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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02

A North Broad street undertaken in
Newark has a piacaf6 in MS window
,wilfeiss. yIs:ssss 'esofffffs Married. Dowu
From So to s37 80 This Month New
York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02
WINTHROP.

Miss Arvilla z. Stevens is passing Il
few weeks with friends in West sid
ney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02

Commodore ID. Z. Robinson arrived
in town at 8 \. IA. Monday from Bos-
ton after a 9-hour run in his new 80
horsepower Packard automobile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Mrs. Edwin Holbrook and son Lester
have been spending Il week with Mrs
Holbrook's sister. Mrs. Vernon Pack
ard. returning To their home in wis
casset Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
Ana,,sta and the Educators.

orr attention is called to a remote
ard shame faced item in a venomou,
and little read paper pretending &c
voice n general complaint against Au-
easta accommodations for the educa-
tors.
lnasmuch as the Augusta gathering
ot educators is said TO have been the
largest of its nature ever assembled
by New England state. it is not sur
prising that there should have been
some expression of dissatisfaction. But
We believe we are stating the facts
when we claim that as rule the ed
ueators were well pleased with their
welcome and entertainment in Angus
IA. and so expressed themselves.
we give the class OF people enter
tanned in Augusta last week. credit for
practical Intelligence enough to have
expected some little inconvenience
which they would not have suffered i'll
their homes. Without the shadow ot a
dolii1t $500 Of these educators came 10
Augusta The Kennebec Journal pub
llsiiefs 2Iln names registered, and il is
known that many were not registered
II VAS the sudden increase Of Angus
ta's population by one-sixth But we
have vat to hear OF single one who
venl hungry or cold. or failed to find
G comfortable resting place at night.
! The people Of Augusta resent the OBJ
ysoue attempt 10 discredit the best
they could do for the visitors, whom
they welcomed as members of their
families; as mutual laborers in a
good cause: as friends. because Of their
calling.
The citizens, as whole, were in
s,mpathy with the convention. its OBJ
ject and with all who came. II is
doubtful if any city of twice its size
can be found in New England, that
would entertain the same degree of
interest and enthusiasm in eauea-
tional matters manifested by the citi-
zens Of Augusta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
(New York Press.)

(New York Press.)
What you like about anybody is Tor
him TO like you.
Nobody seems to need pull 10 get
the job of being poor. =
What makes man want to win
girl is for her to want to win some
other man.
The things that won't do YOU any
harm. all put together don't count for
nearly as much as the one thing that
will.
A woman is afraid her husband Will
catch cold if he doesn't wear his rub
bers in the rain and that If she does
she'll look like fright. ez4al.
Being a matrimonial martyr is the
job of the big majority. 2
1t is more useful to know how tornn
the furnace than the Government.
\ rich man could borrow money
from his poor relations If they had to
steal it to lend to him. f.ss4aie#
If man could held his own allow
ance down the way he does his wife's
he'd have plenty OF money. 1
When girl has her photograph
taken it's a sign she won't show il TO
ANYBODY if it looks like her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02

use ot Saccharin in Ioudstuffs illegal.
! This official decision. made ia April Of
| this year, was To go into effect JulY l..
IlJl1 Immediately the nDstaers OF sac
charm brought pressure Ia bear at
Washington to have the time extended
in which the use OF their product in
foods would be legal. The appeal was
granted and he sophisticators of
faous-aud othcrs-were officially uoti-
lied that they might continue 20 use
saccharin in the place of sugar until
Jan. l. 1872. Now as the time of pro-
Baton draws TO Il close, the saccl|rin
makers are again appealing to Wash
ington The summer OF 1911 has been
an exceptionally hard one Oh the
sugar-refiners. As every one knows
the price OF sugar has steadily risen
and there is every indication th;it il
will 20 still higher Under such con-
ditions. It is natural that those r,auu-
facturers Of foodstuffs who are mere
concerned with personal profits than
public health should see in the present
shortage OF the sugar-crop the chance
oil lifetime to substitute saeehafid
for sugar Evidently then the
demand for saccharIn is liket |
to be greater within the next |
few months than II has been Tor I
years This Tact has been taken into I
account in Europe by the calling Of
an international conference Il prevent t
The Illegal use OF saccharin Most En-
ropean nations hay" long forbidden
the use of saccharin in ioodstuHs
Great Britain. while not forbiddins IFS
1se. puts a prohibitive tax on the pre-
liner so that in that country II IS
practically as cheap TO use sugar as
II now remains Ia ha seen
vbefrer the three secretaries the
secretary of Agriculture the Serre-
airy Of Commerce and Labor ard the
secretary Of the Treasury-w again
xtend the period of probation for the
Sc Of this drug.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02

