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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30
SAGADAHOC.
RICHMOND

Noble Maxwell was a business
visitor Wednesday in Portland.
Emeth Chapter. No. o.. A NJ.
held a special convocation Thursday
evening. Three candidates received
he NJ NJ. degree after which refresh
ments We're served.
CLYDE Alexander has secured posi-
ton rs conductor on the Electric ROAD
in Augusta.
W. f. Wilson attended the meeting
of the Maine coal Dealers Assoeia-
ton Wednesday at Portland.
Lewis Little. former resident oil
this town who recently moved to New
castle, was calling Wednesday on
friends.
Misses Sadie aud Annie Williams
left Thursday for Capitol Island where
they will pass the summer at Wade's
cottage
Mrs. G. A. Hawks left Thursday for
Capitol Island where she will be the
guest Of Mrs X. W. Small for a few
days
Richmond Lodge. No So, l. o. o. f.,
met Wednesday evening. During the
months of July and August meetings
win be held every other week.
There win be a joint meeting this
week of the school boards of BoWdoin-
ham and Richmond. The selection OF
a new superintendent will he the
principal business.
Mrs. Newell Davis of Gardiner is the
guest of relatives in town for few
days.
Mrs. Mildred Wentworth of Gardi-
ner attended the wedding Wednesday
evening of Skillins and Tarr at Rich
mond Corner
Herbert Stewart. principal of the
New orleans, Mass, High school, ar
rived home Thursday and will spend
the summer vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stewart.
Henry Libbey of Iceboro returned
Thursday from a business trip to Bos-
ton.
Civil engineers of the Central Maine
Power Co., were in town Tuesday lay
ing out the site for the sub station on
Kimball street.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Merrill and
daughters, Mildred and ""r'nn #
Leominster, Mass. arrived Wednesday
and will spend few months q. 80.
summer home.
Homer Alexander, principal of the
Waldoboro High school, has returned
home for the summer.
BOWDOlN.
Mrs. Dora Curtis was in Augusta
Wednesday on business.
George Townsend and daughter of New
York is passing his vacation with his
father, O. r. Townsend
baptism of six persons will be at
West Bowdoin next Sunday. July 2. after
morning service.
George Townsend of New York and his
father, o. r. Townsend of West Bow
doin were recently the guests of j. o.
Roberts and family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30
It's a Serious Matter.

At the first indication that you have
Brown tail Moth poisoning do some-
thing for 1t. Toiletne will stop Ii at
once if applied Immediately, otherwise
il may run for days or weeks. But
even then Toiletine cools and soothes
and stops the terrific itching. Get a
small bottle at your druggists and
use it whenever your skin is irritated
1t affords certain relief also for sun
burn, prevents bIistering and peeling
and keeps the skin in perfect condi-
ton,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30
aa SOMERSET.
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Mrs. P. p. Dearborn was in st. Al
bans last week keeping house for Mrs.
Lizzie Berry during her visit to Farm
ngton. where she attended the grad
uation exercises of the Glass of 1911
of which her sister Miss Lenora Clark
was a member.
D. s Emerson and family of st. Al
bans. with their guests, Mrs. c. r.
Frre and Miss Bertha Frye of Wilton,
New Hampshire, visited Sunday at w
A. Blaisdells.
Mrs Ethel Craig of old Town visit
ed over Sunday at the home of her
parents in st. Adams.
Miss Mildred Thompson OF Auburn
is making an extended visit at +. w
Thompson s. She was accompanied by
her father. c. +. Thompson, who re-
turned Sunday
Mrs. Susanna Brown Is visiting II
Corinna and ST. Adams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25


