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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
The Latest In Astronomy.

Now let us examine the See theory
which the professor supports by much
mathematical and observational data toe
technical to be rehearsed here. This Is
the exact opposite of Laplaces scheme,
Prof See holds, indeed, that the solar
system was formed from spiral nebula
hut that instead of the planets having
been detached from the sun by rotation
they have been captured and added on
from the outer parts of the nebula. All
the satellites likewise have been captured
by their several planets, and not one OF
them detached by rotation from the Gen.
trail bodies This DIR. See calls the cap
ture theory. The moon, likewise he says
was originally a planet, but nearing the
earth was captured and made satellite
This is in direct contradiction to the pre-
vious most modern explanation OF the
origin of the moon held by DR.. George
Darwin.-Leslie's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
A Way-Up Eating Club.

What will undoubtedly be the most
remarkable eating club in the country,
If not in the world, is now being or
ganized in New York by bankers, law
yers and business men of the down
town district who hope to have it IN
operation by next September The
club which will he primarily a mid
day or luncheon organization will be
unique in that it will be farther from
the earth than any other institution of
the kind, since ii will occupy the 18th.
2Sth and 29th floors of the Woolwortn
Building, which is the tallest COM
mercial structure in the world. Plans
for this remarkable club are not yet
completed but such as are decided
upon indicate a scale OF lavishness
which will make it one Of the most
notable clubs ever incorporated.
The membership will probably be
limited 10 1000 although this point is
not definitely settled The total floor
space will amount to almost an acre.
and il is estimated that the cost Of
the furnishings and equipment alone
will exceed 100000 In addition T.
the usual comforts and luxuries as
ordinarily found the new club Will
have. a block and a half above the
street level. gymnasium. SQUASH
courts. handball courts private dining
rooms, writing and longing rooms. Is.
we'll as a wonderful grill room. The
latter will be especially decorated with
scenes descriptive of the early history
of New York, The view from the
windows. of this highest club will b.
renlarkable,s overlooking The whoie
isiand,s the rivers and surrounding te--
ritory for many miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
Ships Lucky Coins.

1t has long been a superstition among
seafaring men that a coin should be
placed beneath the mainmast of newly
built ship for luck. 1t is considered pre-
ferable that the coin should be of gold
but silver will do. The coin should bear
the date of the year wherein the ship Is
built; and before being placed beneath
the mast il is carefully wrapped in cot
ton. Its resting place is the stepping OF
the mainmast.
Numismatists are aware of this prac-
tice. and the consequence is that when
an old ship is broken up. especially
abroad, there is always n gathering OF
coin collectors DESTROYS of obtaining the
coin. 1t is said that one collector OBJ
tanned IN, tais-way II specimen of the rare
american dollar of 1884, which has COM
rnanded a high premium for many years
ut thus appears that, by reason of this
old sea custom, many rare coins have
been preserved The only silver Scottish
PENNIES known ms dots. that are known
to exist were. it is said. found in some
old Scottish ships-Harpers Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
The Governors Second Veto.

Said a leading Augusta. Progressive,
wednesday morning; In my opinion,
Governor Haines' veto of the kenne-
bee Superior Court salary bin will make
many friends for him. IT was the SEN
sible and just thing 10 do, and yet, be-
cause of the chance for political filings
and misunderstanding by some. it re-
CURED courage and decision, ] honor
the Governor for his stand"
We believe that the general public
will agree with this gentleman: that
Judge Beane himself would commend
the Governors position.
1t is not that public officials do not
deserve higher salaries. in these days
Of high cost of living. but that people
WHO are receiving no higher salaries
are thus obliged to shoulder another
burden.
Scores Of Names official positions
might he emptied today sapds, for
each there would be a score al com :
petent applicants tomorrow. each glad
to contract with the State for a period
OF years, at present salaries,
It is easy TO say that this is only one
case, more deserving than many 9TH
ers, and that the added public ex-
pense is small, but it is letting down
the bars and promoting discomfort
Another worthy official would say:
M. salary is much smaller than his,
my services are just as important. and
my oiEicp deserves increased salary as
much Is his"
Tie undisguised fact which appeals
to thousands is. that officials are hav-
inc tseir salaries raised much faster
than IRE the great average of tax
payers, and that no law compels a
man to hold an office which he. cannot
afford. The sudden necessity for an
increase in any case, of more than
fifty per cent does not exist.
We believe that Governor Haines.
recommendation for non-partlsan
commission to consider the salaries
question, is wise and just Let US aI1-
preach the question in a practical
rather than impulsiye manner, ana
deal with the whole of it instead of a
part.
on another page we are publishing
the full text of the veto message
which should be carefully read by eV-
ery person in any way interested in
the subject.
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THE RAJAH OF SARAWAk,
Romantic Story-An Enslishman the
Absolute Monarch of Borneo State.


