davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Ape Ances tors.

Children and often adults will, upon
getting into bed. duck their heads under
the coverings and remain quiet for some
time
This is not a form of play nor a sign
of fear. 1t is instructive in mana trait
left US from the time our ancestors lived
of Borneo and the gorilla of Africa today
do the same thing when they curl up to
steep. They have pile upon which they
place their heads, regardless OF the
other parts of their bodies Sometimes
they reach up and pull down the thick
leaved branches. 1t is done for warmth,
but probably with the ostrich-like idea
that the head once covered SO they can
not see. they believe their enemies are
also kept from seeing the sleeping forms
Birds also, sleep with their heads under
their feathers.
Whatever is their reason. the point is
that we stll retain in our early mental
life this ancestral trait
But this is by no means all we can
witness of this tree-living and tree
climbing life which still persists in spite
of the tremendous evolutionary strides
of mankind. Even children who are nat
urally timid delight in tree climbing
Even as babies we enjoy climbing the
stairs at time when walking is inn
possible, reaching out in understanding
position to grasp something just above
us. Boys and even girls enjoy their plat
forms built high up in trees. and what
boy has not begged to be allowed to
sleep at night on the tree houses or plat
will perilously climb from limb TO limb.
tree to tree
1t is born i'll him and should not he dis
couraged. This climbing ambition is a
safety valve to his bubbing impulses.
His hairy ancestors lived and worked
among the trees To climb to heights
and look down is instructive in man and
will probably last for many, many future
generations.
All limitations of the young follow one
line-the playful reproduction OF for
mer existence. Among the lesser civil
lied peoples it is part of their life
They have entrances to their houses up
on the roofs which are reached by lad
ders. These are drawn up ut night as q
, measure OF safety.
1t is all so true-these old old instincts
that we commonly describe mimicry in
the children as ''apins. 1t is usual to
speak of monkeys as mimicking man
but if we carefully study the play and
instincts of the boy we shall discover
that he really apes" the monkey.
The simple verb. ape hints at ouI
one-time existence among the tree tops
Another little fact: Man Is the only ami
NAL which has to be taught to swim. He
is the only animal naturally tlmid in
tree climbing. Even by the most deter.
mined efforts some men and women can
, not overcome this Unborn fear. 1t is well
known that all apes fear water and
never swim. They win go miles around
stream, even a small creek, rather
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Turns Nieht Into Day.

A German authority describes an
Illuminating proieetile of new type
manufactured by Krupp. The projee-
tile. built like a shrapnel. contains a
number of layers of flame bulbs in a
blackpowder matrix separated by
thin annular partitions. black
powler fuse runs through the center
of the projectile like core. The base
of the projectile is filled with six flea
theirs" made of thin metal, which are
held in place, folded up against the
projectile when it is fired. When the
projectile reaches the highest point in
its trajectory an automatic arrange
ment releases the feathers at the
base, arresting its flight and causing
it to noat in the air point downward.
At this moment the first layer of
flame balls is thrown out. The other
layers are thrown out successfully,
lighting up the field.-American Ma
cniuist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
NEW SUBMARINE DESIGNS.
Naval Architects Agree That Big Va.
derwater Boats Are, Coming.

