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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-19

Regarding the success o< Maine
woman in New York journalism &
friend writes as follows 20 the Rock
land Courier-Gazetre: It occurred 70
m. that Courier-Gazette readers II
general might BE- interested 10 learn
Of the progress being made By for
rne- Pock!and girl. Mrs. Helen Ken
ney, daughter OF z. Howard Clark.
She is making an enviable reputation
among Sunday editors. and has had
full pages nearly every week in the
Sunday World Magazine section and
o'ner papers. Last Sunday she was
accorded a mark Of appreciation, for
which dozens Of writer's have striven
vain!y for years, namely. the publica-
ton Of her name and portrait in con-
nectlon with her Sunday story. o.
course the general public hasn't the
least conception Of what this means
but YOU and know how very seldom q
writer's name is permitted 70 appear in
big city paper. and that when it does
occur. and especially when the story is
specially advertised in advance. as vas
Helen kennsys. the authors future is
Iractictlly assured. 81 far as newspa :
perdcn IS concerned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-19

Warden Norton Of the Maine state
prison has just caused to DC
manufactured chair which has
an unusual history. It is re-
NAMED Of the days when Maine had
capital punishment upon her statutes.
The wood from which the chair is
fashioned vas the drop to the old
galloWs upon which the last five man
who We're executed in this State. stood
to receive the fatal drop The wood in
the drop was rock maple, covered with
a pine plank, securely bolted on. For
some time after the gallows were
taken down the drop had been shifted
about from place to place. and being
partly decayed. Warden Norton
ordered it cut into frewood. Finding
the handsome maple in the center
gave him a suggestion to have il
shaped into something which might be
preserved as a relic. Several things
suggested themselves. but he decided
upon chair, with good results. The
chair is duplicate of the old
fashioned table chair 50 familiar a
hundred years ago; the top drops
down making a convenient card table:
the chair itself is richly upholstered
and given a fine polish. making a
handsome piece Of furniture. II 81
course attracts much attention from
all to whose notice It is brought and
is valuable piece of furniture, as vel
as a remarkable souvenir. The five
men whose lives terminated in the
tragic death upon the scaffold, were
Lewis H. r. Wagner and John True
Gordon. who were hanged in 1875; two
Italians. Rafale Capone and GARNER
Santore. with Daniel Wilkinson, whc
| were executed in 1885. Wilkinson wa:
the last man to be subjected to tn.
| death penalty in Maine his execution
| occurring in November, and th'
Italians being hung in April Of tn
! same year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-19

In high schools the boy. or girl. that
belongs to Frat feels that his
fraternity relations are a protection
and refuge against all school disci-
pine Where there is organized op-
position to the enforcement Of law, il
is much more difficult to enforce. and
where there is a body Of pupils banded
together in q secret organization, and
standing together in mutual support
and vindication. Il is a much harder
matter TO enforce obedience TO school
orders and regulations. Knowing
their power, such societies are not
slow TO use it to the subversion of all
proper, and 20 them distasteful, disci-
pIine. The fraternity members in
their ignorance. thoughtiessness and
| inexperience decide that an order Of
the school authorities is Objectionable
and with their parents standing by
them. become a real nenacing force TO
the discipline of the school This
ought not to be possible in the
economy Of our schools. It is subver-
sive of all school government
The strangest part of it all is that
| usually parents stand by and support
| the action of their children in organic
! ing and belonging to such fraternities
even to clash with the schoo
authorities. This, too, by parents who
/ ought TO be wiser. I know of a case
where fight was made in the schoo
| against secret societies which had t.
be abandoned because of the attitud.
| of the parents. The father of one Of
the leading spirits in the fraternity
was judge of the circuit court. The
father of another leading member wa:
a distinguished professor in a college
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Last Stand of Almighty Voice
Continue dhpmpo
Continued from page 8

