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Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01
Personal Notes.

John D. Rockefeller. with the assist
ance of his Cleveland pastor. DIR
Charles a. Eaton, is making plans fo
future church home for the newsboy.
Of Cleveland, and on Sunday there viii
be a rally of 1000 newsboys at tht
Euclid Avenue Baptist church.
Henry p. f. Macfarland and Henry
L. West two of the three commission.
ers of the District of Columbia, are
respectively sons of editors who went
to Washington and took positions or
Forneys Chronicle, once leading
morning paper at the Capital
United states Senator Frank B.
Brandegee, the new member from Con-
necticut. has a particular fad for the
planting Of trees and the cultivation of
shrubbery and vegetation of one sort
or another, and his favorite line of
reading is biology.
Gol. J. Watts De Peyster of Tivoli
y. Y, will purchase the historic Fort
Johnson at Atkin. the barOnial mansion
of Sir William johnson, and present il
to the Montgomery County, n. Y, His
torical Society. The only stipulation
required by Gen. De Peyster is that
when the building ceases to be used for
historical purposes it is to revert to
him.
Dennis Horigan. stationed at the
Naval Observatory, on Georgetown
Heights, near Washington, is the old
est meteorological observer in point of
consecutive service in the United
States, having been engaged in the
work since long before the Government
Weather Bureau was established. He
was appointed under the administra-
tioE of President Buchanan.
Mrs Charles F. Joy of st. Louis. an
nOunces she has been offered site at
Santa Barbara, California, for her pro-
posed 81 .OOO,0 600 university in which the
human soul will be a principal subject
of study. The university will attempt
to establish scientifically the existence
of the soul and to put other psychic
Phenomena on a scientific basis and
make it useful in every day life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

cratic edffdfs in Maine Of late that be-
cause the state does not legalize rum
selling, murders are becoming more
frequent. The consistency and logic or
this argument may not be apparent at
first glance, in fact. they will not De
apparent at second glance. but the
lack of consistency and logic do not IN
jure an argument from the standpoint
of a Democratic editor who wishes 10
use it. Incidentally, in this connectioh'
if may be noted that very few OF the
recent murders in Maine have been IN
any way the result Of drunkenness. but
even il they were all the result OF
drunkenness the average person will
find it hard to understand how mur-
ders due to rum would be fewer if rum
we're more abundant and more easy to
obtain.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

writing for the press and for maga-
zines, and ever since he has been one
of the most important contributors in
, the country to technical publications.
He was a recognized authority on
building and architecture and his Opin-
ion was considered the best that could
be procured. Mr.. Kidder's greatest
literary work was his Architects ana
Builders POcketbook, handbook for
architects. structural engineers, build
ers and craftsmen, which was in Its
fourteenth edition in 1904, being the
best of it's kind in existence and used
! by architects and builders everywhere.
no work Of such magnitude, so syste-
matically arranged, has ever appeared
in any language. For the past 20 years
Mr.. Kidder has been IL consulting en-
gineer and lived for the greater part of
the time in Denver, where he was prom
inently identified with the building up
of the city. Besides the great work
mentioned Mr.. kidder wrote many
other books. Building Construction and
Superintendence, published in two
parts. and third part on Trussed
Roofs and Roof Trusses, being one of
the best known. At the time of his
death he was one of the best known
men in his profession in America.
Prof. w. M. Munson, Horticulturist
of the Maine agricultural experiment
station at Orono, is making collection
of the native Maine apples that seem
to be worthy of propagating. He will
welcome any specimens which may be
sent to him for examination. and If of
sufficient merit the fruit will be photo
graphed and described in a forthcoming
bulletin of the station. Growers are
also urged to make a full exhibition
of native Maine seedlings at the meet
ing of the Maine PomoloGical Society
at Canton. November 14-16. In writing
the Journal about this work Prof. Mum
son says: There are number of
well other varieties, as well as several
rather obscure sorts, which are special
ly valuable i'm New England and it is
my purpose to bring to the attention
Of the public some of the more valuable
of these native Maine apples. Among
those of rather more than local import
ance l might mention Starkey, Win
throp Greening, Dudley Winter. and
Rolfe"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01
Pointed Paragraphs.

