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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-21
inherited Defects Due to Alcohol,

Tho Journal OF the American Medi-
cal Association says--and we agree
that there is food for reflection in these
facts:
The influence of alcohol as a detri-
mental factor in inheritance is one
which has not readily lent itself to
convincing experimental proof in the
past. During the last four years Pro-
ressor Stokard of the Cornell Univer-
sity Medical School in New York City
mas peen engaged in a study of the ef-
iects or alcohol in heredity. He has
demonstrated conclusively that the
germ cells of male guinea pigs can be
30 injured by allowing the individuals
TO inhale the fumes of alcohol that
they give rise to defective offspring al
though mated with vigorous females
The extension of these unique investi
cations, in which the offspring from
the treated animals which reach ma
turity are usually nervous and slightly
understood, have further shown that
the effect Of the injury of the germ
cells Is not only exhibited by the i'm
mediate offspring of acloholized ami
mails. but is conveyed through their de-
scendants for at least three genera
tions. There are many instances of
mafings followed by negative results
or early abortions, sti1lborn young or
detectives. An instructive illustration
was AFFORDED in case in which two of
the young animals were completely
eyeless. the eyeballs, optic nerves. and
chiasma being absent. Such defects
result, according to Stockard. from the
injury originally inflicted on the germ
cells by the experimental treatment
Yet this injury may have been received
by earlier generations only. Thus the
parents of the guinea pigs mentioned
were untreated, their four granduar-
ents were also untreated, but their
great grandfathers We're all alcoholic
cd end their great grandmothers We're
all normal animals. The defective eyes
OF descendants are due to impaired de-
velopment. not to the direct action of
alcohol Plainly the germ cell is actu-
ally weakened, IL not disabled by the
alcohol treatment and all individuals
arising from combinations involving
such q germ cell are likely TO be below
normal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-21
New York's Homeless.

Facing the fact that over 100 dis.
possess cases each day are now mark.
Ing the record pinch Of poverty all ovei
the poorer quarters of town, hurried
ly assembled emergency board OF
judges, real estate and philanthropic
leaders has just begun to work out
plans TO stay these wholesale evictions,
writes a New York correspondent.
With the savings of a hundred thous-
and poor families of the East Side
known to have been wiped out by re-
cent bank failures and curtailment of
employment, the records show an in
crease in the army of the ruined that
is as alarming as it is sudden. BY urg
ing landlords to give few more days
time to tenants in such a plight, it Is
hoped to afford some little relief in
this serious situation, but conditions
that have been the accumulation of
many months cannot be wholly cor
rected by charity. The constant rise
in the cost of loving, capped by the eli
max of speculative cusedness when the
European war broke out, has robbed
thousands of homes in the great cities,
first Of comforts, then necessities and
lastly has swept away the shelter.
The policy of 'made-abroad goods
for Americans" has once before in the
memory of the middle generation,
caused just such suffering in New
York and other congested districts, as
well as carrying hardship throughout
the nation.
The first thought of charity and
craftsmanship should be to provide
Made in America" jobs for these
homeless and hungry thousands. Bust
ness should be encouraged by the as
sgrance that it is to be let alone in pro-
vfding work for American workmen.
and in turning out Made in America"
products.
The people have learned that it
matters not tinker's swear word how
cheap the product of foreign labor
comes. If they cannot find American
jobs where they can earn the money
to pay for it. They have also noticed
that all the money that is sent abroad
is not in circulation at home.
Abraham Lincoln said:
when we buy manufactured goods
abroad we get the goods and the for
eigner gets the money. When we buy
manufactured goods at home, we get
both the goods and the money"
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ANTI.KAMNlA TABLETS
FOR ALL PAIN

