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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
A Chance for Maine Farmers.

PortIand Press.)
The farmers OIL Maine are believed to be
a shrewd and hard-headed set Of men,
with an eye open to the main chance.
Well here is the chance for them,
and that is to increase their locks
of sheep and thereby make money. There
is every evidence OF approaching scarcity
in the worlds supply of wool and NUT
ton. with prices high in proportion. From
all parts comes the complaint. Manufac-
turers and importers say they cannot get
wool enough. and it is noted that there Is
a general decrease in the number OF
sheep In Maine it is reported that the
falling off has been 10000 in the last year.
The cause is attributed to the growing
appetite for mutton and to the refrigerat-
ing devices which enable the sending OF
dressed meat to all quarters of the world,
as well as to the decrease of grazing
lands through their being taken up for
homesteadS. Australia has been one OF
the main sources OF supply. but even TINS
roast lamb and mutton shoulders is such
that the grazers are tempted to -sacri.
flee their focks. and so the supply of
feeces Is decreasing and the price Of wool
is rising. The world is said to be literally
ca ting the coat off it's back. If this ten
dency keeps on it is likely to give rise to
Il serious situation, for in the more rigor-
Gus climates wooden clothing is almost in
dispensable and if the mills are deprived
of raw material they will have to stop.
word to the wise should be enough.
There is in New England much WORKOUT
land. which is still in for pasturage that
would sustain thousands of sheep and
gree of fertility. Sheep are more cheaply
kept than larger livestock. In the sum
mer they can get their own living. and
they will winter on cheaper forage than
required by cows. There seems no doubt
that it would be profitable for the farmers
to go into the raising of wool and spring
lambs on a large scale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
Pointed Paragraphs.

A woman's smile is more dangerous
than her frOwn.
Occasionally you meet a man VINO
boasts of his failures.
Money doesn't sit around on empty dry
goods boxes when it talks
1t would be strange if the company a
man keeps didn't know him.
Lives Of great men all remind us how
easy it is to be 9. small man.
Stern realities of life confront the man
at the tail end of the procession.
1t takes brains to get through the world
also to go round on the outside.
Americas early settlers are those who
nay UP promptly the first of each month.
An average girl is never satisfied until
she acquires a sOn-in-law for her mother.
Usually when a man reaches the turn in
the lane he finds that it turns in the
wrong direction.
Instead of seeking the man the Office is
kept busy trying to pick out from the
crowd of applicants.
Trusts must GO A Cincinnati man has
been forced to beg because they closed Il
factory in which his wife had Il job.
If n woman refused to marry j man un-
til she Investigated his past life it's ten
to nothing she'd pass him UP after ac-
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03

