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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07
How Any Woman Can
Remove Hairy Growths
Beauty Culture)

1t is not longer necessary for wo-
man to visit a beauty specialist TO
have superfiuous hairs removed. for
with the aid of plain delatone paste
she can, in the privacy Of her OVID
home. remove even a stubborn growth
in a very few minutes. The paste Is
made by mixing some water with
little powdered delatone. This is ap-
piled to the hairs and after or 3
minutes removed and the skin washed.
when it will be left clear and hairless,
Be sure you buy real delatone.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07
ALMA

Emiel Heinrich of F'itchburg. Mass,
is the guest of his brother.
Wilson Orish with party of friends
came from Dorchester. Mass, in
auto last week, to visit relatives in
Edgecomb and Alma.
Miss Helen Knight has gone to
Pleasant Island. where she will be the
guest for a few weeks of her mother.
Mrs. Mabel Knight of Ashmont, Mass.
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Samples Free by Mail

1t Is SO easy to get rid Of skin troubles
by using Cuticura Soap exclusively and .
little Cuticura Ointment occasionally that
IL is pity not to do SO In all cases of pim-
pies redness, roughness. itchings and irri-
tations A single set is often sufficient when
all else falls Although Cuticura Soap (25c.)
ana Cuticura Ointment (5Oc.) are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere, a SAM
pie OF each with 32-p. Skin Book win be
sent free upon request. Address postcard:
-Ouucura, Dept. T. Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07
Death of Albert PettenoilI

Death of Albert Petteneill
Albert Pettengill of Alexandria. la
one Of the noted pioneer railroad buiId -,
ers of the United States, died Tuesda v
afternoon at the home of his sister
Mrs A. M. Bumpus. in Livermore
Falls. at the age of Sc years. Mr.. Pet
tengill, who had been in falling health
Tor several years, passed the winter in
Alexandria, La, but DESTROYS of pass
ing his last days in his native town.
his brother-inla law, A. M. Bumpus
about six weeks ago, went to I,ouisi-
ana and accompanied him to Maine.
besloes the sister mentioned, a broth
er. Joseph Pettengill of Livermore
faiis, step grandchildren now in
Alexandria and many nephews and
nieces. among them Hon. Waldo Pet
tengill of Rumford, Elbridge Petten-
gill of Livermore Falls, Mrs. Charles
. H. Deane and Mrs. Rufus C. Stone of
Jay, Mrs. Edgar Jones of Livermore
Falls, Quincy and Elbridge Stimaus of
Livermore and many grandnephews
and nieces survive. He was born in a.
house now standing on Park street
Marh %, 1928, and came of Revolutnon-
airy stock, being son of Elisha and
Menitable (Hubbard) Pettengill. Mr.
Pettengill invented the first T railroad
crossing in the world and laid the first
one in 1852 in thine presence of Abra
nam Linoln, then rising young law
yer in Springfield, ILL., He had a large
estate much of which, report saws. will
GO to charity.
Suicide in Lewiston Hotel
Miss close Lacourse, aged 81 was
found on the fourth floor of the Ho-
tel Atwood, Lewiston, Sunday after
noon with bullet hole. in her tenn
pie, while beside her lay a revolver.
She was taken to the Central Maine
General hospital, where she died at
$50 P. M. Miss Lacourse had been en-
ployed at the hotel, but about three
weeks ago she is alleged to have
the life of Mrs. Farnum,
wife Of the proprietor. She was imme-
diately discharged, but Saturday she
returned to the hotel and the police
were called to take her away. How
she got into the place Sunday Is not
known. A coroner was called in the
case and deemed an inquest unneces-
sary.
Sanford Men Have So Foot Fall
George H. Lord, master mechanic Of
the Goodall Worsted Co. at Sanford,
and Forrest Stevens, a plumber and
sheet iron worker employed by the
fell so feet in an elevator
tower on the lions Hill mill site Sat-
urday morning and sustained severe,
= i, haI nf In
juries. Their escape from fatal injury
IS considered miraculous. Mr.. Stevens
had three ribs broken and numerous
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07

bruises on the back, arms and head.
Mr.. Lords right leg was badly lac
Grated by falling bolt, but he was
able to stand up soon after the acct
dent. The accident was caused by the
giving away of the bookings support
ing the elevator cable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Walker Of
Roxbury, Mass, are the guests of Mr..
Walkers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Walker.
Joseph Coffin of Dorchester, Mass,
was the guest last week of his sister,
Mrs E. T. Albee.
The BURBERRY crop in this section
is not a large one but it is of fine
quality.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07
THE READY REFERENCE
RECORD

