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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-16

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Rec, w. FRANK HERRICr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-16

The impression that Buffalo nickels
would some day command a fat
premium has led one Rockland man
to lay by $2s worth. The practice is
commended even il the premiums
never materialize. remarks the
Courier Gazette. t.t
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
or PRESIDENTS
Roosevelt the "Youth" of the
White House.
Youngest Man Who Has Been inaugu.
rated as the Chief Executive of
the United States, Up to
This Time.

In the discussion Of available candi-
dates for the presidency of the United
States there is usually a good deal
said about age. The Oldest of the
presidents was William Henry Harri-
son. When he was inaugurated, in
1S41, he was sixty-eight years old, hav,
ing been born February 9, 1873, at
Berkeley, Charles City county, Va. He
died of bilious pleurisy in Washington
April a, 1S41, just me month after his
Inauguration, and was buried at North
Bend, Hamilton county, o., that hav'
ing been his home.
James Buchanan was sixty-five
years old when inaugurated and he
died at the age of seventy-seven, June
1, 1868.
Zachary Taylor was sixty-four years
old when inaugurated, and he died
July 9, 1880, of bilious fever, at Wash
ington, after a White House term OF
one year, four months and five days
He was sixty-iye years old.
John Adams was sixty-one when in
stalled as president and died at the
age of ninety. Andrew Jackson was
sixty-one at Inauguration and lived
until his seventy-eighth year.
James Monroe was among the old
presidents, being fifty-eight at the
time of his inauguration.
George Washington vas not among
the young" presidents, being fifty
seven years old when inaugurated
Jefferson, Madison and John Quincy
Adams were of that age when in
augurated.
Dropping below the figures fifty
seven, one finds that the inauguration
fifty-six; Wilson, ffty-six; Benjamin
Harrison, fifty-five; Van Buren,. fifty
four; Hayes, fifty-four; Mckinley, fiji
fifty-four; Mckinley, fifty-four; Lin
~ty-four; Lincoln, fifty-two; Tyler, fifty
one; Taft, ifty-one; Fillmore, fifty;
Arthur, fifty.
Roosevelt was the youth" among
the presidents, being ~inaugurated a
the age OF forty-two. Grant was forty
six, Cleveland was forty-seven, Pierce
was forty-eight and Garfield and Poll
were forty-nine.
OF the ex-presidents who have
passed away, John Adams lived to The
greatest age, ninety. Madison died a
the age of e~ighty-ive, Jefferson a
eighty-three, John Quincy Adams a
eighty, Van Buren, at seventy-nine
Jackson at seventy-eight, Buchanan a
seventy-seven, Fillmore at seventy
four, Cleveland at seventy-one ant
Hayes at seventy.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
British Afforestation.

A~fforestation as a national under
taking is being kept insistently be-
fore the British government. At a
meeting of the Scottish Arboricultural
society in Edinburgh the other day a
resolution was adopted, in which the
government was urged to give facil-
tiles, and to provide funds for putting
schemes of forest tree culture into
operation. Afforestation carried out
on a considerable scale, it is averred,
would afford suitable employment, un-
der healthy conditions, for a large
and increasing rural population, while
it would also assist in solving the
problem of finding work and wages
for the large number of soldiers who
at the end of the war on returning
home may not be able to resume their
former occupations. The matter is
really one of some national urgency.
AS the chairman pointed out, the war
has made clear the dangerous extent
to which Scotland has hitherto been
dependent upon foreign timber, for
since the outbreak of .hostilities every
article in which wood is used has
gone up considerably in price.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Poet as Lawmaker.

Signor d'Annunzio, Italy's poet-idol
and political leader, comes nearest of
all men to justifying the dictum of
Fletcher of Saltoun regarding the
power of the poet as a lawmaker.
For d'Annunzio has sung" Italy into
war by his own ballads. In or er that
Fletcher may not suffer f. n the
usual ~misquotation, his actua words
may be here set down. They are
taken from an Imaginary Converse
ton" Il knew" he says, "a very
wise man so much of Sir Christopher's
sentiment that he believed if a man
were permitted to make all the bal
lads he need not care who should
make the laws of a nation."-Londop
Chronicle.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Praise Better Than Fault Finding.

