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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-06
PULPWORkERs RETURN.
Paper Makers at Rumford, However
Remain Away From Mill.

Rumford, Me- oct. 5.-Thirty pulp
workers resumed their duties today in
the pulp mill of the international
applied. however, but it was hoped
they would return soon to their Did
places. A deputy sheriff stated he had
no idea there would be any disturb
ance when the men return.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-06
Prohibition Presidential Electors.

Portland. Me, oct. 1.-The Prohibit
tionists OF Maine have selected the fol-
lowing to appear on the official ballot
for the November election as candi-
dates for Presidential electors: An
drew f. Warren. Auburn, William II.
Hobbs, Portland, at large; Ernest J.
Bragdon, Westbrook, William Il. Eus-
it's Dixfield. Samuel +. Emerson.
Skowhegan, and Lyman Il. Merritt.
HoultOn.
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THE WEATHER.
FAIR AND WARMER.

Washington, Oct. 5.-Forecast for
New England: Fair and warmer Tues
day; showers Wednesday; light to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-06
Boston Forecast.

Boston, oct. 5.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Fair. Tuesday and
Wednesday; light variable winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-06
1904

10c. cigar
AERIAL increase for past nine months
1.-Two Million. Six Hundred and Eighty-SiX
thousand. Factory. Manchester, N. H.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Sol NJ. Goldsmith. formerly business
manager of the Louisville News and
Commercial, died at Detroit Sunday of
typhoid fever He was As years of age.
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FOR POOR SLEEPERS,
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Every Man Who
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02
% e. z|HEARpI TIE g.

The general gazed at Mr.. Tawney in.
dazed way for a moment. scratched his
head busily. slapped on his hat ana de-
parted. muttering wonderinRly a. he went.
What criminal negligence. What GRIM
inal. criminal negligence"
Gus karger. who Is the Washington cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati newspaper
owned by the brother Of Secretary OF War
Taft. is. as Is rather unnecessary to men
ton. an ardent Taft boomer. He talks
Taft all dav and all night. and mp To date
he has never expressed doubt OF the
Secretarys nomination. hands down.
without opposition. on the first ballo:. at
Chicago. What his secret views are no
body knows. but little incident that &C
CURED the other day may throw some
glimmer of light on his mental condition.
One day last week Mr.. Karger having
found things very duh at both ends Of the
gashouse. threw himself on the big. comfy
Gather sofa i'm the hack room ~ the
House press gallery and in tw'o shakes of
lambs tail was sound asleep. Seeing
him So and being tic'<led to death AT the
idea of catching the athletic. strenuous
and versatile Mr. Karger with his guard
down. "A couple Of local newspaper men
slided softly into the back room. and AT
preconcerted signal caught Mr.. karger.
head and heels and threw him. not bit
gently on the floor. In fact. they were
little more violent :han they Intended.
for the victims head struck the stone moor
first with thud was positively alarm
ing.
And az the two culprf:s stood there
motionless, ready to run or To apollo
pize Gus gave n grunt that indicated he
was seeing stars. and without opening ms
eyes. muttered i'm a far-away voice, Men,
Got. Taft wins after all.
IRVING; c. NORWOOD.
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you don't 60 swinging up and down the
world year in and year out like a bloom
ing Lascar. and-oh well. 1 never yet met
up with a landlubber that knew how
lucky he was to be landlubber.' and he
looked very much down in the mouth
The children playing about the deck Of
the steamer had started his blues. of
course. they always did.
Say. dye know. I'd like to own just
about 200 like that 'un.' ,he would say
every time he caught sight of a nice
child.
And SO I dug it all out of him. Yep
he was sick and tired of the sea. and he
wanted to practice ashore and pick out
the right woman and see a hull flock Of
children traipsing around and-and, WELL
get something out of life. that's all.
Fine l said to him, but you'd never
quit the sea. The sea is In your blood
now. You've been a pirate too long. You'd
never. quit
He double-dog-dared me to- try him
and seemed very earnest indeed about IT.
He told me what his idea of a practice
was. He had nearly $4,000 saved. and
his idea was to buy into an established
practice.