President Loubet of France has
bestowed the cross of the Legion OF
Honor upon General Weyler, the Span
ish minister of war. The individual
thus decorated is better known in this
hemisphere as Butcher" Weyler. and
his record of unspeakable infamfes
and outrages in Cuba form one of the
bloodiest chapters in the long story or
Spanish misrule in that island. There
were many Americans who were fairly
itching for a chance to decorate Wey-
Ter, in 1895, but he wisely bolted for
home when the trouble began and did
not expose his precious hide to the
bullets Of the hated Yankees. or
course, President Loubet cheapens and
degrades the cross of the Legion of
Honor when he bestows it upon such a
scoundrel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
A katahdin Park.
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At the meeting OF the zen, ..,.ut Pomona
Grange at Hermon on Saturday. MIR.
Sor's leading authors who has 4 sum-
mer camp at Macwahoc and who spends
his winters south gave an interesting
talk on forestry and made a plea for IL
State or national park or forestry reser-
walton in Maine to embrace the region
around and including our noble Mount
Mr.. Kimball is a grAtrlover of natural
beauty, and rejoices in the freedom of
the wild woods life to which he devotes
so muc n of his tins has In THE two ney nay
Home and Jay Gould Harmon. he has
shown his surprising love of our forests
and of forest and outdoor life. In his
new novel just published, Mr.. kimball
puts into the mouth of one of his char
acters the following plea for a national
forestry reservation in Maine:
said the Squire, Il would seek the coun,
try's ear and tell of another national
park extending from the Ambajejus on
the south to, ChurchilIs lake on the
Allagash on the west; while Katahdin,
rearing it's glorious head and flinging
down down its shadows on half thousand
the lines of possibility that some great
soul or souls can be found to buy katah
din and a million acres around her base.
and give it to the birds of the air. to the
deer, the moose and the caribou. to the
quaint and harmless bear to the fox,
the beaver and the little musquash even.
and say to them. in the beginning God
gave these woods and streams to you.
but man has. usurped your bowers and
filled your simple lives with fear and
peril. I give them back on the condition
that man and beast shall lie down to-
gether in this garden Of God in peace "
There is real eloquencc and rathos in
this appeal which is only one of the
many fine and practical passages in Mr..
IIilnball's latest book At the Grange
meeting on Saturday Mr. Kimball re-
ceived a generous welcome and his re-
marks were SO well received by the
members that vote was taken to
meeting.
While we admire Mr. kimball's en-
thnsiasm upon this subject and are glad
to have his pen and voice employed in
its service. we beg to say that it is one
in which the Commercial has long been
of numerous editorial articles in our col
umns. Three or four years ago we made
the suggestion that the State should
cure Mount katahdin for a State park
before it was denudcd Of the wild beauty
through the ravishing work Of hunting
for commercial spruce and we are con-
seduently happy to have the plan sec
onded by Mr. Kimball's eloquent pen.
Years ago one would have thought the
time would never come when the forests
of katahdin could be demolished. That
time. however. draws nearer every year
Before it is too late some plan should
he undertaken TO place katahdin and it's
forest beyond the risk of destruction
How 1t can be accomplished we hardly
know. If the general government can be
made to interfere in saving the noun
tains of New Hampshire for public
reservation, the same authority can also
be invoked to save old katahdn for the
same purpose.
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October Passes.
BanCOr News

NeWSD
who never to himself has said that Oc-
toner. 1895, has been the best month of
the year? We do not think that such
a man lives. or if he still fingers on
the wrong side of the grave. he does
not reside in Maine. for Maine people
are sensible. and being thus. they have
kept their eyes open, and seeing the
now panorama of night and day.
can do when she tries. Seldom has one
seen more gorgeous foliage or more beau
tifu! scenery. while the weather seems to
have been made Ito order-fittinS US ex-
actly right anG making us feel proud all
the Tune. TO be sure, the politicians have
petn Wrangllng and calling one another
names in Philadelphia and New York.
ana the coal workers and the mill opera
yves nave been talking about going on "a
strike. The presidents of several life in
strance companies have been asked why
they stole so much money from the poll
cy-holdcrs. the men VINO have bcttcd on
the wrong horse have lost considerable
money. The college football elevens have
lined up in several skirmishes. thourh
the casualties have been small comnared
to what is coming The President has
peen among the southern people, and has
dared to speak in condemnatio of negro
!yEchings. and has been cheered for his
bravery. Several boards of trade have
passed nlcely-WOrdcd resolutions either
ilpnoldlnS or condemnirg a protective
tariff. The world has made an entire
revolution on its axis once in q hours
without being locked for lost time, and
thlnfs nave been stirred up a bit among
foreign nations. But here in Maine we
nave shot deer and moose. we have
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
Personal Notes.

