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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22
Amendments and Action.
Rep. kehoe Voted Down.

ID. No. 563h WAS the next amend
ment to be considered, providing that,
after the first commissions appoint
nent by the Governor Its members
shall be elected by popular vote in
he following manner: at each regular
state election one member of the
commission shall be chosen by plural
ty vote. The nomination and cleo
ion of such commissioner shall be
governed by the same laws which gov
IN the nomination and election of the
Govern and State auditor. The term
If office of each commissioner so
elected shall be six years beginning on
he first Wednesday of January inn
nediately following the date of such
State election
rom Portland, supported this amend
nent on the ground that "A popular
election would take the commission
tut of politics.
Rep. Smith of Patten contendcd this
:ould be the sureSt way of putting
he commission into politics and
pointed to the efficient supreme court
We have by the appontiVe system.
Who would the great public utilities
get behind in popular election, if
hey so desired, the man they could
ontrol or the man they could not"
lie demanded in moving rejection Of
he amendment. Rep. Cook of Vas
ialboro seconded the motion with the
explanation that he felt the Republic
ans must stand behind the sub com
nittee If Il satisfactory law were to
e enacted.
Rep. keh0e called for division of
he House, and the motion OF Rep.
smith was carried by II to 46.
Other amendments were disposed of
n quick succession, the House voting
iolidly behind the Subcommittee re-
,ections-With the exception of DR..
Plummer of Lisbon and Rep. Eaton
Of Oxford, who had minor objections.
kehoe Loses Temper.
Amendment f, No. STA" as follows:
Amend Section of said bill by add
ing after the word State in line 1877
Of said section, the words But the pro-
fisions of this act shall not apply to
any water company owned or operat-
I'd by any municipality village corpo-
ration or water district, drew an OBJ
lection from DR.. Plummer along with
support. He spoke for the amendment
but believed the water districts should
not be included. His motion to amend
The amendment was overwhelmingly |
voted down, and Rep Sanborn's mo-
ton for rejection of the whole amend |
ment was unanimously carried.
1t was on this amendment, Rep. Ke-
noes that its sponsor declared steam
roller methods were being used and |
hat he should have nothing further
% say. He would .'let them go ahead"
Rep. Sanborn smilingly remarked that
ne believed the outbreak uncalled for
and should continue to explain the
individual amendments as regarded b.
The committee.
Amendments Withdrawn.
Amendments M. IN" and "O", in
reduced by Rep. Quinn of Milinocket
we're withdrawn by that gentleman
when he was informed they were OBJ
posed by the sub committee which |
drafted the bill
The House reconvened at 1886 at
the close of the consideration of the |
Chairman Dunton re-
ported the recommendations by the
committee of the whole, that amend
ments IA, "B" and &C" be adopted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

Ask your grocer for Libbey's Dat
meal bread, today. mar22dli
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

Mrs. Charles Z. Davis is confined to
her home on Weston street with an at
Jack of acute bronchitis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

The ladies of the Winthrop Street
Baptist church will hold supper and
entertainment at the sale, Thursday
March q.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

The Vose piano is handled exclusive
ly i'll Central Maine by Charles f,
Downing of Augusta. At these ware
rooms can also be found several slight
~ used upright pianos in prices rang
ing from S65 to $3.50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

Sub Committee IN Group.
The members of the subcommittee
took seats adjacent to that of Rep.
Wheeler. In the chair al his left sat Rep.
Sanbern of South Portland; at Mr..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

