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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
Mineral Oil Soap,

After twelve years OF la boratory re-
search and the expenditure of more
than twenty million dollars the process
ot saponfieation, as applied by aka
line reactions to animal fats and vege-
table oils. has been put to commercial
uses in the qualification of mineral or
hydroCarbon oils
The mineral oils, unlike the animal
fats and vegetable oils do not contain
the acids necessary to produce the phe-
nomencn popularity known as saponifi-
cation. These are chiefly stearic and
oleac acids. Many attempts to inject
the necessary saponifying acids into
mineral ellis had been made in tile past,
but, as they did net mix with the oils
Ill chemical combinations, no reaction
vas obtained. A Connecticut man has
at least succeeded in solidifying min
erai oils into paste. and it is asserted
that this product contains not less than
96 per cent. of pure naphtha. The past
is infiammab BILE. but it is not explosive.
This product is likely to revolutionize
the naphtha soap industry in time. for
tablespoonful of it takes the place
of the naphtha in three cakes of the or
binary naphtha soap. At present it is
said that more than two-thirds of the
naphtha crutched into soap evaporates
before it gets to the consumer
The paste has other uses. A cylinder
Of strawboard dipped into it when it is
in LIQUID form, and allowed to solidify
pE cooiihe. makes an excellent IRE
liShter. Inc importance OF this may
ne sa'herea from the TACT that the So
cdiieu klhoilhs trust now operates more
lhah thlflN mics Inc soma OH IRE
i'Eh'er Is saia TO oe cheaper eieaher
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04

years and now it is available in the
dry powdered form. AS a paste it car
ries about 50 per cent. of water. Hence
pound of the dry powdered arsenate
of lead is equal to two pounds of the
paste.
Arsenate of lead is somewhat more
expensive as an insecticide than Paris
green and on this account is not rec
commended for such crops as the pota-
TO that require frequent spraying be-
cause of new growth. 1t adheres much
better to foliage than does Paris green
and there is little danger of burning
even tender foliage with it. For these
rea sons ii is the best insecticide for
use on apple and other fruit trees as
well as on shade trees that are infest-
ed by leaf eating insects
The Maine Station compared arsen-
ate of lead paste with the dry powder
in 1912. The dry powdered arsenate of
lead produced even better results with
regard to the russeting of fruit than
did the arsenate of lead paste. al
though the differences were probably
within the limit of experimental error.
The results of the experiment were, on
the whole so satisfactory. both with
regards insect control and ease in
mixing with the spray liquid, that dry
arsenate of lead is being used on all
the orchards at Highmoor Farm in
1918.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
MEETS MOTHER IN MANHOOD
Kidnapped When Two Years.

Christopher Daniel Saunderson,
known in San Francisco as Chris
Ward. was one of the passengers on
the liner Moana from New Zealand.
He is returning to California after
having met his mother for the first
time since his infancy, although he is
"a years of age. He also cleared up
the story of his life. which had been
sealed to him through his boyhood
For five years Chris Ward was a
street car conductor on the kearny
street line. Then. through Thomas
Westoby, of III Sycamore street. Oak
land. he learned that Ward was not
his name and that he had well-to- do
relatives in New Zealand. That was
in January. He took passage on the
liner Tahiti and in New Zealand met
his relatives. His father he had
known, because his father lived in
California under the name of Charles
Ward until after the San Francisco
fire. when he died.
Family differences were the underly-
ing cause of the mystery of Ward S
Cor Saunderson's) life. When he was
n 2year-old and living in New Zea-
land. he was kidnapped by his grand
mother and brought to his father in
this state.
Westohy. the Oakland man, became
acquainted with the father and the
grandmother several years before they
died They told him the story of the
growing youths life.
After they were dead Westoby lost
track of the young man. the separation
being incident to the confusion caused
by the fire of 1906.
Once the New Zealand relatives
found a trace of the lad, but he chang
ed his employment and they lost the
slender clew they had to his where
abouts.
Saunderson--or Ward, as he is
know in California-met his mother
Mrs. Christine Saunderson. near Auck-
land. He has a brother in Auckland
and another in Wellington, New Yea
land. On his arrival in New Zealand
all of his people turned out and there
was great family celebration over
finding the man of whom they had lost
trace as a child of years. Saunder-
son is not yet certain whether he will
remain in California or reside in New
Zeala nd. New York World.
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LIKES PRISON BEST.
Is Years for Kidnapping, Pleads
Against New Trial.

