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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
A LITTLE OF
EVERY T H N G
Twenty Years Ago.

I've wondered to the village. Tom, and
tried TO find the tree
On which We carved our names one day
when We were happy, Tree,
But there was nothing doing, Tom; tbs
tfee been stricken low
by the village lumber company-since
twenty Years ago.
The little old red SchoOlhouSe, Iom,, tina,
stood upon the hill,
Is gone, and i'll its place a sign reads
lry Purple Pill
Where once stood Enarled old appl,
trees. with fruit attending low.
They've built a modern brewery. Tom
since twenty years ago.
Do you remember Geraldine-she of tn,
sunny hair?
None in all the village. Tom. WAS halt
so sweet or fair.
l lost my heart. completely. Tom, and
tried TO be her bead
She's Iat, red faced-SiX children, Tom
since twenty years ago.
l wandered to the village green, where
We. when needless boys.
Played cne-old-cat, and pull-away and
knew so many joys;
And, Tom, that green is OH the bum; il
really Erieved me 50
TO ma potatoes growing thcre-sinct
twenty years ago.
'Tis sweet to dream of all those things
that we in boyhood knew
The school. the green. the meadows
where the fragrant blossoms grow:
And, Tom. i m not Il knockcr. but don
pay out hard earned dough
For railroad fares to visit scenes of twen-
ty years aSO.
milwaukee, Sentinel
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

The story comes from New Rochelle,
n. Y, of little ioke which Andrew
Carnegie had at the expense of the
Methodist church i'm that town. 1t ap-
pears that they were trying hard to
raise $1,000 for a church organ and
wrote to Mr.. Carnegie asking him to
assist them. He wrote back that if
they would raise $500 toward the organ
he would see what he could do. As
suming that this meant that he would
himself contribute the remaining $780,
they hustled their hardest and sue
ceeded in raising $500. something which
they never could have done without
the expectation of an equal sum from
Mr. Carnegie. When they informed
the great man of the results of their
efforts, he replied that after looking
the field over he had decided that $500
organ WAS perfectly suitable for the
church in which it was to be placed,
and that he did not see that they
needed any financial help from him.
Perhaps, they will some day realize
that Mr. Carnegie helped them after
all, but they are not in very CRATE
full spirit Just at present The Incl
dent affords an excellent text for the
minister of that church, provided he
can get his mind TO see it from a
spiritual standpoint.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Dancing SeagulIs.

ut is no uncommon sight to sec SullS.
or other birds, dancing or padding upon
the Sand,' says a writer. "CurlewS and
most other shore-feedinS birds do the
same thing, the object being to frightcn
the worms from their retreat below, wher
they appear to be instantly swallowed up.
But the really interesting part of the per-
formance is-why should the worms be so
frightened by the shaking produced in tho
sand as to come up to the surface. The
inference, of course, is that they have Il
greater dread of some enemy beneath.
whose approach they bclicv" to be her
aided by the vibration Which his move
mentS through it impart to the sand.
confess to being little puzzled as to
what the enemy can 6c. When the an
glcr wants to collect earth worms. in
place where it is not convenient TO dig.
he is accustomed to push a stick into the
ground and by moving that about impart
Il vibration to the soil around. which has
the effect of forcing those worms within
its influence to crawl to the surface. This
is precisely the practice followed by The
dancing gull and with the same result.
Rut on land we are led to suppose that it
may be an attack from mole which the
worms fear. while Oh the wet sands there
are, Of course, no moleS 20 be dreaded.
Are the worms thinking back. through a
remote ancestry, to a time when they
were dwellerS upon dry land and were ac-
Qtainted with the mole. or his forbearS,
or what is the true solution of the mat
tCr?"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Twenty five Years in the South,

