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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
France and the GuiIIotine.

The President of France has about
as few powers as any ruler on earth,
| but in exercising one of them, that OF
clemency in behalf of a condemned
| murderer, President Falliercs has
raised storm which has filed the
streets of Paris with mobs roting in
| the traditional and hysterical Partisan
fashion. 1t was not Clemency as such
to which the people objected, hut the
fact that 1t had been exercised in be-
half of a murderer whose particularly
fiendish crime had aroused widespread
hnrrcr. And on the part of President
FailiereS. it was not this particular
murderer whom he wished to save but
the communication to life imprisonment
was granted because the President is
opposed on general principles to capt.
tai punishment and is determined that
While he is in office the guilotine shall
have no more victims in France.
There has been for some time a grow
no l'i'ui''i lNtiiiIS III dllIt dS5dIilSl
the use of the guillotinc. but the senti-
mcnt aroused by the C.emency in the
particular case may delay the time of
its disappearance. The operation of the
guillotine. at least in Paris, was sus-
pended a wear or two ago for lack
of an appropriation. 4 parliamentary
commission at the last session reported
in favor Of substituting life imprison-
mont for capital punishment. but no
action was taken, and the subject will
he brought before the national legis-
lators who will meet before the excite
ment over "the Soleiilant incident has
wholly spent its force. In France, as
elsewhere, the question under debate
mcnt. Paris has been infested for
mouths 10y gangs of thugs whose spec
ialty is stabbing. To these gangs many
murders have been traced, though
these homicides were incidental to their
passion for using the knife The police
assert that 50 long as nothing worse
than imprisonment is in store for such
wrctchys the mania will not be sup
pressed.
Should the guillotine finally go, a
death agency will have been suppressed
long associated with the name oc
France. which was used in other coun-
tries long before DIR. Guillotin made his
celebrated Improvement" Decapitat-
ing aChincs We're known in the Mid
die Ages ana the centuries Immediately
succeeding, notably in Scotland and
Italy. THE maiden" which was used
in Scotland was simply clumsy
Guillntinc; SO was the Halifax gibbet"
of England. Indeed the principle can
be traced far back into antiquity
Around the CHASTITY machinery of the
guillotinc has grown up a mass of ira
dition. legend and fiction which it is
dithCult to untangle. Thus It is the
belief Of many that DR.. Guillotin per-
ishcd by his own invention, whereas
he survived the French Revolution, to
vCrsally respected as a humane and
enlightened man, in no way RESPONSE
bic for the horrible uses to which his
idea" had been put.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
Ben Is Harmless.
(WashingtOn Post.)

1t is little short of remarkable how
Cheerfully the Southern people continue
to face the future. with Senator Till
mans predictions of trouble ringing in
their ears and the dust of dry cities
settling in their Threats.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
September I.ippincott's $.
His Kick.

A traveller putting up at a small hotel
out in California brought the potter up
to his room with his angry storIninG.
Want your room changed. sir? What
is the matter?"
THE rooms all right" fumed the
guest. scorchingk ITS the tra5 | o5-
ject to- that's all"
AIRS. IIawkirs." shouted the porter.
in an unint.rcSt sort of Il voice, ire
CERT H. No. Z is satisfied with his rooms.
but he wants the ficas changed. -itar-
perS Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18


ORDERED: That the petitioner Gauss
to he published true copy of said pei
ton and this order Of notice thereon'
three DAYS successfully in the Daily he e.e
nebec Journal, a newspaper at Augus,"
in the County OF kennebec. the first pun,
lication to be at least five DAYS onio,o
Monday. the 23rd day of September A.
d 1897 on which day the BOARD of Rs sa,
road Commissioners will be in ssssr ,ii
at the Common Council Rooms in Gard,-
ner, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. To-
the purposes indicated in said petl,ti.nhm a
Said petitioner shall send copies OF ~, ,mo
foregoing petition and order to the Mu
ricipal Oficers of the City of Gardlns,a,
five DAYS at least before the date Oh saiu
hearing.
JOSEPH 3. PEAKS. Chairman:
For the Board of Railroad Commission
ers Of Maine.
Dated this 10th day Of September a.
d. 1907
A true copy: ~, r,o-t
49, assss' T. = ,N''' sept17da
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
A Midsummer,Madnes