Praise a boy for his good deeds
rather than spank him for his bad
ones. Many a parent has tried it, with
successful results, as we'll as pleasant
ones for the boy.
Hardheaded business has made a
similar discovery. A Pennsylvania rail.
road superintendent found that post.
ing in public places the faults of his
employees failed to reduce the mum.
Der Of delinquencies.
I'll try a new game he said. THE
failures | shall keep to myself, but
the particularly good bits of work
done by the men / shall paste upon a
bulletin board where all may read"
AND the result Of this scheme OF
heart instead of fist? A quick drop
OF two-thirds in the number of men
who required discipline. This was
pure gain, and a big one, for the rail.
road, but the men profited even more.
There was a decrease of more than
10 per cent in loss of wages through
suspensions.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Work of Lananese Girls.

For Japan's coronation ceremony of
taishosal next November q pretty
young women have been assisting in
transplanting the young emerald rice
plants in the sacred fields of the
Mikawa province. Half way to their
knees in water, they toiled daily. like
their less privileged sisters, at the
work. Bending down, they laid the
tiny shoots in place, and rising. sang
sacred Shinto songs, for the rice
grains of the rare festival must be
perfect in shape and color-true.
seed pearls of the Way of the Gods.
The girls are from sixteen to twenty
one years old. OF these things the
papers took note. The photographers
snapped them in their coming and do
ing and going. Not only from the
neighborhood but from afar have
come insistent marriage proposals,
and all but one are said to be en-
gagged and are to be married the day
of the coronation. .7
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29

GERS. Uncle Peter has a perfect hor-
ror of these modern dances and
Peaches and Alice and | share 1t with
him. Then she turned to key, Don't
you think these modern dances are
perfectly disgusting?"
Poor key looked reproachfully at
the old lady a second, then with gath
ering establishment he slid silently
off the chair and struck the floor with
a bump.
Aunt Martha was SO ratified over
this unexpected effort on Mr..
Schwartz's part that she upset her
coffee and key got most of it in the
back Of the neck.
When peace was finally restored the
old lady came to the surface with an
envelope which had been lying on the
table near her plate.
rs this your letter, John?" she
asked, and then arranging hei
glasses, read with great elaboration:
"Mr. /. Schwartz, Tango Teacher
Care of Kumearly and Staylates
Cabaret, New York"
Peaches and Alice went into the
ice business right away quick.
Aunt Martha in panied surprise
locked at me and then at Bunch ane
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
POET SPOILED CHILD
Bayard Taylor's Opinions of Swim
burne Makes Some Rather In
terestina Reading.

In all important respects except n
| found him to be very much what |
anticipated, writes Laura Stedman In
the North American Review, quoting
Bayard Taylor's impression of Swim
burne. The exception is instead OF be
ing a prematurely blase young man OF
the world, he is rather a willful, per-
verse, unrea sonable, spoiled child. His
nature is still that of the young Shell
ley, and my great fear is that it will
never be otherwise.
He needs the influence of a nature
stronger than his in everything but
the imaginative faculty-such a nature
as Byron's was to Shelley. . He
has a weak moral sense, but his Of
lenses arise from a colossal unbal-
anced ~affectation. This, or something
like it, is a disorganizing element in
his nature which quite obscures the
organizing-that is artistic-sense.
What / admire in him-yet admire
with a feeling of pain-is the mad, I'M
restrained preponderance of the imagi-
nation. 1t is a godlike quality, but he
sometimes uses it like a devil. He
greatly interests my intellect but does
not touch me magnetically.
He could have no power Ger me,
but on the contrary l felt that should
be able to influence him in - short
time. [ had a letter from him the
other day which shows that he feels
an intellectual relationship between
US. Now, this is not a question Of
relative poetic power, but of a certain
diversity of qualities, and l don't mean
to be egotistic in saying that | might
perform somewhat of the same service
for him as Byron for Shelley. | feel
that (if it is not already too late) /
could help him to some degree of
poise, of system, Of law; in short,
art.
In this sense he moves my deepest
sympathy, for l see 10Y the matter
that might be nodded into a splendid
poet relapsing into formless condi-
tions. 1t is sad. it is tragic, and if
this fancy of mine be foolish, there it
is, nevertheless. Without this sense OF
| giving assistance a week alone with
Swinburne would be in~tolerable to me
or any other human being.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
SEEING LIFE with
JOHN HENRY
NhW Geo1geV TlobaIt
KT[lKNy1 John Henry Takes a Tango Lesson
John Henry Takes a Tango Lesson

