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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

GARDINER.
Journals Telephone Call. S.12.

1t will cost you only 10 cents to carry
home pound Of pure candy today
from Sawyer's Drug store see ad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Mrs. c. D. Taylor Of Waterville, is the
guest of Miss Sylvinia Smith.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05
HALLOWELL.

Mrs. J. c. Knox is making a visit to
relatives in Skowhegan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

George Fossett has returned to North
Jay, after a visit to relatives the this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Charles Rich has accepted a position
in the stone trade at Rockland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Harlow OF this city. The interment
was made at Oak Grove cemetery. w.
G. Prebe had charge of the funeral ar
engagements. .-.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Walter H. Nelson of Portland, is
making a visit to relatives in Halo
well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05
FULLER-HoLWAY CO., Distributors.
truthful Harry.

(Roches tGspemocrat and Chronicle)
Why HNM1 exclaimed his mother,
as shl/ entef8M4the pantry unexpected
i. are youHHthe jam again?"
mo, marflaE answered the truthful
urchn, ''thesjam's in me-"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Additional news and ads. will be
found on page 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05
Dry Goods and Carpets

IS now on IN fu11 blast, and those wishing
to secure some Of the great bargains shou1d
come at once, for the stock Is to be closed
out in few days at some price. Remem-
Der the place, the old stand Of Jas. Fl.
Leigh & Co., Ha11owe11.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

For scrofula in every form Hoods Sar- saparila is a radical, reliable remedy. It positively cures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
DO NOT WEAR A LONG FACE.
It Is a Great Handicap in All Business
 and Social Relations.

The man who looks as if he had lost his last friend is in no danger of being crush ed by the jam of new ones unless he ''eheers up" People are not going out of their way nowadays 10 associate with the man of mournful and melancholy appear anee They are afraid he will tell them his troubles and they steer clear of him as they all have plenty of their own.
 The most universal cause of the for lorn and hopeless appearance today is dyspepsia Ii units a man for every duty of life and causes him to become despond- ent and gloomey and necessarily his looks do not belle his feelings. He appears cast daW and deiected and becomes a burden to himself and humanity in general.
 Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are the dys- peptie's certain relief. They do the work that his stomach is unable to do and by relieving that organ of it's burdens, per- init Ii to regain it's health and strength and again become active and useful in its functions They contain all the essential ingredients that enter into the digestive fluids and seeretions of the stomach and they actually take up the work and do it just as healthy sound stomach would
 By this means man can go right ahead with his work and eat enough to keep him Tn proper working condition. His system is not deprived of it's necessary nourish- ment as 1t Is in the case of the 'starva- ton cure' or the employment or some of the first class chicken foods now on the market. Starvation, even if it were good thing could not be continued long enough to effect a cure; for a disordered and worn-out stomach is not going to be- come strong and healthy in two or three days.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act naturally because they contain natural digestives. The principal component parts are aseptic pepsin malt diatase and other ingredients with like properties that do the work re- gardless of the condition of the stomach. There Is no unnatural or violent disturb ance of the digestive organs as the result of their action In fact. the existence of tho stomach is entirely forgotten as soon as they have had time 10 begin their oper- ations They also possess very curative and healing properties and assist the stomach in getting well, while relieving 1t of It's work They perform the duties of both nurse and physician.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale by all druggists at 30 cents a box and there Is very little danger of any druggist trying to sell you something else in its place that Is just as good" They are so well established and have done so much good in the world that their name has become a household word; so the usual warning, Accept no substitute" is un- necessary in the case of Stuarts Dyspep- sia Tablets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
Why Ten Millions?

