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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
MAINE PRESS COMMENTS.
Country's Flag Should Be Kept Clean
and Bright.
(POrtland SUNDAY Tclccram)

cortland sunday TclcgramD
Memorial Day is fast approaching
an'. with it sweet memories of ante
knighthood was in flower: for was it
not III those days that the spirit of IS
showed itself in countless enlistmentS
in response to the call of President
Lincoln for men. And herein is an op-
portunity for a sermon. 1t is that a
good word be said for the enlisted men
Of today. The recent catastrophe at
san Francisco proved the worth Of the
regular army man in time of peace as
VOL as in times Of strife and to him
alone is due the safety of the stricken
city
Put there is. another object in view
in this article and it is relative to
the flag. In many respects the Amcri-
can il careless in the extreme when it
comes to . recognition Of Old Glory
The flag is the emblem of freedom and
Of progress. In its folds is wrapped a
beautiful banner i'm the whole world
and Yet il took years Of agitation to
get a law passed to prevent and pro-
'ctl IL from DcinE uSen lof advertising
purposes. And have you noticed the
neglect by the average alleged patriotic
citizen of the flag of our Country?
The custodian of public buildings. of
clubs. and others will allow flag to
futtcr as dirty rag. IT is permitted
to Hap itself AS smoke bcsmudEed
and faded emblem of n former glory
whipping itself into strings and frag-
ments. You never soc a flag in tina,
condition I'm other countries which dc
not boast of our unaltera bic patriotism
It is UP to some one to institute \
| movement in this Country to keep the
flag clean and bright, proper en-
| blem of the Nation it represents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
Some English Words.

"Daffo1ii" and "aSphodol''-thc lat
ter according to Homer, covered the
meadow haunted by tn" shades of de-
parted hcrocS-arc ctymoloSically the
same. Old-time EngliShmcn confused
the two plants. which are quite differ
cnt, and il WIS reserved for later gem
crations 10 restore its true spelling to
the true aSphodcl and restrict "daffo-
dill" with its mysterious ID" to the
flower now known by that name. For
mcrly it was "affo'lile." and the "a is
variouSly explained as being a childish
insertion like the "T'' i'm "'red." from
Edward" or AS representing the
French "1cur d'affrodille." or tn" Eng
fish eth affrodilc" 9TH" definite arti-
cleo. or as the final "a" Of and in such
a combination as 'fenncll and anodil"
"Elc"trobuS'' is; u word that is likely
to he accepted in Lonirn befpr" long.
The London Chronicle has this to say
of word; Of similarly bad makeup:
"TE" last edition Of Webster has had
20 admit 'clcctrocu;c' undcr protest
as a ncWSpHprr Word). although the
final Syllhbl" of til" Latin pHrtiCiplc
'SecutuS,' borrowed from 'cxcrute, is
as meaningless as the final syllable
topped from omnibus Even before
that 'cI"Ctrolicr' had forced its way in.
with its barbarous 1i"r from 'chaude-
l"r,' in hiCh the Il belongs to the
candle part Of tn" word. These 'elnc-
tro' violcnccS tn language seem to be
inevitable, though electro itself means;
| only amber and should. strictly. be
'el"ctricp' i'm such compounds"
EtymologistS arc driven to pure con
| lecture to explain the origin of the
word "capSizc. One nf them suspects;
| that ii comes from the Spanish Ian
| Euagc. as so many sailors words do.
and may be connected with "Cabcc"ar'
to nod the head in sleep. or tn pitch as
"a ship. and with "capuzar un baxcl,' :
i to sink a ship by the hcad-"ca bcza''
| meaning head. Another guess-baSecl
on the fact that "capsize" is an Eng
lish dialect word for moving ii hogs
head by turning it over alternately on
To its two heads-is that the word is
simply cap" head. and seize
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
interchange.

