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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

chicago, Dec. ~
Decreased receipts in the Northwest
were chiefly responsible Tor cent ad-
vance in the price of May wheat here. TO-
,lay. The close was almost at the highest
point OF the day. Corn Is up u OaiS
show a gain Of Il. Provisions are TO "a
cents higher.
WHEAT-Dec.. 1865; May. W9'A@'s;
u" "SiRS&Dec., 45n: May. 447s: July, AZ:
oATSpse;, sS,sa4s; Nay, %; July. s''s
SHORT RIBs-Jan.. S471a; May. 6.7'.
Cash quotations were as follows:
WHEAT-No spring. 105d11e; No. B.
1OOGi1i2; No red. 1lVA@ll31s. ,.,,
CORNING. ., +A@72; No yellow, 1"'4
"SATs-No. 2 ssss; No. 8 white, $3.50
BARLEY-3SGN.
MALTINC-41G4S.
FLAX-ll6: northwestern, 1A.
TIMOTHY-.70.
MESS PORK-ll.5od117s
stA6RTS Ribs. srpEsS.ss@ss
CIOVER-12.0. ,.-.s
Flour ................ H.WO .3s.S SM
Wheat .............. 165.0W $500
Corn .................. 9l4.a0 iSe. 80
Oats ...........''..-''''. :CS q nm
Rye ..................... ,o9 9wS - N
'f Rs1lSSffTER.Steady; creameries, ise1;
da rSfsiGsN gas al market. cases incIud-
ed. a0LZ1.5; firsts. 2S1s; prime firsts. 2''s'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
New York Cotton Market.

New York. Dec. H.
Spot closed steady Il points higher Mid
ding uplands. SIS: do. guilt. $40. Sales.
none.
Galveston steady, II; Charleston steady.
~; Memphis quiet. 1I-l6; New Orleans
steadier. 7as: Mobile firm, ~; Savannah
firm. 7 9-l6.
2S6S.7
Exports TO. Great Britain. S;.io3; to
France. 1850; to the continent, l2l.63o; to
JaDan. 2542.
Stock, l,02i go.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Otherwise.

Praise keeps a woman young and man
dead broke.
You never realize what a small salary
YOU get until the plumber sends in his bill
When a man is too old to he made fool
OF by pretty woman he's certainly in the
Gem anarian class.
A woinan's glory is in her hair-unless
You catch her with ii done up IN curl pa
perS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

Since the Chadwick expose It Is a
reckless and foolhardy bank president
or financie- who allows the office boy
to say he il in when Handsome.
well-dressed" woman sends In a re-
quest for a private interview.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Professional Courtesy.

II manage TO keep my bOarders longer
Ihan you do" said the first landlady
oh. | don't know" rejOined the other
You keep them So thin that they look
longer than they really are"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

The Democrats have such a strong
grip upon Boston that one Of the DEM
ocratfc aldermen who Is now serving a
60 days sentence In Jail for violating
United. states laws. was reelected
along with the rest Of the push. Tues
Gay y az
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

An astronomer now reports the dis
covery Of a great crack in the moon.
Let us hope it is not SO serious as that.
1t may be only the lens Of the telescope
-or. at the worst. the astronomer him.
self-that n cracked.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

Illinois is a great state Of many d.
versified interests. On no other grounds
is II possible to account for the fact
that while il produces more whiskey
than any other state in the Union. 1t
also gave Swallow. the Prohibition
candidate for President. more votes
than he received in any. other state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Pertinent Query.

Applcant-Oi understand yez air at
Their wantin' a nurse gir-rul. mann.
l.ady--Yes ] want a good girl capable OF
looking after the twins.
Applicant-Twins, is it? An air M
both az thin yourn' nam?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Domestic Bliss.

Understanding to this paper. hot
water will prevent wrinkles.
HuSband-Soc Then how do you ac-
count for the numerous wrinkles l have?
Wife-How do | account for them?
Husband-les: you keep me i'll hot wa
ter nearly all the time. YOU Know.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Difference.

