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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
The Ace of Rash Speech.

1t is with the utmost regret that we
feel called upon to refer to the sunday
evening sermon of Rev. Christian T.
Reisner of Grace Methodist Episcopal
church. in West 10ith street. In thts
sermon he drew from the Stamford
wreck lesson from which we select
this paragraph as the mildest of his
comments;
The engine driver of the wrecked
train broke down and wept when Civ
ing an account of it before the Coro-
ner 1t would have been a good thing
if some of the stockholders who were
out playing golf or tennis at the time
the accident occurred had been there
10 do the same Poorly paid men are
put under heavy responsibility. that
dividends may be paid on watereu
stock Inherited from a millionaire esr
tate.
This is a fair sample of an age OF
rash speech and therefore we dwell
upon it.
To say that man at the age or
thirty-one who receives after ten years
of manual labor 5000 a month is poor
ly paid is to begin with an extraordi-
mary view from an economic stand
point. To say that stockholders should
lave been present to weep at his side,
To insinuate further that because GER
tain people choose to take their recre-
alton at such harmless sports as golf
or tennis" in contrast to the implied
recreations of poorly paid men, to
imply further that stockholders who
inherit stock are really responsible for
ANY and every railroad collision, this is
a sample of the cheap. rash, pseudo
Socialism that is rampant in high
places.
1t does no good. any more than the
presence of tennis or golf players who
happen to be also stockholders at the
|coroners trial could do any conceiva-
BILE good in the first or last analysis.
Yet it does most certainly do harm.
untold harm. For it sows biindly
abroad on ignorant and unthinking
and inpuisive soil and the dark seeds
'of discomfort, class envy and hatred.
Certain newspapers make business
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

+ One of the most startling sugges-
lions in recent surgery is that of an
operation to remove part of the pitu-
itary gland which lies at the base OF
the brain. the purpose being to check
the inordinate growth of a boy of Is
who is already six feet seven inches
tall. and still growing like weed.
This gland is supposed to direct
growth, and the reason for attempting
the operation is that perverted growth
VIII probably result in mental in
capacity before long. No like opera
tic n for this cause is recorded in hui
man being, but it has been done SUE
cessfully on dogs. Aside from his
enormous size the boy is like any
other boy of his age, but he can hard
ly be sent to school for the other
children laugh at him or fear him. and
he Is painfully conspicuous wherever
he goes. These Inconvenience would
not be SO serious later but the DANGER
OF mental alienation is held to he con-
siderable enough TO warrant the opnr-
atfon.-Hartford Times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
THE WHITE MANS MAGIC.
How Houdin Conquered an Entire
Nation With His Little Black Box.

These are great times" exulted the
Electrician to his friend the Old Fogy.
With machine guns and other instru-
nnents of war we certainly are going
some II the fighting game.., .v+
Yes agreed the Old Fogy, as he
adjusted his glasses. but do you know
i11stt, before such things We're dreamed
Of an entire nation was conquered with
u magnet and a little black box -
And the Electrician confessed. No"
You have heard, no doubt" the Old
Fogy rambIed ON, "of the marvellous
inventions OF Robert Houdin. the great
French conjurer. a man who did great
things with electricity when Alexander
Graham Bell was an infant. Houdin
spplled electricity 10 many of his
magical experiments. and delighted the
Partisan public for years in his little
theater. When he retiredshe was the
most favored performer of his day, and
had bowed to the plaudits of royalty"
Hard all about that" snapped the
Electrician. What about the black
box ,"
Coming to that, boy; coming to
that Hou1in retired 10 his family es-
tate on the left banks of the River
Loire, near st. GerVaise, hoping To
end his days in peace. But after "A yeai
or So there came 10 HIM, through d mill
tary friend a request from the French
Cove rnment that he go to Anglers. In
his memoirs. translated into English
some years before his death. he says
that the MaraDouts of that country,
sort o. medicine men and wonder
working priests. controlled the masses
and melted them to intermittent re-
volts against the French by their
tricks These tricks, he assures us,
were Of the simplest and most priml-
tive type 1t was the hope of the Gov
ern1aent that Houdin, by his mysteries.
could demonstrate that the white con-
querer's magic was superior. And Hou-
din did il. :"
With the little black box and the
magnet2'
yes. His recital of his performance
in Aigiers is exceedingly interesting
Some Of the most distinguished natives
were there Houdin showed them all
sorts of things; allowed himself to be
shot at and caught the bullet unilafn-
"a. ant. many other such feats. hut his
piece de resistance undoubtedly was
bis box He called for a strong man 10
come ON the stage, and giant re-
spondod Houdn toyed with INN mo-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