Recent events have called attention
again To the romantic story of Sara
wax and its English rajahs. The
present rajah has issued a proclama-
ton establishing a Sarawak Govern
ment Agency in England. with an ad-
visory council consisting of Bertram
Wilies Dayrell Brooke Oh. II. the Tuan
Muda); Charles Agar Bampfylde date
resident of the first division). and
Charles Hope Willes Johnson Oegal
adviser of the rai).
The principal aim and object of the
constitution of the council is stated
by the proclamation to he the
| strengthening and upholding in the
United Kingdom Of the authority of
the reigning rajall to the end that the
future prosperity and the integrity
and independence of the State may be
maintained. An office is to be set up
IN Westminster, or elsewhere, at which
file of the Sarawall Government
Gazette, trade reports, books of refer
ence, and literature relating to the
| State will be kept 1t will be remem
bered that allegations We're recently
made that a movement was being On
glneered to undermine the authority
of the rajah
The story, says the London Chroni-
| Gle, Of how an Englishman came 10 be
absolute monarch of a Borneo State
with All area of $4,000 square miles
and population of some 500, 900, is &
romantic one. Sir James Brooke tn,
uncle of the present rajah of Sara
wax, having been left a fortune o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
Feel Badly Today?
CasCarets Tonight.

No odds how bad your liver. stom-
aeh or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uneomforta-
bic yen are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish intes-
tines-you always get the desired re-
suits with Cascarets and quickly, too.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make YOU miserable Take Cas-
earets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nery-
BUSINESS. sick, sour, Gassy stomach
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs OF all the
Bile gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
Decent box means health, happi-
ness and a clear head for months. No
more days of gloom and distress if you
VIII take a Cascaret now and then.
All druggists sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children--their little insides
need good, gentle. cleansing, too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
This Shampoo Best
For Home Use

every woman prizes luXuriant
hair" says Mae Martyr, in the Tacoma
Examiner, and many find that much
depends on shampooing. Various pre-
parations are used for this purpose, but
few are free from injurious in
gradients. and the result is thin
straggly hair and itchy scalps.
"A simple and inexpensive shampoo
mixture can be made at home by dis
solving a teaspoonful of canthrox in a
teacup of hot water This is poured on
the scalp and rubbed until lathering
freely, then the hair rinsed carefully
and dried
Nothing SO quickly promotes a
healthy condition of the scalp as a
canthrox shampoo, and its use is GER
tain to produce glossy. luXuriant hair.
Care should he taken To get an original
package of canthroX.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
An lndestructibIe Woodpecker.

woodpecker alighted in the top Oh
a white oak about so feet hgh.
fired from position almost I'M
mediately beneath him and he ieii
straight down at my feet. When l
picked him up and was admiring ms
plumage, he moved his legs sllghtiy,
and said, Poor bird, he's no deco
yet, and we'll haze to Kill MIN TO put
him DOT o. pain, '-sincerely plying
him, after we had taken pleasure III
shooting him. | had seen servant
girls wringing chickens necks, SO with
desperate humanity | took the ilmp'
unfortunate bird bw. the head. swung
him around three or four times, thlnk-
ing | was wringing his neck, and then
threw him hard on the ground ~
quench the last possible spark 81 Ire
and make quick death doubly surs.
But, to- our astonishment, the moment
he struck the ground he gave cry OF
alarm and flew right straight up ike
"a rejoicing lark into the top of the
same tree, and perhaps to the same
branch he had fallen from, and began
to adjust his ruffled feathers, noddins
and chirping and looking down at us
as if wondering what in the bird world
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
The sentineI's Prize Pumpkin.