provoking one another, envyfng one an
other.-Gallatians vi;26
PauFs epistle to the Galatians is a
masterpiece among his famous writ
ings. Its extraordinary compression,
its richness of argument give it a most
convincing character. It demonstrates
once and for all the freedom and
spirituality of true religion. The hui
man note is dominant throughout
There is no part of it, either, which
points the way to tranquility and hap
piness in more decisive manner than
the few words quoted above.
The vain glories of life are many.
They abound on every hand. They
have peculiar attractions for many
people. But there is really nothing
to them, nothing of substance that is
worth having. They are destitute of
force and efficacy. They effect no pur-
pose. They are shams of the worst
sort, utterly void and worthless, and
decidedly unsatisfying as the indi-
viduals who cater to them all find out
sooner or later. Vain pomp, and
glory of this world, 1 hate thee" cried
out one of Shakespeare's characters.
That should be a battle cry with every
one.
AS provokers of envy among men
they have no equal And if there is
anything that breeds unhappiness it
is envy 1t is a difficult thing to fight
against, too. The desire to have a
share of all the good things which
make life worth the living. to gain
success in chosen fields of labor, is in
herent with most persons of intelli-
gence. But it is the way of the world
that some are favored above others
with these things. And for those who
have them not it is mighty hard to
sit by and not feel an envious longing
for their possession. Such longings,
however. make for discomfort. And
discomfort soon develops into actual
hatred
1t is all right to desire success, and
the good things of life, to think of
them and plan to get them But it
is all wrong to display envy towards
those who have them, to begrudge
them their good fortune. Nothing but
comes of it. If consider
able of the time that is devoted to
envious thoughts were turned to ener-
getic endeavors, most of the things
desired by the individuals who are
given to this envying would come to
their hands.
And perhaps the struggle every man
should make against having envious
feelings would be helped along a bit, |
if he kept always in mind the words
Of a famous philosopher: Whoever I
envies another confesses his superb /
ority.''
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all right, and don't you forget it. He
is wise He VIII be for Taft, if Taft
be nominated, but also, in all Hkeli-
hood, he would be for some other
Republican if some other Republican
be named, for the colonel in his head
IS a Regular, although in his heart
he is som etines an 'Insurgent' but
tor all practical purposes, like the
ncklng OF Democracy, he is a 'Regu-
lar, of the strictest and straightest
stripe.
Some time ago it was inconsider-
ately, incautiously and unwarrant
said he would support Taft; that is to
say, it was given out that he would
help in the work toward the nomina-
ton of Taft
and calculating position was thought
to be correct, because insurgent sena-
tors going to oyster Bay with the idea
of inducing him to come out for La
Toilette or Cummins or some other
insurgent received no encourag cement
In fact, they came away bowed down
and dismantled they Joined the glOoms;
they thought the colonel was against
them. He was not necessarily against
them.
They jumped to conclusions; they
jumped so far that even the White
House danced with glee and received
the joys, when the word was passed
along that the colonel had committed
himself to Taft. Now, of course, the
colonel never did anything of the sort
and he quickly said so: Zip! Zipli
Zip.!.
He doubtless thought that having
been president, and having practically
dictated the nomination of another
president, that he was entitled to
sit on the fence awhile and see some
one else play the game. He was not
roofing for either crowd, but when the
crowd picked the winner. and if it
should prove to be Taft, it could be
put down that there would no more |
consistent supporter of Taft than the !
colonel himself
''Sure. the colonel will support Taft |
at the election, and has intended to all
along, if Taft win the first heat |
against LaFollette.''
(Chapter XXXII Mondav9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

