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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-29
Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

Now OK, [NuS. ..
FLOt r. Receipts 20,362: exports, 1886;
sales 12a0: quiet and unchanged.
W HE tT-Eeceipts $4,000: exports 10S-
sol; sales 3.500,0o0 futures, 5000 spot; spot
firm: No > red $751; elevator: No. , red
9o1. f . l. ahoat; No. northern Duluth
la. u alloat No. ; hard winter 1907
h afloat.
CORN-Recefpts 5O.525- exports 70.197;
sales 6O00a; spot barely steady; No. > G6fs
elevator and 81 / o anoat; No. white
90: No. yellow 63i.
SPOT easy: mixed 26M32 lbs. e.. natural
White. 3@N33 lbs. 6G@67; clipped white, 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-29

EEET-StCady.
LARD-Easy: western prime 9II10.
IC Ek-Stcatiy.
SUGAR-RaW steady: refined uuet.
BUTTER Firm: receipts go, creamery
specials 2G1.: extras 26: thirds to frsts
2(Mi 25i%: state dairy common to finest II
as: western factory common to extra
12I2l1.: process common to extra 1@I2 D.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
THE COAL-HOLE
MYSTERY 4

ana the way the customers fnre
landed back IN the store reuihded
one OF tho unloading 81 a ca Of
watofmelona In front 81 a coiDils
sion house.
An over town seedlings zee no
longer IN store for abscnttaAd ed
husbands. bat the man would &aeh
h.ome Ia hear hts wife say aBhn.
You are certainly improving blow
did you happen % think ~ hder.
Ing those articles spoke abt# this
morning ?"
Welt" would come the faply,
"aa I was passing the entfl@s ~
the Lead an department ore. I
Just naturally dfifted "a. Alively
little fat FELLOW seized me the
elbow and told me he kneWtbat I
had forgotten something, 81 70
pass right ia aud Il would akeome
10 me
The store was doing aDOusiil the
trade there was 20 be- done The
other stores eonldn't undsuand H.
Mr.. GiKh'a scheme was Striking
weii. and he received a mnosdy
salary. bat his great succ@ was
upset in an unexpected m4ner,
one night a burglar atielsied 10
enter tho store hY way % large
coal hole directly In fruntof the
main entrance. lie had pasd or
the large coal hole cover but Ia.
stead Of dropping through SO the
basement be Was caught ii the
queefeat tanEie 81 maehineila man
ever encountered.
Mr. Gigha success vas e4ly an.
defntood from the naturaof the
device. Toe coal hole eohf had
been replaced By a tarninbA which
had the surface appoaral@ 81 a
coal huiB cover The cow could
bn made 10 reyolYe q quaNr Of a
circle IN either direction push.
Ing an electric button neatl placed
IN the entrance Of the atfa The
pedestrian might come fros either
direction When HE feet touched
the cover the button was trauaed
The cover turned q qua Or Of a
circle Tho pedestrian - now
headed toward Mf Gigh. ~ seized
him And hustled him 10 hst that
he forgot how he arrived
Iils device haginF becrns pub.
nc property. and thus saiied for
further mso % him. Mr. A. Wyse
OlGh dlaa ppeared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
UNCLE SAM AS FLAGMAN

From Washington where the statistics gathered
startling message has been flashed every and woman
n the United States.
1t SAYS. Go slowerl Go slower or il will kill you'll"
You understand that under modern governmental meth
Ids these Washington collectors OF facts and figures al
ways nqairng They send into different cities and diff
sections and ask neutrality-suspicious. queer questions
unexpected questions questions that make you say Well
wonder why the government wants to know thatf
Then. day after has listed all these replies and
made them mp tables sends official report which
els you often surprising things about yourself and the other
millions who belong Uncle Sans big family.
This particular message you about heart disease the
blow that like flash OF lightning, that smes man
he stands the One minute, he IS living
breathing thinking creatuehe next he IS lying there on the
sidewalk and the crowd running One minute, there
human being talking you-the next there IS moth
ING there but the shell which unable to hold such
big puisng life any longer because the had mis-
treated it and abused it and weakened il
This is the very message that the government is sending
out
An the country there busy cities full OF evesh
men and women Every has its half dozen
have There may be 500 in altowns 80 big that
call them cities Now only seventeen OF all these cities
the government than 1880 and
died OF heart disease during this yearl II doesn't
you many died in the way all the other cities
Il doesn't need to- these widely distributed
and applied its tests to them and then has turned to
you and says. CAREFUL Go sower Heart disease kill
ing of our people every year,
these II cities alone 800 dropped down this year
han year The figures Tor New York Tor example jumped
from sssz to 1850
What does this means
II that we've got give these hearts and these
bodies OF The heart peculiarly sympathetic
With They like coupled engines and drag
other destruction that's just what do
ing From the very time OF boyhood and ghood keep
-rowdng these engines We insist that they faster and
and faster. We begin taking before have finished
giving the time give any We
them generate ieiul Of power hour Of fuel
And they can't do IT, They breaki
The warning OF the government is TO you Il that
have live that shows the statistics
Which shall il be-the repair shop or the scrap heaps
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
ny a. u. HUDSON.

