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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

ing around for dash when l got sight
eff him, and instead of giving him
chance to come at me l went at him IN
a hea,llong dive, with my knife
straight out in front.
BY rare good fortune | got him. He
was in motion. and | just ripped him
open. The sea was CORY by that time,
and | thought that all the sharks in
the caribbean were in my immediate
vicinity | kept slashing out With my
knife, and | think l must have stab
bed three or four more-maybe nan
dozen | just struck away and didn
raw raueh attention to where ! was
striking after | had killed the third
shark. but | could tell when l struck
something.
CHOSE dead and wounded sharks
were nv salvation The other sharks
turned on them and began to fight over
tie feast. With my knife in my teeth
| struck out for shore.
Fortunately an Indian in cayuca.
or dugout canoe, who was fishing about
half mile off shore, had seen my sail
boat go over and had padded toward
me. / sighted him when | got clear OK
| the sharks and he came alongside.
Those cayucas are about as stapie
| in the water as round log. weigh
| 200 pounds, and l knew l would upset
| the craft If I tried to climb aboard
/ The Indian didn't want me to try eith-
err There is a theory down there that
| a shark won't bite a negro or an IN
dian, but this Indian didn't believe in
theories. He was in his canoe ind he
! wanted to stay there.
| II hitehed on astern with one hand
I and he started to tow me ashore. we
were almost in when some of the
! sharks, probably having been unable
| TO get i'm on the feast outside, took up
my trail and came after me. The In
| dian was badly scared and worked
harder thar he'll ever work again. we
ran up on the beach, with the sharks
right behind us.
1.-The Indian helped me ashore, and
| [ Just Topped down and blew like a
porpoise for about Is minutes. | was
close to all in, and 1T was all | could
do to get back to Crfstobal This was
my first experience with sharks, and |
hone my last. In conclusion, II any
body tells you that there are no man
eating sharks and that sharks won't
attack a man, just invide that party
10 go down to Limon Bay, sail off shore
about mile and jump into the water.
Captain Clark wished to go before 9
notary and make affidavit to the truth
of his fish story in the presence of the
Tribune man, but the Tribune man
wouldn't accompany the mariner, be-
ing afraid it would involve him some
how in per, in personally, vouchinS
for the big fish story.
Which he oesnt.-Chicago. Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

ness or drunkenness. The
land on either side rises gradually, and
perhaps no place in the world is fire.
quented by such number of eagles
as this, invited hither by the carnage
before mentioned, that is here made IF
deer, elks, bears, etc, on which they
feed
Arfwedson gives an account of a
barbarous spectacle in the summer of
1927 He wrote:
Scenes of a barbarous character
have, upon various occasions, been eN-
hibited in this spot, for the purpose of
collecting and amusing a number of
people. In the summer of 1877 a
small vessel, filled with animals of
different kinds, was sent down the
falls, in the presence of several thou
sand spectators. The unfortunate
animals, consisting of bears, wolves.
dogs, eats, geese. etc, covered the
deck, and for while looked at each
other with surprise and fear, as il I'M
able to account for this sudden and
unusual association; but When the
bark struck against the rocks above
the fall the confusion on board was
beyond description, and in the midst
of it a bear was showed into the
stream. Luckily he swan on shore,
Notwithstanding the rapidity of the
current. The small vessel meanwhile
ran aground, lost its masts and grad
ually filled with water. The peor am
mails gathered en- that part of the
deck which was most elevated above
| The water, and in second the whole
party was preeipitated down the fall
: Shattered fragments now appeared on
the surface of the deep. and of all the
animals only two We're picked up
aliye--a cat and a goose What cruel
sport for an enlightened peoplet'--
Forest and Stream.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

