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Evening journal., 1911-11-23
SURPRISED TO FIND A
REAL KIDNEY REMEDY

] was ailing for four years, was bad
of a good part Of the time; Swamp
Root was recommended 10 me by "A
friend.,. ! tried It according to direc-
tions printed on the bottle and 10 my
surprise a few bottles cured me.
feel today that my excellent good
health IS largely to the credit Of Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Roct.
Yours very truly,
G. w. LAWRENCE.
Mendou, Ill.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me,
this 18th Of June. 1909.
G. +. WARNER. Notary Public.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
CORRECTION BY MIR. LYNCH.
Had no Intention TO Suggestion That
the City Buy Property North of
Sixth Street.

Editor of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
I wish 10 make correction in the
communication published in your val
liable paper last evening. signed by
me in reference to keeping the City
Hall at Sixth and Market streets.
had no intention Of suggesting buy
ing gfound north Of Sixth street. but
think my suggestion was to buy
property north of the Clayton House
end South of Sixth stree. as much
rs would be required. 7 might unin-
tentionslly have written north, but
meant TO write south Of Sixth street
and north Of the Clayton House.
think II best for business interests os
the city not to have all our public
buildings too close together. Thank
ing you for this correction
/ am truly yours,
Daniel w. Lynch.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
RAILWAY REGULATION.

NTR. GEORGIA. DEEMAN, formerly manager
i 4 of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, fears
that he will be driven TO the advocacy of the gov
ernment ownership of the railroads. He was
witness before investigating committee at
Washington the other day and declared that the
railroads we're still engaged in secret rebsung He
thinks il the duty Of Congress to support the Inter-
Evening journal., 1911-11-23

The American shoe manufacturer is extending
his sales in all parts Of the world. In the fiscal
year 1880 We exported less than 100000 pairs OF
boots and shoes in 1890 100000 pairs; in 1900,
over 100000 pairs; in zoos, over 100000 pairs;
in 1910 over 1000 0OOpairs and in the calendaryear
which ends with next month the number will exceed
100000 pairs, to say nothing OF the 100000 pairs
going to Porto Rico and Hawaii. To this may be
added 100000 india rubber boots and shoes.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23

J. Z. Parker. 2021 No. 10th St, II.
Smith, Ark, says that he had taken
many kinds of kidney medicine. but
did not get better until he took Foley
Kidney Pills. No matter how long
you have had kidney trouble. you viii
ind quick and permanent benefit ry
the use Of Foley Kidney Pills. Start
taking them now. \. r. Danforth,
Market and Second streets-Adv,
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
Letter 10
DIR. kilmer g. Co,
BinghamtOD. \. Y.

Prove What Swamp.Root VIII DO
For You.
Send to DR.. Kilmer g. Co.. Bingham
ton. n. Y, for a sample bottle. It
viii convince anyone. You will also
receive a booklet Of valuable infos-
nation, telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure
aud mention the Wilmington Evening
Journal. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23

Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany arc increasing at the rate of about 1000
month. During the last three months the gain has
been 1923 while in the last six months the gain was
6263 This shows how widely distributed is the
stock of this great concern which is perhaps more
than any other the peoples railway if the large
number Of individual shareholders is considered.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
Stories of fhe Day
QUITE ANOTHER MATTER.

do you give gas here?" asked a
Withholding man who had rushed
into a dentists
I'VE do" replied the dentist
Does it put a fellow to sleep?"
1T does"
Sound sleep, so you cant wake
him up?"
YES"
You could break his iaw' or gouge
out his eye, and he wouldn't feel it?"
How long does he sleep?"
The physical insensibility produc-
ed by inhalire gas '--'- a minute
or probably a little less"
Il expect that's lorg enough. Got
it all ready for a fellow to take?'
"Yes, take a seat in this chair and
show me your tooth"
Tooth Nonsense!" said the ex-
cited caller, beginning rapidly to re-
move his coat and vest. Il want you
to pull a porus plaster off my back!"
Birmingham News.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
WHOSE COAT MS THIsf

An expensive black overcoat with
valuables in the pocket was found on
Saturday on West street above Sixth.
The coat is in the possession Of the
police awaiting identification.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23

For coughing, dryness and tickling
in the throat. hoarseness and all
coughs and colds, take Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. Contains no
opiates. n. b. Danforth, Market and
Second streets.--Adv.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23

Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
"The Two Cases OF Paralysis That
Changed Federal Banking Law"
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they'll do so in due time. but I doubt if
they'll ever learn to care deeply for two
such heretofore masculine pursoots. But
in any event I'm resolved not to inter-
fere. Bein' picked to death by CROWN
hens is my ideal of no way to die.
II have also obtained my own consent
not to become too enthusiastic over poll
tics durin' the approachin' campaign.
shall consider both sides Of every issue
carefully, and shall pick out the best man
for each office. regardless Of his political
affiliations. and then go right on votin'
the straight dflnmycratic ticket, the same
as heretofore: burt I shall not quarrel bit
terly with my next-door neighbor over the
qualifications Of any gentleman whatso-
ever. Through long, bitter experience I've
discovered that all candidates are divided
into two classes-them that disappint
you before the election and them that
disappint you afterwards.
i venture to predict that you will not
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Bakeries Produce Thousands of Loaves Daily.

Der of bakeries lover seventy-five) and
one will have some idea OF the amount
of bread consumed in Washington and
the vicinity.
After the bread is baked it is taken
from the oven and placed on tiers Of
shelves, resembling revolving bookcases.
to cool, when it is ready to be Sent out
to customers or packed for shipment.
X
At the basement doors stand the
bakers wagons ready to receive bread
and cakes for the early morning trade.
Each wagon is filled in such a way that
no Unnecessary handling Is entailed.
Each bakery has its own system or de-
livering goods. One bakery owns forty
three horses, all of which are used In
delivering to city customers. All tho
bakeries put up their own crates for
shipping to out-of-town trade.
Not satisfied with the the best obtain
able from other sources. one Washington
baker invented and installed machine
for mixing dough which does the work
of eight men. Another baker makes
speciality of cakes. cookies crackers,
doughnuts and the like At one establish
nfent the writer was presented with q
cort asserted was novelty. The seeker
after knowledge ate the doughnut. ig-
noring the implied suggestion to keep
out" The doors OF the cake room are
usually jealousy guarded. and no tran
silent visitor is permitted to enter the
sacred precincts lest they betray the
secrets of the trade.
In the early fall hundreds Of pounds
of fruit cakes are baked and stored away
in readiness for the Christmas trade Ono
bakes quantities Of crack
ers fancy cookies and waters, pilot bread
or hard tack. There are mo less than
bakeries I'm operation In
turning out, every variety
of bakers products. from the substantial
brown loaf of graham or rye. no the most
delicate OF cream puffs. This no doubt
Is true as regards the bakeries OF other
cities and gives one some idea Of the
extent to which the products Of the
baker has rendered obsolete the old
fashioned methods Of bread making.
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now we're standin' face to face with
nineteen-twelve, which will be leap year
and thereby fraught with added peril Tor
our sex. Still, in the midst Of wars and
alarms and false alarms and suffragette
movements, / expect to bear up and do
the best I can. In fact I've been setttn'
here mappin' out some pussonal reforms
and contemplated improvements for the
New Year."
Coin to turn over a new leaf, huh?"
inquired Mr.. McGlue.
Not exactly said the old judge. II
never turn't over a new leaf yit that I
didn't find a Ticker advertisement on the
next page. But I'm goin' to endeavor to
profit in the future by the experiences
of the past and try to avoid a few pit
falls into which I've mighty nigh fell sew
eral times during the past twelve months.
I'm layin' by and cordin up quite stock
of resolutions that'll be suitable for
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VISIT to modern bakery IS
~ revelation to the uninitiated. The
d writer Of this article was shown
the process Of breadmaking in three OF
the largest establishments In Washing
ton All were up-to-date, all conducted
by enterprising men and all running to
their fullest capacity. In the modern
bakery the breadmaking begins on the
top floor and ends in the basement. The
-four used is bought in carload lots and
is taken directly to the top floor. where
il is piled up, one great sack upon an
other
From the sacks the -four is emptied into
a sitter and passes through wire gauze
screens, which take out all the foreien
elements and impurities liable to get
into the best of flour in the handling.
The flour is then tested by a Chemist
and graded according to the desree of
moisture and the percentage OF gluten it
contains. These tests determine the
quantity Of yeast necessary to be used
with a given amount Of flour. the guam
tity of water. of salt. or Of other in
gradients which go into the particular
batch of bread in process Of making.
From the sitter the flour is carried
through long pipes into room on tie
lower floor, Wnere IL empires iheo eioeSe
cone-shaped tanks, placed there to re-
ceiye il. The nour is weighed automatic
aIIv to the fraction on an ounce and is
cut off by machinery wnen sunicient
Quantity has passed into the tank, as
shown by the indicator. The water used
&c altered. and Is also weighed auto
maticaiIy. In fact, everything is done
with mathematical precision.
lin one bakery even the air Is filtered
before it enters the mixing room. SO
there is no possibility OF dust or disease
