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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

The attempt to make it appear that
Augusta was lacking in water pressure
at the recent fire seems to have been
a dismal fizzle. The New England
Insurance Exchange knows very well
that we have had, since our pres
ent system was installed, one OF the
finest water pressures in New Eng
land. Standing in the rear of the
burning block Friday night our fire.
men were able to throw the neaVy
streams they were handling high
above the roof. Their only rea-
son for climbing upon the roof Oh
the coal sheds on the river front
was the fact that it enabled them
to play through the windows OF the
second and third stories at a better
angle than would, otherwise, nave
been possible. In this connection we
wish to say that Augusta owes much
to its efficient firemen for holding this
stubborn fire to the block in which it
originated. 1t called for good judg-
ment and good work-and both were
supplied by our fire department.
One thing should be done. however.
and done promptly. A four-way hy-
drant should be located in the rear of
the rcstoffice from which lines of hose
could be promptly run back of the
buildings on the east side of Water
street The efficiency of the service
would also be greatly enhanced if
hose cart could be housed in that
vicinity. 1t could be manned night
and day by men employed in the i'm
mediate vicinity and thus be available
for instant use. 1t is matter that
may well claim the attention of prop
erty owners and of the city govern
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Pointed Paragraphs.

Chastity is to woman what veracity
is to a man.
All men are liars, more or less-mostly
more.
If you would make your money last
you must earn it first.
This climate of ours isn't adapted to
the cultivation of patience.
No woman can reform husband by the
continuous lecture process.
It's an easy matter to get satisfaction
by going ito law-if you are lawyer.
A woman can hold baby in each arm
easier than she can hold her tongue.
AS the inventors of strenuous games
it's queer the Romans overlooked foot
ball.
Only a girl who is sure OF her complex
ion will permit a young man to kiss her
on the cheek.
Marriages may be arranged in heaven.
but the grocer and butcher expect their
pay here on earth.-Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

heroic treatment, the doctor has pro-
nounced him a we'll man. Trifles and
comfort were not to be considered in
his Jealous search for health. When
an extremely cold night came on, he
didn't yield to that feeling that would
prompt him to seek the warm bed.
Every morning he felt better for the
tonic of the night air and every night
he felt stronger than when he awoke
in the morning. There are many
afflicted with the dreaded disease who
cannot afford sanitorium treatment.
Five or ten dollars a week is beyond
their means. Ely working with their
physician and under his direction it is
possible to treat the disease scientific
cally and successfully at home. "The
daily walks are most important" says
Mr. Kirshner. 81 have walked until
I imagined people thought me a worth
less loafer, and I consider that this
was very great help. My condition
was so bad that I did not care what
exercise l did. l would sit on the
piazza all day bundled in a fur coat
and at night undress in the house and
start for my open air bed. l wore
my night shirt and heavy bath robe,
and bed socks. I retired between s
and I and arose at 9 in the morning.
When I felt we'll enough 1 would
shovel the snow out of my camp, but
there were always drifts on every side
and the snow would often be a foot
deep on the camp floor. I am still
sleeping out of doors, and will all sum-
mer, at least. When I was ill, 1
weighed about us. and now my weight
exceeds $50 pounds. This cure has
worked with me, and l believe it will
work with anyone i'll with this terri
BILE disease, if taken in time"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
The Cars Wealth.

The Car of Russia is unquestiOnably
the richest monarch in Europe, if not in
the world. His annual income has been
estimated at s12,OOO,OOO. The wealth of the
average person. however. is largely a
matter of health. If he is strong and
healthy his earning capacity is much
greater than the less fortunate person
who is handicapped by some sickness
Sickly people. however, need not remain
so. for in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
they will surely find health and strength
For building up rundown systems.
correcting the liver and curing heartburn
nausea, bloating. indigestion. dyspepsia,
constipation. biliousness, liver and kidney
ills. general debility, spring fever. chills.
colds or Ia grippe the Bitters is I'M
euualled. Try a bottle and test it for your
own satisfaction. Don't accept a substi-
tute II you value your health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

