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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
OPENING Of the City Schools.

Today marks the opening of new
school year. After the long summer
vacation, which has been extended 4
fortnight beyond what was anticipated
when the schools closed last June, the
young people of our city should return
to their school duties in good physical
condition to make the very most or
their opportunities. The educational
advantages afforded by our city are
tirst-class. and our taxpayers take Il
sincere pride in maintaining them
upon the highest possible standard.
The fact is generally recognized that
the present accommodations at the
Cony High School are altogether too
crampcd for the number of pupils who
will be under instruction there: but this
is a condition of affairs that will UNI
doubtedly be remedied before the be
There is no difference of opinion
among our citizens as the necessity
of the earliest practicable enlargement
of our present high school building in
order that its accommodation may
keep pace with the growing needs Of
the school. 1t was never intended to
furnish room for anywhere near the
number of pupils that must be crowded
into it during the present school year,
our city will have fine corps of
teachers the coming year, but the fact
that, in order to do their best
work, they must have the active CO.
operation and support of parents.
Fathers and mothers should see to it
that social and other diversions are not
permitted to break in upon the work
Of the regular school week. Such
side issues when permitted at all may
well be confined to Friday and Satur-
day when they will least interfere with
the regular school work. With teach
ers, parents and pupils all working in
harmony the present school year will
be one of practical results, of which We
shall al feel justly proud at its close.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
please" and Thank You"

The busy old world is getting buster
and buster, at least here in America.
but we hope the day is far distant
up such Of the remnants of politeness
as are still to be found among us. The
earlier generations has passed away,
and perhaps it is just as we'll for it
was 50 exaggerated that it was not
natural and must have consisted more
of form than substance. Among Latin
nations much Of this still survives. to
be sure, but we are dealing with our
own land. Here there is little left save
Good morning" Thank you"
please" Pardon me-" and q few
other small civiities of speech. They
are in the daily vocabulary of every
gentleman and every lady. young or
old, and to lose them, along with the
little acts Of courtesy and considera-
ton with which they are inseparably
''''H''idl't, Nptilti W. At DlpN 10 our
civilization which most Of US do not
want to see it suffer
Yet in one of the big cities the man.
ag"r of a telephone company has sub
mitted a calculation showing that in
his Office the constant use Of the word
please" involves the loss of half a
second in time whenever used. amount
ing in consideration of the entire force
To waste of 12J hours every working
day. He has. therefore, directed his
employees to drop please" from their
vocabulary and urges the people using
the line to do the same thing. This
manager is the kind Of mathematician
who would figure ont that if Dear
sir ana Yours truly We're cut out
of all business correspondence enough
money would be saved in 10 wears 10
pay IN" national debt. and that the
power wasted by pausing to knock On
doors marked 'Privatc" would grncr-
at" electricity enough Ia iIIuminoto
New York. That kind Of figuring is
m""nshin". The cave-dwcllcrs did not
say Please" or write Dear Sir" or
KNOCK on doors. yet the time they
saved in this way did not accomplish
much for them. There may be an oc-
casl"nal exception. but it is a SAT. ruIe
'hat II" person ever loses anything in
tIme or money or success by courteous
speech and polite conduct That tele-
iii"h" manager is on the wrong track.
He can probably improve his service in
various ways. but hardly in the man.
ner suggested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

