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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-01-03

This prayer iray help those who desire
members of this Indignation Religion of
Science and Humanity feed
he thoughtful others as to the
best means of finding that better life
Thus, The Choir Invisible (of George Eliot really
for through the become powerful
leading the union welfare and
gladness of the
Then, under Evolution it might be delight
faiths, however ilusory origins the
first and preparatory Religion only
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-01-03

So may | do for human kind
All else should do in turn for me;
So Duty meet with honest deeds
And noblest mind.
Thus may my VIII as Thine be don
And so fulfill our highest end
AS in Thee shall ever live,
And work as ONE!
ECHO
So. Each for All,
And All for Each,
From Each his highest deed,
To Each as he may need!
Amen-Amen!
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-01-03
WITHOUT THEOLOGY OR METAPHYSICS.
Translation

Translation
Naught of the transitory.
Howsoe'er it may appear;
Ourselves to eternalize.-
For that are we here.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-01-03

NIGHTS vom Verganglichen,
Wie's auch geshach;
TINS zu verewigen,-
Sind wir ia da."
Goethe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
A SANiTORIUM
To Occupy the Former Home Of Hon.
Frank Jones-Open Soon.

An important transaction in real estate
took place recently when the property of
the late Frank Jones at Gravey Ridge,
Portsmouth, including the homestead,
four parks, Fairgrounds and the land
comprising twenty-five to thirty acres,
was sold to he Sidis Psycho-Therapeut
institute. a voluntary corporation organ
izcr under the laws of New Hampshire on
Nov. -.
The institute is organized and estab-
lished for the purpose of conducting the
scientific investigation and study of psy-
chic phenomena Of abnormal mental life
in particular, including physiological and
other phenomena allied with such inves-
tiSation. and especially the treatment of
nervous and mental affections in all their
forms. with the exception of cases of in
sanity.
The president and medical director of
the institute is Dr.. Boris Sids of Brook
line. and Il private residence swill be
erected for his occupancy on the play
grounds directly opposite the homestead,
which is to be used for the institute 1t
is expected to have the institute ready by
Jan. |.
The incOrporators of the institute or
ganiZed by choosing Or. Boris Sidis presi-
dent. Judge Calvin Page, clerk.
The other members are Harry Linethal
of ROXbuly. Sarah n. SdiS, Arthur w.
Stevenson. of Boston, Louis Nelson of
ROXbury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
DlMINUTlvE FARMS.
The Way Real Estate is Divided Up
Fairly in Portugal.

The Portuguese are an extremely
conservative people Every man fol-
lows rigidly the methods employed by
his father and forefathers. In very
many parts of the country the old
wooden plows are still used.
When a man dies, instead of one Of
the heirs taking the whole property
and paying the remaining heirs for
their parts the whole property is d.
vided into as many parts as there are
heirs. More than this, each separate
part of the property is thus divided.
Thus, if the property consists OF ten
acres Of pasture land, eighty of vine
yard and ten of grain land and their
are ten heirs, each heir will receive
one acre each of grain and pasture
land and eight acres of vineyard.
very long time, so that now in the
most fertile part of Portugal the land
is divided into incredibly small por-
tioriS.
The immediate result Of this, ac-
cording to the United States consular
reports, is that the product of the
land is barely sufficient at best to sus-
tam it's owners. South Of the river
Tagus, on the other hand, there are
enormous tracts of excellent land ly-
ing unused, but it has. been found i'm
possible to induce the farmers of the
north to move into this region and
take up large holdings.-Philadelph
Inuuirer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
LLEWELLYN M. DORSEY T HIS WIRELESS OUTFIT.

LleWellyn M. Dorsey, a Cony High
school Junior, who has devoted especial
attention to the instruction in electric
lty afforded in the school, has con-
Structed an amateur wireless telegraph
station upon the roof of Hotel North,
the mast of which can be seen some
distance away and attracts consider
able attention. He has several times
caught portions OF wireless messages
and with a new and strengthened de-
tector expects to be able to receive
messages frcm the wireless station at
Cap" Elizabeth.
Tho Get2ils OF the construction of the
the station as dcscEbod by the young
man are as Follows:
The aerial is supported by two 15-
root poles about 60 feet apart diagonal
~ opposite at the corner of the roof.
TIC total distance from the ground to
the aerial is about 10 feet. The aerial
IL made of four No. IA aluminium wires
fastened at each end TO eiectrose insu-
iators, and q 6-foot sprcader. with a
space between the wires of about IS
inches. The spreaders are fastened to
ropes run through pulley by which
tne# arc raised and lowered Where the
wires pass over the cupOla at the CEN
ter Of the roof they are supported on
6-foot cross arm. Here the lead-in is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11