pIoded a bomb of surprise upon his
matchmaking host and hostess
"Rosamond Will remember said
Peter in response to some question OF
Toms
"Rosamond." repeated Agatha with
quick glance at the girls lovely
flushed face.
"Rosamond our Rosamond p
doomed Tom. amazedly looking from
Rosamond's face to Peters grinning,
sheepish countenance.
May said Peter firmly. mot your
Rosamond-but mine! Mine since
o'clock this afternoon, when we were
quietly married in st. Stephens
chapel" He reached out hand and
Rosamond placed her pretty left hand
within it.. Peter lifted the third finger
and showed where a wedding ring
shone below a blazing diamond. Il
fell in love with Rosamond when she
nursed me through typhoid last winter
and I've been begging her to marry me
ever since. When we found we had
both been invited down here at the
same time-we decided to make
wedding journey out of it and surprise
you!' He glanced triumphantly
around.
ITS a surprise all rightl' ejacula-
ted Tom, shaking hands violently with
the bridegroom.
'But why did you talk so dreadfully
to me about Peter? % inquired the bride
reproachfully as she withdrew herself
from Agatha
And Why did you warn me against
Rosamond ?" demanded Peter sud
denly.
The conspirators glanced at each
other and blushed.
'sHahl' cried Peter with sudden en-
lightenment. Matchmaking Ell? An
old game. my children!'
Il didn't believe q word of it any
way" declared RosamOnd as she
slipped her hand in her husbands.
Neither did t. confessed Peter.
.(Copyright 1911, by the Associated
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Would you ever in the world think of
teasing your friend or your brother or
sister or husband to give away to you
some money or some precious possession
which had been entrusted to his keeping
No, of course not" you say What a
silly question"
Perhaps it is.
But wait moment Did you ever tease
your friend or your brother or sister or
been told him in confidence; in other
words, give away to you som ething which
lad been entrusted to his keeping?
Can you give as emphatic a negative to
that?
I doubt it,
And yet is there so great a difference
between the two.
OF course, there is the chance that the
confidence might be a good deal more
precious than money or any material
possession to the one who gave it. But
the principle, 1 think, is just the same.
And yet 1 know but few people who
have a fine sense of honor about this
thing.
I know a woman who boasts that her
husband tells her everything that is told
him even if it is in confidence. He has
to-" she says. because if he doesn't
don't give him any peace"
What a boast!
Myself. / should think she had more
reason for shame than for vain glory
ing
I know an engaged girl who quarreled
with her fiance and broke the engage
ment because he would not tell her some
thing which she thought he ought The
something was a confidence given him
by a very old friend who unfortunately
happened to be a woman.
To be sure. / don't know all the cir
cumStances of the case, but / am much
inclined to think that he is well rid of a
wife who would beseech him to be dis
honorable, and who was not capable of
realizing that he could not love her so
well flowed he not honor more -
I suppose some one will remind me that
a husband should not accept a confidence
which he cannot share with the other
half of him.
Perhaps not.
But the question whether he should ac-
cept the confidence is one thing. and the
question whether he should betray Z.
after having accepted it, is quite an
other
And as to the first question-for my
part I cannot see why it should prejudice
the happiness of a couple if either nus
band or wife knows something that he
cannot tell the other-provided. of course.
that the knowledge is not anything which
for some particular reason ought to be
shared.
To urge anyone to betray a confidence
to insult him.
To accept a betrayed confidence is to
accept stolen goods.
To betray a confidence is not only to
dishonor yourself but to lower yourself
in the eyes of him to whom you betray It.
And yet none but the most honorable
scruple to ask others to betray conf
dences.
What tremendous motive power Curl
Osity isl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Mr.. Hogg of Hays City probably gets
all he wants to eat. He is the pro-
prietor of a restaurant.
AS the Atchison Globe understands
the situation. very few hunters are go
ing to be able to eat a quail a day for
thirty consecutive days.
When our English cousins speak of
secondhand garments they say left
off, where we say -castOff." The fol-
lowing advertisement recently appeared
in a London paper: Mr.. and Mrs.
Hardy have left off clothing OF IL kinds.
They can be seen any day from to 6
p. n."-Stafford Courier.
The state of Kansas has confscat-
ed nearly a hundred carloads of in
toxicating liquor in the past four
river If business keeps up this way
it may become necessary in short
time to send Missouri river catfish to
the Kee1ey.-Holton Signal
Habits are strong things to over
come when once thoroughly formed,
says the Formoso New Era, and it
gives this illustration: 1t is told as
a fact that a "centraPs' steady was
spending an evening with her recent
ly. and during the tete a tete he asked
for a kiss. From habit, she respond
ed, mum BAH
A Central Branch merchant wanted
The story is told that he distributed
$50 among his friends for them to spend
in the store during the days while the
prospective purchaser was looking at
the stock. Every Is minutes during the
day someone came in and bought some
thing. Business looked so good to the
stranger he closed the deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Probably town hunter pays the big
gest meat bill.
Some men assert their independence by
knocking ashes on the carpet.
If boy had his way about it the fam
lily would spend the winters in Canada.
We have our weaknesses, but thin ice
isn't one of the temptations we yield to.
Probably the man who buys an article
with tobacco tags pays the highest price
Overplaying ones hand may win oc
casionally, but it's a poor plan in big
game.
Tuition in the school of experience
sometimes costs more than the diploma
is worth.
Some men carry this conservation cam
paign Too Far, and have their clothes
made too small
Some time in life, every boy thinks he
wouldn't care much for a job that didn't
require a uniform.
Life in small town isn't so swift as is
indicated by the trains which go through
without stopping.
Does a school teacher ever consider
how much clearer her explanations are to
herself than to the children?
A man who refers to a grown woman
as his Baby, deserves to have his letters
aired in the halls of justice.
A judge who has to watch all the evil
dence in q. case is buster than he looks
perched up there on the bench
DIR. Cook is going to take up farming,
so that if he feels like telling a whopper
no fuss will be made about it.
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HUlNOR OF THE DIP

