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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
THE TURTLES PARADISE.
Buena Vista Seems to Have Been
Planned For Convenience.

Many turtles are to be encountered in
South American waters all along the
Orinoeo but upon the island of Buena
Vista nature seems TO have arranged
everything for the turtles convenience,
and the number of the creatures there is
very great.
The island is about a league in length
and is surrounded by slopng banks of
sand. In this fine sand the turtles de-
post their eggs which are Matched out
by the heat of the sun.
Some time in the month of February
thousands of turtles come out upon the
shore of the island as well as upon the
neighboring banks of the river and begin
promenading up and down as if ascer-
tanning whether it is entirely safe to lay
their eggs. But they do not begin laying
until March. Then they dig q number of
little holes in the sand, in which each
female deposits from 50 to 120 eggs.
The natives declare that the turtles
will not begin to lay their eggs until the
Southern Cross, which is the character
istic object of the armament in the
Southern hemisphere. is completely
formed-that is. not until the four stars
WHICH form the cross have moved on
pendicular to the horizon.
1t is reported by a member of one ex-
ploring expedition in Venezuela, that al
midnight, when the turtles We're being
| watched by the naturalists. the great
| mass of the creatures had gone back in
to the river without laying. leaving but
| a fewN of their companions behind them
| to act as sentinels. But at go in the
morning, at the moment when the South
ern Cross seemed exactly perpendicular
| TO the horizon. great connection was
perceived on the shore of the river and
| the turtles were coming out in battalions
| They scattered rapidly in every direc-
| ton, digging up the sand, laying then
| eggs and covering them. apparently tax
! ing great pains TO leave the surface as
| they had found it,
| The members OF the expedition cap
| tured three of these turtles. the shell OF
| one of which measured 50 inches II
| length by % in width. Its weight was
| more than 67 pounds.
The natives capture large numbers O
the eggs of these turtles, as well as Of
| the creatures themselves. which are used
| in the manufacture of kind of oil.
The appearance of the turtles upon IN,
/ beach at the apparent moment of the
complete formation of the Southern eros:
on each night during their laying season
is, of course, due to coincidence, and tht
superstitloaIs natives connect the two cir
g cumstances just as the ancient Egyptian:
< connected the setting of the constellation
Arcturus with the rising of the Nile
Harper's Weekly,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
VAGARiES OF THE TIDE.
Mysterious Currents, the Secrets of
Which No One Has Solved.

There are as many vagaries in the
waters as in the winds Why. for
instance, should great ocean currents
send their warm waters across The.
wide Pacific and Atlantic Other and
equally mysterious currents exist in
well nigh all parts of the world.
II is on record that the sea has run
for weeks out of the lava sea. through
the Straits of Sunday. and thence
back again for a like period. without
any perceptlble rise and fall during
those times.
Then there is the equatorial current
that flows into the caribbean sea, the
overlooking current to the eastward
around Cape Horn, the cold stream
flowing from the icy regions of the
north past Newfoundland and Nova
Scotia, and along the American
coast to the extreme end Of Florida.
the continual current running with a
velocity of from four to five knots an
hour through the Straits of Gibraltar
into the Mediterranean sea, the swift
current running across the rocks and
shoals off the end of Billion island
which apparently starts from nowhere
and ends somewhere in the vicinity
of the same place. and the current
which starting half way up the China
sea runs from two to three knots an
hour to the northeast, and finally
ends abruptly off the north end OF
LqzoD.
Then we have those tidal yagaries
known the world over as bores Those
that run up the Hooghly and IRA
wa6dy rivers, from side to side, till
they reach their limit, often tearing
the ships from their anchorage, orig
mate nobody knows where or why.
At Singapore it has been observed
for days at time that there has been
hut one rise and fall in the twenty
four hours.-Kansas City Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
An Editors Followers.
New York Post,)


Pessimism as a philosophy of life
must always shatter itself against the
elemental fact that the vast majority
of men do find il easier to say yes
than no." and easier to say you are
right" than YOU are wrong" That
this is the fact We have the great AM
erican institution of the postcard poll
TO prove. No maya zine or newspaper
finds the least difficulty in securing
from its readers an overwhelming vote
for the man or the principal that the
publication in question has closest at
heart. The strietest impartialty is
observed, of course; the voters are
carefully distributed by States and
parties and religious denomination
and nativity and what not. The ques-
tons are framed by highly judicial
questioners; the replies are classified
by highly-trained classifiers; the spir-
it of impartial anonymity breods over
the whole process. And yet, by some
invincible telepathy between editor
and subscribers. the subscribers never
fail to endorse the man or the prin-
ciple that the editor, with fine fore
sight, bad long ago hit upon as the
one Moses to lead us out OF Egypt and
the one secret by which this country
can be saved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Editorial Comment
The Waterxills Sentinel.
fCiNiC Lea pue Recordl.


