davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

The baseball game to arrange when
an attempt was made Friday between
CobbSssee Inn and Gardiner High
school was not played, chiefly on &C
count of the rain. With no game in the
schedule for today, the next game for
which the High school boys are pre-
pairing is the game at Richmond next
with Richmond High school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

The members Of Dirigo Lodge. No |,
y. Q. L. w, will be requested ct their
meeting next Monday evening to make
a change in their bylaws which ma
terially affects each member. AS there
is 2 strong opposition to the change,
lively discussion is anticipated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

6. II. Beane viii have a Saturday
candy window which you will do well
to see and keep in mind Sunday sup
ply. The accent chocolates for so h.,
the old reliable Epicurean grade 29c
and lots Of druggists pure candy. Pop
ular as ever is the grand and expansive
ice cream and soda counter. where
are refreshed and satisfied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

TIE Gas Cos. crew has succeeded
in locating the obstruction which has
been interfering seriously with the gas
supply to the stores along Water street,
and it is expected that the pipe win be
cleared today. The obstruction was
found in q main near the gas works
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Tomorrow will be Conference Sunday
at the Highland Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church. and on account of
this fact no services will be held ex-
cept the session Of the Sunday school
at l. O'Clock noon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Danforth have
arrived back at their home in Ran
dolph, after having passed the winter
in Chelsea, Mass, where Mr.. Danforth
has good position as engineer They
will remain at Randolph several weeks
and will later go to Capitol Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

The Epworth League of the Highland
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church
held a largely attended business meet
lllg and social at the home of Miss
Myrtle Barker. Winter street, Thurs
day evening. The business session was
followed by social hour. which was
much enjoyed by all. Refreshments
We're served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Victor j. Ring, manager Of the W.
D. Hutchins Co. has sold the Artel
Spear farm near Richmond to William
Benson of Massachusetts, who will oc-
cupy it at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24
Gardiner Lodge Directory.

HERMoN LODGE, NO. 50, r. AND a.
M. Stated communication first Tuesday
in each month at 7.30 o'clock. All so
journing brethren cordially welcomed:
r. L. AMESBURY. w. A.
JAS. M. LARRABEE, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Rev. j. r. Clifford, who is at the
Dcaconess hospital, Boston, recovering
from an operation for appendicitis. was
reported doing well yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Miss Eva Searles OF Chelsea has gone
to Bar 1larbor, where she will RENAL,
two or three months with her brother
Thomas Scarles, and his family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Miss Margaret Heath returned to her
home in Plymouth, Mass, Friday. ar
ter "a visit of several weeks with her
grandmother, Mrs. s. H. Heath.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl E. Foster Of Man.
chester, IN. FL, returned home FRIDAY
after visit with friends in town
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Miss Blanche +. Somesby who has
been visiting Gardiner relatives. re-
turned Friday to her home in Chelsea
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

a number from Gardiner attended
the dance given by Wright e. Phillips
OF South Gardiner Friday evening
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

MIS-. William CHM went to Bruins
WICK Friday to attend a tea which was
given there Friday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

MIs. Rider and two children arrived
from Lynn Friday and viii visit Mr..
John Whitmore
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

/ The Mothers Club will meet Monday
afternoon with Mrs. George Brown
brunswick avenue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Henry Dill of Schenectady, n
and bride are visiting Mr. DiIl's mother
on Cobbossce avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Miss Rose Cole went to Orone Fri
day to attend the Sophomore hon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Fred p. Trafton. of West Gardnar
was in town Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24

Frank y. Adams Of Litchfield was a
business visitor in town Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24
GARDINER.

Mrs. +. r. Bradstreet went to por,
land Friday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-24
Mark Garment We Mean That the Lowest the earn

252a nd bn yn for 5 % "
Eto nlq hmtM
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
THE CROCODILE.
Terror of the Stealth of the Cunning
Brute's Approach.

