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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Monday, February rs, 1907.
What People Die Of.

The census bureau has selected a
dozen states, all of which are in the
extreme east, except Indiana and
Michigan as a so-called registration
area for vital statistics, and on the
basis Of figures received from these
states, of which Maine is one has COM
piled some interesting, although grue-
some, mortality statistics. AS the
registration urea includes about two
11fths Of the country's population. its
figures may be regarded fairly repre-
sentative of the whole country, though
Of course different climatic conditions
in the extreme West and South would
naturally make some difference in the
death rate and in the prevailing causes
OF death. For the registration area of
1908, tho number of deaths reported
was 545, 533, or 1872 in each 1000 OF popu-
lation. The actual number of deaths
was slightly less than that returned
for the preceding year. 1.S54. but ex-
ceeQeu TIE nu.Vutr TesIopicu AoI any
other year since the annual reports
were Instituted.
The death rate of 1862 per 1000 OF
population reported for the United
States In 1905 is lower than that of Ire
land, Germany. or Italy. but higher
than that Of England and Wales, Scot
land, or the Netherlands. For these
countries the rates were as follows:
ENGLAND and Wales. 1872: the Neither
lands, 1873; Scotland. 15.9: Ireland, Ill;
Germany, 1913; and Italy. PIT.
The death rates per 1000 of the sew
follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Educational institutions are receiving
all sorts of endowments in these times,
but perhaps the most unique upon the
list has been received by Colorado
College to which the mayor Of Colorado
Springs has just presented 100 cats.
These are to be used for dissecting rur-
poses and research work in the labra-
tory. This will tend to make life more
free from terrors for cats and cat own
ers in the vicinity of Colorado college,
for if the medical students there are
like those in similar institutions IN
this part of the country all cats look
alike to them, and any feline which
can be captured by fair means or foul
is promptly doomed to dissecting-room
uses
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
The Unquiet Stars.

In 4 recent suit in a Cincinnati court 4
lawyer was cross-cXamning a German,
the point under inquiry being the relative
position OF the doors, windows, and so
FORTH in a house in which a certain
tranSa ction wIS alleged to have occurred.
And now, my good man. the lawyer
said will you be good enough to tell the
court how the stairs run in your house"
The German locked dazed for a mo-
ment. How do they run?" he repeated.
Eyes; how do the stairs rum
"Vell," continued the witness, wen ]
am oop-stairs dey run down, and ven l
am downstairs dey run oOp. Harper
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
On the Job.

"A Baltimore man. who was recently n
passenger on Cunarder tells of an Incl
dert of his trip that led him to the con
ciusion that your average seaman is not
apt to waste much thought on his person
al troubles.
This sailor had met with an acciden:
was n bad cut On the head. The RaIti
morian was most Solicitous in his inauir
les as to the seaman's welfare when he
next saw the captain. and would UNI
had not il rough sea called to mind his
own sufferings.
Several days later. wher he emerged
white and wax from his stateroOm, hc
suddenly remembered the poor sailor In
the course of the day the Baltimore mar
saw the man. with strip of plaster o.
his forehead.
flow is your head?" he asked, sympa.
theticaliy.
West by south. sir" was the reply
Hdrper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Somebody has evidently been string
ing the usually reliable old Philadel-
phia Ledger for in a recent issue it has
two Peary stories which can hardly be
expected to fool any of its readers, al
though they appear to have fooled the
editor One solemnly relates that
Peary will go north the coming sum-
mer in company with Duke Abruzzi.
and the other informs us that Peary's
next exnedition will be made in bal
loon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Science.

