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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-24
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The crew of the schooner Menawa
which was sunk Tuesday night by th'
Presidents yacht, Mayt'oWer, passed
through Portland Thursday on the
wav to their homes at Brooksvllle.
Cant. Hutchinson. who lives at South
Brooksville proceeded to New York.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-24

Mustaches are not worn by men ex-
nosed to the severity of an Alaskan
winter. They wear full boards tc
protect the throat and face, but keel
tho upper lip clean shavcn. Inc
moisture from the breath conSeals $"
quickly that a mustache becomes I'M
bedded in solid cake of ice. and the
face is frozen in a short time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-24

Richard Ryan, Jr., VINO mas TOT so'iic
time past been in the employ u
Harry P. Lowell in the latter Jew
elry store, has accepted a posltiohi d.
Northeast HarbOr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-24
sAGADAHoc.
BOWDOIN.

Laurence Schncrr who has been i'll.
is very much improved in health.
George w. Curtis of Brunswick was
in town Tuesday the guest of his sister,
Mrs Martha Wheeler.
Mrs. Hosea Bickford and Mrs. Pert
Wardwcll of Lisbon Falls were in town
Tuesday.
Fred Roberts has finished hayng for
Charles Maxwell
Robert Rickford is helping Willla :
Snow cut the grass on the George
Jones farm.
Miss Ruth Mitchell of North Bath
is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. f. E,
Cornish for a few weeks.
Mrs. Thomas Shaw OF Auburn
formerly of this town, IS IN Ill hcaitn,
having suffered a shock,
Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Mariner OF
Tucson Arizona are expected in town
to visit Mrs. Mariners parents, MI.
and Mrs J. o. Roberts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-24
LITCHFIELD PLAINS.

Mrs. Anna Blanchard of Denver. Col.
arrived here Wednesday, called by the
illness nf her father, Samuel Smith.
Miss Athsa Williams Of Boston came
home Wednesday to spend her VaCa
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
OUR SPLENDID HARBOR

NHE visit of the fleet is triumph
for the harbor of San Pedro, and
Il every patriotic citizen of South
ern California will rejoice in the
knowledge that an opportunity has
been given to let all mankind know
that within easy access of Los Angeles
is one of the great seaports of the
world. Every new harbor is a great
gain to civilization. 1t furthers the
brotherhood of man, promotes not only
commercial interests, but commercial
courtesy and the comfy of nations. NO
longer may the detractor indulge in MS
sneer that after all there is no rear
harbor in Southern California. Such a
carping remark will hereafter be
greeted with jeers and boots, and the
paper that stupidity prints it VIII lose
prestige. A harbor that is good enough
for Uncle Sans navy is good enough
for ANYBODY, and since the finest ships
in the world may there find sa1e an
chorage, all the other ships that come
and go on the pathways of the mighty
deem may be assured that in San Pc
dro they will find secure anchorage
annie facilities for unloading and load
ing cargo. and a distributing station
from which goods may be forwarded
without delay to any part of the Pa
cific coast or of the American contl-
nent.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
BEST OF EVERYTHING

VIZ HEN any eastern city is prepar-
w ing for an event as great and
w important to it as the visit of
the fleet will be to Los Angeles the in
habitants thereof and the newspapers
thereof worry and stew and fret and
make themselves miserable over the
great uncertain quantity that may mar
their celebration. "Oh, if we could only
tell what the weather will be like,
they cry. But, alas, they cannot tell
what the weather will be like" If
the weather is fine the weather expert
is commended for his sagacity. If it
should belle the forecast the weather
man is a storm center. Every eastern
celebration is hampered by this ele-
ment of chance, this lottery element.
With what sighs of relief do those who
have invested their money or staked
their very patriotism, so to speak, on
the success of the celebration, hail a
smiling morn.
isn't this lucky!" they exclaim,
How fortunate we are!"
In many respects is California su-
perior to any eastern state or to all
the eastern states together. In Cali
fornia the weather plays us no tricks.
Here it cannot be said that fair is foul
and foul is fair We are not apprecia-
tive enough of our climate. 1t saves us
wear and tear. 1t prolongs our lives.
IT imDrOVeS our health 1t adds to
our happiness. il allows us to enjoy
the liberty of the open air all the year
round. 1t is the best climate in the
best state in the best country in the
best world we know anything about.
Let us all do our best to live up to
these bests, then we will be the best
peODlc.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
TEMPLE IS DOOMED

