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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Mr. and Mrs. r. T. Howard Of Free
port passed Sunday with friends in
Randolph
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Frank Baker. who has been spend
ing few days in town. leaves today
for Greenville where he is employed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Miss Izadore Written left Friday for
Hartland. where she will visit her sis
ter, Mrs. David Firth. for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Averill left SAT
urday for visit Of week in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Mrs. w. S. Crawford has gone to
Skowhegan to visit her aunt. Mrs.
Frank Spaulding, for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Mrs. Arthur Lapham is passing !
Few days with her parents at River
side.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

MISS Mallie Reed left Saturday for
visit with friends in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Fred Fufkin Of Lewiston passed Sun
day with Gardiner friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

MISS Lena Frazier Of Portland pasesd
sunday with Gardiner friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Hazard arrived
from Brockton. Mass, Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07
FAIRFIELD.

Mrs. Peter Nickerson is quite i'll ut
her home on Main street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

George Parker of Bangor is in town
visiting friends for a few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

A ACCENT UP-TO-DATE BOX
OF HULBERT'S STATIONARY
FOR IS CENTc.
Buy while it lasts. limited guam
tity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Dr. Ciason passed Saturday and Sun
day with relatives in Lisbon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Ernest Bell. who is employed at the
Portland Foundry. spent Sunday at his
home here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

Mrs. Simeon Sawyer of Skowhegan is
in town for a few days visiting friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

OUR LINE OF PATENT MED
lClNES is THE LARGEST or
ANY RETAIL STORE OF MAINE.
OUR PRICES THE LOWEST.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07
MITCHELL SAVES DAY.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

with the mines working nearly full
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

WE HAVE WHAT OTHERS
ADVERTISE AND SAVE YOU
MONEY ON EVERY THING. YOU
KNOW WE ARE IN NO CON-
BINE FOR HIGH PRICES AND
HOPE YOU APPRECIATE THIS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

AS result of the order recently
passed. whereby heads of city govern
ment departments must present their
bills to the city auditor by the 25th Of
the month. it is expected that the city
fahers will be able to open the May
meeting this evening promptly at 7.3O
O'Clock. In times past. delays in pre-
pairing bills have often caused need
lessly late sessions of the city govern
ment. and few of the members have
enjoyed passing half hour on an hour
IN idleness before doing business, and
then walking home after the electric
lights ceased to illuminate their paths.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

BUY AT SPAULDlNG'S DRUG
STORE AND SAVE MONEY.
Sat.Mon& Wed
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The Rhode Island EIoated.

Norfolk. Va. May 6.-The battleship
Rhode Island has been f1oated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

SIX BOTTLES or DR.. HUB
BARD'S SARSAPARiLLA EOR
$500.
Regular price $500. This is the
only regular prescription from ply
stefan for blood tonic and purifier
on the market. We guarantee 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

There Is no opium, acids or alcohol
in Mi-o-na stomach tablets. ASK c. H.
Beane Of Gardiner to show you the
Mi-o-na guarantee; they cure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07
GARDINER.

Journals Telephone Call, 21.l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07

A 50-CENT BOTTLE OF QUIN.
GINA AND ALMOND CREAM
FOR IS CENTS for one week. 1t
has no equal for chapping hands,
lips or sunburns.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

in Egypt. The river is the benefactor
OF the country. 1t is. in consequence,
held in great veneraticn by the inhabi-
tants. and is the object Of a sort OF
worship During the inundatiOn its
water is Introduced into Cairo by
great canal.
A die prevents st from entering the
canal until it has attained a certain
height; the dixie is then cut. and the
day fixed for this operation IS a day of
rejoicing The height TO which the river
has risen is publicly proclaimed. ana
when there are hopes of great inunda-
ton general joy prevails, for it is an
omen Of abundance
1t is on the first of Fructidor. "lSth
Of August that this festival is held.
Bonaparte had ordered the whole army
TO be under arms. and had drawn it up
en- the hanks of the canal. An immense
conccurse of people had assembled. and
beheld with jov the brave men of the
West attending their festival. Bona
parte. at the head Of his staff. accom-
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

