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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23

Aug. 1. 1921. Sealed proposals will
be- received at Office of Urea surer.
Eastern Branch, y n. H. D. V. S. Ma
| tional Soldiers Home, Maine. and
:, there opened at the time fixed. for
furnishing and delivering supplies in
accordance with instructions and
, specifications copies of which with
blank proposals can be had upon APP
plication to the Treasurer. as follows
Hospital Supplies until Ills A. NJ.
Aug. 25, 1921 Subsistence Supplies
Light Saving Time. r. B. Cooke
Treasurer. ayg17.2s-25
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23
Care and Responsibility.

THE responsibility attached the preparing Of remedy for infants and children
undoubtedly than that imposed the manufacturer remedies
for adults whose system sufficiently strong counterfeit for
injurious drug well observe that Ctoa prepared today has been
for the 40 years. under the personal supervision Mr. Chas H Fletcher
What have makers of limitations substitutes stake? What their
responsibilities? To whom they answae? They spring today
their nefarous broadcast, and disappear
Could each mother the panakng with which the prescription for
Fhs Castoa prepared could they read the nnumerabe testimonials from
grateful mothers they would listen the subtle pn and false arguments
Of those who would offer imitation Of substitute for the tried and
FeChe's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23

ture Is one which should be generally
regarded" said Commissioner Smith.
Although temporarily in our first
effort at the last session of the Legis-
iature, the committee before which
the subject was heard reported un-
favorably, the fight will be taken up
vigorously before the Legisla-
ture of 1928" continued Commits
sioner Smith.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23

Frank Wyman and little daughts
of Oregon, passed the day Wedr.s
day with Mrs. F. s. Adams.
Orie, 11-year-oid son Of Mr. al
Mrs. Grant Woods was in Lewis,I
last week where he had slrsra
operation performed on his throat
Norman Curtis and two childrs,
Leonard and Marion were busins'
visitors in Brunswick Saturday,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23
Card of Thanks

l wish to thank the neighbors.
friends, members of the Eastern
Star, Rebekahs, and all other socie-
ties Tor their kindness and sympa :
tiny also the beautiful flowers. dur
ing the recent illness and death of
my beloved wife.
IRA p T,TRRY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23
BLUE SKY LAW" AoVER1lsE
MENT

Application having been made
the Banking Department by the I,
lowing named persons to be registga.
as Dealer in Securities under N
provisions OF Chap. 40, Sec. lf.9s. II
the Revised Statutes, as amended A
gal notice is hereby given and All
person may, within two weeks fni
the date of this publication. hle obs
ton to the proposed registration viii
the Banking Department.
Name Business address
Russell Wendell Davis, Freeport NJ
FRED f. LAWRENCE
Bank COMMISSIONS
Augusta, Me, Aug. 20, 1921.
aug?t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23
Half---Why Not All?

Maine investors are doing only
about half their duty.
This year Central Maine Power
Company has had to go outside
the state and bring in outside
money to aid Maine money in the
develop ment of Maine power.
These developed powers earn
fair returns.
Why not keep ALL these re-
turns in Maine by financing the
Company in the future entirely
within the state?
If you wish to share in the earn
ings of Maine power and to be-
come a part owner in a company
which is developing them and
thus building Maine, buy Central
Maine Power Company 7% Pre-
ferred Sto ok.
The price is S107.50 a share
the yield is 61afe net.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-23

Coming wEDNEsDAY-ToM MIX in prairie Trails Also Carter
of the Day from
Literary International News.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
WAR ON SCREW-WORM FLIES
Traps Have Proved Effective Methods
of Getting Rid of Human and
Animal Pests.

