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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
Electrical Flashes.

In connection with the foundry work
electromagnetic are extensively used.
The Illinois Steel Company has a mag
net weighing 1000 pounds which lifts
six tons. These magnets simplify the
working cranes. They are lowered to
the mass of metal to be lifted with the
current turned off, at the throw of a
switch the magnet becomes active and
holds the metal while it is being raised,
transported and placed. BY this device
no assistant is needed to attach the
casting to the conveyors.
The Canadian government will pay
bounty on iron produced in electrical
furnaces in that country. In the elec-
trical furnace the proper temperature
can be produced in IA minutes which
would require an hour and a half in
the present blast furnace. The bounty
ranges from 30 cents to $40 ton.
At the Schenectady plant of the
General Electric Company $4,000 cars
electrical machinery.
a new automatic electric mail lift has
been approved by the Postmaster
General for large apartment houses.
The postman unlocks glass door and
deposits the mail IN the carrier. The
shutting Of the door starts the lift
which ascends leaving and empting the
boxes at the proper floors. Descending
il picks up the empty boxes.
The most powerful generating station
in Europe is located at Brusio. Switzer-
land. II is also the highest water plant
ever used for power purposes. The
water of the Poshacino is lead through
a great conduit three miles long to the
reservoir. from which five sets Of enor-
nous pipes conduct it to the power sta
ton 1880 feet below Electrical energy
to the amount of $4,000 horse power is
generated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
Well DriIIers' Presence Of Mind

Two Oil well drillcrs, Earl Shee,s
and Frank Winks, near Carl Junc,;ar
underwent an experience last week thar
would make feature" for a life and
death melodrama. The two n,euswere
experimenting the shooting OF Il we,lsi
Three hundred quarts of nitrn.
slycerin had been brought to the well.
10 be used in the shot.
A shell" containing thtty s quarts
had been lowered, but it stuck In Che
well. The operators thought they
could SHOVE the can on down in thu AA,
by letting the balera down in the welt,
on top of it. The plan appeared to have
worked all right and the baler was
drawn up out of the well. and part way
up toward the top of the derrick before
the Mortified spectators noticed that the
can OF deadly explosive had caught in
The baler and was then dangling in the
air. ready to fall.
Just as Sheets and Winks looked M.
the shell came lose and started toward
the ground. Realizing that IL It ever
hit the ground those thirty quarts rc
nitro would explode and kill every one
in the vicinity. tn, two men. with pres
enre of mind. ran under it and caught
it in their hands If they had failed in
this. not one of the spectators would
have lived to tell the story" 1t was
real thriller.-Kansas City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
The Telephone in Japan.

In Japan the telephone system is
operated by the government. Tele-
phone. postal and telegraph. services
are all under one head, being controlled
by group of officials who form what
is known as the Department of Com
munications Although this depart
ment has had only q few years in
which to build up the telephone service,
it has made such progress as to put the
Japanese system in condition which
makes it so much superior to others IN
the East that it is not for moment
to be compared with them. In TACT,
the Japanese telephone men have
adopted many ideas in connection with
the building and operation OF their
plants which show that they could give
valuable pointers to many Europeans
in charge of telephone systems under
government control.
Their progresSivenesS. for example.
in the use Of telephones to aid in army
maneuvers is known to the whole
world 1t is acknowledged every
where that in the late war with Russia
they developed field telephone service
to a point Of greater efficiency than has
UCcu ISdCICu ny sthy oehSl al my.
Toxic has. as would be expected, the
largest telephone system of any of the
Japanese cities. and the general fea-
lures OF construction and operation
there seem to be typical of the practice
throughout the country.
Out of 2 popula ton of nearly a mil
lion people. about $4,000 are subscribe
ers for telephone service. The lines are
divided between five offices. The rates
are 66 yen (about .$33) for either bust
ness or residence stations. All lines
are individual, partly line service being
estimated unsatisfactory.
Cleanliness is the most noteworthy
thing which impresses itself upon a
visitor to one of these central Offices.
The reason for the absence of dust is
made apparent to the stranger by the
request that he shall remove his boots
before entering. which is courteously
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
Two STRANGE Trees.

