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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
OWN 1T NOW.
BeIvidere Lodge, X. Of P, Degree Team
Takes Banner For Best Work.

Dexter, Me. Jan. 9.-(SpeciaD.-T
degree team of Belvidcre Lodge.
knights of Pythias, was successful in
bringing home the big silken banner
for the best work in comforting the
rank of Page at the Eastern Maine
Pythian Jubilee held in Bangor
Wednesday evening. The banner now
becomes the property of the local
lodge, the degree team having won It
two years in succession.
1t was a happy crowd Of knights
who arrived on the morning train fro:il
Bangor. When the team and fellow
members of the lodge went to the
Queen City they had but faint hope OF
being able to capture the prize, owing
to the fact that teams from larger
lodges were out after the banner.
The degree team was met at the sta
ton by fully 80 members of the Lodge.
who We're unable to attend the jubilee.
They had a we'll equipped drum corps
with them and the victorious team
was escorted through the streets and
to the lodge rooms in the Gerry block.
About $50 men were in the procession
headed by the drum corps composed
of DR.. G. II. Haines. fife: j. w. Crosby.
bass drum: H. ]. Crosby. snare drum !.
Charles H. Wyman. snare drum.
The big banner was placed on eX-
hibition in the window of +. a. Brew
ster & Sons pharmacy, flanked by
some handsome emblematic decora =
tons in red, blue and yellow. The
lodge members and townspeoplc IN
Gencfal are naturally pleased with the
work of the degree team of Belvidcrc
Lodge. which is one of the tlOurishlag
and popular secret societies of the
town and is composed almost entirely
Of young business men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
An Augusta Teacher Abroad---Letter No. II

sidewalks were ever occupied with
merry coffee drinkers who lis
tened t. the band concerts which were
held III this square. Old men and
women summed themselves on the
benches. and here also we used to see
long lines of priests marching by, and
the soldier in his leisure moments hur-
ried 70 this square. Indeed as my
friend remarked the male portion OF
Avlgnon is divided into three parts.
those who are priests, those who are
soldiers and those who spend their time
leaning up against the wall. These
seem to be the only practicable callings
down there in Avignon. They told us
there were policemen but we never saw
any.
Proceeding up the hill to the right
we reached the Place du Palais where
the oope'S palace came into view in all
! its rlassiveness. Troissart calls it the
largest and most beautiful building in
the world. but to us it appeared more
like u citadel than a palace, and in
deed in the early years it was fortified
50 that it could withstand the attacks
Of tn. 1narauding MOBILES and defiant
klnS one III NlNill bulll ii
on the other side of the river in OPP
position to the papal palace. Even
after the popeS left, the city remained
their property until 1871 when the peO-
rIe OF Avignon fired doubtless by the
spirit of the French revolution and
weary apparently Of the easy and good
government they had enjoyed, threw
off the papal yoke and became French
men in name as well as in blood.
The palace has now been turned into
| barracks and the boyish soldiers are
making the gloomy place merry with
| their laughter. Our guide through
| the palace was young lassie who
| cared more about making an impress
sion upon the countless soldiers than
il, telling us the history of the place.
but we had read enough of its gloomy
traditions to be glad to escape from
its depressing influence and proceed UP
| the hill to the cathedral.
| Notre Dame des Domes is beautifully
| situated on a hill overlooking the
! RhOne and it is one of the three
| churches in the world where vespers
! are said daily. This cathedral was
| built in the early years of Christianity
| upon the site of an old pagan temple.
Way up in the lantern even today
there are smeared blotches of different
colors the relics so they say of the old
temple. 1t has been rebuilt and added
| to many times. Although such a
small cathedral it was to US one of the
| most impressive ones of all Europe.
Entering, there is statue of st. Mar
tina.
The legend goes that after the resur-
rection of our Saviour Martha and the
three holy Marys We're prosecuted
and finally put to sea in a vessel with
out sails. the Jews hoping they would
perish, but trusting in God they sailed
safely over the Tyrrhean Sea and land.
ed on the shores of Provence. and whilC
the Marvs stayed by the Mediterra
inean Martha went up on tbs
IRhone and founded Avignon. Later
she delivered the city from tn:
'scourge Of that monster La Tarasqua
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
ANSWERS EVERY CALL
Augusta People Have Found That
This is True.