Two Of the amendments adopted
provide for but the insertion of one
word each. The other amendment was
amended upon recommendation of Mr..
Wheeler To secure more lucid phrasing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

time occupied, including the prelim.
mary lathering and the final powder
ing, was exactly ten minutes. Taking
the average razor stroke as being,
say, n inch in length, the distance
Travelled by the blade In removing su-
perfuous hair from the writer's face
was six yards, one foot and eight
inches.
The BARRIERS shop hours are from
eight a.. m. to seven p, NIL hours.
Deduct n and a half hours for
meals. and 1t leaves nine and a half
hours. Assume half Of this time to
be taken up with %halr-cutting, sham
pooling. waiting for customers, ETC.,
and 1t leaves four and three-quarter
hours for shaving. AS not every GUS
toner is clean-shaven, we must also
make an allowance on the number
Of strokes and on the time occupied.
Suppose we take the average number
of strokes at $50, and the average
time for each shave as eight minutes.
This would give time for the scraping
Of about thirty-six customers, and the
distance travelled by the razor would
be $500 inches, or $50 yards.
The shop closes at n o'clock on
Saturdays. Therefore, on the forego-
Ing basis. the number Of customers
shaved per week will be about 1876.
Allow a fortnight for the summer hol-
iday, and you have a total Of $500
customers per year, with a razor
stroke distance of 1,470,000 inches,
which is equal to 20 miles, 1853 yards,
n foot!
Further investigation revealed the
fact that when the writer shaves him
self something like 696 strokes are
required to produce a result equal to
that obtained by the barber with his
236. The greater skill Of the barber
is thus represented by a saving in
razor distance Of no less than II
yards. two feet, four inches! The
time advantage to his credit was six
minutes. So much for the results
of specializing in industry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
PUT A KINK IN HIS PLANS
Awful Contingency Youth Had Not
Foreseen In His Laying Out of
the Future.

Eleven-year-old Tommy has quite
decided opinions as to the duties OF
fathers to their little boys. The other
day he was describing to his mother
the sort of father he intends to be
when he grows up.
"Tm going to be the best father to
my boys. I'm going to play marbles
with them and baseball and every.
thing they want me to and I'll give
them dimes most every day and tell
them they a buy all the ice cream
they want, and I'll get them each a
pony, and well, my boys'll have lots
Of fun"
Tommy's mother with a twinkle in
her eye said: But, Tommy, what II
you shouldn't have any little boys,
what If your children are all girls!"
Such a possibility never entered
fommy's head. The suggestion was
appalling. A look Of blank dismay
passed over the child's face.
Gee! that would be the dickens!"
he calculated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
LIGHT BREAKS IN
Thoughtful Farmer Learns Aboui
Coffee.

Many people exist in q more or less
hazy condition and 1t often takes years
before they realize that tea and cot.
fee are often the cause of the cloudi-
ness, and that there Is a simple way
to let the light break in.
A worthy farmer had such an exper-
fence and tells about 1t, in a letter. He
says:
For about forty years, l have had
indigestion and stomach trouble in
various forms. During the last rs
years l would not more than get over
one spell of bilious collie until another
would be upon me.
"The best doctors I could get and
all the medicines I could buy, only
gave me temporary relief.
Change Of climate was tried with
out results. I could not sleep nights,
had rheumatism and my heart would
palpitate at times so that 1t seemed
It would jump out of my body.
II came to the conclusion that there
was no relief for me and that I was
about wound up, when / saw a Postum
advertisement l had always been a
coffee drinker, and got ar idea from
the ad. that maybe coffee raj the
cause of my trouble.
II began to use Postum instead Of
coffee and In less than three weeks ]
felt like q new man. The rheumatism
left me, and l have never had q spell
Of bilious collie since.
MY appetite is good, my digestion
never was better and | a do more
work than before for 40 years.
81 haven't tasted coffee since l be-
gan with Postum. My wife makes 1t
according to directions and I relish II
as we'll as I ever did coffee, and / was
certainly a slave to coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for copy Of the lit
tie book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well boiled
instant Postum Is = soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in q
cup OF hot water and. with the add
ton Of cream and sugar. makes Q de
ticious beverage Instantly.
"Thare's q reason" for Postum
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
LIVE BOY IN THE COFFIN

