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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
HOW ENGLISH BEAUTIES
PEEL THEIR FACES.
(From Society World.)

while abroad recently | could not
help observing that the average Eng
lishwoman's complexion is far more
beautiful that that of the average wo-
man of our country" says Mrs. Scott,
secretary of the National Health Gull
ture Society. Making inquiries, sew
eral intimate friends in London con-
fided to me that they regularly used
on their faces what is commercially
known as mercolized wax. | do not
know whether the habit is general
there. but l do know that this wax
has wonderful rejuvenating proper
ties I've tried it myself
IF you will get an ounce of this
mercoliZed wax at your drug store
and apply it like cold cream, you will
soon behold in your glowing cheeks
their first resemblance to the remark
able transparent beauty of the Eng
lishwoman's complexion This wax
gradually peels off the lifeless scarf
skin in tiny, almost imperceptible
flakes, revealing the fresh. new skin
underneath. pinky white. with the
bloom of youth and health"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
YORK.
POPULATION OF CHINA.
Not as Dense as That of Europe II is
Now Believed.

The population of China has been for
centuries a problem of the greatest in
terest, which successfully defied solu-
ton, writes General A. W. Greeley in
the. New York Times. In 1904 w. w
Rockhill, American Minister to China,
made careful investigation of the sub
iect through the most reliable sources
with which he was familiar. He came
to the conclusion that the population of
the is provinces of China proper was
somewhat less than 270,000,0O0 In APP
portioning to the provinces the pro rata
tax for the Boxer indemnity to tho
Powers the Chinese Government esti-
mated the population at 407 %, $50 a
most conservative opinion, which was,
however. seriously questioned by some
foreign authority, which placed the
number at 300.000000.
La Revue jaime, the new Chinese Bel
gian review, publishes the data as far
as compiled, the whole empire number
ing 349, 21i,0o0 souls. They are distributed
as follows by provinces:
Millions
ANTIQUE ,...,......,. ...s,,.............. 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
Scribe Discovers
Birth OF Speed Germ

Where do the automobile racine
drivers come from,
Nobody has ever written the ro-
nance of the man behind the wheel OF
the big racing utomobie-probably
because there is little glamour in the
story of how he got there.
But go to centers of the automobile
industry and watch the men who test
out unfinished cars over miles of fierce
thoroughfares and You have come upon
one breeding place of the race-drivcr' s
speed germ.
There You will find in the guise of
an obscure tester" the racing driver
of the years to come. on the payroll
of the institution he is down as a
rough test man" His duty is to take
an assembled car out onto as bad a
road as can be found and work the
ear as hard as possible to bring out
any possible defects before the car is
turned over to the motorist.
His track" consists of several
stretches of road that are scientiiical-
ly determined upon as the worst roads
to tie found within miles The test
route" is generally from u TO 20 miles
from start to finish.
Run over the list of race-drivers you
have heard of. You will find scarcely
any who have not been testers"
Speed King" Bob Burman was a
'tester" and his racing aspirations
were inspired By the rough looking
test cars" in which he hurled through
space to bring out the possible defects
after the chassis Of the car had been
assembled Mortimer j. Roberts. whose
name is known from one end of the
country TO the other, was once a test
err" And there is scarcely a famous
driver to-day who has not guided the
wheel of a stripped chassis. the entire
equipment of which was drivers
seat and hood TO cover the engine.
The tester is to the automobile in
dustry what the cowboy is to the
range. The motor cowboy" daily risks
his life for owners of automobiles.
Yet few motorists even know of his
existence or the romance connected
with his life and The eXacting duties he
performs.
AS rule the tester" and coming
Yace-driver starts out to fortify his flu
ture by learning a trade. That takes
him to some machine shop, from which
he acquires mechanical turn of mind
and eventually grayitates into the au-
tomolile business. the ground floor of
which is the rough test department.
After acquiring sufficient knowledge
the man who viii make good tester
takes to the work like a duck to water.
Then it becomes his primary duty to
put the cars to which he is assigned
through vigorous practice over the
test route
His duty is to discover the faults of
cars that are not 100 per cent. right
and at normal seasons of the year
there are 100 "testers"-the majority of
whom have aspirations to be racing
drivers-who daily do so ard GO mile
clips over the fierce roads that consti-
tute the test route
These testers" take some chances
that racing pilots never take. The
latter perform their feats over special
IL prepared courses in machines which
have been specially groomed under the
most expert supervision and tried out
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
WHO WOULD Be
A BACK NUMBER /?
-HE PROFESSIONAL MAN
WHO DOES NOT READ
i THE NEWSPAPERS is A
RACK NUMBER.
BACK NUN Der.

