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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
Leather in Cows Hide. A cows hide of average size produces about 35 pounds of leather.
Mules Preferred,

A British army order advises that where possible, mules should be used to draw machine guns. When, how ever," says the order, "a mule is not available. any intelligent non-commis' stoned officer will do instead"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
Lawyers Need Drunkards.

One of the lawyers who spoke at 2 recent meeting ip London of the Roya' Courts of Justice Temperance society said that if England were to. turr sober the legal profession would be ruined.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
Futile.

Fortune Teller fexamining her paIm) Beware of a strikingly handsome. tall. dark-haired young man.
 Fair CustOmer-It's too late for that. I've married him.-Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
Realistic

Critic-A wonderful artist in5eedl He painted a London fog
 visifcr-And was it reaEfsticz
 Was it7 Why. everyone who looked at it had to snesze -Chicsg0 Daily Newa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
Hard to ousneh.

Cholly-Do you think this cham pagns IS verT dry
 Jimsy-It must be Kt makes me fszTfulIy thirsty.-Detroit Free FTssz
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
No Room for Doubt.

Maude-I wonder if Elvira and young Greening are engaged? I'm sure he proposed to her.
 Clara-Ther it's a clnch they are engaged.-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
A Saving.

Redd-Do you play golf on Sundsy7 Gresne-No. go to church
 Doesn't 1t hurt your game, skipping day that way"
 ''Oh. no: [ think it helps it. How sO7- NI save a lot of balls --T01ksrs StAesrsn-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14

history. the electric cars of the city OF
Bath have been run with electricity
generated three miles above Lewiston.
So far as the Deer Rips power goes, 1t
hardly noticed the new load. The ma
chimes though taking on from 20 to 30
per cent additional work. picked it up
and carried it along handsomely. The
change was made by reason of repairs
and the placing of the new water
wheels at Brunswick 1t will continue
until the new wheels are installed
there. 1t is probably the longest trans
mission of power i'm Maine, a matter of
over 30 miles to the limits of Bath from
Deer Rips, possibly in places 80 miles.
Bangor and Brewer manufacturers are
interested III the above instance of long
transmission in view of the fact that
the development Of the Union River
power at Ellsworth by the Union River
and Bar Harbor Company may make
possible the entry of that company into
competition with the Rodwell and Ban
sor Railway & Electric companies into
this field.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
A Famous Swim.
(Biddeford JOurnal.)


In a copy of the New Hampshire Ga
zette. of date March 81, 1926, kindly loaned
the Journal by Charles Fl. TuXbury of
Saco appears the following item. reprint
ed from and credited to the SacO Palladi-
UNI.
lone day last week Major c. of Saco,
went down to Old Orchard beach to dig
CLAIMS. Taking his horse out of the
thills, he left him tied to the sleigh; but
the animal getting uneasy, broke away
his fastenings. and being pursued by a
boy, ran for the water. He plunged in.
AMI then did buffet it with lusty sinews.
till the boy lost sight of him, and sup
posed he was drowned. And SO thought
the owner of the horse. But the next day
he was heard of. harness all on, at
Prout's neck. were he had landed safely.
after swimming about five or six miles. =
The item as here reprinted even to the
thrills furnishes undOubted historical
support for the local tradition that 4
horse once swan from Old Orchard to
Prout's Neck. So far as known. this is
the longest swim for a horse on record.
In a way it deserves to go down in his
tory alongside Lenders feat of swim
ming tho Hellespont. for he did the trick
for love while the horse struck out for
liberty and freedom from the task OF
hauling CLANS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Lord Byron's Athletic Feats.

