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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-23

kindled his words and fired his person,
he ignores the one inherent and
eaanating power that lies in few
great personalities to awaken the vi
sion OF the masses to an active sense
Of duty and self sacrifice that alone
can save a threatened state
William Folsom Merrill.
The next speaker William Folsom
Merrill Of Skowhegan, speaking on
The First Era of American History"
said lii brief;
Historians are prone to divide our
country's affairs into many short pc
riods: hut with the disappearance Of
the Western frontier has closed tile
first great era Of American history.
In the census reports for 1880 appeal
these significant words, Up to and
including 1889 the country had a from
tier settlement. bat at the present
time the unsettled area has been 50
broken into by isolated bodies thai
there can hardly be said to be from
tier line"
our history has been one of colon
ization, starting first along the At
lautic seahoard and then gradually
The true point of view from which
to gauge American life is not the At
lantio caast II ie the great West
American social development has
he r.In5 0eelAnlng a,,d
over again on the frontier This pri-
nI"val renaissance, this fiuiditv of
American life, this expansion West
ward with its new opportunities. its
continuous touch with the simplicity
OF primitive society explains the Sc
crct spring of American character.
At the outset Europeans came to
this continent accustomed only to the
thought, tools. and modes of travel
in their native lands; but when they
advanced 10. the hither edge of the
wilderness" the germs of American
life s9rang 10 the front. Something
entirely new and been created, and
this new creation was American. As
tae trapper pushed farther west, next
came the rancher, who in turn was
supranted BY the extensive farmer.
still later the intensive farmer APP
peareG, and last of all came the in
dustrial capitalist, bringing with him
city life and the factory system.
The perennial rebirth of a lower
into hieher plane has indelibly
stamped all our institutions.
1t is undeniable also that the pre-
| dominant traits of American eharac-
tar have come from the frontier. This
accounts for our strength and brusque-
ness. our prac tical turn of mind, ana
lastly, individualism and democracy.
Up to the last three decades the
frontier was the panacea for Ameri-
oan unrestraint. but with the disap-
peatance of free land it has vanished
and become Z thing of the past
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-23
to its extreme form IN William Trao

to its extreme form N William Track
cray.
We behold Maurice Maeterlinck,
who with his first, strange plays
THE Blind" and THE Intruder" fills
us with awe, since by his great pow
er of suggestion he holds us fascnat-
ed liz sculpture, We note the first
expressions of that tendency which
We may call sentiment The Short
story writer takes his principals in
a given situation and by his subtle
power reveals the tenor of their
lives and their situation in the world.
He hts forsaken the endeavor 10 por-
tray the surrounding life infinitely;
SO he relies on the force of sugges
ton 70 immesh his characters in
staatiy. Thus in Kipling's BY Bene-
fit of Clergy, al the first sentence.
! But il il be Il girl, we are tangled
liz situation. In Poe's Iigeis' the
same occurs. Poe, IT is true. at
times uses extreme details, but his
end is not description but mystifiea-
ton
Previous to any insight into the
real nature of the Short Story. the
narrators at the campfire or in the
marketplaoe were DESTROYS only of
getting their tales told effectively. and
depended on surprise and originality
to hold their hearers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-23
Chester Elijah kelloqa.

The last speaker, Chester Elijah Kel-
logg Of Meirose. Mass, taking the very
Interesting subject Psychology 5, an
Apprecia ton" spoke partially as fol-
lows:
1t is inevitable that one nearing the
close of four happy years of comrades
ship. should begin to reflect somewhat
on their friutfulness. viii they serve
to fit or TO unfit him for the struggle
of the years to come? | would hardly
hope to tell more than a small fraction
of what Bowdoin has meant to me, so
| have decided merely TO describe, in
its purely practical bearing, one of my
courses this year, enc that has been in
various ways a great revelation to me.
| refer to a series of experiments in
aesthetics, conducted at the suggestion
of DR. Burnett and with his constant
guidance, | must not spend time in
discussing the many theories of beauty,
which, to borrow phrase from James,
often seem just so many ways of abus-
ing a privilege society grants TO phil
osophers. of of being puzzle-headed. II
was fayorite saying Of Chariot that
theory is good, but it does not Kinder
the reality. James tells us the guild
ing principle of British philosophy has
been that every difference must make
z difference, every theoretical differ
ence somewhere issue in a practical
difference, and that the best method
in discussing points of theory is to be-
gin by ascertainiiig what practical
difference would result from one al
tentative or the other being true.
We must avoid the one great dan
ger, that of forming tastes which shall
strengthen one for evil, rather than
for good This danger can be avoided,
only by a training which is thoroughly
devoted to that perfection of the hui
man spirit which rests on the Will OF
the perfect. We should ever be crate
ful to those who give them the light
of letters. When we come to the time
of strain. if we stand to the ideals OF
generosity. of kindness and of unset
ffshness, the ideals which Bowdoin
reverences. we shall not go astray Nd
matter how bitter the struggle nor
how long, whenever our thoughts re-
turn to these scenes frequented by
our feet, when we were young. and
life was fresh and sweet we shat
feel our hearts stirred and moved
with conra &c for more steadfast tor
and with larger charity for all who
labor and are heavy laden.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-23
The Alumni Reunion.

