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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

1t was a year ago last Saturday that
King Alexander and Queen Draga of
Servia We're assassinated under cir
cumstance which shocked the whole
world. Very few people thought that
King Peter. who succeeded to the
throne, would long remain In power or.
in fact, be able to keep his head upon
his shoulders, but he has survived a
year. and reports say that he is healthy
and happy as any man is likely be under
the circumstances. He is undoubtedly
a weak ruler, and there are a few
things which bear out the theory that
he was fellow conspirator with the
army leaders who assassinated the
King and Queen. Certainly he has
rewarded the assassins instead of
Furnishing them. Servia is getting its
punishment through it's isolation in
commercial and business matters which
results from the unsafe conditions of
human life and property there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

When Attorney General Knox goes to
the Senate to succeed the late Senator
Quay, it is not to be doubted that he
of the upper branch. AS attorney
general, he has shown the trusts that
they are not greater than the govern
ment, but the management of the truss
problem is now largely in the hands Of
the department of commerce and labor,
torney general.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

1t seems that the Democratic con-
gressional committee has concluded not
to send our Bourke COckran's brilliant
speechs, which he made just before the
adjournment of Congress. At that
time they were elated with his exposi-
ton of Democracy's plans and policies,
but on sober. second thought the
Democratic leaders have evidently con-
cluded that they smacked too much of
free trade to help the cause of the
party before the country. The record
and attitude of Democracy upon the
tariff question is something which it is
anxious not to have known i'm the
present presidential campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
Rare June Days.

Earth gets its price for what Earth give
us;
The beggar is taxed for corner to di'
The priest hath his fee who comes ant
shrives us.
We bargain for the graves we lie in:
At the DEVILS booth are all things sold,
Each ounce of dross costs its ounce OF
gold;
For a cap and bells our lives we pay:
Bubbles we buy with whole souls task
ing;
IT'S Heaven alone that is given awav.
IT'S only God may be had for the asking
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest conner.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever; come perfect DAYS:
Then Heaven tries the earth to be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays;
Whether we look, or whether we listen,
We hear life murmur. or see it glisten,
Every clOd feels Il stir of might
An instinct within it that reaches and
And. cropping blindly above it for light.
Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers;
The flush of life may well be seen
Thrilling back over hills and valleys;
The cowslip startles in meadows green.
The buttercup catches the sun in it's
chalice,
And there's never a leaf or blade too mean
TO be some happy creatures palace;
The little bird sits at his door in the sum-
Atilt like a blossom among the leaves.
And lets his ilumined being o'errun
With the deluge of summer it receives;
His mate feels the eggs beneath her
wings,
And the heart in the dumb breast futters
and sings;
He sings to the wide world, and she to her
rest
In the nice ear of Nature which song is
the best?
Now is the high-tide of the year.
And whatever of life hath ebbed away
Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer,
Now the heart is so full that drop over
fills it,
We are happy now because God wills it;
No matter how barren the past may have
IT'S enough for us now that the leaves are
green;
We sit in the warm shade and feel right
well
How the sap creeps up and the blossoms
swell;
We may shut our eyes, but we can nor
help knowing
That skies are clear and grass is grow
ing;
The breeze comes Whispering. in our ear
That dandelions are blossoming near.
That maize has sprouted, that streams
are flowing,
That the robin is plastering his house hard
by;
And if the breeze kept the good news
back
For other couriers we should not lack;
We could guess it all by yon heifer's
lowing
And bark! how clear bold chanticleer.
Warmed with the new wine of the year,
Tells all in his lusty growing!
joy comes grief goes. We know not how;
Everything is happy now,
Everything is upward striving;
IT'S p1SV now for the heart to DC true
AS for grass to be green or skies to be
blue
'T1s the natural way of living;
Who knows whether the clouds have ned!
In the unsecured heaven they leave no
wake:
And the eyes forget the tears they have
shed,
The heart fOrgets its sorrow and ache;
The soul partakes the seasons youth.
And the sulphHrous riffs of passion ana
woe
Lie deep meath a silence pure and smooth.
Like burnt out craterS healed with snow.
James Russell Lowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Some of the English papers seem to
be much displeased with the United
States supreme court because it
backed up the immigration officials in
sending home John Turner. the Eng
lish anarchist who attempted to enter
this country. The reasons for their
attitude are plain. England did not
want him and had its hopes raised at
his desire to come to America. Now
that he has been sent home again, it
naturally feels aggrieved, but John
Turner is not the type of immigrant
which this country wants. He is not
the kind of anarchist who throw bombs
or Yields the knife, but his incendiary
preaching incites other men to vio-
lence, and he is to be classed with
those who murder rulers and blow up
the halls of legislation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
Loss of Appetite.

