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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
No Reduction in Cost Of ljvino

A recent editorial in the New York
Times. on the sugar duty reads as
though it had been taken from their
1s1: hook. 1t says:
This condition is specific re-
Garding sugar. but is the same in
principle as that on which all
tariff reductions are based, viz.
that protective tariff increases
not merely the price Of imported
articles, but also increases the
price Of all domestic articles Of the
same Sort
Per contra. decrease in customs
duties should, if this argument is
sound. result in decreased prices.
But Old the Democratic tariff re-
duction bring this about? The cost OF
living is considerably higher now than
il was in l9le-1el3 II was higher in
1914. after the Democratic tariff Law
had been in effect some months. and
before the war. than it was the yea,
previous. At the same time the aver
aga rate Of duty on all imports unde.
the Democratic law shows a reduction
Of 50 per cent, compared with the Re
publican tariff law during 1918.
AS for sugar. with a reduction Of .;
per cent in the duty, under the Deme-
cratic law, the price on June 80. 1e1.
was precisely. to fraction. what i
was June 90, 1919. under the Republi
can law. The loss in revenue OF
sugar. b. reason of reduced duty, mus
be made up by direct taxation of ou
people. who receive no benefit from :
lower price. The only beneficiarie
are the controllers Of the Sugar Re
tiners' Trust, who import sugar at tn
lower duty rates and charge the sam
old price, and VINO were hand in glow
with the Democrats in the campaign o
1912
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
LOOK At CHlD'S
TONGUE IF SICK
CROSS, FEvER|SH
When constipated or bilious give
california Syrup CT Figs"

Look at the tongue, mother. If
coated, it is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
need gentle. thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep. doesn't eat or act natu-
rally. or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad: has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full Of cold, give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup Of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out Of It's
little bowels without gripping, and you
have we'll, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children TO
take this harmless fruit laxative:
they love it's delicious taste, and it al
ways makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs
which has directions for babies, chill
dren Of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware Of
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine. ask to see that il
is made by California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
FROM GIRLHOOD TO OLD
AGE'WOMEN ARE HELPED

At the first symptoms Of any de-
rangement of the feminine organism at
any period of life the one safe. really
helpful remedy is DR.. Pierce's Fayorite
Prescription.
Tens Of thousands OF women have
taken it with unfailing success for
every conceivable ailment and disease
of a womanly nature 1t is a wonan's
temperance medicine and its ingredi-
ents are published on wrapper.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
a true friend to women in times of
trial and at times of pain when the
organs are not performing their func-
tions. For headache. bachache, hot
flashes, catarrhal condition bearing
down sensation, mental depression,
dizziness, fainting spells, lassi,ude and
exhaustion. women should never fail to
take this tried and true womens medi-
cine.
Prepared from natures roots and
herbs, it contains no alcohol nor mar
cotics, nor any harmful ingredient
Medicine dealers everywhere have it on
hand in both tablet and liquid form a.
all times II you want specialist in
wornen's diseases to diagnose your case
absolutely free OF charge. write Dr.
Pierce's Inyalids' Hotel. Buffalo. \. Y
to-day 13s-page book on womens dis
eases sent free.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Only Safe Policy for United States

Germany could not have asked the
United States to agree to more tech-
less and impractical plan than she pro-
r.oses in the case Of submarines ana
armed merchantmen This state
ment was made by one OF the aoies'
lawyer members Of the foreign feia-
tons committee. Congress might as
well pass q law declaring that It was
no. murder IL man shot any other
man who was armed How is SUB
MARINE commander to determine that
a merchant ship is armed and that ne
Is thus warranted in sinking her with
o,,+ warning. IL he neither declares his
presence nor boards her 10 ascertain
Many man has been shot because
during a quarrel ne inadvertently
though he was not armed. suppose
a submarine commander sees some
thing on the deck Of a merchant vessel
which he mistakes for gun Under
the German plan he would sink the
ship first ard investigate afterwards.
OF course, the gravity Of the situa-
ton grows out Of the criminal folly
Of the Wilson administration IN pro-
posing such ridiculous scheme 10 the
allies and thus encouraging Germany
10 believe that this government would
anproye il. Ard there is no doubt that
the administration purposed TO approve
the plan and would have done SO had
il not been for Mr.. Roots mastery
speech, and Senator Sterling's resolu-
ton.
The only safe policy and the only
neutral policy for the United States
TO pursue is to adhere strictly % in
ternational law and TO refuse 10 listen
TO any proposal to modify it during
war. Every time we deviate from that
course we get into trouble. The only
real danger of the United States con-
sists Of the desperate desire Of Pres
ident Wilson to recoup his politica
fortunes by some brilliant diplomatic
achievement. and in trying TO do tina
he is as dangerous as child trying
to make fireworks out of nitroglycer'
inc"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

