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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-02
NORTH PITTSTON.

F. p. Morrill, and Albert Putnam at
tended the Central Maine Fair at Wa
terviIlc, Friday.
Mrs. George Sweetland ana children,
Perlay and Alice, We're visitors AT J. I.
Grants over sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Grant of Rum
ford Falls and Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. f.
Green of Wdtcrville were the guests of
their Parents Mr. and Mrs. {. X. Green
over sunday.
Miss Mary Cary of East Pittston.
called on friends sunday.
Mr.. ana Mrs. G. II. Watson, and
laughter Of Chelsea. We're callers at
David L%wrence's Sunday.
Mr. and Airs. G. B. Putnam, who
have been visiting relatives and friends
| in NasSa, husctts and New Hampshire.
returned Ia their home here, Tuesday
Mrs. Arobine Clark Grant returned
Tuesday, after a months vacation, TO
| resume her duties at the Vickery & Hill
Publishing House. Augusta.
Mrs Joseph Kenney was visitor at
| the capital Tuesday.
| =. Y. Snlth OF BrunSWlCk Wa d
visitor at c. X. Green's, Tuesday night.
AS c. *. Green entered his barn
| Sunday noon he noticed the chickens
| seemed to be somewhat frightened and
| hearing Il slight noise overhead, looked
up and ON one Of the high beams a
partridge was perched. Hastily closing
| the doors he called to his son who i'm
| media:cly assembled to the beam, upon
| which the bird few to the NOW where
| il was quickly secured alive. Shortly
| before this two gunners with dogs were
| in the vicinity and one fired ut q wood
| cock and sent his dog into the grove
| near by to fEd it, and 1t Is supposed
the partridge which probably was in
| the grove, WAS frightened by the dogs
| ana sought safety in the barn.
John Dunn and crew are busy press
| ing hay for some of the farmers in this
| vicinity.
LAkESHORE.
| Miss Ellie Cowan of Portland is passing
a two weeks vacation with her father, NJ.
| w. Cowan.
| Mrs. G. f. Reynolds is passing a week
with relatives in Boston. and Mrs. A. W.
| Branch is attending to her household
duties until her return.
Mrs. w. w. Cowan and child have re-
turned TO Lynn, after passing week
| with her motherin-law Her sister. Miss
l Sadie CoWan accompanied her and will
pass the winter with her.
| Mr.. and Mrs Chas. COwan of Indiana is
i visiting her brothers and sister. whom
he has not seen for fifteen years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-02
EAST CORNVlLLE.

Charles Moody OF this place met with
quite a bad accident. while returning
from the Fair at Waterville. Seeing his
train moving out of the station he started
to run to catch it. In so doing ne turned
his ankle, spraining it so badly that he is
now obliged To use crutcheS.
Rev. O. l.. Williams of Fairfield and
Rev. NJ. Kclsy Of Winthrop Center, were
here to attend the Friends monthly meet
ing, Wednesday.
Quite n number Of people are now
shipping their apples.
The first snow storm Of the season ar
rived Wednesday morning. For Il short
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-02
KENNEBEC.
CLINTON.

Rev. Mr.. Bebbee of Searsmont
spoke in the Methodist church, Tues
day night.
Rev Nj. Price of the Methodist
church began special meetings at Ben
ton, Thursday evening, being assisted
fy Rev. Mr.. Bebbee and Rev. Mr.
Morgan.
Mrs. A. NJ. Phillips of Boston is Wis
ting her mother, Mrs. j. w. Price.
Miss Ida Searles, who has been
spending the summer with Mrs. w. T.
Cain, has returned to her home in
Chelsea.
Mrs. NJ. f. Luce of Haverhill is the
guest Of her daughter, Mrs. w. ]. cain
Rev. Y. p. Furber. 50 years Old
drove through To Kingsbluy. last week
visited there il few days and came
back alone.
Measles seem To be making quite a
little trouble for Il number of gu.
Young people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-02
EAST PALMYRA,

Miss N"ttic Parkman left here. Monday
for Parre, Mass, where she has employ
mcnt.
l.. i. Foley recently purchased two fine
Tolstein cows from w. S. kccne's stock
farm. Mr.. Foley now has several cows
from that farm ana is furnishing milk I,
the Borden Condensed Factory, Newport
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-02
FAIRFIELD CENTER.

