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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-27
THE GOVERNMENT CLERIC AND
THE FARM LABORER.

There is some talk of the Govern
lnent clerks at Washington organizing
/ a union to represent them in dealing
with the Government. so far as hours.
wages and working conditions are con-
cerncd, and it is hoped that thew viii
| persevore in their determination. If,
indeed, they have any such determi-
nation, of making the Government
know it's place" We do not think
they have any ground for complaint
as to their wages. their hours and the
conditions under which they work. The
boot is on the other leg; it is the Gov
eminent that has good cause for COM
plant, and it may be that when the
case of the tyranny of so-called Tabor
is presented to Congress there Will
he a higher degree of sanity, general
ly, in dealing with the whole question.
1T has been proposed during the last
week that the Government clerks
should be required to work seven hours
the day, and much objection has been
made by them to so outrageous a |
proposition-they have been working |
only six and a half hours the day,
and think that they are much OPP
pressed. They should be required to
give the full eight hours day to
their business, as other actual working
people are required to do, and as there
are thousands of them, the appllca-
ton of the cight-hour day would en-
able the Government to thin them out
to good stand and get more work
and better work from those who
should he left.
We believe that the best system
of regulating the hours and wages for
labor could be made between the lab
orer and the employer. That is the
rule on the farm, where the work h
lasts all the year round, and where {
II is done with less friction than in ,
any other field. If, however six and
a half hours Is long enough for i
Government clerk to work for the {
wages he receives, why would ii not /
be fair to require a farm laborer to {
work not more than four or nve hours, =
say, for the wages he receives? How +
would that sort OF rule do on the cot i
on plantations of the South and in the q
wheat and corn fields of the West? Is
not the farm laborer entitled to the !.
anne sort and degree of protection .
hat Is given TO the Government clerks :
It Washington2 He works douced :
light harder than the clerk, than any =
BODY else that we know, in fact, and .
What is sauce for the Government :
Jerks goose should also be sauce for !,
he farm laboror's gander. = :,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
The Wolter Trial.

The conduct OF the Wolter murder
like and free from all that made the
Thaw and similar trials disgusting
In the first place morbid women, flow
ers and silly sentimentality We're
barred from the court room. VOTER
a human monster was tried for his
life. a serious business which was not
permitted to furnish pleasure for the
unfortunates who have descended 50
low that they can get pleasure out of
such scenes.
Wolter thought he was to be granted
all the notoriety which usually COM
pensates the degenerate who murders
in New York. for any suffering he may
have to undergo He came into court
prepared to be idoliZed by crowd of
silly women. Instead ne found the
court room empty save for the court
its officers. the witnesses and the re-
porters. The nearest thing t" a
pleasant reception accorded him was
Il handShaie from his own counsel
Immediately after he made his APP
pearance, the business at hand was
taken up. From that time until he
was found guilty. every hour was
| used to advantage by both sides. The
man was entitled to fair trial and he
was given that-and no more. The
| i'"wers, admiring glances and feminine
chatter We're eliminated
The newspapers throughout the
country are holding the conduct of
| this case up to the New York judiciary
as splendid example of what ought
to be the procedure in all such cases.
1t must be humiliating for some men,
| bers of the bench who have presided at
the sort of trials which have made
New York courts famous rather than
| praiseworthy. to read those unsolicited
press notices, but they are deserved.
| The judge who is presiding at the
Wolter trial furnished his colleapues
with precedent which they should
not overlook.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Young men who stay out all night
will soon be all in
The man with a long head is able
to use il on short notice.
What we know is one thing and
what we think we know is another.
Happy IS the man who is too busy
to devote any time to worrying
Great things can be accomplished
by great men with but little effort.
How much better a thing tastes
when the doctor forbids the eating Of
it,
Some men are so rich they can even
aif"rd to be United States senators.
Every time man hunts for pleas
ure he bumps into a Keep off the
grass sign.
The man who claims to be always
right is always slow to acknowledge
the rights of others.
rs easier for the average girl to
tie a bow than it is for her to get
herself tied to beau.
Chewing gum may not be nice
habit, but most people would rather
see you doing it than listen to you
talk.
We feel sorry for a man who has
occasion to walk along the street and
carry white parasol over the head
of some woman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Makes Hens Pay $6.41 a Had

