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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
Governor Cobb at Bowdoin.
(Por:i;tl.d Expressly

Governor CobbS remarks at Rruns-
wick were timely and forcible There
has appeared from time to time a spirit
which has Jared upon the sense of
those who have fixed regard for the
b!der institutions Of learning. and who,
at the same time. have no such attach
mcnt to any one of these latter as to
make them wish in any way to curtal
the good which the university does In
connection with this spirit there has
also appeared disposition on the part
of some of the collegians to say that
if the university has State aid, the
same Eind of aid should be extended to
Bowdoin, Bates and Colby. This is the
thought which the Governor, in his love
for and nride III Bowdoin would re-
bukc. Bowdoin College. rich in the
character and ability of its alumni
needs to foster no such spirit, it has
nothing tn fear from the rivalry of any
other Maine Institution Of learning.
whether it be the State university. or
any other. 1t car well afford to bid The
other high institutions Of learning
Godspeed in all their cndeavors. and il
can go IN with its chosen work free
from any hamperng which must come
if the college management and the
alumni show the least sign of pettiness
toward the other institutions. The
alumni of the college owe a debt Of
gratltud" to Governor Cobb for his re-
marks. which will tend to clear away
the c"hWehs which am jealousy of the
other schools would cause to gather
B"wdoia needs no help from tho State
1t has its own resources in plenty, it
would lessen it's influence and standing
should it accent am such aid, much
more if it should petition for it. Gov
error Cobb is right. the institution
would better be deserted than to desert
the high standard which it has always
aintained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

ought to be stopped, for it is liable to
cause runaways and the doing of more
damage in five minutes than the cause
Of Il could pay for in five years if ever.
Broken tones are not easily repaired,
and lie lost can never be replaced
on Saturday evening passengers on
cars If the Kivcrtnn lines We're startled
by explosions beneath the wheels. Al
tho same time sIndry UrchinS were OBJ
rived scampering about in the vicin-
Ity and hugGing themselves with glee.
Perhaps they did not know, and pos
Siby if they knew they did not care,
that they were violating Il city Ordi-
nance and making themselves liable
to arrest and fine, but such is the case.
Among the few restrictions we have is
one forbijdng the discharge of fire.
arms in he streets and another, made
three Yeas ago, providing that no per-
son shall place or cause to be placed
on any car track any explosive con-
tanning notas!-deXtrine or substance
of similar character, on penalty of a
fine not exceeding SO. The same thing
which orI urreI Saturday night has
been rotIced in other localities, and it
seems high time for something to be
done. If the law is made to be en-
forced, let it be enforced; if not, let il
be repealed. The arrest and filming of
one or two or these miSchievous
urchns would have wholesome effect
in restraining the others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
Some Fourth Of July "Don'ts".

Here are few Fourth of July
dents" which if followed tonight and
tomorrow would save many lives and
many limbs throughout the country.
1t Is easy enough to give good advice
at Il time like this, but it is very diff
cult t" have that advice followed by the
bo>s, and by many older people for that
matter, who Persist i'm making the an
niversary of our national independence
a national carnival Of killing and
manning period of several days for
Wrcckin% the nerves of sick people and
burning millions of dollars worth of
property. But here are the "don'ts"
and the Journal hopes that every
parent who reads the paper this morn
ing will read the list carefully and i'm
press uron their children the necessity
of following the good advice therein
contained:
Don't fire blank cartridges, for blank
cartridge wounds are usually the most
numerous in the list of Fourth of July
accidents and the most painful and
difficult to cure.
Don't treat any Fourth of July
wound at home but consult a good doc
tor Immediately il you would avoid
the danger of lockjaw.
Don't celebrate with a revolver or
pistol. and if you have children under
your care. see that they don't use
blank cartridges.
Don't hold a cannon cracker in the
hand after lighting.
Don't hold a firecracker in your hand
when igniting it.
Don't bend ove~ cannon cracker
while ignitirg it.
Don't pick up cannon cracker
which has been ignited to see if it
has gone out.
Don't throw firecrackers at children
to brighten them.
Don't use fireworks near horses
which may run away.
Don't set off firecrackers behind peo-
pie to make them jump.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
Pointed Paraqraphs.