connected to the aerial, brought down
The side of the cupola and inside
through porcelain tube. The lead in
is connected to "a double pole double
throw switch and the ground wire con-
rected to the other side of the switch
is run down an air shaft and fastened
TO water pipe.
The receiving set consists of a sim
gle slide turning coil of COO meters
wave length; a variable condenser of
five movable and six stationary plates;
fixed condenser composed of sheets
of tlnfOil between shelacccd paper; a
Schumacher detector of the electrolyt-
ic type; and 4 thousand ohm tele-
phone receiver Western Electric make,
furnished with an adjustable head
band. A
The sending set, which has a prob
able range of three to five miles is
composed of a Gernsback electrolytfc
interrupter, connected in series with
an inch and half induction coil, and
he 40 " A. G. lighting system A
strap key is used to break the pr-
mary circuit Of the coil. One side of
the secondary circuit Of the coil is con-
nectel through g Geissler tube with
the aerial side Of the switch, the 9TH
cr side with zinc spark gap, and q
sending condenser with the ground side
of the switch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
WHITEWAsHINe COAL.
Not Done For the Sake of Neatness,
but Prevents Thefts from Load.

Persons who have been somewhat
astonished by having whitewashed
coal delivered to them will be inter-
ested to know that the withdrawing
is not done to improve the appearance
or to increase the burning qualities.
the treatment neither improves nor
harms the fuel.
1t is detective scheme on the part
of the railroads to locate~And to pre-
vent theft Of the coal as II is hauled
from the mines to the consumer.
These depredations amount to thou
sands of tons annually, and the rail-
roads are the sufferers, as it is up to
them to deliver as many tons at their
destination, often thousand of miles
away, as were weighed in when tho
car was turned over for Transports
ton. rs =.
Two or three tons may be removed
from a carload containing forty tons
without attracting attention to it's de-
creased quantity until the car is again
placed on the scales. To locate the
loss, says Popular Mechanics, limewa-
ter is sprayed over q carload of coal.
In short time the water has evapo-
rated, leaving a load Of white coal.
Tren the removal Of any coal leaves
a big black spot, which is quickly no.
ticed by inspectors and station agents
and the leak is found and stopped.
q M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
BABYS LIFE SAVED BY x-RAYS.
Safety-Pin Taken From Esophagus
Without Use Of Knife.

Pittsburg. Dec. 1O-Little Margaret Van
kleek was taken back to New York by
her parents Wednesday night after hav-
ing successfully passed through one of
the most remarkable operations in surgi-
cal history.
The child who is IA months old. recently
swallowed an open safety pin. She near
ly choked to death, but the pin lodging
deep in the eSophaguS. permitted her to
breathe. Her parents took her from one
surgeon to another in New York, and
were advised that the only way the pin
could be removed was by cutting from
he outside, an operation that might
mean DEATH
The parents learned of an operation
performed by DR.. Chevaler Jackson of
Pttsburg some time ago, when he was
hastily summoned to New York and re-
moved a tack from a patients lung,
working from the inside of the body.
They determined to take Margaret to
Pittsburg.
Three surgeons assisted in the opera
ton which required specialists in anes-
thesia. oxygen administration and the x
ray BY means of the X-ray the position
of the opened safety pin was ascertained.
A tube was inserted in the esophagus,
being pressed down until it reached the
pin. Through this tube was passed a
small incandescent globe illuminating the
passage. 1t was discovered that the point
of the pin was in such position that any
attempt TO remove it without first mani
pulating 1t would force the point through
the esophagus and into the lung.
With the patients BODY illumined with
the light passed through the tube. DIR.
Jackson, with specially prepared instru-
ment, manipulated the pin, finally getting
it in such position that he pressed
against the point closing the pin. Then.
with a slender hook, he caught the pin by
the ringed end and drew it through the
tube. The operation required ~ minutes,
and the knife was not used.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
NEW SCHEM
How the Conductor Got NickeIs by
Aid of Grasshopper and Irvine.