Science has done much for the farm
er, No farmer who knows what he is
talking about disputes that. Science
mas also worked out some STRANGE
conclusions, which most farmers have
oee''hoo to accept, in their entirety
'ho IN many cases the farmer has
peeh right. In other words the up-to-
date farmer accepts science as a val
ued ally, but declines to permit that
ally to dictate his whole business
Perhaps the farmer is wrong in taking
that stand.--time will tell.
The latest scientific farming phe
nomenon is getting s6.4l cents profit
from hen during her productive per
iod and as poultry when the productive
period is at an end. This mode
poultry farm is under the direction OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Editorial Comment.
The Wickcdest Muck Rakina.
(HartfOrd Times, Dem)

(HartfOrd Times, Dem.)
'Depose Speaker Cannon and you
Will have an era of extravaganza in
this country compared with which the
present extravaganza is economy"
said Representative William T..
Humphrey OF Washington at the din
ner of the Metal Tradesmen in New
York city recently. congress is not
more eXtravaSant than the American
people demand" said Mr.. Humphrey.
Speaker Cannon has for years stood
and borne not only his own sins but
those of every coward in Congress-
He has for years more than stood be-
tween the Treasury and the hooters Of
the Treasury. He has stood for econ
omy, yet he has been the most vilified
man in public life" Because OF
knowledge of those facts the Hartford
Times has taken no part in the cam
paign of abuse against the Republican
Speaker of the National House of
Representatives. This descent of the
on man who has, we be-
lieVe, done his best to save the money
of the people of the United States is
about the Wickedest thing that has
been attempted since muck ralling be-
gan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
A Remarkable Building.

A certain young society man was much
given to telling exaggerated stories ana
was rapidly gaining a reputation for I'M
truthfuness which worried his friends
and particularly his chum, who remon-
strated with him and threatened to dis
own him if he did not mend his ways
Charlie" said he, you must stop
this big story business of yours or You
are going to lose me as a friend. No
body believes n word you say, and you
are getting to be a laughing stock
Charlie admitted that he was aware OF
the fact but complained that he could
not overcome his fault. try as he would.
He suggested that had he but somebody
beside him when he started to elaborate
upon his tale, to tread on his foot. he
was sure he could break the habit
A few days later they were invited TO
dinner party and his chum agreed to
sit next to Charlie and step on his toe
If he went too far. All went well until
the subject of travel was brought up.
One of the company told Of an immense
building that he had seen when on a trip
up the Nile. This started Charlie, who
at once began to describe remarkable
puiiding he had seen while on a hunting
trip on the northern border of India.
IT was one of the most remarkable
buildings, ! presume. in the world" said
ne. ITS dimensions we found to be
three miles in length. two miles in
height. and'-as his watchful friend
trod on his toe--'two feet wide. Every
body's. Il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Retirement of AIdrich and Hale.
Washington Post.)


