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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Stenoqraphers' English.

In some stenOgraphic systems an ar
bitrary sign may stand for one, two
or even three words. Sometimes the
mistranSlation of one of these signs
leads to funny results.
THE deed shocked the nation to the
heart core" was what was said, and
the typewriter evolved. 1.-The dead
shocked the notion to the hard car"
THE rumOr was but transient,
though" was hardly recognizable as
1.-The rammer was trains end through"
A rear-end collision was evidently in
that girls mind.
AS mama fed the Jews" was in
geniously tortured by another young
woman into GAS mamma fed the jays"
Yet she was a Sunday-school teacher.
plays. creeps and laughs. the inno-
cent" crCOned the man one day,
mounting the opening lines of some
projected baby verses. When the
typewriter tapped out plays craps and
leaves the innocent" he scanned her
visage closely.
He said, 1.-The voice of DR.. JOcelyn
was heard calling for assistance" and
it came out, "The vice of DR.. Josh Lane
vas hard killing four assistants"
When "But she held Jake too dearly
for that. and so-passed on" was die
tated and it came out, Put she held
jacks, two, drawing for that and SO
passed one" would it have been unjust
to credit the girl at the machine with
an elementary knowledge of gambling :?
Success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
The Pope's Golden Jubilee.

AS lie is hale and hearty and possess
es such high boyish spirits, one is apt
10 almost associate something of the
young man with Pope Plus "; yet the
announcement made that in two years
time the golden jubilee of his ordina-
ton TO the priesthood will take place,
and that already a movement has
been started in Italy to provide suit
able recognition at the proper time,
proves that the Holy Father is far
from being young man. Already his
reduction of papal ceremony and ETH
quette to minimum and his SYM
pathy with athletics have. apart from
his Office. gained him hosts of friends;
and there is every expectation that
when the occasion arrives fitting appre-
citation will be made. not only in italy
but throughout the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Powerful Ants.

The American truth-teller was in
form.
Talking Of ants" he said. we've
got EN- as big as crabs out West. 1
guess I've seen 'em fight with long
thorns. which they used as lances,
charging each other like savages."
They don't compare to the ants 1
saw in the East" said an inoffensive
individual near by. 1.-THE natives
have trained them as beasts of bur-
den. One of EN- could trail a ton
load for miles with ease. They
worked willingly. but occasionally
they turned on their attendants and
killed Them
But this was drawing the long
bow little too far.
Il say, old chap" said shocked
voice from the corner. what sort of
ants were they?"
Elephants" said the quiet man.
Tit-BitS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Monday, February 5, 1906.
The Finances Of the State.


A most gratifying condition OF
State finances is indicated by the an
nual report Of State Treasurer Ora
mandal Smith, which. ting Journal pub
fishes on another pagea tliis morning.
The receipts for the year were 1885,
900 more than the expenditures, a
substantial reduction was made in the
bonded Indebtedness, there Is no tenn
porary loan outstanding. and where
there was cash on hand in the treas
ury to the amount of $245.140 at the
beginning of the year, there was
$430.245 at its close. Moreover. the
State tax rate is only 2 "a mills. In
all respects the showing made by the
report is a most gratifying one to thu
taxpayers of Maine, and the detailed
figures Of the receipts and expendi-
lures will be read with much interest.
The bonded indebtedness Of the State
is now $1,3sO.0OO. having been cut
down $4,000 during the past year.
This bonded Indebtedness is not only
being reduced as fast as the bonds
mature, but also by the purchase OF
unmatured bonds when this can be
done advantageously with the use of
the. surplus cash in the treasury. a
special law authorizing such purchases
having been passed by the legislature
of 1903. Nearly all of the bonded
debt bears interest at ? per cent.
The report of the special committee
appointed as usual each yeac to ex-
anime the accounts of the State treas
urer, is appended to the .reasurcr's
report. and. as was to be expected.
bears cheerful testimony of the abso-
lutte accuracy of the treasurers ac-
counts. State Treasurer Smith, who
is now serving his sixth and last year
in this important position. has made
a splendid record in the office. and HAS
maintained it's standard of efficiency
upon the highest level. Such a posi-
ton not only demands that the man
holding it shall be of the strictest
integrity. but he must also be careful
and conservative and he must faith
fully attend in person to q thousand
details. The work of the Office must
be done promptly and in the mort
systematic and business like fashion.
with: neatness and accuracy gover,.-
ing the work of every clerk Mr..
Smith has met the highest ideal of
what a State treasurer should be. and
with his efficient corps of clerks has
managed the affairs of this important
department i'm a way of which the peo-
pie of Maine have good reason to be
proud.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Lemon is always safe f1avoring to
use when you do not know the tastes
of your guests and chocolate is almost
as univ ersal a favorite, especially
with young people. When added to
cake 1t gives rich color that contrasts
we'll with the white frosting. Cakes
Which have butter in their compost
ton Keep better than those without. as
illustrated by the pound cake and
the sponge cake, but this keeping quail
ity is added somewhat at the expense
of wholesomeness as sponge cake may
often be eaten by an invalid to whom
pound cake would be rank poison.
A cake that keeps well. or is excellent
to carry to picnic to be eaten
while fresh, is made from one-ouarter
cup Ut butter, one and one-half cups
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

