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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-23

IN Germany there are fifty-four noun.
tiineering clubs with total membership
Of 1868. ,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-23
Announcement,

Having purchased the stock and fix
lures of the NJ. w. Royal Jewelry store
at 291 Water street, | cordially invite
the public to call and inspect my very
low prices on the Bankrupt Stock of
jewelry, watches. sterling silver wear
and novelties preparatory to stocking
UP with new goods.
NOTICE-I am pleased also, to an
nounce that / have succeeded in secur-
ing the services of Mr.. J. G. Kirk
patrick Of Augusta an expert jeweler
and optician of long experience. Mr.
kirkpatrick has just completed a
special course as an optician and will
be pleased to welcome old as well as
new friends.
WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF
TALKING MACHINES AND REC
ORDS. OUR MOTTO-HONESTY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-23
6: H. COBB
Gardiner, Elaine
j12eodtf

The lost is found If you adj
vertise it in the classified col
umns. Such an ad reaches
thousands that you could get
to in no other possible means,
and yet the cost 10 nominal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Tonic Effect of Music.

Good music is a powerful tonic to
many people, especially those suffering
from melancholia. 1t lifts them out OF
their solemn moods, dispels gloom and
dependency, kills discouraged feelings
and gives new hope, new life and new
vigor. 1t seems to put a great many
people into proper tune. 1t gives them
the keynote of truth and beauty, strikes
the chords Of harmony, dispels dlscord
from the life. scatters clouds and brings
sunshine. All good music is a charac-
ter builder, because its constant sugges-
ton Of harmony, order and beauty puts
the mind into a normal attitude. Music
clears the cobwebs out of many minds
so that they can think better, act better
and live better.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
TRANSFORMING CLOTHES POST.

How 1t Was Made Part of a Beauti-
full Flower Garden.
Long ago, when we only dreamed Of
a garden, we had set our hearts upon
certain ideals. Our garden was to
have an arch, a column and a pergola,
and we were able to construct some
thing to call by each Of these names,
using mostly such material as was at
hand. The clothes posts being with us
to stay, we tried to utilize them to
advantage says writer in the Garden
Magazine.
We had done with rigid Formally,
and to introduce break the two posts
nearer the house were moved further
apart and out Of line while the other
two were brought nearer to each other.
Each was incased in extra-heavy chick
en- wire, and provided at the top with
q hook and cleat fastened by bolts go
ing through the post. At the base Of
the first post are three everblooming
honeysuckles (lonicera heckrotti). The
first year the bulbs Of this vine were
a mass Of little green bugs which
neither liquid nor powder would kill.
The following March the vine was
sprayed with kerosene soap, which
seemed to be q successful treatment,
as there have been no insects since that
first attack.
The second post was placed five feet
from a flower bed and an additional
support set in the bed both were then
connected by an arch made Of iron
such as would be used for wagon tires.
The ends were fastened to the posts by
bolts, and cross pieces Of light iron,
riveted about eighteen inches apart, to
support chicken wire one foot wide.
The remaining posts we're made to
korm small pergola, and connected
by irons as before to posts in paral-
lei beG. In this case the iron strips
are supplemented by a bar Of angle
iron along the top, to prevent sag
ging under the weight of the wooden
crosspieces. Japanese clematis (cle-
mats paniculata) grows around all
these posts, and l have foun it best
to plant at least two roots at the base
Of each, in February trimming one
vine back to the top of the post and
cutting off the other at the ground
level. In this way the taller plant
starts, soon covers the top, and the
lower plant clothes the post where the
stalks of the other are comparatively
bare
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
OId-Time Law Students.

