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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16

recognize some of the givers. I wouldn't
hurt anybodys feelings for the world
But I've learned one lesson and that is
not to discount seemingly inappropriate
gifts.
although fancy paper and special
Christmas tags are inexpensive, as is
baby ribbon, many people send their pres
ents in ordinary manila paper. tied with
common string, and take little or no pains
in doing up the packages daintily.1 dis
like the way Of sending a calling card
with no greeting on it. II seems so ma
chinc-made and businesslike, and rObs the
should and is meant to accompany it.
This might do on almost any day in the
year, but on Christmas, never. l mean,
of course as far as l am concerned, il
won't do.
"A remembrance that made hit with
me and gave me pleasure for many day
was tiny asparagus fern in a small and
dainty jar. Another present was Il small
swiss apron with ruff1es and beading,
Another inexpensive gift got one Christ
mas was a Japanese warming-hox. That
thing has proved to be Il positive luxury
when comfort and satisfaction are
counted.
Sometimes 1 think we have gone to the
other extreme and given too much
thought to the subject of Christmas Civ
ing; that our giving is not spontaneous
enough, but fiavorc Of system and plan.
Yes, ] know what you mean. It's like
good acting. 1t is so perfectly done that
can do it. The cost and actual worry
and work must not be visible in the
Christmas gift. Just the final result as
an expression of love and remembrance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16
DREAMS THAT CAUSE DEATH.
HaIIucinations Of the Night Some.
times Fatal in Their Visitation.

People have actually been killed by
dreams. Most persons have suffered
from those terrible nightmare visions
in which the victim is pursued by an
ASA ssin with appraised knife. or is
trembling on the edge of fearful
precipice. or is in some other imminent
danger of sudden and terrible death.
These dreams arc common enough and
nearly always the sufferer awakes,
thankful and happy at his escape. But
sometimes he doesn't awake. Some
times the knife falls or the sleeper in
his Authorizations plunges down the
rrecipice. These dreams are the
dreams that kill.
In cases where dreams kill there is
u sort of combined action between
the dream and the disease through
which death is accomplished. In the
first place, the dream is usually the
product of the disease. A person
may have heart disease. which never
asserts itself or allows the victim in
any way to know of its presence UNI
til the fact is disclosed in a frightful
dream, the first evidence of heart dis
ease. Then the frequent shocks to
the nervous system. aggravates the
disease until the heart is so weak
that one more shock is sufficient to
cause death.
If d person has bad dreams it does
not necessarily follow. however, that
he has heart disease. Dreams indicat.
ing heart disease are usually of q
terrifying nature and relate to death.
On awakening, the sufferer will no.
tice violent heart palpitation
Chronic pericarditis is always pre-
ceded by horrible dreams, such as
that of being thrown into a lake of
fire or being crushed in d railroad
wreck or burned by volcanic erup-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16

Oh. the happy little children. how theil
young, young hearts are singing
Of the merry, times a-cominG. full o.
How they talk all day of Santa Claus
the pretty things he's bringing.
And the gay and glittering glories O.
the lovely Christmas tree.
stories Of the Christ Child.
AS they cluster round their mothers
hanging on each word they say.
Oh, the darling little children! theirs thi
The Babe Of Bethlehem's birthday i
the ehildren's Holy Day.
Christmas times are coming!
Oh. the eager youths and maidens. how
they welcome Yuletide's feasting!
How the springtime of their you'll
makes sport with winters boar!
. time.
How the music Of their happy lives it.
melody soft mingleS
With the peahng and the rhythm of ths
merry Christmas chimes,
How the crisp air loves their laughter
and how bright eyes grow still
How lovers ardor presses as the bushes
come and go
How the rosy lips are captured and sweet
vows passed in the kisses
Stolen by the right prescriptive of the
hanging mistletoe.
Christmas times are coming.
Oh. the saddened men and women, how
this feast of peace and gladnesS
Bringeth back to empty hearts the
thought of joys long passed and
dead.
How the sweet thrill of the season passes
into memories sleeping.
Waking into fife the feelings woe had
thought forever dead.
How care and sorrow fly before the spell
Of this dear season!
How it breaks in bloom upon the chill
of fate's most wintry lives'
None can sure be sore unhappy with this
air of joy around him.
Nor from most saddened spirits fail to
fall their iron gives.
Christmas times are coming:
Oh. the magic feast of Christmas. there
no heart beyond its power.
Zen the very graves rest fairer meath
it's pure and peaceful SHOWS
When Heavens very angels break into
more joyous chorus.
Is it strange that sinful earth is better,
brighter beauty knows?
The season brings it's blessings-to some,
happiness and joyance:
Again. balm on bruised hearts the
message that it brings;
But 10 all a call is coming to cast out
woe and darkness,
And all have cause to bless the neal
and chime of Christmas bells.
Christmas times are coming!
Baltimore American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16
To S. Claus, ESQ.

