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Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-15
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BANKS AND BANKING.

BANKS AND BANKING.
Until further notice tho Committee or,
Banks and ganlins VIII hoid regular
Angusfs. ;Wssnsedag at 1 p. N. 40 -
LIZ NJ MorIToN,. .Chairman.
ONO. Y. HOntsMAN. s5ec'y.
BILLS IN THIRD READING.
The Committee on Pills in Third Read
Z, nls win hold T"Guiar sefsions IN Room
RoY G. THOMPSON sec'y.
COUNTY ESTIMATES.
The Committee on County lGst.rnates
VII n meet until further notice IN Room 4
NJ $50 4. NJ. on wednesday Of each week
c. Fl. MERRIl1ELp, Sec'y.
sat EDUCATION.
The comnitteA bn Tducation viii meet
each Thursday at . T.. N. in Room ~
EUGENE V. ALLEN. s5ec'y.
LIBRARY.
Until further notice the Committee on
Lihrary viii hold regular sessions ia
every Tuesday at =. NJ.
HENRY HARRINGTON. Chairman.
L. A. IcALLlSTER, Sec'Y.
MERCANTILE AFFAIRS AND IN
SURANcE.
Until further notice tho Committee on
Mercantile Affairs and Insurance viii
hold regular sessions ln room 115 at the
state House in Augusta, . p. NJ. every
thursday.
c. f. CRoNTN. sec'y.
PENSIONS.
The Committee on Pensions will meet
each wednesday at 4.So +. M. Pension
EDWARD W. MURPHY. sec'y.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS.
Until further notice the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds viii hold
regular sessions in room 9s at the State
73a.
RI. MOVES, Chairman.
RAILROADS AND EXPRESSES.
Until further notice the Committee on
Railroads and Expresses VIII hold resu-
lar session in the Railroad Commission
ers' Office on Tuesdays of each week ut
o'clock r. NJ
W. J. sKETAN. sec'y.
STATE LANDS AND STATE
ROADS.
Until further notice the Committee on
State Lands and State Roads win be in
session In the Highway Commissioners
Office at the State House, Augusta, On
Thursdays Of each week at $50 o'clock
p. NJ.
w. ]. sKEHAN. sec'y.
STATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
on state school for Boys and Industrial
School for Girls will hold regular ses
stons In room 9S at the State House in
Augusta, Wednesdays of each week at
$50 o'clock.
HOWARD wINsLow, Chairman.
j. c. HARMAN, Sec'y and Clerk.
SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED.
The Committee on School for Feeble
Minded meets on each Wednesday at
y. M, Room 103.
]. p TUCKER, Sec'y.
TOWNS.
The Committee on Towns will meet at
Room No. q. at p. NJ. Tuesday of each
week until further notice
ARTHUR WILKINS. Sec'y.
WAYS AND BRIDGES.
The Committee on WAYS and Bridges
meets each Thursday, In Room :. at =
o'clock.
JOHN p. LAwRY, sec'y.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-15

The Committee on judiciary will give
q public hearing In its room at the State
house ia Augusta.
N~Vf.- ~ q Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
HANDS BURNED LIKE FIRE

81 can truthfuIy say Cuticura Rem
edies have cured me of four long
years of eczema. About four years
ago I noticed some little pimples
coming on my little finger, and not
giving it any attention, it soon became
worse and spread all over my hands.
If I would have them in water for a
long time, they would burn like fire
and large cracks would come. l could
lay pin in them. After using all
the salves l could think Of, l went to
three different doctors. but all did
me no good. The only relief got was
scratching.
so after hearing so much about the
wonderful Cuticura Remedies. l pur-
chased one complete set, and after
using them three days my hands we're
much better. Today my hands are
entirely well, one set being all used 3"
CSigned) Miss Eta Narber, r. f. D. 2,
Spring Lake, Mich, Sept &c, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere. a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be-
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. 2 L, Boston.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
BUTTERMlLK DISHES.