TTl HE news that the Fifth Avenue
hotel, New York, is doomed to
II destruction, in order that its site
may be used for sky scraping Of
flee building, will cause many pang
in many an exile's breast New York
without the Fifth Avenue hotel! Car
you imagine it? Even readers who
have never been in New York are
familiar with the name of the Fifth
Avenue hotel. that is to say if they
were not born yesterday. From Blaine
and Roscoe Conkling all down the line
TO Platt--with what procession of
men whose names are great in the
annals of it's country is it associated!
And the Amen corner, where the great
Republican leaders gathered together
the faithful, to expound unto them
new doctrines to which all the people
said Amen Cor were kicked ouN is
this to be the Amen of the Amen corner
oh, ghosts of the great, il ye are any
where within the influence of earth s
gravitation, ye are night by night at
the Amen corner. There is the air
heavy with your ponderous influences.
For Republicans who are superstitious,
the destruction of the Fifth Avenue
hotel is an omen of i'll. This, the very
temple and fame OF old time Repub-
licanlsm, must give way to progress
and reform.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE?

TN SCOFFING at the idea that Sec
retary Taft, IL elected president,
- would be in a position to carry out
Rooseveltian ideas or accomplish re-
forms, Mr.. William J. Bryan, with his
usual aptness and felicity, epitomized
exactly the situation -not-theory which
confronts the Republican party and
the voters of the United States Re-
publican power would mean-what? A
protesting president, the successor and
inheritor of the Roosevelt policies, but
not of the Roosevelt personality. Dis
associate the Teddyesque proposals, ar
guments, "coldings and expostula ations
from the original Teddyesque figure
and the result would have as much
meaning and force as Hamlet" with
the leading part omitted.
Mr. Taft, endeavoring to conduct
reform administration as the teeterer
on the seesaw, the middleman between
friendly cabinet and a suspicious,
conservative or unfriendly congress,
would be a much more incongruous
figure than a Democrat in a similar
position. Indeed, the Democrat would
have many advantages that the Re-
publican would lack. He could count
on the undivided support of Demo-
cratic representatives and senators.
No matter how admirable Secretary
Taft may be as an individual, we do
not see what good could be accom-
plished with an Ishmaelite for presi-
dent. The situation would not be
without it's charm, especially to Wash
ington correspondents of descriptive
ability gifted with sense of humor,
but the nations affairs are too serious
for trifling. -Four most strenuous
years loom ahead of the United
States. We win be in need of a pres
ident with assured power and support,
one who will be allowed to DO
THINGS as well as to scold about
them. This is no time for the nations
indulgence In paradox in the presi-
dency 1t cannot afford the luxury.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
RACE TRACK VICTIMS

NHE results of race track "ethics"
applied to domesticity and de-
Il cency were illustrated in the des-
perate deed of a wronged and mad
dened wife who slew the woman for
whom her husband, a man connected
with horse racing, had sighted her.
Racing and race track gambling were
the actual causes of the shooting of
one woman and the ruin of the life of
another. This evil led the man into
temptation, caused the race track
woman to associate with him and in
spired the wronged wife to take the
law in her own hands and avenge her
self What a wretched story 1t is a
shame to humankind that the licensed
and privileged immortality responsible
for tragedies such as this should be al
lowed to sully the fame of our state
and debauch it's young people and its
weaklings! How many more tragedies
must be invited ere good citizens make
up their minds to act with unanimity
and with force and drive this evil out
of the state?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
SOUL OF THE REPUBLIC

mHE community of Los Angeles is
for the time being a big commit
IL tee on naval affairs. Pride in the
fleet inspires every citizen. Pride IN
Old Glory fires his enthusiasm. On
an occasion like this we forgive Gold
smith for his apparent bumptiousness'
and as we see our citizens, conscious
of prosperity, peace, plenty and power
walk among the model battleships that
line our fleet welcoming streets, we
may repeat, with appreciative enthu-
siasm:
see the lords of human kind pass by
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye
There is much poetical discernmen'
in this couplet. The men and women
of servile nations cover and cringe
Their walk is a shuttle. Each gesture
j. deprecatory. They are constantly
apologetic for having been born. They
hope they don't intr de, but they be-
lieve they do. The visit of the fleet Is
chiefly valuable to this community for
its pa triotic inspiration. That splen-
did evidential array of sea power and
dominion does not necessarily mean
naught but shooting and burning and
killing Not at all. 1t means an ap-
probation by the American people OF
the dignity of America. 1t means that
they are willing to express their belief
that the leadership of the English
speaking race is with the Stars and
Stripes. 1t means that, secure from
foreign invasion, absolutely SAFE, we
may follow after whatsoever things are
true and lovely and of good report. II
we are not happy nation what excuse
is there for us? If povertys lean hano
rocks any cradle or filings any victim
into a paupe: grave, in what language
are we to word our apology when We
are called to account? What have We
done, what are we doing with our stew
ardship, of which this grand fleet Ii
an awe-inspiring and world-compellinE
emblem? Have re taken good care o
our little brother? Are we taking gooC
care of him? -A.e We leading our littl
Of. by the hand to school, while WI
give their parents a chance to provide
for them their daily bread? Are W.
following the example of Him wh
shall feed His flock like the shepherd
Are we obeying His last commandment
and feeding His lambs?
With the coming of the fleet let ou
patriotis,-- be reinspired. Let us re
member that altruism and not ego
tism is the soul of the American re
public and encourage it and cherish it
and protect it, and if need be die for il
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED

MFR. BRYAN has opened the
| V Democratic campaign. This
1iA statement must be accepted by
all intelligent Americans. willy nilly
because Mr.. Bryan occupies in rela-
tion to the Democratic party the rela-
tion held toward the Liberal party in
the United Kingdom by William Ewart
Gladstone, whom Mr.. Bryan admires;
whom, indeed-and this is said ada
visedly-he resembles. According to
the old story, the chief of the clan
Gregor had no especial place re-
served for him in his dining room,
for" he said, where the MaeGregor
sits there is the head of the table"
Whether he was in Office or out of it,
Mr.. Gladstone was always at the head
of the Radical table. He was de-
feated frequently, but never out of
the running, for when he lost official
power he went into parliament (con-
gress) as a plain. humble representa-
tive member, and was frequently as
influential in opposition as when occu-
pying one of the seats of the mighty.
The Democratic leaders opening
speech contained many interrogations.
Rhetorically, this was mastery, be-
cause all who heard the speech must
have had their thought power sugges-
lively stimulated, and al who read it
must fall to thinking. If a Repub-
lican administration is returned to
power, what do the Republicans pro-
pose to do? What do they denounce
as wrong? What do they propose as
remedy? What reforms would they
make effective? Mr.. Bryan did not use
this metaphor, but his speech suggests
It: If the devil washed the SCOT off
his face, and dried his cleaned counte-
nance on a borrowed towel, would
that make him an angel of light? Is
a Republican party preaching re
form with two million bright Ameri-
can boys and girls toiling and moiling
for slave wages TO be regarded as
party of reform because it uses the
BORROWED WORD "REFORM?"
Do not be deceived, men and breth-
rem. "In the bright lexicon of the Re
pupllCdA party lhSlC 10 io SoNh NSAN
as REFORM" But, having ascertained
the power of this dissyllable in the
mouths of their opponents, where it
means something. they forthwith bor-
row it and cram it into the mouths of
their own orators, where it means
nothing. 1t is a fine time O. day TO be
talking of reform" when Republican
policies have half-masted the flags Of
the schoolhouses and reduced the
United States. in respect of popular
education. to the fifth place among the
nations of the world, placing this Re-
public on a level with dull, lethargic,
ignorant Spain. Reform. with Mr..
Bryan, means what it says The ma
tion, in many respects deformed by
Republicanism, will be reformed by
Democracy. 1t will return to the first
principles of Americanism, and once
again, when the morning bells ring
throughout the land, we will know
that they are the CHEEKY school bells
ringing the children to education, and
not the sullen factory bells tolling the
children to premature body -blighting,
mind blasting, soul-withering, servile
! toll.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
ONLY ONE FLAG

II ED flags, red hats and red rowdies
X. are not wanted and are not
Az needed in the United States. Re-
formers should beware of color that
is associated with riot and not with
reform Progress may be accom-
plished without lawlessness, and even
the appearance of evil should be avoid
ed. Americanism is progressive enough
for any reformer and the only flag
associated with Americansm is old
Glory. the ftars and Stripes; a flag
that means something and that has
accomplished more for human liberty
than any other ensign or emblem, au-
thorized or unauthorized. factional OF
national, old or new. Long may it
wave. 1t is good enough for any
cause, and it gives to the world as
surance that a reforming party is
pledged to constitutionalism.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
THE soMNoLENT PACHYDERM

William J. Bryan has been invited
to attend the Jefferson birthday din
ner of the National Democratic club
in New York. The canny metropolis
tan committee has carefully refrained
from asking the national Democratic
leader to make a speech, but if, by
the celebrated provincialism OF the me-
tropolis, he should be condemned &c
sit silent while smaller men prattle
he will remind the thoughtful of the
wise owl in the owl and parrot story
which let the parrot crate. said naught
listened silently-and kept up a dickens
of a thinking.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

