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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-08
KING AND QUEEN OPEN
100000 EXTENSION
OF BRITISH MUSEUM

London, May king George and
Queen Mary today opened new wing
of the British Museum which has just
been completed at cost of a million
dollars, 1t is the first part of large
scehme of extension.
In 1895 the government bought a
considerable portion of the Duke of
Bedford's property around the muse
UNI for $1,250.000 and large area was
cleared. The legacy of $25O,000 be-
queathed by Vincent Stuckey Lean for
the enlargement of the Museum gave
impetus to the present extension. The
bequest was intended particularly for
the extension of the reading room and
library. to which the testator was a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-08

We have never found a more prompt
nor effective remedy for neuralgia pains
than anti-karnnia tablets, and to those
who are subject to such pains. We recon-
mend that they keep a supply of tablets
on hand. as one dose. two tablets. given
in the beginning of the attack. usually
makes il unnecessary to administer the
second dose Ask for AK tablets
Southwestern Medical Journal.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-08
Androscoaain Grange.

Androscoggin Grange held its
next meeting Thursday evening, May
18th, with the following program: Ster-
eopticon Lecture, Mrs. Kate Ellis;
reading, John Wright; reading, Jennie
Sanderson; solo, Walter Mower; piano
solo, Emma Daggett.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-08

fancy about giving it to any member
of the family, however young or old,
for it contains nothing injurious to the
youngest person.
A bottle can be obtained at any
nearby drug store for fifty cents or
one dollar. The latter size is more
economical and is bought by those
who have already convinced them
selves of its merits. Syrup Pepsin
users learn to discard pills, salts,
cathartics and purgatives generally as
they are too great shock to any
average system.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by
addressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 419
Washington St, Monticello. Ill. A
postal card with your name and adj
dress on 1t will do.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-08
permit the wheels of business to run
again.
Tampico Firing Quoted

permit the wheels of business. to run
again.
Tampico Firing Quoted
From that report was supposed to
have originated rumors that the Fed
erals and rebels had arranged a sus-
pension of hostilities about Tampico.
Navy department advices today stat
ed that heavy firing heard near Tam
pico Tuesday forenoon had quoted,
While reports of Carranza's success
es were discussed here today, the
South American ENJOYS went ahead
with their arrangements for the be-
ginning of the preliminaries of media
ton near the Canadian border May
Is. With a retinue of secretaries they
will leave Washington May II. Huer-
ta's three representatives are expect
ed to reach Puerto Mexico from the
Federal capital on their way to the
United States today. The United
States mission is not expected to be
announced until later this week.
Vera Cruz Conditions
While Brig. Gen. Funston had been
authorized to extend his lines at Vera
Cruz for defensive purposes if that
became necessary, yet the situation
there today was reported to remain
unchanged. No further reinforcements
have been ordered to the Mexican port
and there was no indication that Cen
eral Wood intended to go to the front
to take supreme command of the
American occupation forces.
AeropIane Work
The navy department today issued
report describing work accomplish
ed by the navy aeroplanes at Vera
Cruz.
The live way in which the work
was done is typical of the navy avia-
tors the report said. After making
a record in getting away when or
dered into service from Pensacola, the
Mississippi, under the command Of
Lieut.. Commander H. c. Muslin, ar
rived at Ve?ra Cruz at A. NJ, Fri
day, April "a. At daylight the next
morning the Mississippi anchored in
a berth assigned by Admiral Badger
and five minutes after the anchor was
dropped Lieut.. Bellinger was in the
air in a flying boat and making a
scouting trip. Both aeroplanes on
board were ready the night before
and could have Immediately taken to
the air. 1t was necessary, however, to
report to Admiral Fletcher on shore
and get his orders for scouting.
THE next day, Sunday, station on
the beach inside the breakwater was
established and flights were made
daily. Railroads, bridges and the Mex
Of
the railroads were found torn up and
some bridges burned. 1t was definitely
determined that there were no mines
in the harbor. Lieut.. r. G. Saufey
and Ensign Stotz were the assistant
aviators to Lieutenant BeHinger and
made maps and reports"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
EURoPE's MOST TACTFUL MAN
Viscount KnoIlys, the Late King Ed.
wards Friend, Has Been Accord
ed That Distinction.

