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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

Some prosaic skeptics. who have al
ways denied The reliability of many of
the early Roman legends, even refus"
to be impressed by recent archaeological
discoveries being made in the ancient
capital of the Caesars. An enthusiastic
German scientist announo es that he has
unearthed the very stone from which
Romulus was snatched away to heaven
with thunder and lightning accompani-
ment, but some people. less scientific
and also less enthusiastic, cannot I'M
Gerstand how he knows that this was
the stone upon which Romulus stood
when that fateful moment arrived.
The stone is said to be much like any
other stone which might be unearthed
in Italian soil and absolutely devoid of
Inscriptions. but the German scientist
is positive, and is deeply disguised with
those who refuse to accept his dis
covery as positive confirmation of the
whole Ronuaus legend. He declares
that such skeptics would not be con-
WINGED even if he had dug out and put
on exhibition the very gulf into which
Curtius leaped to save the infant city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Boston Produce Market.

Boston, May 6.
FLOrR-Quiet: spring patent 5.3OI6aJ
CORN-Firm; No. . yellow, "a.
O.\TS-Firm: No. > clipped, 81
MILL FEED-Firm.
BRAN-Spring, Dds.
MINED FEED-o4. 50d25.0O.
COTTON SEED MEALS. 225d2650
PcRK-Steady; 157501e
LARD-Steady: 9StM10.
BEEF-Easier; extra sides. 7laG7&.
RtMPS AND LOINS-12613.
LAMB-Quiet; 51.b.Vp.
FAL-Easier: SAG.
BUTTER-Easier: northern. 21isGooh.
CHEESE-Quiet: new, loyal.
EGGS-Steady; fancy, oOfp2l; eastern,
l9iaMa0.
APPLES-Easier: Baldwins, 2.J0I3.
PuTATOES-Steady Aroostook He
brons 1.20M215.
SCGAR-Firm: 400
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
$l27, 1876 the Waterville Mail says

sl27 125 the Wateryille Mall says 40
we have said before, even il the award
seems i'm sense excessive the M".ol
districts can well afford to pay IL III
the sake of getting IL pure water aupp'y
within it's own control. the oris MAJ
mistake was i'm allowing an ou.S'ue
cornoratior to do what the municlpai-
,i.s should have undertaken theh-
selves"
The Lewiston Journal man having
remarked that one of the great needs OF
mankind is the invention Of a ne" kiiia
If pie, the Portland Advertiser mus
bursts forth: What treason Is thi' !.
A new pie when the epicures OF the east
never tasted delicacies that could COM
mare witt, the pies that mother used 10
make? Go 10. The lucious apple,
mince, custard, lemon. piueperr9'
strawberry, raspberry, cream ciloc'-
late. squash, aye and even the rhuparp
MES th1t grace the pantry sheiVes Oh
Nex England leave room for no inter-
loping inventions. There is nothihS III
the possibilities of culinary SCIENCE that
could ever displace the old 1aVorl'cs.
Nothing that the art Of the modern
chef could compass would ever WIN us
AWAY from the loves of our childhoou.
When speaking of pie. the Louriial
should remember that the possibility OF
ANYTHING greater than the pies that are
is IA thing that could never he aunlt'ea
and really ought never to be suggested
or discussed. Why undertake to pant
the lily!'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
l@alNny8 Gossip
Life.

y little cry of fear through which
Your heart is won
Two eyes with sudden wonder filled,
And life'S begun.
The tears Of childhood and the play
That soon is past:
The triumph at the altar when
The bond is fast.
The striving after things whereby
Men measure worth.
The wrinkles and the thinning hdlf,
The growing sirth.
Tho rounded shoulders and the hopes
That ono by one
Die of until the last goes out.
And life is done.
S. T.. Riser, in Chicago RccOrd-Ilc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Both Back Numbers.

