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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-21

It was the morning after their ar
rival at seaside resort.
q have often heard Of the roar Of
the ocean, she said dreamily. but
I never knew it sounded like that. -
'That's not the roar of the ocean, -
answered her more experienced hus-
band 'That's the roar Of a depart
in9 guest who has just been present
.ed with his bill. Judge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-21

s. A well known evangelist at the
close of one of his most stirring ad-
dresses approached a big, stolid look
inp German in the congregation who
had paid the closest at ttention to the
discourse.
Are you a Christian?'' asked the
evangelist.
j Sherman
.sOh, German? Well, would you
not like to become a Christian and
work for the Master?" :,
f tNein. I have youst got a shob
TO drive an ice Wagon"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-21

Griggs- -''The idea Of your letting
your wife 90 around saying she made
q man of you! You don't hear my
wife saying that" ,
Briggs -"No; but l heard her tell
mo nv wife that she did her best. /"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-21

A very old lady on her deathbed in
a penitential mood said: Il have
been a great sinner for more than
eighty years and did not know il"
An old colored woman who had lived
with her a long time exclaimed:
ttJ ordi knew it all the time"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

Time table in effect December 10. 1906
Cars leave Augusta Post Office as fol-
lows:
Fer winthrop: SIS, SIS. s.55.. 955 lis,
1a55, 1.55@. 2.25. 3.E5. l55. s, 8, 81. 1896
For Togus: SO, $50. 7.3O, 9, 1870, L.
80: 3, 40, 6, Z; S. 9. 1o$ot.
half hour from A. NJ. to 10 P. NJ. HALO
well only 1890 and II P. NJ.
Gardiner for Augusta 6.15 4. NJ. then
every half hour till 10.15 p. M. 1915 for
Hallowell for Augusta: SOS A. NJ. then
every half hour till 1898 P. NJ
HalloweIl for Ga e ne So A. NJ. then
Winthrop for Augusta: 6. 80, 3d.
O.1O*, II, 1880. 2, g. 33o. s. Ct, 7o5. 9. 1ot.
Togus for Augusta: 6, Z. 8. $50. II, $3.50.
2. 80. 3, $50, 7.30. $50. go, II.
"Dai!y except Sunday.
saturday only
for IF it. theatre Is not over az ~" car waits
Sunday cars start two hours later.
l2.55. 1.S5, 2l5, .255, 355. 4.35. SIS. s, /. ).
So. Leaves Post Office ten minutes later.
Leaves Hosnital for State House. IS.
3;l5 AS; ass, SIS, $50. 80; $50 Leaves
The 6 A NJ. car from Togus connects at
Augusta with train west
The S.15 A. NJ. car from Gardiner. s2s
from ftaliONeH ana SD0 from AuRuSt4,
makes close connections at Winthrop
with train for Lewiston ard Pennington.
also connects with the 1913 train east
The 1.55 P. NJ. car from Augusta con-
meets at Winthrop with the 50 train east
and the 80 express and the 3.N local
west.
The p NJ car from Augusta connects
at Winthrop with the train east at 76 !.
The trains arriving at Winthrop at 10 y
A. NJ. and . % P. NJ. make good connec-
tons with cars for Augusta 1
The regular forenoon train leaving Oak
land at $50 Belgrade at 9.if and Read-
field $50 make close connection with car
for Augusta. If train is late car walts
for it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21