California has one tree which is the
personification of mystery. Found no.
where else in the world, it had mys-
of mystery.
The Mojava yucca is a vegetable
freak which has developed into a
species. 1t has the characteristics of
several plants. to which no relation
ship can be traced.
1t is an endogen. yet its bark SHOW S
conoentric rings such fat Chi acterize
the exogenous stems. It Jiyess, and
thrives in great numbers In region
early devoid of vegetation, In q land Of
heat and thirst and barrenness.
Another tree in California which has
a peculiar personality i the Creeping
oak of Monterey. s
Nowhere is the vegetable kingdom
can be found so true q representative OF
monopoly. The tree y s-Af gnarIy
growth. its limbs. like usnse az the s1ef30
more. bending and twisting an 4lk
rections. AkssE Hill N DO
Wherever branch tQQe the egs
it takes root and become =
another trunk. though 3
of the main stem. drawing non y
both from the parent stem ea1d
the new source In this manner
tree is spread till it has taken posseds,
sion Of five acres of ground and 1t ID
still advancing.-P. E. Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
COUNTY NEWS
LINCOLN.
WlSCASSET.

County Commissioner w. r Cate
WAS in town Tuesday attending court.
Mrs. belong started Saturday for q
visit with her sister i'm Michigan.
Miss Annie Albec Of Damariscotta
was in town Monday.
Mrs. T.. w. Nash returned Tuesday
evening to her home in DamariscOtta.
Rev L. W. Moore was in Newcastle
Tuesday to attend the Lincoln County
Association of Congregational Minis
terS meeting.
Miss Flora prcblc Of Damariscot;a
WAS in town Monday for the day.
David Houdlctt of Dresden was in
town Tuesday on business.
F. r. Houdlette has closed his farm
buildings for All indefinite period and
moved his family into the Consrega-
tiondl parsonage on Summer street.
6 Rev. +. w. Moore was in South
Paris over Sunday. returning Monday
The supreme judicial court adj
Journed last Friday. The common court
was in session Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

made at the door. Although nair y,
slippers is provided as a substitute e..
.,'e 100. covering worn out OF doors
inc shape of these shoes is so peculiar
that .ne writer has in some Instances
iooi'. IL more convenient to walk in his
stocking 1eet. The advantage of this
oriental custom Of removing the shoes
before walking upon the floor OF room
IS shown clearly enough by the results
The japanese offices are by long odds
the neatest the writer has ever been IN
IN any part of the world.
All of the operators are girls rho
endless succession Of challenges Man
ban (number) is spoken in avnlI.
modulated tone Of voice and all cali,
seem TO be answered very promptly
American Telegraph Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

| do immense damage. The white ants
are destructive to the wood of the buah.
eating upward from the roots. leaving
only the bark as shell standing u
support tile top, which soon topples
over by reason of its own weight. The
white ant Is one Of the most destructive
of all pests in India. There is no wood
that resists it's attack except sandal.
It delights in reducing white pine or
white wood to powder. The ant can
not work in the light. 1t must get at
the wood from a dark recess and work
within a shell. 1t will in some niys-
FERROUS way get into a veneered picture
frame or one with a thick coating of
lacuuer and in a short time only the
yeneering or lacquer remains. while the
white wood body Of the frame is found
to te entirely reduced to powder of the
finest sort and but little Of the powder
remains. the ant having consumed the
bulk Of the wood. 1t is not an uncOm-
mon thing to find holes in the sheet
iron bottoms of trunks, which have
been made by the pest.
An acquaintance was absent from
his home for few months. He COW
cred hts furniture and prepared thor
oughly, as he thought. against the raw
ages of insects. On his return he sat
down in chair that had been carefully
covered and it crushed down beneath
his weight as if it had been made Of
cardboard. Upon examination it was
found that the white wood body of the
chair had been eaten out by white ants,
leaving only the veneering and gold
leaf covering The other chairs of the
set were examined and all were found
to be in the same condition. The
furniture appeared intact, but the mo-
| ment it was touched it crumbled into
dust. The ants will get into joists and
eat away the center. leaving only a
shell. Several long joists thus eaten
out have been replaced in the con-
sulate building by iron ones.
| The ants attack books and destroy
| they. but they are not specially fond of
| literature I have book with enc hole
| through from one side of the cover to
the other made by a white ant. The
hole is about the size of an ordinary pin
and perfectly clean cut. The white
ants will start at one end Of a row OF
books in a case and work straigh,
through to the other end. and the
course Of the hole is as straight as 1,
wore possible to make it. The white
ant is the curse of the country. ant
there seems no way of eXterminating i
or preventing it from getting into mis-
chief. This is one reason why thu
natives build their houses Of mud ever
where lumber is plentiful The fines
houses III the large towns and cities art
constructed in way as far as posi-
bic to cover or imbed woodwork in ce
mcnt. Especially the ends of Woo
structural work are thickly covered
with cement to prevent the boring in O.
white ants. Most floors. as we'll a!
walls and ceilings. are covered will
cement.
The white ant is a source of consider
able anxiety to tea plants. and thu
chronological station of the Indian Tes
Association is investigating the matter
with a vicw if possible. Of protecting
tea bushes from this and all othel
pests. including the green fly. which o.
late has been giving great deal Of
trouble"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
QUICK RELIEF
For
Sudden Cramps

