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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03

A GOOD STRONG GIRL OR WOMAN
Tor general housework in the country, at
once for three months. Address Mrs y.
Z. Robbins. Route ], Augusta, Maine.
july6dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03
Daily Ksnnebse Juu,n,

Cards Of Thanks, obituary no,,,.
oiutions OF respect, etc ~
charged at the rate Of ten 49,. ~
line. No charges less thar - y
i've cents. vNt.
tertainments, whose ob,.c. -
ran rn, o. - money 10. will be eharrs J.
the rate Of fifteen cents a line
Advertising notices, news form
excluded from our local columns "'a /
cept such as refer to advertise.
cupying space in our sav..'
columns, and will be run M
separate head ON one OF N. hue
pages. "@
Subscribers who fail to rece,,. \
Journal promptly will confsr
by notifying the office immed,..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03

At ONCE AN EXPERIENCED SHOE
salesman to take orders for custom shoes.
Pine State Shoe Co.. Norway Me.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03

KITCHEN GIRL At ONCE, At
'ackins. Restaurant. Gardiner. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03

WY CON RAC ING ANU GENERAL
trucking business: Horses. harness carts
and everything necessary for a genera!
trucking business. Also one house. stable
and woodshed on Grove st One house,
stable, blacksmith shop with tools. end
woodshed. on Wade st. One double ten
stable and lot, on Federal St. Also one
farm of about 100 acres, one and one-half
miles from the Kennebec bridge. A. /
am going West, this property must be
Z Wellman. No. 1o1 Grove ST.. Augusta,
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03

EDISON PHONOGRAPHS. $40 TO $50.
Edison Gold Moulded Records. % cents
each. A. a. Campbell, Fayette Maine.
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WANTED.
OR MIDDLE.AGED MAN

to carry on my farm. Must be strictly
temperate and bring tlrst-class reference.
Saml. L. Morse, WinneSance, Maine.
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,ME BAY MARE. MORGAN

6 years old 100 lbs sound and very kind
safe for a lady afraid of nothing. Good
reader l.. Nj. Doluff, Gardiner, Me.
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HOUSE, 40 SOUTH CHESTNUT

St, bath room. hot water heat ami AL
modern conVenicnceS; a large stable wi;i.
water and electric lights all in first
class condition. Inquire on the premises
w. c. Packard. july2Udtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-03

HOUSES IN AUGUSTA, VARYING
in price from $500 to $4,000. Farms in Au-
gusta and elsewhere Furnished cottage
at Squirrel Island. Mrs. G. S. Fogg. 9
Summer St june23dtf
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23

and stand upon the deck-as yet
rough plates of steel-in order tc
realize the magnitude of the shlI
and of the task which is being accom-,
plished so quietly by Naval Construct
or Baxter. In the basin to the right
the big battleships Iowa and Indiana,
laid up for repairs, seem toy boats
by comparison.
"They are hardly pigmies," said
the constructor, "but they don't com
pare with the Connecticut.
"The battery of the Connecticut Is
to be one of the heaviest in existence
In the bow and stern turrets the four
twelve-inch gums will be placed-tWc
in each. To the port and starboard
of these will be the turrets for the
eight-inch guns-four turrets in all
and two guns in each. Disposed al
points between the eight-inch turrets
will be the twelve guns of seven-lncf
bore-something new in the arma
ment of QUIT ships. The secondary
battery will include twenty rapid-fire
guns of three-inch bore, twelve semi
automatic threepounders, and elgh'
automatic one,pounders. With Tee
four submarine tubes the Connection
will be able to give any ship af1oat
very unpleasant quarter OF an hour.
New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
ACTIVE WHISTLE 81 ITHACA.
1t Tells the People When to Get Up
to Go to Work, to Bed. % Meals,

