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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-17
Careful.

A horseless rig on a moonless night
Down a dustless road to whirl;
But don't mistake and invite for such
A ride a hugless girl
Houston Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-17

Il called a prize-fghter a liar to.
day"
aGe Whit What did he do?"
Il don't know hung up the re
ceiyer."-Cleveland Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-17
a paInabIe Hit.

That fighting porter of ours that we
are always laying of and taking back.
reminds me of a gun"
In what way?''
1T is only when he is loaded that
we discharged him, and he always
kicks hard when he's ired."-Balti-
more American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-17
she-But a man last week told me

OHSDut man ioSe "SSA "N -
the same story.
He-Yes, lady, you see l made the
mistake of not having the history OF
my life OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jour
nal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
The HALF Burned Stump.

While an Atlanta, Georgia, girl was
parading down the street the other
day in all the glory of new $50
Easter hat, the gorgeous combination
of feathers, flowers, ribbons, lace.
straw and wire suddenly burst into
flames and the excitement that ensued
in that section of the crowded
throughfare can be more easily
imagined than described. The young
lady was very severely burned and the
shock to her nerves Is something that
she will have to live to a good old age
to recover from. When some Sher-
lock Holmes in the crowd had ex-
amined the scanty remains of the hat
which lay upon the sidewalk he found
there cigarette stump and the
mystery of the spontaneous combus-
ton was solved. Plainly some smoker
had carelessly thrown the partly con-
sumed cigarette from an upper
window as the young lady had passed
below, with the disastrous results re-
corded.
Various people will draw their own
morals from this incident. some as to
Easter hats, some as to cigarettes, as
their point of view may suggest, but
most people will find in it a phase of
the smoking habit that demands seri-
Gus attention. Undoubtedly the heed
less disposal of cigar and cigarette
stumps is responsible for a great
many blazes. most of them more costly
than that which consumed this
Atlanta millinery creation. Every day
we see men throw them aside with
utter Indifference as 10 where they
may fall They throw them into
waste baskets as they get up and
leave the room. When on the street
they drop them through sidewalk
gratings into store easements, and
they toss them from upper windows as
in this Atlanta instance in utter indif-
ference as to what may happen below.
OF course it is simply carelessness. but
i, is an evil which insurance men have
long recognized and toward which re-
formers may well direct strenuous
efforts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
RAILROADS AND sTEAMsoArS
MN[I1 E3K|E1[BS4!
In Effect Dee. 9, 1905.
Trains leave Augusta ~ follows:

Trains leave Augusta ~ follows:
GOING WEST-2.25 A. NJ, except Mon
Lewiston, Pennington, Rangeley, Rock
land. Portland, Boston, Montreal anc
Quebec; 1000 A. NJ. Brunswick. Lewiston
Pennington. Rockland, Portland, Boston
$40 P. NJ, local; 4.10 P. NJ. (express)
Brunswick, RocklaRd. Portland, Boston
$50 P. NJ, Portland; 10.45 P. NJ. Lewiston
Bath, Portland, Boston. Sundays, 1928 A
NJ, 3.26, 1915 p. NJ, Portland, Boston.
GOING EAST-l2.59 A. NJ. Skowhegan
Bangor, Bar Harbor. St John, HALIFAX.
Aroostook. Sunday morning does moi
connect for Skowhegan, or beyond Ban
gOr; 2.58 A. NJ. (express) Bangor. Calais
and Bar HarbOr; 6.37 A. NJ. local to Bel
fast, Foxcroft and Bangor; $40 A. II.
local to Belfast and Bangor; 1875 noon
Waterville. F'oxcroft Bangor B. & A. r.
e., Calais, ST. JOHN and Halifax: %
2. NJ, (express) Waterville. Bangor
Bar Harbor; 1926 p. n, Waterville, Bing.
ham, Skowhegan. Belfast, Foxcroft
Bangor and Mattawamkeag; Us p. n.
Waterville and Skowhegan; 0.00 A. n
Sundays only, Bangor.
Leave Augusta for Hallowell, Caroline,
snd Sc. So; G "a at 74e A. n. Ase. Lu
GEO; E Eo GGyXAASs. =. 2; /: Gen; Mgr.
Portland. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
Augusta, Winthrop
{ Gardiner RAILWAY

