Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
December 24, 1907

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L U Jenwebjejc TIWMSIL 1 vol. xxxvin NO. 302 AT GOOD WILL The Boy’s “State Fair” Proves Grand Success. (Mil EiMMfs and Pleasing Programs Carried Out. (•■trial Servlet For Late W. M. Smith—Plant For Chrletmae. Hinckley, Me., Doc. 23.—(Special).— The “State I-air’ hold two evenings last week by the Good Will Y. M. O. A. boys was very successful. The dis play in "Exhibition Hall" far exceeded He expectations of those who were es pecially interested in it. There were good exhibits of vegetables, fruits, preserves, school work in music-writ ing, mechanical drawing, and carpen try; the display of plain and fancy jewing by the Good Will girls was ex cellent; the central exhibit consisted of cooking by both boys and girls as the committee had offered premiums for the best efforts in this line. Thero were several cases of very attractive and interesting specimens that had Just been received from Wards' Natural Science Establishment ot Rochester, X. Y., for the Good Will museum and other specimens of Maine fauna from W. It. Gifford of Skowhe gan. As these were on exhibition for the first time at Good Will they added much to the interest and educational value of ‘‘Exhibition hall.” A gaily decorated booth in one cor ner of “Exhibition Hall” must he credited to the Senior class in the Good Will High school. This booth contained an interesting exhibit by the members of the class of 'OS, the exhibit ranging from celery to beauti ful needlework. There was a display of patted plants and many other articles of interest. The “Livestock Show,” which was in another part of the Manual Training building, consisted mainly of poultry and pet cats, although there was one dog. a pair of squirrels and a “Teddy Bear” to cliim attention. Small premiums had been offered by the committee of arrange ments for the various exhibits. The “Midway,” which occupied a large ipece on the second lloor of the building, was given up to various catch-penny idiemes in imitation of fairs of larger dimension. “The Monkey Cage,” “The tiW Mam” “The Ethiopian Vocalists, ‘The Fortune Teller,” the “Fat Woman." “The Albino. “The Three-Legged Boy,” “The Giants.” the venders of candy, pop corn and lennonade, the “Artful Dodg er," etc., were all on hand. The ‘‘Grand Stand” was In the Charles E. Moody building. The first evening, iu addition to music and drills by the Good Will boys and girls, an entertainment was given by “Sid and Skid—the Bangor Twinettes." Tlie Hecond evening the lead ing number on the program was an ath letic exhibition by Miss Mildred Tracy and Mr. Whitney of Waterville. The Y. M. C. A. boys will realize a good sum from the undertaking. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Moody Memorial ball a service was liebi in mem ory of the late Walter M. Smith of Stam ford. Ct.. who for several years was a trustee of t tie Good Wilt Home Associa tion. Tile girls’ quartet sang >ne Sweet lv Solemn Thought” and “Nearer My God In Tliee,” “My Faith Looks T*p to Thee" and “I Shall See Him Face to Face” were sung by the congregation. Addresses were delivered by It. A. Jordan, secretary of the Bangor Y. M. C. A., and G. W. Hinckley. In accordance with the custom at Good Wilt there will be a Christmas tree in each of the boys' cottages and girls’ cot tages Tuesday evening, and on Christmas (Continued on Page Two.) A NIGHT-CAP OF SANFORD'S flingor. hot, assists digestion, rests the muscles and quiets the nerves. I Watches FOR Christinas Get My Prices VICKERY THE JEWELLER. decTeodtf A Christmas Suggestion Nothin* will be appreciated more than a pair of eye glasses, or spec tacles, an eye glass chain or an au tomatic holder. Lons carefully fitted. Open even ings. M. P. WIGHT, Optician. 314 WATER ST,, AUGUSTA. ME. 7*20-4 19c. cigar packed In boxes of 25 for aa appropriate holiday gift to a gentleman. deell.tt GREAT WORK BEING DONE ON THE CANAL

At Same Rale Yankees Weald Have Beill the Pyramids, Suez and Kiel Canals; Etc,, In Short Order. Washington, Doc. 23.—The excava Uon.s from the lino of the Panama canal last month aggregate 1.S3S.48S cubic yards ami would have covered 10 city blocks to a depth of 40 feet. Xo such work has ever been done before as Col. Goethals has been doing on the isthmus, according to statistics in the official canal record just received. For instance it is shown that every 50 working days the commission is mov ing an amount of material equal to the pyramid of Cheops, which it. took 100, 000 men 20 years to build and the ser vices of the same number of men for 10 years in constructing the road con necting the work with the quarry. The commission could build the Suez canal at the present rate of progress in 3.9 years, though it took 10 years for DeLtsseps to complete his work. The famous Manchester ship canal could be excavated by American canal workers in just 25 months and even Km per or William's magnificent Kiel canal could he dug by the Americans in just five years. According to the latest health report from Panama, the isthmus has been free from yellow fever for more than IS months and tliere has t>een a steady ard continued improvement in the health conditions. Comparing the death rate for the year up to Dec. 1, with that for the corre sponding period in 1906 there has been a 50 per cent, decrease, the figures being for this year 20.66 per thousand against 0O.6I last year. The sick rate also showed a marked improvement, being 20.49 for November, against 26.90 for October, 1907. Penney Case Recommitted. Portland. Mo.. Dec. S3.—Before Judge Hule in tlie United States district court today in tho hearing ordered on petition of Roscoe E. Penney, a horse dealer of Augusta, who was petitioned into bank ruptcy by the Granite National Rank and the Augusta Trust Co. of Augusta, the creditors claimed that Penney fraudu lently withhold an amount from his as sets. Three hearings were held and I lie ref eree ordered Penney to produce the mon ey. Within It) days from tho issuing of the order Penney asked that the case lie heard before tho United State.; district Couil. In tho meantime it is charged that Penney spent over $fAXt for horses In flbstou when the money should have been paid tho creditors. After hearing the case Judge Hale or dered it recommitted to Referee in Bank ruptcy I.dttle of Augusta, who was in structed to take sueli additional testimo ny as necessary before making his report. THE PAUL REVERE BELL Of Burned Congregational Church at Wiscasset to Be Recast. Wixcasset, Me., Dec. ^3.—It is the in tention to have recast the pieces of the bell which fell to the ground and was shattered during the fire which burned tho Congregational church Saturday night. This bell was made in Paul Revere's workshop and was valued highly for that reason. All the records in the county court house, which also caught fire and were some what damaged, were saved. A COMPLETE RETRACTION Of Published Statement Connecting Chanler With Hitchcock Case. Now York. Doc. 23.—'The publication today of n retraction of statements made in the New York American and Evening Journal in October, connect ing William Astor Chanler. brother of Lieut. Gov. Lewis S. Chanler. with the case of Raymond Hitchcock, it is stat ed. may result in the abandoment of the criminal libel proceedings institut ed by Mr. Chanler against W. it Hearst The matter is now pending be fore the grand jury, Mr. Hearst being held for action of that body after a preliminary hearing before Justice Wyatt. VOECKS PLEADS GUILTY To Extortion in Obtaining Money from Raymond Hitchcock. New Y'ork. Dec. 23.—Hugo C. Voecks, brother of Elsie Voecks. in whose bo Irilt charges were brought against Ray mond Hitchcock, the comedian, pleaded guilty to an indictment alleging ex tortion. before Judge Kosalsky today, and was remanded for sentence tomor row. Voecks is accused of obtaining jtono from Hitchcock for keeping quiet concerning the charges brought against the actor. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Prof Oskar Lnssar. well known as a dermatologist and a member of the medical faculty of Berlin University, died Monday as the result of an auto mobile accident. Prof. Lassar was born in Hamburg in 1S49. Nicolai Chiocchio. the Italian who was arrested in Lowell on Saturdaj charged with the murder of Poli Priet ti. in Leominster. Mass., on Dec. 12. pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder when brought before Judge Bascom in the district court Monday. He was held without bail for examina tion on Friday next. Chiocchio was committed to the South Fitchburg jail, where his brother is also held await ing a hearing on Friday in connection with the same case. A speck of gold weighing the millionth part of a grain may be seen by the na ked eye. MRS. SARAH S. SAMPSON. Famous War Nurse and Wife of 3d Maine's Colonel, Is Dead. Rath. Me., Dec. 23.—The nail news was received this morning from Washing ton, D. by W. H. Watson, of the sudden death of -Mrs. Sarah S. Samp son, who died Sunday morning from a stroke of appoplexy. Mrs. Sampson was a native of Until the daughter of Joseph II. and Lucy Smith, and widow of Col. C. A. L. Sampson, of the 3d Maine Regiment. During the Civil War she served in tlie capacity of army nurse and many are the tales of her heroism and bravery and kindness to the members of tiie regiment and to all the soldiers whom she came in contact upon the field of battle and in the hospitals. She was always active, and shared in the vic tories, defeats, comforts, hardships, joys and sorrows of the regiment, and since the war has been the idol of the members. She maintained her interest in the Third Maine Regiment Association to the time of her death and was honored by being elected president of the asso ciation. and has attended nearly all the reunions since the close of the war. At the last reunion in Gardiner last Au gust she was given a memorable re ception. For many years she was connected with the pension office in Washington and her efforts in the in terest of the old soldiers never lagged. The news of her death was re ceived with sorrow in this city. Her sister. Miss Mary Smith who re sided with tier in Washington and one nephew, Edward B. Smith of this city, survive. The body will probably be brought to this city for interment. BULLET STOPPED ’EM. Two Amity Men, Alleged Smugglers, Taken—One Shot in Leg. Houlton, Mo., Dec. 23.—The Amity men, Hezekiali Lindsey and Elis Black, who were arrested by United States customs officers yesterday in Orient, will be taken to Portland to morrow charged with smuggling liquors. Lindsey has a bullet wound in one leg_ as a result of an attempt to escape arrest, but the wound is not considered serious. Deputies William Burns of Marshall and Harry Peters of Monticello lay in wait Sunday near the "Thorough fare," as the road is called which leads toward New Brunswick. When a team, in which were Lindsey, Black and an other man came along the officers or dered the men to stop. The command was disregarded at first and one of the officers fired, hitting Lindsey in the leg. Then the horse was stopped and Lind sey and Black were arrested. The third man made his escape. ATHLETES AS RESCUERS. St. Louis Football Men Do Good Work For Railway Wreck Sufferers. Seattle. Wash.. Dec. 23.—St. Louis University football athletes turned res cuers at a wreck before daylight to day near Brocket’s Station on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The stu dents were on their way to the coast to play football and reached Brocket 20 minutes after a head-on collision be tween freight trains. The engine crews and trainmen were finder the debris, some of them being scalded friglitly by escaping steam. Medical students on tlie team dress ed wounds as the injured were rescued by the other athletes. Brakeman Ormsby was crushed to death. The wreck was caused, it is said by the failure of the operator at Brocket to deliver orders. He afterwards dis appeared. i While Prof. David Todd, the astronomer was on the top of the Andes, nearly three miles above the level of the sea. lie worked for a time ir. a great iron tank about six feet square, into which lie had air forced until the atmosphere within was about the same as that at the level of the sea. The compartment was light ed by olectricty and was connected with the outer world by telephone. The pro fessor believes he has discovered a way to promote the comfort of those who at srreat bights arc subject to mountain sickness CAPITAL CHAT. Candidates Are Numer ous In Washington, The Men Who May Succeed President Roosevelt. Dally Glimpse of Them as the Public Sees Them. Washington, D. C., Dec. i’3.—(Spec ial).—It is a great thing to bo neigh borly and in politics it is a great thing to be amiable. Botli quali ties are admirably exemplified in Washington this winter by the pres ence of six Republicans, all of whom are hoping to be the next President. On'y one of them can be. Possibly none of them will be. There is a seventh man in the running who has not wen neighborly, perhaps, because he does not live in Washington and. who, the politicians say, is not as amiable, certainly not os communica tive, as men who want to become President should he. The six are certainly a great feature of the human show in Washington this winter. “There goes a candidate," many an old timer in Washington sayr to a visiting friend, as they walk or (Continued on Page Eight.) FAIR. Washington. l>ec. 21—Forecast for New England: Fair in soiith. snow or rain in north portion; colder Tuesday. Wednes day fair, except in northern portions; brisk winds, diminishing. Special forecast: Warnings of flood stages in the rivers on the eastern slope of the Appalachians have been issued. The winds along the New England coast will be high west; middle Atlantic coast brisk northwest. Boston Forecast. Boston. I>ec. 23.-Forecast for Boston and vicinity: Fair Tuesday and Wednes day; sdtnewhat cooler Tin sday night and Wednesday; fresh westerly winds. Conditions and General Forecast. Washington, Dec. 23.—The storm central Monday night in western Tennessee has advanced to New England with greatly increased intensity and heavy rains throughout its course, especially in At lantic coast states. The strong southerly winds induced by the stoim caused a marked rise in temperature throughout Atlantic coast regions. The weather Tuesday will ho unsettled with snow in northern New England and slight sprinkles of rain in the middle At lantic stales. On Christmas clear to partly cloudy weather with brisk west winds and temperatures slightly above the freezing point will prevail in the mid dle Atlantic states. Probably in northern New England snow flurries with tempera tures below freezing are indicated. Useful Gifts For Christmas We have the best of everything to offer In Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Over shoes, Beggins. Kverything to wear on the feet for every member of the family. STEVENS BALLARD AUGUSTA, ME.

XMAS SPECIALS REASONABLE PRICED HOUSE COATS BATH ROBES FANCY WAIST COATS NECKWEAR SUSPENDERS HANDKERCHIEFS GLOVES AND MITTENS UMBRELLAS FURS For Ladies’ and Children in Scarfs and Muffs of all kinds. Fur and Fur Lined Coats of all kinds for both men and women at special prices. H. G. BARKER GO. Opp. Con/ House, Augusta, Me. 218 Water St., Gardiner, Me. *ecl4dtf O’BRIEN AND THE NATIONALISTS AGREE On Certain Points Which They Hope Will Give Ireland Self-govern ment—Arrest of Ginnell. Dublin, Deo. 23.—The series of con ference^ which have been held with a view to bringing: about the reconcilia tion of William O’Brien, Nationalist M. P. for Cork, and the Parliamentary rarty. of which John K. Redmond is chairman, resulted today in an agree ment on certain propositions. In an official report of the meeting given out. both Mr. Redmond and Mr. O'Brien say that they see no reason why the Nationalists should not unite on the following principles: 1— No man or party has authority to circumscribe the inalienable right of Ireland to the largest measure of na tional self-government that may be in her power to attain. 2— Pending the attainment of an Irish Parliament and a responsible Irish ministry with full control of all purely Irish affairs, which in our belief can alone be accepted in full satisfaction of the rational demand, it is the duty of the Nationalists, while striving in cessantly for Home Rule, to devote themselves earnestly to working for every measure of amelioration which it may be possible to obtain for her people from either of the English par ties and, as especially urgent matters, for a university settlement acceptable to the Catholics of Ireland for the com plete abolition of landlordism and for financial redress. The police today arrested Laurence Cinnell, Nationalist member of Parlia ment from the fourth division of West meath, at Kilbridge. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment last Friday for contempt of court in urging cattle raids Since his conviction he has re peatedly presided at meetings and ad dressed the people, but always he was surrounded by his supporters and the police were unable to reach him. When ever an effort at arrest appeared about to succeed Ginnell, protected by his followers, slipped away and disguised himself later, re-appearing within a few hours m some other section and urging the people to persist in the cattle driv ins Several Buoys Are Missing. Yarmouth, X. S.. Dec. 23.—'The cap tains and pilots of ocean steamers run ning Into ports in the maritime pro vinces are bringing in reports with each trip that the buoys and other aids to navigation along the western shore of Nova Scotia are in such a demoral ized condition as to make navigation In the vicinity most precarious. Captain Loran J. McKinnon of the steamer Senlec, and Capt. John Crowell, pilot of the same vessel, declare that tiie present state of affairs is the worst in their long experience as navigators through Nova Scotian waters and have announced their intention of immediate ly directing the attention of the au thorities to it. Capt. McKinnon, in discussing the situation, which he characterized ns be ing “fraught with great danger to life and property” said that between Hali fax and Yarmouth there is hardly a buoy at its proper position, and that several of them are missing altogether. The harbor of Lockeport, which is difficult of access under the best con ditions, has been left without naviga tion aids, by the carrying away of the thre» buoys which were attached to service there. Little Hope, a conspicu ous point, has been deprived of its gas and automatic buoy by being carried away by some vessel and the buoy which was stationed at Brazil rock has gone to sea. The absence of this buoy was noticed at the time of the loss of the steamer Kildona. but it has not been replaced since. Other buoys which are missing are those which were placed at Blonde rock, the Fairway buoy off Pubrico harbor, two off Brier Island to the westward of Yarmouth and that off Liverpool harbor is not working in order. ALL TREATMENT FAILS. Fireman Northway of Battleship Mis* aouri Dies at San Juan, P. R. Washington, Dec. 13.—The efforts of Rear Admiral Evans, commander of thn Atlantic fleet, to save the life of Ben jamin Northway. a first class fireman on the battleship Missouri, who was taken ill with peritonitis on the voyage from Hampton Roads, were ineffective, as the man died almost immediately after the arrival of the Missouri at San Juan. Northway was a resilient of Gloucester, Mass., and enlisted in the navy at Bos ton. William Northway, his father, who resides at IfiOf! Washington street. Glou cester. is named as next of kin. The re mains will lie buried in the San Juan Minitary cemeterdy. ACCIDENT TO LAWRENCE. Torpedo Boat Flotilla Obliged to Re turn to Port of Spain. Port of Spain. Dec. 23.—The American torpedo boat flotilla which left here yes terday at S A. M. for Rio Janeiro on its way to the Pacific, returned here today because of an accident to the machinery of the Lawrence. The damage is not se rious and it is thought that the repairs can be made in one day. The supply ship Arethusa has gone on to Para. The battleship fleet has not yet been signalled. Gov. Hughes Is Better. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 23.—Gov. Hughes, who has been suffering front grip, was reported today as improved. It is like ly he will remain in the executive mansion all this week. John H. Paley, editor of the New York Jewish Daily News, was found dead in his home in Brooklyn Monday, asphyxiated by gas, which was escap ing from an open burner in the parlor. The coroner is trying to determine whether Paiey's death was accidental or not. A widow and four children sur vive. "GENERAL ORDERS" Regarding Sunday Enforcement Issued To Chicago Police. Chicago, Dec. 23.—Through Its president. Arthur Burrage Farweil, the Chicago Law and Order League has begun issuing what he calls general orders,'■ to the Chicago police, com manding them to enforce the state law against the Sunday saloon. Coupled with the demand is a broad intimation in the circular that all pa trolmen who fail to arrest the opera tors of Sunday bar rooms, may expect to face the trial board or some other tribunal for "palpable omission of duty, with tiie penalty of a fine or re moval from the force. A slap is taken at the mayor in the statement in ref erence to him that the closing of Sun day sJtoons is "a course required by a statute and imposed upon him by law.” Recent rulings by Judge Fake and Judge Heap are made the grounds for the issuance of ttie order, the special points being that these jurists have decided that the state law against the Sunday saloon is applicable In Chi cago and that all city ordinances in conflict with the Illinois statute are void. PUTTING LID ON TIGHT. New Orleans Police are Enforcing the Phohibition Law. New Orleans, Dec. 23.—Following the reform agitation not more than 200 of the 200o saloons in New Orleans at tempted to sell drinks yesterday. Many of them were closed by the police, others closed voluntarily while the pro prietors of a number of hotels and restaurants where beer and whiskey were sold with meals, were placed un der arrest, the law here permitting the sale of wine only with meals on Sun day. L'p to midnight about 60 arrests had been 7nade for violation of the Sunday liquor law. $35,000 FOR RELIEF Of the Monongah Mines from Carnegie Hero Commission. Pittsburg, Dec. 23.—The executive committee of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission met here today and gave $35,000 to the sufferers of the Monon gah, W. Va., mine disaster. The money will be turned over to the Monongah Relief Commission and used as this commission sees tit. The award is made under the Carnegie deed of trust, which designates that any surplus in the fund can be applied to relief work occasioned by great disasters. Charles H. Wise, chief operator of the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Evansville, Ind„ for many years, died Monday after an illness of two years, of tuberculosis. He was widely known among the telegraph operators all over the country. TWO LIVES LOST. 44 Captain of Barge Now Haven and Wife Drown While Trying io Sot Ashore Seven Barges Bo lo Bottom. i Carnap by Harrloana at Chatham •••Maine Sohoonar Aihere. New Haven, Conn.. Dec. 23.—Refus ing to take the advice of the captain of the tugboat James McWilliams, Cap tain Henry Scribner of the bare New Haven and his wife were drowned in the sound today off Woodmont, while six others were rescued by the McWil liams Just before the last of the seven barges in tow of the tug foundered. The McWilliams with its string of coal laden scows was making slow headway on its run from New York to New Haven and inet heavy seas off Woodmont. One. of the barges broke away and soon the McWilliams was separated from its tow. The captains of the several barges shouted for help and realizing the seriousness of their position, the McWilliams' captain call ed to them to get aboard the largest barge of the tow if possible. Six men managed to do this with great difficulty, but Captain Scribner and his wife launched a small boat and started for the shore. After going a few yards their boat was capsized and both were drowned. The crew of the McWilliams a few minutes later rescued the six men Just before the barge went down, this one being the last of the seven to remain alloat. SCHOONER WATERMAN ASHORE. Torn From Anchorage at Gloucaatar And Blown on the Rocke. Gloucester. Mass., Dec. IS.—The south east Rale blew the schooner E. Water man of Calais. Me., ashore on Pavilion Beach at II P. M. today and tugs and the life saving crew from Dolliver's Neck station had been unable to float the ves sel after working on her for an hour. The Waterman was bound from South Amboy to Kastport, Me., with a small cargo of coal and was anchored In the harbor when she was torn from her moor ings and carried ashore on the rocks. Two harbor tugs Immediately went to her assistance and the life saving crew ar rived soon after, but at 3 o’clock the ves sel was still pounding on the rocks and showed evidence of going to pieces. The wreck occurred only a short dis tance off shore, so that the orew had ev ery chance of reaching land In case the schooner filled. Tho Waterman carried five men. includ ing her captain, Frank Blake of Best port. Last night the run was made across the bay from Provincetown, but Capt. Blake put Into this hHrbor today on ac count of the threatening weather. The schooner Is about SO years old. valued at K000 and is uninsured. SEVERE WIND STORM Of Short Duration Raise* Havoc on Sea and Land at Chatham. Chatham, Mass., Dec. US.—For a ahort time this afternoon Chatham and its Im mediate neighborhood experienced the most severe wind storm that can be re membered here, whan tha wind, which had only been a moderate broeto, sudden ly veered from south to southwest about 3 o’clock and swept alone the shore so furiously that small boats on the beach were overturned, while farther Inland trees were uprooted, fences and chimneys blown over, and other movable things were knocked about In alt directions. The hurricane lasted not over five min utes. Then the wind died out and almost a calm prevailed for half an hour, when it freshened to a light westerly wind with rain, which continued at sunset. While the wind was at Us height a tug. towing three light barges, was sighted by the Old Harbor life savers passing south, but as she was outside the shoals and the wind was off Rhore. it is believed that sho was able to reach a safe anchorage. Samuel D. Thomas of Sangcrvlllo was arraigned before Judge Smith at Dover Monday, he being alleged to have forg ed the name of Walter H. Blethen to two checks. Thomas was represented by Henry Hudson. Es«i.. of Qullford. Thomas plead not guilty but Judgo Smith found probable cause and bound him over in the sum of $1000, which ho was unable to obtain and was com mitted. T.lons are plentiful In Portuguese Hast Africa, and that region Is a paradise for hunters of big game. In some sections the authorities offer a reward for each lion's head brought In. and they permit the hunter to keep the skin. m WAITT BOND’S TOTEM CIGAR Without m McMptlou tha Awl Fivo Cofit Lsndrt mad* la tfw United Iteteti u»tea Mate Waltt Bond, Inc., 67 Endlcott St, BOSTON.

