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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12
Milk Bread

Heat moderately one half
| cup Bordeu'S Bvaparatcd Milk
| diluted with enc and one
| half cups water, and turn ii
into the aiNtnS bo@i, adding
one tablespoonful butter and
one leasI ooniu, sail When
cool add one-llalf cup Yeast
| aud stir in from three to four
1 Guns Hour or enough te
| make drop batter; beat
thoroughly until smooth and
full Of air. hubbles. Cover aud
| let stand III Il warm place
| until morning. In The morn
| ing add enoagh ilour to make
dough About Iwa QUARTS
| of iioir in all Viii lie re-
! oifreA. Mix thoroughly.
| kneat until smooth aid CHS
| tic aHd will not stick Ia tile
beard or bands l.et rtSe;
when light lurn Il an t. lite
| Toured board and slape IL
ifgn loaves With as little
| kneading IT. nnsaibie.. let rls4
20 double It's huik bake in
| Tot oven abnut one hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12

ORDER OF OWLS, AUGUSTA NEST,
No. 1856 Special meeting, Friday even
ing, Dec. I'D Darby Block, $50 r. NJ.
Initiation of candidates
n. L. PERKINS, Pres.
G. II. pANGS. Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12
JEPHrHA ENcAMPMENT, NO

Meetings at 40 o'clock every second and
fourth Tuesday. Installation of officers
Tuesday evening, Jan %.
G. w. MERRILL, Scribe.
G. w. POOR, c. p.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12

AUGUSTA LODGE 3. p. Q. {. NO.
964 Meetings the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month at o'clock.
G. w. POOR, L. r.
Ii. A. HEATH, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12
IL COM

U. o. c. c., MORRILL, CON-
mandery No 326, U. o. G. C. Regular
meeting second and fourth Tuesday even
ings at go o'clock at Golden Cross hall.
JOHN A. GARDNER, n. c.
LETTIE l.. WING, X. II.
w. L. CLOUGH. f. X. II.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12

Wednesday Eve, Jan. Il. 80 o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 46, A. q. S.
meets in Golden Cross hall the fourth
Monday of each month.
BESSIE l.. JACKSON, Pres
JOHANNA +. MURRAY. Sec.
FRED b. WORTHING, Collector.
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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-12-06
! Lincoln-McCrea Hardware & Imp Co. !

prayer of indescribable odors. those
appeals to life in former spheres
which no other sense remembers-the
ceaseless roar of the wind in the pines
so steady that 1t formed background
for other sounds almost as good as 81.
lence itself: the evening pipe and the
talk of what had been done and what
was to be done-all these made amends.
And then the sleeping-such. Sleep
ing! And waking up in the morning
in the exact attitude one vent to sleep
the night before! Sleep that washed
out all the former days fatigue and
started them as eager as hounds for
that of the new day-that is, within
limits. for when a man Overworks as
continually as Jim had done no para
disc sleep nor balsam air can turn
MIN right perpetually.
And for that reason the claim de-
clared holiday. consisting Of a hunt
Ing trip. 1t was curious hunting
trip. Not one Bang" went the clean
and polished rife. They stalked four
deer. crawling on their bellies. culver
ing with the chase. rounding behind
rocks. Then when the game was with
In range up went the rifle. jim squint.
ed along the sights. then dropped it.
"What's der matter?' whispered
Ches. He had been waiting for long
time to hear the gun go off.
"They seem to be having a pretty
good time by themselves there. Ches."
Eyes. OATS so. but I've heard deer
meat was good" .Ches was disap-
pointed at &'is manner OF hunting.
$50 1t Is" replied Jim. Probably
nobody has that notion. stronger than
the deer" He followed the four pref
ty animals below them with tense
eyes. He loved to hunt, but he hated
to kill.
"See here. boy" he said. sitting
down and pulling of his boots. II
think l can show you some fun. Do
you notice they're feeding up to that
nose of rock? Well. 1 used to be rath-
er quick on my feet once. and I think
II can slip down behind there with
out their winding me If one gets close
enough l can catch him with my
hands, which is trick I'd like much
ly to accomplish. Now, you sit here
and watch and for your life don't
make move or sound. By Jimmy, If
1 could do thatw He trotted light
footed down the slope out of sight.
The boy soon saw him reappear be-
hind the sharp rock wall that jutted
out into the valley, rubbing crushed
pine needles upon himself with the
idea of overpowering the human odor,
although. whether effective in its pur-
pose or not. it was not necessary. a
strong up wind from deer to man
making 1t impossible that they could
scent him.
They waited and they waited, big
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-12-06
The Mascot
of Sweet
.|:'1l G,1u llllc;
BY HENRY WALLACE
PHILLIPS
Copyright. 1905, BY the Bobbs.Mesrin
Company

