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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

1t Is not generally known that 600
teachers in the schools OF Porto Rico
are planning to visit the United States
this summer. Only those teachers will
come who feel able to expend at least
II per cent of their yearly salary to
defray the expenses of the trip. half
of them will go to Harvard. repeating
the interesting experiences of the
Cuban teacherssa few summers ago,
and DR.. Samuel NJ. Vincent, a Porto
Rcan school commissioner. asks that
slo,0a0 or $1,000 be raised in Boston to
help the teachers through. OF the rest,
says DR.. Vincent. Cornell university
will care for 200. and leo will be dis
tributed throughout New York" This
will constitute a picturesque and de-
lightfuI invasion OF the summer schools
and profitable it should be for the
teachers. for Porto Rico and for the
Americans whom they meet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
A compared with Others.

The Philadelphia Ledger publishes a
summary of a valuable little pamphlet
| lust issued by the new department OF
commerce and labor, giving the reve-
nues. expenditures and population OF
all nations for the latest available
year, shows that the burden OF gov
eminent rests lightly on the people of
the United States. 1t appears from
this statment that the per capita OF
national expenditure is less in the
United States than in any other i'm
portant country, with the exception of
China and India, where the enormous
population reduces the per capita to a
low figure. The exhibit includes only
national expenditures. The per capita
burden would be considerably increased
in the case Of the United States and
certain other countries if the expenses
of state governments were included. SO
far as the cost of the central govern
ments is concerned, the United States
occupies an exceedingly favorable posi-
ton. The per capita expenditure In
this country is only s7.97, estimated
upon a population of S0,OO0,0o0. falling
next below Canada, with a per capita
of $3.50, in a list of sixteen nations
embracing the more important couh-
tries, excluding China and India.
1t IS interesting to note that in New
Zealand, where state ownership OF pup
lie utilities has been tried on an eN-
tensive scale, the per capita is s5S.3S
In Australia it is $3.50. The figures
for the United Kingdom are S-l.5?.
France follows with s11Si. Germany
is in a much better position. with L per
capita expenditure of s9.45. The figures
for Russia DO not vary greatly from
those of the United States. Japan
does not appear in the statement. The
new republic of Cuba makes an excel
lent showing, sl24O. next above that of
the well-governcd Netherlands.
A few weeks ago the federal depart
ment Of commerce and labor presented
a table showing the per capita public
indebtedness of so countries. in which
the United States holds an enviablc
position. The payment of s11 by every
inha bitant of the country would ex-
tingush the national debt. Only two
countries, Switzerland and Japan, are
more favorahly situated in this respect.
A per capita contribution of only 81
would pay the national debt of Switzer-
land and s4.1J that of Japan. The per
capita Indebtedness of Australia, S2iS,
is enormous, and greatly in excess OF
that Of any other country. This show
ing is particularly interesting in vie"
Of Australias socialistic experiments.
The per capita of France is $50; of the
United Kingdom. s92. A tax of $50
would pay the combined debts of the
German empire and the German states,
and inasnuch as the German national
debt is only a fourth of the state debts,
the national per capita is comparative
ly small. The finances of Mexico have
been well managed. Its per capita is
only sl3, slightly greater than that OF
the United States. The heaviest an
nual interest charge, per capita, is that
Of Australia, SlO.14; the lowest. that Of
the United States, which is 80 cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Oriental Advancement.

'Tjs not so very long ago
That old Japan. now grown So shrt"o'
N,s counted rather dull and slow,
With manners quaint though never
rude.
The gentle Japs had never used
Calling gun to raise IA row
With martial ardor. all cnthused-
But they, alas, are learning now.
NJ do,bt all things to them will come
That come to countries civilized,
I ike cigarettes and chewing gum
And patent foods well advertised
They saw that harsh profanity
IL Ia the .JapS unknown just now.
He cannot swear: It's sad to see
This prospect of his learning how,
~ washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

IL Is no longer wanted. 1t IL he
who IL dressed like u corpse when ne
leaves his parents house as q sign that
ne ~ dead to his parents family. IL is
ne whose change OF owner Ia registered
at the police station, SO that in Japanese
literature 1t Is the gentle daughter-in-
law who Is the victim OF the nother-in-
laws tantrums.
Henry MARI. a farmer who lives near
Columbus. bartholomew county. Indiana,
Is the center man Of the population Of the
whole United States. The census bureau
has found that the exact center OF popIiII-
ton ut the census of 1850 was In latitude
30 degrees minutes and IS seconds north
longitude So degrees ~ minutes and "a
seconds west. III a person is DESTROYS OF
visiting the spot better Idea Of its TO-
cation can be got by asking most any
resident of Columbus. Almost invaria
the answer to such a question will b:
Five miles southwest of Columbus in
Hen Mars barn lot" The center was
recently marked by a monument
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
OIL FOR THE BODY

