The Republican journal., 1885-09-24

The races were postponed until Wednesday
a. M when they resulted as follows: In the
three minute class, the purse of 500 was d.
yided; first, B. Woodbury's Canariss; second,
Black Dan; best time 2.41k. In the two year
old stakes, 800, G. II. Bailey withdrew. q. II.
Nelson's Wilkes won first money; no time
given. In the 2.27 class the purse of $3.50 was
divided as follows: First, H. NJ Beams Me-
Lain; second, |. p. Woodbury's Mischievous
Jack; third, c. II. Nelson's Jersey Lily; best
time, 2.354. The three year ODDS purse of $50
was divided as follows: First, Nelson's Nelson;
second, f. j. Lawrence; best time 2.3l2.
sroRR's SPEECH AT MARANoCooK.
When Emory Storrs. the Chicago orator just
deceased, was before new audience, he al
ways had to overcome the prejudice naturally
created by his under size and poor appearance.
never saw stronger instance of this than at
Lake Maranocook, in Maine, upon the opening
day of the Blaine-LOgan campaign of last year.
Mr.. Blaine had just left the stand after
nouncing to the audience that one of the most
famous orators of the West was about TO adj
dress them. Mr.. Storrs barely came up 10 Mr..
Blaine's shoulder The physical contrast be-
tween the two men was very striking. One
was TALL dignitied, one of the most distinguish
ed looking men of his time. The other was
one of the most obscure and insignificant look
ing. The audience was made up of tiinty-
faced, inexpensive Maine farmers. The Maine
audiences rarely applaud. They are very ST.
lent. They listen without sign of approval or
disapproval, and such Il thing as a laugh at the
sally of an orator is almost unknown in the
history of political campaigns there. Storrs
faced this cold audience with great courage
He began Ill as solemn and sepuichral a way as
if he were at a funeral, and then launched out
INTO vein OF grotesquely biting humor that
appeared 10 strike the right vein in this most
critical of audiences. Ills humor was OF kind
that had "A most savage sting. The scorpion
twist in the tail of each one of his paragraphs
stimulated his audience to an emotion of eX-
element and pleasure. Cast-irOn faces, which
had not melted into the semhlancc of smile
for years, relaxed. | remember one ancient
farmer who sat upon the stand just by the side
of Storrs He laughed several times during
the speech, and complained bitterly afterwards
that his face aehed on account of the uncXpect-
ed use to which certain muscles Of it had been
put. I. {. Crawford in \. Y. World.
THE sARDINE INDUSTRY.
circular issued by the American sardine
exchange at Eastport, in this State, says that
the scarcity of this fish is greater than ever be-
fore. TIL factories have not had fish for days
together and during the past week the supply
has almost entirely failed. 1t is feared that the
wholesale slaughter In recent years of the
mother fist. to meet the constantly Increasing
demand for frozen herring in the winter. has
much to do with the present scarcity of fish for
sardlne purposes. Ii is also feared. that. as in
the case of the menhaden (porgies), which
We're very abundant on the coast of Maine, but
have entirely disappeared since 1Sl5,-some
mysterious or undiscovered cause may be now
at work to e>trange the small sardine from our
waters. he small quantities of sardines
packed SO far this season have been absorbed
by an active demand as rapidly as they could
be got ready for shipment Not more than Ten
weeks remain in which a supply may be eX-
peCted and it is more than likely that the
close OF the present season will find the mark n
comparatively bare of the commodity. AL
though, under the law. packers may resume
operations on the fifteenth day of April, they
prefer not TO do so, because fish from that
time until July are poor III quality and gener-
ally 50 scarce, that it does not pay to run the
factories. II will be seen, therefore. that from
the close of the present season nearly seven
months mus. intervene, before, with any degree
OF success. active operations may be resumed,
and before new supplies OF domestic sardineS
can be expected on the market. Acting upon
these considerations it has been voted by the
exchange to advance prices.