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which alone can make high achieve
ments possible. Carlyle was a good ex-
ample of the pains and gains of drudgery:
always spoke of literature as an neon
genial trade, for he obtained its prizes
only at the expense Of almost inconceiva-
BILE labor; his books were literally wrung
out OF him; he went 20 times over the con-
fused records of the battle Of Naseby to
be quite sure as to h topography.
Dante wrote his great epic under an in
tense strain; he could take no rest from
the time he conceived the work and every
waking moment was devoted to evolving
situations to suit his sublime conceptions.
SO that before the Divine Comedy was
completed he had grown old and lean.
Alfred the Great, the Saxon king of
Britain, was a paragon Of attainments for
his time and shed as great a luster over
the ninth century as Charlemagne did
over the eighteenth. When asked how he
found time to accomplish the m%ultifarious
tasks he set himself, he answered: II
find time by never losing It," And this
reply is also the answer to the riddle Of
success.
John Adams became tired of his Latin
lesson and asked his father to excuse him
from them. Certainly, john" said the
father. instead you may dig some bitches
the bog needs draining" Digging bitches
was so productive of reflection by the first
night that young o begged permission
to resume his Latin on the morrow. He
became one of the pillars of the revolu-
ton and the successor Of Washington as
president.
Cyrus Field entered A. 7. Stewards
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Travelling Stage Folk e5 Year. Aoo.

Travelling Stage Folk 65 Years AGO.
From a Recent Interview With Mrs. June
German. q Veteran Actress. Who Died
Last Week.
I was thinking the other day of the
difference between the luxurles enjoyed
rs a matter of fact by the average men
and o1n who are out on the road
and the discomforts we had to endure.
Sixty-five years 6 I was in Chicago.
We played in Il big, drafty hall, not a
comfortable theater. The streets of the
town were not paved, of course, and the
ways We're SO dark that we had to use
lanterns strung on big sticks to light
US to and from the playhouse. We
went from Chicago to Galena and start
ed at night i'll stage coaches. When we
had gone 10 or Is miles we were tum-
bled out of the stage and had to ride
the rest of the way IN open wagons,
sitting on u trunks. We reached the
stagecoach station early in the morn
Ing. nearly starved. We We're to take
breakfast there, but when 1 saw the
place l groaned. Nothing good to come
out OF that place. I thought, for it was
nothing but a shanty, with the wind
blowing through the cracks and crew
ices; the toughest sort Of a place. But
l was very agreeably surprised. What
do you think they CAV us for break
fast? Wild turkey, pork chops, of
course. and buckwheat cakes and
honey. We did not have any coffee or
tea-you couldn't get any out there.
Instead they gave us somthing they
called prairie tea. made from some sort
Of herb they gathered in the neighbor-
hood. The tea didn't count for much.
but I've remembered that wild turkey
to this day.
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"kow. keep just a. still a. you possibly can"

est in the world. 1 didn't participate
in the conversation, but my opinion
was asked, and l replied that 1t was
a matter of taste.
Nov. in Germany we have sleeping
Accommodations in the railroad trains
that are surely quite IS good as those
OF America. In England there are
compartment cars, where one can stand
up and dress and doesn't have to be a
But down in India I travelled on the
most luxurious cars l have aver seen.
From Calcutta to Bombey I think Is
the finest stretch Of railroad in the
world, and the train service is excellent.
Not only do the sleeping ears have
compartments, but these compartments
are provided with baths. and, I ask
you, could anything be more refreshing
than a bath for a railroad traveller
when he arises in the morning? Yes,
it's just a matter OF taste. and geog-
raphy and experience.
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A BERLIN MAN ON AMERICA.
Questions the Opinion of Our Untrav
eled That We Have the Best
Of E~verythinu,
From Inc washineton Post.

From the Washington Post.
Americans r of two classes,
broadly speaking" said August Werner,
a widely travelled merchant Of Berlin,
at the Raleigh. "These two classes are
the Travelled American and the Ameri-
can who has never travelled. The latter,
as a rule. is extremely narrow minded.
He has the impression that his country
is the greatest country in the world,
and form a patriotic point OF view this
is not bad, but when it comes to facts
it's another story.
Mind you, 1 am not speaking de-
negatively of America. I know that the
United States is one OF the greatest
nations on earth and in time will prob
ably be the foremost, but 1t is not true
that everything here is the finest, not
by any means. Coming cross the
continent recently I listened to a con-
v%ersation among several men in the
smoking compartment of q sleeping
car, and one man asserted that the
sleeping cars Of America were the fin
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23
More Useful.
From Harper's Weekly

