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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
In a Chinese DROUGHT.

In many districts Of China water be-
comes very scarch during the summer
months. Some Of the fearful results
of the drought are described thus by
the Rev. John MacGowan: '"Tne great
sun blaZes down from an unclouded
sky and drinks tip the waiter that Is
clinging to the roots of the rice. The
soil now cracks with the fervent heat
and every blade of rice seems to be
making an appeal to the heartbroken
farmer for the water that alone will
enable it to live. He is now at his
wits end to save his crop, Tor that,
perhaps, is the only thing now that
lies betwt ell him and poverty and de-
spair A failure of the crop means
very likely that he will have to sell
his daughter or a son, perhaps or even
barter away his wife, if he would keep
the homestead from slipping from his
grasp. Some of the most piteous scenes
in the many tragic ones that cast their
shadow ever the home in the expert
ence Of the Chinese husbandmen can
he witnessed during the summer months
when there has been shortage in the
fall of rain. The wells have become
dry and the little ponds have been
drained Of every drop of water they
contained The rice IN the field has
lost the dark green color that with its
rich sheen tells of health and vitality
and is turning into a sicllly yellow that
means decay and death. Water must
be got now, ana at any price. for two
or three days more of this will zee the
grain blasted in the fields. They ac-
cordingly dig the ponds deeper to
catch the tiniest rills that may flow
into them, and as the work in the blaz-
ing sun might at once drink these up,
the work is carried on during the mid
night hours. so that not drop of the
precious fluid may be absorbed by the
great thirsty dragon in the sky. Often
these most pathetic endeavors TO save
their crops END in tragedy and death.
Men are making a supreme effort to
avert disaster from their homes and in
the mad endeavor to gain the water
for themselves the widest passions of
the heart are aroused and neighbors
will struggle with each other for the
slowly trucking drops of water The
solemn air Of night is broken with the
sounds of conflict and the stars look
ing down from the midnight Sky see
murder committed by men whose sole
and controlling motive is the preser-
walton of their homes. "-Chicag0 News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

eticrta?' what Is the accuunt?) Is the
correct expiessioh she would have been
sd ed trouble and modification.
Time ara again, United States coisuis
have set forth in Federal publicafi'nss
the advantages of real knowledge OF
Epani to the business ndn. rhe need
Is growing more emphatic with every
day, as our relations in trade IRE grown :
with Mexico daily. But I guess that
Federal publications don't hit the peopl
at large as rule.
zone q The easiest WAYS to learn i, a a
foreign language Is to fedd good novels
III that tongue. You get SO Interested
IN the story that you Just have to go
on to the end to learn whether the hero
and heroine come out all right.
.'Students of Spanish don't adopt that
method in Washington. I guess, FOR you
don't find any Spanish novels on the sec
cnd-hand bookstore tables up or down
or across the city. The only specimens
I have found have heen Spanish novels
translated from the French novels. II Is
strange. too for there are many excellent
novels nowadays by Spanish writer's.
.'Os course an instructor Is needed 10
obtain the correct pronunciation, hut
on visiting Mexico with good. ready
knowledge of the Language you can soon
acquire the needed pronunciation; IN
fact, you have to do it in order to get
otpnrb
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
THE TOURIST IN MEXICO.
Samples Of Spanish as She Is Spoke by
Some Americans.

