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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

General Beal Command, No. 90, U. "
IT,, will hold its regular meeting tonight
and all members are requested to be
present as a chaplain and major will be
elected to fill vacancies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

Surt. of Schools and Mrs. +. c.. Mar
shall were among the August peo-
pie who went to Orono Saturday to
witness the Maine Bowdoin game of
football.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

Two members reported Saturday from
furloughs: Frederick J. Roberts from
Gloucester, and Elbridge Donovan from
CooperS Mills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

Horace E. Bowditch of Bowditch,
Webster & Co., left on the Sunday
forenoon train for Boston on a com
pined business and pleasure trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

George F. Snow, who is i'll with ty-
phoid fever 1t his home on Cony
street, is reported to be doing as we'll
as could be expected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

A. D. Porter, a well-known New
York publisher, who had been in the
city on matters of business. left for
home Saturday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

The Refinement Provost property
situated in Royal Park has been sold
by the w. D. Hutchins Co. to Augusta
parties for investment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

urday on a furlough to visit his home
in Riverside, r. |.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

An important meeting of the Mems
Club of the Universalist church will
he held at 1870 Tuesday evening in the
vestry
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

An increase in pension was received
Saturday for August Brockmyer, late Co
*, Goth n. Y. Inf, to SIS per month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

T. II. Klein, clerk in charge of the COM
missary department, is in Boston on a
short leave.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

Miss Helen G. Tinkham is enjoying a
weeks vacation at her home in Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

The e. f. Newbert agency has sold
The Nellie T.. Nichols place. &C. Bangor
street, to Martin " Ellis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

Rice stands first in the list % Slams
agricultural products. The average
yearly export Of rice for tho last five
years has amounted to 94S,3S9 tons,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
Utterly Wretcked
Nervous Prostitution Long Endured
BEFORE Remedy was Found.

Before. Remedy was Found.
Miss Minerva Reminger, Upper Bern,
pa. writes: For several years l had
nervous prostration, and was utterly
wretched. / lived on bread and beef
Tea because my stomach would not re-
tain anything else. I took many rem
edies. but obtained no relief until I
took Hoods Sarsaparilla, when I began
10 gain at once. Am now cured."/
Pure, rich blood makes good, strong
nerves, and this is why Hoods Sarsa-
narilla, which purifies and enriches the
blood, cures so many nervous diseases.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called SarSatabS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
NATIONAL HOME.
The y. Y. U. Will Have
an Election Tonight.
Sunday Evening Concert Much
Enjoyed--0pera House Notes.
Officer Of the Day, Capt. choI!ar--
Other Home Notes.

Officer of the day, Capt. C. B. Chollar
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11
Into Exhaustive Experiments to
Reveal There It's Hold Upon Mankind.

northern Maryland or southern Penn
sylvania probably.
Now. IL will naturally be asked. Why
should fishes be picked out for can
Ger study2 Animals OF other kinds are
frequent victims Of cancer Why. then.
the fish2 There are several reasons.
chief among which are the following.
In the first place certain forms or
cancer in fishes so closely resemble
cancer I'm human beings that there is
no discernible difference. Even an eN-
pert cannot distinguish one from the
other under the microscope.
Secondly. 60 Is the concentrated o..
the artifiCially reared and captive fish
that develops cancer. only very rarely
does the disease occur in wild fishes.
This seems 20 point to the conclusion
that the maiady in fishes is attribute BILE
TO Infection by some kind OF germ.
Thirdly. there is (says DR.. Gaylord
a marked Ecogra phical relation between
cancer in human beings and cancer i'm
fishes-mOrc especially the trout. Both
are most prevalent in wooded. we'll
Watercd and mountainous districts.
Fourthly, just as cancer in man is
Increasing az an alarming rate. caus-
ing five times as many deaths in every
1000 people as was the case sixty years
aEo. so I'm like manner cancer In fishes
particularly trout has spread amaz-
ingly within the last few years. so
much so. indeed. as to threaten very
seriously the future existence OF trout
hatcheries. At the present time there
Is not single government. state or
private trout hatchery plant that is not
infected with cancer.
Among fishes. cancer seems TO have
selected trout as it's preferred victim.
u begins with swelling OF the thy
roid gland In the throat-that is 20 say.
with a goitrc. This tumor later on
becomes generous. The character Of
the malady IS not open 70 question. \
piece Of the tumor. examined under the
microscope. is Neutrality-suspicious. from
the tissue or a common and malignant
type or cancer in man.
Tnscientific persons may jump at
the conclusion that the trout infeCts
the water with cancer germs. and that
these convey the malady TO human be-
ings who drink the water. This would
be an easy way 60 account for the
spread Of the disease. But DR.. Gay
lord and Mr.. NJ. &. Marsh. who has
charge OF the investigat ions for the
government. are not inclined to accept
such "A theory. They say that 20 would
be quite as reasonable to suppose that
the trout acquired cancer from people
suffering from the disease. In all prob
ability. they believe. trout cancer and
human cancer come from common
cause. The problem f. TO find that
car
A. set the study is in its infancy
/ Indeed sc has hardly begun But one
| fact Of great interest that has been
observed is that where number Of
/ fish ponds are connected together. as
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11

