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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-02
RICHMOND.
WINNERS

score !hchmnnd II. s. =, Winners o
uchdoWns-Tuimer 3 Goals from,
touchdowns Mortified , Umpire. Sock
ms. Referee. DWinal. Field Judge. Kim
ban, lIn"sm"n. Mansir and Riley. Time,
lonn. periods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-02

1t VIII he a mistake to have any
games from this time on begin later
than go. BY 4 F. NJ. on these Novem-
Der days it is getting pretty late for
football, especially if it is cloudy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-02

The Old rivals, Thornton Academy
ana Biddeford High, have arranged
TWO games this year One will be
played Nov. aud the other Thanks
giving Gay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-02
MAINE FOOTBALL CHAT

This weeks Maine college games will
be EoWdoin vs.. Bates at Brunswick and
Colby VS.. L. Of NJ at Watervilc. These
two games next Saturday will tell the
story.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-02

The first games of the season We're
played in a midsummer temperature
and on dusty gridrons. Saturday
brought the first typical football
weather and probably the remaining
games VIII be played on frozen fields or
in the usual mud.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

persons to wonder how he came to be in
trusted with the work of planning and
directing the construction of the great
cathedral His speciality Is churches.
and in this line he is considered one Of
the country's foremost authorities.
OF course, among the top-notchers Of
the cOuntry's architects are Charles
Follen McKim, associated with Daniel
Burnham on the Washington beautlfying
committee, and William Rutherford Mead.
partners since 1877. and whose work is
too well known 10 need any mention here
Suffice it 10 say that Gilbert is only one
of the well-known architects of to-day
who were trained under them: among
others are John NJ CarreFe and Thomas
Hastings. whose plans for the new York
Public Library Building won out over the
food OF others submitted
Though he has not been heard Of much
outside the profession. in it E. L. Mas
queray who. as supervising architect.
was responsible for the architectural
beauty of the St. Louis Worlds Fair, is
regarded as a newly risen leader. OF all
the architects here mentioned he is the
only one not OF American parentage; he
himself says that he is an American by
way OF France, and his tongue backs
up his statement. Like the average
architect, he is much averse to talking
about himself, but will go to infinite pains
TO explain some detail OF architecture IN
which his visitor may show interest.
To sink their personalities In their work
seems 10 be a trait common 20 all the
cOuntry's really big architects Of imagina-
ton in the field to-day. the men who are
making America famous for its archi-
lecture.
Copyright, 1875. by Dexter Marshan.)
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
MEXICANS CARRY CASH ABOUT
Even the Indians Have a Large
Amount of Money with Them.
Easier to Put Through n Business
Deal, Because Checks Are
Not Popular.

Almost any Mexican in professional or
business life carries on his person any
where between 500 and $500 Even the
poor Indian in his blanket can more than
likely produce more than many foreign
ers- The ordinary Mexican professional
man viii be found TO carry sums OF
money on his person that would surprise
the ordinary traveller. and even cause him
worry were he forced 10 carry il with
him, Yet the Mexican never even thinks
OF it.
Il was but a few days ago that an in
stance of this kind was brought TO at
tention, says the Mexican Herald one
Mexican OF the middle class asked an
other In casual way If he could change
$1,000 bill The other pulled out a wal
let from his inside pocket and counted
out nearly $1,000. Time after time this
has happened. and il seems no uncommon
thing for Mexican OF the middle class
70 carry between LEO and 2,eO0 pesos on
his person.
The check idea seems TO have taken
but small hold as yet upon the citizens OF
Mexico, especially when small amounts Of
less than $1,000 Are concerned. They. con
slider 1t much easier 10 pay spot cash
than TO give a check for amounts of $50
"a HANVr G4Al l4lE1 CldllIl, WIN some amount
Of reason, that business deal can be put
through with better advantage when the
cash is IN sight
Even the Indian in the street carries
amounts OF cash that would never be
supposed TO be in his possession. They
carry their money in leather belt, fas-
tened around their bodies inside the trou-
sers- These belts are hollow and are
open az one end. Into the open end the
Indian slips his pesos or bills until he has
the whole full The belt then is either
taken off and hidden away or the bills
are changed for larger denominations and
stiI carried around the body. But the
Indian is sticiler for 'pecos duros," or
hard cash. and prefers them to any
other class OF money. except gold.
To the indian, money is money, and
bank book stands for nothing in his way
Of reckoning. A check he will not accept
under any circumstances, because he does
not understand H. A coin or paper cur
rency is what he Is after. and that is
what he keeps his hands on when he
gets il
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