The tentative Irish home rule resolu'
tion has been adopted in the house
of commons by majority so large and
decisive that the early success OF a
home rule bill is assured. We were
not mistaken in what we said on OF
about st. Patrick's day with regard tc
Campbell and his admin
istration. C.-B. means business. Were
the English asleep when they allowed
the dry goods man from north of the
Tweed to dress the imperial govern
ment in tartans?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
THE AWAKENING

I found Love years ago. a dirnpled sprite,
Whose outspread wings OF gossamer had shared
A little struggling rainbow, that had dared
To play too close to Love, in its young flight
He bent TO kiss flower with body barred,
And SO / caught him. trembling, unprepered,
And. laughing. held him fast with all my
might.
Today, he walked beside me on the road,
With dropping wings-a saddened, old-younE
child,
with lips a-quiver and dull eyes OF pain.
His little hand held mine. yet all things
showed
He longed for freedom, and his old life wild.
Dear Godl how can I set him free again?
Frederick Truesdel in Putnam's.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

The railroad commission will meet in
Los Angeles next Monday to hear evil
dence on charges of rebating against
local railroads of national Importance.
Let us hope that the great expecta-
tions which have been aroused in the
breasts of the sanguine as to the thor
ough and patriotic work of the rail-
way commissioners will not be in the
least disappointed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

A special meeting of the board of ed
ucation should be called to consider
the recommendation for school bond
elections made by DR.. e. C. Moore.
Another high school is absolutely nee
essary and new grammar schools are
needed
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

Manual Sarabia, the alleged Mexican
revolutionist, is to be removed to Ari-
zona. That suits him great deal
better than removal to Mexico, whence
he would promptly be removed" per-
manently-Whence?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
Back Fence Caution

Prospective Father-in-Law-And you
can support my daughter in the style
to which she has been accustomed!
Prospective in-Law-Yes, sir.
Prospectice Father-in-L -Law-WeH -
um-How many of your lives are IN
sured PUCK.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

Texas has relieved the local onion
situation, say the market reports. We
gather from this that onions consumed
in Los Angeles will for awhile be of
Texan origin. 1t will be in order to
talk of a Texas breath.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

City Attorney Leslie r. Hewitt saved
the city from making an April first of
itself when he politely but firmly denied
the right of a lawmaking body to pass
a law and then to hold back its enforce
ment until its constitutionality had
been tested in the courts. That kind
of whimsical business might be all
right in Gilbert and Sullivan's Bara-
taria, but in Los Angeles 1t won't do.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

The Indiana Republican state con-
vention will meet today and it is be-
lieved that on this auspicious date the
delegates will express their preference
for a presidential candidate called
Cocktail Charlie--no, hold on. That is
only his popular name. He was orig
inally named Fairbanks.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

a negro mob in Georgia tried to lynch
a white man. We thought it might
come to that. Negro retaliation may
cause change of heart among those
who scorn their country's law.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

With contemporary. we admit and
agree that China has national spirit,
but it is worse than forty rod, and we
hope that it will never become popular
in the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

On account of a failure to renew con-
tracts, 100000 miners last night stopped
work in Ohio, western Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma.
Arkansas. Texas. Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, West Virginia and Kentucky.
Those who voted the Republican ticket
will have time to see their error.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

The price of California oranges in
the eastern United States has been ad-
vanced in consequence of demand for
the fruit by Canada. Hurrah! Let 'em
rrpaD
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
v;i,,.. f., n. Herald. FLEET OF PEACE
BIZ LAURA KING

nEz7zNlVER the rim of the world they come
KeY| The ships of lordly fleet,
II + III And the ocean heart for pride of them
AM Exults with rhythmic beat,
Their guns are bright with W amens tears,
4 Their flags float out to the wind,
~ Yet they boast no blood OH the decks OF them
i And they leave no dead behind
Their admirals plan campaigns OF JOY
" And the gunners bear no hate
The sailors sing by the rails of them
Uns,adowed by wars grim fate.
IL
The greatest of fleets that ere hath been
" Or shall be till nations cease,
= Is the fleet that sails the seas today
In the hallowed name of peace
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

Cutting remarks" murmured the
fond father as he soothed the walls OF
the infant struggling with his first pair
OK teeth.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01
OF WORLDWIDE INTEREST
ENTERNA TIONAL MINING EXHIBIT
BY FREDERIC }. HAsKIN

HE first international mining
exhibit in the history of. the
world is to be held In New
York city from May 20 TO
June 20. Here the evolution
of the great mining industry
. -. TT-s4ol CstotaC will ha
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