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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Don't Know Their Own States.

There is one grave fault to be
charged up against the people of New
England, in this era of expansion anc
boom: They do not know the exact
status of their states, they do not real
ize that they are still the richest in OPP
portunity of any of the states. of tbs
United States, and they do not take
kindly to the methods of publicity
adopted by other states and sections OF
the country. Neither do they realize
| that it is New England that is still do
| ing the big things of the country in the
industrial world.
If the New England manufacturers
| and the New England press made as
| much of new mills and new industries
as the people and press of the west and
south and the Pacific Slope make OF
the increases in those sections, the
world would realize that we of New
England are still in the lead, not only
with respect to the products of the in
dustries that have long been establish
ed, but also with respect to new in
dustries and the expansion of the old
industries. 1t is not the old industries
that we have to fall back upon; it is
not tradition or history that we have
to invoke, when we wish to emphasize
the pre-eminence of New England in
the industrial world-From Advertise
ing and Selling.
Maine is a part of New England, the
greater part. and these statements APP
ply to Maine people. We are like the
merchant who does not advertise in hi.
11i1Iy MAJ NJ ho &c oir n
a fair business and making a comfort :
able profit. 1t may be that advertising
a bank in order to get business would
have shocked the old timers, but it gets
business and makes banks part of the
lines of the small wage Garner. Banks
are no longer a thing apart to be look
ed upon from afar off and never used
The advertising of bank facilities has
put more old stocking legs out of bust
ness than most people realize The
aggregate of these small sums is suffi-
GENTLY large to be a very important
factor in our industrial existence
Advertise the State of Maine-let
the people know what we have some
thing worth talking about and the peo-
pie will stop worshipping our beauty
and traditions long enough to invesc
money here. Find out what we have
in Maine and tell the world about it,
Don't watch US grow" but help us
grow and grow with Ilc THAT'S ,pLot
you're here for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

rapidly and along safe lines until but
few parts of the State are not easily
accessible. to steam lines. A vast aux
iliary system of electric railroads com
pletes a transportation service without
a parallel anywhere.
A sober, Industrious, thrifty and
honest population of workingmen, IN
which the millionaire is a rarity, pro-
duces a contented people. the only peo-
pie which could produce a Blaine, a
Boutelle, a Reed, a Fessenden or a
Hamlin. This is only word to refute
the derogatory remarks and apologies
of the few cxpatriated sons who have
deemed it good taste to describe Maine
as a good place to be born in, but
poor place in which to progress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Got Square With the JUDGE.

n raw mOuntaineer got back at
Judge Nose Wright of the Rome cir
cult in very clever way. While the
Judge was presiding over the Chatoo-
ga Superior Court he had occasion to
plaster a $15 fine on this man becalfse
he failed tc appear in time as a wit
ness III a case.
Say, Jedge, han't that purity
stecp?' mildly inquired the Chattoo-
gan.
No" was the reply. "You knew
you were an important witness in this
case and ought to have been here. I
will suspend payment, however, and
hold it over you to see that there is
no like trouble in the future
Later Judge Wright was spending a
few weeks at Menlc, popular summer
resort in Chattooga County, several
miles from the railroad. He had a
package to come out from Summer
vile, and the big mountaineer hap
pened to deliver it.
well, what do 1 owe you?" asked
the Judge, genially, reaching for his
change pocket.
"Wall, Jedge. 1 reckon about SIS
would square u.s." was the calm reply.
'Whet"" yelled Judge Wright, stag
gering back.
"Mebbe you won't be so dern keer-
less next time bout leavin' yo' pack
ages was the impeIturbable answer.
Look here" whispered the per-
turbed iurist, ''Tll just remit that SIS
fine l put on you down in Summer
VILE"
Gid an, Geek. That bout squares
us, ledge"
Wright tells it on himSelf.-Atlanta
Georgian.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
A Secret of the Trade,

do think twill Gomez" asked Mr.
Dooiey' Faith, I wudden't wondher.
] see what Hogan calls portints iv tn
times. III day was whin ivry wan
that wanted a pollytillal job asked TIL
privilege iV hansin. a litthygraft iv
himself in me window. 7 let thin do
it because it hurt thin with many iv
me customers, who said; I'll niver
vote FIR that rohber.' But, nowadays.
be Hivens, no wan wants his pitcher
hung in saloon. They're thryin' to
get thin pasted liz TIL churches.
They're gettin' on to us. I'll tell We
secret iv TIL thra,le. I'd rather have tn
Father Macchew Society behind me
thin til entire saloon vote."-F. P
Dunno in American Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Names Defense.