tn koen I'm tho ir+oroe+ IN
rivina go. ,t ~ rntt,o t roro CO.. now
specific for prolongfng life re-
newing the tissues and preserv.
ing beauty springs into popuIar
favor RuttermiIk and sour milk
have both been highly nraised and
science is exnerimentinp tn nrove the
wonderful tales, For wears butter
milk has been recommended nv nhysi-
clans for reonIo trorbIad ritb cont
rheumatism or liver troubles Many
times those who cannot retain sweet
milk find butrsrmiIl, most eatisfac-
tory. A glass Of iced butfCrmilk with
a sandwich makes q most satisfying
and wholesome luncheon Rutter-
milk may he used in place Of sour
milk i'm cookery making richer and
frereraired product For those fond
of luttoruill the hu+tormiu, so,D ia
q praa. daIiracv Ieat q. c,,,,r NJ
butormilk until nearly boiling: do
not let j. boil or If will cy~dra Pour
over three wcI.Hoaten eggs. season
with salt and srgar and ee~ve with
grating of nutmeg on ton of each
SOUP pl9te
But,arn,ilk cfnoer GAZE Take a
cuu of 7aorassas one wa.r-hoator agu
two-,hlrds Of a Gun of buttcrmiIk. a
third Of a Gun of melted shortening.
two ,casDoonfuIs of soda snices 10
taste and flour enough to make a bat
ter not too stiff, when it drops like a
veil from tho snoon II 4 erf7ciort,v
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

In Japan there is an annual feast
day for boys, when each house having
male children hangs out strings of pa
per carp, which inflated by the breeze
become lifelike monster fish.
1T was on this feast day" says a
writer in the Wide World, that we
left Yokohama for Kamakura. once
the eastern capital Of Japan, now
merely quiet little seaside village
AS it was such an important occa-
sion the whole world made holiday.
some families hurried to the seashore
to fly their enormous humming kites,
from which the parents appeared to
derive quite as much enjoyment as
the children. The loud hum emitted
by the soaring kite as caused by a
piece Of thin bamboo, which is
stretched tightly across from shoulder
to shoulder
This taut bamboo flament not
only acts as aeolian harp but bends
the whole kite. so that its surface is
concaye instead Of being. as in our
kites. plane. The noise when some
threescore or so of these monsters are
in the air at the same time is deafen-
ing.
The Japanese kite has no tail. but
is furnished with numerous long
streamers Great competitions are
held by the owners of the kites. and
occasionally a mimic battle will be
fought in the air, the rival factions en-
deayoring by means of powdered
glass, which has been previously
worked into a definite length Of the
kite strings. to saw through a rivals
string. and so bring the yanquished
kite tumbIing ANONYMOUSLY to the
ground"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
is ALIVE AFTER FUNERAL"

After formal funeral services had
been held at his former home in
Washington. and his ncar relatives
had donned mourning for the man
supposed to have met his fate and
been buried in far-off India, word was
received the other day stating that
Bert f. Emrick a widely known and
well-to-do oil man was alive and well
and was planning to start for nome
within a few days Emrick went TO
near Singu. in Upper Burmah, India,
about Is months ago, for the Burmah
Oil company Recently word reached
his people by way OF the company Of
fees that Emrick had been killed by
breaking Of a cable at one OF the wells.
1t was afterwards discovered that the
original report of the tragedy was a
mistake
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
NEEDLE ENDS LONG TRIP

4 pair Of tweezers were used the
other day by Edmund c. Gaskil. a
lawyer Of Atlantic City, TO remove a
needle that had been in his body
twenty-three years. It had worked its
way from his knee to his shoulder.
He found It there when bathing the
shoulder in the belief he had rheuma-
tism. When eight years Old, Gaskin
fell against his mother, who was sew
ing, and the needle was jabbed deep
in his knee A doctor failed to find it.
1t was forgotten when the puncture
healed That the needle took so long
in working through his body may be
explained by the fact that he is six
feet eight inches tall.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
WHO'S WHO IN THIS TANGLE?

When Edward F. Nehrik was ar
raigned on lunacy charge at Day
ton, Ohio. the other day, a curious
family relationship developed Nehrik
is the father by marriage of the wom-
an once his wife. he is the grandfather
of his own daughter. while his son is
stepfather to the child as well as her
brother. Mrs Nehrik is mother-in-law
to her husband. Mrs. John Nehrik.
divorced wife of Edward, filed the in
sanity papers against him In 1900 she
welded Edward Nehrik and by the
union came a daughter, Pearl. In
1906 she was granted a divorce decree
and custody of the child Nehrik's
son, John, by his first wife. married
his fathers divorced wife, or his own
stepmother. At the hearing the court
declared him sane
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