most minute details; others were 70 ex-
plore its ruins and 10 furnish history
with new lights; others. again, were to
study the productions 70 make observa-
tions useful 10 natural philosophy, ma
tural history and astrOuomy; while
others were 20 employ themselves in in
quiries concerning the ameI:oratiOns that
might be made In tie condition Of the
inhabi;ants-by machines. canals. works
upon the Nile ana processes adapted TO
soil 50 singular and 50 different from
that OF Europe
Il fortune did subsequently wrest from
us that beautiful country. at any rate
she could not deprive us OF the con-
quests which science was about 10 make
in il A monument was preparing which
was destined 10 reflect not less. honor. on
the genius and the. perseverance, Of our
men OF science than the expedition on
the herOism Of our soldiers
Monge was the first who obtained the
presidency. Napoleon was only the sec
ond. he proposed the following subjects:
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

peated with them the iitanies OF the
prophet. rocking the upper part Of his
body 10 and fro. and shaking his head.
All the members Of the holy college were
edited by his picty. He then attended
me alnner given by the Grand Sheik
elected In the course Of the dav.
1t wss by such means that the Young
general, as profound a politician as he
was a great captain. continued to in
sratiate himself with the people. While
ne hattered their prejudices for the mo-
ment, he labored to diffuse among them
some day the light OF science. by the
creation OF The celebrated institute of
Esypt. He collected the men Of science
ana the artists whom he had brought
with him; and associating with them
some of the best educated OF his Of
hcers. established that institute. 10
which he appropriated revenues and one
CT the most spacious pal aces in Cairo.
Some were TO occupy themselves in
preparing an accurate description and q
map Of the country comprehendlng the
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
graphs.

1T is the great Allah. the great
Allah. who hath ceased TO he wroth
with US. Let US sing the mercies Of the
great Allah,
The Mameluke Beys had put their
trust in their horses; the Mameluke
Boys had drawn forth their infantry
hattie But the Favorite OF Victory. at
the head Of the brave men Of the West.
hath destroyed the footmen and the
horsemen Of the Mamelukes.
AS the vaDOrs which rise in the morn
ing from the Nile are scattered by the
rays of the sun, so hath the army of the
Mamelukes been scattered by the brave
men Of the West; because the great
Allah is now wroth with the Mamelules:
because the brave men OF the West are
as the apple of the right eve OF the
great Allah"
Bonaparte, in order to make himself
better acquainted with the manners OF
the Arabs. resolved 20 attend ali their
festivals He was present at that of
the Nile, which is one of the greatest
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

siOnal train caller Che was nc.
numerous, but he added greatly to
the gayety Of natiJus) who was ad-
mitted to the Union. even though
he had. Ike Shakespeare. small
Choctaw and less Greek. on the
strength Of stunning stutter or
a lovely lisp He was worth 20
inG miles to hear, and one did no,
wonder at the woman who asked
him at intervals of ten seconds
whether or not this train went 10
laurel. and made him repeat. No;
this t-t-train g-g-oes to B-b-bub-
bub-Baltimore; d-d-d-oesnt stop at
L-l-lul-Laurel L-I-I-lul-LaureI train
viii b-b-e ready In t-t-t-en m-m-m-
minutes" five or six times. Then
-N-ef NAGu Ac u6utQ over ID
great agitation to tell her that her
'L-l-lul-lul-Laurel" train was Just
pulling out. she remarked calmly
that she didn't want to 20 to
Laurel she was waiting for son.e
friends who were coming through
from Pittsburg-it was only that
her little boy liked to hear him
talk.
One loved that woman, and tba,
train caller, and one noticed with
glee that he said his Damn" Just
like that, as he turned away. and
as the woman plainively remark
ed, He seemed TO mean #, some
thing dreadful"
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

