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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-21
Eclioses, Old and New

The earliest recorded eclipse of the
sun took place on October -. 2l3I
l.. c. The evidence for it, clouded
in the intricacies Of Chinese poetry
and Chinese chronology. makes the
date less positive than it sounds;
but it is safe to say that for all of
the four thousand years and more
that interviewed between this eclipse
and the one soon to come man has
been observing these extra ordinary
phenomena and drawing his own
conclusions. Ancient man was with
out the advantages of chemistry or
planetary dynamics. but for all that
he understood that his life depended
upon the sun. and it is difficult to
imagine u more terrifying catastro-
phe than its sudden disappearance
from the heavens. Newspa pers and
the grade school education have
pretty thoroughly deprived the spec
taCle of its appalling terror: there
arc not likely to be many spdsms or
horrors on January a next. But the
belief that an eclipse was the effort
OF a rash monster to devour the sun
survived into the Middle Ages in
Europe. Even after educated men
understood the phenomenon it was
supposed to he an ominouS portent:
q BLACK Saturday. and "Mirk
Monday" were long remembered in
Scotland as the result of two total
cchpses there. And the Copernican
theory itself. after all. dates only
from the early sixteenth century.
In spite of that the progress of the
ancient scientists was extraordinary.
The Chaldcan astronomers. who lay
OIL: under the cloudlesS night skies
of MeSopOtamia and constructed
their marvellous tables. knew that
eclipses are caused by the passage
of the moons shadow. and are sup
posed to have been able to make APP
proXimate predictions of eclipSes.
Their knowledge was passed on to
Greeks, and on IIerodotus' authority
Thales of Miletus predicted the
eclipse of May 2S, 5S5 +. c. 1t I'M
fortunately overlook one Of the early
military attempts to settle the Near
Eastern question and resulted in
cessation of hostilities and a peace
treaty. Two eclipses-one in 763
L. G. and the other in GS9-have been
put forward by astronomers to ac-
count for two of the Old Testament
miracles. The Hebrews We're not
astronomers. Pericles is said to
have been overtaken at sea by the
eclipse of 43l; he Quieted the fright
OF his helmsman by holding a cloak
over his eyes and asking how that
observation was any worse than the
other. except in the size Of the in
tervening object.
The Emperor Claudius is credited
with having announced the eclipse
of % A. d. to his people beforehand
to avoid disturbances. Long before
Aristotle had taught that the sun.
moon and earth are spherical and
Hipparchus had measured the
distance from ourselves With
fair accuracy. But astronomy was
lost with the other sciences in the
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Did Not Initiate
But Assists /. G. C..

Portland. Me, Jan. a0-Ceorge II.
Eaton, freight traffic manager of the
Maine Central railroad, made the fol-
lowing statement:
I'm connection with the Eastern
Class rate investigation. ordered by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. the Maine Central Railroad
company desires the public to clearly
understand that the railroad in no
way initiated the investigation. but
together with other railroads, is OBJ
liSed, under the commissions order,
to participate in the Investigation
and suggest such changes in rates
as will produce rate structure free
from undue prejudice. and result in
rates that are not higher for shorter
than for longer distances over the
same line or route. It's effort in this
matter will be to assist the Inter
state Commerce Commission. also to
protect the present revenues of the
railroad and safe guard the interests
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DEXTER

The-e had been no plans for an
o.Ler baby clinic until spring but the
calls for one were so many that II
was deemed advisable to hold one
more. so Monday and Tuesday of this
week were selected. The clinic was
bolG ut the office of Dr.. A. c. Strout
oil Main street. under the auspices
Of the Maine Eabies Saving Associa-
ton
The many friends of Mrs. Kate
Rivard were sorry to learn OF her
death which took place Monday
morning at her rooms in the Smith
block. Mrs. Rivard had recovered
from an attack Of grippe but devel-
oned rheumatism which caused her
death. The deceased was born in
Boston CO years ago and came to
Dexter ii wears ago width her nus
band. Frank Rivard. pho passed away
several years ago. Funeral services
wilt be conducted from ST. AIMS
church Wednesday morning at y
O'Clock. E.-v. Fir. T. c. Nancy officiat-
ing.
There will be the annual planning
meeting of the Dexter Farm Bureau
at the Grange han Thursday.
The Ladies' Aid of the First Con-
gregational church will meet Thurs
DAY afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
Margaret Upton.
Mrs. Alice Hutchinson slipped on
the street Sunday. falling in man.
ner to hurt her back and give her
severe shaking up. Mrs. Hutchinson
is confined to her bed.
Friends of Miss Agnes Dyer will
be pleased to learn that her condi-
ton is considered favorable after
surgical operation at the Plummer
Memorial hospital.
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IS IrrT ! ($ ss2S & i$A7
DAVm CORY

Horse. turning about as fast as he
dared so as not to overturn the
sleigh. "I'il gallop home with you"
and away he went, trotterty trot,
galloppy glop. But, oh dear me! He
had gone but little way when the
little rabbit. on looking back, saw
that dreadful old fox coming after
them, big gunny sack over his
shoulder and heavy stick In his
right paw.
But, oh dear me! again. Although
the Old Brown Horse made his feet
fly, the sleigh was heavy and the
snow deep. Danny Fox had nothing
to drag along. All he had to do was
runners of the sleigh had made In
the snow. Nearer and nearer he
came, while the two little Dummies
peeked back over the top of the
sleigh, their poor pink noses twink
ling with fright just like two stars
on a frosty night.
Cant you go faster" cried the
bunny boy to the Old Brown Horse.
'Ill try" painted the breathless
old steed. But, oh dear me! for the
third time. He tried, but he couldn't
i mean he couldn't go faster. In
fact he went slower, for by this time
he was all tired out. The next
minute he stopped, just like that,
bump! And throwing out his left
hind leg, high above the dashboard,
he let fly a big hard piece Of snow
that had become caked into snow
ball right inside his iron shoe.
Whacko! 1t hit old Danny Fox
squarely on the nose. filing his
eyes with tears. Then off started
the Old Brown Horse as fast as he
could. and maybe faster. but how
he ever had the strength to keep 1t
up is more than l know.
Sitting down in the snow, Danny
Fox pulled his handkerchief out of
his pocket and wiped his eyes and
then his nose and mumbled some
thing. goodness knows. If I did
wouldn't repeat it. No sireebus.
And in the next story you shall
hear what happened after that.
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Bates COLLEGE

The men students Of Roger Will
liams Hall held a reception Saturday
evening in their dormitory. From
100 to $40 the guests visited the
rooms and then the company assem-
bled in the Faculty Room where
they found court room scene in
order. presided over by Lawrence p.
Basley. '26. rs Judge. The lawyers
We're Kirby S. Baker 90. of SPRING
field. Mass. and Harold Walker '26
of Portland. and they tried Norman
II. Pratt '2S of smuggling liquor.
The rest of the program consisted
of the latest song skits and the fol-
lowing men participated: George
Darnaby '2S: Clarence Churchill '27:
and Kenneth Paul '2S with Victor II.
Bowen 81 at the piano. The chap
ercnCS were Prof. and Mrs. George
Chase and Prof. William II. Sawyer.
A meeting of the Dcutscher vere-
in was held Monday evening and the
program consisted of the following
events: current topics by Lewis f.
Walton '25: the story Of "Tannhaus-
er" by Miss Mary n. Brock: this last
number accompanied by musical IL
Illustrations on the piano, violin and
vocal by Miss Katherine Worthley
20 Miss Ada +. Reed. Miss Ruth
l.. Wass '25.
Donald G:ddings '26 OF Augusta
was home over the week end visiting
his parents and friends.
Miss ArdiS r. Chase '2S passed the
Weekend with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. T.. Chase of sc Middle
street. Augusta.
Prof. A. Craig Baird. head Of the
department of RECOMMENDATION and
dehating at Bates College for the
past II years. VIII retire from the
faculty at Bates in June to take
position Of associate professor of
speech at Iowa State University at
the beginning of the school year next
September. it was announced here
Saturday. Althoush this announce
ment was not wholly unexpected the
students will regret his going. OF
the 30 debating teams he has coach
ed since coming to Bates. &c of them
have been victorious. Some of the
largest schools hay. been debated.
among which are University of Tor
onto. Cambridge and oxford.
Palmer Kinds of Gardiner was
home over Saturday and Sunday and
he also visited friends in Augusta.
A new baby son has come into the
family of Russell MCGOWAN and Mrs.
MCGOWAN. The son has been named
Donald Russell MCGOWAN. Mr.. Nc
Gowan is an instructor in Rhetoric
and General Secretary of the Y. NJ.
G. A. He is an alumnus of BoWdoin.
Mrs. MCGOWAN is graduate Of
Bates in the class of 1928.
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BENEFIcENT MEDDLlNG

