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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
TWO SUNSETS IN ONE DAY.
pecuIiarities of Division of Time from
the Legal Standpoint.

When does youth become man
or. rather, when is he invested Win
the rights of manhood? If that ques-
ton were asked of hundred people,
ninety-nine would answer, "On his
twenty-first birthday" Yet those nine
ty and nine would be wrong.
In the eyes of the law person at
tains his majority on the day preced-
ing the twenty-first anniversary OF ms
birth. Thus Il child born in the alter
noon or evening of January :, 1895, Will
become of age in the early morning OF
New Years Day, 1914, Immediately att
er the first stroke of the hour which
rings down the curtain on the present
year.
Some of our divisions of time, when
looked at from lawyers standpoint,
reveal one or two little peculiarities.
Fer example, we have been taught
from childhood that a leap year con-
sists of S66 days. The law, however,
says this is not so. A year, no matter
what kind, always consists of 365 days,
and no more. Then, it may be aked,
nov does the law deal with February
%? The answer is that en- one day ii.
G., February 2S) in every four years
the sun rises and sets twice, or, in
other words, the 18th is merged into the
2Sth, and they together form one long
day of As hours.
A lunar month"; as everybody knows.
consists of IS days, and there are Is
of such months in a year, whilst in u
calendar month there may be rs, 80 or
Il days, and y of them (taken, con-
secutiyely, of course) comprise year.
Prior to 1850 . month was always a
period of % days. unless it was clear
that Il calendar month was intended.
But now, il the word occurs in any Act
Of Parliament passed since that year,
il means a calendar month, and the
word has the same meaning in all Judg-
ments and orders made by the Courts,
and also in bills of exchange, promis-
sory notes, and contracts for the sale
Of goods. Yet in other matters the old
Interpretation still holds good, and IL
lease is granted for period of Il
months it will expire in As weeks. IL,
however, it be granted for a Twelve
month"; in the singular number, IT VIII
be supposed that a year was lntenoed,
and the document viii be Interpreted
accordingly.
A day is a period of "A hours, from
midnight to midnight. ana usually any
act which must be performed on GER
tain day may be done at any Tune our
ing those "a hours. Thus, IT a sum Oh
money be due from yon, to be pald on
December 81 the obligation Is CHS
charged if you tender the money on
that cate any time before II O'Clock at
night. OF course, if the sum is due on
a hill! of exchange. the three days ol
grace are added to the period men
toned before the money can be de-
handed.
IF, however, the money due IS Tor
rent there is conflict of opinion as TO
whether the rule applies. One authori-
ty says rent must be paid before sun
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
ANOTHER MYTH EXPLODED.
The Camel Not All He Has Been De-
scribed

The camel, celebrated in myth and
story as a sort of herbivorous sponge,
to be wrung out in the desert when all
other sources of water fail, is not, ac
cordng to the scientists, particularly
the autopsy Makers dependable
source of anything fit to drink-un-
less one has acquired the taste for
, camers milk. The so called water
cells attached to the paunch contain
within two or three days after the ami
NAL has drunk only a small amount of
, acid fluid, of most disagreeable odor
and appearance, entirely unpalatable
III fact says a writer in the New York
Evening Post. If the time since the
, last watering is still longer. there is
practically nothing but gastric juice in
the water cells, and this, according to
several experienced writer's, is utter
ly and entirely abominable."
The obvious moral of this is that
the amateur desert traveller should not
count on tapping a camel when he
gets in a tight place. For that
sweet fountain" in these animals, des-
crbed by Montgomery, Keats, and not
a few other poets. is, to put it mildly,
hole in the aikali country. Regard
ing the camers reputed ability to sur
vive without water for long periods
there seems less dubiety. In the win
ter the Indian governments eamels
not infrequently go 10 days without
being watered. Furthermore, according
| to a writer familiar by personal ex-
perience with the habits and treat
ment of Indian camels, those be-
| longing to the nomad Arabs often
| times have to get along without
any water at all from the mid
| die of November until the first
weeks in February. In the bleak
wastes of the Northwest, where the
.'gizzu" or winter grasses are found.
| many of them remain all winter, and
there is no water to be, had.
In the matter of drinking capacity,
thanking up is peculiarly fit when
applied to the camel A single thirsty
animal may drink as much as 20 gal
! Ions. This fact, as a writer in the
London Times happily points out.
gives new meaning to Rebekah's wat
ering of the camels of Abraham's SER
want. After she had drawn water"
| until they had done drinking" the
| servant, wondering at her. held his
peace And we'll he might, says the
Times naturalist, for Rebekahs act Of
kindness TO the stranger was, in view
OF the camefs capacity (and there
were 10 of them in the train) a mighty
3. big job.
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Oldfish on Elkins, Strike.

