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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

parliamentary law and his rulings and
methods and manner of administering
the oath of office to clerk and agent
furnished lots of fun for his compan-
ions. The district school meeting is
with the things of the past
and many considered their rights had
been somewhat abridged by its discon-
tinuance. but We are confident the
present system is in the line of progress
as we may judge from results"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Ladies and Children.

who can not stand the shocking strain of
laxative syrups and cathart.c pills are
especially fond of Little Early Risers All
persons who find it necessary to take a,
liver medicine should try these easy pills.
and compare the agreeably pleasant and
STRENGTHENING effect with the nauseating
and weakening conditions following the
use of other remedies. Little Early Ris-
ers cure billousness, constipation, sick
headache. jaundice. malaria and liver
troubles. Sold by Bowditch Webster &
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Quick Arrest.

J. A. Gulledge of Verbena. Ala, was
twice in the hospital from severe case
of piles causing "a tumors. After doc
tors and all remedies failed. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve quickly arrested further
Inflammation and cured him. 1t con-
duers aches and kills pain. 25c.. at
Bowditch, Webster e. Co.'s. Augusta.
and Simpson Drug Co.. Watervflle.
Druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
STATE HOUSE.
Not More Than a Dozen Good
Novels Last Year.
interesting Chat With State Librarian
Carver About Books.
Names Corporation Business Shows
Falling OH-Odds and Ends.
CALENDER OF STATE BOARDS.

Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Monday, May 16, at 10 A. M.
Next Meeting of Commissioners Of
Pharmacy at Bangor, Wednesday,
June 8.
State Assessors Will Hold Hearings as
Follows: South Paris, May 25;
Rurford Falls, May 27; Pennington,
May 81; Skowhegan, June 8; Dover,
jIne 10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Koussinoc Chapter, ID. A. r.. viii be
by Mrs. Oscar Holway ut
her home on State street. this after
noon. Mrs. Mary Kendall of Bidde-
ford, the State regent, will be present
and address the chapter. 1t is hoped
that there will be a large attendance.
as il is the concluding session of the
rnnrSp
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
GUARANTEE BOND.

In purchasing 4 soc. bpSaof Mi-o-
ma. the purchaser is requ"St"d to
have this guarantee signed~by Bow
ditch & Webster. Percy w. Means
and George w. Dorr. Watcrvilic as
their personal agreement to refund
the money on return of empty box If
Mi-o-na fails to cure dyspepsia and
all stomach troubles.
Bowditch II Webster
Percy w. Menus
Sicned Ceo.W. DOrr. WAtcrVillc..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
DRY AND FANCY GOODS
MAUDE M. MosHER, 4e cony St.

We are showing n full line of millin-
cry in all the newest ideas. Prices
lowest to be found in the city. Also a
fine line of shirtwaists. in silk and in
lawn. Novelties in neckwear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
Bowditch G. Webster, Percy w. MeaNs
and Geo. w. Dorr. Watervillc, Give
Guarantee Bond With Mi-o-na, Ma
lures Cure for Dyspepsia.

Bowditch and Webster, Percy wv.
Means. Geo. w. Dorr. Waterville, have
made arrangements to sell Mi-o-na,
the marvellous digestive regulator in Il
new and hitherto unhcard of way.
furnishing a guarantee bond with every
package.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

