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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
or'Snton and Watertown Union Live
Stock Market,

Neeported Tor the Kennebec Journal for
me week ending June IL. 1907
AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MAR
kET.
aattie; $3.50: horses. 5l2: sheen ana
'amns' 1o5l; calves. 2sl9: swine. 2i.9Si.
NUMBER FROM MAINE
o-S latte. 26o: sheep and lambs. -; calves,
S'S; horses. GO; swine. l2l. :
PRICES OF MARKET CATTLE.
A few choice, sGoIe. %. extra x0,5 "a.
> ' rs! .quaiity. $iM4.50; second quality, $3t,
"."' third quality. sl.75a,25O
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
~ tarrow cows. s15d2j; fancy cows, sJO,l
80 syo .niien cows. from So to $lS; yearlings.
S Wv 20 sis; Two years old. ST. to $50; three
f s;.;n ola. 30 to $50; western fat swine.
live. ~ to 'ac.: northern dressed hogs
"Ss 10 oHSc. per h.; stores. retail, s. to ST.
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS.
e. IN lots, $50 to $3.50 each; extra, 81 to
80 OF from q. to sac. per lb. lambs :,
TO &c; veal calves. 3 TO GlAc
ARRIVALS BY EASTERN STEAMERS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.
We" York Merchant Shoots Himself II
Chicago Auditorium.

,mcago, June 13.-The Tribune, to-
uay' says: Assigning no motive for
u'e act, Charles G. Sduires. a New
aork merchant. has shot himself, in
e'e mead, at the Auditorium Annex 1t
Is said at the hotel where the wounded
alai remains that his recovery is
doubtful. He left no note or anything
!" indicate his motive for attempting
take his life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
SUPREME COURT CLERKS
OF Maine Meet and Organize an Asso
ciaton-Cunnberl Alone Missing.

Bangor, Me-, June 13.-The clerks Of
the supreme court of Maine met here,
today, i'm the Court House to form an
organization for mutual benefit similar
ters of probate, at Portland, Il short
tim. ago. All the counties of the state
Were. represented except Cumberland.
Clerk Edward +. Thompson being un-
able to attend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
China Granue,

China Grange met in regular session
June 9Th AMI conferred the first and
second degrees on two candidates.
owing to the lateness of the hour the
program was omitted.
Strawberries and cream will be
served at the next meeting June 21st
when the third and fourth degrees will
he worked. The sisters are requested
to help out with cream AMI cake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
OBSTINATE GHSES

but q specialists prescription, having
as a single aim the cure OF diseases
peculiar to women.
Reliable dealers recommend " Favor
tie Prescription" With tricky ones,
something else that pays them better
will probably be urged upon you as
"just as good" Perhaps it is for
them; but it can't be for you. Some
saving may be made by purchasing our
medicines in half-dozen quantities:
If you are convinced that the " Fa-
vorite Prescription is the medicine
you need, do not be cajoled into &C
ceptng something else. The attempt
to induce you to do so is an insult to
your elligence, Turn your back ON
the one who offers the affront.
DR.. PIERCE's PLEASANT PELLETS
Cure biliousness, sick and bilious head
ache, dizziness, costiveness, or consti-
patton of the bowels, loss of appetite,
coated tongue, sour stomach, windy
belchings, heartburn" pain and dis
tress after eating, and kindred derange-
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.
Persons subject to any of these troubles
should never be without vial of the
~ PloASanJ IellcbS NJ Hdllu. XHcy arc
always adopted as a household REM
edy after the first trial. Put up in
glass walls, tightly corked, therefore
always fresh and reliable.
One little "Pellet" is laxative, two
are cathartic. They regulate, invigor-
ate and cleanse the liver, stomach and
bowels. As "dinner pill" to pro-
mote digestion, take one each day. To
relieve the distress arising from over
eating, nothing equals one Of these
little " Pellets" They're tiny, sugar.
coated, anti-bilious granules, scarcely
larger than mustard seeds.
Doctor Pierce's great thousand-page
Common Sense Medical Adviser'f will
be sent for the mere cost of mailing !;
paper-bound for 81 one-cent stamps,
or cloth-bound for 81 stamps. It is q
grand and useful book. Address DR..
k.V. Pierce, 66S Main st.. Buffalo. NY,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14

When the transport Solacc SAILED
from san Francisco recently, she ear
ried CompIet" outfits for wireless tel"-
graph stations at Ii pnolulu and Guam.
The apparatus. whi.h las been con-
strrcted by the navy-yard workmen, IS
Of the latest and most improved pat
tern.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
MAINE DROVERS.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.

