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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-18

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-18

Anew black spot has been approaching
the great rel spot which has been yisible
on the surface Of Jupiter for dozen
years, and, according to Mr. 4. $. VIII
Jams, seems likely 30 pass either over Of
ru9er the latter. Calculations show tina,
the black spot should be in conjunction
with the center u the red spot on Aug.
%, and with the preceding end On Sept.
2T.-Arkausaw Traveller.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-18

ranged Immediately after the fnsl pay
men;s, and full particulars given as soon
thereafter as possible.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

Many of the designs arc very curious.
especially those of genuine Dutch origin,
and arc suggestive rather of quiet.
peaceful and industrious life ON the part
of the original possessor than of mighty
deeds of chivalry. from the performance
of which II is popularly supposed thai the
right to adopt such standards was de-
rived. The tapping sails of an old Dutch
windmill. rose bush in q garden, cattle
grazing in meadow, or sheep feeding
under an apple tree, are decidedly un-
warlike in their significance.
On the other hand there are plenty of
rampant lions. griffins, sea monsters, and
other grotesquely designed beasts. sug-
gestiye of the fighting propensities of a
remote ancestor, whose special acts of
yalor. however, are not recorded in his
tory.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
THEATRE POSTERS AND RAIN.

A Heavy Storm Ruins from $1,000
to 81, 800 Worth for Every Theatre.
1.-THE rain-storms are pretty hard on
the theatrical managers. said a theatri-
cal advertising agent TO a Chicago Tribune
reporter.
"Why?" was asked. Because 1t
means the destruction of between 81, 200
to 81, 500 worth of advertising paper. For
the last two or three weeks the frequent
storms have cost the theatres thousands
of dollars. as every one means the de-
struction of all the paper that is exposed.
The average cost OF billing first; class
show is between $500 and $4O0. This Is
assuming that there are no rain-stOrms,
When the paper is washed away by q
storm the expense musL be repeated.
How do you arrive at your figures ?"
was asked.
g Each theatre in the town sends out on
the average about 2. 900 autographs for
window work. these autographs are worth
from 8 cents to 10 cents each. About
thirty or forty of the big stands. which
run from seven to twenty cents each. are
put out, and these cost anywhere from rs
cents to e2 each.
by sheet / mean the sections Of
the big posters that go TO make up the
whole picture or the name of the play in
six-foot letters. The sheets measure two
and half Dy three and half feet. Each
house generally posts about 500 three
sheet bills.
They cost according to he number Of
eolors used. Single color bills cost $40 q
hundred. and bills of different oolors cost
about S20 hundred. The boards for one
sheet bills that are stood along the side
walk in front OF stores, cost go hun
dred, aud must be renewed every week.
Each theatre sends out about 200 week.
The halt-gheet and quaTter-Sheet hang
ers coat $40 a thousand They are dis
tributed without limit. Dodgers,
folders. and Ayers. which are thrown
about the streets or placed on saloon lars
or hotel counters. coat from 81 TO " q
thousand.
. When . play Is on for . long run the
cost Of billing is not so great on the aver
age as when a combination is playing on
ons-Week stands"
The evening world., 1890-06-03

In the accompanying illustrations are
represented some of the arms and orests
that arc claimed by old Nav York fami-
lies. Many of them. in fact the most of
them. are Of continental origin. for the
Oldest families of Gotham are the de-
scendants Of Dutch ancestors, who came
to this country IN the seventeenth and
early in the eighteenth centuries.
Some of them trace their lineage away
back to the middle ages. whom the armo-
rial shields and crests meant something
much more substantial than they do at
the present day and had O real use and
value for the owner. But the old Knick-
erbocker families are not the ones who
care to make display Of their hereditary
insignia. although they undoubtedly take
q great deal Of pride in the rightful pos
session of them.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

According TO q prominent carriage
builder In town the rage for big and
showy armorisl bearings Is declining. II
Is now the thing 20 have the crest alone
painted in subdued colors, and not larger
In size than the ordinary style Of mono
ner.
Still there are great many who want
all the bright paint and gold leaf that can
be crowded into q Six-inch square, and
who are not satisfied unless their carriages
are gilded up like circus chariots.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

There ara some books on heraIdry
published in England which contain cuts
English, Scotch and Irish origin who are
entitled to use them. and these offer a
wide variety of choice. Americans don't
sare a button for Continental arms, but as
q rule want something English.
- All we have to do in most cases Is to
turn to thu index OF this publication, and
spends more or less nearly to that of ar
customer We turn 10 the cut. and If it Is
one that strikes his fancy we make 1t up
for him, with as much additional oTna-
mentation as he is willing to pay for.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
HAMERsLRY.