W. X. Atwood has sold out his milk
business.
Carl Anderson has been i'll for several
days.
Elizabeth Tnbcy passed Saturday and
Sunday with hel parents, returning To
Rirhmond. Monday morning.
+. A. Wing OF Wutervillc has bought a
few lots Of apples in this vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-02
The Only Survivor.

The number Of immigrants from c.
many last wear was 21,!Ni.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
The Smoke Nuisance.

N OWHERE in the country is the campaign for
~ the abatement Of the smoke nuisance mora
vigorous and effective just than in Chicago
Probably nowhere was it needed more before it
menced. The Journals Chicago correspond
ent today describes the methods pursued and the
results accomplished.
Experience taught Chicago to put the smoke in
speetion in the department. for the inspection Of
steam boilers and heating plants and to require that
any new plant installed be approved by this de-
partment. The effect Of this has been to install
larger and better heating plants plants better
adapted to the work and less likely to emit smoke
from unconsumed coal Rhe figures given by Chi
cago merchants on the damage done by smoke to
merchandise in that city startling. They say it
amounts to $4O,000,000 a year more than the money
collected taxes This is something to make people
think and it certainly is time adopting some
intelligent and effective means here IN Minneapolis
to prevent the pouring out Of these immense black
clouds Of dirty SCOT over the city H Chicago can
abats the smoke nuisauce. Minneapolis can.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Suggestive Figures.

Y,ElsTERD4AY Miss countryman, librarian Of the
= public library, gave T he Journal some
suggestive figures with regard to attendance at the
reading-rooms open Sunday under the auspices
Of the library. There has been a remarkable in
crease in this attendance since the closing of the
Sunday saloon.
# men who cannot go to the saloon Sunday
willg to readingroom, there ought to be in that
fact something very suggestive to the people who
studying the question Of substitute for the saloon
The opening Of additional reading -rooms would I'M
doubtedly crafty many who have been accustomed
spend part Of Sunday at least in the saloon for
lack Of any other place to CO. while access to places
providing reading matter, music, innocent amuse-
ment and games something to eat and the chance to
visit with ones acquaintance and fellows would
undoubtedly be taken advantage of by many.
The Journal is still hopeful that practical
move this direction will be made in this city soon
and renews its offer Of last Sunday Of 81 900 and
500 annually for maintenance for the establishment
and carrying on Of a practical substitute for the
saloon if there are others disposed to contribute
enough toward the same end to insure practical
test of the plan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Editorial Section.
Salaries for Aldermen.

T>HE action Of the council Of indianapolis in
il raising the compensation Of its members from
$3.50 to 5000 year has provoked considerable crit
icism. The argument used in support Of the raise,
that the old compensation was inadequate, is met
by the suggestion that neither is the rate ade
quate il viewed as salary. But if the conpensa-s
ton Of alderman is viewed only as sort Of hon
orarium $3.50 is as good as 5000. II
The discussion involves the whole question OF
salaries for city officials whose duties legislative
There are only two ways Of viewing it, that the
places places of honor and trust in which no
salary should be paid the other that they are en-
titled to full compensation for the work done.
The tendency has been toward the paying Of
salaries. The city Of Minneapolis has increased the
compensation Of its aldermen from $500 to $500
year. The latter figure is not yet salary, but it
is approaching it. The compensation Of the mayor
has been raised from 1000 to $4,000. The latter
figure is salary compensations go in this CITY,
We pay district Judges but thousand dollars more
and it is questionable whether the average Of sal
aries Of managers Of business concerns in the city
is more than $4,000
The problem Of salaries for aldermen is not en-
tirely Of the amount paid. It is one Of getting
the best service Whether this is to be accomplished by
paying salaries by not paying anything has always
remained open question. There other mem
bers Of boards besides aldermen While their duties
are not so numerous and the time taken from prl-
vate affairs for public service is perhaps less, yet
in the Of members ofthe school board park and
other boards, the duties less responsible No
suggestion has been made Of paid school board
and it would not appeal to the public.
Where is the dividing line drawn between an
alderman and a school director? If paying living
salaries to aldermen would increase the efficiency
of the council would the argument apply to the
school board the library board, the park board and
the board of corrections and charities9 Where
should the line be drawn and why?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
A School Of Railroading.

