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The Republican journal., 1911-08-03

Hannibal Hamlin on prohibition sink
deep into the hearts of our people and
inspire them to greater efforts in our
present campaign to retain prohibition
in our constitution. When we stand at
the polls in September, to vote upon this
great question, let our motto be: "We
must keep the white flag of prohibition
at masthead in the State where it first
saw the light of day
FRANK w. GoWEN.
Wateryille.
The Republican journal., 1911-08-03
Consider This Advice,

No woman should submit to surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
This famous medicine, made only
from roots and herbs, has for thirty
years proved to be the most valuable
tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women residing in almost
every city and town in the United
States bear willing testimony to the
wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free.
confidential, and always helpful.
The Republican journal., 1911-08-03

trOuDlo IN all It's
DIRE a d full forms !;
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
headache, spinal
weakness, dizziness,
de pres ST on, and
everything that was
horrid. l tried many
doctors in different
parts of the United
States, but Lydia E.
Pinkham'S Negeta-
Bile COmpOund has
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done more for me than al the doctors.
| feel it my duty to tell you these
facts. My heart is full of gratitude to
you for my Mrs. HARRIET E.
WAMPLER, 524 S. Ransom Street,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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SWANVILLE CENTER.

SWANVlLLE CEN l. Elk.
Mr. Fred Brown is at home. :. Mrs. George
Beals is very i'll at this writing and much SYM
pathy is expressed for her and her family.
Miss Nellie Mari was week lend visitor with
Mrs Hattie May nj oore. Harrison Cunning
ham is in Massachusetts visiting his sister,
Mrs Bowling, who is in failing health. Very
sad indeed was the death of Mrs. Harry Glenn
ents of blood poisoning at the age of % years.
She leaves little daughter years Old.
Mrs David Moody is i'll with a trouble in her
met with a serious accident July 26th. When
crossing the railroad track at Waldo station
with a load of plank one of them caught in the
track and came over and struck him on the
head, knocking him off the seat. He
struck the ground close by the horses fore
feet and was stunned for several moments.
When he came to the wagon wheel just touched
his legs. Had the man with him not stopped
the team as he did the load would have broken
his legs. E. H. Littlefield went to Pittsfeld
Saturday and bought a fine carriage horse. -.
Mrs. Maggie Hustus and son have moved to
Searsport. The high wind and rain Friday
night did quite a lot of damage, blowing down
apple trees, and in places, buildings. The dog
day weather is delaying haying badly. Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Reynolds of Monroe have a
daughter added to their family. Mr.. Ed
Gross is 70 years of age and in the past years
has cut three lower jaw teeth, the last one
as broad as two teeth should be.
The Republican journal., 1911-08-03

Gen. Jonathan P Cilley of Rockland
has sent to his surviving comrades of the
First Maine Cavalry the following let
ter which rings with patriotism and love
for the State of Maine.
The Republican journal., 1911-08-03
0TTUMWA
WOMAN
CURED
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Ottumwa, Iowa.-.'For years was
almost constant sufferer from female
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THORNDIKE.

THORNDlkE.
Rev. J. B. Coy, Assistant State Agent, will
hold services at the Center church Sunday,
August 9th, at the usual hour -. The rain
storm of Friday night was violent one here.
Rain fell in torrents and the heavy wind which
accompanied it laid low the fields of grain and
other growing crops. Had it been September
it would have passed for the line gale. :. James
B. Fowler from Washington, D. c., veteran
of the Civil war, passed Thursday night with
comrade " N Higgins -. Mrs. NJ. H Moses of
Gorham and Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Higgins passed
July seth with MIR. and Mrs. A. H. Higgins.
Among the good things served at dinner were
new potatoes grown in 'Lonzo's own garden....
Mrs James Cole entertained her brother and
lady friend several days last week ...Mr. and
Mrs. Fred L. Higgins, who started for their
home in Augusta July 29th, passed Saturday
night and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. S. F.
Files and family, in Pittsfield. -. Prof H. W.
Lewis and son Richard, who have been visiting
at F. L. Philbricks and Ross c. Higgins, went
to Belfast August 1st and after calling on rela-
tives there will go to their home in New Ips-
wick, N. H.. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Crockett
P0ooCo
with her father, Mr.. H. M. Higgins. Mrs.
Ross Higgins was quite i'll last Saturday night
and Sunday. DR.. Morse attends her.. Mrs.
Frances Written is the guest of Mrs. Mary
Ellen Gordon and family. -. Most of our farm
ers are done haying, while few have not be-
gun. The hay crop is good in this section and
there has been fine weather to cut it. The
apple crop bids fair to be abund ant. Small
fruit of all kind has been plentiful, and if the
slater" crop is fair we'll not starve during the
winter of 1912. Woodchucks, crows and later
bugs are in good working condition and getting
a large share of the husbandman's products.
go. All the friends of Mrs. M. A. P. Sayward
land they are many who wish to send her
congratulations upon her next birthday, Au-
gust 10th, can do so by addressing card to her
at Brighton, Colorado, Box 66. Madame Say
ward has large circle of friends in Waldo
county and the writer of this hopes that each
one who reads this item will rally to the &C.
casioB 90 that her harvest of birthday greet
ings, August 10th, may be bounteous one.
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Mrs. Jarr Returns to Household Cares
And Mr.. Jarr Tells How to Angle for Octopi