Time table in effect December 10. 1906
Cars leave Augusta Post Office as fol
For Winthrop; s25 sa. sss:, 81. 1ls.
For Togus: $50. $50. 80. 8. 1890. Il
1 Por a ts9 s s; ana l9s 95d,ner.
well only 1880 and IL P. NJ.
ev Gaydn sf flor flour Aafu5ta sS NJ then
HALLOWEEN and car house only:
every half half hour tn lo3s NJ.
every half hour till 1922 p. n. - 'n''
n % ". II q % for .. Agg"ssa - 80
2. $50. 5. ESQ. 40, $50, $50. II. ' 49, - "
sDaily except Sunday.
saturday only.
II if theatre is not over at 1880 car waltz
Sunday aads cars start two hours later.
R3spiiia s5 e. e. 3D. 3D. 81: &c. u.s. 49, 81 l5 i2ls
$50. Leaves Post Office ten minutes later
Leaves Hospital for State House. S.55,
sS 49, 49, alsS % 12$5 Il 1s5 Il 15 2ss
POST oi' TRt tfS G.19ssE !a1e5
The 3 A N; car from Togus connects at
from Halloweli and SIS from augusta.
makes ClOSe connexions at winthrop
with train for Lewiston ard Pennington,
also connects with the 1913 train east.
The 1.55 P. NJ. car from Augusta con-
meets at Winthrop with the 2.59 train east
west
The 6 p. M. car from Augusta connect.
at Winthrop with the train east at 7o5
The trains arriving at Winthrop at 10 4s
a. M. and 2.59 p. NJ. make good connec.
tons with cars for Augusta.
The regular forenoon train leaving Oak
land at $50. Belgrade at 946 and Read.
held 9.59 make close connection with car
for Augusta II train II late car waits
for 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

There is still big snag, it appears.
in the way of statehood for Oklahoma.
The new constitution which has been
laboriously evolved after months of
work by the constitutional convention
seems to suit nobody, and there is a
very general sentiment that the people
will refuse to adopt it when they vote
upon the matter next August. At last
falls election the Democrats carried
the territory and had large majority
in the convention which has made
such a hopeless mess of the constitu-
building business. The document
which they have finally patched to-
gether contains over 100000 words. be-
ing 20 or 80 times longer than the coh-
situations in most of the older states,
and being full of things that have no
place in such a document. 1t is said
that the Republicans of Oklahoma will
profit from all this and that the Demo-
cratic blunders and incapacity will
figure largely in helping the Republic
cans carry the first election held in the
new state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
I9Sg@9 4&sfk
<A1 iSdl2s!;
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE
IN effect March Is, 1907.
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE

PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
Pullman sleeping car between Boston
and Caribou on trains leaving Boston al
100 p. NJ; and Caribou $50 p. NJ
Al through trains run via Northern
TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR.
300 A. NJ for Millinockct, Houlton,
Presque Isle. Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Van
Buren, and intermediate stations.
900 A. NJ. for katahdin Iron Works.
Milinocket. Patten, Ashland, Fort Kert,
rem, Limestone. Fort Fairfield, GreenvilIe
o59 A. NJ. and intermediate stations
235 p. NJ. for Millinocket. Patten
Houlton, Pressure Isle, Caribou, Fort
Fairfield and intermediate stations.
40 i. Nj. for Dover, Greenyille and in.
termedate static rs.
TRAINS ARRIVE BANGOR.
s.i5 A: NJ. from Grecnville and interme-
p2 21 P NJ: from Fort Fairfield. Van
sureR. Caribou. Pressure Isle. Houlton.
rs ?. n. from Caribou, Pressure Isle,
Fort Fairfield, Houlton, Fort Kent. Ash
LAND. Patten. Millinocket, Kineo, Green
lilo P. NJ. from Van Buren, Carbon
f., Fort Fairfield. Pressure Isle. Houlton'
EH: Jet sqS s S Rsss9s s ys
at g. 40 a. NJ. and GAS p. NJ; arrive sears
port 10. Is A. NJ. and s45 P. NJ. Returnine
leave Searsport at 600 A. NJ, and AGO p
NJ. arriving at Bangor via Northern
Maine Jet. at 200 A. NJ. and 40 p. M.
w. NJ. BROWN, GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON
tenn Supt: Pass'r Traffic Mgr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