crobcs In beef soup killing them with
heat and putting up the fluid thus OBJ
tanned i'm firc-seaied glass tubes. In
troduced into the circulation with the
hypOdermic syringe. IL would. accord
ing TO scientific theory. quickly put a
stop TO the ravages Of the devouring
malady. But first the germ must he
discovered. II may be that science is
on the track of Il at last through the
medium Of he fish.
Or. J. W. Vaughan and DIT. Eugene
HOdenpyl OF New York have recently
made discoveries that tend to support
the theory that cancer IS due TO
germ. Dr. Hodenpyl found that a fluid
secreted I'm the stomach OF a person sur
fering from cancer OF the liver checked
the disease when injected into the It's
sues OF the sufferer. Or. Vaughan has
gone further. and prepared n serum
directly from the cancer. with this
he has treated eight cases with favor
able results
The nature Of cancer is at present a
mystery. According to one or the most
widely accepted theories II Is the result
OF misplaced epithelial or surface It's
sue. which. finding itself i'm the wrong
place. grows abnormally and destroys
the body. This theory is wen supported
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11
How the Spread
of the Human
Type of the
Disease Among
ssDOIneStiCated''
Trout Has Led
the Government

Is commonly the case at trout hatch
cries. and the water passes by gravity
number OF cancer cases is decidedly
greater I'm the lowermost than in the
uppermost pond.
This would seem 20 point 70 a con-
centration Of the Infection In the low
ermost pond by the continual carrying
down OF cancer germs frOm the ponds
higher up One of the experiments soon
TO be made will be TO place a number
OF Infected fishes in a pond. and
a number OF healthy fishes i'm another
pond. thereupOn allowing the water
to pass from pond No. to pond No.
2-the Idea being TO find out whether
the occupants Of pond No. will be at
tackled by cancer.
In two OF the government trout
hatcheries at the present time cancer
prevails to such an extent as 70 con-
stitute an epidemic The investi cation
will he carried on with special energy
in those localities. but 10 will be eN-
not only trout but other species as
well-in various state and private
hatcheries.
All the evidence in the case or trout
cancer seems to point to the conclusion
that the cancer infection Is attribut-
able 20 n germ carried by water. This
Is the point Of extreme Importance, be-
cause up to now there has been a Seri-
Gus question whether there was such
thing as n germ OF cancer In TACT.
the most distinguished experts in this
line OF research have maintained that
cancer is caused not by a germ OF any
sort. but by n rebellion OF some Of the
body cells. which. under certain cir
cumstances, turn parasitic. and, grow
ing and multiplying at an enormous
rate. literally devOur the flesh
n there be q germ. why has II not
been discovered That is an easy Ques-
ton to answer. Assuming the exist
ence OF a cancer microbe. il may be too
small TO be seen even with the helr
Of hiEh-power microscope yellow
fever Is positively known 20 be caused
by n germ. which is carried by GER
tain kind of mosquito. but nobody has
vet seen the germ. because Z is SO
minute as TO be invisible.
Science Is able to zeal with yellow
fever by preventing the breeding OF
the mosquitoes that carry its germs
But. II cancer be due to microbes 50
tinv as TO be ultra microscopic. how
Is IL to be supposed that they are con
vey-cd and scattered? Are they air
borne or water-borncg Does some ktnt
Of animal harbor thcm2 Nobodl
knows. II is all a mystery. But rh'
puzzle will doubtless be solved befOr,
very long. and in all likelihood through
study OF the malady as tt appears IT
crea lures other than man.
| In truth. 90 find a solution TOT TINS
problem is one Of the greatest needs
I OF mankind Cancer Is spreading witt
most alarming rapidity. The deati
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11
PATTI WAS INDEPENDENT.