Joyous about It. And yet" Mr.. Jarr
went on. knowing his audience. Il tell
you. / wish you fellows could have
been with mel! Talk about fshing!"
"Fishing!" cried Gus. Bepler and
Muller all at nee. "~snappers Is un-
ming fine!"
Let me tell him." said Gus. '.Right
now, chust last Sunday. I got a hundred
snappers off whitestone Landing.
what?"
"Ah. but I was catching octopuses,'
said Mr.. Jarr. pa~troniz!ngly. "Ah.
there's . game fish for YOU. the octo-
pus!"
Tell US about EN-" said Gus. failing
into the trap.
They have eight arms, covered with
suckers" said Mr.. Jarr. promptly. you
throw owe your bai.ed hook. You
catch one arm with It. With four other
arms the octopus holds onto the rocks,
with another arm II rem owes the hook,
and with the two arms L yet has 70
use It brings the hands of those up to
its nose and makes al insulting and
derlsive gesture at you"
How you catch them octuples yet
them" asked the breathless Muller.
you have TO use a line with eight
hooks" replied Mr., Jarr. land them
'Mr. Jarr!" came the voice OF Ger
trude. the maid, from the family en-,
trance" Mrs. Jarr says amt you never
coming home with that meat fol-
SUPPER"
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century plants. oleander cuttings ana u
few other souvenirs arrived nome aiter
their Bermuda vacation.
Mr.. Jarr was so tired. so glad to De
homo after his porterage from Jersey
City. that he sat down on the largest
telescope valise and mopped his brow
In silent th~ankfulness.
And there isn't a thing done!" Mrs.
Jarr continued. Look at this DUST
Here she rubbed her fingers across the
face of a mirror. The ice box Is in n
dreadful condition.: nothing has been
scrubbed. the woodwork l asked Ger
trude TO paint while we were away. the
rugs l asked her TO beat. the carpets |
told her tc take up-nothing has been
touched"
Maybe Gertrude took a vacation.
too?" suggested Mr.. Jarr.
what right has she to take a va
c~ation?" asked Mrs. Jarr. she didn't
have a thing to do all the time we
were away except the fall house clean
Ing, and nave the nat spick and span
when we got back"
NAV. can / run over and tell Johnny
Rangle about the fish / ketched?" asked
wv AAAAAb buSs
And can ! 20 over ana tell Mary
Rangle I got a lot OF beautiful flowers,
only they IS all faded. and I amt going
10 give her noue?" asked the little Jarr
girl.
Mrs. Jarr aimed n double barrelled
smack at tho both Of them. you chill
drcd 90 right into the kitchen and tel
Gertrude to give YOU n glass OF milk
only J don't suppose there's any milk II
the house" replied Mrs. Jarr, "AnC
then YOU can help me to put the thing,
away, and sort out your soilcd clothes tC
be washed! Oh, dear, I'm 50 tired ant
| have such "A headache Isn't anybody
going to get me a cup Of tea?"
Gertrude, the light running domestic
who had disappeared into the hinterlan,
of the HAT to get the tea upon the return
OF the family. now appeared with II
And Mrs Jar, sitting on the parlor soft
with the cup and saucer held upon he
knee, groaned and ran her eyes aroun
in search Of dust and disorder, and and
M plenty.
? "Go right out"' here Mrs. Jarr wa
Addressing her husband, and get soms
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thihg for support Don't ask me what.
I'm in no condition to be questioned.
But get a nice steak or some chops and
some fruit. and don't be long abou. it,
Mr.. Jarr disappeared at the word and
was hurrying about II when Gus. the
genial proprietor Of tho cafe on the cor
nor, hailed him from his door.
What. you amt skipped owing me
500. then1' cried Gus.
u I have." replied Mr.. Jarr. I'm
now in ne heart Of Abyssinia discussing
my getaway with the Negus."
Never mind them" replied Gus
What we want 10 . White Hope cham
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pion to lick the black fellers like Chack
Johnson what we got now. Muller. the
grocer. is inside. and Bepler. the butcher
IL you amt afraid to see 'em, after
going away owing them money. Come
on IN"
Mr.. Jarr wasn't afraid. Bermuda had
been beautiful n wonderful. but there
had been no place like Gus's there.
Muller and Bepler were disposed to be
cool. but Mr.. Jarr was geniality itself.
Hello. gents!' ne said. cheerily. Il
tel! you. It does a fellow good to be back
with his old pals!"
His old pals did not seem TO be equally
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them with you, and setting

