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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Youth.

Don't you recall when apples grew.
Oh. twice as big as now?
When fish, however, they were few,
We're monster ones somehow?
When Gainess milldam made a roar
AS though the water hurled
Were gathered in mighty store
From all the wide wide world?
Don't you remember when the trees,
The oak trees and the beech.
Were lost in clouds in days like these
And eyes could hardly reach
Their waving tops? When MONDAY skies
Were. oh. such deeper blue?
When Jacks great beanstalk in our eyes
Just grew and grew and grew?
And there were bells, so more than fine,
OF blue and white and red
Upon the morning glory vine
That climbed upon the shed.
To be a wonder and delight,
SO fresh and full of dew.
To bud and open in a night
l see them now-don't you?
Don't you remember when the caves
Were thick and full of gloom.
Where captive maidens, once, like slaves
We're chained in some damp room?
When twilight rustlng in the brush
Was some fierce beast? A COW
1t was, but cows at dusk are-Hush!
thing l hear one now.
Come. take a little trip with me,
Forget the things that fret,
For YOU may close your eyes and see
Some things that | forget
Why. I've seen Bluebeard's hidden room
And Cinderalla's shoe.
And l have seen where violets bloom
So blue. So blue. So blue!
i. W. Foley. in New York Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
s,,soIS e the Labor Problem.

wRro1 ahas enlightened the bur-
dens te large city charities and has
almost entirely removed the problem
of finding work for the unemployed a
to find work for all who applied III
good faith and men We're so plentiful
thaA employers would not pay fee to
the employment agencies organized
under the Sage Foundation. With the
recovery of the industries from their
period of depression men who desire to
work were given employment and the
man who would not work was forced
to keep moving. 1t has even become
possible to exact a small fee from en-
ployers in need of help. This state of
affairs coupled with the few enlist
ments of the United States Army and
Navy indicate that not only is prosper
ity coming, but that it has arrived.
The National Employment Exchange
incorporated under the laws Of the
State of New York under the leader
ship of Jacob H. Schift and the Rus
sell Foundation opened an office in
March CT the present year with 500, 900.
In June, July and August us men &C.
cepted employment through this agen-
cy, a result which compares favOrably
with the first six months of the United
States Government Employment Agen-
cy. Registration fees are not asked.
OF the us who went TO work 537 were
day laborers, Is ware carpenters help
ers, 90 were skilled and unskilled me-
chanical watchmen and miscellaneous
workmen. AS to nationalities, 800 were
Poles, 63 We're Russians, 60 Swedes.
This charity is endeavoring by pri-
vate enterprise to distribute the unem-
rloyed about the country thus relieving
large ccnters of population. 1t has
been very successful and promises to
accomplish an even greater work in
pr ,viding opportunities for the foreign
element to secure work under condi-
TORS more nearly like that of their ma
tive land than they can possibly find
in a larger city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
The Dogs Complaint.

It's very hard to suffer and be still.
Our names applied to every human i'll.
| wonder why-I really long to know.
And so do dogs of high degree and low.
A ''doggerel'S" a rhyme that's very bad
Indeed the very worst that's to be had.
A book is dog cared when it's been
abused
Alas, thing were very hardly used.
A mans a dog" because he won't behave
ct almost makes an honest doggie rave. }
A puppy" is a fellow most uncouth.
A slur upon the flower of our youth.
A "hound"-a villain of the deepest dye,
An insult to his dosdom's majesty.
A cur" of course, is not a shining light
Yet even he is called to bear the slight.
To "do" ones footsteps is | really think,
A dreadful thing, from which we dogs
would shrink.
A dogma" is a hard religious school,
A "dogged' person always plays the fool
And dog days" find us painting with the
heat;
We scarce can blink our eyes or lift our
feet.
Why. why throw mud upon our noble
name?
A dogs dog. through all the world the
same.
We do not mock our masters-we are true.
Pray, what. then, in an honest dog to do?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
The Sea Lion.