More than twenty years ago--one
need not be extravagantly explicit as
to occurrence Of u bygope century" il
was in this fashion that DIR. Oldflsh
began, and this, too. was before the
faithful mule had been discarded from
our street car service in favor of the
elusive electric fiuid-occurred the most
memorable. picturesque and ornate
strike in the history of that service
a revolt of dissatisfied labor; not on
the part of the mue-it is necessary
that this explanation should be made.
and hasten TO make it, tardy act
OF justice to a much abused part OF the
animal ereation-but on the part of the
change boys, as they were called at
the Illinois street tunnel.
Properly this historical event should
be called the uprising of Stiffy Elklns.
for such was the name of the redoubt-
able leader OF this revolt. England had
her Jack Cade. who has been placed in
historic drama by William Shakes
peare; Italy had Massaniello, the fish
crmaD of Naples, who is pcrpetuated III
opera, but we had Stiffy Elkins, and TO
cur shame, be it said we have allowed
nun ana the glorious rebellion ne led
to remain forgotten but for a passing
commonplace newspaper notice or two
in the day when he STOPPED the wheels
Ct time. SO far as COMMUNICATION be-
tween the north and south sides of IN
dianapolis WAS concerned, for three
long and eventful days
There were six or eight of these
mule changers, so-caled, boys of M
teen years or thereabouts. all true to
their gallant leader, Stiffy Elllins, II
was their duty to bring to the Illinois
stree, tunnel-and the tunnel is there
to this day To testify to the truth of
this writing-from the neighboring
stables in Louisiana street and to re-
turn thereto the mules that passed UNI
der the tunnel connecting the two
sides Of the town, us
Let Virgil sing the praises of Au-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
u. S. Will Protect
Foreign Interests.

Washington. Nov. 20.-Secretary Bryan
said, today that he had requested the
navy department to cable instructions to
Admiral Fletcher ut Vera Cruz to ull-
dertake the projections Of foreign, as
we'll as American interests in the oil
fields on the east coast of Mexico He
explained that a request for the protec-
ton of British interests in the neighbor-
hood of Tuxpam and Tampico had reach
ed the state department through the
American embassy in London.
The secretary stated positively that nc
instructions had been given to Admiral
Fletcher to land marines and bluejackets
but it was left to his discretion how to
execute his orders
Although the matter was treated at the
state and navy departments as of small
importance and routine in nature, it was
pointed out that Admiral Fletcher may be
confronted with quite troublesome
problem Departmental records show
there are 40 oil plants in full operation
in the state of Vera Cruz. majority of
which are owned by Americans, though
there are great British and other foreign
interests.
Though the tanks are near the coast
the wells are located some distance IN
the interior, and If marines should be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
BLACK FOXES BRING WEALTH..
Industry on Prince Edward island
Valued at Millions of Dollars.