roilowing the commencement ex-
ercises came the biggest event oil
the season for the majority 1f In,
alumni. All the graduates of the
college, who were able to be here
gathered in Memorial hall To prais,,
the name Of their dear institution
"hleh was Responsible for the sue
cess which they have attained. 'fht
haii was filled with long tables, six
running the entire length of the build
ing. In addition to these was a
table on the stage, where the prin
clpai speakers were seated, while in
the gallery was another, at which the
graduating class were seated
IL was Il scene Of joyful Bowdoin
spirit on the procession from tibet
church to the hail. the class cheer
ing and war dances which the old
boys had enjoyed when at the col
lege were again brought 10 light and
when they reached the hail. the storm
broke out with renewed force.
After fine menu prepared by
Grant of Lewiston the postprandiaI
exercises began with a prayer by Ed
ward Nj. Packard, go, of Stratford.
Comm, followed BY the singing OF the
College Hymn under the leadership
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-23
Charles soakdmsn HAYES.

Following a selection OF music,
Charles Boardman Halves of Bangor
spoke upon a Peasant and His
Song. Briefly he said:
Robert Burps, who sang in lyric
strain OF the epic of mankind, was born
into a life of toll and ceaseless Nstrug-
gle As a boy he did a grown mans
work behind a plough. He knew the
pangs of hunger and the sting of de-
feat; and, heralded by the little volume
of verse, now famous as the "Kiltnar-
mock Edition" he stepped forth into
the gaze Of the world, a youth in years
but already tried by the bitter pests of
toll and want.
As he himself tells us.
"A blast of Januar win
Blew hansel in on Robin
as he lay in the "auld clay blggin, :"
which stands today by the road that
leads from Ayr to the river Doom. The
storming of the elements that heated
him or his entry to the world seems 10
have marked Itself upon his character,
and endowed him with that passionate
nature which was at once his genius
and his ruin.
For rom that Ayrshire boy came the
throbbing sense that stir the pulses of
the new world and the old but to him
came 4 future marked With sorrow and
craven with regret. From that blast
of Januar' win until the last days of
ir.termittent delirium, his life was one
long struggle in which the world was
hard against him
sBurns was q loser in the struggle.
The sense ef pride and human equality.
which helped to make him the great
poet of democracy brought him un-
harmed through the glitter Of Edin-
bureh society. an defiance or sincerity
lie ever stood erect among his peers
I}ut from the wild days at Kirkoswald.
through the sorrows and troubles of
dissipation and melancholy. he be-
came a slave to his own passions, rec
cued only by the moments of inspira
ton and by his unfailing sense of hui
man kinship.
As the poet of love Burns is immor-
tai. His religion was the religion of
love The heart of man was an open
book i'm which he read sympathy and
human fellowship. He lived member
of am universal fraternity, in which tha
bcdSlS III ltic llth' anu tue mowers
springing from the bosom OF the earth
We're his brothers. TInlettered, If YOU
win. he was learned in the volume OF
human experience.
lie was weak and he fell On much
OF his work lies the mark of vain re-
greet, but he stood man, amid tile
wreck and failure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-23

John Leslie Brnmniett Of Roxbury
Mass. who was to have been the mex
speaker, was excused.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09
COULDN'T ANSWER QUESTION
Woman Asks Big Editor How to Tell
Bad Dog, Then Threatens to
Sue Paper.

The sharp-featured little woman
with the faded umbrella under her
arm came boldly through the editorial
rooms and halted at the first desk,
where big, shirt-sleeved man was
drumming absently on yellow pad
and gazing over the roof tops.
"Whew!" breathed the big man in
awe, as he sized up his visitor; "a suf-
fragette. as live"
But he was mistaken
Are you the editor that answers all
the Questions?" she demanded In q
sharp, nasal voice.
Er-yes. madam; all except who
discovered the north pole
well. sent message down here
by mail last week and 7 have never
heard from II Do you think / am so
ing to spend q penny every day for
your paper and then not ind what I
am looking forf''
"Wel-er. you see We have been a
little rushed during the last few days,
and maybe We overlooked It What
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

was the question you would like to
have answered."
why. It Is very important one.
You see, We moved out In the country
last month, and 1 would Ike to know
how to tell q bad dog"
The big editor twitched his mustache
refiectively.
you would like to know how to tell
bad dog, ehf"
That's what I'm here for"
well. madam, I'll tell you that ques-
ton has really got my goat. In all
these long years on earth have never
had anything to tell bad dog. But
I'll tell you conndentially, ma'am, II
you really have anything important to
tell him. I'd advise you to put him in
strong cage and whisper II to him
drought q 20-inch funnel. Good-day.
ma'am. Looks something like snow
on to the northwest
And while the fiery little woman
looked daggers and said she intended
to sue the paper, the big editor calmly
put on his hat and slipped out to
unch.-Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

quently a. 70 what course should be
pursued to end matters 50 everybody
would be satisfied and they decided
that prayer alone could accomplish
this.
I'VE were very happy until we
moved to Fort Worth" said Mrr
Brooks On the stand Then she told
how Mrs. Binford came into her life
nearly i've years ago. She said:
she came to my husbands oflce to
get divorce. and Mr.. Brooks called
me up and said Mamma, there IL q
woman in my once who wants me to
do q little legal work for her. She
has no friends In the city and little
money. What do you say Il bring
her up tonight
"She came That was the begin
ming. Welcoming her as friendless
young woman in q strange city and
with a desire to give her a good
start. / fostered the cause of my wreck
ed happiness. stood IT as long as !
could and then killed her.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09
Many
Great
Inventors
We're
Single

steam engine Stephenson bachelor when he an M
motive.
So Fulton when he the steamboat he invented 10 III
Hudson.
So was Samuel Morse when he invented biography
The Be said Of Alexander Bell who px
the first practical telephone
We all knew Macon to be bachelor when he invented wireless M
nphy.
The Wright othsn Who invented first practical ssopn &
unmarried.
Some Of these got their great inventions he'd len
made
What has any them done got married. Very few ii
got married early in life.
Where would civilization and society be except bachelor
have led In all other useful arts as well inyenona
do not wish to discourage marrge facts are scs
truth in regard decent useful bachelors should allowed
in while
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09
SETS DEATH TRAP
FOR STORE THIEF
DEVICE or ITALIAN MERCHANT
At KANSAS CITY LANDS

Kansas City.-Tne g-ocery store Of
John and Andrew Barbsra, In this
city. had been robbed six times In ~
many weeks and goods valued 1t $500
stolen. This became monotonous to
John Bsrbera. twenty-ons years old.
and he set about to catch the thief.
He cut hole In the money drawer
the size Of a revolver muzsle and
placed the weapon 90 II would be dis
charged when the drawer was opened
Then he attached . string to the trig-
ger.
Barbera was watching outside his
store the other night and when he
heard shot within he went home
and went to bed. When he opened the
store the next morning he notified the
police Of an attempted robbery and
a shooting.
why didn't you notify the police
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

cd . double handsprzns, dcring tls
course Of which the candidate and his
wife fen cut and landed IN the most
gensrously-inclinsd mud-puddie in that
part Of the state.
Then the Coal-oiI Coupe turned
around and barked It them. and with
. whisk Of its tail scooted for home.
When Uncls Peter and Aunt Mar
tina finally reached the villa they were
sights; but before the old gentleman
could register his kick We were inter
rupted by . messenger. who brought
the following typewriter document:
CHALLENGER
The Committee which n conducting the
gentiemaniy canvass now being made By
the Hon william Gray for Mayor Of
Grant the opposing candidate. has not q
leg to stand on. and In the furthsrance
OF this belief hereby challenges the Hon.
Peter Grant to meet the Hon. william
Gray In joint debate. to be held IN the
public square on the eve Of election. next
Monday week. 1T 8 p. m The probabili-
ties are that the Hon Peter Grant win
not put in an appearance
(Signed) Bunch Jefferson.
Chairman OF Committee.
Won't put In an appearsnce!" yell-
ed Uncle Peter. II won't. Ell? I'll
fay him alive! IN make old Bill Gray
wish he had never been borni"
Make mine the same" said, as I
shook Uncle Peters hand
Copyright by q. w. Dillingham; Coz
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

wagon. Start the driving wheels. re-
peat slowly the name OF your favorfts
Coroner and leave the rest to Fate!"
And thus they started out In the
WIKI Wagon
The sequel learned, little by little,
In the after days.
Before they had rolled along for
half mile through town. the machine
suddenly began to breathe fast and
then, all Of q sudden. 1t choked up
and stopped.
~wiil it explode?" whispered Aunt
Martha. pleadingly.
NO." said Uncle Peter, jumping
out; Il think the cosmopolitan has
buckled with the trspezoid." and then.
with monkey wrench. he crawled un-
der the machine to see where 1t had
the appendicitis.
AS soon as Uncle Peter crept under
the bulwsrks he took dislike to a
brass valve and began to knock It
with the monkey wrench, whereupon
the valve got mad at him and upset
pint Of ancient salad OIL all over his
features.
When Uncle Peter recovered con-
sciousness the Bubble was breathing
again, so he Jumped to the helm. point
ed the bow at the City Hall. and be-
gan to cut the grass.
Alasi however. It seemed that the
demon Of unrest possessed that coal
oil coupe. for It soon began to Jump
and skip. and suddenly, with Q snort.
II took the river road and scooted
away from town
Uncle Peter pattsd II on the back
and spoke soothingly. but II was no
use.
Aunt Martha pleaded with him to
keep In near the shore. because she
was getting ssasfck: but her tears
were IN vain.
You must appear calm and indif-
fersnt In the presence Of danger"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

The art Of flying Kites Ia carried to
its greatest perfection at the large
astrological observatories. and the
best records Of attitudes up to date
have been made at Mount Weather.
Va. and Lindenberg. Germany. The
former station is SIS meters Shove sea
level, the latter only LEO. q circum-
stance that should be remembered in
comparing the records made In the
two placer The following list Of the
highest flights. recently published By
DR.. Assmann. gives the altitude above
the ground. not above sea level: 1,
Mount Weather. $40 meters; : Lin
denberg. $3.50 meters; 3. Mount
Weather. 6.51o meters: 4. Mount
Weather. 6.4s4 meters; s. Lindenbsrg,
$3.50 meters: 6. Mount Weather. s.s7s
meters.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09
WOMAN IS FREED
By UNWR|TTENLAW
Texas Jury Aseuits Her Of
Charge Of First Degree
Murder.
STORY A SENSATIONAL ONE
FOR Two Years Woman Prayed for
Her Victim, Then Shot Her When
Prayer Did Not Prove EfieacL
eus-pead Woman Stole
Her Husband.

Fort Worth, Textile unwritten
law In Texas applies to women as well
as men, according 70 q jury at Fort
Worth. which cleared Mrs. T. NJ.
Brooks. charged with first degree muir
der In Staying Mrs. Mary Binford
whom she charged with trying to
break up her home. Insanity was the
grounds she was freed on. but there
was not word on insanity mentioned
In the trial. ]; was plain case Of the
unwritten law and it was enough to
free the woman.
Mrs. Brooks is the wife of a Fort
Worth attorney. During the busy part
of the day Of January is last. she
went to large department store
where Mrs. Binford was employed
and shot her to death. She left
prayer meeting at her own home to
accomplish the deed.
The story of how Mrs. Brooks, al
ways prominent in Methodist church
circles. prayed every day for two
years that the Lord would make a
better woman Of Mrs. Binford, and
how. after hearing, unwittingly, tele-
phone conversation between her hus-
band and Mrs. Binford, Mrs. Brooks
gave up the struggle and resolved to
kill the woman who had spoiled her
life. made one of the most sensational
murder trials Texas has had for years.
It was Mrs. ]. w. Boyd, formerly a
next door neighbor of the Brooks.
who declared that she knew of her
own knowledge that the defendant
had prayed for the redemption Of Mrs
Binford, change her husbands dispo-
sition and end her troubles Mrs.
Boyd had talked to the witness fire.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09
GAVE AWAY CHICKEN LUNCH
Leads to Discovery Of Ancient Cold
storaes PouItry--Twenty Thou
sand Pounds Condemned

