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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Little Of Everything.
The WhistIing Boy.

Is there sound in the world so sweet
on dark and dreary morn.
When the gloom without meets the gloom
within till we wish we'd not been
born,
AS the sound of a little barefooted boy
whistlng in the rain,
While he drives the cows to pastures
green down the path in the muddy
lane?
The joy of boy is funny thing, not
dampened by autumn rain:
His clothes and his hands and his sturdy
feet are not spoiled by CRIME or stain
The world to him is wonderful place
that he means some day to explore
If there's time to play and plenty to eat
who cares if the heavens pour?
Oh, that CHEEKY trill of a heart as fresh
as the drops that clear the air,
Brings a smile to our lips. and clears the
soul of the gloom that brooded there
And we bless the boy as he spats along
through rivers of rain and mud,
For the hope and cheer in that whistled
note would rainbow the sky in a flood.
Celia s. Berkst re Sser.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Puny and Petty Opposition.

Gewistor Correspondent of Bangor
Commercially
Republicans here are much amused
at the attacks which are being made
upon Senator Hale. These attacks are
not doing Senator Hale any damage.
Here, as elsewhere in the State, the
members of the Republican party are
of the belief that he has been one of
the ablest men who has ever represent
ed the State, and the plan to put new
man in his place at the end of his pres
ert term in the Senate does not meet
with favor. Few states have such able
and influential men in the upper
branch of Congress as has Maine, and
the people will not hasten to make a
change. Senator Hale has great
many friends in the Democratic party
of the state He has evidently gone on
the theory that lie is the servant of all
the people, and requests for aid have
always been responded to on his part,
and he has not stopped to ascertain
whether his fellow citizens belonged to
the Republican or the Democratic Or
ganiZatiOnS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
The EXCHANGE Habit,

The man whose wife invariably buys a
necktie for him experienced a pleasant
shock Christmas morning. says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer 1t came in the form
of a tie of modest tint and handsome
pattern. 1t was very different from the
tie he had been in the habit of receiving.
The man was greatly pleased, but he
thought it wise to conceal his satisfac-
ton.
He put the tie away in the usual
drawer to await fitting opportunity.
1t came the other evening. He looked
for the neat and modest adornment. 1t
wasn't there.
His wife saw him as he mussed up
things.
Are you hunting for your new tie,
dear?" she said.
Yes he abruptly answered.
She laughed.
Il knew it didn't please you, DEAR
she said, land SO / exchanged it for this 2"
And she triumphantly held aloft a pale
yellow monstrosity with red spots!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Call for Maine Teachers.
portland EXPRESS

(POTt1dIu EIAplCSo.J
1t must be little discouraging TO
State Superintendent Of Schools Pay
son Smith, laboring as he is, in season
ana out Of season, for the educational
upiift of the State, to lose from the
very front line Of his fighting force
such IL man as John NJ. Nichols, for
merly of the Deering High school, now
transferred to the Roxbury Latin
school. While congratulations are que
Mr. Nichols, who goes to one OF the
most famed fitting schools in America,
the loss to Maine is none the less Keen
and to be regretted. Maine has been
losing her prestige in the educatlonal
world. The selection of Mr.. Smith as
state Superintendent was the first ef-
fort to put stop to the downward
tendency OF things educational. School
officials ought to be ready to uphold
the hands of the superintendent, and
give TO him the very best for a teach
inc force that can be secured. if the
State is to be righted in this particu-
lar, take place commensurate WIFI
the class of material at it's hand, and
tie kind of scholarship it might turn
out. a kind which it has turned out.
Every time a man of Mr.. Nichols
character and attachments is lost to
tbs State a; new difficulty arises in fill
ling his place, and ii it be done, SO far
as the particular school in which he
was engaged is concerned, the fact re-
mains that the teaching force has met
with an irreparable loss in that the
new man who will take his place
might have gone elsewhere to have
strengthened the line in some needed
SPOT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
The Cowboy Serenader.