To aid contestants the Journal has
chosen little booklet called The Ready
Reference Record, containing a list of
Cities, Towns and Plantations of Maine
list of Lakes, Ponds, Rivers and other
bodies of water of Maine; a list of State
officials of Maine since 1920. From this
booklet have been chosen the titles to all
pictures used in this contest. The price
of this booklet will be 35 cents by mail.
If Ready Reference Book only is want
ed use the following order blank:
Enclosed find 35 cents. for which send
me one Ready Reference Record.
Nahe '..-.''......'.............
IoWn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Answers to Queries

NhsWerS TO Querles
To the Editor of the Picture Puzzle.
Dear Sir:-I am taking a great in
terest in the Picture Puzzle. If | do
not get prize, I shall get IS cents
worth of fun out of them. l can hard
ly wait for the next paper. After the
contest is over, will the correct an
sWers be printed in the Journal. Please
answer in the Chats with Contestants,
il you can, and oblige
MRS. GEO. M
Bowdoinham.
Yes, the correct answers will be pub
hshed after the close of the contest.
l am glad You are enjoying the con-
test.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07

The ladies have become very tactful
in the course of their warfare at Wash
ington. If they could be convinced there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-07

award and is deserving of your best
EFFORTS. Make up your mind to be a
Winneri
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SOLUTION
BOOK
BLANK

~ me Solution Blank Book consists of
W pages numbered from l to go On each
OF these pages will be fou.-d a space to
affix the pictures as they are nrinteS IN
the Journal. Below this space there will
pc ~ ruled spaces In which you can set
down from l to 10 answers to the picture
above. The Solution Book is so cents
by mail. In addition to it's other adyan-
tages the Solution Blank Book contains
on the inside front cover. a key to 20 Of
the pictures that will be used in this
contest. This key gives a definite clew
and viii greatly aid contestants.
If Solution Blank Book only is wanted
use the following order blank:
Enclosed find so cents, for which sand
me one Solution Blank Book
io"h ''''''.'''''...'....... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Notice to Auto Drivers,

Notice to Auto Drivers.
The Aroostook County Good Roads
Association has placed signs at Lud-
low station to divert tourist travel to
the upper Ludlow road during the
building of the Trunk Line through
New Limerick.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
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gaze upon its many historic curios
And rich 1t is. too, in documents that
recall the stirring days of the Revo-
luton and the Civil War. It's proud
est possession Is. OF course, the last
will and testament of George Wash
ington, in his own hand writing, which
is kept in a fire-proof vault in the
record room of the Clerks Office.
Then. too, there is a copy Of the will
of Martha Washington, worn and
dimmed by age.
Among the other papers on file
there may be mentioned o survey
made by George Washington himself;
an appointment of a county sheriff,
signed by the great Patrick Henry.
while Governor Of Virginia; a letter
from Henry Clay to the clerk Of the
court in 1875; the wills of several
members of the Washington, the Fair
fax, the Lee and the Johnston fam
lilies.
In the worn old records are to be
found many entries which, while not
Of national interest, maybe, are in
tensely appealing to the people OF the
vicinity. These include records of
births, marriages and deaths, though
the ones from 1742 to 1853 have been
lost. There arc nine deeds recorded
for pews in the old Episcopal church
at Pohick, and among them are the
ones for Washington's pews, numbers
2S and 20; these deeds We're executed
February "a, IVA, and show that he
paid Twenty-Five pounds and ten shil
lings for his seats in church.
Another odd entry Is that by which
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

