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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

The Lewiston Sun solemnly asserts
that 1.-THE Dingley tariff is curse to
Maine. 1t will observe. however, that
our State is bearing up under it with
an unprecedented degree Of prosperity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

With the unwritten law taking
precedence there does not appear TO
be much use for the written law in
Virginia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

These are great days for those on
the SpOrtsmen's excursion to Kineo
and for all who can get away from the
city and the cares of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

With the Fourth comes the real
rush to the Maine summer resort and
hot weather will make things boom.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

Samuel d. Staples, who with his
wife recently observed his golden
wedding in Bucksport, has the unique
record of having taught over one
hundred terms of school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

Bath is saving all its powder, energy
and money for the Shipping celebra-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04
maine Gossip
The Glorious Fourth.
Go fling the Starry Banner o

Go fling the Starry Banner out,
The firnblcn of the Free;
Go turn the Eagle loose to Scream
For Us and Liberty!
Oh. say
Amt this the Day
OF Days?
And don't we go the strenuous ways
To tell the world
Our Banner is unfurled?
Sure. Mike,
And Giuseppe and Bill and Fritz
And Ali and Ivan and Wing Lee and
SambO
But WHAT'S in Il name?
We're all Fourthofjulyers -
And we get there just the same.
We are a band of brothers @
United here to make
And give the rest the shake.
Gee. WhiI,
And siZZ and fiZZ!
hat ii Country ours is!
Amt it?
New York World.
This is the eagles day, but his
scream is drowned out by the small
boys.
Fully half hundred Maine cities
and towns are celebrating today
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

Maine Woods: While w. F.. Dill of
Eustis was fly fishing on the Dead
river near Ledge falls, he noticed a
young beaver suddenly come to the
surface of the water within so feet of
where he was casting from a rock in
the stream. Not having hao many
rises that day and being ready for any
diversion from the mOnOtOny of the
constant casting and only occasional
strike, in pure sportiveness he decided
to try his skill in tempting beaver to
taste his White Miller. Making one
of the best casts he had ever made,
the fly dropped just in front of the in
attentive animal within two feet of his
jaws. BY the careful manOeuvering
of the leader and a quick jig at just
the right moment Mr.. Beaver was soon
firmly grasping the white fly. 1t take;
the man who held the rod to tell of the
excitement of the next few moments.
Billy claims that the struggles of 10
pound salmon would be tame COM
parisOn to the twenty minute fight the
beaver waSed. When completely tired
out he at last consented to be captured
and after exhibiting him at the Shaw
House for n few hours, Mr.. Dill care
fully returned him to his native home.
He did not seem to be very wild and
would not offer to bite, as some of the
ladies and children held him in their
arms. Mr.. Dill thinks that he is the
only man who ever landed a beaver on
a split bamboo fly rod. Anyone at
Eustis will vouch for this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

Three brothers who had not been
together for AZ years had a reunion in
Portland this week. They Were
Thomas Learl of New York, James b.
Leard of Portland and Cornelius Lcard
who lives on the farm in Prince
Edwards Island where they We're all
born.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

au Haul is to begin very soon. The
new structure which is to be located
on RobinsOn's Point, and to the east
ward of Vinalhaven is to cost approx
mately $4,000 and the money for it
has been appropriated by Congress.
In addition to the lighthouse there is
to be a bell fog signal station. This is
to be the only lighthouse erected this
year on the Maine coast and the plans
for it have been completed in the local
office and the local crew will soon
'eaVe for the scene to commence work
The location is one that has long need
ed a lighthouse as the point is one by
which a large amount of shipping
passes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-04