(ManchcSter TniOn.)
Former Ambassador Luke Wright.
who has just returned from Toxic.
voices the belief of the people when he
terscly terms the talk of probable war
between Japan and the United States
as mot even respectable nonsense"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
Entirely Too Rash.
(\r\y York SUM-

(\cW York SUM
PROBES! or Lowell says that Mars is
the abol" of intelligent constructive
life Did he get permission frorn you
know whc,c Ia ru!nni: himself So far.
How would he like to be branded as 4
science fan1r??
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

Hats off to the battleShip Vermont.
the newest Of Uncle Sans sea fighters:
The navy department announces that
the new big floating fortress exceeded
the expectations Of the designers and
has surpassed the requirements Of TIN
government. The contract provided
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
A Heavy Load For the ChanIer Band
Wauon
CBoSton AdyertiSer.)

(I}OSfDn AdVCrtlSer1
Zig Tim" Sullivan of New York has
deserted Bryan and hitchcd his wagon
to the Chanler boom. This may cause
no ethical pangs to the Bryan support
erS. but it does suggest certain practl-
cal weakening of the Bryan candidacy
The democratic politician who wants
to ride on the real party band-Wagon
mas to do a lot of climbing up and down
and on and off, these days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
The Money He Made,

est. Louis bc-DcmOcrat)
Col. WatterSon saws his paper lost
S250.0o0 10y opposing Bryan in 1895. But
Just think of the 1O0-ct. dollars it has
been handling ever since.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

Down in New Jersey they are now
using swords on burglars. One had q
finger cut off. an arm nearly severed
and his face badly smashed by man
with two-handlcd knife the other
night
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
Not His Fault.

4 first grade boy brought perfect srcll-
in. papers home for several weeks. and
then suddenly began to miss five and SIX
out of tea.
"Uow's this, SOM" asked his father.
.'Teachcrs fault" rcriod the boy.
How is it the teachers fault?"
''Shc moved tie little hey that sat next
to me"
I.ippiprotf's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
When Did He Quit?

(Omaha Bec)
Colonel Bryan has not decided to run
again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

The warning comes from sclf-ap-
pointcd prophets that a frost will fol-
low this warm spell about next Sunday
wher the moon is full.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

Chas b. Harrington of Bath who
celebrated his 10Th birthday last week
has been 60 years designer ana build
er of sailing craft and steamers.
Among the steamers of his conStruc-
ton are the Islander and Gardiner.
built by the Gardiner Steamboat Com
pany, and several others for parties on
No0Schcad Lake Lake Winnipesaukee
ana RangplnY Lakes. As 4 sailing
yacI; builder his; reputation has OK
tended fur beyond the borders of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

The sweet corn has been filling out il!
good shape of late and these are busy
days at the factories. 1t IS estimated
that the pack will be about so per
cent. of the normal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
Maine Gossip
September.

Above is arChcd a bright blue sky
Ger Stubble fields and yellow corn
With twitterinS song the swallows fly,
Above is archcd a bright blue sky.
In Haunting raiment flowers vie.
VI bile from the last faint blush of
Above is archcd Il bright blu" Sky
DER stubble fields and yellow corn.
Elizabeth Minot in Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
OaiIy kennebet Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be 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, 1907-09-18

