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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
EAST VASSALBORO.

Karl Gates LEFT Monday Tor Il NiSlt III
Lynn and Boston with his brother"
Percy and Harold Gates.
Miss Annie Mower has been visiting
friends in Waterville the past week
Mrs. Fred Whitney has again been
suffering from a severe attack of heart
trouble Her many friends hope for h.,
speedy recovery.
Tuesday evening several from here
went to the home of Mrs. Mamie White
in Winsow where with others from
Waterville the evening was most pleas
antiy spent. Dainty refreshments were
served after which music was enjoyed
by the guests. At late hour all went
to their several homes having extended
TO Mrs White their appreciation Of the
delightful manner in which they had
been entertained.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Metho-
dist church gave n baked bean supper
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. x. Nj.
Small Wednesday evening. On account
Of the unfavorable weather the attend
ance was not as large as usual but all
had pleasant time.
Barker and Clark Gates went to Oak
Grove Seminary. Friday morning. on
snowshoes, the sllowStorm of the day
before making it possible to snowshoe
successfully.
Friday evening three sled loads of
Young people accompanied by Rev. Mr..
clark. pastor of the Baptist Church at
North Vassalboro. and Mrs. Clark came
out to attend the Christian EndeavOr at
Friends Church. The services We're
unusually interesting. Mr.. Clark spoke
briefly alludinG TO the church as an
ancient landmark. also to the beautiful
lives that had been lived by the many
who had worshiped there and whose in
flu,nce could still lie felt within the
church After Il testimony meeting Mr..
and Mrs. Clark sang hymn which was
very impressive. The services con-
clutfed with a few remarks from Rev.
j. Blackledge who is conducting meet
jngs h"re.
News has been received here of the
death of Cyrus Lewis whose boyhood
home was just outside the village. He
had for MANY years been resident OF
another state.
Chas Mower and son Arnold left for
Providence. Saturday morning for n
two weeks visit with friends.
Daniel Hesdnck spent sunday with
his family, in the village.
John Bradley arrived here Saturday
eveIaing for oyer Sunday.
Mrs. Addie Taber who has been car
ing for AIRS. Alfred Jones for the past
few weeks called on friends here sun
day.
Emery Bragg fell and injured his
shoulder recently. II still remains
quite troublesome.
Services were held Sunday morning
at the usual time at Friends Church.
Rev. Joseph Blackledse speaking to Il
large congregation. In the afternoon
union services We're held at the same
place. lev. r. A. COlpi,ts of the Meth
odist church preaching. His subject
The Open Door was very impressively
presented and at the close an invitation
was feelingly given to the unsaved to
enter his fold. Through the kindness
of Harry Stewart of WatervilIe the
Quartette Of the Della Epsilon Of Colby
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

quantity Of the purest Pepsin and other ex-
pensive drugs each tablet contains, (see
formula on bottlc.) Pepsc;ds are sold at so
cents bottle OH an absolute guarantee to
cure, or money refunded. We will send
you, if you have not used Pepsoids before,
i 5o-cent bottle FREE; merely send MS
your name and address, and you will re-
ceive promptly a full sized bottle. y Oh do
not obligate yourself to pay cent. All we
ask after repsoids have cured or &. eatly
benefited yor is, that YOU recommend
Pepsoids to your friends. Eve.y man
ND RECOMMENDED aY THCs y
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
GOING FISHING.

II yours waking in the morning. call me
early. mother, dear.
For Peanuts Fink and Spider Brown and
Bricktop will be here.
And we know where the fishes swim and
where the shade is cool -
And where's q dandy diving place beside
the swimming pool.
I've brung the kindlings in, mother. you
wanted me to chop;
I've filled the woodbox till the wood II
splitting DER the top:
I've curried all the horses as my father
bade me do:
I've MIXED the COWS and stopped the pigs
and fed the chickens too.
I've weeded out the onion bed and banked
the celery,
And I've transplanted cabbage plants and
propped the apple tree.
And have sailed all the sheep and fixed
kte chicken coop
Andrun ali the errands. mother. till felt
my spirits droop.
So. II you're waking early. call me early.
mother, dear.
For know where the Cravings play and
where the pools are clcar.
And I've dug all the worms I want and
cut an alder pole,
And cor,ks will Dob tomorrow morn In
that old fishing hole.
y. NJ. Lewis in Houston Post
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
AN ODD BIRD.
The Kivvi of New Zealand Has Some
Remarkable Peculinrities.

