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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-19
The SPEAKER.

The SPEAKER: The que,
on substituting the minorityI
for the report of the major1
many as are in favor of SUD
the minority report. when thea
are called, will answer yes, ii
posed will answer no. The Il
call the roll.
YEA:-Allen of Jonesboro. Bead
of Eddington, Bogue, Bourassa, 1
York, Corners, Couture, Day, Dbl
can, Dunn, Edwards. Farnham, |
Frost, Harmon, Harrington, Hina
kins of Damariscotta. Lambel
McLain, Merrifield, Merrill Of [
Miller. Montgomery, Moore,
Orff, Packard. Pattangall, PATTI
tier, Pike, Pinkham. Putnam, Qd}
bins. Ross. Sanborn. Sawyer,
Smith of Biddeford. Snow of B
Spear of Warren. Slower. 81
Thompson. Thurlough, Weld
Auburn-52.
NAY:-Additon, Allen of Richn|
drews, Bartlett of Eliot, Bal
Storeham. Bemis. Boyer, Bigdf
ney. Bisbee, Blake. BLANCHARD
Bradford. Bragdon. Burleigh,
Pittsfeld. Russell. Buswell. Ca.
Cherryfield. Campbell of
Charles. Chase of Sebec, Clad
Cole, Coolidge, Cousins. Cumma
vies, Donnell. Dorr, Drake, Dutl
cry, Ferguson. Gilbert, Grant, Ha
lin, Hannaford. Hanson. HarrH1
ris, Hersey. Higgins. Hill, Hoa
Temple. Holt, Hussey. Jones, JON
kavanough, Kelley, Lane, Lib5
bard. Lord. Ludgate. Marshall
Bluehill. Millett. Morse. Nelsoa
son. Patterson, Paul. Perry, Pela
ter, Presley, Redlon. R
Rounds. Silsby. Smith of AndoV
of Berwick. Snow of Scarboro,
South Portland. Stackpoie. STAN
son. Tibbetts. Trafton, Tricky
True, Varney, White of ColumpIaI
house. Whitney. Wing of klnsn
ABSENT:-Cook. Havey, W
cier. White Of Wayne.
So the motion was lost,
On motion of Mr.. Whitney
the majority report was accePf
Special assignment: MajoriV
nority reports of committee on
fairs, to which was referred 90
ton to exceptions and appeal
cases. majority reporting "ousn
and minority reporting "ouSh'
pass"
Mr.. Burleigh of Augusta h1
the majority report be accep'ea
Mr.. COOLIDGE of Lisbon; MI
there is now pending before '"'
committee measure III iesa
same subject matter ana II '
that these two matters shouiu
cred at the same time. Oh a.
this should be deferred anu
been reported and comes ihtv
for action. I therefore move u4
deferred and the two matters
together. I move that 'h' q,
tabled and assigned for
March "a.
The motion was agreed To-
Removals Of Sheriffs 6y
Special assignment: Resolve
for an amendment to the cons
towering the Governor 10 w.
ifs. e,s
The question being on 'h'
of the resolve A.. NJ
Mr.. PETERS of Ellswof'" Ira
err. I move that the resolve 4
passage and I call for inc !, ,be
The question being s''"
nays be ordered? ,,oe Nil
CONTINUED on fas
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-19
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Some
Reasons
Why

WHEN for some reason or another your
hired girl leaves you
WHEN you have an extra room in the
house to let.
WHEN you desire an errand boy or clerk
to learn the business +.
WHEN you want a man to look out for
the furnace or other work.
WHEN you have horse, COW or other
livestock to dispose of.
WHEN you desire to establish a line Of
= customers for butter. eggs. etc.
WHEN you have a secondhand article
that you wish to turn into cAsb
WHEN you want to sell or buy q house
lor. or other piece Of property
WHEN you have lost you pccketbook or
something else of value
WHEN you have found something and
desire to return it to its owner
WHEN you wish to keep in touch with
everyday people and their nu-
merous wants you should
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