One of Lord ByrOn's athletic feats Is re-
called TO memory by the institution OF Il
swimming prize bearing his name. to be
competed for at Venice. During his resi-
dence in the City of the DOgeS Byron
challenged all corners to swim against
him from the Lido to the Bridge OF the
Rialto Two competitors presented them
selves, but when the Grand Canal was
won the headmOst swimmer swan alone.
Nor did the poet leave the water when he
had won his race. He continued in tri-
,Imph as far as Santa Chirara, which he
reached with ease after swimming for
four hours and ten minutes. Probably
Byron was the best all-round athlete
among the poets of any country and any
age. He was u boxer as well as u swim
mer, while as q cricketer he was good
enough to play for Harrow against Elton
at Lords. But, of course, the standard OF
athletic attainment among eminent men
of letters is not high. They are perhaps,
better at cricket than at anything else;
but the only one of them who plays quite
first-class cricket is Mr. Hesketh Prich-
ard, though we believe Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle has sometimes represented the NJ.
c. c. On the river, so far as we know,
only two men of letters have excelled:
Prof. Furnival, whose distinction as a
sculler is recorded in .'Who's Who" and
Mr.. Robert Bridges, who, as Mr.. Andrew
Lang lately reminded us, Stroked the Cor
pus Eight at Oxford at the time when
Corpus was head of the river. In fencing
Mr.. Egerton Castle can hold his own
against most rivals.-LOndon Academy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Cathedral BUILDING,

The proposal brought forward by JUS
tice Harlan at the General Assembly Of
the Presbyterian Church this year. that
the Presbyterian should build in Wash
ingtOn n great cathedral church. has tn.
significance of further eVidencing the gen
eral and growing appreciation OF Wash
ington as the capital of the nation in
more than the narrow political sense
MethodiStS. Roman Catholics and Episco-
palians are already concentrating &C.
cleslasticaI and educational enterprises
there. Great laboratories. universities
colleges, scientific collections and church.
es are gathering in Washington. as well
as the great office buildings for public
administration. 1t is becoming moro and
more of Il winter residence for the intel
lectual class and the leisure class of the
country, and SO is becoming more dis
tinctly Il capital city" AS the most
beautiful city in the country it is show
ing the attractive power of beauty. and
the trend toward it is likely to increase
steadily for many years
Justice Harlan's proposal has also the
significance of adding weight to the ques-
ton, lately asked with much earnestness,
are we becoming cathedral builders? A
Protestant cathedral has just been finish
cd in Berlin, a Roman Catholic in Lon
don, the cathedral of St. John the Di-
vine is rising nightly in New York. Bos-
ton is agitating the subject, and num-
Der of smaller but ambitious and costly
cathedral churches are under way.-Ar-
chitcctural Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
DIR. KENNEDY'S
EAvo {!
REMEDY
Breaks no Hearts, Excuses
no Crimes.

DR.. David Kennedys FAVOR1TE REM.
EDYi is not disguised enemy of the human
race; where it cannot help, it does not
harm. 1t is composed of vegetable ingre-
dents and does not heat or infame the
blood but cools and pucifes it. In all cases
of Kidney troubles, Liver complaints, Con-
stipation of the Bowels, and the delicate
arrangements which affiict women, the ac-
ton of DR.. Kennedy's FAVORITE REM
EDY is beyond praise. Thousands of
grateful people voluntarily testify to this,
in letters to DIR. Kennedy; and with a
warmth and fullness of words which mere
business certificates never possess. 1t
makes no drunkards-excuses no crimes
breaks no hearts. In its coming there is
hope, and in its wings there is healing.
We challenge trial and are confident of
the result. Your druggist has it. ONE
DOLLAR Bottle. Bear in mind the
name and address: DR. Daoid KENNEDY,
Rondout, New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Pointed Parauraphs,

If man wastes his time he robs him
helf.
1t takes more than a Sunday suit to
make 4 saint.
This is Il cold. cold woodland the coal
dealer is glad of it.
There might be less trouble brewing if
there were fewer breWerieS.
Narrow minded men and women talk
about persons instead of things
A woman who believes that time is
money is apt to spend her time foolishly.
1t takes a feather-weight wife to make
the heavy weight husband shake in his
shoes.
Did you ever hear of a girl marrying
the kind Of man q fortune-teller said she
would
1t might be said perhaps that the man
change of base.
-('hicagn News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
A National" or a Society" Theatre

