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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
.corrects Geographical Error.

Knud Rasmussen, the young Danish
explorer, has made the important dis
covery that the so-called Peary chan
mel at the northern end Of Greenland
does not exist, and that Peary Land
is not an island, but a portion Of
Greenland. Rasmussen started on his
expedition on July 10. 1910. He is a
native of Greenland, the son Of a
Danish clergyman and a pure-blood-
ed Eskimo. From infancy the ex-
plorer has spoken Eskimo. and has
devoted much study to the language
philologically. SO that he knows it
better, perhaps. than any other per-
son. rs a youth he undertook voy-
ages in Scandinavia. the Farce is
lands and Iceland.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Almost Nubile Age.

The family had callers the other
evening. One Of them, a man ap-
preaching II not actually entering mid
die age, hero Of many social season
but still eligible, amused himself by
chafing the ten-year-old daughter Of
the house. 1t appeared that the chill
dren had missed seeing the Fourth OF
July fireworks in the park, by reason
OF the weathers inclement appearance
on that evening, to their great and
fully-expressed disappointment then
and thereafter. Never mind, Martha"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

ing somewhat pensively at the gift.
the Car asked him what he was
thinking about. The artist replied
that he was thinking of the time it
would take to color the pipe-proba.
bly, five years.
Learning that the artist would not
be leaving the country for fifteen days.
the Car took the pipe back again,
and sent 1t to the Palace guard-house,
where the following order of the
day" was issued:
Under pain of the knout none must
smoke any other pipe but this. All
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Dioqenes' Quarry.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt believes he has found the
most honest man in the country. He
is A. w. Wechsler of WATERFOWL. N. Y.
Recently Mr.. Roosevelt received a
letter from the WATERFOWL man, in
closing a lead pencil This is what
the letter said:
Enclosed find your pencil, which
you left on my news stand when you
wrote your telegram"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Bows Pick Up Gold.

The gold fever has hit Capitol hill
and the small boys of the neighbor-
hood of the library of congress spend
the idle summer hours waiting for bits
of gold to drop from the dome of the
beautiful building.
This massive gold dome, which cost
$4,000, is peeling it's golden sides and
the gold leaf fairly covers the grass
below the dome.
An appropriation will be made by
congress for money to regild the dome
and then the golden shower will be
stopped.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
This About BIouses.

They have waistcoats.
That is, waistcoat effects.
1t is a broad vestee usually.
The material contrasts with the
blouse.
Sharp points come out over the skirt
front
And 1t is finished on with fancy
buttons In true vest style.
To date this is the newest touch
shown Of the blouses of the moment
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Too Busy.

Gotham-How many buttons has
your wife got on the back Of that
dress?
Flatbush-Oh, I'm sure don't know.
Gotham-Why, you've buttoned ii
I'D for her often enough, haven't you
Flatbush-Oh. yes. a hundred times!
Gotham-And you don't know how
many buttons are there?
Flatbush-No, when I've been but
toning it up I've been too COMPOUNDED
busy to count the buttons!
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
SOLDIERS ENJOYED THE WORK
Meerschaum Quickly coiored When
Autocrat Of All the Russias L.
sued His Orders.

A European contemporary tells an
entertaining story Of how a pipe was
colored by order Of the Gar" An
artist, who had spent some years in
Russia. received as parting gift from
the Car nicholas ID an enormous
meerschaum mounted with diamonds.
Noticing that the recipient was look
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

SAID the giddy bachelor. I'm make an
engagement right now to take you to
see the fireworks next Fourth" The
ten-year-old eyed him unsmilingly. Her
race was grave with the shrewdness of
generation on generation Of calculat-
ing females. Well" she said, II
guess I'll be old enough by then"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
In Grip Of an Octopus.

A naval diver at Toulon was sud.
denly attacked by giant octopus
while under water in the harbor He
gave the hosting signal and was
hauled to the surface, together with
the octopus. whose tentacles. said to
be rs feet long. were wrapped around
him. The diver was unconscious. The
octopus held fast to the diver until it
was stabbed to death. 1t weighed 135
pounds and -the suckers on its ten
tacles were a. big az hve-shilling
pieces.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Real Nuisance.

Patience-A German scientist be-
lieves he has found a cure for the
smoke nuisance In cutting a number
of windows in a chimney which ad-
NIT air to mix with the smoke and
dilute 1t until 1t issues from the top
of the chimney very light in color.
Patrice-I can't see how that's 60
ing to prevent the cigarette nuisance
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

Not few of the presidents visitors
from the upper branch of congress
- call upon Presi-
why senator dent Wilson to
Vanished. make strong kicks
against provisions
in the pending tariff bill which hurt
their constituents. officials at the
White house assert that they do not
believe senators fear President Wilson
as much as they did President Taft.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee was
one of President Taft's visitors who
was always welcome. There was one
time. however. when Senator Taylor
went to the White house that he did
not go in to see the president. 1t
was the day after the Democrats and
insurgents in the senate had united
to pass a wool bill
Senator Taylor felt that the presi-
dent might be just little irritated,
because there was no gainsaying the
fact that some little politics had been
played in that alliance. Moreover.
Senator Taylor is tactful. He put his
head in the main door of the execu-
tive Office, looked around suspiciously,
and asked the assembled newspaper
men:
How are things going this morn
ing?"
The president has wool in his
teeth. He can certainly eat 'em
alive" answered a reporter.
"Oh, didn't have any business with
him this morning and must hustle up
to the capitol" said the senator meek.
ly, and quickly vanished.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Pretty Baby Cape.

Use white lace allover, and draw the
fullness in at the back with ribbon
run through a tiny hem. Edge the
bonnet with a lace ruffie. and make
long strings of fine lace insertion
about three inches wide.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

and ranged from 3.3 to 1913 parts per
million. In the leaves of the celery,
however, which are parts of the plant
especially sprayed with bordeaux mix
ture, there were found from 1916 to
1854 parts of copper per million parts.
The chemists found that most of the
copper In the inner and outer stalks
disappeared on washing"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Armhole Finish.

An excellent way to finish armholes
in a fine lingerie blouse Is to sew the
sleeves in by machine; then button
hole around the edges with either q
coarse thread or soft floss.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

the necessary tobacco will be sup
piled"
The Cossacks went cheerfully at the
Job day and night. and at the end Of
the fortnight the pipe was returned to
its owner. inscribed:
"Colored in fifteen days by order OF
Nicholas. Emperor"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
Dense Air Masnifies Sound.

1t Is said that man In balloon
may lower an explosive on a cord sew
eral hundred feet below his basket and
set it OF with an electric wire and bat
terry. There is a sharp little crack"
l&e the report of fobert rife. then
comes the most terrifying noise. like
a great burst of thunder, the loudest
ever heard. The actual explosion did
not make anywhere near this amount
Of poise, but the air being much more
dense below causes the line of least re-
sistance to be straight up. and 20
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
GROWING Pickaninnv

Lordy, 'Rastus. why dom you let
EN- suspenders out as tells you? Be-
10 long youah feet won't touch de
groun!"-Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

the sound waves expand nightly in an
upward direction. increasing the
sound.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

Now, you must be careful of the eel
cry you eat Almost everything else
edible has been
Celery Un0er condemned or Of
Suspicion. ficially suspect
ed" at one time
or another, but celery has managed to
escape up to- this time Now the de-
partment of agriculture has discov-
cred that there is copper in lots of
celery. and has issued a warning to
housewives to give 1t a good washing
before putting it on the table. The
copper comes from a spray used by
the farmers to kill bugs. The depart
ment says:
THE use Of salts of copper in food
products was decided by the referee
board to be deleterious to health. I'm
der food inspection decision, 14S and
149, the importation of canned fruits
and canned vegetables greened with
copper has been stopped. This is par
allel to the laws Of France, where the
use of copper vessels is forbidden in
packing food products.
The proof of the presence of cop
per in raw celery was obtained by
analysis of samples offered for sale in
the markets of the District of Column
bia and other cities. Analysis of four
different samples Of celery showed
that before washing the edible part Of
the outside stalks contained from 81
to 29.2 parts OF copper per million. or
less than onesixth to one-half of cop
per per two and one-Quarter pounds
Of celery.
The copper in the inside or heart
Of stalks was much smaller in amount
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16
llquidatinq Accounts.

