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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
A Democratic Contaeion?

Governor Plaisted tells the Maine
lawmakers that they have been gooc
boys and haven't done foolish things
Secretary of state Davis paper tells
them their acts are ''as pertidious as
the kiss of Judas The same paper
seems to be real put out with the
| kennebec journal and among other OF
its gentle allegations accuses us of just
recovering from the surprises of last
September. We are not going to deny
that we arc waking up" every day
but we were sufficiently awake last
September to know who had beer
elected Governor. Yet. while accus-
! ing us of being dumb with surprise
the Watervile Wcathervane hurts the
following into space:
4"LaSt week Governor fERNALD de
| livered special message to the legis-
lature which dealt largely upon mat
| ters of State finance. That the chief
executive of the State should choose to
address the legislature upon a matter
which he deemed of sufficient impor-
lance to discuss before the honorable
senators and representatives is not
at all strange, That he should take
such action without first obtaining the
advice and approval Of the editor Of
the kennebee Journal has disturbed
that aged and ancient sheet
of course we would not be So i'm
polite as to suggest that the Weather
vane has published anything that isn't
so. but we would humbly call its at
tention to the fact that this is 1911,
and that the Royal Presence is the in
cumbent We never, had occasion IL
criticize an address of Governor
FERNALD, as the Weathervane re
ports. We hope it will retract and
exlain to its readers that Governor
Fernald did Not address the Legisla-
ture last week, that presumably he
was over at Poland Springs carding
his oxen or canning corn, and that it
was the Knight of the Imperial Ken
nebec who made the stump speech.
Disappointed hope of lucid moments
in the editorial office of" we'll. now,
after reading the ridiculous repetition
of a sounding phrase tthe kiss of
Judas) if Mr.. Pa:tansall would not
wish to revise his famous sentiment
we shall be surprised at him. We
wonder if Androscogginitis is con-
tagious among Democratic organs. We
hope the Argus won't have it,, Be-
belligerent rooster is wearing inches off
its spurs every day in shadow fight
ing. and he would be sure to get out
and crow over the first veto--or some
thing else really serious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
The Child Lies Sick.

We prayed: Oh. Thou. who in day
-, long gone drew to Thy side
The very little children. Oh, do Thou
with us abide
But long enough to lay Thy balm upon a
little head
SO dear to us. that dreaming this small
one perchance be dead.
We Waken to the clutch of fear and start
to hold it-thus.-
The bloom that of all gardens makes our
own most glorious
Thou know'st how white how angel-pure
this well-beloved lies
Close to the hedgerow of our dreams:
what CLEANS of Paradise
Impearl the lily's fragile leaves-the little
tender flower
Harsh winds might bruise,-and yet-if
there should come a destined hour
When petals. folded fadingly, fall meath
our blinded gaze
II there should some such hour,-our
hearts must break for after days
Thou knowest each caressing word that
droops its doWny wing
Beyond barred portals of quick speech,
and how but just one thing
OF all we mean to say we say: we love
him so'-and wait
Breath caught, lest Vanished Ones that
bide close by Life's outer gate
Watt whispering messages Within to
make him glad to go
Back to the strange World Beautiful
We prayed, = But: yeSternight thro'
msts of silver smiled face;
Ard there was music-harp and voice
that glorified the place
thought was home; and Presences
clothed with a wondrous light.
Sang softly heavenward. as on the bosom
of the night
A lily opened to the stars. And rose and
amethyst
From jeweled worlds shone on the face
that smiled from out the mist
And so | took it as a sign and set my
harp to song
That was not harmony Alone. but melody
that long
'Mong muted strings had hushed itself SO
only Visions heard.
But now, One by the cradle cried
choking each broken word:
Thank God Thank God. the child Will
overland. Lo the room took grace
OF heaven for the feetnS smile upon a
baby face.
-Olah Toph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Wat Charity Is This?

