Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-14

A throb of love, thrill of hate:
A long. long waiting at the gate
For dawns that break too late.
And yet splendid round; a strife
| Ihat man may win who dares the knife
And plays the game--the game of life.
! Confirmation comes from Washing
ton of the report that the Bath Iron
| Works is to be awarded the contract
| for two of the new torpedo boat des-
| troyers and especial pride is felt in the
! fact that, although the Iron Works
| bid was higher than others, the firm
was given the preference on account
| of the excellence of work turned out
by its plant. Washington officials re-
| port that the craft built at the Iron
Works stand up with less expense for
| repairs and renewals than any others,
a compliment to be treasured.
If any big pine logs with the j. Fred
Tobey mark on them drift past your
house please tie 'em up, because J.
! Fred is looking for 120 of them. He
| had them tied up to the shore of his
farm down in Riggsgville, all RATED
| and ready to be taken to the mill and
| was a trifle surprised one recent
morning. on going to the shore to find
the logs missing. They could't ride or
swim and were safely doomed when he
| last saw them, so he decided that they
had the help of someone who was or
thought ne was in great need of 120 Al,
| first class 50-foot pine logs and no one
can be found who even saw those logs
moving in the river. Mr.. Tobey, who
resides in Bath, estimates his loss at
about 5000.
Here is another proposition for the
prevention of the freezing of water
pipes, but like the others it carries
with it no guarantee: Take equal parts
of parafine and vaseline, warm until
well mixed and apply with paint
brush to the pipes where exposed.
Some claim that this coating will not
only keep the water from freezing but
will also prevent rust from forming
The later sounds the best proposition
of the two.
And the above reminds someone of
the old recipe that was said to have
coined a lot of money for a man years
ago, when the postal laws were hard
ly as stict as at present. An adver-
tisement was carefully circulated in
the sections where the cold weather
was likely at any time to establish
new record and where it was the rule
in a cold snap for the old fashioned
wooden pump to freeze up, to the ef-
feet that for 81 a guaranteed recipe
would be sent telling how to prevent
the pump from freezing. Many had
been troubled and many were the dol
lars that flowed into the mans Golfers.
And, he always sent the goods, which
were in substance, Take the pump in
the house nights, you dins-binSed
fool" No authentic case of the result
Of the treatment has ever been found.
The Portland police station had an
unusual visitor last Tuesday night,
man giving the name of Thomas Riley
bof Milo, who said he merely wished to
mingle with the people of the under
world and observe their habits and
ways. He was pretty well supplied
with cash, showing two IS bills, and
carried a volume of Ingersolfs lectur s
and copy of the famous A. No. Is
THE Curse of Tramp Life He was
we'll dressed, one article of his apparel
being almost never seen on genuine
hobo, a. white linen collar.
Some of the Democrats of Old Town
are circulating a petition asking the
Democratic City committee to call a
caucus of the Democratic party, not
later than Dec 49, at which the voters
fhai,, oh fnr nd IL
date for postmaster. 1t is said to be
generally approved.
The much maligned skunk has been
found to be one Of the most useful
members of the mammal kingdom, as
an enemy of the full-grown range cat
erpillars. This was announced by the
Agricultural Departments bureau of
BIOLOGY after exhaustive investiga-
ton. Examination of food in the stom-
achs of 800 birds to determine whether
their feeding habits were helpful to
destroying the caterpillar seems to in
dicate, according to the bureau, that
birds are of no value as enemies of
this insect. AS result OF its studies,
the bureau has added II birds to the
list of bird enemies Of the cotton boil
weevil. making a total Of Ga thus far
discovered.
The Bath Times has dug out one
that We well remember, back in the
Civil War days, Of hearing our grand
father tell, as having been told him
by his granddaddie. You may apply 1t
to any secret order. Look it over and
see If you don't recognize it:
Some years ago when the Macca-
bees were in their prime, the outside
sentinel was given the password
washington" for the night. An out
slider desiring to get in, was told
that the password was Mckinley
The outsider approached the en-
trance and was stopped by the SEN
tinel. What is the PASSWORD" he
inquired Mckinley" the outside:
replied. You're liar, the pass
word is Washington the sentinel re-
piled.
Mayor Dunton of Bath having been