TAKE THE LAWYER. The
papers are constantly chronicling
important trials or printing judi
cial opinions and decisions involv-
ing new and interesting points.
TAKE THE DOCTOR. Ev-
cry new medical discovery, every
interesting experiment, If sutii-
GENTLY important, is reported in
the press. 1t may not be told in
technical language, but it gives a
clew that may be followed up by
the physician if he is so minded.
SO WITH ALL THE PRO
FESSIONS. These are but sug-
gestions of the one hundred and
one ways that the newspapers are
useful to the professional man,
whether he be engineer, chemist,
physician, lawyer, minister or col
lege president.
THIS NEWSPAPER KEEPS YOU
IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD
sEND in YOUR SUBSCRIPTION J.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
PREsouE ISLE.
Presque Isle r-Herald)

It was a very pleasant feature of
the Could banquet that it was made
the occasion of giving Hon. Albert a.
Burleigh, Who was in attendance. SO
warm and enthusiastic a reception.
When Mr.. Burleigh rose to speak in
response 10 the Introductory words of
Judge Smith, he was given a genuine
ovation, which bore ample testimony
to the respect and esteem in which he
is held in all sections of ms county
and by all classes of our citizens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
Such regard in his native county is

1IdtIVb CUuIiIy
a thing TO be highly priced. hut Nj:
Burleigh has we'll earned it by a SER
vice almost beyond estimate in value,
rendered with perfect unseltishness.
and III Il spirit of rare modesty and
absence Of self-assumption.
There is sometimes a tendency for
passing years to obscure in the pub
lie mind the recognition of such obli-
cations for service rendered, and we
are glad to note that the claim of AL
bert \. Burleigh is one his fellow citi-
zens are still glad to honor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21

The following list shows the number of
delegates TO which each city, town and
plantation is entitled at the Republican
State convention to be held in Bangor
MednesdaN Anril 10. 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
A REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION
Will be held in City Hall,
BANGOR,
Wednesday, April 10, 1912,
AT 2 O'CLOCK p. M.

For the purpose of selecting six
candidates for electors of Presi-
dent and Vice President of the
United States, and four delegates at
large, and four aiternates to attend the
National Republican Convention TO be
held in the City of Chicago, in the state
of Illinois, on Tuesday, the 18th day of
June, 1912
Also to formulate and adopt a declara-
ton of principles or platform for the
election next ensuing, TO elect a state
committee, a district committee for each
congressional district, and a county COM
mittee for each county.
Also to transact any other business
which may properly come before il.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city, town. and plantation
will be entitled to one delegate, and for
each IS votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1903, an addi-
tional delegate. and for a fraction of 40
votes in excess OF 70 votes, an additional
delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any city,
town or plantation can only be filled by
a resident of the county in which the va
cancy exists.
The State Comttee win be in session in
the reception room of the hall, at one
o'clock T. NJ. for the purpose of receiving
the credentials of delegates.
Delegates in order to be eligible to par
tieipate in the convention. must be elect
ed subsequent to the date of the call for
this convention.
All electors of Maine, without regard to
past political affiliations, who are in SYM
pathy with the purposes and aims of the
Republican party are cordially invited to
unite under this call in electing delegates
to this convention.
Per order
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE.
BYRON BOYD. Chairman.
HENRY HASTINGS, Secretary.
Augusta, February 9TH, 1872.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21

