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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
THE QUIET LIFE.
II Is Time to Ease OF a Bit in Our
Strenuousness.

Consider the lilies; they toll not, neither
do they spin, and yet they are approved.
They do not practise strcnuosity, and are
excused. This Is June, when we are able
to consider the lilies. and moralize there
on. With Milton we may retire from
popular noise and seek an "unfrequented
place to find some ease" President Eliot
who speaks frequently and with wisdom,
has been celebrating the joys of toll, but
he meant quiet and steady work not the
nervous passion for being or seeming
busy. His thought would have been salts
fled by ease and alternate labor" by
such contented work as Adam did. for
summer and Is active with his hands,
while he thinks less of the rage of ma
lions, and the crush of States" or even
of the young idea and how 1t shoots, and
more of how to prune tree or sail boat
How various his employments, whom the
world calls Idle"
How weary do we sometimes get of the
walking under an elevated railway. with
trolleys changing by our side. thinking in
nervous crisis, and communicating in a
scream why so hot, little MANI To-
morrow you shall be yourself with yester-
days seven thousand years. Let us not
mistake our restlessness for work, or
mere commotiOn for accomplishment, or
even volume of trade for the end of life.
There is said to be a time for everything,
but modern industry, dominating all
things, gives much time to hustle and
very little to the quieter thought. In
VentiVeneSS and science, calling nature
slave, Harvesting her to implements of
existence. and nobody can see where this
speed will stop. That side of life will pro-
vide amply for itself The danger Is to
the other stockholders Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Printers Queer Errors.

To the many instances given OF ty-
biographical errors, which, like the
poor, are always with us, we add the
following9
Horace Greeley was noted for his
wretched writing. which puzzled many
printer. Once he wrote, Ills true.
It's pity, and pity tits tits true quoted
from Shakespeare. 1t appeared the
next day. "Tis two, it's fifty, it's fifty.
it's fifty-two.'
A paper printed this extraordinary
piece of news in connection with a
great demonstration: 1.-THE shouts OF
ten thousand people rent the air. OF
course the reporter had written
"shOuts" instead of 'snouts."
Bishop w. A. Gambler was once ad-
vocating a more liberal lOosing of the
purse strings and told his audience
that several years ago he sent an arti-
Gle to a paper in which he said: We
pray too loud and work too little" The
compositor, consciously or unconsci-
ously perpetrated a little joke, for
when the article appeared it read:
I'VE bray too loud and work too little
Il let it go at that" said the bishop.
"The fact is, believe the printer WIS
right, and l never ventured to correct
him"-Tid-B Bits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
The Result in Brunswick.

The observers of political events Will
not fail to be impressed with the signl-
ficance of Mr.. Cobb's decisive victory IN
Brunswick. Here are six delegates
from the county of Cumberland una a.
mously instructed by the big caucus
which elected them to support the pop
ular Rockland candidate. The fact
that the delegates in this county have
been counted as solidly against Mr..
Cobb makes this victory specially i'm
portant as showing how general has
become the drift of public sentiment
towards Mr.. Cobb.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings In Al
the Leading Stocks.

New York, June 2.-Conditions of specu-
Iation in stocks were unchanged. today.
The only conspicuous price movements
were in specialties. mostly of the obscure
class. Some of the high grade stocks
were affected. The group of. low graud
non dividend payers which suffered from
LIQUIDATION, yesterday, was neglected, to-
day. Such as were dealt in We're inclined
to recover. The general market was m
ert and the days small trading did not
alter materially the level of prices The
wanna was a depressing factor and had
some special effect on that stock.
The additional announcement that the
PittSburg, c. c. & st. l.. has discharged
men to the extent of HOO to reduce ex-
penses was an influence in the same d.
rectiOn. Wall street regards with equa-
nimity the declining tendency in the cot.
ton industry. But so sudden drop as
that of today and the presumed specu-
lative losses involved by the throwing
over of long holdings by the uncoverine
of stop loss orders had a somewhat dis
turbing effect speculative sentiment.
The current redemption of notes through
the redemption fund in the treasury was
S26,0G0O00 but SIS, 600 measured the re-
tirement of notes by deposits of lawful
money. The heavy current redemptions
are a symptom of the tendency of the;
currency to congest in the reserve centers,
the bank notes included in this movement
finding their way quickly into the treasury
and SO back to their issue source.
The closing tone of the market was
rather irregular and the days changes
were again insignificant. Bonds were ir-.
regular. Total sales. par value, 81, 225 900.
United States rs declined Is pen cent. on
the last call. E&Er
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03

