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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Worse Than Ananias.

The next arrival at the pearly gates
was a dapper little chap I'm leather
cap.
And what was your occupation on
earth?" asked st. Peter. suspiciously.
II was an automobile dealer" re-
piled the new arrival.
"Ah! And did you guarantee your
machines not to break down."
Eyes, that was one of my drawing
cards.
'That will do. You will have to share
the fate Of the man who guaranteed
patent feathers not TO crack"
And the .pearly gates closed with
Gfamal bang.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

wicked enough to play baseball OH
Sunday. open electric cars were in use
in the Boston suburbs, the small boys
went in swimming. the butterflies were
out, and everybody agreed that they
never knew a January day like it. The
summer temperature prevailed here in
Maine as elsewhere. and now all hands
are getting ready for an old-fashioned
cold spell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
MARTIN +. HIGGINS.
Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE. IS
On this Goth day Of January A. II. 1905,
on reading the foregoing petition. it is
Ordered by the Court. That Il hearing be
had upon the same on the 9th day of
February, A. d. 1906. before said Court
at Portland. i'll said District. IT ten
O'Clock in the forenoon. and that notice
thereof be published in The Daily K"nhr-
bee Journal. Il newspaper printed in said
District. and that all known creditors.
and other persons in interest. my appear
at the said time and place, and show
cause. If any they have, why the PRAYER
of said petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further Ordered by the Court,
That the Clerk shall send by mail to all
known creditors copies If said petition
and this order. addressed to them ut their
places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable CLARENCE
HALE. Judge of the said Court. and the
seal thereof. ut Portland. in said District
on the Goth day of January. A. II. 1866
IL. 81 JAMES f. Ht,WEY. Clerk.
A true copy of petition and order there
on.
Attest: JAMES r.. HEwEy. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
6ankrupt's Petition for Diseb,r,.
In the matter of
FRANK J. MAHEN in r
Rnnlyr,,.


bankrupt p's'
10 tne Hon. Clarence Hale. Judoa 80
Us, Tlct Court of the United ST., VI the
the District Of Maine. iot
~, hANk ). MAHEN. of Waterville IN
the County of kennebec. and ctat' "
Maine, II: said District, rcsnectf,iI,. q
resents, that on the 2lst dav, ~ I,,,, 'p'
last past, he was duly adiudg.d ha,,tr,!t,
under the Acts of Congress r,.Inf i'r"'u N
bankruptcy; that ne has duly .s1,r ,n,''Io,19 20
an ms property and rights of Properly
and has July complied with mi th,. y, w.
quirements of said Acts aud of the nrdi ,e,
or Court touching his banktnptcI 80
Wherefore he prays. That he may \.
decreed by the Court to have a fun ds
charge from all debts provable against NJ hfs
estate under said bankruptcy Acts. eycen,
such debts as are excepted by law from
such discharge. "'
1906. a. u.
FRANK J. MAHEN.
orD Bankrupt.
District of Maine, SIS.
On this 10th day of January, A. n 1ss
on reading the foregoing petition, it is
Ordered by the Court, That a hearing bs
had upon the same on the 9Th day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1906, before said COurt a.
Portland, in said District, at IL O'Clock
in the forenoon; and that notice therenf
be published in The Daily kennehec Jour
nal, newspaper printed in said District
and that all known creditors, and other
persons in interest. may appear at the
said time and place. and show cause. if
any they have, why the prayer OF said
petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further Ordered by the Court.
That the Clerk shall send by mail to ali
known creditors copies of said petition
and this order. addressed to them ut their
places ofIresidence as stated.
Witness rho Hnpcr1 nlc t-la rapca hi,
Judge of the said Court. and tho seal
thereof. at Portland. in said District. on
the Goth day of January. A D. 1906.
TL-S.1 JAMES +. HEWEI. Clerk.
A true copy of petition and order there.
on.
Attest: JAMES r. HEwEv C,erk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Trees and Trees.
lPOrtland PreSS.l

(POrtIanU If0SS.D
Esteemed contemporaries in other
parts of the State print a Portland
despatch giving the list of officers
elected at the annual meeting of the
Maine Pathological society" on Jan.
is, with +. o. Conant as president
Prof. George T. Little of Brunswick
as vice. etc. Evidently misprint for
Genealogical society. by their fruits
We shall know them" The speciality
of this organization is the cultivation
of the ancestral tree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
ESTABLISHED 1925
A Football Stand Pattsr.

