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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-15

oct. 3-4-Annual meeting Of the
Maine lindertakers' Association, Port
land.
oct. 4-G-Maine Musical Festival
Bangor.
oct. S-1o-Maine Musical Festival,
Portland
oct. 11-1?-Annual meeting Of the
Maine Federation Of Womcn'S clubs,
Bangor.
oct. 16-lS- State Sunday School
Convention, Camden.
Oct. y, %, y Maine Teachers AS
S"ciati"n Lewiston
Nov. 13-l5--Annual Meeting of
stat" P"m"logical Society, Harrison.
Dec. 1S-2o-Annual Meeting Of State
Grange, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-15

y bulletin recently made public at
the census Bureau. in Washington
shows that 19624757 copies of daily
newspapers. or one for every four per-
sons, are turned out each week day in
the United states. on Sundays the
number printed is 11,539.521 The total
amount charged for advertising in 1905
was $li5'"l,Hll The capital invested
in printing and publishing is $3Si,021,-
359.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-15
A NOBLE WORK.
The Maine Industrial
School for Girls.
How It Is Run and the SpIen-
did Work i Is Doing
A Model institution Of Its Glass and
Credit TO The State.

Among the educational institutions in
Maine which are doing a grand good
work and receiving comparatively little
attention from the citizens of our state
IS the Maine Industrial school for tiirlS
at HalloWcll. An erroneous idea re
gardinS the general character Of this
noble institution ana the work it is uc-
cOmplisllin9 with the girls committed
to its care seems to bc somewhat
prevalent throughout the State. This
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-15

sufficiently in this school To understand
us character "r t" fully appreciate the
true scope Of its work Certainly as
now conducted il is one Of the Eublest
Institutions in our State. and one in
every way worthy Of the cordial CO.
operation and support Of all good citi-
HenS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-15
KEvs

Here the Journal man had Il chance To
see the girls i'll their Srhoulr""ln, To
witness some Of their exercises, AMI
hear number Of their songs. There
We're many good voices among them,
and they al sang with evident pleas
ure and enjoyment. Several of the
girls in this room had been selected to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

A shock, rush, a savage growl, and Yury
found himself sprawling ON his back among
the bushes, with the bears grim jaws gaping
over him.
But the monster was hampered for mo-
ment by the shaft of the spear which had been
driven home into it's shaggy breast; and that
moment saved Yury.
He sprang to his feet again just as one
crunch of the terrible teeth snapped the strong
spear like sealing wax; but he had lost his
best weapon, and had now only his knife
left.
And now the struggle began in earnest. The
bear, furious with pain, strove fercely to
close, while Yury warily eluded it, seeing that
1T was bleeding freely, and must grow weaker
every moment.
But at length he found himself fairly hem.
med ln,. with an impenetrable mass of bushes
behind him, and the bear in front. Only one
chance was left.
AS the bear rose upon its hind feet for the
fatal hug, and the hot, foul breath steamed
upon his face, Yury ducked nimbly under the
extended paws, and dashed himself, knife in
hand, right against the huge black body.
For moment man and beast we're mingled
together in a writhing heap; and then Yury
arose unframed, and his enemy lay dead be-
fore him, pierced to the heart
Colonel Bibikoff kept his word The peti-
tion for pardon was sent, and was granted:
and Yury lived many years in his Russian
home to tell his wondering companions how
he had earned his freedom by killing the great
black bear.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
Colonel Bibikoff, will you let me try?"

