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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
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uation week. 4, ,sna,,,
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/ June S-ls-Annual EHrampment We
mans Relief Corps, Portland
June l9-Thornton Academy centennial
| Saco. - g.,
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June 2-25-Coiby Commencement.
| June 22-25-Bates Commencement
| June 22-26-Bowdoin commencement.
| June 25-27-Maine Pharmaceutical AS
| sociation. Peaks Island.
| line DISQUALIFICATION OF Soldiers. Monu'
| ment, Denmark.
| July 3-Eastern Yacht Club Cruise u
July lfi-York club Entertainment Al
p july t4-ssIJoint Coast Defense Maneu,
vers. Fort Williams, Portland,
Aug. 4-iS-Annual Eneampment OF ID
Aug. 49, Bath Carnival.
Aug. li-22-Christian Endeavor Summer
Aug. ii-Levant's Centennial Celebra-
Aug. 15-24-The Allen campmeeting
August 19-2o-.i-waldO County Fair. at
Aug. ia-2l-Cornish Agricultural Asso-
Aug 25-2s-Androseoggin County Fair,
Liyermore Falls.
IA Aug, a6-2S@HouIton Agricultural socie-
Aug ss12s-Eastern Maine State Fair,
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Sept 2-5-orrington FAIR ofrihston.
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ella ton Presaue Isle. ,,,..a
Sept. 2-i-Hancock County Fair. Blue
Sept. 2-5-calais Fair Association. Ca
| taiS,
Sept. 6-1S-Androseoggin Valley Fair
Sent. s-Popular vote ON two proposed
Amendments to Maine Constitution.
Sept. GIL = North Penobseot Fair,
'P sept ,pI s-il-oxford County Agricultural
Society. South Paris. mr.
Sent. 9-12-Central Maine County, Wa
| terville. ,.,,, De-,
| mental Association at lewiston
sept. l3-Embden Fair, Emblem;
| Sept 14-16-Maine Womens CHRISTIAN
Sept Sept. l6-1s-West Washington Agricnl-
tural Association. Cherrytield
Sept. l6-1S-Cumberland County Agri-
cultural and Horticultural society," Cor
sept 16-1s-Kennebec County Fair
sent 1S2o-waldo and Penobscot Agri-
cultural Society. Monroe.
Sept 1920 - Somerset Central fait'
Sept 54-25-cumberland Farmers Club,
Cumberland.
Sept 23-25-Machias Fair Association,
Machias. w.t.,
Sept 2S-25-North Knox Fair. Union
Sept 30-Oct 2-West Penobscot FAR,
Sept so-oct. 2-Franklin County Fair,
Pennington. D..
Oct. 2-4-Maine Musical Festival, Ban
Oct. 6-S-Maine Musical Festival. Port
land. ,.,
oct. 7-9-Shapleigh and Acton Agricul-
tural Society. Acton.
Oct S9-3l-Maine Teachers Assoelatioh'
Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

Weaknesses of human nature not l,
llet well enough alone. The evidence
of this trait is not restricted to men OIL
1.-THE Napoleon type; it may as readily
find expression in paint shop. The IN
cident to be related happened recently
| in a large automobile factory, so large
/ indeed that big force of painters were
constantly employed whose sole duty II
was to PAINT n single yellow stripe on
the spokes of each wheel. The work was
not hard. neither was it difficult, for
almost anyone with steady hand can
oct the knack of doing it with few
days' practice The stripers had been
ON the lob several years and at regu-
| lar intervals, and occasionally at II
reguIar neriods. had secured substan-
| tiaI advances in pay coineident with
the increased cost OF living ana lie
decreased price at which the automo-
bfes were sold. These, Suggestions III
REGARD To nav were always made at
time when the spring rush was IN .iie
factory and not a man could ne spafeo'
and their ultimate as to prolonged Va :
catious or more pay had linaily iaiiueo
them on the pay roll at nine anu 'eh
dollars per man per day.
Fully realizing how absolutely essen
tiai to the safe and easy running OF
the car were these yellow stripes on
the wheels. the secret of making when
was. of course. possessed only by them
these painters voted themselves ahoth-
or advance to ten and eleven dollars
nor day. And having settled the mat
fer considerably called on the super
-intenlent in body to tell MN lhe
good news. This official, unfortunately
was one Of the very praclcal hiii"'
mite lacking in that true artistlc tenn
nerament in which happiness depends
an yellow stripes on spokes: so WIN
an utter disregard of the safety OF .he
huyers who must henceforth trust their
lives in cars with stripeless wheels, NJ
promptly fred the entire bunch. Anu
strange to relate, the company are sell
ing lust as many cars as before ana
are making a saving OF thousands Vi
dollars a year which had formerly oeen
Maid to painters who could not let wen
enough alone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
Samples Mail.