You can't lose an atom
without feeling it. The body
is like an engine, a watch,
a machine; must be kept in
good order to run right.
That's the reason SCOTS
Emulsion is so successful in
all wasting diseases. Itfeeds,
nourishes and strengthens
when ordinary food won't.
Doctors say SCOTS Emul-
sion is the best nourishment
for those who are not as we'll
as they should be-young or
old.
Wen send you sample free upon request
SCOTT & BOVINE, 4c9 Pearl Street, New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
American Architecture.

(Report of Moselcy Commission)
Some Of the private houses of settled
and cultured people in Boston, New
York. Baltimore and Washington are
as good as our best. One of the most
refined and disnified of our great homes
is the White House. Compared with
the tawdry. oppressive glitter and real
vulgarity of some Of our palaces III"
White House is model of what home
for the President of a great people
should be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
An Audacious Wish.

Il wish my father was a Mormon"
said the inCorrigible infant.
How can you say such thing?"
asked the aunt.
Because Mormons sometimes have
such large families that they can't re
member all the children's names, much
less punish EN-"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

immigration is below the volume of
that pouring into the country at this
time. last year. During April. 1895
Immigrants arrived in New York. COM
pared with 101 900 for April, 1903. But
this reduced volume. considering its
quality, is large enough to be menace
national law makers than it gets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
NEalkaNB QHQlQ&gg!l
May.

With drifts of snowy petals floating
down.
When winds are warm and sweet with
apple bloom
And smothtted quite in fragrance, bees
now boom.
Fer smiling still where late was April's
trOWn,
Abi,les Young May and every hill rejoices,
Wherever she doth tread the blossoms
spring.
To welcome her did tilmy woodlands ring
With songs of birds that to her raise
their voices.
So in my heart | saw the balmy May
In love | deemed thou bore me, dearest
one,
Whereat my rapture nudged my hopes to
stay
because the winter of my life was done;
Yet meadows whisper sadly that in vain
Ny heart shall hope its verbal love to
gain.
-WalwOrth Stilson in May Metropolitan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
A Cynical Suggestion.

$50 that young woman has Tilted
YOU said Miss Cayenne.
Yes" answered the confidinS young
man.
And you are suffering acutely from
rcgret?'
II am"
We'll, cheer up. If she had accepted
you it might have become a chronic
attack of regret"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Tribute to a "Sky Pilot"
New York Tribunc.)

~
Father Gleason. chaplain of the bat
tleship Missouri, by his conduct at the
time of the disaster in the face of what
seemed certain death, has furnished an
illustration of the kind of hcroism Mr..
Carnegie designed to reward by his
fund and medals for heroes. The COM
mandcr and men Of the battleship vie
in commencing the chaplain who will
he gladly welcomed hereafter on bodlt
any American battleship as a SKY
pilot of the class that commands pro-
found rnSnnct and almirati ion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

"All eyes are now turned toward St.
Louis" says the Globe Democrat and
the Washington Post retorts that it
will be necessary. in order to escape a
deficit, to have feet turned that way
also
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Does Sugar Destroy Teeth?
(McdiCal Talk

There is a prevalent notion that if
children are allowed to eat sugar they
will have bad teeth as Il consequence.
There is no Foundation whatever TO-,
such a notion. The negroes of trc
West Indies are excessive consumers
of sweets. They eat IN cnnrfi,"''';
amount of sugarcane. molasses and
raw sugar. Yet these people have par
ticularly fine teeth. Whatever other
injuries sugar may be capable of doing
to the human system, it is very certain
that it does not do any injury to the
teeth. either in old or young persons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Futile and Foolish.
brooklyn Eagle, DEM

