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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Our Gift to Colombia.

Former President Roosevelt's plain
characterization of the administra-
tion's proposal to donate $25, 100000 to
Colombia, as eblackmair' finds echo in
the clearest minds of the most LOYAL
Americans, and in the honest express
sion of leading foreign comment. In
an article, THE Progress of the
World in the American Review OF
Reviews" for July, we find the follow
ing conservative but sensible sum-
mary:
1t would seem a lavish grant OF
money to pay Colombia 25.0oe, 600; for
no man can argue ingeniously enough
to make the punishment Mt the crime.
But the mistake Of giving Colombia
this large sum of money is nothing at
all compared with the astounding
shortsightedness ofsinyeIvipg future
generations. The speciaf privileges ac-
corded to Colombia would sooner or
later make serious trouble and would
almost certainly lead to war For 1t
would be held that these rights per
tdiIcu 10 zlHcS4 ptoplc anu leTTlCOTy sOI
Colombia regardless of future political
control. And if Great Britain or Ger
many should acquire control of Colom-
bia We would,-for pure sentimentality
and without rhyme or reason.-have
given away to a great foreign empire
certain rights in the canal superior to
those of our own people. If that coun-
try had any resources 1t could well
have afforded to pay s2o0o0o,Oo0 in con-
sideration of the perpetual rights We
have conferred. The very fact of our
abandoning the Nicaragua route and
going to Panama has of itself placed
Colombia under perpetual oblisation
to us. All the apologies are due in the
opposite direction. Colombia's bad
faith was due in that period, and the
separation of Panama was the right
and necessary sequel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
The Flying Squadron.

One of the strongest and most effec-
tive temperance moves thus far con-
ceived is The Flying Squadron OF
America" with headquarters at India
napeHs. The methods adopted of get
ting the people interested. getting lit
eraturc into their hands, and OF show
ing them that the ablest men of the
land are taking position on the firms
line against the liquor traffic, are prac-
teal and thorough. Here is the issue
ON which a nationwide fight is to be
waged:
whenever politician or an exeou-
tive officer, or a political party, prefers
the liquor traffic above the public NOR
ais, such men must be set aside and
such parties abandoned"
Eloquent speakers will be sent into
every state. The largest auditoriums
will be secured in $50 Of the largest
cities where three days of meetings
will be held. Next Friday evening.
July 10, at o'clock, oliver w. Stewart
of Chicago, will address the people
of Augusta, at Green Street church.
The same evening Ex-Governor Hanly
of Indiana, will speak at Portland.
Here are some of the truisms which
will be kept before the country;
of the State does not master the
drink trade the drink trade will mas
ter the State"
"The navy which drinks the least
alcohol will be the winner; and that,
gentlemen, should be you."-The Ger
man Emperor.
"The prosperity Of the national
treasury must not be made dependent
upon the moral and material ruin of
my observation-disclosures II, Gar OF Rus
STA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Fight the "eIue DEVILS"

