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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
SAYS T. X. G.'S ARGUMENT
SINNERS DOWN TO TRIVIAL

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.-IEditor
Herald: When T. K. g. narroWs
down his arguments against woman's
legislative capacity and fitness TO
fear that she may use her brutal
might" to restrict his drinking ana
smoking. I feel as If the subject has
Syiitad Down to a negligible point Yet
even here T. K. G.'s position is singu-
Eos he actually presume to say or to
iysiI1ate that a mans habits in this
resnect are no concern of woman, and
that any attempt on her part to keep
aacancv land 1 speak neither as a tee
totaler nor as an anti-smoker) SAVIOR
of tyranny? All sensible men, as we'll
es Women, will appreciate the falsity
os n x CTS assumption here.
VI "a SCHOOL MARIN"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

in their own home. They have done
this same thing night after night ior
years, just as for years I used TO play
whist for penny the rubber with emil
nently respectable clergymen.
You could not possibly persuade
these men-or, / venture to say, any
one who is not a bigot on the question
of restrictive laws-that they were DO
ing wrong.
Yet recently the police. raided this
place and dragged these entirely re-
spectacle citizens into court, where
thew were all fined as criminals.
The men in question can stand IT,
but can Los Angeles stand permanent
ly for the sort of tyranny that creeps
into the most private circle and die
tates to its members how they shall
and how they shall not conduct their
lives, even when they obviously are
not interfering with or injuring anyone
else? p. K. 4.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Political Points
Machine Ridden

Is New York so helpless? Is 1t so
machine ridden and sport ridden that
an official who obeys his oath of office
and executes the law becomes a marked
man and cannot be reelected? Gov
ernor Hughes did not obtain office by
subterfuge. He canvassed the state,
asked for votes ON definite program,
and in office has adhered strictly to
his promises. Some of his warmest
eulogists are s.-Washlngton
Star
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
ANSWERS A REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION ON PLATFORMS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1.-[Editor
Herald: In reply to your Pasadena
correspondent, who inquiries if none of
the political platforms offers any solu-
ton of the great unemployed problem,
I would refer him to the Socialist plat
form, where he will find demand for
"the immediate government relief for
the unemployed workers by building
schools, by reforesting of cutover and
waste lands, by reclamation of ard
tracts and the building of canals, and
w. d. L.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Strenuous

If President Roosevelt is determined
to visit upon the country the disasters
and the distress of another panic, he
has chosen methods we'll suited to
bring it on. Perhaps he imagines that
a panic would be a good thing in this
campaign year, that it would make it
easier to elect Judge Taft. On Wednes--
day he talks of war on sea and land
and the possibility of some trouble in
enforcing our rights to exclude unde-
sirable Immigrants. The next day he
receives the Republican candidate at
oyster Bay and diligently revises the
candidates speech of acceptance
New York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

Finer than ever is the vital statistics
record of Los Angeles during July. The
birth figures break all records. Never
during any month before in the his
tory of the city was the stork as busy
as he was during July. And the death
record was the lowest for more than
wear. This is the healthiest commun-
itv in the world. Life is not only worth
living in Los Angeles. but there is more
chance to live it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

Now it is definitely decided that May
Sutton is again tennis champion Call
fornians will settle down to take an IN
terest in the prosaic affairs OF hum
drum, every day life, and will get in
training for the next big excitement
which will be the presidential election
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
State Press Echoes


We have taken wood, potatoes, corn. eggs
butter onions, cabbage, chickens, stone
lumber, labor sand, calico, sauer-kraut' sec
ond-hand clothing coon skins, and bug
Juice scrap iron, shoe pegs, rawhides, chin
quepins, tanbark. fee dogs, sorghum seed
1ugware and wheat straw on subscription,
and now a man wants to know II we would
send the paper six months for a large OWL
We have no precedent for refusing, and II
we can and a man who is out of an owl and
wants one we'll do it--San Pedro Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

They have a big idea at Long Beach.
1t is to hold a five-day "festiVal Oh the
sea-" 1t looks as though the. PROPOSE
ton were seaworthy, and we have no
doubt it will be launched successfully,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

Los Angeles will hire aqueduct work.
ers through the citys employment bu-
reau. One thousand men will be put
to work within the next thirty days.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
The ublic Letter Box

