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Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
Test Seed Corn Now.

Now is the time for farmers TO gee
their seed corn tested and find out how
much Of II is strong Many think that
their seed is sound and will test a high
per cent. when IN reality it is very
poor. The thousands who had to replanr
corn last year should need no warning
this year. yet many of us are apt to for
get the past in looking TO the future and
enjoying the present.
1t is q simple matter TO test each ear Of
seed corn and find just where you stand
with a termination test. This matter has
often that every one. practically. knows
how TO put down u termination test of
his corn. From three 10 five grains
should be taken from each ear, in differ
ent portions of the car, and placed on
numbered squares on Il cloth or heavy
paper. The corn can be put down in lay
ers in any box and covered with saw.
dust or some other moisture holding ma
terial and kept in n warm place Tho
corn should develop sprouts long enough
for a test in a weeks time.
Several persons who have sent in re-
ports of the condition of their seed corn
thus far say that much of it, is very poor
and they are getting good corn early be-
fore it is culled over and the best taken.
Now is the time to test seed corn and
prepare for the 1911 crops Farmers and
DroVers' Journal
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
Editorial Comment
Two Court Decisions.

Gardner Reporter-JournalJ
\ Pennsylvania man who married
the nurse who cared for him in hos
pital. had the marriage annulled four
wears ago on the ground that lie was
insane when he married her. lie mas
since become cnamoured with
Nassachu setts glrl, but when he pro-
posed 10 marry her. his brother
brought suit TO prevent II on the
ground that he was insane. As he is
a millionaire. it made considerable diff
ference whether he married again.
But the court III this case decided he
was sane, and he was married just
as soon after the telegram announc-
ing the decision was received as the
arrangements could be made. II IL
rather a handy arrangement that the
courts can decide a man insane or
not Just as i4e desires. 1t is To be
hoped tnat he or his wife Will not
want him TO be declared insane again.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
kites which towed him from Calais
N D.ayer in 10 hoiirS

kites which towed him from Calais
to Dover in 13 hours. 49,.
Extensive experiments with kites for
military signalling have demonstrated
that they can be used at night as well
a nv day. During the night they are
equipped with Bengal lights and vari-
colored electric lights which can be
manipulated ut WILL most messages
being transmitted according To the
Morse code
In Germany. kite balloons have been
constructed which are capable of car
rying and sustaining n passenger car
at great heights for considerable time.
The latest development, kite aeri-
ais" have proved their efficiency in
receiving wireless communications
from distant points, messages being
easi!y intercepted and written out by
the operators. a string sufficiently
strong to hold the kite was used. and
an enameled wire about SOC feet in
length was used as the aerial. A gal
vanized pipe was used to ground the
electricity, and dry batteries sufliced
for receiving the messages.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(Chicago Sews.)

A girl likes TO call her hair red when
it isn't.
Anyway, the water pipes never freeze
up in our air castles.
Some men are judged by their deeds
and some by their misdees1s.
Every woman seems to think it's up
to her to make fool of some man.
Associate with mean people and you
will have a mean opinion Of the world.
y wise woman will let her husband
have his own way once in while
for a change.
Most people have poetry in their
souls-but only a few have sense
enough to keep it there.
And some wives are willing to do
all the quarreling if their husbands
will do all the making up.
The bill collector is about the only
man who has an excuse for believing
that the world owes him a living.
A Western millionaire attributes his
success to the fact that he listened
10 his wife. Most married men have
TO- anyway.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
SELLING EARLY POTATOES.
Marketing Through Shipping Asso.
Citations Explained bv Govern~.nt

