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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
INcENDiARY CAPTURED.
A Young Man Caught in the Act at
Lockport, N. Y.

I.ockport, N. Y, March 29.-Harry
Sanderson, 10 years old. formerly OF
bridgeport Conn. was arrested, early
today, in the act of setting fire to T.. W.
Rogers & Sons cotton batting factory
TO District Attorney Stockwell ne
made a written confession, admitting
having fired the warehouse on three
previous occasions. causing loss OF
$4,000. Two Buffalo detectives were
brought here to trap the incendiary.
One of them entered the mill as
workman and gained Sanderson's con-
fidencc. Sanderson and the supposed
workman planned to rob and burn the
mill. Last night, Waterman Barten-
stein was bound and gagged and left
helpless on the floor. After robbing the
safe Sanderson set fire to the cotton in
the mill. He was captured by Col.
Rogers and officers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
Reading That is Best For Girls.

What, then, is good rule for a girl
in her reading? writes Mr.. William D.
Howells in Harpers Bazaar. Pleasure
in it, as 1 have already said; pleasure,
first and last, and all the time. But as
one star differs from another, so the
pleasures differ. With the high ma
lures they will be fine, and with the
low natures they will be coarse. 1t is
idle to commend a fine pleasure to the
low natures, for to these it will be a
disgust, as surely as a coarse pleasure
to the high. But without pleasure in a
thing read it will not nourish, or even
fill, the mind; it will be worse proven
der than the husks which the swine
did eat, and which the prodigal found
SO unpalatable.
Thence follows a conclusion that
am not going to blink. 1t may be
asked, then, if we are to purvey a
coarse literary pleasure to the low ma
lures, seeing they have no relish for a
fine one. 1 should say yes, so long as
it is not a vicious one. But here l
should distinguish, and say farther
that I think there is no special merit
in reading as an occupation, or even as
a pastime. 1 should very much doubt
whether a low nature would get any
good of it's pleasure in reading; and
without going back to the old question
whether woman should be taught the
alphabet, / should feel sure that some
girls could be better employed in cook
ing, sewing, knitting, rowing, fishing,
playing basketball or ping-pong than
in reading the kind of books they like;
just as some men could be better en-
ployed in the tolls and sports that befit
their sex.
/ am aware that this is not quite
continuing to answer the question as
to what girls should read; and l Will
revert to that for moment without
relinquishing my position that the cult
Of reading is largely a superstition,
more or less baleful. The common no.
ton is that books are the right sort of
reading for girls, who are allowed also
the modified form of books which we
know as magazines, but are not ex-
pected to read newspapers. This no.
ton is so prevalent and so penetrant
that l detected it in my own moral and
mental substance the other day, when
l saw a pretty and prettily dressed
girl in the elevated train reading a
daily newspaper quite as if she were a
man. 1t gave me little shock which
l was promptly ashamed of, for when
l considered, realized that she was
possibly employed as usefully and
noblv as if she were reading a book,
certainly the sort of book she might
have chosen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
The Dicta of Beauty Professors.