bors say | look younger now than did
fifteen years ago - Mrs. SARAH r.
WHATLEY, Athens, Texas, r. f. D.
No. q. Box ST.
We know of no other medicine which
has been so successful in relieving the
suffering of women, or received SO many
genuine testimonials, as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In nearly every community you will
find women who have been restored to
health by this famous medicine. Almost
every woman you meet knows of the
great good it has been doing among
suffering women for the past 80 years.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health, in which many openly state
over their own signatures that they have
.regained their health by taking Lydia
l.. 4Pinkham' Vegetable Compound,
many Of them state that it has saved
them from surgical operations. =
Ii you want special advice write to
Lydia l.. Pinkham Medicine Co. lc0nfi-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered byia
woman aud held in strict confidence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
STILL BLAMING THE FASHIONS.

| What next will woman and her
fashions be blamed for? Her present
existing styles are censured as per-
verting the morals of man and I'M
poverishing the manufacturers. Her
change from the old to the new is
now held responsible for fire losses
| running UP into the millions, with the
fires as the index of mental perturba-
ton and moral obliquity damning to
men in women's wear business. ILL
nois's assistant state attorney points
| ont as a finding in his investigation
into the excessive fire loss of Chicago
and the possible relation of the arson
| more evident than that womens fash
(, ions have a very direct bearing upon
| the situation--in this way:that FASH
| ions change so rapidly and SO abrupt
| ~ that the manufacturer of ready
made clothing is subject at any and
all times to finding himself with a
stock entirely out of style on hand
and facing either personal loss or the
| temptation to make the insurance
&C mpany bear it for him. This AS
sistant Attorney johnson sees too
frequent connection between sudden
|
to he willing to explain them on the
score Of coincidence. He calls atten-
ton to the number of skirt factories
| that went up III smoke when women
began wearing close fitted skirts and
abjured pettieoats; of the destruction
| by fire of feather factories when the
willow plume passed by; of the shirt
waist factory fires when shirt waist
styles changed.
| So woman and her dress get round
ed up on sundry occasions and on sun
| dry particular counts. A professor of
Chicago University sees the way out
of the difficulty, in the adoption of a
feminine garb as enduring in the mat
ter of style as that of the Chinese wo-
men, which remains unchanged from
season to season and year in and
year out. He would like to see estab-
lished an American style of dress, free
from dependence upon European in
| fiuence. and quit of faddism in any
direction. Then, he believes, what
ever The effect in other directions. at
| least there would be effected a reduc
| lion in the high cost of living.
| The subject of woman's dress is a
matter of too vast scope to be sum
| marily disposed Of in one sentence or
| in one brief article. Its ramifications
are so involved and its eonvolutions so
Intricate that even college professors
and states attorneys make little pro-
gress in dealing with il. The women
themselves are obviously powerless.
When an intelligent, capable, self-re
speeding member of the sex, without
an ambition in the way of clothes eN
cept to adhere TO her self-respect.
throws up her hands and says, "Wh t
can You do but take what the Shots
give you?" what can any other
single individual in any occupatia 4
dc but throw up his hands and let the
matter drift?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
THE "GAME" OF HOUSEKEEPING :.

