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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28

r.a SPEAKER tpro tend: me heAs
,,,aiter for consideration is resolve ~
saynr Of higher education FOR mu.lle.,
10, ot,ieers. This resolve comes iIon.
-. "a, Senate in that branch mdenni'eis
.ns The pending daes'loh
pionc,,rrent action with the Senate
On ,aotion by MIR. Lawry OF Falr.esa,
.re House voted to concur WIN sner
. w. in the indefinite postponemeh'
If tile resolve.
rna SPEAKER ,pro tem): The next
ttar for consideration is bill, An AZ
ma ,,.corporate the Kinginan Teiephone
70 aany. The pending question is me
al,a reading of the bill
Mr.. Thombs of Lincoln offered House
amendment A. to amend section two
NV adding after the word .Penobscot,
~ tho end OF the third line thereof the
words except such streets and high.
,vovs as are covered by the North Pc.
nohscot Telephone Company. -
The question being on the adoption
e House Amendment A,
rhe amendment was adopted,
,rhe bill then received its second
reading, as amended, and was assigned
for tomorrow morning for its third
! reading.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28

The bill, An Act granting to the
Knox County Power Company the
right to generate and sell electricity in
the municipalities of Thomaston and
Rockland, together with pole rights
therein, then received its first and
second readings and was assigned for
tomorrow morning for it's third read
ing.
The SPEAKER (pro tenn: The next
matter for consideration is majority
and minority reports of the Commit
tee on Ways and Bridges, to which
was referred bill, entitled AN Act to
require certain vehicles to carry lights
at night on public highways an I
bridges" majority Ought to pass
minority reporting ought not to
pass" The pending question is the
acceptance of either report
On motion by Mr.. Eastman of Ben
ton, both reports, pending the ac-
ceptance of either, were again tabled
and specially assigned for considera-
ton tomorrow.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
nonkIna. iha Mltoh Eindar.

Though some people still believe In
witches, there ia no longer any use for
the witch finder. Englishmen Of ear
ier generations gave this person abun-
dant employment. sometimes fetching
the real expert enormous distances to
cleanse an afflicted town. In 1649, for
Instance. the magistrates Of Newcastle
sent into Scotland for one who could
find witches, agreeing to pay 20 shil-
lings (S4.S0) head for all that he con-
victed His particular method consist
ed in pricking the suspect with pins,
and fifteen old women were duly exc
cuted as the result of his visit The
most notorious Of witch finders, one
Hopkins. was finally executed as q
wizard after trial by one Of the more
painful Of his own many cleverly de-
vised tests.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

CONFECTIONERY.
Centuries Ass lt Was q Part Of the
Art Of che Apotheoary.

AFt 81 tno Apotnecary.
Curiously enough, the making of con-
fectionery originated in a way with the
apothecaries about 900 years ago. It
was then that sugar was FIRST imported
into England, and It was then that
CONNECTIONS" first became known. For
a time they appeared only in medical
form, the apothecaries using the newly
imported sugar as a means Of mitigat-
Ing the bitterness Of their doses. In
other words. they mixed their drugs
with it, and therein lay the origin OF
many Of the sirups and medicated can
dies, the ancestors OF our cough drops
and lozenges. The cost of sugur was
far too high. and most people were far
too poor to permit Of Its being eaten
for its own sake alone and as a mere
luxury.
1t was only a couple of centuries ago
that there began to appear q new
phase of the apothecary's art Con
fections began to be made more or less
apart from any medicinal purpose and
because people liked them, and eventu-
ally the confectloner's business became
quite separate and distinct from that
of the apothecary.
Although the confectioners trade
may be said to be about 200 years old,
1t was only within recent times that It
became a real and extensive industry.
at FIRST sugar was heavily taxed, and
the confectioner's trade was pursued
upon very elementary principles. For
long time everything WIS done by
hand. implements were Of the very
slmplest-candy kettles heated on small
brick furnaces, pestles and mortars,
rolling pins and scissors, etc. The out
put was very small, and, comparative
ly speaking, sweetmeats of all sorts
were expensive and frequently unat-
tractive.
ALI this has been changed, and now
adays the most improved machinery
and implements combine to produce
the most delicate and attractive sweets.
Muscles have been superseded by en-
gines, pestles and mortars and rolling
pins, and scissors have given place to
revolving pans and steam pans, and
mechanism for beating and kneading
and mixing, for cutting and slicing and
grinding, for rolling and grating and
stamping, for crushing ice and freezing
cream and other processes.
While many of the best and mosi
expensive candies are still very largely
made by hand processes. by fur ths
greater mass of sweetmeats Is produc
ed by machinery.-Harper's Weekly.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
EIl.ab.th,. aExoeIIent ws.h.n ?

