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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

of macadam and will be maintained
under the direction of the state engi-
neer There are about $4,000 nils OF
highway in New York and it is esti-
mated that the waste caused by bad
roads amounts to S3S 5000. 900 a year.
The present plan of improvement Che
state paying halD has really been go-
ing on since 1898, but only 692 miles
have been completed. Hence the pres
ent comprehensive system which in
wolves the Improvement of 1000 miles
and the betterment of all the roads in
the state. The bonds issued by the
state for the work will like those of
the $1O1 100000 voted for the improve
ment of the Erie canal, run long
enough to be eXtinguished by indirect
taxation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Good Roads Work in New York.

Frequent reference has been made in
Of highway improvement which is be-
ing carried out in the great state of
New York 1t is an empire state in
deed which plans to spend 500, 900 900 in
the cause of better roads in the coun-
try sections ana that is what New
York is doing. As 4 result Of recent
legislation an official road map of the
whole state has been completed and
this shows the largest scheme Of high
this country. A bond issue of $50, 900, :,
900 to begin the work was overwhelm-
:ngly approved by the people at the
polls, and those who are enthusiastic
ally planning the work say that in a
few years New York will rival France
in its highways. France has spent
5000, 600 00O for this purpose but the area
Of France is 100000 square miles while
New York is less than one fourth as
good ground for the optimistic pre-
,lction of the New Workers.
All the work in New York is to be
done under the supervision of the stare
engineer. The state will pay for the
Improvement in the first instance and
then collect half the cost from the
localities in the proportions of So per
cent. from the counties and Is per cent
from the towns in which the improved
roads are located. If the county does
not wish to pay cash it can borrow the
'r'ait of the state. the latter issuing
ponds or behalf of the former which
would pay into the state treasury an
annual sum sufficient to meet the inter-
est and sinking fund charges IN Tho
bonds. The purpose of this vast ro,,
Improvement is to create a system Of
mann or market roads. connact;n, +,o
principal market centers in eoo,, a,,,.
w. the Whole state To he co,,,,,
lhls manner, The roads will ~ o,,.,-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Personal Notes.

Inc Old Indian chief Geronimo mas
Wllltt"n his autobi"sraphy. ana N SRu ~,
~ some oblcctton ON tn" part ol tn,, w u
| ir i'artm"nt. the book is to ne pthiiSl'"
| In" autobiography is d. dicatcd To- Pres
| dcnt roosevelt
William Wallace Spence, tic wei
known Baltimore merchant ana phddii-
| 'hroblSt, VIII celebrate ms VS. DlrlildaS
on Thursday of this week. No man III
| baltimore has done more tor III" bc;luti-
| Tying ANA improving Of that city.
George Won L. Meyer. the American
Ambassador to Russia has left st: Pc
tersbCrg with Major William W. Gibson
and the hEi9g i,,ag trlr rio to- ambnssad"r is sim
ply taklnS an opportunity 10 NlS4i ah III
| 'ereStlnS part of Russia.
Prof. Henry c. Adams, the head oi
the n"w Department OF Statistics and Ac-
counts in the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, is not new man IN sthtlStlca
work Since lSN1 h" has been lsurllS loi
the Interstate commrrr" COMMISSION
and Las written Il number oi DOCKS "i
finance ana economies.
William A. bradford. Jr. who Wi
shortly be- made president Of tn" ISc"ii
SIN Central Railroad. is a direct descend.
ant al William bradford, wh" came over
in the MayfioW,r and was the first clover
nGr Of Massachusetts. Wlrilr Still a boy
NJ. bradford began his career IN III,
railroad business in Boston. starting AZ
Ia" vely b"ttom step and gradually WORK
|
Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop Ryan
MtnSignnr Falromo ana many othc,
noted Catholic churchmcn attended IN"
dedication of IN" new 2,oW,Wo Cathoilc
cathedral at PittShurg.
Senar Enrique Cortrz the new Colon
hian Minister to thu United states wh"
has lust arrived in Washington, has
spent most of his lf" in the tinancia!
world of London. For a quarter Of a cen
tu'y he has ht,n ut the head oi one 81
TIN, biggest South American banking
h hpuSCS i'm that city.
Word has been received i'm Washington
that Lyman l.. Pierce, for several y"are
at the head of the Y. Nj. {. a. work III
the national capital. and who lett last
MAY for Australia to give TWO years
time To- the promotion of the asSociatl"nS
OF that country. has become fully eStah-
lishcd as general secretary Of the Mel
bourne association and is giving four
months of the year as national secretary
of the entire Australian movement.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Antiquity of Masks,

