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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-28

The Working League of the Congre-
gational church will hold a meeting
next Monday afternoon with public
supper at $50. The league is arrang-
ing for the presentation of the "Old
Peabody Pew" with the following Ia
dies in charge: Mrs. c. H. Mckinney,
Mrs. J. w. Steward, Mrs. Minna B.
Savage, Mrs. Fl. E. Smith and Mrs. r.
p. Symonds.
A sufficient sum has been raised or
assured to wipe out the $500 debt at
the First Baptist church according to
announcement made here the first of
the week by Mrs. Louis E. Dow.
president of the Ways and Means So
ciety and the Ladies' Aid. Mrs. Dow
rendered her resignation as president
of the Aid to take effect after the May
Festival at a business session of that
organization held Monday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid has raised 500; the
Philathea class of the church 500, and
the Christian Endeavor Society $50, the
rest being raised by the Ways and
Means Society and only the last hum
bred dollars has been collected by
means of private subscriptions. The
notes will be burned next Tuesday
evening at the parish supper and
meeting which is to be held at the
church.
George Lynch arrived home from the
Sisters Hospital at Waterville Mon
day night much improved in health.
Joseph Neddeau, an old offender was
brought to Skowhegan Monday by
Deputy Sheriff w. H. Maynard of
lockwood, charged with the single sale
of intoxicating liquor. Neddeau was
sentenced to pay fine Of 500 and
costs and to serve 60 days in Jail with
60 days additional in default of pay
ment. He took an appeal and the
witnesses in the case whose homes are
in Massachusetts were placed in the
county Jail to await the setting of the
grand Jury at the supreme judicial
court which convenes here next week.
Miss Nellie Crawford was in Oak
land early in the week to attend a
birthday party given in honor of Miss
Lottie Tracy. Miss Crawford is the
saleslady at the Madison avenue tea
store.
| Miss Annie Bergman who is teach
ing in Easton, Aroostook county, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. M. w. Savage
and other relatives here.
Mrs. Arthur Jones and little daugh-
ter arrived Monday evening to visit
with the family of her brother, Eugene
Witham on Summer street.
The D. A. r. met Monday afternoon
at the home of Miss l.. H. Colburn to
sew for the wounded soldiers.
Co. E has been strengthened the
past two days by 10 recruits, accord
ing to Capt. Marston Tuesday shortly
before noon. None Of the men are from
out of town and all have entered the
company of their own accord. This
has now increased well above the re-
quired number. Property and equip
ment have already been started for
| the local company from Augusta. Plans
have been made for a recruiting office
at Madison and possibly for offices in
! Bingham and Norridgewock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-28
DINED WITH THE DUKE.
No Common Kitchen Would Do For
This Soldier of the Guard.

No Common Kitchen Would Do For
This Soldier of the Guard.
During the peninsular war q strip Of
vineyards running between the two
lines was a sort Of neutral ground.
where the men from both armies were
in the habit of repairing for drinks
and relaxation. in the course of which
opposing forces often came across one
another. but each passed their own
way after courteous salutes. One day
British party had drunk somewhat
freely and. happening upon a French
sergeant Of the guard. insisted upon
making him prisoner. The man was
brought before the Duke Of Yelling
ton and lost no time in acquainting
him with his plight.
"All right" said the duke good ma
turedly. 'Of course you shall go. but
you must have something to eat first"
And. turning to an orderly, he said.
"Have this man taken to the kitchen
and given Il good meal" The French
man saluted but made no attempt to
express his thanks. Noticing his looks.
the duke said:
"Well. what more do you want?"
General" replied the Frenchman.
drawing himself up proudly. "a soldier
of the guard is never asked to eat in
the Kitchen
The duke bent his brow q moment as
II resentinG the mans aplomb, then.
laughing. said:
Maybe you're right. Come and dine
with me."-Pall Mall Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-28
SIX SIDED SNOW cRYsrn,
That 10 Natures Law, but Whv
So Science Cannot EspI.;n