Junk dealers have been busy digging
over the ruins of the Old Orchard
hotels and business blocks ever since
the ashes were cool enough to allow
such search One dealer paid $40 for
what he could find in the ruins of the
big Emerson. formerly III" Velvet, and
another paid $40 for the scrap in the
ruins If the Sea shore. Many tons OF
twisted pipe, radiators. bath tubs
furnaces, boilers, dynamOs, window
weights and general hardware have
been sent away on freight cars. The
fire started so early in the evening,
and every one had such timely warn
ing that most OF the summer visitors
of wealth saved all their belongings.
Most of the silvcrware taken from the
ruins of the hotels underwent such
terrific heat that the plate was melted
off. A Portland man who paid s. for
the old metal in the ruins of the
Gorilam livery stable. on Grand ave
nue. complained. after he got well
into the digging, that he had lost on
the tranSa elton. Mr. Gorham pointed
to a corner of the cellar and SAID ne
believed that in the ashes there
would he found several dollars worth
of fashioned cents that he had
boarded many years and forgot to
save the night of the fire. The junk
man. with renewed courage. resumed
his digging in the locality indicated,
and was shortly rewarded by unearth-
ing 1876 coppcrs, none of them very bad
~ damaged. He has been pedding
them to visitors at cents apiece. and
is quite satisfied with his bargain in
the stable ruins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

There has been a cloud of rumorS
going up with the cloud of smoke from
the Old Orchard ruins. The latest is
that the Rickcrs will build Il 500 room
house on the site of the Sea Shore
Another is that the Boston and Maine
will build new station on the 80 acres
of land they have bought between the
railroad and kite track. Real estate
values have steadily gone up since the
big fire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, a
coordination of natural diCestants and
veretahle acids. diSests the food. itself
and gives strength and health to the
Ftonach. Pleasant to take. Sold by John
Cnurhlin Augusta, Reane's d Is ger,
Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

DeyVitts Carholized Witch Haze, san md
IA good for boils. burns. cuts; sca na Tor
skin diseas es. 1t is especisN ,...,,.,a.
niles Sold nv John Co';Thrn.
Reane's Drug Store. Gar,isnea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

The coon hunters are abroad these
moonlight nights Down in kennc-
bunhport, which is a great coon coun-
try. one man bagged six in one night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

smyrna Mills has lost three of its
namely, Mrs. Mary Anderson, aged %,
Mrs l.. A. Newcomb, aged SO, and Mrs.
James Roach. aged So years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

Rockland entertained a real titled
foreigner last week, young Dutch
count trained in the army and diplo-
matte service, who visited the city for
the prosaic purpose of delivering a lee
ture Gu Holland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18

Lots of people in this section who
like to go to both the Readfield and
Windsor fairs arc deprived Of this
privilege this year. These two good
old fairs ought to work together IN
stead of entering into competition by
coming on the same dates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
"Nick" Altrock a Hard
Man to Steal Bases Or
Veteran Frank SeIee Says White
Sox Pitcher Is Wonder at Catch
ing Runners.

"Nick Altrock is one of the hardest
pitchers in the world to beat, because
he doesn't give base runners chance
to steal on him." says Frank Selee, the
former manager of the Chicago Cubs.
Mr.. Selee has always been one of
the closest observers in baseball and
one of the most interesting takers on
the national game, pointed out in con-
else manner the big advantage Alt
rock, the Chicago American league
pitcher who helped win the title of
worlds champions for his team, has
over an opposing team.
'In the first place" says the veteran
manager. "Altrock has almost perfect
control. That means you have got to
hit the ball to get to first. Secondly,
you can't steal on him, because he
watches first like hawk and has a
wonderful snap throw to the base,
which does not permit runner to get
more than two steps away from the
base without great danger of getting
caught.
"There are several pitchers in the
game who have more speed and bet
ter curves than Altrock, but don't win
as many games, Nick more than
makes up for his lack of speed and
curves by his great fielding, his &C.
curate control and his attention to
men on the bases.
Against that kind of pitching a
team is at horrible disadvantage.
You can't steal bases and the hit-and-
run play is easily broken up. When
the runners are kept hugging first
force plays at second base occur with
greater frequency and the infielders
are given more time to pull off double
plays.
when a team can't steal bases it
isn't going to win very often, and
there are mighty few runners who
can pilfer second on Altrock. Doc
White, of the Sox, is almost as good
in watching the bases, although his
throw to first is not as good as Nick's.
Where White shines is in his decep-
tive delivery. He delivers the ball to
the bat very often in such puzzling
manner that the runner on first is
fooled into going back to that base,
expecting a throw there from the
pitcher.
"Not enough pitchers cultivate that
short throw to first. There are sew
eral good left-handers who watch first
as closely as Altrock, but they don't
catch the runners off there because it
takes them too long to throw the ball.
If they would shorten up their throw
base runners wouldn't dare take any
bigger lead off them than they do off
Altrock"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
THOUGHT HE WAS WANTED,
swede Returned According to lnstruc.
tons on Envelope.

