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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-14
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-14
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-14

anw NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
For rent-CottAge.
To let--NeW houec.
fof sale -Sioop yacht. "
Wanted-1peciai attention.
WAnted-G. W. RichArdson.
"On Trfal-Jufyman Crawford.
0ocol 0loffcrs.
The regatta at Cobbosseecontee today.
People doomed to spend the day In u
city termed yesterday - scorchsf."
The men at the Arsenal nnished haJiss
yesterday and will oil 70 on ashiae Ii
today.
Mr.. II. 8. Blaisdell has let the coutsal
for building his nov house on OAK Hfsa
TO Mr.. j. M. Murch.
l
W. II. Fogg Of this city has just CO,
pletsd the contract Of fitting the nain
Central Hospital at Lswiston with scfesaa
|
The July meeting Of the Augusta lsa
| 4 Building Association will BE- held Il n
IAssoclation's efilcs on "Wednesday, Jvb
18th, ct Z so o'clock p. M.
A farmer 10 . rare sight on the sRsss
/ inst now % he believes in making b.
while the sun shines" In conequesu
trade along the street 10 little dull.
Mrs. Fred Norcross, who lives hth
way out Of the city was quite badly ssssl
by . COW, Sunday. The wound wss md
that DR.. Perkins Vas obliged to take ssvssl
stitches.
Deputy Sheriff, Hill, Of Wstsfvilla
brought to the jail yesterday aitsfnooa =
"Bill' Strickland, for selling rum on n
China road, and Strickland will lie IN il
till the September ERIN Of court.
The Della Collins left for down sva
yesterday at ) Il. M. She took the ffsah
and passengers direct to Bath TO consss
there WITH the Kennebec that VA srpscsa
to have ali repairs to her rudder complslsi
90 % to leave for Boston this morning.
| Yesterday was the hottest with but ~
exception that there has been in Ausush
this year. The thermometer at Kinsnsas
stood in the shade at %. Ths extfsas
hest was somewhat alleviated BY the bfssn
which was slightly felt in come quaftsn.
The next horse thief that takes ias9
to one Of Mr.. Chas. A. Milliken's hsfsa
and wishes to steal the animal, vii y
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26

or anything which does not Dap or
catch the wind.
The owner Of one Of the nattiest
cycling costumes in the country do
scribed IL to me somewhat as follows:
- Is made Of dark blue serge with .
Greek fret Of light blue about tho bot
tom Of the short skirt, another light
blue fret upon the belt and still
another, narrower. on the collar. The
soft felt hat Is dark blue. with . light
blue cord about it. Tailor madef Why.
OF eourse, you goose"
Dark colors, black, blue, gray and
brown, short skirts absolutely devoid
Of trimming. close-fitting bodices, these
have been the rule in ladies' cycling cos
tunes. This summer an element Of
divergence will be introduced by tho
liberal use Of starched shirt fronts and
vests Of a very mannish aspect by
smart young women. When the very
hottest weather comes, thin, loose, silk
blouses will be the most worn.
The English Bicycling News says that
. ladies' college debated tho question
whether wheeling was q proper sport
for women Afterward the women
voted on IT, thirty-two favoring the
sport. fourteen denouncing it, and seven
hedging" 1t is difficult to see why
snyone should wish TO negative such .
question, provided tho woman has time,
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26

The cycle makers Of England and
America coald afford 10 present the
princess Of Wales wheel in solid gold
for Aer part IN popalaFixing the sport
Robert Bonner SAYS that the bicycle
rider viii never catch up with the trotr
ting horse for a single mile. bat Mr..
Bonner Is prejadieed witness and apt
70 30 mistaken The mile record has
been much more rapidly reduced by BIZ
eycle riders than by trotters. and that
the makers hare rot exhausted the poe
si5iIity Of improvement iA altogether
probable The cushion tire proves to
be not much Of an Improvement upon
the old solid kind. bat great things are
expected Of the pneumatic tire, which
consists of hollow rubber tube blown
full Of air. The great trouble vita this
tire 20 far is that il has 10 be made soft
and flexible and soon wears out and
bursts IL may be doubted whether II
viii ever be much used on cheap road
machines. but for track racing il is GER
tairH a great invention. saving several
seconds IN the mile. One inventive
Philadelphian has devised steam biey-
Gle which. he says. viii go fifteen miles
an hour with no more labor than that OF
Steering. With such huge profits 70 be
made In the sale of wheels, the inven-
tors are likely TO keep improving them
every year.
When uen began 70 ride bicycles
they At once. a. . rule. adopted prac-
tically the costume they now wear
something resembling baseball play
ers' suit with the addition Of . sack
coat Minutiae such as rubber soled
shoes and club caps came later. With
women the question Of dress comes first
OF all, and it has been practically de-
ciesed that while she can wear almost
any variety Of dress 1t is better to have
one designed especially for the wheel
The divided skirt was at once recon-
mended for this, but here in Orange
doubt IL there are three divided skirts-
i refer. Of course, to the dress itself-in
use. Women who belong 70 the clubs
wear the club caps or hats. When not
% attached they wear q Tam O'ShsuteE
cap. pretty toque with birds feathers,
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26