Another favorite use of the crest and
family coat-of-arms is shown in the en-
craving OF cards and motel paper. A we'll
known engraver and dealer in fine sta
tionery told reporter of The EVENING
WORLD some of the secrets of the trade.
1--WE have lots of orders all the time, he
said, "for note-pa and visiting cards
TO be engraved with some sort of crest
and motto. In nine cases out of ten they
haven't the slightest idea what they want,
but simply tell us to get them up some
thing swell and aristocratic.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
MODERN CRESTS.
NThO Trade In Ancient Coats OF Arms
In New York. ..vss.,
ssD3Nsgs''
Plain Citizens Who Appropriate Even
Royal hHorlaI Bearings.
Nothing Too Good for the lIIllion-

The HorReously emblazoned trappings
Of many of the millionaire Americans of
The present day are q decided puzzle TO
,oreign visitors in this country.
The general opinion abroad ia that the
!ree-born American citizen looks with
contempt and scorn upon anything that
savors of the effete despotisms of Europe,
and that the aristocratic insignia that be-
long TO the DAYS Of the feudal system are
especially held in derision.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
the WAYS OF WOMAN FLlR..
Fashions Fads and FanCies That
Interest the Gentler Sex.
A China Painters Success in Plate
Decoration-smoiSing in Re.taur-
ents-Dress Law for Cyclers.

HE bread-and-butter
plate has established
its claim on the affec-
tion Of good house
keepers, by whom q
permanent place has
been given II on the
breakfast and tea
table. Some china
painter, struggling for
recognition, modelled
the pattie printed plat
ter q few years ago
while burning . piece
Of ware In . Chicago
pottery. She decora-
ted the plate with a
,oray OF dogwood, drew
, ..slN i, .lz,N A.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
GARRETT.

The number of people who claim to
possess crests and who have no right TO
them whatever goes away up into the
Thousands right here in New York" hA
said. - We have made crests and armo-
rial designs to order many q time. and 1t is
by no means an easy matter to satisfy
some Of these people OF to show them that
by adopting the arms of one of The royal
houses Of Europe, for instance, they
are making themselves ridiculous and
stock to all intelligent people
In the community"
The evening world., 1890-06-03

Tho fact is, when q millionaire prince
Of tho present day orders designer TO
got him up coat-of-arms and crest he
doesn't care to have anything but the
best. The Prince of Wales's crest. with a
1uarter out of the Czar Of Russia's coat Of
arms. Is good enough for him.
q Some of these escutcheons which have
been adopted and manufactured for the
use of prominent representatives. Of New
York aristocracy are painted on the
outside of their carri ges in Dimensions
as large as good-sized porous plasters,
and fairly blaze with gold and silver and
Eed paint.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

that he has brand new design 90 that
one else. Most people, however, do not
like TO have q crest manufactured in this
barefaced manner, but will lay claim TO
the one which corresponds 20 the name Of
some imaginary ancestor in the book Of
heraldfy."
The evening world., 1890-06-03
There Are Exceptions.
IFron, the Cio,Aisr aud hrni.hsr.I

IFToni The CIo'AIsr aud NTnIshsrl
Dashaway-I saw you walking on the
street yesterday with your trousers turned
up. Don't you know that isn't the proper
think now?
Cleverton-It is: when you have only one
pair of trousers,
The evening world., 1890-06-03
A Long Felt Want.

