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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

An exchange announces that sweet
cider caused the trouble" The apple
has been an historic mischief maker.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

A Chicago woman asserts that Adam
was a loafer She must remember,
however. that no one was obliged to
work very hard in those good old days.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18
Still Advancing.

Chicago Herald)
"Carful observers insist that the hui
man race is steadily advancing, not
withstanding the green hat with the
fuZZ on it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18
The origin Of His Style.

ATLANTA Constitution.)
Champ Clark was once country
editor. Now we know where he got
that bright, epigrammatic style.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The old adagc, What goes up must
come down. is a long while applying
to the price of eggs.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The most productive insect known
science is the tcrmite, or W!'ite ant %
has been known to- lay eggs al 'ie '''
50 600 day for a month
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The way OF the poor actor is more
hopeful, and his dreams more peaceful
with eggs selling at present prices.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18
Friday December 1s, 1908.

The time for making Christmas
purchases is growing short
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

Don't fail to purchase some of the
Red Cross Christmas stamps.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

Don't destroy the faith of childhood
in Santa Claus
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The Turner Center Creamery. whose
product has gained d wide reputation
for high quality is building an addition
to it's ice house that will increase its
capacity by 4,300 tons.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The state OF Maine is certainly very
much indebted to D. Ward King Of
Missouri for the practical talks nc mas
given our citizens on the use Of the
split-log drag in road building.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

Penobscot county can snow many
bumper crops Of potatoes to her credit
the present season and among them
can be mentioned the showing made
by s S. & A. B. Davis of +. EddinS-
ton. who from q bushels of seed
nlanted on rs acres harvested 500
bushclss Of high h-class table tubers,
The quantity of fertilizer used was
/ 200 pounds per acre and it goes with
ont saying that the culture ana car"
given the crop was Of the best.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

H. o. Templeton. fish and game
warden from Flagstaff, has been in
Phillips recently. Mr.. Templeton. WHO
is an expert woodsman and thoroughly
vcrsed upon the animals in the Name
forests, says that the beaver 90 more
to help the fishing in the streams III
the back woods than any other agency
He notices that every beaver pond Is
full OF trout.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The report OF Professor Robinson
certainly strengthens the theory Of
foul play in the case Of Abial Kincaid
of Richmond.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The annual meeting of the Somerset
Veterans Association will be held IN
Milburn Hall. Skowhegan, today.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

II is safe to say that Venezuela now
entertains considerably higher op'h-
ion Of Dutch courage.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The Portland food fair appears to
have caught the town.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

"A few belated automobiles are kick
ing up the snow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The Lincoln Club of Portland IS
planning to make its annual banquet
at the Auditorium Feb. u, 1903 a
specially notable one, inasmuch IL VIII
come an the Tooth anniversary of the
birth of the Abraham Lincoln.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

The Portland school committee IS
cOsidering the need Of q new high
school building in that city to be de-
voted to commercial and technical
purposes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18
Maine Gossip
So Far Ahead.

NV wife is shopping e;tlry:
She seeks what she can find. 80
What 10 YOU want for Christmas
She asks in accents kind.
But. OH, hate to tell her .
Fer fear I'll change my MIND.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

Dog owners who are in the habit Oh
tal.inp their nets with them from place
to place on the trains will be Interested
TO know that under new rules which
have been adopted by the Maine
Central Railroad, after Jan. ! OF the
coming year dogs will only be accepted
as baggage and will be subject to the
same rate of fare as is required lor
ha pgage The minimum rate Tor
TRANSFORMATION OF dogs will be loo
mounds and where pretty long
iourney is made it will be a pretty
costly affair to take dog along.
Other railroads which have adopted
the rule are the Washington County
Ransor & Aroostook. Somerset. Bos-
ton e. Albany, Canadian Pacific. Cen
tral Vermont. Grand Trunk. Inter-
colonial. New York, New Haven q
Hartford and the Quebec Central.
Second Lieutenant B. A. Flaherty OF
old Company e of the State militia
has taken steps to organize new
company in Portland to take the place
of the one disbanded. He has secured
the signatures of Ga men to petition
nledcine themselves to enroll IN the
new command and in addition is Sc
curing the signatures Of 100 business
men. These petitions will be sent to
the governor and he will be asked 70
authorize the organization of the new
company There are many Portland
people who hope that Lieutenant Fla
herty's attempt Will succeed. Ihere
were many excellent men in Company
f and the people generally took a
pride ir the old organization whlch
has in the past numbered among Its
members some of the best known citi-
zens of Portland People of the
state generally will wish Lieutenant
Flaherty well in his undertaking. be-
lieving that in recruiting his new COM
pany he will take care to secure for 1t
a nersonnel that will be a credit to the
Forest City and to the state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