Remarkable Peculiarities.
That queer bird, the kiwi, is a native
of New Zealand. Its remarkable Pc
culiarities are, first, the apparent alb
sence Of wings, as the plumage so
covers the small, rudimentary, stick
like appendage Of a wing that none
whatever is apparent. The situation
of the nostrils at the bills extremity
is a second peculiar feature. While
hunting for earthworms it probes the
soft ground, making continual snuff
ing sound Thus the scent is evidently
of great help in finding food and the
reason for the position of the nostrils
quite apparent.
A third popularity is the very dispro-
portionate size of the egg in compari-
son to the bird, it being little less
than one fourth the birds own weight.
One kiwis egg found weighed four
teen and one-half ounces, while the
bird weighed just under four pounds
(sixty-four ounces) and was about the
size Of an ordinary hen.
The plumage of the kiwi Is dull
brown streaked with light gray, and
the body resembles a miniature hay
shock, rather badly hacked off at the
rear part, as nature has not provided
the kiwi with such decoration as a tail
The absence of wings is compensated
for by it's swiftness Of foot, and the
large, clumsy looking legs, which are
sometimes used as weapons, are placed
far back on the oddly shaped body
st. Nicholas.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
Mi55 Cora G00Gze

benefited as she was. Miss Goode
president of the Bryn Mawr Law:
Tennis Club of Chicago. She writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
a. tried many different remedies
build up my system, which had become n
down from loss of proper rest and unreaso
able hours, but nothing seemed to help II
Mother is a great advocate of Lydia 4. Pin
hams Vegetable Compound for female trol
bles, having used 10 herself some years a.
with great success. So i began to take
and in less than a month i was able to be OF
of bed and out of doors, and in three montl
i was entirely well. Really / have never fel
20 strong and well as have since.
No other medicine has such a recor'
of cures of female troubles as has Lyd
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Women who are troubled with pa
full or irregular periods, backac
bloating Tor fatulence), displacem'
of organs, inflammation or ulceratic
can be restored to perfect heall
and strength by taking Lydia l.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Her experience
Is very great, and she gives the benefit
of it to all who stand in need of wise
counsel. She is the daughterin-law OF
Lydia f. Pinkham and for twenty five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Address, Lynn, Mass
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Some Facts which Give an Idea Of
Its Immeusity.

Some Facts which Give an Idea Of
Its Immensity.
In all the heavens, with the excep-
ton Of passing meteors or meteorites,
not one body occupies n position closer
to earth than the moon, which is some
100000 miles away very far. of
course, side by side with any earthly
distances, but mere fraction side by
side with other astronomical distances.
Next TO the moon our nearest OCCASION
al neighbor is Venus, and then Mars.
Both Venus and Mars, however, are
often farther away from us than the
sun, which remains always at some
where, about the same distance, rough
ly at from 10000, 600 to 93, 600, 900 miles.
This dividing space between sun and
earth is Of great Importance in think
ing about the stars, and it should be
clearly impressed upon the mind.
Next to the sun in point Of nearness
come the more distant planets-Jupiter.
which is about five times as far from
the sun as our earth is; Saturn, nearly
twice as far as Jupiter; Uranus, near
ly twice as far as Saturn, and Neptune,
nearly three times as far as Saturn. All
these planets belong to our sun, all
are members of his family, all are part
of the solar system. The size of the
solar system as a whole, consisting
thus of the sun and his planets, includ-
ing our earth. may be fairly we'll grasp
ed by any one taking the trouble to
master two simple facts. They are
these, that our earth is roughly about
100000 miles away from the sun
and that Neptune. the outermost plan
ct of the solar system, is nearly thirty
times as far distant from the sun as
our earth is-Chambers' Journal.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
That Was All,

A young girl who is always trying
some new thing was present once
when the doctor set neighbours bro
ken arm. She was sure that she knew
exactly how it was done and rather
anxious to put her new knowledge into
practice. Some time later a hen out
in the chicken yard broke its leg. The
girl directly announced that she meant
to set it land make it as good as
new" Accordingly it was put into a
plaster cast and left for the proper
length Of time to knit. When the day
came to take off the cast the girl ran
out to the henhouse in great eagerness
to see the result. Presently there was
a scream that brought every member
of the family to her side. The chicken
was jumping miserably over the ground
sidewise instead Of directly forward.
You know a hens leg has a crook.
Well, she had crooked it the wrong
way, that was all.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
DIET DELUSiONS,
They Come Down to Us From the Old
Barbnrous Tribes.

