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Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04
NOW FORGERY Is D,scovsREn
~ Study Of Minute Details o. the
writing In Question.

writing In Question.
/ am not an EXPERT IN chirography,
but have at least made enough Of q
study OF handwriting to tell why It IL
often easy to detect the forgery Of q
name. though even the man whose
name has been forged may declare the
handwriting a perfect replica Of his
own, Mr.. Arnold Heating says.
VI course, you know-everybody
knows. for that matter-that a man or
woman never writes his name twice ex-
actly in the same way. There Is al
ways q slight difference, and where
two signatures OF the same name ap-
pear identically alike 1t is safe to as
sumo that one CT both is forgery.
Hut suppose the signature has been
forged but once. suppose the handwrit-
ing OF which IL is an exact copy has
been destroyed or is not obtainable. Of
what avail is the comparative method
then! The exact comparison cannot be
employed. but other almost infallible
comparisons are still available.
when child is taught how to write
At hrst its penmanship is severely stiff
and cramped; then 1t becomes very
much like that in the copy book. but
after this is discarded the child's char
acter begins to creep into its handwrit-
Ing. There are little idiosyncrasies ap-
parent that are net to be found in the
chfrography of other children, and this
manifestation Of character in writing
continues to change 1t with develop
ment until about the age Of Is, when
persons character is fixed; and the
handWItting from that time On con-
tinues about the same. The forger's
Copy OF the signature or writing win
appear to be exactly like that of the
man, but when examined under q pow
erful microscope the tiny evidences Of
character that appear in every loop
and line will be found to be largely
missing. for the same character is not
behind the pen. 1t is in the minute
details that the forgery is discovered.
Then again, a mans mental condi-
tion will impress itself upon his writ
Ing. IL he is nervous, bubbling over
with joy or depressed. the fact will be
apparent to the expert in writing. II
the alleged handwriting doesn't show
traces Of the mental condition the man
was really in at the time he was sup
posed to have written or signed a GER
tain letter. the signature or the writing
is q forgery. These are some Of the
ways by which an expert detects even
the most successful forgery."@St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04

i've department Of the government
mas the power in behalf Of the United
states TO abandon the wreck of q pub
nc vessel. The disposition q the pub
lie property Of the United States rests
WIN congress, and this department
would not undertake to give an &C.
quittance or REIMBURSEMENT OF any
right OF the United States In the
wreck OF the Maine for the obvious
reason that congress might thereafter.
Al any time, by enactment direct that
different disposition thereof be
made"
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04
HOUSE.

This hrst-ciass hotel will open June 30 ~
the season Of 1904, having for it's Management
Edgar H. Paine, formerly Of the Union Hon. ..
Peak Island. The house will be condus q. 4
nrstciass In every particular. All moderA
improvements.
Opened until Sept. Is.
Rates $500 to sI4oo per week.
Write for circulars. Address
EDGAR n. PAINE.
as Congress st., Portland, Me-, until after
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04

Farmer Jason--so you want n ,ob
IN. wnat can yer dor" FroIicsome
rnsoie-"Nothin'." Farmer Jason
Wen. i cant give you . JOB OF that
k'nd. but II seems to me ycu might get
,oo somewhere - . var corre-
spondent"-Puck.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04

DO you encourage your daushter,s
literary ambitionsy' Decidedly" an
swered the matter-of-fact woman. ~Is
sne has the eossiping instinct IL IL
bound to Gene out. and she'd better
Be making up stofies about inasipary
people than about the neighLors. -
Washington Star.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04

r. L.. JORDAN, Agent
GEO. p. WEST. Prest.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04

The inhabitants OF malarsous 70
esons In India can now purchase quin-
he at practically cost price. II 10 put
MP In small packages By the govern
Dsnt and sold 81 the rate Of I cess
foF ten grains.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04
Are You Looking For A Cottage Site &,

~ Ane me acre lots offered
anu " most orAoe in
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Evening journal., 1904-10-18
Woes Of the Rhymesters.

