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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
Music Makes the Hair Grow.

Hark how the strings awaken hope
for the man threatened with badness,
for Henri de Parville has written a
bald, convincing narrative which is a
hair-raising thriller, the motif being
nothing less than that the hirsute
covering of the coco, commonly called
bean floss. can be teased into
luxuriance by playing the violin.
If you are bald, learn the violin
is the plot of Henri's little restorer,
The piano also is good for growing
hair. there being an affinity between
ivory keys and solid ivory domes.
But the brass Instruments are jus,
| the opposite. They exercise a deadly
effect on the scalp. says the treatise
, and it can well be believed by any one
who ever was walloped over the blocl
| by a big bass horn. And there are
celebrated examples.
! While Kubelik has rills of hair run
ming down his back, look at William
Jennings Bryan, who lost his gloriou:
thatch after sixteen years of tootinf
his own horn. And Buffalo Bill wa!
there with lovely long curls rntil h
joined the army, where everything i.
| reg ny Tic DuSlt DldSl.
The trombone is the most deleteriou.
of them all in blowing off the hirsut
roof of the performer as we'll as thos,
of the unfortunates who bought seat
in the front row, where they have t,
dodge the steady thrust of the slid
valve.
Nothing is said about the effects o
the tympani, commonly known as TIL
drums, although it is doubtful if tn
little drum can snare the germs O
badness and it is plain to all oh
servers that the bass drums heads ar
bald from beating. 1t is safe to elias
the harp with the stringed instru
ments, although its restorative, powe
are doubtful, owing to the we'll know
phrase TOO late for harpicide.''
The effect of the strings has Ion
been known in degree, for damsel
with skinny hair have tied it up wit
strings at night to keep it from run
ming away. And frequently in cafe
where there were stringed orchestra
hair has been found in soup. But on
wonders if the association with
violin is not likely to cause bow leg.
( One hesitates about giving up tn
barber who has been trying all tn
acids he has in stock on the shin
skating rink above the eyebrows. I
try having the ingrowing hair coaxe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06

cd among the other windjammers.
with red and gold coat, plumed hat
and his cornet.
Il thought YOU were going up into
the country"
Forget it," he replied. Il didn't
GO
He had heard the band play.
Circus people are of all sorts-old
and young, Americans and foreign
born, well paid performers and bosses
and ne'er do well hostlers, canvasmen
and razorbacks. From time to time
they will turn and denounce their call
ing, just like other people. In fact, |
never knew a man in any line who
would not occasionally seold about his
occupation and regret that his talent
had been frttered away in such an un-
promising field when he might have
done so much better in something else,
but that is no indication that he doesn't
like his job, and circus people like
theirs. They love the smell of saw
dust. horses and animals, the music of
the big band, the peculiar hollow rat
tie of circus wagons, the daily Jumps
and the little knot of curious stay at
homes who seem always to be round
to watch whatever circus man does.
They are born rovers.--Saturday Eve
ming Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
Observation-Disclosures.
American Came Near Being Con
victed of That Awful Crime.

An American physician, DIR. George
Alexander, had narrow escape from
getting into serious trouble in Vienna
over charge of "Amtsehrenbeleidig
ing" which is about the worst thing
YOU can do to street car conductor
or to any one else in official employ.
1t seems that DIR. Alexander, finding
he had passed the point where he in
tended to alight, wanted to jump off
the car in hurry, and in so doing,
pushed Conductor Roseger, who
stumbled onto the step and would have
fallen off the car-so the conductor
said-if he hadn't clung for dear life
to the handlebar
The conductor told a thrilling story
how the American seized him by the
shoulder, how he pushed him with his
knee in the chest and how he ground
his teeth % at him.
Two witnesses, however, declared
that it wasn't so bad as all that; that
DR.. Alexander had merely showed the
conductor aside because he was in thS
way
The question before the court was:
Had DIR. Alexander pushed the con
ductor as conductor or as man
In the first case it was "Amtsehren.
beieidigung" and Jail; in the second
case it would be a matter of "endan
gering bodily safety" and $40 fine.
The judge gravely decided that DR.
Alexander, being foreigner, hadn't
evidently realized that the conductor
was an "Amtsperson"-an official
and that therefore justice would b.
tempered with mercy. Ten dollars
fine.-New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
PECULIAR TRANSACTION.
Borrower Kept Note That He Might
Know When 1t Was Due.

