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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(NeW York Press.)


Even an investor can't guess wrong
all the time.
Anybody else's children could i'm
prove Immediately just by becoming
your own.
Anyhow. it wouldn't do an inventor
any good to get money out of his in
vention, for he'd sink it in the next
one.
AT women's luncheon any one of
them has to be mighty hungry to find
time to stop talking long enough to
eat anything.
A woman likes to have her husband
tell her what a big man he is, specially
when she knows he isn't, so she can
touch it up some more and pass II
along to her friends as the real facts
There's a kind of man who thinks
people will take pompousness to be
power.
When a woman is away from home
she can even get homesick for the fam
lily quarrels: 1900, ..,.., ~
We can nearly always Asees when {
mistake is being made unless we arr
the ones who are lmakipgru. q
A man @whos'f skseats>s OFF drinking
seems to think the purpose of it Is t
see if he can't swear on oftener tnai
he did off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Daybreak.

Arouse thee. o day. and Teconquer thy
world,
Nights challenging banners, triumphant
unfurled,
Float wide on the somnolent breeze
The valleys lie muffled and misty in
sleep,
Gray shadows like dream ghosts. uncer-
o,er The face Of the shuddering seas.
Arouse thee! Undo the enchantments of
With tremulous pulsings and breathings
of light
Pluck the reddening rays from thine
opaline quivers
Slant them up at the last of the stars
where it shiverS
In the ash of its faltering fires.
Unfasten the 'curtainings, fold upon fold
Set wider the food gates of billoWy
Lo, the lark is awake He is futing
thy name
From the quivering heights where the
clouds are aiiame
Ere follow the full -throated choirs.
The tops of the listening trees are
athrill
With desire for the stir of they step
on the hill,
For thy quickenng glance DER the
bush of the plain,
Come, crowned and engirdled with ut
termost spiendor.
Thy glorious and undismayed to sur
render.
In GREATNESS outburst of maguifi-
cent pain
Rekindle the words with thy limitless
light.
Stand forth in unparalleled luster and
might,
Every fear to dispel, every shadow to
STAY,
Grace Denis Litchfield in Kansas
Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Coming Events

April 24-May 2O-America's First Grear
Missionary Exposition, Boston.
May 9-Annual Convention Brotherhood
of Railroad Employees, Bangor.
ference. Houlton
May H-Meeting Governor and Council
Augusta.
May 2o-21-Fifteenth Annual Convention
Town.
Assn, Hallowell.
June 7-Somerset County Veterans AS
ISOLATION and Ladies' Auxiliary, Norrdge-
woCk.
June 14-l5-44th Department Encamp
ment, Maine G. A.. r. Meetings STATE
r., Augusta.
june Thirteenth Trienniai Con
vention International Sunday School As
ISOLATION, San Francisco
June 2l.-Celebration OK Tooth Anniyer
sary of Town OF Corinth.
June 24-Dedicaton Masonic Hail. Hal
lowell.
June 2S-29-Annual Meeting Maine Medi-
cal Association, Augusta.
June &-30-Furty-fourt annual meetint
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
June 29-30-Maine state Epworth League
Convention Houlten.
July S-4-Annual outing Maine Sports.
Mems Fish & Game Assn, Knee.
Aug. S-teteDfdttuh OF luUtn anniversary
of town of Washington.
Aug 21-26-Nations1 Encampment OF th'
G. A. R., Rochester. N. \.
Oct. S-5-Maine Baptist Convention.
Skowhegan.
Oct. 12-I4-Bangor Musical Festival
Oct. 16-1S-Portland Musical Festival.
Oct. 25-26-27-Annual Convention Main,
Teachers Association. Augusta.
Maine Fair Dates.
Aug. s tf-Stake Races Augusta.
Ih-1T-WalHn County Agricultural
Society Fair. Belfast.
Aug. 29-Sept. Central Maine FAIL
Waterville.
Sept. 4-5-6-7-Maine State Fair, Lewis
ton.
Sept. l2-14-Waldo and Penobscot Agri-
cultural Society. Monroe
Sept. 12-15-Portland Agricultural Socie-
ty, Summit View Park, Portland.
Sept l9-20-21-South kennebec Agri-
cultural Society, South Windsor.
Oct. 4-5-Freeport Agricultural Society
Fair.
Pomona Dates.
May e-Somerset Pomona, East Madi
May 9-Cumberland and Androscoggin
Pomona, Poland.
May s-West Washington Pomona, Col
umbia Falls.
May 9-Waldo Pomona. Belmont.
May 10-Kennebec Pomona, Salmon
Lake. Belgrade.
May 1o-New Century Pomona. Dixfed.
May 11-Cumberland and oxford Union
No. Lowell.
May 11-Excelsior Pomona, Industry.
May 11-York Pomona, Parsonsield.
May 13-Cumberland Pomona, North
Scarboro.
May 13-Knox Pomona. st. George
May 17-Somerset and Penobscot Pomo
ma, st. Adams.
May lS-No Franklin Pomona, Madrid
May 23-East Kennebec Pomona, China
May 27-Penobscot Pomona, Etna.
June North Waldo Pomona. Winter
port.
June 9-Hancock Pomona. Surry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Gardner Reporter Journal)
Our English cousins have decided to
abandon costly spectacle which the
Canadians had planned to present in
connection with the coronation cere-
monies. The spectacle represented the
defeat of party of Americans by a
party of Canadians in the War of 1912.
The managers thought this might
wound the sensibilities of the Ameri-
can visitors, and SO decided to cut it
out, which was very kind of them, and
doubtless better than to have had it.
The chances are though that but very
few Americans would have known
anything about the event otherwise,
for about all that the most of us know
about that war is that we trimmed
the English navy and Won what we
went to war for. The details where the
Americans were defeated do not cut
much of figure in the school his
tories
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Revive the Sentiment.
brighton NeWs.l

