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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

ceedingly scarce. 1t may seem little
strange to learn that most of the tools
used in burglaries are made by mechan-
les who are looked upon as respectable
men in the community. When a burg
lar wants any particular tool made he
goes to a mechanic who can do the job,
and pays him perhaps five times what it
is actually worth for making the tool
and keeping quiet about it. Many detec-
tives can recall cases of this kind that
have come to light in London.
One in particular occurred some years
ago when an escaped convict named
Williams went to blacksmith in the
Cast End and got him to make lot of
1rills to be used in safe cracking. He
personally superintendent the tempering
f the steel, and when the job was near
completed it leaked out, and Williams
vas arrested. In this instance the black
ninth knew nothing of the use to which
he tools were to be put. Most of the
ools used by burglars are secured in the
anne way.
The only regular establishment ever
discovered where they were made was in
he East End. This was years ago. and
he place was soon pounced upon-Mon-
real Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

The Misses Ruth Nellie and Sadie
Grant of Closson street. Randolph
very pleasantly entertained the mem
bers and their friends of Gardiner
Grange. No. 451, p. of III. Friday even
ing with a lawn party. To say that
the affair was a good one would De
putting it only mildly for It was a
great success. Nearly 100 of the menu
bers and their friends were present
and the time passed quickly in listen
ing to the informal program which
was given and in playing the various
outdoor games. Refreshments consist
ing of ice cream. cake, confectionery
and punch were served and everyone
left feeling happy and contented. In
charge of the event last evening were
Miss Ruth Grant, who acted as chair
man: Mrs. Edith Genthner and Mr..
Greenleaf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
Perfect System on a Steamship

AT no time is the perfect organiza-
ton aboard ship SO well illustrated as
in the time of an emergency. The
slightest scent of danger in the wind
must find every man ready. And every
man is ready. Every man has a num-
bcr. Every man has a station. A bell
tap may send your dining room stew
ard off at a run just when he is serv-
ing your soup. At the bell tap he is
no longer your steward. He is mo.
rs" in the ships emergency organiza-
ton, and when he gets to his station
he finds Numbers 81, IS. 236, III, 24s
and some others there to act with him
like u machine. Aboard big ship
there are sometimes as many as sixty
stations about the vessel, and at the
sound of an alarm bell thirty seconds
have rot elapsed before every man has
respc ndcd to his number at his station
and is ready to act. to fightA fire, to
man the life boats, or what not.
Up i'm the wheelhouse is further ex-
qualification of what system will do.
Within reach of the officers are a doz-
en- contrivances of machinery that
connect with every part of the ship.
a touch of one lever closes a bulk
head in this or that compartment of
the hold a touch of another mans all
emergency stations, lever here mans
life-b boat so-and-so, and a lever there
mans any one or all. Here is a tele-
phora. it's wires extending to every
part of the ship. and an ca:cers's voice
carried to a distant station in the
bowels of the ship is so magnified by
mechanical means that it can be heard
twenty feet from the receiver, and
fairly bellows it's orders.
A sailor or steward never knows at
what minute. day or night he may be
called to his station. A. tn" "o"nd IF
the signal bell he must be at hts post.
There rs q tr''i NJ an, l.,-
aboard ship, but the men never know
whether they are running to i-al
fire, or only a drill Boats are un-
covered, falls overhauled davits swung
out. Every boat must have it's COM
pass, night signals. fresh water, and
provisions ready for immediate action.
From the chart room, the captain can
start squad in the most remote part
of the ship. simply by pressing but
ton. and the flashing of tiny electric
lights faithfully record how every de-
tail of the drill is being carried out.
A chart gives the location of all bulk
heads. and tiny light sparkles when
this or that watertight compartment
IS closed IN Ease of collision every
buikhead below the water line is closed
by a turn OF a lever in the wheelhouse.
making the modern ship practically
unsinka Book * eeper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
The First Ocean Steamship.

