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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

+. II. Burgess has in his show win
dow. two photographs of Rines hill and
Water street, which are attracting lots
OF attention, not only from the excel
lence OF the work, but also because of
the contrast between the two. One of
the views was taken a short time ago.
and shows the street as it is. today.
while the other view was taken in 1858.
The latter view was copied from an old
stereoscopic print. and although it was
well preserved and the details are
clear, it would hardly be recognized as
being the main business street of the
city. nor would the view of the hill
which leads to it. Rines hill looks like
a rural highway. and the sidewalk
which runs along the side of the road
was then made of cross plank. AT the
foot of the hill, on the right side is a
pile of logs and on the left, where the
Swift Co.'S refrigerator now stands. is
a big wooden building that was the
property of the railroad. The railroad
at that time only ran as far as Bridge
street. A prominent feature at the foot
OF the hill is a big sign which extends
across the road. and bears the legend:
Railroad Crossing. Look Out for the
Engine When the Bell Rings" Beyond
the crossing is shown the old kennebec
Journal building, which was torn down
a few years ago. none of the other
buildings have a familiar look. at least
to the younger people of the city. Far
up the street, and looming above the
other buildings. is the Stanley House.
which stood on the site now Occupied by
the Cony House. The two pictures
show in striking way the improve
ment which Water street has under
gone in the past half century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16
Freeman-GiIman.

Edward Everett Freeman and Miss
Grace Emma Gilman. both of this city.
were quietly married, last evening. at
the parsonage of the Green street NJ.
E. church by Rev. H. E. Dunnack. The
ceremony was witnessed only by few
friends of the young couple.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16
petition. signed by all Of

A petition, signed by all of the
merchants in the city, has been pre-
scented to the management of the Au-
gusta. Winthrop & Gardiner Railway
Co.. asking for an additional car on the
Winthrop line of the company, Satur-
day evenings, which shall leave Au-
gusta ut $40, in order to accommodate
the many Winthrop people who come
into the city to trade. By the present
schedule, the car which leaves Win
throp at $50 p. NJ. and arrives at the
postoftice at 7.35. gives people but so
minutes to 90 their shopping and catch
the car for Winthrop. which leaves Au-
gustl at S.25. If they do not catch this
car, they have to wait until 1890. or if
there is an attraction at the Opera
House. until the entertainment is over.
If the petition is granted, the car will
prove d great convenience, both to the
people of Winthrop and to the Augusta
traders.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16
Some of the Augusta people who own

Some of the Augusta people who own
cottages on the shores Of Weber pond.
have received information that the cold
weather of the past few days has
frozen the waters of Turtle creek, and
that the freeze is an exceptionally good
one, the only undesirable feature of the
case being that the water is lower than
it should be. The ice cutting oper-
atoms in that section of the pond will
soon begin, and it is expected now that
some of the cottagers will make a pill
grimage to the pond, Sunday. to stake
oTt their fields, with view to secur-
ing the winter harvest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Seven of the Augusta City hospital
training school students took their final
and four their first year examinations,
yesterday, and one, Miss Kathryn
Kingston of Franklin. Mass, will grad
uate. today. Miss ellis of Chatham.
n. b., entered the school, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Quite large delegation of Augusta
gentlemen, all prominent in fraternal
circles, will leave on the early morning
train, today, tor Bangor to attend the
Pythian jubilee. j. NJ. Arnold will be
one of the judges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

The Bath Independent says: Miss
Ira Williams, who for five years was
employed as clerk in the Office of DR..
James o. Lincoln, has completed her
duties there and gone to Augusta
where she has accepted a position as
stenographer in the office of the Gam
nctt Publishing CO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

An extra trip of the Della Collins
was made from Gardiner, yesterday,
because of the extra large shipment of
cotton for the Edwards Mfg Co.
Agent Partridge put a horse into COM
mission to haul the big bales from the
steamers hold to the wharf.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

