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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
The Easiest Thing on Earth.

The easiest thing III the world
Is to just sit back and growl,
When the dust is madly Whirled,
When the north winds fiercely howl,
When the day is warm and fair,
When the ril sings as it flows,
When fragrance fills the air,
When dew is on the rose.
When the road is rough and steep,
When the way is smooth and wide
When the crops we hoped to reap
Have prematuraly died,
When the friends we thought were true
Have ruthlessly betrayed,
When the things we ought to do
Are foolishly delayed,
When others win where we
Might have achieved success,
When rich men in their glee
Forget our mirthlessness,
When others rise through worth,
or by methods that are foul,
The easiest thing on earth
Is to just sit back and growl.
IS. +. kiser, in Chicago Record-Iier-
aid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Some Weston Thouohts.

He walks and walks and walks and
walks and walks and walks forever;
He lives to walk and loves to walk and
seems to tire never;
He hits the pace at starting point SO
many steps q minute;
He spies Il town upon the route--neXt
moment he is in it;
He's death on records, death on shoes
and death on those who race MIN;
He overtakcs and passes soon those
who would try to pace him;
He serves for comment in the club, for
constant admiration;
The townfolll flock to see him pass as
flock they to the station
To see the daily flyer as upon its way
it thundcrs,
And all recount what they have heard
of other walking wonders,
And each one in his turn explains the
benefits of walking
Yet sits about in dead content and
takes it out IN TALKING.
Buffalo Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Has a Tilt that can't be bettercd
In your sonnets by the score.
More than's found in many ballad,
Done by poets, passion paid,
Lies in ordinary salad
q an artist mixes it.
There are lyrics in beefSteak,
That, though yoG be filled with grleta,
take
Sorrow from you FOR bit.
Hymns are sung by well cooked dinners
That can comfort weary sinners.
Khymesters are but mere beginners
In comparison with him
Who can mix Martini cocktails.
III my memory are locked ales
That make brilliant lyrics dim.
All things run to ripping measures
Passions, pitics. pains and pleasures.
Pains? Ay. as the poet says, yours
May be dramas, grand and sweet.
Amt it true ieXcuSe the grammar,
That your morning katZenjamm"r
Throbs with metric. rhythmic beat.
Cleveland Leader.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

little later Mrs Roosevelt will go
abroad and be in Europe to join her
distinguished husband when he has
completed the work and play Of his
African expedition. And this is a re-
minder that while there have been
widely differing estimates of Theodore
Roosevelt during the past decade there
has been but one opinion about Mrs
Roosevelt. In her seven years in the
White House it is not on record that
she was ever guilty OF tactless act
or one in any way to be questioned. AS
the first lady of the land she presided
over all White House functions with
perfect grace and dignity, and perhaps
1t Is not too much to say that the wife
o! no President ever more successfully
Allied the difficult role assigned to her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
LAM.

How wonderful is man, He rides
With outspread wings upon the air:
he puts a harness on the tides
And finds his sorrow hard to bear
When ne begins to lose his hair
He shoots q smokeless. noiselcss gun
And thus o'ercomeS his bitter foe:
He clrd@ the earth, he weighs the sur
And uses language that is low
Because some one steps on his toe.
He speaas across the CUFFS of space,
Waste lands he makes Superbly rich
And carelesSly pours in his face
Things of q fiery nature which
Extend him in the rocking ditch.
He joins the oceans, spans the plains.
And sets loViathanS afioat;
The lord Of all things he remains.
He studies planets far remote,
And let's a ward boss cast his vote.
How wonderful is man. He walks
Upon the bottom of the sea,
And usually when he talks
Exhibits foolishness that he
Supposes to be wit, alb. me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Having recovered their child. and
being too rich to miss the $4,000 ram
som which they paid, Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitla are not only taking very little
interest in the attempts to capture
and punish the kidnappers, but are
said to be rather more unwilling than
otherwise that such attempts should
be pushed While it Is not difficult to
understand the parent-love which is
the reason for this attitude. it is
nevertheless necessary for the welfare
OF society that the kidnappers be
punished to the full extent of the law.
Otherwise. their immunity would put
a premium upon kidnapping which
would encourage to renewed activity
the worst class Of criminals in exist
ence and put in danger the children Of
oil the wealthy parents of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