Submarine boat planning is just now
showing signs OF radical changes that
will bring submarines much nearer to
the Nautilus. the big, comfortable and
roomy under water yacht of Jules
Vernes Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea. II may not pay any
enc to build such vessel for sight,
seeing, or be worth while to build one
for pleasure yachting, but there Is ev-
cry reason to expect the appearance
soon of boats that would serve IS
ready models in contrast to the pres-
ent narrow. restricted. machinery flied
little steel tubes that are the only prac-
teal submarines.
Naval architects generally are agreed
that the day of big submarines is at
hand. 1t has been reported that plans
have been drawn for Russian sub.
marine as big as many transatlantic
steamers, 400 feet long and SEQ tons
displacement with 1900 horse- power
for surface running as high as rs knota
an hour, and $40 horsepower fer sub
merged running at a maximum speed
of "A knots.
While the report is not generally
credited, it has not been discounted
because of any impossibility Of con-
str,letion, and the naval men who dis
credit it expect to see 30O-foot sub
marines soon. At present l16 feet IN
length and 500 tons displacement is
about the largest, although England Is
working on boats of 1890 tons.
So long as submarines remained
small they offered little in the way of
comfort and thus gave no incentive
to copying them for pleasure purposes.
The coming models will be, roomy
enough to be comparatively pleasant;
Another tendency in the latest sub
marine designing will increase the Ike
1ihood of their adaptation to pleasure
use. They are now planned to be
Thoroughly seryiceable boats for cruis-
ing 81, the surface for long distances at
excellent rates of speed, They cannot
ea,fe good speed and wide cruising
radius both on the surface and under
Tho water, SO 1t Is the growing ten
denev to be satisfied with a rather Inn
tied radius of action when Submerged,
and TO increase as much as possible
the speed and radius of surface run
hing. The mere the designers have
MANNED them for long surface running.
the more reason there has been to
make them serviceable and comforta-
BILE for surface running. A level deck,
high enough to be dry in fair weather,
with ratings and awnings that may be
slowed away when a submerged run
is contemplated, goes far to make tha
rev designs comfcrtabie.-S
Evening Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

It is expected that about - boys
will be present at the boys banquet
which is To he held, Wednesday eve
ming, in the Ware parlors and at
which Prof. James L. MeConaughy Of
BoWdoin College will he the chief
speaker. The banquet is scheduled
for 6.30 and as soon as the feast has
been devoured the program of work
proposed for the sooG of the boys of
the city by the Ghurehmen's Fedora
ton and the Y NJ. G. a. will be out
lined This is the first occasion of
its kind ever given in WaterYile and
considerable interest has been mani
Tested not only among the boys but
also among the adults, who believe
that such equipment work will
be of great help in developing the in
teIlectual, social and religious side of
the boys life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

Women guides and interpreters in
budapest wear different colored rib
bon for each language which they
speak. They are to be seen walking
about the city waiting at railway sta
lions and driving in carriages. Some
have two or three ribbons, and Others
have four, five or six. Bright red rep
resents English, heliotrope or law
ender is German. a brilliant yellow
means French. a pale blue is Italian
a brown means Danish. Dutch is Nile
green, and so on throughout most ma
tons of the earth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Glass Grown=in Face.

y little boy, whom l will call Arthur
Loveioy complained some time ago of
glass growing in his face He had
consulted few family physicians all of
whom were much puzzled by his trouble,
but unable to achieve anything in the way
of n successful remedy. Finally, after
he had been treated by numerous excel
lent doctors he was recommended to
consult me by DIR. Hugh Randolph Pot
ter. Arthur was then ten years old.
Upon examining the little fellow it was
discovered that most curious, condition
existed. Spread broad-winged across his
cheeks and nose was, a butterfly shaped
area peppered with what specifically
appeared to be little sebaeeous glands or
ordinary pimples and biackheads. In
fact, many alert but quick glaneine
medical men had taken this skin trouble
of Arthur's to be only Il resistant, stub,
born variety of acne-the. chronic erup-
ton that appears on the faces of many
young persons.
Luckily. painstaking search of tie
face this time proved that each so called
acne puStule. instead of containing mat
ter and an infammatory mixture of
germs and pus, held within its cavity
a very minute, almost invisible, crystal
that closely resembled diamond
AS a matter of fact, Arthur Lovejoy's
face contained nothing as valuable as
diamonds, yet the clear-cut crystals that
were spread-eagled across his nose and
cheeks. in separated pimples. were
equally as strange and puzzing to the
medical world as they would have been
had they actually turned out to be of I'M
told value.
The bits of crystalline and sparkling
things found concealed in the pretty pa
tents skin We're examined by the "
rays and by chemical analysis. They
proved to be fragments of glass. That is
to say, they contained sodium silicate in
crystal form, which, as is well known, is
the chemical substance of glass. For
tunately, his troubles were Cured.
When it is remembered that many
plants such as diatems. sugar cane, and
certain weeds, as we'll as many of the
lower types of animal life, such
as sponges. make during their normal
growth. crystals of silica and glass. it
should not, after all, be so startling to
find that the human skin under certain
stored to it the power of producing bits
of glass just as the ancestral forms did
1t is, after all, only state of affairs
called by high-browed biologists
"atavism Atavism means merely re-
turn to the primeval ancestral condition.
Thus, when a civilized man partakes OF
the brutal instincts or habits of savages
and gorillas, he is said to be atavstic.
Hence the new disease which has ap-
peared under the sun is really atavistic In
the sense OF sponges and diatoms being
predecessors Of the shrew the monkey
and man. The new malady has been
aptly named the Disease of the Phileso-
piers stone" which is a sly dig by the
practical, experimental scientific physi-
clan at the clustered philosopher who
tried to dream out truth instead of seek
ing It with his muscles. eyes and ears.
The case is a very rare and curious one
Spokesman Review
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Deep Sea Monster.

