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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
The Boys Of Maine.

-
The proceedings at the State Conven-
tinn of the Young Mems Christian As
SoCiatiOn in Augusta cannot fail to give
that bcneficient organization great up
lift throughout the State. 1t is a grand
nonSectarian organization, its work ex-
tending to every point where n young
man is found in need of just the help II
is ever ready to extend. 1t has planted
itself in all the countries of the world
including the islands of the sea. 1t has
$SS. 100000 invested in buildings, where
there is always the open door to tie
young man where he can spend his leis.
IRE moments in good company. and away
from the pernicicus influences of the grog
shops. The two hundred delegates at the
convention were splendid specimens OF
Young manhood Ono of the leading
speakers. who had travelled all over. the
West. said he had seen there some bright
smart and able specimens of manhood
hut they DIDN'T begir t. compare witt
tie dele CATION Of young men from Aroos
took colrSy. And this might be said
probably of I'll the delegations present
The best crop Maine produces is her boys
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Room in the Pastures for More.
(Maine Farmer.

IMalne Tarmer.l
The report Of the State Board of Asses
sors shows practically no change in the
number OF cows owned in Maine, but
there is a srlall but hopeful increase in
sneep and horse kind. An increase in
sheep of 1000 in the face of the eAtraordi-
nary demand for mutton and breeding
stock from without the State indicates a
marked intention or the part of sheep
men to increase this line Of stock. The
s;rnc is true of horses, except that it is
in the heavy classes that the advance is
ncing made. The dscouraging feature of
the report is the decrease in young cattle
and oxen. With unlimited tiIlage and
pasture land available it is a sorry sight
to see the possibilities for matchmaking
growing less i'll the face of an ever-in-
cr"asing demand and advancing price 70.
this necessity of every table. That the
decrease Sho I'D come in these classes
v hich require less labor to care for in
place Of dairy animals is something of an
ANOMALY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Democratic Platforms.

Just what Mr.. BryanS platform Will
be when il is finally completed is not
known but the Democratic papers of
Maine want it distinctly understood
that whatever it is they will endorse it.
Democratic principles vary with the
direction If the political brceZes, and
the work Of building 4 new platform
usually begins by diScarding most Of
the plankS that We're in the previous
one. 1t will he recalled that in 1856
the Altinr Democrats assembled in
State Convention, endorsed the gold
standard, and nominated a candidate
upon it, \ few weeks later they dis
carded both platform and candidate,
and linCi up-it proved to be only a
skirmish linr-in favor Of the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver at a ratio
of l6 to l. 1t is reasonably certain
that. if Mr.. Bryan has his way, the
reXt Democratic National platform viii
contain Il few planks filched from the
Populists ana one or two filched from
the Socialists. Beyond that no man
leadtrS-dares venture a prediction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

nv a vote of to the six slttinS
Judges in the Kentucky court OF APP
peals have ousted the Democratic
officials of Louisville. The decision
also turns out the Democratic officials
of jefferson county. with the eXcep-
ton of circuit judges and magistrates
Thus. by one fell swoop, are sixty
Democratic office holders. transferred
from their snug berths to the rigors Of
a late spring. Still it must be re-
membered that they have occupied
these offices to which the people did
not elect them since 1905.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
The Medical Experts.

There seems to be lot of good sense
in the suggestion of an eminent New
York medical man who. in commenting
upon the Thaw case, urged that the
law he changed SD that the medical eX-
perts should be selected by the court
and not by the prosecution or the de-
Tense They should be men who could
neither be purchased by wealthy de-
PENDANTS nor moved by public clamor
but men as judicial in temperament as
the judges themselves. If this change
could be brought about the term
medical expert" would soon cease to
excite the derisiOn and invidiOus COM
trials in which such testimony figures.
Such a change would also be in the
interests Of economy as we'll as Of JUS
tice and though some medical men
might object to it on the ground that it
would give fewer of them chance at
the rich witness fees, it would at least
protect the dignity Of their profession.
nder present conditions, not only in
New York courts but in the courts of
almost any state, expert medical testi-
nony has become something farcial if,
indeed not something worse. In the
well as that of the legal profession
there should be prompt and radical
reform
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