ficted upon them, were thoroughly
fiogged at the whipping post.
It is said that after leaving Deia-
ware no member of this trio ever
again put foot upon it's soil. Some
men will face the penitentiary or the
gallows with more nerve than they
will exhibit at the whipping post.
An interesting example of this TACT
recently occurred in Manitoba where
Sandercock and Mcdonald, two ho'eo
highwaymen, were apprehended ana
brought to justice. These men
had pursued their nefarious caii-
ing which constantly jeopardizeu '"e"
lives, with absolute nerve. HN
was sentenced to a long term oi ~"
o,;sopnent and. in addition thereto
seyenty-fve lashes. 1t Is eh'ie'
safe to say that either one OF 'he"'
would go to the gallows with aosoi"'e
nonchalance. and yet when they were
taken into the prison yard last lhurs-
dav and given first instaiimeht VI %
,asbes they collapsed utterly. NC
donald. from the first stroke, howieo
and screamed, and had to be carried
to his cell. The first few lashes
seemed to have no appreciate erect
-,ndercock. but he soon weakened.
and his agonized shrieks could be
hoard for blocks away. This was GER
tain,y harsh medicine; but 1t is quite
safe to say that if these two des-
peradoes should decide to return to
their old calling at the expiration OF
their sentences they will seek a field Of
operations considerably removed from
Manitoba.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
TIME IS THE TEST,
The Testimony Of Augusta People
Stands the Test,

The test Of time is what tells the
tale. The public soon find out when
misrepresentation are made, and
merit alone will stand the test of time.
Augusta people appreciate merit, and
many months ago local citizens pub
licly endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills;
they do SO still. Would a citizen
make the statement which follows I'M
less convinced that the article was just
as represented? A cure that lasts is
the kind that every sufferer from kid
ney ills is looking for
j. F. Dearborn, barber, 80 Water
street. and living at Dickman street.
Augusta, Maine, says: Judging from
my experience DOan's Kidney Pills
will help sufferer from kidney
trouble If there is any help for him.
| had tried number of remedies for
severe attacks of backache and other
symptoms of a disordered condition of
the kidneys but DOan's Kidney Pills
were the first to help me. 1t took but
l was SO we'll pleased that I recon-
mended them through our local papers.
l am pleased to say that that cure has
been permanent, and I am more con-
fident of the great value of Doan's
Kidney Pills today than when I gave
my original statement six years ago
when l first used them. My advice to
anyone in need of a kidney remedy is
to go to Willis r. Partridge's drug
store for Doan's Kidney Pills and the
results will be satisfactory"
For sale nv all dealers Price &c
cents. Eos ter Milburn Co., buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

This was long ago recognized as the
billion dollar country, and now it ap-
pears that it is also a billion cent
country. The director of the mint an
nounces that a total of d billion copper
cents have been coined since the first
of these little coins We're struck off.
Just think what an imposing stack
that would make if they could be piled
up together. Each man and woman
might also reflect with profit upon
the large number of these that would
be in his or her possession at the
present time, had they not been spent
in a foolish and wasteful manner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
New York Produce Mark.+
New York M,ro

EroYrp n New York, March q
sales, 200: dull and lower to sell. MI, -:
Straights 51On525. - seh' Winter
:, WHEAT-.Receipts. $50; sales. 2 7om
INJURIES; spot easy: No. . red, nominal - I'D a'o
vator: No: red, l14& o b afiont 'ia N ee-
nor, i'uluth, ll!A o b afloat: n"
ha HH Manltoba, loi o afioat. -'''
sales. 10000 futures, 5000 spot -"' snd;
weak: No. 2. 5T@ elevator and a spot
aioat; No. yellow, IS; No. white ss,t %
OATS-Recclpts, 5000; exports l. 81 ~.
spot weak; mixed oats. 25a g lbs 2,iaI'Ss::
natural white, 30G32 lbs, 36IsltS7l2: clinnsd;
white. 2GM 40 lbs. 3714fl 31I5. ~ e'ipped
LARD-Quiet; refined quiet.
POEk-Easy; mess, 1325nl&O
Bt TTER-Steady, Unchanged: 70.
celpts. s94S. re-
EGGS-Firm. unchanged; receipts -
Gal. 10
POTATOES-Steady.
StGAR-Rtw. quiet; fair refining 4s-,e
centrifugal. 9s test, 1916. molasSes s".
gar, l5-1G; refined. quiet. su-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

