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The Washington herald., 1907-12-17

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The Washington herald., 1907-12-17
Magazines,
Periodicals, &c.

~ UR Book Department in
~ cludes all the important
Periodicals, Magazines,
Weeklies, Fashion Papers,
and Trade Journals, all of which
are on sale the day of publication.
Attention is especially invited to
our Subscription Departm n t,
where we take orders for all the
standard magazines.
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In THE SOCIAL WORLD
Mexican Embassy Scene Of a
Brilliant Dinner.
ROOTS THE GUESTS OF HONOR

Pleasing Function Given az "a Com
Pliment-Miss Mary Scott Makes
worth Improving RapidIy-Secre-
tary and Mrs. Taft Expected Soon.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-17
A Years Subscription
to a Magazine

would make a most desirable
Christmas present We have pre-
pared neat card adaptable for the
inscription of personal greeting.
which will be furnished each sub
scriber. 1t reads as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24
Personal Notes.


Prof Arthur Fairbanks. who holds
the chair of Greek at the University "i
Michigan, has been elected director Oh
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Prof. l.. Raymond Talbot, the newly
appCinted professor of the French de-
nartment of the Boston University, IS
only q wears of age. and the youngest
man ever appointed to the Boston Uni
versity faculty.
Rev. DIR. Benjamin c. LippincOtt. one
of the oldest men in the Methodist
ministry will celebrate a double ami
versary Sunday, July q. at Ocean
Grove his home. The date will mark
the fftietil year of his ministry and
the eigntieth in his life.
Prof. Henf Van Dyke left Prince
ton last Thursday for his summer cot
tage in Keene Valley. in the Adlron-
dacks, and his usual summer cam
naisn on the mountain tops and along
the streams. Prof. Van Dyke is said
| to be strongly opposed to President
Wilson's plan of transforming Prince
| ton University into collection Oh
| presidential quads."
F.. Wellington Ruckstuhl, the New
York sculptor, who was CHIEF oil SOUP
ture at the st. Louis Exposition, has
| received a $4,000 commission To exc
cute for Statuary Hall. in the Capitol
at Washington, a statue OF John e.
| Calhoun, Senator, Secretary of War
Secretary OF State, Vice-President and
author OF the doctrine of notification
The money was appropriated for the
statue by the state of South Carolina
| Secretary Corteiyou is at work pre-
pairing an authorized life of William
Mckinley. His task will require much
time and will not be completed fol
several wears. 1t is intended to be fol
Mckinley what the work of Messrs
| Nicolay and Hay was to Lincoln. Mr.
| Cortelyou has collected much of the
data, and has completed the period
covering the official life of the late
President, and is now looking up the
facts of his early life.
Senator Newlands of Nevada, prides
himself in his oratory and thevarious
flights of fiowery language in which he
frequently INDUCES. During the last
session, in one of these flights Senator
Newlands sat down, with much salts
faction after saying: Indeed, Mr.
President, perfervid Oratory may be
pardoned, for this subject furnishes al
the food eloquence needs" He was Z
bit abashed, however, to read in the
Congressional Record the following
day that he asserted his topic fur
nished all the food elephants need"
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rbc herd usually doublcs in numhe,

Tho herd usually doubles in number eaes
year. NbAygsLa
The Yankee fisherman has been CO...
mented again. for the fishing boats -
Atlantic Scaboard are to be copied + "A
Japanese. AZ the present time fhe siar.
anese fishing boat is a frail affair ~
has hard work standing up Ia 4 ss;S
breeze. Reports have been mad CT ~
yachting lines and Illness OF the Gid1n6a3I
ter type Of boa;, and Japanese nciIS
craft are to be built after that M
The American style is expected n r.
adopted gradually by the Japanese Ash1
ermen generally. which will mark ~
passing OF the light junk. equally adap{SS
to sculling or sailing, and the s1bsttutior3
of the dory for the sampan. -
The portrait pipe is q fad with cer,siS
wealthy Young men, says asLondop ~,
per. One of the most beautiful is owned
by n Wellknowr peer. who was married
to an American beauty a few years aga
He wished to have q pipe made bearins
the. likeness of his wife, and left sevea1i
photographs and a statute of her with
the carver. A month later he received
the pipe and a bill for $500. A number n
pieces of mcerschaum had been tried
only TO prove defective. and the -
piece, which measured eight inches III
J seven inches broad and II inches deSE
was reduced to a pipe three inches hi91
and 2ih inches at its widest part. wheu
CON pleted the pipe had passed thfougf
the hands of q workmen. n
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As a Little Child.