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GOLDEN JUBILEE Of the British War Survi vors ot Indian Mutiny. Only 1200 Veterans Lett, the Youngest Being 65 Years. lord Roberts Presides at Banquet —King Sends a Message. London, Deo. 23.—“The remnant of :it desperate host” as Kipling dcscrib d the veterans of the Indian mutiny, rathered this afternoon in Albert hall, to the number of more than 700, to oinmemorate the Golden Jubilee of tho t.uggle which ended in the Indian em sre being saved to Great Britain. On the pension roll in th“ war office re the names of 1200 survivors of the iutiny, to each of whom an in flation was to be sent for the reunion .ut old age prevented many from at tending. Those who could travel, including of ficers and men, came from every corner of the United Kingdom, and with roasts covered with medals, made a lave showing as they drew up ou: :de the hall to be reviewed by Lord »>l,erts. The youngest among the veterans w?s ; Savage. So; Via vis, SI; Paquet. S4; Hannon. S3: Houialy. s:i; Totiev. 83: Hilton. S3: Mayberry. S3, Morrill, S3; Gibbs. Si: 11 Goodwin. 83; Hunter. S3: V. Smllii. SO; Robinson. fvJ. The average number of pins for each team at each game: Woolen Mill. 1377: West Side, 1371; Ronton Kalis, 13 70, Ama teurs. 1337. Tlie team standing: Her Played. Won. Lost. Cent. West Side fi f. 1 .S33 Woolen Mill I 3 .*W> Amateurs -16s Owing to the fact that a number of the bowlers on the two teams scheduled for tonight are to he out of town, the game will bo played next week. FAIRFIELD CENTER Grace Clioatc is at her home for a three-weeks vacation. Martha Tobev is passing her Christ mas vacation with her parents. i! H. Garriker. of the Carnegie Muse um. Pittsburg. Inis relurned from Costa Rica. He lias been in Central America for live veais getting skins .36 A. M. leave Wlseassoto fir Sheep scot, Head Tide. Whitefleld, No. White field. Cooper's Mills, Maxcy's, Windsor, Week’s Mills Jet., South China. China Lake, Clark’s, East Vassalboro. North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 12.15. 3.40 P. M. leave W’lscasset, for Sheep scot. Head Tide, Whitefleld. No. White field, Cooper’s Mills. Maxcy’s, Windsor, Week’s Mills Jet., South China. China Lake, Clark's, East Vassalboro, North Vassalboro. arriving at Winslow at 6.15. 12.40 M. leave Wiscasset for Sheep scot, Head Tlds. Whitefleld, No. White field, Cooper’s Mills, Maxcy's, Windsor, arriving at Week's Mills Jet. at 2.50. 1.30 P. M. leave Week's Mills Jet., fot South China, China Lake, Clark's. East Vassalboro, North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 2.40. 7.25 A. M. leave Week's Mills Jet., for South China, China Lake Clark’s, Fast Vassalboro. North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 8.15. WEEK'S MILLS JUNC. TO ALBION. 5.22 P. M. leave Week’s Mills Jet., for Newell's, Palermo, China, So. Albion, arriving at Albion at 6.25. 3.15 P. M. leave Week's Mills Jet., for Newell’s, Palermo, China, So. Albion, arrivlnc at Albion at 4.15. SUNDAYS ONLY. 9.40 A. M. leave Week's Mills Jet., fot South China, China Lake, Clark**, Hast Vassalboro. North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 10.30. 5.00 P. M leave Week's Mills Jet., for South Chins, China Lake, Clark’s, East Vassalboro, North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 6 50. References. Unavoidable delays ex cepted and subject to change without notice. •Train 13, on Saturdays, will bo can celled, and will follow train 1 as an ex tra, Week’s Mills Junction to No. Vas salboro, leaving there at 1.25 P. M., for Winslow, Saturdays only. CONVECTIONS. At Wiscasset and Winslow with Maine Central Railroad. At Wiscasset with stage to and from Boothbay Harbor. A. M. and P. M. Trajisfev carriage will leave City Hall Square, Watervllle, dally (ex cept Sundays) at 5.50 A. M.. 11.45 A. M.p and 3.43 I'. M., and will meet trains at Winslow at 8.15 A. M., 12.15 P. M., and 5.15 P. M Sundays, leave City Kail Square at 8.25 A. M., and 3.40 P. M., and meet 10.20 A. M., and 5.60 P. M., trains at Winslow. American Express Company transacts business i t nil points on this line. H. J. SEWALL. Gen’l. MajirSSse There's many a Family in this Town that never thini- r i looking for Shoes elsewhere. There’s a reason for this \VVv'"f "r tpyt«*(] Iohk «rul we’vo bren tostr-d oft on and ou»- rpc. rri WE’VE NEVER BEEN FOUND WANTING p" ,hat down to Haby -on- and a., cotnouZ vain. I-or the Holiday Trade, in addition to our usual strong line* of Shoes and Overshoes we have included a fine selection »f "L Slippers for feet of all sizes. PRICES RIGHT. vnristinas CUSICK LINCOLN, Gardiner, Maine. dc Jel.iJi The Great Naval Fleet Sailed Away With Tons of Chocolate Candy and Nuts. HARRY GOLDBERG &CO GARDiMER, 255 WATER STREET. AT MILLER’S FRUIT STORE. Has i’Ottn llis. of all kinds 20e. candy to I)" sold at.15c. ij. _ .'on Ihs. Christmas Ribbon candy to bo sold. .3 lbs for.25c. Fancy Christinas, pound boxes to be sold at 50c. lb. Jj lb. boxes 30c. English Walnuts 15c. lb. 2 lbs. for 25c, r.i'0 lbs. Fresh Figs to b<- sold at 15c. lb Fresh now Dates 9c. lb. 3 lbs. for 25c. Nice sweet Oranges to be sold 20 f-r 25c. j Nice large le mons.20c. doz. White Malaga drapes 15c. lb. 2 lbs. i f"i- 25c. EVERYTHING MARKED DOWN ONE-QUARTER. ki'.'Mat I The Best Gift Is one that is not only pleasing but permanently valued. The sill tliinps which wo arc displaying offer a wide latitude of choice of objects that will bo prized for a lifetime. Watchrs and other gold objects that arc beautifully engraved arc permanent reminders and arc pleasing as well. 'Wo do this ltiad of i:graving and free of charge. F. H. WOODBURY, Jeweler. GARDINER. MAINE. declOdtf WE CARRY ONE OF THE LARGEST LINES OE HOLIDAY GOODS IN GARDINER CONSISTING OF Diamonds, beautiful cut glass, watches, silverware, iinpot ted china, block watch chains, fobs, lockets, rings, locket chains, charms and emblems, thimbles, brush, comb and morror set, manicure set, chafing dishes, fountain pens, rosary beads, pocket book. Edison and Columbia graphophonc and records and c\crv tliing to be found in a first-class jewelry store and we ask \otu careful inspection of our large and well selected stock. \N make a specialty of the jewelry business and have bad years of experience and therefore we can give you better service than those carrying a side line of our goods. Our goods are what we represent them to he and will stand behind even aiticlc sold. We arc having great success in our Optical Department. ben in need of glasses step in and consult our optician who will ex amine your eyes free of charge. W. A. HARPER CO. 293 WATER ST. Gardiner, Maine. deel2eod,todec25

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WA2I®LY5jLE local news JOURNAL TELEPHONE. 31l.li OFFICE, 60 MAIN STREET. LOCAL ITEMS Watervllle citizens will confer a favor bv leaving or telephoning items of news Interest to the Journal’s Watervillo edi tor. The office is open during the day. In case the editor should be out at any time during the evening nows Items may be left in the mail box on the door and will be found by him in season for the next morning's issue. Col. J. T. Simmonton of Des Moines. Iowa, is visiting friends in this city and vicinity. Dr. J. W. Stewart, the veterinarian, was in Belgrade yesterday on profes sional business. .Miss Rose Wolman of Gardiner is the guest of Miss Annie Levine at her home on Ticonic street. J. H. McCone is having a strenuous struggle with the grip. He is at present confined to his rooms. The sale of doughnuts at the Wo man’s rooms will be held this after noon instead of the usual sale Wednes day. Kpworth Hymnal Xo. 3 has just been introduced into the Pleasant street Sunday school and social meet ings Mrs. Melvin F. Rhoades and daugh ter of Oak street returned yesterday from a short visit with relatives in Saco. Hon. Forrest Goodwin of Skowhegan was in the city yesterday attending to legal business and calling upon friends. The regular meeting and election of officers of Waterville Lodge. Xo. 5, A. O. U. W. will be held this evening at 7.30 o' lock. All members are requested to be present. At the municipal court Monday morning three were arraigned for in toication. All paid their fines. In a ease of assault and battery the re spondent was fined $30 and costs which was paid. A dance will be held this evening at I lie Kilts' hall, given by the Court Mc David. Independent Order of Foresters. The Leihy Orchestra of five pieces will furnish music and an invitation is ex tended to all. A vary large audience enjoyed the Christmas sermon and the fine program of music at the Methodist church Sun day morning. In the evening the pas tor read “The Story of the Other Wise Man” by Henry Van Dyke and Miss Alice Bradlee rendered a solo. The Christmas tree of the Sunday-school will occur on Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. One of our well-known citizens tri* tlmr with the recent rainfall and cold wiather the ice should lie first-duss. t»ne of the dealers of this city speaking of the existing con ditions said’ “At this time last year I was mak ing preparations for the harvesting, which was to take rdace In January, hut so far this year there has not been over three inches in the river at one time and now that is gone. Cut there is tine' yet, some cold weather and good skidding and we will he done with it in in time." SEVERELY INJURED. John Dennis Crashed Between Car and Engine in M. C. Yard. John Dennis, an employe of the Maine Central at the round house in the Wat erville yard met with a painful acci dent yesterday afternoon while at his| work. lie was caught betwten the tank of an engine, which was backing into the house, and one of the brick walls. Dennis was at work and failed to notice the engine which was backing slowlj going beyond the usual mark. The coupler caught the unfortunate man. severely crushing ins chest. His cries attracted the engineer, who im mediately started his engine ahead and fellow workmen picked up the injured man. I>r. e. W. Boyer was summoned and medical attendance given. On examina tion it was found that the chest was Injured severely but it is r.ot thought to be serious. The injured man was taken to his home and later reports state that he was resting comfortably. Cantata at Congregational Church. The annual Christmas supper for the children was served by the ladies of the Congregational Society at the vestry last evening. The supper was given Monday night instead of Christmas eve owing to the change in the Christmas plans from the fonner methods. This year instead of receiving gifts from the tree, ss cus tomary. the children made gifts to be sent away. A box was tilled for Good Will Farm and another for the Children s Home at Augusta. In the evening the children sang a can tata “In Sealolt of the King.- Tile fol lowing was the cast: Fred Chamberlain. iso Mon. N’orm.m Mat hows I«i\vronc o Jopos lildren of the Shepherds. Olive Soper. Gladys Weirit. Helcn^ Kid der. Florence Eaton. Harriet Eaton. Ives Jones. Marion White The children went through their parts very smoothly and were a credit to those who trained them. The church quartet aided in the program with several carols. Runaway Wrecks Fire Alarm Box. Finding itself in a tight place between a frightened horse which was backing down ui on it and an oncoming electric car, a. horse attached to one of Chas. Pomerlcau’s grocery wagons started upon a wild run from in front of Mr. Pomerleau's store down Main street. At the corner of Main and Temple streets, tlie wagon collided with the i telephone pole on which is fastened I Hox r,s Of the fire alarm telegraph, noth wagon and alarm box were badly! wrecked. The whole front end of the wagon was smashed into bits and the enure bottom broken off from the box. The horse cleared itself and continued tlown Temple street where it was turn ed into a yard and easily caught. Ex amination showed that the animal had escaped without injury. A Disagreeable Day. Yesterday reminded one of spring time on account of the rainstorm, the slippery and disagreeable walking. Early in the morning the rain com menced and kept it up without a letup all day. It was a great day for the rub ber merchants, people purchasing rub ber goods instead of Christmas pres ents. It was a case of necessity be fore luxury. The sidewalks throughout the city w-ere very icy and the utmost precau tion had to be taken while walking. Suggestions of placing sand on the walks would have been of no benefit as it would have washed away as fast as it was applied. Many were wise and walked in the roads, others took a chance of breaking a limb. Considering the fact that the weather was so disagreeable business along the street was fairly good, but the condi tion of the country roads was such that very few from outside ventured forth. With good weather tomorrow and being the last day before Christ mas the merchants in this city should be kept busy. Waterville Lodge, N. E. 0. P. Election. Waterville Lodge. Xo. 221. Nr. E. O. P.. held a largely attended and very pleas ant meeting last evening. Twenty-five applications were received. It was vot ed to hold a special meeting Monday evening. Pec. 30. and to invite the Grand and Supreme Lodgt officers to attend. The following officers were elected: Warden—Mrs. Florence Merrill. Vice Warden F. P. Saw telle. Secretary—G. I.. Weeks. Financial Secretary—W. P. Gilman. Treasurer— P. W. Woodman. Chaplain—Annie Pullen. Guide—Warren Lanpher. Guard—Jessie Stevens. Sentinel— K. F. Harton. Trustee for three years—Mrs. V. A. Harton. i'elegates to Grand Lodge- A. W. Merrill, It. F. Barton and G. L. Weeks. The City Treasurer is Busy. For the past few days the office of the city treasurer has been a very busy place. The payment of salaries to school teachers took place last Sat urday in time to do their Christinas shopping. The other city employes were streaming in and out of the office all day yesterday and Treasurer Fuller certainly had his hands full. Me Inti re-Jackson. William Tames Mclntire and Miss Lucy Ester Jackson, both of this city were united in marriage last evening at the home of Mrs. Annie Smith, 66 Front street by Charles W. Atchley, justice of the peace. They will leave I this, morning on a short wedding trip J to Belfast, where they will visit rela tives. On return they will reside in this cif:-. Good win-Boudreau. William Goodwin of Danforth and Miss Belle Boudreau of this city were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at Bangor by William H. Robinson, Esff. WINSLOW Christmas tree and concert .it the church Tuesday evening. Walter Blackwell of Moosihead passed Sunday with his parents. Bert Buffani went to Lewiston as a delegate from this Grange last week. The many friends will be glad to hear that Grace Drummond is gaining rapidly and will soon be out again. Kdythe Hutchinson arrived home Saturday from Bedstone, X. II.. to pass the holidays with her parents. Mr. and -Mrs. Charles Merrill will visit friends in Freeport for a few days. Mrs. Hall was tluir guest last week. The people here were shocked to learn of the tragic death of Mrs. K. c. Blackwell. A large circle of friends will mourn her loss. The C. K. Society will meet Sun day evening. Dec. 29. A full attendance is desired as business mat ters are to come before the meeting. The fair at the Taconnet Club house by ttie Pansy Chapter last week was a highly enjoyable affair. Fort Hali fax Hand gave its services, which was much appreciated by the school the fair netted about $20 SOUTH CHINA. Harold and Ernest Jones are at home for a few days. Eva Farrington is at home from Au gusta for two weeks. Marion Jones, who has been unite ill for a. few days, is slowly recovering. Horatio and Irving Farrington are at home for a few days because of illness. Adah and Ruth Mosher are at home from Oak Grove for the Christmas vaca tion. Preston Starrett lias employment for! the winter at the. M. C. R. R. shops at Waterville. Miss Edna Denham has gone to heri home in Bowdoinham for a week's vaca tion. The China Telephone Co. has now com pleted the Seward's Mills line and is now ready to install the phones. Louis Masse while at work got a piece of steel in his eye so that it required the assistance of a physician to remove it. The club recently formed by the voting people of South China met with Mr. and Mrs, Cony Webber Saturday evening and were very pleasantly entertained. Adelbert Hallowell ..f South China and I Flora B. Higgins of Winthrop were unit I ed in marriage at the liome of Frank E. Jones Saturday evening. Dec. 21. SKOWHEGAN. B. E. Truworthy left Monday for Ells worth. Constable F. L. Harding of Madison was in town Monday on business. Mrs. Emma Witham is assisting as clerk in Bucknam's during the present week. R. S. Taylor of Bowdoin is passing the Christmas vacation here with his mother. Milburn Fowler is clerking in the Nor ton clothing stoic during the Christmas rush. George H. Webb, superintendent of streets, was in Augusta on business for the day Monday. A case of scarlet fever is reported in the house of E. C. Austin in Larone. The place is under quarantine. Walter Merrill and C. C. Cleveland, stu dents at tlie University of Maine, are the guests of relatives here for the holidays. Miss Edith Tuck, who is attending Miss Sawyer's business college in Portland, is the guest of her parents over Christmas. Fo'sont Merrill, a student at Bowdoin. is at home for the Christmas recess, the guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E N Merrill. George Foster, who lias been stationed in the Portland barracks of the Salva tion Army, came home Monday to pass Christmas with his family. Tiie postofiiee at Emliden is to be dis continued after Dec. "1. The patrons will be supplied by rural free delivery routts from tire North Anson office. Miss Mary Pollard is the guest of her father, J. F. Pollard, for the Christmas vacation. She is employed as a teacher in the public schools in Hampton, N. H. Miss Annie Corson, wiio is attending a Waterville business college, is passing a vacation over the holidays with her pa rents in At liens, Mr. and Mrs. David Cor son. Miss Eva Knowlton, who is employed as a teacher in the Milton. Mass., public schools, is passing the vacation-here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Knowl ton. The board of county commissioners was in session Monday for the purpose of cor recting tlie list of non-resident owners of real estate in tlie plantations of Som erset county. Miss Miriam Merrill, who is employed as a teacher in the public schools In Northbridge, Mass., arrived Saturday to pass the holidays with lier parents, Ur. and Mrs. J. N'. Merrill. William Turner, who lias been touring the State the past few months as a mem ber of the band and orchestra of a glass blowing troupe, arrived in town Monday and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Turner. Charles Stinehfield. one of the local drivers for the American Express Co., owing to the holiday rush is assisting the agent in the office. His place on the team is being filled by Thomas Arbuckle, who began Ids duties Monday. The second in the series of hops which are being given this winter under the management and for the benefit of tile Skowhegan fire department will be held in Weston hall Friday night. Music will be furnished by Kendall's Orchestra. Mrs. Clara Green left Monday for Stonehain, Mass., where she will tie the guest for a week of her daughter. Mrs. Duncan Steward, and of her son William. In Watervilte she was joinid by her sis ter, Mrs. Perlliena Bowman, who will visit her daughter in Stonehain. Mrs. Al bert Smith. Carl Steward, principal of the High school ill Rockport. is the guest of ids parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. 15. Steward, for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Steward also have as guests their daughter. Miss Helen S. Steward, a. teacher in Milibridge. and their son, Robert I greater part of that time, lie had been employed by the Skowht'gan Pulp Co. A widow and five children survive. Ar rangements for the. funeral have not yet been completed. FAIRFIELD. Mins Edna Gifford of Canaan is hero oil i visit to friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jolin Noble left Mon day for Norway, where they will visit the parents of Mr. Noble. William Girt, who is spending his vacation here from the Baltimore Med ical School, is clerking for T.awry Bros, during the holidays. Miss Gertrude A. Gerald lias returned to her duties at the adjutant general’s otlice at Augusta, after spending a few days with her parents at Benton. Howard W. Brown has returned to his duties at the Maine Central de partment of the freight claim investi gator at Portland, after spending Sun day with his parents at Benton Sta tion. It had been planned to open the Mo tion Picture theater at the Gerald Opera house Monday night, but when the wiring was tested it was discov ered that it was not of the proper kind to furnish the force. Electricians are to he kept at work until all is put In first-class shape. Tuesday night will find all in readiness. Frederick H. E. Brass, tax collector for the town, acting under the recent ly enacted law, has prepared and post ed the names of all the taxpayers, res ident and non-resident, who have fail ed to settle for the amount assessed by the selectmen. Nearly 40 names are found upon the list. The sale of the property is to take place at the Ger ald Opera house Monday, Feb. 3, 1S08. Miss Nellie Ames, teacher in one of the grade schools ill town, devised a scheme which was successfully carried out for the Christmas season. A list of the names of her pupils was made out, ea' h name on a separate piece of pa per. The whole number being placed in a box and well shaken. Each pupil then drew a name, and under the rules was to make a present for the one v. hose name she drew. The occasion was one of pleasure and enjoyment. The members of the Sunday school of the Frre Baptist church met at the dining parlors of the church Monday night to partake of an excellent sup per served as a result of a contribu tion from each member. Following ttie supper till repaired to the church, where a very interesting program was successfully carried out. There are 14 classes in the school and each class was responsible for one part of the pro gram. There were readings, solpmn, witty, comical and ludicrous. There were vocal selections and instrument al selections, the Young Men’s Orches tra taking a prominent part in the course of the evening. Miss Marcia Wetherell. principal of the Eongfollow Grammar school, as sisted in a large measure by her pupils, lias finished the preparation of a bar rel containing books, toys and such things that will give pleasure and comfort to homeless children. The har rel is to lie sent to the Home for Chil dren at Augusta. A full list of the names of the inmates was prepared and sent to the school. A tree was placed in position by the pupils of the school and the articles were hung thereon, the pupils entering into the scheme with spirit and enthusiasm. The only present hung upon the tree which was not for the Home was presented to Miss Fannie Cate by the principal and oupils. PITTSFIELD. J Natt Gilman went to Portland Mon-( lay on business. Mrs. Jesse Bragg of Harmony was the' guest Monday of Mrs. O. O. Allen. Mrs. B. E. Cornell went to Portland ROBINSON’S MARKET 20 lbs. Sugar and 3 qts. Cranberries $1.25 2 lbs. Walnuts .25 Large Malaga Grapes (lb.). .10 Larne Sweet Florida Oranges .30 Jamaica Oranges.15 Grape Fruit (doz.). .85 Fancy Eggs 24. Goad Butter .28 Native Onions (pk.). .25 5 lb. Pail Lard.47 10 lb. Pail Lard.95 10 lb. Pail Pure Lard $1.10 Fancy Large Lemons (doz.) .13 Eggs Plants 2 for.25 Radishes .05 Boston Market Celery. .10 Crystal Domino Sugar, 5 lbs. .45 Maine Corn (doz.). .95 Fancy Native Turkeys.2b Fancy Native Chickens.18 Fancy Western Geese.18 Native Pork (to roast).12 Seal-ship Oysters.40 .45 Fancy Clams (in shell).30 Best Rump Steak.22 Best Sirloin. .22 Good Steak, 2 lbs.. .25 Fancy Bacon (Strips). .15 Fores Spring Lamb. .10 8 lbs. Salt Herring. .25 11 lbs. Salt Pork. $1.00 2 lbs. Hamburg Steak.25 Fancy Sausage.10 4 pkgs. Corn Stcrch. .25 Tomatoes (doz.). $1.05 Salmon Red (doz.). $1.40 IF EVERY CHURCH in the the city will send me the name of some needy family, I will see that they have a fine dinner, also other presents, if they have children. INow every church send in one name. TELEPHONE 160 8 SILVER ST. WATERVILLE, ME. The New Nickel EDITH BUILDING, MAIN STREET. Continuous from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10. Program Changed Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 5c ADMISSION 5c. Including Seat Soloists Miss Mamie Billedeau, Mr. A. Bernard Nickerson. Every attention paid to the comfort of ladies and children. cierltatf Monday for a two-days visit with rela tive‘.s. Mrs. E. Ix Briery of Lewiston is visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Syl vester. Mrs. E. E. McCausland of Unity, who has been visiting Mrs. ,T. AI Chalmers, has returned home. Mrs. James Libby and son Phillip of Unity passed Sunday in town, the guests of Mrs. Anna Stephenson. Mrs. Sidney Jones went to Brewer Monday to pass a few days with her pa rents. Mr. Jones will join her Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Turner *of Portland are guests for the holidays at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. \V. Pat ten. Mrs. D. M. Parks and daughter. Miss Agnes, went to Portland Sunday to visit Mr. and Airs. F. I*. Dyer until Thurs day. Mr. and Airs. W. E. McNeill of Cam bridge. Mass., are here to pass the Christ mas vacation with her mother. Airs. Mary Libby. Thomas Anderson of Boston, sentenced to 30 days for drunkenness, was taken to Skowbegan jail Monday by Deputy Sher iff Foster. Ralph Haseltine, who is employed at Worcester, Alass., is in town to visit his parents, Air. and Mrs. J. S. Haseltine, ovei Christmas. U. A. Ward and his sister, AIlss Addle Ward, of Thorndike, arrived Monday to visit their brother, Sydney Ward, until after Christmas. Wilbur Melvin, who it as Dr. King's sanitarium in Portland, underwent a slight surgical operation Saturday which was considered very successful. IT. K. Ordway went to Hiddeford Mon day to accompany Mrs. Ordway home to day Mrs. Ordway has been at the Trull hospital for the past two weeks, and her many friends are very glad of her rapid improvement. The sale and entertainment given by the scholars at the Riverside school Sat urday afternoon and evening proved a de cided success, the program of entertain ment being enjoynbly carried out, and the sum of over $33 was netted, which will be used In paying for the organ which has recently been placed in the school. At the meeting of Pittsfield Grange held Saturday evening the following question was profitably discussed: "What Can We Do to Make Our Grange More Profitable and Interesting During the Coming Year?" Members who were not. present will be pleased to know that it is hoped and expected that Mrs. Kate Ellis of Fairfield, State deputy, will be- present at the coming installation of officers. Christmas Trees Tonight. Christmas trees will be held at the three local churches this evening and an excel- lent program of entertainment will be 1 given In connection with each tree. On Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows’ hall the Rebekahs. assisted by Odd Fellow members, will give a tree to the chil dren of the members of both lodges. Each Rehekah has the privilege of inviting two children, and the invitations are supposed to be given to those who are not well looked after at the time. A Christmas trfe will Ik- given tonight at t lie West Pittsfield school house with a fine program given, and Wednesday evening there will be a tree with exercises at the school house in the Webb district. OAKLAND. Morton Dudley of Home was in town for a short time yesterday. Willis Flynn has returned from Lake Moxie for a few days' visit. Miss Asephene Harvey has returned from Readfield, after a short vacation. Mr. Batty, designer at the Oakland woolen mill. h:is boih* to Wales. Mass, where he will pass the Christmas holi days. The Christmas hall Riven by the Pons of Veterans will take place tills evening at Messnlonskoe hall. Music by Went worth's Orchestra. The churches of the village will have their Christmas tree entertainments Tues day evening; with the exception of th« Free Jlaptist entertainment, which will be given on Wednesday. YOU ARE ASHAMED TO SMILE whtn you think how bndly your teeth look. What's the use of undergoing such mortification any longer? MODERN DENTISTRY as we practice it ran make your mouth beautiful without much expense to you and without any pain at all. Come and have your tcetli made so you won’t bo ashamed to smtlo. Nobody will know they are not your natural teeth. Dr. Cobb's Maine Dental Rooms 74 Main St. WATERVILLE Tel. 311-3. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect it. Prevaleney of Kidney Dliuviw. Most people do not realize tiie alarm ing increase and remarkable prevalency of kidney disease* While kidneydiV orders are the most common diseases that pre vail, they are almost the last recognized by patient and phy sicians, trho eon tent thcmnclre* with doetoring the effect*, while the orig inal (liteuHC undermines the system. What To Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy, fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne cessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most dis tressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by drug gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle and a book that tells all about it, both sent frec by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer Co., King haniton, N. Y. When writing mention this paper and don't make any mistake, but remember the name. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y. MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR SALE. Bom. of Swunp-Root, The Citv of Waterville Is offering f»r sale tlO.noh.OO worth of Refunding Honda dated February 1st, IMS. These bond* run for thirty years and bear Interest at four per cent., the coupons being payable semi-annually. These bonds will be sold about January 25th. l!m$. For further particulars, address NORMAN K. FULLER. declWtf Treaaw