Without doubt II is worth while for
all of us, whether of neurasthenic
tendency or not, to read and under
stand and profit by the following on
Worry" and Blue Devils" from the
Battle Creek Idea: E&
| Worry. like hate, anger, envy and all
other depressing emotions, is poison.
1t is short circuit which burns eus
the mental batteries and DESTROYS tine
power for useful activity. II is OF hit
tie use, however, TO tell the nenrss-
thenic not TO IVORY. He suffers from
worry just as he suffers from head
ache and cold hands and feet and
other miseries. The neurasthenic wor-
ries not because he wishes to but be-
cause his mind operates in this disor-
dered fashion in spite of his desire TO
the contrary, He can no more help
worrying by voluntary effort than he
cen step the smarting of burn or the
itching of mosquito bite by a mental
effort. Nevertheless, the patient can
do much to help himself out Of the
worry habit, by an effort to cultivate
an optimistic view of life in general
and in each particular situation that
presents tself.
Worry, like the blues is generally
due TO chronic poisoning, the cure of
which changes the color of the mental
sky, and lifts the patient into a sunny
and peaceful atmosphere.
While all the Inconsistencies are not
subject to the blues" or spells of de-
preston it is perhaps safe to say that
persons who suffer much and often
from the blue" are almost always
chronic Inconsistencies. The mental de-
preston is one of the many toxic eff
fects from which these patients suffer.
Tonic baths, cheerful society, the cul-
tivation of an optimistic altitude Of
mind, are necessary aids to recovery
which must not be neglected. It is
especially important that the patient
shall recognize the fact that his men
tai state is simply a reection of a ply
steal condition. He must thoroughly
understand and appreciate the fact
that the blue devils" which stare
him in the face and threaten him with
every possible calamity are really
nothing more than ghosts and hobgob-
Inns bred by the putrefactive processes
active in his colon.
Fully convinced of this important
pathological truth he will cease to en-
courage the morbid mental state by
dwelling upon hih melancholy vapor-
ings and much less will he talk of his
dependency except briefly to his ply
siclan.
Teh best mental remedy for "the
blues" Is to turn the. face resolutely
toward better things and wait for the
poison wave to pass over just as one
holds his breath in the surf until the
fcaming crest has passed on.
A fit of ''the blues" is as much an in
toxication as drunken spree and a
bad attack may disqualify a person
for wise and efficient action as thor
oughly as almoholic intoxication. A
person subject to 1.-The blues" should
in his most lucid and optimistic mo-
ments resolve to make no important
decision and to set special guard
over his conduct while under the in
ffuence of the poison flood to which
tho condition is due. Teh real cure
for the blues lies in prevention by
removing causes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Should Be a Remedy.
portland Argus.)

(HOrIlaflu ATSuSD ~
The fact that man may be tried
and sentenced for crime which he
never committed is perhaps one of the
necessary evils of government. But
when. after all the attendant suffer
ing he is proven innocent and then
does not have the constitutional right
to recover for the unquestioned and
almost irreparabie damage done him,
something is the matter. Boston has
recently been interested in case OF
exactly this sort.-Boston Advertiser.
One other case of the same sort at
least has come to light within the past
few days. Instances of grievous legal
punishment and wrong doing to inno-
cent persons are continually cropping
out, yet little or nothing is done by
way of reparation. There should be
some remedy for this gross injustice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

According to a Philadelphia despatch,
modern surgery has transformed the
worst boy in Philadelphia into the best.
An operation on his skull brought about
the change. Today he is model of in
dustry and thrift and expresses his keen
purpose to stick to the job and take
care of my mother and the Kids
Congratulations to Johnny German Of
Philadelphia and to the surgeons who
amended him. But way rest there? Is
there any limit to the possibilities of
surgery in converting evil into good ?
Let the experts of the Philadelphia Hos
pital give their attention now to making
upright politicians out of reprehensible
bosses.--Boston Journal.
win they all stand for the operation,
think we? sc..ta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Senator Owen of Oklahoma may not
succeed in his purpose to abolish the
campaign cigar, but, thank heaven. no
one Is obliged to smoke the thing Man
chester Union.
We are mildly panied to note this ten
dency on the part of Colonel Condor to
break away from the time-honored prin-
ciple of party regularity. To accept a
campaign cigar unhesitatingly and smoke
II unquestioningly was once regarded as
To look a gift cigar in the insides, to
sniff suspiciously, to hesitate. to back
and fill before striking a match. is now
coming to be regarded as a sign of politi.
cal independence. o Temporal o mores!
pifiie!-Biddeford Journal
Next thing he'll be refusing to kiss
babies-unless they're IS or so.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Democratic Tariff BIunder.

1t seems almost certain that there
must be another revision of the tariff
and revision upwards by the next Con-
gress. This is aside from any consid-
erations of protection TO which, how
ever, the voters of this country viii
be glad to revert when they can.
But there must be revision for reve-
nue.. II not, bond sale will be forced
to meet expenses Of the government.
The income tax has fallen behind the
estimates something like $4,000, 900
and by 1916 when the entire duty will
be taken off from sugar the revenues
from that source will take another big
drop. The Democratic creed will ad-
NIT Of tariff for revenue but in their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Editors Table
The King of Rothenburg.

BY Paul Schreckenbach, translated
by Mary A. l.. Bookstaver. For any one
who has visited, or anticipates visit
ing. the old city of Rothenburg. there
will be an especial interest in learning
something of Heinrich TOPPER, its great
Burgomaster of the fourteenth CEN
fury, the King of Rothenburg.
A man of superior intelligence and
foresight, great energy and unswerv-
ing fealty to justice and duty. From
hamlet or small village. in thirty years
time, he had enlarged its territory,
built it's walls with its fifty-two gates
and its five fortresses, and made it one
of the strongest cities in the kingdom.
What Rothenburg was five hundred
years ago and is today, is due to this
man. The traveller may still see his
house of the golden griffins upon the
Schmiedgasse, may enter it's rooms and
see the underground passage that con-
nected it with the Rathhause.
Local interest in this translation will
be quickened by the fact that it is the
work of former Augusta lady, Mary
A. L. Bookstaver, whose father, the
late Silas Leonard, was for sometime
cashier Of the Granite Bank. She will
be remembered by many of our older
people. The work follows closely the
original and the author informs the
translator that he had closely followed
the facts.
Conley's Principles of Cooking by
Emma Conley, State Inspector of Do
nestle Science for Wisconsin. Cloth,
12mo., 206 pages, illustrated. Price, 81
l. Nrnx1y
York. Cincinnati and Chicago. This
new book for secondary and vocational
schools gives to domestic science more
of educational value than it has had
heretofore. 1t offers practical course
on the planning, cooking and serving OF
meals by the pupils. Each school,
room lesson is followed by kitchen
work, many valuable recipes being
given. The work covers all the i'm
portant principles which are indispen-
sable to intelligent cooking. The book
is furnished with illustrations, and
charts and tables of the composition
of foods. A chapter on Cooking in
Rural Schools and complete index
close the volume.
The Democratic Rhine-maid, by
Franklin Kent Clifford. Published by
The Devin-Adair Co., 437 Fifth Ave,
New York City. s1.25 net. The latest
work of Mr.. Clifford, dedicated to the
class of eighty-four, Harvard. is a
breezy story of travel with love story
entwined so closely that the travelling
soon becomes Of secondary consider
alton. Clean and wholesome In tone
and narrative, we'll told and full Of
bright, sparkling sayings it is q re-
freshing little book, well worth the
reading.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
The Loom and the Web,

That vice and crime will be cut in
craze that now has its hold upon $780,
100000 human beir gs in New York
City, is declared by leaders of the
special squads of police that have just
begun to dragnet the town for dope
joints under the new anti-drug law
Six hundred cocaine. opium and NOR
phine tends will be under arrest and
imprisonment within two months
while thousands of distribution CEN
tiers Of drugs will be broken up, IL the
plans of the police are carried out For
each drug den closed, hundreds OF
crimes may be averted, it is assured
while In every dope victim detained the
experts declare vicious force will
be arrested.
First depraved by Harmless drinks
such as beer, then wine, then whiskey,
then mixed drinks, with moral per-
ceptions deadened and whole perspec-
tive of the meaning of life befogged.
thousands Of human webs from the
loom Of the liquor traffic and social
idiocy. end their useless. Goddess, hope
less careers as dope fiends"
New York. city with hand in the
machine for revenue makes mighty
spIurges OF cleaning up"-but it goes
on turning out the product and pre-
tending that that is the ONLY way. o
Lord what devils mortal selhshness
makes OF men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

The tests and preliminary flights Of
Lieut.. Porte in his Trans Atlantic fly
ing boat America have SO nearly car
ried out all of his previous announce
ments that many doubters are begin
ming to wonder If the plucky aviator
may not succeed In making his sched-
uied flight across the Atlantic. Most
of them hope he VIII
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

rive in London, my dear lady. don't fail
to see ST. Paul's and Westminster Abbey.
Fair Ameriean-You bet; Iii rattle
those off, sure; but what I've been hank
ering to see, ever since | was knee-high
to a grasshopper, is the Church of Eng
1and.-Dallas News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Fractions Versus Fact.

