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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
Keep the River Front Clean.

This is the season of the year when
the people of Augusta. especially those
business men whose places of business
are along the river front. should
keep constantly in mind the double
obligation which rests upon them in
regard 10 keeping the river banks clear
Of rubbish and refuse. We say double
obligation, because there is not only
the duty Of keeping the river banks
clear of all which is unsightly, in
furious to public health, or offensive
who use our river each summer, but
also the duty of refraining from throw
ing anything into the river which
might tend to obstruct the channel or
of leaving anything upon the banks
which if washed into the river would
obstruct the channel The first is a
moral duty and its observance depends
largely upon the civic pride. the public
spilit, and the sense of good taste pos
St-SStu ny Jul DuSillcFn'' iiNii, "''i'N 49,
latter is something about which the
law speaks in unmistakable language.
In another column this morning the
Journal publishes extracts from the
United States laws regarding the
throwing of anything into river
which would tend TO obstruct the chan
mel thereof Recently the government at
a great outlay Of money has been i'm
proving the channel Of the kennebec
have been in charge of this work pro-
pose that the law referred to shall De
rigidiy enforced. They have asked
our municipal officers to give the peo-
Die Of the city fair warning in TINS
matter. and the warning having beeh
given. those who persist in violating
| ii need not be surprised if they meet
the punishment provided IN such eases.
| The law is plain and the punishment Is
severe. and where dredging has just
been done, as in this case. The govern
| ment authorities are especially active
| in seeing that the law is enforced.
Tn. other consideration referred 70
| should Of itself be enough To bring
| about an improved condition of things
along the water front. There mas
been progress here in recent years bur
| there is more yet to be done. The in
creasing number of people who now
own power boats and use the river
here for pleasure purposes and the IN
crossing number Of summer visitors
who arrive by water each year shoulu
make Augusta more particular regard
ing the appearance of its water front
There should be no dumping of rub
hish along the shore as has often been
done in the past. Unsightly spots
should be cleaned up and the whole
river front along both shores be made
as neat and attractive as possible
This is a matter of no small I'M
portance to the good name and the
| welfare Of our city and the journal
earnestly hopes that our municira'
| officers. our business men and our citi-
zers generally. will all do their part.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Everybody knows the story OF the
heroine Of the battle of Monmouth. and
last winter the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture appropriated 10000 for monu-
ment over her grave. 1t now appears
that she is not buried in the cemetery
at Carlisle. Penn. as the promoters oI
The monument idea supposed was th'
case. ana now they are az a loss where
u erect the monument. Ply the way
has Vermont ever fonnred the mem
orv Of that other famous Revolution
AIRY heroine. Molly stark
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

the useful idle fields and commons
where ball may be played: all pleasant
waters where one may swim: all snow
clad hills where one may coast, ana an
streams and ponds where one may hsh,
or where, when grim winter comes, one
may skate; TO have and 10 hold the
same for The period of their boyhood.
And all meadows with the clover dos
some and butterflies thereof, the
woods and their appurtenances, the
squirrels and birds. and echoes OF the
strange noises. and all distant places
which may be visited, together with
the adventures there found. And l
give to said boys each his own place
at the tireside at night, with all PIC
lures that may ne seen in the burning
wood. To enjoy without let or hindrance
and without any incumbrance OF care
Item: To lovers, | devise their
imaginary world, with whatever they
may need, as the stars of the sky, the
red roses by the wall, the bloom of the
hawthorn, the sweet strains of music
and aught else by which they may de-
sire 10 figure to each other the lasting
ness and beauty of love.
Item. 10 young IltH Jpiiltiy L tt-
wise ana bequeath all boisterous, in
spring sports of rivalry. and l give to
them the disdain of weakness and I'M
daunted confidence in their own
strength, though they are rude; / give
them the power TO make lasting
friendships, and of possessing COM
paniOns and to them exclusively | give
all merry songs and brave chOruses,
TO sing with luSty voices.
Item: And to those who are no
longer children or youths or lovers, l
leave memory, and | bequeath to them
the volumes of the poems of Burns and
Shakespeare and of other poets. if
there be others, to the end that they
may live over the old days again, free
~ and fully, without 1.-THE or diminu-
ton.
Item. TO our loved ones with
snowy crowns | bequeath the happi-
ness Of old age. the love and gratitude
of their children until they fan
aSIeen'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
The Requests Of a Lunatic.

