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WANTED TO SLEEP
Curious That a Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire.

A minister speaks OF the curious CT
feet of Grape Nuts food on him and
how 1t has relieved him.
You will doubtless understand how
the suffering with indigestion with
witch l used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden,
and why 1t was that after my Sabbath
Guiles had been performed. sleep was
stranger to my pillow till nearly day
lrht.
I had to be very careful as to what
ate, and even with all my care ex-
perienced poignant physical distress
AFTER meals, and my food never salts
h"d me.
Six months have elapsed since
fogan to use GrapeNuts food. and the
h"nehts l have derived from 1t are
1'ry definite. no longer suffer from
digestion, and l began to improve
from the time Grape-Nuts appeared on
our table. ! find that by eating dish
OF it after my Sabbath work is done
'ahd always do SO now) my nerves
are quieted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me. feel that
could not possibly do without Grape
NUS food, now that know It's value.
II is invariably on our table-we feel
that we need 1t to complete the meal
and our children will eat Grape
Nuts when they cannot be persua aded
to touch anything else" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the famous little book, The
Road to Wellville," in each pkg.
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of buyers and sellers. is the statue of
Hans Sachs, the man who spent his
life in the small house across the way,
spinning good poetry and making good
shoes, with equal facility-the man
who shares with Albrecht Durer the
largest part of the Nuremberger' love.
Houses rise straight from the
waters edge, on either side-a waver-
ing vista, following the vagaries of
tie rivera picture of which one
would never tire. In tie opposite di-
rection, short distance above us, a
pointed island divides the stream, and
ore of the arms thus formed is
ST lned by covered bri;Ee of heavy
masonry. fanked by tvs towers of
unequal size. Condemned criminals
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

II tell you,' said the passenger will
the skull cap, there is something
wrong with a country where a prize
fighter can make more money in on,
night than college professor car
make in five years.
you're right, pard." said the pas
senger with the loud check suit
There's too blamed many college pro
fessors and too blamed few prize fight
ers."-Chicago so Tribune.
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yjmscn Weed.

Iimson weed one of the most COM
mon plants, the leaves of which sell as
high as eight cents a pound and the
seeds as high as seven cents pound.
grows readily in all warm countries.
The government has cultivated it to
advantage. although it has not given,
nor does it promise to give the great
returns which some seed merchants
advertise fer it. Belladonna and hen
bane may be readily grown in temper
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
ABSURD,

II see that a prominent statisticar
says that consderab BILE more than one
half of the worlds population is femi.
nine"
Il don't believe it. If that were so
how would we account for the facl
that 'one-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives:' '"-Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
AN UNEXPECTED BANQUET.

AN UNEXPECTED BANQUET.
During the summer of 1908 Leonidas
Hubbard, Jr., Dillon Wallace and a
self hero, started to explore the Lab
rador wilds. This purpose was only
partially carried out. Winter came on
along before Hubbard was ready to
turn back, the provisions We're eX-
haused, game were scarce. On the jour-
ney to the coast Hubbard was taken
Ill, and perished of starvation while
his companions were in search of aid.
Wallace had found some provisions
which had been thrown aside on the
island trip, and had returned within
a few hundred feet Of Hubbard's tent.
but could not find it. In 'The Lure of
the Labrador Wild' iMr. Wallace tells
something of their hardships:
Despite the steady gnaw at the pit
OF our stOmachs, we had cut down
our meals to the minimum amount of
food that would keep us alive. For
nearly two weeks we had been the pris-
oners of a relentless storm. All Of us
felt we had entered on a race against
starvation.
While we were nearing the shore we
sighted three little ducklings bObbing
up and down in the tumbling waves.
and repeatedly diving. They were too
far off to reach with pistol, and Hub
bard took his rife. 1t seemed almost
like attacking fly with cannon. but
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Viper in Colorado.

A hosnoscd viper, said to be as
venomcns as the horned viper of AT
rica. Vas dragged. with six other ven
omous makes and water dog. from
stagnant pool yesterday in littleton
by Alfred Packer. These vipers are
said 70 seek swampy places among the
reed and this is the first one that
is known to have been found in the
West
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A PRUDENT SUGGESTION.