Snow crystals obey an immw.,.
law Of six. They are six sided ,e,.s
or six pointed stars. They neye,
swer to the law OF four or five e.,
Is crystallized water. and water alr.'
crystalliZes in six sided forms M,
No one ever will know. There 4,
more apparent reason for the sirn.-
Of crystallized water than there 1, !.
the monoclinic prisms of sugar c-S.
tails. Water and sugar and the IN.
pick minerals which make the pr.,..
rock oil follow laws which are u,,,s
ly Interchangeable. but which are a, q.
as We can see. without any special -.
son. 1t is as profitable to specul,,.
why the chlorophyll OF vegetation !.
green and why the blood Of animal, !.
red.
The wilderness Of the snow Is uud.,
standable. 1t is due to the fusion !.
prismic colors scintillatlng from n.
countless surfaces OF minute CRYSTAL.
Human science comprehends this h
also comprehends the fact that snov
is a poor conductor OF heat and tim
prevents terrestrial radiation and ke..
the earth and the things In the ear.
snug and warm under the white bl,,
ket which Is softer and finer tho,
lambs wool or ciderdown. ScieD,
knows why snow is white and whyt
is beneficent. but it cannot explain In
law Of six.
1t IS we'll that snow cannot be Al
together explained. 1t is ouc Of I'm
earth's most beautiful mysteries. h
would lose somcthin. in beauty wen
1t to lose all its mystery. -C,evelsI
Plain Dealer.
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ADVICE FOR WOMEN ONLY
CBy DR.. n. Il. Cook

(By DR.. n. b. Cook.)
1t has been said by the late DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell. In his book. entitled Wear ana
Tear, or Hints for the Overworked."
that multitudes Of our young girls are
merely pretty to look at. or not that;
that their destiny Is the shawl and the
sofa, neuralgia, weak backs. and the
varied forms Of hysteria.-that domestic
demon which has produced untold dis
comfort In many a household. and. am
almost ready to say. as much unhappiness
as the husbands dram"
How Is it best to maintain the health
Of the young girl just growing into wo-
manhood. or to prepare the young mother
for the advent Of new member in the
household? In the first place. girls as
result do not get enough fresh air, and
should be taught to take vigorous exer-
else daily in the outdoor air. They should
take cold shower or a tepid bath every
day to keep the pores open, SO that their
skin will breathe as we'll as their lungs.
and sleep we'll covered up In bed with
the window open. winter and summer.
To build up and invigorate their wom-
anly organs. know Of nothing better than
that old tried remedy made up of roots
which the first Americans used years be-
fore our race inhabited this country, ex-
. tracted from Lady Slipper root. Cohosh
and Unicorn root. Golden Seal and Ore
gon Grape root, with glycerine. 1t was
. first introduced in ready-to-use form BY
Or Pierce nearly fifty years ago, and
has since been sold in larger quantities
: every year all over the United states. 1t
is known as Doctor Pierces Favorite
Prescription and can be obtained at al
most all drug stores. If the tablets are
not obtainable at the nearest store you
can easily obtain them through the mail
by sending sl.0o to the Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo y. Y, and you can get free medi-
cal advice as well from specialist by
addressing Doctor Pierce.-Adv.
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FRUIT AS A FOOD.
Only Figs, Dates and Maybe Bananas
Are Really Nutritious.


Are Really Nutritious.
Fruit Of all kinds. when mature and
fresh. is beneficial for healthful diges-
ton, good quality of blood and as d
preventive Of clogging Of the liver kid
neys and skin and, last but not least
the brain.
ut is mistake. however" writes
w. Howard James. NJ D.. in Good
Health. Ito look OH fruit as source
nourishment. 1t should not be take.
with that idea. 1t should be looked OF
more as the lubricator which makes
the machinery work tremendously and
without destructive friction.
Some fruits may certainly be rank
ed as food. such as figs. dates and per
haps bananas. Those in the tropics
who live largely on the banana. we are
told, develop considerable abdominal
distention Oh account OF the quantity
taken. With the exception of the dat
and the fig, fruit should never be cor
sidered as food
THE taking Of fruit often does goo,
by lessening the amount Of food take
We are a generation of dyspcptics on
account Of excess of food insufficient,
oxidation ard lack of proper supply o
fruit and pure water"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-28
The WORRY HABIT.
Il Not Only Kills Peace OF Mind bus
II = Menace to Health.

