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Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
SUNELOWER PHILOSOPHY.
TAtchison (kan.) Globe


OF course it's not a sin for woman
to spit, but how unladylike it looks!
We find that the surest way to re-
member a dsagreeable thing is TO try
to forget it.
Ii We were drunkard we would
prefer to go it alone; we wouldn't want
a wife and children crying around.
1t is very common to find a man who
says wise things and does foolish ones
But that's no reason why you shouldn't
accept his wisdom.
The balk billiard champion possibly
can make it pay, but there is some
question as to whether he is doing
much to help the rest of the world.
If YOU think you can buy stock be-
low par that will net you profit of AZ
per cent. on par value, you are fool
and cause the Postoffice Department a
good deal OF worry.
We gather from the magazines
which always do their Christmas
printing early, that about the usual
number of men are going to get safety
razOrs and suspenders this year.
Every man in his relation to every
other man is hypocrite: he pretends
to be better than he is, and the other
man detects him in the deception
though he pretcnds to be deceived.
Without wishing to discourage the
early to- bed, and early-to-rise philoso-
ply, it must be admitted that lots of
men who arise with the lark and go to
bed with the chickens do not amount
to much.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
YOUTH OF KING EDWARD.
Disclosures from Archives
Of Old Windsor.

The Quarterly Review recently con-
taineG an article on THE Character OF
King Edward NII," which is founded
on private papers in the royal archives
Of Windsor Castle (by permission OF
the king, and letters from Sarah
Lady Lyttelton Q797-1s70, privately
printed, London, 1879.
The writer devotes much attention
to the early life of the late King Ed
ward, and reveals in n series of letters
the minute care bestowed on his edu-
cation by the queen and the prince
consort. "A long memorandum head
ed Confidential: for the guidance of
the gentlemen appointed to attend on
the Prince of Wales is printed, and
states:
"The qualities which distinguish a
gentleman in society are:
!. His appearance. his department
and dress
:. The character of his relations
with and treatment Of others.
3. His desire and power to acquit
himself creditably in conversation, or
whatever is the occupation of the So
ciety with which he mixes.
Nothing was left to chance in the
education and training of the prince
says the writer of the article
Not week. not day. not an iour
OF the time of this precious youth
could safely or properly be wasted
Other lads might occasionally run loose
in the springtime. and for other boys
it might be legitimate to plunge into
the region OF romance. But for this
boy the pages even Of Sir Walter Scott
were closed. and he must concentrate
ever concentrate upon modern Ian
guages. upon laying solidly the intel
lectual and moral foundations which
in the eyes of his conscientious and
high minded father, alone could safely
bear the mighty superstructure of the
throne.
1T is no exaggeration to say that
every hour of the Prince Of Wales
time from his earliest boyhOod until
the death of his father, was mapped
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
DRESS OF AUTHORS.
Some Writers Whose Fancy Has
Turned to Fine Raiment.

The minds Of literary genius seem
sometimes to nave turned naturally to
| finer;. Even stern old Machiavelli
had the very finest velvet costume in
| his wardrDDe reserved for his hours
tof literary composition when he sat
alone amid brilliant lights in his room
of state. says the New York sun.
Disraeli, the novelist, before he be-
came predominantly the politician,
dressed habitually in costume that
was no mean second to that ono of
| medieval splendor: black velvet coat
lined with satin. purple trousers band
ed with gold. scarlet waistcoat lace
RULED at the wrist. 50 as nearly to hide
bis hands in their white kid gloves.
Dat ring adorned without just the
same. the whole set off with an in
Gumera!le quantity of gold chains all
over his person, made up a character
llstlc AMI by no means unobstrusiva
costume
tnnbstrusive is hardly the word for
the getup of Dumas the elder. On,v
he himself could design to suit himself
the medallic decorations with which
his unif orms We're besprinkIcd Once
at m anbas assador's reception he Great
ed sensation by appearing wearing
shirt covered with little red demons
careering about in little red flames. He
designed EdcchuS costume whicl, he
wore To masked ball, only to be re-
fused admittance, although consider
able latitude was being allowed ir the
matter Of dress. Dumas was erieyod
his costume was only realistic and
j therefore artistic.
Another Frenchman. Gerard dc Vcr-
val. the poet. was also fervid in his
hcnlevement of artistic costuming He
mad pet lobster which he led about
on gayly-colored ribbon, so he de-
, signed attire to match
His trousers. coat and waistcoat
were of green satin of variant r,,,es TO
represent the variant colors of the sea
, under different conditions. Long
strands Of seaweed adorned his hat
and string of coral beeds his neck.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
Editorial Comment.
Politics or Economics.
(BostOn Record.)

