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The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Girl Kills General,

St. Petersburg, Oct.-Gen. Maxim olfsky, director of the Department of Prisons Of the Ministry of the Inter- for was shot and killed Monday. The general was the highest resronsible official connected with the Russian prisons, and it is supposed that this was the reason he was selected for assassination by the terrorists. A young woman who has moi yet been identified. presented herself at the weekly reception of Gen. Maximoff- sky and remained quietly in the crowded anteroom until it was her tHrn 10 enter the generals private eff fee. When she was in his presence the woman drew a revolver and fired seven shots point blank at the general. siX ef them taking effect. The wound ed man was hastily taken to q hospi- tal. but his condition was hopeless. The generals assassin. who was ar rested immediately. unhesitatingly ayoWed herself to be an emissarv of the northern flying section of the so- cial reyolutionists, who had been en- trusted with the task of punishing Maximoffsky for the stern regime which he lately had introduced in the treatment of important political pris- oners, whom he ordered to be treated like ordinary criminals General Max imofsiy was sponsor for Governor RoroduIin of Akatui prison. Siberia, the jail0r of Mme SDarid0noVa, and who recently was assassinated at Pakof Colonel Iyanoff. governor of the political prison at Viborg, was one of Maximoffsky's instruments. The introduction of soldiers into the pri. sons to preserve discipline was one of the most destested measures of Maximuffsky.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Everythinu Bad.


 A prominent planter recently had occasion to visit some of his holdings in southern Arkansas. The land was situated several miles from a railroad, and 1t was necessary to finish the journey is buggy So he took a friend with.him and started out.
 After tTaYersins several miles of sparsely settled country, thty came upon farmer blowing cqJ, on the side of q hill. The planter, wishing to appear civil to his heighbors. stopped his horse and yelled al the man. who came to the fsrfee. mopping his face with red bandlna.
 Good morning"
 "Mornin', misteFl"
 You live here, I suppose?"
 Yep
 "Hows erops7"
 Fair 10 middlin'."
 That's q bad hill you're blowing"
 q know l. Bad hoss. pullin' tn blow iidd plow. bad everything"
 Why, you talk like you were the poorest man in Arkansas laughed the planter.
 ."I ain.t. though" was the response. as the young fellow smiled good naturedly. Another feller owns half O this crop"
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Ranehman,s Novel courtship.

Louis L. Kramer came all the way from Yuma, Cal, to marry girl he had never seen. The bride was Miss Flora Weise, a pretty young woman of Tazewell county.
 The groom wrote to his aunt here, Mrs. Patterson, to put him in com- munieation with girl who would make him good wife, as he was lone ly on his ranch in Colorado. Mrs. Patterson recommended Miss Weise, a neighbors daughter, and correspond enee was begun.
 The girl was taken with the TO- nance of the affair and when photo graphs were exchanged and proved satisfactory a proposal quickly fol- lowed. An acceptance was written and then Kramer came east to claim his bride. The marriage was cele- brated the day after his arrival and the couple departed immediately aft erward for Yuma.-Denyer News.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
A Standard Measure.

After being ten years in the mak- ing there has just been deposited in the government standard weights and measures strong room new standard yard measure. It is made of 90 parts of platinum and ten of iridium. which when combined are not upset by either heat or cold. After the elabor- ate marking it was submitted to a number of tests, coming through all with high honors. Every year Of the next ten years it will be examined. and if it varies by the millionth part of an inch 1t will be consigned to the rubbish heap, otherwise it will be- come a tandard.-London News.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
oN NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH
Oklahoma Win Become a S late On tho
 Above Date.

Washington. Oct.-Pregid lent Roose- veil will issue the proclamation admit : ting the new state of Oklahoma on 1 Saturday. November 1G. next The i constitution was formerly placed-in his hands by Governor Frantz and q large
 delegation from Oklahoma at II o'clock Monday morning The issH-
 ance cf the proclamation Saturday, November 1C, will Immediately start 1 the machinery Of Oklahoma q q state The function of presenting a certified copy of the constitution was carried
 out in conformity with the terms. of
 the enabling act. which provides that
 the copy shall be presented by the governor of the territory ef Oklahoma and the federal judge senior in service
 in the Indian Territory Governor
 Frantz of Oklahoma and Judge Clay ton of Indian Territory constitute the official committee of presentation The constitution was enclosed in a red leather ease This was unclasped, and Governor Frantz stated, as he laid it before the president that he formal
 ly presented certified copy of the constitution of Oklahoma, together with a statement of the election re- turns. In response. the president in- dieated his expectation to sign the constitution. but added that this ap. proyal was not to be taken as an in dorsement on his part of all the pro visions of that document \ number of protests. he said. had been received and examined by himself and the at torney general, but were regarded not sufficient to alter what he believed his duty to sign. One or two protests have just arrived. and he indicated that these would receive careful at- tention. In issuing the proclamation. the president said he would wish to fill the federal positions in the new state. Governor Frantz requested that the people of the state be given l9 or 15 days notice before the proc lamation should issue. This. after some discussion. determined the presi- dent to fix the date at once, and Nov. lG, was decided on
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Protectlno Ills Maqazines.