Fully half a hundred Maine cities
and towns are celebrating today.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

better and more expensive dwellings.
A broad front and square rooms,
with a wide hall in the center was
the elegant plan adopted by the more
generous hearted entertainers Of col
onial days. They could afford to be
prodigal in the expenditure of space
because they had left congestion be-
hind them and the influence of their
new environment had suggested
~broadened lines in regard to house
room as well as the affairs of the
state.
Many ideas have since resulted in
the modification of this commendable
style of house building. But down to
the present time we have many adj
mirers of the old fashioned square
house with a parlor on one side and
a drawing room on the other. These
old houses had a broad hall, often ten
or twelve feet wide, in the center of
the house. This great hall sometimes
was furnished with a big brick or
stone fireplace in the far end where
cordwood sticks were burned and the
WdILnlu lIOhn lnc hlS ulnuScu thlOuSH
the open stairway to the Dol above.
1t is easy to imagine the cordial
reception the guests received on en-
tering the wide thick-paneled front
door encased in a heavy frame of tim
bers. There was a heavy sash with
its several lights of glass on either
side of the door rrame sometimes
reaching nearly to the floor and gen.
orally there raj a long transom win
dow above. The heavy oaken door
was furnished with a big brass knock
er and an immense lock with a key
nearly a foot long, but the big heavy
doors opened easily and quickly in re-
Spouse to the clatter of the big brass
knocker because wen strangers We're
welcome and friends were received
with genuine cordially if not af-
lection.
Some of these old colonial houses
were built with timbers much larger
and placed closer together than is now
customary In building our largest
barns o, warehouses.
Through all the intervening years
we have retained the general style of
these commodious old colonial houses.
The one given on this page has the
old style Of roof. the square proper
tons and the general air of breadth,
practically the same as the most APP
proved house in George Washington's
AMERICAN HoME-215z.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Surely never since the days of wigs
were such wonderful coiffures seen
as those adjoining the head of the
fashionable woman this season. Only
to look at them gives one the ache OF
the h~airdresser's chair. Two hours
1t takes sometimes-two whole, NOR
tai hours to have the hair built into
the undulating temples and tea
houses and bird cages, which now or
nament the head of m Then,
If the couture happens to be a busy
gentleman, it is necessary often to
be coffed for the opera at eight
O'Clock in the morning.
Curls are much to the fore, and a
fat sort, as unyielding to look at as
country sausages, are called empire
or "chichi curls." These are tucked
in every crevice, entirely shaping
broad chignons at the back some
sometimes, or lying beside classic
bands or other puffs at the top of the
head.
To accomplish the indelible wave
lseen-for there is a sort that lasts a
iyear-the hair is sometimes baked in
molds. Dressings which have a rich
metal glitter provide the sheen, and
at every spot whore nature shows a
u is applied a false bit fabri-
Gated for this spot and no other.
At the sides, the modish coiffure is
not quite as wide as formerly, except,
of course, with some special genre. A
narrow look is being pushed to the
from, and this forehead Anglaise. az
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
NIGHT In RATTLESNAKE DEN
Traveller Falls Asleep In Abode Of
Poisonous Reptiles.

st. Paul.-John G. Busby, athlete,
scientist and writer, has written to
a friend of his in this city of a terri
flying experience he had while storm
bound in a small hut near Holy Cross,
in Dubuque county. Mr.. Busby tells
his story as follows:
81 left Farley, Iowa, on a walking
| had covered half the distance with
out incident when there came up a
thunderstorm which compelled me to
look about for shelter. Some little
distance from the road l espied an old
cabin and made for it. / reached it
just as the storm broke, and finding
it sheltered from the rain, entered
and lying down upon the floor fell
asleep.
"The night was far spent when |
was awakened b. the warning note
Of a rattlesnake. Soon | heard others,
and I knew that If | made the slight
est noise the reptiles would be upon
me, so l lay breathless, as still as
death itself. Presently a felt the
Shiny body of a snake pass across my
chest. 1t made the cold chills chase
themselves up and down my spine
and | thought that surely l would be
bitten. BY an almost superhuman
effort, however, | managed to control
the muscles Of my body until the
snake had wriggled its way into the
ground. Then with a terrific bound
| literally leaped from the floor out
of the opening of the cabin, there
being no door to it.
$50 overcome was l by my expert.
ence that / almost fell in a faint, but
the beating of the rain soon revived
me. With returning strength my
curiosity was aroused, and going once
more to the door of the hut | sprlng
my electric light and looked inside.
The place was literally alive with
snakes"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
GIRL SERVES DINNER
ON LOFTY SMOKESTACK.
Illinois Young Woman Entertains
Guests at Unique Banquet 200
Feet in Air.

