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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
The Saving Of Little Things.

An interesting illustration OF the
value of saving little things appears
| in the annual report Of the great Santa
! Fee railroad system. summary Oh
| which has just appeared In the news
papers. From the "scrap heap OF
the railroad into which old iron Is
| thrown ranging from a small nut 10 u
| disabled locomotive. the company
| took 81, 250.O 900 at the end of the year.
| From the slot machines, out OF whlch
small children draw chewing gum ana
candy at the stations along the n''e Vi
the road, they made Il profit of $ll''oo'
while no smaller sum than $1oOo was
received for waste paper sold from the
offices and stations of the company.
| IT is not at all unlikely that other
great railroad companies would snow
nroportionate figures, il the details OF
their miscellaneous receipts" were
made public. And in general 1t Is true
that the great corporations pay much
more attention to the saving of little
things, from which a good share of
profits are derived, than do firms and
Individuals whose business although
very much smaller is no less important
to them.
gave us the maxim that if we take
care of the pennies, the dollars will
take care CT themselves" and it is UNI
fortunate for most Of us that we al
low the great corporations a monopoly
Of the demonstration of this truth.
II is the saving of the waste and the
utilization of the by-products which
has cont .'ibutcd in the main to the al
most fabulous wealth of the oil mag
mates. The millions of Armour have
been greatly added to by the use of
the bones and horns that were once
left to bleach on the prairies. Parts
of the hog that farmers throw away at
the time of slaughter are utilized by
the great packers to pay the wages of
their men. In the old times cotton
seed was regarded as worse than
waste, but now, it is said. there is
more profit from the seed than in any
part of the crop. In these days, more
than ever before, the value of little
things is appreciated. and less and
less is allow ed to go to waste. What
a fine thing it would be if our farm
crs, our laborers and our housewives
would appreciate the truth of this as
well as it is appreciated by the great
trusts and the wholesale manufacture
iIg concerns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Personal Notes.

A monument in honor of the late NJ.
Waldeck- Rousseau Is to be erected in the
Tulleries Gardens in Paris.
The new Governor q Colorado, Jesse
Mcdonald, was once a miner. He was
born in Ohio and went West at the age
of "a.
John I. Cox. Governor Of Tennessee.
was a very poor boy as a youth, working
ION the farm of neighbor for twenty-five
cents a week. aAF
Prof Montgomery, of Santa Clara Col
lege, California. is declared to have In
vented an aeroplane which has made
several successful nights.
Extensive preparations are being made
Edwin A. Alderman at the University OF
Virginia the coming month.
President Castro, of Venezuela, Is very
tOuchy on the subject of his short stat
ure and will never be seen in company
with a tall man or woman II he can help
it. - 80
Archbishop Mesmer ofsMilwaukee, has
had to ask police protection against the
opportunities of beggars, following an
articles in a local newspaper telling of his
liberality as giver.
Albert Midlane, author of that popular
hymn There is a Friend for Little Chill
dren" and about hundred other hymns.
is still living at Newport, Isle of Wight
He recently celebrated his eightieth
birthday.
Miss Ethel De Koven, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald de Koven, has in
herited the musical talents of her father
and the literary gifts of her mother. She
speaks several languages, has written
clever verse, some of which she has set
to charming music.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
A Merited Tribute.
MAINE Sportsman.D

In the passing of Fish and Game
Commissioner Henry o. Stanley from
his official position in the service of
the State, Maine bids gOod-by TO
most conscientious and faithful one of
her servants, one who has ever been
ready to sink his own personal prefer
ences and benefits in the good of the
great majority, and whose unselfish
devotion to the cause of fish culture
and study of the fishes Indigenous to
Maine Waters-at Il time when that
study was far from as popular as it is
today-laid the foundation for an init
mate knowledge of archaeological mat
ters in Maine at this day that could
scarcely have been possible were it not
for the devotion of Mr.. Stanley. The
residents of the State little realize
what it meant to him to give his time
for years to the bettarment of Names
fishing resources, i'm artificial cultiva-
ton OF fish that, were it not for the
application of his entire salary as a
commissioner, which was small enough
any way, must have been abandoned.
May the affection which all true
sIortsmen of the Pine Tree State have
for this dean of american fish commits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

