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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
Is the Parcels Post Coming?


One result of the great express
strike that tied up business in New
York for nearly three weeks and cut
of the citys supply of fresh vege-
tables. fruits and many other articles
he's been to give renewed strength to
the proposal for a parcels post. The
experience that business houses and
individuals have had in being unable
to obtain or to ship money, merchan-
disc end all kinds of commodities tied
up in the express warehouses there
because of private quarrel between
several thousand drivers and their
employers, have convinced many per-
sons of the desirability of a service
not liable to such interruptions. Rep
resentatives of the Postal Progress
League and the various merchants as
sociations supporting amendments to
the postal laws that will permit the
carrying Of parcels by the government
have not been slow to take advantage
Of the recent object lesson and have
been pointing out the advantages that
would come from the federal handling
of some part of the business now left
entirely in the hands of private
agencies.
Whether Congress will take the mat
but there is no question that the
movement has gained great strength
in New York and elsewhere. where
the pinch of the strike was felt. The
public is ever the worst sufferer in
disputes of labor and capital but 1t is
determined to be relieved of some of
It's burdens which come in the form Of
exorbitant prices on one side and the
tieing up of interstate traffic and in
,.stimable loss on the other because
of the rig-headed rows Of those paid
to perform the service.
Much as there is to say against 1t
from the standpoint Of the small deal
or and the sending Of our money out
Of our own territory, the demand for
the parcels post seems bound TO come
The demand is becoming more inces-
SAINT daily and such incidents as that
Of the New York express strike ac-
centuates it. Other countries have
ccj n bliShed il and all classes have in
time adjusted themselves to it. AS
the railway displaced the stage coach
and the typesetting machine sent
thousands of hand compositors into
other lines of business, so must con-
ditions adjust themselves to the in
evitable handling of parcels by the
government. The hardships ii will
work will be more than offset by pub
lie advantages.
Indeed. if the great mail order
houses OF the city drain the country
districts of money they must in turn
pour it back for the products of our
mills and factories; our farms and
forests. We must meet the emergency
by resolving our own business into
mail order concerns and deal with
other parts of the country as they
deal with us. With the public demand
growing louder every day the matter
cannot be ignored.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago NcwS.)

(CnlCISO Nc"S.)
The monograph heads the list of
chattarboXeS.
4 man is down in the world when
he's on his upperS.
If you could have what YOU wanted,
would you want it?
8rcvity is the soul of Wit, but II
no fun TO be short.
When the plumber hits the pipe some
other chap has to pay the freight.
After man has passed 30 he some
times falls in love with his wife again.
Some people advocate early mar
riages, but high noon is the fashion
able hour.
A man feels about rs much at home
in a dry goods store as he does In n
kitchen.
The best-laid plans are apt to g"
wrong and the best Of friends some
times get married.
A bachelor laughs inwardly when he
is in company with a lot Of married
women who feel sorry for him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Senator Hepburn is formulating a
report which declares protracted cold
storage Of food products is detrimental
to health, and materially aid in MAIN
tanning the high cost Of living. His
report is based on testimony taken
by the committee on manufactures Of
the senate ard will be presented in
connection with a bill to regulate cold
storage plants. The report seems to
be much along the line recommended
by DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, and will
propose some limitation upon the
time of storage. 1t is said that the
maximum period for the storage Of
eggs will be less than that for other
products.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
Maine Gossip
The Two Villages.

Over the river, on the hill.
Lieth IL village white and still
All around it the forest trees
SILVER and whisper in the breeze,
Over il sailing shadows go
OF soaring hawk and screaming crow,
And mountain grasses, low and sweet
Grow in the middle of every street.
Over the river under the hill.
village lieth still,
There l see in the cloudy night
TWinklng stars of household light,
Fires that CLEAN from the smithy S door
AIists that curl on the river shore,
And in the roads no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
In that village on the hill
Never is sound of smithy or MILL
The houses are matched with grass ant
flowers:
Never q clock to toll the hours;
The marble doors are always shut;
You cannot enter in hall or hut;
All the villagers lie asleep,
Never a grain to SOW or reap:
Never in dreams to moan and sigh.
Silent and idle and low they lie.
In that village under the hill
when the night is starry and still,
Many n weary soul in prayer
Looks TO the other village there,
And weeping and signing, longs to go
Up to that home from this below;
Longs to sleep in the forest wild
Whittier have vanished wife and child;
And heareth, praying. this answer fall:
Patience. that village shall hold We ALL
Mrs. Rose Terry Cook.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Uncle Sam. as eXemplified by Post
master General Hitchcock, is setting a
good example for his people in saving
pennies and allowing the dollars to
take care of themselves. The extra
money that comes out of the sale OF
stamped envelopes, when disposed OF
one at Il time, used to go to the post
master but by recent ruling must be
accounted for and turned over to the
Postofiice Department. Some post
masters complained of the triviality OF
keeping n record of these fractional
day but from the 10000 postoftices
ii amounts to between 100000 and
100000 in n year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

y conference Of government officials,
Agricultural authorities, health officers
and sanitary experts, will be held in
New York City Dec. 9 and 3. The
meeting is the result of the wide
spread dissatisfaction Of the ultimate
consumer over the price of milk. and
the health officials over it's quality.
The demand is for state control of the
milk supply. 1t is quite probable
that every delegate to the conference
will have his hammer along for the
benefit If the milk trust
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

From the size of a tooth recently
found in an excavation on Chicago
Heights it may be judged that in pre-
historic times animals Of such pro-
dlsiouS size once roamed there as
would overtop the elephant or rhi-
noccros Of the present day as these
animals outweigh the puppy dogs of
our streets. This molar weighs ten
pounds and If hollow and to be filled
with gold would depletc the product
of an Alaska bonanza mine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Those who have worried about the
lead pencil going out of existence. be-
cause of the lack of pencil wood. may
calm their fears, for Il magnificent for
est of cedar trees has been discov-
cred in German East Africa. Already
several consignments of cedar logs
have reached Hamburg Thus is the
pencil industry assured. But VIC WON
der why r. r. didn't discover this for
est when he was down there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23


her of the house is to receive leaden
ball or bullet on entering. These balis
can easily be passed into the rube.
which carried under the floor. leads
to a receptacle Immediately under the
place where member STANDS "heh
addressing the assembly. This spot
is like the traps on the stage OF u
theatre The trap is so arranged thal
when a certain number of balis-no'
less than ore-half the number oil
members of full house-haS reached
the receptacle. the trap is maze 10
descend automatically, carrying with
it the garrulous speaker, or bore, as
the case may be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
(NcW York PrCSS.)

Nobody needs the experience of old
age till he is there himself.
The great majority of the world in
vest in hopes the dividends from which
go to a small minority.
People don't care how much money
they earn; the thing they care about
is what they get.
A man who can stay up all night i'll
a poker game losing money can 60
to sleep in the first paragraph Of a lee
ture on how to save his country.
A girl has such a natural faith in
everything she knows her eyes are blue
when the looking glass shows them
green.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

A highly priced family relic may be
seen in PASSPORT by\those who are
looking for ancient works of art. This
is an old clock. which commenced
ticking and striking out the hours of
the day nearly two centuries ago.
The history of the clock can be traced
back to the early years in the life Of
the grandmother of Mrs. Cooper, wife
of the late Gen. Cooper Of Cooper
The clock was handed down from
father to son through successive gen.
eratiOns and finally came into pos
session of Mr.. Bruce of MachiaS, who
sold it to the late Benjamin l.. Jones
Of Dennysville. The clock is now in
the keeping of Mrs. Samuel Campbell
Of Passport
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
A GroundIess Attack.

NNhHSdS lily JOuTnal.1
The attack made upon President
tart. Speaker Cannon and E,x-Presi-
dent Roosevelt by President Gompers
OF the American Federation of Labor.
on tine ground that they had "perse-
cuted' organized labor by opposing
the measure eXempting union labor
from prosecution under the antitrust
laws. one of those ill-advised as
sauiis Which tend only to ALLEVIATE
public sympathy from organized labor
and place it in the attitude of de-
handing immunity from consequences
OF its acts and policies, There can be
no reasonable distinction made be-
tween any class of viclators of the
law and the only immunity to which
any class is entitled in justice and
reason is the immunity from punish
mcnt which comes from faithful com.
pliance with the laws of the land.
President Taft took high minded
and courageous stand on this cues
ton when he refused to play cheap
politics and disregarded all political
mnnaces by insisting upon nc dis
elimination between any forms OF
trust law violation. If he had sought
to curry favor by sacrificing one class
to another he would have been &c
servcdly Condemned by all fair
minded men. 1t seems to ln difficult,
If not impossible. for some of the more
rabid labor leaders to learn that class
legislation is wrong when one class
of citizens is punished and another
class is exempted, vet that is the les
son which must be learned sooner or
later and once for all. When Jus
tice has any peepholes in the bandage
which is supposed to cover her eyes
there is no guaranty of the rights of
any class and the only safe principle
is the punishment of all violators
alike. Those who are not violators Of
laws which apply to all classes are
beyond the danger lire
What the Democrats Will Do.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

announces the death of his old black
hen. She would have been % years
oh next May and has been i'll ) fee
bic condition since she laid = mon
stor egg to celebrate the Maine cleo
ton. for the old hen was of strong
Democratic sympathies. Capt. Tarbox
rcckons that the hen has laid 1900 eggs
during the 90 years Of her existence.
The bird was unusual in more than
simply years. She had never been
licked by anything on the place that
Wore feathers and was never known
t. be broody nor had she any use for
chickens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
Are We Thankful?

on the morrow we celebrate the
passing of a year of prosperity and
give thanks for the measure we have
rcceived-that is, We think we do, but
do we? How many of US really
enumerate the blessings of a twelve
month and offer, even in our hearts,
a silent thanksgiving to the Giver!
We have dwelt upon our hard luck
and have emphasized our misfortunes,
but have We given credit for the
blessings which came in the guise of
adversely? How often have we con-
demned our i'll luck only to learn in
good time that 1t had been all for the
how many Incidents in our lives in
the past twelve months have not been
for our good, if we give all that is
due? And who among us can account
for all the things for which he should
be thankful?
If there be one among us who is
still dissatisfied with conditions and
wonders what could be worse, let him
go out into the byways and ask him.
self if he would like to exchange
places with any one of those he finds
there. And the best way to express
gratitude for prosperity. and to give
thanks that we have escaped disease,
disablement. unemployment, etc. is to
carry cheer into the homes of the less
fortunate--that they may give thanks
for the friendly greetings where the
way is dark. Relieving distress is a
duty and carrying out of the in
spirations which God has given us.
If we withhold our charity WEE are
unfaithful to the trust conferred when
prosperity was showered upon us. If
we give to those less fortunate we add
health. comfort and life to the sum
total, and carry n CLEAN of hope to
perhaps a despairing heart.
Let us not, then, deplete our poe
textbooks to gorge ourselves and for
get that some poor heart cannot even
drive the pangs of hunger and the
numbness of cold from the forms of
his children. Let us give thanks but
let US also aid others to do likewise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

a cynic is Il man who loves the truth
more than he loves popular applause -
Chicago News.
Our idea of cynic is n man with a
Crouch who loves to makeSothers feel as
mean as he does.-New York Herald
Let him who is without cynicism cast
the first stone.-Boston Globe.
And they went out one by one and
left (whO?) standing in the midst.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Who shall say that the Far-East
Yankee Is not as ingenious as his
namcsale. The Down East Yankee
ona Of Jaran's modern engineers has
conceived r method of siiencing par
liamentary bcres. If he can make it
work. and it becomes generally adopt
cd. there is no question that he has
done a great work for the human
race. Attached TO each seat in the
House of Parliament he proposes to
have a metal tube. the top being about
the size of 25-cent piece. Each mem
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

\ dog in Germany can pronounce
its own name and use appropriately
the words for cake. hunger yes, and
no. Huh! Wen, we've seen people
who could bark.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

One Of the thinks for which we
should be thankful is that the blown
up turkeys. although they look
plump and fat, do not weigh any more.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

May his rest. be as peaceful as his
life was turbulent while seeking
pcace--the most famous Of Slavs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
VOICES OF THE PRESS.

Much has been said about the fight
ing qualities Of farmers. Those mill
tant Changers at Atlantic City ought
10 provide excellent entertainment this
week. iSt0n sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Conservation Of candidates" should
be the Democratic slogan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

The Democrats can't make minco-
meat Of the tariff until after Christ
mas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

The retail dealer believes it is bet
ter to be safe than sorry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Speaking Of coming back" wonder
what Count BOni is after this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Statistics of football casualties this
season complied by the New York
World, show 10 deaths due to football
and 429 accidents. Yet bad as this
recorG is it is an improvement on that
Of last yeGr.-Portland Argus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

1t is so gratifying to have chance
to kick!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Words have. weight when
there's a man behind them.
Even If they be kind, loving,
appreciative words, they sound
hollow and are entirely un-
helpful unless there is noble
life back of them. And so
there is an unreasonable
value in a true iife.-Black.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Turkey or bacon for Thanksgiving?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

The French ambassador to Vienna
has bee recalled because he was al
ways in bed. He will probably be sent
70 Philadelphia -Washington postA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

Editor kingsbury Piper of the Wa
terville Sentinel is said by the Port
land Press to be candidate for the
position Of secretary OF the Senate.
Mr.. Piper is a prominent member OF
TIE organization which had in charge
the pushing Of the work that resulted
in the adoption of the referendum in
Maine. His canvass is said to be
looked upon favorably by some Of the
leading Democrats of the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

