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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-06-06

Catholic Standard and Times.
M. Jsl5a yuti feel the need of pill take
N" " Little Early Riser. Small pill,
%5 u, sure pill. Easy to take-pleasant
Elective. Drives away headaches.
WHY ny x H. Moody.
,aalicsef-"EIas he an inherited streak for
94g money?
g@Se.-" les, indeed; his father was
Hin captain and his mother was a chorus
New York Sun.
AL scratches, burns, cuts, insect bites
E," DaWitt's CarboliZed Witch Hazel
I'M, Is thg best remedy. 1t is soothing,
s4ils clean and healing. Be sure you get
'''S sold by r. II. Moody.
N.Y. 4therS had just signed the Declara-
w. dependence. And yet, we unused,
'lg at hem dares take his winter fan
ii. wv III his wife gives him permission.
IAN goes to show what an abject coward
'9 man really is.-New York Sun.
S,ip, onPt, pleasant, good remedy for
lS M ! and colds, is Kennedy's Laxative
F., Hyfup. 1t is especially recommend
hv W. babies and children, but good for
Go;i member of the family. 1t contains
Ia Plates and does not constipate. Con-
A5 money and tar and tastes nearly as
y y maple syrup. Children like it. Sold
lis sT ". joey es, Tommy, it is quite pos
H., mat there are people in the moon"
lAsp I'nIy-"Well, what becomes of them
I'd 'nere isn't any moon P"-Brooklyn
ls4 Barber of Elton, Wis, says, 81 have
n %t u Pills and they have done for me
Os '4an any other medicine has ever
llrad ! am still taking the pills as l want
MI Ivy y, cure" Mr. Barber refers to De-
sopoAN. Money and Bladder Pills, which are
eQNaateu Tor Backache, weak kidneys, in
A6aae Of the bladder and all urinary
GIRS' A weeks treatment for 25c. Sold
H. Moody.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-09-27
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.

l, H. L. Cansler of Knoxville, Tenn,
having been duly appointed and quail
fed as administrator of the estate of
w. l.. Cansler, deceased, hereby notify
all persons indebted to the estate OF
the deceased to settle the same with
me, and all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to file their claims with me within the
time prescribed by law, or else the
same will be forever barred.
Nashville, Tenn, Aug, goth, 1907
9-13 At
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-09-27
WANTED.

WANTED.-Stockma at National
Baptist Publishing Board. Must have
some knowledge of handling paper
and able to keep records. See D. A.
Hart.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-09-27
IN MEHARRY.

DR.. Chas A. Dunston, of Raleigh,
N. c. has returned to the city to re-
sumo his studies in the Dental Depart
ment Of Meharry He reports having
had a successful vacation, a pleasant
trip to the seashore, and visit to the
Jamestown Exposition.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-09-27

|eIore eight in Che mornino- ~
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
"I COMMENCED SELLING THE BIrTERs ON MAIN STREET"

and holds 'em in his hand.
Bring the receipt he says to Bid
die.
II signed the receipt and the mayor
handed me the money. I put IL in my
inside pocket careful
:" Now do your duty. officer.' says the
mayor. grinning much unlike a sick
man.
Mr.. Biddle lays his hand on my arm
you're under arrest. DR.. Waugh
hoo. alias Peters says he. for practic-
ing medicine without authority under
the state law
"swho are your I asks.
" I'll tell you who he is.' says Mr.
Mayor. sitting up in bed He's de-
tective employed by the state medical
society. He's been following you over
i've counties He came to me yesterday
and we fixed up this scheme to catch
you. guess you won't do any more
doctoring around these parts. Mr..
Faker. What was it you said I had.
door the mayor laughs. compound
well. it wasn't softening of the brain.
guess, anyway
"A detective? says I.
Correct says Biddle. TN have to
turn you over to the sheriff
Let's see you do It, says 1. and
grabs Biddle by the throat and half
throws him out Of the window. but he
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

pulls a gun and sticks 1t under my chin,
and I stand still. Then he puts hand
cuffs on me and takes the money out
OF my pocket.
~ Witness says he. that they're the
same bills that you and marked. Judge
Banks. I'll turn them over 10 the sheriff
when we get to his Office, and he'll
send you a receipt. They'll have 10 be
used as evidence in the case
"'All right, Mr.. Biddls,' says the
mayor. And now. Doc waugh-hoo.' he
goes on. why don't you demonstrate?
Can't you pull the cork out OF your
magnetism with your teeth and hocus-
pocus them handouts orr
Come on. officer says I. dignihed-
L may as well make the best Of IL
And then turns to old Banks and rat
ties my chains
Mr.. Mayor says I. the time will
come soon when you'll believe that
personal magnetism is a success And
you'll be sure that it succeeded in this
case. too
And I guess it did.
When we got nearly to the gate r
says: We might meet somebody now.
Andy. I reckon you'd better take 'em
on. and Hey? Why. of course. IL
was Andy Tucker. That was his
scheme. and that's how we got the
capital to go into business together"
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
!. Marriage aud the Modern Girl

