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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
Personal Notes.

Ira ID. Sankey, the noted singing
evangelist. has written book. which
contains the story of the origin of all OF
| the most famous gospel hymns.
Mrs. Jemima Luke, who wrote the
hymn. i Ihink When 1 Read That Sweet
Story of Old died recently in the Isle
of Wight. in her ninety-first year.
President William ]. Tucker, of Dart
mouth College, is prominently mentioned
as candidate for Governor of New
Hampshire. He does not view the project
with great favor. but his supporters be-
lieve It possible that he may run. if the
right pressure is brought to bear upon
him.
F. G. Shaffer, q. Colorado millionaire
mining man. has taken the guardianship
Of a tribe of Indians. Gratitude for SER
vices rendered his father when the latter
was 2 mere child prompted him to look
up the lingering remnant OF the once
powerful PottawatOmie tribe and give
them Il home.
When 4 translation of the Bible, which
Rev. Il. II. Price, 4 missionary in Guam.
is now working on shall have been COM
pleted. the Scriptures, or portions there
of may be read in :HO different Languages.
The language of the natives of Guam is
called Chameere.
NicePresident Fairbanks. when in the
Senate, always wears Il long Prince AL
bert, dark gray trousers and L plain black
silk tie. Before taking his seat he dustS
his chair and he never leaves his shining
top hat in the lobby, but brings it into the
Senate and places it with extreme eau
ton on the top of his desk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
Pointed Paraqraphs.

A forced apology is worse than none at
all.
Motto of the confidence man: watch
and pray"
When a man is in the right, he can af-
ford to await his turn.
Too many men pray for the things they
are too lazy to work for.
A man boasts of his bad habits only
when they are the best he has.
Most men who are willing to do good
are not in a position to make good.
What this country needs is less enact
ment Of laws and more enforcement.
Any man who trusts to his cunning for
success is next door to 4 thief.
Some men can argue n point for half a
day without Offering one good reason.
Don't expect others to think we'll of you
unless YOU are that kind of Il thinker
yourself.
Happiness has been described in SO
many different ways that number oil
people have doubts as to its existence.
Once in a great while you encounter /,
man who works more than he ought to.
bit the average man doesn't do half as
much as he is capable of doing.
Chicago News.
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Siuns for Bachelors.

From year to year bridal lore changes
slightly and brides continue superstition!
enough TO believe in anything handed our
bv so-called oracles. Herr is tnr latest
version of old roads to connubial piss:
January brice-Prudent ho'isekeeper
Tebr,iar y-Affectionate wife and tender
mother. , ,..
to quarreing.
Aprii-Inconstant not intelligent fairly
WayNHnndsome, nmiable and Of n hap
by disposition. -
June-Inpetuous and generous.
July-Irctty. smart and quick tempered.
August-Amiablc and practical.
Septem bcr-Discrcet, afablc and much
liked.
Noyen.bei-I.ii cral ard kind, but Of a
wild disposition.
D.crmbpr-Wc ll-rroportioned fond of
novelty. entertaining and extiavaSant.
IL is unlikely THAI any tried, true and
sensible bachelor can be persuaded to
choose an ugly old maid for partner be-
cause of a belief that if they marry in
Nav she will b,. Handsome. amiable and
of il happy disposition. New York
prpSS
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Jimmy's First Coup.

Some years ago when the West was
wilder than ii is today. Il young man.
since grown rich AMI now famous Is Il
inancicr and capitalist. was a regular
bOarler at Il hotel in 4 frontier town.
He and a number of his friends were
wont to resort every evening to the
SmOking-roOm of the hotel which they
used as a sort of club. and their wants
wera attended to by a fair waitress VINO
may be called Miss White.
She was 4 nice quiet girl. and attended
to the wants of her patrons with regular
ity and prompttude.
One evening after she had retired for
the night the landlord informed the
company that this was the last time she
would wait on them, as she was going tn
be married next day. When the landlord
had Gon" out jimmie Hughes, The young
man referred to. got mp and said he
thought it only right that they should
show their appreciation of her services by
making her a lttle present on this aus
piciOuS occasion.
He took a sheet Of paper. wrote his
name down for 500 and passed it around.
The girl was popular and the idea caught
on, and when ii came round again Ia
generous Jimmie tn" total amounted -
something over s2.cG0. They summoned
the landlord, handed over the amount to
him, ard asked him to give il to Miss
White next morning with their hearty
good wishes for her happiness.
Next day she was married and the hap
by bridegroom was-Jimmie Hughes,
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Honesty and Sense at Cornell.

