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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
THE BECK FARM SITUATED ON

the (macadamizedn Winthrop road 2Ia
miles from the post Objective minutes
walk TO electric car station. cent ride
to all parts Of the city, 40 acres (more or
less) of field-land. pasturase and wood
land. cuts p tons of hay can be made
to cut so tens easily, 100 bearing apple
trees and plenty of wood. Fine set of
buildings. which could not be blilt for
IS a valuable granite quarry which can
readily lie utilized for a good Industry
Owner In poor health will sell at once.
inquire az the farm or Of J. w. Beck
Agency. Telephone 22-2. Office 2U7 Water
Street, Augusta, Me. apr22dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
a GRAND ORCHARD
Kennebec Valley Money Maker

Is acres. the kind Of land where over 400
bushels of potatoes are grown to the
acre; boat freight low to Boston: ideal
neiahhorhood. For full details and pic
ture of the $1,000 building. see page Sc
"Strort's Money Making Farms of Amer
lea No. 20 copy free. This particular
farm is offered ut the low price of S21G0
to settle affairs immediately. +. A.
Strout Co. Largest Dealers in Farms
and Country Real Estate in the World"
335 Water St, Augusta. Maine. may23d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
THE MRS. JEANNETTE WILLIAMS

farm situated on the shores Of Lake Cob
bosseecontee. Monmouth road, ~ miles
Center. timber and woods enough on the
farm to pay for it, several good shore
lots that are valuable, almost a new
house, church and school nearby. Price
reasonable. ]. w. Beck Agency, office 2O7
Water street. telephone 22-2. Augusta. Me |
may14dtfi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
new ADVERTISEMENTS.

For sale-Farnl.
For sale Shoat.
For salt-Colts.
For sale-Shoes.
Iost-t;old charm.
Fnr sale-Wagons.
Wanted
Wantrd-DetectiE"S.
Wanted NmSetNin"n.
Wanted Women agents.
Wanted- Energetic man.
10 lct-IJpstalls tenement.
To lett room tenement.
For sale@2-seated curry.
Wapted-t'l%ar salesman.
Wanted General agents.
Iost-Pnndle On isineS HILL
Wanttd-pust card agents.
Nautrd-C lildrcnS stories
Wantrd-Wonian At hospital
W,u,ed-Local Representative.
Wanted-Men to sell auto Kit.
Wauted-Man to make prints.
Wanteu-l;ii.l for homework.
Wauted- Man to travel Maine
Naturalization as booikeep"r.
W;nled-To sell. your patents
For sale-SccnGd hand furniture"
Wanted-Asents for namerlatrS.
Wantr,i-DaliVercr and collector.
For eaie-Ruilding block machine.
Nantrd-Men to put ont catalogues.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
II ACRES NEAR AUGUSTA, 5000.

Cuts tons hay, orchard mail delivered,
telephone, near church and school. fine
location. 11a-story house built 1905. stable
17X33. hnnnery. Must be sold at once to
leave state. W. D. Iutchins Co, Tel
431-1. Augusta. may7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
Boothbay and the Islands. Season
Of 1908.
THE NEW STEAMER ISLANDER
Capt. Robert j.. Westman,
Commencing Saturday, May 23d.

Commencing Saturday, May 23d.
WILL. LEAVE Augusta at Z A. M:
Haliowell Con sisnaD 70s A. NJ; Gar
direr, 80; SO. Gardiner ton signal,
Bradstreet's). TAO. Cedar Grove. Ton
signal, 7.55, Richmond, s25; Bath,
City Landing wharf. $50. every day,
connecting at Bath with l.. B. & Is.
Electric Railroad for New Meadows
Inn, Mcrlymeeting Park, Brunswick,
Lisbon Falls and Lewiston. Landing
at Higgins wharf, Boothbay Harbor,
on signal.
RETURNING. leave Boothbay Har-
Dor at ]. Is F. NJ, Bath at 245, connect
ing at Bath with the afternoon train
for Portland and Boston; Richmond
at $40
AGENTS:-H f. Bowditch, Augusta.
Tel: lOS-4: Horace G.. Turner, HALO
well. Tel. 1854; w. l.. Tozier. Gardiner,
Tel. 1H-5; Fred Weeks, Cedar Grove,
Tel. ell; w. +. Wilson, Richmond: ".
W. Mason, Bath. Tel. 50; w. E. Brann,
Capitol Island; John =. Kelley, Souri,
rel Island; Norman Van-Horn, Ocean
Point. w. B. Berry. Manager. Gar
For special rates for family tickets
and particulars. apply to the Manager
or Purser. Special rates for excursion
parties on regular trips only. Low
rates-1i0 miles for SIPS. Quick SER
vice. A sea VOYAGE Is a good health
tonic. Subject to change without mo-
tice. Shore dinners at New Meadows
Inn, EatE, Maine, and Higgins Inn,
BOothbay Harbor. Higgins Inn opens
about June Goth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
PRICE s15oo-sToRY AND HALF

