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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21
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the support of library in adjoining
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21
TRY 1T AND SEE!
Lit your corns or calIuses off
with fingers! Doesn't
hurt bit!

A noted Cincinnati chemist discov-
cred a new ether compound and called
1t freezone and 1t now can be had in
tiny bottles as here shown for a few
cents from any drug store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21
Electric Railroads.

Androscoggin Electric Co. 49,. s1S02 43
Aroostook Valley Railroad Co :. 1921
Atlantic Shore Line Railway.... 1856. Al
Bangor Railway e. Electric Co. 6106 SO
Benton & Fairfield Railway Co. 100 AZ
Biddeford & Saco Railroad Co... 1,742 IA
Calais Street Railway .*.......... 326 %
Cumberland County Power &
Light Co. ............... ......... 3s,512s5
Fairfield & Shawmut Railway. 1890
Lewiston. Augusta & Water
vile Street Railway ............ s,2Ss 10
oxford Electric Co. ............... 11427
Rockland. South Thomaston &
ST. George Railway ........... $685.
Rockland, Thomaston & Camden
Street Railway .................. 1929
Somerset Traction Co. ........ 1915
Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland
Railway ........................ 2o5s.72
s65, 97239
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21
Steam Railroads,

Steam Railroads.
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Co. Observation-Disclosures. s11s,ssl. 80
Boston & Maine Railroads.. 195,74029
Bridgton G. Saco River Rail-
road Co. Observation-Disclosures. soss7
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 111,09OOs
Georges Valley Railroad Co... 1913
Grand Trunk Railway Co. Of
Canada ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 55,eS7 81
Kennehec Central Railroad Co. 1873 90
Lime Rock Railroad Co. w 237377
Maine Central Railroad Co... 5S9. 557 Sc
Monsoon Railroad 60. .... 1927
Portland Terminal Co. ~ 625 "a
Sandy River & Rangeley
Lakes Railroad ........... 1896
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farm
ington Railway Co. ........... 1882
York Harbor 6 Beach Rail-
road Co. ........................ 1,o1s.ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21

corns between the toes, also
toughened calluses just shrivel up and
lift of SO easy. 1t is wonderful!
Seems magical. It works like a charm
Genuine freezone has a yellow label
Don't accept any except with the yell
low label.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21

1OU SIMPLY dppIy 81 rev
drops Of freezone upon a
tender corn or painful CAL
lus and instantly the sore
ness disappears. then short
ly you will find the corn or
callus so loose that you can
just lift 1t off with the
fingers.
No pain. not a bit of sore
ness. either when applying
ireezone or afterwards and
It doesn't even irritate skin.
Hard corns. soft corns or
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04
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flais gh one salary
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slf starters Tor automobiles naf
'he telegraph pole bg The roadside
srtif1rH "a act A. fhf most fTff
I've sslf stopper
Y9u can sting = smart man once.
sod silek hin hard nal after that
he never sils down eithoui feeling
under me lounge "a see II there u .
iietograph there
you can't blame a woman Tor be-.
ing distant when her husband is Too
close
When q man blows In E6 over the
bar. he pays no attention 10 II be-
cause 70 is only g.. Bot II he loses
So out u bis pocket !, looks as bis
as $500 70 him.
Most Of us enlightened Americanl
regard the Chinese as poor, dumb
lown-trodden heather. Maybe thel
lre. But they had sense enough 4
tx things so that the feminine style
n that country haven't changed Il
more than a thousand years.
Any time a 12-year-old boy won
,at cake and l6-year-old girl won
,at pickles, better call in the doctor
here's something wrong.--Age-Hei
ild.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04
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ODDS AND ENDS.
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Copper mines in the upper penin-
iula of Michigan employ $4,000
A patent for cutlery made of bam-
BOO has been granted Japanese
'esident of Seattle.
The largest metorite stone actual
" known to have fallen to earth
weighed GAO pounds.
An instrument that measures the
glare of light reflected from paper
has been invented.
The earliest attempt at sewing by
machinery of which there is any au-
thentic record was l775, in which
year machine was patented in Eng
land by Charles F. Weisenthal.
Chile has practically no rivers
navigable for large vessels. The
most of her rivers are torrents, ris-
ing in the Andes and plunging into
the sea through gaps in the coast
range.
When officers of hostile armies are
set to work as prisoners of war they
must get the same wage rate as il
paid to corresponding officers in thu
army of the government whose cap
tives they are.
The first product resulting from
the distillation of crude petroleum
is gasoline, then benzine, then il
Illuminating oils, commonly calle'
kerosene; then the heavy lubricat
ing oils and pariffin, and as las
residue coke.
The discovery of the Mammot
Cave of Kentucky was credited to
hunter named Hutchins in 1909, bu
it was not until several years late
that it first gained celebrity for il
deposits of saltpeter, which wer
used for gunpowder in 1S12.-New
Scimitar.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04

