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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

A remarkable invention has Just been
perfected and patented. 1t is n machine
which makes corks out Of waste paper
and paper pulp. All kinds of waste paper
can ne made into corks. which are supe-
rior to the regular Sort as they are not
affected by acids or oils: they have been
tested by leading chemists and the larg-
est users of corks: and it is claimed for
them that they are far superior to the
old style in every way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
FISH IN MOULD.

FISH IN MOULD.
An attractice way 10 serve cold fish
left over or canned fish is in a mould
made in the form of a fish. The treat
mcnt of the fish depends upon the
kind: if canned salmon is used drain
it. flake and pick out the bones,
season it little and add two teaspoons
of graduated gelatine soaked and
dissolved in little water. Rinse a
mould in cold water. fill with the fish
and when firm turn on to a platter,
garnish with lettuce and serve cold for
luncheon on a hot day.
For hot dish flake cold cod or had
dock. season and add the yolks of
two eggs and enough white sauce to
moisten. Butter the mould, fill with
fish. place in a pan with 4 little hot
water and cook fifteen minutes. Turn
on to hot platter and serve with po-
tato timbals:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

WIS in New York has been followed
the same day by reports that he was at
his winter home in the South: on his
yacht in the Mediterranean; visiting
obscure relatives in the middle West:
playing golf in Scotland. and enjoying
a quiet vacation in dozen other places
in various parts of the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

In declaring Pat Grove not guilty.
that remarkable Omaha jury really
ought to have recommended that the
prisoner return the ransom money
which he received after kidnapping the
Cudahy boy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
A LITTLE OF
E YER Y T HIN G
His Day Of Farewell.

Mister Winter sling de snow.
But soon he'll leave de Ian;
Then viii! GENE Miss Springtime
With a red rose in her nan!
She comm 'crost de meadows,
She breshin' by de dew,
Her ribbons made er rainbOws-
Her dress of violet blue.
Atlanta COnStitutiC
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
Friday, February q, 1906

A ball player who was dropped from
the Augusta Trolley League team last
summer because he was not consid-
cred fast enough, has just been signed
by the Chicago Nationals. Now is the
joke on Augusta or OH Chicago?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
POTATO TIMBALS.

o<hlISS.
FOR the timbals, boil, mash and beat
'le potato until smooth and light.
dud the Beaten white of one egg, but
yer ana a little milk. Mould in timbal
cups. turn on to a buttered ran. cover
me top of each with the beaten white
ol egg. and place in a moderate oven
lor q few minutes to keep hot and set
ire egg. Arrange round the fish and
garnish with water cress, parsley. or
little shredded lettuce.
old potatoes are vet good at this sea-
son. but should be pared and soaked
M cold water for an hour. Put into
hoiiing salted water to cook. The rule
Tor cooking varies as the season pro-
dresses owing to chemical changes
winch take place i'm the starch of the
potato.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

Fob de comfort dat i hHU"".
Please come back. Miss SUNSHINE
A-smilin in dc sky.
] wants to go a-fshin -,
While de DAYS do driftin Dy.
re tired Of dishere hurry
Like ] got to catch a train.
Drt laZiness seemed good to me,
| wants it back again.
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The speed of the electric current in
copper wire is 463. 800 900 meters a
second. The fastest ocean steamer
makes only SIS meters q second.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
If You Knew

you could he relieved Of that periodic. or
chronic. nervous or sick headache. in a
few minutes, would you continue to suf-
fer?
Especially when you are assured of the
fact that the remedy is perfectly harm
less. and will have absolutely no other
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
Brother Dickey's Philosophy.

De only fault some folks is got TO find
wild dis wOrl' is dat it won't rise up an
make 4 livn' fer 'um.
We can't all have wisdom, but We kin
fool de worl' by kcepin' still an lookin
wise at de right time.
After 4 while you'll be able ter fly ter
de stars: but watch out y"' wings doa I
ketch fire befo' de devil kin put Il match
ter 'um!
No matter how rough de road. You
must recoliect dat folks has travelled it
befo' ycu, en- you'll git ter tie end some
day.
You'll soon forgit yo' sorrOH-en sor-
row always looks bigger Wen it's comm
down Gle road ian what it do wen on
gifts ter it.
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

Auburn has just received an honor
that is unique in her history. The great
fOur-maSted schooner that was
launched in Phippsburg Thursday was
christened by that name. Her COM
mander is to be Captain Thomas J.
CHM of that city. Sea captains are
also somewhat scarce in Auburn but
Captain CHM nal 4 sister li.':uS there
and about one year aSr he decided Ia
make Auburn his permanent nome.
II is quite as easy for him TO reach
his vessels from there as anywhere
else. The new Vessel is q big one and
a beauty. About 15G people went down
from Lewiston and Auburn To TIE
launching.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