Saying she has no friends and free
dom does not mean anything to her.
Marie Kappa, whose number is 1440 in
the Auburn prison for women, pleaded
With Judge Herman, in the Brooklyn
supreme court. to send her back to
serve out her sentence of 45 years for
kidnapping. The woman was granted
a new trial by the court of appeals,
which reversed the sentence against
her
Marie Kappa was convicted in 1910
with Stanislaus Pattenza. They were
charged with kidnapping Joe Longo
and Joe Rizzo, both years old. Re-
Gently attorneys for Pattenza obtained
the reversal of the sentence against
their client. and counsel for the Rap
pa woman Immediately asked for a
similar order which was granted.
She said she had been appointed as
sistant to the matron in the prison
aud liked her SO we'll she never wanted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
Hindoos Knew Medicine,

According t. DR.. c. Muthu of the
Mendip Hills Sanatorium. Hindeo doc
tors understood the germ theory and
lnocu'ation six thousand years ago. In
an address delivered before the ROYAL
Society of Medicine DIR. Muthu said
that the Hindoo civilization was the
most ancient in the world, and that
their medicine was as old as their civil
liZation
They excelled. he said, in materia
medica and chemistry. they were the
brst among the ancients to practice the
dissection of the human body and to
employ minerals and mercury internal
~. They understood the germ theory,
the circulation of the blood and inocu-
la ton for smallpox. Their successful
treatment of snake bits astonished
Alexander the Great, and their surgery
was bold and skilful. for not only did
they set broken bones but they tre-
pinned the skull. gave anaesthetics in
serious operations. and even amputat-
ed limbs,
After the death of Buddha. when sur
gerry began to decline and medicine
finrrished more. medical houses and
hospitals We're established in India
which were provided with medicines
and Instruments and attended by ply
sicians who relieved the sick and suf-
fering, but long before Buddha there
were medical schools and colleges.
Arab medicine, which was founded on
IIindoo medicine, taught European
physicians as late as the seventeenth
century. and western people owed q
great debt to India in this direction
New York Sun.
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QUINCAN TO PRISON
And Jury Disagrees in Flynn, ]. w.
w. Case at Paterson, N. J.

Paterson, N j., July 3-Of two In
dustrial Workers of the World leaders
accused of melting riots. Patrick
Quinlan. today, was sentenced to
prison and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
narrowly escaped a conviction by a
Foreign jury" drawn from citizens
living outside of Passaic county.
Quinian found guilty several weeks
age. heard his fate pronounced unex-
pectedly while spectator in court
waiting for a verdict in Miss Flynn's
case Last night, at an open air mass
meeting he had denounced the police
and Prosecutor Dunn. Today. the
prosecutor suddenly moved that SEN
tenee be passed. Judge klenert sent
Quinlan to states prison for from two
to seven years and fined him $500
The jury in Miss F'lynn's case de-
liberated about % hours and reported,
late this afternoon. it could not agree.
The jury was dismissed and the prose-
cutor announced that the defendant
would be placed on trial again. Mon
day.
According to several jurors they
stood 10 to for conviction. There
leading finally to a request to the
court that a new foreman be APP
pointed, the first foreman never hav-
ing before served on jury and be-
ing unfamiliar with the duties of his
position. Judge Klenert granted the
request
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
A Curious Well.