Gnnner-So she has refused you on ac-
count Of your poverty?
Guyer--She has. indeed.
Gunner-Perhaps there is another
"RichmCnd in the field
C:nye'-NO, there is another rich man
in the field.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
New York Money Market.

New YORK, Dec. a.
Prime mercantile paper 414aI+z; per cent:
for demand and at 4S4Sott4.Sl.S for 30
day bills.
Posted rates 4S4l!lt5 and 1875.
Commercial bills 4.S4Gb.
Bar silver CO.'S.
Mexican dollars 4S4.
Government bonds steady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

One Of the impressive things about
December cold waves is the way they
inspire regret and shame in a man for
having growied so about thu July heat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

The big blizzard which swept south
ern New England took trip to sea in
preference to a visit N Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Good for q Press Notice.

The Soubrette-The leading lady claims
to have been married to one man for
seven consecutive years.
Low Comedian-Huh. Some women will
do almost anything TO gain little no
tcrietyi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

This is the last day of the open time
on deer 1t has been great hunting
season and many more deer will be
brought out in the next week or two,
ali killed, OF course, before Dec. Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Ancient.

Sharpe-One of our great professors
says, that football players are crazy.
Whealt On-Has he just found that out?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
Boulevard Repartee.

why do YOU need horn?" asked thu
wagon. Il have no Use for one"
Yes" replied the automobile. but then
you have a tongue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

Names dairy interests are worth all
the discussion and attention they are
getting at Auburn. this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

Prof. Brodley, Of Oxford, mas lust fin
lished book on Shakespearean tragedy,
which submits to close analysis Hamlet
'OthcllO, king Lear" and Macbeth"
in an endcayor to show that they have
common form Of structure up to GER
tain point.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

As an encouragement to school children
to be regular and punctual In their attend
ance at school the Surrey county eng
land) Education Committee. has decided
views Of places OF historic and local In
lterest in the county. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
extras, 2yE2.
CiIkESI.-Steady: Hop.
CHICAGO Cattle Market.

Chicago Dec H.
CAT'rLE-Receipts 2COW, Including 2Ge
Texans; good to prime steers, 6coN7.25;
poor to medium, 3.sJGJ.13.
HOGS-RecciIJts. 36UO mixed and
butchers. i35Q4.53lz; good to choice heavy.
450lt4.65.
sHEEP--Receipts. 22.ooo; good to choice
wethCrS Eyf4 n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
DaiIv ktnnebee Journal


NJ ,><ias whatever will - teSse@ ~
unsigned communications
rha Jeurnaj esnnst b hsad rssps"s'ess
ccr ~. preservation or return u re-
1ected communications.
Addrsss Ill ssmmun;eatis"e rs'sss"S q
subscriptions and advertisements u
DURLEI0H 4 FLYNT. PublishHs
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

Hon. Cyrus w. Davis failed in his
fight to be governor. but he has been
elected president-Of the Merchants
National bank OF Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
THE NEW 8
LEXINGTON HOTEL

eoylston and Washington SITS,
BOSTON, Mass
Fire-proof, new, clean management. 80
roou.s-1O with bath, strictly first-class
appointments. telephone in every room. in
the heart of the shopping district. ten
block of the Common. elevated and SUBJ
way stations. Ladies shopping in Boston
will find the Restaurant orderly and first
class service at moderate rates. We cater
to the best New England and commercial
patronage. Rooms Sl.O0 per day and up
wards. ]. q. TANNING. o15d4ikmos
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
TO THE NATIONAL HOME
Eastern Branch. d. v. D.. 1t Togus
kennebec Central R. R

Central RaiIroao and Augusta, I1a..vv...
and Gardner Electric Railroad to ~.
gusta.
Winter arrangement In eject, SUNDAY.
Oct. 8, 1904
Leave Randolph: lar National Home:
lis. sos & 1850 AM. 7.35, s6 4 Lilo a n
L. 10. 2.45 & $50 P. NJ. Loo aO6 & $50 Pr
Ly. National Home: Ar. Randolph:
7.46, $50 < Ills A. NJ. !S06, $50 & Ills A. II
Lis. $40 & 500 P.M.il35. 40 4 20 2. r
SUNDAY TRAINS.
VIII run as follows: Leave RandelpA
ct 80 A. NJ, $50 p. NJ Leave Nat3Qnl
Home At lac A. n. A6 p n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

ming full time and large quantities OF
white birch are daily being made INTO
toothrickS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

