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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21
GRAND LARCENY.
Conviction Against Former New York
Bank President.

New York, May 20.-David Boths-
child, the former president of the Fed
eral Bank. who has been on trial in the
court Of general sessions. was. this
afternoon. found guilty of grand lar
ceny in the first degree. He was ac-
cused OF inducing people to deposit
money in the bank after he knew it
was insolvent. He was renanded until
Monday for sentence The penalty ~
the crime admits of term Of 10 years
in prison.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21
THROUGH AIR SHAFT.
Boston Woman's Fatal Fall in New
Yo-!, Hotel.

New York, May 2O-A woman, who
came to the Hotel Endicott. several
days ago, and registered as Miss Kate
Green OF Boston, was so seriously in
jured. today, by falling from the fifth
floor through an air shaft that she
died soon after reaching the hospital.
she was sitting on the edge of an open
window when she lost her balance and
plunged to the pavement. One thigh
was fractured and she also suffered
from shock and was probably inter-
nally injured.
Miss Green has been suffering from
a nervous disorder and had come to
New York from Boston with friends in
the belief that change of surround
ings would benefit her. She acted
strangely, yesterday. and escaped the
attention of her friends, who, becom-
ing alarmed, asked the police to as
sist them in finding her. Miss Green
returned to the hotel later in the day.
The room that Miss Green occupied
had a window on the air shaft side and
it was through this that she fell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21

William Fl. Baldwin has finished his'
thirty-seyenth year as president Of the
Young Mems Christian Association Of
Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21

italian small coin no longer circulates
in France. having all been returned to
Italy some years back. since when it
has been dev!onetized I'm France.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21

At Canning, England. town inquG|
the victim was said to have died
"Alcohoiic multiple peripheral -nei
rltis." generally known as ..chroi
drunkard's paralysia.'s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21

Boston, May 20.-Kate Green,
who was killed in New York,
today, by a fall from a fifth-story
hotel window, was a member of a we'll
known Boston family. She was IS years
old. With Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bah
cock. distant relatives. Miss Green went
to New York several days ago. She
had been suffering from nervous pros
tration for several months and her doc
tor advised change of scene and en-
tertainment Z j
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21

Prussia has 2,O33 associations of STEM
ographers. with 51,201 members.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21
The best clothes COMPANY

@1 4 MAN is known by the cIothescompany he keeps
NIX your reputation may depend to extent at least
~ on the way you dress. While clothes do not make
the man. they have lot to do with making his looks: and
looks important enough any toasrant being very
5 particular about you want to be the best possible
cothes.company be our I'M
=: Hart s. h a finer Marx
""<t ,o.L W. Ill 49,. r]
oo"es We are showing an unusually line assortment suits
= and 0vercoats for spring and wear fresh from the
- tailor shops Of these famous makers Of good clothes.
You will do yourself good by looking these goods and
trying them We're always glad to show Them even if YOU
j don't buy. You'll find
St E, Fl and Qua Iity
preemnent in these goods you anything else like
them.
Suits $40 to $25 Top Goats $40; Rain Goats $40 to $2o
Sherburne & Dai ley
Augustus Greatest Clothing and Shoe Store
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
THE ANGRY TREE.
Species of Acacia Found in Idah O
That Seems to Possess An
imaI Instincts.

There has been discovered In the
wilds of northwestern Idaho species
OF the acacia tree, which is entitled to
be classed as one Of the wonders OF
plant life. 1t grows to q height OF
about eight feet, says an exchange, and
when tullgrown closes its leaves to-
gether in coils each day at sunset and
curls its twigs to the shape Of pig tails.
After the tree has settled itself thus
for nights sleep, If touched the
whole thing will flutter as If agitated
OF impatient at being disturbed. The
Oftener the foliage is molested the
more violent becomes the shaking OF
the branches, and at length the tree
emits a nauseating odor, which, II in
hailed for a few moments, causes vio-
lent, dizzy headache.
The angry tree, it has been named,
was discovered by travellers who, upon
making camp for the night, placed one
end of a canvas covering over one OF
the sensitive bushes, using 1t for
support Immediately the tree began
to sharply jerk its branches. The mo-
ton continued, growing more nervous,
until at last the sickening odor which
it gave out drove the tired campers
to a more friendly location. Curiosity
of course, prompted an investigation
One of the angry trees was dug up
and thrown to one side. Immediately
upon being removed from the ground
the tree opened its leaves, its twigs
lost their pig tails, and for something
over an hour and half the outraged
branches showed their indignation by
series of quaking, which grew weak
er as the time passed, finally ceasine
altogether, when the foliage hung limp
and withered. The next morning the
tree was placed upright In the ground
again, little water was applied to the
roots, and very soon 1t resumed Its
normal condition.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10