~NF'~''So W government.
Ihe perishable nature of the imma-
ture potato renders it necessary to
place it upon the market in such ouan-
tit'es only as will admit of immediate
consumption. Producers in regions
Whcre the growing of early potatoes
has been extensively developed appre-
clate this and have provided for this
| condition by organizing shippers asso-
cations through which the crop is
graded. often trademarked, and dis
tributed chiefly in carload lots. The
officers OF the association. being in
constant telegraphic communication
with the various markets, are thus in
formed regarding the most satisfac-
tory destination for every consignment,
which may be necessary. 1t is the
purpose of these associations, how
ever 10 conduct their business in such
a way that the product can he sold +.
a. b. shipping point instead Of by con-
signment and tho best organized asso-
Citations are usually able to do this.
Tie great advantage of such a sys-
ten Of selling is that il enables the
brokers in q small city or town to buy
direct from the producer instead Of
through another city broker. 1t en-
ahleS the consumer To obtain fresh
products. as they are shipped direct
fro I the point Of production To the
place. OF consumption. TIE plan car
rias other benefits which are Of great
IT, IN mt to the producer. He is enabled
to sell in carload lots at shipping point,
thus saving himself the cost of trans
portation. which ranges from 70 Il
per cent of the gross selling price. The
exchange secures q much wider dis
tribution of the crop, with the result
that overstocked markets are much
less likely than under the consignment
system. Transportation companies
provide better service. and claims are
more promptly settled through the eX-
change than in the case of individuals.
This plan enables the producer TO be
his own salesman. 1t transfers the
distributing point from the city 70 the
field. where il should be. 1t brings
the market t. the field instead OF the
product to the market. The exchange
becomes the farmers commission
house, and il is much easier to Keep
informed cegarding the transporta-
tiors of a home association than or a
foreign concern.--Cnited states De
partnent OF Agriculture Bulletin.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
MARRIED..
CUMBERLAND.

CUMBERLAND.
Portland-Feb. q, Thomas Hayes and
Katie Wood, both of Boston. Mass: Feb.
p. John Sammels and Agnes \. Embree.
Portland and Lotie NJ. Morrison of Fal.
mouth.
Farmington-Feb. 16. Arthur d, Keith
and Flora ID. Lake. =. .e-,-.- ..,..-...-.
KENNEBE,C.
Gardiner-Feb. ~ Edwin r.: Sleeper OF
Auburn and Miss Charlena Eickersou.
: PENOBSCOT. s
Bangor-Feb. %. Ora Earl Caverly OF
of Bangor .i 80 - -'-'~
Stetson-Feb. Is. Thomas B. Coughlin
Of Dorchester. Mass. ana Miss Laura "A.
Grover of Stetson. "a - - ssfi ~ s,Fs.sT4.
West Entield,Feb; p. Ralph H. Leavltt
Grand Falls. n. R-Feb: q. yFrancis
Miles Wsatherhead and MIS- Catherine
lsssis 1s s. .iis iyisA14pp,.sl sa 4
BATH Miss Celia Eyeieth sargent q
fea5sasnspE5''is 5anys5 .I&s sc s;zA.
e7ssssssassAAs tsxszf.&s -zx sszssss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
BORN.
AROOSTOok

NtODSTUDN.
River de Chute, Easton-- Feb. 10, 10 the
wife of John Mahaney. a daughter.
CUMBERLAND. ..
Gorham-Feb. 81. to the wife of Wil-
liam II. Kimball, a son.. -
HANCOCE s
Brooklin--Feb. lS, 10 the wife of Eras-
tus j. Candage, a daughter. =.
Ellsworth FaiIs-Feb. t6. TO the wife or
Eugene a. Carlisle. daughter.
KNOX. .r
South Thomaston-Eeb II, TO the wifd
of Linwood r. Dyer, Il daughter.
Rockland-Feb. 90, to the wife of Will
liam c. French. son; Feb. 2l. TO the
wife of Percy Bryant, n son; Feb. Is. to
the wife Of Arthur Walsh. a daughter.
PENOBSCOT.
Penobscot-Feb. %. to the wife of Mels
vim A. Wardwell, a SON.
WASHINGTON.
Lubec-Feb 90 10 the wife OF Glenn ~
Lawrence, a daughter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
Strength and Endurance

Are factors of the greatest success.
No person can do full justice to him
self without them.
In no season Of the year are they
more easily exhausted than in the
spring.
We need not discuss the reason for
this here. It's enough to say there is
one. and that Hoods Sarsaparilla gives
strength and endurance, as thousands
annually testify.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

The derailment of limited express
train without injury to a passenger o'
trainman is testimony to the better
safeguards to travel by rail whlcf
the more substantial modern equip
nent provides-New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

ANY person who is spelling fo
trouble may learn something to hi
interest by going down TO Gloucester
Mass, and shouting "Rah for reci
procity. y."-Manchester (N. III Union
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

IF women insist on killing men by
stabbing them accidentally with nat
pins on crowded street cars, we may
be forced to consider the alternative
whether it is better to abolish the
crowded street cars or the men
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

There is plenty of good and plenty
of evil in this world. Whichever you
wish to see you will find in aound-
ance.-Portland Evening Express.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
Things Worth Knowing
Valuable Industrial Data Cleaned
from Authorities for the Ken.
nebec Journal.
COAL.