The president Of an ocean steamship
company was taking a journey across
the water. When the ship was in a
dangerous channel he became engaged
in conversation. with the pilot, an Ell
derly man, who had spent most Of his
life on. the water. The president Of
the company remarked: II suppose YOU
know all about the dangerous places
in this channel?"
Nope replied the p.lot.
You don't!" exclaimed the presi-
dent. Then why are you in charge Of
the wheel?"
Because I know where the bad
places amt"
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SUCCESS TALKS
DRuDGERY AND SUCCESS.
az Or. MADISON c. PETERS.

store as an GRAND hoy at 80 q year: he
said he was there before the partners
came in the morning n did not cave
until after they had gone in the evening:
then he spent every evening in the mer-
camille library and Joined a debating so
ciety; he was rewarded for bis faithful-
ness. and his example is worthy of imi-
tation. A. r. Stewart himself owed his
success to downright dr1dgery. John
Wanamaker walked four miles every day
to Philadelphia and worked in a book
store for S125 a week.
1t was to drudgery that the old masters
owed their success and fame. Angelo
studied anatomy IL years, posting himself
on every curve. convolution, angle, Gle
walton and. depression of the human body,
and this drudgery determined his style.
In painting he prepared his own colors;
neither %servants nor students dared mix
them.
Raphael, who died at the early age Of
81. gained his success by keeping con-
stantly at his chosen profession. 'I've
made it my principle" said he, ''never to
neglect anything"
| DaVinci often went to work at daybreak..
and did not come down from the SCAT
folding to eat or drink till the light had
left him.
Millais said, ~ work harder than any
plowman; my advice to boys is-'work.'"
Charles Darwin collected his facts with
almost incredible care aad perseverance.
On one of his subjects the action of the
earthworm in the formation Of the mold
he spent q period of 10 years from its
commencement capitalization.
Peter the Great won his real crown and
throne by sturdy toll.
Demosthenes wa Kissed and hooted al
q sufferer and a stammerer: he went
down to the beach, filed his mouth with
pebbles and practised shouting to the
rocks until he became the greatest orator
OF all time. i
Plato wrote the first sentence Of his
Republic nine times before he had It to
suit him. Gibbon rewrote the first chapter
Of The Decline and Fall Of the Roman
Empire 10 times and spent % years on
the whole work. Rufus Choate declared
that success was not an accident, ''you
might as well drop a Greek alphabet and
expect to pick up the Iliad."
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ovsrworked Snake.

From the Kansas City Journal.
The new and very stringent prohibi-
sas has revived an old story on the
subject. A stranger went into a Kan
sas drug store n asked for some
whisky.
Il cant sell you any whisky" said
the druggist.
But I'm sick." persisted the trans-'
THAT won't help any," replied the
druggist. 1T don't make any direr-
ence. can't self o n whisky for
being sick"
Well, what can you sell it to mo
for?" asked the stranger.
The only thing we can sell WHISKY
Tor In this town." said the druggist.
is for snake bites. Hold up now!
Don't ask me h to get bitten. No
use. There sis only one snake in town.
and he is engaged for three weeks
ahead"
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From a Recent Interview With Mrs. June
German. q Veteran Actress. Who Died
Last Week.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23

Nearly 5000 frozen OF pigs.
sent all the way from Hankow. In
China, for consumption In England.
are now in process OF passing the M
spection of the port of London sanitary
authority. at Deptford. The pigs. are
only a part OF consignment Including
beef, poultry, deer, game and eggs.
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which consists of q simple collar of
feather with a small cotton pad fastened
around the ROSTERS neck sufficiently
tight to throttle the vocal organ, both
the community and the rooster can live
In a INC quiet.
The corporation counsel has been
asked to determine the unique point
whether to muzzle ROSTERS is legal.
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a simnIe Answer.

From the Delineator for September.
A school teacher in n of the lower
grades once asked her room, What is
wind?'
hand was raised. "Well, Robert, what
is our answer?" she asked.
"Why-er, wind IL the air when 1t
gets In q hurry" answered Robert.
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NJ u c h of the
,, 80 ,.

NJ u c h of h e
worlds hard work
has beer done under
the pressure Of pow
erty. DIR. Johnson
wrote ..Rasselas" in
order to raise o n
to bury his mother.
Lee Invented t h e
spinning jenny to
earn bread for his
children.
Drudgery. that is
work in itself not
pleasant, establishes
the habit of work,
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INVENTOR PLANS
DEVICE TO MAKE
COCKS CROWLESS
His Idea Is to Kill the BOOSTERS
Matin Song, but Save
the Fowl.

