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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com


To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com
missionels:-
The Ell SITS RAILROAD COMPANY. a
railroad corporation organized under the
general laws OF the State. respectfully
represents that it deems thu changes here
matter described as necessary ana rX-
pcdicnt in the location of its road. ana
it Iraya that the rhangr4 hcrcinaftcr
mentioned may lie made under tho dice
tion OF your Honorable board
FIRST. The following is 4 proposed
change of location from Station I3l 3t.1
to Station ~ Il, as now approved and
recorded to wit:
Beginning at Station 1&i 81 Of the
present location and running by a curve
To the right Of six hundred and thirty
seven ana three tcnths tG31.3t feet radius
IL dist uncr of -four hundred (100) feet to
Station i&S 1851; thence hy p tangent
North fourteen degrees three minutes
east IN. "a 3 ID nine hundred and six
and nine-tenth9 C06D feet to station liS;
thence by Il curve to the right. Of one
thousand four hundred ANA thirty-twp
and seven tenths dis y feet radius a dis
tancc of eight hundred @oW feet to Sta-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
THE VACATION COURIER.
Women Personally Conducted to the
Maine Forests.

wilderness allnreS an increasing mum Der
of yotaries Women as well as men now
coyct the completeness of the rest that
comes from turning their backs on the
restless pushing feVerish system which
is called civilization and going as far as
nossible AWAY from the life Of the town
But however the wilderness attracts. it
has this drawback to the women who
have to spend their vacation alone as the
ma iority. uerhaps. do: women have little
idea of what to do with themselves in the
woods, If there are men along it is eatv.
but when there are none. the question OF
lust how 10 enjoy themselves becomes
! rather Jificult E,sDeciaIly is this the
case in the forests camps of Maine and
New Hampshire. where it is not safe 10
venture far into the woods unaccou-
panied bY guides
A New York business woman. eavs the
Evening Post who was brought 1Ip in the
woods Of Maine ana who has snnnt her
vacation there for manv wears. had her
attention drawn to the number of women
teachers artists Students and Others who
came into the camns where. she was. and
sat or stroIled around without knowing
ANYTHING better to do She herself was
an expert fly easter. n good shot and was
N home in q came ar rovhont For say
eral seasons she acted as q e1od -naturcd
monitor and adviser to b.I6ios.; women,
and il finally ncrnrred to har that she
might nh the oft-0uoted long felt want''
by hrcnmina, n nrnffesionaI coI,Ii4r for
women. She began Nv maxine hen, idea
tnnyvn annng 6nr sum aI.lI1,i,,tan,.,ec
who ;tDproyed heartily and hnr first nart,
was successfully conducted last Summer
This spring the woman courier is nrqnnr-
ING for n busy season, she has an ,IttIra
ana there she meets ana taIlse Win w.
men who contemplate vacation trius TO
thn woods and have little idea wborp tbe,,
want to go. The courier Knows nracticai-
w every carnn in the Sto 10 ,,,i,icL n,1as
are ~, siast Of arcass. WHEN are n,,int ma
which lively: where the fishing II ana in
what months if is GOOD at each Mace
She knows in a general way ali about
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

