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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-06
THE DOOR CHECK DiSPL AN.
Mechanical Window Show That Many
~%9 People Stop to Look At. n

There are many mechanical wlnd9W
displays, one Of d very simple char
acter, but that always has people
standing looking at it shows the ac-
ton of door check. Within a framed
construction there are set two swing
ing doors OF the same dimensions.
little doors about foot in height, one
of these doors being equipped With d
door check of Il regulation pattern
but of miniature size to correspond
with the door on which it is placed.
while the other little door has no door
check, it just swings through the
doorway in both directions, unchecked.
In the floor running around through
both doorWays, you see circular slot,
through which connection is had with
an invisible turntable underneath, and
now as YOU stand watching two doors
you see pushing through the door
without a check the figure of little
woman whose course follows the slot;
You know that through it her feet are
attached to the turntabe below,
which causes and controls her move
mentS.
When this little woman has cleared
the doorway the door swings back
through it and then swings forward
through it, swinging so to and iro un-'
til It comes to rest, as such doors
do: il there had been anybody back
OF the door when it made it's first long
swing back it would have slammed
into them; you know the door.
Having come out to the farthest
point of the circle in front the lady
of the swinging door now turns ana
goes back through it, the door again
swinging back and forth after her In
the same manner as before; but now
while she is pushing through that
door. to disappear behind it. another
little lady appears, pushing open the
other door. the one equipped with the
door check, and when this other little
lady has come through this door this
one doesn't swing back through and
keep swinging; it just settles back
gently till it has come exactly into
position where it ought to be when
closed. and then there it stays; it
takes care Of itself. doesn't blow open,
and gives no Inconvenience
And SO the two little ladies keen
moving all day long. moving alter
nately out into view through and NOV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-06
SECUTED lLLUSlONS.@
Facts Rude'y Thrust Aside Convic
tons Long Cherished.

Careful observations recently made
in France along rivers with banks
EoW denuded OF trees, compared with
recods made before the forests were
cut down, contradicted, or at least
seemed to contradict, the firmly settled
belief that wooded land retains waite,
and so diminishes the number and
decreases the severity of foods. Sc
far as they went the figures showed
tina cultivated fields were about as eff
fective for the retention OF rainfall
and its slow distribution as forests
are. One can still retain doubts on
the subject, but it IS distinctly painful
similar discomfort is inflicted by
ID. y. Basket, who has. written books
on birds and is credited with knowing
good deal about them. An article bv
him i'll the Scientific American boldly
attacks the cherished conviction thar
birds are Of great value because they
destroy vast numbers of obnoxious in
sects. Mr.. Basket admits that some
oil them dc eat not few bugs and
worms, but he denies that all their eff
forts have any appreciable effect on
the way of keeping down any of the
insects really injurious to crops, and
declares himself sure that the much
discussed balances of nature" are not
iheasCrably disturbed when the bird
tribes vanish. Many insects. and
some OF the worst, are quite beyond
the'r reach, and birds never made any
impression on plaques of army
worms. chinch bugs. Hessian flies,
Colorado beetles. and like creatures,
WhHe OF course they 10 nothing what
ever against the innumerable fungus
and bacterial enemies from which
crops suffer so much.
Mr.. Baskets personal and private
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impression seems t. be that from the
standpoint of dollars ana cents birds
10 more harm than good. but for all
that he is far from advising their ex-
termination. What he would have us
value is not their--as he says
inasipSd efficacy as insect destroyers
and preserVers OF natural balances but
the immaterial benefit they bring
when we treat their beauty their
songs, their grace ana their interesting
habits as a part of our culture. Bird
lovers will be reluctant to give up the
notion that their favoritcs arc Of prac-
teal as Well as aesthetic use, and it
will be a long time before they do it.
Just the same, they will have some
double in answering all of Mr. Bas-
kett's arguments for a revision of their
opinions.-NeW York Times.
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Home rrsatnnent for rubere uIosis.

