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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

How can you make money so easily
as by taking advantage of T'asker
Bros low price sale of "up-to-date"
clothing? Surely these semi-yearly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

II. p. Hood & Sons are harvesting
a large quantity Of ice for use, next
summer, at their creamery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

Mrs. w. G. Rowe of Bangor, re-
turned home. Wednesday. after visit
ing friends in this city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

Weston Lewis and Mrs. Lewis left.
"Wednesday, for the winter months and
will pass several weeks in Mexico.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19
Local Notice.

Footer's lunch room and restaurant
viii open. at II A. NJ. today. Large
seating capacity. home cooking. and
moderate prices will prevail. Pies like
Eooter only makes" iani9dlt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19
Daily kennebec Journal
GARDINER.
Journals Telephone Call. STA

A. Herbert Dunton was a Gardiner
visitor. Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19
NATIONAL HOME.

Daniel Holland reported for duty from.
inlouSh, Wednesday,
John II. Stockwell has returned from ::
months visit to Haverhill.
L. Eugene barry reported for duty.
Wedn, sdIy, from furluuGh to IiaVcrhill
Mass
George ". Smith was an arrival in
camp. Wednesday. from furloIsh to
Snmerswolth. \. H.
Warren Bucllin. who has for the pasl
few weeks been visiting at Wltervile,
returned Wednesday.
John Thompson, who went to Scion to
spend Christmas with friends there. re-
turned to camp Wednesday.
At the Opera house. this evening, the
attraction Will lie The keystone Dramatic
60, presenting "A Ride for Life
William T.. Grouse. late "a lieutenant a
co., lSt Mass III. A., reported Tor read
mission, Wednesday. and was given quar-
tens in barrack ID.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19
WINTHROP.

Rev. G. NJ. Woodman of Portland, Is
in town for q short stay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

Stewart Sears has gone TO Augusta
to work for J. J. Druery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19
Special Values in Hats
and Furnishing Goods

clearance sales have become known to
be real money-SaVcrS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

Revival ttinGS every evening Mt 1.h
uclo,k. at Friends nall. FIallow"I. con
Quoted by Rev. Mary Thomas ana Mi@se"
Porter ana Porter. All are cordially mNit
"a to attend these services.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19
HAILOWELL.

Mrs G. +. Culrord is making visit I"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-19

George ". Smith was an arrival il
camp. Wednesday. from furluueh /,
SunerSwolth. \. IL.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
Floating Islands of Olden Times.

Pliny c'Natural History" book .,
chapter 90 says: There are certain is
lands which are always floating, as in
the territory OF Caecubum and Of
Reate, Mutina and Statonia. In the
lake of Vidimonis there is a dark wood
ed island which is never seen in the
same place for day and night togeth-
er. In Lydia the islands named Gala
minae are not only driven from place
to place by the wind, but may be push
ed from place to place by poles. Many
citizens saved themselves by this means
in the time of the Mithridatic war.
There are some small islands in the
Nymphaeus called the Dancers, be-
cause when choruSes are sung they are
moved by the motion Of those who
keep time"
Similar stories are told by the same
w-iter concerning the Egyptian float
ing island of Chemmis and the island
of DelOS, one Of tic CyclaGcs. The
land last mentioned was the only ole
Of the group named which escaped d.
aster in the time Of the great earil-
quakes of the year 800 B. c.. and
Pliny, from whom most of the above
facts have been CLEANED, was first to
point out the fact that the immunity
DeloS enjoyed was owing to the fact
that its base had no ground connec-
tons. Pliny says, Not tremor was
felt in Delos on that awful day when
the other islands were rent asunder."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
will Buy BlOOdhOundS.

Winchester, Va, Dec. l-Orders
will shortly be placed by the au.
thorities Of Page 60, Va, Of which
Lnrav is the county seat, for a
number Of blood hounds, to be used
to run down criminals. A large
number Of Page Go citizens. toget-
her with Deputy Sheriff Wood,
have asked the county supervisors
to procure the dogs.
For months past sections of Page
county have been terrorized by
criminals, who have perpetrated
numerous petty thefts and other
outrages. The authorities have
been able to make but few arrests,
and the bloodhounds will be used
as detectives. Several months ago.
IL crowd of rufians in that county
chased an old negro man into the
Shenandoah River where he was
drowned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
MAKING PIPE ORGANS.
Interesting Work That Is Done In
the NOicing Room.