Euro pes most "tactful man" Is, Dy
common consent, Viscount Knollys
first baron Of Caversham, who is now
lust seventy-slx. For over 40 years he
was private secretary to British roy
atty, the friend and counsellor OF
three monarchs, and his recent retire
ment was considered In court circles
to be little less than a calamity. II
has been said of him that mo other
man ever knew 30 much or said SO
little" The tribute is deserved, fol
Lord Knollys was always q human
sphynx. Shrewd insight, dnfailine
tact and courtesy, and the rare abil
ity to hold his tongue, enabled him to
win and hold the esteem and respect
of not only those he directly served
but of cabinet ministers, diplomats
and the people at large. Only the re-
porte.s disliked him, for never word
were they able to get out of him.
1t was in 1886 that Francis knollys
then merely Mr." entered the serV
ice of royalty as gentleman usher to
Queen Victoria Two years later he
was appointed private secretary to
the prince of Wales, later King Ed
ward.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
In and Out of Damascus Buildings,

The hotel is called the Grand Vic
toria," but it is above a blacksmith
shop and saddle shop. The lower
stories are mostly blank, bare walls
From the upper stories project bal
comics Of latticed oriels. some OF which
extend 50 far over the street as to
make it easy for the veiled damsel OIL
the harem 10 leap across.
In contrast with these plain eXter-
iors, the interiors are often eXquisitely
beautiful, having an open court paved
with marble and fountain fed by the
waters of the Abana. tinkling and
splashing through the hot hours OF
the day, and wooing one to rest during
the cool of the evening. Palms.
orange trees and oleanders stand here
and there. Within the house you dis
cover rooms cold and formal to an
American, but brilliant with Oriental
hangings, brasses and inlaid mother
of-pearl Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
MADE HIM FEEL LONESOME
Sam Blythe, on the Water Wagon,
Found That He Had No One to
Play With.

Two years ago Sam Blythe, the
writer, elected to mount the water
cart. He became boastfully, painfully,
selnshly arid. Fer time false friends
tried to lure him back into the shack
les-between September 10, 1911, and
June %, 1912, he received 41S bottles
of whisky from 312 persons-but they
finally gave it up as bad job. The
other day Blythe was talking with two
serfs of the demon at the Waldorf
By and by their mania came upon
them. They began to edge toward the
bar.
We'll, Sam, see you later" they
said.
NO" said Blythe. Dunno. You
may not care to have me in your lit
tie party, but / am going right along.
l will drink water, or buttermilk, or
ginger ale, or any non-alcoholic thing
you say, but l am not going to stay
out here all alone"
"Why, Sam, you're welcome" said
the bond slaves, feebly.
mo, l am not" said Blythe. L
can tell by the tone of your voices.
| spent the best 20 years of my life
making a collection of drinking
friends, and now l have no one to
play with."-Cincinnati Tines-Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
Shortening the Laws DELAY.

A remarkable change has come over
the kings bench courts, remarks the
London Globe. Twelve months age
the condition Of the courts was so con-
gested that the judges were trying
actions which had stood for hearing
six months and more. Recently five
actions were before the judges which
were set down for trial the month be-
fore. The ex-lord chancellor once ex
pressed the hope that judges might
be in the agreeable position Of saying
to litigants, Come into the courts
today and we will hear you tomor
row." When litigants have to wait
less than three weeks for their cases
to be reached the fulflllnaent of this
hope would appear to be not far off
Not in every part Of the work Of the
kings bench division, however, are
things so expeditions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
Women Carried Dogs Long Ago.

Piutarcn wrote about women who
carried dogs about in their arms, and
one of the Roman eInperors said some
thing about women who fused over
iapdogs when they should be lavish
ing their attention upon babies. The
emperor wasn't. and probably didn't
pretend to be. making an original OBJ
servation.
The fact about dogs--and it is not
nevis that some persons like them
greatly, some like them less and some
DO not lie them. 1t is very much
the same about boiled turnips or clam
chowder But depth of feeling and
easily engeudered animos;ty, sudden
ness in quarrel. are sometimes more
noticeable in discussions Of the ques-
tion Of whether dogs should be liked
than that Of whether the flavor Of tur-
nips is agreeable or otherwise, though
the discussion is as fruitless Of other
results as an argument about flavor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
FIRST FULL PAGE AID IN 1861
Boston Man Who Bought the Space
Was Accused at the Time OF
Wasting Money.