The directors were silent. A
meeting had been called for the pur.
poao OF general discussion The
large department store In which
thoy were interested had boen los
ing trade, The manager of this
store flaally took and the floor and
said "uenlloman. tho windows
have been decorated by the best
experts Attractive algna have
failed at attract Our advertising
manager has raeked his brain be.
ynnd endurance, and u now IN a
aantarium Our store Is well 10.
Gated | have come TO one conclu.
sion. the minds Of oar people are
80 ongfoHaed that their eyes ara
not attracted by what they see
"A no auggeHtlonB were offered,
however. the meeting finally broke
up.
Tho managers opportunity came
tho next day Willie DO. the Of.
flee boy. presented the card Of a
visitor who was waiting outside II
read 4 can Increase your hnrl.
ness 90 per cent .slgucd wYsE
UlGH."
Tell him 20 come ln. growied
the manager with emphasis
The individual sh0 entered
seemed 10 excite good feellnR al
once. Ills head was round aud al.
most totally bald. The face vas
also spherical Il seemed 10 DO all
smile The eyes were FUN aud
magnetic.
The twn men wefe eioseted for
some time. but the office hoy could
hear the manager and HIS Visitor
break lnto loud bursts Of laughter
al timea
That night Mr.. dlgh and several
mechanics and electricians did
some mysterious work Ia the base.
ment 81 the store.
The neKt morning Mr. Giwh took
q position near the front entrance,
and business began 10 increase.
ft seemed a. though nobody
could pass tho store without enter.
ing Il WA one continual process
% reaching out and sulxlnE hands
or elbows. and usheriug people In
81 the sidewalk They seemed 70
10 taken right off their feet. as
q we're Several fieorwaikers wero
llnsd up right back VI Mr.. CiEh /.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

representative ~ feciKu line.
stated shat the Erie ralrnad had
discontinued shipments q grain BE-
cause 4 bad been fonnr necessary
20 take or their two 10 cars and
uso them for nuburhas passenger
service.
u IL said the Erie uaroaa stop.
ped the transportation ~ cnFusus
between New York api huffaio.
Reason Fear that thcypiil not ~
able 70 ges them there b time for
the resurrection.
A. an offset Il printafhin quota.
ton from a ucaHparrr
The Erie raiiway reoria more
than $4,000. 900 passengers tMus,
ported last year withud l0ma az a
travellers ufe. The Ere IL often =
Joke, but u has reasn 20 point
With pride 30 that record a
blank page is suKEcstlely labeled
mcmorAnda." The oider also
gives a photograph ofRn Erie 10.
connective. the largest d the Wagid
u has ie drive Nhcsiaaud weighs
$500 pounds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
OF JOHNNY
JIMPSONWEED

a. yuael Il aiarte, AZ thee brck
faH label paw WIZ butcrn his pAnk
aikes and reeden thee pspur x. he
seq. ben tilmau Is demanden cortie
n Z CIV a abo down on thee bond
sail.
ware wua a. NAV aez. gmackeu
thee kat jumper oner lap, | did
knot sea ana bafRen adz
thaFe yew go. paw rctoftet thee
wofl could KUN a end an yeR knot
no II unlea II wux pui IA dlspla tlpe
IN a depnrtmon Hioor ad-Erate
etaruits naii--evrythlng marct down
yurth Eu~n owt ~ bienes bar.
gems. bargemH. bargena
o wei. " thee sail IL ovnf Il don't
intTea me. mas sea. taken thee
shngar boie ava frum me. anahow
CESS this tilEnAn IA lea like thee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
SUCH A COOD-NATURED RAILROAD

