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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
The Secretary's Report.

The report of the secretary for 1906
gave the number of members 456. Since
that date two have withdrawn, two
died and six Joined, making the men,
bership to date 45S.
The two that have passed on to
another life, We're Mr.. A. r. Jenness of
Fryeburg, and Mr.. c. 3. Hazeltine of
Belfast. Both of these men We're ar
dent sportsmen. They both lived be-
yond the allotted time of life
Mr.. Hazeltine was a lover of out-of-
door sports, a fine marksman, a genial
companion and a liberal contributor
for the advancement of the fish and
game interests of Maine. He had a
host of friends. who will treasure his
memory while life is theirs.
Mr.. Jenness was one of those noble
men whose everyday life was an in
SEPARATION to those who would live hon.
estly, whose companionship was q joy
and comfort to all who came in contact
with him. Much of his time and
money was freely given to advance
and support the fish and game inter-
ests of the State. The communities in
which these two men lived have lost
most valuable citizens and our associa-
ton most worthy and helpful mem
bers.
The third death was that of the
widely known pioneer, Mr.. o. A. Den
non, who was one of the leaders, who
| opened up, or was the means Of start
| ing development of the great sporting
possibilities of Maine. His vision was
prophetic, for he saw, what proved to
be true, q field so inviting to the pub
lie at large, that it needed only a man
of courage and staying powers, to
make northern Maine the great sport
| ing grounds for the whole country fol-
as long a time as Maine would proper
ly care for it's supply of fish and game
He lived at an advanced age, and al
though a very busy man. maintained
his vigor for years after most men
yield to the work of life. The reason
for this, is simple-the open. air and
exercise, largely accounted for his long
life.
1t was about the year 1867 that he
entered upon the work of developing
the hotel business at Kineo, he super.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
Albion Granqe,

Albion Grange held its regular
meeting January with q large at
tendance. The secretary and trea-
surer made their yearly reports show
ing the financial condition Of the
Grange to be good and now nearly
free from debt.
After the business meeting the
officers for the ensuing year We're in
stalled. Brother Albert Higgins acted
as installing officer and conducted the
work in pleasing and efficient
manner. The annual word was then
given to the members by the master
and then all repaired to the dining
room and did ample justice to a baked
bean supper. After supper remarks
for the good of the order We're called
for and responded to by c. S. Billings,
one of the charter members of the
Grange and by Past Master c. l..
Taylor a Sociable closed the even
ing's entertainment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
ALL HANDS WELL.
The Mount Royal Safe In
Port at Queenstown.
After Battle With Weather Her
Boilers Give Out. >>..
Finally Reaches Irish Coast Under
Her Own Steam.

Queenstown, Jan. THE long over
due steamer Mount Royal steamed
slowly into Queenstown today, and the
news Of her safety was received with
joy in shipping circles. She had not
been heard from in many days, being
last reported off the Lizard, Dec. 10.
and watch was being kept for her on
both sides of the Atlantic and as far
south as Bermuda.
The Mount Royal belongs to the
Canadian Pacific Railways Atlantic
service. She left Antwerp Dec. Z for
st. John, y. +. She had on board 800
Hungarian emigrants and a crew of
about 100 men. She was first definitely
| sighted off Old Head of Kinsale, is
miles west of this port early today.
! She was then proceeding slowly under
her own steam, and signalled that She
was coming in here. She declined the
| help of 2. tug that was sent out to as
sist her and came in alone.
The Mount Royal had trouble with
| her boilers, and this was the reason
| she had to put back. She is at best a
| slow boat. and shortly after leaving
| the British coast she encountered a
series of violent gales. She battled
| with the heavy weather for a fort
night until Christmas eve, when seri-
Gus trouble with her boilers developed.
| The steamer was then in longitude
$50 west and latitude As north. The
engineroom staff ultimately succeeded
| in obtaining n moderate supply of
steam, but the weather was such that
the captain reluctantly decided it was
best to make for the Irish coast. Con-
sequently the steamer was headed
about ard steamed slowly into port.
Passengers and crew are all well,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
IN FLoURIsHING CONDITION.
Gratifying Report at Annual Meeting
= OF l., M. G. G. Telephone Co.