the Citizens club house a. bicycle an
mex. The Manhattan A. c.. no. 10 be
outdone. set aside quarters for wheels,
organized scycling division and viii give
under iss ausp:ces'handicap road races
throughout the season. and the wheel
men are looking abroad for more worlds
60 conquer. By the time they hare
made the roads of thu entire country AZ
good "a those In Orange they will be -
numerous as the Russian army.
The safety or goat" bicycle n the
universal fsvorite nowadays with men
and women alike. The reasons arc
many. The certainty Of avoiding tum-
bles Is not the only one. safesies ara
oil practically Of the same sire, and IL
the owner ever gets tired Of one be has
no difficulty tn selling e. n he his
big wheel the difficulty Of selling is ten
fold First be has 70 dnd q man who
wants a wheel Of that sort and few do
nowadays. end then It's literally ten
chances Co one that the purchasers l~es
won't De Of the right length The deal
ers like the ssfeties. a. they are made
~ one sire and three styles, and there Il
no necessity Of carrying unsaicablc
sires 80 suit an occasional long or short
l-rred man Even Ia racing the safety
II only about Eve seconds 90 che mile
hehind the big wheel Such q record
"a that Of c. r EfNre-tvensy sve
niles on the road in fseS ss-show that
the safety h By no means slow when
vigorously propelled William Heynev.
Jr., has Travelled sin thousand miles ia
Germsuy on an American bicycle. and
will this summer conduct bicycle par
<y through the Hsrts n,ounfsins Al
<fll sse ssfetses. Now that one Amer
team wheel--Mr Sseveus'-hss been
rvund the woysd. their merits are GET
ting - se pretty wei known abroad
Perhaps the most interesting feata-s
81 she present cycling outlook Ia the
number Of wcrren who wheel Here
che ss0.~~nc. 81 motive in tA- s-xes
comes ort strong Men wheel because
snev w.ns 20. women because ethsrs DO,
NJ Richards. si,~ manager - Tire New
York house q the great onlurnhss curs-
r.ny. savs that 10 MAKES an inrnross
difference whether bicycling starts right
or wrong IN a Gown, II vsmea 81 char
srser and ssseisl prominence serrea -
take - the wheel FIRST IN pIsees ne
dealers are happy n pl>ntT cf ORDERS
N th~ srr~t starts wronr 4 rsS ar
r-sisis fo- years snles~ the lss&iers ssp-
nsn - take held 81 =
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26

1,rices Of 'srnachines" have dropped a.
their quality improved The improve
nent of the common roads has been duo
largely 70 the persistent clamor Of
cyclists and reacts 70 increase their
number. In Union county, n. j., for
instance. where road-making has been
reduced 70 a science, the valuations
have increased 81, 200, 900 in . very
short time. largely due to wheelmen
and road-makers. Tho Oranges" ara
the paradise Of bicyclists about New
York. though the city itself offers noth'
ing like 50 many advantages for them
as Boston. Rochester. Buffalo, Wash.
ington, Chicago and even smaller places.
The metropolis lsgs behind In nearly
everything.
There are between 05o. 900 and 800. 900
wheels In the country, not counting tho
myraids Of children's velocipedes. As
some Of the cycles arc hired out and
some owned in partnership and some
arc tandoms and carry double, there
may be not 50 very many short Of half
. million regular and occasional wheel.
men in the country.
That isn't all. In the past the ath-
letic clubs frowned upon bicycling.
They do so no longer. The great New
York Athletic club set tho example in
the now order Of things by combining
with the Citizens' Cycling club. and using
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26
A c,er,ea, theatrical Library.