Good Queen Bess liked her ale and
had to have It Wherever she went
there ale had to go also-strong ale.
Great were the trials of her host the
Earl of Leicester, as expressed in a
letter from Hatfield to Lord Burleigh:
'rhere was not one drop Of good drink
for her here. We were fain to send
to London and KenilwOrth and divers
other places where ale was. Her own
beer was so strong as there was no
man able to drink IL" And one quart
of this excellent wash" of good strong
ale for breakfast, we are told, put
the queen In good spirits for the start
Of the days work.-London Chronicle.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
THEY DIDN'T MIND DIRT.
In the Days When Clothes Wero Dyed
but Never Washed.

but Never Washod.
In the matter of the washing OF
clothes, not to say the washing Of
themselves, our ancestors were a tribe
lax. The laundress of the twelfth CEN
tury must have held a position which
was practically a sinecure, while 1t
seems within the bounds OF possibility
that In those days she did not exist
at all. There were, lnsooth, few gar
ments which would stand washing.
and the dyer was driving a brisk trade
before the laundress was even thought
Of. A little dye must indeed have COW
cred q multitude Of spots.
In the days OF the Tudors and Stu
arts washing was tribe more in evil
dence than formerly, but those articles
which were permitted to find their
way into the "buck pan"-as the wash
ing tub used to be called-were few
and far between. The wealthy Of the
middle ages got over the difficulty Of
obtaining clean underclothing with
primitive simplicity by not wearing
any, while the lower orders wore
coarse woolen garments that would
no doubt have "shrunk In the wash"
To prevent any casualty Of the kind
they remained unwashed.
Velvets, taffetns and richly dyed
silks, such as those worn by the no
bility and gentry, could not, Of course,
be washed, and should any person OF
high degree be the possessor OF linen
shirt 1t was a thing which was care
fully made known to all his friends
and relatives as being extremely 10
mode and at subject for congratula.
ton, but washed It never was for fear
Of inJuring its pristine beauty.-Lon'
don Taller.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
PERFORATED COINS.
unole Sam Tried Them Several Times,
but Without Success.

but Without Success.
Perforated coins were never in ia
vor in the United States. though vari-
GUS efforts were made to popularize
them. The first United States coin
with a perforated center was a gold
dollar issued In 194o, which had a
square hole in the middle OF the
planchet It was the forerunner Of the
gold dollar issued by the United States
mint In 1870 The coin was engraved.
not struck from dies.
The next United States coin with a
perforated center was issued from the
Philadelphia mint In 1850 una was Of
the denomination OF / cent. II was
about the size of the bronze cent now
in use. at that time the large, old
fashioned copper cent was In general
circulation, and the perforated coin re-
ceived the name of "ring cent" The
designer reasoned that by means OF
the perforation tho cent could be dis
tinguished by touch from the dime
Another perforated cent issued the
same year showed two rings In the
field with the words, "Cent. One-tenth
Silver" The reverse showed an olive
wreath around the perforation and the
words, United States Of America"
The mint authorities undertook to
design a coin that would answer all
requirements, and the pieces were
struck with both pierced and perfect
centers in silver, copper, nickel and
composition metal, six varieties in all,
without counting the various metals,
but none of the designs was favored
by the government authorities, and
consequently they were never put In
general circulation.
The only gold half dollar ever pro-
duced at the United States mint was
struck in 1852 1t had a perforation
in the center, and the diverse showed
wavy circle around the perforation,
with the inscription, United States Of
America" around the border. The re-
verse was blank. The coin was ex-
actly half the weight Of the dollar.
Regardless. of the generally accepted
idea the gold lfty cent pieces with
which the public Is familiar were not
an issue OF the United States. but were
manufactured by California jewelers..
There has not been any attempt to IN
troduce the perforated coin in the
United States since 1884. In that year
two pieces of the denominations Of /
and cents were issued at the Phila-
delplia n1int--Hhrper's Weekly.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
WlId sohemss Of pInoetates.

