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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-26

Ernest B. Hutchins Is visiting at his
home in Bangor. having arrived last
week from New Brunswick, where he
is connected with large numbering
concern. He states that the lumber
situation in that province, as in
Maine, is at present in very uncer-
tain condition. The outlook is such
as to puzzle all the wise heads, but
business is proceeding under the as
sumption that matters may develop
in some way to the end that fair
profit may be made. The great diff
Guilty confronting manufacturers Of
deals is the scarcity of large vessels
in which to ship cargoes across the
ocean. This will seriously affect that
industry, while the prospect for the
general lumber trade is not rose COL
ored. About the usual shipments are
expected into the United States and
il the market in New Brunswick Is
slack much more than the ordinary
amount Of lumber will be dumped
into this country. This condition will
naturally affect the Maine lumber sit
uation and Bangor and other state
Of Maine manufacturers are watch
ing the conditions very closely and
moving with extreme caution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-26

A Portland doctor was In court
Monday on the charge of having torn
down a quarantine card. which had
been placed on his home. The Board
Of Health official claims that one of
the Doctors children was i'll with
diphtheria, but the doctor said it was
tonsilitis and that two other doctors
agreed with his diagnosis. A swab-
bling from the child's throat has been
sent to the state laboratory for exam
ination and the case was continued
until the report is received.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
CATHOLIC ADVANCE.

The Catholic church has always en. couraged total abstinence among it's people. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America has 100000 mem bers, and upon that society the church through her last four popes has in- voked the blessing of heaven-to the envy, we are told, of all other Catho- lie organizations who have not been thus favored. This church, moreover, through her bishops and priests, ad- ministers the pledge to tens of thou sands of children every year on the occasion of their confirmation or first communion.
 Last summer saw the first organized move on the part of Catholics look ing definitely toward the~ abolition of the liquor traffic A conference of Catholics of the United States and Canada in the interests of prohibition was held at Niagara Falls and adopted most radical resolutions. Hereafter moral suasion methods will be backed up by a legal suasion policy.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
INFLUENCE OF SALOON.

The saloon is sending more children into the factory, the mines, the mills and shops, that ought to be at school or play, than the influence of the trade union has been able to eliminate, ei ther by direct action or by legislation. The attitude of organized labor upon the employment of women in industry Is just the same as it is with ,h.idren The saloon influence is driyiag by the thousands women into the iudustrial world who ought to be at home-John Lennon. Treasurer American Fedora tion of Labor and General Secretary of Journeyman Tailors' Union of Amer.
 Conductor" said the man with a grouch, what time does this train get to Pittsburgh"
 We're three hours late. Are you in q hurry?'
 "To get to Pittsburgh? No. 1 wish we were four hours late te"-Exchange,
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
DANGERS IN BEEa.DRlNKING.

Dr. s. H. Burgen, practitioner for 50 years, 2S in Toledo, O., says:
 My attention was first called to the insidious effects of beer when began examining for life insurance. I passed as unusually good risks five Germans young business men, who seemed in the best of health, and to have superb constitutions. In a few years I was amazed to see the whole five drop off. one after another, with what ought to have been mild and easily curable diseases. On comparing my experi- ences with those of other physicians found they were all having similar luck with confirmed beer drinkers, and my practice since has heaped confir- nation upon confirmation"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
TICKS FROM TALL TIMERS
How to Get in Tick Free District
 This Year.

If you want your county to be in the tick eradication district and rid your county of the Texas fever tick and save thousands of dollars of loss an- nually, then hustle out with petitions to local representative of the Arkan- sas Legislature which convenes next week, urging that your county be placed in the tick eradication district.
 There are now two eradication dis tricts in Arkansas, the Northeast Tick Eradication District, under the control of commission, and the Northwest District, in charge or a board of con trol, and under the direction of the head of the Veterinary Science Depart ment of the State College of Agricui- ture at Fayetteville.
 The work has been carried on in tIese districts by counties who levy an annual tax of five cents on all cat tie of dairy and beef class in those counties.
 In any part of the state outside the tick eradication districts 1t would be
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
HORTICULTURALiSTS TO MEET.