From the London Chronicle.
The campaign poets in America are
having an excruciatlng time Of Dc just
now. Instead Of turning out their dit
ties by the yard and having them
bought up by the party managers and
scattered all over the Union and sung
lat political meetings by specially train
ed quartets OF darkes, they flnd them
selves stopped at the outset by an in
superable obstacle There are no
rhymes! The poets dictionary itself
only gives two rhymes for Parker.
one is marker and the other IS barker.
The changes are soon rung on these,
and the poets have then to stihe their
consciences and fan back on such
atrocities as New Yorker" walker
and "talker" "-Imor makeshifts ALL and
The last of them ludicrously inappli-
cable to q man OF the Judges obstin-
ate taclturnity.
With Roosevelt the case IS somewhat
better The rhyming dictionary gives
ten rhymes for "elt''-belt, Celt. felt,
gelt, whelt. melt, smelt. pelt, welt and
swelt. We are not sure that they are
all words-or at least English words
but such as they are they will have to
do.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
lie LAReER VIEW.

EEW men are satisfied to regard their
a presidential candidate as a mere
man, with human frailties and inn
pulses that smell OF the earth. They
want a deml-god whose halo they can
follow at a distance and be satisfied.
A few Of our great journals, however,
have selected their candidate by pro-
cess Of elimination, frankly aekwonl-
edging his points OF weakness, while
maintaining thar his qualities Of
strength Joined with the soundness Of
the principles on which he stands
justihes and even demands his elcc-
ton.
such is the position, for instance, Of
Golfers Weekly IN regard to Presi-
dent Roosevelt II does not attempt
to crafty It's every Republican reader;
lt criticised the President for allowing
Postmaster General Payne to descend
to peanut politics such as characterized
the TIuldah B. Todd affair, And it has
been severe 10 rs structures on the
President for his evident support Of
Addiolss Yet it calmly surveys the
situation, balances everything and
decides that Roosevelt should be
elected.
We notice that even the most parti-
san Of the opposition papers OCCASION
ally find something to commend IN the
Presidents conduct. Thus the New
York World comments on the action in
the Socum case as follows;
President Roosevelt has acted wisely,
justly and vigorously IN the Slocum
case. la his dismissal of the guilty
Government officials, in his denuncla-
tion OF the manufacturers of defective
life-savlng appliances and IN his de-
mand for measures that win prevent
such sacrifices IN the future the Presl-
dent has done the right thing i'm his
Enthusiastically strong way.
It is refreshing in this whlrlwind Of
aduation and denunciation to read
articles that show that the writer's are
taking am impartial view OF the situa-
tion, and are forming their opinions In
"a larger and saner way than that
which is so common. In order to sup
port candidate It isn't necessary to
regard him as "a personincation OF all
the virtues.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
An Earnest Protest.

Editor OF The Evening Journal
cordially approve of your several
editorials regarding the dickering re-
lating to candidates for the coming
election. and especially the stand you
have taken toward the steal Of the
Shelipot district from Mr.. Elliott,
which was shameful and outrageous.
Il am no politician and know Mr. Elliott
only casually. but believed him 10 be
the right man IN the right place. and
should be glad 10 see everyone of his
voting friends and others disapprovlng
the rascally methods employed at the
primary election I'm Shellpot district.
(and mistakenly endorsed by the weak
county committee) cut the candidate
on election day who is now on the
ticket for Levy Court, and insert in his
stead the name of Isaac c. Elliott, and
thus show these ringsters and trick
sters that the better element of the
Republican party win not. tamely at
least, submit to fraud and rascality.
No voter is honorably or morally
bound to accept and support any cam
didate whose position on the ticket is
secured by fraudulent methods.
shall do this and ! am sure very many
others win do the same. We should in
every possible way enter our most em-
phatio protest against rascality. else
what is the use Of primary elections.
Justice.
Brandywlne Hundred. oct. H.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
THE wATER coNrRAcr sun.

THE United states sand Filtration
4 Company has brought suit IN the
Federal Court against the city. on It's
contract Tor plans for new water
plant for this city. Il is fortunate that
this case is 10 he adhdsed by a com
beient tribunal. for any compromiss
effected out Of court would have beer
unsatisfactory. subjectins the Water
Commission TO criticism.
As it is, the city WIN probably have
TO pay certain amount OF damages
and then it viii have had its experieuc'
and be rid OF the Sand Filtration Com
pany forever The cause Of an th'
dimculties lay in the old commission
which entered into the first contract
under which the Western concern was
to draw from cur treasury something
Ike sisoOoc. merely for plans and
specifications
The unwisdom OF that contract was
shown when II was abrogated TO make
way FOR a second, which sheared away
si2o.cso OF the profits OF tho concern
The motive behind the new contract
was to relieve the city OF the old. but
the new commission wisely decided
that even the second contract ha,
many points OF serious objection. and
therefore. repudiated it.
There Is little doubt that tho cours
now pursued Is the reasonable. am
proper course. We have drawn on
own plans under expert guidance nm
the contracts viii be let to the loves
responsible bidders. t win be nc
tie hard 10 pas damages TO a compan
which has been Of no service TO US, sc
L It's claim Is Just We must pay th
bin' and charge tho blunder to the Oh
commission,
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
"A TRAMP's REVENGE.
Burned House Of Woman Who Refused
Him Food.