While members Of the family and
relatives we're grouped about the open
coffin Of Mrs. j. r. Burney's three
year-old son at Butte, Cal, listening to
the funeral service, the body moved
and presently the child sat UP and
gaGed about the o His eyes
caught those Of his grandmother, Mrs.
L. p. Smith, eighty-one years old, The
aged woman stared at the child as II
hypnotized. Then she sank into q
chair, dead.
AS she fell the child dropped back
into It's coffin. from which 1t was quick.
ly taken by the mother. A physician
said there al no hope for the boy,
and death came O few hours later.
The following day there we're two
collins in the Burney home. Double
services we're held and the child and
Its grandmother were buried side by
side.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

When completed. the new plant of
the Calumet Baking Powder Company,
now under course of construction, at
South 41st avenue and Fillmore
street, will prove a fitting monument
to the ability, honesty and progress
~siveness which have rendered posi-
be the tremendous growth of one of
Chicago's most prominent industrial
institutions.
This immense plant, the estimated
cost Of which is $780, 900. is a strictly
modern ~flve-story and basement. FIRE
proof, REINFORCED concrete building.
Size, 260x100 feet. One Of the novel
and interesting features Of this, the
largest and most efficiently equipped
Baking Powder plant in existence,
will be a cantilever shipping platform
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Her Brothers Voice.

Little Faith was possessed Of a
most friendly disposition, but had not
yet reached the age where she could
understand the silence that may wrap
itself around a wordless intimacy. In
fact, she demanded speech, frequent
and loving.
One night her brother was studying
most assidulously his arithmetic les.
son, and after calling to him several
times without receiving an answer,
she appealed to her father.
George is busy" said father.
II know" replied Faith. "but he
might at least have said, Shut up"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Woman's Place.

Woman's place may be the home,
but, judging from recent statistics. she
seems to have deliberately ignored
that fact, for there ire 239,O77 stenog.
raphers, 327,635 teachers and profess
sors, 481,159 in various trades, 770,0 55
engaged in agricultural pursuits. T..
355 physicians and surgeons, 1896
clergy men," 2,193 journalists, 1887
designers, d~raughtsmen and archi-
tects, 1,010 lawyers and 429,497 won.
en- in various Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

projecting over to a switch track on
q level with the second floor.
Automatic machinery, modern ap-
planes and passenger and freight
elevators Of the latest type will be
installed and employed in manufac-
turing and handling the company's
product.
Plans which make possible a. maxi
mum amount Of glass area and the
highest degree of sanitation have
been carefully and scientifically pre-
pared. Spacious and s%plendidly ap-
pointed rest rooms are provided for
employees.
One entire floor will be devoted to
laboratory and research equipment.
The installation of a modern bakery
for experiment purposes insures the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
WYOMING's STRANGE ROCKS.