THAT beats YOU" said the mule with
the sad eve and strenuous heel to the
trotting horse, as the automobile WhiZZcd
hN.
Just then the machine exploded. and the
occupants after doing an aerial stunt
landed on the other side of the fence.
And that said the trottcr to the mule.
cheats YOU.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
A REPUBLICAN,
COUNTY
CONVENTION
Will Be Held in
GUY HALL, AUGUSTA,
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904.
at 1890 A. M.

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
he voted for at the September election:
and transacting 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 Republi-
can candidate for Governor in 1907 an adj
ditional delegate, and Cor fraction Of
twenty votes in excess of thirty-eight
votes, a further additional delegate.
Delegations will be made up as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
From, Bad to Worse.

"Of course" said the dear girl during
one Of the joltS that true love occasionally
Gets. YOU will want the ring back.
mo you may as well Keep 1t, replied
tn. ma Scuinc end Of the tiff. No other
girl Of my acquaintance could wear it OK
ct,t on their thumb.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Plausible Theory.

SiEknS-'IhCy say that rdGium rays will
make tn" hair fall out.
TimkinS-tiljcSS there must be little
of the stuff i'll stage foutlightS.
SimkinS-Why do Won think so?
TimllinS-Wouldu't that account for the
badness i'll the front rows.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

movement worth notice and the days
trivial changes were mostly gains.
United Stntcs Steel second So were
heavy on the supposition that the disso-
luton OF the stock conversion syndicate
sales of bonds. par value. Se,OG5.TO.
United States bonds were Unchanged on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
TO CONTRACTORS

Proposals are invited for the
building of new Boarding Rouse
by The Edwards Mfg. Co. Plans
and specifications may be seen at
the ONCE Of the Company. Bids
must be in on or before May 21st
TO receive consideration. although
the company reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
HORACE P. CARTER, Agt.,
Edwards Mfg. Co
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Such Is Eane.

Yes" said the flufy-hairCd girl. Il
wrote that short story in Blanks maya
zine that everybody is talking about.
''ludeCdi' exclaimed her new acquaint-
ancc But it has Scribblctons name to
it,"
"Oh. he merely dictated it," explained
the fair party Of the first part. Il wrote
il on the tyIcwritcr.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
New York Cotton Market.

New York. May 6.
Spot closed quiet 10 points higher. Mid
ding uplands. 1890. do. gulf HIS Sales,
5i2 bales.
Galveston steady - 1916; Charleston
nominal. -: Memphis quiet. 1875: New
Orleans steady. lS7s: Mobile nominal, 1875;
Savannah steady. 1874
Consolidated-Net receipts for seven
days. S4,474. Exports to Great Britain,
?a:lA: to France. -; to the continent. 49,
III. Stock, 35O,5S1.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Chicago Cattle Market.

Chicago. May :.
CATTLE-Receipts. 1000; good to prime
steers. nominal. N,J.15
HOGS-ReceiptS, 1oOl1: mixed and
butchers. f1Gn4aO.
SHEEP-Receipts. GOO; good to choice
wcthcrs 47JmJ.2J
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

Up to the time of going to press the
news had not been received that Judge
Parker had hired hall to tell what he
thinks of Mr. Bryan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Financially Speaking.

You don't mean to say that your wife
il i:clllc?' said the intimate friend.
We'll. not exactly" replied the newly
married man, as he jinglcd the keys in his
otherwise empty pocket but she 5
mighty fond of change"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
LIGHT AND AIRY.
An inconsistency.

How oft the politician
Demands in accents grim
Reform for other people.
But none of it for him.
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

Vacancies in any delegation can only
be filled by such delegation. $3.50 p
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 han ~ 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, Chalrm0n
E. c. STEVENS, Sec
May I'd. 1904.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Ideal Location.

