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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-12
Oak Grove Seminary Notes.

George l.. CroSSmIn, of SacO, WAS ri
tn" Seminary. Monday.
Mrs. A. g. CCombS. Of NaSSalhnru cen
ter WAS ut the Seminary. "Wednesday.
Mr.. Anlcs of Boston WIS at the Semi
nary, Thursday. witlI bis automobile"
He hls been spending Il few days witt
Mr.. Kennedy.
Miss A,ldir cole returned from her III
cation at Lewiston. Friday.
Alfred T. Ware Of brunswick. WAS At
the Seminary over Sunday.
Mr.. ana Mrs Robert H. Kennedy 81
Portland. spent last week with Mrs
kcnndy's parents. Mr. ANA Mrs. GcnrG,
Gatchcll III the Corner Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Ecur"dv were * -m"mhcrs az tn
class If 1905 at Oak Grove.
Miss Grace NJ. Jones. o.. If Snutl
China was ut til" seminary, SundIY. Sh,
is teaching al Stanley Hill.
The Quarterly meeting Of Friends WIZ
held ut Oak Grove chapel Sunday.
Miss Regina Wallace ANA sister
f.hwrna. of Springfield. Mass, were II
the Seminary. Saturday. Miss F,dwcnH
will attend school here the coming wear.
There will be a partial new faculty tn.
coming year. several Of the old teachers
having accepted positions elsewhere TIL,
faCult" this year will ne as follows
G"orc" L. Jones. principal; mathematics
Homer J. Corpock; Bible History
les. Clarence w. IIolllnGSworth: com
m"rc;ai, Gertrude c. Mills, Prccoptrcss
Latin ana CONAN. Mary W. ireland
English ANA French. School will begin
September T.. \ good attendance is cx-
pcctcd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-12
TIE SECOND NIGHT
VI French Fair Most SuccessfuI-WiIl
Continue Two Nights More.

IN" second night of the fair Of Tho
~ Augustine parish was held in CITY
nail, last evening and proved itself MS
successful as that of the opening night
me program of last night embraced y
concert by the band, singing bv the
young girls of the parish. and Other
entertainment of II similar nature oil
"l which We're most pleasing To the
ARG audience which thronged the
hall. -
Not only was the lower floor of the
audltorium filled with people. bur many
salhrred in the balcony to watch tbose
peioW as they moved about viavinr
the various things of interest or lie
teneh 70 the musical numbers
Inc musical numbers were excaI,ent
some Oh the singing being most nleas-
me- ihey were arranged 50 as to inter
sperSe me other attractions Of tho fair
and served to keep any particular nart
OF tue evenings entertainment fror,
becoming monotonous.
lhere ! no question that tho fair 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-12
KENNEBEC BAPTIST ASSO.
18th Annual Commences, Today. a!
Winthrop Street Baptist Church.

I'll" 18th annual meeting Of the K"nnc
bee BAPTIST Association will he held a
tn" Winthrop Street Baptist church ii
this city. today ana tomorrow, comm"nc
ing 1T 1c o'clock. this morning. Rev =. +
Hope, rrstor of tn" church. will pr"sid.
as chairman of the meeting. The pro
gram for tho two days is as follows:
TUESDAY A. NJ
lG.00-AddrcSS and Devotional Scrvic"
Rev W. y. Plummcr
l0.O-k"port of TREASURER DrElnizatio:
Church Letters
1l.30-AnnuaI Sermon, Roy. l.. II. Clarke
TUESDAY +. NJ.
1M-praisc Service. Rev. j. l.. Clarke.
l..6-AnnUunccmcnt Of Committees; Fin
iShinC of Church Letters
2@-convcntion Address. Secretary Now
%oo-tIomc Mission Address. Rcv. q. l.
Iislcy, -. y.
%M-Praisc aud PRAYER, Rev. H. f. Illus"
3.0-riv.c League Address, See. H. n
rrinElc.
i.2o-E .ducnti"n Address. President White
TUESDAY EVENING.
Young Peoples Convention. Pres Ralph
'onant. presiding.
nl.'-i'raiS" ana Devotion, Rev. H. NJ
PurIingtnn
Is. f.lcCtihn. fuSlli"SS.
N~-Addr"ss. President G. H. White. T.
ID. Service Of Supplicltion ana TrSti-
m"ny, REV. j. H. Clark"
WEDNESDAY \. NJ.
Hb-iraiS" md Prayer. Rev. J. f. .Ioucs
""-Addr"SS on tn" Northiicld Confer
"nc". Rcv. Geo Merriam.
''-r.N"nortS on Committees Business.
f""-Addrnss on Homo Missions. Mrs.
James McWhinnic. Cambridge. Mass
,0.m- boctrinal sermon. Irv. T. a. W'hit.
t"fnor2, -. D.
ll.W-Addr"ss on Foreign Missions Rcy
y u. Cults Madras. India CLOSING
service. Rrv. Il. +. Hope.
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SQUASHES TO BURN.
East Side Man Has Lots Of Them from
a Single Hill.