that your husband will enjoy discussing them with you, and setting
You right.
Beware OF hurting your husbands feelings, even Il he is
slkng.
From time to time pay him a compliment by telling him he is
ths incest and most attentive of married men, and at the same time
make him understand that you, too, have your faults"
For exquisite fnesse, in quite a different line, the palm must be
s~srded to our present Lady Of the White House, according to an
anecdote which is delighting Washington society.
1t appears that Mrs. Taft, at a diplomatic dinner, had for a
neighbor a Frenchman who rather inconsistency boosted of his ma.
toms proverbial politeness. "You Americans" said he, care a re-
msrkabe nation, but the French excel you in politcness. You sdmi,
1t yourself, don't you" YVES, monsieur" replied Mrs. Taft, with
gentle smile. "That is our politeness"
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Lightning's Strange Freaks.
LIGHTNING performs queer prank,

LIGHTNING performs queer pranks
In It's journeyings toward the
- earth. The gliding OF picture
frames Is often carefully removed by
the lightning to a distance and APP
piled to objects never intended to re-
celve this style OF decoration. II Is
reported that the gliding OF an altar
ornament In a French church was re-
moved and placed on n silver vase.
That the gainbols OF electricity are
most fearful and wonderful was Illus
trated in the month Of June, 1873. when,
according to ~Flammarlon. the electric
current entered a butchers shop and
followed the iron bars from which the
quarters of meat were hung until II
reached a nook on which the skinned
carcass OF a whole OK was suspended.
This was galvanized. and for several
seconds II was frishtfully contorted. as
II in commissions.
A Partisan concierge was sweeping
his courtyard when the lightning broke
"A yard above his head. lie suffered
nothing more than a fright, The cur
rent ran up the lead pipes and entered
a room, where II broke the mirrors and
a clock, damaged the ceiling and depart
ed by breaking through the window
panes. 1t passed on up to the top story,
where It entered the apartment OF
TWO old women. one or the women was
holding "A bowl OF milk, The bottom Of
the bowl was cracked and the milk
spilled on the floor. Some money lying
I'm a wooden bow disappeared and could
not be found. The clock was stopped.
the pendulum unlocked and a glass
globe punctured with "A hole the size
OF "A h~Ve-shilling piece, Before the
lightning disappeared through the wall
a woman In Il bed on the same floor had
the trying experience OF having her
couch split in two by the wandering
current without Injury 10 herself.
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Memoirs of a Commuter
By Barton Wood Currie
Leo Squrm's Mad Boast Anent the Dogzvood Terrace
Express's Wild Daily Run.

URING the early stages OF my
negotiations with o. Leo Squirm,
dealer in plain and fancy villas,
mosquito marshes and bullfrog bogs, he
mentioned In his suave of-hand way
that Dogwood Terrace was only Thirty
five Minutes From the Heart OF Man
haitian. II he had said From the Float
ing RIB of Manhattan he would have
been many leagues nearer the truth.
Because OF the many and violent
yicissltudes that attended my first few
weeks residence In Dogwood Terrace
my mind was too occupied with graver
matters TO revert back to that thirty
five minute promise OF o. Leo squlrm.
II CAM back TO me with n sudden Jolt
one day when the so-called Dogwood
Terrace Express had been waiting forty
minutes In those dear Hackensack
Meadows for a butter and eggs freight
to give us clear way.
I have heard some Of my fellow COM
muters call the Dogwood Terrace En-
press a Joke. 1t is not. Assembled or
dispersed into all It's parts there Is not
a funny u or l-beam In It. The only
thing about It Is the people who ride In
It. and the funny thing about them Is
that they keep on riding In It. when
they could express a lot faster and
acquire sono good or wholesome exer-
else by stepping ont or the track and
walking.
O. Leo Squlrm knew fun we'll when
he uttered the lie that the Dogwooh
Terrace Express did not even pretend
to run on 4 thirty-iive minute schedule,
lie based the lie entirely upon an acct
dent that had occurred to the train
early In It's career. when the engine
ran away down grade and coasted
clear across the meadows, Severa'
pogwood Terrace Commuters who were
on that wild ride never recovered from
the shock and are now babbling an,
~grinning in that sequestered domicile
whittier, | fear me, all Dogwood Ter
race commuters will ultimately trend.
1t has been pointed out to me thai /
the Dogwood Terrace Express ran oil
the main line. o. on one OF The mai
..sap1 ~.c er~e~ .stx<xYfVsSos.ai
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Letters From the People