Colonel Bibikoff,, will you let me try?"
round, with start, at short, thick-set,
shaggy-haired figure that might easily have
been mistaken for the very bear of which he
was thinking.
But it was only his servant Yury, con:
Wet from Southern Russia; for it was one Of
Colonel Bibikoff's queer ways to choose all
his household servants from convicts under
his charge, and to declare that he had never
been better served in his life
80 kill the bear for you" replied Yury.
DO. you think you can do it," asked the
colonel, looking keenly at him.
81 can try,'" said the Russian, simply; I'm
not afraid of him. If he's only bear, I've
killed plenty of them already; and if he's an
evil spirit, as they all say, he can have. no
power over, any, man who trusts in God
Anyhow, I'll tackle him, on condition thai ii
| get the best Of it, you'll obtain my pardon
from the Gar"
Your pardon?" echoed the coloney, star
ing.
Gust so, my master" rejoined the convict,
II want to see Russia again before | die;
and, besides, they say our father, the Gar, is
bit of bear hunter himself; so he'll De all
the more likely to grant it."
Colonel Bibikof pondered. The idea was
certainly very. queer one, but if it should
happen to benefit this man, who had served
him so faithfully, and to whom he was greatly
attached, why, SO much the better.
III any cdSeI IL COulu scarcely 40 any naTIn,
for Yury was as old a bear hunter as him
self.
Done" said he, at length; '1t's bar
gain"
"Thank you, master; and now I'll be off
at once for if he knows I'm coming, he won't
show"
Half an hour later, any one who had been
abroad in the forest to the north of Alexan-
drovsk would have seen a very curious sight
A man was walking slowly through the
thickest part of the wood, yelping and bark
ing, as he went, exactly like small dog; and,
stranger still, his face, hands and clothes glis-
tened all over as if they had been smeared
with honey. which was actually the case.
But Yury (for he it was) knew well what
he was about He had not hunted bears so
long without finding out their fondness for
dogs and honey; and he hoped to bring the
beast within his reach either by the ear or
by the nose.
Nor was he disappointed All at once
half-snorting, half-grunting sound issued from
the thicket, mingled with the crackle of twigs
and the rustling of dry leaves. Then the
bushes in front of him shook and parted, and
out shambled huge black bear.
To any other man, alone in the depths of
the forest far from all help, those long, white
fangs and thick, strong limbs and mighty
claws would have been terrible sight, but
not so to the stout-hearted Russian.
He leveled the short hunting-spear which
was the only weapon except the adbaded
knife in his girdle, and planting his feet firm
ly, awaited the onset of the bear, which, after
watching him doubtfully for moment with
it's small, sullen eyes, came charging at him
open-mouthed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

welcome than otherwise to the brave old
colonel, who, crippled though he was, had by
no means given up hunting, and Killed al
most as much game from the saddle OF his
sturdy little forest pony as he had once done
on foot.
But this particular bear was not an ordl.
nary one by any means. On the contrary, i
half the stories about him were to be believed,
more extraordinary, unaccountab!e, pysteri-
GUS and utterly Objectionable animal never
yet disturbed quiet neighborhood.
Wonderful were the tales related OF Bruln
strength and size, and cunning and ferocity;
lie was said to be as large as an OK, powerful
enough to beat in door with one blow OF
his paw and so crafty that he seemed to guess
every device employed against him, however
skillfully concealed
His speed seemed to be as marvellous, as
everything else about him. He would kill a
horse or a bullock at midnight in one village,
and then fall upon, man before daybreak in
another village, miles away.
In fact, everything that went wrong through
out the whole district, from the stealing Of
ham to the pulling down of a house, was set
down, rightly or wrongly, to the credit of this
terrible bear
1t must not be supposed, however, that all
this was allowed to go on without anything
being done to stop it, There were plenty of
bold hunters in Alexandrovsk besides Colonel
Bibikof, and every man of them had done
his utmost to earn the glory of having killed
IiiiS uSIcc credGure~ SulncleuL dIIrdCtioI loE
them, even without the regard of two hundred
roubles offered by the colonel to any man who
should bring the monster down.
But the monster himself seemed in no hurry
to be brought down, and contrived to make
it a very difficult job for every man who
tried.
If peasant were strolling home carelessly
about nightfall, without weapon of any kind,
he was certain to fall in with The bear as
the moon was to- rise that night, but let a
hunter 90 out with gun and knife on pur-
pose to find him, and he was equally certain
not to get so much as glimpse of the beasts
short, black tail.
And Just so it Jared with all other attempts
to get rid of him. Traps had been set for
him, and he had shifted the bait and passed
on. Pitfalls had been dug, and he had walked
warily around them and then gone off. Food
of which the bear was known to be fond
had been poisoned and laid around his accus-
toned haunts; but Bruin was far too cunning
to touch it. In fact, he seemed too old a
bear to be caught with any kind Of chaff, how
ever tempting.
In the end the peasants made up their
minds that it was useless to hunt him any
more, deciding that he was not bear at ali,
but one of those wicked magicans who, as
they believed, had the power of CHANGING
themselves into wolves, bears and other wild
beasts, and taking vengeance in that form up.
on those who had offended them.
So the colonel had some reason to speak so
angrily, especially as he had himself ridden
many a mile through the forest in the hope
of meeting the bear, but all to no purpose.
Suddenly deep voice said, close to his ell
bow
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
ADVENTURE WITH WILD DOGS
Continued From Preceding Page

