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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

quantity of fluids and if you dislike to
drink water make it q habit to eat
plenty of ripe, juicy fruits. Exercise
out of doors will make you thirsty and
then you will crave good cold water,
for there is nothing that quite takes it's
place.
Salt water has always been consider
ed an excellent hair tonic, but used in
excess it will prove to be extremely
drying. very good plan is to rub
olive oil into the scalp twenty-four
hours before the shampoo. This nour
ishcs the hair roots and promotes the
growth.
Excessive Precipitation is very an
moving 1t is very often significant OF
nervousness. A quick bath in tepid or
cold salt water taken every morning
and busting the armpits with powder
made of one half pound of purse borax,
one ounce Of baking soda and one dram
of any preferred sachet powder Will
proye beneficial.
Young man living SO far out of
town that he cannot wait for breakfast
at his lodgings keeps his health by car
rvinc milk chocolate in his pockets and
eating tlltuSi III II VII tiit liam
carry him without faintnoSs to an
early luncheon hour. Some hard
working physicians carry little squares
of chocolate against the possibility 81
being detained from meals with prop
able bad results.
IrD-to-datc science tells us that VI
brations play an enormous part III the
world of life. A little thought VIII
show the least learned reader that thcy
affect us for good and Ill. People
sometimes use the typewriter untli
every touch of the keys is followed up
bv n little hammer striking inside their
BRAIN They ride motor cycles until
thew get into such a state that when
asleep the shocks go through their
spinal column. There are countless
means by which such mischicvous Vi
brations are experienced. Thence
Guiding neuralgia.
Great care should be exercised III
washing the hair. If soap is left in the
hair it will prove a veritable catch-all
for the dust and germs and perhaps
lead eventually, to a diseased scalp.
To prevent this condition of the hair
does not mean only that the hair
should be thoroughly rinsed after
washing, but that the soap used in
washing should be rightly applied.
When the cake of soap is rubbed on
the hair it crusts there and often can
not be rinscd out with numerous APP
plications of water. To wash the hair
properly a lather should be made from
soap in somewhat the same general
way as for shaving. using hot water in
mixing. and applied to the hair. The
rinsing should be commenced with hot
water, gradually lowering the tcmpera
turc of the water, making the last
water cold. This precaution should be
taken to prevent taking cold while the
hair is drying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
IN.
DAISIES.

Like CLEANS of snow along the fields you
mass.
As perfect as from Iapidarys hand
Your bcnutcouS petals by soft breezes
famed.
You nod sweet welcome to the bees that
pass
As snug Won nestle mid the silkcn grass.
There is no bloom throughout the flower
Who weave bright daisy-Chains for lad
and lass.
Now. Cazins, on your dear familiar flower,
Oh what delightful dream Remembrance
yields,
1t takes one back to MANY a golden hour
When in youths days you whitcncd all
the fields
And when the sun shines or the storm
clouds lower
You carry summers blessing on your
silver shields.
Dexter Smith.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
Health and Beauty.

Women with poor eyesight should
hold the needle in front of a white sur
face. tho difficulty in threading being
by this means considerably lessened.
F'irst-class complexion specialists do
not steam the face except for treat
ment of acne. Cold water. electricity
and scientific massage are more slim
ulating.
Doctoring for bad complexion
and continuing the error Of your ways
will not profit you anything. correct
exercise. good food. fresh air and prop
er bathing are the best cosmetics
known.
A daily bath in cold or tepid water
is an Indispensable aid in keeping the
skin of the body in good condition An
occasional washing of the face IN not
rain water. softened with two or three
spoonfuls of oatmeal is good 1or the
complexion.
Seven out of ten people have stroIls-
er sight in one eye than the otner.
In two cases out of five one eye Is OUT
of line. Nearly one-half OF the peo-
pie are color blind to some extent anu
only one pair of eyes out, OF every ~
teen is right in all respects
The human system requires iai5S
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Much in Little,