While waiting at the doctors the other day. I picked up a magazine from his table to pass the time, said the man who observes things. All through the book. on nearly every other page was stamped his name and it so irritated me that l spoke to him about it.
 "If didn't fill that magazine up with my name he said. it wouldn't last ten minutes in this place. Some. body would be sure to carry it away Even as it is. l lose one every little while"
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
"We Have Many Similar"

The following is an extract from a letter received from Mir H. H. Meyers of Stuttgart, Ark: You would great ly oblige me if you would introduce Hunts Lightning Oil at Millidgeyille. H., as I have many friends and rela- tives there, in whom l am much con cerned, and I understand the Oil is not kept there. I can recommend 1t as the best medicine l ever had in my house. It cured me of bad case of the Bloody Flux in less than one-half hour. and it cured my granddaughter of bad case of Cholera Morbus in a very short time"
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Constitution for Abyssinia.

Adus Aboba. Abyssinia. Oct-King Menlik has taken an important step in the direction of giving Abyssinia a constitutional form of government in issuing decree providing for the for nation of a cabinet on European lines. Simultaneously with the publication of the decree his majesty announced the appointment of five ministers, who will preside respectively over the de partments of foreign affairs. justice. finance and commerce and war.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
..Nalls.e

Nails are a mighty good thing particularly finger nails-bHt I don't believe they were intended solely for scratching. though I used mine largely for that purpose for several years was sorely afflicted and had to do it. One application of Hunts Cure how ever. relieved my itch and less than one box cured me entirely
 J, NJ. WARD.
 Index, Texas.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS.
Recent Attempts to Tabulate the
 Beasts That Perish.

Every now and then some natural ist endeavors to make an approximate numerical count of known animal species. This kind of attempt is sure ly not without interest but it must be acknowledged that it's results are very uncertain. We are far from knowing all species. and there is yet a delight full prospect ahead for those who love systematic zoology and for zoologists who bestow mutual honors by giving each others names to some animal hitherto unknown.
 As Nurmann remarked to a recent meeting of naturalists at the museum, to which he presented his Catalogues Mammalian, the species of rodents known in 1880 were only 970 in num- Der; now they are 1900. The num- Der has thus, at least. doubled in 27 years. The number of living species of this creature now known is about 1.500. divided among 160 genera. This family is the most numerous of the class of mammalia.-Wissen fur Ale.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
HerR Recipe.

A lady famed for her skill in cook ing was entertaining a number of her friends at tea. Everything on the table was much admired. but the ex- cellence of the sponge cake was es- peeially the subject of remark.
 oh" exclaimed one of the guests, it is so beautifully soft and light, Do tell me where you got the recipe .
 T am very glad replied the hos tess, that you find it so soft and light. I made it out of my own head H-Il- lustrated Bits.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
An Ambition.

'So you want to become an ambas. sador." exclaimed the man of power.
 Yes" replied the opulent person.
 T thought you were devoted to your automobile. When did you become in- terested in diplomacy 2"
 I'm not especially interested in diplomacy. What I want is to get some position where I'll have govern ment protection against arrest for violating the speed regulation"
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Women Have Stock Show.

Not on.y do English women run their own farms. but they have their own stock shows The Womens Az licultural and Horticultural union has been having an exhibit. IL is the first of it's kind ever held. and no doubt the American woman farmer will fol- low the reports with interest.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Mail bv Skyrockets.

The most remarkable method of de- livering letters doubtless is that em- ployed by the steamers passing is lands of the Tonga group in the Pa cific. On account of many reefs land ing is extremely dangerous and the few letters to be delivered are at. taehed to large skyrockets. which are fired and reach the shore in safety
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
It's Danuerous.