Many people have cured themselves of
tuberculosis by a very simple. mex
pensive home methodA-fresh air, careful
diet and Eckman's Alternative.
This Alternative iye mot a new medicine
1t has been eonqlieriDg tuberculosis for
several years. cures resulting after other
methods had failed.
Think what this means. No specialists
lees:. no saBitorium charges; no travel
Ing expenses.
Eckman's Alternative has c<,red many
people at home, VIII tta,I 4rar ,... 4;
encourage them and give item that ten
der care which money cannot bMy.
After you have thoroughly investigat-
ed our affidavits and testimonials-feel-
ing sure IN your own mind that If Eek
mans Alternative has cured so many
taking, the Alternative. Your improve
ment Should be gradual. but certain
II you have been faithful to Eckman's
Alternative. You will be amazed at your
Improvement. A statement from one
who knows follows
20 So. Attn Street. Colwyn, Darby Pa.
Gentlemen: For four years 1 was
troubled with cough. which ~radually
pains in my chest l was losing my ap-
petite and had become SO thin and weak
I could not attend to my household du-
ties. physician pronounced my case
Consumption. Not being satisfied, | was
examined by the physicians of the Poly
clinic Hospital: they also pronounced the
disease Consumption, which was proven
later, by an examination of suptum, as
tuberculosis Bacilli was found. | was
ordered to Consumptive Hospital. My
nephew would not allow me to go until
] had tried Eckman's Alternative. Before
! had taken the medicine three weeks
pain In the breast relieved cough be-
came loose and easy: fever left me and
commenced getting well. My health be-
came normal am in excellent health
hnnn onln oil Zoe
ten years. I strongly recommend it."
fSigned fMRS.) MARY WATSON.
Eckmans Alternative cures Bronchitis
Asthma. Hay Fever; Throat and Lung
Affections. For sale by G.. b. Murphy,
and other leading druggists Ask for
booklet of cured cases and write to Eek
man Laboratory. Philadelphia. Pa, for
additional evidence.
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STORY FIT FOR FICTION.
How Successful Man Got Start From
Southern Confederacy.

When the Southern Confederacy fell,
it fell Like the one-horse shay, II
went all to pieces, nothing flrst, just
as bubbles do when they burst
Well, when the Confederacy thus
COLLAPSED, it was relying through Its
agents on money for cotton stored
abroad. The cotton had run the block
ade. The money ran the blockade
back to the South, and it was re-
ceived by the agent who had trans
united it more than once before to the
Richmond Government.
At the very last there was no Rich
mond Government and no Confeder-
acy. The last installlnent of money
for cotton was received after the Con-
federata Government had ceased TO
exist and whose officers We're fugl-
tives. The agent who received tnat
last installment did not feel like hand
ing it over to the United States Gov
ernn:ent The latter did not know the
agent existed 1t could, therefore,
make no claim on him.
He lust retained the money. There
was no che to return it to here. There
was none to whom it belonged here.
There was none who claimed it here.
The man kept, it.. came North, invest
ed it, made more money with it, anG
became one Of the richest and most
influential business men in New York.
dying on Friday, a multi-millionairo.
respected, unimpeachable, and allied
through the marriages of his children
with some OF the most distinguished
families in the United States ana
Great Britain. We may add that TIES
ex- Confederate agent and subsequent
metropolitan ,nulti-miilionaire became
one of the most liberal supporters OF
charity, education and religion. South
and North. and made them the bene-
fciares of the growth OF the fortune
OF which the events suggested had
made him the sole conceivable custo-
dian. What he gave away a hundred
times exceeded what events laid In
his lap. What he made" thousand
times exceeded what he received anc
has heQueathed. ...
And we may further Incidentally an
nounce the death of Richard T. Will
son at 81 Fifth avenue. in Manhat-
tan, on Friday, idnieht.-Brooklyn
Eagle
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KEATS ASSIGNED COPYRIGHT.
Interesting Relic in the AIonzo W
Porter Library to Be Sold.