The Arkansas Horticultural Society at Fayetteville January II to 16 inclu- sive. Convention week will be Farm CTS Week" at the university The Arkansas College of Agriculture has arranged for the entertainment of the visitors. A large exhibit of spraying machinery and cultivating materials will be on display, which will give prospective purchasers an opportunity to see machinery in operation before buying It is expected that the largest ganizatiOn will be present.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
Stop That Cough-Now

When you catch cold, or begin to cough, the first thing to do is to take pr. Bells Pine Tar Honey. It pene- trates the Things of the Throat and Lungs and fights the Germs of the Disease, giving quick relief and nat ural healing. "0ur whole family de- pend on Pine-Tar-H Honey for coughs and colds" writes MT. E. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio. It always helps. 25c at your druggist.
 Subscribe for The Nevada News Ono Dollar per Year
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06

in damp or became damp, will not ger minate strong, with the result that there will be many weak plants or missing hills in the field. There is al ways a rush of work in the spring at planting time. Seed should be select ed before this rush begins.
 A man who is not pushed for time will do better work, so that seed that Is selected early will be of better quality than that selected when the farmer feels that he ought to have his teams in the field Select fifty ears for each acre that is to be planted. Some of it Is likely to be spoiled or become damaged. At a second selection at planting time, some of the ears will Es thrown out because they do not look as good as they did at first.
 Plans may be changed so that few more acres may be planted than was at first intended After all if there Is 8 small surplus it may be sold to some neighbor who has neglected his seed and who will b. wiling to pay a good price for it. or it may be fed and nothing lost. If you must buy seed get it early The seed houses usually sell their best seed first and If there is a demand may sell very inferior seed at the end of the season. The failure of so many of our farmers to get superior quality of seed early in the season is one big factor in caus ing the average yield of corn to be only twenty bushels per acre in Ar kansas.
 Earl Fitzpatrick
 Experiment Station. Fayetteville
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
19i5 SEED CORN MUST
 BE SELECTED AT 0NCE
Delay Until Time to Plant to Secure Good Parent Stock Why Arkansas Average Yield Is 20 Bushels an Acre.

Do not wait until planting time to pick out or buy the seed corn. Begin to look for good seed ears now ano keep them in dry place and protect ed from the grain moth so that they will grow. Many farmers depend on picking the seed corn out of the crib late in the season only to find that during the winter most of it has been fed, and that only few bushels Of nubbins remain from which to select the parent stock for the crop of next year.
 Corn that is allowed to stay in the crib all winter, especially if 1t was put
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
A VIEW OF HIMSELF.


 The following story is going the rounds of the newspapers and is well worth passing on:
 A young man of fine family and splendid gifts was going down as fast as it was possible for a man to go, through strong drink. His friends had pleaded with him, but he had taken their warnings as an insult. One of them, who was a court stenographer, was sitting in a restaurant one eve ming when the young man in question came In with a companion and sat down with his back to him at the ad- joining table. He was just drunk enough to be talkative about his pri- vate affairs, and on the impulse of the moment the stenographer pulled out his notebook and took a shorthand re- port of every word he said. It was the usual maudlin folly Of a young man with his brain muddled by drink and included a number of highly can- did details of his daily life-things which, when he was sober, he would as soon have put his hand in the fire as speak about to a casual acquaint- ance. The next morning the ste- nographer copied the whole thing neatly and sent it round to his office In less than ten minutes he came tear ing in with, What is this, anyhow?"
 It's @ stenographic report of your at the restaurant last eve ning." his friend replied, and gave him a brief explanation.
 Did I really talk like that?" he asked faintly.
 q assure you it is an absolutely yer batim report" was the reply.
 He turned pale and walked out. He never drank another drop
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
WAR AND THE RULERS

When Smith is moved to sudden heat At some affront that touched his
 clan, He can't lombard the German fleet King George of England can. Brown, swollen big with pride of birth Can't borrow the Almighty's fan And winnow Austrians off the earth The Czar of Russia can. When Jones grows stale at desk or
 bench
 And needs thicker coat of tan, He can't march out and shoot the
 French
 But Kaiser Wilhelm can. Smith, Brown and Jones, aroused to
 fife,
 Can't fabricate a heartless plan Or set hundred towns on fire But Francis Joseph can. I thank, Thee, Lord, a million times, That was born common man And cannot do the nameless crimes That Thine anointed can.
 From the Oregon Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
Colds Are Often Most Serious Stop Possible Complications