In its attempts to appear good DEM
ccratic organ. the Waterville Sentinel
lenders itself absolutely silly, editori-
AIlv. almost daily But for grand
alinaax In fatuous reasoning. its Name
the Commission" burst of eloquenee
carries off all the ribbons. We offer
Az soec.men the first paragraph:
IN Tic discussion regarding the
ereation of a public utilities commits
sion for Maine there is one point which
should not be overlooked 1t is of the
most vital Importance Before the leg
islature enacts any law, no matter how
vel. perfected or how apparently at
tractive its features, comforting upon
Governor Haines the right TO appoint
such a commission, the commission
should be named"
THUS the Governor is instrueted-by
no less an authority than the organ
which speaks so frequently for Hon.
w. r. Pattangall, and for the booze
trust-to go ahead and name com
mission before he has any authority
under the law to do SO.
If Governor Haines will only stop To
consider how important it is to give
the Sentinel opportunity 10 study up
criticisms of his appointments before
any one knows if we are to have a
commission. he will act at once.
Quebec, ho,as, CpI,, n, h6
blasted. let US suggest TO Governor
Haines that he make up a probable
list Il appointments and submit it Il
the Sentinel for approval.
CT. Governor Haines might even in.
gte Mr. Pattangall or the sentineri
editor TO make up the list and hant
il in al the Executive Office.
Here is another paragraph Of th'
same editorial:
Tire legislature can be trusted t
esoiR good law out Ct the discus
sion I'D criticism which is to come il
tne nest fortnight but even = goot
laa IN the hands of a weak commits
SION vill he curse TO the state insteat
Of blessing.'
W. are. OF course, glad TO know tina
we are to have good law, but it i
for the Law makers to find out if til
Sentinel approves the personnel Of til
commission. and If not-why simply re
fuse TO pass the law. That's easy. ism
it?
Or course the commission should b
named in advance. Never mind the lay
lust give US the names Of the com
mission to scold about. If the Gov
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
Consistent Mr.. Hollis.

Il stand squarely on the Democratic
platform. | believe in tariff reduction.
/ do not believe in tariff reduction. |
do not believe in the principles of pro-
lection, but | believe fully that our
largest industries have been built up
under high tariff. and To remove that
tariff completely would result in dis
astrous and unnecessary commercial
depression. 1 shall therefore direct
my energies to securing the fairest
possible reduction of the tariff, ana to
shielding, rather than destroying. the
interests of New England and New
Hampshire. l shall stoutly oppose any
unfair treatment in the matter of
schedules which particularly affect
us"
That is an utterance of Henry F.
Hollis. New Hampshire's new CDemo-
cratic) senator elect. Sounds like Oba-
diah Gardinerss reciprocity talk,
doesn't it?
Hollis stands sefaarely on the plat
form and fer free trade, but will
fight for schedules that particularly
affect us"
There's the whole story of free trade
always at the expense of somebody
else. Slash the tariff that affects in
dustrial or agricultural interests in
distant parts of the country, and let
us have the advantage of foreign com
petition with them-but protect our
interests
After all their years Of denunciation
of protection. Democratic leaders have
pretty much all seen the great white
light of the danger of reckless and
radical tariff slashing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20

Mr.. Gatti Casazza, the general man
ager of the Metropolitan opera house In
New York city, says that operas must
be sung in the language in which they
are written, because, for one reason,
,tenors are rare and are becoming rar-
Ger, and they will not relearn their
sxrts in english. So widely distributed
I1tre fine voices, says this authority, that
IA the MetropoIitan's company there
are an Armenian and New Zealand
er.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
Jackson Bros.