The criole sang in the apple tree:
Tho sick girl lay on her bed and heard
Tho tremulOuS note of the glad wild
bird;
And All she sighed. Ito share with
thee
Lifc's rapture exquisite and strong;
Its hope. its eager cn"rEr.
lis fragrance ard its song.
The oriolc swayed in the apple tree
And he sang: Il will build, with my
love. a nest.
Fine as c'or welcomed Il EirdlinC guest .
Like a pendent blossom. sccur" yet Tree
1t shall hang from the bouch above me
there.
Bright bright with the gold that is
c0mhcd iOr mo
From the sick girls auburn hair"
Then he built tho nest i'm tn" apple tree:
And, Furnished over. a ball al light
1t CLEANED and Shouc in the sick girls
sight
And She eaz"d uron it wnnderiuglv.
But when the bird had forever flown
They brought the nest from the apple
tree
To the bcd where she lay alone.
oh builder of this Mystery"
TIL" wi,ic ana wiStful cEcS grew dim
And til" soul of the sick girl followed
him
Dear bird, ! have had part. through
In tie life for which long ana long:
ilav" shared It's hope its energy
It's Idptur" and its sony"
Florence Earle Coates.
Tommy How 10 Your pa aud M work :
Jniinny-I.ikc the House ana sI"nltn-it
one Of en- InISScG my hill the other Kill;
it.-N~w York SIM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
Personal Notes.

CAPTAIN John p Merrill of Marshall,
Mich. has been appointed Pre- Sdent Of tho
Naval War College ut Newport. X. /.
He will assume his duties May Il.
Henry Joseph Cox. chief Weather Bu-
reau Official in Chicago, has been elected
president Of the Geographic Society OF
Chicago He is a noted mct"orOlogiSt.
Arson Deyco. the wcll-knOWn hymn
writer has Just died in Los Angeles. Cal.
HYMNS composed by him are still sung in
many of the Sunday schools oil over the
country.
Prof. A. NJ. Brooks. of the Department
of Fine Arts, of the Indiana University
has written a novel entitled The New
ell Fortune which will be received from
the press in a few weeks.
DR. Harry r. Marshall Of Baltimore.
has resigned from the Board Of super
viSorS of City Charities t. accept posi-
ton as pathologist III the United States
Bureau of Science. at Manila. He will
sail May ~.
}. Taylor Ellyson. Lieutenant Cover
nor of Virginia. who Is in charge of the
Department Of Education of the James
town Exposition. says the exposition will
have the most complete educational cX-
hLit ever brought together south OF the
Mason and Dixon Line
DIR. Harry Fielding Reid. professor
of geological physics in the Johns Hop
kinS University, has been appointed on
the committee chosen by Governor Par
de Of California, to investigate the
causes of the recent earthquake in San
Francisco. His associates will be AIR.
Gilbert Of the United States Geological
Survey. Prof LenScbner of Oakland,
Cal, Prof. Durckhalder OF the University
rorni,. and Prof. Branncr of Leland
Stanford Unlver Sity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16

~, ycft car now?" asked the victim.
No sir; I've not quite finished the
,;gbt ear vet" "Ah. / fancied you
were irving to pass through to the lett
without going around.
nortrajt painter without clients
,vas advised by q friend to paint
,l,onccs OF himself and his wife and
h,np II in some conspicuous place, 50
tb.t would be customers might judge
NJ his skill. He did so, and his father
;n-I,.y the next time he called iinmc-
diately saw the picture. Pray ask
.d the visitor, what woman have you
represented there" why, sir, do you
nat recognize your own dauGhter?''
INV daughter." was the indignant an
svcr. "If you intend that TO represent
NV daughter how dare yOu paint her
sitting thus intimately with man
whom | have never seen before. and
no must be an intre stranger to her."
.rhe painters feelings need not he des-
cribcd.
The gibes at doctors are innun"rablc.
The following is a typical example:
One of the Judges in the neither re-
giouS dispatched an imp to this world
of ours to seek out and bring back a
good doctor. when the imp WAS in
structed. you come to the house of a
doctor before which you deSCry no com
planning ghosts you will know you hav"
found IL man of the kind wanted" The
messenger set out, but in front of every
| doctors door he came to there vas an
immense throng Of angry spirits pro-
| claiming the wrongs they had suffered
| when in the flesh at the hands of the
medicine man. Finally. however, he
| reached d house where there was but
one solitary ghost fitting backward
| and forward. This is my man. ho
said to himself; "hc must surely be q
clever fclloN." When the imp came to
| make inquiries. however, he learned
| that the practitioner had barely been
in practice for q day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
Oevelopina Alaska.

