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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Landlord Bradbury is arranging for IA
special dinner to he given at The Gerald
Thanksgiving day. and las engaged Ken
dall'S orchestra OF Sk0whegan. to furnish
music. Landlord Brddbury's Thank giv-
ing dinners are we'll known. and he will
nc doubt serve d number of the towns
people as is the usual case
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

DR.. F. c. Hooper and Percy Smith. the
electrician, who haN" been on ii hunting
li1l 10 pr. Eooper'S old home in Frank
lin. have returned home. They brought
with them two der each. which is a very
good record if they shot them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

The gladiolus is feature of the for
al display at the Worlds fair. One ex-
hibitor has planted three acres of bulbs
in the exposition grounds. and claims
that he will show that no flower, not
even the pansy. possesses the color
possibilities of the gladiolus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Edhert Kelley left, THURSDAY. for Chi
go, where he will visit for a few dav>
with Mrs. Kelley who has been there a
number of weeks with her sister. Mrs Ell
wood Tolman. THY will remain over
Thanksgiving
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Another crew of wire men wenr
through here from Portland, Thursday.
sent ty the New England Telephone
60. to assist in the erection of the
between here and Bangor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

The lecture by Rev Martin kneeland at
the Baptist church, this evening. should
prove of interest to everyone as tno
theme, Good citizenship" is one that
every good citizen should be Interested in.
Mr.. I<neeland is said TO be very eo-
quent speaker and all should hear him.
The lecture will begin at 10 O'Clock
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Arrested for selling cartridges in adj
vance OF the season. a french restaur-
ant Keeper offered TO prove that the
birds in question had been kept in his
refrigerator since the preceding sea-
son. and that appears to be a common
practice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18
Al ENJOYABLE Whist Party.

Tho American Benefit Society enjoyed
successful whist party in conjunction with
which was carried out the following wen
arranged program:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

The condition of r. Ii. Evans who is
Very i'll. remains about the same there
not being much change. A consultation
OF physicians was held. Wednesday. and
they consider his case very serious one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

party from Wat"rville came IN to
IN" Gerald. "Wednesday evening and had
special supper served for them. after
which they enjoyed themselves playing
whist. a special ear took the patty home
at about II O'clock
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18
SORRY TO LOSE HIM.
w y. PettinsiII Will Leave, Next
week. tor New Passionate.

.b4sinn, people of the community are
a fam s TO realize the fact that in
has ss' Rev. A. G. Pettingill. who
Erni,a zen Tor so long the pastor of the
With h;s e"urch. will have moved
M, ' n family to a distant city
'hgiifs pastorate here has
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Mr.. and Mrs. William Watson. who
have been visiting relatives in town,
returned. yesterday, to their home IN
Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

About 80 Italians. who have been
working on the Somerset extensloh'
came down from Bingham. Thursday
morning. en- route for Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Mrs Augustus Bickford left, yester-
day, for Wakefield Mass, where she
viii visit relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Mrs. Starrett and children of Ban
gor. are visiting her parents, MI. ana
Mrs \. A. Moody.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Miss Alice Benjamin has returned
from Portland, where she attended the
Melba concert. Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Frank Blanchard. the music dealer. of
Watervi,e is having charge oil set ing
mp the new church organ al the Catholic
church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

The weather here, Thursday morning
was the coolest OF the season. so lar
registering eight above zero.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18
FAIRFIELD.

Miss Emma Crawford. who has been
| visiting in Clinton, has returned home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18
OAKLAND.

Mrs. Clara Swift of Sidney, is visit
ing friends here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

Mrs F. J. Nelson of Readfield, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. g. r. John-
son.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18

ESTHER"
-rba c,ntata Esther" presented in
Memorial hall. Wednesday and THURSDAY
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
ODD THINGS ABOUT ANIMALS
Deceptive Appearance of Some Serves
as a Means of Protection
Against Enemies.