he dartcd out into the street ana grab
hing the girl by the back of her dress
pulled her out of harms way. The
automobile passed so close that th"
wind made by its passage caused tho
girls hair to flutter. The child was
terribly frightened and the "newsy'
comfortcd her as well as he could.
Then CALAMITY seeing her across the
street ho continued his labors.
Mrs. Augusta Hale Clifford OF Port
land has sailed for an extended "trip
abroad. During her absence she Will
add to her material for comprehensive
history Of Russia. 1t is no new thlnS
for Mrs. Clifford to tarry in other lands.
for although born in Maine she h:t;
spent more than half her time on Tor
egn shores during the past 81 years.
A sister OF the United States Senator
Eugene Hale, she springs from Il long
lived, StudiouS family. After hen grad
uation from Oferln college she became
Il devoted student of history. literature
and arr. Shortly after her marriage TO
Hon. George Clifford of Portland. he laid
aside his legal practise and journalism
TO accept Il consular service. His du-
ties have led to Il family residence in
London. Paris, Basic and various other
foreign capitals. while Mrs. Clifford has
taken lciSurely trips through Germany,
to the North cane and the orient. Mrs.
Clifford has from time to time done
much clever work for New England
journals, and was much in demand as
Il lecturer before she undertook the
writing of books. Fond of German
character and life she wrote some years
ago volume entitled "Germany; Her
People and Their Story" In due time
this was followed by a history Of Italy,
which was not only read with aVidltV
by her countrymen but received favor
able comment from the king OF that
country. Mrs. Clifford receiving let
ter from Victor Emmanuel III, person
ally thanking her for so valuable ana
charming a book. No sooner were tn"
two countries woven into IA story than
she became anxious to visit Russia and
gather material for IL third in her So
rieS. but the political disturbances have
been such that her family have not
been willing for her to attempt travel
ing through that country until now.
\ line HnguiSt. an experienced tourist,
accustomed to the usages of many
lands, she will be able To get at III" inti-
mate life of the cars subjects, and Will
uncarth whatever Of legend or folk lore
there may exist. to brighten the pages
of successive tragedies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
After Vacation is Over.
(Zion'S AdVOcate.)


Back to the grinding" is a better
phrasing than Back to the grind.
Back to the doing of things, of bring
ing things TO pass: back to the blessed
fellowship of all happy and holy mini:'-
trrs and ministries: back to co-opcra-
ton with unceasinS energies and I'M
firing forces; back to wider opportu-
Mes, to cnlarging fields of cndeavor;
back to the chance to throw more of
life into more of service for God and
men; back to the thrill and enthusiasm
and eXaltation Of honest Surroador to
the conscious domination of the Spirit
of all life and all love: back to the
striving to make this year the best and
largest and hottest and most useful of
all the years of our serving, That's
TIL" kind of a coming back we need. Be
sure to use the right word. Don't call
it a grind" call it grinding"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Graduation.

Heaven is not reached at a single bound.
Eut We build the ladder ty which We
Frorr the louly earth to the vaulted
And We mount to It's summit round by
round.
count this thing to be grandlv true.
That a noble deed is a step toward
God.
I.ftin., the sonl from the common clod
To rurer air and a broader view.
We rise by the things that are under
feet,
Ry what we have mastered OF good and
Ey the pride leposed and the passion
slain,
And the vanquishcd ills that We hourly
meet.
We horc. we aspire. we resolve. We trilst.
When the morning calls us TO life and
light
Bat our hearts grow weary, and ere
Our lives are trailing the sordid DUST.
And we think that we mount the air on
Rcvond the recall of sensual things.
Willie our feet still cling TO the heavy
clay.
Wings for angels. but feet for men,
We may borrow the wings TO find the
way
We NAV hope, and resolve. and aspire
and pray,
But our feet must rise. or fall again.
Only in dreams is Il ladder thrown
From the weary earth to the sapphire
walls:
Put the dreams depart and the vision
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow Of
stone.
Heaven is not reached nj a single bound
EIt we build the ladder by which We
rise
skies.
And we mount to its summit round Lv
round.
j G. Holland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Remembering the Maine.

