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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
SECRETS OF THE UPPER AIR.
RalIooning Leads to Discoveries on
Physical Conditions and Bird Flight.

The growth of ballconing has led to
many curious Investigations touching
the atmosphere and its inhabitants.
BY the use of anchored balloons with
self registering instruments some Of
the experiments of dcep-Sea sounding
have been repeated aloft. At StraSS-
burg sounding balloons have been sent
to a height Of nearly &c. 600 yards, ana
10000 to 10000 yards is not an uncom-
mon height. one of TIL" astonishing
results is the discovery at Il height of
l4.000 yards of an iSothermal zone IN
which, contrary to experience NJ 10
that height. Temperatures does not
diminish with recession from the
earth.
one of the most interesting studies
is that Of the flight of birds. The
observation of acronautS appears COM
pletely to diSpel the old-time notions
that some birds scared to stupendous
heights, Humboldt having credited the
condor with over 1000 yards and
others believing that birds Of passage
flew at heights Of 5000 to 1000 yards
and in exceptional cases 10000 to H.
900 yards. Balloon voyagng, however,
establishes the fact that birds never
rise to anything like these distances
above the earth. Prof. j. Poeschel, Of
Frankfort. records as altogether an
usual the passage Of II balloon N
which he was through q lock "f
birds at night at Il height Of 2,2o6
yards The birds dashed against the
has let Of the balloon ana generally
acted as if they had lost their bearings.
Bird flight at the great elevations
formerly assumed is now regarded as
physically impossible. The rarefac-
ton of the air is too great to permit Of
flight without terrible exhaustion.
especially az breathing would nr
difficult. Besides. the cold is too eN-
treme at a height of 10000 yards. for
instance. the thermometer dropping to
60 degrees below.
The observations of balloOniStS snow
that the vast ma iority of birds keep
within 900 yards of the earth. and the
vast majority Of these. indeed, within
a couple Of hundred yards. even in
long flights. Crows, however, were
frequently observed at II height of
400 yards, a lark was once en-
countered at 1900 yards. and an eagle
is on record at 5000 yards.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

rho unexpected election of 2 Hepub-
lean as United States senator from
Kentucky to succeed the late Senator
McCrear, makes it highly probable
that the upper branch of Congress will
be Republican after March 4. 1909. by
more than two-thirds majority. tho
first time that such a thing has hap
pencd Tor more than Il third of a cen
tury. For Il dozen years before 1919 the
Senate was strongly Republican but
hrtV cen 1873 and 1895 it had = Demo-
cratic majority at several sessions.
Since the latter date the Republican
ma iority in the upper branch Of Con-
gross has steadily increased. rejecting
more clearly than the party divisions
in Tie House the increasing strength Of
the Republican party throughout the
country. There are now in the Senate
80 Republicans and 81 Democrats with
one Vacancy. that from Vermont which
will he filled by Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
The Delegates Thus Far.

The New York Tribune is keeping
track Of the delegates now being elect
ed TO the Republican national conVen-
ton and the tables which it publishes
from time TO time are both authentic
and very interesting. Up to TINS week
13S delegates out of the $50 who VIII
constitute the convention, have peefl
eeIec+ad OF this number Jos are in
structed for Secretary Taft, % are LOT
Vice President Fairbanks and four are
moi committed. The following table
shows the geographical distribution OF
these delegates:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Cooper's Mills Grange.

The regular meeting of Cooper's
Mills Grange was held Thursday even
ing. March 18th with good attendance.
The regular business of the meeting
being transacted. the worthy lecturer
then presented an interesting program
of music by the choir: reading. Sister
Grace Levett: selections on the
graphaphone We're given by Inez Cook
son. which were greatly enjoyed by all;
reading, Sister Name DOugie: tableau.
Sunrise and Sunset. music by the
choir: reading. Sister Nettie Brann:
farce, Train To Morrow" which WAS
very amusing and entertaining. After
the program. refreshments of ico
cream and cake We're served. There
will be an ice cream sociable the 10Th
Of this month and if stormy il will ha
the 18th. A large attendance is "x-
pccted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

the country towns generally would take
up the quarrel if it had. Then, too.
there is something to he said, or might
pc, for the circus poster, the prohibit
ton Of which, or the taxing it out Of
existence, would rob many country
boy of one of the great attractions OF
rural life. That some step should be
taken TO prevent the disfiguring of
landscapes by unsishtly display of adj
vertsinS will be generally conceded.
but when it comes to Incorporating
the IDEA in the body of the statute law,
there are obvious difficulties in the way
of an agreement upon a precise dciini-
lion -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Palmyra Grange.