The law court decision taking the
state printing from the waterville
Sentinel has been given as the cause
for the passing of this paper into the
hand of the trustee.
No one familiar with the facts
would accept such o statement. The
Sentinel has been in financial straits
for some time. In 1905 the WaterVille
Sentinel Publishing Company, in or
der to care fer outstanding indebted
ness issued bonds to the amount of
| $4,000. To secure the bond holders,
the Company gave to trustees a trust
deed covering all it's property, plant,
machinery, accounts, subscription
lists then held or subsequently ac-
quired, and the good will of the Com
pany, to be held for the bond holders.
The Sentinel Company was permit
ted 10 continue to operate the plant
but :, failure To meet the conditions
of the deed gave the trustees the
right To take possession of the prop
ertr, under certain conditions. Inter
est on some of these bonds has been
defaulted for over a year, and prob
ably has not been paid at all on
others. Taxes due the city on the
plant have been advertised for the
past two years Indeed the status OF
the Company has been such that bills
against it could not be collected by
law as any attempt to do this would
at once have put the property in the
hands of the trustees To protect the
bond holders.
Doubtless, money received by the
Sentinel Company for advertisements
and editorials favoring the repeal of
constitutional prohibition in the re-
cent campaign made possible the cen
tnued publication of the paper.
The financial troubles of the Sen
tinel are due TO the business man
agement of Mr.. Davis who has bank
rupted nearly every enterprise he
has attempted.
a continuation of the state printing
with the Sentinel Company could nor
have saved the Sentinel from the re-
suits of Mr.. Davis business manage
ment Because the Sentinel has been
one OF the foremost opponents of pro-
hibition We give the above facts to
the public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Worse Than "Reciprocity."

The Toronto Globe says that the
farmers in the Canadian Northwest
have already lost s12.o0o,o00. on their
grain alone, by the failure of the
reciprocity agreement. In other words,
they have sold for that much less than
the American prices. While Ameri-
can farmers are congratulating them
selves that they have not had TO meet
the competition of Canadian farmers in
the grain markets. and more particu-
iarly in some other lines. they should
consider the possibility of a Demo-
cratic President and Congress that
would grant reductions TO Canada and
other nations. without any of the con-
.cessions for which the so-called reel
procity agreement provided. Reel
procity" would have been bad, VERY
had, for the farmers of the United
States but the Democratic tariff folly
would be infinitely WORSE for all
The days of the wilson German tariff
and idle mills-unemployed millions,
1iiscontented, hungry. desperate people
on every hand-should be remembered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
The Old Year.
Manchester Union.O

tAldncIeSleF lIlOil.D
The year 1911 will occupy consid-
cradle place in history, for While no
great war has been raging during the
tWelvemonth, there has been a great
deal going on which the historian of
the future Will take note of. Nearest
home to Americans was the revolu-
ton in Mexico, involving the down.
fall of Diaz and the establishment of
a new regime. The Moroccan affair,
which at one time threatened to in
volve the great powers of Europe, has
been amicably adjusted, after no
small amount of anxiety in several
European capitals Italy has seized
upon Tripoli, and Turkey has SEEM
ingly accepted the situation as hope
less, since she has no navy to speak
of and Italy is not disposed to meet
her on land nearer than the southern
shore of Italy. Russia has made q
definite advance toward the eventual
absorption of the northern half OF
Persia, and a revolution in China has
shaken the throne at Picking and APP
parently ended the long continued
rule of the Manchus. These are
events sufficient of themselves to as
sure to the year place of more than
ordinary prominence in the history
books, as years go, and yet, notwith-
standing the story of them, it is
practically certain that the careful
historian, looking deeper than the sur
face, will mark the year as also not
able for the real progress made to-
ward the future peaceful settlement
of differences among the nations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

The state of Texas viii prepare a
statement of expenses incurred by the
state ranger force in patrelling the
Mexican border and it will be sent to
the authorities in Washington that the
state may he reimbursed. The amount
probably will not exceed $4,000 or
$4,000. Ii the federal government had
again mobolized the troops in Texas
1he cost would have been more than
100000 each month; therefore the
agreement made between President
TAFT and Governor colquitt for the
Texas rangers to patrol the border was
one of extreme economy for the fed
eral government as well as for Texas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Political Play to the Prison Galleries.