President Hadley of Yale was the
leading speaker at the annual banquet
of the Yale alumni In New York city
the other evening, and football was the
theme, of shis address to the assembled
graduates Of the famous old New
Haven institution. His address shows
him to be what the New York Globe
terms "a football stand-patter," that
is, he is not stampeded by the fad of
abusing football which certain eminent
educators have been trying to make
popular of late. On the contrary he
declares that it is the greatest of col
lege sports and that he enjoys it and
approves of it, and expects to see it
continued and perpetuated at Yale and
throughout the country.
He makes 1t plain that whatever 9TH
ers may do, Yale has no intention of
being converted into a cOsy-cOrner in
stitution with her athletic activities
confined to tatting, tiddley-winks and
ping pong. Her boys in the future, as
in the past, will enjoy the delights and
benefits of battles on the gridiron, and
there will be no application of the
wool-wrap theory Of education at New
Haven. President Hadley. in speaking
as he does, is not making any bid for
popularity among the sons of Yale, old
or young. He does not need to do that.
He is simply applying sense and sanity
to a subject concerning which a lot of
nonsense and hysteria has been in
dulged in of late.
"Among all major sports" says Presi-
dent Hadley, football has for col
lege students the double advantage of
being the most democratic and the
least dangerous" During the 30 years
the Rugby game has been played at
Yale, rough, get-there Yale. there has
been no death, and, to the best OF
President Hadley's knowledge. no grave
case of permanent injury. The same
can be said of the many years that
football has been played at the -four
Maine colleges. AS to the rules Of the
game, the opinion entertained by the
Yale faculty is that they "should bs
framed as far as possible by football
experts" Most extraordinary! Hither'
to it has been assumed that the
guardians Of logarithms and of Greel
roots were the most fit to judge con
corning the forms to be introduced!
President Hadley presses his finger
on the chief cause of the anti agitation
when he says: 1.-THE trouble is no
that football is too much played. but
that it is too much talked about.
Reform should begin with the specta'
tors-the whooping mobs-for they
rather than the struggling elevens are
at fault AS to unfair playing, recOg'
MIXING that human nature Is human
nature. President IIadley makes the
practical suggestion to cancel game:
with dirty" institutions or else keel
STILL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Mild in Comparison.

"The lannon's mouth" said the adj
vocate Of universal peace, does more
damage than anything else on earth"
"Yeou are wrong thar" drawled the
sage of the soapbox. as he looked up
from the checker board. 1T can't do
nothing like as much damage as a
wOman's mouth"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Peasant Presidents in France.

The newly elected President of
France, like his predecessor comes of
peasant stock. His boyhOOd was one
of want, and i'm his success he has
never departed from his love of the
simple life. 1t speaks we'll for his
character that he owns the house in
which he was born and has the respect
of all his old neighbors. The present
French President also came from the
peasant class and has shown the quail
ties which the world ascribes to the
wholesome influences Of a humble and
Industrious beginning. In speaking of
these two peasant Presidents, the
Washington Star dwells upon the fact
that our government had been i'm bust
ness quite a while before the people put
plain man, one of humble origin and
democratic life, in the White House.
Jackson was the first. The Star shows
that his predecessors were men of what
was known as quality" Mr.. Jefferson
was, on paper, the ideal democrat. His
pen, guided by his theories. traced
beautiful schemes, and he urged them
in all sincerity and with great effect
But in practice. in his personal tastes,
he was an aristocrat. He gave a good
Virginia exhibition of the grand seign-
Tor, or lord of the manor. Starting
with Jackson. we made Roadway in
that direction. and touched the highcs,
point with Lincoln.
In France the real democrat in the
! highest Office is of more Importance
than here. We have never had a rea
aristocracy-have no monarchy behind
| us. and hence have no monarchia
schemers busy with conspiracies &c
overthrow or discredit our institutions
France suffers from this menace. and
has to be constantly on guard against
it. 1t is of the greatest moment there.
fore that she manifest at all times ir
her elections the spirit Of her presen,
form OF government. and put men ir
Office who truly represent both in theil
principles and careers the purposes ant
opportunities of popular government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Startling Sensation,