A wonderful region is that around
Laramie, in the southern part Of Nyom.
ing. The rock formations to be found
here are not only of the most singular
shapes. but their very singularity tells
the story that this part Of the United
States has had a most remarkable
experience. This history extends all
the way from the early ages when
Wyoming was covered by a great sea
and before there was any animal life
In North America up through the
epoch when the sea gave place to
swamps where iourlshed the giant rep
tiles Of the early world; then the huge
flesh-eating dinosaurs and terrible
saber-toothed tigers; later when the
land began to rise out Of the sea and
swamp; and finally when the great cor
t~inental uplift erected mountains of
granite to a height of 10000 feet and
! over, and when the white man began
to play his important part, first trap
ping and prospecting and later rob
bling and numbering and when pur-
sued r%etreating into the maze Of rocks
and gorges whence he could defy law
and order.
The stone composing the Monkey
Face" (the top of this rock showing an
ape-like profle), and the Hornets
Nest Park" could perhaps tell the
most interesting story. This great
stratum was deposited following the
carboniferous age, when the atmos-
phere was so poisonous that the man
Of today could not have breathed It
and lived. The vegetation OF this peri
Cd was the rankest and most luxuriant
which has ever grown on our globe,
and at this time southern Wyoming
was covered with a tropical swamp
jungle In which lived awful monsters.
half animal and half reptile, and 9th.
ers half bird and half reptile which
alone could thrive In the fetid atmos-
phere. The fact that these sandstones,
nee the floor OF an early sea and later
Of a vast swamp, now stands thou
sands OF feet above sea level In a coun
try which Is so arid as to be a part OF
the Great American desert Is itself O
thing to be wondered at.
At another period Of Wyoming his
tory there were forced up under ire
mendous pressure through these hugs
cappings Of the softer s~edimentary
rocks vast flows of molten rocks from
the interior Of the earth, and these
are represented in the great granite
slabs and boulders which are found ~
the top Of the Laramie mountains.
Steamboat Rock" could tell still ~
other story. This Is a portion Of q
great bed Of rock sandstone more thaR
LOO feet in thickness which was onc
a red clay mixed with sand deposited
by the tides Of an ocean which existed
perhaps 10000, 900 years ago. Like
the other rock strata 1t has been bod
lily elevated from 5000 to 1000 feet
above it's original position, which
was below present sea level, and has
witnessed the entire evolution Of the
animal life Of the world from the
earliest, lowest, form to the human
animal Of today.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

He vas an ardent lover, an Irish
lover and a practical penniless lover,
It was st. Patrick's eve and in his
hand he bore a pot of real Irish sham
rock.
"They were raised on the oul sod"
he said, as he presented the pot to
Biddy, raised on the ould sod Of Ire.
land"
Sure, now, Murphy" cried his lady
in delight, "how really sweet Of ye.
How perfect they are and how fresh.
Sure, I do believe that there's a lit
tie dew on EN- yet"
Murphy flushed slightly. "Begorra,
! know there is" reluctantly con-
fessed Murphy, "but praise heaven
It'll be paid tomorrow"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
CROSS OF PERE MARQUETTE

In a little Indian village Of Michi-
gan stands q monument cross to Mar
quette, the explorer-missionary Of the
northwest. Cross village, as 1t Is
known, has about 600 Inhabitants
equally divided between the white
and red races. 1t was founded as an
Indian post upon n Of Father Mar
qu%ette's exploring trips. 1t was at
the site of this little village that Mar
quette erected a large cross and di.
rected his converts TO preserve 1t for.
ever from time and storm. So we'll
have the instructions of Marquette
been followed that the cross stands to-
day exactly where 1t IVES placed b.
MaronettA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

maintenance Of the high standard OF
excellence for which Calumet Baking
Powder is famed.
The Calumet Baking Powder Com.
pany was organized a quarter Of Q
century ago by Mr. VIM. M. Wright.
The company first began the manu-
facture of baking powder in a COM
paratively small way, with limited
capital. Modern methods, combined
with high grade materials and an un-
wavering determination to produce
an article of superior quality have
created a demand which necessitated
the erection of the new Calumet plant
have made the Calumet Company Q
substantial factor in the industrial
life of Chicago, and won for it a pat
ronage which is a benefit and a cred
1t to the city.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Revolt Suppressed.

She was giving orders at express
rate, for they were married; and he,
as a rule the most meek and sub
missive of men, was, like the pro-
verbal worm, beginning to turn.
do you think" he inquired, that
you rule the whole of the universe?
NO." she snapped; "but I rule the
first letter Of It,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
QUEER CAR FOR LONG TRIP

A scientific research expedition COM
manded by Captain Kelsey and under
the auspices of the British government
IL about to start on an automobile trip
from the Cape to Cairo, and for It's
use a remarkable motor car has been
built. The body Is detachable and
can be used as a pontoon for carrying
the chassis, engine and baggage across
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
HOW FAR A BARBER SLAVES

Did it eve occur to you how far the
average barber shaves aver year? AS
q general rule the writer shaves him
self, but the other day he had occa,
sion to visit the barber, and, being
statistically inclined. counted the
number of razor strokes made In the
course of the artists operations. For
a clean shave-chin, cheeks and up
per lip-the number was 1856, and the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
GETTING the Vacation Fund.