The New York Times gives the
world a most interesting document
the copy of the last will and testament
III a man who recently died in an IN
sane asylum in Illinois. In some way
it came into the possession OF a New
York Judge who read il at the annual
dinner Of the alumni Of the New York
University Law School, declaring that
IT was the most remarkable rrnGuc-
ZION Of a clouded mind that ne had
ever read. Charles Lounsbnry, poor
and insane. wrote il just before he
died and III deserves a place in the
worlds iitsrature. let it be read
carefully And rhoughtfully by those
who pass Il sir lives in struggling TO
obtain the k\pd Of riches which their
heirs will strAgglc over when they are
gone. The mAd of Charles Lonns-
lury may ha{e been wrecked and
darkened. but ma lis ruins and among
its shadows uhef crept a ray of light
which came fronSa source beyond the
sun. Insane IA pay have been, but
he was u ,brilliant genius and a poet
when he wrote tina beautiful produc-
ton Here is the full text II Tie VIII.
a. Charles Louhahry. being of
sound mind ana dispd sing memory. do
hereby make ana publish this. my last
will ana ,estameht, iraorder as-JGstly
as may be- To distributslny interest in
The world among sucreAding men.
That part Of my inexest which is
known in law and recognized in the
sheep-bound volumes as Ivy property
being inconsiderable and otno account
| make no disposal of in thh my will.
NV right 10 live heihgssbut life
estate. is not at my disposal nut
these things excepted. all else in The
world | now proceed to devisa. and be
queath:
Item: / give 10 good fathers am
mothers. in trust for their ciiidsSn, al
good little words of praise anGeE' aeour
agcment, and all quaint pet names ant
enGearments, and | charge saiti pa
rents to use them justly and generous
", as the needs of their children ma!
require. =
Item: | leave TO children inclus4se
ly. but only for the term of their ehin
hood. all and every, the flowers OF -
fields and the blossoms of the woo4s
with the right to play among thei
freely according TO the customs q
children. warning them at the sam
time against thistles and thorns. An
| devise to children the banks OF IN
| brooks. ard the golden sands beneat
| the waters thereof. and the odors c
| the willows that dip therein. and tn
| white clouds thar float high over tn
| giant trees. And | leave the childre
| The long. long days to be merry in,
| a thousand ways. and the night an
the moon and the train of the Mix
| Way to wonder at. but subject, never
lheless. to the rights hereinafter give
10 lovers.
ITEM: I devise to boys jointly Z
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Down in Kentucky young man took
another fellows girl to revival meet
ing the other night and was sitting on
The front seat with her and holding her
hand when her fellow arrived on the
scene with murder in his eye and a
pistol in each hand. A riot ensued IN
which the breaking up OF the revival
service was the least of the casualties.
The friends of the young men took
sides in the affair and numerous heads
were broken while innocent worship
rers were shot promiscuously. And
the newspaper correspondent whd
writes up the affair speaks of the
Young lady as 1.-The innocent cause of
the trouble About as innocent we
should say, as the little Kentucky
negro i'm Uncle Toms Cabin who
put the burr under the saddle Of his
masters horsel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The 81 ballots which The Rhode Is
land legislature took before il al
i0urno1, in the vain effort to eject a
United States senator is q reminder
thar Il pugnacinns spirit has existed in
Little RhOdy' from the beginning
II long stood out against the other
colonies in the matter of accepting the
constitution and coming into the
Union. and was the last Of the /.
colonies to take this step. 1t even re-
framed from doing this until after
George Washington had been Inaugural
ted President ana until the other colo
MES began 10 treat il as Il foreign
cOnntry and erected Il tariff wal
against it. Then there was DORIS Re
bellion, a revolutionary affair which
made Il hig stir in its day. Rhode
Island is little, but there are lots OF
things in oar political system where
size is not a factor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The famous three cent fare expert
ment which Cleveland. ono mas peeh
attempting and which has been lead
ing factor in local politics there for
wears. has proved n complete failure.
The company has been losing money
on the low rates and has now issued
notice that il will not continue them
prohably few outside of Cleveland eN-
pected that the experiment would bt
successful. The universal five cent
rate is not high if decent service Is
given. and experience shows tha'
street railways cannot he successfully
and adequately run if they charge
less fare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Appropriately enough Boston makes
a bean-pot Surmounted by claSped
hands the centcrpiere of the seals
stamps ana stickerS which il IS issuing
for The purpose Of advertising its com
in. Old Home Week celebration. The
dates of this celebration by the way are
July ~ to August :: and if all the Maine
horn pcople ana their children now il
Boston should decide to come down IL
Maine To visit their old homes at that
time there would he hardly enough
American bora people left in the hut
10 carry ont the proposed celebration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

W. wonder what their idea Of brew
ity is down at the jamestown exposi-
tion. In the forecast Of the events O1
the opening day it was stated that
president Henry St George Tucker
will deliver a short address before in
troducing the President" The copy
Of Henry St George fuckers "short
would fill about ~ columns like those
If the Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The friends of Governor Hughes of
New York, intimate that he is not
hankering after the presidency.
lie doesn't want to get on the retired
list 50 sOon.-Atlanta Constitution.
Eut recent American history has
completely smashed the old idea that
me vice presidency is The road to re-
tircment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
Wateryille Notes.