the I.ewist.n journal suggests. We
have gone into training. We have or
dered the latest pattern in cast-iron
trousers We are rehearsing some OF
the gestures taught us by Patsy Rear
don. Mickey Sears and others. Ii is
an EDITORS place and duty to properly
school himself in these ethics OF ex-
preston In dealing with fellows
who come from the police court to or
der that their names be suppressed.
this language is best understood. With
the other fellow. who puts ON coat
for the sake of the chip that is at
tached To the shoulder we would eX-
pect TO use the same argument.
on any basis, we expect to keep on
biting those who abuse the law and
It's friends, and We expect, also to ac-
cept what comes in return. in the
manner best adapted to the circum-
| stances
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
Editorial Comment
s Jokenb pulitzer.

t\eW York w oIld.1
y man of WIDE culture, commanding in-
telcct and compelling genius died rester-
day in Joseph Pulitzer.
+ that he was much more than this by
reason OF his tifeIesS zeal In the public
service. Tho " orld is the Imperfect but
sincere Witness. This paper is his chief
life-work. 1t has been his absorbing pas-
sion. not as an end but solely as a means
to the expression of his ideas and ideals
Tor human welfare
Nj Pulitzer brought from his Old
] World association with political wtonSs
yand social abuses deeper appreciation
, of free government than most men feel
who We're born to a share IN its birth
light. lie brought alsSa high regard for
order and authortyT~ uud this grew
stronger with him TO the end. lie saw no
true progress without law no ti'le
! growth without Justice no true deinoe-
racX that WAS not broad enough 10 shell
ter all.
He saw in our Government of checked
ana balanced powers the highest type OF
human administration yet devised; ana
AGAINST strange new doctrines. whether
OF executive usurpation. or OF short cuts
TO nasty popular action, OF of conquest
and dominion over men ct other lands
ana races, ne burned as IlNtn& name.
Not this the place or time Ia. tell Of
Joseph lulitZer's great services 10 peace
high place OF his practical and persistent
leadership in movements of political re-
form or public publication, Of his IN
tense devotion to liberty and his passion
ate hatred at wrong and injustice. TheSt
are an inSeparahle part of the history of
the United states Tor 80 years. We would
today dwell rather upon ms many mani
festations OF "Hfm-hearted interest IN
lesser things that would smooth the path
of the helpless but that Will never live
In the formal records.
OF what has been sood IN Ihe World
more i due 10 MI iulitHel power am
his personal attention than most men
would deem possible, noting ms heaNN
handicap al physical hutWllS ana nj :,
long Waudeftass IN search Of health. Ht
critic. ant his interest was unFasSihs -
the 10y "a If htS death. he rithit ant
the teles! ahh have brought l." ii Ms CON
stant guidance, HtS eAef-reddN protest
.%gainSi hasty Judgment. his inspiration
to e1deaNor The nigh ideal he sci in'
hlms ~ ne h"tter ted th'ta any one n
tel Lou MN WAFn ON HIS Stck-bed al
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
Joseph Pulitzer.

