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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
The Pitfalls of a Scholar.

The business of being a scholar in
politics clearly has its trials, and Gov
ernor Wilson's desire when entering on
the career for an anchor to windward
in the shape of a Carnegie pension
was not uncanny. He may have fore
seen that the professional habit of ex-
pounding opinions on all sorts of pub
lie questions made his political life a
particularly poor risk. The sword of
Damocles hangs over him.
Congressman HIS quotations from
speech delivered by DIR. Wilson as
recently as June 10, 1909, on ''unprofit-
able servants" are most ineonvenient,
coming on the very day when the Gov
ernor was submitting himself to the in
spection of Mr. Samuel Gompers with a
view to the affixing of the union label
on his candidacy. Mr.. Gompers will
scarcely approve these views of the
trend of unionism:
You know what the usual stand of
the employe is in our day. 1t is to give
as little as he may for his wages La
Dor is standardized by the trade
unions, and this is the standard to
which it is made to conform. No one is
suffered to do more than the average
workman can do. In some trades ana
handicrafts no one is suffered to do
more than the least skilful of his fell
lows can do within the hours allotted
| to a days labor, and no one may work
off hours at all or volunteer anything
beyond the minimum. The labor OF
America is rapidly becoming unprofit-
able under its present regulation by
those who have determined TO reduce
| it to q minimum.
The anti injunction and contempt OF
court planks of the Baltimore platform
| can hardly reconcile union labor 10
candidate who says that through its
methods the country grows more and
| more full of Improbable servants.
OF course, the Governor can assure
Mr.. Gompers that he didn't really mean
what he seemed to say, just as he as
sured the unlikely fellows from the
South of Europe that he had the ut
most respect for their noble father
| lands and the naturalized voters COM
| ing from them. Even if he did mean
| ii he is entitled to change his Opinions
| He wanted Mr. Bryan Knocked into q
cooked hat" only to discover later that
he was the zone fixed point in the De-
mocraey' He taught the folly and
wickedness of radical doctrines al
Princeton only TO discover that he had
been teaching ''bosh.' He leaned long
on the bosom of George Harvey only to
discover that it was tainted by tine
Interests" He has declared the Demo :
cratic theory that protection was I'M
constitutional to be unsound only to
find himself committed by his platform
to that theory
| With his record as a scholar behind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

A clerk in a Biddeford pharmacy is
reported to have distinguished him
self. the other day,Bby taking bath
in a barrel of vaseline into which he
fell head foremost while engaged in
filling an order. Another clerk who
was near grabbed the submerged one
by the ankles and yanked him uncer-
enormously from the barrel. otherwise
the consequences might have been Sc
rious, but as it was, the only incon-
Yenience suffered was that occasioned
by thick coating of vaseline on his
head and shoulders. 1t is understood
that the young man has long been
noted for his uniform courtesy and
Smoothness of manner toward pa
irons of the store, but when he was
pulled from that barrel of vaseline.
with his head looking like an enlarged
amber bead and glistening in the
summer sunshine. it was the concen-
srs OF opinion of those who saw him
that he was by far the "smoothest
article on the street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

