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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-10

ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
jected communications.
Address al communist atoms relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-10

There will be about 100 automobiles in
that Glidden touring party which will
strike this section of Maine about July
o.
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The Portland. BiddefOrd and Old Or
chard mines will have a series of 10
games for the championship of SOUTH
eastern Maine.
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The Boston and Maine railroad has
practically used up the gravel pit near
Kittery Junction. For nearly 30 years
the company has been digging out the
earth at that place for filling and other
work and the pit was one Of the best
investments of the kind the company
ever made. A few days ago the road
department needed some gravel at
Scarboro and was compelled to haul it
from Hampton. a distance of sc miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-10

Old Orchard hears that the cold We
spring gave the sea serpent the rheu
matism.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-10

The Bar Harbor Record issues most
attractive souvenir edition filled with
illustrations and articles showing the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-10

For County Commissioner.
CHARLES F. KILBRETH of Winthrop
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For County Treasurer.
JAMES E. BLANCHARD of Chelsea.
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kENnEeEC COUNTY NOMINATIONS !:

For County Attorney.
GUY A. HILDRETH Of Gardiner.
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Gardiner is itself again with the Bos-
ton boat coming to it's wharf.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
THE LITTLE BOYS DRUM.

All day long he beat the drum
And marched with steady tread,
Till twilight fell. and mothers voice
Had called him off to bed;
Then he laid it down with a tender kiss,
And shake of his golden head;
"TIl teep my drum and go to war
En- | diets big he said.
He loved to watch the shadows creep
Across the silent hill;
lie dreamed that they were soldiers brave
Who came to fight and kill:
And loud he clapped his chubby hands
When in the sun they died;
81 won't be 'fwaid to fight and die
En- l diets big" he cried.
Alas, for us, we blamed the child
Because he made such noise
We wondered why he chose his drum
From all the other toys
So once at night, when the little boy
Had answered mothers Come -
We searched among his treasures rare,
and hid away his drum.
When morning came, the big brown eyes
Were bright with fever's pain
Outside no shadow soldiers played,
The day was dull with rain;
silence lay upon the house,
Unbroken by the drum;
At night there were no marching feet
To answer mothers Come y
There came day, In after years,
When the little boy was dead.
That we took the drum from its hiding
place,
And not a word was said;
But silently and tearfully,
We breathed childish prayer,
Then laid it away with a tender kiss,
And a curl of golden hair
H. Graham Du Bots.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
HEN HAS RICH SOPRANO VOICE.
Owner Is Training the Prodigy-Thought
to Be Wonderful.

Sembrich, Nordica, Eames and all the
other hifalutin singers in New York can
look to their laureIs if they expect to
keep a vOcalistic pace set by Ben Chris
tians prima donna hen, Nordina. Her
bell-like notes now soar a whole octave
and Ben believes that she will increase
this by six notes before spring Ben
lives at Patten, Me.
Nordina is probably the only singing
hen in the world and is valued according
ly. When she was hatched last March
out of an ordinary Plymouth Rock egg
of uncertain origin she clucked just like
any other chick, but one day when the
whstling, the feathered y0ungster
chopped on a perch and chortled the
chorus of Yankee Doodle" so perfectly
that the man almost dropped dead from
surprise. He thought his ears were de-
ceiying him and tried Sweet Marie.
Again the chick followed the notes and
Christian was called.
He put her in Il cage and tried her
with the melodeOn. 1t was all the same
Up and down the scale she went. half
measure behind the grOaning, squeaking
keys, and Ben was so delighted that he
named the feathered prodigy Nordina
after Lillian Nordica, who is a native
of Maine. Nordina's voice was a rich
soprano, but of course unframed and
aben set ABOUT cuitlVatlng t. The hlred
man was instructed to con6ne himself
to classical music when he whistled the
.nelodeOn was tuned. and Ben himself
sent for the scores of La Boheme" and
Carmen" and brushed up his own musi-
zeal education.
CultivatinG the voice of hen is an
unusual undertaking, and the owner of
the fowl met with many difficulties. but
on the whole he has succeeded admir-
ably, and the countryside admits Nor
dina is a wonder. As yet. however, she
is a bit rusty on grand opera and her
goice is still 'throaty."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
Birds and MOSQUITOES.

