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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

From all sides come warm COM
incubation of the bill now before Con-
gress providing for suitable marking
Of the graves of those COnfederateS
wlIo died in Union prisons during the
Civil War. There is every prospect
that the bill will pass. and when its
provisions are carried into effect an
honorable duty will have been dis
charged by our government. an act
which will cement still closer the North
and South. There We're 3O,152 of these
Confederate soldiers who died while
prisoners of war and their graves are
scattered i'm many places. North ana
South. The largest number at any
one place is at Camp Douglass. Illinois.
1888. There are 1880 at Elmira. N. Y,
and 2502 at Fort Delaware. The mark
Ing of these graves wherever 1t is pos
sible. for i'm hundreds Of cases it is now
impossible. is nothing less than a ma
tiOnal duty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Ocean yacht racing gets another
boom in the offer of a $500 cup for a
race from New York to Bermuda, a
distance of ESQ miles. This trophy is
offered by Sir Thomas Upton and is
calculated TO still further increase the
popularity of the jolly good advertiser
who has thrice tried in vain to lift the
Americas cup. There will be other
prizes. according to the number of
starters. These boats are to be less
than SO feet long on deck. and the
rules under which they are to race
make it compulsory that they be of a
strictly cruising type. There is some
thing daring i'm race of this kind
To take small boat out of sight Of
land. navigate her through storms and
Gains and handle her under all the I'M
certain conditions thpt Will prevail
shows spirit and pluck that make
yacht racing what it is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
Pointed Paragraphs.

A man loses more by lying than he
gains.
Furniture dealers are advocates of brief
courtships.
Many a mans meanncss is due to
chronic stomach trouble.
Unless Il man has faith in his work he
will not work faithfully.
About the last thing on earth 4 man
wants TO think of is his finish.
Some men learn to fear treachery by
studying their own natures.
There is room at the top for the man
who can push the other fellow off.
Womons rights furnish IL topic for con-
verSatiOn more often than mans wrongs.
All women are anseiS-tiSuratvely
SpcalinS-;md if wise they'll let ii so at
that.
Among other lost arts is that of keeping
ones mouth closed when there's nothing
more to say.
An old man is as proud OF his ability to
do i days work as Il young man Is OF his
ability to avoid it.
The average woman is willing to patch
up Il quarrel with her neiehDor because oi
the pleasure it affords her to rip the
patch off again.
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
The Ice Harvest.

The kennebec Journal attempts a
little cold comfort for the ice harvest
ers along the Hudson, who haven't har-
vested much ice thus far. by saying
there will be plenty on the kennebec.
1t notes that while the Hudson crop is
usually harvested between Jan. 10 and
Jan. 20, and none has been gathered, 1t
is too early to predict the ice crop Will
be a failure, for in an exceptional year
harvesting has been done there as late
as February. 1t repeats the statement,
on the assurance of the officers OF the
American Ice Company, that there Will
be an unusually large crop cut this
winter upon the kennebec. That may
help us out, if Maine is inclined to
share her frozen luxury with less Tor
tunate enthusiastically Stand
ard Union.
Maine is only too anxious to share
her frozen luxury with all the world
and her sole concern at the present
time is there will be so many april
days, not to mention the occasional
rare June days, mixed in through the
winter that the great ice harvest which
has been promised on the Kennebec
will be an impossibility. 1t IS very sat-
isfactory to us up this way to know
that the prospects are poor on the Hud-
son, but the adverse conditions there
will avail us but little unless we get
good stretch of old-fashioned winter
weather here in Maine. The ice in
dustry on the Kennebec has suffered Il
sad decline in the past decade and the
time for a revival seems fully due. but
the Maine winter by no means ends
with the month of January. and by the
first of February we may have small
cause to call it n remarkably open Win
ter. Joseph A. Homan Of this city, W no
celebrated his 90th birthday few days
ago, tells the journal that in tie WIN
ter of 1870 no ice was cut on the river
before Feb. 20. On that date Mr.. Ho-
man says that in company with the
late Ira ID. Sturgis he visited the lat
ter's ice houses in Pittston where the
winters harvesting was just beginning.
Mir. Holman adds that no earlier season
on the kennebec was ever more success
full than that one and that few since
nave eGualled it, There is lot of the
winter still left us for ice cutting and
all kinds of winter business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
Comanches' Only Holiday.