The career of the late Speaker Grow
was a striking illustration of the value
of single vote. in the national Re
publican convention of 1864 he came
within one vote of the nomination for
Nice President when Andrew Johnson
was chosen. Had he not lacked that
one vote he would have been president
for nearly four years instead of John
son. there would have been no int
parchment proceedings. and the history
doubtless have been written in q very
different manner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

The recent policy of the postoffiee
department by which in many of the
larger cities the postmark is no longer
placed on the back of letters so that
the recipient may tell the hour of ar
rival. is not proving at all popular
with merchants and business men
generally. The Boston newspapers in
particular. have offered vigorous
protest against what they term the
absent postmark.'' They argue that
there is little if any saving in time and
that the new rule puts a premium on
carelessness and prevents the person
receiving letters from telling the time
consumed between their mailing their
reception and their delivery. Never
theless. the department seems to feel
that its new policy is justified and has
recently extended it to other large
cities, mainly in the South and West.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

The New York papers tell us that
the funds are all in sight for another
expedition by Peary. and that certainly
means another attempt to wrest the
great secret from the frozen north.
When he was here the great explorer
was frank in saying that nothing but
lack of the necessary funds would
prevent him from making another and
final dash for the pole.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

Everybody in Augusta will rejoice in
the announcement that the long
awaited addition to our postoffice Is
about to be erected. The money re-
quired was appropriated by Congress
over half dozen years ago and has
since been lying idle in the treasury
awaiting the clear title to the land
adjoining the present postoffice, upon
which the addition will be erected.
The crowded condition Of things in the
present postoff1ce makes this addition
an absolute necessity and it cannot be
built too soon. Let us hope that the
last loophole for delay has finally been
closed and that the work will be begun
and pushed to completion as soon as
possible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

Whatever is to be said of Richard
MansGeld's bad temper and his abuse
of other members of his company. all
men on the stage at the present time
and that it will be public calamity if
his present illness causes his per-
manent retirement. as is threatened.
AS an actor his ideals have always
been high and few of his contempora-
ries have done as much 10 elevate the
stage
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

Evidently the tie that binds will
continue to be wood rather than steel.
at least until the supply of wood gives
out. Two recent wrecks upon rail.
roads where steel ties have been intro
duced are blamed upon the steel ties.
1t is another illustration of the fact
that modern methods and materials
sometimes move too fast for safety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

The latest scheme of the James
town exposition people is to have a re-
union of all the John Smiths in the
country on. the exposition grounds
if ii had not been for John Smith the
exposition would never have been held
and it would be only appropriate to
have the John Smiths of the present
day do their part toward making il n
yuccaSS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

friend. Curtis has been struck by the
number of Irish names in Havana. He
writes:
The O'Reilleys, the O'Donnells. the
O'Farrells and the O'Lawlers are quite
prominent. Several other Of the
wealthiest families in the island are
descended from immigrants who came
from Ireland after the battle of the
Boyne in 1880. You also find them in
Chile, Peru and other parts of South
America, where they have distinguish
ed themselves as soldiers. sailors and
statesmen. In Cuba they appear to
have done very well in a business ca
pacity and Leopold O'Donnell. who
was governor-generalo of the island from
1s43 to 1S4S, is said to have acquired
such immense wealth during his term
of Office that the king was jealous of
him when he went back to Spain.
Spring finds Havana one Of the clean
est cities in the world, Curtis reports.
The streets are swept 3nd scrubbed
daily. Nobody is permitted to litter
them. The American surgeons wage
unceasing war upon the mosquito that
carries the yellow fever-the stegOmya
fasciata; "they make house-to-house
inspections with an electric dark Ian
tern in one hand and a can Of kero-
sene oil in the other, and whenever
they find stagnant water, even in the
slightest quantity, they remove it and
soak the place with kerosene" Sur
there's very little typhoid in Cuba. The
worst enemy now is tuberculosis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