sToday's sensation among sailors and
scientists in Great Britain is the story
of second office Batchelor. of the Allan
liner Corinthian. who claims to have
seen the sea serpent or something like
that evasive monster Not only has he
seen it, but he has made a sketch of 1t
which has been published in a London
paper. Mr.. Bachelor, telling his story,
says.
I'VE were bound from London to Mon
treal, and it was my turn on watch on
the bridge in the early morning of Au-
gust 30 1t was a cold morning, and the
gray dawn was just breaking when, as
/ was keeping my eye straight ahead of
our course. picked up queer looking
object about a mile ahead
Il thought it was fishing boat end
on. and guessed she had capsized in one
of the sudden fogs which sweep down
the Grand Banks 81 Newfoundland.
Then the thing disappeared, and as
quickly it shot up again no more than
300 feet away from the ship.
Il saw it distinctly rise out of the
water. First there was big head, with
long ears and long snaut and bullying
blue eyes that were mild and liquid.
Thea there was a neck, no end of a neck.
as it seemed. and it swayed with the
wasa of the waves,
What it was | couldn't guess. for in
20 years sea going. including trips in
tropical waters, we never seen anything
like this sea giraffe that was staring
right at the Cornthian.
Down in my room on deck | mad a
nd nd bal
would have given goot bit of money TO
have had pot at the monster with
either.
AS the thing seemed to eye me 1t
dashed the water with its big front fins.
Then it suddenly dived and disappeared,
at the same time giving an odd little
wall like a baby's cry. You wouldnt
think such a huge animal could have
such small voice.
las soon as I went off duty | went be-
low and made sketch of the monster
in Indian ink When the Corinthan
reached Montreal my sketch was shown
to Professor f. f. Lloyd. of MeGii uni
Nersity an expert in botany and zooo-
Ely.
The professor said that whatever il
was if wasn't serpent, but a sea man,
NAL. | agree with that, but can not just
fix what sort of a mammal it is. II was
certainly built ON high speed lines. and
its finlike pfotuberanee was Well adapt
ed for ripping things up.
Now | located this sea giraffe in lati-
tude 47.51 north. longitude 1872 west, of
the Grand Banks, and not many miles
distant from the spot where the Titanic
went down.
Il am inclined II think myself thai
the wreck of the Titanic has had some
thing to do with the presence of this
strange creature in waters where moth
ing OF the kind has ever been noticed
before.
Il see no reason said Mr.. Bachelor,
concluding his strange story, TO doubt
that there may be such things. After
all, you see, we really know nothing
about the sea at its greatest depths. 1t
is quite possible that we may sometimes
have visits from its basement dwellers. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
FAIRFIELD.
Copying Of Townmeeiing
Records Is Finished,
Cover a Period Of 125 Years.
First Items Very Crude.
Club Moiicss..LocaI and Personal
Items Gathered in Town,

The copying of the toWnmeeting
records of the town of Fairfield is now
completed and ready for indexing. The
records cover period of 125 years
The style Of writing and also spell
ing for the first So years or more is
very crude. The first townmeeting
was held, in 1888, and reads exactly as
follows: ITO Mr.. Samuel Tobey of
Fairfield, Said Greeting in the Name
of the Commonwealth of Massacheset,
you are hereby Required forthwith to
Notify and warn all the freemen and
other inhabitants of Said Town Of
Fairfield to meet at the Dwelling
House of Mr.. Seth Fullers in Said
Town on Tuesday the Ninteth of Au-
gust next at one O'clock after noon
then and thear To Choose a Modura-
tor and Town Clark and Selectmen
and Such other town officers as the
Several Towns within this common
wealth are inpower and directed by
Law to Choose in the Month of March
or April annawilly and also to do
as Shall then be thot necessary and
Expedient.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Tannin in Bra.ii.