The disregard of Cold has often brought many a regret. The fact of Sneezing, Coughing, or Fever should be warning enough that your system needs immediate attention. Certain ly Loss of Sleep is most serious. It is warDHg given by Nature. It is mans duty to himself to assist by do- ing his part. Dr. Kings New Disco very is based on a scientific analysis of Colds. soc at your druggist Buy a bottle to-day.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06

noticeable consequences, once, in con- pany with Pan Sosiejkowski, High Chamberlain of Volhynia, disposed of whole butt of old Hungarian wine at single sitting. One held his breaker under the bunghole until it was full, and then drank while the other filled his breaker; one so, turn and turn about, they achieved the feat.
 The News has quite number of old newspapers for sale at it's oce on East Elm Street.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06
WHEN POLAND DRANK HARD
London Chronicle

Poland was a great country for hard drinking in the old days. Its last King Stanislaus H., was solemn ly warned by the Grand Hetman Branicki that he must never expect to become popular unless he got drunk at least twice a week. Pan Komar- czewski, who could empty bucketful of champagne at a draught without
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06

practical for several counties in a group to join forces and form a local district These counties could come in under the present laws and regula- tions provided they are placed legally and the tax of five cents is levied on all neat cattle within your borders.
 R. M. Cow, State eterinarian.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-06

Next to having good seed, a prop erly prepared seed bed is of most i'm portance in planting a crop.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
A GUTTER" IN TYPE.
seven Line, Each Ending with the
Word the"

A short time ago "a proof.eale~ or
newspaper reading som" limo copy
caught sight ~ a remarkable gutter
About 70 break II up by having No.d
deleted or inserted he saw 20 bis sur
prise. say Tt-Bifs. that each OF sever
lines ended with the word the Th
paragraph was as follows
Decidedly most enica,io4s o. an would 10
such amendment 20 our Fedora. Consu'l'
ton a. would permit she President o. me
United States 20 veto separate stems ~ me
appropriation bills without .ndluGerinE M
enactment Of the laudaOls features o. me
measures. We do no; underestimate me
many diriculles In the way Of securing me
amendment suggested. but surely one Of me
kind Is emlnently desirable.
A statistical fierd has worked op'
that such a combination could only occur
once In every l70,S59,375 lines. We axe
his word for IT, lie also pointed out ina
proofreader might he expected TO en-
counter In his fir.t proofs one seven'up
as speclmened n, 10 the mingled grie'
and amazement OF successive genera
lions OF undsrtakers. ne kept this nor
tai coil unshuffied during lifetime thA'
included a tritle OF 9s5 years OF active
service curved over his desk. ForWarI'
ESQ years would bring us 20 4. D. sls'
or backward, u backward turned NV
wheels OF time. 10 more than 100 YEAR
before George Washington was born
The calculation Is based on 500 WORK
Ing days I'm a year. each days Nnnt
TO include an average OF 1000 limos :"
straight"
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SOME WONDERFUL MEMORIES
Lbr.riaa who Knew All Refer.
ebees 70 seints-TslLing without
Thinking.

