davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.

The use of trackless trolleys is rap
idly extending in Europe
A horse eats nine times its weight
in food in year, sheep six times.
Germany can assemble an army of
over million soldiers, ready, literally
speaking. to the last button, to any
point along her borders in less than
week
The Women's Automobile Club of
Philadelphia is the first of it's kind in
this country. Each active member is
required to own and run her own au-
tomObile. The home of the club is the
old Benedict Arnold house. in which
the original decorations and furniture
have been as far as possible restored
connection with the Royal AutOmo-
bile Club of London has been estab-
lished.
Cents, being of small value, are
carelessly handled and are lost in such
great numbers that the United States
Treasury has to work hard to main
tain the supply. The profit to the
Government on their manufacture is
large. however. inasmuch as the
blanks for them are purchased for 81
a thousand from a firm in Connecticut
that produces them by contract.
Blanks for nickels are obtained in the
same way. costing Uncle Sam only a
cent and half apiece.
The researches and experiments OF
French scientist have led him to the
conclusion that the cerebral nervous
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Coming Events

Jan. Injecting of state civil En-
gineers. Augusta.
Jan 17--Legislature enters upon dis
charge ef duty of election of Y. S. Sen
ator.
Jan Injecting of Governor and Coun-
ell, Augusta.
Jan. lS-19-4Sth Annual Meeting Maine
Press Association. Augusta.
Jan. 20-Banquet and initiation Bowdoin
and Colby Chapters, Zeta Psi.
Jan. 2i-kennebec County Christian
Endeavor Union, Gardiner.
Feb. Injecting Maine Federation of
Women's Clubs, Augusta.
Feb. 6-ll-COmmercial Travellers Food
Fair, Bangor.
Feb. S-Kenaebec Pomona meets with
Cobhosseecontee Grange, West Gardiner
Feb. S-Adjourned Meeting Maine Bar
Association, Augusta.
Feb. 1I-lS-l9-Mainc State Y. NJ. c. A.
and college Y. NJ. c. A. Lewiston.
Feb. 0-25-Aviation Meeting, Boston
Feb. 2l-22-Western Maine Pythian Ju-
bilee Lewiston.
Feb. 22-Annual Meeting Maine Society
Of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Riverton.
Jan. 24-East Kennebec Pomona meets
w'.h East Vassalboro Grange.
March 3.-Cony High-Portland High de-
bate Augusta.
March l3-l5-Annual Meeting State of
Maine Chapter. ID. A. r., Portland.
April l9-Annual Convention Maine
state Branch, No. Is. L. n. a. p. o c..
Bangor
ference, Oldtown, Bishop Cranston pre-
siding.
April 19-2G-Maine Methodist confer
ence. Biddeford. Bishop Nicely presiding
June 2-2'-Thirteenth Triennial Con-
vention International Sunday School As
sociation, San Francisco.
Oct. 2'-36-2I-Annual Convention Maine
Teaehers Association, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
A Leqend.

The Russian peasants tell today
A legend old and dear to them:
How. when the wise men went their way
To find the Babe of Bethlehem,
They paused to let their eamels rest
Beside humble PEASANTS door.
And all intent upon their quest,
They talked their sacred errand DER.
Come with u.s." said the eager three.
Come seek with us the heavenly Child,
What prouder honor can there be
For mortals. sinful and defiled.
And bid each child. in festive clothes.
bring of his treasures the most rare:
Bundles of myrrh and whtest doves
WIN ointment for the Christ Kings
Who knows what blessing may befan
If they but touch His garments hem
And only once for them and all
WIN Christ he born in Bethlehem"
"Alas. have so much to do,
me mother answered with sigh.
cahot journey now with Won.
but ! will follow by and by"
The wise men frowned and rode away,
Leaving the children all aglow.
And pleading through that busy day.
When NAY we go? when may We go?"
And while their cheeks flushed ROSY red.
ihey shouted in a shorus sweet:
ana may we touch His pretty head.
Ana may we kiss His blessed feet?''
For women still will bake and brew.
No matter what sweet honors wait:
And petty tasks will still pursue.
ihoueh angels tarry at the gate.
When all the rooms were eleanly swept
And chairs set primv in a row.
Betokening a house we'll kept,
Ana wearlly she turned TO go,
Inc SKY was purpling in the west.
me silent night was Fastening on
ne three wise men had onward pressed.
ihe star from out the East had gone.
"nat could the foolish mother doo
She turned her footsteps home again.
Nor ever all her whole life through
DID she behold the three wise men.
Alas! through weak delaying. she
=, Her noblest privilege missed,
Nor ever did the children see
ihe Foiy babe they might have kissed
-EpiScopal Racorder
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
In the Wide World.