One by one the appointments are be-
ing announced Of those who will be on
the staff of Governor Cobb. Mayor
Shelton OF Lewiston ard DR.. James B.
O'Neill OF Portland are two of the
fortunate ones. and il is also an
nounced that General Farnham and
Colonel Dill will be re-appointed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

The complaint comes from Portland
there during the present holiday sea-
son. Some of the stores are employing
detectives to watch out for these per-
sons who are practically always well
dressed women,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

0A9To7IA.
Bear. IL. AIhs Kind You Have Alxays Bought
''s::s'" &&z2zszzI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

don Of Mary Barrows who was SEN
fenced for the murder of her husband
at Kittery. She was then Al years old
and she is now 81 and petitions the
Governor and council that she may be
pardOned ana spend her few remain
ing years in freedom. Two years ago
Mrs. Barrows put in similar petition
but it never came to a hearing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
RAILROADS AND srEAmaoA-.
g. Railroad;
Pullman Car Service

Arrangement Of Trains in Effect n.
10, 1904.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

The largest toothpick mill in the
world is located in Strong. and is daily
turning out large quantities of tooth.
picks. manufactured from white birch
and poplar. For this lumber the
neiehboring farmers and lumbermen
receive good prices. varying from eight
to ten dollars per cord. delivered at the
mill. II is the principal industry Of
the place and annually gives the lum.
Der operator large sums of money, be-
sides furnishing employment tc a big
crew Of men and women. The ma
chimes that make the toothpicks are
almost human in their operation and
were invented for this purpose only.
The head Offices Of the company are in
Portland. o. W. Hersey. Esq, being
the manager Of the Charles Foster
estate, which manufa ctures the tooth
picks. Charles Foster. now deceased.
was Portland man. who was first in
terested in this business with a local
manufacturer. Charles Scammon. The
mill at. Strong is equipped with all
modern coEvenience5. including it's
own electric light plant. sewerage sys-
TEN. etc. This winter he mill is run
Omaha daily bee., 1904-08-05
CHANGING THE SCHEDULES.

Senator Fairbanks said in his speech
of acceptance that when altered condl-
tions make changes in tariff schedules
desirable their modification can be safely
entrusted to the republican party, but
IF they are to be changed by the enc
mics of the system along free trade lines
uncertainty would take the place of GER
tainty and a reaction would surely fol-
low, to the injury of the wage earners
and all who are proftably employed" !"
Such uncertainty would undermine con
fidence and this would cause confusion
and distress in industrial and CONNER
cial affairs.
1t is only necessary to refer to the ex-
perience of the country few years ago
to find justification for this view. In
1892, one of the most prosperous years
in our history, the democratic party was
victorious on platform opposing the
protective policy. The immediate effect
of that was to produce the condition
stated by Senator Fairbanks. Although
the industrial interests of the country
knew that more than a year must elapse
before the enemies of protection could
change the tariff schedules yet they be-
gun at once to prepare for a change.
The curtailment Of production COM
menced, projected industrial enterprises
We're abandoned or postponed, capital
ceased to seek investment In manufac-
turing and of course labor was thrown
out of employment. This situation grew
steadily worse from month to month and
when the democratic congress elected
in 1892 convened the country was suffer
ing from the most serious Industrial de-
preston and general business stagnation
it had experienced for many years. Yet
in the face of this the democratic party
did not hesitate to proceed with its pur-
pose to change the schedules. The re-
suit was the tariff law of 1894, charac-
terized by the party's president, because
It did not go as far as he wished in the
direction of free trade, as an "act OF
perhdy and dishonor." AS passed by
the house Of representatives this meas,
ure would have destroyed protection as
to many industries, but it was SO
amended by the democratic senate that
some protection was left in it, the effect
of which was to somewhat improve in,
dustrial conditions.
Great injury, however, had been done
so that restoration was slow and It was
not until the republican party was re-
turned TO power, upon the assurance
that its tariff policy would again be put
into effect, that an active and general
revival Of industries and business begun
This is familiar fact TO most people, but
II is well at this time TO remind them
OF 1t by way OF pointing out the danger
involved in the success Of the democratic
party, 80 far as our economic policy IL
concerned. II may be said that there
is no immediate danger because the sen
ate is safely republican for at least two
years The great industrial interests
however, look beyond a year or two
They would regard a democratic victory
next NOvember as a menace to the pro
Omaha daily bee., 1904-08-05
personal NOTES.