Monmouth, Me-. Jan. 7.-(SpeciaD.-
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Lewiston, Monmouth & Greene
Telephone Co. was held at Monmouth
Monday and the following officers
elected:
President. r. Alden of Winthrop:
treasurer Dr. II. NJ. Blake of Mon
mouth; clerk, II. f. Foster of Win
throp; directors, Il. Alden, H. Nj. Blake.
Eli Hodgkins. John Drugan, l.. d.
Manson, f. r. Jones, r. c. McIlroy,
J. II. McIlroy, Leonidas Pettingill.
The company was reported to be in
a very fourishing condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
Gossip of the Oranges.

At the regular meeting of Mattanaw-
cook Grange, Lincoln Center, Dec. IS.
the Third and Fourth degrees were
conferred upon one candidate. 1t was
voted that the installation of officers
take place the third Saturday of jan
uary.
The next session of the Knox Pomona
Grange will be with South Hope
Grange. South Hope, Jan. 16, 1905
This will be an all-day session for the
election of officers. Meeting called to
order at 10 O'Clock sharp. Should the
day appointed be stormy, it will be the
next fair day.
The cost of the new hall of Machias
Grange, of which G. Harris Foster is
master was about $500. There have
been SO members added to the roll from
Dec l, 1906, to Dec. 5, 1907, the present
total membership being 213. Forty-siN
meetings have been held during the
past year and the grange has earned
$736i9 The representative at the State
Grange was Mrs. +. l. White.
Charleston Grange WILL on Thursday
evening, Jan. 8, have a public installa =
ton of officers. The ceremony will be
performed by Kate B. Ellis of Fairfield,
State deputy. An oyster supper will be
served at the close of the exercises. A
class of five were given the final
degrees on Dec. 81, followed by the
usual feast; so members were present.
Worthy Master Farmer, occupied the
chair after several months absence.
Dec. q, en- enjoyable meeting was held.
The program consisted of conundrums.
readings and remarks for the good Of
the order by several
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
A STATE ORGANIZATION
Formed for the Study and Prevention
OF Tuberculosis.

Portland, Me-, Jan. THE Maine
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis has been or
ganized in this city, the original in
corporators being Judge Clarence
Hale, Mayor Adam p. Leighton, DR..
Seth c. Gordon. DIR. Irving E. Kin,balI.
Dr.. j. w. Whidden. DR.. S. H. Weeks
and Former Mayor Nathan Clifford.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08
FIRE AT HAMPDEN.
Emerson's General Store Burned
Loss $4,000; Insurance $1,000.

Bangor, Me-, Jan. Fire at Ham2-
den early today destroyed the general
store of Deputy Sheriff w. w. Emer-
son with it's contents. Loss estimated
at $4,000; insurance $1,000. Fire is sup
posed to have been started by defec-
tive electric wiring. ,-..----
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08

Bacon curers are usually among the
most prosperous firms in Belfast. but they
have had to warn the farmers through
out the north not to kill any more pigs
until the strikes are settled, for 1t is inn
possible to ha ndle the carcasses. Business
has thus been diverted to other Irish
bacon-cnring centers, although the ma
jority Of farmers have simply respited
their pigs and are making no attempt
to supply the market Danish bacon fac
tories will thus profit.-London Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08

The Lusitania has a length over all of
rs feet, a breadth of IS feet, and is of
| g., 500 tons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-08

IL CUR pride and our abundant re-
sources gone forever.
Respectfully submitted.
f. c. HARRINGTON, Sec.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
A Hundred Years Ago In Ohio,

Incredible as it seems, Cleveland, the
present metropolis of the state and one
of the great cities Of the country, was
not incorporated as village until 1919
and had then a population of not more
than 800 people. though its location
made 1t prominent in a small way
The entire commerce Of Lake Erie up
to 1912 was carried on by six small
schOonerS.
Cincinnati, already important, though
not yet incorporated, contained about
800 dwellings, a good courthouse and
Jail, upward of twenty stores, and, as
an old description says, "the various
branches Of mechanism are carried on
with spirit, industry of every kind be-
ing duly encouraged by the citizens. 1t
is likely to become a considerable man
ufacturing place"
Until 1911, when steamboat was
for the first time launched on the Ohio
river. keel boats propelled with poles
left Cincinnati for Pttsburg every four
weeks. On account of the Indians and
outlaws who infested the banks the
trips were dangerous, so the boats
were provided with bullet proof COW
ers and carried cannon and small ire
arms.-Ohio Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
Er,iitful In Ronnancea.