.
the United states have been compiled
by the Bureau of Railway Economies
from the reports filed month by month
by the railways with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, for the TWEEN
ty-two months from July, 1910 to
April, 1912, the latest month for which
revenue per mile of line for the rail-
ways as a whole in comparison with
the corresponding months of the pre-
vious year decreased in eighteen of
these months, and increased in but
four. The decrease per mile of line
per month was as great in amount as
$50, and as great in ratio as Is per
cent. The greatest increase for any
one of the four months showing in
creases was s31, or al per cent. This
was in February, 1912, and was eX-
ceptional as the month contained one
more day than February, 1911. The
highest average net operating revenue
per mile of line for any one month of
this period was $409, the lowest S203.
Seven of the ten months from July,
1911 TO April, 1912, show decreases in
net operating revenue per mile of line
as compared with the corresponding
months of the fiscal year ending June
30, 1911; and eleven of the months of
the fiscal year ending June so. 1911;
and eleven of the months of the fiscal
year which ended June so. 1911, show
ed decreases in comparison with the
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1910. 1t
is therefore evident that the trend of
railway net revenue has been down
ward for the past two years.
The summary for April. 1912, shows
that net operating revenue was less
than for April. 1911. by S6,026,440,
equivalent per mile of line to $33, or
ia per cent. This net operating rev.
enue, which in the aggregate amount
ed to $50, 1862, 945, averaged $S.57 for
each mile Of line for each day i'll April,
less by Sill than for each day of
April of last year. This is the gross
income per mile of line per day be-
fore anything has been taken out for
taxes, rentals. interest on bonds, APP
preparations for betterments or divi-
dends. Taxes for April amounted to
s44 per mile of line, an increase of 9.4
per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
For County Treasurer.
BERT P. STUART. Belgrade.

For Representatives to Legislature.
BYRON BOYD. Augusta.
WILLIS T.. SWIFT, Augusta.
GORHAM C. CARR, Watervillc.
FRED CYR, Waterville.
CHESTER H. BEANIE, Gardiner.
JOHN M. EASTMAN, Benton.
(Clinton. Albion, Benton, Unity Pi.
Glass;
EDWARD II. COOK, vassalboro.
(Winslow. Vassalboro Class)
ZEN b. THOMPSON, Farmingdals.
Chelsea, Farmingdale CLASP
CHARLES w. JONES. China.
(Windsor, Randolph. Pittston, China
Glass;
DANA c. SKILLIN, Hallowell.
(Hallowell, w. Gardiner, Manchester
Glass;
ARTHUR ]. CHICK, Monmouth.
Monmouth, Litchfield, Winthrop
Glass;
ELLSWORTH E. PEACOCK, Read
field.
(Wayne. Readfield, Mt. Vernon, Fay
cite, Vienna, Rome Glass;
FRED A. SCRIBNER, Belgrade.
belgrade, Sidney Glass;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Eoss. Pardoner.

Governor Foss of Massachusetts evil
IDENTIFY seeks to surpass the record OF
former Governor Patterson of Tennes-
see as a pardoner of criminals. He has
freed 1872 during the year and half
he has been in office. Among the num-
Der are twelve murderers, who were
serving life sentences, two of whom
has escaped the death chair by the
Communication of their sentences to life
Imprisonment. The governors activity
in emptying the state prison at
Charlestown furnishes a very strong
argument for keeping the pardoning
power out of the hands of politicians.
as we do in Connecticut.-Har
Times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Feminine Fancy in Dress.

All ladies', We whom Fashions strineing
What of the style of skirt called "cling-
ing?
So thin that you and light show through
1t,
As thousands are aware who view it;
With little underneath but nature
no constitute the filling feature;
So startling as to cause modest
NAN 10 wonder ii the oldest
Sculpture ever carved or moulded
Were not in public now unfolded.
Ladies, ladies' your apparel
Makes one wish you wore a barrel;
And if by chance, YOU are not knowing
That YOU are making such a showing,
Oh wad some power the giftie gle you
To see yoursels as ithers see you.
wv. j. Hampton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Editorial Comment
The Problem of Thaw's Sanity.
lNeW York World.O