Bloomington, nl.-On the dizzy top
of the 200-foot concrete smokestack
just completed by the Illinois trac-
ton system at Danville, eight persons
sat down to an elaborate eight-course
banquet served by Miss Marguerite
Richey, one of the popular young
women of Danville.
At the foot Of the stack was gath
cred a crowd of several thousand
people, greatly interested in the novel
performance. From the top of the
stack futtered bunting and flags,
while the banqueters appeared as
mere pigmies.
The entire affair came about as a
sort of a prank, the first of which was
a dare to Miss Richey, made more in
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
AANVVQz2E AEzERNOM GOWH07

bow sleeves being of cream point
d. esprit.
Striped materials, and textures in
vested with vertical lines of lace or
ribbon, predominant, on account of the
prevailing desire to appear as slim
as possible. All garments are planned
with this object in view, the second
end aimed at being to place the waist
as high as possible, a style which
the very tall will do well to eschew.
AT present the woman of moderate
inches is having her innings, and very
good innings they are too, neverthe-
less, her more generously proportional
sister may take heart of grace, as it
is quite feasible that their day may
not be as far off as it seems. Proba-
bly, in the near future we shall leave
off banting, and instead take to fat
tening up and letting out our now
tightly-laced corsets.
With regard to the re-modelling of
an indoor frock for afternoon wear a
yoke, and tightly fitting cuffs to the
elbow of guipure lined with chiffon
Diane, mas u mdTNellOuSly TtJuNlndJluS
effect. The same applies to a belt Of
silk, satin or velvet in the same shade
as the costume, relieved with tiny
bows and diminutive steel buckles
up both back and front. Should the
front of the skirt have become shabby,
a panel matching the belt, or else one
of similar lace to that used for the
yoke, may be introduced with advan-
tage, while an effective note of color
is struck by a bunch Of v~iolets, carna.
lions or roses pinned into the corsage.
The picturesque dominates both
gowns shown in the illustration. The
silk skirt with a brocaded coat has
facings of velvet, and a vest Of lace
and chiffon on the under bodice, while
the skirt is decorated with crossed
rows of thick guipure. The other
costume shows a combination OF ecru
lace, resida green wolfe and mulberry
colored velvet, and the bodice is OF
a shape which would be eminently
suited to those who are fiat across the
chest.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Buried Alive In Ships Hold.

New York.-When the last bag OF
green coffee had been lowered into the
hold of the lighter Lakewood at the
Bush stores, Brooklyn, and the men
who had received the cargo had re-
ported it safely stored Capt. James
Barr went below to satisfy himself
that the load had been properly dis
tributed and that the work was well
done. The bags suddenly slid down on
him and he was buried as under an
avalanche. One leg and his ankle were
broken. He managed to clear sufficient
space to get air. but he could not ex-
tricate his body. His calls were not
heard and he lay in his agony helpless
for two days. Then someone heard
his means and he was rescued. There
were only faint signs of life in his
body. He was revived and may re
cover,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

lection is the most commonly accepted
theory. This was strengthened by a
m that the authorities of the
Geological Gardens of Philadelphia
were out looking for a lost Simian
in Delaware county. But a telephone
message to the zoo exploded the story.
All the Philadelphia monkeys are safe
in their cages. Their keeper respect
fully suggested that the animal down
by Darby is probably a monkey Of ma
tive Delaware county stock.
Nevertheless, several persons in
Springfield township are so convinced
that there Is a strange animal prowl-
ing about that they have set traps for
1t. Frank Carr is one of them, and
he set a number of traps in an en-
closure in the rear of his house near
some woods where the reputed crea-
ture was reported to have been seen.
1t is now stated that the traps were
found broken, the bait devoured and
all evidences on hand of a struggle
made by some animal.
The practical joker who is working
the scare, If such is the case, has
succeeded to an extent which may
work his own harm. For there are a
number of Delaware county citizens
who, while not getting in Mysteries
about the matter, have quietly placed
big guns in their hip pockets and are
waiting for a chance to pot anything
that looks like a baboon.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