cold, a strain, a sudden wrench,
little cause may hurt the kidneys.
Spells of backache often follow,
Or some irregularity of the urine.
A certain remedy for such attacks.
A medicine that answers every call,
Is Doan's Kidney Pills. true
specific.
Many Augusta people rely on it.
Here is Augusta proof.
Mrs. J. f. Cousins, of 16 Page ST.,
Augusta. Me, says: "Our appreciation
of Doans Kidney Pills increases as we
learn more and more their great value.
Ny husband procured the remedy in
the spring OF 1898 at Chas. X.
Partridge's drug store, now Willis l..
Partridge, and they cured him of
severe backache and other ailments
arising from imperfect action of his
kidneys. His rest had been mucn
broken at night because of the trouble.
We know of a number of others here
in Augusta who have used Doan's
Kidney Pills and in each and every
case the results have been satisfactory.
I have on numerous occasions heard
people praise Doan's Kidney Pills and
during the several years since we first
learned their merits our 1altn mas
constantly increased regarding their
value and effectiveness. -
For Sale by all Dealers. frlce oo
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Bufaio,
New York, Sole Agents for the Onleeo
States.
Remember the name-Doan s-aho
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
IN PROBATE COURT.
Hearing on PhiIura Macomber Con
tested Will Case-Will Is Allowed.

prt.bate Judge Stevens was busy
nearly all day Thursday listening to
the evidence in the contested will case
of Phlura w. Macomber. late of Mon
mouth.
Philura W MacOmber died in Mon
mouth during the month of September,
1907 ';he executor of the will was 4.
X. p. Krowlton of Lewiston. who also
drew the instrument, which was in
due form and properly witnessed. One
son, an imbecile. survived. but no hus-
band or daughter. The son. Herbert
Maccinbor, is under guardianship. In
her will she gave all her property 70
her three brothers, utterly ignoring and
not remembering in any way her only
sor. WHO is a man about sc years of
age.
The will was contested on two
grounds. First, that Mrs. Macombec
was incompetent to make a will and
that or July y, after executing the
will on July 5. 1901, she, herself was
put under guardianship. The second
objection was that her only son was
not mentioned in any way. shape or
manner in the will. The evidence was
but On the whole. for the purposes of
the trial in the probate court the
court allowed the will.
The question may arise whether OF
not this imbecile son. who was left out
and not mentioned in any way, would
not inherit precisely the same as
though the will was made in his ia
vor. as he was the only near heir tC
the property.
II. +. Foster of Winthrop appeared
for the proponents of the will and
Charles l.. Andrews of the firm of
Heath & Andrews of Augusta, appear
ed in opposition. Three subscribing
witnesses We're examined and the dep
osition OF A. *. P. knowlton, the man
who drew the Will, was read DR.
Blake OF Monmouth, who attended the
testatriX about the time of her last
illness, also testified at the hearing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

The Villa DIES Peupliers was outside
the walls almost in the country, but
after walking along. the picturesque
Cnemin DIES NiOletS we came to the
boulevard in front of the walls which
always afforded scene as lovely as
aiy of our American beach resorts.
Here were booths of all kinds where
the fakirs sold their things to the too
willing public. There the constant
whirr of the merry-gO-round added to
the cont usion of the whole. In one
place there was booth where a
canary bird ted fortunes, the process
being as simple as it was ridiculous.
The canary with its wings well clipped
sat on a little perch and when the
customer had paid his dix confines at
a word from its mistress it reached
over and picked out with its bill from
a box :, folded slip of paper which
usually read il the fortune seeker
were a women, you VIII marry man
worth twenty thousand francs. Be
ware of IA dark-haired woman with a
crooked nose"
Passing by these enticements we
came tG the gates.
With the entrance into the walls the
scat time was blotted out by the
pre-eminence Of the medieval land
marks. Avignon played an important
mart in the time of Julius Caesar who
was proud of his city OF Avenlo as II
was then called. Even today some
Roman remains are still to be seen
, After MANY yicissitudes the city was
sold to the poDes.
Abo,1t the first part of the four
teentn century there was trouble al
Rome and So mewhere near the year
1907 (accounts Vary the popes re-
moved the papal see to Avignon where
if remained until 1877. That was tn,
golden age of Avignon. 1t gave rise
| to the memorials for which the city IS
noted 1t vas a very lovely city ir
those DAYS. Daudet says that for the
saietv. life and festivals at Avignol
during the time of the popes there Is
no equal. From morning to nigh'
there Were professions. pilgrimages
the Ginning of bells, dances and the
liveliest life imaginable. 1t is thE
n.rin,l which makes AvignOn noted an6
ir this period the exterior OF tht
walls were begun by Innocent vi ant
finished by Urban V. Even today thu
city is lively. for we seldom went in
side the gates without encounterins
troops If soldiers, and their MARTA
music is heard at all hours of the day
Following the main street the Rue az
la Republic we went past the post
Office where we usually stopped, moi
caring to trust our letters to the mai
carriers. as they keep their letters II
an open tin box strapped in front o
them much like the vendors of ode
wares in our own country. and thu
wind might play havoc with them t.
the utter disregard of the carrier. wh'
goes whistling and sauntering along a
| if nothing had happened. One day W.
returned to the villa to find several Q
our letters flying about the garden.
After leaving the postoffice we sool
| came to the Place de fHotel d
Ia Vile, the centre Of life II
! Avignon. Here the tables on tn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