She leads the sea through hills of Darien,
And brings the east and west to every
door,
With silent influence drawing more and
Into close brotherhood the tribes of men.
She holds the trail Of Pain to his secret
den;
The dim process of being dares explore.
Spells slowly out on mountain. rock, and
The syllables of God to mortal ken.
She yet MAY sail frcm vLgue. cloud
builded piers,
And lay along the darkness and the wind
A cable vast which world to world shall
bind:
Brcathless may catch the deep, slow
speech o: Mars,
Now. harly, passing on from outer
spheres
The grave, tremendous message of tho
stars.
-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Electric Motor to SuppIant Steam

Will the, electric motor supplant the To-
connective is the question now being asked
among railroad experts. and from the
many successful demonstrations of the
former ii seems that electricity is going
TO be the motive power of the future.
During the past IS years there have been
50 many successful demonstrations of the
power of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in
cases CT stomach. liver and bowel troubles
that it is now universally acknowledged
To be the best of its class. Is your appe-
tite poor, sleep restless, nerves unstrung
or bowels constipated. then the best
thing that YOU can do is to commence
taking the Bitters at once. In will cor
rect these ailments also cure dyspepsia,
indigestion. costiveness. sour risings.
heartburn. c1lds. grippe. female ills and
malaria Your druggist will supply Won
with the genuine, which we guarantee
absolutely pure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Ladylike Geometry.

l. a straight line is the shortest dis
tance between two millinery openings.
II. A straight line determined by two
bargain tables is considered prolonged
both ways until the store closes.
III. A broken line is a series Of sue
crssive straight lines described by Wo-
man alightinE from a street car.
". A mixed line Is Il line composing
the rece ption committee of a clubs pres
ideptial candidate.
" A plain figure is one all points oil
which have been neglected by the dress
maker.
VI. Figures of the same shape don't al
ways have the same style.
VII Figures Of the same size never
consider themselves equivalent
VIII Women equal to the same thing
are not always equal to each other
Chicago Record Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

The Ohio delegation in the next Con,
gross will have ten members under ID
Years of age, ard one of them, ]. Eugene
Harding, of Middletown. is but y. and
will be the Youngest member of the
Young mon to a single Congress as Ohio.
and those who came two years ago have
each and all been returned. With all
these young men, Ohio has also two of
the oldest members. Grosvenor and Keif
er. The former is nearing "a and the lat
ter is just 20. In the next House Cen
eral Sherwood. of Toledo. who was p
member thrty-four years ago, will be
the oldest. as he is nearing -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
How to Live With Microbes.

Drink water and get typhoid.
Drink milk and get tuberculosis.
Drink whisky and get d. t.
Ea. meat and meet apopleXy.
Eat oysters and get toxaemia.
Eat vegetables and weaken the
strength
Eat dessert and get paresis.
Smoke cigarettes ard die early.
Smoke cigars and get catarrh.
Drink coffee-nervous prostitution.
Drink wine-gout.
So the true system of proper living is
to eat and drink nothing and thus be-
come carly in life. an observation-disclosures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Particular Times.

Antiseptic underclothes.
Antiseptic shoes.
Antiseptic furniture
Antiseptic booze.
Antiseptic poodle dogs,
Antiseptic kids.
Antiseptic overcoatS.
Antiseptic lids.
Antiseptic carriages
Antiseptic cars
Antiseptic smokables,
Antiseptic bars.
Antiseptic tableware,
Antiseptic meats.
Antiseptic houses,
Antiseptic streets.
Antiseptic soap to use
Antiseptic tubs.
Antiseptic water for
Antiseptic scrubs.
Antiseptic I. o. US,
Antiseptic cash.
Antiseptic boarding with
Antiseptic hash.
Antiseptic notions are
Getting pretty rife.
Everybody's leading the
Antiseptic life.
birmingham Age-Heral
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Now that the Missouri legislature has
passed a resolution telling the world
how the name .of the state should be
pronounced, it should pass another
conveying like information regarding
St. Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

from consumption in Great Britain and
especially in Ireland, from this cause
is higher than in this country, while in
Germany it is nearly as high. 1t is
interesting to note that the highest
Maine and this disease shows an in
creasing rate, while several others,
notably consumption and scarlet fever.
show a decreasing rate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

