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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01
Frank Osborne Dean.

FRANK Osborne Dean of Hallow ell
presented an excellent article on
| Richard Jefferies; Poet, Naturalist
Philosopher"
| Go! said the voice which dis
misses the soul on it's way to inherit
an earthly flame. Go! Thy lot shall be
TO speak OF trees from the cedar even
onto the hyssop which springeth out
| or the wall; and of beasts and of
| fowls, and of fishes. All thy ways
snail be ordered for thee, so that thou
snail learn to speak of these things
as no man ever spoke before
Ages elapsed, and in the vast
armies Of men who are thus sent forth
they execute earthly orders, such a
commission as is described in these
words of Besant, is issued to but few.
1t is, therefore, the more unfortunate
that Richard Jefferies is today practi-
caily unknown in literary circles; and
yet this Englishman of the Wiltshire
Downs, who lived and died almost in
the heyday of Victorian literary
achievement, was in the opinion of
those who discerned, more the poet.
more the naturalist, more the philoso-
pher than was Henry Thoreau. Der
maps it is because Jefferies had no
Emerson to sound his praises that he
remains a stranger to those who love
literature; perhaps it was a spirit of
humbleness inherited from genera
tons of peasant ancestors that pre-
vented the man himself from pro
claiming his own great merits.
Je1ferles wrote not single line of
netrlcal construction, yet there never
llVed one with more the soul of a poet
and the passion of the rhapsodist than
this English naturalist. In that ex
qulslte idyll, The Pageant of Summer
IN The Story of My Heart in all his
essays, there fingers the warm color
ing, the passionate reveing in sensu-
Gus effects that since Homer
nave been affected. His flashes
OF instructive insight so full
of passion, Joy and magic of the field
give us most beautiful Interpretation
of nature. Jefferies sought to see
beauty, glowing, physical such as tho
Greeks worshiped, in the stars the
sun, the grass, the trees. the birds AMI
in man.
1T must not be inferred, however,
'llat ne sought merely the physical; IN
'ii N'ii'tdi JtHtTleS was the mystic
or mystics in his contemplation of the
soul. Like Keats, Jefferies reyeled IN
sensations and of these he sought new
ana ever new. Earth to him was al
ways beautiful. For their essence of
true poetry his descriptive passages
are unsurpassed. To Richard ,Jefferias
the things which men desire most.
riches, rank, independence, ease.
health, and long life, these were
denied. In him we find a man of re-
fined intellect but of weak physique; a
man who struggled long for success IN
literature, obtained it only late in life.
and then reaped therefrom no sub
stantlal material reward He was
from childhood a wide reader, a keen
observer, lover of solitude, highly
sensitive and reserved Bessant pic
tured him as, always silent man. al
ways man of few friends, always a
man of simple habits. in all weathers
delighting to be out OF DOORS Poverty.
anxiety, hope deferred and disease
that consumed his life. yet he re-
NAMED courageous to the last happy
with what was given and not lament
ing over what was denied"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01

|sabh ch6hdl l1ixe3,S ralls:
clark DruAini6pd Gliapm il er I'll Ill hal
8Alph Bertraun Davis. fiavCrhiil:
Mass; Frank Osborn Dean. HfaIsowelf:
Wilbur Garland Foye, West Bridgewa-
ter, Mass.: Leof, Southartl Gilpatrick,
Watervil'e; Howard Austin Mcclellan,
Prin,eton; Edwin Walter Merrill, New
port n H.; Nelson Irving Mixer, West
Paris; Frederic Howard Paine, Elm
wood. Mass; Otis Billiard Read, Wind
sor, VT; Francis Howard Rose. Nor
Wlch, CT; Oscar John Tubbs, Water
vile; Monroe Elias Young, Calais.
Women's division, Helen Esther
Adams, Windham, VT; Mabelle Edwi-
ma Babson, Bluehill; Helene Bernice
Bellatty, Ellsworth; Ethel Hannah
Butler, East Jamaica, Vt; Fannie MIL
Ter Crute, Thomaston; Pearl Lucinda
Davis. South Lagrange; Clara Angus
tine Eastman, Rockland; Maude Nina
Eaton, Waterville: Blanche Marian
Emory, Norridgewock; Florence Tot
man Freeland. Fairfield; Marion Eliz-
abeth Goodwin, Saco; Olive Annette
Green, Skowhegan; Abbfe Sanford
Hague, Gorham; Myra Irene Hardy,
ton. Skowhegan: Ella Melvina Mac
Burnie, lBridgewater; June Stewart
Phil5rick, Bangor; Agrandece Jean
cite Record, Livermore Falls; Cora Ell
mer Robinson, Robinson; Inez Naomi
Stevenson, Waterville; Idonia Cecilia
Tubbs, Waterville; Marion Gilkey
Wadsworth. Camden: Kinda Baker
Ward, Waterville; Esther Huston
Weeks, Wiscasset; Sadie Belle Young,
Scion.
Candidates for the degree of Bachel-
or of Science-Milfred Isaac Buker,
Weld; Leon Clifton Guptill, Cherry
field; Harold Willis Kimball, Pressure
Isle; Leonard Oakman Merrill, Gardi-
ner; Austin Shaw Milbridge Leo
Steward Trask, Springfield; Nathaniel
Ernest Wheeler, Dunbarton, N. H.
Candidate for the degree of Master of
Arts-David Monaghan Young.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01