beasts of burden, following the usual
indian custom.
They rebelled and gathered by
themselves on an unoccupied mesa.
There they held out, resisting all
Establishments and entreaties and
threats, and only consented to return
when assured that they Elould be
complete bosses III the house and the
village
Generations of rulership have
stamped the Hopi women as the SUI
perior sex. They are beautiful as
maidens, good looking as women and
often retain their rounded faces and
fine hair until old age comes on.
Compared to them the men are
stunted. The women are of more than
average good figure, muscular and
healthy looking. The men grow wiz
ened early and go about their task as
though they didn't get much out of
life. OF smaller stature, they are
often very hardy, and as messengers
are capable of going tremendous dis
tances without apparent fatigue.
The same difference marks the men
tai activities of the two sexes. The
men seem to have little to concern
themselves about and are dull witted,
while the women are alert and ener-
getic, and in disposing of their bas-
kerry and pottery, made by them
selves, they are much the better bar
gamers.
The men are slow of speech and in
clined to be silent. The women are
laxative, and a house building stunt
is accompanied by more conversation
than half a dozen sewing circles
among the palefaces.
The harder tasks are cheerfully
shouldered by the capable women, and
while they are busy at them the men
are condemned to weave the clothing
of their wives and knit the stockings
for the whole household. Only in the
preparation of food is the domesticity
of the women displayed
The little there is of government is
in the hands of the men, who also
form the priesthood. The Hopi is a
very religious gentleman. About half
of each month is taken up in religious
ceremonials of one kind or another.
Most famed of these ceremonies is the
snake dance
The men wear their hair long, with
band about the forehead. Their
shirts are of calico. their trousers of
white muslin slit on the side from the
knee down. They wear rawhide moe
acasins and soleless socks. The more
fastidious assume loud velvet shirts,
necklaces and finger rings of silver.
The women wear dress made like
blanket This is thrown over the
shoulder and the two sides are sewed
up An opening is left for the right
arm, while the left shoulder remains
bare Around the waist is worn a
fancy woven sash, underneath which
sometimes is a calico undervest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
Betsey Ross and the Rejected Flag

We often read and hear the statement: TT to
be regretted that many of the fascinating nara
dves of our colonial history born magma
ton, and among these favorite stories, such
Captain John Smiths adventure with the Indi-
ans, Putnam's famous ride, Betsey Ross and our
first flag, and Barbara Frietchie at Fredericks-
town.
There is abundance of proof extended verify
that Betsey Ross lived, and that she en-
ployed by the continental congress to manufacture
flags, the government archives bear witness
Betsey Ross flag first rejected and some
time later accepted.
Betsey Ross attended Christ church, Philadel-
phia, and the pew in which she /worshiped was
next to the one occupied by Washington and her
pew is marked by brass plate bearing these
words: I'm this pew worshiped Betsey Ross who
made the first flag
OF late years the journals, magazines and school
histories country have called attention to the
origin of national flag having been sug-
gested by the family of the Washingtons.
This superstition comes from Martin Upper an
eminent English poet and literateur. His first
reference to flag in this connection was made
public in the fall of 1850 The announcement did
not receive serious consideration until a public
banquet given in America At this dinner held in
the city of Baltimore, the idea heraldec to the
world that the stars and stripes had origin
the heraldic symbols of the Washington family.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
IDEAL SUFFRAG|STS
Women of Hopi Indian Tribe Run
Things as They Please.
Ascendency of Females Was Secured
Centuries Ago as Result of Their
Strike Against Being Treated
as Beasts of Burden.