That San Francisco incident seems
to have been closed by a compromise
at Washington, which. for the present
at least, is satisfactory to all con-
cerned. A delegation from San Fran
cisco. including the mayor of the city
and members Of the board of education,
has been in conference with the Presi-
dent at Washington and the result OF
their discussions are found in the
promise made by San Francisco re-
garding the Japanese pupils in the
public schools of that city and in the
provisions in the immigration bill re-
garding the restriction of japanese i'm
migration.
San Francisco will modify it's IA
nous order preventing Japanese chill
dren from attending public schools,
with the restriction that no child of
alien birth over 16 years Of age shall
be enrolled in certain grades and that
alien children deficient in English shall
be enrolled in certain specially estab-
ton may deem proper. These con-
cessions are made by San Francisco in
consideration Of the passage by Con-
gress Of the immigration bill with a
provision added which allows the
President to bar japanese coolies. The
suits brought by the government to
test the legality of the earlier action
Of the San Francisco school board are
to be withdrawn and officially the in
cidcnt is now closed.
1t is great pity that this trouble has
ever arisen anyway. and doubtless 1t
has received consideration far beyond
it's Importance. Japan will doubtless
be pleased that Japanese children, I'M
der restrictions which are only reason
able regarding their age and education
al qualifications, will be allowed to at
tend the San Francisco schools, and in
view Of Japan's well known opposition
to the emigration Of it's laboring classes
there is not likely to be any opposition
from that country to the action Of this
government in shutting out immi-
grants from Japan whose presence
here would be a detriment to American
labor.
In the beginning the feeling Of San
Francisco against the Japanese pupils
was declared to be largely matter of
morals, but in the compromise which
has been made these moral considera-
tions seem to have been put aside for
the pecuniary advantage Of shutting
out an undesirable laboring class. No
compromise ever pleases everybody
and probably there will be objections
in various quarters to the present set
Element of the San Francisco tangle,
but 1t is a matter of rejoicing that the
incident is closed. and we all hope it
will be forgotten as quickly as posi-
BILE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

The way in which the bicycle has
the front is shown by the census fig
ures. The census men Of 1900 found
312 bicycle and tricycle. factories in
this country, representing $29. 7S3, $50 of
invested capital, employing 1881
workmen, and putting on the market
81, 915,90S worth Of wheels per annum.
When the census men of 1905 went the
rounds, the number of factories had
shrunk to 101, the invested capital to
$5,s s3,45s. the working force to 1919
and the value Of annual output to 49,
1920. Seven years ago. the bureau
tells us. the manufacture of automo-
biles twas an industry SO unimportant
that it was not reported separately, be-
ing included under Carriages and Wa
gons.'" In 1900 Connecticut was the
only state with more than $1,000, 900 in
vested in the industry. Connecticut
stood first that year in that respect, in
number of workmen employed and in
value of output. The total production
Connecticut and IL other states) that
year was 3723 automobiles, worth $4.-
74s,Ol1. Year before last 1853 Ameri-
can factories turned out 1880 automo-
biles, worth $27,524,269. Michigan
which hadn't an automobile factory in
19OO-passed Connecticut. New York
and the rest, and took the lead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
ferent for they had band at the State

ferent for they had a band at the State
House in the afternoOn--and Senator
Sewall two-stepped with me and said
I was a pcach-oh I had the time of my
life-and got a nice cold thrown in"
"Are the Augusta men handsome"
rather frigidly asked the Handsome
Slender Clerk.
1.-THE Mayor is said she. land so IS
Mr.. Hichborn and some few more l met
but they were all married and so don I
count; but / Idon'. think / saw any man
handsomer than you. Jonathan, among
the Younger men"-and here the Red
Headed Girl gave Jonathan, who just
then was handing her the package OF
clothespins, the gentlest of approving
chances from her big eyes and man
aged to touch his hand. accidentiy or
course, as she took them.
Jonathan's rising jealousy was a.
once allayed-and I, who also happened
to be at the Reception and saw how the
Red Headed Girl coquetted with ten or
a dozen youths belonging to Augusta
leading families. beside waltzing -FOUR
times with Pussy of Bowdoin VINO went
IN on the same train with her, am not
going to lisp a syllable to spoil Jolla-
than's sweet dream. Let every maid
en- have her girlhoods innocent fun,
saw l. for soon enough-too soon, in
deed-they all get married and sadly
"settle down."
So the Girl With the Auburn Hair
took ner bundle of clothesIhns. LETT the
Corner Grocery and went on her way
merrily tripping home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
Pointed Paraoraphs.

