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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
Can You Feed a Few Birds?

Bird lovers are appealing to the
people everywhere to remember their
bird friends in the heavy storm and
biting weather. Every community
should respond to the call TO feed
the birds" But more than the cities
and villages should the farmers be-
come active in providing food for the
little feathered fellows who work all
the year for the agriculturists.
Farmers boys and girls should put
on their snowshoes and go To the or
chards and groves and thickets. and
open bird lunch counters" and
bread lines
The birds not only give us pleasure
but they destroy untold millions of
menacing insects against which man
tights feebly. Were our bird life con
served and propagated, insect pests
would no longer alarm us. And now,
cred grasses weeds and berry bushes;
when buds and cones. are eneased in
ice, is the time 20 show our apprecia-
tion and friendship for the birds
Many birds remain north in the
winter At the farm outbuildings, in
the worst winter days. are often seen
woodpeckers, chickadees. goldfnehes,
nuthatches, wax-wings and other
birds, and who has not beheld a fit
ting sparrow friend of the summer. or
juneo. robin or bluebird. in the very
dead of winter
Grass seed from the harm floor. or
crumbs from the table sown upon the
crust, hardened snow or some pro-
tected spot, helps the little fellows
over a time of famine
Remember the bird friends in these
big storms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
Cause Of Pneumonia.

Keep your mouth clean and avoid
pneumonia. seems to be the meat of
advice in a letter to the Boston
Transcript. The writer SAYS:
Pneumonia is 50 prevalent and so
fatal that a suggestion for its proven
ton may not be out of place. SO far
as We know the pneumococcus, or
germ which is responsible for pneu-
monia. is not carried in the air 1t is
carried in the human mouth, de-
posted on the rims Of drinking cups.
or may be expelled Ia the act OF
coughing and may be deposited almost
anywhere
All mouths suffering from Riggs
disease. and nearly all unclean
mouths. contain pneumonia germs.
The germ is sometimes found in
healthy mouths. but its virulence is
not usually SO great as in mouths
where disease and filth are common.
II is probable that many people ac-
quire pneumonia from their own
mouths
When perfectly we'll we are able to
resist the invasion OF disease germs.
When our vitality is lowered by a
severe cold by overwork or by I'M
hygienie conditions we must yield to
the disease we have long resisted.
\ clean mouth is a great protection
against pneuomnia. The pneu-
lnococcus is very common but dies
easily. Proper treatment of diseased
mouths and greater care of all mouths
would go far in reducing the number
of pneumonia cases in our city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
First Steps in Real Economy.

Most of us remember what Senator
Aldrich said about saving millions TO
the people if the government could
be run on business principles instead
Ct BY political selfshness. After an
insight into the service Of President
Taft's Economy and Efficiency" COM
mission we are led to wonder just
how many millions. approximately,
could he saved To the government by
carrying out the Taft plan to the let
ter. One of the members of this com
mission, Harvey 5. Chase. the public
accountant, has returned to his home
in Boston and is quoted by the Trans
eript SO interestingly that We hope
every reader of the Kennebec Journal
will consider the meaning of the ne
ginning of a work that seems endless.
Up to this time little information
has come from the councils Of the
Commission. It's members have been
devoting much of their time to gov
ernmental inquiry for many months,
making numerous suggestions that
have been put into effect in the var-
Gus departments and reserving the
most important for elaboration and
report to Congress by the President
What has been accomplished to date
is now open 10 inspection. though 81
technical are thousands of the ideas
embodied in volumes OF reports and
numerous charts that the lay mind
would have difficulty in assimilatine
them. The purpose of the investiga.
tons is that of correlating ana har.
moniziRg business methods, so Ions
based on individual and somewha
archaic foundations, and trying TO eff
feet a greater efficiency in the ex
renses of governmental operation no
dis;inctively saving in expenditures
The members of the commission ar
not ready TO say that Aldrich wa
right. but they insist on the statemen
that, from present progress in III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
(Rafll. Times.


President Taft in pardening Morse
conferred an appreciated boon upon
the latter's Maine kinsmen and neigh
hors. While their anxiety for the
prisoner and their Impotence Tor his
release may have tG some extent
blinded them temporarily to the diff
neulties and perpexities of the
Presidents position. in retrospect we
believe that they Will realize the con-
sciertiouS earncstness with which no
has been endeavorng to do the right
thing, and Will honor him the more
highly because of this conscieptious-
ness. Mr.. Taftis heart would naturai-
~ incline him To mercy and the plight
of the i'll and doWncast man at Al
Ianta would appeal To his very strong
human sympathies. Vet on the other
hand his mind and lifelong habit
would incline him To bow to the law
as interpreted by the courts, and to
shrink from any act which might IN
the slightest degree tend to undermine
the majesty Of either 1t was DIT
hcult position which the President oe-
cupisd. and VIC believe his one en-
deavor was to solve it right, without
too great severity to the prisoner, or
too little respect for the law whose
servant he IS or the courts which are
the custodians of the law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
Monday, January %, 1912.
Wireless eirdIe of the World.