To neglect a cold the results are too often very serious. Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia and Consump- ton are frequently the consequences. Upon the appearance of a cold. sore throat or chest, use Simmons Cough Syrup 1t soothes the irritation. ioosens the phlegm and promptly cures you
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh Is blood tutions disease and in order 1t you take internal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure is taken fn- formally, and acts directly the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not quack medi- cine. IL prescribed by of the best physicians in this country for years and s regular prescription IL Is composed of the best touics known. combined with the best blood purifiers acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful re- suits in curing eaarrh. Send fer testimonials free
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,. Props, Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Omissions of History.

Henry VIII. had taken another wife. How many does that make?" he asked his private secretary.
 Six. your majesty answered that funetionary.
 Are you sure?'
 q have kept tie count correctly. your majesty"
 Well, Ill stop at that he said.
 It was with some reluctance how ever, that he kept his promise by dy- ing before he had a chance to marry No. 7.-Chicago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

back hurt me ter. ribly. I had sharp, 8 h O 0 ting pains. changing to q dull, d r a 2 gin 2 ache could not stand for any length of time and my back hurt me when l sat down
 My feet and ankles were badly swollen every evening. and my stomach was out
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Nail TarpS

A ":en.penny" nail means that l. GOO nails weigh ten pounds. The word '.senny" in this sense is a cor ruption of pound,
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

They can easily be utilized with little work for the foundations of the more or less fancy waists for house or evening year.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Double protection.

'I wish" lady recently said to her husband with what Punch disereetly terms considerable emphasis. I wish you wouldn't always sit on the piano-stool when we have company. Everybody knows you can't play a note
 Neither can anybody else when I'm sitting there.' returned the sage Youths Companion.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Blondes Live Conuer.

Statistics show that, though faiHl haired people are as a rule less strong than those who have dark hair, yet the former live longer than the latter. Net Just as Good"-lts the Best.
 One box of Hunts Cure is unfail- ingly, unqualifedly and absolutely guaranteed to cure any form of SKIN DISEASE. It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently curing all forms of ITCHING known.
 ECZEMA, TETTER, RINGWORM and all similar troubles are relieved by one application; cured by one'box.
 Whom fortune favors the world fayorS
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

of order Boan's Kidney Pills cured me of these troubles in 1902. and for five years I have had no return"
 All dealers. 50 cents q box. Eos ter-Milbuln Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

You will never persuade the world to accept your religion when you look as though it made you sick.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
For the Children.

It is said that London produces over 200 new designs in penny toys" every week.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
BACK GAVE OUT.
A Typical Case of Kidney Trouble and
 Typical Cure.

Mrs. Chloe Page Of 510 s. Pitt Street. Alexandria, Va, says: My
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. kline's Great Nerve Restorer Send for Free 500 trial bottle and treatise Dr. R. II. Kline, Id, 93l Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

A shut mouth keeps one out of strife.-Portuguese.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31
Undisturbed.

Does the strike you have on hand seriously inconvenience your com pany?"
 No" answered MT. Dustin Stax; Ion the contrary. it affords us a bet ter excuse than usual for the bad serv- ice that is constantly complained of :" Washington Star.
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

Many man would rather lie when asked for information than say: T don't know
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

No other remedy such record of actual female ills Thousands of residing in part of the United States bear willing testimony the wonderful virtue of E. Pnkha Vegetable Compound and what has done for them Lydia Woans Is
The Monticellonian., 1907-10-31

Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-03

AroostOok farmers. AZ 1t stands now,
even with the increased acreage and
the greater amount of fertilizer to the
acre used this season. 1t Is conscrva-
lively estimated that the Aroostook
potato crop of 1907 will not equal that
Of 1906. Conditions equal, the 1907
crop should be considerably larger
than that Of 1906. but conditions arc
far from being the same. The 1906
crop was the greatest on record and
well IL should be, for the conditions all
through the season were ideal for the
raising Of potatoes. From an acreage
estimated at 10000 acres between II
and IS million bushels of potatoes were
taken. About 1900, 600 bushels were
shipped out over the Bangor & Aroos-
took railroad. Another million BUSH
els went out over the Canadian Pacific.
The remainder of the crop stayed in
the county to be consumed for food.
seed, or in the manufacture of starch.
The starch factories are still grinding
potatoes from the 1906 crop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-03
A Civic League Joker.
(Relfast JOurnal.)