Il Not Only Kills Peace Of Mind, bue
10 . Menace to Health.
The protective instinct is present In
the human mind and when properly d.
rected is a great source Of prosperity
both to the individual and the nation.
In order for man to store 70 and lay
by, to gain advancement either IN hon.
or or material things. it is necessary
that he take some forethought Of the
morrow, but just so soon as he carries
this beyond the normal point the men
tai process becomes an exaggerated
and abnormal one.
The normal protective instinct is
stimulated by normal fear Of those
events which are reasonably sure to
adopted against them. The moment
that this fear becomes abnormal or ex-
aggerated it overstimulates this pro-
tective instinct, and to no good pur-
pose, because it results In worry. This
worry continues long after the neces-
sity for the normal stimulus of fear
has passed, with the result that there
is an impairment in mental power and
q dissipation Of the nervous forces. In
fact, worry is an abnormal state.
Not all worry is preventable, but for
the most part it can be avoided. Most
of our fears are never realized, and, as
a rule, if we meet our troubles day by
day as they come without worrying
about them before they arrive or fret
ting over them after they have passed
we will find that We have the strength
to rise above them Worry undermines
the health to certain extent, and
every victim Of the worry habit owes
it to himself to crush it out of his life.
Bulletin Of Public Health Service.
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NORR|DCEW0CK

lewis McIntire of Lewiston was in
town over Sunday to visit his mother
Mrs. MahalG. McIntire on the occasion
, of her 10th birthday. Mrs. McIntire
is one of our smart old ladies who
would readily pass for 10 years young
er.
Mr.. an Mrs. Perley Rowe Of Auburn
have been in town for few days Wis
5 itng relatives and friends.
Miss Dorothy Folsom and friend of
the u. of NJ. passed Sunday with Miss
Folsoms parents Mr.. and Mrs l.. r.
Folsom
+. w Spaulding is about to install
n modern soda fountain at his drug
store on Main street.
Mrs. Cora Smith is passing a few
weeks with Miss Cora Baker of Mer-
Ger avenue.
Almon Blaisdell has his pneumatic
cutting tools at his stone shed in op-
Grafton again after a dcl months
caused by the compressor Iu...g astray
on the railroad after being shipped
from the factory in Illinois.
. Indications point to big rise of
water in the Kennebec at this point
when the new dam contemplated by
the Central Maine Power Co is built
at Skowhegan. A large amount of
1 intervale land will be covered and the
: power plant of Bracket & Russelrs
grist mill will be put out Of commits
sion. This dam will probably not be
built before next year.
The shoe shop was shut down for a
, short time last week by trouble with
their largest motor.
Echo Lodge No. 1O3 X of P. are
completely remodeling their hall hav-
ing II newly plastered and painted and
new steel ceiling and when It is COM
pleted It will be one Of the cosiest
halls In town. Among the improve
ments will be a new arrangement of
their stereopticon and in their work a
general brushing up to make the lodge
equal to any Of its size in the state
Harold Pierce is at home from the
u. Of NJ.
Mrs. H. w. Smith was called to
Machias some days ago by the critical
illness Of her father whose death &C.
CURED a few days later.
Byron johnson who has been con-
fined to the house nearly all winter by
illness IL now able to be out
Mrs. Mary Brown is having her
house renovated.
The warmer weather Is settling the
snow rapidly and there will probably
be no danger Of freshet as was fear
ed earlier in the season.
Mrs. Bessie Russell is passing few
days in Bangor attending the fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs.
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PIT7SFiELD
Home Economics Club Discuss
es Many Entertaining Cues
tions-County Attorney An
derson First to Display Amer
lean Flag in Business Section