There is nothing conventional about
Kansas. 1t is par excellence the land
of new ideas and the birthplace OF
original schemes. The latest is the an
nouncement of Governor Hoch that the
new battleship, Kansas. is to be
christened with a bottle of crude Oil
fresh from the soil of that state. In
this, Governor Hoch, although con-
sistent temperance man, is not in
spired by any temperate motives
which led him to use substitute for
champagne, but solely by a desire to
advertise his state and spread wider
the news of the recently inaugurated
crusade against the Standard Oil
trust. The oil may be crude but there
is nothing crude with Kansas in these
later days. In fact, it is getting to be
about the smoothest and Oiliest article
in the whole sisterhoOd Of states.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
The Need Of an Athletic Park.

The city of Augusta, and indeed
every community of any size, should
own and maintain, under proper regu-
lations. an athletic park and general
recreation field. Everything that en-
cOurages the healthy, Out-Of-dOor life
promotes the welfare of society and
builds up the standard of citizenship.
Some time ago when this matter was
up for consideration in the city gov
eminent the opinion was expressed
in our presence that an effort should
be made to secure such an open air
recreation place through private mu-
nifcence. 1t would certainly be very
gratifying if it could come voluntarily
in that way: but the city Of Augusta
cannot afford to ask at the hands of
few public spirited citizens an ex-
penditure for an imperatively needed
adjunct to it's civic life, which is for
the benefit of all it's citizens. and
which in all fairness and decency
should be paid for out of its public
treasury.
Several good locations for public
park and recreation ground have been
suggested One of these is already in
use for this purpose, although plans
have been completed for opening it up
into house lots. 1t would be calam-
ity to let this fine park. SO advantage
ously situated, pass out of existence as
a public recreation ground.
This question of a city park ana
athletic field has long been one that
has appealed with special force to the
labor interests of our city. and it is
safe to say that there is not men,
Der of any Of these organizations in
Augusta who does not cordially favor
the idea of city ownership of such a
park. II they would take the matter
UP in their unions they would be able
to do much for the furtherance of the
project. 1t may not be wise for the
city to undertake to do too much in
that the year 1905 will not be per-
mitted to go by without the purchase
by the city of the land necessary for a
permanent athletic park. 1t is mar
row municipal policy that lives only
for today, and takes no heed of to-
morrow Let us contemplate not
oil 20 r-Q
of those who are to come after us.
Selfishness is as dwarfing to the life
of a community, as it is to the life OF
an individual. Let the citizens of
Augusta. generally, sustain our city
government in securing the land
necessary for permanent athletic
park. So much at least should be ac-
complished before the close of the
present year.
We have at times had other dreams
for the future of our city. in which the
element of physical prowess and de-
velopment has played its part. We
hope to live to see the day when Au-
gusta shall have a modern gymnasium
building. In the basement of such
building we would have lockers. clos
cts, and shower baths, a swimming
tank, and several bowling alleys. On
the first floor, the bars. weights. ira
pezes. clubs, and general parapherna-
liza of gymnasium. An elliptical gall
lery around this floor should afford a
good running track. The second
floor should be hall which could be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Desperadoes and the Whipping Post

0SSpSt d0VSS otEA SuV vV"PP"9 ESSe'
Years ago Jimmy Hope the notorious
bank burglar was confined for a
time in the county Jail at Bangor. The
small boys who lined the streets about
the county buildings to see him taken
there had their conceptions of burg
lars rudely shattered. Instead of the
low-browed ruffian they had expected
to see. Hope was pleasant-faced, in
telligent looking man, dressed in the
height of fashion. He might we'll
have been mistaken for a prosperous
professional man. Especially dis
concerning to all pre-conceived no.
tions concerning him. was the i'm
maculate beaver that surmounted his
head. A burglar in a beaver, was
certainly an anomaly to the staid and
sober-going citizen who had always
been accustomed to think of such fell
lows in cap and mask. During his
stay in Bangor. Hope was called upon
by many people who reported him a
very urbane man, and a most fluent
and intelligent conversationaliSt.
Naturally he became a prime favorite
with the ladies of the Mince Pie
Brigade. But sterner fate was in
store for Hope after leaving Maine.
In company with his son and a pal,
he robbed bank in Delaware. All of
them were apprehended and convicted
and, as part of the punishment in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