The only holiday the Comanches have
ever learned to celebrate is the Fourth Of
July. They were taught this thirty years
ago by the soldiers at Fl. Sill, who came
out on the reservation the day of Ameri-
can independence and ran horse races
with the Indians and INDUCED in other
holiday sports. The Indians learned the
significance of the celebration, and every
year make preparati ton for appropriate
exercises. Another fact is noticeable i'll
the progress being made by the Co
manches. and that is they spend less
money fooliShly than heretofore. When
Lawton was rev and every fancy article
on display in its show windows was novel
to the red man, then ne purchased with
out regard to necessity or comfort, but
just to Understanding that Was. at
tractive to his eve. Indians now are buy
ing more meat and bread and clothes and
less fancy things and liquor. They fight
less. stay at home more and seem 10 b.
we'll on the road toward much higher
plane Of citizenship.-kansas City Jour
nal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

and esteem of his brother officers, and
in fact, of the entire enlisted force as
well. His personality has become SO
interviewer with the history or the
regiment that the question of electing
a successor for him has never tres
passed the thoughts of Col. Newcomb
who calls Major Fuller one of the
strongest links in the chain of eff
cheney of the organization.
The Ellsworth American prints a
table showing the number of deaths
occurring in Hancock county during
the year 1905. This list is compiled
from returns made to the town clerks.
and nearly all the deaths We're re-
ported in The American soon after
their occurrence. 1t is found that the
total NUMBER of deaths last year. 562. is
a little less than the average of the
deaths in the county during the past
decade. OF the total number of deaths
last year. 1873 We're of persons who had
outlivel their allotted three score
years and ten" OF these, 113 We're be-
tween the ages of 20 and so years; 20
between SO and 80. and 10 We're over 80.
lions Advocate: 1t is somewhat
amusing to note what almost super
stitious reverence and regard some
people seem to have for an umbrella.
at certain times. They will work it
hard all the week, no matter what the
storms may be. But when a stormy
Sunday comes they seem to be afraid
to take it out of the house. They fear
that it will get wet, or that the wind
may tear it, or that it may catch cold,
or some OF that sort, apparently. They
read the Sabbath commandment as
though it We're written, "Six days shall
thine umbrella labor and do all ~.
work; but the seventh day is the Sab
bath of the Lord thy God; in it thine
umbrella shall have a rest" Look up
the commandment, again, brother and
see whether that is really in it. Get a
new umbrella; one that is neither too
holy nor to hole-y for use in the
storms that sometimes come on the
Lords day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Only a little while ago the southern
cotton associations, with the evident
determination Of pushing up the price,
declared that the crop Of 1905 had not
exceeded $4,000 bales. But now
comes census bulletin showing that
up to January 16. 9.98S,111 bales had
been ginned, or nearly half million
more than the southern boomers CAT
culated had been grown. This figure
indicates certainly crop considera :
bly, In excess of 1O,OOO,OO0 bales, ana
quite possibly in excess of 1O.5OO,OoO
bales
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
A MISPLACED Adjective.

Miss Miriam Nicholson, the novelist.
was few years ago q reporter.
OF her life a reporter she said re-
Gently:
Il usually had good luck. I was as
signed to good stories. / covered them
well. and therefore l liked the business.
"Once, though 4 horrible misadventure
bcfell me.
II had interviewed n millionaire's wife.
and. rs the lady had been very kind and
obliging ! wanted in my article, to say
only such things as would please her.
In one para graph l put the sentence;
Immense diamonds sparkled in her
ears
1.-The compositor and the proofreader
must have been ill or something, for the
next morning the sentence was:
Diamonds spaikled in her immense
ears"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
College Girls West and East.