This seasons fashions demand
three essentials of the woman who
would be strictly in style, namely, a
practically unlimited exchequer, a
slender figure and a certain distinc-
i've personality, without which the
two former, powerful factors though
they sound, are powerless to achieve
elegance. Nor is it at all sufficient
that a woman's proportions be slim,
her income bulky, and her individual
ity marked, the present vogue goes so
far as to exact that her clothes shall
appear to bear the same relationship
- her as the petals to a flower. She
must not primarily attract attention
on account of her dress, the success
full toilet charming by virtue of its in
innate association with it's wearer
whom satisfied imagination fails to
picture in any other style of gown.
There is no ~disputing that, to the
unfortunate woman blessed with the
necessary qualifications, the prevail
ing modes are prominently becom-
ing. The s~hort-waisted effects are de-
|lightfully old-world and %piquant, while
the long clinging skirts make for
grace, which recalls the fact that nc
luxurious and %prodigal costumer
worthy the name would consent to
take an order for a short skirt. The
softest of liberty satins do duty as
lining, and the skirts designed to ac-
company the long high-waisted coats
worn by the leaders of fashion, bear
little corselet attachments and deep
belts.
An attempted innovation, and n
that has not so far met with an en-
thusiastic reception is to have bodice
and sleeves of different textures. For
example a dress worn on her "at
home" day by a well-known hostess,
boosted a skirt of c~ream-colored point
d. esprit trimmed down in front and
about the foot with a narrow ruching
of Rose du Barry velvet ribbon. The
swathed corsage of Rose du Barry vel
vet tapered to a point in front. and
fitted high up to the throat by means
of a deep collar band, the pulled ell
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Living Man Food For Rats.

New York. - Carl Hammond, 60
years old, who has had no home for
a third OF a century, was rescued from
a living death which he had endured
for sever days by some children and
Policeman Stull of the Glendale police
station, Long Island City. He went to
sleep in an ice house on a picnic
ground a week ago. When he awoke
the following day he found himself
locked in. 1t was impossible for him
to break out or to make himself
heard. Hunger and thirst and cold
nearly drove him mad. Then rats
began to feed on him. They prac-
tically ate the flesh from his fingers
and his neck and would have eaten
his whole body had it not been for his
clothes. When discovered he had
about given up the unequal struggle
and was mumbllng to himself: LET
'em eat me; eat poor old Hammond,
the old worthless tramp" The officer
took the starving man out and gave
him water and food. He may recover.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

fun than in earnest, to climb the dir
zy stack and serve a banquet to the
party. She surprised Mr.. Gursuch,
the contractor, by accepting, and
throughout the ordeal she did not wa
yer. The ascent of the stack was
made on the interior, a frail ladder
nine inches wide being the means of
attaining the top.
Mr.. Gursuch assembled first with a
rope tide about his waist, the other
end of which encircled the slender
girth of the young Four
times during the ascent Miss Richey
was obliged to stop for breath and to
recover from dizziness, but she chung
firmly each time to the ladder until
the attack had passed, and then
bravely resumed the climb until the
top was gained.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
EDITOR