| am a devoted reader of the beauty
and hygiene departments of magazines
and columns of papers. I pore with
eager interest over the rules for the
use of orange wood sticks and lanoline
creams, and of the subject of the
abuse of the hot bath. l never
tire. l am a dilligent and de-
vout pupil in the school Of the
beauty cult, and yet it has recently
occurred to me that the professors at
whose feet 1 sit are transcending the
duties of their calling.
This one says to me:-"Whatever
you do, do not worry. Nothing so
dims the lustre of the eyes as worry"
That one forbids me ever to weep, on
pain of the most dire hollows. The
other warns me against RACES as most
disfgurng. Still a fourth intimates
that l would better not greatly enjoy
the society of my friends, the works
of my favorite author, the compost
tions of my favorite musician, the
acting of my favorite player, because
in all great pleasure there is a ten
dency to excessive eXcitement-and
that marks the face. Pleasure may
lead me to forget that the first duty
of the beauty seeker is to obtain, by
hook or crook, eight hours of in
terrupted sleep each night. In short
the beauty specialists, having success
fully pre-empted the chair of medicine
and hygiene in the great school of the
press, are now making serious inroads
upon those of ethics and theology.
My duty. your duty, every womans
dl1tV onoOrdinO RI fhay,o q RI "a hoau-
tiful. Sometimes they make it a sec
ond or third duty the first place being
graciously allotted to the cultivation
Of some old fashioned quality, like
good motherhood, filial piety or being
good temperance advocate. But
these duties are hastily CLOSED over,
and we who pursue beauty are slowly
led to the conclusion that the pursuit
of the virtues must be given up, or at
least made subservient.
OF course, the beauty teachers say
that it is impossible to be truly lovely
unless one has a good temper and a
kind heart, but after that glib conces-
sion to popular prejudice what do they
say?
Don't worry" is their first rule
Let generous impulses go hang so long
as you preserve an uIwrinkled brow.
Let the neighbors be evicted for nom
payment of rent and your friends fall
ill of typhoid fever, but don't quicker
UP your forehead thinking how you
may help them. Probably they de-
serve these visitations of calamity,
any way Why aren't all poor people
thrifty, and why are not all the others
careful about their water supply and
their plumbing?
Don't weep" 1t is ruinous to the
eyes. See your dearest in the grip of
mortal pain; see your second cousins
son making swift way to- the dogs;
read that in the South babies are dy-
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MORE EVIDENCE
To Be Taken, Today, in the
Burdick Inquest.
Over Settling the Insurance
on Arthur Pencils Life.
Belief that PenneII Planned Suicide
Grows Stronger. . +

| Buffalo, N. Y, March 29.-TomorroW
morning, Judge Murphy will reopen
the inquest into the death of Edwin l..
| Burdick. Three or perhaps four wit
nesses will be examined and the in
quest will be closed. Alexander j.
| Quinn and F. G. Hall King, respective
| ly bartender and cashier of the Hotel
Roland, New York, in whose presence
| it is alleged Arthur r. Pencil threat
ened to kill someone, will be the first
witnesses called. The clerks in Wal
bridges hardware store who sold PEN
nell revolver on the morning after
the discovery Of the Burdick murder,
may be called upon to tell what they
know about Pencils strange actions
on that morning.
After the Burdick Inquest is closed
the official inquiry into the death of
Pennell will begin. Several attorneys
representing accident insurance compa-
MES in which Pencil was insured, will
be present. 1t is known that some of
them are inclined to contest the pay
ment of policies on Pencils life.
Pencil carried $35, 1000 in accident ir-
surance none of which has been paid.
Besides that his life was insured for
S215,000. The policies with one eXcep-
ton We're taken out four or five years
ago. The suicide clauses give one year
from the date of issue as the term dur
ing which the insurance, if death was
by suicide, would not be payable.
The policy taken out recently is one
for $4,000. 1t has not been paid. OF
the remaining $175,OOO insurance which
is incontestihle, four policies amounting
to $4,000 have been paid. The money
was turned over to ]. Fred Pennell,
who is administrator of the estate.
Among the witnesses at the inquest
will be acquaintance of Pennell VINO
saw him reading and heard him COM
ment on a book intoxicating suicide.
The plot of the story strangely re-
sembles the Burdick affair. One of the
characters in the story commits sui
eide. but does it in a way to leave the
impression that his death was acct
dental.
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LIVELY FRACAS.
CONTINUED from page ~

tied for 1st and I'd places, points di-
yided; Mcclure, '05, 3d. height, 10 feet.
Twenty-Five yard dash-First, Par
ker, 'O4; 2d, Harris. '03; Sd, Thatcher,
I'O5 time, 1-5 seconds.
Twenty-Five yards, low hurdles
First. Rogers, '06; I'd, Mcclure, '05; Sd,
Thatcher. '05; time, 8 As seconds.
High jump-Shaw, '05, and Goodwin,
'OG, tied for first and second places,
points divided; Sd, c. Smith, '04; height
cleared. 5 feet, inches.
Twenty-Five yards high hurdles
First, Currier, 'O6; I'd, Mcclure, '05; 3D.,
Wilson. '06; time, As seconds.
In addition to these events there was
a bar bell drill prettily executed by a
class of 16 freshmen. Also there were
some clever exhibitions of tumbling,
diving and pyramids in which Shaw,
'O5. Beane, '06, Rogers, 06, and Kit
tredge, 'o6, excelled.
The event of the evening was the
class relay race between the sopho-
mores and freshmen. The senior-junior
race was called off owing to the late
ness of the hour. The former race was
won by the freshmen in 1 min, IS 1-5
sec. the distance covered being two
laps per man, or about 504 yards total
The last of these relays was perhaps
the most interesting, Thatcher, '05,
running against Currier, '06. Thatcher
was handicapped by considerable of Il
lead and ran in excellent form, closing
up the distance to less than a quarter
of a lap by which the race was won.
Following is the list of the men COM
posing these teams:
Sophomores-Thatch Grove, Nc
Clure. Sweetser.
Freshmen-Currier, Bailey, Rogers,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