tries had declined to such degree
that but eight per cent of her exports
and imports was carried in American
.bottoms. The scope of her depend
e&nce upon foreigners for the trans
6nortation of commodities may be COM
4 Srehended when We consider that the
american battleship fleet while on it's
recent cruise around the world saw
II seven vessels flying the American
1.-THE present deplorable situation
!: Is the result both of action taken by
Soteign' governments upon different
soccasions and of domestic conditions
Nat have developed with the growth
Il the nation. During the Civil war,
dreat Britain encouraged the Confed-
rate government and furnished IL
. NTH cruisers to drive American ship
ming from the sea. Much havoc was
wrought in this manner and the de-
seIine there begun has continued. II
has been FASTENED by the active co.,
/. operation Of the foreign. powers with
their shipping companies in competi-
tion for the worlds carrying trade.
England, France, and most of the
OtucI lNohii6 iidtiouS vi. lue WOriu
have, in fact, granted substantial aid
to their merchant marine, and by de-
aeloping their own shipping industries
lave nearly driven the American flag
from the sea.
THE disadvantages arising from
such state of affairs are many, both
to the commercial interests Of the
country and to its welfare in time Of
war. Our mail must necessarily be
carried in foreign bottoms, thus not
only enriching foreign ship owners
and indirectly foreign nations but also
INJECTING on yourselves a distinct loss
IN point of service. Foreign products,
when any advantage may arise there
from for the foreign country, have
preferential rates over American pro-
ducts and in fextreme cases the United
States is open to a possible boycott
by other nations.
But is there no way to improve
these conditions and render the
United States as powerful at sea as
she is wealthy at homt Must we
continue to depend on the vessels OF
foreign countries to carry out COM
modities to the. markets of the world?
And must our navy always be handi-
capped by the lack of supply shipso.
Certainly conditions can be improved
and strong merchant marine de-
veloped. The entire remedy for, the
existing evils is in the hands OF con-
gress. BY passing laws providing for
. postal subsidy, American ship
builders may be so encouraged that
they may begin to construct vessels.
II these vessels are able to secure the
business of the country and prove
successful undertakings others will
be built and in the course of years the
United States will once more be on
an equal footing with the other ma.
tons Of the world"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01
Honorary DEGREES,

The following honorary degrees were
bestowed: LII. D., Hon. George c.
Wing. 10, of Auburn; Sc. D., Charles
F. Warner, 10, Springfield, Mass; A..
NJ. in course, Justin A. Walling, '73,
Milbridge, Me-; James Madison Pike,
SO, Livermore Falls; Martha C. Me-
serve, '9G, New York; A NJ, David
Monaghan Young.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01

The benediction was pronounced by
Rev. William Abbot Smith of the Class
of 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-01

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
Take II In instalments.

William H. Crane, the actor. tells
OF an amusing incident that occurred
in course of a performance by a
company with which the comedian
was connected at one time Crane
had been understanding for the lead
ing man, and # became his duty al q
critical time to lift up the faintinS
heroine and convey her to the wings
At the time mentioned Mr
Crane was slight and anything but
strong, so that the task assigned
was extremely difficult, when II is
considered that the leading woman
weighed nearly two hundred pounds.
After sundry attempts 10 accom-
plish the business" assigned him,
with little hope OF its accomplish
ment. the strain was broken by the
hearty laughter OF the audience, fo'
a strong, shrill voice from the gal
lery had shouted:
For Heavens sake, man, take
what you eau and come back for thu
rest"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20

afternoon ard went before dinner
to basher's to Is shaved.
You are a stranger In town. sir?"
the barber. asked.
Yes. I'm stranger here" was
the reply.
We're having j good lecture here
tonight. SIR, said The barber "A
Mark Twain lecture. Are you going
to IT."
Yes think WILL" said Mr..
Clemens
Have you got your ticket YETI"
the barber asked.
NO; not yet" said the other.
Then, sir, you'll have to stand"
Dear me-" Mr.. Clemens ex-
claimed. 1t seems as II | always
have to stand when / hear that man
Twain lecture. Buffalo Enquirer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
NOT EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND
The Intended Surprise Became \
Matter OF Fact Event.

