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B. AND o. FINANCES.
Statement of Earnings and Ex-
penses for Month of December.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany'S statement of earnings and eX-
penses exclusive of outside operations
for the month of December. 1908. as COM
pared with December. 1907, shows gross
earnings, 1908, $6O12, 241; 1907, So. 654 ,653
increase, S:}57,5SS Expenses. 1908, 81,
OH $50; 1907. Si,562, 30; decrease, SOFA.
go. Net earnings, 1908. $1.994, 656: 1907,
81 O92 443: increase, 1907 213.
For the six months of the fiscal year,
as compared with the same period of
1897. the statement shows: Gross earn
ings, 1908. SIC, 3G4, ISL; 1907, So $50, 143
decrease, $o92U,26 Expenses, 1893. $23,
624 .O66; 1901. S29, 800, sol; decrease. So
211 135. Net earnings, 1908. $13240, SO:
1907, So. $50, 342; increase, 1881, 4I3.
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Mining Experiment Stations.

Representative Martin of South Da-
kota thinks that the government should
establish mining experiment stations in
the various states of the Union in which
there are known to be deposits of pre-
cious metals. after the order of the agri-
cultural experiment stations. and he has
introduced a bill TO this end. He proposes
to place such stations under the super
vision of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor and would locate at each of them
"A geoloeist and chemist. the former to
receive 5000 and the latter 5000 by way
of salary.
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To Pay Claims in Philippines.

Senator Lodge has submitted favor
able report from the committee on the
Philippines on the bill authorizing an
appropriation of SS0,0S5 to be paid to four
religious orders of the Roman Catholic
Church in the Philippine Islands. The
payments were urged by the special com
mission which investigated the Claims
of the friars, and are to be in full salts
faction for the use and occupation of the
church property In the islands by the
military forces of the United States prior
to January u, 1906.
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W, b. & A. r. RY.
THE ELECTRIC LIME,

Electric palace cars from White House station
(FIFTEENTH AND Fl STREETS NORTHEAS. y.
For Baltimore-5:3O and every half hour from
$3.50 am. to 7:30 pm and $3.50, $50. 1890 and
11:35 pm.
For Annapolis-Fvery hour from $50 ami to
1880 I'm. and $50 and 1888 pm.
Fares One way. Round trip.
To Baltimore. zoe $1.2S
To Annapolis and q. s.
Naval Academy. ....... TIC $12S
All st. run direct to White House Sta.
ton.
Ticket office at 18th and y. Y. ave. NV and
at White House Station. 18th and n SITS. ne.
Telephone NJ 72Os oc1-tf 20
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Observation-Disclosures

NoTE.-Pubished only information. and no.
guaranteed.
hule train. Pullman sleepers TO Louisville.
Cincinnati INDIANAPOLIS. Chicago End st.
I,onis. Connection for Virginia Hot Springs.
. Pullman cars louisville to Nashville. Mem.
phs and New Orleans. Dining cars Ia
carte service.
11:1n PM-F F. v LIMITED. daily-Pullnnan
sleepers to Cincinnati Lexington and Louis
vile, Compartment sleeping car to virginia
carte service Pullman sleepers Cincinnati 70
Chicago and St Louis and Louisville to Mem
phis Nashville and New Orleans.
Chesapeake and Ohio offices at 513 Pennsyva.
MIA avenue 1899 street and Union sta.
ton. Telephone Main 1866 or 2206 for tickets.
baggage checks. reservation and taxicabs
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THos. J. OWEN & son. AUCTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK
ROUGH CAST DWELLING. WITH VA
NJ ~ y,

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK
ROUGH CAST DWELLING. WITH VA
CANT GROUND ADJOINING: NO. 34O3 L
ST. NV.
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust recorded
In Iiber No 27l6 at folio 30 ct seq. of the land
records of the District of Columb a. shall sell
In front of the premises, on WEDNESDAY, THE
TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY. 1909
AT HALF PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. those
parts of lois numbered ID and two -
in square numbered twelve hundred and dfty
three 12.3D of the city Of Washington tllly
described in said deed of trust fronting 81 .;t
feet, more less. north side of st. Will
improvements above described
TERMS OF SALE: All cash.
To be sold subject to prior incumbrance re-
corded In Liber No. 2i96 at folio 25S ct seq al
the land records aforesaid. to which Inf
other matters. further and fun particulars vii
be given AT the time and place OF sale.
Deposit of $500 required AT time of sale. ant
purchaser allowed fifteen days to complete tht
purchase.
THOMAS w. STURm-EFIELn. Trustee.
ia16- dAdA-aSn
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THos. ]. OWEN & son. AUCTIoNEERs,
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE 2-STORY