They Come Down to Us From the Old
Barbnrous Tribes.
Some diet decisions are Of most mod
ern date, while others are of most re-
spectacle antiquity. Among the latter
is that very ancient survival, the no.
ton that particular foods are good"
for particular things or effects.
This is an almost direct descendant
of the notion, held with greater or less
unanimity by nearly all savage and
barbarous tribes, that the flesh or Wis
cera of birds and animals possessing
particular qualities will be likely to
produce the same qualities in those
who eat them.
Thus Nero used to banquet on night
ingales' tongues in the hope of improv-
ing his voice. and the savage cut out
and devoured the heart Of the bear,
the liver of the buffalo, ETC., believing
that the strength and courage of these
animals would thereby be transferred
to himself.
1t is probable that the most grew
some Of ancestral rites-cannibalism-
was largely due to the same belief, al
though, of course, in Neanderthal days
primitive man would have no more
hesitancy about eating his enemy after
he had killed him than he would in de-
vouring bear or a deer.
In fact, the early converts of the
missionaries In the South Sea islands
referred to their favorite dish as long
pig" Every known race has at some
time been cannibal.-McClure's Maya
zine
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
THE CHAMELEON.
1t Has Two Complete and Independ-
emit Nervous Systems.


There are few instances of double
birth in which two individuals are in
separately joined together, but among
animals it is a common occurrence. A
case in point is the chameleon, long ia
nous for it's power of changing color.
The nervous centers in one lateral
half Of the chameleon go on independ
emily Of those in the other. Notwith-
standing the strictly symmetrical con-
struction of the animal as to its two
halves, they move quite independently
Of one another and convey separate
impressions to their respective centers
Of perception. The consequence is that
when the animal is agitated it's move
ments resemble those Of two animals,
or, rather, perhaps, two halves of ami
mails glued together. Each half wishes
to go its own way, and there is no con-
cordance Of action. The chameleon,
therefore, Is the only four legged YER
tebrate that is unable to swim. 1t be-
comes so frightened when dropped into
water that all faculty Of concentration
is lost, and the creature tumbles about
as If in a state of intoxication.
The chameleon, moreover, may be
fast asleep on one side and wide awake
on the other. Cautiously approached at
night with a candle so as not to awak-
en- the whole animal at once, the eye
turned toward the light will open and
begin to move and the corresponding
side to change color, whereas the other
side will remain for n longer or shorter
time in a torpid, motionless and I'M
changed state with it's eye fast shut
Exchange
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
Broke Up the Card Party.

1t was an extremely pleasant and
quiet card party at the house Of the
Misses Isaacson in Priory road, Hemp
stead, until the butler came upon the
scene with lemon squash and glasses.
The Misses Isaacson are two maiden
sisters who fortnight ago engaged a
new butler, young and good looking
German, who brought with him excel
lent testimonials and was known as
James. James was a splendid servant
until the night of the card party. which
consisted entirely of ladies. The ladies
were engrossed in a game OF poker,
and James was supposed to be pouring
! out the lemon squash. when there was
sudden crash OF glass In the room.
Every one stopped playing and looked
up alarmed. But before any one could
grasp the situation James had bounced
upon the poker table. grabbed I'D the
gold, silver and purses lying thereon
and fed, locking the door behind him.
Sand now the police are In search Of
xJames.-I.ondon Mail.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
COMMITTEE IS FORMED.
DEMOCRATS IN SESSlO'r!.
w. 3. Harris of Green Township Elect
ed Chairman of Democratic Central
Committee-List of the Delegates to
the State and District Convention.