The use of flytraps for catching
screw-worm flies is a new idea as a
means Of combating those abominable
insects, and has already proved de-
cidedly effective. They are a first
class pest in some parts Of this country
and especially in southwest Texas.
Cattle and other livestock suffer
much from their attacks, their habit
being to lay eggs in any sort of wound.
The larvae Matched from the eggs
bore into the tissues, feeding upon
them and doing most destructive mis-
chief. When ready to transform into
pupae, they come out, drop to the
ground and bury themselves to await
metamorphosis into flies. The screw
worm flies are typical meat flies, and
the carcass Of any dead animal quickly
becomes a hatchery for them. Hence,
In the region afflicted by them, 1t
is very important that all carcasses
shall be promptly destroyed, preferably
by burning. Occasionally It happens
that human beings are attacked.
A fly crawls up the nostrils of sleep
ing person and lays its eggs. The
larvae Matched from them invade the
slnuses and death is likely to result.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
Liqht on the Depths.

II is said that at depth of only
200 fathoms the light of the unclouded
sun penetrating the ocean is reduced
to equality with the starlight Of a
clear night on the surface. At more
profound depths the sunlight Is en-
tirely extinguished. Yet there are
both light and color I'm the abysses'
and at the bottom Of the sea. The
light is of phosphorescent origin, and
II may be remarked that in general the
fixed marine forms Of life are not be-
hind their free swimming allies In
light-emitting powers. There are IL
luminations produced by the move
ments Of abyssal fishes through the
forests Of phosphorescent sea-pens'
fan corals, red corals, and other Alcy-
onaria. The colors Of deep-sea animals
are both brilliant and varied.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
WORK is HARD ON ARTISTS
Singing Into the Recording Horn Con-
ceded to Be NerVe-Racklng
Experience.

Music is lot trickier to can than
peaches or pears, remarks Farm and
Fireside.
When you play one Of your phono-
graph records you have no idea how
hard it may have been to get that mel
ody preserved" You are listening to
the result of a lot of mighty hard
work, which may have included con-
siderable storming by the director and
tears on the part of the artist Some
artists simply cannot sing for the rec
ords at all, while others are nervous
wrecks for days after a session OF re-
cording.
To sing into a recording horn may
look easy-just as 1t may look easy
for a baseball player to hit a ball
over the fence for a home run-but
In reality it is one Of the most diff
cult, nerve-racking things anyone can
attempt.
On the concert stage a singer with
good voice may make little mis-
takes without the audience noticing
them. If he mas an attractive pres
ence and an engaging manner, he may
even sing bit off key and yet make
hit. But the wax master record Is
q relentless mirror, with no mercy for
the imperfections that the average art
ist-like other human beings-is
guilty of. The slightest waver or
strain in the voice, the slightest devia-
ton from the true pitch, comes out
badly. And the very fear of making
these mistakes and flaws "hoodoo"
most singers into making them.
The result is that many a popular
stage artist has met defeat In the
laboratory.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
snuIrrels and Robins Flaht.

A fierce lawn battle between forces
of squirrels and robins has been
observed in Mount Vernon, n. Y. The
SQUIRRELS and robins on Eleventh
avenue, Mount Vernon, have declared
war upon each other, and each day the
battles are wageing bigger and fiercer.
Residents on Eleventh avenue have for
some time thrown peanuts on their
lawns for the squirrels and bread
crusts for the birds of the neighbor-
hood Three weeks ago a few robins
after eating the bread helped them
selves to peanuts, and the squirrels
ran away. The first day few SPUR
rels attacked the robins and there
was a short but furious fight in which
the squirrels saved their suppers. The
second day about twenty robins
swooped down and the squirrels were
routed. The third day the squirrels
returned reinforced by an equal num-
Der and there was battle royal for
a quarter of an hour. II was drawn
battle, both sides leaving most of their
peanuts and crusts on the field.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
Retired Persons.

The proverbial "busman's holiday"
is nothing to that of the man who re-
tires from business. Some months ago
the manager of a London bank retired.
Since then he has looked in most days
''just to see how they are getting on"
Equally bad is the case of a provincial
theater manager, an old actor well
known in London's theatrical world.
He also retired bidding his staff a
long farewell with much emotion. II
was understood he was going to live in
a quiet little place in Surrey. A fort
night later he turned up in his old
theater as director of a travelling COM
pany. Worst of all was the impenltence
of a printer, who, after being pen
stoned, appeared every morning at the
office door at the usual time to watch
the others go in to work. Nor did he
come to gloat. He envied.-LOndon
Times.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
Oriuin of Gunpowder.