Frank A. Allen of the firm of Allen
& Paine, engaged from 1860 to 1863 IN
the manufacture of women's cloaks on
Devonshire street, is the oldest Jour-
nal advertiser living today The Jour
nal was the firts paper in New Eng
land to print a full page advertise
ment, and this came from Mr.. Allen in
1861.
"At that time" Mr.. Allen said afew
days ago, $50 large an al was almost
unheard of in a Boston or New Eng
land newspaper. With the exception
of Roger Benner's advertisement OF
lis New York Ledger, l do not recoi-
lect any other occupying so large
space. 1 remember very well some OF
our friends thought us fooihardy and
on the high road to ruin because we
Jumped into the advertising PROPOSE
tiCr to such an extent, and we were
accused of throwing away money, and
particularly for throwing away so
much money for one ad, and in sin
gle paper.
1.-THE result, however, proved that
we were not fools. boston Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
ali His lime 70 senevoIence.

Nathan Straus. long leading figure
in the mercantile world, will devote
the greater part OF his time hence
forth, it is said, to benevolent enter
prises. He is deeply interested in
extending the work Of the relief bu-
reau and other charitable undertake
ings which he has inauglrated in Pal
estine. He was born in Bavaria in
1S49, and was brought to this coun-
try by his parent in 1854. After grad
uating from a business college he
joined his father in importing pot
terry and glassware, In which business
he Is still interested. He originated
in 1890. and has since maintained at
his own expense, system of distrib-
uting sterilized milk to the poor of
New York city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
Cameras Barred on ItaIy's Frontier.

The secretary of state for foreign af'
fairs has been informed by his ma
jesty's charge d'affaires at Rome that
the italian government mas issued reg.
ulations prohibiting the use OF cam
eras on the whole of the Italian from.
tier, where the e are positions of mil
itary Importance, and also in places
in the interior Of Italy requiring pro-
lection from SPIES. The position OF
these prohibited districts is always
indicated on posts and placards clear.
ly marking the limits of such zones.
Visitors to Italy are therefore
warned that If, after crossing the
Italian frontier, they enter any OF
those zones, they will be liable to have
cameras seized and be subjected to
penal proceedings and fines. Should
plate or film be found on a visitor
with the negative OF military local.
ity of Importance, the consequences
would be still more serious.-London
Telegraph.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
HaIters for Cromwell.

The Massachusetts statue Of Crom-
we'll, which it is proposed to remove
from it's present site, Is one of three
of the Lord Protector in England, the
others being the one outside Westmin-
ster hall and the one in the market.
place of st. Ives, Hunts.
At the unveiling ceremony Of this
last some 12 years ago it was found
that beneath the yelling some local
Jacobites had deposited halters with
inscriptions in anything but loving
memory. ropes with suggestive dedica-
tions, and gunpowder.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
Transformlnu Trouble.

An artist once painted a lovely pic
ture, but just as he finished 1t he man
aged by some mishap to get several
biots in the sky. To rub these out
without spelling the whole picture was
impossible What did he do? POSI-
bly, you may think that he began to
tear his hair and fume. Not at all. He
quietly took his pencil and turned the
blots into birds. To each blot he gave
a beak and pair Of wings-and 10, it
was bird!
A glorious way of dealing with trou-
hles. Make them into birds, and get
them wings, and then they may even
ny away and leave you.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
WASTED WEALTH OF COUNTRY
All Kinds of Game Has Been !ndis-
criminateIy Slaughtered Through
out Labrador.