Nine-tenths Of the peasants an Russia
live in huts without floors. and too low
for a tall man to stand in.
I'll" number Of students at the 2 uni
vcrSiticS OF Germany is $3.50. Berlin has
nearly Il fifth Of them-S,GI.
The population Of Egypt on July !. 1901.
was 112,H7 foreigners ard lo.3S6. 423 ma
tives. besides about $1,000 Of the
nomadic BedouinS.
Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa in
the Paris Louvre has new frame which
reveals an edge of the famous picture
heretofore covered.
Experiments are being made at Mont
reuX. Franco, with new electric search
light of 30 600 $50 CandlepOWcr that Will
project rays 30 miles.
Measuring . inches in a direct line
and IS following the curve the tooth oG
an extinct African quadrupcd has been
brought from AhySSnia by Boron Mau-
rice dc Rothschld.
The most curious Vcgetabl" in the world
is the tuffle since it has neither roots.
stem, flowers. leaves nor seeds. In some
parts dogs and pigs are trained to dig
for it, the animals being guided by their
sense Of smell.
The London Daily News. noting that
HarnSwurth the ncwspaJer nropr;ntor
recently created a peer. has adopted for
his arms two rolls Of paper. remarks that
'thc lection Of them betrayS a rather
|cynical humor.
Doing everything by contraries. as
under q foundation stone the names of
the persons connected with tn" building
Of temple. inScribr them on a tablet.
which is ccnspicuously placed on the
roof.
Tie Chinese are. perhaps tho most
successful poultry raiscrs in tn" wcrld.
They do not feed the fowl. but make
them pick ~ their own food. each flock
being kept on the move. rs sheep on
range. Tho quality Of this poultry is.
however. poor
After working ceaseIesSIy for 40 years.
Steven Baird. Of Chittenden, gunSmith
has discovered q method Of welding cop
per a thing which has never been ac-
complished bv any living man. according
to expert mctllurgists.-F Rutland
Wt) dispatch.
Recent exp. rimcnts show that the
crystals Of alum form in saturated SO
luton with 50 much force that they arr
not rcpresscG in their natural growth ny
Il heavy weight In like manner the crys-
tails of pyriteS. forming in slate rock.
have been known tn split layers of slate
without in any way changing the form
Of the crystals which exert the separating
force.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
A Life Amonu Flowers.

The Baltimore papers tell us about
the death in that city of an interesting
old man whose life was passed in the
midst of beauty such as few people are
fortunate enough to have around them
as they travel this earthly journey
He was Anthony Cook, widely known
as the wizard of Flowers" and all
though few of us ever heard his name,
most Of us, nevertheless, owe him a
debt of gratitude. He was born in
Germany where his father was florist
to the royal family. He claimed to
have introduced the geranium into the
United States. bringing it from his old
home, and to have propagatcd the
American Beauty rose. While he loved
all flowers, his favorite was the rose,
and its cultivation was a speciality in
which he accumulated a considerable
fortune. He raised about 5000 rose
many as 5000 buds in a single season.
In good years, when the rose plants
houfshed he cut between $1,000 and
$4,000 blossoms. OF Anthony Cook and
his plants, the Baltimore Sun says:
"The aged florists life Was spent
among his blossoms and flowers which
were his life. In addition to raising
blooming flowers he was a collector of
rare plants. his collection being one of
great rarity from the South Sta
Islands. Another which never failed
to attract the attention Of the lover of
flowers was a plant technically called
the astrolitz. with curiousy shaped
petals of sharply contra sting coiors
and quaint spear-likc leaves. The
blossom part energies from pointed
leaf. tightly closed, and consists of
two pointed petals of q bright orange
color extending in an opposite dircc-
ton from a harpoon counterpart of
what may be best described as Alice
blue. With his vast knowledge
of flowers. Mr. Cook not only grated,
bud with bud, but was coGnizant Of the
sexes. and hybridized them. 1t was
in this manner, according to him, that
he propagated the American Beauty.
1t was his story that he first raised the
flower under the name of the Apoi-
Iona, and under that name sold it to a
woman enthusiast of Washington. A
florist there finally secured an interest
and exported the rose to England,
from which country it returned to its
native land under it's present name
His life was almost as simple ana
regular as that of his flowers. Almost
invariably he rose at five o'clock III the
morning and after long day with his
plants he went to bed at halt-past sew
en- at night. To this simplicity ana
| regularity he attributed his length OF
years. With so long life devoted 10
| beauty. he must have added much to
the joy that other people found In
| living
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
MAKE BRIDGE INTERESTING.
A Brief Manual and Cc'de by Com
petent Authority.