Some Americans persist in med
ding in foreign affairs. A number
Of these are worthy the name of
heneflcent meddler. Rockefeller. for
instance, gives $1,6Oo,O0o for the
restoration of the library Of the
Japanese university at Toxic. This
library was destroyed by fire. The
gift is also made with an air of
confidence in the japanese people, in
that no strings are attached to it..
However skeptical we may be re-
specting the influence in counter
acting cussedness which beneficence
may have, and ingratitude is of such
widespread existence as to warrant
such suspicion, we must recognize a
possibility that such meddling in
foreign affairs may be productive Of
good. Indeed who would care to say
that the chance of such good re-
sulting is not sufficient to warrant
the undertaking?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-21

But who wants to swallow the for-
rible stuff, when these wonderful tab
lets-McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Com
pound Tablets. are just as good and
SO easy to take.
A box Of 60 tablets for 60 cents and
il any skinny man or woman doesn't
gain at least 5 pounds in 80 days
money back. Ask Coughlin's Drug
Store, Sections Drug Store, or any
good druggists anywhere in America.
Be sure and get McCoy's, the orig
inal and genuine, and don't forget
there is nothing on earth so good to
make backward. listless. underweight
children grow strong and robust.
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Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
rnAiAs 4 3AvE Au0USTA FOR

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Belfast. C445 a. M. Il. 80 q. M. fz5S p. N.
Boston. 1921 a. M. t6. Is q. M. fv.5A Z. I,'
1886 q. M. t2.46 p. m. 1884 D. M 'a'oop 49,
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A FACT YET WITH US

Some Of those who have been con-
sidering the increase in the sales Of
cigarettes up to sixty three billion
in number say a likely explanation
is the increase in the number of
women smokers. Well? Women
may reply that the use of cigarettes
is no worse for them than for men.
Some may assume that the use by
the mother is more likely. than use
by the father, to encourag the use
among children, and that is where
all agree the effect is most pernicious.
Or may 1t be possible to apply like
methods to those restraining child
hood from indigestible foods and
strong coffee. though these be used
by the parents? 1t is certain that
the use of cigarettes by the unde-
veloped child is likely to handicap
that child and this is a fact which
will not down.
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Dark Ages and the monks watched
eclipses with a quite reasonable fear.
The Emperor Charlemagne's son Is
supposed to have died of fright in
thu. eclipse Of May 5, $40. With the
revival Of learning. however, astron-
omy was on sure footing again. The
first scientific expedition sent out to
observe an eclipse in America, ac-
cording to Professor Mitchell. was
that sent from Harvard University
in 1880 to Penobscot Bay. but it is
interesting to learn that at the
eclipse Of 1912 the Italian populance
"burst into applause" at the conclu-
sion Of the spectacle, and in Milan
they cheered the astronomers. 1t
was quite show. 1t will be quite a
show on January "a. Science can
not. at any rate, prevent that.
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meeting into the hands Of Lectures
Susie Turner. Question:: us it pos.
sible for a farmers family to have
a yearly vacation?' was debated. The
Master called a recess for dinner
Grange came to order at LAS, Lee.
turer called for music and America
was sung: Solo. Edith Swift: Read,
ing of paper. state of Maine. Ella
Maxim. The Lecturer gave an In.
terestinG talk on Blaine House, tba
Governors home. Then the Granye
chose captains for a contest to pet
new members. Brothers Whiting
and Martin chose the members a.
helpers, the losing side to furnish
supper The meeting closed at the
usual hour.
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The years, a. they come, bring
with them many things to our adj
vantage; a. they leave, they take
many away.-Horaee.
SHOULD RATIFY

The Isle Of Pines might be a very
valuable acquisition for the United
States: the Americans that have
made their home there probably
would find it to their advantage If
the Senate should fail to ratify the
treaty that would settle beyond
Question Cuba's right to the Isle Of
Pines. There Is no good reason.
however. for supposing that Amer
lean Investments In the Isle Of Pines
would any more be endangered UNI
der Cuba's rule than are American
Investments in Cuba. Even If they
were there is another very important
feature Of the matter vastly greater
than investments.
We refer to good faith. American
good faith. than which none should
BE- less open to suspicion. If we fail
to keep good faith with Cuba in this
matter we sacrifice our reputation
for keeping our agreements. That
reputation. throughout Latin Amer
lea. is a valuable asset in business
relations to say nothing Of moral
obligations.
We declared on going to war with
Spain that we did not wish for SOW
ereignty over Cuba ana there IS no
evidence that the Isle Of Pines Is not
under the sovereignty Of Cuba: on
the contrary a decision of our court
unfolding q tariff on products from
that island IL good assurance that
the court considers the island to be-
lone to Cuba. One is left to con-
clude that the Influence Of American
investors has succeeded over per-
iod Of years in preventing definite
acknowledgment made Of that fact.
They should not be permitted to con-
tluue this dog-in-the-manger policy.
The President wants the treaty rati-
fied and the President Is right. In
stead Of monkeying with the repara-
lions agreement the Senate could do
more for the good Of the country 1t
assumes to represent by attending to
its BUSINESS respecting the Isle OF
Pines.
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What has the glorious climate of
California done to the men out there?
The lawyers in that State are said
to be lining up in opposition to the
appointment Of Mrs. Willebrandt to
a U. S. Judgship. She halls from
Los Angeles and would fill a
vacancy in the northern part of the
state but that is make-shift ex-
cuse. Considering what has ap-
peared respecting this dauntless
woman her post for rendering most
efficient service would seem to be
right where she is. She has put re-
spect for the prohibitory law in
many who previously had entertain
ed little If any notion of respect.
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Oh, when you hear unpleasant news
1t makes you tremble in your shoes;
Just think. II you were in a sleigh
A-riding down a forest way,
To hear that dreadful Danny Fox
Was sneaking round in his tiptoe
SoX.
Well, that's Just what happened at
the end Of yesterdays story. only
there was no more space to mention
it. Yes sir. when Billy Breeze
whispered to the little rabbit that
Danny Fox was around the bunny
boy began to tremble. And when
Lady Love, his pretty bunny mother
saw him SILVER she knew that the
old fox was nearby. OF course she
did, for at that very instant Billy
Breeze blew the smell Of that old
robbers fur coat right in the
frightened lady rabbits pretty pink
nose.
"oh dear. oh dear" cried the
bunny boy right out loud. Danny
Fox is around, pretty near, not SO
very far"
What" exclaimed the Old Brown
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Means Out of Proportion to End

tNCW YORK Evening POSC
The means is out of all proportion
to the end. In order to put stop
to abuse of child labor in a few-a
very few-States Congress is to. be
invested with authority to pass any
law it happens to fancy regarding
tho minimum wage. the hours or
other conditions of work or the
school attendance of persons under
the age of eighteen. 1t is idle to
argue that Congress will not make
use of this authority No one knows
what Congress may do under pres
sure of some active or innuntial
group or under the urge of some
wave of emotion.
\ governing people cannot
consistently confer upon it's repre-
sentatives a power it does not .eX-
poet them to employ. such step
is ILLOGICAL, and it is as unsafe as it
is unreasonable.
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Nts&*z MAX %HA COLD
~Qxick

