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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

One garter was all that was found in
the safe of defunct promotion com
pany in Philadelphia. And the know
ing editor of the Washington Post sage
iy remarks that il was more valuable
rs an explanation than az an asset.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

The indications, it is anne point
TO an exceptionally large wheat crop.
this wear. and best of all there will be a
good market for 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

No invitations to the wedding of Crown
Prince Frederick William to Duchess
C"cclia on June 6, will be issued to Euro
penn Governments. although some private
invitations have already been sent to in
dividual princes and princcsseS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

A Kansas City man has been fined
for saying darn" to a policeman.
served him right! He should have said
"durn.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Before and After.

Said Mr. Smith to Mrs. Smith:
Have yOu been reading what
The experts say Of female forms
You've. read il. have yol not?
GO out and throw your shoulders back,
i.ru.it he in the good. fresh air,
Wear dresses loose, and do without
That corset that you wear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19
EASTERN STEAMSHIP CO

Resumption Of Serviee-CommsneinS
Saturday, April IS, 1905.
Steamer Della Collins" leaves Augusta
at 1.30 p. NJ, Hallowell at p. M. Tues
days. Thursdays and Saturdays. con-
meeting with main line steamer leaving
Gardiner at 3.35, Richmond at ~ ana
Bath at s p. M. for Boston.
RETURNING-Steame leaves Union
Wharf, Boston Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at p. M. for landings on
the River, connecting at Gardiner with
Steamer Della Collins" for Hauoweii
and Augusta.
All cargo, except Live Stock. via. tAe
steamers Of this Company, u insufsd
against fire and marine risk.
ALLEN PARTRIDGE. Agent.
Augusta, HI.
c. A. COLE, Agent, Hallowell. Ne.
A. H HANSCOM, q. p. & T. A.
CALVIN AUSTIN. ". p. & Genl Mt,
al1dtf Boston, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

The new Pennington High school is
to be a handsome structure, and prob
ably the best in Maine outside OF the
cities. The cuts show that it will
have the famous Bullfinch front of the
Maine Capitol. The educational ira
ditions of Pennington are the highest
and il deserves the best to be had.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

from Bates in 1879. lie has bcen Il
teacher in Vermont and was state
commissioner of education there when
called to Rhode Island by the board
of education of the latter state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19
CONSUMPTION

Hope, fresh air, rest and
SCOTS Emulsion are the
greatest remedies for con-
sumption. SCOTS Emulsion
will always bring comfort and
relief - often cure. SCOTS
Emulsion does for the con-
sumptive what medicine alone
cannot do. It's the nourish-
ment in it that takes the pa
tent in long strides toward
health.
Wen send you .ampl. free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, ~ Pearl Street. New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

ably the best in Maine outside OF the
cities. The cuts show that it will
have the famous Bullfnch front of the
Maine Capitol. The educational ira
ditions OF Pennington are the highest
and it deserves the best to be mad.
The other morning Bath lady
Went to the back door to feed her
flock Of hens when big rooster
savagely attacked her. severely claw
ing and scratching her in the face. 1t
was great mistake for the bird, for
the lady armed herself with club and
the next day enjoyed a fine roast fowl
dinner.
The Turner brOt hers. Hampden Cor
ner. commenced hoeing their tubers
Monday. which were planted April %.
The land on which they grow potatoes.
which is situated on side hill over
looking the PenobscOt near the Boston
& Bangor Steamship Company's wharf.
has q remarka ble history. 1t has been
planted every year with potatoes for
80 years in succession, yielding not less
than 500 each year. In the year 1880
it produced the first bushel that was
carried into Bangor's market, for
which Mr.. Turner received s12 as
prize for the first bushel of potatoes
brought to market; that was on the
third day of July. 1t has never failed
IN recent years To grow potatoes before
the Fourth of July ready for the mar
ket. This piece Of land of about an
acre is now owned by F. c. & G. w.
Turner Ifampden Corner. They say
that the yield last year was rs good, if
not better than former years. showing
that land OF Il certain kind planted in
a proper way, is productive for many
years.
Those who knew Elijah" Sanford
in his college days at Bates. 90 years
ago, say that he was n prominent ball
player and a popular one but that he
was more popular with the grand
stand than with adopts on the game
because with other players he was
calculated for his ''grand-stand plays"
that is. that he would often sacrifice
the game for his college so that he
himself could make 4 brilliant play
that would draw forth the applause Of
the crowd. while if he had kept him.
self i'm the background and done team
work. Willie he personally would not
have gained applause vet his team
would have won. Many believe that
it was this inordnate love of applause
that has been one of the most inStru-
mental factors in bringing him into his
present prominence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