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An old miner would have shared his
feelings in this instance. for Jim. 80
thorough in some things. was a care
less workman. Your old miner would
have shaken his head at the weak
caps and recklessly driven tagging.
frames out Of plumb and made Of any
stick that came to hand. more espe-
cially as they were to support loose
dirt Of the most treacherous sort.
Ches worked outside. dumping the
car that Jim had made Of four tree
sections for wheels and sluice box
boards for sides. Jim. the ingenious.
had rugged up pulley system where
by Ches could run the car out and in
without interrupting the work on the
face. s
1t was hard labor for Ches at first.
but he gritted his teeth and stuck it
out manfully. ~@
"Bime-by." he would say to himself.
''Ill have er muscle on me like Jim,
an den I'll yank dis cussed OF car
right out in der middle Of der erik"
And he examined the small bunch on
his arm critically dozen times every
day.
Meanwhile his hero and idol was
outdoing the human in his exertions.
The effort he put forth would have
killed an ordinary man. He fought
the stubborn earth as though it were
an enemy. Stripped to the waist. bent
over in the low tunnel. hour after hour
Jim piled the pick and shovel with the
regularity and power Of a machine,
There was at once something fascinat.
Ing and heroic in the ripping glide of
the muscles over his broad back and
In the supple swing that sent the pick
to join the packed dirt
1t all looked SO easy. 1t was as If
the dirt were very soft and not the
striker very strong. Nevertheless four.
teen hours a day Of this. varied occa,
sionally by cutting timbers and carry.
ing them by hand to the tunnel, some
of them weight enough for a horse.
Others not adequate, lust as they
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-12-06

"BIME-BY. I'LL HAVE Err MUSCLE ON ME-
LIKE JIM"
came" being careless Jim's motto, told
even on his engines.
They had certain mark on the can,
yon side-a wildcats hole it was-and
when the sun threw the shadow of
the western wall upon the mark the
days work was finished.
Ches used to watch this with atten.
ton. Eyer move along all right till
yer gifts halfway up. den yer JUS
crawls. yer OIL beggar." was his stand.
ing remark on the progress of the
shadow Still, he always gave good
measurement.
Toward the last Of the month Jim
grew an interest in their clock.
where's the blame thing now,
Ches?" would come holloway out of
the tunnel.
Three more cars away. Jim. JUS
tppin' the white rock" ri
Then the CHEEKY shout Of "All overv'
and the worker stepping out into the
fresh air, soft and cool in the twilight.
hooking the sweat from his forehead
and wishing that supper would cook
itself. Sometimes the wildcat looked
down upon them from his eyrie.
"Ches." said weary Jim. IF that lad
thinks at all he must think we're aw.
full FOOLS"
He wouldn't be so tur'bIe or his
guess neider." replied the equally wea.
~ Ches.
After supper. however. the world
seemed different. There was Jones
hill-a man Of large ideas was Jones
to call that mass of rock a hill-shin-
Ing redhot in the last light against
topaz or turquoise sky and the gulch
that ran up to it in mystery Of dark
green gloom offering up an evening
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28

DHTENTG Larson & Ross. Book Eree.
- @iN - BE- ", Schiller Big, Chicago, III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
Same ThinQ

81 hear that firms going under"
Eyes. they're going up"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
TRAVELLERS MISTAKE

