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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Lonq Distance Jane.

An old farmer was skcptical as to
tax to each ether over d telephone wire.
says an exchange.
ON. day his wife went to distant
friend. who had a telephone in her house.
During the afternoon the farmer visited
q near neiShbor who also boosted a houS"
telephone ard who persuaded the farmer
to call up his wife as Il little surprise.
Following instructions. he put the re
ceiver to his mouth and. after the usual
preliminaries. he shouted:
Hello. Jane.
Just then Il fash of lightning caused by
the heat of the summer day struck the
wire. and he fell sprawling in the floor.
The ncighbOr was chs,grned that the old
man should meet with such an accident
on his first trial of Il telephone and as
s,Ircd him that such a thing would not
happen except in case of storms But tn"
farmer was convinced Of the possibilities
of cOmmunicl ton. however. and would
not try again. He rost to his feet. and
shaking his head knowingly, said:
IFS wonderful! That was Jane. all
riChtt'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Names Best Beloved,

Whatever they are. whatever they amt
AT Washington:
Frenzied greed or money faint
At Washington.
There's one who stands there without
stain.
Clean of heart and clear of brain.
through ana through ! son Of Maine.
Why he
Is William p
Inc Honorable Pro Tenn" William p.
put up IN Maine with an honest thrill
In their hearty tones. and a right coed
will
In their lovin' gaze the oldsters still
Meet him and greet him as "Bil''-plain
bill"
Men may struggle. men may clutch
At Washington
Grasping little. grasping much
At Washington,
There's one who has not coaxed or
Esteeming tickle fame as naught:
But worth bestows ii all unsoughti
He?
Let's see.
1t seems to me
He was once peace Envoy" William p
But UP in Maine with our outstretched
hands
We welcomed him back from them fur
And for us at home we found he still
Pitted our lovin' title-"Eill."
neSe are the udNS Wnen tnlngS am sure
At Washington
Statesmen ioggle insecure
Al Washington.
One. though never looked in vain
In the tumult in campaign
For a smile from his own Maine.
He?
Whv. he.
Our William p
Can no anything most he wants t. be-
But he's all for Maine. and Names for
him.
And we clasp his hand with our fond eyes
dim
With love and respect and pride-for still
He's of us and with us-Our own Pill"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
whats the Use?"

Stories are nothing but clusters of words
Reading is nothing but looking at print
Money is nOthing-folks throw it at birds
Pictures are nothing but color and tint
Dinners are nothing but something to
eat
Walking is nothing but moving your
What's the use?
Dancing IS nothing but prancing in tune
Riding is nothing out moving along;
Sleeping is nothing but waking too soon
Singing is nothing but talking q son:
Playing is nothing but fooling around:
Boxing is nothing but learning to pound
What's the uSe7
Working is nothing hut earning Your nav
LOating is nothfng-and harder to do:
Silence is nothn- with nothing to saw.
Dressing is nothing but garment and
shoe:
Smiling is nothing but twisting your face
Moving is nothing but changing your
What's the uee'
What is the use of it? What is the use?
Smoking is pumping stuff into you,
lungs:
Having Your way is to kick like the
deuce:
Fame is a ladder with grease on the
rungs.
What is the sense of It all. anywavo
What y tho Wny is the HANG II
all Say.
What's the use?
Chicago Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Most Degraded Of Indians.

The last nan on the Santa Barbara
Islands was deported in 1858. Our knowl-
edge of these extinct Indians off the Cali
fornia coast is derived from the accounts
Of the early voyagcrs. from the mission
aries who subsequently settled on the is
lands and from the remains in their ref
use heaps and the skulls and skeletons
which have from time to time been col
lected. Some of the islands probably at
one time had population approaching
1000 each. but in 1923 only about 900 were
left on Santa Barbara and the neighbor-
ing islets; and by 1875 all had disappeared
Although they manufactured certain
number IF domestic utensils. these Santa
barbara Indians are descr bed by the mis-
sionaries as the most degraded of all hu-
man beings. with a mortality lower than
that of animals. Insects especially
era sshoppers. formed portion Of their
food. also probably the larger variety of
carthwOrn1S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

