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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

at standstill in a time of universal
progress. The agricultural interests
of the State are even going back.
"The State assessors i'm their 1905
report say the decrease i'm the value of
live stock from 1904 to 1905 was
$21S4O; and to quote their own Ian
suage, we regret to record a marked
decrease in the number of farm ami
mails Compared with 1904 our farms
have SS5 less cows. SO2 less oxen. 1889
less young cattle. 27.676 less sheep and
3245 less swine"
1t would be interesting to have Mr..
Davis explain, if he can, what in the
world this has to do with the Republic
can party and it's business manage
ment of the State" The average rate
Of property taxation quoted by him is
the average of the local rates all
through the State, levied by the local
assessors and varying from year to
year according to the local needs.
These assessors belong to both parties
and are often chosen without regard
TO party utilization in State and ma
tiOnal affairs. The political organiZa-
| ton responsible for the government of
the State has no more to do with these
local rates than with the occulation of
Orion. There would be just as much
sense in blaming the Republican party
| for the wet summer. Mr.. Davis's logic
| is: After this, hence on account of
| this"
Hitherto one of Mr.. Davis's most
prominent contentious has been that
| the State board of assessors Jumped
up the valuation; that they were IN
| the habit of increasing the valuation
unreasonably, 50 as to keep the rate
down and deceive the people with the
| idea that the burden on them was
| light. He is estopped from that claim
| at least in the case of livestock cited
| by him, though of course this is
| valuation not made by the State board
| but is the local appraisal. He points
| to the decrease of $2l $40 and on that
| basis says 'the agricultural interests
| OF the State are even going back"
| But to be fair he should take a period
| of years for comparison. In previous
| speeches he has compared figures of
1895 with those of 1905. Why does he
| not pursue the method with live stock?
| The total valuation of livestock in 1895
| was s13,342, 595. The total value for
| 1905 was $14,114.222. This shows an
| increase of S764.627 in ten years or an
| average annual increase of s76,642.
Why doesn't he tell the whole story?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
Personal Notes.

NJ. =. Excel a member of the Board Of
Public Service. of Cleveland. o., is writ
ing novel in which Mayor Tom Johnson
will be the central figure. Actual politi.
cal happenings in Cuyahoga County will
be a prominent feature of the plot
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Black. Mrs Viii
liam Fl. Crane. Baron Ludwig Won Levay.
Charles +. Perkins, DR. Franklin Powell
Mrs. M. O. Terry sailed from Cherbours
on the steamship Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria Friday for New York.
John W. Ycrkes. United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, !. X. Hit.
Jr., and c. a. Champion, of the United
States Internal Revenue Department, are
at Cologne inspecting artificial silk
works. They will proceed to Antwerp
later and sail for New York, August ii,
on the Vadcrland.
Prof. Fingal Conway Black. of the Ind-
ana Normal University and College of
Applied Scientific. Munice. Ind. has tele-
craphed his acceptance of the chair OF
highway engineering at the Rhode Island
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
at Kingston. r. |. He will begin his new
duties in September.
The American Dental Society of Europe
concluded its yearly convention at Berlin
yesterday with the election of I'll. {. Mer-
rill. of Cologne. as president; a. FL
Chamberlain, of Rome, vice-president;
John W. Sale, of Cologne. secretary. and
William Cooper, of Frankfort, treasurer
The society will meet at Rome in 1907.
Padcrewski. the famous Polish pianist
during one of his recent concerts in Lis
Dor. Portugal. was continually being an
noyed by the loud conversation of two
women in one of the boxes. After his
patience had been exhausted the must
can ceased playing, and. turning to the
brx in which the women were seated
said: when those ladies cease their con
tho women stop. but soon afterward lef;
the concert hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
The Independent Voter.
(POrtland Express.)