Bridge is a game Of strategy and 1t
cultivates the disposition.
g
ALWAYS hold thirteen cards and all the
high ones If you can manage II.
Examine your hand with care; grit your
teeth. and make the first lead.
plan your campaign and stick to u
Let yotir partner get along the best he
can.
Indicate BY signal the condition Of your
hand. Speak freely about =
Lead strengthening cards when your
partner Is weak
Mediate upon each play about two
minutes. Start to play. then change
your mind and think again. This is
known to make the opponent nervous.
Don't force your partners weak cards.
He will need to use them as discards.
Never lead hearts to a no trump make
your opponents always hold them.
In a no trump make. hold ono ace and
several small cards.
II.
When the make is passed be bold; al
ways declare it no trumps.
Tic dummy should chat pleasantly. as
sstinS partner as much as possible.
49,
If possible to cough without attracting
opponents. do 50 to prevent a bad plly
from partner or play from wrong
hand.
After each hand maliGn the character
Of the corpse.
L'riticisc beginners severely. 1t slim
uIates their interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

The government figures show that
i'm 1905 the lumber cut in this country
was 27,73S. GOO. 900 feet. and to make it
impressive we are told that in boards
of one inch thickness this amount of
lumber would make a sidewalk half
a mile wide, from New York to San
Francisco. Washington is now the
chief lumber state and it will surprise
many to read that Louisiana ranks
second. Wisconsin is third, Minnesota
fourth and Michigan fifth. Maine has
lost the proud position in this industry
which it once held and now ranks 18th.
Other states which Surpass it besides
the five named above. are Arkansas
Mississippi. North Carolina, Texas
Alabama. Georgia and Virginia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
The Lithqow Library's Need.

The trustees of Lithgow library are
facing a very urgent proposition. For
year or more the surface coating OF
the walls of the book room and hal-
way has been dropping off This Is
evidently caused by the moisture
which in cold weather accumuiates up
on the interior walls. owing to de-
fective base for the plaster winch ooeS
not allow the air to circulate between
the plasterinG and the external granite
wallis A similar defect in the beauti-
full reading room made it necessary 10
remove n norton of the ceiling ana
wall covering and substitute laths and
nlaeter at , cost of some $3.50.
The trustees have consulted experts
who saw that the cost OF restoring the
walls Of the book-room and hall will
cost some $500 1t is necessary that
If he done at once. not only for the
credit of the city--for the fine book
room is sadly disfigured-but because
the work. which will necessitate the
closing of the library for some months,
should be done during the summer. AS
there are no funds available belong
ing to the library which can be used
for these repairs the trustees will ask
appropriation. 1t would seem that no
argument should be necessary TO show
the urgency of prompt action by the
city government to preserve this, our
most beautiful and useful local insti-
tuition.
Through the thoughtful liberality of
the late Mrs. Samuel Cony the library
has recently received a legacy of $1,000
but only the income of this can be
used. Since the library was built a
dozen years ago the city has been
called upon for nothing except the an
nual appropriation of $1,000 toward it's
maintenance. This is less than half
the actual cost of maintenance, the
balance being derived from the income
from the Lithgow legacy and smaller
gifts. Considering the great value of
the library to the city, our taxpayers
have done relatively little toward es-
tablishing or supporting it, and the
$500 now absolutely necessary for in
terror repairs should promptly be
granted by the city government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

The Chicago papers are much DIS
furbed over statement which is trav-
cling around the country that Chicago
averages a murder every day in the
year. The Record Herald shows that
in 1905 only 1877 Chicago murders were
investigated by the coroner. This
means one murder every two days, not
to mention those that were never in
yestigated. The facts about Chicago
are bad enough without any cXaSSera-
ton, and the explanation of the Chica-
go papers does not help matters much.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