The Wayne County Democrats met
in convention Saturday, elected w. B.
Harris, of Green township county
chairman for the ensuing two years
and Webster Parry was elected secre-
tary. Delegates to the State and dis
trict conventions were selected as fol,
lows:
Abingdon and Boston townships, S.
S. Clevenger, delegate to State Con-
vention, w. S. Druley, delegate to
District convention; Center township,
Alva Threewits to State convention,
w. B. Henwood, alternate, Harry
Means to District convention, George
Kepler. alternate; Clay, Dalton, Frank
lin and New Garden townships, David
HALEY, delegate, Joseph NJ. Jarrett,
alternate, to both State and District
conventions; Green, Harrison, Perry
and Webster, Elmer Pagan, H. H.
Hunt, alternate to both State and Dis
trict conventions; Washington town
ship, Joseph Outland, delegate to
both; Jackson township, w. B. w
son, NJ. E. Mason, delegates to State.
alternates, William Smith and Benja-
min Sourbeer, district convention r.
g. Swallow and DR.. w. R. Littell:
Wayne township, delegates, D. H.
Kuth, w X. Young, Clifford Merrill
Edward Dye, John HoTlowell, Benja-
min Price, B. B. Johnson, Thomas J.
Study and John NJ. LontZ, alternates,
Harry Dalbey, w. B. Dye, C. Melon
aid, John Schwegman, H. Waterman,
John Lantz, R. o. Allen, Louis Posther
and DR.. Richard Schillinger.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

Not many persons are aware how
greatly indebted James Hazen Hyde 10
to one Of his lawyers for the sgoedsim-
preston which he made before the
Armstrong insurance committee. Mr..
Hyde's sensible appearance before that
committee didsmore than any thing else,
to dispel the popular prejudice against;
his eccentricities. This lawyer prac-
tically dictated to Mr.. Hyde what ne
should wear while onsthe stand. He
made the young man discard his. GUS
tomary buttonhole bouquet, hadshim
brush bis hair down !. nat instead OF
pompadour and ordered him Aosxesrsan
old, simple looking suit OF cl0kheaf
Result-The .cartoonists, are .wwdesine|
yet where they got the ;ideassfpr sthe;
extravagantapfctures they-madaSof Shs'
young insurance man.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
A RARE FIRST FOLIO.
what 1t Cost and what It's Preser
Value Should BE.

Value Should BE.
Seven years after the death of Shake
speare his collected works were pub
lished in a large folio volume, now
known as 1.-THE first folio Shakespeare"
This was In the year 1923. The price
at which the volume was originally
sold was fl, but perhaps we ought to
take into consideration the fact that at
that time money had a value or pur-
chasing power at least eight times that
which Ii has at present. Halliwell-Phil-
lips estimates II at from twelve to
twenty times its present value. For
this circumstance, however, full allow
ance may be made by multiplying the
ultimate result by the proper number.
This folio Is regarded as the most
valuable printed book in the English
language. the last copy that was offer
ed for sale In good condition having
brought the record price of nearly
= 50 900, so that 1t is safe to assume that
a perfect copy in the condition in
which 1t left the publishers hands
would readily command $4,000, and
the question now arises, What would
be the comparative value of the pres
emit price, $4,000, and of the original
price, FL, placed at interest and COM
pounded every year since 1923?
Over and over again l have heard it
said that the purchasers of the first
folio" had made a splendid investment,
and the remark is frequently used in
reference to the purchase of books in
general irrespective of the present in
tellectual use that may be made of
them. Let us make the comparison.
Money placed at compound interest
at G per cent little more than dou
bles itself In twelve years. At the
present time and for few years back
6 per cent Is a high rate, but Ii is
very low rate for the average. During
large part of the time money brought
8. 10 and IL per cent per annum, and
even within the half century just past
II brought per cent during a large
portion of the time. Now, between
1923 and 1890 there are twenty-three
periods of twelve years each. and at
double progression the twenty-third
term, beginning with unity, would be
S,3SS, COS. This, therefore, would be the
amount In pounds which the volume
had cost up to 1899. In dollars 1t
would be $40.T94. s7S.sS. An article
which costs $4oo0o,ooo and sells for
$4,000 cannot be called a very good
financial investment.
From a literary or intellectual stand
point, however. the subject presents an
entirely different aspect.
Some time ago I asked one Of the
foremost Shakespearean scholars in the
world If he had cepy of the FIRST
folio" His reply was that he could
not afford II, that 1t would not be wise
for him to lose $500 to $500 per year
for the mere sake OF ownership when
for a very slight expenditure for time
and railway fare he could consult any
one Of half a dozen copies whenever he
required to do so.-Follies OF Science.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
Oyster Beds a In Pompeii.