Washington, Special: The recent mu-
nicipal edict which may spell the ban
ishment of the insomnia producing
rooster within Washington's city limits
has aroused the inventive genius of q
man who has devised & rooster muzzle.
His idea is to kill the crow but save
the rooster.
This advocate of a noiseless chanti-
cleer believes that if the authorities
will sanction the use OF the device,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
Colby Students
Celebrate Victory

The Colby students had an old
fashioned celebration Saturday even
ing as the result of their victory over
Rowdoin. Immediately after the game
they formed on the campus and headed
by their band proceeded to the business
section, where they made things lively
for many minutes. At all corners they
gave the Colby cheers and spelled out
the score of each team.
In the evening they again appeared
with band and fireworks and the scene
was pretty one as the students went
marching through the street. singing
Colby songs and cheering. 1t reminded
the business men of old times and they
welcomed the students on account OF
their victory. Later in the evening they
We're the guests of Manager kellehe1
at the Opera house and returning tC
the campus, had a rOusing bonfire,
which wound up the celebration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
TOURIST AND THE MAID"
Burns & Favors New Musical Play to
Be Presented This Winter.

Tho Tourist and the Mid" a mu-
steal play ny A. J. Burns and Il. =.
Favor. will he presented at the Coli
scum in the early winter for the first
tine on any stage. 1t was ready for
presentation in Bath last winter but
the burning of the theatre at that place
caused q hOldup in proceedings. The
case will be selected right away and
some of the Bath people will be en-
plCyed. Ii. A. HIIse. Jr. of Bath, VIII
play the Governor and Mrs. w. G.
Atkins of this city. the soprano lead.
Mrs. Atkins is considered one of
Names best singers and Mr.. Huse
has been on The stage professionally
for a number of seasons. Walter Muir
taugl? will sing the Bandolero part and
he is known as refined baritone SOLO
list. The Coliseum should be filled to
the doors as only one performance will
be given in this city. The play is said
to be costumed and staged in beau
tiful manner and Prof Googins of
score, says: The music is of high
grade and extremely tuneful.' Mr.. Fa-
vor is considered one of the best young
composers in New England. cast OF
80 vii; be required and all the pretty.
dark completed young ladies who can
sing a little will be given call as
the scenes are laid in Spain with Span
ish costumes and dances. The scenery
is by c. l.. Story. the Boston artist.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
SKQWHECAN.
J. n. Smith Suffers a
Painful Accident.
Local Hunter Returns from
Koxie " Large Buck.
Grange to Hold Annual PouIty
Exhibition This Week.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Leighton of OLD
Orchard arrived in town Friday night
end will be the guests of Miss Lizzie
Higgins for several days. Mr.. Leighton
will VT his sister Mrs J. ID. Ames.
IN Nnrridgewock. during his visit here.
MI. Leightor mas not been here for
about three years. Mr.. Wentworth, who
was pastor of the Methodist church
here for number of years and pre-
siding elder.
J. n. Smith met with painful ac-
cident Friday by Il stick of stove wood
hitting him il the eye nearly causing
the loss of the sight of one eye. Mr.
Smith was throwing wood into the shed
when one stick, hitting the side of the
door, flew Lack, hitting him over the
right eye uear the temple. 1t bent his
glasses ana due to the fact that it hit
I he rim Wardeu Oft d severe blow that
might otherwise have proved most Sc
riOuS.
j.. SanDOrn returned from MOXie Fri
Gay bringing with him a bucl, deer,
one OF the largest brought to Skowhe-
gan this season. Not for d number OF
years have there been so few deer
brought to Skow hogan in the montn
of October rs this year. 1t is though,
that ""::t month a greater number
Will be brought here, as many people
wish to go when there is some snow
and the weather is a little colder
The annual poultry exhibition of
Skowhcgan Grange will occur Tues
day and Wednesday, Nov. and 8. The
birds will be on exhibition at 6 O'Clock
Tuesday evening in lower hall, remain
ing until p. NJ Wednesday. Exhibits
are to be Of the single bird class or of
cOopS of three females and one male
Exhibits are invited from every one
whether members of the Grange or
not, and should lie at the hall as early
as : o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A brief
business session will be he'd at 730
and the upper hall will be open to the
public at o'clock. The principal ad-
dress will he given by William K.
Brown, assistant professor of poultry
husbandry at the University of Maine
TO collect Il fund to defray in part the
Expenses of the evening 10 cent tickets
will be issued, which will admit to
both UPPER and lower halls. Those who
exhibit will be admitted free and men,
bers of the Grange who attend. the
evening session IN the upper hall only
will have no entrance to pay
MIR. ana Mrs. David Porter, who
are visiting few days with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. George Hinckley
at Good Will Farm, were guests of Err
nest Butler Saturday. Mr.. Porter is a
member Of the international commit
tee of the Y. NJ. c. A. and is on his
way to Canada. where he is to spend a
month. He is former Good Will boy.
a Bangor High school graduate and a
graduate of oxford College, England,
and is doing excellent work for the Y
NJ c. A. He plans to spend Sunday.
Nov. IS. here. when he will speak to
the young mems organization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
Revised Schedule
OF the Trolley
Bowling League,