Dear Santa Claus: My mother she
Says what she wishes you'd bring me
On Christmas is a heart that's kind
And-and-oh, yes, the wish to mind,
And happy smiles for every day
And goodness that won't wear away
Dear Santa Claus. please won't you bring
These all on ChriStmas-everythinE
My mother wishes that you would?
And-and a sled that's strong and good
And | would like to have Il gun
The kind that shoots-an iron one
My father told me if I'd write
Ard ask YOU for it that YOU might
Bring me the wish to study well
And learn to read and write and spell
And thankfulness for limbs that 5
straight,
And youth and health that's simply great.
Friend Santa. bring them all and III
Be good and cheerful all the while;
But if | can't have everything
My parents say they wish you'd bring,
And If I can't have only one.
Why. please. I'd rather have the gun.
--Georgic III Chicago Record Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16
Aprons

Good values in Ladies' Aprons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16

At Christmas time we carry a beau
tiful line of towels, special values at
csc, soc. Is. $1.00 and $3.50 each.
A large line of napkins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16
A Private Train Through Mexico,

A beautiful trip-all the month OF
February in Mexico. the oldest country
in the New Worlds being organized
by the Grand Trunk Railway system
leaving Montreal in special sleeping
cars on the international Limited. y
500 A. NJ, January 29th. 1906. These
cars will be attached to tie private
train leaving Chicago the followine
morning. Perfect arrangements. Rate
includes everything. Train under spe.
cial escort of the best authority on
Mexico. Finest train in the world
Best and only thorough tour of Mexico
offered. Particulars and descriptive
matter from any agent of the Grand
Trunk Railway System or from 7
Quinian. Bonaventure station. Mon.
treal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16
Books

We have a large stock of dressed
and undressed dolls, that we will offer
from IS to 33 per cent. discount, to
close them out as we need the space
for goods in our regular line. We do
not intend to carry dolls after this sea-
son. Hence the low prices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16

Handkerchief in great profusion
from 1c to $500, always appropriate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-16
Suits & Coats

\ large line of Ladies' Suits and
Coats at great mark down from
former low prices.
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
The Presidents Luck.

Mr.. Roosevelt has luck. Grant him
all the high qualities he is known to
possess, still he has luck. oodles OF
1t. He determined to visit New
Orleans; he was told that His
Majesty Yellow Jack was there
ahead of him; Never mind Yellow
Jack" he said, Il shall go to New
Orleans"
In another, this attitude might
nave smacked of temerity. but not
In Mr. Roosevelt 1t was merely the
expression of his character, and that
type is popular with us. No one
doubts that he would go to New
Orleans. or Texas itself, if all the
.evers In the world were there. How
ever, just here steps in Mr.. Roose-
velts guardian luck; the frost is
coming, the fever is dying out. and
when Mr.. Roosevelt rides into the
city of New Orleans the heralds will
proclaim: "The King is dead: long
live the King"-Yellow Jack will be
memory and Roosevelt an actuali-
ty.
III the President should visit the
site OF the proposed canal in Panama
without doubt the earth would quake.
the mountains would be removed
and passage opened between the
Atlantic and the Pacific that his ship
might steam safely through and in
augurate the canal as an accomplish
ed fact
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
IN SOUTHWEST.

