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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14

less than reasonable fallacy is, the
Constitution Of the United States
provides way to repeal amendments
as well as-to enact them. And to
the enemies of prohibition We say:
Come out in the open, modify or re-
peal if you can, but observe and en-
force until you can.
THE Governor of the great state
of New York, who has been quoted
as saying of the Eighteenth Amend
ment and the Volstead Act, we do
not like that law" is disquleting
figure indeed when compared with
Abraham Lincoln who declared, Let
reverence for law be breathed by
every American mother to the lisp
ing babe that prattles 1T her lap, let
it become the political religion of the
nation, let every American. every
lover Of liberty. every well-wisher of
his posterity swear by the blood of
the Revolution never 20 violate in the
least particular the laws OF the
country and never to tolerate their
violation by others
1.-THE great imperative of the hour
is a new citizenship conscience with
regard to individual responsibility for
law enforcement and law observance.
Suclr->a conscience has its ultimate
expression at the polls"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
Stubborn Coughs
Stop Quick With Home
Made Cough Mixture

Not until YOU make your own cough
rnixture--a half pint of it for a small
sum--will you know how easy IT is to
stop any bad persistent cough as If by
magic.
It's pleasant tasting, but that don't
step. II from knocking out a cough
quicker than anything else in the
world. Children love it.
Get from any druggist one ounce of
parnint double strength)--to this
add little granulated sugar and en-
ough water to make one half pint
that's all there is to 1t.
This loosens the phlegm, stops the
irritation. allAys the Inflammation,
cleans out cIogged nostrils, makes
brea thing easier, and causes sore
throat and hoarseness to disappear.
With speed almost beyond belief
this home made cough mixture stops
the toughest hang-on cough. and all
because In II there Is a substance
(too costly for ordinary cough sy-
rups) that Immediately covers the
membrane like a soothing healing
n po,,lsic' and blessed relief comes at
And it Is always worth while to
bear In mind that any remedy that
overcomes catarrh, partially or who'll
~, is bound to be of benefit to those
who are troubled with head noises
and t--taryhal deafness.
Get Parmint and get better.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
TELLS DYSPEPT|CS
WHAT TO EAT
Aveid Indigestion, Sour Acid Stomach,
Heartburn, Gas on Stomach, Etc.

Indigestion and practically all forms
OF stomach trouble. say medical authori-
ties are due nine tins out OF ten nto an
excess OF hydrochlorc acid in the stom
ach. Chronic 'acid Stomach" is exceed
ingly dangerous and sufferers should do
either one of two things.
Either they can go on a limited and
OFTEN dtsa greeable diet. avoiding foods
that disagree with them, that irritate
the stomach and lead to excess acid Sc
crstiep or they can eat as they please in
reason and make it d practice to coun-
teract the effect of the harmful acid and
prevent the formation Of gas, sourness or
premature fermentation by the use Of a
httis 1isurated Magnesia at their meals.
There is probably no better. safer, or
more reliable stomach anti-acid than
Hisqrated Magnesia and 1t is widely
used TOT this purpose. 1t has no direct
actton on the stomach and ia not a d.
kestsnt. But O teaspoonful OF the pow
DER or Z couple OF five grain tablets taxi
en- In = little water with the food will
nsutfallzs the excess acidity which may
pc present and prevent its further for
NATION. This removes the whole cause
OF the trouble and the meal digests nat
ur9liy end healthfully without need of
pepsin Pills or artificial digestents
Get a few ounces of Bisurated Mag
nesia from any reliable druggist Ask
for either powder or tablets. II never
comes - . liauid. milk or citrate and in
the biSurated form is not a laxative. Try
this plan and eat what you want at your
next, meal and see if this isn't the best
tdvice you ever had on what to eat."--
Adv.
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Dexter

Stanley Weymouth of this town,
employed as engineer Of the State
Highway Commission, has been or
dered to bingham where he will
have charge of surveying State
highway to be constructed next sea-
son.
George +. Thompson. Esq, Of
Bangor was in Dexter Wednesday.
Harry E. Bush OF Dover FoXcroft
was also in town Wednesday.
Fores L. Hutchinson OF Sangerville
was in Dexter Wednesday,.
Il. +. McNamee of Amherst, N. H,
was among the business callers to
Dexter Wednesday.
The village schools will close Fri
day afternoon for two weeks. Most
of the grade schools have Christmas
trees and the children have been
busy after school all the week,
stringing popcorn and cranberries
for tree decorations. In some grades
there will be short Christmas pro-
grams by the children.
The stores have taken on quite a
gala day attire and the clerks seem
to be busy In spite. of the muddy
roads which prevent many visitors
to the village from the country. The
sale of Christmas seals in the stores
Is not going on as rapidly as could
be hoped and Christmas purchasers
are urged to buy. them instead of the
other seals which have no use other
than decorative.
The many Thanksgiving donations
have been gratefully received and
acknowledged Ivy the II engagement
of Plummer Memorial Hospital.
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Maine Delegates ,
Committee Meeting

