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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-25
CHANGE OF TIME TABLE.
B00THBAY And The ISLANDS
Effective Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1908.
STEAMER ISLANDER

CAPT ROBERT r. WESTMAN.
LEAVES Augusta every day until and
including Sunday, Sept. 9th. 1903 at 100
A. M. Hallowell ION signaD 70S A. M;
Gardiner, 7.35; So Gardiner (on signal.
Bradstreets) 745; Cedar Grove sos ION
signals Richmond $50; Bath, City Land
ing wharf, $50; connecting at Bath with
L., 3. Il Is Electric r. r. for New
Meadows Inn, MerTymeeting Park. Bruns-
wick, Lisbon Falls and Lewiston. Ar
rives at Boothbay Harbor. about 11.30 A.
NJ
RETURNING leaves Boothbay Harbor
every day at 1.3O +. M. Bath 315; connec-
ting at Bath with the afternoon train for
Portland and Boston; Richmond 4.15 P. M.
AGENTS: II. f. Bowditch, Augusta,
Tel. 1884: Horace G. Turner, Haliowell,
Tel: 1854. W. l.. Tozier. Gardiner, Tel
141-5.
Special rates for family tickets good for
1908 and 1909, for particulars apply to the
Manager or Purser. Special rates for ex-
cursion parties on regular trips only.
Low rates-110 miles for $1.25. Stops at
Squirrel Island and Ocean Point. VIII
land at Southport. Capitol Island, and
Higgins Inn Wharf on signal or upon
notice to Capt. Westnan or Purser Green
leaf. No freight taken on Sundays. Sub
ject to delays and change without notice.
w. B. BERRY,
Manager.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-25

PIANO BARGAINs-TWo UPRIGHT
pianos, slightly used, in fine condition.
Also other bargains. No trouble to show
goods. Music Hall, 1S5 Water st. Mel
Vile Smith. sept19dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-25

sAWDUsT. FOR THE NEXT TEN
days I will sell sawdust from the Manley
lot at fifty cents per cord. C. A. M,liiken
Snnt12ltf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-25

FARMS AND COTTAGE PROPERTY
on the hills and shores of Maine. Maine
Farm Agency, James II. Collius, Mgr,
Manchester, Me, Send for catalogue
may21dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-25

FARM IN NICE LOCATION NEAR
village, 100 acres. good woodlot, nice
smooth fields, 20 tons hay, good buildings.
Price $1500. Easy terms. Floyd l.. Shaw,
Rockland, Maine sept21o1w*
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-25
AuToMoBlLEs-1o MEN WANTED

to train for positions as drivers or re-
pairmen. Chauffeurs earn SIS to $50 per
week. Complete course. three weeks.
Write, Portland Auto School, Portland:
Maine. sept16d&w4w"
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which is a good substitute for cement
for many purposes.

which is good substitute for cement
for many purposes.
recent account of the natural his
tory collections Of the British Museum
contains the statement that the num-
Der of specimens Of insects on exhibit
zion there was in 1904, 1,01S,00o. They
belong to no less than 1892 named
species. The Coleoptera (beetles)
number 39S,000; the Lepideptera
moths. butterfies), 355,767. There
are $1,000 species of Coleoptera and
Al 90 species of Lepidoptera repre-
santed Yet entomologists believe that
the larger part of the insect species oil
the world has not yet been named OF
discovered. In q work on a single
family of tiny beetles (the Pselaphi'
del. Mr.. A. Raffray mentions more
than 1900 species. and expresses the
belief that these do not represent one
third of the existing forms.
II will probably be many years, says
prof C. H. Hitchcock, before visitors
10 the Hawaiian Islands will have an
other opportunity equal to that pre-
scented during the past summer Of see
ing the volcano of Kilauea in magnih-
cent eruption. Kilauea has the great
ast active volcanic crater on the earth,
comparable. In fact, In extent with
some of the small lunar craters. AT
tha end of June the crater contained
n lake of molten lava 500 feet long by
400 feet wide. In places the boiling
lava explodes, throwing MASSES OF
molten fluid 80 or 40 feet high. and
after each outhurst the surrounding
lava is sucked into a vortex like that
Of a maelstrom, solicited cakes 10 or
20 feet in diameter being turned up
on edge and drawn in At another
s,aint on the lake the upwelling of lava
from beneath resembles an enormous
spring. Crusts four TO six feet high
are showed upon the shore like cakes
Of Ice in spring food The glare of
the molten lake can be seen at night
more than thirty miles away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

