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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-18

Rules and regulations have been
issued from the office Of the Commits
sionerS of Inland Fisheries and Game
stating that it shall be unlawful to
fish for. take. catch or kill any kind of
fish at any time in any of the waters
of Moose bog. Barker's lake. upper and
lower Black ponds. located at the head
waters of the Megalloway river. in
Oxford county. for a period of three
years from July IA, 1906.
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SCORES CONGO BUTCHERIES
BY Rabbi Schanfnrher

Among all the nations of the world
there is none more outspolien in its de
uunciaton Of the doctrine OF brutaiSm
than our own blessed America, the
haven of the prosecuted and oppressed.
1t protested against the butcherics and
sayagerics of Spain when humanity
threatened to dccimatc the Cuban prin-
cipality and now announcement is made
that decided stand is going to be
taken by this country against the say
age brutalities practiccd in the Congo
Free state.
1t is surprising that America has not
spoken out in this matter long ago. 1t
Should allow no logrolling or low poll-
ties to step In and block its attempt
TO get the Signatorics TO the treaty Of
Berlin tq cooperate with it and If pos.
siblc have some international action
taken in the premises.
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would mean that, as In the last two
Eastern wars, the "Bushls" would be
within easy distance OF their base,
while their opponent would be at the
disadvantage Of fighting thousands OF
miles from his base. AS inconvenient
as this state Of affairs would prove to
the naval arm, 1t would be almost par
alyzlng to the military arm. The diff
Guilty Russia experienced In transport
Ing her armies over a slender railroad
5000 miles long would be easy, com
pared with the problem Of sending at
least half q million men by transports
across the Pacific Great Britain sent
over 100000 men to South Africa TO
fight the Beers, who had no navy to
interrupt communications, and many
months were occupied In the task.
Transports Of troops from the United
states to the Far East during the ex-
istence OF war would Of necessity
have to be conveyed by an enormous
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GODS IDEAL MAN.
By DR.. Pc

By DR.. Polemus H. Swift
We are To- think not of Gods ideal
angel, saint or divinity but just about
Gods ideal man. He is In the world.
He is flesh and has red blood In his
veins. | am sure that David was II
man after Gods own heart not because
every event in his career and every
moment of his life was pleasing TO
God but because the great gulf stream
Of his inner life was pouring onward
toward God, because the great deep Of
his soul was in sympathy with Gods
plan and program. Gods Ideal man is
lot now at the summit but he is al
ways yearning FOX and struggling to
ward ii. He has not yet conquered
all his enemies but he keeps up the
fight He does not sometimes fall, but
lie gets up, rubs the dust from his eyes
and presses on toward the goal. He
does make mistakes, but he tries to
learn from his failures never TO make
the same mistake twice. He does some
times yield to temptation. but he hates
the sin that he falls into and when ne
gets vision Of 1t he turns his back
upOn IT,
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work on a farm. At thirteen, appren-
ticed to learn a trade that he might
earn competency and lay by dollar
for old age. He laughs as he goes to
his days work, is frugal, industrious
and has saved enough to support him
self at the evening of life. He places
his savings in bank. Through treach
cry the bank breaks" He wakes up
to find himself penniless. His hands
are crooked now; his feet that once
were elastic now drag. Slowly he
wends his way to the river. He stands
for moment on the bridge he him
self had helped to build. He looks
with desperation into the stream, 1t
seems 50 peaceful, 1t has such a strange
fascination. There is a moment of hest
tation, of desperate resolution-the
world is colder than the wave. He
wanted to do something for his chill
dren, but all that remains is a sense
of unconditional failure. He had 1t in
his heart; he wanted to, but he could
not You must read between the lines.
Thus it must be also IN reckoning
the good and Ill Of the past year. How
many things we wanted TO do, but the
time was all too short. And yet 1t may
be that we have done more than we
think. In any case we must not go
to the statistician for an estimate.
There are no statistics of the amount
of good done by the sunshine and the
rain. Let us not be misled by our "an-
ilual reports" that is mans measure.
We ask, what have you done? The
accomplished thing Is what we want"
But God does not sum up the year for
us in this way. Our Father has a rec
ord in his golden hook of the thing you
wish to do.
At Nurnburg two boys began life as
artists. One of them, Albrecht Duercr,
had the hcaven-sent spark OF genius
that put eloQucnce into every stroke
Of his brush. The other was only
blotter. dreaming of being an artist,
but doing nothing but fiat work. Later
in life they net and decided to paint
a picture Of the passion of Christ
Duercr's was n great painting, every
line told the story of our Lords suffer
ing. The other was a failure. The
contrast was so great that in the pres
ence of the two pictures the history
Cf the two men stood revealed. Duerer's
friend gave up. With folded hands and
bowed head, the very embodiment of
dependency, he said, IL, too, wanted to
10 something" While thus he sat
Duerer sketched him, and In Vienna
is Duerers great painting, The folded
hands"
Have it In your heart to help, to
save. to bless You will not accomplish
all you set out to do, but our Heavenly
Father will do as much for you as the
friends of Whittier did for him. He
will Read between the lines the finer
grace of unfultilled designs" and he
will say, Thou didst we'll"
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waiting until the interoceanic water
way Is completed Is to underestimate
their character In a manner inconcelv-
able in view of recent events. At the
present time the United States would
be in a position analogous to that OF
the Russians when the Japs suddenly
few at their threats.
The Russian Baltic feet was about
1900 miles from the seat Of war at
the beginning Of the late conflict In
the Far East, and the Atlantic fleet
OF the United States woulG be even far
Their removed-uslng the Suez Canal
as the shortest route-were it now CALI
ed upon for similar service The Jap.
anese navy IS now fifth In rank Of the
navles Of the world, and the United
States practically ranks as third, and
at the end of the year 1908, according
to present programmes, 1t will be ex-
ceeded in size only by that Of Great
Britain.
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SHORT METER SERMONS.