England.
To the Editor Of The Evening wcria,
Which country. England or United
States. started the Boy Scouts7
CONSTANT READER
No.
To TIE Editor ~ The Evening World;
Did G%arbaldi ever fight with the
United States against England In either
vsr7 A. T. JOHNSON.
Neither.
To TIE Editor ~ The Evening World;
Which Of the following forms Is cor
rect IN beginning a letter: In further
reference" or Further in reference?''
4 READER.
Civl Service Com mission, No. .00
broadway.
To TIE Editor N The Evening World
Kindly let me know through your
paper when and where the civil ser,
vice examination for female ste,
n%ographers win be given and ny othel
information regarding same?
ETHEL WHITE.
Park superintendent,
To tie Editor ~ The Ly,uius World:
Kindly state where / could get
permit to take photographs in Brou.
Park. W. J. II
To tie Editor oi The Evening World;
Kindly print the term Of enllstmcn
"a the revenue cutter service. A, b j,
Another Problem.
To the Editor Of The Evtning World.
VIII you kindly oblige me by prlntln
the problem given below for readers o.
NCur paDer Ia sOlVaP Having triad 4
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branches off the main line. II would
have plenty OF clearway and burn VI
the rails. 1t might. under such c!rcum-
stances. negotiate the distance in forty
minutes. down hill. and forty-five min
utes. up hill. But. as It happens. Dog
wood Terrace Is on a corkscrew siding
Of the p!llys Daily & Del!r!ous Rail-
road
While Dogwood Terrace lies In a
northwesterly direction from the main
terminal, 1t Is only during the last mile
Of the run that the locomotive OF the
Dogwood Terrace Express Is headed
northwest. The course taken conforms
to the lines OF a ishhook. You head
south along the bank of the hook and
half way to Dogwood Terrace you begin
to turn. Then you keep on turning Until
you get there, II any crow ever fol-
lowed that route he would hate himself
| for the rest of his life.
We were stalled only an hour on the
meadows on the occasion when | first
recalled that visionary schedule OF o..
Leo Squlrm. l began to fret and de-
nounce the road. An old commuter laid
his hand on my shoulder and said In a
wistful. hollow voice:
Patience. my son, this little matter o,
an hour on the meadows Is a mere tr!ne.
Wait until the snow flies and the fros.
gets IN the switches-then you shall
see!'
see what" ! asked.
See the moon rise and set and Aurora
spread her NevmIlion wings" lie sighed
and stroScd his long Jersey bushsnap.
pers.
! pondered a minute and then asked
him:
doe this express ever make It In
forty-hve minutes up or forty down. a,
1t reads in the time tables?"
Young man" said that old sour
doush OF the Jersey s%olltudcs. hays
you noticed that the company prints !
little column of Jokes In It's lime tables
You have; then some day 1t viii strik
YOU as entirely Unnecessary" and hs
lapsed into brooding silence,
GO be ~Condnued.l
,,Sss'ss~<> sssbess-
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persons understand Il. the man contributes a certain skill In making money. the
woman a corresponding skill in expendins 1t to the lest advantage. The mar
has to keep his part Of The contract or go to Jail for non-support he woman
fulfilling them is answerabe only to herself n her husband. And the mar
learns very readily the maxim Of he American husbands: Better a delcAes essen
Inner where peace Is than a family row In endeavorins to obtain q well
cooked meal
IT is entirely right and proper For an young woma no considers the
preparato of food beneath her to wait for a mythical mnIonair n mean.
tms keen on paying he money she earns to a boarding house u she has no
right to marry without n Idea OF meeting the obligations Oh wifehood-ons Of
which in the average household. is the intelligent preparadon of food
Good cooking Is nt easy In fact good cooks ares carcert than good spoilers.
and neither spelling nor cooking is hi gift of God, but the result OF study and
oncentraton One OF tn mental benefits to be derived from good cooking
onoentration. 1t is impossible to brn a beefteakp properly when thu mind
q. .np,sed in gloom speculation IS to whether or not all husbands are ray
deceiyers Anything that keeps a wom fom morbid inr@pechon is good for
nor and there is nothing in which the possession N USE of brains pays hgher
dlvid,nds than in the careful intelligent preparation OF food.
II he fac that a mlnonares daughter is doing the family cooking will help
q. ,r,mst American girls in learning low to repar epalatablef food that young
norr,n ia performing a serious social service as we'll as a family benefit
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cried Mrs. Jarr
p~eevishly a. she
and the children
and Mr.. Jarr. the
latter laden down
like . camel with
dress suit cases.
bundles in shaw
straps. jcllyhsh In
Jars. splney cac-
tus and spikey
specimens Of coral,
useless o b { Z
carved from cedar,
faded punches OF
flowers. lily bulbs,
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mathematics please let me know II It Is
possible 10 arrive at a solution by the
use OF algebra; II not. by what other
method?
A man has 800 and buys 100 animals.
He pays $40 for cows IS for hogs and
90 cents for sheep. How many Of each
d'o ne hnyG LOUIS ROSEN.
"HcndIuRrt~rs For"
To the Editor OF The Evening World:
WIN you please inform tho writer
whether It is proper to say. when writ.
ing a letter. I'VE are headquarters on
or whether We are headquarters for" a
certain article2
! CONSTANT READER.
L. II Romnn Catholic, G
To the Editor ~ The Evening World.
WIN you kindly tell me whether any
one married by a city clerk in another
state must get a license to be married
oy the Catholic clergy In this state?
A. Is.
T. TIE Editor ~ Tho Evening World,
DID Eva TanRuay ever appear al IN,
city Theatre IN Fourtccth street?
Il. FRlEDELBAUM.
Usually the Fourth Thursday IN
November.
To ne Editor ~ The Evening World,
There gecms 10 be- some doubt as I,
the date set for Thanksgiving Day. Som
people say 1t - Nov, %; others sa,
Nov 20 HENRY RuCK.
-" L. Right.
To tie Editor of The Efcniug World:
A says the phrase Between you an
me- Is proper English. Il says me.
is Improperly used. Which is correct
ENGLISH"
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Hoped for the Best,