In the discussion of the methods of
modern warfare, it has been frequently
affirmed of late that the old-time bayo-
net charge would no longer figure in
warfare. and yet, at Kin Chou last
week, the Japanese army charged up q
fortified hill no fewer than nine times
before the Russians were finally forced
to abandon it, leaving behind Is guns
in the hands of the Japanese. These
charges were among the bloodiest in
history, and the desperate valor of the
little Japs In hurting themselves time
and again against the Notifications on
the hilltop make one of the most
thrilling chapters in the history of war
fare In any age. The g cannon which
were captured cost about SO lives
apiece. but as things are estimated in
war the sacrifice was warranted by the
results. Among the captured guns
were 10 machine guns. which are easily
handled. and which the Russians would
never have left behind had they not
been completely demoralized by the
desperate bayonet onslaught Of the
victors. And, it was worthy of note
that the repeated charges Of the
japanese were only equalled in the
valor and determination shown by the
resistance of the Russians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Russia's Lack of Transportation.

In the few months that the war in
the East has been in progress, it has
been made very manifest that Russia
Is seriously hampered by the lack Of
transportation facilities between the
home country and the far distant scene
of hOstilities. The Siberian railway,
which was to be the great thing for
Russia in its conquest of the East, has
proved to be hOpelessly inefficient as Il
means of transporting troops in
sufficient numbers and supplies in
sufficient quantities to meet the de-
mands Of the war. The railroad is
largely occupied in transporting sup
plies necessary for the needs of the
Russian army already in Manchuria, So
that there is little opportunity to send
the great numbers of reinforcemcnts
which are absolutely essential # any
degree of success is to crown the efforts
of the Russians. The Japanese con-
troll of the sea, and China's hostility to
Russia stand in the way of getting food
to the army in any other way but over
the Siberian railroad.
Three months ago the information
was given out from Russian sources
that Russia had 100000 troops in Man
churia, and that the number would be
increased to 500, 900 before May 1. 1t
is now certain that these estimates
were gross exaggeratiOns, probably
boasts purposcly made to conceal weak
ness. 1t is well-known that Russia
has had for months over half n mill
lion men in her European provinces al
ready to start for the seat of war, but
they certainly have not arrived, or at
least have not arrived in any larger
good the large losses in the forces al
ready at the front. The conclusion is
unavoidable that the single-track 81
berian railroad has not proved IN eff
fectivc line of communication, and
that it is physically impossible for Rus
STA to get rcinforcements and supplies
at the front as they are needed. I'm
doubtedly Japan considered these Cir
cumstances when it began the war, ADD
no doubt the Russians appreciated their
position when they retreated from the
coast. japan from her contiguity en-
joys greater advantage than the
world commonly supposed when the
contest began.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Personal Notes.

