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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18
Fired at From Ambush.

Calais, Me-, Sept; 1.-Two travelling
statesmen while driving from Perry tG|
Calais early today were shot at from
ambush four miles from here. Thd
bullet passed close to them. The po-
lice made a search for the assailants}
but found no trace.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Rev W. w, Hayden, who will com
meisce his. iiities as, pastor of the
Free Baptist church next Sunday ana
Mrs. Hayden have arrived and they
are moving into the parsonage
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The crushed rock has now been put
on the entire eastern side of Colleges
avenue from Getchell street to the
lower railway crossing. This side OF
the road should be ready for travel in
about one week, then work Will.se9Nksr
Inence on the other side.~sas.-TssssssassSsf sf ~
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

c. w. Hussey will leave this morning
for a business trip through Aroostook
county He will trave! BY automobile
and will be driven by II. n. Beach.
This is the first time that Mr. Hussey
has ever taken a driver with his ma
chine but on account of his business
if WAS neceSSary
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Don't forget thd Cooked Food sale by
the w. G. r. L. in the store formerly
occupied by Miss Coughln on Water
street The proceeds will go towards
the fund for the Christmas dinner for
the city's poor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

the Home Band then gave a fine flute solo
Short speeches We're made by M. C. Nor
rill and Capt. W, S. Oakman and the ex-
ercises were brought to a close by the
singing of America" by the audience.
During the evening the following patri-
otic airs were rendered by the Home Or
crestra under the able direction of Prof
Theme:
March-"Stars and Stripes Forever
Sousa
Overture-"A America" Tobani
BendiX
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Frank G. Wise is no hand to adVer-
tise unless he has something worthy OF
your attention, real bargains. The au.
in this issue is no exception, as you Will
See, when you read it. Only 4 3-days
sale, commencing Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Chief Kendall of the fire department.
had a crew of firemen out last nlsht
washing the lower part of Water stree,
and Depot square with hose. me up
per part of Water street had oeei'
washed on the previous evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

1t is understood that there will bo no
football team at the High school This
year so the boys of the Oswcgj Club
will organize and be in the field for
dates with other High school teams as
their team will be composed of such
players.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The members of the Ladies' Ala OF
the Highland avenue Methodist church
who are to participate in the Costume
party, are requested to meet at liie
Town hall. -iHarmingdale, at $50 O'Clock
this afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Horatio NJ. Greene rate lahoS-
man on the L. =. ;. ONO. Southneld
and Brardywinc. has been admitted to
the Home He was resident OF
Providence.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

y number of Hallowell people attend
e'i the County fair at Readfieid yester-
day and reported the best fair held
there for a number Of years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Mrs. Oracle r., Pearson Of Portland
has returned to her home, after two
weeks visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Thompson, Second street
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

rrea mea vrs@rany csr nS" SSn ~nen 's
children playing in the underhrush at
the end OF Sheldon Place, set fire with
catches The neighbors in that section
turned ont and eNtinguished the blaze
without the aid of the department
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Choir rehearsal of ST. Matthews
church at 1,50 this evening. All mem
bcrs are requested to be present as i'm
porrant business will be transacted.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Miss Della Tilden, who has been visit
ms Misses Mildred and Amy Tiidcn in
this city, has returned to her home in
New York {;
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The funeral of the late James w.
Bailey was held from the Home chapel
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Rev.
| II. s. Eurragc officiating.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Fred T.. McCausland has gone to
Pittsfield to join his wife, who is Wis
iting her sister there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

forest fire was reported in the
woods at the HailoWell quarry yeSter-
day afternoon but by late in the even
Ing it was reported to be under con
troll
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The Golden Cross held q social dance
last evening at the A. o. u. w. hall
and a large number of invitations We're
issued. The music was furnished by
Tupper's Orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The NJ r. Church Improvement So
cioty at meeting held yesterday al
tcrnoon planned to hold their annual
Christmas Bazaar Dec. II this year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