(POrtland ESpreSS.)
independent voting has come to be so
much approved that in all states the in
dependents are reckoned as a factor, and
their number is increasing. The indie
pendent voter is generally the thinking
voter. 1t was the independent vote that
gave Roosevelt the astounding majority
OF two years ago. The Independent voter
studies the political situation with much
care. goes beneath the surface of things.
and comes UP, generally speaking. upon
the right side. We are confident that.
when the present Maine campaign is over.
we shall find the independent vote of
Maine on the side of Governor Cobb. 1t
does not follow because men are indie
pendent that they are therefore opposed
to a man who is Republican nominee.
Once independence" was but another
name for covert Democracy. That has
changed and the independent is really in
dependent He refuses to belong to q
party because he does not care to be
long" to anybody But he is not the kind
Of man to be deceived by claptrap. That
is why the arguments of the present
Democratic campaign do not appeal to
him In going over the history of the
state lOT tle past tNO NtdlS tilt lIlte-
pendent finds that we have had a Gov
ernor devoted to the people, fully rc2liz-
ing the important duties of his office,
which he has discharged without fear or
favor. The independent likes the kind Of
man that Governor Cobb is. The indie
pendent in politics has "A natural antip-
athy for rings and he finds that Governor
Cobb has been attached ITO no ring. has
served no clique, has had in mind all the
people all the time and been true to his
oath of office That kind of a man ap-
peals to the independent voter of Maine
Just as Roosevelt appealed to the indie
pendent voters of the nation. Indeed
there are many characteristics in (which
Governor Cobb resembles the President.
Both are conspicuously honest. Both
have an Unborn hatred of sham and false
pretense. Both believe with the utmost
intenseness in the enforcement of law.
both have proven their capacity as public
servants. This year the Independent vot-
ers Of Maine will be for the just, able.
fearless and distinguished Governor. just
as they were for the just able. fearless
and distinguished President in 1904.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

| Tablespoonful Of cologne for tb,.
ture. You may moisten the hair n-
this fluid before curling. VIVA
Have some tiny mouth rags tuo..,
away In their own tiny case ar heu
among the bits Of dainty usefuln..
which that important baby haat'
holds. They should be about a,H
inches square-just the size Of "a "a
glove handkerchiefs French woman ~
so partial to. made of the finest b.rs
kerchief linen and boiled and homa,
until they are as limp as the proverh,.,
rag. They are ever so much nins-
than a washrag for the purpose
When the hair has become neeIao..,
during a long illness it is a good NJ
to single out one small strand to u,o,I
upon, instead Of attempting to cIe.,
out all the tangles at once. Rub vas,
line copiously into the lock selected N.
operation and it will loosen the KIM,
and soften the knots, and the hair 20,
be separated by a little coaxing bs-
tween the thumb and fingers. Thu
hair thus released should be braided !.
keep it from getting into miscbis,
again. Only a little hair should bs
treated at a time, as nothing Is mo.,
irritating to sick person than 10 haa
her head pulled about.
About the incest way to ACQUIRE
good complexion and keep good health
Is to belong to walking club. n
there isn't one in your neighborhood
start one. Several walking cIub,
throughout the country are pursuing
health and happiness afoot. Tha
members pledge themselves to walk al
least 400 miles a year. At this averasa
of little over a mile a day anybody
with feet should be able to live up to
the regulations. Once a week the
members take cross country tram
of from five to thirty miles in COMPANY.
Generally their summer vacation in.
cludes a walking trip through some
section of country worth seeing All
the club members are said to be good
looking aIA possessors of perfect
health. whi4 is recommendation. be-
sides the Very strong one that this is
good deal more accessible source Of
fun to the average person than auto.
mobiles and yachts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
A Vodka Vision,