house. Stable attached. conveniently To-
Gated on car line. fve-cent ride to all
parts Of the city. 10 minutes walk below
the State House. city water in the house
Large early garden, splendid community
to live in. Property on the gain in value
as the city must build that way. J. w.
Beck Agency, Telephone 22-2. Office POI
Water street Augusta. Me. aprlSdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

I WILL SELL MY COTTAGE All
Hammonds Grove. Cobbosseeconteel
Lake at a good bargain, and on easy
terms. r. G. Darlington. apr11dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
NOV WOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE

Ia Ia n, screens repaired and new ones made
t ~ order We are also prepared to do con-
Pricans and wood working of all kinds
CalI ~ Tisht. Give us a call Telephone
''o-s H. Humphrey & Son, Gage St
- Apr2Sdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

MODERN HOUSE OF 10 ROOMS
and bath. electric lights. hot water
heat. stable. On electric line East Side
First class location. Apply at once e.
e. Newbcrt Agency, Augusta Trust
Building. Telephone 1852 mch3ldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

For SaIe.-.ReaI Estate

f0T SdIe.-.hedI Estate
8 Widows Farms
81 ACRES $500.
Easy drive to smart m lnufacturing town.
Mail CID. near ncghhorS and schools 10
acres III field, wood for home use u IN
tllher. pasture head fine orchard OF 200
and plnnhs II story house, barn and
stable all ready to occupy. This must be
sold before June l 10 close an estate
200 ACRES $500
IL miles to r. T.: and village 40 acres in
field. 80 acres in pasture, IN acres in wool
and timber think Of th;l), $50 apple trees
Groom house. running water barn iHx5O
1t seems like q dream for $500 but it is
real estate only bargains such as we
handle.
200 ACRES $4,000
2O00 cords of choice hard wood. some tim
Der. Only 81 miles from market in che
Of The best river towns, cuts 50 tons of
hay, pasture for 80 head. orchard of 10
trees IL story house water at sink Here
is a farm that will make some man well
off: 1t is u trade and Well located.
These places have got to be sold, no two
ways out of it, and someone is going to
These estates must be settled. To You
want to be the lucky man?
w. D. hUTCh|MS CO.,
No. I Trust Block, Tel. 431-1
AUGUSTA, MAINE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
Are We
Right? y

Printing ought to be SO good
that it is inconapicuous. just like
clothes. Every mistake. every
blotchy effect. every crooked
page hampers the reader from
getting the idea the printing
Is trying to convey. We kill all
those faults early.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

~ = MONEY. MAKING FARMS FOR
kHVI Sale in Maine. New Hampshire
UUU and Massachusetts: send stamp
for catalogue. EDWARDS FARM
AGENCY. Portland. Maine.
Mch23dSmoss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

AND COTTAGE PROPERTY
on tine hills and shores Of Maine. Maine
Farm Agency, James T.. Collins, Mgr.
Me. Send for catalogue. :.
may21dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
ENERGETIC MAN TO CONDUCT

Wholesale and Retail business for large
Mfg. Co.-Stapie IrodllCt-income $l,I to
$50 per month Applicant must furnish
first class references ana $lmn to Slaoo
cash. Capt;l secure. Technical eNlel-
fence unnecessary. Address +. ". Will
lanls, Douglas Park Station, Chicago. ~.
may23dl Ia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
MAN TO WORK AT HOME, MAX

ing prints, no experience required. StpauE
Wnrk, salary SD week, particulars: Ma
tional Illustrated View Co., 80 Nassau
st. N y. may22,!1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

No. FEW PUPILS IN RUNNING
pivsn picture machines. instruction
eian MASSACHUSETTS and graduate eIectri-
Address BOX 1S9. Augusta. Me.
mayodtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
statesmen! EXCHANGE YOUT

spare time for money. | have few ncN
post card propoSit ions that sell IN small
and large towns. "mctling entirely new.
Investigate. Barnard, 2Sl1 Wabash Ave,
Chicago. Ill.
may a3lft*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
HORSES. COLTS AND HEIFERs

OOC . NIVO FICIT Ems q
f ass III Meadow Hill pasture. Good
te,,ns ana water. No barbed wire. For
Manc, address r. Wadsworth. Hallowell.
~ n1ay5tiaW*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
wanted.-- Male Helm.