brighton NeWS0
The retiring Judge of Kennebec Su-
periGr Court, Hon. O. G. Hall, after 81
years of honorable service is fully
competent to judge as to what is best
for Maine as to liquor-laws; and he
will surely be found with the ''no-li-
cense" contingent. as he has been all
his life OF course every candid mind
comedies, with Judge Hall, that any
law, to be effective, must be backed by
public sentiment-and the more we
have of that the better. Let's have a
revival of the sentiment which
stands for enforced law and this is
certain to result from the campaign
now on. With the women and the
children praying and singing for tenn
perance and the men organizing the
voters, an awakening can hardly be
avoided. But, let it also be borne in
mind, in all Maine outside the Stun
sections of the great cities and the
Italian camps, public sentiment has
never been lacking for the enforce
ment of prohibitory laws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
CANCER.
A New Cancer Discovery Has Been
Made by German Physicians.

What appears to be a very promis-
ing experiment for the cure of cancer
has lately been made in Germany. A
fungus bearing the name of Mucor
racemus malignus has been grown in
malignant tumors of certain animals.
This is not the irritant but dead
culture of it, which applied to the
growth. causes it, as alleged 10 sub
side. This remedy, called antimer-
iste1n by its discoverer, is not Spe-
ciic but, like tuberculin, consists or
the fungus itself and it's decomposition
products. In action also it resembles
tuberculin, for after injection febrile
reaction takes place. 1t must be used
only when an operation has become
impossible, and even at that advanced
stage cures have been effected. There
is also d remedy of much the same
nature for tumors for which no oper-
alton can be made. This is called
antituman, and contains substances
which go to build up the cartilaginous'
tissue Of the animal body. The fact
that cartila ginous tissue does not suf-
fer from cancer led Berlin pathoio-
eist to the idea of using this substance
to stop the further development of the
cancer cells. After injection of anti
tuman strong reaction sets in also.
What success these remedies will have
remains to be seen.-Consular Report
from Dresden. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Will Reaffirnn Frye's Declaration.