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE 2-STORY
BRICK RESIDENCE. NO. 1913 f ST. Sc.
By virtue of certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in liber No 30I2. folio :9S ct seq. of the
land records of the District of Columbia. and al
the request of the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustee will sell, at public auction
in front of the premises, ON TUESDAY, THE
TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY A. D.
1909. AT 40 O'CLOCK PM. the following de
scribed land and premises, situate in the city
of Washington. District of Columbia. and desis
mated and being lot numbered 112 in A. Heck
mans subdivision of square numbered 1876. as
per plat recorded in the office of the surveyor
for the District of Columbia in liber II, al
folio 167, together with the Improvements.
Terms of sale: Sold subject to prior deed OF
trust for 100000. particulars of which will he
stated at sale, balance over said trust to he
paid in cash. deposit of $4,000 will be re-
qulred at time of sale. All conyeyancing. re-
cording. etc. at cost of purchaser. Terms OF
sale TO be complied with within Is days from
day of sale. otherwise the trustee reserve the
right TO resell the property at the risk and cost
of defaulting purchaser, after five days adver
tisement of such resale in some newspaper pub
Iished in Washington. H. c.
TIIOS II. PICKFORD,
WIN. A. HILL,
ja16-d&dS eSu Trustees.
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ADAM A. wEscHLER, AUcTIoNEER.

CHANCERY SALE FRAME HOUSE. NO. ii
STREET SOUTHWEST.
By virtue OF decree of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia passed in Equity
cause No 27153. the undersigned trustee will
sell at public auction, In front of the premises.
on TUESDAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF
JANUARY, A. D. 1909. At HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described real es-
tate TO wit: All of that part of original lot
ten 10l in square six hundred and thirtyseven
t6S0 in the city of Washington, District Of Co
lumbia, described as follows: Beginning for
the same at the northwest corner of said lot
and running thence east twenty-five t22t feet
six Is, inches and thence south with the full
width Of twenty two (22) feet (6> inches be
tween parallel lines to the line OF said lot,
being premises known number fourteen 1i1
c street southwest. in the city of Washington.
District of Columbia
Terms of sale: One-third cash, the balance In
and two years. with interest at six per
centum per annum, payable semi annually from
day of sale. secured by deed of trust upon the
property sold all cash. at the option OF the
purchaser. deposit of 800 required at the
time OF sale. All conveyancing, recording. etc,
at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale To
be complied with in fifteen days from day Of
sale otherwise the trustee reserves the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost OF the
defaulting purchaser. after five days. advertise
ment of such resale in some newspaper pub
lished in the city of Washington, D. c.
r. r. HORNER, Trustee
Stewart building, 9th and ID SITS. NV.
iaJ1 III dc pSu
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In Memory of Trustee Abbot.

Memorial exercises will be held at the
Abbot School tomorrow morning in COM
memoration of George Jacob Abbot trus-
tee of the public schools of this city from
1874 TO 1So6, man whose thought and
effort resulted in changing free schools
for the poor only to schools free for all.
The program will consist of reading from
memorial volume recently completed
and appropriate music.
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Monument to Lincoln.

A monument in the District to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln is proposed
in resolution introduced by Senator
Dick of Ohio. The monument. it is pro-
vided, shall be worthy of his great fame,
his service to humanity and to his coun-
try, and fittingly commemorate his
grandeur of character. his nobility of life
and his epoch-making career" The
Senate committee on appropriations has
taken favorable action on the resolution
and has referred it to the committee on
library
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Conservation of Water.

Desiring TO withdraw certain lands in
California from entry and settlement for
the purpose of aiding in the conservation
of the waters of the San Bernardino val
ley, Representative Smith of California
has introduced bill to that effect In
order that waste water may sink into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20

The Durham membership campaign
committee, one of the ten committees
which are aiming to secure eight hundred
new members for the Y. NJ. c. A as a
part of the celebration of the tenth ami
versary of the presidency of s. w. Wood
ward and of the removal of the asso-
citation TO the G street location, gave n
musicale in the central building assembly
hall last evening The guests were
prospective members, who were invited to
VISIT the association building and learn
of its work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
MARCUS NOTES. AuCrIoNEER
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT SALE OF C