OF powdered sugar and one egg beat
en- together. Add two-thirds cup Of
milk, two cups Of flour and three level
teaspoons of baking powder. Melt
two squares, or two ounces of choco-
late, add one-third cup Of powdered
sugar and one-third cup Of milk. When
1t has become smooth paste cool
little and add to the first mixture.
Bake this cake in layers in square
pans and cover each layer, the top and
sides with boiled icing.
Two exceptions to the general rules
for cake MAILING are made in this
recipe. Powdered sugar is used in
stead of fine graduated and bread flour
instead of pastry flour on the authority
OF the cooking school and the results
warrant the exceptions.
ALICE z. WHITAKER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

schools and for the Freshmen m,
sophomore years in college The wri,sr
well says that the few pages usuaIlv
allotted to mechanics and eiemenf.rs,
textbooks are grossly inadequate n,
any substantial purposes. This book !.
emphatically a textbook and does nn =,
undertake to deal with the history Of
mechanics. 1t Is practical work and
would seem to fill a place in eduea.
tional needs not hitherto occupied.
Elements Of German Grammar he
Thomas II. Jappe, teacher of German
i'm the New York elementary schools
published by the American Eook ca
Boston. This work On the first wear
in German is admirably adapted for
use of students beginning the study Of
this language.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Of these seven cities New York. Chi
cagO and Cleveland were the only ones
that showed an increase Of more than
30 per cent. in the decade between 1890
and 1900. st. Louis had 21.3 per cent. !;
Boston. 25.l: Philadelphia, 23.6. and
pensation st. Louis would go soaring.
Her percentage of increase would leap
far beyond that of Chicago in the last
decade. 1t would be less than the
Chicago rate between 1880 and 1890, but
II would be OH some accounts mach
more remarkable.
Precedents are rudely overturned also
In the case of Philadelphia. Starting
with population sume 100000 less
than that Of Chicago that city is CIV
en- al absolute increase nearly equal 10
Chicago's and considerably larger
relative increase. also to the confusion
of precedents. These are the most
notable Of the predictions. and it is
evident that they have little relation to
past gains. Cleveland is given an in
crease of about 60 Per cent. as against
46 per cent. in the last decade, but A
very high rate was to have been ex.
pected from her past growth. On the
other hand. Chicago is dropped from s.
per cent. to about s. per cent. He,
presidents are knocked into smither.
Gems to her very great disadvantage
In building increases in cost for 100;
over 1904 were: New York. 60 per cent;
Brooklyn, A: Chicago. 50: Philadelphia
81: st. Louis, 65; Cleveland. IS. II
would require a larger survey to get al
the significance Of this factor in tn.
calculations and also very careful
Analysis. ;M1G
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
The Original New England.

Not one man in a thousand living on
the Pacific coast knows that as Il mat
ter of fact the accents Of our mother
tongue were heard on the beach not far
from San Francisco fOrty-one years be-
fore English was spoken on Plymouth
rock. More amusing still is the fact
that the original New England was on
the Pacific coast, for Francis Drake in
1919, at the close of a months stay.
took possession of the country for his
sovereign, Elizabeth. and named the
new acquisition NOuva Albion (New
England) because he thought the white
cliffs near what is now Point Reeves re-
sembled the chalk cliffs near Dover.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

When. as an incident Of their trip to
India, the prince and princess of
Wales went through the Khyber pass
on December 4 they were met on their
return journey by the headmen Of the
border tribes. who undertake for a
yearly subsidy to keep the roads in
violate. They are Yusafzais and
Afridis. and are very lawless, spend
ing a good part of their time in killing
or In getting killed. These headmen
brought large. woolly. brown sheep aid
honey in linen bags as offerings to the
prince. The men were all dressed in
voluminous white clothes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Insurance Policies Against War.

There is not much that man can
not insure against in England. Dur
ing the discussion over the future OF
Morocco III the early part of the con-
troversy quite few policies were writ
ten at Lloyds' on the risk of being a
European war. Insurance of this
character, classed as "peace policies"
was first taken for about per cent,
that covering the insured against
conflict occurring between any of the
great nations Of Europe within the en-
suing year. Later when the Franco
German dispute grew more heated the
rates advanced to 101. per cent. Some
business was done. on that basis. OF
late the premium rate has declined.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Just Like a Girl.