ENERGETIC MAN TO TRAVEL !
Maine. Experience unnecessary. Good
pay and tailor made suit OF clothes 1lt
in 80 days. Writ" for particulars. j. /, |
McI'r;:dy n Co.. Chicago. lu:,y2"dlt |
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
For Sale Poultry, Eggs, etc

WHITE VIVIAN DOTTEs, FULL
blood. eggs for settings. IA FOR soc. c. H.
Beane, Beane's Corner Drug Store, Gar
diner, Nc. mch26dtf
SILVER LACED AND WHITE
Wyandottes, Barred Rocks and 8. s.
Hamhurgs eggs for setting. Come and
see my stock and leave your orders. f.
w. Colby. s Page St. Tel 20o-12.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

learn and capable Of acting as our local
No ctiVaSSinf: or solicit
ing. Good income assured. Address Nh
tioaal Cooperative Realty Co, Dept. ~
G, Washington, ID. G.
nlny % L LIZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
LOCAL AND TRAVEL

ing. Age - To 70. Employment Tia
whole year, if desired. Outfit fl, e. l'4,
weekly, Write now. Homer n. Chase :
Co, NurSeiYmen Auburn, Maine.
lu;tVo2,l ".
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
WANT d...FemaIe Help.

GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORk.
Apply to Mrs. T. u. Ridlun, National Sol
diers' Home may@."'i}t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
FIFTY TRAVELLING MEN LOOK

pie to care for eentlemars place. Apply
ut once to l.. c. Cochrane, 229 Water st.
Augusta. liitNa-uiW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23

NICE ASSURE FOR YOUNG
cattle and colts. Running water and
plenty of shade. Apply to S. Currier Hal
lowell. mayodtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-23
wanted... MisceI Ianeous.
CleVERLY WRITTEN CHI DREN,

rh',., ans" dainty song poems. nursery
fnyn"S illustrated bnli-,anJ COMPANY
80 fll'h Ave, New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
SHOULD SHE BEAR ALL THE
 BIAMEP

The Kansas City Journal comments on a recent incident in Missouri in which was a pathetic mixture of wrong doing and attempted justifica- tion. Briefly the story is that the wife of farmer in one of the loneliest sections of the State eloped with a neighboring farmer one leaving be- hind a husband and the other a wife. and both deserting their children. They went to Kansas City where for few days they enjoyed the glare and glitter of city life, and then were arrested by the police. The deserted husband of the woman forgave her and took her back home. and that ended the escapade. so far as she was con- cerned
 That Is the story Is brief, but as The Journal adds. the touch of pathos was in the explanation given by the woman for her action. She said that she had lived on a farm for years The dull monotony of that life palled on her and drove her to a deed of des- peration which she never dreamed her. self capable of committing. The temp ter whispered in her ear at the mo- ment of her greatest weakness and she consented to leave the farm for the allurements of the city. As she looked about her at the lonely and un- attractive home and considered the deadly tedium of her daily life her soul revolted and that spirit of yearning for change which is fin every normal man and women led to into wrong doing. She read of the lights and the activity of the city. the theaters and the thousands of attra ctive clements of a community where people did not see the same people and do the same things. without considering the ele-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16


 The fire in Chelsea and East Boston last sunday.is really a matter of won der when we consider its extent and effects. That fin this day of improved fire apparatus $50 acres of one of the largest cities in the Union and its immediate suburb should be swept by the flames is almost incompreh ensible, and that so few lives were lost not less 80. The damage is estimated at ten or twelve millions of dollars, and even that large estimate may not fully express the total loss. to say nothing homeless and destitute. It was a ter rible catastrophe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
THURSDAY. APRIL ls, 1908.