Home making must be made inter-
esting. The man regards his business
as pleasure. He plays IL as he plays
Il game, and he plays to win. In a nat
ural. enjoyable way our girls should
he taught To play the game of house
hold administration The way the dish
es are washed. the bed made. the cook
| ing done, may win or lose the game.
In the child's mind must be a perfect
PLAN To work out that plan correctly
will bring health order and happiness
as the prize.
Eleven years ago | started the first
housekeeping center in New York.
These centerS are ordinary tenement
flats which find their motive power and
are successful by means of the uniVer-
sal love in every little girl II play at
keeping house, and the universal desire
in every one to copy that which is just
above her.
A girl wants her kitchen messes, her
dishes, her make believe baby and her
tiny bed or broom just as every boy
wants his bat and bah. A housekeep-
ing center takes these natural desires
and cultivates them. 1t is furnished as
a home should be furnished. and such
questions are answered there as: What
shall be done with the floors to insure
health and save labor. what with the
walls? What curtains are the best to
admit light, give beauty to the room
and wash easily? What proportion of
the sum laid aside for furnishing
should go into the buying of pots and
pans what part into mattresses. ard is
there any reason to spend money for
rufiies? What are the proper ana nec-
cessarv tools To work with
In the housekeeping center the neigh
bors and the scientifically trained
teachers training in chemistry has
taught her that certain quality Of
water and q certain kind of soap are
HeefSsary for perfect laundry work.
/ 'rhe tenement house woman adds what
she has learned from bitter experience;
that 1T is hard to heat enough of any
kind of water on the stove With Goa!
at ten cents IL pail and the stove
crowded with pots and pans.
Regular lessons are given in these
housekeeping centers every afternoon
and evening, and as the fiat is like the
home from which the pupils come tonly
perfected) its lesson is not disassociat'
ed with the daily home duties but is
performed under home conditions and,
therefore, easy of imitation. Do the
pupils want this instruction? The an
swer is that every class is full and
there is waiting list, and every girl
paws fer the lessons. -Mable Hyde
Kittredge in The Survey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
he Father of Flies"

Professor Paul Haupt. of Johns Hop
ems university, is quoted in "a newspa-
per dispatch as having said that Beef
zebub was described by the ancients as
the father of flies, (not lies. as is
commonly said), for the mem of bibli-
cal times had proper fear of these
germ carrying insects Their fears
We're based upon uncertainty. Our
fears are founded on the fact thai flies
breed and live in filth and carry Nth
with them wherever they go. and that
they are the great 'purveyors of the
germs of typhoid.
There is only one way to get rid of
thetuncomfortable feeling that the food
YOU eat has been tracked over by the
HES bred in the garbage or the stable.
or the fear of typhoid. and that ono
way is to get rid of the fiies.-World' 3
Work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
The innocent Convict.

Wisconsin is going to experiment
with a law to compensate innocent
persons who have been sent to prison
by a miscarriage of justice.
The new law creates COMMISSION,
composed of the governor and the
members of the Stale Board OF control
To handle this humane public work.
Provision is made for the taking OF
evidence to establish the guilt or IN
nocence Of petitioners. The eompen-
sation to be awarded is to be not more
than $500 a year. and not more than
$4,000 in the aggregate. II, in the opln-
ion of the commission. the amount
permitted by law does not afford ade-
auate relief, il may present exception
aliases 20 the LEGISLATURE for redress
This law is human, civilized ana
just.
,ohE.ysn its provisions cannot make
complete restitution to man who has
gnnbIstly, suffered the ienominv of im-
prisonment but probably it is as far
as the law can go.-Duluth Herald. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

