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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

those persons who are willing to help
in this direction send books and maga-
zines. old or new. to DR.. A. G. Young.
Augusta, Maine, or preferably first let
him know what can be contributed.
Entertaining and instructive matter IS
needed, but not that which Is 100
thrilling or exciting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Time to Get Out.

Toni don't see you automobiling with
Miss GidGyun any more
Jack-No; l weighed her in the balance
and found her wanting.
Tom-Wanting what?
blackwell, wanting to face the parson
with me, for one thing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
New York Cotton Market.

New York. Dec. Il.
Spot closed quiet Is points lower. Mid
ding uplands. SEQ: do. gulf. SIS. Sales.
1915 bales
Galveston quiet, ~: Charleston steady
~: Memphis steady. ~: New Orleans
quiet. I ais; Mobile easy. i-l5. Savan-
nah steady. ~
Colsolidated-Net receipts for six days.
2a3 a56
Exports to Great Britain, liz SIG: to
France. l5.l50; to the continent, l3i. s1: to
Japan, 52S1.
Stock 101, As.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
east, WEST, HOME is BEST" IF KEPT
CLEAN WITH
SAPOLIO
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Somewhat Different.

BilbrOwn-Are you one of the stock
holders in the BunkO Oil company?
Jaysmith-Well labored under the de-
fusion that ! was for a time.
BilDrOwn-Hows that?
Jaysmith-l discovered later that l was
merely one of the Stockholders.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

The Boothbay Register joins the
Bath Independent in demanding that
Uncle Sam name his next new cruiser
for the city of Bath.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Friendly Comment.

Muggsby-Tm going to thrash Bikins
the first time 1 meet him.
observation-disclosures why?
Muggsby-lIes been telling it around
that am a liar and a scrOundrel.
Wiggins-It that so? Why, l never
heard any one say You We're a ScOundrel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

The most gorgeous event of the VIM
ter in Bangor promises to be the MN
strel show to be given by the Elks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
First Round.

Just enc, kiss before co. he pleaded.
And will you be satisfied with one?
she asked .
L should say not" he replied.
Then get busy" she said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

Mrs Matilda A. Pereau. of Nashua.
n y; who has just celebrated her eigh-
ty,nfth birthday. IL the mother Of fifteen
children. has sixty grandchildren and
six.y-eight great-grandchildren Mrs.
Pereau Is warm admirer of Presiden,
Roosevelt and delights To tell her friends
offsprings voted to elect Mr. Roosevelt
rs head of the nation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

Down on the Washington county
coast they are clamoring to have limit
on Holsters reduced from 1Oh TO 92
inches as the latter is the New Bruns-
wick limit, and the difference gives an
advantage to the Gamers over the line.
Moreover, American fishermen often
take a boat load of short Holsters over
there to sell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

TIE fairs and sales are pretty we'll
over and the merchants will now be
given Il show.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Chicago Cattle Market.

Chicago. Dec. Il.
CATTLE-Receipts, 5000; ma rket steady;
good to prime steers. 6OGGIW
HOGS-Receipts. 5000: market strong
mix,d and butchers. 4.3Od45T1z
SHEEP-Receipts. 22.0O0; sheep 10Glac.
lower: lambs weak; good to choice weth-
ers 4.5OM5.G.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

The plan of the Portland Festival
chorus to give the Messiah" on
Christmas evening has been given up
as some of the church people objected
to such secular" music on Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Quite a Success.

RIM nfuerstand ane , usS'an is;d nave naa
writer boarder
Yes read about it," rejOined the old
bachelor. Some of them are believed to
have lowered the getaway record"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Why She Can't Love Him.

=, Mrs. De Swift could love my husband
but for one thing. ..-.- 80 . ''t-..
Mrs. HOmer--And what is that?.
Mrs. De Swift-The fact that 1 am mar
ried to him ..:.l,-., =. 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Alternate Rulers.