TILE chicago university, which is nothing II not
= enterprising, has entered upon scheme to
educate railroad It proposes to the rail
road men thru a course which will teach them to
throw switch or make rate AS intermediate
Of study it will offer instructions in how to
pull train thru on time how to sell ticket to
woman and convince her that it will carry her to
her destination. The railroads centering in Chicago
are said to be backing the school and it has
already 200 students entered for its first classes.
While ordinarily one would be tempted to smile
at school Of railroading, yet why not9 Ralroading
is great business. It is daily becoming spe-
calized. It is daily becoming Of greater general in
terest to the community The conduct OF railroads is
longer private function like the running Of a
mattress factory The railroad is public servant
and railroad men need to know all they can learn
about the public. They need, of them sadly
to learn to respect the public to encourage it to
travel and to make themselves agreeable to it
route. If schools can make engineers, mechanics,
soldiers and sailors, why not conductors and train
menu
The first practical effect upon railroading should
be to make known to the railroads the probable first
value Of each man it employs. OF course the school
trained railroad man would have still considerable
to learn. He would be a theoretical raroader. But
theory must precede practice Today the obstacle in
the way Of railroad employee rising is that he does
not know any theory. He is all practice and his
practice is confined to one thing. The men who
have risen in railroading are the men who have
overcome the defect in the education offered by the
roads by observation. It may be. said that these
men would have risen any way and It is probably
true But with a more general education at the be-
ginning these might have risen faster and others
who have not rsensto the top would very likely have
attained to greater usefulness than they have, A
leading railroad man of Minneapolis recently told Of
"a system which after experimenting disastrously
with number Of operating managers finally hit
upon the man it thought would fill the bill It gave
him a large salary and cash bonus Of 100000.
Would school railroading have enabled that rail-
road to find the right man sooner? Old style rail
road men would without hesitation answer no. But
it is not 50 certain that this is the correct answer
The preliminary education Of a railroad man is
part of his assets. It to make him known to
number of people who, on the strength Of his
theoretical attainments may base a partial judy
ment upon his practical value. Instead Of digging
him entirely from the unknown the railroad would
lift him from the partially known. One or two Of
the steps toward finding the right man would be
eliminated. The sooner he was found the better for
the railroad and if the school cut off some Of the
steps Of the search and brought the desired result
nearer Il would Justify itself from the start.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
THE LITERARY LADY.

The Literary Lady tho she IS clever doubt it,
Too often makes wonder why she worries about it,
And why, when picks up her book and meekly
looks upon it
Her attitude distinctly says, sPlease look at mel
done itls'
The Literary Lady, if her novels success,
Occasionally shows it in the manner Of her dress,
AS if to ask How is it the Immortals their hair?
And when reach the Hall Of Fame pray what am I
The Literary Gentleman is otherwise, for he
Is shrinking, shy and blushng to marvellous degree
He never talks about himself or writes the kind of
stuff
That gets into the papers for literary puff.
And when sordid Publisher would advertise his book
He shrinks from such publicity with dumb, appeal
!. ing look;
And every time compliment smilingly his way
He shrieks toh, please don mention It'll and signs
and faints away.
But the Literary Lady is alert, for well she knows !
How one mistake of hers might wreck contemporary
prose,
And as the laurel crown above her shellke ear she
She wears her honors lightly wagonload Of bricks.
There is some strange divinity that shapes her rides
and walks,
AS now she sits for photographs and interviews and
talks
And in her friendly saies with the lawyer and the
parson
She swings the torch Of knowledge in way suggesting
arson.
The Literary Lady wracks her fascinating head
To write her own biography before she really dead,
To tell about her Editors her Letters and her Cats,
Her spring and summer Poetry, her fall and winter
Hats
For proudly she explains to US, proud her lip is
curled,
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the terary)
world;
Therefore firmly tread--tho with the kindiest In
tent s3
Upon that dropping violet, thu Literary Gent, =
Wallace Irwin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
New Use for Trusts.