1t has been generally supposed that
the steamship to cross the Atlantic was
the Savannah. in the year 1918, on a
voyage from Savannah to Liverpool,
which occupied period of twenty five
days. AS matter of fact, however.
the Savannah was a full-rigged packet
ship to which had been added a small
One-cylinder am-engine turning two
paddle wheels which were set in mo-
ton in smooth water when the
wind fails. For two-thirds OF
the way across the Savannah
depended solely upon her sails;
and. as shown by Mr. Lawrence Irwell,
in his "Bricf History of Ocean Steam
Ships" published in the Marine Re-
view and Marine Record in 1902, the
log of this supposed steamship is full
OF sllch entries as: "At S A. NJ. tackled
to westward. got steam up and it came
to blow fresh;' stopped wheels to
clean clinknr: out of the furnace"
started wheels. and similar express
sions. which Showed that the Savannah
was. not a steamship in the sense in
which We employ that term, but a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
Confederate Naval Heroes.

Judge A. 0. Wright, of Jacksonville,
Fla, delivered in Charleston the other
day an Illustrated lecture OH the Con-
federete navy which was of absorbing
interest 1t was the lecturers opinion
that history has made too little of the
heroic achievements of the sea fighters
of the COnfederacy, who were at the
start without any proper ships and
without facilities for building them or
attaining supplies and equipment. OPP
posed to them was the largest and most
powerful navy in the world. To show
the difference between the two bran
ches of the Confederate service, as they
are treated in history, Judge Wright
compared the written record of Cen
eral Robert E. Lee with that of his
brother. Sidney Smith Lee. The latter
is scarcely known in history, although
Judge Wright declared his career prior
to the outbreak of the war was as bril-
liant as that of his more distinguished
brother, and that he made a fine rec
ord in the Confederate navy. Without
any proper appliances for building
snias, the COnfederacy constructed and
commissioned the first irOnclad that
ever engaged in sea fight. The Con-
federate navy also has the honor of
having invented and first used the sub
marine torpedo. 1t was the first navy
to sink a hostile ship with a submar-
inc. That was the United States
SloOp OF war Housantonic, which was
sunk off Charleston by the submarine
II. l.. Henley, under command of Lieu
tenant George F.. Dixon. This brave
officer and his crew went willingly and
Cheerfully to certain death and per-
lshed with their victim. This was one
of the most heroic achievements recor-
ded in naval history Judge Wright
discussed the battle between the Vir-
ginia ana the Mentor. The full truth
has never been told of this battle, he
said. He regarded the first days fight
ing as decidedly the more brilliant of
the two. The lecturer gave descriptions
OF the voyages of the Alabama, the
Tallahassee and CT Lieutenant Reads
exploits on the coast of Maine The
most remarkable of the cruises was
perhaps that of the Shenandoah. which
was burning ships three months after
the close of the war. She sailed IS, OOG
miles in thirteen months, being contin-
uously out of sight Of land for four
months. and sailing for eight months
without dropping anchor. After cap
turing thirty-six prizes Captain Wad-
dell learned on August 2. 1865. that the
war was over. He then sailed to Eng
land and surrendered his ship. Later
on Captain Waddell came to Maryland
and became a citizen of Annapolis -
Baltimore Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
HOW TO GROW FAT
A Lazy Stomach the Cause Of Thin
ness, Nine Times in Ten.