Leave everything to me-" Bunch
growled as we shaved our hats and
Indianfiled to a trough.
"A quart of Happysuds,' Bunch or
dered. How about it, Ikey?"
Ikey flashed a grin and tried to swal-
low his palate, 50 it wouldn't interfere
with the wet spell suggested by Bunch.
key belonged to the dis, dose and
dem push.
Every long sentence he uttered was
full Of splintered grammar.
There was surely something wrong
with keys switchboard, because he
could wrap his system around more
Indian laughing juice without getting
lit up than any other man IN the
world.
But key was TIE compliments OF
the season, all right, all right,
The luncheon had been ordered and
Bunch was just about to switch the
conversation around to the subject OF
rebates when suddenly his eyes took
en- the appearance of saucers and, tap
ping me on the arm, he gasped,
Look"
locked and beheld Peaches, Alice
and Aunt Martha sailing over in cur
direction.
With a whispered admcnition to
Bunch to keep key still / went for
ward to meet friend wife, her aunt and
Alice.
They were as much surprised as
| was.
1T was such a delightful day that
Aunt Martha couldn't resist the temp
tation to do a little shopping" Peaches
ratified on: "and then we decided to
Gene here for a bit of luncheon
hello, Bunch! I'm so glad to see you!
John, hadn't we better take another
table 50 that your friendly conference
may not he interrupted"
| FASTENED to assure Peaches that
it wasn't a conference at all. We had
met Mr.. Schwartz quite by accident.
Then | introduced Ikey to the ladies.
He got up and die something that
was supposed to be a bow, but you
shoe or coming down a ~stepladder.
After they had ordered club sand
wichas and coffee l explained to
Peaches and the others that Mr..
Schwartz was a real estate dealer.
key began to swell up at once.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
.gsTERY AND CHARM
ssn aae a Place in Which One
va Ponder over the History
OF the Past.

No booner had ne set foot on the
first SVEN OF the plain than / became
aware OF what looked like a herd of
elephants, half a mile ahead. they
did not move, and slowly it dawned
upon fae that this was Stonehenge.
A few minutes later, seated within
the circles of these enormous stones, l
was asking myself the old question
that SO many travellers have asked.
For worship. at least, these rude
masses were erected. That seems
fairly certain. And to commemorate
a battle, if one may Judge from the
tbarrows that crown the n~eighboring
hillocks. Religion and war-the two
powers that nave charmed and ruled
and tortured the world. So mysteri-
Gus is the whole of life, alike moral
and physical, that the haunting won
der of ~Stonehenge was neither in
creased nor lessened by what then
M saw.
Lifting my eyes to the north, I be-
held almost a whole quarter of the
horizon filed with tents and huts. the
camp that is to shelter a quarter of
a million fighting men. Along the
skyline to the left, in single file, cut
out sharp in black against the azure
west, moved a band of horsemen. Up
from the plain behind me burst a pat
TALON Of Canadian foot ana a battery
of fouf field guns halted on my right
to give the men a chance to stare at
what is perhaps the Oldest relic of
human life in Britain. A year ago |
might have moralized on progress, on
the notable advance we have made
over the crude enginery hat brought
these blocks here and set them in
place. Today I find it hard to believe
that chemistry and mechanic arts
have made men different from what
they were.
When the soldiers have looked a
little and stretched themselves they
move on. S~tonehenge remains, and
the skylarks are still singing the same
song, no doubt, that rang above this
plain thousands of years ago.-Scrib
ner's Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29

People who kick about the climate
of the eastern states may give thanks
that their lot has not been cast in
eastern Washington, but may feel in.
clined to move to the Puget sound
region.
For the last 10 years." said Prof.
Edwin ]. Saunders in a recent lecture
at the University of Washington, "the
Sound country has experienced only
16 days when the temperature was
above 80 degrees, and but three days
when it was below zero. Eastern
Washington commonly has a tempera.
ture OF ia degrees and a temperature
of from 10 to 20 degrees below zero is
often registered at North Yakima
Kennewick and Pasco."
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
BIDS DEFIANCE TO BURGLARS
Device That Makes Open Window
Proof Against Any Further At
tempt to Make an Entrance.

To make an open window proof
against further opening by intruders
is the object of a little device that has
just been put upon the market. 1t
consists of two pieces of metal sliding
on each other and moved by a right
and left screw; the ends of the pieces
of metal are bent over at right angles
and the bent-over part is covered with
sharp points.
The lower sash of a window is
raised a few inches and this apparatus
is put on top of it, the broad flange
pressing against the inside of the win
dow casing, the narrow fiange against
the upper sash. In most windows this
narrow fange will jamb down between
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29