In daily touch with vessels anywhere
in the Pacific and American rarships
Son the China station. is the wireless
scheme being worked out by experts
.of the Navy Department. Thus would
CONGRESSMAN Hobsons hugbear seem
10 get a black eye. \ Washington
dispatch says:
What amounts almost to globe
sgirdling system of wireless commune
a.ation has been planned by Hutch /.
Cone. L. 5. n. chief of the Bureau o.
Steam Engineering. Mr.. Cone, with
the authorization of Secretary Meyer
win urge the plan before the House
Committee on Naval Affairs. He Will
ask for an appropriation Of sl.eo0,9oo.
Details of the plan have been worked
out by Lieutenant Commander d. W.
Todd. L. :. ~, in charge Of wireless
in the Bureau Of Steam Engineering.
TO make the plan effective II Is pro-
posed TO have powerful wireless sta
tons at San Francisco. Panama, Pearl
Harbor. Hawaii Guam Samoa and
the Isle of LuZon, III the Philippines
These towers. of q height appToXimat-
ing five hundred feet will be used
either in direct or relay communica-
ton with the wireless towers now be-
ing erected for the navs At Arlington
Rear Admiral Cone is convinced that
the perfection Of the proposed system
would permit the Navy Department
10 keep in daily wireless communlca-
ton with American warships ON The
China station without difficulty, as
we'll as in constant touch with yes
sells anywhere on the Pacific.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
HUNTING IN SPAIN.

The use of firearms is very extern
sive in Spain. Hunting is so popu-
lar that 20.000.0Oo empty sporting car
tridges were imported into Spain last
year, and of these 100000 entered the
port of Valencia alone. More than
two-thirds of the total are of ordinary
and low grade quality, costing about
81 cents a hundred unloaded, but there
is also a limited market for very high
grade sporting cartridges with deep
metallic lining, adapted for heavy
charges of smokeless powders, which
are imported from Great Britain and
the United States, and are retailed ~
from $l.45 to $l9S a hundred, accord
ing to length and finish Manchester
IN. I'D Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
HOUSE OF A MILLION STONES.
A French Letter Carrier Collected
Them In 20 Years.

\ remarkable structure was built
BY VI. Cheval. a French letter carrier
out Of a million stones he collected
While on his route. The collection %
these stones, which were not picked
up haphazard. but had TO be more OF
less carefully selected for the differ
ent purposes for which they We're de-
signed. took no less than 26 years
Work was commenced before the
whole number Of stones were gath
cred together. but it was not until the
last stone was in place that the pa
tient workman took up his residence
in the mansion, of which he was the
sole architect. builder and owner. No
less than $500 sacks of cement were
required in the construction of the
edifice.
one part of it represents an Ara
lian mosque and Buddhist temple,
another a Swiss chalet, Il third a Chi
nese pagoda. Quaint Egyptian gods.
reproductions OF prehistoric animals
and other queer figures are used To
decorate the place. and subterrauean
passages are filed with weird stone
figures of every description.
There are no less than twenty rooms
hich are filed with statues and 9th
er decorations designed and executed
by the versatile letter carrier.
The floors and stairs are all fash
toned out of cement. which in some
instances is studied with stones of va
rious colors.
The structure does not present the
patchwork appearance one might be
in
which il was erected ON the contra
ny. there is every evidence of plan
carefully designed beforehand and
carried out with the specific materials
contemplated for the purpose
For ten years" said Nj. Cheval. Il
had treasured in my mind the idea of
building Il fantastic palace with a
erotto. towers, sculpture and Other
embellishments. Each stone was col
lected by me on my daily rounds al
HauteriVe. in the department OF
Drome, France.
"When l first commenced the work
my neighbors thought | was mad, but
now they think differently. The pal
ace is the show place OF the vicinity
Every day over a hundred English
German and American tourists pay
me visit.
Il have built my own tomb in the
center of the building, and the sar-
cophagus is considered perhaps the
most remarkable feature of the center
work. 1t is deliberately carved.
Nov that | see that the edificc Gre
atas so much interest, / 90 not regret
the years Of work | put into it, and
when die the place will be con-
slant reminder to those who see IT OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
Coming Events