Washington. Dec. 1S.--Maine dele
gates to the meeting of the Repub-
lican National Committee who have
been attending the committee sessions
in the Hotel Willard declared that
sentiment in Maine is overwhelming
ly for the nomination of Calvin Cool
idge as President.
Governor Percival p. Baxter and
Mrs. George Macomber. who holds a
proxy for Mrs. Guy p. Gannett of Au-
gusta. associate member of the Ma
tional Committee from Maine. de-
clared that in the election next Sep
TENDER Maine will point the way for
an overwhelming Republican victory
throughout the nation.
The number of women in attend
ance at the committees sessions al
most equalled the number of men.
With chairman John T. Adams. pre-
siding, the chiefs of the National
Committee planned for the 1924 cam
paign.
The declaration Of United States
Senator Willis of Ohio. one of the
chief speakers Of the morning. that.
Under this or any other Republican
administration the United States
will have no part in the League of
Nations" was cheered by both men
and women. the women applauding
loudly when he declared:
1--WE shave an unbroken course of
helping but we insist that we shall
be the judge of how and when we, will
help Europe and when we will stop
helping.
at is not the business OF the United
States to furnish policeman and a
meal ticket for Europe and Asia
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
entertain the members and associate
members OF the committee at ltin-
chcon,
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1t? -Four or five Democratic Senators
are willing and ready. Others are
holding back. Mr.. Melons and Mr..
Coolidge's plan may be excellent, but
1t 10 Republican.
II 1t were put through, the Repub-
licans might get too much credit for
1t, profit too much by it, in next
years campaign. So queer is the
political mind. For the supposed
benefit of their party these gentlemen
will obstruct or minimize the benefit
Of the whole country. Lowering of
the income taxes of millions of
voters is Ineligible in terms of
votes. Nobody will object to that.
Lowering of the high surtaxes must
be regarded in terms of political
hunt of wealth." no matter how
much enterprise is clogged and the
general prosperity abated. There
is even talk OF reviving excess profit
taxes. Mr.. Bryan, perennial coun-
selor of disaster would love to see
the Democrats pull Mr.. La Follette's
chestnuts out of the fire and fall
into 1t.
II the Democrats in Congress
choose. they can mutilate the Admin
iStration program of tax relief. with
~the congenial aid of Farmer
Laborites. both those who call
themselves by their real name and
those who classify themselves as
Republicans or Democrats. The
country would lose. but Mr.. Coolidge
and the Republican Party would
gain. The more tax relief is Grip
pied. delayed or defeated in Con-
gress the stronger will be Mr..
Coolidge's hold upon a public
opinion made the more angry and
insistent by the disappointment of
its expectations. Mr.. Coolidge has
presented an issue that has changed
the whole face OF politics. Hope has
revived In his discouraged and de-
moraltzed party. 1t is the part of
Democratic wisdom to cooperate in
policy of national advantage.
Taking even the strict and narrow
partisan view. the Democrats in Con
gfess should help and not hinder.
Otherwise they will be playing
straight into Republican hands. They
VIII be giving the Republicans an
ISSUE. and irresistible
issue. Public opinion may vet force
the reluctant Democrats, lust as it
mas been forcing reluctant Repub-
means since Mr.. Melons letter to
Representative Green. Neither side
wanted real tax reduction. Mr.,
coolidge saw what the people want
ca. once In a while the people have
their own way.
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STUDY MUMMIES
BY x-RAY PHOTO

