davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Thackeray was frequent in praise OF
Fenimore Cooper. writes Brander Mat
thews in Scribner's for December, hail
ing Misunderstanding as better than any
of SCOTS lot;'' ana this laudation ap-
peared in the Roundabout Papers
long after the British-novelist had paid
to the American romancer the sincere
fiattery of borrowing from the last
words of Natty Bumppo the suggestion.
at least. of the last words of Colonel
Newcome COoper's backwoodsman.
hearing an inaudible rollcall had re-
sponded "Here!" a score of years be-
fore Thackeray's old soldier had De-
come again child to answer "Adsum.
Not less than score of years later an
old sailor in one Of the stories of Sir
Walter Besant made his final exit from
this world with a kindred phrase.
Come on board, SIR And then, once
more, in one of Mr.. Kipling's plain
Tales from the Hills" we find the last
dying speech and confession of a GER
tain Mcintosh who had been scnoiar
and gentleman in days gone by' anu
who had sunk into irredeemable degra-
dation in India. When his hour came
he rose in bed and said, as loudly as
slowly, Not guilty. my Lord! Then
he fell back and the stupor held him tiii
he died. There are criticasters not d
few who would denounce ThacKeray
and Besant and Mr.. Kipling as arran'
plagiarists; but critics of a more dei'-
cate perception of the principles OF arr
would rather praise these authors 1or
the ingenuity with which they had sue
cessively made use of Cooper's original
device. Indeed, the more delicate tne
perceptions of the critic the less iikeiy
would he be to assert positively that al
four authors had not hit on the same
effect Independently. Thackeray may
have taken it over from Cooper. coh-
sciously or unconsciously. Besant may
have borrowed, it from either his bri',
ish or his American predecessor anu
Mr.. Kip1ing may have been iamiha'
with it in the pages of Cooper, Inack.
cray, and of Besant, and still nav
found amusement in giving new
twist to an old trick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

The powers of Europe are getting
after Turkey in vigorous fashion.
America will do likewise, next week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27


leaving
the
fine corn meal Lay three or four at time in
ganh relish When
the
absorb Perfect
surface the interior being
If Of
f in an if
E.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Sir Conan DOYLE and other public spir
tied men have started in to asceIesas. az.
whether tobacco can be grown pcohtaD'
in Ireland. . -.H~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

ESTABLISHED, 1921.

No notice whatever will b 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, Publisher:,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27
Hancock county loses a building Of

Hancock county loses building of
much historic interest in the old town
hall of Castine which is now being de-
molished. 1t is not known just when
it was built but it was used as court
house as long ago as 1870 and it was
also the first place of religious worship
in the town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Bishop O'Connell of Portland, now in
Japan. has been highly honored by the
Mikado who has bestowed upon him the
Great Cross of the Order of the Holy
Treasure. 1t is said to be the first
time that d Catholic bishop has been
honored with Japanese decoration.
The Order of the Holy Treasure was
instituted by the present Emperor in
1858, and is one of the highest of Japan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

There were several hundred from
Maine in the multitude which saw the
Harvard-Yale game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

for his shovel handles on board the
cars. Usually he pays IL cents per
dozen to the land owners for the right
to cut them and 10 cents to teamsterS
for freighting them to the shipping
points, leaving 3S cents per dozen for
himself. out of which he must pay his
men and provide them with board and
lodging. If anything, the life is wider
than that OF the wood choppers. The
men sleep in tents or lean-tos, because
they move about too much to establish
comfortable log camps, and the cooking
is cone by one of the party who takes
some time from his work of making the
handles to prepare the food. An expert
handler can manage to shape up ~
dozen length day, but men of his
ability are few and far between. The
average workers can get from eight to
10 dozen of the lengths in readiness for
the market, 10 dozen per day per man
being regarded as high average. The
contractor usually goes ahead of the
WorKmen ana cuts down the ash trees.
lhen the followers strip, square and
cut Inc trees into the desired lengths,
leaving the shaping until a number of
pieces are ready. The handles are not
smoothed down or precisely trimmed;
they simply take on a general idea of
the shape, cut to the right length and
rounded, with a sort of block at the
end where the steel scoop is to be fas-
tened. The careful finishing is done at
the factories where the shovels are
completed. Each man will average
from ~ to 1915 per day for the contrac-
tor. after the latter has cut the ma
terial, and the pay averages about 81
day besides the board The season
lasts until the snow gets too deep for
shaping the sticks on the ground and a
willing worker, having practically no
expenses to meet, generally goes back
to civilization with from 5000 to 5000 in
his pockets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