NI'TIUS IUII NeWS.J
quite naturally our United States
Senator johnson thinks prohibition 81
failure in Maine. Quite a good many
DO. ON the other hand much larger
number think otherwise. For example
% years ago Senator Frye, joined by
the entire Maine delegation, in writ
ten paper, declared that "the con-
sumption of liquor in Maine is not
one-fourth so great as 20 years ago
and that the remarkable temperance
reform is the legitimate child of the
prohibitory law which has created .
pubic sentiment to which opposition
Is poweriess. We opine that Maine
even now prefers Senator Frye as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Banqor Fire,

The reports of the loss at the Ban
gor fire were considerably exaggerat-
ed. AT first it was placed at from
100000 to SS,000,000 but later esti-
mates place it at $5O00,00O and some
experts say as low as $3,500.000, with
an insurance of two-thirds that
amount. This is much less in pro-
portion than the loss at the fire in
Portland on the 4th of July, 1866. At
that time the population of Portland
was a little more than 10000, and the
loss was s10.000.000. equivalent now to
between s120OO,000 and $4,000, 900, at
least. The population of Bangor is
about $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Bad Manners.
(New York Evening Post.

(New York Evening PoSt.)
This rising generation is being
roundly abused for its bad manners.
The Atlantic Monthly has been dis
cussing the matter. pro and con. The
charge is, of course, no new thing
Every generation has had to face the
accusation: it is part of the process of
its being licked into shape. Each
generation complains of the manners
of the next below it just as regularly
as the sophomores, year after year,
say that the freshmen are the fresh
est class that ever came to college," In
both cases, observe, it is manners that
are at fault. They are, in fact, the
most vulnerable place in the armor of
youth. Attacks at other points may
be rebuffed by hard facts. We
thought we We're safe enough when
we said that children of today, being
taught so many fol-de-r rolls. get only
the merest smattering of the three
RS; but some old examination papers
were unearthed, the same questions
were put again to public school class
es of the same grades-and modern
children came out ahead, When the
talk is of manners. however. what can
youth do but give in? The whole
matter is vague: there are no facts to
lay hold of. Manners are so like
taste that no argument is possible;
there can be nothing but assertion on
the one hand and either agreement or
contradiction on the other Contra
dlction is at once ruled out, being it
self fragrant breach of manners
Ihere is nothing left for youth but to
plead guilty-and to do it with such
humility and grace as, in the act, to
prove its censors wrong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
"BiII's In Trouble"

I've got a letter, parson, from my son
way out West,
An my oil heart is heavy as an anvil in
my breast
To thing the boy whose futur' / had once
so proudly planned
Should wander from the path o right an
come to sich an end!
L told him when he left us only three
short years ago
He'd find himself a plowin' in mighty
crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsel an his
mothers prayers, too
But lie said the farm was hateful, an he
guessd he'd have TO go.
know thar's big temptation for a
youngster in the West
But | believed our Billy had the courage
to resist,
An when he left | warned him o. the
ever-waitin' snares
That you find like hidden sarpints in
life's pathway everywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be keer'
full, and allowed
He'd build a reputation thatd make us
nightly proud;
But ii seems as how my counsel sort o
faded from his mind
An now the boys in trouble o. the very
WuSteSt kind
His letters came SO seldom that l some
how sort o. knoWed
That Billy was a-trampin' on a mighty
rocky road,
But never once imagined he would bow
my head in shame,
An in the dust'd waller his oil daddy
honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an thu
story's mighty short;
[ just can't tell his mother, it'll crust
her poor OF heart;
An so l reckon, parson, you might breal
the news to her
Bills in the Legisltur', but he doesn'
say what fur.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Sunnosed to voice the sentiments of
the administration, in speaking in the
House on the afternoon of March 30
in favor of the passage of the Pencil
hill said; In the meantime the peo-
ple will have d chance to experiment
with the nomination of Governor and
Congressmen by direct primary law
After that they may adopt the Davies
bill if they desire
Mr.. Pattansal's speech clearly in
Inmates that il was at that time the
purposc of the leaders not to call an
election upon the Davies bill until af-
ter if was too late to hold an election
under any other bill than the Pennell
bill: that is. at the regular election in
September, 1917.
against an attempt to defeat the de-
sire of the people. which were voiced
at the direct primary meeting held
April q at Augusta, and the almost
certain knowledge that the secretary
of state would be enjoined from re
eeiving returns under the Pencil bill
should an attempt be made to hold an
election under it without the Davies
bill having been first submitted to the
people. had great deal more weight
than the Governor is willing to admit
in causing him TO decide to submit
the Davies bill to the people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Mr.. Kinds and the State of Maine.