Cornell has turned the searchlight
of common sense on the dark tangle OF
| summer baseball" and her athletic
committee is considering the advisable
| ity of permitting students, outside of
! college term time, 10 go INTO II freely
| and openly. These things are all good
| the work Of sound scnse.-New York
| Sun.
The Sun holds a sensible view of
this matter and it will be eminently 10
the credit of Cornell if it takes the step
| referred to. This is just what has al
ways been done by our Maine colleges,
although their course has sometimes
subjected them 10 sneers and suspicion
from outside institutions whose ath-
letic eligibility rules are framed un-
der the snobbish and hypocritical
ideas Of q false 'amateurism." The
eligibility rules of our Maine colleges,
Sc far as scholarship requirements so
and in the natter of the SO-called one
and four years rules. are as strict and
as well enforced as those at any col
lege or university IN the country, Dut
it has always been held here in Maine
that bona file student VII" received
money for summer baseball was there
by no more bariGd from participation
i'm the athletic affairs Ct his college
than his classmate who improved his
summer vacation To earn money by
Canvassing, waiting on tables, or any
other form of honest employment.
This view Of the matter has allowed
oar Maine college boys, who had the
ability and the opportunity, to play on
summer baseball teams freely and
openly, while those in nearly all other
colleges in doing SO have been COM
PEELED to play under false names and to
resort to all kinds of deception and
cOncealment. Cornell will be taking a
sensible step if it follows the course in
timated in the sun. and will be setting
a good example for her sister uni
versities. an example which the four
Maine colleges have long been setting
them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The new President Of the French re-
public, Armand Fallieries, has entered
upon his duties under most suspicious
circumstances. From the American
point Of view. his Inauguration followed
very quickly on the heels OF his cleo
ton. and like his election was very
quiet and simple affair. Accounts all
agree that he is a plain and democratic
citizens. possessing quick intellect.
sound Judgment and strong will and
under his direction the affairs Of
France will be conducted in safe and
sane fashion. He is n firm believer in
anti-clericalism and anti-militarism. an
attitude which augurs well for the pro-
gress and prosperity OF France under
his administration. He is now 65 years
of age. OF humble origin. but is we'll ex-
perienced in public affairs and has the
full confidence of the people. The best
wishes of the American people go out
to the new President of our sister re-
public across the sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE.
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BEST NERVE TONIC.
a Michigan Mother Preserved to Her
Family by This Wonderful Remedy

Row is it that DR.. Williams Pinl,
inis, recognized as a great blood
"i'iuer ana purifier, have effected such
! "oii"eriul cures IN severe nervous dis
| orders?
The explanation lies in the fact that
tne nerves receive their nourishmeut
through the blood. When the blood !.
| Impoverished the nerves starve am
| neuralgia Or something more seri,n,o
| swiftly follows. Nervous paopIe III.
generally pale people. E
by supplying through the blood those
vital elements that the nerves need n
Williams Pink Pills for pale peonI.
have performed those rcmarkubIe c,r..
! that make il impossible for any merry
| Gus sufferer to neglect them with ms
| tee TO himself.
n recent case is that of Mrs. Peter
MorriSsette, Of No. 315 Eleventh street
Alpena. Mich, who writes as follows.
MY trouble started with childbirth.
After one OF my children vas born I
had Il KIND OF paralysis. I was very
weak and my mouth was little
crooked. l was always tired and was
SO nervous that l could not beer to
hear a dog bark or a bell ring-even the
little bird in its cage would annoy me-.
My heart iluttered a great deal and
had aiLZy spells. | was not able to be
left alone.
MY doctor gave me different kinds
Of medicine, changing it several times.
When il Was evident that he could not
help me he said he did not understand
my case.
Y
very much discouraged when nv
brother. who had taken DIR. Williams
Pink Pills, recommended them to me. I
tried them and noticed = change for the
better when | was taking the second
box. DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured
me and / have been we'll ever since /
now do all my own Homework, sewing
and washing for seven of us. | have
recommended the pills to q number of
people ana am very glad to make this
statement"
The fact that Dr. Williams Pink
Pills cured this Stubborn case, as wei
as others more severe, leaves no doubt
that they will cure lesser troubles ariS-
ing from disordered nerves and lack Of
nerve force. They have also cured
diseases caused by impure or i'm
pOverished blood, such as rheumatism.
anaemia. after effects; of the grip AMI
all forms of weakness either in male or
female.
$1,000 REWARD-The DR.. Williams
Medicine Co. has authorized the
cashier of the Union National Bank of
Schenectady. n. Y. to pay the sum OF
$1,000 upon proof Of fraud on the part
of the COmpanV in the publir1tion of
the foregoing testimonial, or Of any
others used in making known the
merits Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pihs or tke -sr+sHy Van Abes 4,aiiri.
postpaid, on receipt Of rriCe, 20 cents
per box: six boxes for s. 30. by the Or.
Williams Medicine Co, Schenectady.
n. y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

