at ui0 a
m; BoOthbay Harbor at II a. N.
POPIIaM BEACH ROUTE.
Commencing MONDAY JUNE IL. 1901, a
steamer VIII leave Popham Beach daily.
except Sunday. at :. a. N. and p. IN.
Returning Will leave Bath at a. m. ard
Az p. m. calling at Phipusburs Center
and Bay Point each way. Gail at Hinck
leys Landing on O'Clock trip from Pop
ham and I u y. IN. trip from Bath.
JAS b. DRAKE. Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
Bath. June q, 1891.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
\ 2IalN0y8 GiQl@8t|D||
The Best Faith,

| deem his faith the best
Who daily puts it into loving deeds,
Done for the poor the sorruwing and The
oppressed,
For these are more than creeds,
And though blinded reason oft may
err,
The heart that loves is faiths inter
prefer.
The schoolman's subtle skill
Wearies itself in vain philosophers.
That leave the world to grope In darkness
still,
HAPPY from lies to lies.
But whose docth good with heart and
might
Dwells .vermore within the light
one hand outStretched to man
In helpfulness. the other clings to God.
And thus upheld he walks through times
brief span
In ways that Jesus trod.
Taught by his spirit and sustained and
led.
That life like his by love is perfected
Edward Payson Powell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

If you have baby in the house you
will wish to know the best way to
check any unusual looseness of the
small children. o. p. NJ Holiday, of
Deming, Ind, who has an eleven
months old child. says: Through the
months of June and July our baby
was teething and took running Off
of the bowels and sickness Of the
stomach. His bowels would move from
five to eight times day. / had bot
tie of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the house and
gave him four drops in a teaspoonful
of water and he got better at once"
For sale by Jno. Coughlin. lit Water
ST.. and ]. c. Houlehan, Gardiner,
druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
WILLING TO cHANGE-ol

WILLING TO CHANCELLOR Lady
Dear! dear. | don't like to see a lit
tie boy smoking cigarette
The Boy--Don't v. a'am? Well if
vi come round this way at the, same
time tmorrer III try t be smolin' a
cigar r Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
Modern Proverbs.

Many a man has preferred matri-
mony to bankruptcy.
II girl is pretty and doesn't know
it she is truly handsome
The average man finds it easier to
meet his creditors than his bills.
It's easier to put up with the prodi-
gal son than to put up for him.
The woman who thinks she plays
Eelf and talks accordingly, is as much
OF bore as an amateur champion.
II 1t weren't for their wives, some
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
This Country OF Ours.

Tn" population of Nevada has shrunk
20 AZ, 900
The foirign-bnr population Of the
United States Is more than I0,G0G0 900
The population Of New York city.
Chicago and Philadelphia is almost
onA-twclfth Of the population Of the
whole country.
In 1900 five cities had more than l02, :
0uD population and less than l03, 0G0--
81. Joseph. Omaha. Los Angeles,
Memphis ana Scranton.
The realty valuation Of Boston fs902.-
$1,000. with a population Of J6oDOd-i il
more than that Of Philadelphia $751;
600 900, with q population of Z .30o, 61J.
Ther" are more people IA O00, 500 ar
N-w YORK ana Pennsylvania thsdf III
Virginia. North Carolina. South Ger6-'
lima. Georgia, Florida. Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas. az
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
The Season Of Fairs.

$50 The Season OF Fairs.
The. season of. fairs is on. and for
The next six weeks fairs of all kinds
and sizes will occupy much of the at
tention of the people of our State.
The Eastern Maine State fair at Ban
s,6r, has opened the ball. this week,
with perfect weather conditions. large
crowds and many attractive features.
At Lewiston. next week. will come the
big fair OF all. and there is every in
dication that it will be an unpreceden-
needed. and the whole of Maine fer
vently hopes that it will prevail. After
the State fair there come, through the
following weeks. two or three scores
of smaller fairs. county, town. Grange
and neishborhood fairs. in all sections
If the State. each arousing much inter
est in it's locality and reckoned one of
the important events of the year.
The evolution and development of
From cattle shows" and agricultural
exhibitions as they We're at first in
fact ami as they commonly are still in
name. they have become much broader
and more comprehensive affairs.
Horse tr0tting has gradually become
an important, and perhaps no" IN
many cases the most important. fea-
ture. Every fair now has its midway"
with all It's varied and wonderful fea-
balloon ascensions, automobile and
bicycle races fireworks. high diving,
and many spectacular attractions to
draw and entertain the crowds. There
is still the exhibition and competition
Of live stock and of the products of the
farm. ana to the conservative minority
these features have a charm that moth
ing else can surpass. Some may regret
that the fairs are not as they used to
be, but they have simply changed to
keep up with the times. There is now
something for everybody and every
body goes to the fairs.
Perhaps after ALL the best and most
important part of the fairs is the
crowd What happy crowd II is and
how many old friends one meets In
wandering through it. For thousands
the fair is the only vacation trip OF
the YEAR The fail. is a great educator
is not To he lightly estimated. The
State wisely recognizes the Importance
of these annual events and it's finan-
ciai aid is an important factor in
their support. Wisely also. does it
withhold that financial aid from those
which offer objectionable attractions.
There seems to be no good reason,
always providing that the weather is
favorable. why the Maine fairs of 1901
The State is prosperous IN all lines of
industry; the harvests are abundant;
our people ale contented; our herds
are large and good and our horses are
fast, and the fairs are wisely man
aged with an eye to pleasing and bene-
fitting the patrons. We hope no reader
of the journal will fail to attend two
or three of our fairs. large and small.
Attend as an exhibitor if possible ii
not as q spectator but attend, anyway
do you all good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