The head of the sea lion at close quar-
tiers is blunt rough, savage Prov. 1t is
well armed for battle, the mouth being an
of great sharp teeth. The body is heavily
coated with seal brown hair, sun bleached
to light yellow on the back and sides
The immensely hind flippers have big
strong claws imbedded in the fiat upper
surface, several inches from the ends OF
the flipper. The fore fippers have the
openings for these nails or claws, but in
the particular female | dissected they
were lacking.
The transparent wiry feelers about the
jaw are much esteemed by the Chinese
as toothpicks. About two dozen OF these
sensitive guards project from the upper
lip. The ears are very small, not as
large as common cats, and much de-
pressed. The eyes are deep, soft brown,
but they can sparkle lac flame in anger.
When the dissecting knife laid the skin
back we encountered a heavy layer of fat
rich, oily and fish-smelling. The heart
was very large. fully as big as a cows,
and the beast also owned four huge lvers
a foot and a half long. The meat is very
red and, although eaten by the coast
tribes. is too coarse and redolent of fish
oil for any save a starving white. In fact,
when in the sun. Freshly drawn from the
water, this is not noticeable.-Wide World
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Many a sharp retort is made in
blunt language.
A prayer that is long drawn out is
apt TO be narrow.
Beauty in q woman often covers a
lack of domestic virtues
Nest contributors to charity man.
age to be caught in the act.
Most people get better obituary no.
tees than they are entitled to.
Bravery is reckoned by what we do
not by what we threaten to do.
Put your business before pleasure,
or by and by you won't have either
Chicago Daily News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Marjorie's Almanac.

Robins in the tree-top
Blossoms in the grass,
Green things a-ErOWinS
Everywhere you pass;
Sudden little breeZcs,
Budding out anew,
Pine-tree and willoW-tree.
Fringed elm and larch-
Don't you think that May-time's
Pleasanter than March?
Apples in the orchard
Mellowing one by one;
traWberrieS upturning
Soft cheeks to the sun:
Roses faint with sweetness.
Lilies fair of face,
DrowSy scents and murmurs
Haunting every place:
Lengths of golden sunshine.
Moonlight bright as day
Don't you think that summers
PleaSanter than May?
Roger in the corn patch
Whistling negro songs,
Pussy by the hearthSde
Rompng with the tongs;
Chestnuts in the ashes
Bursting through the rind;
Red leaf and yellow leaf
Rustling down the wind;
Mother dom peaches
All the afternoon
Don't you think that autumn's
Pleasanter than June?
Little fairy snowflakes
Dancing in the tlue;
Old MI Santa Claus.
What is keeping you?
Twilight and freight
Shadows come and go;
Merry chime of sleigh bells
Tingling through the snow;
Mother knitting stockings
Pussy's got the balD
Don't you think that winters
Pleasanter than all?
Thomas Bailey Aldricf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Take Your Choice.

~ Take Your Choice.
The shades of night were falling fast
AS through a polar village passed
man who shouted once or twice.
The while he hustled DER the ice:
II found it first.'
In snow igloos he saw the light
OF blubber lamps CLEAN warm ana bright;
Though he was frozen to the bone,
He beloved in a gleeful tone:
Il found it first!'
ooh. why this effervescent brag"
A cop inquired 'Is it a jag? =.
Here is the cooler; step inside. ,
But high and clear the voice replied:
Il found it first!
"Oh, stay!' a maiden said land rest
Thy head upon this furry breast!
A frozen tear glued shut his eye,
But still he answered: Though I'm shy
l found it first!
The man was happy as bird; 49,,
The staring natives said, My WORD:
Who was this fellow on the square!
Well, take your choice; they, each declare:
Il found it trst"'
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
For the Boys Sake.

My present home is on a farm and
my principal reason for making my
home there, rather than at some of the
lakes or in the city, is that l have three
boys of my own l am trying to give a
fair start in life. l believe there is no
end Of arguments that living on the
farm gives the best chance for a grow
ing boy. While my making the farm
my home sometimes works an incon-
venience to me, 1 realize that the bene-
fits to my children are we'll worth the
inconvenience to me of getting in and
out between my office and the farm"
That is the reply made by L. w.
Hill, son of James ]. Hill, the great
railway magnate, when someone asked
him why he was bringing up his boys
on a farm. 1t is the answer that 30
per cent. of the parents of the country
would give to the same question and
it is the hest possible kind of an an
swer
Boys learn to work on the farm.
They learn frugality, acquire whole
some habits, develop clean bodies, be
come imbued with a respect for the
handiwork of the Almighty such as is
denied the boy whose horizon is a dirty
roof and a tangle of clotheslines. The
habits of industry and frugality, if ac-
quired early in youth are the only as
sets a healthy boy needs to make a
success of any calling he may choose
later in life. For such the world will
always provide place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