l From the New York World.
 In 1902 Congress authorized the Presi-
 dent to take certain steps toward the construction of a canal across the 18th
 mus of Panama It said, When the
 President shall have obtained by treaty control of the necessary territory from | the Republic of Colombia he is authorized
 to pay to the Republic of Colombia such sum as shall have been agreed upon.'' l By the treaty with Colombia, our gov
 ernment agreed to pay ten millions to ! that country for the concession, but that i country finally rejected our proposition. 1 Thereupon, our government made anoth- l CT treaty with the ceceded state of Pan-
 ama which owned the territory, and
 agreed to pay to that state the said sum of ten millions. And, we inquire why? 1 An argument in favor of the proceeding
 is made by the Brooklyn Eagle. It says
 that we recognized by treaty with Colom-
 bia that that sum was the equivalent of
 what we wished to buy" that Panama has succeeded to all the rights of Co., lombia' as to the same concession; that the value of the coneession IS the same to us from whatever state we buy it, and
 that our national honor forbids our talk it from a little state for less sum than
 we agreed to give to another little state. A rather f1imsy argument, even if it did not ignore almost every essential point in the case.
 In our dealing with Panama. we pro-
 pose to give full equivalent for what we get. and what we get is the concession and the conveyance of necessary terrl- tory. And this bargain stands by itself. and has no relation to any other bargain. Further, as it is a business transaction, there is no place in it for chivalry. We l purchase from state not so wonderfully smal--Panama is six times the size of Connecticut-the right to build across It's territory a waterway that will give the country the first real value 1t ever pos- ! sessed, and that will cost us at least $200,- 600 so far as we can see now, and probably much more. We guarantee the existance of the state of Panama and its independence. That is to say. we guaran- tee order and peace. We dredge the har' bors. we police the country, we under take the sanitation of the cities. What
 We get is the concession-that is to say, 1 the privilege to do all these things. which will make that country a rich and pros ! porous country.
 In that bargain the immense advant- l age is on the side of Panama. Why, then l should we give in addition ten million dol 1 lars? Simply because the government of l Bogota had held up for that sum. So
 we are told But this answer is prepos- 1 terous. There Is only one reason, if there | is one. and that is that our government l proposes to assmilate the bargain with | Panama to that with Colombia in every l possible detail, inorder, perhaps. by l forced parallel to put it all under the | authorization of the act of 1902
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
How Radium Is Obtained.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly.
 M Cure has explained the process by which radum is separated frofa the sub stances which contain it. It exists in combination with lead, chalk, silica, iron and other things which must be eliminated in a series of complicated and costly op- erations. For days ton or so of uranite powder, which is obtained mostly from pitchblende, sinners over a slow fire with water and soda this mixture is then put into big barrels, where a sediment is de- posted; the sediment is then washed and rewashed and put on the fire to simmer again with carbonate of soda Tn fol- lows more sedimentation and repeated washing after which the residue is treat ed with hydroehloric acid. A colorless liquid results, containing small quantities of radium. The chemists object is now to separate these small quantities, and this he does by a series of reactions and chrystalizations At each ehrystalization the crystals become progressively richer in radium and smaller in bulk until, af- ter six weeks manipulation, some twenty five grams of white crystals remain The radium contained in these Is Of low radlo activity (about 200M. and the greater part of their bulk is refined away by NJ. Curie himself in succeeding crystallizatons At the end there are left only a lew cehtl- grams Cat 1500,00e), as much as wouid' cover the point of knife blad, to snow for a ton or so of urnate powder and months of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
Ear.y Washinoton Souvenirs,

From the Philadelphia Record
 A Philadelphia descendant from Will liam B. Burton, resident of Sussex county, Del, at the beginning of the last century, has lately come into possession of a souvenir handkerchief of the city of Washington made in the very year of it's foundation 1t is marked MDcCC QS00) and Is doubtless one of the large number that were sold mementos at the time when the capital was removed from Phil adephia. The magnificent plan of the brilliant Charles lEnfant is reproduced in red on a field of white. Today. of course, the first system of avenues as the old map shows them are actually populous and thriving thoroughfares But, in 1900, the plan was largely fictional Forests occupied most of what Is now the mod ern city of Washington, and beyond the Capital there were practically no build ings of importance.
 With characteristic American optimism, however, the city plan is given in full, with the same elaboration of detail that has since erected many a populous me- tropolis in the various "boom' districts of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

goods prices will have to go up in order to leave margin of profit for the man. ufactnrers. The production of cotton has about reached it's maximum. It has reached it in this country. Other cot ton producing areas in various parts of the world not only produce an inferior staple, but are limited as to any increase. Egyptian cotton has been much exploited of late, but the possibilities there are limited, owing to the fact that the avail able area comprises only two narrow strips along the Nile One might ven ture the opinion that the result will be a substitute for cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
CHRISTMAS EXCURSIONS.
Very Low Rates Via Southern.

Account Christmas holidays Southern Railway will have on sale December 23 24. 25 30 3l and Januay 1. roundi trip tickets to all points south of the Ohio and Patomac and east of the Mississippi rivers, limited January 4. 1904. at greatly reduced rates. To teachers and students presenting proper credentials round trip tickets will be sold daily December 16 to 22 inclusive. limited January 8. 1904,
 For further particulars apply Passenger Office Morris hotel building; telephone SIT. J. c. LUSk.
 12-5-27t District Passenger Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