a hearing in the Roscoe f. Penney
bankruptcy case will be held before
the referee in bankruptcy for Kenne-
bee county at 1880 this forenoon, in the
grand jury room at the county Court
house, on an order for the bankrupt to
pay over to the trustee the sum of
5000. 1t is expected that some interest
ing developments may be forthcoming
in the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

way up the winding staircase crouch
cd Tootoo. whmpering az il he wcr,
forever deserted. We were Obliged Il.
carry him down as he was powerless
to move
We asked tie concierge when those
beautiful bells played and she told ~,
On TUESDAYS at half past nine and then
only for a half an hour Thinking To
hear some mclodious anthem peal
forth we made a special effort thu
next Sund2v and reached there in
time 10 hear z Trump thump on the
smaller bells, and bang bang on TIL.
larger ones. That was all the music
we heard during the half hour that
they rang.
Mabel FRANCES KNIGHT.
,rl1 rTi,.ltnGIltll ct
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

Eaton of Portland. Certificate filled
Jan. s, 1908.
Bryant and Co. organized at Pitts
field, for the purpose of conducting a
general lumber business, with $4,000
capital stock, Of which 500 is paid in.
Officers: President, and treasurer,
Frederick Bryant of Worcester. Mass.
Certificate filed Jan. s. 1908.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
Augusta
Employers
Have Learned

that the best and quickest manner to
secure desirable help Is through the
Want Columns OF the Daily Journal.
Good help is scarce and does not long
remain idle after acquiring tie habit
Of consulting the Classified Ads each
morning. It pays to always read 30
lays" wants IN The Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

nils known. Sold by Bowditch. Webster
Z Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
|PERUNA|
FOR CATARRH
Of Head, Throat, Lungs, Stomach,
Kidneys and Internal Organs.

DeWfts aiboliZed Witch Hazel Salve
is especially recommended for piles. Sold
by Bowditch. Webster & Co. s4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

The Thirteenth Letter will be mora
about ATiGnnn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

Frineds of Hon. Benjamin +. Chad
bourne Of Biddeford former member
Of the Board Of Railroad Commits
siOners, will be interested to learn that
he is now located in Georgia where he
is assisting in laying out new rail-
road line between Chattanooga and
Savannah. Mr.. Chadbourne went to
Washington late in November to at
tend the meeting Of the National as
ISOLATION of Railroad Commissioners
and went from there to Georgia.
The following corporations have filed
their certificates Of organization at the
Office of the secretary of State.
Clark Dredge Manufacturing Co.
organized at Portland. for the purpose
of manufacturing, dealing in and
operating dredger. with 100000 CAPT.
tai stock, of which nothing is paid in.
Oficers: President, James E. Manter
Of Portland; treasurer, Clarence Z.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

The following communication, ap-
dressed to the Governor and comman-
d.r-in-chief has been received at the
office of the adjutant general, from the
War Department At Washington, D. c.,
relative to the selection of candidate
for the grade OF second lieutenant in
the United States army:
Wor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

l lot Ladies' Union Suits the well
known Oneita brand sold every
where for $500. Now. .79c.
use. Union Suits. .............4 age.
Fleeced lined Vest and Pants 29c.
quality for. .18c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10

Best spool Cotton. ............5c Sc.
Best quality Print Sc. per yard
while it lasts
Ladies' fleeced Vest and Pants,
large sizes {, and for. zoe.
Is doZ Ladies' Muslin Drawers
three tucks. only. ............. 19c.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18