And you'll find that this truth holds
good all along the line.
Just a few weeks ago a brilliant
woman who for seven years practicod
before the New York bar went. a bride.
TO make a home in an Isolated region
of the Rockies The east. with its as
sociations. successes. friends. meant
little when once she discovered the
holder of her key TO happiness.
And LIE school teacher. who's forever
being slandered for a stony hearted
monstrosity. is as bad as the rest
Bless her heart. she picks up the baby
of the class and coddies and pets him
and-yes. envies his mother until she
fears the Lord Is keeping her an old
maid to punish her for breaking the
tenth commandment.
The artist. the musician. love their
vocation with a capital letter; but COM
ing home from church or concert alone
behind a happily welded couple makes
them wish that they, too, were appro-
priated blessings
The settlement worker, the parish
visitor. the deaconess. dotes on babies.
as any tenement mother will tell you
Now, II they will earess and fondle un-
washed. III smelling slum babies. don't
you think one of their very own would
receive a royal welcome?
Women do not spurn marriages! Al,
no.
Wait. how about the newspaper
girl?" chuckles a doubling Thomas.
Not much sentiment about her. Is
there. he asks
Not often does the heart hunger
show In her well trained countenance.
but take her unawares some time when
winsoue baby smile shines upon her
we'll. your question will not need an
swering after that
The rrafraI prroo NAV -
taken as the star witness for Miss Mod
ern Girl versus Mr.. Right Man.
Does she shun marriage and babies?
The physician with whom she works.
knowing full well the cost Of Mater
nifty, regrets the birth or female child
another victim for anguish Yet the
trained nurse, seeing day after day.
every day, every agony along the path
way OF motherhood marries in a min
ute when Mr. Right Man sues. and be-
comes the mother OF his children
Most women physicians. too. sooner
or later. arc ready 20 assume uiarriags
and maternity Would IL be pertinent
to ask how many or her male COLI
leagues would prefer ceIibscy ff father
hood meant so much suffering and re-
sponsibility as does motherhood, And
physicians. remember. are oar esse
type OF citizens.
But the girl and woman will marry
every time, provided, let It be repeated
the right man wins her heart
II Is not marriage that Is out OF
date. It's the moping and languishins
for a man that - old fashioned
The modern girl though unmarried,
Is as happy as a lark. but she dreams
OF the time when she'll be still happier.
Now of course she doesn't confess tho
fact: don't expect it, 1t isn't ladylika
or good policy There's nothing TO do
but wait. sIneckly wait. and nauruaur
not"
So. practical man, waste no more
days in Improbable discussion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
By a Girl

II, practical mani Why do
you waste one OF God 8
J own days on Improbable
discussion?" exclaims one
of Kipling's recent characters.
why. indeed!' echoes a whole host
of womankind as they throw aside the
latest dissertation by male critics upon
such subjects as The Disinclination Of
the Bachelor Girl to Wed" The Coll
lege Girl celibate." The Sinking Of
Maternity" and so on and so forth.
The supposedly logical masculine
mind leaps from the conclusion. Many
girls of the day do not marry TO the
proposition, Girls of the day spurn
marriage"
Do we say a person despises gems
because. unable to possess genuine dia-
monds or pearls. she rejects glass and
paste?
Beware of substitutes is the warn
ing of the age, and woman as class
is needing this admonition- If she can
not marry man, being whose life
is and has been as pure and white as
her own, one whom she can love and
And please. Mr.. Critic" she pleads
emphasize love"
Marriage minus love is sacrilegs.
pure and simple. yet love Is elusive.
Being ofttimes unable to- love ito or
der she Is. perforce, spinster.
A perfect babble of masculine voices
here modestly protest that there are
whole regiments of men a sane woman
could not help but love.
IT,, R,tt -
polygamist, and the irresistible bache-
lor may never cross her horizon
particularly if she stay within the mar
row circle prescribed by man.
Girls nowadays look upon matri-
nony and motherhood as out Of date,
seriously writes the worried critic
No, they don't. Mr.. Man.
Isn't the man hunter disgracefuliy
numerous? Just count upon your
thumbs your male acquaintances not
pestered to death by the attentions OF
some female.
We're not discussing that kind you
say?
It's the college girl. the bachelor
maid and her class that you call 70
account?
Rest in peace. then. for be It known
unto you that all the ologies, isms,
poodle days and pet schemes are to her
as are two birdoin bush to husband
in the home
II there be in flesh and blood the fem
mime man hater she has yet to invade
the largest college for women tn the
world.
Why, the mere announcement 1T
Smith Of an engagement, wedding or
a baby drives infinitesimaI calculus
psychology or Anglo-Saxon roots into
darkest oblivion Not girl in 1900
but would go and do likewise IL the
rigbt man for her appeared.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