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The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04

reform wave has struck New Orleans and visitors
who go there to enjoy the Mard Gras festivities this year
will not find the city wide open in the days of yore
Both the cabarets and the cribs which have long been
an unique feature in the night life of the Crescent City,
have been closed and the segregated district has been
placed under rigid restrictions The whites and blacks
have been separated and members of both races will be
required to keep strictly within the limits of the area
allotted to item Saloons still permitted to sell liquor
Sundays, but cannot run wide open as in days gone
BY Front doors must be kept closed and those who de-
sire to quench their hrsts must go in through alleys
or side entrances
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04

night schools for the parents.
Crime and poverty will be wiped
out, because the cause, which is ig-
norance will be removed. II people
are educated they certainly know
how to do some kind of work, and
labor is indicative of prosperity. On
the other hand, If they are ignorant
they seldom know how to work, AMI
idleness is the cause of poverty.
Poverty and ignorance cause not
only crime; but they cause disease
and suffe. ing. Wealth, culture and
refinement are not even suggestive
of dirt and unsanitary conditions
but poverty, ignorance and low
moral standards ring to our minds
horrible mental picture of disease
and suffering, caused by filthy living
conditions, unwholesome air and i'm
proper clothing. Is this not enough
within itself, to make US want com
pulsory education? Yet, 1t is ~
all. sif
We have been proud to say WI
were native born Mississippians, t.
say that pure Anglo-Saxon blooc
flowed in our veins, to boast of brit
and aristocracy, and to proclaim tn
gallant deeds of our ancestors; bu
did we stop to think that grea
! part of this wonderful southern stat
was composed of men and women
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04

ne issn n capt . 2 uavis. shsh iaas psss
a. hs hams South hifa street lssi Thufsisy. %,
sewers shsss aof saiI b. msmbsfs n NE famg bat s
tbs entire ssmmsnitY To- hs sss hsid In hrh esteem
here ard fsw IL Columbus ~ shgifons kad nofs
friends thar hs captain Davis was one n the mosi
prominent rythiass IN ,hs state and In hs daily nfs
followed oul ne teachings of the order Ne possessed
nnsis love for bic fsos men, and ihs love had been
cultivated and noufshsd Until became ~ the dom
nshi factor ~ BE bfs W. always ready 10 helr
those IN distress Or 10 speak word Of cheer 10 the sad
and he uniform kindness had endsated him 10 many
hearts No vas indeed. of Natures noblemen and
bic death brings 10 close a life which had been Ions
and useful and which should a. an inspiration I,
al who had the pleasure of knowing him
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04
Why Our State Needs
Compulsory Education