ywo little girls In one OF the
suburbs of Boston, whose ages are re-
81 actiyeh. 4 aud s. are deYont and
Interested attendants AT the Episco-
pu, church Their maternal grand
mother resides In Boston and comes
OF old Unitarian stock. The children
wee visiting the srandmother one
Ssaday aud II CHANGED that the
sI,ae day the rector OF their oGn
,charch preached ct Emanuel Church
In Boston. So the grandmother,
thshking to give them pleasant SUR
p.ise, took them to the service, but.
contrary TO her expectations. they
Expressed no surprise whatever.
no you know the minister she
asked
Eyes, he is cur minister, :"
But why is he here
"why he is our minister
'Do you think he came here be-
cause you were to be here?'
why, OF course; he Is our min
later.
But" pursued the grandmother.
Il don't think quite understand.
No, answered the little s year
old, of course, you don't. grand
ma, but then with q plying sigh J
you're Unitarian. Boston Her
aid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20


maintain tlmno
The Cairo charge minimum
where meter
, ntainea
OF prem
The Cairo Water Company -
shall not
sprnklng rsed for fire protection only
deliver TO
tie The Water
within five tj days
after same 5
Passed by CITY nuncs us lith day
f A d
Approved ~ MAYOR ii 18Th Of neeab A. p
80 GEORGE
Mayor q City of Cairo HiSoS.
iOBT HATCHER. of the City OF Cairo Illinois
Published in The afro 30,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
As the Roy Understood II.

During the taking OF religious
census OF the District OF Columns
the past winter" relates a Repre-
sentative from Tennessee, "a couple
OF young ladies who were engaged
in the work stopped at my home on
Capitol Hin, and when the bell rang
1t Was answered by the negro boy |
brought from Tennessee with me.
The ladies' asked HIM
VIII you please tell me who
lives here7'
'Yessum; Mistah Johnslng,
Was the answer
is he Christian
No, ma'am. He's er Congress-
man from Tennessee
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
HOBBIES ESSAY ON POLICEMEN.
Noble Heroes Ever Striving 10 Have
the Law Respected.


When | git big think | Will be
policeman, all you have to do If you
are policeman ~ to stand on the
corner or else help pritty CURL
across the street, then when II Is
mite yoa walk along and try all the
doars on your beet, and II burglar
shoots you in the head when you are
trying the door the paper wiz print
your picture and say A nob!<Rsaero
who died doing his duty.
Sumtimes you git a chance IA ar
rest a man that has Jag. an63 he
has any mummy maybe he will give
YOU a Mise tip for taking cair OF him,
but OF course you can't keep the tip,
you give II back and say No, | am
merely doing my duty.
When thare Ia great crime and
everybody wants to find out about 1t
thay look in the paper and see what
the police are doing. The police
deant always find the man, but thay
offer big prize and sum other peo-
pie find the man. and then every
one says its pretty hard to foot the
police
The first policeman vas Cain. he
took his club & told Abel to move
on, and Abel said When get raddy.
g. Cain cracked his skull and said
The Law must BE respected. then
Adam came and said WHARF Is Abel,
and Cain said ! doant know, and
when he lied the Lord took away his
star & told him to move on himself,
and Cain kept moving on TIL he
died. Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20


For gallons monthly 1000 gallons ~
From noul, 1000 gallons ~
monthly 1000 gallons IL
railroads. aundres packing houses
Tor alln su1fa making purposes:
gallons monthly 1000
mopthb, lGVe gallons "s
TO monthly gallons oa
gallons monthly lto0 gallons W
From TO menihly o gallons @
mGnthly leo gallons ~
GLASS |
o QUANTITY AVERAGED
Ia the charge
therefor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
Meeting His Enemies.

The other morning little Bobby
awoke and told about his wonderful
dream.
II dreamt | went to paradise" re-
lated Bobby.
And who were there?" asked his
mother.
"All the good people. Then |
drealnt | went to the other place"
And who was there, Bobby"
Nobody but truant officers and
dogcatchers. Chicago News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
Not d Masterpiece.

