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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-14

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-14
THE LAWRENCE HOUSE is THE
A FEW PUPILS IN RUNNlN,

moving picture machines. instruction
given by licensed operator for the state
of Massachusetts and {: graduate ele,:tri-
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-14

SUMMER COTTAGE, FURNISHED.
on shore of Lake Cobbosseecontee East
Winthrop, seven minutes walk from
electric cars Address Elizabeth P.
WEIGH. Box 100. Pepperell. Mass.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
THOROUGH.

The awakening Chinese are going to have a college of medicine in their capital and it is apparently going to De very thorough affair In accord ance with Chinese ideas, the course is 10 be divided into three years of old Chinese medical practice and six years of modern western training. At tho end thorough examination, and then three more years of study and trial practice is to be demanded before the students are qualified doctors This examination must also be passed by people who are now practicing on certificates from existing medical schools, No o,le who does not hold literary ra K of T fixed grade fChu yen) is to be allowed to take these examinations, regardless of where he studied
 Doctors trained in this way ought to De SKllltul. 1WelVe years Of study well directed will fit anybody who can be fitted And if it is true, as has been said, that Chinese doctors get paid in proportion to their success in keeping people well instead of curing them when sick, doctors educated in this way ought to be sanitary enough to be sue cessful.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

tention whatever is paid to 1t Ihe ell gineer of q freight train may wall the stipulated five minutes. That IS, when 1t strikes him as necessary. II he sees no reason" to wait, he pulls out oli the heels of the passenger, Nlne. tunes or ninety-nine times he does thls anu nothing happens. The tenth time or the hundredth time there is a rear end collision and mems lives are snuH- ed out
 And so forth and so on. Much or what this man says is hardly credl- ble. Of course the thousands or men on a great railroad can't all be made as careful as they ought to be, but most of them are attending to thelr business. One who travels has only 10 keep his eyes open to see that. AS a brakeman on the New York road told a former president who was seoldlng him for not pronouncing the names of the stations more plainly, You can't expect tenors for forty-five dol lars month" but the great majority of railroad men are wide-awake and attentive.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
THE CUSHING CLAM CASE.

Anything that interests clans is all so interesting to those whom a Presi- dent of the United States called Con- necticut clam Yankees. So it is worth while to pause for minute or so and notice what has happened to some Maine clans and some clam Yankees of that region. Awhile ago the people Maine, took a notion that they would protect their clans by charging tWen- ty-iive cents for a license to dig them and nobody outside the town was to get license, Clarence Peabody, an outsider, took notion that he wanted some of the Gushing clans and he was caught digging them, was arrested and prosecuted. The case went to the law court and the law court decides that the Gushing folks have no right under Maines constitution and statutes to pl olcCl tIleu CldHlS, It uSClueS mat the vote in town meeting was and IS d nullity. The opinion in the case is by Mir. Justice Whitehouse, Tt is we'll settled principle of the common law, . he says, that the fish in the waters of a State--including the sea within it's limits-as we'll as the game in its for ests, belong to the people of the State in their collective sovereign capacity. It has also been expressly held in this State that shell fisheries--including the digging of clams--are embraced in the common right of the people to fish in the sea"
 The right to dig clans is valuable. where there are clans to dig, Perhaps the people of the State of Maine will socn join in protecting their clans.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

when Lent comes. mustn't I?"-Louis- vile Courier Journal.
 The Inquisitive Guest---'I suppose you'd like to get a job in restaurant patronized by millionaires, where you'd get big tips" The Obsequious Waiter No, sir I'd rather have a place in a restaurant where four-fiushers on $12-a- week salaries bring the girls they are trying to make hit with."--- Cleveland Leader.
 John, why in the world are you buying a $2.50 collar for that misefa- ple cur? You said only this morning that you wished some one would steal him.
 That's why I'm buying the eollar.' San Francisco Call,
 At liberty, old man?"
 Yes, Froh---"
 T know. Frohman wants you, and Belasco has made himself i'll trying to lure you into his fold. So, ask you, my friend, is your attitude toward these eminent managers kind ?"--Louis- vile Courier Journal
 No she said, T cannot marry a rake
 The passion died out of his eyes, to be succeeded by cold glitter as of steel.
 And vet" he retorted harshly. now, if ever, you should be making hay"
 So saying. he slipped hastily into her fathers aretics, and, was swallowed up in the driving owstornl.--Mi ilwa ukee Wisconsin.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
AN EXPLANATION.