There amt no encores when / sing,
And there amt no ladies fair;
There amt no light guitars to ring,
And no ones nigh to care;
I've got one song-'twould make YOU
creep
It's all / ever knowed:
But the cattle alus go to sleep
When they've been Ola Black Joed.
These here Eyetalians, so they say,
Has voices made OF gold:
I'll meet 'em even, night or day,
A-makin' cattle hold;
Cause opery music don't fit steers
Caruso's voice be bowed
There's nothin' quiets cattle's fears
Like bein' Old Black Joed.
One night our foreman he gifts gay
And takes me off the herd,
And let's a new hand try my lay
He sung just like a bird
AT II o'clock a steer srunts 'Woof!"
And how that stampede growed!
I'll bet they wouldn't stirred hoof
If they'd been Old Black Joed.
Arthur Chapman in the Denver Re.
.,ican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP

A Chicago man says that he has d
the money he ever wants. His place
| in a museum.
| An electric locomotive holds the mi,
record, having covered that distance /
81 seconds.
| A man in Tennessee has Just t4a
I granted a patent on a device whd
| waves Il fan over cradle while su.
one rocks the baby. ss..Mi
| Milbury is pretty proud these day,
Her people are recalling that Bill Ia,
and Tom Shahan used to go swim,my
| together in the town swimming hok
One is soCn to he president, and h
| other rector of the Catholic universe,
| The Glasgow corporation has ID
| forth . scheme to construct canal b.
| tween the Firth and Clyde which vi
| be large enough to allow a battleshl
to pass through it. The canal wous
| cost $S0,00o, 900 and the idea is to giE
| work to the unemployed.
Mrs, j. l.. Parks of Los Angeles, MAJ
iied at 10. has Il living children, Mn
vi " ilNiiI CIV Ns.f MS ioi tiiNiilsNiNfs W
in the world and eight are now at hon
with her. She is now As and has Jus
been investigated by the childrenl
humane society for speaking Grossly e
her brood
Peanuts form one of the largest crp
over large part of the northern prOs
inces of China, and enter rather heaHt
into both the China coast and forelg
trade. They go chiefly to Russian n
citic ports. Siam, Japan and Grsa
Britain. OF the peanut oil the Uniia
States buys $1.002,oO0 worth a year.
a member CT the Aquarium society
Philadelphia, an organization for Ii
breeding of fancy fish, recently receEu
q diploma for q particularly fine gold
fish. The glistening, scaly little thin
weighed less than two ounces, but a
offer of $1G0 was promptly made for i
Fish at nearly $1,000 q pound-think 0
it.
Many musk OK robes are In use il
the province of Ontario for cold wealth
er driving. They are rare and too cost
~ to be common. l know of none be
ing exported from the district to tn
United States. No more luxurious rob
can be had than the musk OK. Its long
woody fur, some of it measuring 4
inches long, dcges the severest cold
Fur News.
In commenting on the briquets mad
in swansea, Consul Jesse H. Johnsa1
says: There are mountains of coal
dust in the anthracite districts y
Pennsylvania, and there is no reas0
why these should not be utilized SufI
an industry would benefit the Ame't
can coal owners and the briquets would
find Il ready sale in the home markeu
and abroad, particularly to countrH|
where favorable freights could be sci
cured"
Rio Janeiro proposes to CONSTRUCTS 1
greatest deck system in South Ameres
If not i'll the whole western hems'|
rnere. The plans call for about "
mics OF docks in addition to the wi
miles already provided for. The lds'|
is that the additional docks shall cohlI
sist at first OF three great piers built "
n distance of Ills feet from each othe'I
Completed, these docks will have j
frontage of $3.50 feet. or about
miles. The additional planned WI
cost about Sl9,000,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Raising the Rates.