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[DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS. BASEBALL. Donovan May Let Short stop Phil Lewis Go. 'Artie HofiM Seeks to Become One of the Magnates. r*. v Manager McGiVire Has Fair Idea of N His Tea a For 1908. •pittsburj. Dec. ?3—Phil Dew is, a 'short::.op ‘>1 the .Brooklyn t 3am. has gga fajleh i j make Use hockey to; m of the Pirates j:i the Western Pennsylvania ^League, and this bropght out a story and a sor.nits row be'Aveen i, wis I Manager Donovan o;t tile P. oohiyns, tire result of which hits been the an cj n.ntncentent that Lomr an will dispose i.f the strong-headed slmrtstop as soon JT as he secure the hockey berth which he had coverted. 11 With ni’ “nnv||t.too. .insulting 1 Vino van, Lewis some time ago sisned t.r play point on the Pirate hockey team. As the same played in Ih.tsburg is not only last but *i? dangerous. Manager Donovan is said jo have sent word to Lihvis that he jfinust not play, that an injutry might l>e sustained through a fall on the ice, ete. ,iiji .Lewis retorted that he would do as lie ifso’- pleased, and continue.! his prepare L®fc _ r..- .1 tions for the hockey team. Jn this he .sm was disappointed, too. as it wtis soon i found that the Brooklyn short.-stop was not by any means fast enough to play the I.est hockey, and so he gave way to another tn;in. ARTIE HOFMAN WANTS TO BECOME A MAGNATE. Ft. Louis. Dec. 23.—Artie Hofman, 'the sensational utility man of the world's champion Pubs, ant ounoed Sunday that he will try to liuv the Des Moines Ball Club and quit the- National League. Hof man thinks he sees a cliance to make more money out in the Western League city than lie can by being a star on a world's championship club. His hither is a wealthy St. Louis man. The announcement made a f.w days ago by Mike Oantillon that he might dispose of the Des Moines club caught the eye of Hofman at once, and lie announced that he will take the matter up with Cantillon. McGuire has good LINE ON 1908 TEAM. If''

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Tim Murnane in the Boston Glolje says.: Manager James McGuire al rtaily has a pretty fair line on the makeup of his team for next year. In catchers he has Criger, Carrigan anil Donahue. Griper gives promise of lining better work than for the last two years. Garrigan improved wonderfully last season, and is a fine batsman. While Donahue is said to be a first class throwing catcher with a good head and a willingness to go the full distance. For pitchers there are “Cy” Young. Morgan. Winter, Tannehill. Birehall, Glaze and Friel. the latter a clever left hander from Wheeling. At least three of the other box men under reserve will be given a thorough trying out. and with Jim McGuire's coaching the box department should show greatly improved form over last season. Joe Harris will go back to Provi dence ns part of the trade for Second Baseman O'Connell of the Providence club. Bob Fnglaub will more than likely cover first base, as Grlmshaw lias been promised to Toronto if the other clubs waive claim to him. This is a part of the agreement made by the Boston club when it secured Thoney. Daporte and McConnell will fight it out for second -base, and the young Providence wonder will make it in teresting for bis big opponent from the New York Highlanders. Wagner will play short stop and with the po sition to himself should prove a 25 per cent, stronger player than he was last season. Lord, Knight and Young Donahue will be given a trial at third base. All have shown ability to play the posi tion. The one showing the best all round form will be selected for the berth, and one of the two left by the elimination process will be sent to some minor league. Baltimore would like to get Knight as a part of the deal for Pitcher Rirehall. For the outfield Barrett, the old timer. Grvvath. the hard hitting Cali fornian. Thoney, the brilliant player from the Toronto club, and McHale of the Pacific coast, have the best chance for places. Besides the above-named players the Boston Americans will have at least a dozen good men for n try out. Shaw, Grlmshaw, Congalton, Sulli van. Harris and Peterson will not be found with the team. Peterson will re turn to Providence, as. no doubt, will Harris, as part of the deal for McCon nell. Congaiton and Sullivan will go back to the minors, unless clubs in the American League refuse to waive claims. The more one sizes up the talent se cured by the Boston club the better one tikes the outlook for more consist ent ball at the Huntington avenue grounds next season. The team will show increased speed and should improve the longer it plavs together. It has taken big money to get to gether the baseball talent now in the hards ot Manager McGuire, and it will be up to the veteran to get results. ba» Players and great favor kr. motors here have prepared a Ids bill for Christmas week. Christmas afternoon Freddie Welsh of Kngland and Khdie Carter of Gcr mantown will furnish the windup at the Wayne Chib; Voting Krn.- of this eity an I Mike Calligar of Chieago w ill meet at the National Club show, while the newly formed Delaware A. C. a: Wilmington offers two ln-roand and one fix-round bouts. On Thursday, at the Broadway A. .Toe Waleott will face Kddio Chambers, while Jimmy Gardner of Dowell the I test man who ean he nroenred at the Industrial Club on Friday night. The regular show of the National Club I will be held on Saturday nigbt. BURNS AND PALMER WILL FIGHT AT WHITECHAPEL. FEB. t. 1

London. Dee. 23.—Feb. 1 lias been j Used as the date for the tight between i Tommy Burns, the champion heavy- I weight pugilist of tile world, and Jack j I'aimer, of Newcastle. The battle will be fought at Wonderland, Whitechapel.] and besides Burns’ title it will be for a purse and side bet of McFarland and murphy TO MEET IN BOSTON. JAN. 7. Chieago. Dee. 23.— Paeky McFarland and Tommy Murphy are matched to light in Boston on Jan. 1. The match j is made for 12 rounds, the hoys to weigh in at 133 pounds at 3 o'clock on i the day of the contest. McFarland has long wanted this match. Murphy called off a contest with him at Indianapolis a couple of months ago. claiming illness, and ever since then Gilmore has been trying to get a crack at the Harlem lad for his j protege. It is likely that before Paekey j returns from the Fast he will take on a I couple more good matches. When tin* Indianapolis bout was can celled it was announced by all parties concerned that Indianapolis would get the match when the men signed again. However, the Indiana boxing lid has j been lowered since that time. HUGO KELLEY HAS NO TROUBLE REDUCING WEIGHT. Chicago, D4 pounds for his match with Bill Papke at Milwaukee, Dec. 30. Instead of that lie has been forced to let up in his work rapidly. Turley Supples, who is training him, took Hugo off the job for a day last week, as Hugo was down under laii pounds. Hugo was given a day to blunt the edge of his condition and then get back to work. Xow lie is just right to make the reduction grad ual and thus save his strength. LEWIS GETS DECISION. Has Best of Irish Champion O’Keefe In Bout at Chelsea. Boston, Dec. 33.—Harry Lewis of Philadelphia was given the decision over Pat O'Keefe at the end of a 13 round bout at the Winnisimmet Ath letic Club in Chelsea tonight. Lewis maintained the lead in the first ]66C horses ran and that MS of them either £"ot away badly or were left at the post. Lord Stanley also said there was no necessity for paid stewards. Re marking that it had been suggested tliat the Jockey Club should under take some authority over betting, he stated that so far as he could gauge it the efloct of the betting act which came into force last, year had been to spnd more people to the race eourses than ever before. Perhaps that was perfectly rielit, lie continued, because he was sure it was better for a man to Bo to a course ami have a bet. He said h» was in favor of all classes betting if they wanted to, and so long as they distinguished between betting and gambling he did not see why there should be any interference in any way with the liberty of the subject. “But when it comes, continued Lord Stan ley, “to a question of asking the Jock ey Club to take betting under its ju risdiction I say absolutely ‘Xo,’ to that. “It has nothing whatever to do with us except this—that we shall do in the future what we have done in the past. When it is reported to us that there are those clubs who have not dis charged their debts of honor we shall endeavor by the means we have in em power to rid the turf of those men as being dishonorable in the same way we would rid it of anybody else who does anything wrong. Beyond that I mu pe*fectly certain that the Jockey takes the right line when it fe tuses to make itself in any way respon sible for betting- or for those who par ti' it ate either on one side or tin* oth er hard St anley concluded his re i,larks with 1 lie statement that the jockey Club intended to provide a gen tleman who should be an “inspector of race courses.'" It w ciild ha1 this new official's duty to t see that the tracks were kept in prop er condition for racing and that if a taee course did not receive a certifi cate from this inspector its meetings would i;e suspended until the required improvements had been made, herd .Stanley's remarks relating to the start ing methods brings to mind the fact tnat the gate used in England is simi lar to the one employed by Starter Cassidy on the American tracks. All that is necessary to beat this gate is for a quick thinking jockey like Miller to watch the starter's hand. When a' tope is pulled or a lever is turned to tr.akt the barrier go up anjr-emart boy can beat the starter. But with a good low gate released by means of an elec tric button held behind the starter’s back, such as is used by A. B. Dade, a jockey who can beat the barrier Is either inspired or lucky. GENERAL SPORTS. Columbia Basketball Team Starts Long Trip. Northwestern University stu dents Favor Football. Another Step For Better Regulation of College Athletics. Now York, Dec. 23.—The Columbia basketball team left Sunday on a Western and Southern trip, which will cover more than 4000 miles. In all about a dozen games have been ar ranged, but the coach thinks it un wise to make announcement of the complete schedule. From what has leaked out, however, games will be played with Ceorge Washington t'ni vcrsity and (ieorgetown. From Wash ington the team will go South to At lanta, where a game is scheduled with a Young Men's Christian Association live. Then there will lie stops at Bir mingham, Ala., ami Nashville, Tcnn. The Western limit of the trip, it is siiid, is St. Louis. There is a. game scheduled witli Chicago University early in the new year. From Chicago tin- leant will return to New York, ar riving here about Jan. 5. LITTLE OPPOSITION TO RESTORATION OF FOOTBALL. Chicago, Dee. 23.—Only three men undergraduates and two co-eds op pose the restoration of football at Northwestern Cniversit.v. The petition to he presented to the executive com mittee of tin- trustees has been signed liy about 3.KM1 students. Those who have circulated tile petition re ported Saturday that only live of all who had been asked for signatures re fused the request. Better Regulation of College Athletics. New York. I 23.—Another step will be taken on Saturday looking to the better regulation and supervision of college athletics at the second an nual meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States at the Murray Hill hotel. This association, which grew out of the conference of colleges when the cry went up against football in 19nf>, has accomplished a great good in two short years, not only by placing football on a lirm and substantial foundation but by developing the principles of true ama teur sport and maintaining them to a large extent "on an ethical plane in keeping with the dignity and high pur- pose of education," the declared object of the association. While tile football rules committee deserves all praise for the able and satisfactory revision of the rules, which probably saved the game, chief interest belongs perhaps to this asso ciation, which took such a firm while friendly stand that an amalgamation with the old rules committee was ef fected and the needed legislation se cured. The building up of football when in the hue and cry against the sport many were influenced to tear it down was only incidental, however, to the purposes of the association, and there is still plenty of work to be done. This work could be hastened by the. co-op eration of some of the larger univer sities, which for reasons that appear sufficient to themselves, are still hold ing aloof. A brave effort lias been made during the year to enlarge the scope and open the doors to all, and if Yale. Princeton and Cornell would join and lend their aid it is safe to predict that the days of proselyting, unsportsmanlike conduct and the playing of ineligible men would be over for all time, even as they are now numbered. The crusade against summer baseball is likely to be the keynote of the meeting this week. The executive committee has been engaged in it sweeping investigation of this sub ject during the year and in all prob ability something more than a sporadic effort will be made to stamp out the evil. SPORTING NOTES

Friends of Grover Cleveland Fuller, the iornier jockey, who was crippled in a race at Jamaica three years ago, are arrmging a benefit for tlie boy, to In helil lit the Madison Square thea t t. New York. The plan is to raise a fund of $15,000, to he so invested that Fuller will never attain be in need. ■'Hi?" Tim Sullivan and Frank Far n il. for whom Fuller rode many win ners. arc interesting themselves in the boy’s behalf. An elaborate program has been ar ranged for the Irish-American Athlet ic Club's annual indoor games which will be held at Madison Square Gar den. New York. Feb. S. Sixteen track events and a Gaelic football game will complete the list. The events to be do- cided are: Sixty-yard dash handicap, i 12-fo >t limit: 300-yard dash handicap; 15-yard handicap: 440-yard novice; 1000-yard run handicap. 40-yard limit; lVa-mile run handicap, 120-yard limit: i 1-mile walk, time handicap: 600-yard invitation race, scratch; 5-mile invita- J tion run, scratch: 2-mile relax race for clubs. 1-mile relay race for colleges 1 and five field events. At the close of 1906 the Russian trot— ting record stood at 2.14^i, and was J he ld by Alvin Melodi tor Young Alvin), i a son of the ex-American stallion Al- i vin (2.11), famous in this country as a 1 race horse 15 years ago. The first re- l duction in this made the past season was 2.IOV2. Later this was again re duced to 2.0846. Both of these perform- j 2 ances were made over the Moscow I MARKET REPORTS NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Features of the Day’3 Dealings in All The Leading Stocks. Ni w \,»ik. Hit. S\. TIii llyhtrniiu; up of (hr 11:0m nun lu I tmlny j;;t\T uiiinlx takahlc wui Mini; to tin sip iilariv> ,|e ir«*iit of tin* r 1«evssity for j7,.u*» for New Y ok. New Ha ven Sc Hartford stock, and £*.**r. j3. Prime mercantile paper 7\ p r i.>. St'-fliiiRr ox* ItattRc w eak a’ 4K3.tjf.fi IH.Y10 for demaud and at ist.rtiisu.uj fm tie-day bills. 'Minnie! ial bills 17a. Par •diver Mexican dollar* 41. Government l ords steady. Railroad bonds irregular. Money on call strong and higher per ient.: iast lour. :*.t lu per cent United States reg. -s do. coup.. United States 3s. reg. do. coup. United States new 4s. reg. do. coup. United Sta*es old 4s. reg. do. coup. United States 7is. hr.. do. coup. Baltimore «>hio 4s B. Q i ev. 4s t’i.i -ago. Mi!. St. P. 4s I »envcr N Rio Grande 4s ’Kn Gen. 4s T» xas 4s at 6*/ H4L, VC ihUj 1"1’ m m Missouri. Kansas «V do 2nds Northei n Pa* ifi* 4s Union Pacific 4s do. con. !s •Oriel f d