They are talking again about raising
the wreck of the battlcship Maine from
the mud of Havana harbor. 1t has
been urged al intervals ever since that
fateful night in February, 1898, and
while at first everybody took it for
granted that the wreck would soon be
raised the long delay has pretty well
DESTROYED all expectation that it will
ever be done. Both as matter of
patriotic sentiment and for the sake of
removing a menace to navigation the
ago. Moreover it was Il matter of ma
tional duty to recover the bodies of the
scores Of American sailors who went
down with the battleship. 1t would
have been no easy task to raise the
vast and mangIed mass of steel and
various contractors who. looked into
the difficulties of the job became dis
couraged, but no doubt it could be
done.
The failure Of the government to
take any steps toward doing it has I'M
doubtedly made many people firmly
believe that the destruction of the bat
tleship was caused by an internal ex-
plosion. although the investigate
showed strong evidence of an external
explosion, and it was no doubt the
strong belief that the Maine was blown
up by a Spanish agency which made
inevitable the war for the liberation of
Cuba. Remember the Maine was
the battlc-cry of that war on both land
and sea, and there is no danger that
either the United States or Spain will
forget it in a thousand years.
The latest appeal for the raising of
the Maine comes from the Spanish war
veterans who ask the President to urge
the matter upon Congress. With the
passing of the years Of course the rails
ing of the battleship has become
more difficult matter, for it has been
sinking deeper into the mud. For sew
eral years one Of its masts was some
distance above the water and an
American flag was kept flying from it,
but we do not know if this is now the
case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Brown Describes a Bull.

Marshall Brown tlus describes 4 bull
Which. he says. lis Il statement which
contradcts itself amusincly like the
lrishmtn's rope Which hid on:y one end
because the other end had been cut away
IL :E not 2 dun ahSurditv which no one
can comprehend, but is always comprc-
h"nsihl" even when it is most confused"
A hlui'ier he describes in JOSH billings
language: THE difference bet tween u
hlnn'iar ana mistake is thiS-whan / man
sets down n poor 'imbrellcr and tall"s up
4 GOOD one. hc makes n mistake. hut
when he sets down good unbrellcr
AMI tallos ur Il poor one. he rlakoS a
hlunder." New York Morning Telc-
graph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
A MEETING IN THE ARCTIC.
Captain Amundsen Tells of an Incident
in the Far North.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
No 8-Hour Day For Birds.

"a:c nothing to the birds. Why, some
birds work in the summer IL hours a day.
The thrush gets up AT =. 30 every summer
morning. He rolls up his slce.cs ard
falls To work AZ once. And he never
stops till $50 at nigh1a clean - hours.
During that time he feeds his voracious
youiI.; 20G times
THE black bird starts work at the same
time as the thrush, but r" LAYS of ear
li"r. His whistle blows at 10, and dur
ing his L. hour day he sets about $50
meals before bis kiddies.
The titmouse is up ard abOut by 3 in
the morning. and his stopping time is .
at night \ fast worker. the titmouSn is
said to feed his young III meals New
On loans Timcs-Democrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Church Hospitality.
(ScmcrSct Reporter.)

tNtiiicIStl INtppl ttiJ
Laboring under the deluSiOn that
the North Pole could be discovered in
one Of the city churches, the Ladies'
Home Journal commissioned Miss
Smith," dressed in plain clothes, to
spend Il portion of several Sundays in
one hundred and fifty churches in diff
fcrcnt sections of the country, and see
what kind of reception stranger
would receive from pastor and people.
She visited churches in New York city.
Brooklyn and Boston. and is giving her
brief experience in tho columns of The
Journal. Her reception on the whole,
was net Il cordial one, although she
was kindly noticed by a few. This
experiment, it seems to us, was very
sup, rficial and valuclcSS one. You cam
not decide upon the cordiality OF pastor
and people by one solitary visit. If
Miss Smith" had gone Il dozen times
ana not been noticed, that would have
been different. And then the Journal
made the mistake OF sending woman
on a mans crrand. Church people gen.
orally have a little modcsty about them,
and are reluctant about rushing up to
4 strange woman and dragging her into
the church or anywhere else. Some
people mistake guSh and froth for
cordiality. We once knew church
member who thought it was his duty
to stand at the church door and not
let a person rass out without grasping
his hand. That was all right for the
pastor. but such an assumption on the
part of a lay member became disgust
ing, and repealed people, rather than
drew them. We know of no place
where strangers are moro cordially
Welcomed than in orr churches. In
some towns il is the only place of pub-
lie assembling. Wherever the sound of
the church bell panetrates, its sweet
invitation is to tl'a weary and heavy
laden 20 come and find rest. While
the church has its social attractions.
these arc not the first or tine highest
1t provides a home for the heart seek
ing communion with its Maker; and
no one. rich or poor. exalted or humble,
can truly say that they were ever re-
PEELED from the sanctuary OF God. 1t
is truly the only public place in the
universe where men and women meet
upon the level.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