A social dance was held last evening
at the Lafayette hall and a large num-
,ier enjoyed the evening. Music was
furnished by Harlows Orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Arthur Cole and daughter Alice OF
Lynn. Mass, arrived in the city yes
ter,lay and went to their summer
home at West Gardiner. Mrs. Coie
has eeen at West Gardiner for some
little time
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Mrs. Jenness and children of WASH
ington, ID. c., who have been passing
the summer at Green Gables, Lltch-
field, returned home yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Q. B. Hunnewell or
Augusta We're in Randolph Thursday
to attend the funeral of their little
nephew, Lloyd Lyndon Chapman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

We'll, well, well, here is funny de-
vice. Il .'ilY coil" but it does catch INC
flies and hangs above the head, 60 see
1t at jackson Bros. drug store.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Joseph AIgier of &5rockton and X. T.
Alsier OF West Bridgewater were IN
the city yesterday on business connect
ed with the Algier paper box factory
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Agent NJ. \. Haraden of the Eastern
Steamship Co, arrived in the city last
evening from trip to Bar Harbor and
Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

George Norton of New Jersey, a for
mcr HalloWell boy, is visiting his moth
er at London Hill. Mr.. Norton is nov
studying for the Episcopal pries1 hood
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Bessie Mcclure and Miss Castner
have arrived home from visit to
Brockton, Lynn and Ashland. Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

T In an address before the Sophomo
class at Williams College Thursday Pre-
ident Harry A. Garfield requested tn,
hazing at, the college be dropped. I
stated that he believed that phases
hazing should be stamped out. His q
dress was greeted with cheers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Miss Sadie Warnock, who has been
visiting idr. and Mrs s. S Aldrich ii
this city, will return today to her home
in New York City
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Mrs. Edward d. Cornish of Bath re-
turned home Tuesday, after week $
visit with her sister, Mrs Justin Ed
ridge.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Frank II. Macreadng Of Provide nee
late Go. /. 1st Il. !. (Spahi"n war;
was admitted to the Home yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Henry McGregor LETT yesterday for an
extended visit with friends and rela-
tives at Quincy, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The annual Coburn Y. NJ. c. A. and
Y. w. c. A. reception will be held at
o'clock this evening at the institute
building. The parents, friends and for
iner students are cordially invited to
attend.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The Ladies' Aid of the First baptist
church will hold Il Harvest supper
Oct. S.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Mrs. Fred Williams went to Boston
yesterday morning for a short stay.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

DR.. and Mrs. c. ii. Smith of Wins
low were in the city yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The Senior class of the High school
VIII hold private dancing assembly
at City hall Friday evening, Oct. ,.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

y crew CT painters is engaged in
work on the cutting sheds of the Hal
lowell Granite Works.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Arthur w. Martin returned to the
Home yesterday from furl"usl
passed in New Bedford
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Daniel Meader of Spaulding's book
store enjoyed the day yesterday at the
ReadGeld fair.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The Circle of Kings Daughters will
nave Bake Bean supper in the
church vestry next Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Edward Lowe. who has been paS%ih 2
an extended furlou%h in Arctic, X. l..
returned yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Elsie Reynolds has gone to RumforG
Falls for u tWo-WeekS vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18
HALL0WELL.

Miss Lille johnson is visiting friends
and relatives in Boston,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

J. w. Hammond, Colby '09, woh has
been at his home in Van Buren, during
the summer, has returned to this city
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18
GARDINER.

Just notice the vacation hat in Tas-
ker Bros. ad.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18
SOUTH GARDNER,

William I. Gray has moved his fami-
ly to Burnham.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Ezear Stanislaus has reported for
duty from a furlough enjoyed III New
York City.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

Bert Novel; is running the barber
shop at the station formerly run by
Ted McPheo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18
NATIONAL HOME.

