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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-13
FINANCIAL & COMMERCIAL.
Cincinnati Produce Market.

Cincinnati July Il. 1916.
PORK-frm, at $50 O0G
LARD-steam l2t4 az kettle, l4sl+-.
BULK MEATS-shoulders 81. O. Clear rib sides
llasa-; clear sides l2-g.
Observation-Disclosures 90 d; clear rib sides l2s.
a.; clear sides l3h9-.
WHISKEY-ll6-a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-13
New York Money Market.
EVENING REPoRr.
New York. 4,

New York. July IL. 1875.
Money easy at lXaak per Ct. on call, Sterling ex
change was firm, at 4s6ka4s7 for bankers 60 days
sn edfing f., demand Gold opened lox
eau cOseo Ida witnsaes at l5x. Rates paid for
ceiPts siao,o The Assist Treasurer paid out
s31oooo in interest! andI$ COO in redemption Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-13
MASSACHUSETTS.
Suicide.

Fitchburg, July ~. Jackson Burr, a promi-
nent and wealthy citizen of Ashby, hung himself
in his barn, Sunday noon. lie had been me ntally
depressed for some weeks, but no cause i, as
signed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-13
TAXES! TAXES!

The undersigned, Treasurer and Colec,o of
Taxes for the city of Augusta for the year ls-5,
hereby gives notice, that by voe of the Guy Coun-
ell passed at its regular ting in April last that
all persons voluntarily paying the taxes assessed
against than on or before the 10Th day OF August
next, " II! be allo@eda
DISCOUNT OF 8 PER CENT,
Except on their Poll Taxes; and all taxes
remaining unpaid on The LIST day of October next,
will be charged with interest till paid. The village
School District Taxes for the same year have also
been committed to me Tor collection on The same
conditions, and us am required by my warrant OF
commitment to com lete and make my collections
OF the whole sum or before the LIST dav of March
1876. all persons therefore respectfully request
ed 10 maze payment of said taxes in season to avail
themse elves OF the benefit Of said discount.
j. S. TURNER, Collector.
Augusta July s, 1915. julyl3 i3w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-13
Sudden Death.

Joseph Blake, gardener for the late Hon. Alyal
Croker for 81 years, died instantly this morning
after working IN the barn. He leaves a wife ant
two children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-13
Body Recovered.


Gloucester, July II. The body of Robert O.
Thomas, who was drowned yesterday noon by the
capsizing Of yacht off Paw lion beach, was re-
covered last evening. The yacht was dragged
ashore and Thomas was found in the bow Of the
boat, clinging TO the mast, hand tightly grasp
ing the rope. Thomas was seen about ID minutes
before the accident, alone, instead of having
gentleman companion with him, as reported yester-
day.
Fire.
Springfield, July II. Martins block, Pittsfeld,
was Quilted by fire at an early hour this morning.
Loss $50, 900; partially insured.
Lost Overheard.
Boston, July p. The steamer Carroll reports
that her voyage to this port she lost overheard
Peter johnson, seaman.
Body Found.
The body Of John Martin, SIX years old, miss
ing for week past, was found this afternoon in
dock at Commercial Wharf.
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Wanted.

( CAPABLE GIRL, to 10 general ework
n Appiyto
ulyl3 tlw' MRS. LALLY, Elm ST,
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
TO The
daily Eennebee gonrnal.
POKTLAN ND.

Census of School Children.
Portland, July IL. The census of the school
children Of this city gives the following national-
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1Harrteb.

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
How to Know the Age of a Horse.