Coal is rock of dark brown or
black color. soft. often brittle. WITH
low specific gravity GA and under),
and consisting mostly OF carbon. ny
drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. 1t Is
found most abundantly in the upper
part Of the carbonifcrous formation
or Coal Measures. though il occurs
also IN strata Of many different ages,
especially in the Upper Cretaceous
series. where il forms beds or seams.
1t is the principal source of fuel for
domestic and manufacturing uses.
In tn conversion of vegetable mat
ter into coal, the changes which take
place are partly chemical and partly
structural. The oxygen, hydrogen.
and nitrogen of the wood tend to bc
expelled, while the carbon remains.
and increases in proportion as the
process advances till it forms nearly
the whole of the resultant mass Tan
thracite). Peat, Ignite or brown coal.
bitumnous coal and anthracite form
a series more and more removed from
wood in composition and character.
The brown color of peat and ignite is
Il transition to the black color of coal.
The specific gravity also Increases,
and with il the percentage Of carbon
and the amoAnt OF heat which is
given out during combustion. The
vegetable structure at the same time
gradually disappears. 1t is possible
that even the beds Of pure graphite
carbon which occur in metamorphic
rocks may he in some cases Unej
certainly are not always merely lay
erS OF vegetable matter which have
undergone the last stage of altera ton,
and have been deprived of all their
volatile matter and of all traces OF
vegetable structure.
The gradual increase OF carbon nnd
the decrease of the volatile constitu-
ents is strik ingly brought out in inc
following from wood TO anthracite.
All Goals contain sulphur (partly as
pyrites or marcasite. or as calcium
sulphate. etc), and incombustible in
organic impurities. such as silica,
alumina. ana magnesia. These form
the ash. which varies in amount from
one to TWO per cent. up to 30 per cent.
and over. Tie ash is mostly sand and
mud mixed with coal at the time ot
its deposition or subsequently,. and
when there is Il large proportion OF
such foreign material the coal PASSES
gradually into bituminous or carbon
aceous shale or sandstone.
Goals contain also gases dissolved
or cccluded in them. principally car
bon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen;
and if these are abundant and are
given off in large quantities, they are
very dangerous in underground work
ing. The carbon dioxde is known as
"ehoke damp while the methane,
being infiammable, is the fire damp"
OF the miner These gases seem 70
be produced by the liberation OF the
volatile hydrogen and oxygen during
the naturalization TO which the ltgn-
eous material had been subjected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

Sunshine and laughter are the two
most essential requisites of good
health, says a Boston physician. II
that advice could be preached to and
needed by more people there certain
ly would be less sickness in the land
Fall River Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
VOICES OF THE PRESS.

The LIQUOR agency law has gone the
way of the Sturgis laW'-h'olei"'o
Record.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at To O'Clock.
i. G. HARRINGTON, N. q.
X. II. BROWN, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. q
Meetings at 7.SO O'clock every second ana
c. w. POOR. c.P.
g. w. MERRILL Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

Eight potato houses containing
5000 bushels of potatoes, valued at
$4,000 were burned at Fort Fairfield
Tuesday night. That's some baked
| potatoes.-Biddeford Record.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. . p. N.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday at
8 o'clock.
w. b. GETCHEL4I., Capt
L. C. HUGHES, Clerk
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
The Wandering Watch.


Have you ever heard the story OF
the woman who was 40 disorderly that
she could never find anything she
wanted2 Her watch gave her the
most trouble. She could never put her
hand on 1t when she wanted 1t. It
finally became such q source Of an
noyance to her that she determined
she would know where that watch
was, anyhow. whether she knew where
anything else was or not So when
she took the watch or she didn't
allow herself to lay it anywhere but
in particular spot in her dresser
drawer.
1t was very hard at f1rst. but after
q time she had no difficulty in remem-
bering to put 1t there. She formed the
habit Of order in connection with the
watch. From that she got to putting
everything in her room in it's place.
And 80 this woman evoluted from the
most disorderly housekeeper in her
neighborhood. And it all began with
the watch!
Don't undertake too many things
at a time and get discouraged. Do
one thing at a time well, and when
you have done that you will nnd
your thought prompting you to doing
something else equally well or better,
and 80 on until you will finally have
your house In order-your mental
mansion a. we'll as your material
house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
No Black on Natures Palette.