The life reflects the love.
Lazy folks never have any leisure
Greatness Is revealed In genteness.
Every soul either serves or shrlnks.
You do not acquire moral muscle by
lodging duty.
Consccrated ignorance Is only sloth-
ful blasphemy.
Working for men Is the best way Of
waiting on God.
This Is sad world TO him who looks
at It with sour eyes.
man must be judged not alone by
his attachments, but by his ideals.
The chcsty man seldom has accom-.
modatlous for fun grown heart.
The sermon of the Man is mightler
than even his sermon on the mount.
There IS world OF difference be.
tween a tender heart and 4 soft head.
People who always have bones to
pick go through life looking furnished
Every time you do worthy thing
you make It easier for others to be
worthy.
Many men who are talking about
their visions are referring to night
mares.
Many a door Of opportunity Is, closed
TO man on account OF his Imagined
chest measure
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All She Wanted.

4 Massachusetts man, prominent in
philauthropic circles, tells OF poor
little waif who, together with some
fresh air fund children, was one sum
mcr taken down to East Gloucester.
The man had wandered down on The
rocks, and found in quiet place the
waif sitting by herself, surveying the
ocean with great interest.
why little girl, said the phllan-
thropist, you are entirely alunet
Don't you want 10 play with the other
children
"No sir was the reply. I'D rather
look ut the ocean"
And what do you find to interest
you in the watert'
There's such lot Of it," responded
the waif, with quiet enthusiasm, AN
it's the only time in me life I've ever
seed enough of anything. sunday
Magazine.
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A strong American squadron is main
tanned in Asatic waters yet, in the
light of experience, this fleet could
hardly hope to engage successfully such
powerful battle line as Japan could
send against 1t. Russla's Vladivostok
fleet was regarded as a powerful fight
ing machine, but one or two engage
ments, principally by japanese torpedo
boats, made II quescent.
Would Fight In the East.
A conflict between Japan and the
United States. in all probability, would
have its scene in the Far East. This
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and powerful fighting fleet, which
would be drain upon our naval force
Philippine Attack Firss.
At the outbreak of such Il w6r the
Philippines naturally would be ths mi.
tial point of attack. Unless sufficient
time for preparation could be had, it Is
to be conceded that the islands would
soon fall into the hands OF the attack
ing force. It Is also entirely probabl,
that simultaneously the naval base AZ
Hawaii likewise would be captured,
and the cable island, Guam. midway
between Honolulu and Maniin, gathered
in with ease and CELEBRITY. Assuming
such disasters to have taken place, the
passage OF either fleets or transports
across the Pacific would be perilous
The part China would be called
upon to play in war OF this charac-
ter, in view of the regeneration and re-
awakening which Is in progress In the
Celestial Empire, Is far more queS-
tionable matter. In two years more
China will have an excellent military
system. An army OF 100000 will then
be organized in a modern manner and
put upon an active service footing. II
is true this military force, for some
mysterious reason. has been raised on,y
in the northern provinces. That the
Japanese have been instrumental in
building up this military power is an
open secret But what is the purpose
OF this big and efficient army? It is
not to be believed that the japanese
have erected a monster to { your them
yet it is agreed the Chinese do no. as
people, look upon tie Japs with
any kindly feelings, and rather resent
their oniciouSueSs
Japan's Shrcwd Tactics.
1t has been charged that the Japan
csc Influenced the organization OF the
Chinese army n the northern pro
vinces in order to use it to repel any
descent of the Russians into Manchu-
ria while the JapS were exploiting that
rich region. The fact that the south
ern provinces are unprotected and have
no army organization has been attrfb-
uted to a shrewd move on the part of
the japanese to leave open a door by
which, when the opportune time ar
rives, they may conquer their neigh
bors. While China has been eacour-
aged to form a powerful army, sEu