The Western market il. such n con-
dition to enable butchers to buy more
freely the lambs by Nc decline, while
sheep hold a stronger position by near
&c. on lambs the range $a6i$7. so per
100 lbs. Sheep at s3ms5.5O per 100 lbs.
II. +. Whitney sold 20 fail lambs on
commission. 1. S. Henry 10 slim lambs
at S. a head.
VEAL CALVES.
Market prices well sustained The
veal market in a healthy condition.
with "a comfortable supply For mixed
lots 5tam6c. is paid. Anything select at
g.. n6l5c Wins & Holbrnok successors
to ". F. Wallace soil - calves of IL,
lbs, at $50. l. 5. Henry 80 calves OF 145
lbs. at &C..
LIVE POULTRY.
10000 lbs. received. For fowl 13ia@ 1ic.
BOOSTERS SC. Brothers 2G@29c. lb.
SALES AT YARDS.
Cattle near Nc. lower; sheep &c.
Hog market steady as quoted last
market steady as quoted last week.
Veal calves in good demand at strong
prices. Sales of COWS of 40 lbs. at
;1Ac.; II COWS at 224c.: : do at 1Ac.: 81
calves Of 121 lbs. at &C.: SO of lis lbs.
at 5Ac.; 10 nOgs. go lbs. at $3.50: 20
mich cows at 5000 $50; 9 calves of 12O
lbs at &C.; oxen of 2290 lbs at 41ac; .
of $3.50 lbs. at &C.: 1 bull of 1910 lbs. ut
$50: 3 COWS. 1870 lbs. at &C.: 3 cows,
1880 lbs at $3.50: l bull of 40 lbs. at
&c.; COWS, 1870 lbs. at $3.50: 80 calves
Of 14J lbs. at &C.: 50 DO. Of 135 lbs. at &c. !;
10 slim lambs So a head: - calves, 125
lbs ut 5Ac; :, cows of 940Gi9S0 lbs. ut
-, GiS1.c; beef cattle 1O0ai 1920 lbs. at
ia cft3i.c.
At BRIGHTON, LAST WEDNESDAY.
Thnre were 225 mich COWS only on
the market. some buyers after the bet
ter class of COWS. paying il ON $500 $i,.
with a slow trade. Cor the slim lots.
/ s. Henry says miich cows s. Il head
lower than two weeks ago. Beef CONS
and bulls selling within last week $
range. Hog market steady, sales of IL
milch cows from $35ft$I0. | choice COW
So = at $50 each. I extra COWS $3.50
each. down to So. l. II ~; of 80 lbs.
at .65. | stag hog so lbs. at lie.
course SOW iD0 lbs. at &C.. = steers; 300
lbs. ut &C. l. vaals 11:0 lbs. ut Ghc.. 10
do ut &C., , II 3!.c.. ) choice srringrr.'
at $50 each. IL COWS $:.,,6' SO. > oxen
of $500 lbs. ut $40, 6 b",f cows 80 to
1000 lbs ut Be-. | COW of SO lbs. ut 2r.,
l. COW. for milk $25fi $.'J.
Store pigs-Light sales at $2M$1 Il
mead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
POMONA MEETINGS,

The meeting Of York Pomona ar
ranged to be held at Maplewood, June
% has been postponed to June %.
Excelsior Pomona will hold me-
,,orial service with Wilson Grange
East Wilton, Sunday, June IS. The
memorial sermon will be delivered by
pev H. A. Clifford, and the neurology
renort by Brother N. H. Campbell OF
MYSTIC Valley Grange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14

Prince Metchusky. proprietor Of a
Russian newspaper, has made the
startling discovery that General Kuro-
patkin's defeats in the far East are
due to an intellectual microbe," which
causes people to become dissatisfied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14

A special meeting Of Piscataquis
Pomona Grange will he held at East
Sangerville, June Is. The fifth degree
will be conferred in full form and an
interesting program will be carried out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14

OF leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful
periods, prolapsus, or falling OF womb,
attended by weak back, bearing-down
sensations, liberation of womb, pain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
AUSTRIA M0URNS
For Archduke Joseph Who
Died Tuesday Morning.
Known as Hungarian Archduke
dearly Beloved by People.
Was AGED II and Bowed Down With Grief
Over Death Of Sons.

