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Prominent People Recon-
mend the Remedy
Pe-ru-na.
DIR. Hartman's World Re-
uOwned Catarrh Medicine.

Gen. w. ii. Parsons, I'D ii ST., n. w -
Washington, D. c., writes as follows:
"Upon the recommendation of person
IL friends and many strong testimonials
to the efficacy of Peruna in the treat
ment of the numerous symptoms of the
grip with which I have been affected for
four months past, I have been induced
70 undergo treatment of this justly
celebrated formula.
81 feel decided change for the better
by its use for one week only, especially
in toning up the stomach, and conse-
uuent decided effect upon my appetite.
al therefore feel much encouraged that
] am on the road to complete restora-
ton.
"My numerous friends in Texas, where
] have had the honor to command a
brigade of her veteran cavalry in four
year war, may accept this voluntary
testimonial to the merit of Peruna from
. sense of obligation for its wonderful
eficacy,"
Pe-ru-na . Good Tonic.
Gen. NJ. C. Butler, of South Carolina,
writes from Washington, d. c., as
follows:
81 can recommend Peruna for dyspep-
sia and stomach trouble.
81 have been using your medicine for
Ashort period and feel very much re-
heved.
"It is indeed wonderful medicine,
and besides . good tonic"
ceBds In TIE eiead and Throat.
Chas. W. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and Adjt.
Nh n. 8. n. Cav. Vols, writes from
LAnham, Nd, ~ follows:
"Thongh somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more sverse to be.
coming . professional AFFIDAVIT man, it
seems only plain duty in the present
instance to add my experience to the
columns Alresdy written concerning the
curative powers Of Peruna.
ri have been particularly benefited by
~ use for colds in the head and throat.
~ have been able to fully cure myself
81 . most severe attack in forty-eight
hours by its use according to directions.
81 use it ~ . preventive whenever
threatened with An attack.
members OF my family also use II
for like ailments.
1--WE are recommending II TO our
friends"
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OBITUARY.

Arson Thorn, sged twenty-one, died
Tuesday, March "A, ct the home OF his
parents, b. w. Thorn and wife. He was .
smart young man, and had many friends.
In his death the community has lost one
Of it's most highly esteemed young men,
and the sympathies Of aewide circle OF
friends mingle With the SORROW Of his
parents, brothers and sister. A.. 3.
Arson was born Dec. "a, 1887, at East
Bluehil1. He attended the public schools
Of that place till the tall of 1901, when he
entered the academy at the village. gradu-
eting in 1866. He taught school ct North
Bluehill, Steuben, Haven and Otter Creek.
He was Of quiet disposition, studioua
odd thoughtful, and contemplated col
leGe course. ..4
He leaves besides his parents, three broth
ers and one sister-Iv Ivan and John, who
have employment in Boston, and Oliver
and Miss Colina, Of this place. The family
have the sympathy, OF all. The funeral
services were held Thursday from the Bap.
fist church, Rev. r. L. Odds and Rev. Mr.
Durham, OF surry, officiating.
March 80. R.
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NEWS.
CASTINE.
20. ADDITIONAL County ysrs. see other po ses.

SASIlNE.
Z. H. Carpenter is on . short business
trip to Boston.
. Gus Perkins left last week to resume his
work in New York.
| Miss Lottie Gray, who il employed in
Augusta, Is ct home for vacation OF sew
eral weeks.
Henry Gardner left this morning for
Liberty, where he will superintcnd the
erection OF large smoke stack.
| Parker 4 Wescott are having the int
rior Of their store renovated and painted,
| much improving its appearance.
Mrs. e. c. Herrick and children, of
Auburn, who have been the guests Of Mrs.
E. Julian Seybt, have returned home.
Miss Annie Rea 10 at home from Msssa-
chusetts, where she has been teaching,
and will remain for her spring vacation.
Many Castine young men are making
trips to Bangor, where they are taking ex-
aminations for captains and engineers
licenses.
Edward Bird, who has been here q num-
Der OF days visiting his daughter, Mrs.
hanscom, left this NOR ming for his home
in Belfast.
4. II. Brown left this morning for trip
OF several weeks to Boston, where ne viii
be employed at his trade OF painter and
paper hanger.
Miss Ellen Brophy, who has been spend
ing the winter with her brothers family
at Fairfield, returned last week and opened
her house for the summer.
The members of the Order of Eastern
Star will present the drama, "Higbee OF
Harvard" at Emerson hall Friday even
ing. Tickets are for sale at the store OF
w. A. Kicker.
The body Of Amos Heath, a former Cas-
tine resident. was brought here last week
for interment. The body was taken to the
Methodist church, where the funeral was
held Saturday, under the charge OF the
local Order Of Foresters, of which court
the deceased was Q member.
March 30. O..
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BLUEHILL FALLS.