methods are radically different from any
volunteer aid we have yet seen in Ameri-
ca, for its fundamental assumption is
that the army knows it's own business
and is competent to attend to it. Its
general attitude, instead of implying,
We know the medical department will
break down in the field, and therefofe we
insist on n going to the front and into the
this. The people of Japan appreciate so
highly the work of the medical depart-
ment that they ask the privilege of as
On the contrary, in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war we had a multiplicity of small
societies. meaning well. but working
hlindly and at cross-purposes, accom-
plishing good at an altogether dispropor-
tionate cost of money and labor. and not
infrequently interfering with and handi-
Gaping the work of the responsible
medical officers.
But in the Japanese-R Russian war there
is single great, well-prepared organ
iZation. the ally and assistant of the
medical officers, working only where it
is instructed that it will be of use, and
accomplishing vast good at a minimum
cost.
I The Japanese Red Cross society is char
acteristic of the nation; for every war,
campaign and great disaster since it's
foundation has been to it's officers les
son by which they have profited. In the
present war they are always on the alert
to discover their defects. to learn how to
remedy them, and to gain new ideas for
improvement. 1t was as one of many
means to attain these ends that some
American army nurses were wanted in
the Japanese hospitals. where their work
could be carefully observed; and for the
same reason the writer was appointed by
the minister of war as superior of nurses
Of the Fed Cross, with the rank of officer:
sent to many hospitals; and required to
make reports and recommendations to
the Red Cross society. A Japanese
woman. by profession a teacher. had
formerly held this position, but since her
death it hal been vacant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Impuanine the Presidents Sincerity.

There are several well known Demo-
cratic newspapers, prominent among
them being the New York World.
which for some reason best known to
themselves are indulging in frequent
prophecies that Theodore Roosevelt
will be the Republican candidate for
the presidency in 1908. However these
prophecies are intended. it is certain
that they are not at all complimentary
to the President of the United States.
for upon the night of his election, last
November, he gave out a statement.
which was as emphatic and precise as
words could make it. In this state
ment he said:
"On the 4th of March next l shall
have served three and one-half years
and this three and One-half years
constitutes my first term. The wise
| custom which limits the President to
two terms regards the substance and
not the form. Under no circumstances
| will l be candidate for or accept an
other nomination.
1t is difficult to see how any person
| who knows the personality or record
| of Theodore Roosevelt could doubt the
sincerity with which he made the
above declaration. 1t is plain that it
was carefully prepared. and Theodore
Roosevelt in the course of his long and
| honorable public career has not been
| in the habit of making pledges and
promises which he did not mean to full
| fill He is not that kind of man, a
fact which the Democrats as we'll as
the Republicans in the country well
understand. However much the Re-
publicans might enjoy the prospect OF
having him again as their standard
bearer, it might as well be accepted as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Mexico and Free Silver.

Hardly a passing comment is caused
by the announcement, given an OBJ
scure place in the news columns of the
papers, that after April Is, Mexico will
silver and hereafter have the gold dol
lar as her standard of value. The
calmness with which this announce
ment is received, even by William J..
Bryan. is conclusive proof, if such
proof were needed that silver issue is
dead and buried beyond any hope of
resurrection. Yet if Mexico had taken
this step. eight or nine years ago, it
would have made almost as much ex
element as would result if Mt. Wash
ngton should blow off it's own head, as
Mt. Pelee did. and send a great river
of lava rolling toward the SCH
In the campaign of 1896. no one with
ears or eyes was allowed to forget for
Il moment the fact that Mexico was a
free silver country. One of Mr.. Bry-
ems most valuable assets was his pic
ture of the happiness and prosperity OF
Mexico with her silver standard, and
his choicest elOquence was unleashed
in depicting her as beautiful para
| disc whose greatest glory was in keep
ing her skirts clean of the foul con-
Cniranxy'' which had M, rIa ell ~
in this country. On the other hand.
| every one of the sound money orators
| on the stump carried with him Next
| car gold dollar which he impressively
demonstrated to mis- audience was
worth less than fifty cents.
How far off seems that strenuous
campaign which turned the whole
United States into one huge debating
society upon the subject of free silver
VS.. sound money. And now Mexico has
gone the way Of all nations of progress
| and definitely abandoned the standard
which Bryan and his followers at
| tempted to fOist upon this country.
For several years the change has been
| in contemplation. and the last step has
now definitely been taken. Only China.
| Bolivar and some of the small states in
Central America still adhere to the
| discredited silver standard, and thus
far Bryan and his followers have reso-
lutely resisted any temptation which
they may have had to emigrate to
those lands. Yet, although the silver
cause is so dead that even Mexico has
deserted it. and Bryan no longer talks
about it. the effects of the great con-
troversy of 1896 still exist, and one OF
the great political parties of the coun-
try continues to founder helplessly in
the mire where it was landed by the
criminal folly of advocating 16 to 1.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Sentence Sermons.
liSS the truth.