appears to have been actually discour-
aged from building a suitable navy.
Clearly China Is more or less dependent
on Japan. If any conquests are to be
undertaken, the Land OF the Rising
Sun Is to take the initiative and man
age the undertaking.
What position China would take In
the event of break in the harmonious
relations between Japan and theUnited
States can only be left to conjecture.
The progress Of such a conflict nm
doubtedly would have some bearing en-
the case.
glance at the present financial
condition OF Japan shows that the
plucky little country cannot afford the
luxury Of a war. II It intends to *
to war with either China or the United
States It must postpone the evil day
for some years. BY that time the
whole complexion of the situation In
the Pacific may be changed by the
opening OF the Panama Canal. When
that great work Is finished, It will
require a strong nation to dispute the
mastery Of the western ocean with
America.
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At that rate the party would perish be-
fore it could get through to the sea.
Cut Logs with Knife.
Strain determined to build a raft and
try to float down the river. They had
nothing to cut the logs with except a
machctc and it was slow work. When
the logs finally had been cut they were
dashed together with strips Of canvas
torn from Strains haycrsack. Two days
had elapsed when they finally completed
the rude floating platform, and in all
that time Strain and his party had not
tasted food When they had finished
the raft they looked about for some
thing to cat and found Il few nuts, with
which they filled their stomachs. Then.
two men honting on the raft and the
other two walking along the rivers
bank, they jourucycd on toward the Pa
rihc. once they shot and atc a mon
key. and at rare intervals bird was
brought down.
Met with Fishermen
The men were nearly naked, the
bushes and hricrs of the jungle having
ripped their clothes from them rs they
forced their way through. Strains en-
tire uniforms consisted now of a shirt
aud one boot When Strain saw that
his watch had stopped although Ac had
been careful to wind it, he was stized
with strange, supcrsttiouS horror, tcr
it seemed to him rs if time itself had
refused To register the hours of their ter
rlbc wanderings in the wilderness.
Finally on March . some fishermen
from the little village Of Nayisa, down
the stream (Which proved to be the
ChuCuua@uI river, came upon the dis
trrsSod mon and took them to the settle
mrnt.
Carried Battered Banner.
AS the canoes approached the steamer
on the return down the river with the
rescued men Strain asked il the fla!,
with which the party had started an tneir
march had been saved. McGuiuucss, n
youu" sailor of the Cayaue, said that he
had II. 1t had been entrusted to him
originally aud through all his hardsmps
be had preserved it.. He had carried il
wrapped around his breast and in spite
If wounded feet and fostering limbs that
NEEDED hnLdagmC, i'm spite of the fact
that his clothing had been torn from him
until he was almost naked. tlouch blank
cts, havcrSarkS and even weapons had
been thrown away, the brave youth
had refused To- apply the sacred piece of
bunting To- his own use or to abandon it.
When Strain asked for the flag Nc
Guinness said with tears i'm his eyes.
Captain. | have never parted with it
second since you entrusted il to my
car" ON the Atlantic; don't take il from
me now
Nobody shall take it from you" re-
piled Strain. Display it yourself" And
the youth held alOft the tnttercd banner
with his skeleton hands while the Skele-
ton survivors of the expedition and
their rcscucrs choorcd,
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two whales having been captured In the
strait. Another vessel has arrived from
Hudson Bay, with one small whale and
the Scotia. which went to East Green
land. secured four, the produce of which
has already been disposed of.
The Dundee stock only amounts to
thirty-nine hundred weight. and whale
bone will probably reach the unprece-
dented figure of sl4,5OO per ton. The
cause Of the failure was southeasterly
hurricanes, which packed the strait with
ice and prevented the ships reaching the
nshinc grnnnds.
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TROLLEYS MAKE TOWNS CROW.
Iowa Loses in Her Total Population, but
Trolley Townships Gain.