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It was m the ruins of the Roman rorum that we made the discovery. Everybody knows the Forum. When selecting pictures for a public build ing, or a wedding present, or on any occasion when one likes to be thought artistic, a view of this noted place is nmte often chosen. Go into anv art store and ask to look at pictures, and if the salesman hasn’t sold out the edition, he will place it before you done in brown, with a wide brown frame. There’s nothing specially new or startling about the appearance of the Roman Forum. We teel as if we had been there before, as we stand among the broken columns and ruined arches. ou all know about Romulus and Remus?" said the man who told us things. "Oh, yes," everybody said hastily in chorus. "We used to go to KCiiool with them.” "Well, this place, which is covered over with an awn ing. and is underground generally, is supposed to te the tomb of Roinuius." (The "supposed to be" was good. An Italian guide would have said most decidedly that it is.) Our ministerial ‘•ieadei" went on to say that we could cra.vl under tha place supported by stones, and by the.* aid of matches, ex amine things for ourselves. We pro ceeded 4o crawl. I happened to be bear some southern members of our party, and as we crouched down be side the supposed" tomb of Romulus, with one accord we began to snitt the We looked at each other. "It air. is," 1 said, and reached out to gather a handful of mint, which was growing luxuriantly beside the tomb. It is well known that th“ custom was for merly obseived of placing in and beside til" casket of the departed, articles of jewelry and adornment, or things to eat and drink, which in his life he had enjoyed, believing that in case the- de ceased should awake, these articles would seem homelike. Many skele tons are seen ir the museums, on whose bony fingers are rings of all kinds, and by their side, cooking uten sils anil other things. To n child of the south, mint conveys hut one mean ing. It calls up visions of home. In the north, we would probably think of lamb, with mint sauce, but the people in the warm, sunny part of the V. S. A. associate the fragrant plant with but one thing—a cool, refreshing julep. These gay, southern friends of mine, whose dinkey servants know how to mix one to perfection, took back to the hotel some of that mint, and placing it amid cracked ice, .and other ingredients, drank the health of Romulus. It may be noted in history that Romulus was addicted to mint julep, but they did not so teach us in Maine! We arrived in Naples about twelve o'clock one evening, and as we drove through the streets, things had the appearance of a fairy tale, after the or der of the Sleeping Beauty, with the exception that among the sleepers there was nothing to remind us of beauty. At tlte little fruit stands, where the torches were burning, the old men and wcitm n proprietors were sitting in their chairs, asleep; children in various stages of apparel and non-apparel, were stretched out on the pavements, a: ieep; iii the doorways anil leaning against the buildings were also figures, dozing away comfortably. There v. ere many two-wheeled, vegetable laden carts, coming into market, the drivers taking a nap, as the little donkeys trtlgged along. Fastened to the sides of the carts, within easy reach, were bunches of hay, a con venient lunch for the diminutive l easts. In other sections, the streets were tilled with carriages taking hoi li the gaily-dresseil people who had lu en attending the opera. Ir the morning, some of our ac quaintances were going to Greece, on the yacht owned by the company with whom lie were traveling, and before starting, those who wa re to leave the party at Naples, were invited to take a cruise about the Bay. It was a de lightful introduction to the city. We 'vent out to the boat in skiffs, and while waiting on board, numerous small boys assembled, much as a crowd col lects on a street corner. They pro ceeded to entertain us by diving after the coins we threw into the water, catching them in their mouths. Thc-y were as much at home as on land. No matter where we aimed the money, they caught it before it reached tne bottom. They came up with the water dripping from their brown bodies and triumphantly held their prize aloft. There were also girls who sang, dressed in picturesque costume, and coquettishly tried to inveigle us into buying coral, tortoise shell, mosaics and other attractive souvenirs. If their price did not please us, they said, in broken Knglish: "What you give. Senorita?" And usually it was ours. j The curved outlines of the Bay of j Naples are nearly as familiar to us as vi' ws of the Roman Forum, but it Is a joy and a delight to sue them. The huays are interesting, with their broad landings and the Italians lounging about; the nearby houses and hotels, with the sun shining down on me shut ters, closed against the heat; the great park in the center of the city, and on the heights in the distance, beautiful villas, with then great trees and gar dens. Vesuvius, which occasionally f irgcts to be good and dead, looked very peaceful that morning, with a delicate purple haze hovering over it. These things, together with the blue of the sky and of the water made us very' 'veil contented to sit under the awnings and he comfortable. It is something one does not say very much about in these times, but it has always been a secret desire of mine to own a yacht. Should one happen to com- rny way, it will certainly be an chored part of the time, at least, in the Bay of Naples. During the heat of the clay, one learns to stay in the shade of some thing, and the hotel gardens are very convenient. An Italian garden is a charming spot, and our noonday and evening meals were served in the one adjoining the hotel. At dinner, with the electric lights among the trees and shrubs, the soft music and the sound of dripping water in the fountains, one almost forgets to eat, for the pleasure which the surroundings give. Foreign hotels have their rules and regulations in several languages. The following are. some of the English in structions to guests, which we found posted in our rooms in Naples; Travellers are likewise entreated to put out in the evening their boots or shoes or clothing, wanting to be blacked or brushed out, as the in observation of this request would not give them any right to reclaim the same service the following morning. The visitor is accountable for any damage caused by his fault to the furniture of his room. Lightning is charged separately. The price of food taken in the room or apart are sensibly advanced. Letters, newspapers, visiting cards or messages will be delivered im mediately at their destination. For all complaints nr inobservations, travellers are requested to apply directly to the Bureau. Livery carriages should be ordered one hour before they are requested. In case that travellers should go out in the- evening, they are requested to consign the porter the keys of their rooms, in order to know with certainly at any time if those gentlemen lie out I or ill tile hotel. Please to he punctual to the repasts. Every visitor to Italy, who has the time, takes the drive from Sorrento to Amalfi, and after having done so. i never quite forgets it. On our way to Sorrento, we stopped at the Blue r.rotto of the island of Capri. The j steamer comes to anchor, and punier i I Shall Make Sitting for Photos Up to Dec. 2i>, and liave the pictures finished for Christmas. Don't wait until the last day, but come in now. All styles, all prices from $1.50 up to $10 per d»z. Sittings made any day rain or shine. F. H. BURGESS, AUGUST*. PHOTOGRAPHER. 261 WATER ST. NO STAIRS TO CLIMB I Jsi&fafe ^Ks, O' A sneeze—a sniffle—■* cold in the head —a cough. Serious trouble may result unless you recognize tile symptoms and eradicate them at once. There's a sure remedy for inside ills—take it in time and save doctor’s bills. A. few drops of 'Johnson’s awnraf LhiHUCnt taken on sntitr will work wonders. The firs, •lose makes a bin improvement in vour conditio.•. whether you are suffering from a sore-throat, a coni, rough, IoiimIitii, bronchitis, asthma or other disorder of the respiratory organs. For pains in the stomach. vamp, colic ohoi. rt» morbus and dinrrh.ra. a few Imlf-n sjaiontul dvaes will bring relief and effect a spee.lv cure. For outside aches and pains, out-, bruises and lame ness Johnson's Anodyne Liniment -s invaluable. Always have a bottle within renc”. everywhere. Guarcmtfrd vndt'r Fc-cd and Di ngs Aci, Ju r. f 70, Sf* V;« w i! tiJIi 'll BhpM mil; ”'fe5 H ,isS;; |ffi g:e xj/ S .Sit t}! :kt'.L j*) fjil ous small boats are waiting, each to take two persons into the enchanted place. Just before reaching the three foot opening in the cliff, we are told to stretch out on our backs in the bottom of the boat. This is a trifle un dignified, but by so doing, we escape having our heads knocked off, as the boatman grasps a rope, waits until the wave is sinking, then gives a quick pull, and we bound into the blue light of the grotto, something after tne fashion of shooting the shutes at Coney Island. One man succeeded in Riving his passengers a thorough drenching, as a wave broke over the boat before he was able to get them out of its reach. Sometimes the water gets rough while parties are exploring the cave and they are obliged to wait for the sea to subside. Every boat carries provisions for several days, as the only way of entrance or exit is the small opening through which we came. There were many "ohs” and exclamations of delight, as the boats made the circuit of fairy-land. The sides and top of the rock look blue, from the refracted light on the water, and the effect on the faces of the people is very strange. Objects in the water have a silvery appearance, and the brilliantly colored sea stars and jelly fish add to the variety. It is surprising how many best'’ places there are in Europe, but Sorrento is surely one of them. Tile rocky coast of the Hay has as many villas and hotels of unfamiliar archi tecture. The view from the verandas passes description of the ordinary in dividual but doubtless somewhere in i the writings of K Marion Crawford may he found a fitting word picture of the beautiful scene, as outlined from the tower window of his study, or th* broad piazza of his villa. Keing a great admirer of Mr. Crawford's novels, it was a disappointment that our short visit at this place was dur ing his absence. One of my cherished souvenirs, however, is a personal note from the author, which gave me the privilege of visiting Villa Crawford, situated on the cliffs, close to the Bay, and to wander about the delightful grounds and gardens, with their great trees, rustic seats and artistic foun tains. The ride of twenty miles which we took in the cool of the day, is ideal. It extends over a road hewn in the cliffs, winding along the Bay of Salerno, with terraces on the slopes, planted with vines, olives, lemon and fruit trees. As we drive along, we come to little villages, with massive watch towers and red-roofed houses of Moorish architecture. In the distance, we can see the great cliffs on a point of land we are soon to reach, and looking back, another magnificent pic ture of mountain, sea and sheer rock. At intervals, a road house, or an im provised, tree-shaded booth, is a con venient stopping place, so the driver thinks, and we refresh ourselves with lemonade, or whatever we may choose. If the lemons on hand do not suit us. the woman in waiting, with many ejaculations and gestures, goes into the garden and picks an apronful for our selection. Little children come pattering along behind us. They have a funny claw-like salute and say "Addio,” or "(jude bye," and other English words they have caught from i tourists. Sometimes they run a long way aiul if somebody throws them a penny, show the pleasure by turning somersaults. In the early evening we arrive at an old, “suppressed” monastery in Amalfi, which is now a hotel, perhaps the most unusual one in Italy. A climb of some length, up steep, stone steps, brings us to our resting place for the night. The building stands in the hollow of a rock, which rises abruptly from the sea to a height of two hundred and thirty feet. Here, under a pergola, where luscious-looking bunches of grapes hang tantalizingly down, our dinner is served, and we descend many steps, and go through long, winding corridors, passing pic turesque cloisters on the way, till we find our rooms, in the former cells of the monks. The sound of the waves against the cliffs far below, call to us to come out on the balcony, and we hasten to obey, looking oft' across tne water, a light here and there twinkling in the darkness. We seem to have drifted back into the twelfth century and stand in a story-book country, in a romantic, dreamy land. far. very far. removed from practical New England. Italy h:is a manner of quietly creeping into our hearts and taking up a resi dence there, before we realize it. It is Kipling who says: “When you lie;;!' the East a'cnllin* Then you won't hear nuthin’ else, No. you won't hear nuthin' else.' But Italy has a way of “callin." also. The great ocean liner, with its near ly two thousand passengers, was just beginning to breathe and stretch itself, preparatory to starting on its two weeks journey along the Mediter ranean and across the Atlantic. The signal of “all ashore” had sounded. We were waving “guile bye" to our Naples acquaintances, who had come out on a launch to wish us a happy home journey. The vendors of coral and souvenirs were wrapping up their wares to leave, the band was playing "Addio, Napoli." Most of us stood, taking a last look at the city we had enjoyed so much. Our old friend, Vesuvius, looked very docile in red dish, brown garb, with a vapor like smoke issuing from his mouth. It i must be hard to be always looked upon with suspicion. We gazed off toward Sorrento, blue in the distance, and our eves traveled over the delightful panorama, whicli has made this Bay world-famous. The steerage pas sengers were saying “gude bye,” also, but to their native land, many leaving for the first time. What varied ex periences there were for them in the new country. Almost before we realized it, we were off. and Napoli was slowly fading away from our view. "With all thy fleas, I love thee still, Italia!" said a voice at my elbow, and. as I made a quick, hut ineffectual movement after several animated bits of nothingness, which were skipping over my person, I acquiesced in the sentiments expressed, but added: 1 find them rather numerous,” and the response was, "So do I! When you have been away frorr native land f'jr a long. loag tini^j as, reckoned by your feelings, and are leaning anxiously over the rail of an incoming steamer, and scanning every face which looks out of the tiny: windows on the New Turk dock, what is worth more than to catch sight or an old friend, waving a greeting? Why, you feel as happy as if Santa Claus had put an automobile in your stocking: Then the letters and tele grams you find, telling what you already knew, ^tirat "the folks" are watching out for you. up in Maine! For after all, one of the pleasures of a trip across the water is the home coming. The scenery of Mt. Wash ington may not be as grand as that of the Alps, but many of us rather like !t. and beside the joy of being in the old home again, the beauty of foreign cathedrals and the gorgeousness of kings' palaces are mere incidents. 1 bring these travel letters to a close at a time alien all over our land many are journeying from the city to spend the Christmas season in the place where we first listened for the sound of the reindeer’s bells on the roof, and went to sleep w ith visions of a jolly.1 beneficent person who was to make us very happy in the morning. We can never ouite forget it all, and as, on any home-coming, we greet and are greeted by the ones who later on Do- j came to us the embodiment of t- j white-w hiskered saint, we realize more and more that such memories) and such privileges are among the I most precious things of life. Convalescence is sometimes merety apparent, not real, and especially is this true after such diseases as pneumonia, typhoid fever and the grip. To make it real and rapid, there Is no other tonic so highly to be recom mended as Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This great medicine cleanses and renews the blood, strengthens all the organs and functions, and restores health. Take Hood's. KVA L. SHOREY. Convalescence. Seari the Signature of CASToniji.. th* Tha Kind You Have Always Bourta I HAVE HAD 25 OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE Sleighs Built especially for me at the Maine State Prison. The Snow Is here and so are we with the finest line of Sleighs you will find this Year. E E MARSON, Tel. 129-1 31 32 State St. dec3eodtl Collector’s Notice of Sale. t/npaid taxes 1.11 lands situated In the j town t Waynr. in tin* County of Kennc ljpc for the year The folhwing iist of taxes or. real es tate of noil-resident owners in the town or Wayne, for the year 19»>7. committed »ne fn the S by land of H. G. Maxim, on th** W. by County Road leading from Wayne tl 3oods Dealers in the United States, Canada and E'.ropt. t»n.T. MOMIM'S Pnn 37IW.lnM* 8fw»IUT"fl i SEA MOSS FARM for Delicious and Ap petizing Custards, Ice Cream or Puddings. A 25c. Package will make 16 quarts des sert dishes or 10 gal lons of Ice Cream. Sample Free. Lyon Ws. Co. Brooklyn A'. Y. LOW PRICES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 25 lbs. Granulated Sugar.. $1.30 Brown Sugar per lb. .05 Good Rice per lb.. -05 Macaroni and Vermicelli per pkg..07 Fancy Carolina Head Rice. .08 Pea Beans per pk.62 Y. E. Beans per pk.62 Tomatoes 9c. per can, per dor. $1 Fancy Lemon Cling Peaches per can -18 Monroe Brand 3 lb. can Plum .14 Bartlett Pears.11 Seeded Raisins per pkg.11 Seward Salmon 2 cans for .25 14 lb. Bag Table Salt.15 5 lb. Bag Table Salt.07 11 lb. Native Salt Pork- $1.00 J. P. Squire’s Hams whole per lb. -11 Pork Rib, Chops or Roast (subject to change).12 10 lb. Pail Lard (our own.) $1.20 20 lb. Pail Compound. $1.65 Cranberries 3 quarts. .25 Kennedy's, Austin and Young’s and Clark’s crackers and cakes at the very lowest prices. Common crackers per lb. -06 Soda, Oyster, and Lunch crackers per lb. -08 English Wine Biscuit per lb. j.. Tea Biscuit per lb. .09 .08 And everything else in the Gr «cery line at very low prices. Besides this we give you a Gash register coupon _ purchase. When you have bought the amount of Sln.OO bring in your coupons and get absolutely frye 1 ,1b van of ^ouveini. ORANGE BLOSSOM. PEERLESS. GOLDEN ROD OR GOLD EN EAGLE Coffee or t2 lb of regular rate.- -tea. Call and see for yourself that we are giving very low prices on all our goods. iWE DELIVER GOODS. 1 CASAVANT CLOUTIER COMPANY. 36 WATER ST. THE CASH GROCERS. AUGUSTA. MAINE. deceit u.tli.s.tf An Excellent Christmas Present New and Old Subscribers may obtain the Journal’s CLOCK PREMIUM A Unique and Fascinating “Wag By the Wall” Eight-day, Mission Face Clock ^J| A 15 inch dial, weathered oak finish, "Key wind, brass lacquered weights, chains and figures. Fancy arrow-shaped brass hands and 22 inch pendulum with 4 1-2 inch brass disk ball. tfl Samples of these $6.00 Premium Clocks are on Exhibition in the Candy Stores of N. T. Folsom Son, C. H. Pettis and J. G. Johnson, Augusta. Also at the Journal Offices, Augusta and Waterville. At Clukey Libby Co.’s Dry Goods Store"and Simpson’s Candy Store, Waterville C. H. Clary’s Grocer Store, Hallowell C. P. Hannaford’s Drug Store, Winthrop; C. H. Beane’s Drug Store and F. S. Smith Co.’s Dry Goods Store, Gardiner. CONDITIONS •I A new subscriber to the Daily Kennebec Journal for Six Months'can obtain one of these valuable and ornamental $6.0 clocks by paying in addition to the regular sub scription price of the Journal, the sum of $2.50. This is a remarkably liberal offer, and any present reader of the Daily Journal may obtain a clock for $2.50 by paying up for any arrearages and making an advance payment of six months on the Journal. This places new and old subscribers on an equality. Every one paying money for the Daily Journal into the Journal office may receive coupons in accordance with the terms in the Journal’s Stove ad. These coupons can be given to any candidate whose name appears in the Journals Stove Content Ad. HENRY F. HILL, M. Am. Soe. C. E. CIVIL ENCINEER SURVEYOR Surveys, drafting, steam and electric railways, sewerage, water-works ALLEN B’L-D-a AUGUSTA, ME. “A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN.” MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO i BEGIN THE DA Y RIGHT:—READ THE WANT AD8,

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Daily Kennebec Journal ESTABLISHED 1821 No nollco whatever will bo toko* of unsigned communications. Tho Journal cannot bo hold roaponslblo for the preservation or return of re jected communications. Address all communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to BURLEIGH FLYNT, Publishers, Augusta, Mai lie. Tuesday, December 24, 1907. Small prospec t of an old fashioned white Christmas—more the pity. There are enough gifts left so that the belated shopper need not get whol ly left. No actress need be without hope so long as the supply of Pittsburg mil lionaires holds out. There is no unseemly scramble for the vice-Presidential nomination in either of the big political parties. Governor Hughes of New York is de termined that Abe Hummell shall con tinue to serve as a "horrible example. Xo little child should be permitted to pass Christinas day without some note „r kindness and good cheer coining into his life. This is the last of the shortest days and tomorrow will give us a whole min ute more of daylight. Spring is surely on the wav. The action of the Pennsylvania rail road in increasing its dividend should prove a very practical way of advanc ing tile price of its stock With the departure of the battleship fleet, >Ir. Dooley arises to remark that rlie real naval experts are aguin all at sea. Santa’ Claus should he especially careful of his whiskers tonight when he gets near the lighted candles on the tree. Ii is a had year for fires. As the Democratic candidate for the presidency Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas could certainly be depended upon “to make the welkin ring." The per capita circulation is a little to*,re than $34. This leaves about $24 in available cash for that Jacksonville. ]nil.. Inan who swallowed a $10 gold piece the other dav. Senator Jed Davis of Arkansas may have a friend somewhere in the world, tint the friend has not been heard from since that fool speech with which Jeff opened ins career in the Senate I'rom every postofHee comes the re port that tie- little people have not failed to take full advantage of Uncle Sam’s kind ruling about the delivery of letters addressed to Santa Claus. Westward the course of Democratic national conventions takes its way! The Chicago Tribune expresses the solemn opinion that Mr. Bryan’s 1916 nomination will ‘n H°n°lulh. Tlie “receptive" presidential candi dates do not appear to stand a very good show, with those who are using political steam shovels for the promo tion of their interests. The Atlantic liners report hurricane weather (luring the past fortnight, still all of them have come safely into port without serious accident. The loss of life by ocean travel, under modern con ditions, is exceedingly small. Mr. Thompson, Canadian member of Parliament for Yukon, says that with in five years the Klondike gold output will reach $20,000,000 a year. This should go a long way towards provid ing elasticity for the currency. Possibly that uneasy feeling in your breast is caused by a dim suspicion that you are going to receive a Christinas present or two from per sons for whom you have not bougtit any. ^_ Says the Boston Herald:—'•.Mr. Car negie's promise of a gift of $00,000 to Bowdoin college for the endowment of a professorship in memory of Thomas 11. Reed is handsome and appreciative. It does credit to both his head and heart.” New Mexico Is talking in pretty Pig figures when it bases its claim to statehood on an estimate of 400,000 population. This is more them double the population shown by the census of 1900, and the claim is certainly open to suspicion. There is a fly in the Christmas oint ment of the Lrtwiston Sun man from the discovery that there is a tariff of 20 per cent on Christmas trees. Well, if lie cannot get along with a Maine Christmas tree this year he should darn his stocking and hang it by the fireplace. The unusual record of 60 deaths from pneumonia In Huston last week is laid to the prevalence of the grip in that city. There is nothing pleasant about the grip itself, hut the complications which are very apt to follow it make a grip epidemic worse in its latility roll than diphtheria or smallpox. Have you contributed your mite to the fund for the Christmas dinners which the Salvation Army and other charitable organizations are to give tomorrow Help a little in spreading Christmas cheer among the poor and unfortunate, and your own Christmas will have a happiness it cannot other wise know. _i A* to Santa Claua. It Is a big problem for parents and for little children, this Santa Claus business. The Hartford Courant tells how the problem was discussed in a local barber shop where, as In all barber shops, everything goes, from prattle to philosophy. The first man whom we will call A, said that his younger child had stuck him with a hard question. A s house, it appears, has a fireplace for Santa Claus pur poses; but the fireplace has been filled in, and a stovepipe runs into the chimney above the mantel-piece. The younger child was puzzled to know how Santa Claus could get in, and the older sister told her that the stovepipe hole would serve him very well. Asked to explain further, the older sister said that when the little one was good it pushed the stovepipe out, and that by continuous well doing the little one herself would make a clear road for Santa Claus. This was too much for the child, although she is a littie one; and she went to her father about it. I do not like to lie to my children,” said A, "and I did not want to dis turb my littlest one’s faith in Santa Claus; so I told her that I had nothing to say about it." "But.” said B, "why not in such a case'.’ I should have told my child that her sister had it right. I want my children to believe in Santa Claus as long as possible, lying or no lying.” "I know all that,” said A. "and I have the same feeling; but I cannot bring myself to tel! a lie to any ehilil, and least of all to one of my own. C. what do you think about it?” C thought it was a hard case. He frankly said that the disinclination to tell lies to children was line, particu larly in this not over-truthful world. Tlie shock to a child when it discov ers that it has been deceived by its father or mother—by the very ones whose words have been yea and amen to it—is great. We grown-ups, case hardened with evasive or softening phrases, scarcely comprehend what the discovery that those whom .t trusts are not wholly worthy of trust is to a litile mind that has never known what distrust is. But on the other hand there is Santa Claus. He is a myth and he is not a myth. He exists and he does not exist. The big-hearted, broad-minded editor ot the Courant straightens out the prob lem this way: "The old Book says that the world, and all that is therein, were created in seven days; but that is too round a statement. Man creating every day that he lives and has his imagination at work. Man can create millions or money and revel in them without coal enough in the cellar to cook his break fast. Man can create false friends out of true ones, and true friends out of false ones. The process of creation is interminable and unlimited. Man created omnipotent deities down in Oreece and Rome centuries ago; and although those deities no longer live as such, they still live as historical persons—as much so as Julius Caesar or Hannibal—and in their day they had as great an influence upon the course of human affairs as any child of Adam. All myths; and so is Santa Claus a myth. But Santa Claus is a living myth, and on his day in one way or another he gets into every house where there are loving hearts. This is the fact. The millions of dollars that are paid nut every year in his service is a demonstration after the manner ot ino.se win pieienu uui to believe in him, but have taken up with the new gospel that all that a man hath will he give for a dollar. What does all his money go for year after year if he does not live, and make visits, and take account of the good child, and. when he has his own way. of the naughty child, too? Yet he does ont live, in the hard flesh and blood style, with its ills and pains and sorrows; hut he lives as a dream, as an imagined being wholly charged with good will, as that perfection of human nature to which we have never attained, but which comes to us as an annual vision of the mind; and we all rise up and follow it, and do its bidding, year after year. A’s little girl will not disbelieve in Santa Claus when she no longer believes in him; when that day of transition comes she will believe in him more and more and in the real way.” Japan’s Commercial Expansion. Anything beating on the relations, present or prospective, between tills country and Japan Is of much public interest at this particular time when some people are seeing war clouds on the horizon as a result of the sailing of our great battleship fleet for Pacific waters and when Japan has recalled Ambassador Aoki from Washington. In an exceedingly frank article in the January number of Appleton's maga zine Adachi Kinnosuke, a well known Japanese writer, touches upon a new phase of the situation and his views are sure to arouse much interest in diplomatic and commercial circles. According to Mr. Kinnosuke Japan does not want war, because she is too much concerned in securing the abso lute commercial mastery of the Pacific by the rapid expansion of her mer chant tlcets. She is straining every nerve to accomplish this before the United States wakes up to the im portance of building and operating commercial vessels in the Pacific. That the Land of the Rising Sun will be ready to fight to maintain her advan tag? when her conquest is secure, Mr. Kinnosuke does not say, but it may be inferred from what he tells of his country's past policy. The rapid expansion of Japan's shipping interests in the period follow ing the war with China, the extension of ship yards and the building of ships, says Mr. Kinnosuke, was for the one purpose of preparing for war with Russia. At the present time the ex pansion is much greater and the ships that are being turned out are larger and more important. In 1903 the totat tonnage of Japan's merchant tleet, according to the figures given in the Appleton article, was 037,269 tons, made up of steamers. At the present time the tonnage is over 1.200,000. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the largest of the Japanese companies, lias a great er tonnage than any ocean steamship company in the United States and is adding new lines and new steamships every year. A significant undertak ing is the establishment of a new Japanese company which is to operate a hundred vessels from the beginning, covering practically all Pacific ports. "Against all this Nippon activity," says the writer, “what has the United State done to cover the Pacific? The merchant tonnage of the United States on the Pacific does not seem to be one half that of Nippon, one can figure it in many ways, but this is the best he can say of it. When it comes to the trans-Pacilic service the showing is much worse. \Ye have heard from Mr. Hill; he is not going to replace the Dakota—we cannot see why lie should. Offers have been made and, there is reason to believe, are being made now by Nippon companies for the purchase of the ships of tile Pacific Mail Steam ship company and those of the Oceanic Steamship company.” As showing that Japan is thorough ly in earnest in her determination to control the Pacific, Mr. Kinnosuke quotes ttie Japanese subsidy law which gives from 12Vi to 30 cents a ton for every 1000 miles sailed by a ship owned in Japan. It also grants a bounty of $6 to $12 a ton and $3 a horse power on every ship built in Japanese yards. The conclusion reached from reading the statements of this outspoken Japanese writer is that Japan will not tight now because she is not ready. Whtn she has secured the commercial mastery of the Pacific ami when, as seems likely, the American flag has en tirely disappeared from that ocean, there may be a different story to tell. Lots of Oh list mas shoppers got soak ed yesterday—most of them in the streets. Hushed are the pigeons cooing low On dusty rafters of the loft: And mild-eyed oxen breathing soft. Sleep on the fragrant liay below. Dim shadows in the coiner hide; Tile glimmering lantern's rays ate shed. Where one young lamb lust lifts its head, Then huddles 'gainst his mother's side. Strange silence tingles in the air; Through the half-open door a liar Of light from one low-hanging star Touches a baby's radiant hair. No sound: the mother, kneeling, lays Her cheek against the little face. Oh. human love! Oh. heavenly grace 'Tis yet in silence that she prays! Agps of silence end tonight: Then to the long-expected earth Glad angels come to greet His birth In burst of music, love and light! —Margaret Deland This is positively the last day of gTace for the Christmas shopper. Every home has a few extra secrets about this time. The busiest day of the year for the mail carriers and the expressmen. Bowdoln "lias three months in which to raise the $56,000 necessary to insure the addition of $230,000 to the endow ment fund. An unhappy Christmas season for Wiscassfct with two of its oldest and most historic public buildings in ruins. With (he mistletoe hanging high it is. indeed a trying season for the bash ful young man. And leap year only a week away’