Self-confessed ignorance often indicates
wisdom.
Most people who are stuck up are moth.
Ing but sticks
Beware of the man who apologies when
he does you n favor
Some nice girls wouldn't be half as nice
If they We're sensible.
If it wasn't for the unexpected life
would be awful monotonous. 81
Matrimoniaily speaking, where there .;
n will there's usually won't FS
Loan sharks are anxious to meet people
VINO want to borrow trouble. e
Some people refuse 10 put their hest
foot forward more than an inch.
1t doesn't matter how cheap a thing il.
II YOU have no earthly use for it,
TIL" early bird catches the worm-if the
early fisherman doesn't beat him to III.
A man who marrieS an orphan cantl
blaiTe his troubles on his Wffes mother.
It's easier for a girl to forgive a yount,
man for kissing her than for not deing "a
Many n good woman thinks she ha&
discharged her duty to her husband bYj
praying for him.
a man likes to be told that he is in hfH
primo. bnt woman always thinks III
Il reflection on her age.
We are sure we are here, but we are not
sure of the Observation-Disclosures it's adj
visablc for us 10 be as good as We can.
Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
Premature Celebration,
portland Eypressl

We ought to have what we have not.
and that is The ordinance forbidding
the discharge of fireworks or explosives
OF any kind in the streets and public
places before the arrival of the Fourth.
The absence of regulations makes the
night before night Of pandemonium.
dreaded by the i'll and the nervous and
hard enough for the healthy who need
me rest of which they are deprived.
lhey do better in Boston, where the
discharge of fireworks, and the use Of
horns and other noise-making instru-
ments is confined to the hours from
A. NJ. to midnight on July 4, and
where the person who breaks the law
Is liable to be arrested and put where
he will lose all his fun for that day
at least. Here in Portland some of the
impatient are not satisfied with the
license given them by custom to begin
the racket with nightfall on the Sd of
July and to keep it up for &c hours
II endurance and powder hold out. out
they must begin a week before. For
several days already the occasional
pop of the cracker and torpedo have
been heard and the fusilade of explo-
sives placed on the car tracks. This
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
New EngIand's Supremacy.
portland Sunday Times.D

1t is u far cry from the cotton fields
to the New England mills. but there
seems no danger that this section will
lose its manufacturing supremacy for
long time to come. Yankee in
genuity, bracing climate, abundant
water power and proximity to good
ScapOrtS were the original factors OF
this lead in industry, and it is aided
in latter days by supply of superior
labor. A study of the recent census
statistics of women wagc-carnerS
brings out some interesting facts and
deductions. A few years ago there
was much alarm lest cotton manu-
featuring should go to the South and
the New England mills go to ruin.
but very little fear of it is felt now.
The South has not the labor and can
not get it. The negro is inefficient and
unreliable. The supply of white labor,
of mill girls and male hands from the
poor white" element is limited, and
this too is inapt. Consequently, in
spite of the advantages of lower wages.
longer hours and no labor unions, the
South cannot compete with New Eng
land. 1t is still possible to make the
long haul of the raw material to this
section and the haul of the finished
goods in the other direction and sell
them in the South in competition with
Southern made goods.
Nor are the Dixie manufacturers
yet able to make good through immi-
grafton. Attempts have been made to
turn the stream of immigration in that
direction, but still the North gets
the cream of it from northern and
that large proportion of the New
England mill help is foreign born
Canadian, Scandinavian, German, Irish
or of recent foreign extraction. 1t
doesn't take kindly to being diverted
South And so, while in the second
or third generation this element tends
to get above mill work. il is very
together with the native supply, it is
an advantage that cannot be overcome.
1t is surprising to find so large Il
number of women in the textile in
dustry. They seem to gravtate to it
naturally. There are nearly a quarter
of a million of them in this line OF
work. of whom so per cent are in New
England, and they make up so per
cent of the pay roll. If the Southern
of young. strong and intelligent
women for his mills-but he cannot.
The lack of good help is his handicap
and the opposite is the salvation of
New England mill towns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