Robert Cotton of Charlottet0wn, T.
, +. l., and president of the recently
! formed maritime Province division of
the Canadian Press Association, is
quoted as follows concerning the black
, fox boom on the island
The highest price ever paid in the
world for Il silver black fox pelt at a
fur sale was between $500 and $1,000
That fox was bred in captivity in
Prince Edward Island. And one small
shipment of black fox pelts sent to
London sales from one island ranch
netted the owner over $4,000. That
was before the boom-before breeding
stock was bought and sold; before the
world had learned that two or three
enterprising Prince Edward Islanders
had successfully domesticated the ex-
ceptionally rare and highly priced sill
yer black fox
L haven't the statistics exactly at
my finger ends. But the present stock
of hreeders-aged foxes-is valued at
something over Se,000,0o0 and the Pro-
yincial Government has already collect
ed taxes on last seasons pups, valued
fer taxation purposes at between So
coo, ooo and $S.OO0.ooo.
Most of the black foxes are now
held by joint stock companies, proved
breeders being capitalized at from S20,-
00e to $4,000 a pair, and most of the
pups at from $4,000 to 5000 the pair
though some range higher. OF the COM
panies which have been in operation
for over u year ALL with the exception
Of several smaller ones which owned
only enc or two pairs that ;his year
had ne offspring, have paid dividends
this autumn ranging from 90 per cent
upward
"one company which bought its
breeders several wears ago, and before
prices had reached their present level,
this autumn distributed to its share
holders 800 per cent in cash and in ad-
dition handed them a 800 Fer cent stock
bonus. One young lady of whom l
know put a thousand dollars into foxes
Il couple Of years ago and this amount
netted $4,000 as representing her pro-
fits to date.
Several of our fox rancherS who
ten years ago, if not as poor as church
mice. at least were no better off than
hundreds of their associate farmers.
who had no access to capital, who
made no lucky strikes in stocks, who
have not employed mere than one or
TWO men as keepers, to-day are worth
at least a million dollars, and there
seems TO be every promise that num-
Der of others will have amassed quite
as much when one or two more mar
vests have been gathered.
There does not appear to be a doubt
that fur-farming as an industry has
come to stay. 1t is hardly to be ex-
pected that present values will always
be maintained. The demand for high
class breeding stock is now very great
and Prince Edward Island, more or
less, controls the market.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
ow You May
Throw Away Your Glasses!

The statement is made that thousands
wear eyeglasses who do not really need
them. If you are one of these unfor-
tunates. then, these glasses may be
running your eyes instead of helping
them. Thousands who wear these 'wih-
dows,' may prove for themselves that
they can dispense with glasses if they
will get the following prescription filled at
once. Go TO any active drug store and
get a bottle of DIPLOMA, fill two-ounoe
bottle with water and drop in one Optic
ma tablet. with this harmless liquid so
luton battle the eyes two to four times
daily, and you are likely to be aston
ished at the results right from the start
Many who have been told that they
have astigmatism. eye-straln, cataract
sore eyelids. weak-eyes, conjuneuNitis
and other eye disorders. report wonder
full benefits from the use of this preserip-
ton. Get this prescription filled ana
use it. sou may So strengthen your eyes
that glasses will not be necessary.
Thousands who are blind or nearly so,
or who wear glasses would never have
required them if they had cared for their
eyes in time Save your eyes before it
is too late. Do not become one OF those
victims of neglect Eyeglasses are on
" like crutehes and every few years
they must be changed TO fit the ever
increasing weakened condition, SO better
see if you can, like many others, get
clear, healthy, strong, magnetic eyes
through the prescription here given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
"Uneasy Lies the Head"

A German princeling is reported TO
have been nominated" to the throne
of Albania. Uneasy lies the head,
etc, and it is difficult TO ina gine a
much more uneasy proposition than
the leadership of u people whose CHIEF
occupation, at any rate whose chlet
interest, lies in murderous feuds. I'M
agine the Highlands of Scotland as
they were in the middle ages, with the
McIntosbes and Camerons ever at war,
and other clans or party of clans foi-
lowing suit. Imagine the introduction
into this hurry burly of warning reils-
ions, not two but three, all bitterly OPP
posed to each other. Imagine, further,
that two foreign nations are perpetual
ly intriguing among these distrauSht
Highanders trying to win clans over
to their respective sides There you
have the condition of Albania at the
present moment, with this additional
compljcation-that those who nave
been included in the territory of Mon
tenegro, Servia, and Greece will be per-
petually kicking against the prlcks.-
London Evening Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21

sent to protect them. they would have
to go well out of sight of blue water.
Admiral Fletcher will have to decide
what to do in the event that Aguillar,
the old Mexican general who is the head
of the rebellious forces near Tuxpam,
dsregards his warning to refrain from
interference with these properties. 1t is
said here that a long line of preeedents
would warrant the admiral in using the
men of his fleet to enforce his commands
with the assertion that a state of anarchy
exists in the oil section that requires the
formal use of foreign sailors and ma
TiueS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
Suffragette Is Ar
rested, Washington.