Burned House Of Woman Who Refused
Him Food.
Winsted, Conn, Oct 1S.-Mrs. Sarah
childs. aged seventy, a soldiers wild
NV, living in Nepaug. an isolated set
Element in the town Of New Hartford,
vas felled by a blow from a tramp MS
'c was about TO enter her home dur
the afternoon.
She had refused food to the man,
Who has been about the village all
summer and he threatened her as he
vent away, saying. You win hear
rom me later"
She was temporarily absent when
be tramp sneaked into her home,
where she lived alone. and started to
AIRY ont his threat, kindling one FIRE
T. the kitchen and another upstairs.
Mrs, Childs on returning found the
'oor through which she had left the
house locked She went to another
loor and was about to enter when she
'aw the tramp coming toward her. Be.
ore she could get out Of the way he
Knocked her down and ran away. BY
he time the old woman regained her
Get the fires inside were burning
iercely, and she stood by and saw her
lome and its contents devoured by the
lanes.
The people of Nepaug are excited and
nervous, as this is the fourth incen-
iiary fire in that small village within
/ month. A week ago an unsuccess-
ful attempt was made to burn the
sehoolhouse and church there.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
A eosToN SHOOTING.
Walcott, the Pusilist, Hurt and His
Friend Killed.

Walcott, the Pusilist, Hurt and His
Friend Killed.
Boston, Oct. 1s-Nelson c. Hall, col
ored, was killed and Joe Walcott, the
colored pugllist, was shot through the
right hand by the accidental discharge
Of revolver in the hands of Walcott
early this morning The accident oc.
CURED in the anteroom Of Union Parl,
hall, ON Washington street, south end,
where dance was in progress. Wal.
colt was placed under arrest and later
removed TO the city hospital
The two men were alone at the time,
and the sound of the firing caused a
panic in the dance hall. Before Wal
colt had chance to explain the shoot
ing the crowd was in an uproar, and il
was some time before the police could
restore order. They then placed Wal
colt under arrest and held several 9th
er persons as witnesses. Mrs. Hall
tainted when she heard the shot, and
this so added TO the excitement that
the pugilist narrowly escaped rough
handling.
be able to enter the ring again. The
bullet passed through the palm Of his
hand. spllntering the bones
In explaining the shooting he said
that he was exhibiting a magazine re
volver Of large callber and containing
twelve chambers TO Hall when from
some unknown cause it was discharg.
ed. The bullet passed through Wal
colts hand and then pierced Halls
heart, killing him instantly.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
SAFEST FOOD
In Any Time Of Trouble is Grape Nuts

Food to rebuild the strength and that
is pre-digested must be selected when
one is convalescent. At this time there
is nothing so valuable as Grape Nuts
for the reason that this food is all
nourlshment and is also digestible
.nourlshment. A woman who used it
says:
"Some time ago I was very in with
typhoid fever, so III everyone thought
would die. even myself. 1t left me so
weak I could not properly digest food
Of any kind and also had much bowel
trouble which left me a weak, help
less wreck.
Il NEEDED nourishmet baylsandas
Il needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could, but none Of the tonics
helped me until 7 finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that ! thought
delicious as could be but it also made
me perfectly well and strong again so
! can do all my homework, sleep we'll
can eat anything without any trace Of
bowel trouble and for that reason alone
Grape Nuts food Is worth its weight in
gold" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek Mich
Typhoid fever like some other dis
eases attacks the bowels ana frequently
sets up bleeding and makes them for
months Incapable Of dlgesting the
starches aud therefore pre-digested
Grape Nuts is invaluable for the we'll
known reason that I'm Grppe-Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
FIRST stage OF digestion has been me-
chemically accomplished In Grape-Nuts
food az the factories and therefore
anyone. no matter how weak the
stomach. can handle it and grow
strong for All the nourishment is stin
there.
There's a sound reason and 10 days
trial proves
Get the famous little book The
Road to welville, in each pkg"
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
FLORENCE LEE GETS
FIVE YEARS SENTENCE
Killed Her Baby by Throw
ing 1t From Hospital
Window