TsHE steel trust has not been great success as
a dividend payer but it seems to be coming to the
front as conservator Of morals. It was currently
believed at the time Charles NJ Schwab retired from
the presidency that he had been invited to leave by
Morgan because of his performance at Monte Carlo:
Mr.. Morgan doesn't mind sknning friend in the
@'street,' but he abhors gambling and Schwab had
to 60. -
Corey, who has received his congo because he
betrayed an unfortunate fondness for actress to
the exclusion of his wife The press reports quote
friend of the actress saying IT know that Miss
Gilman expects to marry Mr. Corey as soon as he is
able to get divorce I was surprised to see that
photograph Of her and Mr.. Corey "a recently pub
shed picture of Mr. Corey and the actress together
but suppose Miss Gilman wants to bring about the
divorce she has waited for so long,
This remarkable exhibition Of patience on the
part Of Miss Gilman does not appear to have met
Its reward for "pubic feeling, is reported to be
'fstrong against Mr.. Corey and in sympathy with
his wife, No adequate account appears to have
been taken of Miss Giman's patient waiting and
the logged obstinacy Of Mrs. Corey in refusing to
give up her home and her name. .a
There appears lack Of consideration Of the
whole subject here which is lamentable It does not
seem to have weighed with 'tpublic feeling that
Mrs. Corey had had Mr.. Corey long time and that
Miss Gilman's patience might become exhausted.
After driving her to take action which would bring
on the divorce proceedings Miss Gilman is not APP
pauded, but shifted at, and 'public feeling' goes
cut to Mrs Corey again just tho there was nobody
else to be considered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
The War Censorship.

THE British empire is sorely tried over what to-
= do with the press in time Of war. The ques-
ton is up in parliament and will not down. It is
question with British statesmen whether to attempt
to revive the censorship Of the press in time Of
strife to go the other direction and give the
conduct Of the next war to the correspondents.
There are objections to both Of these courses. The
press Of Great Britain may be appealed to to take
high patriotic stand and refrain from publishing the
news, but would that bind the press Of Paris or
Berlin7 If the Paris newspapers should print the
whereabouts of the British fleet or give away the
mental state Of the British general would it not be
as useful to the enemy tho the news had been
published in London9 An instance of how quickly
news gets around the world was given during the re-
cent peace conference at Portsmouth 1t is known that
Count White gave out to the correspondent OF Slovo
synopsis of the treaty. The Slovo correspondent
divided the spoil with the correspondent Of Paris
newspaper. The Paris sent it home with ln-
structions to relay to the Slovo office. When the
epoch-making dispatch reached Paris it was shared
again with the Associated Press and it happened
that the summary Of the treaty went to Europe and
back to New York before it reached the Slovo. The
man who got the scoop was after all the only
who was scooped on the news. This would seem to
show the utter absurdty Of attempting to make the
publication of war news matter of patriotism.
National patriotism does not cover It, There IS no
international patriotism to appeal to-
The fact that the Japanese controlled their own
correspondents and also all the foreigners is cited
showing that it is possible to censor the press in
time of war; But the Japanese had two advantages
They had first the fact that Japan is island with
but one or two cable exits which could be easily
watched She had also the fact that the Manchu1ian
campaign was fought over country so vast and
with such meager telegraph facilities that it fairly
protected the armies from the correspondents with
out other assistance. Nothing Of the kind would be
possible in European war. - ~ ."--@~
If the press correspondent cannot be suppressed
it would as tho the army would have to go to
the other extreme and make the correspondent a
tool Of the commander to fool the enemy. This
scheme would involve the invention Of probable
fctions with which to stuff the correspondent. In
the of misinformation one general would still
have to draw its differences to what the other
was doing. Perhaps it would come to the same thing
tho nothing had been printed and the CORE
spondent would be fairly sizzling in copy.
A third alternative would be to abolish war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Truth il Art and Fiction.