Cecil Gray spent Sunday with his pa
rents.
Eugene Candage is clapboarding the
Bisset house.
Harrie Conary has his logs RATED ready
for the mill.
Mrs. Lena Dufiee is at work at Hotel
Dority, Brooklin.
Orrin B;ckford is clearing brush on the
flats for Edwin Simpson.
Braynard Candage, Of South Bluehill, is
working for Rufus Chatto for the season.
A. B. Conary has returned from Blue
hill, where he spent part of last week
with his sister, Eta Dove.
Capt. Otis Candage in sloop Stinson was
in the harbor over Sunday. He is in the
employ of Mr.. Mayo, Of Brooklin, carry
ing clans for the factory.
March 30. CRUMBS.
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PENOBSCOT,

Miss Mildred Wilson has returned to
Bar Harbor, where she will teach this
spring.
Mrs. Ruth Smith has returned from Seal
Harbor. She was accompanied by Mrs.
X. E. Campbell.
Schooner Clara and Mabelle, Capt. E. J..
Sellers, arrived from Rockland Saturday
with freight for local merchants.
The committee on programme Of Penob-
scot grange is preparing for an entertain
ment to be given at grange hall, in about
two weeks.
There was special meeting OF Penob-
scot chapter, o. E. S., Saturday. The de-
grees were conferred upon one candidate,
after which ice-cream, cake and coffee
were served.
March 30. WOODLoCKE.
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aopnt,seu,tnls
AMERICAN OFFICERS OF HIGH RANK
AND OTHERS ENDORSE PE-RU-NA
wae" Other Remedies Failed p.,,. .
Proved Efflcscious 80

Hon. Geo. W. Honey, Nations, M
lain o. Y. u. Ex-Chaplain An w. wv
sin Cavalry, Ex.Treas. State a, No., u'0A'
sin and Ex-Q. Master General s,a
Texas, g. A. R., writes from ,-oo y
street, N. e, Washington, D. q
follows: ~
II cannot too highly recommena.
preparation for the relief OF c.,..
troubles in their various forms
"some members OF my own t,no
have used 1t with most gratifying J!
suits.
"when other remedies failed. ps,,.
proved most efiicacious and | ehaa-,s',s
certify to its curative excellence
Pe-su-"s. . Standard Trcatmeu, n,
Catarrhal Diseases
Mr.. John c. Nelson, Dayton. T.,.
geologist and mining engineer. vhu.
Captain In the Federal Army duriup a.
Civil War, contracted q case OF r,ann
tism. This malady was constan, -,
persistent, inducing the deveIopmen, !.
other ailments, which also bec,r.
chronic. After taking a course :,
Peruna, Capt. Nelson writes:
Having been painfully afflicted 30.
chronic rheumatism and the ad,u,.
tive complications for many wears a..
after having received many esp.,.,
and special treatments with only ..n.
porary relief, read your sciepus.
treatise on catarrhal diseases.
"Atmy request you prescribed special
course Of the Peruna remedies, which !
closely followed, and am happy to =.
port that my rheumatism and comp.
Gated ailments are subdued, and | lei
young again at the age OF 60 yesr.
"Resson will accept your elias siticstio.
Of catarrhal diseases ~ scientific an
true, and the Peruna remedies n /,
standard treatment for them. / sb..k
you heartily for your skilled and loe.
cal advics."
eaeys Reserved Health and Stream
James J. Osborn, e2s wahsatch Ava.
Colorado Springs. Cole, has filled II
the positions In Knight Templsu
Masonic Order, was . Mason sin,,
1891, Judge Of County Court, Clintoa
No., and also County Collector Il
Clinton. He writes:
"A sluggish Liver which had bsa
troubled with for two years made LIE
miserable and WAS unable to attend b
my business half the time. Lacked
energy, hsd headache most Of the time,
and my food distressed me and did 10,
seem 70 do me = particle Of good.
"Reading Of the many cures pr
formed BY Peruns, I decided 10 try /
bottle. Before he'd taken many does
I felt better.
al took IL - directed for two month
! when was . well man"
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NORTH BROOKLYN.

Emma Hamilton is visiting friends in
Boston.
Daniel R. Giles has just purchased one
of the John Warren Allen wood-lots.
Miss Gertrude Parker has accepted a
fine position with Jaynes & Co., manufac-
turing chemists, Boston.
The cutter Levi Woodbury., having COM
pIeted her work of replacing buoys in
Bluehill bay and harbor, passed down
Tuesday.
Laura Hamilton is pursuing course OF
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BUCKsPORT.

