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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

The ocean liners out of New YORK
this season have carried over -'oo
more passengers so far than they ana
during the entire season last year
The chiefs of police in Argentina are
evidently bit powerful. one OF them
has just overthrown a governor ana
put new man in his place.
A Brooklyn man has just had the
girl he is engaged to arrested. nc
says that she beat him with club
He evidently hasn't got much OF a
sense of humOr.
A young man got all that was com
ing to him in New York rcstauran nj
the other dav because he tried to make
trouble when the waiter refused TO Ill
his order for lilac pie.
One of Kansas girl. poets has just
bought 12-acrc farm with her earn
ings. But it will be well TO; remember
that she made her money making
overalls and not writing verse.
A man in Tennessee who is 101 has
just been married to a woman who |:
100. 1t is said that they were sweet
hearts so years ago and drifted apar
over some little trouble.
A judge has got to decide whether o.
not % cents is too much to pay for :
Sunday shave at Atlantic City. 4
Philadelphia lawyer has taken TIL
matter into court after having gottel
into q fight with barber over TIL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
PAINT ADULTERATION.
L. J. Callahan, Who Will Ask inquiry
Says It's Colossal and Amazing.

Paints are the next subject With
should receive attention in the process
of exposing adulteration and fraud say
l.. ]. Callahan of Al Vcsey street, wiz
PROPOSES to offer resolutions at iueetiHss
OF commercial organizations, hPelnnlns
with the New York Retail Grocers Union,
Of which he is an officer. He faNnrs stats
regulation of the paint trade, similar -
the present supervision of the FOOD anu
drug business.
Colossal and amazing arc the wor1s
Mr.. Callahan uses in telling Of the exten.
OF the dcceptionS which he says ne iid'
discovered III the sale OF paints -,
II used to he surprised" said Mr.. S al
lanan, Eat the changes that take pidco
in tho cClors of paint after it has DEL
on the walls, doors, and floors Tor ~
days. Now | know. The secret Is tna "a
we buy supposed white lead. that mas ~
white lead in it, but is q mixture OF ot a.t
materials; iinseed oil. that is largely ilst
oil: turpentine. of which the greater Pa.
is Kerosene oil; mineral green. that nas
no true green. but cheap barytcS aitu "
little anilinc dve.'
Few rcady-miNed paints, Mr.. CallaI.a,
SAYS. are pure. and he SAYS that ne "a ~
corroborate this witt. proof that 2 1rlamu
of his, 4 chemist, will produce az tte pio
per time. ads
The adulteration is bad enough. ne aa sin
Int in addition some Of the paints co Inn.,J
a per cent. Of water. thus carrying u aJ n
to the fullest extent Short measure "a
liquid paints is the rule, and fulr iIie ,arag,
the exception, he charges. the aVeIaS -
shortage being 12R per cent. In tne ~
called white lead the same c"nolllonh o,ng
lists he saws the average shortage ~. ~,
II pounds to the hundred-Ne"
Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
Breaking Up a Wasp Nest.

Most people think of hornets and
yellow jackets as strictly country
products, but as fact the big
vegetable gardens in the southwestern
part Of the city are very well supplied
with both" says ST. Louis truck
farmer.
''Of course at this season Of the year
they give very little trouble, but in the
autumn, when fall blowing is in pro-
gross, it is very common thing to
turn up a nest of ground WaspS, and
then there is generally runaway in
two directions. for the waSps are ill
tempered when disturbed and attack
both the farmer and his horse; the
latter takes one direction and the
farmer makes tracks in another.
1t is a very easy matter to extermi-
nate the wasps before beginning 10
pillow, 50 when a gardener notices theI G
is Il nest Of them anywhere on his land
he prepares for them before he plows.
He takes a common earthenware Jug
about half full Of very hot water, sets
it down close to the mouth of the
wasps' nest, puts on Il pair Of gloves,
covers his head and neck with a
handkerchief under his hat, gives tue
'i'''t IL punt Will IL lDIS pOlt ana TullS.
The angry Wasrs come out by hum
dreds and, seeing nothing unusual but
the jug, they attack it with might and
main, diving down through the narrow
neck, apparently under the impression
that their enemy is hidden inside
The hot water kills them, but those
that arc not Immediately drowned keep
up tremendous buzzing, which seems
to eXaspcratc still further all the
wasps within hearing, and it looks as
though they can't get into the jug fast
enough. l have several times taken
more than thousand drowned wasps
out of the jug after a raid, for so lohg
as a wasp is left he makes for the
mouth of the jug. and the whole nest
can be exter1nnatcd in this way. 1t
is a queer illustration of stupidity on
the part of an otherwise intelligent
insect, but the trick never fails."-St.
Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
Pointed Parauraphs