az MATEUR critics. and some others who ought to
know better, are given to cavil at the forms Of
dialogue used by greatest novelists as "stilted
and unnatural Because the language used is not
that OF everyday people in ordinary conversation,
and has literary rather than colloquia form, it is
condemned as not true to nature
IT IS an old controversy, going into the same argu-
ments as those familiar in the debates over roman
telsm and realism However, the best Of the So
called realists as guilty the rest Of the literary
world, II 1t is cupable to construct dialogue from
Well-turned speeches and epigrammatic phrases,
rather than use carelessly spoken everyday Eng
llsh or to cast the speech Of dramatic incident in
heroic mold, instead Of the explosive haf-incoherent
talk men commonly use in moments Of excitement.
The fact is sometimes lost sight Of that novel
writing IS an art, and not copying Of life, that
there IS novelst's license well as poetic license.
Even the critics would not read novel with phono-
graphic dialogue any than they would approve
socalled poem written in bold everyday English,
or painting which Photographic copy Of
landscape Something must be left to art, and to be
true 1t IS not to be accurate In fact
may easily be accurate without being true A de-
tached incident may be reported faithfully by a
writer but it will not have the semblance Of truth
that art demands. The freakish may often happen
IN fact, but it has place in felton, which must
be true in the sense Of world truth.
30 the dialogue OF characters IN novel may not
be what we would say ourselves if placed in the
position, but it will be true in higher sense be-
cause it reveals to the reader the character of the
speakers, the play Of their emotions, and the
psychological progress Of the plot better than any
thing else. It is truth because it gives us the con-
ception that is in the mind Of the author as paint
ing gives the artists conception Of scene better
than the finest photograph which, after all, is only
one way of looking at the landscape
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Male and Female Novelists.
4 ISIS MYRTLE REED herself q novelist, ia

III Ak5A0 " A4I1 AL OrL, herself AUVolSL3 tS1hcS
s. male novelsts severely to task for their
blunders regarding woman s dress and suggests q
supplementary course Id millinery and dressmaking
in the projected school Of journalism at Columbia.
Male noVelists, she claims, eternally dress women
IN some obsolete STYLE which they have seen and ad
ired IN their mothers the female friends Of their
styles have not the vitality to wait until the great
accepted
The matter Of the description Of a heroine's
dress however, is not essential to the enjoyment OF
the ladys character. What tho her dress be some
what out Of style, what tho she does go morning
ride in afternoon tea gown tend her garden in
an impossible white lawn creation? The dress may
be doubtful but the heroine herself, we not
always sure Of Is she not always beautiful, with
rare, radiant charm all her own but which she seems
willing to share with the hero9
Others besides male novests make mistakes. In
the newspaper novel, written by the female genius
It seems as tho the great editor always finds bust
ness reading proof before any type has been set for
the day. The political boss appears and dominates
the convention with wave Of his hand, whereas it
is known that the bosses do not go to the convention
at all In the novels Writtenby most excellent women
the men are great smokers. They always blow rings
in the air This is something that only comedians
jockeys are adept at, but smoke rings are ever the
sign Of the approach Of a hero in the lady novel.
Then, too, the smoking villain is forever rerolling
his cigar. In real life even villain would abandon
brand Of cigars which would not stay rolled.
It is much to be feared that the lady novelists
understand tobacco little as men under
stand women s dress.