With a yacht club of over 100 MEM
bers. Augusta is assuming new i'm
pOrtance in shipping circles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

ESTABLISHED 1925

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 & FTYNT, Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The last county note of $4,000 has
been paid by Treasurer Gushing and
PiscaIaquis is wholly free from debt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The hint of balmy spring i'm The al
causes the ice harveSterS To hustle
more than ever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNER-
SHIP.
The Co-partnership formerly existing
between the undersigned under the firm
name of staples Smith and Moody has
this day been dissolved by mutual con-
fF. -" F.. L. STAPLES.
MELVILLE SMITH.
"a L w. b. MOODY.
Augusta, Feb. 10. 1906. : E
Melville Smith, formerly OF Staples,
Smith & Moody. has leased the store for
merly occupied by that firm. No. 1SJ Wa
ter St, and will continue in the piano
and musical goods business.
feb19d&w1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The poem "The Old Home pub
lished elsewhere on this page was
written short time before her death
by the late Mrs. Phineas Whittier Of
Pennington and was suggested by the
burning of the old homestead in Ches-
tArville. The poem deserves to live in
Maine literature. In beauty of fictiOn
and tenderness of expression It is fully
the equal of many famous poems.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
Maine Gossip
The Sweet Song on the Way.

Trouble comm lett an right
Redpin' time an sowin';
But still we'll have enough O. light
To keep us all a-goin'!
The darkest night, the dimmest day.
Wen hear sweet song on the way!
Sorrow, an a storm o. signs
Saddest dreams bestOwin';
But soon q brighter sun will rise
Along the way we're gon';
The pain, an all the peril past,
Wen reach the Sweeter rest at last!
A little while an Lovell smile
Where only grief was given,
An We shall hear the bells ring clear
From the high courts of Heaven.
An We shall go. where gladnesS dwcllS-
Home. To the rinsin' o the bells.
Frank l.. Stanton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
A Reqret.

I somehow los my lazziness,
Is fcelin mighty blue,
I finds myself a-roamin' ro,n'
in hopes dar's work to do.
A hurryin an 4 worryin'
When de winter SHOWS an blows.
] might as well be white folks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The generous action of the Augusta
city government in making an appro-
priation for the improvement of Reuel
Williams field reminds Portland that
land in that city was set aside several
years ago for Il school athletic field
and playground but nothing has ever
been done TO improve it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

There are two young Japs at West
brook Seminary, Shukichi Nagai and
yukichi Nose. The young men are
here for the study of English and they
will eventually have positions i'll large
business houses il; Chicago, 2reSum-
ably tea houses. They have taken
English in their own schools, and While
they can read it readily, they can
speak but little but are now learning
rapidly. In manner and bearing they
are particularly gentlemanly and dig
niiCd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

Prof. Cecil +. Lavell of Bates Col
lego has just agreed TO supply 4 series
of nine articles for the Chautauqua
Magazine to run during the next
years study course beginning next
fall. This series will deal with the de-
vclcpment of England's Colonial policy,
thessubject being ''Imperial England
Pm AssOr Lavell is also to give five
lecs0res next summer before the Chau-
tauqua Association at Chautauqua. n.
Y. These lectures will treat of Eng
fish Colonial expansion, being along
the same line as the magazine articles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

Portland has survived another Tar
Bucket night.
AroostOok has furnished mare than
its share of the tragic news of The
week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The strange disappearance of two
Portland men in California, one of
them very wealthy, is Il mystery whose
solution will be followed with much
interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
pl0EsrS WHAT YOU EAT

Sod BY Bowditch. Webster & Co.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

Times and manners change The
customs of London, ancient and mod
ern, greatly differ. Says The Lon
don Times regarding medieval
days: Dancing was a passion with
everybody. From the Queen TO the
mi.kmaid, all the women danced
from the King to the craftsman. all
of the young men danced They dane,
ed in the streets whenever it was DOS.
sible, which was one of the reasons
why May Day was so joyous a festi.
val. The more courtly people had
dances dignifed and stately, such
as the Danse au Virlet. in which each
performer sang a verse, and then
they all danced around, singing the
same verse in chorus. the Pas de
Brahant, where every man knelt tt
his partner; the Danse au Chapelet
where every man kissed his partner;
they danced together. singing min.
streTs songs; they danced in the gar
den, they danced in the meadow. they
went out at night to dance, with Ia.
pers in their hands; they danced to
beautiful music played by an orches-
ira. Where is the dancing spirit row?
Where the mixed kissing? When Gid
Merry England die? When did it be-
hin? Was it ever so?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

Robert Kennedy Duncan, author
and scientist, has gone to the Cana.
dian woods for a quiet summer in or
der to finish the series of articles on
The Chemistry of Commerce" which
ne is writing for Harper's Magazine.
Professor Duncan recently returned
from abroad. where he spent an en-
tire year investigat ting great Cont
mental industries in order to find out
how far America had been outstripped
in the practical application of scien-
tific discoveries to the uses of COM
merce. His first reports have already
received wide attention. and have
opened the eyes of American business
men and manufacturers to the oppor.
tunities they have been missing. One
reason for Germany's progress is that
her large manufactures profit by the
practical assistance of noted sci
entists, retained by them at high sal
aries.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
Sand-Soled Shoes.