We'll. without saying anything to him
about 1t. when / returned to San Fran
cisco from that voyage l found the right
billet for him in Oakland. When his
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month. / was leaving Hongkong on the
steamer my surgeon friend had quit To
take up his medical practice in Oakland
When she dropped into Hongkong harbor
1 went aboard of her to see the skipper
and crew. all old friends.
We'll, we've got a man you know on
board said the skipper and there was
a twinkle in his eye. He led me to the
cabin of the ships surgeon.
Come in bawled the old familiar
voice. and We went in. and there was the
old boy. looking mighty hangdog when he
saw me. 1 laughed to let him down easy.
He entered upon the most tremendously
elaborate explanation. Company mad
sent an imperative message for him, II
seemed. Young surgeon who'd taken his
billet on board hadn't made good. Then,
besides. there was some business in con-
nection with a Hawaiian plantation that
he wanted to look into personally. More
"'You willy dog" beloved the skipper
then. giving the old surgeon mighty
wallop on the back. Out with it,. now.
No hullrInging about the sticky Out
with it,. -
1.-The old life Of the sea had called him
back that's all. He's still on the line.
I've sailed with him many times since.
But he never mentions his beach expert
ence to me. He knows better"
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harmless citizens than smash up a con-
aress man ever SO lightly. So ii is report
Cd on good authority that when Jim Taw-
ney chairman of the House committee on
appropriations. and a mighty influential
member of the lower branch Of the ma,
tional legislature had his back wrenched
out of shape i'm "A Pennsylvania avenue
car accident the other day. the officials
of the Capital Traction Company uttered
low. dismal howls. and the officials of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
many chOrtled glee. ully to think that this
bit of bad luck hadn't come their way.
A couple of days after Mr.. Tawney, stiff
and sore. and cOmprehensively grouchy.
had returned TO his duties with the ap-
preparations committee. George Harries.
vice president of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. blew in. {.
Mighty glad tina; didn't happen on our
line" he remarked. jovaily. to Mr.. Taw-
ney-
You'd better be-" uuoth the Honorable
Jim. biting a cigar in half.
"Regrettabie accident" continued George
H.. airily. but o. course you were nicely
treated Guess the road sent you flowers
every day. didn't it,"
Not flower replied Mr. Tawney.
Well. surely. said George. 1t kept
Not a der" answered Mr.. Tawney,
briefly.
What cried Gen. Harries. lat least
Il sent around three or four of its
own doctors to see how you were getting
along?"
Not a durn doc" replied Mr. Tawney
Naturally" continued the general, with
hotel room on the phone to inquire how
you were getting along
Not an inquire. said Mr.. Tawney. with
a shake of his head.
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SNT it too distressing to think that
one may hear the queens English
trifled with in the Senate of the
United States? So far as I know
they don't say II seem and II DONE
over there. but the grammatical cOnstruc-
ton that is put over the plate occasion
ally certainly smells to highest heaven
'Tother day. there being not a great deal
doing around the House end of the Cap
i;ol, i blew over to the Senate in time to
hear q distinguished New England sem
ator-be it forbidden that l should men,
ton his name-rise to his feet and remark
give me permission from California to
ask him question:
The senator did give him permission.
but the permission was from Washington.
not California. l was outrageousIy re-
gretful that he didn't say as much.
Gentle Hints by Wireless.
The effervescent I.illey person is GER
tainly catching ii on all sides these days.
The early part of this week he got so
many knocks before the Bouten special
committee which is Investigating his sub
marine nightmares nest that me took to
his bed and called in a grave. bewhiskered
medico TO prescribe. And while he was
lying fiat on his back. looking at
the ceiling and thinking heaven only
knows what unutterable things fine
and dandy story was going the rounds
of the Capitol. told by way of regret. that
the rough side of his case hadn't been de-
veloped gradually instead of all at once.
IL seems That once upon ttme-aS all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02

well-ordered fairy tales begin-a quickly
rich American who had spent six months
or SO abroad for the sake Of his health
had decided to come home. So. when the
vessel on which he was a passenger was a
couple Of days out from little old New
York. he sent a wireless 20 his wife an
nouncing his homecoming. with the idea
of making sure Of the capture and bar
becuing of the proverbial fatted calfiet.