L $4,000 by ms falher, bought AM
armed a yacht. with which and crew
Of picked men he arrived in Bornen
during an instruction. After much
hard Fighting he was Instrumental in
keeping Mada Hassim, the then sal
tan. on the throne.
In reward Brooke Wis presented
with Sara wax. Gfhe name. by the
way is pronounced with the accent
ON the hard "a" of the middle sylia
ble). The new rajah undertook Wig
orous reforms. At first he was much
troubled by pirates. but peace was
] restdred When the British Government
sent Ships Of war 70 his assistance.
sThe present ruler, Sir Charles john
son Brooke, is the nephew of the first
rajah, whose name he adopted. He
is the son Of the late Rev. Francis G,
johnson. vicar of White darlington.
Somerset. He was elected 10 succeed
his uncle forty-fiyc years ago, and is
now in his eighty-fourth year. His
son, Mr. G. Y. Brooke, the rajah muda.
was married last year To Hon. Sylvia
Brett, daughter of Lord Esther.
The first rajah, Sir James Brooke,
displayed pioneering genius, says
the London Morning Post which has
made for him a name in history. and
his successor has worthily carried on
the traditions Of a system of paternal
government which has inspired Il
turbulent native race with confidence
and taught them to respect the word
and the rule of an Englishman. For
the long period of forty-five years Sir
Charles Brooke has reigned over his
territory and when the time comes he
in turn will he able To hand il over to
his successor on basis stronger and
more stable than at any period of its
history What the form Of govern
ment was aud what it still is the late
Sir Spenser st. John has well des-
efibed:
THE popularity of Sir James
I3rooke's system was TO treat the ma
tives as far as possible as equals, not
only equals before the law, but in So
ciety All his followers endeavored
To initiate their chief. and succeeded
in greater or less degree. thus produce
ing a state of good feeling in the
country which was probably found
nowhere else in the East except in
Perak, one of the protected States in
| the Malay Peninsula, into which one
of his most able assistants introduced
his method of government.
The rajahs have relied almost entirely
for their positions in Sarawak on the
support Of the natives themselves, and
the more one reflects on the subject
the more one is disposed to admire the
system which has produced Govern
ment the like of which has never been
seen before and which has secured the
success of one of the most striking
enterprises of modern times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20

we had been doing to him. This. Of
course, banished all thought of killing.
so far as that revived woodpecker was
concerned, no matter how many ears
of corn he might spoil, and we all
heartily congratulated him on his
wonderful, triumphant resurrection
from three kinds of death-shooting,
neck wringing and destructive con-
cussion. / suppose only one pellet had
touched him, glancing on his head
Atlantic Monthly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
Thursday, March 20, 1918.

His prison sentence is an unpalata-
bic dose, but Julian Hawthorne has
decided to take his medicine without
wincing or further struggling. 1t is
the sensible and manly thing to do
Portland Argus
Yes indeed Some men are sensible
and manly when it comes to serving
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20

4rnor knows his business (and some
how we have the notion that he does)
he will take the Sentinel into his con-
fidence.'
1t is useless to pass n public utilities
law unless the sentinel is to be salts
fed with the personnel Of the commits
sion--that is the logic of the referred to
editorial
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20

The Franklin Journal says that one
of the smartest youngsters of his age
in that section is Carl Harold Cor
don, the son of II. NJ. Gordon Of
Chesterville. Carl was IL years old
ON the ninth day of last November.
He has four steers, two years old this
spring. and takes much pleasure in
driving them. He trained one pair
last winter and has been handling the
other pair this winter. Last week in
addition 10 tending Il head of cattle
he hauled 1900 pounds of fertilizer
from Vienna and also made q trip To
mill at North GhesterviIle with HIS
steer team. a pretty busy week for Il
lad Of his years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
HEARTY MEALS EASILY DIGEST
ED.
Mi-o.na not Only Gives Quick Relief
But Makes the Stomach So Strong
That 1t Can Digest With Ease Any
Kind Of Food.