IN 'PnhuB7aH Voice

And that's just it. It is nothing
human. No. gentle reader. this is
not a dream-nor is the answer far
TO seek. To be accurate it does not
yet ring through the station" per
fectly-unprofessionally-"distinct
But it's going TO. It is merely one
Of the big monographs which one Of
the big railroads has announced it's
intention Of installing to call its
trains, and which, should the expert
ment prove successful, Will doubtless.
within the next decade supplant the
train caller in all the larger railway
stations Of the country.
There seems TO be no reason why
the experiment should not succeed,
and apparently 1t is only a question
Of time when a brand new bunch of
Othellos will find their occupations
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

panied the principal authorities OF the
country. Sheik first proclaimed the
height to which the Nile had risen. Il
was twenty-five feet. which occasioncd
great joy Men then fell TO work to cut
the like The whole of the French ar
tillerv was fred at once. at the moment
when the water OF the river poured In.
According TO custom. a great number
Of boats fastened to the canal in order
&c obtain the prize destined to thas
which should first enter Bonaparte de-
IiVered the prize himself. 4 multitude
or men and BOYS plunged into the waters
or the Nile, from a notion that bathing
IN them al this moment is attended with
beneficial effects. Women threw into
them hair and pieces of stuff. Bonaparte
then ordered the city to be Illuminated.
and the day concluded with entertain
ments.
The festival Of prophet was celebrated
with not less pomp. Bonaparte went to
the great mosque; seated himself on
cushions cross-legged like sheiks. and re-
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Can t AnSLUer Questions

Now one couldn't get anything
Ike that out OF a phonograph. And
Photographs cant answer questions.
How is the dear public to accommo-
date itself to that anomaly? What
is the fussy man to do who Is sure
that they have missed their train.
or that they-his wife. rather-has
made a mistake as TO its startina
time, and insists IL. spite Of her pre-
test on asking the man" when the
4 o'clock train starts. to trot back
perfectly satisfied when that func-
tionary responds seriously. The
o'clock train? Why that goes at
500. sirI'
One wonders, rather, whether the
railroads are going to install phono-
graphs on the trains as brakemen. 10
stick their heads in the door and
shout as the train slackens. Blue
Gum-next station Oakdale." or
words to that effect, though you new
er would guess It Is one never
again TO hear the wall Of the lost
soul who never dreamed that the
unmean1ng Jumble OF syllabIes he
heard a few moments ago meant An
rora Heights, until as the train pull
ed out be saw the name on the little
pagOda station drift by his window?
However, one thing at a time. Il
is the train caller at the station who
is now to be supplaRted by a pho
nograph- The brakeman's day may
come. But for TIE present. the pub
lie Is only likely to be called upon
TO drop a tear at the passing Of one
old friend-the source Of much inno-
cent merriment, the innocent cause
too, OF language whereby the ungod-
ly may have periled their immortal
souls and excited in the righteous an
envy OF their vocabulary. Let it
therefore weep in tempered grief that
It is not called upon to attend dou-
bic funeral
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
HIlHERIO UNPUBLISHED STORY OF NAPOLEON IN EGYPT

[This heretofore unpublished story has been
a1en from the memorandum OF Captain
Edward Merhidge. who was with Napoleon
n Egypt
r BE ARABS were struck by the
character OF the young cOnqueror.
They could not comprehend that
a mortal who welded the thun-
iorh7lt should be so mercifuI They
,aled him the worthy son Of the Pro
phet, ,he fvorite Of the great Allah.
They sang in the great mosques the fol-
lowing I-any.
The great Allah is no longer wroth
with ms. He hath forgotten our faults.
They have been sufficiently punished by
the Ions oppression Of the Mamelukes.
Let Us sing the mercies Of the great
Aual.
Who is he that hath saved the Favor
ite Of Victory from the dangers Of the
sea and the rage Of his enemies2
Who IS iC that hath led the brave
men OF the West safe and unharmed TO
the banks OF the Nile?
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Emil E. Merhidge