"Many people have suffered emba1.
rassment because OF their social as.
pirations."
YES" answered Miss CAY enne. "Be.
fore you insist on getting into the swim
you want to make quite sure you are a
swimmer. r.'-Washington Star.
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walked across 1t once, and were seen
no more. 1t is a northern bridge Of
sighs," but, alas. for our sensibilities.
it bears the name of "Hangmans
Bridge" the Teutonic mind being in
capable of calling spade aught but
a spade. The sunbeams themselves
seem to shiver away from it. leaving
1t cold and gloomy when all else is
warm with light.
But now the castle. its rugged walls
and towers outlined against the sky,
begins to beckon insistently to our
curiosity. Nothing appeals more
strongly to the American Imagination
than an old castle, and it is with
| breahless awe and delight that we
climb the rude steps cut in the side
of the rock and follow the steep stone
paved way leading to the entrance
Looking Over the City.
Passing through a gloomy archway,
we find ourselves in a wide court tor
is it terrace?) and forget to look ut
the buildings grouped about three
sides of 1t, in our delight at the view
side lies open.
The quaint red-tiled roofs. what a
picture they make, their gables turned
at every imaginable angle in follow
ing the crooked lines of the streets!
To the right, the river escaping from
between the rows Of houses, meanders
joyfully across green meadows, and
glances in the sun. From here we
see, too, the modern suburb which has
sprung up outside the walls. and
where all those whose taste runs to
squareness in architecture and the
--latest improvements" may indulge it
to the utmost. Directly below and
close to the curving line of the wall,
stands Durer's house Those upper
windows open from the room where
he painted and saw visions, while the
sharp voice of his unappreciative
spouse floated up to him from the low
er regions What a fate, to have
ones name immortalzed as scod.
Inside the Castle.
At one side of the terrace and apart
from the main building stands five
Cornered tower, destined ever after to
aIZear in our imagination as the place
whence nightmares emanate. Inside
we climb upstairs and downstairs into
various oddly-shaped and srarsely-
lighted chambers in which are kept
all kinds of instruments of torture
some in use as late as the seventeenth
century-some dating from the Middle
Ages-and all horrible beyond de-
scription. Come quickly out into the
open air and let the sunshine chase
these terrible specters OF past agony
from our brain. Through the halls Of
state and rooms of every size and
shape we pass, lingering at last, en-
tranced, on the battlements, to look
down the sheer side OF the rock into
the moat lying far below and then
away across the stretch Of plain, into
the blue and hazy distance.
One might really be that fair
Queen, of the lime tree yonder, search
ing the horizon for her returning lord;
while enemies, perhaps, are beating at
the gate below; but the little guide
rattles her big keys impatiently, and
cne awakes with a start to the con-
sciousness Of being a modern Ameri-
can, free, If need be, to depart by the
next train.
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NO PAIN,

Casey-"I seen in the paper the othe,
day that docthor out West performed
Il surgical operation on himself an cui
off his own thumb. What dye think
O. that:'
Cassidy-"Oh, I suppose he pat him.
sell under the inhooence of ether before
he done t.'-Philadelphia Press.
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ENDLESS CHAIN.

ga soft answer" remarked the party
of the first part, "turneth away wrath"
True enough" responded the party
of the second part, but wrath also
turneth away a soft answer."-Louis.
vile Courier Journal.
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A pREJUDICED IMPRESSION.

"What is your idea of a classic:"
"a classic" said Mr.. CumroX, "is
something You have TO listen to be-
cause somebody else said it was good"
Washington Star.
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THE ENDLESS GRIND.

"But why do you live in the city II
you don't like it:'
Il have to live here to make money
enough to keep up my country place."
Town Topics.
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KNOWLEDGE.

Il was surprised at the way you
flirted with that young man. Yoc
know you're n married woman"
Eyes, but he didn't. 't.'-Phiiadelphia
Ledger.
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HIS DOUBLE.