Every cody KNOWS that Manager A. u.
Palmer looks Ike . clergyman, with his
clean cut, Intellectual face sad gray sids
whiskers tie talks like a clergyman ia
society. With = total avoidance Of thestri-
cal slang and shop talk, speaking earn
estly and using correct and wellchosen
language Hts library might Re clergy
MAS II IL in the big back room on thu
second foor Of his pretty house On Nsdl
soa avenue, aud contains about 2.ooc
books selected for use rather than show,
ssd Uttered about in that confusion dear
TO koox lovers TIER. Are costlv editions
Of Shakssp-sr.--but these a clergyman
hsve-spcycicp-iis end dictionaries By
the dezen. little stage Aserss1r--hers
The cleriesl scne dissppesrs-ssd Irnatius
pcnn.i'y's Crest Crvptosrsns in . biz
fat volume which locks altogether too
comfortable upco the shelf 20 Be d.
turb-ss CfbteF ard Sheridan ard Hssto,
sad he historfsn. % ne stag. .ib.w each
ether sad hsrt ~ tt-fr owners k>-r To-
s-rsss IN things thestrscsi. but n,s.ceiIs-
reous ~csss. sueh ss ar cnltur>d ssu-
fsensa ~eni8 rrizs. est-namh-r TEEN FAR.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26

money and strength. Or rather. time
and money alone. The strength comes
by using IT,
The best sport Of all IL sometimes
seen when husband and wife go leisure
ly truudling along upon n tandem. and
three or four children Of assorted Sizes
come following after. mounted. singly
or doubly. upon their own wheels Such
sight IL not uncommon in ''ths
Oranges JoHy L. HEAroy.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26
ONTHE SILENT STEED
The Astonishing Growth or tia
Bicycle Habit
aEs. WOMEN AID CHILDREN RIDE
us<riy u&if Anlion Haders-Ths Qsssr
too 81 Head IDproseDsns-Whs
Wsmsa Ktdzrs We4r-A TAnlly
Party Whssks-


A few years ago there came tire
when cycling seemed 10 have reached
its limit. One would have said that II
vas likely 10 remain stationary. or even
% decline in public favor.
Since that tins few things have
happened. however. which have chsnged
the appearance Of things wonderfully
The perfection Of the safety wheel has
made IL possible to ride without the con-
stznt fear of broken nsse- The IN
vsntion Of the ladies' bicycle has re-
Heved the weaker SCI Of the burden OF
third wheel and ses women al over
the country TO cycling. The euratic
tire has placed the bicycle racer abreast
Of the trotsing horse for short distances
and away ahead Of il for long ones- The
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-26

rhies7o To~--- WIN you ~ M ~ts.,
HIS Belo-.s-Ho~ much slinssnv ~ii
Yo- par nse (. ~ 4ssagresp@Jsdr.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
A Bright Mothers Tact.

There was decoration on luncheon
table one day last week that was not or
dered from florist or caterer. An up
town woman, entertaining a half dozen
friends, had herself seen to the laying of
the table early in the forenoon and
closed and darkened the dining room till
luncheon should be served. A few
minutes before that time she left the
parlor and ran down stairs for final
inspection. "Bring the clans in," she
said to the maid. II will open the room
and luncheon can be served at once"
and she hurried into the apartment,
raising the shades and opening the
blinds.
And then she stopped and said "Oh"
for there at the daintily laid table, his
little high chair drawn up to its osca-
sional place by her cover, sat her three
year-old boy sound asleep, his brown
haired head almost touching Che cloth,
and one moist pudgy hand resting fairly
on its immaculate wilderness, and clasp
ing between the limp fingers q red rose
which he had evidently admired and
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17

The Unique and Startling Experience OF
San Francisco Horse.


The Unique and Startling Experience of
San Francisco Horse.
A sad eyed horse hitched to a two
wheeled butcher wagon blinked lazily
and whisked flies from himself on Jones
street, between O'Farrell and Geary
streets. He was an ordinary quadruped
with a large head, which he wore in
detected sort of way, as though he was
indulging in melancholy thoughts. Dang
ling from one of the bit rings was the
long hitching rope, which the custodian
of the wagon had neglected to fasten to
post.
Suddenly the horse cast his eyes to
starboard and slowly wagged his right
ear. An abandoned newspaper had drift
ed down the street and became caughtin
the cable slot. The horse was interested.
He lazily wandered over to the track and
examined the paper. The free end of
the hitching rope dropped through the
cable slot. Suddenly the horse jumped
clear off the ground, jerked his head up,
plastered his ears close to his head, reared
on his hind feet, paved the air with his
fore feet, gave vent to a loud snort and
stampeded down Jones street.
1t was not his fault that he broke his
speed record. This horse was a peace
full animal, with an inclination to the
plodding career of plow horse. But he
was compelled to qssume rapid gait
because his rope was wound around the
cable rope and he was propelled by steam,
as it Were. On he sped down Jones
street, around the corner and into
O'Farrell street at gait he had never
travelled before, while veal outlets, cuts
of beef, porterhouse stakes, kidneys,
lamb chops and liver logged out of the
wagon and became the trail which the
butcher boy followed frantically in his
efforts to catch his beast.
Nothing got in the way of the horse
but dogs, and they added to his misery
by leaping into the air and swapping at
his nose. An enthusiastic procession of
urchins raced madly in the wake of the
wagon and cheered the animal on to
greater efforts of speed.
Down three blocks of O'Farrell street
rampaged the equine, creating as large a
sensation as would mouse in a semi
nary. At Powell street his career ended.
The hitching rope came in contact with
the cross cable of the Powell Street rail-
road and was cut in twain. The horse
was holding back so hard that the reac-
ton threw him on his launches, and be-
fore he could recover his equilibrium
half hundred citizens were holding him
down.
The butcher boy gathered up as much
of his scattered meat as the dogs had not
devoured, and in few minutes the " l.
low horse was plodding in the wake of a
hay wagon, munching purloined hay
San Francisco Examiner.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
A Clocks Long Strike,