''And while Bliss was engaged 'winging' his
heels, l took sure aim at the mass of snap
ping brutes gathered about their wounded
fellow and fired two of Bliss bullets among
them.
"One dropped dead and another went howl
ing about the plain.
"'Away now!
''In twinlling we were both upon the
hard blue ice, skimming along almost as swift
ly as BIRDS
"After a quarter of a mile of ice had flown
mast our feet, we turned and saw the entire
back upon the ice making after us. But they
had not enough of the VOLTS hard temper in
their nails.
"The surface was too hard and too smooth
to enable them to get firm grin and they
slipped and slid and sometimes houndered
helplessly upon the ice.
"After pursuing us for about quarter of
an hour in this clumsy way, they saw that
we were escaping, and. with savage howis,
turned shoreward. But this did not avail
them, for the bank of the river soon grew
very irregular, and steep hillsides lay before
eve soon got well beyond the reach of our
pursuers, and after we had made about three
miles, we paused to take breath and to listen.
Then up from the long still reaches came the
same kind of cries that had kept us awake
the night before"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

-NIamma-"W What's the matter with you,
Bobbie? What makes you run that way"
Bobbie (who is tearing around and around
the house)-"Oh, I'm running for county treas
urer, like papa; get out OF the way!"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
Copyright by James Elverson.

4 m VAD W HlScultVous pSooV'
Ih he seems just bent upon worrying
- my life out. Every day hear OF
NBS his doing fresh damage somewhere;
and yet, when 1 go to look for him
and bring him down. can see no
more of him than of my own ears"
1t was seldom enough that the Governor OF
Alexandrovsk-a fat, jolly, easy-going old Rus
sian colonel-could be put out by anything
although he was very evidently so just now.
When he lost leg at the siege of Sebasto-
pol, his first remark was that it would be a
clear saving of one stocking and one shoe.
When Schamyl's fierce Circassians took him
prisoner and threatened to hang him, he re
piled only by telling them to 'take care and
do it properly" and when he was sent off
to command an out-of-the-way post in Eastern
Siberian, where most men would have been
utterly miserable. Colonel Bibikoff was, as he
himself jokingly phrased it, "as happy as the
day was short"
But the time for disturbing the colonefs
composure had arrived at last, and the par
ticular trouble which had power to drive him
beyond the limits of the accustomed GOODNESS
assumed the somewhat uncommon form OF an
enormous black bear.
Now, the appearance of q bear, especially
if he happened to be unusually big and fierce,
would in any ordinary case have been rather
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
HOW TO TAN SKINS

GYYF the skins are dry, soak them in
i%I water slightly salted until they are
SsA@ soft as when green. Then scrape
aHMsgI the flesh off with a knife with a
smooth, round edge. Sheep-skins
should be washed clean with soft
soapy and water, and thoroughly rinsed.
Dissolve in one quart of hot water four
ounces of alum and half an ounce of bo-
rax; when cool enough to bear the hand, stir
in sufficient ryemeal, mixed with half an
ounce of Spanish whiting, to make a thick
paste. This will make paste enough for
sheep-skin. For smaller skins, smaller quanti
ties will be needed.
Spread the paste thoroughly over every part
of the flesh side of the skin, which should
be folded together lengthwise, wool or fur
side out, and left two weeks in an airy place
Then mp remove the Es paste, wash and dry the
and pulled and scraped with knife made for for
the purpose, shaped like a chopping knife, or
with piece of hard wood made with i sharp
edge.
The more the skin is worked and scraped
at is dries, the more pliable it will be.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
United States Supreme Court A.
firms Decision of Kansas
Circuit Court.
KANSAS POLITICIAN MUST SERVE
SIX MONTHS IN PRISON, PAY A
FINE OF $500, AND is DEBAR-
RED FROM HOLDING OFFICE
UNDER THE GOVERNMENT,
BY Associated Press

Washington, May 21.-The supreme
court today decided the case of Unit
ed States Senator John r. Burton, of
Kansas against defendant, affirming the
decision of the circuit court of Kansas
by which Burton was sentenced to SIX
months Imprisonment, fined twenty
five hundred dollars and deprived Of
the right to hereafter hold Office under
the government.
Burton was indicted for violation Of
the section of the revised statutes
prohibiting senators and representa-,
tives receiving compensation for SER
vices before any department in Wash
ington in cases in which the govern,
ment is interested. He was speci1i-
cally charged with receiving a fee of
five hundred dollars a month for five
months from the Rialto Grain and
Securities Company for services rem
dered the company in an effort to pre-
vent the issuance of an order from the
postofice department prob biting the
use of mails by the company.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
BY Associated Press.

