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Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
Pointed Paraqraphs.

A girl never wastes her time blushing in
the dark.
Faith will move mountains-if backed up
with sufficient work.
1t il well to be on with the new love be-
fore the old one throws you over.
Nerve is required to manage lion and
diplomacy to manage q woman.
Procrastination is q banana peel that
has caused the downfall of many man.
Probably there is nothing more touch
ing than the youth who is struggling with
a moustache.
No man Is so powerful or so great that
he isn't afraid OF sOmcbody-and usually
that somebody is 4 woman.
OF course it is useless to worry, but
then it is just as useless to tell the aver
age man that it is useless to worry.
Beware of the widow who firmly be-
licveS that she is an example of the sur
vival of the fittest, says an old bachelor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The 250th anniversary OF Wells, the
second old town in the State, will be
observed in August. A special town
meeting has been called for Tuesday,
July q, to see what action will be taken
in regard to appropriatinG money for
the celebration. On July ), 1862 Wells
was Incorporated as a town, and at
first it was thought to have a simple
celebration on the day this year; but
as many favored a more elaborate
comEemoration of the event, it was
finally decided to devote Il day during
the latter part of August to the ami
versary exercises. They hope to make
it not only Il day to be remembered by
the toWnspeople but sufficiently note
worthy to recall those who formerly
lived there. 1t is expected that Hon.
Charles f. LittIefield of Rockland,
whose ancestors were Wells people,
will be the orator Of the day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
Even PortIanders Need a Vacation.



Once in while, even at the present
time, editors of some Of our exchanges
feel called upon to urge upon their read
ers the Importance of taking a good long
vacation during each year. 1t almost
seems as if the practice has become we'll
nigh universal and its importance is gen
orally recognized Even residents of
Portland who are so favored by nature in
the city of their home, find it agreeable
and wise to take q little time off each sea-
son for a change of air and environment.
The practice has kept growing in recent
years aud its Valu" is not to be over-esti-
mated. He is an Unwisc man. anu She
an unWise woman, who does not make ar
about so often, ana the doctors win tell
the busy professional that the oftener
the change is made the better for all CON
Carnnl-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

If the kaiser were to come over to
this country now" says Ambassador
Charlemagne Tower just landed in
New York, "he would carry everything
before him." Perhaps the Republicans
would give him the nomination ! for
vice-P -President.-Eoston Globe.
Or the Democrats might give him
the nomination for President.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
MAINE FRATERNITlES.

The Odd Fellows of Guilford have begun
work on handsome block to be-used for
ledge purposes.
1fllieum Chapter, O. E. S, was organ
lied at Ashland, recently, by Fidelity
Chapter of Houlton.
A Special Convocation of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of Maine Masons
will hc held at Masonic Hall. Millinoclet
on Friday. July q, 1903, at I p. M, for the
Constitution Of Mount Katahdin Chapter,
No. GJ
Lizfenkit Assembly, No. g. was institut-
ed. recently, at Cherryfield by Grand Vice
Chancellor Miss Annie L. Mcdonald,
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals Mrs.
C. I' Montford, Grand Mistress of iN-
chcQuer Mrs. +. |. Lowe OF Portland, and
Grand Vice Chancellor Mrs. Annie NJ.
Holkrooh of Fanccboro.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The cost of hauling freight per ton per
mile on the London Northwestern railway
England's most important line. expressed
in cents, is 1.f9; on the Pennsylvania rail
way the cost is 0.40f OF a cent, and on IT,"
New York Central 0.416 of a cent. This is
true, although the wages OF English train
men are but half the American. An emil
the rigidity of the four wheeler English
freight wagons, which, he says, are track!
nnrdorerS and nOMor abSOrherS y
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
VOICES OF THE MAINE PRESS.
Innocence Abroad.
Giddeford JournaD.

tBiddeford JournaD.
me Portland Advertiser is responsible
Tor lhe story. that man who claimed
Bangor as his place of residence had a
marrow escape from arrest in Portland,
Monday: According to the Advertiser $
story TINS resident of the Queen city came
up TO the metropolis to see the circus and
Oh aeHllng the announcement Keep your
scdis. when the races were about to
slaHt near the close of the performance
picked up his reserved seat and started
for the exit. He escaped arrest only be
cause he explained the mistake So artless-
ly that the circus special policeman had
not the heart to do his plain duty.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

