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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

suits in the stock there Wcre
IL but few Of the styles and sizes
that you wished. you had to
confne your selection to these few. Also
that in many of the minor details Of the
suit you had to select what you did not
wish, and you knew that whatever suit
you selected. that there would be a dozen
or more .3lits like yours in toWn-many
Of them worn by your acquaintance.
That makes them seem rather common.
Now if Won knew Of q store where
you could make your selection from hum
dreGs of styles Of new woolens, have your
measure taken carefully by an expert
cutter. ami your suit made to your meas
just you wished it to the ninuteSt
detail, at no greater expense than you
have been paying for ready made,
wouldn't you go to that store and see the
goods before YOU purchased another
ready made suit? That would he good
business Judgment, wouldn't it?
We offer you lust such an opportunity.
We have acted as the selling agent for
the past five years for one of the lar
rest ''wholr:ale tailors'' in the United
states. They have agents in all the large
cities and do an immense business.
Their grade Of work Is between that OF
fine ready made and the high grade
tailoring We do in our own work rooms.
No goods are used that contain 4 par
tlc!c Of cotton. The cloth Is sh:unl. as
n tailor would shrink it. We warrant the
fit and work to you. When the suit is
finished. and you try it on, If you, or we.
car detect anything wrong ABBOTT the
suit it goes into our work room and is
made right
This suit will not only fit you when
you take it from the store, buC what is
much more important it will continue
10 TT you. az it is CUT and MADE to fit
YOUR form.
There is no other way possible whera
man can get so much value in clothing
for the money.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

Mrs. Louisa jackson of this city is
passing the week with relatives ana
friends in Winthrop. Although in he,
S5th year, Mrs jackson is enjoying
excellent health and is able to MAKE
journeys to visit her friends as Well n
younger people. All her faculties az.
we'll preserved and She is one Of tn.
smartest of the young old people III
this vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

Word was received in the city yes
ter.lay Of the death Of Alvin T. Rob-
inson o: Sidney, which occurred at his
home in that town at $50 a. N, after
4 long illness from Bri4ht's disease. He
was 81 wears of age and was unmar-
ricd. Funeral arrangements VIII be an
nOuncnd later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY,

Notice to the public.
f.. Z. Davis-ClothinS.
I.ucius Hill-GrOcaries
Maine Central Railroad.
Guy .. NIckrty IcWelrr.
c. w. Conant-Glassware.
j. q Confectionery.
Removal notice.. II. Hoxie.
Georgia NJ. Herbert-AIillineiy
Whitman & Adams-Dry goods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

A feature which should be remem-
bered in connection with the change Of
time on the Maine Central which will
go into effect next Monday morning
Oct. !. is that train 10. which goes east
from Augusta at 3.19 p. NJ. makes no
connection at Watcrvile for Oakland
People wishing to make that conncc-
ton will have to take train No. %
which will be the new time leave Au-
guSta at | Z. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

The Augusta physicians have agreed
that h"ncef"rth their night hours shall
begin ut 6 +. NJ. instead Of 10 +. NJ. as
formerly. That is. for any new call af-
ter p NJ. 80 cents moro will he
charged than for day calls This is
done instead of making any general in
crcas" in rates and is from a feeling
that the regular days work for n ply
should end with the close of the after
noon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

One of the successful young funtr rs
of this city is Ralph kitttredge. and
although he does not in his hunting
expeditions so miles from home h,
usually brings something home in his
gamebaS. The game killed by him this
week up to Thursday night included
two ducks and one partridge, and Sc
far as has been reported the partridge
was one of the few which have beer
killed BY Augusta hunters this season
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

Saturday, October 5, 1907.

