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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Editorial Brevities.

Philadelphia Press-The discovery
that the Chicago meat packers were
paying no heed to the antitrust law
created no great sensation. 1t was a
kind of discovery that about every
body had discovered long time ago.
Fall River Herald-A Greenfield
minister who formerly lived in Utah
declares that with the younger genera
ton of Mormons polygamy is dying
out. If the experience of the rising
generation in Utah is like that of most
young people elsewhere as to the cost
of living as compared with what it cost
our fathers and mothers when they en-
barked on matrimony, we suspect it
would not take much theoretical
preaching to convince the young man
that as few wives as are absolutely
necessary would be about right-and
practical.
Pittsburg Dispatch-We are duly
grateful to the paper trust for devising
new excuse why it failed to perform
that theoretic function of reducing
prices. It's representatives told the
Congressional committee that the de-
mand for paper was the reason.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. April 26.-Today's stock mar
ket was even more listless and apathetic
than that of yesterday. The arrest of the
decline prompted the retirement of the
light contracts that had been put out on
the short side. The movement had no
news to account for 1t and there was no
symptom of any large demand in any
quarter. United States Steel preferred
was the most active stock and its recovery
was in face Of the practical confirmation
of the report prevalent, yesterday, OF TIL
early dissolution of the preferred stock
conversion syndicate, on which the stock
declined then. 49,
An initial engagement of gold for Thurs
days steamer was made, today, and bills
sold in the exchange market were suppos-
ed to be against other shipments In con-
temptation. The money market was en- .
tirely unaffected. the demand for time
loans being little more than nominal. me
weekly bulletin of the weather bureau
on the crops was not helpful factor I1fe
recovery of a large fraction in Uh3ted
States Steel preferred was the Qi7E
movement of any significance in the days
market. The closing was heavy and srdg-
nant.
Bonds were irregular. Total SAILS, par
value. s. 030. 900.
United States rs declined * per cent.
on call. sss3s- E.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
GROWING
LENGTHWISE

You want the children to
grow, but not all lengthwise.
When they start that way
SCOTS Emulsion will help
them to grow rightwwith
due plumpness and outward
proportion, and with inward
vigor and good spirits:-g
The Emulsion incfeases
digestive power and strength
ems the vital organs to get
the best and make the most
out of all the other food. 1t
gives a kind of help that every
growing child ought to have.
Well send you a sanple fres uron request.
SCOTT = BOVINE, 80 an Stree, Se~ Yak
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Governing the Canal Strip.

In the bill for the government of the
Panama canal zone, there is a clause
declaring that the military, civil and
judicial powers of the strip shall be en-
trusted "in such person or persons. and
shall be exercised in such manner as
the Preside ut of the United States shall
direct for the government of such
territory" Pursuing their usual policy
Of opposition and negation the Demo-
cratic members Of Congress were get
ting in line to oppose this grant OF
authority to the President, when it was
pointed out that the words in the clause
quoted are substantially the language
OF the act drawn by President jefferson
and enacted in 1903 for the government
OF the Louisiana territory. This dis
coverty neatly blocked their plan to de-
feat the measure. for of course they
could not consistently object to the
principles of their immortal leader and
patron saint being applied present day
questions.
In recent years it has been very en-
barrassing for those who called them
selves Jeffersonian Democrats, that the
only act of Thomas jefferson as Presi-
dent, which remains in the popular
mind. was the greatest act of imperial
ism ever performed on this hemisphere
But the republic survived that, and in
its Honor is to indulge this year in the
greatest exposition and the grandest
celebration of it's kind which any coun-
try ever knew. In similar manner it
Will survive and proudly celebrate
various acts Of imperialism" which
have been performed by the Republican
administration within the past half a
dozen years. This canal zone is to be
completely under American juris-
diction. and the law proposed for its
government is an eminently sensible
and practical one. Its passage puts
President Roosevelt and the commits
sion appointed by him in absolute con-
troll of the strip, until Congress meets
another winter, when some permanent
form Of administration may be devised,
or the present law may be continued
Indefinitely, giving the President abso.
Lutte power.
II any Democratic SPELL binders ir
| the coming campaign are worried lest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
BURGESS
>~poRTLAND. NAME -
FOBES&CO

