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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

G. r. e +. o. Building. Augusta. Ne.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
at this building until o'clock p NJ,
March 1907, for furnishing fuel. lights
ing towels, hauling ashes. and sprinkling
streets for this building during the fiscal
year ending June 20. 1905 or such portion
or the Year as may be deemed advisable
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved by the Treasury Department
JOHN V. LANE,
mch1o0I2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

We are patiently waiting for the re-
buke which the editor Of the Portland
Press is going to give the correspondent
signing himself Fair Play" who de-
ceived the Press into publishing half
a column of falsehoods about this
PAPERS circular letter of inquiry re
Garding public sentiment on the SUD-
iact of capital removal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

That Oscar Wilde opera ''Salome"
which was too reeEing in its rottenness
for New York to stand is to be staged
in Puritan Boston. This rather evens
things up for the sending to New York
of that Bacchante whose sculptured
wantonness gave Boston such shock
q few years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

The Portland Express strains at the
gnat of spending thousands for the sup
port of hospitals in Maine cities out
side of Portland, but swallows the
camel of wasting millions for State
House to be built IN Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

The Boston Herald speaks of Long
fellows birthday as legal holiday here
in Maine. It is hardly that. but its
observance was such as few holidays
ever receive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

"Whah not only de wicked ceases from
troubin'. an de weary am at rest but
whah.' here Parson Crinkletop lowered
his voice 10 a hoarse whisper. while h,
awestruck flock the fuller in the face,
''dcy has ter stop in de middle oh de
collekshin, ter &c an empty de box''-
Puck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
Art of Conversation.

We are born to inquire after truth; II
belongs to a greater power TO possess it.
/. is not. as Democritus said, hid in the
bcttcm Of the deeps, but rather elevated
to an infinite hight in the divine krowl-
De MontanGpe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

Harry Lehr gets into the limelisht as
easily in Berlin as in New York or
Newport and by the same brand OF
monkey shines. Fortunately for this
country there are too many American
visitors to Germany for the people
there to size up Harry as in any way
representative or typical.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

his spoil The latter did not quite DO
that. however. Instead, he took the PAD
wrote two words carefully upon II anu
returned it, The pompous father read
inscribed thereon:
And chain!
THAT ended the affair. New Orleans
TimcS-Democrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
g" am the People,"

The composer Rossin was a great eat
er. He went one day into restaurant
and ordered a dinner for three. After a
while the waiter SAID: ''The dinner is on
the fire. sir; when the people come it is
ready Very WELL, said Rossini,
serve it. l am the people,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
William Rhodes of Saco, better


William Rhodes of Saco. better
known as BILLY Rhodes. the black
smith, is still hale and hearty and
working every day at the age of II
years, and is the oldest snithy in York
county. having been employed con-
tinuously for a period of SO years.
Never in all the years that
he has been working at the forge
has he taken vacation, and he says
that he doesn't have any use for such
outing periods. He enjoys his work at
the forge and can be found there day
after day. hammcring iron and steel.
while the sparks from the forge fly
about the shop. making a cheerful pic
ture. He was never sick enough but
once in his life. to require the services
of physician. He ascribes his long
life and vigorous health to his regular
habits. He rises early in the morning
and goes to bed early at night only on
some eventful occasion going out of
his home after dark. He eats three
square meals a day. he says, and is
never Obliged to take any tonic to
create an appetite. 1.-THE best tonic
for any man." says Billy, lis hard
work"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

Poet Laureat Alfred Austin is gain
ing wisdom with his added years. His
tribute to the memory OF Longfellow
was written in prose.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
nlch1o0I2t

DeNitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
undoubtedly the best relief for piles.
Sold by John Coushlin Augusta and
Beane's Drug Store, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
Spacing.

The parlor sofa holds the twain,
Miranda ard her love-sick swain,
HcandShe.
But bark! 4 step upon tho stair,
And papa finds them sitting there,
He and she.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
Our Weakness.
Paradise.

One touch of scandal makes the whole
world chin.-Nefw York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
NOTICE.

SALE OF ROCKLA.ND. SOUTH TIiOM-
ASTON AND OWLS HEAD EAIL-
WAY AT COURT HOUSE, ROCK
1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

ESTABLISHED 1saB

~ netiee Whatsvsr will - taken o.
unsigned communications.
1he Journal cannot b held responsible
-3oe the preservation or return Of re-
eected communications.
Addrsss oil communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEGH 4 ELYNT. Publishers.
Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

The appearance of 25 cases OF
measles has caused the closing of the
Biddeford High school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

Franklin county takes pride in the
fact, as shown in the report of Super
intendent Stetson, that it has the
| highest percentage of average atten-
dance Of pupils of school age.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

Auburn is naturally pleased at the
report of new shoe factory to be
built there this spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

Not for many years have so many
Maine coast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

BY the death of his mother Mrs.
Emily Wescott Chadbourne of Stand
ish, the Hon. b. r. Chadbourne, State
railroad commissioner, becomes the
heir to u rare and valuable collection
of curios. They have been kept in the
Lake House" Mrs. ChadbOurne'S
home, situated at the foot of Sebago
lake, and have attracted the attention
of visitors from all parts of the world.
The collection includes book carried
by soldier Of the Revolutionary war;
letter written the day after Arnold's
treason; a stone from the brook Elah.
where David picked the five small
stones, one of which killed Goliath:
furniture and mirrors more than 200
years old: currency of the Revolution
and a cane given by General Washing
ton to Mrs. Chadbournc's great-grand-
father.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

The word has gone forth from the
selectmen that the stores of Bar Har-
Dor must close on Sundays. The mat
ter of Sunday closing in Bar Harbor
has been agitated spasmodically for
years. but movement has heretofore
resulted in no permanent arrangement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

February, like January, broke all re-
cords. Now will March keep up the
pace?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01
maine Gossip
A Masque Of Snow.


like. metals of white roses soft flake
fall
AS if gigantic gardens of the air
Were showering ScentleSS blossoms
everywhere.
As sculptures grand rise at the Snow
Kings call.
What fairy castles do the uplands pea
AS giant trees their white pilasterS wear
And e1mined statutes grace each pedestal
O world enchanted! hold your winte
dream
Till all the land is decked with snowy
flowers,
Until the forests spectral grottos seem
Where vistas ope to splendid domes ant
towers;
What charm can Summer show whicl
one may deem
or such niagnificence as gems these Win
ter hours?
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-01

Who would ever guess that this is
the first month of spring?
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26
mot SOON. But ALREADY"

Let US turn for a moment from
candidates and politics to timber, fo-
the devastation of the AMMAN is
| working more ruin to this country
than any of the evils which the can
didates declaim against or the pol
tics can possibly correct We call
ourselves a mighty smart people and
think We lead the world, and yet We
have nobetter sense than to deforest
the land from ocean to ocean and
from the lakes to the gulf with the
stupid improvidence of the glutton-
Gus animal which devours in a day
than which was intended for a
month. Golfers Weekly sounds the
alarm on this subject as follows:
Not soon, but already: a timber
famine is here; and worse, and stead
lily worse, faces US as each year
passes. Americans use more wood
per capita than any other people on
the earth They use more per capita
each year than they used the year be-
fore. By destruction of our forests,
streams have deteriOrated, droughts
and floods Increased. the climate
rendered more extreme, the value of
the soil lesSened. According to the
best figures thus far TO be had. the
present rate of cutting. with the pre-
sent rate of growth. would abolish
our forests utterly by about the yea-
1880 Cutting must be regulated.
Growth must be increased. The Ma
ional Government and the few active
States should have enthusiastic sup
port in every effort to hurry forward
this, the most pressing step in the
preservation of our resources. The
iron question can wait Even the
coal question can wait The forest
situation must be met. Nor should
the forward movement flag until our
forests are sufficient to feed our
streams and regulate our climate:
otherwise We shall be foolish for our
selves and but unworthy ancestors TO
those who must meet the problems
of existence when We OF 1907 are bur
a memory of the past"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Governor BrOward has been criti-
cized by some on the wet side OF
the argument because he publicly re-
ferred to the suicide of his mothe~
caused by his fathers intemperate
habits. to emphasize his opposition
to the liquor traffic The Brooks
vile Argus warmly defends his course
in this respect and says.
Dragging out to view the whiskey-
made skeletons from the closets Of
heart-brOken families is not an act
well pleasing to the hypocritical ad-
vocates Of personal liberty known
as the saloon element or their friends.
However. the cause of good govern
ment and the peace and prosperity
of the people demand that thesa
skeletons be taken from their closets
and exposed. that the extent of the
damage done by the 'skeleton-In-th,-
cioset-making' saloons may be known.
Yet. with ali the exposures that can
be induced, there will remain in
secret. never 10 be made known until
he day Of Judgment comes. millions
upon millions OF skeletons the saloons
cave made in all the walks of life
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

That pompous. stall-fed old church
man, Bishop Potter. doubtless has all
the externals of a gentleman. but
when he went to Richmond and VIC
lated the traditions, customs and pro
prieties of That city by inviting a ne
gro to his table to dine. while he him
self was the guest of the white people
of the city-and did this ostentatious-
iy to manifest his contempt for a
fundamental Southern custom-he
gave convincing proof that he is nol
a gentleman at heart. nor even in
breeding.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