The most remarkable proposal ever
made about Mount AthOs was that Of
the architect Dinocrates. His plan
was to cut 1t into the shape Of gi-
gantic statue of Alexander the Great,
holding In the right hand a city, in the
left a tank that was to receive oil the
waters Of the region. Alexander was
much taken with the scheme. But 1t
was eventually rejected on the ground
that the neighbOring country was not
fertile enough to feed the inhabitants
of the projected city. Another Of Dinoc-
rates plans was a temple to the wife
Of King Ptolemy OF Egypt, with a roof
Of loadstones that would keep an iron
statue Of her floating In the air.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

For the longest sentence on record
we must go to the French. In les
Miserables" Victor Hugo has one SEN
tenee that runs through a hundred
lines, and earlier in the book, In one
OF the chapters descriptive Of Water
loo, there are over fifty lines without
a full stop. England's record rests
under official patronage. for Il would
appear to be the seventh section OF
the foreign enlistment act. which does
not stop until 1t has very nearly reach
ed its six hundredth word.-LOndon
Graphic.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

In many parts Of the world-Greecer
for instance-the believer in witchcraft
still gets hold, by hook or by crook, Of
hair, nail parlngs and 80 forth from
an enemy's head and hands and burns,
buries or does something else with
them in order to entail unpleasant con-
sequences upon that enemy. And uni
versal folklore reveals the concern Of
Bavages TO dispose Of their own hair
and nail clippings to prevent an enemy
from getting at them. Australian ma
tive girls. having had a lock Of hair
stolen from them, expected speedy
death as certainty. - London Tele-
graph
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
The Earth's Shadow.

The earth has a shadow, but very
few ever SEQ II, except in eclipses OF
the moon, or else few recognize II
when they see It. Nevertheless many
OF us have noticed on 6ne, cloudless
evenings In summer shorty before
sunset a rosy pink arc on the horizon
opposite the sun, with a blush gray
segment under 1t. AS the sun sinks
the arc rises until 1t attains the zenith
and even passes It This is the shadow
OF the earth.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

Ornaments last longer than anything
else that man makes. There are
brooches and necklaces In museums
more than forty centuries old. Mon
uments, perhaps. stand second. and
houses third. The life OF furniture Is
shorter still. There is very little fur
niture In England which dates be-
yond the year 1900 Pictures last long
or than furniture, and there are paint
ings still in fair condition which have
weathered six centuries Of life.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
Turkish Names.