Flagstaff, Ariz.-Down here in the
Great Painted desert man beleaguered
by the suffra gist hosts may find fully
illustrated the fate that will be his
when the woman's rights movement
reaches its fullest fruition. Long be-
fore the beskirted women of the east
even thought about demanding the
ballot their blanketed sisters in the
Hopi Indian nation had fought out the
matter and won
The Hopis are better known to fame
as the Mokis or Moquis, but the latter
appellation was bestowed upon them
IN derision by their warlike Navijo
and Apache enemies. Hopi means
people of peace" Moqui means
~'dead men,"
Hopi women do not vote, but it is
only because they do not want to.
They do about everything else that is
masculine and do it because they like
it,
Hopi houses are built by the WON
en- The houses are theirs, and their
children take their mothers name, not
the fathers. When a Bopi maiden
makes up her mind to marry she does
not trouble herself about asking the
consent of the man upon whom her
eye has alighted with favor. She
asks his mother
The husband does not prepare a
home for his bride. She takes him
into hers. The produce which he
raises is hers whenever it is stored in
her house, and no Hopi man ever has
property in his own name.
Tradition has it that the escendency
of these Hopi women was secured CEN
turtles ago as the result of a strike
The ancient Hopi used his women as
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

Charles, the provincial agent in London for
bell of 1000 pounds weight The superintendent
of the state house, Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech
and Edward Warner, wrote:
Let the bell be cast by the best workmen and
examined carefully before it is shipped, with the
following words welshaped in large letters round
it, viz:
s'By order of the Assembly of the Province of
Pennsylvania, for the State House in the City OF
Philadelphia, 1852
And underneath,
Proclaim Liberty Through All the Land to
All the Inhabitants Thereof.-Levit, .25: TO-
This bell duly arrived before the end of that
year, but in March, 1753 it cracked. 1t at first
determined to send it back to England to be re-
cast but two artisans, named Pass and Stow, de-
clared that they could recast it. and they did So
adding some copper alloy to improve the quality
of the metal The enterprise proved success
except that the tone of the bell was not entirely
satisfactory. Pass and Stow numerically
teased in public on the score of having used
much alloy. They asked and obtained the privi
lege of again recasting the bell The result of
this second attempt of its kind in America
the historic tocsn which % years later was lit
orally proclaim liberty throughout the land
Another bell was also ordered from England by
the assembly, but it did not take the place OF the
American bell until the latter cracked again
in 1885, while being tolled the occasion of the
death of Chief Justice Marshall
In 1867 came the agitation the tea
and other imported commodities John Dickin-
sons letters of Farmer rubbed this and other
object lessons, stupidity given by the British min
istry, deep into mems minds. The act re-
pealed in 1777, except in so far as it related to
tea.
When OF the Lexington-Concord fight in
April 1775, arrived, the bell in the state house
steeple again called 5000 people together and
they unanimously agreed to defend with their
arms their lives, liberty and property The eli
of the first period of the struggle was fast
approaching The second continental congress
in the house May 10, 1775, the Pro
vincal assembly having yielded to it the cham
Der that after to be sanctifed by its
labors. In June, 1875, began the debating of the
question of independence. The preliminary
luton proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Vir
ginia declaring that the colonies ARE of right
and ought to- be free and independent States was
adopted in committee on the night of June 10,
but it not until June 2S that the draft of the
Declaration of Independence was submitted to con-
gress- On July congress adopted the resolu
ton, and that day and the three following were
devoted to discussion in committee of the whole
of the Declaration itself. 1t was passed on the
evening of the Fourth
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

Eighth St, Canon City, Colo, says:
Three. years 1 suffered with rheuma-
tism, dropsy and kidney complaint,
and became utterly helpless. found re-
lief after using two or three boxes OF
Doan's Kidney Pills and kept on until
cured. Doan's Kidney Pills have
been a blessing to me-
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