A Scotch laboring man who had
married rich widow exceptional for
her plainness was accosted by his
employer. We'll, Thomas" he said,
II hear you are married What sort
Of wife have you got?"
'Weel, sir" was the response,
shes the Lords handiwork, but |
Gamma say she's His masterpiece -
Harper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
All Invited.

Not long ago, one Sunday morn
ing, minister forgot to give the
usual announcement OF social events
for the week He had uttered some
words OF his final blessing, when a
deacon. In whisper, invited his at
tention TO the omission. Whereupon
the clergyman ceased praying and
said:
Brethren, | omitted to inform you
that an oyster supper will be served
at Brother Mullins house next FRI
day evening, the goth instant. All
are invited to come, bringing their
own bowls and spoons. Then, con
tinning his invocation, quite uncon-
scious of the humor of the situation,
the worthy man added
And may the Lord have mercy
on your souls! Amen. - Harper's
Weekly.
Standing Room Only. n
Mark Twain, In his lecturing da.s.
raachs4i ~ ~. tpwp one
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20

tOBr A. HATCHER Clerk of the City Of Cairo, Illinois
p bli.hcl in The Cairo Bulletin December 20, 1909
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
Her Calls.
{ CHANGED Dame Opportu nity

Her Calls.
II CHANGED Dame Opportunity
Set forth one day to call,
And 70 lordly millionaire
She HE'D her FIRST OF all,
A powdered fnnAy served the door
And asked her for her card
''No time for fuss" the Dame re-
piled.
And left the noble guard
she stopped before farmhouse
next,
Whose latch was hanging free,
She pulled the string---wide few tho
door,
And there she stayed for tea.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
CT ASS X
STABLES
CLASS xl
SALOONS

The general Of u I'M
pnbte places
saloons, he charged
dwelling that IS sach portions occupied DWELLINGS and
excluded poriseueus
III.
STORES, WORK SHOPS AND BLACKSMITH SHOPS
II shops
including
included above shall charged
rstea Is boarding and lodging
with shops be
dwelling
excluded pronseuous
CLASS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-10
CHINA 70 OFFER REWARD.

Government Takes Unprecedented Step
In Pursuit Of Elsie slsePs Murderer.
The Chinese government has taken
an unprecedented step in it's efforts to
assist the American authorities to APP
prehend Leon, the Chinaman wanted
for the murder Of Elsie Sigel IN New
York. It was learned at the Chinese
legation in Washington the other day
that, following the circular letter Is
sued by the minister, Gu Shout Chun,
the charge danairess had been adj
vised' by the government at Picking
that it purposed itself to offer a re-
ward for the. arrest and conviction. Of
Leon.
The Pekin government has also for
warded dispatch to Mr.. WI INSTRUCT
ing him to communicate with all Chi
nese consuls, the. principal Chinese
merchants and the leaders Of the sew
eral tongs, requesting them to caIl to-
gether all Chinese IN their respective
neighborhoods and address them in
the name Of the imperial government,
saying that China is shamedtand dis
graced by the crime Of Leon and that
all Cinnamon who have the good mama
Of China at heart will assist In bring
ing the murderer to justice; also that
in the future Chinese must not band
together to defeat justice or to protect
Cinnamon who violate the laws of tha
United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-10

is true of the sheriff; much as he may
fear the innovations of the new law
and much as he may think of the ad-
vice freely given to him by the attor-
neys representing the saloons, there is
no alternative left to him. He must
obey the law and do as the county at
torney directs.
So it Is that under the same statutes
and in the hands of officers with ex-
act1y the same duty and authority we
have law violators at Davenport giving
or Withholding their consent to a coun-
ty attorneys doing his statutory duty
while in Marshalltown the same kind
of violators are scurrying for cover
while the law merely takes its course.
1t is local option.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-10
HOR0scOPIcAL LAW.