OF the hundreds of new novels pub
liShcd every year it would seem as
though the percentage of them which
could be claSSed as good must be very
large. yet l.. ID. Carver, State librarian n,
says that such is not the case. And
when one stops to think of the wide
experience which Mr.. Carver has ha,i.
of the nature Of his labors and the o;-
portunities which he has for obserya-
ton on this point. his opinion must
carry Il great deal Of weight. In speak
ing or this subject the other day Mr.
Carver said:
in the past year there has not been
published n dozen novels which are
worth reading. Further than this, the
number of novels worth reading which
are lGblished won't average that mum
Der per year. For the most Fart they
are just Trash.
Still the cry goes up all over the
state, when We send out our travelling:
Libraries, for more fiction. and they
want the latest that we have, too. Thu;
shows how eager the public is for read
ing matter.
We are inclined to adopt the rule
Of not buying book until it is a year
old. There are two or three reasons
for this; first, we do not know how
good a book is until it has been reed
and discussed for year after it is
published. Another reason is that hook;
which have been i'm print a year can
be had at a discount frequently at
half price
Mr.. Carver WGs asked for his opinion
of the popular priced paper covered
novels which have come into vogue in
the past Few years. He said that they
had tendency for good. In every way
they were an improvement over Ike
| Old time dime novel Of 20 or more years
tagO. They are much better grade u!
literature. though by no means high
and frequently works by standard au-
| thors are printed in them. This is os-
pecially true of foreign works ana
Comes about by reason of the originals
not being protected by copyright il
This country. In these cases the trans
llltions are usually fairly accurate and
1.-THE result is beneficial to the reader.
| He believed that the reading o!
these educated one up to n higher
Istandard of literature. so that the re-
suits in the great majority of eases
1 where books of this class are read i:
/ for the good of the reader. The result
of such reading. Mr.. Carver believes
lis the same as eating. a person may
be satisfied with the plaincst of foot
lat first. but as time passes he come:
Ito have u taste for the richer; So WITT
books. no matter how poor Il class o
lrca'ing matter one may begin Will
he will grow To desire ana want some
thing better.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

Figures given out at the secretary of
States office. Saturday. show that the
receipts Of fees or the organization OF
corporations in the State for the
month of April were only about half
what they were for the corresponding
month in 1903. The figures for April
were $3.50. while for The same month
i'm 1893 they We're $1iO5. To May l the
total receipts for the present year from
these fees was s23.3S5; for the sam.
period a year ago it was $4l.2S0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
ROCkLAND.

Bases on balls-Off Fuller. 6: off Hail. g.
Two base hits. Bither. Hussey. Sanford.
Struck out-By Fuller, =; by Hall. Il.
Double plays, Hodgkins. Palmer; Weeks,
barnard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
AUGUSTA TRUST co.
49,. House Block, Augusta, Me-

. 4 O0DIU IvVose S'~V
rr,utees-J. MANCHESTER HA A1Y.S,Gsnt
rdr,n e. Burleieh. W. II. Gannett.
George e. MacomberE. SKtnsman.
Fl. NJ Heath. Stavens.
r w Kinsman. Vi; i, J White.
Arthur w. Whitney S, Eovd
Geo ~ Lam w. Scott Hill.
l. ): Cr,S,t.h Nathan Weston.
IL. Il. B9wui,tS"' Ira r. Randall.
Ihos; ): LymIS John r. Gould.
John F. HILL
o.,o.;+. Received Subject to Check an0
INTEREST PAID ON THE DAILY eAlAsC y. };
I'm Savings Departm emit. hte LIE Cent
az, On SsTnR1.Y mt the rate OF ps per
H w. onnum on deposits re' Interest
per prn 1.-TWO" MONTHS. or more. KIN Of
computed from the nrst 10 'n'
each month. - -
All Deposit. Subject to Check '"'
strictly Confidential: 49, ...un.
saving. Deposits legally s*'"p'
nvroIsr and Fireproof Safe O'P'
Boxes to Let.
FRANK F.. SMITH. TrsTs r..ss
u1RAM T. PISHON. Assistant -.
ponL,no hours 9 to 4 daily; eAcep'
urdav aatMrdays to An
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

TIL" first lot of tn" complete bound
volumes of the Labor commissioners
report have been received ut the Labor
department and are being sent out.
This first lot consists of 1000 copies Of
the book and it will not last great
while, the demand for them being 50
great. From the day the first abstract
of this report was printed i'm the Jour
nal, more than month ago, requests
have been coming into the office for the
report As fast as these requests We're
recciN cd wrapper was directed and
placed in its proper place. so that each
book is being sent in the order of tie
request for it. Mr.. Matthews also had
| Il letter written to those who asked
| for The books explaining the reason Cor
the delay in sending them out. 1t is
expected that the next inStallment will
| be received in Il short time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09

II really begins t. look as though
summer was getting back with us once
more. for the storm doors have given
place to screen doors and in the bulk
of the offices they forget 10 turn tie
steam into the radiators these nice
LAYS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
PREMIUM & AGENTS SUPPLIES

SO PREMIUMS given away with $40 AS
sortment of Laundry and Fine Toilet
Soaps and Perfumes, Extracts. Spices,
Tea. Coffee. Cocoa. Toilet Goods and
Standard Groceries. Home Supply Co.. II
Oak St, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-09
GIycsrine Jelly with VIOLETS.
State Street Pharmacy
NEW WAY TO SELL MEDICINE