AS little child they are leading him,
For his hair is white and his eyes are
dim.
As a little child is whispering low
TO the phantom friends of Ions, ago.
AS Il little child he is wandering back
In fancy ever the golden track:
In the vars that were and the days
He g dreaming the dream of the dream
less dead.
As little, child they must h,nnor him.
When the hair is white and the eyes are
All. do not jear nj his peevish ways
That try ones patience through dreary
DAYS
He's living over the life he knew
In boybood's valley of gold and blue;
As little child on a mothers breast.
His heart Is weary; he wants 10 rest!
AZ little child he must have his way
In this thought Of youth and Ids Dire am
He has forgotten his time and place
And lives in the joy of an Oldcr grace :
As little child in the childheert spell
II" hears the chime of the fairy bell,
And thinks he is young as boy again
In the rosy weather and country lane!
AZ a little child with his hand in theirs
They lead MIN forth as his fancy fares
His hair is white and his form is bent.
And his voice is soft as a sacrament
When ne calls the names that are on
tire tomb
AS ii they were sweet in the living
bloom;
lie has forgotten. he does not know
He isn't a child in the long ago!
Second childhood they call it, Yea.
Old heart grown young in the dream of
play
Feeble footstep and palsied hand
Arr. lost in the vision of childhood land!
He hardly secs and he -saldomS hears.
Rut ever the voices of vanished wears
Are singing sweet as they sang Of old
gold.
As 4 little child heels romping now
WITT friends who stumber beneath the
hough:
lie calls their names and he hears them
And he talks T" them in his childhood
So sweet. SC good. that he does not
They are dust of bloom where the roses
grow,
And only the shadows of life are ther.,
| In the violet wales and the country air.
Worn and weary and weak ard old. !.
He is wandering back to days OF gold
He thinks he is holding the little hand
He held in that morning of Other Land.
He thinks he is wadirg the little stream
OF silver ripple and golden. CLEAN
With hair crown white and with eyes
crown dim. -s.
AS a little child they are leading him!
Baltimore Sun.
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Discomfort in the Army.

Perhaps it is not altogether the
matter of pay that is causing dissati5-
faction among the privates and nom
commissioned officers i'm the regular
army. Possibly Il little better ap-
preciation by certain chesty young
officers of the fact that even though d
man is in the ranks ne is, nevertheless
a man Scr a that, and a that, might
do much to make our enlisted men
contented with the army. Snobpery Is
an offence to the American sense OF
manhood and independence. nut never
is it more dispicable or lnsutef'pie
than when directed by some conceited
whippcrsnapper i'm gold lace at men IN
the ranks who by virtue of their posi-
ton and the rigors of army Oh Tclplihe
have no recourse, but to grin anu
bear it," 1t might be well also In the
task of keeping the men in the regular
army cheerful and contenteu' W
broaden out the avenue for promo
| ton to men in the ranks VINO Siio" ~
ability and have the records u
warrant it, BY all means let the pay Oh
the men be increased. Ihere Is
nothing about it today to prove attrac-
| tive to ambitious young Americans
especially when it calls, as is frequent
ly the case for the severest KIND oi
physical drudgery.
President Roosevelt has been severe
ly criticised by the West Point coterle
who labor under the impression tha'
they are the army-for promoting
several meritOrious ofticers-notapie
Generals Wood and Funston, upon
their splendid records, in spite of the
fact that they had no West POM
diplomas, but his action was generally
Improved by the American people.
The task of bringing about splrl'
of contentment in the regular army Is
vastly larger one than is involved II
Il mere increase of pay although thai
is an excellent point to commence at.
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II is announced that King Oscar OF
Sweden will try to coax home the
Scandinavians who have settled in
such large numbers in this country.
The failure of his efforts can be easily
predicted. No class of Europeans who
have come to our shores have been
more successful here and make better
citizens than those same Scandi-
navians. As a class they are indus
trious. honest frugal and sober and
they are far too we'll contented with
their condition here to go back to the
north Of Europe. If some of the oth-
sr countries in Europe should attempt
10 recall their people who have flocked
to America there would be very small
protest raised in this country, but we
cannot spare the Swedes. We need all
who have come and have room for all
who will follow.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