Washington preserved mere Is Dy Feaie, hhel e a
a. hair and tables used by the presiding officers
of both bodies Hancock and Washington, and many
of the chairs occupied by the members or dele
oa+as On the presidents table is the silver INK
stand used in signing both the Declaration OF In
dependence and the constitution
In the rear portion of the main lobby OF the state
house is the Liberty bell useless except as sacred
memorial of the past 1t IS suspended upon the
same framework of timbers which formerly held
if in place in the tower, but which now rests on
the floor. Passing the grand stairway, some OF
noteworthy portraits in the collection are
found upon it's walls Among them are those of
Washington Lafayette, William Penn, Louis XVI,
George Ill, and Gov. James Hamilton, the figures
being of full length and heroic size.
The Long room, Banquet1ng hall, in the Sec
Ond story, contains sofa, chair and pew-bench
used by George Washington the last mentioned in
Christ church; Vests painting of the treaty-na-
king at the great elm tree, portraits of
Martha Washington, the British sovereigns of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries from and in
Guiding Charles IL to George II, and many notables,
both civil and military of the revolutionary period
The two other rooms this floor similarly
enriched
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

occasions OF SOlem-
nifty. 1t is believed to
have been transferred
to the cupola of the
old court house in
High (Market) street
about 1897, and aft
erward to have been
placed temporarily in
the tower of the new
state house. In Oc-
tober, 1851, the me-
morable order was
sent to Rob ert
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

Starch, like everything else, 1s be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defance Starch-all
injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by US, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

DlOatlnS, elc-, are
troubles that COM
monty come from
sick kidneys. Don't
mistake the cause
Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured thou
sands of women at.
flicted in this way
by curing the kid
neys. Mrs. c. R.
Foresman, 113 s.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
ACCENT ON THE "PUs."

Teacher-Now, Jimmy Green, can
you tell me what an octopus is?
Jimmy Green-Yes, sir; it's an
eight-Sided cat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
A ResouroefuI Mind.

What would happen if comet
should manage to hit this whirling
sphere of ours?" asked the magma
tive man.
81 don't know" answered. Mr.. Fan
son, but I'd be in favor of offering 1t
an engagement on our home team"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
ForestaIled.

well. Mrs. Dennis, what are you
going to give Pat for Christmas this
year?" inquired the recipient of Mrs.
Dennis regular washday visits, one
day at the beginning of the festal
season.
Deed thin, ma'am, I don't know"
replied Mrs. Dennis, raising herself
from the washtub and setting her
dripping arms akimbo. ct did be
thinkin' I'd give him a pair of pants,
but, Lord bless we, ma'am, only last
night didn't he come home wild q
pair on.'-Success Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

Washington as president and that
also of John Adams> took place in
what is now known as Congress hall,
adjoining the state house to the
west, which was not built until
1879. 1t was here that congress re-
ceived the news of the death of
Washington.
Much work of restoration has
made independence hall what 1t Is
to-day In general, this work has
been directed by careful study OF the
past. Jealous cooperation of or
ganized bodies and individuals has
also brought together in the state
house many objects of venerable
value as illustrative of the early
days of the nation. The stranger
naturally desires succinct, service
able statement of the things of pc
culiar interest that the state house
contains
The Declaration chamber, where
the continental congress and the
constitutional convention sat, is,
with the exception of a new flooring,
substantially in the same state in
which it was then. The walls are
hing with portraits of many of the
signers of the Declaration OF hide
incidence or of the constitution,
MANY of them painted by contem-
poraneous artists. A portrait OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
pound of cure.' For bowel troubles Skin
wounds, colds, and other Ills CSC and SOC sizes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

Preachers ought to get good sal
airy; it's church money, you know.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
WOMEN SUFFER NEEDLEssLY
Many Mysterious Aches and Pains Are
Easily Cured.

Backache, pain through the hips,
dizzy spells, headaches, nervousness,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

And occasionally a man tells lies by
keeping his mouth shut.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
GOOD FHoUsEKEEPERs