The coming Fourth of July will be a
time of grief to the small boys down in
Hartford. Conn. The city government
there evidently feels that the preserva-
ton of the, life and limb and nerves Is
of more Importance than Chinese
form of celebration. and so has passed
an ordinance forbidding the use of
any firecrackers. fireworks or explo-
sives of any kind in the streets. parks
or squares of the city during the
Fourth or the night preceding it. To
be sure the small boys can blow off
their fingers and shoot each other in
their backwards or down cellar pro-
vided their parents do not. object but
the Fourth will lose most of its fun
for them If they cannot mutilate in
offensive pedestrians on the streets and
cause occasional runaways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Maine Gossip
A Convert,

Swingin' in a hammock,
Underneath a tree,
IoOkin' at a butterfly
An listcnin' to the bee,
Didn't like the thing at first,
When them city folks
Brought it here. We thought it wa:
One of their pesky jokes.
Mandy thought she'd try it,
An then l took swing:
Seemed to keep time to the tune
That the angels sing.
Clear forgot the mortgage,
Didn't care for crops.
Says |, Mandy. let her keep
Aswingin' till she stops!"
Never till that moment
Could I see the charm
That the people sing about
OF life down on the farm
Livin' in the ccuntry'S
Good enough for me
SwinGin' in a hammock
Underneath tree.
-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

There is an exciting yacht race in
progress out on the Pacific where lot
of small sailing vessels have started
from San Francisco to Honolulu. This
is six days trip for a steamer and
nobody knows how long it will take
the small boats or how many of them
will reach there in safety At this
season of the year. however. the Pa
cific is usually as smooth as a millpond
and the winds are reasonably uniform
Only a short time ago number of
single stickers were to race from New
York to Bermuda. There were SO
many mishaps that only one got away
and off she sailed with everything her
own way. She ran into rough water.
and mad hard voyage. and finally ar
rived to find that a competitor that had
put back for repairs and did not start
till day later had already been in
port for a day. It is luck and weather
as well as skill and seaworthiness that
decides matters at sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

leaves aothing of the visitors remains.
but a trail of blood for the reporters to
follow the chances are still even that
that when one wakes w in the chill of
the early dawn he will find one or more
innocent and graceful snakes have
crawlcd in by his side to get warm. and
when one who has not been drinking red
lio'lor sees snakes before breakfast. he
may infer that his nerves are out of or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

1t looks as though the mayor Of
HaverhilI were planning to run for the
presidency a little later. In spite of
the opposition of the members of the
school board he has succeeded in hav-
ing all the schools of the city closed
on the day when the circus comes to
town. On that platform he is sure of
the vote of every small boy i'm the land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
The Forty Sixth State.

