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The bee., 1909-04-15

The cravings of the body for food,
drink, shelter and offspring are significant
as they are fused into the hungers and
thirsts of the spirit "a spark disturbs
our clod." Man often becomes lower than
the beast because his physical passion is dis
turbed by his spiritual life. Beasts drink to
quench their thirst; man associates fellow
ship with his thirst with drunkenness as
the result. The saloon rests primarily on
the craving for fellowship. Beasts eat to
satisfy the body's appetite; man becomes
a gourmand, eating for fraternity's sake.
OF the hungers and thirsts of the
The bee., 1909-04-15

Advice from Ancient Sage.
A wise man should not refuse a
Kindness -Herodoins.
The bee., 1909-04-15

No Place for > Pienia.
a Siamese jungle is described "a
forest of fish hooks and knLEes lacel
ogether with barbed wire.
The bee., 1909-04-15
Elks, b. P. o. No. 7ss meets At
Madisonville Monday night.
Jas K. Ffanoeway, Secy.

Visiting members are cordially
invited to attend any of these
Lodges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Soup Without a Spoon,

Soup without a spoon seems even
harder to negotiate than meat without
a fork, and we can sympathiZe with
the complaint recorded in the diary OF
Felix Platter, young Swiss, who went
to Montpelier in 1852 in order to study
medicine. He lodged in the house of
his professor, Catelan, one of the
greatest doctors of his time, and yet,
writes Platter, I'VE We're compelled TO
eat our stew in the usual French fash
ion-that is to say, picking the meat
out with out fingers and then drinking
the broth. In vain we begged our hos
tess to let us have spoons, for not a
single one was to be found in the
house, the only implement on the ta-
BILE being a large knife fastened with
an iron chain. No one here seems to
have ever heard of spoons, which we
at home find so useful Montaignc
was astonished when he visited Swift
Zerand, in 1880, to find that "at all
meals they put on the table as many
spoons as there are people present.
London Chronicle
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Making Cotton in Missouri.

There are not many people who
would fail to be surprised at the state
ment that Missouri is greater cotton
raising State than Virginia, Kentucky,
Kansas, or New Mexico. all of which
have more of their territory in the
cotton belt" said Mr.. Joseph n.
Wright, of ST. Joseph, at the New
City Hotel.
Last years production was about
$4,000 bales, and this, with the cotton
seed made the crop worth almost 3d.
100000, which was quite little money
to the farmers of the small group of
counties producing it, not more than
dozen all told. Missouri's cotton dis
trict is in the southeast corner of the
State, and the lands that are now
turning out the heaviest yield of the
fleecy staple were reclaimed by drain
age from swamps. AS fast as the i'm
provement goes on more acres will be
devited to one of the best-paying crops
knows, and eventually Missouri may
become q sure-enough cotton State''-
Baltimore American.
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PhiIadelphia's Boast,

Chicago and New York doubtless
have their uses. We must have pork
and beef and we must have a COM
mercial metropolis, but it is hard tc
believe that any one would willingly
live in New York unless possessed of
an income of a million or so a year.
In this city we live with comfort and
a due sense of proportion. There are
a few flats in the city, and there are
enough people who don't need homes
to fill them, but the average Philadel-
phian is welded to his hearthstone. He
owns his house and lives in it with
pride and comfort, without ostensation
Our advice to people in Chicago and
New York is to come to Philadelphia
to live, where babies may be born
without the fear of the landlord, and
where they may be nurtured in COM
Portable homes and brought up to be
respected citizens.-Philadelp IN
quirer.
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Hats For Horses.

Experiments made by Baron Henri
d'Anchald, French scientist, have re-
suited in proving that the well meant
practice of affixing straw hats to the
heads of horses, for the purpose OF
protecting them from the suns heat
not only fails to accomplish it's purpose
but actually aggravates the suffering
of the animals. .a-
The experiments were made when
the temperature of the atmosphere
was 70 degrees in the shade. Bare
headed horses standing in the sun
were found to have a temperature If
Sc under their forelocks. When straw
hats were put on them, their tempera-
ture under the forelocks rose to 1913. A
horse moving in the sun had tenn
perature of 49, Under a straw hat the
temperature rose to 81, and under
cloth to 100.
The explanation is that the covering
prevents the free movement of air and
serves to accumulate heat.
The had covering for horses should
be discarded, therefore, and relief
should be given by frequent sponging
Of the head.
incidentally, the result of these ex-
periments teaches, logically, that hui
man beings too would be better off
hatless on hot days.-The Albany
Journal
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A Flodden Memorial,