The patrons Of Palmyra Grange Wis
tied Hartland Grange, by invitation.
Saturday evening. Hartland Grange
cordially welcomed the visitors and
provided an excellent banquet. Harold
FurbuSh. lecturer of Palmyra Grange,
presented the following program:
Music, quartet; reading, Jesse Far
mum; piano solo, Mildred Taylor;
Aunt Jerusha's Lecture on Women :;
Rights Mrs. Z. A. Parkman; Grafton.
Harold FurbuSh; duet. F. II. Farnull
ana :. p. Goodrich; Pat Hubbard
First Adventure in England" Mrs. f..
n. Hubbard: s:'lo. Mrs. f. L. McCabe;
reading. Mrs. w. A. Blaisdell; solo.
Vera AppIeby: reading, Mrs. l.. y.
Foley; piano solo. Mildred Taylor:
reading. Meredith MaXfield; solo. Man
tie Holt; reading, Sadie Sanford: ora
ton, Harold Furbush: music. quar-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

Tho vote in the nine cities of Maine
that held elections yesterday would
have been much larger if the question
of resubmisson had been up.-Boston
Globe.
Usually the Globe is right, but it is
dead wrong this time. There were I'VE
cities. not zine. which voted Monday,
and in four of them the vote reached
record breaking proportions. Brewer
HAD only the Republican ticket in its
field and the vote was not heavy. but
in Augusta. Bddcford, Belfast and
E1ngor both sides worked hard for a
fun vote. and neither resubmission nor
anything else could have drawn more
men To the polls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

Nate.-Ccntests are being made for Is
Of those l3S seats. OF the delegates az
fected II are credited TO Mr. TAFT ana !
are uncommitted.
The accompanying table from the
Tribune represents the views of some
of the ablest political forecasters in
Washington, seeregating certain South
ern states, some of which it is believed
will send two delegations, and the
dcIbtful states. which they cannot
YET place with any certainty:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

That will be the most wholesale legal
Tragedy enacted in New England for
generations it the sentence of death is
carried out upon those nine Cinnamon
who have been convicted in Boston Of
murder in the first degree. There was
10 OF them to begin with. but one died
in the prison before being brought 10
trial The small amount of public in
tertst which the trial of these men has
aroused brings out with startling en-
phas:s the degree of isolation in which
the people from the Orient live in the
midst of our American civilization
There are at this same time two China l..
men under sentence of death in Phila.
delphia for the same crime which thess
Boston Cinnamon committed, namely
murder as the result of warfare he
tween rival "tongs' or secret societies
Inc mountaineers of Kentucky ca,
carry on their bloody feuds openly an,
with impunity, but it is different wifi,
the Cinnamon in the heart of orr prea
cities. Still, most people will be ver
much surprised if the sentence of da,,
ever carried out upon these min
Cinnamon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Wireless TeIeeraphy for Common Use.

Wireless telcrraphy has come TO s'ay
fer there is no longer any doubt rs 10 us
success. short time ago lt"p Wor"H
were transmitted between this country
and Ireland without error or neeo ~ ~. ~
ing to be so cheap as 10 make il com.
mercial utility. There is no Longer any
douat as to the merit Of Hos, 1sH, - !
ve,rs II mas been proving it's ability Z"
cnre ailments of the stomach, liver. KID
ncys and bowels with wonderfni success IS
Thousands of people have tcstiiled t ttiat
could cure them. although they mao tIi nv,
MANY others. If YOU are still eSper,,
menting. stop it at once and co.nmsn,o
taking the l3itters. 1T cures natnr ia +,
STA cost, eness. grippe. spring fever ana
malaria.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Albion Granue,