The jury of the International Art Elk.
hibition in Vienna has conferred a gold
medal on the American painter. j. j..
Shannon.
Andrew Mcconnell. Il practical philan-
thropist of Washington, has set for him
self the task of placing libraries in all
the smaller towns ana the rural COM
munities Of the South.
General Frederick d. Grant was elect
ed president OF the Grant Family Asso-
ciation which just held a reunion at
Windsor, Conn. There were more than
800 members OF the family present.
The citizens of Somerset. Ohio. on No
vember will unveil a $4,000 equestrian
monument erected to the memory of Cen
eral Phil II. Sheridan. The navy will be
represented by Admiral Dewey and the
army by Lieutenant General Chaffee.
Rev. r. Bonvin. S. j.. the eminent
musician of Canislus College, Buffalo, has
written new mass. the manuscript of
which was submitted to Rome for APP
prevail, and at once received the in:-
primatur of the Committee of Cardinals
having the matter in charge.
General r. p. De Hart, of Lafayette,
Indiana, Judge Of the Circuit Court in
Tippecanoe County. has founded a mu-
scum OF Indian relics in his country home,
Lookout Lodge. in which may be found
all kinds of Indian relics and some that
have come from the battlefields of the
Civil War;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03

The figures of the 1905 state census oil
New York show that New York citys
present population is 4.014.OOO. This is
an increase of $4,000. almost II per
cent. since the national census of 1900
and shows that practically half of all
the people in the great Empire State
live within the limits of it's chief city.
The enormous population of our ma
ionaI metropolis will be better ap-
preciated, perhaps. when it is said that
it is larger than the combined popula-
tions of the states of Maine. New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. 1here
are larger cities in the world than
New York, but it is not unlikely that
the time will come when it is the larg-
est of them all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03

There is nothing new in this talk of
abolishing football. The Independent
reprints the following which appeared
in its columns October Is. 1856. exactly
half Il century ago. under the title of
"CiviIized" 1.-The freshmen of Yale
College this year decline to challenge
the sopholnores to football contest,
by a majority of one-fifth of the class.
The Register says that the reasons
given for the discontinuance of the
custom were, that the contestants were
exposed to severe casualties: there was
no display Of skill. but simply trial
of brute force; that such rough and
tumble sport was beneath the dignity
of gentlemen: there was nothing in ia
vor of it. save that it was an old and
lorg-estapiished CUSTOM Fifty years
have passed since this appeared in the
Independent. and there Is good evil
dence that football is still played
at Yale and elsewhere throughout the
country. and the present attempts to
abolish the game will be about as sue
cessful as those were in 1855.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
Maine Gossip
Emher Shadows.

Where the freight flashes CLEAN.
shines a face-that's like a dream
Ruth! my love of by-gone days.
Tell me, whittier tend thy ways?-
And the answer-faint. yet clear
Il am waiting, waiting, dear,
Where we parted long ago.
When you loved me"-even SO.
In the firelight's fitful glow
Fancies tarry-fancies go
Scenes of yore, insiStent back,
Press on recognition's track;
On the hearthStOne, etched in flame,
CLEAN the letters of her name
Bank the embers! ashes strew!
You were false, but | was true
And the night-winds. moaning now,
Whisper of that broken VOW
Tell miSfortuneS' tale anew
Tell that l was false to you:
And the bloom that's DER your dust
Marks my punishment as just
Bears a message-bound in rue.
You were false. but l was true"
George Herriott
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03

a distinguished American citizen who
is about to enjoy a tour of the world at
the expense of the national government.
is President Francis of the st. Louis
exposition. 1t was largely his ex-
ecutive ability. tact and energy which
made the exposition success. and he
has now been appointed by the Presi-
dent to convey to the foreign nations
which participated in the exposition the
thanks of the United States. In the
case of the Chicago Worlds fair. this
function was performed by the foreign
representatives OF the various coun-
tries. But President Francis will go
as special envoy; bearing lettcr OK
pressing the thanks of the government
to iS of the principal foreign countries
represented at the exposition As :,
Will involve tour of the world. Presi.
dent Francis will. in the DISCHARGE n,
this duty. have the opportunity Of see.
ing all the principal places of interes
under peculiarly favorable circum
stances. Considering the service
which Mr.. Francis rendered the COIN
Try IN making success of the exposi
'ioh' and considering the ties of good
\ VIII "e'eh7 his personal visit vii. sti
more strongly cement, no one viii cav
'he honor conferred upon Mr.. Fran
els.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03