When he landed at New York he sent
another message. and so. when an hour
or so later he dropped off at his home
station. he was very much surprised that
instead of the depot wagon and pair of
fast bays he had expected to meet him,
with his wife for company. there was only
an old broken-down buggy. driven by an
old 1rfshman. who was sort of an as
sistant gardener around his place. But
he supposed the rest of his stock was In
use by a house-party bunch or something.
Pat" said the rich man. after the
Anticipated fix had proceeded half mile
or 80. now is everything around home?'
Pat scratched his head slowly. spat over
the wheel of the fix. and finally remarked:
Wal. about as usual, sor.''
Everybody well?' inquired the rich
man.
Not exactly. sor." replied Pat. for
F'idO's dead
Worse and More of It.
''Fido dead!" calculated the rich man.
THAT dear old dog passed away? Well
that's too bad. How did it happen:'
He ct too much hot horse meat sor. -
replied Pat
Hot horse meat" cried the mystified
millionaire How the devil did Fido get
any hot horse meat?''
Why answered Pat, The got it when
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ee-yew-tiful music with the restaurant
meals! Deed they do. Why. you
can"
That's right" chimes in the hostess.
Everything always tastes so good In
New York. too. I don't know why it
should, am sure. but it does. You
see. Oh, did say I could open the
pot? Well. I can't. really. How very
stupid of me. You see. l thought 1 had
a pat full-oh. / mean q pat flush-but
one of them Is a mean. horrid old club
instead Of a spade. Now, why couldn't
1t have been a spade? Dear me, how
perfectly contrary.
do love to draw to these straights-I
mean Pushes. Deed 1 think it's just as
mean as can be that nobody opens 1t. Yes,
l have always said that you can get the
finest hungarian goulash to eat in New
been to Murray's. on 42d street. yet? NY.
but It's grand! You never saw such deco
rations I'm all your born days. and there's
an imitation Of Cleopatra's barge and
there's a big Pompeiian room. too and
there's violinist there. too-you never
saw such eyes in violnists head-and
he plays the cutest--.
Its up to me, do you say? NV dears
l raped that l couldn't open the pot at
least an hour ago: deed / did, honest.
Oh. wait. wait. Yes. l can open it-what
In the wide world am l thinking Of? I've
got threes-Oh. now. don't you think I'm
going to tell you what I've got; stupid.
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But. really. when l first looked thought
had only pair of sevens. and-what?
You've all thrown your hands away?
Now, think that is the meanest thing
ever heard Of! Why didn't you wait for
me? l am sure can't hurry any more
than 1 do. and we're going at cannon III
speed now. and here had three nice
sevens all the time. and. why-but. now
time. Oh. goody! goody! l certainly am
glad! I'd hate to've had three sevens
and then to've had everybody throw their
hands away just because they couldn't
wait for me to-
You know" puts in another of the
women players then. Il think that ten
cent limit Is the dearest, cunin'est little
game. OF course, l suppose you men
think you're merely frittering away your
time. but then men folks do take their
poker so solemnly. don't they: Never say
word while they're playing. and you'd
think they were at wake wouldn't you?
Really. l think it's the funniest thing to
see eight great. hulking men sitting
around a poker table and nobody saying
word. How is that? They consider It
better fun not to have any conversation?
Now, that's meant for us girls-yOu know
it is. And isn't 1t silly?
Mercy me. l never dream of winning
any more. l declare. hate to think OF
how much money I've lost at poker dur
ing the past six months. I guess I'm a
poor player. Maybe it's LAT Whose say
is 1t? Mine? Why. no. 1t isnt-I'm deal
lna-oh. no. 1 forget: just finished deal
ing! Why. no. of course l can't open it
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Wait minute. IL get out some blue
cards. and you men folks can sort them
out and make a good blue deck out of
them. [ suppose. Now. wait till | get a
cloth to wipe that lemonade from the
table. And then I'll get some more lem
onade or beer or something, and do be
careful, children, with your glasses, won't
you?"