ing at mill wheels. But don't weep
Don't frown. If you must feel sad
though that is mistake, at least exert
enough self-control to keep the eyes
untarnished in brilliancy.
Let nothing interfere with your
eight hours Sleep" Let the baby cry
of colic-if any modern baby has Sc
old-fashioned a complaint; let your
sisters shirt waist which she wishes
to don early tomorrow morning go I'M
mended; let the callers go home with
their best stories untold, their best
songs unsung. Don't go to the opera
two nights week. Sleep, sleep, and
save your complexion.
So say the beauty doctors, grown
arrogant and assuming a place in the
pulpit. And, doubtless. enough OF
their disciples humbly strive to obey
their every word, to make it worth
while to ask them to call a halt upon
their ethical eloquence. A system
which if adhered to, would make
either the face shell, a mask, or the
heart an empty chamber stripped OF
emotions, seems little hard.
One can give up potatoes and sugar
dHu COllee dI command, anu uOuUlicoo
benefit thereby, but pity and sorrow
and compassion may not be SO readily
or SO wholesomely banished from the
spiritual dietary. One may school
herself to whirl her arms like wind
mills and her legs like teetotums in
the strenuous pursuit of grace, but
when she schools herself to control
the action of the involuntary organs of
noble and kindly sentiment she is ad-
vancing into a dangerous realm. And
all the good, the indubitable good
which the beauty specialists have done
for this generation of women, in the
matter of carriage, cleanliness grace,
freshness and physical wholesome
ness, would be speedily offset should
they persuade even a few women that
a complexion was to be preferred to
good companionship, or bright eyes to
be maintained at the expense of ten
der heart, or smooth brows by bar
upon righteous Indignation, warm pity
and quick sympathy.-New York
Herald. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

w. s. Malcolm of this city, sold to
exSheriff Brown of Bangor, the six
yearold mare Gwen p, 2.24 IA by Ha-
ley PIT IA. 1 understand that Mr..
Brown has a very close mate for her
and by Haley. Now you hear me, IL
Mr.. Brown has a mare that can step
with Gwen p. and they act right. to
pole, it's no use for any man in Maine
to try the speed of the pair. have
seen Gwen p. go half in 1903 and the
last IA in .32 and our track was hard
and rough on that day. Mr.. Brown
certainly owns the fastest team In
Maine.-Augusta Cor. Turf, Farm and
Home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The officials: Referee, F. F. keane;
judges, F. +. Ruderham, Il. F. keane;
starter, A. l.. Grover scorer l.. {. Brad
ford
The basketball game between the sophie
more-freshman classes proved to be the
interesting contest that was anticipated.
Much of the fiery spirit of the freshman
banquet SCRAP was evident. and while
thorough good feeling was maintained on
both sides, it seemed at times as though
the players imagined themselves in the
midst of the melee on Main street the
night before. Backers of the teams occu-
ried positions at opposite ends of the hall
and at times the excitement ran wild. Foo
the sophomores Huntington played bril-
liant game. while Wilson'S goal in the
first half from the center of the hall was
especially noteworthy. The playing OF
Page and Aborn was also Of a high order.
The lineup was as follows:
SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN.
Huntington (Capt), lf....rf Paige Capt)
Fifeld IF ........................ If. Wilson
r.. Bearce, c.............-.c, owen tVeaZe'
Bailey. 70 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. III, WORCESTER
ColcOfu, 10 ......-.......'.'' ~, Apol IL
Score-Freshmen. .; Sophomores, s.
Goals from the feld-Aborn 1, Paige ,,
Wilson /, Huntington ., Colcord l. Bearce
i. Goals from the foul line--Aborn 2 Fl
field l. Referee. Mitchell. Gmpires. Gro
yer and Ellstrom. Timekeepers. McDer-
mott %, and Gray '06. Scorer, Il. Nj. Con-
ner Time, IS and Commute halves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The cars which run on the electric
road, are thoroughly fumigated each
night with formaldehyde gas. Some
times the fumes linger and are
little trying to sensitive eyes. The
other day a lady entered one, and In a
short time had her handkerchief to her
face. Il don't know what makes me
feel So" ITS strange" said the con-
ductor, but nearly every one has seemed
sad today" ITS this COMPOUNDED
weather" explained an elderly man in
ia nearby seat. II was hoping we could
get through the year without any more
snow storms" This explanation proved
generally satisfactory, and the conduc-
tor escaped any complaint.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
THE RELIANcE's CREW
Will Be Mostly Seandinavians, of Long
Racing Experience.