Everett Merrill of Gannett street
has q squash plant that is remarka-
BILE one not only in size. but IN other
particulars. He planted just one hill OF
three or four seed and the amount OF
vines and scuashes that have grown
UP is a revelation to the onlooker. the
plants having grown so high that it is
we'll nigh an impossibility for one &c
pass through the thickest portion ahC
from their original little hillock.
Rather an interesting thing about ms
plant is the fact that on the SIDE 10
ward the house Mr.. Merrill has struiis
strong Irvine in order to allow them
chance to grow. and the plants nave
certainly embraced the opportunity
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-12

pare it with the other fairs of the so
ciety except to say that it is a success
for all of the fairs of this society arc
successes. and this one is certainly nc
exception.
ings This evening a program similar
to last evening will he offered with
band concerts and vocal musical rem
ditions throughout the evening
Wednesday evenings program. which
will be the closing of the fair, will con-
tail the drawing of the prizes. and this
also will be an interesting feature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-12
EIy's Cream Balm

Gives Relief at once.
IL cleaIiSeS, SootheS
and heals the dis
eased membrane. 1t
cures CataIrh and
drives way a Cold
In the Head quickly.
1t is absorbed.
Heals and Protects
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-12
MUNICIPAL COURT,
No Decision in Sturgis Liquor Case
Frank John Fined SO for Assault.

Charles SturgiS. the former prOprietor
of the Kcnnebec House. on COny street
was before the municipal court. Mon
day morning. as the result of the seiz-
IRE, Saturday afternoon by the en-
forCement deputies of small quantity
of liquor on the premises. Deputies
Tebbctts, Pare and Aver appeared for
the prosecution, and told Of the finding
of the liquor in cupboard of a room
adjoining the kitchen, and also of the
finding of empty hotties, etc, that
seemed to indicate that liquor had been
sold about the premises. SturgiS al
lowed that he was not proprietor of
the place and that he had only been
there a few days, while the proprietor
WIS away. He disclaimed any knowl-
edge of the presence of the liquor in
the cupboard and denied the owner
ship Of it. He also claimed that the Ii
quor belonged to Charles Sceley. an
old soldier who was stopping at the
house and Mr.. Seeley went upon the
stand and testified under oath that the
whskcy was his. The testimony of the
two sides of the case did not seem tn
be very clear case to the court, and
the Judge held it under advisemcnt,
pcnding further investigation. Mr..
Sturgls was represented by A. NJ.
Goddard.
One lone victim of intoxication ap-
reared before the municipal court,
Monday morning. but owing to circum-
stances connected with the case. he
was placed on probation.
Frank John was before the munich
nal court. Monday forenoon. in answer
to q warrant sworn out against him by
Frank pamren. charging him with as
sault with intent to choke John was
found guilty Of the charge and fined S.
which was paid.
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$500 is the Rate
Thursday. October II, is the Date

IF tho grand 100-miic ir' uar tour viI
tn" Boston < Albany. through Worccs-
ter. Springfield. Pittsiicld. the Bcrk-
shire Hills. to Albany, III" Hudson Xiv
CT boats (cith"r night or Gay) to New
York, the Fall River Line to Boston for
$500. Siup-ov"r in New York to oct -
for 81 extra. Send for descriptive Leaf
let
\. :. HANSON. Cen. Pass. Agent.
RoStof
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placed on file. This makes a total of
$3.50 and costs and in default of pay
ment to serve one year in Jail. These
indictments were returned at the April
term of court and no indictments have
been returned against Sturgis since
that time and he has already served Il
sentence of SO days in Jail. Sturgis
paid.
Court adjourned until $50 o'clock,
this morning.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11

