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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

100 h. p. Standard motor engine when
i now on the dock at New York ana
will be brought here for installation
as all the proposed changes Will De
made at the local wharf, 1t being
planned to have her ready for use
about the first of September when
she will proceed to Boston where sne
will take on a cargo for Spain, after
hich she is to engage in the fishing
business on the Spanish coast.
The new captain is a most agree
able person to meet, he speaking
English quite fluently, and besides
being a practical navigator has had
quite a little experience in the nsn-
ing business. He was sent over TO
this country several years ago by
the Spanish government to investl-
gate the methods pertaining to the
fishing industries of New England.
and has had quite a lot of actual ex-
De rience on board some of the crack
schooners of the Gloucester feet en-
gnged in Bank fishing.
The museum at the Old Jail at York
contains a gun of considerable value,
there being only two or three Of the
kind in existence 1t IS of French cou-
, struction and was one Of the few artl-
cies saved from the wreck Of the snip
Argo which was sunk near York 10 l.'o
II is stated that about thousand OF
these guns were made and sent TO this
country at the time of Lafayette.
| Clifford Stevens, mail carrier between
Chain of Ponds and Big Island pond.
| was held up recently by . lore highway
man with a revolver. The robbe- went
through the mail bag but found nothing
! that he wanted. Stevens was forced TO
give I'D six dollars of his own money.
The scene of the holdup is in the deep
woods near the Canadian line far from
/ the nearest camp.
The Maine Woods publishes the fol-
lowing items from Stratton which seem
| to indicate that this town is a month
or so ahead of the rest OF rae STATE:
heavy frost visited this section one
week ago. destroying near" al +he
I gardens. School commenced At me
Spring Grove schoolhouse Monday, Aug.
| II. with Miss Ruby Burrel teacher.
Congested conditions in Bath, espe-
caliy at the north end. will probably
result in the building of a new school
house in that section. The mayor and
school board have been in conference
with r. Chpston Sturgis, architect OF
| the housing section of the feet corpora
ton, who designed the community now
in process of building. and it is probable
that the proposed school building will be
constructed by the government Its de-
1 sign and location have not vet been de-
termined but it will be large enough to
! accommodate pupils of the first seven
grades OF the school system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19
PROVING It

Il understand that furniture dealer s
a square man.
Sure; he makes a speciality Of mis-
sion styles"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19
MRS. LEWIS
OF BROOKLYN
Tells How She Was Made
Well by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn. n. Y.-"For one year I
was miserable from a displacement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

Congressman Peters, who with
other members of the House naval
affairs committee. is making an Of
fetal tour of inspection Of naval ac-
tlVitics of this country in European
waters. is now in France. He ex-
Lects also to have an opportunity of
seeing something of army activity in
The field, and Tuesday, Aug. 10, his
54th birthday, may have been cele-
Lratod near the battle front. The
first mail communications from Con-
gresham Peters were received at
Ellsworth this week, says the Ameri-
can. written on board the battleship
on the way across. He writes inter-
estingly of the life on shipboard, and
ncntions incidentally that each
morning he took the regular setting
up exercises with the men of the
navy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

late in the fall, there will be an III
proved highway more than halt =,
distance from Wiscasset over u
worst of the old road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

A man from northern Aroostook
county who was in Bangor on
" ednesday said that about $50 Ger
mans who had been interned by the
Canadian government have been set
az work on railroad construction on
the Canadian side near Fort Kent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