Will Chinese customs and traditions
change with the new regime? If they
do travel in the Celestial empire will
be deprived of much of its pleasures,
which are sometimes attended with
excitement, not to say danger. Two
Englishmen travelling in Nfng-Po on
visit to a Chinese official during the
autumn had, to say the least, divert
ing time. They were being carried in
sedan chairs, and feeling the atmos-
phere oppressive asked the bearers to
give them a little fresh air by opening
the roof The men met the request
with stolid Indifference, so the travel
ers decided to open the roof them
selves AS they approached the city
they found that they we're the objects
of considerable attention. A crowd Of
500 surrounded the chairs, and soon it
increased to 1000, the people uttering
menacing cries. Happily nothing
worse happened. When they reached
their destination their host received
them with establishment. Good gra-
cious," said he, what have you done?
Only condemned criminals here travel
in an open chair!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
GA NOTESesz1

Arkansas has the only diamond
mine in the world, outside of Africa.
in Pike county.
The United States now produces
more copper than all the rest of the
world together.
Arkansas produces coal, silver, ga
lena, slate, oil stones and clay O..
every description.
An international coal smoke abate-
ment exhibition will be held in Lon
don in March and April.
OF all nations the United States
alone allows the use of white phos-
phorus in making matches.
The manufacture of cement has at
tanned eighth rank for value among
the industries of the United States.
A recent discovery in Ireland indi-
Gates the presence Of a large area
rich in copper. sulphur and arsenic.
Flour when compressed, will keep
for an almost indefinite time. It's bulk
is decreased by the process one-third.
St Louis has a concrete building 81
feet high, which has no windows
Light comes only from glass in the
root.
If a little chalk be rubbed on a file
before filing steel it will prevent chips
sticking to the file to scratch the
work.
Because few typewriter inks are in
delible or unalterable, the Venezuelan
government has forbidden the official
registration or authorization of type
written documents.
Aspen wood is used almost exclu-
sively in the manufacture of matches
porous enough to be easily impreg
mated with sulphur or paraff1n.
In mining and similar operations in
the Transyaal of South Africa great
quantities Of high explosives are used.
II is estimated that 100000 are in
vested in such explosives every year.
Wood is so scarce in England that a
process has been invented for produc-
ing it artifcially. Straw, sawdust and
grass are compressed to make It.
Conch shells are used as a substi-
tute for window glass in some parts of
the Philippines.
The paper of which our money is
made is manufactured of linen rags
from the Orient and silk from Italy or
China
The discovery of a considerable de
post of uranium ore in South Aus
tralia is believed to indicate a new
source of radium.
The waste from two wood pulp mills
in Sweden that use the sulphite pro-
cess, ordinarily considered valueless,
is being converted into Industrial al
cohol.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
EAGLE BEHEADS RARE BIRD |

An American eagle, confined in the
aViary at Columbian Park, Lafayette,
Ind, deliberately killed a Mexican blue
quail, one of a pair which had just
been brought to the park, from New
Mexico The Mexican blue quail is a
rare fowl and this pair had been cap
tured after a six months search.
There was no suitable place for them
at the park aviary and they were
placed in an empty compartment of
the big cage in which the eagles and
owls are kept. There is a stout wire
netting between the two compartments
and wooden strips are nailed around
the bottom. One of the big eagles
hoped close to the wire netting and
found hole through the wooden strip.
He reached through, seized one of the
quails and pulled its head from its
body
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
1T ALMOST TOO STRONG
Bachelors Excuse for Not Visiting the
"OnIy Baby" Almost Cost Him
Fathers Friendship.

Zone of my closest friends" said
Philadelphia bachelor, lis the proud
father of a newly-arrived baby boy
For some days I've had a sneak
ing and guilty feeling that ought to
visit him and make some comment on
the obvious superiorities of his off
spring. I couldn't bring myself to do
it, though, because, according to my
way of thinking, no baby is human I'M
til it is at least one year old I'm not
very keen about associating with in
Sants, anyway, but l draw the line
absolutely until the year mark rolls
around
by way of apology, however, /
decided to call up my friend on the
telephone. The first question he ask
ed was why l hadn't been over to
see Toodles.
Well, old man. said, I've been
intending to get around to see that
boy of yours. In fact, made note of
it six weeks ago.
Tndeed!' he answered, and never
before have l known a man to inject
so much sarcasm in one small word.
Well, it happens he continued, that
the boy has only been in this world
three weeks
ut took me ten minutes to regain
his friendship"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
BIG RETURN FROM DOLLAR