"COmparing the measurements of the
average University of California girl stu
dent with those taken at Wellesley de-
clares Professor Magee. I'VE find that the
native California girl surpasscs her East
ern sister in the matter of general SYM
the climate Is; more responsible than any
other factor in bringing about these re-
suits. California girls indulge in much
more outdoor exercise than those OF the
Eastern States. The Wellesley girls
strength is rated at e00G pounds; that of
the California girl at 34l.G pounds. The
aphacl standard type of wcmanhood
would have a lung capacity OF 159.S cubic
inches; her hight being five feet five
inches The California girl, whose aver
age height is nearly two inches less has
lung capacity OF precisely the same
volume, which is about ten cubic inches
more than the lung capacity of the
Wellesley girl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
The Specks on a CHAR.

Little yellow specks on the wrapper
are positive indications of q cigars eX-
ccllcnce. Choose 4 srecked cigar and you
can't 80 wrong.
The speaker was n skate salesman. The
tobacco salesman laughed at him.
Are you a victim of that error, too
he said: Listen. and I'll tell you all
about those little yellow specks.
I'VE are in Cuba. In mile long rows
grow the tobacco plants in binding
sunlight. Suddenly the sky is overcast
Il shower falls. Then the clouds disap-
pear and the sun shines again upon
plants dotted here and there with i'm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
When Irving Was Turned Down.

Bran Stoker. who for many years was
connected with the management of the
late Sir Henry Irving, tells of an amusing
incident which occurred during the play
er'S tour Of the Middle West. Ii appea is
that Irving in order to break a long
jump f, ON Chicago to another city. was
DESTROYS of securing for one night the
theatre of 4 town in Indiana. According
~ Stoker wired the individual VINO was
both proprietor and manager of the play
house in question. requesting that Sir
Henry be given Il nights engagement. In
a short while Mr. Stoker received the
following: Does Irving parade?" When
shown this, the distinguished Briton was
much amused. He directed Stoi1er to re-
ply that Irving was Il tragedian, not Il
minstrel"
Tho further reply came. Don't want
irving unless he pIrades."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
A LITTLE OF
EVER Y 7 II l N G

Now.
II YOU have hard work to do.
DO ii now.
Today the skies are clear and blue,
Tomorrow clouds may come i'll view,
Yesterday is not for you:
Do il now.
If you have a song to sing,
Sing it now.
Let the notes of gladneSS ring
Clear as song of bird in Spring.
Let every Gay some music bring;
Sing it now.
If you have kind words to say,
Say them now.
Tomorrow may not come your way.
DO Kindness while you may.
Loved ones will not always stay;
Say them now.
If YOU have 4 smile to show,
Show 1t now.
Make hearts happy, roses grow,
ct the friends around you know
The love you have before they go:
Show ii now.
Nau Xnrl- G,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
ESTABLISHED 1925
Friday, January rs, 1906.
The man on the lid at Algeciras is
certainly doing good job.

In connection with the recent cele-
bration in Great Britain of the flfth
anniversary of the coronation of King
Edward, it is worth noting that the
memory of the good Queen
Victoria, his mother, was not
forgatten. In fact an annual me-
mortal service has been established IN
her honor, and she is said to be the
first queen in ancient or modern times
to whose memory such honors have
been paid. Certainly no queen ever
better deserved them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
Remove the Wreck of the Maine.