writer in the New England Maya
zine expresses serious apprehension con-
corning the submerGence Of the native
stock by the influx of foreigners. The
census Of 1900 shows that 30 per cent. of
the people OF the State are foreign
born. This proportion Is exceeded in
two States only. North Dakota. with
its German. Russian. Canadian and
Scandinavian settlers. has 35.4 per cent
of foreign born population, and Rhode
Island. with its foreign born factory
operatives. has 3I.4 per cent New
York with all its foreign colonies. has
eel per cent. Minnesota has 2S.9 per
cent. In Massachusetts the foreign
born population Is increasing more
rapidly than the native. Between 1890
and 1900 the foreign born population in
creased 2S.S per cent. while the native
horn increased only 23S per cent The
New England Magazine says: Even
with our making over machinery
which is warranted to turn a Turk or a
Finn into Yankee in a generation OF
two. It becomes a serious question with
thinking people whether the factory is
not soon destined to be overworked. I,
may be that an Italian or an Armenian
dropped into a community ruled By
Yankee institutions and surrounded
in daily life by Yankees. will become
like his neighbors before he dies ant
that his children and grandchiIdre,
will be Yankees in very truth
There is hope in this IL not reason
for full belief. But when you fine
the foreigners outnumbering the ma
tives. living in communities where the,
preserve In large measure their ow,
language and customs, it is a fair cues
ton whether numbers will not prevail
over institutions and the result be tn,
survival of the imported mentality
customs and habit OF thought"
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"Bless You, My Children"

Still. il must be remembered that 50
far as MI. Longwcrth is personally CON
cerned Il description OF his rousseau has
not eaten ur very much srace.-ChicaGo
Inter-Occan.
We admire Mrs. Loneworth for loving
ana marrying this plain American citizen
instead "i running after foreign gent
with 4 title.-l.lchmond, lNa) Times DIS
patch.
Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt, loved and adj
mred OF all the people. once a daughter
of New York. is now q daughter OF ono,
with Cincinnati claiming precedence in
she the welcome To be- given her and
which she deserves in all sincerity
Cincinnati Tribune.
She is A l.. r. and he will be A. r. L..
but it is not believed ii was with a view
To economy that Miss Roosevelt selected
Mr.. I.onSworth as her husband 1t has
been pointed ont by the thrifty observer.
however. that sic Will not have to change
the monogram ON her personal articles
Sioux City Journal.
Therein is reason for cOngratulatiOn.
For the number and kind of marriages i'll
the land has more to do with the happi-
ness and prosperity of the United States
OF America than the tariff. the Panama
Canal, railway rate regulation. or any
other one OF the big questions that Ell :
gross the attention of the nations law
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Ard 50 they were married and that they
muT live happily ever afterward'' is the
corli II wish Of all who have followed the
soings and coTnings, the more or less au-
thcntic sayings and dOn9S OF the most
widely discussed ana perhaps, too. the
most SOrclV tried American bridal couple
that ever started on Il hOneymoun.-CleVe-
land Plain Dealer.
They are no longer riGhtful objects of
once eXcuSable public curiosity. From
this time on they have as much right To
exemption from vulgar pursuit and OBJ
scrvation as your neighbor-Smith or
Jones-aroumd the corner That the Amer
lean people have taken special interest
in them was natural enough. That the
whole country should wish them we'll
and invoke all blessings on their heads
was to- have been Observation-Disclosures
IoSt.
The best thing that can happen to
President S daughter. II she be OF mar
rageablc age. is to set married to a good.
honest man. For then she is no longer
the Presidents daughter so much AS she
is the wife of her husband. Thus she gets
beyond the clutch of International dlplo-
macy the last camera shot is fired, and
she becomes that finest of American fig
ures-which was once artlessly described
by Il. Child as her highest amb!ton-a
regular woman. Springfield, Mass, Re
publican.
American girls have contracted foreign
alliances which have brought happiness:
nevertheless, mingled with the good
lions Of hearts will he a Quiet satisfaction
that the White House match was made
in America. ''-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
1t has been 4 very happy affair from
the start, and the White House bride
steps from the position of an American
girl to that of an American matron with
q path which seems Strewn entirely with
roses stretched ont before her.-Ealtimorr
American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