A national" or a Society" Theatre?
There has long been dream of an
American national theatre, sufficiently
endowed. managed by men of the high
est ideals and dedicated to the best and
highest that there is in dramatic art.
A recent announcement has led many
to hope that the long cherished dream
is about to be practically realized.
The place is New York. the sum $1,000,
900. the donors very rich people, the
plan combination of old classics and
newer plays of pronounced excellence
the director Heinrich COnried, who has
been tried and not found wanting at
the Irving Place Theatre and the
Metropolitan Opera House in New
York The particular site of the thea
tire is to be Central Park West the
building to be finished in about a year.
the prices to range from quarter to
two dollars, and the company to be the
best that money can purchase. Ten
plays year, ana ten new ones the next
year.
This sounds alluring and promising,
but the skeptics and scOffers are
promptly heard> from. They express
doubts that it will be national thea
ter in any sense of the term. 1t will
be society" theater, which is a
totally different thing-at least to
New York four hundred with the
nation. 1t appears that a committee of
prominent women will pass upon the
social qualifications of all applicants
for boxes and season tickets. 1t fur
Their appears that another committee
| will pass upon the linguistic purity of
plays submitted. Whether this means
| revision and expurgation of Shake
| speare and Moliere and other classics,
| we are not told. Neither is anything
| said about the moral qualities of the
plays. The actors who undertake to
represent society people will have to
stand examination testing their skill in
initiating good breeding. according to
| one report. In short, society will con-
troll the theater and provide a censor
ship with rules more rigid than the
laws of the Modes and Persians. This
feature will undoubtedly promote the
mirth Of the whole nation. Otherwise,
the doubters feel that the institution
VIII hardly be national in character
or influence
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14

The complete returns from Maryland
show that the infamous Poe amend
ment was rejected by a majority of u.s.
$50. there being 60.071 votes for it and
Ss.72l against it. To the adverse ma
jority Baltimore contributed 20.G87. OF
the % counties outside the city 13 re-
corded themselves against it. There
We're particularly large adverse majori-
ties in Frederick and Garrett whose
populations include a large number of
people from up North" In Baltimore
however. the adverse vote was not due
To any such influences of heredity, but
was traceable TO the opposition to the
German machine combined with that
of business men who have long felt
that the success of the amendment
would be Il very bad advertisement for
the state to put ont in this year of en-
lightenment. The Maryland Demo
Gratis must realize by this time that
German is their hoodOO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14

A writer i'm the Boston Transcript
which prevail in New Brunswick
Things are much worse there than in
New England, but this section can
hardly view the situation with COM
placency. The situation has not, as yet,
become what might be termed grave
in this section. but it may easily reach
that point. Last December there was
no little suffering in New England from
drought. Water had to be carried long
distances in many places for stock and
domestic purposes. Industrial opera
lions were seriously embarrassed by
lack of water-power. and in some
places ceased altogether. Toward
'he latter part of the month, however.
copious rains fell and apprehension
was relieved. But similar conditions
are III prospect now unless we get a
generous precipitation before the
ground Is frost-locked for the winter
Se'So''' Ihere has been a steady short
age IN the seasonal supply since the
present year came in. Even m to the
hrS' OF october We were considerah,x
oe'"w the normal, and October nc w.
al remember. was an EXCEPTIONAL,
ury month. In proportion Novemho,
"'S gwen us more cloudy DAYS but III.
rainfall record is still below the aver
age "A deficiency of one year carrie,
''''" the next and intensified makes tn,
needs OF that year more urgent. an,
'"at Is our present situation. A tw
e''''s normal supply of rain befor
the ground freezes permanently for tn
season would be none too much to o, =
us With safety and comfort to RI
hrst of April.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14

President Hydes address at Mt.
Tolyoke on THE Womanly Ideal" has
attracted wide attention and is being
generally commented upon. The COM
ments are wholly favorable except
from the woman suffragists. AS to
politics: DR.. Hyde's ''womanly ideap'
may form sentiment but may not cast
a ballot; that being a function of the
masculine ideal. Thus he argues: THE
arrangement by which women mould
sentiment and men cast and count the
ballots that register it; men make laws
and women inspire the loyalty and self
control that obeys them; women give
10 institutions sacredness which
makes men glad to lay down life in
their defence: this is a wise. natural,
beneficent, divine arrangement"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14