A person that has lost appetite has
lost something besides-vitality, yigor.
tone.
The way to recover appetite and all
that goes with it is to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla-that strengthens the
stomach, perfects digestion and makes
eating a pleasure.
Thousands take it for spring loss of
appetite and every body says there's
nothing else so good as Hoods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Cobb on First Ballot.
Oath independently

IBat1l 1lGtpelluellt.D
AS the date of the Republican State
convention approaches the friends of
Hon. VIM. r. Cobb feel more than ever
sanguine that he will be the successful
candidate. The table of delegates
printed by the Prescott and Fernald
papers do not correspond with those
printed in the Cobb papers but the
friends Of the latter seem to be well
satisfied that theirs are correct and as
they are adding many delegates every
day it certainly looks as if Cobb would
win on the first ballot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
|N,0lN0y8 GOSSIP
A Summer Thought.

Now is the time for trip to the pole
On an iceberg. broad and high,
Where you see the freezing pillows roll
Under an Arctic sky!
To see the walrus sporting near,
From mis- icy dwelling slide,
While the grim and graceiess Polar bear
Shakes icicIes from his hide.
Now is the time for q summers day
Where the sun looms duh and red;
With Greenland's icy mountains
For a pillow beneath yoIn head!
Frank l.. Stanton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

The report that Admiral Dewey had
entered the service of the Japanese
appears 1t is an Admiral Dewa who is
doing business for the MikadO. but
Judging by the achievements of the
Japanese navy in the past few months,
several prominent officers seem to have
the real Dewey characteristics in their
makc-up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

No fewer than 81 of the 40 states will
elect u governor this fall. There are IL
states in which governors hold for q
four years term, and two states, Massa-
chusctts and Rhode Island where the
system of annual state election has
not yet been given up. New Jersey has
governor for a three years term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

1t is said that Spain is much worried
about the presence of the great Amer
lean fleet now in the Mediterranean
waters, and fears that Uncle Sam pro-
POSES to establish 4 port on the Moroc-
co coast, where he would be i'm position
to annex Spain to the United States
when he gets around to it, just as he
gathered in all the SpanSh Possessions
in the New World when the time was
ripe. Spain has no more reason to be
frightened, however, than this country
has to be of the phantom fleet that ter
riiled our shore dwellers in the sum-
nier of 1898. Uncle Sam has no inten-
ton of gobblinS up what is left of poor
cid Spain. That country appears to
misjudge American motives and char
acter as badly as it did when it was
ordered out of Cuba in the name of
civilization and humanity
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
The Menace of Low Storage Rates.

war between two of the great
steamship lines has resulted in SO
steerage rate between certain Europe
an ports and New York, and this is a
condition of things which makes ne
cessary renewed vigilance on the part
Of our immigration inspectors. Such
i rate simply brings the underpaid, the
uuderfed and overtaXed masses of Eu-
rome nearer the American metropolis
than are the people Of Maine or west
ern PENNSYLVANIA. Moreover, when the
rate is SO low there is likely to be a
much larger amount of assisted imigra-
tion. For it is we'll understood fact
that the government OF some of the
r1ropcan countries make business OF
sending paupers, criminals and di-
seased persons to our shores in large
numbers. and it is against this idea of
being made a dumping ground for the
refuse of Europe that our immigration
laws should be more strict and more
riSidly enforced. The danger is al
WAYS Il great one and the menace be-
comes more imminent in the face of
such a low rate of steerage passage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Anyway, there is one good thing to
be said for Judge Parker of New York.
He does not seem to be the kind of a
man who will start n newspaper after
he has been nominated and defeated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

