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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Portsmouth's Stolen Glory.

The fame of Portsmouth,, N. H., is
rapidly spreading over the earth. 1t is
constantly mentioned in the dispatches
from various European capitols in con-
neCtiOn with the Russia Japanese
peace negotiations, and it seems not in
the least unlikely that the name of the
place will go into history in connection
with the treaty that will probably be
negotiated there, much as the names of
such small cities as AmienS, Utrecht.
Client. I'm Europe, have been asSocia-
ted with similar historic negotiations.
or course. i'm case the discussions should
he very prolonged. the negOtiatorS.
at the end of the warm season, would
go to Washington, and the nation
al capitol might then enjoy the honor
Of having its name given to the peace
treaty. Portsmouth, however. may win
out. and the treaty Of Portsmouth may
I'm the future be referred to in the
histories and the works on internatiOn-
al law as ending the momentous Rus
so-Japanese war. The New Hamp-
shire city is rare old place, in many
respects. and will bear its honors with
mellow dignity which its age. dating
from the earliest colonial days, and its
aristocratic old mansions have ripened
and proclaimed. Springfield Republican.
All this is probably true and it is
all very nice for the good old city of
Portsmouth, but it is rather rough on
the Maine town of kittery which is also
Il rare old place. dating from the earli-
est colonial days. Moreover, a great
injustice is done to Kittery in referring
to Portsmouth as the meeting place of
the peace commissioners, a reference
which we regret to say is very general
in spit of the strenuous efforts of Maine
editors to spread the truth abroad. 1t
Is case where a thing got started
wrong and 1t is very difficult to make
the correction catch up with it. The
navy yard was taken from Maine ter
ritory and was never a part of New
Hampshire, yet 1t has been officially
called the Portsmouth navy yard"
and from this circumstance and by
good luck in starting the story with a
Portsmouth cOloring, the New Hamp-
shire city is getting a lot of glory
which belongs to Kittery. To be sure
the latter town is rich in historical as
sociations which New Hampshire can
not steal, and also possesses
many natural charms which make it
known far and wide. but it is
a pity for it to be deprived of this new
honor to which it is justly entitled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Old Orchard.

Houses and cottages, brown. green and
white.
Changing from shanty to gablcd Queen
Anne. - g..
Roads fringed with pines where the motor
car speeds,
Gaudy hotels on the up-to-datc plan;
Laughter and shrieks in the broad sandy
Look at the red coats-thc shows come
to town.
Monkeys on ponies that prance here and
there,
While surf on the sea beach rolls swift
up and down.
Open bazaars as in far eastern lands,
Antiques and curiOs, costly and rare.
Turquois in setting of duh. ancient gold.
Red paper comets. and stems by the
pair;
Japanese booth. where you roll for a
prize.
silhouette man. with tn" true artist eye,
While on the sea beach the surf dashes
high.
Brilliant display of gay colors at night.
Vaudeville show at the end of the pier.
Hurrying bathers beneath the soft moon,
Starlight and lamplight that make the
scene clear,
Talkativc lovers with hand clasped in
Automobiles on the hard. sandy shore.
Laughter and music. confusion and glee,
While ceaselessly on rolls the surf ever
more.
Midnight and silence. save when on the
beach,
Forward and backward the white surges
sway,
Gone is the laughter and mirth uncon-
trOlled,
Nothing is loft of the blare of the day:
Midnight and silence, save where to and
fro
Rushes the eloquent. infinite sea-.
Bringing it's greetings of order divine.
Bearing it's MESA ge-untold mystery
Elizabeth Minot in Portland Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
TEETH OF AMERICAN JACKIES
Bill Providing Thirty Dentists for American Navy to
Come Before Next Congress.