From .OOO0NO invested in capital for
factories to $l.JOO 000,00; increase. $l.2iJ-
OOO.OOn
From s57, 100000 yearly value of products
of factories to S1.7JO,OOo,OO; increase, ST.
29:. 900 900.
From 81 OOO.OOO capital invested in cot
ton mills to SEQ 900; increase S29i,OCO,-
From s$l3 .0o6. 600 annual value Of cotton
crop to $3.50 00o,Go increase s167 100000.
From 2g5OCO bales of cotton used in
southern cotton mills to 2.l6iW0; increase.
L. o3SO00 bales.
From s39ND.OGO early lumber product
to $40, 1000 ,ON; increase. s211,000.UO
From $4,000 tons of pi;, iron produced
to 3lo0,O1 tons; increase. 100000 tons.
From s261. 10000 early value uf exports
abroad to Sr,5O00.O00; increase. S294O00. .IWp.
From s6n.00G0n0 yearly value OF farm
products to $17dO,00p,0c0; increase. Sl,G"0.-
From oo.fOO miles of railro1d to GO.CN
miles increase. %. O0 miles.
From 1900 barrels of petroleum pro
duced to 4. 1900; increase, 42,3ii,0O bar
rels
From IS cotton oil mills to 80; increase
1:,,j mills
From ssOonO capital invested in cotton
oil mills to s5i.60o.0N0: increase. 81. .NH.tNO
From $3.50" spindlcs in cotton mills tc
From el1,,T1 tons Of phosphate mined
yearly to 1.Os7, ,42S: increase. S7sOcl tons.
From 397.776 tons of coke produced year.
ly to 6244.ls5: increase. 5,Sif,409 tons.
To crown it ALL from $3,05l 00C.OOO as
sessed property valuation to $500, 900 900
increase. s3.4i9.0 900. or an average in,
crease of SIS, 900 a year for the twenty.
five years.
The census in 1880 is to be credited witt
the figures for that year, and Mr.. r. n
Edmunds. editor of the Manufacturers
Record, with those for 1905 few o
which are for one year earlier but still
are sufficient for this comparison.
The New South is rapidly becoming thu
| Great South
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

II is now New York's turn to be held
up as state Of abandoned farms. and
the fact that there are 10000 farms
for sale within its borders. according
to the official announcement Of the
agricultural commissioner. indicated
that agriculture has proved a failure
in the hands of thousal IS who have
undertaken it. Many of these farms.
it is said. are purchasable. even when
Il short distance from city. at much
less than the cost of the buildings
alone. In commenting upon this state
of affairs the New York World says:
The New England States have made
special efforts to attract immigrants
to such farms. and with gratifying sue
cess. New York might we'll do the
same"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Reyivals are the order this winter
and i'm other and larger cities than
Augusta much religious interest has
been aroused. In Philadelphia thou
sands Of converts have been made as
a result of the Torrey and Alexander
meetings and in Syracuse. N. Y. 400
new members were received into va
rious evangelical churches Feb. 1S as
q result Of series of revival meetings
there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
STOPS ANY ITCHING.
Ooan's Ointment Cures Eczema ana
Itching P'les-Aususta People Recon.
mend it.

One application of Doan's Oiptmo,t
stops any Itching. Short treatment
cures eczema. itching piles, salt rbcu,,
any skin eruption or skin itchin.,
1t is the cheapest remedy to use ho-
cause so little of it is required Ia brin,
r. 'il'i and q cure. Here il Augusta tns-
timony to prove il:
Hon. s. w. Matthews. Commission.
OF Bureau of Industrial and Iahnr
Statistics, State House, and living at
Western ST., Augusta. Me. savy.
IN November. 1898, gave a Statement
Tor publication recommending Doar.Y
ointment, after IL had cured mo Of :,
case of eczema which had annoycd mo
Tor some time. | have no reason To
ditcr my OPINION as to it's curatiye
powers. l have not used il during the
SIX years past, for the sirnplo reason
mat nave had no occasion too. As
iar as ! can see. my cure has been
permanent. and il is with pleasure
that l rc-cldorse the remedy and adj
wise others 10 get il at Willis r. par
trdSc's drug store
For sale by all dealers. Price 20
cents. Foster -Milburn Co. Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doam's-and
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

a volume which will be Of great in
tcrcst to the people Of the Granite State
and whose idea might we'll be copied
in other states has Just been issued. 1t
is called The Native Ministry of New
Hampshire" and contains the records
of 2.509 New Hampshire clergymcn. a
goOdly regiment in the great army of
Gods soldiers. The first name in the
book is that of Rev. John Cotton. who
was born at Hampton. May s, 1868.
Eighteen denominations are repre-
sented. while sixteen ministers whose
names are included owed allegiance to
no particular denomination. OF the
more than $500 ministers. e5S had the
degree Of master Of arts: Is were doc
tors of philosophy; IS doctors of medi-
cine and 100 doctors of divinity. Two
had received the degree Of doctor of let :
ters, one of them from Oxford Uni
versity. Four became bishops Of III.
Episcopal church and one was a bishop
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

twisted one side, and grim look on his
face, much to the amusement of his
friends, who were at a loss to account
for this peculiar appearance of their
comrade. Proverbially absent-minded
the mystery was explained at night,
when this injured being went home, to
seek relief from the strange feeling of
oppression that had bound him all day.
Speedy investigation on the part of his
wife soon disclosed the trouble. In a
specially dreamy fit, this man of the
wandering mind, had in the morning.
put on his shirt. hind side before. and
had worn it round all day long, but
toned UP in the back, the shirt bosom
creating an unpleasant sensation, and
the difference in fit accounting for the
stiff neck and other affiictions that had
so disturbed the serenity Of his tenn
per.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