bernhard Bethuann, who is we'll known
in Hebrew educational circles the country
over as president of the Board OF Gov
ernors of the Hebrew Union college, In Gin
cinnati, celebrated his 10th birthday last
week.
The membership of our house Of repre-
sentatives has 236 lawyers out of total OF
S57. The House of Commons, on the other
hand, has only 129 lawyers in a total Oh
$40. while the French Chamber shows an
attendance of 1S9 lawyers in total OF bSi'
John A. Kasson Of Iowa, now 50 years or
age. attracts attention in Boston and VI
cinity. where he is spending the summer
ona who has seen him recently declares
him to be, merely to gaze at, something
to admire as one would enjoy fine piece
of sevres porcelain"
Miss Lavinia Egan. the retiring secretary
of the Board of Lady Managers of the
Worlds fair, has ideas of her own. She
wears only tailor-made dresses, for m
stance, and thinking long tresses burden
I'm the summertime, she cuts her hair snort
every spring
George Ade playwright and author OF
''Fables in Slang" is passing August at
his country place, Hazelden Farm, Brook
Ind, where he Is just now cutting oats
in the daytime and working on the book
of his new opera, The College Widow
in the evenings!
There are 269 generals on the retired list
of the United States army, 2H more than
there were in 1898. OF this list 12o were in
service as generals less than two weeks
and two for less than a month before re-
tirement Taking the entire list into con-
sideration, 21O never performed active ser
vice Of the rank.
There is a case OF worse and more OF 1t
in Great Britain. It has now transpired
that besides the flaming tie which King
Edward was reported as wearing at the
last Ascot races the eccentric monarch also
wore trousers with creases on the sides
instead OF In front. All the England that
lives 10 dress is painting with excitement
at the intelligence.
The iVeliest question as to Who's Who
is that asked by the Atlantic Monthly
paper of George w. Alger In which II is
calmly stated that "the greatest bank
wrecker in American criminal history now
lives undisturbed in New York. He never
served a day in jail for a defalcation Of
5000. OOO The indictments against him
we're all dismissed a few years ago"
Anthony ]. Drexel Biddle. the Phila-
delphia millionaire, is by far the most
democratic OF all the rich people at At
lantlc City this year. Nearly everyone
calls him Tony" Biddle and he seems to
ike IT, One day an overzealous New York
newspaper photographer took aim at Mr
Biddle with a camera, The millionaire
yelled: "Cut that out, young fellow. or
I'll hand you one that you won't forget
in a hurry" As the millionaire Is well
known to be very handy with the gloves"
the photographer obeyed and hastily de-
ma rted
Omaha daily bee., 1904-08-05
EXPENSIVE FOR LAND GRABBERs.
Cost and Returns of the Rosebud
Reservation Opening.