The current Harper's Weekly. in adj
dition to it's regular editorial comment
presents a number of features of time
ly interest and Importance Charles
w. Tyler continues his valuable arti-
cles on the needs of Porto Rico and the
duty Of the United States towards the
islanders; DR.. William w. Stanford
tells of the elaborate precautions taken
by the railway companies to protect the
health Of the travelling public. There
is humorous short story of Western
life by Roy E.. Norton, "a Wagon-load
of Orphans" James L. Ford writes of
Bernard Shaw's influence on our
embryo dramatists, and Walter Camps
authoritative articles on football af-
fairs are concluded in review of the
prospects for the championship Of the
season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

In these days a really good NOEL
finds its market all over tie wui'l.
Booth Tarkington's Tie Conqr Il It
Canaan is an example in point fur. be-
sides numerous American :, ltious. ;.,c-
cial large editions were prepared by he
Harpers for sale in England. Canada,
and Australia. Though Mr.. Tarking-
ton has now seven successful books to
his credit he is well on the right side of
forty. He began writing Immediately
after leaving college in 1893, declining
several flattering offers from New York
newspapers in order to devote all his
time to literary pursuits. At the be-
ginning he was extremely diffident
about submitting his work to publish
ers, and the manuscript of his first sue
cossful novel lay for long locked up in
his desk before he mustered up courage
to send it out. In 1.-The Conquest of
Canaan" Mr.. Harrington makes use of
the same good, honest, American ma
terial as in 1.-THE Gentleman from 1ndi-
ana" and 1.-The return of the native"
is hailed with acclaim by critics and
public alike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Christmas less than a month away,
don't delay too long in deciding about
those presents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

an early legislator and Indian fighter
while through her mother she trace.
connection with such historic families
as the Endicotts, the Richardson's and
the Danforths. 1t was in 1878 that
MISS French's first magazine story, "A
Communists Wife," was written ana
accepted-she still remembers the exac,
amount Of the check that the editor NJ
1ippincott's paid her for it, forty-two
dollars. Those who know Mixv
French describe her personality as +,
fusion of the qualities of sympathy
tenderness and tact, together with 9th.
ers less common In her sex-iudgnent
liberation and humor. Early in Lie
she became interested in economics
and philosophy. and in her latest novel
"The Man Of the Hour" she has 70.
turned with enthusiasm to her first
love.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

The list of wild flowers found by the
pupils of South Albany school was So
for the spring term and 81 for the fall
term, making Il total of 113 for the
wear
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Although born and educated in New
England. Octave Thanet has lived most
of her mature life in the West and the
South. One who knows her well re-
marks that fate led her in the one di-
rection and inclination in the other
with the result that she has known at
first-hand widely varying phases of
American civilization. On both sides
of the house Miss French's ancestry
goes back to Colonial stock. Her faith
err was descended from William French,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

OF the 81 men received at the State
prison. this year, "A have been less than
30 years of age. The prison now has
191 inmates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27
Maine Gossip