If law students of the present day
are iaboring under the delusion that
when the world was younger there was
less law to study and more relaxation
for young men Of their class, let them
read the following extract that an Eng
fish contemporary has taken from the
Memoirs of Henri de Mesmes," de-
scriptive of a days work of law stu
dent at Toulouse in the sixteenth cen
fury:
I'VE used to to rise from bed at
o'clock, and, having prayed to God, we
went at o'clock to our studies, our
big books under our arms. our ink
horns and candles in our hands. We
heard all the lectures without inter
mission till 10 o'clock rang; then we
dined, after having hastily compared,
during a half hour, our notes Of the
lectures.
After dinner we read, as a recrea-
ton, Sophocles, or Aristophanes, or
Euripides, and sometimes Demosthenes.
Cicero, Virgil, or Horace At 1 o'clock
to our studies; at back to our dwell
ing place, there to go over and verify
passages cited in the lectures until g.
Then supper, and after supper we read
Greek and Latin.
"On holy days we went to high mass
and vespers; the rest of the days, a
little music and walks"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

stand in front Of the latter. with the
bat extended in position to be struck
by pitched ball. A prize can be
given to anybody who strikes the bat
with a ball, and in order to avoid dis
putes as to whether the ball strikes
the bat, the latter is hinged to the fig
ure SO that when the bat is struck it
yields, thus giving a visible indication
of the success Of the pitcher. A
spring returns the bat to normal posi-
ton after yielding. The figures are
made Of sheet metal or boards, suit
ably braced, and in the finger of the
catcher there is an aperture which
constitutes the mouth Of a bag, the
latter hanging down back Of the fig
ure and intended to receive some Of the
balls thrown past the bat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
RHEUMATISM CURED
The Disease Yielded Readily to Dr..
williams Pink Pills After Other
Treatment Failed,

DIR. Williams Pink Pills cure rheuma-
tlsm because they supply the necessary
elements to the vitiated blood and en-
able nature to cast out the impurities
and effect cure. Mrs. A. Baker, of No.
;1l9 Fitch street, Syracuse, N. Y, will
furnish living evidence of the truth of
this statement. "There has been rheu-
matism in my family ever since can re-
member, " she says. "My grandmother
was a great sufferer from muscular
rheumatism and my mother also had the
disease III q mild form. About q wear
ago l had hard cold and rheumatism
caught me in my left knee. There were
sharp pains, confined to the neighbor-
hood Of the knee and they seemed to go
right into the bone. The pain I suffered
was intense and l also had dizzy spells.
"The doctors called my trouble
urlatic and sciatic rheumatism. When
didn't get better under their treat
ment my brother-in-law suggested that I
try Dr. Williams Pink Pills. I bought
three boxes, and, by the time I had
taken them, the pain and dizziness had
entirely left me. I wanted to make
sure of a cure SO I bought three more
boxes, but l didn' It take quite all of them
as found that was entirely cured.
" Before took the pills the pain was
80 severe that l had to cry at times and
when l was cured was SO thankful and
grateful and am glad to recommend
them to every one who suffers with
rheumatism.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
severe cases Of an@mia, sciatica, nervous
ness, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia
and St. Vitus' dance that have not re-
sponded to other modes of treatment.
All druggists sell Dr. Williams Pink
Pills or they will be sent by mail, post
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Pairs Effort to Keep Lent.

In an ordinary restaurant a w&ttsg
was surprised at being asked with Ire
lands inimitable smile for "diviiG&
whale" SIS it filleted shark thatyehavs,
thin?" pursued the Irishman on belna
refused this delicacy. Again receiving
a reply in the negative he tried once
more. "Thin ye can bring me some
roasted pOrpoise," he said The waiter
showed signs of becoming FESTIVE, and
Paddy sank back in his seat and heaved
sigh of contentment "I'Il take some
roast beef and vegetables" he said.
cheerfully, "and sure ye'll not be fes
saying that 1 didn't ask We for fish,
London Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
False Impression Cleared Up.