"The efaciency Of any drug" says Dr: @. =.
Robbins, rs known to US by the results We
obtain from its use. II We are able 70 con-
troll pain and disease by means OF any pre-
paration, we certainly are warranted IN ice
use. One of the principal symptoms Of all
diseases 10 pain, and this is Whist the pasiens
to relieve his pain. II We can arrest this
promptly, the patient 10 most liable 70 truss
In us for the other remedies which viii! eneeG
permanent cure. One remedy wnicn 1
have used largely in my practice 10 Anti
kamnia Tablets. Many and varied are their
uses. have put them to the Test on many
occasions. aoa have never been dtsappoint-
ed. found them especially valuable Tor
headaches Of malarfal Oriatn, where Quinine
was being taken. They appear 70 prevens
the bad after-effects OF the Quinine. Anti
kamnfa Tablets are also excellent TOR the
headaches from Improper diecettoni also
for headaches OF q neuralGtc origin, and es-
subject 20 pains at certain
times. Two Anti-kamnia Tablets I'VE
prompt relief, and In short time the patient
Is able to go about as usual" These tablets
may be obtained at ali druggists. ASK Tor
Ak Tablets. They are also unexeellsd for
headaches. neuralgia and all pains. tx
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obeying Orders Saved a Cruiser.
portland Press. J


When the British admiralty issued
an order directing the commanders of
war ships to look after themselves and
not go to the assistance of other YES
sells that were struck by torpedoes or
by mines it was regarded as such a
heartless provision that IL was gener-
ally condemned by an unthinking pub
lie, although it met with the approval
of naval men. The obeying Of the ad-
miralty's orders has resulted in saving
another cruiser from destruction and
has INDICATED the policy of the naval
authorities. On Thursday the cruiser
Hawke was attacked by a submarine
Out of a crew of 400 men only 70 were
saved. The cruiser Theseus was near
the Hawke at the time but instead OF
rushing to her assistance steamed away
at full speed. She too was attacked
but her speed saved her from being de-
stroyed. Obeying the admiralty's order
was doubtless a most distressing thing
for the Theseus commander to do, but
today she is afoat without the loss OF
a man of her crew. Had she gone te
the Hawkes. assistance, she too would
doubtless have been at the bottom OF
the North sea.
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II troops in the last minutes fail to

II troops in the last minutes fail to
make the most of their firearms 1t
may be in part from panic. but in part
also from the fact that even to we'll
drilled soldier the rifle is not famil-
lar tool as 1t is to the sportsman;
swift, unerring use at close range has
not become second nature as to the
rifieman who shoots dangerous big
game. But besides this, there must
be on both sides craving for hand
to-hand encounter, a berserker rage
which nothing but close grips can sat
isfy. However primitive the bayonet
may be. it seems to meet psychology
ical need of war; men are not con-
tent to kill each other impersonally
by turning a crank.
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lntsmnerate Use of Water.

With every one of its reservoirs
drained practically to a puddle and no
rain in sight after two months OF
steady drought, Geater New York was
| last week admitted to be nearer to
| deadly water famine than 1t has been
in many years. For weeks the city
engineers have been at their wits end
to keep steady supply in the mains
that are sucking hard at the low eoo
throughout the entire aqueduct chain,
with which they are Iaboring to fortify
the huge water demands of six million
souls. Before another decade has
passed, the experts now declare, this
city and the entire state must reserve
almost all of its available stream flow
for the domestic uses of its inhabi-
tants or serious water shortage will
result.
American prodigality is everywhere
seen. Incorporate use of water
marks every city home. The first re-
mark of the city housewife when visit
ing the farm home where water is
brought from a pump or spring, or the
well is running low, is upon the stingi-
ness in the use of water. The aver
age housekeeper in the zone of the
public water supply, fairly swims
about her kitchen work. She sozzles
and Stops and floods things, and knows
not the meaning of economy in the use
of water. Sometimes she leaves the
faucet open and gives the liquid lib
erty, because 1t is the only thing in
mind upon which she has not had to
learn to economic.
But these happy, Incorporate water
days seem destined soon to close, in
some parts of our country. The days
of water economy threaten Gotham.
Mans transformation of the universe
in reckless use and waste of Gods
generosity, is bringing it's return. The
cutting away Of vegetation is diminish
ing our river and stream supplies, and.
where they need the most water, all
the rainfall is turned by roofs, con-
ductors and pipes directly back to the
sea without fulfilling its mission.
New York's sink-spout would run
the mills of New England
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ALBION

Mrs. Emma Carr. Albion. has gone
to Newtonville, Mass, to spend the
winter with her son and family.
Miss Verna Gould has been visiting
relatives in waterville for few days.
Quite a number from the Rebekah
lodge are attending the annual meet
ing in Portland.
Miss Edna Written of Waterville is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. L. yelling
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crosby have tesn
visiting relatives in Boston.
Mrs. Thompson, who has been visit
ing relatives in town, has returned to
her home in Portland.
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The Passing Of the Progressives.