the pitcher of the Harvard nine, will
become member of the New York
team ut a salary of $4,000, seems to be
another answer to the old question
docs a college education pay?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Divers in the British navy, before be-
ing passed as proficient in the craft,
have to be able to work in twelve
fathoms Of water for an hour AMI
twenty fathoms for a quarter Of an
hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

1t Is not question between union
and non-uniOn workers in Colorado. but
the real issue is between anarchy and
law, and the State of Colorado is on
trial
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

General Weston, chief of subsistence
| of the American army, has solved what
he believes to be the great secret of
| the wonderful mobility of the Japanese
army. Ii lies in the field ration, Il
sample of which he has received from
Major w. Il. Barker at Nagasaki, one
of the American officers who are
watching the war. The ration shows
| that the Japanese soldier can live and
| fight for n month on n food supply that
! weighs less than the daily ration of the
American soldier in the field.
The fish received by General Weston
is about seven inches long and an inch
and a half thick in the middle, and is
dried until it resembles petrified wood.
1t weighs only twelve ounces, but
Major Parker says is will sustain a
Japanese soldier for seven days.
When soldiers are on the march they
eat the fish just as it is, biting off small
pieces, which are thoroughly
masticated. but when they are in camp
the fish is shaved off in small slices and
cooked with rice. The fish resembles
a paackercl. but it's japanese name is
"mHmibushi.'
The fish is about two feet long and
thick and solid before preparation for
the army ration. In preparing it for
army use it is cut in two and steamed
and dried alternately until it is reduced
to about one-eighth of it's original size,
with corresponding reduction in
weight.
Each japanese soldier can carry
G.l~ 4 IT.
or four weeks, and a whole army can be
made absolutely independent of the
commissary trains that are indis-
pensable in other armies. If the
Russian soldiers could live on as little
as the Japanese require the Siberian
railroad would have little to do but
haul troops, for one train load of dried
fish and rice would sustain General
Kouropatkin's army for weeks.
Dried fish is. used only as field ra-
ton. The regular daily ration in the
Japanese army consists of one and a
half pounds of rice and half pound of
canned meat. The daily ration in the
United States army weighs about four
pounds, and the emergency ration is
not great deal lighter.
After the battle of the Yalu, during
the war between China and Japan,
Admiral Ito, who, as will be remem-
bered, covered himself with glory on
that occasion, had granted a young
officer a few days leave of absence.
When the time came for the absentee
to rejoin his ship the admiral received
the following laconic telegram:
U0rv;.,rp n ,,nForacaan circumstances, r
cannot, as excepted, return to duty"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

BY the will Of the late Count Wall
dersee. field marshal in the German
army, the valuable insignia of his
Order Of the Black Eagle, set with
, diamonds. is to be sold for the benefit
of the needy soldiers in his old resi-
ment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
Daily keninlel,be,'lr Journal
ESTABLISHED, 1928.

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
jected communications.
Address all communications relating 70
subscriptions and advertisements 10
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

York is giving it's streets and roads
the designations of the good old
colonial times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

1t is probable that Walter 3. Clarke,
whom Lincoln will send to the Senate,
will be the youngest man that ever sat
in Names upper legislature branch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Nearly all the remaining caucuses
will be held, this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Several Silesian villages have been
visited by a plague of adders. In
Prudential alone 452 snakes have
peen killed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

The friends of the Bangor News man
are complaining of mice and are writ
ing to him for advice. He recommends
traps. and gives the good old family
pussy cat a hard rap with his quill
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