siege must end, and the order was given to shell
the rifle pit. Think of it! One hundred men.
with a seven-pounder and a nine-pounder,
pitted against two, one of whom disabled
by wounds, with only single rifle between
them, and both weakened by four-day fast !!
What followed is something that hardly one
of those hundred men likes to talk about, even
though law and order decree that the means
justified the end. The rifle pit located by
landmarks. and the gunner told where to sight
his gun. They fred ten rounds.
1t was the best shooting | ever saw,
Richard Cook said in telling the story. Every
shot went where it intended to go. Trees
went down like nlnepinS, and great holes were
burrowed in the earth. Everyone of those ten
shots changed the landscape in a way that
shows even now, ten Years after.
Two hours after the last shot, the one hun
dred policemen and civilians charged up the
hill, yelling and cheering. And what a sight
met their eyes the Indians dead, and In the
pit the mute evidences of their CHASTITY struggle
for life-bark of trees stripped and chewed a
hunting knife bound to a stick to dig hole two
feet deep, in a vain search for water.
Canadas fine-grained sense of law and order
had been appeased; but there are those even
to-day who question if that single heifer was
worth it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

ness Almighty Voice spoke in tones tense with
feeling:
Il fought we'll to-day" he said. Il think
they might bring me some supper.
You shall have food and drink, all you
want, Almighty Voice, and your wounds shall
be dressed, if you will yield and come into
camp" was Cooks reply.
There answer, and even Richard
Cooks steady nerves began to tingle in the
tension of suspense as to what the next moment
might bring out of the darkness; when suddenly
the silence was broken by chant, weird and
strident-a death chant that turned Richard
Cook cold chant such as he never had heard
before and he had heard many.
Without another word, he turned and made
his way back to camp knowing that Almighty
Voice had chosen death in whatever form it
might come, rather than surrender.
THIS was on Thursday. Friday passed with
little desultory firing Saturday came
and went bringing with it the seven-pounder
from Prince Albert and the reinfOrcements
with the nine-pounder from Regina while
civilians had swelled the besieging force to one
hundred. And still there came no sign of sur
render from the two Indians who had been in
the rifle pit for seventy-two hours.
On Sunday morning it was decided that the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

ministrative ability Of NJ. Taft is
repeated and each attribute pronounced
with the precision that comes of fire.
quent rehearsal.
There Is something strikingly incon-
gruous about whole-hearted denun-
citation of Rooseyelt's administration.
policies and practices, both old and
new, when it is aligned side by side
with a conventionally cold and logical
" formed appreciation Of Taft's quail
titles. The flvst is a spontaneous pro-
duct that comes of horror of the obtru-
sive methods of Roosevelt; the latter
is born of the hope that, even If he
wants TO, Taft cannot do what he has
said a hundred times he would do
follow Roosevelt in all things The real
pathos is found. however, when, as n
eliminating assault on both Roosevelt
and Bryan, II is maintained stoutly
that 1t is what Roosevelt has done
that makes Bryan respectable, that
Roosevelt's attacks on business have de-
stroyed the old fear Of Bryan, but the
fear should still be as great, for Bryan
has not changed. The remedy suggest
ed is to vote for Taft-Roosevelt's Gre
alton, Roosevelt's child, who makes no
denial, but glories in the paternity
Such an attitude will not deceive news
paper readers, however completely the
editors may be self-deceiyed-StL Louis
Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
The Farmer and the rnrin

The great weakness of the Republi-
can campaign is that it offers nothing
for the workingman or the farmer.
No good citizen objects to his lair
share of the cost of government, but
the western farmer knows he is paying
more than his share, paying it unnnec-
essarily, and paying it to the robber
tariff Darons, because of unjust pro-
lection. 81
His farm implements, made right at
his door, cost him more than the same
implements cost the farmer in Russia
or Sweden. His barbed wire, made In
Pittsburg, costs him more than the
traiff baron sells 1t for in Yorkshire
The boots on his feet and the clothes
on his back cost him so per cent more
than they should. and he pays unneces-
sarily high prices for whatever provi-
sions he can not raise on his farm.
His lamps burn oil that costs too
much, because it Is protected more
than 100 per cent against oil brought
from Russia or Mexico. His piano, his
books, his bicycle, his gun, the very
watch In his pocket, and the axle
grease on his wagon are taxed, and
taxed unnecessarily, to put fat profits
into the Golfers of the tariff barons.
On the other hand, the products Of
his farm do not bring him one added
cent by high tariff Monopolles created
by high tariff force him to take what
they offer or let his crops rot on the
ground
The farmer wants relief from this
extortion, but what hope of it does he
find in the election Of Taft? In 1884
Roosevelt signed the New York Free
Trade Clubs resolution demanding tar
In the White House Mr.. Roosevelt has
not reduced by a fraction of per cent
the tariff that Expresses the farmer.
Before his nomination Judge Taft was
tariff revlsionist When h9 accepted
the nomination he declared that on
some things the tariff should be In
creased
What is 1t that the farmer doesn't
pay enough forI His pillow, his wire.
his boots, his clothes, his coal oil, or
the axle grease on his wagons? He Is
paying more than enough for these
things to-day. And his unnecessary
expense is the profit Of the tariff bar
ons.
Sixty-six per cent Of the total ex-
ports from the United States every
year consists Of farm products. The
hundreds Of millions Of dollars import
ed to pay him make Up what the Re
publican party considers the favorable
balance Of trade. Yet the Taft plat
form proposes nothing for his benefit,
and no word Of Judge Taft himself In
dicates any intention Of justice TO the
farmer-Chicago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