New York Evening Post. Ind't)
For a Progressive to say that even
after reading Colonel Roosevelt's
speeches. he has decided that ''as a
public-spirited citizen and a Progress
sive" Qtalics ours) he should support
Whitman and the Republican ticket,
must be a bit staggering to the head
quarters of the organization that pro-
fesses to be the only party without a
boss. But this position Is taken by
Mr.. George Friedlander, who is des-
cribed as one of the founders of the
Progressive party in the Bronx and
as one of its representatives in last
years Fusion Committee of One Hun
dred and Seven. Mr.. Roosevelts Ma
poleonic stroke in indorsing Himan
returns to plague him, for Mr. Fried
lander makes the point that the Col
onel. lin using all his great influences
to have Mr.. Human, a Republican,
named as the candidate of the Pro-
gressives. has given every Progressive
an argument for voting for another
Republican If he sees fit What can
be said in reply to this reasoning. ex-
cept that no Progressive can have an
argument for voting for anybody whom
the Colonel does not think fit? An
other favorite dictum of the Colonel.
ordinarily employed in reference to
himself, that a candidate is to be sup
ported because he is the only man
who can win,'' is also remembered by
Mr.. Friedlander, who is sure that no
Progressive on the ticket can win this
year. Twenty-six months after that
wonderful August of 1912, this return
ing Republican sees the handwriting
on the wall: Three major parties
cannot exist within this nation, and
the Progressive party is bound to suf-
fer the fate of all minority parties and
In suggesting Mr.. Roose-
velts own reenlistment in "a liberal
lied and reunited Republican party"
he Is undoubtedly voicing the Colonefs
dearest wish.
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"Made in America" Jobs?

Daniel Webster said: THE true way
to protect the poor is to protect their
labor. Give us work and protect our
earnings. In Europe, the question is
how men can live? With us, the ques-
ton is how well they can live? Pro-
lection touches every mans bread, for
where there is work for the hands of
men, there will be work for their
teeth"
Made in America" jobs are the de-
mand of the hour. Men can pay
for shelter and food for their
wives and children if they can
have the work that the administra-
tons policy had been, before the war,
to give to foreign labor Made in Am
erica" work for American working
men, and then to buy their product,
should be the object of a great cam
paign.
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A Man or q Mouse.
Nv ~

tANcW IOih VOAitsJ
The Colonel is the bravest man
alive. There never was so terrible u
fighter. His equal in valpr never ex-
listed anywhere. He was alone in
Cubia," as Mr.. Dooley described it,
when he whipped the Spaniards at
Santiago: with his bare hands he
charged savage lions on the open
veldt in Africa, with nobody but q
faithful photographer near; in a dozen
political campaigns he has plastered
thousands of opponents with mud and
not once shown sign of fear.
When he set out on his present
speaking tour he took q vow to per
form feats of courage unparalleled
even in his own career. How dare
William Sulzer intimate that ne is a
coward and say to him, Now, Colonel
be man or mouse? Does not the
Ex-Governor, who has been one Of the
Colonel's friends, know what a repu-
tation for sallantry he has? Did he
ever hear of him running away from
fight or saying he had enough?
OF course the Colonel will agree to
a series of debates for the rest Of the
campaign, to which he is challenged by
Sulzer. Why should he shrink from
such contest? OF course he will be
glad to devote the next three weeks to
telling the whole truth about the
Hartman campaign fund. Tennessee
Coal and Iron deal, Panama scandal,
and the Erie Canal frauds while he
was Governor. The Colonel is not
afraid OF anything that ever walked.
ran or talked. Sulzer cannot scare
him by defying him ito come to the
front"
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Saber and Bayonet.