The Chinese were long credited with
the invention of gunpowder, but not
long ago evidence was adduced to in
dictate that the Arabians did not, as
commonly supposed, introduce gunpow-
der into Europe during the Eighth and
Ninth centuries. 1t is believed by the
most competent authorities now that
the manufacture of the first gunpow
der was based upon the Fire Book
of Marcust Graecus, which appeared
in Constantinople about the middle Of
the Thirteenth century. This was the
source from which Robert Bacon, Al
bertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas
derived their knowledge Of gunpowder.
The first use Of gunpowder To drive
projectiles is ascribed to a monk, Ber-
thold Schwartz, whose discovery was
made accidentally while preparing the
mixture for medicinal purposes.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
SNOW PENITENTS OF ANDES
Remarkable Illusion Which Is Brought
About by the Action Of the
Elements.

In the higher Andes of Argentina
and Chile, within a very limited re-
gion, where there is polar climate in
which no human beings can dwell the
so-called Snow PeDitents assemble.
The traveller comes Unexpectedly
upon a great throng of them, gathered
on the barren slope of a mountain
peak. Seen from a little distance,
they have the appearance of a crowd
of hooded monks, all in white and
kneeling in serried lines. 1t is a re-
markable illusion, for the monks" are
of them is a block of snow and ice.
One theory Of this phenomenon Is that
the fallen snow may be of uneven
density and that the powerful rays of
an overhead sun first melt those parts
of it around the denser spots, leaving
the latter still frozen, to assume the
form of snow men.
AS the snow continues to melt water
trickling down from the blocks may
help to deepen the surrounding hol-
lows, while prevented from accumulat-
ing in the latter by the slope of the
mountains. The arrangement of the
white figures in rows may be explained
by the slope, the water all draining in
one direction. This, however is only
one of several theories offered in ex-
PLANTATION of the "Snow of the Peni-
tents" as it is called in that part of
The world
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
Tribute 70 Laualltsr.

Every giggle is worth a thousand
dollars If not more A good genuine
laugh is worth thousand. Doctors
recognize the medicinal value Of
laughter. Il Is a tonic that benefits
both body and mind A hearty laugh
IS an aid to disgestion. While the
movies are capable Of putting over
many funny scenes and situations, ]
believe that the best laugh Of all Is
that which follows q bit Of cleverness
in spoken lines The ear seems TO
record faster than the eye; that Is
why the spoken jest gets over quicker
han the uue that must be read. Yet.
no matter how II is produced. the laugh
is the king II all things always.-EH
change
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
VERMONT TO BE NEITHER
SCOLDED NOR PITIED.