Miss Josephine Ponce de Leon, a
lineal descendant of the discoverer of
Florida, has entered a convent at AL
bany.
Rev. DR.. Isaiah 3. Hopwood, Of New
ark, N. j., on Sunday celebrated his
thirty years pastorate of the Calvary
Presbyterian Church, of that city.
Congressman Robert Il. Hit will re-
ceive the honorary degree of doctor of
laws from the Northwestern Universe
ty at the approaching commencement
DIR. Ralph henson Isham, one of
Chicago's oldest and best-known sur
geons, died last Saturday. He owned
the finest private library in Chicago.
Robert Henderson is disputing the
rights of George Carnack as to having
discovered the Klondike. and the Cana
dian authorities are looking into his
claim.
Auguste WieSand, an organist and
musician of world renown, has just
died at Oswego, N. Y. He was born at
Liege, Belgium, and at the age of Z
was organist in a leading church in his
city.
The venerable J. w. Hutchinson. the
only survivor of the famous Hutchin-
son family, has presented to the city of
Lynn, Mass, the famous "Old High
Rock" which is to be maintained as Il
public park.
The British army is to publish Il
shilling monthly magazine. 1t is to be
called the Army Journal of the Brit
sh Empire" and the editor will be Sir
Neville Lyttleton. chief of the general
staff of the army.
At the coming jubilee parade in cell
ebrating the semi-centennial of Allan
tic City, the first Mayor of the city,
Chalkley S. Leeds, and the present
Mayor Stoy, will ride in the same car
riage which will be drawn by six
horses.
Charlton T. Lewis, a noted lawyer
and literary man of Morristown, N. j.,
has just died. He was born in West
Chester, Pa. He was a compiler of
Greek and Latin dictionaries which are
still standard, and are in use at Cam
bridge and oxford Universities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

A trip TO Europe is almost as good a
cure for a lovesick girl as calomel.
The fewer children a woman has the
more she knows about raising other
peoples.
We resist temptation when there Is
none to resist, as we save money when
there isn't any to save.
A nice thing about living in flat Is
it teaches you how to turn over
comfortably in your grave after you
are dead.
A girl has to be very brave not to let
you hold her hand for fear of ghosts
or burglars when the lights go out.
It's funny how a woman will admit
that her husbands hair is red, put
figure out that their children's Is gold
en-.
A girl seems to think she takes a
good many risks in marrying the best
man. and more in not marrying the
worst.
A girl is so suspicious about man
wanting to marry her that if he looks
at her in church she runs and tells her
mother.
A woman can always believe that If
her son had been born just little
taller or shorter (his fathers faulD he
would be President of the United
States for life.-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Fewer Immigrants.

To those who have seen an element
number of undesirable immigrants. it
is welcome news that there was a
marked falling off in March and April
as compared with those months. IL
year ago. The official figures for April.
which are just available. show a re-
duction of 34,91S, compared with the
same month year ago, when the total
of alien arrivals was 12G,2S6. For the
first 10 months of the present fiscal
year immigrants to the number of 63S,-
462 have come to the United States, or
just 1851 more than for the same
months in the previous fiscal year. The
month of March this year showed a
reduction of 1888 in the immigrant
arrivals, compared to the previous
March. That was the first time in 20
months that there had been any reduce
ton. and the first eight months of this
fiscal year showed n gain of 6,107 over
the similar eight months in the pre-
viouS fiscal year. 1t seemed then as IL
the total for this year would therefore
equal n million and be the largest on
record. But the striking falling off of
4S,446 for March and April, compared
to March and April in the previous fis-
cal year, give promiSe that the total
this year will be considerably less than
that for the fiscal year 1908, when it
was SS1,216. April, May and June are
the largest immigration months. and
with such decided falling off as is
noticed for April of this year it is to be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03

secured seven well made cars to be
brought into service, and severai
strong active horses. 1t will be by all
odds the hest street car service the
village has yet seen.
The incident of Mr.. Cobb related In
another column by Hon. George T..
Macomber of this city is characteristic
of the popular Rockland candidate.
Men who know him can all TESTIFY to
his rugged integrity in all his dealings.
He is a broad man in all the relations
of life. and will make our State a
strong and able chief executive.
Now that summer is at hand, with
the excursion season coming on and
the various out of door attractions well
nigh Irresistible, the Bangor News
man is beginning a crusade in favor OF
church-going. He says: 1.-THE Sum-
day sermons-.what is it going to be
about? Will it tell of love or wrath or
a little of both? Can we find food for
future thought in the discourse which
is going to be delivered next Sunday:
The surest way to find out about THESE
things is to go to church. No matter
if the nearer does not agree with the
speaker in every detail, surely, there
will be some points of contact for
everybody. Go to church Sunday and
begin a useful practice"
The National Conference of Charities
and Correction is to meet this year in
Portland, Maine, from June 18th to
22d. 1t is a great educational force,
resulting in improved conditions of
charitable and correctional work the
country over. From all sides there
comes testimony, from workers in
various parts of the field of social up
lift, of the great help which atten-
dance on even one of the Conference
has been. The conference is purely
conference, formulating no platform
and binding no one to any action. The
situation of Portland, and the time of
the year chosen, offer peculiar attrac-
tions for attendance. All persons in
terested in any of the forms of social
work included in the program are well
coined to the meetings. But the
annual due for membership is $3.50.
BY becoming a member, you will not
only help to pay the expenses of this
great educational body, but you will
receive a copy of the proceedings. a
volume of five hundred or more pages.
and the occasional bulletins issued.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Out of the Mouths of Babes.