Few of us, think, realize how many
wild creatures there are which live, like
the famous Snowman. P. T. Barnum, did,
by ''fooling the public" There are mil
lions of creatures whose very existence
depends upon their appearing to be
something which they are not. This de-
ceptive appearance, says Woman's Home
Companion, is called 'mimicry," and the
creatures which profit by it are said to
mimic" those things which they re-
semble Generally Speeding, mimicry
is of two aggressive" and pro
tective" In the far north, where the
ground is almost perpetually covered
with snow, and where dark object
may be seen for miles, we find the polar
bear, the snowy owl and other creatures
mimicking the snow, their resemblance
to which gives them chance to ap-
proach their prey unseen; but in order
that they may not have an undue ad-
vantage over the defenseless- creatures
which they use for food, we find the arc
tic hare and other small animals also
mimicking the snow, in order that they
may sometimes escape the sharp eyes
of their enemies. Further south how
ever, you will notice that white wild ami
mails are very uncommon; they would
be so conspicuous that they would
be unable either to approach their prey
or avoid their enemies. So, instead,
some of them mimic the sand and peb-
bles of the beach, the brown leaves of
the woods and the moss-covered rocks
and tree trunks.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
FIRST COFFEE DRINKERS.
According to Arabian Historians the
Persians Were Original Users
Of the Decoction.

Although Arabia is the land of coffee
now, research proves that the first
coffee drinkers were Arabs, dwelling not
in Arabia, but in Persia.
1t is said by the Arabian historians
that multi of Alden, Gemal-eddin, in
PRODUCED coffee into Arabia after triI
that he had made through Persia, where
he saw men drink the decoction of the
brown berry for the first time.
At first the Arabs were cautious about
it's use, and rarely took it unless they
needed pbysic, for they looked on coffee
as drug and not as pleasing bev.
erage.
According to Schehab-eddin, an Ara.
bian author OF the early Christian era
the first ones to make an extensive usf
of coffee were the Arabic priests, who
having discovered that coffee rendered
the drinker wakeful, used it literally il
order to be able to remain awake
through long nights OF special religious
observances.
In Mecca the berry was not used un-
til it was introduced by the priests; an(
when they did so introduce it, they, too
did it only for religious purposes. But
it was not long before everybody was
drinking it.
1t is believed that, after having be
come popular throughout Syria ano
what is now Turkey, its use spread into
Europe by way of Venice, which wa:
then the great center of trade with the
orient.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
A Missouri Munchausen.

There are some pretty fair Nimods
in Missouri now. but story which is
printed In an old history of Galloway
county shows that some of those OF
former days could make contemporary
sportsmen look like 80 cents either as
shots or as raconteurs, says the Kan
sas City Journal. MIR. Calvin Tate"
according to this history, says that
the wild pigeons were so plentiful one
summer that frequently when they
would alight on tree it would bend
down to the ground with their weight.
He went hunting one day, and seeing
fine lot of pigeons in a tree he
hitched his horse TO one of the limbs
and fired and killed 800 at one shot.
The rest few away. and as soon as
the tree was relieved of their weight
il Strengthened up, carrying his horse
with it. and the poor brute had to
hang there until he could go home
and get an AK and cut the tree down.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
THE BODY GROWS SHORTER
Between the Ages of Fifty and Ninety
People Lose Three Inches
of Their Height.

what are the proportions of the idea
human body2" The vexed question has
never been answered conclusively, ac-
cording to the London Leader.
A corollary of it is this: What are
the proportions of the average healthy
man or woman as we find them?" MOI
even to this has reply been given.
However, we are approaching it. Sci.
entists have made myriads of measure
,nents of the stature of man. and some
of them are quoted by Fleet Surgeon VIII
liams in the annual report on the health
of the navy, just issued.
To begin with, the boy when born is
about half an inch taller than the girl
This difference is maintained till neal
the age of 10, when, in this country and
America, the average girl is taller and
heavier than the boy. This hating, sc
to speak, on the part of the male is speed
liz recovered, and he again outruns the
female in size.
At the period of full development the
mans average height, compared with
the woman's average. is as 16 to 10
Both men and women maintain theii
maximum height till the age of 50years
when they begin to grow shorter. until
at 80 they have lost three inches.
The reason for this dwindling is at
tributed to the sinking OF the soft parts
between the bones and to the stoop grad
ually acquired by old people.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
FOOD FACTS
What an NJ. d. Learned.

A prominent physician of Rome,
Georgia, went through food experi-
en2e which he makes public:
1t was my own experience that first
led me TO advocate Grape-Nuts food
and l also know from having pre-
scribed il 10 convalescents and other
weak patients that the food is Won
derful rebuiIder and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as we'll as muscle. II
improves the digestion and sick pa
TENTS always gain just as l did in
strength and weight very rapidly.
Il was in such low state that
had to give. up my work entirely and
so TO the mountains of this state:
butstwo months there did not improve
me; in fact was not quite as well AS
when l left home My food absolutely
refused to sustain me. and it became
plain that ! must change; then / be-
gan TO use Grapefruit food and in two
weeks / could walk mile without
the least fatigue and in five weeks re-
turned to my home and practice. taxi
ing up hard work again. Since that
time l have felt as we'll and strong as
! ever did in my life.
CAS- physician who seeks to help
all sufferers / consider it duty to
make these facts public" Name given
by Postum Co. Battle Greek, Mich.
Trial 10 days on GrapeNuts when
the regular food does not seem to sus-
tain the body will work miracles.
There's reason
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, "The Road to Wellvflle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
IN THE LION COUNTRY.
Thrilling Adventures and Deeds of
Valor Performed by Hunters
in Africa.