birds suffer more than man from the
mosquito" naturalist said. Ere
quently the mosquito cam get at man,
but birds he can always get ut.
THE male mesquite is harmless He
never stings. 1t is the female who does
all the mischief. Male and female alike
live through the winter.
After the mosquitoes egg is first
Matched, the creature that issues forth
is called a wriggler. The wriggler lives
in water, in marshy pools, in the pud-
dies and the oOze of low-lying meadows.
He is like a tiny snake, and he must
come to the surface t. breathe.
Hence kerosene as mosquito eXter-
minatOr. Ladle out kerosene on pool Of
water and two tablespoonfuls will spread
until they cover effectualy fifteen square
feet. This oily covering is as alright as
Il skin. If there are any wrgglers in the
water under it they must die, they must
smother.
Some think mosquitoes feed on blood
alone. This is a mistake II n mosquito
can't get human blood or bird blood or
animal blood it stabs plants and feeds on
their juices.
How l wish we could convert the
mosquito to an exclusive use of this vege-
tartan diet"-Philadelphi Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

not light up with that beaming appre-
citation that is the wont-nay the pre-
requisite-of our political leaders.
Neither did the face of james Lacey
the broad-shouldered young man who
also occupied a seat In the barouche
of honor. And thereby hangs our tale
1t was but a decade and half pre-
v'ous to the beginning of our nara
tive that Lacey had graduated from
the Nalegreen academy, but alas, not
with valedictorian honors-as natu-
rally hero should, but, as his broad
shoulders would indicate, magma cum
laude in athletics.
During Laeey's matrlculation at the
academy, at that overworked psychol-
ogical moment, he became interested in
one of the most enthusiastic rooters
of the gentler sex. who had often
spurred the Valegreen team on to vic
tory. This fascinating young lady was
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

he succeeded in business. but also had
earned quite II reputation as a public
speaker.
Owing to this reputation and an I'M
foreseen emergency, it was that Jim
was designated by the State chairman
to be the orator of the evening at the
Valegreen rally.
This fact was both surprising and
discouraging to Mortified, for he held
but poor opinion of the young mans
ability.
Is it any wonder that the fireworks
music and cheers failed to enliven the
city chairman and his guest?
The rally was late in starting. but
the immense crowd took the delay
with unusual good nature. The chair
man as he entered the hall felt that
golden opportunity was lost, but had
succeeded in hiding his chagrin.
Lacey, on taking his seat ON the
platform, gaZed over the audience and
his eyes met those of one in the gal
lery. Eyes of blue that had filed the
sweetly, sad, retrospective thoughts of
later years. Yes, they were in the gal
lery. And, what is more they did not
look cold or repelling; no, but sweet
and lnvitingly smiling, and they seem
ed to send a message of recognition and
solicitude! For Alice's father had told
her of his Interpretation of her am
biguous remark, and she understood
Jim's silence and absence.
After that inspiration Lacey felt en-
couraged and stimulated to do his best
AS on the football field, when the game
| looked dark, those same eyes had often
incarnated within him an invincible
strength and courage, so did they af-
| feet him now.
The game looked dark; the speakers
so far had developed but little enthusi-
asm and the rally was falling fiat.
The second speaker of the evening
had just sit down to the accompani-
ment of the faintest, perfunctory ap-
| plause, when Mortified in a short,
| gracious though somewhat insincere,
speech, introduced James Lacey.
AS Lacey, with the grace of a nat
ural orator, stepped to the front of the
! platform, the first signs of any genu-
inc enthusiasm showed itself; for the
former football captain, clear, logical.
witty, interspersed with apt and hui
morous stories by way OF concrete IL
lustration, oratorical, and over and
above all surcharged with a subtle
magnetism, innate of him, he awoke
the audience from its lethargy. From
one of dull inattention, he changed the
audience to one of enthusiastic appre-
citation and sympathy. The rally was
a success and Lacey was the cause of
it.
The next day Jim is showered with
kilograms and letters of congratula-
ton. The papers Of the minority, in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
CARE sPINsTERs AND WicoWs.
Funds for that Purpose in Massa-
chusettS Town.