Sir Robert Ball carelessly or careful ly remarks that if arrow of telegraph posts 25,oO0 miles long were put up around the earth at the equator and a wire stretched upon these posts for this circuit of 25,000 miles, and that then the wire be wound no fewer than seven times completely about this great globe, we should then find that an electric signal sent into the wire at one end would accomplish the sev- en circuits in one second of time.
 This rapidity of the movement of electricity explains the rapidity of the movement of the messenger boys who deliver" the messages that go over the wires so fast. Those boys, influ- enced by the electric atmosphere in which they live, feel that they must be as quick as lightning. Hence their quickness. If this is not the explana- ton of 1t, what is?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

lions are of the tainted variety. Gone, too, would he all of Nero's reputation as the master-f -fend, got by the shed blood of thousands Both of them have been placed in the upper classes be- cause of their worldly positions; both. then, are superior men
 But the radical professor goes fur ther even than this, adding: The priv ileged laboring class of to-day de- mands representation without taxa tion. They are now trying to drag us into war with Japan in order to safeguard their own selfish interests If it were not for the behavior of the labor unions on the Pacific coast in excluding Asiatic laborers, the fleet would never have had to be sent around the Horn" The injustice of such sweeping assertion to the thousands of earnest, law-abiding, su- pCIlOI liltIl III OI SdlllEtlt Id UOI all cftI the country is apparent. But the pro- lessor hits nearer home with a still larger class. which includes about all
 but the society -Four Hundreds" with their exemplary Thaws and Coreys
 and Count Bonis, when he says. The difference between the upper and low
 CT classes is that the upper classes are those who have exhibited the highest degree of ability, worth and charac- ter. Anywhere in the world the up- per classes are the cream of society. Those who by reason of sloth, degen- eracy, drunkenness or incompetence do not deserve to maintain them selves in the unprivileged upper class
 es sink to the privileged lower classes
 where they belong" Surely Harvard s
 way of thinking and Harvard's con
 servatism "are progressing"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
"who Is Thy Neighbour"

tThe San Jose (Cal) Mercury.)
 It is a selfish man who takes the view that he is under no obligation to do what he can to tighten his neigh bor's burden He ought to remember that hard times is no respecter of per- sons; and that while he may have plenty this year the pinch from which others are suffering now may be his lot next year It does not cost much To go out of ones way that some one else may be helped And if a little thoughtfulness on the part of the bet do at this time is given to those mol so well able to fight iifes battle, who perhaps have sickness in their homes. no one will be very long in need Just a little help until all are able to help themselves and the sev- erity of the situation will be immeas- urably relieved We are infinitely bet ter off than most communities, and vel we are not wholly immune from the de pression which bears so heavily upon less favored cities. Let us do what we can to hasten the day of complete re- lief from even partial stagnation, and if each one does his uuty it will not be long delayed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
SOME LATE WISDOM.