Dan Hart the well known fisherman
of Parker's Head states that there are
lust as many Holsters on the Maine
coast today as ever but where there
used to be one fisherman there are now
twenty and one consumer there are now
fifty. This no doubt is true to a large
extent. Think of the enormous in
crease in Mainc's summer popul"tion
during the past decade or two. also
growth of the business of shipping
Holsters to the West. A dozen years
ago this latter business was unheard
Of. but today hardly an express car
leaves Rockland or Portland without
barrel after barrel Of Holsters aboard
bound to Chicago or points beyond.
Hart says that talk about the lobster
disappearing from the Maine coast is
all rot. If the fishermen would stop
lobstering for couple of seasons there
would be more Holsters on this coast
than ever.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

1t IS novel thing to see grea; edu-
catiOnal institution looking for q new
location, but that is what the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology is do
ing. L is cramped in it's present quar-
ter.5 and wants to move out where it
can breathe easily and have a chance
to grow. The best is none too good for
such a magnificent Institution.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The coal men say that the price of
anthracite will probably be higher in
the fall. This is a good time to break
the news and it shows a humane and
considerate spirit with which the coal
barons have not always been credited.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

A statistician figures that Sc persons
out of every 100000 live to be 100
years old And yet lots of good people
lie awake nights worrying for fear
they will not save money enough to
support them in their old age.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The Boston and Maine is introducing
on its passenger locomotives an inven-
ton that will consume the smoke. 1t
is said that besides doing this the de
vice saves q great amount of fuel. 1t
is the invention OF baggage master
who was formerly employed by the
Boston and Maine at Lawrence.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

Boston was surely on its good be-
havior while the $4,000 teachers were
there. The chairman of the police
commissioners says that there was no
complaint made that one of them was
robbed, lost, assaulted or annoyed in
any way.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

DR.. and Mrs, Bailey of So. Windham,
have rose bush upon which over 1000
roses were counted this week. It is of
the "seven sisters" variety and covers
nearly one side OF the house.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

incidentally, the long fight of The
good Pope against death is pretty
good testimonial to the value of a tenn
perate and abstemious life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
Hard Outlook for Corn.
Maine Tarrncr).

We question ii there has been a season
since the notable year of 1916 when corn,
this middle of July, presented the unprom-
Using condition that now obtains with the
crop Throughout the state. Our crop re-
ports tell a sad tale; and this in the face
or the injunction that has been heralded
rom every authority to plant more corn!
plant more corn! till the acreage was far
larger than ever before known in the
state. Here is something to think about.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

Z. A. Strout, the well-known real es-
tate man Of Portland, formerly of Au-
gusta, says that since March IS, 1903,
he has sold SO farms in Maine and
nearly every one to men from other
states who come here to get a living
on our farms. More than this, the
reasons for selling in almost every
case are so apparent that no one can
question the step and the sales ara
not made to enable people to leave
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The First Congregational church of
Wells was organized long before the
incorporation of the town, and it is
thought that the first house of wor-
ship was built on the site Of the pres
ent church. 1t is definitely known
that two churches have stood on this
spot, and probably no spot in Maine
has longer been the site of churches
and the scene of worship.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

EsTABLIsHED 1925.

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The Journsl cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
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A6dress all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BGRLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The Kennebec Yacht Club is making
plans for Fete day in August, the great
day of the summer for Bath.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

a Biddeford man found mussel on
the rocks at the mouth of the Saco,
this week, which contained 13 little
pearls. A few years ago the same
man found a large pearl in a clam for
which he was offered $120.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

1t is a great season for joss sticks
and Pyrethrum powder at the shore re-
sorts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

Houlton has about 40 new dwelling
houses nearing completion in the vii
lage.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

There We're those who saw the blG
crowds riding on the Waterville and
Oakland cars the first few days that
the road was opened who said that it
was a case of a new broom, but the
cars continue to be loaded with pasSen-
gers, and it begins to look as IL the
route we're destined to be a permanently
popular one for tie citizens OF both the
towns connected by it. In the case oi
Waterville people, the road furnishes a
pleasant way of getting to Snow pond'
or Lake Messalonskee, one of the most
attractive of the entire belgrade chaln
of lakes. and the people living in oak
land enjoy the opportunity it gives them
of reaching Waterville quickly ana
easily at all hours of the day and well
along into the evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

The moon changed, yesterday, and
now we may get week of good hay
weather.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

N. z. ingalls,, president Of the Big
Four railroad system. recently a candi-
date for Mayor of Cincinnati, has writ
ten to Mayor Boothby, accepting the
invitation to be present on the evening
of August II when the Old Home Week
exercises will be carried out in City
Hall. Mr.. Ingalls, Is one of Names il
lustrious sons who have made fame and
fortune for themselves in other states
and will be welcomed with much en-
thusasm on his visit here without
doubt He is a native of Denmark, and
is BoWdoin man.. 1t is assured that
Rev. Minot J. Savage OF New York, for
merly of Boston, and q native of the
town of NOrridgewCck, will be present
also. as he has accepted Mayor Booth
by's invitation and is reported as look
ing forward with pleasant anticipations
to this occasion. He and Mr.. Ingalls,
will constitute two very able platform
orators for the observance Of the holl-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18

According to figures given by the
Bangor Commercial but 81 salmon have
been taken with a line at Bangor this
season, as compared with 120 during
the season of 1902. The largest fish
taken this year weighed 251A pounds
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
The Favored Farmers Future.