IteCoLu')
England is in the throes OF another
general election, and her newspapers
and politicians utter many and be-
wildering words. We catch echoes Oh
Hereditary lords" ecclesiastical re-
form" succession duties" "uneafned
increment" the Irish question:
Labor party" and colonial protec-
ton" Such phrases but befog tue
fundamental trouble.
A year ago the rejection OF the
budget by the House OF Lords pre-
cipitated the agitation that still con-
tjnues. That was but the OCCASION
the cause lies deeper. Faced Win tlie
necessity of vast governmental eA
penditures, Parliament was forced 10
decide whether to increase the burden
on those who already chiefly earned
it, or attempt to redistribute it more
or less radically. The House Of COM
mons chose more radical method.
Brother Bull is not mercurlaL espe-
cially if he be one of the more priVl-
legged and the change hung fire.
But England must meet her bllis
Her poorer classes are very poor; her
army of unemployed. already large,
continues to grow. The country Is
alarmed ana is turning toward more
and more extreme means 70 meet
emergencies 1t is England's econom-
ic condition that is the driving cause
Of her political unrest, and only a
policy which will improve those con-
ditions will be more than a morncn-
tarv ouietus of her agitation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
TRAGEDIES Of a Strike.

The news dispatches Of the last few
days have told of some Of the priva-
|tion and tragedies that haunt thou
Sands of garment workers homes in
Chicago, as the result of the deplora-
ble strike there. One despatch said
that 5000 babies were starving because
&C the conditions coming out of this
|foolhardy quarrel between capital and
labor. Tic strike began notwith-
standing the approach Of winter, and
has 6oggedly continued almost with
out the aid of a strike benefit fund.
The garment manufacturers Of Chica-
go are losing heavily, and spring ~ill
find them short of stock.
The conditions which impelled this
strike were such as to enlist the SYM
pathies Of women charitably disposed
and Of business men who do not or
dinarily sympathize with the purpose
or method of strikes. Astonishing
fortitude has been shown. by the girl
strikers, particularly, whose incomes,
never large, were not sufficient to pro-
yid, any resources for such an e1ner-
gency.
A condition approaching starva-
ton of these young women has been
growing daily worse for ten days. The
fact that a continuance is practically
due to a misunderstanding makes
such conditions dcuhly pitiable. 1t IS
high time that some other hand be
shown in the matter. If ther" is no
opportunity for the authorities or the
courts to interfere, charitable inSutu-
tions or citizens committees should in
teryenc between strikers ana en-
ployes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
The Last Of Her Species.

4 solitary passenger pigeon endlhs
her life in the geological garden III
Cincinnati is today believed all that
remains of an American species that
half a century ago swarmed over
America in flocks numbering billions.
With the death of this sole survivor Oh
the bird tribe, whose nesting places
often covered hundreds of square
miles there will soon disappear the
last trace of the wild pigeons that
have been slaughtered by millions by
men who have fed them to hogs or left
them to rot on the ground after VIII
fully shooting them down. Guns
heavily loaded with fine shot were Oh
ten discharged into dense clouds OF
these innocent birds while flying over
or perched in some verdureless tree.
Hundreds of them were badly injured
to die later of their wounds, or StarVe'
Workers of the Audubon society are
attempting to bring about the restora-
tlOn bt ulIuS ol ttpll'iiIiN Ftii"' '''''
are likely to share the fate OF the Wlld
pigeon. Systematic search was made
for months throughout the country for
relies of the once prolific pigeon.
Professor Hodge. OF Clark University,
made a standing offer of $500 to any
one discovering n nest Of this species.
Thousands have earnestly sought the
reward, but not a single claimant has
appeared The only survivor is a
female 1s years old whose mate died
recently at the age of "a.
As late as 1871 what is now known
these wild birds was found in the state
of Michigan, where their nests thickly
covered the trees over an area Is
miles long and four miles wide. Resi-
dents of New York city declare that IN
1850 they tlockcd over Manhattan
Island in such numbers that they OBJ
scurcd the sun and that ships loaded
in bulk with the bodies of these birds
lay at the wharves selling them at
cent apiece. Audubon is quoted as
observing a roosting place of wild
pigeons in Kentucky early in the last
century that extended 40 miles and was
three miles in width. On its edges
men with guns. nets. clubs and torches
slaughtered the roosting birds. each
often bagging 500 in one day. When
the wholesale butchers could carry
away no more, they let loose droves of
hogs to fatten on what was left.
About 1855 this treatment began to
thin the ranks of the passenger pig
cons till two years ago it was discOv-
cred that only seven could be found on
the whole continent. four at Mil
waukee and three in Cincinnati.
Many Maine people of the older gen.
Grafton can we'll remember when
pigeons by thousands were seen daily.
Pigeon roosts and pigeon-snares were
as common as moth nests now. Who
shall say that we do not deserve the in
sect pests when we have wantonly
wiped out of existence Il bird of value,
largely by pure love of slaughter. as
the bison disappeared from the plains
of the West.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
Have Patience,

