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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-17

San Francisco, June 16.-"The tight
between Jeffries and Johnson will take
place on July 4. If not in San Fran
cisco, then will pull it off in Reno
but the fight will be held on the date
set and l will keep my promise
This statement was made by Tex
Richard to The Associated Press to-
night.
Richard continued as follows:
b Once for all l want to remove all fear
that Jeffries and Johnson will not meet
in the ring on July 4. There need be nc
cancellation of special trains or tickets
Those who intended coming to San Fran
cisco can come as planned and feel as
sured thay will see the fight"
The statement Of Richard was made
soon after Southern Pacific officials ad,
vised the promoter that six special fight
trains had been cancelled during the day
Richard was greatly agitated over this
information and also over the fact that
many orders are being received to cancel
or resell fight tickets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-17

cleveland. Ohio, June 16.-Earthauake
osciiiations were recorded by the seismo.
graph at st. Ignatius College early to-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-17
SEISMIC DISTURBANCES.
Report Of Heavy Shocks from Various
Observatories in This Country.

Washington. June 16-An earthquake o.
considerable intensity and duration &C.
CURED this morning at a distance of ap-
proXimatey 1900 miles from Washington,
according to the archaeological Observable
ry Of Georgetown University
The shocks began at las A. NJ and con-
ing at All A. M.
The preliminary tremors were followed
by two heavy shocks. The first lasted
three minutes, beginning at 1.59 A. NJ.
and the second. lasting the same time,
followed it Immediately. A series of lesser
shocks and continuous tremors followed
until All A. NJ.
Observers at the university were I'M
able definitely to locate the disturbance.
The movements were mainly east and
west. 1t is considered probable that the
locality of the disturbance was in Italy.
Cambridge, Mass, June 1.-THE seis-
mic disturbance manifested early TODAY
and recorded by the seismograph at the
Georgetown University at 1.48 A. M. was
noted on similar instrument at Harvard
University one minute later Two maxi
mum periods were noted at Harvard and
the delicate needle of the seismograph
continued to oscillate for nearly two
hours. The distance of the origin of the
disturbance was estimated at COCO miles.
apparently toward the south.
81. Louis June 16.-Earthquake shocks
extending over hour and minutes we're
recorded this morning by the sesmograph
OF ST. Louis University. The main vibra-
tlon was at 1888 A. NJ. The direction of
'he oscillation was from west to east
ana indicated a violent disturbance from
25OO to 1000 miles west.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
WHY SHE is REFERRED TO AS
MANNISH.
ViriIe, Vital Energy Sets her Apart
From Her Sisters Who Lack
Inward Strength.

That virile, vital girl who reyels in
work and is blessed with enough phil
osophy to follow her bent regardless
of how others wink and nudge each
other is often called mannish-gen-
orally by those who couldn't be man
nish If they tried-who haven't the
outstanding, struggling gift-who are
too soft to back away from mammals
and grandmammas and Mother Grun-
dy's ideals.
The so-called mannishness of some
girls in business or other professions
is simply the outward expression of
inward strength. Where there is a
large effort backed by pulsing energy
you cannot expect to hear the dulcet
voice of queenly inertia in cozy cor
ner, nor the nectar-spraying ways of
the girl who lives to love and be
loved by some one, nor the doll man
ner of the woman who is the sweet
burden of somebody else.
The girl with the uphill gait-the
kind that goes to bed at night with
the so little done, so much to do"
refrain in the back of her head-can
not regulate her voice and manner ac
cording to pink tea style. Often her
being vibrates with a will and energy
that would upset the tea caddy or
cause my delicate lady of elaborate
grace to frown with gentle reproach
But my mannish girl doesn't care
she's the goddess on a different plane
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
PLAN FOR THE SMALL FARM
WRITER SHOWS SOME OF ITS
ADVANTAGES.
Old Methods Are Driving the Young
People From the Land-Prob-
lem of Importance.

The little farm idea is appealing as
strongly to the man in the country
as to the resident of the city. 1t is,
in fact, the hope of the American
farmer today Through this modern
system the rural family is to escape
much of its drudgery. the new
method of intensive and diversified
agriculture country life is to become
easier and more attractive, both to
young and old
Big farms are all right for those
who are equipped to handle them
properly, but they are not desirable
for people who have not capital
enough to hire plenty of help and or
ganize in businesslike way to secure
good results.
1t is the evolutionary method that
bothers the average farmer How can
he make the change without loss? If
he sells off half of his land to enable
him to farm in the modern, intensive
fashion, has he any guarantee that he
will not fail in this, and so find him
self, at the end of few years, minus
both land and capital?
There are some facts which are
easily grasped, and which have the
most direct and positive bearing on
this whole question. The old method
is driving young people away from
the farm, and it has become next to
impossible to keep hired help. Men
will not work on a farm when they
come to understand that they can get
employment in town, or on the rail
roads. at higher wages and with short
er days.
Nine or ten hours a day will not do
on the old-fashioned farms. 1t is four
teen or more, and seven days in the
week at that. The average in the
city, taking all classes of employment
together. is about nine hours Clerk
ships are alluring to boys and girls,
especially after they have had a taste
OF farm life where the family labors
from daylight until dark Under the
existing conditions it has come about
that the oid-fashioned farmer finds
himself, in many cases, without either
hired help or the assistance which is
ordinarily expected from his sons and
daughters.
Is there not here presented a social
and economic problem of grave inn
portance to American life? The only
true solution of this question is in the
small farm and a diversifcation of
products. The working day must be
made shorter for the hired help and
children or neither class will be found
on the farm. Would it not be best to
sell off the surplus land and make the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
ralklnn 70 the Child

Mrs. X-talks to little Madge
just as Mr. X talks to their dog"
said a little girl of neighboring fam
lily. And II was indeed true. Mrs,
x is very well-meaning woman
and would be greatly surprised If she
should hear the foregoing statement
She has simply unconsciously acquired
a harsh tone of voice in dealing with
her children. This is altogether I'M
necessary, and is not, as many moth
ers seem to think, a mark of good dis
cipline. The mother whose manner is
quiet but firm is generally a much
more successful disciplinarian than
the harsh-voiced mother who issues
her commands in a dictatorial manner.
Kindness never spells children. 1t is
flabby INDIGESTION, sometimes mistaken
for kindness, which sroils them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
Money in a "CelLar Farm. !"

neighborhood brought him in exchange
! for handful of two of candy.
So little did it cost him to feed his
charges that he is said to have grown
rich on his profits The same butcher
bought one pair after another of these
city fattened pigs.
A still more unlikely place in which
to look for pigs is back bedroom.
but even this shelter is not an unheard
of one. These particular pigs were
well trained. They not only lived up
stairs but they walked down Their
owner knew that washing helped them
to put on weight, so he used to take
them into the back yard for tubing.
and taught them TO walk upstairs and
down. He would never have been
found out if some of his neighbors had
not complained on him.
Poultry Is often fattened in the
s,..--..-.., about Christmas time. In some
streets nearly every cellar is occupied
by fowls, ducks and geese at that sea
son, many of them being bought a
month beforehand.
One slum dweller was more ambi-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
COMING MAN or BUSINESS
Long-Headed Noungster Who Bids
Fair to Graduate into Rookie
Teller Class.

So many panes of glass in old Mr.
Viner's greenhouse had been broken
that he had at last offered reward of
10 shilliugs to anyone who should give
information as to the identity of the
latest offender. The bait soon drew
A youngster called on Mr. Viner and
Informed him that lad named Archie
Thompson was the guilty party. He
received his reward, went away re-
joicing and the old gentleman forth
with wrote to the local schoolmaster,
demanding the production of the said
Archie Thompson. to make good the
damage he had done to his windows.
Next day the informer called again.
The schoolmaster sent me-" he
said briskly. 1--WE seen a glazier and
he'll put in your glass for three
shillings. Here 1t is. and"
Not so fast, my lad" said Mr.. vi
ner. Have you come on behalf of
Archie Thompson"
We'll, yes, sir, in a way" said the
boy. Fact is he continued, conf
denually, I'm him! London Tit
Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
The Men Who Dominate.

No work is wholly congratulated
is, just the job one likes, or likes all
the time. But action can always be
congenial, if health permits. Leaving
out imbeciles and invalids, work is a
universal pleasure. But there are
those who become enthusiasts. They
can never be idle. They pulse with
power. They are always conquering
something. They dream achievement.
They play and toy with forces. They
make this old globe vital.
Why, it may be impossible to say,
but they just love work They are
really superb creatures and admired
by all. If you study them they are
so content that you envy them. If
you associate with them they master
you without trying. They lead every
where and are never out of work. In
deed, if they had finished the world
they would plan another At their
heels follows troop, dependent and
begging. Lovers of work are gener-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
Vast Army Always Working for
Uncle Sam.
NOT A LIBERAL EMPLOYER
Men Long In the Employ of the Gov.
eminent VIII Always Be Found
Advising Others to Keep Out
of the Service.

The printing of the official register
OF the United States, which is just
commencing and which requires five
months, involves a cost of nearly $780,
600. The roll last year included 37O,-
O65 names, of which 146,1O7 were in
the civil, military AMI naval service,
17S,957 in the postal and the re-
nainder in the railway mail and mes
senger service.
Ihere is not a city or village in
the United States nor any city of con-
sequence in the world which is not rep
resented by some one on this immense
pay roll. Heading the list comes
President Taft, who receives s75. 900
year; the retinue of the White
House follows. President Sher-
man and Speaker Cannon follow, each
receiving $4,000 a year. The govern
ment seems to discriminate in favor
OF Chicago men, for while Secretary
Knox has to worry along on $4,000. Mr..
MacVeagh and Mr.. Dickinson are re-
ceiving $4,000 to help towards paying
their rent while watching the treas
ury and the army, respectively. In
surgents and regulars alike are given
$500. Then follow the ambassadors
at $4,000, which makes 1T a rich
mans job, down to the consuls at
1000.
The lieutenant general of the army
OF the United States receives s11, 900,
colonies $4,000, majors. $4,000. cap
ta1ns $4,000, and first lieutenants
$4,000 with increases of ten per cent.
Tor every five years of service.
The most useful branch of the serv-
Ice, the postal service, as is well
known, is the most niggardly. The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
A Shinninn Error.

The young duchess Of Westminster,
wife of the richest peer IN England,
recently gave birth to her third child,
a daughter. Thus there is no heir to
the immense Grosvenor fortune, Earl
Grosvenor, the duchess second child,
having died at the age of four.
Apropos Of all this, rather cruel
story is being told in Newport about
Lady Ursula Grosvenor, the eight
year-old daughter of the young Ouch
ess.
A friend, the story goes. called at
Eaton Hall, and as she sat in the
drawingroom, little Lady Ursula en-
tered.
"Oh, good afternoon" she said,
gravely. Mamma can't see any one
today. She's upstairs with the new
baby. They sent her, you know, girl
when she'd ordered a boy, and she's
so upset that she's quite ILL.,"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
How Needles Are Made

Any process of manufacture is in
teresting, but most so are those nv
which small and dainty articles are
turned out in vast numbers, as are
needles, watch springs and the like.
Many processes must be gone through
with before SIS bar of iron is re-
duced and refined into $3.50, 900 worth
of balance springs, but the making of
$3.50 worth of needles is more simple.
Needles are made from steel wire
which is first cut out by shears from
coils into the length of the needles to
be made. After a bath of such bits
as have been cut out they are placed
in a furnace, then rolled until perfect.
ly straight. Next the needle pointer
takes up dozen or so of the wires
and rolls them between his thumb
and finger, with their ends on a turn.
ing grindstone, first one and then the
other being ground. The little steel
bobbins are next fed into a machine
which fiattens and cutters the heads.
after which the eyes are punched.
They are now complete needles. but
rough and easily bent Careful heat.
ing and sudden cooling give them the
necessary temper, and nothing re.
mains but to give them their final
polish. On a coarse cloth needles are
spread to the number or forty or fifty
thousand. Emery dust is strewed over
them, oil is sprinkled on, and soap
daubed over the cloth, which, rolled
tightly, is thrown into pot with 9th.
ers, where is rolls about for IL hours
or more When taken from this fric.
ton bath the needles require only a
rinsing in clean hot water, when they
are ready to be sorted and packed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
HAS BIG PAY ROLL

postmaster general draws only $4,000.
while some postmasters out in close
communion with nature sacrifice their
time to the party and the country for
s13 a year.
One of the best-paid departments is
the immigration service, ordinary i'm
migrant inspectors receiving as high
as eight dollars per diem, including
Sundays. and 80 days vacation every
year, in addition to 80 days sick leave
with full pay.
Uncle Sam Is a consistent a6yer-
tiser. If he wants a load of hay, an
examiner of silks, or a man who can
speak Is languages. he advertises in
every state in the union, and by the
examinations is sure to get the best
available. Yet he does not always sue
ceed This year there have been held
already three examinations for male
stenographers, with inducements Of
rapid promotion, and he is still look
ing for them. There is a reason.
Is that bromide that government
service does not pay" true? A special
agent of the treasury department, who
had for 40 years been drawing up to
eight dollars and travelling expenses
per diem, recently told a new govern
ment employe: Young man, get out
of the government service" A deputy
collector in the state of Washington,
after recently rendering his resigna-
ton, told this same young man:
Young man, get out of the govern
ment service"
There is a mistaken notion that a
civil service employee cannot be dis
charged, except for cause. On the
contrary, the head of a department
may telegraph the dismissal of any
man under him on the moment with
out assigning any other reason than
''for the good of the service" AS the
heads necessarily have to rely on their
chiefs for detailed supervision, it fol-
lows that a bureau chief has the DOW
er of car.
Yes, there are happy government
servants. They are usually of medi-
OGRE ability, who know they could not
earn their salaries in civil life, who
have friend in the senate. who are
prompt in their hours, who obey or
ders, keep silent, behave, save money,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
Merit Usually Wins.

In many lines of business there is a
narrow line between profit and loss.
Modern machinery has cheapened the
product for the workingman. Never
in our industrial history have the
smaller Injuries of life been nearer
the wage Garner than today. This
has been brought about by manufac
turers willing to invest greater CAPT
tai and take smaller profits.
So the question of wages is an i'm
portant one. Each IS spent in adding
another Office boy means IS less on
the profits of the firm. If the house
is making money it can afford to hire
more help, and usually does. The non
producer is let out to shift for him
self, while the faithful few who have
earned their money are kept over the
dull SPELL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
Idea May Be New, but 1t Has Proved
of Great Value TO
Many.

Not all the farming in the world is
carried On in the country. Some
branches of the farmers work are pur-
sued in cities, and even in their crowd
ed parts. The fattening of pigs is not
incompatible with life in a densely
populated quarter. and the following
case in point may be cited:
a man who kept small grocer's
snop In the heart of Philadelphia was
for years successful as a fattener OF
pigs. Under his shop was cellar. the
front door and window OF which were
boarded up. Access could be had only
at the back
This cellar was always occupied by
two pigs, although not always by the
same ones. The owner would snug
gle his young charges into the cellar
by night. bed them down with the
straw from his egg cases, and feed
them on the bread and potatoes and
vegetables that the youngsters Of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
INDEPENDENCE
ON THE FARM
SPLENDID RESULTS FOLLOW
FARMING IN THE CANADIAN
WEST.
Americans In Canada Not Asked to
FcrSst That They Were Born
Americans.

Farm produce today is remunera-
tive, and this helps to make farm life
agreeable. Those who are studying
the economics of the day tell us that
the strength of the nation lies in the
cultivation of the soil. Farming is no
longer hand-to-mouth existence. 1t
means independence. often af1uence,
but certainly independence.
Calling at farm house. near one of
the numerous thriving towns of AL
berta, in Western Canada, the writer
was given a definition of "1ndepen-
dence" that was accepted as quite
original. The broad acres of the farm
er's land had crop-and a splendid
one, too, by the way-ripening for the
reapers' work. The evenness of the
crop, covering field after field. attract
ed attention, as did also the neatness
of the surroundings, the well-built sub
stantiai story log house, and
the well-rounded sides of the cattle.
His broken English-he was a French
Canadtan-was easily understandable
and pleasant to listen to. He had
come there from Montreal a year ago,
had paid $40 an acre for the 320-acre
farm, with the little improvement it
had. He had never farmed before, yet
his crop was excellent, giving evil
dence as to the quality of the soil, and
the good Judgment that had been used
In its preparation. And brains count
in farming as well as Draw" Asked
how he liked ii there, he Strengthened
his broad shoulders, and with hand
outstretched towards the waving fields
OF grain, this young French Canadian,
model of symmetrical build, replied:
BE gosh, yes, we like .him-the
farmin'-well. don't we, Jeannette?7
Gs he smilingly turned to the young
wife standing near. She had accom-
panied him from Montreal to his far
west home, to assist him by her wifely
help and companionship, in making a
new home in this new land. Yes, we
come here wan year ago, and we never
farm before. Near Montreal, me
father, he KEEP de girls mill, an de
cardin' mill, an be gosh! he run de
cheese factor too. He work, an me
work, an US work tarn bar, be gosh
Us work for de farmer; well den,
sometin' go not always wat you call
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
Even the ChIldren.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker, condemn
ing in his witty way the American di
vorce evil, told, at Philadelphia
luncheon. an appropriate story,
Even our children" he said, ARE
becoming infected A Kensingtor
school teacher, examining little cir
in grammar, said
What is the future of 81 love?"'
"A divorce the child answered
promptly"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13
Serving Two Masters.

Can a man serve two masters"
exclaimed John NJ. Callahan. candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for secretary of state, at a meeting
in Eagles hall the other night. Il
say be cannot, and mat reminds me OF
the answer got from an Irish friend
of mine when l asked him the same
question.
kin a man serve two masters, is
ut" says my Irish friend. "Oi only
knowed wan man that could do ut, and
in the ind they sent him to jail fer
bigamy! "-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-13

de- right, an de farmer he say de-
mean ting, be gosh! and tell us go to
well, anyway he tarn mad. Now"
and then he waved his hand again
towards the fields, Il ave no bodder,
no cardin' mill, no girls mill, no cheese
factor. l am now de farmer man an
when me want to, me can say to de
oder fellow you 60! Well, we
like him-the farmin'" And that was
a good definition of independence.
Throughout a trip of several hun
dred msles in the agricultural district
of Western Canada, the writer found
the farmers In excellent spirits, an
optimistic feeling being prevalent
everywhere. 1t will be interesting to
the thousands on the American side
of the line to know that their rela-
tives and friends are doing we'll there,
that they have made their home in
country that stands up so splendidly
under what has been trying conditions
in most of the northwestern part of
the farming districts of the continent.
With the exception Of some portions
of Southern Alberta, and also a por-
ton Of Manitoba and Southern Sas-
&atchewan the grain crops could be
described as fair, good and excellent
The same drought that affected North
and South Dakota, Montana, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and other of the
northern central states extended over
into q portion of Canada just men
toned. But in these portions the
crops for the past four or five years
were splendid and the yields good.
The great province of Saskatchewan
has suffered less from drought in pro-
portion to her area under cultivation
than either of the other provinces. On
the other hand, Instead of the drought
being confined very largely to the
south of the main line of the c. P. r.
it is to be found in patches right
through the center of northern Sas-
katchewan also. In spite of this. how
ever. Saskatchewan has a splendid
crop. A careful checking of the aver
ages of yield, with the acreages in the
different districts, gives an average
yield of 151S bushels to the acre.
In Southern Alberta one-fifth of the
winter wheat will not be cut, or has