:'ingleton-Who rules the house-you or
your wife?
Wedderly-Neither The baby and my
WifeS mother take turns at it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

The State of Maine Club at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has been reor-
ganized with the following officers.
President. L. L. Powell, DanfOrth;
vice president, H. l.. Furbush, Au-
burn; secretary and treasurer, Bernard
c. Graffam, Augusta. The object of
the club is to promote fraternal feel
ing among the students coming from
Maine. The meetings are of social
nature and are held the first and third
Wednesday of every month. Profess
sors HOag and BarrOws formerly OF
Bates and University of Maine re-
.spectively. are active members in the
club with - undergraduates register
Ing from the different parts Of this
State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

GsTADCIShEO, ~.

~ .eeies whsssvsr will - saks" "
unsiened conmunicationA
The Jsvsnal eannst - hs's 1sp' ~
Ter ths observation or rst"ln
1ectsA communications
$780, III sswms.ieetisne relae'nS %
subecsiptssus and advsrdeemsn.s "
ETYHTTr0 4 FLYNT. Pubaisneh
AuauGfa. Aa404.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
No jmpression.

He-May I print just one kiss on your
ruby lips.
She-No. don't like your type
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

That whale captured on the Bruns-
wick shore is still on its travels. AZ
lewiston and Portland. it has now
been taken to BiddefOrd. From there
it will take an extensive journey
through the White Mountains and
around the northern border of Maine
through ArOostook county and down
the line of the Maine Central, stopping
at all cities and large towns. The
Eickerson boys have purchased the i'm
terests of the other owners in the
whale and they will take the journey
with the animal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
CHICAGO Produce Market.

chicago, Dec. To-
Decreased movement of wheat, both
northwest and southwest, caused a strong
market here, today. At the close. May
delivery was up &.@Ac. Corn and oats
both show a gain of 33s. Provisions are
up shade TO Is cents.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-NO. = Dec, l0sA: May, 1lU3s;
July, 9S3,M7s.
CORNING. Dec, 451a; May. 45; July.
453s@1.
July 31n1s.
MESS PORK-Jan., 1855; May. 1880
LARD-Jap,. 6.sTz; May. ia.
SHORT RiBS-Jan., $50; May. $50.
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Steady.
WHEAT-No. . spring. 105m114; No, 3.
aS@i113; No. red. 1113s @l14;s. -i-
.COKN-No. :, 45l2dt4G; No. 2 yellow, Al.
0ATs-No 2 esis; No . white. 3l@1s;
No white. 29f3l. ";rt
, RYE-No. 2. IS
BARLEY-Good feeding 3763S.
; MAL1TNG-F'air to choice. 41M48.
FLAX SEED-No.,.1, ll6; Mol north
western. 124. ...
MESS PORK-n 25@l1. 35
I.ARD-6S2iA-
SHORT RIRS-Loose, 6.o5a6. 80
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-Boxed. 66.la
Nf f5
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

1t appears that there will be oppoei-
ton to the attempt to get a pardon n
says that Hon. b. B. Murray of Calait'
will appear to oppose the granting Of
the pardon. He has interviewed all OF
the prominent men in that section AMI
it appears to be the unanimous senti
ment that he should strenuOusly op
pose any action on the part of the gov.
ernor and council toward granting the
petition for pardon, and so, as county
attorney. Mr.: Murray will endeavor to
follow the advice of those with whom
he has consulted on the matter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Proper Term.

Myer-Yes, in order to get away unOb
served he resorted to subterfuge.
Gyer-I see. He's sort of subterfugitive
as it were.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

