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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

well as inland. There are surpris-
ing number of thAse. In some loca-
tions-such as Sullivan Falls, north
of the Mt. Desert ferry-there are 10
or II shell-heaps{ and village sites
within radius of three miles. Fiji
teen bone harpoonS have been recov-
cred. These exhibit different methods
of hating and bafbing. A cemetery
found at Sullivan Falls had been we'll
nigh destroyed when the railway cut
through the sand ridge on which the
graves were located. However, some
20 graves were found and about so
stone implements removed from them.
The expedition has divided into several
sections, and the Kennebec valley is
being studied. 1t is quite probable
that local differences in culture will be
found to exist. and the Kennebec,
while generally the same as the Penob-
scot as to ancient arts, yet will ex-
hibit some peculiarities not to be OBJ
served elsewhere in Maine. The
archaeological problems to be studied
in Maine are many. Entirely ito much
attention has been paid to southern
and western fields by our archaeology
cal institutions. Indications are not
lacking that the Maine cultures are,
some of them, as old as if not older
than those found elsewhere in the
United State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

nable and easily leading, we are learn
Ing that we are behind and must take
care, in a literal and figurative sense,
or lag in the race. To have the great
industries Of country managed best,
to have profits fairly distributed, to
have food products unhampered so
that the people can get them on
fair basis, are things that are first to
any nations existence. And such
things are now in the hopper along
with all of the other problems, social
and political of which Mr.. Bryce
spoke.
So there seems to be no avoiding the
conclusion that there never was
time when America called for so much
patriotism, so much earnest work for
the public welfare, as now. The time
calls, too, for faith in the people. III
we are to win with all of the many
demands that are pressing on us and
make here the country that has been
our aspiration from the beginning,
there must be faith in the people
while we call to them for the quality
which justifies faith-patriotism, the
willingness to sacrifice the individual
for the general good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

thing hit the bottom of my bed with
a sickening thud and there was Ut
tering like 81 demons. Then the tning
darted from the room and few down
the stairs and the humping against
my bedsprings subsidized. Also, the
alarm clock rolled out of the blanket
1.-The hall filed with people. gather
ed to see what had taken place. III
bet it's Dubb's alarm clock! shouted
one fellow, whose weird attire would
not permit him to join the investigat-
ing committee in person. Throw that
alarm clock out of the window!
ut was quite convention there at
my door around the blanket and the
alarm clock, and they couldn't see TO
save their lives how such results were
obtainable with that material Inc
clock was turned over skeptically and
the blanket was subjected to close IN
spection by the assembly.
LOOK here!' said one of the lnVes-
tigators finally. Here's bunch OF
cat fur on this blanket"
Then 1 knew what had happened
The family cat had taken advantase
of the soft. warm blanket and -mads
her bed in it. When the alarm CLOCK
went off it scared her into tits.
cago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Sea Music.

Softly heave ocean of fire and of night
Red in the sunsets glory lies thy might:
Even the winds, the amorous winds that
blow
Breathless, expectant. pause in the after
glow,
Enraptured sing the stars. sing in low
tones to me,
While every sound that was, that is is
in the sea.
Slowly heave. heavens glory on thy
breast,
Soft fold thy wings. iove-laden winds of
the west;
Even the emerald wave, the crested
wave that rears.
Pauses spellbound. ere she dissolves in
tears,
Sing. dancing waves. your secrets sing
to me,
For every sound that was. that is. is in
the sea.
Grandly heave, ocean of opal, of fire,
Sound diamond notes from the long-lost
Orpheus' Tyre;
Even the wild seabird, even the fishes
that swim,
Know where that lost Tyre lies lies with
its broken string.
From its deep-sea bed a note, stray
note, comes to me,
Ter every sound that was, that Is, is In
the sea.
-Petronella oDonnell. in the London
Outlook.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
The Currency Bill.