We would commend to our readers
an editorial below, clipped from the
Boston Transcript of Dec. IS. which
deals so frankly with maudlin senti-
mentality or what is worse. a political
play to the gallery for the sake of
winning the votes of the rabble, that
We are constrained to endorse its
wholesome sentiments in case in
which Maine people have become
somewhat interested. The sensible
criticism by politically independent
newspaper of the course of the COVER
nor of it's state, should be read with the
understanding that the recent visit of
prison may be classified as for "politi-
cal purposes only and no other re-
suit of his attitude toward criminals
could be expected than diminished
respect for law, and lessened fear of
the penalties prescribed for violation
Of the law. The. Transcript says:
The value of the governors council
was never better demonstrated than
by it's refusal to give effect to the at
tempt of the state executive to COM
mute to life Imprisonment the death
sentence passed upon Silas \. Phelps.
The Franklin county murderer. If
there is one kind of notoriety more
than another that Massachusetts
should oppose to the extreme limit. it
is the kind that Tennessee acquired
under Governor Patterson and South
Carolina is now experiencing under
Governor Blease. That would be not
only degrading and humilating, but
dangerous. Nothing else is so well
calculated to release the restraint of
murderous impulses as an attitude of
sickly sentimentaiity toward the muir
derers.
In the case of Phelps there have
been no extenuating circumstances. He
was we'll developed type of the bad
man" of the rural districts. They are
to be found in many country COM
munities. They begin with small
crimes and unless their courses are ar
rested they end with great ones. They
steal, they assault, they burn barns
ana DWELLINGS, ana Inc citizens lear to
declare their suspicious or put the law
on the trail of the offenders lest re-
prisals follow when liberty is regained
In the present instance Phelps carried
his career to it's logical conclusion He
has had fair trial. he has been found
guilty OF the extreme crime Nc
shadow of doubt rests upon the jus.
tice of the finding or the sentence, ant
1t has been a most disagreeable sur
prise to the well-affected and conduct
ed people of Massachusetts that tn,
governor of the state should select THU
particular case for a display o
eiemency.
If he intends to exert his official in
fiuence for the abolition of capita
punishment, he has made a very un
fortunate beginning and started Wit
an example that must fail to appeal I
the sober and sane sense of the public
Men like Phelps are not deferred fror
crime by prospect Of imprisonment
They have aspirations hardly abov
the brutes, and the state will provid
for them I'm prison perhaps better tina
they would provide for themselves ct
Of II. Certainly he has merited III
extreme penalty standing upon OF
statute books. The law should not /
interfered with. Let us reserve OF
pympathies for the good citizens an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Don't.

Don't think because you have taken
many remedies in vain that your case
is incurable.
You have not taken Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
1t has cured many seemingly hope
less cases of scrofula. catarrh, rheu-
matism, kidney complaint. dyspepsia
and general debility-many cases tina,
may have been worse than yours.
What this great medicine has done
for others 1t can do for you.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
How'a This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known f. j
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE..
Toledo o
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eous surfaces of the system. Testimo
malls sent free. Price IS cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipa
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Maine Gossip
To the kennebec Journal;

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the
Journal in the camps:
Its columns shedding radiance beyond
the pale of lamps
We go to ii for comfort when our wic<s
are burning low
oh, when We need REPETITION to the Ken
nebec we go.
And we wish it and its readers
\ bright and glad New Year
With duplication of its past
To its enemies all fear,
May its columns ever vile me
Well filed with all the news;
Continue as ii always has
To state the peoples views,
We shall look 10 YOU the organ
That we scan from day 10 day,
AS time advances on its march
To wear our fears away.
So again we wish the Journal
With all its honest views
\ mighty happy New Year
To supply us still with news,
C. F.. Turner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

A 2 per cent. grade is the limit of the
steam engine. Between Cripple Creek
and the town of Victor, Colo. the trolley
line makes grades of nearly per cent,
rising a thousand feet in three miles, and
this with the cars crowded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Tuesday, January 2, 1912.

All humble. meek, merciful, just,
pious and devout souls are every
where of one religion, and when
death has taken off the mask, they
will know one another, though the
divers liveries they wear make
them strangers.-Wllliam Penn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

Mrs. A. II. Tabor, of Crider Mo-. had
been troubled with sick headache for
about five years. when she began taking
Chamberlan's Tablets. She has taken
her Sick headache is caused by dis
ordered stomach for which these tablets
are especially intended. Try them, get
well and stay well. Sold by all dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

Persons troubled with partial paralysis
are often very much benefited by mas
saying the affected parts thoroughly
when applying Chamberlain's Liniment.
This liniment also relieves rheumatic
pains. For sale by all dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
Voices Of the State Press.