st. George and st. Paul, of the Prib-
ilof group. situated in Boring Sea-
about 1000 miles from the nearest
mainland.
The United states came into posses
sion of this herd by the transfer OF
Alaska from Russia TO this country
In 1867. So long as the annual kill
ing was confined to land it was easy
Tor the Government to regulate 1t as
to permit the taking" Of between
sixty and seventy thousand seal and
yet maintain the herd at high de-
gree Of activity, This was done by
killing OF surplus two and three-year-
old males and the saving Of all fe-
males and the httest males to the re-
quired number.
PeIasic Sealing Discovered.
During the final years OF the lease
of the Islands by a commercial com
pany of Alaska certain persons
chiefly Canadians OF Victoria, British
Colum bia--hit upon plan of hunt
ing seals in the open ocean. which
could be- carried on with great profit
to themselves but to the physical
harm of the herd and financial loss
to this country.
Various international complications
followed and various theories have
been advanced and experiments at
safe guarding tried without In any
way checking the yearly decrease of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

stock Of blue fox and mink, marten
and seal skins and sold them in com
petition with the other fur raising
countries.
Now, however, Uncle Sam has es-
tablished a market here and although
the results from the first sale do not
compare with the prices he received
last year in London, the willy admin
istrator will be better off. for he has
done away with competition.
Pleased with his venture as a seal
merchant. Uncle Sam has also gone
into business as fur-farmer in the
Great Northwest, for the ostensible
purpose of preserving the fast dying
mink and marten and beaver rae
coon and fox
One of the last measures intro
duced by the late Senator Hepburn, Of
Idaho, asked for an addition of $500
to the estimated expenditures Of the
Department Of Agriculture's Biologi-
cal Survey for the establishment of
such farm on part of the National
Forest in his State. 1t was allowed
and, subsequently. the services of G.
w. Gates, woodsman known az an
expert on wild animal life and wood
craft. were enlisted.
Mink Is Staple.
In the London market a good mink
skin brings six dollars, where it for
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

being In her handwriting by Roger
Farrell, William Spence and Law
renee Lewis A copy of the will is
kept in the record room.
The first page of her will reads:
THE will of Martha Washington of
Mount Vernon. In the Name of God
Amen.
II, Martha Washington, of Mount
Vernon, in the county OF Fairfax, be-
ing of sound mind and capable Of dis
posing of my Worldly Estate, do
make, ordain and declare this to be
my last VIII and Testament, hereby
revoking all other Wills and Tesla
ments by me heretofore made. I'm
prints. 1t is my desire that all my
Just Debts may be punctually paid
and that as speedily as the same can
be dome"
And then, according to the records,
the last page of her will reads:
Law Thomas Peter, Executors
of my last will and testament. In
Witness whereof l have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Twenty-Second
day of September in the year Eight
cen Hundred.
Martha Washington (SeaD.
Sealed. signed, acknowledged and
Delivered as her last will and tes-
lament in the presence of US the
subscribing Witnesses who have
been requested to Subscribe the
same as such in her presence
Roger Farrell
William Spence
Lawrence Lewis
Martha Peter.
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the size of the herd. The most ambi-
tious act was that of July, 1911, when
the United States, Great Britain. ia
vention for the protection of fur-seal
and fur otter. which frequent the wa
ters of the Northern Pacific Ocean.
and made it unlawful for any person
to engage in pelaglc sealing except
Indians Aleuts, or aborigines dwell
ing on the American coast of those
waters, and who were accustomed to
go out In small boats and kill suf-
ficient seal for food and clothing"
The second seal herd is owned by
Russia and contains approximately
1890 seal while Japan owns the third
hAd smallest. estimated at about g.
900.
Genuine Seal Skin Rarity.
Meanwhile. seal skins are prohibit
tive in the States to any but Ameri-
can millionaires; even women Of
wealth are content to have a small
collar and cuffs, or bands OF genuine
seal and to use Hudson" or Baltic"
seal for such larger accessories as
muffs and stoles and coats.
Sagacious as a merchant, Uncle Sam
has been acting rather selfishiy to-
ward his formerly unappreciative off,
spring! The great world market for
fur skins Is in London. There this
Government has annually taken its
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

