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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-23
BUSINESS LOOKS BETTER
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS Elk
PRESS HOPEFUL VIEWS.
Transportation Getting Back t.
Normal Lines and General
Prospect Good.

NEW YORK. November 23.-Several
railroad presidents who have just returned
to this city from the west expressed hope
full views Of the business outlook in the
west. while admitting that the disturb
ances through which the country is pass
ing must of necessity be reflected in a
falling off in railroad earnings.
B. F. Yoakum. chairman of the exec
utive committee of the Rock Island and
Frisco systems. said that business in the
west was being resumed and that business
men in the states he visited were main
tanning a hopeful attitude. Mr.. Yoakum
said:
Business is being gradually resumed.
The. time for talking about conditions
seems to have already passed in the west
and they are now looking for a resump-
ton of business on normal lines. l think
from my observations of business condi-
lions in the west that the outlook, all
things considered, is satisfactory"
Frank Trumbull, president of the Color
ado Southern, said that he was hopeful re-
garding the conditions on his line. The
recent financial upheaval must, he said
nave its effects on all parts of the coun-
try. but he thought that the Colorado and
Southern lines would suffer as little as
any road in the country. The returns for
the second week in November showed in
creases of IL per cent in the gross earn
ings. and so far, he said. business on these
lines was keeping up well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-23
News of Falls Church.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va,


November %, 1907.
Mr.. F. N. Dudley has purchased
through Mr. NJ. E. Church two acres of
land of Rev. B. w. Pond. on Jefferson
street, and will erect a residence in the
near future.
Union Thanksgiving services will be held
next Thursday morning in the M E.
Church South. Rev. w. S. o. Thomas,
pastor Of the Baptist Church, will preach
the sermon.
Mr.. George w. Hawxhurst, who was
elected justice of the peace for Falls
Church magisterial district at the recent
election, has qualified before Judge
Thornton for a term Of four years.
Mr. F. E. Parker has commenced the
erection of a residence on his lot at Great
Falls Church.
Mr. George W. Maben, has, on the petit
ton of a number of freeholders been
appointed game warden for Falls Church
district by Judge Thornton.
Mr.. H. c. Ryer has purchased an acre
of land at East Falls Church Of DR.. j. B.
Gould.
Miss Mary w. Banks Of Atlanta. Ca,
who has been visiting her uncle. Mr..
G. N Lester, has returned to her home
Mr.. and Mrs. William Quick of Ash
burn, Va, are visiting relatives here.
Church. is conducting revival services.
Presiding Elder Rev. J. w. R SumwaIt
preached Wednesday night.
THANKSGIVING services will be held by
the Presbyterian Sabbath school Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Noble Moore will spend the winter
at Norwood, Ohio.
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A store that advertises

A store that advertises
secures the means with
which to buy latest styles
and best goods. Thus
merit and advertising are
twin sisters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-23
To Provide for Bases.

Admiral Mason makes a strong plea for
an appropriation to defray the cost of
manufacturing and assembling at two
points, one on the Atlantic and the other
on the Pacific, a supply of guns, ammuni-
ton and such material as may be needed
by the navy to rapidly fortify strategic
points that may be seized in time of war,
as advance bases of operations against an
enemy, pointing to the lessons OF the
Spanish war and the successful opera
lions of the Japanese as proof of the wis
dom of establishing such depots.
An item of $500, 900 is included in the
estimates for experimental work. and Ad-
miral Mason points out the necessity of
inquiry into the chemistry Of powder the
best means of preventing the erosion of
guns, the improvement in shape of the
projectiles and finally the testing of the
resisting power of armor plate by actual
firing at long range with heavy guns at
thick plate. At present generations of
shot under such conditions are purely mat
ters of theory.
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NECESSITIES OF THE NAVY
HOME MANUFACTURERS CAN
NOT SUPPLY DEMAND,
Admiral Mason Wants Authority to
Buy Abroad-Guns Out Of Date.
Experimenting With Powder.