Masks are Of very ancient origin. In
a tomb 5000 years I'd at Mycenp DR..
Schliemann found two bodies with
faces covered by masks of gold. One
Of the masks represented the head OF
q lion. Among ancient Greeks the lion
mask was sign Of distinction. With
the Peruvians of old it was mark of
royal lineage. In a grave Of consid-
cradle antiquity in Peru silver mask
was found on the head of mummy.
The mummy Of a prince who lived in
the reign of Ramcses H.. discovered in
a small vault at Memphis. in Egypt
had O mask of gold leaf over the face.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
The Pill and the Coating,

Joseph Savadur, the French histc-
rian, and Jules Sandeau, a novelist.
made their meeting ut Il public recep-
ton the occasion for dispute as to the
respective places which they occupied
in the world of letters.
The reading of history is like pill
1t needs the sugar coating to make il
palatablc," argued the novelist
'Ah, but it is the ingredient which
cures, not the coating" remarked the
historian.
Then let us divide honorS," said
Sandeau. for if it were not for my
sugar coating your historical facts
would dry on the shelves"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE wr.
BODIES.
Kidney Diseases Cause Half the Co.
mon Aches and Ills Of Augusta p.oai'

AS one weak link Weakens , oh.,
go weak kidneys weaken N. ,,hl,
body and hasten the final breaLinn
down.
Overwork. strains, colds ana o.L
causes injure the kidneys, and w,n.
their ACTIVITY Is iesscned the MIL.
body suffers from the excess NJ n,,o
poison circulated In the blood ''''
Aches and pains ana Ianguor
urinary ills come, and there ig ar, ,.,,'
increasing tendency towardu
and fatal Bright's disease Thor~
no real help for the sufferer a.o' -
kidney help. p'
DOan's Kidney Pills act dirao.,.
the kidneys ana cure evcrv LtI.y oh
Augusta cures are the proof ~
Hiram w. Judkins. painter n,1m.
ern avenue, Augusta No eau! .,1o ,isorth-
great fhIth in Dnan's Kidney piii nave
used ffn Tour years agO when eI,ts !
IRON kidney trouble and barkartn, ing
.,ct"rs .i canned \ vas muscular rherroh' h'
hsm. ] think this was 50 rnr ~ una.
up for week at time. 7 VA. 80 ~ lad
from quite q severe attack vhcr Hs
DDa1's Kidney Pills at WjIIfg y got
trldses drug store. ] noticed reIjnf 1T ir
.ilc Grst nnX hnd continued taking M IN
'Il'ny "htl h1d used six boxes wban
J was ~ excellent shape About \ "a@n vasa
as" there %"r" symptoms Of q recnr
r.no" and ] r"aDrt.d L. In,,.g t'cur-
pms and they brought the same eatistn5y
tory results ! cheerfully recDmnend tbs
remedy to others" 'as
For sale by all dealers. Price 20
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Rpfsa,n
New York, sole agents for the trnited
States. -
Remember the name-Doan,s-ana
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

Little has been heard of late Of sam
Jones, the once famous evangelist who
has just died. For years he was one
of the best known men in the country,
q man of picturesque appearance and
pic oturesque speech, but an orator Of
great natural eloquence and power in
his later years he devoted himself more
to lecturing than to religious work
and there We're stories that his old
enemy, rum, frequently got the better
of him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
SOMERSET.
NORRiDGEWOCK.

Mrs Eliza Holway is spending
several days with friends in East
Madison.
Joshua Bigelow is reported little
better.
Mr.. ana Mrs. John Grant. OF
California are visiting Mr.. Grants
brother. Mr. Frank Grant.
Misses Alice Taylor and Goldi,
RlaisdelIe, who are attending III
Pennington Normal School. passed
Saturday and Sunday at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Grant hay.
returned from a weeks visit witt
friends at Rowe Pond.
ST. ALBANS.
]. j. Enncking of Hyde Park. Mass.
is visiting at Charles Batchelders'.
II. f. Cyphers is making an addition
to his home.
c. Il. Southland is repairing his
house.
Columbus Marshall manager of oul
Shovel handl" factory was in Town the
first If the week. They expect to put
in steam power soon.
i. X. Longley Il former resident o
this town is expected nom" soon.
Nathan Randall of Waterville is
visiting his old friend Aaron Frost
Dan Frost is packing apples il
North Hartland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
STATE NEWS.
SAGADAHOC
WOOLWICH.