The memoirs Of Patti are more full
Of anecdotes of royalties and celebri-
ties than those of many British women
who have lately been heralded as spicy
Biographies. When she was is years
old Emperor William reigned in Ger
many. When she went to sing before
him for the first time at Homburg she
was presented to him. and he asked
her to join him on tho promenade the
next morning when he drank the
waters. Next morning she did not ap-
pear. The emperor thought her ali
sence so remarkable that he sent his
equcrry 10 inquire into IT, When the
message was given to Patti the an
swer came back to the cquerry that
the singer was quite we'll. But You
may tell his majesty that not for him
or any other king i'm the world does
Patti get up at o'clock I'm the morn
ing TO see him drinking water
The emperor took f. good naturcdly.
and when she came TO Berlin Go sing
a little while before his death the old
emperor tOttcrcd into the box 10 see
her. and sent an invitation TO her to
visit him after the opera was over.
Il went fast enough then. 7 can tell
YOU" saws Patti. And ] could hardly
help crying when the kind old man
held out his hand TO me. saying. 1T Is
good for the queen of song to visit the
king OF Germany today. Does she re-
member how she snubbed me once at
Ham burg2 cleveland Leader.
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rate from this disease is going up by
leaps and bounds. In 1850 IL was only
nine per 1000; at the present time IL
Is forty-five per 1000. DIT. Gaylord
says that one woman in every eight.
past the age OF As. dies OF cancer. The
death rate among men is somewhat less
high.
At the cancer laboratory in Buffalo
thorough study is being made OF the
microscopic structure Of generous tu-
mOrs of fishes. which are cut into eX-
tremely thin slices for examination.
Meanwhile quantities Of such cancer
Gus material have been fed to living
fishes in glass 'jars, each receptacle
holding from to two six quarts OF wa
ter. and two to three trout. The water
has been kept continually aerated. but
care has been taken not to change IL.
I'm order that the infection, II any.
should be concentrated as much as
possible.
Thus confined. the trout have been
fed also with generous liver from
human beings obtained at autopsies).
which they ate greedily. These ex-
periments are still being continued.
but up to date the results have been
negative. None OF the fishes I'm the
Jars have shown signs OF contracting
the disease.
At the government fish hatchery at
Craig Brook, in Maine. last summer,
living trout were inOculated with fish
cancer by taking the generous tissue.
breaking II up very fine. and mixing
IL with enough water to render practi-
q
healthy fish with hypOdermic syringe.
Such injections were made in the throat
(thyroid Eland) and in other parts OF
the body. but they failed 20 reproduce
the disease.
The government fisheries bureau has
built. in the basement OF the cancer
laboratory at Buffalo. an aquarium for
fish cancer experiments. 1t is made
with what is called a closed circula-
tion"-that is to say. the same water
I Is used over and over again, in order
| that the infection. IL any. may be re-
tanned and concentrated.
The apparatus consists OF n glass
/ enamel tank. circular in form. and big
enough to contain $50 gallons. which
I is connected with a glass aquarium.
| The water passes from the tank into
the aquarium. and flows back into
I the tank through a charcoal filter TO
I purify IL of dirt, waste food and otn-s
/ organic matter. on its way from the
J tank to the aquarium II goes through
/ a brine coil TO cool it. and a hydraulic
pump keeps the fluid aerated. Thus
! the circulation is made continuous.
/ In should he understood that cancer
] attacks many parts OF the bodies OF
] fishes-skin. liver. intestines. etC.-iust
/ as is the case with human beings. The
I United States fisheries bureau has al
I ready collected such tumOrs from a
number Of different kinds OF fishes
The thyroid gland. however. especially
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11
HAIR SLAUGHTER
Many Men am Women Kill Healthy
Hair BY Negligence.