ment, bantered with hun about his
strength, and asked him il he could
lift his little black box. Disdainfully
the Nab lifted il and smiled. But
Hoadin warned him Wait. But Il
moment. and you shall be as a little
child He placed the box on the stage
and dared his huge guest TO raise il.
The Arab tried with one finger, grasp
q Il With his great muscular nanG I;
. tugged N ii with all the strength of
his massive arms, bracing his legs like
| two huge bronze columns. so Houdin
says. 10 no avail Try as lie would, this
son of the desert could not stir that lit
tie box from its place. For breathing
spell, ne released his grip for a mo-
raent. then went at il again. And while
the aWe-stricken audience painted in
amazement. he suddenly writhed in
aeutest agony. and sank groveling to
the stage. The current courscd
through him had galvanized him into
misery. Then Houdn gave a signal;
the current from the electromagnetic
beneath the stage was turned off, and
the Arab fell back groaning. He lifted
himself to his feet and. hiding the
face in his cloak crept away to blush
unseen. Tile little black box had con-
quered."
And" INQUIRED the Electrician
And" replied the old Fogy "Houdin
was triumphant The country had seen
him snot al By man who said he
wished tn kill; had seen him rob a
eianf of his strength. No Marahout had
ever done that No Marabout with
primitive tricks could convince them
sf rf11lI t,raNal
against the white man and his magic
lis electricity. The conauerors con-
quest VAS omplete.-Popular Elec tric-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
TO HAVE PERFECT SKIN
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
(From The Guide to Beauty

tFTptli he 'rildt " i'ifutoP
These days the face and neck need
special care and attention. Flylng dust
and dirt, the beating sun. are severe
ON any skin. Their despoiiing effects
are best overcome by the application OF
pure mercoliZed wax. This keeps SKIN
and pores in clearly condition, the
complexion beautifully white anu spot
less. Tan, freckles. blotches ana
roueheneG cuticle are actually absorb
ed by it. One ounce of mereoliZed wax,
ohtainable at any drug store, IS sumo
lent 10 completely renovate soiied
complexion. It is used like cold cream,
allowed To remain on over night, ana
washed off i'll the morning.
As the skin tends to expand In warm
weather. causing wrinkles 10 FORM a
good astringent lotion should be used
Dissolve one ounce powdered ssXoite
in one-half pint witch hazel Batne the
face in this during the heat of Tue day
or before going out for theatre or social
affair. 1t is a remarkable skin ughtehef
and wrinkle eraser.-Ady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
ROUGH DRY THE CREPE GOWN

The pretty cotton crepe petticoats and
negligees are much prettier II rouSh uiieu
and not ironed after Washing.
The great advantage OF THESE Is t'o''
easy laundering. To make them as cr'iN-
~ and pretty as before washing, daipen
them Just as If they We're To be ifoheo
and roll them up tightly for couple Oh
hours.
Then shake them vigorously ana they
will be as pretty wrinkled as when tie
fabric was bought in the shops. IL Il
well to trim these garments with tne
rough sort of laces that are pretty lett
rough Tacoma Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
GRAN DPA.

No sanitary drinking cups were ram
pant in his day >,
No hubby fountain soled his vest. lie
didn't drink that way, .r,
He never heard of microbes on the $o'
note, go,
He kissed the pretty gals and no bacill
got his goat.
He used a common crash towel when
he would wipe his face.
There were no fancy blotters then
hangin' round the place.
Unfltered water he consumed. he dioh
swat the flies,
The daily bulletin of health he didn't
scrutinze. :,
lie didn't pasteuriZe the milk. and II
turned out as how
He violated all the rules set down by ex-
perts new
He didn't know about the germs, anG
that Is how, ] ween,
That grandpa lived until he was hun
bred and fifteen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
IN THE REALM OF. WOMAN
THE GARDEN OF THE LOST
ROSES

'Oh. beware, sister mine of the gardens
Where the white roses bleed them
selves red
And the winds are a-moan in the shad-
Ger the ashes of red roses dead
There the dawn is a MESA ge of anguish
And the merciful angels behold
The SCARED and the shriveling petals
7 OF roses adrift from the fold.
Anda their tears gently fall through the
stardust,
= a sor'fow-torn, pitiful dew,
On the lives that have lost all their fra
GRANGE,
On the dreams that can never come
for April
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
Permanent Muscular Strength.