Cincinnati.-What amounted to
practically raid ON cold storage poul-
try was completed by Doctor BIume.
the city meat inspector Within the
month he and his assistants have
condemned 10000 pounds of cold stor-
age poultry. Doctor Blume says he
found meat that had been in cold stor-
age for i've years. some yenison
actually being stamped 1905.
Doctor Blume said that what first
attracted his attention and suggested
the Investigation was the fact the
cheap restaurants were selling a
chicken dinner for Is cents and that
some saloons were supplying chicken
In their free lunches. Il conjectured,"
Doctor Blume said. that something
must be the matter with poultry that
could be sold at that figure"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

muttersd Uncle Peter A. they rushed
madly Into the bosom Of flock Of
cows.
But luck was with them, for with q
turn Of the wrist Uncle Peter jumped
the Bubble across the road, and all he
could feel was the sharp swish Of an
old COWS tail across his cheek a. they
rushed on and out Of that animals
life forever.
Aunt Martha tried to be brave and
to chat pleasantly. How Is Wall
Street these daysf" she asked, and
Just then the machine struck q stone
and she went up in the air.
Unsettled" answered Uncle Peter
when she got back. and then there
was an embarrassing silence.
To try to hold q polite conversation
on Bubble In full flight IL very much
like trying to repeat the Declaration
Of Independence while falling out the
seventh-story window.
Then, all Of sudden, the machine
struck q chord In @ and started for
Halifax Nova Scotia, at the rate OF
100000 miles minute.
Aunt Martha threw her arms around
Uncle Peters neck. he threw his neck
around the lever, the lever threw him
over. and they both threw At.
Down the road ahead Of them q man
and his wife were quarreling. They
were 80 much In earnest that they did
not hear the Bubble sneaking swiftly
up on rubber tires.
AS the machine was about to fall
upon the Quarrsling man and wife IN
Gle Peter squeezed q couple of hoarse
"Toot tootsl' from the horn, where
upon the woman In the road threw up
both hands and leaped for the man.
The man threw up both feet and leap
ed for the fence
The last Aunt Martha saw Of them
they were entering their modest home
neck and neck. and the divorce court
lost bet.
Then the machine began to climb
a telegraph pole, and a. It ran down
the other side Aunt Martha wanted
to know for the tenth time II 1t would
explode.
How did John tell you to handle
it's she shrieked. a. the Bubble BIT its
way through stone fence and began
to dance two-step over q strange
mans lawn.
The only way to handle this infer
nal machine Il TO soak II n water"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

Naw York.-A school of 'ofice by
giene" is novel feature offered to
business men by the New Union hos
pital 1t viii undertake to direct bust
ness and professional men. educators
and ministers as TO sanitary conditions
under which they should work and the
length Of time they and their en-
ployes should work each day and each
year to make the most Of their tine.
abilities and health
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

Mrs.. Charles Whitney. who lives IN
Overlook and whose husband comes
to town every morning. called the
maid yesterday with rather excited
direction.
-Oh. sarah!" she said. Il hadn't
noticed how late It Is. Go upstairs
and tell Mr.. whitney to hurry or
hen miss his train"
7 have called him." Sarah answered
proudly. ~and he says. ma'am. that
II / puts the grapefruit just outside
the door and the chops on the top
step and the rolls and coffee on the
landing he can catch the $40 train !"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-09

Dalton. Mass Charles Connors Of
Dalton waEered that he could catch in
his mouth II half dollars tossed from
distance OF ten feet.
He caught them all, but the twelfth
slid down his throat Il was recov-
cred in TIE hospital. but connofs had
to pay SIS for the operation.