I've got 500 laid aside that I'm
going to blow in on a jolly vacation"
Fine! How did you do 1t, old
chap?"
Writing jokes about fellows that
20 on vacations and come back and
wish they hadn't"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

Raw cotton from Africa and Asia
imported into England and re-export-
ed to the United States during Janu-
ary-April weighed $751; 0 900 pounds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
No. SIXTY

This Is a prescription prepared es-
pecially for Malaria or Chills and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case. and II taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Driven to II.

UFTVen 70 IT.
my husband doesn't care for grand
opera"
But l notice he applauds Vigorous
ly."
He does that to keep awake"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Puzzle.

Puzzle.
dad, tell me n thing"
What is it, my SOM"
III the fathers were to hold con-
crosses to agree on what they wanted
like the mothers, would they be pop
concerts?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Wrong Idea.

The magistrate wouldn't give me
an interview"
He takes the wrong views Of
things. A magistrate has no business
to be non-committal."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Cpldren
teething, softens the gums, reduces inHamma-
tion,allays pain, cures wind collie ,2bc q bottleAH
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

The man who first ate a lobster had
nerve, but he who first manipulated
a dish of chop-house hash was a hero.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

Mrs. van Million Is back from Eu-
rope"
What is she so tickled about?"
Seems she smuggled in two pack
ages of foreign cigarettes"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
EIoouence Appreciated.

Does that man ever say anything
worth listening to-" asked the cynical
statesman.
Il should say So" replied Senator
Sorghum. you ought to go out with
him and hear the way he can order a
dinner"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Exactly.

6NdCIiys
We've nicknamed Mildred 'Explos
i've"
"On account Of the powder she
uses. l suppose"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
The Wav nf IL

Miss May made a hit with Jack the
first glance she gave him"
II sea sort Of glancing blow"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Weird Work.

whats this-volcano In action?"
No"
Town on fire?"
mo. no; still life. Piece Of buckle.
berry pie. painted by a cubist."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
CONDENSATION.

Compensation.
II hear that young author sends you
some very clever stuff"
"Yes," replied the editor, but we
always give him as good as he SENDS"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

It takes a wife with true faith to
brag about her husbands ability, even
when she doesn't believe in 1t herself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

The bower bird of Australia 10 remarkable chiefly for ts habit Of building
-qute apart from Ito nest-a bower or run, constructed apparently 10 a play
ground, to satisfy aesthetic tastes and to form a place In which the cock bird
may display himself before hs mate. The VI consists o. a kind Of corridor,
come two feet long, made Of twos and dry grass. The walls Of this bend
towards n another at the top IN sometimes ven meet 80 that the run be-
comes tunnel. At each opening to II objects Of adornmsnt are collected
sheIs, brightly coored berries and leaves, brilliant flowers, pieces Of glass,
scraps Of metal; Indeed, anything the bird car find and deems suitable. Tho
ornsmentaton, further, 10 not confined to entrance and exit; the choicest
pieces Of all are placed In tho run Itself. The birds ceverness Ls not confined
20 the carrying Of shells and other articles for the adornment Of the bower.
It can give calls like the cackIng Of a hon, the bark Of dog, the sound OF
metal struck and tn cry Of tho hawk. This last = ;ompIshment 10 Of great
use, for It scaresa way many a small bird which night otherwise Intrude. AZ
the decorative flowers or berries wther they are removed and replaced by
fresh ones
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
lts state.

ItS state.
Don't you think the ideal of an In
dian opera is originate"
II should call 1t aboriginal"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12
Not Working.

May I ask what your business Isl"
I'm a seeker after truth"
do you expect to find 1t ms this
community"
"Sir. I'm taking a little vacation
now."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-09-12

A lock that should never be bolted
is wedlock. y