If you are thin or lean. have
scrawney arms and neck. you cant
grow fat unless your food properly
digests.s -,
People take on flesh In proportion to
the nutritious matter which the organs
Of digestion absorb and pass Into the
blood
Just as long as the nutritious matter
passes along without being absorbed.
just so long will you remain thin.
Perhaps your stomach. bowels and
liver need a tonic. If your digestion is
not perfect, Mi-o-na tablets will put it
right at once.
Mi-O-na will cure indigestion an!
every conceivable ailment of the stom-
ach promptly. 1t cures by building
and toning up and not by encouraging
q tired stomach to continue it's shift
hess and health destroying habits. 1t
promptly drives away sour stomach.
belching of gas. heaviness after eating
Bowditch, Webster & Co. sell
Mi-o-na for SO cents large box, and
guarantee it to cure indigestion, sea
and !, car sickness, vomiting of
pregnancy and all stomach diseases
and distress. or money back.
Mi-o,pa is sold by. leading druggists
Sold and guaranteed In. Waterville
by Dorr. Drug Store, and sin Gardiner
by jackson Bros.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
Rapid Composing.
Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote the over
ture to 1.-The Yeom"n of the Guard in
twelve hours, and that to 'Iolanthc'
in less space of time urom T. M. to
z A. NJ But even this capacity for
speed in composition is eclipsed by M.
Bompard, who, for a wager, has COM
posed the music to a song in ten
minutes. Mr. N. Trotere, however, is
the composer of whom most quick
time anecdotes are told. His beauti-
full song, "Asthore," was both written
and composed in forty minutes, in
Blanchard's restaurant. The melody
of I'm Old Madrid" was the result of
sudden inspiration. 1t came to the
composer while on his way home from
the Aquarium. Lest it should escape
him, he rushed into small public
house in Rochester Row, seized bis
cult bag and on it jotted down the
air But Mr.. Trotere holds the
championship. 1t is said that he
actually composed THE Brow of the
HILL" wrote a letter, and ran four
hundred yards to post it, in eight
minutes.-Dundee Advertiser
Use of the Telephone in Austria.
Telephone calls in Austria fell off in
1908 some 3O.OoO,00o below the figures
Of the preceding year. The postoffice
officials are quite unable to account
for such a decrease in the number ut
conversations over the telephone-the
more so as the service is taxed to the
utmost and new cables are being lail
all the time.
No doubt some part of the decrease
was due to the fact that in connection
with the Introduction of higher scale
for the telephone subscribers calls
were being counted in order to decide
into which class thy were to be put
OF the 154.00O.O00 calls in all
Austria, S7,OOO,000 were in lower
Austria, which includes Vienna
Dalmatia came at the bottom of the
list with $4,000 calls. The Vienna
telephone service is by no means bad.
the proportion of wrong connections
made being below 2 per cent.-a very
fair observation-disclosures Corresp Pail
Mall Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
To Scientific instruments
J At Colorado College.
Carelaker Fires Stellar Oh
sefvatory and Shoots Sell.
Dependency Said 10 Have Caused
The Desperate Act.

Colorado Springs, Col, July 5.-Lew
H. Warmer, caretaker of the stellar
observatory for Prof. Frank H. Loud
Of Colorado Springs, committed sui
eide early today by shooting himself,
after having first soaked the floors of
the observatory with coal oil and fired
it in three places.
Prof. Loud was awakened and was
making vain attempt to extinguish
the flames when he heard the shot
which ended the caretaker's life. De-
spOndency is said to have caused War
liner's act.
An examination of the burned struc-
ture shows that great damage was
done the scientific instruments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

Coleman X. Sober, of Irish Valley,
Northumberland county, has purchased
165 acres of timber land in Columbia
county, upon which to plant another
chestnut orchard. 1t is his intention
to take off what timber is marketable
and then to clear the plot of all under
brush and rotten limbs. etc. After this
is done he will commence the systemat-
ic planting of his Paragon chestnut
trees, with which he has won fame
and fortune 1t is his intention to
make the Columbia county chestnut
farm the equal of his Northumberland
county property. from which he har-
vested 1000 bushels of chestnuts last
year. which he sold at SO bushel-
Philadelphia Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

ment and recreation also to be provided
every day in enormous measure. 1t is
provided imperfectly but better than
most of us think The great provision
is social Man, including woman, is
the most interesting thing in the uni
Verse. and the provision of man in New
York is exceedingly liberal. There are
people in abundance to talk to, to sit
with, to talk about, and to watch. and
where there is the least recreation
there is apt to be the most human So
ciety. If there are lonely children in
New York, the place to look for them
is within block or two of Fifth ave-
nue., and not in the swarming streets
that run east from the Bowery. The
ability of the city children to play and
I've happy under unpromising conditions
is daily wonder. If there is a chance.
they find it. and il there is none. they
make one. When the hand-organ plays
they dance; when the weather. is good
they rlay (out of school hours) in the
streets they live in. or in any public
Fairgrounds or parks they can reach.
When the weather is bad they suffer.
hut still they play. When they have
nothing else to play with they still have
one another. and however little they
have. it means life to them, and they
usually have the advantage of never
having had any more.
It is pretty hard to make New York
a city fit for children to live in. but
many people give themselves to that
work, and accomplish much, and aspire
to accomplish much more. That the
death rate is low there means great
dc al, and the growth of suburban life
due to new bridges. tunnels, and sub
ways means great deal also. Cities
ought to he planned for children, and
so laid out and built up that the first
stages of life may he prosperously
passed in them, and where there are
the mcst children the streets should be
,lcanest and parks most numerous, and
the houses most earthly contrived. But
actually cities are built mainly for
trade, with the prosperity OF human life
in them for an aftcrthOught. and chill
dren intrude on them ard get what
they can, and are provided for by such
adoption of preliminary plans, or the
lack Of them. as can he afforded after
the cost of many less important things
is Acknowledgements Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
EIIis-Walke