For every man, woman and child in
this country there is manufactured
each week more than twelve pounds of
finished iron and steel products.
Most of the cotton produced in China
seven acres. The whole family en-
cages in the cultivating and works as
many as twelve hours a day.
st. Petersburg, which is to have $50,
100000 spent on it for sanitary i'm
provements. has been described as the
most unhealthful of the continent s
great cities. Its death rate is said al
ways to exceed its birth rate.
In the novel farming of T. VI Rior-
dan. of London. positive electric
current of 100000 volts or more is sent
through network of wires at height
of to Is feet, and the nitric oxides
produced are supposed to be washed
by atmospheric moisture into lime
spread on the soil. The nitrate of lime
resulting is one of the best of manures
There are practically no fire engines
in Japan. but the Yokohama city coun-
Gil has made an appropriation to buy
two. In the old days of bamboo
houses, which the owners could take
apart and carry off under the arms
fires caused little concern in the land
of the Mikado, but the Yankees of the
East have been constructing real
buildings in recent years. Some des-
tructive blazes, with heavy losses
started the fire engine movement
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
A Remarkable Banquet.

a remarkable dinner has just been
held in New York; probably one of the
most remarkable that was ever held
anywhere 1t was marked by all the
features that usually attend such
functions, including speeches, toasts
and applause, yet stiffness. punctu-
ated only by the occasional pop of
the champagne cork, exerted strange
influence upon the walters who moved
about their tasks silently, almost
gtimly, and the whole produced a
wierd effect upon the few outsiders
present And yet. among those who
participated in the banquet, there
was no lack of jollty. Each witty re-
mark was greeted with smiles and
waving of handkerchiefs and, while
there was steady flow of conversa-
ton, not word was said.
1t was a banquet of $50 deaf mutes.
In the silent but witty after-dinner
speeches is the suggestion that some
of these members might be. with good
effect, secured to deliver the speeches
at some other public dinners.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Lessons in Science
WIRELESS TElEGRAPHY.
The De Forest system.

This differs from the Marconi, Lodge,
Muirhead and Fessenden systems in
that an alternating current Is used as
| the initial source of energy for the
tranSmitter instead of II direct current,
| and transformer is consequently
utilized instead OF an induction coil.
Alternating current at 500 cycles per
second is employed. BY a resonance
transformer the initial voltage is raised
| to $4,000 volts: a special self -muffted
spark gap and tubular glass con-
denser are in the primary circuit. The
oscillations set up in the antenna cir
cult are very persistent and having but
a single frequency. instead of the
usual double frequency, they are
sharply tuned. The primary oscilla-
tions are completely "quenehed." i. e.
damped, which gives the note at the
receiving station high. perfectly
clear. musical quality. very penetrat-
| ing and easy to read amid atmos-
pheric disturbances and interference
from other stations. The over all
| efficiency of this new system" is 90
to 15 per cent. That of the old spark
sets rarely exceed Is per cent. AS n
result, Il "Radiotone' Ca high mote
system) station employing kilowatts
| can cover distances which required
| 20 kiloWattS or more by the older
methods. DIR. Siebr. who claims his
work on the quenched spark anta'iates
| that Max Wien. has added to this sys-
TEN Photographic tape recorder,
which is said to record signals as
| weak as the ear can detect. and at
speeds of transmission as high as 100
words per minute. The De Forest
Autlion is the detector ordinarily en-
ployed in this system. This is Il
small incandescent lamp with special
! electrodes and circuits il is ac-
knowledges to be one of the most
sensitive of detectors. The Radio
| tone" like the Telefunken system uses
| closed tuned circuits. without sliding
! contacts for adjusting frequencies,
| thus keeping damping losses down to II
minimum. Interference from signals
differing by only one per cent in wave
| length can be prevented by these
| systems
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
IN THE WIDE WORLD.