ITS no wonder that men who go from
the States down to Mexico on business
do not get along better said retnrned
Washingtonian. They don't stuay o ~ nf
ish as they should. In the clubs nan or
the stock stories are about these nall
educated Americans.
"It was in a restaurant where only
Spanish is spoken that a parry Oh A,ner! n
woman and her two daughters, ana, OF
course, the attendant and patient papa
with the wad. ,r
want to use nv Spanish and she pro-
ceeded to pull out handy COOK OF coz ,ho
versation. Let me see,' scanning the
menu. we want oysters. I'm sure A
sma! fry for each would be Just 'he
thing ~
Running her fingers through me
leaves she found that 'chiquita means
small and 'frta' means fry periectN
s am f Shias sa h flta np @en ngers to
indicate four and said Icomplaccntiy to
the expectant and polite waiter:
'Chiquita fritas -,
The walters eyes bulged out and his
Latin pnliteness got a shock. oh. no,
Sonora lie cried. as he backed away ;
no chiuutas fritas"
why not? returned the patron. Don I
you have EN-? For IN her surprise ,rh Sne
she remembered the role and consulted
Ter hook.
Nothing doing. No end Of gcsttcula-
tons on the part OF the w. one CANT rot
fried oysters pipcd the woman, and she
added, L wonder why
"'You can get. EN-: ma'am,' sald
mans rancoms voice az an ad9",ahs S, ia1
babies. ana they don't serve 'em in this
part of the republic. The word "chiaui-
tas" means babies, a term of endear-
mont: but you're all q. Is fo as . 70 Inc
frtas" the order would have gene
through Ill right
And size ordered 'em. though she
looked daggers at the stranger. who was
New Yorker and had lived in Mexico
for g years.
1T was the same sort of woman" con-
tinued the traveller. who tried to air her
Spanish by asking the amount of her bill
turant in Mexico City. With a bland
smile she addressed the head waiter with
Como mucho?' intending to ask, How
much?
how but also I eat SO that the woman
had remarked to the waiter. I eat good
deal This was as much as to say that
the dinner was good that she had eaten
was compliment. and such a con1pli-
ment as is highly appreciated in any
Latin coI:ntrv.
with deep bow the seIvitor ex-
pressed his delight that his humble viands
should have found appreciation in the
sight of the most excellent sonora. 1t
was expressed in the choice phrases that
so readily lend themselves on such occa-
sion through the Castilian tongue.
But my lady didn't understand a word
Of the lingo. She meant business, and she
repeated in a louder tone Como mucho?
Como mucho?' She was sure of her cor
rect Spanish. hut somehow she couldn't
get the waiter to do anything but bow
and scrape.
1.-THE puzzle was solved when the rro-
rrietor. hearing the excited voices en-
tered and learned that the lady merely
wanted to pay her bill. Had she known
that not Como mucho?' but "Que es la
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

1, 1t was indeed the irony of fate that
upon the inward bound steamship
Florida were hundreds of poor Italian
earthquake sufferers, while the pas
sengcrs of the outgoing Republic
we're largely Americans of the well-to-
do and wealthy classes who had re-
GENTLY been contributing to the great
relief fund sent from this country to
italy. Yet. when the crash came anu
the Messengers of the Republic were
hurried. half dressed and without
their baggage, from the sinking Re
n,h,ic to the decks of the FLORIDA
these Italian immigrants stripped on
their shawls, skirts, coats and extra
clothing for the protection of the
wealthy but temporarily destitute ana
suffering Americans. Some grotesque
costumes were the result, but the gen.
erous self sacrifice of the poor Itahahs
makes a bright chapter in this appai-
linr story Of disaster and loss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

There is an earthquake lost strayed
or stolen and it is a big one, too. The
sc ismic experts cannot locate the area
of the latest disturbance indicated by
their Instruments. Some think that
it was wholly a subtcrranean affair
and others say that 1t was somewhere
in the vast. uninhabited area of east
crn Asia. They agree that it was fully
as violent as the catastrophe which re-
Gently overwhelmed southern Italy
but curiosity as to it's whereabouts is
Il small matter compared with the gen.
eral appreciation of it's consideration
in failing to select populuous section
as the scene of it's activities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
|linois keeps about 100000 "pauper" cows
at an annual loss of 5000. 900.