springfield Republican,
Saber and bayonet are again under
discussion. and 1t is interesting to see
that on all sides there is disposition
to claim superiority and to accuse the
enemy of not being able to stand
cold STEEL" Is there not possibly In
this craving for sword and bayonet
an unconscious longing for the per-
sonal touch which machinery is abol-
ishing from war? 1t may be more
efficient to kill at a mile with q squall
of shrapnel, but it must also be more
stupid; at that range the victims II
they can be seen at all are but mani
kins, and one can easily understand
that soldier would rather fight with
men. 1t cannot be supposed that the
bayonet has any great efficiency
against dextrousiy handled firearms;
a lion will charge 100 yards In about
seven seconds, but no hunter would
lose those seven seconds in shifting
from rifle to bayonet II he had one.
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Montague ard Eatiaew.

A story of the drilling of a squad Of
recruits is going the round. The Of
ficer was calling the names, and
prompt replies came from Jones and
Smith and Robinson. The next name
was. Montaig-that was how the officer
pronounced it. There was no reply.
"Montaig," repeated the officer with
emphasis. Here, sir" came the
half-hearted reply from the rear rank
Why didn't you answer at once?" said
the man ia charge. MY name is
Montague said the recruit. is it?''
replied the officer. well, you dc
seven days-fatigew."-Du Ad-
vertiser
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Is II Gold Brick for Labor?

The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Transcript writes:
If labor has not been handed a gold
brick in the Clayton antitrust bill,
just signed by President Wilson, a lot
of people will be surprised. If 1T is
not a Magma Charta it is gold brick,
and the courts may be called upon to
determine which IL is. The sus-
picion is growing that the bill really
grants the unions nothing which they
did not have before its passage, and
that in some respects at least 1t i'm
poses heavier penalties for violation of
existing law. The fact that the en-
ployers of labor have been advised by
their counsel that the bill grants alb
solutsly nothing to labor that is really
new has caused some of the union
leaders to make an investigation of
the Clayton bill, and has induced them
to modify their first enthusiasm.
A recent number of the American
Federationist, magazine published by
the American Federation of Labor,
contains an editorial by Samuel
Gompers in which he wakes en-
thusiastic over the passage of the
Clayton bill. This was the first view
of the matter taken by the labor lead
ers, as the bill was supposed to re-
move certain restrictions and certain
penalties contained in the Sherman
antitrust law.
1t has been discovered, however that
the Clayton bill does not change in
any way the Sherman anti trust law.
and, as a matter of fact, both the
Senate and House judiciary commit
tees, which passed on the bill, have so
stated. The Senate committee said
that the bill does not interfere with
the Sherman antitrust law at all; 1t
leaves the law of conspiracy un
touched, and it is not open to effec-
tive criticism on any constitutional
ground"
Those who are representing the en-
ployers, and who were in genera, OPP
position to the labor clauses of the
Clayton bill state that the bill is alb
solutely harmless from their point of
view, and the labor leaders are be-
ginning to believe that this view Is
correct.
If it be true that the Sherman anti
trust law stands absolutely unchanged,
there is obviously no ground for en-
thusiasm on the part of the labor
unions. Certain phases of the bill
will probably have to be interpreted
by the Supreme Court: but the de-
cisions of the Supreme Court hereto
fore, and the record in Congress which
shows the intent of Congress. all midi
cate that a judicial decision will not
help the labor unions in any way, so
far as granting them any special
privileges under the law is concerned
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(Headline in Newark (Ohio) Adver-
tiser.)
Spanked His
Wife on West
Main Street
Why didn't he try South Broad
Street?-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perhaps there was too much hustle
on the street.-Boston Globe.
He should then have said as mother
did: MY son, just take them off,"
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state Of Ohio. city of Toledo.