Washington, Nov. 20.--A policeman in
plain clothes called at the National SUI
frage headquarters here, today. and in
troduced himself to Miss Lucy Burns.
They shook hands and the officer polite
~ invited the Suffrage leader to appear
in the police court, tomorrow morning,
to answer a charge of violating a dis
trict ordinance by challling the sidewalk
in front of the White House to adver-
tise a Woman Suffrage meeting, Miss
Burns smilngly promised to be there.
1t was all over 50 quickly and quietly
that others in the same room did not
know that the event for which Washing
ton had awaited with keen interest for
a week had happened. Everybo had
heard about the warrant ISSUED at the
instance of the corporation counsel, and
the Suffrage leaders were wondering
when it would be served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-21
English Concern
Asks Protection.

London, Nov. 20.-The United States
embassy in London, acting on the per-
sonal request of Lord Cowdray cabled
to Washington today. asking the Ameri-
can government to extend its protection
to the imperilled interests in Mexico of
the Pearson concern, which he repre-
SCENTS Lord Cowdray declares that the
present of United States battleships at
Tampico had a salutary effect in the
abandonment of the destruction of prop
erty of the concern and that he would
appreciate a continuation of the extern
sion of such protection.
Lord Cowdray also asked Ambassador
Page to convey to Washington his de-
NAL of having extended financial or othr
er assistance to Provisional President
Huerta.
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e - II Il : ) Il
Governor Wager delivered brief adj
dress, in which he expressed the belief
that tie national administration would
grant the natives of Porto Rico larger
share of self-g government than hereto
fore. He declared that party affiliations
would not be considered in appointment
to office and that efficiency would be the
sole criterion. He discouraged the talk
If independence and said:
The American flag will never be
lowered in Porto Rico. Here it has been
raised and here it will continue to
wave indefinitely"
The governor reviewed the Porto
Rico regiment and insular police. An
informal reception was held at the EN-
ccutive mansion after the ceremonies
which were followed by ball, tonight
ut the theateE-
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DemOralized Fed
erals Defeated.

Brownsville, Texas, Nov. Ode
moraizcd federal troops driven out OF
Victoria, capital of Tamulipas, when
Constitutionalists captured that city,
Tuesday were again encountered be-
tween Tula and Tampic6 by rebels,
Yesterday, and defeated in one-sided
battle with n loss Of 80 killed and A
captured, according to official reports
received at Matamoras, Mex, today
from Gen. Pablo Gonzales, the rebel
commander.
Gen. Gonzales said that Gen Rabaso
Aguilar and Gen. Arzamendi, com
manders of the defeated federals, have
abandoned their troops and are flee
ing to Tampico,
Gonzales also reported he is pfepar-
ing for a simultaneous attack on tive
cities, one of which is believed to be
Tampico.
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HuERTA SEEKS FIANACES.
Makes Sweeping Increase on Inland
Taxes of Mexico.