Naval necessities are such that the do
nestle manufacturers are unable to sup
ply within reasonable time ordnance,
proJectiles. powder and torpedoes for the
navy. and Rear Admiral Mason, chief of
the bureau Of ordnance. in his annual re-
port, strongly urges legislation that will
authorize the department to purchase
such material abroad when 'it is to the
manifest interest of the United States"
He says that the torpedo situation is such
that 100 of these weapons should be
bought abroad while American manufac-
turers are completing their present con-
tracts and the government factory is be-
ing put in running order. There Is also
urgent necessity. he says, for going
ABROAD to obtain armor-piercing projec-
tiles and range finders. which American
manufacturers are unable to produce.
Guns Out of Date.
Admiral Mason finds it NECESSARY to re-
place all the present eight and twelve
inch guns by others of a later and
stronger design to admit of the use of
smokeless instead of brown powder An
appropriation is asked for withdrawing
these old guns and Strengthening them
with hoops at the muzzle. which is a
weak point in the present gun.
unsatisfactory the present methods of
handling ammunition in the turrets, and
1t is considered necessary to replace the
ammunition hoists on all of the older
type of battleships.
Steady progress has been made in the
development of naval powder, but even
the best is not indefinitely stable, though
careful tests have removed the danger of
defective powder escaping detection A
process has been developed for reworking
old and suspected powder so as to make
1t as good as new. at about one-quarter of
original cost Admiral Mason expresses
the opinion that the department is in no
danger OF being oppressed by the powder
trust and says he has effected a system
for regulating the price to be paid to the
private manufacturer for powder on the
basis of the cost Of production at the
government powder works at Indian
Head. A considerable increase of the ca
pacity of that government plant is con-
templated
The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
FORECLOSURE NOTICE.

WHEREAS, Benz F. Ward of Thorndike, in
w the County of Waldo, and State of Maine,
by his mortgage deed dated the twentieth day of
November, A. D, 1885, and recorded in the Waldo
Registry of Deeds, Book 203, Page $685. conveyed to
the undersigned, inhabitants of Thorndike in said
County Of Waldo, Gel tain parcel Of land situated
in said Thorndike, being part of lot No. 1876 and
bounded as follows. to witt Beginning at a birch
tree marked in the southeast corner of said lot
No. 1856 and at lot No. 1875; thence south eighty
seven degrees west on the north line of said lot
No. Us just half way across said lot No. 1856;
thence north three degrees west one hundred
and two rods; the ce north eighty seven de-
drees east across said lot No. 1856 to the west
line of lot No. 1876; thence south three degrees
east on said west line one hundred and two rods
to the place of beginning, containing thirty two
acres more or less; and whereas the condition of
said mortgage has been broken, now therefore.
by reason of the breach of the condition thereof
the inhabitants of Thorndike claim foreclosure
of said mortgage.
Dated this twenty sixth day of January, A. d.
1907.
INHABITANTS OF THORNDIKE.
BY II. l.. WING,
3w7 FRANK HARDING,
The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
The Maine Canoe.

That wonderful palace car of the
wilds, the canoe, is now made by white
men in Maine better than the Indian
ever made it: the Indian himself says
so. He will even choose canvas-cov-
cred Maine canoe for a long cruise in
preference to one of birch bark. 1t is
no little thing for the Yankee to have
achieved this signal triumph over a
people renowned for their wonderful
skill in the art of canoe building
James A. Cruikshank in February Rec
reation.
The Republican journal., 1907-02-21

OUR CLUBBING OFFERS. Owing to the
crowded condition of Our columns we have
had to discontinue the advertisements of
clubbing offers, and will present them
briefly here. They apply only to subscrip-
tions paid in advance; and when payment is
made it should be stated what premium, if
any. is desired. 1t is also necessary to say
that none of these publications are mailed
with The journal or from this Office. We
have to pay for these publications one year
III advance, and they are then sent from
their respective offices to our subscribers.
Our clubbing offers are as follows for one
years subscription paid in advance:
The journal and Farm & Home. ...... So 90
The journal and Tribune Farmer...... 225
The journal and McCalPS Magazine. 2.10
The Journal and New Idea Magazine. 20, 10
The journal and Tri-Weekly Tribune. $50
The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
DR.. E. E. BROWN
OF BANGOR,
Specialist in Diseases of the Eve, Ear
Nose and Throat,

Has taken Room No. ?, Odd Fellows block, and
will be in Belfast every Monday. Office hours n
D. m to p. M, and to p. m.
Refers to Drs. G. B. Holt, Liberty; Adelbert
,,i,,att. Searsmont; D. ?. Flanders, Elmer Small
Mihe' W. Johnson Belfast. 33tf
The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
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Veterinary Specifics cure diseases
of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PARTS
without loss of time.
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b. b. lsPRAINS, Lameness. Injuries.
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c. C.ls0RE THROAT. Quinsy, Epizootic,
D; d; WORMS. Bots, Grubs.
e. lCOUGHs, Colds, Influenza, luaamed
CURES Lunss, P1eurO-Pneum0niA.
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a M1 T.; KIDNEY & BLADDER DISORDERS.
IL. lsKIN DISEASES. Mango, Eruptions,
CURES Ulcers, Grease, Farcy.
K.lBAD CONDITION, Staring Coat.
CURES Indigestion, Stomach Staggers.
6Oc. each Stable Case, Ten Specifies Book, &C., 81.
At druggists. or sent prepaid receipt Of price.
Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and John
Streets, New York.
eB- BOOK MAILED FREE.
The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
CASUALTY co. OF AMERICA.