(KanSdS CITY JOURNAL
The public is disposed to share in
the optimism of the bankers who pro-
TESS to see good in the new currency
bill There Is a very general beler
that the bankers are in a position to
gauge the merits or dement's of any
measure vitality affecting their BUSH
ness-and through their business the
industrial and commercial welfare or
the people. If the bankers are salts
fed With the bill as amended, the peo-
pie as whole will await hopefully the
fullfllment of the prophecies of good
results to follow.
If the iniquities of Bryans financial
heresies have been removed from the
bill as originally proposed. there is at
least good ground for hoping that the
act will produce none but desirable
results. though it is still the belief of
many that there was never any strong
necessity for tinkering with the coun-
try's financial system. With funda-
mentally Republican policies in opera
tion there has never been a panic.
There is, it may be admitted. a cyni-
cal logic in taking steps to minimize
the effects of industrial depression as
soon as an experimenting and ire
sponsible administration gets into
power This is the bona fide politics"
os the situation with respect to the
new currency measure and If it will
ward off any of the evil results nat
urally expected from the radical poll
cies of a Democratic administration
ali but intoxicated with its power, GER
tainly those who may be spared some
Of tho untoward results will be the last
to complain at the softening of the
blow.
Any financial measure emanating
from a congress dominated by col
lege professor inexperienced in states
niansh;p and by the free silver-tongued
orator of the Platte is to be looked
upon with iustifiable suspicion. The
overhauling of the country's finan-
cal system would not, under ordinary
circumstances, be soberly entrusted to
such men, no matter how high their
personal standing nor how general
their reputation for sincerity 1t is
d matter OF competency, not of integ-
rity of purpose.
But that is rather beside the ques-
ton, now that the currency act is
reality. Business men of prominence
declare that the bill will mot work
injury to them, and everybody will
join fervently in the hope that this
statement will be verified by future
results. Some leading bankers ex-
press the opinion that the financial
interests of the country will be able
to adjust themselves to the new con-
ditions precipitated by the bill. AS
one of them phrases it: I'VE know
where We stand and can prepare for
what is to come.
That has been the situation con-
fronting business interests for some
years. Without any effective reason
for change, changes of radical char
acter have been made in the coun-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Dubb Tells the Story,

When I saw that was sleeping la
ter each morning." said Dubb to the
man who was hanging to the neigh
boring strap in the street car, Il de-
cided to get an alarm clock
Il got one and placed it on my bu-
reau, all wound up and ready to per-
form its morning stunt Well, II woke
up everybody in the house except me.
Boarders who were never on time for
ANYTHING showed up for breakfast that
morning. That made il bad for us
early fellows, who are supposed to get
the choice bits of everything on the
table as our reward for being there
early.
The next night I put the alarm
clock on the floor under my bed. in
stead of on my bureau, thinking it
might make less noise there But it
frightened the people downstairs worse
than ever. One of the children had
Mysteries and the grown people COM
planned that they thought 1t was an
internal machine - 7-''
Then l started to figure out some
way of fixing things so that the alarm
clock would wake only me.
AT last / hit upon the idea of put
ting it under my pillow. But it rolled
out from under the pillow every night
and stuck it's feet into my back and
felt as comfortable as a toad. I stood
it for some time, however, until
cnanced to hit upon still another
scheme. / could hardly wait for night
to come to put my idea into effect.
Il procured a big, thick, woody
double blanket and rolled the clock up
inside of that and put it under my bed.
I smothered it so we'll that l believed
l could safely leave my door ajar to
admit a little more air without any
damage being done to my neighbors.
The next morning I was awakened
by something like an earthquake. the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
What Will the Yeast Be?

