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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-22

GARDINER, MAY 81.
The hardest rain storm which has visited
the city this season poured torrents Of water
into the streets nearly all day. But little
business has been done, people generally
prnferriuQ to remain in door.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-22
The Kentucky Trots.

LAToNIA. Ky, May 2l.
Weather cool and track in good condition.
First Selling, - mile Macaulsy
lst, Kedar Khan "a, LsndlaIy 2l. Time
l3l.
Second Race Fiye-eighths mile, Avon
dale st, Lord Peylon 2i, Zalika Sd. Time
OF
Third race Selling, 3-4 mile, Nay o. lst,
Obeli.k 2d. Neva G. 81 Time, ll6 3 l.
Fourth Rsce-One mile, Trust lst, Prince
Fortunatus %, Mollie s. Last 30. Time,
i3 81,
Fifth Clydesdales stakes for two
vear-od tilles; ; mile. Flyaway LIST.
Daisy F. "a, Dilemma Sd. Time, LOS ~
How the Colts Behaved at Gravessnd
GRAvEs.Sp, L. l., May 81.
The weather was pleasant but the track
heavy The races were as follows
First race-Three eighths of a mile, was
won by Bessie June with Reveller second,
Brittanie third. Time. LOS.
second Handicap sweepstakes
/ Lie miles, was won by Joel Lee with
Trrnv second, Fitzroy third. Time, | 81
Third race Clover stakes, two-yesr-oit
fIlies. tive-eighths of a mile, was won by
r clare with Homeopathy second Leda third
Time, l.04 4,
Fourth race-park Way handicap, three
year old- and upwards, l-i6 miles. was wor
hv Now or Never with Swift second, Dun
boyue third. Time, l.53 II.
Fifth race-Fiye-eighths of a mile, wa
won bv Chaos with Civil Service second
Poiishah third. Time, ~.
sixth -rhree-fourths of mile wa
won by Battersby with Umpire second, Col
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-22
SEASONS SPORTS.
SeX York and Washington League Win
nerS--Othef Games Postponed.
ReecGds Made by the Colts al Yester
days Races.

At Washington.
45G7s9
Washington, 20 3 0 0 . O-l3
( Chicago, 5000 lO2 o. {
Hts. Chicago II Washington l3 Errors,
Chicago Is, Washington 7. Batteries Fer
son agd MACK Hutchinson and Flint
At New York
l2345 56 7s9
New York, 3 90 % 0 0 o. .
Pittsburg, o. 0 o / 0 O. 4
Hits. New York 8, Pittsburg 8 Errors,
New York 9. Pittsburs 10. Batteries, Welch
and Ewing Staley and Miller
At lphia-Game postponed on ac-
count of wet grounds.
At Boston-Game postponed on account of
wet grounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
The MilIiOnaire's Revenge,

We have a venerable millionaire in
town with the face of a Peabody, from
whom we expect great things in be-
nevolence by and by-say when he is
dead. But, meantime. he gives
precious little to any body OF anything,
so that he may have as much as posi-
BILE to give away. suppose. Being a
professional money-maker. he is not a
generous persOn-EO, nor even a
liberal one. He is constantly saying
and doing small and mean things.
Among his many desirable bits of real
estate is fine double corner lot facing
three streets at the end of a block in
the heart of the city. 1t is the only
vacant lot for blocks around. The old
gentleman has kept it empty even OF a
decent fence forge while he awaited
the gradual accumulation of the s'un-
earned increment But recently ne
has had a quarrel with one OF the
doctors whose offices line both sides OF
the street at this point, and to pi9ae
his enemy he has leased this fine cor
ner lot to tombstone manufacturer,
VINO has promptly covered the lot with
tall and short monuments in all kinds
of marble and granite. Ali the doctors
are angry, some of them furiously. but
our future philanthropist only chuckles
quietly to himself Washington Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Youthful Old Men.

The English papers state that Mr..
Gladstone, who will be 80 years old
the 29th of next December, is IN the
enjoyment of excellent health, and is
able to fell trees for exercise with
much of his former vigor. This state
ment has been copied all over the
United States, as if it were something
remarkable that man who has reach
ed Mr.. Gladstone's age should be able
to indulge in any active exercise. We
have in Washington many gentlemen
who are older than the great English
statesman, and who are alert both
mentally and physically. Ex-Associate
Justice William Strong of the Supreme
Court is one OF them Judge Strong
is in his SD year, but gives no indica-
ton that he is physically infirm. lie
is about five feet ten inches in height
and is rather slight. His hair is snow
white, his eye blue, aud his face clean
ly shaven, with a good healthy color
in it. He walks erect, and his step Is
as firm and elastic as a man many
years Younger Judge Strong does
not initiate Mr.. Gladstone in the use of
the ak, but he is as equally a good pc
destrian, and to his love of walking he
attributes largely his good health and
cheerful temperament. = Washington
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01