Most of the action in my story, OK
plain, Il Pcnnibs, takes place IN a Gene
terry
place for Il plot"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

Probably the Russians, by their
precipitate retreat, are merely Turing
the Japs into the tall timber where they
will devour them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

In The deaths, this week, of Hon.
Josiah Crosby and Hiram G.. JudkinS,
Dexter loses two we'll known and re-
rnarkabIc old men, fine types of Maine
niaGhOOd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Daily kennebse Journal
ESTABLISHED, 1875

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned. communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
5ected communications.
Address all communication relating 70
subscriptions. and advertisements to
BURLEHGH 4 FLYNT, Publishers.
Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Hereditary.

SI.acem-I wonder where SmilinSton
gets his humor?
luadlets-lI" inhcrits his mature Jokes
from his great grandfather and his jrIvc-
nile jokes from his grandchildren, l be-
iicVc,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

They are happy along the lower Ken
ncbcc at the promise that the Rock
ledge at Popham Beach will be Opcn,
this summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
Usual WaY.

I.itIi" Willie-Say. pa. Iii be awful glad
when 1 set old enough to do as L
please.
Pa-Naturally my son; and when YOU
reach that age it's douEhnuts 10 fudge
you'll get married and not do it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

These are busy days Oh the farm.
and. in fact all days will be busy there
for Tie next three months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

Already the visitors to the st. Louis
exposition are being called 1.-THE Pikers"
and the designation will cling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
BYRON BOYD. Secretary.
Bangor. April 18th. 1904.

The endless end-seat problcm-with
the hog who is glued to the aforesaid
scat-is again at the front
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

RI'TTER-Market easy; creams 1iNa0.
dairias. 13l2m1S.
EGGS-Easy: at market. cases included,
1,HTil3i
CHEESE-Easy: HJyTilT!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished Daily by the Federal Stock
and Grain Co.; Office, Opera House
Block, Augusta, Maine. Tel. 52-2.
T. D. Crissman, Manager.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

The country roads never became
this spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

1t is IL little early for the flower
thieves to be getting i'll their work. but
the Faith Times complains that they
are already busy i'll the cemeteries Oi
that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

a DecrinG man who has found that
SOM. Of his hens look Il good like his
ciGhbor3' hcms-espccia.ly to his
nciyhbors-has adopted Il unique meth
Oh Of identification. IN short. he paints
u wide rcd collar around the neck Of
each hen. AMI the hens, true to their
SEX. enjoy the frill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

breaking OF The Augusta award oc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

That soon is past:
The triumph at the altar when
The bond is last.
The striving after things whereby
Men measure worth.
The wrinkles and the thinning hdlf,
The growing sirth.
Tho rounded shoulders and the hopes
That on" BY one
Die of until the last goes out.
And life is done.
S. +. kiscr. i'll Chicago Rccord-Ilcrald.
The country roads never became
settled more promptly and early THAN
this spring.
These are busy days Oh the farm.
and in fact all days will be busy there
for Tie next three months.
They are happy along the lower Ken
ncbcc at the promise that the Rock
ledge at Popham Beach will be open,
this summer.
In the deaths, this week, of Hon.
Josiah Crosby and Hiram G.. Judkins.
Dexter loses two we'll known and re-
rnarkabIc old men, fine types of Maine
manhood.
1t is IL little early for the flower
thieves to be getting i'll their work. but
the Faith Times complains that they
are already busy i'll the cemeteries oi
that city.
a DecrinG man who has found that
some Of his hens look Il good like his
ncishbors' hcns-espcciaily to his
ncighbors-haS adopted Il unique meth
Oh of identification. IN short, he paints
II wide rcd collar around the neck of
each hen. AMI the hens, true to their
sex, enjoy the frill.
Portland is something of Il conveu
ton city, but it says it won't try to
rv"l St. Louis this year, which has
three hundred and fifty conventions
booked for this summer.
Tho Zig baseball game Of today in
Maine will be that between Bowdoin
and L. of NJ. at Brunswick. Bowdoin
won at Orono. Wednesday, 3 to 0. and
as these two games are the only times
they meet, this spring. the L. of NJ. min"
will put up the game OF its life, this
afternoon.
The treasurer Of the town of Union is
alleged to have made IL wrong use Of
tho public funds committed to his care,
ana his case will be investigated
Whatever the outcome, it is worthy of
note that such cases are exceedingly
rare in the state of Maine. Year after
year municipal and county and State
taxes are collected ana paid out with
cut Il dollar of it all going for salary.
and only once i'll a very long time is
there any question raised about the
faithfuIncss with which the trust
reposed in the municipal collector and
treasurer is fulfilled.
There is considerable bic talk among the
veterans of several of the Maine rcgi-
ments in favor Of holding their annual
reunions in Boston at the time that the
Army Of the Republic is held in August
Already the veterans of the tin and
18th Maine regiments have COMMENCED
to seriously consider the matter OF do
ing away with their reunion that is
usually held in Maine. and instead hold
it in Boston. thus giving the veterans
an opportunity to meet their old friends
and at the same time get together in
social reunion as a regiment AS the
majority CT the Maine regiments hold
their reunions in August it is thought
by many of the veterans that the move
to postpone the Maine reunion this year
will be quite general as many could at
tend the encampment in Boston and
while there arrange for the regimental
REUNIONS.
fleaking Of The Augusta award oc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