DISTRICT GOVERNMENT SALE OF CON
DEM\ED BRIDGE.
On FRIDAY. JANUARY TWENTY SECOND,
1909 AT TWO O'CLOCK PM. | will sell al
public auction on site Of bridge the iron or steel
superstructure. including the wooden flooring
thereof, OF bridge spanning 9th street between
Missouri and Maine avenues: size approximately
100 feet long by IL feet wide.
Terms cash at time OF sale. purchaser to re-
move the bridge within sixty days from date OF
purchase. Failure to remove. tine purcha "
price VIII he forfeited TO the United States. and
the Commissioners reserve the right to resell
the same a public auction account OF the
United States 10 remove il at cost Of default.
ing purchaser BY order Commissioners. d. C..
NJ. c. HARGROVE. Property Clerk d. c.
jafq-2t
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Diamond Trade Precarious.

Special Cable-ram to The Star.
THE HAGUE. January 20.-Conditions
in the diamond trade are again precarious,
as the uncertainty of the future moves of
the London syndicates detrimentaly
affects prices. and it is expected that the
seasonal buying will prove to have been
very disappointing. The price of finished
stones shows loss of s., per carat. Many
more hands are again unemployed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20

TRI STEES' SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELL
ING. NO. 12j FOURTH STREET SOUTH
FUTURE DAYS.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELL
ING. NO. 125 FOURTH STREET SOUTH
EAST.
Ry virtue of certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 1850. folio 473 ct seq, OF
the land records of the District Of Columbia, and
the request of the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auction.
in front of the premises. on TUESDAY. THE
SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY. AID. 1909. AT
FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following described
land and premises. situate in the city of Wash
ington. District of Columbia. and designated as
and being 10: numbered 90 of Mary Z. Simp-
sons subdivision of lots in square numbered 7Ss.
said subdivision is recorded in the office of
the surveyor of the District of Columbia, in Book
Is. page 143, together with the improvements.
Terms of sale OIH-third OF the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two equal
installments payable in and two years, with
interest at per centum per annum. payable
semi annually. from day of sale. secured by deed
of trust upon the property sold, all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. deposit of $500
will he required at time of sale All conveyance
ing. recording, etc. at cost of purchaser Terms
of sale to be complied with within Is days from
day OF sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property. at the risk and cost
of defaulting purchaser, after five days adver-
tisement OF such resale in some newspaper pub
lished in Washington. u. c.
JOHN s. SWORMSTEDT,
ROBERT Z. BRADLEY,
ia1a-eo&1S eSu Trustees.
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To Garry on Balloon Work.

In the interest of military aeronautics
Gen. James Allen, chief of the Signal
Corps. United States Army appeared with
Maj George 0. Squier and Lieut.. Lahm.
before the subcommittee on ordnance and
Notifications of the committee on appro-
priatiOns yesterday. Gen. Allen has asked
for S5OO,Oo0 with which to carry on the
aeronautic branch of the Eignal Corps
service.
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THos. ]. OWEN & son, AUcTIoNEERs
ADAM A. wEscHLER, AuCT1oNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF HORSES. CARRIAGES.
HARNESS. ETC. CONTAINED IN GEARY'S
LIVERY STABLE. JACKSON HALL AL
LEY. BETWEEN Sd AND Az, PA. AVE.
AND c SITS. NV.
BY virtue of certain deed in trust. duly re-
corded and by order of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. In Equity No. 27S3S.
the undersigned trustee will sell by public auc-
ton. at the above stable. THURSDAY, JAN
TARY TWENTY-FIVE 1909. AZ TEN
O'CLOCK AN. Horses Buggies. 2 Ian
daus Surries. 5 Seighs Wagons. l Brougham,
Harness. Sleigh Bells. Robes. Whips stable be-
longngs, etc.
Terms: Cash JOHN T. FISHER.
Trustee.
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With the National Lawmakers
of the Sixtieth Congress
Proposed Examinations for Candidates for the Con
tary Balloon Work $5OO,OOO Wanted.

ground and replenish the underground
waters of the lands adjacent to the san
Bernardino valley the bin provides that
any one may build engineering works for
the purpose of carrying waste or flood
waters to and distributing over the said
lands under such regulations as the Sec
rotary OF the Interior may promulgate.
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Sequoyah Bust for Statuary Hall.