The English baronetage Is fairly
fruitful in romances. A cabman bar
onet who resides at Burton-on-Trent,
Sir Walter Tyrell, can trace his descent
from the Sir Walter Tyrell whose ar
row killed William Rufus in the New
forest so many centuries ago. The an
cient borough of Tamworth boasts a
tobacconist baronet, Sir Harry Cor
ing. who serves workingmen customers
with ounces of thick twist, his family
estate having long ago vanished into
the ewigkeit. The master of the Whit
by Union workhOuse, John Lawson
has a we'll founded claim to a baronet
cy conferred in Stuart times. Sill
Thomas Echlin, who died last year
was a constable in the ranks OF the
ROYAL Irish cOnstabulary and the sew
enth holder of a barOnetcy conferred
so far back as 1721.-London Mainly
About People.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
Three to One For Rain.

People have learned by experience 10
make allowance for error in the pre-
dictions of the weather bureau, but
Professor Schuster thinks that the al
lowances should be officially stated
Astronomers, it appears, are in the
habit of giving the value of the prob
able error" when publishing their OBJ
servations. But, although meteorology
lends itself more readily than any 9th
er science to the evolution of devia
lions from the mean result, the wealth
or forecasters have not adopted the
custom of stating the probable error
Professor Schuster looks forward t
the time when weather forecasts vii
be accompanied by a statement OF thu
odds that the prediction will be ful
filed. Then perhaps we shall read II
the weather column not simply rail
tomorrow" but three to one" or mini
to one for rain tomorrow. "-Exchange
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11

NJ. Gaud, for thirty years the super
intendent of the Paris morgue' SAID
farewell to the grewsome place with
tears in his eyes and words of regret
on his lips. Newspaper men asked him
for Experiences" and impressions"
and when he had given them he re-
ceived from those who heard him the
title "philosoper of the mOrgue." To
representative of the Matin he said
that he had been very happy at the
morgue and had learned there the les
son of life. "When one sees before
him continually" he said, what it is
for which we work and slave and
commit all sorts Of folly, our fears
and our worries vanish. OF course 1t
took quite a while before l realized
that a dead man is no longer a man
before I learned to look upon those
who are brought here from the phys
ical point only. Until that was accom-
plished / could not eat except with
aversion. Two weeks cured me-"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
THE MYSTERY OF KUR0Kl.
Japan's General Is Said to Be Sir Hec-
tor Macdonald.

1apan's General is Salu 10 DC y" ''"S
tor Macdonald.
The statements In the bruce case
with regard to the alleged trick burial
of the fifth Duke of Portland are not
without parallel and there are sew
eral mysteries of the kind which have
never been cleared up.
At the time of the Japanese success
es in the late war it was verify believ'
ed by the natives of our eastern en-
pire that General KuroA, that marvel
Gus Japanese commander, was no 9th
er than Sir Hector Macdonald.
Certainly there are large number
of people alive who have never be-
lieved that the gallant general really
is dead. In fact, there appeared In
the Times a reward of $1,000 offered
to anybody who had seen Che dead
body. There is also the fact that the
general was once invited to go to ia
pan to train the Japanese army. lie
actually mentioned the offer to Lord
Roberts.
One the other hand, there Is assured
ly a vast deal of mystery concerning
! the personality of Kuroki. The Japa
nese have acknowledged that there is
much foreign blood in him, while an
American war correspondent stated
that he was Dutchman.
Still, in the eastern baZaars it was
generally credited that he was Eight
ing Mac" who had undergone trick
burial and these rumors spread with
that celebrity which invariably battles
the western mind.
Also il has been stated that Flight
/ ing Mac" has been seen alive In Paris
and that his coffin really contained
nothing but stones. The generals Wild
ow. however has emphatically denied
the allegation and has referred to many
we'll known persons who knew her
husband and saw his body.
The Westminster coroner has stated
that many mysterious burials take
place and that doctors certificates have
often been granted on grounds which
certainly were not justifiable.
According to present methods, there
is no supervision over the certificates
issued by medical men, and there are
many instances in which pressure has
been brought to bear on a doctor by
the wealthy and influential to suppress
| the truth.
There are also many instances II
which crime has occurred when GER
tifcates of death have been given
without any form of independent In
curry. 1t is notorious that there are
| many ways which cannot be specified
here by which a body can be buried
without registering the death at al
and without any medical certificate be
ing given.
All the statements just given are
based upon the cOroner's experiences
and he has stated that in one case
doctor wanted to certify that patient
had died of heart disease. When ar
examination of the body was made
it revealed the woman with dagger
through the heart-a rather peculial
form of the complaint.
The fact to be noted is that where
wealthy and influential families arr
concerned there are sometimes way'
and means of suppressing facts witt
regard to evidence Of death.-Londol
Tit-Bits.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
The Thief Trackers.

