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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

She'd never be guilty of such unklnd-
ness. but she will squirm and be fretted
| just the same.
Even worse than the gossip is the one
| who tells what the gossip has said.
This friend who trots to you with a
| long rigmarole about what some other
| woman has told about you is the very
| individual from whom you should nSnt
| shy. When you see her pick up your
petticoats and your military heels ana
:coot! Fly! Rum Get away!
Some of us say we do not care what
other people say about u.s. But we DO.
We care a whole lot. When we don't
care we have reached a very sad ana
pitiful stage of existence. 1t is very
| lovely to think that other people have
good opinions of us. We certainly pre-
fer pleasant thoughts to bad ones. But
| it often happens that, while we are
quite innocent of having given onense,
the gosSipS haye-through envy or
jealousy or other motives too numer-
Gus to mention-gone about their busl-
ness with such remarkable thorough
ness we wonder hat we are really lit
o associate with ourselves.
One of the good effects of women get
ting into business life is that they have
their minds occupied and learn to re-
| gard everyday gossip as something be-
meath their notice. 1t is the idle Wo-
| man who survives and feasts upon gos-
sip. who makes Of it a steady diet, and
who wakes fat as she sips in each fresh
| tidbit about her dearest enemy.
Truly, it is awfully sad. Think back
| and raman1har hnx Su-iftIV In ST
| ten years have passed away. 1t seems
,uch little time since you were little
| girl. Why, You can almost put out your
| hand and touch the years OF babyhood!
| Why waste precious moments in idle,
| injurious talk? We all have our sor-
| rows and disappointments, our own lit
tie hidden griefs. Let's not add to the
sorrows and disappointments of some
other woman by saying things that are
| cruel, unkind ana unjust. How do we
| know that she deserves the verdict that
| others have set forth for her? How do
we know that she is the one to be GEN.
| sured? Where are the real evidences
of her shortcomings? Besides, my
| sweet paper friends, how many of US
| can tell just what we would have done
in her place?
| We are all filled with human failings.
!! Are any of us so good, so holy, 50 true
| tn ourselves, so infallible in conduct
| that we can afford to put ourselves on
pedestals and say this or that of some
other member of the great human fam
| lily whose creed should be kindness and
whose watchwords should ever be
sweet charity to all Chicago Times
Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
An Old.Time GrowIer.

never like the springtime-the weather ;
most too bright,
An I've got no chance fer howl,n' an
growlin' Ief' am right;
The winter time is better. but winter
Will not stay;
But thank the Lord the summer is ASH
Zin on the way.
Fer it's then m hard to beat
In growin' at the heat,
An sayin' watermelons air only bitter
sweet.
jest wuz born fer growlin', no matter
how it goes,
To pick the world to pieces, find thorn
with every rose;
The sunshine is too bindn', the winter is
too col,
An the thunder. to my thinkin, is too
reckless in it's roll!
Oh, I'm mighty hard to beat
Findin' fault with cold and heat;
The worlds a peach. | reckon, but 1t
only bitter-SwC ct!
If Il fiery heavenly chariot should come
for me today
I'd want to stop ut stations, takin' ice IN
on the way;
An, landed safe in glory, | hain't got
any doubt
I'd growl about the climate till the good
saints turned me out,
Then. where every GROWER goes
Where we meet our friends an foes,
I'd Growl about the weather till they
drowned me with the hose.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
A Word on Gossiping.