1t is little singular. but the first time
the now hrarsr WAS used there We're three
deaths. and such has been the cas-" "V"l
since Three little children have been the
last to follow the precedent.
A e. living has returned from visit
to Berlin. n. III.
Mr.. and Mrs. RI. p. Hawthorne have
been enjoying Il week in Boston.
4 large number from this town attend
ed the Topsham Fair.
+. II. Main took a trip to Thomastnn
last week and also to Portland.
u. 6. Potter is spending few days IN
Whiteiicld.
Mrs Lowell Chapman spent one day in
Portland this week.
Mrs Eliza RlaCkman has gone to Au-
Gu.;ta to work in a hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. George HENDERSON and
daughter Mildred, have returned from
Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
John Bunyan.

The bill of Indictment preferred
against John Bunyan ran thus: John
Bunyan hath devilishly and pernicious-
ly abstained from coming to church to
hear divine service and is common
upholder of several unlawful meetings
and conventicles, to the disturbance
and distraction Of the good subjects
of this kingdom. contrary to the laws
Of our sovereign lord the king" Ha
was convicted and imprisoned twelve
years and six months.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
a Witty Senf

At an auction sale in a Scotland vii
lage the auctioneer was trying to sell
q number Of domestic utensils, includ-
ing a porridge pot AS usual he was
making a great fuss. Finishing. his
keen eye caught well known worthy.
the beadle. standing at the back Of the
crowd, and he shouted out:
'Maister McTavish. make an offer for
this pot. Why, it would make splen-
did kirk bell"'
AYE" replied the beadle, If your
tongue was in it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Mans Essay on Pope.

From Armstrong; Teaching Of Sci
entitic Method" we extract the follow
ing: IF the proper study Of man (sic)
be man-as the highest dignitary of
our church some time ago asserted" "
etc. This is not simply due to a natu-
pope. 1t comes Of poets having two
Christian names, including one for his
surname, so that the student of the
Dictionary Of Familiar Quotations" is
apt to be betrayed by the description Of
him as Pope, AleXander-Punch.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Friday, October 19, 1906.
Utilizinq a Waste Product.

Until within comparatively few
years cotton seed was regarded as use
less and vaIueless, but now ii
is worth many millions I" the
South every year. We are told
2 by the official statistics of our foreign
trade that the exports Of cotton seed
products during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1906, amounted to S3l, 1880
including cotton seed oil, $l3,673. 400;
cotton seed oil cake, sl3,O13,4 400; lard
substitutes, cottolene, etc, "a 154, 200,
and cotton seed, s26S. 300. The total Of
seed products is small compared with
the exports of cotton itself, and yet it
is a considerable item. 1t has increas-
ed every year, with one or two excep-
tions, since 1897, when it was sl3, AL 800.
The exports of cotton seed oil that
wear We're GS91 400. as against $l3,6l3,
400 last year. All of these products are
the growth of comparatively recent
wears, cotton seed having formerly
been regarded as useless and valuless.
The present products are the result Of
modern discovery and the tendency 10
utilize everything.
The first recorded export Of cotton
seed oil was in 1870 valued at sl4,9i6.
though it had been manufactured and
used in this country several years be-
fore that. Now it goes to almost every
country in the world. though the larg-
est export to any one country is to
France, s260l 800 The export to Italy
has in some years exceeded 81 900 900,
though last year it was $2o9 400. The
cotton seed oil that goes to Franc.
and Italy is mainly mixed with olive
oil. with which it affiliates and blends
perfectly, and is sold as salad oil That
which goes to the Netherlands, 81 40
100 worth last year. and 81 ,0S9 600 worth
in 1905, Is used in the manufacture of
artificial butter and margarine. It's
in Europe. where it is considered the
purest and most wholesome product
for the purpose.
1t is somewhat remarkable that while
European countries stand ready to take
all the cotton seed oil We have for eX-
port, the amount they will take being
only limited by the supply, Americans
regard it with dSfavOr, preferring to
purchase the imported article, after it
has been exported and blended in
consul at Naples reported several
years ago that cotton seed oil has
IeyS, whose sole product is olive oil,
where it is mixed with the latter. and
the combination is sold as pure olive
oil. The resemblance is so great that
even tn" most expert can not detect
the rnixture."
The value of cotton seed oil cake as
an animal food may be inferred from
the fact that Germany. Denmark and
Great Britain, all countries of expert
cattle feeders have imported as high
as ST. 900. 900 worth year. This is one
of the most remarkable instances on
record of substance. formerly treat
I'd as waste and offal. becoming valu-
able for its products.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