| How baQiy some sane method OF
regulating the evil of passing on" APP
plicants for aid is needed. is shown by
some instances given by Mary E.
Richmond in The Survey. She points
out that the beggar long ago discov-
cred that a ticket to some other place
is the thing above all others which We
give with the greatest cheerfulness.
AS result. an agency in railroad
town, out of a total relief expenditure
of 5000 year. used $240 for railroad
| tickets to nearby communities The
officials of neighborings places re-
| turned the compliment, All were
busy giving transportation to meet the
demands which they themselves had
created by passing on the procession of
charity-rate travellers. =
1t seems that while transportation is
often a necessary form Of help, that
| it should be granted only after care
full inquiry. 1t is cruel to send a boy
| away from home, but no greater kind
ness can be found than to start him on
his return. 1t is equally cruel to for
Ward consumptives into the West and
South. where no care awaits them, Yet
pheir conveyance to sanatoriums and
Ihomes ready to receive them might be
| of inestimabe aid. 1t might also be
oil 20, f.r = l.
| is positively assured at the destina-
| ton.
The Russell Sage Foundation has at
| tempted to discourage the indisCrmi-
nate granting of free transportation
by reissuing the transportation rules of
the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections. In accordance with
these rules. over 400 public and private
agencies refuse, to buy railroad tickets
for applicants except straight through
to destination. and then only to those
who it is sure viii be better off where
they are going.
| An illustration of the length to which
lsome communities go is found in the
lstory of a feeble minded woman. Young
and good looking, who applied to the
county officials of a Western state
saying that she came from Kansas.
he county promptly sent her to
another county, which as promptly
stsent her back again. Weeping and in
sreat distress she was sent again and
: "as again returned Such contest G
= are hotauhknoWn over the insane. and
: recently blind man was nut off the
train in Southwestern state. Neithe,
city nor county officials would toll,
r any responsibility in the matter. anf
for three or four daSs the old man ga,
in the station. No ons knew what t,
+ do with him. until finally two hoboe
e came along and offered to.8tske hin
e away if they were given Money TO
= their fares and his. The moINy wa
z given. He was entrusted to $fhei
v care. There the record ceases. "a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
vASsALB

SOUTH-Chas. Perkins made
business trip Tuesday to Watervillc.
IT, g. and c. NJ. Di6key were haul
inc fertilizer Wednesday from Week.
Mills.
c. II. Morse has been hauling stra"
to Togus for A. c. Brown.
Frank l.. Brown of Weeks Mill!
was calling Wednesday on his son
Frank II. Brown.
Mrs. Alice Howe is poorly.
Mrs. Eta Twitchell and daughter
were guests Tuesday of Mrs. o. f
Carpenter.
Ruel Ellis was business callef
Wednesday at l.. w. Mason's.
Harold Morse returned home Tues
day from Augusta where he was calleA
on matters of business.
Mr. and Mrs. o. D. Nelson Wed
callers Sunday on Mr.. and Mrs. WE
Raynes.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Washburn al
children of Augusta were visiting SuaS
daE,rM ysS, Washburn's sister, M
MI. sabir Vas III 'Augdstai Frisy
on matters Of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Pomona Dates,
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago NeWS.D

HaTd-headcd men may stick to soft
drinks.
It's useless To waste broad hints OF
narrow minded people.
If any one lnres Il man toI the enc
mics h" makes its himself.
DO lol deserve the good opinion OF
those Who think wen OF YOU!
After an actress passes certain
age she has I" make HIP for lost time.
After an old dog loses his teeth he
is an advocate OF peace at any price.
Ever notice how much better a Stol-
TN kiss doesn't taste than the real
thing
shes = smart woman W1o tries to
make a man believe he is smarter than
she is.
The woman who refused u marry a
man because he didn't ask her never
has any use for the woman he does
marry
Tho only time the average man Is
willing t. admit that he is one of the
common people is when he is running
for Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

The building of Mohammedan
mosque in London will be most fitting,
in view of the fact that the king
emperor has no less than 100, 900, 600
Mohammedan subjects-far more. in
fact than his ma jesty's Christian sub
jects. Several thousands of Moham-
medans are in London constantly, and
hitherto they have had no place of
worship. There is mosque in st.
Petersburg, but none in western Eu-
rope. The British government gra-
ciously consents to the building of the
mosque. which is to cost half mil
lion dollars
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Two German scientists. DR.. Leim-
bach and DR.. Loewy, have success
fully applied wireless biography for
underground communication. Mes
sages have been sent between the pot
ash mines in the north Harz noun
tains. distance of nearly mile and
half. at 1900 feet below the surface
The messages were so clearly delivered
That the scientists conclude much
greater distances are feasible. The
discovery is regarded as highly i'm
portant in case of mine disasters. |,
might also be useful in communicat.
ing with Governor Plaisted. who seem,
to be in a hole.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Editorial Comment
Maine Democrats Afoot.

tEoStOn llCrald)
The apparent incffCCtivencSS of the
Maine LEGISLATURE for the session now
drawing to 4 Close. under the con-
troll of the Democrats in both branches.
can ne explained only ON the theory
that they are not greatly cnamored
of the so-Cliled Progressive" pro-
gram. The session started out WIN
all kinds II uplift projects III TN"
WY of conservation "f water power
tan reform. ballot reform regulation
OF Currurati"nS, woman suffrage, az
ret primaries, etc. but unless thh
few closing hours that now remain
prove exceptionally fruitful III results
ncar', all of theSe projects VIII :"
over t. the next session. The long
Ncxcd liquor issue goes To the people
next September in tn" form of Con
stjtutipDll change While that VAS
perhaps M. leEical step for the ll'n"~
Gratis to take. reference nf this uu"S-
tiru in one direction and of most "'
the others; To- the pest session shows
som. Rack OF aggr -siNcresS II not 81
zeal for reform. Tie Democrats seem
i!nbucd with the spirit of u" PORTLAND
editor who said that having opposed
everything fer fifty Years he dtd not
kroW how II write an the other sue
The cid minstrel mans l"k" IN inc
early days of Mckinley's administra-
ton. and before times began To I'M
provo. that the two things II tn
world which We're most alike Mere
BRYAN adversely and Mckinley pros
p"rity * liable to he rcNamP"d III
Maine and made applicable Ia the OPP
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Il The New York Court of Appeals. by
a}unanimous decision rendered on Fri
day, declares the law passed last year
providing compulsory compensation
for Injured workmen to be unconsti-
tutional. Though the Judges are
sympathetic with the objects of the
statute, and regard reform in Amerl-
can jurisprudence relating to en-
ployers' liability as eminently desir-
able. yet they feel bound by the Fed
eral and State Constitutions to in
validate the law passed last year after
careful investigation. Apparently con-
Institutional amendments will be neces-
s&ary before the statutes now under
= .ablished in conformity with the
korganic law OF the land. Consequent
~ the reform must now proceed along
Nv lines. The proposal to classify
sHeFtain cmployments as extra haz
sGTdons is held by the Court Of APP
.p4afs to be within the power of thu
legislature. Nor is there any ques
sStion of the legislatures right to abolish
Me defense of S''contributory. neSn
4 gence' Of the negligence of co-em
s ployee, who is termed in law a "fel
I l0w-sesvant.' Fl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Aunt Polly said: You should never
size of a doughnut," but Aunt Polly
did not live in the days when people
understood the meaning of the Roose-
veltian phrase shorter and uglier.
She did not know how glibly they
could handle it. 1t is about the only
accomplishment in which they become
proficient. They should be permitted
to have a monopoly of 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Some Boston babies when taken on
the streets are wearing cards which
read; Please do not kiss me. l dc
not like it. 1t is harmful. This anti
tuberculosis idea originated with Mrs.
Z. S. Rutsahn of Columbus. Miss,
and there are thousands of babies in
the South wearing the antikissing
tags. Boston is taking up the idea,
and careful mothers everywhere are
asked to make use of it-Springfield
Republican.
Some children bear sufficient natural
tag to allay all forebodings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(NcW York PreSs.D

How duty looks depends on whether
it's yours or somebody else's.
It's queer how pianos in fiat houses
won't play till after midnight.
Sometimes a man can learn to I'M
derstand his family by trying to un-
derstand himself.
All woman's female relatives are
mad with her if she doesn't take them
along when she goes to buy a gown.
1t doesn't take woman more than a
second to make up her mind not to like
another who is better looking than she
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Say goodbye to your corns the very
first time you use u. You will never
know you have a corn. bunion or callous.
or sweaty. tired swollen. aching feet
an ignore. It's Just wonderful the way
the pain vanishes. Rub the corn-ham-
mer 1t with your fist If you wish-no
more pain after T l Il than IL there had
never been a blemish on your feet.
Doesn't that sound good to you? Doesn't
it? Then read this:
"The corns on either of my toes
were as large as the tablets you mako
to cure them. Today there is no sign
Of corns on either foot and no sore
ness. It's an up-to date Godsend-
Sam. A. Hoover, Progress, N. c.
Just use T Il. It's not like anything
else for the purpose you ever heard Of
It's the only foot remedy ever made which
acts on the principle of drawing out all
the poisonous exudationS which cause
sore feet. Powders and other remedies
merely clog UP the pores. TIZ cleans
them out and keeps them clean. 1t works
right off. You feel better the very first
time it's used. Use 1t week and YOU
can forget you ever had sore feet There
Is nothing on earth that can compare
with it. I z is for sale at all druggists.
Is cents per box, or direct. if lou wish,
from Walter Luther Dodge & Co.. Chica-
go. Ill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Coffee Drinking Without Punishment

Chicago Record Herald)
More and more are coffee drinkers
coming to ask, How can We manage to
dance without having to pay the fid-
der How continue to indulge in our
favorite beverage without bringing on
nervousness, sleeplessness and all the
other ills on which the health food
manufacturers lay such stress and to
which individual experience bears such
disquieting testimony?
OF course it is the caffen in coffee
which makes the trouble This ele-
ment. present also in tea. in the cola
nut, in cocoa and other plants, adds
nothing to the taste or odor of coffee
what it does provide is that detrimen-
tai stimulus we all know. The prob
lem is to remove it. Denatured coffee,
so to speak, is the great desideratum.
Decentralization solves the difficulty.
New processes of considerable deli
CacY. now make il possible. according
to The Revue Scientific OF Paris to
extract the undesired alkaloid from the
coffee bean. This is done while the
coffee is still green. The berries are
then Drowned in the usua, manner
Nineteen twentieths of the Caffein has
been removed and there is nothing in
point Of form. appearance, flavor and
aroma to mark the new product as less
desirable than the old.
In these circumstances the excessive
drinking Of coffee is no longer an in
discretion, still less a crime Punish
ment. properly enough. is therefore
Withdrawn. 1t would seem that the
deyotec Of coffee has but to provide
himself with the brand produced by
the new process in order to drink when
he viii and as much as he will. with
Complet" impunity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Promises vs.. Perform ance.
tSpringlield Republican,