Bugs are ort-lived-espccially hum
bugs.
A stunning looking girl isn't neces-
sarily shocking.
Many Il woman's hair is not as gold
en- as it is plated.
Every man thinks his wife has the
best husband in the world.
1t is easier to talk about ruling man.
kind with love than it is to do it.
When the wise guy fails he considers
the man who succeeds Il lucky fool.
A womans idea of frankncss is to
have some man tell her how nice he
thinks she is.
life is short at beSt-and perhaps
that is the best thing that can be said
about it.
Even the man who boots at supersti-
tion is apt to refuse loan of S13 to
some Of his acquaintance on Friday
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01
The Man Of the Hour in Russia

Again Count Sergius Witte finds
himself the man of the hour and the
whole world is watching him as the
world seldom watches any single indi-
vidual. If he succeeds in plotting the
Russian ship of state through the ter
riblc tempest which threatens to engulf
it, the immortality of his name is as
sured, and he will be forever ranked as
one of the greatest men of our times.
The latest news from Russia makes
bright the prospect of his success, and
gives promise of better times for Rus
sia, than that sorely oppressed empire
has ever known before. The Car and
grand dukes have found that the in
more serious menace to it than the
crushing defeats which its army and
navy received at the hands of the
Japanese.
The rumbling of discomfort has shak-
en- the land for many months past. and
now the down-troddens of the Car s
empire, slow in arousing but terribly
stubborn when once aroused, are clam
oring at the door of the royal palace
for rights which the whole world knows
they should have and hopes they will
get. Russia as had revolts before, but
this is certainly the greatest ever
known there. and it will be little short
or miracle if the revolution is a
pioodless one which overthrows the
absolute and obsolete form of govern
'heht and gives Russia a place among
'he constitutional powers of Europe.
me Gar is plainly a weak man. only a
VII Oh wax in the hands of the bureau-
e,a''e party. Witte is the great man
, Vi 'he tunes in Russia. He won his
p''rt at kittery and it looks as tbousb
"''''o win at st. Petersburg.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01
A Hundred Years to Come.


Oh, where will be the birds thar sing,
A hundred years to come!
The flowers that now in beauty spring,
A hundred years to come!
The rosy lip, the lofty brow:
The heart that beats so gayly now
Oh, where will be Loves beamlng eye.
JOYS pleasant smile, and Sorrows sign,
A hundred years to come!
Who'll press for good this crowded street
hundred years to come?
Who'll tread yOn church with Wiillns iee'
A hundred years to come?
Pale, trembling age and fiery YOUTH
And childhood with it's brow Of truth,
The rich and poor, on land and sea-
Where will the mighty millions be
A hundred years to come!
We all within our graves shall sleep,
A hundred years to come,
No living soul for us shall weep
hundred years to come.
Put other men our land Will till.
And others then our streets shall fill.
While other birds shall sing as gay.
AS bright the sunshine as today,
A hundred years to come.
William Goldsmith Brown.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

Without a cigar Edwin Booth. the
t"age 1ian, was scarcely ever seen.
Even while engaged on his professional
duties his beloved weed was present in
the wings, ready TO be snatched from
his dresser's hand for enjoyment dur
Jig tine sometimes exceedingly brief in
tervals between the exits and en-
frances. Twenty-Five cigars a day
were at one time his usual allowance:
an allowance. however. not infrequent-
" exceeded.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

CUCUMBERS
boiling
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

A Liverpool firm Of timber mer-
gagged in cutting pitch pine timber to
be exported under contract with the
United States authorities to the dock
yarda at Newport News. The trans
action is unprecedented in the history
of the timber trade at Liverpool or any
other port in the British islands.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

A Boston paper has discovered split
infinitive in one of the Presidents S
southern speeches. but even this dis
coyery does not make the South sorry
for the enthusiastic welcome it gave
him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

London house owner protested
against his house being numbered thr-
teen iii the REMEMBERING of a street
and petitioned the borough Council that
ii be made 121e. The Council refused.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

A"A' million dollar university which
'"es are talking of establishing for the
purpose OF Investigating psychic nhs
hemena, or seeking the soul will nno.
a''y not get underway in time to mt g.
iootoaH eleven into the field, this. fau
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

Inc editor who remarked that lana,
Is rapidly becoming Democratic s;,ho.
"sed the capital ID" by mistals 49,
e'Se ne has more faith in the orator,ca
powers Of Colonel Bryan than is war
'ah'ed BY this country's experience
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

Company D, First Regiment, Ma
tional Guard, State of Maine. stationed
at Norway, has an enthusiastic mem
Der who does not think anything OF
walking from his home. nine miles
away. to attend weekly drill.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

1t is favorite argument viii, K
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

A party Of so persons started. this
week, from Lubec and Eastport on an
excursion to California. Most of them
propose to settle there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

ESTABLISHED, 1926.

