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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-08

| eral kindness shown her, especially by
| people of her own craft. She has al
ways met with great consideration from
the men at the garages over the country,
, and though she can do all necessary re-
pairs to her 15-2S horsepower car--for she
| took the mechanical as we'll as the driv-
er's course at a London Scholastic has
always found chauffeurs quick to offer
her assistance if they think she Is in diff
I culties.
When Miss Hpme returns from South
Africa she intends to become chauffeur
again. and she is keen that other women
should follow her example At present,
while a woman may drive her own car
in London. she may not have cab IL
| cense or ply for hire, though there is no
apparent reason for this disability. Miss
Home considers that a woman has as
much nerve as man. and would proba-
bly, be more careful, while she is quite
able to master all the details of its me-
| chanism. Many women do look after
| their own cars, and even if they were not
| able to do so Miss Holme points out that
| many of the taxi-drivers are dependent
| on the mechanic sent along from their
garage when anything goes wrong. a
Miss Carlton, of Cornwall. who hires our
her own car. and finds plenty of demand
! for it, is the only other woman In Eng
| land who wears the chauffeur's livery.
and her success is. to Miss Holmes mind.
| a proof that other women could do as
we'll The initial cost of the car would,
of course, be difficulty to many, but
| once that is possessed especially in the
country districts where means of convey
ance are inadequate, car should
easily pay for itself.
Miss Holme is succeeded at the W. S.
| T. L. by another woman chauffeur
| pupil of her own.-New York Post
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number of the cars, of which there
Were still several to be unloaded The
work was then in progress Seven car
loads already had been slowed and it
was thought the cargo would be com
pleted by evening.
THE Guthrie steamed away, going
about mile to wait for an incoming
vessel. and ii was while we were NOV
ing around that the captain and 9TH
ers noticed fire on the steamer. This
appeared to be coming from the fore
castle. Knowing the danger. Capt.
Dunn of the cutter ordered every win
dow opened so the explosion expected
to come would not break the glass
He then steamed toward the burning
vessel, but when within three-quarters
of mile away the ship exploded. The
Guthrie got severe shaking, tremb-
ling like a reed in a storm.
Following the explosion we saw q
huge inky cloud which assembled fully
200 feet and almost covered the har-
Dor When this cleared away there was
naught in sight. Where the steamer
had been loading, vessel, scow and
cars had disappeared. We hurried to
the scene, but saw only wreckage."
Joseph p. Martin, superintendent OF
construction at Spawows Point, who
when the explosion occurred, was
standing on the collier Jason, is au.
thority for the statement that two
white men and two Negroes were kill
ed about the collier. He does not know
their names. They were struck by
flying pieces of iron and timber, he
says. Besides the 60 or 10 laborers whc
are known to have been on the Jason
there were some steyedores, the exac
number Mr., Martin does not know
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Fauna Preserved on Little Island.

kangaroo island, which Is situated
some six hours steaming from Adelaide.
the capital Of South Australia. is regard
ed as an ideal place in which to preserve
permanently animal and botanical spec
les distinctive of the Australian conti-
nent.
At present It's square miles on the is
land are utilized as a fauna and floral
reserve, and it is now suggested that the
area should be considerably increased.
Certain islands in various lakes have
been set apart as bird sanctuaries, close
seasons for different kinds of birds are
proclaimed and in various other ways
efforts are made to prevent the destrue-
ton of the native fauna and fora.
Recently the attention of the South
Australian commissioner of crown lands
was drawn to the disturbances of pro-
tecting the oppossum. which he had as
certained is now being destroyed in large
numbers for the sake of its skin, for
which there is a good market.
To prevent the wholesale destruction
of the marsupial and also to give power
to the state government to protect other
native animals from time to time as oc-
casion may require. the commission has
directed that bill shall be prepared for
introduction into Parliament at an early
date to provide for the protection of wild
animals. London Standard
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Minino Coal in a City Park.