Birmingham, May 21.-At the gen
oraI conference of the Southern
Nathodists to-day the committee ap-
POINTED to answer the recent protest
fled against the new statement of
Methodist faith reported that the
protest has been read with sorrow
and amazement." The report said it
had not been suggested that there
was any need or that there should be
. revision Of faith, but that the
conference had authorized a commits
SION 10 invite other branches OF the
Methodist faith to unite in prepar-
ing an adequate statement of the
common faith of followers of John
Wesley" The reply was severe in
some particulars.
A resolution was adopted that the
Jamestown exposition be closed on
Sundays.
A committee headed by Bishops
Wilson and Galloway was named to
represent the church at the council
of the international conference.
The first Wednesday in May, 1910.
vas fixed for the next general con-
ference.
Some changes we're made in the
church extension board and missions
were discussed at length.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
HOUSE PASSED
TWENTY-FIVE
BILLS
Efforts of Williams to Delay LegiS-
IatHTe We're UnaVaiIing- -SsV-
sTal Important.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, May 21.-In spite Of
the efforts of Representative VIII
l;ams, Of Mississippi, to delay legis-
lation to-day, the House passed
twenty-five bills, several of which
the country at large has special in
terest in. Among them was one to
regulate enlistments and punish
ments in the revenue cutter service;
enc to authorize national aid to navi-
cation in the lighthouse establish
ment and one for division of the
lands of the Usage Indians in Okla
homa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
SUMMARY OF
THE WEATHER

The maximum temperature yester-
Gay was SO degrees at 1875 a. m,
and the minimum 20 degrees at $50
a. m.
In his summary of the weather yes
terday Observer Reed said
The area of high pressure which
was central over the Missouri valley
Saturday morning has reached the
pOrth Atlantic coast, attended By
generally clear weather from the
lake region and Ohio valley east
ward. Scattered cloudiness prevails
elsewhere, with somewhat unsettled
conditions. Showers since Sunday
morning have been most general from
the north Pacific cost eastward to
Wisconsin and were heaviest in Min
nesota. Generally light showers also
occurred in southern Kansas and at
widely scattered points throughout
the cotton belt. Frost formed this
morning in western New York and in
Yellowstone Park.
Conditions favor a continuance Of
Partly cloudy weather with light
Northeast winds over this vicinity
Tuesday"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
PARISH HAS RUN
IN WITH POLICE
TRIED TO OPERATE A DISTRICT
AND WAS BEATEN BY Po-
LICE CAPTAIN.

{. W Parish. a white man about
- years Of age was brought to 20,
Ice headquarters last night by Cap
tain FOndebilla Parish was covered
with blOoo, which was coming from
cuts in his head, inflicted by the Off
Ger who used a pair Of handouts
With which to beat the man.
DR.. PierpOnt cityt physician was
Called and placed several stitches in
FariSh's head, after which the man
vas locked in a cell. The man lost
So much blood from his wounds. that
y was necessary to secure two ne
s7esses TO scrub the floor Of the Do
lice station, as late at 1880 O'Clock
a. night.
Captain FOndebilla stated that he
believed Parish is crazy and that the
Ian acted as a lunstic. Others state
mat Parish was bringing.
From what can be learned con-
eerning the matter. it seems as if
Parish was in the tenderloin dis
'ric- running things in general to
suit his own fancy. Ohicer Black
shear was notified and he in turn,
some time afterward. notified CA9-
'sin Fondebilla that an armed man
was tearing things up in the district,
and had stated that he was going
% such and such house It Is claim
Cd Parish had previously made the
Inmates Of the houses take to the
Streets.
I told ofhcer Blackshear to remain
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF RESBYTERIANS