Hair must have n5-vishnent or die.
II 90 does not have the proper nourish-
ncnt a. will lose its vitalic- grow weak.
and become an easy prey TO the ravaEes
~ the vicious and destructive germs or
Ga udruff.
Partisan Sage is a hair nourisfrs-, Il
is tho result Of sincere study and ex-
pertinent by one Of the worlds leading
scientists.
~ should be used regularly as a hair
dressing hy everyone with healthy hair
because 90 never fails 90 prevent dan
druff. falling hair, or any disease OF
the scalp or hair.
But Parisian sage o. not only a pre-
vrntivc 40 is certain cure for dan
oruff DO stops itching Of the scalp In
zfaut1v. No. makes hair grow thick and
1uNuriaut 10 ig especially I'm demand
bv ladies'. because ~ makes thc hair
beautiful. soft and fluffy SCitramm-
johnson. Drugs. five stores. sell it
under "a positive guarantee 90 do all
that is claimed FOR A.. or money back.
60 cents for generous bottle at
Sch ramm y ohnson. Drugs. five stores.
or hy express. charges prepaid. by the
American maker abe Gir0uN MIS-. Co.
Buffalo. n. y.
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Mr.. CROUCH

L"HATS good bacon, Maria" said
Mr.. Crouch one morning at the
breakfast table. as he gave
himself a second liberal helping, what
do they tax you for It now?"
Its gone up again, William re-
piled Mrs. Crouch, "the last was forty
cents a pound
Great jumping iewsharps,'
shrieked Mr. Crouch. forty cents
pound, That's at the rate Of five cents
a bite. SO I'm eating nickels, am I.
Wen. I just tell you It's darn lucky
thing we've got an automobile or your
Uncle Dudley would have to loot IL
home after a hard days work because
he had his carfarc for breakfast. say.
you've heard me speak OF Gouldstonc-
friend Of mine. just back from England
talking about this very thing yes
terday. Says you can buy the best
American bacon in Bristol for twenty
cents, but it's double the price in this
land Of the free. No more bacon FOR
yours truly. It's an Internal swindling
game and I won't be party to II.
can't digest gold nuggets.
But you know it's about the only
thing you really enjoy for breakfast.
William" said his wife, what viii you
eatT'
Batter cakes. All poor man can
afford in these times. Look at the
things on this table. I'll bet there's
n hundred dollars worth Of food set out
mere every HltaA W men AZ DAEAAA AitN ~
cost fifty cents. What do you pay LOT
salt nOw2
Good gracious. that doesn't amount
to anything. It's ten cents bag Just
as II always was back home.
Takes whack Mt salt.
you bet it's ten cents a bag for a
five pound bag and back home in Mich
l igan. where you and I come from. II S
I ten cents for n ten-pOund bag. Made
out here on the alkali flats, too, so
| they can't charge it up to freight rates
And I'll bet. Maria, you're using a fancy
brand that's put up in silk tissue paper
and blue ribbons. own up now, didn't
D you buy a two-pound can for twenty
l cents because it's extra refined
/ That's one thing that brings up the
/ TriCes. the women nova days want ev-
! erything refined and put up with all
sorts Of trimmings that our grand
I mothers never thought or Butter In
] cartons and milk in bottles and cheese
| tied with pink ribbon. and buy your
] drinking water Next thing we'll have
I each individual potato wrapped in an
i oil silk covering to keep out the germs
] About potatoes, now continued Mr.
! Crouch. when he could get his breath
/ after so long a speech. What's become
/ Of the little ones2 Haven't seen a little
/ potato since 1 came west. like used &c
/ be in the bottom OF every hill when
! hoed them. They pick them out now
I for horse feed and sell the selected
I article at price that would make
/ John u. Rockefeller go bankrupt IL he
ate all he wanted. Asked our dealer
how much they were a bushel and ne
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11
Searching in Fish for the Germ Of Cancer