Letters Intended for publication a Si of
accompanied by the name and aoore ,sadost
the writer. The Herald gives the WIDEST PSI
latitude to correspondents but assumes et.e r
responsibility for their views
should not exceed 200 words
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

Postofice receipts at Los Angeles
during July were nearly $500 greater
than receipts for July, 1907. "And still
she grows!"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Clean Candidates

There is general agreement among re
formers" that William Howard Taft and
William Jennings Bryan have achieved more
in the cause OF clean politics than could
have been achieved by thousand legisla-
tive statutes.-Orange County tribune
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Doodle Dees

Everybody knows that Mr.. Hearst
has a prior lien on the independence
party and that without his fostering
care it would have made little show
this year. Hearst agents have indus
triously organized remote states, the
Hearst newspapers have doomed the
new organization for months, and the
result is an interesting semblance of
a great national party.-Providence
1ournal
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
"Bryanism"

Mr.. Bryan never probed more deep,
ly into the evils that exist today, and
never disclosed more clearly the ulti-
mate end of progress than he did the
other day in an address to body of
normal school students at Lincoln
when he said:
"If you will examine the platform
adopted at Denver you will find that
it closes with an appeal to those VINO
desire to see this government a gov
eminent of the people, by the people
and for the people, and so admins
tered that it will, so far as human wis
dom can, secure to each individual a
reward from society proportionate to
the contribution which that person
makes to the welfare of society.-Du-
luth Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Fruit Industry

Four thousand men were employed last
week in the grape and fruit districts about
Fresno and 5000 more are probably at work
now-Pomona Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
A Rarehit

The Indiana woman who found $1,000
diamond in a piece Of cheese the other day
must have wondered II she were having Q
rarebit dream.-Merced Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

California will be represented splen-
didly at the Alaska Yukon Pacific ex-
position.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Editor Roosevelt

Mr.. Roosevelt pronounced that let
ter Of acceptance o. X. after he had
made some vital changes in it.-Buf-
falo Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
He's All Write

Theodore Roosevelt is somewhat like the
great Massachusetts statesman. He would
rather write than be president, particularly
at 100000 per book.-San Diego tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
The Pie Eater

II Hartman swallows Gould there wiz
not be many mouthfuls of railroad pie left
for him-Pasadena News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

With good roads,, there will be few
automobile accidents.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
Uncle Joe

"Uncle Joe" Cannon's speeches
could never be adapted to the phono-
graph because there would be no
means of showing "Uncle Joe" In
the act of dipping his hands in the
ice water pitcher. This is always the
most interesting part of a Cannon
speech-Chicago Record Herald.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
IS YEARS OF SUFFERING.
Burning, Painful Sores on Legs
Tortured Day and Night-Tried
Many Remedies to No Avail
Cured by Cuticura.

"After an attack of rheumatism,
running sores broke out on my hus-
bands legs. from below the knees to
the ankles. There are no words to
tell all the discomforts and great SUI
fering he had to endure night and day.
He used every kind of remedy and
three physicians treated him, one after
the ether. without any good results
whatever. One day l ordered some
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Resolyent~ He began
to use them and in three weeks all the
sores were died up. The. burning fire
stopped, and the pains became bear
able. After three months he was quite
well. 1 can prove this testimonial at
any time. Mrs. v. v. Albert, Upper
Frenchville, Me-, July 81, 1907"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Pitcher stricklett Coming Back.

Elmer Stricklett, the great spitball
twirler who pitched such good ball
for the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
during the few years he was with the
team, is coming east again pext sea
son to perform in the box for the
Dodgers President Charley Ebbets
of the Brooklyn club received letter
from Stricklett recently stating that
he was tired of pitching out on the
coast and would most likely be ready
to join the team when it started south
next March to get into shape for the
season. Stricklett deserted the Brook
lyns and went to the Pacific coast to
pitch for the San Jose team of the
California league this season. 1t is
said that he did not get the money
he was promised from the club for
pitching. He will have to be rein
stated by the national commission be-
fore he can play with Brooklyn.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
LAMENT FOR CHANGED TIMES.
Adoniram Corntop Discourses on Pres
ent-Day Extravagance.