Lucas County, SIS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of F. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1886.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion.-Adv.
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Maine Gossip
The Lad in the Trench.

see be the pa-apers,
In type thot is bold,
Thot Nick signed ukiss,
An Wilyim caught cold.
An Won Klucks sthill cluckin'-
There's hidlines for Fr-rinch-
But I'm skippin' 'em all
For the lad in the tr-rinch-
/ raymimber a ship
Whin l left Donegal:
All, wirra, avick!
May the divil an all
Fly away wild yez nowi
Whin ye're sixty years old
Ye'Il be lendin' a thought
To the lad in the hold.
But niver at twintyi
We hould our heads high
An give the gold lacers
The tail OF our eye,
Wild shake av our fut
AS we sthrut on the deck,
While the lad in the hold
Works In sweat to his neck
Me lathe is all gone,
Sayin' two for me pipe;
Phwat hair ! how left
Is the color av tripe:
Me fool days are ever.
/ watch from the binch,
An I'm shkippin' hidliners
For tn lad in the tr-rinch.
-Oln l.. Lyman in New York Sun.
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We feel so cocky at being able to spell
Przemysl offhand that we don't care
darn about being able to pronounce it,
Boston Globe.
Same here.-Biddeford Journal.
o, fudge S'pose you think we don't
know whether you spelled it right "off
hand" or the compositor ffshed it out
OF the hell -box-off hand.
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AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
CuSHNOC CHAPTER.

NOSTINON OTFFAr En-, mo. 70,
Il. A. NJ Special convocation at Masonic
Temple Thudsday. Oct %, at 7.30 p. M.
Installation of officers. Refreshments
Sojournfng companions are cordially I'M
yited to attend.
G. MARSHALL. r. p.
r. CHASE, Sec.
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER, NO.
b. Q. Il. S. Stated meetings the first
Wednesday of each month at Masonic
Temple. All members sojourning in the
city are invited to attend,
ETHEL NJ. BABBITT, w. NJ
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON. Sec.
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Nothing to Fear.

She-Tm afraid I'll have to have a
new set of furs this winter, Hubby.
Hubby-Don't be afraid, dear, you
won't get 'em.
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An Excellent Scheme.

Lend me So, will you. old chap?"
Haven't got it. But I'll tell you
what I'll do. I'll lend you the FIVE 1
lent Jobson over year ago, if you can
collect it."-Boston Transcript.
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Much competition prevailed among
dlHerent tubs as to which could pump
the most water. This picture shows
the drag rope, by which the tubs We're
hauled to the fire. The men of the
company grabbed the rope and ran
with 1T as fast as they could. Some of
them got winded, and had to drop out
for fresh men, and there was quite a
knack in dropping out so as not to be
run over by the tub. The old drag
net is shown in the picture.
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The following from the Lincoln
Chronicle Us probably a mixture of an
item from the agricultural department
and one from the war correspondent
and the name of The place mentioned
is undoubtedly the same that the Bos-
ton Globe said it. could spell off hand;
Most of the farmers are busy dig
ging potatoes. They repor iafatdelriy-
alluMddaystgwr
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Light Traffic.

Was the car crowded you came in
on?''
Not very. / had a strap all to my
self. Boston Transcript.
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His Answer Was Correct.

Papa (concealing something in his
hand)-WiIlie, can you tell me what it
is with heads on one side and tails on
the other?
Willie (triumphantly)-Oh I know!
It's rooster on a fence?-JUdge.
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Governor Baldwin is right when he de-
clares that IL will be found an unjust and
unwise jealousy to deprive man of his
natural liberty on the ground that he
may abuse it.-One of the Tools.
The movement against natural lib
erty" is on the ground OF what has been
done and is being done. But the
REAL. movement is against the traffic
that urges the sacredness of their
natural liberty" upon the weak and
short sighted that it may reap rich re-
ward from their abuse of it.
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ODD FELLOWS HALL

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. &c. REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 79O Friday,
oct 23rd work in Second degree
W. Il. CURhIER, y. c.
E. +. WESTON, sec.
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"A Hiaher pleasure.

My dear, every woman ought to join
club. It's SO refreshing to blackball
some one you don't like. Life.