Do you know this is a fine, happy,
jolly old world we're in?
Yes, it is. Anyhow, it's the best
world we've ever known.
But of course there are things bob
hing up occasionally to disturb the
peaceful. calm, blissful enjoyment of
being alive. A good many Of these
things are in the shape and form of the
gossipy fiend, the woman who says i'll
Of everyone and who feels remorse if.
by some strange accident, she makes a
remark that is friendly and good. Now,
isn't that too bad?
Most OF US talk too much. That isn't
Il joke at all; it is a fearful, appalling,
awful truth. and one which l regret to
confess If Eve didn't prattle to Adam
until that worthy gentleman con-
templated climbing the Eden fences
and escaping into the quiet of the will
derness beyond. I'll miss my guess. But
since prattling and tattling are neces-
sary to a healthy and normal existence,
let's form a resolution right now this
minute to have our tattling and pratt
Ting Of the very best, hygienic and
most harmless brand.
It's so easy to say nice things OF
some other woman. Swapping out
mean things" is largely habit. When
a mental picture of Miss Jones comes
to you, why can't you dwell upon her
beautiful eyes instead of her freckles
When you think of Miss Brown, why
can you not recall the kindnesses she
has done you, instead of the few little
| insignificant offenses of which she may
be guilty?
There is many a good woman with a
correctly balanced heart, hung exactly
right, who has suffered unjustly from
the gossips, those pretty, dainty. we'll
dressed vultures who tear to pieces the
most precious belonging OF woman
her good name. 1t is downright cruel!
II is fiendish. 1t is inhuman.
! There is no excuse for it.
| What if YOU have heard the woman
| in the next fiat call her husband a
brute? Perhaps he is one-a real
brutal brute, too. who ought to have a
few things said to him now and then
| When some one comes to see you and
mentions the woman in the next fiat, is
il really and absolutely necessary for
Won to generously retail the fact tina!
Sne ana HeT HuSudHu h6ht Inv
and 6ogs?' No. it isn't. Keep thai
pretty mouth of yours sealed tight. Inc
exercise will do it good. (This. of course
isn't meant for you; it's intended fol
the other woman, who really needs IT..
| Says Mrs. a. to Mrs. B.: DO yor
know Miss c.? She has the sweetest
voice l love to hear her talk.
! says Mrs. b. to Mrs. A.: yes,
know her. She's an awful fool. YOU
ought to see her make eyes when mer
come around; makes me quite fatlgueo
And vain? Mercy on u.s."
! I believe in laws of retribution. SONS
day some one will say something JUS
like that about Mrs. B. And when Il
comes back to her, as it surely will. she
wont like it. She will not recognize
it as something Of her own. Oh. no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
PROLONGED
n O BY YEARS.
Short Lives Heightened By Re-
moving Cause Of Disease.
Many Glowing Tributes Paid to Blood
Wine. The Great French Discovery,
Which Cures Colds, COnsump-
ton, Catarrh, Rheuma-
tiSm, Kidney Dis
ease, etc.

That "Biood Wine'' fully comes up to
the expectations of our people is evil
denced by the expression Of satisfaction
from the many who have already given it
a test. ''If had to go without some of
the necessities of life, | would have Blood
Wine in the house," said a certain gen
tleman living in the northern part of the
city. 1t wards off coughs, colds, indi-
gestion, bowel troubles and dozen and
one other diseases that are apt to attack
anyone. "a bottle of good medicine al
ways handy is the stitch in time that
saves suffering ard misery; and this is
Just the kind of medicine that will dc
it." To begin away down at the roots Of
any sickness, what is the first step to be
taken? "Purify the blood" is the answer
from every physician. Regulate the
bowels and purify the blood. Microbes,
Bacteria, Baccilli and all kinds of germs
float through the system in the blood.
just stop and reason it out; think Of
your blood teeming with these myriads
of little demons, floating hither and
thither like wreckage on a great ocean,
to be cast up against the delicate organs
Of the system where they find lodging
places, stay, thrive and breed, perhaps 10
the lungs, perhaps in the throat, kidneys,
heart or tender tissues Of the body
anywhere. This is the beginning of
trouble. Cleanse your blood and you
purify the whole system.
With pure blood and a good circu-
lation no one ever contracted consump-
ton or other fatal disease. BLOOD
Wine" gives new life because it makes
new blood. 1t brings rest and quiet be-
cause it soothes the nerves; it creates a
good appetite by toning up the digestive
organs; it regulates the system by pro-
ducing healthy, regular operations of
the bowels. 1t kills that tired feeling
and makes one feel like running, jump
ing and exercising; it gives elasticity to
the body by acting directly on the mus
cles and causing them to respond to the
minds dictates. One teaspoonful of
blood Wine'' makes the blood tinglc; it
is instantaneous in its action and leaves
no room for doubt. 1t contains no wine
or opiates.
"Blood Wine" costs fifty cents a bottle,
but you can sample it free of charge at
Bowditch. Webster & Company, drug
store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
Sinqing of the Times.