(Hereupon the game comes to a dead
standstill for a quarter OF an hour. while
the hostess mops the spilled stuff from
the table covering and chases the dawg
from the front room to the fire escape
and then gets out some more lemonade
and bottled beer, and then hunts all over
the place for the beer opener. and then
decides that she'll change from her waist
to a comfy house Jacket. and before sit
ting down. she decides that she'll ring up
her sister in Falls Church to find out how
her sisters sick baby ISL
Now. we're all comfy again. aren't
WEI" says the hostess. sitting down.
What's that you were saying while
ago about getting wire from your hus-
band in New York. darling? How? You're
waiting for me? Well. deed. | wish you
folks would give me chance to look at
my hand. I'll pass. No. walt a minute.
When you've got three clubs and two
spades is that anything? Oh. no. of
course not. Only it is SO puzzling. isn't
it, that way? Well. / pass. What. you
open it, Salle? How mean of you. after
you know what I've got i'm my hand. I've
a good notion TO stay anyhow. But my
husband when he's here. always gets so
cross when l stay on three-card fiushes."
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THAT AWFUL EQUAL-RIGHTs BRAND OF POKER

YOU'VE played that equal-rights brand
" OF poker. haven't you? The game.
d that is. where the players are
equally divided between the sexes?
H'm-ye-eh. Something like going to the
grand opera. only more SO. Makes grand
opera. for the matter of that, sound like
the catacombs. 1t runs something like
this:
II had wire from my husband this
afternoon" says one of the delightful
young matrons Of the party. just after
a hand has been dished around and the
time is opportune for folks to have a
peek at their cards. Hes in New York
now. My. but I'd love to live In New
York What's trumps? Oh. 1 forgot.
We're not playing $50 or euchre! Mercy
on US. wait. I've only got four cards
Oh. no. 'scuse me. here is the other one
on the floor. My darling'-this to the
hostess-"what a pretty rug! Is it new?
Oh, wait minute. everybody! / can
open it. Wait. 1 think 1 can, anyhow.
Seven. eight. nine. ten. king-Oh. my. 1
thought had a fiush-a straight 1 mean.
Now. why couldn't that mean old king
have been jack instead?
Yes. indeedy. l certainly would love to
live in New York for part of the year
anyhow. You can get such lovely things
10 eat over there. and they have such
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the idee Of asking me! 1t isn't good
poker to open on jacks, hear. and it's
right, too. l guess.
BY the way. girls. we had the grandest
coffee at our house this morning. It's a
new way of making 1t that I learned
You See
what that awful racket inquiries
the hostess. in a state of sudden alarm.
Gracious, I'll bet it's that awful puppy
of mine eating another hat in the front
room He's the greatest hat eater I ever
heard of In all my born days. Wait a
minute, I'll be back in a minute. Deal
me a hand. whoever's dealing, and I'll
be right back in a
81 can't stay, SO I'll see If she can
open It," says the lady player sitting
alongside the hostess seat. picking up the
latter's cards. as the hostess flies to the
front room to attend to the hat-eating
purp. "N-no: ] don't think she'd care
to open it on pair of jacks, do you
think? Agnes! Oh. Agnes. I'm not
playing and I've looked at your hand.
and do you want to open the pot on a
pair of jacks? Oh. we'll. if you do, of
course. only 1 thought
Well. IL she's going to open it with
her pair Of jacks. why / wish some
body'd take her cards and play them
for her. for I've a pair of tens myself.
and = How's that? l can't do thai? ?
Well. I'd just like to know why not.
Just because I've looked at her hand is
no reason why Don't you all know
just as well as l do that she's only got
pair of jacks? Well then. Oh. WE'LL
If you're all SO smart. Ill play Agnes
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steamer got in. fortnight later. I met
him on board and told him all about it.
He looked delighted. and rushed me right
over to Oakland for the interview with
the old medical man. The two physicians
hit 1t off at once and were greatly taken
with each other. My friend the ships
surgeon astonished ME by resigning-but
with a string to his resignation. as I aft
erward discovered-frOm the service of
the steamship company.