Both the metal and wooden pipes OF
pipe organ are made on the selfsame
principle Of the willow whistles that
every man made when he was Il boy,
and so, after all, pipe organ, the
mightiest musical instrument yet in
vented, is but the evolution of that
primitive pipe Of Pan, the willow whis-
tie.
The most interesting place in an Or
gan factory is the voicing room. Up to
the time the pipes enter this room they
IRE as dumb as brOomsticks. Here the
breath Of life is breathed into them,
and they are made to speak, each in
the voice intended by its maker. Here
the big fat pipes are taught to thunder
out their diapason and those scarce the
diameter of slate pencil and one-half
an inch long to utter their shrill whis-
tie and others the thousands of varying
tones between. And not only must the
pipes of one stop speak correctly as in
dividuals and members of their own
particular family, but they must be in
accord with all the hundreds of others
in whose midst they are to live. TO
see that they do this is the work of a
man whose ear is keen to the slightest
variation and who must know why
pipe does not speak as it should and
how to make it. One by one the pipes
are set upon the wind chest standing
here, with the bellows and all the in
ternal mechanism of an organ properly
adjusted and with a keyboard in front
Of him the voicer tests each one. By
changing the size and shape Of the
aperture through which the wind pass
es he governs the tone until it is exact
ly what it should be- a task which only
a man with the incest sense Of sound
can accomplish.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
A Boys Essay on Girls.

The following composition from
a boy is taken from the "Only
Times.
Girls is sisters of boys and has
long hare, ware dresses an pow.
der. Fust girlwas called Christ.
mas Eve, though [ never could tell
why. Most very family has one
girl and SOM of them that is in
hard luck his two or three. We
have a girlh ourn. who is my sis
ter. Girls IAN grow older and get
Younger. My sister has been
twenty-five for three wears and
some day We may be twins. Girls
play the pianner and talk about
each othr. Fat girls want to be
thin and thin girls want to lie fat,
and all of 'eln want to marry doods
Why tie Lord made girls nobody
nos, bit | think it was to 60 to
churh and eat ice cream. There
is three kinds of girls, brunei girls,
blond girls, and them that has
molev. Girls are afraid of mice
md bugs, which make it fun to
Duf 'em down their baks."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
ORIGIN of Il Phrase,

Many years ago the wild deer that
roamed through the forests of England
used to dig holes in the earth with
their fOrefeet. They paved it out
sometimes to the depth Of several
inches, sometimes foot or more.
These holes were called 'scrapes." and
travellers at dusk or night or those who
were careless about their footing often
tumbled into them. They were laughed
at for their heedlessness when they
came home covered with mud, and, as
this frequently occurred after they had
been imbibing bit, they were said to
have got into a. scrape." Some Cam
bridge students took up this express
sion, and thus it came to be applied to
people who had got into difficulties Of
various sorts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
The New Note In Church Archi-
lecture.

There is new spirit abroad for
the outward expression as there is
for the limitation within which
faith was confined. Gropingly, it
may be, and fettered by traditions
in building which affect architects
much more profoundly than con-
gregatiOns. the sense Of mankind is
beginning to realize that architect
ture is mode Of expression Of the
human soul, and should be artlcu-
late and to the point. One Of the
few modern architects who felt the
need of expressing something in
his design was FL. n. Richardson.
He may be said to have started the
new spirit of dissatisfaction with
such empty forms as We used to
import from European past, often
with out SO much as Il prptense, to
adapt them to our times, our COM
munity, our climate, our habits
That we are in this epoch of tran
sition must be clear from our mis-
takes as well as our partial success
rs. A new spirit in the social and
political organization. II change in
perspective in our view of the d.
vine, and the fuller understanding
Of mans relation to the world un.
der his feet and the world about
him, must in time effect all the
arts, seven that most conservative
Dne. architecture. Especially empty
of thought and feeling have been
the transfers and notifications to-
ward fancied simplicity Of which
Gothic has been the victim until a
regular revolt has occurred.
From What do Our Church
Buildings Express?" by Charles de
Kav, in the American Monthly
Review of Reviews for Decem Der.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
Man as an AGriculturist.

NJ. Felix Alcan in his Conquest of
the Vegetable World" shows mans
progress when he became an agricul-
turist. At first man was Il hunter, aft
erward he reared cattle and lastly cuI-
tivated the soil. If he had been able to
domesticate animals, that helped him
in tillage. The want Of proper animals
may have in certain measure retard-
ed the advance of particular races or
minimized agricultural efforts. Agri-
culture called on higher degree Of in
telligence when field was plowed.
There was even requisite q new mental
element, the exercise Of patience. The
man might exist on the deer he killed.
for at once the effort supplied the food.
But when he plowed, sowed and gar
nered a season elapsed before he had
the reward Of his toll.
THE profession Of agriculture was
much more toilSome than that Of herds
man, and man, averse to hard work,
recoiled long before the fatigue of the
task" When the first field was plowed
then the true resources of mankind
were found, and his progress was as
sured. The distinguishing race Of cult
vators Of the soil were the Aryans, and
SO the name Aryan comes from the
Latin arare, to plOw
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
Christmas With The HOhenzOl-
Terms.