at an annual loss of $5.O00.0
These figures need. in all probability,
little revision to make them apply ac-
curateIy to conditions anywhere in the
agricultural sections of the West and
Middle West. The general result of all
this scientific dairying has been the
building up of many valuable dairy
herds in that section.
1t is interesting to note that the
worlds record for milk and butter fat
belongs to Holstein, Colantha 4th's
johanna, whose milk yield for 800 days
was 27,I325 pounds of milk, which pro-
duced $3.50 pounds of butter fat, equal
TO 1,247S3 pounds of butter. Her best
days production was 1O6 pounds, about
fifty-three quarts, and of butter 5.7l
pounds. She gave S25 quarts of milk in
one week, and eleven months after
calving she was averaging 3.42 pounds
of butter daily
There is a wide margin between Co
laEtha 4ths Johanna and cow that
makes II cents profit for it's owner in u
year. But scientific dairying and the
work of the agricultural colleges is
closing the gap very appreciably.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

1t is said by authorities on maritime
matters that the transfer of the pas
sengers from one great ocean liner.
partly wrecked at that, to another YES
sci, and then from this second vessel
to third. all within the space of II
hours. was never accomplished before
last Saturday. 1t was indeed a glgan-
tic task to transfer those 1900 passen-
gers. hundreds of them emigrants east
ly in danger of being panic stricken.
and it is wonder that it was accom-
plished without any loss of life. Inc
work, moreover. was done under very
unfavorable conditions. the sea being
rough and the fog thick, and the per-
Torrance speaks wonders for the dis
ci,,line and the efficiency of the crews
which managed the boats.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

If directoire gowns really become
fashionable, it is hoped that other ex-
travagances of the same period VIII
not also be revived. The beautilul
Nine Fallen, who led the fashions at
the time of the French directory, IS
said to have appeared with rings on her
tees. Her silk stockings were made
with divisions like the fingers of gloves
and she wore sandals studded Win
Jewels Nine. Tallicn was, however,
sensible enough to discard the FASH
ionable taken wig and to wear her
own black hair Empowered. Naturai
coffures did not long remain simple
though. Under the empire they became
SO elabcrte that the ladies of The court
had to have their hair dressed 'he
night before Napoleon's coronation, ana
were then propped upright In then
chairs in order to sleep without Gam
aging their headdrcsscs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

When the ships hull is raised, there
should be a thorough examination by
experts to decide the great historical
point in controversy between the Unit
ed States and Spain regarding the
cause of the Names destruction.
Springfield Republican.
Can it be that our Springfield con-
temporary has forgotten that just such
an examination was made by experts
shortly after the Maine was blown up,
and the verdict rendered that the
wreck was caused by an outside cxplo-
sion? The question of the cause of the
Names destruction was settled at that
time, and can hardly be said to be a
great historical controversy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Boston is in the throes of great re-
higious revival, in which no fewer than
800 churches of the city and it's suburbs
are taking part with services every
day and evening at 25 different points.
The charge that the newspapers neg
lect religious news certainly cannot be
made against the newspapers at this
time, for they are devoting whole
pages to the revival, with display
headlines and large pictures of leading
speakers and singers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
An Ocean Liners Cargo.