I think 1t was DR.. Johnson once said
he could hug certain man who had
read book he liked There IS Il very
great sympathy between people who
love books; and a real passion when
two love the same bo0k-a sentiment of
u lofty, aecorous order calculated to
further the moral phases of existence
without much baser doincs. Love of
other sorts has It's debilitations 1t is
Il fever, deep seated in the blood. 1t
ilushes the skin with fervent heat and
irritates the tissues. BoJll-loving never
gave you pains.
When send book to friend read
1t first. If l like it | send 1t With n
double pleasure. If ] do not like It
send it with expectations. Expectation
it is not a mere chattcl. picked from
it is ont mere chattel. picked from Il
convenient counter at such and such
price, and smacliing overmuCh of the
payment of q debt: but a gift, from me
to my friend, laden with good will and
such tidings as friend sends to friend.
Every word In 1t is message from
me to HIM No matter who the author
may be--he may write of Phcnician
history or the morals of llmalayan
goats, we two have read him. and his
prosiest, dusticst paragraphs have be
come bond between US. Most OF the
sentiment in the world grows on what
we call common ground. Ave Ike the
people who like something we like. one
of the strangest things | have seen in
moderate amount of travelling was the
intense enthusiasm which sprang up on
OF, hgtNEppn q pppgl e.
eyed grandfather with two canes and
no ear-drum, and a dignifed English
army officer who seldom spoke to any
of us except by means of his valet
simply because they both had made Il
study of the theory That physiog-
nomy as an index of character is above
the reach of environment"
I own but few books and read fewer
when people ask me about such things
I usually fib and say l do most of my
reading at the Baxter Library. hut of
NV few. those | like best are the ones
which were read before they came TO
me. Not long ago the man whom [
like above all others came to me and
took down three or four volumes in
which he had written things before
sending them to me. We mounted that
magical carpet and traversed many
leagues of our vast but common king
dom. And Il few weeks ago when
COPY of Hazlitle came all worn with
reading and fingered by eager hands, |
put it among my prizes for but few
to see.
Books are personalities. l never think
of their authors except as fathers of
famous children. Authors are but in
struments, made to produce literature;
and their books lives are of them
selves, indeed. 1t is a great thing to
give book The only better thing IS
to receive one-Chatterton in Portland
Advertiser.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

Consul J. {. Covert writes from
Lyons thHt an experienced manufac-
turer of silk lnusIins wishes to go to
the United States and put up factory.
He thinks that $i0.oG0 would suffice
to start works, ana if any town will
furnish that sum he is ready to start
at once. He calculates that his factory
would pay good dividend on 100000
and he would be willing to take about
half the stock and its dividends in
return 70" his time and labor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

D.. Appleton e Co. will publish this
year q new book by HeZekiah Butter
worth under the title of Brother
Jonathan" 1t will have as It's central
character Governor Jonathan Trum-
bull of Connecticut. All Of Mr.. Rutter-
worth's stories have served as hack
grounds for pictures of great historical
characters; Washington's early life Is
the background of The Boys of Green
way Court" AdaEis's of THE Patriot
Schooin.aster: and Whitman's of The
Log Jouse on the Columbia"
Kenneth Brown, co-author of THE
Redfields Succession" ascribes his
health and literary good fortune to an
event which at the time seemed some
thing of blow to his hopes This was
his discharge from the paper on which
ne was at the time working himself to
death. Mr.. Brown, who is an athlete,
had been insulted by fellow-reporter,
and had knocked the man down. AS the
editor was q friend of the other re-
porter, Mr.. Brown was discharged, but
the reason given was that his work
was too good for n newspaper" His
health having been seriously impaired
by>Working on the paper seven days a
week, Mr.. Brown went to Virginia,
took up the open-air country life Of a
stock-farnl, soon regained his health,
and With II. B. Boone has written two
novels "Eastover Court House" and
The Redflelds Succession"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
Senator Vests Tribute to the Dou.