The new commonwealth of Aus
tralia does not seem to be getting on
very well, The population in the ten
years ending with 1901 was "3,771.715.
the increase being 597 AGO. The whole
island continent has less population
than the city of Greater New York.
Long a dependent upon England, il
has not developed internally. ''Were
Australian ports,H says the Sydney
Bulletin, shut by hostile warships
tomorrow. the commonwealth would
be without guns or cartridges for its
troops, without ships or the means of
making them. without fabrics for
clothing, without machinery for mine
or railway, without even paper on
which TO print its journals. Australia
would have to beseech the grace of
some master, crawl to the hand OF
whatever power was for the time most
strong, or lapse into savagery."
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11

less sounds which we cannot hear, and
colors as different as red from green,
of which we have no conception. These
and a thousand other questions re-
main for solution. The familiar world
which surrounds US may be a totally
different place to other animals. To
them it may be full of music which we
cannot hear, of sensations We cannot
conceive. To place stuffed birds and
beasts in glass cases, to arrange in
sects in cabinets, and dried plants in
drawers, is merely the drudgery and
preliminary of study to watch their
habits, to understand their relations to
one another, to study their instincts
and intelligence, to ascertain their
adaptations and their relations to the
forces of nature, TO realize what the
world appears TO them-these con-
%stltute, as it seems to me, at least, the
true interests of natural history, and
may even give us the clue to senses
and perceptions of which at present
we have no conception"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
GOSSIP OF TIE DIPL OMA rs.
Foreign and Washington Notes.

The Sultan of Turkey some short
time since, granted an audience to
Senator Bacon. of Georgia, and was so
much charmed with that genial Amer
lean gentleman that he conferred upon
him the grand Gordon of the Chefecat,
and presented Mrs. Bacon with a lot
of porcelain manufactured in the I'm
perial potteries. 1t remains to be seen
whether the Georgian Senator will ask
permission from Congress to be per-
mitted to accept the order Of the
Sultan.
Mrs. WI Ting Fang, wife Of the for
mer Chinese Minister to this country,
has deied the time honored traditions
of her native land. by returning to
China with her feet enlarged" to a
normal size. When she came to this
country with her famous husband, Mrs.
WI had her feet tightly bound, rs is
the custom among women of her rank
in China. While in this country she
had a surgical operation performed, in
creasing her feet to the size nature
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
THE MEERSCHAUM PIPE.
Almost Impossible to Select a
Genuine One.

A story is told of a smoker who spent
eight of the best years of his life trying
to color a meerschaum pipe, keeping it
enclosed most of the time in q case soaS
to prevent it getting scratched and its
finish being dulled by the oil and moist
ure from his hands, only to find at the
end of that period that he had been
tenderly nursing an imitation instead
of the genuine ''ecume de mer." The
best imitation is composed of the par
ings of genuine meerschaum, combined
with a mineral clay. These compost
tons can usually be determined from
the genuine ~meerschaum by their
greater weight, but there is no abso-
lutely certain test for distinguishing
the counterfeit. One method of test is
to look for slight imperfections. Com
position bowls never exhibit these
slight blemishes, which result from the
presence of foreign bodies in the natur-
al m-eerschaum however, as the blem-
ishes do not usually manifest them
selves until after the bowl has been
used for some time, the test is not of
much value in buying new pipes.
Meerschaum is a silicate of magnesia,
and preparatory to carving it Is soaked
in a composition of wax and oil. The
a and oil absorbed by the meer-
schaum are the cause of the coloring
Of the pipe due to smoking, and in con-
nection with the further absorption of
nicotine. Where meerschaums have
been smoked for some time without
having acquired a good color, they can
frequently be improved by rubbing,
when warm, with beeswax.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11

Saxon had looked upon Plymouth
Rock.
In the first half of the Sixteenth
Century the Spanish Conquistadores
seeking new fields of conquest for the
glory of Spain, swept up the Rio
Grande Valley. They found pastoral
settlements of Pueblo Indians prac-
ticing agriculture through the aid of
Irrigation, carrying the precious waters
of the Rio Granue out upon the desert
and Ieaping haryests from fields which
had been in cultivation beyond the
traditions of the Oldest members of the
tribe. Spanish settlements followed
the conquerers. With the ready adap-
liability of the early explorers they
utilized the old irrigation systems.
Thresh by Tramplf1g Of Goats.
The unprogressiveness OF the Span
lard is no where more strikingly re-
-Vealed than in the Rio Grande VAL
hey, where the descendants of the early
Spanish explorers are to-day engaged
In agriculture in just the same man
ner as their forefathers practiced it.
and indeed with methods strangely like
those in the days of Abraham. You
can see them reap with the sickle and
thresh by the trampling of goats.
Progressive Americans settling in the
upper reaches of the Rio Grande in
later years, showed small regard fol
the settlers in tho lower valley. Soor
their long lines of broad canals begaI
to maize sad inroads In the water sup.
ply which was needed Tor the ok
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
C. J. Blanchard.