The sky-scrapers are getting hiSh'r
than the tallcst monuments and pretty
soon the tallest structure ever erected
by the hands Of man will be New
York Office building. A 4O-story build
ing. 80. feet high. is to be built at once
at the corner of Broadway and Liberty
streets. This will be 40 feet taller than
the Washington monument. and about
so feet taller than the spires of the
famous Cologne cathedral. Only one
structure on earth will still o'ertOp this
new building. and that is the Eifel
tower. A structure i'm New York high
cr than the Paris shOwpiccc will surely
arrive at an carly day. and then there
will be nothing to do but build some
thing higher than tn" Himalayas.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Certainly Alaska should be allowed
territorial delegate in Congress. Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt has strongly recon-
mend.d il and bill providing for such
a delegate has just passed the Senate
and is pending before the House. 1t
Is true there are only about 10000 white
people in Alaska, but the territory Is
larger than the area Of the Is original
states and the rapid development OF
lis vast resources give it a constantly
incr, asing Importance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Personal Notes.

Samuel S. Howland has given to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New
York, a collection of old laccs, includ-
ing twenty-nine pieces of great
antiquity.
Prof. Karl IIarke Won Noordcn, OF
Frankfort. Germany, has been ap-
pointed by the Minister of Education of
Austria as the head of the vienna
Clinic the place made vacant last sum-
mer by the death of Prof. Nothnagcl
Mrs. A. A. Anderson, wife Of A. A.
Anderson, the artist. has given $lO0.oo0
to Barnard College for the establish
mcnt of Ii pure science course to lead to
the degree of Bachelor of Science
Mrs. Anderson has made other dolIa-
ttions to the college.
A life-sze bust of the Rev. DR..
George w. Sampson. president of CO.
loinbian College, now George WASH
ington University, from 1859 to 1871.
will he presented to the university TO-
day with appropriate ceremonies. The
bust is the gift of the members of DIR.
SIMPSONS family.
Possessing complete ancestral records
the Rev. O. S. Reed, of Veedersburis.
Ind, establishes beyond all doubt the
fact of his blood relationship to George
Washing ton. To this Indiana pastor
author is given rare honor of being one
If the nearest living relatives to the
Father of His Country.
The claims of Cope Whitchousc. a
Washington man. to the rights from
| the Egyptian Government to a portion
of the Desert Of Sahara. valued by Mr.
| Whitehouse at s4O.OOOOOO. are being in
vestigated by the State Department
and are under consideration of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
| tions.
J Surgeon General Ta-ka-ki, of the
| Japanese navy, who is visiting this
| country. says that all totals of the
| losses suffered by the military and
| naval forces of his country are still
| kept secret. The object of this policy
| is to keep other nations in ignorance Of
! the loss in lives and money which
| Japan may sustain in time of war.
Two Congressman were discussing
the recent White House wedding One
aaid to the other: What does the
President think of his new son-in-
| law" "Oh, he's pretty well satisfied. .
said the other. ''Longworth is Harv-
ard man and a Republican. but he has
| one inexcusable defect. in the Presi-
oents mind; he wasn't a Rough Rider
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana,
| would have made an artist if he had
not had the luck to be centimil-
lionaire. II am fond of art and
artists" said the Senator. 81 some
times wish that ! had studied art
What would have been your line
SENATOR" he was asked "Oh.
would have chosen great subjects. ]
would never have painted sheep or
cattle or peasants. should have
chosen to paint lions.''
Benjamin c. Clark. who was gradu.
ated from Harvard in the same class
with President Eliot, has lived a bus,
and useful life. He is a we'll knowr
philanthropist and is dean of th'
Boston consulate corps. He lives il
Boston and for some years has main
tainen the custom of paying the post
age "f all Christmas packages that arr
not sufficiently slammed at the Rostor
office to take them to the respectiv.
destinations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Pointed Paragraphs.