Portland papers will please copy
the following from the Bangor News:
A man who came to Bangor a few
days ago, an entire stranger, to join a
steamer which was expected to dock
here, had an experience in Bangor
hospitality which struck him most
favorably and forcibly. He went to a
lo cal hotel and stated his ca Sc, saying
he had no money while waiting for
the steamer, and asked if they would
trust him for his room a day or two.
I his was granted without security,
although he offered to leave his
watch AS he was going out the pro-
rrietor of the hotel, overhearing the
conversation, asked if he had any
money for breakfast. Upon receiv-
ing a negative reply the stranger was
given So as a loan. The steamer soon
arrived and the stranger appeared at
The hotel in the naval uniform, repay
ing the loan. etc. He said he had
rever been treated SO we'll in his life
il. any place and would always have
Il warm spot in his heart for Ban
ger.
The former yacht Barra couta Of the
Holy Ghost and Us Society feet, is to
share the same fate that has be-
fallen quite a number of other steam
Yachts the past few years and will
CID her career as a fishing craft, &C
cording to the Argus. The yacht has
been lying idle in the harbor for
several years and number Of
r,onths ago came into the possession
of David W. Simpson, the we'll
known Boston ship broker, who after
taking out her engine and boilers
brought her around to Union wharf
& here she has been tied up ever
since.
Last week the Boston man found
purchaser for the craft in the person
o. Juan Orto Lecumberri. of Biscay,
Spain. and Wednesday the new owner
took possession, and at once COM
renced work on the numerous
changes he proposes to make on the
craft. 1t is his intention to convert
her into two-masted auxiliary
schooner, removing. the deck houses.
reris her. and fer power VIII install
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19
LOMBARD CAMP, 2751, ROYAL

Neighbors nj America. Meetings ~
and 4th Friday evenings OF each montA
at g. A. r. hail.
MRS. BERTHA NJ. OVERLOOK, o.
MRS. ALICE Nj. PlNkHAM, Eec.
jnl mon wed-fri.lyr@
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

AUGUSTA LODGE NO. 1854. B.P.O.E.
Regular meetings IN the Elks Home.
Winthrop street, the second and fourth
Thursday OF each month at y clock.
J. +. HANSON. T.. X.
W. u. THOMAS. sec.
iuly1 q m-w-fht If
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19
JOG MORRILL, COMMANDERY

NO. 326, Q. Q Q. {. Regular meetings
second and fourth Tuesday evenings AT
$50 o'clock at Golden Cross nall.
q. RANDALL BAhER, ". G.
w. K. CLOCGH. +. n. IL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19
Augusta Lodge Directory

CANTON. AUGUSTA. NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting ev.ss :hird Tuesday al
s clock.
Fl. II. AUSTIN, Capt.
A. NJ. DkUMMOND. Clerk
dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-19

Judas and Arnold and Kaiser Bill
Sat and talked on a birthstone hill.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
Utilized Artificial Flood.

By means of an artificial rise, start
ed on October Is, 1917. al Dam No. z.
Ohio river. and augmented by water
from the Muskingum, Kanawha and
Big Sandy rivers, more than $4,000 tons
of coal from the Kanawha river were
delivered to Cincinnati and other river
cities, says a bulletin of the depart
ment of commerce. Every available
tugboat and barge vas used In this
movement, even the small harbor boat
of me OF the coal companies being
utilized to bring down four coal boats.
and a snowboat pusher was chartered
to bring down ten barges. Fourteen
lows of more than 200 craft were in
the movement. Last August, during a
period Of extremely low water, a feet
Of barges, which carried 1900 tons
Of coal, was successfully moved by
means of artificial floods. About a
year ago two similar experiments were
carried out successfully at a time when
there was a shortage Of coal in Gin
cinnati.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
The Grant Monument.

The monument to General Grant in
front of the capitol in Washington
was contracted for on August 10, 1908.
The contract provided that the work
should be completed in five years, but
the contractors asked. and were grant
ed, several extensions. All of the ar
chitectural work Is finished, the cav
airy and the artillery groups are in
position at either end of the platform,
the lions and lamps called for by the
design are in place and there remains
to complete the memorial only the
placing of the equestrian group, 1. e.,
the figure of General Grant on horse
back on the central pedestal, and af-
fixing the two bas reliefs which are to
go on either side of the pedestal. The
total cost authorized by congress for
the memorial is $4,000, exclusive of
$4,000 which was appropriated for use
In procuring designs.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
GOOD OF COMPANY MANNERS
obViates Arguments, Harsh Language,
Criticisms and Other Features
in Ordinary Home Life.