BY way of Russia, where they evil
IDENTIFY haven't troubles enough of their
own to worry them, we get the start
ling announcement that the Japanese
people are planning to make war i'm the
near future upon the United States
with the intention of wrestling the
troll and capturing California. Per-
haps in retaliation for frequent Ameri-
can comments upon Russian affairs the
Russian editors have taken this way to
have a little hot weather amusement
among themselves, and no doubt to the
Russian mind it would be as easy
thing for Japan to whip Uncle Sam as
it was for Japan to crush the power of
Russia on land and sea.
This Russian prophecy of Japanese
conquest at the expense Of the United
States is not likely to arouse any
great anxiety in this country. Per-
hap5 we are too blind to see the warn
ing, or perhaps we understand Japan
better than the Russians do. To the
dispassionate observer it would seem
that Japan is hardly in a position to
undertake another war of conquest at
the present time. and that with For
mosa, Corea and Manchuria on their
hands the Japanese have enough to at
tend to without annexing Hawaii, the
Philippines and California. If the
Russian editors in their humiliation of
their own national defeats can get any
satisfaction out of picture of the fu-
japanese they are very welcome to it.
Over here we are conceited enough to
believe that Japan would find us quite
different proposition from Russia.
Moreover, we are confident that their
intentions towards this country are
wholly friendly. as are of course our
intentions toward them. The two
countries are friends by the traditions
of generations; and they have more
reason for being friendly and acting
in harmony in these later days. No
body but Russian, stepped in vodka
and crazed with troubles of his own
could discover any war cloud upon
the horizon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

The Springfield Republican makes
the cheerful prophecy that as balloon
ing increases it is certain to add to the
tribulations of farmers, as the auto
mobile craze has done. Each new
method of propulsion bears heavily on
the staid and sober residents OF the
rural districts. The floating air ship
Is q spectacle Of beauty as it sails
through the air, but the occupants
thereof have got to land somewhere.
sometime, and somehow, and there are
no docks or stations which they are
billed to reach Hence the swinging
anchor of balloon upon its erratlc
navigation of the air is liable to wreak
devastation upon a farm or garden TO
knock off a chimney, or to become en-
tangled with a barn. Such Intrusion
upon a quiet life will not be well
coined. There was plenty of human
nature and rude justice in the acton OF
the New Jersey farmer who thrashed
the aeronaut who had landed on MS
farm and injured his crops. Such IN
invited visitations are a menace. might
inf1ict serious damage and would ap-
pear to constitute actionable trespass'
| If there should be an invasion from
the land Of this damaging sort it would
be considered indefensible. Yet from
II
victimized, it can make little differ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

An excellent lotion for bunions. to be
applied with a camers hair pencil
every day. is made Of two drains Of
glycerin, two drains of carbolic acid
and two drains OF tincture of iodine.
The use of cornmeal bags in the bath
Is very good for the skin. Use thin
cloth and fill them two-thirds full of
bran, oatmeal. or cornmeal, bits of
toilet soap and small quantity Of
powdered orriS root.
The only way to keep the complexion
free from blackheads is to scrub the
face every night with warm water,
pure soap and correct complexion
brush, rinsing thoroughly. drying care
fully and then rubbing in cold cream
or skin food.
1t is fact that when hairdressers
shampoo white hair they put bluing in
the rinsing water and blue the hair
just as they would blue sheets and
pillow cases. The bluing has the same
effect on the hair as on any white
material. giving it fresh, pure white
appearance. Hair that isn't blued
often becomes stale, yellowish, I'm
attractive shade.
A good curling fluid Is made of three
teaspoonfuls of ounce seeds to a pint
of hot water. Pour the water over the
seeds, allowing the whole to stand for
several hours. This mucilage may be
thinned with wafer or cologne and a
few drops OF violet or any other
essence may be added. Use about two
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

The voters Of ths, state are still pa
tiently waiting for Mr.. McGiiicudy To
answer the very important and peril
nent questions asked him by Con-
gresham Littlefield in his speech be-
fore the. Knox county convention: but
as yet the Democratic candidate in the
Second district has not found time to
present his views upon these important
matters, although he has made it very
clear that, for reasons that would ap-
per to he obvious. he does not favor
thesrestriction Of the liquor traffic. In
asmuch as Mr.. McGillicuddy aspires
to a place in the national House of
Representatives 1t would seem to be
peculiarly incumbent upon him to state
fully and clearly his views upon ma
tional questions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
The Gay Season.