THE colt is born with twelve grinders
When four front teeth have made their ap
pearance the colt is twelve days old; anG
when the next four come forth it is foul
weeks old. When the corner teeth appear
the colt is eight months old; and wher
the latter have attained the height of the
front teeth it is one year old.
The two-years colt has the kernel-tht
dark substance in the middle of the tooth's
crown-ground out of all the front teeth
In the third year the middle front teeth
are being shifted, and when three years
old these are substituted for the horse
teeth. The next four teeth are shifted in
the fourth year and the corner teeth in the
fifth.
At six years the kernel is worn out Of
the middle front teeth, and the bride
teeth have attained their full growth.
At seven years hook has been formed
on the corner teeth of the upper jaw; the
kernel of the teeth next to the middle
fronts is worn out, and the bridle-teeth
begin to wear off.
At eight years of age the kernel is worn
out of all the lower front teeth, and be
gins to decrease in the middle upper
front
In the ninth year the kernel has wholly
disappeared from the upper middle front
teeth. The hook on the corner teeth has
increased in size as the bridle-teeth lose
their points.
In the tenth year the kernel has worn
out of the teeth next to the middle fronts
of the upper jaw; and in the eleventh
year the kernel has entirely vanished from
the corner teeth of the same jaw,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
CarnivOrOus Plants.

THE British HedicdI Journal states that
at the last meeting of the Edinburgh Botan-
ical Society DR.. T. A. G. Baliour reported
some interesting experiments on the
DionGa mtscipala Venus Fly-trap, native
of Wilmington, N. c.. The irritability
under which the leaf contracts seems to be
limited to six delicate hairs that are so
situated on the surface of the leaf that an
insect must brush them in Crowding over
it. DR.. Baltiour touched every other part
of the Leaf with a needle, and no response
followed but the instant the base of one
of the leaves was hit the leaf closed quick
as a flash. Chlorotorm dropped on a hair
caused the leaf TO close Immediately, but
shut upon an object incapable of affording
nutrition, like bit of wood or dried fly,
it opened again very soon. But, when ii
closed upon a live fly, caterpillar or spider,
the contraction lasted for about three
weeks, during which time the inner sur
face of the leaf gave out a vscous, acid secrc
ton. Itwas noted, also, that this viscid sc,
erection was only produced when an insect
was captured. In the case Of fat spider
it was very abundant, but, when a shriv-
eled fly was inclosed, very little was
poured out AS evidence that the plant
obtains nourishment from the insects thus
captured and digested, DR.. Balfour pointed
to the facts thatyoung plants Of the Djonea
placed under bell glasses, from which, OF
course, insects were excluded, did not
thrive as well as those that were left free
and that while bit of beef wrapped in a
leaf of any other plant became putrid, a
bit inclosed by the DiOn9a remained en-
tirely inodorous, but soon lost its red color
and was gradually disintegrated and re-
duced to pulp.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
COmmOn.Sense i'm Flowing.

TEAMS drawing loads on the roads get
a breathing spell on the descending
ground, while in blowing the draft is the
same from morning till night There is a
certain number of pounds that a team can
draw day after day and not worry them,
but if more be added, even as little as tf-
teen or twenty pounds, they walk INSTEAD
lily, fret and soon tire. No amount of
feeding will keep them in condition. have
many plows in use on which it has been
an easy matter to decrease the draft TWEEN
ty-tive pounds, and if men had been draw
ing them instead of horses it would have
been done. 1t must be plain to the farmer
that every pound taken off from the draft
off his pillow is so much gained for his
horses. 1t may be done in this way:
For any soil except sand or gravel, use
steel pillow. Their cost is but little more,
and the draft enough less pay the differ
ence in blowing twenty acres In blowing
sod the Golfer does good deal Of the
work and should be kept sharp by forging
at the blacksmiths and grinding every
day if necessary. OF course it will wear
out sooner, but new Golfers are cheaper
than new teams. Set the Golfer in line
with the pillow, the edge square in front,
with an angle of forty-tive degrees from
the point to where it is attached to the
beam. When the share gets worn out it
is poor economy to use it any longer, but
replace it with a new one. Let the traces
be as short as will allow the horses to
walk without hitting their heels against
the whiti1etrees, and have just pressure
enough Of the wheels on the ground to
make the pillow run steady. If the handles
crowd continually one way, the draft is
not right and, if the pillow is a good one,
it can be easily remedied at the clevis. To
prevent the horses stepping over the traces
in turning, tasten a weight of about three
fourths of a pound on the outside of each
ngletree-that is, on the right end when
you turn to the left, and rice gersa Every
observing farmer knows that horses are
susceptible to kindness and equally so to
unkindness. | have seen horses that were
working steadily made reckless with
sweat, in short time, by sharp word or
a jerk on the bit. Let your horses do
their work as you do yours, as easily as
possible, and be as willing to overlook
their mistakes as you would the mistakes
Of human beings-PracticalF Farmer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