Every little while the discussion is re-
tleship Maine which has been lying in
the mud at Havana harbor since that
memorable night in February. 1898.
The loss of Brazilian warship this
week by the blowing up of the maya
zines, involving 4 sacrifice of over coo
lives. recalls more vividly to mind the
loss of the Maine, and the important
part which that terrible affair played
in participating the war with Spain.
Another battleship, the Hatsuse of the
Japanese navy, was destroyed by an
explosion of its magazines last year
after the conclusion of the war with
Russia. and in that case also hundreds
of lives were lost.
In the case of both the Brazilian and
Japanese warships it was an internal
explosion. and there was no mystery
bic disasters. The destruction of the
Maine. with the loss of 266 of it's crew.
has always been wrapped in mystery
beyond the finding of the official in
v"Stigation that an external and not
an internal explosion had wrecked
that noble battleship. Many have per-
sisted i'm believing. in spite of the find
ing of the court of inquiry. that the
Maine was destroyed by an internal
ness on the part of one Of its crew or
of a discipline so lax that 4 Spaniard
or Cuban was able to slip on board in
the darkness and do his deadly work.
But whatever the circumstances of
it's destruction, it seems a great pity
that the battered hulk of the noble bat
tleship should h allowed to remain all
these years where it was sunk, only
partly submerged by the waves and
standing menace to navigation. Clear
ly it has been the duty of this country
to remove the debris if for no other
reason than that it is nuisance to
shipping and an imposition upon CuDa.
Various schemes have been suggested
for raising the wreck but all have been
abandoned as impractical. 1t does not
seem. however, that it would be i'm
possible to drag the wreckage out of
Havana harbor and sink it in the open
sea.
Such a course would be much better
than the neglect implied by our gov
ernment's attitude toward a mass of
gnarled steel in foreign port which
was once n beautiful and proud bearer
of the American flag and within which
still rest the bones of scores and scores
Of American sailors. There is no need
of holding post norton on the wreck
of the Maine if our government does
not care to reopen the inquiry as to
tie cause of the disaster. but there are
many reasons. practical as we'll as
sentimental. why the wreck and the
bones within it should be given n
sailors burial out in the deep, clean
water of the open sea. rather than be
left half submerged in the mud of the
channel of Havana harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Robert Nelson Stephens who died in
England this week was young Ameri-
can writer of promise and of consider
able achievement. The best known of
his historical romances is "An Enemy
to the King" which has been given as
n play by Mr.. Sothern But besides
that he wrote philip WILDWOOD" "a
Gentleman Player" Captain Raven
and 1.-The Flight OF Georgianna." an an
irlated tale which though written last
showed no trace of declining health.
With tho exception of one detective
story "The Mystery Of Murray Daven-
port" which did not suit his gifts. he
gave himself over unreservedly to his
torical fiction, trying alternately colo
NAL. English and French settings. but
adhering to the same treatment. with
was early in the field and his books
have been very popular. Mr.. Stephens
born i'm 1867. His fathers death when
he was nine made it necessary for him
TO begin work early. first in 4 book
store, then as stenographer i'm Penn
sylvania railroad office. For a time he
was employed on the Philadelphia
Press, and in 1893 became general agent
for a theatrical firm, which led him into
writing plays and then novels. Fol
marry years he waged manful battle
with consumption. and half a Dozen
years ago went abroad to find a milde,
climate. =,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
Taking the Ksiser's Trophy.

The recent yacht race across the Allan
TIC for the kaiser's trophy, was easily
won by the American boat which esta h.
hshed a new record between Sandy Hook
ana the Lizard. A wonderful record has
also been established by the famous Hos
experience; in fact, it is so far ahead of
Its competitors that there is really no sec
ond in the race. You therefore owe it to
yourself and family to see that the Bit
tiers finds permanent place in your home
valuable in cases of chills. colds. CRIME
or pneumonia. also that it cures vomiting,
heartburn, fiatulency, Indigestion dyspep-
sla. costivencss. insomnia. bill;ousrcss or
malaria. fever and ague We urge a fair
trial by every sick man or woman. II
never diaappOints.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Good times i'm Massachusetts are in
dictated by the annual report of the
this week. Aggregate deposits in the
1S9 savings institutions of that state
increased during the year by $31,494,-
512-the largest yearly net addition to
the deposit account which has ever
been recorded. These aggregate de-
posits now reach the great tot, Of
$GG2, SOS.313. divided among 1.S29,iS1
depositors. or an average of $3G2.2? to
each account
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
Brother Dickey's Philosophy.

Sore felix's what sings de loudest bout
bein glad Salvation's free shuts dcy ey,-
mighty tight wen de collection plate is
passin'.
Some people tries so hard TO be happy
dey gifts miserable in de attempt.
You may gimme wings ter fly. ef you
wants ter, but I'll always be wise enough
ter pick out 4 soft place ter fail.
Oars lots er hills ter climb in dis worl',
but some folks fergits. wen dey lans at
de top. dat dcy ever wuZ ut dc bottom
Dc trouble is about Happincss-w' EN-
you gifts too much you got to celebrate.
it; en- wen you gifts too little YOU ceIe-
brates anyhow!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

theatres are--more is the Pity. Then
again. It is to be remembered that the
main auditorium o. Church is nea, =
ly always II 4 level with the ground.
or very nearly so. while theatres are
almost never built this way. The
Philadelphia church where IS colored
people were killed in panic was an
exception TO the usual rule. More-
over. the fool who yells Fire" at a
theatre is not the type Of man who is
often found in church. That Phila-
delphia tragedy furnishes small ex-
cuse to remain at home next Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
Terrible Threat.

