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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16
Maine Gossip
October.

OCIoOeT
Can't you sort o settle DOWN You've
been SO long away,
That it's mighty good to see you. 50
contrnted an so gay.
The very woods is Welcomin' as they push
the leaves aside
So the sun kin see you passin' in your
beauty an your pride.
The naples sheddin gold jeS like a
SpcEdt hrift or q king,
An the little brook is dancin' an auyin'
fur to sing.
The OF gum tree is putin on her gor-
Seousest an best,
Ambitious to outshne the twilight col
OrS in the vest
You know you're mighty welcome an
that when you go away
The world keeps settn' lonesome an
the skies grow chill an gray.
We wish you'd stay the whole year
through an never seek to roam.
Say can't you sort q settle down an
make yourself to home?
Washington Star
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

How those poor Bay State Demo-
Gratis do miss George Fred Williams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

This is the day for the Abruzzi- Ell
kinS Engagement to be on again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

IL has teen estimated by apple BUYERS
throughout the State that this ears
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

The Topsham fair is the last Of ti,>
Zig ones, but there arr few others
yet to Lo held
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

The returns from the huskers indi-
cate no shortage of red ears this TALL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

TODAY brings the investigation Of the
state lInuCr agency by II special leSi.;-
l&tive committee at the State House
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

There is an extra good crop of Oc-
tcber weddings
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

1t was hard for the Portland people
VIII" sa" Madam Yaw at the Festival
IL all her sirlsh beauty and fragilt
grace to realize that she appeared in
Portland as concert star as long ago
as 1886
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

! is entitled to rank as tn" legitimate
successor Of Louisa NJ. Alcptt in our
present day and generation and her
book: have enjoyed the wide popular
ity to which their merits fairly EMIT
| led them.
In the new volume, the fourth III the
series, 81 lncy Stayre is shown as d
freshman at Smith College, cnlpving
to the fun the pleasures that iii her
! days. having her individual difficulties.
and with all the freshmans alora ion
fer upper class girls and happenings
The story is fright and vivacioua full
of action. and IS q sympathetic napier
from the book Of a college girls lite
the annIaI basket bali contest oi
Washington's birthday is one ,f the
features Of this delightful book. Sidney
and her college friends form 4 group
Of lovable young people whom all girl
re aders will take Immediately o their
hearts.
The Eleanor Smith Music Course.
By Eleanor smith. head of the Depart
ment of Music. School of Education.
University Of Chicago. Cloth, square
svo American Book Company. New
York, Cincinnati and Chicago
Book One. III pages. Price, p cents.
Book Two. l45 pages. Price. - cents,
I3oos, Three. 195 pages. Price. 70 cents;
Book Four 255 pages. Price. 20 cents.
The music of this course is dis
tnguished by it's thoroughly artistic
quality. and embodes the research Of
years among all the sources which
yield beautiful songs for children. 1t
includes folk songs of many nations.
and selections from the works of emil
nent American and foreign composers.
The poetry which serves as song texts
has been chosen with great care.
While the material has been selected
for its artistic .wcrth. it has been care
fully graded as regards difficulty and
musical maturity. The first steps are
taken BY means of short melodies.
which though simple are not lacking
in vitality or charm. Technical points
are worked out by means of real music
and Illustrated by d wealth of song
material. Words and music are such
as correlate with the general work Of
the school thereby adding interest and
variety to other studies. The tastes
and interests Of the children their
stage of development. and the normal
range Of their voices. have all been
different books
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

The Breaking In Of a YacntSmans
Wife by Mary Heaton Worse. with Il
lustrat tons by Rtginal g. Birch l2iH".
cloth: Price $50. Boston. Hought IN,
Mif1in K Co
This is one of the breeziest and most
delightful out-uf- door books that has
appeared i'll many a day, and has won
Immediate and general favor with tie
reading public. 1t is written in the
first person. ana relates the many and
amusing experiences of a clever and
conIpaniOnable woman afioat with
ges from Long Island Sound to the
Mediterranean, and from Mas$aChu-
sets By at ProvincetoWn to the Ia
goOnS % Venice: and the craft in which
the lively action passes comprise cat
boats, sharpics. slOops, SwampScott
dores. lateen-rigged Mediterranean
fishing boats. and Venetian SondniaS
Two divertlng love stories are woven
into the narrative. which itself, WIN
it's amusing episodes. its lively give
sy flavor, is as delightful summer :ead-
ing as could well be imagined. rhe
book is humorously illustrated with
vigorous sketches, and has "A very at
tractiV" cover design.
Mrs. Worse is well and widely ki'"wn
as one OF the most successful magazine
story writers of the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16
nAT1y KENNEBEC JOURNAL FRIDAY OCTOBER 16. 1908

