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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
Penteoost in Africa.
lZlan,s AdNoeate.1

\ great revival of religion is report
cd in the Scotch United Free Church
Mission of EiVingstonia in Africa.
Daily PRAYER meetings were held in all
the stations and outstations, which
were attended by great throngs Of pea-
pie in spite of the fact that the adj
dresses were all made through an in
terpreter. Sins were confessed with
weeping, many at once and each IN
conscious of the other praying for for
Givencss and cleansing In the
midst of one of the meetings there
came suddenly sound as of a rush
ing mighty wind" and 300 people be
gan praying aloud, some crying out IN
intolerable agony. The physical ex-
cttement hecame 80 dangerous that
the missionaries had to close the SER
vice. On the Sabbath 1000 people
came together The result has been
cleansing and calm rejoicing. and the
scattering to the surrounding districts
to preach Christ in the power OF the
HOLY Spirit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
SOME PosTScRIPTS.


An automobile designed to transport
a field gun, mounted on its carriage
is being tested by the British army.
American made fountain pens com
mand about so per cent. of the marker
for conveniences Of their kind in Great
Britain
The sterilization of water by ultra
violet rays from mercury Vapor lamps
has reached the industrial stage in
France.
A handle may be fastened on steel
umbrella rod by filling the hole with
powdered sulphur and inserting the
rod red hot.
After years of effort Berlin inVen-
tor has succeeded in building d model
man that can walk, talk, sing, laugh
and whistle.
The elasticity of cane seats in chairs
can be restored by sponging with no,
water and allowing the chairs to dry
out of doors.
TG leave a persons hands free while
telephoning II Canadian has invented
a jointed man to hold a receiver at
any desired angle.
A Pennsylvania glass works is MAX
ing glass monuments, with the por-
traits of the persons whose graves
they mark nodded in the front
Switzerland has The largest per cap
tia consumption of sugar of all the ma
tons because of its chocolate and con-
densed milk factories
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
The Evening Prayer.

In the twilight of my days,
In the evening of the years,
Life unto my saddened gaze
Seems a vision yelled in tears.
All the knowledge fades away
That ! vainly thought to keep:
AS a little child ] pray:
"Now / lay me down to sleep
| have wandered far from Thee
Since that childish prayer | said,
And the lips that taught it me
Have been gathered to the dead;
Yet her face ! seem to see
When the evening shadows creep.
And again as at her knee,
pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep!
Softly fades the lingering light;
Lo the last beam leaves the skies;
And | watch, amid the night,
For the evening star to rise.
Far beyond the bounds of space
/ may drift ere day shall break.
Let me see my mothers face
"If | die before | wake"'
Darker grows the gathering gloom.
While my soul its vigil keeps
With the memories that loom
Up from Life's unsounded deeps
When upon a sunless strand
| shall hear the surges break,
Ere / near the Nameless Land,
pray Thee, Lord my soul to take!
Maria Conway Cemler in the lndepen
dent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
National Halfway.
Gardner Reporter-Journal

Gardner reporter -Journal)
There has been talk of building a
highway from New York to Washing
ton to be one hundred and forty feet
vide. and to cost $25,00000o But the
New York Mail claims that such road
would be too wide. Il waste Of land
that could be used for something bet
ter, waste Of money to build. and a
constant waste Of money to maintain,
and says that the wide roads are the
bad roads and the narrow ones the
good ones. The extra width OF a road
adds greatly to the cost both of build
ing and repair. and there probably
isn't much probability of such high
way being built at that width. even If
there is of narrower one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
The Latest slur at the Farmers.

After having assailed Lorimer and
"Lorimerism" to the limit of his vo-
csbulary. the editor of an exchange
now finds his choicest anathema in
the coupling of Lorimer and Lori
merism' with the name of every man
of whom he thinks he) disapproves.
The yoking up of Bachelor with Lori
mer because this idiotorially profound
dispenser of unintelligence is pleased
TO consider Lorimer as the synonym
of all that is unholy. is far from being
compliment to the agriculturalists.
Because Names farming, numbering,
and other labor interests refuse to
he sacrificed for the benefit of the
newspapers which care only for the
price of paper. they are classed with a
diseredited law maker in a manner
that is insulting to any man of in
telligence. Bachelors defiance of
such newspapers Of course proves con-
clusively his alliance with Lorimer,
Following is a specimen
1T is significant while Bachelor and
I.orimer are fighting against Taft's
Canadian reciprocity on the score that
il viii hurt American farmers. an In
ternational Institute of Agriculture is
meeting hard by the Roman Forum in
Rome, Italy, presided over by eX-
Congressman Foster of Vermont; adj
dressed by the King of Italy. all con-
curing that there should be more
trade between nations. more scientific
agriculture. and more arbitration and
cooperation. 1t is more than unfor-
tunate that the best farm association
we ever had in United States should
be temporarily tewed into the break
ers, by that honest but misguided Ma
tional Master, Mr.. Bachelor"
1t is easy to see why Bachelor is
misguided has been fooled" by
those who have published the protest
of the farmers. That is the logic for
You, We do not believe. however. that
Mr.. Bachelor objects to more seien-
and cooperation or that he would
oppose reciprocity that had a grain
of fairness in it, or that he would re-
fuse fair consideration or justice to
even a Lorimer. But the newspaper
that couples the farmer with Lori
lnerism" for the sake of adding in
suit where 1t has no argument is a
candidate for what is coming TO other
bigoted sources of selfishness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
Tho Gompers Contempt Decision.

One of the happiest effects of the
Supreme Courts decision in the labor
cases is that the officers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor now have a
clearer view of their limitations. While
they are felicitating themselves upon
their escape from Imprisonment. they
are given by the highest judicial body
in the land much better understand
ing of just how far they can go in de-
flying the laws of all the people in
furthering the ends of that part of the
people which they represent. The
general public. also. understands the
potency of civil suit brought against
the leaders of any organization which
holds the general laws in general con-
tempt.
The decision is of far-reaching i'm
portance, although both sides are
claiming victory, and have some
grounds upon which to base their
claims The decision of the court. it
seems to us, while shifting the ground
from criminal to civil liability, does
not give the defendants freer hand
to pursue the tactics that have been
challenged. The American Anti-boy-
colt Association, which conducted the
prosecution. is posing triumphant be-
cause the boycott Is declared illegal,
and the party threatened with it has
the right of appeal to court of equity
for protection. .xosra
The decision renders general
clearing Of the atmosphere. and we do
not understand that the right of freq
speech has been put upon any strong
er basis than before. We fail to an
preciate the need of any stronger
free speech to set forth the claims of
labor organizations than those of anv
other organization. or for individuals
for the matter Of that. Legitimate
businesses often have occasion for this
use of strong protests against the act.
of individuals. if not of officials actini
for labor organizations, yet if thes,
protests were couched in the forcefu
and inelegant language sometimes ac
credited to President Gompers, Their
would be a wave of indignation from
labor federation sources against tn
abuse Of free speech derogatory t,
labor unionism.
A prominent feature in the sensa
tions Of the daily news nowadays i
the dynamiting cases and mob violenc
which often accompany the reports 0
labor disturbances. The contracto
who declines to obey the commands 0
labor organizations seems now aImos
TO have taken his life in his hands. o
at least TO have added an extra haz
srdous risk To his property. OF course
such acts are not countenanced b.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

A Tammany man the other day
criticised his assemblyman by re-
marking, Every time you open your
mouth you subtract from the sum total
of human knowledge" The Tammany
man was an outrageous plagiarist.
AS we remember it the quoted remark
was original with the late Hon.
Thomas B. Reed. who hurled it at
Democratic tariff reformer consid-
cradle number of years ago
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
Congress Hearing from Home.

Congress is hearing from home, and
the messages that are coming to it
these days from almost every state in
the Union. Opposition to Canadian
reciprocity" is becoming more for
midable every day. Leaders of the
farming element are hurrying to the
National capital on every train, and
are voicing the demands Of 10000, 900
people in the United States for fair
deal in trade agreement with Cana
da. They do not oppose real reciprocf-
ty, in true sense of the word, but
they oppose any such agreement as
that which is being foisted upon them
under the name of reciprocity.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, which are leading manu-.
featuring states, have not been greatly
disturbed so long as the complaints
were only of the farmers Senator
Lodge has been a strong advocate of
the administration measure. but now
he has occasion to open his ears and
listen. A sound GENES from these
manufacturing states that IS unwel-
come to the boomers of the so-called
reciprocity agreement Following on
the heels of the determined opposition
of the farming element comes repre-
sentatives OF organized labor. who de-
nounce the Canadian proposition as a
menace to them. They tell the finance
committee of the United States Senate
that this proposed agreement puts la
boring men of the United States now
enjoying eight hours as days labor
in competition with Canadians who
work ten and even II hours day in
numerous trades.
Here We would call attention to
point which the reciprocityites have
been claiming in a comparison of the
returns of labor on this side and the
other side of the line. Labor is not
cheaper up there. but they work from
% 10 so per cent longer days, and the
proouct of this cheaper labor and these
longer days is put up to us az a meth
cd by which the high cost Of living in
this country may DO reduced to the
nom producing consumer without re-
ducing the price nov obtained by the
producing consumer.
The language n these farmer and
organized labor Witnesses before the
Senate finance committee is deter
mined. There Is no mincing of mat
ters, and they people who are to be
hard hit by this ll-advised arrange
| ment have no hesitancy in saying that
someone is going TO suffer political
vengeance. 'rhe Maine Democratic
| senator and the two Maine Democratic
representatives, in Congress are begin
ming to see things in a different light.
In spite of their distance from home,
thev are hearing something that is
giving them a degree of wisdom al
mostsequal to tina. obtained by the
! Deipocratic State Legislature last win.
ter. The Kennebec Journal at the
outset, predicted that the Legislature
would not dare 60 on record in favor
OF the so-called reciprocity treaty
Later, we challenged them to go ahead
and place themselves in opposition tc
the farming interests of Maine, and
the entire State knows how bravely
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IN Y. Press.)

A woman can think man is good to
her if he keeps on telling her how he
loves to be.
When a mans business isn't making
money he gets very suspicious about
his wifes religion.
A man will quote the Ten Command
ments about a thousand times for ev-
cry once he will practice them
The longer man can be devoted to
a girl while counting her, the shorter
he can be after he marries her.
Two dollars at the box office looks
reasonable to a man for an evening
of entertainment, but a quarter in the
collection box for his salvation through
eternity looks steep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
a Miserable Failure.

As the work of the 18th Legislature
is viewed at distance the more the
impression grows that as a oonstruc-
tive legislator House Leader Pattan-
COLL was miserable failure. This
applies both to the legislation that he
secured and some of the legislation
that he was unable to force through.
Notwithstanding his position as leader
of the House majority.
one of the measures for which PAX
tangall stood and to the passage of
which he could see no legal objection
was the State income tax and it was
only when forced to give up this pet
measure by pressure from his party
associates that he grudgingly yielded
and withdrew his opposition to the
ratification of the federal income tax
resolve.
Now the Massachusetts supreme
court hands down decision thar the
legislature has no authority to levy
tax upon personal property at q rate
uniform throughout the common
wealth. Had the proposed State in
come tax passed the Maine Legi Stature
it undoubtedly would have been de-
clared unconstitutional and the result
of the Pattangail policy, had ne been
allowed to carry it through would
have been the passage by the. State of
law that was unconstitutional as
well as the failure of Maine to assist
in ratifying the federal Income tax.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
q locomotive Engine-Men's Sweet
hearts"

It's noon when Thirty-five is due.
An she comes on time like Hash OF
light.
An YOU hear her whistle. Too tee-oo.''
Long fore the pilot swings in sight,
Bill Madden's drivin her in today
And he's calm his sweetheart far away:
Gertrude Hurd lives down by the mill
You might see her bushes. she know $
it's Bill
"Tu-die, Toot-ee! Tu-die! Tu
Six five \. NJ. there's local comes
Makes up at Bristol. runnfn' east
An the way her whistle sings and huns
Is a Twin caution to man and beast
Everyone knows who Jack White calls
Little Lou Woodbury. down by the Falls
summer or Winter. always the same.
She hears her lover calm her name
"Lou-lei Louie! Lou-lei Lou
But at one ffty-four, old Sixty-four.
Boston express, runs East, clear
through,
browns her rattle and rumble and roar
With the softest whistle that ever
An away on the farthest edge of the
Sweet sun winthrop's eyes of brown.
Shine like the starlight bright and clear;
When she hears the whistle of Abel
"You-ou! su-u-u-u-ue"
Along at midnight freight comes in,
Leaves Berlin some time-I don't know
when.
But it rumbles along with fearful din.
TIL it reaches the switch there, and
then
The clearest notes of softest bell
Ever out of braZen goblet fell.
Wakes Nellie Mnton out of her dreams,
To her like wedding bell ii seems
Nell. Nell. Nell Nell Netl!'
Daylight shines when the mail goes by,
THROWN the hurryn' miles away,
Catches the mail on the lightning fly,
And drives a streak through the break
ing day.
Tom Wilson rides on the right hand side,
Givin' her steam at every stride,
An he touches the whistle loud an clear,
For Lulu Gregg on the hill to hear
LULU, Lulu, LULU
So it goes on all day an all night
Till the old folks have voted the
things "A bore;
Old maids and old bachelors say 1t amt
For i'f folks to do courtin' with such a
roar,
But the engine-men their kisses will
blow
From a whistle valve to the girls they
know.
An the stol<ers the names of their sweet
with the Bell. Nell Dell of the sway
ing bell.
Robert j. Burdette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
Snrinkle the Streets.
philadelphia Press9

ttnliiutiplilth 1 AF'eff
With not weather dust comes; with
dust comes germs and the possibility
of disease. Many germ diseases, and
in particular infantile paralysis and
otier infantile diseases. come in SUM
mer, because germs fill the air and the
heat rapidly develops them.
City ordinances and street cleaning
contracts wisely require that street
shall always he sprinkled before 1t is
swept. The contractor is paid for this.
No street should he swept without it.
Whenever a street is swept without
sprirkling, a cloud of dust is started
which carries danger to health and
life, to say nothing of the injury done
to every house into which this dust
is blown.
Complaints should be promptly made
to the Bureau of Street Cleaning at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
IN THE WIDE WORLD.
(Brooklyn Standard Union

tPIOoklNH Standard lii1oii.J
Accurate records of the cost of blast
ing stumps on a Long Island farm,
including the wages of the men who
did the work, We're recently kept by
representatives of the Long Island
Railroad Company The entire cost of
blasting out and burning up one hun
dred stumps was only s16.
Stunted maple trees, grown in noun
tain regions of Eastern Austria. where
the winters are long and severe and the
snow falls considerable. yield excellent
wood for the manufacture of violins
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

The Fort Fairfield Review is au-
thority for the statement that the
Aroostook potato acreage this season
will be fully up to the highest of the
past. notwithstanding anyt contrary
reports Potatoes at Fort Fairfield
last week brought 81 to $1.15 and even
to sf20 per barrel for Mountains and
81 for Cobblers. but MOUNTAINS are
now down to 81 again and Cobblers
less,-Portland Press.
Better get the Lewiston Journals
editorial quotations-must be at least
$3.50 at the line store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

Seven dimes one after the other
dropped into the glass that d Bloom
field, n. J.. woman held under the
kitchen faucet few days ago for the
purpose of getting a drink of water.
Here in Maine the dimes have to be
deposited at the water district office
in advance before the water flows from
the faucet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

sthe city Hall whenever street is
swept without. being sprinkled. either
~ the hand sprinkler. with which ev-
cry street cleaner is provided, Or BY a.
watering cart. These complaints will
bt considered and acted upOn clty'
inspectors cannot know of ali tilase:
eases and each repert does its sliftres
in keeping sweepers up to their work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

Already more than score of dwell
ing houses are under construction in
Bangor's burned district Work has
been started in the business section
also. Money appears to be plentiful,
and the city is flooded with funds for
real estate loans at a low rate. About
$l.175,0O0 in spot cash has been dis
bursed by the insurance companies.
The fire has created no marked rise in
prices, and everybody seems to have
new lease on his courage and his
determination to make the best OF u
bad matter. Work will begin at once
on the Windsor Hotel, and it is quite
probable that another large hotel will
be built at once. The trolley. light,
power and telephone services resumed
in record breaking time. The relief
committee has received $54, 900 in mon
ey besides many other things of value
for the homeless. Business men
turned out by the fire have secured
new places for their lines, and the
city has settled down to a state of
wholesome, hustling business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

cape Colony produces three-quarters OF
the worlds diamonds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

Out OF 1000 German families, '1iS keep
servants, as against 207 in England.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

At Sherman. Me, Monday, spark
from brush fire caught in the straw
banking around the farmhouse OF La
Fayette Garnett on the Golden ridge
road and burned all the farm build
ings. at loss of $1,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

A Bath dog took a jump of so feet
from the roof of the custom house on
pound fracture of the left fore leg.
The dogs name is Morgan. and he is
owned by r. l.. Rogers. He was play
ing ON the roof of the building, when
ne got too near the edge and slipped
over He landed on stone steps at the
entrance to the basement. He is said
TO be comfortable. and 1t is presumed
that in future he will be careful about
ms exercises on the roofs of skyscrap-
ers Such hint to the wise dog is
sufficient
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
VOICES or THE PRESS.

The estimate of the department of
agriculture that the value of wealth
produced on farms of the United
States was 1926. 100000 in 1910, shows
what is the real basis of our nationaM
prosperity.-Boston Globe.
Maine newspa pers are finding faurs
because Governor Plaisted has not
kept his word aud made Maine ''as dry
as covered bridge" Those who have
had long and practical experience with
covered bridges say that they are rare
ly dry. Perhaps Governor Plaisted
knew what he was talking about.
When Maine becomes as dry as Ban
gor after a big fire. then, indeed, the
cause of prohibition Will be looking
up.-Boston Journal.
Because a New York man threw a
diamond ring at his wife she is suing
for divorce. The average woman
would have borne such a lombard
ment with foTtitude. Portland Elk
press. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
Thursday, May IS, 1911.

Our greatest glory consists
not in never failing, but in
rising every time we fall
Goldsmith.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

The ten fish hatcheries of Maine are
busy distributing the annual spring
assignments of brook trout fry. The
distribution, this spring. will include
100000 tiny fish, to be released IN tine
lakes of Maine. The distribution of
salmon will come in the fall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

The loss of PortIands splendid high
school structure is cause for gem
eral regret. Portland's fires in the
last three years have been expensive,
but not disastrous, like the Bangor
fire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

ON the shores of Long Lake it is
said there are 237 cottages. the great
majority of which have been erected
within ten or dozen years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70. REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at o'clock
Work In Intiatory degree Friday eve
Ming May ~. .,,, :, -
r. II. BROWN, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

The trustees of BoWdoin College arc
anxious to secure the rare collection
of geological specimens arranged hy
II. y. Morrill,, and his son the fate
Clarence Morrill,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

\ dozen dwellings We're ON fire at
once at Patton, Monday, Uhen the little
town had narrow Escape from being
wiped off the nap. With strong
gale blowing it was hard battle for
the villagers but they Won after
loss of barely more than $1,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18

Little Marion. the 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas X
kearns. of Bangor. was terribly
burned on January 8. and for four
months the physicians at the Eastern
Maine hospital who attended her have
been making fight to save her life.
At times, it was believed she would
recover, but on Sunday she gave up
the battle, and science and hope We're
defeated