Charles Eliot Norton declares that
he views our colonial policy with "a
hot heart" 1t is interesting to learn
that there is something warm about
Charles: but it must not be forgotten
that we are yet in the midst OF the gin
ger ale season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

presidential chair unhampered by IA
single promise. ana he left it-after
havin. made Il grand record as a ma
tionaI exccutire-with the universal
respect and esteem of his fellow
citizens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
Alter SIMPSONS Own Heart.
washington poSt),

Rear Admiral Chadwick has been
living up to Admiral Sampson iiea
of naval prophecies by entertaining
real count At Newport.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

men would have breach Of promise
suits on their hands every week
An undertaken and sexton are
never expected 70 ask about the health
Of sick person: IL looks greedy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

Eiddeford Journal: The Bath Times
says. John II. Cumming. manager Of
Merrymeeting Park Amphitheater
leaves Wednesday night for Boston
with instructions to secure the best
vaudeville company that can he got
together. regardless ~ cost" This
shows how Manager Dunning's patrons
had their appettes whetted by the
aggregation which appeared at Merry
meeting park last Saturday after
noon and evening. While previous to
that event they Were satisfied To- take
things as they came, now they must
have the best there is, regardless.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Painting Lilies and Gliding Gold.
lProVidCncc JournaD.

Mr. LIwsons scheme to build n
miniature Venice" ON the Maine coast
does not deserve approval The Main"
coast is well enough as nature left il.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

The constant recurrence of lynch
ings is about the best possible proof
of its inadequacy as a punishment
for crime. The day may come when
the people of the South themselves
may recognize this fact and try law
and order for change
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

SOME AGE Y.-Teacher-
Now. here is an example in mental
arithmetic: How old would n person be
who VAS born in 1868?
Tommy-Please mum. was il man
or n woman?-Tit-Bi Bits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

II hai running. itching sore on my
leg Suffered torture. Daau Y Ointment
took away IN" burning and Itching In
stuHtly ana quickly effected pernanen:
cure c. ". Lenhart. lowing Green.
10
m " xkytf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

The hemp crop is reported to be
rapidly hecoming%a "reminiscences in
Kentucky, but the cultivation of mint
goes rnerrily On.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

n. .atice whatever will BE- taken Of
unsigned communications. -
Vhe Journal cannot he held resDon-
sible for the preservation Or return Of
rejected communications.
AAAress all communication relating
t. subscriptions and advertisements to
DURLEIGH Z FLYNT. Publishers
sAuiusta, Maine. me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

ID Daily. Sundays included.
Through tickets to California and all
points South and West may be had OF Z.
H. Wa ker, ticket agent, Augusta, the
otll: Office in Augusta selling via all
routes and checking baggage free OF ex-
p"nse.
GEO #. EVANS. F. E. BOOTHBY,
v. Tres. &; Gen. Mag'r. G. =. & r. A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

AND so 1T WAS-Miss Windetraw-
What wheezy. pinched little thing
that baby of Mrs. Puffproud is. to be
sure"
Ms. Blazer (cdnterptucuslyy:-
and 20 near her talk. you'd think she
had a progeny. "-Lesle's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
The Wisdom oil Babes.

What fishing on 4 Sunday?
And the farSon's face WAS firm.
The trchin said: &c wan. You jay.
I'm dr0wnin of this worm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

The good old familiar story of the
largest entering class on record comes
from the Pennington Normal school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

FAR SiGHTED-LittleG irl-Plclse,
mamma, can hold the baby for n
while?
Mothcr-No. dear: you're too little.
You'd let him fall
Little Girl-Well, mamma, can have
him when he's worn out?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

From Franklin county comes the
yarn Of the honest old farmer who
bamboozled his city visitors with a
dnNed by nature with legs on one side
longer than those on the other to en-
able them to feed on the steep sides Of
the hills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Edison Says the Electric lncandescent Light
is His Greatest live ntion.