On our visiting list are Mrs. Hya-
cinth, Mrs. Tulip. Mrs Appletree and
Mrs. Nightingale. am also happy
enough to possess the acquaintance Of
Mrs. Sweetmeot, Mrs. Diamond. Mrs.
ALTHOUGH some know her as Mother
Eve-AIiss May-She-Laugh and Master
He Waited, This last appellation
seemed to me so curious that inqulr-
ed Into it and learned that my young
gentleman waited to be born. These
are not surnames, you understand,
for no Turk owns such a thing. To
tell one Mistress Hyacinth from anoth-
er you add the name of her man. And
in his case all you can do is to tack on
his father's-you could hardly say
Christian-name.-H. G. Dwight in At
lantic.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

II was troubled with constipation
and indigestion and spent hundreds
OF dollars for medicine and treat.
ment.n writes @. H. Hines, OF Whit.
low, Ark. "I went to a st. Louis
hospital, also to a hospital In New
Orleans, but no cure was effected. On
returning home 1 began taking
Chamberlain's Tablets, and worked
right along. 1 used them for some
time and am now all right" Sold by
all dealers ADV.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
RemarkabIs Cu,e OF Dysentery

II was attacked with dysentery
about July 18th, and used the DOCTOR S
medicine and other remedies with no
relief, only getting worse all the time.
1 was unable to do anything and my
weight dropped from las to 125
pounds. / suffered for about two
months when / was advised to use
Ohamberlaln's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. l used two bot.
ties of it and it gave me permanent
relief" writes b. w. Hill of Snow
Hill, NSC1For sale lly Elt dealers. Ay
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
Then She Cot Mad.

'I've never seen the man yet" she
declared. "who couldn't be made fool
Of by a pretty woman"
"Uml" he replied. "Of course you,
take it. have studied the matter from
the standpoint Of the innocent by
staDder. ."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
GOOD Ronaon for HIS EnthusIaam

When q man has suffered for sew
eral days with collie, diarrhoea or
other form of bowel complaint and is
then cured sound and we'll by one or
two doses of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as is
often the case, it is but natural that
he should be enthusiastic in his
praise Of the remedy, and especially
is this the case of a severe attack
when life is threatened. Try 1t when
in need of such a remedy. 1t never
fails. Sold byal dealers. ADV.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

he was brought to Bellevue hospital
with some injury to the skull. and a sur
geon. having examined the wound, de-
termined to keep the man IN the ward
for a day or two.
"Oh, doctor" cried the patient, do
you think that I'll lose my headT'-
New York Tines
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
Too Slow.

''Why has your daughter dropped her
hospital work 80 soonT
"she found she'd have to nurse poor
patients for two years before they In
trusted her with any milllonaires. So
she's going on the stage In musical
comedy" y."-Kansas City Journal.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

WalIie-When I called on Zella last
eve she acted toward me like a wealth
sr forecast Wardie-How was thati
Wallie-Fair ana very cOol.-Kansas
City STAR
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
Utility.

"of what use is a ny, anywayY asks
an exchange.
Well, II there is only one out and 1t
happens to be a long one 1t will score
a man from third.-Detroit Free Press.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

Barbour-You seem warm. Have you
been exercising1 Waterman-Yes, In.
deed. went to the mutes' dance and
swung dumb bellies around all evening.
Michigan Gargoyle.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Chamberlain's Tab
lets, keep your bowels regular and
you will avoid these diseases. For
sale by all dealers.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

A womsn's club has been organized
at Morlarity.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

Special trains are being run out Of
Roswell to haul the cantaloupes to
n4arfat
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29

The first fire in Eve years in Kenna
destroyed a drug store.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-29
FEDERAL.
PRECINCT.

NJ. W. MoGrath...... ...Justico of the Peace
u. Aieh .'............. ...-'..-.'. 'Cohst tapie
School Directors-B. W Randall, J. H. Nc
Clure, J Il. Ownby
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-06
The Theatres
Beautiful Musical Comedy.