A fund has been started with the OBJ
ject of the erection of granite cross
near the center of the battlefield to
honor the memory of King James "
of Scotland and the thousands of the
brave of both nations. The memorial
will cost about $1,000, of which sum
6 200 has already been subscribed in
the Borderland. 1t is to be erected in
a commanding position on Pipers' Hill,
one Of the ridges of Flodden Hill,
where the Scottish center maintained
it's heroic stand. Mr.. John c. Colling-
wood of Cornhill, has generously given
site for the purpose, with right of
access from the nearest road, which
site has been duly conveyed to three
trustees subject to the condition that
in default of proper upkeep the prop
erty shall revert to the donor-Dundee
Advertiser.
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A BattIeship Truck Garden,

Turkey has been having more than
her share of publicity during the last
six months with revolutionary, anti
revolutionary, and reactionary political
parties that have kept the government
in continual turmoil and have troubled
the heads of the great European Pow
ers. Meanwhile, the Turkish navy has
been renovated, and the investigation
has disclosed ludicrous state of in
efficiency.
The whole of the quarterback of one
of the warships had been converted
into fiourishing kitchen garden, and
there was promise, of an excellent crop
of cabbages and artichokes. The en-
tire crew We're interested in these ag-
ricultural pursuits for naturally a
share in the fresh vegetables was more
to be desired than empty honors
gained by proficiency in seamanship
only acquired through close applica-
ton to naval duties. The state of the
remainder Of the Turkish ships may he
left to the imagination.-Harp
Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Vacation as a Developer.

Do you think a vacation is a loss of
time? 1t is the best kind of an in
vestment-an investment in fresh
brains, in vigorous health, in increased
vitality.
People who seldom or never take {,
vacation get into ruts. Their minds gets
stuffy and cloudy; they lose the power
of expansion, Of growth, they lose
freshness of view; the ability to grasp
opportunities; and, finally, they lose
their grip on things and on themselves.
Recreation, for those who have been
held closely to business for long
time, is like the turning up of hard
soil by the pillow, letting in the sunlight
and stirring UP the chemical forces
that have been sleeping during the
winter. Slumbering germs start when
they feel the warm sun, the gentle rain
and the tonic of the dew There is re-
juvenation and growth in recreation IN
the country It loosens up the hard
soil of prejudice-mental ruts-and re-
freshens and invigorates the germs Of
character.-Success Magazine.
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Mrs. Parker Wiley Suffers Accident.

Mrs. Parker Wiley of Dorchester,
Mass. Monday morning was knocked
down and severely injured by an clcc-
trio car which she intended to board in
Depot square. City Marshal Andrews
was among the first to reach the in
jured woman and had her taken in 4
carriage to the office OF DR.. Alton Saw
yer, where it was found that Mrs.
Wiley's left leg was badly bruised and
strained. She suffered also from
shock.
Mrs. Wiley is a daughter of w. /.
Fox. chief engineer of the steamer CITY
of Bangor, and she has been his guest
here. She was in advance of a crowd
that was waiting for the $50 car for
Lewiston. The car was somewhat late.
and When it entered the square there
was rush by the prospective passen-
gers. Mrs. Wiley was standing 1T
what to her was an apparently safe
Instance from the track, but the car. in
turning the curve. projected far to one
side, and the front step struck her be-
fore she realized the danger of her no.
sition.
DR.. Sawyer anticipates no permanent
i'll effects from the injury.
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large attendance from, here. But there
were more than visitors enough to OFF,
set the number of residents who were
out of town.
AS usual, the influx from Massachu-
sets was large. The City of Bangor
had an extraordinary passenger list
when she arrived at her dock in the
morning and sailed in the afternoon
with the largest passenger list that
has been carried on the line this sea-
solr. 1t is estimated that, there were
from 800 to 400 persons aboard when
the Bangor pulled away from the
wharf. The trains, beginning Satur-
day. brought great number Of visit
ors here. and the trolley cars bore
heavy burdens.
The ball game between Cobbossee
Inn and Togus was the principal at
traction offered the public. Company
A held a shoot on the rifle range in
Randolph and a large number of the
guardsmen took part in 1t. There was
practically no disorder in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
GOES INTO TRAINING.
Miss Reed Prepares to Meet Miss Har-
rs in Series of Races.