Second ST., W. S., streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa. - It was at the
Change of Life that turned to Lydia
"a pinkham's Veget1bic Compound,
using it as tonic TO build up my sys-
tenn, with beneficial results. - Mrs.
SARA HAYWARD, 1926 w. Venango ST.
{Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, Cal.-"I have talzer
Lydia L. Finkharn's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever
would feel bad. I have gene through
the Ghangc of Life without any troubles
and iAark the Compound for it. | rec
omalend IL 10 young girls and to womei
eff all ages. Mrs. G. Ef9RzE, 305.
18th St, San Frafeisee, Cal.
Us euceesa Of LYDIA T. p'nzshaIn'
Vegetable Consresnd, eaado ee9-a root
and her61, IS Unparalleled.
Ig you 7sgnt special advice write I
yyala :. ris3shsns MeG.csae Co. (eoni
deatif.ll L"nIi, s;ass. FOUR ietsez. "
he os,9aeti, reat AMI answare5 y
Noaaa srd ise.e 81 strict co.fse'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Bates Colds inHare
And Hounds Chase.

After several weeks of postponement,
owing to the unfavorable weather condi-
lions the annual hare and hound chase
which is given under the auspices of the
Young Women's Athletic Association of
Bates college, occurred. Tuesday after
aeon, under very unfaverabe conditions,
the rain pouring down in torrents most
Of the time. This event is always looked
forward to with great enthusiasm by
the eo-eds. and is considered as one of
The most important social functions of
the year.
During the forenoon the trails, four
in number-=white. red, blue and yellow,
were laid out. These trails extended
over all points Of the country from the
Maine state Fair grounds, to the Lewis
ton Falls, including several circles
around Mt David, and all ending at n
point UP the river. Those in charge of
the trails were Misses Mofey, Blethen.
RoweIl and Sylvester. Along the trails
we're scattered cards en1merating the
various stunts which the young ladies
were to perform.
At $50 the young ladies'. including both
hares and hounds, assembled in front of
Rand hall for their pictures. Immediate
~ after the picture the hares started,
consisting of Misses Blethen. Sturtevant,
Pease Neal, Pierce, MoreX and Wandtae.
They we're dressed to represent the orig
inal bunny that we meet in the woods
ON a winters day and certainly no one
could wish 10 look on better bunch of
hares The remainder of the girls repre-
scented the hounds. having been divided
md ,,ta ba c
trails Many of the faculty ladies were
also present.
The chase was now on, over rocks and
fences. through fields and woods, across
streams and rivulets, under freight
trains and barbed wire. went both hares
and hounds. The feature of the chase
we're the stunts which the various ones
had to perform. The faculty ladies were
compelled to sing "Fefty-nine Bottles Oh
the Wall" and many other stunts
equally as humorous, Many of tbs
young ladies had to- speak pieces, sine
solos. climb trees
AT last after two hours of tramping
and chasing. they arrived at the poin
where the four trails ended. Here tht
fires were kinded and the cooking OF
| the evening meal commenced. After tn,
bountiful repast consisting of potatoes
bacon. baked beans. doughnuts, cak,
office, and apples, they gathered arount
the fire giving, class yells, the Bate
| yell. and singing songs. Games wer,
| then enjoyed and after singing the Bate
| Alma Mater the party started home b.
way of George Ross eating place, which
| is always an appropriate way to end thu
| famous hare and hound chase. Muci
/ credit for the success Of this event is du
| to the president. Miss Ryder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Three WOMEN
TESTIFY
To the Merit Of Lydia z. Pink.
hams Vegetable COM
pound during Change
Of Life.

Streator. I'll. =" 1 shall always praise
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
tiIAeARA KILLS MANY ANIMALS.
Local Observers Tell of Tragedies
Among Wild Creatures at the Great
Falls.