Mexico City, Nov. 20.-One of the
last acts of Provisional President
Huerta as dictator before the new
Congress, which he inaugurated to-
day, places a restriction ON his pow
ers, was to make "a sweeping increase
in the internal taxes of Mexico
The stamp tax which requires
revenue stamp to be placed on all
documents of public nature. on
checks. on receipts and on contracts,
was doubled and the tax on tobacco,
alcohol and crude petroleum also was
increased considerably
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weakening the resources of the pro-
visional government. There was some
emphasis in the denial emanatlns
from the White House that any steps
of a SUMMARY character had been tax
en- through instructions to Charge o.
Shaughnessy within the last few GAYS.
The President made it clear that be-
vend what has already been publish
ed, there were no moves IN the situa-
ton. as far as the United States was
concerned which were unknown to the
public.
The President holds the view that as
y result of all the influences now at
work Huerta will slowly but newt
ably be compelled to yield to the force
of circumstances and retire.
AS to the future program of the United
States. the President believes that OF
necessity it must be kept within the Sc
cret councils of the administration ana
that publication aforehand might impair
it's efficacy As a consequence there was
no information obtainable as to the plans
of the Washington government in the
made plain by the White House that in
the parleys between Gen. Carrahza, the
Constitutional chief and William Bayard
Hale no effort was made to map out
plans for the future. Mr.. Hales mission
was described as one merely designed to
learn what was in the minds of the Con-
stitutionalist chief: what their general
character was and what disposition they
seemed to have toward several phases of
the situation. Names of provisional sue
eessors to Huerta or anything 50 specific
as might be termed negotiations" had
not been carried on, or authorized by
the President, according to the White
House explanation nor was there any
formal request for credentials from Mr.
Hale.
1t was made plain that Mr.. Hale had
got the desired information and White
House officials stated emphatically that
the parleys conducted by Mir. Hale did
not acct the pending plans of the
American government and that there
had been no debate of any program
which the Constituencies or this
government would follow.
1t became known also that the Off
cial investigation into the executions
at Juarez had not been completed. In
this connection White House officials
called attention TO a consular report
received from Torreon showing that
many of the alleged atrocities report
ed in the dispatches did not occur. that
foreigners had been protected but that
the execution of federal prisoners had
been justified by tn Constituencies
on the ground that these officers were
traitors.
Huerta's message to the Mexican
Congress was made public at the
state department. and published here,
today. His request for sanction Of
his acts was regarded as significant,
as was especially the intimation that
if the Congress did not approve of his
assumption of dictatorial powers or
previous conduct, he and his cabinet
would be perfectly resigned to the
judgment.
There are many people here CONVEX
SAINT with the situation, who believe
Huerta merely wishes ratification for
his acts, so that he can retire in
dignified way.
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white starch.
But while gaining so largely in bulk
the popped grain being fifteen to
twenty times as big as the unpopped-
the corn loses in weight. 1t has been
found that 100 average grains of an-
popped corn weigh 10 grams, where
as the same number of grains after
popping weigh only II grams. The Gif
ference is the weight of the evaporated
water originally contained in the corn
grains Spokesmans Review.
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Hottest Nov. Day,
Boston, Since 1871.

Boston, Nov. 21-This was the hottest
November 20 in Boston since 1871. The
thermometer reached a maximum of II
degrees. Open cars We're put into ser
vice. women and children turned to the
parks, and boys abandoned the pigsliin
for bat and ball
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Sinks to Death
Help 10 Fl. Away.

Burlington, Vt. Nov 2o-sam stavi. a
laborer. fell 70 feet into the Winooslsy
river. today, swan for several minutes
and then sank to his death with help
only 10 feet away. stavi stumbled from
a. concrete carrier used in the construc-
ton of the bridge. He was 40 years old
and leaves large family.
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DR.. YAGER IAAUGURATEO
PORTO RIcAN GOVERNOR

8 san Juan. p. r., Nov. 20.-Dr. Arthur
Wager Of Georgetown. KY, was inaug-
u.ated governor of Porto Rico, today.
The inaugural ceremonies took place in
The Municipal theater, the chief JUS
tice Jose C. Hernandez, administering
the oath in the presence Of 4 large
gathering.
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set on the day upon which it falls due,
while another says it is not absolutely
due It'll midnight. Therefore, if you
are to pay rent on a fixed day, to be
safe you must tender payment before
the sun goes down.-Tid Bits.
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see, Bert Yeaton, James Foghorn, VIM
Corbett. VIM. S. Jones, Levi Halioweii
Charles A Brooks. f. l.. Hersey, Tom
NcRae. d. j. Rice, Herrick Mckenzie,
J. p. Freely,
Prior to the banquet business
meeting was held and the following OF
ffcers were elected.
President, Thomas c. Ingraham'
vice president, Walter S. Wyman; sec
retary. George II. Macomber; treasur-
er. Nathan : Weston; auditor, Edwin
Z. Tuel, directors. Delbert w Adj
ans. George d. Haskell, Wilbur +.
Emerson. Anne Casavant. Charles +.
FIynt, Ernest p. Hewett, Walter NJ.
Sanborn.
II was moved and seconded that the
Board Of Trade endorse the location
of the state highway. from Augusta
via Cooper's Mills.
The Highway Committee.
The following members Of the state
Highway committee that will meet, on
Friday. we're elected. T.. +. New bert
&. s. Hichborn, Nathan Weston, +. W.
Plaistcd. Robert Morang, L. p. HeWett'
w. $. Wyman. W. 7. Emerson, g. d.
Haskell and Jos, Williamson.
The following are the reports OF the
secretary and treasurer;