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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
LIGHTHOUSES, ROOMS, ETC.
PLEASANT RENT AT 3 GRAND ST.
anfeAiff
SEVEN ROOM TENEMENT. WITH

modern conveniences. electric lights, fire
places, furnace and hard wood floors,
near. State house Inquire of Jos LARA
bee x Co. Court street. apr2OdSt~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
WANTED--MALE HELP.
FEW MIDDLE AGED MEN OF GOOD

appearance to travel, covering Following
towns: yassalboro, Winslow- Water
vile, Burnham, Belfast. Gardiner. Eitch-
field and winthrop All summers job.
Address. stating salary expected. Glen
Brothers. Rochester \. y 47th year.
apr3o-may 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
AGENTS WANTED,
AGENTs-eIRLs, SELL p OF our

beauty pin sets at 26c. set and receive
one of our mesh bags free. Patented min
ready sellers. Write today. Il. q. HoI.
brook Co, Attleboro, Mass apr26dGt*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
April "A. 1a1a.

ApfH q, 1JI3.
Scaled Proposals will be received at
Office of Treasurer. Eastern Branch, n.
II. ID. V. s.. National Soldiers Home
Maine, and there opened at II II a M
May s, 1912, for furnishing and deiiv.
eflng Repairs Supplies in accordance
with instructions and specifications
copies of which with blank proposals can
be had upon application 10 Major A. H.
Shitth, treasurer apr ,29d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
TO BUY HOME FOR $1,000 OR LESS

IN or near Augusta, with garden spot
preferred state number of rooms. To-
eaton, size of lot and lowest price. Adj
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
$1,000 BUYS THIS FARM OF NEAR.

IS 50 acres. large house. 5 rooms. good
repair, barn ING. early soil. large or
ehafd, overlooking and near large
summer resort lake. handy to two city
markets. Don't delay Ii YOU are looking
Tor an ideal country home and good
value II. Il. Sawyer Farm Agency, ;s35
Water street, Augusta, Me. Tel so1-W
apr7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30

SMALL FARM cF - asst :.
boise IF 8 rooms harm aex-G. p ,5i,Fs
ttefa : h2uSt.t, nsHt school Fri IL !
- /. 4easHseaa, Augusta, Is Nat =e-# -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30

FOR observation-disclosures.
Ugh GRADE NEW GARDG

Seeds, one cent package. postpaid in lots
of ten packages, Hollow Crown parsnip
oX-heart carrot. Detroit dark red beet
grade seeds. r. l.. Thompson. Wholesale
seed Dealer 81 Quebec Street. Portland,
Maine. aprs0a II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
FOR SAlE-REAl ESTATE
$225o, CITY FARM, BUY OF OWNER

and saNe commission. You can oct 4
Food living on this farm: will take SOM
mei t2a2e Address by m2N, 0wfee. ii q
>eHH"H"c foufhtt apf9attI =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30

EGGS FOR MATCHING. SINGLE
Comb Reds from large rangie birds.
Good hatch guaranteed. Price 81 per Il.
w. f. johnson, II Chestnut st, Hal1o-
Wtii. aprIsIlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
LANDSCAPE

and concrete
toAfSo StIufbs
furnish he'd WINS
Robert Met utch-
"a ptzlsd3ws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30

A S PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE IN
good running order. for sale cheap. can
be seen at Capital Garage, rear of Au-
gusta House. apr3dlmo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
BY YOUNG LADY BOARD FOR The

summer on or near the Winthrop car
line and near the lake. Address by
mail, b. p, care kennebec Journal office.
anr2sdfwk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
WORK BY THE DAY OR HOUR.
II Howard st. apr2sdst ;
Free to Ladies.
ALL ORDERS EQR

gardening, sfanolithic
work promptly attended
and trees ofall kinds
cared for. Phone e5-J.
con.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
YOUR HATCH GUARANTEED

f Euy your pure bred Barred Rock eggs
when shipped and gle per chick when
Matched. Particulars of strains on re-
quest. j. +. stinchfield. Clinton, Me.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30
INDIAN IND, RUNNER DUCKS, EGGS.
YOU WOULD RAISE
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK eecs.