Argus tells us about but, there may
be others in which it will help some. A
certain telephone line in the city was
in use good deal and it sounded to
one Of tho users that somebody was in
the habit of listening on the line when
.hc other person was using it. In other
words whenever a certain ring came
and that pcr:'"n took down the receiver
another one WAS heard 20 come down
TOT. This sort of thing became rcgu-
lar h:tbit ana trillc annoying. AL
though there was some suspicion as
Ia the guilty party there was no way
81 settling it definitely until Il certain
occasion when the 'rubbering" was
ft;ing on when Il sweet toned cuckoo
clock sprk" up loudly and we'll and
gave The whole thing away. The but
ter in butts no more for the present at
least
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

majority of the members OF the force
and there were many messages of con-
graduation tolephOned in. But it was
a false alarm. 1t was only the new
flag of the city of New York.
When in Italy card was once
brought to Nine. Patti from a man
whose name she didn't know. When
the stranger came in he proved to be
little old man who was red and speech.
less with nervousness. Suddenly Patti
noticed smoke coming out of his coat
Without saying a word she seized a
glass of water and threw it over him.
The old man had put his lighted cigar
into his pocket when he entered the
room and so had set fire to his coat
Sir" said Nine. Patti, II have had
many admirers who professed them
selves burning with admiration for me-
Int l have never before met one who
went 50 far as to set himself on fire to
prove it."
There is in contemplation a new is
sue Of Spanish "baby dollars in honor
of the advent Of son and heir to
King Alfonso and Queen Ena. The
Spanish people are already used to see
ing baby's head upon their silver
money: vast numbers Of coins so i'm
pressed having been issued a few weeks
after the birth of Alfonso himself, who
was Lorn into the world king, his
father. Alfonso MI, having died some
months previously. This was genu-
inc coinage, done to circumvent the
designs of the Carlist emissaries. who
circulated The story that no son had
been born to the dowager queen and
that consequently the line Of succession
in that direction was permanently cut
off
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

The Kennebec Journal has satisfac-
torily arranged the effect of the duty
on hides 1t raises the price of hides
bit does not affect the price of shoes
This would seem to work badly for
the 3noe manufacturer.-Wate
Sentinel.
1t would if he had not a better market
for his shoes than he had under the
Wilson tariff law. But in these days
of Republican prosperity everyone can
afford to wear good shoes, and as re-
suit manufacturers are rushed with or
ders. Under the circumstances they
are enabled to do a prosperous business
on much closer margins than was the
case during the hard times when the
Cleveland administration was busi!y at
work increasing the bonded debt of
the nation. and a large part of She
population of the country was out of
employment, and walking around on
its uppers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

A. NJ. Chalmers, the British consul In
North Formosa. says i'm his latest re-
port to the Foreign Office that the
number of opium smokers in his dis.
trict appears to be slightly decreasing,
there having been 1860 at the end Of
1866. against 1922 in December, 1905.
This decrease, however, appears to be
mainly among the poorer classes. as
among smokers Of first-class opium
there has been an increase. and there
is little diminution in the actual value
of the opium consumed. 1t Is est-
mated that 4 per cent of the native
Chinese IRE smokers, the proportion in
the two sexes being one male in every
fourteen and one female in every one
hundred.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

Mr. Bryan seems to he getting some
very hard knocks in these times from
his Democratic friends, especially in
the southern part of the country where
the Democratic leaders do not at all
relish the prospect of marching to
defeat Il third time under his banner.
Plainly it would be to Mr.. Bryan's ad-
vantage to make another voyage
around the world, for the farther away
ne is the higher his standing seems
10 be here at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
British Settle Fire Losses.