in trout seems TO be more frequently
diseased than any other organ. and OF
late this type OF cancer has greatly
increased at trout hatcheries. both pub
lie and private.
one very noteworthy interest is the
fact that cancer OF the thyroid has de-
veloped to a considerable extent In
American trout in New Zealand. These
trout were sent TO that country by our
government as eggs, and these eggs
were hatcired there for planting. 1t
would appear then. that the eggs car
ried the infection with them. But how?
Nobody knows: but the answer would
be OF vast Importance to science.
Cancer is almost exclusively a dis
ease OF domesticated fishes. only once
in long while Is n wild fish found TO
he infected with the malady. Not long
ago a whitefish suffering from cancer
was caught in KeuSa lake, and was re
garded as a specimen OF the highest
scientific interest. 1t may, however.
have been Matched at the hatchery OF
the government
If the germ Of cancer could be found.
the discovery OF cure for this dreaded
disease would soon follow. In all prob
ability a vaccine" could be obtained
which would furnish the remedy rms
would be prepared by breeding MI
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a boy VINO can make a study Of that
principle is a good office boy. and that
Is the kind OF a boy 1 want here. And
any boy who knows enough TO keep a
place I'm this office viii learn enough
i'm year To make his fortune.
Yes. sir said the boy
Pleased with the good effect Of my
lecture. 1 went to lunch. When I re-
turned I found the office deserted. on
the desk was note written i'm n boy
ish scrayvl. Il proved how successful
I had been as an instructor-hc GER
tainly lest no time ina Selling his op-
portunity. II read.
Deer sur: I most quit wirk be-
cause a man came i'm after YOU went
out and give me n ticket 90 the base
ball Yours truly. J. Boggs.' o.
Washington Post.
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by probability. but there is no positive
proof or it.
On the other hand. many Intelligent
investigators hold that cancer is caused
by germ. as already mentioned. There
is also no positive proof of a.. Many
germs have been isolated from cancer
Gus material. but il seems highly prob
able that not one or them BIS the spc-
cific cause OF the. disease.
Clearly il would be OF great value
10 science TO know i'm which or these
two ways the disease develops. II the
experiments now being made upon fish
solve this problem. the discovery viii
be OF the first Importance 20 suffering
humanity. When the exact cause Of n
disease IS understood. that is step
more than half way towards a. cure.
The suggestion has been seriously
made bv scientific Investigation that
cancer Is the agency by which Che hu-
man race is being changed into a high
er type of creation. Now that it has
been proved that fish contract the dis
ease. this suggestion can hardly be
true
Some eight thousand mice have been
inoculated with cancer by the British
cancer research fund. and many Of
them have developed tumors.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11

W. Ill the germ OF cancer be dis
w covered at last through the
fishes. MANY hard working
scientists believe that 30 viii.
Tho government is going to- establish
q special laboratory FOR the study Of
cancer in fishes. 10 is hoped that by
this means facts viii be ascertained
that viii lead 90 the discovery OF a
cure for the disease iu human beings.
This line or research was begun by
Dr. Harvey Gaylord. who is az the head
of tire New York state cancer lahOra-
tory boz Buffalo. just about "a year ago
Do ran ON tu washington. saw I'resi-
dent Tart and convinced him how very
Important it was that q thorough
scientific study should be made or can
Ger iu fishes. The President became
90 Interested that ne sent for Mr.. Row
crs. the commissioner OF fisheries. and.
after consultation. directed him TO en-
uIoF the resources OF his bureau 10
cooperate with Or. Gaylord's labors-
tory at Buffalo.
only "a few days aEO Mr.. TAFT asked
Congress TO give $4,000 for the ests,b D.
lisHmeut Of laboratory and the pur-
chase Or the necessary equipments in
Guiding aquaria an which 20 keep the
fishes used in the experiments. The
money will doubtless DO provided. and
The plant viii ho located az some point
not far away from Washington. I'm
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JILL the germ OF cancer be dis
w covered at last through the
fishes. MANY nnrd working
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HETNzE.s STLECTURF..

+. Augustus Heinzc tells this on Of
flee organization and the inspiration il
is possible to give the young.
ITO expedite matters i'm my private
office" said Mr.. Heinze, Il had de-
cided to have no staff i'm the same
quarters save for a lad for errands.
Somebody found an eligible boy and
sent him to me. He had little school
ing. but was bright, and, on looks.
capable.
Il thought IL advisable 20 use a little
formal patronage on first acquaint-
ance. and / said very impressivcly:
a boy must take advantage OF his
opportunities in the business world
In that way he profits by hard work