Last year eight beautifully shap.
ed pine trees hung with all kinds
Of shining bdubles ard lighted by
white candles stood in a raw in the
center of the hall, one tree for the
majestics, and one for each of their
children, the Hottest for the crown
prince, the shortest for "princess-
chen" according to custom. Even
Prince Adalbert's tree was there,
although the sailor prince was
away on duty, for it would be con-
sldered uDlucky to leave gap. As
the royal family entered. Il beau!i-
full little organ, touched bv the
skillful fingers Of Count Moltke,
gave forth the air, "Stille Nacht,
Heilige Nacht," and the kaiser, his
wife and their children sang the
words # that sweetest Of {; IN,
carols.
For gifts every one recic, ed
what he or >he had "Mi>hrd'-and
something more rs well. The gifts
are not so magnificent us many
might suppose. being often far less
costly than those received by the
children of wealthy commonrrs
After the distribution Of presents
to the servants, tea was served and
their majpsties retired early. The
crown prince gave his financee,
now his bride, magnificent pres
eat of pearls. necklace, earrings and
lara, handsomely set in fiIigr"e
gold. This set. which is valued at
nearly $4,000, the kaiserin helped
ler son to select. At the same
lime her majesty selected her an
iual Christmas gift for "prircess
,hen,' IA single pearl worth several
thousand marks WOmans llrnle
Companion for December.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
Unearthed Buried Treasure. y

While grading lot adjoining
Oakland Hotel property Tuesday
morning, Jonathan Bennett uncov.
cred pile of shoes, probably one
hundred pairs, which had been bur
led by someone wears ago. They
were covered by about two feet of
earth. All were ladies' or child
ren's shoes, and had never been
worn. They were of old styles,
mostly with square toes, and rath-
err cheap in quality. There is much
speculation AS to when and by
whom they we're secreted. So far
as we can learn, no merchant here
ever sustained such loss, and it Is
thought by some of the older peo-
pie that they were stolen at Cen
terville, in Upshur county, where
numbers of stores were robbed
during the civil war, and the par
ties came through this wayand Ind
the shoes here, expecting 10 return
for them later. Many of the shoes
were badly decayed, white the lea
Their in Others was in fairly good
state of preservation. In the lot
was one pair of small rnbber over
shoes. no ~ II. madpbv the Ma
ional RnbLer Go. or which the
No. printed in red itk, shows rs
plain as if made onIyEesterda'.
The fact AS to how the shoes came
there vii probably never be ex'
planned - Webster Echo.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
Parallel Stories.

When Napoleon was student at Bri-
enne he happened to be. asked by one
OF the examiners the following Ques-
ton: "Supposing you were in an invest
ed town, threatened with starvation,
how would you supply yourself with
provisions" From the enemy" re-
piled the sublieutenant of artillery.
And this answer so pleased the exam
liners that they passed him without fur
Their questioning. Now, Napoleon's an
swer was by no means original, for
one of Suvaroffs sergeants obtained
promotion FROM the ranks by giving
the very same answer when asked the
very same question. Whether it was
that Napoleon had read his story some
where and luckily remembered the SER
geant's answer at the right moment or
whether, as one writer says anent the
speech of the beef eater, "All that can
be said is that two people happened to
hit upon the same thought" we are
unable 10 say, but the similarity OF the
anecdote is, to say the least of it, a
strange Observation-Disclosures Standard.
A fall stock tailored su is, shirts,
wraps and furs at | Q Simmons.
The largest stock ever shown in the
valley. Come and make your Sc
lection.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
Cooked Under Wafer.

In 1106 one James Austin laid o.
wager Of $500 that he would cook g
plum pudding ten feet beneath the sur
face of the Thames near Rotherhithe,
The bet was readily accepted, and
many people focked to the appointed
locale to watch this strange exhibition
Of the culinary art. Enclosed in a tin
pan in the center of a sack Of lime the
pudding was lowered beneath the wa
ter, where for two hours and half it
remained. 1t was then taken up and
partaken Of by. committee, who de-
clared that Austin had won his wager,
the pudding being, if anything, over
done.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
DESKS OF FAMOUS MEN.
There Are Many of Them Scattered
About the Country.