society man is neither ornamental nor
useful
It's Better to believe all you say than
half you near.
Some men would rather go to Jail taar
hustle for living.
Fortunately for mankind. the weather
never objects to being talked about.
1t is reported that oil trains no longer
run on Standard time in Kansas.
Did it ever occur to You that nearly al
fireTroof buildings are heavily insured?
Many a man who praises the free lunch
downtown Srowls about the dinner al
home.
4 wo:nan's idea of good luck is to fine
pair of socks il the pile that doesn',
need dainng.
A girl is never satisfied until the rl"h,
man comes along and saws the right thing
at the right time
There is something wrong with the wo,
man who declares that there isn't SparF
Of Jealousy III ncr makeup.
# a girl is entertaining a young mar
with muStachc in the parl"r. she
afraid the folks will misunderstood If sft
sn"CzcS.
When Il woman wants to eau llcr nus
band dGWn before company she docsn
say word. but Just looks at INN IN ;
peculiar wav.-ChiCago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
Zone of Silver.

The statement Of the Jcbba's captain
that he did not hear the guns which
are fired from the Eddystone in fogpv
weather reminds correspondent n
the interesting series Of experiments
made at st. GATHERINGS Point, Isle Of
Wight, six years ago by the Trinity
House fog signal committee, with a
view of finding out the best means of
warning vessels off a rocky shore. va
rious noisy signals were tried, but rons
was found that would infallibly ans
wer under all conditions of weather
More than this, the committee made
the startling discovery that on the
calmest and clearest day there some
times existed a ''soundless zone.s- an
area through which sound could not
penetrate. They, however. never. dis
covered the reason for this. and the
"soundless zone" is at present a mys-
tery.-London Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Philippines Again.
PHILADELPHIA InQuirer.).

" lhItutlplild lllu'''/
If this Philippine question Is gong ~
be thrown into the coming campaign
if it is to be agitated in Congress 10Y
political reasons. by all means let inc
issue come. 1t has been met before ana
it can be again-and succeSsluiiy-by
the admin istratiOn.
out in Missouri the other day Secrc-
tarv Taft was discussing the Roosevelt
policies and he touched upon TINS Phli-
iprine matter. ''How are you on the
Philippines" he shouted to his grea;
audience. do you want to surrender
them? Do you want to give them up!
and his question was met by gigantic
volume of noes"
And that is the way any further agi-
tation will be met by the great bulk
of the people.
Sell those islands? No! 1t would be
the deed of a merccnary. and we have
declared before the world that nothing
of the mcrccnary prompted us in TAX
ing them.
Hand them over to Japan or to some
other nation? BY no means 1t would
be Il confession that we were utterly
unable to deal with the problem.
What. then, give them independence
and turn them loose to shift for them
selves? 1t would be the act of cow
ard. They are not fitted to govern
themselves. If they did not tear them
selves in pieces in intcrnecine strife
they would fall the prey to Japan or &c
some other nation. A quarrel over the
conquest of the Philippines Nigh,
| easily bring on another bloody war.
Humanity teaches that the Tnitcf
States should hold on to those islands
Responsibility in its highest sense de-
mandS it. We cannot listen to tn,
Anti-Impcrialist League. Those peo
pie mean Wei. no doubt, but their thee
ries but breed disaster. We have go
| to go right ahead with what we arr
| doing. We have got to carry the bur
den just 50 long as our services arr
necessary for the spreading of civiliza
ton When the time comes that the
Filipinos are capable of govcrnin:
! themselves then the question of tn
measure of their independence can ant
| will be determined.
That is the humanitarian view of why
| we should remain in the islands. I
alone suffces, but We're it in need o
| Strengthening there is the fact that I
We are to have our share in prcservIn,
the peace of the Pacific, if we are t
push our commercial interests in tn
! Far East, we must have Il fonthOld ol
| the other side of the ocean. We hav
got it at Manila. The naval station
must be fortified and erected into an
other Gibraltar. 1t must remain on
| base for supplies in that part of tn
world. We could not sell the island
and maintain any such station eXcep
| under great difficulties.
| So let the agitators bring on thei
agitation. 1t will fall harmless.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
New Use for Post Cards.