Immediately he moved his dunnage
and his large collection of choice curios
over to the old Doctors spacious. hand
some house in Oakland. the old practi-
toner going to southern California for a
rest. Right away my friend got into the
swing of the practice. and inside Of about
q month he had taken about thirty pounds
of superfiuous flesh of his Immense frame
by incessant exercise.
'In no time at al his readymade
patients became. genuinely fond OF him.
During the first three or four months he
looked like happy man. Occasionally
dropped over to Oakland from San
Francisco to look in on him.
Oh and so you're going to stick. after
all" I'd say to him. and then he'd posi-
lively bawl at me for even daring to
suggest that he might not be going to
stick. IT,
But one day. in about the fifth month
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ETC., etc.
Then the hostess disappears for about
ten minutes. and when she comes back
there are signs of a freshly applied pow
der rag 10 her nose. There has been an
agreement early in the evening that the
game should cease promptly at midnight.
but at midnight. two of the women are re-
spectively ninty cents and a dollar fifteen
behind. and they chime I'm and say that
it's shame to think of quitting so early.
and complain that they haven't won for
weeks and weeks. and talk about folks
who are winning always wanting to quit
just on the agreed minute. and SO on. So.
the game goes on, and the men in the
game groan when they think of the big
day ahead of them at their Offices. and
then one of the women gets angry because
nobody stays when she opens tho pot with
a pat ace-high flush and declares there's
a conpsiracy against her, and they they
play until a quarter past : and sonic
of the women folks have to be taken 20
their homes away out in Mount Pleasant by
are numbering through the streets when
the men folks. with work, TO do that day.
turn in with furry tongues from the
cheese and sailed almonds and chocolate
cake and warm beer and junk that they've
eaten and drunk. and the women wlo've
lost a dollar or so have the men charted
as tight wads and mean old things,
and
Oh. well. you know all about IT, berHuse
didn't you say awhile ago that you a
played i'm these equal rights games? Sure
you did.
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the chief immigration man at Honolulu
got over his sciatica? How were those
Along girls. and did the Honolulu folks
still wear those leis of flowers at the band
concerts? Did the Angus family still have
that fine houseboat of theirs out in Pearl
harbor? Then the two old sea mates
switched to the gossip of the line. the lido
syncrasies Of this skipper and the kinks of
that mate. After that. talk of the tea
houses, "reminiscences of sake fiestas hith-
err and yon in Japan, funny stories of this
and that cOnsul-the talk, in essence. of a
couple of seafarers of the highest class.
one of them still afloat and the other
voluntarily on the beach. settled down.
and all through the talk l could see
the eyes of my old surgeon friend be-
coming more and more dreamy in their
expression. ] bade him goodbye. and
the purser and I came away together.
Look a-here.' I said to the purser-
I'd known him. too for a good many
years-'why the dickens do you fan over
all that old stuff to that man? Can't you
see you're rubbing 1t in?'
"Oh. he won't stick on the beach very
long now. anyhow joxially-.Teplied the
putser. so whats the use OF trying 10
make him?' s.sr. 1000
.-On the next day /. sailed. aud. after
a month in Japan / went to-Hongkong.
where 1 was detained for nearly another
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the extent of expressly informing her that
he was a married man. Was it?
Some three or four days later he met
the piQuantly mysterious Mrs. Blank on
the street and she was good enough to
permit him to stroll a square or so with
her. They conversed of the beautiful
depths of the blue empyrean that arched
above them. the probability of q warm
summer, and SO on.
And few days later still. Mrs. Blank
boa rded a 18th street year. on which the
clip of a young MARI. ed man was riding
downtown. and they chatted animatedly
on the amount of appropriated moisture
in the atmosphere. the cunnin ness of the
crocuses. and so on.
Now. this clip of a young married man
spouse belongs to that type of young
married women who exclaim. when the
subject Of cOnnubial jealousy is broached
jealous? Deed 1 wouldn't give the
best man alive the satisfaction of being
jealous of him..
Therefore. it goes without saying that
She was and Is almost absurdly jealous Of