Representative Harry Lee Maynard Of
Virginia, who was one of the Congress
sional party to make a tour OF Arizona,
New Mexico. Indian Territory, Okla
homa, and old Mexico. has just returned
from the trip, and is at the New Will
lard. He will leave for Norfolk in a
day or two. and spend the next two
weeks on the hustings. whooping it up
for the Democratic ticket. Representa-
tive Maynard is one of the best stump
ers in the Old Dominion, and he will
make IL clear TO the voters why they
should give Swanson an old-time ma
tority for governor. He says Swanson
Will carry the State by from q, 900 to
$4,000 ma jOrity.
My trip through the Territories" said
Mr.. Maynard, was one of she most en-
joyable / ever experienced Our party.
which was composed of Representatives
Tawney. Stenerson, Davis Goebel, Mad
den, and Marshall was given a hearty
welcome and reception at everv town
we stopped We did not go as a COM
mittee appointed by the House, but in
our individual capacity. The people in
the Territories. however. could not have
given us a warmer welcome or shown
more consideration n we mad come as
a special committee to tell them that
they were to be admitted to the sister,
hood of States
''On the question OF Statehood, the
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
FEAST OF SUCCOTH
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Third of Great Harvest Festivals Fit
tingly Observed by the De-
vout Hebrews.

Saturday evening at sunset the Feast
of Succoths, or Tabernacles, the third
of the great Jewish annual feastS, came
TO end, after eight days of fasting and
self-denial for the more devout. For
the orthodox Jews the feast lasted until
sunset last night, according to their GUS
tom of celebrating one day longer than
the extent of the feast.
The Feast of Succoths Is literally the
Feast of the Harvests, for never is it
celebrated until all the crops have been
cut and the grain housed for the win
ter. The first of the three great Jew
ish feasts comes in the early spring.
and is known as the Passover
Fifty days afterward is the Feast OF
Pentecost The last is the feast just
celebrated, and in historical relation is
TO the leading of the jews of Jehovah
for fcrty years through the wilderness.
and the permanent establishment of
them in Canaan.
The feast is also commemorative of
the harvest season, as in olden times il
was customary. as typical OF the agri-
cultural life for the people TO build
small huts on the roofs of their houses.
and live in them during the eight days
or the feast.
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
HEARST's CHANCES GOOD.

IF the New York mayoralty election
were TO be held today William Randolph
Hearst would, without a doubt, be the
successful candidate said Marcus
Braun, president of the Hungarian Re
publican Club of New York city. at the
Willard last night.
This may seem a peculiar statement
for good Republican to make con-
tinued Mr.. Braun, but from political
indications, as they appear in New
York today, am forced 10 admit that
II is true.
would be large, nor would his success be
due to his personality, but the defiec-
tions from the ranks of the Republican
past two weeks would be sufficient to
elect him.
New York politics this year presents
the strangest aspect seen in a long
Democratic clubs all over the city are
refusing to indorse the party candidates
because they say, while they remain
faithful to party principles, they have
no use for the ticket The situation II
Just this. they won't stand for the high
on Tammany Hall"
Mr.. Braun. besides being the president
of the strongest Republican club on the
East Side of New York has a bigger
publican in his district. He did yeoman
service during the campaign last fall
in piling up the biggest majority ever
given to a Republican Presidential can
didate on the East Side 1t IS thought
that at the next Congressional election
Mr.. Braun will be the opponent OF Rep
resentative William Sulzer in the Sixth
district
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
What Mr.. HowelIs Wanted.

Mr.. Howells has been to London
to see the sights and he has been
much impressed with English clothes.
The mans dress in London. he says,
lis informal, impatient" This inter-
ested him very much. Read what he
says about it:
To my vision. or any Illusion, :.
tney wore every sort OF careless cap.
slouch felt hat. and straw hat: any sort
OF tunic. jacket, and cutaway. The top
hat and frock coat still appear. but their
combination is evidently no longer i'm
perative. as IL formerly was at all day
time functions. Certainly. when IL comes
to the artist at Truefitt's wearing q
frock coat while cutting your hair you
cannot help asking yourself whether its
life. may yet wear q frock and a derby
but many people now wear top-nats
though black ones. with sack coats with
any sort of coats. The conventional
awa1lng dress alone remains invioIate
bur how long this will remain. who can
say2 The simple-hearted American ar
irving with his scrupulous dress suit
In London may yet And himself going
out TO dinner with a company of Eng
lishmen in white linen Jackets or tennis
fannels.
That paragraph suggests that the
esteemed and patriotic William ..
was homesick--homesick for the cor
ner grocery, for the tilted cigar. for
the clink of the ice in the pitcher
the boy brings up the hall, for all
the other notes in the symphony
which the American plays on the
theme of the sack coat and the. .high
hat. There is a touch of il in the
disdain with which he records that
the barber wears a ''frock." Over in
England that seemed a sacrilege-
in America we would say, Bully for
the barber. II he only keeps on it's
an even break he gets to Congress.
It's pretty bad when an American
grows alarmed for the full-dress suit.
What are we coming to, anyway?
That and the high hat are about the
only perquisites left TO a gent, these
days. AnG wher you read of white
linen jackets and tennis fiannels as
substitutes IL makes you think the
BARRIERS are coming right up from
the shop: IL does. for a fact.
And there must have been a spe-
cial reason for old Bill's homesick-
ness the day he wrote that. We
guess he had been TO a minstrel
show--not one OF the newfangled
variety with $4,000 ballets and the
Worlds Greatest Vocalists,'' but
one Of the old Barlow Brothers and
The Washington times., 1905-10-23