his progressive ideas from the time he
began TO practice his profession, when he
was given, in 1889, the commission for the
Rand-McNally Building, Mr.. Burnham
dared 10 take the step that brought the
skyscraper into being-he used a steel
frame throughout. carrying the walls for
each story separately on beams, thus do
ing away entirely with the necessity for
heavy masonry support at the base.
This was a veritable revolution In the
building world The enormous thickness
of walls hitherto considered necessary in
the construction Of tall buildings. with
attending contraction of valuable space,
had long been a serious problem with
property owners. Then, too, the immense
cost of stone and the slowness Of erection
had retarded building operations in every
great city. But here was a building
going up with a dead wall area one
eighth that OF the tall building preceding
IL. and the cost WAS 10 be less than half
as much II erected under the old way
Small wonder that Mr. Burnham's ex-
pertinent was watched with the keenest
interest by architects throughout Amer
lea and Europe There were numerous
predictions, OF course, that the building
would collapse; and not all Of them were
made by laymen. gaping upward in as
tonishment at the skeleton frame and
the walls being stuck on here and there
in apparent haphazard fashion and
without apparent means Of support IN
deed. months after the building was oc-
cuDied architects from all over the eoun-
try travelled TO Chicago especially to in
spect il and incidentally TO marvel at its
failure to crumble into twisted beams
and shattered masonry.
Many Beautiful Buildings.
The Masonic Temple. which does not
revolve at high noon on its axis. despite
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
THE DOMINANT RIGHT.
a -1Sinister Supersfition- and Its
Effects Upon the Human Mind.

sinister SuPersfitiOn'' and Its
Effects Upon the Human Mind.
II took a whole generation time OF
experiments and mechanics 10 learn
that the engineer must stand or sit
on the right side of the engine or. cab
in order that he could look ahead
with his right or dominant eye only.
and without sticking his entire head
out. as he would have 10 do If he sat
or stood on the left side. says D. c. n
Gould, IN the Medical Record. The
railroad men never learned why this
is So do not know why to-day. and
20 make the desirable change in two
American left passing double track
railroads, while il would finally avoid
expense and accidents, would cost at
once many millions Of dollars.
Thousands of years ago knights and
men fighting on foot or horseback
had 10 approach and pass one another
on the left in order TO strike or spear
one another with the right hand
while the shield hand held the
shield or the reins. The railway
engineer. civil or locomotive. does
not know that the knight was his
right-handed and right-eyed pro-
genitor and endower
A food Of light is thrown upon
history. sociology. and medicine,
especially upon psychology, neuroI-
ogy, and psychiatry. by left-handed-
ness and its sequels. OF every mil
lion born, at least 10000. probably
that in the United States there are
nearly 100000 and IN the world
more th2n 45,00O.O00 thus handicap
ped An indefinite proportion OF
these have been or are being doublv
cursed by the efforts OF the foolish
parents or teachers to make them
right-handed. Sad suggestions and
illustrations Of the baleful results OF
the work OF these imDrOvers OF
nature exist in such simple facts as
that right which should mean on
ly dextral or Tight-handed. has come
10 mean good, moral, advisable; and
left" or sinistral. has become sinis-
ter. awkward, UnlUcky. to be avoided.
both person and thing ~Dexterity'-
and "deXtrOusneSs. properly mean
ing only "de%traIity," have become
synonymous with expertness and ex-
eeptional proficiency. whereas every
body knows that the Ieft-handed per
son. il purely so, is as cunning OF hand
as the right-handed, Even the super
stition OF the evil eye~-the non
dominant one-teaches the same les
sons. In all ages, and now surely,
there are everywhere strange and un-
accountable cases or failure in life
peculiar, odd, awkward" folk.
cranks OF a hundred types. misfts.
Sufferers, and all that What a light
the misplaeement OF the cerebral
center for speech and writing. or its
perEicious double placing and mall
education and Gripping by "ambidex-
Sralists.' throws upon the origin and
fate Of many Sufferers, and upon
many Of the "hOpelessly stupid" the
lagga-ds in school, How many of the
medieval court testers and the
derided. the town fools, the kyphotics
and cripples were the products of the
sinister superstition OF the right
handed tyTants? And low many OF
the morbid minded and insane?
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Another important feature Of the inter
urban lines is their arrangement 10 carry
freight. While few, II any Of them, com
pete with the railroads on heavy freight.
yet on small freight they DO. and the
more expiditious movement combined with
lower rates makes the interurban service
strong competitor in the high-cIass
freight and express service The Electric
Baggage Company. for instance. of Cleve-
Land, Ohio. sends out twenty-five freight
and baggage cars every day to. deliver
goods and receive products. Farmers
buy tickets for their milk cans-2O cents
for every ten-galion can being the rate
and the baggage company takes It TO the
city. delivers It TO the eonsignee. and then
returns the empty can.
All sorts OF experiments are resorfed
20 to set business One road has a solic-
iting agent. He calls up the farmers
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Father of the skyscrnper.