Ell PASo, Tex. (Special).-on the
Southeast border of the Great Ameri-
can Desert, wheTe our sister republic
Mexico touches the commonwealth Of
Texas on the East and the progress
sive old-young territory of New Mex
leo on the North stands the Largest
city in me largest Congressional dis
trict of the largest State of the great
est Nation on the earth"
To the Fastener who first visits this
charming city and enjoys the hospital
ity which its citizens know so well
how to extend, the question is upper
most, what makes a city here? After
jo%urneying more than 500 miles across
Western Kansas and the Panhandle of
Texas, the short grass country, where
it is all one vast cattle range, down
into the adobe hills and sage brush
wastes of eastern New Mexico. there
is a reason for asking this question.
You naturally want TO know from
whence comes all this hustle and hustle
with all these evidences Of progress
and substantial growth. All your no.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11

intended them to be. Mrs. Wu's Wash
ington friends, with whom she keeps
up a steady correspondence, state that
she is able to walk now with COM
fort.
By the will OF the late German
Field Marshal, Count Won Waldersee,
commander of the allied troops during
the Boxer uprising in China, his in
sigma of the Order of the Black Eagle.
set with diamonds, was sold for the
benefit of the needy soldiers in. his old
regiment. Count Won Waldersee's wife
is a Miss Lee, of New York, and as
serts a most powerful influence at the
Berlin Court where she succeeded IN
securing promotion after promotion for
her husband.
DR.. Wallason. the Cars American
dentist. lives in st. Petersburg in a
palace in a quarter reserved for Grand
Dukes and Ambassadors. 1t is furnish
ed with such exquisite things that each
room represents a fortune in itself.
Wherever the Car or Czarina or the
Grand Dukes are. they always send
for DR.. W~allason. and he is kept busy
travelling from n end of the big Rus
sian empire to the other.
In the same way, DR.. Thomas, an
American dentist at Vienna, has been
for many years an intimate friend of
the Emperor, and has eve betrayed
the Emperor's confidence by a single
indiscreet utterance.
The German Emperor'S American
dentist not such a very long time
since committed suicide.
Each Earl of Oxford. at his burial Is
driven in his hearse three times round
the church before his remains are fin
ally laid to rest. The origin of this
queer custom, according to family and
local tradition, is that Horatio, second
earl of Oxford, destroyed the tomb
of the Scalmers. former %possessors of
Warrington Hall, in Norfolkshire, and
n of the unhappy ladies of this fam
lily, finding no rest. still haunts the
churchyard, always searching for the
remains Of her relations. 1t is to mol
lily her spirit that this weird drive of
the hearse round the churchyard takes
place on the occasion of the ~obsequies
of every Earl of Oxford. The present
Lord Oxford, whose wife is Louise
Corbin, daughter of d. G. Corbin, and
niece of the great railroad magnate
of that name. is at present travelling
in this country. van Calava.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11

RUINS OF OLD SPANISH CHURCH.
lions long held and regretfully let 60
of, are that this sunny land of the
border is the land of manama, of to-
morrow; that its day of awakening is
not yet come. Well, wake upl Life
is just as zeal, just as earnest and as
strenuous in Ell Paso as in New York
or Chicago, and when you rub up in
business against the Ell Pasoan you
need all your shrewdness and business
acumen.
The Old and The New.
FL Paso is old-very old, and FL
Paso is new, too-very new. This de-
lightful paradox is full of surprises
and charms. Right up against the old
Spanish dwelling of adobe with long,
low windows, heavily barred, and its
patio in the center, you are likely to
find a modern office building with ele-
vators and electric lights.
Something of a feeling of living in
the past comes over you when you en-
ter one of the old churches, down here
churches erected more than 800 years
ago. The solemn silence of these
shadowy halls has been broken by the
prisons of countless thousands and
softly intoned ayes were echoing here
long before the eyes of the Anglo
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
An ENGLLSHMAN WITH HUMOR.
How He Held His First Job and More
over Got a Raise in Wages.


