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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-24

results. In the first place he found
that the FREELY was uniformly cooler
than the surrounding air; secondly.
that its light giving organs We're hot
ter than the remainder of the body,
and, thirdly, that a test tube or beak
er containing living firefies and in
sulated in cotton batting soon showed
a temperature one degree higher than
that of the surrounding air. APP
parently, the cooling effect of the in
sect upon the thermometer Ga very
delicate and sensitive form of Their
mometer called the thermopie was
used) was increased when it flashed
No explanation of this SEEMINGLY CON
Trajectory series of observations is
offered.
Even the purpose of the luminous
organs in fish and worms and fireflles
has never been settled to the salts
faction of naturalists, although MANY
theories have been proposed AS the
result of a series of field tests last
year McDermott believes that the
photogenic function in fireflies is con-
nected with the reproduction of the
species, the light serving to bring the
sexes together He calls il mat
ing adaptation. Direct observation of
photinus pyralis showed that the fe
male responded by an answering
flash to the flash of the flying male,
which then dropped down, flashed
again, and after her second answer
aIighted a few inches away from her,
erawled toward her, flashing at in.
teryals--to each of which flashes she
responded-and finally located her.
DR.. McDermott was able to deceive
the female by igniting a safety match
and swinging it so as to initiate the
flight of the male. In every case the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-24
Relief is Assured for
Rheggrr1atisTra
> Sciatica and Neur;tis

II YOU could spend half day II or store
and hear the words Of thahkS-tAe Ec43ely ez-
pressions of gratitude fr5m people who have
not been free from ns.n before Ter years, yon
would understand our enthusiasm and our
earnest desire that every sufferer within reach
should learn of the new prescription 'Nurlto.
1t is not patent medicine, ard II does not
contain the slightest trace Of narcotics or OPT
ates. A specialist in New York IS responsible
for this purely ethical prescription. His
brother physicians have taken cp the use Of It
and its fame has extended until II reaches from
coast TO coast.
''Nurito" has done 50 much in rsiievi;;s cases
OF the longest s.andinG-eases which r9;sing
has been able to rclicve-con7letcly bs--:shing
the uric acid from the system and thus reInoT-
ing the cause of all rheumatic diseases, that
it sounds too good 10 be true,
But it is true. We will show. yoa proof
backed by MISUNDERSTANDING FROM peeps
who had dcspaired of being cured. We
want those sufferers who hava well-lish gwen
up hope 10 call, telephone CT write US tor
.tNurita.
s.Nurito'-a clean, legitimate prescription,
measures the greatest progress eyer made n
fighting the terrible suffering 81 rheurnatis DIS
eases. In fairness to yourself, try it 81 On
So box Magistra1 Chemical Co., tlatiron
Bldg, N. Y. For sale by
Bowditch Webster & Co, and all
other leading druggists.
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fered with itching and burning mostly at
night, and could not sleep. | could not do
my work for tho pain my hands would be in
VIXEN they were in water. and could not
stand next to the heat.
Il had tried all sorts of ointment and got
no help until tried Cutietira Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment. l used one cake of Cuticura
Soap and ono box Of Cuticura Ointment
which cured me so have had no trouble
since (Signed) Mrs. Joseph Touchette.
,Jr.. Dec, %. 1911.
Cuticrra Soap and Ointment do SO much
for pifnples. blaekheads rcd, rough skins.
itching, scaly scalps, Gandrufr, dry, thin and
failing hair. chopped hands and shapeless
nails that Il is almost criminal not to use
them. Sold throughout the world. Lib
eral sample of each mailed free. with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard "CuticIra.
Dept. T, Boston. e.
Rg-Tender- faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick. CSC. Sample free
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match was answered. in a second or
two by numerous females in the sur
rounding grass and weeds. The
male was also deceived by the use of
a miniature electric flash light. Fly
ing males seemed able to distinguish
between the flash of creeping males
and females. And while some spe-
cies of female responded To the
signals of males of other species. the
latter paid no attention to the an
rs-Washington Post.
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KENNEBEC.
CHINA.