| a literary document of great i'm
portance, being. the assignment IF
John Keats Of the copyright of hi
Poems" G817) and LAMA" QS20)
to John Taylor and James Augustus
| Hessny, is one Of the Interesting items
in the library of the late Alonzo W.
Porter, of this city. which will be sold
at Anderson's on December !. The
document reads. in part:
Il. John Keats. of Hampstead, in the
county of Middlesex, esquire, do here
by, in consideration of the sum Of
| se100 setrling, to me in hand paid by
| John Taylor and James Augustus Hes
lsey assign the copy
and copyright = : of Poems by.
j Ohm Keats and !"
Lama.
The paper is witnessed by Keats
| friends, William Haslam and Richard
WoodEnusa Taylor and iIessey We're
| the publishers Of the London MaSa
| zine, and WOodhouse WIS q young bar
rister of literary tastes. who seems to
! have acted a. their reader. l. was
through TaNlor and Hcsscy that Keats
became especially intimate with
Wooahousc, BY whom the assignment
was probably drawn up.
It was signed twice by Keats. and
| is dated September 20. 1920. only two
| days before his departure for Italy.
He was suffering from hemorrhages
nervous dependency. and weakness,
and made UP his mind, on medical ad-
| vice. t. try the effect of a winter in
Italy, las a soldier marches against a
battery 1t was on the voyage to
Naples on the ship Maria CroWther
that ne composed the sonnet bright
Star Would ! Were Stedtast AS Thou
Art" his last piece Of poetry. II was
| in Rome. on February %, 1921, only
six alonths after signing this docu-
ment, that Keats died. asking that. If
any epigraphs were placed over his
grave. it might be in the words: Here
lies one whose rame was .. writ in
water"
The assignment Of the copyright to
his two volumes Of poems. being one Of
the last things which he did before
leaving England forever, it is difficult
to oTerestimate the Importance Of the
document. 1t is preserved in q levant
case with inside silk wrapper-New
York Times.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fire Mbnday at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, de-
stroyed the four-story building occupied
by the H. Weber Sons store, Main street,
near Fifth and extended to other build
ings, causing a loss of $4,000
Ernest Bestany. IS. was killed by 4
Boston & Northern electric car on South
Broadway, Lawrence, Mass. Monday af-
ternoon, when Il car struck the buggy
he was driving and overturned 1t. His
body was badly mangled.
The 18th annual convention of the
International Seamens Union opened
Monday at Detroit, Mich. with 40 dele
gates in attendance and President An
drew E-uruseth Of San Francisco in the
chair
H. A. Franklin. the male SutIrasist.
who attempted to assault Home Sec
rotary Churchill Nov. 20 at London.
was Monday sentenced to six weeks
in Jail. Franklin is nephew OF POST
master General Samuel.
DR. Simon Flexner, director of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, was successfully operated upon
for appendicitis Monday at the Presby-
terrain Hospital. New York City. His
physicians report his condition as ex-
cellent.
John A. Oster, WHO was ordained a
priest by Bishop Cretin. the first blsh-
ou of the diocese of st. Paul. Dec. IL,
1856, died Monday at st. JOSEPH S nos
pital. ST. Paul. Mimi The title of mon
signor was bestowed on him several
years ago in recognition of his faith
full services to the Roman Catholic
church.
The provisional count of the city Of
Berlin and it's suburbs under the gen.
eral census shows an aggregate popu-
lation of about 100000. It will be
some weeks before the final figures are
announced. Munich has a population
OF 595.05SS a gain of $4,000 over 1903
Laipsic has 5S5.t4G residents and Nu-
rerherg 332.539.
A bronze statue in memory of the
late Sir Henry Irving was unveiled
Monday at London in the presence of
Sir John Hare, president of the Irving
Memorial Committee. other prominent
actors end actresses and city officials
The statue was made possible by funds
subscribed by American and British
admirers of the English actor and was
erected at the rear of the National
Portrait Gallery in Charing Cross road.
Miss Emily Williams. who for years
had lived the life of hermit was
found dead in her home Sunday at
New Milford, CT. sitting upright on
an old sofa. She was 20 years old and
had been known locally as odd Maid
Williams" She had probably been
dead two days and the condition of
her hands and face showed that rats
had attacked them. She was reputed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-06
LIKE TO WALK IN PUDDLES.
Grown Up Man Tries to Ascribe Rea-
son For Fancy OF Eoys.