The Rumford Falls Times calls for the organization of a Y. M. C. A. in that town. A few years ago an ef fort was made to do so, but the plan was too steep—that ot erecting a special building. Bath has a good reason to feel cheerful this week. The announce ment of her Christmas present of a big 3,000 ton schooner to build, came a little early but was none the less acceptable. Such presents are greatly appreciated hy the Shipping City and she is very glad to have a firm which is aide to get them for her. The loss of the big steel schooner Thomas W. Lawson at the Scilly Is lands last week leaves to a Bath schooner the distinction of being the largest in the world. She is the Percy Small six-master Eleanor A. Percy, 323.5 feet long and of 3401 tons gross measurement. The Lawson was about 52 feet longer and about 1800 tons larger. The new master of the Maine State Grange Is a leading farmer of Greene where lie was born 53 years ago and where he has always lived. He has been an active member of the Andros coggin Grange at Greene for 14 years and is now treasurer of the Androscog gin Grange Insurance Co., the larg«y*t grange insurance company in the State. He has held every office in the gift of Androscoggin Grange and has been for nine years State deputy un der Master Gardner. The Ossipee Valley Herald thinks that in time the proposed electric road from East Waterboro to Limerick may be extended to Biddeford and from Biddeford to Biddeford Pool. It is safe to say that it will probably be •quite a period of time before the lat ter extension becomes a reality al though the first mentioned line seems to be a sure thing and will without doubt be built next spring. This week Chandler’s band of Port land will observe its 32d anniversary with the customary banquet at which active and honorary members will sit down together and listen to the stories of the veterans. Of the 21 original members, eight are still living, seven of them in Portland, and two are still members, Charles M. Brooks, the pres ent leader, and C. G. Richards. Do.vn somewhere in the neighbor hood of Cape Horn, where the season is June though tlie month is December, no less ihan five Bath ships must be gathered into the limits of a very small circle of the ocean’s area. The live are the Aryan, the last ship built in America, and the Astral, Ben jamin F. Packard, Kdward Betvall and Wilburn P. Frye. The Astral and Frye are homeward bound and the oth er three sailing in the opposite direc tion. The Aryan sailed Oct. 8 and the Frye Nov. 2 from 'Frisco for New York. Tlie Bewail, Astral and Packard are all three on their way to Honolulu and passed out by Cape Henry respectively on Oct 8, Ott. 'J and Oct. 1(1, tlie Bewail from Baltimore and the other two from Norfolk. Tlie average pas sage between eitliei Honolulu or Frisco and Cape Henry is not far from 140 days, and the Horn is approxi mately half way. Two of the quin tette are now out 74 days, one 73, one K6 and the fifth Gil. Tlie last lias no doubt already made up a good part of the handicap she gave, for Capt. Jim Murphy lias charge of her and he never spares his canvas. It would be odd if the live should be in company for a few hours somewhere off the Horn. The assembling of that squadron, the flower of the remnant of the American deep sea merchant ma rine, would lie scarcely less notable an event than the passage of the Straits of Magellan a little latter in the winter by tl.e Atlantic licet or battleships will be. MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT. Thp R. F. D. Routes. (Bath Independent.) Thrrc are 43t! rural mall delivery routes in Maine and the State is said to be one of the best covered in the entire country. During this year fifteen new routes have been put on and it is thought that during the coming twelve months that a number more will he added. The rural mail delivery is certainly a great thing for the people who live along the routes. They are able to get their mall every day and do not have to take time which Is valuable to them on the farm to drive to the village after the mail. Few branches of I'nele Sam's service have proven a greater help to the public than the rural mail delivery. VOICES OF THE PRESS. Urges Jeff Davis for the Democratic. Nomination. (Schenectady ITnion.) The inevitable has happened. J. 1,. Woods Merrill of Kansas City, who sprung the Tom Johnson boom loi president, now comes forward with Jeff Davis as a candidate. The Williams-DeArmond Fight. (Chicago Tribune.) When the men began the light they seized up as follows: "Knocker John.” 133 r> feet 8 inches From Mississippi Excellent 'Missouri Dave." K«> 5 feet 7 inches From Missouri (Jood Weight Height Reach Wind Weight Height Read! Wind A few days ago in the city of Pok I,oh about 100 wandering beggars forced ar. entry into a nouse belonging to a gen tleman surnamed Li and stole about i2,o00 worth of property. The matter was reported to the Pnk Loh magistrate, who ordered several of the leading beg gars to be arrested. As the gentry were not satisfied with this they intend re porting the matter to the Wul-Chovv prefect, in order to punish these beg gars severely.—Shanghai Times. The bishop of Bristol, England. in ad dressing an open-air meeting of railroad men, observed that he was a workman, enly he did not get his Saturday after noons, and never got a Sunday off. DRY UP RAW SPOTS IN THE SKIN. Read How You Can Eradicate Those Terrible Red Splotches Which Itch and Torture You. Those raw and burning spots in the. skin which make you scratch until you are almost mad with torture—they cat), be dried up and the skin will become as pure and white as ever by the u^ of the most simple external remedies known to medical science—a remedy made simple by the fact that its basic ingredient is oil of wintergreen. It is a liquid remedy used externally for Eczema, ring worm, barber's itch and other diseases of the skin, sold under the name of D. D.D. Prescription. This remedy instantly kills the germs which cause the itch. We know that the in stant you apply a few drops of the 1). D. I). liquid to that awful itching skin the agony is gone—you are free from that itch, soothed, cooled, refreshed,— soon the unsightly red spots with their nasty exudations begin to disappear. Read this letter from Mrs. J W. Choate of Carrollton, Wash., one of many thousands we have: ‘T am so thankful that a cure has been found for that terrible disease. Eczema. Our little boy was tormented with Eczema for two years. I sent for a sample of D. D. D. and it helped him wonderfully. After using three bottles ho is well. I cannot say enough for D. D. D. Today the child's skin is smooth and clean and I shall recom mend D. D. D. to every sufferer with skin disease.” While we have not seen the original copy of Mrs. Choate’s letter, we are sure it is a genuine letter: for we know that the D. D. D. Co. is constantly get ting hundreds and hundreds of letters of endorsement from those who have been cured by D. D. D. We know from people in our own town how wonder fully D. D. D. helps skin sufferers, and if you have any kind of skin trouble a* all, drop into our store and we will show you letters from those who have been cured, your own neighbors perhaps, letters giving important news to skin sufferers. Bowditch, Webster Co. of Augusta and Spaulding's Drug Store Hallowell. “Two Children in tli»* Woods.” by Rosalind Richards. Illustrated by Kdith Francis Foster. Cloth; pp 274; Boston; Dana Kates Ac Company. This is a delightful child story, so full of movement and light and the tender touches of a warm human Interest that older readers, too. will not fail to come under Its spell, and feel the moving spirit of its charm. It is a clean, wholesome, out-of-doors story, bring ing tlic reader close to the warm heart of nature, in hity that some of them don't start a course in carving, so that the Christ mas turkeys won't have to be quite so liaaly mauled. The American consul at Hull, Eng., says that out of the Lr>,(KiO ships which have entered the Humber river ports in the last seven years only one has been of American register. She was a bulk loaded with barley at San Francisco. An employe of the Carnegie museum in Pittsburg has just returned from Costa Kira, where he has been for the past five years collecting the skins of birds and animais. He has gathered over TiOOO, which is said to be the finest of its kind in the world. Princess Senakoffska has arrived at Chantilly from Russia, having traveled in an enormous caravan, in which she is m iking a tour through Europe. The vehicle is drawn by four horses and contains three rooms reserved for the princess and accommodations for 13 servants. Whenever the princess leaves the van to take a walk she is es corted by a gigantic Cossack wearing a military uniform and several medals. The princess Intends to proceed In her caravan to the south of France.—Lon don Express. An interesting device which will be of interest and value to automobilists and others making use of gasoline en gines, is a small apparatus for testing the fuel. This consists of three glass balls colored red, white ami blue, and arranged at different levels in the tube, which is but three inches high, small enough to pass through a three-quar ter-inch hole, and which requires less than one-quarter ounce of gasoline to fill it. Each ball can rise vertically about three-quarter Inch. If the gaso line has a specific gravity of 60 degrees Raume, the red hall will float: if 65 degrees, the white one: and if TO de grees, the blue one. The instrument weighs but two ounces. It is provided with a chain a foot long. T< nnyson said of a strange literary coincidence: “A Chinese scholar some time ago wrote to me saying that in an unknown translated Chinese poem there were two whole lines of mine al most word for word.” Byron. in his monody on the death of Sheridan, where he says there will never be another Sheridan, the mold being brok en up. employs, word for word, terms in which an ancient Sanskrit document refers to the death of Maru, notwith standing that Byron could never have seen the document. Shakespeare's passage about love and lightning in "Romeo and Juliet,” is almost identical with a quotation from "Malata and Madhava.” an Indian poem by Bhava buti, written nine centuries before, and nut translated up to Shakespeare's time. NO gain is so certain as that which comes from the economical use of what you have. You can begin saving small sums NOW. Our Bank ing by Mail system is simple and safe. One Dollar opens an account. Your money draws 4 per cent interest compounded four times a year. Interest starts the 1st and 15th of each month. Start to save today. 2 per cent. Interest on Accounts Subject to Check Savings Deposits Over a Half Million Dollars Total Deposits over $700,000 'State Tftist Company 23r\Vatee Street 1 AUGUSTA MAINE JOHN F. HILL, President THOMAS J. LYNCH, Vice-Preudent. GEORGE C. LIBBY, Treasurer. THOMAS H. BODGE, Asst. Trees. TIU-'STEKS:-Hon. (Jreenllef T. Stevens, George W. Vickery Fred G Kimm,. LlKKOtt, Arthur A. Hamel, Arthur W. Wliltney, Samuel W. I’hilhrirk Fred s T^oruV''TrihV Johnson, Thus. I.yuch, William Penn Whltehoime. Albert M "near Pairv vfrkJr/Ifify William T. Ilalnes. Nathan Weston. Frederic H.Parkhum, Ueue J. Noiea Uu» (i Vat Frauk W, Kiii»man,tharleBl».Klu»uiau,J<,nF. Hill. a. nujes.uuy O.\lck^ Christmas Verse His Grandfater’s Boy. My pa says when he was a boy the gifts he got were cheap and small; It made him glad to even have a bag of peanuts or a ball; He never 1 ad a camera or magic lantern or a gun, Nor railroad tracks nor engines that by windin' with a key would run. And. gee. lb»* \\«»rlc Is** had to do' Ho never had n*» time to play. Oh, what a folium time it must of been fur p.i on Christmas day. lie says be had to feed th<* sheep and •.any wood In from the shed. And when it started to get dark he had to 1 urry oft to bed; Thev never had no Christmas tree with colored candles burnin' bright. And some 11 snow would Mow in through the ctacks across his bed at night: H* had no paints nor picture books when in* was Uist a Utile tyke. And never till he got growed up found out what ice cream tasted like. I'm glad I wasn’t pa: I guess he hadn't much to make him glad. And vet he always talks a ho it the happy childhood that he had; It si ms to me that his pa must of been1 a pretty poor excuse— At least that’s what tna told us once—and pa got madder than the deuce; When I’m a man and have a boy about the size of me, I bet I’ll never boast around about the things I didn’t used to get —S.K Kiser. Old Christmas. Now he who knows old Christmas, He knows a carle of woith; For he is as good a fellow As any upon earth. He comes wnnn-oloaked and coated. And butt »jied up to the chin. And soon as e comes n-nigli the door We open and let him in We know that he will not fail us. So we sweep the earth uj (lean; We set hint {n the* armchair. And a cushion whereon to lean. And with sprig.* »f holly and ivy We make tin In use look gfM*. .lust out of regard to hiti\ For Jt was his ancient way. He must be a rich old fellow; What money lie gives away! Thei* is not a lord of Kngland Could equal him any day. Good luck unto old Christmas, And long life let us sing. For he loth more good unto the poor Than many a crowned King' —Mary Hewitt. The Christmas Holiy. The holly! the holly! oh. twine it with bay— Come give the holly n song: Fot it heirs to drive stern Winter awav With his garment so sombre and long. It peepg .through the trees with its he: lies ofa-fd. And its leaves of burnished green. When file flowers an I fruits have Ions heen dead. And not even the daisy is seen. Then sine to the hollv. the Christmas holly. That hangs over peasant anu King While we laugh and carouse 'ueuth its glittering boughs. To tlie Cl i list mas holly we'll sing. —Eliza Cook Christmas Song. Why do halls for Christmas ring" Why do little children sing? Or.ce a lovely, shining star. Seen by shepherds from afar, (ienti' moved until Its light Made a mother-cradle bright. There a darling Baby lay Pillowed soft upon the hay. And His Mother sang and smiled. "This is Christ, the Holy Child So the hells for Christmas ring. So the little children sing. —Lydia Avery Coonley Ward. The Adoration of the Wise Men. Saw von never in the twilight. When the sun had left the skies. T'p in Heaven the clear stars shining. Through the gloom like silver eyes. So of old the Wise men watching. Saw a little stranger star. 4nd thev knew the King was given. And they follow’d it from afar. Heard von never of the story. How they cross’d the desert wild. .Tonrnev'd on by plain and mountain, Till thev found the Holy Child’ How thev open’d all their treasure. Kneeling to that infant King. Gave the gold and fragrant Incense. Gave the myrrh in offering’. Know ve not that lewly Baby Was the bright and morning star. Ho who came to light the Gentiles. Anil the darken'd isles afar? And we. too. nmv seek Hts cradle. There our heart’s best treasures lning. Love ami fait it, and true devotion. For onr Savior. God and King. —Cecil Frances Alexander. A Christmas Hymn. It was the calm and sil"nt night! Seven hundred vears and fifty-three Had Home been growing up tonight. And now was Queen of land and sea. No sound was heard of clashing wars— Peace brooded o’er the hushed domain. Apollo. Pallas. Jove and Mars Held undisturbed their ancient reign. In solemn midnight. Centuries ago. 'Twas In the calm and silent night! The senator of haughty Koine Inipaient. wiged his chariot's flight. From lordly revel rolling home; Triumphal arches gleaming, swell His breast with thoughts of houndles; sw.iv; What recked the Koman what befell A paltrv province far away. In the solemn midnight. Centuries ago. Within that province far away Went plodding home a wean.- hoor: A streak of light before him lay. Falling through a half-shut stahle-doo Across his path. He passed—for naugnt Told what was going on within: How keen the stars, his only thought— The air how ealtnn. and cold, and thin. In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago.

Oil. strung- ir.diffen nee! low and high I rovr-d over eomn-on jrys ami cares The; earth was still—bur. knew not why. .rile woii i wis lister *npr. unawares* How calm a moment na; precede One that shall thrill the worhl forever' T i that still moment none wool,I ),e*-d .Man's •loom w,-- linked m.,, sever— In the soleirtn midnight. Centuries ago It is the calm and solemn night* A thousand Itells ring ,.ut and throw ilieir joyous peals abroad, and smite Tin- darkness—charmed and holy now' Hm* night that erst no name had worn Tt» it a happy nann is jiivf n. F't in that stahh* lav. »u\v-l.o*n Tin* pe i' fnl Prince .f earth and Heav en, In the solemn midnight. Centuries ago —Alfred Dommett CANDY for CHRISTMAS BELLE MEAD SWEETS .65c. the pound .35c. the half pound TOURAINE CHOCOLATES .50c. the pound VIOLET ASSOR TED CHOCOLATES .35c. the pound PERCYW. MEANS COD. BRIDGE AND WATER STS. HOLIDAY GOODS At Coughlin's Corner Drug Store, PERFUMES, POCKET KNIVES, POCKETBOOKS, MANI CURE SETS, COMB, BRUSH MIRROR SETS, TRAVELIN G CASES. TRIPLICATE MIRRORS SHAVING SETS. CIGAR CASES, ETC., ETC. Please inspect our choice lines. 4 John Coughlin. DRUGGIST, AUGUSTA. The Biggest and Best Loaf of Bread in the City Domestic Bakery, F. M. HAYE8, JR. 324 Wat*r Straat, Auguata, Main* Good Dinners 28c. Dtnln* apetalra. Lunch at all koura.

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A G?>OD HORSE FOR HIS KEEP during tho winter. WViirht 12 to bffonif a meniher. 50siti*»u is tilled. deelSdlTno* FOUR LADY BOARDERS. APPLY at 25 Summer, street, Gardiner, Maine. deel.Sdlw* PRIVATE PARTY WILL LOAN money on furniture, pianos, etc. Pay back on easy payments. J. C., Box 12:*. Gar diner. declOclllt* THE LADIES TO KNOW THAT WE carry the largest stock of ladles' fur coats In Kennebec county. E. K Iravls Co., Augusta octlTdtf SITUATIONS WANTED A SITUATION BY FIRST CLASS press feeder of five years’ experience who understands either cylinder or johher: is willing to go anywhere. Address iv* .i -r’’ !■ IT.it f t For Sale—Household Goods ANTIQUARIAN FURNITURE, H. Bruce, 4 Willow street, Augusta. Me. To Let—Houses, Rooms, etc. ROOM TO LET AT NO. 28 WiN throp afreet. Augusta 1 MkiJl THREE OR FOUR ROOMS, UP Mails. \pply at Highland Au* Gar diner. Maine. deGildJt THE BASCOMB HOUSE 84 GAGE street. S rooms. Inquire of C. F. i*llo deau. declSdtf For Sale—Boats Motors etc $100.00 BUYS A NEW 16-FOOT launch equipped with a J-ff. i’ tittle Giant engine, cushions, covering, etc lias ht»en us*‘d about.'two months Guarantee «n engine docs not run out until the lat t* rt «»f t ext summer. Same can No. 41* Second St.. 11 a llo vVVll. Me. for selling, owner is to have r one. det 1 vv p Second hand gasoline engines stnticnarv riml mtrRic. l’ifielil Bros., Augusta, Maine. novidtf Augusta Employers Have Learned that the best and quickest manner to •ecure desirable help Is through the TFant Columns of the Dally Journal Good help Is scarce and does not long remain Idle after acquiring the habit •f consulting the Classified Ads each ■M>ming. It pay. to always read *u> •Vl" MM la the Journal. MALE HELP WANTED CIGAR SALESMAN EXPERIENCE unnecessary. *l'«. Her month an.l expen se.«. Peerless Cigar Co., Toledo, Ohio. dec21dl\v* MAN ON FARM TO DO CHORES and light work. Address \V. I„. Brown Augusta. Maine, It. 1". I Jio. 1, hox __dec21d2t’ 25 CHOPPERS AT ONCE TO CHOP I logs. Apply to Shaw Bros., on the Cop per estate in White-field, ubout three miles from Togu:;. decl'Jdlw AT ONCE 50 GOOD TIE MAKERS Extra good chance. Por further informa tion write to K. 13. Crocker. Carat unk. Me. Crocker Camp, I’ierce Pond. decltdlmo* WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY; ABLE bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35. citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits who can speak, read and write English. Men wanted for service in Cuba. For In formation apply to Recruiting Oiilcer 20oVi Middle St.. Portland, Maine. julyldCmo I MEN WANTED FOR AUTOMOBILE driving and repair business; $i". for road driving course; easy payments; largest and best school; correspondence course for home study; send stamp for cata i logue. Boston Auto School. 212 Tremor.I St,, Boston. Mass.nov20dlmo» For Sale—Horses, Cattle, etc ONE BAY HORSE PERFECTLY sound K*-itson for s.*lllnir. v- i»‘i further us. Wili s« II ehe.ip -.7 Harr*.-, i. avtii’j* M« .mu TWO COWS. PRICE REASONABLE. .ill at 22 Water st.-c. t. HalUilVcM. _ 21d AT A BARGAIN DRIVING HORSE. als'A work l.oi>-. tibsoluU-ly kind an. fearless stand witl mt I itching Roses.. K. Penney. -I Oak street. d 2"ul\ STgOOD WORK HORSE. CAN BE bought for $tja. Inquire uf c. li. M>>rs>. Augusta, Me.. 11. 1>. ti. d 17.12W TWELVE GOOD USING HORSES for *al«* r li' ory or woik. On yoke of o\t*n. 7 ft In., also ci^htee fak street. J. It. Town ■mi Augusta. dwhi.it. TWO OF THE FINEST BUILDING let. on Bangor street, opposite 11. II Harvey's resilience; fine shade trees; al graded; connections all made to city wat »r main; also well and cellar and foun dati-.n ami and* rj inning stone on on lot. Inquire at 1»2 Bangor street. n2G.lt FARMS AND COT f AGE PROPER!'. >r. the hills and shores of Maine Main. Farm Agency. James T. Collins, Mgr Manchester, Me. bend for catalogue may21dt CARDS, KCTICES ETC. MRS. CRAM, CLAIRVOYANT, CAN be consulted on health nr business. Cas taken by mail. 3 Capitol street, ne:i river. Augusta, Maine, declj* !l\v* MADAM PORTELL THE GIFTED Clairvoyant. Palmist and IMan^t Keude lias taken rooms at !M r my stn °t. An mtsta. Maim*. Do not fail ronsult. She foretold the explosion of the d |*'»t t ftrnriswii’k. 'Will yive lessons in Pahni trv if interested. Cases taken by mail dm*is.]lvc TO LET TWO VERY PLEASANT UNFUR nislied rooms at -i! Grove street. decloitf FRONT OFFICE OVER WHITMAN Adame. Hear offlre, 113.50 rer month Apply to Horace North or G. W Quimby July THE NORTH WHARVES APPLV to Horace North er G. W. Qulmby. declSdt OFFICES IN THE AUGUSTA TRUST CO.’S MODERN OFFICE BUILDING. PASSENGER ELEVATOR, FIRE PROOF VAULT, STEAM HEAT, HOT AND COLD WATER. APPLY TO F E. SMITH, TREAS. netl7d*' FOUND PRAYER BEADS ON BRIDGE ST Saturday morning. Ouiut l;i. ciecDllw SECOND-HAND MARINE GASO line engines, used only a short time, goo 1 new Pints very low it bought now. AddnV'S F. I. Clark, rare Kennel tee Jour rial, or 14 Caniutt stie t, Augusta, M dt els.llni CHRISTMAS TREES, CALL AT Lunch R declSdlw* A SINGLE SLEIGH, ALSO A t double runie r sleigh W. O. Ruothby, lu’uuhi: Savings Bunk, Augusta. deelTdtf HOUSE. SHED AND STABLE AT inched with buy.* out-building, 30 bearing fruit trees, larye g.nden. pleasantly sit uated on tte elec tric ir line. i ide fr* in p..**to!lice. l-”» minutewall; from tin* siate House. (.‘wrier will sell for much b* s price this fall than m tee spring; :\x ane of land. .1. W. 1- k Agency. Tele, phone 22-2. Office 207 Water Sr. dec12d tf STANLEY TOURING CAR COM^ plete and fnon.OO worth of extras wltli it. A big bargain fr vacant property, or whatever It maj oe. at much less than Its actual valu» con wmiM soon mvc> a Mila Railroads and Steamboats In Effect Oct. 7, 1907. Train* leave Augusta as fellows. GOING WEST-2.21 A M, except Mod day, Portland and Boston, 6.21 A. M Lewiston. Farmington, Rangeley, Rock i land. Portland, Boston, Montreal am Quebec; L).44 A. M„ Brunswick. .Lewiston Farmington. Roc41 and, Portland, Boston 2.25 P. M., local; 3.56 P. M.. (express Brunswick, Rockland, Portland. Boston 7.15 P. M., Portland; 10.15 P. SI. Lewiston Bath, Portland. Boston. Sundays 3.58 A M., 3.30. 10.15 P. M., Portland. Boston. tit UNO EAST—12.58 A M., Skovv began. Bangor, Bar Harbor. St. John. Halifax Aroostook. Sunday morning does not connect for Show began, or beyond Ban gor; 2.5S A. SI (express) Bangor, Calais and Bar Harbor; 6.2J A M... local to Bel fast, Foxcroft and Bangor; 3.U A M. local to Belfast and Bangor; 1 P M. Wetervilie, Foxcroft. Bangor. B tb. A. R R. Calais, St John and Halifax; 2 31 P. M., texpressi Watcrvllle, Bangor Bar Harbor; 3.13 P. M., Watervllle, Bing ham, Skowhegan, Belfast, Foxcroft Bangor and Mattawarnkeag; 7.21 P. M Watervllle and Skov. began; 1.17 A. M. Sundays only, Bangor Accommodation extra trains leare Au gusta for Hallowed, Gardiner and So Gardiner at 7.40 A M-, 2.U0, i.l», 111 P. M GEO F. EVANS, V. P. St Gen Ugr V. E. BOOTHBY, G. P. T A Portland. Mr ARRANGEMENT OF TRAINS IN EFFECT DEC. 16. 1307. Pullman Car Service. Sleepirg Car between Boston and Cari bou on trains leaving Boston at lO.aO P. M., and Caribou at 2.25 1’. M. TRAINS HEAVE BANGOR. B A) A. M. For Fort Kent, Ilnulton, Cari bou. Van Huron, Fort Fairfield and inter mediate stations. 7.15 A. M For Greenville and intermedi ate stations. Nee A. .M. For Searsport and intermedi ate it.utioiis. 2.5(i P. M. For Houlton, Presfiiie Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield and Intermediate stations. 4.20 P. M. F >r Grot nville, Searsport and intei mediate stations. TRAINS ARRIVE AT BANGOR. 7.23 A. M. From Searsport and interme diate stations. a"-, A. M. From Greenville and Interme diate stations. 2.e.5 F. M. From Fort Fairfield. Van Raven. Caribou. Houlton. Fort Kent, Ashland and intermediate stations. 3.20 1’. AI. From Searsport and interme diate stations. 7.*-5 1* M. Front Greenville and interme diate stations. 10.00 F M From Van Ruren, Caribou. Presfiiie Isle, Fort Fairfield, Houlton and intermediate stations W. M BRvWN, GRO. VI HOFOHTON. Gcn'l Supt. Pass'r Traffic Mgr. ANNUAL MEETING. Tim stoekholdirs of Granite National Bank of Vugust.i, Maine, will hold th.iv .annual mooting for the election of direc tors and for the transaction of any other legitimate business, at their banking room in Augusta, on Tuesday, the 1-ttli day of January, llkb. tit 10 o’clock in the forenoon. A. E. BARROFR, Cashier. doc24-27-jan2-6-13 Railroads and Steamboats Lewiston, Augusta and Waterviiie Street Railway Time Tablo in Effect Oec. 1, 1907. For Winthrop, 6.00, 8.00, $.30*. 10.00, 12.00 2.00 2.30* 4.00, 5.00t, 6.00. 8.00, #.001. 10.30. l'or Togus. 6 05, 7.05. 8.05. 9.05, 10 05, 11.06 1.05, 2.05, 3.u5, 4.05, 6.o5, 6.03, 5JO, 8.'0 9.30. 10.30. The 9.06 car for Hospital only FOll HALLOWELI, AND GARDINER —6.00 A. M. Then every half hour till 10 P. >1. 10.30 and 11.00 Ha Howell only I GARDINER TO AUGl'STA—6 13 A M Then every half hour till 10.15 P M.. 10.4: I for Hallow ell and Car Home. Winthrop to Augusta fc.Ou, 7.(5), 9 00 lO.C'O*. 11.00, 1.00. 3.00. 3.30* 6.00, 6.'50t. 7.0u 9.00, 10.00t. Togus to Augusta, 6 30. 7.30. 8 30 9 30 i 10.30, 11.30. 12.30. 1.30, 2.30, 3.30, 4.30. 5.30. 6 30 j 7.30, 8.30. 10.00, 11.00. Sunday time same cars starting two hours later in the morning. I Cars due In Winthrop at 10 Cn Also 10 .9 train Fast. Take 2 P. M. car for train East at 110 M ost 3.26. Take 6.00 P. M. car for train Eaat at 7.22. If the train due at Winthrop at 1.3 t„ late the 10 00 A. M. car waits for it hotels GRAND UNION HOTEL ■•fMtl* Grand OatraU >UMm ■EW VOKK CITY ■awy awwnlaana at aaodrnta »h«i»i Rooms $1.00 day and upward Sand Scant atamp far Yfana Iirt ©1: Smldabook and Map. Will arrive next Saturday, Doe. 21si an extra good Load Of Horses from Iowa weighing from 1000 to 1750 pounds each. Some good big matched pairs. Please call and see them. FERGUSON SALE STABLE 45 Park St. LEWISTON, MAINE declOeodtf BUSINESS CAROS E. J. ROBERTS, 0. 0. S.

&fcNTIsr*.Y ir* its-* Or. 6. A. COOMBS IPFtCfc IN OPEHA HUOU SLOCK ■ttli'. Hour* lli tv 15, j it I toe ir. •I 30 Telethon* 315*12 Real flan tl Ifotr* St Telephone 141-3 •«T 1 »ti hand gooa -ot Driving ind Draft Horses. ^11 Rridsn- St* r«i*-|)hy a good fund thi-. year for your future requirements. Remcm b. r that the morning sun doe-, not shine all the day—nor prosperity reign forever. An ace .unt with the Augusta Trust Company is a great incentive to save. 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid On Savings Accounts, Compounded Quarterly AUGUSTA TRUST COMPANY, AUGUSTA, MAINE. Capita! $100,000.00. Surplus and Profits $178,773.83. Ascets $4,844,057.64 t Read the Journal’s Classified Columns i FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital, $250,000.00 4 Per Cent. Interest in SAVINGS Department DIVIDENDS FOR PAST YEAR AT RATE OF 4 PER CENT. Augusta Savings Bank ORGANIZED SEPT. 29, 1848 Deposits May 28, 1907. $7,296,550.46 Reserve fund and undivided profits 470,607.81 T’01*1 $7,767,158^6 Market value of resources above liabilities. $725,986.55 Dividends paid depositors since organization... $7,033,341.63 Deposits received on or before the 10th, draw Interest from the 1st of the month Interest compounded February and August. __ TRUSTEES: LESLIE C CORNISH, Pres. LENDALL TITCOMB.Vice Pree. BenJ. F. Parrott. Treby Johnson. Samuel C Manley. CHAS. R. WHITTEN, Treasurer. May and Nov. (907 Dividends at the Rate of 4 Per Cent Pef Annum Kennebec Savings Bank Opera House Block, Opp. Post Office. Augusta, Maine GEO. E. MACOMBER. Pres. TRUSTEES: H. M. Heath. M. S. Ho! way. William P. Whitehouse. Thomas J. Lynch. Chas. A. Milliken Deposit* Nov. 2, 1907 Reserve and undivided profits Total Assets ____ f tfn^ea^„;er!X<r?.%t{r5r^labl,Uy f°r ',ep”slts- by Accounts can be opened. 25 ?nd" For full particulars address. W. G. BOOTHBY. Treasure. W. O. BOOTHBY, Trems. Geo. E. Macomber. TT F. G. Kinsman, ^m. H. Gannett $1,191,045.36 105,097.97 $1,296,143 33 V i.

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Poor Mon Lucky Mortal, Stuyvesant Fish Says. Unfortunate Rich Man the One Who Has to Worry. Extravaganct Responsible For the Periods of Hard Times. Chicago, Dec. 23.—“Now. look here, the rich man is getting it coming and going these days. The poor man does not need to have any very keen jeal ousies of the rich man for this Christ mas at any rate.” Stuyvesant Fish in an interview gave that note of en couragement to his less wealthy Amer ican brethren last night. “Yes, the so-called poor man is pret ty well off, taking it altogether,” went on the New Yorker, who is fighting for control of the Illinois Central Railroad. “The wage earner is getting good and steady pay, the commodities of life necessary to his existence are decreas ing in price and generally he should be pretty well satisfied with himself this Christmas.’’ “Rut what about the financial situa tion?” “Oh. the rich man gets the worst of It.” said Mr. Fish. “The amount of money some of the big fellows have lost might be called appalling—if one were easily appalled. They have been experiencing some nasty shrinkages of values in securities. This dwindling process has at least been spared the wage earner. “There has been a howl of late years that commodities were increasing In price. True enough, too, but for the last three months or so, the prices of ccmrnoiiities have generally been going down and the less the wage earner has to pay out for living the better, of course, he is off. “Extravagance is chiefly responsible for the various periods of hard times through which this country passes. Extravagance on the part of every body—rich and poor and moderately well oft—is the great weakness of the American nation. And not only is the private individual too extravagant, but the state ami national governments are extravagant as well." SENATOR STEPHEN R. MALLORY. Florida Legislator Dies at His Home In Pensacola. Pensacola. Fla., Dec. 23.—Senator Stephen Russell Mallory died at 12.48 A. M. today. Washington, Dec. 23.—Senator Stephen R. Mallory, Democrat, of Pensacola, Fla., was born Nov. 2. 1848, entered the Confederate army in Virginia in the fall of 1881. In the spring of 1865 he was appointed midshipman in the Confederate navy. He was graduated from Georgetown College, D. C, in June, 1869. lie was admitted to the supreme court of Lou isiana at New Orleans in 1873. He re moved to Pensacola, Fla., in 1S74, where he practiced liis profession, was elected to the Lower House of the Florida Legislature in 1876 and to the Senate of Florida in 1880, and was re elected in 18S4. He was elected to the 52d and 53d Congresses, from the first district of Florida and was elected to the I’nited States Senate by the Florida Legisla ture for the term beginning March 4. 1897, and was re-elected in 1903. His term of service would have expired March 3, 1909. Th“ degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by the Georgetown Univer sity in 1894. Senator Mallory was a member of the Senate committee on commerce, fisheries, naval affairs. Pa cific islands and Porto Rico; pa tilts, public health and national quarantine and the revision of the laws of the t’nited Stetes. The funeral will take place at Pen sacola tomorrow. In conformity with Ills dying request, conveyed in a tele gram to the sergeant-at-arms yester day, the late senator will not be given an official funeral, but it will be con ducted privately. No committees of Congress therefore will be appointed and sueh members as will attend the obsequies will do so unofficially. Sena tor Mallory's aversion to official funer als was well known here and the tele gram lie directed to be sent yesterday occasioned no surprise. CAPITOL JOTTINGS. President Roosevelt Monday re ceived Mr L. A. Coralims. officially, as .minister from Greece to the United States. Government receipts Monday: From Internal revenue $1,223,376; customs, $X22.40fi; miscellaneous, $132,0S2. Ex- i penditures. $2,310,000. Medals of a suitable character are to t>e given to all citizens of the United States who have served on the Isthmus of Panama for two years in the service of the government and who. during that period have rendered satisfac tory service. A competent artist will be engaged and the design for a medal prepared. President Roosevelt is anxious that suitable tribute to and recognition of the service shall be shown by the government and believes its effect will be salutary and whole some. The third Houma has only two Jewish members. Nisselevitch and Friedmann, who have never held office before, and are not so pmminnent among their peo ple as some of the men who were elected members of the previous Domnas ‘in os the progreslve element has less than half as many votes in the Hs the reactionary partv,” i-Sn* ?urE, Choir Choir The Re-tor Choir The Rector 6—"Angels from Choir he hold at 7 Funeral of Late Mrs. L. O. Rose. The funeral of the late Mrs. I, O. Rose occurred Monday afternoon front her late home. Rev. J. AV. Steele, pas tor of the Second street Universalist church, officiating. There were many sorrowing friends present, including a delegation from John H. Hubbard Re lief Corps. No. 59. In life the deceased was loved and respected by those who were friends nr acquaintances. Words of consolation and comfort were spoken by the preacher. There were many beautiful floral tributes. Christmas Dinners. The ladies of the AA’. C. T. V. will send the annual Christmas dinners to the needy families in the city and solicit contributions of cooked food, bread, pies, doughnuts, vegetables and fruit, to be sent to City hall early this Tuesday morning. Dec. 24. Contribu tions of money can be given to Mrs. Wallace Perry and Mrs. Asa Libby. An Honor List. Following are the pupils who were not absent at the Warren street school during the term ending Dec. 20: George Cole, Ivan Cole, Ruby Iiach elder, Binito Galizia, Alvena Lever, Dorothy Quinn, Mary Frongone and Irene Stevens. Card of Thanks. We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude for the many expressions of sympathy in the death of our loved one; also thanks to friends of the ship ping room, Johnson Rros’. shop. State Relief Corps and other friends for beautiful Moral tributes. MR. M. C. ROSE, AfISS ELLA AI. ROSE, AIR. LEAXDER STAOKPOLE. Local Notice. CHRISTMAS TREES.—Prices right. Delivered at your door. H. O. Turner. Telephone 136-4. dec20d3t NATIONAL HOME. Officer of the day. Capt. William W Savage. Edward A. Bessom left the Home yes terday on a furlough to Lynn, Alass. Capt. Winslow S. Oukman will pass Christmas with his family in Roxbury. George J. Jeffrey, clerk in the treas urer’s office, left last night for his home in Springfield, where lie will pass Christ mas. John S. Harvey, late Co. It and Co. c. Sth X. H. Inf., has been admitted to the Hume and quartered in Co. O. His resi dence was Raymond, N. H. Joseph P. Byrne has been admitted to the Home and assigned to Co. X. He was a member of Co. G. 1st R. 1. Inf. ISpanisli war), and tame here front Prov idence. Henry Crough, alias John Dunn, late Co. A, 16th Ale. Inf., and Samuel Thurs ton, late U. S. navy, have been leadmit ted to the Home and quartered in Cos. n and H. respectively. The funeral of the late Charles W. Whiting will he held in the chape! at o'clock tliis afternoon. Rev. II. S. Bur rage officiating. Capt. Oakman F. (Hid den will be in charge of the escort. The funeral of the late Daniel Buckley will he held from the Home chapel at 10.:* o’clock this forenoon. Rev. Fr. .W! ligan will conduct the services. Capt. Thomas J. Odium will be in charge of tin escort. I The following left the Home on passes [yesterday: AbialJB. Clark, Robert Ellis. Tims. S. Nelson.' K. A. Alurch, I). W. Smith and Chas. 'B. Harmon to Boston: William Vetterline to Dover. N. 11 Ed mund Burke to Lynn: Robert McClure to Pawtucket; Albert S. Gerrv to Bruns wick. “A Good Fellow” will be presented hci. tonight and it is expected that a Pill house will greet the company. It is a farce-comcdy and comes well leoommt nd ed. Tickets will he on sale in the old canteen today from 1.30 until 4.1% o'clock and the price of admission will be for members live and 10 cents, civilian em ployes IP and 20 cents, and outside civil ians cents. Daniel Palmer. Daniel Palmer died in the hospital here Saturday night. Air. Palmer was horn in Norwich. Ct., about SO years ago and was a carriage worker by occupation, lie en listed in Co. B, Pith ft. Inf., from Hart ford July 22. 1861, and was discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., July 1".’. lSiq. He was admitted to the Home from Boston Oct. 26, 1891. Bernard Early. Bernard Early passed away in the hos pital Sunday night. Mr. Early was born in Ireland Dec. 1. 1821. He enlisted in Co. lllh lT. S. Inf., from Providence Aug. 18. Is6i. and was discharged at Richmond. a., Aug. 25, 1S65. He was admitted to this Home from Providence June 22, 1891. SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES. Congratulations are in order and no doubt are being tendered to Air. and Mrs. Rodney Gray of Orland on the ar rival of three new sons Saturday night. One peculiarity or singular thing is that they are till about the same size, and healthy appearing and perfectly able bodied, their weight being six. six and one-half and seven and one-half pounds respectively. I)r. George X. Towle re ports that mother and children arc do ing finely. After waiting vainly for nearly two weeks for tidings of the missing man, th« family of VV. O. Shaw of Calais, keeper of a sporting camp at Dobsis lake, have about abandoned hope of ever seeing him alive again. Mr. Shaw started nearly two weeks ago for Springfield, going by way of tlie lake, hut as he was to have been absent several days no anxiety was felt on this account. As the days lengthened into weeks, however, inquiries were institut ed and it was then learned that lie had never n ached Springfield. Since that tune parties have been searching for he missing man hut it is generally believed that he fell into an air hole in the ice and was drowned. Mr. Shaw was 60 years of age and was well known to sportsmen, who visit the lake region. A new woman’s paper has be’iTstartod in Barcelona. Its name is El Eotnin.il. and the editor is Carmen Karr Lasarte. Tile panel- is to lie issued monthly in Hie interest of Spanish women. It is ex pected to have contributors from all over the world, and many women prominent among the advocates of equal suffrage in both America and England have promised letters, poems, and special articles. Bean the Signature of The Kind You Hava Always Bought For the strong—that they may keep their strength. For the weak—that they may regain their strength. For the young that they may grow in strength. Uii@eda Biscuit the most nutritious food made from wheat. Clean, crisp and fresh. EL& *n r?Jol'sture and dust proof packages. national biscuit company ll roe DYSPEPSIA I DIGESTS WIiAT YOU EAT Ro'ioro* ir/^'.stloa. Sour Stomach. Be'chinr of Ju, Ito. niMUD c«tr at ram laiounn or E. C. DaWITT COMPANY, CHICAGO,rJ0UBk AUGUST A: PFANP’S r>~' ’O RTOPF GARtmiFP Made, Good As We Could And we don’t believe anyone “knows how” better than we. A really superb quality flour— Milled from choicest grade, hard, Northern Spring wheat. We know you'll be pleased with— (“Duluth Imperial” FLOUR The Spoon Is FREE Any Grocer— All Grocers Pleased with the flour— With the air-tight pack» age—sealed, secure— With the beautiful gift you’ll find in every package— This heavy, pure silver plate spoon— Handsome design—good for many years wear. We couldn’t afford it, if you didn't keep on buying— “DULUTH IMPERIAL”— But you will. Fuller-Heiway Co., Local Distributors. Favorite Christmas Presents Our new stock we invite you to inspect. Our prices will bear com parison with any on the Kennc bcc. Special Holiday lines. CHINA, POTTERY, CUT CLASS, JARDINIERS, STERLING SILVER, LAMPS Rogers Bros. A1 silverware. Also the famous Stcrnau chafing dishes. Fancy boxes papeterie. C. W. Conant Co. Frank J. Ham Wants you for a customer. Order from him today 1 bag Penley Sausage with cereal.. .30 1 can “Little Gem” peas .15 I lb. Revere coffee..35 Vz lb. Fomosa tea.33 and he will have you for on* This order sent to anyone for the next eight days for $1.00. Tal. 105-12 >6-98 State St. GLENWOOD SPRING WATER Absolutely pure. Highly en dorsed by the State Board ct Health. Delivered In clean glass carboys. Telephone n-i A MERRY CHRISTMAS is what you will have if you bu. dinner of me. I have a good lin select from including fancy Turkey'; t Geece, Chickens, Ducks. Oranges. Grapefruit, Banannas, Raisins, Nuts. Figs. Dates. Jellies, Celery. Lettuce, Spinach, Cukes, Camemburt, Edam and other fancy Cheese. Confectionery, the finest line of tilled boxes in the city. E. LOCKE, Augusta 3 decTeodtf

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STATEHOUSE. Few Pardons Have Been Asked For r And But One Granted Owing IDe Past Year. J :V A Hearing by Commissioners on Orono Bridge Matter, Today. t STATE HOUSE CALENDAR. R«xt Meeting of Governor and Coun cil Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 10 A. M. From records on file at the executive department it is learned that during the year which is now drawing to a close but one person has received a par don at the hands of the Governor and Council, although a number of petitions for executive clemency have been re ceived. This number is the smallest that lias been recorded for many years. The prisoner pardoned was Oscar Wat son. who was tried and convicted in the supreme Judicial court for York county, on the charge of breaking, entering and larceny of goods from summer cottages at Old Orchard. .Vatson was sentenced to serve a term of four years in the State prison at Thomaston and his pardon was granted on the condition that if he should ever again violate any of the criminal laws of the State this case would beheld against him. At the hearing before the Governor and Coun cil the petitioners were represented by Hon. Fanj. F Cleaves, judge of the municipal court of Biddeford. But two cases wherein the prisoners were serving sentence in the State prison for murder have been heard be fore the Cevernor :r0 Council dicing 1 the year, and in each case the men had i previous!' tried for a full pardon or a commutation of sentence. The pris- j oners wore Samuel D. Haynes, who was I convict* murdering a Itockland policemen in 1K79. and Edward A. I Thane, who pleaded guilty to killing Mrs. Ida M. Stevens of Gardiner at the railroad station in Portland in April, m«. The Haynes pardon case was heard at Ihe July meeting of the Council. Hon. Walter Ft. Clarke of Portland appearing in behalf of the prisoners and Hon. Philip Howard of Itockland, county at torney of Knox county, for the oppon- j ent:;. Crop* pressure was brought to, bear in favor of Haynes, but the Coun cil by an almost unanimous vote gave the petitioners leave to withdraw. The Chase pardon case was heard at j the December meeting of the Council. and it is thought that a decision in the! matter will probably be rendered at tie coining meeting which will bo held on Tuesday. Dec. 31, although it is under* j stood that there is a possibility that 1 the decision of the Council will not he j announced until the regular meeting in j January. Chase has applied for a coin- imitation of sentence or a full pardon i four times since his imprisonment at 1 Thomaston. The petitioners were given leave to withdraw in the case of Bernard Con roy formerly of Portland, who is serv ing a sentence of five years at Thomas ton for an assault on Daniel Shay, a fireman on the steamer Horatio Hall of the Portland and New York line, and also in the case of W. H. Edmin ster of Belfast, who was sentenced to serve 13 months in the Waldo county jail for infractions of the liquor law. The pardon petitions of John Nutting, who is serving time at Thomaston for burglary, and Albert Burr of Waterville and Iteiihen A Faloon of Howland, for llf,uor sell Inc. were dismissed by the Counsel without a hearing ’Dr. A G. Young. State registrar of vital statistics, is sending out to the town lerks of th" State blanks and other matter on the above subject, in which is included an abstract of the law relating to marriage and the registration of vital statistics, being Chapter C*I of the Revised Statutes, and also the new form of marriage certificate which has been printed in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 6.1 of the Public Daws of 1!W7. and which goes into effect on the first day of the new year. The law !s entitled an act to promote public The Heart Can’t Stand Rheumatic Acid Poisoning To Free and Correct the Blood a Uric-0 Treatment is Advised. There is great danger in those sharp •hooting pains through the chest around the region of the heart. It means that Poisonous uric and rheumatic acid are there ready to spring and grip tightly the muscles controlling the heart's action. Hon't neglect these warnings, they are the danger signals Nature Pushes to you for help. You must neutralize and drive these dangerous poisons front the system, or sooner or later they will overcome you. The only true to cure Rheumatism h to ge i the inside with Uric HONLMous swiftness up ^vs and blood. Clears m A Aposits in the muscles. JUA Ato perform those duties were designed and r.eu acid within the blood. -our'pl-.ysiclan will admit that this is the only true way to cure Rheumatism Permanently, and should know that Uric. C is the one remedy that will do it suc cessfuliy and permanently. Uric-O is a j liQtii'l taken internally, 3 times daily. »nd does not contain any morphia, opium or other so called “pain deadeners.” It is Rood for Rheumatism in any form. Sci ®tica, Muscular, Inflammatory and Arti cular Rheumatism all yield readily to I'rlc-O. Write the makers of the remedy 8nd they can tell you of many wonderful cures that ITric-O has made right here In your own town. It sells for 73c. and S1.00 the bottle °r you can obtain a trial bottle free by 'riling to The Smith Drug Co., 236 Smith b1(1b., Syracuse. N. Y. h'ric-O is sold and personally recom biended in Augusta by Percy W. Means. novl2,ladec21-27

knowledge of the law relating to the or8^,1- A" certificates of record fL f J °"S °f marriaKe, issued by he clerks of cities, towns or planta’ tnns. shall have conspicuously printed HwsTf Mh° f°,,OW,nK The evel? "e prov,dc for a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or im b?hen7Tnt n0t exceedins five years to be the punishment of anv clerev man or other person, who shall solemnize a marriage within this state unless commissioned or authorized bv the governs of Maine to solemnize marriages. Section 2. Following the printing of the words required in section one said certificate shall contain the blank form for the return to the clerk of the city town or plantation, which blank shall contain a space prepared for the entry of the date of the commission from the governor of Maine to the person solemnizing such marriage. Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred and eight. A meeting of the Board of Railroa. Commissioners will be held at th office of the board this forenoon fo the purpose of giving a hearing on tie matter of strengthening the highwa’ bridge over the Penobscot river a Orono. Governor Cobb was at the executive department Monday, having come over from Rockland on business connected with the coining meeting of the Execu tive Council and to arrange for the announcement of the usual list of nominations. The adjutant general's office is in receipt of a large picture from the I'nited States Cartridge Co., showing! Camp Perry, the State rifle range of I Ohio. The picture is a photograph j showing the entire camp and rifle range, and is nearly six feet in width and a foot in depth. The view is mounted on a fine mat and framed in mission oak, and is a fine addition to the pictures of the department. The following corporation lias filed its certificate of organization at th-* I office of the secretary of State: International Acid Co. organized at Kitter.v, lor the purpose of manu facturing. importing and dealing in acids and other chemicals, with $230. 000 capital stock, of which nothing is paid in. Officers: President, Albert 11. Peavey of Kittery; treasurer, Harold P. Knowlton of Malden, Mass. Certificate filed Dec. 21. 1907. PROBATE COURT. In tii»* probate court Monday the fol lowing wills wore proved, approved anti allowed: Of Mary A. Owen, late of Au gusta. Howard Owen of Augusta appoint ed executoi Alvin Obesley, late of Mt. Vernon, Win. If. Chesley, Mt. Vernon, ex cut »r: Thomas It. Wood, Winslow. Ma ria F. Wood, Winslow, executrix; G *o»gc j A. Go wen, Gardiner. Charles F. Gowen, Richmond, administrator with the will annexed; John K. Prescott, (Million, Lura M. Prescott. Clinton, executrix. Administration was granted on the? fol lowing estates: Of Samuel K. Frost, Bel grade. Henry' Frost. Wlnthrop. adminis trator; William L. Townsend. Sidney. An na M. Dutton. Sidney, administratrix; Ilizzie Langley, Windsor, William S. Langley. Windsor, administrator; Frank A. Clark. Albion. Fred K. Clark. Albion, administrator: Sarah A. Littlefield. Al bion. Chas. R. Littlefield Albion, admin istrator; Harriet N. Moore, Gardiner, Charles A. Knight. Gardiner, administra tor. Ralph D. Simons of Gardiner was ap pointed guardian ot Klwin H Simons, Gardiner. Susan Cony Brooks. Through Heaven's wide-open por tals. there passed on Sunday mnru ing. a pure, white soul that. liavinK finished its lone earthly pilgrimage, must have heen received with joyous acclaim by all the angelic host. In the hearts of all those whose steps she lovingly guided in the path of duly and righteousness, will ever remain the memory of a beautiful life devoted to the sen ice of others. To the sick and the suffering she was ever a ministering spirit, and many a timid soul she guided over the dark way. which to her unwavering faith was always bright with a Heavenly radiance. A devoted member of the South Par ish church, as long as bodily strength remained, she was loyal to all its calls. When sickness and helplessness came, confining her to her chamber for many long years, she accepted them with the same patience and cheerful ness with which she had borne all life's burdens. While we miss her gentle presence, we rejoice for her. that, all suffering ended, she has entered into eternal j rest. Blessing she was: Ood made her so. And deeds of week-day holiness Fell from her. noiseless as the snow: Nor did she ever chance to know That aught were easier than to bless. List of Unclaimed Letters. WOMEN'.—Barnes, Anna; Berry. Mrs. Knona; Barnd. Miss Allis M.: Cooper. Miss Fthel; Cote. Mary: Cotli ern. Mrs. Lizzie \V.: Cothern. Mrs. W. It.; Daniel. Rose: Fletcher. Miss A. F.; Staples. Mrs. C. I MEN.— Abbott. Mr Fred H Collins, Mr. John: Carpenter. Mr. D. E.: Dean, W. I’.: Crowell, Mr. U. H.: Dyer. Mr. Walter: Contain. Mens. Joseph: Care, Mr. H. W.: Jewett. C E.: Jewett. S. H. Kendall. Mr. Orien: Laroeque. Mr. 1’. J.; Lobharc. C. F Long. Mr. R. L.: Murphv. Mr Eddy: Peltier. Mr. Joim: Philhrick. D. L Roberts. Mr. (i. A.; Show. A. B.; Stevens. C. W.: Terreo. William; Wood. John Mrs. Charlotte S. Hewett. Mrs. Charlotte S. Hewett died at th imine of her son. Frank Hewett. on the Bolton hill road at an early hour Mon day morning, at the age of M years. Two sons. Frank of this city and James C. of Belgrade, and one daughter, Mrs. Sadie Thomas of Readfield. survive. Funeral services will be held at the residence of Frank Hewett at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and the interment will be made in the family lot in the Coombs Mills cemetery. _ The smoker, which was to have been given by the Abnaki Club Friday even ing has been postponed to a later date, owing to the inability of Prof- Austin Cary to be present. I REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Kennebec County. Augusta—Devine Gagne to Paul Gagne, land JUOO; Elvira M. Lougee to Charles ..Ion ill. land, SI;' Franeis K. Dennis to James R. Townsend, land and lniild jnss. $1 Nellie A. Fulsom to Clara A. Folsom land. $1;* Edwin H. Ingraham to i m"• Black, lanu and building, SI;» Milan E. Humphrey to jnilus A. F Gross, land and buildings. SI.* Belgrade—John Ellis to Annie M. Jios.ier. land and buildings. $1.' Ronton—Benjamin C Joy to Matilda Joy. land SI.* China—George S. Clark to John B. Mnt rill. land. The tdiawmit Man’fy. Co., tiowage. SI;* Mart “nn to bliam S. Flood, land. ?1> helsea—Frank A William to Moriee A. ilbam. land and buildings. SI.* Faii-field—Chas. H. Knowles to George D. Richardson, land. $1.* Fayette—Ervin B. Gile- to O. B. Hildreth ®ml A- M Coburn, stunipage. JI;> Aman da M. Kent, to Hildreth and Coburn, stumpage. Gardiner—Leonard H. Merrill. Lizzie A. Merrill, to Mary Ii. Cnli.v. land nnd buildinejs, SI: Fannie] J. Gonuwin to Nellie Knights, land. $1;* Nellie Knights to John R. Knights, land and build ings. T1 Carlista A. Plimpton to Ernest M iles, land. SI Hubl ard S. Rubens to George S. Whitmore, land and buildings-. *1;* Hubbard S. Roberts to George S. Whitmore1, land and buildings. >1 E I. W.ymouth to Orlando P. Serib ner. land f! Henrietta Lil l.v to Her bert J. Weeks, land. $Oi. Hallowol!—Wallaec* M. Tibbetts t Emma K Jones, land and buildings. $1; N**!i K Kogm-s t*> Della M. Hopes. »a;:.l. Til on; as Konco to Ralph W. Sturt»v.int land. SI.* l’lttston-p. ter N. Goss to p Crocker, land, -pi: Walt* r S. Trask t«1 Q Stand Only A O* ONLY 23 cent Records will be closed at 18c. EACH ALL THE LATE UP-TO-DATE PRODUCTIONS. R. W. SOULE MARKET or DEPOT SQR., AUGUSTA, ME. Our Stockof Useful and Be autifu CHRISTMAS GIFTS is larger and more complete than ever before. Cut Glass, Japanese China, French and Ger man China, Silveiware, Chafing Dishes, Lamps etc., etc. rr.ake our stores attractive to Christmas shoppers. Special values on ouf 25c. and 50c. counters. SWIFT TURNER, 193 WATER STREET, _ AUGUSTA, MS.