Vienna, June 1S.-Archduke Joseph of
Austria died. this morning. He was
born in 1929
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

*hlie the latter Well. he had beard ne could not tell for his life how or Fnere-that Millie intended making d new deal. as to escorts, and had her eye on Jack Kennedy. With this exasperat- ins gossip in mind he had called CD Miille the evening before. He had found Hei ohder the cherry tree by the front ta'e. looking as innocent as Madonna nnile she gathered the crimson fruit ny thought she grew a trifie nervous Ae he pumped himself into the rustic Seat and said:
 presume you are all ready for the snow tomorrow
 am awfully sorry. Ben" she be- een' but l cannot go."
 Why?' he exclaimed fercely. He '@s expecting this and was prepared ,. 0n, she answered, then you '''.h n'. | heard that Aunt Minerva"- M. Nu' haven't heard, neither have n.v,. u ne almost shouted; fer. although nAlie old auntie was no tayorite of a sss,, > ne was not going to have her 'auoled with this subterfuee.
 tt,. ~ no fault of Minerva Radelifes t oa. you We tilted me at the last minute uotl" '' hheuS' oI course th. 'lsned and irate be then swept down ebs. sum mery lane. leaving MilIie no 'ushee of explanation.
 esa Ne cyclone" she said. but her msn, were full of pain and astonish- bsea1, while the cherries dropped un- 4seded at her feet nou. not pleasant to remember it !. put he had begun the trouble ana nesnt to see the end.
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

Tom will drive the .canDpy-top and you will go with me in the phaeton"
 Then the Hiltons know everything?" He looked at her in humiliation They know way | could not come with you this morning" she said, eva siyelF
 Ben sat down on the extreme end of the seat and wished .hs knew as much aS the HiltOnS. just then Bitlhe would be thankful that they did not know all. At this juncture the trio came up be- dragglssf and happy, carrying immense wreaths of water lilies. and were ready t0 go h0sne
 It has been such jolly dsy," ex- claimed Rose: stringiMs fragrant wreath on her arm and addressing Millie
 Yes; everybody is so Independently happy" answered Miss Radcliffe.
 Ben EastOn bit his lips and flushed to the roots of his hair Would he get to the finish of this before tit finished him?
 Fact echoed Tom over Ban's head.
 
 your aunt wanted the phaeton t.hougit we were done for: bat when you sens Ben around. yOu let ias all out. Miss Rad clffe"
 There's always A way out" psit iE Ben, catching at siraws and hoping he was the son of prophet at least.
 But his remark must have sounded al fA- q. with a storm of applause. Tom went so far as to roll on the sward in his mer- riment, asking the girls to give three cheers for the way out
 When the shadows heightened and everybody was getting everybody else's dinner basket. the Hiltons filled up the canopytop with themselves and their burden of lilies and rolled merriIy home ward The phaeton followed with more sedate couple.
 "Millie' said Ben, by and by. were you sorrowing so because l broke your heart. dear?"
 70. no" answered she. quietly. Aunt Minerva had telegram yesterday that Uncle Abner was dead and to come im- mediately. 1 thought a great deal of Uncle Abner!'
 "O-oh, then you did not think of me?" chagrined in spite of himself
 70. no; I thought you could take care of yourself; you were so independent.s' and she sighed complacently.
 And Ben Easton knew that he had come plump up against the finish" and had missed his dignity
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30
SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Senior Partner Didn't Overhaul the. Telephone People as He
 Had Intended. .6

The telephone had gone wrong again. and the senior partner. who bad worked himself up to the necessary pitch of anger. had announced his de- termination to go to the exchange and demand an explanation. relates an 3xs change.
 He walked there. and on his way composed the following speech:
 Now, look here. what the dickens does this mean? Here have we beea ringing away at that machine of yOurS. and all we can hear Is a buzzing over the wires Do you think 1 pay your heavy rates for the exercise of ring ing the counfounded bell? If you don't send round at once and have the blith- ering thing seen to. you can take the. whole of the useless arrangement away. and I'll write to the papers tell ing them." etc.
 When he got there he was confront ed by neat. pretty young lady. who asked him. with pleasant smile. if she could do anything for him. .,l
 This Is what he said
 "Well-er-our telephone is little out of order, and it's rather inconven- feat. l should be very much obliged to you if you would send man rou Id to see to 1t as soon as possible"
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30
Diseases in China.
Pakho9