Bristol, r. l., March 29.-Nearly one
half of the crew which is to man the
Reliance, arrived here from New York.
today. They are mostly Scandina-
vians who have had years Of experience
IN racing off the coast. Temporary
quarters for them were found in lodg-
ing houses, but later room for them
will he provided on the steam tender
Sunbeam, which vessel, with capt.
Barr and the remainder of the crew Is
expected here, Friday. The men are In
charge of Second Mate George Peter
sen.
Tomorrow morning, they will begin
work Furnishing the plates of the un-
derbody.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
Household Topics.

So many fresh vegetables are in the
markets throughout the year that
there is no longer any excuse of using
canned goods more than once or twice
a week. If care is taken in serving,
carrots. turnips, beets, and even cab
bage can be made into dainty and APP
petizing dishes, instead of the homely
ones they usually are. Carrots should
be sliced very thin, or, better still.
chopped and covered with rich cream
sauce. Turnips are much nicer if they
are cut in small cubes instead of thick
slices. Very tender turnips may be
accompanied by a Hollandais sauce,
which turns them into quite a dis
tinguished dish.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
Mrs. Roosevelt to Have Outing.

Washington, March 29.-Mrs. Roose-
welt and her children will take their
projected cruise on the Mayflower, dur
ing the coming week. They bade good
bye, tonight, to the President, who will
leave on his Western trip, Wednesday
morning, and they then boarded the
Mayfiower. which has been lying at the
navy yard here for some days. Mrs.
Roosevelt expects to be absent about
a week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Here is a Southern recipe for spoon
bread. Stir into pint of milk enough
white cornmeal to make a thin batter;
add a teaspoonful of baking powder.
salt. and two eggs, the whites and
yolks of which have been beaten sep
arately. Pour the mixture into a bak-
ing dish, smooth the top with broad,
fiat knife. and dot with pieces OF butter.
Bake. and serve in the dish with a
spoon. This is excellent with gravy for
the nursery table.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
Gustavus Franklin Swift Is Dead.

Chicago, March 29.-Gustavus
Franklin Swift, president of the Swift
Packing Co., died at his home 4S4S Ell
lis Ave-, early today, of internal hem
orrhages resulting from surgical OPP
GRAFTON performed several days ago.
Mr.. Swift was 63 years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, TO-DAY

Bloodine.
Vitone Tonic.
Devoe Paint.
Kidney-Wort.
TO let-Rooms.
Agents Wanted.
Statesmen Wanted.
Hostetter's Bitters.
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Malt Breakfast Food.
Lost-Steel chatelaine.
Aliens Crockery Store.
TO let-Desirabfe house.
TO let-Furnished rooms.
Alice of Old Vincennes.
AmusementS-''I.i Liberty Bellies"
Lawns and gardens put in order.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The following new telephones have
been put in: E. r. Bean, 2S Chapel
street, 1922; G. w. Brennan, 6S Court
street, 1882. DIR. Brickett's house
number has been changed from 3-13 to
1914; w. H. Fishers number from
45-11 to 305-11; and c. II. Dill's num-
Der from 252-11 to 305-12.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The health officers Investigated two
cases of suspected scarlet fever, Sat-
urday, finding one to be case of
pneumonia and the other a mild throat
trouble. No new cases have been re-
ported for nearly a week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

In the Kennebec court of insolvency.
last week, the first meetings of credi-
tors were held in the cases of Thomas
Quincy of Fayette, Walter A. Morse of
Litchfield, and Herbert w. Carleton Of
Augusta. In each case there were no
assets and no trustee was appointed.
In the case of John b. Aldrich Of Hal
lowell, April rs, was fixed as the date
when he should make q deposit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
A Warming.