The figures show that our govern
ment's pension payments, up I" Jun"
30. 1906, amounted. in full. to S3,i'9'-
S6O.3ll. This money was distributed
Ia every part of the country, including
the south where many former de-
tenders of the Union now make their
homes. Besides being recognition
Of a debt Of honor and gratitude when
the nation owes and will always owe
..th,. boys in blue"-a debt which II can
never pay, this money. with its wlu'
distribution. is a very positive factor
in our national prosperity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

at is officially given ont that the
Domocratic party purposes to fight the
next campaign on a platform declaring
for resuhmission, equal taxation. anu
honest government. At present the
most conspicuous and persistent candi-
date for the Democratic nomination Is
Sheriff W. ID. Penncll of Cumberland
county who has achieved q certain
amount Of notoriety from the fact that
he sworc to enforce the laws ana then
openly and brazenly nullitied one OF
the most important of them. As the
leader i'm an Honest Government
movement Pencil is well calculated 10
add to the gayety of nations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

o'clock, they work till ten or later, as
hired girls can not be found for all. Chill
dren are kept hcme from school to help
Men work all dav in the field ana when
it hegins to grow dark they put up their
teams and cut pot"toe seed. sometimes
till past l. o'clock, as the work must be
done ard help is scarce. It's potatoes
here. potatoes there, and potatoes/evelN-
where We are sick of that word. II
sounds worse than landelion green's. Oh,
tie healtachc, tie backacke and lcEache
tie potato bUsine So has caused. 1t has
made men humpbacked, soured V'omen'S
dispositions, and made dwarfs of chill
dren and the end is not yet! How long,
oh Lord. how lNnGI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NAV IS. 1921.
Sealed proposals for eXcdvating, a IN
Foundation walls of new wing az W
Eastern Maine Insane Hospital. BansOll
Maine. will be received on or he Iors, IN
o'clock noon. Wednesday, MAY Z?th, ~ ~
Plans and specifications may be seen M \,
the office of the Superintendent An, AT ~.
Eastern Maine Insane Hospital b aaniyIn
Maine, and at the office OF JOhn S.ach.
ST avens ard John Howard Stevens, H.
tectS. Portland. Maine. ,o, r.
Eids must be addressed to CnarIgis,,
Field. Chairman Building Conn,ln nenr.
Eastern Maine Insane Hospital DAMS
Maine.
Per order Huildirg Committee.
CHARLES f. FIELD, Chairr'ia"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
NOTICE.

Public notice Is hereby given Of the W.
tention Of the town Of Stoungton, Maine,
on Sept. 2, 1907, 10 redeem its bonds mum,
hrrcd one to twenty inclusive. eacn y
aud issued June Il. 1866: and the holders
Of said bonds are hereby requested "
present tho same to the Treasurer OF san
town of Stonington, ut the Treasure
September, A. D.. 1907. for redemptonr,,
and payment Of the principal and inteFe y
then due: nj which time the interest," "
sail bonds shall cease. ,oo,
Dated at StoninGtOn. Me, May ID. F'
FRED f. WEBB. =,
Treasurer of the town OIL
Stonington, Maine; ,o-.os
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
HOTELS.
To the Honorable Board of Railroad