The Girl at the Game.
Blow, blow, blow
ON my cold red nose, oh wind,
While I wish that l a mirror
And powder-puff could ind.
Who cares for the referees nose,
Who follows the boys as they play!
Or that of the quarterback.
Who loses or wins the day!
As the football steadily moves
Toward the goal at the end of the field,
1 long for the touch of the powder-puH
ON the tip of a nose congealed.
Blow. blow. blow
Still come those icy blasts.
Will ever be rid of that purplish red
or is it a color that lasts"
Boston Advertiser.
1t has been too springlike of late to
be called Indian summer.
1t is "All aboard" today, from
ArOostook to the Atlantic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Burgess Johnson, the writer of little
boy poems and nonsense verses, who Is
being widely congratulated on the ant
little rhymes which accompany Fanny
Y. Cory's pictures in THE Pleasant
Tragedies of Childhood" has a wide
acquaintance with American verse;
writer's but he is particularly fond of
recounting his first experience in meet
ing real poet Il must have been
4 very small boy indeed" he says,
when 1 was taken to see Whittier near
Squam Lake, New Hampshire. We
children had been told that in after
years the meeting would be treasured
recollection. and that it might be we'll
to fix in our memories every word that
was spoken to us individually. The in
structions were given half in fun, but
we took them very seriously. When We
arrived, Mr.. Whittier was not in the
house, but was walking with his be-
loved dogs somewhere about the
grounds, and in going to meet him. my
brother and l became separated from
the older members of the family. In
the course of our ramble my brother
very naturally climbed into tree.
The poet, it seems, was very fond of his
trees, and this Of all otksl $ H.s tn.
famous Whittier Pine. SuIt.e:l:ys We
were disturbed by a loite. Aas 'c,rfe
doubtless as the gentle Quaker '".l
make it, Here! cGt down "Ut 1T ,,,at
tree!' 1t was Whittier who stood .e-
low Those are the only wnits - ~
dressed personally to my hro: =. all
1 do not recall. that he said apy!h.;:g 0
me, but the saSGSt4mbslyLESx
fully from his heart as amy '''HI.n
phrases garnered by the elder n.v!nDe.s
of the family"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

A Thanksgiving game or two ant
then football goes upon the shelf.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Winston Churchfll's ..Coniston" may
be ready for publication this fall. 1t is
a love story. with its scenes in the New
Hampshire of the 1905, and is not one
of the historical series to which "Rich-
ard Carvel," THE Crisis and THE
Crossing" belong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

A little three-year-old of West
Franklin, whose father is i'll, said: Il
do not want my papa to take the doc
tors medicine. Granny took doctors
medicine and she's dead"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Not very observing people up BinS-
ham way. A man lost a pocket book
containing $50. on his way home from
the village, and two weeks later it was
found in the road with its contents in
tact.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-27

Three of the vacated farms in South
Limington have been sold recently to
young people from out of town. who
will soon move their families there and
try farming for a living.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

1t has long been known to ethnol.
Ogists that among many primitive
tribes and races the practice of kissing
was unknown. Among the Lapps and
the Maoris rubbing of noses occupied
its place. The average native of Japan
still knows nothing of the practice of
kissing.
The practice of lip to lip salutation
was especially characteristic ID Eng.
lish social life in Tudor times. Its uni
versal employment was one of the
things noticed by Erasmus during his
sojourn in England and is thus COM
mented on in one of his "Epistolae:"
"Here are girls with angels faces so
kind and obliging that you would pre-
fer them to all your muses.. Besides,
there is a custom here never to be suf-
ficiently commended. Whenever you
come you are received with a kiss by
all; when you take your leave, you are
dismissed with kisses; you return
kisses are repeated. They come te
visit you, kisses again; they leave you,
you kiss them all round. Should they
meet you anywhere, kisses in album
dance. In fine, wherever you move,
there is nothing but kisses"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