The retirement of Nelson w. Aldrich
and Eugene Hale from the United
States Senate will be a great loss to
the country. In strenuous times they
have furnished nerve and sense to
their party, and at all times they have
served the country with conspicuous
ability, industry, and fidelity. For
many years Mr.. Hale acted as chief
lieutenant of Mr.. Aldrich in the task
of providing revenues. and as chief
lieutenant of the late Senator Allison
in the even greater task of making ap-
preparations. Since Mr.. Allson's
death Mr.. Hale has been responsible,
more than any other man, for the
proper disposition of the hundreds of
millions required to operate the gov
eminent He has performed this
work with firmness and discretion
bringing to bear not only an immense
knowledge of the ramificatiOnS OF the
government, but an ability that would
have brought him the highest rewards
in the financial world. The patience
and thoroughnesS with which Senators
Aldrich and Hale have gone about
their work in the public behalf are
worthy of all praise.
Men come and go and the Senate
will remain after the departure of
these senators. But it will be some
thing of shock when the familiar
names of Hale and Aldrich are omit
ted from the roll call. Their col
leagues will not easily become used to
the change, and the counry will great
ly miss their services
one of the greatest compliments
ever paid to senator was that be-
slowed upon Mr. Hale by the State of
Maine when it reelected him to the
Senate in spite of his strong opposi-
ton to the prevailing sentiment on the
question OF the war with Spain 1t
was recognition of his independent
and honest convictions, alike f1atter-
ing to him and creditable to his State
\" man without great moral courage
would have taken such a stand
The senators from Rhode Island and
Maine will leave office with records of
exceptionally long and honorable SER
wee, and ii is to be hoped that they
VIII enjoy, in good health, we'll
earned rest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
The Annual.

When the soap is on the stairway and
the rugs are on the lawn
And the paperhanger' coming while the
plasterer has gone,
When the men are all detected and are
bothered with the blues
While their wives are madly shuffiing in
enormous OverShoes-
on, the house Is in a turmoil the the
very blush of dawn,
" men me soap is on the stairway and
the rugs are on the lawn
When the cullud lady's smashing all the
marble statuettes
Ana me hardwood floors are ruined by
the roller-skating pets.
"hen the grand pianos damaged by n
can oe color spilled ~ ="
In its innermost recesses bv q man wbo
should be killed
Oh. it's then we see a n;ctnra nayar
VIZ, painted; nay, nor drawn,
" Hen tue soap is on the stairway and the
rugs are on the lawn
"hen you're eating from the gas range
ana are sleeping in the hall,
ana you SIT down in the kalsOmine in
tended for the wall
Ana the batter cakes are tinted with a
dash of indigo
And your coffee tastes of benzine and
there borax in the dough-
Or broom will send you sidewise like a
49, timid. startled fawn,
When the soap is on the stairway and
the rugs are on the lawn.
An, for somewhere east of SueZ, where
the best is like the worst,
And a human habitation nv houseclean-
ing is not cursed,
For there's tumut in the attic and the
cellar is mess
And you have to screen the Windows
with. a bureau when. you dress,
And you have a very doubtful springless
cot to sleep upon. q u
When the soap is on the stairway and
the rugs are on the lawn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Will Force the Eiqht.

The Republican party will no longer
ton which is being waged by the
Democrats, to go unchalenged. From
this time on the people will be given
an opportunity to believe the ques-
tionable statements of the Democratic
party or investigate the facts and fig
ures as presented by the Republican
party. The time for passive re-
sistence has passed
Hereafter Republican speakers in
Congress and elsewhere will tell the
people the facts about the tariff law;
about the pending legislation; about
the work Of the administration and
about the work of the Republican
party in general The people Will
then have an opportunity to decide
whether they wish to keep in power
party with a splendid record of ac-
complishment or put in power a party
with a record of broken promises and
rainbow chasing.
With the appropriation bills out Of
the way, the Republicans are now
working night and day to enact all The
legislation possible to carry out the
pledges made in the last platform and
recommendation OF President Taft.
x., ia lie ~. he. Cnd
by the Democrats in both the Senate
and House, bur il is believed that the
sessions in Congress in recent years
have resulted in 50 much work ana $"
much beneficial legislation Ia the peo-
pie of the country. In few weeks
the record viii be made up and IN" rs
sues made very clear. Shall We sup
port the present administration shall
we indorse the new tariff law which Is
wOnderouSly we'll; shall we
elect a Republican House t" the t2d
Congress to enable Mr.. TAFT t" carry
out still further the program mapped
out by him and leading Republicans, or
shall we check present prosperity by
House that will result in
a do-nothing Congress and give anX
ietv TO the business interests of the
country, checking the present prosper
ty, decreasing employment. reducing
wages and leading perhaps to disaster
md panic:
All minor questions and methods of
legislation and of personal ambition
must sink into insgnificance as COM
jared to greater questions that the
eople must decide on next November, |
nd considering that the Republican
ecord is one of progress. is one of at |
ainment, is one of almost unlimited |
dvantages to the people, while the |
record has been and is and |
an be absolutely nothing, it would |
eem without doubt that the people in |
heir wisdom would return to the next |
congress Republican majority in the |
House of Representatives as great, if
lot greater, than that which we now
rave.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