The late Gen. Sir James Brown was
stationed for Il number of years in Ra-
luchistan. During that period of his
life very strange thing happened to
him, so strange that its reading is like
that of fiction. In 1873 Sir James was
in the political employ at Quetta. Two
years of wandering life had weather.
beaten him till his face was sunburned
and his beard ragged. Walking one
day with a fellow officer, he saw man
in Afghan costume sitting by the road
side. A big book, presumably the Ko-
ran, was suspended from his neck, but
something about him, perhaps his
brown beard and blue eyes. bespoke
the European. Sir james tells the
story:
"That fellow does not sit on his heels
like a native ! said.
Colonel Fellows assentcd.
and" said he, he is the very image
of YOU"
l looked at the man again and saw
that it was so. He was exactly like
me. l spoke to him. and lie answered
in an embarrassed way, saying that he
was kirgliz on a pilgrimage to
Mecca. l talked with him little, and
found him so embarrassed that my sus-
pisions We're aroused; and later l sent
to arrest him, thinking lie might be
Russian spy. Rut the man had fed,
and that was the last l ever saw of
him.
Soon after head men began to drop
into Quetta and to seek me out, ali
claiming to know me. did not under
stand what they meant, but used the
opportunity to gain all the information
l could. Some of these visitors spoke
Of meeting me places where l had
never been. One died. and 1 was asked
to perform the burial services, the one
who made the request saying used
to perform such rites at Mukkur. !
was more puzzled than ever, but l did
not let the claimants to my acquaint-
ance know it.
War broke out soon after this. and
was sent farther into the interior.
Every where distinguished officers de-
clared they knew me, and spoke with
great reverence of religious ceremonies
had performed. The natives would
not fight with the company l was in
went into the most dangerous places
unharmed and unattached. Every
where l was greeted as preacher
holy.
After I was made chief commissioner
Of Baluchistan l met three Afghans
who said they were old friends OF mine
at Mukkur. One spoke Of his wife as
my ardent disciple, another of the time
had spent at his house as his guest.
Then for the first time an explanation
came to my mind. l was indebted for
this extraordinary amount of influence
to my double, whom had met Oh the
road.
My Doppelganser had disappeared
entirely; dropped out of life in mys-
terious way. Who he was l shall never
know, but for sixteen years I got all
the credit of that sanity Mussulman.
When I denied the identity l was
laughed at. Some of my doings must
have seemed rank apostasy to those
natives, but they we're faithful to their
ideal. In time Of war went every
where unchallenged, much to the
amazement Of my comrades, who Won
dered why l was not captured or mur-
dered. l received presents and visits
from avowed followers. Unwittingly
entered into that holy mans life and
reaped the benefits without the shad-
ow If claim. and all on account Of
the strong resemblance between us.
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EARNINGS. A

Office Boy-"Wy, cert, I want more
pay; I'm only getting four week, and
give my mother all earn"
PrOprietor-"What do you do with
the other three and Il half!'-Puck.
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NOTHING TO LONG FOR.

"What a discontentcd, dissatisfied
look Mrs. Fullerton has,
well, what could you expect? She
has husband who gets her everything
she wants. Town Topics.
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In Doubt.

In Doubt.
The poet laureate's latest effort il
called: Come. Let Us Go Into the
Lane
know from the title whether it Is
sentimental tryst or the laureate's
equivalent of the pugnacious invita-.
ton to come out in the alley
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SURE TO REGRET IT ANYWAY.
Fuller-''If you marry that girl, you'll
regret it."
Waller-"But no more, probably, than
II married some other girl."-Judge.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
CANINE CULTURE.
REVISED QUOTATION.

Orator-'Man's inhumanity to man
Alillionaires.' .'-Life.
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DIVISION OLE LABOR.

How do you and your wife spend
your leisure time?"
"Well, l think up schemes to make
money!
"And she-:"
"Ihinks up schemes to spend it,
Cleveland Leader.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-28

Ire inner side of the band of the opal
ring the initials H. B." were stamp
90 with die, and these initials. the
pnl-ce believe, are the trade mark Of
Tie Jeweler who MANUFACTURED II. The
imitation garnet ring had three small
dots stamped on the inner side OF the
band. There were no engraved initials
on any one of the rings.
All of the rings were of solid gold
put We're inexpensive affairs. This
according to the police, disposed OF the
thcory that the victim was a woman of
wealth.
Ire authorities believe that the
llnlbS found. today, were thrown into
the river at about the same time the
torso was put into the harbor. Wheth-
er both cases were thrown over at the
same point the officials are not pre
pared to venture an opinion. 1t is the
theory of Chief Inspector William q.
Watts. of the Boston police, that the
case has rested in the mud at the hot.
tom ct the harbor for at least a month.
This is borne out. in part. bv the fact
that decomposition was advanced and
that the case when found, TODAY. was
covered with mud and harbor slime. IT
the decomposition, together with the
lesscning of the water pressure by rea-
son OF the unusually low tide. caused
ne caSe 70 rise OF the surface, today.
Although the rings found on the right
hand are not Of the kind that would be-
worn by PERSON of wealth, the condi-
ton Of the hands and feet indicated
thiit the victim was not a person who
was forced to do manual labor The
hands and feet were we'll cared for and
there was no indications of callouses
such IS would be expected in factory
worker or servant.
An examination of the torso i'm
m"ri&tely following its discovery.
developed the fact that the woman's
death was due to septic poisoning fol-
lowing an illegal surgical operations
and It Was believed that the sur
geon who performed the operation dis
Jofnted the body and disposed OF II in
order 20 escape the penalty of his lille
gal practice.
The head is still missing, and even II
II should be found it is doubtful II iden-
t'ication could be made, owing to the
extent of its probable accommodation.
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MAINE TEACHERS
Continue Their C0nven-
ton in Portland.
Officers Elected and Valuable
Papers Are Read.
Statistics Show That 1890 Women Teach
erS Receive So or Less a Week.