Most city parks have tnen ZOOS, mu-
seums floral displays, band concerts, and
such things that make them as similar
as two peas But the honor of being dis
tinctive with a real and an exclusive
difference, belongs to Nay Aug Park, OF
Scranton, Pa. Here the visitor views
with wonderment real anthracite Goa
NINE And he does not have to go un-
derground to see the coal seams and the
mining operations-for il is mine with
the roof off.
Two miles or so down the valley there
is regular mine shaft with it's hosting
plant and towering breaker and from
this shaft mining operations have beer
carried on in the same seams that either
crop out in or under the park.
The work has been done to accommo
date certain persons who wanted this
rocky bluff removed. Eventually the
gangways from the far-away shaft vii
come out through the face of the sean
in the park, and then the coal will bt
hauled underground to the breaker.
The remaining rocky bluffs over thu
coal will be utilized by the large stone
crusher plant and the colliery will dis
appear, except that right in the centre
of the park is a gated mine entrance
which is one of the permanent exhibits Of
the place. In this the visitor may fol
low the coal seam for some distance
F. Webster Brady in Coal Age.
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Cony High won from Portland High.
Friday night, in Assembly hall III
their annual debate on the question.
Resolved, That the Tenure of Office
of the President of the United States
Should BE Limited to One Term Of
Six Years Cony High supported the
affirmative side of the question and
Portland High the negative. The
speakers for Cony spoke in the order
named; Clyde Metealf. Arthur B. Ma
son and Edwin Blanchard. Fer Port
land lawrence NJ. Dalton was the
first speaker, Theodore g. Forbes, sec
ond, and John w Hin, third. Will
fred Hall was the alternate for Cony
while Frank r. Preti acted in that
capacity for the Portland team.
Clyde Metcalf, the first speaker for
Cony, opened the affirmative side o.
the question. He deserves great cred
it for the way in which the introduce
ton of the question was delivered. The
able way in which he presented his
issue was highly commendable. Fol-
lowing Metcalf came Lawrence NJ.
Dalton. the first speaker on the neg
alive attempted to disprove the is
sue, which Metcalf of Cony had previ-
ously discussed.
Arthur g. Mason, Cony's second
speaker, very capably handled the
question and averred the length OF
the term of President should be lin
fled to six years. Mr. Mason. who de.
bated on the Cony team, last year.
was a strong factor in the result OF
both, this year and last. Theodore :.
Fobes, the second speaker for the
negative, certainly had the best ar
gument of any member on either side.
but his manner in which he deliver
ed his argument was subject to criti-
cism. Cony presented her side of the
argument in form of oratory that
would be a credit 70 any statesman
of ability. Edwin Blanchard who .as
the third speaker for Gony, was all
that wes expected of him. When he
arose 70 commence his main speech
and also in rebuttal he was given 9
wild burst of applause. Mr.. Blanchard
did not attempt to take any real is
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GIFT OF THE VIKINGS.
Morse Sea- Kings Enriched Our Maui
teal Vocabulary.

When we say a ship is bound for a
are using, not the past participle as
We might think. of the English verb
to bind. but of a Scandinavian word
meaning to prepare, to get ready
word which in the form of "boun"
still lives on in Northern dialects
"Billow' is probably a Scandinavian
word which survived in one of the
Northern or Eastern dialects, which
still preserve so many Danish words;
it made its way into Southern English
in the sixteenth century, and was
given literary standing by its use by
Spenser and Shakespeare. Wake" for
the track of ship is another Scandi
navian word. preserved in dialect; its
original meaning, as Professor Skeat
tells, was that of an opening in the
ice, especially the passage cut for a
ship in a frozen lake or sea: and then,
from being applied to the smooth wa
terry track left by a ship after its
passage through the ice ii came to be
used when there was no ice at ALL
This useful word is one of the nauti-
cal terms which the French have Dor
rowed from English, although it is not
easy to recognize il at first in its
French form of ouaiche; and it is still
used on the Norfolk Breads with it's
original meaning of an open place in
the ice.-English Review.
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to the canopied figure of st Guerra. When
a Breton girl desires TO marry she sticks
a pin in the nose of this saint; should it
drop out within the year SHE believes
her desire will be fulfilled On another
occasion, near Bouarnenez, in the Finis-
tere district, came across ii small shrine
decorated with orange blossom in hedge
row, where a young gill whom had
previously seen tending her tiocks was
kneeling in prayer after which she rose
and dropped a pin down the well. BY
questioning her. | found that it was the
custom there to drop a pin down the well
before the saint, and eventually, after
the wedding ceremony, the bridal bios
SONS We're brought and hung round the
shrine."-Tit Bits.
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CAPITAL JOTTlNGS.