The admiral replied: Either give rea-
son or return" Shortly after a mes
sage reached him from hospital at
Iokosuta: Train lost-cannot travel:
leg lost-cannot run. Will return IL
you insist" Admiral Ito did not insist
Secretary Hay has great respect for
anyone who has tackled and mastered
the Russian language, and this Is the
reason for his admiration: Many years
ago he decided to take up the study of
Russian, thinking it could be acquired
as readily as other European
languages. He engaged a Russian
priest in New York to instruct him and
worked faithfully for several months.
He planned to visit Russia and eX-
pected to spend n winter in the
southern part of the empire. But after
devoting more time and study to
Russian than he had ever given to any
other language Mr.. Hay found he had
made no Roadway, and the visit to
Russia was abandoned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Three weeks to the next holiday, the
most vociferous of them ALL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

George W. Paw Esq. of Farming
dale, chairman Of the board of select
men. and a former deputy sheriff, has
announced his candidacy for. county
commissioner before the county con-
vention of 1906.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Portland is already worrying about
losing the Festival in 1905.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

Unity will celebrate it's centennial
July 4, 1904, and it is the intention of
the citizens of the town to make this
an event in its history long to be re-
mcmbered. The Belfast band, one of
the best in the State, will be in atten-
dance. The Grafton will be delivered
by George c. Chase, President of Bates
College. a former resident of the town.
The Hon. John Crosby of New York.
Frank l.. Dingley and Benz. Chandler
of Lewiston, Capt. VIM. Dyer and NJ
V. ROothby Of Boston, Mass, and
others. are expected to be present.
Services will be held in the Union
church July Sd at 1890 A. NJ: Rev. j.
T.. Crosby of Auburn occupying the
pulpit. July 4th at Q A. NJ, a process
sion will he formed or the schoolh"1so
grounds headed by the band. consist
ing of the town officers. invited guests.
the oldest citizens of the town, school
children. the oldest carriages and farm
implements, cOntraSted with the
modern, and fantasies, and march
through the principal streets, after
which the usual sports, including tug
of war between eleven men on each
side from Unity and Thorndike. The
grafton will be given Mt 1 p. NJ. and at
its conclusion the band will give con-
cert. At 7.3C p. M. there will be a fine
display of fire works on the schOolhousa
grounds. Arrangements are being
made for a special train from Belfast.
In the evening a grand ball will be
given in Adams & Knights new hall,
with music by the Belfast orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

FRANKLIN county neaIleSt man is
found in the person of one who bor-
rowed money of his girl to go to a
show, when they had reached the
doors, and now refuses to pay it back.
We do not blame the Chronicle for re-
fusing to tell what town he lives in.
Turf, Farm and Home: An exchange
has paragraph to the effect that the
G. A. r. Post at Bangor is considering
the matter of doing away with the
regulation parade on Memorial Day in
the future. No information is given az
to the reason for this new movement.
We really hope that this step will not
be seriously considered, for Memorial
Day without a parade would be like
the Fourth of July without fire
crackers. Now what. in our judgment,
ought 10 be done is for the citizens and
the civic organizations to get up a
parade and act as escort to the old
veterans, who should not be asked nor
expected to march but should be fur
nished carriages. If this was done it
would tend to increase the interest in
the day as we'll as to nurture a feeling
of venera ton for the old heroes 1t
would also make it possible for good
many of the older members of the c.
A. r. TO take part in the procession,
who are not now able to do so.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

A. F. Lewis of Fryeburg has sent
out unique invitations for his three
score and ten anniversary party which
is to be celebrated at Fryeburg on the
9th of August. Mr.. Lewis will attain
his three score and ten on the 23d of
this month but the celebration is set
during Old Home week and all the
Fryeburgians who were born in 1884
will join in the celebration. Among the
guests from near and far who will
make addresses are, Judge Enoch
Knight of Los Angeles, Prof Ebenezer
Knowlton and Cora L. Colbroth of San
Francisco, Judge A. II. Walker of
Bridgton, Gen. e. c. Harrington of
Augusta, Prof. l.. c. Bateman of
Auburn, Mr. George A. Thomas and
Miss Charlotte ]. Thomas of Portland
and John w. Hutchinson, who Will
bring his fiddle. The invitation con-
cludeS as follows: ION the evening of
August 8 come and see me and my
townspeople who We're born in "a and
if we don't show you the gayest, live
lest and most jocund set Of 20 year old
boys and girls you ever saw we will
treat you to the best the town affords"
A greeting in prose or verse is eXpec-
ted OF every guest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,.
EnMH [aI|lfgIs
In Effect June 6, 1904.
Trains leave Augusta as follows:
rrIYD(A,rrr yrr, .r~rr