80 cents 4 setting, 0rono strain. Good -,
r. wall orders delivered. Clary5 Nn,ih
i'eiiast aNenne. Augusta, Maine. :"
apf26dlws
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
BIRD HAS BEARDED FACE
is Said to Be Strong as an Ok and
Cries Like an infant-Devours
Chickens.

1t had the face of a monkey, the
beak of a guinea keat, the strength of
an OK, the bill of an eagle, and the cry
of an infant, did strengthening
bird that Charles H. Werner of West
port, Md, reports having captured aft
er it had given him an hours battle
for his life late the other day.
The half animal, half bird, or what
ever it is, measured ten inches i'll
height and four feet from tip to tip of
it's wings. Around it's neck is band.
Mr.. Werner says that after attacking
him it devoured live chicken which
happened to stray too close to cage
in which it is a prisoner.
Mr.. Werner says he has Travelled all
over the world and never before saw
anything like the creature he cap
tured. He believes that it came here
in ship from foreign port and es-
capped from it's captors. Two small,
coal-black eles are firmly set in its
head. surrounded by q bearded face.
It's claws are reported as being some
thing fierce"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06

inches at the ground, to be turned
into the court. Ehe lower edge should
be covered with 10 or IL inches of soil
to prevent the animals from digging
out. The upper edge is also turned
inward to keep them from climbing
over. Brackets at the tops of the
posts make the best support for the
overhanging netting, although horizon
tai pieces of wood nailed to the posts
will answer.
While not affording large profits,
the business OF raising rabbits In q
small way may be made an interesting
as we'll as a reasonably remunerative
adjuncts to other pursuits. 1t is adapt
ed to small vilalge places, as we'll as
to farms, and under careful manage
ment the returns from it are likely to
increase as one gains experience. I'm
der favorable circumstances it. is cap
able of expansion into a serious voca-
ton. The presence of rabbits In in
closures on the farm or on village
premises furnishes opportunity for an
agreeable change in the family diet,
a fact that is of considerable import
ance when ordinary meats are high
priced, or in regions where they are
difficult to obtain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
Doctors Prescription,

In the Woman's Home Companion
appears a story in which is related an
account of d prescription given to an
exceedingly stingy farmer by doc
tor. The farmer took the prescrip
ton to the druggist. The druggist
told the farmer that he could not fill
the prescription, and said to the farm
err: "If you will read it yourself you
will see why" Whereupon the farmer
adjusted his glasses and read, to his
establishment: "One hired girl, to be
taken as soon as you can get her, and
kept constantly on hand thereafter.
A few new dresses that the wives of
your hired men wouldn't be ashamed
to wear, and a new hat and wrap to
replace those you bought her last
thirteen years ago. All to be tine
tured with at least as much daily con
sideration as you bestow upon your
cattle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
Senator and Cabinet Minister in a Word Duel

A STORMY verbal encounter De-
"a tween a cabinet minister and a
senator OF the United States furnished
a morsel of gossip here the other day
First reports from the field OF carnage
were that the cabinet minister bodily
threw the senator out of hIs ONCE
This was later modified to duel OF
hot words
Senator Ashurst OF Arizona thinks
the mining laws are something afro
ciouS, even when properly. enforced.
When decisions are rendered under
this act he can find no expressions to
cope with the situation. One of these
obnoxious opinions was handed down
and Mr.. Ashurst cleared his decks
for action and sailed down TO the in
terror department. This was not his
first set-to with Secretary Fisher and
he did Got quote poetry or tender
holiday greeting.
Il Is admitted on both sides that
Senator Ashurst was polite though
angry. The secretary was suffering
from an improving crouch. Neither
used his Sunday voice.
The senator told the secretary that
in his humble judgment the decision
rendered against his constituent was
the most unjust, unsalted, unripe and
swayhacked distortion Of law and com
mon sense into which he had ever
bumped.
The secretary Informed the senator
that the opinion was twenty karat
fine, platinum tipped, warranted TO
keep at the equator and in accord
ance with law and practice.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
Tragic and Comic Elements of 0fficeseeking