F. s. Wallace of East Vassalbofo
was a visitor, Sunday, at Captain J.
W. Bevar's.
Miss Faith Washburn is passing
the Christmas recess at home with
her parents.
China lake is a beautiful sheet of
clear ice, most perfect skating III
years.
Miss Georgia L. Farnsworth, who >
teaching school at Danforth, re-
turned home, Saturday for the Christ
mass recess.
Christmas tree and entertainment
will be held al Baptist church. Tues
day evening, To which all are cordial
~ invited.
Mrs f. E. Longley has been quite
i'll with a severe cold the past week.
Mrs. Ella Bartlett is confined to the
house with a severe cold.
The school children are to hold ex-
ercises and have a Christmas tree,
Christmas eve, at the schoolhouse.
Mrs. John Woodsum is confined to
the house with bad cold and cough.
Oscar Hamlin is seriously Ill, and
! confined 10 his bed.
WAYNE.
A union Christmas tree and con-
cert will be held. Wednesday evening,
at the Baptist church.
AT the Christmas service, Sunday
afternoon, at the Baptist church, spe-
eial music was arranged by the
chorister, a. p. Wing. Waldo Lincoln
furnishing a violin accompaniment
Mrs. Roland Wallingford presided al
the organ.
I Friends of Mrs. Butler, wife of the
baptist pastor will be glad to know
, that She is getting on as comfortably
as could be expected after critical
operation at Lewiston hospital,
early last week.
Miss Dorothea Godfrey. a student
at Cony High school, is at home for
| the holidays. other students PASSING
vacation at home are Vance Lincoln
Alton Jepson and Thorne johnson
from Kents Hill, and Waldo Linooll
from Colby.
Mrs Victor Hartford of Nosr.dee-
wocl1 is visiting her parents, Mr.. an
Mrs. c. p. Swift.
Miss Pearl Norris teaching in NJ
! Vernon, is home for the holidays
Miss Kathleen Berry is yisitin1
| friends in Winthrop.
CHELSEA.
WEST-Miss Elizabeth Smith o.
| Gardiner passed Saturday and Sun
| day with her uncle, F. G. Hayes.
| A Christmas tree viii be held al
the chapel, next Tuesday. Christina
eve, and everybody is invited TO at
! tend and help make it a success.
Mrs. Benson of the River road is
reported as not being any better
She is in a serious condition. ,
| Work on the Grange nall is near
ing completion and it is hoped to be
able to move into it in short time.
| Hiram Hayes of Randolph was this
| guest Sunday, of his uncle, NJ. H
| Hayes.
FARMlNGDALE.
The Misses Bertha, Grace ane
| Alice Lewis are home for the Christ
| mas vacation.
| Hiram Clark of North street ant
son, Allen Clark of Boston, Were
guests, Sunday, of Joseph Clark Of
| North Augusta.
George Otis Turner has gone t.
| Brockton to pass Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Peterson.
j. w. Williams is confined to tbs
| house with very bad cold.
Cyrus Alger and family are goins
| to Massachusetts this week, to thu
|
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Proctor VS.. Libby.

a
John F. Proctor vs. Fred T. Libby ct al.
Reseript. Cornish, J.
This is an action of trespass quare
clausum. the tract in question: being a
triangular lot about five feet wide at the
base with side lines about q feet loag.
situated between Free street aand Con-
gress street In the City of Portland, ana
in rear of Congress street stores. ne
iury having found for the defeHdants, the
case is before the law court ON. plaintift 5
motion for a new trial.
The parties are adjoining owners Sh :.
respective lots.
tween the lots is the line as claimed by
the defendants. but the plaintih re.fed
for his title, first, upon line estanilshed
by agreement and estoppel, and seeoho'
upon adverse possession.
/ That it is well settled that when a
line is located and marked upon the race
of the earth by the parties, ana there
afterwards the line thus established -
recognized and treated by them as the
true line. il is conclusive upon the par
ties and their assigns. although II IL
subsequently ascertained that this so
called conventional line varies from the
one given in the deeds -, -,
2 That the establishment of this con
Ventional line by the parties was ques,
ton of fact for the jury, ana careful
study of the evidence falls TO cohVlifs Us
that their decision against the existence
Of such line was not so clearly wiohg
as TO Justify interference on the part OF
the court. .,or -.
g. That the claim of the plaintiff that
the defendants Were estopped from dc ny
ing that the fence was the true line be-
cnuse of an alleged statement to thet
effect made to the plaintiff by the de-
PENDANTS predecessor in title at some
time prior to the plaintiffs purchase
also rests upon the question oil iact
, whether such statement was made.
This also was for the Jury to determ 1il,,,
and as the evidence of the conversation
comes from a deeply interested party
and was uncorroborated, we cannot say
that the finding of the jury was clearly
wrong Muniments of title are not to be
lightly set aside, and testimony to over
come a record title should be full, clear
and convincing.
4. That the evidence of open, notorious,
exclusive, uninterrupted and adverse
possession for more than 20 years was
rot so strong as to require the court to
set aside verdict to the contrary.
The force of the testimony on this con-
tention was peculiarly for jury. and II
is the opinion of the Court that their
| finding should stand.
Motion overruled.
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Commissioners.