Some women seem to ENJOY boasting of
their troubles.
1t isn't pleasant to get called down.
except to breakfast.
Talk is cheap, yet some people use ex
travagant language.
Lots of men have recovered from their
annual Swear-off
Getting busy often takes hard fall out
of fit of the blues.
Many a mans popularity is due to the
fact that he isn't aware of it.
The tramp avoids many Of the walks OF
life by catching freight trains.
In many a mans life the turning poin;
Is reached lust after a pretty girl passes
Don't try to do the things you can't
and don't do some of the things you can
ANY man can tell a lie. but it takes a
born diplomat to induce people to believe
il.
You will have smiling friends as long
as you keep still and let your money talk
foT you.
Some people never stop to count the
cost becai,st- they realize that they
haven't got the Price. anyway.
1t IS simply impossible to convince the
average man that water is the proper
thing in which to drown his troubles
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
Personal Notes.

Count TOlstOy's son has been indicted
in st. Petersburg on charge of high
treason for publishing his fathers lat
est political pamphlet.
die Nation" one of the leading DO
litical weekly papers in Germany, will
be discontinued in April Its editor,
Fhendor Barth. will come to this coun-
try this spring on an extended tour.
The only surviving cousin of Abra-
ham Lincoln is Eliza Lincoln who lives
at Fort Branch. Indiana. He is said
to closely resemble 1.-The Great Eman-
cipator" in appearance. He is feet 9
inches in height and is thin and mus
cular.
Mrs. Cashel Hoey, the English now
elist and newspaper writer. is probably
the oldest woman in active journalistic
work. She is still a busy writer for
the press and bears lightly the burden
Of her IS years. Her first newspaper
article was written more than half a
century ago. in 1858.
DR.. Howard A. Kelly, professor of
gynecology in the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. is preparing an illustrated
cyclOpaedia of American medical
biography. to be issued in several VOL
umts. The work will include sketches
of the careers of all the medical worth
les of the United States and Canada
from the earliest times to our own day.
President Roosevelt, accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and their two daugh-
tiers. will leave Washington on Wash
inston's Birthday for Massachusetts,. to
spend one day with Theodore, Jr.. at
Harvard and another with Kermit at
GrotOn. returning to Washington on
Monday morning. The President will
make only one speech on his trip, and
that will be before the Harvard Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

The 175th anniversary OF the birth of
George Washington, which falls tomor-
row. naturally results in the spreading
Of information about the family rela-
tions Of the Father Of his Country, and
the interesting fact is brought out.
which we have seldom seen dwelt upon
that he had no fewer than nine BROTH
ers and sisters. the majority of whom
lived to maturity and left descendants.
Two OF his brothers, Samuel and
Charles. were officers under him in the
American army both having the rank
OF colonel The latter laid out the
town Of Charleston. Virginia, which
was named in his honor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
No Reason for a Change.
(Machias Republican,

(MachiaS Republican,
The Kennebec Journal. in its issues
of Feb IL, Is and IA, publishes letters
from prominent men from several
towns in every county except kenne-
bee and Cumberland, in protet to
moving the Capital from it's present
location at augusta to Portland. 1t
would seem from these communica-
tons that the people of Maine
generally, did not believe in changing
the present site of the State House.
and that Portland would not yet be-
come the Capital.
And really there seems no sufficient
reason yet advanced why the change
should be made. The building at
Augusta has cost the Taxpayers of
Maine a large amount of money, and
to build another building at Portland
or any other city, would mean the ex-
penditure of another large sum. To
do this, to raise this money, some
other of our state institutions would
have to suffer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
How Indians Sell Land.