From LJe
The Count-Ah. Mademoisollei / have
longed to marry an American from my
earliest infancy.
Miss Seven FinRers-Poor fellow! You
have been bankrupt all your life, have your
The evening world., 1890-06-03
A Wise Youth,

iFrom the Dry Goods ChvoHie'e
"Spare the rod, spoil the child. observed
little Tommy Toughnut. as he sur
reptitiously removed his fathers fsh.pole
from the closet last Sabbath. and struck q
bee-line for the creek.
The evening world., 1890-06-03


rim and offered IL for sale as . novelty in
nursery china. II took at once-flrst in the
childrens room, and later at the family
table, where IL has since remained. The
platter Ia about the size OF q fruit plate.
slightly deeper, and at one side ia
shallow bowl or indontation to hold
disk OF butter and some crushed ice.
For the service Of mullins. cream biscuits
hot cornbread. rice cakes and similar deli
cacies OF the oven that require buttoring
while hot. tho bread-and- butter plate Ia a
real convenience. II is also . most useful
dish for the semi-invalids and sybarites who
habituate themselves TO tray meals. For a
limo the,fate Of the novelty was problematic.
out the broad-and- butter plato has as Arm q
hold on the gastronomic affection az tho
bone dish. the bouillon cup or the finger
bowl Itis an indispensable.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
sCHIEFFELIN.

The harness of the horses Is decorated
even the buttons of tho footman and
driver are stamped with the same crest.
Having no family plate In the shape of
old heirlooms that have been handed
down for generations, q brand-new set of
silver can be ordered at any of the great
shops in the city, with the adopted crest
handsomely engraved Oh each piece.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
The Actors Spring Tie.

tFrOm Chatter
Amateur-Aw, would have tie OF . kind
that is popular with tho profosh-with tho
actors. mean.
Haberdasher-wo don't keep railroad ties
hare
The evening world., 1890-06-03

TTfoh TtTns SVIin9f.I
Col. ferger-Well, how did you like tie
picnic'
Gilhooly--I was 40 glad to get home araiu
that was glad went.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

'Clara Johnson says you and are en-.
gagged, Ethel, said Chappie.
Clara johnson always did say every
spiteful thing about me she could think off,
The evening world., 1890-06-03
Conversational Item.

TFFoW IeIds SVinTs.I ~
Grandma-Keep quiet, Tommy; children
should be silent when older people are
talking.
Tommy-Then I'll not get a chance to talk
for good while yet. for old people never
are silent
The evening world., 1890-06-03
BEEKMAN.

- Sometimes this particular cut does
A9t suit him aud then he makes his own
Belecion, or he may prefer . combina-
hon OF two or more cTests which can be
SASilS worked up. and then he can feel
The evening world., 1890-06-03
He Couldn't Understand 1t.

From Puck.
Superintendent of Rhode Island Mad.
House ito v'sitorl-WIthin these walls are
confined all the lunaticE in tho State.
Visitor-Where no you get your juries?
The evening world., 1890-06-03

TFFObf HHHFeB = HFeFINI
To marry your daughter is the sole OBJ
ject of my life. sir.
hats! Young man. any one can do that
Get an object In life that you will have to
struggle for.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

Il is not generally known that black coffee
i . most potent alcoholic neutraliZsF.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

The India eOtIons and English cretonne
are used for summer dresses by women OF
aTt-loying textures.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
Not Much Difference.

Iron HGJpsT's BlSdT.l
WAS his address of any yAlue?"
"Yes. indeed" said Mrs. Spriggins.
Ny husband said it was very yoluble."'
The evening world., 1890-06-03

Heroism needs no toRa, and she ia brave.
good woman who, foregoing the glory OF a
Summer toilet. devotes the cost to child's
training in romo special line. TO the pur-
chase OF little library or the hospitality Of
some unfortunate dobarred from civilizing
influences.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
DODGE.

One has only to station himself at q
convenient spot along one of the popular
drives in Central Park on a fine day,
watch the snowy equipages as they roll
by and observe the enormous armorial
devices with which so many of them are
~ tbat Gotbam has been % populSsed by no fam
lies of all the nobility Of Europe. includ-
ing q dozen or more royal and imperial
families.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
True Patriotism.

''Well. / suppose you are going to cels.
brate Memorial Day in the proper Spirit1"
Yea. I'm going to the ball game.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
The Time to Call.

Mother-Mr. Bore called to see you.
Loise. while yOu were ont.
Loige-HOW thoughtful OF Mr.. Bore.
The evening world., 1890-06-03
A Rise in the World.

A Rise In the World.
fFFom The CIOtAisT aud FsTaisAsEI
Miss summit-Every time see you lately,
Mr.. DashawAy. you have = new suit Of
clothes.
Dasbawsy-Why. haven't you hsGrd7 I've
changed my business. aud am now writing
Jokes Tor the daily papers.
A Chance Encounter.
The evening world., 1890-06-03

He Wasn't Afraid.
lIIaRs Pack.
BadRer-Oh. well. don't get put out
Cadger-l won't. You can't do it!
The evening world., 1890-06-03
Picnic joys.