Nntur9 uses no black in any part Of
her work. l will not except the black
berry and the 50 called black pansy
On a bright. clear day shadows on the
snow are pale ultramarine blue; under
blue Sky in midsummer the color of
the placid lake is cobalt blue and the
shadows on the grass are lilac: on a
weathered gray boardwalk they are
nearly as blue as the sky itself. The
palpitating atmosphere Of warm
July day lifts the colorng Of the land
scape to a higher but softer key In
stead of reducing it with gray. and In
the autumn. when the sugar naples
leaves are turned to gold, the shad-
ows on the trunk and every gray rock
in the vicinity are tinsed with strong
lilac. In fine. when the sun shines
everything. even the shadow which
we are prone to believe ia gray, IL re-
prete with color.-F. Schuyler Math-
AwS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
Stvjiah Coat Sat.

The right coat set on the right suit
looks well, especially In warm weather.
when it gives a fresh touch to a dark
linen, serge or pongee.
One that has the merit Of being styl-
ish and quickly worked is in black
and white. The collar is shawl shaped,
deep at back. and the cuffs are Ave
inches wide.
The surface is closely covered with {?
scroll design worked with white cot
ton couched with black at short inte:
walls. The entire skein is used for the
underlay and a single thread for
COUGHING
The edge Is finished In a straight
buttonholing. quarter Of an inch
deep. with a fine chain stitch worked
close to it in black. which also re-en-
forces the puri
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
Fsrooieus Knives Welded by the Ma.
tives Of Hindustan.

Fsrooious Knives Welded by the Ma.
tivss Of Hindustan.
The weapon common to every part
OF Hinduism. 50 as to deserve the
name Of the national arm. Is the "ka.
tar" This is a broad. two edged dag.
ger. the hilt of which is formed some.
thing like an H. the hand grasping the
crossbar, which is generally double.
while the side bars extend on each
side of the wrist.
Some katars are made with five
blades which unite into one. but by
squeezing together the crossbars di-
verge like the fingers of a hand when
the thrust has been given. Other ka-
tars are made in sets Of two or even
three. of diminishing sizes. the blades
OF the larger being hollow and form
ing sheaths for the smaller
Some Of the southern Indian katars.
weapons. nearly two feet long in the
blade, and the hilts are a mass Of
fantastic scrollwork and NEUROLOGICAL
holsters. the cobra with expanded
hood figuring largely.
There Is also the "bich'hwa." or
scorpions sting. doubly curved dag
ger; the "khanjar." a larger form of
the same. and the "peshkabz.' or
hunting knife. But none of these elab-
crate weapons has about it the terri.
bly, "businesslike" look of the Khyber
knife (ch'hura). with its ponderous sin
gle edged. tapering blade and plain
ivory hilt.-Chambers' Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
Youno kmerjca's EnuIish,

"What Is the most incorrect sentence
yAny Of your children ever get otrT'
asked Glenwood schoolteacher re
Gently at the Schoolmen's club.
lone Of mine got this of not long
lngo." responded n young man who
Eteaches ut the Robert Morris school
'It amt hisn like. but youru.'"
"My best" said another teacher. ran
something like this: Rare roast beef
f9s meat what there amt none what's
Many underdunner'
H The best one Of the afternoon was
| Furnished by Germantown teacher
q Here Is one." he said. (which has the
pld clns sic. He seen his duty and done
Ut NOBLE beaten forty ways: 'Lewten
fpent Grant hearn the enemy In his bed.
but he snuck up on him and killed him
without known who. where or what
sH0e was "-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
THE GULF STREAM.

