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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
Monday, April 6, 1908.
A Southern City Awakens.

Atlanta. Georgia, which calls itself
the foremost city Of the South, and
which beyond dispute is most enter
prising and progressive municipality,
is awakening to a menacing condition
of things within it's own borders which,
in the words of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, shows that the city is resting up
on the crater of a volcano. 1t is not
the race prphlem this time. but the
disclosures which have followed an IN
vestigation of the chamber of COM
merce relative toi the sanitary condi-
ton Of the city. The disclosures do
not relate to hidden evils but to facts
which are so appalling in their nature
that it is hard to, see how the
authorities and the public Of such
CITY can have been blind to them. The
investigation brings to light the fact
that in Atlanta, city of about 10o,-
900 people, there are no fewer than s.
600 residences with neither sewers nor
city water, more than 100 miles OF
streets without sewer connections and
more than 60 miles Of streets without
running water.
1t is hard to understand how the city
has escaped the sweep Of a pestllence
long before this time, and yet in dis
GUESSING the matter in its columns the
Atlanta Constitution speaks as though
the impending danger had never been
realized before. In this matter OF
water supply and sewer systems most
cities of the South have been far be-
hind those of the North, but there has
been a great Improvement in recent
years. 1t is hard to see how city like
Atlanta, whose name is the synonym
allowed so large a part of its area 10
become the breeding ground of a pest
epidemic which any week may sweep
over it like fire over prairie grass. If
there has been excuse in public igno-
rance in the past it no longer exists,
for the Constitution which is the ablest
paper in the South, has agitated the
matter with great vigor which cannot
fail to arouse the city to the necessity
Of prompt and decisive action. 1t is
hard for US to conceive Of an American
city Of 100000 people whore one third
or more of its people live in houses
which have neither sewer nor water
connections.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
The Boys on the Farm.
(Turf Farm and Home.

('ull tdIlll dilu IlUIlIc.J
Inst now when we are Ill trying to
suggest reasons why the boys should
be KEEP: on the farm. it is worth while
to think whether the breeding Of our
Own farm tea,"s' instead e;,,a OF, OF Ply, h'yns
tendency in the right direction Think
of the difference with bright ,5 boy
whether you bred pair CT prompt Per
cheron colts and turned them over for
the boy to use in farm work. OF COM
PEELED him to use an ill mated pair OF
cast offs that had been discarded by
every auction sale in the land We should
do our best to keep the boy on the farm
not from the selfish reason that we
want his help. but from The broarder
grounds that it is the best for tie boy,
all things being equal Tie boy or man
without a business knowledge of some
trade or profession who leaves the farm
to go to the city and enters into COM
petition With Skilled labor, these times,
is making a lasting mistake, and one
that cannot be SO easily corrected. Inc
city may be all right for the specialist,
if he is fortunate enough to find employ
rent but unsl<illed labor gets much bet
ter remuneration on the farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
THE THIRD DISTRICT
Republican Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, WATERV|LLE,
Wednesday, April 20, 1905
AT II O'CLOCK A. nj.

AL IL " SLOSh "A. NJ.
for the purpose of nominating a can.
didate for Congress to be voted for At
the State election, Monday, September H.
1908.
TO select two district delegates and
two alternateS to attend the National
Republican Convention to be held at
Chicago, illinois. June 16, 1903 and transact
any other business that may properly
come before it,
The basis of representation will be as
follows Each City. Town and Plantation
will be entitled to one delegate, and for
each seventy five votes cast for the Re-
publican candidate for Governor in 1906
an additional delegate, and for a fraction
of forty votes in excess of seventy-1Ve
votes, an sdditional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation Of any City,
Town or Plantation can only be filled by
resident of the county in which the
vacancy exists.
The district Committee will be in ses'
sion in the reception room of the hall az
nine o'clock. on the morning of the con-
ven,ion. for the purpose of receiving the
credentials of delegates. Delegates In
order to be eligible to participate in the
convention, must be elected subsequent
to the date of the call for this con-
vention.
Per order District Committee.
JOSHUA w. BLACK
w. II. WILDES
FRED G. kINSMAN
w. II. DAVIS.
Dated March II, 1908.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