Mey;eo plans to spend S25, 100000 in
the near future In experiments in irri-
cation.
A telegrs phing typewriter that may
be attached to any typewriter is a re-
cent invention.
The United States in 1907 produced
166.095,335 barrels of petroleum, an in
crease of nearly 100000 barrels over
1906
Ten coal briquetting plants in the
United States produced e3.153 short
tons last year. worth on the market
S244, 942.
A company is being formed at Belle
fonte, Pa, to manufacture brick the
chief ingredient of which will be fur
mace Stag.
The waste products of a nearby coal
mine are utilized to furnish the city
of Amherst, Nova Scotia, with heat
and power.
Berlin's firemen wear water tight
jackets which may be filed from the
hose, affording the wearer protection
from the heat
Electric railways of the United
States have attained a trackage of
over 10000 miles, nearly one-fifth that
of the steam lines.
In Japan company is manufacture
Ing a product from volcanic ashes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
MOUNTAIN GIRL MooHsHINERs
School Children Peddlo the BOOZE In
Kentucky.

Moonshining by school children 10
the newest phase in this species Of
lawlessness in Kentucky. They are
Being sent by their parents and others
to solicit trade in the mountain settle
ments and along the mountain roads.
On their way to school they carry the
drink, dispensing it to whomsoever will
buy, and after school they are sent to
deliver it to the village customers.
Whether the moOnshiners believe that
by making their children the purvey-
ors of the whisley they may escape de-
the little ones win more customers, in
spectors say that more children are
sent out and each day more of the
illegal liquor is sold Although govern
moonshiners to such straits, the sym
pathy of their neighborS in the noun
tains has not decreased. BY moonshin-
er and many mountain villagers alike,
moonshining is regarded as a legiti-
mate business, and government inspec-
tors are regarded when it is safe to do
SO. as marks for guns.
So there are many PERSONS in such
sections, primitive in their instincts,
and thirsty enough to violate the law,
ready to buy the liquor when there is
a knock at the door and child stands
there, school bag over the shoulder
albeit q school bag that says suspi-
ciously with weight.
This, the newest and most startling
development of the moonshine traffic in
mountain businesses, follows what the
government officials thought was a
virtual suppression of moonshining
Last fall they announced that they
had stamped out the Illegal business.
But they have found that illegal dis
filling is no sooner stopped in one sec
ton than other stills, mushroom like,
spring up almost over night in another.
During recent years a number of
women have been arrested on charges
of moonshining. Some of them had
evaded the search of revenue agents
for many months. Their stills are
usually well secreted deep in the noun
tain Businesses and it takes a careful
search to find them. Women Of the
mountains in the moonshining belt
have long been noted for their bravery.
Often they have stood by their men,,
and they handle gun as well as their
lovers husbands or sons
Now that the children are being
trained in the illicit business the prob
lem of moonshining becomes more seri-
Gus still and the suppression of it will
become more difficult.
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but they have been hiding under rns
'soil almost full grown waiting for the
favorable moment. And when they ap-
pear they are dull cream-colored oval
pouches. pitted all over and held I'D on
a hollow white stem. No other fungus
growth looks at all like them, so for
the skepric afraid of eating poisonous
mushrooms, there need be no fear.
They are to be found not often in
the near woods, but farther, in the
dense wilds where overhanging branch
es snap against your shoulders, and the
leaves of last fall crackle beneath your
feet. Your eyes must cover yards Of
ground. since the dull cream OF the
morels Is not too bright against the
grays and tans and brown of the dead
leaves and the damp SOIL Sometimes a
luscious cluster of three or four stands
huddled together In a clump of trees
sometimes a space a few feet in diam
eter will produce couple Of dozen /;
sometimes you find a single large NOR
ell, proudly alone measuring five inches
ia height and good three inches in
diameter, and when you reach home
laden with the treasures of forest and
field you have feast before you. You
cleanse your morels under the faucet.
let them lie half an hour in salt water,
roll them in egg and cracker crumbs
and after twenty minutes of slow fry
ing in butter, your banquet is ready
with much the fine flavor of oysters
just at their prime and done to turn.
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LOWERING TIE FLAG.
The Regulation Method of Half
Masting the Colors.