To feel tired after exertion is one
thing; to feel tired before IS another.
Don't say the latter is, iaziness|t
isn't; but it's a sign that the system
lacks vitality, is running down, ana
needs the tonic effect of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
It's warning. too-and sufferers
should begin taking Hoods at once.
Buy a bottle today.
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These Men Granted an Increase.

Boston. March 29.-The machinists
and helpers employed in the mccall
shops of the N Y. N. II. & H. Rail
road were notified, today. that the
company had decided to grant an in
crease of from to 25 cents day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Trainmen say that the spring crop
of hoboes is fully up to the standard.
this year. Nearly every freight train
brings it's quota, and yet the season
for them can hardly be said to have
opened
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

1t will not be long before the price
of fresh eggs viii be down to the nor
NAL figure. Grocers predict that the
supply of eggs for Easter will be
plentiful and cheap. The prices have
been falling on account Of the mild
spring and it is expected that they will
go still lower.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Leslie c. Cornish, Esq. and Mrs. L.
D. Carver both of this city, were elect
ed vice presidents of the Colby Col
lege Association of Portland, at its
meeting, last week.
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Daily Kennsbss journal

Cards Of Thanks, obituary notices.
resolutions of respect, ETC., win BE-
charged at the rate Of ten cents Per
line. No charges less than seventy
dve cents.
All advertising nounesmsnts u On.
tertainments, whose object 70 tn
raising Of money. will be charged q
the rate Of fifteen cents q line.
Advertising notices, news form, win b
excluded from our local columns. sx-
cept such as refer to advertisers CO
cupying space in our advertistns
columns, and will be run under Q
separate head on one OF the local
pages.
Subscribers who fail to receive ths
Journal promptly viii confer Q favoe
by notifying the ONCE immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The means by which seabirds auench
their thirst when far out at sea is de-
scribed by an old skipper, who tells how
he has seen birds at sea, far from any
land that could furnish them water, how
ering around and under storm cloud.
Gathering like ducks on a hot day. at a
pond. and drinking in the drops. of rain
as they fall. They will smell rain squall
a hundred miles distant. or even farther
off. and scud for it with almost inconceiv-
a bile SwiftneSS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Michael Burns is recovering from the
effects of the assault OF two weeks ago
so that he is now able to sit up some
each day, and his physician hopes he
will be out in a week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Augusta Lodge. No. 141. F. & A. M.
will have work on several candidates
in the Master Mason degree, tomorrow
evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The carpenters were putting up the
frame work of Frank Z. Smiths new
cottage at Cobbosseecontee. Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
Local Notice.

Mrs. II. F. Tibbetts. 116 State street,
will receive her patrons on and after
April 1. The date Of her opening will
be announced later. mares, div
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

HOLSTERS are now retailing at 20
cents a pound in the local market, n
drop Of five cents in the price last
week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The fall of II feet. inches in the level
of the Great Salt lake is chargeable. says
the director of the weather bureau for that
section, to deficient rainfall and not to
water being used for irrigation. He pre-
diets that the lake will soon begin to rise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

When eggs are expensive it is well
to remember that it is not necessary to
boil whole egg to get yolk for garn-
ishipg. Separate white and yolk with
out breaking the latter, and poach it
hard in sailed water. The white is
saved for glazing or meringue, etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Come on April.
Like to see
Mo OBJ you
Society!
like to smell de
Roses bloom:
Like to heah de
VIII bees Zoom;
Like to heah de lazy winds
Mong de willers swishin';
Hurry April. Come on May!
Wanter go a 1ishin'!
san Francisco Bulletin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Miss Cox's Easter cards, new neck-
wear and Mexican sofa pillows. We
mans Exchange. march26dlts !.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

The annual session Of the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars will be held at
Lewiston, April 10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

Golden eagles are increasing in the
Scottish Highlands through the efforts OF
the land owners for their protection.