There isn't any trouble In the home
when there Is company In the house.
Everything runs smoothly, as a rule,
AYERS the Columbus Dispatch. The
children are better behaved, regard
less of what mother says about it;
father is more patient. There is no
quarreling among the children-when
there is company. Everything is clean
er, and more orderly, and voices are
lowered, and correct language is used.
Which Is to say, wouldn't it be a
blessed good thing to have company
manners" In the home all the time? To
have the breakfast pass off as quietly I;
to have as little harsh language to do
away with the usual family criticisms
wouldn't 1t be glorious If we used
company manners" whether there is
company present or not?
1t would be an awful strain for q
while, to be sure. The whole family Is
under a strain when there's company
in the house. But the general effect
would justify the strain. There would
come a time when 1t wouldn't be any
strain at all 1t would become a habit
Table manners would be improved
conversation would be more rational
criticism would be less bitter, dispo
sitions would mature with the sweet
ness of ripened fruit that has grown
In the sunlight.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
Danish ldieness.

Idleness, rather than the love of
money, Is the root of all evil, and III
cheerfulness Is of the shoots from
the root, asserts the Los Angeles
Times. There is no such thing as idle
ness In nature. The worlds that gilt
ter In the arch of the heavens are ever
moving. The moon never stays In n
place. The restless sea means in and
out over the harbor bar. The rivers
gurgle and plash as they journey to
the sea. The trees change their cos
tune twice a year and grow a little
every hour of every day In the year.
The birds never roOst at MONDAY, and
mar is the only animal who oversleeps
himself. "a contented mind is a O
tinual feast" and the worker, whether
he labors with brain or Drawn, who
finds delight In his work, who sings as
he cheerfully lifts the hammer or
laughs as he pens the thought that
m to him, is happy and content.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
Government TO U.e Buildings

Prof. G. @. Nutting. who will lead a
party OF Iowa scientists In an expedi-
ton TO the West Indies next summer.
has received word, says the Iowa Uni
versity News Letter, that the English
government building on the Pelican
islands. which will be the base OF the
expedition. viii not be turned over to
the explorers without cost. Some OF
the men who intended to go with this
expedition at first have since entered
war service. but plans are going for
ward rapidly and the outlook is most
promising, Professor Nutting DECLARES.
He made a preliminary visit to the
goal of the expedition last summer, and
says that he has never seen a place
where the opportunity Cor scsntinc re-
search va any ErsstgR
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
Unnamed Boats FoIed,

The Germans recently attempted an
attack on British warships by means
of small boats loaded with high ex-
ploslves, unnamed and controlled by
wireless. The idea was originally an
American one. and was developed In
the Hammond wireless controlled tor
pedo. But the drawback In all these
radio-controlled devices Is that the
enemy can send out interfering
waves and throw the boat off It's course.
The latest improvement In boats con-
trolled from shore is said to be a craft
whose course is directed by playing q
searchlight on a selenium cell. The
electrical resistance of selenium varies
In light and darkness. and this fact can
be taken advantage of to manipulate
a steering apparatus by a of the
finger of the searchlight beam.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
MONEY LOANED FOR THE WAR
Dollars Invested In Bonds Expend-
ed for Food, Clothing, Ammuni-
ton and Other Necessaries.

What becomes of the dollar which
is invested in government bondsf
Here is the course II takes as visual
lied by Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo In his annual report to congress:
First. 1t goes to the government as
a loan for the war.
Second, it Is expended by the gov
eminent for food, clothing and am
munition, which go directly to a gal
liant soldier or sailor whose fighting
strength is kept up by the food. whose
body is kept warm by the clothing, and
whose. enemy is hit by the ammuni-
ton.
1t has not been expended In the
purchase Of needless food and cloth
ing for the man at home, and is, there
fore, released for the use Of the SOL
der, II is saved wealth TO the man
at home and car be loaned to his gov
eminent at interest with resulting
benefit to himself and to his govern
ment.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
German Silver.