A water pipe burst in Morrilrs stable
on upper Water street, yesterday after
noon, and for time it looked to the
hostlers as if they would bed down the
equines with the aid of rowboats. How
ever, the Augusta Water District was
notified, ard crew speedily remedied
the leak. Before this was accomplish
ed. however. the stable floor was flood
ed and according to Mr.. Morrill,, con-
siderable damage was sustained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Posters announcing the 5th annual
show of the Maine State Poultry and
Pet Stock Association. to be given at
Portland, Dec. 5-s, were noticed about
the city, yesterday. Quite number of
Augusta fanciers exhibit annually at
the show. and last year several prizes
and blue ribbons came to kennebec
valley exhibitors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

James E. Lunt, of the firm of Lunt
& Brann, will go to Bangor, this after
noon. to attend the Eastern Maine
Pythian jubilee. Mr.. Lunt, who has
been selected as one of the judges on
the rank of knight. is a past chancel-
lor, has been a district deputy. and is
now an officer in the grand lodge. and
is well qualified to serve in the position
to which he has been chosen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16
The great metal chimney designed to

The great metal chimney designed to
perform service at the new pumping
station at Lake Cobbosseecontee mas
been erected, and the other work is pro-
crossing well toward an early compile
ton. Diver Tibbetts of Bath, is getting
along we'll in the rescue of the pipe
lengths that became imbedded in the
quick-sand in the lake, and Diver Mich
oIaS is still at work on the dam at Car
Teton pond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

William feathers, brakeman on the
Accommodation train, has returned
from Il hunting trip in the northern
part of the State. He brought back
two fine spike-horns. and enjoyed his
vacation immensely. Edward Gadbois,
who has been taking his place on the
train, will return to Waterville, tomor-
row.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

H. Chernowsky's nice large stock OF
coats and furs for ladies, is making
quite a stir, for he is an awfuliy STIR
ring man and has way OF buying
goods that makes them sell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Miss Nellie NJ. Putney of Lowell.
Mass, Will hold a flower service IN
G. A. r. hall, Sunday evening, Nov. Is,
under the auspices of the Progressive
Spiritualist Society.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Often buy a secondhand wood or
coal stove for chamber or sitting room,
that is all right, for little money. Big
stock now at A. D. Wards.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

The extension of the Front street
water main is being laid through the
rear of the Government building lot.
and to accomplish this work, license
was procured from the federal authori-
ties
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

The sidewalk at the top of Rines hill
is temporarily closed to travel during
the repairing of the stone wall that
abutS the same.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

La Club lie Rejoissance will give a
whist party, this evening, in st. Jean
Baptiste hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Electric Lustre Starch makes shirts,
collars, cuffs. shirtwaists and all starch
things look like new.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

Sewer repairs and changes are being
made on the Stone street system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-16

UNITED BROTHERHOOD CARPEN-
ters and Joiners of America. Local
Union. No. Oil Meetings every I'd and 4th
Special meeting Monday. Oct. 30. I'M
portant business Refreshments.
Pres. CLARENCE FREEMAN.
Rec. Sec'y., IRA II. FOSTER.
Fin. Sec'y JOHN F. SPAULDING.
apr7th, fri. satlyr
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20

butter is the best substitute for meat
| have ever found. 1t is eaten at our
table with every sort of vegetable,
and | consider it real economy to cut
down the supply of meat in order to
buy extra pounds of fresh butter
with it's nOurishing properties and
appetiZing flavor
In salads, all those that have nut
kernels in their composition are vel
coined instead of meat, and for pic
mic sandwiches we occasionally use
peanut-butter or crisp lettuce leaves.
We feel sure that the good health
of the family is due, in a great meas
ure. to careful eating and little meat
but our neighbOrs with their endless
round of SauSages and fried beef,
laugh at the idea. We can stand the
mirth, however since there are no
doctors bills to pay, and the butcher
complains we are not the customers
we once were. We use game and fish
and poultry, but not to excess, and
always have a good variety of we'll
cooked food, whether meat is served
or not. The little extra thought neces-
sary to devise meals not exactly on
conventional lines is well repaid
Hilda Richmond
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20
Discoveries.