Bangor Commercial: Few things give
us more satisfaction regarding the flu
tGre OF our State than the evidences
which we have from time to time that
some of TIE old towns are getting q
move on themselves through the eff
forts of few liberal and progressive
citizens, are becoming possessed of {,
correct idea regarding their own pos
Sibilities and are brushing up ID a new
life. One of the latest of these Incl
dents relates to the historic town OF
Wells. the people of which have or
gani1ed an historical and Improvement
society which is to take a hand in the
improvement of that beautiful town
The historic places of the town are &c
be cared for and put IN condition for
sightseerS and a collection of antique
and historical articles are to be col.
lected and put on exhibition. The so.
ciety is also to attempt the connection
OF the town by trolley with the Other
lines in that section of the State
AnoGler interesting event of 4 similar
| nature comes from the neighborine
town Of York-historic old York which
already has an Improvement society
| and historic museum. The society
wanted i certain piece of land-a sOr
of public triangle--in the village as 6
site for the proposed soldiers nonu
ment. the ownership of which WAS ir
doubt. Many thought the land be
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The Old Home.

Turn back. O my soul, on the path thou
hast climbed
Till VIC near the old home we so far left
behind.
We will wander around, we will enter the
We will bathe in the sunlight that floods
all the floor.
Let us climb the old stairway, so straight
Where in earliest childhood We dreaded
its gloom.
Yet courted the slumbers vouchsafed to
us there,
While to Heaven we lifted our innocent
prayer.
Let us go to the east room. its walls, Oh,
how bare;
Let us look in the bed space, no brothers
are there,
We will go to the garnet. look out and
around,
Do we still see the world to its uttnrmOSt
boundc
Oh. the conflicts we've met! Oh. the les
sons we've learned.
Since our world weary feet from its por-
tails We're turned.
Through lifcS thorny maZeS we've fall
tered and wept.
Upheld. 0 my soul. by the faith thou hast
kept.
Do the shadows of our loved ones keep
pace with US here?
Lift the veil. o my soul. if perchancc
Do they know that tomorrow the vandalS
will come,
And lay low all that's left of the once
cherished home?
It's Roof tree dsmantled. ITS rafters laid
bare,
My brothers and sisters. Oh, where are
they. where
Come. take the last look while the old
house still stands.
For tomorrow its walls will lie prone on
the sands.
The chambers, the staircase. the lintels,
the door,
Will imprison the sunlight for us never
more,
The shades we've evoked will hut hasten
away
Let us, too. O my soul, ere the closing OF
day.
Yet well not look with gloom on this
hOuse-torn away,
Let ne look for II mansion that will not
decay;
o my soul be thou faithful. 8 mansion is
,.iver-
Re glad. . my soul. It's mansion in
Mrs. PhineaS Whittier
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The WASHINGTON Hack.

At 4 little dinner the other night the
statement was made that the colorcd
race had longer memories than the white
folks. Mark Twain. who was present.
agreed with the remark, ana to prove il
told the following:
Some years ago. when South, ] met an
old colored man who claimed TO have
known George Washington ! asked him
if he was in the boat when General
Washington crossed the Delaware ana h.
instantly replied. Lor. masSa. / steered
dat boat; | members all about i'll
We'll, said |, 90 You remember when
George took the hack at the cherry tree ;.
He looked worried tor Il moment and
then. with a beaming smile, said:
why, Shuah, masSa, | dun drove dat
hack myself.
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Chicago Wins from St. Louis.