1t appears that the monarchies of
bees. we'll governed as they seem to be,
are afflicted nevertheless by organized
criminal classes-sneak thieves and
highway robbers. Some of these robber
bees go in strong bands to pillage and
are able to storm and sack hiVo. Aft
err the slaughter they carry all the pro
visions home. Some colonies Of bees
never work; they live entirely by rob
berry and murder.
There are also thieves who creep I'M
perceived into strange hives to steal
honey. If successful they return after
ward with hordes Of burglar bees,
break open the honey safes and carry
away the contents But the most curl
Gus fact is that these bees can be arti-
ficially produced, according to Buch-
ner, by feeding the larvae upon honey
mixed with brandy.-London Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
Profit and IOSH

Here is a story illustrative of the
tribulations of an editor of paper in
the west in the old days. Away back
in the early eighties of the last century
a notice appeared in a journal publish
ed at Dodge City which ran as follows:
''ln view of the fact that we cannot
pay the road tax of SO assessed
against us this year we have been SEN
fenced to a certain period of confine-
ment by the judicial authorities of this
state; consequently there will be no
issue of this paper for the next three
weeks. But, as the state will of course
have to board us, we figure that we
shall come. out some $50 ahead."-Har-
pers Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
No Time For Fools.

When George Westinghouse, as Q
young inventor, was trying to interest
capitalists in his automatic brake, the
device which now plays so important a
part in the operation of railroad trains,
he wrote letter to Commodore Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, president Of the New
York Central Railroad company, care
fully explaining the details of the in
vention. Very promptly his letter came
back to him, Endorsed in big, scrawling
( ,:ers, in the hand of Commodore
Vanderbilt, 81 have no time to waste
on fools"
Afterward, when the Pennsylvania
railroad had taken up the automatic
brake and it was proving successful,
Commodore Vanderbilt sent young Mr..
Westinghouse request to call on him.
The inventor returned the letter, in.
dorsed on the bottom as follows: 81
have no time to waste on fools."-Suc-
ceSg
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

Time was when advertising was re-
garded as blowing ones own horn, {"
and there have been in it at times
fakes and frauds, just as there have
been in other lines of business. All
that has changed very perceptibly in
the past three or four decades. Bust
ness men have realized that the world
is too large to ask the people in it to
hunt around and find out for them
selves what the manufacturer makes
and what the merchant has to sell. The
possible consumer must be found and
told about what is for sale and why
he should buy it, That is all there is
to advertising indianapolis Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
CHARLES I. MAGooN.

work it was recently reorganized and
definite duties were assigned each mem
Der. The weight of the responsibility
will fall on the executive committee
composed of three Theodore T.
ShontS. chairman of the commission
and head of the first executive depart
ment; Mr. MagOon. who Is governor of
the canal zone and head of the second
executive department. and John f.
Wallace, chief engineer and head of
the third executive department. Other
duties are assigned to the four remain
ing members of the commission, but
the three commissioners named must,
according to the instructions of the
president, hold regular meetings at
Panama twice a week and carry on the
work of their respective departments
in conformity to regulations which def
nitely define their spheres of action To
Judge Magoon was assigned the task
of administering and enforcing the law
in what is known as the canal zone.
Judge MagoonS experience is held
to qualify him in an especial manner
for his difficult and important duties.
He was born on farm in Minnesota
in 1861. and after he had grown up, as
farmers boys often do, amid various
hardships, he worked his way through
the University Of Nebraska and took
up the practice of law. 1t CHANGED that
his legal researches took the direction
Of methods Of government under mill
tary occupation, and he published
work on this subject He became legal
adviser to the bureau of insular affairs
when that bureau was created and in
1904 was appointed general counsel of
the isthmian canal commission. He
has now been promoted to membership
in the commission, with the response
bilities pertaining to administering the
government of the canal zone.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
lnsular Ignorance.

l have been told by Canadian that
in discussing with an English general
the possibility of sending troops from
England TO the far east via Canada
the latter raised the objection that it
would not be desirable for them to
travel over United States territory! l
have been told Of an English official
having condoled shortly after McKin-
ley's assassination with a Canadian on
the loss of his president | have my
self heard an educated Englishman ex-
press to Canadian audience his sur
prise at finding modern civilization ex-
listing in n country which he had till
then believed to be under permanent
ice and snow.-Countess of Mimic in
National Review.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