Or. m glad that / am living,
tcf the worlds jolly place;
l have reasons for thanksgiving
AND the smiles that wreathe my fac
l have reasons to be merry
And no longer will | Sob
For today I'm happy. very,
Eating corn upon the cob.
Eating corn upon the cob.
lis pleasure, | declare;
with m" elbows on the table,
And the cob up in the air.
Oh. The summer joys are many.
There's the charm of azure skies:
And of sorrow there's not any.
There's twinkle in my eyes.
There's a twinkle that is merry.
There's a joy that none may rob;
For today I'm happy. very.
Eating corn upon the cob.
Eating corn upon the cob,
lis the only joy for me:
With the butter on my mustache
And napkin on my knee.
Oh. the summer days are fleeting.
And the wintry nights are drear.
But the days for luscious eating,
| should say, at last are here.
And 1 know beyond all question,
When the kettles on the hob;
There's no fear of Indigestion
Eating corn upon the cob.
Eating corn upon the cob.
'Tis joy ] neer forget;
There is but one way to do 1t,
And it isn't etiquette.
Oh this life is full of pleasure,
With mixture now of pain:
There is illness in the measure,
There is sorrow in the grain.
But if ever sickness claims me,
shall only sigh and sob;
That the season when It claims me.
Corn is smiling on The cob.
Corn is smiling on the cob
That's tho season | am gay;
With my elbows on the table.
And my mouth in disarray.
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

Evidently Aroostook county farmers
are not the only ones in New England
to make fortune in a single year from
Courant tells Of Connecticut farmers
who have tobacco crops now standing
in their fields worth from $4,000 to
$4,000. The tobacco growing indus
try has long received attention up and
down the Connecticut valley. and in
proportions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

Annually Kansas sends Eastward an
appeal to all young men to come and
help harvest its crops. This year 1t
is also sending an appeal to our young
women to come and help teach its
schools. In the western part of the
state there are 400 or 500 schools with
out teachers. The condition of things
is very different there from that which
prevails here in New England. The
trouble seems to be out there that as
soon as young woman takes school
to teach she leaves it to get married.
This sidelight on the situation is not
likely to decrease the number Of ap-
plications which will be sent from the
East for the vacant positions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

Now that Mrs. Roosevelt has joined
nouncing the aigrette habit with which
many good women are afflicted, the
movement against certain decorations
of feminine headgear is likely to be
more effective. The milliners won't
mind it. as 1t will simply create de-
and in some others the sale or wear of
TIE aigrette is forbidden by law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
Pointed Paragraphs.

Even admiration is blind if the girl is
rich.
Don't carry gun when you are hunt
ing for work
Silent votes do most of the talking on
election day.
There are some church workers who try
to work the church.
Better a dozen freckles on your face
than one on your character.
It's usually a man S sense that enables
him to accumulate dollars.
Never use the expression cit makes me
sick" 1t doesn't sound well.
A girl who doesn't know one card from
another may be an adept at holding
hands.
What has become of the old-fashioned
young man who got on his knees to pro-
pose?
The average woman manages to side
track a lot of worry by not listening to
what she says.
Don't think that man has praise
worthy aspirations just because he as
pires to be praised.
The discovery of n corkscrew in the
pocket of a prohibitioniSt might he tern,-
ed crcumstantial evidence.
Sometimes man imaEnes he is max
ing love to a widow when as matter of
fact she is doing it all herself
Probably the average man wouldn' t
have any earthly use for his neighbors il
he didn't have an AK that needed grinding
occasionally.
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
Confusing the Issues.
(Pnrtland Press.l

Hon. Cyrus w. Davis in his various
speeches shows either inability or
recklessness-inab to grasp and
digest facts and draw the logical con-
illusions from them, or downright
recklessness in their application. For
example take his speech before the
Waldo county Democratic convention
at Belfast Saturday. The report is
found in his paper, the Waterville
Sentinel HAS the Republican party
under it's present leadership been
honest in it's dealings with the State?"
he asked. "They stand condemned on
moral issues, and what is their record
on the business management of the
State?" He proceeds to answer in
part as follows:
According to the State assessors
1905 report. page 81. the average rate
of property taxation is s21.O3 per
81, 900 against s20.57 per $1,000 in 1904.
Last year there was levied in State,
county and municipal taxes. approx
mately sSOOO.OOO and to the unfair
and partial lcvying of this burden is
due the fact that Maine is practically
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
Uncle Sans Salt Supply.