Officer of the day, Capt. Daniel Nc
Adams.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18
oday's Concer,

Today's Concert.
March-'The Favorite" Qirst time),
W. Lewis
Overture 'RakosZy," Keller Bella
Selection from The Partisan Model"
Hofmann
Waitzes-"Adlyn," j, Hall
La Sorella, Herke
Mediey-"A Gay Old Boy De Witt
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-09-18

The eighth 1nt;esrnatio;naal.t Congress
for the.fPreventfons Of. Accidents win
be held in Europe: this. year,, .-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
SIN Can't Hurt Tools Temper.

The carpenter hurriedly pushed the
ch.sel out Of the white, vibrating sun
shine into the cool blue shade.
DO you want to spoil the tools tenn
per in that h.,at2" he growled.
But the older carpenter, smiling
~scornfully. retorted:
Il thought you YER above the silly
superstition that the summer sun
could hurt the temper of our tools.
Why, man. you triple the suns heat,
and still our tools could lie in the
full blaze unframed.
ITO temper a chisel the steel is heat
ed to 490 degrees. To temper axes
and planes a heat of $40 degrees is
applied. Fine saws and augers take
$50 degrees, and hand and pit saws
tcie 500 degrees.
, "Of ourse the tempered steel can't
be -43ected till the heat of it's tenn
pering is applied to it. Throw back.
then, old man, your chisel into the
sun. Proof against 4S9 degrees, what
can 10 or SO out there on the sand
do to it?"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14

Women are, as a rule, most success.
ful ID decorative work, and 1t Is q
matter for astonishment that compar'
atively few have 20 far gone in fog
this branch Of money making.
There r numbers Of girls with
powers Of discrimination who might
pick up curios and antiques at a rea-
sonable price, though, of course, even
In the depths Of the country, the sup.
ply has been steadily declining for
years.
Not alone that, but cottage owners
Of old china and oak have become
more wary, and articles Of what Mrs.
Malaprop termed 'sbigotry and virtue"
are not to be bought up for . mere
song.
Still. there ID z good field for the
woman collector. In furnishing and
decorative work feminine ideas are
hardly to be surpassed, and many .
"house beautiful" owes It's beauty to
the artistic faculty Of . woman
WOman'1 Life.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
Glen -ehes with Bread,

Perha,; Ire most novel use e
which b. ad is put may be seen in the
great watch factories at Elgin, ILL.,,
where more than 40 leaves of fresh
bread are required each day. Super.
intendent George E. Hunter of the
watch factory is quoted as saying:
From the earliest time in the his
tory Of matchmaking it has been the
custom of watchmakers to reduce
fresh bread to the form of dough. This
is done by steaming and kneading.
They then use this dough for remov.
ing oil and chips that naturally ad-
here in course Of manufacture to
pieces as small as the parts Of q
watch. There are many parts Of a
watch, by the way, that are SO small
as to be barely visible to the naked
eye. The oil is absorbed by this
dough and the chips stick to 1t and
there is no other known substance
which can be used as a wiper without
leaving some of its particles attached
to the thing wiped. This accounts
for the continued use of bread dough
In the watch making Industry
American Food Journal.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14

Fewer New Workers own their own
homes than the residents Of any other
city In the world. The reason IL q
simple one; the land IL so valuable
that none but the very wealthy can
afford its purchase. OF the 391,6 S1
families living on Manhattan island
only 1876 hold title to the houses
they occupy-if you will bring that
little pad and pencil into play again
you will learn that "a out Of every 100
families make monthly payments to
q landlord. When these families
move, as they are constantly doing, It
seems only necessary to take the fam
lily photographs from the mantel-so
completely has their method Of life
been systematized. AS for the land
lords. they are mightier in wealth and
tenants than any feudal lords of old
IS forsooth the Astors, whose i'm
mense multitude Of dwellings house
. greater number Of people than are
contained in q city Of the size of Hart.
ford, Conn; Seattle, Wash; or Nash
vile, Tenn.-The Giant City New
York." in National Magazine.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
lAPsEs OF GREAT MINI.
Details Frequently Known to Battle
the Man Of Genius.