Morrill,, Me-, July I9. 1906. :,
II have used L. F. Bitters, ana
recommend them Is the best genera
medicine ever tried. ! always Keep
them in the house for SUDDEN
cramps" Yours truly,
Mrs. Ada Wilkins.
The danger and pain Of sudden sick
ness may be prevented by always Keep
ing a bottle of 81. F." Atwoods bitte''
in the house. Csc. at druggists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
midas Insect Pests.

Consul General w. H. Michael of Cal
cut!a. reporting on the destructiveness
o. .rsec,s in India. says:
THE tea planters have their troubles
on account Of insects which attack the
tea bush. The bark-eating borer, the
sandwich caterpillar. the mosquito ant,
the white ants all attack the bush and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

Executors Notice. The subscriber ser n Sniy
by gives notice that ne mas Fiji If Eliza
A. Jones late Ct Lynn, MAST ssid o Wiil can
who left estate on which r sam and
operate In the County OF ,,ects An per-
ssn%s as sas sss ss s
of said deceased are disred 70 81 Indebted
thereto are requested to make ras"'A'
Immediately. ,n,-c ZONES
C1H. novasatst
Oct A. 1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
A nervous person is always
at a disadvantage. The steady

A nervous person is always
at a disadvantage. The steady
nerves Of the influential, sue.
ccssfuI, we'll liked individual.
are the envy Of the timid, cold
skinned person who lacks
initiative-and red blood.
Coffee is a common cause Of
"cold hands and feet" nervous
trepidity. etc.
What delightful change it
is to feel the power Of warm
blood and strong nerves! Stop
drinking coffee for a week or
10 days, and drink Postum
Food Coffee as the table
beverage.
Make your Postum strong
and rich-boiI it IS minutes or
longer-then, with good cream
and piping hot, it is delicious
and wholesome, too. Contains
no coffee or other drug
caffeine is the drug in coffee)
but only the food elements Of
clean, roasted wheat and a
small amount Of motasses,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

the Ohi" Yearly Meeting is the only or
sanization of FrienGs that does not claim
membership in tile Five Years Meeting
IL mot having accepted the discipline
adopted hy Twelve yearlv meetings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12

New York got four out of five from
the Athletics in 1905, and the White
Sox beat the Cubs four out of six last
year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12

in November, 1901. / caught cold
and had the quinsy My throat, was
swollen so could hardly breathe. I
applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
it gave me relief in short time. Ia
two days was all right" says Mrs.
L. Cousins, Otterburn, Mich Cham
-berlain's Pain Balm is llniment and
lis especially valuable for sprains and
.swellinas. For sale by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
MUSCATINE eleven
is HERE TOMORROW
Athletics Will Play Independents a
Island City Park in Afternoon
The Lineup.

The Independents of this city will
play football at Island City park to-
morrow afternoon with the Muscatine
Athletics with a determination to win
from the down river team if possible.
They have gone through careful train
ing during the past week and will play
with the following lineup: Burns, re-;
Downing, TT; McCaulty, rg; Fitzsinl-
mons, C; Palmer, lg; Messenger, 1t:
Newman, lie: F. Larson. qb; Reddig
lib; Weidmann, RIB; Cole. fb. j. Lar
son. Runk and Artfelt will be substi
tutes. A preliminary game will be
played between local teams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT CON
E8 STIPATION is.
Everybody Should Know What Hunyadi
Janos Is.