Rossiter, of Rumford, said at Rut-
land on October 27-28, that the
trouble with Vermont is that she
failed to buy any corner lots" in the
great New England Industrial Awak
ening. But what of it !! There are
other adjectives in the language as
important as industrial and other
nouns that mean as much as awaken
ing"
Of course, we do not come up to
Massachusetts in the matter of max
ing shoes by machinery, but if the
count were taken on the score of
freedom from strikes by the guardi-
ans Of the public safety, where would
Massachusetts be =? We do not manu-
facture as many organs and pianos as
New York, but if the count were
taken on the score of freedom from
bomb throwing and mail robbing,
where would New York come in? AS
Tennyson says, we were born for
other things; we have our own work
and our own characteristics; we are,
as we have been, and we are likely to
be, sui generic, that is, we are our
selves, and we are no more the
proper subjects for the Rossiterian
brand of statistics than are the saints
and angels. Size us up, Lord Rissiter;
fetch on your statistics; but come
with the kind that takes account of
our character and attachments as a
bucolic people; that takes account of
the reserve character, so to speak,
which we have patiently laid up to
fall back upon in that day of wrath
L. Il -, he
bombs explode and the red flag of
the socialists come marching up
Washington street and broadway.
Give me the old Vermonter, with
two or three kinds of rheumatism in
his gait, if you please; with a green
ish coat on his back, because the
black goods that the Industrially
Awakened fellow down country has
sold him does not hold its color; who
loves a stern duty as much as he
loves his wife; who has never seen
Boston and New York but once or
twice, and that was when he went
through. on his way to some war or
other; with a straw in his mouth, If
you please; with some tobacco in his
cheek, if you please; with a couple of
barrels of cider down cellar, if you
please; with Greek enough in his
head so that he still remembers
Xenophon's beautiful tribute to his
master; with mathematics enough in
his head so that he still knows that
to subtract in algebra you change
the signs in the subtrahend and pro-
coed as in addition; with a favorite
little, old book in his veneered book
=. N,o41;xroo,,,v ,.,hfah
on the back, 20 H Flaccus"-give me
that man, or a collection of him,
rather than all the dishonest prof.
teers and Industriallv Awakened
gentlemen you can stuff into space,
with their sad-looking factories and
half broken-hearted operatives
Daniel L Cadv, before the Unity So
ciety at Burlington, December End.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
OLD GOBBLER KEPT PEACE
Intelligence Displayed by Turkey
Proved Him the Fright Bird In
the Right Place."

Unlike the ordinary run Of turkeys,
Ben, a mammoth bronze gobbler that
one of our contributors owned, had a
great deal of sense One day, our
friend writes, our nearest neighbours
entire flock of turkeys invaded our
farmyard and soon started "free-for-
alp fight with our birds. The two old
gobblers engaged In combat; young
gobblers fought young gobblers; and
old turkey hens clashed.
A week later one of the women of our
family saw the same flock coming
down the road, and ours going across
the farmyard apparently to meet them.
She turned back into the house to get
her sunbonnet and the broom, but
when she went out not one of the
home flock was In sight. A moment
later Ben emerged alone from behind
the big straw stack In the barnyard,
crossed the yard and met the intrud-
ers. Selling the leader firmly by the
neck, he marched him up the road to-
ward his home. The visitors numer-
GUS family, evidently too much aston
ished to do anything else, meekly fol-
lowed.
Looking behind the straw stack, she
saw Ben's flock crouched perfectly still
In the straw. Not one of them stirred
or made a sound until Ben returned
and led them into the farmyard,
where he strutted proudly before them
with the air Of one who had done his
duty well. Could anyone have handled
= difficult situation more intelligently?
Youths Companion.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
Ianan,s Eiaht on HYdrophObIa.

The japanese are inoculating dogs
instead Of people TO prevent rabies
which is now widespread" in that
country. says the New York Evening
Post. The bacteriologist Umeno and
his coworkers at the Kitasato Insti-
tute for infectious diseases have per
fected a method Of prophylactic in
oculatlon that can be given the dogs
In one or two shots. In all, 3l.VVo
dogs have been treated and In not a
single instance has any one Of them
been found suffering from rabies. In
stead Of the usual methods Of killing
mad and stray dogs. the japanese
medical experts are advocating inocu'
latlon Of all the dogs Of japan.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
AMERICA INTRODUCED JAPAN TO
WORLD ONLY TWO GENERATIONS
AGO.
Pictures of Japan's First Delegation
TO Washington AdOrn Present Hotels.