TFpai 1sIns Si,linq,.I
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-10
THE DAYS OF TERROR.
Hundreds of Innocent Victims En- Route
for the Guillotlne.

A never-ending procession of victims
passed down the Rue St. Honore to the
Place de la Revolution-ci-decan Place
Louis XV.-where the principal guillo-
tine had been erected. There were
guillotines, however, in several other
parts of the city; and it was no uncom-
mon matter for person going out shop
ping in the morning to meet with three
or four professions of unhappy beings
proceeding to execution. A well-or-
ganized band of furies usually accom-
panied them, shouting and bowling in
suits and cries of DEATH" EARLY in
1894 protests were made by residents
along the lines of route to the guillo-
tines, that sensitive persons were begin
ming to avoid those streets, and that this
did great harm to their commerce. They
therefore petitioned that the routes
should be at least occasionally changed.
Later on another request was made to
the National Assembly concerning the
unhealthy condition of the Place de la
Revolution, literally stepped in blood,
which. emitted horrible and dangerous
stencil.
Strange, however, as it may seem,
many of these executions, notably those
of important personages, were attended
by great numbers of apparently respect
able people, and the Moniteur contained
many advertisements to the effect that
"So-and-so hires out chairs to
witness the guillotining of, say,
Louis XVI, or Nine. Roland, or indeed
of any conspicuous person, at so much
an hour" A contemporary engraving
representing the execution of Louis
XVI. shows us crowd of well-dressed
people, comfortably seated in their
chairs, placed on high and we'll built
wooden stand, and not few of them
are using their opera glasses. Duval is
shock cd when he records that during
the massacres of September ION dansait
en- banlieue." In fact the gay and vol
atile nature of the Parisians could not
be wholly suppressed, and some by no
means badly intentioned people made
sort of fete of the tragic events which
were perpetually occarring.-Saturday
Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-10
ANCIENT VOTING METHODS.
Leaves Used for Ballots Moro Than Two
Thousand Years Ago.

Leaves Used for Ballots Moro Than Two
Thousand Years Ago.
Before the New York Academy of
Anthropology in University place L.
Benet, one of the trustees, undertook to
present the history of voting in the
form of a regulation paper. His research,
however, was too comprehensive and
exhaustive for one reading, and he was
compelled, for lack Of time, to defer the
presentation of the American branch of
the subject. His Investigations went back
to the fifth century before Christ, when
the Greeks voted by ballot as the ex.
preston of the individual will. Democ-
racy was comparatively unknown before
the discovery and use of the ballot In
ancient times leaves were used for bal
lots. They were rejected when it was
found that they could be easily broken
and tampered with to secure false counts.
Black and white stones, small pieces of
brass, and other convenient material
were used by the pioneers in voting
before paper was known.
Athens set high price on her citizen
ship after the great principle of popular
representation was adopted. Citizens
who did not come out and vote were
fined. The Syracusans used at one time
olive-leaves for ballots. Rome, at an
early day after democracy was intro
duced, borrowed the ballot-box system
of the Greeks, but never took kindly to
it. The Australian system of to-day is
revival of the practice in Rome two
thousand years ago. The voting CLASH
tication in Greece in olden times was
both social and territorial-not unlike
the arrangement in this country in
Presidential elections. Many of the
ancient systems of voting were corrupt
ed by extravagant favoritism, and brib-
cry was not uncommon.
Probably the most extraordinary sys-
tenn OF voting was in Hungary, where
the ballot-boXes were immense casks,
and the ballot-poles from four to six
feet long, which the citizen carried and
deposited for his favorite candidate with
peculiar pride. This form of ballot
would probably be popular in Ireland,
whore its handy use as weapon would
be apprecia ted.-N. y. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
COOLING MILK.
Something About tho Uso of Ammonia
where Ice Can Not DO Obtained.