Now you feel the pain that you didn't
have leaving, don't your
~ do feel some little better, doc
says the mayor, darned IL don't Now
state few lies about my not having
this swelling in my left side, and I
think 1 could be propped up and have
some sausage and buckwheat cakes
II made few passes with my hands.
Now says /. the infiammation's
gone. The right lobe of the perihelion
has subsidized. You're getting sleepy.
You. can't hold your eyes open any
longer. For the present the disease is
checked. Now. you are asleep
''The mayor shut his eyes slowly and
began to snore.
"'You observe. Mr.. Tiddle.' says I.
the wonders OF modern science
'Biddle,' says he. When will you
DR.. Pooh h-poohT
'Waugh-hoo.' says L TIL come back
at II tomorrow. When he wakes
UP give him eight drops of turpentine
and three pounds OF steak. Good morn
ing
THE next morning I went back on
time. Well. Mr.. Riddle says I. when
he opened the bedroom door, and how
is uncle this morning.
He seems much better says tho
young nap
"Ths mayors color and pulse was
fine. gave him another treatment.
and he said the last OF the pain left
him.
Now says I. you'd better stay In
bed for day or two. and you'll be all
right It's a good thing happened to
be In Fisher Hill, Mr. Mayor says I,
for all the remedies in the cornucopia
that the regular schools Of medicine use
couldn't have saved you And now that
error has dew and pain proved a per-
jurer, let's a1lude to cheerfuller SUBJ
ject--say the fee Of $3.50. No checks.
please. hate to write my name on the
back Of check almost as bad as I do
the 'front.'
1--we got the cash here says the
mayor. pulling a pocketbook from un-
der his pillow.
"He counts out i've ffty dollar notes
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

sion, the finest house In town, with a
mansard roof and two cast iron dogs
on the lawn.
This Mayor Banks was in bed all
but his whiskers, and feet. He was
making internal noises that would have
had everybody in San Francisco hiking
for the parks. A young man was stand
ing by the bed holding cup of water.
Doe says the mayor. I'm awful
sick. I'm about to die. Can't you do
nothing for me?'
Mr.. Mayor says I, I'm not reg
ular preordained disciple of S. @. Lap
ius. ! never took course in med
ical college, says I. I've just come as
a fellow man to see IL I could be of
assistance
"Im deeply obliged says he. Doc
Waugh-hoo, this is my nephew. Mr..
Biddle. He has tried to alleviate my
distress, but without success. Oh,
Lordy. ow-ow-owe he sings out.
'I mods at Mr.. Biddle and sets down
by the bed and feels the mayors pulse.
Let me see your nver-your tongue, /
mean,' says l. Then turns up the lids
OF his eyes and looks close at the pupils
of 'ena.
How long have you been sickr I
asked.
81 was taken down-ow-
night says the mayor Gimme some
sthing for it, doc. won't youg
Mr.. Fiddle says I. raise the win
dow shade bit, will your
Biddle,' says the young man. DO
you feel like you could eat some ham
and eggs, Uncle James,?
Mr.. Mayor says I. after laying my
ear to his right shoulder blade and lis
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

Of soothing syrup and Dorothy ver-
non"-all for 90 cents
Andy was pleased TO hear that I
remembered him. He was good street
man: and he was more than that--he
respected his profession, and he was
satisfied with 900 per cent profit. He
had plenty Of offers to go into the ie-
gitimate drug and garden seed busi-
ness; but he was never to be tempted
off of the straight path.
Il wanted a partner. so Andy and me
agreed to go out together. I told him
about the situation in Fisher Hill and
how finances was low on account OF the
local mixture OF politics and jaiap.
Andy had just got in on the train that
morning. He was pretty low himself.
and he was going to canvass the town
for few dollars to build a new battle
ship by popular subscription at Eureka
Springs So we went out and sat on
the porch and talked IL over.
The next morning at II o'clock.
when I was sitting there alone, an
Uncle Tom shufies into the hotel and
asked for the doctor to come and see
Judge Banks, who. ii seems. was the
mayor and a mighty sick man.
I'm no DOCTOR says /. Why don't
you go and get the doctorr
"'Boss.' says he, Doc Hoskins am
done gone 20 miles in de country TO see
some sick persons. He's de only doctor
in dc town. and Massa Banks am pow
erful bad off. He sent me to ak you to
please. sub, come
AS man to man. says /, TIL go and
look him over So l put a bottle OF
Resurrection bitters in my pocket and
goes UP on the hill to the mayors man
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