Terror of the Stealth of the Cunning
Brute's Approach.
One of the reasons given by old writ
ers for the crocodile being worshiped
in Egypt was the somewhat cryptic
one that it "laid threescore eggs and
lived for tbreescore years. but from
twenty to thirty is the common num-
Der of eggs found in clutch" In
the reptiles easy code of ethics. how
ever, its parental responsibilities end
with the act of oviposition, for hav-
ing covered the eggs with a layer OF
sand. 1t leaves the sun to do the rest
whence doubtless ShakesPeare's your
mud and the operation Of your SUM-
and leaves it also to the ichneumon to
do its worst. In some places it seems
that water tortoises, too, eat eroco-
diles' eggs, but the ichneumon is the
real desolator of crocodile homes,
scratching up the nests and eating or
breaking the entire sitting at meal
Crocodiles' eggs. however, are absurd
ly small, a mother twenty feet long
being content with an egg no larger
than that of goose. and the newly
hatched young, hardly more formida-
BILE than common newt, are preyed
upon by birds, which little later the
rapidly growing crocodile would Ike
nothing better than to get within its
reach as well as doubtless by many
other things. including old crocodiies
themselves.
The real horror Of the members OF
the crocodile tribe lies in their usual
noiselessness. "They swim with great
silence, making scarcely even a ripple
on the water" says NJ. du Chaillu, and
the terror of the stealth of their APP
proach is well conveyed in Rudyard
Kipling's ripple Song
s.Wait, all watt the ripple saith
maiden, wait. for l am DeathE
London Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
reIephone GesticuIatiol

'It was the constant gesturing Of
that fellow at the other end Of the
wire that made 1t so bard to catct
what he said" growIed man who
had been wrestling with the telephone
IN a downtown Office.
"How in the world could you tell be
was making gestures?" asked the In
credulous listener.
by the jerky way the words came
over the wire. Many people get Sc
excited when telephoning that they
gesticulate as frantically as IL they
were talking with a man face to face
Their bouncing around and saving the
air break the voice. and the sentences
come over the wire in fragments.
have talked with so many people who
/ learned later, were dancing jig al
the other end of the wire that l al
ways can tell when that gesticulating
is going on."-New York Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
KNEW IT WOULD Rain.
And He Had Substantial Basis For
His Conviction.

fAI0 TIC HNao . Sa6se6het0a 1NS'S -
His Conviction.
A mission teacher on the Bowery, by
the force of his enthusiasm, succeeded
in gaining the interest of well known
tough, who began at once to change
his way Of living, certainly to the sig
nal betterment of his worldly comfort.
He wore new clothes. associated with
attractive people and experienced the
prosperity of peaceful ideas.
The convert, though much regenerat-
ed, could not wholly abandon his for
mer life, and the drift of his mind to-
ward things of the past came into
startling evidence. He attended nom
devotional class meeting called by his
mentor for the special purpose of con-
sidering the practical ways and means
of promoting monster basket picnic.
An appropriate date for the picnic was
one of the matters to be decided.
Much to the general establishment, the
convert was greatly opposed to the
date favored by all the others. A recess
was taken to discuss the issue more
informally, and the mission worker
drew his protege aside to interrogate
him.
ut is going to rain that day." de-
clared the convert earnestly. ut will
spoil the picnic"
But how do you know 1t is so GER
tain to rain?''
Then the convert blurted forth his
reasons helplessly. but with convic-
ton:
Il have 1t straight that Taboo's peo-
pie will start her in the third on that
very day. She is out for killing. and
| never knew her TO run that it didn't
rain."-New York Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
LONG LIVED OLIVE TREES.
Groves That Have Been Productive For
MANY Centuries