my Influence to get him a small feder-
al job, wrote me q second letter in an
swer to my acknowledgment Of his
first favor. saying that had complete
IL miscorstruted his meaning. He
had not intended to apply for minor
place. but wanted my help to get
named as :. member Of the interstate
commerce commission.
Every senator has these experiences
as part Of his routine work. and my
applications are not at all exceptional.
The most remarkable and extraordi-
nary incident in this line that ever
knew of was a reversal of the regular
order In this case a young fellow
living in one of the territories applied
for job as postal clerk in the railway
mail service 1t happened good
many years ago, and nobody will be
hurt by the narration at this late day.
BY some curious mix-up the applica-
ton went to the wrong department
and TO the utter amaZement OF the
man and all his friends a commission
was sent him appointing him associate
Justice Of the supreme court of The ter
ritory. He took the Office and KEEP
it for the full term and was, SO far as
know, considered a very fair judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
Rothschilds Help Composer.

A curious story is told as to now
the Rothschilds supported Carafa, the
composer The latter was far from
rich. His principal income was de-
rived from a snuff box. And this was
the way OF it. The snuff box was given
TO the author of La Prison dEdim'
bourgh" about so years ago by Baron
James de Rothschild as token of es'
TEEN. Carafa sold 1t "a hours later
for rs napoleons to the same jeweler
from whom it had been bought. This
became known TO Rothschild, who
gave it again to the musician in the
following year. The next day it re-
turned to the jewelers.. This traffic
continued till the death of the bank
err, and longer still, for his sons kept
up the tradition, to the great satisfac-
ton of Carafa From the Argonaut.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
VEAL AND BEEF SHORTAGE.

To remove veal from the hotel
menus was advocated at a recent con-
vention OF western hotel men in Kan
sas City as one remedy for the pres
ent beef shortage in the United States.
A beef steer Is but grownup calf, OF
course. The latter, dressed and ready
for the market, weighs perhaps so
pounds. Permit It to grow to matur-
ity. thus becoming beef, and it weighs
zoo pounds or more when dressed. 1t
is putting the case roughly and per-
haps inaccurately, but there is sub
stantial truth in the statement that
the slaughter Of every calf not only
shortens the visible supply of cattle
by one, but is net loss of more than
6CS pounds of food. The loss would
be the more readily endured, perhaps,
were veal a really wholesome article
of diet 1t is tender and tasteful, to
be sure, and much sought after by
many, but indigestible and OF little
food value. There Is hardly a ques-
ton that the health of the people
would be distinctly better were this
meat absolutely banished from the ma
tional dietary. But the main con-
sideration supporting such a step Is
that cessation of the demand for
veal might definitely stimulate the
growing of cattle in every agricultural
community. The farmer, encouraged
to raise his calves, would provide him.
sell with facilities to do so. just as
in the days before the cattle business
was monopolized by the western
ranchmen. says the Newark News.
The cattle raising industry would be
distributed throughout the entire
country.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
MAD PRINCES LIFE
Delights in Smashing All the
Crcckery Each Day.
Francis-CharIes of Bourbon, Insane for
20 Years, Is Deaf and Dumb and
Presents Horrible Sight--Not
Washed for Years.