Putting on postage stamp and
generally being obliged to lick
Uncle Sans paste is not an exactly
pleasant performance. If the new
invention of New Zealand man
comes into general use all we will
have To do is to put our letters under
a machine and turn crank. Every
one may have his own stamping ma
chine just as easily as he has Gas
meter or cash register. In New
Zealand where this device is already
in actual use the machine is rented
from the postal authorities. and m
authorized collector calls at intervals
and takes the pay for the amount
registered on dals on the machine.
The machine now in use gives
stamped impressions of a half penny.
penny three and six pence and one
shilling. as 1t is for British currency,
but 1t could just as easily he CON
structed for American money should
cur government see fit tn adopt ITO
device.
on the front of the machine IS an
Indicator with a handle which can he
set by the operator To snow the
amount of postage required. FROM
the right hand side projects crank
Ia which is attached a trigger An
opening in the bottom of the inaehiile
is for the insertion of the maii matter
To be stamped. After the letter IS III
place. the operating handle, or Grams
is pushed around until 1t has de=
scribcd complete circle, when IL y
automatically locked. While TINS Is
being done the value Of the impress.
siou which is represented by the
stamp. is recorded on dial on the 'op
of the machine.
In the manufacturing of these ma
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

The charges against William NJ.
Wood. the president of the American
Wooden Company. that he connlved
with criminals to plant dynamite at
the homes of Lawrence strikers in or
der to create popular prejudice
against them, of course failed. The
prosecution was conceived in spite
and vengeance and was prompted to
inffame the ignorant workingman
against the capitalist. 1t will be re-
membered that hte defenders of the
Mcnamara dynamite assassins pro-
claimed from one end Of the land to
the other the dastardly charge that
the. officers of a bridge company had
planted" dynamite which was found
at their union headquarters, until Nc
Namara himself drove them to cover
in shame and confusion by his dra-
matte confession of guilt.
The battles of labor will never be
won bys violence or crime.
phia Public Ledger.
Nor can the friends of labor or, la
Dor unionism assist the cause by up
holding leaders, who have neither re
spect for man nor God. 4s,0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

away from our limitations has Its linn
SIS, aud We manage to get back before
ANYBODY bat the members of our i'm
, mediate families notice IT, and with
CUT amy more harm than IL done by the
sunday morning cNvorting around the
pasture lot by the faithful workhorsc
liftlne his rear heels toward an inter
riiled and undamared blue sky,
To he without limitations IL about as
interesting as 10 ARE blank cartridges
at tho universe. There is a certain do
gree of annoyance at times Ia the pre-
cisiun and Cxactn,Ss demanded by the
taflet hut there would be no fun at
all If IL were not there. Most of us fee,
the pressure of economic limitations,
or. more Nulgafly speaking, the need OF
ready cash. 9fhe stories about dtscoh-
tented and UNHAPPY wealth seem
mythical to us. At any rate, we are
certain thai pies posse ssiou ~ wealth.
In Itself |. r,of tipsEa Sc off uac aullap-
piness. Hut now and then we all get u
limited taste of uuhmitedncss andfdo
not enjoN se I'VE. RAVE = fe~ days OF
possibly only hours in which To do eN-
actly as we please. and We ma no
pleasure in them, because we do not
knew what to choose and wat To 40.
we feel vainly around in the strange
vacancy. fumbling and ciutching for
something to take hold of-some limi-
tations.
II has often been said that many peo-.
ME do not know how to use their leis-
ure To use leisure gracefully and nap
utIv one must know the rules and the
routine Of thrust set III a new KIM
of limitations. Consider the golfer, VINO
might walk free and untraDmeled
across the grass. yet he contrives ali
kinds of traps and anncyances for HIM
self. instead. and then elories in over
coming them-except when he is be
having very much like the ordinary
working person in grumblins and ours
ing at his fate, a carefully studied out
and artificial fate,
1t is a strange thing-this love ana
hatred of our limitations. We are new
err quite happy unless We are struggling
To overcome them and get away from
them, and yet we can not De happy
without them. There is strange re-
semblance between infinity the pos
session Of all things, TIE possibility OF
all tbings-and absolute vacancy. Emp
~ lives, we call the lives of luxury ana
unlimited abundance, and the phrase Is
a good one.-Indianapolis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
Scrintural SIanu.