Everybody Should Know What Hunyadi
Janos Is.
HUNYADI JANOS is the original
Hungarian Natural Mineral Laxative
Water, which has been in constant use
the world over for nearly half century
as the surest, best and most effective
lremedy for constipation, sluggish liver
and all disorders resulting therefrom,
such as bilious attacks, indigestion,
rheumatism, govt, etc. Eminent physi-
Icians acknowledge its wonderful cura-
tive properties and freely prescribe it,
not only to regulate the liver and bow
lels, but as splendid tonic when the
whole system is run down. What makes
| it such wonderful remedy so far above
Jail others is that although absolutely
harmless, it is always reliable, acting
iquickly, naturally and pleasantly, even
lin the worst cases. An inexpensive
lremedy well within the reach of all, fol
la large bottle containing many doses
costs but a trifie. At all druggists
Try it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12

can league team won its fifth consecl-
tive victory over the Nationals yeste :
day, to 5. Lindaman was hit hard
in spots, but poor support was mainly
the cause of his defeat. A double
header will be played today, after
which the two teams will disband The
score:
III z.
Americans .10OO1112O-6 9 o
Nationals ..OOO2OOO0 9 7
Harris, Glaze and Corr
gan; Lindaman, Ball and Needham.
Umpires-Emslie and Connolly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
THE OLD SCRATCH"
How the Evil One Came to Be Popu-
Iary Known as "The Old Stratch."

larIy Known as "The Old Stratch."
One of the many familiar names of
his satanic majesty is THE Old
Scratch" 1t is undoubtedly due to the
fact that scratching is so disagreeable
that people thought it no worse than
the evil one A scalp full of daudruT
keeps one scratching all the time; not
only disagreeable but considered very
inelegant in polite society-as it should
be-because one ought to keep the
scalp SO clean that it would not itcl.
To cure the scalp of dandruff effective.
ly, use Newbro's Hefpicide. 1t kills
the germ that creates the dandrud
which is preliminary to falling hair
and finally badness. No other hail
preparation kills the dandruff germ
Herpicide also is very delightful and
effective hair-dressing Sold by lead
ing druggists. Send 10c in stamps fol-
sample to the Herpicide company, De
troit. Mich. Sold in two sizes, soc and
81. r. H. Thomas, special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12

Three base bit-Cobb. Struck out
BY Donovan, King CD, Steinfcldt,
Evers; by Overall, Schaefer (2),
oLeary, Coughlin, Crawford, Schmidt
Double play-Tinher tunassisted) Hit
by pitcher-Chance Time-1:45. Uin-
pires-Sheridan and O'Day. Attend,
|ance-11 .306
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
iouInsy, sprains and swelIines Cured.

: tSf fuJfl W 4 tlt2u l2CC-
Grating company sells our paint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
PONIES TO RACE
Tri-City Driving Association Ar.
ranges Matinee at Ninth
Street Track
FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Four Good Events With Enough Local
Rivalry to Insure Their Being
Well Attended.

Owners of fast horsefesh in the
three cities for some time have had an
argument on among themselves as To
who is who and the discussion has
finally resulted in decision to hold a
matinee at the Ninth street track n
this city tomorrow afternoon. There
will be four events, a free for all pace
2:20 trot, 2:25 pace and roadster
race. There will be enough starters
in each to make things interesting
even if there were no personal and
local rivalry involved. As it is, some
red hot speed contests are assured
There will be no entrance fee and j
purse of SIS is offered in the first three
events.
Under Tri-City Association.
The races will be given under tn:
auspices of the 1'ri-city Driving asso
citation and will begin at 1870. Follow
ing are the entries:
Free-for-all pace-Harry j.. ownef
by John A. Feeney; Grab, owned b.
Ed Ward; Lavancesedora, owned b,
Perry Merriman; and Baby Wilkes, {
Watertown horse.
1925 pace-Billy the Ghost. owned
by Jack Munro; Babe Wilkes ant
Troublesome Tom, owned by Myers
Lady S., formerly of the tri-cities, Blu
now of Muscatine; Baby Red from
West Liberty; Edith Wilkes, owne-
by Jack Munro.
| 1920 trot-Vanilla, owned by Her
man Banker; Sandy Mack, owned D.
Ed Ward; Claymont, owned by Chand
Ter; Bonnie Dundeen, owned by Erdi
Smith; Chantwood, owned by Fran
Krotz.
Nine ira Roadster Race.
For the roadster race a purse of 81
will be offered This will be an ontei
tanning race with about nine entire:
Among those VINO have already state
that they would enter their drivin
horses are Alfred Walsh, Tony Koe'
ter, w. Harrington, Billy Pazenhage
and William Cheney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
ON THE GRIDIRON
Games Today.
WEST.