Conyalescence is sometimes merely
apparent, not real, and especially IS
this true after such diseases as pneu-
monia, typhoid fever and the grip. To
make it real and rapid, there is no
other tonic so highly to be recon-
mended as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This great medicine eleanses and re-
news the blood. strengthens all the or
gans and functions, and restores
health. Take Hoods.
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eral issue with brief statement of waiver
and estoppel -
Upon all the evidence it is the opinion
of the court that proof of both waiver
and estoppel on the part of the plaintih
was ample to establish the defendant 5
contention upon these issues.
Motion sustained.
David Gerber vs.. Samuel Selger. Re-
script, Spear, j. nm,
This case was tried in connection with
the action of Samuel Seiger vs.. DAVID
Gerber Upon the conclusion that Selger
was not evtcted from the premises rented
TO him by Gerber, we see no reason Why
Gerber should not recover the rent ioI
,,-Jicb he brought suit There seems to be
no defense except that of eviction, based
upon breach of covenant The verdict.
therefore in this case should be set
aside and new trial granted.
Verdict set aside. New trial granted.
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arms were all covered up
To my elbows with q thick
crust, and it would split
open like a cut where the
skin of my hands creased.
| had q few blotches on
my face which were very
disfiguring, for when l
went out in the cold air
they would be dark red
md rrn,tId burn L s-l,f
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Mrs. BeNa Ann Lockwood. candi-
date for President on the equal rights
party ticket in 1884. ana the first
woman admitted TO the bar of the
supreme court. has just celebrated
her eighty second birthday at her
home in Washington
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that should have been dispelled
remain to clog the system and
poison the blood.
Headaches, biliousness, nervous
ness and other tormenting and serious
ills are common when the bowels fail
to act daily as nature intended.
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CRUST COVERED
HANDS AND ARMS
Up to Elbows. Blotches on Face.
Very Dis6guring. itched and
Burned. Could Not Sleep. One
e. Cake Cuticura Soap and One Box
.---Guticura Ointment Cured. -

s,H f~p asNfmteomTy Center Vt. - --'Fhe trerible
~ = = began with myhands. Il booked like chaps.
but 1t kept getting worse until my hands and
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Iaxatiue Tor Aaad Peonle.

SOPfUs
The bane of old age is constipation
The bowels become weak and unable to
perform their functions without aid
Chamberlains Tablets are favorfte
laxative with people of middle age and
older They are mild and gentle but
effectual. Soil everywhere.
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To Our Friends and NeiShbors

You u.s. know would no-tat could afford
Nor afford to ignore this
bacS-i not satisfied offer this splendid laxative
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sense have anything to do with bug
| light. Tests show that it contains
no X-rays.
Among the other odds and ends of
| fact picked up in the course of FREELY
study the following items seem of
chief interest: Anaesthetics act as
powerful stimulants to the living
| light-giving material. The color of
the light from different bugs and
worms varies considerably. 1t is
said to range from silvery white to
greenish and red.
After a FREELY has been stimulated
so as to flash continuously for some
time, his lamp is gradually exhaust
ed and finally goes out In the
several cases tested in this way the
insect was found dead next day. The
cause of this variation is not known.
Certain species of FREELY are car
niVorous, even cannabahstic devour-
ing not only individuals of other
species, but members of their own
| family. For example, Photuris
Pennsylvania, when placed in a
beaker with specimens of Photinus,
attack the latter with great vicious
ness. and devour them, Langley's
experiments on the Cuban FREELY led
| to the conclusion that, to the human
eye, the insect gave one eighth as
much light as an equal area of candle
| flame. More recently Coblentz has
| calculated that specimens of photinus
! pyralis captured in Washington. D.
c., gave flashes varying in intensity
| between 100 and 400 of candle.
| The same observer has made an
, elaborate series of delicate heat tests
upon firetiies, with somewhat puzzling
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
Army "EmOluments" Grow