Miss Lucy Reed, the "Roller Runa-
way viii have a new course of train
ing which will consist of road work
In the country, jumping rope, etc,
with very little skating. Miss Reed
hackers feel she can go much faster
than in her race with Belyea and that
she has a good chance to beat him.
She mas worked hard in the shoe fac
tory and has only had a/short time af-
ter hard days work to train for a
race. She will fit more thoroughly for
her races in the future than in the
past and the result should suit her
friends better. A well earned rest from
the shop and lots of good country air
Will help this little racer wonderfully.
Miss Reed expects to meet Miss Har-
ris of Haverhill, the champion of New
England. as she will come to Maine if
five races can be arranged. Miss Har-
ris passed Labor day at Waldoboro
and telephoned Gardiner the above
statement. There is little doubt bu,
that she will be seen in the Coliseum
in the near future.
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CObbOSSee One
Togus Nothing
10 Innings,

CobbOsSee Inn defeated TOgus at
Quimby field Monday afternoon by a
score Of 1 to 0 in a 16-inning game.
Hoo-ray! When the Cobbossee boys
put this golden glow to the sunset Of
their baseball season, the plaudits Of
the fans could be heard all over the
city. The attendance wasn't large but
it was a whole lot noisy when Williams
hunted the sphere and Eldridge brought
home the one run tina won. And why
not shout after watching Is and half
innings of baseball played so fast that
the spectators scarcely could retain
their breath.
1t was a pitchers battle all the way.
Williams for Cobbossee Inn and Schiller
for Togus, were the slab artists. Both
stayed the limit and both grew strong
err as the game progressed. Schiller al
lowed one less hit and struck out one
more man than Williams.
The entire contest was replete with
sensational plays. Fast work in the
field saved run time and again. Cob
bossee Inn piled up a fairly large list
of errors, but every man was right
at the critical stages.
The fans who saw the game numbered
about 200, including a number of school
children who don't fat the receipts much
because they are admitted to the field
free. Togus sent a large delegation
The small attendance was the only
thing that caused the home team re-
greet.
In the final inning. Moore went to bat
first and singled to right field Ell
bridge went to first on grounder
through the pitcher. Meader rolled a
grounder to Schiller who threw Moore
out at second. Eldridge went to third
when an attempt was made to double
on Meader. Then Williams came to the
bat; they worked the squeeze play and
that's all there was to it. The sum-
mary:
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Mine Hospitals.

Commenting upon the act of ire
Pennsylvania Legislature, passed ~
1901, requiring anthracite mine opera
tors to equip rooms in the mines win
materials and supplies for first aid 70
the injured in cases of accident
writer in 1.-THE Engineering Maya
zine'' remarks that the hospitals IN
stalled by the mining companies as
result of this law and maintained by
them ever since, fulfill not only the
letter of the law, but it's spirit as well
for they are usually larger than trc
legal requirements, and the mainten'
ance of good hospitals has become .
matter of pride with the anthracNe
companies. The appliances are SIM
pie, so that they can easily be KEEP
clean, and the equipment usually con-
sists of one or two tables, which arr
either stationary or .moyable; re-
Ginning Morris chair, stretcfers ana .
box of supplies, which is usually yer,
much more complete than is requires
by law. Whenever possible, the uh-
foreground hospitals are heated W
steam, lighted by electricity, and arg
provided with hot and cold running VIZ.
ter, and the floor at least is cenientea
and all of the walls throughout afo
whitewashed.-Ph Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

ton of a garden and truck farm, on a
small scale, with produce raised on
board and served right from the farm
to the table.
This is not a mere novelty, but part
of a careful plan, the purpose of which
is to provide the passenger with every
conceivable luxury. A regular garder-
er is a part of the ships company, and
it is his duty to look after the flowers,
plants, Strawberries. mushrooms. let
tuce and other green's which are grown
on the farm" The greenhouse is
steel structure on the sun deck, har-
ing the same profusion of windows as
the greenhouse ashore; also the best
of air circulation and cci! of steam
pipes for heating purposes, when arti-
fetal heat is needed. Formerly all Of
the fruits. vegetables and flowers wcrs
taken on board before the start ana
kept in cold storage.-Boston Tran
SCRIPT
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Worlds Narrowest Street.