George w. Dorr. the enterprising Or
gist has just received large stock OF
Hyornei the greatest cure for cataran.
With every outfit he gives signed guar ;
does not benefit. This is the famous in
h1iation treatment that cures catarrn
without stomach dosing and Is the only
guaranteed cure fc- that disease
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The prOha bilty that Bryan will again
lead the Democracy in 1908 is not such
q conclusive demonstration of his
strength as q leader as il is of the pOv-
ertv Of Democratic resources
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
Maine Gossip

A valet helps him into bed:
She cannot dress without her maid;
In hauntS by fashion tenanted
Her jewels nightly are displayed.
Their fathers both as pioneers
Drove oxen over lonely ways:
Their mothers roiled through trying
years
Ana cooked their own meals ali their
days.
He has to have his morning tub.
An experts poliShes her nails;
He sits and dobbers at his club.
To Europe twice a year she sails.
Their fathers and their mothers through
The wilderness hewed out a path
And ate things with their knives and
Not what it was to have a bath
Chicago Record-F1erald Id.
Big stories Of big salmon are coming
from Sebago.
There are still several feet Of snow
in the northern woods.
Bryan and the Queen of the May are
both que 10 arrive next week.
The Maine knights Templar are
planning for the trennial conclave at
Saratoga in July.
Baths grand shipping celebration is
set for the week of August s. while the
observanccs at Popham will come An
gusta ~
Nobody viii dispute the weather blI-
reau people who say that it has been
the coolest April ON record
The Colby and u. Of NJ. mines are or
a Massachusetts trip while Bowloir
plays Boston College al Brunswick. 10
day. and Gates plays Kent's Hill al
| Lewiston.
| "SaWyer-Wood" is the appropriate
caption given the account of a spring
wedding in a Maine town by one 81
our exchanges.
| Who was "Dea. Levi Briggs. 1852.
That is the name and date found on I
coffin plste in a LiVermore Falls pas
ture this week. far from any house ol
lcemctery. and the oldest inhabitant
does nT recall that any Deacon Lev
Briggs ever lived or died in that town
1t was the custom in old times not t,
bury ihe coffin plate with the coffin
but tore move it and keep it as an oTnn.
ment' for the front room mantel. Du
how Hid this particular plate get mt
that pasture lot?
j Frank F.. Jackson. author and trav
I eler: who has been spending severa
ItNeeks in Lewiston and at his old HON
n Winthrop will next spend three 9
four months in South America. I'M
will be familiar territory TO him as
. was that country that he first vlsite
; when he began travelling in 1865. i
| has,met no man who has spent
/ mucs time travelling as he has. Fran
CARPENTER, the well known newspap'
, man. has been at it a good many year
TAT he has not had so many varied al
4 Interesting experiences as Mr. JacI
son. Mr.tJackson has the repntatit
/ CT listing and studying more COZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

This Mr.. Jaxon of Chicago to whom
the President has told a few very plain
truths in very plain fashion, is evil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The editor of an exchange allows
The June bride. Why not be fair and
admir- that She is two months sweet
er?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
Daily ksnnsbsc Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
jected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Secretary Taft has left Cuba, but the
Cubans do not allow themselves 10 for
get that he can get back there on very
Short notice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
Saturday, April 81, 1907.

That bitter attack Of Eugene V.
Debs is another illustration of the pro-
verbal Roosevelt luck
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

II did not take a very large hall to
contain the Vermont Democrats when
they gathered to hear Bryan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

IL is now several days since the
anxious public was given a detailed
description Of Evelyn Thaw's costume.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
tries and more peoples than any other
Marine man.