crop is about 20 per cent, Of the aver
age. though the apples are oil exccp-
tinnaIly fine quality. The wholesale
markets in Portland have been well
supplied SO far this season, buE It Is
reported that the late apples viii! b,
more scarce. that is, in Maine. Tht
crops in Canada and elsewhere hav'
been far larger than the averag: thi
season and it is hard to find the exact
reason why Maine should have an of
wear IL is supposed, however, that the
unusually hot and dry summer is res
pCnsibiS in large degree but forum
ately the apple crop has not been DIS
troublesome as in the average year.
Apples coming from some parts Of the
state have had withered appearance.
caused Ly the lot sun ana dry weather
but they are good as the average.
Portland markets are supplied from
all parts of the state, no special see
ten being given the preference, though
there arr certain places where the
fruit grows in greater abundance Than
in others. The oxford county crop.
which is usually so large is cut down
to about 50 per cent. this year. and
other apple growing sections are even
worse off, but there are still others
where apples are as plentiful as usual.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

For the first time in many years New
Vineyard fas a fulI-hedged hotel. 1t is
named the New Vineyard House and
John W. jacobs, who has beer a resi-
dent of tnat t"wr nearly all his life. is
proprietor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

Friends Of the late Hon. Thomas
b. Reed will be interested to know
that Burr G. Miller the Paris sculptor
to whom was awarded the contract
for the Reed Memorial statute last
April. will require at least two md
one half years to complete the work
The famous speaker will be repre-
sented standing up holding a parch
ment in his hand and the artist mas
succeeded admirably in bringing out
the several characteristics of carriage
and personal appearance for which
Reed was famous. The figure will he
about l. feet high and will surmount d
Spire of granite which will be in shape
of a column and without any particular
decoration. This will be located on a
base of propotionate size. The esti-
mated cost of the monument will be
about $4,000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

one If the pictures along the rive,
front. especially interesting to visitors
ana also attracting considerable at
tention from Bath people is made by
the two big schooners nearing com
plet1on at Percy & Small's yard at the
South End. big six-maste for J.
). Winslow & co. of Portland, and A
'lVe-master for the William F. Palmer
iieet are both We'll along in construc-
ton. Rigger Frank A. Palmer has his
crew a: work On both craft The masts
are in place on the Palmer schooner
and three of the big masts for the
Wlnslow schooner have been stepped.
The carpen will finish planking the
tainer schooner this week. Tie two
Schooners offer unique picture FOR
they are the only two big wooden craft
now under construction in the yard Of
any single shipbuilding firm III this
country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

the Turner apple crop is NOT wholly
Il failure as one man there gathered
~" barrels this fall and another so
sun, the same farmers raised 200 and
1870 barrels respectively year ago
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

Brave Little Peggy by Nina
Rhoades. author of priscilla # the
DOH Shop" etc. Eighth volume If the
Brick House Series" Illustrated by
Bertha Davidson Hoxie 12mc: Goth
Price ST Loo Boston. Lothrop Lee
Shepard Co
No better book for little girls than
those of the Brick House Series" can
be found anywhere. They appeal not
only to the little ones. for whom they
are specially written, but also To peo-
pie of older growth in whose hearts
still Iinger enough of the spring '''ne
of youth to enable them to recognize
and appreciate, an altogether interest
ing and delightful child story. Nothing
is lacking in this charming story OF
Grave Little Peggy''-a beautiful CIV
er design, Jorge. clear print. and OK
ceptionally good illustrations, AL serve
to make suitable framing for me
text. and to give us dainty volume
that cannot fail to delight the heart Oh
any little girl who is so fortunate as 10
possess it.
Peggy is certainly loveable little
heroine. She comes from California 10
New Jersey to live with Il brother ana
sister whom She has not known sl"ce
very early childhood. She Is 30 demo-
cratic in her social ideas that many
amusing scenes occur. and it Is haro
for her to understand many things
that she must learn. But her Sooa
heart carries her through, and her COZ
scientiousness and moral courage WIZ
affection and happiness. All of MISS
delightfully."-. and the general good taste
which is an unfailing characteristic VI
her books entities them to the faFot
which they enjoy.
Continued on Page Eight)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