There is this to be borne In mind in
these days when so many young men
are giving SO much attention to physi-
cal development, in gymnastic and
athletic exercises. that there cannot
be permanent muscular strength
where there is not blood strength.
Hoods Sarsaparilla gives blood
strength, promotes digestion and as
similation. and builds up the whols
system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-E Ease. the antiseptic pow
der 1t relieves painful smarting, ten
der nervous feet and instantly takes the
sting out of eorns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Fase makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. 1t is certain relief FOL
sweating, callous. swollen, tired. aching
feet. Always use it to Break in New
shoes Try 1t today. Sold everywhere
25 cents Don't accept any substitute
For FREE trial package, address Aller
S. 4Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

OF this sort of attack, and freely hurl
the charge of murder, at others
heads, oblivious of the deeds their own
words arouse and have aroused As
commercial travellers say. il is their
business ito work that side of the
street,rth Yet with all due respect we
are amazed, to see a minister of the
Gospel emulate them. New york, SIM.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

SldliuiiiS. 1 WioIe
to you for advice
and took lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE, Compound, and
some other things
t h a t you sugges-
ted. / must confess
,thatsI am much bet
ter in every way and
have been relieved
of some Of the worst
<ro,,blac Nv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

The senior class at Princeton has
expressed their preferences and judg-
ments by a vote. Some of the results
are: Favorite language, French, ia
vorite girls college Vassar; favorite
collers nex.s.o Princeton. Yale; favor
lite mans name, John; favorite girls
nane Helen. favorite composer Wag-
ner; favorite book, Bible; dryest book,
"Sartor Resartus." -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
A conte,.ed Alumnus.

~ "A Contenfsd RTuTnHUsf
The Youngest Yale grad present for
a reunion is man who for eight
wears carried the heaviest of burdens.
four of them in the Presidency, If any
other university has q filter eX-Presi-
dent trot him out.--New Haven jour
nal Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
:. .C0MPL LEGATION
OF W(jMAN'S ILLS
Yields to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Athens, Texas. -'tI had complca-
ton of diseases, some Of them of long
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

a notice in the University Daily Kan
san announces that the editor "em-
ahatleally disclaims all responsibility
for Toe alleged poem printed on the,
front page yesterday" This must be
another case where an editor has fore
gone the pleasure of reading poem
until 1T has appeared in print In his
columns Winston Churchirs libel suit
against Blackwood's disclosed that just
this had happened, and the waggish
iudge. remarked that while he knew
there WAS falling off in the reading
of poetry nowadays. he supposed that
at least editors had to read the poems
they printed Springfield Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

The Boliyian government has re-
ceived information from it's agent in
Paris that he has placed loan for
.-s9a.e0G.00e for the construction of the
railway from Quiaea TO Tupiza, which
would join at the former station with
the Central Northern system.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-26

the state, many new enter
Uses have been secured for the
,Wn and not until their hopes
ave been realized, will there be
ny let-up to their boosting.
me Of the most needed i'm
)rovements that has been secured
since the establishment Of the
seat of government in Ekalaka
is the flour mill and elevator.
The work of building and erect.
ing this mill will commence
within a very short time. as will
also many other improvements
necessary for a county seat town.
But then. getting back to our
fifth birthday story, we want to
say that we are glad we stayed
and unless our debtors give us
up altogether, we expect to be
on tap for another five years,
and as time goes by, give our
readers an improved paper in all
respects. Here's wishing that
you all wake up on New Years
morn with q boosting bee in
your bonnet and a big smile on
your countenance and two dol
lars in your pocket for a renew
al Of your subscription to the
"bird."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-12-26
SOUTH OF THE COUNTY SEAT.

J, F. Clarke left Tuesday for
Baker with a load of grain.
Howard Hamilton has taken a
homestead near his fathers
place,
J.Y. Creel of Baker was through
the valley Saturday on his way
to Sykes.
Work is progressing slowly on
the new school house. It is hop
ed that it will be finished So
school can commence by the first
OF the year.
Bad Brandy finished thresh-
ing this week and pulled his
machine home. The last job was
for Comforts and Neticoven near
the Chalk Buttes.