When Alaska was purchased of Rus
dreamed of its golden future. Per-
haps William Fl. Seward, the secretary
of state who negotiated the transfer
Was the most optimistic man in the
country in the matter. but even he hau
little conception of the resources VI
the vast region. Most people resaiu-
ed the sum paid for the. territory a.
present to Russia in return Ior
friendly attitude during the civil "ar.
The region was declared to be only
"rocks and ice" by those VINO oppo'eu
tho n,,rcb,sa The world is familiar
with the SEQUEL. Vastly more eoid
Tho, ,s Maid for Alaska is now mined
there nv Americans every year anu
beeipn;re Of developing the resources
90 Tho roeion has scarcely been made.
orr Canadian neighbors have
been showing even more zeal thah the
,,o of o,,r own country i'm exploiting
,,.sL. The Chicago Tribune sees a
,,,epaco to American interests in the
now transcontinenta1 railroad llne
,,ucb To the north Of the Canadian
p,cific without any American inter-
est to retain trade the Canadian roads
nov in operation or contemplated will
naturally get the benefit, and foreign
nf
which should be feeder to the COM
n,er,e and wealth of the United States.
Says the Tribune:
1.-The opening up of vast tracts for
settlement the development of eXten-
siye coal fields, the greater facility for
the transport of mail and of troops IN
case Of military movements. are some
Of the reasons adduCed for which Con-
gress should grant aid to companies
which purpose to make large eXpendl-
lures in Alaska. 1t Is quite interesting
to note that the competition Is Keci,
among those who desire to make IN
vcstmcnts in railroads III that part of
the country. The difficulties to be
overcome are enormous. and II there
can he assurance of honesty of pur-
pose and integrity of cndeavor gov
ermcnt encouragement may be eX-
pedient. For, if. as alleged, d pro-
poscd railroad. when built. will tap a
region OF $4,000 square miles. much OF
it available for settlement or fol
profitable exploitation. the PROJECT is
one of sufficient magnitude to come I'M
der that classification which covers
those for the permanent advantage oi
a nation. but which. for the time at
least, do net promise to the investor Z
sufficient return for his money TO war
rant the needed outlay. and so deserve
a little governmental assistance. The
committee on territories may be trust
ed to deal with this important subject
With a care which its future possible
ties demands"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
ESTABLISHED 1925
Wednesday, May 16. 1906.
Majne's Growing Population.

Another substantial evidence of the
Increasing popula ton of Maine is found
In the returns showing the number of
men in the State between the ages of Is
and AZ, liable to military duty in case of
war. The present number is 104, 905 as
against 101, S69 in 1903 when the last
previous enrolment was made. This
gain Of 3046 Of course indicates a total
this number, perhaps as many as 10000
for the three years. This rate would
give the State a gain of over 10000 for
the decade and make its population at
least 725, 900 when the 1910 census is
taken. Most of US expect that Maine
will have more than that number OF
people four years hence. Some set the
figure as high as 100000. but this is
probably too optimistic.
The gain of 3046 in the enrolment OF
able bodied men liza BILE to military duty
Ia well scattered over the State, though
it ia to be noted that five OF the 10
counties fail to show gain. THESE
counties are Aroostook. Lincoln. Saga
dahoc. Waldo and York, the losses
ranging from % in Aroostook to 3S' III
York But what is the matter with
prosperous Aroostook that it actually
reports fewer men than 1t did three
wears ago? It is not so difficult to I'M
derstand the cases of the coast counties
Of Lincoln. Sagadahoc and Waid"
where the tendency to stationary or
ccreasing population was indicated by
set i'm up in Aroostook which has been
booming along with such great strides:
We should have expected it to show a
big gain instead of standing still for
three wears. Perhaps there is a ms
take somewhere. Anyway. an explala-
ton will be awaited with interest and
it will also be of interest to know what
has happened down in York county to
cause il to report 583 fewer men be-
TWEEN the ages Of Is and As than it had
in 1893.
In IL of the counties there is gain
the largest being 1905 in Cumberland
county. The gain of 49, in kennebc'
County, nearly half Of which is in thi
city, indicates very substantial in
crease in population in this section %
the State. Now that we are told how
many men there are in the State liablt
to military service it would be ever
more interesting to know how many
would respond to the call in case OF
war. We may rest assured that i
would be a handsome proportion d
them for the state cherishes the proue
memory Of the fact that in the Civil
War It sent more of its sons. in pro
portion to its population. to the de
Tense of the Union than were sent BY
any other state in the whole country
And none rendered a better account o
themselves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
Found $1,000.