to lay a copper coin on counter. I'VE
make only even change" was the answer
when alien thrift, even when It bought
postage stamp, sought to give or re-
ceive its copper due. 1t passed into a
tradition that 1t was disloyalty but little
above anarchy to recognize the existence
of the coin which bears the visage and
carries the color Of the Indian.
But the tides of change have beaten
on California and It's resistance has
crumbled under the insidieus advances.
The women, 1t appears, have betrayed
the state. When the department store
came their virtue was not proof against
the allurement Of placardS such As:
"This size for 81 49," The dlsintegratior
Of the once robust custom once begun,
It soon crumbled, with the unhappy re-
suit noted above, that all the coast Is
now clamoring for copper, while the
present day San Franciscan demands HIS
penny changed with all the energy OF
New Yorker who splits nickel to buy
a penny paper.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
BECOMING CoIFFURES.
Something About Which the Well
Dressed Woman Ii Always
Careful.

The head is never seen to advantage
unless the hair is becomingly dressed,
and on this point the wise woman
makes no mistake, says the Brooklyn
Eagle. She knows If her style Will ad-
NIT of the wearing Of Psych knot;
she has a definite idea as to the becom-
ingness Of the coil on top Of the head.
She knows whether the pompadour
should be low or high and she under
stands the advisability Of the low braid
at the back of the neck, with its youth
inspiring bow Of ribbon.
She we'll knows that If her nose be
long and prominent she must not wear
her hair high on top Of her head.
She knows that if her nose be fat
and inclined to tilt she must not twist
her hair into Psych.
She understands that If her style be
round-chinned, fat and broad across the
mouth, she must not wear a low braid
at the nape Of the neck.
And she knows that, unless her head
be shaped like that Of Joan of Arc she
must not try to fiatten her coil and re-
veal its outline.
II her head be little she can go In fol
flufiness. But II 1t be big she must try
In every possible way to make 1t look
a little smaller, for big head is never
admirable.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10

ity. Mex was half-wolf, and very foxy.
I bought him from the same Mexican
who was hanged three times without
success owing to the extraordinary con-
formation Of the Adams apple In his
throat, which he could initiate when the
rope was placed around 1t and reduce
when the drop occurred, at which time
he would be dangling by the chin INSTEAD
of the backbone A more beautiful
creature than Mex mean the dog
could scarcely be imagined. His tall,
for instance, was three feet long, and
bushier than that Of a .stall-fed pony.
And. as I've stated, he had more sense
than any justice Of the peace.
volume after volume would not be
equal to complete the biography Of the
dog. shall content myself with relat-
ing a single, absolutely unvarnished an
ecdote Of Mex's puppyhood. Understand
this occurrence took place between the
third and fifth month Of his existence.
when l had first adopted him | al
lowed Mex to sleep on my bed. But he
grew rapidly, and had no desire to spoil
him, and so consigned him to mat on
the floor.
'0The softness Of my couch suited him
better, however, and was obliged to
chastise him to keep him from 1t. Yet.
when l came home next night l found
warm place, slightly hollow, on the
blanket, while Mex, from his mat under
the bed, greeted me by pounding the
floor with his tail In Suspiciously en-
thusiastic manner. Wherefore
whipped him again, soundly.
From that time on, to my great salts
faction, my bed did not show any further
signs Of canine occupancy. My conf
dence in Mex's honesty grew to beauti-
full proportions until
zone night I came home Is minutes
earlier than my usual hour, which was
half-past II. As 1t had been raining.
and my boots we're muddy, took them
of at the outer door, entered the house
on my stocking feet, opened the door Of
my room, and found:
Mex standing on my bed, smoothing
out the hollow and wrinkles Of the blan-
ket, where he had been reclining, with
all four of his paws-(it was a regular
treadmill effectD-and at the same time
tanning the place still warm froU the
contact of his body with his great bushy
tail so as to cool 1t of against his mas
ters ARRIVAL"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
FIRST OIL PIPE LINE.
Great Venture on Which Much HHs
Been Risked and Its Inn
mediate Success.