Portland, Me, Oct. 27.-Plcasant fall
weather served to increase the attend
ance, today. at the annual meeting o.
Tie Maine Teachers Association and
lhc Maine Association of Colleges and
Preparatory Schools. The teachers
held three separate meetings simulta-
neOusly. this forenoon under the de-
p&rtrent OF primary schools of which
Miss Amy \. Furlong of Portland, was
president, department OF grammar
schools, Principal L. w. Gerrish of
Calais. president, and department OF
observation-disclosures, Suot. d. W. Colby Of
:SkoW hogan, president.
MeC tinGs Of the department of rural
schools, Sunt. II. r. Williams of
DoNcr, president, ana the department
Portland, PRESIDENT, We're held, this
ate rnoon. Among the speakers We're
Prof. w. ID. Huri Of OrOno, SuDerin-
tendents w. II. Brownson of Portland,
y. Fl. Reyes of Dover, n. H., and F.
". Freeman of Bath.
The teachers held a general session,
late il the afternoon, TO conclude their
business and listen to addresses.
i report considered Of value to the
teachers ana citizens Of this State was
made by superintendent Payson Smith
OF auburn. for the committee appoint
cd 4 year ago to gather statistics rel
;tivr t. salaries paid the teachers Of
Maine. The full report follows:
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BRADSTREET'S.
Cooler Weather Is Slim
illus to Retail Trade.
Large European Demand Appar-
emf for Our FOOdstutfs.
Large Wheat Exports Recorded Cotton
Business Good Weeks Failures.

New York, oct 27-Bradstreet's
State OF Trade, tomorrow, Will say:
Activity, in fact. buoyancy, still
charactelizes practically all lines Of
trade and industry. Cooler weather
is a stimulus to retail trade in ali but
few small and relatively uniinportant
sections Of the country. Recorder
business reflects this i'll a steady call
from jobbers for dry goods, clothing,
shoes ha;s-in fact. all lines of wear
ing apparel. Holiday tIaGe in many
lines also shows effects Of early buy
ing.
The long-awaited Undertaking Of
European demand for our bread stuffs
is apparently now at hand. Business
in this line, it is claimed. is now linn
tied only by vessel room capacity.
Features deserving note in the iron
ana steel trade. this week, are the
very liberal orders placed for ears and
either rolling stock, which have been
covered by sales Of bars. billctS ana
crude pig iron, the latter being rela-
lively active at the east. Northern
iron is quoted ut SIS at Chicago and
birmingham reports $14. tile basis for
Number two.
Cold weather, resulting reports of
frost damage and an apparently bull
ish report N cotton ginned. We're the
dement's in the further advance in
cotton this week to point IL cent.
higher than 4 week before and only
TO cent below the highest price Of
the year, this, too, in a time Of usual
~ maximum movement.
In cotton goods demand from job
bers has been ana is good; some
makes OF fine cotton goods are entire
u sold up. Buying from first hands
iur Hnxt spring is, however. reported
conservative except where manufac-
carers are willing 10 give guarantees.
These latter, however, are not num-
lroua, The makers preferring not to
nusn business. Raw Wool of worstcd
era les. is rather more in demand this
week but prices for other grades have
been caseI where safes Lave been
made.
Business failures for the week end
ing Get. % number. las. against $50
III the like week nr 1904.
Wheat. Including flour. exports for
The week ending oct. % ara 4,2GI.1t9
bush Is. against l.:79,Gl3. this week,
asst year from July ] to datr, the
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TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC.
Sixty Cases With Five Deaths j
Sprinevale Since Sept. 10.