An effort is making in Australia to
restrict by law the reckless slaughter
OF kangaroos. The great market for
kangaroo skins is the United States.
and so high price is paid for them
that the Young animals are killed in
sucn numbers as TO threaten the rapid
extinction of these singular creatures
unless etfectual measures are taken for
their preservation.
Princess Stephanie, widow of the
late Austrian Crown Prince. will carry
10 ner grave scar caused by a blow
which he dealt her in one of his fits of
fury. The Princess is a mueh hand
somer woman than she appears in anv
OF her photographs, for her great charm
hes IN her coloring, in the whiteness of
her skin. the delicate azure of her eyes
and the golden lustre of her hair.
The making of horse car line from
Cairo to the Pyramids is likely to be-
come completed fact before lone
The money to be paid for the goverS-
ment concession has been actually
handed over to the official concerned
and preliminary operations already
commenced. The next step will proba-
bly, be letting out the sides of the
Pyramids to some Yankee for adyer-
Using purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
The Innocent Beauty of To-Day.

The innocent girl of to-day is an in
teresting study. She wears gown OF
white surah: it's gathered at the waist
and perhaps shocked a little, but
around the lower edge there is moth.
ing but deep hem; the bodice is a
round plated one of the silk; Toby
frill is about her neck and a ribbon
girdle encircles her waist. The sleeves
are full, puffed bishop ones, and or
her head is a big Leghorn hat with an
innocent looking bunch of flowers oD
it and little grass. She looks from
under her hat and wonders show the
gentlemen know so much" and sis it
really true that some of them drink
whisky" and ''can anybody have the
heart to say that the girls in the chorus
are even little. tiny bit fast"-and
she shutters so when she says fast, as
if she were saying something that be-
gan with great big d; then she
'swonders where mamma is, and is
afraid she's done something wrong"
and hopes you will not misunderstood
her. And o, dear, she is so frightened
The chances are that you have misun-
derstood her. That innocent get-up is
a snare and a deIHsiOn. The feet 10
their soft leather shoes can dance Wig
orously until o'clock in the morning
the 1.-the figure that is half revealed
and half concealed in the full skirt can
assume bathing dress that is, to put
it mildly, rather scant, and the small
hands that seem almost afraid to peep
out from the big sleeves can hold 8
full hand in poker, or deity pile chips
at roulette table. The eyes that look
30 frightened from under that hat can
pick out winning horse, and the
sweet red lips that were so afraid OF
saying something that would be mis-.
understood can give business-like
order to district messenger boy about
exactly how her S. is to be played
If danger turks in the eyes of any wo-
man it may be stated as fact that it's
a thousand times more dangerous when
the eyes look frightened and the entire
woman herself is metaphorically rely
ing upon you TO see her through the
wiles of this wicked world.-Nes0 YORK.
G2gDhIc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Nobody Else.
D careful and brisk,

Two little hands so careful and brisk,
Putting the tea things away;
While mother is resting awhile IN her cnalr,
For she has been busy all day.
And the dear little fingers are working for
love,
Although they are tender and wee.
'pll do it so nicely she says TO herself
There's nobody else, you see-
Two little feet just scampered upstairs,
For papa will quickly be here;
And his shoes must be ready and warm by
the fire
That is burning so bright and so clear,
Then she must climb on chair to keep
He cannot come in without me.
When mother is tired / open the door
There's nobody else, you see."
Two little arms around papas dear neck.
And a soft downy cheek against his own;
For out of the nest so coy and bright
The little ones mother has flown.
She brushes the tear drops away, and she
thinks;
Now he has no one but me.
Imusn't give way; that would make him so
sad
And there's nobody else, you see."
Two little tears on the pillow, unshed,
Dropped from the two pretty eyes.
Two little arms stretching out in the dark,
Two little faint sobbing cries.
Papa forgot Z was always walked up
w hen he whispered goodnight to me.
o, mother, come back, just to kiss me in
There's nobody else, you see."
Little true heart, if mother can look
Out from her home in the skies,
She will not pass to her heaven of rest
While the tears dim her little ones eyes.
If God has shed sorrow around US just now,
Yet his sunshine is ever to be!
And He is the comfort for every ones pain
Mary Hodges
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
The Slot Machine in Church..