The big baseball game Of today in
Maine will be that between Bowdoin
and L. of NJ. at Brunswick. Bowdoin
won at OrOno. Wednesday, 3 to 0, and
as these two games are the only times
they meet, this spring. the L. of NJ. min"
will put up the game OF its life, this
afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07

Portland is something of Il conven-
ton city, but it says it won't try to
rvI st. Louis this year, which has
three hundred and fifty conventions
booked for this summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
New York Money Market.
New York. MAY

Now 1OfK, May v.
Prime mercantile paper %AM4la per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at 4 S6 90Gp4 Sc IS
for demand. and at 4.S5 for 60 day bills.
Posted rates 4EiHNbfS6 and 4.SS.
Commercial bills 4SfA.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-11-26
THE STEAMER STEWARD.
A Busy Man who Carries Heavy
Load of Responsibility.

The comfort Of the passenger de-
nends perhaps more on the vigilance
and executive ability Of the chief stew
ard than any one else. He 1t Is who or
ders the supplies for the voyage, has
minute knowledge Of what the store
rooms and refrigerators contain and
sees that the menu for each meal Is
ample. we'll cooked and daintlly served
He makes arrangements in port Tor
the entire trip, plans each days meals
at sea and with the assistance OF the
chief cook gets up the menu card. YOU
will find him mornings in his ONCE.
inst off the grand staircase, making
nm his books and records, but during
the rest Of the day he Is all over the
ship, now taking a look at the store
rooms far below to see that groceries
and provisions are rightly served out
to the cooks, now inspecting the re-
frigerators to note the temperature
and again watching the butchers with
precise knowledge Of how meats shall
be cut and seeing that they are deliv'
cred to the cooks on time and in the
right quantities.
All these things he is responsible for.
But that is by no means all. He must
also keep a minute record Of all trans
actions of this sort and must have
watchful eye upon the passengers TO
note that his lieutenants among the
men are giving them prompt and
cheerful service. He has q record OF
every passenger travelling with him
and all the details connected with his
journey. If you sailed with him last
year or twenty years ago he can refer
to his books and tell you the date or
the voyage, its duration, your room
and seat and table and just what
the stewards served to you.-Bookloy-
ers' Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-11-26
THERMOMETERS.
The Bulbs, the Tubes and the Mark
ing of the Degrees.