INC SiNtU 0edtSs
The 46th star in the blue field of the
American flag will shine for the State
Of Oklahoma This has been assured
for a long time. and the act of the
President in signing the statehood bill,
which has now finally passed both
branches of Congress. definitely enrOlls
Oklahoma in the sisterhood of states.
The bill just passed, to be sure. as is
customary in such cases. is merely an
enabling act which directs the people
of Oklahoma and Indian territories to
vote for delegates to the constitutional
convention on the regular election day
next November. The constitution
drawn up by this convention will then
be submitted to the people for ratifica-
ton. OF course. If the constitution
p0stponement of statehood. and there
would have to be a new enabling act
by Congress to secure admission to the
Union. but there is not the slightest
reason to believe that the people of the
two territories will reject the constitu-
ton as the delegates will draw it up.
On the contrary. it is certain that they
will adopt it with practical unanimity.
They have been crazy for statehood for
the state would have been created
several years ago had it's fortunes not
been tied up with those of Arizona and
New Mexico.
The new state OF Oklahoma will
start off under the most suspicious
circumstances. When the census of
six years ago was taken, the two
territories han an aggregate population
of about 100000. There is no doubt
that this is now far above the million
mark. It is on the basis of the 1900
census. however. that the con-
gressional appOrtiOnment is made, so
the new state will have five members
in the House of Representatives until
after 1910. when the number will be
increased. 1t will have seven electoral
votes in the 1908 election In size, the
new state is about 10000 square miles,
almost exactly twice the size of our
larger than the state of Illinois.
Guthrie will be the capital until 1913.
At that time the legislature will fix the
capital to suit itself. provided Guthrie
is not satisfactory. This does away
with any bitter fight over the location
of capital such as marked several
territories when they have been ad-
mitted to statehood.
The whole country is glad that
Oklahoma is admitted at last. In
every way it has been worthy Of state
hood for years. Its population is al
most wholly American. and is made up
Of honest. intelligent and Industrious
people who have moved from neigh
boring states as a result of it's great
agricultural advantages. The same
bill which admits Oklahoma provides
that Arizona and New Mexico shall
vote on the question of joint statehood
next November. 1t is hardly likely
that they will vote in favor of the pro-
position. and the time when the Attn
state shall be admitted Is doubtless
some distance in the future. Neither
is populous enough otherwise
qualified for single statehood. and If
they do not care to unite as one state.
they are likely to remain as territories
for a long time to come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Distance Travelled in DANCING.

Anyone who has watched couple in
the May WRITINGS of the waltz must
have been STRUCK by the amount of mus
cular cNcrtion required and tn" distance
travelled during the seven or eight min
rtes occupied by the dance. \ careful
calculator. who noted down the space COW
cred bv d dancer. estimated that in a pro-
grammc of twenty waltZes, four poik;is
and tow quadriles Il good dancer would
cover close upon twelve miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
AL1rr1E OF
EV e r Y T II l N G
Mistuh Honey Bee.

When Mistuh Busy Bee done strike
A flower. he says "dats mine
He takes dc sweetness dat he like
An thinks its purity fine.
Oar isn't no policeman nigh
TO take de leaS O!t.nSe,
Dcv'd sho'ly lock me up if
Should show sech impudcnce!
Don't tell me bout my shiftlcssness.
why can't | jes' 90 free
An hep mysef to all d." best
Like Mistuh Busy Fee?
Hmm 1c., st.lr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
r.DavidKennedy's
FAv0R|TER REMEDY

About week ago I gave a man afflicted
with bladder trouble, some Favorite Rem
edy, and to-day he said: That is a great
medicine; am better already and he
drove eight miles to get bottle of it."
-. You may have free sample bottle of DR.. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. the great Kidney.
Liver and Blood medicine, and booklet CONTAINING
Ts'uapie medical advice by simply writing to the Dr.
David Kennedy's Sons, Rondout, n. Y. Mention
this paper. Large bottles :i.oo. Al! druggists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

For the benefit Of those boating on the
river on Sunday tho Rev. 3. II Bosan-
onet vicar of Thames Ditton. England
makes the announcement in his perish
maFazine that the church wardens will he
clad to reserve Snecial seats for those II,
boating costume IN the Dar;Sh church on
Sunday mornings in the southwest gal
lery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Invisible TO Some,

Henry" said Mrs Meel1er. AS she laid
aside tho paper. 81 don't SEQ the point to
these everla sting jokes about man being
henpeckcd.'
mo. 7 suppose not. my dear" arepIied
Mr.. Mecker. neither does the man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN-
TON.

A Republican State convention
will be held in City Hall, Port
land, Wednesday, June ~,
1906, at 1890 o'clock a. NJ.
for the purpose Of nominating
candidate for Governor to be
supported at the September
election, and transacting any
other business that may prop
erly come before it.
The basis Of representation
will be as follows: Each city,
town and plantation will be
entitled to one delegate; and
for each rs votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Gov
ernor in 1904 an additional
delegate; and for fraction Of
40 votes in excess of rs votes,
further additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of
any city, town or plantation
can only be filled by residents
of the county in which the va
cancy exists.
The State committee will be
In session i'm the reception
room of the hall at $50 A. M.
Of the day Of the convention,
for the purpose of receiving
credentials of delegates. In
order to he eligible to partici-
pate in the convention, dele
gates must he elected subse-
quent to date of the call for
this convention.
All electors of Maine. what
ever their political affiliations
may have been. who believe liz
the general principles and pol
Icy of the Republican party
and desire fits success at the
polls in the coming election
In this State. are cordially in
vited to unite under this call
in electing delegates TO the
convention.
Per order, Republican State
committee,
Seth NJ. Carter. Chairman.
Byron Boyd, Secretary.
Lewiston. April 20. 1906.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