Said Mr.. Smith to Mrs. Smith:
Il II tell you plainly, Hat
No downtown trip for me with you
If you go down like that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

The season at the opera houses is
drawing to close i'm most of our
cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

An unusually large batch Of pardon
cases Is to come before the Governor
and council, today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

The Lewiston smallpox scare has
been ubigingly prompt in Eubsiding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

A day or two of sunshine will be fol-
lowed by some lively times in the
fields.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
TO BUSY sToRK-SHooI
Human Ingenuity Raises an Obstacle
to tho Vaccinations Of
Fate,

TIE apartment houses of this age had
now reached q stage of such magniicence
that tenants were willing to give up all
their liberties and salaries for the priv.
ilege of living in them. By edict, says
the New York Sun, the prattle of children
was forever barred from them.
Situated in the ultra-fashionable dis
trict was the magnificent apartment house
Race Suicide" through which the agent
was showing a prospective tenant and
dazzling him with the latest improvement
of the Utopian age.
Magnificent" said the gentleman, 'but
your roof looks rather untidy. Why is
this roof strewn with bits of broken
glass and the chimneys studded with
rusty nails?"
Clever idea of mine," said the agent,
fn rdm That is to prevent the stOrk
Being a philosopher, the Utopian said
nothing, but stood gazing far into the dis
lance where an ocean liner from the
tropics was making her way up the har-
Dor crowded to the rails with immigrants.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
A CLEAR COMPLEXION.
a Simple Home Treatment for Black
heads, Red, Rough and Oily
Skin and Disfiguring
HumOrs.

IF you are afflicted with pimples, black
heads, red, rough or oily skin, or disfg-
uring humors, you will find this simple
home treatment most agreeable, speedily
effective and economical. Gently smear
the face with the great emollient skin
cure, Cuticura Ointment, but do not rub.
Wash off the ointment in FIVE minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and
battle freely. Repeat this morning and
evening and you will soon be rewarded
with q skin soft, white and clear. Cuff
cura Soap, the best toilet and complexion
soap in the world, assisted by Cuticura
Ointment, will preserve, purify and
beautify the complexion and keep the
skin in a healthy condition, prevent
ms blackheads, pimples, eruptions or the
return of eczema and other skin troubles.
Used as a shampoo it c~leanses the scalp
of .crusts and scales, removing dandruff
and promoting the growth of the hair.
For red rough hands, itching palms and
painful finger ends, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment achieve marvellous results, often
In a single night.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
THERE IS JUST ONE SURE WAY
Dodd's kidney Pills Build Up Rum
Down P~eople-They Make Healthy
Kidneys and That Means Healthy
People What Mr. and Mrs.
j. L. DufRey Says

Nora, Ind, Feb. 6th.-(SpeciaD-That
the sure way of building up rundown
men and women is to put their kidneys
in good working order is shown by the ex-
p~erience of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Duffey
and dispirited. They used Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and to-day both enjoy the best
of health.
Mr.. Duffey says: 81 was vely weak
and almost past going. l tried every
got no benefit till / tried DodGs Kidney
Pills. They helped me in every way and
| am strong and well now"
Mrs. Duffey says: Il was SO bad that
if anybody would lay down a string /
felt ] could not step over it. Since TAX
ing Dodd's Kidney Pills 7 can run and
Jump fences"
Healthy kidneys insure pure blood;
Dodd's Kidney Pills insure healthy kid
neys.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