Henry Vollmer, county attorney for
Scott county, has been shown that
there are saloons In Davenport which
are violating the law, but Henry is
. German living among German neigh
bors who persist in clinging to racial
ideas as to the enforcement of liquor
laws 50, instead of prosecuting viola
tors Of the law, Henry calls the sa-
3oonists together where he can consult
and inquire whether they would wish
20 have him prosecute them or whether
they woud prefer that he should lie
down and let the anti-saloon league do
Ine county attorneys duty.
Without the local color or the racial
viewpoint this may seem very ridi-
culous course for a county attorney to
pursue and outside of Scott county the
average mind would Immediately ask
Henry whether he had thought of the
duty placed upon~the attorney generals
office to act as county attorney and
the duty of the district judge to de-
clare the office vacant when not filled
in fact by a prosecutor who will pro-
secute. In the state of Davenport the
duty of the district judge may not be
so dangerous as it would seem owing
to local color and racial viewpoint but
in the state OF Iowa this would not
apply to the attorney generals Office.
Here in Marshalltown the local color
is different and likewise the racial
viewpoint The county attorney is left
no alternative but to read the statutes
as written dn the English language and
to prosecute law violators or suffer re-
moval from office And in the prose-
cution he fully expects assistance from
the attorney generals office. The same
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-10
ls Mother Worth It?

A big banker of New York-his name
is Vanderlip-1earned late on Saturday
that his mother was dying in Chicago.
She was a woman Of more than so
years.
This banker ordered special train,
and in fifteen hours and twenty min
utes after he left New York he was in
Chicago, more than 900 miles away
His train ran so fast guarded by over
5000 trained employees along the right
Of way, that one stretch Of 1873 miles
was made in 1853 minutes
Thus he came to pay his last trib-
ute to the woman who had given him
life, and whose cheer and counsel dur
ing all his days had built for charac-
ter. What the train cost this man,
or why he was able to pay for it, are
small Questions alongside of the fact
that he loved his mother we'll enough
to do it.
Is a mother worth It?
Is mother worth a flight over half
a continent, a flight which practically
suspended the routine operations of a
great railway system for nearly half
day?
Let the boy who reads this and
knows the mother Of his own heart an
swer the questions. He can not at this
moment hire special train in trib-
ute to her. but she Is alive and work.
ing by his side. She breathes and
lives not alone for herself, but for all
he is and all she hopes he will become.
Is she worth little attentions that
often work more good than great deeds?
Is she worth the kiss she didn't ex-
pect? Is she worth the flower thought
fully brought home to pin upon her
breast?
Is she worth the taking little steps
for. slipping in ahead of her to help
out in what she not only has to do, but
must do?
The answers you give to these ques-
tons, answers which perhaps only
your own heart will hear, tell how
much, in your judgment, your mother
is worth to you.
Never be cheap when you judge
worth!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-10
WHlsI AS An ANILDoIE.


A certain number of excellent per-
sons play whist under the misguided
impression that it is worth while Some
profess to obtain much delight and
keen enjoyment thus. Some complicate
the game with set of duplicate boards
and decks and actually seem TO find
pleasure in the process. But then a
considerable number of excellent peo-
pie find happiness in ring puzzles and
the piecing together of bits of paste
board which may at the cost of in
finite pains be arranged into a regular
design. There is no accounting for
tastes, as note the man who kissed the
Moines to discover and employ whist
is an anditode against opium pos-
oning.
According to the press story the wife
Of :. Des Moines attorney attempted
suicide by drinking laudanum. Putting
on one side the rude remedial processes
Of Negotiation and the like her husband
reached for a new deck and invited the
would-be suicide to cut into a game of
whist. She cut The marvelously ex-
citing nature of the game took hold
upon her. Excitement ran high. Sleep
fed. The baffled narcotic never touch
ed her. Hour after hour she made her
long suit good. until the rescue party
sat back as she took the last trick Of
slam and whispered Saved! Saved,"
Some doubling persons who have at
tempted to play whist and found it
more conducive to slumber and ennuye
than to wakefulness may deny and
doubt. However if what is one mans
meat Is another mans poison surely
what puts one TO sleep may keep an
other awake. Observers have often OBJ
served much excitement at the whist
table upon occasion. Perhaps in this
pathological and therapeutic session
persisted in srumping her ace refused
TO play third hand high and return a
lead If so there might be excitement
plenty with the bare possibility of vio-
lent physical exercise. We have all
seen exciting episodes at the card table
even in progressive eucher and Five
Hundred when a poor partner stayed
Mrs. Blanks triumphal march toward
the principal prize.
1t is barely possible that any game
would have done as we'll as whist THE
lady may belong in that excitable class
Of women who offer resentment when
their opponent gets two for one" at
checkers. Such women exist tho Of
course they are rare If so, then any
old game would do wherein she was
opposed by her husband or any other
70 whom she could conscientously ex-
press her conviction of the meanness
that would take advantage of the
mornentary alteration which resulted
In wrong move or a bad lead.
OF course the suggestion will receive
no consideration but how would it do
70 serve laudanum at a. progressive
card fight?