(Brooklyn Eagle. Dem.)
In the discussion Of Mr.. Roose'en ~,
Presidency. intelligent Democrats win
ayoid assailing what their own pal.
really approve. Had a truly America"
Democrat been President, he would APP
prove adherence to the gold STANDARD
the course followed in the Pniiippiiie.'
the graduated reduction OF the army
the prompt recognition of the fahanhs'
republic, the steps for the recognition
of the autonomy of China, the pro-
cressive increase of the navy, the re-
organization of the military sys's''
the proposed reorganization OF Tue
naval system and not rev otSer
things which have been done or at
These things were ana or.
right. They will never be undone. Had
a Democrat done them, Republican AZ
tack on them might occur. but "ouiu
be futile and foolish. Having been zone
by a Republican. Democratic attack
Oh them will be futile and foolish
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

The millionaire tax dodgers Of New
York who transferred their legal resi-
dence to Newport are up against 1t
again. Their adopted city has raised
it's valuation a round million, and the
aristocratic band of eXiles find the
ruthless tax assessor facing them from
an uueypected quarter,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
The Continuous Performance Grip.

They say the grip is great
Amt it, Say-you are sick SIX
weeks. you know, after you get well of
it,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Telephone Talk.

when does Maud's wedding pull
OFF,"
.Oh, Mauds got the grip, and the
wedding hung up
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Never Catches Up.

II begin to understand why Charley
always loses on the races" said young
Mrs Torkins.
Indeed" said the unsympathetic
friend.
Yes. He is So busy explaining how
he lost the last race that he never gets
time to make proper calculations on the
next"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

EsTAslisHED, 1s26

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
Tie Journal cannot be held rsspons'e's
for the preservation or return Of re-
5ected communications.
Addrsss an communications relating TO
> subscriptions and advertisements TO
;. BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Pubushers'
/ Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Culture in the Middle West.

Rohcrt-Arc they progressive over at
Hoosierburg?
Richardson. I should say So The
society girls set up high balls and cock
tails until it makes your hair stand on
end
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
WHY Tell the Truth.
(\Vashincton Starr

washington STAR
Mr.. Bryan is Justly regarded with ap-
prehcnsion by his fellow Democrats.
When a man announces that ne Is SO
ing to tell the truth. 1t usually means
that he intends to make himself dlsi-
greeable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Vacancies in any delegation can Only
be filed by such delegation.
Delegates in order to participate In the
convention. must be elected subsequent
to the date of the call for this convention
The County Committee will be in ses-
sion in the anteroom of the hall at 10
o'clock on the morning of the convention,
for the purpose of receiving the creden-
tials of the delegates.
Per order of the Republican County
Committee.
WILLARD NJ DUNN, Chairman.
e. c. STEVENS. Sec.
May ID 1904
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

The Democrats continue to view with
alarrl-as they have good reason to do
the fact that absolute harmony Is
assured at the coming Republican
national convention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
A Word for Congress.


Baltimore Ameri'aiL)
IT is not exagCcratiGn to say that th7'
first session of the present Congress
may safely challenge comparison with
its predecessors by its enlightened con-
servatism and practical services 10 'lle
country
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Our Own Wireless Stations.
ARMY and Navy Journan.

(Arfny ana Navy JOurndi).
As a result of the Russian notifica-
ton concerning the use of wireless
telegraphy by newspaper correspond
ents in time of war. the authorities at
Washington have decided that it would
be highly desirable for the government
to establish a supervisory control over
the operations of wireless telegraphy
along the coasts of the United States.
After a general discussion of the sub
jcct by the cabinet on April 10, it was
arranged that the secretary of war and
the secretary of the navy should pre-
pare lists of all wireless stations in the
United States, including those at coast
wise points. with a view to their gem
eral supervision in time of peace and
their absolute control by the govern
ment in time Of war. This program is
exactly in line with the recommended
ton frequently urged by Brigadier
General Greedy, chief signal officer of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Among the most beautiful sights that
this May sun is shining upon are the
two American flags at the ends of the
Panama canal strip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

The channel between ESopus, y. L..
and St Louis is thickly strewn with
torpedoes and mines and most of them
bear thu. Hearst tag.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Sam Parks is dead. but unhappily
for the good of labors cause, the
principal he represented did not die
with him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Perils Of Long Trains.
(San Francisco Chronicic)

= u
Richard ManSfield'S protest again !.
women wearing long trains to the thea
tire is sensible. and it is to be hoped that
it will be recognized. The train is I
very great nuisance in entering and IT,
leaving the theatre. and in case of any
panic it puts a premium on disaster
1t may also be added that it Great IS
dust. and as all theatres abound in dust.
anything which adds to this evil should
be abolished. Probably in a few years
the long train will be regarded as the
picture hat would be today; yet it is
only short time ago that one was
compelled to get occasional Slimpses of
the stage from behind hat as large as
a hjcycIa wheel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Some of the western editors persist
in referring to the candidacy of Judge
David 4. Parker of New York"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

. One authority asserts that the Nor
mon church is "a religious trust but
it is difficult where the religion comes
IN 1I IN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
A Question.