The diseases for which the death
rate during the five-year period Of 1900
to 1904 amounted to 10 or more per 1b0,-
900. and Is apparently increasing, are
ncphritis and Bright's disease, AGO.
plexy. cancer. diabetes. and Appendix
cItis. They are mostly those OF 4
chronic character and chiefly affect ell
derby people. Appendicitis is an ex-
ception to this statement, but the APP
parent increase in this cause of death
may result from the increasing ac-
curacy of statement among physicians
or The tendency to aScribc to this cause
reported otherwise. This statement
also applies to apoplexy. which prob
ably in many cases was formerly re-
ported as paralysis, a disease which
shows a decreasing rate.
Diseases other than paralysis for
which the death rate during the five
year period from 1900 to 1904 amounted
to 10 or more per 100000. and is APP
parentiy decreasing, are old age, bron-
chit!s. commissions. peritonitis. and
scarlet fever. AS will be quickly noted.
most Of these causes Of death are OF
an indefinite character, and they VIII
gradually pass out of the classification
us physicians begin to realize that
what is desired is the real cause OF the
death and not a vague description of
symptom Of that cause. One term in
this list. however. stands out clearly.
and from the precise and definite char
acter Of the certificates of death COM
piled hereunder there can be no ques-
ton as to the decrease in each year in
deaths from scarlet fever. In 1901 the
death rate from this cause was 13.l per
10000. but by 1905 it had decreased to
G.S.
The diseases from which the death
ratio during the five years from l9oo TO
1904 amounted to 10 or more per 100000
and has been huctuating are the fol-
lowing: tuberculosis of the lungs.
pneumonia, heart disease. diarrhea and
ente-itis. typhoid fever. diphtheria and
croup, meningitis, premature birth.
bronchorneumonia. congenital debility.
influenza, lack of care. cirrhosis OF
ltyer. eastritis, whooping cough, endo-
cartlitis. and measles.
The causes. with their rates. to which
20 or more deaths per 100000 of popula-
ZION were attributed in 1905. ranked ac-
cording 70 number OF deaths per 100000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
WatervilIe Notes.

The little Mi-o-na tablets sold by
geo. w. Dorr, the druggist. have be-
come deservedly popular. Mr.. Dorr
guarantees that Mi-o-na will make
.hin people fat. regulate digestion, and
increase health, or else there will be no
charge Tor the remedy. and the pur-
chase price will be returned on de-.
mand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Ex-Governor Frederick Holbrool, Of
Vermont, and Ex-Governor William
Sprague. of Rhode Island, are the only
living War Governors ir the United
States Mr.. Holbrook celebrated his 94th
bifthday on Friday last and his long list
Of cnngratulatory letters included letters
from the Governors of Virginia, Colorado
and New Jersey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Good Investment Of One Dollar.

If you have bad breath. constipation
pain III the small of the back, dis
colored skin, nervousness or dizziness,
your only wise course is to take Dr.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. OF
Rondout. n. Y. 1t will cleanse the
blood of all impurities. regulate the
Kidneys and Liver, and thus restore a
healthy glow to your cheeks again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

MAGAZINES. He is a devotee OF OUT
door life and sports. His motto IS
Give the boys plenty of action; the
boys of today are rot the Boys VI
yesterday; don't preach; iet the po9 ,
of the book be active, cleah' anu
wholesome, with plenty OF pachpoiie
and a good foundation for charactei
building, and then let the story Poiii'
it's own moral and teach It's OWL
lesson"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

The total number of deaths in the
registration area from pulmonary
tuberculosis, or consumption. in 1905
was $3.50, though doubtless many 9TH
er deaths were due directly or Indirect
ly to this cause which were not re-
turned with sufficient precision to be
classified Hereunder. The death rate
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Maine Gossip
When the Snow Comes Down.