chopped firewood and banked houses, ana
We have also worked rather hard ana
have been glad for the privilege OF WORK,
ing We have seen some hopes crushed
nicely. we have earned money and spent
money. and on the whole. We have saved
something for the cold winter that IS
coming We have read the daily papers,
and have thanked God that we were not
railroad managers or presidents OF in
srrance companies. We have been happy
in the main, though most Of us think we
should be able to stand still more hapIl !.
ness Whatever has come to us OF good
or iii. we cannot deny that October has
been fgne month.
~ Now if the good Lord VIII SEND US y
little rain-considerabIe rain-We shall
strive to escape the indigestion perils OF
Thanksgiving and come into Christmas
with high hopes of seeing a happy New
NeaT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03

Thanks to the efforts of the sanitary
officers, assisted no doubt materially by
the cooler weather, yellow fever. it is
reported, has been driven entirely out
of the Panama canal zone. For sew
eral weeks there has been standing
report a genuine case of yellow fever
and the reward is still unclaimed. But
even with yellow fever eliminated
Panama will never be a popular nealth
resort rs medical science cannot nght
tropical malaria with equal success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
esquire Phin" on the Stage.
IT lewiston NewSO

ILCWISCOn NGWS.1
Those who have read Holman Days
new book. Squire Phin. must have been
impressed with its adaptability for. the
stage. In fact, so admirably do the lead
ing characters and situations seem fitted
for dramatic presentation that it almost
lays the author open to the suspicion OF
having written the story with that end in
view. Not that this is reflection upon
either the book or the author but simply
that the elements of the novel in the
story are subordinated to those of the
stage. Seldom have we read a book that
would fit the stage so well with so little
changing as Squire Phin, and it would not
be surprising if before two years arc
passed some enterprising star in folklore
and Down East comedy drarla were find
ing popular favor in a play adapted from
Mr.. Days book
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Auausta's Revolutionary Soldiers.

Koussinoc Chapter, Daughters OF the
American Revolution deserves the SIN
cere thanks of our citizens for its eff
forts resulting in a bronze tablet in
the Lithgow library perpetuating the
memory of the Revolutionary soldiers
who lived, died, or were buried
in Augusta This tablet contains %
names. many of them names of men
who are represented by descendants
still living in this city, and others
which are the names of men who are
unknown and forgotten in these lat
ter days. OF these % men, perhaps
half a dozen went to the war from the
little settlement which then ciustereu
around Fort Western and the others
came here after the war was over.
The names and history of some Oh
these soldiers of the Revolution are
familiar to our citizens. ana httihs
memorial stones have been erected 10
thar mamory. Others lie buried in
orr rural cemeteries or in lonely graves
,vbere their unmarked resting places
,ra neglected or forgotten. 1t was to
preserve the record of these men, so
far as it is known. and to make per-
m,nent Inscription of their names,
that tho Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution undertook this
important work and placed this
tablet on the walls of Lith-
cow library. The unwilling and dedi-
cation of this tablet, last evening. was
an interesting occasion, and an extend
ed account of it is given elsewhere in
the columns of the Journal, this morn
ing. In connection with it, we are
glad to publish in full Miss Fuller's val
ualbIe paper containing the histdrtcal
and biographical sketches of those OF
Augustus Revolutionary heroes of whom
anything definite is known. This pa
per is a most important contribution
to local history, and its writer should
be congratulated and thanked for her
work.
1t is by such things as the erection
of this tablet the marking of histori-
cal buildings and spots; the placing of
stones at the heads of neglected graves
where Revolutionary heroes sleep, and
in general working to perpetuate the
memory of the men and events of Rev
dictionary times. and the lofty patriot
ism which the knowledge of those
times inspire, that the great organiza-
ton of which Koussinoc Chapter is a
part. justifies it's existence and con-
vinces the world of it's usefulness.
There is ample work for it to do and
it is doing that work well. In this
latest act it has given Augusta addi-
tional reason to be proud of it and
grateful to it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
First Meeting Of Creditors.