bread. The -four, after being sifted and
weighed, passes into the mixer"
huge square tank. something on the or
der of an egg-beater. constructed of
iron The other ingredients are added
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happened more'n once in the past. I shall
on all occasions try to speak no evil OF
my fellow-man. especially If he's larger
than i am and lighter on his feet.
How about swearin' of drinkin'?' in
quired Mr.. McGlue.
Well said the old judge. refectively,
I'm native-born Kintuckian, and You
wouldn't have me starvin' to death In the
midst of plenty. know. But can assure
you that I'm goin' to use a lot Of discre-
ton in the drinkin' line from now on. III
know when to stop and not wait for a
constable to be comm along and teli1n'
me. i can safely promise you, my friend.
that You won't find me drnkin' no claree
lemonades i'm January nor no hot Toms
and Jerrys in July. / shall use discretion
Suh."
Everybody oughter use discretion when
drinkin'.'' quoth Mr.. McGlue, sagely.
Yes said Judge Higttower, "ei..-eA
discretion or a balancin' pole
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hear of your old Uncle iMarcellus j. High
tower. Esq, totin' campaign banner or
addressin' the populace in the public
forum. I've noticed that the Teller who's
constantly on the stump is mighty apt to
be UP one before he gifts through. And as
long as you don't say nothin' you amt
got nothin to take back.
"Durin' 1912 shall positively not buy
any minin' stocks from captivatin' but
total strangers. I shall not bet on the
boss race unless I'm sure my selection is
bound to win, and as the only way to be
certain Of that is to have him runnin' all
by himself. and as very little is being
done in the line Of boss races with only
one boss in them, / rather imagine my
speculations in this said direction will
also be very light durin' the racin' sea-
son. I shall endeavor to refrain from
bettin' on two pair when the other Teller
has threes. but may. however, be led
astray occasionally. such things havin
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the middle of October Mr.. Baker Of
Philadelphia, Pa, knocked two home runs
in rapid and fatal succession. and about
the same time your sister republic Of Hal
Il enjoyed its regular fall and winter rev.
olution. exchanging a licorice colored
ruler for one with a complexion that
would match the new yaller hall carpet in
the presidential palace. Turkey and Italy
fell out; Turkey is still fallin'.
"Col. Roosevelt wrote little piece for
his paper which was reproduced In Wash
fngton. several marked copies bein' sent
up to the White House. Uprisin's' occur
red on the part of China. Mexico and Mr..
Link Steffens. the well known Stuffin's-
King George went to India and discovered
that In the far country the colored popu-
lation is generally inclined to vote the
republican ticket.
And SO the year has slipped by and
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and the mass is beaten and mixed into
smooth dough.
From the mixer the dough goes into
long wooden troughs and is left to rise
These troughs hold 200 pounds of dough.
When the dough has reached certain
degree of lightness it is beaten down
and left to rise again. The degree OF
lightness is regulated by the k:no OF
bread to be made from the dough. Vi
emma bread, for instance. requires a
lighter, porous dough. The test for this
variety of bread is the appearance OF
blisters, or bubbles, on the surface or
reached the highest stage OF ferinenta-
ton and the dough must be made Up
into loaves Immediately, or II VIII SINK
into a sosgy, heavy mass, and the bak-
ing be spoiled. On the other hand. bread
baked too soon is just as surely spoiled,
so it behOoves the careful baker to keep
a watchful eye upon the rising dough
in order TO take advantage of the psyche
logical moment
From the troughs the dough goes into
a machine which clips off portions of
uniform size and weight. and drops these
portions down upon a large table. where
they are seized and tossed from hand to
hand down the length Of a long table.
ar whose sides stand rows OF workmen
wearing clean white aprons The loaves
are slapped and patted into shape as
they mass from hand to hand, and are
fna,lv deposited in the pans in which
they are to be baked. The bread is then
set to rise once more before it goes into
the oven. -, -.
Around the baking room are built great
ovens which hold from LOO to 800 loaves.
Before the oven door stands a baker
armed with a shovel-like paddle. The
handle is intended to reach the back of
the oven. The way the Workmen handle
Wonderful. One push of the paddle and
the pan of bread is in place.
Each bakery runs from five to seven
ovens and bakes at least two patches
of bread daily Fifteen hundred loaves
IS considered an ordinary baking. Null
tiply this by two and then by the num-
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For example, have resolved not at no
time to git unduly het up and excited
over the question Of the initiative and
referendum; cause look what it's done to
poor Woodrow Wilson. In the matter of
wimmin smokin' in public, which has been
the cause Of much comment In these
parts, 1 also expect to remain pufrectly
cam and collected. Down in my. coun-
try wimmin have been smokin' in public
for years. only they run more to pipes
and less to cigaroots. And SO shall re-
strain myself and not interfere, always
that woman gets what she
wants in this country and gin'rally gets
1t 50 quick that she's through wantin' it
by the time she gifts it. If wimmin want
to smoke in public and to vote in public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