Christ Nelson, having been In this
country only few weeks, was slow in
learning American customs, and espe
cially the inscriptions on envelopes
One of his first acts after landing in
Oregon was to take out naturalization
papers. On the corner of the envelope
in which were contained the docu
ments that made him an American
citizen, were the words: Return in
five days"
wal, be har," he said yesterday
as he shuffled up to the counter in the
county clerks office and spoke to Dep
uty Prasp.
What do you want?" asked that Of
fetal, carefully noting the embarrassed
flush on the Swede's face.
Wal, it say on this har envelope
return in five days. and time be up
to-day, SO / ban come round"
When assured that nobody wanted
him, he turned with surprise and
walked sadly away, not certain
whether he was naturalized or not
Portland Oregonian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
CHANGE IN FOOD
Works Wonders in Health.

It is worth knowing that a change
in food can cure dyspepsia. II deem
it my duty to let you know how Grape
Nuts food has cured me of indigestion.
Il had been troubled with it for
years, until last year my doctor rec
commended Grape-Nuts food to be used
every morning. I followed instruc-
tions and now l am entirely well.
1.-The whole family like GrapeNuts,
we use four packages week. You
are welcome to use this testimonial as
you see fit
The reason this lady was helped by
the use of Grape-Nuts food, is that it
is predigested by natural processes
and therefore does not tax the stomach
as the food she had been using; it also
contains the elements required for
building up the nervous system. If
that part of the human body is in per-
feet working order, there can be no
dyspepsia, for nervous energy repre-
sents the steam that drives the en-
CINE.
When the nervous system is run
dowp, the machinery of the body
works badly. Grape-Nuts food can be
used by small children as well as
adults. 1t is perfectly cooked and
ready for instant use.
Read, 1.-The Road to MELVILLE" in
pigs. There's a Reason.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
Great Botfers Are Born
and Cannot Be Taught
Diamond Axiom 10 Verified by Base
ball History, Says WeII-known
Sporting Writer.

Zone does not need to go very deep
into, baseball history for verification
of the diamond axiom-still disputed
by many fans-that while great bat
tiers are born that way, great fielders
can be fashioned from the veriest
tyros in that department of the ma
tional game" writes Elmer Bates, in
the Cleveland Press.
Jesse Burkett was signed by the
old Cleveland club because it was
known that the crab could bat and
with the full understanding of the fact
that he could not field. Jesse at once
became Jim McAleer's protege. Nc
Aleer wasn't much CT a hitter, good
ness knows, but he was the most mar
velous outfielder the game has ever
known.
Now, said McAleer, Jesse can't
teach me to bat. ThYe's an art that
cannot be learned. But I can teach
him to field, and I will And McAleer
did. Jim's association with Jesse, the
slugger, did not help McAleer's hit
ting, but Jesse's proximity to Jim,
the dexterous, in Cleveland's outfield,
converted him into one of the really
high-class fielders of the old days.
who does not recall Burkett's first
season in Cleveland-in left field
when McAleer played center field all
of the time and left field most of the
time? The spectacle day after day
OF McAleer darting far into Burkett's
territory and rescuing a. liner or a
towering fly that Jesse had lost fur
nished the most thrilling chapter in
the history of baseball in Cleveland
And then there were McAleer's
old cries: Back, back, Jess; all the
way to the fence!' Go in fast for that
out!' Look out for the wind!' and
so on as his good eyes and quick ears
anticipated Burkett's judgment of the
balls batted into left field. Jesse was
an apt pupil and in a few months he
could take care of his garden all
alone.
Eyes, the great batters of the game
were born great hatters. The mighty
Del was always mighty batter. So
were Brouthers and Browning and An
son and all the other old-time sluggers.
Larry could always hit the ball. So,
too, could Keller and Flick.
1.-THE mediocre batters-ths .225 and
.275 men-although they may some
times slump in their hitting, will never
hit up with the leaders, however long
they linger in the game.
But the fielding school is one any
ambitious ball player with nimble
legs and good vision may attend with
every hope of success"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
eARY's ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re-
Iieve Him-But Cuticura Remedies
a Speedy, Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each of
which gave us something different
every time, but nothing brought relief
At last. one of our friends recommend
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. A few days afterwards i'm
provement could be noted. Since then
we have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured All that we used was one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti-
cura Ointment, costing in all SIPS. c.
F. Kara, 343 East 65th Street, New
York, March 80, 1906"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
STOMACH ON STRIKE
SUCCESSFUL TONIC TREATMENT
FOR INDIGESTION.
Woman and Have Cured Many
Hundreds Of Other Cases Of
Gnnar1n0n Ailments