New York City's assessed real cs-
tate value is more than that of the
entire States of Ohio. Indiana and II
linoie
Researches in Germany show that
given quantity of red hot coke Will
absorb times the amount Of wa
ter that will be absorbed by the same
coke if cold.
Man is no longer growing in mental
capacity if the conclusions of Brit
ish authority, Neville Chamberlain,
are correct He makes a distinction
between intellect. pure and simple,
and the qualities that together make
up what is called character, and finds
il doubtful if the races often regarded
as inferior are at any disadvantage
in pure intellect.
a smoke praventer made in Leeds.
England, is in the form of a hollow
cone of special perforated firebricks.
and is supported in the combustion
chamber in the direct track of the
gases from the CRATE. A pipe pass
ing through the ash pit admits sup
ply OF air. The firebricks become
redhot, the heated air combining with
the unburned carbon and hydrocar-
bons. and insuring their complete
combustion.
The Horse Cave (ky) Gazette
prints the following about the home
made hickory teeth of one of the
states oldest citizens Frank Forbes
is the oldest mail carrier in the coun-
ty, and perhaps the oldest in TINS
part of the State. He is ninety years
old and has lost three teeth, and mas
worn false teeth made out of seasoned
hickory cut so they fit around the
other teeth. They last for several
years. and when they wear out he
cuts out some more, and he claims
they beat the teeth dentists make.
The automatic electric passenger
elevator requires no attendant. Press
ing the. usual push-button calls the
cage if not already in use, and when
it stops at the landing the door may
be unlocked and opened. 1t cannot
start again until a lever is moved that
closes and locks the landing door. In
the cage is a push-button for each
floor served, and on momentarily press
ing one of the buttons the cage moves
to the corresponding floor and there
stops, when the door may be opened
for the passenger to alight.-Brookiyn
Standard Union.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Mrs. Sage and the Squirrels.

Those who remember parsimonious
-.Uncle Russell" who refused to pay
more than ten cents for his daily
lunch, or more than eight dollars for
a suit of clothes, will wonder what
lie would say, could he register "a pro-
test, at the way the Widow Sage is
scattering the sS0.000,000 he left be-
hind him. Just imagine the venerable
millionaire souandering good Ameri-
can dollars on the squirrels and birds
of Central Park and other parks OF
the great American metropolis Who
that knew him could conceive Of
"Cncle RUSSELL adopting these little
wards OF the city and carrying cheer
to them in the cold mornings of the
winter?
That is what Mrs. Sage is doing.
Fearing that they are often forced to
go hungry, the widow of the multi
millionaire miser sends huge bags Of
selected tid-bits daily, in her automo-
bile, TO Madison Square and Central
Park for distribution among the birds
and squirrels. The friendship between
Mrs. Sage and these dumb people of
the parks is striking. and has contin-
ued for many years. Every morning
i. is her practice to visit Central Park,
where she has established, cordial
acquaintance with the squirrels, who
ran up and down her arms in playful
abandon, which touches her inmost
tenderness, and she responds in a prac-
, tlcal way that it is to be hoped they
appreciate. The food she gives away
daily in this manner would settle
Uncle Russelrs lunch bill for six
months and, fortunately for the squir-
rels. he is unable to raise any rue
tinns about it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
SuNFtOWER PHILOSOPHY.
(Atchison (Kan.) Globe

(Atchison (Kan) Globe.
Anv man who has money behind him
can be resourceful.
Ever know of a Square Deal which was
satisfactory to all concerned?
Both time and your work will drag a
good deal if you watch the clock closely.
A two-cent stamp always gives letter
q respeetability that one-cent stamp
can't give it. --'--~
1t is all right to be a good loser. but
that is no reason why you should make
a business of it.
Aside from the pictures in the muslin
sales, a newspaper picture never seems
to hit very close to True Art.
Most men have a secret conviction that
the hero fund owes them something IL
they can only get chance to collect II.
What has become of the old-fashioned
family which kept doctor book IN the
house to refer to in times of sickness!
If there is one thing which will make
an old-fashioned woman snort louder
than another. it is to see a hobble- -skirted
female riding in an automobile with
fuzzy dog on the seat beside her.
The average man doesn't worry very
much about whether he has good or bad
blood so long as it doesn't show in plm-
pies and blotches. 1t is the woman VINO
does the worrying about ancestors.
Don't imagine you are strong lion
and have to look fierce all the time.
If you always speak the truth people
will overlook your bad grammar.
1t has always been our theory that the
man who steals anothers wife isn't
really guilty Of grand larceny.
You may have observed that the aero
plane that is guaranteed not to fall avoids
such a misfortune by not going up In the
air. .-
If young man gets down to work on
time two mornings in succession he i'm
mediately begins to talk good deal
about how che is trying to do the right
thing"
It is difficult for some men to tell the
difference between self-confidence and
conceit. and TO know just where to draw
the line between the two,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Editorial Comment
Danger in Humanity's Dents"