(IGrn fer,iI1a NToiN
Those rich nal|%s 1,,t n Arooe4oor,
tba1 baxn ,1lo,a r,,,,,e,, tho,, tba,1 ;,,.
u,i1S+ tn do LEV t""ri FiIom Ky;
crn,,: of n"+atons I'd i,ioh ,,;ooe ", ~ ~
| Iunibor 61.o soi7,o - l+Ii1i II oioot,.jt
r,iiy,9L co pu,iu i,i az,
f"r,ns' fo +bn ocI,,o,c,n+i@ ~
fai.i,a,,s T,,, ,r;eS ~ m ~ tnt ~
eenG tboir ,rc,7r,na tii+to, r. Iii ~ " ~
bovnpd Tho iir9c of +hl !1rannt ,,o 49,
maj tis co,t nC tbin. ,,iiii o1ttod thi
ra5nv co,Int,v ctin ~, d ~ t =.
teIenbonn lii,sc VII 90 aJo,,er -itb ~
the country viii he So mich more fortm-
nate than the dwcller in a city that there
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-18
A Word FOR Mr.. Davis,

Oar manufactures are now three
times as valuable as Great Britain's.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
TRAGEDY AVERTED.

Gust in the nick of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. W. Wat
kins, of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu-
monia had played sad havoc with him
and a terrible cough set in besides.
Doctors treated him, but he grew
worse every day. At length we tried
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, and our darling was saved.
He's now sound, and WE'LL" Every
body ought to. know, it's the only
sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all
Lung diseases. Guaranteed by all
druggists. Price so cents and $1.OO.
Trials bottles free.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

The report of the Attorney-Gener-
al of South Carolina shows that there
vel 323 cases of thanksgiving in that
State during 1902 Some of the
cases we're not tried-just how many
is not stated-but of those put on
trial 1O2 s resulted in verdicts
of not guilty and verdicts of man
slaughter or murder we're found in
the other cases.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
WANTED

For the and benefit of our read
ers and their friends, we'have decided to set
aside space below in which they may make
known their wants to one another. Any one
having q pig or a calf, q colt, or a kid, or any
other article around his home he would like
to exchange for cash, or some other ar
ticle, canlten the readers of The Progressive
Farmer, at the rate of 25c. per week, if ex-
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

the largest sums of money each year.
These are the hospitals for the in
sane and the schools for the deaf
and dumb and the blind. Annually
they draw from the State Treasury
more than a third-of a million dol
lars. First of all the State should
announce and pursue adefinite policy
towards those Unfortunate persons
in the State whose condition necessi-
tates attendance upon either of these
institutions. Very brief, but com
prehensive, should be that enuncia-
ton: Absolute care for every insane
person in the State and room at the
schools for the training of every
deaf and dumb or blind child in the
State, and, as a duty to the tax
payers, this should be done at the
smallest cost consistent with the
purpose to be gained.
To carry out this will require more
room and more money for rlainten-
ance very we'll, let them be given,
but let a system be created of which
each institution shall be an integral,
but not an independent, part. First
of all, let n board of directors man
age all of these plants. The num-
beF of this board of management
should be small. It should manage
absolutely the expenditure of every
penny used. The members should be
paid salaries and have no other bust
ness. The principals of the institu-
tions should have the professional
direction of them, nothing more.
Their warrant should be of no more
value on the State Treasury than
that of a private citizen. They
should have no cause to lobby the
Legislature or appear before the
committees. Next, the plants should
be run as parts of a system, corre-
lated and unified. Then the directors,
viewing the whole field, could know
what was best for each, could man
age them with the intention of serv-
ing the whole State, and could run
them much more economically than
they are being run. Then there
would be no talk of tie per capita
cost at one and a greater cost at
another; then one would not be over
crowded and another not full. And
when the increased capacity was
needed we could have some intelli-
gent ideaa as to where the increase
could most proftably be made.
The same could be done for the
educational institutions. Almost any
system would be better than the
present. 1t is a subject demanding
serious thought. Some one surely
can invent a scientific plan of man
agement along the line indicated. No
mistake should be made. When a
change is made, and it is bound to
come, the right thing should be
done.-Monroe Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

There is more Catarrh in this section Of tia
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to he
lncurable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced 1t q local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by cOnstantlyfailingt to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and, therefore, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
Dy F.J. Cheney &C.,, Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon
ful. 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send foF
circulars and testimonials. Address,
FL. CHENEY g. co., Toledo, O..
RB-Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
Change Needed in Management of State
Institutions.