If a state would be progressive,
she must have educated citizens. She
cannot have educated citizens until
she makes laws that force an edu-
cation on those who are either too
ignorant or too Indifferent to seek
it. Such people do not realize its
value because it is not one of the
bare necessities of the narrow ex.
istence which to them is life. There
are twelve thousand men of voting
age in the state of Mississippi, who
live this existence from day TO day,
and do not realize that it is not life.
To these men, life means just being
in the world, having a few clothes
and food that will produce muscle.
Are these the kind of men that Mis-
sissippi needs to build her up and
make her more progressive? No,
she needs men of mental ability as
well as physical strength; and she
can get them only by force. Our
criminal laws are enforced; then,
why is it impossible to enforce laws
that will prevent criminality? 1t is
not impossible; but our state is still
sleeping, and until she awakens to
her need for compulsory education,
she must continue to suffer for
crimes committed by her ignorant
citizens.
II the state of Mississippi would
open her eyes and look at the educa-
tional progress which other states are
making, she would bow her head in
shame. New York has a larger pop
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04

not only without Anglo-Saxon blood,
culture and refinement but Of men
and women VINO could not even spell
their own namesi Have we ever
tried to reaiize that those without
culture, eaueauon ana wealth sar
outnumber those who ar, the proud
possessors OF thee qualltesf M,
we are satisfied to say, Il am MIS-
sissippian," forgetting that there are
more negroes and ilnterates in Mis-
sissippi than there are people Of
wealen and culture.
1t is indeed deplorable condition,
when people are too narrow minded
to see beyond their own door steps.
DO they think, because | am edu-
Gated, my nelghbor is also educated
or are they indifferent to the prog
ress which this great state should
make? Surely we who claim to be
possessors of Anglo-Saxon blood,
noble ancestors, culture and refine
ment are not so narrow minded as
to be indifferent to the needs of our
state.
This is the age when the world is
crying for men Of intellect. No man
can be intellectual who closes his
eyes to the sufferings Of humanity,
and does not take a broad view Of
life. 1t is not alone science and Ian
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04
AN ANOMALOUS SITUATION.

The prohibition craze which is sweeping the country
to have created anomalous stuation for not
outstanding the fact that many states have recently be
legally dry the report Of the internal revenue de
artment for last year. which has just been issued shows
hat more liquor sold during 1915 than in any cor
responding period since 1909
II this liquor was sold II was evidently consumed b,
he people, and this fact seems to indicate that legal pro
hbition, a Of putting stop to drinking is in
efficacious
Now that the supreme court Of the United State
has declared constitutional the webb-Kenyon law, which
delegates to each state the right to enact and enforce
is prohibition laws the ant-saloon forces are be
coming bolder than ever, and in some commonwealth.
endeavoring to induce the chief executives to cal
special sessions of legislatures in order to enact bont
dry" statutes. This, however, think is mistake as
the report of the internal department shows con
clusively that drinking cannot be stopped by statutory
enactments. The way to stop drinking is through mora
suason, and if the prohibtonists would devote NOR,
time to the individual and less to the people as who'll
results would believe be of far greater significance
While anti-saloon leaders working for state AM
national prohibition the individual mbber is being nae
ected and of this class instead of mastering ttei
courage in an effort to become sober, sefrespectng cit
zens, devsng to break the laws in o,der tina
their thirss may be satisfied There is wonderful OF
portunty for ministers of the gospel along this lne an
if prop& advantage were taken of this opportunity
great deal of good could be accomplished The
minister in the small town has very little to do during tn
week. and if he would only keep his eye on the men w
drink, and have occasional heartto-heart talk viii
them, the effect would be more salutary
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-04