To inquire the hest construction n
wind and water mills. 10 fnl subSti.
tute for the hop (wl--ch does not grow
In EgyTD for the mabing Of beer. to de-.
terruine the sites iapted 10 the cr1lrf-
walton Of the viDe7 TO seek The b.s1
means OF procuring water for the eita-
del Of Cairo. 10 dig wells in different
spots In the desert, 10 inquire the means
81 clarifying and cooling the water ~
The Nile. 20 devise some useful aDoIira.
ton "f the rubbish with which the city
ct Cair5-ard. indeed. all the ancient
towns &C ESypt-Nvas iucumbe.ei ana
to hnd out materials requisite for rbe'
Uanufac1+s-e of EunpowGer in Frvnri
From these questions the reader may
judge of the bent Of the generals. mind
The engineers, the drauEhtsmen. and ne
men of science Immediately dispersed
themselves throughout all the provinces
&c commence the description and rhei
map of the country Such were The frst|
proceedings OF this infant colony ar5|
the manner in which its founder directed
the operations.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Yes, VIM not Parrots /?

1t would have been much more
picturesque had it imported several
hundred lovely green and red par
rots-and contracted, Of course, for
thousands more should these prove
available-and trained them for the
job And naturally the results would
have been very much the same. But
It didn't. Having a sordid CONNER
ciaI sort Of a mind, with 20 imagi-
nation, It has overlooked the Tictur-
esque possibilities Of Oarrols ar4 mas
set up a training school fo- phoro-
graphs. It has picked out some train
callers who evidently didn't belong
to the union, since they called in a
language that was "understanded
of the people" and actually let The
public into the secret of the destina-
ton Of the trains. and set these I'D
as teachers of its classes of bright
young monographs. As soon as
these complete their course an re-
ceive their diplomas they will be Civ
en- jobs in the more important depots.
and until the public gets useS to
them there will be many scenes like
that described in the opening para
graphs.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
"Whdt's the 6nSWer ?"

1T seems rather a pity. The good
old, flesh-and-blood. unintelligible.
blue-Coated. rass-buttoned train
caller added a whole lot to the
interest Of travel When he ap-
peared in the doorway and began
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
, TRAVELLING

to shout a long string Of some
thing, most energetically, one could
always turn genia1ly to ones neigh
Dor and inquire. What's the an
swer?" Ones neighbor didn't know,
Of course; but IT was a good way
Of starting a conversation. OF
course, ones neighbor might draw
herself up haughtily and say
'Sir-r-r!" But the chances are. If
she liked ones looks at all. that
she admitted smilingly that she
didn't know.
Then again. If one had any sport
ing blood. one could get up a pool,
or at any rate place a few bets
on what the man was really saying.
OF course, there was danger Of hav-
ing. ones bets taken by some one
with inside Information; but there's
always that danger in the betting
game. and it's a short sport. of
the paper variety, who won't take
his chances on a trife Of that sort.
And there was the Joy to the
philosopher OF watching the exhi-
bitions Of human folly that this
good. old-fashioned. unintelligibility
gave rise to. There was the stout
woman over at the far end Of the
room. the evident disteIiever in
race suicide. so busy trying TO
keep track of six or seven IRE
pressibles that she never noticed
what the train caller was saying
until she was suddenly smitten with
a panic impression that he was
saying something that might be
wayback Park. and that he was
saying it for the last time.
Her frenzied collection Of the six
or seven. and the dozen OF more
bundles and umbrellas that went
with them; her mad charge across
the room Just as the gate was
changing to. her shrek to the brass
buttoned uninteIligibility that she
thought that was her train ooh,
don't let them go without me
there amt another for three
hoursD, and then. after a coIloquy
in which she discovered Il was
not her train after all. her leading
Of her host back to its place-this
was the sort of thing wherein the
melancholy Jaques found Joy. And
there was lots Of it under the old
system
Moreover. there was the occa-
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