The town of Laceyvlle. Pa, is up in
arms because the principal of the High
school has spanked one of his pupils,
the pupil in question being a young
woman of 10 years. 1t all happened
because some young malefacter filled
with water the depression in the seat
of the principals chair. When the
principal entered the room he sat down
in the chair and very quickly jumped
up again. The young lady giggleI.
What young lady would not have
giggled under the circumstances?
Presumably other pupils giggled. but
the young lady in question was the
handiest for the principal to get hold
of and the spanking promptly followed.
Now the matter is in the courts. OF
course. all good people will sympathize
with the teacher, but on the other
hand it is not difficult to get the
young lady's point OF view when she
offended the principals delicate sensi-
bilities. 1t is not alleged, by the way,
that the young lady was one of those
who filled the chair with water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Vincing. In the evening he deh''',
q very able and touching, ieetui.
temperance and incompetence 70 ~ =,
audience. a number of youhs =
signed the pledge. Mr.. Edward,
very impressive speaker and saiu ~
things that touched all hearts. "a,
Charles Robinson died Saturoa!
ing at 10 O'Clock. aged - !ea'I =,
months. The funeral will NC ~
Tuesday a widow, two sons IN"
daughters survive.
Harry iArnold's little son IS HI ,.d
". l.. McEechnie has near! I'm
crcG from his severe throal
and is able to be out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

There is something In the air of Ver-
mont which seems to be especially
pelier Journal tells US that IA former
governors of that state are now liv
ing, a greater than any other state in
tho Union can boast of. The oldest is
Ex-Governor Holbrook who has just
celebrated his Goth birthday. Maine
has seven ex-governorfs living. just
half as many as Observation-Disclosures
lain. Connor, ROBBIE, Burleigh, Cleaves,
Hill and Cobb.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
IN 7 TEiS
Sprina Soma.

Spring Song.
The brides sing
Wien it is spring
And playful grow the bats,
And in the spring
We see Il string
of most outlandiSh hats.
The vinelets cling
When it is spring.
Tie leaves begin to bud.
The gentle spring
Doth also bring
y lavish crop Of mud.
The lamkins fling,
When it is spring,
Their nimble heels in play,
And jocund spring
Doth on us ring
A weather shift each day.
Louisville Courier-JOurnal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

The Payne tariff bill does not please
the Democrats in Congress. OF course
not. If It pleased them it would not
please the country which has had some
unhappy experiences with Democratic
tariff bills. But while the Democrats
kick against the bill they offer no sub
stitute. 1t is the same old familiar
Democratic program of negation, fault
finding and opposition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Meter.

WHAT'S a poem" Just a jingle.
Where lot of words will mingle.
In double rhyme or single,
On the pages of a book?
Something witty, wise or solemn,
Just 10 fill funny column
Where most readers never look?
Nay. there's poetry that's sweeter
In the rumble of the street-or
In the waves long swinging meter,
AS they break upon the shore:
AND the winds tune, wild, unfettered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Northern Democrats in general seem
inclined to back up their representa-
tives in Congress who refuse to be
boesed by Champ Clark Of Missouri.
The rebellion of the northern members
was caused by the policy of the south
ern Democrats who compose the large
majority Of the Democratic representa-
ton In Congress to hog everything in
sight as far as the good places on
the committees are concerned. When
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
was minority leader, he held that is
was good policy from a party
standpoint to push the north
ern Democrats forward and thus
try to strengthen the party in the
North. But Champ Clark as leader
holds that as the southerners furnish
all the Democratic votes in the eleeto-
raj college they deserve the spoils.
This the whole meat in the cocoanut
OF tho present row in the Democratic
minority in Congress. and it shows one
of the chief of the numerous troubles
which all the Democratic party.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Says Patten correspondent: What
was thought by some to be a rather
singular coincidence occurred on our
streets recently, when preacher. an
undertaken and an agent for tomb
stones representing three towns and as
many counties of Maine met and We're
comparing notes. Some wondered if
the meeting would have been any more
significant if there had been a doctor
included
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Thus far Representative Fitzgerald
Of New York. the leader Of the Demo-
cratic insurgents, has escaped the
Black Hand treatment which there was
at one time reason to believe that
Champ Clark and the southern Demo-
Gratis would hand out to him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Des Moincs, Iowa, Is so much pleased
with it's commission form Of govern
ment that the Register and Leader Of
that city is now advocating the extern
sion Of the commission system SO as
to include the state government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

This is the difference as seen by
Champ Clark of Missouri, the Demo-
cratic congressional leader without a
following: Republican insurgent is a
distinguished and patriotic reformer:
a Democratic insurgent Is low down
diabolical traitor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

They are now talking about the old
fashioned remedy Of bee stings as
heroic form of treatment and lots of
people would prefer the rheumatism.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Occasionally in the grand chorus Of
Good luck.'' bon voyage" Pleasant
vacation" and Safe return" which
goes up from all over the land is heard
& growl which sounds something like
Here's to the lions.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Edward Payson Weston is pegging
steadily away on his job of crossing
the continent in 100 days and thus far
Is keeping well ahead Of his schedule.
newspapers, however, than was given
him on his Portland Chicago walk
last wear
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

The rise of banking in Lohuon Il
he said to date from 1877 VIZ "A
King confiscated the amouh's ,ouBd
standing at the credit OF the ..eesI
goldsmiths, said Charles Weiell .; itja
ly. speaking at the London ii's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Thursday, March IS, 1909.