President-elect Taft tells a good golfng
story. A political friend of his invented
a plan whereby he kept his eight or nine
year-old son from shocking his mamma
by repeating swear words and slang-a
practice to which he was rather addicted.
Every time the little fellow used Il
naughty word the father gave him five
cents on the promise not to use it again.
The friend had great faith in the power
of his system until one day recently when
he was chatting with half a dozen guests
before dinner.
His home adioins a golf links and little
Willie. who had been out walking near
them with his nurse burst into the draw
ing room, his blue eyes dancing with en-
thusiasm. his pink cheeks bullying in a
triumphant smile.
"Oh. papa. papa!' he cried. I've Just
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Dyer's Valley Grange.

Dyer's Valley Grange of North New
castle met in regular session Feb. 20
y pleasant evening was enjoyed and
the following program given: Music;
reading, Nettie Hodgkins; song, John
Stevens and Charlie Leadbetter; read
ing. by a number of Sisters; harmoni-
ca solo, Arthur McCurdy; song, by the
boys; reading, Brother McCurdy. Sis
ter Gertrude Parsons, now teacher
in the Denmark High school, was pres
ent. All were pleased to see her among
them once more.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Odd Bits Of Fact.

There are 13 tunnels under the Thames
A ton of Dead Sea water will yield 1871
pounds of salt when evaporated.
In London there are about 1900 chart
table agencies, dispensing $50,OO0,000 an
nually.
The cigarette appetite of Corea's 90
000,0 900 natives amounts to $40 900, 900
smokes per day.
The smallest coin in use is coined by
the Portuguese Government 1t is worth
300 of a cent.
Australia covers &c times as much area
as the British Isles. but it's population
is less than that of London.
The electric furnace Is capable of at
tanning a heat of 1900 degrees This is a
temperature that will melt almost every
solid known. In comparison with this
heat a red-hot bar of iron would be
called cold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Started a Run on Roses.

A very shy young man had been call
ing on 1.-The sweetest girl in the world
for many -moorfs. but, being bashful his
suit progressed slowly. Finally she de-
cided it was time to start something. so
the next time he called she pointed to
the rose in the buttonhole of his coat
and said:
I'll give you a kiss for that rose"
A crimson flush spread over his cOun-
tenance, but the exchange was made
after some hesitation on his part. Then
he grabbed his hat and started to leave
the room.
why, where are you going?" she asked
in surprise.
ITO the-er-florist for more roses" he
called back from the front door,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

1t is pointed out that while the
Democratic party in Oregon will gain
a United States Senator through the
election of George E. Chamberlain, ii
will lose a governor. Mr.. Chamberlain s
resignation of the governorship pro-
notes to that office the secretary OF
state, Frank w. Benson, who is a Re-
governor shall be elected and qualify
in January, 1911.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
The Forum of the People.
portland Advertiser.

('0ftlanQ AuNertlSeF.)
This is "town-metin' day. in a ma
iority of the Maine towns and in al
most every townhouse there has been
great outpouring of eloouencc over
the question of roads and bridges,
schools and snow bills. support Of the
poor and money for the fire depart
mant. There has probably been enough
eloquence uncorked today to last even
this talky Maine Legislature of ours
for the rest of it's oratorical existence.
And it might be a good thing if the
law makers could have the benefit of
some of the counsel that has been CIV
en- at some of todays March meetings.
The city-bred, who never attended
towr-meetin', may think it is a some
what rude and clumsy way of conduct
ing municipal affairs, but those who
have seen municipalities managed by
the ordinary ''city government" and
by the "selec'men" who received their
instructions in town-meeting know
that the latter comes pretty near being
the ideal combination of Democratic
and Republican government. The ex-
perinents along the line of the New
port plan" furnish ample evidence that
the town-meeting has elements which
appeal to the students who make mu
nicipal government their hobby. Here
in Maine. where a majority of the cit
liens have lived in the country at
some time in their lives, the excellence
of the town-nieeting system needs no
endorsement from the Newport spec
ialists They know that some of the
larger Maine towns, which have refus-
ed to become toy cities, still have a
form of government which is far more
satisfactory than a piece of civic mach
inery wholly out Of proportion to mu-
nicipal needs. There was a time when
Maine towns were eager to secure city
charters. Today they are not and
Sanford, Brunswick. Rumford Falls
and Bar Harbor are illustrations of
good sized municipalities which fail
to see any good and sufficient reason
ing
The March meeting is a concrete ILL
ustration of that phrase the orators are
so fond of-"the peoples TO-
rum 1t is the day on which
any and every town official may
be put on the grid and ask
ed to explain exactly why he did thus
and so. and there are some ''investi-
gators" in the Maine country towns
who would make Lexow, Hughes and
others look like amateurs. There is
never a dollar voted for anything at a
March meeting which isn't pretty thor
oughly understood by the voters Of the
town and If some appropriation is
through in a way which the
voters don't quite understand the ra-
pidity with which they can call a spec
ial town-meeting to rescind that vote
is an object lesson in direct methods.
1t has the "recall" beaten to FRAGILE
for prompt and efficacious directness.
March meetings are good for
town and they are good for the State
for they are always fully attended and
they give young men an insight into
affairs which is not to be so
easily secured in city where "the
folks" never get together to talk things
oxyar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