1t Tells the People When to Get Up.
to Go to Work, to Bed: % Meals.
In Ithaca they. whistle for it. The
whistle on the sewer pumping station
blows at 8, ~, 1 and 5 o'clock to an
rounce the municipal working day OF
eight hours. At II o'clock the weather
report is blown to the four winds by
a code Of blasts and .shrieks and toots,
and when there are special reports
announcing cold waves or snowstorms
these are whistled without delay so
that. he who listens may learn.
T.. AT 1890 there is a warning blast,
at which every one pulls out his watch
and gets the standard Eastern time
fresh from the pipe. And then at 5
clock in the evening there is just
one long blast, which announces that
curfew will not ring tonight, but that
years must scurry for home and
every boy and girl Under sixteen
mother or he caught by one of the
five regular poIlcemen, OF perhaps Z
special, who is watching out for the
we'll being Of the rising generation
Furthermore there is a siren whistle
which sczeeches for fire and flood 1
gives the number of the box, and If i
! is a food that is going to waste with
| out a crowd to watch 1T, eight shot
! blasts follow the announcement of tn
| box ngInber:-Elmara Advertiser.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
THE SWORD IN JAPAN
WEAPON HEED in GENERAL ES-
TEEN AND REVERENCE
Authentic Blades Of Famous Makers
Still Highly Prized-How the Proc
uct of One Swordsmith Obtained, a
Bad Reputation.

Until the year 1903 there was no
law existing in Japan with regard TO-
the wearing of swords. Any one
might carry, as many as he chose
During the Tokugawa regime, hovr.:N
ever, law was promulgated which
allowed only the mobiles. the fighting
men or samurai, the artists or paint
ers and the swordsmiths to carry
swords. This law remained in force
until 1877, when an edict was issued
forbidding any one to wear swords In
public. This created discomfort
among those whose privilege 1t was.
to carry them, whereupon the govern
ment proclaimed another edict, allow
ing any one to wear as many swords
as he pleased. This removed the
cherished distinction attached to the
wearer of sword, and no one cared
to do what was permitted to all. Al
though wearing swords has entlreiy
ceased for twenty years in Japan, the
old esteem and reverence for the
weapon and it's use still exist among
the gentlemen of the country, aud
many of the nobility have at their
houses regular establishments where
fencing is practiced.
In the past there were certain fam,
GUS swordmakers in Japan and au--
thentic blades of their workmanship
are highly priced. One old-time sword
maker has a singular reputation. This
is Muramassa, who was a Pupil OF the
in q MI
all Japanese swordsmiths. He was
widely known and undoubtedly made
swords which were excellent weap-
! ons, but he was man of violent tenn
per, and his swords were thought e&--
ceedingly dangerous. 1t was suppos~
ed that once Withdrawn from the
! sheath they always shed blood be-
fore being returned. They were re-
garded as being particularly unlucky,
so far as the Tokugawa family OF ia
| panese rulers was concerned. The
| father and grandfather of Iyeyasu,
the first Shotgun of the family, were
both attacked by men carrying Mura--
masa swords. Iyeyasu therefore is
sued an edict forbidding any one to
i'cdTry sLnem.'2-& WAS ~lHsLA1S'HWoy IAo-
they acquired their bad reputation.
Muramasa once challenged Masa-
mune to a trial of their respective
swords. Masamune consented, and
the sword blades were placed in a
running stream Of water, with their
edges turned against the current. All
! the leaves, twigs and rubbish Which
flowed down stream ran into Mura-
masas sword and were severed, while
they carefully avoided coming into
contact with Masamune's blade. "Ah, %
said Masamune, that demonstrates
very well the difference between our
swords; yours is bloodthirsty and cuts
everything which comes near it,
while mine avoids doing unnecessary
damage"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
Kataxama Stuffed at Iowa College.

:Japanss DISTINGUISHED -spciologist,:
Sen Joseph Katayama, laid THE foun-
datiUn Tor his great labors i'm behalf
of humanity i'm Iowa and inhibited the
first principles of altruistic social
views at 6he feet 'of Prof. Parker at
Iowa College, at Grinnell. When the
young Japanese left Iowa COLLEGE as
a graduate with the class of '92 his
friends and associates expected much
of him, for he had shown himself the
possessor <of an unusual mind and of
notable responsiveness and 'optim-
ism.
Sen Joseph Katayama rs now at the
head of the most noted social settle
ment i'm Japan, Kingsley Hall, Toxic,
which he founded; and he lis. recog-
nized as one uf the leading S0ciolOgi-
cal workers of the world.
This noted Japanese has had AN in
teresting career that; reads much like
a romance. Tie was born~of q peasant
family in Japan and his education
was obtained Through his GOWN efforts,
against almost overwhelming odds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23