the systematic cultivation of the earth, a
large supply of insect-food causes cor
responding increase of insects, and, for
cogent reasons, without corresponding
increase of birds-one reason being that
no species of birds are the special foes Of
insects prevalent in particular seasons;
another being that insectpropagation is
so extremely prolific when the conditions
are suited thereto. Therefore let us use
wise discretion in the protection OF birds
and as careful discretion in killing
them.
Birds destructive to one class of cult
vators may be beneficial to another, and
rice persa. When they are taking more
than their share, one class may be killing
them, while the other is protecting; and
here again. the natural law of self-preser-
walton becomes apparent. Ia the northern
portions of Illinois, robins, cat-birds,
| orioles, thrushes, etc, are not generally re-
garded as destructive, but rather as being
beneficial, and for the reasons that the
culture of fruit is not then the leading in,
dustry, and orchards, at the time of ripen.
ing their fruits, are, in many instances,
watched. In the fruit-regions in the more
southern portions of the State these birds
are justly regarded as being the most inim-
ical of the feathered creation
We hold that the determination of any
of our birds would be serious evil that,
if the cultivator would take the same pains
to prevent injury by birds as he must in
certain seasons, to prevent the ravages OF
insects, and often failing even with the
help of birds, he would soon come to
know and to discriminate between those
most truly his friends and those more de-
structive to his crops Farm and Gar
den," an Chicago Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

GEO. P. RowELL & Co., Al Park Row, New
York. 1t is indeed no surprise that their
house is so prosperous, and that they are the
leading advertising agents in the world. We
would prefer, so far as we are concerned, to
have a column or more of miscellaneous
advertisements from this firm than to re-
Ceive the same amount made up of one d.
rect from each house on their list. The COM
mission allowed is saved us by losses, as
they pay every cent they contract for, and
pay it promptly, and the keeping of one
open account with such firm is much pleas
anter than with the thousand persons whom
they send us advertisements for. They do
an honorable, legitimate business on bust
ness basis. If publishers having dealings
with them want anything in their line-and
they supply everything from spring bod
kin to a cylinder press-types, inks and all
they fill their orders promptly, at manufac-
turers' prices, and we can say that we have
received the best newspaper and book ink
ever furnished us and at lower price than
we ever bought for elsewhere. The Repubi-
ran has had dealings with this house for over
| six years, and in all that time we never have
had any reason to complain of our treatment
-lNeriden Gonna Republican.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
The Bird Question.

A CORRESPONDENT last week asked
:" Are there any birds that do more good
than harm?" To answer this question in
a general way all that would be necessary
to say would be: Yes, very many.
From scientific standpoint birds are
one of the forces which nature employs
to keep other forces in check. From an
aesthetic view they are beautiful creatures
given by Providence to help glorify the
earth.
Certain birds are not at all injurious to
the farmer, as the oriole, the cat-bird,
robin, cherry bird, etc. On the other
hand there are birds particularly destruc-
tive to the farmer at certain seasons, as
the red-winged blackbird. The first birds
mentioned are especially obnoxious to the
fruitgrower, while the blackbird is not.
So the quail, prairie-fowl and all others of
the gallinaceous family eat grain largely
at such seasons as they cannot find in
sects and yet there are none that should
be more carefully fostered by all classes
than not only these, but all that class of
land birds usually denominated game
birds.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
Served Him Right.