The fish, flesh and fowl Of Labrador,
writes DR.. Grenfell in the Wide World,
have been exploited to the last degree,
and no semitic or practical effort has
been made for their protection OF re-
Mobilization. Our aul1s, curlew, ducks
and many other birds nave become
either extinct Or dangerously dsplet-
ed. Our deer, owing to forest fires
caused by carelessness and unrestrict-
ed slaughter by Indians, as well as
white settlers, have so far diminished
as to bring semi-starvation to doors
where once there was always pleaty.
The destruction Of seal herds has
brought families once aftiuent to Elis-
erable poverty. For some reason our
unrivaled herring and mackerel have
left us altogether. The salmon catch
Is only shadow Of what 1t once was.
and even the returns Of our still val
liable cod fishery show increasing un-
certainty in quantity and distribution.
The growing number of trappers, the
lack of protection, or the destruction
Of their food supplies, has made the
annual winter fur hunt insufficient to
maintain in comfort all who prosecute
it, and that in spite Of the immense
increase in the price Of pelts. Seals
and whales are rapidly approaching
similar fate.
No mines are yet opened; no timber
properties yet developed, and no use
is made Of our unlimited water power.
Only a handful of visitors come to en-
joy the wild scenery, the unique
natural conditions, and the invigorat-
ing atmosphere, though our fjords
rival those Of Norway. and have the
additional attraction of being virgin
and unexplored No charting has been
done, and at that time, as already stat
ed, there was not one light on the
coast from the straits Of Belle isle
to Hudsons bay to render navigation
safe. It is little to be wondered at II
adequate tourist steamers do not ply
in our waters. In fact, Labrador Is in
that melancholy stage of evolution
that must inevitably overtake every
country until attention is turned to
the development of industries that
man does not share with the tiger
and the shark.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
No RoyaI Cross Saddles.

King George and Queen Mary do not
favor the use of cross saddles by girls
and women Hence Princess Mary'a
recent first appearance in the hunt.
Ing field carried with it a certain
sense Of disappointment to those aris.
tocratic women and their number
is an ever-increasing one-who have
exchanged the side saddle of their
ancestresses for the cross saddle Of
men not only at the covert side. but
also In the park. Nevertheless, the
new custom is one that has not yet
found any favor in royal circles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
Fire Stopped Church Service.

The sermon was stopped when the
Rev. C. J. Whitehead, vicar of South
Newington, five miles from Hanbury,
Oxfordshire. England, was informed
that the vicarage was on fire. He pro-
nounced the benediction. and, accom-
panied by most OF the congregation,
hurried TO the house to remove furni'
ture. books and valuables. News o.
the fire was sent to Bloxham, where
fire engine is stationed, and as most
Of the members OF the brigade were at
church, the service there was suspend,
ed also, the entire congregation troop
ing out, despite an appeal from the
vicar to remain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
WEALTH IN GARNET MINES
New York's Supply of the Precious
Stones Has Been Ascertained
to Be Large.

The principal garnet mines in the
United States are in Warren and Es-
sex counties. in the eastern Adiron-
dacks in northeastern New York.
These mines all lie within six or eight
miles of the village of North Creek
the terminus Of branch Of the Della
ware and Hudson. The country rock
is entirely pre-Cambrian, consisting Of
igneous rock, together with metamor-
phosed sediments. The three mines
being worked at present are the Rog-
ers. Sanders Brothers and the Hooper
At the Rogers mine the size OF the
garnets is Of unusual interest, says
the Engineering and Mining Journal
The matrix is a gray medium-grained
non-quartziferous gneiss. through
which the numerous, translucent, red
dish-brown garnets are well scattered.
Those with diameters up to five or six
inches are common and the largest
taken out are said to be the size OF
bushel basket.
The remarkable feature is the never
falling occurrence Of rim or enVel'
ope Of pure black, medium-grained
horn-blende crystals completely lnclos-
ing each garnet. The reddish-brown
garnets completely surrounded by the
black horn-blende rims, which are IN
turn embedded in the gray gneiss, pre-
sent a striking appearance In the
walls of the mine pits. The garnet
bearing rock is fully three-quarters OF
z mile long
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
WOULD HAVE i-.:>,.
Shah's cold-SIooded suss"a:ion te
English Monarch-Wny the
Prince Left Whites Club.