4 snollygoster named T. T. Smith is candidate for Congress from one of the Ohio districts and he tells his people that if they elect him the first bill he will introduce will be one to provide for the cremation of every flag in the country but the Stars and Stripes! Then the Albany Herald says:
 Occasional outbursts like that of this Ohio patriot are apt to annoy ner- vous persons. but they are otherwise harmless. If all the soldiers of the Union side had been as fierce when Lee surrendered as this Buckeye statesmen seems to be forthy-three years afterward. the war would still be in progress.
 Oh. let him rant. There are yet left number of warriors of his brand who are just getting ready to fight. When he gets in Congress we'll set Jen Davis on him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
PopuIism Today.

OeHNerI NCOA. RepuDIlcaLs
 There afn't one spring chicken on the whole roost," observed the speaker who called to order the 300 delegates representing the Populist Party in St. Louis the other day. Every one of the delegates to the Populist convention, according to press dispatches, are men who are advanced in years, hence the lugubrious comment of the speaker as he was confronted by the aggregation of gray boards and shining "specta- cles." '.
 If there were no other evidence of the decay of Populism, this lack of young men in the party would sufdce The party that has lost its attraction for the younger generation is as good as dead. There was a time when the theories of Populism were not with out their appeal to the younger gem eration. but 1t is evident that the young men of today will have none of them. Youth has turned to political creeds that are built on optimism. not pess- imism. and that will build up rather than tear down.
 One can imagine no more depress- ing spectacle than a political conven- tion of old men, trying to fan the blaze of life into charred and dead embers. It was the corpse of Populism that the despairing speaker surveyed when he looked fea. one young face, only to cry despairingly: There ain't one spring chicken on the whole roost."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16

ment of pleasure. day after day. weeks after weeks and year after year."
 There is really something more than touch of pathos" in this woman's story. The moraiist will tell us that the reasons given by the erring woman are no Justification for the wrongful act she committed. and the moralist will be right, but should not much be forgiven under the, circumstances? Some of the farm homes are among the most lonely spots to be found in all the land. The farmer himself has frequent occasions or excuses for get ting out where he can see something of life outside his own farm, and where he can meet friends and acquaintances and enjoy himself in such manner as best suits him. That enjoyment may not always be of the most rational or harmless nature but it breaks the mon- otony of life.
 It is far different with the mother and wife on lonely and sequestered farm. She. also. may have longing for company. for association of friends, and for some of the attractions of the outside world. but she is denied them all. Day after day. week after week 1t is the same dreary, changeless round of loneliness and work. In the morning she looks forward only to a day of solitary toll. and in the evening she looks back at a day which has not differed from hundreds. that have gone before. Anticipation and re- trospection begin and end in dreari- ness.
 Is 1t any wonder that a woman with natural feelings, aspirations and ca pacity for enjoyment should rebel against neverchanging loneliness and seclusiion, or that in some rare in- stances one should in her desperation throw off all restraint and turn her back on all that has made her life little else than a dreary waste? She NOOo HUI hcCu LO pc tOlu LHdL Sne IS about to do wrong. for she knows it, and probably foresees the penalty, but is there not limit to human endur- ance? We may moralize and theorize on the wrongfulness of her acts to the end of the chapter. but that will not change human nature. Even good woman may reach the limit of human endurance. Perhaps if the hus- band in such cases would take him. self rigidly to task and candidly ask himself how much more pleasant and endurab1e he might have made the wo- mans existence he would not be harsh with her for casting off the letters and conventionalities for once in her dreary life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
Reforming the Hnn.e-

W dSIllHE ton IlmeS.
 The popular branch" as charar- terization of the House of Represent atives in Congress, Is one of the hu- mors or political nomenclatpre. Rep resentative Nelson of Wisconsin has discovered what is the matter with the House, and in his resolutions presented today he proposes remedial measures.
 MT Nelson has studied the history Of parliamentary procedure in Britain from the beginning. He finds that the practice under which the American House does business was adopted from the House of Commons just at a time when Parliamentary government was at its lowest ebb; when every effort was being devoted to suppressing the representative character of that Gov eTnment; when, unable entirely to con- trol even House gerrymandered by the rotten borough" system, the rul- ing influences resorted to rules which enabled the presiding officer to domi- nate the body, and subvert the will of the majority.
 That system, Mir. Nelson discovered in his researches, dates back to the reigns of the Georges. When the great reform movement culminated in 1882 and succeeding years. the conn mons set about to re-popularize itself; and. in addition to the establishment of representation on a new basis. ex- tension of suffrage, disestablishment of rotten boroughs, and granting repre- sentation to populOus and important cities, the commons reorganized its rules.
 But the old rules had meanwhile been transplanted to America as the basis of the parliamentary system oG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
MANY REDS.
They Are Found in Numbers of VII.
 laRe9.