room and unlocked an old-fashioned
desk. In its deepest recesses she found
faded photographs tied together with ]
thin parcel of letters. These she opened,
murmuring apologetically: 81 may as
we'll. | haven't seen them since my
school days. They may furnish ideas
for a plot"
The spirit Of that days saint was Ger.
tainly lowering near, for on top of the
pile of letters was a small, yellow en-
velope, out of which fell a valentine, a
gaudy, Powered paper-lace bit of senti-
ment. Scrawled across the back in q
round, boyish hand were the words,
For all time
Will you be my valentine?"
This loving invitation was originally
expressed by one John Brewster, aged
ten.
1t was good to hear the girlish, remin-
iscent laughter that dubbed from the
woman's lips, but the laugh trailed off
into a sigh at the recollection that the
same boyish admirer. some years later.
exacted the fulfllment of the promise
she made that day.
Then followed two years Of a delight
full courtship. before the smoldering fire
Of genius on the girls brain
burst into a flame that shriv-
eled all her dreams of domestic joys. AL.
ready the echo of the worlds plaudits
was ringing in her ears. and love was
sacrificed to literature. Through the
ten Intervening years, the world had
fairly Numbered its praise and apprec1-
alton of the distinguished writer, but
the Unsuitable genius often cried to her
own soul: as this all?"
John Brewster, i~ndulging his gypsy
like nature, had wandered from end to
returned to the home of his boyhood,
but now rumors had reached her of the
preparations for his homecoming.
Maggiehad tapped twice on the library
door before she ventured to peep in and
enter. then was half way across the room
with a handsome man close behind her,
before Miss Winthrop got back from the
past.
john"
"Heleni"
What followed Maggie didn't hear, but
it was some time later that John Brew
ster picked up his youthful effusion to
his early love, from where it had fallen
when Miss Winthrop left the desk.
The mar and woman looked at each
other, then laughed. and this wandereI
from over the seas. for the second time
in his life. broke into verse.
For auld lang syne.
Will you be my valentine?"
The alacrity with which the mistress
accepted this lover. absent and silent for
ten years, would have caused her SEN
timental maid to blush.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Root the great kidney and
bladder remedy Is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root will set your whole system
right, and the best proof of this is a trial.
50 cottage ST., MELRosR, MASS.
DEAR SIR: a. 18th, 1904.
Ever since I was In the Army, 1 had more or
less kidney trouble. and within the past year it
became SO severe and complicated that /
suffered everything and was much alarmed-my
strength and power was fast leaving me. Isaw
an advertisement of ~Swamp-Root and wrote
asking for advice. I began the use of the
medicine and noted a decided Improvement
after taking ~Swamp-Root only a short time.
/ continued its use and am thankful to say
that 1 am entirely cured and strong. In order
to be very sure about this, / had q doctor examine
some of my water to-day and he pronounced it
all right and i'll splendid condition.
! know that your Swamp-Root Is purely vege-
table and does not contain any harmful drugs.
Thanking you for MY complete recovery and
recommending Swamp-Root to all sufferers
/ am" Very truly yours,
/. c. RICHARDSON.
Swamp-Root Is not recommended for
everything but 1t promptly cures kidney.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

liver and bladder troubles the symp
toms of which are-obliged to pass your
water frequently night and day, smart
ing or irritation in passing, brickdust
or sediment in the urine, headache,
backache, lame back, dizziness, poor
digestion, sleeplessness, nervousness,
heart disturbance due to bad kidney
trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood.
neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloat-
Ing, irritability, wornout feeling, lack
of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow COM
plexion, Dr. Bright's disease.
If your water, when allowed to re-
main undisturbed in a glass or bottle
for t~wenty-four hours, forms a sediment
or settling or has a cloudy appearance, it
is evident that your kidneys and blad-
der need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root IS pleasant to take and
Is for sale at drug stores the world wei
in bottles Of two sizes and two prices
fifty cents and one dollar. Remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Bing-
hamton, n. Y, on every bottle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
A FELLOW FEELING.
Why She Felt Lenient Towards tha
Drunkard.