For & dollar given 70 a stranger
eight years ago Joseph Clair, Ph1la-
delphia druggist, may receive an es-
tate OF over SI25.00O Eight years ago
a man who was evidently suffering
from the effects Of the night before
came into the drug store and told
Clair that he was up against it. had
spent his last cent and needed enough
to get a bite TO eat He asked for
quarter
After a short talk Clair gave the
man dollar and the stranger depart
ed with the remark: You'll never re-
greet this, young man. 1t will De rich
ly repaid"
Clair forgot the incident. Five
years ago the man again came into the
store and recalling the dollar loan
made the druggist present OF hand
some goId-headed cane. Clair did not
forget the matter so quickly then, but
he was thoroughly surprised few
days ago when he received q letter
from a firm Of lawyers in Rockdale,
Wyo, saying that Joseph Waters,
wealthy rancher near that city, had
left his entire property, valued at over
1925, 900. to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28

in the dim and distant past, ages from
none of their fellows, bound by the
laws of the normal, have succeeded in
escaping. They bring hint of a time
in which all growth was of their kind,
stuperdous in its proportions. They
awake the mystery of that time and a
desire to know how they alone es-
capped it. They dwarf the small trees
Of today as a mastodon might have
dwarfted the gray wolf which now in
habits its hauhts of cd. They look
down from the purer air Of their lofty
tops upon the pigmy forests of today
that may not even reach their lower
branches,
Yet the biologists know that there
was a period in which all the growth
of the earth was in proportion to these
big trees. Geologic remains of such
growth is found in Arctic North Amer
lea. Europe and Asia. There is an
abundance of 1t. 1t rioted over re-
gions that are Low treeless and Gov
cred with glaciers. Further south in this
Tertiary period marsh grass grew so
luxuriently that it piled upon itself in
such quantities that with the compress
sion of the weight of ages that have
followed it still remains in the form
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
OLDEST THINGS ALIVE

The Calaveras National forest, one
of the newest regions in the west, set
aside to be preserved in its primeval
grandeur for the generations that are
to come, promises to prove one OF the
most popular of the nations play
grounds. TIE Calaverus National for
est takes its name from the Calayeras
Grove of Big Trees, those monsters
of the Sierras that are today the old
est and the largest living things that
the sun shines upon. This park was
three years ago set aside by congress
that these same trees might be pre-
served. AS individuals these trees are
many times as ancient as any other in
diyidual living thing. but further than
his. they are, as a class, survivors Of
a geological time that far ante-dates
the present era and are the only sur
vivors of that time
In the tree world these old giants
of the slopes of the Sierras occupy q
place of romance not unmixed with q
hint of mysticism. They are the Wan
dering Jews of the forest world, the
mysterious individuals that have come
down in an unknown way from ages
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
USING CEMENT AND CONCRETE
Difference Between These Valuable
Materials for Construction CT
Fireproof Buildings.

Following the big Equitable fire,
New York builders and contractors
are taking an unusual interest in ma
terials which will render future struc-
lures impe-vious to flames. An au-
thority on the subject, Fred K Irvine,
gives the following interesting de-
scriptioD Of cement, concrete and re
fnforced concrete:
Portland cement is a manufactured
product derived from lime rock and
clay or similar aluminoUs raw materi-
ais. It is prepared through pro-
cess Of drying and burning and grind
ing, So that when finished it becomes
a light gray powder or -four
$50 fine IS this powder that every
grain is actually made TO pass through
a sieve containing 10000 holes or
meshes to each square inch Of sur
face. That sounds fanciful, but it's
fact, and will give some idea of the
size of the meshes.
Its qualities are these: 1t hardens
or crystallizes by hydraulic process;
by mixing with water and letting 1t
stand in the air it will gradually
change into stone, and is thereafter
practically impervious to the elements
Of heat and cold. The penetration of
heat into a concrete mass is not over
three-eighths of an inch at the high
est obtainable temperature.
THE same applies to the cold tenn
peratures. When modelled into any
desirable form cement has high
crushing resistance and a high ten
siIe strength. It can be loaded with
almost any possible load without in
jury and will not crack or show any
of the elements of decay that other
materials will.
Concrete is the use Of cement in
conjunction with sand and crushed
rock in such proportions as will de-
VelOp the highest value of the cement
for practical purposes and at the same
time bring it within the range of buy.
ers in the matter Of cost
THE next step is reinforced con
crete. This is manufactured by using
concrete in conjunction with steel ST
disposed as to contribute the teE.
sional value Of steel to the total mass.
In this way columns are formed. Such
columns are built so as to carry any
desired concentrated load"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
USES OF FINGER PRINTS