The jury in the Court Of Oyer and
Terminer yesterday afternoon return
ed a verdict OF guilty against fifteen
year-old Florence Lee, colored, who
was charged with manslaughter IN
having caused the death of her tive
weeks old baby by throwing it from 9
window at the Homeopathic Hospital
She was sentenced to five years in
the workhouse.
When sentence was pronounced the
Lee girl became hysterical and created
a scene. she was carried from the
court room by Harvey Wigglesworth
one OF the tipstaves. At the same time
the girls mother added to the eonfu-
sion by fainting.
Thomas r. Bayard represented the
accused girl. he having been assigned
by the court.
The jury was out but twenty min
utes.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
MIscELLANEoUs.

Two We're killed and one injured in a
running fight between policemen and
a negro at Memphis. Tenn.
An automatic fire alarm service is
being installed in Chicago theatres.
Columbus King was shot dead
through a window, at Parker, w. Va,
while sitting by the side of the bride
he had married a few days before.
Total sales Of stocks on the New
York Exchange were 1874, 200, the larg-
est Of the year, but high prices dropped
in profit shamng.
Dora Meek, is years old OF Centralia,
H., who slept six months at stretch,
died Of general decline, following an
attack Of measles.
The House Of Bishops OF the Episco-
pal Convention reiterated its position
as opposed to the remarriage of the
divorced. A resolution to be consider
ed today would bar the divorced from
the sacraments except in extreme cases.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
seIf PropeIIed cars.

From Harper's Weekly
IN England the self-propellcd railway
car is coming into extensive use, especially
on branch lines where the traffic is SO
small as not TO warrant the operation Of
steam locomotives or the application OF
electricity. Recently one of the largest
electrical manufacturing firms IN Ameri-
ca hps croered IN England an oil engine
for this purpose, which will be used with
a dynamo 10 generate current for or
dinary car motors. Tie advantage OF such
an installation is that there IS no loss Of
fuel when the car is not IN motion and
that the motor can be put into operation
az an instants notice.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
READABLE RHYMES
Requirements.

What asks our Father OF His children
save
Justice and mercy and humility,
A reasonable service Of good deeds
Pure living tenderness TO human needs,
Reverence and trust and prayer for light
20 see
The Masters footprints in our daily
ways.
No lnotted scourge nor sacrihcial knife.
But tho calm beauty OF an ordered life,
Whose every breathing is unworded
praise,
a life that stands as all true lives have
stood
Firm-rooted in the faith that God is
good.
John Greeulcaf whittier.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
~ nlaHoPs FlRM.

The action OF the House Of Dele
4 gates OF the Episcopal General
Convention IN defeating the proposed
canon which would prohibit rcmarriage
to an divorced persons does not meet
with the approval OF the House OF
Bishops. The latter body yesterday
adopted the canon by n decisive vote
and il VIII be sent to the House Of
Delegates for concurrence.
There would be no great surprise II
the delegates should reverse their
former vote. since they will recognize
the vast weight which should be at
tached 10 the opinion OF the Bishops IN
h natter SO vitality affecting the church
and its observances
Certainly the trend during the last
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