The directors of the Chicago Liquor Dealers Protective Association, to which belong all but few hundred of the saloonkeepers of the city. have decided to require the members of the organization to cease committing open and fragrant violations of the laws and ordinances They have caused let ters to be sent out notifying all saloon kepers under the protection of the as- sociation to banish slot machines and music from their places of business, tc draw their shades on Sunday and not to light the gas in their front windows on that day, Disregard of these or, ders, it is said, will lead to the ex- pulsion of the offender from the as- sociation
 This action shows that the Chicago saloonkeepers have not hitherto con- ducted their business in accordance with law and order, and that they now feel that 1t will be wise for them tc haul in their horns q good deal It is entirely true that much of the pres ent hostility to the saloon is due tc the lawless attitude of the liquor in. terests.' Those interests are showing late wisdom in trying to make 1t un. derstood that they don't intend to de. fly the law
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
DISTURBING. IF TRUE.

If what railroad signal man who writes for the Atlantic Monthly says is true there is reason for being even
 more afraid of railroad accidents than we have been. He places the respon- sibility at the door of the trainmen who, he says, fin some way have got ii into their heads that the rules are permissive, not positive We railroad men are te blame says Siznalnlan Pagan. "A freight train must not leave station to follow a passenger train. ?, runs one common regulation. until five minutes after tlte departure of said passenger train Nothing could he any plainer. simpler. or more explicit than that Yet we are told that no at
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
THE CITY OF HOMES.

Philadelphia may not be so con- spicuously the City of Brotherly Love as it used to be, but it is still con spicuously the City of Homes It ap- pears that since 1900 there have been built there 5000 separate dwellings. exclusive of flats and apartment houses, This was an increase of just one-tifth in the number of dwellings in existence in 1900 The population in the same time increased one-sixth so the increase of separate dwellings has kept ahead of the increase of population, There has also been an 1 improvement in the size and charac- ter of these separate houses The four-room house of thirty years ago was replaced by the six-room house of fifteen years ago. and now, in turn
 the eight-room house increases, while furnaces, bathrooms and such conSen- fences multiply. Flats spring up gem erally in the well-to-do quarters, but nothing stops the growth of the small i house, the house for the one family | This increase has now been in pro- gress for a generation In the ten 1 years 1sS0-'89. there were built b1 ,639 dwellings. In the next ten years, 1Sg0,- 99. there were s6,564 dwellings built
 In the last eight years. 1900-'07, there have been 52,136 dwellings construct 1 ed. The average in the first ten years was 5,t66; in the next ten, s,65G, and
 in. the last eight years it was 6,504. Were stories and rooms to be consid- cred. the last eight would lead In ad- dition, these years have seen some sev- enty apartments and tenenients built
 4 good and a cheering showing. And yet this City of Homes has been one of the most corrupt cities politically
 in this country. So it appears that those who live in Philadelphia's homes either can't or wont live up to them as they ought to.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
ole Oleson Perplexed.

Bay Yiminy, Ay'm glad to hear Ton Yonsons in the race; A son of Svaden, gude an dear Ay bat hell win the place. Ay'd lak to see heem mak' win, An at the White House visit; The Svades will put Ton Yonson In, But which Yon Yonson is 1t? Ay know Ton Yonson yumping logs, Ton Yonson milking COWS. .a, Ay know Ton Yonson training dogs, Ton Yonson making house. s Ay know Ton Yonson, railroad yack, On heem Ay mak wan visit; Of yonsons Ay know was q big pack O. which Ton Yonson is it? In Stockholm, Copenhagen, too. Are Yonsons bay the score; Bay Ylmlny, Ay tai you true,
 In Minnesota more. Ton Yonsons, coppers on the beat, Svade servant girls they visit; So many Yonsons Ay have meet, o, which Ton Yonson Is 1t? You bat Ton Yonson gat ma vote, Ay know heem gude an true; Ton Yonson deckhand on the boat Or capting of the crew. Ton Yonson, milking cows, maybe, Ay don't care; Ay won't miss it; It makes no deeference to me,
 Which Yonny Yonson is it.
 Detroit Free Press
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
EGULAR.