The world owes a great deal to
medical science, don't you think?"
"Oh, / dunno. Every once In q
while 1t seems somebody pays up"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

Not a few of the presidents visitors
from the upper branch of congress
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-16

The United States Treasury handled
in actual cash during the fiscal year
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
$500 Fire, Early
Friday Morning.

Fire of unknown origin, early FRIDAY
morning, partly destroyed the barn at
tached to the dwelling house at 50 Elm
street, causing loss of $500 to the
building and contents, part of which is
covered by insurance.
The barn, which is the property OF
Howard Morse is jointly occupied by DR.
]. w. Stewart, a veterinarian, and OBJ
on Plant, butcher, who resides with his
family in the dwelling. Both men had
harnessed up their teams together, and
had left the stable, within five minutes
of each other, Plant leaving first Ihey
had not gone but short distance when
Deputy Marshal Simpson discovered the
fire and turned in an alarm from BOX
"a. A great deal of meat was stored IN
a large refrigerator in the barn, and the
firemeu and some of the bystanders, VINO
were on their way to work, took a hand
in saving the meat. After an hours
work with two lines of hose. the hremen
returned to the station, about 10
Mr. Morse's damage will amount TO
about $500, that of DIR. Stewards to ABOUT
500. and Plants about 500.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
BANQUET, TONIGHT,
TO COLBY ATHLETES

More than 100 plates will be set for the
complimentary banquet which is to be
rendered, Monday evening, at The Elm
wood by the Waterville business and pro-
fessional men to the Colby football squad
of 80 men and the victorious FRESHMAN
eross-country team that captured eight
out of the nine cups offered at the recent
New England meet. The event is given
in recognition of the splendid work done
by members of both squads and as
medium of expression of the deep appre-
citation of the Waterville citizens, and or
the close association with the college and
all its activities
The whole will be entirely Informal A
few short after-dinner speeches Will De
made at which DIR. ]. F. Hill will pre-
side. Hon. Frank Redington, Hon. Cy-
rus n. Davis, DIR. L. G. Bunker, fresl-
dent Roberts, DIR. A, Marquardt, Goach
Daley, Coach Conan, and Captain fraser
will make short speeches. Coach Daley,
who is at his home in Coos. N. H., Is
coming expressly to be present at the
banquet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
BANQUET The MEMBERS
OF The INDOOR CIRCUS,

AS means OF evidencing appreciation
for their efforts which were given gratis
at the Indoor Society Circus, the young
people of the company were given a ban
quet, Saturday evening, at the Royal
Cafe by the Carnival management About
70 in all, including the professional act
ors, gathered at the tables of Frank
Robinson and partook of the bounteous
repast from soup to ice cream, including
roast turkey, with the same zeal that
characterized their efforts throughout the
week. 1t was not until after II before
the first course was served and owing to
the lateness Of the hour the post-pran-
dial exercises We're short. Mr.. Webber
made a few brief remarks in which he
expressed his thanks and deep appreeia-
ton for the hearty cooperation he had
received. He also lauded Mrs Frank
Robinson for the time and pains she had
taken in caring for some of the details
OF the big show.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
Sunday School
Basketball League.

Monday evening, Dec. 22 the captains
of the Sunday School Basketball League
will meet at the Railroad Y. M. c. A.
to outline a schedule of games to be
played. during the coming winter. Plans
have already been made TO organize the
league, which will consist of junior
and senior league. The former VIII be
made up of those boys between and in
elusive of the ages of IS to 16. The SEN
Tor department will be open to those be-
tween II and 10 inclusive.
In order to be eligible to the league
BOYS must be enrolled members OF some
Sunday school, and have at least 90
per cent. attendance. small registra-
ton fee will be charged. and in order
to reap the best possible results physi-
ca1ly a rule has been established obliging
all boys to give certificates of their phys
icaI fitness to play the game, signed by
n physician. Boys who have not Sunday
school preference may become eligible
by attending any Sunday school, Dec. q
and %. The season will open the first
week in January. f. Fl. Stevens, assist
ant secretary at the Railroad Y. NJ c.
A will have charge of the league.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15