Loss of appetite, coated tongue, bad
taste in the mouth, heavy dull headache
and dull, sluggish feeling these are
the symptoms of stomach trouble. They
indicate that the stomach is on strike;
that it is no longer furnishing to the
blood the full quota of nourishment that
the body demands, hence every organ
suffers
There are two methods of treatment,
the old one by which the stomach is
humored by the use of predigested foods
and artificial ferments, and the new one
by which the stomach is toned up to do
the work which nature intended of it.
A recent cure by the tonic treatment is
that of Mrs. Mary Stackpole, of 81
Liberty street, Lowell, Mass. She says:
II suffered constantly for years from
stomach trouble and terrible backaches
and was confined to my bed the greater
part of three years. / was under the
care of our family physician most of the
time, but did not seem to get better.
81 was completely rundown and was
not able to do my work about the house.
My blood was impure and my complex
ion pale. I suffered from flashes of
heat, followed suddenly by chills. ]
had awful headaches, which lasted from
three to four days. Icould get but little
rest at night, as my sleep was broken
and fitful. AS a result I lost several
pounds in weight and became very ner-
yous
81 was in a wretched condition when
I heard about DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
started to take the pills at once and
began to gain in weight and health. I
was encouraged by this to keep on until
I was cured. My friends and neighbors
often remark what changed woman I
am and I owe it all to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills"
These wonderful pills are useful in a
wide range of diseases such as anamia,
rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous
headaches, and even locomotor ataxia
and partial paralysis.
The great value of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do its work.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on receipt
of price, 90 cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
Cannon May Break Record.

OF the congressman who have
served since the foundation of this
government, more than 10000 individ-
uals, only "a have served 20 years or
more The longest service was that
of John H. Ketcham, of New York,
who served 33 years, and was a mem
Der when he died. Mr.. Cannon, who
comes next, has served 80 years.
Since he is elected to the next con-
gress he will, if he lives to the end of
his term, take the first place in the
list of veterans.-Youth's Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-05-17
WHAT MADE HIM DOUBTFUL.
Hize of Commuters Hat Caused Ae-
quaintance to Worry.

A commuters on the D., l.. & w. re.
marked to a friend the other morning,
as they came into the city:
Hawkins, of Stamford, is going to
move into that new house next door
to me. know him very slightly, and
/ understand that you know him pref
ty we'll"
Eyes, have known him for upward
of 20 years"
Well, what kind of a fellow is he
anyhow" asked the commuter.
"A first-rate fellow, and in every
way desirable. Why?"
Il just wanted to know, because
could never quite make up my mind
about him, he wears such a small
hat. "-Philadelphia Ledger.