The seaport town of Great Var
mouth, in England, contains what is
said to be the narrowest street in the
world 1t is known as Kitty Witches
Row, and its greatest width is Sc in
ches. Its entrance would seriously in
convenience a stout person trying to
pass through it. Twenty-Five inches
from wall to wall is all the room that
can be spared in this part. Yarmouth
is a quaint old town, containing many
streets like Kitty Witches Row. They
are all called rows" and are more
picturesque than convenient. A hun
dred and forty-seven of these narrow
streets, of a length of over seven miles
in all, are to be found in the town.
New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Science and Publicity.

DR.. Petit, of Ottawa, says: mo
agent is more potent for good or evil
than the secular press which each day
reaches 80 per cent. of the reading
public. Busy people get about all of
their general information from news
papers, which. are the only printed
source of information for fully one
half of the reading public. The physi-
clan who furthers his own interest by
doing good work is entitled to the re-
ward which such service may bring
This may be scientific research, pro-
motion of public health, or anything
or everything which promotes iegiti-
mate medicine and public welfare. En-.
courage legitimate publicity along ra-
tional and less harmful lines.-New
York Press
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Criminals in Literature.

If you want to know the criminal
from the inside you must go to the
artists who have the supreme gifts of
insight and imagination, who can put
themselves into other mems skins and
are psychologists by inspiration and
intuition rather than by study There
is lola, with his "Bete Humane:
Cork, with his I'm the Depths; Bour-
get, with his ANDRE Cornelis'; Ste
venson, with his DR. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde; Dostoieffsky, with his "Pict-
ures from the Dead House" Eugene,
Sue and Edgar Poe are not so valuable,
because they are more interested in the
crime than the criminal 1t is the
mystery and horror of the crime which
causes the thrill to the readers; the
actors are lay figures, pegs on which
the CHASTITY series of events may be
hung. But supreme among all is a
great dramatist like Shakespeare, who
gives US as in a picture the whole
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07

took place at o'clock Saturday after
noon from the residence, As Maple
street, and was attended by large
number of persons, including besides
relatives and social acquaintance,
many representatives of the two Or
ders in which he was prominent, the
Grand Army and the Odd Fellows, and
present and former city government Of
ficials with whom he was closely con-
nccted when identified with the NUM-
cpal affairs of Gardiner.
The service was performed by Rev.
Luther +. Mckinney, pastor of the
Universalist church. The pail bearers
were Department Commander A. w.
McCausland and David Stevens from
the Grand Army and George Wood
ward and John Cannon from the Odd
Fellows. There was profusion of
beautiful floral tributes. 1nterment was
in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Brasenose COLLEGE.

The four .hundredth anniversary of
the foundation of Brasenose College
reminds us that banquet was once
given to the doorknocker from which
the college takes it's name. That
knocker was carried off to Stamford
by seeding scholars, who attempted to
found rival college in the Lincoln
shire town. Centuries elapsed before
that historic symbol was regained and
restored to it's rightful place at Oxford.
This was celebrated by a triumphant
banquet which, even among a nation
so given to public dinners as we are,
is unique as. the only feast ever held
in honor of a doorknocker.-Lond
Chronicle.
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Truck Farm Aboard Steamer.