chusetts Town.
A yeritable 'old maids paradise" Is
located in Scituate. That ancient South
Shore town bears the distinction of DOS
sessing a fund of which the proceeds
are devoted to the care of dependent
maiden women.
SO far as the Scituate selectmen
know there is not life fund under
the supervision of town anywhere in
the State. More than a quarter of a
century ago Miss Eliza jenkins de-
cided that women approaching the sere
and yellow leaf of life. who had. like
herself, remained single from choice or
otherwise, should lie provided for when
they became dependent wholly upon
themselves. The idea of an old folks
home in Scituate was at that time en-
tirely out of the question. Miss jenkins
straightway did the next best thing and
left fund of $4,000 the interest of
which is yearly distributed among the
worthy maidens of the town.
The Jenkins fund has always been
in charge of the selectmen. In the last
few years they have placed about SO
each in the hands of half a dozen per-
sons. This odd fund has benefited per-
sons in Scituate for so many years that
the townspeople have come to regard
1t as a very common institution it is
available only for native born women,
and this is about the only restriction
its donor made.
Many a person has been helped in
the last twenty-five years to pay off
mortgage buy fuel for the winter
months or purchase seeds for the spring
planting through this fund. The Sc
lectmen know pretty nearly every one
in the town, and it is comparatively
easy for them to discriminate between
the worthy and unworthy.
Soon after Miss Jenkins thoughtfully
provided for the "old maids another
maiden woman. Miss Lucy Thomas,
originated the idea of a similar fund
for widows. She left $1,000, also UNI
der the care of the selectmen, for ma
tive born widows. Interest has been
drawn from this fund nearly as many
years as from the jenkins fund.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

Automobile fishing boats are plying
the brine off Great Britain. Compe-
tition among the fishermen on the east
coast of England and Scotland has
resulted in a motor fishing boat of
eighty tons displacement, 10 feet long,
% feet wide, and fitted with gaso-
line engine of twenty-four horsepower
running 300 revolutions per minute.
The engine, which is used only when
winds are adverse or lacking, can
give the craft a speed of five miles
per hour. II does not interfere with
either the storage of fish or the man
ipulation of sails. and replaces in It's
weight merely the extent that the bal
last previously carried. The idea is
to allow individual crews to get their
catch to market as soon as do the
present fleets of ''drifters," who en-
plov a steam craft to collect fish from
each member of the feet in turn. The
entire catch is then hurried to port,
while the fishermen remain on the
ground and continue their work. Ii
the pioneer boat fulfills its anticipated
destiny a number of similar craft are
expected to be built.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA
Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and
Face and Neck Were All Broken
Out-Cured by Cu+icura

1iuptAons Appeared on Chest, and
Face and Neck Were All Broken
out-Cured by Cuticura.
II had an eruption appear on nv
chest and body and extend upward.
and downwards, so that my neck and
face were all broken out; also my arms
and the lower limbs as far as tbs
knees. at first thought it was prick.
ly heat. But soon scales or crusts
formed where the breaking out was,
instead of going to physician, Dur.
chased a complete treatment of the
Cuticura Remedies, in which l had
great faith, and all was satisfactory
A year or two later the eruption ap-
peared again, only little lower; but
before it had time to spread l pro-
cured another supply of the Cuticura
Remedies, and continued their use I'm.
til the cure was complete. 1t is now
five years since the last attack, and
have not seen any signs of a return
have more faith in Cuticura Rene
dies for skin diseases than anything
l know of. Emma E. Wilson, Liscomb
Iowa, Oct. l, 1905"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