tening. you've got bad attack of SUI
perinfammatfon OF the right clavicle
of the harpsichord"
".Good Lord. says he. with groan
Can't you rub something on a.. OF set
It or anythingf'
II picks up my hat and starts for
the door.
You amt going, doc? says the
mayor with howl. You amt going
away and leave me to die with this
this superauity OF the clapnoards, are
you?
common humanity, DR.. whoa-ha.'
says Mr.. Biddlo. ought to prevent your
deserting a fellow man in distress
"-Dr. waugh-hoo. when YOU get
through plowing.' says I. And then
walks back to the bed and throws back
my long hair.
"Mr. Mayor say I, there Is only
one hope for you. Drugs will do you
no good. But there is another power
higher yet, although drugs are high
enough says I.
".And what is THAR says he.
Scientific demonstration says I.
The triumph OF mind over sarsaparilla
The belief that there is no pain and
sickness except what is produced when
we amt feeling we'll. Declare your
self in arrears. Demonstrate
What is this paraphcrnalia you
speak Of. doc?' says the mayor. You
amt a socialist, are your
At am speaking, says I. of the great
doctrine of psychic financiering--of the
enlightened school OF long distance.
subconscientious treatment OF fallacies
and meningitis--of that wonderful in
door sport known as personal magnet
ISM.
"'can you work it. doc:' asks the
mayor.
"Tm one of the Sole Sanhedrims and
ostensible Hooplas OF the Inner Pulpit
says l. The lame talk and the blind
rubber whenever / make a pass at 'em.
am medium. coloratura hypnotist
and spfrituous control. It was only:
through me at the recent seances at
Ann Arbor that the late president Of
the Vinegar Bitters company would re-
visit the earth to communicate with his
sister Jane You see me peddling medi-
cine on the Streets says /, to the poor.
/ don't practice personal magnetism on
them. I do not drag 1t In the DUST
says I, because they haven't got the
dust
"'will you treat my caser asks the
mayor.
Listen says I. i've had a good
deal of trouble with medical societies
everywhere I've been. I don't practice
medicine But to save your life I'll
give you the psychic treatment IL you'll
agree as mayor not to push the license
question:
OF course I WILL says he. And
now get to work. doc. for them pains
az. oo,,,i,o 40 a~ofx,
MY fee will be $3.50. cure guaran-
teed in two treatments says L
All right says the mayor. TIL pay
It. I guess my life's worth that much
II sat down by the bed and looked
him straight in the eye.
Nov says I, get your mind OF
the disease. You amt sick. You
haven't got heart or clavicle or L
funny bone or brains or anything. You
haven't got any pain. Declare error.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

7 his IS the first of series of stories
By the i1in1itGble o. Henry phich nil
appear IN The Sunday Call. o. Henry
has no peer IN his line. and The stories
Of this series are in every nay up 10
The standard Of those stories upon
mich he non his fame. The stories
Of this series, each complete in itself.
nil appear under The general title Of
The Gentle CrGftcr." and the scenes
and characters are all of The nest.
Next Sunday The Sunday Call nil
contain The second Of the series,
oorking story full Of cxuuciating hu-
NOR. called The Octopus No
rOOncd."
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
By o. Henry

EEFF PETERS has been engaged in
as many schemes for making
. money as there are recipes for
.o.l-s...- -. 2. c.i.a-i...... c Z,
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

:..::: :: =: :: :: :::: !:
discussion" exclaims one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
NEW YORK pRoDucE MARKEr.

NEW YORK. August 31.-BUTTER-Firm
and unchanged. Cheese-Firmer; full cream.
snail. colored. fine. l5ssG13nc.; do. large,
12913kc. Eggs-Steady and unchanged.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

The work of crossing the Hudson.
Gigantic as it is, IL In reality only a
very small part of tie entire undertake
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
SAILED