The Portland Argus says: Senator
Page of Vermont attempts to excuse
his hostility to the Canadian reciproc-
ity agreement on the ground that ne
is acting in the interest of his con-
stituents. He says he has taken a
plebiscite of the people of Vermont,
and says he finds that at least 50 IL
not IS per cent. of the farmers are
opposed to the reciprocity bill. Ii
Senator Page believes this, he is prob
ably alone among Vermont men In
that opinion. The newspapers of the
state certainly do not confirm that be-
lief: quite otherwise"
Undoubtedly the papers of Vermont.
for the same reasons, have adopted
the same course that the Argus and
some other Maine papers have taken
persistent, bare-faced perversion. The
Argus and one or two other daily pa
pers have almost daily declared "the
sentiment for reciprocity is overwhelm-
ing" If such editors knew anything
at all about it, they knew better; If
they did not know they had no moral
right to make such statements
We do not believe that the Argus
or any other Maine paper has received
one communication FOR to every ten
AGAINST the so-called reciprocity
plan-except that such communications
sprung from some newspaper Office
or manufacturing plant.
Senator Page went Systematically to
work to find out the desires of the peo-
pie who represent the intelligence,
stability and welfare of his state. His
method was widely advertised and 1t
was quite generally supposed that he
had leaning toward the administra-
ton plan At that time the Kennebec
Journal predicted that he would hear
from home as did the Maine Demo-
cratic Legislature. 1t is evident that
he has heard.
Senator Page knows what he has
heard and it is quite probable that
he is now voicing his convictions. His
desire from the first was to execute
the will of the majority of his con-
stituents. He undoubtedly under
stands the sentiments of his people
fully as we'll as does the Portland Ar
gus, which has misrepresented public
opinion from the very first on this
reciprocity question. In it's figures it
attempts to further mislead by con-
filming the opposition to the farming
element alone. We have ample evil
dence that the farmers opposition is
only fraction OF that which has been
registered.
The farmer has been taken as the
first and foremost type of opposition
because he is hit first and hardest,
but no one but a newspaper crab in
his hole of theory ever for moment
believed that the farmers were alone
in opposition to such a brazen PROPOSE
ton.
asher Kinds may voice a minority
IN his district but he well understands
that the majority has been misled by
the hope of reduction in the cost OF
living, and the newspapers grasping
for the free paper bait. Congressman
Kinds is well founded in his conten.
ton that opposition to the presen
brand of RECIPROCITY is for, the hes
frterest of the farming eornnounf, u
and through the farming interests al
csheg Interests Of his state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

A French photographer has invented
a machine for taking pictures at the
bottom of the sea 1t is a great pity
that Uncle Sam had not heard of it
before the attempt of raising the
Maine was begun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Editorial Comment
r arming.
Calais Tilnes.)

IVdIalS TlmeS.)
Two blades of wheat will grow
where one grew before if farmers
Will only light their fields by cleo
tricty or have currents discharged
from over head wires. And not
only wheat, but corn, oats, onions
and potatoes may be thus rendered
doubly productive. Experiments are
now being directed to a neutralizing
device which will prevent the weeds
from growing at the same time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

1t seems that the Pencil bill is not
the only direct primary bill gotten UP
by the Democrats to fool the people.
The New York Tribune declares that
the Dix bill, which is now under con-
sideration by the New York legisla-
ture is one for the perpetuation of
party machines and for giving them
advantages which they do not now
DoSSeSs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

A st. Louis young man has been
put in Jail for stealing money to pay
his doctors bills. What he needs is
jury of doctors to pass upon his case
for they would undoubtedly find that
his crime was justifiable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