1t is stated that Emile Wenz of Reims,
France, has recently applied kite photog-
raphy with success to geological pic
lures, and it is predicted that the field
seologist of the future will find a kite and
its camera essential to his outfit. NJ
Wenz succeeded in taking good photo
graphs from "A height CT $50 feet. and
found them very valuable in the produc-
ton of maps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. March o.
Reports from all sections of the Smtb-
vest telling, of the vigorous conditions Of
ffall-sown wheat had a decidedly weaken.
ing effect on the market here, today
Wheat for June delivery closed with
loss of 1lsdl4c. May corn is down a,mi7sc
Oats are off lsc. Provisions are down >,
to l2i1c. 10
The leading. futures closed as follows,
MHEAT-May. 112: July. SS2, Sept, S3s
CCRN-May, As: July, ass; Sept, 4Sl..
OATS-May. 293s: July, 2sss; Sept NJ.
MESS PORK-May. 1910; July. 12Ss1.
LARD-May. 712ls; July %
SHORT RlBS-May. &c.: July. 7l2b,
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Easy.
WHEAT-No. spring. 1OSall2; No. z
1oM11l; No. 2 red. III 4Mll4.
CORN-No. 3. Az; No. yellow. 47lAmE.
OATS-No. ?. 297s; No. white, 2g;.Gi3la
RYE-No. 2. 7S6rla.
BARLFY-31Gt40.
MALTING-43Gi7
FLAX SEED-123; No. l northwestern
1856
TIMOTHY sEED-2S5.
MESS PORk-1260d1265.
LARD-691lrd 700.
SHORT RIBS. SIDES 6S7l1M70a
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-6S712M7O
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
New York Cotton Market

New YOrK, MHrCH q
Spot closed quiet. Middling upahds'
sos; do. gulf, $50. Sales. 80 bales. III.
Galveston easy. 75s: Memphis quiet, re.
New Orleans quiet. rs; Mobile easy ~
Consolidatcd-Net receipts for three
days. 9,.165. ,-o,o. On
France, Is. 723; to the continent, H'4@' 7"
Mexico. 1850.
Stock, Gal, 100.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

Nowhere is irrigation practiced so ex-
tensively as in India. where about 25.0O0,-
900 acres are irrigated. Egypt is next. The
Assouan dam in the Nile is considered
one of the greatest engineering feats in
the history of the human race. Irriga-
ton is new in Australia, but is spreading
rapidly there, and the same is more or
less true of South Africa. The practice of
irrigation has declined or entirely disap-
peared in many regions where it pre-
vailed in remote antiquity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Coincidence.

"After ALL" remarked the original
thinker, Il suppose it's merely cOinci-
dence."
Whats merely coincidence?' queried
the party who would rather ask questions
than think for himself.
THAT patriotism, politics and pie begin
with the same letter." explained the 0. [.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

At present the only thrones in
Europe not occupied hy a descendant
Of James I of England are those of
Servia. Turkey and Sweden-Norway.
But as Princess Margaret of Connaught
is to be married to the Crown Prince
Oscar. the throne of Sweden Norway
may be, in due time, occupied by a
descendant of James T. like the rest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Maine Gossip
The First Butterfly.

Floating 'front.' know not WHENCE
Flitting-knOw l where!
Happy waif of innocence
Blossom of the air
Doubling when the robins sing,
Now, at last l know It's Spring!
Though your form is light and frail,
Secrets uncOnfeSSed,
Matter for poets tale
Lie within your breast;
! shall follow for you know
Where the earliest viOlets blow.
Cone alas. with tickle wing!
So the sweet and fair,
FITTING, leave a grievOus sting
But away with care;
Foolish foolish t were to sigh
/ have seen a butterfly!
Samuel Minturn Peck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