Steamer Brandon, Harvey. Norfolk, NOR
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion LIS,
Steamer Hampton Roads. Tunnel. James
River landings and Norfolk. merchandise
and passengers. Virginia Navigation Com
many
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
Greater ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Greater Accomplishments.
Now follow the water in It's course
down to the city of New York, where
1t will be delivered at an elevation of
three hundred feet, insuring pressure
that will reach most sl1yscrapers. Four
Cutskill streams will be drained; the
echoharie, the Esopus, the Rondout. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Casn quOtatIUHs veto Us IIoIIoWs. rIUur=@-
Firm. Winter patents s464.ao: straights.
s3.T0@4.o5: spring patents. $4.S094.90;
straights, s4@4.6o: bakers, s2.45Q3.65 No.
. spring wheat. s1@1.o2: No. 8. s2c. q s1.oo:
No. 2 red. coz q s2ssc. No, corn, 6oh q
Nc. 3 white. 46ts a 5sc. No. rye. s5Gnssc.
Good feeding barley, 6sfS75c. fair to choice
mating. s01s6c. Flaxseed-No., north
western. $40; prime timothy seed. $4,000
40. Clover, contract grades STATS. Short
ribs, sides Qoose1, ss,4o0s.6o; mems pork.
per barrel. s15.5o91s.55; lard. per 100
pounds, 1885; short clear sides (boxed).
s1s1 Receipts--Wheat, $4,000 bushels:
corn. 1850 bushels: oats, 471.s0o bushels
Butter--Markets firm: creameries 21@28c.;
diaries, 19@24c. Eggs-Steady; at mark,
cases Included 1212 q 15lsc.; tirsts, 1shc.;
prime flrsts, zoe. Cheese-Steady at 12@
laaSc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
DASvrLIE TOBACCO MARKET.
tReported by Dibrell Bros)

Danville, Va. August 80, 1907.
The loose sales are increasing In size and
improving in character, but are still small
and consist mostly OF primings. varying in
price from III q 2hc. for common UP to 3hc.
for the brightest and best. 1t will be sew
eral weeks before the sales will be large
Ing In the old bet has commenced In earnest.
and the crop In this section promises to be
one of the best for several years provided
tho weather holds good for week or two
longer. Business In old tobacco is reported
very quiet amongst the dealers, due no doubt
TO strin gency in money matters.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Receipts about 500 head. Market steady
Beeves. s4l5@7.60; cows, 81. 80 q 5.s5; Texas
steers. ss.5Og 500: calves. ss.5097.s5; west
ern. s4.2c46.oO: stockers and feeders. go
as-1o- Hogs-Receipts about 10000 head.
Market steady to a shade higher: light
$50 a SIS: mixed. s5.T09s.S5; heavy, $40
Ds.2o; rough. s54e16.70: pigs. $3.50 a s.s5.
bulk of sales. s5.5OIs.2o. Sheep-Recepts
about 1000. Market weak Native, 1910 ~
$50; western. s393,50; yearlings, $500
$50; lambs S56ST3O
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August s1.-coTToN-Holi-
day on Cotton Exchange. Gross receipts. 56s
bales; stock. 169.925 bales; export to the
Continent. 1885 bales.
Total to- day at all ports-Net receipts.
4,597 bales; export to Great Britain, 19S
bales; to the Continent. 1,9l+ bales; stock.
274O1G bales.
Consolidated at nll ports-Net receipts,
1897 bales: export to Great Britain, l9S
bales: to the Continent, - bales.
Total since September LIST Mt all ports
No; receipts, 9.900,1oS bales; export to Great
Britain, S,764,GO3 bales; to France, ss5,227
bales; to the Continent, s.41s,235 bales; to
Jaran. 24s.264 bales; to Mexico. 60 bales.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
MARKETS
NE1y YORK. MONEY IARKET.

NEW YORK. August s1,-Money on call
nominal; time loans. nominal; sixty days. 6ia
per cent; ninety days. per cent; six
months. s,s az per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 646Is per cent Sterling exchange
nominal with actual business In bankers
bills at s4,ss6 for demand and at sa.Ss2o
for six day bills; commercial bills. SASHA.
Bar silver, 6SA; Mexican dollars. o2B.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 81, 1907.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Brandon, Harvey. Norfolk, mer-
and passengers. Old Dominion Line.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves, Norfolk and
james River landings. merchandise and pas
sengers, Virginia Navigation Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS..
PEANUT MARKET.

reported by Rodgers McCabe & COD
PETERSBURG. VA. Aug. 51.-PEASUTs:
Spanish-Market steady at s1.s5 per bushel.
firm at AZ @ ssc for fancy
stock: machine picked, 393hc.; Smelling
stock, "a Csc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
CIIICAGo GRAIN MARKEr.

CHICAGO. ILL. August s1.-Grain mar
cables and report big demand for export.
Az tho close December wheat was A11c.
higher. Corn was unchanged. Oats were
up 1Ta92c. Provisions were SC. lower to &c.
higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows: