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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

ton that they should sometime enter
a protest against the proposed estab-
lishment of the Standard Oil Com
panys plant at the south end of the
city, learned Sunday morning, that
it was rather late to offer objections,
the line of pipe to the boilers having
been commenced while they slept and
completed at A. NJ, Sunday morn
ing. Monday, the ground was broken
for the tanks. The principal objec-
lions to the plant are, expected de-
probation to surrounding property
and fear that the tanks will men
ace the safety of dwellers nearby.
Lewiston nurses are busy sewing,
making fancy articles and dressing
dolls for a fair 10 be held. Dec. 4,
toward securing a benefit fund for sick
nurses.
The lake at Vanceboro is now the
lowest it has ever been in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant, and safe
navigation is achievable only by one
thoroughly familiar with the channel
In laying 12-inch main six feet un.
der ground. along the main street al
Lincoln, for the water works, an ole
culvert. made of hemIock logs, wa'
| unearthed near the .'town pump,
which an authority declares wa:
placed there over 50 years ago. These
logs, with the bark still on. are ap
parently as sound as when they were
| placed in position.
The chief of the Portland fire depart
| ment. determined that the State law
requiring buildings to be equipped
with fire escapes shall be enforced, is
supervising systematic investiga
| ton of Portland property preparatory
to serving summons upon owners who
| may be delinquent in providing suit
| able egress from their buildings il
case of fire. Owners of structure.
| which meet all legal requirements are
| to receive n certificate to this effect
I to be placed in d conspicuous place
| in their building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17
Our Modest SUGGESTION.

The Sentinels oft-repeated reference
to the Kennebee Journals "hired edi-
'for" suggests that it might be well
come relief to the Sentiners readers
if that paper would hire an editor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17
Friday, November II, 1911.

Fill my hour. We gods. so that l
shall not say. whilst l have
done this, Behold, also, an
hour of my life is gone" but
rather, II have lived an hour"
Emerson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17
We Can't Help Saying 1t.
Financial News.


Although she was
But tWenty-one
And he was eightyfour.
She married him
Because she knew
That he had cash galore.
SPOKANE Review.
But after ten
Long years of wait
The bride gave up her hope.
And roped in fifty
Millions by --=-----~'''ei
.s...., .si.,--uu1r the flying game for while
and confined his attention to the build
ing of airships, is now demonstrating
the ease and grace with which real
aviator can come back.-Bangor News.
Others have demonstrated the same
point-Mosant, tombstone, Hoxsey, Dixon
and Chayez-wth sickening smash.
The Governor piques our curiosity
Assuming the settlement of the liquor
question, what is there in the natural
resources of Maine to make 1t tine
greatest State in the Union" New
York Sun
Men.-Boston Transcript.
w OlJltll, 49, anu Gil ppStNAi
Globe.
Discovered!
Let's see--Maine now has two United
States Senators. Names-please? Ant
who besides Kinds and McGillicudd!
in the House?-Bridgton News.
That's all right-but who's TINS Nc
GiIIicuddy TX ennebec Journal.
| He's that freshman that got put o
| the train down in Connecticut lax
summer for being
Didn't YOU ever study history?-O1
! ford County Citizen.
Cit you're positively rude!
And to think that there Is the III
ference of only one letter betWee
garbage" and garage -boste
Globe.
And but two between Globe" an
gloom"
Arnold Bennett is reported 10
) the most talked about man IN II
al literary world today, but George BE
nard Shaw will hardly believe II
SAYS the Chicago Record Herald. II
other folks talk about Arnold, wher
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

The Governor talks. of calling
special session of the Legislature on
one pretext or another for the pur-
nose of injecting the question of Ii
cense VS.. no-license into the next cam
paign. Governor Plaisted ana MS
political associates will find they can
not control two-thirds of even the
present Legislature, after the receh'
campaign and it's revelations.-oxioro
County Citizen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

You may bring to your office and put in
a frame
A motto as fine as its paint,
But If you're crook when you're play
ing the game
That Motto won't make YOU saint
You can stick up the placards all over
the hall
But here is the word | announce
1t isn't the motto that hangs on the wall,
But the motto YOU LIVE that counts.
If the motto says smile and you carry
do 1t Now and you linger and wait,
trample men down
If the motto says Love and you hate,
You won't get away with the notices
you stall
For Truth will come forth with
bounce:
1t isn't the motto that hangs on the
But the motto you LIVE that counts!
Anonymous.
Bath mas spent thousands of dollars.
in past years. in having it's trees
cleared of browntail moth nests, and
now that trees and leaves have parted
company for the season, numerous
nests clingng to the bare branches
say tantalizingly to the exasperated
endeavorers. TRY. again. Cheer up.
Bath! Think how many more nests
there would have been if the money
had not been so expended
The Skowhegan fisherman who
caught 2O7 trout in May, 245 in June,
1873 in July. 2SO in August and &c in
September, ought to feel that he has
about all that is coming to him in this
line until next season.
Portland. for the first time in the
history of the city. has enough per-
| manent firemen in Engine house No
to count itself ready to cope with any
fire emergency that may arise IN that
district. And this equipment of men,
| ready to dare and able to do, is COM
posed of six members, eof whom but
three need appear upon the scene Of
the fire, the other three remaining on
duty in the engine house.
Property owners of Roekland who,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

Women suffragists claim credit for
the defeat of several candidates i'll
Massachusetts because they are baehe-
lors If that is a fact. it is hardly
likely to put bachelors in line to sup
port woman suffrage. Perhaps some
Of the suffragists themselves wouldn't
be able to pass the test If marriage
is to be made "A qualification for of
hce.-Phiiadeipeia m raIfetSsAndant cireum-
stance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

as George does about all the talking
| about himself.-Manche Union.
AT that. George isn't asking any
o66s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

Property owners of Rockland who,
Saturday night had vague convic-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

Tariff Board confirms the over
whelnIing evidence That ..is's;trtftif--
III fi gta'tses has increased SO per cent.
in the last thirty years. AT this rate
of progress, the negro problem may
he solved by the negroes themselves
in the course of time.-Biddeford jour
nal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. D.
Meetings at 730 o'clock every second and
fourth Tuesday.
q. W. MERRILL, Scribe,
c. w. POOR. C. r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17
Voices Of the State Press.

OH yes. we look forward to the
first snowstorIn but with altogether
different emotions than those with
Which we greet the first robin.-Ex-
press and Advertiser.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

To make its ads OF financial
interest" to you is one of the
everlasting tasks of the prosper
ing store. A store is center OF
interest-it irradiates news"
through its ads, and most Of the
uninteresting stores are unad-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE NO. ~, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at T30 O'Clock.
+. g. HARRINGTON, N. q.
Il. Il. WESTON, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. a p. M.
regular meeting every third Tuesday n
O'Clock. -
w. B. GETCHELL. Cant.
l.. &. HUGHES. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-17

r. 3. cAPEN REBEkAH LODGE NO.
o, l. u @. - Meets 2nd and 4th Wednes-
LENA I. HANSON, N. G.
CLARE Ill. HARVEY. Rec sec.
mchs5 m-w-f.1yr
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stance.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

| like to see guy with a Hermann mus
tache pickin' silver dollars out Of the
atmosphere, diggin' quarters out OF
respectable gents boards and havin' a
showed of ginneys fall on a dinner
plate.
And. say. when he takes a silk hat
and fills 1t full of real money Just by
shakin' It he always gets a hand. And
that little trick of his of cuttin' into a
lemon and flndin a yeller twenty dol
lar bill Just makes the front six rows
sit up and pay attention"
What's His GrowI?
What's his growl?" asked the stage
struck youth.
''Well,S said the S. D. K, you see
he was comm down on the trolley this
morning, and found that he'd forgot
ten his pocketbook. He clawed around
in his clothes, but couldn't raise the
five centavos. The conductor recog-
nized him and suggested that he reach
UP in the air and claw down enough
for one street car ride. When Mundo
didn't come through the conductor
made remarks to the effect that the
Spaniard was bum magician.
"Mundo, the mad magician Say, kid,
he was the maddest magician I ever
saw"
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

The stage doorkeeper- chuckled as
he stopped matching nickels with the
stage-struck youth. and finally gave
way TO a fine outburst Of laughter.
"Well?" queried the S. S. Y.
Say" said the S. D. K, were you
around here . few minutes ago when
Mundo blew off steam? 1t was worth
Eoin' miles to hear. I don't profess
to know any Spanish, and 1 guess
cussin' sounds the same in all Ian
guages, but that torrent of Spanish
that he unloosened was calculated to
sweep away any opposing argument.
The Latin Temperament
"I think that they call it the Latin
temperament that makes some Of
them olive-hued guys talk with their
hands and tongues at the same time,
but any way it's got any army mule
driver lookin' like a month-old baby
protesting against hot bottle.
''Mundo. the mad musician sure did
put 1t over for fair. It's a good thing
that the stage manager isn't linguist.
or Mundo would been fined for usin'
profanity. and the fines would have
amounted up to the sum Of his salary
1sT the next generation.
Ties got a great act. though. All
money acts are good. Folks just plumb
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
ACCORDING TO SAMMY

Lets US play Mextkin War, / sed 70
Ferdis, wen we got out in the hall.
You be 1nsirrekto and III be FedriL I
sed. -. -
No. Ferdie sed, want to be Fsdrtl,
its eezier to say
Awl rite, sed, It's UP to the Fedriis
to sipply the ammunIshun K y
30 Ferdie sipplied the ammunishun,
witch was 20 bullits and / kannin
bawl. the bullits beeing marbils wieh
Ferefe had IN his pockits and the
kannfn bawl beeing his farthirs high
hat wich was a fine kannin bawl On
akkount OF the looks Of IT. ="
Fedrils Licked
Aftir I hit Ferdfe In the Ifioze Win
built he began to cry, wich rnsnt
the Fedrils was licked, so then We
new 1t was time-to fire ovir the Mexi-
kin boarder and insult the United
States, which was Pop and Pops boss.
So sed, I, ?. 3, and I, fired the
bullits and Freddie fired the kannin
bawl on akkount of 1t belawnginz to
the family. The kannin bawl hit
Ferdies' farthir a krack on the he'd and
the bullits, on akkount of beeing so
meny, hit them both and sum of them
hit one of the windiz and broak ft
bad.
The United States sertenly did get
soar about It and licked Mexico to best
the band, one part taking the insirrek-
toes and the othir part taking the fed
riiA. akording TO who's farthir IL was.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

War IL q orful thing. o made Cen
ril Sherman sware even - tawk about
Il. and IL he had to sware 1est TO tawk
about It, wat must he Of pne wen he
was fteing in II.
Pops boss came to see oam lest mite
an bravt Ferdie, vich ts his sun
crawss eyed. Wen Pops boss comes
to see him Pop always makes Ma
tie his tie for him and tells me to be
extra polite Jest as IL Pops boss was a
lady.
Pep snd Pops boss always tavk
about polytiks, vich Is verse to lissen
to than lessins exsept 1t wasent 30 bad
last MITE beka0s they tawked about
war and got awi existed about the
Mexilin situashin. wich meens the
Mexilin warm Mexiko, wich is now
ovir for a vile enyhow.
Pops Boss Excited
The United States has not herd the
last of this, sed Pops boss very loud.
It's awl rite for the Mexikins 10 kill
catch othir aw! they darn pleese. he
sed. but wen they start shooting thare
bullits ovir the Mexikin boarder Its q
insult and We awtent to stand for Il.
Who's he. Pop7 I sed. and Wy do they
want to shoot bullits ovir himf
Who? sed Pop.
The Mexikin boarder? I sed.
You and Ferdie go out and play, Pop
sed wich Il . funy way to anstr .
kwestshun.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

drummed ,htfully against .. birch tree
with her fingers VT. -.....
Apprehensively he scraped the bark
from q tall pine tree. ''
What Is it?" he demanded. what
can there be about me that could
throw about you such q ven Of re-
straint about this timer H..
The black hair about your shoul-
ders," she answered, between clench-
ed teeth and two rows Of giant hick-
ories.
He removed the hair and stared st
II attentively. Then, barking play.
fully back at dogwood tree, he
laughed lightly.
"Oh, my lover' he exclaimed, kick
ing . spruce tree IN the ecstasy Of
his mirth, Il can explain that. was
rubbing down my horse this morn
ing. The horse Is . pronounced
brunetter'
with Z gurgls OF rslief she fell into
his arms. 30
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

What we need" said the boss. "is a
good, striking sign. Here's your
chance, Slug. Get one up"
After working my gray matter black
and blue, l got this out of my sys-
TEN: Best condensed milk. Fired
twice"
Looked nifty, too, all done up in
black and red four-inch letters.
But why fired twice?" nibbled the
customers.
why, first discharged from the COW,
and then canned" spurts the ready re-
tort from yours truly. Say, I guess
that's badI
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

1t the of enographer earning fairly big salary
wooed travelling
money upon her and give her everything she wanted.
The honeymoon passed like the
building home and the wife began face the of
weekly bills for food and clothing and for these bills there
regular forthcoming.
When husband home she said with quiveng lips,
"he money and spent freely did
enough pay weekly away
long trip the debts would and till became
desperate and sought enough pay them
Borrowed On My Salary
Of he learned that working, and he
to borrow of get him of tight place. he persuaded
borrow ahead salary the office and then
about S in payment, until found getting
should determined he either
the and down in l
"He said however that he travelling profession,
and could give up and-that is all"
wonder how there today facing such u
tons How husbands there who this did,
that they love the they have married with
think of
weekly
stipend which worry irritation
for the wife home which kills
love for him. and leaves only of injured pride
against the unconscious husband!
And right in that lies the lesson. Don't you think
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
she HOLDS IT Up TO
A Queer Quirk in Women

come up. I had to do II. It was neces-
sary to defend myself from my friends
in order to get my work DONE" I said.
Then. the QUEER QU1RK became
evident.
oh! I supposed you and I were good
enough friends to dispense with for
mality," she said stifhy.
Indeed we arew I exclaimed. II
could enjoy myself doing Just that
dispensing with formality. But the
butcher does not like to have me gem
erous in that way. He likes cold cash.
And the grocer has the same bad taste.
Sometimes I think he eats with his
pocketbookr'
But being facetious did not help.
I never supposed that you could
make q stranger Of ME! OF course,
I know you have your work. But you
feel that could not interfere with
that, don't you? Naturally, other peo-
pie might worry you; but I can just
wait till you are done. I'm sure I
never distract you"
Exceptional Friends
Well, the point of It all is that the
QUEER QUIRK in many women Is the
fact that each Of them sees herself
as THE EXCEPTION; and she gets
indignant and offended IL you cannot
see her in the same way. I have
about twenty Of these EXCEPTIONAL
friends! And all OF them disturb me
as LITTLE as this one. At any old
time they come. have Q day at
home. They forget It. Then they
make life a burden for me by enrag-
Ing the elevator boy and exciting me
till could write nothing but long
strings Of impolite words. wonder
when woman will be EMANCIPATED
from the superstition that SHE IS
THE EXCEPTION.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Loretta's Looking Glass

with such a mass of mingled exclama-
tions that concerned herself that I
was not prepared for the sudden leap
she made into the midst of me.
You see, had given the elevator man
instructions not to bring ANY ONE up
without announcing the visitor And
he was executing my orders. made up
my mind that, in justice to him and
In justice to myself and my time, that
has a commercial value. I would make
a clean breast of 1t.
II told him not to allow any one to
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Our Grocery Clerk
Saws He's Brainy

Remepber the days when everybody
used to have a can of condensed milk
upon the third shelf in the kitchen? ?
But now customers give the slammed
together COW juice the cold shoulder
and the retrousse nose and 1t was all
We could do to get rid of two dozen
cans that the boss had invested in on
q chance.
We had the stuff on display for a
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

joker and there's anything in the world less loved than that
haven't had the pleasure O. meejn it yet. =
Frank Kennedy ruined that He the
salt the lemonade and the hammock
anything else he didn't do because he didn't think
Not Much Fun for the Joker
Not that him much pleasure He ceepin' around
like thief in the night nobody would what
dom and then when the hammock broke leg the table
off, he couldn't laugh for fear O. himself really pid
Belle somebody discomfort
and then not bein' able enjoy it. -
The practical okers golden do
n and that amt enough keep him o heaven hesven
be awfuy overcrowded suburb If he did he'd poby
be gun couple of angels wings together before he had his
and hat off.
"Mornin'" St Peter'd say Have you good ifer"
NO, sir" he'd have say. 81 haven't"
What bgamist?" ST. Peterd ask him. "Oh
you are guess you've been punished enough
I'm practical joker the feowd confess
Coin down. St Peerd sing and ring for the
Belle, find myself unfochnate enough
practical I'll the opportunity give him dose Of
his medicine and him with triplets
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