Did you ever hear a Maine man give
voice to his pride in the fact that he
was born in the Pine Tree State and
in the same breath apologize
for the poverty of her soil,
seeking thereby to explain his
| failure to stay in Maine and make
good? Such characters are not unfa-
| miliar to travellers in other states and
| they have done much to foster the idea
| that Maine offers no opportunity to
the young men equal to the opportuni-
ties for advancement in the newer
states. These traducers of their ma
tive state are men, for the most part,
who are otherwise a credit to it, They
bring honor to Maine by their deeds
and then neutralze it by denying it's
advantages Maine looks upon such
more in sorrow than in anger and
leaves the residents of other states to
draw their own estimate OF the mental
calibre of a man who derides the
'''"'N NiiiN II saw MN HIS start Ill HE.
To dissipate the idea that Maine Of
iers no advantages to young men
commensurate with the advantages OF
other states, we, who have been con-
tent to stay in Maine must fill the land
with statements of fact concerning; the
state. An advertising campaign as
bright as ingenious and as aggressive
as the campaigns Of other states and
as unceas:ng and powerful as the flow
of orr thousand streams, must be in
augurated. 1t may be by word OF
mouth, by letter, by publication or by
observation, the method matters lit
tie, 50 long as it be persistent.
Maine has better farms, better water
powers, better schools. better fishing
and hunting grounds. better hotels.
better transportation facilities, better
colleges, better workmen than any
other state in the Union. Those are
only few of the departments in which
we excel.
Any man who has travelled extern
sively will state that it is his honest
opinion that the average Maine farms
raises more varied and better crops
than the farms of any other state
The country comedies that Maine
water powers even as to flow, mex
haustible as to supply and situated as
they are within $50 miles of the sec
| ond largest city in the world, offer the
best power proposition in the world
Maine schools have taken a high place
wherever their methods have been
| compared with the methods of other
states. In results. that is, men equip
ped for their life work. the Maine
schools and colleges are without a
peer. The fame of our fishing and
hunting grounds brings host OF
sportsmen every year. Travellers
through Maine, especially the automo,
bile tourists, testify that the hotels 81
this State are better in construction
better furnished and the table servic,
is better, on the average, than in any
other state they have visited. TIL,
railroads of this State have develope:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
An Awful Mistake.

A clergyman was once annoyed by
people laughing and giggling. He
paused, and looking at the disturbers
he said: Il am always afraid to re-
bukc those who misbehave, for this
reason: Some years since. as I was
preaching a young man who sat close
to me was was constantly laughing,
talking and making uncouth grimaces
1 paused and administered severe
rebuke. After the close of the service
a gentleman said to me: Sir you have
made great mistake; that young
man is an IDIOT Since then 1 have al
ways been afraid to reprove those who
misbehave in church lest I repeat the
mistake and reprove another IDIOT"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
The Nav of a Norman.

The suffragette was practicing her
address for the Woman's Rights club
at her own little home. Her words
were defiant. Women are the real
rulers" she Grated. Men are marion
cites. Since the beginning of time
woman has been the real power behind
the throne; now she fearlessly de-
mands her place Cd the throne. She is
triumphant; she defies the world; she
The doorbell rang. The man with
the book agent manners bowed MAY
l see the head of the house a mo-
ment?"
He is not at home,' said the suf-
fragette, slamming the door and re-
suming her oratory. LET me see,
where was I?"-Homer Croy in Lip
pincott's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

ties are said to be going after a certain
class Of spectators who are using the
United States mails for the circulation
of literature Astounding in large claims
and unwarranted statements advertis-
ing worthless mining stocks. 1t is
certainly high time that the authori-
ties took vigorous and even drastic
measures to bottle up this class of pro-
moters. The public has been bled
altogether too much by them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
A Rarity.

This story is told of the great
Brooklyn preacher: Some would be
wag sent Henry Ward Beecher a let
ter, containing, on sheet of paper
only the words, April Fool" Mr.
Beecher opened it, and then delighted
smile beamed over his face as he eX-
claimed: We'll! I've often heard of
man writing a letter and forgetting to
sign it, but this is the first case of
man signing his psne and forgetting
to write the letter.'-United Presby-
terrain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
An A!l-Round Man.