This is the second tower telescope
constructed at the Mount Wilson OBJ.
seryatory, in California, from a new
design by Professor Hale. The first
was G5 feet high, and it was so sue.
cessful that the larger one here shown
was built, which is $50 feet in height.
while the well containing the specto.
graph and pectro-helicgraph is 70 feet.
BY the later instrument photographs
can be taken OF the whole face OF the
sun. showing the yapors across its
disk. The coelostat and secondary
mirrors are mounted at its top. and
after rejecting from them the suns
light passes vertically downward on
to a lens placed near them on the tor
Of the tower. A horizontal image OF
the sun. II inches in diameter. is
thence obtained in q plane near the
ground.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
GOING TO COLLEGE AT 80

Mrs. A D. Winship of Racine, Wis,
is the oldest university student in the
United States. When Mrs. Winship
was seventy-eight years old she en-
tered the University of Ohio She is
now eighty years OF age, and has com
pleted her freshmen and sophomore
years. Her speciality was psychology.
At summer school this year Mrs. Win
ship won priz7 for excellence in her
EtudieR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
Suburban Scbricuets.

Everybody else had lived in the
summer colony long enough to name
his home for whatever tree or shrub
grew most abundantly IN the front or
back yard. Up and down the road
were cottages labeled the Fins. the
Wisteria, the Lilacs, and so on through
the horticultural guide book. The
newcomer had no name for her house.
but after studying the tactics for a
week she took a survey of the prem
ises and theuceforward dated her cor
respondence the Rhubarbs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

A lavorlte tallsman among the Mo
hammedans is the Lid ell Fatima"-
the hand Of Fatima. Mahomet must
have reproduced in silver the hand of
his favorite daughter, of that Fatima
through whom his blood has descended
even to our days. for ever since then
every Mohammedan, and especially
every Mohammedan woman, has al
ways worn silver hand. The greater
the glory Of the saint who consecrated
it. the more intense the magic pow
er of the relic over those who put
themselves under its protection.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
Don't Be Embarrassed.

Nothing causes a person more en-
barrassment than the knowledge that
some part of their attire needs apol-
ogy. Dirty linen is the most common
and ineXcusable fault, and as long as
strong rosin soaps are used in the
laundry. streaked washables are in.
evitable.
Hewitt's Easy Task-the original
white laundry soaps the best clean
linen guarantee obtainable Multi
tudes Of women say so, and you'll
agree after a trial. Ask your grocer.
Five cents a cake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
VAST RICHES OF CHINA

An astonishing impression of the
variety and popularity of the natural
riches OF China is given by the store
houses and factories of the Hankow
export firms. Whereas the export Of
tea, the monopoly of few large Rus
sian houses, has for some years re-
manned almost stationary, the value
of the export of oil seeds from Han
kow, to take one example of a com
paratively unimportant article. rose
from SS million taels in 1907 to 10.5
in 1903
Boats bring wood tar from The up
per Yangtze in big round baskets lined
with paper to be refined and remelted
in the factories; they bring astonish
ing masses of the greasy product OF
the tallow tree used in European
technical industries, also cotton and
beans, gallnuts, pigs bristles; also
skins, which are sun dried in the
yards of the storchouscs and packed
by means OF hydraulic presses for
sea transport.
Millions of ducks eggs are. during
the few weeks Of the season, manu-
featured by the hand labor of coolie
women and children into masses of
pure dried yolk and albumen, smelling
like biscuits The albumcn is used in
the Photographic industry, the yolk
in the European sweet stuff manufac-
ture On the same bank of the Yang.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
Folly Of Vain Renrets.

The late John W Gates, an incur
able optimist, harped continually on
the futility Of pessimism one Of Mr.
Gates epigrams, still quoted on the
Chicago Stock Exchange, ran:
He who nurses foolish hopes may
be an ass. but he is not such an ass
as he who nurses vain regrets"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
Cement ak No. z