Jan 23-East Kennepec Pomona, Vas
Jan. 24-25-Passamaquoddy Poultry and
Pet Stock Association, Lubec.
Jan 25-26-Mid-w Meetings of
Maine Federation of Womens Clubs,
Dexter.
on Child Labor. Louisville. Ky.
Jan 26-2S-SeVenth Annual Boys Con-
ference, Waterville.
Jan. 51-zsagadahoc Pomona with Dirigo
Grange. Brunswick.
Feb. 1-cumberland and oxford Union
Pomona, Lowell.
Feb. 5.-Primary elections for State
senator in Androscoggin, Waldo and
York counties.
Feb. 6-Waldo Pomona. Belfast
Feb 6-Hancock Pomona with Brooklin
Feb. 6-waldo Pomona with Riverside
Grange Poor's Mills. Belfast
Feb. MAINE Society of Civil Engi-
Feb. 6-Oxford Pomona, Bryants Pond.
Feb. 6-12-Food Fair. Bangor
Feb. 7-Androseoggin Pomona. Poland.
Feb. S-Excelsior, New Sharon.
Feb. l0-Cumberland Pomona with Cor
| ham Grange
| Feb. 10-knox Pomona with Mt Pleas
ant Grange Rockport.
| March Especial Election of state Sem
| ators in Androseoggin and Waldo Coun-
March educational Civic Federation.
March il-special Election of state Sem
ators in York County.
March 15--State Board of Trade, Au-
gusta.
March 20-Special Session of Maine
| Legislature.
! March 27-Maine Methodist Conference
| at Lewiston.
April EAST Maine Methodist Con-
| ference. Rockland.
| April f0,-State Republican Convention,
| Bangor.
June 1s-National Republican Conven-
tion Chicago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

! work. which is merely a beginning,
h there is no doubt but millions and
millions of dollars may he saved"
/ the Commission has been working
on a total appropriation from Con
| eress of $I75Oo0. but the members
| have no means of knowing whether
| Congress win see the wisdom Of con-
| tinuing this appropriation, even with
the outline of the accomplishments
which the President has submitted.
| Political conditions enter into this
! great undertaking, but the Democrats
will be unable To counteraet the
Presidents initiative and the reforms
already alluded to made possible by
the investigation.
Many of the Washington depart
| monts have already put into practice
tie suggestions Of the Commission
transmitted through the President and
large savings have been made. Com
mittees have been appointed by the
| President for al! Of the leading de
partments. comprised of mcr who
have the greatest knowledge Of their
lhdlNia''ai "oi ~ an" Ii' ms
the f1leieheS anu ECONOMY '-oifi'''tS-
sion acts as a clearing house, receiv-
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
Hard Colds.

People whose blood is pure are not
nearly so likely to take hard colds as
are others.
Physiology goes into the reason.
Hoods Sarsaparila makes the blood
pure. causing healthy action of the
mucous membrane and giving strength
and tone to all the organs and func-
tions.
This great medicine RECEIVERS the
system after a cold. as no other does.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
We Can't Help Saying 1t.
Back to the Farm.

Back to the Farm.
! Her eyes are large and soulful;
| Her hair is tiuged with gold.
| Her virtues 10 our neighbors
| We every day have told.
| She is one female We can trust;
| Her VOWS She never breaks;
We're rich from milk our Jersey gives
and the 40-cent butter it makes.
In view Of the general comment con-
corning Il. I. Cranes bcquest of a
million dollars te deserted wives, II
may not be out of order to explain
that the deserted wives in question
are MOI Mr. Cranes ManehestaT
Union.
Say. fellers. When a man has beaten
the rolling pin, two nat irons and mis-
cellancoGs crockery to the door for
six consecutive mornings. is it better
to continue taking chances or would
You allow hef Ia put in her claim Tor
pant of the million: Carnegie's 10
mlEirns for peace is outdistanced by
Cranes one million for war
1T is unJust that Il great nation
should summary ruin a small and
helpless city which has been Quilt up
heIe 10 furnish mechanics for The ser
vice and protection of our common
country. and that. in short, tins plan
Ia abolish our navy YaId is in such
violation Of the principles of Il square
deal tha5 We believe our appeal for
Aclj. should. and will be heard when
+,t,, =
citizen from the Atlantic to the Pa
oiiie. Portsmouth City Council
AMI Portsmouth will look after the
adN ertising TO an outsider she
DOESN'T appear extremely helpless.
Tic Boston Post notes that Judge
William L. Putnam of the United
States Circuit Court is the oldest
Judge on the bench, and ut the same
time holds the record for efficiency.
During the past decade he handed
down 205 opinions which is rs mucn
as all tho Judges in the Massachusetts
circuit handed down together. Judge
Edgar Aldrieh of New Hampshire
stands second with record of 50
Express K Advertiser.
We wonder if there's anything a.
which New Hampshire can beat Us.
Since October, there have been nine
trials in Maine of persons accused of
homicide. In only two of the nine
cases could liquor be said to have
been the cause.-Waterville Sentinel
Why not do away with that two?
"
Assuming that you We're TO have
the pleasure Of making Mime. Maeter-
linck's acquaintance do YOU suppose
yon could pronounce her name cor
reetlv the first time irving Bidde-
fora Journal
We're practicingl
Sad that no moving picture machine
was present at the battle of Passama-
quoddy bay this week. when the mem
beers of the Pleasant Point Indian
tribe killed a monster whale.-LeWis-
ton Journal.
Look forward to the time when our
reportoriai staff will be equipped with
pocket outfits.
unsettled" is Il pretty safe wealth
er prediction these days.-Express X
Advertiser of Friday.
Fine! Keep it up. Sure of a good
day for every comment You make on
bad weather.
1t is not true that when Col. Bryan
was having that little confidential talk
with Gov. Woodrow Wilson he was
suggesting that he would like to be
Secretary of State under the next ad-
ministration.-Bnsto Globe.
Could Wilson have been following
Bryan's hrotherly advice during the
past two weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