Silver Lake Grange of China responded
To an invitation to visit Albion grange.
NJ rch 6. with an attendance of eighty Of
E.ole members. Tho officers of S,Ivcr
Lake filled the chains. and gave the t!ird
ana fourth degrees to a number of can
ddateS in Il very pleasing manner. Al
ter the degree work. supper was served
hv. Albion Grange. which was enjoyed by
the 30 persons present
Remarks were made 10y members or
Silver Lake Grange. The meeting broke
NJ ut Il late hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

Tho charge Of excessive bridge Whist
pIaving among the girls at Wellesley
brings ont the declaration that mot
more than one tenth Of the 1900 under
graduates at Wellesley are addicted TO
brld", whist" Perhaps not. but the
other -tentls. being feminine, know
how to play their cards just the same.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
i, is to be hoped that the report fro

il is to be hoped that the report from
Kentucky is true which says that the
end Of the tobacco war is at hand. The
details Of the negotiations between the
sncicty which the night-riders repre-
sent and the tobacco trust are not
given, but almost any compromise IS
welcome which will put an end to the
fight which has cost millions of dollars
in property destroyed. not Ia mention
many human lives and the creation of
nuInpprlCSS feudS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

From the year 1890 to the close Of 100
% 34G men met death in the coal mines
Of the United States. Not since 1872
has the annual list numbered less IMAM
l .OU0. and each year the numher mas
grown larger and larger. In l9oo the
fatalities were 2.061, and 1907. when the
figures are all in and complied, VIII
number more than that.-Popuiar Me-
chancs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Manchester Grange.

Manchester Grange held its reGuIa,
meeting Saturday evening with q e"ol
prc.rrt from Raadtield Grange. \ class
Of eight was instructed in the tlilrd and ,
fourth degrees after which 2 hnui'tlim Nv
supper was served ir the 'niiiS ""ii'
At the pCxt meeting SATURDAY 4h', ~
ii is expected that Mr.. Eateman oil Lew
istun will address the Grange
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Dai!y Kennsbse Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No no+;e. whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications. .,
Tn. .Iournal cannot be held responsible
60 ,be preservation or return of re-
iected communications.
AJdr.es all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements 10
BURLEIGH & FLINT, PupiisnerS'
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Sidney Granse.

Sidney Grange held its regular meet
ing March ;. with good ATTENDANCE, and
the eirst and second degrees were con
fcrred. Brother j. g; Fewett ana WIZ
The nnxt regular meeting. March II. the
nina and fourth degrees will be conferred
on the same candidates. followed by
Harvest supper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

Engineer stevens seems to nave
.1eycloped some pessimistic views about
Hhe Panama canal all Of sudden. Lei
Ehs hone that his earlier opinions were
Hhc right ones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

In F,urope horse cars or caravans are
rapidly passing from experimental I"
pldctical use. One popular ear contains
Il completely equipped kitchen ana
sleeping berths for six persons, and
has seats on top like the old London
busp..-Popular Mechanics
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

d The report from the Pacific coast
that only seven japanese nave ehlefe"
Hhis country since the first Of the year
3ndicates that the yellow peril mas
Spretty completely disappeared from me
horizon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

i Probably Emperor William wishes
Ehat he had used wireless telegraply'
|Dr. better still, mental telepathE, lh-
Etead Of sending that letter to his ENG
&Ssn friend concerning the British navy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

! large number Of those presldentlai
bootns appear to be using the new Kind
If sr1okeless and noiseless powder AT
the present time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

The construction at Belfast, Ireland,
Of a transatlantic steamer 1000 feet in
length brings considerably nearer the
era when a bridge will be built across
tie Atlantic
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

The death Of Senator Proctor OF YER
mont results in circumstance wholly
without precedent in American poll
ties. namely, that the son OF the late
Senator. being now the governor OF
Vermont. is called upon to appoint his
fathers successor at Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

At last the government troops nave
bcer Withdrawn from Goldfield, ana
Nevada is once more given an oppor-
tunity to make good as a state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Maine Gossip
Premonitions.