Many Librarians have m"moge, hat
enable them 10 carry IN their heads long
lists OF titles Of books OF the Names OF
the authors. and even % the rumb.s
OF the books. to say nothing o. .ae.r
places on th- shelves. Long practice.
OF course. has given ther this ON.
plAhment. H. some cases it amounts 10
downright genius
one OF the most eN,rao-d -1-. IN.
stances OF that ability. says ne r9.I,
Companion. IL 10 be found .r go case
OF Antonio Msgliabecchi. librsra- 81 N,
Grand Duke Cosimo III. OF Florence. II
Is said that II a priest wished 20 com.
pose a panegyric on a saint s1d vent 70
Ma rlisbecchi the librarian would ''ll
him all the references 20 re saint IN
literature. even 70 the parts NJ : = dI'.
ferent works wherein they were 70 Ia
found. He could often quote ss many
as hundred writer's.
Mssliabecchi could tell not only WHO
had treated a subject fully but also who
had touched on IT incidentally in writing
upon other subjects.
Il Is related that WREN Nagliab.cchl
visited other libraries his memory was
so rema rkable that he needed 10 see and
consult a book only once in its plac. to
fix everything about ~ permanently In
his mind.
one dsy TIE Grand Duke sent 'or n.
librarian to ask whether he could g.,
for him book that Was decidedly rar.
II arm sorTy. your Grace" replied
Magliabecchi. but there II only on.
copy in tho world. That Is In the library
OF the grand seignlor at Con>tantiHufl
Il IL the seventh book on the second
shelf on the right as you ente-'
II is said that Macaulay. VINO had ore
OF the most remarkable memories n
which We have any information. Wa
once caught tripping with reference 70
a line In Paradise Lost" In few
days he appeared with the poem In lis
hand and offering 10 TO the gentleman
who had caught him. sa'd. 81 10 no.
think that you will catch me again on
this" And they did not.
An extraordinary memory was that n
DR.. Addison Alexander o., Princeton
Theological Seminary. His memory was
not only tenacious OF facts but OF mere
words For the amusement % Young
people he would sometimes say, Nov 7
am going 20 talk without thinking.
He would then pour forth period after
period OF strange words and inc7nsrI-
Gus images, harmonious and even
rhythmical IN sound. out vhoi y destitute
OF sense. II that seems an easy trick
try 20 suspend your reason and give re.
rein 20 your fancy in periods that shall
he dramatically correct and YET with
out meaning
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which distinguishes" nj. ,,rr..

winch olSOnbuisbes his fannie
q "disdainful insouciance" all HE q.
TIN Princess greatly enjoyed his ~
pany. but was "devoutly ths,y,a,,
that he was not OF her fsnuy o..
Mountstuart Grant Dur h.- btr, :.
with keen prophecy: Winston :,
curious mixture o. America, ,r,.
dence and English caution, ana ~,
sure that later on his widest acts VI,
be very wisely premeditsted.-
Lord Salisbury's Gigantic a,,,,.s
was Commanding the political Nor,,o,
with It's imposing magnitude ".
Balfour stood for Conservative Row.
Lord Rosebery had won IN. Nd,
and was waiting to step into Glss
stones shoes. The LLOYD G.orr.,
were yet TO be: government was s,r
sristocrstic at the top Mr. Ae1u,tb,
future shone with roseate pron,,.
his er7idtion. dignity and co,,r,..
marked him out. and he had M. -,
acquired the Bashaws multipl. a,
pendage Of political enni'i>s Job,
Morley and Lscky (b-caus. OF 81,
long name conveniently 10 b. CALI.
always THE historian con.r,h,,.s
grace az well az er1id.tion 20 soci..y
in the British capital. So Few v.,,,
ago II was: In ths rapid march a.
recent years. left so far behind IN.
hne. stern old dowsser duchess>s. r-,n
and symbol Of the ancient order mus,
have felt the ground slipping ON,
from under their sris.ocrst!c Zee,
their indomitsble pride s'ru.r'n,
TO the las: in futile rebellion again.
the pressure OF new IDEAS"
The German memories" ar. older
The Princess Raizlwill docs not Nh.
to hear Germany's first Emperor WIZ.
lam spoken OF ss a severe IN only Ia
name. She reverses The traditional
pairing in which Bismarck is mas
ter and the Emperor MS man. Bis.
marck had real affection FOR his i'm.
perlsl overload and william ! Dc.
liberately sacrificed some ~ h.s pr.
rosative. The Russia Of 'hs,, In.
substantial notes is that ~ Asxsn.
der III. and Marie Feodorovra. A
chapter on Russian Journalism an,
EDITORS stands on. from the rsmhIn,
record Of gay times IN ''hA srea
world"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
4 PortinEaIe Leeoh In India.