One of the most eloquent tributes ever
paid TO the dog was delivered by Sena.
tor Vest of Missouri, some years ago
He was attending court in q country
town. and While waiting for the trial Of
case in which he was Interested was
urged by the attorneys in a dog ease to
help them. Noluminous evidence was
introduced to show that the defendant
had SHOT the dog III malice. While other
evidence went to show that the dog had
attacked defendant. Vest took on part
in the trial and was not disposed to
speak. The attorneys, however, urged
him to speak. Being thus urged he
arose. scanned the face of each jury
man for a moment, and said:
Gentlemen of the jury: The best
friend a man has in the world may
turn against him and become his en-
envy. His son or daughter that he has
reared with loving care may prove I'M
grateful. Those who are nearest and
dearest to us those whom we trust
With our happiness and cur good name,
may become traitors 10 their faith.
The money that Il man has he may
lose. 1 flies away from him, perhaps
when he needs it most. A man
reputation may be sacrificed in a mos
ment of ill-considered action. The peo-
pie who are prone to fail on their knees
to do US honor when success is with US
may be the first to throw the stone of
malice when failure settles it's cloud
upon our heads The one absolutely
uAlselfish friend that man can have in
this selfish world, the one that never
deserts him. the one that never proves
ungratcful or trcIchcrOuS, is his dog.
A mans dog stands by him in prosper
ity and in poverty, in health and in
sickness. He will seeD on the cold
ground, where the Wintry winds blow
and the snow drives fiercely, il only he
may be near his masters side. He will
kiss the hand that has no food to offer;
he will lick the wounds and sores that
come in encounter with the rOughneSs
of the world. He guards the sleep of
his Dauper master as if he We're q
prince. When all other fren'ls desert
he remains. When riches take wings
and reputation falls to pieces he is as
constant in his love as the sun in its
journeys through the heavens. If for
tune drives the master forth an Outcast
III tllp NOllu, IL lclltiItoS anu ilOlIISICSFoJ
the faithful dog asks no higher privi-
lege than that of accompanying him,
to guard against danger, to fight
against his enemies. and when the last
scene of all comes, and death takes the
master in it's embrace, and his body is
laid away in the cold ground, no mat
ter if all other friends pursue their
way, there by the graTeside will the
Aoble dog be found, his head between
his paws, his eyes sad, but open in
alert watchfulncss, faithful and true
even in DEATH
Then Vest sat down. He had spoken
in a low voice. without Il gesture. He
made no reference to the evidence or
the merits OF the case. When he fin
ished judge and jury were Wiping their
eyes. The jury filed out, but soon en-
tered with d verdict of 500 for the
plaintiff, whose dog was shot; and it
was said that some of the jurors want
ed to hang the Notwithstanding
American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

The agents of the Bureau of Forestry
will study forest fires as they occur to
determine how they are caused, how
fast they burn and what conditions
favor or hinder them. and just what
damage they do to soil and to tree
growth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

1t is expected that the immigration into
the United States for the year ending
this month will total S6O,ooo Two thirds
Of the immigrants are from Russia, Italy
and Austria Hungary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

Plans are being made to erect Il monu-
ment to the philosopher Kant in Berlin.
10 be unveiled on the occasion of the one
hundredth anniversary of his death, in
1904.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

In New York. at the lowest possible
average, 500HoG people live in rooms
which ought to be considered absolutely
dark and without any win
dow or VCntilatiOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

w. d. Howells has left New York for
his summer home at kittery Point in
this State where he will remain until
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

late in the fan. He is at present en-
gagged upon a new book.
Mrs. Humphry Ward has been telling
how her characters behave while she
is bringing them up. Every once in
while we learn from one author or
another that when the stage of COM
position has been we'll advanced the
puppets of the story begin to assume a
share in the process of invention. For
Robert Louis Stevenson the persons of
the play set the scene and performed in
the back of his head. Some authors
seem to enter a contest for control with
their creations and enjoy complaining
that they are frequently WOrSted. In
one of Mrs. Wards addresses at the
Passmore Edwards Settlement she out
lined her own experiences:
Time passes, and every scheme in
which there is a germ of life develops
In ways some expected, some unexpcct-
ed, and makes it's own character 1t is
likc-if ! may take an illustration
from my own trade-it is like a charac-
ter in a novel. The story teller plans it
in this way or in that. You scribble
down on your first sheet of paper such
and such incidents. Your hero is to
end badly or to end well. Marriage
bells there shall certainly be!-on that
last far off page. Or, if you are in n
Steiner mood, you see all the forces of
the pit unchanged about your poor
puppets. A shipwrcck-a railway ac-
cidcnt-some new disease with a long
name-yOu write it down ineXOrably.
But then you begin your work. And
after a little while. as your grip tight
ems, as your characters come out of the
mist, they begin to make themselves,
to shape their own story. Your idea
remains, If it had any virtue. Often
one looks back with a strange thrill to
see how near the thought of the end
has been to the thought of the begin
ming. But on the way it has taken to
itself a score of fresh forms and de-
velopments.
Miss Lillian Eel published through
the Harpers last week a novel called
THE Dowaecr Countess and the
American Girl" which deals with
strained domestic situations following
upon an international marriage.
II. L. Wilson'S novel, THE SPEND
crs." has been dramatizod by Edward
Rose for William H. Crane, who will
produce the play in New York in Sep
tenlber
These ere the days when the pro-
fcssional pedaeoguc is worrying him
self as to the quality of the books
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