OCaJ6 pOllcy IN NOrJn CdrOllnd Una
that a radical departure from the
present way of managing our various
educational and charitable institu-
tions must be made. There could be
no more bungling or hap-hazard
manner of existence than the way
these institutions now live. This
State spends yearly an enormous sun
for charitable and educational pur-
poses. Each one of the plants
owned by the State, either as a seat
of lerning or as a hospital, has been
built by piece meals, without refer
ence to the others of it's kind, and
to-day each one stands alone, segre-
gated from its fellows, and if not
in actual enmity towards them, GER
tainly alienated, without sympathy
for each other and wholly lacking
in unity. More than this, each has
its own board of trustees, its own
system, perfect or imperfect as it
may be, and all of them costly. Each
year each institution is costing more,
and each year the rivalry as to which
shall get the most out of the Treas
ury grows more fierce. 1t seems
to us that the State is getting a mini
mum of service at a maximum of
cost. We grant that this is no fault
of the individual institutions, but is
due to the lack of unity, system and
correlation in their management.
Let it be distinctly understood hat
we are not criticising in the least the
present heads of these institutions.
So far as our knowledge goes every
n of them is the right man in the
right place. Each one is doubtless
doing the very best he can under the
circumstances. No man who has
the professional direction of a huge
medical or educational institution
ought to be charged with the fnan-
cial management of it, and if he is
so charged, he cannot be blamed
justly if the best results are not OBJ
tanned. Take, for instance, the great
hospital for the insane at Morgan
ton. Here one man is responsible
for the health and treatment of
nearly one thousand insane persons.
To impose upon him the financial
administration of this institution,
yearly spending much over one hun
dred thousand dollars, is laying too
great a burden for any one man to
carry. But We are talking now of
the system, not of the individual in
stitution. It is to be hoped that no
one will take the present discussion
as any reflection upon any of these
men. We distinctly avow any. If
there were any criticism to be made
we should not hesitate to make it;
on the contrary, some of these men
are the best to be had anywhere.
They work ~tirelessly and certainly
for no fabulous pay. It is the atti-
tude of the State towards its bene-
fciaries that we now desire to see
changed, and it is to be hoped that
this question may be discussed upon
its merits, in the desire that all con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

NOTTCE Can furnish no eggs from
INO lSLo Buff Rocks his season, as
stated. But can sell a limited number of
settings from fine Barred Stock provided
orders are received at once. ". L. WOMBLE,
Raleigh, N. e,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
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Save money by learning to feed
your animals without waste. Learn
what to feed for fat and what for
milk; learn the properties of differ
ent feeds and the needs of different
animals; learn how to combine differ
ent feeds so as to get the greatest
results for the least money.
By practicing the simple truths
laid down in this little book, you can
save any month more than enough
to pay for its cost.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-11-04
Some Work to Do.

II II not wealth or fame ask.
hut Just some plain ana simple task
by which 20 ease my brothers load
That halts his footsteps on NE road
Long as the day this work should be-
Then when night Games TO shelter me
Meath her dark wings whore nestlcs
sleep.
As. under cleaning clouds, the deep.
IN calmly rest with drcam-seaed eyes
Amid my homely harmonies,
Some work to do-somc work forsooth
70 drown the idleness Of youth
II matters not the wage, the mol.
II but the Masters love Rssoil,
ON some high craig that guards the
main.
Guiding a lone bark home again:
Sowing tho seeds Of plenty where
The whistlng plowboy points his share;
Cleaying the mountains rock-ribbcd side
Trimming a sail adown the tide
Oh this were fortunel Just to be
\ workingman contented free
As some great eagle that deilcs
The sun to dim his splendid eyes
10 feet In blood and breast and breath
The force that nlngs its glove az death
10 find In toll the careless glee
That wild birds INT from tree 10 tree.
Success
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-11-04
The Best Tooth Powder.

"of tooth powders as Of foods, -
said a dentist. the rule should be-
The simpler and better" II you
want the very best possible tooth
powder, you must make 1t for your.
self It won't cost you much to
make, either. You get three-quarters
OF pound of precipltated chalk and
a quarter Of a pound Of orris root,
and these you mix together. You
have then your tooth powder-ihe
best one. There is nothing in the
world so good for the teeth. you
know, as precipItated chalk, and what
you add to the chalk is only added
to make It pleasanter in the mouth.
The less you add, the better. -Phila.
delphia Record.