a Hamburg paper publishes n report
from Constantinople that railway com
munication is to be established betweer
ErZ"rum and the Black sea. either al
Trcbizond or RiZch. The Turkish govern.
m"nt, it is said VIII commence construc.
ti"n as soon as the Damascus Mecca rail.
way IS finished. 1t is pointed out that the
line between the Black sea and ErZerum
besides b"n-ftting by the European trad.
with Persia, should develop the coal anG
Other Industrial resources Of the PROVING,
and also stimulate the local demand foi
European imported goods. and Darticu
la!lY cotton manufactures
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
An Official Myatery.

Years ago. when Lord Anglesey was
lord lieutenant Of Ireland, he said once
of the Irish secretary Of that day. "Mr.
Stanley and do very well together AZ
companions, but we differ so totally
about Ireland that never mention the
subject to him." Just how they trans
acted official business remains mys-
terry.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

II don't see. Ella. how you manage
with your housekeeping money. If l
give you a lot, you spend a lot, but If
l don't give you SO much you seem to
get along with it,
''Why, that's perfectly simple. Ru-
dolph. When you give me lot 1 use
1t to pay the debts get into when you
don't give me SO much"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Facts for Catarrhal Sufferers.

The mucous membrane lines al
passages and cavities communicating
with the exterior.
Catarrh is an excessive secretion
accompanied with chronic inflamma
ton, from the mucous membrane.
Hoods Sarsaparilla acts on the mu-
cous membrane through the blood, re-
iuces inflammation. establishes healthy
action, and radically cures all cases Of
catarrh.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Cruel Fate.

did you see that pale young man
calling out Cash" at the ribbon coun.
ter?'
"Yes"
"Fate is awfully funny sometimes.
Ten years ago, when we were boys to.
gether, his one ambition was to be a
mighty hunter and catch mountain
lions with lasso"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Wise Pa.

Johnny-Pa, what is tact?
Wise Pa-Tact, Johnny, Is knowing
how to do things without appearing to
be doing them. For instance. l asked
Mr.. Aridman to dinner this evening,
and incidentally l remarked that your
mother would entertain us on the pi-
ry he couldn't come. - Boston Tran
script.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Reaen blanCea.

Everybody says the baby looks like
you. Doesn't that please you!"
Il don't know" replied Popley. 'but
I tell you what-I'm glad nobody thinks
of saying l look like the baby."-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

A preacher admonished the men in
his congregation not to let their desire
for "slippered ease" keep them from
church on Sunday morning. A young
man went home and inquired for his
'silpperedees." His slippers have been
known by that name ever since.-Bos-
ton Christian Register.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Not What She Meant.

Physician Ito patients wife)-Why
did you delay sending for me until
your husband was unconscious?
Wife-Well. doctor, as long as he re-.
tained his senses he wouldn't let us
send for you.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
Maine Gossip
On the October Hills.