tries and more peoples than any other
Marine man.
Down at Manset the fishing vessels
are beginning to come in with their
loads of fresh fish. Although the en-
ire fleet will not start for two weeks
Yet. Some vessels being under repairs
others ready ana waiting for bait and
a favorable opportunity for sailing
AT the wharf of Sheriff Mayo. Capt
Squirting in the Nickerson landed 49,
COO pounds of fish this week. and there
are three or four other fishing vessels
to come in shortly. owing to the cold
and backward spring, the fleet of boats
that go ont for the days catch are not
doing as wen as could be wished. bur
they are prospecting and indications
point t. i good business later in The
season.
Nearly all the eggs in The Craig
Bro"k Hatchery. Encksport. are now
hatchcd out The station has had
during the past month and so far this
month many thousands of eggs
Matched. There have been 100000
brook trout. half Of which We're
Matched in March, the remaining half
Matched this month. There are 10000
Atlantic Salmon eggs wich have COM
menred 20 hatch, ana will be Matched
in a few days; $4,000 landlocked salmon
eggs. which are partially Matched, will
be all Matched in Il few days; and 700
Scotch Sea trout will be hatcehd in the
ltra.
hatcked they will finish the eggs i'll The
hatchery. Besldes these eggs and fry
| there are several hundred larger fish in
| The station.
The town of Sanford is stirred up
over the unprecedented zeal Of new
police officer who was appointed on
April /. He began his work with
| out delay and Oh the day when his
authority began arrested four of the
prominent business men of the town
| for gambling A few days later he
! raiied a meat market, found half
pint Of Whiskey and caused the re-
! spondent to pay a fine of 800 and
costs for search and seizure. Now he
is in trouble himself. having been
| sued for false arrest and assault by a
man whom he brought into court on
l n charge of intoXicatiom. Besides
THAI. a petition for the removal of
l The officer is being circulated.
|
York transcript: The vessels of the
navy were recently assigned to the diff
ferent navy yards for repairs with the
/ usual unfair treatment for the klttery
| ward, The battleships are laVishly
| given to all the yards but the local
one which. as all know who wish to.
is better suited to handle large vessels
than any other. on account of the gen
crous depth of water The kittery
| ward gets the Hannibal, LeonidaS,
| Marcellus. Sterling, Castine. Dubuque,
| Paducah, Marietta, Eagle, Newport
Don Juan de Austria, Potomac and
Yankee. This looks quite formidable
list. but when it becomes known tfat
the first four are humble golfers, the
next four are the smallest class OF gun
boats, the next two are 10 be given
Iaway for state militia purposes, the
Inext is only a tug boat and the last
land largest will shortly he assigned I"
1.-THE League Island yard. the array looks
I~lightly less terrifying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Norway has five leper hospitals with
about GOO patients.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Baths grand shipping celebration is
set for the week of August 5. while the
ouSt. %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Nobody Will dispute the weather bn-
reau people who say that it has been
the coolest April ON recoIu.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

"Sawyer-Wood' is the appropriate
caption given the account of spring
wedding in q Maine town by one of
our exchanges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The Colby and u. Of NJ. mines are OF
plays Boston College at Brunswick. 10
day. and Bates plays Kent's Hill al
Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

The Maine knights Templar are
planning for the triennal conclaVe at
Saratoga in July.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27

Bryan and the Queen of the May are
both que To arrive next week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
DOES
CITY THAT DOES THINGS.
Jefferson Bank.

Piled much of the building material used
throughout the surrounding country.
Jefferson Bank.
In 1902 the Jefferson Bank was estab-
lished. 1t has since gained a very substan-
tial support from the citizens Of the city.
The capital stock is $4,000, and it is off,
cered by leading business men.
The premises occupied include handsome
and imposing bank building of modern de-
sign, situated in one of the busiest places
in the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Expensive Dollars.
From Harper's Weekly.

4 TOM lfarpers weekly.
The Treasury Department has a wonder
full system of accounts. 1t goes into details
with an inspiring industry of research re-
sulting in a perfect labyrinth of averages
and percentages. The Treasury Depart
partment is one huge ant hill of ''figgers"
and succeeding generations of burrowing
accountants have wrought some wondrous
things with the maze of mathematical
records. AS might be expected. there are
some interesting conclusions and compari-
sons, and not the least is the series Of
constitute a veritable library
every year-in which is kept the tally of
the receipts of this grand and growing
through its los custom houses.
The port of New York, which, of course.
yields the most in the way of customs rev.
enue, cost the government one and eight
tenths cents for every dollar taken in last
year, a rate which was beaten by the record
of Springfield, Mass, where the expense
was one and four-tenths cents, which was
the most favorable rate in the whole list.
The star record in the opposite direction
was made by Little Egg Harbor Quicker
toni, n. j., where the sole business of the
soingle employe of the institution in the
course of year was the issue of some
forty documents to vessels, the aggreg gate
receipts for this service amounting to the
munificent sum of 40 cents, while the out
lay was S50J.31; so the cost of collecting 81,
If such a revenue had been possible at
is reported in the painfully ac-
curate decimals of 81, 263.215.