loud and enthusiastic notes, sing his
praises; the papers of the opposition.
though admitting the lallacy of his
premises, cannot deny need Of
praise to his ability as an orator.
But for all these felicitous com
ments he cared but little as compared
with letter received in the mornings
first mail.
The letter reads thus:
James Lacey-Dear Sir: My daugh-
ter and would be greatly pleased il
you would honor our house by attend
ing dinner on the evening of the Both.
Yours most cordially,
RICHARD MERRIFIELD.
2. S.-Accept my sincere congratu-
lations for your most able speech OF
last night. r. NJ.
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
WON BY HIS ORATORY
~~~~~~~~~~o-

50 ali. rah. rah. Three cheers for
Tx Merriheld. Tiger" Thus the
y cheers rang out on the calm night
air, for the strenuous citizens of Vale
green We're passing through an exciting
political campaign fractional disagree
ment in the dominant party had pre-
scented to the minority rare opportu-
nifty for success. And opportunity new.
er knocks too softly Mt the politicians
doors sometimes they think 1t is op-
portunity when 1t is only the political
embalmer.
But the face of Merriheld. the gray
haired. silk-tiled chairman of the mi
nority party-whose barouche had the
right of line in the parade now trL
umphantly vending its way prepare.
tory to the beginning of rally-diG
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
Trust to Nature.

A great many Americans, both men
and women, are thin, pale and puny, with
poor circulation, because they have ILL
treated their stomachs by hasty eating
or too much eating, by consuming alco-
holic beverages, or by too close confne-
ment to home, Office or factory, and in
consequence the stomach must be treated
in natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes. The muscles in
many such people, in fact in every weary,
thin and thin blooded person, do their
work with great difficulty. As result
fatigue comes early, is extreme and lasts
long. The demal / for nutritive aid Is
ahead of the supply. To insure perfect
health every tissue, bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood Ger
tain materials and return TO 1t certain
Others. 1t is necessary to prepare the
stomach for the work of taking up from
the food what is necessary to make good,
rich, red blood. We must go to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
roots known to the Indians Of THIS
country before the advent of the whites
which later came to the knowledge OF
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
OF obstinate stomach and liver troubles
These are found to be safe and yet Ger
tain in their cleansing and invlgorstIhg
effect upon the stomach, liver and olooq.
These are: Golden Seal root, Queens
root, Stone root, Bloodroot, MANDRAKE
root. Then there is Black Cherryoark
The medicinal principles residing N these
native roots when extracted with gl{fi.
crime as solvent make the most Teiia tn0
and efficient stomach tonic and liver n.
vigorator, when combined in lust tne
right proportions, as in R Dr. ri Pi9 tEsrs
is bankrupt vitality such as nery1IIS
exhaustion, bad nutrition - and INN nm
blood, the body acquires yigor ana t ~
nerves, blood and all the tissues ieel tI0
favorable effect Of this sovereign rem tSar
Although some physicians have Vt tSa
aware of the high medicinal value Of sno
above mentioned plants, yet lew n arG
used pure glycerine as a solvent a iIad
usually the doctors prescriptions ca anto
for the ingredients in varying aLnouH'''
nth alcohol. .,ss
The HGolden Medical Discovery 80
scientific preparation compounded solLoD os5
glyceric extracts of the above MENTORS ~
Vegetable ingredients and contains ~
alcohol or harmful habit-formins drug
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

no other than Alice. the daughter of
Richard Merrifield, though not until
after Lacey's graduation did it become
manifest to Alice'S father that the
seed of interest had brought forth the
fruit Of love
And then the city chairman lost no
time in indicating his feelings in the
matter, for he had dep ,ooted dis
like for what he termed M dern B. A.
graduates-not bachelors of arts, but
bachelors of athletics"
Briefly and emphatically he informed
Lacey that his attentions to Alice
were disagreeable; and not only to
him but to the recipient also.
Now Mortified did not Intentionally
tell an untruth when he said his
daughter considered Laceys attentions
,iisagreeable But he did interpret
most wrongly an ambiguous remark.
In proportion as men are strong In
physical trials, so are they weak in
the adverities Of love; wherefore it
was that James Lacey, after his inter
view with the father of Alice Merri-
| field. was utterly downcast and firm
ly of the opinion that the fair city of
Valegreen was the most disagreeable
habitat OF civilization.
Within a week after his interview