Then the test man told a story OF
a tester who used to run up alongside
of a trolley car in motion, then make
a quick jump, run over corner or
the fender just to play joke on the
motorman.
He followed this with a story of his
favorite pastime.
II often hook up with a motorcycle
cop on a good road, get him hot after
me and then lose him on a fine cross
country jump that he don't dare at
tempt Like this for instance"
Here the car went galloping off at
right angles over ground that seemed
determined to slap the occupants OF
the car in the face.
you see no motor cop can come
here" were the words that were fair
ly shaken out of the testers system,
so violently were the two men pound
ing around.
1t was an illustration carried almost
to point of assault and battery.
After that the newspaper man was
careful about what he discussed, be-
cause of the testers desire to give
actual demonstrations as a means OF
making the idea impressive. Thoughts
of 'sThe Charge of the Light Brigade
and Clearing up q Road to Dig a
Sewer" fitted through the newspaper
mans mind. The tester had been
given instructions to "show him. and
he had been shown. He was not anX-
ious for any curtain calls, or any spe-
cial thrillers from q man who might
do almost anything with 9 car, under
the slightest provocation.
A few moments later the trip ended
The car rolled into the factory yard
The scribe was Undiscovered, but en-
tirely satisfied.
And that was merely half-hour
excerpt from the 10-hour day of the
man in whose breast the speed-gernl
is breeding, with the hope that some
day he'll feel the thrills of the grand
stands yells. hear the thousands o.
/ race fans voices chorused in approval
| of the mad pace he sets in pulling
down the prizes.
For he knows that the biggest per-
centage of the pilots of racing cars
F, were once testing as he is every day
Of the year.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
ONLY LOOK IN

Willie Hoppe, the blonde young
German who wizzes with his cue.
was practicing in New York City
the other day against an information
al match in which he is soon to take
part. The captain walked in. The
captain owns a yacht, vast amount
Of personal scenery, and can poke
the worries himself.
1T was most convenient" he ex-
planned to his friends. But I'd prom
ised Willie I'd run in and play him a
game. Kind Of get him on edge, you
know"
Mr.. Hoppe went on thrusting at the
worries. The captain took the cen
ter OF the stage. He sent a boy for
his special eight ounce cue. Another
boy hurried and brought him a new
hunk of chalk. The captain took off
his tweed topcoat and rolled back
his London made cuffs and pinned
napkin over his Poole waistcoat and
took off his spats. Mr.. Hoppe won
the break. The captain began chalk
ing his cue, Now and then he NOV
ed around the table in Hr. Hopes
wake. The game was $50 points.
When Hoppe had rolled up 200
points the captain sent his cue back
to the rack, put on his spats, took
the napkin off his waistcoat, rolled
down his cuffs and had his tweed ov-
ercoat busted off. When Hoppe ran
down the 250th point the captain
shook him solemnly by the hand.
1--WE enjoyed my game tremendous
ly, old top said he. "Good-by,
must hurry back to Trenton. Gin
cinnati Times-Star.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
LETTERS TO WELL
KNOWN PEOPLE

Dear Doctor: | enclose herewith
check for one thousand ION account
for plumbing work and interior dec
Grafton done by you on my person
six weeks ago-also for moving my
vermiform appendix from my lumbar
region to my mantelpiece. / will re-
NIT the rest as soon as ! am strong
enough to operate in Wall Street. i
feel as though / ought to know you
better Since | saw you for the first
time for about twelve minutes before
you entered so heartily into my good
works, ] got the idea that you have
an affectionate disposition and a low
ing touch. II l succeed in making
about fifty thousand dollars during
the next month, won't you come
around and spend a day or so with
me? feel sure that your presence
Will be worth that amount.
In the meantime, permit me to ask
II you have missed a pair of wrought
iron scissors, burglars jimmy and
a crosscut saw. speak of this with
some pain, but I think you ought to
know that have these articles. They
are In safe place-so l Judge by
the feeling-and will not get away.
But they are liable to corrode, and,
therefore urge you to drop every.
thing--just where you found it-and
hasten around here.
Please give my love to the trained
nurse, and ask II she has missed a
couple of tortoise shell hairpins
They may be imitation for augh. I
can tel. Perhaps you wouldn't mind
returning them to her with the other
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
GIRL WILL TESTIFY
AGAINST ORCHARD MEN