Trolley townships Gain.
Officials of iutcrurban trolley lines in
Iowa have been DONG some figuring.
with the result that the interurban line
appears in tlattcriug light as Il popula-
tlOn pushcr.
In those townships in the state where
iutcrurbuu lines have been operating the
population hns increased considerably in
the last few years, whereas the popula.
tion OF IL, state IN general has de-
creased.
This was shown by the census Of 1905
when the total figures indicated that the
state had lost about 10000 people since
1900. During the same period the popu-
lation in the towns through which the
intcrurbuu lines run has increased in al
most every instance from - 10 80 per
cent.
The iutcrurbau lines now operating in
Iowa have been constructed but IA few
years, says the Clinton Herald. so that
there has been but little opportunity for
development. During the next i've years
the increase viii be much more notice
able.
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PAST HEROES FORGOTTEN
STRAIN AND TRUXTON CROSSED
ISTHMUS OF DARIEN FIFTY
YEARS AGO.
Explorers Cut Way from atlantic to Pa
cihC Through Dense Forests and
Treacherous Swamps.

This * y tale of forrottop hcrnism
ia, st,r. 80 tLo Grst .,r,o,. ca. a.,
~ Va Wy ''' w ''' GU
'S'""I,"h '"""i H'"u' ~ 'hc Alh'il'"li
expedition under Strain and IruNton
half century ago and told to the
WASHINGTON star by q naval historian
S,r,;,, .,, ..,+ ,r,,,, ,,,I,.I,,,i,, h,r-
''"'" 90 '"t i'"," "''''"'''' ""'
hNf' ON me Gun OF i'arleh, ON January
~ 1894. Inc party All t"Id' numbered
'""h'S-SrN'h oihr'rH ana men ana IN
giH"VH TWO 'oioinpiah commissioners
i, nc Il.' .huh''iaI liuA'"n, tnru " m ar
party Took ' omjy '' fem " aoys nr"yisons
with them and anticipated compara
lively easy job.
1t was March - before the remnants
OF the party, band of "maciatcd skcl.
'i"uS, cioihed "uiy =" iC" rags.
t'a'H'l me l'TitlSh man-"i.Wor NFaGo,
AihE IN barren harhor ON the I"cIii'
,ld'' ~ thoN" WA" started out nv" ne
guy ,I' S'p9ral'I from tlo mann parry
I.u 'u,.''l ua'N !" inc sup on lie l'lI'
, Ivy I ""i' t t,u' ui'I III ln' "'."'Fl,,IH'
',,n M ', ~ 'S",.,L "' "a, u SUI
,i,,'., 49,, w. ~ ; 80 I'm
Iu,,,,. .,iI ", r, ,.Ii n. '',,'7
''''.''7
Lost way IN Forests,
At first they occasionally saw an In
4 I..I,. n9l nn',Iy lhr explorers were On
.1Jy1J in y, ,,,rintI eff '' ,,n',,,I,i ,,' rr
SITS ana dense tropical JuugICs, thus
osing all idea Of their whereabouts, The
RED To support life upon the young
.l"ols of palm trees, on an acid ma
Ahirh they found growing and ON what
same they could shoot. They marched
WIN lucrrdIhir labor, having to Cur
lh'f way m many places through the
tense Jungle, There proved to be pruc.
lloaIIy 40 game IN the region.
FinlIlv Rr1rh River
,rI...,,..I. .,.l
49,. "" N"3' VIM" i'nStheueh INTO
Nuns ''' H,'H "ldLH'h themselves on,
Lu'r' '"l,u' u&'uI "l HlatFauol' their
""'''5 i"l'HirH ny an insect when bur
toNcd h'hraln lhe SKIN, their clothing
TORN 70 ShfcdS, prIckCd and torn by
thoruS ana bramblcS, suffering all that
human endurance could suffer. but there
was uo thought of returning. Finally,
on the other side Of the divide they
struck river Strain did not forget.
even IN his greatest agony, the object
Tor which he had undertaken the rXpedi-
lion. and made surveys and rccuunuis-
SanCes. They built "A raft and tried 10
float down the river. but the ,uny4 and
sand bars made that iIuurgctigulIc.
IL. r,.,,:- r.
iicdl F"illhS Ices
AZ first they hshcd in the stream, lhus
adding 10 their scIuty fare of plain
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completed the discontinue of Japan's
pretenSions.
These we'll remembered incidents I'M
doubtedly are responsible for much of
the prophecies OF a future war between
the United States and Japan. There
are other factors, of course, but the re-
membrance of the japanese protest
against the annexation of the Hawaii
an Islands, IN which action Russia was
usually regarded as kind of abettor.
and the generally believed report that
the "Bushis' had offered the American
government S200,OO00OO for the Philip
pines before the Paris Peace Commits
sion had drawn up the treaty with
Spain, have undoubtedly prejudiced
opinion In favor Of a coming conflict.
May ForestaII the Canal.
If Japan really intends to draw the
United States into a war which will
decide the supremacy Of the Pacific.
1t is a foregone conclusion that the Mi
kadO's government will force the fight
Ing before the completion of the Pana-
ma canal To picture the japanese
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LOCATED A COLONY OF BEARS.
British Columbia Ranchman to Hunt
Bruin by the Wholesale,