When the snow comes down
There's u silence as OF prayer:
There's a blessing in the air;
There's stiffness everywhere
over landscapes brown,
Over woodlands bleak and sere,
Over orchards dull and drear,
Over valleys far and near
When the snow comes down.
When the snow comes down
There's hint of heavens own.
There's u purity outblown;
There's a hush as of the thrCne-
OF the psalm and crown,
Or the home we yet shall know;
OF the joys that overflow:
OF the hopes that upward go
When the snow comes down.
When the snow comes down
There's the beauty of your God
On the thorn and haZelrod.
ON the pinetree and the sod
On the field and town.
And We know that while the air
Throbs with wilderness everywhere,
G d reveals his mercy there
When the snow comes down.
United Presbyterian.
Now for the ninth week of the 73d
Legislature.
A leading feature of this week will
be the LongfelIow celebration.
Dexter got a bad scorching. the worst
Of the year thus far in Maine.
Ashland no longer has a newspaper.
the subscription list of the Gazette
having been absorbed by the Aroostook
Republican.
Another Maine newspaper to go out
of existence is the Wilton Search
Light which has been published weekly
for the past three years.
The Bath Anvil appears just for once
on white paper in celebration of the
harmony which at last prevails among
the Bath Republicans.
After each years Tarbucket night
the good people of Portland thank
their lucky stars that the bonfires did
not include the whole city.
Not everyone is aware that all the
paper for the millions of postage
stamps used in the United States every
month is manufactured in Maine, but
such is the fact. 1t is made by the
Poland Paper Company, and the an
nual demand is about 5.0O0,O000 900
stamps.
Sewell l.. Haywood of Bucksport. a
veteran of the Civil War. a member of
Co. f, Sixth Maine Volunteers, has
received the entire original records Of
the company during its whole service
in the same box that they were kept
in. from his friend. Capt. Frederick
CHM Some very interesting rominis-
cences from those records will appear
later in print.
In connection with the Longfellow
celebration at Bowdoin there Is Z
movement on foot for 4 brass tablet to
mark the room. % North Winthrop.
which the great poet occupied during
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

ESTABLISHED 1s2s

10 notieo Whatever will - tnlsso q
un1iSned communications.
3Ao Journal cannot b held responsible
Tor the preservation or return Of re-
oected communications.
Aldrsss oil communications rsIatins 70
subscriptions and advertisements to
8UR1E0H 4 ELYNT, PuhlisharS,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

his senior year in college. During the
earlier part of his college course ne
roorned on Federal street in the house
, later occupied by Prof. and Mrs. Stowe
when the latter wrote her immortal
"Uncle Toms Cabin
1t is reported that the Joy Line
management has closed a deal for the
steamer Penobscot, the well known
boat which has been on the Bangor
and Boston route practically ever since
she was built in 1852, to replace the
Inflated Larchmont. Since the build
ing of the City of Rockland she has
been used as a spare boat. She was
under charter to the Joy line for a time
in 1905. Up to this season she has been
used as a winter boat but this winter
has been hauled up in Portland and
Bay State used. With the placing IN
commission of the new Camden, the
Eastern Co, viii have but little use
for the Penobscot.
AT last Maine is drawn into the
Thaw trial. 1t appears that one Of
the principals in the case is a Bath
girl. 1t is Miss May Mckenzie, the
boon companion ot Mrs. Thaw, who has
been with her throughout the frightful
ordeal of the trial and to whom Mrs.
Thaw fled after the shooting. Miss
Mckenzie formerly lived on Vine street
and was one of a family of several
sisters and was well known in the
Shipping City. Miss Mckenzie has re-
ceived considerable notoriety in this
a.. h. taI Hoo
ment of Thaw's counsel regarding her
constant appearance at the trial, but
later was allowed to be present and
has since accompanied Mrs. Thaw at
every session.
There was considerable excitement in
Bingham last week caused by man
from Concord running away with six
oxen, a horse and Il load of household
effects. The said man came from Wa
terville last summer and worked for
a time in Bingham and in Moscow. He
was a good worker and after Il time
was trusted 10 4 farm in Concord. eight
oxen, q horse. Il COW, wagon, sleigh
and furniture to set up housekeeping,
on all OF which mortgages were given
by him. Being OF trading DISPOSE
ton he would swap, sell or buy as any
one desired. and being short OF men,
Dry would forget to mention to the pur
chaser that there was q mortgage on
the thing sold. Now these mortgages
We're coming due as mortgages have Il
way of doing and in the dark stiffness
of night he packed his furniture on a
Sled hitched six oxen on behind or
ahead and horse and started to run
away with the outfit. Naturally his
progress was not rapid and at Madison
he was headed off by the mort gagees'
and most of the property recovered.
Then there was 2 hustle among those
who had traded with him and there
was crashing Of teeth and low mutter-
ings when they discovered that soma
one else held a claim on what they had
purchased.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Dexter got bad scorching. the worst
Of the year thus far in Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