The report that there are deposits OF
anthracite coal in Alaska sufficient to
last the world for fifty years, will &c
far to reassure those who have been
worrying over the prospect of a fuel
famine. The same great territory is
also said to posses a timber supply
that is almost inestimable. The prob
lem, Is, as yet, purely one of transpor-
tation. This. however is sure to be
solved in the years to come, and these
vast resources placed within compare
lively easy reacn of the American peo-
pie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Texas is evidently determined to lead
the procession of States in the good
road building movement. Her legisla-
ture has voted bond issue Of $3,774,-
500 for this purpose. In proportion to
her population. however. Tennessee.
which is only about one sixth the size
of Texas, has made an even better
showing, having voted bond issue of
S2,0O0,O0 to be used IN good road con-
struction. There can be no Disgusting
the fact that the good road movemeft
is making rapid progress in all parts of
the Union. =.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Politics and religion are habit; NOR
ais, fashion.
Pride can take it's fall and think it
was an ascension.
The reason d woman can go mad over
man is he ought to over her.
What gives people kcenncsS about
things is the danger they may turn its
edge. ~@&
You can tell when a girl is pretty
by the way she will believe you if you
say So.-NcW York Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

The question: of an honest ballot is
the one before the voters of Maryland
in the coming election. 1t is one that
should apply to whatever is trucst and
best in the character of her citizens
One of the strongest proofs of the true
grea tncss of the late E. II. Hartman
was his ability to write will which is
conceded to be positively lawyer proof.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Strange as it may seem, the anniver-
sary of Lincoln's birth, February r. Is
hereafter to be observed in the public
schools of Georgia. But the celebra-
lions are not to be in honor of the
memory of the emancipation. new
law provides that the day be set aside
to commemorate in the common
schools of the state the anniversary of
the landing of the first colonists in
Georgia under Oglethorpe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Much difficulty is being experienced
in making statue of Henry Hudson
of him. One of those stock" pictures
that certain yellow journals use to
represent foreign notables that come
unexpectedly to the surface of affairs
might be used. The public would GER
tainly not be in any position to crit
else it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
A Cruel lnsinuation.

Poetic Crank-lf you but knew all q
sensitive organism like mine has to
suffer! | feel at times such an appall-
ing sense OF emptiness.
Practical Old Lady-Humph! I bet
you feel it in your head-Baltimore
American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
On the InstaIIment Plan.

"YCur new automobile seems to be
Thoroughly up to date in every parti-
cular.'
Eyes: I've got everything that goes
with first class machine except a re-
ccipt in full from the er."-Chicago
Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Artistic Vociferation.

You will miss your son John when
he goes back to school,
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel
81 don't know how I'm goin' to get
along. Josh has got all the critters
on the place 50 used to his college yell
that | don't s'pose any one else kin
drive m"-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Cause Sufficient.

why did you divorce your late hus-
band"' they asked the woman with the
yellow hair.
"He was one of the sort of men,"
she replied, who would say to you
Lady, you have dropped your hand
kcrchief' New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
A Proud Record.
(Houston Post. }

All but fifty-five of Houston's vaca-
tioning wives are at home and have
filed their reports. And in the whole
town but five canaries have starved to
death, but three lawns have been cap
tured by the grass, and only seven
carpets were burned by cigar stumps
that fell on the floor while the game
was in progress. Every report says:
my husband has told me the full
truth" Can that record be duplicated
in this world?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Hardships.

What were the worst obstacles You
had to encounter on your journey?' in
quired the sDondent.
"Well, tho hardest thing we have to
do on a trip of this kind" answered
the returned Arctic explorer, lis get
ting back nome without being de-
nounced as liars and takers. "-Chicago
Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Policy.

Satan gloomily watched the boat I'M
loading at the dock.
We've got to make hell more eX-
elusive or the best people simply won't
come here any more" he remarked,
ard gave orders accOrdingly.-Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

1t is estimated that the value of
American farm products the present
year will exceed 5000 900, 900. This is
more than four times the value of the
the Philadelphia centennial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
The Place to Use II.

Little Girl-Papa would like to Dor
row your lawn mower.
Subbubs-Tell your father I'm sorry,
but I've made a rule never to let it go
off my premises. But if he'd like to
use it on our own lawn. it's at his dis
posal any time.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Flat Contradiction.

81 am afraid you are a hard drinker"
said the student of human nature.
"Yuu're wrong" answered Plodding
Pete; "drinkin' is one o de easiest
things l es'-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

A negro bcll-boy down South was
attempting five holdups. In the
North we give them money and con-
slider ourselves lucky
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Atlanta does dearly enjoy ruction
doesn't it: Some enterprising citizen
has invited Bryan and Bailey to mix
it up in that beautiful city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

There are few supercilious people
who are criticsing Ex-Presdent Roose-
velt's literary style. Still they cannot
deny that his writings make mighty
interesting reading.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Marked Originality,

Lady Rider-Why do you consider
1nkspilrs literary style so original?
Escort-Well, he once wrote about a
celebrated hunting man without re-
ferring to him as mighty Nimrod."
-Sketchy Bits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
A Patron Of Art.