". B. sTEBBINs Z CO.
mch1Qt1tf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
Making a Shotgun.
From, Outing

The stock and forearm reach the factory
from the saw mill, cut in the bare outline
of the part to be made. The wood Is chief
ly Of American growth, black walnut pre-
dominating. and the best grades go natur-
ally to the gun factories. 1t is seasoned
sometimes for three years. The first lathe
1t reaches, which cleverly compels the cut
ting tool TO follow any sort of irregular
pattern by means Of a revolving model
that automatically guides 1t, completely
shapes the gun stock as you see 1t. After
that, other lathes attend to the digging
out of the bed for the lock-plate, inserting
the proper holes and notches and Sits for
magazine. mountings lock and butt-plate
me smoothing down of the roughened sur
race and subsequent polishing and varnish-
ing are all machine done, but the checking
is dexterously filed out line by line by
young women.
That the sportsman needs only a screw
driver with which to take the arm apart for
cleaning and repairs. This speaks well for
simplicity. 1t has taken upward of 12uO
operations to make an entire gun Of about
n1nety-f1ve parts, of which most are con-
tanned in the receiver To make these parts
special machines. or. more accurately, in
many cases special tools to fit machines
have been devised by each factory The
steel comes IN from the foundry, like the
wood from the mill. roughly shaped to its
purpose The FORCES grab these pieces when
at white heat. pound them into subm S.
sion and better shape for the work ahead,
and pass them along to the machine room.
These machines are many and varied, and
are in charge of men who become expert in
their particular lines; and, when the mill
ing and edging, the boring and threading,
the growing and the polishing have each
had its turn at those pieces of metal. they
go by tray and boxful to the assembly
room,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
JUNIOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
A happy New Year to each one of you
the happiest year of your lives!
Can you fancy moving into a wonderful
new palace with three hundred and sixty
five empty rooms which you could furnish
Just you pleased? Can you fancy going
about from room to room trying to decide
what you ought to put in each one? II you
will use your imagination In this way 1
am sure that .fore you have gone very far
you will decide that you need advice and
help.
For of course you would want each room
to be as complete and as beautiful as It
could be made. And so you would call to
your help some one who knew just exactly
what to put into each one, and ask him to
tell you what to do.
The bright New Year Into which we have
Just moved is this wonderful palace of our
imagination. Each day as 1t comes will be
an empty room for US to furnish. How are
We going to DO It?
= l am sure you will agree with me that, in
the first place. we shall need help-some one
/ TO direct us and tell US just what to do
How glad We should be that our Heavenly
B rather Is ready to give us all the help We
need. and show US how to make the glad
New Year all that it ought to be-
with His help We can take the days as
they come and make them beautiful with
kind words and helpful deeds With His
help We can be truthful. thoughtful and
obedient. With His help we can be honest
and loyal and brave. With His help We
can be unselfsh and considerable and pains
taking
These are the things that will make the
year a successful and happy one-that will
make 1t the year l hope it will prove to be
Tor each one OF you Yours, for the Juniors,
EDITH V. BRADT.
Junior topic for Sunday, January g.
Our Bible: what is In 1t? How shall we
use tT'-JOhn v:39.
The word Bible you know. means
book. Our Bible means "our book" for
the Bible belongs to each one of U.s. Even
the very tiniest Junior may hold X is his
hand and say my book"
We are told that in the days of WyclifYe
when he had translated part Of the Bible
into English. and had written 1t out with
his own pen, the people were SO eager to
near IL that they often gathered In groups
around the peat fires. and listened all night
"hlie II was read to them. 1t was the
greatest book in the world to them, and
they were so glad to have 1t. and to hear it.
II ought to be the greatest book In the
world TO US. because 1t is Gods own mes
sage to each one of US. We are to study IL
that we may know what he wants us to do
We are glad to know that boys and girls
are studying 1t in larger numbers than ever
pefore ana that they are studying Il more
systematically. too. No education Is con-
sldered complete without at least a general
knowledge of the English Bible. II is be-
cause boys and girls have learned the i'm
portance Of knowing Gods word that they
are growing up with strong Christian char
acter and making the world a better and
happier place.
As Junior Christian Endeavorers we are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
Aunt Dorothy's Corner