Continued on Page Three)
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

heart expanded with !t. He took pride in 1t even more when they began to push the suspended span across the river on the outer end of the completed cantilever, toward its fellow rising on the other side. He fingered about 1t when the rest of the workaday world which was concerned with it had with drawn to rest. Frequently late In the night he had arisen and had left the sheet-iron shack he occupied near the work (for the topography of the land and the course of the river had deter mined the loc alton of the bridge far from any town). and in the moonlight he had cazed bewitched by the great web of steel. all its mighty tracery dell cateIy silvered, faintly outlined, lace like. lofty, lifted high into the heavens.
 He fell into a little reverie for Q brief moment from which she recalled him.
 "Well:' she asked.
 "Yes, naturally" he found himself saying in a conventional tone of voice, it means a great deal to me. My father"
 "Oh, your father" she began indlf- ferently, although she knew and liked the great engineer.
 Tt is his crowning work and"
 ''Your beginning" Tt is not in me, or in any engineer, to begin where my father left off," he said. But this will count great deal. because through fathers kindness had some hand"
 q believe you did 1t all," interrupt ed the girl.
 He broke into sudden laughter, and his merriment had that boyish ring she liked. He seemed to think that was a sufficient answer to that state ment, for he went on quickly.
 aHow long shall you stay?"
 And In spite of himself he could not keep his anxiety out of his voice. q think fathers going on to the city sometime tomorrOw-probabiy in the morning"
 Meade's face fell. .-So soon as thatT' 'I will try to persuade him to stay | longer. I've seen lots of bridges built | but never one like the International. and I should enjoy standing by and watching you work"
 'I don't do the work. Abbott does | that. and the men. of course"
 "Your work Is the work tn at makes possible and profitable the labor of the others" she answered. You plan, you lead, the rest only follow. By the way, father told me to ask you and Mfr Abbott to dine with us tonight !n the car"
 Meade's mood changed into positive gloom.
 T can't" he said de.ectedly. T haven't any clothes. neither has Ab- bolt. We left our dress suits behind us when we came into the wilderness to work"
 "Oh," she laughed. What difference does that maker Come just as you are. It will be a relief. like you that way.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

can't go out on bridge in that gown and those slippers, tramping over dirty tracks, piles of steel, rough wooden blanks, paint and"
 Cant r." she said; you just sec"
 'I hate to see you spoil your dress" he said uncertainty as she stopped.
 Really what gown on earth was worth half an hour of her society? At least that Is the way he felt about it. and evidently she felt the same way.
 'It is settled, then" she said, slip ping her arm through his as they walked down the long wooden plat form near the siding. At the end of the platform, as they turned about the temporary station and storehouse, be- fore them rose the bridge. The moon was rising over the high hills that sprang up from the steep clifflike bank of the other side of the vast river. They saw her round, red, full face through an interlaciDg tracery of steel The lower part of the bridge was still in deep shadow. Indeed, the moon had just cleared the hills of the opposite bank of the great gorge cut by the broad river flowing swiftly in its dark ness far below. At the farther end of the suspended arm extending far over the water the top of the traveller glis- tened. The cantilever on the opposite shore, incomplete and sunk under a high rise of sand, was still in shadow and not yet discernible.
 UDwittingly the woman drew a little near the man. He became more con- scious than before of the light touch of her hand upon his arm. It was very still where they stood. The shacks of the workmen had been erected be- low the bridge about q quarter of mile to the right along the banks of the little affluent of the main stream. They could hear faint but indistin- guishable noises that yet indicated hu- manity coming from that direction. the engines were banked. Lazy curis of smoke rose to be blown away in the limitless areas of the upper air. In the darkness all the unsightly evidences of construction work were hidden.
 "Oh," said the woman, drawing a long breath, q don't wonder that you love 1t Isn't 1t beautiful, flung up in the air that way? One would think 1t wasn't steel but silver and gold and"
 'sTime ves," said the lnaa, "whsu loved a thing like that above every thing except my father. but now"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

incest girls of the land for half as n any years. And with thoughts burn ing. passionate. and words embarrass- ingly torrentlal at hand to give them utterance, they only spoke common places!
 How is the bridge getting alongT asked the girl, repeating her fathers words of a few minutes before. as these two fell behind the others march, ing down the long pl latform, while the maid standing by the private car with the porter looked curiously after the moving group and wondered if that gray-green, long-legged young man was the reason for the New York gown!
 Its doing splendidly," was 0e an- swer, and e' en with his heart full of the girl by his side whom he longed to clasp in his arms but did not even d are touch the hem of her garment. some little enthusiasm came into his voice. 'It Is the greatest bridge that was ever erected" he said.
 How you love it," said the girl.
 Did Meade love the bridge? An. there could be no doubt as to that He had studied its growth hour by hour. As the great steel web rose. his
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