The marriage of Edwin Wood Ellis
and Clara Ellen Walker. both of Gardi-
ner was solemnized in Augusta Satur-
day forenoon at $50 o'clock by Rev. l..
w. Coons, pastor of the Universalist
church. Immediately after the ccre-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis left on "A
wedding trip of a weeks duration. tn.
objective point OF which their friends
do not know. Mr.. Ellis came to
Gardiner about four years ago from
Athol, Mass. He is a member of tho
firm of James Walker e. Son Co, as
is also Mrs. Ellis. Mrs. Ellis is the
daughter of the late Capt. James
Walker who was one of Gardeners
most prominent business men. Upon
their return, the newly welded couple
will reside at No. / Pleasant street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

Under the patronage of<the Emperor
there will shortly be opened in Vienna
an imposing block of buildings form
ing kind of composite peoples work
shops and model dwellings The OBJ
ject of the undertaking is to help the
large number of artisans working at
home by providing them with we'll
equipped workshops, instead of the
meager and unhealthy quarters of
their own homes. The new building
mas cost more than 100000, and COM
nrises about $50 workshops. large and
small. and 120 apartments The work :
@'>H-r 90 ""''rncd with every apo'i-
ance needed for home-working trades.
and special attention has been paid to
sanitary requirements. The rents are
fixed as low as possible
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
BurqIars' Tools.

Every little while, said London detec-
tive recently. the police arrest a man
With a set of burglars tools in his pos
session, and one naturally wonders where
they all come from. 1t is easy to buy a
gun of any description. and the most re-
pntable person would not be ashamed to
be seen purchasing the most wicked LOOK
ing knife ever made but who would
know where to get jimmy or device
for drilling into safe or a-y Of the
mary tools used by the professional burg
lar in the pursuit of his calling?
There probably are places in the large
cities where these things are made and
sold to the user. but such places are ex-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
FOOT M EN-.
Originally They Were What Their
Name implied-Some Lost CaIlings.

AS time progresses it is curious to
note now many callings fall out, while
others not known to the older genera
tions spring into being. The water
carriers. the chair men. the lampligh-
ters with their ladders, the ballad sell
lers and the foOtmen, in the original
Specification of the term, have all dis
appeared. OF are rapidly doing so, while
chauffeurs. electricians, aeronauts and
lady guides Are present in their places.
or.ffiling gaps which are outcome of
motaeri Inventions. says The London
,G!nfc." s.
: of t." lost callin"s traces still re-
main Of that oes tEa foat'uSn. or as
they were o,isina,s called, .sthe run
ming Gpot;pen." * sthe gorseoNsly clad.
lacteys who are sWeasion-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

There is to be benefit performance
under the auspices of Pell Clascn
Camp, Sons of Veterans at the john
son Opera House on Tuesday after
noon and evening, July 6, Manager
Sivovlos has been very kind to give
the boys a benefit and they are very
DESTROYS of having large ATTENDANCE.
1t is hoped that every son of a veteran
and their friends will do all they can
to make the benefit a financial sue
|ceSS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
The Amusements Of a Great CITY.