Eminent Artst-"Tm glad to see, Sir
Multimill that you have little work
of mine IN your corridor.
Bloatcd Plutocrat-Oh! ave lion
don Punch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
A Rural Scheme.

"Wc've hired red whiskered con-
stable to lie in ambush for the auto
mobiliStS."
What's the idea?'
wv thought his red whiskers would
kind of match the fall foliage" kan
sas City Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Literal Doinqs.

'They say that poor young fellow,
who came home to New York with
such an impossible Western wife, was
roreG into matrimony."
He was. The girl took his Irritation
for serious intention, and when he de-
cided to quit, her cowboy relatives las
seed him." Baltimore American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Truly times change. A New Jersey
Enoch Arden who recently returned to
his old home after years of absence
expressed the keenest regret that his
wife had failed to marry again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

1t must not he supposed that the
20O, 900 who gathered for the rush into
the newly opened land of the Dakotas
were all in quest of farms. Doubtless
fair proportion of them were seeking
divorces.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Pennican is exceedingly useful in it's
place, but there is little probability
that it will ever become a generous or
popular article of diet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Mr.. Bryan and Senator Bailey have
not as yet met in joint debate down in
Texas. There is a growing impression
that one is afraid and the other dare
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
DEFENDS Upon the Girl.

(CleVeland LeadCr.)
A Kansas girl has been engaged
seven tines since June. Which shows
that the prairies have as many oppor-
tunities as the seaShore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

A gentleman who answers to the
name of Johnson drank more LIQUOR
than was good for him short time
ley car. 1t is an eloquent temperance
sermon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Her Tactful Invitation.

Prudent Swain-If l were to steal a
kiss. would it scare you so that you
would scream?
Timid Maiden-I couldn't. Fright
always makes me dulnb.-Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

One good result OF the Peary- Cook
controversy has been the elimination
of Thaw and little Evelyn from the
front pages of the newspapers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
Below the Standard.

The shah of Persia was asked if a
pension of $4,000 would be satisfac-
tory.
And with Mrs. Howard Gould get
ting $36,OOo?" he uueried peevishly
Not on your tintyre. "-Phladelphia
Public Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
The Limit
,.Her husband is a brute.'

Her husband is brute
LAS to hcw?'
Got her to help save up for an
automobile and then put the money
into a house."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
A Connoisseur.

"Bliggins is connoisseur in cigars"
HE must be. otherwise he might
make an occasional mistake and give
away a good ne"-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
A True Southern Gentleman.

(HOuStOn POSt.)
A Yale student married a New Eng
land damscl of 20, but is under arrest
for perjury for swearing in his appli-
cation for license that she was &c.
They may punish him for it. but every
woman in this country more than forty
will regard him as a true Southern
gentleman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

1t is evident that a great many for
eigners who have come to this coun-
try have not yet learned to distinguish
between liberty and license.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Ex- Minister WI asserts that we
have had our last war on earth. 1t is
to be hoped that he speaks as prophet
and not as a Chinaman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

If every earthquake that is pre-
dicted arrives according to schedule.
it will take more than quinne to cure
the shakes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

The days are growing colder with
the advance Of autumn. Shut that
door please.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

If we can judge from the local COL
umns of our exchanges this has been
an exceptionally busy autumn for
cupid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

One of the current mysteries is how
Artist Earle manages to avoid getting
mixed up in a terrible alimony account.
Washington Star.
To most people the wonder is how he
has managed to keep out of Jail
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

1t has been sometime since Tom
Lawson has delivered a body blow at
Wall street. Can it be possible that d
truce has been patched up?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
The Inevitable.

Il knew it had to come
How now?"
That show at the town hall tonight
has an Eskimo quartette. kansas
City Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Sylvester s. Harris of Brownfield,
who was at one time a well known
iiveryman in York county, is "a years
of age. He ascribes his longevity to a
strong constitution and simple, reg
ular life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

What has become of all the new
Lincoln pennies? Surely that west
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

The discovery of remedy for the
sleeping sickness should be good news
to the people of Philadelphia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

What a horrible mixture of 'arf an
aft and limburger that Anglo German
scrap would be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04
She Miqht.

Him-Can nothing make you change
your mind:
Heroine thing might.
Him-.What?
Her-Some other man.--Clcvelan nd
Leader.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-04

Merritt Sawin of South Albany has
an apple tree Of the Baldwin variety
which has been entirely stripped of
leaves by the green worms which at
present has one-half we'll covered by
fresh pink blossoms as though it were
June instead of September There are
several other trees that have quite a
lot of blossoms on them but none are
50 well covered as the one mentioned.
1t is strange sight surely to see this
tree among many others that are
stripped bare of leaves. one half so
pink and fresh and the other half and
all the others apparently dead.