Since HalloWell announced it's intention
to enter the Trolley Bowling League it
became necessary to revise the schedule
of games. The next games will be played
Tuesday. Nov. > The following is the
revised schedule:
Nov. 2-Waterville at Taconnet, Gardi-
ner at Augusta.
Nov. 4-Augusta at HalloWell.
Nov. 9-Hallowell at Waterville. Gardi-
ner at Taconnet.
Nov. 11-Augusta at Gardiner,
Nov. 16-Taconnet at Waterville. Gardl-
ner at Hallowell.
Nov. 1S-Waterville at Augusta. Halo
we'll at Taconnet.
Nov. 23-Taconnet at Hallowell, Gardi-
ner at Watervlle.
Nov. 25-Hallowell at Gardiner
Nov. 30-AuguSta at TacOnnet, Water
willie at Gardiner.
Dec. 2-Taconnet at Augusta, Waterville
at Halowell.
Dec 7-Augusta at Waterville Taconnet
Dec. 9-Hallowell at Augusta
Dec. 14-Waterville at Taconnet, Gardi-
ner at Augusta.
Dec. 16-Augusta at Hallowell
Dec. 21-Hallowell at Waterville. Gardi-
re" at Taconnet
Dec. 23-Augusta at Gardiner.
Dec. 2S-Taconnet at Waterville. Gardi-
ner at Hallowell.
Dncf 3O-Waterville at Augusta, Halo
well at TacOnnet.
Jan. 4-TacOnnet at Hallowell. Gardi-
ner at Watervile.
Jan. 6-HallOwcl at Gardiner.
Jan. 11-Augusta at Taconnet, Water
vile at Gardiner.
Jan 1S-Taconnet at Augusta. Water
vile at Hallowell
Jan. 1S-Augusta at Watervile. Tacon-
net at Gardiner.
Jan. 20-Hallowell at Augusta.
Ian 2J-WaterVillp at 'TacOnnpt Gardi-
ner at Augusta.
Jan. 27-Augusta at Hallowell
Feb. 1-Hallowell at Waterville. Gardi-
ner at Taconnet.
Feb 3-Augusta at Gardiner.
Feb. S-Taconnet at Waterville. Gardi
ner at Hallowell.
Feb. Waterville at Augusta Halo
Feb 15-Taconnet at Hallowell. Gardi-
ner at Watervilc
Feb. 17-Hallowell at Gardiner
Feb. 22-Augusta at Taconnet.
Feb 22-AuGusta at Taconnet. Water
Feb 24-Taconnet at Augusta Water
Vile at Hallowell.
March Augusta at Watervlle, Tacon-
net at Gardiner
March 3-Halowell at Augusta
March S-Waterville at Taconnet. Gar
diner at Augusta.
March 1O-AuEusta at Hallowel
March 15-Hallowell at Watervlle. Gar
amer dL dcOHllet.
March 17-Augusta at Gardiner.
March 22-Taconnet at Waterville. Gar
diner at Hallowell.
March 24-Waterville at Augusta. Hal
lowell at Taconnet.
March 29-Taconnet at HalIowell Gardi
ner at Waterville.
March 31-Hallowel at Gardiner.
April Augusta at Taconnet, Water
vile at Gardiner.
April 7-Taconnet at Augusta, Water
vile at HallOwell.
April 12-Augusta at Waterville. Tacon-
net at Gardiner.
April 14-Hallowell at Augusta.
April 19-Watervile at Taconnet Gardi-
ner at Augusta.
April 21-Augusta at Hallowel.
April 26-Hallowell at Watervlle, Gar
diner at Taeonnet.
April 2S-Augusta at Gardiner
May 3-Taconnet at Waterville Gardi-
ner at Hallowell
Way [watorville at Augusta. Halo
well at Taconnet.
May 1O-Taconnet at Hallowell. GarGi-
ner at Waterville.
May 12-Hellowell 1T Gardner.
Nay iT-Argusta at Taconnet Wat r.
will, al Gardiner
May 1o-Taco"1et at Augusta Water
vile at Hallowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
They 1njure
Children
Ordinary Cathartics and Pills and
Harsh Physc Cause Distressing
Complaints.