GUTHRIE, Okla. January GA reso-
luton memorialzing Congress to provide
a place in statuary hall Washington, for
a bust of Sequoyah, inventor o. the Chero-
kee Indian alphabet, was passed by the
state senate today. Oklahoma is entitled
TO two places in the hall and neither place
has been filled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
Fl. STANSELL. District Passenger Agent
Southern Railway

y. B.-Folowing schedule figures published
only informat ton. and not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham. Mobile. New Orleans
Ashevile. Chattanooga. Memphis, 900 am and
10:45 pm. daily.
For Roanoke Knoxville. Chattanooga, Memphis,
New Orleans. 1910 pm. daily.
For Columbia. Charleston. Augusta. Aiken
Savannah Jacksonville and Florida points, 40
pm. daily
Tourist cars for California. tri-weekly: 4:10
pm. Monday. Wednesday, Friday.
Local for Harrisonburg, 750 am. daily: AIS
pm. week DAYS: for Danville. 7:3O am. daily.
and for Charlottesville. 100 am and 4:55 pm.
daily. Frequent trains to and from Rluemont.
BROWN General Agent
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UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S SALE.-BY VIR-
tue of writ Of beri facias, issued out of the
clerks office of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. and To directed l will
sell at public sale. for cash in the Chesap eake
and Ohio canal. just east of Chain bridge, in
the District of Columbia AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK
An. THURSDAY, JANUARY TWENTY
EIGHTH, 1909, the canal boat The Waba sh -
and two scows attached in the suit of Lawrence
r.. Brown. libellaut. Ss. the canal boat The
Wabash" aud two scawS etc. etc, libellee,
District Court. No 500.
AULICk PALMER. u. =. Marshal.
ADAM 4. NESCl1Eli. AUG4Sl.a.Ax. 4[..u - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
Clifford Pinchot in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, January 2o.-Gifford
Pinchot. chief of the bureau of forestry
of the United States Department of Agri-
culture, spent yesterday in Cuernavac ca.
He was the guest of Il local university
club
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RAILROADS.
Seaboard AirLir 1eRailWay

TTCKET OFFICE. 1421 PENNA AVE.
NOTlCE-Following schedule not guaranteed.
9:05 AN. DAILY - Florida Fast MAIL
Through coaches and Pullman sleepers to Savan-
nah and Jacksonville. Through sleepers Wash
ington to Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta. Din
ing ears.
go PM DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY-"sea-
board Florida Limited" Solid electric lighted
Pullman. with sleepers, to Jacksonville st.
Augustine. Palm Beach. Miami. Knights Key.
Dining
7:35 PM. DAHY-"Ypar Round Limited
Coaches and Pullman to Savannah Jacksonville.
Tampa, Atlanta. birmingham. Memphis. Dining
cars.
r. Il. STANSEIL. District Passenger AGENT.
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Fast Express Service.
TH-CHERBOURG-B A. NJ
Kais VIM. ID. CIR. Feb. . Kaiser VIM. II. MAR. 2
Cecilie. Feb. 16i Cecile March q
Twin-Screw Passenger Service.
BREMEN DIRECT-1O AN.
Chemnitz. ..... Jan. 2S Zeten Feb. Is
Breslau. ........ Feb. Al fP. Frdh VIM Feb. D
tCalls at Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Mediterranean Service.
-ALGIERS-NAPLES-GE
Sailing at IL AN.
K. Albert. Jan 80 tx. Kurfuerst...Feb. II
tNeckar. ....... Feb. 8 Barharossa Feb. l:
tDoes not call at Algers and Genoa.
aCalls at Madeira. Gibraltar. Algiers. Genoa,
thence proceeding on Orient Cruise. Good &C.
commOda tons available to Genoa.
North German Lloyd Travellers Checks.
OELRICTIS & CO. Agents, 8 Broadway, N. 7.
WASHINGTON OFFICE, 1887 ST. NV.
F. f. DROOP & SONS CO., 925 PESNA. AVE.
FOL eS
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HAMBURG AMERICAN
LONDON-PARIS-H HAMBURG.
pennsylvania. dan. 30, 'Wadersee. Feb 10
kaserin. ....... Feb. g 'Pa tricla Feb. 20
ITO Hamburg direct.
UT,MU " VIA AZORES-MADEIRA
MI AND GIBRALTAR.
S S. MOLTKE SIAN. %. .rApr 81
{" DEUTSCHLAND .irFeb G
HAMBI re-. 'Feb. 16, FMarch %
PATRICIA. rApr. 13
Calls Azores. Madeira. sGibratar.
Seals Madeira. Cadiz. Gibraltar. Malaga. Al
giers Genoa and then continues 0p'ENT' cruse
A limited number of rooms available to Italy.
Winter Cruises to to the ORIENT S;lrs
Tourist Depts for Trips Everywhere.
COMPANY'S OFFICE. A. BROADWAY, y. Y.
+. +. DROOP & SONS CO.. 80 PA. AVE.
ia1
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF COMPLETE