Eyes. stree, Bill. times is changed
since you an mo was doin' our court
in" said Adoniram Corntop, with
note of sadness in his voice. to old
Andy Glover, who had come over to
set a SPELL"
When we was dom our courtin',
Andy, gal thought She was bein'
treated right harnsom If a feller
bought her ten cents with o. pep'mints
once ia awhile. an If he TUX her to
any do.n's lin town she didn't expect
him to go down into his jeans to the
tune of a dollar or two fer ice cream
an soda water an candy at fo'ty: cents
paound. My son ST TUX his duckey-
doodle to the band concert in town
yistiday an there want quarter left
Of a dollar bill he struck me fer time
he got home. Beats all the way young
folks throw the money away nova
days. ] tell We times is changed
nightly since we was boys. an the
Lawd only knows what the end will
be with a teller layin' out Is cents on
a gal in one day."-Puck.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Aonus Buys More Rea, Estate.

John Peter Wagner, known through
out the baseball world as Hans" the
player who has six times led the Ma
itional league in batting, has invested
his savings of the past baseball year
lin real estate in his home town, Car
lnegie. a few miles west of Pittsburg.
THE flying Dutchman bought three
hots, which, added to the mass OF real
estate he has, makes him one of the
big land owners of the town.
=; Wagner is perhaps the richest ball
player in the game. He is bank di-
rector, a big holder of brewery bonds,
railroad bonds, owns business block
and bowling alley, as well as a large
chicken farm, two automobiles and
about 81 blooded dogs.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Times Wonderful Chances.

Harry Lauder says that when Sir
Alexander Ramsay was constructing
upon his magnificent estate in Scot
land piece of machinery to drive,
by means of a small stream in mis-
barnyard, threshing machine, a win
moving machine, circular saw for
splitting trees, a hay press, an oat
roller. ETC., he noticed an old fellow,
who had long been about the place,
looking very attentively at all that
was going on. "Robby," said he, won
derful things people can do nowadays,
can't they?" "Ay.' said Robby; lin
deed, Sir Alexander, I'm thinking il
Solomon was alive now he'd be
thought naething o."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
w.. sual.v Severe DROUGHT.

The water in Lake Champlain durfnA
the recent drought reached the lowest
point recorded in local history, nine
feet below high water mark. Steam
ers We're obliged to abandon many OF
their trips on account OF the impossi-
bility of making landings at the docks.
The mountain brooks became almost
dry, and the beds Of some of the larg-
est rivers were mere threads of wa
ter. The drought and forest fires were
ruinous to agricultural interests
New York Sun.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Revelations Of the Breakfast Table

Revelations Of the Breakfast Table.
To girls about To marry one would
tender the advA.e that they study
their intended victim at breakfast. II
he is feeding like forty, reject him as
the direct descendant of Circe's herd
of swine. II he is melancholy. be-
ware of the abrupt curves of his tenn
permanent. If he be boisterous and
facetious, remember that an empty
drum gives the greatest reverbration
and a chatterboX at a. m. is as tire
some as Chanticleer at o'clock in the
morning. BY their breakfasts you
shall know them.-Saturday Review.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

Laundry work at home would be
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric. il
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because Of it's great
~ strength than other makes.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
A Queer Harvest.

Il was little Ethels first visit to
church, and the sermon had for it's
text, LAS We SOW, SO shall We reap"
But on her return home she could not
remember it, and in consequence was
chided by her mother for being stupid.
A fortnight later a seamstress came
to the house to do days work. After
watching her for awhile fashion old
style garments into those that were
tn evogue, Ethel suddenly exclaimed:
20 mamma, 1 know now what the
preacher said. 1t was: What you sew
in the winter you shall rip in the sum-
mer.'"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Well Prenared.

~ learn she said reproachfuliy,
shat you we're devoted to no fewer
than five girls before you finally pro-
posed to me. How do know that you
didn't make desperate love to all OF
them?''
II did, he replied, promptly.
You did" she exclaimed.
Certainly he returned. You
don't suppose for moment that
would be foolhardy enough to try for
such a prize as you are without prac
ticing a little first. do you?"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there at least dreaded disease that science
bas been able to all its stages. and that ID
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease requires cOnStitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternallys acting directly upon the blood and
surfaces OF the system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving the patient
ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails -
Send for list Of testimonials
Address T. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
A Cure.