Obadiah Gardner. whose term as sena-
tor from Maine expired, Tuesday. and
who failed to secure an appointment in
the cabinet after his name had been
printed in the list of cabinet possibili-
ties for several weeks. has refused the
offer made by some of his Democratic
colleagues to elect him secretary of the
Senate to succeed Charles G. Bennett of
New York. Ex-senator Gardner is not
feeling in very amiable frame of mind
toward the new administration. Persons
in the confidence of the new President
say that Mr.. Gardner was at one time
slated for either secretary of commerce
and labor or secretary of Agriculture
Mr.. Gardner has said 70 several of his
friends that he has been badly treated,
and their efforts to soothe him hare been
unavafiing, -
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Tuneful Minorca Rooster.

A freak black Minorca rooster shown
at the Minnesota Poultry Association&s
exhibition in Minneapolis was the
cause of much amusement, but both
cred the judges greatly. The rooster.
Black King. has some impeachment to
mis- crow. The ROSTERS voice condi-
ton troubled the judges to such an
extent that they We're inclined to place
him in the canary class, but finally
judged him with the poultry. The bird
has taken numerous prizes at Mime
sofa and Iowa fairs and poultry shows.
New York Sun
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NATIONAL HOME.

Officer of the day, Capt. Henry Nc
Dewitt.
Miss Nellie NJ Gle left the Branch,
Friday, for visit to friends in Bos-
ton.
Andrew W. Herbert left the Branch.
Friday, on n furlough to visit reIa-
tives in Richmond.
William kavanaugh, late Co. F, 36th
N Y. Inf, and navy, has been drop
ped from the rolls.
The Mozart Uadiesl Quartet OF
Boston, which have been here on sew
eral occasions, will again appear here,
Saturday and Sunday. The ladies
have a fine program arranged. espe-
cially for Saturday evening. Sunday
afternoon in the hospital and with the
orchestra in the theatre. Tickets for
reserved seats will be on sale for the
Saturday evening concert. 11.30 to /.
The Sunday evening concert will be
free to ALL
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The Power of the Eye.

How far off can you recognize your
friends?
If you have good eyesight, you should
be able to distinguish someone, whose
figure and manner of walking YOU know
intimately, at anything up TO 500 feet.
The less thoroughly acquainted you are
with the person, the shorter the distance
Mt which you will recognize him.
\ trained rifeman can distinguish the
different parts of his adyersary's body
at about 800 feet, and will notice move
ment of the limbs at twice that distance
At 600 yards moving individual. to the
naked eye. is merely a blur on the land
seape.
Dwellers in towns, of course. have lost
much of this power of distant vision
while those who live out in open coun-
try or by the sea may be able to exceed
most of the above figures
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WORRY WASTES