Al Ryan. the hospitable flint glass worker ol
L~ockport, n. y, and formerly organizer Of thS
socialist local at that place. was being oongratu.
lated by the boys al the glass factory.
Yes said Al, my uncle out In Tisffn ID
mighty good TO me. The day before Christina. hs
sent me a check fer 500 Just As a little ChrhL
mas glfi."
Afttr the usual congratula,oy comment had
been duly made all around. Al added;
Yes, he certainly IA a fine old fellow. In tbs
postscript Of his letter contsining the check. ~
said;
Dear Al, II you manage TO get this check
eashed' please ssnd me ". l need . psu q
shoes "-rhs Coming Ssuoa,
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Not Deep Enough.

Pat was hand at work digging a post hole When
the boss strollcd by. Well. Pat said he, noting
,%e rrorre,, of the work, do you think you wlu
he able to get all that dirt back into the hole
againI" ,. an,
then at the hole, scratched the back OF his mead
AMI alter some thought, said: No, sor. sure,
: don't think I've aug the hole deep enough.
EyvyDody's.
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The Days Good Stories

dress, and an eloquent and moving address v
was. but George. in his inaccurate way. hadn't
made sure whether II was her third or fourth
that the Widow Wags was buping.
Hence he spoiled a grand Grafton with thess
concluding words:
And now commend to the divine mercy
thi, widowed handmade who hath been bereaved
again, aud again. and again
George h~esitated. frowned and added:
aud perhaps again. Human Liza
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Scotch Generosity.

Robbie met a rcigihor who was smohng some
fine fragrant tobacco sent by his son in America.
lie took out his own pipe osteutationusly.
"Hne ,e a match, Sandie,' he queled.
The match was forthcoming but nothing more.
Il do btiryt." said Robbie. Il ha' left mt
tuhacco to hame,'
''Ihiu.' said sand.e. after a silence. "ye micht
As weed se NE back me- match. ~ Success MAGAZINE.
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His Saving, Perhaps.

-UE late Bill Barlow, editor OF the Lara.
ME Boomerang. believed no lea In ac'
i curate than Ia humorous Journalism.
"You can't achieve your tiogt." Barlow once
said in an adde's IN boASla', N!o., unless
,ou re accurate. Uncertainty and Maccuracy will
soil the finest eiis t. whether II be come or
whether IL he p~atuttic,
Il remember a tuGeIal In Tin Can, fhe
Widow Nass uad .Ist her third in a poker dive.
George JOnes. u. D.. deli sssd The funeral I'd.