rods, and both of the last two named
are planning to more than double their
acreage this season. is no reason. why
every one should go into this profitable
crop. There are lots of other things
that will grow in this climate and prove
profitable besides potatoes. Cabbage,
properly cultivated, will average as
we'll for a cash crop as potatoes. The
same is equally true of squash and
onions. and yet it really looks as
though half the farmers in central
Maine at least, would stake their all on
the potato crop. Aroostook farmers
used to base their calculations on what
would be done in New York and the
west, but if present plans are carried
out they have got to look to western
Maine for competition is sure from
their own State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

fourths Of mile Of railway for each
square mile OF land, and south Of Lon
don more than a mile.
Japan is everywhere rich in water
power; consequently. even in small
country towns. there are electric lights
and local telephone lines.
Prof. Munsterberg assures us in his
american Traits that 1.-THE German
thinks the American greedy and vul-
gar, brutal and corrupt"
There are now 1881 1877 telephone sta
lions Of the Bell Company with nearly
1000, 900 miles Of circuit, as shown by its
annual report.
An alcohol lamp gives of but half
the heat and vitiates the atmosphere
but half as much as q kerosene lamp Of
the same illuminating power.
Three trusts" the East India Com
pany, the Hudson Bay Company. and
the South African Company. made
Great Britain a world state.
The aggregate tonnage Of vessels
built in England last year was 10000;
in the United States, $4,000; in Ger
many, $4,000. and in France, $4,000
tons.
The electrical railways Of the United
States have $4,000 miles Of track. The
motor has displaced 5000 horses. But
PSI miles of horse car lines remain.
The first electric railway in Peru,
from Lima eight miles to the Pacific,
and another contemplated from Lima
ten miles to the seaport, Callao, will
have American cars and dynamos.
Half a century ago five times as
many men committed suicide as wo-
men. Now the proportion is two and
a half to one. The number Of suicides
among children is increasing rapidly.
The output of coal in both France
and Belgium last year was greater
than ever before, that Of France being
$4,000 900 tons and that Of Belgium 3d.
100000 tons.
Land around the bayous Of Louisiana
and Texas, which until 1895 were
classed as worthless. now yield s25,0O0.-
600 worth Of rice. About 100 Japanese
expert rice growers are in this region.
1t is not true that Intellectual work
is relief from physical work, or vice
versa. Fatigue of whatever nature it
is accumulates during any kind of la
Dor. and disappears only on complete
repOSe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Tabloid Philosophy.

It's hard to win a mans friendship and
win his money, too.
When a girl is engaged she thinks lot
about saving gas
Lots of men put more money on the
horses than on their wives.
1t must be fine to be so rich that you
don't have to keep up appearances
The average womans tongue can run
faster than her two ears can listen.
a woman's idea of stingy man is one
who never pays her compliments.
The man who takes drop too much
doesn't always take a tumble to himself.
To f1atter a woman tell her she Is
beautiful; to flatter a man tell him he is
working too hard.
Before starting to build castles in the
air the man should put his mundane cot
tage in his wife's name.
PHILADELPHIA Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

1t b a little discouraging for the pro-
moters Of the Lewis Clarke exposition,
which is TO be held at Portland. Oregon
In 1905. that the proposed appropriation
Of s2.OOo.0OO from the government is
turned into an appropriation Of $500. 900
for government exhibits. Still. IL they
are like the promoters of most of the
great exrositions. they will be on hand
at the next session of Congress with an
appeal for another appropriation. and
II the presidents Of the past are any
thing to judge by. they will get it, too.
And after that comes the celebration Of
the jamestown tercentenary in 1907.
with the gallant Fitzhugh Lee at the
head Of the committee which proposes
to lead an assault upon the national
treasury in its behalf.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.
New York. Anril