Grasshoppers were once worth so cents
each in st. Louis. according to a veteran
Page Avenue motorman.
In the old days said the motorman,
the passenger dropped his nickel in a
slot at the rear platform entrance, and it
ran along groove and dropped into a
box on the front platform.
There was no chance for the conduc-
tor to knock down. because he never
handled the passengers money. The
nickels collected in the bottom of a glass
jar. and We're far out of reach of men
with ordinary fingers.
There was a Sood-siZed hole at the top
of the jar. One financier-I understand
he is millionaire now-hit upon Il bright
idea
'He caught big grasshopper and fas-
tened string around his waist and let
him into the nickel box. The Grasshop-
per. of course, grabbed the nicllelS and
held them between his feet until they
We're taken away from him., one good
grasshopper and three feet of Irvine string
could soon extract a pocketful of nickels
from the box.
1T wasn't long before grasshoppers
We're regularly quoted at the street car
mems exchange. \ good one always
brought as much as 80 cents. st. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11

nearly every day since her arrival has
seen only one man on board unit.
Wednesday, when four women We're
rcwed by one of the crew to Driscolrs
landing just at dusk
Last night at dark the Coronct's ten
der was rowed in to Driscolrs landing.
waiting on the float were Capt. Nc
kcnTie and three other men, who got
on board the tender and were taken
out to the yacht. They carried with
them big box which might have con-
tanned pinnacle and a ships compass.
The boat carried no light and hardly a
WcrG was spoken as the four men
took their places in the boat and the
sailor ssrasped the oars and started out
of the basin.
One of the quartet was dressed in a
uniform not unlike that worn by Off
GERS on some of the transatlantic
lines. He had a beard and bore a
striking resemblance to Rev. Frank W.
Sanford, the head of the society.
1t is believed that preparations for
leaving here are being made by the
Shilohites an& that Sanford is per-
sonally supervising the arrangements.
That the Coronet's destination when
she leaves here is Jerusalem is believed
by many. Some profess to know that
she will carry number Of the faith
full to Palestine TIC strengthen the COL
ony established there some time ago
and.which is reported to be in urgent
need of aid.
The bark Kingdom sailed from Port
land more than n month ago and it is
believed that her destination is Jeru-
salem also. .>
WhilcGt has been reported that Mr..
Sandford intended to give up travelling
and reside with his followers at Dur.
ham hiE, it is now believed that he
may leave on the Coronet, as it is re.
ported that his presence is urgently
needed in Palestine because of trouble
there.
Gordon Murray, who has been one
of Sandfords chief lieutenants and in
supreme charge of the colony in Jeru>
salem, is said 10 be on his way home.
The Coronet has a habit of slipping
in and out OF port under cover Of dark
ness, and il would not be surprising to
find on any morning that she had
dropped down the harbor and gone to
sea in the night.
The Coronet is classed as a yacht
ard therefore is exempt from clearing
at the custom house. the same as a
vessel engaged in foreign commerce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
The Many and Varied Dutiss They
Have to Perform-Alwaxs Polite.

AS conductor he viii PROBABLY be-
gin in the freight service. His ca
boose will be a travelling office, and,
more than that, it will carry all the
gossip OF the division up and down the
line. IT may be a homely little car,
but it Is Just as sure to be a homelike
place. From its elevated outlook he
may command a good view of the
train away ahead of the engine, and
he will he supposed to know all the
while that the brakemen are attending
to their duties, that the train is in
good order, particularly that there
are no hot boxes smoking away and
i'll imminent danger of setting fire to
the train and the valuable contents.
The conductor will receive the waybills
of the cars of his train and their con-
tents, and he is held responsible for
their safe deliveries to their destina-
ton or the junction points where they
are to be delivered to other lines.
When he comes to the passenger
service there will be still more book
excepting to confront him, and he will
have to be man of good mental at
tainments to handle all the many.
many varieties of local and through
other forms of transportation con-
tracts that come to him, to detect the
good from the bad. to throw out the
counterfeits that are constantly being
offered him. He will have to carry
quite a money account for cash affairs,
and he knows the mistakes will have
to be paid for out of his own pocket.
All that is only a phase of his bust
ness. He is responsible for the care
and safe conduct of his train, equally
responsible in the last respect with the
engineer. He also receives and signs
tor the train orders, and he is required
to keep in mind every detail of the
trains progress over tire line. He will
have his own assortment of questions
to answer at every stage of the jour-
ney, ard he will be expected to MAIN
tain the discipline of the railroad upon
its trains. That may mean in the one
instance the ejectment of a passenger
who refuses to pay his fare-and stifl
he must not involve the road in any
big damage suit-or in another the
subjugation of some gang of drunken
loafers. The real wonder of it is that
SO many conductors come as near as
they do to the Chesterfie1dian STAN
dards.-Edward Hungerford in Outing
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
A GRAND TOTAL OF $3.50, 97S