To illustrate the kind of lapse Of
reasoning power from which great
inventors are known to suffer, like
that under influence Of which Sir
Isaac Newton cut one hole in q wall
to let a cat pass through and then .
small hole for the kitten, an old story
In the life of Morse will answer we'll.
graph Morse was known to the Of
ficers of the patent Office as a persist
ent applicant for patents. When his
great invention of distance writing"
was about completed he wanted the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad to try 1t.
To get rid Of him the president Of
the road turned him over to a subord-
mate. This official was struck with
the beauty of the invention and be-
came Sc interested in it that he sat
up half the night discussing it with
the inventor. At length Morse con-
fessed there was only one thing which
baffled him. LAS long as the railroad
runs" he said, where poles may be
erected it will be easy sailing, but
when we come to the big bridges what
is to be done then? We can't erect
poles across the stream, and without
them the wire would sag and perhaps
break from its own weight. I confess
I don't know what to do. Can you
suggest a way out Of the dificulty?"
Why don't you fasten the wires to
the bridge?" asked his companion
without a moments hesitation. For q
moment Morse gazed at him with
open mouth, and then exclaimed:
why not, indeed? Why, I never
thought of that. It's the very way"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
7. H.. HARRIS

AS the people are now very
much interested in Mr.. T. H.
Harris who has just been ap-
pointed State Superintendent of
Education to succeed Mr.. AS
we'll. we believe the following ex.
tract from a letter written by
Mr.. Harris to a gentleman in this
city, and which we are permitted
to publish, will be of interest to
our readers:
~ enter upon the duties of the office
realizing fully the magnitude of the
work that 1 shall be expected to DO.
Under the leadership Of Mr.. Aswell
the public schools have become the
most important institution in the
State, the people believe in their
schools, and they want them made as
efficient as money and brains can
make them. In this upward movement
Mr. Aswell "a a vitalizing force.
leading, COMMUNICATING to the
work a degree of ability and conse-
Grafton seldom to be found in any
State, and l appreciate fully the re-
spOnsibility that is placed upon me as
his successor. l would not have de-
cided to accept the position had 1 not
believed that all the people of the
State will join hands and heart with
me in continuing the great work for
the children, assisting me not only to
prevent any backward step, but to
make the schools the peer of any in
the Union.
II promise to bring to the work the
best that is in me, and by having the
co. operation of you and men like you
all over the State, l hope to prove OF
real service to the cause of public ed
ucation ard not a. disappointment to
my friends"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14

of a finger today; it may cost an arm
tomorrow or a life the next day. So
poison in the body polite can not be
removed too soon, for the evils pro-
du ced by it increase with the lapse OF
time.
In closing, he acknowledges his
debt for his denomination to the rank
and file of the party, and if elected he
promises to concentrate whatever abil-
ity he may ha We to the one purpose of
making this a government in which
the people rule.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
In the Future.

The latest scheme is to set type by
wireless.
OF course there will be few occa.
sions when this sort Of ty%pesetting
can be utilized, but it should & 5e the
intelligent compositor a feeling of real
comfort to realize that when out OF
town he can hustle to the nearest
wireless station and set a column or
two of type matter in the home Office.
with all the usual typographical err
rCrs in evidence.
Possibly the newspaper plant of the
future will be SO scientifically
equipped that all the work connected
with it can be done somewhere else.
md nobody will be required around
the premises except the cleaners and
the night Waterman.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
Study at Home.

MAUD graduated from your cooking
school last spring, didn't she?"
Yes, but SEES going to take a post
graduate course next fall"
Going back to the same school
again."
"Oh, no; she's to be married to q
poor young man."-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-14
A virtuous Paradox.

A virtuous Paradox.
That young doctor is a queer con.
tradiction."
In what way?"
He has an exceedingly good temper.
and vet he is lacking in patients"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-30
PRINTED BY
Recipe is Easily Prepared at Small
Cost, and Many Swear BY it.