men who have figured out that the
normal hen will produce a certain
number of eggs and that when she
has produced these. it is time to send
her to the block and let a pullet take
her place. By this same application
of scientific knowledge the lien IS
made to give up from 100 TO 255 eggs
each year.
At this plant the biddies were IN
duced to lay on an average of 1925
eggs per ten in ten months. They
sold at prices ranging from 40 to Do
cents per dozen, or at an average OF
about 80 cents a dozen. The totai
number Of pullets was 1853 and they
produced 219,792 eggs or 23,316 dozens,
The money derived from the eggs, eX-
ira outlets. broilers and manure
amounted to sl5,714s4. The total ex-
pcnse was S3l9403, making a net prof.
/: of S12,520S1 or $6.41 for each men
Of laying stock.
If those figures do not induce sew
eral hundred city dwellers to go into
the hen business. it will be because
;hey do not come to their attention.
The funny part of the whole thing is
that the farmers haven't discovered
that there is such profit in the bust
ness before There is always a market
and there are always folks witt! hens,
TEN viii make hens pay six dollars
a head, it is an excellent business for
Maine farmers to investigate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
When Marcus Meditated.

Marcus Aurelius had just written in
his commonplace book: When you
speak in the Senate or elsewhere
speak suitably and without affectation,
and let your discourse be always
clear"
If my friend, Hennery Cabot Lodge
chooses to take that as an intimation
that simplicity is better than mere
scholarship" he reflected, Il can't help
it. Ben Tillman may not always
speak suitably, but you know what he's
driving at when he talks
Then he wrote bit Of advice to
Senator Aldrich, but subsequently
scratched it out. He knew it wouldn't
do any gOOd.-Chicago Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
Soft Boiled Shirts.

She was dear old lady, but she
lived at Hardscrabble, and was a bit
behind the times. She had been read
ing the advertisements in city news
paper chance had brought her way.
Father" she asked her husband,
what is these here negligee shirts
they talk about
Father, being man, was equal tn
the occasion.
Don't know what they be?' he
grinned. well, you are a blackburn
Der. Negligee shirts amt quite so
stiff and choky as billed shirt
mean regular hard billed SHIRT.
negligee shirt is something you might
call soft -b'iled shirt. "-Woman's
Home Companion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Preposterous.

An aged Jersey farmer, visiting a cir
Gus for the first time, stood before the
dromedary's cage, eyes popping and
mouth agape at the strange beast with
in. The circus proper began and the
crowds left for the main show, but still
the old man stood before the cage In
stunned silence, appraising every detail
of the misshapen legs, the cloven heels.
the pendulous upper lip and the curiousy
mounded back of the sleepy-eyed beast
Fifteen minutes passed. Then the far
mer turned away and spat disgustedly.
'Shucks. They amt no such ANIMAL"
Everybody
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Charitable.

why are you so sad. my poor
man." asked the housewife. pausing
moment from her house cleaning
"Ah, num-" sighed the tired tramp,
Il can't help being sad when l think
of dis cold. cold world. asked de
woman down de street for a nights
lodging, and she says l could sleep in
her bin of anthracite. You wouldn't
be 50 cruel, would you. NUM-"
NO, indeed, my poor man. If YOU
will shake these two rugs I'll let YOU
sleep in my bituminous bin. That is
soft coal, you know.'-Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Marry for money, then see if you
can get any of it to spend.
A man can get used to anything ex-
cept being a good husband
A great man seems to know it a
heap more than the rest of the world.
A girl wears colors for a man till
she maries him; then she wears them
for other women.
The chief satisfaction of trying to do
a thing you don't want to is how sure
you are to prove you couldn,t--New
York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Why He Did It.