can not love thee as ] ought.
For love reflects the thing beloved;
My words are only words, and moved
Upon the topmost froth of thought.
Yet blame not thou thy plaintive song"
The spirit of true love replied
Thou can'St not move me from thy
side,
Nor human frailty do me wrong.
What keeps n spirit wholly true
To that ideal which he bears?
What record? not the SnleSs years
That breathcd beneath the Syrian blue;
80 fret not like an idle girl,
That life is dashed with flecks of sin.
Abide: thy wealth is gathered In.
When time hath Sundered she'll from
pearl.
-TennySon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Frisco is certainly great at the ad-
vertising game. Here is small speci-
men of the work of the exposition
committee, and the best of it is, it's
fact: California has appropriated S41.-
100000 to finance and to prepare for
the Panama Pacific International Ex-
position in 1915. The people of the
state have given l7,500,OO0 to build
the exposition itself. and Nov. they
authorized. with a tremendous major
ity of votes, the issuance of $4,000 .000
in highways bonds that California in
1915 may be good to look upon when
the exposition visitors crowd toward
the Golden Gate. AT the same time
1l,5Oo,000 in bonds was voted to mako
sure that the harbors of San Francisco
and San Diego are in condition bv 1915
to handle the increased shipping that
must result from the opening of the
Panama canal. Altogether SAL, 900, 600
has been provided for improvements
ana the glory of the world show
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

An exchange notes the perplcxity OF
the scientists because of the immunity
of THE hedgehog to cyanic poisons. II
says: The curious immunity of the
hedgehog to, snake poison has often
been the subject Of scientific invests
CATION. And some recent expert
ments show that it is also compare
lively immune to the toxins of diph-
thera and tetanus. The question
therefore, arises, does the hedgehog
possess separate antitoXins for all
these various poisons? Such a num-
Der of separate antitoXins existing at
the same time in the blood of one ami
NAL seems highly improbable. That
they should be formed to order on the
advent of the corresponding toxin is
Stin more unlikely. a more probable
suggestion is the existence in the blood
of the hedgehog of one powerful anti
toxin which is able to neutraliZe a
number of different poisons." Per-
haps more of us would be immune to
poisons and germs if we spent our
and confined our diet to hemlock and
other barks. ff.3as.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Down at Wilkesbarre, Pa, q black
and white bull dog, named Buster had
Il whole roasted turkey for his
THANKSGIVING dinner. 1t was present
ed to him by six men whose lives he
had saved. They had slept in two
connecting rooms and the occupants
Of one room We're awakened Thanks
giving morning by tho dog which had
pushed the door open, pulled the
clothes from their bed and barlled un-
til he had aroused them. The room
was filled with smoke from Il smould-
cring fire and two of the six men were
in such condition that they had to he
carried out. In appreciation of what
he did they provided Buster with a
sumptuous THANKSGIVING dinner. Had
man performed such feat of life
saving he would have been rewarded
with Carnegie hero medal and would
have been pointed out the rest of his
days as one to be hOnored by all
humanity. Probably Buster has no
knowledge of his real worth to his hu-
man friends and little understanding
of why he was Toasted, but it seems as
though he should be provided with
juicy bones enough to furnish happy
WagS for the rest of his life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
Her OnIv Fault.