Eva-So you received your first kiss
from Jack. What was the sensation:
Catharine-The greatest in the
neighborhood. One of the local
gossipers caught Jack as he was
delivering it and spread the news
at the next meeting of the sewing So
ciety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

The Senate committee was nothing
less than cruel to POulty Bigelow in
falling to imprison him for his con-
tempt in refusing to divulge the source
of his misinformation about Panama.
He was simply laundering for the ad-
vertisement which martyrdom would
give him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Scientists. digging in the ruins of a
town Of the ancient Britons, have dis
covered evidences that they played
dice. and loaded dice. too. in those
early days. Yet we continue to hear of
the greater virtue which prevailed in
the good old times of the fathers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
"The Clansman" Again.

Thanks to the energy and enterprise
of it's press agent, Thomas Dixons bit
ter race novel, "The Ciansman," was
one of the six best selling books of the
years 1905, and the drama based upon
the novel has been drawing crowded
houses in the large northern cities.
Much more gratifying, however, is the
fact that both the book and the play
have been roundly denounced by many
Southerners whose standing and influ-
ence cannot be questioned. In his eff
forts to arouse race prejudice and to
Justify the abuse and crushing of the
colored race, Mr.. Dixon has won tenn
porary financial success, but he pays
very dearly for it in the condemnation
of the Southern people who are In posi-
ton to know the facts as well as he
knows them and who have every ap-
parent reason to be with him in his war
on the negroes. These SOutherners
denounce him as malicious disturbcr
of the peace and deplore the circulation
which his novel has had in the North
and the well filed houses which have
greeted his play.
When the play was given in Columbia
it was severely criticized by the editor
of the State, the leading paper of South
Carolina. Mr.. Dixon has taken ad-
vantage of the criticism to win new
notoriety and to further advertise him.
self. But Editor Gonzales has not
been deferred from speaking plainly
because of the temporary prominence
given to Mr.. Dixon. Mr.. Gonzales
asserts that the historical basis of
both play and novel is false, that Mr..
Dixon is not true to the South, that
he does not interpret the present senti-
ment of the South, and that his work
is both cheap and mercenary. Mr..
Gonzales in support of his assertion
says:
thousands of thoughtful men and
women whose Judgment is valuable
condemn it in the most unqualliled
manner. They condemn it's spirit and
agree that it has no mission in the
South. The State newspaper is not
alone in it's antagonism to Dixon's play.
No morning paper in South Carolina
indorses it. The leading papers OF
Savannah, Augusta and Macon. in
Georgia, have condemned it. The Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union of
South Carolina, in convention. unanl-
mously adopted this resolution: I'VE
denounce in unmea sured terms the UNI
speakable play, The Clansman. the
presentation of which is calculated to
arouse race hatred and incite the law
less clements to deeds of Violence
And when the curiosity of the South
has been satisfied, this miserable
| melodrama. a play upon passions for
| the sake of few bushels of dollars.
will be utterly discountenanced and
wholly condemned
Mr.. Dixon and the rest of the haters
of the negro race are near the end
of their influence when the men and
women of the South begin to take up
the cudgels for fair play. One such
letter as this from a man in Mr. Con-
Zales' position means more for the
negro than all that will be said by the
Dixons in the next 10 years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Realistic M OBJ.