TO the Honorable Board of Railroad
Commissioners
Respectfully represents the Augusta
and Waterville Railway, a street railroad
company organized under the general
laws Of the state that its location as ap-
proved by your honorable Beard and
now On file, crosses tire bridge ACROSS the
SehasticoO' River in The town of Wins.
low, usually called the Seblstico0k
bridge, that tho street railroad of v0ur
petitioner will pass over said bridge ant
that said bridge was erected by the town
of WinSlow.
1our petitioner respectfully requests
that yorr Honorable Board will require
the officers of the Augusta AMI Water
vile Hallway and of the town of Wins
low. 10 atterd a hearing i'll the matter
after such notice Of the hearing to all
parties IN interest as your Honorable
Board may deem proper. and that Won
Will determine at such hearing the re-
pairs renewals or STRENGTHENING If parts
| o. Il necessary the manner Of rebuilding
such bridge required to make the same
| safe for the uses to which il is put. and
| that YOU will determine VINO shall bear
| tire expense of such repairs, renewals,
| strengthening or rebuilding, or apportion
such expense between the railroad COM
| ranv and the town as the case may be, in
| s'lch manner as shall be deemed by your
| Honorable Board just and fair, and make
| report thereon as by statute required
Dated this 18th day of May a. D 1877.
| AUGUSTA AND WATERVILLE RAIL-
| WAY. by Heath 6; Andrews. Its At
| torneys.
ON THE FOREGOING PETITION
| ORDERED, That the petitioner cause
| to lie published a true copy If said petl-
| ton. and this order of notice thereon,
| three days successfully in the Daily
| NennebeC journal \ newspaper published
/ at Augusta. in the County of hennebec,
| tie inst publication in said paper 70 be
| at least five days before Wednesday.
Jurc the fifth. a. D. 1907. on which day
| tie BOARD Of Railroad Commissioners will
| I've in session at their office in augusta
| at ten o'clock in the forenoon for the pur-
| poses indicated in said petition. Said Pc
| titioner shall send copies of the forego-
| Jig petition and this order to the munici-
| pal officers of the town Of Winslow: I'VE
| days at least before the date Of said hear
| ing.
j. r. PEAKS, Chairman
For the Board of Railroad Commission
| crS Of Maine.
| Dated this 18th day of May. A. D., 49,
| \ tIIc copy.
Attest: r. G. HARRINGTON, Clerk
may 23i3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
MAINE AT JAMESTOWN
Send in Your Cash to Help Names
Representation at the Exposition.

The unusual delay in completing the
jamestown Exposition will enable
Maine to be represented in the same
way as all other New England States
are to be-with State Building. if We
but act quickly. The State commission
wants $4,000 with which to reproduce
the birthplace of the poet LOngfellow,
ana suggest Il popular subscription.
The press Of the State Will receive
and acknowledge one dollar SubScrip-
tiOnS to this fund for a State of Maine
Building. You are urged to at once
send in one or more subscriptions to
the Kennebcc Journal. For each one
dollar received acknowledgment will
be made in these columns, and a
beautiful portrait mailed to each out
of-town subscriber or delivered over
the counter at the Journal office to
those who call for them. This portrait
is a genuine photogravure printed on
the finest quality Of plate paper 1924
Cut out the following coupon and
mail with one dollar to the Kennebec
Journal today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Life Is Faster Than of Old.

lAIbanV ArguS.l
II requires more energy for man 70
succeed today than it required twenty
years ago. more talent, more capital Of
brains and faculty: the competition Is
keCncr the race is SwiftCr, the life is
acter Hence tie list OF sacrifices 10 the
MolucE of OVerWOrk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
In Potato Planting Time.
CFort Fairfield Review J

IF0rt FlllIlnIN FCNleW.J
Aro0stook county has gone potato
crazy. Everyone who can is planting
potatoes. and those who can't are run
ming wildly around looking for land II
rent and signing because they can't gel
rich too. Men. women and children are
working DAY and night trying to plant &
few more potatoes than they did last
year. Many women are now doing I hei,
work alone. Up in the morning at 4.0l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Mr.. Bryan says he would not run
against Mr.. Roosevelt He would be
50 far behind him that it wouldn't be
any use for him TO go faster than his
customary gait.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Buqs and Prices.

(NoW YOrf: 'Trihune.)
A brown bug is POW reported in okla
honIl. 1t is 10 be hoped that nobody Will
make this an excuse for putting the price
OF wheat up q cents more. II insects 81
one on two more cOlorS should appear
W neat flour would become Il luxury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
increasingly Difficult.