The latest automatic novelty, which
has become the craze in England, is
the box placed convenient in. churches
and chapels for the purpose of pro-
viding folks with hymn-books. The
box is a small wooden affair with a
slide lid. On the lid there is this in
scription: place one penny ia. the
box and obtain the use of a. hVmn-
book"
1t is quite a scientific arrangement
and works easily. When a. penny is
placed in the box it acts on, a spring
which throws open the slide lid. dis
closing the hymn-book. The penny
drops down a secret slit in the lid and
Is hidden from view and secured from
removal. 1t seems almost like a re-
Election on the worshipers,. for the
automatic beauty of the workmanship.
is that the door or lid cannot be shut
until,th ver9er himself takes. the coin
out, when the hymn-book is, replaced
and the door is fastened. There is
also an indicator inside the BOX which
shows how many coins have been put
in, so that even the verger has to be
honest.
What the future of the slot and
''slide'' may be who can tell? Per-
haps when pneumatic tubes become as
popular as telephones and are attached
to our houses and stores shopping will
be done by developments OF the slot
and slide.
Drop dollar in the. slot and re-
ceive your groceries for the day. may
some day be as common as ice cards. An
English church has already ordered 500
automatic slide nvmu-book boxes for
its free seats. Boston Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
THE PRAIRlE-DOG.
Something About the Little DweIler of the
Western Plains.

Maj. Benteen. who is spending his
retirement in Atlanta. says the C0nsti-
tuition Of that place. was one of the
bravest frontier officers and led part
of the Custer expedition which ended
SO fatally. He is great observer of
natural history, and his narrative of
stories about animals is quite as bril-
liant as are his recitals of army incl
dents. Not a blade of grass will
grow" said he, ''where prairie-dog
takes up his abode.
THE prairie-dog lives in burrows.
The burrows run down to a depth of
five or six feet, then they turn upward,
running near the surface of the ground
for several feet The reason they make
this turn in the burrows is to prevent
water from drowning them out, and to
take more precaution they work the
dirt up around the mouth of their bur-
rows to the height of a foot, some
times more. There are great many
mistakes concerning the habits of
these ingenious little animals. Some
claim that if one is shot near his bur-
row he will crawl back into his bur-
row before he dies, but that is all a
mistake. have shot them while they
would be in the mouth of their burrow
and then take them out. Some think
that prairie-dog enters his burrOw at
the coming of winter and remains there
until spring calls him forth, but that
is another mistake | have seen them
walking in the snow hunting for some
thing to eat They live on grasses
and roots and prickly pear. or cactus,
as it is called by some
The prairie dog is about the size of
fox squirrel and is almost the color
of one. They are very destructive to
crops. The farmers poison thousands
of them, but it seems as if the old adj
dage of killing one fly ten will take its
place has reference to the prairle-dog.
Another tale is told of the prairie-dog
that the rattlesnake, the prairie owl,
and the prairie-dog all live in the same
burrow, but that is the greatest mis-
take of all. The owl and the rattle
snake do not live in the towns, or
rather the rattlesnake dies in the
prairie-dog town, for no sooner does
he enter a burrow than the dogs col
lect and commence filling up the bur-
row, and is the RATHER has gone up too
far to hear them his doom is, sealed,
but if he is near the mouth of the bur-
row he will come out as soon as pos
sible. When the owl takes up his
abode in burrow the dog leaves it
and goes to another burrow. They
never try to fill up burrow when an
owl goes in, probably because they
think there is not as much harm in an
owl as there is in a rattlesnake."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Fallacies About Night Air

An extraordinary fallaey is the
dread of night air. What air can we
breathe at night bat night aira The
choice is between pure night air from
without and foul air from within.
Nest people prefer the latter-an I'M
accountable choice. What will they
say If it has been proved to be true that
fully One-half of all the diseases we
suffer from are occasioned by people
sleeping with their windows shut. AL
open window most nights In the year
eau never hurt any one. In great
cities night air is often the best and
purest to be had in twenty-four hours
One could better understand shutting
the windows in town during the day
than during the night for the sake of the
sick. The absence of smoke, the quiet,
all tend to make the night the best
time for airing the patient. Always
air your room. then, from the outside,
if possible. Windows are made to
open, doors are made to shut-a truth
which seems extremely difficult Of APP
prehension. Every room must be aired
from without, every passage from with
in.-SanjjarQ IF0rld
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Kicks Flour Palace.