On this 1lth day of November A. D. 1866.
on reading the foregoing petition, it is
Ordered by the Court, That o hearing be
had upon the same on the LIST day Of
December, A. d. 1906; before said Court
at Portland, in said District at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published in The Daily Ken
nehec Journal, a newspaper printed in
said District, and that all known creditors
and otEer persons in interest may appear
at the said time and place. and show
cause. if airy they have, why the PRAYER
OF said petitioner should not be granted
And it is further Ordered by the Court
That the Clerk shall send by mail to al,
known. creditors copies of said petition
and this order. addressed to them at their
places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable CLARENCE
HALE, Judge of the said Court and the
seal thereof. at Portland in said District,
on the 18th day of November A. D. 19dJ
IL. 81 JAMES +. HEWEY. Clerk
A true copy of petition and order there
OIL.
Attest: JAMES T.. HEWEY Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.


On this 18th day of November A y. 1895.
en- reading the foregoing petition, il is
Ordered by the Court. That 4 hearing b.
had upon the same on the lSt day OF
December, A. ID. 1907; before said Court
at Portland, in said District. ut ten
o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published in The Daily kenne-
bee Journal, newspaper printed in said
District, and that all known creditors.
and other persons in interest, may appear
at the said tim" and place. and show
cause. if any they have, why the prayer
of said petitioner should not be granted
And it is further ordered by the Court:
That the Clerk shall send by mail to all
known creditors copies of said petition
and this order. addressed Ia them at Their
places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable CLARENCE
HALE. Judge of the said Court. and the
seal thereof, at Portland. in said District,
on the 18th day of November. a. b. 1905.
H.. 81 JAMES T.. HEWEN. Clerk.
A true copy of petition ana order there
on.
Attest: JAMES E HEWt.Y. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Another Faux Pas.

Mr. Makinbrakes, who was strolling
through the dime museum stopped ~
front of the platform on which sat Il gen
tlemanly looking person wearing a suit
of faded black and 4 bored look.
LIT must be Internally tiresome to slt
here all day for people ITO stare at, he re-
marked in a sympathetic tone"
Yes, sir. it is"
MAY l ask if smoking is permitted IN
here?
o. yes, Anybody can smoke who likes.
Mr.. Makinbrakes opened his cigar-casG
and and extended q fine Havana.
..'TheIi smoke this one on me- he said
with a genial smile.
sir" Indignantly exclaimed the gentle.
manly looking person, Il am the bearded
lady!''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
A Boon,

When Adam wore a figleaf suit
He might have been respected yet,
Had he explained to those who asked:
Its just freak election bet"
When Jonah in the whale sojourned
And came out later, somewhat wet;
None would have doubted had he said:
Its just freak election bet"
When Babylon's great king ate grass
His royal appetite to whet
None would have jeered had he set forth
It's just a freak election bet
So take this hint and Fortunes knocks
viii never give YOU cause to fret;
Each time you play the consumed fool
Explain: "A freak election bet"
-McLandburgh Wilson
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14

Ii looks as though the proposed
celebration in honor of the centennial
of the birth of William LlyOd Garri-
son would be confined to the colored
race i'm whose behalf Garrison labOred
so long and bravely. At Tuskegee,
Booker Washington will have special
exercises and the cOlOred people of
Boston will have Il meeting in Faneull
hall. The former will be mainly de-
voted to rejoicing at what the negro
has ACCOMPLISHED while the latter will
be a protest against the wrongs which
the negro still has to suffer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
I'll tnt hldCttT OF
A. WARREN In Bankruptcy

IN the matter OIL
Bankrupt
TO the HON. CLARENCE HALE. Judge
Of the District Court OF the United
States for the District of Maine.
CHARLES A. WARREN, of Waterville
in the County Of kennebec. and State OF
Maine, in said District, respectfully rep
resents, that on the 30th day of Septem-
her, last past, he was duly adjudged
bankrupt under the Acts of Congress re
lating to bankruptcy; that he has duly
surrendered all his property and rights of
property, and has fully complied with all
the requirements of said Acts and of the
orders OF Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he may be
decreed by the Court, to have full dis
charge from all debts prOvable against
his estate under said bankruptcy Acts,
except such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated this 4th day of November, A. d.
1905.
G. A. WARREN,
Bankrupt,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
The Story of Football.