Something About tho Uso of Ammonia
where Ice Can Not 30 Obtained.
The chemist of the Victorian Gov
ernment gives some interesting infor-
nation about cooling milk by the use
Of ammonia.
In butter malting-if uniformly high
quality butter is desired-as soon as
possible aftor milk comes from the
COW, the cream should be separated by
the centrifugal separator. Then i'm.
mediately, and preparatory to churning,
the cream il not already cool, should
be cooled down to temperature not
exceeding 55 degrees Fahrenheit Tho
main object of cooling is to harden the
fat globules. SO that, during the churn-
ing, they may fall together in firm
grains. The butter thus obtains q
granular" structure, rendering it more
thoroughly cleansable from the butter
milk; it also acquires waXy consist
ency, whereby its keeping qualities and
palatableness are improved. For cooling
the milk various appliances are in use.
Where the operations are on fairly
largo scale, small ice machine will be
found most suitable and economical.
Ice machines capable of producing four
hundred pounds of ice daily, at an esti-
mated cost of six shillings per diem, are
now being placed on the Melbourne
market. Such machines could easily be
used Oh large farms, and would prob
ably be found we'll suited for district
milk and dairy factories. The cart
bringing the milk to these factories
4 IL. ..,.l Alsos,, l..1
supply OF ice.
Where ice is not procurable and there
is not sufficient supply of cold water
for cooling purposes, perhaps no sim
pier and cheaper means can be adopted
than "freezing mixtures" If crystals
of ammoniac nitrate and chloride be
dissolved by gentle stirring in water, in
the following proportions: Six and two
thirds pounds ammoniac nitrate, three
and one-third pounds ammoniac chic
ride, ten pounds Zone gallon) of water,
the temperature of the mixture will
quickly fall 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
Thus, if the temperature of the water
was originally rs degrees Fahrenheit, it
would, after solution of the salts, fall to
"a degrees Fahrenheit, or s degrees be-
low freezing point. II long, narrow
tin containing such solution be stirred
about in cream can, it will in few
minutes reduce the cream to the re-
quired temperature. The cooling salts
having been once dissolved, may be re-
obtained for further use by evaporating
the solution to dryness. The evapora-
tion may be in open, shallow pans with
frp or aynn tho sun and hot wind NAV
be sufficient Or it may be convenient
ly done in old kerosene tins cut in half
lengthwise If a fire be used for evapo-
ration, it should be gentle fire, and
the solution should not do more than
simmer, otherwise there may be loss
from splashing.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-10
STREET CAR HORSES.
They Get Much Better Care Than the Men
who Drive Them.

Who Drive Them.
A good deal of the profit and loss in
the management of a horse car or stage
line, an express company, or any similar
enterprise, lies in the care of the horses.
1t is more important, financially, to look
out for the horses than IL is for tine men
employed There are always plenty OF
men to be had to take the places of the
sick and disabled, but horses cost good
hard cash. and can't be had in any other
way. The temporary or permanent loss
of man from the service means only a
little Inconvenience. The loss of u
horse means so much cash gone.
All the stables where more than
seventy-fve or one hundred horses are
kept have a veterinary surgeon regular
ly enrolled among the employees and
constantly at work looking after the
animals, not only curing them when
thoy are sick, but, what is more i'm
portant, seeing that they don't get sick.
A doctor who never has sick horse to
look after is a deal more valuable than
one who cures u dozen horses week of
half dozen different diseases.
The science of caring for the horses in
large stables has improved constantly
for many years, and the losses of the
large companies from sickness and death
of horses are said to be smaller than
ever before, although the conditions of
work in the city are more severe than
they used to be before the city was so
large and the streets so crowded with
trucks and other vehicles. The pave
ments nowadays are said to be much
harder on car horses than they used to
be when the companies were allowed to
lay whatever kind Of paving they pleas
ed between their tracks. and put on dirt
in summer and salt in winter as much as
they pleased to give better foothold
In the larger stables the work of look
ing after the health of the horses is too
much for one man, and the doctor has
two or three assistants, and a regular
hospital, fitted with all the appliances
necessary for caring for sick or injured
animals. 1t is nothing uncommon for
fifty horses to be in the hospital at one
time in stable of several hundred.
Besides the regular doctor, many Of
the companies hire specialists to look
after the horses. There is at least one
horse dentist in New York. Besides a
large practice, he is retained by one of
the largest street-car companies to look
after the teeth of their horses. There
are also horse chiropodists, horse oph-
thalmists, and horse throat and lung
doctors. Y. Sun.