He was big man, with bushy whis-
kers. The great ship had just passed
out between the capes and was swift
ly plunging through the waves that
were too high to climb over All but
a few Of the passengers had gone in
side. He swallowed several times with
considerable emphasis and then hur-
ried to the rail. After he had been
leaning over it for a little while an
other man approached him and in sym
pathetic tones asked:
"Are you sick"
When he could find the time to do so
the man with the whiskers asked-and
there was a twinge Of reproach in his
voice as he did so:
"You fool, do you think I'm doing
this to keep t?"-Chicago Record
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
GIRL QUARANTINEs A SHIP.
Vessel ana Passengers Are Held fOH
Ten Days in Manila Bay.

Vessel ana Passengers Are Held fOH
Ten Days in Manila Bay.
Did you ever hear how a slip of an
army girl held up ship for ten days
In Manila? Well, she tells it herself.
It seems that her father was command
ing a regiment in the Philippines and
her mother was in Manila. This girl
went over to Hong-Kong on a trip,
and a very enjoyable one it was While
there she received a cable from Mrs.
Taft which said: Bring me an
'amah.'" Now, an "amah" is a Chi
nese nurse girl. This young lady went
out and engaged nine to meet her at the
dock the day the ship sailed. She was
very wise young woman and guessed
that most of them would not show up.
Perhaps she had lived in Washing
ton and learned how the faithful CD
cOlored servant promises five times
over to come the next day at o'clock
and is never heard of again. When
the ship sailed there was one Chinese
woman out of the nine on hand and our
heroine took her aboard as a maid, Sc
cured quarters for her and all was love
ly until the ship steamed into Manila
bay. Then it was found that Chinese
exclusion laws prevailed and the amah
could not land. Moreover, Chinese
cholera was suspected to be concealed
about the amah and no one else could
land.
"There we were," said the young
lady, 'out there in Manila bay and the
whole ship load of people giving me
and the amah hail Columbia 1 beg
ged and pleaded with the officers to let
me get off because 1 was missing sew
eral parties. / told them had brought
the amah for Mrs Taft, but they said
it didn't make any difference = the
governor of the islands could not evade
the laws. Well, they fixed it up some
way. I think she came in as my per-
sonal servant or something. Anyway,
after being held up ten days we were
allowed to go ashore and the amah
went to Mrs. Taft. But 1 tell you l
was the most unpopular person in the
orient for that ten days."-New York
Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Ti11ie Wanted to Make Sure.

1t was Tuesday morning. The clothes
had been washed, dried and folded and
common sense pointed to the fact that
it was ironing day, but cautious Scandi-
navian Tillie, the new maid, was not
going to make the mistake of going
ahead before being sure that she was
right. Before committing herself to
the obvious task she poked her head
into the dining room to say, appealing
ly: "Meesis, I skuld like to speak some
thing" what is it, Tillie?" "Skal
cook some fatiron?" asked Tillie, earn
estly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
What Father Thought.

A New York teacher of instrumental
music was one day telling the father of
a pupil, lad of 10 years, of the prog
ress made by the boy in his studies.
Il think he is improving a great DEAL -
said the professor "He will certainly
learn to play the piano."
us that 500" asked the father, much
gratiied. II didn't know whether he
was really improving or whether 1 was
merely getting used to it."-Harper's
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Wash Day.

''Wash day is Monday everywhere"
said a globe trotter.
He made a gesture of amazement.
"How strange that is" he said. 1--WE
believe in the Bible, the Algerians be-
lieve in the Koran, but both of us be-
lieve in the same wash day.
'The Germans, the French, the En-
glish, the South Americans, the Arabs,
the Japs, the Chinese, all have Monday
for wash day. G owhere you will over
the world, and on Monday clothes,
white and wet from The tub, flap crazi-
~ in the wind"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
BASEBALL TARGET.