About the year 1904 the name Of Portu-
gal appears in the annals Alfonso VII.
of CASTLE. in that year signed Owe: to
Count Henry. of Burgundy. who had left
his native land to help fight the threaten
ing Moor, the county of PORTUGAL rs 4
iief 'rha name Portugal comes di-
rectly from the Latin. signifvinG the
Port of Cale-Cale being the old name for
fonso marks the beginning of the sapar-
ate existence of Portugal Though for
many years it was no more than feudal
dependence Of CASTLE, nevertheless this
child was the father Of the later indie
dent kingdom In the year 1879 the
lords of Portugal took the title of king
and refused allegiance to any power,
Moslem or Christian.-Rosary Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Fer the next three months Philadelphia
viii eniov the distinction of having real
brigadier-g general in the rear of her
fighters. Brig. Gen Joseph stephen
Adams. head OF the Buda Pesth fire bri-
sade. ut the command of the Hungarian
government has arrived in the Quaker
City to study its fire department: He
purposes to learn from the inside, by ex-
pericnce. anG to that end he will respond
to alarms and drag leads Of hose like the
everyday professional blue shirt" IN
eXpl,ining his mission to this country to
Mayor Revburn he said he wanted TO be
commissioned as a fireman, and, if ncces-
sary, wear the uniform of the Philadel-
phia department. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

It is not only humiliating to the
family in question, but it is humilia-
ting to all good Americans that a fam
lily which could give to the world
Helen Gould, one of the noblest women
of our times. and George Gould. an
able and self-respecting man of af-
fairs, could also produce such an I'M
lovely specimen of humanity as Anna
Gould.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
A Hint to Carnegie.
GeWiston SUM

But, Mr. Carnegie. why don't YOU pro-
vide pensions for us poor newspaper
men? We have to work as hard as the
professors. have to get along with poorer
pay ard lower social consideration, and
are iucky to have two weeks rest in a
year as against the three or four months
vacation the professors enjoy. And we
are as genuine pIblic servants as the
professors are. Another important differ
encc. We can't hold onto our Jobs so
long after getting beyond efficiency as
the professors can.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

At tire rate of four tons dav the Brit
ish mint has been turning out copper
coins in an attempt to cope with N
Famine il pence in London and other
cenrers. This stringency always becomes
quarter. Nearly all the English gas COM
panics have adopted the penny-ln-t..e-
slot system Of selling gas The outo~1pt'c
meters are emptied at the end Of the
supplying illumination is shown by the.
fact that during 1907 pennies WEIGHING
l, 1886 tons were taken from the meters in
London This means an average OF 40r,-
600 pennies day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

conundrum, "What is the difference
between Massachusetts and Ken
tucky?' The answer. of course, is
this: Massachusetts makes shoes and
boots while Kentucky makes booze
and shoots"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

The chief of the national weather
bureau has been visiting in New Eng
land this week and probably that ac-
counts for it all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

No doubt St. Petersburg is properly
Mortified at the recent bomb-throwing
episodes in New York, Colorado and
Indiana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Speaking of hard times, Emperor
William of Germany wants an increase
in his salary and allowance which now
amounts to s3,93O,00O yearly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

The Vanderbilts as we'll as the
Goulds are getting an installment Of
very undesirable advertising. What
would Jay Gould and old Commodore
Vanderbilt say to it all?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

1t is not understood that last weeks
in Minnesota had any con-
necton with the johnson boomlet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

80 to 600 pupils and its reputation I'M
der him has become second to that Of
no High school in New England, Mr..
White has been very prominent in edu-
cational affairs of the state and has
served as president OF the Maine
Teachers Association and also as pres
ident of the Maine Association of Col
lege of Preparatory Schools
The $4,000 and more Masons in Maine
are Interested in the movement to build
a great Masonic Temple in Portland
for the annual meetings of the Grand
Lodge are held in that city and the
officers Of the POI lodges, SO chapters, Is
councils and % Communicates in the
State all have occasion to be present
on those occasions. The agitation for
new quarters has been under way
for many years, but the problem of d
site has been one of the most trouble
some Now the committee OF the va
rious Portland bodies are getting to-
gether in earnest and it is announced
that plans are accepted for a S2oU,eo0
temple at the corner of Congress and
Chestnut streets. 1t Will be OF five
stories and basement, and devoted,
wholly 10 Masonic uses. The main
hull will be three times as large as that
on Exchange street now used for the
Grand Lodge sessions. The building
will have a frontage Of Go feet and d
depth of 100 feet, 1t Will probably be
several years before it is ready fol Use
but it will be a great relief to every
body wien work is actually begun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