more energy than work many times
over. A disturbed mental condition puts
all their functions out of balance.
hfe's processes then go on with great
est effort and wear. To bring quick re-
lief stop worrying if possible, take a
dessertspoonful of 'L. F." Atwood's Med
icine to act on the bowels. This soon
eases the feeling of pressure and a con-
dition Of comfort follows.
Here's what a sufferer says
II have used your 81. F." ATWOOD
Medicine and find it good for Headache
arrangement of the Stomach and Llver
and Constipation. 1t helps my ,appetite
and relieves gas in the stomach
Mrs. Florence N. Robblns,
Augusta, Maine
II you have never used 81. F." At
woods Medicine, write today for Tree
sample,
'T. f." MEDICINE CO.. Portland. Me
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rushed in to the rescue before the
crash, was racing away when il was
caught in the rain of charred wood
and red hot steel that fell in a show
er for a quarter of a mile around
killing some of the crew outright and
setting fire to the vessel.
Coming up the river at the time
was the tug Britannia and she rushed
to the aid of the Atlantic, picking up
many of the wounded, who had leap
ed into the water. Some of them are
said to have persisted before the Bri-
tannia could get TO them. The Bri-
tannia run a line to the burning tug
and started up the river with her, but
the vessel sank before the Lazarette
lighthouse was reached.
For time it was feared the revenue
cutter Guthrie had shared the fate
of the Alum Chine. Peter J. curran,
the boarding officer. assigned TO the
Inflated vessel, had left on the Guth-
RE. soon afte. O'Clock, and it was,
therefore. assumed the cutter was
near the scene of disaster when the
explosion occurred. Collector William
II. stone at once instituted inquiry
Great was the relief when 1t was
ascertained the cutter and crew were
safe.
Inspector curran was an eyewitness
to the explosion. the cutter being only
three-quarters of a mile distant wher
it occurred.
1--WE Rad left the place of loading
about an hour befcfs' he said, and
stopped oniy long GchouGh to get TIE
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ENGLISH WOMAN CHAUFFEUR.
She Has Driven Car for a Number
of Years.

Women taxicab drivers have ceased to
be novelty in Paris and girls in the
buff and scarlet livery of the taxi driver
are common In Copenhagen, but New
York has yet TO have its first liveried
and licensed woman chauffeur To be
sure, there are plenty of women who
drive their own cars, and there have
been one or two who have driven the
cars of other people, as salaried retain
ers. But tn woman taxicob driver is mo-,
yet an institution of this Island. Only
one has been noted III London, and she IS
Miss Vera Holme. who for the last three
years has driven the car belonging 10
the w. S. T. u, and has just resigned
with an idea of visiting South Africa. and
trekking along the Zambes
Not only has she driven busily about
the London streets with leaders and,
speakers, says the London Standard, but
she has taken the car TO the nearer by
elections and has been on tour with it all
over the country, far down to the West,
and beyond Inverness in the North. She
has kept hundreds of appointments OH
time, and has travelled many thousands
of miles, and she can boast that she has
never been fined for exceeding the speed
limit, nor in spite of some very narrow
shaves, has she ever had an accident
She has driven all sorts of distinguished
and unexpected people. princesses, ia
nous writers, actresses, members of
Parliament, church dignitaries, musi-
clans, magistrates, and, curiously enough,
even an inspector of police. who was
most amused at his position, and eager
to be recognized by the men along the
route. Her greatest ambition, to- drive
her purple and green car right into the
realized the afternoon she took Mr..
Philip Snowden down there from a
meeting.
Her appearance at the gates created
as much alarm and CONSERVATION as she
could have wished, till suddenly the men
on duty espied Mr.. Snowden, and then
they smiled broadly as the car, it's flag
! flying, drove triumphantly through. On
another occasion, Mr.. Kerr Hardie was
a passenger, and insisted ON helping with
some slight repair, remarking that 1t was
1.-The first time he had ever been appren-
tice to chauffeur
Bye-election work Miss Holme found
tedious, and she was always worried by
the children, who gathered at the back,
and tampered with the car. In London
itself. and in the country the children
can he trusted, but they are most mis-
chieyous in the suburbs and the manufac-
turing towns.
Miss Holme speaks warmly OF the gen.
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Waldo CO. Veterans Guests of
Harvest Home Grange, Brooks