a friend who has but a few hours
each morning in which to do her
hOusewOrk, has simple and rapid
method of washing dishes. She has
a large square box, made to order, of
heavy tin; hole in one of the
lower corners can be closed with a
cork from the outside. Dishes are
stacked in the box edgewise and
covered with cold water for one hour;
in the meantime other work is done
and a dishpan of soapy water is
heating to boiling point. The cork
is then removed and the box drawn
Il little over the table edge and slight
ly tipped for the cold water to drain
off The cork is replaced and the
boiling, sOapy water poured on the
dishes, which are allowed to clean
under cover. The sOapy water is
then drained off. fresh boiling water
poured on and drained off, and the
dishes of three meals are washed at
one stroke and need almost no wiping.
OF course the knives, forks, spoons
and pots and pans are washed Sepa-
rately, for. as Il rule, they cannot be
cleaned so easily.
A novel way of deciding the prize
WlnIeTS Is IIlstb duODleu Dy Il ceTIdlH
club. Before the game is begun, a
sealed envelope is hung in a conspic-
uOus position. In the. envelope is Il
card on which is written the manner
in which the rewards for that nights
game will be given. For instance,
instead of the first prize going to the
highest score perhaps the card says
it shall go to the lowest. and the
consolation to the one making the
most prOgressiOns.
A delicious little cake for tea is
made by tearing an angel cake into
small irregular shaped pieces, and
dipping each piece in white frOsting,
then rolling in freshly grated cocoa
nut.
The following plan is a most salts
factory one for keeping the various
spools of thread which accumulate
i'm sewing machine drawer from
getting into an almost hopeless mass
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.

of entanglement. Into small board,
which exactly fits the bottom of the
drawer, drive at intervals of one and
One-half inches, twO-inch wire nails.
Upon the projecting ends of these
rails place the spOOls and they will
remain stationary.
On assembling one day. each men,
ber of our society received from the
hostess a long card with pencil at
tached. On the card were questions,
the answers to which were to be the
names of club members. There We're
thirty-five questions in all with three
prizes offered as an incentive to hard
work We had great fun for three
quarters of an hour trying to fit each
other to the questions A few of the
questions and names will indicate the
scheme: To which member do we
pay our respects when out on a shop
ping tour? Answer. Mrs. Price.
Who is the member who sometimes
makes us very tired? Mrs. Hill.
Who is the member we have tempOr-
arily deserted? Mrs. Holmes. Who
DO'nO-hOO OOnOhOO).
w lltlitNtI nave OCCdSlOH "
buy tins for baking purposes 1 have
been careful to get a certain number
so as just to fill my oven, but never
till this last year did it occur to me
to buy one large tin that would do
so all by itself. l used to bake cookies
and biscuit in two tins, which side by
side filled the oven exactly. How
many burns | got getting the rear
one out, or changing the positions of
the two! Now anything l can bake
i'm this way goes in on the one large
tin. and | can get more biscuits, cook
les or tarts done in the same time
with less bother.
| have never lost a glove since l
learned to faSten them together as
soon as removed Now. if | lose one
shall lose both, and the finder, at
least, will be benefited.
Three laundresses have said to my
aunt: Il like to wash for you, Mrs.
g., because, after | have begun you
never bring anything more and say,
Just wash this, too or is it too late
for these things?' Most ladies do.
and it puts one back with the work.
Many times it means an extra tub of
water; and then they wonder why we
don't get through sOoner-GOod
Housekeeping.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20

quick transportation which we now
enjoy, the price of these is such as to
warrant a free use of them. Indeed,
tropical fruits would seem to be the
items on which we are to depend in
the near future for a cheap food sup
ply. Bananas. in Eastern cities, sell
at retail today for from 10 to 10 cents
a dozen. 1t must be a very choice
banana for which 20 or % cents
dozen is asked; and, when the Pana-
ma canal is completed, fruits can be
brought from the Pacific even more
quickly and at less cost. With this
outlook have we not a promise of
continuous prosperity and a cause for
thankfulness? Let us not be over
sOlicitOuIs for the future, but at this
season, each and all give from our
abundance to him who is less literally
supplied.-BostOn Cooking School.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20
Home Hints.