The shadows feel along the singing hills
Blind. gentl" hands
That touch the mellow bloom of autumn
With slow sad thrills
OF mcmcory that 50 the reckless world
Sang loud and laughed. with pdGeantfy
unfurled,
But yesterycar-
Forget the fear
of winter and lay drunk with ripened
And new pressed wine.
Dre?r1ing of bygone love and mad things
Green crowned with vine.
Blind, gentle hands, upon the years ilSt
Sad. sightlcss touch
Remember the ancient winter gloom,
And gri"Vng much -
That the wild world who lightly sings
today ,--., ,
And sobbihg. creep
Lonely and deep 4,
Beneath the sculpturcd silence OF the
Blind. tender hands.
Forgiving where the gray world doe not
Nor understands
metropolitan Magazine
Maine has a right to be proud of the
craftsmanship of its National
guardsmen.
In giving an offender the choice OF
iail or enlistment in the navy, the
Auburn police court does not pay
high compliment to the naval service.
West Sullivan is getting a foretaSte
Of a granite boom which reminds it OF
old times.
The spiritualists have lost their
camp ground at Verona. It is now in
private hands with the probability that
it will be developed as a summer
resort.
Mother Cary's chickens" are not
often seen in inland Maine, but bird
that is declared by mariners to be one
of that species was picked up in the
river off South Brewer Sunday by a
party in the yacht Goldenrod. The
chick was 50 exhausted that it sank
helplesSly into the water, where, being
webfDotcd and a good swimmer. it
rested easily until picked up. The
chick is now occupying a soft nest in
n coy basket, and presently will be
allowed to fly away to sea.
One of the meaneSt men in the Pine
Tree State has just been heard from
A commercial traveller who has been
down through the State selling goods.
tells the Biddeford Record that in one
town where he stopped over night they
told him of a man who had a friend
die sometime ago. The man hired 4
of the obSequieS. Aftc.' dark he went
to the burying ground. got the bouquet
of artificial poSieS and returned them
to the man he had hired them OF.
Passersby upon upper Spring street
Portland the other morning We're
interested spectators or pitched
battle between a grey squirrel and
large black and white cat The
squirrel was running along the side
walk when the cat pOunced upon him.
thinking that it had a nice juicy meal.
But it did not reckon with the Squirrel
He turned and gave battle and for
few moments the fun waXnd FAST and
furious. At the final round tho gray
squirrel put the cat to flight and then
triumphantly mounted to the top of a
nearby tree.
Inc friends of Thomas j. Griffin. a
Portland boy of 16, will try to secure
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

Glasgow may have made success
of the municipal ownership of its street
railway system but it has made a dis
NAL failure of its attempt to run the
local telephone business having just
sold the plant for $4,000 less than i.
paid for it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

The Democracy continues to get it
where Molly wore her beads. A man
out in Wyoming las declined the DEM
ocratic nomination for governor on the
ground that he would rather be n
Christian
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

Under the leadership of Hearst ami
Moran the Democrats don't know
where they are going. but they are on
the way.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

Maxim Gorky has gone back
to Russia and his mission to this cOun
try was such q fiat failure that he
must be wondering what he ever cam"
over for.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

This plan to start an elephant farm
scheme 10 break up the solid South.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

He who is most slow in making a
promise IS the most faithful in its per.
Rousseau.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

You have a good many faults Of your
own. Why are you so hard on the
faults of others?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

a Carnegie hero medal for him. At Ill.
time OF the burning of the Nanicl
house recently. in which three chill
lren lost thei" lives, he saved one 81
the other children at the risk of his OWL
life. At Il benefit concert Friday eve
ming at the Workingmans' club, he wa
presented with Il gold medal, inScribt.
by Mr.. Nanier, and it was pinned t.
his breast by the child he saved. 1t
is felt that his heroic act merits ana
should receive a wider appreciation
and that he should have place among
those especially recognized by the trus-
tees of the Carnegie fund.
The Bangor Festival Association has
decided to have a fair. As every one
knows there is a debt of $500 on the
fine Auditorium building, a veritable
Hall of Music. whose acoustic proper
les are rluallcd nowhere on this con-
tiucnt. and in view of the artistic
triumphS of the recent Festival, it is
felt that that debt should be cancelled
and Il clear title possessed by the FcSti-
val chorus ana its officials Two fairs
have already been held for this pur-
pose reducing the Indebtedness Ia the
cumpar lively mall sam OF $500.
The past entertainments We're great
successes in every way, giving unique.
and attrat tive features. IL is purpOS,"i
that the coming fair shall III no way
fan behind its predecessors ana thoS-
who lent their patronage, their time
and influence in the past. will now take
hold in the sam" spirit to make this
one Il grand success.
The joke is on the Auburn man who
in his hurry to catch his train for !.
business trip out of town. Snatchcl
his Wife,; hoX-coat from the hall stand
and did not discover his mistake until
he had reached his destination in a far
away city. 1t was Il warm night and
as he had only a few minutes in which
To reach the station. he threw the coat
over his arm ana did not attempt 20
PIT il on until he was about t. enter
a carriage at the Iher end of the line
Then he discovered his mistake ana i:
is needless to say that he still Contin-
ued to carry the coat on his arm.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

Always wash the dshcloth thoroughly
ana hang in the sunshine to dry after
each using.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19

ColOred bordered tableclothcs should
not De put IN the same boiler with white
table linens.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-19
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