The most card as a campaign docui"e'.
is coming into great favor. To announce
meetings, familiarize the people with .no
faces Of candidates, and present rev
convincing arguments briefly are some ,t;n %
the uses to which 1t Is TO be put du ,nd,,
the next Presidential contest. In MEAS has
cine, Hostetter's Stomach litter, and
because OF its wonderful merit Is roga ators
TODAY more highly than ever. D' iife
druggists and thousands in private Nth I'M
have Voluntarily praised 1t and JOIN WIZ. ~.
m ma in no' mreinr every sick man or
woman to try bottle at , on
For curing sour risings. mean IN
burn. cramps. diarrhoea. dysIepslas.s or
digestion. insomnia. kidney trouph otfie
TODAY and see for yourself. We guaran-
tee 1t nure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06

Governor Buchtcl of Colorado is re-
ported to have called Judge Lindsay,
the famous justice of the Denver boys
court "a contcmptible little cuFs.
Thr-e are some indications that the
judge has been afflicted of late with
that dread disease commonly known
as big head. In his chosen field he has
made Il marked success and won a
the part of wisdom for him to remain
in il and not wade into affairs that
are beyond his depth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
Hiuh School Eraternjties,

Here in our Maine cities and in the
no such storm of opposition to high
school fraternities as has prevailed for
several years in the West. Occasion
ally we have heard something of the
kind in this section, but the contro-
yersy has seldom become bitter or of
consequence enough to attract much
however, the papers have long been
full of the matter and the school au-
thOrities have evidently found the
problem a very unpleasant and COM
plicated one. Perhaps our eastern
boys and girls have made better use
of their high school organizations than
those in the West. or perhaps they
have simply been more tactful in their
relations with teachers and directors
ties in eastern schools have not tended
SO much to cause social distinctions
and arouse jealousies and heartburn
ings among schoolmates.
In Chicago the war has been waged
for a long time, even going to the
courts, and when the schools open this
fall every principal has his Instructions
Every member of a secret society is to
be barred from all public recognition.
hIi
contest. literary, journalistic, athletic.
Says the Chicago Tribune:
'"The decision to make a rule of the
kind was the result of careful study
of the situation and IA comparison OF
opinions of many who have spent years
in teaching. The sentiment is over
disturbing elements in school life.
They are a constant source of difficulty
in administration They exert an evil
influence on their members so far as
scholarship is concerned. Their moral
influence is questioned more and more
as occasional evidence of misconduct
crops out mere ana tncre. lHcE ttfe dit
evil influence which has gained u hold
in the schools, much to the detrtment
of that spirit of democracy which
should be the dominating element in
the institutions supported by public
taxation and open to the children of
all"
If the societies in the high schools of
Chicago are as charged in this arraign-
ment by the Tribune, of course they
cannot be wiped out too soon. The
same story has come from many other
western cities. and occasionally from
one nearer home. There are exceptions
to the rule, but it is nevertheless q safe
rule for school authorities, teachers,
parents and pupils that secret societies
| are out of place in the public schools
Debating clubs, school assemblies, i'm
provemcnt societies, etc, are another
| story. but no public school is helped,
and in most instances harm is done. by
secret organizations which ape the col
| lege fraternity system. The members
are too young to make the best use of
such organizations, and there is no such
excuse for their existence and no such
field for usefulness as in the higher
institutions of learning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
Mans Brain Not GROWING.

While there may be more or less change
or variation. men are Of practically the
same stature and the same size of brain
today as they were before the dawn OF
history. In prehistoric ages TIL" size of
the human brain Increased enormously.
1t is now larger relatively to the bulk of
body than that of any other mammal, and
is propurtiCnately five or six times larger
than that of amy Simian now existing. In
the Sin,anS and in mammals generally,
as in the elephant and horse, wherever
there is much cerebral substance there il
a corresponding "educa bility" Or power
Of storing up individual experience as op-
posed to instructive racial experience But
in man the increased bulk Of brain ceased
in tire early palaeolthic times. 'EduCa
hility'' then began to diff rcntiate the hui
man races. New York Times
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Three Times and Out.

A good Samaritan, passing an apart
ment house i'll the small hours OF the
morning. noticed man leaning Imply
against the doorway
What's the NATTER" he asked
Drank
s'Ycp.
'I,o YOU live in this house,"
'.Ycp'
10 YOU want me to help you up
stairs
Yep"
With much difficulty ne half dragged,
half carried the dropping figure up the
stairway to the second floor.
What floor do you live on?" he asked.
rs this it r.
Rather than face an iratc wife who,
perhaps. take him for q companion more
at fault than her spouse. he opened the
first door he came to and pushed the limp
figure in.
The good Samaritan CROPPED bis way
down stairs again. AS he was passing
make out the dim outlines Of another
man. apparently il worse condition than
the ,irst one.
~ hats the mattcr?" he asked. "Are
Yep was the feeble reply.
DC YOU live IL this house. too?''
yep"
Shall / help you up stairs?"
The good Samaritan pushed. rulled and
carried him to the second floor. where this
man also said he lived. He opened the
same door ard pushed him in.
As he again reached the front door hf
diSccrncd the shadow of u third man, cvi-
IDENTIFY worse off than either Of the other
two. He was about to approach him whcr
the object of his soicitudn !urchcd out
into the street and threw himself into the
arms of q passing policeman
For Heavens sake. officer" he gasped
protect me from that man. He's don
not him all night long but carry me uI
stni's.n throw me down TIL elevator
81,
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A Nature Fake.

tho attraction for thousands of visitors at
Atlantic City il dead of Il broker heirt.
according to prominent physicians The
whale second Of its kind in captivity, was
captured early last spring by Capt. a. r.
Eenshaw. in Nova Scotia bay. and was
brought here in a big tank car. Despite
its limited quarters the whale prospered
and ate heartily until Capt. Rcnshaw was
called to Philadelphia last week. In1me-
diatrlv tho whale ceased eating. and grad
ually pinned away and died last night
If = sea mammal. with Il brain the Size
Of an orange, is capable of approaching
companions,ipS, then the doctors are sat
istiei that tho white whale died Of grief
for its missing Observation-Disclosures Rec
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Maine Gossip
The Glad Worlds Song.

The glad worlds singin'
From the mornin' to the night:
Come out. my children.
In my blossoms an my light.
I'll give vuu halt of heaven
Bring heaven itself in sight:
So. come out, my children.
In my blossoms an my light"
The glad worlds sincin':
II II make the darkness bright.
An ripple out my rainboWS
Like banners in the fight,
Th"n. coinc out. my children.
In my blossoms an my light
Atlanta ConStltutio
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Redressing "the Jackies."

Marine artists both in words and paint
magazine illustrators. yoho actors. boys
and policemen will regret tie approaching
disappearance OF Jacks fiat cap. rolling
collar and fiaring trousers. They are
doomed. They are going where POOP deck
and topgallant forecastle. martingale and
spritsail yard, stuns'l bnoms and for.
roval stays. hrecchng ard side tackle
went before them, into the dusty limbo
of outlivCd usefulness. Modern Ships and
modern sailors are no more like the
hullias of Isaac Hubs time than tho
Jackia's uniform of today is like that of
Herman MeNille's White Jacket. New
York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
The Furry Over the Elect,

1t is sad to see the state into which
few anti-administration papers pub
liShcd in New York, have worked
themselves over the orders sending q
fleet of battleships from Atlantic to
Pacific waters. They call wildly upon
the people to arise and compel the
President to revoke the order Up to
the hour of going to press. however.
the jar of the people arising for such a
purpose had not pcrceptibly shaken
the country. Perhaps the people real
ize that this country has Pacific Goa It
as well as an Atlantic coast. that this
government has interests in the Pacific
to protect and that there is no good
| reason, why our fleet should not be as
much at home in that ocean as in the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
RAISING TURKEYS,
Their Proper Food and Care DURING
the Hot Weather.