ward old-fashioned manner has again
appeared ON the horizon of fashions,
The gown is revival of the styles of
the period of Louis XIII, and is made
with long tight sleeves and folds of
heavy brocade, with no stiffening or
facing of any kind about the foot of
the skirt.
The latest examples in trains now
shown are the squared ones, but al
ready comes the promise that the train
for midwinter will have not only a
pointed end but one extremely pointed !;
so does the pendulum swing and then
back again. Certainly it is much cas-
der to change square train into a
pointed one than vice versa, and those
having their trains made long and
square can have them modified later if
they desire.
Very pretty nesligees of kimono
share are developed of black or white
coin-spotted foulari silk, with border
bands OF light blue. emerald green or
.cerise taffeta. or of wide ribbon divided
through the center. the cut edge run
on TO the edge of the garment and then
turned backward. so that the selyage
edge viii supply q finishing on the up
per side. When these negligees are in
tended solely for Use in sleeping cars
they are provided with deep attached
hoods to be drawn over the head when
going to and from the dressing room
and with small bays about the size of
those carried 10 the theater. which are
designed to hold the purse and any
other valaables of small size.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

For seven years this country has
been Roosevelt crazy. We cannot ex-
plain it any more than we could ex
plain the old shaking" religion, that
is, the kind where the victim got the
Jerks" that is bodily twitching, the
muscles being lost to control. We can
not explain what it means or why it
exists any, more than we can why re
ligious wave comes over the country
now and then, or why wave OF crime
or wave Of foolishness.
But that it has existed we shall not
attempt to deny 1t has existed. Peo-
pie were wild over Roosevelt And the
funny part of 1t is that at the same
time great many Republicans did not
like him. yet they howled for him and
whooped 'er APP Eliza Jane. Many a
man said, "hurrah for Roosevelt, d-n
him. but the latter part of the impre-
cation in an undertone. Now do not
say that is exaggerated. You know
1t Is true and so do we, or we would
not suggest it. Everybody will admit
that Roosevelt has been erratic and
undignified and unwise in many of his
acts.
Republicans know ii as well as DEM
ocrats, but they are supposed to stand
for him. But where the joke comes In
Is on the so-called Roosevelt Demo
Gratis. The idea is repugnant 10 us, for
Roosevelt never appealed to us as he
did to many. We do not claim unusual
foresight or anything Of the sort, but
we take pride in being a Standpat
Democrat. You may apply to that the
worst view of it, or the best. We do
not care We are proud of being a
Standpat Democrat, because that
means that we do not believe in being
carried off our feet by every wind that
blows. Roosevelt may be popular
idol, but we are a Democrat
So these waves of enthusiasm are not
what a party can afford to tie to.
Bryan stands pat. He stands where he
did twelve and eight years ago. The
Republicans try to make it appear that
he would be unsafe as President Bryan
says he is willing to stand on his rec
ord The Democratic party makes no
apologies for his record or its record
on Bryan. We will go up or down on
that record If we are wrong. the peo-
pie will be right. If we are right, our
ideas will prevail in the end. We used
| to think that we had to win or the
Democratic party would go out of ex-
istence. We have long ago learned,
however, that we do not have to win,
but we do have to be right. If we arc
right, In the end we will come out on
top. And to that end, we say it pays
to be a Standpat Democrat-Washing-
ton (Iowa) Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
MIsNAMED SOUTH AFRICA.
Territory Larger than New York
Now Called Hereroland.