ASSETS DECEM FER 81, 1906.
Stocks and bonds ............. Sill POI IA
Cash in Office and bank..... ,i9S,llI %
Unpaid premiums ........,.. ,..-...... 4O00l9 10
Interest and rents ..... ,..,-.... 1918 ~
Gross assets. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 g5U44 %
Deduct items not admitted 1852 20
Admitted aSsets.......... ....... 81 SIS, S14 81
LIABILITIES DECEMBER 81, 1906.
Net unpaid losses. ....... 80. S rs, i6S 30
Unearned premumS.... ..,......., 649,iG6 81
All other llabties........... ..,.... al ,4tS 80
Cash capital ............. 100000 on
Surplus over all liahilitieS...... ..,.. 31O636 "a
Total liabilities and surplus....... S1,s79s74 81
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Steam boiler insurance and inspection at reason
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The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
Will ans Kidney Pills,

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The Republican journal., 1907-02-21

JOHN r. d. NTON,
SELWYN THOMPSON,
E. S. PITCHER,
+. C. HOWARD,
.. L. WENTWORTH,
EDWIN FROST,
Municipal Officers of the City OF Belfast.
CITY OF BELFAST Feb 4, 1907.
In BOARD OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Upon the foregoing assessments it IS hereby
ordered that hearing be had on Saturday,
March 9, 1907, at O'Clock p. M, at the Alder
mems room in said city, and that the City Clerk
by Section 5, Chapter D. of the Revised Statutes.
Attest: MAURICE w. LORD, City Clerk.
A true copy of the assessment and of the order
of the municipal officers thereon.
Attest: MAURICE w. LORD, City Clerk.
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"He prob1y thought you was lyin'
to him. an took ~ofense," suggested
the Postmaster.
mo. l don't think so. because he
came back the next afternoon about
the same time. said the Captain. He
stopped at the gate Jest as he did
before, an stickin' his nose over the
fence he asst me II we had much light
min around here. Yes, says I. That
is, they have a lot O. what they call
lightnin' around here, but It amt knee
high to a Katydid 'longside O the
lightnin they have further up the
coast An then / told him about A
streak that come along one night on
my fathers farm up back O. Bar Har-
Dor, an stayed with us for i've full
days. Most lightnin' comes like a
fash, does what it has Ia Go and dis
appears, I says to him. But thiC here
streak took a fancy to a sixty acre
track O woods We had, an KEEP workin'
away on 1t for FIVE days, at the end Of
which time it had knocked down all
the trees, burnt the timber. trunk,
branch an stump, an then plowed up
the field SOS we was able to SOW it
with corn when he'd got the job fin
ished an disappeared, Ever been
struck? says he. Yes says !, idoz-
ems of times. Last time It hit me was
summer before last, / was settin'
right where am now talkin' to an.
other jackass, when a bolt seven
inches wide come in the kitchen door,
through the house an right out here
right behind me. 1t took me be-
tween the shoulders an when it got
through with me 1 found myself set.
tin on the deck of a lumber schooner
seven miles off York Harbor, maxim
for Boston an without a scratch, an.
pullin' away on my clay pipe, which
by the way, the lightnin' had lit,
havin' only jest filled it when the boil
come along That's goin' some, says
~. "a nate 10 Uv struch nKe tnaJ my
self You amt in no danger says !
Lightnin' never strikes brass Il
killed old Annynias,' says he. Yes,
says l. That's one reason why / ain
afeard Of it, Because it never strikes
in the same place twice.? says he
No says /. Because | amt made o
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Weak