William V. McManus, of the Letter
Carriers Association of New York.
had been discussing the ideal letter
carrier.
With a laugh he ended
Yes, the ideal letter carrier needs to
be as all-round, as many sided, as d.
Vlnely gifted as the man a Cincinnati
surbanite advertised for last month
The advertisement ran:
'Wanted-A man able to teach
Spanish, water color painting and the
violin and to look after a BULL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Physician FossiIized.
New York World

New York Worldly
Oddly enough, it is a doctor who is
shocked beyond expression to find that
women teachers of gymnastics wear
boomers when at work. Is more
health in the schools bad for the pill
business?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Too MANY LANGUAGES.

The late Lieutenant John P. Brad
street, of the Fiftieth Massachusetts,
was for many years Deputy Sheriff
and turnkey under High Sheriff Her
rick at the Lawrence House of Cor
rection. according to The Boston Her
aid. All the newcomers were by him
assigned to their proper quarters.
One day, upon the arrival of new
squad of inmates, there was one who
seemed somewhat more tony than
the rest. and. calling the Lieutenant
aside, he claimed little more consid-
Grafton than the others. owing to his
previous standing in society.
Il never was in such situation be-
fore" said he, land | trust you will
give me a little different quarters than
those other fellows. l am highly edu-
Gated and can speak seven languages"
Seven" remarked the Lieutenant.
That's altogether too many. We don't
have but one language here, and id
little Of that"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
People With Him.

Pittsburg Dispatch)
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding,
majority of people will be disposed to
endorse DR.. Wiley's stand that they
have no appetite for eXortic chemicals
in their food.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

When the voters of Illinois decide
that Cannon no longer represents them
in Congress, they will elect someone
else and Cannon will stay in Congress
until that time arrives-barrng acct
dents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

A New York chauffcr has been re-
leased from Jail on condition that he
never drive car in that state again.
Doubtless he has discovered that he
can take quite spin in what little
there is left of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

-Four hundred men, variOusly de-
scribcd as old time Democrats" and
reform Democrats will meet at
Saratoga Wednesday and endeavor 10
answer that old, old question What is
DemOcrat?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Maine Gossip
Broad Hint.

He was the slowest of young men,
And every other evening, when
He called upon his lady fayre,
He moved his seat up near her chair
And whispered: Darling, some fine night
I'll pop the question, honor bright.
She listened till her patience fed
And one night when these words he said
The light went up! he raised his brow,
There was big sign: DO 1t Now!
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Yesterday and Tomorrow.

joys have three stages, Hoping, Having
and Had:
The hands of Hope are empty, and the
heart of Having is sad:
For the joy we take. in the taking dies
and the joy we Had is its ghost.
Now which is bettef-the joy unknown, or
the joy we have clasped and lost?
John BOYLE O'Reilly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Our new possession, gained by right
of discovery, will be a good place to
send lukcWarm political workers who
suffer from the desire for a job in the
colonial service
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Hair Restorer Does No Good Either

(HOuStOn POSt)
"TO be successful, a man must have
more head than heart" says John w.
Gates. The more-head- than heart
man is very apt to have more head
than hair if he happens to be married
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Roosevelt has been invited to take
part in big elephant hunt in which
1t Is hoped to get a white one There
are several white elephants in Maine
that he wouldn't have to use gun to
get.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
To Each His Sufferinqs.

To each his sufferings; all are men,
CONDEMNED alike to groan:
The tender for another's pain,
The unfeeling for his own.
Yet. all. why should they know their fate.
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more: where ingnorance is bliss,
lis folly to be wise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Bangor officers deserve communication
Tor the quick cleanup of the Italian
cutting case. The thick Maine woods"
didn't get chance to hide the fugitives
safely away" though Bangor is some
what nearer the big forests than Kit
terry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Pittsburg has gallery of the dead
If it contains all the pictures that be-
long in it, there are some well known
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be hold RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation or return Oh
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, 1909-09-07
appiness.