"when the service of a dentist is as
necessary as that Of an army surg con.
From my experience in the service, in
Guiding all parts of the United States
and the dependencies, l can testify to
the Importance of this brancn OF the
service and to much suffering from the
want of it," And even more a0tnorl-
tative is the statement made cy the
Surgeon General of the United States
Army that "the energies and resources
of the Dental Corps have been taxed to
the fullest extent in caring for those
officers and enlisted men who have
sought their services for the relief OF
suffering, and this has made 1t neces-
sary i'm some instances for the dental
surgeons to operate daily from 3 a. m.
to 5 or .. m. They have been able
to relieve a great amount of acute SUI
fering and to conserve a large number
of teeth and restore them to a healthy
condition, thus almost Immediately
returning to duty many cases
that were previously carried for
several days upon the company':s SICK
report This has resulted in greatly re-
ducing a loss of valuable time TO the
service
That dentistry should come to play
so important a part in the madic al de-
partment of the army, and now Tn the
navy, is an interesting illustration of
the general and very recent develop
ment of the dental profession. ut the
time of the Civl War, for eM imple,
dental schools were hardly more than
in their beginning and it is now hardly
more than a dozen years agt) since
the Harvard Dental School established
in Boston, the first free clinic any,
where i'm orthOdentia, the latest and
most delicate department of de nistry,
involving curative processes that
change not only the position of abb
normal teeth but often work a complete
transformation in the facial expression
of tie patient and it is within a few
years that the dental degree has been
officially acknowledged as on par with
that borne by the physician or surgeon.
Since 1920 the number of dentists
practising in the United States has in
creased from 100 to over 5000 and there
are now American trained dentists in
practically every important city the
world over. The bill now undo ubtedly
practically Uncle Sans official recOg-
milton of the importance of a profession
in the training and practice of which
this country is admittedly superior to
any other and in which Boston holds
an enviable place among American
cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Squirrel Lives With Kittens.

One day. while Ralph Films of Dexter
was in the woods after crows to hang
in the corn field for scarecrows. he found
in an old crows nest a very small young
red squirrel which he took home alive.
After exhibiting it TO the family he gave
1t to the cat which has three small kit
tens. surprising she would make 4 dainty
meal of it at once. Instead she very care
fully carried it into the nest on the hay
where the kittens were. A few days later
on going to look at the kittens. what was
the surprise to find the squirrel alive and
happy. the old cat having adopted it..
seeming to think as much Of it as of her
own offspring. while the squirrel takes
kindly to it's new mother. and is sleek and
fat as the kittens.-Eastern Maine Ga
Zette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Cats in Pail Mall.

Cat lovers should take Il walk down
Pail Mall. There is tabby there who
has become quite a public character She
sits in the middle of the pavement outside
they were old friends. Lately she has in
PRODUCED a kitten to public life, and it is
indescribably comic to see the pair posing
side by side as il they were sitting for
their photographs. When two or three
appear on the scene there is Il strategic
scoOting into the shop. But when a soil
tary dog approaches. tabbv arches her
back and glares, and he thinks it advis-
air of affected carelessness. The kitten
endeavors to live up to the family dignity,
but do not think she will ever have her
mothers Spirit.-LOndon Paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
FARMING MATTERS
THINNING OUT FRUIT

Within the past few years II r..
come to be regular practice with ,s'
best commercial fruit growers 10 ,h,'
their peaches, and to a limited er,sr,
the grapes, plums and pears, yays n D
Van Deman i'm Vick's magazine. q.
far there has been very little done wsss
apples in this way. although there Az
many times when 1t would pay well !.
do 1t. The up-to-date peach grow,
would not think Of trying to grow
crop without thinning, and the bI-
peaches that are seen In the rna-te,
are all grown in that way.
If it will pay the commercial yrowo,
to thin this fruit 1t is much more in.
portant for the amateur grower. He {.
not growing fruit TO sell to some ors
else but for home use, and for thi.
purpose there should be nothing but
the best that skill can produce.
1t may not seem to tine inexperienced
that thinning overburdened fruit tree,
or vines would really produce az much
in actual quantity by taking off half
or more of the number Of fruits sci
but it is true. Those left will grow Ia
we 81 ictl bti tiid1l tl1ty NOul0 II
all had been allowed to remain that
they make up the supposed loss. Eet-
ter than that is the saving of the great
draft on the tree to make the seeds
that would have occurred had none
been broken off. 1t requires more
nourishment to make seeds than the
flesh around them. Hence, the same
weight big fruits does not require az
much vitality as of small ones. Ii is
not fruit seeds that we should strive
to grow but the edible part.
Those who have bearing trees or
vines about their premises and have
never tried thinning should try those
that have set very heavy crops. Tiey
should not be nearer than six siches Of
each other. This may make 1t neces.
sary to take off more than half the
fruit, and / have known more than
three-fourths to be picked off to grea.
advantage.
The time to do this is when tire fruit
is about four to six weeks from the
bloom. First shake vigorously to get
off all that may re defective and likely
to drop and then pluck with fearless
band until there is seemingly but little
left.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Pointed Paragraphs.