Industry is the mother Of good luck.
Jailbrds arc always anxious to quit
the nest.
Many people are either rich or happy,
but few are both.
The way of the transgrcssor often
leads to anothcrs pocket.
1t is better to make one man laugh
than to make a hundred weep.
If Il mans heart is all right his head
is not far out of line.
The wise man accepts just praise
put he draws the line at fattery.
He who is afraid of soiling his gar
mcnts never accomplishes much.
1t is impossible for the average man
10 account for his neighbors success
If you would climb upward you mus,
look upward. think upward and live
upward.-Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Tie good old-ashioned pie, with two
crusts and mystery for filling not
discioscd until you cut it, is not served
as often as it used to be at the family
tanle 1t is even possible to keep
mouse and set good table and not
know how to make a pie which is one
of tne many proofs that housekeeping.
considered the most conservative of all
trades. has changed wonderfully after
all. But good pie tastes just as good
now as ever and so the pastry shell or
tart with various filings and meringues
is substituted.
some of the celebrated chefs of the
country believe that pies cannot be
mace now as good as in the days when
our Ioremothers made thirty or forty
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Strategy.

She was a jadcd London lady cycliSt.
of a week in a London shop. Tho country
was green and peaceful; even though il
was winter but the night soon fell. and
she had to seek shelter for the night.
Remember" She said to the landlady.
before she retired. IF there is anything |
new-laid eggs for breakfast tomorrow
And so You shall, miss" said the dear.
honest old lady. Our hens lay all wealth
erS. and YOU shall have your wish"
But the partitions in country cottages
are thin. and the lady from London was
awakened next morning by a convers,i
ton in the adjoining room between her
landlady and her spouse.
Get up. We lazy loom" she said. The
lady is mighty stuck ON naw-1ad eggs
so yell have to get half dozen from
the grocer while l go and cackle in the
yard'-Answers
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

DR.. TorIcy. the famous evangelist
according to the Buffalo Commercial. is
ready at repartee. At one Of his meet
ings in England man asked this
question: IF God is all powerful and
good. why does He not Kill the devil.
who is creating all the mischief? Now.
don't dodge that question. doctor.
demand an answer" lie srt il in
stantly. II am not quite sure why
God does not destroy satan" replied
DR.. TORY. but l suppose He would not
care 10 mako so many ornhamA."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

The Boston Transcript points out
the coincidence that the prominent
leaders in the woman suffrage move
ment have enduring bodies as wei as
strong minds Mrs. Stanton was over
SO at her death. Susan b. Anthony
was Sc Tuesday, and Isabella Beecher
Hooker was 81 yesterday. while Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe in the weight OF
gracious wears, leads all the rest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
A Soma Of This World.

Amt this bright world
Singjn' sweet to you!
(Wish had a dollar
For that note that's comm duco
Amt this a glad world
Tcemin' with content
tWish | had the money
For the payin' o the rentO
Amt This n fine world
ElaZin' with the sun,
(Yondtr comes the BALM.
An it's time for me To rum
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

If more ST. Louis people were in the
habit of drinking water there wouid
be a greater hardship involved in that
Supreme court decision which rules
that Chicago's sewage shai oe ai-
lowed to flow down the Mississippi.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

The Kansas City Journal explains
that Omaha verdict by concluding that
the jury which freed Pat Grove after
he had confessed himself guilty was
unable to place any reliance in the
word of "a rascally kidnapper.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Still HANGS On.

Ever notice itr' 1ucriad the mnn who
asks questions on the installmcnt plan.
Ibid I ever notice What ,lucricd the
party of the other part.
THAT when a MIN says he is tired Of
living he is Just as careful to avoid aC
cidents as bcforc?" continued the party
of the prelude
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Assist Nature.

You have been told to ''hitch your
wagon to a Star"-that nature will as
sist you. That's all right There arc
times, however. when You should as
sist nature. and the spring is one OF
these times.
Nature is now undertaking to cleanse
your system--if you take Hoods Sar-
saparilla the undertaking will bc sue
cessful. and your complexion bright
and clear.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

OF the Methodist church. Thirty-nine
became presidents of colleges and other
of the higher educational institutions.
Two native preachers became gov
ernors of New Hampshire, and another
represented the state in the Senate of
the United States. Still another be-
came i foreign minister.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Modern beekeepers do not leave the
rearing of queens to their bee colonies.
Left to themselves bees rear queens
only when they want to swarm, when
their queen is accidentally killed or
when. on account of her age or for some
other reason. she does not lay enough
eggs. In nature, when the young
queens come out of their cells there is
q battle royal among them, the final
survivor being accepted as queen Of the
colony. But this is waste Of good
material which the modern heekecprr
can not permit. SO his artificially-
reared queens emerge into little Wire
cages. or nurseries, where they can
neither kill their neghbors nor bc
themselves killed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough.
ssasss's sssss 'ss ., &MkzZzXz.,
Sick Wives and Daughters.