Down on the wharf the rush was at
it's height. Under the sputtcring blu
;sh arc lights, amid endless clang and
rumble, the produce of America came
in. From the prairies. the mines and
the mills, from the forests. the cotton
plant atoms, tobacco fields, orchards
and vineyards. from the oil fields and
packing houses, from the g-imy
factories large and small: ponderous
engines OF steel harvesters, reapers.
automobiles, bars If silver and yellow
bricks of gold, bales of cotton and
wool and hides and tobacco, meats.
barrels of flour, and boxes Of fruit
hocsheads Of oil and casks of wine:
tens of thousands of things and ma
chimes to make th!ngs-piled up on the
wharf by the acre. And still all night
the teams clattered in and the tugs
puffed up with the barses; and from
hundreds of miles away the trains
were rushing hither. bringing more
boxes and barrels and bags to be
packed in at the last moment.
In gangs at every hatchway the four
hundred men We're trundling. heaving.
straining. n rough crowd. cursing and
joking at the hoarse shouts of thu
foremen; while from the darkness out
side, heavy black rope nets dropped
down to gather gigantic handfuls Of
cargo, swing them back up to the deck
of the ship and then down into her
hold So all through the night and
right up to the hour of sailing the rush
went on. For the great ocean liners
work is worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars month. And the ship must
sail ON time.-Everyb ody's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Queen Maud of Norway keeps a
scrapbook bearing the inscription on
the cover. Things We Have Not SAID
and Done" in which she has pasted
newspaper cuttings giving stories
about herself and her husband which
have their foundation only in the
imagination of enterprising journalists.
1t is said, too, that among the German
crown princes most treasured possess
sions of a scrapbook containing over
1000 pages of adverse newspaper
criticism The first 500 pages are in
scriEeG with Il gold-lettercd heading:
Il hope | am not like this!" while some
of the most outspokcn comments are
accompanied by marginal notes in the
princes own handwriting, such as:
THE enemy's voice is no less Interests
ing than the friends" ctc.-Tit- Bits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

After a long deadlock the Boston
the choice of Republican as it's pre-
siding officer The Democrats were in
a majority in that board, but some of
their number could not stand Curley,
the party aspirant for the presidency
of the board, because, as they de-
clared, che talked too much" The
Boston Democracy Is as vocal as it is
ypnal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
Wednesday, January ~, 1909.

Jack Binns, wireless operator of the
Republic, is unanimously promoted to
the hero ranks, along with Capt. Sealby,
Second Officer Williams and others too
numerous to mention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
Maine Gossip
SONG.

SONG.
Above the edge of dark appear the lances
of the sun:
Along the mountain ridges clear his rosy
heralds run:
The vapors down the valleys go.
Like broken armies. dark and low;
Look up, my heart. from every hill,
In folds of rose and daffodil
The sunrise banners now.
o, fly away on silent wing, ye boding owls
of night!
o. welcome. little birds. that sing the
coming in of light!
For new. and new, and ever new,
The golden bud within the blue;
And every morning seems to say:
There's something happy on the way,
And God sends love to you!'
Henry Van Dyke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

All the excitement over California 5
proposed anti-JapaneSe legislation APP
pears TO be confined to this country.
According to the dispatches from To-
llio, it has not started even ripple in
the Mikado's empire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Word is being passed around among
the alumni of Harvard that plan 10
on foot to raise fund with which u
provide a memorial in appreciation Oh
the services to the university of PRESS
dent Eliot, who is to relinquish his po,
sition next spring. when his neslgha-
ton becomes effective.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

1t is indeed an interesting coinci-
dence that the new battleship Maine
arrived In Havana harbor on the 18th
anniversary of the date when the first
Maine cast anchor in those same wa
tiers. Let us hope that the parallel will
po no further
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

For d long time to come the news
papers will print stories told by the
survivors and eye witnesses of the
Republic disaster and all of them will
he eagerly read, for there is much that
is fascinating in the story of the pcrils
Of the sea and of the deeds of brave
men in such a great emergency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

wireless message" is clumsy
term but somehow none of the various
substitutes which have been suggested,
"Marconigram." "aerogram," etc,
seem to gain popular currency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

The legislatures are busy in many
states, but thus far none of them have
taken any action toward the repeating
of the unwritten law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

There has been a frost in sections of
the South this week. Probably it is
nothing more than the reaction which
fellows the withdrawal of the genial
personality of Judge Taft
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27
Bermuda Misses the Motor.