Masting the Colors.
The method of showing honor to the
dead through the position Of the flag
placing 1t at hais mast-it Is termed
In naval circles, in the army, at half
staff-is described in Article Al, par
agraph 42S, of the United States army
regulations as follows:
where the flag is displayed at hGlr
staff 1t is lowered to that position
from the top OF the STAFF. 1t is after
ward hoisted to the top before it Is
finally lowered"
"At military posts" said a sergeant
of the army recruiting station, where
the flag staff Is planted In the ground
it is usually In two sections and abo1t
eighty feet high. When the flag Is
placed at half staff 1t is customary %
lower Ii to the middle OF the upper
section, which in this case is consid-
cred the staff. At forts and other posts
where flags are on top OF buildings The
flag. when placed at half staff, is hang
ing from the middle of the staff. the
central point Of the flag. the lower
corner OF star section coinciding with
a point midway between the top AID
bottom Of the STAFF
When flag is placed at half matt
in the navy" said a lieutenant of the
United States naval recruiting station.
the distance between the top Of le
flag and the top Of the mast is made to
equal approximately the distance be-
tween the bottom Of the flag and he
base Of the mast kansas City mes.
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The Busy Bee.

Wealth, rated for convenience I'm
terms of money with GOLD as It's basis,
deceiyes the careless student. 1t DULY
the perspective and causes him to put
false value on other things, custom
arily neglected, but relatively large
contributors to the wealth of the ma
ton. When we read that Colorado pro-
duced $35,000,000 In gold last year 1t
is impressive enough to cause feet
ing thought of the boundless wealth
that is stored within Its hills and
rocks.
Once or more year the American
hen is placed on the shrine AMI wor-
SHIPPED as the source OF more wealth
than all the mines. But it is very late
ly that 1t was discovered that the busy
but neglected bee produces $25,0S0,000
for the farmers Of the country. The
same investigation disclosed that with
n little attention the bee could be mftde
to triple his product.
Even as IL is, the honey crop is
worth more than the rice and buck
wheat crops combined. 1t is earned
without blowing, sowing or reaping
The labor employed is negligible; the
soil requires no fertilization and ma.
chinery Is dispensed with. The bee Is
OF some consequence.-St Louis Re-
public.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

what in the world! What are you do
Ing here?'
as it Jimmy Stagg?" asked Percy,
Imply accepting the proffered hand and
shrinking little under the slap on his
back. I'm going to Chicago as socn
as l can get train"
Here's your train" said Jimmy.
Jump aboard and Wen talk. This i
your baggage? Yes? Hey, George!"
A porter leaped for Percy's suitcase
and Jimmy hoisted his boyhood friend
into the car. In another minute the
train was sliding out of the junction
and Percy was gasplng at his luxurious
surroundings from the depths of a
leather upholstered chair.
Whose car is this, anyway asked
Percy, as soon as he got his breath.
''It's mine," replied Jimmy. "All right
isn't 1t? / think it's about the best that
ever ran on rails myself. Suits me-"
you're still with the road, Them
said Percy. feebly.
II own the road" smiled Jimmy
pretty good little road. too. II isn't a
trunk. but you show me a better man
aged one or better paying one. In,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
FEAST FROM THE WOODS.
The MoreI Declared the Best of All
the Mushrooms.

The MORel De>Anre& the Best OF All
the Mushrooms.
You lack a most delicious dish II
YOU never have morels, the best, Of
mushrooms, on your table: and you are
failing to get your moneys worth If
ron buy them In the market when you
might be gathering them yourself and
having In addition to the feast the fun
OF tramping through unfrequented.
moist woods. says the Kansas City
Star.
They are to be found in the rich soil
OF islands often overhowed. beside
streams with low. damp banks. and IN
der thick trees where leaves collect and
slowly decay beneath their branches
The edible part is only the fruit and is
In size as the apple TO the tree; for
under the soil. unsought and unob-
served. is hidden an interviewer mesh
Of tender white filaments. forming
what the scientists call the mycelium.
snd doing the same work as the roots
Of trees. After q warm rain the fruit
appears quickly. so that II has been
supposed that these and other mush-
room forms spring up In q single night
They do spring W In q few hours.
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SODA FoUNTAIN QUICK LUNCH.
People Are Giving Up tho Old
Fashioned ssStraieht, Drinks

