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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-09
Editorial Comment.
Tho Message.
(Nashington Post.)

washington IOSt.)
The Presidents message signalizes
the adoption and advocacy of q legis-
latiVc program responsive to the pop
ular voice. If the message finds Com
2ress also in Il mood to hearken 10 the
call Of its constituency, the end of the
session will see substantial progress
toward the accomplishment of what
has been most urgently demanded
revision of the tariff and national
economy.
By taking, first Of all, a strong stand
for Immediate reduction il the cost OF
government and giving emphasis to
his words by making a sharp cut in
appropriations, the President not only
displays q purpose to meet the wishes
Of the people, but full comprchen-
sion Of the fact that tariff revision in
itself is an imperative cal! for Il scaling
down of expenditures. Is it not wise
and prudent to put the Treasury in
order fer the inevitable loss of reve-
nue. that attaches to revision down
ward? it is undcniable, therefore,
that the Presidents move for economy
advances rather than rctards tariff
legislation. To have urged Congress
to take up revision at once would be
putting the. cart before the horse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-09
WHERE sHAWLs ARE WORN.
Government Now Largest Buyer Of
Wonan's Once Treasured Possession.

Young folks who don't remember
the great day or shawls must not
imagine merely because they may see
only bit of Indian, Paisley or broche
used as trimming for some suit, dress
or trinket that shawls are no longer
worn or manufactured A nur,ber of
mills in this country still make shawls
and in view of the reduced production
find the business lucrative.
The fact that there has been such n
great falling off in the market has led
many to make the mistake of suppos-
ing that the business has been entirely
wiped out, but the Textile Manufac.
tuiers' Journal says:
There is a neat, clean, smooth bpsi.
ness transacted in shawls year after
year"
inns is not meant to imply that the
trade is anything like what it was in
It's heyday, when a woman's most
treasured possession, to be worn only
on very special occasions. was a CASH
mere or camers hair shawl. Then. in
the sixties and early seventies. when
almost every man, woman or child
mad his or her shawl, the books of a
large jobber's firm showed a business
IN TINS article of approximately $500. :
ooo' annually. In comparing this with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-09
EYE OF THE CAMERA.
The Picture It Brought From Out a
Dark Cavern.

DR.. Francis Clark told an interesting
story of q youth living III Maine who
was out in the woods one day taking
photographs of attractive bits of seem
cry. lie came upon the mouth of Il
little cavern between the rocks, and he
said to himself, Il will see what sort
Of picture I can get out of that cave
and as it was q dark day he decided
to take a time exposure" instead of
a snapshot" Steadying the camera
upon his knee as well as he could at
the edge OF the cave, he gave the
sensitive plate q long, deliberate look
at the semidarhness within. Then he
continued his tramp through the
woods and after few hours returned
to his camp.
Several weeks. aftcrward. when de-
veloplng his plates, you can imagine
his establishment to see in the picture.
in the Very center of the cavern, with
arched back and bristling fur and
within springing distance Of the spot
where he had balanced his camera, a
huge Canada lynx that might easily
have destroyed his life. And yet he
car1c and went and saw no signs Of
Ganger.-Cllristian Herald.
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Peace Wanted, Not Armistice.

lNGW Ork (IlCDe.p
With respect to the great question
Of Interstate corporation control the
President in his message recognizes
| the UNIV isdom Of further legislation at
this time. Wait awhile, he says inef-
feet, and sec the result that will flow
from the laws we now have and their
vigorous enforcement. Due to the re-
form movement, he beliveS that there
las been great Improvement in bust
ness methods, and he testifies that
most of the business men Of the coun-
try have an earnest desire to obey the
laws
For this assurance that no new
rods are being placed in pickle and
se.ni-pledgc that difficulties that have
distracted the business of the country
are not Immediately to be increased
gratitude IS due. The effect will be
NEST wholesome. It IS CLEAN of
sunshine in overllung- skies. But
though thus satisfactory in negative
way it is necessary again to bear wit
ness that the President fails to meas
ure up, in an Affirmative way, to his
opportunity. 1t is not enough to have
no new disturbing factors. There
should also be positive removal OF the
factors that now disturb-in other
words, 2 repeal or modification of the
Sherman law, whose unwiscly inclu-
siye prohibitions are the root Of the
present troubles.
As long as the present Sherman law
is on the books, and there is neces-
sarily eclectic enforcement of its
sweeping provisions, business as now
organized jim America will be under
shadow. The uncertainty remains
Nc one knows Or can know how the
Supreme Court will interpret. The
standard Oil and Tobacco eases. II de
cidcd in accord with theories that are
tcnahle. still have sputtering fuses.
What the country wants is not an
a,mistice. with both sides resting on
their arms until the court decides but
a permanent peace. Peace is not Ger
tain rs long as the Sherman law as
now drawn is the law. In terms 1t
prohibits conduct which is the wool
Of the commercial. industrial, and Ia
Dor organization fabric of the country.
and for safety's sake there must be
rcWeaVirg.
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st. John. n. B., follows the rest OF
us in vigorous measures to stamp out
tuberculosis, AN anti-tuberculosis
association has been formed, and an
educative campaign opened in connec-
ton with a dIspcnsary, where doctors
and nurses give free advice to patients.
They have even got our tag days (and
are welcome to 'cm) in which repre-
scntatives of all the churches united
and have thus raised $c3li. ~ farm
of 800 acres. with spacious residences
and outbuldings of modern construc-
ton. has been presented to the
Province to be used as a sanitarium.
The large area of grounds will make it
possible to add the cottage system.
Let the good work SO on. and. by the
way, are you buying any Red Cross
seals in aid of the war against tuber-
CulOSiS?
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INDIAN FISH CLIMB TREES.
Go Far for Moisture When tho
Streams Run Dry.