SFeN "'VeS d'u Odu9IttTs'
You have often seen them with pale
faces, poor appetite, head and back
ache. symptoms common to the sex.
Fathers and mothers, lose no time in
securing DR.. David kennedy's Favorite
Remedy. 1t will cost only one dollar
and is much cheaper than sickness.
Write to DIR. David Kennedy's Sons.
Rondout. n. Y. for a free sample bot
tie.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
The Forgotten Grave.

After Il hundred years
Nobody knows the pllcc-
Agony. that enacted there,
MOtionlesS as peace.
Weeds triumphant ranged.
Strangers strOlled and sped
At the lone orthography
OF the elder dead.
Winds Of summer fields
E"coilcct the way
Instinct picking up the key
Dropped by memory.
Emily Dickinson.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Lent is only few days away and
then the price of eggs will doubtless
scar back into the dizzy heights where
il roasted during most of the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Arrangements have been made for
the erection of a memorial to the late
Cecil Rhodes on the Groote Schuur es-
tate, near Cape Town. The design of
tne memorial is to be intrusted to
HerDert Baker. The massive eques-
triah group by Watts known as
fhHsicai Energy" will find a place
IN the center of the platform.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

at a time and brought them out as
occasion required, heated and served
them as fresh as if newly baked. The
reason, they state, is the use of canned
fruit or that which has been long
picked, exposed in markets, and lard
which Is not like the home-tried lard.
the grape tart illustrated is merely
shell cut from a paste made from
one cup of sifted pastry flour, one
quarter teaspoon each of salt and bak-
ing powder. and one-third cup of but
Ter. Mix with cold water and from the
trimmings cut leaves and rounds and
arrange like bunch of grapes after
the snell is filled with grape jam or
narmalade
ALICE L. WHITAKER.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
SIiuht Misunderstanding,

$50 your have an ideal husband" said
the woman Of the house What do you
consider an ideal husband?'
"Axin' yOrc pardon, m:L'am." replied the
washady. "but yOuSc didn't understand
me. reckon. WOt | said WIS that l had
q idle husband. ma'am.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

IL is said that only one-ffth the usual
amount of ice has been cut this winter
on the Hudson. This means business
OH the Kenncbec just as long as ice
can be cut
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Woman's Love.

Love" remarked the morsliZer. "is the
strongest passion of a woman's heart"
That's right" rcjoined the demoraliZ-
er. shes got to love something. eithe,
new bonnet, pug dog, baby. or a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Duke of Blank. Captain Mahan is on the
sick list"
An hour or SO later q messenger from
the duke returned with invitations Tor tho
admiral and the captain. Whereupon the
admiral wrote again:
Admiral Erbcn accepts with pleasure
the invitation for Captain Mahan and
himself. He wishes also to advise tn.
Duke of Blank that ht has taken CAPTAIN
Alahan off the sick list
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Monday, February 26, 1906

1t will be no joke if John Mitchell's
prediction of a coal strike April 1
comes true.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Maine Gossip
The Mesa ge.

Don't you hear the message
The sparrows chirp all day?
"Comin'-c -cOmn'-comn
Spring amt far away.
There's something in the sunshine that S
hintn' Of the May"
That is just the message
They're telln' right along:
you'll soon find pleasant places
Where the hOneysuckles throng-
A garden red with roses. and an or
chard, sweet with sonS!'
An we're lovin' Of that message.
For we hear the bluebird's call
The tnklc of Il drop o dow,
AS a daisy hears it fall:
An daisy in a meadow is holiday
to all
Atlanta Constitution
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
Often the Case.

Stelia-Did yor have good time at
Mrs. Chatt"rton's party?
Maude-Nn: Mrs. Chatterton worked 50
hard trying to make her guests feel at
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

The latest grange to be organized is
View Grange, with Sc charter members.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26

Some of the graduating classes are
already talking up trips to Boston or
Washington in place of graduation cX-
erciSeS.