Groves That Have Been Productive For
Many Centuries.
The longevity of olive trees is extraor-
binary. In Syria have been found some
remarkably ancient olive trees whose
ages are established beyond question.
A trust deed exists which relates to an
orchard covering 400 trees near Tripoli
Syria, the trust deed having been is
sued in the year 1410.
Though the trees look aged, they still
bear fruit of fine quality III abundance
and are likely to maintain their pro-
ductiveness for many hundreds of
years. An olive grove near Beirut
is admitted to be the third largest
olive farm in the world. Syrian fruit
farmers are extending olive culture
with much zeal and effect.
Under European systems Of culture
the Syrians make the olive tree bear
each season, while In the old days one
crop in three years was thought to be
all that the trees could produce. The
low cropping capacity of the trees was
due to the native method Of thrashing
the fruits from the branches with
sticks, which seriously injured them.
The methods of grinding the olive
for oil and picking the fruit are pecul-
lar. Neither the grinders nor pickers
receive wages, but are paid on per-
centage. The pickers receive 5 per
cent of the actual fruit picked. and the
grinders get 10 per cent Of the fruit
ground.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
A Dog Story.

We brought from Scotland collie
about six months old. He was allow
ed to be with us at the breakfast Ia
BILE, but never to be fed In the dining
room. This rule was enforced by my
daughter was the only member Of
the family who ever broke over the
rule. And often when | offered him
a tempting bone he would glance
across the table. and If he caught the
forbidding eye he would resist the
temptation. But one morning she left
the table abruptly. Rab followed her
into the hall and watched her till she
had closed the door Of her study.
Then be scampered back. nudged my
elbow. as if to say. Now is our time"
He seized the bone and was soon
crupching it with the greatest salts
faction.-London Spectator
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
A BARNUM TRICK.
Getting His Posters into Canada With
out Paying Duty.

Getting His Posters into Canada With
out Paying Duty.
One of 2. L. Barnum's most success
full feats of bamboozlement was played
upon the Canadian customs authori-
ties. The veteran showman's tours
were always planned far In advance,
and one winter he made up his mind
to take his great circus and menag-
erie through Canada during the sum-
mer after the next This gave him
about two years in which to mature
his plans.
One important item Of a showman's
expenses consists of his advertising
placards, and Mr.. Barnum was always
lavish with these gaudy prints. He
was aware that the Canadian govern
ment imposed a high duty on this
class of imports, and yet he wanted to
paint Canada red. yellow, blue and
green with lavishness that no show
man had ever displayed in that coun-
try before.
Now, there was no printing house
anywhere in Canada that could begin
to turn out the kind of work that Mr..
Barnum required either in size. color
or finish. Nevertheless his immense
posters came under the same classi-
fication as much smaller autographs
and printed colored matter did, and he
knew that the Dominion custom au-
thorities would not abate one jot OF
the full toll. but would rather rejoice
at the opportunity to mulct the foreign
er who would convey so much money
out of a country
So Barnum studied the question
awhile and finally sent on at once
great lot of circus posters of the most
gorgeous designs wherein yellow lions
and clawed striped tigers and brown
bears fought with blue hippopotamuses
till gore flowed into beautiful crimson
backgrounds. No agent appeared when
the posters were detained by the Ca
madam customs officers to pay the
duty. They were accordingly held for
twelve months, then duly advertised
for sale for three months more and
finally put up at auction with lot OF
other unclaimed parcels and were des-
ignated in the catalogue merely as
"colored prints"
Nobody took any interest in them
when the auctioneer called for bid.
and finally the whole batch was knock
ed down for a song to a secret agent
Of the circus who had been sent up by
Mr.. Barnum for that express purpose.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16