The Pittsfeld Home Economic Club
held an interesting meeting Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. j. H. Scribner. The
topic of the meeting was Sanitationsand
the program carried out was as fol-
lows: Paper, Care of Refrigerators
and Refuse" Mrs. Vera Libby; Heat
ing and Ventilation" Mrs George Mayo;
Plumbing" Mrs Bottomley; Drain
age" Mrs. Milliken.
County Attorney T. A. Anderson has
displayed an American flag from his
office windows in observance of patri-
otism in this national crisis. Mr.. An
derson is the first to put out a flag in
the business portion of the street and
it is hoped that many more will do the
same.
An interesting meeting of the Wo-
mans Benefit Association of the Mac
cabees was held Tuesday evening in G.
A. r. hall.
Laforest Burton, who lives in the
west part of the town, is laid up on
account of injuries on leg received
from the kicks of horse.
Miss Dorothy Mayo of Dover is pass
ing the week in the home of her father
George Mayo.
meeting of the Jolly Sebien Club
will be held Thursday afternoon with
Mrs John Chapman.
The NJ. C. 1. orchestra has been en-
gagged to furnish music for the play
The Arrival Of Kitty"
Miss Marguerite Mills of Bangor is
visiting her grandmother. Mrs. Sarah
Morrill, and other relatives.
Mrs. Thomas French left Monday for
visit with relatives in North Dexter.
Mrs A. R. Kelley of Corinna. who has
been a guest Of Mrs. French. returned
home Monday.
Clyde Folsom, mid-shipman of the
U. S. battleship Virginia, who was
granted a 4S-hour leave of absence, re-
turned to the Charlestown Navy Yard
Monday after a brief visit with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Folsom.
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The Benton grange sewing circle
met Tuesday afternoon at the grange
hall. A large amount Of sewing was
done toward the annual Easter sale.
The Embroidery club was delight
fully entertained Tuesday evening by
Mrs. Leila Lawrence at her home on
Upper Main street Sewing and So
cial chat were enjoyed. During the
evening a delicious lunch was served.
The Clionea CLUB will be entertained
this afternoon by Mrs. r. A. Jewell at
her home on Western avenue.
Miss Elsie Perry will entertain the
members of the Queen Esther Society
this evening at her home on Western
avenue.
Posters announcing the sale, supper
and entertainment which is to be Civ
en- by the Rebekah lodge at the Odd
Fellows hall are distributed around
the town. The sale is to be held in
the afternoon and at 6 o'clock the reg
ular supper will be served followed by
an entertainment.
Thursday evening at the Methodist
church under the direction of Albert
and George Grover a military drill is
to be given.
The Ladies' Sewing Circle of the
Baptist church will hold an all day
session at the home of Madam Downs.
At noon a picnic dinner will be enjoy
ed.
Miss Edna Holt left Tuesday morn
ing for New York where she will train
to be a nurse.
The following ladies were entertain
ed by Mrs. Gale Pollard at a covered
lunch Tuesday noon Mrs. A A. An
derson, Mrs. Florence Duran, Mrs.
William Crawford and Mrs. William
Ireland.
The Misses Clara, Minnie and Elsie
Gibson were pleasantly surprised on
Monday evening when the members of
the M. Y. B. club rendered them a
party. The young ladies were pre-
scented with some beautiful pieces Of
china and refreshments were served.
Those present were the Misses Helen
Rose, Mabel Piper, Nellie Horne, Mar
garet Hosford, Maude Marcia and vi
da Marcia.
Leon Pratt of Tacoma, Wash, pass
ed Tuesday with his cousin E. G.
Lowe.
Mrs Chase and daughter Barbara
have returned to their home at Brown
vile after passing a few days at the
home Of Frank Savage.
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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
The Large and Puzzling Part "Man
Failure" Plays In Them.

The Large and Puzzlins Part "Man
Failure" Plays In Them.
Close observers are not astOunded by
the statement made at safety" meet
ing that 10 per cent only Of industrial
accidents are due to machine failures.
the remaining 80 per cent being wholly
chargeable to man failure"
Students, however, will not be salts
fed with the simple statement, but will
want to know something more, espe
cially as to conditions that contribute to
this appallingly large percentage charg-
ed directly to mans share in the fault.
1t will not do to say that in each in
stance wanton carelessness is blame
able. Psychologists are no longer con-
tent with that explanation, but are go
ing deeper into the causation Of acct
dents, seeking to determine just why
the normal mental processes at times
break and the interrupted coordinate
between brain and body ends in disas-
ter.
In the matter Of interpreting railway
signals, for example, it has been set up
that registered impressions vary as to
individuals and that likewise individ-
uals react in different ways to the i'm
pressions given.
Emergencies invariably arise in the
operations OF modern industry similar
to those in the transportation service.
and, while the safety device may work
with mechanical accuracy, the human
factor cannot be depended upon
Omaha Bee.
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BANKS wOAN" MONEY.
They Don't "lend" II Because Il ID /,
Business Transaction. p