He who goes on an occasional spree is
better off.
About the hardest crop to raise on q
farm is the children.
Loafers believe in acquiring their daily
bread a loaf ut Il time. q
It's good thing some people are not as
good as they pretend to be.
wicked mans frown is less dangerous
than the smile of n hypocrite.
A theory is an impracticable plan of do
ing something that is impossible.
The future tense of the verb Ito love- is
ito get married''-SO says school girl.
No man should start Il fight with his
wife unless he is prepared TO pay an in
demnity.
It's queer how two men can accidentally
exchange umbrellas and both get the
worst of it.
About the time a man does get little
money saved up some fool friend comes
along and bOrrOwS 1t.
After you are married. young lady, 1t is
just rs well to remember that cooking is
4 greater art than humping il piano.
chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
To Use Steel Ties.

One of our great railroads recently or
dered several thousand steel ties and will
give them a thorough trial; The expert
prospective increased demand upon our
steel industries If they. prove satisfactory.
Everybody approves Of these eSp oa,
nerimcnts are often dangerous. Your best
pIan is to commence taking Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters as soon H,. as You notice the
nersons who adopted this plan. now enjoy
suffer from poor appetite, heartburn,
sleeplessness. INDIGESTION. dyspepsia,
cramps. diarrhoea, female Ills or malaria.
vo,,r druggist 1t will cure you without
Fail Thousands have found this true.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
A British Monopoly Which Hurts

There is a menace of no small proper
tons to the American cotton manu1ac-
turers in the operations of the British
Cotton Growers Association which mas
been given the sole right by the BRUSH
government TO cultivate cotton on
tract Of 100000 square miles in west
Africa, an area much larger than the
cotton belt Of our own southern states.
The population of this section is set at
Is 600 900, and the labor employed by
the British cotton growers there is
slave in all but name. G. Wllfred
Pearce, editor of Commerce ana
Finance, who, by the way, is former
Maine man, being native OF Portland,
has prepared an interesting article
showing the progress made in cotton
raising i'm Africa under the protection
of the British government. He quotes
the boast of the chairman of the British
Cotton Growers Association. that with
In five years the cotton produced in
West Africa will be ample for all the
requirements of Great Britain. If this
beast is made good, OF course it means
the shutting off of a great market from
American cotton raisers and manufac-
turers. Moreover. not only American
cotton fabrics but all kinds of cotton
goods are shut out from tie vast terri
tory in Africa, controlled by this Brit
ish company, as the British free trade.
so called. does not apply to any terri
tory committed to the custody of a
chartered company.
Mr.. Pearce has sent copy of his
article to the Journal. and in a note ac-
companying it he says that, for the 10
years Immediately preceding 1895, the
Maine cotton mill. sold goods on an
average Of 100000 year to that Sec
ton Of Africa, a trade from which they
are now wholly shut out by the British
company's closed door. This loss Of
trade is a serious one and is one of the
numerous factors which have been up
setting New England cotton manufac.
turing in the past Few years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Did This Cat Reason?

Cats do not think-no animal does. says
Mr.. Burroughs. But how about the La
coma cat that found it difficult to catch
the abundant English sparrow in his New
Hampshire village and evolved the
scheme of planting himself with his back
to the street where the sparrows con-
gregated and watching them in the refec-
ton of Il plate glass window? He has
played this game for long time-not be
ing deceived by the window. but when Il
sparrow gets within jumping distance.
then the cat leaps and gets his victim.
And is not this reasoning London News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Augusta, Winthrop,
& Gardiner RAILWAY
Time Table in Eject June l, 1906.