Chicago VS.. Indiana at Marshall
field.
Michigan VS.. Michigan Agricultural
school at Ann Arbor.
Purdue VS.. Wabash at Lafayette.
Minnesota VS.. Ames at Minneapolis
Nebraska VS.. Grinnell at Lincoln.
Ohio State VS.. Denison at Columbus.
University of Iowa VS.. Alumni at
Iowa City.
Beleit VS.. Knox at Galesburg.
EAST.
Yale VS. Holy Cross at New Haven.
Harvard VS.. Williams at Cambridge
Princeton VS. Bucknell at Princeton
Pennsylvania VS.. Swarthmore at
Philadelphia.
Cornell VS.. Colgate at Ithaca
Carlisle Indians VS.. Syracuse at Buf
| falo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
sprinofieId Wins a Game.

Havana, H., Oct. 1.-THE Spring
field ball nine defeated the local team
yesterday in smuggling match, s to
Pilgrims Make 1t Five Straight
Boston, Oct. 1.-THE local Ameri-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
DAVE BARRY IS 0UTCLASSED
Al Kaufman Makes Choppins Block
of Chicaqoan at PhiIadeIphia.

Philadelphia, Oct. 12-Al Kauffmann
made a chopping block out of Dave
Barry, of Chicago last night, forcing
the latter's seconds to toss up the
sponge in the third round. The coast
fighter hammered Barry around the
ring in the first round. In the second
round he feored the Chicagoan three
times and it was evident that Barry
was beaten man. In fact few ring
experts doubted the result after kauf-
mann delivered the first blow of tn
fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
LETTER
To N. Bordeaux, Rock Island, H.

Dear Sir: We shall feel obliged if
you write us how you came out on your
first few jobs Devoe, as to gallons eX-
pected and used.
Take Job A. You made your price
expecting TO use 25 gallons Devoe, and
used Is. Job B. You expected to use
Is and used 10. And tell us what paint
you had used before. OF course, You
judge Devoe by what you have used
before.
Here's how few came out.
A. Needham's painter, Ida Grove, Ia,
estimated 6 gallons for his house and
returned gallons.
The high school building at Sioux
Rapids was painted inside and out last
summer. Painter estimated 20 gallons
Lbut had to return 10.
| The painter for Henry Kirch, Mazo
mamie, Wis. said that it would require
IA gallons to do job. When the job
was probably figuring on basis of lead
and oil.
Our agent at Richland Centre, Wis.
writes: William Keegan, farmer near
Bear Valley. painted his house. He'd
always used IL. gallons of mixed paint
previously. Sold him seven gallon, h
Returned one.
Sid Ghastin painter for A. Archie
Waterloo, Wis, said he'd need ten gal
Ions of Devoe lead zinc, so die
Mr.. Humphrey, the dealer. After /;
two coat job, had five gallons left. TIKI
same house had one coat lead and OF
some years before and took eight gal
| Ions.
Edward Harper of Mt. Sterling, Ill.
said he needed IL gallons of paint fol
his house, based ON estimate of leadini
igainters. Our agent, Mr.. Brooks, figur
ed 9la gallons would do. It did.
You see how it goes. Even the bes
painters can't guess little enough a
first. Yours truly,
/ F. w. DEyOE e CO.,
| New York and Chicago.
| p. S-Paridon Wall paper and Dec
orating company sells our paint.