The late w. L. B. Jenny. OF Chicago.
had erected an Office building in Chicago
on plans approximating the modern skele-
ton construction to the extent that some
of the walls were carried on iron beams.
A year or so later the IDEA was carried
a little further in the Tacoma Building
In the same city An architect noted for
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

RON the Fhlladelpn1 Record
William II. Heimbach. of Allentown. an
expert breeder OF fancy fishes. has recent
ly sold & lot Of japanese fringetails and
some Chinese fantails for SO each Sew
eral Of the fringetails. with bodies less
than three inches long. have tails meas
uring four inches The parent stock was
imported from the Orient, but Mr.. Helm
bach has succeeded in raising about 500
OF the fish IN an elaborate hatchery he
built adjoining his home. The fad. IN
addition 70 being expensive. requires in
finite patience and care. The fish must
be kept and bred in still water. which
IS supplied with oxygen by means Of odd
plants procured chiefly from China. The
breeding Of these toy fish, Of which single
specimens are worth from = 70 SIG is
said to be the acme Of piscatoriai culture
well stocked five gallon aquarium is
worth about Sl50
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

ent. hard plugging had made him one OF
the city's leading architects. That was
in 1885, when he formed a partnership
with James Knox Taylor. now SupervIs-
ing Architect Of the Treasury Depart
ment. Quite a few years later. when his
plan for the capitol of Minnesota was ac-
cepted. Mr.. Gilbert had cause TO thank
his star fervently that on a day way
back in the early SOS. he had been
stranded in the city OF his boyhood, his
parents. when he was five. having moved
to ST. Paul from Ohio, Xhere he was
born. ST. Paul is full of tsiIbert's work,
just as Chicago is of Burnhams.
When Gilbert vent into partnership
with James Knox Taylor the latter was
the big man of the firm A few years
later it was really the other way about,
though Taylor was still looked upon by
laymen as the brains of the combination.
According TO a story OF wide circulation
in St Paul. Gilbert stood for being the
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
NTERURBAN ROADS
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

along his lire once every week 10 find out
whether they are going TO have anything
TO ship the seven days following. II an
affirmative answer is received. the agent
begins a campaign 10 get that business
And he Is usually successful Other roads
create business by exploiting the territory
through which they run. One road found
that the soil IN its territory was partic-
ulary adapted 20 the growing Of potatoes.
II began to advertise that fact, and be-
fore long it had doubled its business. In
New England a fayOrite way 70 get trsf-
fic is 20 interest tourists in the scenery
along trolley routes Booklets are IS
sued telling Of the wonderful and beaUti-
ful things that may be seem ITO the
Berkshire Hills by Trolley" Is an exam
PIE OF the slluring titles these booklets
have. Some roads sell power for running
farm machinery 70 the farmers along
their lines. They find thar this Is a prof
table investment In that they make some
thing out OF the power thus sold. and at
the same time get added good viii from
the farmers,
The steam railroads are acknoWledg-
ing the superiority Of the electric road
in the handling Of the short-haul pass
enger traffic President Tuttle, or the
Boston and Maine. says that the electric
lines can haul this class Of traffic more
cheaply. President Baer. OF the Reading
also comedies that the suburban traffic
is better handled by electricity than
steam. To Offset the disadvantage at
which the trolley lines place them, the
railroads are acquiring control Of the
trolley lines. so that they can prevent
injury to themselves. The New Haven
Road. for instance, has gotten control OF
ffty-seven per cent of the trolley lines
Of Connecticut. The Delaware and Hud-
son has bought the control Of a compet-
ing electric line and a number Of other
reads are following suit.
The enormous growth OF the interurban
car line is shown by the fact that where
as there We're only $3.50 miles OF such
lines IN the United States fifteen years
ago. there are to-day more than 3oo00
miles. There are enough lines now pro-
jected and reasonably sure to be con
structed TO insure the doubling Of this
trackage within ten years. And while
the interurban electric lines are increas-
ing. many small steam roads are being
electrified. Furthermore. the big terminals
Of the United States are substituting ele-
tricity for steam. notably those Of New
York The progress OF electricity as a
motive power has been unprecedented
Yet electrical engineers say that the past
is as nothing when compared with what
the future IS 90 bring forth. The reign
Of the 2-cent fare is expected 10 come
with the electrifcatiOn OF the steam
railroads OF the United States
To-mOrrOw-CIOse of the Social
Season.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
ENGLAND'S GREAT SEAL.
Many Precautions Taken TO Prevent
Theft or Injury.