Bunch and l are going in a little
deal with Mr.. Schwartz" / explained
He knows the real estate business
backward. He, Schwartz, has a fad
for collecting apartment houses. He
owns the largest assortment of People
Coops in the city. All the modern i'm
provenents, too. Hot and cold win.
dows, running gas and noiseless jan.
itOrs. Mr.. Schwartz is the inventor
Of the idea Of having two baths in
every apartment 50 that the lessees
will have less excuse for not being
water broke"
Ikey never cracked a smile.
in Mr.. Schwartz's apartment
houses" l continued, while Bunch
kicked my shins under the table, you
will find self-freezing refrigerators
and ~self-leaving servants. All the
rooms are light rooms, when you light
the gas. Two of his houses overlook
the park and all of them overlook
the building laws. The floors are
made of concrete, SO that if you want
" ing q AOioC III IHC pdIlOI yCu Cdu
do 50 without kicking off the plaster
in the NAT below. Every room has fold
ing doors, and when the water pipes
burst the janitor has folding arms"
Quit your joshing, John! You'll
embarrass Mr.. Schwartz" laughed
Bunch somewhat nervously, but keys
grin never flickered.
rs Mr.. Schwartz deaf and dumb"
Peaches whispered.
Internationally so," / whispered
back; Sometimes for hours at a time
he cannot speak a word and can hear
only the loudest tones
Aunt Martha heard my comment on
keys infirmity and was about to be-
ccme intensely sympathetic and tell
him how her brothers. wife was cured
when Bunch interrupted loudly by ask
ing after Uncle Peters health.
Never BETTER" answered Aunt
Martha. He has spent all the morn
ing arranging the program Of dancing
for our little party. He insists upon
having the Virginia Reel, the old-fash-
toned waltz, the Polka and the Lam
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Medical ouacks Among the Wounded

S h'S
The exploitation of a great variety
of electrical devices for the treatment
of diseases has attended the return to
London Of wounded soldiers from the
front. Most of these are absolutely
valueless and many have been sold
fraudulently. The Electrical Review
of London editorially attacks the prac.
tice. The writer of the article de,
clares that while he holds no brief for
the qualified medical man" he does
hold a brief against those who, with
the aid Of newspaper advertisement
and pse~udo-scientific pretenses,. are
ready to take unfair advantage of the
opportunity to fatten on the earnings
of poor and rich alike. We know
something of the lengths to which
these sharks can 60. the profits that
they make, and the receptivity of the
easily deluded mind, when we express
a hope that the powers in authority
will keep a careful watch over thif
matter"
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29

Into the next room came Alice n
cackle.
Bunch and | started from cur
reveries when we heard Alice say tc
Peaches, You don't know what a
source Of comfort it has been to me
to realize that Bunch doesn't know a
blessed thing about the tango or n
Of these h~atefully intimate new
dances"
The same with me, Alice friend
wife chirped in. Il believe if John
were to suddenly display ability to
dance the tango I'd be broken-hearted.
Naturally, I'd know that he Eust have
learned it with a wicked companion
in some lawless cabaret. And if he
frequented cabarets without my knowl-
edge-oh, Alice, what would | do"
I looked at Bunch, he locked at me
and then we both locked cut the win
dow.
For my part" Alice went on; y
trust Bunch SO implicitly that don't
even question his motive when he tele-
Dhones me he has to take dinner in
town with a prospective real estate
customer"
"And | know enough of human ma
ture,' Peaches gurgled, TO be sure
stbat if either one of them could tango
AisNwoul6 be crazy to show off at home.
/ think we're very lucky, both of us,
, to have such steady-going husbands,
don't you, Alice"
At this point Aunt Martha buzzed
into the other room and the Jackie
|. took on another complexion.
In the meantime Bunch and / had
passed away.
its cold turkey" I whispered.
1--WE been in the refrigerator for ten
minute and I'm chilled to the bone
Bunch whispered back.
Can we get u coin away from
Ikey?" / asked.
The next morning we had key
Schwartz for luncheon with us at the
st. Astorbilt. The idea being to daz-
zle him and get a few Of the iron men
back.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29