Herbert Kelley, one of the leading
actors of the present time, Is an
Englishman, but, unlike the usual type
from the Island has a deep sense OF
humor. In speaking of his first visit to
his country, he describes his exper-
fence something like this:
Eyes, l was a bit green when l came
over to this country, and l 'ad to IKE
hanythink in the wy of a job. l got
started in a department store on 9th
avenue, and the foorwalker s'ys to me,
s'ys e:
"cNow, AIRY, Wen give you three
trials, and If you let three people get
away without selling them, Wen ave
to bounce you
well l came down jolly early on
Monday, took my plice behind the
counter and w'ited for customers.
Pretty soon a Idly walked up and
asked me where she should tike the
tram for New Rochelle. / didn't know,
and she went aw'y. I looked at the
foorwalker and the f1oorwalker e
looked at me. That mide one" hold
ing up a lean forefinger. "Then a mar
came along and stopped to arsk me
where e could buy a at. told Inn
where the at counter was, and e went
aw'y. That mide two. Jolly poor
luck, wasn't it now? I looked at the
foorwalker, and that fioorwalker
looked at me like ell. but what could
1 do? Then another Idly came along
as 'ad a large piece of goods to match,
and she wanted another yard of the
same. 1 took it and pulled out hevery-
think on the shelves, but there was no
more of it left. l was in a bit of a
funk then, for If I let 'er go without
mixing a sale 1 would lose my job, so l
seq:
"'Wite a bit, Idly; I'll see IL we ave
any upstairs | went up. and seeing
there was no more there, either, | just
cut a yard off her own goods and
brought the two pieces down, rolled
them up, took the money, and d
went aw'y. | lad plenty of customers
after that, but l didn't feel just COM
Portable, don't you know.
1.-The same afternoon she came back
and asked for the floorwalker.
"''Ere,' seq she. L brought five
yards of goods ERE to match this
morning and bought a yard more, but
when l got home l found only four
yards in my own piece. Can you ex-
pin that, p~lease?"
81 'emmed an 'awed and tried to
measure the goods and hattempted 10
tell the Idly that she must be mistaken
about 'er own piece, but she only
glared at me, and in a jihy she was
hup TO the iloorwalker expfnin' the
conditi n of affairs. 'Er tone hindu
Gated that she was mad, and | said to
meself. carry, you're a dead 'un."
THE foorwalker called me hout,
and | 'ad to tell i'm all about 1t, 'ow
the first party wanted a tram-car, and
the next a at, and this one wanted
more goods when we admit any. l
'ad to sell Ter some'ow. or lose my job,
so / give Ter a bit from 'er own piece.
The 6oorwalker looked so bloomin'
mad for a bit that l thought my time
was come for sure, but then e
started TO larf, and e larfed till
thought ed bust. Then e SEE, 'Arry,'
seq e. L guess We'll ave to keep you,
and raise your wages And e did,"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
THE NTELLTGENCEOF ANIMALS.
An English Naturalist Believes That
Ii May be Far Greater
Than Imagined.

Sir John Lubbock has brought more
popular attention to the subject Of the
mental capacity of animals than any
other writer. He has conducted many
careful investigations IN the senses, in
stincts and intelligence Of animals and
insects. An interesting query pro
pounded by the English scientist re-
lates to the existence of other organs
of sense than ours.
I'VE find" he says, 'in animals COM
pick organs of sense. richly supplied
with nerves, but the function of which
we are as yet powerless to explain.
There may be fifty other senses as diff
ferent from ours as sound is from
sight, and even within the boundaries
of our own senses there may be end
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11

canals. Mexico, Texas and New Mex
leo were arrayed against Colorado
which robbed them of their priceless
heritage and threatened to transform
thousands of acres of fruitage and
bloom into its original state-that of
the desert. AS the water grew scarce
there sprang up hostilities between the
citizens of the whole Rio Grande VAL
ley. Neighbor began to be arrayed
against neighbor; there were even fam
lily rows over the water. For years
these conditions prevailed. Mexico
made respectful protest against the use
of the waters of the Rio Grande in
Colorado which deprived the ancient
canals of the Republic of their rights
long established. The Comfy of Ma
lions was threatened.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
Celebrating Belgian Independence

Among the festivities organized for
the celebration of the seventy-ffth an.
niversary Of Belgium's independence
is the faithful reproduction of one of
the fitting jousts given by Philip the
Good of Burgundy in 1452, in which
Philips son broke the lanees of six.
teen opposing knights in the presence
of Isabella of Portugal, Duchess o
Burgundy.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
Cheerful During Trouble.

Mamma had told Dorothy that she
could not go out again. The little
maiden made one more plea. please,
mamma it isn't very wet, and l won't
go on the grass"
mo, you cannot, Dorothy" said
mamma, smiling at the little ones per
sistency.
well, anyway, mamma, it seems tc
me that you're very cheerful about
it."
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
Wonder Work of the Ancients.

Modern quarry machinery can handle
single stones larger than any of the
monoliths of ancient Egypt. The really
surprising thing, however. is how did
the ancients handle their monoliths
with only their crude machines.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-11
Close Coz Operation.

Now, Harold. this is your fifth birth
day party. Whom do you love best,
your father or me?
Father, sure.
But. Harold, you said yesterday that
you loved me best.
Yes; but I've slept over it. and !
realize that we men must stick to
gether.