"Johnny," said the teacher, "can you
name the three graces?"
Eyes. ma'am,' replied Johnny.
breakfast, dinner, and supper"
A lady visitor had occasion to con-
suit her watch, which was very small,
and little five-year-old Mabel, seeing
it, exclaimed: ooh, what a young
watch you have!"
One morning four-year-old Margie
had pancakes and syrup for breakfast.
After she had eaten the cakes there
was some syrup left on her plate, and
she said: Mamma, please give me a
spoon; my fork leaks"
Tommy, aged six, had some difficulty
with the children of a neighbOr one
day. That night after he was in bed
his mother asked if he had said his
prayers.
YES, mamma" he replied.
"And did you pray for the heather,
too?" she asked.
Yes" he answered slowly, call but
those next door."-Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Pointed Paragraphs.

All boys who pursue their studies
are not able to catch up.
Some men stop drinking for the
pleasure of beginning once more.
Friendship is one of the things that
cannot be preserved in alcohol.
A busy person isn't necessarily in
dustrious. Gossips are always busy.
Neighborly sympathy, as rule.
turns out to be about nine-tenths Gu
riosty.
Some girls are too modest to ask for
undressed kids at glove counter.
There is nothing natural about some
women but the foundation and frame
work.
No mans education Is complete I'M
til he can tell when a woman's hat is
on straight.
When a man marries for money he
has to work overtime trying to collect
his salary.
While the pessimist sees only the
thorns on the rose the optimist sees
only the rose on the thorns.
This would be a pleasant old world
If men would pay their debts as cheer
fully as they pay grudges.
Every candidate for back township
Office imagines the country will go to
the dogs if he isn't elected.
When a mother hustles her children
out of the room when another woman
calls it's sign there is gossip in the
air.
Some people are not only at home
when opportunity knocks but they are
prepared to seize it and drag it inside
behind doors locked with combina-
ton known only to themselves.-Chi-
cago News.
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Boston Stock Market.


New York. June 2.
FLOUR-Receipts. 1908; exports, 1856:
sales. 500; steady and unchanged
WHEAT-Receipts, 1000; sales, $500, OOO
eievator; No. red iisH nominal raa hof"tna b
afioat; No. l northern Duluth 1919 @ b
afioat; No. hard Manitoba, nominal o b
afOat.
CORN-Receipts. 1885; exports. 262s:
sales. 5000 futures; spot firm; No. 9, S.
elevator and IS o b afloat: No 2 vel
low, 60; No. 2 white. So
OATS-Receipts, $500: exports, 1897;
spot steady; mixed, 26932 pounds 45MoOl6.
BEEF-Steady.
LARD-Easy; western steamed, 675.
PORk-Quiet
BUTTER-Firm: receipts. 1902; cream
cry common to extra, 140p1Ss4; state dairy
common to extra, 1Sa17M
Enthusiastically; receipts, 1880; state
20T21.
POTATOES-Stea new southern. 400
DOS; state and western sacks, 2.5O0D2. Isl
Jersey sweets, 300f15.00.
SUGAR-Raw steady; refined firm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03

Colonel Bryan will lead the Nebraska
delegation to st. Louis convention, and
will consequently be on the floor where
he will have an opportunity to use his
rhetoric. his convictions, his animosities
ana his instinct for the psychological
moment which served him so well in
1896. He may not be able to sway the
convention as he did on that former oc-
Casion, but he will undoubtedly be the
most prominent figure present, and also
the most forceful orator.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03
Foreig n Brevities.