That the Mexican farmer is not the
slow thinking. lazy person the average
stranger imagines is illustrated by an
ENORMOUSLY devised well constructed by
a farmer living near a little town Just
across the boundary line. The natives
seldom go far away from their homes
and they have very primitive ideas and
customs. This well is about 30 feet deep
and the owner has built a curious de-
vice for hauling water from it. If this
Mexican had been an educated man he
might have been an inventor.
A tree fiourished near the well which
had two branches growing out OF the
trunk These beughs separated into
four branches higher up. The Mexican
cut the branches in such way that
they formed a perfect rest for a long
well sweep. He fastened the sweep to
a crossbar laid across the two upper
branches in the middle. using stout
thongs for the purpose.
Then he fastened weight on one end
of the sweep and d long rope to the
other end The bucket is fastened to
the end of this long rope, and all he
has to do is to lower the bucket into
the we'll The weight of the stone pulls
il up again, trimming full.-New York
Sun
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HAD DEATH WARNING.
BUSINESS Mans Premonition of Com
ing Fatality.

John Hueselman's superintendent or
a lumber yard in Harrison, n. j.. start
ed home after a day of intense worry
through fear of impending disaster. His
rremonition caused several of the
workmen to deride him. John Bissell,
of Newark led in the soothing.
As Hueselmans was passing 4O-foot
high pile of heavy timbers Bisseil, who
was at work on top, uttered warning
cry and leaped to the ground. As he
did so the great bulk of lumber swayed
and toppled over. Hueselmans was
buried beneath the mass. and was in
stantly killed. Bissell, by his leap.
avoided the erumbiing pile and landed
Just beyond the timbers. The fall, how
ever. resulted in his receiving numerous
fractures, and he WAS removed in a
critical condition to st. Michaers Hos
pital.
A crowded trolley ear was passing
the lumber yard at the time. The pas
sengers, many of them workmen on
their way home. rushed to the spot and
began moving the timbers. 1t was half
an hour before Hueselmans' mangled
body was cxtricated.-New York Amer
lean.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
HAN DLING THE FAT.
Scientists Method for Putting on @
Taking OH at Will.

Prof. Franz Nagelschmidt of Ber-
lin, Germany after pointing out the
poisons that Turk in all antfat pana :
ceas, declares that he has for nearly
two years employed an electric bat
terry for the reduction of superfiuous
flesh This electric battery produces
tie fibers and strands of your muscles
in rhythmic, regular. harmonic vi
brations. These muscular movements
are attuned to the normal rhythm of a
resting muscle in such way that
the muscular motions occur without
fatigue to the hulk of huge flesh.
Briefly, with this new kind of cleo
trieity. Prof. Nagelschmidt is able TO
exercise the muscles hidden away by
clumps of fat in such manner that
even the LATEST theatergoer, baseball
fan, or lobster palace diner fails to
feel tired. Furthermore, the cir
cumambient flesh ceases to dangle as
an obstruction to the blood supply,
the heart. or the other vital tissues.
With this novel treatment for
obesity The breathing is undisturbed.
the pulse remains normal, and all the
bodily activities remain unaffected.
Even fraction of the same muscular
gymnastics under the old methods for
growing thin, such as rolling, crawl
ing. punching the bag, and walking,
influence the heart action and the
pulse unfavorably. This latest plan
prevents all of this. does away with
that tired feeling" and eliminates the
oleaginous excess.
Fat, then. according to this "Nagel-
schmidt electric current" can be
turned off and on at will You NAV
take on adipose or eliminate as much
as you please. The only question
seems to be one of submitting to the
battery.
Another method of reducing fat to
minimum, available for many who
cannot be placed in touch with this
new electricity. is to artificially pro-
duce a current of electricity in your
bathtub. Although it is not so rea~
sonable, nor yet absolutely explain
able upon our knowledge of the in
penetrabiity of the human skin, vet
1t is d we'll proved fact that if EPSON
salts or sulphate of magnesium is
added to the water of your full batn,
in the course of few months from IS
to 80 pounds will be eliminated.
Whether this is a mysterious cleo
trolNtic action that is set up between
your skin and water. or merely a
powerful assault of the salt upon the
usually fmpervious skin. has not been
positively determined. The fact. how
ever. remains that EPSON salts in the
bathtub aids materially in reducing
your avoirdupois
1t is evident from these two pro-
cedures that coruplent persons need
not expend all sorts of money upon
every published antifat remedy. 1t is
far better to apply these certainly
harmless, cleanlX and nonfatiguing
methods discovered by medical men If
acknowledged training than to pick
UP every catChpenny panacea, with no
other support than the embiazon ec,
words of an advertising writer.-New
York American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
skyscraper Cities.

