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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

+. Locke is willing to be made hap
nv today ami when YOU look at his bar
Gains YOU will be willing to he'p make
him So A fine chocolate mixture. l"c
H.. cream minis a 15c Id; home cured
bacon lac BY strip: native pork shout
as zoe ID: cans blueberries 2oc
4 ,,kys. popcorn. 25c; packages 1000.
sheet toilet paper. 25c- Try can OF
"Eind out" coffee and find out the
KIND that suits YOU. 2oc today. Three
packages. Ratchet seeded raIslns. ..r:
tvn cans IIatchet tomatoes. ne: NO,
,ukes. IA. nativ" rn"k ana sa"Sa@e'
-. IT.. native ham. spring lamb. chick
~ fr,yI re,,- maple syrup. dandciions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10
LOCAL NOTICE.

Swift 8 Premium Hams & Bacon. hi'u'
uicv. Sweet, at Merrill Bros. August.
IVY Ap1 dot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

y. A. Souc has 4 tremendous Stoc
of rugs, big and little, all sizes. VI
believes in getting shoppers into II
store where they can see for them
selves Today only he will max
special Saturday prices on his Who'll
rug stock Wilton's body Brusscll
tapestry. etc. Better cal and sec if
is not the day to buy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

Saturday Specials at Weber &
H,Nrtt'S popular store. Strictly fresh
eggs. 3ic ucr doz: Swift'S premium
hams. good hams for boiling at PIC
ue.. III: pork ribs lic. market Very much
higher. Plenty Of mic" native fowl. a
fun !i.lr Of cooked meats; native spring
lamb. very, sharp advanc" in oranges
Will soil large navcls at 23c; ,sh
arrival of Victoria chocolates 29c:
Grenada chocolates lie per H.. regu-
Ia. % cent value spinach. lettuce.
celery. dandelion> asparagus. string
beans. rhubarb and strawberries. Al
w;,ve t""p in mind the fancy bakery
mold fast that which is good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

Ine Boston Credit Go. proposes to en-
largo their store making such cxtcn-
sly" changes that the present stock
must he disposed Of Here is where
y"u viii likely profit by calling and
eorine the cut prices on this whole
stock. Furnishings. ready to wear
goods and AL q clean sweep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

Swift & Turner Co. have an aWtu!,E
handy cooking utcnsl, a good sil
agate deep oval kettle. Can boil z
whole ham in it or any kind veg"
tables. or meat. only ACC toda,
Think of buying half pint si2
"Cando" silver polish. Gall need to hay"
in the house) for on y ltc. Also on"
OF those useful wood handl" perforated
mixing spoons for 4C. Ask to see tn
dustless dry mop for hard wood floors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

Better see the homespun linen bath
towel, 36x1S size. heavy. extra quality.
10c-20c pair. Cannot really afford to
neglect this. Russell Weston COS.
store IS where large numbers of Easter
shoppers have congregated this week,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10
As special values

days Merrick offers the following
low prices, ! lot Of white petit
coats FIJI length good width trim
med With twc rnws OF Insertion
ai:a lace e.leine also one stvic With
han,brr:; eCains .5c. value onlr ~. |
Continued or Page Twelve.j
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

Buy early. Pinks SOC. per doz, At
Augusta Flower shop. fine ones.
Extra good roses ST. $3.50 and 500
per dozen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

F.. f. Davis & CO. have lot p
ladies SOC. hats they will close on
today for 25c. each.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

j. G. johnson is always sure Of 4
fine sale when he consents to tax"
tire extra pains to make his crisp and
delicious nuggets in three tlavors. To-
day only 15c ID; a fine Sunday candy
Does not melt outside of the mouth,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10
efatodqe Directory
q coMMANDERY, NO. 7, X.
nm FELLOWS HALL.

nm LODGE NO. 70, REGULAR
friday evening at 80 O'Clock.
April 16, Work in First
y. d. W. LOVEJOY, N. G.
K. II. BROWN, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