The speed of history is no better
illustrated than by the present arma-
ment conference. The conference is
called to consider questions which
have arisen in the Orient, questions
which revolve around the foreign
policies of Japan. 1t is admitted on
all hands that the failure or success
of the conference depends in large
measure upon whether Japan's dele
CATION at the conference adopts a
conciliatory or belligerent attitude in
the settlement of these issues. In
other words, Japan is world power
to be reckoned with from now on in
the settlement of international prob
lens.
Men are in Washington who remem-
Der when Japan was opened to the
world by Commodore Perry, of the
United States. That was in 1854. In
1860, six years later, the japanese
government sent a special delegation
to the United States to repay the
visit Of Admiral Perry. In the grill
room of one of the prominent Wash
irgton hotels, which is now housing
one Of the delegations TO the arma-
ment conference, in which Japan is
such a prominent participant, hangs
a collection of pictures of the visit
paid to Washington by the japanese
delegation. One IF the pictures shows
the Japanese delegation in their ma
tive garb. Another shows the Off
cial reception and ball held in honor
Of the delegation. Another picture
bears the title, president Buchanan
Inspecting the japanese Gifts at the
White House."
who Dare PrOpheSy!
No one 81 years ago, when the first
japanese official delegation that ever
visited America was in WASHINGTON,
would have been bold enough to have
predicted that in less than three
quarters of a century the nation
which had Just been opened to in
/ ternational commerce would have an
other delegation visiting Washington
/ for the very serious purpose Of assist
! ing the United States government
/ and the other great powers of the
world to effect a settlement Of ORR
entail questions that would enable all
countries to reduce ornaments.
The tremendous development of
/ japan in the last three-quarters of a
century from a hermit kingdom.
counted at that time of ne conse-
/ quence commercially and no infiu-
ence politically, to one of the ac-
+ knowledged five great powers of the
world. and the one great power which
holds the key to Asia and the Orient,
should give pause to those who think
they are able to foretell events and
make any definite plans which extend
very far into the future. The cues
tion naturally occurs, at the end Of
another 20 years what nations will be
the ruling powers Of the world Will
those which now hold that distinction
remain puissant Or will they be-
ccme decadent q? And small nations
which are Just coming into being
will they occupy the seats Of the
miphtv two generations hence? Will
Snain have enioved a renaissance
viii China have duplicated the rapid.
marvellous development of Japan !
And what Of Russia in 40 years.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
A Rat THAT DIdn't smell AFTER BEING
mead for : Months.

Il swear IT was dead at least )
months" said James Sykes. Butcher.
westneld. y. J. 1--WE saw this rat every
dav. Put cake OF RAT-sNAP behind
barrel. Months later my wife asked
about the rat. Remembered the barrel
looked behind Il. There was the rat
dead. not the slightest odor." Three
sizes ssc. CSC. s1.75. sold and guaran-
teed by sisco's Pharmacy.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30

Our Private Pest comes into this
Busy Office, grinning like Hyena,
to Point out a Typographical Error
in the Paper. Like all Newspapers.
we make Errors and we Expect TO
Keep Right On making Them, and
we are not Worrying very much About
1t, What's More!
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-12

aFs sos oa paylna hasls. tho fiFss
n nscsml.sf skeslnE the faaf .
bs 100 ahead.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-12
CEMENT LIGHT RATES
LOWERED JANUARY I

Cement. OKLA. Dec. is.-Tho iown
council has announced that. effective
January I. electric ilEhi mloa will
bo temporarily reduced to asoorAln
sheihor Or not tho reduced rates
would enable more people 10 usc
electricity and the increased volume
would pay for the deficiency Eained
~ a result of the decrease In rates.
n current used ~lll make up the
deficiency the lower rates will be
made permanent The new rates
will be twenty cents for the first
ten kllowaiis. above ten kilowaiis
fifteen for any amount used through
meter Power rates viii remain tae
same. SO per hundred kllowaiis. 90
cents up 10 twenty kllowaiis. fifteen
cents balance.
The council reports that for the
first time the light and water works
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-12
A STOLEN SMILE 'ER TWO
A Drop Too Much.

II think I'll drop in on the boys"
said the miner az he fell down the
shaft."-Froth.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-12

appsndlflsls. We have Frason 10 ke'
iisss that togh q thess diseases ars
hFpashs ~ BY eonsslpatian. Tate
chambeFisln's Tablets whea needed
and iesp soaF hosels regular and
Soa may avoid an oesFntloa for ens
of tho other ~ these diseases. Yoa
vIll slso feet better IN steFy vaY
isa
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-12

Il mirht surprise yua 10 fnor
how masy people have been Operated
On fur hemofFholas lpllesl and fof