The book writing business is get
ting to be epidemic in southeastern
Maine. One of the latest is story for
boys by Edwin ]. Miller of Whitney.
vile called THE Adventures OF Ned
Minton." The book met with a warm
welcome in Machias. very large
number of copies having been sold as
soon as the books were received from
the binders. The story is one that ap-
peals strongly to readers generally.
and especially to the people of Wash.
ington county. Neds adventures in
Whitneyville and Marshfield. a,
Jonesboro and Bucks Harbor, in the
logging woods on the Machias river
and during his service at the from,
during the Civil War. were OF such a
nature that the reader has constantly
before him a perfect picture of a coun.
try bred boy of Maine. The spirit of
siasm. and the character to meet with
the commentator Of all who admire
moral strength and beauty In a young
man. Much of the material used ir,
the story is drawn from facts. incidents
that have occurred during the past half
century. although sufficient fiction is
interviewer to make the necessary con-
Meeting links. The volume contains
:4O pages and is bound i'm cloth with an
attractive cover design.
A collection Of books and magazines
Is needed for the patients in the new
for the cure Of consump-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Carriage Painting

manufacturers of the highest grade OF Coors GROUND
in japan carriage painters use-te Portland
brand-unequaled for richness and biancy warranted pema
Only the highest grade japan used and the utmost care
taken in selecting the pigments and grinding insung perfect
covering surface. We make large
assortment of colors and fill all ~~Y1DGHS~
New England. ~OGINO
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

Last week a Bath family were puz-
Zled over the strange actions of their
five year old boy who was strolling
about the house with a small stick in
his hand and every time he stopped he
would lean up against the door casing
or the wall nearest to him. The par
ents tried in vain to think what he was
up to and finally they asked him what
his strange actions meant. He replied
without a change of countenance, II
arm playing policeman"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

New York. Dec. Il.
Money on call closed steady at SAG
per cent; last loan at "a per cent; clos
ing bid at 2. per cent.
Prime mercantile paper fl6f+a per cent.
Sterling exchange strong. closing firm al
4N. 459r4S7.5O for demand, and at 4.&.4J4
fS45O for 60 days.
Posted rates 4SJ1la and Ass.
Commercial bills 4.Sf4.
Bar silver CO.'S.
Mexican dollars 4SA.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds irregular
United States ref. IS .................. 10als
40 coun .................. l0fk
United States 3s reg .......... 1872
do com ..................... 1O4I3
Jrnifed States new As. reg. ........... 130N
do coun ................. 131
United States old 49, reg ,..... 1854
do coup. ..................... 1063s
paitimore & Ohio Is .................. 10s1A
& O. new Is . 100 =
Chicago, Mil & St. P. Is ............. 11lA
nanyar 4, Rio Crande a. - r1O1
Eric Gen As .......,............. BIZ
1,s,o,,ri Kansas e. TeYas As 100
do Snds VS.
N,ovtbarn poc;fic 4s . 1U;A
1.;cn Do c;fic ls - N63s
AZ con is loss
eRid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
Limit.

Miles-Meeker is a tender-hearted chap
isn't he:
wouldn't even try to hurt the feelings o1
baseball umpire. .-5,i, ~.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

Deering, like Augusta, has a Unity
club. and as is the case in this city, it
is one Of the Oldest clubs of it's COM
munity. The Deering Unity club was
founded in 1880 by Rev. C. A. Hayden,
now of Augusta. and at that time pas
Tor of All Souls church in Deering. II
is not so strictly literary as the Au-
gusta organization but also INDUCES in
banquets. excursions and parties. 1t
is incorporated and owns lot upon
which it hopes to have a club house
some day. Its present membership il
80 and II meets every other Tuesday
evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

RAILROADS AND sTEAMsoAr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16

To the Mayors and Aldermen Of ~
several cities and selectmen Of the several
towns In the Seventh Senatorial Distrik
Of Maine. comprising the County Of Ks-
nsbec, In said stata
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15

Is it to be Arthur Pue German, after all? Has the astute Maryland senator, most willy of the willy, cutest politician of them all, been quietly allowing one candidate for the democratic nomina- tion for president after another to be bowled over fin the preliminary discus sion, only to appear toward the close of fhe race as a dark horse and carry off the prize? There are those who say so and possibly they are the sons of prophets Hartford Post
 If German gets the nomination, the present occupant of the White House will have to hustle to make the return trip. The Marylander knows the game from A to z and he would give the lucky Theodore the race of his life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15