Brazil. rich in plants containing
tannin, has at last awakened from her
deplorable negligence. and will put to
profit the precious material so album
dainty furnished by nature. Our for
ests, which are on all sides of Brazil,
from the Amazon to the Rio Grande of
the south, hold inexhaustible aaaati-y
ties OF tannin. Among these sources
OF supply is the "angico vermelhe."
which contains 40 per cent. of tannins
and the "angico cambuy," very album
dant in the aeighborhed of Rio de
,Janeiro. These trees are readily cul-
tivabie and of rapid growth. Today
we have material to tan all the leather
on earth.-Le Bresil Economiaue. n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
High Water Sweeps Away
Staging at Lockwood Dam.

About 40 feet of the staging on the
top of the new Lockwood dam was
swept away by the high water, Tues
day Portions of the staging on which
We're laid the tracks for the cars used
in conveying the cement from mixer to
the unfinished section near rock is
land were swept away. All day the
water poured over the Golfer dam and
the new cement dam with tremendous
force. SO great was the danger that
when the men arrived for the day
shift they We're not allowed to ven
ture on the wooden skeleton. The sec
ton of the staging below the Ticonic
bridge was not in any way effected
by the current, but loads Of rock and
gravel were taken TO the wharf to
weigh it down and prevent it's beeom-
ing shaky at the fcundat ton
Long strips of the steel rails used
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Water Rises s Feet.

During the T. hours following the
storm the water in the Kennebec riv-
er rose five feet Yesterday afternoon,
f. +. Boston. president of the Kenne-
bee Log Driving Co, said Il at the wa
ter had practically reached its max
imum height and was rising al only
about the rate Of an inch an hour, and
would in all probability begin to fall,
during the night. The high water has
somewhat hampered the work in the
Hollingsworth & Whitney mill and es-
pecially the back water, which has
handicapped all the departments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
Man as a Domestieated Animal

There is a frequent mistake MADE
by many people when they compare
the conditions of civilization with the
conditions of savage life. As a mat
ter of fact il is easier To understand
modern conditions OF human life by
comparing man to the domesticated
animals. The changes that have come
about as a result Of civilization are
very largely the outcome of environ
nent. and such environment has been
of the same general sort as has caused
changes in the animals which have
been domesticated. civilized man
has diverged almost as far from say
age man as the collie and the dachs-
hund have diverged from its wolf-like
ancestor.
The principal factor in civilized life
is identical with that of the domesu-
Gated animal, namely. that a regular
supply of food is assured 1t is this
which has made SO great a difference
in the tanned flesh-eating animals,
such as cat and dog, whose food in
wild life is secured irreguarly and
with difficulty. and which has made
less difference in the grass eating ami
mails, such as horse and COW, whose
food supply has changed only little
Put in all cases there are marked bone
differences, and even without eonsid-
ering specially adapted forms it is
Immediately seen that in Wild animals
the bones are smaller but more solid,
in domestieated animals the bones are
larger but of not so dense structure.
In the same way, the bones of the
white race are considerably less dense
than those of savage races, and even
when a comparison is made of the
negro. the bone is lar denser than II
the case in the white man.
Digestive conditions have changed
greatly, and it is largely in this regard
that man parallels the domestication
of the animal The stomach has be-
come far smaller in civilized than in
savage man, just as the stomach OF the
dog is smaller than that of the wolf.
The intestines in man are shortening
up all the time. and to such an extent,
for example that the Vermiform APP
pendix is no longer of service, but has
become blind pouch. Civilized man
cannot endure physical fatigue in the
same manner as the savage. nor can
the dog run for ten or twelve hours
trelessly as can the wolf, but in both
cases the senses have become more
acute and a high degree of response is
observed This, as is evident, en-
tails marked changes both of the mus
cular and nervous systems. Even
the breathing apparatus in man has
changed and health Is kept up with
less oxidation of the blood and conse-
auently with a diminished lung power,
so that, in proportion to size, the lung
capacity of the civilized man is far
less than the savage.
Demonstration, therefore, is just as
truly condition of man at the pres
ent time as il is of the pets with
which he surrounds himself The
only difference is that he domesticates
! himself. Unlike Kiplings eat That
Walked Alone, man can no longer go
out into the wild wet woods walking by
his wild lone. He has become n
member of a community and is forced
to abide 10y its rules as tanned crea-
ture. Man is a domesticated animal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