Only two of these items require
comment-the proposed high pres
sure fire protection service and the
proposed model playground
Added protection against fire would
be most pleasant, but it is not by any
means Immediately needed. The
present fire-fighting force and the ex-
listing conditions comprise a protec-
ton beyond that of any other city in
the United States. In proof Of which
the several insurance companies
grant the city of Washington the
lowest city insurance rate in the
United States.
But the city does need some other
things that are not covered in the
budget and might be obtained with
this $750,0o0. More pay for our
school teachers is the first, more pay
for our firemen the second, and more
pay for our policemen the third. The
school teachers are put first because
they are paid least. and yet exercise
the greatest power Their case
should appeal to the Commissioners
with extra force for the further rea-
son that the discrepancy between
District pay and pay elsewhere is
most marked in this instance, and SO
the danger of losing efficient work.
men is greatest
Separate bills are TO De introduced,
according to present plans, to cover
these three items The device has
this merit, that it enables those be-
hind the bills to treat with Congress
directly. In the end 1t will probably
lead to as much gain. But these
three important interests must not
be omitted from any view of the
Districts estimates to Congress,
especially not for the sake of high
pressure fire protection service.
As for the model playground, The
Times will be heartily glad to see
1T established. The section of the
city in which it is located would be
greatly the gamer by 1t from the
very flrst-and it is hardly likely
the other sections would wait long
to be similarly benefited Other
cities have spent much more than
$4,000 on single Fairgrounds Chica-
go and New York have spent twice
as much-and the Commissioners
have done well to include this allow
ance in their estimates.
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
One Chord From Chorus
OF National Happiness
ats Rebuke to Shifty Partisan Politics Will
DO State Good, Says Ohioar--presi-
dent Georgia's Own

THE Times today scored a big hit
on it's report of the Taft speech at
Akron" said ]. II. Furney, a prominent
Ohio Republican at the Raleigh. last
night. 'It was the talk OF my Ohio
friends. II was a great newspaper hit,
and The Times deserves credit The
general opinion of my Ohio friends
here, which is an echo Of the State. is
that Taft did good for the party
Remember. he was speaking in Sen
ator Dicks own town, and Dick is
chairman of the State committee. Also
Dick was present when Cox and Coxism
in Cincinnati were so merci.essly ar
raigned.
Now, at first blush. one would say
Taft made u mistake. But he didn't.
While he scourged Cox, he appealed to
all good citizens to support Herrick
The effect will be a turning OF honest
Republicans and Democrats TO Her
rick. who, because Of the unjust abuse
Of the Anti-Saloon League, is rapidly
gaining unexpected support from peo-
pie who do not believe in the siander-
Gus meanness of the League leaders
Posing as Christian workers. they are
using tactics that would disgrace the
minions of the devils
The ultimate effect of the Taft
speech will be 20 line up church and
anti-Cox people for Herrick. The Dem
ocratic leaders are wroth with Pattison
for driving away the liquor vote. Her
rick will get the benefit either way, and
L look for his reelection by $4,000.
"On the other hand, Cox must make
good in Cincinnati, in answer to the
aspersions of Taft, and that means
about 10000 for Herrick in Hamilton
county alone. Senator Dick as chair
man knows his business. He has his
grip on the organization in Ohio, and
when the votes are counted the credit
for the victory must be given him
wholly"
The Washington times., 1905-10-23