Opposite the postofffce. in lower
Broadway. New York city. there, has
just been completed building. $50
feet high which will provide working
quarters for ten thousand people. If
all the men and women employed IN
this one "skyscra per" should attempt
to go uptown by the subway at the end
of the day 1t would take the ten-car
express trains. running at the intervals
now established, fifteen minutes to
haul them away. Though this hap
pens to be the highest structure in the
city, there are others nearly as large:
it is one of dozens that accommodate
four or five thousand people each and
one of hundreds that accommodate
more than thousand people each. The
number of these great buildings IS
steadily growing.-World's Work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04

ON TIME FOR 10 YEARS.
Neither Tardy Nor Absent Since He
Began School.

One of the graduates of the Orange,
n. ]. High school at the commence
ment exercises. tonight. found his di-
ploma bound with blue ribbon UNI
like anything on any of the other di-
plomas distributed to his classmates.
The graduate so distinguished was
Harold Clark Thompson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar S. Thompson, and the
distinction was 4 recognition of the
fact that he has been in school for the
last l. years. all told, without having
ever been trady or absent. Two of
his brothers went through school with
Il clean record also.
Oscar S. Thompson, Jr, was grad
uated from the High school in 1905
with perfect record. and Bradley
Thompson got his blue ribbon in 1910.
Harold is one of the honor students
Of the class and is author of the class
song. New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
The Ear Of the Owl.

1t is held by naturalists that. in ord
err to capture its prey the owl must de-
pend even more upon its sense OF
hearing than upon that of sight. The
tufts of feathers that distinguish the
short earad and the long cared owls
are. of course, no more ears than they
are horns The true ear of the owl is
most remarkable organ.
The facial disk of feathers that gives
the owl it's characteristic appearance
serves as IL kind of sounding board or
ear trumpet to concentrate the slight
est sounds and to transmit them to the
orifiee of the true ear, concealed In the
small feathers behind the eye. Even N
the barn owl, which possesses the least
complicated arrangement of this kind,
the orifice of the ear is covered By a
remarkable flap of the skin, while In
the other species there are striking diff
ferences in the size and shape of this
oritice and it's covering flap on the two
sides of the head.
The exact way in which owls utilize
this deliberately specialized apparatus
has still to be discovered, Harper S
Weekly.
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FAIRFIELD.

Andrew Bradbury Of Orange. Mass.
is visiting his sister. Miss Annie Brad
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Neal have re-
turned from Peaks Island where they
have heen passing the past few days.
As Friday is a holiday many of the
stores and offices in town will be clos
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert o. Brown and
children are passing few weeks at
their cottage at Sebec lake.
Mrs. W. r. Staples of Rockland is
passing few days at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacqueth.
Merwin and Irwin Ladd left. Thurs
day. for Newport, where they will visit
their uncle, w. e. Rackliffe.
Prof. and Mrs. Merlin Joy of Hebron
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Colby Joy.
on the Ridge road. for a few weeks.
W. II. Hatch. who has been in Vas
salboro visiting friends. has returned
home
A celebration will be held, Friday. at
Shawmut park under the auspices of
the st. John the Baptist Society of this
town. Bail games between the Sacred
Heart club and the Crescents and the
Fat Men vs. the Fat Women: 100-yard
dash 250-ya dash. emile race. exhi-
bitten drill by Boy Scouts. boat rae
ing, tug of war; swimming races. three
legged race, sack race, dog race and
many other attractions are on the pro-
gram.
Mrs Abhie Laid and son Frank will
pass the day, Friday. at the cottage of
z. L. smith at Snow pond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
Fifty Years Ago.