When VIII Carleton, author of Farm
Ballads" Songs of Two Centuries"
and other volumes, was a raw student
at college he wrote and recitcd in pub
Tic his first campaign poem, and this is
the story of how he managed to do it.
There was political fight in progress
at the town in Illinois where the
youthful poet lived, and he aspired to
DO what he could, not being old enough
to vote at that time, to aid the side he
favored. So he got a boat and roWed
himself to a solitary island, where after
considerable thought ard work he
wrote a long campaign poem, full of
patriotism and ardor. Then, with his
MS. In his hand, he approached the
chairman of the local committee, and
offered his services in the form of an
original poem to be rccted by himself.
The chairman was not visiby i'm
pressed by the offer, but the young
man, though somewhat discounted,
was ont discouraged, and after further
barley was permitted to read his poem
to the politician, who liked 1t. 1t was
arranged that young Carleton should
appear In q small Lutheran church the
next night in order to show the people
what he could do. Highly elated, the
youthful. but practical poet went to i
wallpaper shop. bought roll or two
of the cheapest paper, and, using the
white side of Il, he prepared some
striking posters advertising his APP
pearance the following night. He spent
the intervening time practising his
recitation, and when the hour arrived
he was ready. There were only fifteen
or twenty people present, but they
We're pleased ana the fame of the poet
filled the town next day. The subse-
quent night the Methodist church was
placed at his disposal, large audience
was gathered by the politicians, and 4
collection was taken up for the enter
prising young man who had so ably
entertained them,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

Miss Lillian Eel published through
the Harpers last week a novel called
THE Dowaecr Countess and the
American Girl" which deals with
strained domestic situations following
upon an international marriage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

II. L. Wilson'S novel, The Spend
crs." has been dramatizod by Edward
Rose for William II. Crane, who viii
produce the play in New York in Sep
TENDER.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-26
Central Parks.

The movement for centrally located
East Side park is an eminently sane one.
If any criticism is to be made Of the Min
neapolis park system, it is that it is too
much out in the country and too little in
the city. The whole country hereabouts
is a park, and 50, to a degree, when a
man can get outside the built up portion
of the city he is in no need of parks.
Some day they will be valued and used
much more than now, but how neglected
now of the outlying boulevards,
as Minnehaha, which have cost the public
so much! Doubtless it was good policy
to secure these outlying parks and boule-
wards, for the day Is coming when popula-
stion will press upon them, but the imme-
date need Of parks in the heart Of the
city should be overlooked.
Some Of the people can go to the parks,
but the parks must be brought to others.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-26
ABOU T. Upton

Abou T. Upton (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from deep dream of
peace,
And saw an angel with a fountain pen
Scribbling upon a sheet of foolscap. Then
Regaining his composure, Tom sat up
And asked the angelic one to have cup
OF his best tea. The angel shook his head
I'm on the water wagon nor,' he said
Abou T. Upton waved his hand: It see,
But, by the way, what writest thou?" said
he
The heavenly vision answered, "Well,
I write
Here on this little sheet, in black and
white
The man whose boat will set the needed
place
The winner in the coming yachting race
The gallant Upton frightened up "Pray
tell,'' Is
He queried, Does the name begin
with L?''
I'm sorry" said his guest. 1T is a shame,
But as things stand, I cannot write your
name
T. Upton made reply: would were It,
But put me down as one who never quit"
The angel wrote and vanished. The next
night
He called on Tom again, but not to write
Said he, IT have on this large, handsome
chart,
"a fine example Of the engraver's art),
The names Of some true sportsm en-just
the best
And 10, T. Lipton's name led all the rest!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-26