maker and had been in several tight
places before, Immediately tried to
force the door and succeeded. he SAID
it might have taken him five minutes
to accomplish his purpose but II
seemed much longer Brackley, when
he reached the open air, was over
come and collapsed and was obliged TO
take the afternoon off. The next
morning he had not fully recovered
from the effects of the gas and the
shock he had received upon finding the
door closed. 1t was an experience
which neither wishes to go through
again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

On top of the victory of Jack John-
son in pugilism and the triumph OF
Longboat in long distance running
comes the election Of a Chinaman to
Phi Beta Kappa, the honorary scholar
ship society, at Cornell. 1t was hlgn
time for the patriotic Jim Jeffries 10
announce his readiness to go back into
the ring again and demonstrate that
81 white man is king of them all"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

The princess of Wales. who give.
many orders to London firms, ha' ~ 4
idiosyncrasy that must be obeyeu. NJ
heartily disapproves Of the nohpos'
tyranny melted out by some dresy I, Y
ers to their customers, and WIZ n
tolerate the placing Of pockets - \.
foot of the skirt among the ru''iss NJ
meath it. For her royal highness ~ ~
cts are always provided in the s.onl
that appears upon the left OF tne i M
breadth Of the skirt. q position, II,
rather arbitrarily dictates silhs, 49,
in skirt trimming, especiaily
muslin frocks are being made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

sale and sweeping charges now made
regarding conditions in these two ter
ritories and especially in New Mexico.
These charges involve about everybody
| in the territory, at least almost every
body connected with it's government,
the courts, the legislature, the land
agents and others, and the charges OF
corruption are supported by evidence
so complete and startling that not a
member of the present committee on
territories. either Republican or Demo-
cratic, raises his voice for the admis-
sion of the territories at this time.
1t seems that the statehood promot-
ers, who came on to Washington to
lobby for the bill, paid their expenses
out OF the funds Of the territory, and
according to theN New York Tribune's
Washington correspondent 1.-The Presi-
dent not only requested the Governor
and his associates to return to New
Mexico but insisted that the territory
be reimbursed for every penny spent
on the trip" 1t is charged that the
gang is pecuniarily interested in hay
ing the territory made into state,
that certain Of their speculative
schemes depend upon It and they
would enrich themselves thereby.
There are certain securities of New
Mexican enterprises on which Penn
sylvania bank made loans and which
would become of substantial value if
the territory became a state, but
which are practically worthless so
long as the territorial government
continues. There is land ring, too.
Indictments have been secured by the
department of justice on charges of
looting the public lands Members Of
he gang are indicted, and there is
a question whether the passage of the
statehood bill would not have the eff
feet of annulling the indictments
Again it is declared that under the
lttHQ grant provisions OIL lne Dill mill
lions Of acres would be thrown into
the control of the interests that now
run the territory. 1t is reported that
one CT the statements read before the
COMMITTEES was dispatch frc,n OK
Governor Hagerman of New Mexico,
calling the persons in control of the
territory ''freebooters,' declaring that
the gang expects to remain in control
of the state, and saying that 60 per
cent. of the voters are Mexicans and
half of them are ignorant and easily
controlled by the "freebooters.'' All
this makes the statehood outlook eX-
tremely dark for New Mexico. Arizo-
ma is another story, to be sure, with
out any such conditions, but the for
tunes Of the two territories are pretty
We'll tied up together, and there are
small chances that either will be ad-
Ditte,1 SeDarate1y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