A Choctaw maiden named Miss
Waneta Toskatomba. pretty. and
worth 100000 announces that she
prefers to devote herself to charity
rather than TO matrimony. This leads
the pert paragraph man of the Wash
ington Post to remind her that it
would be an act of charity to marry
some young man who needs the
money. Doubtless she will come TO
see il that way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

was landed at the pool on April 9 by
Calvin S. Bachelor and D. Howard
Peavey. who also disposed of their
trophy to Collins market. Several
venturesome fishermen have been try
ing their luck at the pool since the
season opened but up to the present
time their efforts have not been re-
warded. The ice is not entirely out of
the pool and it hampers the move
ments of a boat to n considerable ex-
tent. On the Bangor side of the river
there is considerable ice and the fisher
men have to take the risk of putting in
a boat from the ice or crossing to the
Brewer side, where there is clear
water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

BostOn's politehess is AL. Caguso
sang there the other night and not a
single yell of Monkey housed" came
from the audiance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

The spring elections are over and
will not be very much doing in
active politics unit, next fall when six
states have elections. They are Ken
lucky. Maryland. Massachusetts. Mis-
sissippi. New Jersey and Rhode Island.
They will not all go quite so strongly
Republican as Michigan did this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

Two weeks to Names first cele-
bration of Patriots day. And by the
way. just why did the law makers
make it Patriots day rather than
Patriots day?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

All the other papers are saying it,
and so here goes. Chicago is Dunno
with that kind Of mayor and will
now he Bigger. Better and Busse-ier
CITY,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

Frederick l.. Odlin. Illustrious Po-
tenate Of Kora Temple. A. A. q. n NJ
>, mas completed arrangements for the
pilgrimage TO the meeting of the I'M
pefial Council, at Los Angeles. Cal
me kora Pilgrims. their ladies and all
Mobiles, Will leave Lewiston Monday
April 18th. at 9.05 A. NJ. by c.. T. r. II.
III a sufficient number signify inten-
ton OF going. ons of PuIlman's most
elegant cars will be placed at Lewiston
TOR exclusive use Of this party. they
VIII nave dining car at their service
and at Detroit these will be attached
TO the special train from New York
cry, bearing the representatives and
ladles from Mecca Temple, and will be
under the personal supervision of
Noble J. P. McCann. who isR member
OF Mecca. This trip canrN fail TO
please. as it will be Koras most mag
nihcent pilgrimage, and the fact of
joining with Mecca. the Mother Shrine
in America, will add much to the en-
Joyment of ALL Noble Odlin received
most cordial and courteous invitation
to join with Mecca, but not wishing to
loose their identity. made most pleasing
arrangements with Noble Mccain
whereby kora has an itinerary of its
own, and the assurance of hearty
welcome from Mecca when they meet.
his pilgrimage is intended to be
great family party, across the CONT
nent, and those wishing to join will re-
ceive full information by applying to
any of the following Mobiles: Frederick
l.. Odlin. Lewiston, Edward s. Stetson,
j. p. Hutchinson, Auburn, or J. Put
nam Stevens, Portland,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
ESTIMATES, READ THIS

,Ar; g; Alexander. 50 EXCHANGE st..
soruand. Maine, will tell all who are n.
eicted with Asthma how he was cured
AFTER suffering IS years. Before pavins
mt your money for medicine containins
Morphine and other deadly drugs send
90. . I@ Tn.Lps sr as ana book. How ]
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
Friday April S, 1907.

1t is suggested that the only way In
which the public. can get even with the
telegraph companies is to use longer
words.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
Daily kennebte journal
ESTABLISHED 1873

Ne notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot b held rsspe nsibls
Tor the preservation or return OF re-
5ected communications.
Addrsss all communications rsIatlna 70
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & NYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05
Maine Gossip
The Great Times,