Chicago. Dec. 13-(By A. P.)-Pic-
lures OF mummies taken with the x
ray disclose conditions existing in the
bodies of ancient PeruVians and
Egyptians which otherwise would es-
cape our knowledge; unwrapping the
mummy means Its destruction for
purposes of accurate study. Such
pictures have been taken by u. c.
Davies, director of the Field Museum
OF Natural History, cooperating with
the Victor N-ray Corporation.
These pictures revealed also what
had been buried with the body. For
instance, various Peruvian mummy
packs were found to contain ears of
corn, pottery, vessels of clay contain
ing shells. bits of metal. gourd ves-
sells. beads, clay figurines and cut
bone objects.
IN addition to the range of objects
found in the bundles, we learn from
the A-ray pictures something definite
concerning the age. sex, and cOndi-
ton of the bony structure of the in
dlvidual buried therein" said MIR.
Davies. I'VE are able to discover
the nature of injuries received during
his life. as well as determine whether
the deceased was sufferer from
chronic rheumatism, tuberculosis of
the bones. carries, arthritis of various
kinds, and other conditions of dis
ease.
''In the Egyptian collections the
mummy of man of the twenty sixth
dynasty was photographed in four
sections, beginning at the head. and
furnishes a wonderfully clear picture
of the entire skeleton. Here We may
expect to find fractures, pathological
conditions otnnIn hnnx, rick
cts, hydrocephalus. pvorrhoea and
carries of the teeth, all of which have
been shown in the examination of un-
wrapped skeletal material to have
been common conditions of disease
among the Egyptians of the most
ancient times. The great advantage
of the X-raying process in this re-
gard is that it Is possible to discern
accurately these facts without injur-
ing in any way the exhibition value
of the specimens.
Mummified CATS. hawks, jackals,
crocodiles and gazelles, also have
been pictured with very satisfactory
results In the case of the hawk.
even the tail feathers are very defin-
itely shown. The picture of the
mummy of the gaZelle brings out the
skeleton with marvellous distinction.
That of the crocodile also shows the
homes still to be in their proper rela-
tive position to one mother"
Further Investigations are to be
made upon the Egyptian material as
we'll as upon vessels mode Of marble.
alahaster and metal. The work VIII
he extended to several departments.
and plans also are now under way to
take X-ray pictures of rock forma-
lions which are more than 5000 years
old.
Moving pictures Of the process are
contemplated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
AMERICAN MERCHANT
MARINE TONNAGE
over 1S MILLION

The American merchant marine as
of June. 80, 1928. consisted Of 27,017
vessels of all kinds, of 1S.2S4,724
gross tons, according to the annual
report to Secretary Hoover of Com
missioner of Navigation d. 8. Car
son. released today by the Depart
msnt Of Commerce. The gross ton
mage on June 80 was 1924 less than
on the same date in 1922.
American vessels of 500 tons and
over engaged in foreign trade num-
bered 1858 totaling S,441,S92 gross
tons, and 1875 vessels of 4,661 1896
wise trade. Three fourths of the to-
tai tonnage was owned by the United
States Shipping board.
Oil-burning vessels of over 1000
tons almost doubled those burning
coal in number and more than
doubled the coal burners in tonnage
1851 ships using oil fuel and $50
using coal. Fifty-two ships had in
ternal combustion oil engines.
Seven hundred and seventy docu-
mented vessels were built during the
fiscal year, aggregating 335, $3.50 gross
tons. compared with S45 of 661,232
tons built in the previous fiscal year.
Two hundred and ninety eight
vessels were lost during the year, 139
were sold to alien flags. and 62S were
abandoned, their tonnage being: lost.
127,5S4; sold, 2lS.401. abandoned.
1926.
Minor officers and seamen shipped,
reshipped. and discharged during the
year by shipping commissioners and
collectors of customs were 583110.
An important feature of the years
work was the extension of the use of
radio apparatus. Including stations
on government and commercial ships,
there are now 21.967 transmitting
radio stations in the United States
and over 100000 receiving stations.
Other achievements of the service
were the counting of 6.142, 0S1 pass
ongers on excursion vessels and the
prevention OF 2i3 attempts to over
load such vessels, and reporting for
action 11,251 violations of the navi-
cation laws. Revenues amounting to
$1.8SS,7S6 were collected during the
wear.
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FROM EXPERIENCE


Emerson said: "our knowledge is
the aniassed thought ana experience
Of innumsrable minds" In this view
Of it a recent lecturer ia d series at
Tech performed a duty, even II
an unpleasant one. when he told the
students tof the mistakes he had
made. He 10 fortunate who can
find his bent and pursue 1t" he told
them and then related how. though
he had fitted himself in chemistry,
he dropped that later and took up
mechanical inventions ana manu-
featuring with the result that he
found himself at fifty out of work
and out OF money. He said he had
suffered heavy losses because he had
not learned early in life that 1t was
unwise to make decisions while re-
sentful or angry; he also had learn
ed that 1t was wise to have q hobby.
Youth is often criticised for
neglecting to take heed Of exper-
fence, but in this instance his hear
ers urged for more and more after
the allotted time for the lecture. SO
it is to be hoped that his telling may
do them some good, In this instance
the experience was inspiring, az by
means Of his courage and conserving
his health he had at 10 won back
success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
Maine GOSSIP
spinnera ANA wsav.r.

