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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Little Of Everything.
The Fruit Stand.

In the evening" when the city's food
Stacks roaring to it's rest,
Through the crowded river portals,
Where the alien races meet,
Like the ghost of breeZes blowing
Ger the Islands of the Blest,
Comes a watt of motley perfume
Down the narrow, canOned street.
TITS the fruit stand on the corner,
Where the changing trucks drive down.
And the crowds go streaming faster
AS the ferries boot their haste.
From among the serried shipping,
On the, outposts Of the town.
Dark with oil, and foam belaced.
It's apples from the uplands.
And it's peaches from the South
It's figs from far Arabia.
And grapes from sunny Spain.
It's California cherries,
Like smiling maiden's mouth,
With pineapples from Florida.
And blueberries from Maine.
The countries of the sunrise
Send their -honeyed harvests forth:
The yields Of all the orchards; "t
And the treasures Of the vine.
Loaded down with golden cargoes
For the markets of the north.
The ships come plunging homeward
From the lands below the Line.
Among the throngs of toilers
Are q thousand hearts that long
For the homes that were their fathers
And the skies they loved the best
And their lips are moving softly
To some half-forgotten song.
As they all go ebbing onward,
Toward the glory in the west.
Henry M. Hoyt. Jr., in Appleton's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Maine and the Pasadena Roses.

While cold waves and thaws are the
alternating features of our January
program here in Maine, they are en-
joying a different kind of life in south
ern California, and copy of the Los
Angeles Express which comes to our
Office gives us an interesting, not to
say alluring, account of the goth an
nual Tournament of Roses with which
Pasadena welcomed in the New Year.
The chief feature of the day was a
grand rioral parade with the local
hotels, places of business, secret So
cieties, organizations, etc. represented
by tally-hos, barges and floats, togeth-
er with buckboards and autos filled
with maidens and roses. music and
merrinent.
In Pasadena, as in all other parts of
California, there are many former
Maine people, and, like Maine people
everywhere, they are intensely loyal
to the Pine Tree state. Consequently, it
is not surprising that one of the prolpi-
nent floats of the procession was that
entered by the Pasadena Association
of Marie People. 1t was designed to
represent the seal Of the state OF
Maine and is described as follows:
"The color scheme was dark green and
:A1.
to give it warmth and life. The run
ming gear was completely concealed I'M
der masses of cypress boughs which
formed a sort of cushion on which the
design rested. In the center OF the
float was q large pine tree with a
farmer on one side and sailor on the
other. The ground was covered with
cotton piled in masses and sprinkled
with powdered substance in imitation
of snow. Below was the Latin word
"Dirigo" worked in red carnations. The
ord Maine was also spelled out IN the
same flower on both sides of the float. !,
1t is worth noting that among all
the scores of entries the Maine float
was awarded the third prize by the
Judges. the first prize being won by the
Pennsylvania float and the second by
the Pasadena Odd Fellows Besides
Maine and Pennsylvania the only other
states represented by floats were New
+.
dents of Canada also designed and en-
tered a float The columns devoted to
the account of the parade festival ana
tournament give the snowbound reader
here in Maine a conception of the vast
extent of this country of ours, and is
also apt to inspire something resem-
bling envy of those who are to spend
January in a land of roses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Fine Arts Of 5000 Years Ago.

In an interesting and extraordinarily
complete collection of ancient Egyptian
amulets which has just been placed on
on exhibition in the Brooklyn Institute
Museum are some works of art which
would do credit to the most skiitul OF
our modern SculptOrs. When II IS con-
sidered that many of these were mace
of them as far back as 5000 B. C.-be-
fore even Abraham was born-one can
not but wonder what sort Of civilization
must have existed in those days. There
is the face of a lioness carved In stone
that would do credit to Barye; there
are tiny bronze figures of Isis. Oslhls
and Horus that are as perfect In their
proportion as any of the masterpieces
of Rodin; there are alligators, turtles.
cats and other animals which resemble
nothing so much as the best work OF
the Japanese, and there are carved
fades and turquoises which Boutet de
Monvel or any of the present DAY de-
signers of jewelry in Paris might take
AS their models.
In arranging this probably unique
collection Prof. w. H. Goodyear wisely
places in the very center of one of the
cases a pair of the chise]s with which
SucH carvings We're indue' -cHiso'o ."f
he says are 5000 years old and they
are made Of copper! The metallurglst
of today who could so temper copper as -
TO make chisel of it would not only
earn fortune nut would hand his
name down to PROSPERITY alongside OF
that of Bessener, yet he would but ne
reviving ali art which was common
place one to these ancient Egyptians
and probably to the ancestors OF OUT
own American Indians.-New YORK
World. 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

1t remains to be seen whether or not
the members of the Texas legislature
will obey the mandate of the people as
expressed in last years election and
submit an amendment to the state
constitution providing for the prohibit
ton of the liquor traffic 1t will re-
quire a two-thrds vote of that body to
do this, but the indications are that it
will be an accomplished fact before the
close of the session.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
TiIImsn's Opposition to Education.