time. But we have moved the hall a
little to one side to make room for
a longer sitting room in proportion to
the size of the house. We have done
away with the old fashioned drawing
o and substituted a parlor and
sitting room combined that offers a
great deal more comfort because II
tends to Increase sociability and So
ciability is the keynote of entertain
ing.
We still have the vide hall with a
fireplace in the far end but we haven't
the cordwood to burn so we have re-
duced the size of the fireplace to At
the fuel that we are obliged to use.
Then instead of building the servants
quarters outside in a separate build
ing we have combined the back porch
with a pleasant room that
the same purpose.
We have improved on the old time
dining room, pantry and kitchen be-
cause we have discovered that It
takes a great many steps to travel a
distance of twenty or thirty feet be-
tween the dining table and the kitchen
range. We have cut down the num-
Der of these steps as much as possi-
BILE and we have arranged the pantry
with shelves for the dishes midway
between the dining room and kitchen
and We have a pot cupboard for the
storage of necessary kitchen utensils
as close and convenient as possible
to the range.
During the interval between the old
colonial days and the present time
we have added a hot water heater to
our kitchen range and connected It
with a water pressure supply that
carries hot water TO the bath room
as well as to the kitchen sink.
Our modern bath rooms effect q
great saving in perfumery bills. When
hot water was scarce and bath rooms
were the exception rather than the
rule the scent bottles and sachet bags
were a necessary accompaniment of
the toilet. Our hardheaded, practical,
inventive geniuses and mechanics
probably had no intention of putting
the scent makers out Of business but
they are responsible for the change
! whether uey intended to or not.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
STRANGE MONSTER :
SCARES CITIZENS
WEIRD BABooN-LlKE CREATURE
SEEN NEAR DARBY, PA.
MAY BE PRACTICAL JOKE
5elated Wayfarer Of Delaware County
Frightened by Mysterious Thing
and Many Residents Are
Aiming Themselves.

Darby, PAIL Delaware county is
stirred up over the supposed antics of
an alleged wild animal which is as
serted to look like a gorilla and to
have frightened belated wayfarers al
most out of their wits in various parts
of the county. While it is believed by
most persons that the whole thing is
a practical joke on the part of some
one who is literally making a mon
key out of himself, still many of the
more timid class are thoroughly
alarmed and fully believe all the tales
that are told about the mysterious
creature.
Those processing to have seen the
wonderful animal, assert that 1t some
times goes upright like a man and
then dashes along on all tours with
marvellous speed, maintaining a queer
g%alloping gait. They furthermore feel
certain that it has a coat of dark
hair, but that is not considered re-
markable, as the weather is cool.
Their stories of how they almost en-
countered the strange beast have been
so thrilling that many of the negroes
in the county cannot be induced to
pass the spots where it is said to have
been seen. Others have purchased
pistols and go about armed, fully re.
solved to sell their lives dearly should
they encounter the mythical monster
in any of its hypothetical haunts.
Others take the thing seriously with.
out being unduly alarmed and they try
to explain the matter. That it is ar
ape escaped from some geological col
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

The word colonial in house con-
struction and also in furniture design
is frequently used without a definite
idea of its meaning when used in this
connection. Properly speaking, d
colonial house, or colonial furniture,
dates back before the Declaration Of
Independence when this country was
a dependency of Great Britain and
classed as a colony or colonies.
Some good houses were built at
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Our Pet SIana.

The noted foreigner was sorely puz.
zled.
Tell me OF re American language,
EFT ees so queer. Re conductor on zel
street a told me to skidoo! What
does skidoo mean, kind gentleman"
"Skidoo? oh that means 3d."
"Twenty-three? And what does
that mean?"
why, beat It,"
Beat eet? How extraordinarily
What does-er-beat eet mean?"
why, vamoose."
"By the shade of Napoleonl And
what does yamoose mean?"
Fade away! To the woods for
yours! Are you on? Why, they'll
hand you a lemon. They !
But the noted foreigner had fed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

and other countries and the best ideas
of building known at the time were
incorporated in these houses. There
is abundant evidence of the influence
exerted on the minds of builders in
those days by the free expanse of
new territory. Some or these old
time builders came from the narrow
streets Of old London and other large
cities where narrow fronts and a
dingy outlook was a rule even with the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries TO William A. Radford. No.
1874 Firth Ave-, Chicago. Ill, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

The Dressing of the Hair

it is called, may also show at the
sides wisps of the English fringe.
With such opera coiffures go tiaras,