The activity with which loyal New Englanders are resenting Connecti- cut minister's statement that New England is in a slough of ignorance and inactivity" proves that at least a kicking energy Is left in this section, says the Boston Transcript. New Eng land has for so long been going to the dogs that good many people have tired of the story of its sad degeneracy and would prefer to hear of the many forces, like those set in motion by the Massachusetts village improvement so, cieties, which are making for social up lift.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15
HEARD IN PASSING

The notion that Japanese civilization was initiative and lacking in creative power is fast being dissipated by the course of events
 Memory is a fckle thing. Drag a man from before a train and he will barely remember your face ten years later, but borrow a quarter from him and lie will not forget you to his dying day.-Chicago Tribune.
 A Philadelphia court has ruled that no life insurance money should be psi4u to the heirs of man hanged for mur- der. Tn this decision: law is, as it al- ways should be. crystallized common sense.-New York World.
 The desideratum now is deodorized gasoline motor. A large and very sat isfactory fortune awaits the man who can take the taint of gasoline out of the air afioat or ashore. 1t is a draw back. for the public at least, to have to contend with the odors of perambu- lating pig-pen. Bridgeport Standard.
 The burning cigarette end carelessly tossed aside set afire the light aress of girl in Boston street car sne nar- rowly escaping cremation. The care less smoker Is getting to be quite as dangerous an element in society as the dn't-know-it- -was-loaded joker or the boat-rocking idiot-Baltimore Ameri- can.
 It is just about as ridiculous to talk of passing a law to compel passengers to give up end seats as it is for the so- called lend seat hogs" to argue that they should never under any circum- stances be expected to move over There may be circumstances under which a man is justified in holding an end seat. and there undoubtedly are times when he ought to be willing to move along Good breeding and q de cent regard for the rights of others are l the only things that can ever be ex pected to remove the "end-seat hog question from the list of troubles at tendant upon city life e.-Ghfcago Rec l ord Herald.
 Some day, perhaps, we vill return te sane methods in the teaching of chil | dren. Speed that day Al the present 1 time the little ones are tfe victims oi education gone mad. Their small heads are troubled with things beyond l their understanding and they are made 1 to say things like q parrot Fancy 2 | little grammar student of 1G attempting l to diagram sentence taaen from { history of mythologyl And fancy 2 | child of 3 struggling to read ancien 1 history, with all the latter's unpro nounceable names! It is all-a1l wrong I We are not teaching children in these
 days. We are simply attacking thei nervous systems and racking their un | deyeloped ns.-Indianapolis Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15

ton in Baltimore, and it told of the nomination of Henry Clay for presi- dent. The line in operation at sthat time, running between Baltimore and Washington, was an experimental one constructed with the aid of the $30,000 which congress had grudgingly and skepticaHy granted for the purpose. It had not been opened for business, and in fact was not all in readiness until May A. But the meeting of the con yention gave an excellent opportunity to try the new method, and the first announcement of the fact that Clay had been cnosen by the convention was sent to Washington by the Morse wire. That Baltimore performance, for the day and generation of its occurrence, was one of the most marvellous things of the age, far more impressive than any feat of present inventiveness, be- cause the world has become used to wonders, says the Troy Times. The people now are so accustomed to speedy transmission of intelligence that the slow processes of sixty years ago seem scarcely credible to them. That
 first telegraph line, less than forty miles in length, was the pully begin ming of a system which spans the earth with network Of wires and cables and brings from every quarter instant res ports of important occurrences, keeps the nations in touch and connects busi- ness men with one another though they may he thousands of miles apart. The United States alone, the scene of the beginning of telegraphic transmission, has 250,0OO miles of land lines, about third the worlds total, while it is bound to the other hemisphere by nu, merous ocean cables. As for the de velopment of the telephone and wire less telegraphy, who can tell where it will stop? The things that nave been wrought in sixty years merely prepare Us for advances still more extraordi- nary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15