Washington, D. C. Dec. 23.-"Em.
oluments" or allowances for army
officers include forage for riding and
carriage horses and the hire of house
hold servants, according to a decis-
ion to day by the Supreme Court of
the United States.
The decision was announced in a
suit of Mrs. Sarah X. Mclean, widow
OF Nathaniel H. Mclean of Cincin-
natl, who resigned from the army in
1864, to be reinstated in 1875.
Congress passed an act in 1905 CIV
ing him the pay and all the "emolu-
ments of Major during the years he
was out of the army" Mrs. Mclean
sued the Government because the
Comptroller Of the Treasury would
not allow, under the head of "em-
oluments" forage for two horses
used by Maj. Mclean for riding and
driving, and for two household SER
wants hired during those years.
The Court of Claims likewise de.
cided against the claim, but the Su-
preme Court today held that thew
should have been allowed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
Police Resist an Inquiry

New York, Dec. 21.-'Tfnecessarv
we will back a van up to police head.
quarters and take all the records we
want to examine and bring them down
to the city hail." members of the al.
a a committee investigating
New York police affairs. said todav.
lhey assert the police were trying to
obstruct their investigations. The in
curry is being checked at every step
by silent treatment none of the of.
meals volunteering information.
;. :. II you want anything subpoena
y, y deputy Police Commissioner Nc
Kay is quoted as replying to the com.
mittee's inquiries.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
U. S. May Bar Negro in Army

Washington, D. c., Dec. 23.-The
proposal to eliminate the negro as an
American soldier is a topic slated for
consideration when the conference Of
the ranking officers of the army is
held here January 8.
Some officers favoring the plan are
prepared to urge it on the ground that
IN the Philippines the natives are said
10 resent the appearance among them
OF the black troopers and that there
are signs of dissatisfaction in Hawaii
owing to the fact that the Twenty.fifth
Infantry, a negro organization, has
been ordered to the islands to form a
permanent garrison.
Friends of the negro soldiers are
preparing to make strenuous fipht
IN their behalf, pointing to the splen-
did war record in Cuba and the Phil
ippines.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26

states have progressed notably be-
yond that system. Tom lyman OF
Colorado is a conspicuous example.
He found the Canon City penitentiary
reeking with graft and the vicious
customs of spoils politics. He fairly
transformed the place.
! He first of all made the business
management of that prison honest.
He morally fumigated the sumptuous
offices of the staff. He swept the
presumably respectable wing of the
institution clean of graft and Grimm
ality.
Then he turned his attention to tine
prisoners. He was no theorist. He
entertained no soft-headed notions
about what gentleness or sweetness
could do for men who had committed
crimes. But he did see that under
the system at Canon City the average
convict was a more degraded crea-
ture, less of man, more of a crimi-
nal at at the expiration Of his sentence
than when he entered.
He changed all that. He gave
those men a chance. Some of them
tried to impose on him at first. They
soon quit that. Slowly he establish
ed an honor system. AS is widely
known, the results have splendidly
justified the experiment.
The lyman management of peni-
Tertiary is as practicable in any other
State in the Union, as in Colorado.
But to make it effective you must
have lyman for warden. II all de-
ponds on the man behind the gun.
Few men in this country can preach
political fairness more plausibly or
persuasively than Herbert S. Hadley.
In the written or spoken word he
has genius for seeming to conse-
crate himself to the best ideals of the
public service. But in practice he is
fragrant, brazen politician of the
spoils school. And under the direc-
hon of his appointees there has been
miserable epoch in our State insti-
buttons from Pennington to Jefferson
City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
PRICE, $1.oo PER YEAR
THE PENITENTIARY SCANDAL