James Bryce, former English ambaS-
sador. but better known, perhaps, as
the author of the American Com
monwealth," said recently, in an ad-
dress in Londoh, that the United
States was undergoing a change In
the "a years that he had known US he
said that he had never known the
minds of our people to be so full of
political and social problems, and that
we were seeking to solve them with a
zeal and energy that he had never
seen displayed in all that time. Every
word of this is true, as anyone that
views the current of life with us must
testify. If we add to this what Mr..
Bryce did not, a consideration Of the
enormous stream of immigration, and
reflect that it is mainly from southern
Europe, we get the effect of the
mighty activity of which Mr.. Bryce
speaks. This raises the question, what
kind Of country is this going to be In
a generation?
Our population Is changing rapidly.
We are changing in our attitude to-
ward social, political, educational and
economic problems generally. There
has never been a time in our history,
perhaps. and not merely in Mr..
Bryce's "a years. in which SO many of
these problems were attacked and
change demanded in solution, and this
not always wisely or with due consid-
Grafton. The civil war overthrow
slavery. changing the whole industrial
condition in one great section of the
country and profoundly affecting that
of the other. But even this change
left all other relations much the same
while burdening the country with ham
dicaps in adjusting new relations. But
with all involved in it, our life sue
ceeded in normal order In comparison
with the new propositions in every
field of human activity that are now
pressing for a new status. The at
tainment will involve sacrifices and
call for patience and conservatism.
Expert investigation shows that we
are working at disadvantage in our
trade conditions as compared with the
other great nations Of the world.
Where we thought we were impreg-.
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(The singing of which so irritated ffesi-
dent Wilson,
Air: Tramp. Tramp, Tramp the Buys
Are Marching"
In that land of dopey dreams, happy'
peaceful Philippines.
Where the bolo man is MIXING hisHs
and day.
Where insurrectos steal and lie, "hefe
Americanos die. .,,r
There you hear the soldiers sing THIS
evening lay:
Chorus:
Damn damn. damn the insurrectos,
cross-eyed Kahlack ladrones;
Underneath the starry flag,
Civillze 'em with a krag,
And return us to our beloved homes
Underneath the Nipa thatch. where the
skinny chickens scratch.
Only refuge after hiking all day long.
When l lay me down to sleep, SHINY
lizards Ger me creep;
Then you hear the soldiers sing THIS
evening song:
Chorus:
Social customs there are few, all the
ladies smoke and chew,
And the men do things the padres say
are wrong;
But the padres cut no ice, for they i've
on fish and rice.
When you hear the soldiers sing TINS
evening song:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
SOLON.

SOUTH-Llewellyn Eaton and family
passed Christmas with friends in Athens
Kleba Harville who has been at home
the most of the winter mas returned to
his work in Skowhegan.
Elizabeth Spear is suffering from a Sc
we're attack of the grippe. Mrs. N.
Holmburg is caring for her.
There will be preaching services at the
Washington school house next Sunday at
q P. NJ by the Rev. Mr. Kinney of
Athens, Sunday school at p. M.
Bert Ladd of Pawtucket. r. l.. was In
town a few days last week.
Bert Paul and Clyde McIntire are cut
ting c. r. Dunhams wood.
George Gardner recently purchased a
nice pair OF work horses
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Wednesday, December 81, 1918.
Obey Gods Laws or Pay Penalties.

A friend calls attention to the
declaration of the director Of the
Pasteur Institute TO the Academy of
Science. Paris. France, that long
study by psychologists djscloses the
fact that "vaccines and serums in
tended for the cure of tuberculosis
are without effect" 1t might be ac-
cepted as calamitous that modern
science is wholly baked by white
plague" except in one direction, but
let us not despair. Advanced thought
has lifted us out of the period when
we accepted Consumption" as an af-
Fiction to be accepted dumbly and
helplessly. The Lord helps him who
helps himself, and we are learning
that cleanliness and Goodness are, at
this age of the world, the only speci-
fies for tuberculosis.
Perhaps 1t was calculated in the In
finite Plan that His people should be
allowed to discover and learn to the
full, that the wages of sin is death"
that clean, right living and care of
the material body means immunity
from disease penalties.
Every discovery of science proves
that diseases are, in every instance.
the punishment for violation of laws
laid down. No cure" is known for
tuberculosis, but right living prevents
it. He that CANDLES with health pays
the undertaken.
In these days of wide publicity and
popular understanding, many victims
die of tuberculosis because they vol
unfairly and wilfuily, for their own
F'pleasure," violate Gods laws.
, Perhaps man will some day accept
the inevitable and settle down to be-
having himself in order to avoid
-asJalties of disease Imprisonment.
.sth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Mr.. afnHdnsunk to Agriculture.