Rowland-I hear there was mob
scene I'M that new play DE Storm carr
ried out on the road? :.
Roxey-Yes, in the first act the
manager needed baby, SO he adver-
tised in the local paper for the pretti-
est baby in town. When the police
finally succeeded in dispensing the
mob of mothers with squalling infants
there was not enough whole scenery
left to give performance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Both Affected,

Mother (sternly)-As 1 was passing
the parlor last night l actually saw
that young man kiss you. l was rem
dered speechless.
Daushter-So was I. ma. I couldn't
do anything but sigh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Bobby's Idea.

On South Water street little Bobby
saw man testing eggs with a lighted
candle.
"Oh, paS' he exclaimed with WIDEN
ing eyes. Can l ask just one more
question:"
Yes, my son." replied his fathe:
What is it?''
why is that man an egotist?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Things maintain their level pretty
well in this world. after all. The time
was when AguinaldO was a man Of
position and authority, while Bryan
was a humble Nebraskan farmer.
Now Bryan has risen to the proud es-
tate of Datto, and Aguinaldo is en-
joying simple life on his little farm
near Manila.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Sufficient Force.

Rodrick-Crackem is thinking about
racing around the world. Do YOU
think person could go around the
world by autoo
Van Albert-Yes, if it tossed him
hard enough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Collar Town..

Teacher-Tommy. can you tell me
anything about Helen of Troy?
Tommy-Sure. She lived in Troy
on de Hudson river. an supported
her widowed muder an little brudder
by workin' in 4 collar factory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Half century hence, when the very
Oldest inhabitants tells his young
friends about the remarkable open
winter of 1866. he will dwell particu
larry upon Sunday, Jan. q. Through
out the New England and Eastern
states and in the middle West it was
one or the most remarkable winter
days ever known. Everywhere the
thermometer showed 60 or more above
zero. the highest being "A reported at
Syracuse. \. Y. and Pittsburg. Penn
There We're prOstrations from the heat
in Cleveland and st. Louis, baseball
games We're played where peop,e are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Always Risinq.

Gunner-So that distinguished gen.
tleman in the tall hat is your leading
citizen. Ell? Has he received many
degrees from the different colleges"
Guycr-Has he? Why, he has re-
ceived so many degrees we call him
the Human Thermometer"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Argentina's exports of wheat for the
els. compared with about a3.OOO.0OO BUSH
els in 1904. which up to that time ex-
ceeded all previous records The new
crop. which is about to be harvested, is
expected to prove much larger than the
last. and exports for the coming wear NAV
reach 13,00O.0C0 bushels, or sO.r Evidently
that country is undergoing rapid de-
veionment and may very soon prema-
neatlv supersede the United States in the
worlds grain trade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Maine Apple.
(BangOr NeWS.)

From newspaper reports we are led
to infer that all the vacant lots in
Maine are going to be taken up by
millionaire Syndicatcs the coming
summer. and set out to apple trees.
Let us hope that half the reports are
true.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
eankrTupptss" Petition, tor Discharge
In the matter of
MARTIN f. HIGGINS "

MARTIN f. HIGGINS In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the HON. CLARENCE HAZE. Judge
of the District Court Of the United
States for the District of Maine.
MARTIN F. HIGGINS. of Winthrop, in
the County of Kennohcc, and State Of
Maine. in said District. respectfully rep
resents. that on the I'D day of Juy. last
past, he was duly ajjudgcG bankrupt un-
der the Acts of Congress. relating to
bankruptcy; that he his duly SURRENDERED
all his property and rights Of property,
and has fully complied with all the re-
uuiremcnts of said Acts and of the orders
of Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he rrays. That he my he
dncrced by the Court to have n :ul dis
charge from all debts pruvable against
his estate under said bankruptcy acts.
except such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of January, a. D.
1906
MARTIN T. HIGGINS.
Bankrupt. ,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Letters Full
Of Gratitude
'' rather Johns Medicin. c.,
From All Quarters. "'