Time Table in Effect June I, 1906.
Cars leave Augusta for Hallowell and
S Gard and daily all, every half hour on the
p r N; Ear esT s Halowe only at Il P. NJ
Cars Leave Augusta for Winthrop SO.
LEO, $50. $50, $50, 7.50, $50. 1870. Sunday
time same. first car starting at $50
Cars leave Augusta for Togus week
mencing at II leave every half hour till
8 p. NJ, then at 800 and 1000. Sunday
tims:-Cars leave every half hour FROM
Cars leave Gardiner for Augusta daily
where connections are made for the Win
throp and Togus lines every half hour
Hallowel only, 1o.I5 p NJ for Halloween
s sqs Augusta n only. The first car Sunday.
sa7i IT, ,f 81 ~ T!n is , 81 Agsuits e.
$50. $50, $50, $50. $50, $50, $50 Special
car leaves Lakeside 60 A. NJ. Sunday
time same, first car starting at $50.
dsss iseys T ST. s isr ASsucta wsss
r n. SO; is.se. Sunday day n time:@c s%
leave Every M 20 half i hour from $40 A M to
Cars leave Hallowell for Gardiner .
hour from 5.Ss 4, N; to ioas ?. N. Fist
Cars leave HaIlowell for Augusta .
minutes past and 80 minutes before every
hour from sos A. NJ. to 10.3S r. NJ. except
zoos P. NJ. First car Sunday. sos A. NJ.
from Winthrop and 500 A. M. car from
from Gardiner. S.3S from Hallowell.
$50 from Augusta connects at Winthrop
NJ. car from Augusta connects at Win
throp with train for Lewiston and Farm
ington. The 1.50 P. NJ. car from Au-
gusta connects at Winthrop with trains
East and West The $50 P M car frou,
Augusta connects at Winthrop with traaA
for the East
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

The Republican newspapers through
cut the West take very oheerfully to
the suggestion that Mr.. Bryan may be
the Democratic nominee for the presi-
dency in 1908. One of them, the Chicago
Chronicle, goes so far as to say thai
the Republican party can be relied
upon to bear the expenses Of Mr..
Rryan's nomination and canvass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
THE WILD AND THE TAME.
A Baboon's Adventure.

Escaping from her cage In R2shervlle
Gardens, a large African BaboOn has had
Ia thoroughly merry adventure. For a
time she walked about in undisputcd pos
session Of the adjoining village. as the in
habitants gave her wide berth, her
character being somewhat doubtful. The
baboon. whore name ~ Nan, eventually
strolIed into the. Elephants Head Hotel,
and the alarmed customers fled IN panic.
The landlord states that, being in a fix
behind the counter, he threw all the food
and dainties he could lay hands upon at
the baboon After the feast she sprang
upon the counter and seized a pewter pot.
Fearing mischief lie left her to her own
devices. Several persons who peeped
through the windows testify that Nan
drew beer for herself as deftly as a pot
man. Eventually daughter OF Major
Wingrove, a Roshervllle resident, cap
tured the baboOn and led her back to the
ga rdens-London Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
An EauIe With Spirit.

William DGdson killed an eagle EAR his
home. i'm Pittsylvania County, Nccntly,
measuring seven feet from tip to tip. The
bird was poor, weighing only eight
pounds. He was sitting on dead tree
fighting some small birds when found.
Mr.. Dodson shot at him once, and the
eagle came straight toward him. as he
wanted to fight He then shot again, and
the bird fell still showing fight. 1t was
finally killed with a neutrality-suspicious.
Richmond Va.) Timcs-Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
White hinged BIacksnake.

Dexter Twiss has a curiosity in the
shape of 4 white-ringed blacksnake. w.
f. Hobbs discovered "a six inch white
ringed black-snake on the crosswalk al
c. T.. Browns store. Mr.. Twiss appeared
on the scene with Il small bottle, and in
duced the infant reptile to enter his glass
house. Now the lively little animal is
the property of Mr.. Twiss. who thinks
it is quite a curiosity. as there are very
few blacksnakcs having a white collar
These are the only blacksnakes that are
poisonous. and are a much-dreaded rep
tile.-New Hampshire Cor Boston Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

Newport society people had a picnic
the other day, and in the reports of the
affair one fact overshadows everything
else, namely, that Harry Lehr did MOTH
ing foolish. No wonder his friends are
alarmed, for such conduct indicates
that he is in a rapid and hopeless de-
cline.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