is taken into consideration by some persons. The
young man, probably, was sorry for the abrupt
termination of his friendship with the young lady,
but perhaps it was for the best. That was his
version of it, anyhow.
Most English speaking nations celebrate Christ
mastide just as We Americans do, but each has it's
little self-made variation. In Italy they celebrate
with a grand dance, as a rule, and they take great
pains to be attired in gaudy raiment. The Danish
are very deliberate about their Christmas festivi-
ties and great fetes and gifts are the order of the
day. The Swiss are fervent in their worship of
the Saviour on that day and the little children
dressed for gala affairs parade the streets in or
der that their parents may look at them and COM
pare them with the kids next door"
Many persons who have read much history and
who have been able to persuade themselves that
the present century is all wrong as to the date
of the birth of Christ, are %skeptical as to whether
we should observe the sacred day when We do.
Estimates as to when Christ was born extend
clear from June to January &c.
Prior to the fourth century Christmas was not
observed on December 25, for there was no period
of Uniformity in observing the day among the
early churches. The ~skeptical persons who have
studied the thing from end to end say that on
December 25 it rained in Judea and then attention
is called to the Biblical statement that shepherds
were watching their flocks when Christ was born.
Now how could they watch their f1ocks when it
was raining? is the argument of the unbelievers
that December 20 is the correct day OF feast.
One person who is not skeptical declared that
perhaps they didn't have sense enough to come in
out of the rain in those days. But of course that
is no argument. The chances are the calendars
have been changed so much that the orig raj
December 25, if hunted down, would be fond
flirting with May 1. Of course the correct day
upon which to worship has much TO do with the
feeling of Christians in the matter, but at TIE
same time, if the event is properly observed lie
time of observance is but a detail.
Many good churchmen who seldom attend
church on Sundays find Christmas an excellent
day to attend church because it only falls on Sun
day once in seven years and it doesn't break in
on their weekly holiday morning nap.
Millions of dollars are spent every year in every
country of the globe for presents. 1t is declared
in mercantile circles that the United States in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18
S10O Reward, S100.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10 iearr
that there is at least one dreaded disease that science
is been able 10 cure in all its stages. and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a %constitu-
ional treatment. Halls. Catarrh Cure is taken IN
.ernally, acting directly Upon the blood and mucous
urfaceS OF the system, thereby destroying the
oundatiOa Of the disease, ard giving the patient
trength by building up the constitution and assist
ng nature in doing its work. The proprietOrs have
% much faith in its curative powers that they oner
0ne Hundred Dollars for any case that IL falls 70
:urc. Send for list of testimonials
Address F. J. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18
Long a Temperance Worker.

Mother Stewart, who died recently, was 80
years old. She devoted her life to the temperance
canse. Mrs. Stewart established the first w. c. T.
T.. in Ohio at Osborn in 1873. In 1876 she visited
England and organized the first W. c.. T. U. in that
country. Following the civil war she lectured ex-
tensively in the southern states on behalf of the
war sufferers.
Five years ago Mother" Stewart became inter-
ested in the teaching of Alexander Dowie and
visited Zion City where she remained one year,
since which time she lived with friends at Hicks
vile. Until five years ago she resided in Spring
field, O., where she led in many temperance cru
sades. Scarcely a woman in America could boast
of the praise from pulpit and press like Mother"
Stewart.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18
Sees Great Future For Siberia.

More than 500, 900 persons emigrated from Eu-
ropean Russia to Siberia in 1907. Vice-Consu Chan
Ter of Dalny reports, and of this record-breaking
number fewer than ever before returned to their
homes. Every colonist arriving in Siberia receives
81 acres of land free, paying no taxes the first
three years and only half the regular taxes the next
three.
Siberia imports $4,000, 600 worth of goods by
caravan from China annually, almost entirely tea,
while Siberia exports to China only s75O,0O0 worth
of articles annually, and many of these originate in
European Russia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18

m aXioms Of That kind winch are used
and misused toward the end of the year. That
first saying has been cleverly shifted about in
this manner: 1T is not the gift, but the price
which the giver putteth into the gift"
The proper Christmas spirit as told from the
pulpit is far from that which many follow out in
selecting presents. Mother countries exhibit less
interest in costly gifts than does America. Travel
ers in countries of the old world have been sur
prised at the great number of Christmas presents
which are home-manufactured. Several weeks be-
fore the glad event, the families sit themselves
down in their rooms and start, secretly, work upon
the Christmas gifts. In the country districts of GER
tain parts of America this custom is still retained.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18
Avn Experlenced Walker.

Champion Hayes of Marathon fame,
praised at a dinner in New York a
walker.
HE is a walker?" someone said.
Yes" said Mr.. Hayes. land the next
race he enters, mark me, he will win"
why, l didn't know he had had
any experience as a walker" said the
other in a puzzled voice.
Mr.. Hayes laughed.
mo experience as a walker, eh?"
said he. And the fellows owned an
$50 secondhand motor Car for the last
two year5!"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ng constantly improved, the patent
5tarches put on the market % years
igo are very different and inferior to
hose of the present day. In the lat
curious chemicals are omitted, while
he addition of another ingredient, in
rented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-12-18
She Spoke Too Quick.

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-I see by this pa
per that women are barred from the
Island of Ferdinand de Norouha, be
onging to Brazil.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-That's like the
selfish men! Don't want the women
20 have any privileges!
Il forgot to say, dear, that the island
S only used for convicts!"