A correspondent of the London
 Times, in a letter from Rome, gives some details of the latest scheme that has been preached for the complete excavation of Herculaneum The pro- position is that this vast work shall be carried out by the cooperation of
 Italy with all civilized countries, and that there shall be a central managing committee in Rome. with national committees elsewhere. The scheme, 1t is said, meets with the full support of the Italian government, and is one which Dr Charles Waldstein has advo- cated for some time past. He and MT Shoobridge are reported to be do- ing their best to put it into execution. As is generally known, Herculaneum gives promise Of beinO a richer field Of excavation even than Pompeii, or any other ancient site. Since the first excavations of the theater to a depth of 27 meters below the surface in 1738, only partial excavations have been made-in 162S 1897, 1853, 1869 and 1875. All these were upon very small and tentative scale. Owing to the fact that the town of Resina GOV CTS the site. and other great natural difficulties. no excavation on large or comprehensive scale has ever bcen at tempted. These difficulties, the cor, respondent declares, upon what he be heves to be good authority, have now been overcome: and hs is informed that there is good reason to hope that satisfactory arrangements for defray ing the heavy cost will soon be made
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15
RT.FssINGs OF THE RAIN.

'.The blessings of the rain," said a nervous man. .'are not confined to the good they do the crops. to the washing clean of city streets and the replenish- ing of streams and reservoirs and wells.
 sIn the neighborhood in which I dwell there are many dogs, and they all bark more or less at night; but the one that lives in the house right back of me has the sharpest and most irri- tating bark of all, and barks at the slightest provocation. Let a cat move never so silently along the fence top and this dog opens up with rapid ire of the most grating and disturbing barks and yelps, varied only with the most narrowing of winnings kept up till the cat is clean out of sight. Let some other dog in some distant yard but gently moan, and this dog starts up with full vigor at once, Let cloud float softly across the face of the moon and zip! whoop! yelp! goes that dog in an ecstasy of barking, angry De- cause it can't bark faster and sharper. And more than once after I have gone to sleep-I go to bed early-I have 1 been after some longer period of quiet. as shocked by sudden outburst of that dog as though a gun had been 1 fired at my pillow
 ''But on rainy nights that dog stays in, and So on those nights we have peace and quiet in the neighborhood.
 eve are all, suppose, prone to take a narrow view of things. Each man naturally enough looks at things from l his own viewpoint, and so each man i picks out as blessing the thing that b1esses him.
 s.So the farmer finds the rains bless ing in the help it gives his crops; the street cleaner sees it's blessing in the cleaning it gives the streets: the water supply man sees 1t in the filling of the reservoirs, and the farmer, again, in l the filling of his wells: and the inland navigator finds it in the filling of the streams so that they will safely float his barks: the rain has many blessings but the greatest of them all, to me, lies ! in the extinguisher it puts on that dog't barking nights
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-15
ADOPTING A BABY.
Methods of the Society in Charge of
 the Tots in New York.


 It isn't easy to get baby for adop- ton from the organization which has charge of them in New York. On re- ceipt of the application a blank is sent back containing some twenty printed questions, to be filled out by the would be parents and a request for three ref erences. If the answers are satisfac- tory, further blanks go to the persons referred to, asking information on the applicants character and circuYn- stances, and reliable citizens of the neighborhood are privately consulted. Then the agent comes and inspects the family. If the home seems good one baby as near the requirements as possible is sought. There is even an attempt to select a suitable tempera- nlent--a placid baby for a nervous woman or one who is not bored by at tentions for the demonstrative. The visiting agent has to be something of a psychologist. Every one calls for curly hair, of course, and blue eyes are much in demand, but the new mother generally forgets all her speci- fications when she is confronted with the living candidate. The baby is taken to the home by the agent, who leaves written directions about food and care and comes back twice a year to note progress. Frequent reports are encouraged, and even after the child is legally adopted the society tries to keep in touch with it. The i motive for this is, of course, scientific as well as humane.--Juliet Wilbol Tompkins in EEerybody's Magazine.