r # 80 z
Was there ever before q contest,
either of m; ha or matter, tur a prize:
of millionst
Such s tETggle, race i'm which two
thousand mten and the best brains of
sllipbuild tHg science are matched
against ,ese'h other, is I'm progress to-
day. The contestants are the United
States iges ernment and "a great ship
yard. THE test is the speed of con-
struct ION on two battleships of exactly
simil ar type, each to- cost about $4,-
600, 900, and the question at issue Is
whether the government or the prl-
vate, corporation is the builder of fight
ing vessels.
In Che Brooklyn navy yard the bat
tleship Connecticut lis taking shape
and the man who has lbeen delegated
to make the race with her building is
Constructor WiaGiam u. Baxter of the
Unlted States navy. In the yards of
the Newport News bodybuilding and
Dry Dock company, aat Newport News,
Va, the sister ship Louisiana is being
constructed. The time allowance lis
forty-five months from the start, and
the judges who will award the Eau-
rels of victory are the president of the
United States, ibis cabinet and the two
houses of Congress.
It is a race against time, and it's
result, according to the plan of the
Congress that authorized it, will be
to show in exact terms the efficiency
OF our navy yards. The national legis-
lators demanded proof that the gov
eminent COULD build it's own ships at
less expense 'than private companies,
equally as wal1 and in as short tlnae.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT.
Great Results Sometimes Spring from
Small Beginnings.

Great Results Sometimes Spring from
Small Beginnings.
"The longer 1 live" observed the
cashier of bank down town, the
more I,realize the Importance OF little
things. Here is a case in point, he
continued, referring to a letter he just
had received. "a few weeks ago l
had two callers in my office, one an
excitable, elderly man, a big deposltor,
and the other the president of man
ufacturing concern and the writer OF
this letter. This manufacturer left,
and soon afterward the excitable man
discovered that some one had taken
his hat. He stormed about the place
until one of the clerks suggested that
perhaps the manufacturer had taken
It BY mistake. The excitab1e man de-
manded his address and started out
to hunt him down and give him a
piece of his mind
"The other day I read letter from
the manufacturing concern and was
astonished to see among the names
of it's officers that of my excitable
caller as vice president. Ny curiosity
was aroused and l made some in
squlries. Now l learn that the excit-
able man was SO pleasantly received
when he called for his hat that his
anger cooled at once. Then he got
to talking about the manufacturer S
business and the money he was MAX
ing. A few days later he invested
heavily in the concern and was elect
ed its vice president. And all be,
cause of that little mistake about a
hat.'-New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
-Exannfe Of 1t Himself

The delegate with the SCARED face
rose to speak.
"Mr. Chairman" he said, "1'm for
the resolutions, all right, only I want
'em made a good deal stronger. We're
here to denounce grafters and graft
ing Of all kinds, and we want to
make it so plain that no man who has
ever profited by graft will dare to
show his face"
where would the speaker himself
be, Mr.. Chairman" yelled another
delegate, "if his friends hadn't come
forward when he got his face scalded
and furnished the skin from their
arms to give him a new face? He's
got graft written all over his"
Here the meeting broke up In a
row.-Chicago Tribune.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
BIRD LIFE IN HAWAII.
Many Species Win Disappear or Be
Driven to Inaccessible Heights.

Many Specie Win Disappear or Be
Driven to Inaccessible Heights.
From some of the open pastures
rises the song of the skylark, which
was imported from New Zealand; sky
,arks increase in number, but not very
quickly.
The voice of the Chinese turtle
dove-the mourning dove, it is called
is heard in the land quite near to
the valley homes; also the upward
whirr of the Monaghan and the Jap
anese pheasant.
!. Grouse and; quail-the California
valley quail-were there until lately,
but the latter have now betaken them
selves to heights OF 5000 to 1000 feet,
whittier the marauding mOngoose can
not follow them. \.
asked a young niece of my own
who lately left Honolulu what birds
visited their grounds three miles up
the valley road, and she tells me:
Java sparrows, rice birds, and
those squawking mynahs. The last
eat up all our young figs and grapes
unless we throw the tennis nets over
them"
That watching Of birds which is
essential to a knowledge of their life
history has, indeed, been impossible
to most visitors to Hawaii.
And now that annexation is giving
an impetus to the development OF the
country's resources, the inevitable de
struction of it's forests, even II the
birds themselves do not perish witt
the trees that sheltered and fed them
is driving them up to still more IN
accessible heights and wooded depth:
! between the sharp volcanic peaks
! which will battle the hardest climber
| -RlackWOOd's Magazine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
Photourapher Too Literal.