A recent exploring expedition along
the boundaries of British East Africa
killed 80 lions and had some thrilling adj
ventures, says the Chicago Daily News.
Capt. Maud, VINO was in command,
writes: Baird had a few days before
been mauled by lion. The brute
charged out from a patch OF bush and
Baird's shot failed to stop him. The
next moment the lion had knocked him
down and was mauling him. Baird's
fox terrier. James, which had hitherto
had well-merited reputation for discre-
ton, performed prodigies of valor, and
positively found his way into the lion'a
mouth. But he was not to his majesty's
taste. and was elected, strangely enough,
shikaris behaved splendidly. One
caught the lion by the tail and pulled,
while the other very coolly shot him
through the heart. Baird had several
wounds, some of them deep, but the mir
acle of his escape, as well as that OF
James. was explained when it was seen
that the lions jaw had been broken by
Baird's first shot.
Capt Maud also says: Threading my
way through the thorn bush, | got
shot at fine leopard, and was lucky
enough to lay him low. A little far
Their on sighted Mr. Buffers camp, from
which l had been separated for more
than ten days, and was soon receiving
congratulations on my leopard from
Butler, Baird and Duff. who modestiy
pointed to the result of their mornings
sport-four fine lion skins. then being
pegged out to dry. They had also Sc
cured two pretty little cubs. which were
fed on timed milk, but it did not agree
with their internal economy, and after
a few days they died"
Another adventure is thus related:
"The next day Jemadar Shahzad Mir
was charged by a lioness after she had
received a bullet in the heart from my
rife. The amount of vitality these
brutes possess after having been NOR
tally wounded is extraordinary. Shah
Fad Mrs hand and arm were badly
mauled. Luckily, the caravan was
close up. and soon had his wounds
dressed"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
ROMAN CANDLE.
Such Seems to Be the New Metal Ra-
dunn Because of Its Won
derful Properties.

The new metal, radium, which has
been so much talked and written about
during the last few months, turns out
to be a sort of natural Roman candle,
since, in addition to giving light, 1t also
shoots off bodies Of two different sizes.
The light itself from this mysterious
substance is not like ordinary light,
writes Edwin Tenney Brewster, in st.
Nicholas Even small fragment sealed
up in glass tube shines with weird
glow like FREELY, but bright enough to
read by. Moreover, if these rays fall on
certain other substances, as, for exam
pie, diamonds, it causes them also to
glow with similar unearthly radiance;
and, like X rays" which enable one
to see his own zones, they will go
through a plank a dictionary. We
never use metallic dunn, because 1t
has never been entirely separated
from other materials. We haven't it
touse We are, therefore, compelled to be
content with some salt "a mixture) of the
metal. One experimenter consequently
placed the least pinch of radium bro
mide in q glass tube, and screwed it
tightly inside a rubber thermometer
case. This he put in an iron box, with
a silver soup-tTeen and four sheets OF
copper above it, yet in some way the rays
got out After all, / don't know that
it is any more difficult to answer why
this light goes through iron than why
the light of candle goes through
glass.
But a piece of radium, in addition to
giving off these peculiar rays, sends out
such a shower of little particles that it
is like sort of exploding battery of tiny
rapid-fire guns. These, as l said at the
beginning, are of two sizes. The small
est are the smallest particles known to
science. Indeed, as they travel some
200 times faster than a bullet from
a rifle, they must needs be pretty
small not to wipe out everything within
range. The others are much larger, per-
haps by a thousand times, and they do
not travel so fast. But even these are
so small that, after millions upon mil
lions of them have been shot off, the most
careful weighing with balance for
which a hair is heavy weight, cannot
detect any loss. Now, these smaller
bodies are the mysterious 'electrons"
which, as they stream against the walls
of a Crookes tube, produce the X rays.
So they seem quite like old friends. The
larger ones come still nearer home. They
are like the minute particles of vapor
which are always being sent off by any
substance, such as water, or alcohol, or
camphor or ice, which is drying up or
wasting away. But the remarkable
thing about radium is that, while the gas
which goes off into the air from these
familiar substances is still water or al
cohol, or what not, the gas from radium
is not radium at all, but felium.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
Government onicial Was Bound to
Get Right, But Again
Got Wrong.