The very worst and most stubborn
stomach can be put in tip top shape
in a short time and no remedy will do
it quite so thoroughly or speedily as
MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets.
People who are always worrying
about their stomach and what not TO
put into it are wasting time and miss
ing much Of the pleasures of life.
Go to your pharmacist today, hand
him 50 cents, sct box of MI-O-NA
and take il as directed FOR just one
week Then if you think for any rea-
son whatever. that MI-0-NA Stomach
Tablets have not done you the world
of good get your money back.
This honorable guarantee applies to
any stomach aiIment whether it is
called Indigestion. gastritis, dyspepsia.
catarrh of the stomach. loss of appe-
tite or anything else.
Free trial treatment from Booths
MI-O-NA, Buffalo, ~ Y.
Bowditch, Webster & co. guarantea
MI-O-NA.
Sold and guaranteed in Gardiner by
Jackson Bros.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20

who first became known in Portland
shortly after the time of the break
and attempted larceny at the store OF
the Nalvoline oil Co. on Fore street.
Fox has said that he was in Holy
Cross college for couple of years,
although not a8 t'o;., and he became n
vag.tbond and later a burgler through
drink
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20

The facility with which the graft sys-
TEN Of New York city disposes OF wit
nesses as fast as District Attorney
Whitman can find them. is impressive
evidence to the world that official Go
than is all that it has been painted.
and that Sodom could have been no
worse. The last disappearance is that
of o woman who was expected to tell
much of the way in which the police
sold protection. Her husband is an ex-
policeman, and she herself had been
fer many years one of the notorious
figures of the tenderlon. Where she
has gone IS not known, but it is rumor-
ed that she las sailed to Germany, not
to return until there is new district
attorney. If they cannot hire witnesses
Ia go away there are other means well
known to the police and gunner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-20
@UNcle TOMS DAUGHTERS.
Two Aged Women Now Living at
Flint, Mich.

If there should be formed in this
country an association under the title
of THE Descendants of the Original
Uncle row" there are in this city two
aged women who would be entitled to
the distinction of having their names
recorded n The head of its charter
members They are Mrs. Matilda Hem
son Riehey. 81 years old. and Mrs. Ju-
liza Ann Henson Wheeler. - years old
daughters OF Rev Josiah Henson and
the only surviving members of fam
lily of eight children of the old slave
of ante-bellum days whose experien-
ces as a human chattel furnished
Harriet Beocher Stowe with the mate
rial for her famous and enduring sto-
ry OF Uncle Toms Cabin"
Rev Josiah Henson has long since
passed from the scenes of his earthly
trials and tribulations. but his spirit
fingers about the modest home in
which his two aged daughters are
spending the evening of their lives,
surrounded by an atmosphere of his
toric romance which finds substantial
expression in treasured family heir
looms and documents testfying to the
fact that their father was the proto-
type of the Uncle Tom depicted in
book and play.
Among these cherished possessions
is n faded and worn parchment, which
barely holds together at the creases
in the folds. Aside from partial OBJ
alterations caused by these ereases,
the writing on the parchment. which
gave the original Uncle Tom his free
dom from bondage, is still legiblc and
reads ms follows:
State of Maryland. Montgomery
County.
| do hereby certify that Josiah Hen
son, the bearer thereof, a black man,
about 80 years of age, very black
complexion; five feet 7l5 inches high.
straight and we'll formed, both arms
are stiff. being occasioned by some
injury in the elbow joints, has a RAJ
Their broad nose. and is tolerable like
ly fellow; that the said Josiah Hen
son is a free man and was manumt-
ted and set free by Issac Riley. of the
county aforesaid, by deed of manu-
mission and duly executed and re-
corded in my office on the ninth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred
! and twenty nine.
In testimony whereof / have here
unto subscribed my name and affixed
! the public seal of said county court.
the ninth day of March, in the year of
our Lord. one thousand eight hundred
: and twenty mine
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French people are learning to eat ba-
nanas in great quantities, although
prior to 1908 they hardly knew what
the fruit was. The Canary banana,
which is small. is especially desired