The Waycross Herald says that
John Temple Graves has been his own
man. and then wants to know if he
Will be Mr.. HearSts man in New
YORK Undoubtedly he will: that.
what that $4,000 per annum means.
and that is the reason we suspect the
arrangement won't last. John
Temple is suave and genial to
marked degree. but his genius Will
droop in an atmosphere of compul-
sion, and he must fling the banners
of his radiant rhetoric to the breeze
as his inspiration moves him and
without dictation.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

The noble intellectual development
of our college boys, for which their
papas are paying such stiff sums, will
again be demonstrated on the foot
ball fields today at many of the vari-
Gus institutions of higher learning
Higher learning is good. The
ambulances and surgeons will be on
hand and ii is hoped that the list OF
killed and wounded will show a
gratifying decrease. And We are all
mighty fine people," as old Mr..
Heath says, in "AIice-for-Short''
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Lieutenant Governor Chanler. OF
New York. who has been vigorously
coached of late as Democratic
candidate for President. is in At
lanta, or was yesterday, to make 2.
/ speech in which it was hoped that h..
would touch on the question of his
candidacy and hold up for inspection
a few planks in his platform R:.t
he minimized politics and con
hned his remarks TO prosperity. OF
which he thought the country WAS
full Can Mr., Chanler seriously ex-
pect nomination for President on
mere prosperity platform with no.
a calamity plank in it? That would
be TO concede everything to the OPP
position and give his party complete
" away. We fear that Mr.. Chanlsr
S not available-he thinks We are too
prosperous.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

We welcome the stalwart aid OF
the Tampa Times in our effort to feed
up. reform and evolute the Florida
razorbaek hog into an improved type
that will look better, taste better,
weigh more and bring more money in
the open market. The Times saws:
We desire to second the Live Oak
Democrat in its war on the razor
back hog. The only good quality Of
the brute is that it has the capacity
OF being convinced by having the fe-
male of its family bred to something
better When properly fed if that
Is possible, its meat is neither so
good nor so cheap as that of auv
other strain of swine The sole COM
mendation Of the razor back TO
mercy is that it is here and that il
may serve as vehicle for the intro
ductiOn of something better"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

These big captains of finance are
serviceable, after all. in other ways
as well as targets for the arrows Of
the envious. j. Pierpont Morgan and
others like him, saved the situation
In New York this week when banks
were trembling and panic signs were
thick. And old John D. got in his
work, too, to show US that even the
'CO!SB0oo no lu9IoA9u9Q 90 UU0 SudOl0o
In tie economy of human affairs the
few must be rich and the many poor
and doubtless it will be always be 50.
despite the dreams of socialism; so
let US be thankful that when the
crisis comes and the human herd Is
about to stampede. there are strong
arms. even the arms of Midas. that
will be lifted TO stay the storm aud
avert the impend ng destruction.
Our plutocrats have their uses.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Let all the nation rise and give
THANKS to Attorney General Young,
of Minnesota, for be has taken a
short cut ac-oss lots 20 the Supreme
Court of lie United States to get a de-
cisioD of that tribunal on the great
para mount issue Of whether or not n
Fe,eral court has the right to enjOin
State from ouforcirS its own laws
That issue CINE up in the Federal
court of Minnesota the other day,
Just as it has in several Southern
States, and for his rebeIlious attitude
in the case the court fined Attorney
General Young 500 for contempt,
which he refused to pay. That put
his person in the custody of the
United States marshal, and he will
apply to the Supreme Court in Wash
ington City for a writ of habeas
corpus, That vii! bring the great
issue sQdareIy before the court, and
secure Il decision of the most import
ant legal question of recent times.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

ers, and if my own brother had been
a deserter, | should say kick him
out"
The Pensacola Journal says that
Mr.. RobinsOns speech was received
with immense enthusiasm by his
comrades, and no wonder. Think of
a deserter asking the taxpayers OF
Florida to pay him pension for
DESERVING his comrades and his
cause,
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Texas is great state, but the
Houston Post is greater. Successful
journalism is Johnson family fail
ing President Johnson. Of the Hous-
ton Post, is a brother of Editor John
sen OF the Apalachicola Times, than
whom there is no ADLER editor in all
Florida.-Times-Un Union.
y deserved tribute to a pair of fine
newspaper men. The writer once
heard the late w. c. Brann. OF
Texas Iconoclast fame. say that r.
n Johnson, Of the Houston Post.
was Sae ablest newspaper man in
Texas This was praise worth some
thing, for Bryan was an expert and
he didn't like Johnson. The latter
had mortally offended him by blue
pencilinS some of the stuff he had
written for the Post when he was on
the STAFF Of that paper.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Atlanta has 400 babies, dear.
beautiful little cherubs, collected in
one building today in a mammoth
baby show, to compete for prizes to
be awarded by an unfortunate COM
mittee appointed for the purpose.
God bless those precious babies, and
Heaven help that unhappy COM
mittee,
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