The jungle will soon learn the real
Significance of the old saying about
carrying the war into Africa"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

SQuirrGi Island it will he recalled,
Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta and other
pcope-aS q pioneer summer resort.
one of the largest sales Of seashorc
property made in recent Year; has been
completed Whereby Appledorc Island.
Isles Of ShoaleS. ten miles off Ports
mouth, y. H, has changed ownership.
This island is famous as the birthplace,
and long the residence OF Celia ThaXter,
and the homo of the LeightpnS. who for
many seasons conducted the Appledore
Hotel, the summer home Of people from
all parts of the world Appledore Isl
and comprises $50 acres Of land of
which seven and one-h half acres are en-
braccd in the hotel reservation. The
island has been plated into nearly six
hundred lots ranging in area from $500
to 10000 square feet This acreage.
with the hotel and nine substantial and
desirable cottages, connected Herewith
has been bought by the company Of
which Ex-Governor G. NJ Floyd. of New
hampshire is president. 'The Squirrel
Island colony differs from the Apple
dore colony, it would seem, for the for
n'or was established to put all profits
into island improvements, while we in
fer the latter is for the prolit Of the
Stockholders
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Daily kennebec Journal
ESTABLISHED 1895

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held RESPONSE.
BILE for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address oil communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLMGH & FLYNT. Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Among the Paris buildings soon to be
demolished is the castle of EtoileS. on the
Seine; it was the favorite domicile of
I.nuiS XIV.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

The Norwegian army includes a
corps on skates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

With its So articles in the warrant
ana its exciting contests the Dexter
town meetings was one of the longest
and liveiiest of the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

George William MsCabe, known as
'the hermit of Green mountain who
has lived alone near the base of Green
mountain, Rome, for 40 years died this
week. He had been i'll but a few days
with pnt umonia. He was found i'll last
Thursday and was given good care by
residents of that section. McCabe was
q veteran of the Civil War and the on
" paper found in his cabin was that of
his discharge from the list new York
volunteers. He never had much to say
about himself, but he has stated that
he was born in Ireland and had been
in this country but five years when he
enlisted for the Civil War. He came to
this town il, 1868 and bought a strip of
land at the foot of Green mountain. He
cleared up Il farm and supported him
self, rarely calling upon a nei2hbor.
He visited the village OF Oakland
once each month, received his pension.
purchased necessary supplies and then
shut himself ur in his cabin for an
other month. His age was about 20
years. It is not known that there are
airy relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Maine Gossip
A Hero.

He sang of joy; whate'er he knew of
sadness
He kept for his own hearts peculiar
share;
gladness
To be sole tenant there.
For dreams were his and in the dawn's
fair shining
His spirit scared beyond the mounting
lark
But from his lips no accent of repining
Fell when the days grew dark.
And though contending long dread Fate
TO master,
He failed at last her enmty to cheat:
He turned with such a smile to face dis
aSter
That he sublimed defeat.
Florence Earle Coates
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

An Old-time Maine sea captain died
last week in Brooklyn. This was Capt.
Alexander F. Fulton, aged 70, a native
of BowdOinham and q member of Il
family which contributed largely to the
fame OF American deep sea fishing of
half q century ago. Capt. Fulton took
his first sea voyage at the age OF 10
years and followed the sea for nearly
half a century, advancing from cab
in boy to captains position. There
We're few portions Of the globe
which had not been visited by
Captain Fulton during the time
of his active service, and his home
contained many relics which had been
gathered during his voyages. Captain
Fulton was in the service of the South
ern Pacific Steamship Company during
the last Is years of his active life. In
1894 he retired and since then had been
living with his wife, Mary f. Fulton.
in his Brooklyn home Captain Full
tons relatives live in Maine He was
a member of Village Lodge, F. and A.
NJ. Of BoWdoinham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25