A leading feature of this week will
be the Longfellow celebration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

rowbov": Edward Waldo Emerson, edl-
-. - L!roarson's works and Thomas
Wentworth Higginson. author OF Part of
q Mans Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Now for the ninth week of the 73c
Legislature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

his senior year in college. During the
earlier part of his college course ne
rooned on Federal street in tho house
later occupied by Prof. and Mrs. Stowe
when the latter wrote her immortal
"Uncle Toms Cabin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Mr. Cha.ieid-Taylor while engaged on
his biography of Moliere gathered togeth-
or some five hundred volumes relating to
the French dramatist. This collection
which the author has presented to Cornell
University, is said TO have only one su-
perior in the United States-that Of
lanes II. Hyde.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Ashland no longer has a newspaper
the subscription list of the Gazette
having been absorbed by the Aroostook
Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

Charles Edward Rich is writing "a
Voyage With Captain. Dynamite" "a.
S. Barnes & Company, New York;, on
the plan of giving boys "a mental
playtime." Mr.. Rich, when sixteen
years of age, made two voyages across
the Pacific before the mast He later
was educated as an architect in the
Boston Institute of Technology, but
entered journalism from choice. He
has been in active newspaper work in
Boston and New York for many years
and has written frequently for the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

The following well known authors w,,,
contribute now books to the spring Iist
OF Houghton. Mifflin & Co.: Kate Don9e
las Wiggin. author of "Rebecca of Sun
The Northern; Ellen Olney kirk s,,,h
or of Our Lady Vanity: Mrs. M. + NJ
Davis, author of THE Little ChcvaIiar.!.
Andy Adams. author of THE Log OF a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

"Three Acres and Liberty Is the title
,aar this month TO solve one OF the vital
probleIrs of the day. In increasing num-
hers men are dropping out of the city be-
cause OF i'll health or the inability to earn
a likelihood on account OF the increased
cost OF living His book shows the posi-
b,i,ties of a small farm carefully ettiti-
waited, and tells where and now such 4
farm may be obtained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25

In connection with the Longfeliow
celebration at Bowdoin there is 4
movement on foot for 4 brass tablet To
mark the room. % North Winthrop.
which the great poet occupied during
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-25
Books and Authors.

BY chance George Frederic Turner'S
new Zendassque novel, Frost and
Friendship Uittle, Brown & Coz
was published on the day of his mar
riage, the bride being a daughter OF
George Grossmith. Among the con-
eratulatory kilograms he received was
one that read Here's luck--lots OF
Friendship and no Frost!"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1907-10-10
Another Death on Third Rail.

Last Thursday August Talone, one. of
the w. ]. and S. S. R. R. section gang was
electrocuted at Clayton. He was moving a
heavy railroad tie when he slipped and fell
backw across the third rail.
The section boss, David A. Moore, at
tempted to pull Talone from the track and
received a shock that hurled him several
feet. He bravely renewed his efforts and
pulled him by his clothing until he was
clear Of the rail. The mans clothing was
wet, and Moore received another shock, but
not as heavy as the first.
DR.. C. F. .Fisler worked hard to revive
Talone for two hours, as there was not a
burn on the mans body. When Coroner
S. S. Ledden and Undertaken Raymond
Christay arrived, DR.. Fisler cut vein in
the mans arm to decide whether the man
was really dead.
The blood flowed so freely the vein was
tied up again, and the work of resuscitation
renewed and continued two hours more.
Then the body began to grow cold and was
turned over TO the undertaken. Taione was
80 years of age.
1t seems almost criminal TO allow this
third rail to remain uncovered.