Wonderful progress has been made
in the steamship world the last few
years in the constant striving OF
thoughtful managers to add to the
comfort and convenience of ocean trav-
ell and the luxuries now provided on
an up-to-date leviathan surpass the
widest dreams of the past Neyerthe-
less there seems to be no such word
as perfect" in the steamship world,
for when it seems as if there could
be no more innovations, another comes
along. The latest is on the Hamburg
American Line steamship Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria, and is the introduce
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tangled skein. OF motives which act on

tangled skein Of motives which act on
a. man and explains the complicated
and intricate threads on which his
life mystery depends. He makes lbs
see why man must act in this way
and no other, given his character and
his circumstances. And therefore, as
Mr.. Coll says, if any one can teach us
criminal psychology it is Shakespeare
Shakespeare has a long list Of crimi-
nails, and Mr.. August Coll only selects
one or two typical instances which
serve his particular purpose. Thus
beginning with man like Brutus, who
attempts to subvert society with the
most admirable motives in the world
he passes on to Macbeth, Lady Mac
beth and Richard III, and ends with
the man or the fiend Iago, whose ma
Lightly is almost NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Telegraph
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MUNICIPAL COURT.
Peter HouIehan Pays $242.71 in Liquo.
Cases and Gives Bonds.

Peter HOulehan in police court Mon
day paid $24271 in costs and fines i'll
settlement of recent liquor cases
against him and gave $1,000 bonds to
refrain from violating any provision OF
the prohibitory law in the next three
years. BY this settlement, the de-
PENDANT is relieved OF sentences that
include total of $50 days in Jail and
cover fines and costs in two liquor
cases and the costs without a fine in Il
third case.
Relative to the settlement, Judge
Larfabce said Il granted the settle :
ment for two rcaSonS-consdcrat
for Mr.. IIoulchan's wife and the be-
lief that in this way l have accom-
plishcd more than l could have done
by sending him to Jail"
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Meeting Of the City Gov
eminent Last Evening.
Accident to Mrs. Parker wiley
Labor Day Notes.
Funeral OF Late Andrew ]. Hooker
...0iher Items.

Mrs. Mabel Lord Croker, in a claim
presented to the board of aldermen
last night, asks $4,000 damages as re-
compense for injuries received JULY 20
through an alleged defect in the Ores
den street sidewalk. The matter was
placed in the hands of a committee
composed of Aldermen Kelly and
Laurence.
AS the claim sets forth, Mrs. ,.rocker
was walking along the sidewalk when
Miss Marion Tozier, who was with her,
stepped on plank that was not fast
ened TO the stringers. One end of the
plank flying upward. struck Mrs
Crocker severe blow, and caused her
to trip and fall. The ligamcnts of he,
left knee were strained badly, the knee
pan injured and her right knee. hands.
wrists and head seriously bruised.
Mayor Gray said that in his opinion
Mrs. Croker should receive damages.
"A. G. Stilphcn is Mrs. Crocker's at
torney. -
That the city will soon take meas,
ures to decrease the probability of
further damage claims being filed on
account of defective sidewalks. seems
certain from an order passed by the
aldermen and a relevant statement
made by the mayor The order pro-
vides for improvements to Pleasant
street and Depot hill. which was wash
ed out and has inefficient cross walks.
Mayor Gray said that there are many
unsafe sections of sidewalks in the city
and that he advised immediate remedy
10 these defects even if by so doing
1t would be necessary to overdraw the
appropriation. The street commissions
or II report submitted to the alder
men shows that he has expended
$lO3460 in permanent construction and
$ll9S.12 in repairs.
BESIDES this question of sidewalk
ana street Improvement, there was lit
tie business of Importance. The month
ly roll of bills, amounting to s9244.4
was ordered paid.
Second petition for rebate of taxes
on institutions which customarily are
not required to pay taxes were receiy-
ed and acted upon as in other years.
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Mrs. Fannie B. Spencer.

Mrs. Fannie B. Spencer, wife OF
George w. Spencer, died Monday al
her home on Water street, South Gar
diner. She was S. years old, had lived
in South Gardiner long time and
was well known there. Mrs. Spence,
was born in Benton and was a daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. Newell. Be
SIDES the husband, two daughters sur
Vive, Mrs. Ida NJ Gooding of Water.
vile and Mrs. E. o. Tozier of South
Gardner; son, George A. Spencer
OF South Gardiner. a sister Mrs. Maria
l.. Wltcher of Auburn, and brother
Warren Newell of Whitefield, n. H.
The funeral will take place at
O'CLOCK Wednesday afternoon at the
residence. Rev. Robert Lawton will
officiate. The body will be shipped or
the O'Clock train Thursday morning
for burial in Benton.