The good either die young or poor.
In We ancient times armor was worn
over knight.
A man buys clothes to put on; a
woman buys them to show off.
The average man wastes too much
time feeling sorry for himself
Most people who do not believe all
they hear are fond of repeating it.
Too many people know a lot of things
that are none of their business.
If the sermon isn't to our liking we
think it is directed at the other fellow.
Many man who poses as cynic is
only a cheap imitation of phono-
graph.
When a mans moral rights GO
wrong he begins to talk about his legal
rights.
Lots of men find folly so attractive
that they haven't any desire to ac-
quire wisdom.
It's often better to go straight ahead
slowly than to travel in a circle at a
rapid pace.
A Womans reason may be no reason
at all, but il is a waste of time for a
man to argue against it.
1t makes woman with baby aw-
fully nervous when she hears of ar
epidemic Of any kind thousand mile.
away.
The man who insists on occupying {
front seat at Il burleSque show Away:
takes back seat at church-when he.
there.-Chicago News.
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refutaI of the Sentiners whine that the
farmers of Maine are not prosperous IN
these days of our great national pros
perity. The farms of Maine were
never worth so much as they are TO-
day, and the farmers of Maine were
never so PROSPEROUS as at this time LII
the seven wears which have passed
since the government statistics were
collected which the Sentinel quoted
there has been a steady tendency up
ward in farm values and steady III
crease in farming prosperity. no"
quickly anyone travelling through the
country districts of Maine to-day Is
struck by the evidences of prosperity
on every side. How much better iari''
buildings look than they used to; no"
much better farming tools are "se''
how much better the condition OF Inc
stock in the barns and pastures
Tbere are telephones, pianos and othei
Injuries in almost every mousse a''
farmers are even buying their
automobiles. There were never FEWER
,,or,oores on Maine farm property
than today, while the banks now ioot
IN farm mortgages as much more De
s;r,b,e security than a few years ago
rho farmers of Maine never had Sc
much money in the banks as at the
| present time, were never giving thel
Families so many of the comforts ant
Injuries of life, were never before do
ing so much for the education of thel
| children and in short, never before en-
loved such prosperity.
Yet, in spite of this condition o.
things which is beyond dispute. thu
| Waterville Sentinel tries to make IL
readers believe that the farmers o
Maine are rot SO we'll off as they use
to be that Maine farms are decreasing
in number and value, and that there
really no prosperity in our farming
sections.
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Shingles Made From Cement.