The sharp upward movement in stocks began two weeks ago. Operations for the advance were favored immensely by the existence of a greatly over-extended short interest, the proportions of which had been er-estimated in Wall street. Successful operators in the stock market are as keen students Of human nature as they are of the conditions on which values in the long run are based An operator such, for example. as James R. keene, knows speculative human nature in all it's contradictions. MT. Keene. by the way, has figured Very prominently in the operations for thes advance referred to. After the rise had gone about 3 per cent throughouits the active list, financial critics began to warn their followers against buying stocks the buges. and to wait until reaction was effected. Af- ter the rise had gone per cent further nine-tenths of the traders and a large majority of the brokers. knowing how highly manipulative the market was, de- clared very positively that prices could not go on advancing without a reaction and traders began to fight the movement.
 Now if everybody expects a reaction in the stock market, 1t will not occur. be- cause, for one reason. the professional trading element will sell short and there by play into the hands of the bull crowd. The latter has only to carry the advance per cent or so further by sheer force of manipulation, and the shorts will buy back their stocks at a loss. This trans action will be repeated two or three times. until finally Wall street is con- vnced that the movement is genuine It is at this point that commission houses begin to take stock freely, the market has great volume on the advanced level, and the bull crowd distributes it's speculative holdings al a profit and stanos from un- der. In other words manipulative movement needs only to be carried far enough for everybody to be convinced that 1t is more than manipulative, and has the backing of important interests. In order to create this impression manlpula- tive orders are placed in the hands of brokers who represent big banking inter- ests. and then it is said in Wall street literature that stocks are being bought by insiders. December "booms," as a rule, are more or less artificial and are apt to collapse very suddenly. unless the public comes to its support and takes stock on the advances. As yet, there has been no satisfactory outside response to the rise, but brokers are hopeful that the public will enthnse.
 The re-investment of a certain propor- ton of January interest and dividend dis ouIseinenls ls soihetllis ID De counleu upon. Last year this investment buying was rather disappointing. There is no way of telling at this time whether 1t will make a better showing at the end of this year than 1t did last year. It is custom ary for buying of this kind to begin be- fore the dividend and interest money is disbursed the brokers carrying the stocks for privileged clients until the latter get their checks for interest and dividends and take up the securities they have bought.
 The huying mower of the public has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
HOLIDAY RATES
Via Central of Georgia Railway.

Tickets will be sold Decembe-' 23, "A. 25, 30 and 3l and January l. 1904, final limit January 1, 1904. at rate of one and one- third fare, plus 25 cents for round trip. TO teachers and students of schools and colleges holding certificate.} tickets will be sold December Is to 22 inclusive. with final limit January s. 1904 For full in- formation phone 976 or call on
 JOHN w.. BLOUNT, Travelling Passenger Agent 1921 First Avenue. 12-13-16-20-23
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
TO THE PUBLIC:

A
 It gives us pleasure to say that mutually satisfactory arrangements have be @ n made by the undersigned and that work on the exten- sion of the 12th Avenue line to 32d street, north, will be begun at once and prose- cuted as rapidly as possible. and when completed regu- lar schedules will be main- tained.
 BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY,
 LIGHT & POWER CO.,, ] By Robert Jemison, Pres't. BIRMINGHAM REALTY
 COMPANY,
 By A. L. Fulenwider, Pres't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
Concentrated Wealth.

From the Worlds Work.
 One-twelfth of the estimated wealth of the United States Is represented at the meeting of the board of directors of the United States Steel corporation when all the directors are present. They also rep resent two hundred other companies oper ating one-half of the railroad mileage in the country, and control corporations whose aggregate capitalization is $9,00o D00000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
Metropolitan Cafe patron ized by people who care for the best.

A Remington shot gun will be given away December 25 by w. R. McVay. Ticket goes with every soc pur. chase. Finest wines and liquors in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

The buying power of the public has been greatly reduced by the enormous decline that has occurred in security val ues. It is not lack of money. but q shrinkage of credit and confidence. The United States Steel corporations stock holders alone constitute a considerable part of public opinion, and with Steel common selling around SIP share, and Steel preferred selling below $60 those who bought their stocks between $40 and $50 for the common and $90 and par for the preferred are not easily enthused over an advance from to 10 per cent in the general market. In lesser degree the same is true of all active stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
CONDITIONS GALL FUR REGULAR BOOM Operators Looking Forward to the Christmas Movement THE ADVANCE HAS STARTED Generally Believed in Wall Street That Dividend on Steel Common Will
 Be Discontinued at the
 Next Meeting.
THE ADVANCE HAS STARTED
BY W. G. NICHOLAS,

New York, December 12.-Wall street conditions call for a December boom" In the stock market Another name for such December "boom" is Christ mas movement" In London they call it
 window dressing" The facts are that financial and business interests generally are benefited by an upward movement In security values toward the end of the year, and that important financial inst- tutions either co-operate with profession al operators to bring about such a move ment. or, at least, encourage the latter to bull the market by giving them money on easy terms Professional traders, Knowing this to be true, regularly array their speculations on the long side of the market at about this season of the year. After depression. such as has been ex- perienced in Wall street, and with the effects of that depression now manifesting themselves in industry and trade through out the country nothing can be better calculated to cheer men up than a sharp return in security values. The psycholog- ical effect of rise in prices under just such conditions as those now prevailing is very striking.
 A much more potent reason why finan- cial interests encourage a rise in stocks at the end of the year is that security holding corporations, notably insurance companies, who issue annual reports to their investments and the state thereof are loaded with stocks and bonds that cost them considerably more than current quotations It is, therefore. only reason able that they should be interested in seeing prices advance so that the differ ences between the quotations at which the securities are figured in their state- ments and the prices paid for such se- curities will be reduced Such differences are not nearly as great now as they were a month ago. In London. as previously remarked, this procedure is called win dow drossing'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