Seattle stars Exclusive Service }
NV YORK. dee 2 While Il
Il true enough that corporations
have no souls. there's no DENYING
the fact that the Erie Railroad
company has a fine sense ~ humog
f)oubters wiii bn convinced hy
reading the tins table folder Just
issued b. the company.
Commatofa especially. aud some
others. have put out q iArEe crop %
sit at the expense 81 tho Erie and
other railroads Some ~ the man
ayers may b. EroucbY. but "a. Erie
nhowa iis appreciation of the jokes
BY printing some u them lu The
folder Here arr some extracts
from the collection presented un.
der the head Of What Others Say
u ia
When al Erie train stopped rath.
- abruptly between tNa stations.
passenger asked the conductor the
Cause iie replied. There Is a
COW on the track" and passed on
The train procr~ded. aud withta IS
minutes stopped again. the pasaen
ser asked What are yog stop
pins for nowF~ The conductor re-
Piled We've caught up 70 the Gov
again"
Al a recent game u base bail BE-
tween two National league clubs AZ
the Polo grounds. one N the play.
en- made an attempt 20 score By
sliding 10 home plate. but arrived
too late While brushing the dat
aud DIRT from hss clothes. root.
nr- IN The "bleaehera exclaimed
Serves him right. late and dirty
he looks as " be came ia on ths
Erie
When looking for Information IN
connection With the running og
trains for certain shipments. the
patron vas referred 10 the super
lnieudrnt 81 transportation for a
set ~ working tables when maxi.
lug application Tor them. he re-
queatcd that Erie Joke Book No. :
be sent 70 him.
A shipper. In Conversation with a
Turkish baths. under Grand thka.
ter. - go.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

rest Of thee men--eckspecks z gss
bonds al hargen Drises afsur hes
Niinen hay bot them awi.
be don't waui ana bonds. paw sex
hittmfli be wants . find out wy A.
how tha wuz soled.
then I shud thine he wood rcd
thee papurE. Euz maEs repl, ices
lee Ike a women.
he wants 2 noTf tha vent 2 thsa
hiyca bidur. paw scz. veckss
vel. be don't no thee list pginsIpsi
of a hargen SAN then. mav sez.
paw he jamt his hat On hls he'd
an ruaht from thee howae lie a
think OF life. butt NAV she tux
thee papur an rApt Thea poialto
peelens Ia Il set ost OF fhes
sighedSok thee garblg man Z
talk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
BY Will =. GRIFFIN.

lie 81 a wise man who knows his
own napkin In a boarding house.
n some people would coufiae the
interest they take IN life 20 their
own affairs they wouldn't have any.
thing 50 do
Some people seek nOtoriety. think
Ing ia popularity
It's terrible bump to realize
that the sweet young thing to
whom you have been making love
does Il merely Tor a fad
u the world owes you living "a
viii always pay II YOU 20 after A.
When sou are Ia trouble you can
generally measure the sympathy
sou will get b. the Size % your
bank account
lie o. also a wise man who
knows how 10 dress an old excuse
Ia aeW suit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Take a trip on the SQUAD and
visit The u s. naxY yara. see the
baiileships Oregon. Wisconsin and
Nebraska. the cruisers Buffaio aud
tho training ship Philadelphia. tho
mammoth dry docks. tsrSWdo boats
and prison ship Nlpaic ioata leave
Pinr z. foot Of Yesier wsy. s TINES
dAilT Round trip. 5oc. ss'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

saY. hook here. ynu said whsa
bought this cheese thar youa re-.
turn my moasy II Il uasnS aatiafac.
tory
That's ali right replied the
grocer. calmly Your money waa
perfectly satisfactory.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
Wise

y got even with Smith Tor calling
me a liar the other day"
Great Scott. man. And he didn't
use violence toward your
No ] told him what : thought Of
him over the telephone"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Successful.
The man had Jus, been operated
upon internally.
Was Il success they asked
Decidedly 10. replied the sur.
geons. We got the inside lnforma
ton We wanted three minutes be-.
fore he died
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

by continuously addressing the
Hungarian Diet from the public gal.
lcry a man caused a Temporary sus.
pension Of the sitting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Anxious: Lovely chicken salad
may be- made b. adding chopped
veal 70 anything left over from din
ner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