Why is 1t banking houses alwsH
loan" their huge sums Of money. y N
er by any chance lend" them? lie VI
Is the true verb. willie loan was 81
clusively the noun. How came 1t al
that ito loan" has uniformly supply
ed Ito lend?" n
The puris:s make a great fuss add
this. They insist that the stupid all
untaught financial world has foiste
upon the language substantive vei
when no new verb was needed. wht
the ancient and established usage
fixed In the Specification Of Ito len,
But prior to the modern developm,
Of business enterprise when moi
was lent ii was bestowed upon the "
rover either for temporary use y
out compensation. as mark of
or patronage. or by the professk
money lender who, taking advant
Of persons in extremities OF need. !
manded usurious interest This An
Saxon verb today retains its anc
connOtation. When il was coined Y
productive powers Of money were 70
known and the wealth Of rich N
was locked up for safety and kept ov
Of the channels Of commerce. A
Nowadays. by devices Of credit an
rapid intercommunication IL is keH
constantly working in productive e.
terprises. Immense loans are made.p
longer to relieve the necessitous am
the improvident. but TO stimulate In
dustry and to enable the borrower q
well as the loaner TO reap profit in BIZ
transactions. Money Is loaned" In thh
sense. 1t is not lent.-New York TimaH
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Lieutenant General.

Many of us are puzzled to know why
a lieutenant general ranks higher than
a major general. Perhaps the explana-
ton is that the titles date back to the
commonwealth. when the country was
divided into military districts, the less
important under the control of ser
geant major general. the rank beyond
that Of colonel, and the more impor-
tant being governed by lieutenant
general. the captain general being
Cromwell himself. The lapse Of time
has deleted the sergeant from the ser
geant major general. London Chron-
icle.
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Americans Physical Development.

While this country may excel in
competition Of trained athletes or in
certain kinds Of mental ingenuity or
shrewdncss, it is certain that the aver
age man is far from a model Of per-
feet physical development. A casual
inspection OF the crowds on the streets
of any one Of our large cities will re-
veal pale. undernourished and poorly
developed youths and pasty, f1abby men
in large numbers and will convince the
open minded Observer of the desirable
ity for the individual of some form of
regular physical training. That the
country bred, moreover, are not greatly
superior to those brought up in the
city has been the experience of most
military men who have had occasion
to handle large numbers of troops
New York Medical Record.
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Ocean Currents.

There are twenty-seven permanent
currents in the oceans Of the world,
and there are nearly as many more of
the semi-permanent variety existing at
one time Several causes tend to orig
mate and maintain these drifts. Uni
formly directed winds have the great
est influence, and differences Of tenn
peratures, storms, polar ice and eddies
have each some effect, creating usually
the currents of semi permanent va
riety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-28

have known city men, hundreds of
them. who had a firm conviction that
one of the greatest obstacles in their
way to becoming healthy lay in the
fact that city air has less ozone in It
than the air up state or at the seashore.
True. the air down by the sidewalks
would not assay as high in ozone as
that in the Catskill mountains. but the
difference chemically is so slight that
1t isn't worth talking about.-Dr. L. r.
Welzmiller in Worlds Work.
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The SeychelIss IsIands.

The Seychelles islands form an archI
pelago Of ia islands and are situated
about 1,40O miles east OF Alden and
1000 miles from Zanzibar. They rise
steeply out Of the sea. eliminating in
the isle of Maize, which is about 5000
feet above the level Of the ocean and
Is nearly the center Of the group. All
the islands are OF coral growth. The
houses are built OF species Of mas
sive coral hewn into square blocks
which glisten like white marble.
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Trying to Obligs.

What's your name. my poor manT
asked the kind hearted woman.
Lady" replied Flooding Pete IN
blushingly. me name is Lord Reginald
Courtenay Thorpe"
Are you sure that's your real manner
mo. l jes' thought 1t 'ud be nice
name fur you to use If you wanted TO
put de fact dat you had given me
sandwich an cup o tea in de society
news. Washington Star.
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Ctothesiines.

When the clothesline needs cleaning
wrap it around the dashboard and
scrub it with a brush in soapsuds.
Perhaps 4 Safer Investment.
The Yankee does not lose his gift for
putting truth pithiIy. A prosperous
New England farmer, replying to a
comment on the amount OF money he
was snendlng to put his son through
college said, Yes. it does take lot of
money hut I'd rather leave my money
- ~ nov than to him."-Youth's Com
panion-
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No Determination.

I'm afraid father-in-law doesn't care
much about me-" said the young man.
He finds fault with most everything
( do
Nonsense" replied his wife. You
don't know his ways. He is treating
you just like one Of the fami1y."-Ex-
change.
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Horse Chestnuts,

Certain chemists are endeavoring to
adapt the horse chestnut to the human
dietary. The nuts are more than half
starch and sugar. with some proteid
and fat, and are nutritious. Their
value chiefly depends on the elimina-
ton Of the bitter elements and the irri.
tating saponin-like glucosides.