U8elfaSt JOurnal)
The current issue of the Civil League
Record has an article on Maine news-
papers that is really amusing. 1t in
cludcs among well edited papers some
that were never guilty of an editorial
expression on any subject and others
that use plate matter editorials. Some
of the Staunchest Republican news
papers in the State are put down as
supposed to be Republican news
papers," but "arc not averse to sup
porting a good Democrat or indie
pendent candidate when the Republi-
can candidate is unsatisfactory" The
Republican Journal, we notice. is in
cluded in the "alsO ran" class with
papers that were never really alive
and no longer exist. But when we
read in the Civic League Record that
the Waterville Sentinel. Lewiston Sun.
Riddeford Record. Lisbon Enterprise
and Rockland Opinion are counted on
the side of temperance reform we con-
cluded that the editor of the Record is
an incorrigible joker, bent on having
little fun with 1.-THE boys"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-03
Tribute to a Maine Expert.

The Brooklyn Standard Union pays
terestng and valuable discussion of
food value of corn and corn products"
by DR.. Charles d. Woods of the Maine
Agricultural Experiment station which
it published in Farmers Bulletin No.
29S of the governments department of
agriculture. Its is.' says the
Standard-Union: no small cOmpli-
ment to a State whose canned sweet
corn is perhaps the best illustration of
accepted as the Government exponent
ard authority on a cereal whose
volume and value is much greater
than that Of any other, and whose uses
are perhaps the most widely diveris-
fed Of any product of the soil. DIR.
Woods has made an interesting ex-
position of forty pages, historic and
analytic, chemical and economical, all
of which, while not adding much to the
former stock of human knowledge. by
scientific terms and precise figures,
fortifies popular Impressions. common
sense and common experience The
Bulletin is one which, on account of its
clear and straightforward style, and
it's discussion in simple terms of the
essential principles involved, induces Il
better understanding Of the real value
of corn in domestic economy, and
suggests also desire that the treat
mcnt had been pushed still further"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-03
Names PROSPEROUS Farmers.

The Maine Farmer, which is wei
situated to know something about the
farming conditions of the State. adds
to the discontinue of the Waterville
Sentinel which recently started out on
a crusade to run down Maine agricul-
ture and to convince Maine farmers
that their business is steadily growing
worse. OF course, the SentineFs con-
tention is in absolute contradiction ia
what is self-evident to every uh-
prejudiced person who has made MINI
self thoroughly familiar with the COLI
ditions now actually prevailing 'i
Maine farms, but the Sentinel does not
bother with facts and actual co"oi-
tons when it emits a Democratic
calamity whine. IF the Sentinel Is
hol est in its contention" remarks the
Maine Farmer with well ]ustiieo
susnc;on that the Sentinel is not hon.
G. ",ben if certainly is misinformed
with regards the conditions IN Ma''ie
&C tb.v now actually exist" The cdl-
TOW of +ba Farmer continues as follows:
"If the editor Of our Waterville con-
temnorary will travel about through
the counties of this State with impair
tiaI discerning eye, and meet with
thousands of farmers, as the writer mas
done during the past two years, there
u III no but little said iii the SentinePs
columns hereafter concerning degen-
Grafton in Names farming industry
and lack of prosperity among those
VIII, are really making an energetic
attempt to push their business accord
ing to modern progressive methods.
Notwithstanding the fact that short
age of help has been 4 serious obstacle
calculated to retard the progress of
farm husbandry, this encouragement
has not prevented the enlargement of
operations on thousands of Maine
farms by the aid of improved ma
and q fuller employment OF
scientific agencies made available by
expert workers in the realms of cx-
pertinent and practice. In fact, it Is
true that those engaged
in the vocation of farming in Maine
today. generally speaking, are steadily
making advance toward larger pros
pcrity, unless we are to dispute the
words of thousands of the most i'll
telligcnt. responsible members of the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry with
whom we have come in contact since
making this state our home. Arguing
from premises based on specially Sc
cctcd statistics. is like arguing from
passages thus selected from the Pible
all manner of conclusions are posi-
BILE"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-03
The BeIated Haying Season.
Rangor Ncws.)


Here in eastern Maine where hay
ing begins right after July and
ends with the beginning Of dog
days. the operations are bclated. Net
onc-half the hay crop Is harvested,
though two years ago nearly the en-
tire lot was inside of barns. Part of
the delay is owing to rainy weather.
though in the main the condition. is
due to the latcness of the season. In
fields adjacent to Bangor the herds
grass is still in its second or purple
bloom, the ''pca-vine' and alsikc
clover are lodged and lie prone with
an abundance of weight. Within
ten days, if the weather favors, the
bulk of the crop will be housed or at
least such portion of it as the barns
will hold.
AS was the case two years ago,
many farmers will be compelled to
stack their hay. because Of its abund-
ance. >>Of course, this means plenty of
fodder for cattle and horses and sheep
and good things in general.