In the District Court of the United States
for the District of Maine.
In the matter of
M. CLAIR MORSE In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. J
To the creditors of NJ CLAIR MORSE. of
Wayne in the County of Kennebec. and
District aforesaid. bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day of October, A. D. 1906. the said NJ.
Clair Morse was duly adjudicateG bank
rupt; and that the first meeting Of his
creditors will be held at the Office of the
Referee, 1870 Water Street, in Augusta.
Maine. and District aforesaid, on the 18th
day of November, A. D. 1905. at ten
o'clock i'm the forenoon. at which time the
claims, appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt, and transact such other: bust
ness as may properly come before said
FREMONT J.. c. LITTLE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Augusta, Maine, Oct. so, 1905. n3dlt
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1t will be pretty difficult to stir up
any International wrangle over the re-
cent affair in China. when an Ameri-
can admiral was mobbed by China
men after he had accidentally filled a
Chinese woman with bird-shot while he
was hunting in rice field. OF course.
the accident was thoroughly regrettable
and the American admiral, like the
hunters in northern Maine who make
similar mistakes, doubtless has plenty
Oh excuses. AS for the part the China
men played. we have only to picture
what a crowd Of American farmers
would do if Chinese admiral, wander
ing across the country, should accident
/ ally shoot a farmers wife.
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Familiar Lines.
arranged so that the little ones can
ways remember them.J

arranged so that the little ones can al
ways remember them.J
The boy stood on the burning deck,
His fleece was white as snow;
He stuck a feather in his hat,
John Anderson, my 10!
Gone back. come back!'' he cried ii
GRIEF.
From midas coral strands
The frost is on the pumpkin and
The village smithy stands.
Am l a soldier of the cross
From many a boundless plain?
Should aud acquaintance be forgot
Where saints immortal reign?
lie banks and braes O. bonny Doom
Across the sands O. Dee.
Can you forget that night in June
My country, it's of thee.
Of all sad words of tongue or pen.
We're saddeSt WheE we sing,
To beard the lion in his den
To set before the king.
Hark, from the tombs a tloleful sound,
And Phoebus gins arise:
All mimsy were the borogroves
To mansions in the skies.
Cleveland Leader"
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A New York paper figures it out that
the expenses of the present municipal
campaign in that city will be fully
100000. If Tammany could be driven
out Of power. the victory would be
cheap at many times the figure named
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
First Meeting of Creditors.

In the District Court of the United States
for the District of Maine.
In the matter of
OSCAR w. POTTER In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt
To the creditors of OSCAR w. POTTER,
of Gardiner. in the County of Kennebec,
and District aforesaid. Il bankrupt.
day of December A. d. 1904. the said
Oscar w. Potter was duly adJudicated
bankrupt: and that the first meeting of
his creditors will be held at the Office of
the Referee. 1870 Water Street, in Augusta.
Maine. and District aforesaid, on the 10th
day of November. A. ID. 1905, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon. at which time the
sn may teno p11xg the
bankrupt. and transact such other bust
ness as may properly come before said
meeting.
FREMONT j. C. LITTLE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Augusta. Maine. Oct q. 1905. n3d1t
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and are entirely renovated. The dolls
have the advantage over other people
since they have at hand the spring of
youth and can be restored to youth at
a hospital built entirely for their spec
ial benefit.
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Friday, September 3, 1905

That little shooting affair in a
Chinese rice field, I'm which an Ameri-
can admiral aimed at a duck and hit a
woman, does not speak very well for
the supposed high excellence of Ameri-
can naval craftsmanship.
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his brief stay here. last summer, wish
him we'll in the great and noble work
which he has undertaken in behalf OF
the rights and liberties of the Russian
masses.
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Proof is What You Want,

Physicians and trained nurses all
agree that Comfort Powder is best for
both adults and infants for all skin
soreness. 1T allays Inflammation. cures
chatting, prickly heat. eczema, offensive
perspiraiion and tender feet. I'm
equalled for nursery and sick room. All
druggists in Augusta recommend it.