Seattle, Dec. 6.-Forty-four wit
nesses, business men of Seattle, in
innate acquaintance of w. e. De
Larm and investors in his bankrupt
Columbia River Orchard company,
We're subpoenaed today by federal
marshals to appear in Portland Dec.
rs and testify in the trial Of the Or
chard company promoters, who hare
boon cha"i"d with using the mails
to 1efraud. 1t is reported that Miss
Forbes, De Larm's secretary, will be
the STAY witness for the government.
De Larm, promoter of the various or
hard companies, died destitute at
Placerville, Cal, fugitive from JUS.
tice, June Is last.
1T lessons working capacity,
marching endurance, accuracy and
rapidly in rifle firing, ability to COM
mand troops and solve military prob
lens to navigate and maneuver war
vesselspto act as members of courts
and military boards, or to properly
perform administrative work.
1T causes sickness, impairs health
and usefulness, adds greatly to the
non-efficiency Of both officers and
men, adds additions burden and cost
to the medical department deprives
the government of otherwise valu-
able officers and enlisted men, and
forces them on the retired or pension
list, with corresponding increase of
government expenditures.
The higher powers of judgment
and ability to make proper compari-
sons and weigh testimony is lowered
under the influence of alcohol. Sc
rious mistakes have occurred as the
result of the use Of alcohol by offic.
ers in land and sea forces"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
MENDON NEWS

1 Mendon, Dec. 9.-There was a
dance in, Richards Hall Friday eve
ming. A good crowd was present.
The Weilsviiie school basketball
team came down Friday evening and
played the Mendon school basketball
team and were badly defeated: score
8 to rs in favor ofaMendon. Several
Of the players attended the dance
after the game. q" stai
The homes OF Mrs. Ella Smith and
Henry Shelton are guaranteed for
that dreaded disease scarlet fever.
Miss kdna Baker was taken to
Salt Lake City where she will be- op-
Grated upon for appendicitis at the
L. d. 8. hospital. ~
Mrs. Christian Sorensen lie quite
sick. ."..
/ Miss Vera Bushman Of Wellsville
spent Sunday in Mendon.
John Gardner, Henry sorensen and
Elmer Richards came in from Buist,
Idaho this week for the winter.
Guy Sorensen of Salt Lake City is
guest Of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Sorensen this week.
Jos. sorensen of Raft, River is
greeting relatives and friends here.
Thomas, Will and Alma Baker
came in last week from their farm in
Pocatello Valley.
Mr.. Grant of Blue Creek bought
a car load Of horses here last week
good prices were paid for them. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Barrett and
Miss May Winnergren came in from
Buist, Idaho Sunday where they
have been living for several months
on their homestead.
Word has been received that Miss
Edna Baker was operated on Satur.
day and had rallied nicely after the
and was feeling fine.
Miss Sadie Baker 10 nursing her
sister.
School will be closed Monday on
account Of having the school house
thoroughly fumigated.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
Holds Editor And Wife Al Bay For
Hours Before Shooting

Paris, Dec. 9.--The police inyesti
cations into the, shooting yesterday
OF M. Ducret, editor of the anarch.
list newspaper, Free Idea, show 1t
was attended with circumstances of
cold-blooded cruelty that are rarely
equalled in fantastic melodrama., La
I Combe, the anarchist assassin, burst
into M. Ducret's ONCE Tuesday night
at 10:30 O'Clock and with q pistol in
each hand announced 10 N. Ducret
and his wife that they had sold him
and muse die. =.
From that hour until $50 wednss.
day morning La Combe piled the
couple with questions and threats,
trying to make them acknowledge
they had betrayed him. .
He played with them as q cat does
with a mouse, alternately menacing
and then forgiving. Nine. Ducret
pleaded with La Combe to spare her
self and her husband on account of
their fve-year-old son, who was
asleep In a crib at the couples bed
side during the whole Of the horrible
night. The bandit said, however,
that he would kill the boy. Finally
La Combe fred two shots in quick
succession at M. and Nine. Ducret,
who instinctively threw themselves
backward and only M. Ducret was
hit. The detonations of the assas.
sins revolver, however, extinguished
the lamp in the bedroom and La
Combe left, believing that both of
them were dead.
1t appears that La Combe lodged
with the Ducret home the night of
November 8 when four masked men
burst into the postoffice at Bezons,
suburb Of Paris and shot and killed
the husband Of the postmistress and
decamped with the money and
stamps. When La Combe sought to
leave the house the next morning he
found 1t surrounded.
Somehow he managed to escape
and hide in an adjoining house until |
the police left. Previously they had
made fruitless search of the Du-
crets home. 1t was this fact that led
La Combe to believe the two Ducrets
had betrayed him.
Tonight, II was said, M. Ducret has
some chance to recover from his
wound, although his condition is
grave. La Combe has not yet been
arrested.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
things. Yours, more in pain than
anger. cHEsTERToN ToDD.-r.,,a
SAYS WE SHOULD SET upr
ON APPLE PLANTING