People Are Giving Up tho Old
Fashioned straight" Drinks.
Double sundae- peaches." said the
tall young man.
The man behind the saltwater
fountain dropped two ladlefuls Of ice
cream into a tall glass and poured a
plentiful supply of fruit juice over it.
says the New York Post.
Egg and matted milk and ice cream,
and shake 'em all up good" quoth the
next customer The order sounded
oddly, but the creamy product that was
poured into the glass looked both re-
freshing and palatable.
"Are those recently invented
drinks?" an interested observer asked.
mot specially" was the reply. 1--WE
lfill any order. they give us here-no
matter what the combination is. Peo-
pie are getting so they invent their
own drinks more'n they used to. The
number that takes an old-fashioned
straight soda is growing smaller every
day. We have to do some mighty
queer mixings here.
81 think" he continued as he drop
ped spoonful of ice cream into a lem
ionade, sit comes partly because a
whole lot of folks get their luncheons
here during the summer time. A
straight soda's mostly gas, and it amt
filling for very long. But when you
add matted milk or eggs or ice cream
or all three it makes a pretty substan-
tial meal.
1T amt only those who patronize
the dairy lunches that come here. Any
man who makes himself think he's
dieting during hot weather can get
here just the sort of sustaining drink
he's looking for There's one man who
has come here every day for a month,
and never drinks the same combination
twice. He's ordered some wonderful
mixed drinks. and they always foot up
| to Is or 20 cents at least. One healthy
| looking woman lunches on three sun
daes' every noon. She takes them in a
single order in high glass, SOS not to
attract attention.
"Not more than half of the orders
include soda in any shape" he added
as he pushed a plate of crackers to-
ward man who was slipping
| from a glass into which coffee.
an egg and matted milk had been
poured, land milk drinks are all
the go just now. That's proof
that the customer is taking his
lunch here. He wouldn't order milk
drink on top of chicken croquettes or
before it. No, sir; we serve the cheap
es. sort of quick lunch at double-quick
time you can get anywhere In the city
That's why we're so busy"
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Gather. Seed i'm ocsober.

The first of October we go into the
cornfield with sacks and gather seed
corn, taking the best ears from the oeSt
stalks. This field selection of seed is
important. SO much of the corn falls
down when the wind storms come, but
some stalks 90 not fall, and seed should
be selected from the latter; that Is,
from the stalks that have good root
development. In selecting seed ears at
the crib, we cannot tell anything about
the stalk that produces those ears.
There is as much individuality In ears
of corn as there is in people. 1t is very
necessary to see the stalks upon which
our seed ears grow, and we should
select ears from only such stalks as
have the characteristics that we desire
in the stalks Of the following crop.
Experiments In selecting seed from
tall and short STALKS at the University
Of Illinois have developed two types OF
stalks, with an average difference "
20 inches In height Both kinds Yell
the same amount OF grain, and the
shorter stalk Is much to be preferred.
Hence, the advisabllity Of selecting
seed ears from short or medium stalks
We tie the seed ears in a string and
hang them up in an open shed, where
they may dry out oroughy.-Charles
A. Rowe, Jacksonville, Ill.
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When insects, mice or other crea-
lures infest grain bins. borrow out OF
sight or attempt TO make their places
secure against ordinary methods Of az
tack. the best remedy Is bisulphide, OF
carbon. a very volatib. liquid, which
becomes rapidly Converted into gas.
penetrating into every hole, crack or
other harDoring place
AS this gas is heavier than air, II
sinks down to the lowest points, hence
goes wherever the creatures can 60.
Poured into a rat hole (ab0ut table
spoonfull and the hole covered with
Slrt. the rats must come out or perish.
To destroy weevil in wheat it may
be used with advantage. Being very
volatile, ard also highly explosive, 10
6aua or ltcht Of any kind must be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
ure for Gra.. Clipping.

Grass clippings may be used In
mulching strawberry beds, newly plant
ed shrubs and trees and groups Of the
tall, hardy phlox or any shallow rooted
plant They help retain the moisture
in the soil and protect the roots from
the effects of the hot sun.
They are used In keeping down rank
growing weeds around manure piles
and IL fence corners II put over them
In very thick layers. When dumped In
heaps cut grass heats rapidly, killing
any weeds under II. When fall comes
break up the matted Jumps and pile
away in some corner. Break up again
the following spring and again In The
fall and you will have a black mould
useful In tightening up heavy soils
House and Garden
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
Ent.ening Turkers.