The rocoanut estates Ia the fed
Grated Malay states are worth about
5000 600. says l. g. Brown. the
official IN charge Of the pianta-
tons
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Nature said the man sith the
pickle nose. never takes away that
she does not give Ia every deed
% hers there Is both loss and gain
Nov. Tor instance. take my own
case. Nature designed that ms
hair should be thin. while my
While your head ls thick. Nm.
lahed the man with the old rose
whiskers who had been trying for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

CiaFioe-l think Mr. ounson IL
dreatfpi siimEY
tlArcucea stingyf Why that
man wouldnt evrn toll = story AZ
his owu expenae' - Aarpers Week.
-.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

family what
her professional
Le,tyce the Dny nuresqaeru
pta OF the chamber
maids the part the second part she's Fosae Rank
the raiah she's awful accomplished In tho olo she
out In short fluffy nd china nk skirt and hands lighted
inKgior iuggc hut the drammer shat
cracked takes all hor
she takes washing bet had all that
10 look pretty her. don't yonf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

~ relieves rheumatism Ia All its
stages Soap Lake Salts. sts
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Ever the Same.
tia the same old STORY.
The same old song.
naY In and day out.
As YOU tourney along.
You work all ths wcek
Win yOus main and youf might
Ard your wife gets the coin
On Saturday Night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Smile ard &eu9.
The world viii look brighter.
When asery things wFoug.
n you iasg keap aamiiln'.
And hummiHE a sang.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

buy your hat OF r. y. Brooks q
Co. 1881 Second av. sss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

A Ne~ York. man applied Zoe q
divorce beeag@e hls spaaas placed
rs paper all around the house and
be- came in canfAct uith u neatly
eFsff move be made. Got ali aiusk
up. chf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

She Safol9 % good can come a.
gambling
lie oh ! d0n'i knnw ! have a
friend oui In Chicago Nho turned
gambler. and il bfukc him u the
habit ~ marrying isuek
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Iust Like life
A lady naFaed Susan AeFaddna
Was praised ior the ilEura she
EMd-@an'
There NaB ua ono c0uld toll
That her figure ~ swell
Was made Yefy largely u paddln
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
STAR DUST
BY JOSH

hal, an hour to edge Ia word
Judge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
Hamilton Studio

Colman building. artistic photo
graphs At reasonable prices. 40
coupons or other frands sss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

"When = man gits
too lazy 4 work. be
cries down with m
rich"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

Turkish baths. under Grand thsa.
ter. 90.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31

From Washington where the statistics gathered. a
snring message has been flashed every and woman
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-20

to learn if any alarm had been given.
All was as still within as the black
ness of the garden wall, and after re-
moving the bulky canvas bags from
his old betrayer's pockets Mr., Bilks
again entered the kitchen window and
made for the dining room. There
producing his lantern, he carefully
counted the pennies and nickels, alb
stracted so short a time ago from the
little bank, and silently replaced them
piece by piece.
Jest a dollar an forty-tree cents"
he growled. AN ter t'ink dat n of
us would sink his manhood, as de mis-
sion guy says, fer dat"
Then he fumbled in his pockets and
at last produced three shining silver
dollars. "Mebbe de warden frisked it
from some poor devil afore dealin' it
out ter me, but so far as Use con
cerned it's dead honest an l reckon
de bank needs it more'n l does" And
the broad discs went to join their
humble brethren.
With this charitable errand done,
Mr.. Bilks noiselessly retraced his soft
steps and emerged in the moonlight
just as "Hunch" began to show signs
of returning to reason Come along"
he growled, catching the PROSTATE
form by the collar and dragging him
out to the road. Come along, youse
baby's burglar. 1t goes again de grain
ter leave youse where de cops can
pinch youse. But when youse wakes
up an misses dat bit Of stuff from de
big bugs house l hopes youse will
swear off dis Christmas tree work an
reform. Gawd knows when a big live
man sinks ter dis dat room fer a re.
form is come"
And as the moon watched Mr.. Bilks
wend his carefree way homeward to-
ward the big city, laboriously carry
ing several bags of clinking stun, the
f~ive-year-old in the home of the rib.
%bon-counter clerk dreamed on of saw.
ing up pennies until he could buy a
pony.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-20
DR.. TALKS OF FOOD
Pres. of Board of Health.