NHY GUEST burst in upon me with
IVA an appearance that would
have done credit to a lead
ing lady in a melodrama. Her lips
were compressed, her eyes flashed
and the curls in her hat brim danced
UP and down as If they were on spi-
raj springs.
Mercy! what's the natter" cried
That elevator boy! He is insolent
He was not going to bring me up! He
asked me What's your name" in the
most offensive fashion! 1 told him II
was none of his business. And he
said he would not bring me up. Oh!
It's outrageous! 1 will not be insulted
by a black man"
She Twisted and Wriggled
To be appreciated this burst of or
She tore her veil from under her
chin. She yanked the ends of it loose
and forgot to take out the long bar
pin that moored it safely and exer-
cised a wise control over the curls
She fiuttered and twisted and wrig-
gled as If in physical agony.
And she would not be insulted by a
black man!
The black man had not insulted her;
and I knew 1t. But she needed calm
ing down, so 1 temporized.
Think you would be willing to be
insulted by a green or a pink one?'
I hazarded.
Don't try Z to be funnyi" she
scorched rather than observed "The
idea of my having to tell him my
name and have 1t sent up to you every
time 1 come! It's absurd! AS well
acquainted as we are! He knows 1t
anyway! You seem to think it's all
righti'
The last observation came like a
bolt out of a clear sky. For 1t was
the truth; and she had been so busy
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
The Black Hair; Or,
, Again All Is Well

But why" he asked, as he pulled
the branches of an oak tree TO and
fro In the extremity Of his emotion
and the calm June twilight. why do
you object to me?
There's something aeout- you that
don't like" she answered, ss she
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
ENGLISH JOKE FOR TODAY

Although the eclipse Of the sun, OBJ
served in the South Pacific, was not a
great success, the observers managed
to photograph the corona. 1t sounds
quite like the beginning Of the corona
uon.-The Pink I'm.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
A Compliment

An old lady getting into . cab IN
Grafton street. in Dublin. was heard to
say to the driver, Help me to get in.
my good man. for I'm very old"
"Begorra, ms'am." said he, mo mat
ter what age yon are. you don't look IL"
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Flashes From
Humor'S Station
DEFINED

Tommy twho has been told to 90 to
bed)-Pa, how long is q ''jify"?
Father-It's about the length Of time
you've got to 90 to bed without .
licking.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Some Light

II guess you see things in a different
light, young man, since you were
married."
Il ought to. Among our wedding
presents were, fifteen brass lamps"
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Saving

Doctor-You had better take a good
dose of iron when you go home.
Little Patient-Won't brass dof 1
don't believe ma has any iron in the
cellar.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Dipiomacy

Baron-Did hit the hare. game
keeper?
= Keeper-Ah, but the kind heart you
have, your highnessi You have merci-
fully spared his life.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Deep in Her Grief

. She buried = her face In her hands.
But the villain, so far from being At.
fected By the sight. could jest horribly.
IT she buried II In the garden she
couldn't dig It up so easily" he cachin-
mated. 49,. .s--...... .. j.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Fare Soon Runs lin

Fare Soon Runs Up
Jack-I understand that their mar
riage was hasty affair.
Tom-Yes, the wedding party went to
the church in taxicabs and the registers
kept running.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12

TTERLY denounced by her husband, who is seek
ing divorce the plea that his wife turned him
of their home and said she would never live
with him again until he sought and found steady
position in town., and also accused by the
man of having secured work in an office without
his consent in order to be among men, slender
little faced the judge intrepidly few days
ago and asked simply to be allowed to tell her
own story
1t was tragic little history, and one which
bears within it many lessons for other wives
and husbands that cannot forbear from telling it
bara
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Always Gets Worst of II

"Bliggins isn't very lucky In driving
bargains"
No. He says he can't even change
his own mind without getting the worst
Of the deal"
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Spill These on
Your Friends
RESEMBLED 1T

RESEMBLED 1T
Did the man whose auto was in
collision last night give it a cursory
examination?'
1T sounded that way, sir"
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
WHEN NOAH WAS A BOY,

His mother used to get real peeved at
the hucksters on account of the water
melons they sold. Being as they were
poplar watermelons she said she saw no
reason why, on saving into one, she
should find 1t "corky."