New York WORLDLY
WHO shall decide when doctors dis
agree?' The old adage gathers a new
irony from the contradictory testi-
mony of the alienists as to Harry X.
Thaw's mental condition.
DIR. Austin Flint swore to the pris-
oner's insanity and gave nine specific
reasons for his belief. And according
to Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, he is still
a paranoiac. Yet by the testimony of
three experts for the defense he is not.
Dr. White, head of the United States
Asylum for the Insane at Washing
ton, noticed no deviation from the
normal in Thaw and did not think
that his release would prove men
ace TO the public" Former Supt. Rus
sell of Matteawan regards him as suf-
fering not from paranoia but from
constitutional inferiority." DIR. Amos
T. Baker of Matteawan things him a
paranoiac still; DIR. Adolph Meyer,
specialist in mental diseases and pro-
fessor of psyehiatry at Johns Hopkins,
thinks not because a paranoiae can
not long conceal his decisions.
What is the effect of this contradic-
tory mass of expert evidence likely
to be on the Court and the public?
Whether Thaw is released as sane or
remanded 10 Matteawan as being still
under the influence of homicidal inn
pulses, the result of the latest hear
ing to test his sanity can only be to
prove by what thin partitions the
sound is divided from the unsound
mind, in the opinion of the most COM
petent authorities on mental disease
and to add to the seeptieism of at
least a part of the public as to the re-
liability of this kind of evidence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Voices of the Press
The Greater Loser.

We do not know who stultified him
self the more yesterday at Sea Grit
Governor Wilson, who shook hands
with the machine boss of Newark for
the purpose of getting his political
support, or the boss himself who had
previously called Governor Wilson IAN
migrate and a liar" But the man who
occupies the higher pedestal will suffer
more in the public estimate-Buffalo
Commercial
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

The new agitation of the redistrict-
ing plans for Missouri suggests that
the present system, which gives but
half representation for some Mis-
sourians and double representation for
others, is near its doom. Though the
Republicans had a plurality in the
popular vote in 1910 the delegation III
Congress is Democratic by 10 to 8. and
the Senate Democratic by to 1.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

The band of gypsies which annually
burdens Maine with its unwelcome pre-
sence. is again on the road, and was
last reported in Piscataquis county.
AS usual, the members are making
nuisances of themselves. especially
the women. who visit the business sec
tions of the towns along the route to
ply their trade. They are willing to
tell fortunes, and also to take possess
sion of anything within reach. The
band was ordered out of town by the
Dover and Foxcroft authorities, also
by those of other places in that sec
ton, and the precedent should be fol-
lowed wherever the band attempts to
tarry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
The Strength of Tradition.

Nobody but an Englishman could
have beaten John Paul Jones in that
1500metre race at Stockholm, and he
only because it is traditional doctrine
among Englishmen to run fast at the
mention of John Paul Jones.-Man-
chester Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
His First Mistake!

Wilson to insult Tammany at this
juncture, but he presents no agreeable
spectacle eulogiZing it. The letter to
the Society of Tammany is chilling to
rising Wilson enthusiasm.-N. Y.
Globe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
New Party Emblann.

To the Editor of the Evening Post:
Sir: To insure success for the third
ticket, why not the stork for the party
emblem? Ballots should read: Vote
under the stork in the family circle"
A. b. II. in N. Y. Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

4 man from Waldoboro, who was
in Bath. Monday, en- route to Auburn
with a load of household goods. pre-
paratory to shipping them to Galifor
mia. evidently appreciates the value Of
a good dog. He was accompanied by
a sherherd dog, and in response to a
question replied that he was going to
ship his pet West by express. The
express charges on the dog will be
S24, but the man stated that if the
charges We're four times that amount
he would not think of leaving the an
imal behind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

One of the stories which is now 60
ing the rounds tells of farmer of
some so summers in Sagadahoc county
who, because of chronic suffering from
the green-eyed monster, has put blind
ers on his young and pretty wife to
keep her from the sight and wiles Of
the male of the species. The binders
are not the kind used on horse s
bride, but are said to be equally ef-
fective in shutting out the side lights.
The binders include huge screen of
canvas which shuts off view of the
highway from the kitchen windows,
and precludes any possibility of fiirt-
ing with the men who pass that way.
AS for the rest of the house, be 1t ever
so hot. the windows next the street are
always closed. and the curtains drawn.
The screen is said to have been an af-
terthought on the part of the husband,
who feared that should the kitchen
windows be kept down with the rest
of those on that side of the house, the
heat during the summer months
might at times reach the danger point.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
The Democratic "Plenty."

Paradoxically, the Democratic free
traders would fill up the dinner pail
by slieing off opportunity for employ
ment.-Baltimore American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Coming to Wilson.