+. H. Beal & Co. are having ;
tremendous sale OF wall papers ii
their removal prices. An odd lot u
many, oiled SOC. curtains they WI
close out at 25c. each.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-10

spinach. lettuce. tomatoes, asparagus,
fresh eggs, etc, etc.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The statement made in an articl
IN Scribner's for October, entitled
The Lure of the Land" that theI
is no more free land in the Unite
States, Is misleading. There neve
has been any actually free land, payini
the necessary fees and other expense
have amounted to a considerable SUI
But as we always speak of thes
lands as free, there are still "unr
served and unappropriated lands"
twenty.nine states and territories. /
all amounting to 754,S95,2 1876 acres, O
this nearly half is in Alaska and niue
more is aid and rocky, but ther
remains enough cultivatable land
furnish at least a million homestead
of 100 acres each. The homesteade
has to travel farther and has not
choice pickings as he once had, bu
he need not lack a farm if he goe
for one; and in some cases the lane
is as rich as any.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

here is very heavy. II there are more
than twenty rods i'm single line 1t
will be necessary to brace IA line post
mid way between the corners to stretch
from, as more than twenty rods can.
not be frightened satisfactorily at one
stretch
Wherever Il gate Is TO be put In the
posts will have TO he braced sOlidly.
A good way to do this Is to put in
posts that will extend about twelve
feet above the ground and connect tho
tops with strong wire. This method
of bracing cannot be used with cement
posts. as they will not stand much
lateral strain.
a swinging gate is by far the most
convenient. provided it is properly put
in. 1t should be well enough braced
so that it will not sag and drag on the
ground. In places where the snow 10
likely to drift gate that can be ad-
justed TO various heights Is great
convenience. Fig. = shows cOnver-
lent aud easily constructed type OF
wooden gate. For road gates and at
other places where appearance couats
for anything an iron gate Is preferable
Ii looks better and In more durable.
but the cost Ia considerably greater.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
GOOD PAVING NEWS.

Mayor Fridays promise that the
preliminary action looking to paving
will come up before the city council
at the next session, will be good news
to the people of Norfolk.
The public will agree with him and
the council that this is the logical time
to begin preparations for the paving
operations, which are promised for
the early spring.
A good many details such as the
signatures to petitions, the voting of
bonds for paving street intersections,
ETC., are to be attended to, and now's
a good time to start.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

More than thirteen million dollars
worth of coin, bonds and jewels have
been unearthed from the ruins of
Messina, and are now in the keeping
of the Italian government. 1t is
doubtful If the rightful owners of these
valuables will be found in any large
number of cases, since the survivors
of the wrecked portion of the city
are now widely scattered. 1t should
help to alleviate the poverty of those
still remaining who lost all by the
earthquake.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS.

1t is not surprising that there should
be accidents in football, just as there
are accidents In baseball and swim
ming and boating and shooting and
every other energetic sport. Football
is a game only for the rugged and
hardy, but 1t is a great game at
that.
Every summer dozens of lives are
sacrificed to baseball, but no effort
is ever made to put a halt to base
ball on that account. More lives are
lost in baseball annually than in foot
ball, though the fact that many OF
the football players are college stud.
ents lends prominent to their deaths
which does not come to the baseball
The game OF football as II stands
today. may be modified In certain
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