An amusing story of particular In
terest at the moment is told concern
ing the duke of Sutherland by Lord
Suffield in My Memories When the
shah of Persia visited this country, the
late King Edward, who was then
prince of Wales, told him that the
duke of Sutherland owned large es-
tates in Scotland, as well as in Eng
land. The shah Is alleged to have
said: "He must be very rich. or
course, when you come to the throne
YOU will" And here he made an ex-
pressive gesture with his finger across
his throat.
Lord Sufield was on close terms OF
intimacy with the late king, who, al
though he had the reputation Of affa-
bility and geniality, drew very plainly
the limits which guarded his dignity.
On one occasion his late majesty WAS
leaving Whites club, and began to
light cigar in room in which people
did not usually smoke. Some officious
official came up and said SO, and the
prince replied. quite pleasantly, chat
he was just going. The official retorted'
rather rude,y, that the club rules must
be observed, no matter who the mem
Der was, and the prince, without an
other word, left the club, and with
drew his name next day. The Marl-
borough owes its existence to that lit
tie lapse or ,cck of tact on the part
of one of Whites people.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
Newark Joke.

Il know now why they are called de-
partment stores,' said stout bald
citizen.
why are they called depart
ment stores?' asked the special po-
liceman.
Because a man departs f.om them
as soon as he can"
Putting on his coat, the stout, bald
citizen moved further away.-Newark
News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
photos By IeiearGph.

Photographs are now regularly
transmitted by telegraph and it is
quite practicable TO send cinemato-
graphic series of a happening at noon
in Paris so that it can be shown in a
moving picture theater in Berlin the
next mozning. Speed in the trans
hitting and receiving is now the great
problem.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-07
Swept by Magazine Fire.

Our men, however, are getting used
to tricks of this kind, and the only re-
suit was they allowed the enemy to ap-
proach quite close before they swept
them down with magazine fire.
Apart from the 400 dead near our
lines in the center, our patrols after
ward discovered some 300 dead farther
out in front of our left, killed by our
artillery.
Thursday, the 23d, saw renewal
of the pressure against us. We sue
ceeded, however in holding our ground
in nearly every quarter. South of the
Lys the enemy attacked from La Bas-
see, and agined at VioIainos and at
another point, but their efforts against
a third village were repulsed by artil-
Iery alone French and British guns
working together effectively.
The Germans advanced in the exen-
ing against our center and our left,
and were again hurled back, though
they gained some of our trenches in
the latter quarter. By this time the
enemy had succeeded in bringing up
several heavy howitzers, and our cas-
ualities we're considerable
"On Friday, the 23d, all action south
of the Lys, on our right, was confined
to that of artillery, several OF the hos
tile batteries being silenced. In the
center their infantry again endeavored
to force their way forward, and were
repulsed only after determined fight
ing, leaving many dead and several
prisoners. North of the Lys their at
tacks at different points were repulsed.
"On our left, the 23rd was bad day
for the Germans. Advancing in our
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-07
Description of German Cruisers
Which Beat British Off Chile

The German armored cruisers
Shcharnhorst ind Gneisenau are sister
ships of 1900 tons. Both were built
in 1906 and are 440 feet long on the
waterline. They have a complement of
765 men. Each carries eight 2-inch
guns, twenty 24-pounders, and four
machine guns. Each has four torpedo
tubes.
The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, on
September % last bambarded and de-
stroyed Papecte, the principal town
and port of the French island of Tah-
It'll, in the Society group in the Pacific
ocean. They also sank the dismantled
French gunboat Zelse in Papecte har-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-07
Increase in Oil Exports

Despite the denial issued by the
Standard Oil Company tnat there has
been an unusual increase in exports
OF oil and petroleum products to the
neutral countries contiguous to Ger
many, the positive statement was
made Saturday in the export trade that
German agents have been active buy
ers of oil and particularly gasoline,
great part of which is being sent to
Scandinavian ports.
If these shipments are interfered
with Germany will soon be in a Sc
rious plight, because of lack of fuel
Tor her great motor trucks. her air.
ships, and submarines. Richard R.
tweed, an English oil authority, de-
cIares that already Germany is in
precarious position because Of the
capture of the Galician oil fields by
the Russians.