Senator Ben Tillman of South Caro-
lima is coming in for large amount
of adverse criticism in connection with,
his recent address before the South
Carolina teachers convention, in which
he took occasion to condemn, in his
Enthusiastically vigorous way, the
great cause Of education. A man of any
class openly advocating ignorance in
this day and generation is something of
an anacronism, but when he is one
occupying a seat in the United States
Senate his offense seems peculiarly I'M
called for and reprehensible. Mr.. Till
man made it plain that he was opposed
to compulsory education in his state
because he believed that it would tend
to some extent to enlighten the negro
race in addition to the white popula-
ton, and he claimed to foresee in such
enlightenment the loss Of white su-
premacy in the South.
Such fears will strike the average
citizen as puerile and illogical. The
crimes committed in the South by ne
groes are for the most part the work of
the brutal and ignorant portion of the
race and there is no reason to believe
that under the most favorable circum-
stances it would be possible for any
considerable percentage of the colored
population in that section to acquire
the educational training or the proper
ty holdings necessary to secure to them
the rights of suffrage under the laws
specially enacted by most of the south
ern states to secure their disfranchise-
ment While it is true that these laws
practically secure the results they were
intended to secure, the fact remains
that the colored populations of the
South are still counted under an affixed
basis of representation in Congress,
with the result that the white popula-
ton there exerts a dispropOrtiOnate
power in national legislation as COM
pared with the white population
in the North. The true spirit of
our free institutions is the spirit
Of the square deal, for all citi-
zens, white or black. Fortunately,
the views of Senator Tillman are not
shared by southern leaders generally.
They have no fears that the enlighten-
ment of the negro race will be to the
disadvantage of the community, and
have been among the most hearty sup
porters OF Booker Washington in the
great work he is doing at Tuskeegee.
Furthermore the most influential citi-
zcns of that section do not believe that
conditions of ignorance are to be en-
couraged, much less enforced, upon
any portion of the population.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Not a TroubIemaker

When six-year-old Oliver returned from
his first day at Sunday school his father
asked him what they had told him;
whereupon Oliver related as best he
could the miracle of the loaves and
fishes. His father suggested that the
story was rather hard one to believe.
it. but Oliver evaded his fathers Ques-
ton The next morning. however, the
two were alone at breakfast.
Father" said the boy suddenly and
"W'ell." answered the father.
IT didn't believe that story about the
loaves and fishes Yesterday" continued
the child in quiet confidential tone.
'tbut I didn't say anything. I didn't want
to start an argument. Success Maya
zine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

II is characteristic of the French tenn
permanent that great crowd cheered
and laughed and joked as four poor
Wretches were beheaded by the guillo-
tine Monday. 1t was the first use of
this old time death machine for several
years, as the popular clamor against 1t
grew so strong that it was set aside,
Death sentences have been imposed as
usual but they have not been carried
out. Now for change the people want
the guillotine again. and they will ap-
rlaud its grewscme work until they
have a sudden and hysterical revulsion
of feeling which will make the author
tiles suspend executions for time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Plenty Good Enough.

Aunt Chole was burdened with the sup
her when he was sober and whom she
dutifuliy nursed and tended when he
came home bruised and battered from a
One Monday morning she appeared at
the drug store and asked the clerk for
"a right pow'ful linerment fob achin' in
de bones"
Prescription, Aunty: it's an old and
popular remedy, cures cuts, bruises. aches
and sprains. One dollar the bottle. Good
Aunt Chloe looked at the dollar bottle
and then obviously at her fiat purse.
.'Ain't yo got some fob fifty cents?' she
ventured. Some fob jes' on'y beasts. An
want it fob ma Of man."-January Lip
pincOtt'S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

the cigaret during the operation being
of Mr.. Lindsay's feats are: The extin-
gushing of lighted candle; then, with a
different twist of the whip, cutting it in
half; taking the ash from cigar while
the weed is being smoked; and cutting an
ordinary wine bottle in two. Yet danger
Gus as his weapon may appear Mr.. Lind
say can make it perfectly harmless. To
whip. Mr.. Lindsay will fog a man with
apparently terrific force yet the man IS
not injured in any way; he will tie the
thong round mans arm, feat which.
est, would cut the arm in half. The he
can wind the thong round. woman's.
neck, but the woman would not feel IT
and no marks would be visible. All of
which performances show that Mr.. Lind
say is Just what he claims to be-the
champion whip-cracker of the world
Strand Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Her looic,