Seeing a man on the street ahead,
the new chauffeur madly kicks at the
levers before him. The auto bucks,
stops, starts, backs and finally jams
against a telegraph pole.
What in Sam Hill were you trying
to do?" demands the owner from the
floor of the tonneau.
Excuse me-" says the chauffeur. II
just quit job as motOrman, and when
| saw that fellow | tried to ring the
Ong"-Chicago Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Badly Hane,c. { /.

Jane-There was one iiin% nb'ut 'h-
beginning of our en2a5e.hc.t tat !
never liked.
Mary-Tel me all about 1t. III
What was the trouble?
janet was tame, painfully tame.
Tame? Why was it tame"
1T happened last summer, you know.
We were out in a canoe when Sylves-
ter propOsed-and neither of us dared
to move the least bit for fear of tip
ping over!"-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
Biography Barred.
CellGllS

"Shucks, what does the census
amount to-"
What's the trouble, Uncle Peleg?"
IAN that burned enumerator wanted
was q lot of fggers. Wouldn't pay no
attention to the details of my rheu-
matsm or my fust marriage. Pitts
burg Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
He Could Be Trusted,

A train from the North pulled into
'he station at Charlottesville, Virginia.
An elderly man thrust his head out Of
the window Of day coach and sum-
moned little colored boy. The fol-
lowing colloquy ensued:
Little boy, have you a MOTHER"
'Yassuh" 80
Are you faithful to your studies?"
"Yassuh."
do you go to Sunday SCHOOL,"
"Yassuh."
do you say your prayers every
night?"
"Yassuh."
'Can trust you to do an GRAND
for me?' s,
..'Yassuh." u
wen. here's five cenfs % Get me a !
couple Of appless '
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

The two men who robbed the post
Office at Richmond. Va. of $S5. 600 have
lsccN sentenced to serve ten years in
IA. penitentiary and pay a fine of
$1,000 each. To make il still less
profitableoa large part of the loot was
recovered. tits getting harder every
DAY for an industrious thief TO make a
living.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

a number of heavyweights are Sc
curing little cheap advertising these
days by announcing their willingness
To fight the winner of the Johnson
Jeffries bout.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

w. Rourke Cochran has an excellent
opportunity to exercise his well-known
oratorical powers to good purpose. He
has been appointed to defend a penni-
less man charged with murder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

If the goat that ate the brass tube
which Doctor Cook says he left on the
summit of Mt. Mckinley could only be
captured alive what an addition he
would make to any WELL regulated
geological garden
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
ESTABLISHED 1926

Entered at the Augusta Post ONCE as
0econd-class mail matter.
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 G. FLYNT. Publish
ers. Augusta, Maine.
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The Boss of the Place.

Yes, said the determined man,
when that waiter resented the small
ness of my tip l took the case to the
proprietor of the restaurant"
And what did the proprietor do?'
He gave the waiter some money
out of his own pocket and apologized
to him for having such a customer
Washington Star
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

General Kitchener frankly admits
that Ne has never seen n baseball
game Unhappy man, Still there is
Vet time for him to enter into this
new world of bliss if he will improve
his opportunities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

The manipulation Of the cotton mar
ket had certain elements Of grand
larceny in 1t. which should not he
overlooked by the grand juries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

An Indiana man desires divorce
because his wife chews tobacco.
Strange, isn't II. that no woman has
ever made that plea But then wom-
en- are proverbially long suffering.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25

1.-The Borrowing Mania was the
subject of n recent editorial in a
washington paper. but not word
was said about the man who borrows
the lawn mower.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-25
How Bill Hates a Victory.
(ChicagO Tribune

Just as soon as the patient Demo-
cratic animal pricked up its ears and
began to look hopeful once more Mr..
Bryan proceeded to load it down the
same old burden, the "quanttative
theory of money.