The body of Maj. Gen. Reynolds.
who was killed at the Battle of Get
tysburg was brought to the home OF
his brother-i law. today. 1t is also
stated that Brig. Gen. Paul was killed
in the great conflict. WASH
ington. July ZIP to this hour the
government has not received official
notification of the great fight at Get
tysburg. 1t is probably due to the fact
that there is no Geographic communi-
cation with the Army of the Potomac,
The 18th Maine arrived in
Boston, last night. and will come to
Portland. today.-Portland Advertiser,
July 3. 1863.
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The Kind That "Oughter."

Raymond according to recent
story. had been playing hard all day
and came to bedtime thoroughly weary.
Ir fact, he was SO sleepy that he want
ed to omit saying his prayers
But. dear his mother remonstrat-
ed. you must be a good boy and thank
God for all His goodness to you. Just
think what nice time you've had all
dav. playing. and remember all the 9TH
er little boys who have no nice home
or nice clothes or mother to love them.
Raymoud's eyes opened a little
drowsily. and out of his relaxed mouth
came this protest.
But mother think them's the fell
lers that oughter do the prayin' -
Chicago Record News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
WHICH TWIN HIT HIM7
Assaulted Man Identifies Both.

When Martin Kaides, of Perth Am
boy, n. j., was assaulted, last Sunday.
he rushed to the police with complete
description of his assailant. Detectives
arrected the Sutch twins. Peter and
Stephen. and locked them UP in the
county Jail at New Brunswick.
AS soon as Kaides saw Stephen he
smiled and said:
"Ah. That's the very man.
Then Warden Hildebrand let out Pet
er, and kaides scratched his head and
exclaimed:
But that's the man, too!'
After picking stephen, twice and Pet
er thrice. Kaides gave up. and the po-
lice say their twinship will probably
save the STITCHES from further confine-
ment.
Even if one of them did confess,
how are you going to tell EN- apart
afterward?" asked Warden Hildebrand
Il couldn't" New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04

Lougnlin. after he had elected
the fact that it was a 1000 pound an
Choir.
Capt. Vivian then said that three
members of the Dry Dock gang few
nights ago attempted to hold him up
for pint of beer.
L am an English subject I told
them" said the captain. "' and / re-
fuse to be held up. Be off, and they
went away. think they've stolen it for
revenge"
Loughlin reported to the station. and
Detective Snydecker was assigned to
investigate the case VII
Snydecker went to the boat and look
ed over things. He believes q diver
could locate the anchor quicker than a
detective He is looking for the gang
sters' who he thinks pushed the
anchor overboard-New York Globe.
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STOLE HIS ANCHOR.
Captain Says 1t Weighed 1000 Pounds,
but Gang Took II.

Capt. Henry Vivian of the knicker~
becker Ice Company boat Court. moor
ed al the foot of East Ninth street ran
up to Patrolman Loushlin. of the Union
Market station at midnight and pulled
out:
"OHieer, there's been a robbery-a
big one-done on my boat"
capt. Vivian began to run back and
the policeman followed. The captain
reached the boat first and brought up
LcughIin to a halt when he pointed TO
IA broken cabin window. Then he led
the policeman to the stern. where he
pointed to "A spot about feet in area.
There's where it was when | left
the boat this evening. And now it's
gone
For the love of Nike" calculated
the policeman. What is it you're talk
ing about"
Don't you see?" demanded Capt
Vivian. ITS the anchor that's gone
and the cables gone with it,"
Whom do you think got it," asked
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SWINDLiNG FRAUDS.
An Arrest Of One of Alleged Gang Of
State wide Operators.

North Adams, Mass, July 3.-Charged
with being implicated with gang i'm
wholesale swndlng frauds In New York,
New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachu-
sets, for the past three years, Joseph
Deep was arrested Thursday night, by
United States Marshal Leide of Spring
field.
1t is charged that the gang would open
stores in various places and go INTO
bankruptcy. Before adjustment, IL Is
claimed, the goods would be removed. IL
is alleged that quantities of the goods
were shipped here and disposed OF
through various agencies. Deep was taken
to Pittsfied for arraiSnment before
United States Commissioner Wright.