Ghiiadelpiiil Inquirer
One effect o. the formation OF a Dem
o1tatic Progressive League" in New YORK
Will be to make il still more difficult -
answer tie question, What is i Dem" f.
crate"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Mitchell. which was wrecked near
Ionesoo,r last week, was originally a
full rugged brig, rig now extinct IN
the American merchant marine. She
was the only ex-brig on the coast, al
though there are many schoonefs
which were formerly hermaphrodlte
briggs or brigantnes. The Mitchell
had all her sails blown away IN q
northwest gale off Cape Neddick a
year ago ana was towed into kittery
Point.
Lewiston Sun: \ neighborhood tent
is what will soon be seen on Nichols
street. 1t is a nei2hborhood tent, al
though ii is the property Of George
Raymond. for four families in that
section are to unite in good times there.
This tent is 4 big one, and II Is 10 ne
set up on the vacant lot, owned by Z.
A. Amback Of SabattuS, between the
houses Of T. b. Sands and Mr.. Ray
mond. Those who are to use this Tor
| Il vacation play ground" are the fanli-
lies of Mr.. Sands, Mr. Raymond, DR..
W. II. Thomas and c. H. Weymouth.
As soon as the tent is put in position
these people are to have house
| warming some night. with beans
baked in the ground. and all the other
good things which go to make camp
| life a pleasure.
A new industry has recently been
started in PASSPORT by l.. G.. Nose. the
manufacture of hollow concrete building
| blocks which employs already several
men and bids fair to give employment
| to many more as the business grows.
| The making Of concrete blocks is not q
| new business. though, perhaps. not
| generally known of in this section, but
| has successfully been carried on in the
South and West for several years. Mr..
Vose is the pioneer of the business in
| eastern Maine, at least, and is already
working up good business, several
| residents this season having expert
| mented with the blocks for cellar walls
| while many others are only holding off
and waiting to learn what effect, if any,
the frostS Of our severe winters may
| have upon them, before using. They
are made chiefly in blocks lexis inches
! in size. The chief claims for the
| blocks are beauty, cheapncss. proof
| against fire and frost and durabil-
| ity. They are made in various sizes
and forms; also in door and window
| sills. fancy corner stones. etc. They
are manufactured from preparation
of gravel. sand and other durable ma
teriais, known only to the maker
moulded in forms ana dried For the
drying off process, fifteen days, at
least, is required before they are ready
for use, though the older they are the
| better. The hollow air spaces in them
| afford ample room for inserting water
| and gas pipes, electric wires, etc. They
are made for building purposes of all
descriptions, and are said to be rapid
| ly growing in favor all over the coun-
try.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Farm help is reported scarce in
Connecticut. 1t is evident that great
many able bodied men in that state
would rather use tobacco than to raise
it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Richard Mansfield says he lost n
fortune fighting the English critics.
These same dramatic critics are said
to be among the most mercenary men
in the world and it is certainly to the
great credit of Mr. Mansfield that he
refused to pay them tribute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Abe Hummers case has attracted n
great amount of attention largely from
its novelty. The spectacle of a shrewd
and able lawyer languishing i'll prison
is something of rarity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
What the Uniform Should Indicate

MOntreal Starr
Uncle Sans uniform, should command
general respect as an absolute guarantee
of "entiemanly behavior on the part of
its Wearcr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Entirely Harmless.

washington poStD
Dempntia hdScOallitis is violent While i
lasts, Int il must be said in its favor that
il makes very httlc work for criminal
lawyers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Perils of Peace.
(Chicago RccCrd-IIcla

Chicago RccCrd-fIclald)
A soldier of fortune who had fought
under eighteen different flags died a few
days ago from overindulgence in dump
lncs. Peace hath its dangers no less ter
rible than war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Some Of the men who are now
throwing bouquets at Mr.. Bryan are
now passing him out Il lenOn-nOtably
brother Hearst. It is also true that a
few who were providing the lemons in
1896 and 1900. are even digging up the
dandelion blossoms in frantic attempt
to DO him honor in late spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT,
Maine Editors DepIorable Condition.

NbtHISI JUUln1L]
Last week S issue OF the Turf Farm
and Home had Il letter from the editor,
r. +. Mavo, written when half seas over.
descriptive Of his voyage frOnI Portland
for Liverpool, etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Hard to Believe 1t.