In San Francisco they are roofing the
new fire-proof buildings with shingles
made from cement, and architects claim,
that they are cheaper than slate or tile
and more enduring than wood; in fact
they are practically indestructible. II
you want a practical medicine for that
poor. tired. weak stomach OF yours why
cont You get 4 bottle OF Hostetter !
stomach Bitters at once. You'll find II
the hest thing you have ever taken and
ina, .nat II VIII do you a world Of good.
Thousands Of Others have said On d,,r;nr.
the past "A years 1t will renew the en-,
tire system and thus cure and prevenf
poor appetite. sour risinss, dyspepsia
lndigestion costiveness. biliousness, liver
and kidney troubles, cramps. diarrhne,
OF malaria, fever and ague Try 1t at
once we guarantee every bottle abso-
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marketing the crop. unless cars are
supplied i'm sufficient numbers to meet
the demand.
Speaking of lightning and us
oueer antics. Malcolm Buker of Webs
ter tells a good lightning story. IL
seems. that in the severe shower o.
some weeks ago lightning struck d
tree on his farm over a stone WALL ~
ran down the trunk CT the tree ONO
the wall and along this wall TIL IL
came to big rock that projected from
the wall. This rock was cut OH d.,
clean as though it had been a piece Oh
cheese and the cut off part fell 10 tiie
ground unshattercd. In the same
shower on Mr. Buker's farm also
big oak tree was struck. The tree WAS
:, very old one and inside had begun
| to rot. The bolt of lightning cleaned
the inside of the tree completely OUT
leaving only the shell out the tree was
left standing and to the casual Cd
| server not injured at all.
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Maine Gossip
By the River.

green spot by rivers brim.
A man without a care:
A r-nsive maiden close to him,
A day superbly fair.
Green branches lightly swayed above
BY brceZes cool and sweet,
tale If Enighthood and of love.
Glad looks that often meet.
A hand within another laid.
A sigh, Il whispered word:
A man without care, maid
Whose breast is strangely stirred.
A skv without Il single feck
On all it's broad eXpanse;
\ wasp upon the maiden'S neck,
A busted-up romance.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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The Emperor Of Korea VIII" has lost
his job Is Sc years of age and has been
On the throne since he was H. Plain
" he has earned vacation and II
there Is anything Of the philosopher III
his makeup he will now proceed to en-
joy It, His country has long been
known as the Hermit Kingdom. but
under Japanese rule 1t is certain to lose
that distinction in the future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

"Mr. Bryan" remarks the Washing
ton star. has some difficulty in look
ing lik" Il man who is being pursued by
an office" This is true still the fact
mus; not be lost sight Of that the Re
publican party is greatly indebted to
him for the good work he has done f"i
It. Even Nebraska Is now safely
within the Republican fold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

In the French Senate there Is man
who has forced the general govern
ment to begin substituting a,ee
families. This is Senator Edme fio'
Son of Burgundian family so poo,
that he was kept from school 10 "o.
in the fields, he broke stone on wv
highways and worked over all FRANCE
as navy; but as early as 1854 ne "a'
taking small contracts on his own az
count. and he finally became the great
est of all French railway contractoi|
Becoming very rich, Senator Plot no,
made himself famous through
Burgundy by special kind OIL hpet-
ality-the financial helping OF poSs
parents. He is the great authority 2"
depopulation. :
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On one occasion q person entered
Professor Agassiz's room with pic
ture which he desired to sell denomi-
mated "I'irdseye View of Cambridge -
The professor contemplated it for a
moment. lifted his eyes, looked at the
vendor of the picture, and said witt,
his characteristic accent: "Wen.
thank my God Eat l am not a bird
PcSton TRANSCRIPT.
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The Swedes in America.