A forcible example of the undoubted
and undoubting Dutch honesty is il
Illustrated in this story of two German
settlers who had established them
selves in small Pennsylvania town,
Their names were Peter and John.
Peter wished to purchase more land.
and needed 800 to make up the price
He called upon his neighbor John to
borrow the amount. John consented
at once. What followed is described
in an old magazine:
John counted out the desired num-
Der of dollars, and then the two sat
down for a friendly chat After a
while il occurred to Peter that in
similar transactions he had seen o.
heard of something like note pass
ing between the borrower and lender,
and he suggested as much to John.
The lender assented to the propriety
OF such course; paper, pen and ink
were produced, and between the two a
document was eoneocted. stating that
John had loaned Peter 500, which
Peter would pay in three months. This
Peter signed, and thus far the trans
action was quite regular and business
like.
But at this point difficulty pre-
sented itself. They both knew thar
notes were made, but neither of them
had observed what disposition was
made of the document; neither could
tell whether it was for the borrower
or lender to take charge of the docu-
ment. At last John solves the prob
lem:
You have the money to pay, Peter,
so you must take dis paper, so as you
can see as you hat to pay it,
This was unanswerable, so Peter
pocketed the money and the note.
Three months passed, and punctual-
~ to the day appeared Peter, and paid
over the promised sum to John. Then
the note was produced and handed 10
John, with the remark, Now, John,
you must take dis note, so as You can
see the money hat been paid
Youths Companion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
The Lampliqhter of Panama.

One of the wonderful features of
the Panama Canal, when completed
and in operation, will be the series of
automatically operated gas buoys for
marking the channel at each entrance
to the canal. These lights are de-
signed so that they will need no atten-
ton for a month or more at a time.
but will light and extinguish them
selves at the proper times with much
greater punctuality than could be ex-
peeted of any human attendant.
In brief the heat of the sun, when
it rises, will extinguish the light and
the going down of the sun will set II
going again. As the lighting will be
controlled directly by the degree of
darkness existing, every condition will
be automatically met. Should a fog
be present in the daytime the buoys
would light up and stay lighted as
long as there was any necessity.
The ingenious little valve which IS
the key to all this was invented by
Gustaf Dalen. the famous Swedish
physicist of Stockholm. Hes was
awarded one of the Nobel prizes a few.
weeks ago. This controlling valve
consists primarily of large black
ened rod and two small polished ones.
When the sun shines on& them tho
black rod absorbs heat and expands
IN length, while the polished ones re-
fleet it and are not affected much This
unequal expansion is utilized to act an
a. valve controlling the supply of gas
from tanks stored in the bottom of the
buoy.
During the daytime the heat keeps
the gas shut off, but as soon as the
light decreases at sundoyn the gas is
turned on and is ignited by a small
pilot Light which is kept constantly
burning. The same results can be
secured by the aid of a selenium cell,
which is highly sensitive to light The
gas buoys can be adjusted so as to
work in any climate and they will he
economical as they will call for only
the minimum of attention.-Path-
finder
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
Chileans' Qualities Traced to Indian
Forebears.

Many travellers and students have
come to the conclusion that it is tho
strain of the Araucanian Indian which
differentiates primarily the Chilean
character from that of other South
Americans. 1t is said to be largely from
ais Araucanian forebear that the mod
ern Chilean derives the doggedness and
courage which have given him his po-
sition on the southern continent
The Araucanians, who made such a
valiant stand against the Spanish in
vaders and We're really conquered, but
mingled with the former practically on
equal terms, with a nomad pastoral
people, who understood organization to
some extent for military purposes. Az
ter the emancipation from Spain the
Araucanians who had not mingled with
the rest of the population were grad
ually reduced to submission and incor-
porated as far as possible into the
working population of the colonies that
We're settled in their territory.
The total number of Araucanian Ind
ians, according to the latest census,
does not exceed 101, Ills, who are dis,
tributed over the section from Bio Bio
south as far as the gulf of Reloncayi
In the great centers of the republic
they are unknown.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06

dent. The boys attend these schools
from their fifth year. and are taught
reading. writing, arithmetic and poe
try, with the proper information. They
learn the alphabet by writing with
their fingers on fine sand spread be
fore them on the ground, or they scrib-
bic on states with chalk or on papier
mache with water eolors. The leaf of
the fan palm is also made use of, the
boys writing on it with styles. Teach
er and pupils sit on mats. When the
alphabet has been mastered they be-
gin to read short stories, which are
recited in slow, sing song way that
soon jars on the Europeans nerves.
The teacher usually gets his pay in the
form of rice or vegetables, according
to the occupation of the parents; very
few pay in money. Annual presents
are also given to the teacher during
the harvest celebrations, which occur
soon after Christmas-Wide World,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
LURE OF THE CIRCUS.
Hold of the Music and Sawdust Odor
Upon Old Performers.