A great deal depends on the point O,
view. A good temperance woman was
led, in a very peculiar way, to revise
her somewhat harsh judgment of the
poor devil who cannot resist his cups
and she is now the more charitable.
She writes:
For many years / was a great suf-
ferer from asthma. Finally my health
got SO poor that | found l could not lie
down, but walked the floor whilst 9TH
ers slept. 1 got SO nervous / could non
rest anywhere.
specialists told me l must give up
the use of coffee-the main thing that
/ always thought gave me some relief.
l consulted u family physician, and
he, being a coffee fiend himself, told
me to pay no attention to their advice.
Coffee had such a charm for me that in
passing a restaurant and getting a
Whit of the fragrance l could not resist
a cup. l felt very lelient towards the
drunkard who could not pass the sa-
loon. Friends often urged me to try
Postum, but l turned a deaf ear, say
ing: That may do for people to whom
coffee is harmful, but not for me-cof-
fee and l will never part
"At last, however, 1 bought a pack
age Of Postum, although / was sure |
could not drink 1t. l prepared it as
directed, and served it for breakfast.
Well, bitter as I was against it, I must
say that never before had / tasted a
more delicious cup of coffee! From
that day to this (more than two years.
I have never had a desire for the old
coffee. My health soon returned; the
asthma disappeared, 1 began t sleep
well and in a short time l gained 20
pounds in weight.
Zone day l handed my physician the
tablets he had prescribed for me, tell
ing him / had no use for them. He
stayed for dinner. When I passeS him
his coffee cup he remarked: 4 am glad
to see you were sensible enough not to
let yourself be persuaded that coffee
was harmful. This Is the best cup of
coffee I ever drank he continued; the
trouble is so few people know how to
make good coffee When he got his
zeeond cup l told him he was drinking
Postum. He was incredulous, but ]
convinced him, and now he uses meth.
ing but Postum in his home and has
greatly improved in health" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
Look in each package for the famous |
little book. 1.-THE Road to Wellvillc."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

EDITORIAL NOTE.-In order to
prove the wonderful merits of Swamp
Root you may have a sample bottle and
a book Of valuable information, both
sent absolutely free by mail. The book
contains many of the thousands upon
thousands of testimonial letters re-
ceived from men and women cured.
The value and success of Swamp-Root
are so well known that our readers are
advised to send for {. sample bottle. In
sending your address to DR.. Kilmer &
Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure to say
you read this generous offer In this
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
Quality Brings Success.

When in St. Louis our representative
called on the +. r. Rice Mercantile Cigar
20, and was courteously received and
SHOWN through their large Cigar Factory.
u was a pleasure to see the hundreds Of
clgarmakers making all cigars absolutely
py hand, no molds or machinery used in
tae factory One of the striking features
IN thls factory Is the fine body of work.
men and the cleanliness that one sees all
through the factory. In the basement the
nrm carry the Havana tobacco which they
import yearly from Cuba direct and which
Is specially selected by w. c. Schultz, who
VISITS the Island for that purpose. SO that
the frm not only have the very best of
work, but they also buy the very finest
tobacco that the Island produces. After
seeing the factory one is not surprised
that many thousands of the Mercantile"
are sold during the year.
1hls hrm also manufacture a number of
hve-cent brands of cigars, their leaders
being the 1905" and the agent" Our
representative asked how many ''305' and
Agents" they manufactured last year,
and was told that their output on those
two brands of t~ive-cent cigars was over
twenty-five million. Every box of cigars
that this firm turns out has a card placed
IN the same, calling the attention of the
smoker to the fact that the house sells
their goods absolutely on a quality basis,
tHdC lhey 90 no CIRCUS OF OIL Dodru adVer-
Using, give no free deals nor have any
other kind of schemes, but see how much
quality they can put in the cigar, so that
they will please the consumer, who does
not care for all the other items but does
want the most and best smoke he can
possibly get for his money, and the firm
stated that since they have adopted this
quality system, their trade has grown from
year to year, and while they are only
making a small profit selling goods on
such a basis, the enormous quantity that
they are turning out, is bringing them the
desired results.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
THE AGENT DIDN'T KNOW.
Insurance Man Is Given a Job by an
Editor That Proves Too Much
for Him.