Sir Clements Markham. now that
his days OF exploration are over and
age has tempered his life, finds pleas
ure in busying a mind full Of curious
information upon the task OF illumi-
mating certain ancient works an
cillary to geographical study. II was
little more than a year ago that ne
presented wholly new translation
and critical exposition of Ollantay, the
great national drama OF Inca Peru.
From the Indies OF the western world
he now turns to the ancient Indies
and presents a translation OF the his
toric work OF GARCIA DA ORrA. Colo
quicS on the Simples and Drugs Of
IHdi0 Henry Sotheran and Company,
London).
Though Orta was a physician his
narrative far transcends the details Of
the matcria medica and the healing
art. lie was a wide voyager, his eye
was always open for new things. his
ears caught ali the good stories Of the
new DID world which he visited his
Judgment was sufficiently keen 10 en-
able him TO sift a large amount Of
chan from the wheat. lie is an eN-
pert commentator on geography, and
his record OF the incidents OF life In
the Far East Is animated and marked
by great shrewdness. II is surpris-
ing to find how many Of the stock
stories out OF the East owe their first
presentation to this work yet after
all there Is no good ground for sur
prise in this matter, for the text has
been hard to como at in Portuguese
until the appearance OF the new edi-
ton by Condo de Ficalho which for
the first time corrected the many tex
tual inaccuracies in the original Goa
edition, the third book put to press
in India. In English II has never
been accessible until now.
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Orta, at the Spanish universities.
was somewhat out Of the sweep OF the
New Learning which was putting the
final stroke TO tho darkness OF the
Middle Ages: furthermore, he was
educated to a profession somewhat
more conservative than any other
branch of intellectual attainment. BY
the time that the New Learning was
making its first entrance into the
dorian peninsula, where its reception
was cold and grudging at best, Orta
was out AT the uttermost parts OF the
earth and beyond the reach or new
thought, save such as ne could think
out FOR himself in the absence OF mas
tcrS.
1t was the fan OF Constantinople to
the Turk which gave tho minds OF
Europe the impetus which has made
the modern era Of knowledge. Up TO
that historic event the treasures OF the
Greek knowledge were closed 10 the
Latin civilization OF advancing Eu-
rope. or, when known at all, only in
the vehicle Of uncertain translations
and cpitomes in Latin and Arabic.
The downfall OF the last glorious rem
nant OF the Eastern Empire filed
Italy with refugee scholars who
brought Greek manuscripts I'm their
night and received a cordial welcome
in the Italian universities as instruc-
tors of the Greek language and litera-
ture. Pavia and Padua were unselt-
ish in the new possession. scholars
from the north fiocked to the new
teachers and carried the New Learn
ing back with them. The great ave-
nue. Of the diffusion was across the
Alps and down the Rhine valley and
thence TO Paris and to the English
universities. From Paris as a sec
ondary point OF distribution II turned
south across the Ftrenees and TO
Salamanca and Alcala. When II
reached these Spanish universities,
with which Orta had been connected,
and Lisbon, at which he had been a
member Of the faculty he had already
set forth for the Far Fast. Yet
though We can establish as fact that
he was beyond the reach OF the New
Learning, though these colloquies
hint at no knowledge of the Greek,
We find Orta breaking loose from the
trammels of the old traditions of
scholarship and giving way to free
dom OF inquiry, 10 the evsluation OF
observation and experience as SUI
perlor TO the doctrines OF the past. In
the colloauy on cinnamon he writes:
Il say that you can get more knowl-
edge now from the Portuguese in one
day than was known 10 the Romans
after hundred wears"
In the theory OF medicine tho las,
word had been written by Galen; his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Garcia da Orta was born near the
Spanish frontier OF Portugal at Evas.
famous for it's plums as far back as
il has a traceable history. The year
is in doubt; It may have been 1890
or possibly some few wears later. But
il was a glorious time in which TO
he born and to grow into share OF
the worlds new great activity. It
was then that Columbus had found
the New World and every year new
We're adding TO the prize
of wealth for the voyager Portugal,
freed from the not entirely unkind
rule Of the MOors, was instinct with
the spirit of discovery which Prince
Henry the Navigator had set upon his
people, driving them ever more and
more TO the south along the rich coast
Of Africa until at last Nasco da Cana
rounded the last tip OF land and
opened around the Cape OF Good Hope
the seaway to the Indies. Adventure
swung to the tide in every port, the
adventurer returned 10 his village to
swagger through the countryside with
tales nf golden rivers. Of fierce saw
ages tanned to obey, OF new birds in
The forests, NJ a thousand wonders
Of art whore truth would have been
sufficiently artful. II must have been
refreshing Ia he n hoy growing M
in such surroundings. to feel right
at hand the lure Of the distance. to