The necessity for having turkeys In
good, plump condition before market
ing Is pretty generally understood
among farmers. But there is consid-
cradle misunderstanding ar to the cor
rect way to go about the matter
Turkeys, If taken ar.sht, are easily
fattened In fact, easier than most
other fowls. But one must 90 at It in
the right way. II turkeys have had
free range all summer you cannot fat
ten them with any satisfaction In an
Enclosure. The change viii cause the.s
70 fret and refuse to eat, and thus .,ou
will lose instead Of gain. Tech them
TO come up every evening at least, and
then stuff them with all they VIII pos.
slblv eat You win soon find them
ranging at short distances only and
coming up even between feeding times.
Don't try 10 fatten the turkeys on
corn alone. A close diet OF new corn
often results IN bowel troubles for .he
turkeys. just as It Goes for hogs. and
a sick turkey Is usually a dead turkey.
Mix the fattening ration: variety f.
desirable for several reasons Equal
parts Of wheat. oats and corn make a
good ration. BE sure and give them
an they win eat OF these grains. and,
TO hurry matters aloLg. It r. desirable
IN give an occasional mash feed OF
equal parts Of corn meal and wheat
niddllnrs, which makes very rich
feed, especially II quantity Of ground
beef scrap or green cdt bone is addsd.
As the turkey takes on fat the flesh
turns TO a rich golden color. II allowed
free range while the fattenlng process Is
going on, the flesh gains In favor and
tenderness in way It cannot IL tbs
birds were fattened in close quarters.
Agricultural Epitomist-
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and Fifteenth street lines. He boarded
with his two aunts, who lived on Cath
arine street, between Thirteenth and
Broad. One day his aunts though they
would take a ride with John and see
how he was getting along, SO they
waited for his car. Soon the car beean
to get crowded and passengers got off
and on at every square. John began 20
get angry. At last he became so exas-
perated at having to stop so often that
when an old lady asked him to stop at
Chestnut he bawled out: I'm darped
sick and tired pulling the bell. It's
nothing but stop here and stop there.
stop here and stop there. Away with
youse all down to Catherine street with
me aunts, and you get out in bunch. y
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
use OF srrayins Nrater,nl..

White arsenic is rarely adulterated,
so that 1t is usually about 9S per cent
pure. Paris green contains but little
more than one-half as much arsenic
and the arsenate of lead pastes now on
the market contain from 40 to 80 per
cent of water. and are only a little
more than onehalf as strong In arsenic
IN paris green. In other words, one
should use about . pounds of paris
green for l pound of white arsenic, and
? pounds of arsenate of lead paste for
l pound of paris green or pounds OF
the paste for l pou of white arsenic.
On this basis the user should use about
l-2 pounds of white arsenic made
up according to either formula In order
TO have about the same amount Of ar
senic as would be contained in the 10
pounds of arsenate of lead to be used
In 100 gallons Of water, If the arsen-
lite of lime is correctly made, as II can
be by the formulas, so that there Is
little or no free arsenic in the solu-
ton, 1t would be safe to use 1t I'm place
of the arsenate of lead and 1t would be
much cheaper But there is always
some risk from using the arsenlte of
lime In water; 1t is safer to use 1t with
the Bordeaux Mixture.-M. V. Singer
land in Rural New Yorker.
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THE SILENT RULER.

We only know he walks with noiseless
tread,
Unresting ever-voiceless as the dead.
We only know he brings us loss or gain,
The rose of pleasure, or the rue OF pain
All changes manifold of life or death,
From leafs promise to dying breath.
We only know when this old earth and
sky
Pass into nothingness, he cannot die
The silent ruler with his scythe and
glass,
Our Father Time, who sees the nations
Yet gives no token over land or sea
OF his new reigh-the yelled eternity.
William Hamilton Hayue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

satisfied with 1t. Say, we'll eat now.
Lunch is just ready. Don't you Ii
me that you've eaten, because I've got
the best cook in this country. You al
ways did think l was easily pleased.
though"
That's right" assented Percy 81 did
think so, but know now that it was
nothing but a bluff Chicago Daily
News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
Iron Tonic for Fowls.

Iron is perhaps the very best syimu-
liant that a fowl can have, and good
tonic may be made up as follows: To
a quart of water add half pound of
sulphate of iron and three or four drops
of sulphurlc acid. When the iron crys-
tails are dissolved the tonic is ready
for use, and VIII keep any length of
time
The amount to use is tablespoonful
in every quart GO drinking water The
water containing this tonic must not be
put in Iron or metal vessels If this
Is given to adult birds 1t Will impart
tone to the system and give them a
bright, healthy appearance The egg
yield will be increased and the color of
the yolk brightened.-A. f. ]. In the
Agricultural Gazette.