financial and other pinnacles and
trusting for miraculous protection
from disaster This. to our under
standing, is presumptuous sin. Some
times we see presumptuous conduct
amongst elders and others in the Body
of Christ, much after the manner Of
Moses transgression. when presump-
tuously he smote the rock, while God
had merely hidden him to speak to
the rock. For pastors and elders of
the Church to assume and to exercise
an unscriptural lordship over the
Church would appear to US to be a
presumptuous sin-a presuming to take
place and authority not bestowed by
the Lord. On the contrary. sometimes
congregation of the Lords people
may be presumptuous In neglecting
the Scriptural direction to take heed to
those who have the rule over them
and watch for their souls, as those
who must give an account. In how
many ways might we be presumptuous
and ignore the Lord, his supervision
over the Church. and his message to
US in his Word.
Our text declares, ''Then shall I be
innocent of the great transgression"
innocent of anything which would
prove me unworthy of eternal life and
worthy of everlasting death-''the Sec
ond Death"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
The Good Dinner.

The successful housekeeper was
planning dinner for few Of hei
husbands friends
81 must have apple pie and cheese
for dessert she remarked without q
flicker of indecision.
But should think you would want
something more dainty this time Of
year." suggested the woman who al
ways worried herself sick over a com
pany dinner. ian Ice or a frozen pud-
ding"
"Oh. but apple pie is my husbands
favorite dish. When he has company
l always serve what he likes best
then he thinks his guests have haC
such a good dinner. and everybody
is happy. At least my husband and
are happy. and If the guests aren't nc
one is the wiser. New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
How Whitman Helped childs

The poet Walt Whitman was, as is
we'll known, dependent during most of
his life upon the kindness Of his friends
and admirers for support. few years
before his death one Of these friends
called upon him in his little house in
Camden
"Well, Walt" he said, "how goes it
this winter2 Any subscription needed
for Christmas"
NO" said Whitman; mo. I'm at
work now. I'm in the employ of
George Childs. He pays me $50 a
month"
eYou at work! May ask what is
your occupationY'
why, ! ride in the street cars.
fall into talk with the drivers and con-
ductors and find out which OF them
have no overcoats and guess at theil
size and notify Childs, and then be
sends the overcoats. It's not hard
work." said the poet thoughtfully
''And then, you know, it helps Childs
along"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
DANGEROUS Insects.

The trolley car stopped in the mid
die Of a stretch Of country road. Both
motorman and conductor tried in vain
to find out what the trouble was. Al
last they gave it up. and the conductor
started down the track to the nearest
telephone.
What do you suppose is the trou
ble?" inquired passenger of his seal
mate.
"Why, don't know much about
electricity" said the other, "but
should say it was the ohms. You see
they get into the wires every little
while and make an awful fuss there
Technically, l believe, it is called re
sistance, but all it amounts to Is stop
page-like cells in water pipe. you
know. never saw an ohm myself
They're microscopic. you know
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16

Little Molly's father can't quite see
where Molly got her information. One
day when her unmarried aunt was Wis
iting at their house Molly became i'm
pressed with her aunt's solitary state.
"Haven't you any husband, Aunt MOL
lyY" she asked. Aunt Molly's pretend
ed grief over the fact that she was
husbandleas was so real to Molly that
abe undertook the task Of consolation.
"Never mind, dear Aunt Molly. hus-
hands scold. Delineator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
EARNED HIS BOARD.
Sir Thomas Lipton's Experience as .
Hotel Runner.

Hotel Runner.
During the early part of my bust
ness career" said Sir Thomas Upton
in the London Strand Magazine, Il be-
came imbued with the idea that it was
possible to prosper quickly in America,
and at the age Of sixteen l left home
and started for the United States.
had not dared tell my father and moth
er, so they only knew of the great step
| had taken when had gone. Had II
not been for the kindness Of my fell
low passengers my journey would have
been very miserable, and once or
twice, confess, lost heart.
81 had no money nor any one to go
to when l arrived in New York, and
before we landed cudgeled my brains
as to what was to do. AS the steam
er drew alongside the pier l took up
my few belongings and rushed away
to the nearest hotel before any one
else had left the vessel.
GAS it seemed a clean, we'll kept
place asked to see the proprietor and
told him that l could get him forty pa
irons, provided he would board and
lodge me for month. To this he con
scented. I made my way back instant
ly to the boat and was just in time tt
catch my fellow passengers and per
suade them to go to this hotel. where
assured them they would get excel
lent accommodation. And they did,"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
III, JOY That Killed.