Down on the coast the Mayfiowers
have commenced to open in some local
tiles where they are protected from the
Geld and get the rays of the sun all
day. 1t will be but a short time be-
fore they will be very plenty on the
sunny slopes Of the woods.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04
n4sH/W GTOW AND

tSHINGTON.-In the novel Of "Ivanhoe, Isaac the Jew tells the knight that he knows it is the custom of the Christians to put on pilgrims garb and to walk barefooted for miles to wors hip dead mems bones
 There is something of a sheer in 1saae's tone and lFanhee Febukes him with q truly heroic. "Blasphem.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04

ton. The body was removed from the base of the oak about 75 years ago It never should have been removed.
 It is said that Washington selected the place where his body now lies and left instructions that one day the change of sepulcher should be made. The oak which guarded the first grave must have been standing for three centuries. The view from the place is inspiring enough to eEkindle the eyes of a dead man. The view from the new tomb is fine in it's way but it is noth- ing to the grand sweep of river hilltops and for ests which moves before the eye from the place where Washington slept for 30 years
 Hundreds of visitors go to Mount Vernon daily. They peer into the tomb and then straightway go the house There is an inter- est, of course which must attach to any of the belongings of Washington, but 1t seems to be a legitimate matter of regret that of the thousands who go to Mount Vernon the interest in the mir TOT which Washington used when he shaved and in the spoon with which he ate his porridge, if he ate porridge, is far greater than in the forest trees under which he walked and in the garden whose hedges of formal cut were planted with his own hand
 Indoors at Mount Vernon everything is dead; outdoors everything is alive. The forest and garden are instinct with Washington the con- tents of the house are dust
 There is a real interest however, ill the library of the old home In the main the books are simply copies of those which were on the shelves in Washington's time The originals as l understand it, in several libraries of the country. There two originals, however which are open at the title page, so that if the light be good. may read Washington's name written in his own hand and the title of the book
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04

two or three newspaper men, The scientists are in the great majority.
 It costs pretty penny to join the Metropolitan club and to pay the dues and to live the life of the organization. The initiation fee at the Cosmos club is rather small and the dues light but there are scores of members of the Metropolitan club, "the club of the nobs' who willingly would pay twice thrice the Metropolitan's initiation fee and the Metropotan's dues if the expenditure could gain them admission to the club where the "cranks" foregather.
 Every Monday night is called "social night" at the Cosmos club. Of course the clubhouse is open at all times, but Monday evening the members make special effort to be present and there is always large gathering in the great. sweeping rooms of the house where lived Dolly Madi- son.
 They don't intrude shop" upon you in the Cosmos club. The members genial body of the world They find out what the guest likes to jeet is promptly introduced to him. There are few expert opinion in the Cosmos club
 The members. of course have their hobbies and they ride them. In corner of room there will be an astronomical group and there will be another corner with fish group and another cor her with bird group and another corner with, it may be- a mushroom group. It isn't all science however in the Cosmos club. The members play billiards and pool and bridge, and they have fine time of It generally and at great expense for 1t is one of the hard facts of earth that men de- voted to science have little money Learning doesn't bring high pay in the market
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04

Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound made me a well woman and have no more backache. I hope I can help others by telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me" ."-MRs. EMMA MISE, SS3 FIrstSt., Milwaukee, Wis.
 The above is only one of the thou sands Of grateful letters which are constantly being received by the Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn, Mass, which prove beyond a doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound, made from roots and herbs, actually does cure these obstinate dis eases of women after all other means have failed, and that every such sui ering woman owes it to herself to at least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound a trial before submit ting to an operation, or giving up hope of recovery.
 Mrs. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mass, invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health and her advice is free.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04

which he thought worthy enough to buy.
 The light wasn't good on the afternoon in mind and all that one pilgrim could make out of a books title, above which was written Washington's name, was the
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04

There Is Catarrh in this section Of the country than all other diseases put tegether and until the last few years supposed to be mcurable. For great many years doctors pronounced t local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to with local treatment, pronounced 1t neurable Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis and therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. is the only Constitutional the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoonfill IL directly the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system They offer one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to Send tor circulars and testimonials.
 Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohso
 Sold by Druggists.s 75e.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04

me a we'll woman, and I would like to tell the whole world of it. I suffered fromfemale trouble and fearful painsin my back. I had the best doctors and they all decided that I had a tumor ill addition to my female trouble, and advised an opera tion. Lydia E.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-04
The Main Question.

This story is current in the Arkan- sas hills A woman was telling some friends what a delicate childhood was hers
 When I was born I weighed only four pounds. They put me in a cigar box for cradle"
 Goodness graciousi" exclaimed one of the listening women, leaning for ward with great interest, and did you live ?"-Kansas City Times.