Cards Of thanks, obituary notices, res.
olutions Of respect, ETC., will be
charged at the rate Of ten cents pei
line. No charge less than Is cents.
All advertising announcements Of en-
tertainments, whose object is the
raising Of money. will be charged al
the rate Of fifteen cents line.
Advertising notices, news form, will be
excluded from our local columns, ex-
cept such as refer to advertisers &C.
cupying space In our advertising
columns and will be run under q
separate head on one Of the local
pages.
Subscribers who fail to receive the
Journal promptly will confer a favor
by notifying the Office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

The three-masted schooner ]. Henry
Ednunds. Capt. Farmer. arrived at this
port Friday in tow of the tug Charlie
Lawrence and now lies at the Augusta
Lumber COS. wharf, where she will
take in a cargo of spruce lumber for
the New York market
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

Miss Bertha King of Portland. the
Well-knOwn cOntraltO of the city, will
sing solo and assist in the quartet
AT the Sunday morning service at the
Winthrop street Universalst church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05
LOCAL MATTERS.

Al the matinee of the Gage Stock Co.
this afternoon two presents Will be
given away, a football for a boy and Il
doll for Il girl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

a dance is to be held at Grange hall
in Manchester next Tuesday evening.
A special car will leave Grange hall
for Augusta after the dance. Lees
Orchestra will furnish music.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

The Methodist church officials will
open the new auditorium for service
Sunday morning and evening. Mr.
Dunnack will preach at both services
ana the vested choir will sing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

W. ID. Hutchins Of the StrOut Co.,
sold the two houses of Charles II. Davis
on Childs street to the Capital Assoc
ciatcS yesterday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

The Cheney Club will give Baked
Hean supper at the Free Baptist
church. Grove street. from $50 to 100
tonight. Tickets 20 cents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05
LOCAL NOTICES.

Prof. Monaghans school for dane
ing will open at Golden Cross Han
"Wednesday evening, oct Q.
Wednesday evening, Oct. 9. oct3d6t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

Mrs. G. F. Moorlen, millinery parlor
p Crosby street. two minutes from
State street carr.
oct2,dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

Cut flowers and ported plants, o. p.
Robbins & Son. Tel. IS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

FRESH CUT FLOWERS EVERY
day. r. D. Hartshorn. Tel. 1l9-S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

When You have been pur-
chasing silt Of ready made
clothing, you have noticed that
while there were a great many
suits in the stock, there were
but few Of the styles and sizes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

The very latest STYLES right here for your choos-
ing. There is hardly anything in the line Of Dress
Goods, Silks and Waistngs that is desirable that is
not shown here. Be sure and see our swell line OF
plaids and Checks in Dress Goods and Silks
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

or crushed foot. Then came an un-
earthly groan. We thought 1T must be
the cook, who had got drunk and had
fallen down the hatch and got hurt.
So we took lights and went down to
see but we got no answer when we
called. and we could not find anything.
though we looked in every corner.
There was no way OF getting out ex-
cept by the hatch where we came.
After we got up again we heard the
same thing over again, first the thump,
then the drag ging sound like one NOV
ing a broken limb. then the awful
groans We searched again, but never
found anything.
mo, 1 don't know If anybody had
died in the ship. not lately anyway.
but there was the noise in the hold;
we could never explain it,
Now, will you be convinced? An
other star witness is Captain X. Hansen
of Berkeley.
Lots of things happen at sea that
you can't explain" quoth the captain.
at may be all very we'll on land to say
that there are no ghosts, perhaps there
are none there, but you can't tell me
that there are not mysterious powers
and spirits on the sea- Now. this story
that / am going to tell you is true.
"I was once on a ship where there
were two captains, one of flesh and
blood, the other spirit. At least.
suppose he was a spirit When / first
came on board the ship l saw the two
captains meet in the gangway, and the
real one stepped aside to let the other
one pass: by that knew that he had
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