A medical missionary at Pakhoi writes: We get an immense variety of diseases. but never enteric fe- yer, scarlet fever, nor diphtberla. On the other hand. we get every skin dis ease there is anc every eye disease known from professional point of view. many affording the greatest clinical interest. Our clinic would be the envy of many a professional man In Europe. and indeed 1t would mako a splendid training ground for a msdt cal career"
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

from letter written by him to his wife from Philadelphia on July 3, 1776. 24 hours before old Liberty Bell had pro- claimed to an expectant nation that it's representatives had thrown of the yoke Of tbo tyraunical George III
 Thus Lis that President Adams is the inventor of Independence day celebra- tons. Thus it is that the American boy has his first and most prominent authority for his hilarious observance oi this, the greatest day in our history
 President Adams was a comparative
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

ly young man when he wrote this let ter, being then but fl years of age. He lived to be more than 90. and before his death saw this great day celebrated as he wished it celebrated over practically y all of the civilized portion of the con tlnent south of the Canadian line His death occurred on July 4, 1926. and on the same day. and at almost the same hour. there died also Thomas Jefferson. a colleague of Adams on the commit tee which drafted the famous document declaring American independence.
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

Did theyo" he queried
 es: was in the Hilton parlor when you invited them.
 fou?' in astonishment-
 Yes; went over to get the basket phaeton. as anntie could ride best in that. drove to Fairxiew to-day" she ended. sadly
 'Millie." cried Ben. are you too dis susted with me to take me back" Back home? o. no. l planned as much with the Hilt0ns this morning
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

reading the state capital filled up with wrathy manufacturers of all kinds ot food stuffs and they proved such strong case against the chemist that the re- strictive resolutions were rescinded. his bill was sent back to the committes. there to quietly expire In the dead pi- geonhole of the chairman's 8 desk. and his side lines'' were wiped out
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30
LIoN-HUNT IN MISSOURI.
His Circus Den in Objected
 Disgrace.

Tt was along back in ST." said the Tribune reporter. and the hrst we knew six cars were in the ditch and half of the animal cages were under them. Some of the cages were on top. and . lot of the little animals. zebras. wolves and deer and such like took to tho woods. Nothing got away to do any harm except Monarch. the big lion. His den was bottom up. with hole biz enough to let out COW, and Monarch had gone with the little animals.
 Well. after we had rounded up the cook house outfit we had breakfast. and after that we started in to dig the stun out of the ditch. The railroad com- pany's wrecking crew came aloEg to help us, and toward noon, when we'd got pretty well under way. tai black darky came out of the woods ana stood staring at us.
 Nobody paid any attention to him, and he just shuffied round In his COW. hide boots from one foot to ths other and grinned Seeing we didn't roast him, he took courage.
 Did any O you gemmen lose gt- raffe? he says.
 'Giraffe? said l.. No, we never owned one Why?
 Well, boss, Ah done foun' somethtn' up In nah tato patch this mawnin', an An lowed as maybe hit longed to you-all.'
 II got interested. What does 1t look like?'
 "Lawdy. boss. hits mos monstrouA Big varmint with yaller eyes. an hlt done come a snarlin' an a-spittin' at me soons An got out O bald
 Where Is it?'
 "'Oh. Ah cawt hit all rightly. Done hit to nah cab'n.'
 "'Go and get It. said I. Then the wrecking crew got tackle under an- other den. and we forgot the darky.
 Maybe it was half an hour later when we heard noise over on ths road among the trees-a noise like negro driving mule. Everybody stopped work to listen. The noise got nearer and nearer Then 3 cloud of | When it got within 100 yards of the track it cleared up bit, and there was that big darky, with a rope in ons hand and a piece of fence rail in the other On the other end of the rope was Monarch.
 That darky was lamming him with a chunk of fence and firing mule talk at him:
 7 ol cat. Ah doan' know what you is but you ain't go'n' snahl an spit at , me. nohow. C'm on long. ye big. sassy vahmint!' and with that the man } would let drive with his piece of fenca and his cowhide boots. And Monarch was coming! 1 never saw a creature so cowed as he was. reckon any young one could have taken him by the scruff of the neck and turned him over on his back. He waa great, oyergrown pet cat. with all the fight and power surprised out ol him
 We had hauled his den up on to the roadbed, with the hole in the end butted against a wagon. The door vas open, and when Monarch saw 1t. hs jerked the rope out of the darky's hand and bolted inside He couldn't get fax enough inside. either-went way up in ths farthest corner and tried to hide"
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30
BY
 AN EX-SPEAKER
INSIDE HISTORY OF A STATE LEGISLATURE BY ONE
 WHO KNOWS.