TIE organization which had in charge
the pushing Of the work that resulted
in the adoption of the referendum in
Maine. His canvass is said to be
looked upon favorably by some Of the
leading Democrats of the state.
Two of Portlands churches the st.
Lawrence and State Street have re-
Gently purchased stereopticons for use
at their evening services and on other
occasions. DIR. Clifford Snowden. pas
tor of che st. Lawrence church, says
yhat in his opinion no church is COM
IHete without Il stereopticon. Senti-
.nrnts, he says. appeal to the eye as
wen as the ear. The only danger lies
in the too frequent use of the device.
The +. b. Higgins Co. of BOothbay
Harbor is having a new schooner rig
ged power boat built at the yard Of
Irving Reed. East BOothbay for use
next season. The craft is SIS feet long.
IA feet wide and the hold is seven feet
deep The boat is Of the knockabOut
type and will carry from 5000 to 10000
Holsters. The boat will be used in the
spring to visit Nova Scotia ports and
will run along the coast the remainder
of the season.
The Democrats of Aroostool county
will undoubtedly recommend Asa A.
Bishop OF Pressure Isle to the Legisla-
ture as the candidate for councillor
from the Washington Aroostook dis
trict In Governor-elect P1aisted's coun-
Gil. Mr.. Bishop is a farmer and the
Fort Fairfield Review says: '"There Is
something eminently fitting in the
choice from the great agricultural
county of AroOstook Of 4 farmer to
sit in the council Of the states Cow
erncr"
One Of the oldest lumbcrmen who
have operated on the Ponobscot river
and its tributaries is John G. Flem-
Ing Of Lincoln, says the Millinocket
Journal. Mr.. Flcming's first work in
the woods was in 1863 He was then
but a young man of Is years and he
has never missed a winter in the
woods since then. Mr.. Fleming began
DISiTeSS IDl i1IilStil III ioth anu AieA''
operated in Wytopitlocll and III thc
vicinity of Chester. He had 100000 of
logs come through the boom one V in
ter. He expects during the coming
winter tn cut about 1,00o,o0o for his
mill on the i.bb Horse stream about
one and one-half miles from the Penob-
scot river
The Maine hoop pole man makes
even better wages than his brother
the gum picker. says the Belfast Re
publican Journal. The hoop pole man
follows along the wake Of the loggers.
He BARRIERS the face Of the hillside of
stuff that no one else wants. He is
after the second growth as the young
birch and ash are called which spring
up around the rotting stumps OF great
trees. The hoop pole man takes q
| morse With him on his tours. He cuts
the poles and the horse lauls them to
camp by daylight. Evenings the pole
man fashions the hoops with a draw
shave sitting beside roaring fire and
pulling at his black pipe. Sometimes
the poles are sold round, but the har-
vaster who trims his. own stuff and
shaves the hoops receives two or
three cents each for the finished pro-
duct and that pays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRE Glory
BETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. IS, r. &

ODD FELLOWS HALL.
ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
E.. r. WESTON. N. q.
r. II. BROWN, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23

JEpHTHA ENcAMPMENT. NO. 5.
Meetings at 40 o'clock every second and
fourth Tuesday.
FRANK J. HAM, G. p.
q. w. MERRILL, Scribe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-22
TAFT TO TALK
ON VILLAGE
GREEN
BAR HARBOR CITIZENS
IMMENSELY PLEASED
Society," Golf, Blackboard Ride
and Lobster Supper on the
Beach Forms Presidential
Recreation On North Coast.
IBy Morning JcurnaI sDecIsi I.nass wir.i


Bar Harbor, Me, July 2l.-Presi-
dent Taft win speak on the village
green here tomorrow noon and will
have a chance to see the year round
place, and to be seen by them. I'm
til Mr.. Tafts intention TO do this
was announced today. war clouds We're
gathering rapidly between the Maine
citizens and the members Of the fash
ionable colony. whose plans for the
entertainment of The chief magistrate
and the members of his yachting party
failed to include any concession to the
village folk, of whom there are about
5000.
The president was informed of the
situation today by }. p. BASS of Ban
gor, and at once consented to the sue-
gestion that he make a speech TO the
villagers. The details were quickly
arranged and placards announcing the
event soon win be posted at every van
tage point and in all but the ultra
fashionable shop windows
Tonight the threatened clouds had
rolled away.
Professor II. c. Emory, chairman of
the new tariff commission, could not
reach Bar Harbor this afternoon and
his scheduled conference with the
president was postponed until tomor-
row.
Social affairs and golf occupied the
presidents day He had a blackboard
ride out to Jordan Point tonight for
shore supper of lobster and 9TH
err sea dainties. II was a nine mile
drive each way through stiff breeze,
The most exciting incident of the
presidents cruise thus Bar was the
rescue of two Indians whose canoe
capsized while the Mayflower was at
anchor In Passamoquoddy bay. They
had padded out to have a close view
at the presidents big white
yacht ana stood up to have a
better look. A moment later there was
splash, an overturned canoe. and
two hats floating on the water.
Boats were lowered and the Indians
hauled out little the worse for their
wetting.