Donald had been to Sunday school
and on coming home was asked what
he had learned. The lesson was the
story of Joseph, and the small learner
was evidently very full of his subject
oh" he said, "it was about a boy
and his brothers took him and put MIN
in a hole in the ground; and then they
killed another boy, and took the first
boys coat and dipped it in the blooo
Of this boy, and"
oh no, Donald, not another boy
his sister interrupted. Mortified. But
Donald stood his ground.
ut was, too" he insisted. Then he
added. THE teacher said kid but
don't Use words like that."-Cassell's
Saturday Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

chimes the greatest precaution has
been taken against fraud or any pos-
sible tampering with the mechanism.
The only means OF opening the ma
chine is by a patent lock, the key of
which is in the possession of the pos
tai authorities. No machine leaves
the workshop until ii has been most
carefully tested. There are no schrews
that will allow admission to the in-s
terror, and the most important por-
tons of the working apparatus can
not be reached except by destroying
the machine. Aside from this, the
pains and labor of committing a fraud
would be useless, for the Impressions
are not salable.
From an economical standpoint
alone the amount of money saved in
the administration of the postal de-
paftment in any country would be no
small amount The cost of printing
the stamps, and the vast amount of
employees necessary for the counting.
checking, issuing and canceling OF
them, would all be eliminated
Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
The yellow Streak.

Five union bands quit the flag day
xarade in Boston. Saturday because
band of boys from Mission church
who were parading without pay, form
&c part of the procession. Sometimes
union labor leaders do not stop to re-
aect upon the effect such action as thi:
has upon public opinion and act tos
hastily. Such things as this does thu
cause of union labor much HARM
Portland Press.
story aptiy illustrating the SAM
weakness of union labor courage 0
numbers. is told by II. H. Windsor il
July Popular Mechanics He writes:
This IL a true story with yellow
streak, and an unthinkable ending.
has ever been. and doubtless Away
N.ll be 20 the end Of time, one Of tn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
Bees in Cities,

There is not a city in America with
out its bees, to say nothing of the
towns. OF course, in New York. Chi
|cago or Philadelphia they would hard
ny be successful in the central, or con-
gested districts, nor would they be ap-
propriate in such localities; but they
can be located anywhere within two
miles of the open country or suburban
districts. which offer growths of weeds
Wild plants, or crops of any kin,
(which produce flowers. In this con
nection, | might remark that it is YER.
seldom that any one except bee keep
er ever realizes the immense quantit,
Iof Towering plants, usually the SO
lcalled weeds, that may be found il
the average American city. Bees viii
travel two, three. or, perhaps, fou
miles in their search for neetar.-Sub
urban Life Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

Another case involving the drinking OF
hard cider has been aired in the auSuStd
municipal court. but that will not hlhoer
Chad Of the Kennebec Journal from sun
insisting that the Maine farmers have all
gone out of the business of manufactuf-
ing eider-Biddeford Record.
II Gus were not such pestiferous.
persistent prevarieator we might call
his attention to the fact that we never
said the farmers had ALI gore out or
The business of manufacturing cider.
But we will say right here, for the
benefit of our booze friends. that Maine
farmers are ALL going out of the busl-
ness of selling old cider. in spite of the
encouragement the few lawless ones
got during the Pattangall administra-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
SPEECH COMES BACK TO THE
DUMB
As a Result of Mental or Physical
Shock.