How can an intelligent Government
withhold pensions for retired life
savers after reading an account of the
heroic rescue of the crew of the
wrecked sehooper Mary Adelaide RAN
dali near Block Island ?-EXpress &
Advertiser.
The indicted packers cannot be
charged with waste of resources if
it is true. as held by the government
attorneys in the trial now in prog
ress. that on the two by-produets of
oleomargarine and castings they
made profits of $4,000000 a year on a
capital stock of $4,000. Biddeford
Journal
Why does Governor Plaisted put off
the special session so late as the YER
nal equinox? Politics; that's all. Most
of the cities and ali of the towns hold
their annual elections in March. The
Legislature will convene fresh from
town meeting. There will be a chance
to inject the rum issue in the meet
ings. and possibly to emphasize the
demand for license. Besides it will
tend to shorten the session. The
farmers viii he in a hurry to get home
and attend to the springs work. The
Governor is foXy.-Portland Press.
Is 1912 To be n tipless year? 1t will
be If the Commercial Travellers are as
successful in the campaign against the
tipping evil as they are in other
things. They are to wage relentless
war against the practice heeinning to-
morrow. No class of travellers suffer
more from the tip system than the men
on the road selling goods and they are
determined to abolish it. and in this
fight they enlist the cooperation of all
travellers. They may not do away
with the tipping evil' entirely. but If
it modifes it and wipes out its worst
features the campaign will have been
ccessful.-Telegram
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

According to statistics the hens add
ed $750,000 900 to the wealth of the
Nation last year. This is something
to crow about.-Portland Telegram.
But is equal suffrage campaigning or
leap year to be held responsible for
this Growing" female of her species?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

What difference does one husband
Moore or less make to Lillian Russell?
Portland Press.
Why doesn't Nat Goodwin her and
settle this eternal who's next" ques-
ton?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

A good many people in New Eng
land will have occasion to remember
it as the big wind. "-Biddeford Rec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
srvan and Maine Democracy.

unoffending people who have been
done TO death by murderous hands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

After investigating sanitary condi-
tons, the Portland health officers have
decided to ask the city council to pass
an order authorizing the purchase of
1000 garbage cans of the NOSE durable
kind. These cans are TO be labelled
Board of Health and will be sold TO
houscholders at cost. the purchasers
To receive the cans upon application
and be allowed their own time in
which to reimburse the city for their
cost. The next step which ii is pro-
posed 10 take in the cleaning of the
city is to impose a fine for dumping
garbage on the ground.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

We Can't Help Saying 1t.
Orville and Wilbur.

There are two aviators
Whom no danger attends:
They cut all aerial capers
And turn somersets on bends;
Clip the edges off the clouds,
On weather vanes alight-
All done in strictest certainty
That they must land quite Wright
Perhaps in view of the age of the
child, the best DR.. Sun Vat Sen can
expect to become. historically, the
foster father of his country.-Indian-
apolis News.
BY the way isn't there already a
breath sweetener named after him?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02


As if the polo coats the young
women are now wearing We're not
sufficient reminders of the bath room,
tho still later fad, started by Chicago
women, is gown made of Turkish
towels.-Express & Advertiser
But when our wife starts wearing
bath mittens, chamois sandals and
steel link wells, meanwhile expelling
the odor of Geewhizzum's soap and
using the soap holder for a purse,
we're going TO make a bid for nat
uralization papers in the Fiji islands.
., yes, Q, yes, o, yes! The Maine
legislature is ordered by Governor
Plaisted to assemble in special ses-
sion March 20. for the purpose Of
saving the people from themselves
Manchester Union.
No, not for the sake of Saving" the
people, but for the sake of .'presery-
ing them-in alcohol
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

Meaning the weather or Democratic
economy?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held response
BILE for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
TO BuRLEIGH e. FTYNT. Publish
ers. Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02

f. Z. Conant of Buekfeld, the we'll
known fruit raiser, also seems to be
after a dairying record. The follow
ing report from one of his high grade
Jersey COWS makes interesting read
ing. During the twelve months of
1910 she gave 755a.4 pounds OF milk,
an average of 20.7 pounds per day
for the 300 The average test was $50
per cent. The butter fat equafed
52174 pounds of butter for which s175.-
10 was received. The actual cost of
keeping her was S11.61. making a
profit of S1038S for the year 1910, her
product being sold to the Turner Cen
ter Creamery Co. The cost per month
through the winter was as follows:
January, 1915: February, $780, March,
$3.50; April, $3.50: May, SS.23. The
low cost during the month of March
was due to her freshening about
April first No knowledge of the pro-
ductiye qualities of his cows had ever
before been obtained by Mr.. Conant
and lie was himself surprised to learn
that he had such a valuable COW.
All O. this came through his being a
member of the oxford County Test
ing Association.