The late Sir Isaac IIpI,en's iucen-
lions in connection with the wool comb
ing industry have almost obscured
from the pubIic's remembrance the fact
that he was also the originator of the
luclfcr match. This happened while
filing the position of lecturer on chem
istry at the Castle Street academy,
Reading. He used to rise at in the
morning in order to pursue his studies
and found the old fashioned flint and
steel extremely iuconvenent SO one
day he made a paste Of phosphorus and
other substances. stuck it on the end Of
a silver Of wood and founl it would
ignite on being rubbed against any
rough substance. Holden himself did
moi realize the Importance If = dis
covery. Not so. however. a pupil of his
to whom he showed it.. This youngster,
who Glanced To- be the son Of a London
manufacturing chemist. al once wrote
to his father about it. and shortly after
lucifer matches were issued to the
world.-Lonjou Mail
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
Don't BE Afraid of Originality.

Do not be afraid of being original,
even eccentric. Be an independent,
self reliant new man, not just one
more individual in the world. Do not
be a copy of your grandfather, of your
father or of your neighbor That is
as foolish as for violet to try TO be
like a rose or for a daisy to ape sun
flower. Nature has given each a pc
culiar equipment for its purpose.
Every man Is born to do a certain
work in an original way. If he tries
TO copy some other man or to do some
other mans work lie will be an abor-
ton. a nisfit, a failure.
DO not initiate even your heroes.
Scores Of young clergymen attempted
to make their regulations by initiating
Bcecher. They copied his voice and
conversation and initiated his ges-
lures ana habits, but they fell as far
short Of tie great mans power as the
chrome falls short of the masterpiece.
Where are those hundreds Of imita-
tors nowE Not one of them has ever
made any stir in the world.-Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
The Beautiful Isle of zante.

Zante, the earthquake shaken, the
"uemorosa Zacynthus" Of Virgil, has
been at all times famous as one Of
the loveliest Of islands. 1t divides
with Corfu the distinction of being the
richest and most beautiful of the
Ionian group, and while the evergreen
forest on its eastern shore is the adj
miration of every traveller the fertility
Of its vine growing plains has made
the little island famous among the
markets Of the world The vine is
that dwarf variety which grows the
currant of commerce. The growing of
this vine is the chief industry of the
island, but there are also olives in
great numbers.-London Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

In the New Zealand Medical Journal
appears this story: On walking to the
scaffold in solemn procession a crimi-
nal once called to the governor Of the
prison, "Just oblige me, guv'nor, by
telling me the day O. the week." mon
day." answered the surprised governor
Monday answered the prisoner in
disguised tones. "Well, this 'ere's a fine
way Of beginning a week, amt it?''
And he marched ON with dissatisfac.
ton imprinted on every line of his
face.
On another occasion an officious
hangman whispered as he placed the
white cap on his victims head, "If
there's anything you'd like to ask me
I'll be pleased to answer" The victi.u
craned his neck forward and said in
an equally low but very much morS
anxious voice, "You might tell me. is
Is this scaffold safe?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
why Arctic Waters Are yellow.

Arctic explorers never tire of telling
how beautifully yellow the waters of
the northern sea appear. To those who
i've on the seaShore in temperate and
tropical countries the stories of trav
elers concerning the yellow waters of
Greenland and Iceland are taken with
the proverbial grain of salt" but sci
entiStS have declared that the arctic
seas are yellow, and it was Scores
by who first explained the cause of its
peculiar color. Pcrceiving that the wa
tiers were of an unusual color he had
some drawn up and examined it with
his microscope. To his surprise, he
found that the color was due to the
presence of minute animalcules, each
so inconceivably small that a single
drop of the water contained upward of
10000 of the little creatures. At that
rate Il pint of the water would show
100000. each sporting about in his
place without disturbing or crowding
his neighbor.