Happiness is indeed mental condf-
ton, but we are net to forget that
mental states are very strongly. very
directly and very regularly affected
and produced by outward causes. In
the vast majority of men outward cir
cumstances are the great causes of in
ward feelings. and you can count al
most as certainly upon making a man
jolly by placing him in happy circum-
stances as upon making man wet by
dipping him in Water.-The Country
ParSOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

The genial Walter Wellman can now
HE him to the lecture platform with
no fears for the future and no one to
give him the laugh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
It's In Season.
(chicapo Record Herald

(ChicagO Record Herald)
The Presidents approaching visit to
Mexico promises to be a case of hit
ting the line in a manner that would
have given joy to even his distin-
guished predecessor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

DR.. Cooks brother is authority for
the statement that the discoverer of
the North pole will next give his at
tention to the South pole
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Anyway the discovery of the North
pole is to be credited with the tempo
rary lull in the benzoate of soda dis
cusSion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Mr.. Bryan's Distinction,
washington Post.)

washington PoSt)
At this point in the proceedings Mr..
Bryan again enjoys the distinction Of
being the only man mentioned as u
Democratic Presidential possibility.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

The fairs show that Maine can and
does produce as fine grade of horse
flesh as any state in the Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

buns trade review is authority for
the statement that the failures this
summer "arc the smallest in aggregate
liabilities in over two years"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
An Improbable Pastime.

(kansas City Journal)
Congressman Fowler should have
known that denouncing Uncle Joe
Cannon is a stale, much worn and
wholly Improbable pastime. ,RAlI.A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
A Pertinent Question.
New York SUM-

If the Cuban Government should au-
thoriZe Jacinto ALA, the Argentine en-
ginccr, to raise the Maine, how could
the United States object with a good
grace?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

If you see a man in an overcOat and
straw hat don't laugh. Perhaps he is
buying his wife one of those aeroplana
creations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

If Zeppelin wants to know just what
King Edward thinks of his ability As
a flyer, let him drop in on dear old
LunnOn."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

What will Wellman do now? He
has been robbed of what began to look
like life job.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

The Indianapolis News remarks that
the Prohibition party is now forty,
generally fair but not especially fat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

A professor of Chicago University
has discovered that Spain is in a re-
generative period.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
One He Prefers
washington T

Judge Parker may hold an I-told-
you-so ticket in the corporation tax
lottery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Perhaps Clyde Rruhm has been hi
bernating with Leon Ling!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

George w. Nickerson, Brewers city
clerk, has resigned after holding the
office II years. Ill health is the cause.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Yankee shippers are not very nu-
merouS but what few there are III cap
tivity certainly can sail a boat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Latest Thing in 'Serpents.

The giant aeroplane" seen by the
life savers on Fishers island was
doubtless sky serpent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Perhaps 1t Rhymes With Rum.

(Manchester Union.)
A new Bruhm not only sweeps clean,
but dusts rapidly, too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
kentuckY's Corn

Il acknowledge the corn" meaning
81 give in" Il retract," was a flash of
humor lighting UP a serious discussion
in Congress during the early year of
1925. Andrew E,tewart, indulging in
oratOrical license, made the pictur-
esque statement that Ohio, Kentucky
and Indiana sent their haystacks,
colnfields and fodder to New York and
Philadelphia for sale. But Wickliffe. a
strict constructionist in words refuted
the charge.
What do you send, them" asked
Stewart with a shrug in his voice.
Horses, mules. cattle, nogs,'' was
the reply.
Yea feed 500 worth of hay to a
horse,' retorted Stewart, and we can
fancy the triumphant slyness of the
twinkle in his eye, land thirty BUSH
els Of corn to fatten a hog. You sim
ply put that thirty bushels into the
shape of a hog and make it walk off
to the Eastern market
A saving grace of humor came to
Wickliffe, and in an instant he was on
his feet.
Mr. Speaker" he cried, Il acknowl-
edge the corn"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

A general strike in the New Bedford
cotton mills will delay the arrival of
prosperity in the Whaling City.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

The baseball percentage tables offer
a splendid field for speculation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
After the Manner of the Hotel cIerk

Collector Loeb is still giving his X
ray welcome to returning American
pocket books.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Canada is enjoying the fruits Of the
development of her great northwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

New Zealand says it enjoys woman's
suffrage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
His Speciality.
(ChicagO News.

Mr.. Bryan is going to raise lemons
in Texas. He is bit of a specialist
in that line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

All aboard for Labrador, Iceland
Greenland, Cookland and the Pole!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Boston at home ought to be diff
ferent story.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

This is State Fair week at Lewiston
the week when all roads lead to the
Town Cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

We will hear from Peary soon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

The fair is the farmers outing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Clifford Cochrane of New York an
nounces that he will erect large cot
tage at Bar Harbor during the winter
of BIOL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Bangor has a thief so mean that he
on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Entered at the Augusta Post once as
second class mail matter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

Tuesday, September 7, 1909.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

The coastwise steamships are DONG
big business just at present, taking
the vacationists back to Boston and
points south and west.