The spinner hath his task: to spin
so many lengths of thread.
Inc weaver e'er the night draws in
Neaves so much cloth, for bread,
The pattern maker dreams his dreams
=, Nor counts his days by hours.
Nor counts his visions, and he seems
To feed on celestial flowers.
We are not pattern makers all:
God chooseth but few,
and we labor at their call
To make their dreams come true.
The painters hand so eloquent.
Sans pigment, brush, and oil,
Would it's deft magic soon have spent
On unimpassioned toll.
An. let us then our good thread spin,
Weave canvas for his art,
Counting the hours till night draws in
BY the beat of q laboring heart!
Then when the painted dream is
shown
And the world finds it fair,
Something of life that is our own
Shall be immortal there.
by Dorothy Davis Coburn in Boston
Transcript.
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ETNA

MRS. Charlie H. Curtis has COM
pleted a correspondence course in
sewing. dress making and tailoring
ana has received her diploma.
Mrs. Mabel Gray closed Ia
week term of school Friday. Dec. 7.
lupus not absent nor tardy during
the term We're Ida LevenselIer and
airline Friend. Absent only l day on
account of sickness. Annie Elston,
Eieanor Withee and Clarence Hamlin.
inc next term commences Dec. 20.
The Happy Hour Assn. will meet
a. the home of Eva Demeritt. We'd
nesday. Dec. 10. The officers this
year are: President. Bertha Friend;
lst vice president. Leua Carter; End
wee president. Hazel Written; secre-
!ary and librarian, Edith Ames;
treasurer. Melissa Frost.
me friends of Laura Merrill were
sorry to hear that size was obliged
70 undergo a surgical operation at
pr. Hunts hospital in Bangor recent
~. Miss Merrill was former resi-
dent Of this town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
Calls Gov. Smith
"Disquieting'' at
c. E. Convention

Columbus, Dec. Ex-Governor CAT
Smith Of New York WAS described as
'disquieting figure by DR.. Daniel
A. Polling of New York, associate
president of the United Society OF
Christian Endeavor at the evening
session of the annual meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Federal
Council of Churches tonight. He
made this statement while comparing
the Governor of New York with
Abraham Lincoln and the question of
law observance.
The session was given up to a dis
cussion Of Christian citizenship with
special reference to the observance
of the Eighteenth Amendment and
the Volstead Act! DIR. Polling spoke
on Civic Grafters," declaring that
the man who fails to vote is to be
more despised than the corrupt Of
fetal who leviesSa tax on "a brothel
or takes hush money from gambler.
His address was in part as follows:
Suppose that honest citizens gen.
orally remain away from the polls
on election day. Why should one
man reserve for himself the privi-
his neighbor to make the same res
ervation would surely bring disaster
upon the homes of both?
"The indifferent private citizen who
fails to vote is in the long run a far
greater menace than the official who
levies a tax on a bruthel or takes
hush money from a gambler, and
should be more despised.
"The application of this principle
OF citizenship responsibility has its
supreme challenge at the present
moment in law enforcement, particu-
larry in prohibition law enforcement.
we are listening to an amazing argu-
ment in this country. an argument
that law ia responsible for law viola
ton and that because prohibition law
is violated it should be modified or
repealed! Our answer to this not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
WOOLWICH

Mr.. and Mrs. William Lincoln have
gone to bath for the winter.
Wilbur Howe and family have
moved to New Jersey.
Walter Norton Is at home from the
Bath city hospital.
Mrs. Maria Leonard has gone to
Brunswick for the winter.
The Baptist Ladies' Ala held q sale
and supper at the Parish house Tues
day.
Miss Dora Pryor has gone to
Boothbay to teach school, having re-
signed her position here.
Miss Sarah Bagley will pass the
winter in Boston.
Mrs. Mildred Howe Of Georgetown
is teaching the Union Bridge school.
Mrs Mary Preble Miller is confined
to her bed by illness. Her husband
Is at home from Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-14
kailr0ads'and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA ron