Eyes, we had falling out"
"Really, Edna"
Eyes, and l decided then and there
to break the engagement
Gracious, dear''
II wrote him letter. but II tore it
up"
My"
''Then wrote him another letter and
and tore that up, tOO.''
"Oh!"
"But the third letter didn't tear up.
mastering all my courage and burying
all pangs of regret, took it to the
mailbcX and then
"Oh. and then? Tell met"
"I-I didn't drop 1t in"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Growth Of Our Large Cities.

The census experts. i'm the decade
between demonstrating times. keep
from the last census or shrewd
prophecies about the next census An
expert statisticjan of the bureau has
figured out the population of American
cities in 1910, basins his estimates upon
past growth. building statistics, city
directories and local ccnsuscs. We pre-
Sent the result with gains in ten years
for the seven cities at the head of his
list:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
y. na.-l . s0ss-s 0Ns-4--aY...-
A LIT TIE OF
EVER Y T HING
After the Winter

Never a blizzard that cometh to stay-
Hiding the stars from the bright skies
away;
An the rosiest top O the mornin'!
Sorrows a shadow, an swiftly it goes
Even as a river that Oceanward flows.
Well We. reap the lOveliest bloom o. the
rose,
An Love, an the light O. the mornin'i
Atlanta Constitution
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

A wireless telegraph station which is
being established in Norddeich. Ger
many. on the shore of the North sea,
is expected to do business with Ger
many, Austria. Switzerland. France,
Great Britain. Denmark. the greater
part Of Italy. Sweden and Norway and
smaller parts Of Spain. Russia and the
states of the Balkan peninsula.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

The worlds consumption of tea out
size OF the countries in which it is
grown may be taken to be about $780,
VoV'WV pounds per annum. valued at
Ss9.Wo,ooo. About 90 per cent. of the
tea exported from Asia is consumed by
English-speaking people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Judge" said Mrs. Starvem to the
magistrate who had recently come to
board with her, I'm particularly
anxious to have You try this chicken
SOUP"
II have tried it," replied the magis-
trate, land my decision is that the
chicken has proved an alibi.''-Phila-
deiphia Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
One of Them.

''You people in Chicago" said Kad-
ley, with sheer, "think of nothing but
killing hogs"
"Well, Well" replied the Chicago
man, II must have misunderstood you
Il minute ago."
"How do you mean?"
Il understood you to say you had
been there. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Postponed.

a bashful young couple. who were
evidently very much in love. entered a.
crowded street car in Boston the other
day. do you suppose we can squeeze
IN here he asked. looking doubtfully
al her blushing face.
"Dcn't you think, dear, we had better
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

The principality of Montenegro is the
only country in Europe whichspossesses
no railways whatsoever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL MONDAY. FEBRUARY s. 1906
Dizzy Spells

That. dizzy spell is an important mes
sage from the heart-a plea for help.
IL TINS message receives no attenIion
others come: Shortness of breath, palpi-
tation. weak Or fainting spells. smother
ing or choking sensations, pains around
the heart. IN side or shoulders. and so on,
until II receives the necessary help, or is
compelled to give up-stOp.
You may furnish this Aid with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

ESTABLISHED 1928

No notice whatever will b taken o.
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot b held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
jected communications.
Addrsss all communication relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEGH & FLYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
DR.. NILES HEART CURE.

which cures heart disease in every stage.
Every day We read of sudden deaths
from heart disease, vet it is fact that
the heart has been pleading for help,
and gave up the struggle only when it
had exhausted the last spark of vitality
For more than six years / was trou-
hled with my heart. l would have dizzy
spells. then difficulty in breathing, chOk-
ing sensations; my heart would f1utter,
down. l commenced taking DIR. Miles
Heart Cure. and in a few weeks l was
entirely curcd."-
MINNIE Z. JOHNSON, Olivia, MINI.
The first bottle will benefit. if not, the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Not Present.

wait until we get home?" was the low
embarrassed reply.-Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Bath to Popham by trolley is again a
the lower Eennebec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Only a month to the spring elections.
but in very few Maine cities is there
much doing politically.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

The statement that there are no
will come as a surprise to most people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Even authorship has it's trials. One
Of Holman +. Days manuscripts,
story of Madawaska. was lost by a
other day, in an elevated train in New
York, and has not as yet been found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

They have been talking it over in
Citizens ticket this spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05

Now that the collectorship appoint
ment is made, Baths pulse beats nor
mally again.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-12
Iypeometer.