The way of the legislative eorrup-
ZIONIST is a thorny path in these days.
Out in Ohio it has been the manufac-
turers themselves who have tried to
catch the bold corruptionists and
have actually resorted to the Grim
inal courts for protection against
them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Now, Just why in prohibition Maine
did the Mayor of Bangor order the sa-
looms to be closed? Why?-New York
World.
Very simple, dear metropolitan
friend; it is because prohibition
Maine" is enjoying 90 an era Of
Democratic covered bridge" enforce
ment, and even the friends of rum
recognize the dangers of the business
in time of catastrophe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Is there anything in all this world that
is of any more Importance to you than
good digestionsa Food must be eaten to
sustain life and must be digested and
converted into blood. When the digestion
fails the whole body suffers Chamber
lain's Tablets are a rational and reliable
cure for indigestion. They increase the
the stomach. and tone up the whole di-
gestive apparatus to natural and
healthy action. For sale everywhere n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Good sometimes comes of evil, and
these recurring discoveries of dyna-
mite in baggage may lead the smash
ers to treat the travelling public's i'm
pedmenta with more consideration
Indianapolis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
Tuesday, May 9, 1911.

Men grumble because God
puts thorns on roses; would
it not be better to thank God
that he has put roses on
thorns Anon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09
VOICES OF THE PRESS.

Governor Plaisted's covered bridge is
not only leaking but the entire roof of
the structure has been blown away
Portland Sunday Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Massachusetts new Bar and Bottle
law went into effect yesterday. The
descendants of the Puritans and Pill
grims still believe in regulating them
selves-and others.-New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

A $3.000.0OO fire is hard blow to
any city. and to one of the size of
Bangor the blow is terrifice. The
sympathy of all New England goes out
to the stricken city on the Penobscot.
May her recovery be quick and COM
plete.-Manchester Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

We will have to admit there may be
something in those stories of the i'll
luck that follows the Hope diamond.
The new owners cook has quit
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

The Peace Dove is tired of the "hov-
ering" act. A nice bird like that
doesn't want to be all in the air all of
the time.-Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Next month will witness the G. A. r.
bodies in convention at Augusta. The
local veterans and the board of trade
are making great preparations for the
entertainment of the gatherings of the
patriotic organizations at which II is
expected that 2OO0 people will be pres
on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

The license of the powerful brewing
interests to sell their products in
Maine would be admission of d cor
rupt influence into our political and
social life which is beyond all esti-
mate.-Farmington Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

And thus is the fame that men declare
Is worth the toll and the bitter tear;
Somebody stands on the pavement there,
Lifting his voice in a lusty cheer.
-AuDuVmouS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

London is to have dock that will
accommodate vessels 1000 feet long.
OF course Germany will have to pro-
eeed to construct one for LOO foot YES
sells But that is more sensible than
the Dreadnaught competition, since
the docks will be useful for other pur-
poses than those of destruction
Iittsburg Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

You can't help liking the man who
gets knocked out and then comes back
Ellsworth American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

seems to be growing worse instead of
better
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

According to an English professor
the human race is 10000 years old. II
hasn't much sense for it's age.-Ells.
worth Enterprise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

Great indignation has been aroused
IN Biddeford over the eity's alleged
eheroachment on a cemetery. The
hndlng of human bones on the Pool
road, where the city is Strengthening
the highway by running near a revolu>
tiofary buryirg ground has caused
mem ers of the Rebecca Emery Chap
ten, K. A. d. and people who have an
cestcrs buried in the cemetery to apply
to the supreme court for an Injunction
restraining the city from further oper-
atoms on the road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

spokesman and that she will reatfirm
his declaration come September.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

1t looks like big tourist season at
Portland. Judging from the number
of replies received by the advertising
committee of the Portland board Of
trade in reply to advertisements in ALI
the leading newspapers east of the
Mississippi river the number of sum-
mer tourists coming to Portland dur
ing the coming summer season will be
greater than ever before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-09

He nails the hero of martial rank,
lie mans the clown who must laugh to
The welcome he offers the mouuteback
Is the highest welcome his soul can
give.