Triflers miss the truth.
Today is the root of forever.
The firm in faith never stand sun
The pure in heart never stop to thii'A
about it. ,.a
Dwarflike sins often have slsah'''
children.
Starve the soul and conscience Is sure
to suffer. ..o
Prayer turns the heart towards '"e
sun Of happiness. on
The keen eye for blemishes otte"
misses the blessings. ,,n mt
Proving another hypocrlte does ~
Drove your holiness. t.
No man is ready for heaven WHO .
willing to enjoy it alone.
The hungry for Righteousness are NV
to be satisfied with rhetoric.
The world is dark place 10 the ''''"
whose eyes are in his pocket
b No sin was ever buried deep eho.s"
to escape the resurrection OF sn'l"..
Many are willing God Should s .,u,
them II they are allowed to gu,oo " n"
The man who tries to hide ms ~
gion will soon have none thit any
could find.-Chicago Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
The English Of the Schools.
Bangor News.)


From a fairly careful examination of
the branches taught in the normal
schools, high schools and academies
of Maine one is led to believe that the
English literature which is studied
contains Il very small amount of
American production and hardly any Of
modern date. 1t is not for us or for
anybody to belittle the works of
Shakespeare and Milton and Coleridge.
Neither should LonSfellow and Whit
tier and Lowell and Irving be neglect
cd. But surely the literature of today
is not modelled after any of the fore
going writer's. The studies followed
by those who attend school today
should conform to the demands of the
time. Nobody writes after the stately
style and pompous style of Milton
nowadays. AS Il matter of fact, very
few persons read Milton unless they
are compelled to do so. The rolling
sentences of Milton and DR.. Johnson
and Macaulay are of the past. PeoA
pie cannot endure the circumlocution.
They must have their reading nearer to
the Subject matter. Perhaps we have
nothing better in American literature
than the works of Longfellow, Lowell,
Whittier and Irving. but we at least
have writings which are more modern
and which conform more nearly to the
methods of modern thought. Why harp
Oh those old classic strings so long?
Is not The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table as good as anything which Irv-
ing mas done? Why pore over the pages
of Longfellow and Whittier forever
when we have Whitcomb Riley and
Frank Stanton and Holman Day?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Hello, What's This?
(Portland Press.)

'sy
Among the new laws of the State of
Naihe Is one entitled in part an act
10 prevent the improper use of tcle-
phones. This promises well, and the
reader scans the text with eager inter-
est TO see If 1t prohibits what seems to
MN improper use. He finds that
whoever without reasonable cause or
proEocatiOn shall wilfully and wanton-
~ or maliciously vex, irritate, harass
vi torment any person by cOmmunica-
'iolls 10, or conversation with, such
person over or by means of any tele-
phoh@. or shall call out amy fire depart
h'eht' police department or other mu-
hCipal department, or any portion or
persons thereof by intentionally giving
a false alarm or call to such depart
ment or to any officer or member
thereof by means of any telephone line
or lires shall be punished by imprison-
ment not exceeding two years, or by
fine not exceeding five hundred dol
lars"
Now this is well, so far as it goes,
but 1t does not seem to go far enough.
1t does not forbid, under heavy pain
and penalties, eavesdropping on party
lines. 1t does not touch the curious
and impudent person who cuts into
your conversation not meant for his
ears 1t still allows the hello girl to
talk back and to put you off at will
with that statement from which there
is no appeal, Lines busy" And it
permits the person with a long and in
consequential story to tell or lot of
gossip to retail to hold the line as long
as he or she wants. Nor does this eX-
haust the list Of improper uses of the
telephones not covered by the new law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Maine a Good Starting Point.
eastern Argus.

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie finds that he
has Started about as many public Ii
braries as the country cares for, and
that he must seek new channels for
philanthropic investment if he is to es-
cape dying rich and disgraced. One
such he has found in the needs of the
small colleges of the country, and he
makes the important announcement
that he has entered into the college
business as not long ago l entered into
the library business This will be
cheering news for the smaller colleges
of the country. of which Maine has ra-
Their more than her fair share.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
COMMISSIONERS NOVICE.