The recent case of Miss Lily Curl, of
Ashford. Kent, who after being deal
and dumb for u years, is slowly recoY-
ering both hearing and speech-the
shock of the tragic end of her brother,
who drowned himself in the Stour, be
ing regarded as responsible for the NIL
raculous example of shock sueeeeuiiis
where doctors have failed.
some time ago the narrow escape of
how from drowning off North Shields
fish auay. had remarkable sequel
While efforts were being made to re-
store the apparently-droWned boy 10
consciousness by means of artlheiai
respiration, man nameu 1holiia'
Cummings. who had been deprived Oh
speech two years earlier, as the result
OF an accident. pushed through the
crowd merely out of curiosity. AS sooii
as he saw the PROSTATE boy, aithouSh
not in any way related to MN, .iis
sight gave him such a shock tnat ms
speech suddenly returned, ana ne zen
70 the ground in a state OF coiidPset
Epon recovering he continued TO speak
freely. and has suffered no further IN
pediment since.
One IF the most amazing cases was
that of Walter Speck, resident VI
Gloucester. who eight years ago los
his mower of speech through the shoch
,ccasioned bv the death of his father.
For several weeks his wife was only
,hla tn understand him by watching
tho movements of his lips. and he gave
nm ali hone of ever recovering MS
sneech. Being IA football enthusiast ne
ono dav witnessed a Gloucester versus
CheItenham match, and when the CITY
team scored, Speck, in his excitement
forgot that he had been depriVeo Vi ms
voice. and attempted to cheer Win Tue
rest of the crowd. To his amazeiiiei''
and that of his friends. his shout was
heard above that of any Oh those
sta nding near. Since then opeck has
been able to converse IS wen as ever
and there is no likelihood OF MS speeci
falling him.
one of the medical journals tens no"
tho fear of an accident was once ths
means of restoring speech TO aunt
man. J. Moor of Gosport had Deer
dumb for years when, on feeur'liiie
home one evening, his bicycle skioaea
In his alarm he shouted, ana was 81
startled and surprised at hearing M
voice that he called out again an'
Iarain until he was convinced that HI
llong-lost voice had come back 10 MN
n is not many years since re
markable case of dumbness excite
GREAT interest in medical circles In Ger
MANY Twelve months earlier ID
yarian cattle-dealer had been klche'
Inv a horse, with the result tIdt II
lcompletely lost the use of his voice.
wear later he was riding dooi'ie'
l,orse TO the knacker's yard, when Ia
lanimal, who clearly had plenty OF III
left in him, began to kick ana piuhs
In a dangerous manner The man.
Iare told. lost his head completely
/ wild excitement, and after few MN
lutes began to talk. completely regain
ling his speech. to the boundless aston
isbnlent of his friends. London =.
Bits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

Typical CT the American zeal for at
tractive and well-equipped public high
school buildings is the splendid plant of
the New Trier County High school
at Kenilworth, Ill. A number OF nota-
BILE guests were present at the dedica-
ton exercises including DR.. T. T.
cIaxton, United States Commissioned
of Education. The buildings at kenii-
worth are constructed on the group
plan. The auditorium, dining anu
dance hall. gymnasium, natatorium.
and shop are all one story in height
and consequently, il is believed panic
proof The buildings were planned
with the idea that they should serve as
community centers as well as schools.
The school grounds cover IL acres.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

1t is reported from Augusta that the
recent attempts at buying up ana feti Ut
ing petitions for the submission to the
people of the. public, utilities commission \. iea
act were instigated by those high IN the
counsels of the Republican party of the
State-Biddeford Record.
From which it would appear that the
Republican leaders are afraid to have
the people pass upon the act. Ana YET
they tell US that the people favor TINS
law with its commission of lawyers, by
a large majority.-Portland Argus.
What good time you fellows are
having, 'fussing' about a referendum
and no one paying any attention te
either of you. Now maybe Our DIG
friend Piper has had long, crooked
dream, but we don't blame him FOL
wishing to make, it appear that he Is
earning his Democratic Lewiston Jour
nal obligation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

Maine sheriff who is giving his
country genuine covered bridge eondi'
ticns. tells the Journal that young mef
who have been frequenters of booze
clubs declare that they hope the ciues
will remain dry for all time, as they
tthe boys) find themselves several dol
lars better off Saturay night. The
treating custom is not only morally
and physically degrading but costly
and the club rumshop is where they
breed and maintain such customs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17
Limitations.

Limitations are sometimes lrksofhe
and bothersome things. When they
press upon us we long to kick over the
traces and run away from them ana
somenmes we do After gallopins ABOUT
a while we find ourselves trotting back
to the old familiar scenes, hoping that
someone will capture us, drive our
stake in the pasture and allow us to
craze in the old circle Now and then
some ono of us does the breaking away
in a spectacular and damaging manner
smashing some really valuable plate
GLASS precedents and uprooting time
honored customs in a way that may
call for the more rigid limitations Oh
irol bars.
But for most of us even the breaking
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

,Tibet's dalai lama was greatly dis
turhed lay the first monograph he saw.
Edmund Gambler. when in Lhassa with
the Younghnsband expedition. heard
from the Eepalese resident how he
mad recently brought the uncanny toy
us a present from the mahdra1a of Ne
nal u the prize Skiing. The dalai lama
walked round II uneasily as it blared
forth an English band piece and an
indicate Bhutanese song. Then he
Thought for long while. and finally
said he could not live with this voice
without soul. So it WIS passed on to
somebody else.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

Having Too MANY Ihinos.