Now Called HereroIand.
The latest maps of South Africa
show one important change that has
most peculiar origin. The name of
"Damaraland" for many years has
been seen solemnly printed across "A
huge slice Of territory twice as big
as New York State. In fact, IL was
first put there III the Biographies half
century back, and two generations of
scholars all over the civilized world
have carefully memorized 'Damara-
land" and where it was In Africa
| Now 1t has been finally admitted
! that the name was the result of
crude native joke 1t was due also In
part to blunder of the first explorer
of the country. Damara is Hotten-
tot expression which means two
Dana women" 1t means nothing
more than this and nothing less than
this, and has no other possible mean
ing. The first explorers asked their
guides in a native dialect the name OF
this land when they first entered 1t.
1ut lliOuBliN lAiNg iNAtAAto ~
two Dana womeng who were passing
at that moment. They answered the
explorers "Damara," and from that the
country was named as Damaraland,
and for fifty years was 10 printed in
Biographies all over the civilized
world. The text books now being
made will read, however, Hereroand,
after the famous tribe Of Hereros,
who gave the Germans such terrible
struggle before permitting them to es-
tablish n German prosectorate over
this big section of the interior OF the
African continent. A number Of funny
errors have occurred in printing the
names of new countries in Central and
South Africa. but the case Of Damara-
land continued the longest and is per-
haps the funniest one OF the entire list.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

Not the least interesting phase OF the
campaign is the attitude Of certain
eastern newspapers. long opposed TO
Roosevelt and Rooseyeltism, which
made early announcement Of their pref
erence for Taft. Sometimes their ef-
fort to harmonic their opposition 70
the one with their favoritism for the
other Is humorous and sometimes IL Is
pathetic. They argue maufuily not
only with the opposition but with them
selves, The perspIcacious reader can
see in their editorials that the weight
Of the effort Is made with view 70
seif-convlction. The editors apparently
hope that If they are able to convince
themselves, they can convince their
readers.
Mr.. Taft has made their task the
more difficult by his persistent and re-
peated references to his complete sur
render 10 Roosevelt and my policies, =
and bis steady Iaudations Of the Presi-
dent as the source OF all that is COED
politically and better morally These
illusions are generally ignored and the
old argument about the calm strength,
che judicial temper and the high adj
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
A selt-seeking Politician.

Throughout his public career Charles
s. Deneen has played politics for per
sonal advantage. Not the public good,
but how to further his political ambi-
ton has always been the uppermost
consideration. With characteristic au-
dacity Deneen asks the voters of I'LL
nois to continue him In the office he
has dishonored. He appeals to them to
give him further opportunity to use the
patronage and power of chief executive
of this great State to his personal adj
vantage. He wants them to overlook
his faiuneSsness TO solemn pledges, his
betrayal of the peoples confidence and
the consequent abuses and transgres-
sions that have marked his admins
tration.
The response of the voters should be
such an overwhelming reputation Of
Deneen as will be lasting warning to
politicians of his class. 1t will be, IL
the voters are true to themselves and
sincerely desire clean government rath-
er than administration of State affairs
by horde of constituencies politicians.
Chicago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
Health and ae,..x Hint

Health and Beauty Hints.
To heal an open cut apply alum wa
ter twice a day.
drink of warm sage tea will often
soothe a restless child.
Half a teaspoonful of lime water will
usually cure collie and hiccough.
To battle tired eyes in water as hot
as one can bear will give great relief.
For scald or burn apply immedi-
ateIy pulverized charcoal and linseed
oil.
Orange juice with cracked ice can
often be taken by a patient who can
retain nothing else.
10 cure sleeplessness take a cupful
of hot Indian meal Cruel just before
retiring. Sip it slowly.
When tired out and hungry take a
cup of hot soup for quick refreshment
rather than tea or coffee.
Never leave patients untasted food
by his or her side from meal to meal
1t will destroy the appetite.
Battle .he face and hands of a few
erish person in warm water that has a
bit of common soda dissolved in it.
Too rich food and not enough exer-
else is responsible for many bloodshoi
eyes, while too little sleep often has the
same effect.
Never stand or sit with the arms
folded. BY so doing the shoulders nat
urally slip forward. the chest becomes
fiat, and deep breathing-which is one
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
FIRE SWEEPS BARRON.
Midnight Blaze in Northern Wiscon-
sin Town Causes 100000 Loss.