There was a calamity of the vesuviBs
eruption which was not chronicled, at
least by cable. That is the extinction
Of the Neapolitan oyster. The bay Of
Naples produced an oyster esteemed
by epicures as the choicest in all Italy.
For the present at least the Neapof-
tan oyster is an extinct species. Ac-
cording to Professor Doru, director Of
the aquarium Of Naples, the ashes from
the volcano falling in the bay have
covered the bottom to such an depth
that every oyster in the beds was
smothered and the beds themselves
hopelessly buried.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
A Pin Head Artfst

Twenty-six letters of the alphabet
and nine numerals neatly engraved on
an ordinary pin head. This apparently
impossible feat of infinitesimal etching
has been accomplished by Eugene
Wrenger. 215S College avenue, Chica-
go, an expert steel and copper plate
engraven. Every letter and figure can
be seen plainly through the microscope
or without a glass II one has good
eyes. 1t has been placed on exhibition
In public museum In Philadelphia.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
WHISTLE UP A TUNE.

all hearted, peggn through this life,
whetted the keenness of a knife
a ambition, an head bendin low,
a friend cheer matter where
it's time whistle a
No complainn' fghtin' 'ganst luck,
al in need. is es little pluck.
Say good while cultivate a smile.
BE a man again, in the rank and fle,"
whistle
spiles yer disposition to sulk pine,
night1l be the agan1l shine
chance in life, an meet the comm day
an an smile that's there to stay
whistle tune.
written by E. H. Weaver OF Cincinnati, forme
Abingdon.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
Aliens In Old London,

Here is curious report of the aliens
in London in the year 1867: There
being a great increase Of foreigners in
the city, her majesty ordered the lord
mayor to take the name, quality and
profession of all strangers residing
within the city of London" The list
was headed by the item, "Scots. 40"
Other nations were represented by
French, 1913: Spaniards and Portu-
guese, 10; Italians, 140; Dutch, 2,030;
Burgundians, A; Danes, 2; Liegeois, l."
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

Attached to the extreme end of the
bowsprit Of sailing vessel there may
sometimes be seen piece of some ma
terial that looks remarkably like leath-
er. This seeming piece Of leather Is
really a sharks tail. 1t is placed there
because the sailors think that it augurs
good luck, believing that pleasant voy-
ages will be their lot while it remains
there. Instead Of the bowsprit the tail
is at times nailed to the top of one of
the masts.-London King.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

NOURISH

the body, don't dose it
with medicine. SCOTS
Emulsion is the best
nourishment in existence.
1t is more than a food;
you may doubt it, but it
digests perfectly easy and
at the same time gets the
digestive functions in a
condition SO that ordinary
food can be easily di-
gested. Try it if you are
run down and your food
doesn't nourish you.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 40 Pearl Sired. Nsu fuk
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

Wife-Well, John, 1 don't see how
can suit you. You don't like nay cook
ing. and you have complained of every
cook have hired. / can't get one to
suit.
Husband (stubbornly}-You could IL
you went after the right one.
Wife-That's all you know about 1t.
l telegraphed your mother yesterday
offering her $40 a week, and she de-
ciined to come-Bohemian.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

"Why don't you elope with herw
"But, good gracious. man, if you are
perfectly willing for me to marry your
daughter 1 cannot see any object to be
attained by our eloping."
Cant you? How will it be IL Of
fer You half Of what 1 save on the we'd
ding ?"-Houston Post.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
SIN More Dincult.

'sDid you ever notice how awkward
the average woman is In driving a
horseT'
YES Strange, too. for lot of them
are pretty graceful at managing mule
Of q husband. Free Press,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
Called.

Called.
civilian Henry"
'Yesyes, Maria.
what are you doingT'
Reading about the man with the
muck rake"
We'll, you go right In that garden
and let me see You be the man with the
garden rake. and be Qrlick about it,
Chicago News.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28
Lfberalfty.

Mrs. Jay-Don't you find DR.. Sawyer
rather exorbitant in his prices?
Mrs. Kay-Not at all. Why, he fire.
quently drops In to spend the evening
with us and doesn't charge a cent.
Woman's Home Companion.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

"You should hustle more" she said.
"Be earnest and ambitious to acquire
a fortune. You can't make anything
by sitting STILL
IT can make love- he simpered.-
Philadelphia Press.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-28

"What do you think? That boss poll
ticfan says he has divorced himself
from politics"
''Then TIL bet he secured alimony."-
Baltimore American.