pay the price Of peace with sacrince
Of honor. and when he declared in
favor Of the government manufacture
Of munitions Of war.
TT is quite well understood in Iowa
that the President originally took his
stand for a great army and navy out
of difference to what he considered the
sentiment Of the people. Now he has
discovered that he misinterpreted the
sentiment, so he seeks to mould it to
his own policy. even though he did not
advocate that policy from personal
conviction when he adopted it.
III the President received no more
cordial support anywhere in the West
than he did in Iowa, the West is not
for him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Observation-Disclosures

three children and could not raise any of
them, but since I have taken the Com
pound I have a bright baby boy. I
advise every suffering woman to try it
and get relief. Ithas done wonders for
Mrs. CArHARINE COOLING, 1873
E. King Street, York, Pa.
When medicine has been successful
in bringing health to so many, no
woman has right to say without try
ing it. II do not believe it will help
me-" There must be more than hun
dred thousand women in this country
who, like Mrs. Cooling, have proven
what wonders Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound can do for weak and
ailing women. Try it and see for
yourself.
II there are any complications
you don't understand, write
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co,
(c0nfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
The Democratic Slogan.

James NJ. Gudger. Jr.. who was laid
away in the Potter's field of the tar
heel Democracy after his political
joust with Hon. James jefferson Britt
Republican, who succeeded Gudger as
congressman from the 10th North
Carolina district. wobbled into Wash
ngton recently and worked I'D an in
terview with member of the WASH
Ington Post staff. Listen to this Gud-
serian sush Of prosperity: "A wave
Of prosperity has come over all the
Southland and the business outlook
vas never better. Our cotton mills
are unable to fill the orders. Labor is
in great demand at good wages. and
the demand for farm products greater
than the supply and at the best price
in the history of the country"
Not d word about the European war.
and its effect on our industries and on
prices. On the contrary, we are lead
to infer that this is due to Democratic
policies. Mr.. Gudger has a party
slogan which he wants copyrighted.
1t is, Wilson. safety, prosperity and
peace
Wilson. the platform repudiator.
Safety. because the motto of a de-
cadent Democracy is safety first"
Prosperity-there is blood on it. but
rot like Macbeth will the administra :
ton cry. out damned spot.'
Peace-so far with dishonor. and
the end is not set.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Presidents Speeches Ineffective.

The anticipated reaction" from the
Presidents western tour on the stump
has proven veritable kick back so
far as congressman hearing from their
constituents is concerned. Not that
they have not heard from the folks
sack home" for they have. But the
letters have by TO means burned holes
in the paper through excessive warmth
Of enthusiasm for what the President
had to say. Congressman Dowell OF
the Seventh Iowa district has heard
from home" with wealth Of particu-
lars. His correspondents all tell him
that the President was received re-
lively, but they all add that the vague
and mystical manner in which Mr..
Wilson sought to excite alarm in the
minds Of his hearers caused a wide
spread impression of insncerity which
did neither him nor his cause any
good.
This same impression is set forth by
Mr. Irving y. Brant of Des Moines.
who has written East to let people
know just how far the President sue
ceeded in raising the insurance rates
on prairie lands. Mr.. Brant writes:
The keen and talented newspaper
men who accompanied President Will
son on his grass-burning trip across
the prairies seem to have overlooked
the chief fact with reference to the
great crowds which everywhere greeted
the Chief Executive Enthusiasm
stopped when the President began to
speak.
Iowa gave the President its hearth
est welcome and a respectful hearing.
Eight thousand people heard him speak
in Des Moines. They listened in decor
Gus silence. broken at long intervals
by such applause as usually terminates
a lecture on archaeology.
Every person in that audience Of
5000 carried an American flag, by ar
rangement Of the committee in charge.
The Coliseum was a sea Of flags, an
excited and choppy sea, when the
President and his party entered the
hall. Not once in the entire course Of
his address did he stir a single auditor
to the point of lifting a flag from his
lap.
President Wilson did not draw
round Of applause during the entire
part Of his address which related to
his plans for the army and navy. The
first break came when he told how he
. had labored for peace. While he was
on that subject, the crowd applauded
him. sentence by sentence.
His declaration in favor Of an in
ternational tribunal for the preserva-
ton Of peace and settlement Of dis
putes brought the only response that
could be described as prolonged.
THE audience clapped him when he
criticised those who are for peace at
any price. wasn he said he would not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
The World War a Year Ago
Todav-Feb, %,