GOING WEST-6.37 A. NJ, for Lewiston.
Pennington, Rangeley, Rockland, Port
land, Boston, Quebec and Montreal: 9.42 A.
points only express for Brunswick, Lew
iston. Pennington. Phillips. Rangeley,
Rockland, Portland and Boston. connect
ing Tor White Mountain points and Lam
caster; 3.12 Z. NJ, local for Portland; 355
F. NJ, express for Brunswick. Bath Rock
land, Lewiston, Portland. Boston Mon
with through sleeper Tor New York,
leaving Portland. SO P; NJ. except sat
500 +. M. Sundays only for Portland and
Boston, and connecting at Portland with
through sleeper for New York as above;
no +. M, for South Gardiner; 1910 p
iston. Bath. Rockland. Portland and Bos-
ton: .225 A. NJ. Portland ana Boston.
GOING EASr,1245 A. NJ. might ex-
head Lake, Caribou and Aroostook coun-
ty, via Il. & A. r. r.; Vanceboro, st.
stephen, st. Andrew, ST. John, via Cana
dian Pacific and Aroostook countless; $50
sos A.. NJ. for Waterville. Skowhegan.
Belfast Bangor. Ellsworth. Rar Harbor,
grade, Winthrop and way stations to
Lewiston; els A. M, for Waterville. New
port. FoXcroft, Greenville and Bangor;
w Ha neon tEr SanGor o mar arDor SO
St John and Halifax, Lewiston and way
stations via Waterfalls and winthrop:
ga L. M, express lot ouckspOrt ana Qally
to Bangor and Bar Harbor; 80 2. M. for
Waterville. Oakland. North Arson, Bing-
ham. Skowhegan, Belfast. Dexter. Den
yer and FoXcroft. Greenville, Bangor Old
Town and Mattawamkeag; 7.26 p NJ, for
Waterville; 915 A. NJ, Sundays only, for
Waterville Bangor and Bar Harbor.
The night Pullman train going East at
1245 A. NJ, runs every night, Sundays in
cluoed, but not to Skowhegan on Monday
mornings. nor on Sunday mornings to
Belfast, Dexter or beyond Bangor, ex-
cpntinR TO Bar HarbOr and Wash IN r.
r.
sDaily for main line points.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

A Belfast farmer boy is using novel
and highly effective anti-switch on the
cows in his charge. There are many
devices in use for preventing cows from
switching their tails while being
MIXED, but all are open to more or less
serious objections. Some require too
much time for adjustment some hurt
the cows and make them kick, and
others are dangerous in case of an ac-
cident. The youth above referred to
takes a WORKOUT bicycle tire and places
one side over the cows back just for
ward of the hips, the other side hanging
down behind just above the gambre!s.
The tire holds its circular form, but is
flexible enough to allow for any
ordinary movement, but holds the tail
firmly in place. 1t can be changed
from one COW to another instantly and
does not annoy the animals. 1t takes
more than an uneasy COW to get ahead
of yankee boy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13

after this fashion: Our individual eX-
perience with cats is not of a kind TO
lead us to recommend them for general
purposes. If a cat were fined one cent
head for all the song birds it kills In
the run of a season, the penalties would
amount to more than dollar year.
As for mice the average cat Will wait
around all day to steal a piece of fresh
meat from the refrigerator sooner than
catch a mouse right under it's feet.
Cats are all right to lie sprawled out
on a cushion basling in the sun, but as
instruments for capturing mice ana
rats. we have found them very
unrelia ble."