'T have heard so much about it," said the girl. standing by the door. "I want 10 see 1t when the workmen are all off and 1t is ali quiet. in the moonlight"
 ''Very well. You had better change your dress, Helen, before you go," said the colonel. turning to Abbott and en- gazing him in conversation on techni- cal matters.
 '1'll wait for you at the front door of the car," said the engineer, his heart beating like a pneumatic riveter and sounding almost as loud in his ears.
 'I won't be long," she whispered as she left him.
 Helen did not want to waste time any more than Meade did. So, instead of taking her fathers advice, all she did was to cover her beautiful shOul- ders with a light wrap and hasten to the car door in the shortest possible time. Every moment they were apart. since the sum-total in which they could be together was so small, was & mo- ment lost.
 "NCw." she said, coming out of the door of the car and descending the steps toward him, eagerly expectant, 'I want a prize for my swiftness."
 "A prizew returned the man, "why, you've been gone years, and you haven't even changed your gown. You
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27
CHAPTER n.
The Witness for the Defense.

The Witness Tor the Defense.
 One of the pleasant evidences of the possession of riches is in the luxury of a private car. Although Colonel nlingworth was personally a man of simple tastes as became an old cam paigner. there was no appointment that wit could devise or that money could buy which was lacking to make his private car either more comfortable or more luxurious in its napery, glass, china and silver. the dining table need ed not to apologize to any other any, where. The colonel was most pune tilious in dressing his part and Meade and Abbott were both scrubbed to within an inch of their lives, but. climbing about the bridge. their hands were scratched. roughened, stained and torn. Aside from that. Meade was cer- tainly most presentable, and old Ab- bolt, In spite of his indifference to such matters, looked the able and pow erful man he was.
 The conversation at dinner was at first light and frivolous.
 "Tm lost" began Abbott, "overpow- cred with all this silver and gices and china"
 "Yes," laughed Meade. "we should have brought along our granite ware and tincups, then we would be free from the dreadful fear that we gre go- ing to drop something or break some thing"
 nTrc n l. VI tf frN0v -nTN said the colonel with heavy pleasan- try. 'so long as the bridge stands"
 And that is going to be forever. isn't It, Mr. Meade?' asked Helen quickly.
 "I don't think anything built by man will survive quite that long," he an- swered as much to her father and the others as to her, but this gives every promise of lasting it's time"
 You know" observed Curtlss, there was some question Ia niy mine about these big compression members. When I first studied your fathers drawings, I wondered If he had made the lacing strong enough to hold the webs"
 That matter was very thoroughly gone into." said Meade quickly. Tt was the very point which myself h ad questioned, but father is absolutely confident that we provided latticing enough to take up all the stresses. looked into that matter myself" he went on with much emphasis.
 q guess It's all right" said Curtiss lightly. "I examined the webs and lac ings carefully this afternoon. They seem to be as right as possible"
 Those trusscs." said Abbott emphat- ically, twill stand forever. You need not worry about that"
 Are you going to finish this job on timei" asked Severence. the vice presi- dent. You know the financial end of 1t Is mine. and much depends upon the date of completion"
 That depends upon you people at the shop, doctor. If you get the stuff
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

care, constantly reporting the prog ress to his father. every step taken under the superintendence of Abbott. a man of great practical ability as an erector. but of much less capacity as a scientific designer or office engineer. Meade had watched its daily growth with the closest attention. Like every other man in similar case, the work had got into his blood. It had become part of his life. He loved the bridge; yet more he loved Helen Illingworth.