What is an empire gown. pa ??
 One that costs 3 man his king dom Smart Set.
 It takes a lot of Christianity to en- able a man to feel glad when he is called upon for S10 to help repair the ehureh-Chica go News
 Did you ever see any one so home ly7'
 No. why. he's go home1v that auto mobile goggles are actually becoming 10 him St. Louis Times
 Teacher (after explaining the char acter of the pharisee)-And now, what do we mean by "hypoerite2"
 Pupil-Please. miss. a man wot says he Is wot he isn't. but he ain't-Punch
 He-The boys say I'm getting to be regular bear She-indeed2
 T-Sav Sis. ask him whether he srowls or hugs-Woman4s Home Com panion. --.--s --
 Pa. whats the difference between 3 topu and ? -itvr'' When place gets so exacting that Ten Nights in a Bar room can TO longer be produced at a profit in it it's 9 citv.9-Chioago Rec ord Herald
 Gone back to ycur old habits. I seq
 Case of necessity
 How 90 Must have something to give un
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
He Understood.
tCase and Comment ]

Case and CommentD
 During the recent financial furry a German farmer went to the bank for some money. He was told that the bank was not paying out money but was using cashiers checks. He could not understand this and insisted on money. The officers took him in hand one at time, with little effect Finally the president tried his hand, and after long and minute. explanation some of the situation seemed to be dawning on, the farmers mind. Fin ally the president said. You under. stand now fully how it is Hans, don't your Yes" said Hans, T tink I do It's like dis, aint it? Ven my baby wakes up at night and wants milk, gil him a milk ticket"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

ter at heart and not because they saw in him the chosen champion of their cause. The only thing new about him is his candid revelation of his contempt for the people That he al- ways despised them now admits of nc doubt.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

Mere money is not success, says one of the high financiers, but te omitted to mention that there are many who are not very ambitious to be merely successful.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

Butterflies have been seen Hitting around in Ohio, and bees have been heard buzzing there. as they also have been in several other States.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

No scientific practitioner of medi- cine recognizes any such disease as the grip, says a St. Louis physician. But the grip doesn't seem to feel snubhed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

Railroad stations in Berlin are soon 10 be provided with automatic ma chimes which. on the insertion of fifty TWO cents. will deliver an umbrella. A ticket will also drop out. and whoever presents ii within two days at m office cf the automatic society will receive thlrty-three cents in return for inc umbrella
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
SAYINGS AMI D0INGs

The diamond mines of Kimberley have produced since their incorpora- tion over twelve tons weight of dia- monds. whose estimated value is $500 0h0. lod
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

keen retort is credited to the late Dr Haig-Brown, master of Charter house His brother-fn- law. Dr. Porter. the master of Peterhouse another famous English school wrote to him lnquirlng his precise meaning in cer- tincate that 3 boys character was generally good When l say gen. erally he replied. I mean not partic- ularlv"'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

uei church, Boston says: The Emman- uel clinic is under strict medical con- trol. We lay the utmost emphasis on the value of diagnosis with the view not only of setting aside cases of or ganic disease. but of gaming a clear insight into the functional cases to the treatment of which this clinic is rigidiy limited Wherever our own medical colleagues are in doubt, we refer the case for advice to the most eminent neurologists in New England. From the beginning we have recog- nized that functional troubles are often complicated with or aggravated
 by physical disorders and hence re-
 quire physical treatment
 The colony of Queensland has passed
 native animals protection act which provides a close season TOT the native bear, the opossun1, the platypus, the
 hedgehog and the flying squirrel The
 opossum formerly the commonest of all the indigenous animals of the Aus | tralian bush, is rapidly being exterm- 1 mated on account of its valuable fur skin It is common form of occupa- tion in Australia for young men to de- | vote themselves to opossum hunting. II is now proposed in Queensland to pro- | tect the native bear the year round, to
 prevent the total extinction of this curious animal. which, perched on the top of a gum tree, falls an easy prey i to the gunner.
 I To celebrate the birthday of the Elm press of China, which occurred recent
 ly, the viceroy gave a great feast, with
 theatricals, to all the military and civil
 officials, foreign consuls, teachers and some of the missionaries. Much bunt- l ing, an account says, was used, and 1 thousands of pots of ehrysanthemumt l decorated the tables, The tables foi 1 foreign guests were in the form of 8 | T, and the native officials had tables 1 on either side. Banners were waved
 with inscriptions such as "Alf the world congratulates; may she live 10,.
 GOO years," The menu was; Birds nest
 soup with pigeons eggs, smoked fisn
 beef la mode, quail on toast, pheasant with ham and bamboo shoots, shrimp
 patties deviled crabs. banana pud,
 ding, fresh lychees, coffee, apples, pears and oranges.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