New York, April Is.
FLOUR-Receipts. 22,7S6; exports, 2O29:
sales. 1900: quiet; MINI. patents, 500Q5. Is
winter straights, 4.35@5O0.
WHEAT-Receipts. 1000: sales. 400, 900
futures: spot steady: No. red. 103 eleva-
tor; No. red. 104@107 b afioat; No. l
northern Duluth, SO b afioat; No.
hard Manitoba, nominal o b afioat
CORN-Receipts, 3225; exports, 264: sales,
$1,000 futures; spot firm; No. 2 nominal
elevator and 54A o b afioat; No. 2 yell
low. say; No. white. 561k
OATS-Receipts. 1850: exports. %; spot
standard White, 4s@4s; clipped white. Is
to 40 pounds, 1851; natural white. 30 to 81
pounds, 1901.
LARD-Firm: western steamed, 7.15; re-
fined steady.
PORK-Steady.
BUTTER-Firm: extra fresh creamery.
2sE@23N; state dairy, 1565.
EGGS-Weak: state, Penna. and nearby
average finest, 1917
POTATOES-steady; new Florida. $50
sUGAR-Raw firm: fair refining /: s-1sO
1-2; refined steady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Science and Industry.

The word Niagara means thunder
water.
A little over II per cent. of milk is
solid matter.
Trades unions have existed in China
for 1000 years.
A Russian is not of age until he is
twenty-six.
The penguin's wings are useful only
under water.
A woman 5 feet 5 inches high should
weigh 142 pounds.
Mexico produces about $4,000, 900
pounds Of cotton annually.
A Japanese eats on the average one
pound of rice per day.
America furnished Japan $4,000, 900
pounds of flour in 1903.
Germany sold in the United States in
1903 12S,9S0 tons of pig iron.
Primary agricultural schools are now
established in twelve cities of Saxony.
In Japan state socialism is favored
by the government and taught in the
colleges.
Opium was first smoked by the ma
tives of Java, from whom the Chinese
learned the habit.
The cost of the Spanish American
war was s35O.0O0,0 900; that of the Boer
war. s1.400,000 900.
The opal is the only gem which can
not be counterfeited. Its delicate tints
cannot be reproduced.
The Filipinos eat large quantities of
dried grasshoppers. and also prepare
them In CONNECTIONS.
The rate OF wages per week in Scot
land may be roughly stated at IS for
laborers and $40 for artisans. "
The Dominion government has voted
$4,000 annual subsidy for a steam
ship line from Montreal to Mexico.
Germany is dependent on foreign
countries for rs per cent. of all the
Ioodstuffs necessary for her people.
France produced last year 1887. 900
metric tons Of pig iron, which IL an in
crease Of 100000 tons over 1902.
Specimens Of pitchblende, which have
been exposed in the museum at Vienna
for 100 years, show radio activity.
The Standard Oil Company and the
American Tobacco Company control
the products Of Japan in their Fespec-
tive lines.
England north Of London has three
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
War Pointers.

Philadelphia Press: One effect OF
the war in the East has been to sus-
pend Indefinitely the establishment of
the new Russian steamship, line be-
tween Odessa and New York. All the
preliminaries had been arranged and
the first vessel was ready to start when
the Russian Government issued de-
cree mobilizing the entire fleet for war
purposes. This will probably break up
the project.
If. as reported in certain dispatches.
floating contact mines have been dis
covered and destroyed by the Japanese
fleet 40 miles from Cape ShantunS,
there is likelihood that someone will
get into trouble for breach of the rules
of civilized warfare. Floating contact
mines are about the most dangerous
thing in explosives imaginable; they
are as likely to blow up friend or a
neutral as foe.
For quiet and Unconditional people
the Japs do pretty we'll when they start
out to give the Russians blowing up.
st. Paul Globe.
But so long as the United States
Navy includes the Miantonomah. Rus
STA can hardly be censured for naming
a ship "Petropavlovsk." City
Times.
Spain is likely to lose the distinction
of being first among the Powers in sub
marine naval strength.-Sioux City
Journal.
Atlanta Constitution: If the Rus
slams abandon Port Arthur. as they
likely will (upon urgent Japanese IN
vitation). nothing is left for what re-
mains of the once splendid fleet in the
harhor but the Cervera act. Is Ad-
miral Skrydloff being sent East to play
the desperate role Of the Spanish hero
of Santiago?
.Pittsburg Dispatch: If we UNDER
stand Admiral Alexieff correctly his
susceptibilities are so acute that since
the Car will not let him command he
refuses to co it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Boston Produce Market.