MISUNDERSTANDING juriouseffect. physicians
new prescription checks worst Cold often in 80
minutes. and usually ends Head Colds com.
pletely overnight. Goes direct to cause con.
ling. STIFFNESS and headache simply fly away.
Endorsed and prescribed by physicians. No
harmful drugs-non.narcotic. Ask for ANA.
GIN tablets. Only Csc. box. and money back
II NOT relieved. Sold and guaranteed by:-
rtridse Drug store. Red Cross
'harmacy, John Coughlin, Pharmacie
Francaise, Stackpole's Pharmacy, Sex
toms Pharmacy, Quinn's Drug store,
Manson & Church Drug
store, Gardiner.
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LEADING ~ SCIENCE

U. Of Ms President, DR.. Little. evil
IDENTIFY expects biology will enable US
to make better selection Of material
on which to expend our educational
efforts. This should be possible and
already seems desirable It might be
best. however. not to expect too
much Of 1t. The case Of the degen-
crates. Loeb and Leopold. comes to
mind. What would have been the
decision Of biological experts re-
specting these brilliant students?
Would they with their abnormal
minds have been selected as mater
ial suitable for DEVELOPMENT and
worthy the attention and the costs
rof education. to the exclusion Of less
brilliant individuals?
Perhaps these immoral specimens
should be classed among the unpre-
dictable phases Of biology but that
is no assurance that the Projectors
would not assume to predict con-
corning them. On the other hand
i. is not impossible that better un-
Outstanding Of biology would enable
those who select the material for ed
ucation to distinguish between the
moral and the immoral through
gIandular or other tests: 1t is pos
sible that the science Of biology may
ena bic us to segregate those with
the capacity Of f1ends from those
with the capacity for good citizens.
also improve somewhat on the selec.
tior of those who administrate our
laws.
There is need right now Of assur-
ance of brighter light for the lead
ing Of humanity. Possibly. as some
seem to expect. a goodly measure Of
this may be had from the science OF
biology. Indeed there appear to be
good enough grounds for hope to
warrant encouragement Of endeavor
along that line. There are some Of
us. who would hesitate to place in
the custody Of mere man the power
to eliminate the unfit. but it may
become reasonably safe to permit
them to prescribe restraint. to de.
eide who are a menace to society
especially as Doctor Little is so
confident that a thorough student
of the science Of biology almost ne
cessarily arrives at humility. But
they also arrive at the conclusion
that man is not so important in the
scheme Of things as he thinks him
self to be. There are too many al
ready needless respecting human
life, OF others If not Of themselves,
Until science is able to replace the
Life It may choose to destroy 1t
should treat 1t with humility. also
with high consideration: it should
be borne In mind that the brains and
judgments Of scientists as OF other
people are subject to human ,frailty
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20
needed flesh in 80
days just by taking
McCoy's Cod Liver
Oil Compound Tab
lets four times a
day-aS easy to
take as candy. l
And what a hit
these flesh produce
ing tablets have
made. One drug
gist tripled his
sales in one week.
Everybody knows
that nasty-tasting,
evil = smelling Cod
Liver OIL Is a won
d erful vitalizer.
flesh producer and
health creator.
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There is in England a movement
among some of the women for a
married woman to keep her own
name. and it is suggested that the
unmarried are W.. ranted in drop
ping the Miss" after attaining the
age Of discretion, or Whereabouts. If
such an innovation is to be intro
duced the age should be one of
need not fear to announce 1t.
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your eyes-passion, hate, revenge.

your eyes-passion, hate, revenge.
and devotion.
Physical Culture Magazine" for
February, a Macfaddeh publication,
gives the further amazing revelations
of 1.-The Revolt of Modern Youth" by
Judge Ben E. Lindsey. Edward Pay
son Weston, famous pedestrian, who
has walked a distance equal to four
times round the world. tells how he
has kept fit at the age of Sc In this
issue there is a splendid article tell
ing what Osteopathy has accom-
plished in saving life. when doctors
and drugs proved of no avail. besides
II score more of articles making this
issue of Physical Culture Il most en-
tertaining and valuable one.
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What purports to be news report
from Chicago tells Of woman living
in a room IL by ii feet and having
for pets in that room y dogs, cats.
2 chickens. ducks and ] goat
Whether the Anti Cruelty Society
will get her goat remains to be told
Surely not If all these dogs are
watch dogs. Administrators of the
Fresh Air Fund might be able to do
something to improve conditions.