Sometimes / think there must be
two distinct varieties of humanity,
said an old circus man, one of which
We might call the royers and the other
the stay at homes. With my own. TASTE
for rowing it was hard for me to UNI
derstand that ninety-nine persons in
every hundred are content to stay in
one place most of their lives and even
are unhappy if taken out of it, but
there are such people, and they are the
vast majority The rover who is one
man or woman in a hundred, likes to
wander and is unhappy if confined to
one place. Probably if it were not for
him there would be no circus. Love
of the road has strong hold on all
the circus people, from performers to
canvasmen and drivers. When you
; hear the band play you join out" is
, the way they put it themselves. ana
once | had a striking illustration of
this.
| was checking window paper in a
small town and came to fine plate
glass front. 1t was the best tailoring
establishment there and ordinarily
would have been passed by the lithog
rapher as understandable, but it had a
single sheet of our paper and | went
in to take up the order 1t developed
that the tailor's brother was rover
and had trouped with circuses as a
bandsman-a wipdjammer, in the YER
nacular. His influence had put tina;
Autograph there, and he called with
me.
You won't catch me round here to-
morrow Mike, while that show is in
town." he said. IF saw as much as
side wall half a mile off I'd be join
ing out again! No, sir! I'm going u1
into the country tonight. My brother
pays me good wages here, and there's
nothing in trouping."
A week later I dropped back to the
show. 1t was 10 in the morning, ant
the parade was just leaving the lot
Somebody shouted, Hey there, Mike!'
from the big band wagon, and on COINS
nearer / saw the tailor's brother, seat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06
Judiciary Hears All
Sorts Of Charters
Al "Wednesday Session

a variety of matters occupied the at
tention of the judiciary committee, o.
Wednesday afternoon. There We
amendments to charters for water com
panies, charters for ferry companies
wharf building corporations cemeterie
and new city charters in profusion. TIL
first matter heard was an act to amen
the charter of the Brewer Water Co. S
that it would have the right to suppl!
water to the towns of Bradley an'
Hampden. Representative Higgins
Brewer appeared in favor of this bill ant
explained its purposes.
The proposed charter for the Inter
urban Ferry Co, giving it the right Il
operate a double end ferry boat between
South Portland and Portland, caused
slight furry.
Seth May of Auburn appeared in behal
of the bill creating the Auburn Gene
terry District.
The petition for charter granting TIN
town of Islesboro permission to erect
wharf In the tide waters of Penobscoi
bay at that place was productive of a
long discussion. 1t finally developed tina
the proponents were acting simply upo'
desire to accommodate the year-round
residents and summer residents ownini
motor boats, but who did not own shore
privilege with place to land, there be
ing no public landing. There was no OPP
position TO large public wharf suitable,
for steamboats,. This was based upol
an objection by all hands to having ex
cursions from Bangor, Belfast and Rock.
land. week days and Sundays, landing al
/ Al. Gnnl liz
patched up by Which the bill will be re.
ported ought not to pass and public
landing for small boats will be provided
! vigorous protest was made by Eu.
gene Goss of Auburn and other agains'
| the bill granting the commissioners OF
the water department of the city of Au.
! burn right to sell a portion of the water
property if their judgement deemed i
wise so TO do. Rep. Smith of Patten, Of
the committee, suggested that it woul6
be best to amend the bill so that the
property to be sold would be designated
and the commissioners given the righ
to dispose of those and no others.
No opposition developed to the passag,
of the bill creating a commission form
of government for the city OF Auburn
with its referendum provision. The char
ter which they presented was patterne,
largely after the Gardiner charter which
had been tested and met the requirement.
of the Maine city.
Information was given the proponent
of the bill that in the printed laws o
1911 there were two pages of the Card
ner charter omitted. This would make |
necessary TO redraft the proposed Au
burn charter.
Seth May said that he did not oppos
this charter. He wanted to see a com
mission form of government Eugen
GNss declared that It was his desire t
see the business of the city of Auhur
carried on as he conducted his own bust
ness.
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FATE OF THE GRIZZLY.
The Tenderfoot Vas Anxious to Get
the Full Particulars.