It is generally believed in Wall street that the dividends on steel common will be discontinued at the next meeting. It Is also possible that the dividends on the preferred will be reduced to a per cent. rate, although this has not vet been def initely decided upon. As a per cent. stock selling at 55 steel preferred would net the investor more than per cent. on his money. is extremely improbable that the dividends on steel preferred will ever be cut below per cent The cor poration ought to be able to pay that through the leanest of years. The sinking fund bonds selling above 70 and paying per cent. net the investor considerably less on his money. and as for the com parative value of the two securities the preferred stock is practically as good as the bonds. the latter being no better in fact than first preferred stock limited to per cent, whereas the preferred stock is per cent. cumulative investment on which dividends are never likely to be less than per cent, and the other ? per cent. accumulates to the credit of the holder
 Through the conversion operations, now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13

Visit our palace of plumb ing, electrical and chandel- iers. We have what you want. Ben F. Barbour P. & E. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
Obtuse BrilIiancy.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Julia--Is Clementine really so lntellec- tual?
 Aurelia-Oh, yes; she never can tell you a thing any other woman has on.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08
MAJ.-GEN. HENRY c. CoRBIN.

MAJ .-GEN. HENRY C. CORBIN.
lakes, commanded the regular divi-
sion of the parade. Gen. Fred d.
Grant commanded the first brigade of
the regular division and Gen. Kobbe
the second brigade.
The volunteer division was COM
manded by Maj.-Gen. Roe, of New
York.
The Troops Participating.
The troops participating in the pa
rade were the following:
United States Regulars-Eighth cav
airy, Fourth cavalry, Sixth field bat
terry, Twenty-Eighth field artillery,
with mountain battery and full equip
ment; Sixteenth battalion artillery
(siege battery, First battalion engi-
neers, Third, Sixth Twentieth and
Twenty-second infantry. These troops
were drawn from Fort Thomas, Ga;
Fort Leavenworth, Kas.; Fort Sherl-
dan, Chicago; Columbus Barracks,
Ohio; Jefferson Barracks, st. Louis;
Fort Riley, Kas., and Fort Crook, Neb.
Sailors and marines from the mont
tor Arkansas.
National Guards-Picked New York
regiment, Fourth Illinois infantry,
Battery b, Peoria, ILL.,; Second ships
crew Illinois naval militia, Thirty
fourth Iowa infantry, Third, Fourth
and Fifth Missouri infantry and Sixth
The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-08

The event had been looked forward
to by not only st. Louisians, but by
the people generally throughout the
states and territories of the Louisiana
Purchase and of those bordering
thereon, thousands of whom came to
witness the ceremony and the attend
ing pageants.
Dedication day proper Thursday
was signalized by the grandest mill
tary display ever seen west of the
Mississippi river, composed of prac-
tically a full division of the regular
army, comprising all arms of the serv-
ice-infantry, cavalry, artillery, field
and siege, and engineers, supplement-
ed by battaliOns of seamen and ma
rines from the great harbor defense
monitor Arkansas, the largest war
craft hat ever traversed the inland
waters of the country; also a disivion
of the nationat guard made up of con-
tingents from several states besides
Missouri, an entire regiment coming
from the Empire state, together with
the crack cavalry squadron of New
1OIh Guy It's cSCOIt W WV ouSli.
These forces were supplemented by a
couple of battalions of cadets, the
whole, upwards of 10000 men, form
ing a fitting escort to President
Roosevelt, the dedicating official.
\ Carefully Planned Pageant.
Under the immediate supervision of
Mai.-Gen. Henry c. Corbin, U. S. A.,
grand marshal, every detail of the
pageant was carefully planned; and
while the troops were drawn from
widely separated stations, so ecu
ately did they fit into the positions
assigned them hat not a hitch of any
kind occurred, and the march, from
the starting point to that of disband-
ment. was conducted with the charac-
t~eristic snap and precision of the
American soldier.
While Maj.-Gen. III. c. Corbin acted
as grand marshal of the parade. an Of
ticer of higher rank, Lieut.-Gen. Mel
son \. Miles, commander of the army,
rode in the parade as a distinguished
guest. his authority being relin-
pushed to the officer on special duty.
Gen. j. c. Bates, commander of the
department Of the Missouri and the