The great times are before us-they
beckon with bright HANDS.
They lead us from Grief's valleys to the
immortal lands;
They sing to us in summer and in this
lonesome snow
They whisper of The daisies, and lead
where violets grow.
The great times are before us: How
beautiful they seem!
They glimmer in the shadows like the
sweet face of n dream
They ripple in the rivers that sing their
way along,
The starlight Of the darkness-the sun
light of n song.
The great times are before Us: Wen live
To meet them all
And on our every pathway the light of
heaven will tall,
With never any sOrrOw-nO signing AMI
no tears:
The great times are before us-tha
halleluia years,
Frank l.. Stanton.
4 year ago the ice left Names lead
ing lakes as follows: Sebago, April q
Maranacook. April 25; Belgrade Lakes.
April &c; Grand Lake. May s; Range
ly, May l3: Moosehead. May 10. Not
withstanding that the winter of 1905
anu w WIS tlis NdIIIeSI on record
the ice was unusually late in leaving
the lakes and ponds of the State last
spring., This year, one Of the coolest
winters on record, an early fishing sea-
son is looked for. Experts claim that
this is because early in the fall there
was freeze and this was Immediately
followed by fall of snow, and then
by still other snowstorms, so that il
is claimed that the ice in the lakes is
not blue. solid ice but snow ice por-
Gus and therefore not nearly SO strong
az when it is formed from clear water.
Capt. George w. Tapley of West
Brooksville writes to the Ellsworth
American: To-day, looking across to
Castine village. there is not one vessel
to be seen at its docks, where s. or 20
years ago it was a common sight TO
see two or three full-rigged ships at
the docks discharging Liverpool salt,
and 40 or so small vessels fitting out
for the fishing grounds. OF the whole
fleet Of full-rigged ships. once owned
in Castine, / know only the end of one
the ship Lochinvar. She went down.
back in the COS. while crossing the Bay
of Biscay on a voyage from Shields,
England, which was her hailing port,
towards Almarcia, Spain. The ship
Castine was the last to go. sold foreign.
The first Penobscot salmon of the
season was caught Tuesday afternoon
III smelt net at Winterport by John
w Bolan of that place. who promptly
brought it to Bangor and sold it to
Collins. the marketman, for $50 a
pound 1t was beauty and tipped
the scales at Tx pounds. Mr.. Bolan
got s25S5 for his days. work. Last
year the first salmon of the season
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

An average date for the ice to leave
he Pcnobsc0t river as shown by a
record kept since 1918. is April II and
an average date Of closing is Dec. L..
Last fall the river closed Dec. 6. a
week in advance of the average date
OF closing. The ice was broken up
again by tugs but the port remained
closed so far as shipping coming in
was concerned. The ice was very
heavy this winter, but 4 look at the
Ice record and the weather record will
show that in some OF the years when
the winter has been most severe and the
ice heaviest the river has opened early,
so there is little to be drawn from this.
The earliest the river ever opened was
in 1871 when the ice went out on March
Is. The latest date on which the ice
LETT of which there is a record, was
in 1918 when the ice went out May l.
In 1876, the year of the big flood, the ice
went out March %. In 1902 when the
food was OF only little less proportions
the ice left March 81. During the food
Of 1886 The crest of the flood reached a
point 1861 feet above low water In
1902 the crest of the flood was ga feet
above low water mark. Last year the
Pcnobscot became clear Of ice April G.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-05

Just n word or two as to the great
historic event of 30 years ago which
the Maine Historical societyes to cele-
brate at Popham, August 90 This was
the Popham-Gcrges colony of 1907 the
originators of which were George Pop
ham and Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Pop
ham was born in SOmersetshire, Eng
land, about 1850, and Gorges was born
at Ashton, in the same county of
Somerset. Eng, in 1866. Gorges is
called in history the father or founder
OF English colonization in the new
world. These early navigators become
patentees of an extensive territory in
this State and on May 81, 1907, sailed
from Plymouth. Eng, to occupy and
develop the lands. The expedition
consisted of two ships and 100 men,
With the company, as commander OF
one of the vessels was Raleigh Gilbert
a nephew of Sir Walter Raleigh. On
August Is, 1907, they landed at the
mouth of the Kennebec river. The
first exercise after the landfal was
public meeting at which a sermon was
preached by the chaplain of the ex
petition and the reading of the patent
which gave them right to the land
Then they built Il storehOuse and fort
which was named Fort George and
thus the first English settlement in
New England was started. George
Popham died Dec. s. 1908. and his bones
still! lie in POpham soil. The cOlonists
having become discouraged by the in
Clemency of the weather, returned TO
England the following spring. While
the colony was prosperous, during its
first year in the new world it built
the first ship built in New England
This was a dozen years before the
Mayfower sailed in Plymouth harbor
and Notwithstanding the fact that the
Popham-Gorges occupation at the
mouth of the Kennebec was unsuccess-
ful it vet remains true, that en- the
SOIL Of Maine was planted the first
English colony in the New World