she has so many matchleSs charms
Time fails me to recite them.
Had ! pen of shorthand speed
TWould take q week to write them.
She's fair of figure, fair of face,
And even the most spitefnl
Admit her loneliness and grace
In short she's Just delightful.
Her mental faculties are keen,
She's wonderfully witty.
She's something more than a fair doll
And not Just merely pretty
Yet one thing all my ardor checks
! cannot but disclose it
She is the fairest of her SEX,
But oh, good Lord. she knows it!
-Somerville Journal
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

out in Green Creek precinct, in
idaho county. Wash. Il man by the
name OF Hofirnan ran for two Offices.
constable, and justice. in the recent
election, ard was defeated for both by
his wife. The official returns show
that she received two votes to his one
for both places. As Grant said. 1T
is all in tho family" This is not the
only family in which the husband is
an "alSO ran.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Zion City, H., has recently suffered
four distinct moral shocks. The first
was the arrival Of an opera troupe:
then the audience detected an odor of
cigarettes: before the effect of these
had worn off, il was discovered that a
member OF the society was actually
selling oysters. and last. hut not least.
football game completed the crime
wave.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
In another week, President Taft will

In another week. President Taft will
omen tho seventh convention of Ma
tional Rivers and HarhOrs congress.
II is believed the assembly hall of tn"
New willard. which has n seating ca
pacity Of 3N0~reople, will be crowded
to the doors. when the President de-
livcrs his welcoming address. The
imuortanc, of this convention which
oDcns next "Wednesday can hardly he
over estimated.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHEI
New York procc

(NeW York PrcssD
You can cut wisdom teeth without
clipping coupons.
The reason women have to suffer so
much is they don't deserve it.
No girl ever had curly head with
out wanting a shoulder to rest il ON.
Ioo many precautions usually omit
the one that would have been suffi-
cient.
Even the weather is satisfactory
topic Of conversation compared with
your relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
High and Low.
The showers fall as softly
Tnnn tho loyvl,. tsroSc

The showers fall as softly
Upon the lowly grass,
AS on the stately roses
That tremble as they pass.
The sunlight shines as brightly
On fern leaves bent and torn,
AS on the golden harvest
The fields of waving corn.
The wild birds sing as Sweetlv
To rugged. Jagged pines.
As to the shaded orchards
And to the cultured vines
Our father looks as kindly
Upon the lowly poor,
As on the rich and naughty
Who turn them from their door.
Dora Road GoOdalc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

The Monitor Puritan. which ten
years ago cost over $l.O0O0Oo and
which was sunk two weeks ago during
tests of explosive conducted by the
Government, is fast disappearing from
sight off the flats of Craney Island.
near Norfolk. Va. How fortunate that
in sinking her!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Frcm the number of wounded deer
suffering as the result Of the Bay
states brief open season, We get q
line on the had marksmen who come
to Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

With eggs four cents apiece in the
effctc East, Pacific coast hens are en-
terin2 upon new field Of labor, even
more rcmunerative. Near Hayford
Wash. hens are scratching gold mug
gets from the earth on McFdfon ranch
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

To escape an automobile, Wenat-
chcc. Wash. dog of good sense.
jumped from Il bridge to the Columbia
river, 200 feet below. Its master. con-
Sldcring that he had seen the last of
his faithful she phcrd. went sadly home
but two hours later the dog showed
M, no worse for its plunge.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

4 roiscless telephone booth has been
invented. Now if somebody .,ill in
vent a telephone booth that has been
ventilated in the last decade he will
conf.r q benefit upon humanity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

II elected as expected. Charles +.
Hughes viii be the first his whisk-
ers" chief justice. The late Chief
Justice Fuller was the only one who
had ever " orn a moustache.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

The Harvard professor who says
women are getting mannish should
qualify or clucidate his statement.
What has man ever done that was like
a hobble skirt?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
COURAGE,

Oh. fear not in a world like this
And thou shalt know ere long
Know how sublime thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
And thou, too. whosoe'er thou art,
That readest this brief psalm.
as one by one thy hopes depart
Be resolute and calm.
-Longfell
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