We singin' er de times wen de dollars en-
de dimes
Will be ringin' lax de steeples des a-rock-
in wild de chimes;
We sngin' en- we singin' er de bright,
sweet times
Wen well all go ter glory in de mawn-
in!
We sngin' er de times Wen de seedll
come ter light,
En- fergit it had ter tarry in de long en-
lonesome night;
Wen de corn'll be a-shakin' of his tas-
sells in yo sight
Wen well all go ter glory in de mawn-
in!
We singin' or de times wen dc trouble
will be past.
En- well run wild every river, do he
gwine mighty fast,
Wen de mannall fall rum heaven, en- de
fust'll be de last
Wen We'll all go ter glory in de mawn-
i'm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
With Love and Dream.

Sunlight on valley and meadow and
stream;
Out in the wide world with Love and A
DREAM
Put sunlight will die
In a shadowy sky:
Nights coming on with n sigh!
Just for n moment Lies bloom and its
beam
Out in the wide world with Love and a
dream
Bat dreams will pass by,
For the waking is nigh
Nights coming on with a sigh!
But sweeter forever whole life shall
seem
out in the meadows with Love and a
dream
Green meadows. goodbye!-
Light of land sea and sky
Nights coming on with a sigh
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
One Day of Sunshine.

For one day of sunshine good thanks to
the giver;
Light on the hilltops, the field and the
river;
And-Stand, Mistress Spring, and your
tribute deliver!
Let fall your slverfair apron. piled high
With violets holding the blue o the sky,
And daisies too sweet for a song or d
sigh
Lo, how the green world is smiling to
heaven,
Late of the pitiless tempest-clouds riven
Ii it has sinned, it is sweetly forgiven!
One day of sunshine. A flower in the
dew
Spring, with your red, and your white,
and your blue.
Top o. the beautiful morning to you.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

But lovelier light upon the lily's face
No thought of sorrow for what might
have been:
Content with that which was, Love goes
his way
In darkness now, but glad for one sweet
day
He gave the wealth of all the world to
wini
The wealth of Love-great gift, beyond
recall
Withholding nothing; glad that he gave
all!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

KENNEBEC COUNTY-In Probate Court
at Augusta, in vacation. March 5, 1902
Ada L. Howard, guardian of l.. Bloom
Howard and Chas. W. Howard of Hal
lowell in said county, minors, having pc
titioned for license to sell the following
real estate of said wards the proceeds to
be placed on interest, viz: All the inter
est of said wards in Baileys Island. SO
called, situated in Lake Cobbosseecontec,
in the town of Manchester, in said
county.
Ordered, that notice thereof be given
three weeks successfully prior to the
fourth Monday of March inst. in the
Daily Kennebec Journal, n newspaper
printed in Augusta, that all persons in
terested may attend at Il court of pro-
bate then TO be holden at Augusta, and
show cause, if any, why the prayer Of
said petition should not be granted.
G.. T. STEVENS. Judge.
Attest. w. a. NEWCOMB, Register.
MARI d1aw3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
Comedy of the Vain Man.

The Vain Man. lying dead so long
Meath unremembering clover,
AwQke as at bugle'S song
And looked the old world over.
The same old world of joy and strife,
And-was this him, or not him.
Three women he had loved in life
Had married and forgot him.
Some certain words | may not say
He, white and wrathful, mumbled,
For. from the headstcne cracked and
gray,
His very name had crumbled,
And there, while Spring her flag unfurled
And tossed her blooms about him,
He died again to think the world
Could get along without him,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

"Wanted-For a lucrative business 4
partner who must be n practical lock
smith" This advertisement appeared N
a Budapest paper few days ago. Inc
advertiser is now in Jail. the police hay
ing discovered that the lucrative business
referred to was burglary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
His SONG of the Elements.

Wen Mister Snow done gone he way
En- pass FUN hill en- plain,
Den Mister Rain he up en- say;
Hits time fer me ter raint'
En- he des rain down
on de ficl' en- town.
'Twen de oil WorI' say: Il sho' viii
drown!
Wen Mister Rain done gone he way
En- de blue smoke risin higher
Den Mister Sun he up en- say:
Hits time ter light my tire.'
En- hits dis ter tell:
He shine SO well
De oil Worl say: Dis Sho' is hell!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

An English visitor has been robbed OF
e300 while travelling from Monaco -
Nice. He unwittingly accepted a druggei
cigar from an affable English-s speaking
feiIow passenger, and after few puts
became unconscious. When he awoEe his
money and the giver of the cigar had
both disappeared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
In After Days.