~ HE idea originated with Bunch
! Jefferson. You can always count
on Bunch having a few freak ideas In
the belfry where he keeps his butter
lies.
Bunch and his wife, Alice, live out
in Westchester county, about half a
mile from Uncle Peters bungalow,
where friend wife and l are spending
the winter.
The fact that Uncle Peter and Aunt
Martha had decided to give us a party
Mas the inspiration for Bunch's bril-
liant idea.
Listen. John" he macchiayellied;
"not one of this push out here knows
a thing about the tango. Most of them
have a foolish idea that it's a wicked
institution invented by the devil who
sold his patent rights to the Evil-Do-
ers association. Now, I'll tell you
what wen do, John: Wen put them
wise. Wen take about two lessons
from a good instructor in town and on
the night of the party we'll make the
ElL VI 0uI llNCo tSdIA1AAS 1HCAA GA ~
tango. Are you James to the possibil-
ities?"
1T listens like a good spiel" ]
agreed; but will a couple Of lessons
be enough for us?"
Sure" he came hack; we're not
a couple of Patsys with the punpi
We can learn enough in two lessons to
make good in this boob community.
Why, We'll start a tango craze oVt
here that will put life and ginger in
the whole outfit ana presently they'll
be putting I'D statues in our honor"
Well, to make a long story lose its
cunning, we made arrangements next
day with key Schwartz, dancing in
structor, to explain the mysteries OF
} this modern home-wrecking PROPOSE
ton known as the tango, and paid hin
in advance the sum of $100.
We made an appointment to meet
'Ikey at his studio" for our first les
son the following afternoon. Then
we hiked fer hcnae on the Ala, we'll
pleased with our investment and It's
promise Of golden returns.
That night Bunch and Alice were
over to cur place for dinner. After
dinner Bunch AMI I sat down by the
los FIRE il the Dutch room, filled our
faces with Havana panatellas and pro-
ceeded to enjoy life in silence.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
"Ikey Tried to Bend a Society Double

finally focused q STEADY Dean OI III.
%terrogation upon the countenance OF
Mr.. Schwartz.
key eve whimpered.
Then Bunch took the letter from
the open-eyed Aunt Martha and leaped
to the rescue while l came out of the
trance slowly.
Its too bad Mr.. Schwartz forgot
his ear trumpet" Bunch said quickly
and key was wise to the tip in a
minute.
Peaches shifted s~uspiciously and ]
knew she had the gloves on.
Mr.. Schwartz's affection is terri
BILE" she said with a chill in every
word. How did you converse with
him before our arrival?'
"Oh, he understands the lip Ian.
guage and can talk back on his
fingers l FASTENED to explain, look
ing hard at key. whose masklike
face gave no token that he under.
stood what was going on.
Il thought l understood you to say
Mr.. Schwartz is a real estate deal
err" Peaches continued, while the
thermometer went lower and lower.
$50 he is" I replied.
Then why does his correspondent
address him as a tango teacher?"
friend wife said slowly, and l could
hear the icebergs grinding each other
all around me.
Il think l can explain that" Bunch
put in quietly. Then with the utmost
elaboration he looked key in the
eye and said, 'Mr. Schwartz, it's real
ly none of my business, but would
you mind telling me why you, a real
estate dealer, should have a letter in
your possession which is addressed
to you as a tango teacher? Answe
me on your fingers"
key delivered the goods.
In a minute he had both paws
working overtime and such knuckle
twisting no mortal man eve INDUCED
in before.
"He says" Bunch began to inter.
pref, that the letter is not his. II
is intended for Isadore Schwartz, a
wicked cousin of his who is a victim
of the cabaret habit. Mr.. Schwartz
is now complaining bitterly with his
intended for his renegade cousin be-
come mixed almost every day. These
mistakes are made because the initials
are identical. He also says that-he
acknowledgements of - this
particular = letter - in-his-posses'
Observation-Disclosures = ladies
"a
q
keys fingers kept on working
nervously as though he felt it his duty
to wear them out, and the perspira.
ton rolled off poor Bunch's forehead,
I'm afraid we'll miss the 5:15
train if we don't hurry said Peaches,
and / could see that the storm wal
over, although she still glanced sus
~piciously at poor key.
And, Bunch, you and John a
come home with us now, can't your
Alice asked as they started to float
for the door.
Then Ikey cut it as we started to
follow the family parade, I'm hep to
the situation. It's a cutey, take it
from little likely. I'll have to charge
you SIS for the sudden attack of deaf
ness; then there's $40 for hardships
sustained by my finger joints while
conversing. The rest of the hundred
iron men I'm going to keep as a
souvenir of two good-natured ginks
who wouldn't know what to do with
a tango if they had one
AS we pulled out of the Mayonnaise
looked back at Ikey to thank him
with a farewell nod.
He was half way under the table,
holding both hands to his sides and
making funny faces at the carpet.
Copyright, 1915. BY the Mcclure Newspa-
nor Gyudicafal
The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-29
Veuetahle Cement.

Cement from beets-this. is n of
the latest discoveries, of science. 1t
is said that a French firm is making
ar excellent quality OF this product
from the scum which forms when the
beets r BOILED, and which hitherto
has been thrown away.