"a so N 1888 = m. fI2Ss . m t2S2pA.
80 1919 N TAO p m.
B&A Pts tl2 SOC m. r. sS m. tl23sp n
Ban Harbor A lie an. " IS m. tl2.5Spn
Bath t615 Al TO "a A m. 1855 = o.. hOl
o. m tI.32 o. m. *IO.4S p m
Belfast. G4.50 Am. 1899 m. 70 Sap. m
Boston 1927 a. M. t615 q N. 10 a q m
1855 =. m. t2.4s p. m. 3.34 p. m. taos n.
Calais f2.35 a. m. tI2.ss p. ~
Dover Foxcroft. ca 30 y. m, t2.52 p N -
Gardiner. 1921 q. m. t6 ,5 - n. 1874 Z n
1873 4. m. e 46 p. m. 1894 .. m, taos p =
t5,I5p. m;;;t7s2P m. "l04s o, m.
Hallowell. t6.15 a. m. t9.34 a. m. 1855 =
II as o m. 1894 p. M. TAOS p. m. ISIS p q.
1882 o m. +l04S o. m.
Harmony. Case a. m, 1852 p N.
Lewiston. t6. Is a m. 1894 a. m, ioP5 T. n
t4.05 D M. 40. As p. m.
Kew York 1894 p. M. t4y05 p. m. -
Portland. 60. Fl a. m, t6. IS q, m. 1914 q n
1856 m. t246 p. m. 1894 p. m, taos N
1882 m, *l0.4S Q. m.
Rockland "a. Is m. 70 "a q. m. TAOS .. n
Skowhegan l45O am 1889 g. m. r. So pa
So Gardner 70. Is q. m. TO- "a am. 80 IS q. q.
t2.46p m. 1894 p. m, t5.l6 p. m. T.a2 ?. n
80 48 p m.
am "a 5OA.m 70. 80 Am, tl2. 80 pm, Il. SO p n
50 I2n m. II &C D m.
*Daily Daily except Sunday. sSunday oaiy
P 6issoa stHsps M aitsa October
c Except Sunday and Monday.
d. C. DOUGLASS, NJ. L. HARRIS,N
O-3o-o3 v. P. & Gen1 Mgr. Genl Pass. Asesi
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MERCER

Mr.. and Mrs. Valentine McKecEny
nave moved into the rent owned by
Arthur Works for the winter
Mrs. Florence Maloon has returned
home after a few days visit with
friends in Pennington.
J. B. Smith has bought the village
farm of the late w. 3. Woodcock.
Mrs. Herbert Holmes was the guest
Tuesday of Mrs. Lizzie Purcell.
Alton Smith is putting his steam
mill on lot at the village he has
leased from Mrs. Mary Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Owens of Madi-
son were guests Thursday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Work.
Charles Mcdonald is hauling lum-
Der 10 Smithfield.
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BURLElGH MARTIN

session Wednesday and several WIS.,
tors from Waldoboro we're present
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis l3ornemap maos
an auto trip to Rockland Tueeosy.
Hanly Overlook, WHO has had en-.
ployment for the past several montps
in Quebec, Canada, has returhso
home.
Worthy Master Alden Winenen.
bach is attending the State grange y
Lewiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith nav
employment In the button tacso's
in Waldoboro. 81.
Everett F. Mank has had raaie
installed in his home.
Mrs. Alice league Of the low
neighborhood was a guest OF ~
daughter. Mrs. Nellie Winchenoscn'
Monday
Mrs. Florence Shuman .paassa
Tuesday with Mrs. Ann Burnhsinsln.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Herbert Witham any
son, Byron, Of WaldohorO, we're pun,
day guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. W J"
Burnheimer.
Mrs. Addie Keiser Of WaldoDorv
passed Sunday with her sister ME-
Stella Eugley.
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Piles
Cant Re Cured from the outside

Cant Re Cured from the Outside
External treatments seldom cure
Piles.
Nor do surgical operations.
The cause Is inside-bad circula-
ton.
. The blood is stagnant. the veins
flabby.
The bowel walls are weak, the parts
almost dead.
To quickly and safely rid yourself
Of piles you must free the circulation
send fresh current through the
stagnant pools. Internal treatment
is the enc safe method.
]. S. 1eonhardt, NJ. D., set at work
some years ago to find a real internal
Pile remedy. He succeeded. He
named his prescription HEM-RoID.
and tried 1t in 1909 cases before he
was satisfied. Now HEM-ROID is
sold by druggists everywhere under
guarantee. It's easy to take. and can
always be found at Sections, Pharma-
cy, who will gladly refund the phr-
chase price to any dissatisfied GUS
tomer.--Adv.
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You remember 1t was Xmas Eve
in the last story and that Little
Jack Rabbit had been kind to q lit
tie ragged girl.
By and by. it grew very dark and
the stars came out and a big moon
shone down on the quiet earth. all
covered with snow. l guess every
body in this little town was asleep
in bed and Little Jack Rabbit the
only person awake. All of a sudden.
as he stood looking UP into the sky.
ha heard the jingle of bells And
Santa Claus drove by with his
reindeer. The next minute. up went
the, reindeer on the roof OF a little
red house.
Now. Donder and Bitten,
Keep still while listen
No call will / make
Ii child Is awake"
the bunny boy heard him say as as
that jolly old Saint leaned over tine