George Harvey tells us in the
North American Review that worry
may be subjected to simple mental
treatment and overcome. But why
didn't he tell us what that simple
a bon to mankind worth more than
all the gold in all the mines
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Another Confederate veteran of the
good old kind was honored in the
election of General w l.. Witch, of
Pensacola, to succeed General
Jewell as commander of the Florida
Division of Confederate Veterans.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26
The LIVE OAK PUBLISHING COMPANY

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT will be
mailed 10 any part of the United
States. passage prepaid, for $500
per year; $3.50 for six months;
Sl-25 for three months, or SO cents
for five weeks, in advance De-
ivered to any part of the city. by
carrier. for 10 cents per week.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-26

Louis, where he speaks today before
the Commercial club of that city OIL
the growing issue of the improvement
of inland waterways, especially the
Mississippi river.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06

Two of the well known sanitary in- spectors of the city found themselves in strange predicament the other night. Complaint had been made to the department which they represent ed that some of the escape of gas on sayre Street was due to defective sanitary sewerage on that street, along with the escape of gas from the mains of the Montgomery Light and Water Power Company. and the inspectors two of them-were sent to the scene 10 investigate the report.
 we preferred to make our lnVes- tigation at night" said one Of the in spectors yesterday, and accordingly set out about midnight to make inVes- tigations. After long search, during which we discovered no truth in the report which we had received, we came to the residence of we'll known Mont romerian on that street and had begun the search in his yard for the escape which had been reported to us
 Suddenly we found ourselves In a critical plight. The owner of the house hearing a little foreign noise in the rear of his residence. game out to make an investigation of it's cause with a convenient shotgun. You may ,Mt vour life that we made haste to explain our errand to the irate pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
VISIT 30 COUNTIES
TAX COMMISSION MEETING WITH SUC-
 CESS IN ITS WORK.
President Mitchell Expresses His Gratifica- tiou at the Spirit of Co-Operation Met With in Tours of
 the State.

Judge J. J. Mitchell, Chairman. and Hon. ! B. Powell, Associate Commissioner. of the State Tax Commission. have returned to Montgomery after holding conferences with the officers of several counties and are now engaged with Colonel Harvey E. Jones. an Associate Commissioner. who remained in Montgomery to attend to the correspondence of the Commission, in the transaction of the business which requires tho consideration of the entire Commission.
 Judge Mitchell conferred with the County Commissioners and other officers of Lime stone. Madison. Jackson, Franklin and Walker Counties. and Mir Powell with those of Bibb Tuscaloosa and Covington Counties. so that the Commission has now completed its work in about thirty of the sixty-seven counties of the State.
 While there is no temporal limitation np- on the completion of the commissions la bors Judge Mitchell said yesterday. its members were endeavoring to complete its tasks as rapidly possible. The amassing of correspondence and other matters requir- ing clerical attention, necessitated the fre- quent meetings of the Commission in Mont gomery and prevented the Commissioners from visiting all the counties in successive order Judge Mitchell expressed his grati- fication at the cooperative spirit with which the Commissioners had been received by county officials who had In every inT stance expressed their willingness to accord every assistance in the accomplishment of the work.
 The chief difficulty. he concluded. had ben miscomprehension of soTs,'of the details of the new law under which he and ms as sociates were working but explanation had in every instance been followed by the prof fer of help by officials assi citizens of the counties they had visited.
 The Commissioners will remain in Mont eomery during this week. They will pre- pare an itinerary of visitations Co county seats for next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
PANIC ON STREETCAR
SIX PASSENGERS ARE HURT IN
 BIRMINGHAM.
Controller Burnt Out and Negroes stampeded-Miss Florence Askew is the Most seriously
 Injured Person.

Birmingham, June 5.-(Special)- Six persons were more or less seriously injured in a street car panic at Tenth Avenue and Fifteenth Street, north, early this evening.
 The injured all reside in Birming- ham and are: Miss Florence Askew, leg broken anG bruised; Barbara Gill; lespie, arm broken; Minnie Fearline, Jennie Brown, Minnie Leith and Jo- hanna Perryman, the last five being negroes, were slightly injured.
 The controllcrs on the front or the car blew out and the negroes crowded into the front end. rushed back In panic. many of them jumping from the windows while the car was rum ming at high rate of speed. The motorman jumped without shutting on the current, which added to the com fusion. A negro passenger finally stopped the car.
 Ambulances were summoned to the scene and much excitement prevailed
 Miss Askew resides on West High lands If is feared she is injured in' formally.