The town of Henrietta. n. ". takes n
proper view of the poll tax and the duty
declined to paw their 81 poll tax were ar
rested and sentenced to Jail for sixty
lays. Declaring at first thai th"r would
rot in iail before they would o"Y u cent.
the two finally settled for tn" tax and
costs by paying slO35 ard sli.lI respect
lively.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
Disappointed,

Mayme-Why did you allow him to
turn down the gas?
Edyth-Oh. merely out Of curiosity.
wanted to SO" If he would try to kiss me
Maymc-And was your curiosity salts
fed
Edyth-T should say not. He only
kissed ne once
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
EXPLANATION,

Myer-Your friend Cutter always speak,
well of everybody.
Gyer-Merc force of habit
Mver-HNw's that?
Gy"r-He used to carve epitaphs or
tOmbStonpS u
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

June II has been named as Hospita
day on the Lewiston and Auburn cleo
trio system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

The annual cruise Of the Portland
Yacht Club is scheduled for next
Thursday and Portland expects rainy
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

They are talking up a wooden mill at
Houlton as a new industry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

Sandford makes it plain that he has
no intention of moving his plant from
Durham to the Holy Land, as reported
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

Portland's murder mystery seems
to have been case of falling over a
cliff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

This is a week of Democratic con-
ventions in Bangor. those of the coun-
ty. district and State being scheduled
to meet there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

wv WANTED-Men to fill good positions.
we we give practical instruction in driving;
guarantee a license to run any auto.
Competent men are in big demand. Course
Snv, easy payments. Qualify for the SUM- SUM-
r 1ier rush. Portland Auto School, O'5
Preble ST 49, -
june7tu-th- sat4wks :. {.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

Ihe lost is found IL you adj
veruse It in the CLASSIFIED COL
u'''hs. Such an ad reacbo.
thousands that you could oct
% IN no other possible mean.
ma yet the cost Is nominal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

The Longfellow house i'm Portland
was opened yesterday for the season.
Over 10000 people have visited the
house. mainly from outside the State,
since it was opened five years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19


house. mainly from outside the State
since it was OPEN ed five years ago.
The remarkable thing about the
High school graduation at Rumford
Falls. and one probably not duplicated
in Maine. is that both the valedictory
and salutatory were delivered by young
men.
All of Maine rejoices with Bath at its
latest achievement in the shipbuilding
line. The record of the Shipping
City is indeed an enviable one. The
Bath Iron Works has given to the
United States navy the fastest torpedo
boat. the Dahlgren. over 80 knots; the
fastest monitor. the Nevada, over 10
knots. and last but not least. the
mighty Georgia. the fastest battleship.
No wonder other shipyards are envi-
Gus.
Labor Commissioner Matthews has
Just received from Washington some
hgures relative to the cotton industry
and the cotton manufacturing in the
northern and southern states. 1t ap-
pears from the statement that there
are some 904.4 spindles in the State
of Maine. and this State consumed Ia st
year 1850 bales of cotton, amounting
to 74.O1S.001 pounds. It is shown that
the cotton consumption in the south
ern mills amounts to 1916 per cent. of
the American production. The annual
consumption of cotton per spindle in
the Maine mills is GIL pounds. COM
pared with 124.5 in the south. The
difference in the per spindle consump-
tiontion indicates that the Maine mills
are spinning yarns of very much
greater fineness than those turned out
by the southern mills The finer the
yarn is spun the greater the number of
hanks obtained from given quantity
OF raw cotton, and consequently the
slower the process of consuming cot
ton. In the last five years the cotton
mills of the southern states have
greatly increased their consumption.
But during the same five years the
Maine and other northern mills have
decreased their consumption by 1856
bales This is explained by the fact
that these mills have been engaged
during this period in replacing old
machinery, with that which is more
modern, thus increasing the efficiency
and the fineness of the yarn spun
without making large increases in the
number of spindles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19