A curious profession among the Be
douin is that Of the thief crackers"
Being without paddocks or stables and
their animals always more or less at
liberty, theft Of stock would appear to
be an easy and frequent matter. Each
tribe, however, has its little company
Of crackers" and it would be either
a bold or an ignorant man indeed who
ventured to interfere with an Arabs
live stock. There was one instance In
which a camel stolen from camp
near Ismailia was, after weeks of Ia
Dor. successfully tracked to the Sudan,
where the beast was recaptured and
summary vengeance wreaked upon the
robbers. Selected for natural ability
and trained from boyhood to discrimi-
nate between each animals footprint,
this faculty becomes so highly devel-
oped that a particular horses or cam
els trail is unerringly picked up from
among the thousands. of impressions
on the dusty highway.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
4 ondon and Paris.

There is evidence to show that Lon
don was a considerable town before
the Roman invasion. Its Celtic name
was Lyndin Cake fort. Tacitus, in the
first century, calls it Londinium AND
describes it as a fourishing place. The
earliest notice Of Paris is in Caesars
Commentaries" Caesar called it Lutte
tia and described 1t as a collection OF
mud huts. Lutetia began in the fourth
century to be known as Parisia, or
Paris, and in the sixth century was Sc
lected by Clovis as the seat of govern
ment OF the two cities London is I'M
doubtedly the more ancient though
how much older it Is impossible to say.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
FUN OF BALL00NlNG.
Reasons Why Air Voyages Should BE-
come a Popular Sport.


Floating softly I'D into the blue ocean
of air. watching the earth SINK Slowly
away beneath us and fade and cnange
ouietlv to an immense map spread De-
fore our wondering eyes-such are the
first impressions of balloon voyagers.
The noisy shouts of those who come to
wish us bon voyage become RAINIER
and fainter until absolute quiet relgns
about us. 1t is so still that the tick
ing of the clock in the barograph Is
heard noisily counting the seconds as
n traces the line of our upward flight
across the sheet.
Meanwhile the earth map down be-
low us stretches out larger ana lar
cor but its details are fading ana De-
coming blurred. High hills have chang
ed to fat surfaces. A river WINDS ana
bends its way through the duller col
ors like a tangled ribbon OF silver. a
small lake sparkles in the SUNSHINE
giving life and fire to the sober shaueS
about II. A railway train creeps slow
" along. its trail of smoke streaming
back over it, but as we look 1t suodeh-
IL disappears from sight apparently
swallowed up before our eyes. linen
we realize that it has plunged into
tunnel through a hill which to us
seems only fiat surface. NOW II ap-
pears again, coming out on the other
side.
So the wonderful scenes come ana
60. ever changing, but ever grand ana
inspiring-scenes that come back 10 us
real and vivid that we may live them
over again in later days. The ciouu
effects are at times the most beautllul
of all. After having sailed up through
these into the dazzling sunlight we
see the snowy pillows just below our
COR the shadow of our balloon falling
unon their white surface. This snau-
ow is often surrounded by halo OF
rainbow colors Of rare beauty. Al
such times one has the feeling OF nav
ing left the earth completely ana 10
have reached some other planet. Inc
white masses just below seem TO De
unite solid and look as though one
might step out of the balloon and take
a stroll over them if one only had
snowshoes. The air is wonderfully
clear and pure and gives one teellhg
of exhilaration much greater than that
enioyed in mountain climbing. Is IT,
then, surprising that ballooning is rap
idly becoming popular spOrt?-Henry
B. Hersey in Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
THE NAME OF IT.
Experience Of a Beginner at the Dame
of DiaboIo.