Sometimes foreigners who judge
from Americans abroad get the impress
sion that Americans are pretty fresh.
but if this is true it is not from lack Of
salt consumed here at home. Statis-
tics compiled at Washington show that
last year the United States consumed
26. S72, 700 barrels of salt, or about a
barrel for every three persons in the
land. OF course not all this great
mountain of salt entered into the hui
man food supply. The livestock are
generous sharers with us in the con-
sumption of salt, and much was used
in northern cities to granulate the
snow on street car tracks, and to keep
hydrants from freezing, not to mention
hundreds of uses in the sciences and
Industries.
Salt is one of the necessities of civili-
zation. and there are few things that
humanity would miss more or suffer
the loss of more greatly than salt
were we suddenly deprived of it. Over
95 per cent. of the salt consumed In
this country last year was produced
within our borders, more than two
thirds of it in the two states of Michi-
gan and New York, while Kansas and
louisiana produced large quantities.
These four states contributed over sc
per cent. of the quantity produced in
the country during the year. Half a
score of other states are credited with
producing salt in smaller quantities;
Massachusetts being the only one in
New England on the list. The Mass
achusetts salt is obtained from sea
water by simple evaporation in covered
watts. In the early history Of the coun-
| try this was an important industry
| but the production has now fallen tc
insignificant proportions. Most of our
salt comes now from beds of rock salt
many hundreds of feet deep. though ii
| some of the states brine wells furnish
| the supply. Both the American pro-
duction and consumption of salt have
increased very rapidly within the last
quarter century, there being over foul
times az much salt produced in thi:
| country and three times as much sal
used annually here as in 1880.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

Some government scientists have
been on bug hunt down in southern
Arizona and they report that they
have rounded up about 5000 speci-
mens-7,OOO beetles, $500 butterflies and
moths, 5000 bees and wasps. $500 bugs.
1000 grasshoppers, 300 two-winged
flies. and $50 dragon flies. That Is a
pretty big collection, but any man up
this way who tries to have garden
will make an affidavit that he could do
better right at home if he tried.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

When Cuba was taxed by Spain to
tho extent of So, 100000 a year there
was bitter complaint by the Cubans.
and the crushing burden of taxation
was deemed sufficient reason for the
Islands independence. Now as free
republic Cuba's annual expenditures
are from $4,000. 900 to s4O.OOo.oOO a year
and are fast increasing. but there is no
murmur from the people Of the island.
Prosperity Is smiling upon them and
the surplus is piling up in the national
treasury
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09
A Song of the Times.

wish / was a norman bold
A-dwelling in the sea.
Forever Tapped in cooling waves
I'd get ON swimmingly.
I'd f1irt with pretty mermaids coy
IN moonlit crystal pool.
Ard live a life of sweet content
In always keeping cool.
I wish | was a Polar bear
A-rolling in the snow,
With ice-bergs for A dwelling place,
And freezing winds to blow.
I'd watch the merry seals at play,
Or hunt my prey so bold:
And bite off bits of atmosphere
In solid chunks of cold.
I wish | was an autocrat
With power uncontrolled.
Id take that wretched Weather man,
And sufferingS untold
I'd make him bear for all the woe
He makes us suffer sore;
And General Humidity
I'd knock out evermore'
Baltimore American
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-09

The Democratic press affects to
find the figures that show the splendid
administration of State affairs under
Republican rule amusing" but the
frantic efforts they are making to ex-
plain them away with glittering gener-
alities would seem to show that they
are finding them hard to down. The
Democratic campaign has not dealt
much with facts. and it is not sur
prising that the leaders OF that party
are finding them decidedly uncomfort-
able things to face.