In a Portland market they are. show
ing 24o pound squash raised in the
toxin IF Cumberland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-16

sidney "' College. by Anna Chaplin
Kay. author of ''The Sidney Books
~" Teddy Books" etc. illustrated by
Harriet Roosevelt Richards. Emo.
l,e4olated cloth $50 Little, Brown &,
Co. Publishers, Boston.
The Sidney books are entitled to rank
among the very best stories for girls In
their teens that have ever been written.
they are bright, vivacious. entertain
ing. pure in tone and purpose, and dis
tlnctly stimulating. They are written
with q sympathetic insight into the
JOYS ana sorrows. the hopes the fears,
q young girlhood that few writer's
nave ever possessed. Indeed, Miss Ray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
Big Game, Big Talk.

Sycamore Hill is now the mecca of all
the big game hunters in the world. Every
man who Is taking a few weeks of from
the Jungle and the wilderness, the forest
and the plain, IS headed for that shrine
of science, there to relate his adventures
and to stimulate the Imagination and the
zeal Of the mighty nimrod who is shortly
TO fare forth into the African wilds. to
strike terror to the heart of savage nature.
Yesterday as luncheon guests at Saga
more Hill were several men who went eX-
pressly to relate their hunting experiences
in Africa. They talked about potting the
lion in the Atlas mountains. and sniping
The hippopotamus in the Nile. They re-
la.ed many chases of the shy giraffe and
the ponderous elephant. They talked OF
skins and tusks, of hairbreadth escapes
and heroic adventures. 1t Is q wonder
thai when they had finished Mr. Roosevelt
vas able to restrain himself from the
natural impulse to resign and hustle over
TO Africa Immediately to get in a few ex-
ira shots.
Naturally so discriminating a scientist
as the sure shot Of Sycamore will not al
low himself to be imposed upon by the
nature takers. He will know instinctively
when they are drawing the long bow and
attributing habits and qualities to the
ienizens of the jungle which do not belong
10 them. No mere exaggerator Of exciting
themes need expect to pull of any OF his
tricks at Oyster Bay this summer. He
will be spotted as surely as a malefactor
Of great wealth and as promptly humbled
and driven from the presence. For there
is discernment as well as zeal at Saga
more Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16

were the real contestants. The former
was Of the extreme low tariff school. and
the latter of the conservative school. Mr..
something of a Randallite Conservatism,
In the end, won.
It is a fact, however, that Mr.. Mills
temper, which was quick and high. had
something to do with the decision. Some
men who agreed with him on the tariff
question were afraid that he might not
be the master of himself in the chair with
SO accomplished a nagger and bapterer as
Thomas B. Reed leading the republicans
on the floor. They conceded his ability
and admired his honesty. but deplored
the ginger that seasoned his composition.
Judge Crisp, with ability and honesty,
was cool as a cucumber under all CIR
cumstances. A dynamite explosion in
the neighborhood would not have upset
his eauanimity.
Consideration of the tariff question
proper would probably have taken Mr..
Bryan into the Mills camp. He, too. be-
longed to the low tariff wing Of the par
ty. and in the next. the Fffty-third. Con-
gress. when the clash came between the
Clevelandites and the Randallites. with
Mr.. Wilson Of West Virginia leading the
former and Mr.. Gorham Of Maryland the
latter, Mr.. Bryan followed Mr.. Wilson
He helped prepare, and he spoke for, the
Wilson bill which Mr.. German, when 1t
reached the Senate, turned inside out and
upside down in the interests Of protec-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
Loose Talk.