Whenever an unknown person of dis
tinguished appearance enters my office, |
am reminded of the experience of Frank
VANDERBILT said senator's secretary,
according to the Washington Star. when
Nanderllp was Secretary Cages private
secretary. before he go, vel acquainted,
he paid little attention to the people he
did not know. One day a member OF tho
cabinet called on Secretary Gage and was
ignored Tor some time by Vanderlip,
finally gong into the private room un-
announced The cabinet officer complained
to President Mckinley, and the president
mentioned it TO Secretary Gage, who
thereupon reprimanded Vanderlip.
The next day. Vanderlip turning over
new leaf, one OF the iirst persons to
enter was distinguished looking old fell
low with a partriarchal beard. Nanderlio
received him with great consideration,
handed out chair, which the old fellow
took with gravity and some wonderment.
Seating himself opposite, Vanderhp asked,
with a most engaging smile, What can
do for you, siry
oh, nothing, replied the visitor. !
lust came to wind the clocks.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23

had found the Danish Erickson expedi-
ton on Saunders island in a pitiable
state of restitution. Count Moltke. the
artist of the expedition, was very i'll.
The explorers, it was added, in the
company of Esquimaux, were living in a
tattered tent and their food was almost
exhausted, except supply of eggs from
the island. They had only one gun, and
had abandoned their boat and one sledge
at the northern part of Melville bay
The Danes were entirely dependent on
the Esquimaux The whalers left with
them supplies and materials to build a
new boat.
The Ammundsen expedition sailed
from Christiania June II, 1908. Accord
ing to programme it was first to 60 to
King William land, then to the east
coast of Greenland, and thence to pro-
coed for Behring strait.
The expedition was characterized by
Prof. Schmidt. of Berlin, as undertake
ing the most important task in the do
main of terrestrial magnetism. 1t was
planned to take route never before at
tempted
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
GIRLS BECOME "FLoATERs."
Lack of Work Makes Tramp Stenog-
raphers of Many in Search
of Employment

In her failure to get steady work, the
girl who comes to New York is apt to
become lonely, homeless thing of mo
continuing city," known and disrespect-
ed by business men under the title of "a
fioater,. says the Era Magazine. 4
'fioater'' is girl tramp stenographer.
who lives from hand to mouth and town
to town, who gets started rolling round
and does not want any moss, will not
stay in any position long, simply max
ing enough in each place. to get on to
the next 1t is an ugly form of wander
lust. The fioaters are held unreliable
and firms have become weary of engag-
ing them. The number Of floaters is
sadly on the increase. Last month the
agency of New York company in Los
Angeles reported so in that city and
throughout the south came word of con-
tinaed increase in the number of these
restless, nestless birds. pathetically fol-
lowing the summer
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
PISO'S TABLETS
Compact and Lucid.

The Hon Tim" Tarsney solicitor
of the city of Detroit and former men,
Der of congress from the Saginaw dis
trict of Michigan, tells story of an
Irishman in his district, liberal con-
tributor to the campaign fund and a
strong man financially, but with little
or no education. Some of the boys
thought it would tickle the old man
to propose him for chairman of big
political meeting. but they had no idea
he would accept He did accept, how
ever, and on mounting the platform
made the following speech:
"Gintlemin of the Convention-l
congratulate you most heartily upon
the choice of yure chairman. You
kin rest ashured that as long as the
bulluk of the population constitutes
the masses of the people there will be
no danger from the privileged few.
The convention is now ready for bust
ess."-Philadelphia Post.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-23
Strong Language.

Fredericksburg, Ind, June 2o.-Rev.
Enoch z. Stevens, of this place, uses strong
language in speaking of Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and he gives good reasons for what
he says
Il can't praise Dodd's Kidney, Pills too
much" saws Mr.. Stevens. They have done
me SO much good | was troubled with
my Kidneys so much that l had to get
up two or three times in the night, and
sometimes in the day when starting to
the waterhouse the water would come from
rue before getting there. Two boxes of
Dodds Kidney Pills cured me entirely.
81 have recommended Dodd's Kidney
heard of a failure Dodd's Kidney Pills
are the things for Kidney Disease and
Rheumatism"
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure the Kid
news. Good Kidneys ensure pure blood.
Pure blood means good health.