The Hereros: whom the Germans are
now fighting in southwest Africa, num-
Der 10000 fighting men of q class. far su-
perior to most of the African native
races.
The three important wheat states of
Australia produce IS, 100000 bushels The
yield to each acre in New South Wales
Is %S bushels S 5: In South Australia GO
els.
A Partisan who has been much annoyed
by duns has connected his bell handle
with powerful electric battery and
switches on the current at psychological
moments. So far the police have de-
clined to interfere.
The French village of Aumore ranks
as the healthiest spot in the world. II
contains only forty people, twenty-eight
Of whom are over 80 years of age and
three have passed century. There are
no graves in the place. and the Oldest
funeral.
The French Government in Algeria
proposes to establish a woman doctor in
every village where the native population
Is large enough, the native women being
prevented by their social customs from
consulting men physicians. In Algiers a
dispensary has already been opened for
women.
The Bolivian and Peruvian newspapers
announce that after search extending
over five centuries. the great buried treas.
ure of the Incas, upon which countless
romances have been founded, has been
discovered buried in Bolivia. The treas
ure. which is valued at $40. 900 600, was dis
covered by party of British and Ameri.
can engineers at Chayaltaya.
At recent meeting of the French So
ciety of Authors a member suggested that
the adult sons and daughters of the au-
thors ought to be received after the regu-
lar meeting and given chance to fall in
love with each other. He held that from
such marriages, with a literary parentage
on both sides, superior race of authors
would result. His suggestion was not
adopted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-03

Ex-Prcsident Cleveland has just been
invited, according to the newspaper
reports. to visit President Diaz of
Mexico. Why shouldn't he make such
a visit? 1t would give him an OPP
portunity to study at close quarters a
country where one man has had a
monopoly on the presidency for some
thing like generation. He not only
has been given third term, which Mr..
Cleveland is undoubtedly laundering
after In this country. but he has been
given and fourth and fifth terms. In
fact he is in office for life, and there
have never any organs, Parkers.
Germans or Hearsts to dispute his right
to unanimous denomination.
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Chicago Produce Market.

CmcagO, June 2.
Reports of damage to the growing crops
In Kansas and Oklahoma by wind and
rain were important bull factors in the
wheat market. today. The situation was
further strengthened by higher prices il
foreign grain markets, but the advances
were practically wiped out on selling by
provision interests and as a result of the
slump In corn. July wheat closed with n
gain of r., Corn is up u. Oats show an
to Zoe. ~
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-July old, SS3s0ck; July new.
s,ls@ch; Sept. old, ss,4@7s; Sept. new, SRI
=. CORNING. June, 40; July, 4sN; Sept,
31ss. 49, oep'''
MESS PoRK.eJuly. n4o: Sept. n.ao.
SHORT RIBS-July, $50; Sept. 6.77H.
Cash quota tons were as follows:
FLOUR-Steady.
@l93; No. red. 104I1O5. " =
CoRN-No. 2. 50: No. yellow, 51@Is
-OATS-No. 2 H1lQX; No. 3 white. =.
No. white, 41H4SL.
RYE-No. 2, Is.
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The act of the Portsmouth veterans
in decorating the graves of the Spanish
sailors. who died in our captivity in
spirit, and the generous impulses that
prompted it will doubtless be APP
preciatcd In Spain when 1t is made
known over there. How long. ago, by
the way, the war with Spain Seems to
us now. Possibly the memory of it is
than in ours.
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The People with Cobb.
Tanpor News

t (Bangor News)
Returns of Wednesday placed Cobb over
the 400 mark. bunch of IA delegates
from Aroostook and other scattered over
the State assisting.
Fernald gained I in his own county,
Androscoggin, which is nearly all in.
In spite of all claims to the contrary.
study of the situation shows but the
inevitable result a victory for Hon.
William II. Cobb by a majority of from
125 to $50 votes. He is meeting 1nroads
better in the country of his opponents. =,
The situation is well threshed out in all
of the important places which nave not
held their caucuses and by no combination
of figures can the result be figured other
than IA comfortable margin for the Rock
land man.