peated three times, and the boatswain
was scared nearly oot Of his wits. A
few minutes afterward the captain
came on deck and asked the mate why
he had called him. The mate said he
had done no such thing, and then the
captain understood that there was
something wrong with that ship. He
had been lying in his bunk and had
dropped. off TO sleep, when something
grasped him by the shoulder and told
him TO go on deck. When he opened
his eyes it seemed as If he could see a
shadow gliding out of the door. but he
was not quite awake and could not be
certain.
That ship was haunted as sure as I
am sitting here More than once, when
I was standing talking with some one,
there came a shadow gliding from the
forecastle across the deck and dfsap-
peared down the companionway. 1t
would come right between us for mo-
ment, and though l never said anything
at the. time. I could see by the other
fellows face that he had seen it, too.
A long time afterward we talked it
over, and found that we had both seen
exactly the same thing. 1t was just a
shadow, nothing more
II have been in another haunted
ship. too. In the night we used 20 hear
noises in the hold where we knew
there was no one. One night 1t sound
ed as IL some one had fallen down and
hurt himself There was first thump
as OF a slow, heavy tread, then a drag
ging sound, then the thump again, and
then the dragging as OF a broken leg
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
More Tales al There Must
in Besides Ships

Scratch a Russian, find a Tartar.
Prod man who has once followed the
sea- give him congenial company OF his
own persuasion and the right atmos-
phere Il hope you don't mind the
smoke), start the ball rolling. and he
Will show, you a side of his nature
which you have never. suspected. In
brief. you Will hear more ghost stories
than you have ever heard in all the
years before.
Believe them? OF course. he does.
Don't you! Then what DO you make OF
this? :.
"A man must believe what he sees"
said Captain Evans OF the Poltalloch
not long ago. / am not superstitious
(they never are), but what 1 see with
my own eyes. that / must believe. That
is reasonable. Many years ago, when
I was a boy, / shipped on the Cambrian
Princess. One day / was standing with
the boatswain. and we were talking as
young fellows will, perhaps about the
giris-I don't remember ow. It was
a stormy day, and the boatswain was
standing under the weather-cloth OF
the migzenmast The second mate was
IN command, and he called to the boats
vain to haul in the inner jib. AS the
boatswain went forward to obey orders
he heard a strange voice saying, Keen
Off that foc'sie head He turned to the
mate, his face white with fear; but the
mate had heard nothing and repeated
his order to haul in the inner jib. AS
the boatswain was about to try again
the strange voice came once more.
Keep on that foc'sle head It was re-
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
GHOSTS SAILORS SEE :

II you ala IL is ten to one that you
would not know what TO say 10 him,
and IL you asked him to spin a yarn
he would most likely tell you that
be didn't know anything worth telling.
that he didn't believe in ghosts. any
way, but that he knew a man who
could give you just what YOU wanted,
~ only he had not unfortunately been
dead or on 20 the South Sea Islands.
He viii tell you things in time, and
his acquaintance is desirable, as well
as charming. il you want 20 know
the real things OF the sea, but you
can hear sailors ghost-stories with
cut going outside OF your own circle.
II you live in San Francisco you will
md the old sailor in every walk OF
life. ~ you ask few questions you
may find that the butcher. the baker,
the csndlestick-malxer worked his way
around the Horn and can repeat har-
rowing tales OF his sufferings. Business
men, shrewd, leve1-headed men OF the
world, without the slightest trace Of
the sea IN their speech or manner, will
surprise you by telling OF the many
years they spent at sea until they be-
came tired OF II and settled down TO
live like Christians" They may add
that any man who will so TO sea as
long as they have done must have
something wrong IN his upper story.
Professional men, artists, writer's.
preachers not least, white handed men
who do not look as II they had ever
handled a rope. may tell you OF sfthe
time when they followed the sea.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
By Hanna Astrup Larsen

A. AVE you ever been n a haunted
III ship? Dtd you ever wake up 20
find q clammy hand ciaw1nG
your shoulder. or hear a myste-
rioux voice from nowhere bidding you
arise. Did you ever see shadowy,
creepy thing gliding across thu deck
and coming between you and the per-
son you were talking TOT Did your
hair ever rise and your skin make
''goosehesh" at rumblings or thuds or
thumps or narrowing groans where
living beings were not? You have not?
Then you are no sailor.
Well, then. did you ever listen to a
group OF old sailors telling ghost
etories2 II you have not, life has still
something in store for you.
no, my nniclxy madam, Il T. not nee
essary that you should sit on a lumber
pile on the water front with an "olo
salt" in all the picturesque conven-
tfonal appurtenances OF tarpaulin hat
oyer one ear. blue jacket rolling
back from his hairy chest" stubby
piRe Of inky blackness in his mouth.
thd same emitting juicy guilds and
equally Juicy oaths with equal velocity.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