With n desperate thrust of his long fin
gers through his Bard of Avon locks tho
young man confronted the beautiful girl
Refuse me-" he Missed, land | shall do
something that the whole world will re-
greet
The beautiful girl shuddered
"Oh. Archibald she pleaded. ''yOu-you
are not going to write love poetry for the
Magazines"
Worse still. / shall start writing dia-
lect poetry"
Thinking of the terrible calamity that
could be thwarted by d womans YES
she accepted him on the spot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

In a Philadelphia church eighteen
people We're killed on Sunday in a mad
rush for the door after an alarm Of
fire. There is no difference between
the panic of n congregation il church
and the panic of an audience in 4
theatre. Both gatherings cease to be
sane people. controlled by reds IN end
humanity, and are filled with the soul
of the mob, collectively blind. pitiless,
and frantic-Chicag Tribune.
One important difference which
must rot be overlooked is that
churches are seldom crowded as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

mense aindrops-raindrops pecu,ior +,
Cuba, as large as the largest pearls.
These drops become burnint: glasses in
the sunlight. The same as real lenses
they concentrate the suns heat, and on
the leai beneath them the little Specks
that you venerate are burnt. These littI.
yellow specks indicate the tobacco's uial
ity no more than ffeckles on Il mans
nose indicate his ability
ITO choose cigars by their specks is as
foolish it would be to choose. statesmen
by their frcckles. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
This week DR.. E. NJ. Fuller Of Bath

This week DR.. f. NJ. Fuller Of Bath
received his reappointment as surgeon
Of the Second Maine infantry with the
rank of major. The appointment came
from Colonel f. E. Newcomb. COM
handing the regiment. and is the third
Dr. Fuller has received for terms of six
years each. Only one staff officer
claims the distinction of having served
IN the regiment as long and that is
chaplain Cochran who was appointed
on the same day as DR.. Fuller. DR..
rulers service has been long. faithful
ana loyal and commands the gratitude
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Sir Edwin Cornwall. chairman Of the
London County Council. has proposed
an International congress Of capitals
having over 100000 population. to meet
annually for the discussion of munich
pal methods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
EGGS BAKED IN GLASS.


be done
tnmb lightly
set in small min
cooked through the
with
This cooking called yeienic BY beat
that it is better nads digestion cooked
r4y1N
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

American locomotives are not success
in Japan. according to the report of the
Japanese Railway Bureau. IT is claimed
that the boilers are leaky and the rivcfs
imperfectly fastened. In many III
stances the parts were damaged through
bad packing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

Arthur Speck, of Gloucester. England.
received such n shock on hearing of his
fathers death that he lost the power OF
speech Recently he went to a football
game In his excitement he tried to cheer
and succeeded in doing so. He can speak
as fuently as ever now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

SIX million pounds Of adulterated and
harmful foods We're destroyed by the
Health Department of New York in the
last twelve months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
maine Gossip
The Pleasant World.

1 don't care what they're sayih'-it's a
pleasant world all roun';
An Silver bands are playin', an the
blessin's comm down!
There's more O love an laughter, though
sorrow seldom miss,
An twill be a bright hereafter if its
nalf as sweet as this.
We don't forget the trouble-it makes
mist around the eyes,
But, when one star is settin', don't you
know another'Il rise?
We're iE love with past an present
we're in love with all that is,
An bright will be the next world if it's
half as bright as this.
So, sing your hallelua, an let the music
roll
An take in all the Sunshine-let it sim
MGR in your SOUL
For all its II ibulation, the world has
much of bliss,
An the next world will be jolly. if it's
half as fine as this
Frank l.. Stanton.