Barbarous methods of punishment
are said to be practiced at our State
Penitentiary. Prisoners say they are
flogged, strung up by their thumbs
strangled by the so-called water cure
and compelled to toe a chalk line
They say those extreme measures are
resorted to much more frequently
than the outside world suspects; and
for trivial offenses, such, for example,
as failing to do the quota of work de-
manded Of them by the terms of con-
tractors to whom they have been hired
out.
1t is a wretched story that comes
from Jefferson City. Most of us
would gladly discredit it. But in
view of the revolving disclosures from
other State institutions under the
Hadley administration the public mind
unfortunately, is prepared to believe
rather than doubt. There has been
shocking mismanagement in our in
stitutions the past four years. 1t
would be small wonder if the contag-
ion of incompetency had infected the
Penitentiary.
Now, nobody imagines a peniten-
tiary is pleasant place to pass the
time. No normal person would have
it such. A prison term is in part
punitive and partly reformatory. The
mawkish sentiment that would coddle
prisoners and the fiendish cruelty that
resorts to torture are alike departures
from the rational. Both are eviden-
ces of incapacity.
The prison management that can
not maintain discipline excepting by
brutal punishment is untitled for the
job. And as long as wardens and
their assistants are selected because
Of their political activity we are likely
10 have the deplorable conditions
which are reported from jefferson
City. The shrewdest politician in the
State might make bungling or brutal
prison warden.
Brutality used to be the conven-
ioaAl and Standard thing in prison
management In recent years several
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
Prisoners to Eat Turkey.

jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. %
Christmas will be day of rest and
recreation for the convicts in the
State Penitentiary. A turkey dinner,
with its accessories, will be served at
2 p. m.
Here is what they will eat: Turkey,
3,50O pounds; cranberries, five bar
rels; dressing, $500 pounds; mashed
potatoes, 20 bushels; mince pies,
1000 coffee, 500 gallons bread,
I 200 loaves.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
Wilson Refuses Gift Cow.

Princeton, N. j., Dec. 23.-Some
OF President-elect Wilson's Christmas
gifts are:
-Four turkeys-accepted.
One cow-declined.
One meerchaum pipe-accepted by
someone who saw it before it reached
the governor.
One barrel of specially fattened
oysters-accepted.
we have been looking for an ele-
phant," said one member of the Gov
ernor's family this evening, "but up
to date none has come"
HAS anyone seen goat?" asked
another. To which it was replied.
no.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
MUCH WORK FOR A LONE
MOOSE
Only Progressive in Missouri House
May Sit On All Committees.


Jefferson City, Dec. 23.-L. M.
Wilson of Nevada, who was door.
keeper of the last house, again has
announced for the place. He admits
he has opposition, but insists he has
the Endorsement of more members
than anything else in the race.
Roscoe Black of Sedalia is candi-
date for enrolment clerk of the
house. Representative r. S. Tyler
of Pettis county is working in his be-
half.
One of the first questions to be dis
posed of by the house is how many
clerks, stenographers and other help
ers will be necessary to perform the
work OF the session. It is probable
each member will be allowed to
name one clerk. The only Progress
sive member of the house, j. H.
Somerville of Mercer county, proba-.
bly, will get the privilege of naming
both clerk and a stenographer be-
cause Of the odd distinction he en-
joys.
He will be the floor leader and
will be entitled, as the representa-
tive OF the Bull Moosers, to all privi-
lodges which are granted to the Re-
publicans. Heis entitled to place
on every committee and will be call
ed upon to represent his party in
many other ways.
If he performs all the duties which
fall to his lot, he will have very little
time left for himself. Somerville
has told friends he will be equal to
the task and he wants all the honors
and duties which are coming to him. |
The number of Republicans in the |
house is so small that the Democrats
will be liberal with them, it is stated
letting them have all the clerks and
stenographers they thing they need. |
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26

The Bible study work began with
interest and good attendance last
week. This week the two classes
will combine, and meet on Thursday
night at $50. A cordial welcome to
all. Bring your Bible and note book.
Bible school and B. Y. P. u. next
Sunday but no preaching. The pas
tor will be absent at the Fifth Sun.
day meeting.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
Maysville Fire Loss $50. OO6.

Maysville, Mo-, Dec. pa fire
wall saved Maysville's business cen.
ter from destruction by the flames
which threatened it Saturday night.
The loss, conservatively figured, is
$b2OO0 The opera house, three
stores and several small buildinos
were destroyed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-26
Hay Wanted.

Nv tons or more of good timothy
OF hght clover and timothy mixed.
~, me very best prices paid. Phone
~-u j. S. WARNOCK. s