What shall I eat?" is the daily in
quiry the physician is met with. l do
not hesitate to say that in my judg-
ment, a large percentage of disease is
caused by poorly selected and improp-
erly prepared food. My personal ex-
p%erience with the f%ully-cooked food
known as Grape-Nuts, enables me to
speak freely of its merits.
From overwork, l suffered several
yea S with malnutriton, palpitation OF
the heart, and loss of sleep. Last
summer l was led to experiment per
sonally with the new food, which /
used in conjunction with good rich
cows milk. In a short time after l
commenced its use, the disagreeable
symptoms disappeared, nv hearts ac-
ton became steady and normal the
functions Of the stomach were proper
ly carried out and / again slept as
soundly and as well as in my youth.
81 look upon Grape-Nuts as a per
feet food, and no one can g~ainsay'but
that it has a most prominent place in
a rational, scientific system of feeding
Any one who uses this food will soon
be. convinced Of the soundness Of the
principle upon which it is manufac-
tured and may thereby know the facts
as to its true worth" Read, THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's q
Reason"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-20
ACCOUNT BOOK A NECESSITY.
Without 1t, There Is Bound to Be
Waste in Household.

Unless one keeps a record of the
way in which the pennies go, the ex-
pense account has a disagreeable
habit of swelling larger than the in
come.
With an account book a %housekeep-
er knows at a glance just how much
meat, flour, or other articles of food
it has taken for the table during the
month, and can compare with the
same month of the year before.
In this way one can easily tell if
expenses are still on the same level
or if they are on the increase, and
the cause may be readily discovered.
Money left loose in a purse or bag
goes, but NJ one can make an accurate
account of it at the end of the month.
The little account book with every
thing down in black and white keeps
business methods in the buying of sup
plies, and is a great factor for econ
Omy.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-20
ONCE THE PATH WAS SMOOTH.
Discard That Old Adage About the
Course of True Love.

A remarkable wedding has lately
taken place at Naples, remarkable be-
cause of the extreme youth and alert
ness of the happy couple. When &C.
lestino Giordano, aged Is, with Gicelia
Nappi, his chosen bride, went to the
registry Office to be married, the com
missioner vas very loath to perform
the ceremony, for the pair had not
reached the age limit prescribed by
the civil code. The young folks had
evidently expected to have to over
come difficulties to their union, for
while the commissioner was hesitat-
ing as to what he should do, they
sprang a surprise on him and settled
the matter by producing a royal de-
cree of dispensation, which they had
obtained direct from the king. This
being proved genuine the children
were joined to wedlock in the pres.
enc of their parents and a large gath
ering of interested, spectators.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-20

premises he sneaked to the kitchen
window and was soon inside the
house. Mr.. Bilks felt a wave of right
eous indignation sweep over him as
he swung his gum shoes over the sill
and carefully kept a few PAGES behind
the commercialized burglar. There
vas more risk in a small home like
this, he well knew, than in one Of
those big barn-like places he had al
ready entered; but as far as any com
motion was concerned the two crooks
might have been moonbeams, or fall
ing leaves, so easily did they move
from room to room. Then "Hunch"
deity weighed the silverware in the
dining room, and would have grunted
in disgust If he had been an amateur,
for the stuff was all plated. He had
not need to turn on his lantern to as
certain this. But as he was prepar-
ing to softly retreat his small eyes
caught a glimpse of a toy bank, the
property Of some youngster, and
rather than leave entirely without
compensation he gingerly turned a
handful OF pennies and silver into his
great coat pocket.
Fer de love of-Why, say, dat four
flush is breakin' de kiddy's bank"
moaned Slinky Bill, overcome to find
even an enemy in his profession play
ing so low and emery a game.
Then as the hunted one turned to
drift as silently as a shadow to tbs
window MIR. Bilks anticipated him,
and as the robber of tots reached the
ground he was met with a stunning
blow from a chunk of lead, fastened
to a strip of leather.
IF youse had been true blue ter de
calm youse would have got off wild
jest a touch fer de stuff. But l can't
stand ter see a man sneak things on a
baby commented Mr.. Bilks, standing
ove the PROSTATE form and listening