whose confidence and good will he pos
Angeles to Santa Barbara by sailing
vessel, thence overland to Monterey
with a military escort of eighteen SOL
diers This was Chico's first VISIT
to the capital OF California and Mr..
Leese was consulted by the new Gov
ornor on various matters connected
with the shaping of the policy OF his
administration. Finally Chico used
his influence to procure for Mr.. Leese
permission to lay out the town of
Yerba Buena, and 1t was then that
Mr.. Leese, taking into partnership
Nathan Spear and W. S. Hinckley
erected his famous house on the spot
now resting deep in dust and ashes.
In his earlier years Mr.. Leese owned
several vessels and engaged in bay
and river trading till the year 1S41.
when he was made the grantee OF
the Canada de Guadalupe and Vista
cion Rodeo viego ranches at San Fran
cisco and the Hachia rancho at So
noma. He sold his store and dwelling
to the Hudson Bay Company and
moved to Sonoma. In 1S45 he was
made alcalde at the same place and
In 1916 he was actively engaged with
plans concerning the annexation OF
California by the United States.
When the mining rush of 1S49 came
on Mr. Leese carried on extensive
singularly successful, although through
an unfortunate combination of cir
cumstances the property thus acquired
was afterward lost. Elected vice
president OF the Society of California
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

- Az ,.RANCTsco is rebuilding.
Seventy Years ago she was build
ing for the first time. Seventy
years ago tho man. the time and
tie place were there. and the
conjunction Of the three resulted in an
event which has become 3 matter OF
historic record This event was the
Building of the lTst house IN San
Francisco. begun the second day OF
Tly 1897. and finished at 10 o'clock
DE morning Of tie Fourth, 10 be
opynod and occupied by Jacob Primer
Lecse.
Tho house was built on ground which
later became TIC corner OF Dupont
and clay streets. and u. before the old
walls were razed 70 tho ground. they
could have spoken. many a tale could
have been told OF revelTy. feasting and
nirtf: but the first event or importance
70 take place there was the celebration
Of inc signing OF the Declaration OF
Independence on July Fourth, for Mr..
Leese was 9 loyal American and could
conceive OF no more fitting use to
which his domicile might be put He
resolved to invite all his friends and
neighbors TO a housewarming which
should 90 down in the annals OF the
peninsula, and so his friend and crony,
Captain Richardson, took a little jour
ney across the bay 10 Sonoma 70 in
vite ell the leading citizens OF that dis
Srict to a celebration, a bsnuoet and a
rood time in Leese's new house-the
nrst built in the future metropolis OF
the state.
AZ that time the American bark Don
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