Weak Kidneys. surely point 70 weak hdneE
Nerves. The Kidneys. like the Heart and tho
Stomach, find their weakness. not IN the organ
itself. but IN the nerves that control and guide
and strengthen taom. Or, Shops Restorative q
q medicine s~poc'dcafiy prepared TO reach these
controlling nerves To doctor the KidneysalonA
is futile. It is q waste OF time, and Of money as
wen.
If your back aches or IS weak. If the urine.
scalds. or sdarSe nd strong. II you have symptoma
Of Brights or ether distressing or dangerous kid
ney disease, try DR.. Shops Restoraeyea mouth
Tablets or Liquid-and see what Il can and afl
do for you. Druggist recommend and sen
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the same moral material says l. An
then he moved on again
He was a pretty clever ass, seems
to me- said the Postmaster.
He thought SO himself" said the
Captain. Anyhow be thought he
was smart enough to come
back again a couple O. days later an
bring two Of his friends with him.
Good afternoon says he with an as
SHINE grin an a wink at the other
two. Is it, says l. I amt noticed the
weather. My friends an l have come
around to ask how the Holsters 5
runnin' this years., he says. oh, have
yer says |. Wen, / cant exackly
say-ye might ask your friends to
give an exhibition run up an down
the road, an We can see for yourself,
only says /, ye'd better not let Tom
Seevy ketch We with 'em. What's
Tom Seevy got to do with it?' he asks,
He's the town constable, says ], an
from a birds eye view O your friends
I'm afraid they're under size. Yen
be fined fifty dollars for havin' em in
your possession. He brayed for two
hull minutes when ] said that but his
friends wasn't p'ticlarly pleased an
made of up to the hotel where they
was stablin.s He sort o. fingered
4 around 9szit he hadn't had squite
enough, an after awhile he says; ANY
shootin' around here2 Well says j
It all depends upon what We call
shootin' FIVE want deer an pah-
fridge. they ain't' IS plenty as they
used to be, but il you'drlike 10 bring
down a,few shutters We can set right
down here in my yard ap'poR, em by
the dozen, AN / Cory | saysa IN
lend you my gun t do It with What's
~shuffers?' says he, .Shnifers is little
brass monkies, says I, that these here
summer folks on their way from Bos
ton to Bar Harbor hires to run theiI
ottermobyles. 'O,' says he. Yor
mean show-foors. oh. do 1911 says
Well, jest You bag a couple O. dozer
with my old blu%nderbuss, an you an
+ won't quarrel about how to pro
nounce 1em. DO you obieck to The
ottermobyle? he says 4 object Z
anythin' that makes my flower garden
smell like a gashouse, says i runs
over my hens without SO much as I
word OF sorrer, an turns the occasion
al visit o. the midnight skunk into
beautiful an fragrant mem'ry Thel
that iackass begun an told me wha
a blessin' them ottermobyles was t
the farmer. How It brought people
into our midst. who bought our egg
an butter, an patternized our road
houses. an eat our doughnuta. May
be- so. says /. Maybe sol But I ain
noticed that l ever asst 10 have an,
people come into my midst Ny mida
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but he didn't think it was as hot as it.
was one day when he was down to.
Boston when a couple O. steers passin'
up fremont street was cooked al
through before they'd gone two blocks
so that the guests o' the Parker house
come out an got their roast beef on
the hoof. No. says !, 81 wasn't as hot
as that But nkewise that was a cool
day compared 10 the one we had here
in August, eighteen hundred an ninety
two, when we picked baked apples
right on the tree back O. the icehouse,
an my ther'momter IN tn cellar ria
SO fast It plugged a hole through the
kitchen foor an went straight or up
through tho roof an perched on the
chlmbly for ten minutes before disap.
pcarin' II the clouds
What'a he say TO thatg" laughed
81.
Nothin' said the Captain. He
looked at me out o the corner o his
eyes, an ambled on up the street, an
disappeared round the turn leadin
down 70 the beach,
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lation than they used to be; what 8
boon to the country the trusts was, IN
III finally / got SO %gol-derned tired o
tn sound of his voice that | went to
sleep, an when | woke up he'd gone
IAN We mean t. tell us that this was
a real jackassl" observed the Post
master %scornfully.
"Well, We can judge for yourself"
said the Captain. The last talk | had
with him was on the subject O. this
here post office. He said 1t was the
worst run, al%l-iredest slowest, most in
COMPETENT, eighteenth class rural slow
delivery shootin' match he ever see
in his life. he said the postage stamps
he sold here was stale, an left a taste
like sour ippycack in your mouth
when We licked EN-. He said his news
papers nine times out o. ten was 10Y
cred with m'lasses when they was de-
livered, an that half his letters smelt
O. Kerosene oil, an tn other half o.
dried herrin's, an he thought it was
a disgrace to the country to have a
fed'ral Institution as important as the
post office run as a side issue to a run
down, tattered an leaky old combina-
ton Of a grocery an fancy notion
store in charge O. some old moss-back
Of a,farmeR that didn't know the diff
ference between a mail bag and a keg
To- nails
sHe said that, ibid he!" said the
Postmaster flushing ,upf
s'Thems was his exact words. said
the Captain /, An he added chat the
next time he was down in Washing.
tom herwsss goin, t sueak to the au.
thorities and ask 'em IL they couldn't
change their historic policy Of put.
tin post offices in groceries, an give
IN updertakers, an village BARRIERS a
chance at the treasury.
All right, Cap" said the Postmas
ter. rising. "Ye've proved your pint
He was a good al round iackass, al
right
AAaf oili nc vas AAAA tNN O1E%@AA
And a derned Intelligent one, too"
yes said the Postmaster. An
guess the presidents surrounded b,
that kind down i'm Washin'ton, too"
Il guess hes observed the Cap
tain. @They have 'em pretty much ey
erywhera nowadays.
AN they're i%ncurable, said tn
Postmaster. AS long as a iackasl
has four legs there's hope for him, bu
thei wolegged kind with a biz moutl
and a pin head-O. well, what's TN
use? They're too common to be con
sidered extraordinary.
Eyes, they be- agreed the Captain
Maybe that's the reason the presiden
didn't think It was wuth while to rak
old BALKAN over the Goals, Joe.
guess be knew The hveed.
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amt more n middlin' strong any
ways. / says, and it's got all It can do
digestin' its own troubles without bur-
denim itself with the trials Of the gas
olene %aTlstocracy from the cities. AS
Sor the butter'n eggs / says, all the
butter n eggs they consume Is the
butter they spread on the country
side. an the eggs they scramble in the
highway when their chariots o. fire
bump into Jul wagons goin' around
turns at forty miles an hour. They's
profit in that, an / amt sayin' that
some O tn farmers up round here
don't load their wagons an sort O.
lay around waitin' to be run into for
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lCopyrIght. by Ioseph B. Bowles.l