Dear Children:
Your pleasant letters and clever drawings
keep piling up Aunt Dorothy's letter bas-
ket, and she finds the only way to keep
ahead is to put the last lot received at the
bottom of the basket, so the others may
get a chance. She does not do this. how
ever, until she has opened each envelope
and carefully studied the contents. This
IS about the only pleasure your Aunt Doro-
thy has just now to relieve the monotony
of illness, and she thanks you one and all
for your good cheer. Eleanor French's lit
tie photo is before her all the time. and
Camelia Bradleys little token is 80 daintily
made that 1t gives pleasure every time 1t is
taken up. Beulah Smallwood is to receive
special thanks. Aunt Dorothy says, for her
kind help each week. and she hopes she
may meet her when she is again in Wash
ington or vicinity. And now to our letter
box, as I am to answer some Of the letters
this week.
A badge has been sent to Charles David
Gibbons. 1902 Nth street northwest. Pleas
ant letters. clever drawings and interesting
stories are received with thanks from Effie
]. James Charles McMurray, to whom a
badge is sent; William Rea Baum. whose
photograph of barn over 100 years old
will be used; Karl Hartig, Blanche Han
nan, 1O26 18th street northwest, whose let
ter pleased Aunt Dorothy very much. and
Roger HoHfngSWo worth, who has been i'll, but
is. We hope, better again. and whose letter
goes in The Star letter box, so you may all
enjoy it; from Julius Carr, whose story
will be used and whose badge is sent; Maud
Proctor. whose drawing deserves honor
able mention; Margaret Lloyd. who is
rightly very patriotic; Edith Miller. Irene
Gresham, Fort Ethan Allen, VT, to whom
a badge is sent and from Constance Wal
ton, 21S ID street northeast, whose contri-
button goes to the little baby. The rest Of
you must wait until next weeks letter for
reply. Be sure to keep on writing to Aunt
Dorothy and tell her what you intend to do
for league work for 1904. Can you not get
together and get up subscriptions for The
Star at 81 a year for the Saturday edition,
and scatter the seed of your good work by
sending in names of far-away friends, who
IN turn will do the same. This would start
up an endless chain that would in time
reach all over the world. The league work
does reach all over the world and Is known
in quiet way in every civilized country.
but Aunt Dorothy would also like to have
The Star known there also. and it is in
your hands to do this by keeping at it for
1904, and thus pleasing her and The Star.
while helping on your good work.
Yours cordially,
THE CHILDREN'S EDITOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
INSTRUCTIONS.

.,d l. He,a funds up to $40 before sending to Ma.
tional Metropolitan Bank.
2 Get few active members and form a circle
3. Meet once In two wee ks
a. Give your circle a. fitting name, as for in.
stance. the Children's League, the @. L. Helping
HAND Circle. Always PISS the @. L. with the name
you decide uDon, in order to keep in close touch
with the central movement
9; Elect PRESIDENT secretary and a treasurer
and librarian. gQ9..I-s
o. Make your own rales- In harmony with the
pledge you send your president
:. SEND monthly report Of all you do to Aunt
Dorothy, with names, age and address of each
g. Keep on call in your treasury the amount you
promise on your pledge no tiny to earn save, and
wnen an emergency arises your president VIII let
you Know where to send this fund. Report monthly.
y; Keep separate fund for local work. We win
Ten you from time to time, in answer to your let
tiers where and how you cam find neighborhood 0p-
por1unities for pleasant local work.
~. All members should join Ia our contests and
WIZ our gifts. as this Is orr means for trying to
make you happy In return for your kind effort for
others, and through which we are helping you get
your own library and recreation centers You must
Watch this page to learn how we doing this.
II. Adults may join onr league IL they will work
wsth u.s. The league has thousands OF members,
adults and children. all over the world.
~, Use part OF your fund to buy book once
month for your circle library and select your books
from the lists We publish. :.
2OS Washington, d. G.
II. Individual workers also may Join.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02