under the state wide primary act; but as
there was no meeting of thezBull Moose
state committee on that date, and unless
such a meeting shall be held on or be-
fore October Z, the Bull Moose party OF
Pennsylvania will go out of existence a
week hence.
In the meantime, the Republican state
committee met. with every member
present or represented, and organized
under the law, the transfer of power
passing without a hitch or murmur from
the Hon Bill Finn. of Pttsburg, by a
vote of 50 to Z, to Senator Penrose.
And thus was recorded the gloom OF
defeat. decentralization and death OF the
Bull Moose party of Pennsylvanla.-New
York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

Behind the Black Cordilleras So
called because they are barren and
have been without rain since 1868, lies
a plateau with an elevation ranging
from twelve to sixteen thousand feet,
inhabited by the most peculiar tribe
of Indians in Peru. A returned tray
eler says their chests are distended.
because of the altitude, and asserta
that they cannot live in the lower
attitudes. They are stolid. but good
workers, harmless. but given to drink.
Thay, do not speak Spanish. having
preserved their ancient tribe ianguaGe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

Carol II. Ellis left, Tuesday after
noon. for Colebrook, y. H.. to take
charge of the livestock department
ON the Litehheld Notch corporation
farm of 5000 acres. including in all, IL
farms. Several of the farms are stock
ed with high-class cattle in charge
of Prof p. H. Campbell, formerly OF
the department department OF the
University Of Maine. Mr.. Ellis Is a
graduate of that department at the
STATE university and four of his class
mates are now employed as farming
experts on the big farms at Cole
brook
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

Two OF the sleeping tents at the Fair
field sanatorium were blown down,
Monday night, during the severe gale.
Although the tents were used for sleep
ing apartments, one for the men and
the ether fer women, no one was in
them at the time. as it was deemed
wise to house the patients in the wood
en- buildings used for a dining room
and kitchen. Men were kept busy, all
through the night, tightening the
ropes to prevent the blowing down of
the remaining five tents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

Word has been rec eived here of the
marriage in Boston of DR.. Ralph l..
Reynolds, formerly Of Waterville and
Miss Jessie Mcdonald Of Providence.
DIR. Reynolds is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. r. Reynolds, School street. He
is practicing in Boston and for the
present at least, he and the new Mrs.
Reynolds will make their home there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

on the miniature railway were car
fied some distance from their original
place and in some places hung sus-
pended from the top Of the dam 1t
is estimated that the damage caused
will be in the neighborhood of $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22
In Municipal Court.

One case of intoxication was in the
docket of the municipal court, TUESDAY
morning. and the prisoner, who Is an
old offender. was in default of the pay
ment of his fine. sentenced to 80 days
in the county Jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

A series of card games began at
Modern Wo0dmen hall. Tuesday eve
ming. among the members of Camp 1866.
Refreshments We're served and pleas
ant evening enjoyed. During the re-
mainder of the services the regular
meetings will begin al 7.31. instead of
C'cIenl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

American music is popular in Rou'
baix, northern France, where the win
lffows in several stores handling sheet
music are devoted to the display OF
popular dances, including glides ant
one-steps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-22

Congressman Asher c. Kinds stopped
off ii Wateryille. a short time. Tues
day afternoon, while returning to. his
homo in Portland. after making q few
days visit with his sister in Benton.