Employers of large number of
typists have been puzzled to estimate
the comparative value of their opera
tives. and little attachment similar
to a cyclometer lately invented, will
fill a long-felt want. The accessory
measures the exact number of words
written by each typist, giving an ac-
curate estimate of his capacity for
work, and assisting in the wedding
out of drones in the business hive.
Many concerns have been enabled
through the use of the attachment, to
establish a piece-work system of re-
Enumeration for their typists. Another
lightning time-saver is the mailing
machine, which folds the letters,
places them in envelopes, addresses,
seals and stamps the envelopes, and
all accomplished with speed that
startles the quick-fngered girls who
formerly did the work.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-12
A Verbal Message by Mail.

Instead of sending a cold and more
or less formal written letter to dis
tant loved one, it is now possible to
send by mail verbal message, which
may be as warm and thrilling as the
sender desires, says a writer in the
Technical World Magazine. This has
been made possible by the invention
of three Frenchmen MN. Bucherioux,
Marotte, and Tochow, who have per-
fected monograph record OF suffici-
ent hardness to go through the mans,
withstand the hard usage of the post,
and be ready to voice the message it
contains upon delivery at it's destin-
alton. A material called "sonorine,"
which has all the advantages OF wax,
and the added quality of being indie
structible, is spread upon cards. which
conform TO postoffice regulations ana
requirements. Then the chemically
prepared card is LAID fiat, and the voice
is thrown into small funnel, through
which it passes to the registering
needle. The record is made by a spir-
al, which begins writing at one edge
of the card and travels toward its cen
the exception of small circular spo
in the middle. A card will hold about
eighty words.
Sonorine has not yet been introdu-
ced in America, but no doubt will be
within short time.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-12
RHEUMATISM CURED
The Disease Yielded Readily to Or.
Williams Pink Pills After Other
Treatment Failed.

DIR. Williams Pink Pills cure rheuma-
tism because they supply the necessary
elements to the vitiated blood and en-
able nature to cast out the impurities
and effect cure. Mrs. A. Baker, of No.
lie Fitch street, Syracuse, N V, will
furnish living evidence of the truth of
this statement. There has been rheu-
matism in my family ever since can re-
member" she says. "My grandmother
was great sufferer from muscular
rheumatism and my mother also had the
disease III mild form. About year
ago l had hard cold and rheumatism
caught me Ill my left knee There were
sharp pains, confined to the neighbor-
hood of the knee and they seemed to go
right into the bone. Thepain suffered
was intense and / also had dizzy spells.
1.-THE doctors called my trouble
uriatic and sciatic rheumatism. When
l didn't get better under their treat
ment my brother-in- law suggested that I
try DIR. Williams Pink Pills. l bought
three boxes, and, by the time I had
taken them, the pain and dizziness had
entirely left me. / wanted to make
sure of cure so / bought three more
boxes, but l didn't take quite all of them
as | found that was entirely cured.
Before took the pills the pain was
so severe that l had to cry at times and
when | was cured Twas SO thankful and
grateful and am glad to recommend
them to every one who suffers with
rheumatism.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
severe cases of anamia, sciatica, nervous
ness, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia
and st. Vitus' dance that have not re.
sponded to other modes of treatment.
All druggists sell Dr. Williams Pink
Pills or they will be sent by mail, post.
paid, on receipt of price, so cents pei
box, six boxes for 50 so, by the DR.. Viii.
liams Medicine Co.. Schenectady. N. Y.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-12
SAVED BABY LYONS LIFE.
Awful Sight from that Dreadful Com,
plant, Infantile Eczema-Mother
Praises Cuticura Remedies.

Our baby had that dreadful CON-
plant, Infantile Eczema, which affiict-
ed him for several months, common
cling at the top Of his head, and at last
covering his whole body. His suffer
ings were untold and constant misery,
In fact, there was nothing we would
not have done to have given him re-
lief. We finally procured a full set of
the Cuticura Remedies. and in about
three or four days he began to show
brighter spirit and really laughed.
for the first time in year. In about
ninety days he was fully recovered
Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has
always been our greatest pleasure, and
there is nothing too good that we could
say in their favor, for they certainly
saved our baby's life. for he was the
most awful sight | ever beheld prior
to the treatment Of the Cuticura Rene
dies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1926 Apple
ton Ave-, Parsons. Kan. July IS. 1905"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-12
Evadins Contract Labor Laws.

"Of part of the operations of the
Erie railroad" writes Brouhton Bran,
denburg in the Technical World Mag
azine, know enough to speak with
assurance. The mines along the road
must have men and the road must
have the best labor it can get for the
least price to carry out its repairs
and constructions. Therefore it deals
with one James d. March, formerly
Giacomo Maggie, at present the Repub-
lican leader in the sixth assembly dis
trict of New York, who has done ex-
tensive contracting for the Erie.
Whether or not he receives a requisi.
tion from the road for a given mum
Der of men, does not matter. AT
least he knows how many he can give
work to. This knowledge is com
municated to their friends, brothers
cousins; and January, February, and
March of each year sees thousands 81
them arriving and being distributed to
their future fields of labor"