Fire which started in the Gordon bak-
cry shortly before midnight threatened
the destruction of the entire town of
Barron, and it was not until after 3
o'clock il the morning that the flames
were gotten under control. The Com
mereial hotel, the Methodist parsonage
and the opera house We're destroyed, en-
failing a loss that is estimated at $780,
COO Many smaller buildings and resi-
dences were consumed by the flames. The
origin of the fire is unknown. A strong
wind was blowing at the time and fire
brands were carried distance of several
hundred feet, endangering the residence
portion of the town. The pump at the
city water works broke and dynamite
was resorted to to check the flames. Three
blocks are in ruins and fifteen families
are homeless.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
Lnnk Mt Her Teeth.

Young man. before you marry. take
particular notice of the teeth of your
intended wife. Aunt Peggy tells me
just now that the organs of mastica-
ton are certain indicators of a wife's
inclination to roam or not to roam. IF
you want home body" says the aged
high priestess, marry a girl whose
teeth grow close together. If the teeth
are distinctly separated, your wife viii
go gadding about all the time. She
may love her home. but she won't stay
there She will want to be travelling
The greater the distance between the
teeth the greater her inclination to wan
der abrosd. --New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

of the essentials to health and good
loOks-is impaired.
Coffee burning on hot stove cover.
carried about a sickroom, will disin-
feet and purify the air and kill any
unpleasant, odor that may exist.
An excellent preventive against scar
let fever or diphtheria in their season
is to give a child a small pinch of sui
phur every night and morning.
Egg shampoo is well enough, but il
is said to make the hair dry. Nothing
is bettei than soap and water, provid-
ed the soap is good sort and especial
~ made for the purpose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
THOUGHT HE WAS BEAR.
Gray Cheaver Accidentally Kills
William Brown While Hunting.

Gray Cheaver Accidentally Kills
William Brown While Hunting.
William Brown~was accidentally killed
near Chippewa Falls by Gray Cheaver
while hunting. Brown was mistaken by.
Ckeaver for bear CheaYer tried to
commit suicide after the shooting. While
hunting partridge John Digman of the
town of Hewitt was shot and killed by
John Dietl. There We're several hunters
in the party and all had fired at eovey
of partridge when Digman stepped ahead
OF the others directly in range of Dietl's
gun. The wounded man lived three hours.
Dietl is Frustrated While shooting ducks
in the Lake Butte DIES Morris marshes,
west of Oshkosh, Wallace Lawrence. 20
years of age and unmarried. accidentally
shot himself and died few misutes latec.
Lawrence. with Thomas GetehiuS and
Clyde Oaks. was at Spring Brook in
launch He literally bled to death, one
of the main arteries being severed. Ray
Givney, the 13-year-old son of Thomas
Giyney, a Rhinelander travelling sales
| man. is dead as the result of a hunting
accident. The lads head was almost en-
tirely blown away Engineer Emory La
Page of the Omaha railroad was accident
ally shot while hunting near Spooner.
Fireman Otto Sabeau, who was with him.
in trying to unload his gun, accidentally
discharged it and Mr.. La Page was shot
in BIS 80 -. leg. BY an accidental dis
Charge of shotgun Burns Anderson, a
farm hand working near Lake Koshonong,
was injured in the knee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03

Gold and silver nets and trimmings
are to be very much employed for
evening trimming, especially silver, and
the thin silver laces and nets win be
much in evidence.
All sorts of lovely sashes, arranged
in many diverse lines, will be factor
of evening gowns, and often simple
evening frock will be decorated with a
rich sash. or brilliant frock toned
down by one in black or some dark
tone, although as a rule the evening
sashes are light ana brilliant.
The brocade evening gown laid In
deep plait about a pointed bodice and
laced down the back in quaint and awk-