There is n fish in India which can
climb. Therefore it is called ths
climbing perch-though, in point ..
fact, it is not a perch at all, accordihs
to the marks of our American percn,
This singular creature has HUI
cistern of water i'll its head so tiis'
the awful drouths which often az
flict it's native country have no tei
rors for it. When the, little lresn
water pool in which it lives dries Wy
in the summer. this queer fish stass
alive by means of the water IN ~.
head. Water on the BRAIN whl."
kills human beings, keeps the ciimo'
ing perch alive.
Sometimes when its home pool drles
up it burrows into the mud and Ie'
their torpid until the rains refill Ito
little lake.
Others seem to prefer to shulio
along overland until they find anothe'
pool.
1t used to be said that these flshes
climbed cocoanut palm trees in ques'
of the milk. One reliable witness tes.
tilted that he caught one on the Stem
of tree five feet from the grounu.
Christian Herald.
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Downing tho White Plaque.

Does it seem possible that in tho
year 1920 tuberculosis will be I'M
known? With the rapid strides thai
have been made in recent years il
control of this dread disease it seems
quite probable that the slogan of the
New York State Charities Aid AS
ISOLATION will effect its purpose. II
is. NO tuberculosis in 1920" 1t Is
ambitious, and might seem unduly 80
but it is i'll the right direction. and
with every school district Of the
country, every precinct and ward of
the city, and every charitable assocla
ton aroused to the necessity of hold
ing the ground that has been gained
and making new steps forward, it Is
within tho bounds of possibility that
the end may be accomplished
Only few years ago, hope was
abandoned with the first appearance
Of consumption. There was nothing
left to do but to make the patient as
comfortable as possible, attempt to
prepare them for 2 better world, and
CONVINCE them from the start that
they must die by inches" according
to the common expression.
At last, an unbclicving public has
been convinced that pulmonary tuber-
culosis is preventablc disease as
we'll as q durable one, when taken in
its early stages. \ conscientious con-
sumptive, properly instructed, and
living among reasonably wholesome
surroundings, is no more 4 menace to
his close associates than man with
q broken arm or soro toe. Right
living and right thinking are playing
their part. 1t has been shown that
the disease can be beaten. Now all
that is left to US is to see that it is
beaten-driven out of civilized COM
munities.
The chief thing that the various
crusades need in their fight against
the disease is money with which to
carry on the work. To prevent the
snread of the disease, a system of in
spection is necessary in order that
sufferers who have no sense of re-
sponsibility to their associates are
taken in hand and either removed or
ca nrovided for that the danger OF
contagion through carelessness and
neglect of ordinary rules of precaution
may be eliminated. Again, it is neces-
sarv TO cut out tuberculous food
products. People must be taught TO
ventilate their homes, and the differ
ence between pure air and a draft'
how they can secure pure air without
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-09
WiNDOWLESS TENEMENTS.
New York Has 10000 Rooms Without
ANY SUNLIGHT.