The Supreme court of the United
States has at last handed down a de-
cision in the matter of the alleged pol
luton of the Mississippi rs q result of
the drainage canal in Chicago. The
case involves 4 fued of many years
standing between st. Louis and
Chicago, the latter city. which draws
its drinking water from the Mis-
sissippi. declaring that the river was
polluted by the construction Of
Chicago's great drainage canal.
Chicago laughed at the idea, and the
matter has dragged along through the
courts for several years finally reach
ing the Supreme court in the form Of
a case of the State Of Missouri VS.. the
State Of Illinois. Both sides had pre-
pared volumes upon volumes Of evil
,lence to support their respective
claims and il has been Il great occa siOn
for sanitary experts.
The decision Of the court Is in favor
Of Chicago, and the case of st. Louis
seems To have collapsed completely.
Not Il single judge upon the bench
could make anything of the Missouri
contentious. A contrary decision
would have been q great calamity to
Chicago which would have had to
abandon public works costing millions
Of dollars and construct 4 wholly new
system of water supply and sewerage.
The decision which was reached by
Justice Holmes dealt exhaustively with
conditions at st. Louis and declared
that there was nothing whatever to
indicate that the pollution of the Mis-
was a Chicago pollution. 1t might
have come from many other places
and the case might be considered as
the case of st. Louis against the whole
country. AS for the increase of
typhoid in st. Louis, it was never
traced definitely to Chicago sewage
but IL decrease of typhoid in Illinois
river towns indicated that this sewage
was not the cause. That river was
actually purified by the flow from the
drainage canal as a result of the vol
ume OF lake water sent into it.
The justice also called attention very
pcrtinently to the fact that st. Louis
herself was using the Mississippi river
for drainage purposes. That is a
pretty good sign Of the sham charac-
ter OF her complaint, and the Chicago
papers feel that in spite of the years
that have been spent upon this suit and
| the enormous volume of the evidence
there was never a more needless and
ineXcusable piece Of litigation. All
| that the state of Missouri could dc
was to make allegations that were in
capable of proof. Scientific authority
and actual conditions in the water
courses between Chicago and the Mis-
sissippi all told for Chicago from the
start. Conditions were improved
thus iustifying the theory that they
would be improved because of the new
dilution. the immense addition of water
from the lake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

During his career, John D. Rockefel-
Ter has accomplished many unusual
and remarkable things, but nothing
more noteworthy than keeping his
whereabouts absolutely unknown for
several weeks TO the multitude OF
newspaper reporters, writ servers and
other curious and insistent individuals
who are always pressing hard upon his
heels. In spite of his prominence and
the zeal with which these persons fol-
low all his movements, he seems to
have eluded them completely. and the
general public which takes so much in
'erest IN all his doings has been COM
pietely mystified. The report that he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23

The LOngworth- Roosevelt wedding
vas a great opportunity for the manu-
factu-ers Of hair restOrers, but If they
succe eded in getting sample bottles
into the White House. the fact was
st.rnly Suppressed when the list OF
presents was sent out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-23
DR.. NILES
ANTi-PAIN PILLS

will bring such relief quick and sure.
That is not all. They will prevent and
cure all kinds of pain-Neuralgia, Back
ache. Rheumatism< Menstrual Pains.
Stomachache. etc
Gen. A. Jacobs. merchant. Lima. Ohio.
recommends DR. Miles Anti-Pain Pills as
follows:
II am anxious that all should know the
virtue of these pills. | have used them
for years, and consider them marvellous
in their instantaneous relief of headache
and all pain. while they leave no dis
agreeable after-effects.
Sold under Il guarantee that first pack
age will benefit. or druggist will return
your money
- doses, ID cents. Never sold in bulk.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Hallowell Granite Works will take
place at their Office in IIallowell, Maine,
o'clock 49,
:, The following business will come before
the meeting:
First:-To hear the report Of the Treas
nrer and take such action as shall be
deemed necessary.
,second:-To choose seven directors for
the ensuing year.
Third:-The transaction Of any other
business that may legally come before the
meeting. NV
Hallowell. Maine. February H. 1906
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