There is no thought of sad regret for
you
Only sweet thankfulness that Love has
known
his own,
Even as the lilies feea the fresh'ning dew
That soon Is kissed away and leaves no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
So Beguilin'!

30 6eYUIIIH
Springtime so beguilin!
Sweet wins run race,
Mawnin' glory smilin'
In yo' Sweetheart'S face!
Open wide de shutter!
Don't you on'erstan'
Red rose in flutter
Ter kiss yo' sweetheart S han,
See dem gray dove flynn,
See dat young vine creep?
Winter long in dyin',
But now he gone ter sleep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

A haul of behring's which sold for over
$500 was taken from the English Channel
in four hours by q Boulosne fishing
smack.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
The Standard Life and
Accident Insurance Co.
of Detroit Mich.
ASSETS DEC. 81, 1901.

ASSETS DEC. 81, 1901.
Real Estate, 500 910S
Mortgage Loans, $50, l19. 20
Stocks and bonds, go S05.o0
Cash in office and Bank, 100 10.22
Bills Receivable. 1l5.00
Agents Balances, 116.1l
Interest ana Rents, 13520.1l
CncoIlected Premiums, 15i.76i.1
Gross Assets. 81 ,33l 592. A
Deduct items not admitted, 29l.ll
Admitted Assets 1881 301.5i
LIABILITIES, DEC. 81, 1901.
Net unpaid losses. $26S6.S.9J
Tnearned Premiums, o23,Sl5.S9
All other liabilities, 81, 1881
Cash Capital, 250,oW.W
Surplus over all liabilities, 255,6o3O!
A. ii. Jordan, agent, Gardiner, Maine.
mars d1aw3w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

Some Stanton Songs.

Here is a batch of cheerful spring
lyrics from Frank l.. Stanton's column
in the Atlanta Constitution
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
MARCH MAGAZINES.
The livinu Ace

appears eacn week brimful of enter
tanning and instructive reading. An
idea of the variety and value of the
many articles presented can be OBJ
tanned from the following partial list:
1.-The Anglo-Saxon Society Woman"
The Revival Of a Language" "A Cen
fury of Literary Gossip" Shakes
pcarc's Essays" THE Progress of Wo-
men," Art and Eccentricity," THE
Consolation of Mediocrity," Public
Readings in Ancient Rome" THE
Coming General Election in France >
"A British Academy of Learning" "a
Cure for Clever People," THE Young
French Girl Interviewed" THE Per-
sian at Home" The Queens Passing"
THE Treaty With Japan" 1.-THE APP
pontment of Bishops" and Indian
Coniuring Explained" There are also
stories and poems. in addition to the al
ways readable literary departments.
Gunton's Magazine.
The March Gunton's has, as 'front.'
ispece, Il fine portrait of DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, Columbia's new presi-
dent There is also in the table of con-
ttIiiS till interesting ShelCli VI LII. I'ut :
ler's career. An American in China dis
cilsses THE Menace of a Russian
China and points out the Importance,
to the United States, of maintaining
al open door to all of China. George
Ethelbert Walsh mas an especially in
toresting paper on The Inventors
World of Marvels." Three valuable and
timely contributions are rs Cuba
Starving" 'Dodging the Child Labor
Issue" and Dangers of an I'm
sound Currency" The regular edi-
torial departments present a large
amount of instructive matter bearing
upon the principal topics of the day,
and the several book departments give
much. of interest relative to current lit
erature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15

The March National opens with that
always bright and interesting depart
ment affairs of Washington"
Among the large number of portraits
which accompany it. this month, are
noted fine one Of Prince Henry, and
two full-page pictures of Miss Alice
Roosevelt. Maine readers will be much
interested In n. N. Rich's paper on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-13
SUICIDE OF MRS. WALKER.
johnson County Woman Kills Herself
For No Apparent Cause.