The genius OF Joseph Pulitzer has
been felt i'm the affairs of the world. for
a generation 1t was competing
among civilized nations The wrongs
and political ills of the old world,
which he knew so well. he fought III
his beloved America with all his intel
lect and zeal. He believed IN our
form of government and jealousy
guarded its type against false doc
trihes as he saw the light.
Americans and the world At large
will miss the influence of Joseph Pull
itz"r. although the great majority
scarcely knew of the love of justice
and strength of character which he
impaired in his own way to his fellow
men
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02

would be interested Ia the new corners.
hurried back Ia the house. and the
family including Mn Shannoa's ~
Near-eid father hurried Ia the scene Of
the battle with rits. They found
that the bucks had pioughed UP near
~ two acres of field with their hoefs.
and were still hard al work, but hear
l. exhausted. y shot from Mr.. shan
non grn disposed al the larger ami
mai. and the smaller one was killed by
Jln Shannens knife The larger buck
weighed 2o2 pounds. the smaller per
laps L pounds less.
/ Charles Nj Freeman, of Portland, is
To be transferred rom the consular
service at Mexico To sydney r. ., Mr..
Ere man was graduate ef tho Port
land high school class OF 1872. and saon
after his graduation took mp farming
in New Hampshire. hut not finding
TINS employment congenial accepted a
iminor position IA "a small consulate,
where he showed AN ability that won
hiI The appointment Of L. : Consul
Ia s. Pierre, France. After remaining
in that consulate seven Years he WAS
transferred To Duransa Mexico. His
five wears service in thai office in
Guided the strenuous DAYS Of thc re-
cent Mexican war. during which Consul
Freemans office was :; center Tor ali
the conferences of the foreign citizens.
The most leisurely method of moose
hunune ehronicled 10 date during the
present season is that pursued by a
Mars Hill veteran hunter and woods
INN Humphrey Bridges. Several
raUrs walk rom camp brought him in
sight OF ii hill on which he saw what
looked like pronged stump. Hr
stood five minutes Specializing. then
lcsept nearer and looked again. The
object did not move. Creeping six or
seven rods he saw the. supposed stump
iaoying slightly, and then. a large
tongue Hopping alongside the dark
place revealed the identity Of a moose
lie aimed for the neck of the animal
and fired. The moose rose 20 his feet
and ran When Bridges reached the
spot where the amman had lain ht
found blood all about. He sat down
I filled his pipe. and reasoned that tn,
moose could not last over an houl
bleeding 50 profusely, knowing if hare
: pressed he animal would lead him
long chase. He therefore walked GLOW
ly on. keeping close to the trail, ant
found the moose lying down in lum
+ Der road a mile and half away from
The place where he was shot TIL
5 moose reared ON his front legs, bu
could not pun his hind legs under him
e and half stood with head lowered 10
a battle until another bullet ended tn
4 struggle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
Dangers to Overcome.

One danger To which we have called
attention in the new radical laws. is OF
the lack of legislative responsibility.
another is the danger Of lack OF pub
lie interest Both these are called
sharply to the attention of the people
III an editorial in the New York
World which SAYS:
Seven amendments TO the consti-
tutor of New York State and one
bond-issue proposal are to be voted
upon this fall.
Amendment No. l increases the pay
OF Senators and Assemhlymen from
81, 800 TO $500 and $4,000 respectively,
aud allows them three cents a mile FOR
, travel between home and Albany once
d week during sessions.
Amendment No ends the power
OF the justices of Appellate Divisions
to FIX the times and places Of holding
special terms of court and of assigning
, Justices thereto
Amendment No. } Increases the
number of County Judges in Kings
from two 10 four.
Amendment No. permits city or
/ town to take more property than Ii
needs for any improvement, so that
the remainder may be leased, sold OF
developed in harmony, as is the Eng
Ilish practice.
| Amendment No. ) increases the pay
of future Governors from 10000 e
So. 0ad No Governor in recent times
has lived on his salary.
Amendment No. G prohibits the salt
by the State Of its canals.
Amendment No. enables the SUI
fpfeme Court, with or without a jury
To fix eempensations fer private prop
erty taken for public use. This wori
is now done by appraisal commissions
Under the Constitution the STATE
can only be bonded with the consent
of the voters. This consent is nov
asked for the issue of not more thai
sl9. 500, 000 in bonds to buy and prepare
Terminals for the large canal already
in construction.
Full information of these proposals
is contained in a pamphlet of perhaps
| $4,000 words given out al places a
registry.
| The Legislature of New York iSoult
perhaps hesitate long before it would
vote to increase it's salaries by more
than one hundred per cent. and, con-
sequently. the taxes of the people YET
, by activity on the part of astute poll
ticians it will be possible to brins this
about through the referendum by vote
of irresponsible men who pay little OF
no tax. And the Legislature can smile
resignediy and accept the little doub-
ling up of salaries as a highly appre-
, eiated demonstration of the beauties
' OF direct popular government. The
World remarks, in closing its edito-
! rial:
Here is the referendum in aetna
| operation in New York state 'upof
very important issues. How mann
voters know anything about ttes'
amendments or have shown any inter
est in them?'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02