over the English. In
their revised code sos japanese letters or
syllables are equal to 4.67 i'll English
The Japanese took to the wireless better
they have some of the best wireless systems
in the world. They have shortened their code
for the wireless as they did for the line tele-
graph; and one reason why they could get
quicker than the Russians was account OF
this difference in codes. The Russians had
long Jaw breaking words to send; but the
Japanese Jumped theirs in syllables 1t was
humorouslv remarked IN the Far East during
the war that the Japanese could order an adj
vance and then a retreat by wireless while the
Russians were spelling out the name OF one
of their towns Generals.
Corea, the little Hermit Kingdom, which is
longer an independent State tore up its
away the telegraph lines. The humning OF
the lines was to them like the groaning of
departed spirits protesting at the innovation
1t was not uncommon to find Corean peasants
hacking away at the poles to release the spir-
its supposed to be inside of them. 1t took
nearly ten Years to make the telegraph system
4 success in that country. When the wireless
came the Coreans were broken in spirit. and
did not show their opposition openly. But
the flash of the wireless was considered by the
priests as the sure sign OF impending danger.
and they warned their followers to keep away
from it.
Even in Our own country and within the
living remembrance of men. the telegraph
lines in Alaska were looked upon by the
Indians and native Alaskans as somethin G
alive. They never passed near a hunlming or
singing telegraph pole without entreating the
Great Spirit for protection. In that land of
cold, on days when the temperature ranges
far below zero, the wires sing so loudly that
the noise can often be heard half mile away.
When close to the poles the noise is much like
the mutf1ed crash of a brass band around the
corner. The wireless has invaded this region
too, and the natives shiver and tremble every
time they hear the crash of this new invention
of the white people. Their ideas concerning
its function are somewhat hazy. In some
way they got the idea that communication
thus established between the spirit world
and this land OF living, and Indians would
speak OF the death message" with awe.
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retractons each minute the root soon
discovers the space between two particles and
grows into it.
If now we leave the root of the little bean
plant to find its way through the darkness
by its sense of touch and of direction, and
turn to the stem, it is found that the latter
has more complicated problem. Not only
must the stem grow up as the root grows down,
and cling to objects the root avoids them,
it must also hunt round and find its support.
For this the bean grows with a twist. This
twist, as the stem foot or two in length,
bends over with its own weight, sweeps the
vine through ever widening circle few
inches above the ground. This circle may
be two three feet in diameter; SO if there is
a pole other support anywhere IN that
space, the bean will find it.
1t has been seen that when the tip of root
touches an obstacle, it draws back and turns
aside. SO also does the stem. If, however, it
is the side OF the stem that touches, the
turning is the other way: d property which.
it has lately been discovered Is common to all
plants. As soon, therefore, any part of the
growing vine touches the pole, it bends toward
it, and continuing the same circular motion
with the point of contact as a center, soon
wraps itself round the support. Whether
therefore vine shall Irvine always one way,
or always the other way, in either direction
inditferentlv, depends on the direction of the
original twist in the growth.
The bean, then, climbs the pole because the
tip tends to grow up and the stem to turn
toward whatever it touches. But the plant
also arranges its leaves with reference to the
direction of the light
In the bean the leaf blades come in groups
of three. Where each of these blades joins
the leaf stock, and also where the leaf stock
joins the stem, is sort of cushion of soft green
tissue, perhaps an eighth of an inch or SO in
length. These are the joints. At these the
leaf does its turning. the region between them
and the leaf itself remaining fixed like bone.
By this means the leaf slowly changes it's
position to suit the direction of the light.
Curiouslv, these same joints at which the
motion takes place also the organs that
detect the incidence of the light. If these are
covered, the leaf becomes blind, and no longer
turns with the movements of the sun. If.
however, everything else is covered except
these two small regions, the leaf moves as
usual. Nevertheless, not a few plants, it is
said OF which the bean is not one, have on
the upper surfaces of their leaves certain eye
spots, peculiar cells which act like lenses and
focus the light upon the tissue beneath.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
By George e. Walsh