SprinEvale. Me. nct. 21.-With an
7timatr by physicians Of 50 cases Of
typhoid fever am! five deaths from the
disease within five weeks Of viii, n
three took place in four days, TIE resi-
dents II this town are much alarmed
at the hygienic conditions. The dis
ease first appeared about Sept. Is ana
spread with startling rapidly among
all classes. especially among the large
number of mill operatives.
There are 1T present 4 dozen cases
regarded as critical \ cause for the
epidemic has NOT been located definite
l.. although it is partially charged by
many to the water supply which was
changed temporarily oct. ;, while
changes in the pipes are being made.
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FATAL sRooTING AT MIDWAY.
Four Children Playing With Rifle
Shoot 6-Ycar- Old Playmate.

MiiIinockct. Me, oct. 27.-A message
received here, tonight, from Midway
II miles from Milinocket, states that
Celia Vance. s years old. granddaughter
of J. 4. Thompson Of that place, was
accidentally shot and killed at Thomp-
sons home. yesterday.
While Mi. and Mrs. Thompson were
away, four young children, one OF
whom was TIL, Vance child, found q
rifle i'll the home ana while playing
with it, it was discharged and the
Vance child was shot i'll the shoulder
She died in three hours. 1t is not clear
which child discharged the rifle and nC
utli,ial action has been taken.
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. Oct. .7.-Th"rc 4 no dis
turbancc OF crnscqu, nee ON lh map to
night. The pressure is comparatively hiSi
in the East with temp natures rs ru.'
slightly below the seasonal ;v"rII'
There have been light showers along tn,
south Atlantic coast and local SHOWS and
rains in tn" Lake regions. Elsewhere til,
ii Will ID SON what colder. sunday, i,
tnc Atlrntic states. No precipitation N
Lake REGION where there, Will lie snow g.
rain and in New York and New England
where there viii b. local showers. Slt'u-
day. The winds along tine NtW FuELtu"
coast ana Mi1dl" Atlantic coast will y.
fresh southwest to northwest
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THE GIANT FAMILY.
Annual Reunion at Windsor. Conn.,
Gen. FREQ GRAFT Present.

Windsor. Conn. oct. 21.-Memhers
of the Grant family G2thcred here. to-
day. for their annual reunion near the
site Of TIL home az Mathew Grant,
one of the first settlers Of this town.
The morning exercises were held in the
First congregational church where
waiter s. Logan or New York deliver
ed the main address. General Fred
ericl. II. Grant I. s. y. commanding
the department OF the east, vas a
guest.
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RE:NlJ()l)S
TheLife Of thopres-
ident Endangered
In Collision al Sea On
Leaving New Orleans.
Magnolia Co'IIdes With Fruit
Steamer -FOTnleT Beached.
Presidents Transferred 10 War
Shi PA Marrow Escape.


United States Warsiip West Virginia.
yin. New Orleans, oct. 27.-(By wire
lesa).-At II o'clock, last night. through
confusion of signals. the fruit steamer
E5parta cUllidcd with the lighthouse
tender Magnolia. which was conveying
ne President S,.cr4tarv Joah AM III
I;ix,.v ~ III. ,,,;isa. Wnst l-irr,nia
Th,. vail ANA MORT ho,,, ~ tI.7 ,Innno.
Ina WAS ,.;n:.red ANA Two ar three
holes made i'll the hun below the water
line No one vas hurt, the Magnolia
Immediately on being struck was
beached her boy, h4insr high ana drv
After 4 careful examination II thc
vessel il ~. evident mot ther. vac ~
danger and the President ANA his marty
went to bed.
Major Cruignin. Of the United States
tnSIh"eFS, was aboard the MAgnoii2.
itls Shin, the w. sister ship Of the
MaGnolia, had preceded the Magnolia
nIId vas some distance ahead. a boat
was immediately put of for the nearest
telephone. ahont mile and half
away ana the order given to head the
nv OH NJ IN" pilot station and have her
r"trrI for the President ana his party.
The transfer WAS made ut 5 o'clock,
this morning. The IVY got under way
Immediately ana the West Virginia was
LGarded on schedule time.
-
~" 'iie'iS. oc', Inc lighthouse
nv WIN 'Vri''e"' l''"aeN 81 -
mouth of he Nississipni at o'clock.
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South Presque Isle Boy Killed.

Prcs,,ue Isle. No. Oct. 27.-Howard
the 12-year-old son Of Is. w. Spragu
of South Presque Isle, fell from a
heavy cart ana was run over, today.
He dbl in few hours.
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THE WEATHER INDICATIONS

WASHINGTON oct. 21.-Forccast for New
England: Iartly cloudy. Saturday; SHOW
rrs in west and north portions colder IN
west portion. Sunday. fair colder, fresh
southwest to west winds.