L X-PRilsIDENT and Mrs. steyn have
IL received permission 60 return TO
South Africa next year, and are
planning TO live on a farm near Dloemfon-
teln.
Bishop W. W. Clun. OF the Mormon
Church at Salt Lake, has arrived in Mex
leo, charged with the mission OF purchas-
ing large tracts of land upon which Nor
mon colonies win be established.
Graham Kingsbury Mellen, the 22-year-
old son OF Charles II. Mellen. President Of
the New York 4 New Haven Railroad, is
starting TO learn the official side Of rail-
road life. TO do this he has begun at the
bottom OF the Official ladder and is I'm his
fathers Office I'm New York city, serving
as stenographer and clerk under the di-
rection Of Mr.. Fabian, private secretary
to President Mellen. Young Mellen is a
Yale man.
Alfred Blum. Chief Constructor for the
Ministry OF Public Works of the Prus-
sian Government. is in Baltimore inspect
ing the electrical equipment OF the Baitl-
more 4 Ohio Railroads belt line tunnel.
Professor Gay A. Tawney, Phi. D., head
of the psychological department OF the
Beloit College and cousin Of Congressman
Tawney, OF Minnesota, has returned to
the college from ST. Louis whore he
pushed a wheel chair two months study
ing human nature.
I4f. 4faT To
Brown Potter has been the ideal Southern
beauty for twenty years. Hers Is a tail,
willowy figure, and her hair IN later days
has been like FURNISHED copper Her par
ents have been dead for years and she
has lived alone with her two servants on
Franklin street, Richmond disdnining a
chaperon because she stood on a plane
so high that she needed none.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
PARKERls eHIgF Issue.

7 UDGE PARKER has taken up the
J Philippine question with a zest he
has shown I'm no other matter relating
to the campaign. II suggests the pow
erty OF the issues which his party
presents He would have us "set the
Filipino people on their feet free and
independent to work out their own
destiny and he quotes the Declaration
OF independence to sustain his conten-
ton.
Judge Parker makes the error that
so many have made. OF regarding the
Filipinos as on level with the Ameri-
can colonists. Yet everybody knows
that no comparison is possible The
vast majority OF these Filipnos are no
higher An the scale OF development than
were the American Indians at the time
Of the Revelation, and there is no
thought that jefferson IN the immor-
tai Declaration meant his statement of
governmental principles to apply to
them.
Judge Parker wants the Filiplnos TO
have absolute Independence now. and
to govern themselves as the Cubans do.
This suggests that he has read little.
or has read in vain. The vast major
ity Of the inhabitants OF the Philip
pines are savages. and the self-gov-
ernmeut he contemplates must be a
government by small minority en-
forced by the power Of arms And thus
he would substitute local tyranny for
the benehcent government which the
United states has instituted.
But ia the meantime. Judge Parker
has no word about the right Of Ameri-
can citizens Of African descent to par
lueipate IN our own government II the
negroes Of the South are unfit to be
factors ia our government then surely
the Filipinos should be barred from
absolute self-govenment. for the vast
imajority Of them are much lower In
The scale Of intelligence than are our
negroes. A certain amount Of consist
lency is REQUIRED OF presidential cam
ldidate-a fact which the Democratic
candidate seems to have overlooked.
4 No,., That All Ak rf.t.4- 49,,
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
colored People in Washington.

From the Boston Journal
Although the total population OF the
national capital Is not much more than
half as large as that OF Baltimore. It
includes the greater number Of blacks.
according TO the last Federal census--
s6,7O2 to 7e,25S. One would think that
New Orleans contains more negroes
than Washington, being a larger city
and farther south, but it has only 7z-
IA. At the same time, the whites OF
Washington outnumber the blacks by
more than two TO one.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
Anainst sunday FuneraIs.

Elgin, H., Oct. 1s.-Funeral directors
and livery drivers Of this city have de-
cided to take no part in Sunday funer-
ais and to do their best to see that
none takes place on that day in the fu'
ture Livery stable men say that they
can make considerably more money by
common hack business on Sunday. II
is understood that the clergymen of the
town arc In sympathy with the move
ment
Evening journal., 1904-10-18

Our Morning Contemporary prints an
editorial on New Castle County
Needs" These needs are a Repub-
,lcan Levy Court ana Republican
county officers. She needs these un-
doubtedly. but her necessities are not
so great as to require for Office men
who have been placed on the ticket
by fraud. Her first need is for
honesty. next for Repuhlicaus-or
rather, for honest Republicans.
Evening journal., 1904-10-18
Pastol's Va on DANCING Resented.

New brunswick, n. j.. Oct. 1S.-Five
Of the members Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church at Clayton, n. j., have
asked or will ask for their letters, I"
and a host OF others are stirred up be-
cause their pastor, the Rev. Eli Clifford,
who calls dancing "hugging to music" !"
has threatened to dismiss any Of the
church's members who so hug. Call
ing dancing the stepping stone to re-
ligious destruction, the pastor has at
tempted TO break up dancing classes
which We're formed by the younger
members Of the church, but so far his
efforts have not been fruitful.