There is a General mpartzoomain Boyadjain in India. His name ought to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28
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Three islands in the Gulf of Mexi 70 have disappeared Did the willy Jap anese hook 'em
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-28

Rev. pr samuel Mccomb of Emman-
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

that Harry Davenport Is the son Of
tho late great American actor, K: l.
Davenport. and brother OF the late
Rankin is the daughter of that pic
turesque American actor, Mckee Ran
kin. and a sister Of Mrs. Sidney Drew.
star Is said to be one OF the most de-
licious bits vaudeville-goers have ever
been brought into contact with.
The special feature attraction Is
known professionally. To Detroiters
he IL known as Nate Leipziger, broth
Ell OF Cartoonist Leipziger. This young
Detroiter Is the most prominent
and there Is little doubt in the minds
of all professionals that he Is without
a rival In the profession.
The Empire Comedy Four Will have
a prominent position on the bill. This
quartet is the same as when IL last APP
peared here, with the Messrs Leonard.
Cunningham, Jenny and Roland. These
well-known singers will introduce
some new melodies. and IL is believed
that some OF their song numbers VIII
be whistled about Detroit long after
their engagement has come to a close.
Mcconnell & Simpson. in "A Stormy
Hour" will be new act. That IL is
an excellent one is made evident when
Il Is stated that Mabel Hite and Mike
Donlin refused to appear on the same
bill with them in New York. fearing
that the act would prove to be the
bigger hit. Johnny Stanley and Mabel
Russell will appear In songs. dances
and limitations; the Three Livingstons
Will introduce a comedy bar act: Wills
* Hassan will do some stunts in euuil-
iLrium; and the Microscope pictures
will prove to be just as entertaining
as those of the current week. IT. would
be well for the regular patrons OF the
Temple to secure their seats early for
tho week az the chances are that
Harry Davenport and Phyllis Rankin
will pack the theater afternoon and
evening.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
) Nv LOCAL PLAYHOUSES
MAJESTIC.


At the OPENING OF the Majestic the
alter, considerable curiosity was shown
regarding the class OF attractions 70
be offered 10 the public. as IL has al
ways been the prevailing opinion that
II was an impossibility for anyone 10
give a good, clean and refined produce
ton OF any merit whatever for such
low price. Since the opening, IL mas
been a source OF astonishment, now
ever. to find that the playhouse has at
tracted q class OF amusement seekers
who have never before patronized the
en-cent theaters. and IL the future
bills offered prove TO be OF as high A
standard as those which have been
Thanksgiving day. II is safe TO say
that the Majestic will be playing 20
full houses morning, afternoon anu
evening.
Not only are the motion pictures OF
the very best, but the vaudeville at
fractions. while not so great In NUM-
her as those shown In the more ex-
pcnsive houses, are very entertaining
end taking all together make up 20
minute show which IL taking well with
the Detroit public.
Next weeks bill will include Clin
Dean q Co. In their laughable sketcn
entitled. Married Life" This sketch
has been decided success wherever
monologist and Equillo. In sensation
al balancing act, are other features.
Miss Haybel and Miss Kuhe. whose
sweet voices have caused considerable
comment, will ring illustrated songs.
the balance OF the bill being composed
OF interesting and instructive motion
pictures.