seen 1t too. L asked an old hand what
it was, and he said that everybody had
seen the shadow, but no one knew what
it was. The captain said he had been
with the ship ten years, and the ghost
captain had been there longer than he.
1t may have been a former captain of
the ship. who came back, but none of
and new to the ship. There were
twenty-five men on board the ship,
and every one of them had seen him.
Il had queer experience once. when
ghost saved my life" continued the
captain. II was laying aloft and was
in such a hurry that did not stop to
catch hold of the rung of the ladder
with my hands before let go with my
foot. 1 was nimble as cat. but for
once lost my balance and fell back
ward. Just as 1 was falling felt two
hands spread out to support me, and
they held me suspended until got hold
of the ladder again. 1 could feel every
one OF those ten fingers in my back.
and 1t was not ina gination either, for
they left ten black and blue marks
on my body. You needn't laugh; my
shipmates all saw the marks, and they
could be seen quite plainly for two
weeks"
TT must have been muscular
ghost
We'll. IT did me a good service, any
way. Another time I had a queer ex-
perience, though I don't know IL It was
ghost or not. We had left Quebec
for Norway, and we were the last ship
to leave before the winter. It was Bit
ter cold already. and the rain and fog
made it worse. When we were of the
banks OF Newfoundland the captain
wanted to change the course to steer
clear of the banks. but when he tried
to move the compass 1t would not
bulge. He called the mate, but he
could not move 1t, either. Then he
called me. l was second mate then, but
could, not do anything more than
they could"
WAS it ghost-hand again?'
'I don't know what it was; ii puz-
zled us, but we continued our course,
and we soon found the reason for 1t.
A day or two later we picked up some
fishermen drifting around in their lit
tie boat They were divided from the
rest OF the fishing fleet, and had been
out for two weeks, so they were al
most dead from cold and hunger II
we had not seen them they would sure
ly have died, for. as I said, we were
the last to pass that way"
The story OF the captain with a
double returns again and again in the
telling of sea yarns OF one captain it
is told that he was never alone, and
yet no one knew what the ghostly ap-
partition was that paced the deck and
stood on the bridge and sat at the
table with him. 1t was generally be-
lieved, however, that it was not sent
by the powers for good. Jack Is a
firm believer in the devil. not unnat-
urally perhaps. for he must have some
one to blame for his sufferings at the
hands of the cruel elements and more
Tn fhn olI
the sailor was practically unprotected
against the prosecutions of the cap
tain, should he chance to be a tyrant,
1t was an outlet for the feelings of the
sufferer to blame it all to the powers
of evil in league with his oppressor.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20


or more than one evil-minded captain
1t has been said that he walked with
the devil. and his record ends with the
terse statement, "The devil took him"
Quien sabe?
Once upon a time there was parrot
who came to be most unjust1y taken
for the devil simply from too sympa-
thetfc but misunderstood interest in
the troubles of its hosts. 1t does some
times happen that the prosaic truth un-
derlying the weird tales of the sea
comes to light Perhaps with a little
exertion 1t might be made to happen
oftener.
The parrot of the story was going to
Europe In a British East India mer-
chantman. One night a Dutch ship
outward bound passed close by the
other. and the parrot. as if it had
known that the Dutchman was going
to it's old home in the tropics, flew
across the intervening space and snug
gled in the rigging. In the night a
storm blew up and the boy was sent
aloft to fur1 the royal. Just as he was
about to secure IL he was startled by
a mysterious voice saying, 1T blows
hard, Jack" The boy was scared out
of his wits and came down, saying
that the devil himself was in the rig
ging. An able seaman was next sent
up. Again came the unearthly voice.
TT blows hard, Jack and the man
came down as quickly as had the boy.
The carpenter and boatswain then vol
unteered to go. thinking that IN num-
bers there is strength. The carpenter
went first. and, fortified by the pres
ence of the boatswain, he felt able to
cope with anything. Again came the
voice, TT blows hard, Jack" but the
carpenter answered good-naturedly.
"Ja, ia, mynheer. all the same that royal
has got to be furled." He furled it.
and the parrot made no further re-
marks.
Just why sailors should revisit their
old ships after death is not known. The
logical conclusion after hearing an old
sailor tell OF the sufferings OF his class
would be that when he was at liberty
to roam wherever he pleased he would
shun OF all places the ship which had
been the scene OF his troubles. After
all, though. there is a deeper logic In
the psychological fact that human be-
ings are drawn irresistibly to the
scenes OF their keenest suffer
ing. Be that as 1t may. it is a fact
that the ships that sail the sea are
literally peopled with sailors that walk
again.
A sober citizen Of San Francisco af-
firms that he was once in a ship where
It was known to all hands that a phan-
tom always glided in between the man
at the wheel and the one who came
to relieve him The phantom always
tried to seize the wheel, and new
hands were warned not to give the
wheel to the first one that came to
take it.
1t is not many years ago that q ship
capsfzed of the coast OF California.
drowning five or six men under her.
The ship was lifted and put in shape
again, but the drowned sailors i'm
prisoned In her hold made such a
fearful racket that she was obliged
to depart for other waters where her
history was not known, and TO change
her name so that no Ill report should
follow her.