gone. Which is might hard on othel-
10. OF course. but all helps to spe.l
progress for the world at large.
Year by year increasingly the r1s
chine is supplanting the m.n- In
many instances one machine i. u-;p-
planting a score Of men- nncB ~
less. II is the AiexaDier of indus
trial progress, alwa-s ssss-ins new
worlds to conqUeS ana sl=ays even
tually conqueIing them. e has In
vaded the moss urexpected fields.
and that no occupation lay consider
itself immune IS proved by this re-
cent announcement that the Penn
sylvania road is about to substitute
monographs for its old-fashioned
train callers and already has a spe-
C.ally selected squad Of monographs
IN training for the work
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

6 GGTHIs way for the Hay
seed LOCAL. All
aboard for Roseville
Center, Four Acres.
Wheatfeld. Barnyard
Crossing, Postoflce, Rubetown, and
Hayseed Junction. Track No. I.
All aboard"
Good heavens, what was that?"
did you ever hear such a voice?"
Hush! there It goes again:
Alexandria
Charlottesville
LynChburg-
Greensboro
savaGnah-
Jacksonville
And POINTS South. via the Southern
Railway. Track No. 5. All abo-o-oard,r
Again the cry rings through the
station, perfectly -unprofessionalIy
distinct. Again the occupants Of
the waiting room sit up and take
notice and crane their necks to see
who is calling the trains, clearly
enough, 10 be sure, but in voice
which. as one Of the travellers re-
marks, sounds like nothing hu-
man"
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

Just how long Il will take Go ac-
complish all this. deponent saith not
Neither does the company, though It
admits its intention OF using phono-
graSas. and pleads guilty to having
picked out IT'S best men-the few who
were willing to speak English, rath-
er than Choctaw. or Greek, when on
duty. and set them to talking into
the monographs that the necessary
records might be obtained. So the
human train caller is doomed. once
more mere man must give place TO
a mechanical device.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-02-03

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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-02-03
Retiring Prince of Wales.

Nobody seems to know what man.
ner of man the Prince of Wales is.
He keeps as much in the background
as his popular father kept to the
front in his mothers day, and there
has been no sign of what his tastes
or inclinations are, as far as the
world beyond the royal circle knows.
His duties as Prince of Wales are
fulfilled according to rigid court Ell
quette; he is the father of Group
of successors to the throne, and he
always does what the government
and father say he must without a
kick.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-02-03

Nine. Emma Games, who is gifted
in large degree with the common
sense and shrewdness of her native
New England, has an effective means
of meeting all requests to sing for
charity and this has been found to
work as successfully in London as in
this country. When a great lady
comes to ask her to sing for this hos
pital or that she meets the request
with another proposal: 81 receive so
much wherever | sing in concert"
the American prima donna begins,
and 1 will be happy to sing for your
charity if you will give that same
amount to it on the day of the con-
cert. l will also expect the other
ladies of this committee to do the
same This usually has put an end
to the NEGOTIATIONS
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-02-03
ReciorocaI courtesies.

One of the current stories springing
from the curtailment of railroad pass
privileges concerns George H. Daniels,
former head of the passenger depart
ment of the New York Central, now
manager of the company's advertis-
ing business. He sent an annual pass
to Stuyvesant Fish, president of the
illinois Central, who on examination
found that according to restrictions
on the pass the only train he could
use was one that left New York city
about sunrise. Mr.. Fish, in order 10
show equal court esy, filed out a pass
in Mr. Daniels name and sent it with
a pleasantly worded note acknowledge
ing the favor which the latter had
conferred upon MIN. Mr.. Daniels ex-
amined the pass and saw that it read,
Good for transportation on all hand
cars on all the lines of the Illinois
Central railroad system"