One of the incidents of the Thanks
giving season furnished more or less
amusement for onloOkers at New York
the other day. when Captain Mourand
OF the French line steamer Touraine
lost a thirty pound gobbler which he
had intended to show alive to friends
in Paris, before eating. 1t proved in
indeed bird Of a turkey and the last
seen Of it, it was on its way to Vermont
hills from whence it came. giving the
captain and his passengers a demon
stration of aviation such as has not
been seen at any of the meets of men
birds. On board, the gobbler, which
occupied crate the size of an ele-
phant cage, was an object Of general
admiration. At last the captain or
dered him taken out to pose for his
picture and at the psychological mo-
ment Mr.. Turkey perhaps remembered
the axe, for with rush that would
have done credit to a football star, he
made the port side Of the bridge, vault
ed the rail and volplaned toward the
pier. He worked his elevating plane,
and his equiibrator also seemed in
perfect accord. He swung his rudder
sharply heading due northwest by
west and soon disappeared in the haze
overhanging the Hoboken coast. Ii
the worthy captain missed his dinner
it is apparent that the bird had not
fulfilled his mission.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Well, what are you waiting sor- the
price? If not go buy your presents
now.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Wonder what Carrie Nation had to
do with the increase Of revenue from
liquor and tobacco sales.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

1t vas stated by missionaries Of the
Mormon church at a conference held
Sunday at Portland that the faith is
increasing in Maine. The Maine mis-
sion is said to have about $50 adher-
ents in all sections OF the State. Elder
John G. Grubler and Is helpers are at
present working in Maine
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

An extrayagant denunciation Of ex-
travagance, Mr.. Hill!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

Wednesday was the last day of the
open season on moose. The Bangor
day night was "a and with what will
come down for the next few days the
final total should be about 11o. \
moose Weighing 1910 pounds was shot
by n resident of Winnecook. the next
station to Burnham on the Belfast line,
a few days ago. Wednesday also
marked the close of the open season
on deer in the counties of kennebec,
Waldo, Knox. Lincoln and Sagadahoc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01
PITY the Blind.

Pity the Blind.
PITY the blind!" Yes pity those
Whom the day and the night inclose
In equal dark: to whom the suns keen
flame
And pitchy nighttime are the same
But pity most the blind
Who can not see
That to be kind
Is life's felicity.
Richard Watson Glider.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

The Banks cradle, 112 years old. has
recently been given to the York In
stitutc, Saco. This cradle was made
in 1898, on the Banks homestead in
Old Orchard.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01


anti-cigarette agitation would reduce
the quantity of these sold, but the re-
port is disappointing and no explana-
ton is offered by revenue officials for
the increases. although amaZement is
expressed. In recent years the advo-
Gates Of prohibition made great gains
throughout the Southern states. While
in the West, East and North, local
option has been looked upon with
growing favor Throughout the West
and Middle West, thousands of saloons
have been abolished under the local
option law.
The Tennessee Supreme Court Sat
urday held as constitutional the act
of the Tennessee Legislature of 1909
prohibiting the manufacture of whisky
in Tennessee. When every state in
the Union adopts laws OF a similar
nature it may be possible to reduce
the revenue from that source, but even
Tennessee deems it proper to sell
whisky in other states. Although 1t
cannot be manufactured legally in
that state the "Butterruts' have no
cornpunction preventing the dcbauch-
ing of their neighbors' morals.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

\ feeling of revenge is
not worth much, that you
should care to keep it
George Eliot.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

There will be crusade in spruce
gum digging in the Maine woods this
winter. About 20 men will leave
Skowhegan within a short time TO be-
gin gum digging operations near jack
man. Gum has grown scarce in the
last few years and the demand is so
great that it has become a business
to many Maine men. Last year James
Carey. Frank C,ronin and Joe Cass dug
1900 pounds and sold it all in Maine.
1t is estimated that from $4,000 to f0'.-
200 pounds will he dug tins season. :
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-01

County Treasurer Murphy of Knox
county reports unpaid county taxes
to the amount of s1l.S36. The delin-
auent towns and the amounts due from
them are as follows: Appleton. $3.50;
Hurricane Isle, SS5; Rockland, $s452;
Tbomaston. s1122:: Union. s,55: Wash
lngton, $685..