Horace Knight, a pioneer rancher of
Sutherland Creek, near Grand Forks, b.
T., has Just returned from weeks trip
through the mountains lying between
sutherland Creek and Christina lake
,here he went to locate the haunts Of
|le big brown and cinnamon bears that
Ire reported to abound in that region.
Il Lave located the haunts of great
lumber of bears and am making ar
|angements to 20 bear hunting for the
|pxt month"; said Mr.. Knight. Il will
art ii few days. From what | saw
am satisfied that within q radius Of
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fifteen miles between Sutherland Greek

fifteen miles between Sutherland Greek
and Fife station there must be at least
200 bears. As there will be good moon
light very shortly now l am anxious to
take advantage of it. 1t will be the
last moon that the bears will see until
the spring and the best time to hunt
them. | will not have any one with me.
| prefer hunting big game alone.
a good bearskin is worth $50, and
expect 10 clear up from $500 TO $500
on my trip. "-Walla Walla Statesman.
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Whalebone to Be Costly.

Several Of the Dundee whalers have
reached Scotland. and report that the
Davis Strait fishing is 4 complete fail.
u-e Most a th. ships are clean. on.y
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German Discipline Less Strict.

French military observers of the recent
German army maneuvers say the old
rigid, mechanical, vigorously passive dis
cipliue once characteristic of the Ger
many army is disappearing. though men
ton of acts Of characterization are care
fully repressed or, If fragrant. minimized,
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Imnnrtafinn Of Lace

The United States imported 81. os4. IS.
worth Gf lace IN 1905 from Nottingham
El!.lanl
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~~~~%%~NO~

That May morn
ing, eight years
ago, when Dewey
WIKI his fleet sail
ed into NJ 4 n ! a
harbor, the United
States entered the
japanese sphere
From that moment
J a a II naturally
has continued to
watch with inter-
est the American
expansion in the
Pacific. The an
nexation OF Ha-
wall BY the United
States proved to
be a blow to Japa-
nese ambitions to
the mastery of the
gre at W e S t @ + II
ocean. and the bat
tie of Manila Bay
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Cut Logs with Knife.

the place he had left in the morning.
At that rate the party would perish be-
fore it could get through to the sea.
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