Honest 0raft"-"Side Lines" of En- terprising Lawmakers-How One Well-Known Typewriter Was h. troduced-Selling Testimonials for Patent Medicines-A Pure Food'' Campaign That Failed.
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

her that II is is.lndependenee. day iBusore ways than onet"
 This outburst. which did not augur well for Ben Easton,s Fourth ;" was but continuation of yesterdays cbap- ter, and he doubted not but that itwould be a serious affair at the finish How ever he meant to maintain his dignity to the end. now that he had begun.
 Yes; he had begun, but he had just cnHse and provocation," as cid Squire Prebles would quote. and so he efir- ruped 10 the restive bays triumrhaDtay.
 He had meant to take the new turn out and Milliccnt Radcliffe to the Pent- water picnic; but the former was shut sp heaTee-lilvo in the carriage house
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

BY AN FIX SPEAKER OF A STATE
 LEGISLATURE
 Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B Bowies)
 Like some travelling men. many mem bers of state legislature carry side lines. The enterprising lawmaker who knows the ropes can make fair salary outside of the stipend given by the state for cobbling old and manufacturing new laws
 l have in mind certain thrifty legis- lator who was paid a goodly sum of money by each of number of concerns which might or might not be affected by the work of the general assembly. This member was a sort of reporting agent; he kept his private employers posted on pending legislation. Never a bill or resolution was introduced which might, even in a remote degree. touch the interests of one or all of his prin- cipals but he promptly sounded the warning. Sometimes :his warning was sent by telegraph, brt ordinarily it was embodied in the nightly reports which he pounded out on his typewriter. Now this member made no attempt to l conceal his side line he was perfectly open in the matter. and. so far as anyone knew. he never attempted to influence single vote one way or the other. On the contrary, he once voted for a meas ure which plainly was antagonistic to the interests ol one of the members of his syndicate lie said he was paid for reporting and not for voting
 Just before general assembly meets | almost every corporation or organiza- ton which is open 10 attack from the state house receives visits from mem bers of the legislature. The members are after side lines; some of them want to augment their state salary hy honest graft, that is, by merely acting as re- porters of legislation, while others ask to be employed, on a salary. to handle" legislation. To handle" legislation. ac- cording to their interpretation of ths phrase, is to use every means, honest and dishonest. to pass Gr defeat bills
 An officer of life insurance company told me one time that the selling system used by some makers of shoes who ad- vertise, No middle man, but direct from the manufacturer to the consumer" was adopted to noticeable degree by mem bers of the legislature but few year. ago. Prior to it's advent the lobbyist-th. middleman-was the individual witt whom the Interested" parties did busi ness. He added:
 Some of the Shrewd men In th he leSis lature figured it out that certain cor porations would find it cheaper to de business direct with the members of tn, general assembly and finding it cheaper would be easier to approach afterwards One of them called on our people anc with startling frankness said he woult undertake, for a certain salary to han dle any legislation affecting us, the sal. ary to be paid after the session closed He said there WAS nothing wrong ir his proposition provided the company would at once appoint him a special agent. l afterward met him on the street. The session of the general as sembiy was aboUt to close and he gave me his business card, on which was plainly printed the name of my com pany, with special agent after his name. need only add that we were DO, troubled by any kald4ups or sand bag ] ging bills that sessAsn-yourspecial agent had earned his salary
The Forrest City times., 1905-06-30

One of the influential members of the committee on appropriations had we'll known brand of typexriters as his side line. His method of making a sale was simplicity itself. He called on the sev- eral state officials. departmental and in- stitutional heads, told them he was in terasted In this particular make oftype- writar and said he was glad to learn that they were much diSsatiafsd with the writing machines they had In their ofices. He then detailed the virtues and admirable qualities of his typewriter and suggested the advisability of their giy- ing his machine trial. If any demurred he changed the topic Of cOnyersatioH to an analysis of the appropriation bill. then iD committee, and the summing sp was always ip favor of reduction of the appropriation asked by the demurrer The objecting official at once saw the point and made it evident that be would be most happy to give his friends type writer a chance. Before the close of the session that member of the appropria- tians committee lad placed his type- writers In most of the state departments and institutions and his commissions must have swelled his pocketbook to A healthy plumpness.
 One of my colleagues made an honest living before he was elected as A bar keeper He was genial fellow and his sltillful compromising of mixed drinks made him deservedly popular When he appeared at the capital city he handed out cards which indicated that he was a general salesman for a wonderful boiler compound, warranted to keep any boiler. using any kind of water, clean as a whistle. He asked to be put on but one committee; the committee named to visit the penal and charitable Institutions of the state. Such are known a .:junketing" committees. It's members some time during the session. travel from one penitentiary and insane asylum to another at the states expense and have a most enjoyable trip
 But my boiler com ound friend did