Railroad conditions in the Kenne-
bago and Rangeley region are ocea-
sioning much eompent. a line is pro-
jected from Oquossoc, which is now
the terminus of the Portland q
Rangeley division of the Maine Gem
trial, over to Kennebago. distance of
10 miles. The survey was made some
years ago, and it carried the new road
along the foot OF kennebago Lake,
over a most delightful route This
new line will bring Kennebago near
err TO travel. for now ii is necessary
To blackboard in from Rangeley. Fish
'ermen who have ever jouneed in on a
blackboard over corduroy road know
all about that. The work on the pro-
posed extension will begin as soon as
1.-THE contracts are let. 1t is believed
that eventually the line will be con-
tinued to Megantic, where connections
may be made with the Canadian Pa
/ cific, giving the Maine Central direct
connections from Portland To Quebec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
Maine Gossip
A Morning HYMN.

A Morning Hymn.
God of the morning. at whose voice
The cheerful sun makes haste to rise
And, like a giant, doth rejoice
To run his journey through the skies
From the fair chambers of the east,
The circuit of his race begins
And. without WEAKNESS or rest,
Round the whole earth he flies ant
shines.
Oh, like the sun may ] fuldu
Til appointed duties Of the day
With ready mind and active Will,
March on, and keep my heavenly way
Gut ! shall rove and IoSe the race,
If Cod 1nN sun. should disappear
And leave nae in this worlds wide maze.
10 follow ev'ry wand ring starr
Lord, Thy commands are clean and pure,
EuliSht ming our beeloUded eyes
Thy threat nings Just. Thy promise sure.
Thy gospel makes the simple wise.
Give me Thy counsel fer my guide.
And then receive me IL THY bliss,
All my desires aud hopes besides
Are faint, and cold, compard with this.
-lSaaC Watts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER, NO.
Is. O. T. s Stated meetings the first
Wednesday evening" of each month at
10 All members sojourning in the city
are invited to attend
ELIZABETH T. MERRILL. W. NJ.
ELIZABETH y. THOMPSON, Sec.
ro-w-f If
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

A BUSINESS POSITION is
secured most readily by going af
ter it in business way" Fit
ness for business position is
half-proved il the applicants
advertising has won an interview
for him, The Kennebec Jour
nal finds its way daily into the
homes and private offices OF the
city's business men. How better
can you reach them?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

Seventeen days passed in 1912 be
fore The first case requiring the atten-
tion eff the Bath police court. was
recorded. Even at that the Bath
Times declares the offender WAS not a
Bath man and his jag was not OF local
manufacture That indicates how
good Bath can be when the booze
supply. is cut down.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

Sell to someone to whom the
fact that it is second hand" does
not impair its usefulness. Jour-
nal want ads. will find you ready
buyer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

The Bath Times publishes an inter-
testing comparison between the output
of the Bath shipyards in 1N71. and
that of last year. The Times says:
We built no large vessels last year
as vessels go nowadays. Yet Ia Of
them measured more than half as
much as the - built in Il OF which
six were full-rigged ships of the
largest class employed at that
time. Last year the three sehoohers
and one schooner barge which We're
the largest vessels launched during
the year totalled 4300 tons. giving
an average of 1913 tons That is
about half the average of the whole
Percy & Small fleet. Yet these small
modern coasters were only about zoe
tons smaller than the average of the
six deep sea ships Of 30 years pre-
viously. of which it would take three
to equal the measurement OF the
modern coaster Wyoming
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

The members Of the Episcopal So
ciety of Houlton, Wednesday evening.
proudly opened their new hail. just
presented TO them free of all debts by
John Watson, one Of Houlton's best
known citizen, as tribute to the
memory of his mother.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

Correspondence from Passama-
|quoddr hay tells of new pastime in
the 81. CroiX river. y monster whale
from Passamaquoddy bay started up
the ST. Croix river Wednesday Pleas
ant Point Indians got after the
leviathan and killed il With spears
land axes. 1t measured - feet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-22

The total of divorces Granted at the
January term of the supreme court in
Portland was II. This is the small
est number in years.