The veterans at Saratoga, il attend
ance upon the 4lst annual cncampment
of the q. A. r., are as fervent as of
old in their cOmradcship ana their
loyalty to the flag, but they are dis
tussing another shortening of the
route Of the parade and the providing
OF carriages Tor the increasing number
az those who are no longer able to
pathetic recognition of the ravageS at
the rapidly passing years upon his
noble organization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Smoke Made Useful.

W Frnssels. Malines and othcr Relgian
cities novel method Of not only getting
rid Of smoke. hut turning it into use has
recently been employed
The smoke is driven nv a vontiIating
far into n filter filed with porous ma
petroleum. henzine. alcohol or somn linui1
hvdrocarhon flows. The result is that the
smoke &c entirely suppressed. while the
filter Yields n gas Of great ca,oriiic power.
which, can he used for heating purposes
ann driving gas engines.
The flltering material itself also he-
COMES n Cnod Observation-Disclosures
TNiropc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

Il is pretty small business for the
Canadians to say that those Vancouver
riots against the Japanese, in which
thousands of men participated, were
caused by Americans who went from
california tor the purpose. John Bull
cannot dodge responsibility that way.
Facial Ireiudices against tn" Asiatics
aH intense north of the line as south
of it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

Dean
Forty horsepower" said the runabout
owner proudly
Hitch up, ANA pull this machine up on
the road
I'll" runabOut was hitched on and start
teH i4ll speed ahead. i did not bulge
Tie hiar"r mach inc in the ditch.
a f"rncr dril ing pair Of sleek mules.
chi"r along. u" watched the efforts of
the iitii' fllChine. Hub" he said: ''yot
fellows need mules" And he hitchtd on
an' r.llci The machine up in two min
utcs Sunday Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

a contributor to the CONGREGATIONAL
lst thus tells of the hospitality with
which on" is greeted as he travels
across the continent from the Pacific
to the Atlantic: IF you go to San
Francisco and meet a friend he will
ask you to stay week with him. In
Omaha he will take you home over
night, in Chicago he will take you out
to dinner, in New York he will hurry
You off to luncheon, in New Haven he
Will hand you a good cigar. in Boston
he will give you an apple" He re-
Trains from mentioning the brand of
hospitality handed out in Maine, yet
judging from the increasing multitudcs
of people who como here every summer
it must be of a very satisfactory kind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

The iir""klyn Standard Union hears
who have been operating upon culIiblr
fortune hunters in this country are in
trouble at last. There are seven of
them and the evidence is clear. Ere
qucnt exposure Of the nrfariolIs opera
tiUns of these Spanish crooks evidently
did not check their operations. and it is
reported that the band obtained $4,000
from gullible persons in the last fifteen
months. How much of this amount
came from Americans is not estimated
hut Judging from the food of letters
which came here il is likely that some
folks on this side of the world made
contributions. Some time ago the
standard Union told of the operations
OF Spanish gang and reproduced let
ters which had been sent to Brook
ignite. Anxious TO have the crooks dis
play their hand the BROOKLYN man got
INTO communication with them. He
iearhed that it was the same old
s"ihdle about Spanish yrisoner'
''a' mad been exposed many times and
'his led to the capture of the CHIEF
operators. The arrest of this Spanish
gang may put an end to the swindle 70,
'he present. but it is unlikely that !
ne" group Of criminals will forsak,
'his seemingly profitable field Of opera
4 tions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Interest in Local History.