Thirty years ago ! was peddIing pea
nuts ana newspapers on THAI road. oves
there. that runs from Port Huron to De
tro!t" The speaker
HrI"" career was standing on thc
ns "a captains bridge on
Train Hoy. tho North Land, as
the big boat was
steamin% down the Detroit river on the
dusuess highway that leads from LAX"
Erie 70 the Cits Of the Straits The
greatest electrician of the age. who has
hung the Industrial armament Of the
closing century with millions of incan-
descent lamps, was directing the atten-
ton OF ms wife. Captain Brown ana
others who were about him to the: Scenes
OF his early struggles, says n Wftter III
the Chicago kcCord-Hcraid
Pleasant, ind, ed must have been the
recollection OF those events. which a
kindly fate threw uroind the gcnll,s Of
boy to produce the matchless Eii3on.
There was lustre in his eye as Y swept
up and Gown the country across tIie cian-
mel. Where once tho fast express from
Detroit 70 Port Hnron carried thr young
ster who was destined 10 light up the con
tincnts with the lanterns OF his genius.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

Monmouth wants a branch Of that
new Augusta Lewiston line, and it
ought to have ii.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

of the Ho.klanl papers records the
fact that the potato balls have been
discovered on the farms of j.. ). 'af
Yer ana 'ico. Robbins. and says 'Na,
1t is the nrst time that any have Deeii
seen III town for twenty-five yc"'S'
This statement makes funny rcauil'S
for thcsa OF us who as boys useo 70
I'LL our pockets with those little green
balls, and throw them from pointed
stick, but the fact rcmaics that tley
are scarce. and are seldom seen now
adavs The reason given for thciE
disappearance is the application Oh
Paris green to the vines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

Whatever the astronomers may say
about it, this moon was made for low
prS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

Ii would be more becoming in Sheriff
Pearson If he less frequently paraded
in public his great virtue in refusing
the p:offcred brides of rumsellers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

The Bath Independent says that an
explanation Of the origin Of the name
If Squirrel Island is that the British
frigate Squirrel ran ashore thereon
after bumbarding the fort at Pema-
quid. Granting this. can the eXpla-
nation be carried little farther. and
give us the origin of the name of
Mouse Island"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

Portland Daily News: Wonder If
from the lips OF General Joshua
Chamberlain, surveyor of the port OF
Portland. in his many lectures. nav"
ever stopped 10 realize what TINS
icvial-faced warrior has been through
il the course of his army experiences.
Enough To kill many a man OF an
iron constitution. Seated upon ms
horse. in the middle of the Potomac.
he was for hours the target for III"
enemy while conducting broken
column across the stream, was IN IN"
battle Of Fredericksburg. receiving a
wound In the right check. withst"ud q
tI.o hours attack from LAWS bfiEad"
oi Hoods division ut Gettysburg,
supplemented with a hayonct charge
across the slope of Round Top, IN -
seat IN AN unconscious STATE IN Gal
tie car to Washington suffering from
malaria, fell into the enemy hand
at SpottsylVania court hou@r, aud he
ing sharply fired IN escaped with ms
hfe hy throwing himself hat 10 thr
ground and drawing himself along
by III" grass roots in an open n"!d.
shot through the body from hip I" hip
during q gallant charge at Petersburg,
lay two months at the point Of Death
at Anna polls twice painfully wounded
in the breast and arm AZ Roydt"n
Plank road. in - battles. eight recon-
nuisaut IS. and skirmish.s without
number. also five independent engage
ments: captured eco prisoners and
eight battle flags. was six times struck
IN action by shot ana shell: three times
narrowly escaped with his life. and
had three. horses shot from under him.
Here's a personal war record. Il com
binatiun ~ almost life ana death, that
ought % satisfy the most vivid dream
81 the battlefield
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

a few months in Jail will give the
a chance to heal. and allow their own
crs an opportunity To think up some
new swindling scheme.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

There is strange thing in connect
ion with potato balls. and that is. when
the seeds which they contain are plant
ed they DO not perpctuate the variety
of the potato from which they grew.
but something entirely different. the
only way to maintain a certain Varie-
" of potato from year t" year Is by
the usual method, planting sprouted
sections of the potato itself. The pota-
to balls AZ" always used when "A new
variety Is desired ana it takes several
seasons in Greer to bring th" new
variety up Ia perfection. after IL mas
been secured from the seed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30

There are many who do not hesitate Il"
pronounce Thomas A. Edison tn" greatest
man the century has produced. If VI"
measur" greatness
by achievement how Darkness
can we compare turned
Edison. the man Int1 Light
who has Kept the
patent office busy for a quarter Of a cen
tury, with other men. Surely, You can
not compare Il &, nius 81 such mental
candle power with politicians OF so-caii"d
statesmen" No politician ever hung the
highways 81 human .ndeavor with lamps
to suid. the feet of men. y string 81
words skilifuliy chosen. ~ a beautiful
thing. and sometimes moves men u
think but you cant light a town With II
at night. There have been other lnVcn-
tors too. who have rtvolutioHizei certain
d.partmt ntH of human industry. bat the
lame az each rests upon a single inv"n-
ton.
| asi-ed Mr. Edison. What do YOU r.
gard Az yDur most important contribution
To- mankind;
The incandcscen' clcctr.r lighting ay"-
tom h, promptly answered. = uIt only
invented til. iuraud-sC.ut ught, but ! Wa
compelled 10 work ont all the complicated
details 81 the machinery thIi ~ u-ces-
a..G, - pTnd.iC.- thai lIgnt sud distIibIt.
u iu citl.a. towns lpd na,r'Lut-l, .atah-
itshinrutS.