1T may not be a matter of grave
moment" said IL grown up man. but
I would rather like to know why small
boys like to walk in mud puddles.
Il DON'T refer now to the boy in rub
per boots; his motives in WadIng IN
putldlc.s and III deeper water | can I'M
lerstand SIC A proud Of his water
proof boots and he likes tn surfcit him
self with the delightful consciousness
ana proof that they are waterproof;
he likes to brave and pass unscathcd
the periis Of the deep waterways OF
the Cutters after a heavy rain; though
with his fiist boots anyway he is like
" to overdo this a little, to keep on
trying To- see how deep he can go till
at last he steps into place a little
Deeper than the rest and gets his boots
filed ST.
still. can understand the boy and
his rubber boots, but | don't quite see
through his fancy for walking or step
ping in luddles generally when he has
leather shoes on. Maybe here, too, it
is because he likes to take risks. or
perhaps it is because of his innate de-
fance of rule and convention.
"A bunch OF small boys will one af-
ter another try jumping over puddle
i To see If they can clear it. and then
sooner or later one is sure to come
, down within tho edge of the water,
But that doesn't disturb him; on the
contrary he rather enjoys that expert
ence, and then You may see the bunch
wind up by all running OF walking
through the water. Why do they do
this. getting their shoes wet and mud
dy and getting them wet causing
them to wear out the sooner, to say
nothing of causing their mothers care
and worry not only over shoes but
stockings But all boys like to slush
through mud puddies. and for that
matter so do some older people too.
Il like myself when | have on rub
bers to walk right ahead regardless Of
the pools OF water on the sidewalk. In
tact am likely to stcp in them de-
llberately IL they are not too deep. SO
tHat may get the water over my
fuDberS to wet my feet / like to slash
ahead unhampered and really in doing
this simple little free action I find en-
Joynent And / guess it is sense of
inns sort that makes the boy find a
pleasure in scampering or stamping or
walking Though mud puddles; be likes
10 take the risk and see how much
water he can get into without getting
ms feet wet, but the thing he likes
pest ABOUT it is it's defiant unfettered
freedom. New York Sun.
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West Minot Granoe.

The regular meeting of West Minot
Grange was held Saturday. when Of
ficers were elected as follows: Master
Fl. c. Black: overseer, Peter Coyne;
lecturer, Mrs. Eliza Leland; steward
H. a. Whittemore; assistant steward,
Clarence Leland: chaplain, Addie AL
len; secretary, Bertha Harris: treas
urer. II. Z. Nerrill; gatekeeper, Ever
EFT Leland; Ceres. Mrs. Eva Black
Pomona, Mrs. Eva Coyne: Flora, Mrs
Dacie Whittemore: lady assistant
steward, Mrs. Edith Leland; pianist.
Myra Ferrill; librarian. Mrs Emma
Bearce
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BELFAST.
Fire In Customs House Annex-Gun
Club Organized

Belfast. Me-, Dec. 5.-.(SpeciaD.-Wh
the .workmen were at dinner this noon,
fire was discovered in the new $37, 900 an
mex Of the customs house in this city
and but for the timely arrival and cool
head of Letter Carrier H. H. Carter, the
entire building might have been burned
or so badly smoked as to put it in bad
shape. The wOrkmen who are finishing
the annex had left their benches and
gone out to dinner when Carter discov-
cred red hot fire just under one of the
workmen's benches. He began at once
to stamp 1t out calling at the same time
for help. The other employees of the
post office went to his assistance and
with water and hard work soon had the
flames extinguished.
A Gun Club has been organized, IS
sportsmen meeting and electing officers
as follows: President, Raymond Sher-
man; vice president, Charles Bradbury
secretary and treasurer. Clarence E.
Read; directors, Ben Smalley, William H.
Hall and Charles R. Coombs. 1t Is ex-
pected that there will be membership
Oh ~ OT HOIo. IL ~ uHueIotoou liihI titS
club will not be confined to men alone
as several women are anxious to join.
The club plans eventually to build a
small club house on the Cottrell shore,
owned by Charles Bradbury and where
there is already a trap which will be
used by the members through the cour-
tesy Of Mr. Bradbury.
Warden and Mrs. Barnes o. Norton of
Thomaston State prison were in Belfast
for a Weekend visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
John c. Pilsbury and incidentally to look
up a house in Belfast for their occu-
pancy early in the new year.
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killed tin we had to get coolies to pull
away the dead so that We could get at
the living. AS we left, l passed man
lying dead, as l thought, on the grass.
] heard noise and. looking back. saw
that he was sitting up and covering me
with his gun. ! drove my bayonet So
hard that I had to put my foot on nm
to pull it out. / am an old man ana |
believe it is wicked, but ] still feel
thrill when | think of the way We
avenged our countrywomen. Nor do |
feel that I have a murder on my con
science London Mail.
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vsasss lK.6,RLNDINC
A'Seience With Some Dealers.
Done at the Expense Of
- the Public

