Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-15

Listen, listen-she is coming
Down the Corridors of God.
All alone she makes her journey
over ways no foot has trod.
She the highest Type OF Woman
That the earth has ever bred.
Sun her vesture, moon her footstool,
Crown of twelve stars on her head
Cool, isn't it?
Looks as if the Democratic cam
paign material is to consist of sneers.
The dissatisfaction manifested in
the editorials of the Democratic press
over Governor Haines' announcement
that he is again to be candidate is
one of the amusing things of the mo-
ment
Ernest L. Dinsmore, sub master and
teacher of science at Edward Little
High school, Auburn, for the past five
years, has passed the necessary exam
nations for a similar position In the
High school of Commerce, or a school
of equal grade in New York City, and
expects to receive an appointment in
the near future The appointment
should come within a month and Mr..
Dinsmore is expected to go as soon as
it comes.
From the halls of the University of
st. Petersburg and the prison life of
desert Siberia to the woods of Maine
and a Bangor employment office is
far cry, and yet it is the change that
Louis Sisko, interpreter for Bangor
labor agency has made.
SAYS the Conhraerciai: a'Tnteilfgent
even intellectual in face, he stands out
from the woods laborers with whom he
mixes. And yet he resembles them in a
way, for he is stocky and muscular In
build. impressing one with sense of en-
durance and physical strength. II is be-
cause of this vigor that he is still living,
for he, soon after graduating from ms
university, was sentenced Il years IN
Siberia, and served six years in the
prison coal mines, working 10 hours a
day during that time At the end OF SIX
years, by the aid of Revolutionist friends,
he was enabled to escape, with two
friends who were also prisoners, They
reached the Chinese frontier, then the
Pacific ocean, and from there sailed to
London. In the English capital they
were succored by the Revolutionary So
ciety, and obtained passage for Boston.
Arriving in Boston in the year 1877, not
speaking a word of English, he was ad-
vised TO go to Bangor, Me-, and work in
the woods where his experience as a
laborer would stand him in good stead
This he did. He came to Bangor, ana
was found on Exchange street by vigl-
liant Sam Colder, who is always looking
for the best woodsmen he can find. Sam
sent him in the woods for the Great
Northern Paper Co. and he made GOOD
Swinging an axe in the woods was play
to him after the bitter toll he had en-
dured In the mines of frozen Siberia.
Long service in prison had taught MN
to always obey, and the bosses found
lish he was discovered by the labor
agency and with his knowledge of eight
languages has made himself invaluable.
The evening schools of Portland
have grown in 20 years from an ap-
preparation of $500 and an attendance
of 100 pupils to an appropriation of
$4,000 and an attendance of 623.
Originally the students were mostly
Americans, now 19 nationalities are
represented. In an interview Princi-
pal Milliken speaks of the advantages
of this evening school for ambitious
adults who have not had the benefit
of an education during childhood and
youth, and urges the business men OF
the city to use their influence to in
duce more of their employees to spend
their evenings thus profitably. That
is an excellent suggestion, which is
just as good for Augustus and other
cities employers.
York county wants a demonstration
farm, too.
The Houlton slaughter house pro-
prietor shows that the worm will turn.
With three Biddeford men court
marshalled last week because Of not
attending drills, one is inclined to
doubt that this militia drilling is the
little pink tea it's cracked up to be.
Here's a story-a TRUE story---as
| told Tuesday by well-known store
keeper on Water street, Hallowell. i
seems that this dealer has been troubl
ed Of late by rat which has persisted
| in gnawing holes in and about ths
| store attacking various articles dis
played in the showcases, and, in fact
causing a general destruction o.
| things, big and little, in the place
After batting and setting all the rat
traps available without any results
whatever, rat poison was scattered
But this. so it appeared was only al
appetizer for the rat, as it was every
bit deyoured by him for several nights
| in succession. At last, the store-keep.
| er's patience gave out, and an investi
cation was Immediately begun. Aftel
considerable exertions the rats nes
was found but in the struggle Mr.. (ol
Mrs. Rat made a spectacular escape
| The nest was taken out, however, and
with II came the secret of why thu
| poison had not effected the animal
| Beside the nest lay a sample box Of
| dyspepsia tablets, with a hole gnawet
in one end of it, and every tablet miss
I ing. According to the last report the
rat IL still at large.