1T is immensely important. this mat
ter Of the amusements of great city =;
important to health, sanity energy. or
der; tn everything that makes for eff
ciencv and happiness. and. you might
even say. for salvation. Here is huge
working population, that gets tired ev-
cry night, and needs to have it's
strength renewed by early morning.
Food and sleep are the necessaries that
are vital to that restoration. but they
are not enough There is entertain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
Slecptessness,

You can't sleep i'm the calmest and
stillest night. if your stomach is weak,
circulation poor. and digestion bad.
Hoods Sarsaparilla strengthens the
stomach, improves the circulation.
perfects digestion, and brings about
that condition in which sleep is reeu-
lar and refreshing.
1t does not do this in day. but it
does it-has done it in thousands OF
cases
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Cobb of South
Boston who have been visiting Mrs.
Cobb's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. VI.
Eldridge Of Washington Avenue, re-
turned home, Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

The Canadian government is offering
free passage to commercial travellers who
are intent on furthering Canadian export
trade to South Africa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
GARDINER.

Miss Ethel Berry of this city Is in
Lisbon Falls to spend the holidays
with friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
Peptiron Pills ! /: r.; !: !:

mote sweet, restful, natural sleep They are
chocolatecoated. acceptable to the stomach and
easily assimilated and the best medicine for
anemic, pale nervous and dyspeptic men. women
and children and all sufferers from the effects Of
the strenuous life Of today. Price SOC. or 81, Of
druggists or hy mail. c. l. Hood Co.. Lowell Mass.
10 Mnsle by Hood It's Good.
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-29

A lot of Webster's School Dictior. aries just received at the Newsstand
 NIT. $. P. Mcdaniel spent the latter part Of last week at the Crescent Club
 Miss Georgia Fps, of Madison. was d charming visitor in the city Sat urday
 The Forrest City Gin Company is still selling coal as usual James Wolfe.
 W. L. Barker Of The Times force spent Sunday with home folks in Memphis.
 Judge <. H. Mann was i'm Memphis Tuesday and in Marianna Wednesday on business.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wydick visited Memphis yesterday shopping and sight seeing.
 Sugar cured corned beef and pickled ket. Try it. Cheap Lumber at F.. Moore's Mill | five and one-half miles southwest of Forrest City.
 Just received, a carload of Washing ton red cedar shingles. Grobmyer Lumber Company.
 If you have real estate for sale and the price is right we have a buyer. Taylor, Knight & Go.
 Quite delegation of farmers were in town Monday in attendance on the Farmers Union meeting.
 See Weier for all kinds of concrete work, grate and tile setting. All work done on short notice.
 We understand that Sam and Mike l Malouf, formerly of this city, haN e opened saloon at Raggio. l Valentines to lit every occupation, ca ling or vocation-we've got 'em. Come and see. Newsstand.
 A lot of new goods books, blank l books, desk and office furnishings. etc, just received at the Newsstand.
 The lid will be on Sunday, and the 1 Law and Order League will roost on the upper side and hold it down.
 The Ophelousian Circle will meet with Mrs. T w. Barrow, the evening of the first Thursday in February.
 There is more building and repair i ing going on in St. Francis county at present than there has been for years
 We have received at the Newsstand | his Wppk larUa and varied ment of Valentines. Come and see
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-29

Valentines at Newsstand,
 Please pay your subscription
 Fleischman's Yeast at Evans. Lots of Valentines at Newsstand. All kinds of Valentines at Newsstand Oranges 30c per dozen, at Evans Grocery.
 Valentines for everybody at the Newsstand.
 Lots of new marbles just received at Newsstand. Pure home-rendered lard at O'Briens Meat Market
 MT. w. A. Washington, of Colt, was Tn town yesterday.
 Valentines to suit every taste and purse. Newsstand.
 Valentines, from penny apiece up to $500. Newsstand.
 Pure, home-grated horse radish at O'Brien's Meat Market.
 Hon. O. B. Rollwage was in Madi- son Wednesday on business.
 Ring up No. 2ll and try load of that genuine Big Muddy Coal
 Mrs. Harry Knight went to Hot Springs yesterday on business.
 Comic Valentines that will make you laugh. At the Newsstand.
 The "booze" train is cfowded on saturdays with passengers, etc.
 MT. 4. Becker went to Nashville ol business the first of the week. Mrs. James Wallace, Of Democrat, was in town yesterday on business.
 Garden blowing promply done. Phone James Frank. Just received, a carload of Washing ton Red Cedar Shingles. Grobmyer Lumber Company.