There is nothing "just as good" as
Newbro's Herpicide Some dealers
will even 60 so far. as to tell you thew
have something better.
That dealer has an axe to grind.
You can't stop his grinding, but you
can prevent him grinding it at your
expense.
There is one sure, swift way to do
i.
Go where you can get what you ask
FOR.
You won't be obliged to do this very
often, as fortunately the majority of
druggists are honest and conscientious.
Newbro's Herpicide has been SO long
and favorably known as the original
dandruf germ destroyer that no one
should be deceived.
When you need a hair remedy, you
don't want one which merely promises
to kill the dandruff germ and prevent
the hair from falling.
You want one that will do it.
Herpicide does it.
The hair becomes soft and lustrous.
There is life, snap and beauty where
formerly the hair was dead. dull and
brittle. ~.
Newbro's Herpicide is sold and guar
anteed by all druggists.
Applications of this wonderful prophy-
Tactic may be obtained at the best bar
Der shops and hair dressing parlors.
Send ten cents in postage or silver
to The Herpicide Co., Dept. R., Detroit,
Mich, for a nice sample of Herpicide
and, booklet telling all about the hair.
eowditch, Webster & Co., Special Agts
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NOW IT'S DENIED.
John p. Harris, Owner Of Boston Club,
Says It Isn't So At All.

Boston, Dec. John P. Harris, the
Pittsburg owner of the Boston Ma
tional League Baseball Club. tonight
denied the story printed in the after
noon papers that he had sold the Bos-
ton Club to James J. Phelan, repre-
senting a Boston syndicate.
1T is truesI have received many
fiattering offers, but considered none
of them seriously" said Mr.. Harris
Il know that several parties would
like to buy. but am not at all anxious
to SELL"
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flshting Off other girl employees and
with smile and whispered good bye,
Adelencia Aurora, seamstress. % years
oid' hung a moment from the ninth story
of the Textile building. at Fourth and
ELM streets. Cincinnati, Monday. then
dropped to the, pavement below. Men
whoAhad seen the girl fall, ran and pick
ed UP the broken BODY Life stu re-
manned and she was takert scss hospital
1t is said she will die
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ing back out Of sight through those
two little doors, to show what a me
thing the door check Is. and whcther
the sight Is one that prompts many
people to go in to buy door checks
or not there are always people look
ing on-New York Sun.
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THE N. K. FAgRBANK COMPANY
CHICAGO

II You Are Troubled With Eczema,
Salt rheunl, letter, BARRIERS itch, rashes.
etc, you can obtain quick relief and eff
feet permanent cure by using ECZE-
MALINE. Used and prescribed extern
sively by the medical profession. Itch
Ing piles, no matter how chronic, are
soon healed. ECHEMALINE can be pur-
chased at the store Of Bowditch. Web
eter & Company. Augusta. or will be
mailed POSTPAID upon receipt of price ny
Leonard. Zoller & Company. Rochester,
N. T., 500 and 50 cent packages.
cct4.tues. 3mos
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Topsham Granqe.

AT the annual meeting OF Topsham
Grange held Saturday evening, the fol
lowing officers we're elected: Master,
Fred Carey: oTerseer, T.. Y. Shaw;
steward, Harold Willis: lecturer, Mar
tina Tarr: chaplain, L. A. Jack; treas
urer. James A. Tarr; secretary. Edith
Willis: assistant steward. Harold Hif-
dreth; gatekeeper, Ralph Malllett
Ceres. Lillian Ripley: Pomona, Carrie
Shaw: Flora. Bernice Higgins
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WEST WINDSOR.

The Ladies' Union will be entertained
at the home of Mrs. Owen Dove
Wednesday, Dec. Z; if stormy, on Thurs
day 1t is important that all members
be present.
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BASEBALL.

Detroit s; Aimandares 3.
Havana, Dec. 5.-The Detroit baseball
team defeated the Almandares nine to-
day by a score of to 3.
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SUNNY !
MONDAY

The use of Sunny Monday
laundry soap means economy;
economy in the saving of
clothes-saving Of tine saw
ing of labor. Sunny Monday
is a white soap which con-
tains no rosin. 1t will double
the fife of your clothes, and
one bar Of itwill 60 as far as
two barssof any ordinary yell
low laundry soap.
Ask your grocer for Sunny
Monday.