Greenville. S. C., MAY 21-The
General Assembly Of Southern Pres
byteTians to-day decided to establish
a general committee and a secretary
tor church and Christian education,
making this a separate branch of
church work. A committee was
named to locate headquarters for
the work.
The afternoon session was devoted
10 the complaint Of DR.. S. S. Laws
against the synod Of Virginia. The
question at issue involved the atti-
tude Of the church toward the con-
version Of a man whose country al
lows plural marriages, as to what
disposition should be made of such
plural wives.
The trial Of DR.. W. E Caldwell. Of
Fort Worth, Texas, on the charge
heresy is to come before the assem-
bly,. probably within a day or two.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
WILL OBSERVE
DECORATION
DAY
Appropriate Program Has Been
Arranged for Occasion by
Sherman Post G. 4. R.

Decoration or Memorial Day will
be appropriately observed by Sher-
man Post No. q, G. A. R., and Sher-
man Camp of G.. A. r. Sons Of Vet
erans and members of Camp Ward
United Confederate veterans will
join in the observance of the day.
Decoration Day, the G. A. r. vet
Grams and Sons Of Veterans will meet
at the Office of George P. Wentworth
at noon, and from there with a brass
band will proceed to the court house
and meet the Confederate Veterans
and Sons of Confederate Veterans.
A parade will be formed of the two
armies Of veterans and the sons of
each and the march to the dummy
line station will take place. The
train vii leave the station at 1 p. m.
for BaTrancas.
The train will stop at the big road
east Of the naval hospital, where a
procession will be formed as follows:
Band
Army and Navy Detachments.
Army and Navy GarrisOns.
United Confederate Veterans.
Sons of United Confederate Vet
Grams.
Sherman Camp Sons of G. A. r.
Veterans.
Sherman G. A. r. Post.
On arrival inside the cemetery
the troops will halt, AND open ranks.
the garrison of the Army and Navy
Union, the United Confederate and
Grand Army of the Republic Veter-
ans will march to the monument toI
- ;~rI,4 81 NF,o
will follow and will form. in circleI
around the monument. The services
of the G. A. R and Garrison Of the
Army and Navy Union will follow.
after this the salute will be the fired
in honor of the dead
General Services.
The general services will follow
and the program is:
Prayer-Rev. Barton w. Perry. D..
D.
Address-John Stillman.
Address-W. B. Sheppard.
Address-Judge J. R. Landrum.
Address-Rev. J. A Abbott.
Recitation-Miss Catherine VI.
Ceruti.
Songs-Miss Ellen Wentworth,
Mrs. Finn, Mrs. J. c. Pebley, Mrs. !.
Forest.
Closing Prayer-Rev. Barton W.
Perry D. D.
Visiting veterans, citizens and
others are invited to participate in the
exercises. Those who attend are
asked to bring flowers to place on the
graves of the fallen heroic dead. |.
Over eight hundred soldiers are
buried in the national cemetery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
BY Associated Press

Atlanta, May 21.-The Southern
Cotton Association tonight issued
a statement of cotton acreage this
year compared with that of last year.
It shows a total acreage this year of
2,7S5870 compared with 26,999,642
last year, an increase of 2.76 PEI
cent.
BY states Georgia shows an in
crease this year of PSI per cent;
South Carolina. decrease, 1.76 per
cent; Texas, Increase, 40 per cent;
Florida, Virginia and Missouri COM
bined in the statement show an in
crease Of half of one per cent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
Municipal Court.

Twenty-six cases were before
Judge Laney in the municipal court
yesterday Out of the total number
there were seven sentences suspend
ed, four of the offenders being
charged with being dangerous and
suspicious characters. John Harris,
a negro charged with threatening to
do his wife bodily harm was soaked
S10O, and the sentence suspended,
that he leave the city within twenty
four hours. A total of $138 and
costs was assessed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-22
JACOBY IN RACE
TO THE FINISH
SAYS REPORT THAT He HAS
WITHDRAWN FROM LEGiSLA-
TURE CONTEST Is UN-
FOUNDED.

Mitch JacOby, one OF the three can
didates for legislative hOnOrs, asks
The Journal TO say for him that the re,
port that he intends Withdrawing from
the race is unfOunded and that he is
in IL 10 the finish.
AS the case not stands, Coston. Bag
gett and Jacoby will go into the sec
Ond primary and the two receiving the
highest number Of votes will be elect
ed to represent Escambia county in
the next legislature.