So much glory is being awarded
by an admiring public to discoveries,
inventors, promoters, and men in pub
lie service who are doing things in
these strenuous days, that we some
times ask what fame is and whether
it is worth the price men pay for it.
AS motive to spur men on to their
best endeavor, it is superior to the
sordid desire to amass gold, for in
order to obtain the praise of men one
must do something unusual, some
thing in the way of discovery, ex.
ploration, invention or heroic service
that adds to the sum total of human
knowledge or human self sacrifice
The noblest of all ambitions is the
passion for service, as Kipling words
when no one shall work for money
And no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of working"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
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two small metal tanks. one or wnIC1
is arranged so that fire can be built
under II. Both tanks are tiled two.
thirds full of creosote. which can he
bought by t.r barrel at reasonable
rates. The crcosote In one of these
tanks is heated almost to boiling, aud
the posts. which must be well sea
soned. are placed in 1t and left for
about six hours. Usually only the part
of the post that Is to go into the ground
is treated.
After remaining in the hot crrosotc
for six hours the posts are taken out
and Immediately placed In the cold
crpOsOte The sudden reduction Of
temperature causes the steam In the
pores of the post to contract making
q partial vacuum. and the air pressure
drives the creosote into ali parts of
the post. This treatment costs only
about 10 cents post. The treated
posts will last twenty years or longer.
or about FIVE times as long AS untreat
ed ones.
In putting up n permanent woven
wire fence great care must be taken
to see that the corner posts are welt
braced. Fig. ! shows very effec.
i've way Of making solid corner. The
corner post should be considerably lar.
ger than the others. A hole 2 by
should be dug to set II In. Bolt 8
piece Of plank about three feet long
to the bottom Of the post and a shorter
piece at right angles 10 the first. r'iI'
in dirt up to the top Of these and lamp
II solid. Then roll In number OF
large stones and I'll the rest OF the
hole with dirt. tamping 1t we'll all the
way up. Such a post. IL properly
braced. will not give much under any
strain that may be put upon Ii. A
way that is still better, though little
more expensive. is to set the corner
post In cement.
The fencing selected should be
strongly woven and made of good sized
wire. Flimsy fencing costs a little
less at first. but does not last welt
enough to warrant putting 1t up. Re
sure that the cross wires are fastened
firmly to the longitudinal strands. so
that they cannot be spread out or
place. Both the woven and the barbed
wire should be well galvanized. Wire
that is galvanized after weaving. as
shown by the crevices and joints he
ing filled with the galvanizing material.
will last much longer than that which
is galvanized before weaving. In the
latter case the galvaniZing material
will be more or less cracked, and the
wire will soon begin to rust.
1t is Of great importance to have the
wire well stretched. An ordinary wire
stretcher will not stretch woven wire
tightly enough. Where a large guam
tity Is purchased AT a time a power.
full wire stretcher Is usually thrown in.
1t will pay TO set temporary post
little way back from the corner to
stretch from. The wire should he
wrapped around the corner post aud
fastened in several places. as the strain
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
NORFOLK DID MELL.

Norfolk people should feel proud
of the success of the campaign TO
a Y. NJ C. A. building The people
of Norfolk, once aroused to the neet
and benefits of such an institution
dug down into their pockets will
royal generosity and raised the fund
to more than $25,0O0--a feat that hat
been considered, by many persons
as impossible of achievement.
The people living outside Of Norfolk
who so generously contributed, have
earned Norfolk's gratitude in an un.
usual degree. Those within the city
who helped to make the building pos.
sible, will have the satisfaction OF
knowing that they have done some
thing worth while in helping to build
up the community.
That the Y. M. c. A., once estab
lished, will be feature of the city's
life that would not be dispended with
for three times it's cost, is the story
brought from other cities where the
experiment has been tried.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