81 am, an allus have been, a first
class Republican" said 81 Wother-
spoon, helping himself to a handful Of
raisins out of the box on the end Of
the counter, but l must say that if
the next national convention puts a
mater fakir plank in the platform III
be sort of up a tree. ! think tn presi
dent means all right, but sometimes
he pears to me to speak a little bit
basty.'
Occasionally he does, said the Cap
Sain. Not often preaps, but often
enough to keep things goin' some"
Now in the mater fakir proclama-
don o. his continued 81, he don't
mention that there story O. Balaam's
ASS, an yet it seems to me he might
Of, just as reasonable as pickin' a
Teller up for sayin' that an enraged
rahhit ehamad -, -,c=:G.s1=G F
pendix of a buffalo that had invaded
the sancty of his home
you don't seem to see that that
there Balaam's ASS was a miracle, ST.
said the Postmaster, Loyalty flying as
In duty bound, to the defense Of the
administration. THAT fact makes all
the difference they is in the world
There's a lot in what We say, ST"
said the Captain, but we've chose the
wrong story to hang the pint on.
There warn't nothin' extraordinary
about that there story O. Balaam's. II
ye'd took the story O. Daniel in tn
lions den, or that one about the bears
that come out an eat up the bald
headed man
They eat up the children, Cap
said the Postmaster, for calm the
old Teller bald-headed"
That's sold forgot just how thai
vas said the Captain I'm gettin
a little rusty in my history, they're
maxim SO much that's new these days
Anyhow, Sis pint Id be stronger il
he'd brought in either o. them tales
than it is with the story O. BALKANS
ASS"
q don't see Why" said the Postmas
ter. There's lots O men who haven
been eat by hungry lions, an plenty 0
kids that has been a by bears. blu
who besides Balaam ever heard an as
make remarks
Il have said the Captain.
"You?" cried the Postmaster
when? Where?'
In this here town last summer
said the Captain.
"HumphlH calculated the Postmas
ter incredulously. "What'd he tall
about?"
"Pretty nigh everythin' under tn
canopy said the Captain. Il think
must O. had a dozen talks with him Of
an on through the summer. The frs
thing he spoke about was the weather
/ was settin' out in front O. my hous
one afternoon, an this here jackas
came browsin' along the road, al
when he see me he stopped in front
the gate an said it was blamed no
Yes, says |, but It amt as hot as
was In the summer Of eighteen hun
bred an ~eighty-seven, when one O. m
hens fell into the well, an laid har,
boiled eggs for six weeks afterwards
He allowed that that was putty no