An Idaho guide whose services were
retained by some wealthy young east
erners DESTROYS of hunting in the
northwest evidently took them to be
the greenest of tenderfoots, since he
undertook to chaff them with a recital
something as follows:
1T was my first grizzly So | was
mighty proud to kill him in a hand to
hand struggle. We started to fight
about sunrise. When he finally gave
up the ghost the sun was going down. $
At this point the guide paused 10
note the effect of his story. Not a
word was said by the fasteners, so
the guide added very slowly for the
second time"
I gather, then said one young
gentleman, a dapper little Bostonian,
that 1t required a period of two days
to enable you to dispose of that griz-
Fly"
Two days and a night" said the
guide, with a grin. THAT grizzly died
mighty hard"
"Choked to death?" asked the Bos-
tonian.
Yes sir" said the guide.
Pardon me-" continued the Hubbite,
but what did you try to get him to
swallow ?'-Lippincot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06

per cent. of the carcasses were passed ms
fit for human food
DIR. Jolly informed the committee tina.
the State had received s557L IS from the
L. w. Penley Co. in Auburn from cattle
sent there when shown to be affected
by tuberculosis. but passed by the gov
eminent inspector
Control of contagion.
Led by Or. Jolly, n delegation of five
appeared to support the resolve pro-
viding for appropriation of $4,000 for
each of the years 1918 and 1914 for con-
troll Of contagious diseases among do
nestic animals.
DR.. Jolly declared little doubt that
tuberculosis diseases and CHAMBERS
have been on the increase for the past
two years and that great need existed
for a sufficient amount to effectively
contest the spread.
T. ). Adams of Bow Goinham told of
the contagious diseases new threaten
ing the dairy interests of Maine and
said lac believed it would cost less in
the end TO appropriate the sum need
Cd now ana stamp out these diseases at
once instead of granting small amount.
as inpcrativ demanded. He felt
however, that the appropriation now
requested would prove strong check
90 flril,:r spread.
r. Alden Of winthrop spoke in glow
ing terms of the work now being con-
sidered and stated that he takes great
care in buying from herds from which
the disease has been eradicated.
af Do nd
for fair payment TO the farmers for
condemned animals, saying that would
be the only way in which confidence
and friendly feeling could be estab
lished between the farmers and the ag
ricultural department
DR.. c. w. Prescelle of Biddeford de-
clafed ii is problem of money and
money alone and that the money need
ed should be be furnished by the State
TO protect the public. He believed tha
the contagious diseases could be more
effectively combatted new than evel
again, and said that present conditions
allowed \ startling percentage of un
fit cattle to supply milk to the public.
He told OF recent experiences when tht
infection had been found to persist even
after apparently adequate disiniection,
and said not one such case had conn
under his observation under the ole
cattle commission.
Weights of Certain Commodities.
w. D. Trask of Augusta, represent
ing the Retail Grocers, Association
and A. l.. Rose, also of Augusta, spok'
in favor of the act relative to weight
of certain commodities, providing TO-
standard weights. This, Mr.. Trasi
stated, would work no hardship upol
any dealer except those practicing de
ceptioh upon their customers. ii
granted particularly strong support t
the provisions establishing a standar
weight for a bushel of berries. He de
clared this law would not substantial!
affect the system now in force, bu
was merely to furnish q legal standard
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Oil From Grape Seeds.

A recent number of La Croncia
Meridional, a Spanish publication. gave
The following details regarding a new
Industrial process-that of expressing
oil from grape seed. Grape-seed OIL Is
prepared in certain parts OF France, II
ally and Wurtemberg. That obtained
cold, from the first pressing is edible;
the oil obtained by pressing and neat
ing and that extracted by means OF SOL
vents have a dark color and a pitter
taste and, after being purified by con-
centrated sulphuric acid and cieares'
with bore black, are used for llghtlhs
purposes and in the manufacture OF
soap and, en- account of the small COST,
would be a good substitute for the ,ex-
pensive oils used in the textile indus-
try. Aside from the uses mentioned
and because some of it's chemicai pro
perties are similar to those OF castor
oil, grape seed oil has suggested itseh
as substitute for castor oil in the pre-
paration of compounds used IN Tin
| manufacture of red colors. 1t can pt
| calculated that, on an average, wv
fresh refuse of the grape conQiins
| twenty-five per cent of seeds. Accoru
| ing to the variety of the grapes ane
| their degree of ripeness, the quahtil,
of oil which can be rendered from tr'
seeds varies from six to twenty pc
| cent.
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Females More Intelligent.

Prof. E. H. Harper of the chair of
biology Of the Northwestern Unit
versity, has been experimenting on the
relative intelligence OF the sexes ii
animals. He tried mis- eApe. -.
on pups and kittens. He found the
females were brighter. more intell
gent. grasped ideas quicker than
males. 1t was the same with kittens.
1.-THE female in all trials displayed
great quiclSness in grasping ideas"
said the professor. THE female
maintained her supremacy over her
male companion in a rather militant
manner, which is quite according to
the ideas of sex supremacy That
the conditions revealed are illustrative
in the case of men and women is not
quite certain. But such a theory
would find support in some quarters"
Chicago Cor. New York World.
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WORRY WAeTES

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ana relieves gas IN the stomach
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