ELL, jedge.'' began
Mr.. McGlue, with a
sentimental huski-
ness in his tones.
Its purity near
tine to ring out the
old and ring in the
moo. amt it?''
Yes, suh," said
Judge Hightower OF
Kentucky, ''it suit
tinly is. Your re-
mark lacks original
ity. but the truth OF
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81 81 !; e 8;
HERE'S
Here's to the Neu Year-DRLNK FROM THE CUP OF
COURAGE. Here's to a nghtier destny-o nobr goals-o
farther horizons
Dream to the fling your dares thousand miles,
There secrets still locked in the bosom of the hills
above and the dirt bw temples of mystery
that haze and all that know of the
heritage of TOMORROW
took the human upon aeons to set the
stage of the TWENTIETH CENTURY,
The past but of PREPARATION of crudity and
darkness, and ignorance, and bigoty and suffering.
History the diary of barbarism- chronicles of CIVIL
IZA1ION yet to be written
One hundred years ago there wasn't engine loco
motive JET electric bulb talking machine steamship
power crane blast furnace rolling mill, dynamo.
Surgery BARRIERS side antisepcs undreamt
dndeshesla had not the dictionary and
chemistry engineering and mechanics CROPPED in blindness
The richest and brilliantly educated citizen of the
republic didn't know much and enjoyed feer
the day laborer in 1911.
Cities unighted- homes could be there
was no sewerage nor ventilation sanitation.
Machinery had just started .uheeLs-mnan and
animal power the sole motive and forces
The who suggested the miracles of ether telephone
the telegraph the wres the cable the building of
the aeropane, and the construction of the
have been hurried o a madhouse
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that last note of mine will be due on the
next day and must be met or proceedin's
will be took. And so by all them signs
I'll know that another year has gone by
into the discard and a brand-new one
stands on the threshold. bringin' to us
new hopes. new aspirations and new
chances to go right on maxim dern fools
out of ourselves for twelve months to
come"
"Lookin' back on her. nineteen-'leveD
amt been such a bum year." said Mr..
McGiue. reminiscently.
Not a'talI.'' said the old judge. mot
a'tall In many respects she's been
highly satisfactory year. II she was to
come in that swingin' door right now
askin' for reference I'd cheerfully write
her out one myself informin' all whom
it might concern that while nineteen
'leven had occasionally broke the dishes
and once't in a while had split the
beans. yet. on the whole, she'd done the
best she knOwed how under the circum-
stances, and we was partin' from her
with mutual regrets.
Yes. sub. takin' her by and large and
one way and another, i reckon she aver
aged up about as well as the run of years
do. A lot Of things happened that we
wasn't expectin'. but on the other hand q
lot Of things that We expected didn't hap
pen, such as some Of the Gould family
gittin' divorced in fresh place and Mr..
Nat Goodwin bein' married every little
while. IT was a good year for revolutions,
wars. presidential booms. Reno, New, and
the Sherman law. and a bad one for act
ors. prize fighters, bank presidents caught
with the goods and the Mcnamara
boys. Out on the road II was a hard year
for William Howard Taft and No. 2 the
atrical companies. and here in New York
there's been great sufferin' in Wall street
and in lower Broadway and other slump
districts.
Early last spring several thousand
bright young men started out with a sure
system for beating the stock market. and
the bitin' frosts of early autumn found
some of 'em connected with your street
cleanin' department at one-seventy-fiv a
day and the others settin' on the benches
of your hospitable and well ventilated
public parks. engaged in general newspa-
per readin' and the culture of fringe on
the pants. In the new science Of aerial
navigation several marvellous achieve
ments and a number Of well attended fu-
nerals were noted. There were many i'm