Perkins on Wyman street at Il cost of
g, 900. and a six room cottage house for
Charles Kicker on Linden street at Il
cost of $4,000 and cottage house of
seven rooms, costing $4,000 for William
Hayden on Jackson street. The same
contractor has also built q tenement
house for Mrs. S. w. Lane at cost OF
$4,000, which will be used for rent. He
has also made a double tenement house
of eight rooms each of Il stable in
Court street place for Charles f. Bio =
deau at q cost of $500. Two tenement
houses at Il cost of $1,000 each have
been built by Mr.. Hanks for p. NJ.
Cross on the Bangor road. Repairs
have also been made upon the John
Turner house on Patterson street at a
cost of $1,000. In addition to the work
upon these houses already mentioned
Mr.. Hanks has constructed q manufac
turing establishment for his brother, F.
w. Hanks on Crosby street at q cost Of
1890
The handsome residence built for II.
G. Barker on Stone street by l.. $.
Southland & Son is one Of the fine
houses that have have gone up the iaast
year and is a distinctive addition to
that locality. This is a modern house
in every respect and is finished i'll
chartered oak and cypress. Its cost is
rising $4,000.
The Southards have also built q
house on School street for Melville
White costing $1,000 A house on Ban
gor street Just complicated by this con-
Germ sold few days ago TO Mrs. Mary
Stone for $4,000. They have also begun
work upon 4 house on Cony street eX-
tention for Frank Hysom. which is to
cost in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
Joseph Boldn has erected for him
self n new residence in Royal Park,
which will cost in the neighborhoo1 OF
$4,000. Charles C. Keenan, has a,iiIt Il
house on Western avenue, which will
cost about the same sum. r. NJ R0l-
Inns has rebuilt stable VA Gree n
street into tenement house for Mrs
Charles Guild at cost of about $500
George F.<Doyle has built tenement
house on Hillcrest street at q cost o..
$1,000 and Stephen D. Blaisdell is build
ing house which he Will occupy on
Lower Sewall street at cost of $500
Justine Packard has remode!ed d
workshop on Green street into a con-
venient seven room house at a cost Of
about $1.S00. A. e. Brown has built 9
stylish tenement house on So. Chestnut
street at a cost of 81, 900.
A vast amount of minor repair work
has been going on throughout the city
during the past year in addition 10 tic
building and remodeling which has
been mentioned in this article and NJ
ter interviews with contractors and
others interested it is safe to say Sat
the amount of repairs of minor ma
ture and other work not specified in
this article will amount to, in round
numbers $4,000
The use of concrete foundations for
houses and stables has been developed
here considerably during the past year
ana dozen or more of these lInderpin-
nings have been put in by A. f. Brown,
VINO hopes next year to introduce them
more extensively
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11

old when she and her brother were given
away by their mother, who found herself
unable to provide for them. The children
took the names of their foster parents.
Harry was adopted by Samuel Benson. a
farmer near Bridgeton, and Ada by Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Charles, who subse-
quently removed to Cicero, Ind, where
Mrs. Charles died four years ago.
AS the children grew older each learn
ed Of the existence OF the other, but nei-
Their knew where the other was. Recently
a Bridgeton woman who had in some
way learned the secret stopped Harry on
the street and told him his sisters name
and address. He Immediately wrote to
her at Cicero. She came to Bridgeton
and a happy reunion followed. Their
mother. married second time, after her
widowhood, Is now residing on a farm
down in Back Neck. south Of Bridgeton
She is Mrs. Headley and has four other
children. Miss Charles went down TO see
her. but the mother had to be told that it
her caller was. ~ 90 =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
FOUND SKELETONS.
Wondering Remains of Man and
Woman Found in Sealed Room.