found portraits Of Lord Fairfax and
George Washington.
During the early days of the Civil
war much fighting was waged around
the town of Fairfax. Indeed, It was
but dozen miles away that the ia
nous battle of Bull Run was fought.
soldiers of both armies constantly
over-ran the place and, during this
period, the will of Martha Washing
ton and a number of other public doc
uments were stolen.
For long time nothing was learned
OF the Whereabouts Of Mrs. Washing
tons will. Then came information
That the will had been offered for sale
10 very wealthy man in New York.
ne, however, refused to buy upon as
certaining that the authorities of
Fairfax county would take legal steps
to regain possession of it.
And now, just a month or so ago.
came the admission that the will re-
poses in the collection of the late T
Plerpont Morgan. It is argued that
Mr.. Morgan must have purchased the
will either from the soldier who stole
1t or from some other person or per-
sons who secured it from him.
After Mr.. Morgan's death, the letter
shown was sent from ]. p. Morgan's
Cthe SOM librarian in answer to a re-
quest for the return of the will.
Martha Washington's VIII.
Martha Washington's will was pro-
bated in 1902 by two of the execu-
tors, Thomas Peter and George Wash
ington Parke GUSTS: and proved as
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washington, along with a number of
others, was called by the Grand Jury
for having failed to pay his wheel
tax And still another records his
appointment as vestryman Of the Po-
nick church, October 25. 1852. The
entry, bearing the date February IS,
l763, reads: George Washington,
Esq, took the oaths according to law,
repeated and subscribed the test and
subscribed to the doctrine and dis
cipline of the Church OF England in
order to qualify him to act as YES
tryman Of Truro parish" Later that
same year Washington and George
William Fairfax were appointed war
dens Of the church.
Famous Relics.
The little town of Fairfax Is much
like other Virginia small towns, with
its one hotel drug store, newspaper
and general merchandise emporiums.
But glance at the court house, built
in 1900, set in the midst of the beau
tiful court square, carries one back
to the early colonial days of the old
Dominion State. It's walls are old
and weather beaten but still staunch
and durable. A short distance from
1t IS a quaint old well at which many
famous men once quenched their
thirst A gray granite shaft rears
its head in commemoration of the
death of the first soldier killed N the
Civil War, Capt John @. Mari. The
name Fairfax is from Lord Fairfax,
who, IN l742. founded the county.
Within the court house are to be
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