Mrs. Black-My husband is always as
founded at the amount of money I meet
Mrs White-Well, call II a budget ana
nothing will surprise him.-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
Shea person is an idiot to bother a
lot about his descent. Don't you thini.
so2 He-Yes; unless he happens to be Nj
aviator up in the air.-Boston TRANSCRIPT
Mrs. De style-My last cool, had o.
great deal OF sang froid. Bridaet-5i,,,e
never froid it. mum. but I've billed h
Marks-Speaking Of aviators. who Is =,
holds the endurance rccord2 pari--
Elijah, guess. He certainly holds the
script
Knicker-we are learning economic .
ehe S, ,eeiSo marked Bocker-And now we
and Italy.-New York Sun. NY
Didn't your paper want you to 90 ~
. hIlpoA. es, but preferred SOM
been hunting In the Adirondaclts s.,- 4 Ne
land Plain Dealer. ~iefe-
Speaking Of that bear Won k,fas .
its size to your various iisteneTe =. .n0qlty
never tell man more than i tbini- eii;
+N-oDAAE EptL
Irate London Householder 10
S.ll. I1-aoNe on, there. 1 don't van e
Lar lt..er your oawling all day WHY ~, -. 70
g. q" ass sins Hearts OF Oak an 80
90 40 you sing II like a hymn Si,,...wh WY
sii rs Earts OF Hoax sir be.s,.ssee I'll
iiltes enc H.o ri hngiish song. sir Bur M ~, ~
nkss. sir II sing an 'ymn w. ~ you
II. ny I1It, SIT They say that NV
. no 20, o. Ages IS worth the nric1 s il ot
d pint OF gin any day.-The sta1ds OF ali
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
BETWEEN THE LINES
BY BEN RIBBLE.

Avoidable but not avoided is the
essence of all error.
A sky-rocket career usually ends in
a low altitude.
According to They say. the last
naval gunboat is always the biggest
The practical man knows what to do
and how to do it,
Did you ever order ton Of coal.
pay for it, and not get a ton?
If every dog has his day. then every
The know-an is usually a knock-aIl.
who never accomplishes very much.
Don't try to make friends too fast
rush friendships are not lasting.
The necessities of life that cost our
ancestors practically nothing are to-
day burden Of expense.
Half the dear people do not say
what they mean-and most of the
other half do not mean what they say.
There hasn't been much change in
literature since Kane and Kipling en-
gagged in a poetic war of words as to
whether or not the mother Of the
man is the female of the species"
Peculiar. isn't it-that words nuy
spoken. carry little weight unless ut
tered by some dignified windjammer.
The old fashioned way of starting a
fire by rubbing pine sticks together is
now supplemented by the friction OF
dimes and dollars.
In this advanced age. the person
who can't address an audience, extern
porsneously, ought to let the other
fellow try.
If failure means that your wish
bone is more highly developed than
your backbone-what would a fellow
do who was hump backed?
At Aurora. Mo. according to sign
board information-it is a IS fine for
trading on the square. Must be a
preference for circular exchange.
A sign painter once said: Il mix
my paint with brains" What would
an artisan do who didn't have enough
to use that way?
once knew a fellow, who by dint
of honest toll. pursu ed "A course In life
that led him onward toward the goal
of fame-but fortune Stunned his
pathway. During life. the one great
necessity was taken from him-but
without it, When he died. his friends
thought of no higher honor than TO
allow his name and profile to be
placed upon the lid of a tobacco box
advertising a scent cigar with a 10
cent puff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
DVERTTSING TAKS
BY WILLIAM c. FRIEDMAN