Belfast, Me- March (SpeciaD -
The Waldo County Veterans Associa-
ton. numbering so or more veterans.
with friends and guests. swelling the
number during the afternoon to POO.
met. Thursday, in the Town hall in
Brooks, the guests of Harvest Home
Grange. The usual business meeting
was held in the forenoon. The next
meeting will be held. April 3. in the
Obadiah Gardner Grange hall, West
Winterport. -Four comrades We're re
ported TO have been mustered out of
the earthly army and into the Great
Beyond, during the past month. james
Aldus and S. Marshall Shaw, both Of
East Belfast and both of the 1ath
Maine; Albert Choate and Ralph
Kenney OF Montville and the 10Th
Maine.
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A bountiful dinner was served at u
O'Clock thoroughly enjoyed by the
guests. A smoke talk at the noon hour
was enjoyed and many an old battle
fought again.
At the afternoon session many Of
the citizens of Brooks joined the com
pany and the hall was well filled. A
ringing address OF welcome was made
by Rev. Mr.. Booth in behalf of Har-
vest Home Grange and the citizens of
Brooks, and an able response was
made by Comrade Cook of Monroe.
Rev. David Bracket also spoke. \
pleasing proglam including many mu-
steal numbers and readings was en-
joyed and the usual speech making
was enliVened by the presence of the
State department commander and
members of his staff of Portland, who
spoke
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NOtre Dame
Church at Water
Vile Burned.

Waterville, Me-. March The Notre
the finest pieces of church property in
the city, was practically destroyed by
fire. late tonight. The fire is supposed
to Lave caught around the altar and
had a good start before it was discov-
cred The building had been in use
about year. The loss is estimated at
0G0O, with partial insurance.
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Augustus p. Moore.

Headquarters have been notified OF
the death of Augustus P. Moore,
member of this Branch, which occur
red. March 2, in the Government hos
pital for Insane. at Washington. He
was born in Stuben, II years ago,
and was a prominent mason contrac-
tor. He enlisted in Co. G, 9Th Me,
Inf, at Cherryfeld, May l, 1851, and
was discharged, Aug. IS, 1852. He
was admitted to the Branch from
Marshffeld, March 5. 1912, and trans
ferred to Washington, Oct. Z. 1912.
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terested shippers this loss will entail
nearly 100000.
The Joseph r. Foard Co. stated that
the only cargo they had on board was
the dynamite, which was valued at
about $70,s00
In an effort to render assistance to
the boats that are searching the wa
tiers Cor the bodies of those killed by
the explosion and to ascertain the
number of casualties, Mayor Preston
went TO the scene in the city tug, to-
day, after special meeting of the
board Of estimates.
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sue in the question but took the bur
den of refuting the argument, against
the sixyear term as presented by the
negative. John W. Hill, the thir(!
speaker for the negative. summed up
his side of the argument in a clear,
concise form.
DR. w. S. Thompson acted as chair
man of the debate. The judges were:
Prof. Henry w. Brown, Colby; Hon.
Augustus +. Moulton. Portland; Prof.
w w Jamison, Bates.
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Brittany Bridal superstitions.

1t is interesting to note the number of
shrlnes in Brittany dedicated to mar
rage. "At Ploumanach, village on the
northern coast" says writer in Coun-
try Life there is shrine picturesquely
situated amid the rocks which the sea
washes round every day. Only at low
tide can one Chamber over the rocks to
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any woman to consult with you before
going to a doctor Mrs. INIZE WILL
LIS, 2229 Bank ST., Louisville, KY.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Romayor, Texas. 81 suffered terri
bly, with a displacement and bladder
trouble. was in misery all the time
and could not walk any distance. I
thought never could be cured, but my
mother advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and l did.
81 am cured of the displacement and
the bladder trouble is relieved | think
the Compound is the finest medicine on
earth for suffering women. - Mrs.
VIOLA JASPER, Romayor, Texas.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cCnf-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
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Mcfarland Out
points Jack BrittOn.

New York, March T.-Paekey MeFar-
land outpointed Jack Britton in 10
rounds of fairly rapid and clever fight
ing at Madison Square Garden, to-
night While Mcfarland had the bet
ter Of the argument as a whole, Britton
made the better showing in the final
round.
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Lydia +. Plnkham s
V e &c t a bic Com
pound has done for
me. | was weak,
nervous, and cared
for o thin G blu t
sleep. Now l can
go ahead with my
work daily and feel
ten years younger
than before | started
taking your medi-
cine. | will advise