Let in the light" is the slogan OF
the men and women engaged in tene-
ment- house reform in New York 1t is
hard to believe, but it is nevertheless
Z fact that on February IS, 1908, there
were in that city 1927 absolutely
windowless rooms most of them bed
rooms, inhabited by the poorer class
es. those who pay rent of So to SIG q
month. Because of the strenuous ef
forts of the tenement house committee
Of the Charity Organization Society in
securing and enforcing the tenement
house law the number of windoWleGs
rooms was reduced to about 10000
Think of it, you dwellers in spacious
sunny suburban villas, 10000 rooms
without any sunlight whatsoever save
that which enters by the door which
admits the person who goes into ~ -
eat, sleep, to work. or to sit about and
enjoy himself as best he can. Some
of these 10000 rooms are in cellars,
some in attics ana otne.s ale
tributed about on intermediate floors
according to the fearful and wonder
tul designs of that most hopeless OF all
human habitations, the dumbbell or
double-deck tenement house.
Most hopeless? Yes, because the
man who lives in a cave can at least
enjoy privacy and silence and air that
is not contaminated by the exhalations
and nuisances of his fellows; the man
who lives in a tent can pull back the
flap and get air, and the man who lives
IN an igloo can cut as many vents in
Its walls as he chooses and have as
any time he wants it.
we are wont to thing of London az q
city where miserable millions are
crowded into uncouth and insanitarv
quarters. but London's greatest dens-
ity of population is less than 500 to the
acre. while in New York there arc
blocks and blocks where the density IS
1000 to 1900 human beings in that
space. In Chicago the population of
the Polish quarter, according to Robert
hunters report is three times that of
the most crowded portions of 'Cnkio.
calcutta or other ASiatic cities, and
yet the density rarely reaches 500 to
the acre, or only third to one half
that of New York's packed-in popula-
ton.
Both New York and Chicago have
tar worse tenement house conditions
tban London, the worst congcstcd CITY
III Europe, while each of these Ameri-
can cities still permits the building of
lhe deadly double decker, which in
New York is more often the scxtuple-
decker, allowing a density of 1900 peo-
pie to the acre. with rooms as small as
Z by 10 feet in size.
when cropping my way in the pass
ages says a frequent visitor to the
tenements, Il usually initiate the
steam craft in thick fog and give
Danger signals when | hear some one
approaching; and even when all is
silent l proceed with caution, for
more than once / have stumbled
against baby that was quietly sitting
IN the dark hall or on the stairs
Bailey Willard in Technical World
Magazine.
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suNFLowER PHILOSOPHY.

(AtchiSon (kan.) GloDe.)
One woman with her nose turned up
can ruin a reception.
The public takes care of many peo-
pie who are not in the poorhouse.
Don't be too anxious to correct a
man when you hear him make a mis-
take: he may not want to be corrected
What an awful row little boil can
kick up In spite of it's small size II
seems to be pulling Hgaments out OF
your body.
A man occasionally wants to quit
smoking. but mo Smoking sign
isn't one of the inducements of his
good resolution.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned boy who referred to his knife as
a frog sticker?" And what, by the
way. has become Of the fashioned
Barlow knife?
When a boy is whipped at school,
and his mother sends him out into the
yard TO get a stick Of the size the
teacher used. to show visitors, the
lease against the teacher is pretty bad
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in charitable undertakings, in the
foundation of hospitals, dispcnsarleS
orphan asyluns, and homes Tor the
blind and for crippled children. The
poor and the suffering, not only in LIS
bon, but at Oporto, Coimbra, and IN
other cities OF the kingdom, will have
cause to regret and to mourn the exile
of this singularly admirable queen
whose life has been irreprochable, and
wholly given up to good works, who
has been n devoted wife. and an equal
ly unselfish, sclf-sacriflcing mother.
and who, born in exile, and having
been the innocent cause Of the exile Of
her father from Franco, through her
marriage, now once more is doomed to
that exile, the full bitterness of which
none can realize but those who have
trodden it's weary path.-Metropolitan
Magazine.
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a draft; and a thousand and one other
things which people have been taught
to neglect down through all ages.
One of the timely ways of raising
money in this fight against this worst
of diseases is the sale Of Red Cross
seals. If only a few cents were added
by every user of the mails, an cnor-
nous fund might be accumulated that
would go q long way toward leading
to realization of this hope of mo
tuberculosis in 1902
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A millionaire patent medicine man
ufacturer went South in search of
health, and died, but his will provides
for u broad charity along unusual
lines. 1t gives the Methodist Episco-
pal church South three large tracts
of land to be divided in farms. The
bishops Of the church and their sue
cessors are requested to designate,
from time to time. such superannu-
ated ministers and their families, to
occupy these farms for such length of
time, free OF charge, as the bishops
may deem best. The will declares that
Il is the desire of the decedent to pro-
vide self-supporting homes to these
ministers, and the executor is request
ed to erect on each farm. "a neat,
fiye-room frame house to cost not ex-
ceeding $1,000, and to put coed well
on each farm. Several hundred thou
sand dollars will be represented in his
beuuest, which goes to show that now
aver millionaires may spend tneir
money while here, it many times goes
to better purposes when they 60 hence
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HUMAN CANCER PLANTS.
Remarkable Experiments Being Maae
at Rockefeller Institute.