provements In automobiles, but none in
the people that own 'em. Mr. Andrew
Carnegie was asked to name the twenty
greatest men in history and stood in
front of his mirror for hours tryin' to
think Of the other nineteen. The j. Pierp
Morgans was able to keep both Of their
hired girls right on through the summer
when others was layin their help off,
THE interstate commerce commission
remained awake almost one entire after
noon in the latter part Of June. About
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the statement cannot be successfully gain
said. It's mighty near time, as you was
jest saying, TO ring out the old and ring
in the new. Nineteen eleven, at this pres
ent moment, is down TO a pair or oeuces
and a thin stack of white chips. The days
Of December are numbered. as the poet
says OF course. they've been numbered
all along. the numbers rangin' from first
10 thirty-arst inclusive. but it sounds
more appropriate and more fittin' to the
occasion to put 1t that way.
And somehow always feel more poet
ical at this son Of the year than at
any other Christmas Is over, which we'll
I kpoy b. the circumstances of my havin'
pad out all ms ready money and some
that FAsn't quite ready. buyin' suitable
giffs for friends. kinfolks and well wish
ers, and recsidn' IN return several hand
sornely smbQssed christmas cards. souvenir
postals pair Of embroidered pink satin
gslluses with purple moss roses on 'em
and gilded corn sob with a nineteen-cent
thermometer pasted onto 1t and red rib
bon bow to hang it up by. For its size.
It's one Of the most reliable and steady
thermometers I ever seen I've had 1t
resisterin sixty-eight in the shade all
that time regardless OF existin' condi-
tons It's a great comfort. I want to tell
you. to have thermometer that don't 60
fuctuatin' mp and down at every little
change in tSe weather.
Yes, Christmas is now over and the
Old year Is now on its last legs or it's
last lap. dependin' on whether you like
to think of 1t as standin' up or settin'
down. But few more 1eetin' hours and
then the church bells will chime and the
whistles will blow and the bartender will
bring q fresh round, and at my humble
domicile, down In Galloway county. Kin
lucky. the rural free delivery route mail
carrier-his name il Bud Haslett. and
he's; one of the freest mail carriers and
one of the most rural there .is-wtll de-
liver two missives from the local bank.
r
.'One of 'em will be q calendar Of 1912.
with q picture on 1T shown a mighty
nice girl with no clothes on to speak OF
standin' out In a snowstorm wisatn' for
somebody to, come along and take her for
= sleigh ride, and the other a notice that
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spring and summer weas during the en-
sum year.
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TO . s. - SlSS =
.-:.- -- -.--::--, =-~s.z
o 1912
Lunatics treated criminals there insane
asylums
Charity .Oord but practice
There were no La.u schoouOonen could not
college,
Child foggng and wife beating personal privileges
with which the law did not concern ITSELF
Intolerance king and FA TALLSN and SUPERSTITION
were prime in the government of the mind
what fathers made of themselves and for
themselves with what inadequate and clumsy tools with
and information they Wrought, and
despair you dare to faher-f dare to doubt
you dare wn1per dare let feather mouk from tho
beating .Dings of ambition, disgrace the name OF MAN.
RISE! and up-the road is clear-a splendid glo-
ous future calls confidence and you TO
the battle for bettern1ent.
BELIEVE! The faith of all the sages of all the has
been fulfilled.
Take hear-aI you who liue in pain-ithin daya week
month xho knows) blindness and and paralysis
may be conquered
DARE ON You, whose souls bruised with past defeats
myriad minds opportunity the desert and
in the and the city, rainbow wder of and
fairer before arched the EARTH the
heavens.
HERE'S TO 1912!