They Are Found in Numbers of Vtl- Washington Special to New York Globe
 Postoffice officials who have under taken the task of tracing down the anarchists of this country are ama1eo at the number. of groups of the Reds and their wide distribution. The ot- ficials are locating the various groups through such anarchist papers as La Questione Sociale, for by finding out where these papers are taken the cen tres of anarchy can be ascertained.
 The common impression Is that anar- chists are to be found chiefly in the big cities. The postoffice officials started with this impression, but have been dis-illustrated, indeed, 1t has been discovered that the headquarters of some of the groups are in little coun- try towns or hamlets where their exist ence would never be dreamed of.
 It does not appear that the actual number of anarchists are very great. but there are many centres of anor- chistic thought or, as the officials do- scribe them, groups. For instance, one State in little town in an agricultural community.
 A high official of the Postal Do. partment recently received violent letter threatening him with death In the most cold -blooded fashion. After a time the letter was traced down tC a little country town in New York state and then a mild and inoffensive-loo ing cobbler.
 From now on. the government in- tends to keep anarchists under close surveillance. At present the secret ser vice agents are keeping a close watch on cabinet officers and a much closer watch on the President than usual all because of a threatening letter re- ceived by Postmastcr General Never from Paterson, N J. Its contents have not been disclosed. but secret service men are watching the Meyer home anc | have gone to Boston with the head ol the department -'''-'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16

the American House of Representatives. They have long since been reformed by the English House: but the more conservative American commons con- tipues with much the same old system, tightening it up somewhat from time to time. till if anything it has become rather more oiigarchis and vicious than was even the system which George II. and his advisers used to keep the com- mons of their day from being too dam gerously popular.
 Mir. Nelson wants q commission to investigate. to learn what Is the mat ter with. the House and it's rules, to re- commend measures to restore the self respect and representative character of the body.
 His resolution will not pass at this session. doubtless reform will come by some other route, when it does come. But this much can be set down as cer- tain; the House is going t1 be re- formed, it Is going to be restored to decent relationship to the scheme of this Government, and it Is going to be controlled for . long time by what ever party has the courage and honesty to do this work. .-s
 If the House doesn't yet realize the depth of the disgust which the intel ligent American public feels for; its present situation, 1t needs to study public opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
The Kentucky Brand of Anarchy.

The Kentucky Brand of Anarchy. New York Tribune.
 We are glad to see that The Louis vile Courier Journal refuses to dis tinguish between alien and native foes of order and is as ready to denounce the Kentucky night riders" as 1t is to condemn our foreign advocates and defenders of political assassination. It says:
 The most fragrant form of anarchy now existing in America exists in Kentucky. and the anarchists are native born, In justice to aliens. 1t must be admitted that there is a higher percentage of anarchists to total popu- lation in certain sections of America peopled by born Americans than in for example. Paterson. N. L
 It would be better if in every part of the Union anarchy were thus cour- ageously defined by its fruits and not by its accidental outside laeL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-16
This Is My 5Ist Birthday
Henry s. Pritehett.

Dr. Henry s. Pritchett. President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- vancement of Teaching. was born in Fayette. Mo. April 1s. 1857. His col lege training was obtained in Central College at Fayette, and supplemented in 1876 by study in mathematics and astronomy under Professor Asaph Hall at. the. University at Washington, and later by study at the University of Munich. leading to the degree of doctor his professional life as computor in the naval observatory. and was ad- vanced to the place of assistant as- tronomer in that observatory in 1878. This place he resigned in 1880 to be- come astronomer at the Morrison ob- servatory, and in 1881 he became as- sistant professor of mathematics and astronomy. in Washington University of St. Louis. and continued on the fa- eTlty oS that institution until 1897. Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodet.c Survey, and from 1901 to 1907 he served as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech noloEy. In 1882 Dr. Pritchett accom- panied the transit of Venus expedition to New Zealand and spent a year in scientific investigation in Australia, China. India and Japan.