Yesterday at Metuchen n J.. one of
the foremost citizens. once pastor of
church. once editor of local paper and
recently the recorder of the town. was
killed by a man whom he had twice SEN
fenced to jail for wife-beating The muir
derer bore a bad reputation In the Sec
ton. Ever since his last conviction for
wife-beating and his subsequent release
from the town Jail through the pleadings
of his wife he has openly declared that
he would get even with the man who
had sentenced him. In one of the New
York newspaper reports of the crime oc-
ours this paragraph:
THE threats were received coldly by
those who heard, for 1t was matter of
record that the kindly old minister who
for q year held the position Of recorder
and tempered justice with more than the
usual amount OF mercy, suffered kecnly
because OF the punishments he had to
mete out to offenders. and that no penalty
he inflicted was severe. Besides no one
took seriously threats made so openly" ?
Here is a typical instance of the loose
talking in which disgruntled people often
indulge failing to make an impression
upon community. 1t reflects upon the
law sense of an organized people that
man can go forth and openly voice his
intention to kill without being appre-
hended or even warned. Had the first ut
terance of this scoundrels threats against
the court been followed by his arrest and
proper punishment under the law doubt
less the crime that he contemplated would
never have been committed.
II every man who threatens to kill or
seriously maltreat another were imme-
diately put under restraint. ether in jail
or under bonds to keep the peace, there
would probably be a material diminution
of crime. The trouble is that much Of
this Wild talking is regarded as mere
vaporing without intention behind H.
Something should be done by every COM
munity TO impress upon each individual
the fact that II is unsafe and unlawful to
talk in terms of crime even though no
mischievous act is intended. Many man
has felt justified In arming himself and
taking the process Of self-defense in his
own hands on hearing Of what are no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
Mr.. Bryan and Ex-Confederates.

This appears in dispatch from Lincoln:
"a North Carolina editor telegraphed
Mr.. Bryan as follows:
Thomas T.. Watson quotes YOU as
saying you would never vote for a Con.
federate veteran. Does this misrepresent
you?'
In reply Mr.. Bryan said that he had
never made any such statement: that he
had voted for q Confederate veteran for
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
that hs had voted for Speaker Crisp twice
on roll call, first in the Fifty-second Con-
xress and again in the Fifty-third and
voted for him in caucus In the Fifty-third
Congress. He recommended an ex-Con-
tederate John D. Calhoun) for postmaster
OF Lincoln in 1893, and while in Congress
he sustained the best of relations with the
ex-Confederate members
Mr.. Bryan need not have replied to this.
He was too young to participate in the
civil war. and his Nebraska constituents
are not of narrow class. Why should
he on any account. ever have had any
violent prejudices against Confederate
veterans?
The story has reference TO the contest
for the speakership of the Fifty-second
Congress. Mr.. Bryan's first House. There
were four candidates for the democratic
nomination: Mills of Texas. Crisp OF
Georgia, Springer of Illinois and McMil-
lin of Tennessee. MIR. Mills and Judge
Crisp were ex-Confederate soldiers. though
the feet did not figure in the race at all.
Mr.. Bryan supported Mr.. Springer for
reasons OF his own. One reason may have
been that Mr.. Springer was from Illinois
the state OF Mr.. Bryan's birth. In the end
Judge Crisp was chosen.
Mr.. Springer and Mr.. McMillin were
small factors. Mr.. Mills and Judge Crisp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
The Filthy Eating Houses.

