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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
SOME FAMOUS LIMERicKS.
Tongue Twsters and JumbIed Words
That Have Amused in the Past.
(London Tit-Bits.)

dondon Tit-Bfts.)
| Not little amusement may be de-
rived from the pastme of making linn
ericks from tumble of words which
though spelt differently. have the same
pronunciation. The following examples
are taken from "Pearson's Book of
Fun"
In Huron, newer. Hugh Hughes,
Hewed yew trees of unusual hues.
Hugh Hughes used blue yews
To build sheds for his ewes:
So his ewes bfue-hued yew shed use.
Here are two or three more tongue
twisters:
| Tom Tye tried his tie twice to tie.
But. Juggling too. tight tore the tie.
Tom turned to Ted Tye,
Then told Ted to try
To tie the tie Tom tried to tie.
a smart young man named Fischer.
Fished fish from the edge of assure.
A fish, with grin,
Pulled the fisherman in.
| Now they're fishing the assure for
Fischer.
A right-handed writer named Wright, =,
In writing write always wrote rite"
Where he meant to write right,
If he'd written right" right,
Wright would not have wrought rot writ
ing rite"
The invention of rhyming words leads
to some equally amusing results. as may
be gathered from the following:
A silly young fellow named Vaughan,
Who treated his boss with much
scaughan.
Now belongs to the clique
I Who earn nothing per wique,
And his best clothes are resting In
| paughan.
A suffragette preaching in Leicester.
Defied a big crowd. to moleicester,
Large rnuscied, she huscled,
And buscled and tuseled,
Till the force had, perforce, to arreiceste.
canny young Gamer of Cameo
One morning observed to his granny,
"A Gamer can can
A lot of things, gran, -
But a Gamer can't can can, can 'e!''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

Explanation after explanation has
been given to the origin of "Gringo,"
applied by the Mexicans to about eV-
cry foreigner and especially to Ameri-
cans One, which sounds ana READS
WE'LL is said to have come from the
song sung by the Yankee troops IN
lS46-S-a marching song called Green
Grow the Leaves of the Hawthorne
Tree" and another called Green Grow
the Rushes O." sang by the followers
of Walker, the filibuster, either one OF
which might give the "Gringo' from
the Green Grow" The most plausi-
BILE explanation. however, is that IL
is a corruption from the word "Griego'
or Greek" as Hablar en- Gringo''
meaning ITO talk gibberish' or literal
Nv "to talk Greek" Hence a Grinso'
one who talks a foreign language
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
A Poor Imitation.
Boston Post)


The questionable success of the Eng
fish suffragettes in escaping imprison-
ment by the device of the hunger
strike" has inspired an ingenious man
in New Jersey to avail himself of that
resource. The first time he tried it the
Jail officials turned him loose because
he really made himself sick. On his
second experimenting was arraigned
in the city of Washington as a disor-
derby characterize simply made threat
of starving himself if locked up, and
the court promptly let him go with a
fine impending.
This imitation of the great invention
of Mrs. Pankhurst is, however, far
from conclusive as to it's value. 1t
seems to have served the purpose of
an amusing vagabond, but the sensi-
BILE action of the court prevented spec
tacular consequences. The man who
set out to starve himself in jail will
be deprived of that entertainment and
will never be heard of again, in all
probability.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

The tango splash is the latest and
the swimming master at New York
taught and bound to be a great fav-
orite among the swimmers. The rule
is simple: Reclining nonchalantly on
your back in the water, you do the
regular tango step. The arms are ex-
tended and the hands are used as pro-
pellers. Four stops, then a complete
turn to the left, followed by a complete
turn to the right, then forward again.
He claims 1t to be easy and graceful.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

into the floating dry-dock Hoolana,
which belongs to the Inter-lsland
Company, and as the drydock rose
and the water subsidized it was seen
that the bottom of the crane was a
great mass of sea-vegetation and ami
NAL life. Crustaceans galore had their
habitat in the marine growth and sea-
shells of many kinds were clustered
at strategic points. Among these
were large quantity OF the pearl
bearing oyster.
A Hawaiian workman, helping to
remove this mass of growth, happen
ed to open one of the pearl oysters.
He found inside a pearl of consider
able siZe. After work for the day he
took it to the local jeweler and asked
if it was any good. After careful
examination the jeweler offered him
$3.50 for 1t.
That started the excitement Every
body began opening oyster shells, and
so many pearls were found-accord-
ing to the story--that the attention of
the Ipter-Island company was at
tracted,
The story goes on that the Inter-
Island people promptly proclaimed
that the drydock was theirs and so
were the pearls found on drydock
work, and at once took over the in
FAINT pearling industry, and are now
operating it at an immense profit
which ought TO show up in dividends.
That's the story. 1t was told by a
man of high standing in this commun-
ity whose word is law-or at least 1t
ought to be, as he's lawyer The
Star Bulletin has been unable to YER
ify the story, partly because none in
authority could be found this after
noon to talk FOR publication and part
ly because the Star Bulletin didn't In
vestigate too far for fear of spelling
mighty good story.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
Story of Pearls, Good Ono Is Told
at Notes.
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin

tHonolulu Star Bulletin.)
This is a story told at Nolte's, be-
tween the table of prehistoric maya
zines and the commissary department,
and necessarily interrupted by the
clash of cast-iron crockery, the artil-
lery rattle of cutlery and the coffee-
splashing activities of Oriental gar
cons whose motto is: They also serve
who only stand and walt"
However, the story has nothing to
do with food Of the common or gar
den variety. 1t is about pearls, and
the mere telling of 1t caused so much
interest that the political table, the
Mahuka site table and the mining
stock table were almost deserted when
the narration was on.
The Star-Bulletin declines to vouch
for all the facts herein related, but
at least one of them is true: the story
WAS told at Notes. Here it is in pre-
digested form:
The great crane from Pearl Har-
Dor. brought up to Honolulu to go
upon the floating dry-dock, has pro-
duced sudden wealth to several Ha-
allan workmen at the dry-dock and
perhaps even more for the Inter- Island
Company. 1t has proved to be the re-
pository for pearls large and small
and their discovery has caused intense
excitement along the waterfront.
A few days ago the crane was put
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

intendents of Schools and Secondary
School Principals at Castine
July 13-1S-Nationai Association of
American Dairy Food and Drug officials.
Aug Sensational Universalist Sum-
mer meetings. Ferry Beach Park, Ferry
Beach.
August 16-1e-Summer school at Pitts
August 2o-21-2a-state Christian En-
deavor Assembly at Pittsfeld.
Sept. .14-17-Great Council of United
States Improved Order of Red Men, an
nual convention, City Hall, Portland.
Sept. 14-Maine election sor four rep
resentatives to Congress: Governor. state
dunn on Public Utilities Act passed at
last session of Legislature.
Sept. 15-United States District Court
convenes, Portland.
Oct. 20-Bangor & Aroostook Railroad,
annual meeting, Bangor.
Oct 20-Grand Lodge of Rebekahs, an
nual meeting, Portland.
Oct. H-Grand Lodge l. o. Q. f., an
nual meeting, Portland.
Oct. 21-Maine Central, Somerset and
Washington County Railroad Companies
annual meetings. Portland.
Oct. 21-22-Maine Council, d. A. R., an
nual meeting. CPlace to be fixed.)
Oct 22-Grant Ene a.,n Pa at
School, annual convention, Bangor,
Oct 2e-3o---Maine Teachers Associa-
ton at Portland.
Oct, 2s-s0-Maine Teachers Assoc: ION,
annual meeting, Portland.
Oct 9-30-31-State-wide Community
Efficiency Conference (place of meeting
not fixed.)
Nov Moose hunting season opens in
Maine. closing Dec. /.
Nov Maine Pathological Society.
annual meeting, Bangor (date to be
fixed)
Dec. 1-Moose hunting season in Mama
closes,
Dec Portland City election.
Dec. S--Supreme Court law term con-
venes, Augusta.
Dec. S-United States District Court
convenes, Portland.
Dec. 14-Westbrook City election.
Dec. l5-Deer hunting season in maine
Closes,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
Charles q. Kendrick.

The modest, cheerful, kindly way in
which he made his life useful 10 those
Ground him, endeared Charles b. Ken
criek to a wide circle of friends. And
the inner circle. those who knew him
pest, loved him most. Nearing the
three score and ten Mr.. Kendrick had
for many years been identified with
the best interests Of Boothbay Har-
sor and the surrounding country. He
had published the Boothbay Register
Tor more than score of years, we
believe, and through that agency had
stamped his character and personality
upon the community. His devotion,
first to his newspaper field. and then
to the interests of his county, State
and country, had never been ques-
toned. AS he saw. he performed, AND
thus ne held the respect and friendship
of men.
Another gap has appeared in the
ranks of Names newspaper battery.
Let us hope that as good and true a
soldier may step forward TO carry the
coIors borne so unfalteringly for the
Boothbay Register In the last genera
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

William Foust, wealthy man OF
Huntington county, Indiana, is ap-
parently in training for the belt for
economical men. He recently walked
80 miles to pay 80 cents tax on a piece
of property and kicked up a row with
the county treasurer because his tax
was SO high, bought five cents worth
of hverwurst and walked the 30 miles
back home. He may have some
money when he dies, but the death
certificate will not read "over joy
from enlargement of the heart"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

Where the Blame Lies.