The Niagara ptfall or swan trap
as it is appropriately dubbed at pres
ent, deservedly claims considerable at
tention from the local ornithelogists
of that region, and their reports have
always been read with great interest
in ornithelogical circles. These OBJ
servers, as do others more remote,
rue the facts of this yearly sacrifice
yet they feel their helplessness.
The first and most extended account
is from a letter by Peter Kahn, who
wrote September ?, 1859:
Several of the French gentlemen
told me that when birds come flying
into this fog or smoke in the fall, they
fall down and perish in the water;
either because their wings are become
wet, or that the noise of the fall as
tonishes them, and they know no.
where to go in the dark; but others
were of the opinion that seldom or
never any bird perishes there in that
manner; because, as they all agreed,
among the abundance of birds found
dead below the falls, there are no 9TH
err sorts than such as live and swim
frequently in the water, as swans.
geese, uuChS, NdltI iNHo, tSeeio eiio eiAN
like. And very otter great fiocks OF
them are seen going to destruction in
this manner: they swim in the river
above the falls, and so are carried
down lower and lower by the water,
and as water fowl commonly delight
in being carried with the stream, so
here they indulge themselves in en-
joying this pleasure so long, till the
swiftness of the water becomes so
great that tits no longer possible for
them to rise, but they are driven down
the precipice and perish.
Fifteen years later tlf6a) MAJOR
Robert Rogers says:
MANY beasts and fowls here lose
their lives by attempting TO swim
across the stream in the rapids, and
are found dashed to pieces below; ana
sometimes the Indians have met the
like fate, either through their careless
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Tribute to the Onion.

Kill the onion and you leave a gap
liz the universe. XIII anything else
and there is substitute. The potato
Is akin to the cereals. squash and cab
bage and turnips and cauIifiowers are
OF .he same family, beans are eiengat-
ed peas, the lemon is a pessismistic
orange, beef reinearnated grass. wat
ernelons Just the survivor Of very
fit cucumber, and 50 on. But the onion
is sui generis, alone, unique, tritlm-
phant. It is a special creation to
tempt the palate of a weary world. 1t
proves the futility Of mans wisdom.
He might have guessed at everything
else under the sun, but he would have
never guessed an onion Science may
deduce a new star before ii becomes
visible or radium before its discovery.
but this succulent, fragrant, starry
vegetable would have gone uniEvented
forever, had not its own insinuating,
yet not bashful qualities forced them
selves into tear-brimmed eyes and liq-
uescent antipat6ry lips. With what
mixture of gratitude and awe should
W e view the spectacle eff nature turn
ing he, energies to the Transmitting OF
mere clay into vegetable With an ar
tstic temperament.-The Argus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

If King Midas had started in saving
ten cents week he would have saved
a dime, therefore, on each of the 49,
$40 weeks This would make him the
neat little sum of $l4.o97.2o. Although
not q fortune in these days s14.097.10 Is
quite IL fair sum to save by giving up
one cigar week But there is more
to follow.
In those days Of political upheaval
and commercial uncertainty, capital
was entitled to bigger return on its
Investment than it would be today. The
risk was much greater. Though We
have no actual records of Phrygian
rates of usury, it is fair 10 assume that
the Midas, account drew ten per cent
interest compounded annually for at
least the first 1900 years, or until the
commercial world had reached a. COM
paratively recent stage OF Develop
ment.
Beginning, therefore 500 years before
Christ Midas put into his savings ten
cents every week. At the end OF the
6rst ten weeks he had dollar. The
interest or one dollar for one year Is
not great, G zen at ten per cent, but 1t
adds another dime to the ten already
saved. At tue eHi OF the second year
thru. is something more than two dimes
to be added.
AT the end of the first hundred years
the accumulation OIL the first dollar.
at ten per cent, compounded, would be
| St3fso.66. mus Midas, in the year 100
Il. c. would have had s1S,1so.66, result
! ing from his first ten weeks savings.
The compromising goes on through the
next century so that at the end of 200
years. in the year 600 b, c., Midas
would have had 1882 e05, 59o.04 from his
first dollar.
AT the end of the next hundred years,
or In 500 L. c., the results from those
first ten dimes put away would be 81
s1e Gss, 149, i00.63 Continuing this CONF
pounding throughr the following 2,411
years it is not a complicated mathe-
NAUTICAL problem to arrive at the sum
Midas would have today from his hrst
one dollar saved.
Remember. moreover, this sum,
which would be up among the un-
corntable trillions of dollars, would
rerresent the increment of only one
dollar put away by Midas. Midas him
self, Lusily saving dimes. would have
started a new series of dollar pyra-
mids every ten weeks. At the end of
The fsrst years saving he would have
started five and half Of these stu
lendoas fortunes To compare any
one OF these with the S1i,097.26 he
would have saved if he had received
nc, interest, certainly represents the in
tercst habit in a favorable light.--The
Argus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Surgeon Recalls
The Details of a
Famous Murder.