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—Piano— Bargains I am offering holiday buyers exceptional values in used pianos of reliable makes, taken in exchange for new pianos and piano players. Every one guaranteed in first-class condi tion Sold on the rental-pur chase system. $65—ESTEY UPRIGHT, thor oughly renovated, suitable for beginner or student; $5 a month. $50—H ALLETT AND DAVIS PIANO, instrument plenty good enough to learn on; $4 a month. $100—NEW ENGLAND UP RIGHT, excellent tone and touch, suitable for small room; $5 a month. $225—ELBRIDGE UPRIGHT, regular cost $3.25, used six months in prominent Gardi ner family; $7 a month. $250—P OOLE UPRIGHT PIANO, regular price $350, has been carefully used; a splendid instrument for musician or teacher; $8 a month. CUT OUT THIS COUPON NOW. CHARLES E. DOWNING, Old Stand Street Floor, Vickery Building, Augusta. Please write me regarding, your slightly used pianos. Rental Purchase Plan.

dec2ldtf As your business re presen t a t i ve, be t ween an old fogy, dressed in an ill-fitting -suit of overalls, and a bright y o u n g salesman, proper ly rlotbed—up-to date. neat, clean, stylish—you would no doubt choose the latter, even, though you had to pay him a little more, and you would be wise in do ing so. Your stationery is vour business representative. It works constant ly from the time it leaves your hand. Don’t you think it deserves to be fittingly dressed? Idke salesmen, the light kind of stationery costs but a trifle more than the useless sort: it is much the cheaper when results are taken Into consideration. if you are interested, drop us a postal card, and let us submit samples. BURLEIGH FLYNT, AUGUSTA, MAINE. IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE Combines that extreme ele gance of up-to-date style with solid shoe comfort. The Strong, snappy lines of the mode’s for young men produce the very latest Lon don effects and yet, by our method of moulding ensure absolute foot comfort. Let vs show you the newest models for young, middle eged or old men. J. F. Bilodeau, Augusta. CHRISTMAS and NEW YEARS' CARDS and CALENDAR3 An elegant stock to choose from. A. D. WEEKS 247 WATER ST. AUGUSTA Rear Western Union Tel. Co. decl3dltr PETTIS The Manufacturer. CANDY, CHOCOLATES, ICE CREAM, Pure, wholesome, home made. AUGUSTA, ME. _ OCtUwvIM Augusta Fruit Comp’y Imported and Natlre FRUITS. NUTS, FIGS, DATES, etc. Al ee full line Confectionery Cigars, etc. WE SEARCH 1 THE MARKETS FOR THE VERY BEST FOR OUR CUB- i T0MER8. 218-302 Water St. Under Cony House Plume 152.1 Augusta Use the Great English Remedy BLAIR’S PILLS Sure. Prompt and Effective .I"#* V°* Sl.oo. small bo\ TOc. At ah drvsgists and mailed on rerel r i Daily Kennebec Journal Tuesday, December 24, 1907.

Cards of thank*, obituary notlcaa, raa olutlona of respect, etc, will be charged at the rate of ten cents per line. No charge less than 75 cents. All advertising announcements of an tertatnments, whose object Is the raising of money, will be charged at the rate of fifteen cents a line. Advertising notices, news form, will be excluded from our local columns, ex cept such as refer to advertisers oc cupying space In our advertising columns and will be run under a separate head on one of the local pages. Subscribers who fail to receive the Journal promptly will confer a favor by notifying the office Immediately. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY. d. r>. ix Hyomti. C. H liear.e. 1>. Haskell Hunt Brann. T F. Foss Sons, i Corey. Mlllikcn Co._ LOCAL MATTERS. A seven pound daughter arrived Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. i Meigs, Pearl street. She has been named Mildred Gertrude. The many friends of Miss Lillian •Salford will be pleased to learn that she is convalescing very rapidly from Ian attack of diphtheria. C. H. Pettis is showing a fine line of fancy boxes of candy. The boxes are of many sizes and designs and would make a welcome gift to a friend. 'hristmas service at St. Barnabas chapel on Christmas day at s o’clock A. M. The Christmas tree for the Sun day school on Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. The Christmas exercises and tree, that were to have been held last even ing in the Gospel Mission have been postponed on account of the inclement weather, until this evening. A carol service and Christmas tree will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal church at 7.30 Wednesday evening, which is being looked forward to with pleasant anticipations by a large num ber. Lewis W. James of Gardiner, bank rupt. having made a deposit as or dered by the referee, notice has been issued from the office of the referee that the first meeting of creditors in the above case will be held Friday, Jan. 10. 1908. at 10 o'clock in the fore noon. At«a special meeting of the stock holders of tlu> Columbian Cobalt Sil i ver Mints Co., which was held at the j office of the clerk. E. M. Thompson of this city, Monday forenoon it was voted to increase the number of di rectors of the corporation from five to seven. If one little Augusta miss of about three summers gets all the presents I that she wants old Santa Claus to bring her she will have enough to take up her attention for some time. She is a bright little thing and is a favor it with the neighbors, among whom is a traveling man, and when as the gentleman was starting out the other day lie told the young lady that he was going off on a trip, and as he would probablj meet Santa Claus somewhere, asked her what she wanted him to tell Santa to bring her. “Well," said siie, after a moment's thought, “tell him to bring me two little kitties, two lit tle bow-wows, and two little sisters." Augusta was visited yesterday by about as vigorous it rainstorm as lias presented itself for some time, al though perhaps not more so than the last two which preceded it a few weeks ago, and was the means of taking off the greater part of what little snow there was on the ground. The storm commenced with a drizzle early in the forenoon, hut ilid not reach its great est intensity until after the nejon hour, when it came down in torrents and continued for the greater part of the afternoon. The storm diminished as night advanced, but more or less rain fell dating the evening. As might have been expected there was much water running in the gutters hut the catch basins had all been looked after and there was no trouble from overflows. City Marshal Andrews of Gardiner] had a few moments of excitement while j on a visit to this city yesterday after- l noon in search of two young men who were wanted in Gardiner for some vie- I lation ol' the law and who had been j located in Augusta. The men were, captured and after placing the irons on one of them the officer took the two j to the Maine Central station, intend ing to take them home on train 16. at 2.33. Having some few minutes to wait, he placed his prisoners in the smoking room for safe keeping and closed the door, evidently supposing that he had them fast, but therein was where he erred, for it did not take the boys more than two minutes to find out that one of the rear windows of the smoking! room could be raised, and less time than that to get out on to Commercial street and strike the trail for liberty. The man with the irons on was handi capped and was captured later on upper Water street and taken to Gardiner, but the other chap did some fast sprint ing and speedily got away from the danger ;one. and at last accounts hail not been captured. LOCAL NOTICES. Union stores close all day Christmas. dec23d2t Dancing at G. A. R. hall. Gardiner. Christmas eve and Christmas night. Music by Monaghan's Orchestra. dec23d2t Miss Safford will commence her I i Christmas sale of novelties, table linen, towels, handkerchiefs, aprons, centre- piece*, etc., Nov. 30th, and continue! until Dec. 25th, 169 State street, south side door. novS0dtdec25 Cut flower* and potted plant* O r BAbMu ft Son, T«L i-L THE MENU For Christmas Dinner Of fered by Local Dealers.

'Tempting Display of Holiday Foods in Every Store.

Table Decorations Should be Scarlet and Vivid Green. What to have for the Christmas din ner ip now a matter for the serious con sideration for the Augusta housewives. It is a burning question that ttie women folks of Augusta are anxiously debat ing. for all traditions of the Capitol city tell of great hospitality or. the day that the genial Saint Nicholas comes to town. That the day and dinner should be appropriately observed a few words regarding the decorations for the festive board, the menu and the places to secure supplies for the table may not be amiss. In the tirst place the table should present a tempting appearance and to secure this effect there is nothing bet ter than decorations of scarlet and vivid green. The holly effect is always appropriate and great clusers of luscious purple grapes with rosy apples and tlic lordly pine make a picture tlia» is at once a delight for the eye and palate. Damask or snowy linen for the polished board and here we have the setting for a dinner that will dispel remem brances of hard times and bring the true spirit of Christmas to the front. As a sample menu the following may not be amiss: Bisque of L.obster Pulled Bread Olives Celery Salted Nuts Boast Goose Chestnut St lifting Crnnberrv Jellv Corn Pudding Sweet Potatoes Croquettes Somerset Salad Cheese Crusts New England Plum Pudding Nuts and Raisins Confections Coffee It was the pleasure ot a Journal re porter to take a trip about town and look over some of the tempting dis plays of groceries offered by reliable Augusta firms At Webber Hewett s the reporter found a choice assortment of chickens, ducks., native turkeys and all kinds of candies, nuts and cooked foods. Many of the candies were enclosed in fancy boxes and this firm also lias a supply of Christmas candles. A special Christ mas mixture of candy for IT, cents per pound and peanut taffy for the same price with chocolates at 19 cents the pound. For the dessert, cakes of all kinds, olives in bulk and “Glace fruit,"’ imported. All kinds of fancy crackers and emery, jenuce ana rauisnes. Merrill Bros. are well supplied with all the good things of the season, that include turkeys, chickens, ducks and peese. For the relishes you can secure fresh Boston celery, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc., in profusion. This store has both Florida and navel oranges and Florida grape fruit. Here you will find a good assortment of cheese of various kinds, from the Edam and Pineapple to the cheese of our native land. All kinds of raisins including the layer variety, always popular at this season of the year. E. Locke is showing fancy chickens, ducks ar.d turkeys and a profusion of celery, lettuce, cucumbers, sweet pota toes. tomatoes, etc., and in the con fectionery department a large line of fancy boxed candy. The Locke quality prevails everywhere and the shoppe, can rest assured of getting fresh, dainty goods in this store. When buying Christmas presents don't forget that the dinner is an im portant feature of the day. George D. Haskell can furnish the best of every thing for a first-class spread for a moderate price. The telephone number of the firm is ISO. Here you will find all the fixings for a first-class dinner and as the firm says, the price for all the supplies will he right. G. W. Wadleigh. as usual, lias many offerings for the Christmas dinner, among them juicy turkeys from 20 to 25 cents per pound, ducks and geese from 16 to 20 cents the pound and chickens that nr tempting to the eye and will doubtless later on lie tempting to the palate, from 15 to 20 cents per pound while fowl is quoted from 12 to 14 cents. Today you can buy thre the best of pumpkin pies. Radishes, and lettuce are also included in his well arranged assortment Old Chronic Sores Cured by "THE HOUSEHOLD SURGEON.” T'russisis refund nmnev If DR POR- TER’S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OH,; falls. Sc. STATE NEWS. KENNEBEC. BELGRADE. There will be a Christmas tree anti entertainment sit the Lincoln school house Dec. 115. Everybody will be made welcome. EAST READFIELD. Enoch Staples is working for W. T. Mace. Isaac Mace is reported <iuite ill with the grip.' David Derry, an aged Civil War vet eran residing in Oakland, is reported critically ill. His grandsons from this place. Elmer and Eugene Berry, went to Oakland Saturday. Mr. Derry has been feeble and nearly blind for some time. .Neighbors and friends of Charles Heath gathered at his place Saturday and cut a good supply of wood for win ter. Two sons have been very ill with typhoid fever, the youngest recovered, but Harold had a relapse and has been critically ill. The latest news gives hope that he will recover. Several young people in the Plains neighborhood were out for a walk one day recenMy and having no gun with them saw an abundance of game. Sev ern partridges were counted in the woodland and a fox came within a few rods of them, and a coon was found in a tree. The party managed to secure the coon, however, and it proved to be of large size and very fat. SOUTH VASSALBORO. Miss Grace Stone, teacher at Clif tondale. Mass., and Miss Gladys Twitched, teacher at Hallowell, re turned to their homes in this place Saturday to pass the Christmas va cation. One ot A. C. Brown’s work horses, died last week. Italph Dickey, Clarence Cobb. Forest Drown and the Misses Lottie Warren and Mabel Drown of Oak Grove Semin ary are passing the holiday vacation with their parents. Masters Percy Dobbins and Daniel Mason 'vent to Brunswick Tuesday to pass Christmas with Mrs. Marietta Dobbins, mother of Percy Dobbins. Mrs. M. A. Getchell of Diverside is passing a week with her daughter, Mrs. F. D. White-house. WEST CHELSEA. Miss Sadie Hunt of Boston. Miss Anna Hunt of Newtonville, Mass., and Mrs. Marcia Atkins of Readfield, arc to be Hie guests of their parents, J. H. Hunt and family, during the holi days. Warren Hall returned to this place last week from the West, where he has been for the past six years. Waiter Hayes, who has been con lined to tile house with blood poison ing, is able to be around again, but not able to work as yet. A. X. Douglass recently lost a cow With an epidemic going around. H. K. White lost three young stock with the same disease and one more is sick. The school in District 1 is closed on I account of the measles and there is to be no Christmas tree at the chapel as before stated on the same ac count. MT. VERNON. Work in the sawmills is not very brisk as yet owing to the fact that only a few lots of logs have as yet been hauled in. Everybody is waiting for more snow, of which up to the present time we have had but little. Everyone is using wheels in preference to runners. Owing to the lack of snow very little liar 1 wood has been hauled in as vet. In tact many of the people about the vil lage are now using coal as fuel owing to the extreme difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply of wood. ALBION. Clarence Blake lias gone to Oat-diner to work. The Ladies 'irele netted a nice sum of money and the literary entertainment was a success. •Mr. Millett of Gorham spoke at the Christian church Sunday. Helen Wentworth is at homo for the holidays. Tin- High school has a recess from fribay until Thursday of thin week. China Closets For The New China We have a'large ^L»variety”of China Closets in Oak, Golden Oak and [Mahogany. They are juStthe need ed article for the dis play of new China, and at the price offer ed for this week they are bargains. T. F. FOSS SONS Complete Houtefumi«her* PORTLAND, ME. I I i I Ballard’s Wonderful Golden Oil. Try it for Ccughs, Colds. Grlpp**, '6ore Throat or I.units. Croup, Asthma, Pneu monia. Catarrh, Rheumatism, Sprains, Burns. Bruises and kindred ills. In thousarls of homes, thi sovereign rem edy for everyday sicknesses; easy to take; prompt to relieve. In 2Sc. and Wo. bot tles- at ail traders. B3llard Golden OK Co., Oliitown, Me. _ We Tell Show this to your doctor and ask him if he knows anything heller for coughs, colds, bronchitis._ COMPLETE EOBMULA Ayer’a Non-Alcoholic Cherry Pectoral Fact* I'Juid Ounc* Reprewnta Wild Cherry O Or«. I Rio Ipecac 2 Or9. Grindflit Uobueta. 4 Or«. Citric Acid a Ore. Waite Pino 4 Ore. Terpin Ujdreto i Or. Beneffo. 4 Ore. Heroin.1.6 Or. Bioodroot 9 Ore. I Glycerin, C. P. 4 Drama Water Hufflcicnt to make ono fluid ounce*. Wo havo no eeorote» Wo publish J.C.AyerCo., tho formulae of all our medloinee._Lowell. Mare. BUSH AND LANE PIANOS Why not make your wife or daughter a Christmas present of a BUSH LANE PIANO? Did you ever examine one of that make? If not, it would pay you to call and do so if you wish to see one of the finest and most beautiful instruments ever ex hibited in this eity. While there, you can also look over a large assortment of instruments that in eludes more than half a dozen different makes; and also several slightly used pianos at bargain prices, together with two first-class cabinet piano players at less than half price. The stock also includes musical goods of every kind suitable for the holiday trad<». Prices low as the lowest. MELVILLE SMITH Music Hall, 185 Water St., Augusta, Me. dec!2eod-Xmas L. WHEELER, Augusta, Maine. Holiday Specialties Gut Glass Watches Sterling Silver Wc make it an object for you to buy of us and to buy early. Our stock in these special lines cannot be excelled for beautiful de signs and latest improvements. We invite an inspection. LOWEST PRICES ENGRAVING FREE. L. WHEELER, Augusta, Maine. Strictly Bread Flour Best in the world, we guar antee it. JOHN ALDEN. MERRILL BROS., augusta. novSOeodtf Christmas Candies Home-Made Candies Our store is filled with every variety of fresh, pure, home made candy for the Holidays Broken, and Ribbon Candy, Molasses Broken, Peanut Taffy, Peach Blossoms, Canes, and a nice mixture for filling stockings and bags for the Christmas tree and j everything else in the candy line that suggests Christmas. If it’s Candy we have it. Fancy Boxes A box of Utopian Chocolates makes a dainty present for a lady friend, one that will be a useful ornament for the dressing table, and a con stant reminder of the giver. We have a large assortment of Baskets. Clove and Hand le e rc h i e f boxes, Jewel j Caskets and many other pretty and exclusive designs, 1 filled with these delicious chocolates. I f FOLSOM’S CANDY ST?RE AUGUSTA. OPP. HOTEL NORTH SPECIAL FOR CHRISTMAS Good Turkeys.22c. to 25c. lb. Fancy Maine Chickens .16c. to 20c. lb. Fancy Maine Fowl..13c. to 15c. lb. Fancy Maine Ducks.20c. lb. Good fat Geese.17c. to 20c. lb. Good Loins Roast Pork. 12c. to 14c. lb. 2'o lb. Malaga Grapes for.25c. 3 lb. Best Walnuts 50c. single lb. 18c. Mixed Xuts .15c. lb. Boston Celery very best... .15c. to 18c. bunch Boston Lettuce.8c. head i Radishes grown in Augusta.5c. bunch 2 lbs. Seeded Raisins for.25c. Fancy Layer Raisins for Table.25c. lb. 3 qt.s. good Cranberries for.25c. Try a pound of our 25c. coffee it will please you. 1 doz good Xavel Oranges....30c. doz. 15 good Florida Oranges.25c. 4 doz. good Cooking Eggs.$1.00 Strictly Fresh Eggs.40c. doz. G. W. WADLEIGH, 165 WATER ST. <1fe21d3t I Boston Credit Co. 147 Water Street, Augusta, Maine Our fire sale opens Saturday, Dec. 21st with a bis line of Men and Boys clothing and Indies' and Children's garments. Everything will be sold at very low prices as Augusta never saw before. We have shirt waists that were $1.00 for 49c. Also silk waists that were $.'.00 and $6.00 for $2.98. Don t fall to call as you will certainly have great bargains. declSdtf i t SAVE MONEY ON DIAMONDS Wood’S: OPPOSITE HOTEL. NORTH. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BRACELETS RINGS CHAINS LOCKETS OPERA and FIELD GLASSES CLOCKS THE CELEBRATED PARKER FOUNTAIN PENS Stop That Cough! Wendenburg’s COUGH DROPS For Sole by A* Druggists.

_ vp if you bi*. re a good liTi Turkey V Want to Buy 9T Real Estate? Hundreds of the Journal# renders follow the reai estate columns on page 1 every day searching for good Invest ments. If you have anything good to offer it will find rfidr sate. WHEN YOU WANT A HIRE® girl (and they are scarce) the Journal Want columns are the best medium to secure one but wten she leaves, you cannot honestly blume the want aJ PC# that. The only thing 1st* you to d« Is to try ferhsjw better lm^,

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Feed Your Nerves nnrp. nourishing blood by w riej,, pure, nourishing blood by J^JL. Hood'9 Sarsaparilla, and you •11 be free ,rora those spells of tlo‘ those sleepless nights and anxious ?*vs' tt)ose Bloom5’« deathlike reelings, sudden starts at mere nothings, Ihose dyspeptic, symptoms and blinding dacbes. Hood's Sarsaparilla has done f0r many others it will cure you. Hood’s Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated t.fciPis known as Sarsatabs. loO doses $1. Augusta Lodge Directory TBINITY COMMANDERY NO. 7, K. Z cnprial Conclave al_ 'hoionc- Tcmplo Wednesday l'cc. Christmas Ohjwrw mple WANTS JOURNAL WANTS TIPIVO OTTtr""» RVTTTT»Vy BP.TNt} QUICK RETURNS BRING QUICK RETURNS. 1 LOCAL MATTERS. I On amount of the Christmas holiday the barber shops of the city will be opi-n unlit 11 o'oliH’k this evening bul will oe closed from that time until Thursday morning. The tegular meeting of Calanthe' Dodge, k. of P., will be held on Wed nesday evening and among other busi ness to be transacted will lie the elec tion of oMicers for tin* coming year. Ail members are requested to be present. Mr. and .Airs. Charles C. Itlack have the sympathy of friends in the death of their infant daughter Vert, which occurred at thejr home on the Oakland road. North Augusta at about S o’clock Monday evening, at the age of live months. Augusta friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph f>. Hetrick of Helfast, formerly of this city, will he pleased to learn; that a fine daughter arrived at their home Monday morning. Dee. ;s. Miss, Herrick lipped the scales at .lust nine' pounds. At the Monday session of the muni cipal court Moderic Rioux, who was tak0 for drunkenness and T. McNally was given a sentence of GO days in jail. Tip- annual Christmas excursion to Montreal and Quebec over the lines of the Maim: Central left yesterday morn ing on train 44 at O.i'l, but the cars did not seem to be overcrowded with excur sionists. The party was joined at this city by about ten people burnt Brann’s store is as usual filled j with hand.some handkerchiefs, pin- I cushions, hand-made novelties of all j kinds, linen goods such as lunch cloths, i doilies of all styles, side-board covers, t tray cloths, asbestos mats, etc., suita- ble for holiday gifts. A Christmas tree for the benefit of the Sunday school will be held at the church fh*' Christinas season was the Christmas tre- given at tIn' Children’s Home on Sew all Street Monday afternoon hy Mrs Charles T. I’entn y and Miss Nellie Moore. The tree was laden with pres ents and pood things and was a soureo of enjoyment and happiness for the little ones fy providing a Rraphoplioiie concert for the eltddreu. The 'ittlo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (),-tave Marsenu. "1 Cumberland street, whose illness from diphtheria was re ported Sunday morning, died at G o’eliek that afternoon and the burial was made yesterday afternoon It was one of the worst oases that has ret ap peared in the *'ity this year and much anxiety is felt in that locality on ac count of it. Measures have been taken by the Hoard of Health to prevent further spread of the disease and it is hoped that no new cases will result. It is probable that Monday’s r ain did not do the ice on Cobbosseecontee any great amount of good but up to that time the freeze at the lake was one of the best for years, and during the last two days „f the week furnished some of the best -f skating and ice yachting. The iee around Manchester bay was firm but was thin in places at the low er end Of the lake and the Woodman ice vacht, which was a heavy one. weighing about ir.f«i pounds, broke through. The occupants, however, es caped i wetting and the craft was rescued the following day. I’itv Clerk Xewbert has commented le work of indexing the city records ml vital statistics and has in it that hich will keep him btm> for some time come, inasmuch as the records have „t been indexed for the past eight ears The card index will b- used ml in this way a record will be mad* f the births, marriages aim death f each year, together with the actions f tiie city council, and will he so ar tngod that any one an he t-.uiul at linos: a moment’s notice. The index ill be of great value, not only to the lerk but to the public at large. The Sir Rn g' ts of Trinity C ’inatid ,rv 7 and any visiting ’-rulers m be cit*- are requested to assemble at 1„. Masonic Temple at It..’’.*> A. IVcdms.lay for the observance m th raditional Christmas exercises prompt v at noon. Rev Sir C. A. ''»«ht Hallow *11 and Rov. Sir A Ha> this citv will participate in the Wtf this class the scenes were at times overdrawn and attempts to give local; color were at times futile. However it was apparent that the company were using every attempt to please. The specialties were among the most pleasing features on the program, the hoop work by Charles Hammond, the cornet solos of Marie McNeil. Kid Keans and his roller skates anti the j physical culture work of Georg* Llewellyn pleasing in a large measure, i and his roller skates and the physical j culture work of George Llewellyn pleasing in a large measure. Tonight "Tennessee's Partner" will he given and interesting bills are promised for the remainder of the week. Hall Caine's play, "The Chris tian.'' being promised for Christmas night. "Stronoheart” Dec. 31. Kdgar Selwyn as the college-bred In dian in William C. be Mille's comedy drama of “Etrongheart" will make bis stellar debut in this city next Tuesday evening. Dee. .sj. Mr. Selwyn will lit* offered under the] business direction of Henry It. Harris I and this is an assurance that ho will! he given the full benefit of a fir.'t-class company. Mr. Selwyn’s claim t" dis tinction in previous years was won in a number of important rides in the sup port of such well-known stars as Ethel Barrymore, William flillette. and Maude Adams, and in choosing him to portray “Stmngheart" Mr Harris made the se lection only after a thorough canvass ol the field of romantic actors. Reduced Fares for Paderewski Concert The Maine Central R. R. "ill sell, tickets to Portland and return at re-j duced fares for the round trip n >:t Sat- urday Dec. 23th, to all holders of Pad j eretvski tickets. This will be the only and probably the last appearance of Paderewski in Maine and many will take advantage of the opportunity t hear the great artist. Mail orders companied 1 v a rlteck or money order made payable to M. J. Garrity will re ceive prompt attention anil the tickets mailed to any address. PERSONAL MENTION.