Attractive Apparatus Which Can Be
Used at County Fairs.
A novel invention Of recent date Is
the target shown here. 1t is an at
tractive apparatus which can be used
at county fairs and other pleasure re-
sorts for interesting and amusing
the public, and particularly those who
take an interest in the game of base
ball Or who wish to try their skill at
pitching balls. A pair of figures are
used, one as a baseball batter and
the other as a catcher, the former to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

hurt and I suffered a living death.
There seemed no @hope until l began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. Then be-
gan to improve. The pain left gradual
~, the swellings subsidized, 1 gained ap-.
petite and weight, and to make a long
story short, got well !"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Liked IT.

did old Hamfat, the tragedian, get
mad the other night when the audience
threw eggs at him?'
'NOt in the least. He thanked them
and said he always enjoyed eggs with
his role. "-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Costly Dictionary Being Compiled.

Costly Dictionary Being Compiled
On the preparation of a new diction-
airy of the English language 100000
has been spent in Philadelphia and
$250,000 more will be necessary before
it can be delivered entire. The work
has been going steadily on for thirteen
years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
My Endorsement of Pe-ru-na Is
Based On Its Merits"


I'D. CRUMBO, Ex-Mayor of New
EAlbany, Ind, writes from 511 e.
Oak street:
"My endorsement of Peruna is
based on it's merits.
eff man is sick he looks anx-
iously for something which will
cure him, and Peruna will do the
work.
IT know that it will cure catarrh
of the head or stomach, indigestion,
headache and any weary or sick
feeling.
cit is bound to help anyone, if
used according to directions.
Il also know dozens of men who speak
in the highest terms of Peruna and have
yet to hear of anyone being disappointed
in it."
Mr. Crumbo, in a later letter, dated
Aug. %, 1904, says:
my health is good, at present, but if
I should have to take any more medi-
cine I will fall back on Peruna."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

from a careful an
alysis of the urine
and a diagnosis Of
my case, had told
me I could not live
six weeks. / was
struck down in the
street with kidney
trouble, and for a
whole year could
not leave the house.
1 lost flesh, my eyes
failed me, 1 bloated
at times. nv back
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
Been Round Some.

His manuscript was worn and torn
From constant declination.
They can't deny" he said, 'to my
Works a big circulation ~
Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25
A LIVING DEATH

VividIy Described by a Citizen OF
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Andrew Johnson, Ali West Twelfth
ST., Sioux Falls, s. D., says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills saved my life My doctor,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

The average farmer is afraid of two
things: A woman and a three card
monte man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

1t was declared at Edinburgh recently
that more fishermen were drowned from
the custom of wearing long boots than
by all the storms.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-25

Unto the government we bow
And lend a reverent ear.
I'd rather lend it cash, I vow,
And be a fnancier.
Star.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-21

one of the most popular men in Bis bee, where he has held the office of justice of the peace for four years; F. W. Shelley for district attorney, is a lawyer of ability and has resided in Bisbee for four years; A. F. Stumpf. of Bisbee, for scnool superintendent, could not have been improved on in making selection for this office: Al fred Paul. of Douglas, for supervisor, is rated as one Of the best business men in the, county. self-made and worthy of the position. Economical and frugal in hts personal disposition, he is an ideal man to assist in the management of the affairs of the county. The nomination of the entire democratic ticket followed as . result of the primary election held under the laws of Arizona, which demonstrated that the men named in the convention
 were the choice. of the democrats o
 the county.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-21
60.
 IS HIGHLY SPOKEN OF
Company Receives Praise for Work Done During En-
 gagement in Douglas,

The Reed Underwood people have made good Their Roanoke was beautiful Douglas can look forward to a week of tip-top entertainment. Miss Mathes as Roanoke was sympa- thetic and finished. She is an artist of just the refinement and jempera- ment necessary to rightly interpret the part. Everybody was delighted with her.
 Miss McMullen, as Aunt Dinah, kept the house in tremendously good humor Miss McMullen is star of first magnitude when it comes to char acter work She is the old black many par excellent. To her did the gallery make its best bow and upon her did those dear gods shower their noisiest approval. She had them go- ing and they'll Know her when they see her again.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-21