II. Rufus Googins on Monday veg.
charge OF the Robinson house. reesht!
purchased by F. b. Googins & son. OIL wv
Moses heirs.
Sarah T., widow OF Sewall B s~a.,!'
cied Monday, eyed nearly ninety yss ear
She was the daughter OF Eben ana 'a a.,
Peters Hinckiey, Of Bluehill. she w.
married to Mr.. Swazey fifty-six years ~
and survived her husband nineteen s. ~
Her dearest surviving relatives a's g. ri
nephews and nieces Mrs. L. r. iap p,,.
and George II. Hancock. oil bIens N
Henry Wood and Miss Maria "9oa' y, y,
Biue6iIl: Mrs. Arthur W. Greelly , sla
Miss Nancy NJ. Dutton, of Ellsworth a aa..
Abby Wood, Miss Josephine Flint, o. D0s
ton, and Mrs. George A. ehu's' "
Dedham, Mass.
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WEST BROOKLYN.

Mrs. Bertha Carter and child VISITED
Maud Wiley few days last week.
henry Bridges hiss gone to South suf'y
to get his fish weir ready for the season
Mrs. Frank johnson, OF Deer Isle, .
Waiting her sister, Mr.. Cynthia Csr'e'
Belle Bridges and Hazel Carter are visit
ing Fred Bridges and wife at West Ifs'
mont.
Lizzie Staples and children, o! Brookhl
are visiting her mother, Mrs. cyntln
Carter.
Frank Bridges has gone to White island,
where he will be employed by Herman
Conary in the weir business.
Harold Powers and wife came from Me-.
rose, Mass, "Wednesday, called mere o ln
illness OF Mrs. Powers mother, Mrs. lsss
Bridges.
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For Cstsrrh Of the stomach.
TOWN MEETINGS.
Onicers Elected and Appropriations
Voted in Hancock County Towns.

Onicers Elected and Appropriations
Voted in Hancock County Towns.
AMHERsT.
Moderator, A N Jewett; selectmen and
assessors, Horace Watts, w H Durham,
John Johnston; clerk and treasurer, H
Patten; collector, r Grover; school COM
mittee, W H Durham; road commission
e; e cresby; tSr r sSsnt y s;i JGhns-
.Appropriations-S Schools, 500; school
bridges, Sb0O; State road, go; current and
contingent, 500. Total q ,140.
AURORA.
Moderator, A E Mace; selectmen and as
SCISSORS, A E Macs, 8 Rowe, Carroll
Mace; clerk, H A Rowe; treasurer and col
lector, e e Rowe; school COMMITTEES, l.
Palmer; road commissioner, l. Palmer;
constable, Selden Archer.
Appropriations = Schools, 500; high
school, $50; schoolhouse repairs, $1o; roads
and bridges, 600; State roads, $3.50; poor,
$50; current and contingent, IT'S. Total,
$704.5O.
NO. PLANTATION.
Moderator, Howard Fletcher; select
men and assessors, Howard c Fletcher,
Latus Fletcher, William Duren; clerk.
Howard c Fletcher; treasurer and col
| lector, John II Bresnahan; school COM
mittee, Howard c Fletcher, Lorenzo
Fletcher, William Rankin; superintendent
of schools, Iris B Fletcher; road commits
sioner, Howard & Fletcher jr, for three
years; constable, Howard c Fletcher, jr.
PLANTATION NO. 80.
Moderator, Frank E Mace; clerk, Robert
Laughlin; selectmen and assessors, John
Laughlin, Raymond Williams, Robert
Laughlin; collector, Guy Chick; treasurer,
John R Shuman; constables, Edgar Nc
Ininch, Guy Chick, Charles Emery; sur
veyors, John r Shuman, John Laughlin,
Ezra Williams; road surveyor, John
Laughlin; school committeeman. Edgar
McIninch.
Appropriations Schools, 900; contin-
gent, $50; text books, so; roads, s100.5O.
Moderator, d G Young; seiectmen and
assessors, o Jordan, A 8 Young, S
Lally; clerk, A Young; treasurer and
collector, E Jordan; school committee,
E L Grover; road commissioner, George
w. johnson; consta BILE, Z L Grover.
Appropsiations-schools, goo; roads and
bridges, $500; State road, $27; current and
contingent, $3.50; debt, $i25; interest,
SIS. Total, 9, 5000.
MARIAvILLE.
Moderator, Henry NJ Frost; selectmen
and assessors, c F Silsby, Henry NJ Frost,
George A Carr; clerk, G F Silsby; treasurer
and collector, N c Jordan; school COM
mittee, Z X Brewer, G Frost, c F Silsby
road commissioner, Frank w Frost; town
agent, N c Jordan; consta bles, N c Jordan,
Albion Jellison.
Appropriations-Sch $500; text
books, SO; schoolhouse repairs, SIS; roads
and bridges, 500; State road, $3.50; poor,
$50; current and contingent, 600. Total,
q ,222.50.
WALTHAM.
Moderator, w A Googins; selectmen and
assessors, NJ K Haslam, III L Jordan, Alden
K Hsslam; clerk, M K Haslam; treasurer,
w A Googins; collector, B F Jordan
school committee, B F Jordan, H L Jor-
dan, R III jordan; road commissioners, A
s Jordan, H H Jordan; town agent, w B
Jordan; constables, Asa G Colby, g L Jor-
dan.
Appropriations-Sch $3.50; text
books, SIS; tuition, 500; roads and
bridges, S45S.50. Other expenses to be met
out of surplus.
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WEST STONINGTON.