extraordinary revelations are made
Of the mode of life of Francis Charles
of Bourbon at Rome. Prince of Ca
pua. who is sexenty-five and has lived
madman's life for 40 years in the
Villa Marlia Capannori. For several
years now he has not spoken, appar-
emily having been stricken deaf and
dumb in an apoplectic seizure.
Every morning at servant knocks
at the door of the prince bed chamber
and hurriedly places the breakfast
tray--a sumptuous repast--through a
sliding window inside the room.
The prince jumps out of bed, throws
toga around his shoulders and hides
till the domestic has diappeared. He
connot bear any one to see him. He
has neither shaved, had his hair cut,
washed nor cut his nails within the
memory of his oldest retainers.
Formerly, if he saw any one ap.
preaching him he would make the
most terrible noise, but nowadays, un-
able to give vent to his feelings thus,
he claws at the air in front of him
and lashes out with his fists, although
the intruders may be 100 yards or
more away.
But the most remarkable perform
ance takes effect after breakfast. Day
after day, year in and year out, no
matter what the weather is, the unfor-
tunate old man rushes without cloth
ing out of the room, down the corri-
dor, across the terrace of the villa
to chair.
1t is always the same one. Once it
was removed, and the prince fell down
in one of his oft-recurring fits. Seated
on this chair, he dresses himself slow
ly, being generally presentable by mid
day. The rest of the day is spent
within a circle of four or five square
yards. The prince never moves farth-
er away than that from the chair.
Round and round it he walks, sharing
his meals with the birds.
He takes great delight in smashing
all the crockery each day. At 8 p. M
it is time to go to bed. A servant APP
pears, and that is enough. Fighting
the imaginary foe, the old man PUSHES
off to his room and locks the door.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
THIEVES RIFLE ROYAL TOMB
Precious Stones Buried With the BODY
of the Duchess of Genoa
Are Stolen.

A robbery of the tomb of the Ouch
ess of Genoa, mother of Queen Mar
gherita, queen-mother of Italy, in the
Church of Superga, near Turin, was
discovered the other day. Robbers
broke the triple shell Of lead contain
ing the body, seized all the jewels and
precious stones which had been bur-
led with it, and even tore the ears
to obtain the earrings.
The Church of Superga contains
many tombs of the royal house of
Savoy and the duchess of Genoa was
the last to be buried there.
The robbery was discovered by the
guardian noticing that the gates lead
ing to the royal crypt had been forced
The telephone wires communicating
with Turin had been first cut, then
one of the windows had been broken
and ladders used to reach the interior
of the church.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06

WASHINGTON.- Shively OF
w Indiana looms up as O real hero.
ne refused to take an anesthetic and
smoked placidly long black cigar
while surgeons cut off one OF his toes.
And the senator, despite the enco-
miums that are coming his way, is
modest about it. He would have pre-
ferred that his heroism should have
gone unsung, but the facts about the
scene in the operating room finally
leaked out and the senator finds him
self in receipt of letters from various
parts OF the country commencing his
nerve" and expressing the view that
he has about the right sort of stuff
In his makeup
When Senator Shively made up his
mind that a surgical operation was
necessary he confided his view to his
physician, Dr. H. T. Sewers. who
agreed with him.
When will you be ready to have
the toe taken Off" asked the doctor
This evening" answered the SEN
ator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
Smokes Cigar While His Toe Is Being Cut Off

The physician was not prepared Iof
such ready response and suggested
that next day would be a better time.
When Shively arrived at the hospitai
he was enjoying good cigar--in fact'
he had negotiated only about nalI al
inch OF it, and as there was about
FIVE inches of good smoke remain
ing, he was loath to part with IT. he
states positively that he had no In
tention of pulling off any heroics. ana
the only reason he chung to the CT
gar was that it happened to be-
mighty good one He was hustled
into the operating room, and he never
f1inched while the toe was being re-
moved, following a light local appiica-
ton of cocaine.
AS for his refusal TO take an anes-
thetic, Senator Shively claims no
credit on that account.
There are two ways of rendering
man insensible to pain. said the
senator 'One way Ia to take base
ball bat or big stick and hit MIN
resounding blow on the head. Tne
other way is to give him an anesthet-
ic. In the first case he is apt 10
have mighty sore head for time
after returning to consciousness. In
the latter case there will be sicken-
ing aftermath OF nausea that is al
most unbearable. In either case it is
complete knockout. My personal
preference is to endure the pain while
the operation is In progress"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
Belgian Hare.