In the Champagne French
troops gained over one mile Of
German trenches in woods north
Of Perthes and in the Argonne
captured 300 yards Of German
trenches at hill 263. A strong
Gefman attack near Munster, In
Alsace, was repulsed.
Furious fighting in the Carpa-
thians reported by Russia. Aus
TRANS were checked In success
sive stacks west of Usok pass.
British merchant steamer Thor
dis rammed and sank q German
submarine In the North sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Light and Airy
charae Of the Limb Brigade.


Ills Burnett, in the Montgomery
vertiser.)
Half an inch. half an inch.
Half an inch shorter
Whether the skirts are Tor
Mother or daughter.
Briefer the dresses grow,
Fuller the ripple now.
While whisking glimpses snow,
More than they oughter.
Forward the dress parade.
Is there a man dismayed:
No-from the sight displayed
None could be sundered.
There's not to make remark.
Clergyman. clubman. clerk.
Gaping from noon till dark
At the Four Hundred.
Short skirts to right of them
Shorter to left of them.
Shortest in front of them.
F'launted and fiirted-
In hose of stripe and plaid.
Hued most exceeding glad.
Sporting in spats run mad,
Come the short-skirted.
Flashed all their ankles there,
Flashed as they turned IN ar
What will not women dare:
Though the exhibits show
Some of them biunderedD.
All sorts and shapes of pegs,
Broomsticks. piano legs;
Here and there fairy shapes;
Just built to walk on eggs
Come by the hundred
When can their glory fade
O-the wild show they made.
All the world wondered.
Grande dame and demoiselle.
Shop girl and Bowery Belle,
Four Hundred-H'm-oh well
ANY old hundred.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little Liver Pills. These tiny,
sugar-coated. anti-blious granules-the
smallest and the easiest to take, One
little Pellet for a laxative-three for
a ca,hartic. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indigestion,
Bilious Attacks. and all arrangements
OF the liver, stomach and bowels are
prevented and relieved.
Put up in sealed vials-a perfect
st-pocket remedy, always convenient.
fresh, and reliable
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

ing Of the teeth, little red points stick
ing out on tongue. starting during sleep,
slow fever.
DR.. True's Elixir, ,re CO years tme-tried
Family Laxative and Worm EXpeller.
will expel worms and restore the vim and
vigor to your child. Good for adults also.
Mr. Horace Chenery. of Belmont. Maine.
reports that he buys - large bottles al
a time 35c, SEC and $50 at all dealers .
Advice free. Special treatment for tape
worms. Send for book.
Auburn. Maine. M rIl>
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

1OuQQ IL 10 De ali you
say it is. l was so
sick that I could not
stand at my sink to
wash dishes and I
could not sit without
a pillow under me.
i had tn e doctor
every few days but
since l have taken
the Compound I
don't have to send
forb;~ Iha,yo had
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Must Be in Style.

| see strawberries now are out,
At sixty cents quart.
They're quoted somewhere thereabout,
According to report.
The price is not designed to suit
All purses, you'll agree.
But as l like this stylish fruit.
l may buy two or three.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
A Cautious Reply.