Mrs. Avery Sweetser is very low.
Ernest Perry is employed At the village
carpentering.
Mrs. H. A. Thurston is visiting her
daughter in Rockland.
Mrs. Tilden Fifield, with two children,
has been visiting her mother at Sunset.
Guy Cleveland and family, who have
spent the winter at Millinocket, arrived
home Wednesday.
Quite q number Of men gathered at the
home Of Mrs. NJ. A. Horton and mastered
was served.
March %. MUM.
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Used Pe-ru-na-Satisfied As to Its Merits
Recommends It to All Sufferers.
For kidney Trouble. Coughs. Con-
Snd cAtSrrh.

For Kidney Trouble. Coughs. ceS6s
SOd Catarrh.
Gen. A. T. Hawley, 1895 s5th St., N.
W., Washington, d. c., writes:
az have used Peruna and ind IL very
beneficial for kidney trouble, and e.
pecially good for coughs, colds and Co.
tarrhal trouble"
Convinced Of Re ~. mas Merit.
Brig. Gen. J. Floyd King, Washing.
ton, d. c., writes:
~ unhesitatingly state that am cou-
WINGED Peruna is . medicine which will
effect all that is claimed for its use"
Those DESTROYS OF obtaining special
directions with regard TO the use OF
Peruna should write TO DIR. s. B. Hart
man, President, OF the Hartman SAM
tarium. Colnm bus, Ohio. a...
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NORTH BIIJEHIII,

Mrs. Alendel Franks, of Bath, was
called here last week by the illness OF
her mother, Mrs. Abby Cushing.
Quite number of the young folks from
this place attended the dedication SER
vices at North Penobscot Sunday.
Mrs. Arch Hinckley returned last week
from Golden Ridge, accompanied by her
brother, U. s. Dargan, Of Island Falls.
March 80. ID.
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SORRENTO.

There will be q social dance in the town
hall Saturday evening. A pleasant time is
anticipated.
There was q chopping bee at Norman
Hale's Saturday afternoon. There was
good crowd.
The Foresters will confer the degrees on
candidate Thursday evening. All look
for q good time.
March 40 x
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study in young ladies seminary in Hope
dale, Mass., and boarding with her cousin,
Mrs. Winifred Freethey.
Warren Burns, Roswell Eaton, John
Sexton and Leslie Flye are employed as
etevedores on board the three masted
schooner Lois v. Chsples, discharging .
cargo Of coal for A. E. FArnsworth, OF the
sFafnsworth Packing Co.
March 30. XgNOPHoNE.
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WEST FRANKLIN.

Harry Clark arrived home from Water
vile Saturday.
Miss Gladys Springer visited her aunt,
Mrs. s. s. Clark, last week.
Miss Leuta Smith is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Lura Joy, at West Sullivan.
Hunting for birds down the bay is the
favorite pastime Of many at present.
Mrs. Phronie Coombs is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Tyler Gordon, at Westl Sullivan.
March 80. CHEER.
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CRUMBS.
BEECH HILL.

Harold Grindal, of Hall Quarry, is at E.
T. Richardson's.
Miss Flora Richardson is visiting rels-
tives at Seal Cove.
Mrs. Ella Mason, who has undergone an
operation at the Portland hospital, is do
ing nicely, and is expected home Saturday.
March 80. X.
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and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it isnot uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. II the child urin-
afAc too nftan IL AhA
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operation. A large quantity OF logs hl
been hauled to be manufactured.
Mrs. Augusta Leach is bereayed in tsi
death Of her brother, John Ames, ~hicA
occurred last week At his home in Orlsnd.
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DEAFNESS CAUSED BY CATARRH-
RELIEVED BY PE-RU-NA.