An employee in one of the large rail-
road stations in the East recently picked
UP satchel which contained 5000. The
owner returned in a great state Of excite
ment and after proving his claim the
satchel was returned to him. The finder
received a handsome reward for his hen
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- years record of cures Of such ailments
as poor appetite. sick headache. insomnia.
bilipusness INDIGESTION, dyspepsia.
cranli'S. nausea. female ills aud malaria.
Try it TO-DAY ana 50" FOR Yourself. Our
thlEatH Stamp is over the neck M TIL"
bottle. Insist on having Iostetter $.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16

Over-thrown, routed, frustrated, van
pushed, etc. and to the minds Oh tio
Rockland contingent all of those equiv
alents are futile in an attempt 10 ue-
scribe a game which stood IL To at the
end of nine dreary and bedraSgicu IN
nings.
In the course of that period the
Thon,aston lads were literally draw,
and quartcred; they were drasseo
through the mire that encircied ',ie
diamond until white could no longer NC
classed as one of the school coiciS,
they were mere shuttlecocks knockeu
nithcr and yon by the Rockland nattie-
doors: they were initiated into the
great and growing order of HAS beeha ;
they were djstancad on the first heat;
| they We're scooped. swiped, Shattcr'"
and skiddooed: thew were beaten. bat
tered, bumped and busted; they were
whipped, whacked. wEaled and whal-
| loped; they were kicked. knuitcd'
| kaned and krushed-and out of tins
fearsOmc combination came the fanil-
lar oder which has ever been "ssociat-
cd with the familiar animal sometime
| mis- taken for a house cat.
| Rockland would have been more
merciful in the treatment of it's opp"n-
| tnt but for the attack of the local
| newspaper which had accused tho
| Rcckland team of possessing swollen
! head and advised its decapitatioii. Tho
| author of the sIandcrouS article posed
| for a brief period as cheermast'r. but
| as Rockland'S scores and Thomaslon'
| skunk eggs Increased his voice sank in
to a hollow. ccho-lcss whisper and hi:
| megaphone melted like a celluloi6 col
| lar in a furnace. AS he wendell his
weary way back across the marsh {,
| indtc Il suitable obituary for The
| Thomaston team the black and white
| emblems of that school trai"'l dismallN
| in the mud. The ThomaSton H"ralt
| and frogs had both ceased their croak-
| inC.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
The Seasick Passenger.

N,rshall Wilder WIS talking about the
u.w twp" Of Atlantic liner-the huEe'
broad beamcd boat with elevators; erIli
room. gymnasium, restaurant ana ROOF
garden. says an exchange !.
.'Thcsc luxurious and steady SnrS. he
s,id. are mere popular. hccause they ar.
more. comfortable. than the slim record
,,o' ~, NV tyu,. doc; in Il wild gale.
..-'hc new type. promises to abolish sea.
sickness Pirates. boarding it, woliidn
Tina such wrctchcd. lIip pai" passengers
as they used.
"a pirate. YOU know. boarded once 4
record break ing liner
As, armed to tn" teeth. ne clamb'r'o
~ thc side he saw paSSeilG': edhiiiI
over the rail.
Throw up your hands" the pirate
shouted h"r""i,. Ill,
The passenger with wan smile re
Piled:
~ think ] did about ten minutes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
Some Revered Chinese Jokes.

If there is any truth in what expert
testers tell US. the worlds stock Of good
original jokes is ludicrously small
dozen or two at the very outside. An
early investigator into this momentous
question. a certain Hierocles, who lived
some 1.5O0 years ago. put the number in
his day at exactly twenty-one The re-
searches Of Hierocles probably did not
extend so far eastward as China. 50
there is no impropriety in asking now
whether some of the jokes which a
bound in the literature of the Celestial
Empire are entitled to the honor of
originality or not. Here are three
specimens:
A careless barber trimming a GUS
tomer'r ears-Chnese BARRIERS pay par
ticular attention to this part OF the HUI
man anatomy-put his patient to great
pain and uneasineSs. Are you doing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16

The recent insurance investigation
cost the state Of New York about s1OO.-
900. and its benefits will be shared by
all parts of the country. The cost to
the Insurance companies is not made
public and cannot be estimated. but IT
must be vast sum. The fec of
Charles f. Hughes. the chief counsel
for the investigators. was $4,000. a
fairly good sized remuneration from
the point of view of most of us. but
nothing very big from the metropoli-
tan lawyers point of view and certain
~ not so large as many lawyers re.
ceived who were in the employ of the
companies. The reform bills which
have followed the investigation wi,
make life insurance a safer and sane
business with the element of graft les
conspicuous in the future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
a SpcIIinu Lesson.