Use the best. That's why they buy
Cross Ball Blue. AT leading grocers ce
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03
mn WHEREIN THE DECLARATION
or INDEPENDENCE mas ADOPTED

though provided with immense
stoves cost about G2S provincial
money The second room pre-
pared for regular occupancy was
the western one on the ground
floor The, justices of the pro-
vincial supreme court who first
sat there were John Kinsey,
Thomas Graeme and William Till
A bell, probably brought from
England by William Penn, was
hung in a tree near the govern
or's headquarters as early as 1855
and rung when it was desired to
bring the people together or upon
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03

little accurate popu-
lar understanding of
the history of indie
pendence hall where
the Declaration of
independence was
signed July 4, 1875,
1873 years ago.
Its construction was
begun in 1872, about
so years after the
first landing of
William Penn at the
site of Philadelphia,
near the house
known as the Blue
Anchor tavern. 1t is
ascribed sometimes
to the working of
an inscrutable des-
tiny that Independ-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-07-03


be in
tookpa
York.
The
The Newtown bee., 1909-12-31

years, He was bound for Mt Vernon, and he was troubled over the fact that he must change cars at Bridge port and seek local train for his home. Not far from my seat was a woman and a full grown son who played the selfish act. The train was crowded, but she occupied two seats and paid no attention to the crowds as they poured in at the different stations, looking for seats. If she had been man, she would have been called a "hog" for the eharacteris- tics she displayed settled in my mind what kind of a character she possess ed. At Merlden a sensike brakeman quickly grasped her bags and bundles and lunches and before she could say Jack Robinson she and her bags were all settled in one seat. It took the hand of authority to teach her what she ought to nave known her. self. After leaving the train at
 Bridgeport l entered a restaurant, and was interested and pained as one man was narrating the sad accident on the trolley in the Naugatuck val ley, where a brave motorman and conductor lost their lives. Listening to the story was prosperous looking business man, who had just come off a New York train. q witnessed a bad accident" said he, just before coming aboard my train at New York. A taxi-cab loaded with passen- gers came tearing around a corner. It cOllided with a coupe filled with passengers. The coupe and taxi-cab went into one confused heap, while men and women shrieked. My leg is broken shouted one man. Police men arrested witnesses of the acci- dent and took them to the station. A man dressed in evening attire just a. head of me was tapped on the shoulder by the policeman, who said: Come with me- Why, am going to the opera with my wife, replied the man. No matter said the officer, you are under arrest My friend, not wishing to be arrested, turned on his heel and ran toward the depot" After a lunch, went out in the storm again and a trolley car soon brought me to my destination.
The Newtown bee., 1909-12-31
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
Offering Sent to the Jacob Refs Mis-
 sion.

The Christmas exercises of the Congregational Sunday school, Christmas eve, brought out an aud fence which nearly nlled the church auditorium, while many found seats in the ganeries. The exercises pass ed off well and were interesting. The Sunday school united tc carry out the Christmas spirit, each class bringing in an offering to the Jacob Refs set clement in New York. This work was briefly presented to the audience by Gustave w. Carlson, after which a representative of each came for ward reciting a verse and presenting the offerings of their class. At the close it was found $11 in money had been received and chicken, produce and other goods amounting to over $50. This was shipped to New York by express, Saturday morning. There was the usual appearance of Santa Claus and the distribution of gifts. candy and oranges. The program was as follows:
 Carol, by school,
 "The little town of Bethlehem. Lords Prayer, led by the pastor. Welcome by Gordon Gale. Resp. Reading, led by the superin-
 tendent. Anthem, by choir
 Recitation by four primary children. Recitation by Gladys Hiltbrand. Song by the children. Story by Miss Scudder. Recitation by Paul Smith. Recitation by four girls. Explanation of bringing of gifts,
 Gustave Carlson Bringing of gifts.
 MT Steele and MT Smiths classe- es, magazines, Mrs Northrop Miss Scudders class, money,
 Benjamin Smith Miss Ross's class, jelly, reel tation by Viola Kutcher Mrs R. D. Smiths class, chick ems, recitation, Alfred Dorman . Mrs George Beers class, soap,
 verses ny lOuf SlllS Miss Ruff1es class, vegetables, recitation by Joseph Wright Mrs Youngs' class, dolls, reel tation by Alice Smith Primary class, toys, recitation
 by Arthur Frank Carol by school.
 Santa Claus and presents. Benediction.