Franklin p. Adams. who conducts Ihe
Always in Good Humor' column IN the
Evening Mail, in the issue Of November
10th said
Tomorrow viii be HILL etc.
He meant Of course. the year, 1911 the
18th month and the llth day. -
We advertising men missed great gp-
portunity TO enjoy "a unique heading Tor
a human interest advertisement Tor NO
vember II, 1911
our lives we can use a similar unique
heading. and that will be 12-12-lz, on De
cember y. 1912.
Make a note Of IT, then on December p.
1912, write an interesting newsy advertise
ment under the caption 'I2-12-12."
most attractive and stirring au-
vertisement could be written for that date
that people would read. II could start on
this way;
Year 1912-Month 12-Day y
Never again viii this occur until
Year 2012-Month EBAY y
and by that time the chances are that
every human being now alive will not be
here, unless life. by some unknown
method, should be prolonged to 100 years.
This fact arouses some curious and
strange thoughts"
Then go on and let your Imagination
weave story that viii thrill your read
Let all your thoughts be expressed IN
most optimistic fashion.
Conclude your story with practical
reference to your business something like
the following
This business. we believe will be alive
in 2012. We are constructing il so Il
will live. 1t is a fine thing to contem-
plate. If we build a good reputation while
we are alive long after we are dead our
name will survive. and future generations
will have as an influence to guide them
the clean, honest endeavor we made"
Finish il out any way you please.
The thought in this story will perhaps
make us realize that we should struggle
to do something worth while. that
when we are through here our names will
be remembered.
(ro be continued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
DAFFYDuS
BY U. NOALL.

If a dozen eggs is worth Thirty
cents in Kansas City how much is
Leavenworth?
tBrealx the news gently. Mothers
nerves are all unstrung)
IF Tom, Dick and Harry hollered at
the price of the seance would psychic?
Hold up his head, boys, he's try
ing to speak.l
If Anna Held a rattle and John
Drew the lucky number how could
May Irwin?
(And the actors ell say that a critic
by another name ouId be a knocker
just the same.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

What has become of the old-fash-
ioned young girl who used to blush &C.
caSionally2
X
Not many men attempt to maintain
their self respect when their bread
and butter stands in the way
X
One of the incessant battles of life
is being fought with women on one
side and Father Time on the other.
x x
This much is certain. When women
get into politics. they can't do any
worse at it than the men have done.
x
It's all right for a man to think well
of himself, but he shouldn't give such
thoughts much publicity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
FROM OTHER pEES
COLLEGES AND MARRIAGES.

The dean of Wellesley College having
introduced statistics to show that among
the women who figure in the divorce
courts, the proportion of college gradu-
ates is very small. there are not want
ing evil-disposed persons to contend that
the typical college woman is not marri-
ageabIe material anyhow and that the
rarity of her appearance in the divorce
court is thus accounted for. Be this as it
may, certain it is that in at least one
collegiate institution the necessity Of
making women strong and beautiful, as
well as paragons of learning receives due
recognition Barnard College makes this
an important feature Of its course and the
physical instructor there promises to
achieve great things in the matter of de-
veloping the physical charms of the
students and making them as attractive
in body as in mind. If the Barnard ex-
pertinent works out anticipated, its
success should be sufficient answer to the
arguments advanced against the fitness
of the college woman to compete with her
Phillistine sisters in the marriage market
and to hold her own after the marriage
knot has been tied.-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

None of the big department stores
in Kansas City. Mo. is to stay open
evenings during the two or three weeks
before Christmas, as has been custo-
mary from time immemorial With such
stores in most cities. This is a move
ment in the right direction There is
no good reason why it should not be
put in operation in all other cities
Most people have just SO much money
to spend on their Christmas shopping,
and they can be depended upon to spend
it all whether the stores keep open
evenings during the holiday season or
not It is not likely, therefore, that
the merchants would lose many pen
MES Of Christmas trade by keeping
their stores closed nights. Any incon-
venience to the public from such pro-
eedure should be exceedingly slight.
And the advantage to the clerks in the
stores would be Unreasonable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
NANCY.

As.blossom flies when the wind is blowing.
,,i butterfly light. dipping and glancing,
So she comes, dancing
EAR, rare, as a wind-blown flower
fragrant sweet upon ApriI's bosom
Blooms her exquisite life this hour
A flying blossom
Blow, sweet wind from the land of fancy.
Flower of youth on your wings ad-
Vancing;
Blow, blow me the heart of Nancy
When she comes dancing
Pail Mall Gazette.