A man against the trusts may rail
And crit,ciSn the game.
Yet. when chance offers. does he fail
To do the very same?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

The next holiday is Memorial day,
three weeks distant, and it will be more
generally observed than Arbor day was.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

The Russians are said to be taking
heart. Well, the Japs have taken
about everything else thus far.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Personal Notes.

Dr- Frank Clare English has been
chosen president of Morris Hill Gnd }
College and will be installed in June
1t has been confirmed that James Loeb.
OF New York. will endow a conservatory
of music i'll that city to the extent Of $500, :
go.
Rev. DR.. Flavel Swcton Luther pro-
lessor OF ma thcmatics and astronomy Of
TRINITY College. Hartford. Conn. was
unanimously elected on Monday as prcsi-
dent of the Institution.
Rev. G. \. Northop, of Norwich. Conn
who has Just been elected secretary of
Systematic benevolence of the Congrega-
efforts to New England this year.
Rev. Byron Alden. who on November
. last. celebrated his 9th birthday and
was said to be the oldest living minister
In the world both in age and continued
service. has just died at Streator, Ill.
JOSS phi Battell of MiddIebury. VT. has
bought Ellen Mountain, which rises 1850
feet above the town of Warren, VT. and
proposes to convert il into a park for
the benefit of the citizens of the Green
Mountain State.
Prof John Dewey, for 10 years head
Of the department of philosophy of the
University of Chicago, has accepted the
new professOrship of philosophy at Coz
iumbia University, recently offered him
by the trustees.
\ BANQUET to ex-Judge George c. Hey
nuldS or Brooklyn. will be given on NAY
L by the Brooklyn Bar Association in
honor of the Goth year of his admission
to the bar, and of the 10Th year 81 his
practicinE law in Brooklyn.
Prince Henry. the Rochambeaus, and
other notable guests to this country
Prince Lu Lun the most recent Japanese
visitor left handsome souvenirs of him
Mrs. Foster all of whom entertained him
Whlle Ill Washington recently. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

No, the interest in the great national
game is not dying out. Two Andres
coggin county youngsters walked %
miles one day, last week, to see 4
game between two school mines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

"BenZine buggy is one of the latest
names for the devil wagons that are
getting SO numerous, this spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Miss Cornelia T. Crosby, known
been an inmate of the Maine General
hospital for so many months. is con-
siiered SO greatly improved in health
by the staff at the institution that she
was permitted to return to her home in
Phillips, last week, accompanied by one
of the house physicians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

For Russia the yellow peril and the
Yalu peril are one and the same thing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

1t is all King Pepper in Gardiner
from now to Saturday night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

The musical sayings of birds. their
habits and cOlorings has been "a lifelong
study of f. Schuyler Matthews. who at
his Summer home in the wildS of New
Hampshire and around bird haunts else
where. has devoted an immense amount
of diligent observation to game birds
song birds and some few birds of prey Es
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

the army, and 1t is virtually new s.ap
in the adaptation Of wireless teiesra-
ply to commercial and military pur-
poses,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Portland Express: A Chicago gentle
man visiting here recently made some
criticism concerning what he consid-
cred the impracticability Of certain of
our State laws. But them he added,
what can you expect" Portland is not
Chicago" The average Portland citi-
zen not only will make no objection to
the statement but is thankful that it is
true.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

For the purpose of nominating three
candidates for senators, one candidate
for sheriff, one candidate for clerk of
courts. one candidate for judge of pro-
bate, one candidate for register of pro-
bate. one candidate for county attorney.
one candidate for county treasurer, one
candidate for county commissioner. all to
be voted for at the September election;
and transactfng any business that may
properly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city, town and plantation
will be entitled to one delegate; for each
thirty-eight votes cast for the Republ-
can candidate for Governor in 1902 an adj
ditional delegate. and for 4 fraction of
twenty votes in excess of thirty-eight
votes. a further additional delegate.
Delegations will be made up as follows: