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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

A reporter was congratulatinG Mar
conf at Sidney, y. s, unon his success
with transatlantic wireless telegra-
ply. but, sir" said the report Y
they tell me you are working N
hard that you sleep only four hours 4
night|' Eyes, that is true" said the
inventor. NO wonder You are getting
thin" the reporter observed. 4 an
rot like the Italian admiral Libertihl'
then" said Marconi 'Libertim nag
won many battles and great renowh
and at a ball given in his honor op'
woman said to another: But no"
frightfully fat our dear admiral Is set,
ting. Yes said the second. ISM "
fortunate? Otherwise he wouloh "
able to wear all his medals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

a fire specimen ct Il ''scold's CHAIR is
among the remaining contents of Sner-
field Manor Basingstolie. England. 1t
dates from IT,, and is in oak. and is clah-
orately carved in high relief in bold scroll
ornament. The seat is worked by lever
from behind and the sitter is locked in
by falling archc,i bars in front.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

The remains of the late Mrs. Addie
Cook will be taken TO Pennington. "
H.. this morning on the 6.37 train. The
husband of the deceased. Charles A.
Cook. and her daughter Mrs. Fred
Ring. will accompany them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

The w. G.. T. L. will hold special SER
vices At the almshOuse at o'clock
next Sunday. Rev II. II. Hayes and
Rev. j. r. Clifford will conduct the SER
wees. There will be music by n choir.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

f.ra nring the le7 days that the ne,ca co.,
ra,as ~ The Hague lasted. lbs 6e,a
or DIS Th mad 81, diners given in their hnr-
the mnst 1inners cost altogether Se3 zoo
san,ieSt expensive bein-, tlnsa r,ve', ~,
o cor Barbosa OF Brazil. who an seyo, oy
II ecn sn so srent on flowers alone fro,n
,ainstt - $3.50. The general expenses spsI
ss;e ar, ps the governments amounted 70
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20
Funeral Of leander j. Spencer.

Inc funeral of the late Leander J.
spencer was held yesterday afternoon
rom tne family residence, Water
street. Rev. II. III. Hayes officiated and
inc burial was at Oak Grove cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

The degree staff of kennebec Com
mandtry. L. o. G. O.. will hold n drill
Saturday evening at y. f. @. =. hail.
The drill work will be followed by a
Pie social
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

George Tabor of Main avenue. who
Underwent an operation for appended
lis, is able 70 be ont again, after being
confined I" the house for nine weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter will
work the Royal Arch degree at the
, stated meeting in January.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

+. S. Wood of Belgrade visited his
mother. Mrs. a. G. II. Wood. Thurs
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

George c. Wood Of Bangor. distric,
deputy of VI. w. Of A., was calling or
friends in town Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

Mrs. Minnie Bates. Roswell Bates
ana Miss Leila Bates went Thursday
10 neorgetown, Mass, where they will
visit relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20
GARDINER.

Miss Mary Cooling of Windsor is the
guest OF her uncle. John Cooling, Dres-
den avenue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

business trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

MISS Susan Benson has returned
from visit with friends in Pittsfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20
WINTHROP.

J. A. Wyman has gone to Cushing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20

The Seattle Post-Int elliGencer H ifoi I.
some weird funeral rites fIac'HHr ,,.gnn
Hindcos at a railroad camp ~ ~ M
where several men were killed ~ ,. ar
explosion. After the bodies liat t,,,~raI
washed and paced on improvlsf.' ~. ..t-i m
AID ~ ss WIT III, @ isIa a. rs c,S at
river, where they wer" sTlinknl n NH M
water. The toe ana finger nails W" Iacr a
sent pack TO India. e be huli,t !" N flt
grounds. II Is said by witnesses Hill u ijq.
ceremony that little emotion WIZ ,1eir
PLAYED BY the Hindoos 4 t tn I'M iIry I Te+
killed, or at the funeral service
Street music las been ni"m,,;,,. mi,
Lcipsic hy order Of ,hr mthicii', .i ,nrsars
order applies not alone 70 natlI , n NM "a
ana s,rSst mnSi ;ams II ind f' @ier as
; grneh laG@5 indoors Will open wind'Tshs VI.
local newsr"Fer rsaa s,I4. t 5he a S{
enforcement Or lhis reaScrr HIS i6,. ~ su-
ties hope TO lessen the nulaner, o; Tt
cides ana murders which occur dA-E
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
OIL and Straw for Roads.

In southern California they are
building a short piece of road of oil
and soil mixed. The surface is plow-
ed up to a depth of eight inches.
flooded with oil and then turned over
and over until the oil has been mixed
thoroughly with the soil This Is ac-
complished by means of heavy roll
Ter, armed with short steel prongs so
arranged that when the roller ia
dragged forward they punch down.
ward. The oil is mixed into the soil
with almost chemical closeness, and
then, as 1t dries out, the mixture Is
pounded together until its texture
resembles cement.
1t win be expensive, costing about
s2e,0 a mile. In Oregon they use
straw for muddy roads. Every fall
after the heavy rains they spread
straw over the roads to depth of a
foot or more. and when trodden
down travelling becomes easy for
both man and beast
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
CHAPTER XxxIII.
A "Spasm of Virtue"

! forced upon Goodrich my place as
chairman of the national committee
and went abroad with my daughters.
We stayed there until Scarborough
was iuaugurated He had got his
nomination from convention of men
who hated and feared him, but who
dared not hout the people and fling
away victory; he had got his election
because the reflections from our ranks
in the doubtful states far outbal-
anced Goodrich's extensive purchases
there with the huge campaign-fund OF
the interests. The wheci-horse, Parti-
sanship, had broken down, and the
leader Plutocracy could not draw the
chariot 10 victory alone.
AS soon as the election was over,
our people began to cable me to come
home and take charge. But I waited
until Woodruff and my other faithful
lieutenants had thoroughly convinced
all the officers of the machine how
desperate its plight was, and that |
alone could repair and restore, and
that | could do II only If absolute
control we're given me. When the
ship reached quarantine Woodruff
came aboard and. not having seen
him in many nCnths, | was able to
see. and was startled by. the contrast
between the Doc Woodruff | had met
on the train more years before than
cared to cast up, and the United
States Senator Woodruff high in the
councils CT the party and high in the
esteem OF its partisans among the
people. Ec was saying: you can
have anything you want, senator"
and SO on But ! was thinking of
him, of tAe vicissitudes of politics.
Of the uueadpg struggle of the foul
stream to purify Itself to sink or to
saturate IT'S mud For we ought not
to forget that If the clear water is
saturated with mud, also the mud Is
saturated with clear water.
A week or so after | resumed the
Craftsmanship. Scarborough invited
me TO lunch alone with him at the
White House. When | had seen him,
four years before, Just after his de-
feat he was in high spirits and looked
a youth, Now IL depressed me, but
gave me no surprise to find him worn,
and overcast by that tragic sadness
which canopies every one of the seats
OF the mighty. Il fear, Mr.. President"
said l. you are finding the men who
will help you TO carry out your ideas
as rare as l once warned you they
were"
mot rare" was his answer, "but
hard to get at through Che throngs of
Baal-wOrshipers that have descended
upon me and are trying to hedge me
| in"
Fortunately, you are free from
political and social entanglements,"
said |, with ironic intent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
CHAPTER xxxIv.
"Let Us Help Each Other.w

In the following September / took
my daughters to Elizabeth. She
looked earnestly. first at Frances. tall
and slim and faneying herself WON
an grown, then at Ellen, short and
round and struggling with the gig
Cling age. I'VE shall like each other.
I'm sure" was her verdict. Wen
get on well together" And Frances
smiled, and Ellen nodded They evil
IDENTIFY thought SO, too.
II want you to teach them your
art" said l. when they were gone to
settle themselves and she and we're
alone.
my art?"
THE art of being ones self l am
sick of men and women who hide
their real selves behind a pose Of
what they want others to think them Z"
Most OF our troubles come from
that, don't they?"
"All mine did," said /. 81 am at
the age when the very word age be-
gins to jar on the ear, and the net re-
suit of my years of effort isl have
convinced other people that l am
somebody at the cost of convincing
myself that | am nobody"
mo, you are MASTER" she said.
AS a lion-tamer Is master OF his
lions. He gives all his thought to
them, who think only of their appe-
titles. And his whole reward is that
with his life in his hand he can some
times COW them through few worth
less little tricks" / looked round the
attractive reception-room of the
school. Il wish you'd take me in, too"
| ended.
She flushed little, then shook her
head, her eyes twinkling. This is
not reformatory." said she. And we
both laughed.
AS l did not speak or look away.
but continued to smile at her, she be
came uneasy, glanced round as if
seeking an avenue of retreat.
"Yes-I mean just that Elizabeth,
| admitted, and my tone explained the
words.
She clasped her hands and started
up.
in me-in every one" l went on,
there's beast and man. Just now
with me-the man is uppermost
And he wants 20 stay uppermost
Elizabeth-will you-help him?'
She lowered her head until could
see only the splendor of her thick
hair. sparkling like black quartz.
"Will you-dear? Won't you
dear?"
Suddenly she gave me both her
hands. Let us help each other" she
said. And slowly she lifted her glance
to mine; and never before had l felt
the full glory of those eyes, the full
melody of that deep voice.
And so, | end as / began, as life
begins and ends-with a woman. In
a woman's arms we enter life in a
woman's arms we get the courage and
strength to bear it; in a woman's
arms we leave 1t. And as for the span
between-the business, profession,
career-how colorless. how meaning
less it would be but for her!
THE END.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

mine, l find myself beset-and with
what devilish insidiousness! When
refuse, simply to save myself from
fragrant treachery to my obligations of
duty, l find myself seeming, even to
my wife and to myself, churlish and
priggish: Pharisaical, in the loath-
some attitude of moral poseur. Com
mon honesty. in presence of this So
cial bribe, takes on the sneaking
seeming of rottenest hypocrisy. 1t is
indeed hard to get through and to get
at the men l want and need, and must
and will have"
Impossible" said I. And If you
could get at them, and if the senate
would let you put them where they
seem to you to belong, the temptation
would be too much for them. They
too would soon become Baal-worship-
ers, the more assiduous for their long
abstinence"
Some" he admitted, perhaps
most. But at least few would stand
the test-and just one such would re.
pay and justify all the labor of all
the search. The trouble with you
pessimists Is that you don't take our
ancestry into account. Man isn't
falling angel, but rising animal. So,
every impulse toward the decent,
every CLEAN OF light, is tremendous
gain. The wonder isn't the bad but
the good, isn't that we are so imper-
fact hnt hat IN 20 nd
years we've got so far-so far up.
know you and have in the main the
same purpose-where is there a man
who'd like to think the world the
worse for his having lived? But we
work by different means. You believe
the pest results can be got through
that IN man which he has inherited
from the past-by balancing passion
against passion, by offsetting appetite
with appetite. I hope for results from
that in the man of to-day which is the
seed, the prophecy. of the man who
is to be-
Your method has had one recent
and very striking apparent success"
said |. 'But-the spasm OF virtue will
pass"
Certainly" he replied. "and so too
will the succeeding spasm of reaction.
Also, your party must improve itself
and mine too-as the result of this
spasm OF virtue"
'For a time" | admitted. Il envy
you your courage and hope. But |
can't share in them. You will serve
four stormy years; you will retire
with friends less devoted and enemies
more bitter; you will be misunder-
stood. maligned and there's only a
remote possibility that your yindica-
ton win come before you are too old
to be offered second term. And the
harvest from the best you SOW will be
ruined in some food OF reaction"
No" he answered. 1T will be
reaped. The evil do, all evil, passes.
The good will be reaped. Nothing
good is lost"
And II it is reaped," l rejoined,
"the reaping will not come until long.
long after you are mere name in
history"
Even as I spoke my doubts | was
wishing / had kept them to myself;
for, thought l, there's no poorer bust
ness than shooting at the beautiful
soaring bird of Illusion. But he was
looking at me without seeing me- His
expression suggested the throwing
open OF the blinds hiding a mans in
most self
IF man" said he absently, fixes
his mind not on making friends or de.
feating enemies, not on elections or on
/ history, but just on avoiding from day
to day, from act to act, the condemna-
ton of his own self-respect-" The
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
Extracting EIephant,s Teeth.

The greatest dental operation on
record was performed upon an ele-
plant In the City of Mexico. The
aching tooth was twelve inches long
and fourteen inches in diameter at
the root. After Mr.. Elephant had
been securely fastened with chains
his mouth was prised open and
quantity of cocaine applied to dead
en- the pain. When this was done,
hole was bored through the tooth
and an iron bar inserted Then a
rope was twisted around the bar and
four horses attached.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

burst through the meshes Of partisan
ship and the meshes Of social and per
sonal intimacies In which he, as
good party man" and as the father
of children with social aspirations
and as the worshiper of wealth and
responsibility, was entangled and
bound down; with the desperate cour-
age that comes from fear Of destruc-
ton. he was trying to save himself.
But his only available instruments
were all either Goodrich men or other
kinds of machine-men they owed
nothing to him, they had moth
ing to fear from him--a falling
king Is fallen king Every project
he devised for striking down his
traitor friends and making himself
popular was subtly turned by his
cabinet or by the senate or by the
press or by all three into something
futile and ridiculous or contemplate.
II was complete demonstration Of
the Stiffness of the fiction that the
president could be an autocrat If he
chose. Even had Burbank seen
through the fawnings and the fat
teries OF the traitors round nim, and
dismissed bis cabinet, whatever men
he might have put into IL would not
have attached themselves to his lost
cause, but would have used their posi-
tions TO ingratIate themselves with
the power that had used and exhaust
ed, and discarded him.
lie had the wisdom, or the timid:ty,
to proceed always with caution and
safe legality and so to avoid impeach-
ment and degradation. His chief at
tempts were, naturally, upon monop-
oily: they were slyly baked by his SLY
attorney general, and their failure was
called by the press, and was believed
by the people, the cause of the hard
times which were just beginning to
be acute. What made him such an
easy victim to his lieutenants was not
their craft, but. the fact that he had
lost his sense of right and wrong.
A man of affairs may not, indeed will
not, always steer by that compass:
but he must have it aboard. Without
it he cannot know how far off the
course he Is or how to get back to it.
No ship ever reached any port except
that of failure and disgrace, unless
1t. In spite of all its tackings before
the cross-winds of practical life, kept
in the main to the compass and to the
course
His last stagger was--or seemed to
bean attempt to involve us in a war
with Germany. | say seemed to be"
because | hesitate to ascribe a project
as Infamous to him, even when I'M
balanced by despair. The first ugly
dispatch he ordered his Goodrich
secretary of state to send, somehow
leaked to the newspapers before It
could be put into cipher for trans
mission. 1t was not sent-for from
the press of the entire country rose a
clamor against deliberate provoca-
ton OF nation with which we are.
and wish to remain, at peace" He
the dispatch and dismissed
the secretary of state in disgrace to
disgrace-the one stroke in his fight
against Goodrich in which he got the
advantage. But that advantage was
too small. too doubtful and too late.
His name was not presented to the
convention.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
Distance Travelled in Dancing.

A young man fond of dancing took
a pedometer with him to a ball, and
found that in the course of the even
Ing he had covered thirteen and a
half miles. The average length of a
waltz was half a mile; of a polka.
three-quarters of a mile; Of galop
or schottische, a mile, and of Ian
ciers. a quarter of mile. A girl
usually dances more than man.
and is calculated to cover more than
sixteen miles in single evening.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
| ROADS
Ard 81
RNAD N1Ak1NoRasA>
GOOD ROADS IN THE SOUTH
they Would Save $3.50, 900 a Year

They Would Save 1870, 900 a Year
on the Cotton Crop Alone.
In an address by John Craft Of Mo
bile 1t was stated that the cost to the
farmers of the South LIS so cents per
bale of cotton for an average haul Of
eight miles.
IL there were good roads the cost
would be reduced to is cents bale.
Estimating crop at million bales
this would mean a saving of $340,
900 annually.
1t costs under present road condh
lions rs cents to haul a ton of fer
tilizer mile. With good roads the
cost would be cents a ton.
II have studied for some years the
problem of working convicts on our
puolic roads," said Mr.. Craft. land
they have proved to be the most
economical road builders to be had.
The convict has long passed the ex-
perimental stage for road making.
Judge Eaves of Georgia. who has
had twenty years experience In work.
ing convicts as road builders, says:
They are the best and cheapest road
builders. While working convicts.
not single overt act was committed.
or a single child, woman or man mo-
Tested, or one dollars worth of
property deprecated on.
"Mecklenburg county, North Caro-
lima; has the finest macadamized
roads, and it is being done with con-
Wet labor. 1t costs an average of rs
cents day to guard, feed and care
for convict labor when 1t Is man
aged on business principles.
"As for the convict himself. sta
tistics show that 80 per cent. of those
who are worked in the open air,
properly fed and guarded return to
their families and cease to be q
charge or menace to the State,
while of those who are kept in pris-
on or are worked In mines. sawmills
or similar places, IS per cent. be-
tome hardened criminals.
Nor do think 1t right to put the
nonest wage earners in competition
with convict labor, or the manufac-
uring industry in competition With
the one that hires cheap convict la
Dor.
Indiana has more than 1900
miles of good gravel roads. i re-
member when Indiana was consid-
cred one Of the illiterate States in
the Union. To-day she is prosperous,
and her people are no longer igno-
rant, but the State is dotted with the
finest schools and colleges
Massachusetts spends more mon
ey than any other State on her pub
lie roads New York has just voted
to issue s50.000,0 900 for her roads
to be spent In the next ten years.
New Jersey has fine roads, which have
been of great benefit, and are the
best investments the State has Mis-
souri, Is agitating a bond issue of
$25, 100000 for her public roads.
The province OF Ontario, Canada, has
$4,000 miles Of good roads, and
from that phenomenal improvement
have been the results OF prosperity
to its farmers"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

Most of our song birds have three
notes expressive of love, alarm and
fellowship, says John Burroughs In
Country Life in America. The latter
call seems to keep them in touch
witt one another. / might perhaps
add to this list the scream of distress
which most birds utter when caught
by cat or q hawk-the voice of I'M
controlled terror and-dissonant and
piercing. The other notes and calls
are characteristic, but this last is the
simple screech of common terrified
nature.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
MEDICAL PALACES.
Many Prevalent Among the PEG %
Concerning Food Value.


A doctor was pointing out medi-
cal fallacies-the wrong ideas about
things medical that many people
hold.
"One fallacy," he said, 'is that
beef tea is nourishfng 1t is nothing
but water in which pleasant and ex-
hilerating meat salts are dissolved.
You would starye to death on beef
tea, the same as on whisky or on
coffee.
Another falIacy is that alcohol
Whisky--warms the body. Alcohol
lowers the temperature. 1t chilis, in
stead of warming. Hence it Is of no
use whatever as a guard against
cold.
"A third fallacy is that one egg
contains as much nourishment as
pound of meat. Sick people without
appetite think complacentIy that IL
they take an egg or two day they
are doing well. As a matter of fact,
they are doing anything but we'll.
They must remember, If they are
substituting eggs for meat, that eight
eggs, not one, are required to equal
one meat pound
Then there's the liver fallacy.
Many, as soon as their stomachs get
out of order, begin to treat their
liver. But the liver is a dangerous
thing to treat unless one understands
1t. for there are over ninety distinct
liver troubles. and what is good for
one is bad for all the rest"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

1t Is singular fact that the fall
of Napoleon began with his attack
on Russia. Thenceforth Russia was
fear and dread to him. He used
about her the most extravagant lam
guage. such as Russia is on the
march to conquer the world" He
thought that any one who could sue
cessfully resist Napoleon must have
a charmed life. And these seem to
be Russia's ideas about herself. I'm
der those words manifest Destiny"
is hidden an ambition which is un-
satiable.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
Bakers Regulations in France.

Bakers in France are subjected to
several unusual rules and regula-
lions. In large fortified towns for in
stance, they must always have
certain stock in hand in case of wa7
Not only this, but everywhere they
the hands of the municipal authori-
ties as surety of good conduct;
and the law, not content with merely
looking after their weights and
measures, actually decides the price
at which bread is sold
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
Maintenance Of Gravel Roads.

In order to maintain gravel road
In good condition 1t is well to keep
piles of gravel alongside at frequent
intervals, so that the persons who
repair the road can get the material
without going too tar for it. AS soon
as ruts or holes appear on the sur
face some OF this good fresh mate
rial should be added and stamped
into position or kept raked smooth
until properly consolidated.