The richest girl in the world is about
to be married. She is Miss Bertha
Krupp Of Germany, aged ~, the
daughter of the famous gunmaker Oh
Essen, and her income is modest
$4,000 day. The name of her hus-
band is kept a secret but no doubt he
is big gun himself. May they be
happy in spite of her wealth. But
how discouraging it must be to have
$4,000 rolling in every day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

Rev. John j. Harkins, a Eoston priest
has written IN opera entitled The In
truders." which wIll shortly be- presented
in his city He has also written many
songs.
In spite Of the damage done to the Uni
vcrsity Of California. 1T Berkeley. Presi-
dent Wheeler announces that the Summer
session will be held from June . to Au-
gust 4.
Sir Thomas Upton las had models
made Of the three Shamrocks. which he
will present to the New York Yacht Club,
at an early date They are now being OK
hihitcd in London.
In recognition of Nathan H. Allen
Of Hartford. Conn. on Sunday. twenty,
three of the churches Of that city used
composition written by him.
Prof. L. Z. HILL of the Royal Society.
experiment that he can live under an air
pressure equal to that which would be
felt under water at the depth of 200 feet
Prof William g. Hale. head Of the he
Chicago, will leave for Italy September
], to make further study of the manu-
scripts Of Catulus upon which he has
been working for tho last fifteen years.
On June u Kentucky will unveil a
wrote my Old Kentucky Home The
statue was made by Sculptor ]. l.. Root
from description of the composer and
Fosters daughter Mrs. Marion Walsh, OF
Allegheny City Pa.
The unearthing Of the 3O0O-year-old city
of Rameses, by Prof. Petrie, the celebrat-
ed explorer. from beneath the famous
mounds of Tel-el-Yehundiya, at the Delta
OF the Nile. is declared by the prominent
American students of archaeology to be
one of the most important discoveries
that has ever been made in the land of
the pyramids.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

When the Grand Army meets at
Minneapolis for its annual encamp-
ment II will discuss proposition to
Sc. aside the last Sunday in May as
Memorial day. the proposition has
been advanced before. 1t is claimed
by many that the change Is demanded
iE view of the manner in which the
real purpose of Memorial day has been
obscured. When the holiday falls upon
a week day it is almost exclusively
given over to sports and pleasure and
scarcely a thought is given to the he
roes of the Civil War living or dead.
To establish a Sunday for the annual
observance would tend TO do away with
the present manner of celebration.
The day would. 1t is claimed. be given
over more particularly to the old SOL
diers and to those who are sincerely
men who fought to preserve their
country. Many of the games and out
door pastimes which are now INDUCED
in would necessarily have to be aban-
doned. of course: but the Boston Adj
vertiser suggests that Bunker Hill day
could be made a holiday by the United
States, instead. for recreation purposes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
III.
BJTTERCUPS

When Flora was rcbuked for avarice-
This happened in the years of long ago.
When Sparirgly she had begun to SOW
And told that once had gone the snow
and ic"
She ought to formulate some rev device
To beautify the earth. she made brave
show
Ply strewing buttcrcups. whose golden
glow
Illumed the fields and meadows n a trice:
And from that time, as summer days re
Gay buttnrcups bring bloom from out the
mould.
They follow in the wake Of shrub and
fern
In coming from the Winters cnverns
Until the grassy heights and lcwlands
burn
gold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22
Maine Gossip
Month of May.

oh. the beauty of each day
Blossom laden month of May.
Tender grass and tiny leaf
Fragile flower with life as brief.
Happy birds whose JOYOUS notes
Pour from lovc-eXpanded threats.
Golden morn or evening glow
Gentle rain on all below.
Singing brooks 50 bright and clear
country strolls for lovers dear
Everything awake3 in praise
TO the giver of such days.
And / would my heart might say
How it loves thee, month of May.
Indianapolis News.
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Sentiments Of the SchooImaster.

Men admire educated women. but they
love good housekeepers
Forgive your enemies of ccurse-but
don't forget them
Sore folks want even their religion for
nothing.
a wound in the purse is not mortal.
Every man may have his price. but
1t back.
The ignorance of many people is under
estimated-The American Magazine,
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MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Third District Situation,
(Somerset Reporter.)