The last clutch Of eggs, if the turkey
hon hlGcS her nest in a good place. We
let her hatch because by now the days
are long and the dew dries off early
and falls late, and the turkey hen can
be trusted to roam abroad with the
pnnlts to lengths We never allow the
earlier poults. And yet these last
poults grow fast, sometimes passing
the earlier hatchod, says the Agricul-
turist.
One used to the different calls of a
turkey hen can tell when She is hunt
ing q nest. When she usually beings
that queer little quirk in the morning
is the time, if possible, to divert her
attention into a closed shed somewhere,
and, shutting the door on her, keep her
there until she has made her nest, for
this time Of year the crowds watch and
the wcasels and minks mark the spot
where She hides it aficld. and more
than once the reaper or mower knife
has gone over the nest and cut the
legs or head off the breeding turkey.
knowing this l never stop until that
nest. if She succeeds i'll Guiding me long
enough to make it, is found.
Then if it is in reasonably good
in the ground by it. and hoisting q
paddy on the stake, to warn off crows
and the man on the mower; or. il it
isn't in danger of the latter l drive a
stake close to it and smaller stakes all
around. and faStcn tWinC strings from
the larger stake to the small stakes
about: these must be mere pegs. Crows
fear trap in these strings, 7 notice.
In,
poults. | watch the nest each day and
take out the young as Eatchcd, when
the tim" is up. securing the old hen
to put With them before. perhaps, the
| last one is quite ont, which one l put
| under hen to finish up with.
These last poults are treated just as
| the first for awhile. They are put in q
good coop with board run about it.
and all set in the grass. They are
watched closely for vermin. both the
old hen and the poults: are fed dry
grains. chick food and bread squeezed
| almost dry out of milk, and OF all
| things they are kept in the shade
| through the first hot days. ] tie the
| turkey hen to the Enclosure, and later,
when she is put in the stubble helds'
a small single is fastened to the top
of her wings to keep her from ranging
| beyond the field.
| With me the summer care or turkeys
consists mainly in keeping the poults
up until the dew is off the grass, even
until there is little danger of cold or
damp hurting them; driving them In
before storms; keeping them up rainy
days when I give chopped meat TO take
the place of the bugs they miss, and
keeping them clear of lice by the use
Of insect powder or grease. once !
killed some by putting kerosene In 1t;
once stunted their growth and made
them have sinking sores under the
wing Joints by stirring sulphur in the
grease That was lesson. Grease is
best Of all to kill chicken lice, which
the poults are always running into
Grit they must have. AS they grow
older they get cracked corn, hulled
oats. wheat and corn bread.
! so
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The south is reported to be practical

The south is reported to be practical
" united in declaring for Roosevelt"
although it has the bad habit of sup
plying the Democracy with all its elect
oral votes. Its enthusiasm for the
president. however. is no greater than
that Of other sections of the country
and if he will consent to stand again, as
very large majority of American
people hope he WILL he Will be accorded
political triumph even more sweep
ing than vas the case in the last ma
tional election
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Vt cost the United States S2.554.910 to
maintain peace in Cuba during the past
Year While this seems to be large
sum in the aggregate the Chicago Trib-
unc points out the foot that it
amounts Ia only three cents apiece for
the citizens of the United States. The
protection which American control of
that island has afforded this country
against yellow fever alone is worth
several timcS that amount.
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MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT
Names Continuous Crop.
tRath IndependentD

N'7'teff fff't'
Maine has an almost continuous crop
Of vacationists which means great
deal moro than most of us realize. In
the spring comes the man who loves
fishing, then the guest who loves the
seashore or the country and in the fall
he who loves to take his gun and get
into the woods or along the coast for
week Of nature study. They all hrin.;
money :" Maine and they leave thou
sands Of dollars here which add mate
rally to the prosperity of our State and
the welfare of our people.
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Hammock Tragedies.

A little hammock now and then is rel
ished by the sleepy men.
Baltimore Sun.
But IL she's there n place to take, you
bet they're pretty wide awake.
Indianapolis News.
Especially. we rise to shout, if her old
dad should wander out.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
But father won't put in his oar; you bet
that dads been there before!
Buffalo News.
And ma. Of course. will never care while
al they do is swing out there.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Fer little Willie. this we hope, he'll not
slip UP and cut the rope.