German silver is manufactured In
three general ways, according to Pop
ular Science Monthly. 1t is composed
of nickel, copper and zinc In varying
proportions. The German method is
to melt all the copper to be used In
the mixture, and two-thirds of the
nickel and zine in a graphite crucible
and then add the rest of the nickel
and zinc. In the English method the
copper, nickel and zinc are melted
all at one time, then more copper and
zinc are added. Should the metal ap-
pear porous, a fireclay pipe contain
ing pitch is pushed into the metal mix
ture TO deOxidize 1t. There are sew
eral American methods. One Is to melt
a c~opper-nickel alloy and then grad
ually add the %preheated zinc. In an
other method monel metal is used as
a base.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
DO LOOKS
DECEIVE3

Grape growers, said to be from all
parts Of the United States" in con-
vention at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York, the other day, adopted a reso-
luton declaring that the prohibition
movement had ruined" their bust
ness. Is it exactly within the facts to
say that a business which permits
those who follow it to take the time
and money necessary to travel from
all parts of the United States" to put
up at the Waldorf-Astoria, and to
make their gathering the occasion for
much social enjoyment. is ruined?
People engaged in most ruined" bust
nesses, and in some businesses not
altogether ruined" need to practice
economy in these trying times
[Christian Science Monitor.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
LIGHTS OF SHINAGAWA BAY
Physical Phenomena In Japanese Wa
tiers Said to Have Been Caused by
Countless AnimaIculi.

Strange lights hover ver the waters
of Japan at various places. The burn
ing spring that appears at intervals
of several years In one Of the land
locked bays is g natural phenomenon
that has attracted the attention of the
scientific world. A new and curious
spectacle made its appearance in Shi-
nagawa bay recently, when a myriad
of pale green lights shone In the placid
waters and attracted thousands of spec
tators to the shore, East and West
News states.
The savants of Japan are giving
much attention to this curious freak
of nature. One college professor
likened the exhibition to the innum-
cradle lights off the coast of Chikusen
and ChikugO In Kyushu. The latter
lights, however, are of a yellow-red,
orange color, whereas those In Shinag-
ava bay were pale green.
Doctor Klshigami of the college Of
agriculture in the Tokyo imperial uni
versity collected a quantity of water
IIOiu lIC buys n mas hCNidACd Tia
the light is caused by countless ami
malculi. He describes these insects
as gymnogyniums, belonging to the
class Flagellata. Each measures one
twelve-hundredth of an inch and has
an ~alimentary canal. These insects
must have been always present in the
waters of that bay, but an excess of
vegetable matter In the water so fat
tened and stimulated the animalculi
that they became unusually luminous.
The learned professor cites the appear
ance of the same phenomena at Ham
burg In 1880, since which time no
record exists. of its recurrence until
lately. The insects live at the bot
tom of the sea and come to the surface
on rare occasions for oxygen.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
PLATINUM FAKE" IN OREGON
Geological Survey Explodes Report OF
Find Of Precious Metals IN q
Western District.

The present shortage of platinum
and the consequent greatly Increased
price of the metal bid fair 70 result
In a considerable increase in n 40
nestle production of platinum during
the coming year, according to the Unit
ed States geological survey. Al the
same time. while legitimate miners are
increasing their production and TO some
extent relieving the country's shortage
other persons are using the interest,"
aroused by the present nationwide
search for the metal to make extraVa-
CANT claims for utterly worthless de-
posits. and some honest p~rospectors
are led by false assays, made by In
efficient or venal sssayers, to believe
mistakenly that they have valuable
platinum deposits. Reports of plati-
mum In some mythical combination
"volatile platinum or "colloidal plati-
num"-should be regarded as SUFFICIENT
evidence Of the incompetence or dis
honesty of the assayer.
During the season of 1917 the geolo-
gists of the United States geological
survey, department of the interior,
spent much time In visiting platinum
deposits that proved to be worthless.
A notable example is seen in the sup
posed platiniferous sands of the Des-
chutes river, near Terrebone, Ore.
The material collected there con-
sists of loosely cemented dark volcanic
sand and conglomerate interbedded
with basalt and volcanic tuf. The
black basaltic sand is supposed to have
the richest content Of gold and plati-
mum, but neither In panning the ma
terial In the field nor in the chemical
tests made by the geological survey
could any trace of platinum or other
metals of the platinum group be found.
Neither was any gold found In the n
centrates, and 1t Is concluded that ma
terial of this type is very unlikely to
contain workable amounts of gold.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
HOW DO WE
GET TO EUROPE2

The Food Administration says ships
are waiting for cargoes because the
railroads do not transport the food
supplies. The Railroad Administra-
ton says cars are held up because
there are no ships upon which to load
the produce. With official reports of
ships waiting for cars and ears wait
ing for ships, the poor, unsophisti-
Gated, common citizen has a hard time
determining whether he is going or
coming, afoot or on horseback.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
How Bombs Are Drowned.