with Merrifield, "Jim"-as his friends
called him-had taken mp his abode in
Il distant city of the State. And there
- had prospered. And not only had
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

recognized real by the and which alone
useful in affairs Good travels the well
paths; genius And that is why the crowd,
altogether without reason is ready great
lunatics.
1t has again been objected to that my studies of
genius deficient in utility. TO this might reply
with aine that is not always necessary that the
should be useful Yet numerous practical applications
arise of these researches they furnish with ex
plantations of those strange religious insanities which
become the nucleus of historical events
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

corpororation the be ruled by the
governments
The doing Of this attempting to do it has been the
primary work of the Bureau of Corporations. 1t is
going to be long road 1t IS going to be difficult
road and the work of the bureau will only be well
done if set faces in the right direction at
the beginning We mast not expect too much from the
of the government at the present time to change
these Industrial evils Our first steps cannot be long
We cannot when attempting to solve such
problems these, but, / say If get our
set in the right direction then may be sure
that In the years to come we will make the right kind
of progress This again only be accomplished by
the heartes cooperation of engaged in business
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
WARNING TO HOUSEWIVES
10 Not Sweep Too Much-Broou
Serious Maladu NauSes

IN the experience of a Pasoaon. IT,,
woman who is confined to 6be er ma, (Call
a strange and serious maladv +t peg with
t warning for housewives why t ro is
treInes IN the matter of Eeo,Sioo 70 ex-
homes in order. This womcn p'ng their
Is the most industrious broom lTH, perhaps,
PASADENA. From early morn " ne.oer in
late at night she has made 'oit + ing until
ness ness as well as pleasure "a - s ngt bust
she Is called "pizen clean" bv Is snt art,
bors. Several days ago, w6ila ne 5h neigh
sweeping her front room. She 9 fn was
Fortunately there was some ene tainted.
hand to give her attention. Sbo T T at
Yyed, but promptly tainted acoi WAS re,
repeated the performance seveT T1iu and ana
Then physician was summonas unes.
ilrst he was greatly puzzled ANA AT
fessed that her symptoms wor gnG cor con
any ne had ever observed beforeo n'lT 1
took careful examination to IT,, It
finally the fact that the patient, S'I ai
has been displaced by her persisfen ue9 ar
tbors with the broom. When sw slseTHt Ia
has been her habit to press the hug i
of the implement closely to her is s .9ad i
order that she might exert greater p'I r,, IA
sure on it. pres
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24

standard of living the last probably the most import
symptom Of all
Among persons of average intelligence there Is
" Indifference the claims of religion except per-
haps state occasions. They willing that the
church should otfciate at weddings and funerals In
order that due formality and propriety be observed
But the daily conversation of the average American
is untouched by religious conviction and shows his
thought the fundamentals of life be totally differ
from the church. When he wishes to quote reig-
ious thought he the language the churches as
though he speaking foreign tongue. How much
gliby the phrases of the stock market the
sporting world the artistic circles! The vocabulary
the churches is like dead language to him. that
he will sparingy quotations from classics
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
UNDER WHICH KING.

~'Thc More Postum the More Food
the More Coffee the More Poison"
The President of the w. c. y. L. in
4 young giant State in the Northwest
says:
II did not realize that l was a slave
to coffee till l left off drinking it. For
three or four years l was obliged to
take a nerve tonic every day. Now l
am free, thanks to Postum Food Cof
fee
after finding out what coffee will
do to its victims, l could hardly stand
to have my husband drink it; but he
was not willing to quit l studied for
mouths to find way to induce him to
leave it of. Finally 1 told him
would make no more coffee.
Il got Postum Food Coffee, and
made it strong boiled 1t the required
time, and had him read the little book,
The Road to MELVILLE, that comes in
every pkg
To-day Postum has no stronger ad-
vOcate than my husband, He tells
our friends how 10 make it, and that
ne cot through the winter without a
spell Of the grip and has not had a
headache for months-ne used to be
subject to frequent nervous head
aches
The stronger you drink Postum tht
more food You get; the stronger yol
drink coffee the more poison you get
Name given by Postum Co, BATH
CreeE, Mich.
There's a reason.