81 am going up to town." SAID the
young man, ito buy set of this new
game that everybody is making so
much fuss about. What ought the
spool to be made OFF,
"You mean the top" said his friend.
at doesn't matter what it's made or
so long as it's properly balanced"
So the young man came to town and
found his way to the toy department
of the great emporium. There an ex-
pert was doing wonderful things, and
the young man watched him with ad-
miration.
do you use any special sort OF tops
for those tricks?" he asked.
"Tops, sir?" said the expert. Il beg
your pardon; see what you mean.
You mean the bobbin. No; it's just
the ordinary kind that we sell here"
So the young man purchased a set
and had it put down to the housekeep-
ing account and bore it off home to his
family.
1--WE brought back with me-" he
said to his wife as he unpacked 1t, "a
set of the new game. Here, you see,
are the sticks, and this is the bobbin."
"You mean the cylinder" said his
wife
"The man at the shop said bobbin,"
replied the young man fiercely.
"Then the man at the shop didn't
know what he was talking about"
said his wife, with cold disdain. Il
read leading article in the newspa-
per this morning in which 1t was al
ways referred to as the cylinder"
well" said the man, 81 think you'll
find you're wrong. However, Smiths
been playing the game for the last
fortnight, and he's bound to know. III
just step across and ask him."
He stepped across and in a few min
utes came back respondent.
"Its not called a cylinder, and it's
not called a bobbin. It's called q
diable. Smiths quite certain about It
He says he belongs to the best diabolo
club, and he's never heard 1t called
anything else"
Then he consulted the directions
which had come with the box. The
first OF them began, place the gyratoI
on the ground"
The young man laughed sardonlcally
and said that this let him out. He add
ed that it was, at any rate, comfort
to him that he knew the whole lo'
now and that there was nothing else
1t could possibly be called.
Yet when he came in from his frs
half hours practice he observed to his
wife, "Well, l can't catch the darr
thing anyhow."-Barry Pain In West
minister Gazette.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
CAP VlS0RS.
The Making of Them Is an Extensive
Business In Itself.

Business In Itself.
There is one man in the business
who in 1909 will have been making cap
yisors for half a century, and he isn't
such an old man either. He started at
the trade as boy in 1859, working for
a concern Of which now he is the head'
which was then established in a build
ing at Broadway and Rector street.
where the Empire building now stands.
He recalls the fact that when the war
broke out they worked night and day
turning out visors for soldiers caps.
The manufacture of cap visors is a
business by itself. Only about fifteen
concerns are engaged in it, Of which
number all are in this city save two or
three located in Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. New York supplies visors for cap
manufacturers all over the country,
producing in the aggregate millions OF
them annually.
For the very cheapest cloth caps
visors are made of cardboard paper or
of imitation leather covered with the
cloth of which the cap body is made.
For other grades of cloth caps visors
are made of various sorts Of light
leather. and for some cloth caps of fine
quality there are now used, because it
Is lighter than leather, visOrs made
from a heavy. specially woven and
waterproofed canvas.
For visors there is now made an imi-
tation leather composed Of bookbind-
ers' board and what is called mole
skin, the two being cemented together
under pressure. In madeup cap
where its edge could not be seen, this
material might pass even an expert for
leather. The best leather visOrs are
made of leather specially tanned and
prepared.
Take the country at large and caps
are not used by people in general for
ordinary wear so much as they were
fifty years ago, but caps are still worn
in great numbers by younger people
and by sportsmen and travellers and
golf players. and of uniform caps of
one sort and another there are now
worn 300 per cent more than twenty
years ago.
Very simple little things cap visors
might seem, but great numbers of them
are used, and in a factory where they
make them you would find around rolls
and sides of leather or other mate
rails and hundreds Of dies and molds
for cutting and the shaping of the
visors and men busily at work follow
ing visor making just as they might
any other trade.-New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
Eaev DANCING,

Little Alfred's mother had sent him
TO the dancing school. He came home
In high spirits.
"Well, Alfred" said his father, chow
did YOU like dancing? Did you find it
dificult?"
"Oh. no." answered the little fellow;
at's easy enough. All you have to DO
is to keep turning around and wipng
your feet"