Newspapers print near
ly every day the story of
some fire disaster involv-
ing the complete destruction
of great property values and
sometimes the loss of human
lives. The annual fire losses of the
United States are measured by tho
millions; in fact, it is stated that over
two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of property was wiped out by FIRE IN
the United States last year. While it is true
that the precautions TO prevent FIRE and fro
fighting systems are often inadequate, the
main trouble lies in fling, non frrproof
building construction. Experience has proves
that hr"proof construction is both practicable
and economical. In some industries freProoS
building is compelled by law. Reinforced
c2Hcras has come 70 the front as the moss
important agent in building against fire. The
use Of cemf4t in building is becoming mora
and more common, due 20 its hreProofneSsy
durability and economy. When building any
thing from the back porch steps to an Office
building, concrete construction may be safely
adopted. The use of Un!zerJai Portland
Cement in the concrete viii insure CEMENT of thS
best quality possible to manufacture. UniU4r-
JaI is handled everywhere by the best dealers.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
FRICK BUILDING. PTTTSBURG
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

Mrs Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup fer Children
tee,h.ng, softcns the gums, reduces uHamma-
On. aI4ays pain, cures wind cole, 80 q bottle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

The more a woman runs after a
nan the easier it is for her not to
latch him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

Good food means good health.
Variety in food appetite induces appe-
tite and good digestion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

Sunshine is worth more than gold,
When it is real sunshine and not fox.
ire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12
IZNeNFFGHEN
22a7.HH41ABTNET

NOWLEDGE of food is the
= foundation of housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

Mrs. Roley-poor dear, he hasn't
said a word for three weeks.
DR.. Frog-Well, you don't want
him to croak. do you?-EXchauge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-12

ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
Evening star., 1911-08-28
What Is q Dangerous" Crossing I

In the light of certain recent events
along the line of the Long Island railroad
IL would be interesting to know just
what the president of that corporation
regards as dangerous grade crossing
The public at large has a rather clear
notion that every grade crossing Is dam
gerous, and that 1t is made only slightly
less SO by the use OF so-called safety
gates and the employment of watchmen
Last Saturday at a certain crossing In
the town of Baldwin, l.. L.. an auto
mobile was struck by train, and two
more deaths were added to the long roll
of fatalities on that line. The president
of the road. in answer to the customary
clamor against this deadly nuisance, de-
clared that the crossing had never been
considered dangerous. Whereupon comes
forward a citizen calling attention to the
fact that the crossing is absolutely with
out any Of the perfunctory safeguards.
having no watchman and no safety gates,
and yet is one OF the most travelled
points of intersection along the entire
line Two hundred children cross the
tracks there twice a day during the
school year. On Sundays and holidays
automobiles stream over the rails at an
average rate Of twelve . minute. Owing
to certain obstructions II is impossible
until one 10 we'll upon the tracks to see
a train approaching.
Here, then, IL a grade crossing that
has already claimed several victims. that
has only recently cost two lives. and
that Is constantly In use. and Is yet con-
sidered not to be dangerous! IL It the
policy of railroad companies to wait un-
til each crossing has killed q certain
number 5sfcis establsshins : oasmsa,
Evening star., 1911-08-28

ana then . certain number more before
installing gates. and then finally Ger
tain number more before eliminating II
altogether? II would surely seem IN
some cases as though the railway cor
porations deliberately waited while lives
were being sacrificed In the belief that
public Indignation never rises quite to
the point Of efYecting results. A decided
stimulus would be given to the enterprise
Of railway corporation in the matter
OF grade-crossing elimination IL the courts
were to waive all considerations OF con-
tributory negligence on the part of grade
crossing victims and mulct the companies
in the heaviest possible damages when
ever lives are lost at these points OF
danger. A few judgments in maximum
amounts would quickly bring a railroad
company to the point OF realizing that
all grades crossings are dangerous. to the
company's treasury, II not to the public
security.
Evening star., 1911-08-28
Unavoidable, But Not Unmitigable

From the New York Times.
As 1t is asserted on what seems to be
good authority that defects In rails of the
kind that wrecked the Lehigh Valley train
at Manchester prove neither carelessness
of inspection nor failure to use the best
processes Of manufacture, the accident
must apparently be classed among those
that can be called strictly and properly
unavoidable. That so many passengers
were killed and injured, however, seems
to have been due to the presence in the
train Of two cars less strong than can be
and are built
Therefore. it can hardly be said with
accuracy that the disaster could not have
been mitigated, even though such derail
ments cannot be wholly prevented. More.
over. If 1t be true that industrial science
is as yet incapable of making a rail tina,
Is certainly without concealed cavities Oh
imperceptible points Of excessive hard
ness. there is no reason for assuming that
never will these defects be conquered OF
an effective method of discovering them
found.
Science Is not infallible. and its powers
are limited. but even though q perfect
rail cannot be made. 1t is not credible
that defects are beyond detection.
Evening star., 1911-08-28