No Material Change In its Course In
Modern Times.
Much has been said In recent years
In regard to the changing route OF the
gulf stream. Indeed. the character OF
this steady. consistent and answering
body was getting so maligned that tn.
government looked into the matter
with the result that this mysterious
current Of the ocean was entirely vim
dicated. Experts declare that there i.
no change In the course nor has there
been for many years.
No other physical feature Of tn.
ocean Is subject to more persisten,
misinterpretation than is the gull
stream. All vagaries Of climate are
laid to its charge. 1t is IL pet theory
Of many that the temperature of Eu
rope Is greatly affected by it. but this
idea is held by high authorities to b.
erroneous. 1t is not as extensive as IL
commonly thought. Practically start
ing at the Florida strait. where Its
volume Is made up by the union OF
currents, 1t ceases to be true cur
rent by the time 1t reaches the south
ern limit Of the Grand banks. where j,
becomes surface drift. governed by the
winds
The government experts aver that
there has been absolutely no material
change In the gulf streams course In
modern times. York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
PRIDE ON BOTH SIDES.
4 Story Of the Duke Of somerss& and
the Artist Seymour

A Story Of the Duke Of somersst and
the Artist Seymour.
We have all heard Of The proud"
Duke Of Somerset. but we do not all
know OF the occasion on which his
pride had a fall. The story is told in
The Glenbervie Journals"
1t seems that the duchess had sent
for Seymour. celebrated painter Of
horses. to make the portrait of a race
horse at Petworth. Seymour during
his stay used TO dine in the stewards
room. but one day the duke was so
pleased with the picture as it ad-
vanced that he desired that be would
dine at his table
At dinner Seymour. who proba bly,
had not been expected to mix In the
conversation. took occasion to say that
he believed he had the honor to be re-
lated to his grace. This gave such Of
tense that he was either sent away or
put SO much out OF humor aS to go
ing the picture.
Afterward the dukes pride gave way
to the desire he had OF possessing Il
good portrait Of bis favorite horse.
and he ordered his steward to write to
Seymour and engage him TO return to
finish his work .nt Petworth.
Seymour directed his reply to the
duke himself In these words: Your
pride would not allow that l am OF
your family. To convince you that
am. your picture shall remain as 1t il:
for, by -, ! won't GOMEZ
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
Pie In Art.

An artist in Chicago tells Of a lady
in that town who with her maid. wen,
to purchase Il still life picture for her
dining roola. She selected canvas
on which were painted bunch of
flowers. pit cut in two and roll
and was about to pay $23 for it when
her maid approached to whisper in her
ear.
Excuse me. ma'am." said the sery-
ant. but you are making Il bad bar
gain. ] saw a picture very much like
this sold tho other day for sl5."
"And was 1t rs good as this:''
- Better. Tla'am There was good
deal more pie in il. I.ippincOtts
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
SENSE OF TASTE.
Curious Ssisetivs Po~srs Exhibited By
the Tongue.

Curious 8sisetivs Po~srs Exhibited BY
the Tongue.
Four classes-sweet. bitter. salt and
acid-have been assigned to the sense
Of taste in human beings. These four
classes with their combinations pro-
duce all the delicious sensations that
we ascrfbe to taste al well US all the
disagreed BILE Impressions OF that sense.
The tongue. however, Is not equally
sensitive In all parts to these SenSa-
tons. Indeed. it has been shown that
different tastes result from the same
stimulus when applied to different
places on the tongue. The tip of the
tongue. for instance. is most sensitive
to sweet and TO acid tastes. while 1t il
far less capable Of perceiving II bitter
taste than any other part Of the organ
Some persons are unable TO perceir.
any bitter taste when Iuinine Is ap
piled only to the tip Of the tongue
At the back Of the tongue the bitter
ness Of the drug Is perceived at once.
An explanation Of the curious selec
tive powers exhibited by the tongue
Is that Il variety OF nerve fberS ar
present IN that organ. each kind bein:
sensitive only to one OF the four prin
cipal classes OF taste. These nerve ii
bers are distributed in varying mum.
bers over different parts OF the tongue
At the tip. for example. the nerves that
are sensitive to sweet and acid stimuli
are most numerous. and accordingly
in that locality those tastes are the
ones most reudily perceived. At the
back OF the tongue. on the contrary.
the nerve fbers concerned In the per
ception of bitterness prevail over the
others.-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
Young Eagles.

An eagle lives from 80 to 100
years. The youn. birds are driven
forth by their savage parents to pro
vide for themselves rs soon as they are
able to ly. No training is given them
by the old bird. That is left to thefI
wild instincts. which hunger aud ne
cessity develop. There Is no going
back to the cid home" for the young
eagles. The mother bird tears up ev
cry vestige OF tn" nest. and II the,
emit plalntive shricks the old birds
dart at them aud push them OF tn.
crngs or rocks aud thereby make them
take to their wings. 1t takes three
years for young eagle to gain its
complete plumage and strength.