According to special reports received
the British insurance companies doing
business in San Francisco, have pracf,-
caily completed the settlement of au
losses in the recent earthquake. thus
sustaining their reputation for promp.
ness and fairness. The best and sures.
way to settle any disturbance of the
stomach o. digestive organs is to CON-
tiers. For "a wears 1t has been sustain
ing its reputation as sare cure lor
poor appetite. belching. heartburn SOU
risings. dyspepsia, indigestion, cramps.
sDmnia, costivennss, female ills or mails
ria, fever and agne. Every sufferer froan
any of the above Ills is earnestly ~. AZ
vise,l to try the Bitters without any !u ,.
thef delay. 1t cannot help but 40 ~
good. We guarantee every bottle su
lute1y pure &e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

Don't look down into Il Roman cam
die to see if it is lighted.
Don't stand under a skvrocket while
igniting it.
Don't throw torpedoes at people. or
so that the pebbles will fly into their
eyes.
Don't. in plain English. be careless
or foolish: cont risk being crippled for
life for the doubtful pleasure of maxi
ing Il noise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

A notable law just passed by the
New YORK Legislature is that prohibit
ing the sale of cocaine in any form.
except upon IL physicians written pre-
retained by the druggist. shall not be
filled more than once and shall not be
cnuied VinIation is made a felony
punishable by fine up to $1,000, impriS-
onnrnt up to one year, or both. The
use of cocaine is reported t. be inCrels-
ing to an alarming extent in all of our
larger cities, and is one of the most
terrible Of all the habits which make
HELPLESS slaves of their victims.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

Without eNaggerati"n 1t may be said
that the Hon. Thomas Bent, Premier
of Victoria, Is one Of the most remark
able men who has ever occupied the
post OF premier of colonial govern
ment. In Australia he is popularity
known as the Singing Premier" in
consequence of his habit of singing
comic songs in the midle Of his politi-
cal speeches. A word or phrase
strikes n chord of memory. recalls some
half-forgotten melody, and then the
premier breaks forth into song. Mr..
Bent began life as a market gardener,
and once it was a common sight to see
him driving his cart through the
streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

The british mind has ALWAYS been
accused of a lack of appreciation of
American hum"r, hut certainly Great
Britain knows how to appreciate the
greatest American humorist of our
times aud the hnnors it is shoWerlng
urnn Mark Twain is the best manifest
alton Of tn" hands-aCross-t he-Sea
spirit that has been seen for some time.
F,nm King Edward down to the Lon
don street g;tmin the author of
..Ipuocents Abroad" "A Connecticut
Yankee at the Court Of King Arthur
and "Hucklcberry Finn" is being
showcrpd with attentions such as are
seldom bestowed upon an American
abroad Mark Twain is il remarkable
Individual. not only az 4 hum"rist but
also as :, great philosopher. and espe-
cjally remarkable for the spirit of
youth which he has carried beyond the
limit of three score years and ten
Aside from his writings he has a great
personality. and although conservative
old oxford University rather broke
away from its traditions in giving nm
an honorary degree, the act won the
applause of English speaking people
everywhere and has added to the ties
between the two countries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

Martin Sheridan. a New York police
man who is prominent in the athletic
field. made a new worlds record the
other day when he hurled the discus
136 feet and 10 inches We call this Il
new worlds record, but. as a matter of
fact, nobody knows how far the discus
was hurled in those old days when its
use was a popular form of COMPETE
ton among the athletic youths of an
cient Greece. 1t is pity that no his
torian of those times chronicled for us
the records made by the ancient ath-
letes. We know that athletic sports
of many kinds were popular in those
days. and the contestants. in addition
to being types of physical perfection.
were very carefully trained. But no
exactly how fast they could run. how
far they could jump. or to what dis
lance they could hurl the discus. The
discus has beer used in modern ath-
letics for only few years and is an
exact reproduction of the kind used by
the ancient Greeks. No doubt there
were splendid and skillful athletes in
those old times, but we cannot help
feeling that our modern athletes are as
rood or better in all respects. and that
in all probability no Grecian ever
threw the discus so far as the New
York policeman did last week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

The kennelec journal saws that it
Is pleased to learn that Canada is
prosperous. Personally, it makes very
little difference to us whether Canada
is prosperous or not the thing that
interests us is that Canada enjoys the
same prosperity which we are enjoy
ing and has no Dingley tariff to help
her, which would lead an untutpred
mind to conclude that the Dingley law
was not the basis of prosperity
Waterville Sentinel.
We had supposed that Canada was
enjoying the advantages of ii protcc-
tive tariff which promoted her pros
pefity by freeing her from the with
erirg effects of unrestricted COM
petition with Europe. We are glad
that she is prospecting, but the Senti-
nel's attempt to compare that pros
petty with the prosperity we are now
enjoying in this country is trihe far
fetched i'm view of the large number of
Canadians who annually come to this
country in order to secure the better
wages and higher standards of living
to be found on this side of the line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
The Good lines Continue.