Here is another form in which the
LIQUOR interests approach your nome.
The following "impromptu talk was
made by w. T. Anderson of the Macon
Ca. Telegraph at the Southern News
naper Publishers Convention in AT
lanta recently:
81 have listened with a good deal OF
interest to what the numerous Manag-
ing Editors have had to say IN reIer-
ence to cleaning up the advertising
columns of the1r respective puplica-
tons. Their remarks seem TO con-
sist of a wholesale denunciauon OIL
whiskey. beer and patent medicine al
vertising.
1--WE of the business office, cannot
endorse this indiscriminate outourst Oh
virtue. We believe that there are
black sheep in every fold, but TO throw
out advertising because 1t comes under
! a certain classification, is intolerable.
am good enough Kentuckian to De-
l,eve in good whiskey. ! know that II
contains q medicinal value, ana 10
certain people, 1t is indispensable, par
ticularlv the aged. believe 1t is nee
essary to advertise good whiskey' no.
to debauch the rising generatlon' oue
To educate the youth and inform the
aged as to what is best and the pest
way to use it.
The house cleaning days OF manag-
ing editors and business managers Oh
newspapers are coming nearer anu
nearer together. One after anotner
they are turning away from drug
clap trap, habit-forming cureaiis' ana
booze. The newspapers. one by one
are refusing to promote systematic
moral debauchery. They have seen
and are discovering the inevitable re-
suits of creating demand for character
and Notwithstanding useless things.
The above quoted chap knows OF
the medicinal value" of whiskey. HIS
interest in the business or its prohts
lifts his knowledge" over that OF all
the scientists of the times, who are
exhausting every test and means 10
settle the ages old question. Medical
acauiesence in the claims of the tral-
dc has been largely to blame for the
stupendous volume of the traffic In re-
cent years. This almost unforgive-
able crime of medical science has been.
In times past, aided and abetted the
press which reaped rich harvest from
assisting in stimulating trade" for the
booze traffic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

A dry individual recently gave
Bath youth so cents, the youth agree
ing to hunt up and provide for the
half a half pint of wn1skey. The IN
weston waited in vain for his bever-
age. Later on that evening when the
stranger had disappeared from the
street. the youth and a chum and the
half dollar appeared in a restaurant
and the two boys invested the money
in a square feed.
The Prohibition State Convention
will be held in Gospel Mission Hall,
Portland, at 10 o'clock A. M, Tuesday,
May 26, for the purpose of nominat-
ing candidates for governor and audi
tor. formulating a platform, electing
State committee and transacting any
other business that may properly
come before it, All Prohibitiopists or
either sex are cordially invited and
will be seated as delegates. This is
intended to include all who voted for
the Prohibition party candidate Tor
governor in 1912, those who have fully
decided to vote the Prohibition party
ticket in 1914 and ladies who would
vote it ii they could. Where caucuses
cannot be held, delegates certificates
may be signed by any member of the
State, county or town committee OF
well-known Prohibitionist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
Coming Events