The sinner walked along the rocky
road, his bare feet torn and bleeding
from bruises and wounds. He met a
stranger.
Friend" he exclaimed, 81 have
sinned and done wrong, I must pa
tiently suffer the most extreme agony
to save myself from eternal damna-
ton. Can you tell me some supreme
test of reDentance?''
Certainly" answered the other.
with an air of experience. Go to a
boarding house and live there for a
year"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
The extraordinary popularity of fine

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

Starch, like everything else, is be.
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market Is years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap.
preached by other brands.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and 1t will be positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
savaaery in Civilization.

1t Is no time to say that man can.
not, in civilized society, be guilty of
cannabilism. l tell you there are
more cannibals in New York than in
the isles of the Pacific; and If to-day
you were suddenly to take away the
support that comes from eating men,
there would be thousands and thou
sands of empty maws tomorrow in
that city.-Henry Ward Beecher.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

Give Defiance Starch fair trial
try it for botn hot and cold starching,
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give you
back. your money.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Disaruntled Dad.

Il see,' said. the Wall street man.
that you are engaged again.
Il am" admitted the son and heir.
Just when violets and theater tick
cts are due for their fall rise. Why
must you always fall in love on a bull
market ?''-Kansas City Journal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
An>Expert Witness.

Money talks observed the man
who likes catch phrases.
That may sound all right to you
bachelors" replied Mr.. Enpec, but
I've got wife and graphophone."
Exchange.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Greek Architecture.

1t is astonishing that students OF
Greek literature and Greek thought
should not be definitely trained in the
knowledge of Greek architecture. He
who knows only the literary express
sion of ancient Greece. great as that
is, knows but one-half of the achieve
ments of 1.-The supreme Caucasian
mind."-The Builder.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
LOCATED

No man can seek honestly or hope
fully to be delivered from temptation
unless he has himself honestly and
firmly determined to do the best he
con to keep out of it.-Ruskin.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

The obedience of the heart is the.
heart of obedience of the mind
Hugh Black.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
conquerins Ones SELF.

Every sin thou slayest, the spirit OF
that sin passes into thee, transformed
into strength; every passion subdued
by higher impulse is SO much char.
acter.-Robertson.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

Many man lies in an effort to
stand up for another.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces IN
dan,matio allays pain cures wind coo. 25c bottle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

Before attempting to get what you
want find out what you want.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

A woman can always keep secret
II you don't tell it to her.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
n. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

There are two sides to every story
and some have four and {. ceiling.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
| AM
So
A MOTHER

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepare
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED by the use of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07

1t Cures While You Walk
Allen sFoot-E a for anu bnnions hot sweaty
caiious aching feet. 25c all Druggists.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
Young Men Wanted
California

Business positions at good salaries guaran-
teed. THE POLYTECHNIC BUSINESS COL
LEGE, of Oakland, Cal, wants one hundred
ness positions. Every young man who gradn-
ates from the business and shorthand COURSES
Of this institution is assured of q good position
This college has O high standing and its work Ia
unsurpassed in the United States. Tuition,
board and all expenses low. Ideal climate the
W. e. GIBSON, 306 18th Street. Oakland, Gal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-07
PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
~ was greatly rundown in health
from weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia Il. PinlSham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health.
but to my delight am a mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
II was very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but 1 am now proud
mother"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She hos guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-07-08
COMING EVENTS. d.
ELLSWORTH.

Tuesday evening, July IA = Annual re-
union of Ellsworth high school alumni
association.
Wednesday, July Is, 6 p. m, at Baptist
vestry- Conundrum supper.
Thursday, July Is, at high school build
ing Musicale for benefit Bridge hill di-
vision Village improvement society. Mrs
Mabel Monaghan Swan, soloist. Tickets
25 cents.
Friday, Aug. Determination of teach
ers for State certificates, beginning at
s an
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 16 and
17-North Ellsworth fair.
COUNTY.
June 20 to July 17-Summer school for
teachers at Castine normal school.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. Ii and
u - Annual conference of Unitarian
churches at Bar Hafbor
Tuesday, Aug. IS, at Bluehill Mineral
Springfield day of Hancock Pomona
grange.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. 8, 9 and 10-Fair of Hancock County
agricultural society at Mountain park,
Bluehill.
Thursday, Sept. "a, at Arden Young's
grove, Otis-Field day of Green Mountain
Pomona grange.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 20 and 80
Fair OF Northern Hancock agricultural
society at Amherst.
Wednesday, Sept. 3O-Orland fair.