There's Il bud on the push by the lilac
And Il bird on the Dough in the lane;
And. upon my soul. / can hardly wait
For the bloom in the valley again.
7 here's = knock 1T the door "l the
beautiful hill
.h,tt Il shadowy. flr-"ff note
CT song on the stream from tho lirs Of
And he robin is clearing his throat,
The caves are a-drip, and the sd grows
WalI:i.
The spirit of blooms in the wake of tho
Ard there's ir:inite swnr; in the Sky:
Tororow. perhaps when | waEc | shall
\ catllia in velvet and brown
And little Miss Daliodil. golden in alce,
A~troll through the heart of the
town.
Oh, whisper it wind, to my heart once
more.
There are snowdrops open, you say.
And the streams are cleaning up house
with a roar.
Each moment expecting Miss May,
krow il. | know it, Sir Tanaser cries,
And the meadows are whiting iur me,
Ana the earth is in infinite love with tho
And the skies are in love With he sea
baltimore Sun.
Bangor with its 1913 plurality is the
banner Republican city of the yare in
Maine.
The Portland Water company con-
tends that its plant should be ap-
praised at $3,200,0O0. exclusive Of the
franchise
In four Of the five cities which held
elections Monday the mayors were re-
elected, while in Biddeford Mr.
Horrigan won after three successive
defeats.
Old Fort Knox is being dismantled
and its big smooth bore guns are being
shipped to the West, not for use but
as relics of a former generation.
1t is said that Holman f. Day is
to leave Auburn. which has long been
his home and that he will locate
permanently in Portland where he is
now house hunting.
The log cut on Aroostook waters this
winter will show an increase over that
of last year and according to a promi-
nent lumberman who is familiar with
the conditions in ArooStOol county the
cut this year will be approximately
1891 900 feet.
| 1t is announced that the second
college tea, given by the members oi
| the Bowdoin faculty to the students
and friends of the college. will be held
on Friday afternoon. March 13, from
four to six. All the friends of the
college are most cordially invited to
be present at this tea without further
invitation.
The principal Maine corn packer:
chose the 1908 selling basis at seize OF
standard and 9Oc. on fancy f. o. b
Portland. The opening price on fame,
is sc. per dozen over the basis las
year and 21sc. per dozen higher on TIL,
standard grades. The figures named
are within 21ac. per dozen of the price
} expected on fancy grades. Practical,
all the packers have fixed the sam
, prices Some of them admit that tn
booking of orders is slow, but they az
confident that with Maine corn stock
| light. and the superior quality of til
, product there will be no difficulty i
marketing the pack on the basis an
nounced.
Robert S. Peabody, the Boston arclli
: tect, who was selected as the out of
t town expert member of the commits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11
Wednesday, March II, 1908.

Rryan has carried Nebraska again,
hut it viii be his turn not TO carry II
when November comes around.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

sion which is to make a study of the
Portland Monday and for his first con-
ference with the commission. me
purpose of this commission is To make
a thorough study of the entire srtua-
ton and afterward to make some re-
commentators upon which the city
council may act a. A. Elston of Bos-
ton made an inspection of the ruins OF
the City Hall Saturday and reported
to Mayor Leighton that all the walls
are unsafe and would have to come
down. The public building committee,
after hearing his report. voted to adj
vertise for bids for removing Il greater
portion of the walls now standing.
The Arts and Crafts committee Of
the Maine Federation of Women's
women who are expert in one or more
branches of artistic handicraft. Any
woman wishing to have her name APP
pear in this list may send her full ad
dress and speciality to Mrs. G, w.
Hutchins. chairman, North Arson,
Maine before March 18th.
The Bangor Commercial has a little
story to tell Of Miss Anna Barrows,
the young lady who is to conduct a
three DAYS course Of lectures ana de-
monstrations at the University Of
Maine. this week: Miss BarroWs is
Maine woman, Il native of beautiful
Fryeburg. where her childhood WAS
passed Her father was the late
George u. BarrOws of that town, 4
man of great social and political in
fluencc in western Maine, much in
public life. a member of the state
senate of which body ne was president.
Several years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
rows entertained Il party of gentlemen
at their beautiful home in F'ryeburg, IT
Il 6 o'clock dinner. Among the guests
was the governor of the state. With
several state officials ana men pronri-
nent in affairs. The guests We're
ushered into the dining room and two
little girls-we should think about nine
and II years old respcctively--Wpr
standing as walters AS the guests
were seated Mrs. Barrows said: II am
pleased to say to you that every dish
on this table has been made and
cooked and the table laid by my two
little daughters" And what table,
How it was loaded; how inviting it
looked: how artistic was its setting!
And how many We're the compliments
the little housekeepers received. one
of those little housekeepers was Miss
Anna Barrows-formerly chief of the
Boston cooking school and editor Of
The New England Kitchen magazine, |
now connected with faculty Of Column
bia university. New York city, as in
structor in cooking. She Il recogniz ~
as the best demonstration and lecturer.I
upon subjects of domestic economy III
this country. Her fame extends from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