spent in music, which was given by
Misses Ethel King, NJ Farrell, Irene
Cole, and vocal solo by Gladys Here
ford. The potato race then took place
which was won by Miss Mildred Far.
rel in 45 seconds. Various other games
were played before the youngsters took
their places in the beautifully decorated
dining room
After they participated of the suppe-
which was donated by the club and its
friends. they proceeded to the next room
played.
A: D. Frank, of Baltimore. spent YES
terday in this city, with Capt. and Mrs
A Hart lie is on his way South.
Miss Helen Hopfenmaer. of West
washington, was at home last evening
TO her friends. i'm honor of ber bn,,se
guest. Miss Dora Goldsmith, of Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi II. David. of the
California, are on trip TO Columb mbia
; c. TO visit the formers parents.
Mr.. ard Mrs f. Gichner. who have
been in Baltimore for the past couple of
weeks, have returned to their home
Mrs. A. Rosenthal who has been in
Baltimore visiting her relatives, has re-
turned to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Newmyer were
host and hostess at tea last evening
Among those present were Mrs. A Sig
mund. Mr.. and Mrs. ID. /. Epgel Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. Newmye-. Jack Cohn, A.
Sigmund, and Leroy Newmyer
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
MISS EMMA POWER
BRIDE OF NOVEMBER
VIII Be Married at Charleston W. Va, Home to Walter
t. Harris. Well-Known Newspaper Correspondent
Will Live in House Built for Them

Mr. and Mrs JoAph B. Power have
issued invitations for the marriage OF
their daughter. Emma, to Walter Ed
ward Harris. of this city. The cere-
mony will take place Tuesday. Noyem
Der Z. at the home of the brides par
ents. Ballymore. Charleston. w. Va
The bride. who Is a very charming
young woman. is a native of Pennsyl-
vania. but has spent the greater part of
her life in Charleston, w. Va Mr. Har-
-is. who has lived in Washington sew
eral years as correspondent of the Rich
mond "imes-Dispatch, is one of the
most popular and prominent members of
the press gallery at the Capitol
After a wedding tour of some weeks,
the couple viii be at home at their new
residence. now nearing completion, at
1901 Eighteenth street northwest.
At the marriage next Thursday of
Miss Florence Lena Lowry and James
Edward Gill. both of this city, the Rev
+. 3. Bagly will be the officiating
clergyman. Miss Edythe GIL will be
the brides only attendant John Gill
will be best man. The ushers will he
Arthur B. Clegg. Rudolph Hasler, Will
lam y. Lowry, and Ludwig Naecker
there VIII De
reception in the home of the bride s
parents, 132 Eleventh street southeast.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Gill will leave for an ex-
tended Northern trip. On their return
they will reside with the brides mother.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Priscilla Upshur to Harry Franklin
Covington. for October %. at Blue Ridge
Summit. Pa. Miss Upshur is the
daughter of George NJ. Upshur, of Bal
timore, and a granddaughter of Judge
John r. Franklin, of Snow Hill. Md
Mr. CovingtOn is a professor of English
literature at Princeton
The Covingtons are well known in
Maryland, as are the Upshurs.
Miss Alice Spelman, of I72 Adelphi
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
DOCTORS DEEM CHOLERA
INDIGENOUS TO ISLANDS
Belief Growing That Germs Are in
Philippines to Stay-Epidenic
About Checked.

The cholera in the Philippines is
about under control by the Marine
Hospital service.
This epidemic has not shown any
tendency toward localization, and the
persons attacked have been generally
OF the better classes. In proportion To
the popuation, there have been more
cases among the Europeans and AmerI-
cans than among natives.
lhe origin of the cholera has not been
discovered. The belief is growing thar
cholera may live indefinitely in the
Wells at PaterCS and at times become
more virulent
Many medical men are inclined to be-
lieve chat the disease is indigenous To
the Islands ~
The Washington times., 1905-10-23
KIMMEl MEMORIAL HALL
NOW IN REGULAR USE

Kimmel Hall. the new structure adj
joining Whitney Avenue Christian
Church. was dedicated with appropriate
services yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. Frederick L. Powers. of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church,
preached the sermon. and a number Of
other local pastors participated in the
exercises.
The building is complete in every de-
tail. On the first floor is spacious
auditorium The basement consists Of
q thoroughly equipped gymnasium for
the boys Of the church.