May 13-Dtocese of Maine, Protestant
Episcopal church. annual convention.
ST. Luke's Cathedral. Portland; Rt. Rev.
Robert Goldman. Bishop OF Maine, pre-
May 1s-Maine intercollegiate track
and field meet, Lewiston.
May ISL; s. Engineers' hearing, on
Boat Club. New Meadows River.
May 2v-Grand Lodge, Pythian Sisters.
annual meeting. Portland
May 2o-Grand Lodge knights Of Ply
thias, annual meeting. -
May 20-York County Progressive con-
yention, Kennebunk.
May 22-Fifth annual Lyford inter-
auspices Colby College; Maine and New
Hampshire high and preparatory
schools, Waterville.
May 2s-Granu Court, Foresters OF
May 27-2s-Kennebec County w. c. T.
May So-MemoriaI Day.
May 30-Bowdoin interscholastic track
and field meet, Brunswick.
May 30-Rural Letter Carriers county
convention, Caribou.
June 1.Ameriean Dairy, Food and
Drug oficials, convention kineo; r.,o-
Waterville.
Bangor.
June 5-Ivy Day. Bowdoin College,
Brunswick.
June 6-10-University of Maine Com
mencement week, Orono.
June 7-14-Centennial and Old Home
Week, Westbrook
June 9-13-Camp Of instruction. Second
Regiment Infantry officers. Augusta
June 9-Maine Homeopathic Society,
annual meeting, Augusta
June 9-10--Maine Conference of Uni
tartan Churches. Augusta .a, y,..
President of the United States, delivers
address at University Of Maine Com
mencement, Orono.
June 10-Washington County Progress
sive Convention, Machias.
June 1-Aroostook County Progress
sive Convention, Houlton.
June 11-Bates College Ivy Day exer-
cises.
June 13-Sangerville celebrates Tooth
anniversary of organization Of town.
June 18-Centennial celebration organi-
1une i% Hwn o. pTimarg Elections
nominate Republican and Democratic
candidates for congressman, governor
State auditor and county officials.
June 1s-Merchants Day celebration
June i7-Pythian Jubilee, 9th District.
Bangor, Peter Woodland Lodge OF
Lynn, Mass. exempllfying Rank OF
June 17-1s-Maine Department. Grand
Army. Of the Republic. annual conven-
ton, Lewiston.
June 2-25-Bowdoin Commencement,
Brunswick.
June 2l-24 = Bates Commencement.
Lewiston.
June 21-24 - Colby Commencement,
Waterville.
June 2a-2a-Eighth Me. Reg. Reunion at
Peaks Island
June 23-Eastern State Normal School
graduation, Castine.
June 23-24-Maine Board Dental Ex-
aminers, Augusta.
June 24-St Johns Day piigrimages OF
knights Templar Communicates.
June 25-26-27-Maine Dental Society,
annual meeting, Augusta.
June 29-Opening summer school, univ.
of Maine, Orono.
June 3o-supreme Court law term con-
venes, Portland.
July Q, 8, 4-Maine Sportsmen's Fish
and Game Association. annual meeting
Mountain View House. Rangeley Lakes.
July 3, 4-Maine Rural Letter Carriers.
annual convention, Houlton.
July sold Orchard Beach Camp Meet
ings open for season July 8. closing
July 6-l0-Annual Conference Of Suner-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

Miss Rebecca Thrift, who has just
aied in an infirmary at Lima, Ohio,
is said to have confessed that she set
the famous fire in Chicago on the
evening of Oct. 8, 1871, which did such
enornous damage and the famous
o'Leary COW, which alive and DEAD
has ever since born the blame Tor
that conhagration, stands exonerated
If tbe deed. Miss Thrift is said to
have stated that Sic fled amid the
flames and confusion to escape ar
rest. Her statement has not been ac-
cented bv all as true, but all admit
that the charge against the cow has
received a severe blow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
Old Friends Restored.
est. Louis Post-Dispatch.)

est. Louis Post-Dispatch.)
Some old friends greeted us u
Champ Clark's speech on the Sin,s
bill. You may recall some of them:
"Jot or title"
.The plain, unvarnished truth"
God forbid"
1.-The jaekal press"
THAT memorable OCCASION
Tooth and NALL
1.-THE God of our fathers"
THE awful horrors of Valley FORGE
1.-THE blood-stained heights of York;
town"
Tell 1t not in Gath
Proclaim 1t not in the. streets al
Askelon."
Peace with honor
THE Arabian Nights"
"Munchausen."
THE fathers"
"Our globe-encircling domain
II am a Democrat
1.-THE pirates of the Barbary Coast
Democratic gospel and undefiled."
"Janus-faced double"
Good Lord, good devil
"All things to all men,"
'God-fearing patriots
Come what may
"All things are fair in love or war;
"The silken bowstring."
1.-THE unwary voter"
Bait to catch gudgeons."
ITO live by or to die by"
"These obsequious courtiers.S
Rubber stamp"
AT all hazards"
1.-THE most unkindest cut of ALL"
Old friends every one, and welcoma
back,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

The editorial paragrapher of the Man
chester Union assumes that the editor
of the Biddeford Journal has the snarls
all yanked out of his fishing tackle, and
a jug of switched in the making. pre-
paratory to catching a string of trout
between Saturday night and Monday
morning" For the guidance Of our
Manchester contemporary, We may be
Journal does not permit the sun to go
down on snarls in his fishline, that
switched is not his favorite fishing bev-
erage and that he never deliberately
plans for Sunday fishing.-Biddeford
Journal
of planning.
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Editorial Comment.
"a New England Conscience"