NJ. Building Washington
endorsing recommendation have heard
remedies
ailpg
and do t duty we feel that we owet
remedy that makes
and benef n
My little of being relieved deafness caused
warrants advsing all the afflicted to just try
Peruna
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BuCKSPORr CENTER.

The remains OF Capt. Parker ATM, ,o h,
Bucksport Center Monday morning sns aver
Petit Menan, where he resided loi orner
twenty years. Capt. Parker was neS and
and manager OF q large sheep lan nsysr
fishing privilege there. lie was h,otber
Capt. Eugene Parker, OF BuekspoH ''A
ter
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EAST BLUEHILL.

Mrs. II. B. Marks and daughters Tillie
and Eva. are visiting in Ellsworth.
Frank eCAndage, Warren York and
Richard Grindle have gone TO Stonington,
where they have employment.
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Embellishments.
Embellishments.
-0~~>O-N~~~~~~~
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vgor
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dn6rrtisen.fnrs.
49,
Headache Remedy
AND
FAMILY MEDICINE

South Brewer, Me, 1907.
II have been troubled with sew ..
headache for the past year, ana n .a;.
found relief by using the L. r. nv Is
cine, and have kept it in the mouse
regular medicine since.
Yours truly, ....
Nellie Vanadesuhe'
The cause of much sickness can ., s
ally be traced to liver and s'ol a,;on
You can keep these organs IN con ling
necessary to good health by NOV. sa
4. F." Atwoods Bitters. Ihey Isi Jsst-
existing evils and insure sound anu d-ug
ing health. Begin to-day. Soe' d
stores.
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Pe-ru-na In Tablet Form.

Some people prefer to take tablets,
rather than to take medicine in . fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the medicinal
ingredients Of Peruna. Each tablet 10
equivalent TO one average dose Of Pc
runA.
For CotsTrh Of the stomach.
Gen. W. W. Duffield, Washington,
D. c., writes:
81 have used Peruna in my family
and have found it . valuable medicine
and take pleasure in recommending it
to all who saffer from catarrh of the
stomach n. who require tonic Of
prompt efficacy"
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urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able TO
control the passage, il is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. he cause Of
III difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment CT
these important organs. Tai5 g.plca-aat
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not 10 a habit as
most people suppose
Women as well as men are made r1is-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-RoOt is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists. in fifty Est
cent and one dollar IL s. e ri.
sizes. You may have III e. e
sample bottle by mail sssssA:.:: .s u
free. also pamphlet tell Home OF swamp Root.
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. n. r. be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember the
name, Swan D. Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root
and the address, Bfngbamton, n r., ON every
bottle
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Recommends Pe-ru-na
to the Afflicted.

"Friends Of mine having used
your Peruns csfarrh cure With
good results, lam Impressed with
Its curative qualities, and can rec
ommend II to those who are af.
Mcted." -=, =...-
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by druggists. in fly
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
free also parnnhiet tell
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-01

Home OF Swamp Root.
ding many of the
ial letters received
, writing DR.. Kilmer
/. Y. be sure and
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
NATIONAL FINANCES.
December Deficit sS, $50, ,OO0 In
crease an Circulation.

Washington. Jan. a.-The monthly statement %
lhe government receipts and expenditures shows
ihat for December, 1907, the receipts were S47,-
fs5.s2s and the expenditures s55.s1s-STS. being
defcit month OF S. $50 600 The receipts fell
rT. compared with December 1906. about ss,53o.
faa and the expenditures increased by about So 2Si
eeo. The receipts from customs for December, 1897.
s2l744.e72. which is decrease for the month
pf about s1.oooeo0. Internal revenue also showed
marked decrease. the receipts falling from $685.
$50 in December, 1906, 10 S2os15.224 in December.
1907.
For the six months O. the present fiscal year 4
deficit is shown of s9.305.0o0. As compared with
Hrst the last fiscal year. the receipts
the last six months show decrease Of about ST..
600 600 and the expenditures increase of more
than :2s oOo, c0o.
The monthly comparative statement OF the Con-
troer Of the Currency shows that at the close Of
business on December 81. 1907, the total outctand
Ing circulation $500 oss5 which is increase
for the year of 1885 and increase for the
month Of sSS-9Il ,S99.