The pump at station one was startea
by Mr.. B. D. Benson, the president OF
the company, writes Ida M. Tarbell In
McClure's. There were present with
him several members OF the concern,
and to-day these men speak with emo
ton of the moment when Mr. Benson
opened the valve to admit the oil to
the pump. Would the great venture
on which they had staked all be sue
cess? Without a hitch the oil flowed
in a full stream into the pipe and be-
gan its long journey over the noun
tains. 1t travelled about as fast as a
man could walk and, as the pipe lay on
the ground, the head of the stream
could be located by the sound. Patrol
men followed the pipe the entire
length, watching for leaks. There was
now and then a delay from the stop
ping of the pumps; but the cause was
trivial enough, never anything worse
than chips under the valves or clog
cling in the pipe by stones and bits OF
wood which worKmen had carelessly
left in when joining the pipe. When
the oil reached the second station there
was general rejoicing; nevertheless,
the steepest incline, the summit of the
Alleghenies, had yet to be overcome
The OIL went to the top of the noun
tain without an effort, and on June
4. the seventh day after Mr. Benson
opened the valve at station one, oil
flowed into the big receiving tank be-
yond Wllliamsport. A new era had
come in the oil business Oil could be
pumped over the mountains. 1t was
only matter of time when the tide
water would pump to New York.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
ARMoR OF THE ANCIENTS.
Means of Protection That Were Ena
pIoyOd by the Soldiers In the
Earlier Ages.

in the earlier ages armor was used e
protect the person OF the wearer from
the attack Of the enemy, says q writer
In the New Orleans TimesDemocrRt.
The english word fer It was harness;
but we must look to the sacred writings
for the nrst memorials Of armor, where
we ind the shield, the helmet and the
breastplatS used by the IsraSlites. Go
hath of Gath wore greaves to defend his
legs. Achilles the shield. The golden
arnor Of GlRucus was said to be worth
100 oxen. The Romans wore the he'll
met. shield, lorica and greaves. The
lorica was heavy, It's weight was made a
subject of complaint It was frequently
enriched with embossed figures, on the
breast with a gorgon's head by way OF
armlet. on the shoulder plates with
scrolls Of thundsrbolts, and on the
leather border which covered the tops
Of the pendant flaps with lions heads.
The knights began with the feet and
clothed upward; namely sabatynes or
steel clogs; the greaves, or shin pieces;
the cuisses, or thigh pieces; the breech
of mail, the tuillettes, or overlapping
pieces below the waist; the breast plate,
or cuirass; the vambraces, or covers for
the arm; the rerebraces, or ariere-bras,
the covering for the remaining part Of
the arm to the shoulder; the gauntlets;
then the dagger was hung; the short
sword; the cloak or coat, which was
worn over the armor; the bacinet; the
long sword; the pennoncel, held in the
left hand; the shield. From these facts
a general notion will be gathered Of the
kind of body armor used among the an
Gent nations
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10

money, the interest of which was, for
all the time coming, to be disbursed in
FIVE equal parts every year. One part
was for the purchase of a meal for the
poor, while the remainder was set aside
to be divided among each years four
conspicuous brides-the Oldest, the
youngest, the tallest and the shortest
who were married in st. Cyrus parish
church
The administration Of the fund Is In
the hands of the parish minister, and
unhappy at times is his task. such
are the jealousies which arise among
the competitors, for there is keen rivalry
for these legacies which amount to
hardly more than $50 each; but
that is quite an important sum In so
remote and simple a village. All st.
Cyrus turns out on Bride Measuring
day." and the occasion Is made holi-
day
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
Too uucb sprinr Poetry.

do you know, heard of queer case
the other day" said Smith, as he slow
ly diminished a cigar on the front seat
of the hotel Office window.
"How's that% inquired his COM
panion.
why, 1t was Billlngslea's father-in-
law-you know him. Seems the old
man developed a queer streak, as he
grew old, and finally got so that he
would not speak in anything but
rhyme" .
HIN! that's an odd fancy. How
did the family like IT."
"Well, they stood It through the fall
and winter, but when It came to the
spring they told him he'd have to stop
speaking or move out Detroit Free
praqa
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
PORTRAITS OF SPEAKERS.
All Represented In House Lobby with
the Exception of Theodore
M. Pomeroy.

The government has scores Of por-
trait galleries, but, save the paintings
of a long line of presidents, which
adorn white house walls, there is none
finer than that in the rear lobby Of the
house, where the likenesses Of speak
ers look down upon thousands of daily
passersby. Some are in oil and some
in crayon. All, since the last congress
adjourned, have been refurbished and
put in identIc gilt frames, says the
Washington Post.
There is one break in the line OF
speakers, however, which probably will
never. be repaired in this imposing GAL
cry. The portrait Of Theodore M. Pom
eroy, will not be hung at the capitol,
although he was in fact as much a
speaker of the house as any OF his
predecessors or successors. He was
elected to that high Office for about 20
minutes, March 3, 1869, Just as the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
DISARMING THE GODS.
The Preparation of japanese, Chi
nese and HindOO Boys for
Their School Life.

Among the eastern nations the be-
ginning Of school life is a critical time
for the child, says Everybody's Maya
zine. The priest or astrologer must be
consulted to choose lucky day. Ev-
cry precaution must be taken to avert
the jealousy Of the gods, whose malice
is especially directed against a fine
boy.
The Chinese father who adores his
son will take the utmost pains to con-
vince the powers Of the air that the
boy is of no account. The child may
be given a despicable name. like flea.
or Chu-tze, a pig, or more insulting
still, he may be given girls name.
The boy may be started off to school
wearig a girls dress and one earring,
and If the deception is complete this
will be the most effectual of all, for
even the gods do not care for girls in
China.
The Japanese schoolboy wears hang
ing from his belt little red bag, con-
tanning a brass tag, with his name and
his parents name and address upon It.
He must have his paper umbrella and
fan, and, in a gay bag upon his arm,
is a Jar of rice for his luncheon. This
quaint little fellow has probably made
his offering at his own private shrine
to Tenjinsen, the god of penmanship.
When the Hindoo boy has found an
auspicious day to begin school, he is
taken to the god of learning, Saras-
vau. Here the little suppliant presents
his offerings of rice and betelnuts, and
repeats the letters Of the alphabet after
the priest. Thus he Is entered into
the ways Of knowledge in the very
rresence of the god
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
Shifting Hams.

l will give our way OF sailing hams
which is safe and requires much less time
and labor than the old way of soaking in
brine for weeks Is is practiced by many
at this time. Before hams are quite
cold through, immerse in boiling water
Leave in from five to eight minutes, &C
cording to size. Remove, rub well with
salt. let lie a week; keep salt moist dur
ing this time, when they are ready to b'
smoked. We have tried hot salt IN
place of water, which is preferred BY
some, as enough salt adheres TO meal
and needs no rubbing on as above. Try
one or the other and you won't brine any
hams afterwards.-Oh Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
BITS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
A CRlIectiOn of Culinary Items Which
VIII De Worth Careful
Perusal.

A celery salad, mixed with few
hickory nut meats, appeared on an au-
tumn dinner table, served on brilliant
ly colored maple leaves, says the New
York Post
Avoid soaking the breakfast salt
mackerel too long. 1t is often made
into a fabby, tasteless rag by the soak
ing process. Brush it lightly with olive
oil before broiling, and 1t will present
handsomer appearance and be more
juicy to the taste. Sprinkle with lemon
juice just before sending to the table,
and always serve watercresses with 1t.
A cabbage salad is made more at
tractive If the cabbage Is chopped fine
instead Of shredded, and mixed with
rather thin mayonnaise dressing.
Place the salad on ice until ready to
serve. Place each portion on lettuce
leaf and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Serve with cheese waters.
Cut a ripe winter squash in half
Iengthwise, take out the seeds, but do
not pare. Place the halves in bak-
ing pan with a little water, cover, and
bake in a moderate oven for an hour
and half. A quarter Of an hour be-
fore the squash is done remove the
cover and with a spoon take out the
water in the pan. Sprinkle with plenty
of salt and put generous lump OF but
ter In each half Return to the oven
to brown slightly. Serve with spoon
from the half shells. Pumpkin cooked
in this way is even better than squash.
Pampkin requires long, slow cooking
for several hours.
Borax soap will remove all kinds Of
spots from floors, carpets. painted
woodwork, ETC. 1t is easily made by
Iaving all the bits of soap which &C
cumulate in the household, and boiling
these down with few teaspoonfuls OF
borax until it becomes jellylike sub
STANCE
Figs washed carefully are very nice
when stewed in half a cupful Of water
and port wine and the juice of lemon.
Serve cold. The French stew prunes in
I claret, and the humble fruit becomes
lutte an aristocratic dish.
For a chestnut custard buy the large
Spanish chestnuts, which are now
grown successfully on the nut farms
of New Jersey, blanch, boil until soft
and mash through a colander. \ To one
cupful OF the chestnut pulp allow three
eggs, one cupful Of milk, sugar to
taste-the custard should not be toe
sweet-and a teaspoonful Of vanilla
favoring. Mix the yolks Of the eggs
and the white of one Of them to the
chestnut pulp, stirring them in gradu-
ally, afterwards adding the sugar. va
nilla and milk. Bake slowly in but
tered dish. Make meringue OF thu
remaining whites and some sugar and
spread 1t over the custard, returning
to the oven long enough to brown
Garnish with candied cherries.
Butter moulds and the little wooden
paddles used for making butter balls
should be scrubbed with a brush
rinsed thoroughly, and kept in the re-
frigerator when not in use.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
Prefer Dried Vegetables.

After two years in Alaska, living in
a mining camp boarding house, H. c.
Conroy, who has come down here to
spend the winter was hunting through
grocery and provision stores in
search of Oregon desiccated soup
vegetables, He was unable to find any,
but insisted that he had been using soup
made from them in Alaska all the time
he had been there. When told that even
if this was so, there was no use for such
stuff here now, as the markets were full
of all kinds Of vegetables, he said he
had become accustomed to the dried
vegetables and liked them better than
the fresh ones, because they afforded a
fine variety Of seven different kinds and
were ready to put in the pot at once. He
finally found man who had heard Of
the disintegrated, desiccated vegetables
he was searching for, and said they were
put up for shipment to Alaska by man
at Dayton, but they had never been in
troduced in the market here, partly be-
cause there was no demand for them, but
mostly because there had never been
any more made than the Alaskan mar
ket manded.-Portland Oregonian.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-10
IMPRESSIVE STATISTICS.
Pictorial History of Wyoming Found
by Hunters on Glacier on a
Lofty Mountain Peak.

A party of hunters from the Big
Horn mountains bring story of won
drous Wyoming pictorial presentation
and prophecy, says a Cheyenne report
to the Denver News.
Clouds peak, the loftiest elevation
of the Big Horn range, lately deyei
oped grand glacier sheerly perpen'
dicular for height of ESQ feet and at
least two miles in length, the face OF
the entire ice mass being as smooth
and as clear as crystal, while, on this
mammoth and magnificent natural
panorama was imprinted a series OF
dazzling pictures typifying Wyom'
ings past and prophesying her future
The pictures were in sequence from
east to west, beginning with the cross