Boston, April o.
FLOUR-Easy: spring patent 53DGs s.
CORN-Quiet; No. yellow. IS.
OATS-Easy; No. clipped, 40.
MILL FEED-Easier.
BRAN-Spring. 21G22.50
MIXED FEED-21.7 5d23.25.
COTTON SEED MEAL-2625 4
PORk-Steady: 16.75d17.
LARD-Steady; 10izG107s- ~
BEEF-Unchanged. .tfA..
LAMB-Easy; 1VIl0k-
VEAL-Steady; SG10.
BUTTER-Firm; northern. 21lkd22
CHEESE-Quiet; new, loyal.
EGGS-Steady; fancy, 21g22; eastern. y
la0.
APPLES-Ffrm: Baldwins, 2G2.75.
PoTATOES-Firm; Aroostook Hebrons
|. 25G1-30.
SCGAR-Firm: 40
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

The latest mountain to be given the
name Of Washington Is not 80 desig-
mated I'm honor OF the father OF our
country. but In honor OF the eminent
head OF the school at Tuskegee. This
mountain is located on the Pacific
coast. II 1t were In the South. the heat
caused by the anger of the negro
haters around It's base would probably
turn Il into a volcano.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

English football is much different
game than American football. and Is
played at any and at all seasons Of the
year. instead Of only in the fall as in
this country. Last Saturday over 1Oo.-
900 persons gathered in London to see
the final game in q series between two
teams from the North of England.
Seventy special trains brought 10000
people from the Lancashire district.
These were chiefly mill operatives. who
have been saving their money for
weelts In order TO pay the expenses OF
the trip. suci = gathering as this
proves that football has a great hold
upon the English public. but any
American who has ever seen the Eng
lish game played ftrds Il. hard to under
stand how they caAg excited over it.
There is nothing OF the strenuousness
in It which makes the American style
Of football so popular. but it is. on the
contrary, very harmless and ladylike
style Of entertainment. Il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

There IL one thing which the
Japanese are absolutely neglecting
during the progress of the present war.
They are devoting, their attention
strictly to business. and are not fight
ing any part Of their campaign through
the medium Of n press agency. The
government at Toxic has nothing at all
to say. and it's silence is all the more
remarkable from the fact that its forces
have won some notable victories. from
which there was good ground for
exultation. Its course is in strict con-
trast with the government at st.
Petersburg. which is continually CIV
Ing the world official advices which are
promptly contradicted when the real
facts comes from the front.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
chieaso Produce Market.

Chicago. April g.
A largely decreased visible supply coup
led with q decidedly increased export de-
mand caused a strong finish In the wheat
pit. today The July delivery - up 1M.
Corn made net gain Of y. oats kGX.
and provisions Tz610c.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-No. 2 May. S67s: July old, S4K
nj: July new. ss4; Sept. old. siA; Sept.
coRN-Hay. 4ssi; July. lsH@A; Sept,
47%. ia.9-t4 ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
nv kennebte journal.
0TApIlsHEp, 1sA.

Ne nskies whatever will b taken Of
unslIned communications.
Jhs Journal cannot BE- held responsible
q tor the preservation or return OF re-
,5octed communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH 4 FLINT. Publisher.
~ Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

The Pennsylvania Democrats in con-
vention assembled have Historically
asserted that the President is "a stand
ing menace" The chief trouble seems
to be that the full weight of his 1856
pounds Is upon the Democracy's pet
corn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

As a preliminary step In his training
for the coming contest with Jack
Munroe. James J. Jeffries. the cham
pion pugilist. has taken unto himself n
wife. This step will be viewed In vari-
Gus lights by various people. but all
will agree that the big champion has
evidently met his match.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Chicago Cattle Market.