Many nervous, irritable, dissatisfied,
unhappy women would become calm
and contented il they would store, give
OF throw away half of their belongings
Some have abandoned elegant residen-
ces and taken their families into no.
Il tells or boarding houses who could have
continued to keep up their homes if,
Instead of giving up the houses them
selves, they had done away with the
superfluous furnishings. - Suburban
Life Magazine.
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The ANONYMOUS Letter Writer.

rho Sma Hest -souled human heihS 10
the one who hides behind anonymity
,hs. moral and physical coward VINO
writes letters about his nelshpofs VI
writes insulting and abusive ones 10
them Disgusting his hand and leaving
49,. III. SIGNATURE or signing Initials
not his own. The man or woman WIZ
does such things has the lack OF pfih-
cip,e of the thief, the depraVity OF ehe
man who assaults little girls. ana the
cowardice of the one who poisons MS
neighbcr's live stock.
Whole communities have been debasea
and upset by the sneak who put oo'
,,rs,gned communications-lies and
ah,so If course. or he or she would
.ot oaye been afraid to father them
II is with just such dispositions .iia'
,o.njnp Toms are endowed; the same
TYNE that throws rubbish and filth IN
the wells of others-the bitter uhloi.o-
nate who has neither love nor respect
for humanity and knows no God.
MANY communities have been cursed
with dastards of the anonymous iet'e'
w,itiuc stamp. hut they are not 50
numerous as of old Rigid laws have
been passed. while the public mas ho
mercv in its eondemnation-ait the
world despises coward.
pahlic characters have been muen
assa:led BY anonymous letter writers
Int the method of putting shrewd oe-
,ootiyes IN the trail of sucn persons
has greatly reduced their numbers
Some newspapers have adopted inc
method of hunting down such under
Ground enemies and publishing ther
letters, names and sometimes pho'o-
graphs, branding them for what ,hes
orc .ANs
An Augusta gentleman who some
time ago was candidate Tor oiiiee'
| said recently that he had been nouhoea
and threatened by an anonymous letter
| writer in an adjoining town. He deciar-
| ed that he would give quite sum u
| know the name of his cowardiy enemy.
A comparison of notes leads to the pe-
lief that the same person has written
a series of letters and postal cards 10
the kennebec Journal. We are proud
| to know that such persons do not APP
prove. of us. 1t is not to that class oi
people that we appeal. but for the pro-
lection of their neghbors we would
like to show them up.
Maine newspaper men have many
such incidents in their lives to relate
Int one of the most puzzling Eat iirsD
in our experience, came to life In the
fall of 1872 A forged name compll-
Gated matters, and in working 1T out
a mystery of many months standihg
was opened up. State Detective Leader
made short work of the matter.
The town or city that is cursed by
having a person who has much to say
that he is ashamed to be known as
saving, is to be pitied. 1t is such per-
sons that abuse school committees,
teachers and ministers. Members of the
Augusta School Board have heard from
one of them, recently. Such fellow in
neighboring town is becoming active
after several months quiet We are
sorry for his unhappy state of mind,
l H.. fn, bte. friends
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

sayadaboe county was never SO dry"
as now, say all. Business men add that
trade is better and collections easier;
citizens rejoice in cleaner, safer and
more respectable streets in Bath, day
and night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

What a smashing assistant TO Mrs
pankhurst Carrie Nation would have
mafe-Boston Transcript.
Ye-e-s; but no hunger strike for
Carrie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

None of the Republican papers of the
State have as Yet ventured 10 deiehd
Governor Haines', two latest appoint
ments. -f3iddeford Record.
Wholly unnecessary. No one pays
any attention to your Islander.
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Maine Gossip

1.-The kennebec Journal has a col
lection of old poems, many OF which
are frequently requested by subscrib.
ers. These will be published from
day to day at the head of this column.
Ed.