About the Country.
The desk of Salmon ?. Chase, plain
piece of furniture made from mahOg-
any, is in one of the rooms Of the treas
ury department at Washington. There
are many of these old desks scattered
about the country, their chief claim to
interest being that once some we'll
known man leaned over them.
Alexander Hamiltons travelling desk,
made of mahogany and measuring II
by 16 inches and 10 inches high is an
interesting object. Upon this desk was
written much of his literary work, and
the worn green baize with which it is
lined attests to the use to which it was
put. There is drawer in one side and
several compartments for pens and
ink, while upon the top is inlaid sill
yer plate with the name General AL
exander Hamilton" engraved upon it.
Within the top is strip of parchment
which says, "Given by Mrs. General
Schuyler to her daughter, Mrs. Gen
eral A. Hamilton" No doubt the con-
venient size was what recommended it
to the general.
Nathaniel HawthOrne's desk is pre-
served at the custom house, Salem,
Mass. A desk at which he wrote some
Of his inimitable romances was just
board standing out from the wall at an
angle. This Is still in the tower room
at Wayside, his home ut Concord,
Mass. Victor Hugo had in his Guern-
sey house study built almost entirely
Of glass and perched upon the roof.
Like Hawthorne, he, too, stood at his
writing, and his desk was a mere shelf
fastened by hinges to the wall.-Deline
ator.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
How to start a Balky Horse.

The account Of drivers brutality
b baking horse in this mornings
ssue leads me to write you the fol.
lowing
Some years ago in Cincinnati,
during the noon hour, in one of the
business streets, a horse attached to
an express wagon became balky.
MANY remedies were tried without
effect. Presently one..of Cincinna
It's best known horsemen came
along. When he saw the trouble
he smilingly asked for Il stone,
which was given to him. Then he
asked the driver to lift mp one foot
of the horse. and with the stone he
struck the shoe lumber Of
times.
Now he said to the driver,
SECT up on your seat and drive
off,"
This the driver did. amid the
cheers Of the bystandprs. The
horseman said he had no idea why it
makes a balky horse go, but lie had
found it an unfailing remedy. The
truth of his statement has hepn
proved many and many ii time
since then bv my husband to dis
tressed. but SIX. ptical drivers.-New
York Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
THE PORTUGUESE SONNETS
Elizabeth Barrett BrOwning's Gift To
Her Husband.

1t was during their residence in Pisa.
early in 1S47, that Browning first saw
the "Sonnets From the Portuguese" as
the poet Edmund Gosse has told by
authority of Browning himself. Their
custom was, Mr.. Browning said, to
write alone and not 10 show each other
what they had written. This was
rule which he sometimes broke through,
but she never He had the habit Of
working In a downstairs room where
their meals were spread, while Mrs.
Browning studied in a room on the
floor above. One day early in 1S47,
their breakfast being over, Mrs.
Browning went upstairs. while her hus-
band stood at the window watching
the street till the table should be clear
ed. He was presently aware Of some
one behind him, although the servant
was gone. 1t was Mrs. Browning, who
held him by the shoulder to prevent his
turning to look at her and at the same
time pushed packet Of papers into the
that and to tear it up IL he did not like
it. And then she fled again to her own
ROOM" All this was in fulfillment Of
prophecy, for had she not said in her
letter Of July 90, 1916, as much as this
about the "SOnnets:' You shall see
some day at Pisa what / will not show
you now. Does not Solomon say that
there is time to read what is writ
ten? If he doesn't he ought"
Browning, Notwithstanding his in
tense love Of privacy, took the right
ground concerning these works of in
imitable art. II dared not reserve to
myself" he said, 1.-The finest sonnets
written in any language since Shake
speare's." Mrs. Browning finally con-
sented to their being printed under
Miss Mitford's care as "Sonnets by
Il. B. B.; Reading; Not For Publica-
ton; 1871" and in the edition Of her
poems brought out in 1850 they were
actually published with their present
title, which was suggested by her hus-
band. The authors suggestion had
been "Sonnets Translated From the
Bosnian" but Browning, who called
he author of 'Catarina to Camoens"
his own little Portuguese" named the
title that prevaied.-Century.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15

The season of Indigestion is up
on us. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for
Indigestian and Dyspepsia will do
every thing for the stomach that an
over loaded, overworked stomach
cannot do for itself. Kodol digests
what you eat-gives the stomach
a rest-relieves sourstomach, bel
ching, heart burn, Indigestion, etc.
Sold by K II Trimb'e.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15
LEARN TEGRAPHY
AID r. foUNTrNG

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tors and station D. in America Our
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cgraph schools / + " ORLD. rs
tahliShed % yealb endorsed by all
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We execute a Slond 70 every stu
dcct To :urniSa i r her position
paying from $40 a month in states
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10 500 a month hates west of the
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students can en- t any time. No
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-15

The most pleasant, safest and
best remedy to use for Coughs,
Colds, Group, Whoopingcough, etc
is Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar. This remedy expells all cold
from the system by acting as ca
thartic on the bowels. Sold by K
II Trimble.