No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
jected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers,
Augustaj Maine. 4
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

Portland Sunday Times: If the meet
had done nothing else of Importance it
has certainly accomplished a good
work in calling attention to the low
salaries which are paid to many of the
faithful and efficient teachers of our
State. If "A teachers services are not
worth being well-paid for they are GER
tainly absolutely worthless to the
cause of education.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

Rockland has a couple. Mr.. and Mrs.
E. S. McAllister. who have spent 5S
years of married life in the same home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

A Bangor paper, in describing Frank
forts welcome to the first train. says
that whistles blew. bells rang and
powder burned" A Frankfort corre-
spOndent says: "CitiZcns of the town
failed to remark these features. but it
is true that hens got dizzy. cats ran
and hid. horses waltzed and dinner
pals ran away with staid quarrymen."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

Frank Z. Kidder. who died in Denver
last week, at the age of As, was Ban
gor boy who had become one of the
foremost architects in the country He
was educated at the University of
Maine, Cornell and Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology. For some years
ne was member of the firm of Curtis
& Kidder. architects. of Boston. and
delivered several courses of lectures at
Technology. AT the age of IL he began
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

The Bangor News is urging its read
ers to cut their Christmas trees before
the best ones are sold to go out of the
State.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01

They say that wolves are back again
hunters expect some great sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
The Newspaper Habit,

From the st Louis Globe Democrat.
Foreigners who visit this country for
travel invariably notice the prevalence Of
newspaper reading in public conveyances,
waiting rooms and refectories. Foreign
correspondents and writer's may vary in
many particulars, but none ever fails to
comment on the familiar spectacle of the
man behind the newspaper. Unquestionably,
Americans, more than any other people,
are absorbed in the study Of daily journals,
and a question arises as to the meaning
and tendencies Of the strongly developed
trait This country has led the way in
cheap newspapers of high character. though
Europe has taken the hint and works In
the same direction. The high-priced for
eign journals. filled with ponderous articles
and rented by readers for an hour or two
as they pass from hand to hand, no longer
satisfy the newspaper demand in Europe.
But the best American newspapers spend
far more money on gathering all the news
of the world. and present 1t In fresher
manner. They think no effort or expense
too great that secures the earliest, most ac-
curate and most attractively prepared DIS
patches and letters from points that hap
pen to be OF the chief momentary interest.
A great American journal counts the get
ting of news as, by all odds. the first con-
sideration Balance sheets are detail to
be examined later.
Americans occupy in so many respects a
material primacy In the worlds affairs thst
a newspaper to them Is what the contef.ss
Every American Is political sovereign and
may aspire to the highest official place.
Generally. ha is even more OF q business
man than politician, and the columns Of q
newspaper are his panoramic survey Of
active a3ea1xa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16

country, notably in the south. 1t Is doubt
less the most important need of human
pathology, because such school would IN
Teaching and investigation can be kept
separate, to be sure, and grand work may
be done this way, but there is q growing
opinion that each is better for the aid OF
the other In the same organization Whether
separate or combined, they need money for
endowment, and money Is not attainable
until those who have 1t are convinced that
they are making a good investment either
for themselves or posterity. In Great Brit.
ain II was found impossible to convince the
commercial classes that trade would be irns
proved by every discovery lessening the dis.
eases which checked and sometimes stop.
ped tropic commerce.
Anything which would obviate the expen-
sive guarantees was worth buying, and
they proceeded to buy IL at once. Their con-
tributions toward the establishment ana
support of schools and laboratories for
tropic medicine were thus based upon prac-
teal needs. The same conditions exist In
account of our relatively small tropical
trade. consequently 1t is not possible at
present to appeal to the sehinterests OF
tradesmen. and 1t IL too long to wait until
the Panama canal makes the matter fm-
perative The men, who, from their surplus
Of wealth. are endowing ABOUT eveiy.hlnS
which can be endowed. should have their at.
tention called to this neglected natter
There is probably nothing which VIII so
greatly react to the future prosperity OF
the country Indeed, 1t is not at all uns
likely that without it we will be unable TO
reap the full trade dement's OF our Panama
venture. BY all means let us seek endow.
ments for one or more great institutions
for investigating and teaching trepic medic
cine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
The Origin of Tartan.