In the Argentine Republic the
Identification cards of policemen.
coachmen, cab drivers, commission
aires and servants have, since 1896,
borne their finger prints. Upon all
passports and bank receipts for de-
posts the imprint of the thumb must
be made at the time of delivery. In
Roumania, since 1903, the thumb
print has been substituted for the
cross made instead of signature by
persons who cannot write. In the
Philippine islands those who cannot
write are not obliged to be identified
oy witnesses at savings banks, but
merely have to make their mark with
their thumb. The same system has
been used in the banks of Bengal for
fifty years. In France, to put an end
to the fraud Of enlistment desertion
and re-enlistment for the bounty paid
in the Foreign Legion, every mans fin
ger prints are taken and kept on file.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
MAKING PENS OF TANTALUM
Excellent Properties of Metal Have
Suggested Idea of Using 1t for
Writing Nibs.

The excellent properties of tantaIum
have suggested the idea of using this
metal for writing pens. Most of the
pens now used are of steel, whose
elasticity gives the desired pIiabiIity
ito the pens. But the steel pen rusts
easily and is attacked by ink. Gold
is rust-prOof and not so attacked. But
gold alone is too soft, and the extreme
points must have some hard metal like
iridium soldered to them to make
them durable, which is complicated
and expensive. Some very interesting
tests have been made by German
scientists. The tantalum metal was
cut, formed and split like an ordinary
steel pen. Then the points were bent.
ground shaped, and hardened by spe-
clal hardening process, which was
found TO greatly prolong the life of
the pens. Comparative tests were
made between steel, gold, and tantal-
I'm pen points on six miles of paper.
and the results showed the hardened
tantalum pen to be far superior to the
others. The chemical tests showed
these pens to be proof against the
attacks of ink
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
THEY LIVE LIKE APES

AS a model example of an abso-
lutely primitive race Of people, Prof.
w. Volzs, of Breslau university. has
brought to notice the Kubus, who are
completely isolated in the forest in
terror Of Sumatra. They share the
life and habits of the apes living in
the same forest. They do not seem
to have advanced even to the hunting
stage of development, and are not
known to have any ideas on religion,
even the most primitive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
Wise Woman,

Now for ST." announced the star
gazer. 81 will furnish you with a
philter which will make your husband
love you to the exclusion of all 9th
ers."
81 don't think I'll invest" decided
the practical housewife. But if you
have a philter which will make him
bring home some of his salary on pay
day I'll allow you percentage on all
sums realized. ''-Louisville Courier
Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
BEETLES GROW MUSHROOMS

Scientists have known of mush-
room growing ants for a long time,
and it was generally believed that the
ant was the only insect possessing
sufficient intelligence to make a sue
cessful mushroom farmer. Prof. J.
Bouverie, the French entomologist,
has found that a certain wood boring
beetle known as the Bostrychide~ as
familiar with mushroom cultivation
for home consumption as the ant
Professor Bouverie discovered that the
beetles bore holes in wood and half
fill them with a prepared fungus,
which makes an ideal mushroom bed.
The garden is carefully spawned and
tended, and in course of time the
mushrooms appear. In this way the
beetle provides itself with a food suffi-
GENTLY tender for its feeble jaws.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-28
Ennland,s 300 Silent sentineIs.

Around the British isles there are
now more than eight hundred light
houses, silent sentinels of the sea,
keeping watch and guard over ships
that pass in the night In the begin
ming Of last century, or rather hun
dred years ago, there were only TWEEN
ty-fve, and the illumination was infe-
ric~. Now some of these have a bril-
Iiancy equal to thirty million candle
power, visible for a hundred miles un-
der the proper conditions.