The Boston Advertiser has an inter-
esting summary of the history of the
great game of football. 1t seems that
the divergence between "socker'' and
fields had grass on them and some had
not. 1t seems odd. nowadays, to think
that the bare interference of a surface
of grass could make so much differ
ence, for the choice between having
ones face ground into the soft turf and
having it grubbed along the smooth
ground would seem to be a close ques-
ton. But such is the case. In the old
days, Elton, Harrow and other school
grounds in England had a hard play
ground, and thus was born the kicking
game, or "socker'' But Rugby had
grass on its playground, and fall was
not felt to count-tackling had not been
developed as it is today-and the tack
ling game came into favor. In 1868 the
Football Association was formed, on
the "socker" lines; in 1871 the Rugby
Football Union came into existence.
with the tackling game. from which
our own game was evolved.
Football is one of the oldest games
known, if hot the very oldest. 1t was
popular, in another form, among the
Greeks and Romans. In the middle
ages it was played in Florence, where
it was a game for gentlemen, honored
soldiers, or nobles," and where no
artisans, servants, infamous or COM
mon persons We're allowed TO play it.
In England the game dates far back.
There are those who say that the
Romans introduced it, using the heads
of their enemies as footballs. This
may be so. Anyway, by the time of the
14th century it had become nuisance,
and in 1874 Edward ii forbade it in
London, Characterizing it as "hustling
over largeballs, from which many evils
might arise, which God forbid Ed
WdfQ III, cOnueIIlIleu IL do on iuie
practice" and Richard III called it an
"importune game" At this time it was
regarded, in England and Scotland. as
a game of the lower classes.
Nevertheless, Shrove Tuesday was
known as Football Day, until about
1880 when the interest began to die
out. until the English schoolboys began
to take it up 1t was at this time that
the two games began to develop.
"socker' and Rugby. Rugby was i'm
ported to America in 1876, when the
game was played between Harvard and
Yale. In 1884 the game was generally
aGopted, and from that time dates the
development of the present American
game. 1t was introduced into Maine
by BowdOin in 1883. Everybody knows
| the story of the game in later years
and of it's wonderful popularity. just
| now, for a variety of reasons, the game
is being attacked. The attacks and
discussions may result in changes of
the rules, but the game will live as long
as American boys have red blood in
their veins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Go to Church in Winter.

(BangOr NeWSJ
From now ON until the snow deparla
and the dandeliOns gem the lawn, there
is no excuse for a mans staying ava
from religious services a single Sabbath.
Let us get in the habit of going to chnrch
Such a practice can do no harm under
any condition. The chances are that IL
will do us much good. The most trivial
life has its serious side and when Il
man is taking account of things at the
close of The year let him also take an ac-
count of himself. Our ancestors may
have been behind us in several respects.
but they had 4 greater faith and a high
er regard or sacred things than most oil
their descendants can claim.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Bridging the Lower Kennebec.
portland EXpress)

portland EXpreSS)
Of course the bridging OF the henne-
bee river at Richmond by the Maine Cen
trail Railroad will be very unpleasant LOT
the city of Bath. But advancement al
ways leave some people or occupation III
an unpleasant situation. The old Terry
boat on which the Knox and Lincoln
trains are transported across the river Is
antiquated and movement. Much valu-
able time is lost by this method of loco
motion by every train, be it freight or
passengers. If the river cannot be bridged
at Bath, then the next best thing is to
bridge where it can be done practically
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-14
Your Best Work

Cannot be done unless you have good
health. You cannot have good health
without pure blood. You may have
pure blood by taking Hoods Sarsapar-
lila now. You cannot realize the good
it will do you until you try it.
Begin taking it today and see how
quickly it will give you an appetite
strength and vigor and cure your
rheumatism, catarrh or scrofula.
All liver Ills are cured by Hoods
Pills. CSC.