Anna Margaret had a great many toys.
and her mother thought she ought to
give some Of them aways~before Christ
mas to less fortunate children. Anna
Margaret was willing to part with the
dishes and the one-legged Teddy bear,
and a few other toys that were in the
same dilaoidated condition. But when
that went to sleep with her every night,
she rebelled. Mother assured her that
Santa Claus would undoubtedly bring her
another doll, even better; but she refused
to be comforted.
Mother" she walled. "if God sent
Aunt Jessie another baby. would she
give Baby Jean away?" She kept her
doll.-Harper's Bazaar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
A Pleasant Prospect.

fhadepa s Tho whose e given
daughter, had recently engaged a domes-
tic when. to her embarrassment. she dis
covered that the servants name. too,
was Mary
Whereupon there ensued struggle to
induce the applicant to relinQuish her
idea that she must be addressed by her
Christian name. For same time she was
rigidly uncompromising.
Under the circumstances said The
lady Of the house, there is nothing to do
but to follow. the English custom and
what 1t is?''
well. num-" answered the girl,
obviously, tits Darling, '-Harper's
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
His Deficiency.

certain Chicago merchant died. leav-
ing to his only son the conduct of an ex-
tensive business and great doubt was eX-
pressed in some quarters whether the
young man possessed the ability to carry
out the fathers policies.
We'll" said one kindly disposed friend,
'for my part, I think Henry Is very
bright and capable. I'm sure he will
succeed
Perhaps you're right" said another
fellow; but take it from me. old man. he
hasn't got the head to fill his fathers
shoes. "-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
DIAGNOSIS.

Into a general store of a town in Ar
kansas there recently came a darby COM
planning that a ham which he had pur-
chased there was not good.
1.-The ham is all right, Zeph," insste ]
the storekeeper
mo, it amt. boss" insisted the negro.
Dat hams shore bad"
keeper when it was cured only last
week."
The darby scratched his head reflective
ly, and finally suggested:
Den mebbe it's had a relapse. "-1ar-
per'S Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Now that Congress has made pro-
visions for statues to both John Paul
Jones and John Barry. it is being ask
ell for an appropriation for the erec-
ton of monument to Jeremiah
O'Rricn of Machias, the commander of
the little party of Maine patriots who
captured the British ssloop of war Mar
garclta in the first naval battle of the
Revolution. 1t has never been claimed
for o Brien, as has been done in the
case of both Jones and Barry, that he
was the father of the American navy,
but certainly he and his brothers were
among it's earliest heroes, and his mem
ory richly deserves the proposed honor
of monument at the national capital
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

These are indeed slow days for the
baseball fan. but the time is rapidly
drawing near when the big league
teams will be busily engaged in eX-
ploding pheroms on the southern dia-
monds Then. indeed, will life he real
ly worth living.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Football vs.. Prayer.

Willie, aged five. was taken by his
father to his first football game. The
feature that caught his chief approval
however, did not become. evident till he
said his prayers that night To the hor-
ror of his parents Willie prayed, with
true football snap:
"God bless pape,
God bless mama.
God bless Willie:
Boom! Rah! Rah"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Maine Gossip


Oh, those hats! awful hats.
Garnished with the fur of cats;
Or feathers of the hen.
And defying tongue or pen;
Tilted up and titled down;
With washtub for a crown;
And pompon. pert or prim,
And with width enough of brim,
Oh, those hats!
Oh, those hats, deadly hats.
How they poke you In the stats;
How they block the exits all
In theater. church or hall.
With their quilts and their frills.
Until fear our pleasure kills.
Lest they swipe us passing by
With their edges in the eye.
Leaving us as blind as bats.
Oh. those hats!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

What pathetic figure is the young
King Manuel of Portugal trying in
spite of weakness to sit on his horse in
public to convince his people that he is
well ard strong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Instead of having all the bands play
Hail to the Chief" as they pass the
reviewing stand at the presidential in
auguration, it is planned to have them
play different airs But it would be
an awful break if one should play mo
body Loves a Fat Man."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
BY Special Delivery.