~. s.kunk, which is represented
throughout the country by a number
of varieties, genera, and species. is
an animal of great economic import
ance It's food consists very largely
of insects, mainly of those species
which are very destructive to garden
and forage crops. Field observations
and laboratory examination demon
strate that they destroy immense
numbers of white grubs, grasshop-
pers, crickets. cutworms, hornets,
wasps, and other noxious forms. The
alarming increase of the white grub
in some localities is largely due to
the determination of this valuable
animal.
1t lis a matter Of common observa-
ton where white grubs are particular
ly abundant in eornfields to note lit
tie round holes burrowed in the ground
about hills of corn. These are made
by skunzs in search during the night
for these gruhs. During the recent
outbreak of grasshoppers in Kansas it
has been determined that in many
cases a large proportion of the food
of skunks consisted of these grass
culture News Letter.
Sure, Uncle; every farmer knows
all those things and many more on
the credit side of the skunk account,
but--but. say, Uncle, can't you ex-
pertinent bit with him along the
line of the latest endeavors with the
onion? 1t strikes us, in the midst Of
a great farming section, that odor-
less Bermudas should be no more
eagerly sought than. effiuviumless
mephitis mephitica-if we are to take
him to our bosom.
A dictionary facetiously we pre-
sume) points out that "In consequence
of its abundance and general dis
tribution, as we'll as certain peculiari-
ties the common skunk early attract
ed attention"
Indeed he did Why, as long ago
as little Adam was stubbing his toes
at the brookside. sticking out like a
skunk in the fog has been an adage.
We should say he did attract at
tention!' When you see an honest
dog making tracks at the speed of
umpteen miles a minute, for nowhere
in particular, with his upper lip
turned back over his nostrlls and a
gonedog expression in his eyes, you
may know--even If you fail to catch
the drift in any other manner-that
he has been chasing a cat which
turned out to be a skunk.
Skunks certainly DO attract at
tention." Whose attention has not
been attracted along the highway at
evening? Who has not awakened, at
some period in his existence. gasping
and gurgling, to hear his wife say:
For heavens sake, hurry and close
that window"
The skunk undeniably has his 'pe-
culiarities," and if Uncle Sam Is GO
ing to wish him upon agriculture
why, then, we ask that he be investi-
gated and treated by government ex-
perts, for his peculiarities.
Perhaps the skunk's strongest
recommendation is that he attracts
attention" just as strikingly dead as
alive.
"Conseryafio:. 1s the skunk Whew,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
LET US LAUGH A BIT.
YuIetide Billiards.

me billiard balls would kiss and kiss;
Thus went the entire lot
we Know that something was amiss
But couldn't figure what.
We ascertained ere midnight rung
What made the balls kiss so.
FOR there above the table hung
A spray of mistletoe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Had Seen Several.

Does your son believe there is a
Santa CLAUSE
He is disturbed by multiplicity
OF Santas. He saw three in depart
ment stores, one begging for a eharit-
able organization, and two more dis
tributing handbills on the street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Frozen Out.

"Tommy, where's your toy engine?' ,
Papa has it,
where's your express carr?
"Uncle has that.
"You seem to be a minority stock
holder in this railroad. son.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

The declaration of Gov. Foss that
Robert A. Woods, whom he has just
appointed to the excise board. takes
drink when he feels like it, is
probably one of the governors jokes.
The truth is, most likely, that Mr..
Wood never feels like it."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Chorus:
Useless Expense.

Now have we finished the shopping
Maud?"
TN get a dollars worth of mistle-
toe"
My dear girl, a dimes worth Will
do the work just as well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Hated Rival.

Why these tears?"
Harold has written a poem for an
other girl
To whom is the poem addressed 2"
Aurora Borealis-boo-h oo!"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Kiss Her Quick.

When you see a girl stray meath
the mistletoe bough, there Is rlsh III
delay. Take our tip.-Do 1t NOW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Seat of the Brain.

"Why do they call a mans head his
beam"
II dunno 1 imagine that DIT OF
slang had a Boston origin, possibly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Christmas Episode.