THE Portland (Me) AdUerttser describes
the following adventure ofMr. John Neal,
the veteran author, poet and critic of that
city:
Anumber ofOur oldest citizens, including
John Neal, Judge Howard, T. c. Hersev,
and others, were riding up home in the
street cars, about six p. m, as is their
wont, when two young roughs, perhaps
twenty-five or twenty three years of age,
jumped on the front platform Of the car,
one of them putting away at villainous
cigar. The front door was open and the
clouds of smoke rolling in the car almost
choked the occupants. AT last one of the
older gentlemen could stand it no longer,
and so remarked, at which one of the
others touched the smoker, saying that the
smoke was very offensive, and that the
rules Of the company did notpermit smok-
ng on the car s. To this appeal the man
paid no more attention than if he had been
a statue. Mr.. John Neal, leaning for
ward, remarked as follows: Young
man, that smoke is very offensive, and you
must put that cigar OUT
as that so, old man." replied the
rough, lazily looking over his shoulder at
Mr.. Neal, without removing his cigar
from his mouth.
The color in the old gentleman's face
rose steadily, but depressing his wrath he
again remarked: Young man, that
cigar must be put out, Smoking is not al
lowed on the cars"
"Well, old man, what are you going to
do about its" replied the rough.
With the quickness of lightning Mr..
Neal made bound on to that platform,
seized the cigar from the mans mouth
and flung it in the street. With one hand
he grasped the rough by the nape of the
neck and with the other by the left fore
arm, raised him off his feet and dashed
him to the platform, and as he placed his
foot on him he exclaimed in quivering
tones: Thank your stars, young man, l
did not pitch you into the street after your
cigar"
The fellow was completely cowed
When we remember that Mr. Neal is
eighty-four years old, the mere physical
energy and power displayed was some
thing remarkable. Every one will say
that he served the rough just right.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

THE lovers of the marvellous should
hasten to make trip to New Guinea, in
the East Indies. In the first place it is al
most terra incognita, and therefore a com.
paratively virgin field for exploration
and, secondly, its productions are of so
wonderful character that hyperbole and
exaggeration can only family do justice to
the subject. Munchausen was prodig-
ious liar, but if he had visited New Guinea
his resources in the art in which he ex-
celled would have failed in the presence of
realities more incredible than his most in.
genious fabrications. A book on this re-
markable region, by Capt. Lawson, de-
scribes, among other things, butterflies
whose expanded wings measure a foot
across, scorpions and spiders thirteen
inches long, apes over five feet high,
snakes forty feet long, trees 337 feet high,
and, to crown all, cataract 900 feet wide,
with fall of 179 feet, and mountain
overlapping by more than 5000 feet the
giant Mount Everset in the Himalayas.
hitherto the highest known mountain in
the world .-Intelliqencer,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

WHEN a Frenchman in a cafe puts two
of the little slabs of white sugar in his
coffee and the remaining two in his peck
ct it is not mcanness, but economy. The
four consccratcd to the demitasSe are paid
for; and the purchaser may carry them
home to the canary bird, present them to
the children of the concierge as a means
of maintaining pleasant relations with
that person, or keep them for eau sucree.
Life is not large as in the United States,
where there is elasticity in the incomes.
Here they are fixed; so much year,
month and day. The line about the budg-
ct of expense is rigid, especially in the
case of small renters, who abound in
France. The man of 5000 francs year
rides on the top of the omnibus for three
sous; reads the paper in one of the small
reading rooms for four sous; smokes one
or two sous worth of Caporal tobacco a
day in pipe; goes to the theater once a
week for three to five francs, and to the
cafe chantant once or twice, where his
c0ns0nundti0n costs him ten sous each
time; he eats two-franc dinners, followed
by that indispensable black coffee, for six
sous, with one or two sous gratuity, at one
of the second-class cafes The chief part
of his time he strolls on the boulevards,
looking in at the windows or the people
never failing, under any circumstances, to
admire pretty woman-and in sitting in
the public gardens, all of which is gratui-
tous pleasure.-AibeT Rhodes French at
Home"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

THE following were among the eccen,
tricities of Minnesota tornado A pine
stick two inches square was driven into
an elm-tree with such force that it was
fairly bedded in the living wood. A
woman, Mrs. Patrick Tully, was carried a
distance of five rods, clear across one
ravine and deposited in another. A farm
er named Edward Pareau, living two
miles south of Mendoza, owned little
flock of fifteen sheep when the storm
struck his place, and of this number elev-
en- were missing. Subsequently eight of
them were found in the tree-tops, fully one
mile from his house. Two of them were
found pinned together by board that had
been driven through the bodies of the poor
animals and then into the ground, a fact
which will be considered as suggestive of
new mode for "stringing" mutton
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