According to the latest report, in
1908, the United States now has in.
GLIDING national, state. savings and
other banks, a total Of about $4,000.
In the last twenty years the United
States has increased its banking
power something like $50 per cent,
SO that any legislation which purposes
remodeling our currency and banking
system will have an effect here vast.
ly important to our own people and
scarcely less so to the great financial
centers in London, Paris, Berlin and
other great capitals Of the world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Mr.. Edison says his cement houses
will give the working men such cheap
and desirable homes and so improve
their conditions that socialism will
not have a leg left to stand upon.
There are thousands who are hoping
that the great inventors expectations
may become fully realized. 1t will
mean a beneficent revolution If cheap
and comfortable houses can be pro.
vided the man with small wages.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Matrimonial agencies received a
deserved set back the other day when
woman appeared in the district
court at Wichita, Kansas, and asked
for a divorce The evidence showed
that she and her husband had been
united tn rough the agency of a
matrimonial bureau. That was
enough for the Judge. He dismissed
the case, saying: This court will
not grant a divorce to couple who
have met through the agency of a
matrimonial bureau and have later
become dissatisfied, after a legal mar
riage." When men and women I'M
derstand that marriage is something
more than horse trade there will
be fewer divorces.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Naturalsts tell us that the bird
which makes the longest annual mi.
grafton is the godwit which flies from
New Zealand to northeastern Siberia
in the spring and after the nesting
season returns to New Zealand, a
distance of about ten thousand miles,
one thousand of which Is over water.
When the aviators can equal such fly
ing as this, they will surely be going
some.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The employees of the treasury de
partment actually destroy about two
million dollars day, but 1t is the
worn and soiled paper money which
is returned for the government to
redeem. The stricter attention to
the use by the people of clean, crisp.
sanitary bills has greatly increased
the amount of paper money returned
for government redemption, The life
of dollar bill used to be four years,
now it is only fourteen months.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

A novel plan has been devised b,
Rev. Schlenker of Hazelton, Pa, tC
increase the attendance of young men
at his Sunday school, and, to us, it
looks like a winner. He has promised
to present to each girl who takes two
young men to Sunday school with a
hox of candy. The average girl will
do a good deal of missionary work
for an inducement of this kind and
then again, she stands chance of
landing beau at the same time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

There is a woman in Kansas City,
Mo-, who in pleading guilty to bigamy,
admitted having married six men at
various times without ever having
obtained a divorce, and she declares
that all of them were tiresome.
When she leaves the jail she ought to
be we'll qualified to lecture on "Is
Marriage a Failure?" One of her
husbands was from Meadow Grove.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL FRIDAY NOVEMBER 90
The disposal Of dead books in our

The disposal of dead books in our
public libraries is becoming n serious
problem to the librarians. The many
unused and uncalled for volumes cum.
Der the shelves and make the work
of the librarian difficult. The plan
of many libraries to purchase at least
one copy of almost every book of
note soon exceeds the capacity of
most buildings. Some general method
of wisely disposing of these unused
books must be decided upon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Golfers correspondent over in the
little island across the Pacific says
talk of war with the Japs is absurd
They won't be able to think of any
thing like war for the next hundred
years, they are too busy raising more
money to pay taxes with. Meantime
it Is we'll to remember that the Japs
have badly fooled as smart men as
Golfers sent over.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
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Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
Fences.
By c. v. GREGORY,
Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture" "Nlskins Money on
the farm" ttc.
Copyright. 1909, by American Press
Association.
Copyright. 1909, by American Press
Association.

~ NE of the most important parts
n 81 OF the equipment tor live
W stock farming is II good sys-
TEN OF fences. Poor fences
'ause breachy stock aud endless trou-
ole. In the case of horses II wire cut
Iue to poor fence will often mean
"A large enough loss TO pay for several
rods of good fence.
Woven wire Is unquestionably the
best fencing material. 1t Is slightly,
durable and efficient. The expense is
higher than for barbed wire. but this
ran ne cut down by making only the
lower part of the fence of woven wire
and using burbed wire for the upper
part. The strip of woven wire should
be from two to three feet in height,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The abuse of the modern methods
Of rapid transit has led many to
declare that the present age is speed
crazy" and to wish for a return of
the more restful and contented ex.
istence of the good old days" before
railroads, automobiles and flying ma
chimes were in common use. 1t is
true that they have been SO abused
as to become menace to life, and
such speed Is to be condemned UNI
stintedly. But only the confirmed
pessimist fails to see any great ad.
vantage in this modern DEVELOPMENT
of speed. Everyone will admit that
there is far less wear and tear in
travelling sixty miles in a Pullman
car than in travelling ten in an old
stage coach. The country needs to
adjust itself to the use and contro,
of the speed of our time, and with
increasing self control will come to
us greater usefulness and happiness.
Those who talk most of the good old
days" would be the most disgustcd
If they were obliged to return to
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
EXIT MAIN STREET SWITCHING.