\ marvel Of scientific research. says
our Berlin correspondent has been ae-
compiished by Prof. Yemg, who has
beer Investigating the interior condi-
ton e anthills BY dint Of patient
observation Prof Yemg discovered
that an anthill two feet in height was
inhabited by $3.50 ants. Other ant
hills of almost the same size We're
found 10 contain g. 500. $4,000 and as
wA ants. respectively. These obser-
vations and the counting of the tiny
insects occupied two years.-London
Evening standard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
FROM THE OLD MANS GRAY
MATTER.

tManehester IN HI Union.3
It doesn't matter much with true
Wonan-the eircumstances--if she but
love truly Ii her man is true blue.
what odds. Circumstances We're made
by the devil Ia ebstruet true love and
when woman can peep beyond the
barrier of circumstances, her happi-
ness is Just beginning.
Whenever Il minister Of the gospel
gets into trouble. there are always
people who get up on their hind legs,
and say There. didn't | tell you!
They are all alike This crew for
gets that ministers are but men, and
that there may also be hypoertes in
other things besides religion.
Every time fellow fnds something
that he wants, and gets it. things be-
gin to come his WY.
Ever notice how some people dis
guse their feelings when they want
things? one would never know what
they are after until they land at the
goal
The oldest inhabitant generally likes
to tell of something bigger that he
once saw, and ne is wise If he places
the date before the other fellow was
born Then there isn't much chance
for contradiction.
There are many girls who work for a
living who forget that they can't burn
both ends of the candle, and play So
ciety" as we'll as attend to their work.
That is one reason for so many fall-
ures
| 1t is funny that when man gets
good and drunk he does not know
enough to keep away from the haunts
of sober people The drunkard is of
| The tyne of the unconscious butter-in.
If there is anything that puts the
| knife into a decent man. 1t Is To hnd,
! after he has staked his life on the per-
fectness of some one woman, that she
really didn't care enough about 1t to
share his worry.
The average woman can't be a
good fellow in a CROWD and amount
| to much in the eyes of the man she
really cares for. The other name for
the good fellow is sport"
/! Balsac. the author. was said to have
been the only author who understood
women thoroughly, He believed in
waiting Tor woman pitt, anu tiie
second time letting her wait for him,
However. Balsac lived in generation
that is past.
Many a man wouldn't for the world
do the things that he advises Others
4o do. one of the incest ways to dis
concert an adviser, is to ask him to dc
;nst what he has suggested that you
should do. 1t is wonderful how poor
Ia man will get suddenly.
No matter what woman says, she
/ will not confide everything to man
There will be something that she will
keen back until some accident dis
c1oses what has riled the water in the
bottom of the well.
| A girl generally has a secret pleas
lura in having two tails to her kite
lIt 10 SORT of nice to hear from some
Ibody who is tabooed, and she has the
pleasure of playing with fire-when a
naughty girl gets spanked for!
1t is funny thing to see a woman
smooth her hair before she answers d
; telephone call, but sometimes she
does so absent -minGedly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
IN THE WIDE WORLD.
brooklyn standard Union. J

4 pearl Weighing forty seven grains,
and said 10 he one nf the largest gems
of its kind in the United States, was
found hy a negro pearl hunter recent
t. on Lake 8ioteneaa and sold in
shreveport. La, for $3.50. and later il
is said for $ld0o 4 Commerce street
merchant bought ii from The negro
and then sold ii 10 4 pearl buyer. II
was examined by a number OF local
merchants and Jewellers, and some
placed its value at $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
Still in Training, Neiehbor.