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Z. ], So, : = 8 :: : !.
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OCEAN TRAVEL.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

the captain of the yacht, that once
when Booth was his guest, anchor was
dropped in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
The following morning the Captain
and Edwin Booth went ashore to make
some trifiing purchases The Captain
entered the store and Mr. Booth sat
down upon the dOOr-Steps until the
business should be completed No one
in the village knew the Captain nor
did anyone there know that Edwin
Booth was in the vicinity. After the
business had been transacted the Cap
tain and the village trader came to the
door together-the Captain to join Mr..
Booth and go to the yacht. the trader
simply for a further word with the
strangers. Edwin Booth had noticed
that the place bore his family name
and to the trader he said: My friend.
can you tell me how this place got its
name? How came it to be named
Boothbay Harbor?" Il don't know,
replied the trader, but one thing l do
know; the villain who shot President
Lincoln had nothing to do with It."
Edwin Booth dropped his face IN ms
hands moment; then he and the
Captain walked slowly away.
ut is no USE sighed Edwin Booth.
when they had moved some distance
from the store and were by themselves,
'Ir is no use; must always face 1t; !
must always face it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

The Springfield Republican ENDS M
dlrations that the increasing infnlsra
ton into the United States is due rs
much IL bad industrial cond1tions
abroad as to the expectations of eSflS
business revival here. General de-
preston over Europe has been accom-
tuated in the scandinavian countries
by the great severity of the winter.
\ Copenhagen dispatch tn the Chica-
go Daily News says that more than
- per cent of Denmark's working
classes are out of employment. and
that the Scandinavian liners to Ameri-
ca are in consequence crowded with
emsrants. Tho winter has been so
severe as largely to prevent building
operations and close many of the har-
bors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

Everybody has read Pigs is Pigs
with its irresistible absurdity and its
relentless logic. Well, the world is
now treated to 4 case when eggs is
eggs" 1t comes through the decision
by a Pennsylvania judge that wo-
man who borrowed a dozen eggs whell
the price was SO cents and then re-
turned dozen when the price had
fallen to 20 cents was wholly within
her legal rights. Presumably, the
same would be true if she borrowed a
dozen when the price was 20 cents and
returned a dozen when the price was
so, but it would not very often happen
that way. No doubt some good people
will say things which might be con-
strued as contempt of court when they
read OF that Pennsylvania decision.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17
Duck 5000, 900 Years Old.

DR.. Herman c. Bumpus, director of the
American Museum of Natural History.
has announced the acquisition by the
museum of a number of fossils of eX-
traordinary scientific interest, chief of
which is a mummified dnosaur. which is
believed to be about 100000 years old.
This specimen is a nearly complete skelc-
ton of the trachodon. or duck. in which
not only the bones but the greater part
of the skin of the head. body and legs
are preserved intact. 1t was found in a
soft sandstone stratum near Lance Creek,
Wyo
''Mummies Of Egypt. 5000 or 1900 years
old said Dr. Bumpus, ARE considered
to be of respectable antiquity. and still
more venerable are the mammoths found
buried in the frozen tundras of Siberia
and Alaska. but even the mammoths tens
of thousands of years old are only crea-
lures of yesterday compared with the
antiquity of this dinosaur mummy"
The museum has also purchased two
other specimens of marine reptiles from
the Kansas chalk beds. little older
even. than the formation in which the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

Half the excitement to a girl of being
in love is wondering if she really is.
Because there are as good fish in the
sea as ever was caught is no guarantee
that you will catch any of them.
Men who Sneer at the world are merely
trying to distract your attention from
the fact that the world despises them.
The most puZZling thing in making a
bargain is to guess whether the other
fellow is lying more or less than you are.
A woman could really believe in mems
brains If they could comprehend that
what is paid for in millinery is not mere
material but the potential capacity to
make other women miserable by not hav-
ing something more costly.-New York
Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

An average of 40 mileS a day, over all
kinds OF roads and tn rough all kinds
OF weather must be the record of Ed
ward payson Weston in the walk which
he has now begun from New York to
san Ftansico Despite the fact that he
has PASSED the allotted three score
years and 10 there is Il general belief
that he will accomplish it. for he has
ne, er vet miscalculatcd in one of these
undertakings Probably this walk VIII
attract less attention, however. than
his Portland Chicago walk of Il
few wears ago which came az the be-
ginning of the present long distance
craze.