Fourteen people with Mrs. Bob Fitz-
simmons as the star and E. Dano &
Co.. assisting, form the great
star attraction at the Or
pheum the first three days
this week. and it might be stat
ed that it is the greatest attraction
that Manager Fowler of the house has
ever presented here. The musical
comedy, A Bulgarian Romance. is the
vehicle that the strong company uses
for its work. There is one great
scene, that of a Bulgarian cafe and
during the action of the beautiful
musical skit there are six sweet mus
ical numbers, and Mrs. Fitzsimmons,
whose stage name is Julia Clifford, has
a excellent part which she carries
we'll. She is one of the big stars in
musical comedy and has a strong per-
sonality. The little playlet which runs
over half an hour is well costumed,
grand groupings with dances, nicely
staged and there is a world of beautt-
full lighting, especially a stone bridge
scene which is lighted from the rear.
1t is a great bill and the three audi
ences of yesterday evinced pleasure by
continued applause. Each member OF
the principal staff received encores.
1t is a sweet, beautiful act without
the least Objectionable features and it
went exceedingly well. Others on the
big bill were Miss Evelyn Dare, in a
new novelty song; Zeno & Cook in
their own comedy juggling act that
was most pleasing, n many queer
stunts We're pulled off. Miss May Ey-
ans has a whistling and imitation act
for the single turn and it was M that
was greeted by much applause. There
are two very fine pictures shown by
the Orpheurnscope and new music by
the COscio orchestra.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-06
PROPOSED EXHIBITION
OF, ROAD MODELS,


Arrangements are t o be made by the
United States Departmental Agricul-
Sture, through Logan Waller Page, di-
rector of the office of public roads, to
place on exhibition at the Panama
Pacific exposition in 1915 the greatest
collection of road models ever display
ed in any part Of the world. The mod
els will furnish exact duplicates of the
old Roman roads, French roads, and
all of the various types of modern
roads, together with miniature models
of road machinery operated by cleo
tricity.
The Office of public roads made an
exhibit OF road models for the first
time at the Alaska -Yukon-Pacific ex-
position. The aim was to put on view
such striking examples In miniature
only appreciate the beneficent effects
of improved highways. but would, at
the same time, be able to understand
the methods of their construction.
Since the Alaska Pacific ex-
position closed, the exhibit has been
displayed at Omaha, Neb., during the
National Corn exposition; at Knox
Vile, Tenn. during the Southern APP
palaehian exposition; at Chicago, ILL.,,
during the National Land and Irriga-
tion exposition at New York city,
during the Travel and Vacation expo
sition and the Domestic Science expo
siti0n: at Atlantic City,4N. j, during
the American Road congress; at Leth-
bridge, Alberta, during the Interna-
tional Dryland congress; at Buenos
Ayres, Argentina, during the Interna-
tfonal Agricultural exposition; at
Turin, Italy, during the international
exposition. and at various other expo
sitions and fairs. Since that time the
collection has been greatly augmented,
until every single type of road is now
represented, and every known device
used in the making OF roads has been
reproduced in miniature.
The models have also been displayed
on road trains at all important places
along the route of the Pennsylvania
railroad In the state of Pennsylvania,
the entire system of the Southern
railway, the Frisco lines, the Atlantic
Coast line, and the Nashville, Cf1atta-
nooga & st. Louis railway.
AS 81 result OF the instruction fur
nished by these road models, many
farmers have Joined forces to improve
their wi highways. and the road
building movement has had a great
impetus. When application for expert
advice concerning any special road
problem is made to the department,
the otf1ee OF public roads furnishes II
without exacting any fees.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-06
The Sewing EXHIBIT

The annual exhibit of the high school.
sewing classes was held yesterday,
with the best showing ever made in
this department. -Four hundred visit
ors were in to see the work of the high
school girls. +
The accumulative work of the eighty
girls who are taking sewing was
shown and some. very pretty garments
were on exhibition.
Cine feature of the exhibit was in
the fact that the actual cost price OF
each garment was pinned on the pieces
and it showed that for 50 some very
pretty school dresses could be made.
There We're about 200 pieces on exhibit
ton, most of them being dresses and
aprons. The most expensive dress cost
only 1923 for the whole dress and it
had a considerable amount of hand
work upon it. During the afternoon
punch that had been made by the
cooking class was served in the dining
room to all of the visitors.