An agent was trying to insure an ed.
a theory that any fact could be put into
plain everyday English, if the man be-
hind the fact really knew what he was
talking about. After listening to an in
volved flow of premiums" deferred
dividends" cash surrender values" and
Optional Choices relates Worlds Work,
he said, gravely:
See here, | don't understand what
you're talking about. But III tell you
what I'll do. If you'll write that propo-
sition out in ordinary English so that
an ordinary man can understand it, I'll
not only take the policy, but I'll pub
lish the explanation as an article and pay
you 500 for it."
will 1? Sure I will" exclaimed the
overjoyed agent, thinking he had indeed
struck an easy job. And he departed,
Gdjuring the editor not to forget.
A week passed by. The agent called
up on the telephone to say that he was
working upon the thing. There was less
exultation in his voice.
Two weeks more elapsed. The editor
had forgotten the whole thing when the
agents card came in one day. 1t was fol-
lowed by the man himself.
Well" said the editor, got my ar
%ticle?"
Mono" said the agent, sheepishly.
THE fact is, | guess | can't do it the
way you want it, after all. Let's call
it off"
1t is hardly too much to say that this
10 typical.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
You Have No Friends

that will not be interested in a remedy
that is being used extensively as a per-
manent cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation,
Headache, Catarrh of the Mucous Mem
brane, and all diseases of the Liver, Kid
neys and Bladder. Only one dose a day.
Write at once to the Vernal Remedy
Company, LIE Roy, N: Y, and they will
of Vernal Palmettona palmetto Berry
Wine), to convince you of the wonderful
results to be obtained from its use. Sold
by druggists everywhere.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
10 Prove what Swamp-Root. the Great Kidney Remedy,
VIII Do for YOU. Every Reader of this paper May
Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more sickness
and suffering than any other disease, therefore, when through
neglect O other causes, kidney trouble is permitted to continue.
fatal results re sure to follow.
Your other organs may need attendon-but your kidneys most.
because they do most and need attention first.
If you are sick Or "feel badly" begin taking DR.. Kilmers
Swamp-ROOt, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because
as soOn as your kidneys begin to get better they will help all the
other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
Falsa Rennrt

Ell have been told" said Mrs. OIdcastle.
that your daughter has been doing some
wonderful things in typography" :
Oh, no." replied her hostess. "she
amt been t.ere at all. The last letter
we had from her she was in P;ttsburg.
and thought she'd go right through to
Washington Chicago Record Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

yes said Newliwed, my wife and I
are housekeeping row. She prepared our
first dinner last night with her own fair
hands" How was it," asked Bachelor.
We'll, the nuts and raisins were fine
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

Many a man wants de Gospel ter fly;
but wen it comes ter putin up money
fer de wings, he says he's in favor er
home missions.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
Peaceful Household.

Baggs-What! You and your wife
never quarrel?
Waggs-Well, we haven't quarreled dur
ing the last three weeks.
Flows that?"
Were not on speaking terms."-Chi-
cage News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

The political plum, not unlike the per-
simmon, sometimes has an unpleasant eff
feet when it is bit into before it is quite
ripe.=lndianapoiis News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, always lave something new, some
thing valuable. This year they offer
among their new money making vege-
tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion.
1t is a winner, Mr.. Farmer and Gardener!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

1t will not be so very long before you
are talking about things that happened
way back in the year '04.-N. Y. Mail.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11

"Some mems idea of holdin' down q
job" said Uncle Eben, "is to sit around
an wish payday would hurry along
Washington Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-11
Earlieat Green Onions.

Many a mushroom of promise is a
toadstool of fulfllment.-N. Y. Times.