Lrom tho London Chronicle.
Although checkered cloths have been used
by many peoples for a long time tartan, as
we know 1t today, Is comparatively modern
The earliest historical reference to 1t seems
to have been in 14T1, when thirty shillings
was paid for zane cline and ane halve of
blue tartane' to line a gown of cloth of
gold for James III. It is also a historical
fact that Charles II on his marriage In 1862
wore Stuart tartan streamers But the tar
tans OF today are quite modern which is
proved by the fact that originally tartans
were never worn by such Lowland families
as those of Dundas, Robertson, Ogilvie.
Scott and Urquhart
For a time tartan and the Highland dress
were under the ban, for an act SURPRISING
them was passed after the Jacobite rebel
lion, and was nonlnally in force at least
till 1882 as they were supposed to be pic
turesque symbols Of the Stuart cause. Sc.
we're fines and other punishments were I'M
posed ON all attempts to wear the kilt. Thus
IN 1850 one Robert Pirie, servant to the
Rev. Theodore Gordon, minister of the Cab
rach. a district that was largely under the
influence of the famous Jacobite general
John Gordon of Glenbucket, was impris-
oned at Aberdeen for wearing the philibeg
Bye-and- bye, when it became necessary
to recruit in the Highlands, 1t was deemed
advisable to restore the tartan. Thus the
northern fencibles. which were raised in
ITS by the fourth Duke of Gordon, were
tricked out in q tartan that had been adopt
ed by his clan: and 1t is certainly due to his
daring duchess that tartan was introduced
into England.
The incident, which is very little known.
Is related by her graces valet. a curious
gossip named D'Amcur. The famous Jane
MAXWELL Duchess Of Gordon, was nothing
II not original, for she insisted upon being
douiinantly Scots even in conquerIng the
Lowlands. and tor time she quite held her
own with her rival. the Duchess Of Devon
shire. az bright particular star OF high
eoctety. she converted Il to taxfoA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
GEMS IN MAINE.
Miss Hamlin's Notable Collection OF
Tourmalines and Beryls.

Tourmalines and Beryls.
Bangor (Me.) Cor New York Sun.
gy the death of Dr. Augustus Choate
Hamlin, Miss Elinor Cutting Hamhn OF
Brookline, Mass, who is his only direct de-
scendant. will come into possession OF
notable collection of Maine gems, in addi-
ton to a famous necklace which she has,
and which, it is said. cannot be duplicated
In any museum in Europe.
This necklace is Of Maine tourmalines.
and Includes some of the finest Of those
gems which have been taken from Mount
Mica, Me-, since the discovery in 1920 OF
this mine of precious stones by E. L. Ham
lin and his brother, Hannibal Hamlin, at
one time Vice President of the United
States, In the necklace Is the first gem
found by them eighty-four years ago.
The necklace is composed of seventeen
thirty carats each attached to a chain of
gold, and arranged so that they can be de-
tached at WILL and their places taken by
others Of different sizes.
In the set are thirty additional stones,
many being mounted with white tourma-
lines and beryls. There are also cross and
two eardrops, the former composed or six
of the finest tourmalfnes yet found, the
stones being about three carats each and OF
various colors. The eardrops are of green
and pink tourmaltnes, set with white beryls.
Many of these stones were exhibited by
Gen. William b. Franklin, commissioner at
the Paris exposition in 1889, and they were
also shown In the display of American gems
at the worlds fair in Chicago.
There are several fine collections In Maine
outside of the Hamlin family, and within
the last few years local pride in the re-
sources of the state, particularly in regard
to its gems, has become SO great that In
many villages and towns the women will
not wear any other ornament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
BAD SPELLING AS EVIDENCE.
Important in Discovering the Writers
of Court Documents.
From Answers

From Answers.
Handwriting experts have so frequently
been proved to be incorrect in their deduc-
t.ons-notably in the Beck case-that juries
seldom convict prisoners on their evidence.
Curiously enough. however. although the
handwriting test has been proved to be I'M
reliable. the evidence of faulty spelling has
never failed to bring retribution to evil
dcers. II appears that forgery Is compare
lively easy. and that even an expert can
ba readily deceived by a forged document;
but It seems almost certain that IL an
adult. even of good education. misspells
certain words It Is almost impossible for
him to spell them correctly from dictation
unless aided by dictionary.
This strange fact was wildly manifested
through the acumen of Justice Darling dur
ins the hearing of breach of promise
case recently at Birmingham. The plaintiff
relied upon certain letters, which she stated
were written to her by the defendant, 10
establish her case The man. however de-
n'ed the authorship. and there were con-
siderable doubts expressed, which the Judge
shared, as to the discriminating documents
being In his handwriting
Gross perjury Is being committed In this
case said Justice Darling. And then his
lordship thought of a new test How do
the defendant.
A-w-f-u-ll," was the response
That's how the word Is spelled by the
person who wrote this letter." observed the
.sfisdg,,. And 1t was this fact that procured
#ha plaintiff 2100 damages.
m Yhe political history of the last fifteen
years has been determined by a mistake
In spelling. The fact that an re. was used
instead OF an "a rendered the claims OF thu
Aish party 70 homo rule and other reforms