The remarkable thing about the
High school graduation at Rumford
Falls. and one probably not duplicated
in Maine, is that both the valedictory
and salutatory were delivered by young
mon
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

The Albert family of Chicago will
appear at Jesmer's opera house on
the evening of Thursday, April 10.
The entertainment will consist of a
lecture on Russia and Siberia, illus
trated with stereopticon views, by
Capt. Alberti, an ex-convict of the
Russian penal colonies and an ex-
officer of the Russian army, together
with superb instrumental concert by
his family-fve sons and a daughter
all of whom are renowned soloists.
The company will appear under the
auspices of the Princeton Masonic
lodge. Tickets, 25, IS and so cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

A postal card postmarked at
Avalon, Catalina Island, March IL,
has been received at the Union
Office, in which homely dude is rep.
resented as dining on ocean breeze, .
seal. climate' and "mountain air. ,:
The card is signed by Mr.. and Mrs.
N. E. Jesmer, Mrs. M. r. Mallette
and Miss Matte Lyons. The card
looks nice and indicates that our Min
nesota friends are having a glorious
time on the Pacific coast, but it strikes
US that ''climate" is a rather thin
diet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

A meeting of farmers will be held in
the school house of district4. Green
bush, Saturday evening at 7:3O
O'Clock for the purpose of considering
the organization of a farmers tele-
phone company. It is proposed to
wire the whole of the territory between
Long Siding and Estes Brook, and
about fifty farmers are interested in
the project. Should the proposition
materialize an effort will be made to
secure connection with either the
Rural or Tri-State systems.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

The house of Henry Hoffman, ST.,
of section %, township of Princeton,
was totally destroyed by fire at noon
yesterday, a defective chimney being
the cause therefor. Most of the con-
tents were saved. The loss is esti-
mated at 81, 500, partially covered by
insurance in the sum of $1,000
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

G. E. Lindall of the West Branch
creamery was here on Tuesday in the
interest of the creamery's business.
Mr.. Lindall is a man who puts forth
every effort to advance both the pros
perity of the concern which he SUPER
intends and that of dairying gener-
ally. He is man who keeps ever
lastingly at it, re-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

Fifty years ago today Justice Chad
bourne better known as "Chad"-
erected his log shanty upon the terri
tory which is now known as the vii
lage OF Princeton and floated the
United States flag from the top of a
pine tree. 'Not a person lives in
Princeton today says Chad, ''who
at the time of my arrival inhabited
the wilderness then in existence here. y
In those days Chad fought Indians
from the door Of his shack and trapped
panthers in his summer kitchen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

On Saturday night the dwelling
house occupied by Val Mott in
Wyanett, with its contents, consisting
Of household furniture, seed grain
and feed, was completely consumed
by fire. The dwelling carried a small
insurance but the contents were unin-
sured. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

About 200 attended the masquerade
ball at Wyanett, the greater portion,
it is said, being from Princeton. The
event was one continual round of fun
and frolic from start to finish. Herb
Anderson, Mont Woodcock and Miss
Hazel Jaax comprised the orchestra
and the musical numbers rendered
were frst-class and up to date.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

The Princeton friends of DR.. o. C.,
Tarbox, formerly a medical practi-
toner at this place, will be interested
in learning that he has contributed
81, 900 to found a scholarship at Bates
college, his alma mater. This schol-
arship will be known as the nTar-
box, and will be open for the educa-
ton of any student, irrespective Of
color, sex, age or nationality. The
preference, however, will be given to
q student contemplating entry into
the christian ministry.