Mix the following by shaking well
in a bottle, and take in ~teaspoOnful
doses after meals and AT bedtime:
Fluid Extract DandeliOn, one-half
ounce Compound Kargon. one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. A local druggist is the au-
thority that these simple, harmless in.
gradients can be obtained at nominal
cost from our home druggists.
The mixture is said to cleanse and
strengthen the clOgged and inactive
Kidneys, overcoming Backache, Blad-
der weakness and Urinary Trouble Of
all kinds, If taken before the stage of
Bright's disease.
Those who have tried this say ii
positively overcOmes pain in the back.
clears the urine OF sediment and regu-
lates u%rination, especially at night,
curing even the worst forms of blad-
der weakness.
Every man or wOman here who feels
that the kidneys are not strong or act
ing in n healthy ann should mix
this prescription at home and give it
n trial. as it Is said to do wonders for
many persons.
The Scrantan (Pa) Times was first
10 print this remarkable prescription
in October, OF 1906. since when all the
leading newspapers Of New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other
cities have made many announce
ments OF it to their readers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-30
SHEFFIELD PLATE.
History Of This Now Very Rare and
Valuable Ware.

Sheffield plate differs from all other
plated ware in THAI the plating vas
done on the sheet metal before the
article was SHAPED. Before and since
then plating Of various sorts has been
applied only TO the finished piece. as in
u electroplating process. Moreover.
the plating was done Oh copper. while
posed OF an amalgam OF copper. nickel
and zinc.
Furthermore. 1t Is possible for the
collector TO secure examples Of early
Georgian and so called Queen Anne
work in Sheffield plate, while the
rarity and high money value of silver
ware OF that period make It's acquisi-
ton extremely difficult. Sheffield plate
historically and artistically is as worthy
OF a place beside old china and Old
mahogany as Is old silverware.
IN 1142 one Thomas Bolsover Of
Sheffield, England, described In the
histories as an ingenious mechanic"
accidentally fused some silver and cop
per while repairing a knife. He began
experimenting, seeking for a method OF
plating copper with silver for the man
ufacture Of small articles. In 1743. to-
gether with Joseph Wilson. he set up a
factory for the manufacture Of buc-
kles, ~snuffboxes and knife handles.
Joseph Hancock sOon got hold Of the
secret and. perfecting IT. demonstrated
that ii was possible to initiate the
finest and most richly embossed silver
ware. Settling In Sheffield, he started
the manufacture OF all sorts Of dOmes-
tic pieces. Beginning modestly with
horsepower. he later added water pow
er for the rolling process. Other man
~ufacturers followed his example. and
Sheffield plate soon began to replace
pewter on the tables OF the English
middle classes. Altogether we know
OF twenty-three important manufacture
ers Of this ware.
The industry fourished until the
middle Of the nineteenth century and
so few pieces Of copper rolled plate
were made after that time that they
need not concern the collector. Electro
plating was discovered or invented by
a medical student Of Rotterdam, near
Sheffield. and the new process was
patented on March %. 1910. BY 1850
the new ware was on the market ev-
erywhere, and the industry had been
Life Ia Amer
lea.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-30

f. l.. Van Dyke was born in the
year Of 1865, on a farm in Clayton
county, Iowa, where he resided until
the age of 16, when he entered the
high school at Postville, Alamakee
county, Iowa. At the age of 81 years
he entered the employment of the
b. c. r. & N. Ry.. at Postville. Iowa,
as clerk, and was transferred from
there to Watertown, S. d., as opera
tor for the same company. July Is,
1887, he was transferred to Bushnell,
s. D., and given full charge of the
company's business, as agent and
operator, where he remained three
years. While holding the position at
Bushnell, and during the winter of
lSS9-9O, through his influence with
the b. c. r. & N. Ry,, he secured
from that company three carloads Of
coal, free OF all expense. which he