A Cooper's Mills correspondent of the
Waterville Sentinel says that If a certain
Maine editor calls him fellow again
he will call and see him.. Is TINS a
threat? What do they do at Cooper, :
Mills when they "call and see the edi-
tor? What is the editor to understand
pistols or coffee The Hon. Col. Blease
open time on editors so long as he is in
Office After that. If they lie about him,
they get licked. But sometimes the edi-
tor doesn't permit himself TO be licked.
There is a ease in recent literature IN
Maine The Maine editor in question,
who happens to live in Kennebec county.
might take this view of il. IL the call
were not amicable. Meantime, IL passes
into proyerb thai fellow" is a word YOU
can Ase only once about a man IN
cooper's Mills. Lewiston Journal.
Now that our teeth have ceased te
chatter we have decided TO object, as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
Editor $ 7 able
Mis- S Billy.

An impulsive, warm hearted girl is
"Billy"-withal, sweet and dainty with
pink cheeks and curly hair. tnin-
tentionally- rather. unknowingly-she
completely oVerturns and JuSsles the
quiet and dignihed life OF Beacon
street trio of boys. Growing up she
allows romance To enter her life ana
the story ends in q delicious medley
of surprises-strikins firmly upon d
sympathetic chord III the hearts oil us
readers-the chord of glamour ana
joys OF youth" Published by l.. I.
Page & Co. Boston: price s1.25 net.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
The Wonder Lady.

\ direct appeal, simply driven
against the heart comes in this story
by Ella Lowery Moseley. The hero
inc is a veritable Lady Bountiful' be-
fore the children of a citY's cheapest
tenements The Wonder Lady Is
their affectionate name for her. ran
talizing traces always lie across the
path of a devoted young physician
who strives to continue toward pre-
arranged marriage, that he may Sc
cure a fortune to found Il ehifdren's
hospital. The reader finds compelling
interest to the solution of the doctors
dilemma. Published by Lothrop. Lee
& Shepard Co. Boston; price $l1o
| poStDaid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
A HOUSEHOLD MEDICINE

That stops coughs quickly and cures
colds is Foley's Honey and Tar Com.
pound. Mrs. Anna Pelzer 252G Jefferson
ST. SO. Omaha, Neb.. says II can re-
commend Foley'S Honey and Tar Com
pound as a sure cure for coughs and
colds. 1t cured my daughter of bad
cold and my neighbor, Mrs. Benson, cured
hareelf and he, whole family with Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound. Every
one i'm our neshborhood speaks highly
of it," For night coughing. dryness and
tickling in the throat. hoarseness and all
coughs and colds. take Foley's Honey
pnd Tar Compound. Contains no opiatcs
Always in a yellow package .-Bowditch,
Webster 4 Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
The Use Of Ssocharin.

We don't believe the Washington
authorities will extend the time in
which the product Of the saccharin
makers may legally be used in food
.staifs II II il Illegal, why not have
done with it. Instead of nursing the
business along to please the manu-
fsetnrerse The Journal Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association has this te
nay of IL.
The government has declared the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
THE RIGHT KIDNEY MEDICINE

J. E. Parker. 2o2i No. 10th St. FIT.
Smith, Ark. SAYS that he had taken
many kinds OF kidney medicine. but did
not get better unttl he took Foley Kidney
Pills No matter how long you have had
kidney trouble. nor at what stage of the
disease Your case may be. YOU will find
quick and permanent benefit by the use
of Foley Kidney Pills. They also regu-
late the action of the urinary organs.
start taking them now.-Bowditch. Web
ster Il GO.
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Nancy, the Doctors Little Partner.

Nancy Porter remains the same
lovable little maid. cheerful and older,
more valuable each day to her com
rade-like father. more of sunshine
ready for those whom she meets. y
thoroughly enjoyable story of the ups
and downs Of her valuable life written
with sympathetic comprehension OF
the child's point of view. by Marion
Ames Taggart, Eight Illustrations by
Etheldred Breeze. Published by t. c.
Page & Co. Boston; price, $i.5o.