Approaching the rapidity with which
lAther soles wear out an inventor
NM comes forward with a "rock-bot-
I'm shoe which he declares to be
Eaetically indestructible. His inven.
tn consists of a cement for coating
te underside of the usual leather sole
VIII fine quartz sand. His process is
b leave the sole as flexible as ordin.
~ leather, and yet there is no dan.
II Of the cement cracking or chip!
lIhg The shoes are designed prin.
rally for out-of-door workers, and it
= asserted that not only will the
- resist the effects of wear, but it
w enable the user to maintain q
lsting upn the most slippery surface,
- cole presenting hundreds of fine
jshs which will grip anything with.
- slipping.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
From . Six Acre Farm.

g. ". Baker, who owns four acres
q hnd in the northern suburb Of
hey. last year rented two acres
- . nefghbor and went to work,
i nom these six acres, after supply.
\ ~ rather large family bountifully
- his farm, he sold from one and
etairds acres $40 bushels Of sweet
noes for $272. From two acres Of
U cotton he sold 1913 worth and
!sa his snap bean patch he sold $35
q Of beans, making total of $415
ash received for the surplus prod.
H. made on this small farm.
seeides the above Mr.. Baker made
- bushels Of corn and killed 500
~ OF pork, which he grew at
: and fattened with the products
= y farm.-Cherokee News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
Never In the history OF dsess have
the styles been so hygienic as at the
present moment says The Boudolr.

The world never forgets the good
citizen. The world Immediately for
gets the man of money only. Go
through our who's Who in America"
and other books Of men of mark, ex
claims the Denver News, and not one
tenth of one per cent. of those regis.
tered as worthy of having their names
printed there are men who are known
for thoi~
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

BILE l passed about
2h pounds of gravel
and sandy sediment
in the urine. ]
haven't passed a
stone since using
Doan's Kidney Pills,
however, and that
was three years ago.
I used to suffer the
most acute agony
during q gravel at
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

There could be no greater mistake
than for Moslems to infer from EN-
peror Williams refusal to be left out
OF the plan arranged by France and
England for the disposal Of Morocco
that he would afford support, direct
or indirect, to outbreaks against
Christians in Algeria and Egypt All
that France and England would need
to do to secure his jealous co-opera.
ton in resistance to a Jehad, asserts
Harper's Weekly, would be to concede
to him ascendency in the Euphrates
Valley, the exploitation of which is
already contemplated by a German
railway company. A Moslem Holy
War in> the twentieth century would
be a glazing anarchonism, which
might cause much bloodshed for
while. but which, in the end, would
bring the authors and abettors OF il
TO destruction.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

FVN NIL XS1VZS0.
Mems Shoes. SIS to $3.50. Boys Shoes. 50
to Sl.25. Women's Shoes. 81 90 to $3.50.
Misses & Ch!llre,.s Shoes, So. 20 to 500.
Try W. l.. Douglas Womens, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, ft and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you into my large
factories at Brocktcn, Mass and show
you how carefully WI Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
lear longer, and are Of greater value
Than any other make.
Wlsre."- YOU I've, tou can obtain w. l..
.3..~.s3 s',9cs. fii fame and price is STAMPED
4. It's 6ot1aT.l, a.li-h protects you against high
,r.-@s aai interior shoes. Take no su6sfi.
'ut1 ASK ,ogr dealer TOR w. l.. Douglas shoes
I'D i-sist upon having them.
at C0i5r e. eiets used; they niH net br1sSg.
write for illustrated Cataiog of Fall Styles.
". l.. DOUGLAS. Dept. IS, Srockton, Mass
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
Facts in the Case.