Lord Haddo. son of the Earl of Aber-
deem. rode his bicycle on the wrong
side of Piccadilly, London, and was
arrested and fined. Had he not re-
fused to give his name and address he
would not nave been arrested. He
would have been summoned, and fined
just the same. They are particular
about the rules Of the road in London
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
DR.. TILES
Anti-Pain Pills

fnrtber re tbo feT minutes you will have
Piiis, and can go about your bnsiman,ss or
piersuie, Tree from suffering or distro1or
For years spells of nervous basdrsss
NJ ~ou,u ,i lay me up for two or three dans
take one of DR.. Miles Anti Pr nays nays
!, IN 20 minutes it is usually all nor riiis,
MRS. RUTH RECORD. Clarernnns, one.
III you are not satisfied with firs, ~; h.
your sg Druggist will return your money 'ox'
- uoses, . cents. Never sold in buk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
LIGHT AND AIRY.
At Short Rance.

at must be awful said the Typewriter
boarGcr with the s1.9s pompadour. 10 be
deceived by false marriaer"
well, l don't suppose it's any worse
than being deceived by a real one" re
Joined the landlady.
And her husband continued to give n
correct imitation of a man trying to read
newspaper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Mistaken Theory,

"A woman" said the homegrown phil
0sophcr. should pause when offered an
extraordinary bargain
And let some other woman snap it
up? rejoined the shopper. We'll, l guess
not.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
As Exclaimed.

Pardon me-" said the new physician
who was feeling his way. but are you
er-addicted to the use of narcotics?"
"Once Il week, only" answercdfhc pa
tient. MY wife insists on my accom-
panying her to church every Sunday"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

ESTABLISHED, 1s2A

Ma neeiee whatsvee will b taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
1ected communications.
Address al communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
RIJRLEIGH & FLYNT. Pubdshers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

tBluehill, 20 miles from another town,
or a railroad, was down to it's last bar
rel of flour when the cutter Woodbury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Not Quite Clear.

Him-I was in State street dime muse,
um last week
rIer-Indeed. Among the spectators or
on the platform?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
New York Money Market.

New York March g.
Prime mercantile paper 334et412 per cent
Sterling exchange strong at 4S5.9Om4S5 81
for demand and at 4S3901f4S4 for 60 day
bills
Posted rates 4SF 4s5Fl 4S6,k07.
Commercial bills 4S33sMsi
Bar silver 55h
Mexican dollars 431Z.
Government bonds strong.
Railroad bonds irregular.
Money on call strong, 3AIi per cent. !:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Natural Deduction.

Money talks" quoted the man with a
slight touch of the provcrb habit
That" said the cynical person, may
explain why DemOsthenes filled his mouth
with rocks when he undertook to learn or
atOry"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
NeighborIy Comment.

Mrs. Homer-I'm sure my husband
never did a thing in his life that he would
be ashamed to tell me.
Mrs. Gabbles-Wcll. ] suppose it does
take a great deal to shock some women.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Periodical Breaks.

Hammersly-The beer drinking habit
seems to be growing on YOU. Why don't
you try to break yourself?
GuZzles-Rreak myself, Why that's
just what l do every week shortly after
pay-day,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

Highland lake, WestbroOk, as a sum-
mer resort is growing more and more
popular every year. Recently "a party
of Boston people bought a strip of land
at Highland lake and it is understood
that this spring they are TO build six
cottages.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Chicago Cattle Market.

Chicago. March "a
CATTLE-Receipts, 500; good TO prime
steers, 5256i6225.
HGGS-RecciptS, 5000; mixed and
butchers. 525M545
SHEEP-Peccipts. 5000; good to choice
Wethers 51JGr6aJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

Lubec is counting the days until the
sardine factories open. Even the fish
appear anxious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
WiIlie's Theory.

Little Willie-Say, pa, what is a drunk
ard?
Pa-A man who gets drunk, my son.
Little Willie-Then l suppose a tank
ard is man who gets tanked, isn't he
pa?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
No Laughing Matter.

Wages-Did you ever hear the joke
about the two moons?
Jaggs-That's no joke. I've seen 'enl
many time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Told in Confidence,

Mayme-Daisy is going to keep her en-
5agement to young De Smyth a secret.
Edyth-How do you know?
Mayme-Why, she told me SO herself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

This is the time when the boy and
the buck-saw make the sawdust fly in
the back yard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29

Belfast harbOr is open at last. II
was closed for six miles with the
heaviest ice known for 80 years.