Later on, Candidate Wilson will
strongly dislike the men who just now
mar painting his political outlook full
of ainbows.-Albany Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

William II. Dwyer of Biddeford,
who has just returned from months
vacation, which he passed at Bar Har-
Dor, is credited with having estab-
lished worlds record when it comes
to keeping down vacation expenses.
According to the Biddeford Journal
Mr.. Dwyer's total expense for the
month amounted to s1.S6, and in com
menting upon the performance the
Journal SAYS: when ii comes to en-
joying n cheap vacation, and that at
SO fashionable a resort as Bar Har-
Dor. Bin Dwyer, the law student, Ger
tainly puts it all over anything that
the Journal has heard of in recent
years, for he passed the month of
June at Names famous resort and it
cost him just one dollar and eighty
six cents from the time he left Bid
deford until he again sat him down by
his own fireside. Mr.. Dwyer, who as
we have stated has been at the Har-
Dor fJr a month, is again at the law
Office of his parent where he is perus-
ing with what diligence he may the
leaves of his Blackstone. When asked
how he did it dhe cheap vacation acD
Bill simply looks wise and says in the
words of Tom. the Fiddler, There be
ways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Chanqina the Species.

The next time Champ Clark goes In
to campaign he should choose the
grounding as his mascot.-Emporia
Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

But then, proposed Democratic re-
auctions might effect advocated stand
ards-such as Governor Wilson's s1.5l
a day for the average working man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

For Register of Probate.
RALPH w. LEIGHTON, Mt. Vernon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Agricultural Help

department compiled from the best
of our exchanges and farming reports
for our rural subscribers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

For County Commissioners.
HENRY f. CUMMINGS, Manchester.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
TRINITY COMMANDMENT. NO. ?. K.

T. Stated conclave at Masonic Temple.
Friday, July 10, at $50 T. Nj. All so-
iourning fraters are cordially United.
MELVIN Il. SAWTELLE, K. C..
THOS H. BODniE, Recatder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
Maine Gossip
The Old Places.

Inc Old Places.
Where we have been together
In sunshine and in rain,
is sad or songful weather,
/ would not go again.
Where we have been together
In days when joy was fleet
My heart may journey thither
But neVermore my feet.
Unless when. unforgetting
Each dear and distant day,
pass toward the SUMS setting
BY that remembered way.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

1.-THE seryitude of the rivers
is the noblest and most impor-
tant victory which man has OBJ
tanned over the RIGHTEOUSNESS
of nature, Gibbons Decline
and FAN of the Roman EN-
pire.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

For Sheriff.
COLBY GETCHELL. Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

For County Attorney.
WILLIAM II. FISHER, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. s,
Meetings at O'Clock every second and
fourth Tuesday
w. l.. HAYDEN, c. Il.
c. Il. STEWART. Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

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 & FLYNT, Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday AZ
4 o,cInck
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

oDD FELLOWS o~LA
ASYLUM LODGE NO. 20, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at s o'clock.
o. u. FAkNHAM, N. Il.
h. F. WESTON, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

For Judge of Probate.
HAROLD E. COOK, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

Down in Bath a crusade has been
inaugurated against dogs that are al
lowed to roam the streets during the
night and disturb the sleepers OF that
city by their barking and bowling. A
constable has been detailed to hunt up
and destroy these disturbers of the
peace and quiet of the city, and 1t is
said that several have already sue
cumbed to his deadly aim. Bath peo-
pie who own CANNES that are afflicted
with the barking habit are keeping
them locked up after nightfall, for the
dog that goes out nights and lifts up
his voice in sonatas to the moon is
very apt not to go home in the morn
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

w. B. GETCHELL, Capt.
l.. C. HUGHES. Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