You cannot be over-careful in the
selection of medicine for children.
only the very gentlest bowel medicine
should ever be given, except in
emergency cases. Ordinary pills
cathartics and purgatives are apt to do
more harm than good. They cause
gripping. nausea and other distressing
after-effects that are frequently
health destroying and a life-lastinS
annoyance.
We personally recommend and
guarantee RexalI Orderlies as the
safest and most dependable remedy
for constipation and associate bowel
disorders. We have such absolute
faith in the virtues OF this remedy
that we sell it on our guarantee #
money back in every instance where
it fails to give entire satisfaction, and
we urge all in need of such medicine
to try it at our risk.
Rexall Orderlies contain an en-
tirely new ingredient which is odor-
less. tasteless and coorIess. AS 2n
active agent. it embraces the valuable
qualities OF the best known intestinal
regulator tOnics.
ReXall Orderlies are eaten like
candy. They are particularly prompt
and agreeable in action. may be taken
at any time, day or night: do not
cause diarrhoea. nausea, gripping, ex-
ceSsivc loosencss or other undesirable
effects. They have a very natural
action upon the glands and organs
with which they come in contact. act
as a positive and regulative tonic
upon the relaxed muscular coat OF
the bowel and its dry mucous lining;
remove irritation, overcome weakness.
tone and strengthen the nerves and
muscles, and restore the bowels and
organs to more vigorous and
healthy activity.
Rexall Orderlies completely re-
lieve constipation, except when of
surgical character They also tend 80
overcome the necessity of constantly
taking laxatives to keep the bowels in
normal condition.
There is really no medicine for this
purpose so good as Rexall Orderlies.
for children. ageG and deli
cate persons. They are prepared in
tablet FORM in two sizes of packages:
II tablets 10 cents. and So tablets rs
cents, Remember you can obtain
Rexall Remedies in Augusta only at
out store,--Thc Rexall Store John
Coughlin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
GENERAL BOOTH.
Venerable Comm ander- IN Chief Slow.
ly Going Blind. Is Not Discouraged.

London. Oct. 31.-Gen William
Booth, the venerable commander-in-
chief of the Salvation Army. has all
London shocked and sympathetic to-
day following his calm announcement
from a lecture platform recently that
he is rapidly going blind. He ex-
planned that when the light fails" he
will continue to supervise the work Of
the Salvation Army all over the world
despite his infirmity.
Gen. Booths speech last night at
Clapton was his first public appear
ance since the illness which prevented
his proposed American trip this fall.
He said that despite an operation ne
has already lost the sight of one oye
and that the other is rapidly failing.
He told his audience that his doctors
have said he will have fifteen years
more to carry on his lifework
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
HIS FAREWELL SERMON.
Rev. A. D. Dodge Fills Free Baptist
Pulpit for Last Time.

Rev. A. d. Dodge, who for many
years has been pastor of the Getcheil
Street Free Baptist church, preached
his farewell sermon Sunday morning
to a large congregation. Rev. Mr..
Dodge will leave this week for Madi-
son to assume the pastorate of the
church there. 1t is with considerable
regret that Mr.. Dodge leaves the city
as he has been well liked by all the
citizens.
His successor will be Rev f. :.
Hartley of South Portland, who will
assume his duties this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01

There is talk about the city of hav-
ing the history Of Gardiner more fully
written ami brought down to date. Sew
eral persons III the city are being corr
sidered as possible authors, among
them being Judge II. 5, Webster, Hon
Q. B. Clsson, Judge j.. NJ. Larrabee, A.
C. Stiiphcn, Mrs Elizabeth c. Curtis
ard Miss Evelyn l.. Gilmore. The latter
is favorably considered because of the,
excellent work done by her in writing
the review of the early history of
Christ church. 1t is thought doubtful,
however, if she could do the work, ow-
ing to her pres. mt duties as librarian
in the Lewiston Public library.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01

Frank Robinson. proprietor of the
market on Silver street. to which place
the fireman were called about mid
night Saturday. on making an inVesti-
CATION of tho basement Sunday found
that there had been a fire. but it had
burned itself out. thus causing the
smoke which partially filed the upper
store. The snail blaze was in such a
place that it would have been hard to
find even if it had been burning when
the men arrived. 1t was under a stair
case in tho basement and in the dark
ness the tiremen would not have de-
tcCtcd the charred wood.