NEIil ills@Ii'it ~ t'ti'i'' 'i'''F
The public confession by the Social
ist municipal administration of Mil
waukoe that it is unable To provide
work for the unemployed in that city
naturally affords the foes of the adj
miniStratiun an exceptional npporfun-
ity to measure Socialist performances
by Socialist promises. Congressman
Victor Berger. who 5 the real leader OF
the Socialist party in Milwaukee. and
who has been the dominating member
of the city council since the ina@ura-
ton of the Seidel administrations. re-
torts to the critics by saying that the
question of the unemployed cannot he
solved locally. The Social Demo-
Gratis cannot make work under the
present economic system. They can
not change the Capitalistie system in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin or the United
States in twinking.'
While Mr.. Berger in this statement
gets down to the precise facts of the
situation, the other side reminded him
that when the Milwaukee Socialists
were campaigning for votes they
promised every voorhees, man job.
Three years ago. when there were
many unemployed in the city, Mr..
Berger declared very emphatically that
"a man who is willing to work has
right to his living and this capitalist
government ought to help the working
man." while Mr.. Seidel. now the
mayor put himself on record in no
half-hearted way with this pointed ut
terance: Put me in the Office of the
board of public works for couple of
weeks and l viii find plenty of legiti-
mate work for the unemployed to do"
Mayor Seidel appointed the present
head of the board of public works, but
there are idle men this winter in Mil
waukee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

We agree with the Governor that
"the only way to pay bill is to pay
it." And We notice that the only way
to dodge a pauper bill is to refer 1t
to the next Legislature
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

New Drug That Quickly Removes
These Homeiy Spots.

r - IUOS0 UIVT7Io'y 0PVVo'
There's no longer the slightest need of
FEELING ashamed of your freckles, as d
new drug. othine-double strength has
been discovered that is positive cure
for these homely spots.
Simply get one ounce of othine-double
strength, from Bowditch. Webster & Co.
and apply little of it at night. and in
the morning you will see that even the
worst have begun to disappear, while
the light freckles have vanished entirely
1t is seldom that more than an ounce is
gain beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this is sold under guarantee
of money back If it falls to remove the
freckles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

oh, the time we'd save and the live
we'd save. could some of these in
vestigations be made before the con-
Migration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

But how can Buffalo Bill accustom
himself to the restricted Congress of
single country when he has so long
been accustomed to pose before the
Congress of All Nations ?-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

The last time ]. P. Morgan was in
Spain, he purchased and brought home
a stairway Now that he is on the
way to visit the Kaiser, It is to be
hoped that he will not bring home the
German royal castle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

If the Childrens Hospital resolve
had been referred to the Republican
Legislature in TWO years, popular SUD-
scription undoubtedly would have tided
over the Democratic incumbency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Thursday, March 80, 1911.

expect to pass through this
world but once. Any good L
can do. any kindness | can
show. let me do now. Let me
not defer or neglect it, for
shall not pass this way again. Z
Edward Courtney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Argentina doesn't want war, but she
would like to shoot off those brand
now twelve-inch guns on her brand
new battle-ships. - Florida Times
I'niNn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

II, as reported. fire has wiped out
out half the city of Colon, then II must
be Semi Colon now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

We become wiser by adver-
sity; prosperity destroys our
appreciation OF the right
Seneca.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Owing to competition, Chicago bar
bers are shaving prices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
Aow's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known F. 7.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
MN perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Wading, Kinnan & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internallv
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
Gous surfaces of the system. Testimon-
l c;s, sent free. Price Is cents per bottle.
sold by all druggists.
,,d lake Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Where did the what bill go?-Why.
to the next Legislature, of course.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Circus bills are in bloom. even
ahead of the crocuses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Portland dohbin must have
thought the electrics had srudgo
against him the other night when he
was hit by one car outward bound
ana hurled upon the track just in time
10 be caught by an inward bound car
me driver. who might have beer
asleep. or something of the sort. that
ne dld not discover the proximity of
either car, escaped unhurt, but his
pung became kindling wood and a
policeman ended the sufferings of the
horse with bullet. The collision
caused mixup in the running time OF
the ears out Decring way. but the
horse has gone where it is believed
automobiles and electric cars canno,
go.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

Someone suggests that DR.. Mary
Walker still pants for fame, inasmucll
- she is suggesting herself for the
limited States Senate.