There are said to be many actors
out of employment at the present time
the principle reason being that they
do not know how to act. 1t is always
perennial puzzle how some of the
sticks now on the stage have the nerve
to ask good money for their services.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

The Washington Star ventures the
estimate that during the inauguration
week there will be upward of 100000
strangers in Washington in attendance
upon the various ceremonies in that
city. Some of these will come for a
very short time and others perhaps
for a week. That is a pretty big
crowd to be entertained in a city of
not much over 1000 population.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

The featuring of the 'possum in that
Taft banquet has sent the market price
of the marsurial up to $40 apiece and
this sets the Boston Globe man to Won
dcring if the new President could be
coaNed to come to New England and
try a nice, fat, roast woodchuck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

Francis O'Donnell and Norman
Brackley of the boiler department at
Bath Iron Works had quite an excit-
ing experience last Friday noon. They
had been working in the smoke stack
on the steamer Belfast for about two
hours, and when they were ready to
make their exit they found that the
door which was their only means Of
egress had been closed. For two hours
they had been at their work which was
on a staging seventeen feet up in the
stack. There was a banked fire. in one
of the furnaces. which was sending
forth considerable gas, making the air
anything but pleasant. There was no
other way to the open air but through
the door and when they descended and
found it had been closed they were
just a little anxious. O'Donnell. who
has had long experience rs a boiler
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

On its way to the inauguration the
Fifth Massachusetts regiment was
given q great welcome in Baltimore
Monday. 1t was quite a different re-
ception from that of 1861. The Balti-
more oriole is now loyal bird and
has different feelings than of old to-
ward the Bay State Goldfish.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

The human race is divided into two
great groups-those who are in Texas
and those who are crazy to come
Houston Post.
Or. perhaps more properly, those
who are crazy to stay in Texas and
those who would be crazy to go there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Different Cries Hardened Surgeon.

Francis Gallon, who is now Sc years
old, studied surgery in the old days be-
fore chloroform was used, and says of
the Birmingham Hospital: 1.-THE cries of
the poor fellows who were operated on
were very characteristic; in fact. each
class of operation seemed to evoke some
peculiar form of them. All this was ter
rible, but only at first. 1t seemed after
a while as though the cries were some
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
Daily kennebet Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held response
BILE for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
The Territories Must Wait.

First Arizona and New Mexico see
it and Their they do not. Their road to
statehood las been strewn with many
obstacles and plainly there are some
vet left to be surmounted. Their
dream of admission at this session has
now been rudely shattered and another
period of waiting is before them. Pres
iient Roosevelt has at times earnestly
urged the admission of these two ter
ritories and has worked hard to ac-
complish this end. Both of the politi-
cal parties have been pledged to their
admission, and after the attempt failed
to have them united and admitted as
one state it has looked as II they were
to have their own way ana come in as
separate states, especially in view of
the reports as to their rapidly increas-
ing population.
But now the Senate committee on
territories suddenly takes hostile at
titude. The members of this commit
tee, both Republicans and Democrats,
express themselves as unsatisfied with
present conditions in the two terrific
ries and have given up the pending
statehood bill in disgust. Instead of
urging the admission Of the territories.
this Senate committee, whose chairman
is Senator Beveridge of Indiana, now
asks an investigation Of certain whole
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03

Corea Is not reconcilcd to Japan's
methods of benevolent assimilation
but they certainly can not fan to
awaken a new life within her sleepy
borders