of the baptist church and Sidney
Grange, and hold the love and respect
of the whole community.
Eugene Page arrived in town last
week after four years absence passed
in the service of the u. S. navy.
D. A. Field lost a work horse recent.
ly.
Tuesday, where she will be the CUES,
for q few days of her uncle Daniel
Whitehouse.
Orrin McAllister, who has been
handling a colt for A. d. Stevens. il
suffering an attack of the measles at
the latter's home.
b. f. Hussey left for Owls Head
mer cottage.
SOUTH MT. VERNON.
Air and Mrs Peter G. Dunn are re.
cHi,inG congratulations upon tie birth Of
n son which Was borE to them Wednes-
day. Apr. 1st.
NJ. n. Crriicr and hlen ar. pressing hay
Mt the Reed place.
F.. l.. johnson & son have INST finished
Il job for Murphy Bios, Realized
1t is understoor. that Mss NJ. Lois
Trefath hen of kent'3 Hill Will teach the
spring term of tn" Carrier school.
Mrs. Rebecca Lane, who has been pass
ing the winter in phillips. IS expected
home SOon.
Master Ralph Stevens was the guest Of
Miss Agnes ttopp .,f We incSti:.y.
Cologne's toilet water industry was es-
tabliSfrd in the beginning OF the seven
trt.Ith century. At that time the city num-
beltI about $1,000 inhabitants, while the
pr, sent population is 80 rH The nven-
tors OF toilet water teau de Cologne We're
Farl i'lirinis and Maria Clementin.. IL
Catholic nun. They ueGar on Il small
st.;'Ic with few persons employed. whom
they did not initiate into the secrets Of
the whole process. the last ard most ;m-
Uolt:,nt niiXture being made by the in
v-ntors themselves. Paul Feminis left
the secret with the Farirt family, while
the nun benueath'd the secret to one
Peter Sclaeben, who had le"u her as
siStant for many years. Goth fanlihes
still carry on the business and are the
lc3ain. manufacturers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Conditions in Kentucky have brought
to the front once more that good old
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

On a certain festive occasion at which
Mrs Mary Wilkins Freeman was present,
each OF the guests was called upon for
briof original after-luncheon poem. Mrs
Freeman responded promptly as follows:
Spring IS stirring 10 awake
On her violet pillow;
Softly purrirs down the road
Comes the DuSSV willow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Arthur Stringer. whose books,
Phantom Wires and "The Wire-Tap-
pers," have achieved considerable sue
cess. will publish a new adventure and
mystery story early in April through
the Mcclure company. 1t is not a
~ ire Taper" novel. the publishers an
nounce. The title of the new book will
be The Under Groove
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
COUNTY NEWS.
KENNEBEc.
NORTH BELGRADE.

Mr. and Mrs. +. J. Ham Of Augusta
are passing the week with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Damren.
Mrs. Emma Watson and son Harry
were in town Wednesday to attend the
funeral of the late Andrew =. Watson.
Mrs Ellen Farnham of Oakland has
returned to her home after passing e
week in town.
Jennie wife Of Bert Staples, died at
her home Wednesday morning, after 4
protrGcted illness with tuberculosis
The husband and three small children
survive. Funeral was held at r. NJ
Friday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re-
jected communications
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

A. s. Barnes &, Co. report large de-
mand for proposals to Kathleen" the
new book by Mrs. w. X. Clifford, au-
thor of Love Letters of a Worldly
Woman"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

The Maine druggists will have their
annual outing at kineO this year. June
1926 being the dates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

We gather from the Rockland
Opinion that the disbanding Of Co. II.
is not wholly pleasing to Rockland
pnOnie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

The queer Inequalities Of life are
Illustrated in the State report of vital
statistics for 1907. For instance 1t
fifth time at 90 and one married for
the first time at -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

The York Transcript doubts if any
county weekly can boast of as many
as it has and gives the following list:
William Dean Howells, Samuel l..
Clemens Mark Twain, Sarah Orne
Jewett, Thomas Nelson Page, r. p.
Dunno, John Kendrick Bangs, and in
former times its list held the names of
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Hamilton W.
Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Louise
Chandler Moulton, Charles Dudley
Warner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Speaking OF novels, George Dvre Ed
ridge. who has n new novel of his own.
''In the Potter's House" coming out this
week. says: Il find especial pleasure in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Colonel Thomas Wentforth lIiggin
son has finished. at the age of eighty.
four, a book of optimistic suggestion
TO readers OF all ages. He has entitled
it Things Worth While
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

The publication Of Anna Chaplin
Rays new novel, originally called "The
Penalty has been delayed OWING t.
the necessity for a change of title. The
book will be brought out this Week, ana
the single word "Quickened" has bee,
chosen for a title as representing the
underlying thought OF the story.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Henry Holt & Co are already prepar-
ing the Carolyn Wells Year Book" for
1909
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

People who object to seeing their
names in print must pay their taxes.
The Maine Legislature has made
it the duty of municipal officers to
publish i'm town and city reports the
names Of the delinquents. Publicity
of this kind should be Il great aid to
the tax collector.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Little, Brown & Co. have just pub
l,shed ;,n English translation If Paul
Bourgeois novel, The Weight Of the
Name"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-04
THE FEEDING OF DOGS.