The republican campaign in Arizona this year is worse off than it was two years ago when Fowler and irriga- ton" was the campaign slogan. The party has absolutely no reason to ad- vance why anyone should cast vote for W. F. Cooper against Mark Smith. The acknowledged paramount issue is opposition to joint statehood and every one knows that Mark Smith has done and can do more to avert that calamity in Washington than any other man in Arizona. He fought the fight during the last session and won the greatest victory ever recorded in the Congress sional Record to the credit of a terri torial delegate. This was acknowledg- ed and commented upon by all the great papers throughout the country of every political complexion. If joint statehood is to be fought again in con gross, which must be expected in the light of the strenuosity of the presi- dent in pushing his pet measures for ward. then Arizona will need Mark Smith in his present position to wage the battle for Arizona on the same lines as before.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-21

prise is about to begin in earnest. Some such stimulant was needed, be- cause faith in the project has been subjected to some severe tests in the last two years.
 The administration's plan contem- plates construction by private con tract, but under governmental control. The contracting firm or corporation must have an available capital of at least $5,000,0cs. asd furn1sh bonds of @. .0o0. 900 to insure the performance of aas . large acquaintance throughout the work to the 'sAtt1faction of ths board of supervising engineers. The bidding is to be open to American and foreign contractors alike. Proposals are to be placed in the commissioner hands before noon of December 12 1 this year, and within sixty days after the signing of the contract actual worh of construction must begin. The per iod of construction is to be determin
 ed by a board of engineers, as.is alst the amount and method of payment
 and the system of penalties ant bonuses to be awarded and assessed
 according to the slowness or expedi
 ton with which the work is accomp Il Iished.
 The success or failure of this pial
 can be shown only through its applics
 ton, and then only after the work i we'll under way. But it has at leas the merit of definiteness and decision
 and promises a beginning of som sort.
 Delays in building the canal are al
 most as costly as actual work. w paid the French Canal company $40
 O00, 900 for it's concessions and equiv
 ments; we have paid the canal con
 mission $10a, ,Ge0, 900 annually for tw
 years. and have expended large sum
 in administering the affairs of tn zone. The work thus far has bee
 merely preliminary and not very e } fective, either. It has not gone ia enough even to give practical demoI stration of the canals feasibility. Whatever the expert opinion of th wisdom of the administration pre- ent designs may be. therefore. the pull lie will welcome the beginning of worl
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-21
ANEW MEXICAN OPINION.
 Albuquerque Journal)

Statehood is an important issue. We have not a doubt, not the faintest sha- dow of a dRbt. that Judge Rodey's court would 1kcide. without consulting any of the authorities for a moment, that statehood is the most important question that ever confronted the peo- pie of the territories. While we have never enthused over the matter as much as the judge. we have never doubted the importance of statehood, but we have always believed, and still believe, that the matter of conducting good territorial government is all most. if not quite, as important to our people as the matter of being permit ted to set up a state government.
 Notwithstanding the very sanguine expectations or many distinguished gentlemen of New Mexico-men for whose opinions we have the very high est respect-circumstances force us to regard statehood under the pending proposition as very dim and distant possibility, and we are strongly in. clined to believe that while President Roosevelt, Senator Beveridge, and 8 few other good friends. were really and thoroughly earnest in working fot our admission, a large majority oi those who voted for the statehood bill and without whose votes 1t could no' have been carried. supported the measure solely for the reason that they were sconff6ent the terms which it of fered would be rejected by one or bott the territories and that congress ~oult thus be relieved, for the present al least. and probably for number ot years to come, of the unpleasant duty of turning us down again. And the signs of the times, over in Arizona, in dicate very clearly that the gentlemen in congress who took this view of the case were not at fault in their calcula lions. It seems to us highly chimer ical to believe that majority for the measure can by any means be worked up in that territory, and yet if a ia vorable vote should by any means be secured, the enemies of the scheme would still have a chance to defeat i by carrying the matter into court when the act would probably be de clared unconstitutional because of its referendum features. That would leave us, like Mahommet's coffin, be tween earth and sky.