I G. If Smith of Vassalboro was ini I town op business Monday. G. H. Wehli of Skow'licgaii was re;;is- I tered at Hotel North Monday. 11 A. Verrill of Auburn was a liusi- j noss ctiller in this city Monday. Charles K. Gower of Richmond was a guace will not permit us to enumerate prices. All is see the goods, prices speak for themselves. A big line of fancy rockers. Children's Chairs in fancy rockers, high chairs, combination high chairs and rockers, morris chairs, sleighs, sleds, cribs, etc. Remember every piece of furniture in this store is new and fresh from the manufacturers. We are showing a choice line of line quality dining chairs, side boards, buffets, dining tables, china closets, hall trees, costumers' desks, iron beds, brass beds, etc. Remember all goods new. Rock bottom prices. Sole agency for Magee stoves and ranges. THOMAS C. BUCKLEY, ™Si3E£BSSfrR Augusta,. Maine. vrniv’n.1.1 t!i-y will celebrate U,e t!,. ,r usual custom. i'll,tin" up Is(slots of food and l,r» v sio s s.iui.iu? f. "'C Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. __ The Best Holiday Gift is largely a matter of personal choice, but whatever it may be, it can almost- invariably be found in our stock for the reason that we carry a class of goods distinctly suitable for Holiday needs. What is Better Than a Niee Picture We have them framed and unframed in large variety. If not this, then certainly a selection can easily be made out of some of the following lines in all of which we carry LARGE STOCKS. Water Colors Books Calendars Fancy China Toilet Articles Artists Materials Diaries Cameras and Supplies Nutting and Sawyer Colored Platinums Statuary and Mantel Ornaments The Famous Dennison Holiday Goods Victor Graphaphones Art Bric-a-brac Box Stationery Cut Glass Leather Goods Pyrograph” Outfits Mirrors stan.O Fountain Pens In short about everything that is usually thought of in con nection with Holiday Gifts. Call and look over our stock before making your purchases. The Quimby Art Store Under Hotel North, Augusta Advertisers! The JOURNAL Reaches the Buyers

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FLUNG MACHINES __ f Must Be First Glass to Suit Unde Sam’s Men. Stricter Requirements Than by Any Other Nation. _____

No Visionary Schemes to Bo Cor* sldored by Our Exports. "Washington, Dec. 23.—Far more (severe than any other nation is the United States in its requirements in the matter of the flying machine of heavier than air type as set out in the specifications issued today by th-ri. Al len, chief signal e transportable in an army wagon. To protect the department against irresponsible at:d visionary persons who set tip claims to the invention of prac tical flying machines, bidders will be required to furnish with their proposal a. certified check to the amount of 10 per tent, of the machine. TRIALS SUCCESSFUL. Battleship New Hampshire Will Soon Be Delivered to Uncle Sam. Camden, N. J., I>ec. 23.—The battle ship New Hampshire has returned to thr life and then she went into the supreme court and had every member of the Council lined. TEACH PUPILS HOW TO EAT Des Moines School Board is Asked To Install a New Department. lies Moines, la.. Dee-. 23.—An effort is being made by parents of the school children In northwest Des Moines to induce the board of education to inst ill a department in the. schools to teach the children how to eat properly. A petition to the school board declared that children should be taught the value of foodstuffs and what to eat on certain occasions. The Kirkwood School Mothers’ club is the originator of the movement. The board will consider the matter at its next meeting. FORTUNE FAVORS THIS CLUB. Death Never Claimed a Member, Though All Are 75. Wabash Jnd.. Dec. 23.—The thirty two Club Wabash's most unique social organization, today met and celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of all the members. The club is formed of Wabash people born In December, 1832. Although organized for vears there has not been a death In the ranks. tie Arabs pride, a traveler wi nmrJs 'i1 his °"n blood and u mure s blood for its own s ik%\ n*> show you a broken-down little crock uform you. with perfect truth, th.v is of the best blood in the Jazirah: hng. which was identi fied by Mr. Langillc, was found upon Lint, ho denies the theft and says the bag and money were given him by Mc Curdy. Gardiner Grange. Gardiner Grange. No. 449. P. of II.. held its regular meeting at South Gar diner last evening. Several applications for membership were received. Under good of the order George It. Danforth gave a reading. James M. Cannon and Mrs. McCausland gave quotations and the master. F. V. Barker, gave a re port on the recent session of the Slat* Grange. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Master—James M. Cannon. Overseer—George FI. Danfortli. Lecturer—Mrs. Bertha L. Deane. Steward—F. E. Green leaf. Assistant Steward—Archie Bragg. Chaplain—Rev. L. H. Clark. Treasurer—J. R. Peacock. Secretarj—Emma Hildretli. Gate Keeper—Charles Arthur. Ceres—Emma. Cannon. Pomona—Kate Danorth. Flora—Hattie Merrill. Lay Assistant Steward—Mrs. Archie Brtifeg. Executive Committee—Oscar Mc Causland. S. G. Greenleaf, and George It. Daniorth. The Grange will give a Whist par ty. to which its friends are invited, next Monday evening. The installation will take place Mon day. Jan. 13. Captain McKenna's Appointments. At the meeting last evening of Co. A. 3d Regiment. N. G. S. M.. tla.pt. Mc Kenna announced the following ap pointments: Corporal of guard. Capt. Boudway; orderly at headquarters. Musician Percival; assistant quarter master. Private Frank E. Reed. Not withstanding tlie approach of the holi day season and the fact that the nigh* was stormy the attendance at drill was the largest for a number of weeks. Tim members of the company will com mence practice on the indoor range the corning week. Local Notice. 1 am going out of the retail food and candy business. Every article must be sold less than cost. M. Shapiro. De pot square, Gardiner, Me. dec24dl’t Kaiser Wilhelm's well-known objection to tlie use in German publications of for eign words has created Germ as transla tions fer many strictly American words, among which "woken-krutser" ("sky scraper”) and "gununihals wagon” ('•rub berneck coach”) are fair samples. But that English has not been banished mav be seen by these words, taken from three German papers: "Manager.” "society swell,” "champion,” "training.” "meet ing.” “snob." "week-end." "loafer.” "striker.” “mob.” "full dress.” "smoker.” and “return ticket.” while "bank check" fs brought within the German lines l,y be ing written "bank check." Mother’s Medicine Ye.r. Dixfield, Me, Sept. 5, 1906. “My mother has used the *L. F.’ Atwood’s Bitters in her family for over twenty-five years. For sick headache they have no equaL” 0 Jenney M. Benney. If you suffer from headache, indiges tion, biliousness or torpid liver, you can quickly and permanently remove the cause of these ailments with “L. F." Atwood’s Bitters. A few doses will make a blessed change in your condi tion—begin to-day. 35c. at druggists FARMINGDALE. Mrs. Blanch Brann Is still confined to the house by the grip. Mrs. Albert Is nursing her. Miss Alice Lewis is at home from Oak Grove for the holidajs. Allen Clark arrived Friday evening and will pas:; Christmas at homo, after which ho will go to Massachusetts for several days, and then to New York where he will remain for several months. The 1-adies' Aid of the M. K. church met with Mrs. Oscar McCauslar.d Fri day afternoon. Or. Fields of Gardiner has moved into the Everett Stone house corner of Main avenue ^nd Sheldon “treet. Mrs. D. C. Shepard is reported as be ing ill and Miss Josephine is still con fined to the house. A very pleasant surprise party was given Mrs. Bertie Moody Clark Thurs day evening by the Art Club. Mrs. Clark was taken unawares but quickly recovered from her surprise and gave her friends a cordial welcome, and a very pleasant evening was passed. SOUTH GARDINER. Frank Cobh is at home from the Uni versity of Maine for Christmas. Arthur Beedle of the University of Maine is at home for the Christmas vacation. Mrs. J. E. Jack of Litchfield is visit ins her sister, Mrs. W. W. Wight, through the holidays. The Red Men had a supper Friday evening and nomination of officers. About 80 were present. Miss Winifred Beedle is at home from Boston to pass Christinas with her mother, Mrs. Koscoe Beedle. Miss Alice M. Philbriek, a student at Nortlifield .Seminary, came home Sat urday for the mid-winter vacation. A Christman tree and concert will be given at the Congregational church at 7..TO this evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all. The Circle of King's Daughters will i have :i special meeting this afternoon, j A good attendance tits desired, as ar- rai’.gements are. to made for their annual New Year's dinner. SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES. !t is expected that the new scout cruiser Chester, at the plant of the Belli Iron Works, at Jtath. will Ihi ready to haul out on the drydock at the navy yard at Charlestown. Mass., by-Jan. 10. after which she will be given her oltioial speed trial. The death of Captain Alex llaint-s of Boothbay Harbor, owner and master of tlie tv.o-masted schooner Meteor, was announced in a cahlegram from the Cape Cerdo Islands Saturday. The Auhurn Veteran Firemen's As sociation is to have a fine club house. It has voted to lease the building on Turner .street near the overhead bridge, Auburn, for the purpose. The associa tion will also construct a building In which to keep the Old lixcclsior hand tub. which has done fine service at tlrcmcu's musters. Henry O. Turner. a well-known newspaper "nan of Chicago died at his home Friday of #nemia. Mr. Turner had been a member of the editorial staffs of many of the leading journals of the country. He was bom in Port land. Me., Sept. H, ISIS. His first news paper work was on the Boston Journal. He was a writer for the Springfield Republican for six years, and went West with a number of Bastem news pa pi r men to found the Omaha Tri bune. Three men accused of retail liq uor selling without having paid the United States special tax. were ar raigned before Judge Hale in the United States district court at Port land Saturday. They had been indict ed by the December grand Jury. Peter J. Curran of Bangor van arrested Fri- j day by Deputy Haskell and brought 1 to Portland. Curran pleaded not guilty I and gave hail in *300 for his appearance at the February term. Joseph Dowlis of Rockland was arrested by Deputy Hasty, Friday. He pleaded not guilty and in default of *300 bail was commit ted to jail to await the February term. William Newman of Bangor was ar rested by Deputy Smith. He pleaded nolo and v as fined ?5n and costs amounting to $121.92 which he paid. The Largest of Blasts. One of the largest blasts ever fired in trance was discharged recently at the quartzite quarries at Cherbourg, and is said to have displaced 120.000 tons of stone. A tunnel measuring six feet wide and six feet high was driven into the face of the cliff for a distance of seventy feet, and at its end two branen tunnels, each twenty feet long, were driven to the right and left, respective ly. Ttiese branches ended in chambers forty feet apart and seventy feet from the face of the cliff, and measuring each ten feet by six feet. The chambers were charged with eight and one-half tons of blasting powder and 280 pounds of dynamite and the blast was fired electrically. The quartzite obtained from this quarry finds much favor in Kngland as a road material.— Philadelphia Record. To geep the plague of rabbitts Horn de stroying the pastoral industries of Aus tralia. 10.152 miles ot public and private rabbit-netted fences have been erected at a cost of 14,000,090. Queensland alone spends StnoMO a year in "renting and maintaining fences to U"ep out "bun BITS BY WIRE, Massachusetts Man Drowned While Canoeing, Badly Burneil Body of Woman Found In Snow. Some of the Important Evente of the Day In Condensed Form. President John Mitchell of the Uuit ,‘U Mire Workers, who has been criti cal:,' ill at Indianapolis, IinJ.. will re turn to Ins home In Springvalley. Ills., next Tuesday, according to an announce ment made Sunday night by Ills physi cian. Mr. Mitchell's condition had so far improved today that lie was able to sit up in.bed much of the time and partake of considerable nourishment. Executing the instructions of the Em peror of Japan. Viscount Ooki. the Jap anese ambassador, conveyed Sunday to Moil. Robert S McCormick of Chic ago the decoration of the order of the First Class of the Rising Sun. Mr. McCormick served as ambassador of the United States to Russia during the war between Russia and Japan and was in charge of Japanese interests from the time ot seve rance of diplomatic relations. While trying to cross the Merrimac river in a car.oe Sunday afternoon. David It. Raymond of Lawrence, Mass., was drowned and ills two companions, Archie Cochrane and Wairen llackett. botii of I Reading, were rescued in an unconscious condition. Addressing his wealthy congregation at the close ot the formal sermon Hun day. Dr. C. K. Aked. w ho recently came from Liverpool to become pastor of the Fifth avenue Baptist church of New York, declared somewhat emphatically that he would not contemplate a per manent ministry In the eiiurch if the system of finance which made possible a deficiency at the end of the year, was continued, “I want.” s-al.i Dr. Aked, "$70vi» from you before you leave this church this morning.” ile got it. The badly burned body of Mrs. John E. Rhinos, an aged and wealthy widow, was found in the snow just outside her home on Boseaiven p.laoe. Concord. N. H.. early Sunday by a man who daily visits the house to look alter tile place In her hand was a kerosene lamp, which lincl exploded, setting lire to lies clothing. Medical Examiner . A dispatch from Rio Jail eric says that when the American ileet of warships retches that port it will be accorded a royal welcome It is not intended, how ever. that the welcome -hall be demon strative. but that nil courtesy s-liall be paid the visitors as though the visit were expressly made to Brazil. The tied is ex pected at Rio Janerio about Jan. 11. and it will remain there for 10 days, when officers and men alike will Is- given plen ty of opportunity to see tin- country and enjoy the entertainments which are being prepared in their honor. Senator Warner of Missouri Saturday Intreduced a bill creating the rank of viia- admiral in the navv. It would per mit ttie promotion of Rear Adniini Evans to the proposed rank, but the measure wan not intended to accomplish that end alone. Its purpose is to provide for a ninkvio the navy which, when that branch of the military service is represented abroad does not render it necessary for the commander to allow officers of other countries, whose navies are not so impor tant as our. to take precedence ovev them Following is the text of the bill: "The President is authorised to appeint to selection and promotion a vice admiral of tiie navv. whose retirement shall tie governed by the existing law governing the retirement of rear admirals of the navy.” A similar 1,111 was introduced in tiie House by Mr. Kennedy of Ohio. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. George Robinson, aged 50 years, lost his life by suffocation in a fire on East High street. Quincy. Mass.. Sunday. TIip lodg ing house in which Robinson lived caught tire, but all the tenants escaped safely. During the progress of the fire Robinson went back into the building for some un known reason and soon after the firemen found his body in tiie hallway. Robinson was unmarried. The fire did little mon etary damage. Henry A. Bosworth, for many years tenor singer in tiie choir of tiie Plants villc. Ct.. Congregational church, remain ed in his seat at the church Sunday morning when the rest of the choir rose for the anthem. He showed no signs of consciousness, was removed to IiIr home and died shortly afterwards. He had suf fered a stroke of apoplexy. Ml. Bos worth was 47 years old. Beauskin Creme. A toilet delicacy, soothing, soften ing and healing, for Chaps, Roughness, Pimples. Blackheads, Redness, Sunburn and Freckles. A True Skin Food and Tissue Builder. Absolutely greaseless, deli .-iously fragrant. Pure and white as the driven snow. Send 10c. for sample jar. AGENTS WANTED. Write tor teims at once to the Beauskin Company 9 Jones St., NEW YORK CITY. _decJ.ltawkl mo IN TH* HOUSE. Adjournment to Jon. 0, In Spit* of Mr. Goinee’ Protest*. Washington, Dec, 23.—“We should have gone to Wall street and throttled th*1 thieves and turned back to the hon est people their hard earnings.” John Wesley Gaines proclaimed in the House of Representatives Saturday by way of protest against the adjournment of the House from today until Jan. C for the Christmas holidays. ”1 say we should stay here through the holidays and rivet down these vul tures that have forced this condition,” he added, referring to the recent money panic. Although In not such forceful lan guage, Representative Hepburn of Iowa protested against the general permis sion which had been given to commit tees to sit during the sessions of the House. Notwithstanding the two protests the usual permission was granted to com mittees, and after being In session 20 minutes the House adjourned until Jan. 6 next. Among’ the measures introduced In the House were the following: By Adair of Indiana, regulating de posits of government money in national banks. By Gardner of Massachusetts, apply ing the education test to Immigrants. By Johnson of South Carolina, sub jecting intovieants brought from one state into another to the excise laws of the state of destination. By Pearre of Maryland, raising to $15K) the maximum yearly pay of car riers on rural free delivery routes and providing for them an annual vacation of 15 days with pay. HIGHLY GRATIFIED. Sec. Taft Much Pleated With Progress In the Philippines. Washington, Dec. 23.—Secretary Tift's first day at his desk. Saturday, since hir return to the United States was a busy one from beginning to end. He had many callers, most of them of ficials connected with the war depart ment. hot there were a number of oth er persons whose business could not be reasonably connected with that de partment. If they talked politics the secretary himself could not be led into any dis cussion of that subject with the news paper men. He did admit, however, tint he had accepted an invitation to attend the banquet of the Home Mar ket Club of Boston to address that body on the night of the 30th instant. The topic is to be the Philippine tar iff, and might perhaps be regarded as political in its relation to the American tariff. in an interview Mr. Taft discussed at much length the situation in the Philippines, from both a political and a maatcrlal vjewi>oint, and expressed himself as highly gratified with the progress that has been made and with the outlook for development along all lines. "The whole situation." he said, "briefly may be summed up in this way. Peace prevails throughout the Philippines today in a greater degree than ever in their history, either under Spanish or American rule. Agriculture is nowhere impeded because of fear mi the part of the farmers of predatory bands. “This is real peace, comprising all the word implies. This is the first and pos sibly the most important accomplish ment of the United States in the Phil ippines. “From an educational standpoint, too, I found much to encourage the supporters of our policy in the island and those who share in our hopes for the future.” "When do you think the people wit! be sufficiently well educated to enable them to govern themselves?” the sec retary was asked. "The Philippine government has not funds enough to educate In primary and Industrial schools all the present generation of school age.” he replied, "and unless some other source of funds or governmental means is found it will take longer than a generation to com plete the primary and industrial edu cation of the common people Until that is done we ought not to lift our guiding hand from the islands. "1 might refiT to certain admitted shortcomings in the conduct of muni cipal affairs in the Philippines. We are in this quandary: When we. who are responsible for the policy of autonomy in municipal and provincial govern ments, assert that it is progressing sat isfactorily. we find that our words are apt to bo construed by enthusiastic theorists, who are eonvinced offhand of the complete fitness of the Filipinos to govern themselves. On the other hand. when the defects in such local governments are pointed out the cry is raised by pessimists and adherents to the Dnglish crown colony systems, that this is an admission of failure. CAPITOL JOTTINGS. Thomas Taggart will try to induct the Democratic national committee to move the cami>aign headquarters from New York to Chicago for next year’s fight. Phocian Howard, to whom the disclosed the plan, said the Indiana committeeman regards the nomination of William J. Bryan for President as a foregone conclusion, and believes the battle must be waged principally in the West. With a vigorous campaign directed from Chicago, he believes such Republican strongholds as Iowa. Illi nois. Wisconsin and Minnesota can be carried, said Howard. The holiday plans of President Roose velt and his family as announced at the White House Saturday contemplate a trip to Pine Knot, Va., the day after Christmas, and stay at the Virginia estate of Mrs. Roosevelt for four or five days when the family will return to Washington. Christmas will be cele brated at the White House as usual, and the President will be back for the public reception on New Year’s day. The annual visit to Pine Knot affords the President opportunity for cross country riding and wild turkey hunt ing. Timothy I,. Woodruff, chairman of New York State Republican committee, left Washington for New York Friday. Shortly before going be had a talk with th? President at the White House. The conference lasted only a few minutes and Mr. Woodruff said that he had nothing to sav for publi cation. President Roosevelt has signed a proclamation creating a new national forest tn the west central part ot' the state of Arkansas. This timbered area, which covers more than 1.<100,000 acres, will have the distinction of be WE SELL IT that famous flour made from select winter wheat, spccifical 1 y adapted for making Pas try, Biscuits, Doughnu ts, Muffins, etc. Its name is KRUSO PASTRY AND BISCUIT FLOUR While flour made from Spring wheat should never be used for these purposes for which Kruso Flour is best adapted, yet Kruso Flour will make, with a little care, nutritious, satisfying, raised bread, We find that Kruso Flour is satis factory to our customers at all times. THE ACME MILLING CO., Indianapolis, lad. SOLD BT BTA—Webber A H«wett. George I). s, W. F. Turner. OAR. on Locke. A Sojei, J. K. Cunningham ,J. R. Goodwin. HAI. H. Clary. A. C. Harrlng I. VKK Louis Gnldbeiy. [son A Towle. MAS Wl V [I.LK -E. L. Gove. Whitcomb A Cannon. RICHMOND WINSLOW—A1-„ -B. F. Curtis. FA SI Pollard._ PITTSTON-F. E. A B. W. gcolt. NORTH VASSALBORO-E. S. win, W. A. MarHner. BENTON 8TA. E. P. Hopkins. FAIRFIELD Fletcher A Breroner.SHAWMUT—A. 8. Burke. SKOM -N-Arnold A Currier. COOPERS HKGAN-Arno MILLS—Achorn KaL^RMO—E_ IF.POT-H. V. Smith ?fifc&^I«VTp“lfeef. -E. M. Moody. BELGRADE NO. SIDXET uaney. BURNHAM—G. E. Gilmore. CLIN TON—Dixon A Runnels. BOWDOINHAM -J. E. Cornish. FUtLF.B-HOLWiT COMPANY, Distributors.* ins the furthest east of any of the government’s forests. This new forest, which will be called the Arkansas, brings the total area of the national forests up to 161.728,985 ocres, a little more than one-fifth of the country's total forested area. Senator Bailey issued a statement Saturday concerning the published re port that there were rumors that he would resign and ask the Democrats of the state again to indorse him for the Senate. The statement says in part: "Of course I do not know what rumor has circulated at the Metropolitan ho tel. but I do know the statement that some of niv friends have advised me to resign and make another primary race as the only course by which I could save myself is a pure invention with out a syllable of truth in it.” The navy department has completed plans for a third dry dock at the Bos ton navy yard. The dock will be 500 fe« t in length, capable of accommodat ing any ship. It is estimated that it will be ready three years from the time of letting the contract, which will he done shortly. Senator Scott's hill providing build ings in Washington for the depart ments of state., justice and commerce and labor was reported favorably to the Senate Saturday from the commit tee on public buildings and grounds. The same committee also reported Senator Heyburn’s bill, authorizing the present purchase of grounds ill Washington for the accommodation of government buildings to be built in the future. MAN HOLE EXPLOSION Causes Excitement and Blocks Travel At Boston—No One Hurt. Boston, Dec. 23.—An explosion in a man hole at the corner of Washington and West Springfield streets late Sun day caused a brilliant pyrotechnic dis play, caused the fire department to he called and blocked traffic on the ele vated and surface line cal’s for sev eral miles, yet did not injure a single person. When the manhole cover shot Into the air it was immediately followed by a stream of flame which enveloped the Elevated Hoad structure overhead. More than 2000 persons were attracted to the scene and a special squad of po lice from the Dedham street station were called out to keep the crowd back. The lire department responded to ar. alarm and extinguished the flames which were running along the Elevated Road structure. I nder ground the cables of the elec* tile car system were burned out and a Red bor at the corner of Trenmnt street and Huntington avenue was de stroyed. cutting off power for several lines of surface ears. The elevated and Street car service was stopped for two house and all elevated stations were badly congested. A Quiet Sunday at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Dec. 23. Sunday was the most peaceful Sunday Cleveland has experienced in a year or more. Saloons were dark and theaters closed. The police had no excitement and the police blotter was practically clear. Ill the Parts S'lbwnv tbs ties were pre served with creosote, ami for that reason the fastidious Frenchmen concluded the tunnel was In an unsanitary condition, and that tl'o authorities had been obliged to use disinfectants. Dyspepsia is America's curse. Burdock Blood Bitters conquers dyspepsia every time. It drives out impurities, tones the stomach, restores porfeot digestion, nor mal weight, and good health. Rolling, bleeding, protnding or blind piles yield to Doan’s Ointment. Chronic cases soon relieved, finally cured. Drug gists all sell it. Doan’s Regulets cure constipation with out griping, nausea or any weakening ef fect. Ask your druggist for them. cents per box. For ary pain from head to toe from any cause applv Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil. Pain can’t stay where it is used. O ,-Tlw Kind Yon Haw Always BovfK Bern th» 8!gestrr» of