pledged to read the Bible every day, but a
great deal depends upon the way that we
read it. Sometimes we are tempted to read
verse or two thoughtlessly, and just for
| the sake of keeping our pledge. There Is
great difference between this kind of read
ing and searching the Scriptures" we
are commanded to do. God tells us that His
words must be hidden in our hearts, and a
memory filled with Bible truths Is like a
casket full of precious Jewels
The Bible Is made up of sixty-six books
written by at least forty different men, in
two languages and covers a period of near
ly two thousand years. We ought to know
something about these books and their au-
thors. and the different divisions Of time
which they represent Then We ought to be-
come acquainted with the people of the
Bible. and the place which they occupy in
working out Gods plans. Above everything
else we should study the Bible to know the
Lord Jesus Christ and what He has done
for US.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE LEADER.
Ask some one to- be prepared to mention
the different names by which the Bible Is
called. such as the Holy Scriptures" the
Word of God" the Law and the .Proph-
cts" and the Book of Books"
Call special attention to the promises of
the Bible. Of which there are more than
thirty thousand.
Prepare a roll to represent the rolls of
Bible were originally written.
ASK the Juniors to name many Bible
authors as they can. and print their names
on the blackboard. together with the book
or books written by each.
Ask one of the boys to speak of the books
OF the Old Testament, telling which are
books of the law. which of history, which
of poetry and which of prophecy, Ask a
girl to tell something about the books Of
the New Testament.
Ask a member of the senior society to tell
you something about the TRANSACTIONS of the
Bible. especially into the English, by Wy
cliffe. more than 500 years ago: by Tyndale,
about $40 years ago. and by order of King
James Tour Bible'-almost three hun
dred years ago.
Ask your pastor to close the meeting with
fve-mfnute address. summing up I'd i'm
pressing the thoughts which hav. been
brought out by the Juniors.
What the Bible says about.
Hearing Gods Word-Deut. iv:9-10.
Reading Gods Word-Deut. xvii:19.
Learning Gods Word-Deut. xxxi:12-21.
Knowing Gods Word-II Tim. Hills.
Understanding Gods WORLDS. cxix :104-
los.
Meditating ON Gods Word-Josh. i:s.
THE SOLDIERS BIBLES.
A pleasing feature at West Point Military
Academy is the annual presentation OF
Bibles to the graduating class. The Young
Peoples Weekly describes the ceremony as
one of the most solemn and impressive
hours in the entire school year at the acad-
envy. when these young men who have been
educated at the expense of the government
to become officers in the army file into the
chapel to go forth in possession Of the in
spired word furnished by the Christian peo-
pie of America. 1t Is said that the I'M
written code for conduct among the cadets
requires each man to keep and treasure the
gift reverently. and with that true defer
ence without which no soldier can ever be-
come hero
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
Mental Qualities Inherited,
From the London Globe.


Prof. Karl Pearson. PRS, in his Huxley
memorial lecture at the Anthropological
Institute in London, after giving evidence
to show, and declaring his belief that
mental as well as physical qualities are in
herited from parents. called attention to
the present lack of intelligence In British
professional and working men. He does
not think the remedy is to be sought In
foreign methods Of instruction or in tech
meal education. Intelligence must be bred
and we are ceasing, he thinks, to breed 1t
as we did 80 or 100 years ago. The only
possible remedy is to alter the relative
fertility Of the good and bad stocks in the
community. We are, 1t seems, at the be-
ginning of an epoch which will be marked
by dearth Of ability. For the last forty
years the intellectual classes, enervated by
wealth or love of pleasure, or following
an erroneous standard of life, have
ceased to give us the men we want to carry
on the ever-growing work of our empire;
to battle in the forefront of the ever-inten-
sified struggle of nations" With so many
professors lecturing us on our shortcomings,
we shall soon begin to feel ourselves in a
bad way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
A Curious Calendar.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
An Austrian publisher has just brought
out calendar which is said to be the
most complete publication of its kind in the
world. The date Of the day occupies the
center of each leaf, and Is surrounded on
the left by the name of the saint to whom
the day Is dedicated and on the right by
some golden maxim. The lower part of the
tablet is divided into two columns. From
January to June the left-hand column con-
tains course Of lessons in six modern Ian
guages, while on the right hand are printed
Schiller's poems.
For the other half of the year one column
is filled with a novel of Jules Vernes and
the other by a translation of the foreign
words used most frequently in German and
an epitome of history from Charlemagne
up to the present time. At the. back Of the
leaves are notes on mythology, geography,
law. arithmetic, cooking and housekeeping
recipes. The leaves are also SO prepared
that during the summer they can be steep
ed in water as fy-killers, and from October
to April they can be made into cigarettes.