The Republican committee Of the
third congressional district announced
on Wednesday that the district con-
vention would be held at Waterville.
June &c, the day before the State con-
vention at Portland. The basis of rep
resentation will be the same as that of
the State convention. There is not the
slightest hint of opposition to Hon.
E. c. Burleigh. and he will be renomi-
mated by reclamation. Mr.. Burleigh
was never stronger among the people
than he is today. No interest Of the
least of his constituents is ever
neglected by him, and equal care is
given to the greater interests Of the
country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

The drnr stores orc dodn.;
a land-oficc business i'll
"spring tonics.' People are
trying t. take enough ron
into their systems to make
up for year Of uaacicntihc
eating
But there is a growing
army that stays away from
the drug stores the year
round because it daily cats
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

An unknown philanthropist in New
York points out most effective way
to revive interest in the classics in lit
erature. A citizen CHANGED to
take a volume of Shakespeare from the
public library the other day and found
pinned into one of its pages a $50 bill
The bill was accompanied by a note
saying that the anonymous donor was
sure 1t would get to somebody who
one reads while he has money enough
to DO anything else. 1t requires no gift
OF perspicacity to see that the plan of
thu kctllanthropist is going to be
erQk$eanh with brilliant success. The
that there may be other
75Ssf1 as in various classic works is
70 create an immediate reviva
q tterary taste New York's publ,
librarian need not be surprised to fine
applicants for copies Of sha.esneare
Dante. and the ancient Cree, ar.,,.
lists standing in line befor. ,,.,.,.
s.s. as 'heS DO in Boston. Moreover
= 'ne author of the scheme will elabor
a'e MS plan and make it applicable !,
gu cases, it should be possible to carr
.he good work to any length IF *
o''is VIII arouse love for Shakespear,
siVo oahk notes will evoke an interes
|. th Huxley or Spencer. A few s,o
sheeks' payable to bearer, if judicious
scattered through y the pages {
aise Lost might even ,cmr
seEsecdy to read Milton.
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Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge

LEWIS ". KNoWLEs In Bankruptcy
To the Hon. CLARENCE HALE. Judge
Of the District Court Of tho United
States for the District Of Maine
LEWIS w. KNOWLES, Of Augusta. in
Maine. in said District, respectfully repre-
scnts, that on the 81 day of June. last
past. he was duly adjudged bankrupt
under tn" Acts Of Congress relating 70
all his property and rights. of property.
and has fully complied with all the re-
quiremcnts of said Acts end OF the or
deIs Of Court touching his bankruptcy.
decrecd by the Court to have a full DIS
charge from I'll debts provable against
his estate under said bankruptcy Acts OK
from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day Of May. A d. 1906
LEWIS W. KNOWLES.
ORDER OF NOTICE THER 5sIs15sp'
District Of Maine, IS.
On this 18th day Of May, A. n. 1906.
on reading the foregoing petition. 1t is
ordered by the Court, That a hearing be
had upon the same on the Sth day Of
June. A. D. 1906. before said Court at
in the forenoon: and that notice thereof
he published in The Daily kcnnebcc Jour
nal; newspaper printed in said District
ana that all known creditors, and other
persons in interest, may appear at tn,
SAND time and place. and show cause, il
any they have why the prayer Of said
petitioner should not be granted.
And 1t Is further Ordered by the Court.
Ihat the Clerk shall send by mail to Ali
known creditors copies Of said petition
and this order. addressed to them nj
their places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable CLARENCE
HALE. Judge Of the said Court. and the
seal thereof. at Portland. in said District Dist t
on tn. 18th dav of May A. D. 1906
H. 81 JAMES r. HEWEY. Clerk
a true copy OF petition and order there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

If those statespen at Washington
will only wait until the commencement
speakers are heard from there will be
no trouble in finding solutions for the
various problems that now vex them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-22

The people down Kittery way are
hoping that If things get too uncom-
Portable i'm Russia for White he will
recall the attractions of the New Eng
land shore as a place of residence.
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Daily kennebee Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
1ected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
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May island, Great Britain. now pos
eighteen miles away. Several similar ones
arc To- be installed in ncighboring Light :
houses to safeguard the ships entering
the Firth of Forth