The persistent emigration of people
of Swedish birth from their native lana
to America, where the range OF APP
portunities for material success IL
much wider than at home. is COM
manding the careful attention of the
Swedish government, and has become
a special subject of solicitude TO Ming
Oscar. Our last census showed that
there were no less than 5I2,Ol4 natives
of Sweden residing in the United
States in the year 1900, and since then
Swedish immigration in this country
has gone steadily on, no less than 3D.
$40 arriving last year. When the 1a.t
| is stated that in 1900 one sixth of all
| the people born in Sweden We're living
| in the United States the seriousness of
this heavy emigration to this country
| to the Swedish government VIII at
| once be appreciated. From 1900 to
| 1905 the births in Sweden exceeded the
deaths by 277,5OO while the loss by
emigration was 147,500. the greater
| part of which was to the United States.
MANY of these immigrants came to
the State of Maine, in the Northern
part of which is a large, thirty, ana
prosperous Swedish population. The
Chicago Tribune calls attention to the
fact that of the twenty-five cities in
Sweden which have more than 10000
inhabitants only three contain more
than New York, and ten more than
Minneapolis.
A committee composed of 100 of the
leading men of Sweden is now investi-
eating the causes of emigration with
4 a view of devising means to check 1t
i'm a circular letter to Swedish editors
and pastors in this country this COM
mittee expresses the belief that 1.-THE
principal causes for emigration are
the lack of sufficient opportunities FOL
work, and the difficulty of reaching q
, position Of Independence. and the
consequent difficulties placed in the
| way of marriage and the establishment
of Il home" There are probably Other
, causes. notably the opportunities for a
, wider political power and independence
i'm this country and the lack of com
: pusory military service. The prime
+ motive, however, which leads native
. of Sweden to seek homes in thi
country is undoubtedly desire t.
t better their financial condition. OF al
i. our immigrants from Europe there ar
, none who come into quicker tOucl
tons or who make better citizens than
those from Sweden.
Years ago, i'm opening up our grea
, Northern domain. the State of Main
o established in AroostOOk county
colony Of Swcdcs. They and thei
descendants are now to be found no
+ only on the town of New Sweder
, where the original colony was planted
but, to large extent. in all tn
n surrounding towns. These peopi
. have been a great help in the develop
q | ment of this rich section of Maine
f They are frugal. Industrious. and God
4 fearing. They have made splendi
a citizens, and have prospered to de
" gree that would never have been posi-
;, BILE in the old country 1t would not b
e possible to persuade them to retur
. permanently to Sweden. and this
doubtless true of the large number {
/, Swedes who have settled in other part
Il of the country.
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The Chicago News declares that II
the Koreans had put some of the
starch into their backhones instead or
into their immaculate white garments
they would not look SO foolish at the
present time. The News should have
discovered long before this that the
Koreans have no backbones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

An InIiana woman who was Tilted in
love has determined not to speak 10 q
man for seventy years. Her chances
Of getting happily married to some APP
Ireciative widower would appear 10 Dc
excellent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

Some Americans appear to regard 1t
as remarkable thing that Mark
Twain WAS permitted to crack jokes
with King Edward. The remarkable
thing about ii, however. would Seem
to be the fact that the English mon
arch was able to understand and APP
preciate them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

The Washington star inclines to the
opinion that the widest OF all wild ami
mails il a naturalist who has been con-
tradicted. Dr. Long would appear t
be case I'm point.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

What ought a Democrat to be?
asks the Washington Herald. And the
Kansas City Journal promptly re-
spends, "Well. these days he ought tn
he ashamed of himself Being a Demo-
crat is not compulsory. any more than
being a corner lOafer."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

The ex-Emperor of Korea can con-
sole himself with the reflection that
the throne he has lost was not very
valuable one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

Kangaroo is queer word. 1t
means Il don't understand i'm the
tongue of the Australian aborigines.
when this strange animal was first be-
held by Europeans they inquired of
the abo-igines What is it's name 2"
And the puzzled reply gave the animal
its name
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

Lynch law is the natural expression
of the unwritten law. Neither nave
any proper Ilace n CIVILIZED COM
munity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

Some Of our State exchanges
seem to have Il rather poor opinion OF
Maine; but they will probably c"ncede
that it il outside the "cyclone belt,
and has no u.s.. for the unWritten law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

An exchange suggests that people
VINO mortgage their homes to buy auto
mobiles may have to raise money on
their barns for repairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

Champ Clark of Missouri has found
his way into print again and sees VIC
tory for Bryan in 1908. Plainly
Champ has not changed the lenses OF
the glasses which he wore in 1896 and
1900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

District Attorney jerome OF New
York is apparently beginning To sho"
the inevitable results of the cigarette
hi. bit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24
Daily kennebee Journal
ESTABLISHED 1926

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
tected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

There have been many proofs of the
fact the present summer that the abil-
ity to purchase an automobile does not
constitute a man chauffeur.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24

Now DIR. Osler comes forward with a
condemnation Of soup. 1t Is to De
hnped that the lure of ALTERATION Will
not lead him to include soap.