When I've a quarrel in my mind
With one who's far away
To scorching letters I'm inclined
In which 1 say my say.
And then I take those scorching screeds
So full OF ink and ire,
In which I threaten awful deeds,
And mail them-in the fire.
John Kendrick Bangs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

The dividends earned by the Suez
canal have never been less than ~
per cent in recent years and its re-
ceipts are increasing at the rate of
more than sl,5Oo.OO0 annually. And yet
there are pessimists in this country
who assert that the new Panama canal
" i'll be financial frost. .a.ain.-, y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

The more the American people see
and learn of President ELECT Taft, the
more convinced they are that they
made no mistakd TAT the national cleo
ton. He is emphatically man of
presidential size.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

1t would not be surprising to learn
early in the present year that Wilbur
Wright had successfully crossed the
English Channel in his aeroplane. He
has malle greater distances several
times of late.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

The Michigan bean crop is reported
t. have fallen off so per cent. Never
theless, it is probable that Boston will
manage to bear uD UNDER the afilction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
The Champion Whio.craeker.

Fred LINDSAY can WELD with most
marvellous disr'ay IT dexteritv the Aus
to crack a whip does not appear. on the
face nj It. 2 verv extraordinary feat, hit
the Australian stock-whip Is very diff
stock being IS inches and the thong "a
feet IN length. At q distance If 81 feet
Mr.. Lindsay can cut a cigaret In half.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Inasmuch as the next Fourth of July
will fall on Sunday it would seem to be
a good year to make and enforce rules
for it's safe and sane observance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

1t has been suggested that the big,
lean wolf that is terrorizing the peo-
pie in the vicinity of Peoria, Ill, may
really be nothing but Pittsburg coun-
Gilman in disguise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Any one can add materially to the
enjoyment of the New Year by becom-
ing a regular subscriber to the Ken
nebcc Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Colonel Watterson declares that the
King of Italy is -four aces While
the ColoneFs language is somewhat
ambiguous. it may be interpreted as as
serting that the King is the genuine
article
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

EsTAsLUhEp 1s2s

No notice whatever will b take" OF
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held rssponsi-
BILE for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Pub
fishers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
Wednesday, January 10, 1909.

They say that John w. Kern Is likely
to be the next Senator from Indiana.
Kern, kern,-where have we heard that
name before? "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

For some reason the South does not
appear to enthuse over the new flstlc
champion. Yellow is the only color at
which pugilism draws the line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

A Brooklyn church is erecting a
building which shall be proof against
exterior noises. What delightful
place it will be in which to spend the
glorious Fourth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Now that the ChiZZle Wizzle fair is
at the High school will settle down to
a good, solid winters work in their
OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

New York city's new penitenusIy.s
planned for Rikers island Will De 49,
largest in the world. and Will ",
modate 1000 men and 500 women &
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Who is the Oldest real" daughter
the oldest Baptist, the oldest white rib
boner and the oldest New Englander,
how that Aunt Salome Sellers has died
at the age Of los?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

There is a cold wave due today along
with the returning legislators. !
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Other cities would like to know how
Portland gets up SO much interest IN
its Board of Trade meetings without
any banquet attachment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

There is a sad echo of the great
earthquake tragedy here in Maine in
that Portland item telling of the at
tempted suicide of an italian there
whose wife and five children were all
lost ir the destruction of Messina.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

The collection of brown tail moths
nests is booming industry in Port
land. The city treasurer paid out $543
for them last SATURDAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

Bangor's report of the fire depart
ment for the year 1908 shows that the
loss was nearly five times as large as
for 1907. In comparison with the total
value of property involved, however,
the loss figures compare favorably.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13

In thanking the Kennebec Journal
for the loan of the half tone pictures
of the Oxford county legislative dele
CATION the Oxford County Democrat
says: 1.-The only valid criticism these
suggest, which it may not be out of
place to mention is that Senator Has
tings really ought to have a new pic
ture taken. While he is Still young
looking man, his appearance is hardly
so boyish as the portrait presented be-
low"
Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

w
Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

therefore, if kidney
trouble is permitted to
continue, serious re-
suits are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention
first. Therefore, when
Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over Work,
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood,

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for much sickness and suffering.
Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

your kidneys are weak or out of order,
you can understand how quickly your en-
tire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or &C. feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con-
vince you of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect of
SWamp-ROOt, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven in thousands Of the most distress
ing cases. If you need a medicine you
Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

should have the best.
Sold by druggists in
ifty-cent and one-dol-
lar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
rs,n,1,Tef fa11;vn vo,,
Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
take, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let a dealer sell you
something in place of Swamp-Root-if
you do you will be disappointed.