Richmond. Va. Dec. 1O-The molderine
skeletons of a man and n girl were dis
covered today in a sealed dungeon 10 feet
below the/surface of the street by work
men demolishing an old building. The
only clew to the identity of the unfortu-
mates are several fragments Of cloth and
wisp of reddish brown hair. The
underground cell is of solid brick con-
struction, even the floor being paved.
The trap door leading into the dungeon
from the floor of the cellar above had
been carefully sealed.
The house was in the Fashionable dis
trict of the city when it was built in the
middle of the last century. but with the
movement of the city westward it passed
through various hands until it was finally
practically abandoned, holding all the
while its secret Of the skeletons. An an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
Peppermint BEATS ALL.
Favored Candy Is Favorite of John
Kipp-Better Than Drink.

Washington. n. j.. Dec. 10.-Claiming
that peppermint is the best substitute he
knows of for tobacco and drink. John
Kipp an inmate of the Warren County
Almshonse, will complete his 10Sd year OF
much candy as all the inmates of the
almshouse combined
Kipp declares he is entitled to large
tract of land now in a thickly settled
part OF Brooklyn. which he says belong
ed to his ancestors and is rightfuliy MS:
Mrs Jennie Keplar, a genealogist of
Brooklyn traces Mr.. Kipp's family tree
back as far as $780, when John Robson,
his wife and four children came to Amer
John kipp was born in what was then
Pen Cliff. l.. l., now part of Brooklyn. lie
was married twice and had five children
by his first wife, but he has not heard
from them in seven years. He thinks
they are living in MiddletoWn, n. \.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.
American Living in Fronkfort Has
Odd Experience with the Germans.

Frankfort. Dec. 1O.-Andrew Slater. for
merry of Connecticut and now living here,
Lad peculiar experience with the Ger
man customs. Mr.. Slater has friends in
France. who. being wine growers, sent
him small box the other day containing
four bottles of two different kinds of
home made Beaune
Mr.. Slater went to the custom house
prepared to pay the duty, but found to
his astonishment that all the wine coming
from abroad has TO he tested before it
passes the frontier. The regulations en-
join further that two bottles of every
sort are to be placed at the disposal of
the authorities for this purpose. The
charge for testing is s425 for each vim
tage. so that he had bill presented him
for $3.50 without any wine.
AS compensation he received a certifi-
cate that the wine was excellent and four
empty wine bottles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
BURIED WITH WINGS.
Veteran Strangely Equipped For His
Voyage Across the River Styx.

Palkershurg. w. Va. Dec. 1O.-When
William II. Ledsome was buried Il few
days ago he was ready for the footing of
Gabriel's horn. being equipped with wings
and with an angel robe. In this attire he
was buried.
Ledsome was an old soldier and a reli-
gious fanatic, and for years he lived a
hermit life in the forest. When he was
near death he directed that he be wrapped
in shroud TO which were to be sewed
two big wings.
At the grave. after the funeral services.
it was discovered that the wings were
missing. but his son-in-law delayed the
interment until they We're replaced.
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READFlELD.

nEPOT-Gilhert Flanders who wont IN
;iNi"id. "IiTin% Doh. the family horse, a
Instance ~ - miles in seven hours in one
uaN recently. WAS eight hours returning,
TIE next day
An informal social WA: held at Mrs N
- Gor,'on : "Wednesday afternoon. There
M''n ~ present al" a society formed. to
SHOWN as thr Unique Circle" The
hostess no., at each meeting. Will be the off
j., ',,aI';'S'f unl,s1 she appoints another
-; Fianfers and son recently pur-
uiaNrd handsome span OF bay horses,
n mi,.c1, MAKE fine appearance in their
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tiquarian this evening related weird
story of very beautiful daughter of a
former resident ana several unfortunate
love affairs with which she was con-
nected
For love of this girl, whose name has
been forgotten in the years. a Young man
named George Spaulding committed sui
eide, while another, Thomas Wynn. is
said to have been mysterioltsly murdered
in a quarrel in which her name was con-
nected