the cause of the delirium, and that
prolonged baths and comparative non-
restraint will pull through many who
now die, demands radical changes both
in the general hospitals and in the
State institutions. The general hos
pitals must always receive some cases
of delirium tremens partly through
mistakes in first diagnosis, partly be-
cause humanity cannot always turn
away a man in mental torment brought
to its doors. They will inevitably have
other cases of delirium occurring sud-
denly in some Of their patients who are
suffering from other diseases. They
should be given funds to supply the
needed isolated wards and the needed
equipment for hydrotherapy.
For the great number of cases of de-
lirium tremens occurring in Boston
to take the situation nearest home.
there should be special hospital
equipped to apply modern treatment.
The City Hospital carries a heavy load
of such cases, which it cannot treat
properly for lack of facilities, and
which occupy beds which ought to be
at the service of the kind of patients
for whose service the hospital was de-
signed. Many cases of I'D. T." come
to the City Hospital with broken bones,
with pneumonia and what not. But
the results of it's unsuisa bleness for
this work is shown in the figures for
simple cases OF ID T." during the cal
endar year 1912. In that year 1t re-
ceived into its general wards, among
its quiet patients. 137 such uncompli-
Gated cases; of these SS, or nearly Is
per cent died. Compare this with the
Psychopathics zero. The City Hospital
is not to blame; it has no means for
carrying out the modern treatment. Or
course it is a high price to pay for the
drinks, but no one seems ready to pro-
pose that the victims of ID. t. shall
be left out in the cold altogether,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
PLEASED WITH THE
SUCCESS OF CARNIVAL

Saturdays attendance at the Carnl-
val Society circus was unquestionaby
the largest of the week. The after
noon performance was likewise the
best attended matinee of the six days.
The labors did not end with Saturday,
however, for all day, Sunday, crew
of men wac at work in the armory
packing, hauling away the sawdust,
and getting everything into readiness
for a move. Some of the professional
performers remained, over Sunday, for
a rest after the strenuous week. The
promoters, Messrs. Webber and Huse
are exceedingly pleased with the CO.
operation they received and the large
patronage that greeted the performers
at the armory. The Chamber OF Com
merce and the merchants in general
feel that the Carnival has been a great
success, and has far surpassed the
hopes Of even the most sanguine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
OAKLAND.
Young Couple Outwit Their
Friends on Wedding Trip.
Public Library TO Be Fumlgat-
ed Because Of Scarlet Fever.
Other Local Items and Personal
Jottlngs About the Town.

The regular meeting of the Unity
Club for December has been postpon-
ed until January.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hallett, Mrs. Har-
ry Gordon, Miss Genevieve Bowman
and Frank Brown went to Palmyra to
attend the funeral of the late Miss
Bessie Leavitt, who died, Wednesday,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Gordon.
The Public library has been closed
fever epidemic. The library was open.
Saturday evening, to receive books
All of the books are to be fumigated.
The young men of this town have
been planning for several weeks, to
prevent the quiet marriage of Guy
Gleason. the popular barber in Striek-
lands barber shop and Mrs. Bertha
l.. McKusick, the popular milliner. For
several days the details of the we'd
ding trip have been known, but the ex-
act time of the marriage or when the
couple were to leave town could not
be learned. Mr.. Gleason left the bar
ber shop for supper but when it was
time for his return and he did not
come. the young men were certain that
he had escaped them. Sunday it was
learned that the couple had taken the
night Pullman from Waterville for
Boston, New York and a trip up the
Hudson.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
WILL APPOINT COACHES.
Colby Debating Society Will Hold
Meeting, This Afternoon.

Coaches will be appointed at the Mon
dav afternoon meeting of the Colby De-
hating Society for the eight schools that
are to compete, this year, in the Ceipy
interscholastic debates, conducted uhoer
the auspices of the Colby Debating 80
eiety. A series of debates, similar TO
those conducted in previous years, will
hegin soon after the new year, and to
tbe school winning the final debate a
prize of $50 will be awarded, ana ahotiiei
$50 will be awarded to the TWO olhei
teams winning In the preliminarles' Inc
schools, this year. will include WaterVille
High. Coburn, Oak Grove, SkeWhesah
High. Good VIII High. Maine Centfai
Institute. Madison High and Hebron.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS.
The Big Problem Of Putting Gird's
Around the Earth.

According to Professor ]. A. Fleming,
several of the most powerful wireless
stations are now generating ether
waves, having a length from crest to
crest of about four miles, and these
disturbances can be detected at dis
tances up to 5000 miles from their
source. That is, four such stations
would suffice to girdle the earth. OBJ
viously, however, the ability to de-
tect" the signals over this vast dis
tance, presumably under favorable
weather conditions, is a very dinerent
thing from the power to maintain COM
mercial communication along tbs
route. AS yet the wireless service avail
able to the public covers but third or
at most half this distance.
There is as yet no means or deter
mining the practical limit OF wireless
communication. Improvements In ap-
paratus, perhaps even some new dis
covery as to methods of stirring up the
ether, may revolutionize the art ano
unset all present standards. But at
present even the most successful sys-
TENS get into serious difficulties When
ca lied upon to maintain constant COM
runication over a line about 2,ooo
miles in length. A recent British WIRE
less commission was able to secure
hut one demonstration on a line
Thousand miles long, although several
companies declared their ABILITY mucn
to exceed this distance in CONNER
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
Bowling Notes.

Alleys at the Railroad Y. M. c. A
promise to be busy, this week, with
series of matches in the City League and
the Interfraternity League. The Steam
Rollers will bowl the Y. NJ. c. A, Mon
day evening; Tuesday. the Station En-
pleves will roll the Freight Clerks. and,
Thursday. the Yard Office Clerks are
scheduled to meet the Nationals.
rba interfraternity matches, generally
bowled, In the afternoon, Will run OIL as
follows: Tuesday, A. I. o. Vs. ID. u;
Thursday, D. X. e. VS.. P. d. t.; Satur-
day, zeta Psi VS.. d. U. These matches
will be the last before the Christmas
recess. which begins, Saturday, and con-
tinues until Jan. 6.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
Saturdays sale of seats for the

Saturdays sale of seats for the
Chapman concert, which Is to be Civ
en-, Tuesday evening, In the Opera
house, made the fact evident that
more than usual interest is being
created. this year. due no doubt to the
appearance of Nine Lillian Blauvelt,
who is world famous as a prima dom
ma. John Finnegan, the Irish tenor,
who sings those Irish songs as only
the Irish alone can sing them, will
have a good list Of selections with
such numbers as "Ah, Love But a
Day" "Oh, That We Two Were May
ing" and Love I Have Won You,"
on the program. Jaime Overton, the
violinist, though a stranger to Water
vile, is sure to prove the Chapman
caliber. r
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
Mrs, G, A. Martin.

Following long illness from tubercu-
losis, Mrs. G. A. Martin, aged 32 and
wife of the late G. A. Martin, who was
killed, some two months ago, in rail-
road accident at Rumford Falls, died,
Saturday, at her home at the Head of
the Falls She leaves three small chill
dren, boy aged 10, and S-year-old girl
and another boy, aged 5. The funerai
will be held at 8 A.. NJ, Monday, at the
church of ST. Francis de Sales, with in
terment Immediately thereafter in the
Catholic cemetery at Pine Grove. The
children will be cared for by relatives
of their father Mrs. Martin is also sur
vived by one sister. who lives in Rhode
Island.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15

MOCHA SOUFFLE-One and one
half cups strong coffee. 1-2 cup Of
milk. 2-3 cup Of sugar. Ia teaspoon
OF salt. tablespoon of granulated gel
attn, eggs, 1-2 teaspoon of vanilla.
Mix coffee, milk. 1-2 Of sugar and gel
attn, and heat in a double boiler. Add
remainder Of sugar. salt and yolks Of
eggs slightly beaten. Cook until mix
ture thickens. about minutes. Don't
worry II 1t looks as IL 1t had curdled.
1t is all right. Remove from fire, fold
in stifiy beaten whites OF eggs and
add Vanilla Mold, chill and serve
with whipped cream. make 1t Satur-
day to serve with chicken dinner on
Sunday. and 1t Ia delicious.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-15
Card of Thanks.

We desire to express to the members of
the Watervile Chamber of Commerce
and the people of Waterville and vicinity
our thanks and appreciation for the lib
eral support and the hearty assistance
which has been accorded us In the pro-
duction of the recent carnival.
HARRY C. WEBER,
H. A. HUSE, JR,