Herbert Quick. editor of Farm and
Fireside, says in the current issue o,
his publication:
Il want to repeat that don't saa
the Justification for much mora An.
pie planting. We have come 20 tho
point now at which the feverish an
pie boom Of the past few year, bs.
gins to affect the market. The Gro,
this year 10 immense. We have h.d
similar experiences In the past: ana
sitter each spasm Of planting. ~.
fruit has sold for about the cost ~
production or less for several YEAR.
The millions Of young trees which
are being tended 20 solicitouslv nou
In every apple growing region are IN
the ground. and alive, and they arc
going to bear. Pessimism? Wall
some people can't tell the Difference
between pessimism and common
sense"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
LADIES

Do you know that we clean furs
kid gloves. and slippers, laces, voills
chinons. silks, and all kinds of deli.
cate fabrics?
The work done BY our wonderful
French Dry Cleaning process will
surprise you. old clothes are made
to look like new.
II you would have your clothing
wear well and look we'll. Dry Clean.
ing will assure It.
Economy 10 the road to wealth and
the nrst station on the road il the
French Dry Cleaning department NJ
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
COOK AND PEARY
ELECTED

Life has recently held a presidential election and
have elected Cook and Peary All the formaltes
and social functions have been carried out without
a hitch. The Inauguration ball was grand af
fair and is treated in connection with the landslide
as follows in a recent issue of Life:
The landslide fir Cook and Peary was wholly
unexpected, except by a few insiders who realized
the respect they have both commanded since the
great discovery Of the North Pole. which has so
much added to national resources ~ p
Perkins knew II was coming. He offered a
million to call the whole thing on-but our coun,,
try is everything to ,-' 1850!
The inauguration took place night before last.
The usual custom Of having It on the fourth Of
March both successful candidates regarded as a
great mistake And as long as the American peo-
pie had voted for candidates, there was no
reason why the decision should not 60 into i'm
mediate effect.
The Inauguration Ball. which took place in
Wall street and Washington at the same time.
grand success. The costumes were elegant
Among others were noted: s-
Colonel Theodore Roisevelt-Bu Moose hunt
ing costume trimmed with Ananias braid being
the special gift of the Harvester Trust.
w. H. Taft-Fu regalia Of Cincinnati home
spun made in. Lawrence, Mass, Of ad yalorem
wool, the gift of the Tariff Board.
Woodrow Wson--Yellow toga with pension
pleates, gift Of A. Carnegie. -
After the Inauguration the country rapidly
settled down.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-10
FROM OGDEN TO
hurley

correspondent writing from Burnley, Idaho, to
the Standard defends the Oregon Short Line in it's
contest with the reclamation service Of the govern
ment over the rightofway for the Saline.to Burley
railroad the construction which was stopped by
the government making unusual demands on the
Hartman road
At first we Of the opinion that the reclaim
alton service was right in it's contention but fur
Their investigation leads US to the conclusion that
the railroad is justified in resisting the exraordn-
airy demands to how the road shall be construct
ed over the irrigation project and what obligations
must be borne in relation to future water lines
The time for those in charge of the project to
have spoken was when the right-of-way was being
secured and before the purchases had been made
and the road started. Even then they should have
been slow to put heavy and discouraging burdens
on an Improvement that could do so much to make
prosperous, all that region and assure the ultimate
SUCCESS OF the irrigation undertaking itself
Some influence should be brought to bear on
the heads Of the reclamation service to cause them
to yield.
IL the differences irreconciable and a mon
etary consideration is necessary to satisfy the
government it is just possible that the people OF
Burley and Ogden, by united action, can arrange
to meet the requirements
An Ogden committee should be named to meet
with the people of Burley to take preliminary steps
in the direction of bringing about the resumption
of work the Salineto-Burley line and the COM
pletion of the same within the coming year.
There could be more important railroad con-
struction, from an Ogden standpoint, than this cut
off into the granary of Idaho unless it be an ex-
tension of the Denver Rio Grande railroad north
from Ogden.-Ogden Standard.