(Bath Independently
At the time Bath was preparing for
the Tcr-Crntennial a great interest de-
vclopcd in local history and the Inde-
pendent would like to see that interest
continued. 1t seems to us it would be
well if the Sagadahoc Historical SO
ciety could be revived and a study of
our local history taken up, in fact we
would like to see at least one hour a
week in our city schools devoted to the
study Of our local history
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

nose vas exchanged for one better ir
shape. somewhat hooked; their har was
CUT short, with the exception Of . small
crest of long hair which stretched from
one temple round the nape of the neck
to the other temple
we now proceeded, laughing the who'll.
llne, 70 the vessel. These Eskinos called
themselves 'Opluli Eskimo ana looked
linon the North American coast from
sack River westward TO Adelaide PENN
enla as their hunting fields. We made
many good friends among this race but
II WAS not till later. when we met with
ne Nechjilli Eskimos. that w made in
separate allies. "-Chicaao News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

A writer in the Outlook. who IS
wholly friendly to woman's suffrage,
is disappointed with the work Of the
- women members Of the Finnish Par
Lament which he studied at short
range. He says that in the whole
length Of tn" session they took little
initiative, seldom spoke ana failed to
rise t" the average ability of their male
associates. 1t is hardly fair, however,
H. judge the value of the innovation by
one session and III such a country as
Finland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

The spectacle Of Democratic papers
aSaaiing George Fred Williams, Rry-
ans KnAtpn Buglcr, is Wei calculated
to make an interested public sit up ana
take notice The indications multiply
that ut no period of its history was
the Democratic party more rert by in
tcrnal disSentions than it l., at the
present time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

Col. WattcrSon says that Judge Park
q is just as much IL presidential posi-
hiliiy today AS he was when he was
the candidate Of his party This Is
doubtless true. and the Colonel mighl
have added, with equal veracity, that
he is as much of Il presidential posi-
bility today as any other man in his
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Settled.

During n hich-hrOwcd discussion at tho
PLAYERS club in New York tie other day
4 friend asked Raymond Hitchcock to
define the difference between a tragedian
and n comedian. The Yankee Tourist"
rerlind: We'll, 7 hate to talk about my
SELF. hut 7 have come 20 believe that 4
comedian is simply an actor with bIon1
hair. while tragediar is Il brunette who
thinks he is an actor
"T!ow about the brunette comedians
and the blond tragedianS?"
'':hev're nature fakirs" --ITarper's
Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

Henry Wallace Phillips, the author,
has decided to make his home in Port
land. He declares it to be the fairest
city in the United States Augusta
papers will not Riddeford Jour-
nal.
on the contrary the journal copies it
gladly, for everybody up this way
recognizes the natural charms If Port
land and loves that beautiful and
prosper nus city as one OF Maine $
Mr.. Phillips. however. to state thai
when he spoke al Portland in such
Sul,crlativ" terms he had never visited
The cities nf the kcmclcc valIey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Two Views of a Bear.

TTe was a bear before they we'd,
She said it was all right
Il like such bears" she softly said,
because they hug so tight
fut now of boa,S she's had her share,
She knows just how il feels
To have Il hubby who's a bear
And 2roWls about lis meals
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Little Of Everything
A Georgia Love SONG.

Roses in Your garden.
But everybody knows
You are ten times sweeter
Than tLc sweetest rose.
Moo kim birds a-sincin'--
ST. Amin of their throatl:
But vOur voice is Swcctcr
Than their sweetest notes,
This IS AL Tn KNOWN.
Dealie, day bv day:
Summertime. or SnoWin',
You're too sweet to say
Atlanta Constitution
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

Bring home the bacon" said the
mother Of Prof Cans when he started
for his joint debate with Prof, Britt at
San Francisco. As the colorcd boy
got s31 1000 as his share Of the even
ing's entertainment he is certainly 10
be credited with Obeying the parental
in junction.