The bomb-dropping mechanism Of a
Zeppelin captured by the British was
described in a recent number of the
London Sphere. There are 80 bomb
troopers for conical bombs. The base
is slung In straps, and there is a strap
around the neck. The latter has a re-
leasing hook, and when the hook is
operated the small end first drops
down and the base slides out of its
straps. The bomb then rights itself
and drops base downward. The bombs
are slung In one or two lines along the
under side of the mail hull. The re-
leasing hook Is operated by an electro
magnet. and there is a small switch
board in the cabin for controlling the
release. Each bomb has "a separate
switch. The bombs can be released by
hand levers also In ease the electric
means fail. Each bomb has a safety
device and is not "allve" untn 1t has
dropped several hundred feet.
--S--
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
at SURE DOES THE WORK.

Changeable weather and wet feet
make March a dangerous month for
coughs, cold. Group and ~whooping
cough. Be prepared to get prompt
relief. Don't let a cold run into seri-
Gus sickness. Mrs. w. H. Thornton,
1928 w. 10th St, Little Rock, Ark,
writes: MY little boy had a severe
attack of Group and l honestly believe
he would have died if it had not been
for Foley's Honey and Tar. Two
doses relieved him. I would not be
without it at any price" For sale by
Eagle Drug Company. Winnemucca.-
advertisement
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26

Russian bear looks more like a
dachshund every day.-[Wall Street
Journal.
The bolo is a crooked blade used by
the Philippine h~ead-hunters for de-
CAPTIVATING their victims. The French
Bolo is a weapon of much the same
description used by the kaiser for
similar purposes.1Pittsburgh Post.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-26
HIGHEST PRICES FOR HIDES
AND FURS

We will pay the highest prices for
hides. furs and pelts. NEVADA HIDE
& JUNK CO., Winnemucca Nev.-[Ad-
v~ertisement. 88tf
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
Predicts Open Winter.

Jacob Linder, a resident of
Luzerne County the past seventy
five years and who has watched
weather conditions closely for
more than half a century, pre-
diets that the coming winter will
be mild and that this section Of
Pennsylvania will have a green
Christmas. According to Lind
ner there will be but one bliz-
zard and that in the first half of
February. He bases his proph-
ecy on astronomical calcula-
tions and signs of nature.
Lindner says that the weeds in
the fields are short, showing that
seed pods will not raise high, as
there will be no deep snow. He
finds that squirrels did not store
up nuts so industriously this year
as last. Chickens are slow in
moulting and taking on their
winter coats of feathers a n d
horses dc not have the thick
hair they get when severe wealth
er is due, d eclares the aged OBJ
server.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
w ar Notes..

Mack Morton, who had been in
one of the southern training
camps for several months, came
home few days ago with an
honorable discharge.
1t is reported here that James
G. Davis's mother, who is now
Mrs. Sherman Clevenger in Brush
Creek Valley, received official
notice from the War Department
a few days ago that James had
been killed in battle in France
on the 10th of November just
the day before the war closed.
The body of Carl Wilson, who
was in a training camp in Texas,
was brought to the home of his
parents, near Dublin Mills a few
days ago, for burial.
1t is reported that Herbert
Cooper, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James K. Cooper, of the Cove, is
in a hospital in France from hav-
ing been wounded in battle.
The old Indian school property
at Carlisle has been fitted up for
use as a Government hospital,
and the wounded boys from this
section of she State are likely to
be cared for there.
The British Government has
placed several of their be s t
liners at the disposal of the Unit
ed States to aid in the speedy
transportation Of troops back to
their homes in this country.