TO you realize?" asked my friend
DR.. Keeling, where the mystery lies
III the average MURDER
Striving to epitomize the volumes OF
rhine lore taught me by the ambulance
murder mysteries, | ventured some
hing about the criminals efforts to
Keep secret his identity, motive and
manner of executing the crime.
THAT isn't exactly true. TIE real
mystery has to do with that brief Pc
Rod that stretches between the last
Of, the known facts that precede the
crime and the tirst of the known facts
that follow it," explained DIR. Keeling.
The murderer can hope to escape the
penalty only by drawing curtain of
mystery over the brief periea-sefie
times half an hour, sometimes only a
few minutes-in which the crime is
committed. And, queerly enough, it is
in that brief period when the Grimm
al. cringing behind the drawn curtain,
seeks to blot out every trace that
might lead to his detection, that he
usually makes that typical little blum
der that results in his arrest. Remem-
Der the Logue case?'
remembered. Nobody who had
viewed the agonized features of the
diamond broker could forget the grew
some details of crime that made the
entire police department Vince by tire
sheer audaeity of its perpetrators.
The details of the murder of Joseph
II. Logue. dealer in diamonds had
beSn imprinted indelibly upon ny
memory. It was shortly before noon,
on the morning of Friday. December
20. 1912. that the diamond Dealers Of
fee boy went To lunch. leaving his
employer at his desk as usual. The
frosted glass door of the Office was
closed and locked. Logue in his deal
ings sometimes had to do with ques
tionable characters. and 1t was advfs-
able for him to keep the bolt drawn
The scene of The tragedy could not
have keen selected with better judg
ment had it been staged by q play
wright. Iogne'a office was sandwichcd
in between a it'lc beauty shop and a
costrmer's oasoG. cut on the stage
Of theatre near ny an occasional siaot
told of the rehearsal OF nti.aic tras-
edy. Down in the street oily y sherae
distance from the busiest oeraer "a
the world-Christmas shoppers We.
hurrying by.
When the office boy returned he saw
something that caused him to sta-,s
in surprise. The door, always hoitesi,
was standing slightly aiar. The care
fully arranged piles of papers and
cards on Logue's desk had been scat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
WoHv Wastes

more energy than work many time
over. dtstaihssi nneHtal condition
puts all the fnnesic.ss out of halance.
Life's processes tatn go GU With In,
greatest effort aad well. 70 brine
quick relief step Worrying L fsssi;ile.
take a de2S eAlis III u.sst:l IF Il. l." AT
woods Mecicius . act on the bowels.
This soon eases tie feeling Of pressure
and condition of eamfert follows.
Here's what a sufferer says
Il Nave used your L. e. Atwood's
Medicine and find it good for Head
ache. arrangement of the Stomach and
Liver and Constipation. 1t helps my
appetite and relieves gas in the stom-
ach."
Mrs. Florence y. Robbins.
Augusta. Maine.
If YOU have never used Il. F." At
woods Medicine. writc to-day for a
free sample.
II. f. MEDICINE Co. Portland. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
LESSON OF INTEREST.
Figures That Are Calculated to Stag.
ger Imagination.

Why didn't King Midas. the gold low
er, try to save ten cents week. says
the Chicago Tribune. He could have
given the world wonderful example
of the value of the saving habit. Be-
sides, he would have left money for
the members of his family alive today
Midas was one OF the kings of Phrygia.
AS the Phyrgian line was wiped out by
tho Cimmerians about 610 b. c.. We
n,ay assume he lived about 500 Z. G..
or at least 2,7u years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

Even in the stone age woman was
fond of jewels. But il was man, the
brutal master, who wore them. The
heavy necklace that descended upon
his breast was the emblem of his SUI
periority and power. Even before he
had progressed so far as to cover him
self with the skin of the stag he wore
a necklace of shells, of teeth of ami
mails or glittering flint. The elegant
dame or demoiselle who rolls by in her
limousine is not SO distant relative
of the cave man as she may try to APP
pear She likes jewels better than
dress since each season we see her
more and more bejeAeIed and less and
less clothed. The joy of jewels is OF
the same infantile quality with the
eoquette of today, that ii was In the
early barharic times. A thread OF
metal. upon which are strung some
shining pebbles a thread of silk over
which are placed some small round
concreations of lime, found rolling in
the liquid OF a diseased oyster, lie
Bresil hconomique.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