! George AIDE was born in Kentland,, Ind,
Feb. 9, 1866 His father was an English
immigrant engaged ,ins the banking busi-
ness. George was graduated from Purdue
university Lafayette, Ind, in 1887. q Inn
mediately. afterward he found a place as
reporter on the Lafayette Morning News,
a paper which had been started to boom
General Harrison for the presidency. But
the paper died before achieving it's pur-
pose, and the young man went to work for
an evening paper in the same town. 1.-THE
salary" he has said, was so small that l
don't care to mention it. It was paid
partly in meal tickets on cheap restau-
rant, which was a heavy advertiser"
After a few months of this heavy blowing
he got employment with a patent medi-
cine firm. One of the articles he sold was
cure for the tobacco habit. The prepa-
ration of the Lafayette city directory was
also part Of the work which AIDE did for
this firm.
I'm 1S90'-to refer again to his own few
words-"having risen to a weekly income
of SIS, lit out for Chicago. where got
a job on the Morning News, later the Rec
ord, as a reporter. The following year I
had pretty good assignments, and in 1899
did special worlds fair stories. When
the fair closed up I became the father Of a
department in the paper called "Stories
Of the Street. I had to fill two columns
every day, which, with a cut or two,
meant from 1900 to 1000 words. My stuff
was next to Eugene Fields 'Sharps and
Flats When Field died got his desk.
used to get desperate for ideas some
times. One lucky day I wrote story on
church entertainment, in which Artie
was the spokesman. That was in 1895.
heard from that story SO much that Ar
tie was given a show once week. In
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-26

Yesterdays International yacht race,
while showing that Shamrock III. is a
worthy opponent, nevertheless demon
strated even more conclusively than the
first race that Reliance, taking boats and
crews together, is the better racing ma
chine. Possibly Shamrock's model is as
good as Reliance's, but if that be the
case, she is not handled so well. What
a vast difference there is in handling was
very strikingly shown In the race between
Irondeauoit and strathcona for the Can
ada cup. The American boat lost the
first two races, then changed shippers and
won the next three. BY the way, wouldn't
it be- delightfully."-. sensational If shanl-
rock should, in Similar manner, turn the
tables on Reliance? OF course, Sir Thomas
Upton will not change shippers; but sup
pose Captain Wringe should find out how
to get a little more speed out Of Sham
rock III! z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-26
MR.. cARNEGIE's NEW GIFT
Saturday Review


We do not suppose that Mr.. Carnegie
can do any harm by his new gift Of $780,
900 to Dunfermline. He shows at least
that he has some idea of spending his
money on other things than free libraries,
which are getting rather stale, when they
have their origin in personal ostentation
and not in the public spirit of inhabitants
themselves. At any rate, Mr. Carnegie
cannot do the same kind of harm in Dun
fermline as that with which he has treat
ened Stratford- on-Avon. But Is there not
some danger in these institutions being
started with the steel trust bonds? 1t
seems a rather risky foundation on which
to build public enterprise Of an educa-
tional kind. The trust may collapse, and
prosperous as it may be at present, it can
hardly be considered quite as sound, say,
as consols. If the trustees attempted to
dispose Of half million pounds worth Of
bonds Mr.. Carnengie's fellow members
would hardly thank him for originating a
bear" transaction Of that kind. But Mr..
Carnegie's gift horses must not be looked
in the mouth; and there is really not so
much fault to be found with the gifts as
there is reason for regret there any man
should have been able to amass a fortune
so huge that it creates for him multitudes
Of sycophants in two continents.