To Clean Old Furniture.-Old furni-
ture which appears faded and scratch
ed is often simply dirty and needs
only to be carefully cleaned to look
like new.
Make-a cleansing compound by dis
solving One-fourth of a cake of Ivory
soap in boiling water and add it
to a pail of warm water Into this
put two tablespoOnfuls of kerosene.
Wash the furniture with this prepa-
ration using a soft cloth. Wipe dry
with a clean soft cloth.
Homemade Sticky Fly Paper
ROsin, four ounces, castor oil, four
ounces. Put together and over a
gentle heat stir till thoroughly mixed
While still warm spread on some non
porous paper. This preparation will
keep if put in wide mOuthed bottle
and well stopped.
When wishing to make a few sheets
of paper. warm it and apply with a
small brush.-M. ]. NJ.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20
My Jewels.

Gems are mine, more rich by Iar
Than the costliest diamonds are!
For l have the sapphire glow
OF the glorious sea, below;
And the topaz rays l love
In the sunshine up above:
All the rubieS that | know
Pale before the sunsets glow;
And the PEARL see it gleam
In the fairy mOOnlights beam.
Green the emerald is and rare,
Swaying trees are still more falf;
And the viOlets, dewkiSsed
Love 1 more than amethyst.
Though an empress gave 10 lne
Crown and scepter as a fee,
For her gems | would not part
With my own, untouched by art.
For my jewels all may be
Found in Natures treasury,
And the only price | pay
Is to watch them lovingly!
Helen Knight Wyman.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20
Domestic Chat.

"Great sufferers, put the stomach TO
great pain:
Sup lightly, if good health you mean
to gain.''
Is it too strong an assertion to make
that the prosperity and happiness of
a country depends upon the cost of
living? No matter what the wage,
let the price of the necessities of
life be high, and but little can be
set aside for recreation, "home"
and the inevitable rainy day. In
order to make life Il pleasure, the
prOvident must provide for the future.
For the last two or three years
the price of all food supplies has been
quite out of proportion to the income
of the average family. Meat, poultry,
eggs and butter have been rated at
such figure that they could not be
included. except occasionally, in the
supplies of families with limited in
comes. Even flour, the standby of all
classes and conditions of people, has
doubled in price. Thus it is with
satisfaction that the promise of Sec
retary Wilson. of the Department of
Agriculture. is received. Secretary
Wilson assures us that in the near
future the cost of living VIII be re
duced. Mr. Wilson's belief is well
founded, being based on the fact
that this year there has been an
enormous crop of grain (cOrn and
wheat throughout the states of the
middle west. Thus the cost of tie
commodities, which form the base of
all food supplies, must be lowered;
and the price of flour, beef, poultry,
eggs, milk and butter, all of which are
made directly or Indirectly from grain,
should be cut down accordingly.
But any considerable gain in this
direction cannot be for long. We are
in the midst of changing conditions.
Beef and poultry can never again be
as plentiful and cheap as when the
Western plains furnished free pastur
age for countless focks, and turkeys
of twenty-five pounds could be had
for the hunting. However, in those
days grapes, bananas, oranges. figs.
pineapples and dates were. one and
all luXuries brought to us from long
distances and foreign lands. Even
cool apples and peaches were not
common until comparatively late
day. Now our annual crop of ap
pies and peaches is the envy and ad
miratiOn of the world, while small
domestic fruits and berries are so
plentiful that they are used commonly
on the tables of all but the very poor.
food value, and, with the facilities of
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20