4 story comes from New York State
now of the transformation of remark
able and inveterate criminal into an hon
est and upright man by the simple means
of an operation to remove a dent in his
skull which had been pressing upon his
brain since a bOyhoOd accident. Teach
ers and acquaintanccS vouch for the
change that took place in his character
at the time of the accident, and there are
plenty of official and professional gentle
men to testify to the reverse change re-
sultinS from the operation. On the
strength of their testimony the man is
soon to be liberated from Clinton prison
after having served part of a sentence of
10 years for first degree robbery. The
case tends to bear out the theory that all
criminals are in some degree insane, and
also TO suggest that this unsoundness of
mind may in many cases be due to some
ply steal defect. We have found that 1t
is possible to make scholars out OF
ounces by merely removing adenoids fit
ting glasses or correcting other physicai
defects of more or less easily discov-
erabe and remedial nature, and it now
looks as though we might be on the eve
of an era in which the physician and sur
geon might play as useful a part as the
Judge and the probation officer in MAX
ing good men out OF bad ones. AS
soon as the operation for changing pessi-
mists to optimists, and making boosters
out of knockers is perfected. We have in
mind. some subjects who can be treated
to the great advantage of this COM
munity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Maxinos by Mark Twain.

We ought never to do wrong when
people are looking.
Let us be thankful for the fools.
But for them the rest Of us could
not succeed.
Nothing is so ignorant as mans
left hand. except lady's watch.
Few things are harder to put up
with than the annoyance of good
example.
Grief can take care of itself, but
to get the full value of a joy you
must have somebody to divide it with.
Training is everything. The peach
was once a bitter almond; cauli-
flower is nothing but cabbage with
a college education.
Wrinkles should merely indicate
where smiles have been.
There are several good projections
against temptations, but the surest
is cowardice.
Habit is habit. and not to be flung
out of the window by any man, but
coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
| Man is the only animal that bushes
| or needs TO.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16

: The latest idea for controlling the
rolling of ships in high seas, is to bal
.ance the vessel by means of large
ssNbodies of water carried in ingeniously
arranged tanks. These compartments
are built in the form of ~" and are
run continuously down the port side
through the hold and up the starboard
side. The water is controlled by a
special device for balancing the up
ward swing of the ship. The inventor
has thus caused countless thousands to
bless his name in the future. If you
have ever felt tie rolt of the ship and
your stomach attempting to perform
the service which this u" is accom-
plishing, then YOU can understand.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16

Mr.. Pattangalls plan to hold all ap-
4propriations in suspense till late in
Sthe session is at least an effort to
keep appropriations in proportion; but
the only adequate method is to look to
the Governor to propose all appropria- :
fiions. No appropriation should be
dnade till the Governor has asked for it.
There needn't be any fear that the
Governor will forget. to ask for all the
appropriations that ought to be made.
Under Mr.. Pattangall's plan there
will be opportunity to find out about
chow big and persistent Democratic
shuager is. And then it will be up to
stht hungry Democrats to show how
self-denying they can be.-Lewiston
SSun.
5 How do you know? Who authorized
Ayou to interpret the Royal Pres
sence"?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16

2 One c. s. Fowler has furnished the
areal estate men of Texas with a great
booIn lever. He declares that be has
sheen making investigations and has
GAntonio there is enough btuminous
9coal 10 supply the entire United States
Nor five hundred years. 1t is main.
Iained by hiri that this can be mined
sso cneaply that it will serve as an in
56ucemcnt to manufacturers of all kinds
ITO locate there WheW,. And Kansas
has JACK rabbits enough to feed the
world q milion years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16


All New England feels an interest in
the dispatches from Boston that
Lrcius Tuttle has been under the knife
and his left leg amputated below the
knee. Few men are better known in
the northeast corner of the United
States than former President Tuttle of
the Boston & Maine, and few there are
to oppose the assertion that he has
been always of and for New England
progress. And few there are who
have had to do with great enterprises
Who are so truly respected by their
subordirates. All along the lines of the
b. g. NJ railroad men from department
heads to brakemen and train boys are
inquiring anxiously for their former
chief.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
SENTENCE SERMONS.