Ever since the days when the Dutch
bought Manhattan island of the aborlg-
inees for a few gallons of firewater. the
American Indian has been an easy
mark for his paleface brother in the
matter of real estate transactions.
The capacity CT the Indian for business
does not increase with whatever de-
gree IF civilization he is able to attain,
asd this unhappy fact was given much
emphasis in recent debate in the
United States Senate. While Uncle
Sam has given various tribes rich
grants of lands, the land has to be
guarded for them by restrictions Of
law to prevent INSCRIPTIONS whites
from promptly getting it for a little or
nothing.
The most striking cases were related
by Senator Curtis of Kansas, himself $.
sized by Senator Spooner. A year ago
congress removed the restrictions i'm
posed by earlier laws upon 1900 In
dams. The secretary of the interior di-
rected the inspector of Indian affairs
in the territory to investigate 16 Of
these cases presumably CHOSEN at ram
dom. to see what disposition these In
dams made OF their land. In fourteen
out Of the Is chosen for investigation
81, bad licnnSpd af
their land at from one-third to one
tenth it's value. One woman. Senail
Ooyusuttah, had owned so acres of land
on which were eight flowing oil wells.
Her income from the royalty from that
source was $2,S47 a year. She sold the
land for $500. Another woman. Betsy
Gallicatcher owned $50 acres of land.
On this were 90 producing wells. eight
flowing, and 20 pumped. Her income
from the royalty on the oil from these
wells was $39 a day. or s14.245 year.
yet she sold the land for $3.50.
In both these cases the sight of ready
money and the inability to compute
income or to plan for the future, left
the women at the mercy of the first
crafty Spectator. The other cases
were less extreme, but in no case was
over one-third the value at fair mar
ket price received. The only prospect
ahead of those who thus parted with
their birthright is a life of privation.
The Gallicatcher property was esti-
mated to be worth not less thas $780,
900. and the owner parted with the title
to it for the equivalent of two months
income She probably did not under
stand and can never be made to under
stand that there is not plenty more
land where that came from.
Whether the root of the difficulty is
the attitude of the government in the
past in not educating these Indians up
to sense of the value of property, or
whether there is an inherited inability
i'm most fun hlooded Indians to De
thrifty, the facts plainly show that th=
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditor

Notice Of First Meeting of Creditors.
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Maine.
In the matter of
EDDIE PREACHER. In Rankruptcv-
Bankrupt.
10 the creditors of Eddie preacher of
Watervhle. in the County of kennebec.
anu District aforesaid. a bankrupt.
Notice IS hereby given that on the 9th
day of February a. d. 1907. the said Eddie
PREACHER was duly adjudicated bankr,ipt: :
and that the first meeting of his creditors
will be held at the Office of the Referee,
$50 Water Street, in Augusta. Maine. and
district aforesaid on the 1st day of
March, A. ID. 1907, at ten O'Clock in
tie forenoon. at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their claims.
appoint trustee. examine the bankrupt.
and transact such other businees as NAV
properly come before said meeting.
FREMONT ]. c. LITTLE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Augusta. Maine, Feb. II, 1907.
fcb21d1tr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
Notice of First MEETING Of Creditors

VOICE OF FIRST Meeting Of Creditors.
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Maine.
In the matter of
Abbie A. Mclaughlin lin Bankruntcv
Bankrupt.
10 the creditors of Abbie A. Mclaughlin
OF Augusta, in the County of Kennebec.
ana district aforesaid. a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the Oh
1ay OF June A. D.. 1906, the said Abbie A.
mclaughlin was duly adjudicated bank
creditors will be held at theJOftice of tb.
Eeferee. 1870 Water Street, in Augusta.
Maine: and District aforesaid, on the 1st
Gay OF March A. D.. 1907, at ten o'clock
creditors may attend, prove their claims
appoint trustee. examine the bankrupt
and transact such other business as NAV
properly come before said meeting.
FREMONT J. G. LITTLE
Referee in bankruptcy.
augusta, Maine, Feb. IS, 1907. feb9Id1ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

With it's tongue hanging out ana
completely fatigued a beautiful doe
came into the yard of Merritt Bates i'll
Turner, at shutdown Thursday At It's
heels were three dogs ana two OF them,
both hounds, We're captured by MI.
Bates and confined without delay. Inc
doe which was full grown was SO worn
out with the hard driving TO winch
she had been subjected that for 1uit
half hour she remained around the
yard seeming to know that she was
among protectors. Mt. Bates ana
others who have interested themselves
are OF the opinion that the dogs are
owned by Lewiston or Auburn sports
men, and that they were set upon the
tracks of the deer in deflance or tne
game laws. An investigation Is 10 De
begun Immediately for the purpose OF
discovering the offender
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
Puts an End to the Nonsense.
Fairfield JOurnal.D

The kennebec Journal has been pre-
senting some pretty convincing argu-
ments to show that the capital should
stay in Augusta and seems to have
narrowed the fight down to Portland
and the few towns near it on one side
and the rest of the State on the other.
It's letters from prominent men all
over the northern and eastern portions
of Maine. ought to have a convincing
effect on the members of the legisIa =
ture and put an end for this year at
least to the nonsense of moving the
capital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