Chicago. April 6
CATTLE-Receipts. 1000; good TO prime
steers. 5.1JfI5.65.
HOGsReceipts. 1900; good to choice
heavy. 505d515.
SHEEP-Receipts. 1900; good to choIc.
wethers, 47JQ5.50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

President Roosevelt will become a
dictator through the authority which Is
given him. one need only to refer them
to the h.storyIo of the United States. so
far as 1t relates to President Jefferson
and his similar authority over a tract
vastly greater and more important.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

It will probably be generation be-
fore the Panama canal Is completed but
its barfks will long before than be &C.
cupied by the bill boards of the break
fast food people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

= Next Saturday. the President at
Washington will press the button OPEN
ing the great exposition at st. Louis
After that the st. Louis landlords will
do the rest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

It is figured out that 50 delegates to
st. Louis are instructed for Parker and
"a for Hearst, with about $50 thus far
elected and not instructed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

AS one advantage Of the automobile
1t is pointed out by an enterprising
agent that the machine never sheds it's
hair In the spring. But it is OCCASION
ally known to shed its occupant, which
Is a good deal worse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
New York Cotton Market.

New York. April &.
Spot closed dull. Middling uplands, l375;
do. gulf, AGO. Sales, 400 bales.
Galveston quiet, IA; Charleston nominal,
=: Memphis quiet, 1915: New Orleans firm,
10 Isis: Mobile nominal, 1S1s; Savannah
holiday, -. 4s '1.esses
Consolidated-Net receipt sfofs -four days
2.32S. Exports to Great Blitain,. H,7n.
to France. 25S; to the confinenf, 3,s2: to
Japan. 800; to Mexico. So DtbSk AO,7@.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

. Now that he has a son and heir, it Is
quite likely that Willie Hearst will be-
come interested in other toys and play
things than his Presidential boomlet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Great Bore,

"Why do you call that man Augur?
That isn't his name"
Makes no difference. We call him
Augur, because he's such a bore"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

How soon the South would cool in its
ordor for Judge Parker If somebody
could only show that he ever enter
tanned negro at dinner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
|@QlN6uB Gossip
The Summer Prospect.

ne summer prospect.
Patience. poor sufferer, till June
Brings fervid skies and blue:
A little farther on! Twill soon
Be hot enough for you!
A few more icy. April days,
And then the broad. burnt world will
blaze! -
Then will the billiards. memory fade.
In blistering degrees! II
Then-kingdoms for an inch of shade,
And o that earth would freeze!
A few more icy, shivering days.
And sky will crack. and earth WI blaze!
Warmth and great warmth to spare;
A blistering land, a boiling sea,
While millions gasp for air!
Patience with all these icy ways
For soon the cracking earth will blaze!
Frank L. Stanton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Fair WARNING.

you know that / don't like to soldier;
But IL you ever again mention
/ married your pension,
Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

OATs-May. 37;5; July. a67s@gs; Sept
MESS NESS poRK-May, 200; July. % "a
LARD-May. $40; July, 6.S7lz; Sept. I'm
SHORT RIBS-May, Gas; July, SIS:
Sept, $40. -
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Dull and easy.
80: No. 2 red. 951kd96h. Se
CORNING. 2, 46lzgi71z; No. yellow, ~
@49. ~
OATs-No. 2, 40: No. white, sSap
RYE-No. 2. &C.
BARLEY-30d36
MAETING-45d55.
FLAx-9st.; northwestern. 1051s
TIMOTHY-29O
PORk-12.OOlI1205.
LARD--5. 70I6. 72h.
SHORT RIBS-62J6650.
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-65Ode15.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

Mayor Beal will have to do lot Of
talking to convince Bangor that the
river water is safe for drinking pur-
poses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
He Didn't Know.

Gladys-Papa. the count has just asked
me to marry him.
Papa-The count evidently doesn't read
the papers Otherwise he would know
that am in the hands Of a receiver.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

Judge Parkerst continued silence is
giving strength to, the suspicion that
he Is only tail to the David B. Hill
kite;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

AS summer approaches it looks more
as though the National Guard would
have it's tour of duty at Camp Hill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27

That Wisconsin scheme to make
maple syrup from pumpkins doesn't
worry the owners of the Maine saI
orchards.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-27
Looked Like a Bath.

"What'n you have with your whisky?"
asked the bartender. as the seedy Gus
toner poured out an exceedingly big
drink.
II don't want nothin' with it," replied
the seedy one.
mo? I thought you might need
towel"