One good deed always leads to MANY
others.
Slander soon dies if you take il
out of circulation.
The best way to lift men is to meet
them on level
Heavy words in meeting will not
make up for short weight in mar
ket.
Heresy hunting is simply an obses-
sion of omniscience
we ind the worst in all by trying
To get the best of any one.
The worst foe You have is the man
who would kill all your enemies.
Modern life pushes a man into the
mud and then chdes him for material
ism
Some turn their backs on ordinary
principles to gaze at heavenly pros
poets.
with all our doing things for people
they need most our being men to them.
Magnify your personal rights and
You are sure TO create some social
wrong..
Boasting Of saying what you think
Is often an excuse for not thinking
what you say.
Progress in the human race depends
less on getting ahead than on helping
along.
True charity will seek to purify the
well and not rest content with paint
ing the pump.
1t is no use holding up the divine
throne if you're treading on the chill
-dren's toes to do it.
Sentimental charity often flies out of
the window when practical ability
knocks at the oor.-Spoliesman's Re-
view.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
FACT AND FANCY.
Mexicans eat grasshoppers.

<Mexicans eat grasshopperS.
A Spanish bullfighter gets $500 a
The policeman. like the rainbow. ap-
pears when the storm is over.
It's a hard,hard world, and nobody
knows 1t better than the aviator.
The face that lights up in converse
tion is not necessarily lantern jawed.
Some cemetery jantOrs, unless
closely watched. raise vegetables in the
rich graveyard mold.
We would all write our names or
the scroll of fame but for the innum-
cradle tribe of elbow joggers.-Fal
River Evening Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
TROUBLE cHASERS.

a girl with dot cuts quite a dash.
Distance lends enchanments TO tho
view-of a cross dog.
Many a man never does, but always
is going to save money.
Women would let out fewer streets
il men were less inquisitive
A boy gets more experience than
pleasure out of his first cigar
In delivering a speech, he careful not
To get the wrong address. Chicago
News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
u i
Humiljtv,

Lord, from far severed climes we come
To meet at last in thee our home.
Thou, who hast been our guide and
guard
Be still our hope, our rich reward.
Defend US, Lord. from every Ill.,
Strengthen our hearts to do thy will
In all we plan and all we do
Still keep us TO thy service true.
oh. let lis hear the inspiring word
Which they of old at Horeb heard,
Breathe to our hearts the high command.
Go onward and possess the land."
Thou who art light, shine on each soul.
Thou who art truth, each mind control.
Open our eyes and make ms see
The path which leads to heaven and thee.
John Hay.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Farming in New York.

In spite of the fact that less than
one in twenty of the states popula-
ton is actively engaged in farming,
New York's farms and farmers are in
highly prosperous condition, and the
annual value of the farm products to
the state has increased more than 80
per cent. in the past ten years, ac-
cording to figures collected by the
state department of agriculture. Dairy
products. hay, fruit and poultry, i'll
which New York occupies a promi-
nent position among the leading states
of the country, have all advanced
greatly in value. so that the yearly
output of the states farms is now
abou. S4O.0OO.000.
AS a result. there is we'll defined
movement toward the farm lands OF
New York, not only on the part of
immigrants but of the residents of
the cities. They are finding that pre-
vailins prices return handsome pro-
Its for farm products. In the En-
pre- state. as we'll as in Maine, it is
freely predicted that this movement
will grow in strength and that dur,
ing the next ten years there will be
great increase in the rural popula
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16
Maine Gossip
Trials.

Trials.
Heavy laden, dropping low,
Fir boughs bend beneath the snow,
Lightly fell each tiny fake
TritieS ofttimes trials make.
Bending. but unbroken. low
Droop the fir boughs meath the snow.
Soon their burdens melt away;
Restful in the breeze they sway.
Brothers. like the fir trees bear
Every load of grief and care:
Looking for the brighter day,
When they all shall pass away.
Rev. Henry crocker.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16

system is neapable of perceiving mora
than an average of 10 separate im-
pressions a second. After each excl
tation Of the nerves a period of in
ertia follows, lasting about one-tenth
of second, and during this period a
new impression can not be made. Ac-
cording to the investigation Of this
scientist a person cannot make more
than 10. or at the most a dozen, sepa-
rate voluntary movements of any kind
in a second, although the muscles. in
dependently OF the WILL are capable
of making as many as 80 or 40.