Cilelena Recordl
Two feet of SNOW i'm South Dakota with
killing froStS i'm Nebraska are proof that
there are worse climates than that OF
Montana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Nova Scotia offers bounty of three
cents on gypsy moths. 1t is to be
hoped that it will not lead to their i'm
portation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Three of a Kind.

louisville Couier-Journal)
The ChicaGo wheat pit, ohio politics
and Sherman's definition Of war closely
resemble one another.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
New York Hoodlumism.

New York World)
baseball hondlumiSm will nave to stop
or baseball will. New York cannot have
many exhibitions like Yesterday :.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
T hey Are.


Pittshurg Gazette.)
Pine Knot. Washington and Oyster Bay
are all mighty important places at difffr-
ent seasons of the year
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF Co
PARTNERSHIP.

Augusta. Me-. May @t9; E s,,stt
The firm OF Lucius Hin and bai Ma.
F.. Folsom of Augusta, Me-. do,hs Fol.
ness under the firm name Of I'LL y n ths
som Company. at III Water street = Moth
day dissolved by mutual consent or,,inus
parties. Mr.. Incius Hill VIII III will
the business at the same place s ans ami
assume and pay all outstanding DIE, nS will
liabilities against the said frm an nJ arm
collect an the accounts due the sa'u -
of Fiji e Folsom Co.
(Signed
J.UCTUS HILL. snN
BARTLETT E. FoLooA
ray21eod1uk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25
Maine Gossip
a Pine Dream.

There's stream away off yonder that is
calling me tOdaT:
| can hear above the traffic every word it
has to say.
It is saying: Come on hither. am wait
ing here for you,
is pleasure here for you
OF. the endless roar of traffic cannot
drown that sweet appeal
Ard | hear above the waters now the
singing of a reel
And a tautened line sweeps past me- anu
| drc;tmilv behold
On the open page beneath me Just leap
ing bar of gold.
You may all poke fun at pipe dreams,
but thank God for those OF mine,
T:rcamS that take me fer Il moment OIL
beneath the birch and pine;
ont to where the brook is calling rs
hope twill always do.
..pleas.. come out into the woodland
there is pleasure her" for Eou:
Joe Cone, in y. \. sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

"Inspired idiots" appear to be in ac-
tive demand III making up the Hay
wood jury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

The Journal is in receipt Of subscrip-
tons to the Maine building at the
jamestown Exposition from the fol-
lowing perSOnS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

week to June-Whlch AZ ltdSt
should provide some spring weather
York Harbor is pleased to learn that
the author of MIR. Dooley' will pass
his summer there.
Today's games in the college cham
nionship series are Bowdoin VS.. Bates
at Lewiston and Colby VS.. L. of NJ. at
Orono.
The Maine people Of Manchester. \.
H. IA tie number Of $50 had reunion
and banquet this week.
The Pittsfield Advertiser tells of a
West Troy cat which is bringing UP a
baby rabbit which it stole IN the woods
and brought home to take the place
its lost kittens.
The 1S-mle connecting link of the
Atlantic shore trolley line will not
be completed June l as was contem-
plated. The rails have been laid in
Wells for Il considerable distance
past OgunQuit, but there has been q
delay in the arrival of cedar poles
About nine miles Of rails have beer
! laid The date Of its completion
| has been changed to July l.
York Transcript: 1t is said that there
is not mach building of cottages along
! the coast this spring on account of the
high cost Of material and labor There
| is q brisk demand for summer homes
| however. and there will probably be
more tourists this season than ever be.
fore. There certainly will be if tbs
| average indicated by York's business i:
| maintained throughout Maine.
The three masted schooner Ellen II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

A week to June-which at least
should provide some spring weather.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

The Maine people Of Manchester. \
u II re- number Of $50 had reunio
and banquet this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

York Harbor is pleased to learn ina
the author of Mr.. Dooley VIII pas
his summer there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-25

Today's games in the college cham
pionxhip series are Bowdoin vs.. Bates
at Lewiston and Colby vs.. L. of NJ. n
OronO.