land for America next week She will
be the literary lion Of the year and All
manner Of social arrangements have
been nadc in her honor. How much OF
hvr "Nreri@nc" she win turn into literary
material can be only matter Of contect-
ure. 1T every unf viii be busy catchina.
M with The Testing Of Diana Mallory"
which is now running in Harper's.
Diana is young English girl who has
bvtH hrn''"ht up in Italy in s-clIsion bv
her father in ignorance of crime com
mittrd bv her mother. She has on her.
fathcfS death purchased an English
county Lnnc and tho life pictur. IL TN.
story is tho English country life the
Eousr ~ times. the shouting. with tho
usual political background. What Mrs
Ward wnGid 10 with an American her"Inc.
who c0';ldn't talk politics is difficult 70
conjecture.
II is 4 curious fact that on bolh sides
Of the Atlantic the critics Of Margaret
Nc3trtp's new novel The Greater Mis-
chi,f' have believed the writer to be an
American and pronounced the humor or
Tie story. which is light ana whimsical,
10 he Irl!e American humor. But the an
liner IS MT an American and has never
been III America.
Prof 4. J. Church IS preparing for
ch'ly publication III England lis luto-
iiosr"L.hv which viii appear under ;hn
title memories Of Men and Books" For
Eiorc than forty years Prof. Church WAS
"ssociated v .th the Spectator and r.. H.
Hutton and / e has written some seventy
hHs
s!r Oliver Lodge scientist and author.
is constant golfer and has played tha
Where he learned TO play under Prof
Tdit. tn latter said 10 him one day: You
d"n't play golf with -FOUR muscles; YOU
F,ay with YGul morals" But | hope =
Sir Oliver said in telling the tale, no
one will consider my morals as bad AS my
golf"
bona Teresa Saballo. Marquasa d'Al-
prrS, the author of The House Of the
Lost Court" is an attractive young wo-
man. S!nnish marchioness who has re-
Gently Joined the ranks OF the writer's.
Size lives in London, where she attracts
much attention by going about in !.
Spanish lnantilla. She has both Amer-
can ard English ancestors and says that
II she ever m;rries Der husband will be
an American. The scene of hey stony is
laid in England and the chief characters
are IN American mother and daughter.
Ernest Hamlin Abbott's papers On
the Training Of Parents which have
been appearing seiially. will he published
neAt month in book form
The library Of Brunctiere was sold for
42.-3l francs. MANY Of the books We're
The last volume but one of Remains His
tCIie Ges Drigines du Chrstianisrne" CDn-
tainS 4 note to the effect that Rrunet!err
f"dH INNS tat on June ID l%7 non Sai'
fatigue He complains of the length Of
the work. the 'proliXite Ga stye,' IN"
'mono;orie de Il methode' &c. This
cory Of Remains work was sold for 1850
francs.
Nine. Sarah Grand is lecturing in Lon
don ON the art Of happiness Miss
Alma raGena is reading about ii here.
Nine. Grand illustrates some excellent
roads which she claims can lie followed
with advantage to attain the "h1rpncsS'
which il is supposed every one il tho
world Graves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

Robert S. Peabody, the Boston arclli-
tect, who was selected as the out-of-
town expert member of the commits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

Prof. 4. J. Church Is preparing for
cn'ly publication in England lis auto
Iitlc Memories Of Men and Eooks." For
EIorc thrn forty years Prof. Church WAS
"ssociated v I'll the Spectator and r.. H.
Hutton and i 2 has written some seventy
ht1ks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-11

II is 4 curious fact that on both sides
Of the Atlantic the critics Of MargartJ
Nc8trrp's new novel The Greater Mis-
chi, r. have believed the writer to be an
american and pronounced the humor OF
Tie story. which is light ANA whimsical,
10 he true American humor. But the am
tiier is MT an American and has never
been III America. .H-