The Rosebud land opening has proved a
very expensive thing for the landseekers,
taken as a whole. Here was reservation
containing about $4,000 acres. or about
2,4OO quarter sections of allotments; yet so
great is the desire to get something for
nothing that over 10000 persons filed ap-
plications for land. At that rate, not more
than one out Of forty could hope TO secure
any land, for it will be borne in mind that,
after the applications were filed they were
all dumped into a big wheel Of fortune
and lottery drawing took place, the first
one drawn out having the first choice and
the next one the next choice, and so on,
until the entire number Of allotments were
exhausted. Tens Of thousands of course,
were disappointed, because there was not
enough land to go around.
Now assuming that the average expense
OF travel and board incurred by an appli-
cant amounted to only $40 each, we have
an aggregate OF 100000 paid to railroads
and boarding houses by the landseekers.
1t is not at all improbable that these ex-
penses averaged twice as much, or from
100000 to 100000, The land at A an
acre, which is probably a fair average
price, would only amount to A,52S0OO. That
is to say, the land is not worth as much
money as that paid out by those who have
been trying to get it.
The average applicant, too, has doubt
less had the impression that all he had tc
do was to file his claim and Immediately
upon drawing an allotment make his selec'
ton close TO an expected railroad depot
site, and then sell out for a big bonus. II
however, the department follows the law
It will require every section TO be occupied
and lived upon for certain length OF time
before the title can pass. This can only
be done by the payment Of 81 an acre down
and rs cents an acre each year for -four
succeeding years. or. the homesteader may
commute his claim at the end OF fourteen
months by paying s52 an acre.
No doubt II II had been thoroughly un'
derstood that these legal restrictions would
be enforced, thousands OF people anxious
to get rich quick would not have thrown
away their time and money In this ncrambl'
for lands not any too we'll adapted tc agri'
cultural purposes, Then, too, this rush foi
land on the Rosebud reservation will looh
less like a snap 20 those who may here
after become aware OF the fact that n
neighb0ring counties IN South Dakota there
Is still a good deal OF government land oper
70 settlement On substantially the same
terms
Omaha daily bee., 1904-08-05


Under the caption of Thirty Years
Ago Today" the Lincoln Journal of Au-
gust informs us that Captain Bax,
the oldest letter carrier in Lincoln, re-
ported that he had saved his garden by
persistently going through it and driving
the grasshoppers out" This reminds US
that Captain Bax was not the only man
in Nebraska who about thirty years ago
was kept busy driving gWsshOppers out
of his garden or smoking them out of his
corn field. There were thousands and
tens of thousands between the Missouri
river and the Republican valley.
Few people in these days can have any
conception of the grasshopper invasion
Of thirty years ago by which Nebraska
was devastated, twenty-five thousand
farmers were ruined and other thousands
were frightened into abandoning their
homesteads and migrating from the
state. The grasshOpper scourge of 1874
and 1875 was If anything more disas-
trOus than the drouths of 1894 and 1895.
1t is a matter of history that Nebraska
issued 100000 in "gasshopper bonds
for the ameliOration of the condition Of
the farmers whose crops had been liter
ally eaten up. People in these days
would hardly believe it possible, never
theless it is true, that the grasshOppers
of thirty years ago were not only de-
structive to crops, but to the habitations
of man and became a serious obstacle
to traffic by the stoppage Of railroad
trains whose tracks were covered by
swarms of hoppers to such an extent
that the wheels would not grip the rails
A strange coincidence between the
grasshOpper plague of 1874 and 1875 and
the drouths of 1894 and 1895 is the fact
that both of these visitations of famine
and destltution brought with them also
political plaques, like the plaques that
followed the locusts in Egypt. The
grasshopper plague of 1874 and 1875
brought with 1t the greenbacker and T..
H. Tibbles who made his debut in the
arena of public debate as deadly foe to
the state grasshopper relief commission,
and the drouth of 1894 and 1895 had it's
political accompaniment in the blast Of
populsm that swept the state from east
to west and from north to south and was
particularly destructive where the drouth
was most severe.
1t was generally believed and expected
thirty years ago that Nebraska would al
ways remain a prey to the voracious
hopper and therefore would periodically
resume its place on the map as part of
the great American desert, where the
coyote and the prairie dog and the grass
IhOpper would hold sway unmolested. II
is almost marvellous that for more than
quarter of a century the grasshopper
has never revisited Nebraska and is not
likely ever again to frighten and dis
perse its population. While it is quite
improbable that Nebraska no more than
other sections of the country will escape
drouth, this generation is not likely to
witness another total crop failure like
the last by reason of two successive dry
seasons following on the heel of a COM
mercial panic and crash from the Allan
tic to the Pacific.