(By DAVID K. LANIH.)
The fact that rabbits are easily
grown and are a cheap and excellent
substitute for the ordinary meats Is
likely to turn the attention of many
persons to rearing the animals. That
they can be propagated without costly
investment in land and buildings Is
peculiar advantage. Further, the
presence on the farm Of another ami
NAL which, like poultry. may be killed
and prepared for the table entire and
at short notice, Is exceedingly desir-
able. All these circumstances make 1t
extremely probable that the business
of rearing rabbits will grow in i'm
portance.
The Belgian hare is one of the best
rabbits for table use. It weighs more
than most breeds, develops very rap
idly, and the quality of the meat is
superior to all the others. Tho Elem
ish giant is a Belgian hare bred ex-
clusively for large size, but with the
result that the meat Is cogrser and
less delicate in flavor. These charac-
teristics are regarded by some per-
sons as desirable, but this is largely a
matter of individual taste. Most peo-
pie would prefer the white, finer
grained flesh of the original Belgian
hare. 1t should be remarked, how
ever, that much of the excellence of
the rabbit as food depends upon its
cooking. As oftes prepared. it is dry
and insipid while in the hands of an
experienced COOK it becomes all that
the most fastidious taste can wish.
An especial requirement in cooking
the Belgian hare is that none of the
natural juices of the meat be lost in
the process.
The Belgian hare does not do we'll
when kept wild in open warrens. The
common English rabbit is better for
this purpose. A good many Belgians
have been turned cut in various parts
OF the United States, and in the vicin-
tty of the city of New York and on the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06

SsTNTO the sordid and often tragic
4 business of seeking public offices
there sometimes intrudes an element
of the romantic and quite frequently
of the comic" said United States
senator from a southern state.
Not long ago got letter from
hungry Democrat. loyal supporter of
mine. who advised me that he would
like to get the appointment of commits
sioner Of the United States patent of
Ace, but he wanted me to understand
that this desire on his part was not
to be construed as any evidence that
he would decline the offer OF postmas-
ter OF the village in which he lived.
Another one of my fellow citizens who
had. az supposed, written and asked
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06

What attracts money to New York
T., seasons of general dizziness Is the
act that local banks pay interest on
deposits by the out-of-town institu-
tons, says the New York Herald.
Idle money is accumulated here in
excess: unwholesome speculation and
manipulation of stocks is thereby fos-
tered, and when the crops are to- be
moved or business revives and the
country banks recall their money from
New York banks the latter must take
it away from the spectators who are
using it to carry, stocks There
upon enforced liquidation by the Dor
rowers, depression In Wall street and
sometimes panic. The evil of this &C.
emulation of idle money and it's sud-
den withdrawal has been denounced
by committees of the clearing house
aft every panic in :he last SO years,
accompanied with % recommendation
t. stop the payment of interest on the
deposits of out-of-town banks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-06
This Dog Has Reasoning

yASPER, an educated dog. entertain
d ed a party of scientists at the
Smithsonian institution the other day.
He was examined by Dr. Frank Baker.
.oologlst, and Charles d. Walcott. sec
retary of the institution, and described
rs wonderful"
II was demonstrated that Jasper IS
familiar with 300 words and that he
understands any reasonable command
given by his master, Dixie Taylor.
The following night Jasper was the
guest of honor at a party of scientists
given by Prof. Alexander Graham
Bell.
For the edifcation of the Smithson-
ian STAFF, the dog wrote on type
writer. distinguished between man"
and woman" picked up bits OF paper
and put them either in a cuspidor or
a waste basket as directed to do.
go into the room across the hall.
find q typewriter. and write" said Mr..
TAYLOR to the dog.
The dog obeyed, undirected.
Look out the window and then
push this book ovc2." said Mr.. Taylor.
placing book on its end on the floor.
The dog looked out of the window.