Teacher (explaining fractionsl-Sup-
pose now, Willie, you had eight little
boys visiting you and you had only
one apple; how much would each little
boy get?
Willie-Wouldn't get any. I'd wait
till they'd all gone home and eat 1t
myself.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

eagerness to wipe out duties in order
to give the foreign producer free COM
petition with the products of this
country the Democrats have wiped out
adequate revenue as we'll as protec-.
ton. sT SEQ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
The Inconsistency Of Man

Before we were married you used to
write me three times day
did /, really?"
Yes. you did: and now you get angry
just because ask you to write me lit
tie bit of check"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

The courts OF West Virginia have
started In to actually assist in en-
forcing the new prohibitory law. Al
ready they have decided that booze
cannot be stored In cisbs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Modern Ideals

The Grouch-Ten reels and just one
man killed-and you call this a play
New York Evening Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Well Meant

What is your alma mater, Mr.. Nu-
rich?'
We'll. If you insist. I'll take cigar.
Buffalo Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Relief for the Doc

Mrs. Fussby Aylng--John, our physi-
clan wants to send me to summer re-
sort for four weeks.
Her husband-Well. I don't blame him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
All He Needed

Say, have you forgotten that you owe
me a hundred francs?"
NO, not yet; give me time. "-Pele-
Mele.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
somsthina She knsaded

She-An agent was around today with a
machine for aerating bread without the
use of baking powder, and bought one
He-WelI, of all the ways OF blowing
in ones dough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Here is funny thing that's true
Now is the time to learn it
If you would keep a woman's love,
My son, you must return it,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Could Pun THROUGH in Peril

Caught on hot liner" said the base
ball player before he was rescued from
the burning steamer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Does your wife open all the mail that
comes to the house?''
Everything except the bills, and she e
afraid to see what's inside them. DE
troit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

OF my dog could get a job wonder
what kind he would select?"
He Is like yourself. He would want
something Of a snap Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Give IL Time

Callow Youth-Barbah, how long will
have to wait for a shave?
Barber (glancng at him)-Oh, about
two years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Passport but the coveted little fellows
persist in staying off shore. The sar-
dine factories hope that with the
coming of July the fish will approach
the land a little closer and the fac
tories be supplied with enough so that
they may be able to run on full time.
Up to date 1t has been a very unsat-
isfactory season.
paragraph in this column last
Tuesday morning. through the omis-
sion o. few words made the item
say that The law requiring a person
driving team during the night to
have a lantern suspended from the
rear of his wagon went into effect
July I, etc, and also making it APP
ply to Maine, whereas this State has
no such law for all teams. The clip
ping from which the item was being
made for the purpose of applying it to
the needs of our State has been lost,
but hte writer has the impression that
the state which did put such a law
into commission July was Maryland.
Two months ago Monday night, or
May 6, Aretas A. Roweil of Golf street.
Auburn, was assailed from the rear
and shot three times in the neck and
right shoulder while going to his home
from his work at the Fred w. Robe
store on Court street by way of Court
and Golf streets. The attack was made
at the corner of School and Golf
streets and the assailant is believed to
have escaped down School street. The
weapon used was so calibr revolver.
What was from time to time thought
to be clues We're run down, but moth
ing unearthed. Many people think the
deed was the act of some insane per-
son.
The bravery and quickness of Ma
poleon Leconte, the well-known ball
player of Westbrook, averted a drown
ing accident in the Presumpscot riv-
err Sunday, when the ball player, fully
dressed leaped into the river and
swan to the bank with Henry Beck
er, who had gone beneath the surface
of the water for the third time. Beck
er, Lecont and party of friends were
enjoying dip in the river shortly
after noon when Becker, who was I'M
able to swim, waded beyond his depth
and Immediately went to the bottom.
The majority of the others in the wa
ter were also unable to swim and the
danger of Becker's drowning was no
ticed by Leconte, who was standing
on the bank fully dressed. Without a
moments hesitation Leconte dove into
the water and came to the surface with
the nearly unconscious Becker. First
aid was administered and Becker was
taken to Leconte's home on Webb
street, where, Sunday night he was
reported as resting comfortably
A careful investigation of the re-
ported assault on Mrs Almira Corrsor.
the ss-year- old Trenton woman, has
been made and County Attorney H. L.
Graham is convinced that her story is
a fabrication She has told several
conflicting stories and as her mind has
been showing the effect of her ad-
vanced age, he believes that she has
imagined the whole affair. James
Conway, who was arrested at Blue
hill on Thursday last and taken to
Ellsworth on suspicion that he was
the tramp Mrs. Corrsor alleged as
saulted her, has been discharged. He
also told conflicting stories, but no evi-
dence was found against him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

will never hear of my marrying him.
Ethel-No. dear, he never will. Jack
has proposed to me.-Philade1phia Led
ger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

curious piece of wood was found re-
Point. Mr.. Hines came short time ago
from Massachusetts, and purchased the
so called Marsh Holland place. While
cleaning up and removing pile of
bricks, he found this wood which is about
an inch and one-half in width and six
inches long. On II is some good carving
and the following letters and date E. H.
K, 1713 which was POI years ago The
wood is quite porous and in some places
little chips have been knocked from the
letters, but otherwise, it is perfect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Booker T. Washington who is touring
the State, speaking on educational mat
tiers, is being well received, audiences of
good size showing the greatest interest
in his talks He is earnest and convinc-
ing and is always thoroughly acquainted
with his subject
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

full of ripe berries, with a multitude of
green berries thereon has been received
from Patrick A Leighton OF South JEFF
ferson. If the BURBERRY crop in that
section is borne out by the indications
given by this collection of the BURBERRY
plant 1t should be a record breaker.
The ripe berries were large. handsome
and fine favored.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
Her One pasIre

English ciergyman-And when you ar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

The fish are reported very plenty by
boatmcn going down the bay from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Miss Evelyn L. Gilmore of Gardiner,
Me-, formerly librarian OF the Lewiston
public library, who was elected at the re-
cent meeting of the Maine Historical As
ISOLATION as librarian and curator of the
Maint Historical Society to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Nathan
Goold, is the first woman to ever hold
this position. Miss Gilmore arrived last
Saturday to assume her new duties at
the Maine Historical Association rooms
on Congress street-Portland Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

Mars Hill is having building boom
and the Mars Hill View is proud of it. as
it has a perfect right to be, The new
building wilIaineiude handsome sl3seoo
schoolhouse; Hussey & Sons four-story
block, including a splendid opera house;
10 or more dwellings, another large busi-
ness block; additions to almost, if not
every. potato house in the vicinity. with
capacity of 100000 bushels; making
total expenditure this year in building OF
about $4,000. In its enthusiastic boom
for Its home town the View says: PRO
gressiveness has struck Mars Hill, not
only along party lines but in the shape
of a healthy building boom, made neces-
sary because Of so many coming here
from other parts OF the county and State
to locate for business or to build and re-
tire, Nowhere in the State of Maine can
there be found town so prettiIy locat-
ed and furnishing such pure city water
The water has become a by-werd all
along the line and those who visit our
town for the first time pronounce 1t the
pretttest spot in Aroostook And a short
stay here convinces them that we have
the most hospitable lot of people, and
the most aggressive people on the whole
map Drumners have remarked that In
all their travels all over Maine they
have never been in such lively place as
Mars Hill Is this summer"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

JEPHTi1A ENcAMPMENT, NO. 8.
Meetings at 500 o'clock every second
and fourth Tuesday.
J. r. TOWNSEND. C. P.
c. e. STEWART. Scribe.