No dog kept indoors. and indeed very few outside, should be fed on meat, nor should he he fed from the table at meal times. as he will soon become a nuisance, especially when there are visitors If he is always fed at the conclusion of a certain meal-dinner, for instance, he will wait patiently until the prescribed time. It is a good plan to feed after ones midday meal, giving plenty of green vegetables, bread. and potatoes, with a very few scraps of finely cut meat, the whole well mixed and some gravy poured over 1t. If two meals are given, one should he at breakfast time and one in the evening. Ono should consist of only a little oatmeal and milk or a piece of dry dog bis cult
 "At no time should the dog have more than he will eat. and if he leaves anything on his plate except the pat tern. his allowance should be reduced or meal omitted. Suburban Life
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-04
MOUNTAIN STORMS Furious Electrical Manifesto tions on Pike's
 Peak.
HOW MADE HARMLESS
Some Splendid But Decidedly Alarm ing Fireworks While the Storm
 Is Raging

After two years trial it is likely that the problem of safely handling the enormous lightning discharges on
 the summit of Pike's peak has been
 solved. Few places in the world have such astounding electrical storms-at least, few places where men live. From a cloudless sky a fleecy bunch
 of mist will suddenly spring. Then, within minute,~the blue will be dark ened and the sunshine turned to brown. And then Natures cannonad- ing will begin and there is no interval between the blinding sheets of flame and
 the deafening crash of the thunder, which does not usually echo and re- echo, because there is nothing to send back the vibrations.
 Howard Robinson, the superintend- ent in charge of the sumit house, is in the city, and he is enthusiastic over the success of the plans suggested by w. H. Buckwalter, who installed the electrical equipment on the summit. We have not had dollars worth of damage to the electrical system in two years he said yesterday. For years we expected at least slight dam age from almost every electrical storm, and our expectations were usually real ized. Lightning on the summit is en- tirely different from below. The air seems ablaze with it and we can some times tell an hour in advance of the
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-04

appearance of cloud that terrific battle of Nature is pending.
 Tt has always been the one serious problem on the peak. Every piece of metal in the construction of the build ing is electrically connected to the rails of the cog road. You understand, of course, that there is no electrical
 ground anywhere near the summit. The peak is simply a mass of rocks piled up, with no moisture to speak of and no dirt that seems to connect with the real ground below. So we were compelled to adopt the eXpedient of using the rails and tracks of the cog road for our lightning rods, and they carry the current down to where the ground is moist and wet enough to use as a contact. At every opportunity the rails are connected to pieces of old iron in the little streams along the mountain side, so as to get as good a ground as possible and at the same time decrease the resistance as much as we can.
 Three years ago the massive steel tower was constructed and the only connection between the framework and the rail was a No. 10 copper wire. That didn't last long enough to tell about after the first storm came up, With the first crash there was a blinding flash of green, and that end ed the wire, which was tod light. Then ItEere was a dazzling display, for the en- tire steel tower seemed charged with a dazzling blue light, which danced and sputtered over the metal rods as long as the storm lasted. We were all afraid to go near the tower until next day for fear it might be charged with static electricity. like a Leyden jar. But that storm demonstrated how a trivial omission came pretty near being dan gerous. We found that the corner an- chors of the tower had been set in concrete. which practically insulated the structure. and the only connection with the ground was the copper wire. Wc lost no time in getting . bundle of wire to connect with the rails and al- so with the metal roof of the building.
 Two years ago Buckwalter installed the electrical system and searchlight outfit and thcn we stood around and awaited developmt nts We have the largest gasoline engine we could bring up on the ccg road, and it is equal to SO horsepower at sea level. Connected with it is a big aylIamo and all the usual accessories, wiring for I the house, in addition tn the heavy lead to the searchlight. With all this new network of wiring we expected greater troubles than before because of course, it was not possible to con. meet the feed wires with the ground
 But the frame of the engine and dyna. mo were all thoroughly protected The switchboard was built in Buckwalter's shcp in Denver and it embodied some new ideas entirely different from nor. mai practice. When the first storm came up it proved to be a little one
 but the display we got was worth the money. With the first crash out went
 our telephones and telegraph lines ir