/ have extended to al -.
most all parts OF the
world, civilized and un-
civilized, and the girdling of the world with
these bands of fine wire makes Ariel's achieve
ment no longer thing OF wonder. Now the
wireless telegraphy is following in the foot
steps of the visible lines, and message may
soon girdle the globe on the very wings OF the
air But the pioneers in both of these branches
report many experiences which show peculiar
characteristics of nationaEties and races of
men.
The first line of telegraph was established
N Persia in 1862. Opposition to it was strong
at first, and the priests denounced it as the
emissary of the devil. The first message sent
over the wires made the peculiar hunllning
noise at the base of the poles that may be
iikened to the hum of bees in a hive. Around
every pole scores of Persians assembled, and
when they heard the sing of the wires they
set up shout of fear and defiance More than
Two miles of the line were torn down before
the lnenlen could understand the fanatic out
break. Later they learned that the priests
had instructed their believers to listen at the
poles and if they heard the devil singing
they were to tear them down. To-day there
are over four thousand miles OF telegraph
wires in Persia. and the priests look on them
with indifference.
Yet history repeats itself y Year ago the
arst wireless station was set up IN Persia. The
priests, ever suspicious OF new things, looked
ct it with disfavor They could not under
SLdnO HOW messages DS SSNl
The air When the first messages were sent
out by wireless there was an uproar and
small riot. The priests vowed that only the
evil one could speak through the air, and once
more their followers helped to destroy tele
graph station. But now even wireless messages
90 not alarm the Persians, and the country has
accepted the new invention with calnness.
The first electric telegraph station Was estab-
lished in 1860 in Japan, between Toxic and
Yokohama; but to-day there are upward Of
thirty thousand miles of land telegraph lines
in the country and one hundred thousand
miles of wire. The laps did not openly oppose
The coming of the telegraph; but they doubted
is utility. How could messages be sent by
the Morse code in language with twice as
many letters as in English: At first the diffi-
Guilty could not be overcome, and 1t was a
Then the ingenious Japanese changed; it and
adopted dots and dashes to represent svlla bes
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By e. T. Brewster


who do not, have Won
tered why it is that
matter in what position bean happens to
lie IN the ground, as soon as 1t sprouts
The little root turns down and the stem up.
Once out of the ground, the bean plant will
pretty certainly find the pole. What Is more,
the bean will take the nearest pole, and the
stem will be straight until it reaches the sup
port then it will begin to Irvine. Moreover.
The bean, like any plant, will grow toward the
light. and if grown in the house will spread its
leaves toward the window, and later, if turned
about, will round its leaves into their old posi-
ton. Altogether the bean knows more than
1t sometimes gets credit tor.
OF late Years, number of scientists have
been studying the behavior of beans and other
plants, and, though nobody Yet knows all
about them, we are able to explain several of
these apparently purposeful acts.
1t has been discovered among other things
that the bean does know up from down. The
stem does not simply grow toward the light
and the root away from it: for if the bean is
planted in an inverted pot that soil Is up
and the air down, the stem will grow up into
the darkness and the root dangle down into
the light.
Moreover it appears that in all plants. even
in the largest trees. all the green parts of the
stem and twigs have this feeling for direction.
For if the bud at the end of the shoot which
should grow straight up, is removed. a lateral
bud, which naturally would become horizon
tai branch. will turn vertically upward, and
the sense of direction in the root Is confined
to the tip alone. \ root, unlike a stem, does
not grow at the end, but at point Just behind
It, so that there Is sort OF cap on the tip which
is pushed forward by the growth. If then the
tip of root is amputated, the root will keep
on growing as before: but it will no longer
grow down. Instead, it seems to lose its way
and wander about aimlessly. growing III one
direction as we'll as in another.
BY this same root tip, 1t Is worth remember
:ng the growing root feels its wav through
the soil, and when it encounters pebble. turns
aside and grows by. For the roots, and the
green parts as we'll for that matter, do not
usually grow forward uniformly nor continu-
ously. Instead. each rootet advances its tip
by perhaps the thickness OF sheet OF tissue
paper, and then draws it back again. In gen.
tral the retreat is over shorter space than
the advance, SO that the difference Is per
nanent growth. Often however, this amounts
TO less than quarter of the whole movement.
If now the root tip as it extends touches
solid body, it impresses this fact upon the
growing region just behind it. with the result
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THE WISDOM OF THE BEAN

that the next minutes adj
vance is in a slightly differ
ent direction. With five
or ten of these extensions
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WHEN THE TELEGRAPH ALARMS

instead of letters, and
they actually shorten the
time of sending messages
ox-ar tho EpU1ich tn
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THE telegraph wires
/ have extended to al
most all parts of the
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
An Enulish Dinner.


 Some time ago a reader asked for a menu to be served to some English friends, | to be typical of their own country
 This is what our neighbors across the water would probably serve: First, soup, clear or thick; then fish, baked or broiled, served whole, garnished With lemon, parsley, or a sauce; game or roasted fowl with celery would be next, followed by a roast of beef, or leg of mutton with mashed potatoes and one other vegetable like aspara- gus or cauliflower. The salad would be plain greens of some kind with a French dressing, never mayonnaise. Sometimes the salad Is served with the roast. For dessert, delicate pud- dings, fresh fruits, water ice, sel- dom ice cream; in the season, mince pie and plum pudding are favorites. Cheese of all kinds will be in evi- dence with small crisp crackers, called biscuits by our English cousins.
 Relishes, such as olives and salted nuts, are next placed on the table, not served through the meal as We have them or as the Russians do. Coffee Is served in the drawing-room with sugar and liqueurs, never cream.
 MADAME MERRI.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
ARMIES OF DEATH EVERYWHERE
Billions of BscII by Which Man Is
 Surrounded.