| Drs, Carrel and burrows, OF the
| Rockefeller Institute have maze eooo
| their hopes and promises, causing
human career to grow in their niue
| GLASS boxes germ proof lncuDatorS.
| Or. CoIcy, q cancer expert at Memo
rial hospital, cut a Sarcoma cancer
out of a woman's leg below the Knee
Thirteen years ago the now 33-year-
old patient had that part of her leg
,urt. Then u little tumor, or wen,
began growing. Last June it seemed
to get dangerous and vas cut out, the
| operation being performed IN Iowa,
hut it came back soon. So last Sep
TENDER the new growth and the long
slim bone beside the big shin bone
We're 0;t out. But the sarcoma can
Ger was so fierce in its nature that it
never let up. Tho case seemed so
| desperate that the woman was
brought from her home to have one
| Of the big metropolitan surgeons take
try at the bad case.
DR.. Colcs at 4 =. NJ. cut out the
whole vicious thing. \ little blood
| was taken from the patients arm to
be used as juice to plant the pieces
in the glass incubators. Then at i.So
p NJ a dozen likely pieces of the can
Ger were cut off and dropped into
sterilized incubators holding the blood
drawn from the arm. These were at
once rushed in an automobile to the
Rockefeller Institute. On the next
DAY at $50 \. NJ, that is. 16 hours
after the cancer planting, the doctors
took a peep through the microscope
at the little cancer plants growing in
their little glass gardens. The auto
trip was not an entire success, for the
Earring had slightly shaken the little
plants away from their bed Of blood.
so that they did not really get an ideal
tirst-class setting and planting: still.
nevertheless, if you will believe it, the
cancer cells were so fierce and greedy
that 10 of the Il plants had actually
taken root and were growing. all in
spite of the shake-up and poor plant
ing A large number Of new spindle
shaped cancer cells could be plainly
seen and studied under the microscope
in the clear watery part of the tiny
Flood clot where they had wandered.
The shape and behavior of these cells
the doctors promise to tell about later.
The purpose of the present writing
is to let YOU all know that the exact
growth of incubated human cancer
cells can be studied in every minute
detail. every little change and the very
instant the change in the cells takes
place can be seer and studied with a
microscope This is the main thing
SO long sought, for human cancer can
be nov planted and accurately studied
outside of the body, as was never done
before. Just 20 show you how sharp
and accurate this new way of study
ing cancer is on October 90, at . A. NJ.
a single cancer eel! broke loose from
its mates, and for the next a. min
utes went through many changes OF
shape and reconstruction in its wicked
little insides, but at the end of As
minutes II seemed to have gone
through some of the main changes
that take place inside and outside
such cellS.-New York Press
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AN ExiLED LADY BOUNTlFuI.
Amelia Of Portugal Expended Fortune
on Subjects.

Dom Manuel. dethroned before his
Slst birthday. is entirely without any
fortune, his meager civil list having
been wholly employed in the main
tenance of his court, and of all those
contemplate hangers-on who deserted
nm and his mother in their hour of
Danger. Queen Marie Amelia, how
ever, possesses a large independent
personal fortune, having received s.
ooo,000 francs from her father the late
Comte de Paris, as dowry at the time
OF her marriage, and inherited a. fur
tner 100000 francs at his death, be-
sldes a considerable amount of money
paid to her by the American insurance
companies that had insured her hus-
nand. And during the 90 years which
nave elapsed since she came to Portu-
gal as a bride, almost the whole Of her
private fortune. as well as her allow
ance from the state. have been spent
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A contemporary mas il all figured
out that MIR. Roosevelt will devote his
political speech in Connecticut TO eX-
planting the causes of tho recent cleo
ton. Mr.. Roosevelt has no reputation
tor doing such things. T. Il. usually
does things ami let's someone else dc
the explaining. and by tho time they
get it through their wool he has done
and Is doing some thing else.
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Governor ELECT Woodrow Wilson OF
New Jersey recommended at the
governors meeting at Frankfort, Ky,
that the states forestall Federal en-
croachment on the trust question by
each one smashing its own trusts. In
asmuch as. jersey has been the most
prolific mother Of trusts as well as
mosquitoes. 1T would ssomo that Coz
erncr Wilson rwpppIIa. l hayes 4 great T} and
glorious opportunity To set q fine aX-
alnple for the. sister States. T'
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The total taxable valuation of Tex
as is $2,3s2 ,637 .05S. This looks like an
enormous sum for one sparsely settled
state to own, but it must be remem-
bcrcd that Texas is an enormous state
and that'i its vast. desolate stretches OF
mesquite and chapparal are daily bios.
soming forth in cultivated lands under
the hands of new settlers.