At twelve years old the crowns Oh all
the front teeth in the lower jaw have De-
come triangular, and the bridle-teeth are
much worn down. As the horse advances
in age the gums shrink away from the
teeth, which consequently receive long,
narrow appearance, and their kernels have
metamorphosed into darkish point, gray
hairs increased in the forehead, over the
chin assumes the shape of an eagle
- Rii1,nL Sun.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

To solder German silver pour out
some spirits of salt into an carthenware or
other dish, and put piece of zinc in it.
Then scrape the parts clean that are to be
soldcrcd and paint over with the spirits of
salt Next put a piece of pewter solder on
the joint and apply the blow-pipc to it.
Melt five parts of German silver and four
parts Of zinc into thin cakes, then powder
it for solder.-RWrdL Nctc Torhtr.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

An Irish gentleman of the agricultural
persuasion being recommended by friend
ly adviser to heap Goals of fire on the head
of an aggravating wife, went home and
did so. Her recovery is doubtful, and the
prisoner is remanded.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

THE 18th of July, by the Roman Cath
Ole calendar, was Swithin's Day, Of which
it is written:
St. Swithn's Day, gif We do rain, for forty
days it will remain:
St. Swithin's Day, and We be fair, for forty
days twill rain nae mair.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

A PHILADELPHIA went rowing in a
skeleton boat the other day and strapped
himself fast for some reason or other. BY
an accident the boat was overturned and
the young man, being unable to extricate
himself or right the boat, was drowned.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

A CONTEMPORARY wonders whether
Cain and Abel ever had the mumps or the
whooping-cough. Very probably: It's
certain, at all events, that their mother had
Adam.-Nelo York Commercial AdUertiSer
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

We like to see man reasonably quiet
and peaceable, but when he stands in one
place long enough for the wasps to build a
nest in his hair he ought to be kicked into
some sort of Observation-Disclosures,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

BOSTON has tenement population of
$1,000 persons, representing 1900 fami-
lies, crowded into $1,000 rooms in 2,63s
houses.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

PERsoNAL~-E. q. Cabiness, Forsyth, Ga
"SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR received
This medicine l had previously used in my
family, and | willingly bear testimony to its
beneficial effects"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

The Winnemueca New farmer sits
on the fence with shotgun to save his
crops from the rabbits.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

A CROWD of "Horse Men," and others,
dailv tbrong the stores in country and town
for Sheridan's Caualry Condition Poscders:
They understand that horses cannot be Kep.
in good condition without them, ana WIN,
them can be on a much less quantity oil
grain.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

WuHoFT's FEVER AND AeUH TOME
This medicine is used by construction COM
nanies for the benefit of their employees when
Engaged in malarial districts. The highest
testimonials have been given by conIracsol .
r raI in the South and West. When
men are congregated in large numbers in 1 the
nniahhorhood Of swamps and rivers, Will
h hefS Tonic will prove valuable addition
to the stock of medicines, and will amply re-
ward the company in the saving OF Tune
labor and ndR mo1 Fis1A Hs & Co., Propristor',
New Orleans. .
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

For picking or table use Prussing's White
Wine Vinegar is unrivaled. Try it.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
Fon sALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

THE relaxing power Of Joh"son's Am "oa q
Ltnin,emt is truly wonderful: Cases .; afo Cd
limbs have been limbered and straightened,
by , it. When used for this purpose the part
sbonld be washed and rubbed Thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cold and rub 1t Twin tne
hand
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
The Farm-Yard Club
of l0tham"

Is the title of the agricultural dept Of the BosToN
WEEKLY GLOBE, and ii is edited by DR.. George b.
Lorng, President of the New England Agricultural
Society. Send so cents TO THE GLOBE PUBLISHING
age free.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29

Asthma and CaIarrh.-see ID. Laheeil au' T.