Mr.. Lick was never married. but,
like many of the bachelors, as Shaks-
peare indifferently called the member
of either sex, he had his experience
One of his apparently unexplaina-
BILE freaks in California, SAYS the Balti-
more american, was to build a mill
which was eeiled with mahogany and
other beautiful woods and finished in
the most expensive style.
There seemed to be no reason for
this form of extravaganza folly until .
little romance of his early life came
out.
Before he went to learn the organ
making business he had been appren-
ticed to wealthy miller in Pennsyl.
vanla who had pretty daughter.
Lick was comedy and plucky youth
and the two fell in love-
Full of hope and the prospect of
happiness the young man applied to
the girls father, giving him full
information as to both their wishes.
Whereupon the rich Pennsylvania
Dutchman became indignant and
secuted the idea exclaiming:
''Out, you beggar! Dare you cast
eyes upon my daughter, who will in
herit all my property9 Have you q
mill like thisp Have you single penny
in your purse~
To this TRADE the poor youth could
only reply that just then he hadn't, but
added that the day would come when
he would have mill compared with
which that one would be nothing more
than a pig-sty.
He left the miller, but ne never for
got the cruel words. So, after he had
become not only rich but millionaire.
he built this mill, and when it was
finished it had everything that could
have added to the perfection of its APP.
pointments.
Its machinery was perfect and it's
walls and floor of the very highest
polish.
He was not able to bring the miller
to see the fulfillment of his boyish
declaration, but he had the mill photo
graphed in every possible way, within
and without, and although his old
sweetheart had long since been married
he sent her father the pictures and re.
called to him the day when he had
boosted of his mill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Aerated Fuel.

Petroleum, which has been used for
some time in connection with raising
steam, is now rapidly coming into
vogue for heating, melting, and the
working of metals. For these pur-
poses some other medium besides
steam must be restored to for breaking
up the oil, and after devices without
number have been tried, the use of air
under more or less pressure remains
the most satisfactory. BY this means
wagon-tires one-half to one and a half
inches are welded in one minute, and
car-axles. which with coalrequired one
hour and quarter to heat, are heated
in thirty-hve minutes. At one furnace
alone the saving by the use Of oil is
said TO be $40 40 per day, and another
company puts its saving in fuel at so
per cent. One of the great advantages
of this mode of heating is the effect
produced on the metal operated upon,
which comes out improved by the pro-
cess. 1t works softer under the ham,
mer than when heated with coal, and
when hammered or welded the Stag is
worked out of it more completely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
A Good Motto.

''Parson," said the good young man.
who was no better than he should be,
''some of US young men have organ
lied a fishing club, and we would like
you to give US good text for mot
to-" Il WILL" said the parson prompt
ly. Judges xvi. 10, Behold. thou
hast Knocked me and told lies" And
the young man felt as a trout on a
fair June morning who unwarily
maketh a jump for breakfast and
taketh fast mold on a brown hackle
which it doesn't exactly know how to
dismiss.
Play-tonic affection--Going out be-
tween the acts at a theatre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
He Was Once at the Top.

Sir" said a man in Washington
Square, with a lock of his hair pro-
truding through a hole in his nat,
''can't you do something for me this
mornin'?"
Guess not" answered the gentle
man approached.
Just a little, pleaded the man with
the escaping tresses. Il wasn't al
ways as low as this-I was at the top
of the ladder right here in this town
once"
SIS that so?n
'.Yessir, right on the top round; but
look at me now"
well. there's quarter to get some
breakfast So you were at the top of
the ladder at one timer"
y essir, went UP an stole this here
coat I've got on while the brickiayer
was away to his dinner. Wouldn't
do it again for two cents-it's too
blamed hard work climbin' these ere
ladders. Good-by-hope we may meet
again. n-Ch5cago Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Your Picture on a Stamp.

The latest fad in photography is the
portrait stamp. This unique device is
miniature photograph on a piece of
paper the size of postage stamp. 1t
is gummed on the back side and is
used in variety of ways. In writing
to absent friends the portrait is pasted
at the head of the letter or in place Of
the signature. The stamps are also
used on birthday and wedding cards.
programs of entertainments, and III
autograph albums. Business men who
are anxious for notoriety use the stamp
on the outside of letters. The idea is
English, and the photograph stamps
have been in use on the other side for
several years. They are now being
introduced in this country for the first
time. The cost of the photograph is
so low that large sale is expected
NeU York Inau.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
A .teSeryad Fate,

Editor: I'm sorry, Squaggs, but
you'll have to 60" Foremen: I'D like
to know what I've done" Editor:
We'll, l wrote about that gallant old
war-horse, Col. Billinger, and you set it
up that gallous old saw-horse. It's your
place or my life, and | want to live. -
Harper Bdzdr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01

Leading statisticians of England as
sert that more persons annually choke
to death while eating in England than
are killed on the English railroads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01

lineally descended from that single
plant which grew up in 1862, no one
knows how or from what, on the farm
OF Capt. August Colt. Brown county,
Ohio.-NeaC York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01

The wheelmen of England number
500, 900.