1t is one thing to call the automo-
bile nuisance and impatiently wish it
abolished. It is another to try to get
along without it. They abolished it in
Bermuda. They did so at the request
of many automobiles. The physical
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

In trying so hard to disprove a sui
eide pact and to show that that Rum
ford Falls young man drank wood
alcohol by mistake for the other kind,
it is difficult to see how his friends
have helped his memory much.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

ESTABLISHED 1s1

No Wotico whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
1hs Journal cannot b held respensi-
BILE for the preservation or return of
rejected communications.
Address al communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
I to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Pub
| Nshers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Charles J. Whittier, the veteran
newspaper man, who died suddenly in
Portland last week, was a nephew of
Whittier, the poet. He was &c years of
age, was veteran of the Civil War
and had a medical degree. For many
years he was connected with the Port
land Transcript and later with the
Portland Advertiser
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Distinguished speakers are on the
program for the Convocation exercises
next week at the Bangor Theological
seminary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Carrie Nation says she likes England
better than this country. They are ar
resting her more frequently over there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

There is something of a grip cpl
demic i'll Biddeford which is helping
the medical men pay their coal bills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Bar Harbor's automobile restric-
tons loom up large as a legislative
proposition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

horses IN belgium, and breeding horses
has become an important industry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Alfred has ceased talking about the
ambitions of Saco long enough to chat
about an interesting local romance 1t
appears that Mrs. Abbie r. Walker,
who took the train last week. ostensi-
bly, for Boston for a visit with friends
was IN reality starting on a honey
moon trip and that she was joined at
Srringvale by her wooer, Mr.. Alonzo
Leavitt, and they went to South Ber-
wick and We're married by the Rev.
d.. Lewis and from there proceeded to
Boston on their wedding trip. Mr..
Leavitt is "A and Mrs Leavitt 20 years
young. Mr.. Leavitt has been fire.
quent visitor in town for a short time
but no one suspected his intent, and
his wooing was done with dispatch
worthy of emulation by more youth
full swain. After their honeymoon they
will reside in Alfred
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Auburn has a new social club called
the Waeca, the Indian name for "Pine
Tree" The membership of this club
was limited to 200, but three over that
number have already been admitted
and there are a number more who are
ready to join. The club has just
opened rooms which will compare fav-
orably with any in the state. In addi-
ton to large reception room, there
is billiard and pool room, smoking
room, kitchen and all modern improve
ments. The rooms are elegantly fur
nishei and the club seems to supply a
want which was long felt in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

Weld hears the good news that the
Smith College girls. who spent last
summer in this lovely Maine retreat,
will return next year. They are such
merry girls! Last summer, under the
guidance of Victor Masterman, they
scaled Tumbedown Mountain. Mounts
Blue, Saddleback and other elevations,
ami, to express it mildly. they We're
charmed With the country. They
spent delightful hours in hitting the
trail" camping on the mountains and
living the real outdoor life So en-
Unused were they that they made up
their minds to come another season
for a longer stay. 1t is their intention
to build a large bungalow on the west
side of the pond and Frank Kittredge
is awaiting further instructions before
beginning on the actual work. The
plans are made and those who have
seen them say the bungalow will be
one of the most picturesque of the
habitations of the lake.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-25
Two Recitals Of Merit.

On Wednesday afternoon and evening
at tho high school chapel occurred the
two annual recitals, given BY the piano
pupils Of Miss Blanche Il. SpauldinE.
The afternoon WAS devoted to the young
er members Of her class. From the open
ing number, Shepherds Evening Song.
well rendered BY Norton Lebourveau, to
the last, Hunting Butterflies" BY Merle
Cow, all were given with ease aud assur.
anee that speaks well for the future
of the little ones.
The evening was devoted to the more
advanced pupils. and ii was here that
the excellent work Of Miss Spaulding
asserted itself II was my pleasure TO
hear these same pupils one year ago, and
the improvement III touch and the clear
ness OF execution was very marked,
showing the careful work Of the teacher
and the application of the same BY the
pupil. Where so much excellent was
displayed, it is difficult 70 specify with
out giving space to each one, yet / would
like to speak Of the brilliant rendering
of Rats difficult "Polka dc Ia Refine"
by Miss Blanche RUSSELL She is a
Young lady Of marked ability and shall
expect much 81 her in the future
Miss Spaulding leaves Barre soon for
a much needed rest. w. A. M.