Too bad that the Everglades drain
age scheme could not be side-tracked
in favor of a plan to settle people
upon lands already drained and ready
for cultivation. To the bystander,
ignorant of political wire-pulling, it
would seem that for the present the
need in this state is more inhabitants
When the vast tracts of fertile soil
now awaiting the home seeker are
settled. then would be time to prepare
more lands. Arcadia News.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20
MY Substitutes for Meats.

w Ien tHe price OI DeeI SOdES HlSIl
in the air or we grow many of the
endless rounds of steak, roast and
broil. there are still many things left
to cook, and we enjoy the substitutes
for meat quite as much as anything
else. Sometimes for week at a
time we have refused to help the
trusts and mOnOpOlies and have OBJ
stained from meat dishes altogether
without losing flesh or finding our
health impaired in any way, though
we are by no means vegetarians.
One value of these dishes lies in
the fact that they are SO simple.
Take macarOni and cheese, for ex-
ample. | have frequently found nine
cents worth of this hearty dish suffi-
cient for four people when no meat
appeared on the table, and it is very
little trouble to prepare. Into hot
Salted water / put the macarOni and
let it boil for twenty minutes, then
drained and put it into buttered
baking-pan with a lump of butter,
a small quantity of milk and layer
of grated cheese spread on top. 1t
needs very. little attention for the
hour it is baking in the oven. and
we never tire of it.
Then there is a mock dressing or
walnut loaf. or whatever one wants
to call it. Make a dressing as for
turkey. adding a generous quantity
of walnut meats, make into a loaf
and bake two hours in the oven with
Il slow fire. basting once in while
with butter and water. Used with
tomato catSup or any of the meat
sauces. this is delicious.
Oyster fritters are much appreciated
on a cold day. Every hOusekeeper
knows the ordinary oyster dishes, but
the objection to them lies i'm the fact
that they are quite expensive. We
enjoy stews and fries often, but when
an economical spell strikes me
serve oyster fritters. These are no
thing more nor less than plain pan
cakes with double the quantity of eggs
the ordinary recipe calls for and
and Il halfpint of small oysters added
for six persons. TWO eggs are requir-
ed for the batter for six persons, and
it should be made little Stiffer than
usual as the oyster liquor will thin
it somewhat. Serve hot with butter
There is absolutely nothing new
left to say about eggs, so l will pass
them with the remark that we use
them in many different ways.
For Il hearty dish in summer we
use apples baked with rice and serve
with real cream. Even with ten
-cntS spent for cream, the dish is
Css expensive than common meat, as
steaks or stew, for the rice and apples
cost very little. Cream is always a
GOOD substitute for meat and should
he used more than it is, especially for
thin, bloOdless children. If cream
costs a dollar Il bottle and had to be
taken for medicine, perhaps people
would recognize its value and use it
more freely.
The various cream soups, most of
them guiltleSS of cream, are excellent
to begin dinner in which no meat is
10 be served. a generous bowl of
cream of potato, celery, asparagus, or
other soup, is too rich if meat is
included in the bill of fare, but if
only vegetables are to follow, will be
all right. Well-made tomato soup
goes far toward satisfying a hungry
man, especially if served with good
bread and butter. In fact, bread and
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-20

The editor of this department will gladly
welcome any hints or articles pertinent to the
household If an reader has any helpful sug-
pestions. please send them along.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-27
A MINISTER TO VANITY.

London Chronicle.-It is not always
for the mere qualification Of personal
vanity that we should attentively study
our mirrors. Socrates advised all
young people to look often in their
looking glass TO ascertain OF they were
good looking-that il they were so they
might strive to make their mental at
tainments correspond; and if they were
not, then they might endeavor by the
superior accomplishments of their
minds, to make up for their personal
shortcomings.
This is excellent advice for vanity
possessed moderns, but il is improb-
able that the high mental attitude OF
Socrates is appreciated by them. How
the elaborate toilets Of today could be
accomplished without the aid OF the