The surplus in the United States
treasury mt tn. close Of the fiscal year
June 29,swas $S1 ,GOO,0OO, one of the
largest in the financial history of the
country and it gives a most gratifying
indication of the firm basis upon which
orr national prosperity stands. Two
wears age. as a result of the unusually
large expenditures, including the heavy
nayments connected with the beginning
of the work at Panama, there was 4
deficit of about $24 600. This. how
ever, was promptly overcome and a
wear ago there was q net balance of
So, OO0, 900. That this has increased to
ST., 900 900 in the past II months in spite
of the steadily increasing expenditures
of the government is the best evidence
that could be given of the satisfactory
state of the governments commerce
and industry.
The income from customs alone was
1921, 23O, 900, which was $4,000. 900 in ex-
ces of last year. and greater by many
millions thar in any previous year. So
also the internal revenue receipts eX-
ceeded those of any year save that of
the Spanish War, reaching the total of
500 800 900, which is greater by about
$2o, 0O0. 00o than the figures for 1906
And the expenditures for the twelve
months We're increased by only 10000
900 over the preceding year, SO that
this splendid showing of the treasury
is due solely to the volume of the ma
tons trade ana manufactures.
The croakers and pessimists who
have been pcrsistently predicting that
our national prosperity had reached
the high tide mark and would rapidly
recede are given a most emphatic re-
buke by the publication of these fig
ures. There may be more conservative
methods in business AMI fewer .ex-
ceSseS along speculative lines, and this
OF course is desirable, but there is
nothing to indicate any substantial
check of the grand onward movement
of our national prosperity which began
with The return of the Republican
party to power in 1896. For several
years now, these croakers and calamity
hunters, most of whom are Democratic
statesmen, have Deen predicting a
panic and a general collapse of the
country's good times, but the good
times continue. business was never
better, there is work for everybody,
and the country has every reason to
be happy and satisfied under Republic
can rule.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
Wednesday, July 3, 1907.

The report comes from Mississippi
that Governor Vardeman of that state
has got religion" If we may judge
from the public uttcrances Of this chief
executive, no man i'm the country hold
ing public office was more in need of
religion than Governor Vardeman and
having secured it, It Will be Interesting
to note what he does with it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03
maine Gossip
Four Ages Of Summer Resorts.

First age. man seeks the countryside
And vcarn@ with all his soul
Eut only asks that ii shall boast
\ SWIMMING; hole.
The second age, he fain would 70
Where brooklets idly purl.
And asks by way Of scenery
\ pretty girl.
Third age. when bearded like Il bard
And business weighs linn down.
He seeks amusement close at hand
And sticks to town.
In lean and slippercd pantaloon
He finishes the rhyme,
And seeks the county last TO have
A quiet time.
New ! ork Sun
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-03

Texas from the earliest pioneer days
has been Il land where men We're pro-
verbally quick on the trigger, hut the
state seems to have experienced a
change of heart with advancing civili-
zat!on and now Il new law has gone
into fleet which it is expected Will
make 'pstul toting' less common
there This law imposes tax of 30
per cent. on the gross receipts from the
sale of small arms and it is made a
felony to manufacture, sell or carry a
pistol whose barrel is less than IS
inches in length. Thus pistols will
cost more and it will be harder to
carry them concealed. This is In
Texas, it is to be remembered, where
every man has been supposed to carry
d pistol IN his hip pocket and to use 1t
upon tn" slightest provocation. Ger
tainly the world is moving forward.