There are many different uses for
thermometers and as many different
STYLES as uses. They range from the
tiny half inch tubes attached to Christ
mas calendars to the enormous twelve
foot instruments used in experimental
work by meteorologists.
Perhaps the most difficult part OF
the manufacture of thermometers Is
that of fitting the tube with bulb OF
exactly the right capacity. The size
Of the latter must have an exact rela-
ron to that of the former. If 1t is too
large for the bore the mercury or COL
ored alcohol, whichever is used, will
not rise high enough In the tube; IL
too small, 1t will rise too high. In the
little clinical thermometer on whose
story the physician depends so often
for his decision the bore Is so fine that
O human hair can hardly be inserted.
AS these thermometers must be reg
ulated to record minutely the tempera-
ture, the person on whose judgment
depends the size Of the bulb to be at
tached must be highly skilled work
man. The men who do this part Of the
work have to be highly paid.
The marking Of the degrees on the
hollow tube is the step next In i'm
portance In the making Of the little
curse and blessing. The process Is 30
simple that one can prove the accuracy
Of a thermometer for ones self by
the same method. The freezing point
is secured by immersing the bulb In a
box of melting Ice and the boiling
point by attaching 1t to a steam pipe
or immersing 1t in boiling water.
Scratches are made on the tube at
the points reached by the mer-
curry under these two tests, and the
space between Is then marked of
into 100 spaces for a centigrade Their
mometer and $50 for Fahrenheit In
strument, the marking beginning In
the first instance at zero and in the
second at 80. This makes the boiling
point in one case 100 and In the other
PIP degrees. Thermometers are apt
to deteriorate in value as they age,
owing to a contraction Of the glass OF
the bulb. The amount Of the error can
be determined by immersing bulb
in melting ice and making a m. X for
the new freezing point. To insure the
accuracy of thermometers the manu-
facturers usually store them for a year,
testing them from time to time.-New
York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-11-26
A NEW EMPLOYMENT.
The Telephone Clerk Often an I'M
portant Man of Business.

portant Man of Business.
When the FIRST telephone message
went over the wire, just about twenty
Eve years ago, not even the inventor
probably realized that he was opening
an entirely novel business opportunity
for hundreds Of brainy young Ameri-
cans. Such, however, has turned out to
be the case, for, as the telephone has
become part and parcel of every large
American business, there has grown
ND a new class Of clerks to take care
Of orders and inquiries coming over
the telephone.
The telephone clerk, as he Is gener-
ally called, does everything from pick
ing out fruit in city market for Gus
toner several miles distant to placing
a car load of merchandise on trans
continental freight train. Naturally he
is often one Of the best paid men In his
employers service, for his work de-
mands very special and detailed knowl-
edge, together with personal tact,
quickness of perception and thorough
familiarity with the use Of the little
instrument of which 30 few people I'M
derstand the inner workings.
The frst telephone clerk saw an op-
portunity to increase the value set on
his services by answering calls eff
GENTLY. He began trying to see how
well business could be done through
the new medium, and as soon az his
customers found they could get waited
on by telephone quite as quickly and
satisfactorily as II they made q trip
to the store in person many Of them
preferred this easier way Of market
ing and shopping. This was the begin
ming Of what one Of the Bell ofacials
called the telephone door" of modern
business-a way Of handling invisible
customers that has since been adopted
by practically every large mercantile
house in the country and is utilized by
more and more Of the smaller ones ev-
cry wear. Each establishment has sew
eral telephones, the large retail houses
OF New York, Boston, Chicago and
Philadelphia employing hundreds OF
them in their different departments and
an equal number of clerks who are ex-
perts in the handling Of orders by
wire.
The general public, of course, never
asks for the telephone clerk, because
it knows nothing whatever about him,
but the girl who manages the switch
board, say. of large department store,
Immediately connects a prospective
customer with the telephone clerk who
is most familiar with the article which
the customer wishes to order. Some
kinds of undertakings, indeed, the tel
ephone clerk has completely revolu-
j tionized-as, for example, the modern
operation Of a railroad freight office,
where large proportion Of the bust
ness is now conducted entirely In this
fashion. And In hundreds Of compare
lively small enterprises in different
parts of the country the telephone
clerk has become recognized feature
Of a certain Importance.