nrst American sale in December such
skins were listed with the seal and
foxes.
In case any gentle reader conteyn-
plates starting such q farm II might
be worth while to know that the Sur
vey announces one may feed the an
imals about as one does house cat
with scraps from the table and only
one full meal a day. or two light ones.
The mink and marten need perfect
Cleanliness individual care and mod
crate and varied feeding. To begin
with the Government ordered ten
breeding females and two males, wire
enclosed to put them in cages and
regular frontier fort built around to
keep them In. There is only one
brood season, but 4 mink comes to
maturity SO quickly that the feeding
period is brief. The smallness OF the
animal-it is only twenty-foHr inches
in length with a seven-inch tail-ne-
cessitates the use of such large
number of pelts in fur garment max
ing that tho demand is great; the
matching Of pearls is no more taxing
a job.
They who should come in for a
word Of praise are the lonely ones
who give their lives--at so much per
year--amid the cold of Alaska, the
perils of the northern waters and the
dreary forest confines, to carry out
these animal life-saving and surplus
swelling IDEALS" Of the Yankee mer-
chant" a section of the Cur-delaine
Forest reserve was set aside for the
fur-farm in Idaho, and there the chief
farmer occupies a typical hunters
cabin amid the silent, bitter cold of
n winter in the northern woods, sur
rounded by nothing human, Drawing
solitude, sickness and possible attack
by a hungry lord of the forest. On
the Islands OF st. Paul and St. George
in the pribilof group, storekeepers,
teachers and other white employees Of
tho Government spend one-half their
year entirely cut Off from the main
land. in n weary monotone of days
among uncongenial natives-and all
that the species may be preserved
and that My Lady Of Fashion may
luxuriate in her fur-lined opera cloak.
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gress This work was done In 1910.
The will now reposes In the vault in
the Office Of the county clerk, F. w.
Richardson, and is visible through
glass In the side OF the vault over
the glass are hung dark green cur
talnS to keep out the light when the
almost priceless document Is not be-
ing revercnty inspected.
On the wall beside this vault 10
hanging a framed photograph Of ono
page Of the will as 1t looked before
restoration; hut it IS scarcely dectph-
erable to the unframed eye.
The will aud It's attached sohedule
show that, as fortunes went in those
Gays, George Washington died very
rich man. He had lirted: eo.i75
acres Of land N various places, valued
at Ss44,sO3; ten lots in washington
and In Alexandria, Va; one lot in
Warm Springs and another IN Win
chester; personal property worth SIS.
653; stocka and bonds amounting to
S25,212; holdings IN rhe Dismal
Swamp in Virginia then valued at
100000; four farms IN Fairfax coun-
ty comprising $500 acres-in short
a fortune well over half a million dol
lars.
a Remarkable Document.
He left his entire estate to his "be-
loved wife, Martha Washington" for
her use and benefit during the term
Of her natural life" except a few
specific requests.
In many respects it Is a document
in keeping with the remarkable man
who drew it. He states tina; he wishes
his body inferred in a quiet man
ner without parade or funeral ora
ton" And ne seemed especially in
terested In the future of his slaves,
specifying that none of his ESQ to 300
slaves be sold outside of the State Of
Virginia.
Here Is a very significant clause:
Upon the decease OF my wife 1t is
my will and desire that all the slaves
which l hold in my own right shall
receive their freedom"
He was particularly solicitous about
the establishment of q great National
University in the District of Columbia,
under Government auspices, where the
youth OF the country might be trained
instead OF having to go abroad. And
to further an endowment to carry
out this project he donated fifty shares
OF stock. This point is esp ecially in
teresting in view of the fact that only
recently there has been much talk #
founding a University of the United
States, presumably 10 be located in
the city OF Washington.
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merly brought hRH that SUM, each
Of these beautiful dark stripes in a
mink garment represents q skin. Even
the most modest mun must have
three stripes, so il can be readily sur
missed that an entire coat Of this fur
Is only to be had after a very good
day in Wall street. Uncle Sam de-
cided. therefore, that mink was the
staple with which to begin operations,
with marten a close second and sa-
bles-really Russian marten--and sill
YER. blue and black foxes as added
crops" to be raised on the farm.
The increased cost OF nearly every
fur has driven women into wearing
civet cat and the formerly lowly and
despised skunk to such an extent that
the willy farmer will prob
ably set his Indians out West to kill
ing and shinning that offensive ami
NAL before long A perfectly good
skunk can be bought on any Nava-
no or Hopi Indian for the sum of one
dollar undressed or n dollar and a
half, killed, skinned and cured
meaning the skin, not the pest. So
why should the Government let in
dividuals dispose OF inch wide skunk
fur bands at dollar a yard when oil
those lucrative animals are running
about positively annoying the resi-
dents OF such places as Keams Canon
and Leupp, Arizona?
Raise Your Own Winter Furs.
Muskrat are listed at prices which
preclude their being sold for reason
able sums in the retail trade, and such
formerly unassuming skins as mole
and Sir Reynard are soaring way
above normal.
The head of the Biological Survey
stated that the object of the Idaho
fur farm is ito raise these fast dying
out animals In captivity and to in
terest individuals in raising them"
(vision OF going placidly into ones
backyard and executing a few minks
with which to build" the winter
overcoatD "Of course" was the dip
lomatic explanation, "if the project
proves successful, and there is an
abundance of skins. these will be
sold" 1t Is significant that at this