Iowa City, Aug. 13.-Mrs. Ezra N.
Walker committed suicide yesterday by
taking carbolic acid, at her home near
Lone Tree. johnson county. She was
IS years of age. and leaves a husband
and two small sons. She was the
daughter of III. r. Mccullough post
master of River Junction uie1. married
life was very happy. it is generally be-
leved, and no one knows the cause of
her rash act.
She made all preparations for the
days washing and baking, and then
sent the hired man to the field with a
note for her husband. Immediately
thereafter, she proceeded to the barn,
where was kept a bottle of carbolic
acid, the contents of which she drank.
When her husband arrived on the scene
she was unconscious, but in great
agony. She lived several hours, but
never spoke.
The note sent to her husband said:
You Will find the key in the dresser
drawer'-a sentence that was mean
nglesS to him, but that served to
arouse his suspicious and call him back
to the house at once. After taking the
poison, Mrs. Walker staggered to the
house, where her husband found her.
1t is supposed that she became sud-
denly insane, but there is no known
cause for q mental breakdown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-13
SETTLED FOR 5000.
Last Chapter in the Dickinson Bloom
Scandal,

Last Chapter in the Dickinson Bloom
Scandal.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Falls, Aug. 13-The report
comes from Jesup and it is generally
accredited as correct, TO the effect that
the $4,000 suit instituted by James
Bloom against George w. Dickinson
for the alienation of his wife's affec-
lions, has been settled by the payment
of $500 for the claim. This is the
last of several sensational chapters in
the Dicllinson-B Bloom scandal which
was given wide circulation some
months ago. Dickinson has gone TO
Salt Lake City and the settlement was
effected before his departure. The
parties have endeavored to keep all
pertaining to the various suits,
quiet during the past few months. The
suit of Mrs. Bloom against G.. w. Young
for Islander in the sum of $4,000 is
still pending as is also the suit of
Bloom for divorce from his wife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-13
A STRANGE FATALITY
Suicide of Roy Bowers at New
Hampton Reveals Peculiar
Family Trait.
The Self Murder Mania Has Man
Tested Itself for Several
Generations.
Half a Dozen Male Members Of
the Family Have Killed
Themselves.
ecial to 1,imes- Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Aug. 13-'rhe intell-
gence that Roy Bowers. of New Hamp-
ton. had suicided at the age of % re-
yeals a strange trait in that family.
He came to his death by his own nand
2nd was found by his mother near the
barn near his home. having shot him
self in the right temple. A strange
thing about this affair is that in the
fall of 1897 the father shot himself with
- -caliber rifle in the center of the
forehead about four miles northeast of
that place. He was found lying almost
face downward near a log and at the
time ii was thought that the gun had
been accidentally discharged while
stepping over the log. The coroner's
death by his own hand by accident"
Then in the spring that followed. some
six or seven months later Ed Bowers.
young man about "A years old, WAS
found in the same piece of wooded land
within half mile of where his father
had been found. he having shot himself
ia similar manner. Little attention
was given the matter at the time the
coroners jury rendering about the
same verdict as in the fathers case.
Now the death of the second Oldest son
in a like manner causes a good many to
think that the family is afflicted with
hereditary insanity. No cause can be
given for the action of any of the three.
The father left about 100000, his BUSH
ress was prosperous and his relations
With his family We're thought to be the
most friendly. But the strangest part
Of the story is that the father of j. G.
Bowers. grandfather of the two boys,
killed himself at middle age and his
death was followed a few months later
by the death of his eldest son, an uncle
and the two boys. 1t might be added
that those who saw the young man Ray
shortly before he shot himself report
him TO have been in the best of spirits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-13
THIEVES TOOK HER TRUNK.
Runaway Girls Return Home Delayed
by Robbers.


Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge. Aug ia hurry call
for the patrol wagon was sent in yes
terday morning. and the police hurried
TO Mike McAlpins barn, where they
found a trunk filled with costly silk and
satin skirts and waists. lace UNDER
skirts, corset covers and other apparel.
An empty purse lay beside the trunk
and the lock had been pried off. 1t was
from two letters, addressed to Mrs.
Hart, landlady of the New York House,
that the police obtained clue to the
owner. The letters We're from the heart
broken parents of Mary Cotner. who
left her home in Earl Park Ind. and
has been away from her parents for
many years The eadings to Mrs.
Hart to send the daughter home We're
pitiful indeed. The girl had finally de-
termined to go, had sent her belongings
to the depot at in the evening and
went there herself at IL, when she
found the trunk was gone. Sneak
thieves had taken it to a dark place be-
hind the depot. stolen what clothes
could not be identified, taken the money
from the purse and left the rest in dis
order. The girl may not go home now.
She will not for Il few days at least. II
am so glad she has one friend in the
city" wrote her father. II wonder
every night where Lizzie is and why
she don't come home to US.