While it is comforting to know that the
health Office is going sharply after the
dirty lunchrooms in Washington. the
nature Of the reports Just submitted by
the special inspectors leads inevitably to
the thought that it is a great pity the in
spection service had not been more sys-
tematic and uniform In the past. When
out OF sixty-one places inspected twenty
have been found so filthy as to call for ar
rests for violations Of the law and forty
have been bad enough to evoke formal
warnings, with only one establishment
commended for cleanliness, it is apparent
that the local standard has for some time
been entirely too low and that there has
not been sufficient official stimulus to
maintain 1t properly.
Whether it Is because the subject has
been neglected entirely or because the
health Office is not sufficiently manned to
permit a systematic inspection Is for de-
termination later. 1t is undoubtedly true
that the health Office should have more
men to serve as inspectors. But In view
of the shocking results of the inspection
recently ordered 1t is evident that the
subject might possibly have been taken
into consideration by the inspection force
long ago, even IL on a small scale.
The statements of the inspectors just
filed regarding the conditions they found
are of a character to cause the intelli-
gent patrons of these establishments
to marvel at their immunity from
disease. If indeed they are today in full
health. No one can tell how far the NOR
bidity of Washington is attributable to the
unclean methods in vogue in the local
eating places as revealed by this recent
inquiry. Judging from some Of the cases
cited. where cooking utensils were appar-
emily never washed, where garbage cans
stood alongside of supplies of uncooked
foods. where windows and doors were in
nocent of fly screens. where in short the
first rules OF decency were constantly and
fagrantly violated, it is marvel that
the city remains as well as 1t lie.
This good work must go on. not spas
medically but systematically. 1t is due
to the public that the names of those who
have offended SO seriously against the
laws Of health should be proclaimed. thus
adding to the penalty that the court may
itself indict and putting a decided pre-
MUM upon sanitary administration in
these. places Of public necessity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
Mr.. Kern and His Neighbors.

The citizens Of Indianapolis. without
regard to party, greeted Mr.. Kern With
every show Of admiration and respect.
In honoring him they honored themselves.
They testified to the high value placed
by the community on life OF good re-
port and usefulness. The Vice President
of the United States and the mayor Of the
city, both political opponents of Mr.. Kern,
were prominent in the proceedings. and
their addresses were excellent specimens
OF neighborly feeling.
MI Kern In his reply was equally fe-
Hcitous. and In this paragraph gave bit
Of advice which everybody in the country
should take:
''All I ask Of you. and 1 am sure my
friend here Indicating the Vice PresidenO
will join in the request, Is that every vot-
er study the issues before the people
from the standpoint OF patriotism: that
he inform himself as to the right or
wrong Of the questions at issue. and then.
when you have made up your mind thus
intell!gently and patriotically. as Is your
duty as a citizen, then, with the strength
Of American manhood. go and deposit
your vote for the right as God gives you
to see the right, and we will abide by
your decision
In the language Of the street. This is
about the size of it, The question for
voters is one Of issues, not Of men. Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Kern, as men. command
and deserve the highest respect. Each
enjoys the perfect confidence Of his neigh
bors His daily walk is straight and
clean. In national ONCE he would carry
himself well on all personal grounds.
AS much may be said Of both Judge
Taft and Mr.. Sherman. They are excel
lent men. cherished by their friends and
neighbors, and represent the best we have
to show for American opportunities dill
gently improved.
What the people have to consider is the
line these men would take in ONCE. What
influences would surround Mr.. Bryan or
Judge Taft In the White House? What
men would become advisers of the Pres
ident? We know the two platforms, and
in the main they speak for the two par
ties. Presently. in letter Of acceptance.
Judge Taft will interpret the one and Mr..
Bryan the other. But they scarcely need
interpreting.
The campaign. despite all this. will not
lack for roorbacks and sensations. They
have become a fixture OF the show. like
the wild-eyed capers of delegates and
visitors to national conventions, who want
to get. and to give the country, the worth
Of money. But with no excuse Offering
for offensive personalities as to the cam
didates, We should have a decent and,
upon the whole, a thoughtful campaign.
and q verdict in November expressive Of
the intelligence and will Of the people,
AS to that, Mr.. Kern has sounded the
keynote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16
Gray and Parker.

Somebody suggests that in the event of
Mr.. Bryan's election Judge Gray and
Judge Parker would make excellent ma
teriaI for the Supreme bench. The ap-
pointment of neither would be likely.
Judge Gray is nearing the seventy-year
mark-the age for retiring-while Judge
Parker is at such wide variance with Mr.
Bryan on nearly all public issues he
would hardly be considered If 1t shall
fall to Mr.. Bryan to make appointments
to that court we may expect to see him
select men in something like agreement
with him on public policies and constitu-
tional questions. 1t is the custom of
Presidents SO to do.