Little Johnny--can you match lit
Utterly depraved is he.
Went and used his toy hatchet
on our lovely Christmas tree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
She Hanos That.

The big girl may not hang her stockin
With all the others in a row;
But she is apt to think 1t shocking
To overlook the mistletoe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

"Conseryatio: os the skunk" Whew
what pace progress is makingi Al
ready we scent the millennium
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Amateur Opera.

They were playing Faust.
Horrors. We have no spinning
wheel for Marguerite"
Use this old sewing machine. l
don't think anybody will notice the
diff"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
Useful Gifts.

what are these municipal Christ
mas trees?"
"City trees, set up for the entire
population to enjoy"
wouldn't it be great if they were
trimmed with good eooks?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
cusHNoc CHAPTER, NO. 4s,

GUS NOc APTE r, NO. 43,
r. A. NJ. Regular convocation at Masonic
Temple, Thursday evening, Jan. LIST.
Work in NJ. NJ. degree. All sojourning
companions are cordially invited to at
tend
FARNswoRTH G. MARSHALL, H. P.
CHARLES r. CHASE. Sec.
BETHELEHEM LODGE, NO. So, r. G.
A. NJ. Stated communication, Monday
Jan. 5. Work in E. A. degree. All So
journing brethren are cordially invited
to attend.
ORIN B. FROST, w. M.
PEARL E. FULLER Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

'thFOuTnS ana lIOUSHS DIS tiio 49,
we too were unbalanced.
James L. Tiffany, who manages the
Mrs. Leonora j. Richards farm in
West Gardiner was gathering brown
tail moth nests Saturday, when one
fell into an old wall near the road
which is known as Highland avenue
and nearly opposite the Milliken
schoolhouse. In reaching down into
the wall he saw what appeared to be
an old rusty tin box which was so
nearly gone with age that only small
portion of the bottom and sides were
left, and in this old rusty box he saw
what looked like coins. He at once
picked them up and giving the re-
mains of the box kick discovered
more coins. His curiosity now thor
oughly aroused, he made search and
! discovered more coins under rock
where they had fallen. The coins were
all of foreign countries, the larger
portion being Of the "Republica Mexi-
cana and were dated 1881 and 1888.
There were some coins which were
marked III. o. Hispain Del" with two
/ large pillars on the date side and bore
the date mark of 1915 making this coin
| 9S years old. This road was laid out
about 125 years ago, and it is thought
| probable that the old stone wall was
built over 100 years ago. This fall at
the time Of building the State road on
the avenue they used many rocks
from this wah and it is thought that
by so doing they uncovered the old
box and it's contents. Some OF the
coins looked as if they were made of
part gold and part silver while others
looked like all silver Mr.. Tiffany was
very .auch pleased with his find and
when interviewed by the reporter said
that he did not know their intrinsic
value. The coins were all in excellent
condition and were not worn much.
| They were all milled edge.
In April of 1913 the archaeology de-
partment OF Phillips Academy at An
dover sent Ernest o. Suyden to Maine
to begin a study of prehistoric remains
about Sebago Lake, says the Boston
| Transcript. In June Prof. w. X.
Moorehead of Andover and Francis
Manning Of Harvard, accompanied by
a number of students, took the field.
Laborers were engaged, and the whole
force numbered more than a dozen
persons when work in the burial places
and shell heaps commenced. CONTINUE
ing the scheme of last year, the ex-
petition located near East Orland, in
Hancock county, and worked thence
to Rluehill. where large and impor-
tant cemetery of the RED Paint Peo-
Pile" was found on the estate Of Mr..
Haskell of Cleveland. Blue Hill work
was continued along the coast to Mt.
Desert, where the expedition now has
it's headquarters. Up to July 80 some
400 specimens of stone and bone art
forms have been taken out of the ex-
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We have held aloof from the ridicule
emanating from Portland and Bidde-
ford against the "fonetik" spelling in
force at the Lewiston Journal office,
but we feel it is time to protest when
they copy one of our best literary eff
forts and amputate half of our
"throughs" and "thoughs'-as THOUGH
we too were unbalanced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-31

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at 8 o'clock.
RAY M. BURNS, Clerk.