hall. while another stairway leads to the
gallery. The circumstances were pro-
pitious for calamitous rush. The hall
was filled with people. numbering about
1900, while at the foot Of the stairs were
several hundred more waiting for their
turn to see the show. When iAsh came
from the machine booth some one idiot
ically raised the cry Of hre ana the
panic was started by the rush OF giant
miner for the exit. In q second the place
was in the utmost confusion. with every
body trying to reach the stairway. Most
of the killed and injured were children.
There is a grim sort OF Justice in the fact
that the man whose brutal plunge out
of the hall started the panic was among
the killed
1t is stated that all the regulations were
observed in this case. the picture machine
being inclosed in an asbestos-lined booth
and the building itself provided with fire
escapes. The facts reveal the inadequacy
Of such so-called precautions. The fire
itself was Of no moment whatever. In
fact, it Is now stated that there was, in
deed, no fire at all. but merely break In
the picture film. which permitted nash
of light to appear on the screen and
caused the senseless cry OF fire. Had the
building been covered with fire escapes
the panic would still have occurred in
such circumstances. with only one exit.
and that by nfty-step stairway. at the
foot OF which several hundred people
were crowded, together with number of
baby carriages
In this case, as in all others, the need
of the occasion was OF a strong man with
big voice to take command OF the situa-
tion on the instant and to stem the panic
by his reinsurance and power OF will.
Had the giant miner who plunged from
the hall been of this sort he probably
could have brought the audience to halt
In half a minute. But, unfortunately,
there was no such leader of men there.
and twenty-six lives were destroyed in
few moments without any reason what
soever.
Perhaps now Pennsylvania will prohibit
the holding of motion picture exhibitions
In second-story halls. Enough lives have
been sacrificed in that state to demon
strate that the usual town opera house."
which is the upper story OF store build
ing on the main street, is q death trap,
especially when the exhibition consists of
a display by a mechanical device which is
high susceptible to fire. No matter how
thoroughly the machine may be surround
ed by fire-resisting materials, it is almost
impossible to prevent a flash such as fire.
quently occurs in one of these booths to
alarm the audience, and to start rush
for the doors. The people instinctively
realize that the point of fire danger lies
between them and the exit. and 1t is per-
fectly natural for them in the stress Of
their excitement to move toward the
DOORS
Evening star., 1911-08-28
The Affable Strangers Again.

The latest victim of the pair OF con-
fidence men who have been operating
around Washington recently contributed
SIS to their treasury by means of a
game Of matching pennies. The story he
tells to the police differs from the others
that have been reported only in minor
details. He met one man in one of the
parks and they struck up an acquaintance.
as fellow tourists will, and then the third
visitor to the capital came in by
chance, asking for a match as a means
of introduction. and displaying a strong
reluctance to carrying about a number
of pennies. A simple little game was
proposed, which after a time grew in
size until the victim was fieeced.
1t is probably useless to try to prevent
these recurrent swindles by simply re-
peating' the tale. People will continue
to play games of chance with strangers
despite all warnings to the contrary.
AS far as the permanent residents Of
this city are concerned. they have been
given enough object lessons of this form
of enterprise to make them exceedingly
wary Of the wiles Of chance acquaint-
ances here in Washington. Yet when
they go away from Washington they
bring home tales Of woe similar to those
that are told by the strangers in this
city who encounter this delectable pair
of swindlers or their colleagues in the
great game of graft. There seems to be
something demoralizing to the common
sense in a trip to strange town. throw
ing men OF their guard and depriving
them Of their normal cautiousness
Perhaps the police could trap these
clever chaps who are hanging about the
public buildings and in the tourist
lanes" by doing a little detective work
1t would be truly an entertaining
spectacle to find these adroit stranger
piuckers engaged in a game Of chance
in which there is no chance for the vic
tim-with a representative Of the law,
with a reserve force in hiding within
call. Washington wants to be regarded
as not only an attractive but a safe city
to visit. and a special effort should be
made to clean up the gamesters who
make probably good living fleeing
innocent visitors.