A senator was praising the humor
of a certain congressman.
His humor. however" he conclud-
ed, lis rather grim. | told him the
other day about a mutual acquaint-
ance who had died. man he had new
err liked.
"'And his wife is dead. too said.
He himself died on Monday; his wife
died two days later. The papers didn't
say what killed her.
".She was tickled to death. guess,
said the congressman grimly."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
No Authority For Saying II Was an
Apple That Eve Ate.

No Authority For Saying II Was an
Apple That Eve Ate.
what vast amount Of trouble the
human race might have avoided If Eve
hadn't eaten that apple" remarked the
grouchy individual when something
especially displeased him.
How do you know 1t was an ap-
pleT' asked the accurate man.
"Why, the Bible says SO, doesn't itT''
mo. 1t has come to be popular
belief that the fruit which was eaten
by our first parents in the garden
eastward in Eden was an apple, but
there is no authority for this.
1T is called simply the fruit Of the
tree of knowledge Of good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the
tree was good for food and that 1t was
pleasant to the eyes and tree to be
desired to make one wise she took OF
the fruit thereof and did eat and gave
also to her husband with her, and he
did eat What is there here about an
apple?
"a great many popular quotations
art " SAAC ASADAS W-N- -
fact they had other sources.
"'God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb is not from the Scriptures, but
from "A Sentimental Journey to Italy,
by Sterne.
ain the midst Of life we are in
DEATH which is found in the burial
service, can be traced to Luther.
"From St. Paul's utterance, The love
of money is the root of all evil we
have twisted the saying. Money is the
root of evil Cleanliness is next to
godliness' was uttered by John Yves
ley In a sermon on dress. The merci-
full man is merciful to his beast is q
popular rendering Of the proverb, a
righteous man regardeth the life OF his
beast. The tongue is an unruly mem
ber' appears in the epistle of James as
The tongue can no man tame; it il
an unruly evil. philadelphia NORTH
American.
Who would not have feet set on his
pVOx
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
The Awakening.

Two weeks after he had faced the
parson with the only girl in the world
he CHANGED upon Jones, one of his old
bachelor friends.
well, old man." remarked the lat.
ter, grinning, 81 can't say you look the
part Of happy benedict. What's the
trouble? Have you suffered disap'
pointment?"
81 have" answered the other grimly.
my wife can't singw
Cant singg echoed Jones cheerily.
But in that case 1 should have said
you were to be congratulated"
That's not the trouble" responded
the young husband. 1.-THE trouble Is
she thinks she canv'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
vi. Neiohbor.

1--WE are told. Tommy said the, Sun
aay school teacher. that we should
love our neighbor. Now. vino is your
neighbor. Tommy"
But Tommy Tucker merely blushed,
hung bis head and said nothing. BE
didn't want to tell the little girls
name.-Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
~rbs Fault of the Dutch"

II was to Sir Charles Bagot. minis
ter at The Hague, that Canning in the
course of tariff dispute with FAX,
the Dutch premier, addressed his IA
nous dispatch in verse. which, as we
have seen it wrongly quoted on sew
eral occasions. we venture to append
In matters of commerce the fault of the
Dutch
Is giving too little and asking too much,
With equal advantage the trencn are
content
So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms at twenty
per cent.
Twenty per cent,
Twenty per cent,
Nous frapperons Falk with twenty per
thinks With the Past"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-16
His Authority.

Browning-I hear you are engaged
to that young widow who Is visiting
relatives here. Is it true? Greening-
Yes. Browning-How did you discoV
err that she was the one woman In the
world for an old bachelor like you
Greening-Why. she-er-told me so.-
Chicago News.