At no instant in any mans life, waking or sleeping, is he free from assaults by swarming myriads of tiny. but powerful, unseen enemies of lie those soldiers of deaths dark legions, the germs or microbes of dis ease. If it were possible to wear spectacles of the magnifying power ot high powered microscopes, we might see the very air we breathe thick with the monstrous shapes of untold bill lions of bacilli; and that in, or about, or upon the water we drink, the food we eat, the hands we shake, the car straps we hang to when going to work, the clothes we wear, the hair we comb, the lips we kiss, the cats and dogs we fondle, the books we read-in short, always and every where, the armies of death surround us, and necessarily make war upon us. And not only do they attack us from every possible exterior vantage point, but they are also ever at work trying to undermine or carry by as sault the citadel of life from within the lines of our own defenses. Germs thrive and multiply in the mouth, in the nose, and especially in the in testinal organs. Thus it can be said that not only do we live in the midst of death, but that death lives in our midst. The wonder is, not that we are ever ill., but that we are ever we'll Michael Williams, in Success Maga' zine
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
One Road OverSeer.

One Road Overseer. Two Justices of the Peace in all townships except Missouri, and three in Missouri township. One Constable.
 For or against Amendment No. For or against Amendment No. 10.
 For or against Road Tax. For or against License. For against Sale of Wine. Said election to be held at the following places, to-wit: Alabama township at Falcon. Albany, No. 1, at Laneburg. Albany, No. 2, at Sutton. Boughton at Boughton. Caney, No. 1, at Rosston. Caney, No. 2, at Gale. Emmet at Emmet. Georgia at Morris Jackson at Hatley's Store. Leake at Glenville. Missouri, No. 1, at Court House. Missouri, No. 2, at K. of P. Hall. Parker, No. 1, at Bodcaw. Parker, No. 2, at Brisbane. Redland, No. l, at Lackland. Redland, No. 2, at Wire Road School House.
 Taylor, No. 1, at Willisville. Taylor, No. 2. at Pleasant Hill. union at Bluff City. Subscribed this goth day of August, 1908. E D HOOD,
 Sheriff.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
ProqresSlve Needle Party,

Here is al idea worked out by a clever girl for an afternoon affair which she recently gave. There were four tables, with four girls at each ta. ble. Eye y table Aad four spools of thread and 50 needles of all sizes in bowl in the center. The game be- gan at the tap of bell and the trick was for partners to see who could thread the most needles before the bell rang again.
 Pincushions tied with long ribbon loops were given to each in lieu of score cards and pins were used in
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
ELECTION PROCLAMATION

Notice is hereby given that there will be an election held in Nevada County, Arkansas, on the 14th day of September, 1908 at the places hereinafter desig- mated, for the purpose of electing the following officials
 One Governor.
 One Secretary of State.
 One Treasurer of State.
 One Auditor of State.
 Two Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, one to succeed J, E. Riddick, deceased, and one for full term to succeed Carroll D. Wood.
 One Attorney General.
 One State Land Commissioners One Superintendent of Public Instruction.
 One Commissioner of Mines, Manufacture and Agriculture. One Railroad Commissioner. One Prosecuting Attorney. One Representative in the Leg isla ture.
 One Sheriff.
 One County Judge.
 One County Clerk.
 One Circuit Clerk.
 One County Treasurer. One Tax Assessor.
 One Surveyor.
 One Coroner.
 One Public Weigher.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
NiEzM!; Ni7EzM!;{ 1

Galloon in faded tints, worked with gold, is used for crown bands.
 Entire hats are trimmed with rose petals, in succession of sizes and tones
 Broad. satiny gauge quills of iri- descent colors are smart on Sumatra hats.
 Jet pins, cabochens and agrafes reg ister the present millinery craze for jet.
 Small tomatoes on late millinery models encourage almost hope for Mayonnaise dressing.
 The latest Charlotte model is the revolutionary cap of enormous propor- tions.
 Sashes are everywhere on a frock, and arranged in every conceivable fashion.
 Of the new colors, one favored by the milliners is blue after rain," a tint of pale blue.
 Last years impulse in favor of bro- cade and heavy satin appears to have come to nothing.
 Examine and cachemine ribbon, edged with 'pekine" borders, are the latest thing in millinery.
 The passion for straw braid in vari- ous weaves permits of many color combinations in millinery.
 Many sailor hats are heavily trimmed all around the crown or across the front with flowers, foliage, wings and plumes,
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-10
FOR THE HOSTESS
Suggestions as to Entertainments and Other Social Functions, by Recognized Authority on
 the Subjects

stead of punching holes, the score keeper giving each player pin for each progression made.
 The prizes all pertained to sewing. lovely silk workbag, a pair of em- broidery scissors, an emery and a set of spools in a case