What do you think Of this recent
appointment?
DO you actually want my opinion.
or do YOU merely want to call me a
numbskull in case my views do NOT
agree with yourso"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Friendly Advice

| "A college offers me a degree for
5000"
| well, when you get it, half the bar
tenders you meet won't know you have
it. Buy a pair of horn trimmed goggles
and go around looking wise"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
II the Air.

The year goes buzzing right around,
| 1t is a restless thing.
Full soon will magazines abound
I With madrigals TO spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Rand Transit.

How is it you have. no reference
from your last place:
Well you see, mum, l was there
only 20 minutes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
The Real Thing.

Your letters seem fervent enough.
bu, can I trus, their apparent fervor?"
You can. They have been tested in
court. / got 'em out of breach OF
promise suit, and the plaintiff got dam
ages too."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
His Plea,

You look like tramp.
TIME. lady. l do. But how do you
know that I'm not an emissary from
the state department? a piece OF PIE
iudiciously invested has been known 10
bring inordinate returns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

SIKIIS VI WOI IIIS 0IO 11N
ranged stomach, swollen up
per lip, sour stomach. often
slve breath, hard and full
belly with occasional grip
ings and pains about the
navel. pale face of leaden
tint. eyes heavy and dull.
twitching eyelids. itching OF
the nose. itching of the REG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

IRA1NS Lila = 49, SlA AS fOL-
-, GONG wEsT-aos A. NJ.
::::.:
- ton, Montreal and Que
bee; e.3s A NJ, Bruins
wick. Lewiston. Farmington Portland
Boston; l2-is P. NJ. Halloween, Gardiner
and So. Gardiner; $40 F. NJ, local: 4G7
?. NJ. (express). Brunswick, Rockland
Portland. Boston and New York; SIS p
M, Hallowell, Gardiner and So Gardi-
ner; 6.l2 p. ". mot beyond Portlandl.
~ 40 T. N. Lewiston. Bath, Portland
Boston. Sundays 3o3 and lG.l5 A. NJ, as
GNew York; and 1910 p. NJ. Portland and
Boston.
GOING EAST-1.u A. NJ. Bangor
Calais Bar Harbor, ST. John, Halifax.
Aroostook Co. Sunday morning does not
connect beyond Bangor: 633 A NJ, local
to Moosehead Lake (via Oakland), Bel
fast. Foxcroft and Bangor. 81 4. NJ,
local to Belfast, Bangor and Skowhegan;
l2oo P. 81. Waterville, Bangor, B. & A
K K, Calais. st. John and Halifax; 234
+. u, express 70 Waterville. thence local
to Bangor and Mattawamkeag: 3aD P NJ,
Waterviile and Skowhegan; 1.0s P. N,
Materville. Skowhegan and Bangor.
Sundays 253 P. NJ. for Bangor; III, $50
A. NJ. and 2.53 P. NJ, for Skowhegan.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 6.3s. s33
A. NJ. l24s, 3lo. 40. Gardiner only SIS,
6.l2, 1910 F. NJ.
H. D. WALDRON Genl Passenger Agt
D. c. DOUGLASS. Genl Mgr, Port
land, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
For Practice,

Il notice that new boarder always
sneaks a few biscuits.
rs the poor fellow too poor to buy
luncheon"
81 think he's an amateur golfer"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
TRINITY coMMANpERY Nn

K. T. Special conclave at Masonic rsr-
pie Friday afternoon, March I'd, 1915 /,
500 P. N. Work in the Red Gross r.
Quet at els z. NJ. Work IL The Ords, !,
Temple and Malta az - T. Il. All :.
journing fraters are cordially !ayltsd ..
attend.
LEWIS A BURLEIGH. I'm. Com
GEORGE II. BANGS, Recorder
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Maine Gossip
Home.