Students in Il London "chool were rc-
Gently asked to write this: "A Flut-
cornplHcentIy seized a sieve. Il phthiSical
jcnneumon. noticeably supcrcilious.
irascibIe and cynical sergeant. an en-
baIasstd and hara5Sed chrySalS :,
shricking shcik. Il corlplaisant rrosclyt''
and an anonymous chrySolitc. These all
sud- My disappeared down her receptive
csopharus. She simply said: 'Pugh. not
sacril.Irirc''
She then transferred billion Of
billions mosquitoes. an unSdlabl" h' nqii"t
of ruchSias lilies. dahliaS hyacinths and
phioX. IL l:Quctied hdcllum an indelihl".
dcfan,atory. inflammatOiv SynchronISm
ana IL debatable syllogsm to the same
cIpaciouS receptacle.
.'Praceahly sl!rronGcring her daGucr-
r.ot,-pc to tho "cstatic a"ronaut. she de-
seconded with her pa"acfut"-a SYNONYM.
for barouche-5tnd or ,VouSlY terrified the
Stolld. SQnald NnumHnrV already torrcfI"d
by the heat, III Fahrenheit. Chicago
News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16

Among other distinctions the state OF
Connecticut has been known as the
paradise of fat men. 1t used to have
Fat Mems Association whose an-
nual clam bake vas a function which
afforded great gIee to the New York
Sun and Other ribald journals. THIS
orga AVIATION has not been heard from
of late but fat men are still to be
found in the Nutmeg State. The death
Ia announced a: WilimantiC Of man
who weighed AL pounds at the time ot
his taking off, and at whose funeral
ten pallbearcrs were required to move
the remains. And coincidcntly We
read that a citizen Of Neupaug. who
tips the scales at something over 400.
has become so fat that he can't sit
down.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
STATE CONVEN-
TtON

A Republican State convention
will be held in City Han, Port
land, Wednesday,, June u,
1906, at 1890 o'clock A. NJ.
for the purpose Of nominating
q candidate for Governor 10 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 IS votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Gov
crnor in 1904 an additional
delegate; and for a fraction Of
40 votes in excess of IS votes,
a 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 in the reception
room Of the hall at $50 A. NJ.
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 be elected suisse
uuent to date OF the call for
this convention.
All electors of Maine. what
ever their political affiliations
may hav" been, who believe in
the general principles and pol
icy Of the Republican party
and desire its 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, 1906-05-16
An Oversight.

A well-known Boston writer tells with
elcc. of a neat sally on the part of his
9-ycar-old son. who is pupil in Il private
school at the Hub.
AnropcS of something or other. the
teacher had quoted the line. In tn"
bright lexicon Of youth there's no such
word as fail.
At this point the lad mentioned arose
and politely made kntNn his desire to 'f-
fer an observation with reference to tn"
ma Kim.
1T occurs to me. sir said he. that if
such 10 TN" case. it might be advisable to
bring the omission to the attention of the
p,IbliShcrS of that lexicon"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
May Freakist Everywhere.
(I5iidcfOrd IOIIrnaIl


1t is not in Maine alone that May
thus far has been freakish, moody and
uncongenial. Milling frosts within the
week just closing have been reported in
Michigan. Maryland, Pennsylvania.
Delaware. Ohio. Alabama, South Caro-
lima and New York. OF course the pub
lie was naturally waiting for the per-
ennial announcement that the Della
ware peach crop had been fatally chill
led. but to learn that the distinctive
crop in certain regions Of the cotton
belt had been seriously injured by May
frost is something entirely out Of the
ordinary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16
A Darwinian Suspicion.

] like " hen riding in the car
To see the stout conductor man
Stretch forth his arms to grasp the bar,
And lift himself across the span.
| like to clutch the strap and cling
I've learned to do it now with case
When round some sudden curve we
swing.
It's most as good as n trapCzc.
And that is why | often think
Some able bodied ChimpanZee
Related to the missing link
Is capering in my family tree.
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