Ouiit WilStSNcl 4
go. 1t has done me
so much good a t
Change of Life, and
it has also helped my
daughter. II is one
of the gran d e s {
medicines for wo
men that can b {
bought. Fsllall try.
TO induce others tc
try it. Mrs J. H.
CAMPBELL, 206 N.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Father
Johns

Medicine gives
the food an d
nourishment the
body requires. ii
strengthens each
organ to do Its
work. that's how
II cures colds
and builds up
the body.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-30
Whites on Reservations Are as Dry as Poor Lo

bottle with greater facility perhaps.
These and other devices have been
known to the Indian while seeking
ease for a parched throat.
But the white man on an Indian res
ervation from now on may not have
whisky or other alcoholic beverage,
either, for refreshment or to cure
his ills or as a p~recaution against all
ments, even on a physicians prescrip-
ton, as long as the ban is on the In
dian. The only intoXicant not under
prohibition remains the wine intended
solely for sacramento purposes, to be
brought into the reservations under
church authority.
Circular No. 695, Indian bureau,
signed by Acting Commissioner F.
II. Abbott and Endorsed by the acting
secretary Of the interior, addressed to
the superintendent Of Indian schools
and agencies. directs observance Of
the law in strict conformity with its
letter. 1t also calls attention to ir-
regularities in observance Of the law
that have come to the attention of the
bureau.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-30
Much Interest Being Shown in Muskrat Farming

A CCORDING to the annual report OF
"A the biological survey recently SUD
mitted to Secretary Wilson, the rear
Ing of fur.bearing animals In the
United States for their pelts continues
to be a subject of much interest.
Skunks, m%uskrats, minks and foxes
are reared in captivity or on preserves
under control OF breeders. The large
prices asked for mature black foxes
for breeding purposes have resulted In
combining the industry In the hands OF
a very few. Comparatively few at
tempts have been made to raise minks
in the United States. but experiments
are being conducted in cooperation
with the National Geological park with
a view to determining the most sue
cessful methods Of rearing these AMI
mails. Muskrat farming has probably
reached it's highest point Of deve0p-
ment on the eastern shore OF Mary.
land. Muskrat marshes are worth
more, measured by their actual In.
come, than cultivated farms OF like
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-30
His Career a Varied One,

G. n. W. Rowe. at present engaged
in the construction Of the first electric
railway in Bolivia. which will give di.
rect rail connection between Potosi,
the second highest city OF any i'm.
portance in the world, with the south.
ern portion Of the republic. has had
an interesting career. He was born In
Quebec, where he learned French, to
which he has added Spanish. besides
an Indian dialect. For many years
he lived in the United States, making
his home at Nashville, Tenn. but for
the last 10 years he has lived in South
America. He served as a private In
the Spanish-American war, studied
civil engineering in Ohio, and then
became interested in Bolivia. He Is
vice-president Of the Bolivian Society
of Civil Engineers, and a member OF
the Indiana society.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-30

VIy ASHINGTON.-Foreign govern
W ments have had their military
and naval representatives in Wash
ington watching the experiments that
this government has been conducting
at the Washington navy yard with
the new catapult device for launching
a%eroplanes. The launching machine
is the design Of Capt. w. l. Cham
bers, in charge Of aviation In the
navy. 1t practically is a compressed
air gun that shoots the aeroplane into
the air so that II al be launched
from a warship at any time and the
catapult then stored below. out of the
way.
Several tests of the device have
been made, various hydro-aeroplanes
being used. What was generally on
sidered the supreme test was made
the other day when the new aero
boat that has been built for the navy
by Glenn Curtiss vas shot into the
air for a successful flight with Lieut..
Theodore Ellyson, the first Of the
navy aviators, at the helm.
The new boat is larger and heavier
than any other hydro-aeroplane the
government has used. 1t has a body
like a light, fast powerboat. and seats