I know a spot between three ancient
trees,
A solitude of green and grassy shade
Where the tall roses. naked 10 the knees,
In that deep shadow wade,
Whose rippled GOODNESS drips from bough
to Dough.
And bathes the worlds vexation from my
brow.
The gnarled limbs spring upward airy
free.
And from their perfec, arch they
scarcely sWerVe.
Like spouted fountains from q dark green
sea
So beautiful they curve
Motionless fountains, slumberirg in mid
With spray of shadows. falling every
where.
Here the sun comes not like the king Of
To rule his own. but hesitant. afraid.
Forbears his scepter's golden length 10
Across the inviolate shade.
And wraps the broad space like a dark
ened tent.
With many a quivering shaft Of splendor
e
No garrulous company is here, but
Earths best men taken at their best
books used,
With dark-edged paths, and penciled
rlargin-strokes.
/ Where friends have paused and unused.
And here and there beneath the noticed
lines.
Fain, zigzag marks like little trailing
Edward Rowland Sill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Augusta Lodge Directory
sHNoc CHAPTER. No

r. a. n. Stated convocatiOn at N.s,,'
temple. Mar. ,, at 30 F. NJ SoInnr1,t..s,
companions are cordially invited n ~.
tend.
ALBERT NJ. PINGREE II
CHARLES r. CHASE Sar =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

ing out. II he'd bought the lana anu
hung on to it they would nave nao u
locate the town somewhere else.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Worms SAP ChiIdFen's Health

Mothers often wonder Why their chill
dren are not rugged and hardy. In a vast
number of cases the trouble is-Worms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

WHY sliding down hill IS called
coastins and how the style OF coast
ing known as Butcher style" orig
mated is ingeniously told by Dr.. Ed
ward E. Briry of Bath in the Bos-
ton Herald Doctor gets his author
ity from stories Of the pioneer DAYS
Of Bath and tells the tale as follows;
The style of sliding with one leg
bent up under the body out OF the
way and the other leg extended be-
hind as the oar came into custom al
Long Reach, the historical name oil
the present city of Bath. Here some
$50 years ago. the writer's ancestor
Joena Philbrook. built the frst poat
and steered the first little vessel by
a long oar over the stern. Initiating
this oar or rudder style Of steering a
boat, came the extended leg or oar
style Of best navigating sled down
a hubby hill Of snow. And 1eei
sure the word 'coasting' for sliding
was a salt water phrase and never
had any fresh water in it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Why Worry.

Zone Of my ancestors could have
bought the site of Chicago for a very
low sum-
$50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
EXTREME WEAKNESS
AND SUFFERING
Read How Mrs. Cooling got
Relief and Strength.

York, Pal have used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28
Raxside, AIS. Ellsworth.

February 9 the Third and tou'"
degrees were conferred upon 'A7
candidate. Plans were maze lo' -
entertainment of Green Mountain ~
mona March /. The lecturer msO'
plans for a model meeting next WeeA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

No less than twenty-five members of
the summer colony at Bar Harbor, ac
cording TO a compilation made al the
selectmen's Office. have acquired
voting and legal residence there, ana
are entitled 10 vote in town affairs.
Many Of them go there to vote at the
annual meeting and other elections
and this may perhaps be taken as 4
good sign Of the growing better feel
ing between the summer residents and
the natives. The illustrators who
have been enrolled as voters in Bar
Harbor include Charles I. Alexander
of New York, Frederick Amory of Bos-
ton. Llewellyn Barry Of Philadelphia.
Samuel Bates of Boston. Alfred NJ.
Coates Of Providence. Victor y. Cush-
man of Wa shington. George b Dorr OF
Boston. William P. Draper, Alessandr1
F'abbri and Ernesto G. F'abbri of New
York. j. Austin Furfey Of Boston E. G.
Grob of Jekyl's Island, Augustus G.
Gurnee, Walter E. Gurnee. Lyman B.
Kendall. Douglas Lefhngwell. John c.
Livingston. Philip Livingston Of New
York Frederic May of Washington
Edward B. Mclean OF Washington,
Edward B. Mears of Philadelphia, DR..
Percy Musgrave of Washington. En-
est Schelling Of New York, Edgar
Scott OF Philadelphia and &. Harold u.
Wing OF Washington. Although spend :
ing the winter in various cities, they
all hail from Bar Harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

\ rather unique corporation is an
nounced at Pres The syndicate OF
youngsters who are driving John Ril-
eys donkey around town have incor-
porated. electing Austin Latin. presi-
dent. Stedman Thompson. secretary
and Everett Larrabee Treasurer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-28

Two dollars an acre"
Don't repine. You're probable moth.