From Chambers Journal
The seal consists Of a large mass of
sterling silver, measuring about 6H
Inches IN diameter by IL inches in
depth or thickness 1t is IN two parts.
both smooth on she outer side but
elaborately engraved within
The two surfaces are impressed M
on lump of wax attached in an
ingenious way TO any document TO
which his majesty as sovereign gives
his royal assent.
The weight OF the seal is IS5 ounces.
and is valued in metal about $3.50
Each seal is engraved during the reign
OF the sovereign whose name II bears.
and the collection presents a curious
and accurate epitOme Of English his
tory
All lord chancellors have taken the
greatest care OF the seals in their
charge. and have contrived recesses
and elaborate devices for their safe
custody
One Of them in the reign OF Charles
II, actually slept with the seal under
his pillow, and by this precaution
saved II from thieves who one night
broke into his house and carried of
the mace belonging 10 the House OF
Lords. and other valuable property.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
FAMOUS ARCHITECTS IN AMERICA

Plans Not Merely Buildings, but CtieS-He Is One
of the Worlds Experts the City Beautiful -Cass
Gilbert, Famous in the West the Architect of the
Minnesota Capitol and the East as the Architect of
the Nerp York Custom-houSe-Flag and Others
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
NATURAL SELECTION.
ID mnmmr 10 Nftsq N1nIIr.

Said Tlmmy 10 Miss Molly.
As she brought her up the stairs.
Why, bless de gracious. honey.
Where did you get dem airsg
When tries 20 tie YOUR apron strings.
You Sc jerkin' and a-tWistin';
When ] minds you bout your manneTses
You So ugly an Woan listen,
Now be 'er little lady
An QUIT kickin' nanny so:
If you Goan leave OF dat pinchin'
She wCan' love you any mo.
While I'm patiin' up de pliers
An gittin out 70 gown,
You meel right By the sofy
An say. NOW I lay me down
DOan be pceDin' at dc kitten.
DE Lord dnan' like dem ways;
IF He sees you Is a-foOlin'
He WOan' hSsin when you pg2ys.
Now lemme git desc close Of
An put you in de tub;
Jes' shet your eyes TO weld de soap
When ! gives your face a rub
Quit splsshin' out de water.
Or You'll giT poor nanny cole
IF you vets her up like dat now,
For msnmy's gittin' ole.
Now Jes' hole still er minnit
While ] sit you warm an dry
An iznt you in de bed day.
You'ss too big for 'rock-a-hy.
An den IN tell my chile tale
Dat my nanny tole ter ne
OF de white folks and de black folks
An de way dey uster be.
In dem ole times. when folks was vile
An dlden wear no close.
Dey was two men went -oamin r0un'
An done jes' what dey chose.
De Lord He seen 'em comm.
An He waited in de track
One Of en- was a white man
An dc yother one was black.
De Lord He tuck a pencil
An laid it IN de way.
An den He put a shuVel down
To make out what deyd say.
De Niger tuck de shuvel,
Cause II look 50 new snd bright.
An dc white man got de pencil
An learned him how to write.
Now ever since dem days Of ole.
When de nisge- had de choOs;n',
De white man ne bin gittin' ND.
While de Niger he bin losin'.
De black men totes de shtrVsl still
Ar de white man Erites de fggers.
Wears de shiny hat and de loag-tail coat
While de nissers stil is-niggers. -
MRS. r. G. POWI
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New-York tribune., 1908-10-22
CHILDREN HuDDLED WITH ANIMALS.
But Bears, Wild Cat and Fox, Terrified by
Forest Fires offered No Molestation.