One indication Of the rank in which
Washington is now held in the British
diplomatic service is indicated by the
fact that James Bryce. the new am
bassador. will receive a yearly salary
of $4,000 which is $1,000 more than the
British ambassador at Paris receives
$4,000 more than the British ambassa-
dor at Berlin. and $11 900 more than the
British ambassador at st. Petersburg
Plainly Washington is now the plum of
the British diplomatic service. which
Is quite a change from the days Of a
generation or two ago when Washing
ton was looked upon by British diplo-
mats as an uncomfortable way station
on the road to something better in
Europe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21


Charles w. Morse of Scw York. for
merly Of Bath. evidently counts that
day lost whose low descending sun does
not see another steamship line gath
cred into his combination. There are
still a few steamships plying our At
lantic coast waters which he does not
own. but it is violating no secret to
announce that he plans to have all
these in the near future. He owns all
the boats running between Boston and
eastern points. boats between Boston
southerly ports. boats between New
York and Porto Rico and Cuba. and
the outside lines between Boston and
New York. The old saying that Bril-
tanica rules the waves will have to be
revised IL the Morse syndicate keeps up
its present pace much longer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Augustus Eloquent Champion.
Lewiston SUM-

Augusta may well be proud or her
bert M. Heath. He had the inspiration
of love for his own city; but when ne
spoke before the committee Thursday
against the removal of the Capital TO
Portland, he argued on high states
manlike grounds of public policy and
Constitutional right. 1t was a great
speech; Mr.. Heath was no doub.
happy in the speaking it; Augusta
may well be proud in having her own
so powerful champion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

They are making an effort for a wo-
mans college down in Connecticut,
since that state is practically without
facilities for the higher education of the
fair sex. Women are not admitted to
Yale or Trinity. and only very grudg-
ingly to Wesleyan where their presence
has made no end of discord and
trouble. A movement has been Or
ganlzed to secure slice of the Rookie
Teller fund for the establishment of a
woman's college in that state. but as
the Rockefeller millions were given to
strengthen existing colleges rather
than to establish new ones the move
merit has little prospect of success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

Before the Thaw trial closes Mr.
Jerome may be safely counted on to
get the fact before the jury that it was
Delnlas who presented Hearst's name
to the Democratic national convention
Of 1904.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

Chief Moore Of the weather bureau
has Just sustained fracture Of one of
his arms. Considering the brand of
winter weather which has been served
up he may consider himself lucky that
1t was not his head.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

A sun spot is a handy thing to have
around to hold responsible for what
ever goes wrong upon the earth. The
present sun SPOT which Pittsburg as
tronomers have discovered through the
smoke laden atmosphere which en-
velcps that city is so large that half
dozen spheres the size of our earth
could be dropped into it without touch
ing the sides. This great spot upon
the suns surface which is visible with
out other optical apparatus than a bit
of smoked glass to shield the eye in
gazing at it, indicates that the internal
activities of the sun are greater than
for many years. OF course nobody
here below knows what it all means
but the scientific men assume the
privilege of making many conjectures'
and while the sun spot remains any
thing that goes wrong anywhere may
safely be laid to it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

They are having no end of trouble at
the constitutional convention down
in Gutherie Oklahoma. and as the ap-
propriation is exhausted and the dele
gates hardly feel equal to serving
without pay there is a prospect that
they may return 70 their homes with
their work unfinished and leave the
new state CONSTITUENCIES. 1t seems
there is a lot of friction between the
delegates Of the two territories which
were combined to form the new state
and nearly half the delegates have al
ready gone home in disguest. leaving
the leaders to run things to suit them
solves. Congress appropriated $15o.OoO
to pay the expenses Of this constitu-
tional convention and its expenses have
already passed the $25o,ooo mark.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

A Kansas editor remarks that he
doesn't mind waiting until a delinquent
subscriber sells his hogs or his crops
TO paw up. but he does object to walt
ing until his century plant blooms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

had cut the wires, thus breaking the
connection with central. The nurse
next caught him rubbing powder In
the baby's hair and after she had
caught him at several other tricks she
gave up trying to attend to the baby
and kept watch of the boy until MS
mother returned.