"a New England Conscience"
The Simplified Spelling Bulletin for
March. 1914, has the following under
the ABOVE head:
A gentleman of New England, nav
ing receivd one of the cards Tor the
signatures of persons who favor the
regulation of English spelling, eXprest
himself in a negativ fashion, but IN
most positiv way, thus, verbatim ct
literatim Get no date him). The extra
periods ar also his own, and sho, ap-
parentlv. where he became speeches.,
or where the periodic fits returnd:
Simplified Spelling Board. ExeeutiV
committee.
l will not sign anything favoring
Simplified Spelling. 1t is Confession
of IGNORANCE.
Any child can learn to spell proper
ly and correctly if taught properly for
one year in any school,. was SO
taught fifty years ago, and | can
spell any word in common use. So
could any other child.
Your IN destroys the Value Of
words, Ignores their derivation, and
makes us all a common herd of ignor-
ant people. ! shall decline positively
to have anything whatever to do with
your proposal so long as l live and
il any books are so printed / shall
not read them, but throw them out of
the window as token of ignorance.
Yours truly,
(Signature)
n. 3. I have thrown your circulars
into the rubbish barreI
No, l. Madison Avenue n Y
1 Hate the BLUE BOOK of the Mo-
tor Car association for spelling Blue,
BLU" Why don't they spell BOOK
"BUK"?
He seems to keep a "barrell' for
rubbish. Was II full?
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The Fat Man.

s'S 80 '"cits
l tell you,
When feller's fat
His friends all have
A notion that
They've got call to CRITICIZE.
They say You chump,
You are too plump.
Get out get out and exercise
They tell him that ne eats too much:
That soon hell touch
The danger line.
And they opine
His health is punk
They shoot the bunk
From morn till night,
All right.
Beats all how wise
These skinny guys
Kin sometimes be.
Taint hard to see
It's jealousy
That makes 'em talk that way.
For us fat folks.
We hear 'em talk that way,
We may be fatter, but
BY gosh,
We're cheerfuller
Than they.
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Light and Airy
10 Cheers You Up.

Iu-PllS.J
Here's to the man who lies to us, who
careless of the truth,
Who saps us on the back and says,
Gee! how you hold your YOUTH
Who shrinks not at the future when ne
has a lie to tell,
But, when you're sick and tired and blue,
declares, You're looking well.'
Here's to the man who tells us lies when
solemn truth would hurt.
Who says, I'll back you through and
through, IL it should take my shirt
Who, when you're "off'' and cannot write
just as you think you should.
Will tune you up for better things with,
That's what call good."
Or, when you paint a picture that is
wrong In every part.
Will make you think the daub Is great by
saying, Now, that's art!"
He lies-but it's in charity, II lying ever
was,
So here's his health, for, though he lies,
- he's hcnest when he does.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

The Lewiston Journal and other
Democratic papers are trying by de-
termined lying to make themselves be-
lieve that they are sucking comfort
out of the Gardner Dingley Bangor
plan charges. They were caught with
the goods-playing politics in the
smallest kind of way. Forced to
lay down their evidence" they now
brazenly pretend that the demand for
what they could prove was defense"
of the sheriff. But the public is not
so blind as these make believes as
sumo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

The grand jury now sitting at the
Portland district court heard seFerai
witnesses Friday, most of them from
Lewiston, in proceedings that have
been instituted in an attempt to clear
ND the mystery surrounding the death
of Mrs. John H. Grondin, formerly or
Lewiston. The remaining witnesses
were from waterville, and testimony
was given both regarding the move
ments of the Grondtns while IN the
East, and the life of Mrs. Desrocners,
who has been mentioned in connection
with the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13
Wednesday, May 10, 1914.

When we look into the long
avenue of the future and see
the good there is for each one
of us to do, we realize after
all what a beautiful thing 1t is
to work, and to live, and be
happy.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-13

Feeling rather hungry, he looked at
his watch to see if it was nearly din
ner time, but found the watch was
stopped. Just then. happening to meet
with a country boy, he asked him.
What time is 1t, my boy?"
Just Il, SIR
only L." said the minister. 81
thought it was more"
1t never is more round these parts"
said the boy, simply. 1T begins at l."
Little daubs of powder,
Little specks of paint,
Make the little freckle
Look as if it amt
Boston Globe
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In Lire.

Some early buds are seen
Which indicates one thing,
The wearing of the green
BY dainty Mistress Spring.