EXIT MAIN STREET SWITCHING.
The order Of two railroads remov.
ing all switching from Norfolk ave-
nue., in response to the city's recent
demand, will create great satisfac.
ton in Norfolk, where the Main street
railroad switching has been a nui.
sance and a menace to life for many
years.
In this order, Norfolk has gained
a very important point.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

There has been great deal Of
comment on a law which it has been
claimed made 1t unlawful to draw
checks on bank for sums less than
one dollar. There Is simply mis-
apprehension about the law. The
treasury department states that the
law prohibiting this is not applicable
to ordinary checks, but was intended
to put stop to the circulation OF
private notes as fractional currency
at the time Of its passage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Colonel Roosevelt who is hunting
lions and elephants in Africa, is get
ting the coin to pay for the trip, and
then some by telling about it in the
magazines. It's only few people
who can eat their cake and keep it
both.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

There have been all sorts of clever
stunts worked in a political campaign
to catch votes, but perhaps an Incl
dent that took place in Norfolk Tues
day noon has all the others skinned.
An lrishman, candidate for an office,
went into a restaurant and sat down
at a table where a German was eat
ing lunch. The Irishman looked over
the bill of fare and ordered sour
kraut.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

A happy way of recognizing the
eighty years Of an aged guest at a
Boston banquet was that Mr.. Hills
was not eighty but only twenty-four
times. All the after dinner speakers
quietly stored that away for future
use.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The czar of Russia is visiting King
Victor Emanuel of Italy. Whatever
ENHANCEMENT this portends in Euro
pean politics can hardly be conjec-
tured. 1t is pity that the czar could
not put his ear to the ground and from
the seething discomfort of the people
catch a broader vision of their hunger
for liberty and better conditions OF
life. The toilers may be blind but
they are in no mood to be trihed with
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

In recent speech at Corpus Christi
President Taft very sensibly stated
that, while insisting upon an actual
compliance with law, he did not be-
lieve in railroad persecution; that it
was hardly fair to hamper the roads
in every possible manner and then
curse them for not paying larger di.
vidends.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

Edison still insists that he is CO.
ing to supply fire-proof, poured ce.
ment houses at $1,000 apiece. Mean
time there is on abatement in the
building of homes that cost a great
deal more.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The bankers of Oklahoma are at
work trying to patch up their deposit
guaranty law, so it will work. 1t was
heralded as the banking wonder
worker and panic exterminator. But
the very first test proved that the
plan was a failure. 1t was founded
on fallaCy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The orient is grasping the salient
rapidly and assimilating them. The
Chinese board of law has instructed
the Canton authorities that by the
beginning of next year adequate law
courts and up-to-date prisons must
be established in each province.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

A fellow at Cincinnati decided to
quit business on this mundane sphere
and jumped into the Ohio river. The
water was so cold that he swan and
forgot his troubles. Cold water is
great life preserver.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

It costs the government three and
third million dollars annually to
educate 10000 young Indians; some
Of whom become expert football play.
ers. Possibly since the poor red men
are growing fat and increasing in
numbers, the annual pension might be
abandoned
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05

The Alabama legislature is doing
its best to encourage the advance
ment of agriculture. At the last ses-
sion of the legislature the commits
sioner of agriculture was authorized
to offer cash prizes for the best pro.
auctions of grain, vegetables and
stock. This is a commendable effort
The sources of the nations wealth
is the SOIL and anything which In
creases the quality or quantity pro
duced is a step upward.