Senator Thomas c. Platt has often
admitted to his friends that he does
not consider himself a handsome man.
He says he once had some pictures
taken while on visit to Owego, N. Y,
the place of his birth. When the
photographing operation was COM
pleted he told the photographer, as
people had done from time immemo,
rial, that he hoped the camera would
stand the shock. Anxious to reassure
his distinguished patron and some
what frustrated with the importance
of the occasion, the photographer has
tily replied:
"Oh, that's all right, Mr.. Plat. I've
taken worse faces than yours with
Tat camera. New York Times
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
MISTAKEN FOR A PATIENT:
Amusing Reception Accorded a, Wis
itor to a New York Hospital.

Amusing Reception Accorded" a. ViS--
itor to a New York Hospital.
An Italian who had been in this
country only forty-eight hours went
to Bellevue hospital last week to visit
a patient. An obliging fellow country
man in the reception room instructed
the stranger in the mysteries of the
main Office, and presently he was
whisked upstairs in an elevator. When
the elevator stopped the Italian walk
ed into ward and sat down.
The first nurse that spied him there
took it for granted that he was a new,
patient. In less time than it takes:
to tell it he had been thoroughly scrub
bed and put to bed. Then the doctor
in charge of the ward came along and.
made an examination.
The unwilling patient seemed to bo.
resting comfortably, but the absence
of any pronounced symptoms was
alarming. A second doctor was sent
for. The two made a second examina-
ton and then called third. BY that
time the bewildered Italian had yield
ed to the inevitable and was sleeping
peacefully.
The third doctor prescribed an in
terpreter and finally a guide took the
smiling visitor to the bedside of his
sick friend.-New York Sun. :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
CURIOSITY OF TEXAS
ODD FORMATION NOT EASY TO
BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
Wall Now Entirely Underground Be-
Iieved by Many to Mark Boundaries
of Prehistoric Fortress-Scientists
Hold Different Opinion. H..

' Near Rockwell is one Of the most
curious formations in Texas. This
town and county were named after 1t
aud many contend that in spite Of the
opinion. of scientists to the contrary
the formation of the product Of the
toll of a prehistoric race of people.
The rock wall, as IT is known. ex-
tends along three sides of the town,
but generally at some distance from
it, although to the south it is to be
found within 200 or 800 yards of the
corporation line. No one seems TO
know just how long it is, but traces
or it have been discovered across the
river in Dallas county.
Biologists say that the wall owes
its origin to a volcanic upheaval 1t
is composed of stones which are three
or four inches in width, two 'dr three
inches thick and from six to eighteen
inches in length They are piled on
top of one another, just like hsick, and
with the same regularity.
All of it is underground. AT some
places it comes to within ten feet of
the surface of the earth. In others
one will have to dig down to twice that
depth before its top is touched. In
the localities where 1T is nearest the
surface plowshares have turned over
many of the stones and some of the
fields are plentifu11y 'besprinkled with
them. Wells have been dug down by
the side of the wall for distance
of fully fifty feet, 'bat it extends
down beyond that depth.
The stones are of "a light yellow
color and evidently have mica in
them. There are some streaks, too,
which closely resemble white marble.
The substance rs very hard, and when
exposed to the elements does not de-
teriorate. This lis "attested by pieces
which have been 1&fteexposed for more
than generation.
Another curious thing about II is
that there is ITO 'other stone in the
county which is just like it. Rock
wall county has some fine building
stone, but it is of an entirely different
k1rd. t resembles more nearly than
ANYTHING else the bricks which are
manufactured fnum THE clay found in
this section.
Many Believe that this wall was
built by prehistoric men as a fortifl-
cation for a settlement which once
stood on this very spot. Asked to e1-
plain why it is THAT the wall is now
underground, they call attention to
the belief of geolugists that once the
Red river found its way to the sea
down through this valley and that it
was miles in width. This black dirt
the theorists conteHd, is a mixture OF
alluvial deposit aand clay, and these
deposits, they say, covered up the
wali--Galveston News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
The Song of :t1re Sea.

Oh the song of the sea,
The wonderful song of the SET!
Like the far off hum ola throbbing dram
1t steals through the might Ito me;
:A11d my fancy Wanders free
To q little seaport town,
And a spot knew, where the wOses grew,
BY "a cottage small End bEuWn
And a child >atrayed up and down
Ger hillock and beach and lea,
Ard cceIr: at td3lrk to his bed, to bark
To the wonderful song of the sea.
oh, the song of the sea,
The mystical song &Of the >sea!
Ma1at strains of joy ito a drea ming hoy
That music was wont ito be!
And the might wind through the tree
Was 4 petfumed breath that told
Of the spicy gales that filled the sails
Where the tropic pillows rolled,
And the rovers. hid their gold
BY the lone palm on the key T.
But the whispering wave their secret
:SaVe
II the mystical song of the sea.
oh. che song Of the sea-,
The beautiful song Of the >sed!
The mighty note from the oceans throat
The laugh of the wind in glee!
And. swift as the .fipples flee
With the :SurgeS down the shore,
It bears me back O er life'S long track,
To home and Its love. tonce more;
I stand at the open door,
Dear mother, again. with thee.
And hear afar the booming bar
The beautiful song |of the sea.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23

The Navy department accepted the
challenge.
"A difference Of opinion makes
horses race" some one has said, and
it is the same sort Of difference that
is responsible for this novel and ur-
precedented race against time.
Late in 1902 Congress authorized
the building of the two mammoth bat
tleships from the same plans. They
were to represent the highest degree
of the development in naval construc-
ton reached at that time. Early in
1903 the contract for building the
Louisiana was awarded to the. New
port News Shippuilding company, on
their bid of 0,000, and on Feb. z
of the same year her keel was laid. To
the Brooklyn navy yard was allotted
the task of building the Connecticut
in less time and for less money, and
on March 10 work was begun by the
employees of the government. The con-
test was on. H., :
When an interviewer sought ost the
chief government racer last Thursday
the anniversary of the laying of
the Connecticut's keeIhe found
Naval Constructor Baxter half hidden
by a mass of blue prints and plans
that formed paper wall around his
desk. But, busy as he was, the con.
structor smiled amiably. Evidently
his big job had not gotten on his
narues And when he talked the
listener decided that this was just the
sort Of man to- build one Of the great
est fightiAg machines ever projected,
Just the sort Of man to lead this raca
Of races.
.eNoW, rye always maintained that
there should be no feeling Of rivalry
between the men who are building the
Louisiana and myself" he began with
another reassurlrg s.lile. There IL.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23

The Greater Love.

The bee that sips her sweets from flow
ers fair, -=5E d.. .-.
Flying on careless wing now here, now
With azure skies above, green sward be-
low, 49, & .r + ~
And soft south-wind to bear her to and
. fro, go s.... ~
Might seem the soul of self-devoted ease,
Her life a draught of nectar without
lees. @,4
Not so! Her prime is full of strenuous
deed @.9z,1 :g&;.
That sfames our own in generous need
OF work for Others good. Long summer
days ~ 20
She builds her golden house, with guer-
dons stays
Her Queen, uprears her young, and stores
her food
Then sudden shuns her wealth. her home,
her brood,
And seeks new haven on an unknown
Leaving her life-work to posterity:
Henry Hoyt Moore.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
A Bridue Of Note.

The "Auld Brig O. Ayr" which
Burns made dear to all lovers of his
immortal poetry by the famous dia-
logue between the new bridge and the
old one, is falling into decay. Well it
may, for. the date of it's foundation.
cut into it's wall is 1852. Six hundred
and fifty years is a respectable age
for a bridge. Its supports are now
crumbling. An architect, who is also
an archaeologist and an enthusiast for
Burns, reports that it will soon cob
lapse unless it be shored up and re-
newed. He is trying to induce tha
town council of Ayr to appropriate
$1,000 for it's preservation. The coun-
Gil is willing to act, it is said, but is,
delaying over question of whetheB,
the money should come from taxation.
or be taken from bequest long ago,
made for the purpose, the validity OF.
which is undecided. Here is an oppors-
tunity fo7 Andrew Carnegie.