KENNEBEC, IS. March ". A. hon D JuIy
We, the undersigned; having E,n peer, 2 "" 7.
appointed BY ,st the If P R9h@ Within and
a. sai G Co,nty. Commissioners to recelve
TOT s decide mpon the claims Of the credl,
tors Of ELIZABETH a; WITHIN dAeMce,as sedI
Of Chelsea, in said County ua1ysse GeesaSi in.
s whose hereby give public notice asre ef
aply s to the order Of the said Judge JUDI after e
March r. 1906. have been allo Mreae 10 their heir
creditors t. ~, present ser will ana attend to the
sas s.. aRn shas at the ONCE Of l w H.
Maine s on Wednesday, the t tss twenty Say
May, 1905, and on TUESDAY ssa ,ao 5he At ten Of
she Clock S in the forenoon of each OF sa'u
days. ,ANsON NJ. GODDARD;
!, WILLIAM H.. FISHER.
80 - Commissioners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
l,,..rd and Outward.

The inward effects o. humorS a
worre than the outward. They "eaks"
all the organs, infame the n'u.".
membrane. cause catarrhal trouD'e''
and endanger the whole system. ~
Hoods Sarsaparilla eradlca.e'
humors and cures all their enec.S'
It's the great Alternative ana .""o
medicine whose merit has been eVe''
whese established.
Accent M kubafjkutA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

is benefited and the whole public en-
joys the fun of having them about.
Just how the hotels will manage to ac-
commodate their guests is question,
but 1t looks now as if Bar Harbor
would be free Of the open saloon dur
ing the coming summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

final that he will not consider such II
proposition. 1t would be interesting
to know just what the New YORK
World is driving at in assuming that
he will be a candidate in 1908.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

siOners never grow less; but find ex-
preston In some tangible form while
MIR. Stanley is with us, and before adj
vancing years shall render him unable
to fully appreciate an expression of
the high esteem in which, in his own
STATE, he is so universally held.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

The Russian army should cheer IN
To be sure it is still lOhg way from
home: but the walking will be better
when the mud dries UP.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

1t would seem as if poor old Russia
should be able to realize something on
accumulated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
much needed vacation for purposes OF
rest and recuperatiOn.

The latest cult proclaims beans and
yiolets as the genuine elixir of life
this would seem to be within easy reach
of New England converts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

The busybOdies are hard at work
manufacturing reasons for Secretary
Hays sea voyage. Fortunately, how
ever. the American people already un-
derstand that he is merely taking a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Daily kennebee Journal
ESTABLISHED, 1895

No notice whatsver will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
jected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLETGH & FLYNT, Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

DR.. prank d. Gamewell OF new .So mis-,
ona ~ the field secretaries Of the '''''
sionary society and for twenty Yam
n,issienary in Peking, emma r e. a.
tha fortifications of Picking. he 10 a'
nreasnt visiting America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Comparative at Best.

portland Advertiser)
"B1nsor will be dryer than ever
says all Eastern dispatch. That won't
be SO very, very dry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

Now that the crocuses have come If
is time for the croakers to go.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

The Sanford correspondent of the
Eiddeford Record says that the men
stay away from church in his town
because the hats of the ladies prevent
them from seeing the pastor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Maine Gossip
Don't Take 'em of.

A word o fellow citizen.
Don't take 'em off,
The storm king may return again.
Don't take EN- off
The morning may be glad and bright,
And. though it seems that springs in
sight,
You can't tell what may come ere night
Don't take 'em Off!
Perhaps they scratch and stick and
burD-
Don't take 'em off!
Too late Is not the time to learn
Don't take 'em off!
The buds will soon begin to sprOut,
The lambs ere long will frsk about,
But don't you care-you just look out
Don't take 'em off!
The hearse is not lovely thing
Don't take EN- off.
It's sad to have to die in spring
Don't take 'em off:
What if the crOcus wants to poke
Itself up through the sod and crOak?
A word to you. and it's no joke
Don't take 'em off,
Chicago Record Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

The rounding up of % Portland
new phase of the Pencil plan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

The fishermen have their eyes or
Sebago. but the ice appears as firm as
in January.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

1t is said that the announcement of
Names second Rhodes scholarship
W ill he made in Il few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

Both ends of March were as gentle
as whole flock of lambs, this year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

II is well to keep in mind. particu-
larry during the early part of the day,
that this is April 1.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

Jordan may he a hard road to travel.
but it is ii speedway in comparison
with our country roads at the present
time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

AS IA result of the interest in the
matter aroused by it's recent centennial
celebration. Palermo has raised 500
to preserve the old burying ground
where the first settlers sleep. Every
town should see that its old cemeteries
are we'll fenced and sacredly cared for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

Under the leadership of Representa-
tive Stevens of Portland a party of
Maine legislators will go to Boston,
April I, to return the recent visit of
the Maine-bOrn legislators in Massa-
chusetts to Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01

The Morse High school. Bath, viii
graduate class of SO in June, by ia
the largest i'm it's history. There ar
RI young ladies and Il boys.