Alpena. Mich. Oct. H.-Among the most remark
able experiences of survivors OF the Presque Isle
County forest fires that of Miss Grace Barber,
o school eacher. nineteen years old. whose school,
in Krakaw Township, in session when the
flames swept down upon the building Thursday.
A terrified farmer had rushed into the building 10
give the alarm just the rear of the schoolhouse
caught fire
The young teacher marshalled her pupils in
double row. the largest at the head, and ordered
them 70 remain in close order, and not TO break
the line She then directed the leaders head
for ploughed field near by, and the column started
on a rum Miss Barber bringing up the rear 10
prevent struggling. Burning embers fell thick. but
the teacher kept the children crowded close to-
ether. and every ember extingl.shed the in
stant it fell any child's clothing
Soon animals appeared the edge OF the held
and during the night two bears arrived. A fox
sinking in, did also wild cat, rabbits
partridges and other game, but the animals kept
well away from the children. not even the bears
offering hostile demonstrations Miss Barber kent
her charges in the field all Thursday night and in
the morning sent them home In groups plotting
the smaller ones herself
New-York tribune., 1908-10-22
BRITISH LABOR CRISIS.
DR.. Asquith's Temporary Plans to
ReHeUe Distress.

London. Oct I--The serious question of the
unemployed in England discussed in the
House Of Commons this afternoon, but larger
dole Of money than that of last year and advance
nle1t of the navy's shipbuiIding programme were
the only expedients proposed by Premier Asquith
in unfolding the governments plan TO meet the
situation.
The fact that hundreds Of thousands were on the
verge Of starvation through lack of work fully
recognized by the Premier. but he said he could
not undertake, in the legislative field 10 grapple
with the permanent causes of the distress until
next session. The government, he said. pre-
pared 10 provide fund Of sl,E10o0 to help the
unemployed and the Admiralty giving out
orders for the construction of nine destroyers and
five unarmored cruisers. costing S2,50c0o. two
months earlier than had been intended. The Pre-
rnier made also bid for recruits, saying that the
War Office was ready TO take on twenty-four thou
sand men for winter training in the special re-
These proposals fail to meet the demands of the
Labor members of the House
New-York tribune., 1908-10-22
NO TRACE OF ALLEGED DEFAULTER.
Stock Exchange Firm of A. W Kilborne & Co.
Hunting for Their Confidential Man.

No trace has vet been found of Rufus W. Rowe
the confidential man of the Stock Exchange firm
of A W Kilborne g. Co. Of No 40 Wall street for
whom a warrant has been issued on charge OF
for gtng the firms Endorsement 10 check for 81 500
and who is said to have got away with about $780,
C00 altogether. Philip NJ. Brett of Kellogg & Rose
counsel for A. W. Kilborne & Co, said yesterday
they hoped to get Rowe. and that when they did
they would make example Of him
Rowe who lived with his wife the Annenere
Court apartment house at No. 65 West 115th street
had been in the employ Of the firm for fifteen
wears and for tho last few years had its con
hdential man He not known to have any
bad habits and it iq believed that he lost the
money in speculation.
This is the thlrd $4,000 defalcation that has taken
place in Stock Exchange house within. the last
six weeks on October 15 z reported that the
firm OF H l. Judson & Co. of No. 9e Broadway.
had discovered defalcation of $4,000 by their late
manager and bookkeeper. Henry l.. Saltonstall
who died on September Y at his home In Elizabeth
n J. The other was that of Lehman A
Cooper. manager OF the branch Office Of E r
Chapman & Co. who reported on September Is
TO have forged the Endorsement Of the firm on
checks aggregating $4,000 Cooper disappeared and
has not yet been found.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-22
HALF BILLION DEPOSITED.
Tastly Better Business Conditions
ShozCn IN Banks Reports.

Washington, Oct. 21.-The abstract of the reports
of the condition Of the 3 national banks under the
call issued by the Controller OF the Currency for
statements as of September O. 1893, issued to-day.
furnishes evidence, in the opinion OF Treasury off,
cials of vastly improved business conditions.
The five principal items in the returns show that
since February Il. 1908 the loans and deposits IN
the national banks Of the country have increased
from 81 422 3647 70 81 5l2TS difference in
little over seven months of about 32s,oo0,00O and
during the same period the total resources Of ma
tionaI banks have increased s621.0oo0o0. The COM
bined capital stock paid in has advanced nearly
s20 900 600 and the surplus about s1l000,O00-
The most remarkable of the totals given Is to
individual deposits, which have increased during
the last seven months from s4,1O5SA.4S to s454s-
351s5, a difference of s443, 900 900.