- mad all kinds of money and he
Juet as many kinds of nerve.
bt she protested, Il don't see
You are in such a hurry about our
mage. prefer a long engage.
1T.
N I'm In no hurry" he replied,
E my creditors are. See?"-Chica.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly. been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy. and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing down feeling.
and during her periods she is exceed
ingl y respondent. Nothing pleases
her. Her doctor says: Cheer up: You
have dyspepsia; you will be all right
soon"
But she doesn't get all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing. morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your snfferings have
driven you to despair. with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams. of $40 18th Street,
Louisville, KY. niece of the late Gen
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me l suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude. the blues
nervousness and that all gone feeling. was
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy Of my
younger days has returned, and do not SUI
fer any longer with dependency as did be-
fore. l consider Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women"
If you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
6: &c; ;' vs.; s: 1hompsonsEy
VIZ. -i0-l906.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

tack, and had the other usual symp-
toms of kidney trouble-lassitude,
headache, pain in the back, urinary
disorders, rheumatic pain, etc. l
have a box containing IA gravel
stones that I passed, but that is not
II of the whole number. l consider
Doans Kidney Pills fine kidney
tonic"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
n. 7.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

aae nrst motor barge to cross the
sea has reached the Thames. A
y-lour horsepower gasoline mo-
sases the heavy craft a speed Of
eight miles an hour,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
MSClENCEyMz0

ua, has decided to purchase two
F,J DE- aerial warships for the use
- expedition against the revolted
~ in West Africa.
ohviate delays by storms, the
.s.rsphic trunk lines are being put
~ ground in Great Britain. The
pe ~ line between London and
80 is already completed.
:. last quarter Of century win
- Mt forever as that in which new
-,cal elements possessing astound-
q properties have been made known
y, extraordinary rapidity and sure
- Of demonstration.
.,,.t three hundred species Of mos
80 have been described and it is
r,mated that two hundred more ex-
Giles recognizes only thirty-six
dies in the whole of North America,
g FLORIDA alone claims twenty-five
ssdes.
me dry process of generating acety-
-. q now used in the English army
y, aash-light signaling and other pur-
go and also industrially for the
I.lSine of iron and steel. The essen
i, feature of the process is the pro-
sction of the gas by mixing calcium
.rhid with a dry substance contain
e oxygen and hydrogen. Ordinary
Ia CRYSTALS are preferred for the pur
80 The attraction of the carbid fer
i,drogen and hydrogen is so great
MT It is able to withdraw them from
tIair union with other substances.
n,e n the simplest methods, used to
.aearte gas for signal-lamps, con-
Its only in shaking up the material
|, An India-rubber receptacle. Gas is
.uerated in a few seconds.
The mystery OF volcanoes is being
r,dually cleared up by the investi-
ations of radio-activity, if the conclu-
ions Of Major c. E. Dutton, U. S. A.,
- correct. 1t can no longer be sup
ned that an eruption is an overflow
um the earth's molten interior, thir-
! or forty miles or more below the
urface, but the evidence is strong
lat the source of the material is new
, more than two or three miles deep,
nd the quantity is small compared
dth the mass of the earth-perhaps
pt more than three cubic miles of lava
wing been discharged in the greatest
corded outpour. The eruptions,
tend to recur in the same !
thousands of times be-
Re the activity wanes. This could be {
planned by assuming that radium is
ing generated at a depth of two or
rec miles in each active crater, as
e heat from the breaking up of the
uanation would accumulate until suf-
lent to melt a portion of the rocks,
ID on the discharge of the molten
ls through the action of steam or
herwise, the process would be re-
ated until the exhaustion of the
dunn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teetning sOftens thegums, reducesintiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colo, 25c bottle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

If girls waist isn't to squeeze it
mighty funny why it was made such
good lit 10 AMMAN s arm.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

The abandoned husband 10 becoming
almost as pathetic q figure In modern
society as the neglected wife used to
be, suggests the Washington Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
CURED OF GRAVEL.

Not Single Stone Has Formed Since
Using Doan's Kidney Pills.
J. D. Daughtrey, music publisher.
Of Suffolk, Va, says: During two
or three years that had kidney trou-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10

we heard a young man remark last
week that, The world owes me lv-
ing 1t is hoped for that young mans
good that he'll get the notion ou,
OF his head. It's a mistake, a grave
mistake, asserts the Florida Agricul
turist. He never entertained a more
foolish idea nor one which will bring
him smaller measure of respect. The
world owes the young man nothing;
but instead he owes the world and
society an active, noble manhood. a
steady, honest energy which will en-
able him to associate with decent men
and women in true manlness OF
character that will make his friend
ship valuable and his presence and
companionship desired. The truly in.
telligent activity, and this young man
should contribute to society's happi |
ness and welfare the grxce which
comes through study, toll and honest
thought
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-11-10
Cure For The Blues
ONE MEDICINE THAT HAS never FAILED
Health Fully Restored and TIE 10y Of
Life ResaiRed.

When cheerful. brave. light hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection Of misery, the UES, it il
sad picture. 1t is usually this way:
She has been feeling out of sorts