IL Is with a heart fun Of 49,.
'nat l tell what Father Jobn'a ,a,tude
enc mas done for me. had Medi-
cough 8, and was so weak. that 4 tb ,etti1Ie
NY physician gave me up pi,.,s ian-
nu' three days to live. /, ,n me
Ma, 4 began to take Father Jn 1nen
eu'ci'ie. ANY person who ,o oo"ns
theh would hardly know ma "a" me
am SO well, and the credit h,,, now I
ratner Johns Medicine. NJ. to
'pfother drinks the medjcin. an NY little
and thrives on it," tsisncd me n, water
L. REYNOLDS. 241O 117th Sra" n''y A.
cagO, Iii. 'eet, Chi
for two years / suffered ~. GO
.ioupies OF severe nature g. 'uhs
me "''iiied at my condition T th.,s'a
!. was time to put stop 10 nv, ouslt
'iieu several medicines. Inn, 81
cough kept getting worse 'u' The
War'ied several times to be c,ras,, was
was beginning to be disconra. !
manly decided to try Father I NV.
Meuicine. My cold became be,,er an ,
1eit better in every way. Ar anu
use OF three bottles. was comnio, uH
cured. (SigneD VIM. Palm h" 49,, "l
hoes, n. Y. ii" Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Auburn is headed the wrong way
There We're 224 deaths in that city in
1905 as against 211 births.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
The Old Story.

Have all the songs been sung, my dear?
And is there nothing new
Some melody that strikes the ear
AS strains of music do.
That have an art to touch the heart
Some unexpected tune -,
To push the winters doors apart J. 90
And breathe the air of June?
Have all the rhymes been made. my dear
And all the meters used?
l want to write you something here
That cannot be accused
OF being trite-if l but might
A bit of lovers lore,
OF which you cannot say: I'm quite
Sure I've heard that before!"
I guess the subject is too old
For any new expression,
And any words seem far too cold
For any loves confession.
Let other men go searching. then,
For something that is new;
I'll use the same old phrase again
Gee, but I'm stuck on you
-CIovp11p6 Lender
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Westbrook has 4nipped in the bud
what threatened to be a serious small
pox epidemic, thanks to the energy of
it's health authorities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Superintendent of Schools Brownson
of Portland does not let his new duties
interfere with his love for the birds.
He gives the Advertiser list of 166
varieties of birds which he saw in and
near Portland in 1905.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

About this time look out for cold
wave which will even things up for the
summerlike spell.
There is something doing over in
Androscoggin when the grand jury re-
ports 149 indictments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

A schoolteacher instructing her classes
in grammar wrote this sentence on the
board for correction: The horse and the
COW is in the lot" No one seemed to
know what was wrong with it till at last
4 polite little boy raised his hand. what
is it, johnny" asked the teache. You
should Put the lady first" corrected
Johnny.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

The former Maine women in New
York City have club of their own
which has a large membership and
holds most successful monthly meet
ings. At the January meeting which
was held with Miss Mary Snow. form
erly of Bangor. the feature was the
history of each county given by some
members from that county; every
county in the State being represented
in the club with two exceptions. ArOos-
took and Piscataquis. The histories
were we'll written and most instructive.
and amusing. too for each writer tried
t" prove that her native county was
the first discovered, the first settled
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Other Maine cities are likely to follow
Waterville's lead in the matter of
adopting the regulation which pro-
vides for doors at the voting booths.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-02-27
Rich Body of
Ore In the
Joana Mine

Recent advices from Cherry
Greek announce that the very
rich vein encountered on the
jonna mine near that place sew
eral weeks ago has widened to
5wo feet at q depth of 20 feet
with every indication that the
ledge will continue to grow in
width as depth is attained.
Nineteen inches of the ledge
n the bottom of the shaft aver
ages more than 800 a ton in
gold, while the five inches next
10 the hanging wall runs we'll up
into the thousands. The open
ing up Of a ledge of this charac-
ser in Manhattan or any Of the
southern gold camps would mean
startling headlines in nearly
every mining paper on the coast,
but the Hartford Nevada Gold
Mining Co. which owns the Jo-
anna is not engaged in newspa-
per mining, but is going quietly
ahead opening up Il wealth pro
ducer and saying nothing about
it's operations. Several tons of
this high grade ore have been
piled on the dump and will be
run through the Wide West mill
in the early sprin~.