According to Biddeford paper
Deputy Sheriff L. M. Watkins of York
county is mourning the loss of his
handsome IS Stetson hat, which in his
official capacity he wore during a
liquor raid, Monday at Old Orchard.
He still wore the hat when he boarded
trolley car to return to Biddeford,
but on the way up gust OF Wind
lifted the hat and blew 1t under the
car, the wheels of which passed over
it, crushing it into a shapeless mass
and covering it with grease. The dep
uty rescued the Stetson and carried
it in his hand up town. but all the
renovating in the world will not re-
store it's former shape and beauty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

r. B. CAPEN REBEkAH LODGE NO.
81, /. o. O. f. Meets End and 4th Wednso-
day evenings at 730 O'Clock.
NELLIE p. RACI<LIFF. N. q.
SADIE IL. METCALF. Rec. Sec.
mch25 m-w-f, Tyr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
For State Auditor.
TIMOTHY r. CALLAHAN
of Lewiston.

For State Senators.
JOSEPH w. ALLEN. Mt. Vernon.
FRANK l.. BUTTON, Augusta.
WELLINGTON r. REYNOLDS,
Winslow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

For Clerk of Courts.
CHARLES w. JONES, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

Monday, July IS, 1912.
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07

We are after youi You have
more or less banking business.
Possibly it is with us, such being
the case you know something of
our service, but if not a patron,
would it not be we'll for you to
become one?
A savings account is satisfac-
tory guarantee of future COM
fort.
The road to prosperity is the
first dollar placed in the bank.
We get new customers by Civ
ing good service to our old Gus
toners.
We invite you to open an ac-
count at our bank with a dollar
or more.
You cannot tell how much
more money you could save un-
til you try this safe and conser-
vative way. Why not start a
check account with us today.
THE BANK OF WINSLOW
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07

WOOD. Good cedar stove
wood for sale, delivered anywhere
in the city. B. F. Ketchum,
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07

The United States, although the
youngest among nations, manu-
factures more goods, sells more
merchandise. raises more pro-
duce, employs more labor, pays
more wages, gives more comfort
to it's people, has more happy and
prosperous homes than any nation
on earth.
Labor is one of the supreme
laws of life. Toll is honorable.
The progress which the world has
made is a glorious testimonial to
human handiwork. Those who
work know more of genuine hap
piness than those whose lives
seem dedicated to idleness.
A college education harms no
one who is willing to learn some
thing afterwards.
Public sentiment can raise a
man to the highest pinnacle of
fame in a day and. cast him off
his high perch in a second,
Wives shouldn't expect their
bubbles to be very sociable of an
evening after they have been to
a foot ball game and hollered their
heads off.
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07
Applications for Grazing
Permits

NOTICE is hereby given that
all applications for permits to
Craze cattle, horses. hogs and
sheep, within the Sstgreaves Ma
tional Forest during the season of
1913 must be filed in my office at
Snowflake, Arizona, on or before
January Is, 1918. Full informa-
ton in regard to'the grazing fees
to be charged and blank forms to
be used in making applications
will be furnished upon request.
CHAS. H. JENNINGS.
s. Acting Supervisor.
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07
Foi!s A Foul Plot

When a shameful plot exists
between liver and bowels to cause
distress by refusing to act, take
Or. Kings New Life Pills, AMI
end such abuse Of your system.
They gently compel right actic n
Of stomach, liver and bowels, and
restore your health and all good
feelings. Is cents at all drug
gists. i
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07

FOR SALE Completely fur
nished new four-room house with
bath, newly decorated. If you
intend to buy a home this is a
bargain. Must be seen to be ap-
preciated. Inquire of owner, i.
Schmitz, painter and decorator.
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07
HoW,s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Ca.arrh that cannot becured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure F. j. Cheney & Co.
Toledo. Ohio.
We, the undersigned have known f. j.
Cheney for the past IS years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
ions, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnaa & Marvin. -.
Wholesale DIalggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly uponthe blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. TESTIMONIALS sent
free Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills fer constipation
The Winslow mail., 1912-12-07

You will find that druggists
everywhere speak we'll of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. They
know from long experience in
the sale of it that in cases Of
coughs and colds it can always
be depended upon, and that it is
pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by all dealers. +