The fact that Baron Komura brought
eighty trunks with him indicates that
he is clothed with something besides
plenipotentiary authority. hansas
City Journal.
perbaps he expects 10 use them to
carry home the indemnity which Rus
sia is to be forced to pay FOR the prlvi-
lepe of being beaten.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

Readers Of the Journal going out
Of town for the summer or for
vacations can have the Journal
mailed to them for 80 cents per
month, postpaid. Addresses may
be changed whenever 1t is desired.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

According to the cable. DR.. Osler is
still busy over in England explaining
that he was only joking. 1t may be
true. as stated, that DR.. Osler is one of
the greatest medical authorities living,
hit he will never be able to live down
that little pleasantly about the use of
chlOr0fOrm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Pussy Destroyed the Evidence.

blue law crusade case of importance
was on today in police station. but owing
to the appetite of the station house cat
no case could be proved. Butchers Schar-
don and Shrope had been accused OF
selling sausage on Sunday. and it was
alleged by the accusers that the sausage
had been saved. When hunt was made
for the condemned sausage. however. it
could not be found. The office cat lick
ing her chops, looked wise and the magis-
trate announced since the cat had eaten
the evidence there could be no case
Pittsburg Special in Philadelphia Record
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
TO THE NATIONAL HOME,
Eastern Branch. d. v. g.. at Togus.
kennebec Central R. R.

Central Railroad and Augusta. Halloweu
and Gardiner Electric Railroad to Au-
gusta.
Summer arrangement. in effect Monday
June s. 1905
Leave Randolph: LAT. National Home
lis. 800 & 1850 A. Mites. go & lilo A. M.
Y. 40, 2.45 & 40 r. NJ. 100. 3o5 & $50 P. M.
L45. 925 & Ills A. M.iS.O5. $40 & 11.S5 A. M
LIE. 80 & 500 P. Mills. $40 & $50 p. M.
Will run as follows: Leave Randolph at
40 A. M. 40 and 320 r. M. Leave
National Home at 10.05 A. M, 500 and 500
P. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Iogus connect at Augusta with eerly N.
Y. train West. THE S15 A NJ. car
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

This country has no monopoly, after
all, of serious railroad accidents
Whenever such an accident occurs here
we are promptly reminded that they do
things differently abroad. and tina.
travel is much safer there than here.
The railway accident in England, this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

ESTABLISHED, 1925.

No notice Whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
Jected communications.
Address oil communications rel Atins to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
FOR SALE.
LAUREL HILL SCHOOL HOUSE.

The Directors of the Village School
District will receive sealed bids for.
the wooden schoo.house on Laurel Hill.
up 70 Saturday noon. August u. 1906.
BIOS snould--be addressed to VIC.
6ootnDy, secretary and marked IBID
Tor Village District Schoolhouse Prsf<
erty.. The Directors reserve the yfol
TO reject any or all bids.- au6I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

Assistant Secretary Horace A. Tay-
Tor. of the Treasury Department. who
has been investigating conditions in
Alaska. reports everything favorable,
and that he will return to Washington
on August 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

Herr Voelter, a German professor.
has created stir among all the theo-
logians of Kaiser Williams domain by
the publication of a book In which he
claims that a part Of the Old Tesla
ment is merely a rehash of ancient
Egyptian myths.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Sfany May See But 1t Takes Genius 4,
Realize.

When James Watt saw the steam
causing the kettle lid to jump up and
down he said There must be power in
that steam that 1t can lift such a
weight"
There was
Millions prior to him had seen the
same phenomenon and regarded it as
an unexplained mystery.
Recent scientific research has put its
1nser on the cause Of Dandruff. Fall
ing Hair. and consequent Badness, and
mas ,nearthed tiny germ which. eats
nv IRE from tho roots Of human hair.
germ and consequently restores tha
oa1r to its natural state.
sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc. IN
Hamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.
Notrot- Mi~h W.
6owditeh, Webster 4 Co. apecj,I Act.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07

STEAMER COBBOssEE will leave the
Outlet at A HI. daily for Fairs Cove
and Island Park. Leave Island Park at
$50 A. NJ and will go to any part of the
Lake desired. Again leave Outlet. $50 p.
H.; Island Park. $50 p. M. Between
these hours the boat may be chartered
Emery's and free boat ride from Island
Park and return. 75c. any day of week.