There was remarkable clock in the
Union depot Tuesday evening. 1t was
quite large one, and was done up in a
package which young man had placed
upon the fat back of a depot settee while
he waited for train. The remarkable
thing about the clock was that it struck
and struck, evidently for better posi-
ton, and did not stop striking until its
demand was complied with. People
came in, heard the musical chime, looked
around for the clock and saw it not.
Some passed by with evident surprise
at not being able to see the cause of the
sound. Others, after looking up and
down and all around, located the sound
in the package lying on the back of the
settee. The owner of the clock said to
a companion that the clock began strik-
ing when he was coming down Asylum
street and had kept it up ever since. 1t
lay on its side on the settee until finally
some one tipped it up into its proper po-
sition, when it promptly ceased to strike.
Hartford Courant.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
A Shrewd Tramp.

People in Broadway enjoyed joke on
a fhan who was distributing samples
the other day. He went into every store
on his side of the street, leaving there a
small piece of tobacco to be sampled. AS
the disburser entered one store seedy
looking man went into the one imme-
diately behind this one, and while the
man who was giving away the tobacco
came forth each time with one less piece,
he who followed him came out with his
store increased by one of the samples. A
good deal of quiet laughing was done at
the expense of the agent. No doubt
when the day was over the dispenser of
tobacco felt satisfied that he had faith
fully served his employers. There is no
doubt that the tramp was content, for he
had tobacco enough to last him for many
days.-New York Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
a COrOner's Verdict.

A coroner out west recently reasoned
out verdict more sensible than one-half
the verdicts usually rendered. 1t APP
pears that an Irishman, conceiving that
q little powder thrown upon some green
wood would facilitate its burning di-
rected a small stream from keg upon
the burning piece; but not possessing a
hand sufficiently quick to cut this off
was blown into million pieces. The
following was the verdict, delivered with
great gravity by the official:
"Can't be called suicide, bekase he
didn't mean to kill himself; it wasn't
visitation of God" bekase he wasn't
struck by lightning; he didn't die for
want Of breath for he hadn't anything to
breathe with; it's plain he didn't know
what he was about, so shall bring in
Died for want of common sense."-
Green Bag.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17

A very remarkable shoe story has been
brought to light. About four years ago
Dosser Bros. bought a stock of shoes
from Ziegler Bros, in Philadelphia,
and some time after the shoes had ar
rived they discovered box that con-
tanned two shoes that were both for the
same foot. They supposed that some
one had got the wrong shoes and would
find it out and return them and correct
the mistake, but this was not done, and
the shoes were marked odd and put back
on the shelf. where they renamed for
long time.
About two years ago Mrs. s. S. Lut-
rell came to this place from Washington,
bringing with her pair of Ziegler
shoes purchased in that place. On her
arrival she discovered that she had two
shoes for the same foot, and the distance
being too great for her to send them
back she left them with r. M. May, of
this place. The odd shoes had been in
Mr.. Mays store for about two years
when last week his wife decided that
she would try to wear them, and finding
she could not use them gave them to
Mrs. A. j. Patterson, who brought them
to Dosser Bros, thinking they might
send them to the factory and have them
mated. They examined the shoes and
recognized them as being the identical
pattern of the odd shoes they had in
stock, when further investigation
proved that they were the same lot,
number, and corresponded in every par
ticular.
These shoes had been manufactured in
Philadelphia--one lot shipped to Wash
ington city, the other to Jonesboro, and
after four years time the shoes were
mated, having been shipped in different
directions and about 500 miles apart
Jonesboro (Tenn.) Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
A Big Stick of Timber.

Colonel D. Soper, a member of Chi
cago lumber firm, was sent out to this
coast about four weeks ago by promi-
nent brewing company to obtain, if pos
sible, a stick of timber over 100 feet long
and A feet square. After spending some
little time in prospecting, he finally found
tree in Shoqualmee valley, in Wash
ington, which filed the bill. The job of
cutting down the tree and trimming and
loading it on the cars was let to a con-
tractor, who successfully did the work.
A half mile of railroad track had to be
laid to the spot where the tree stood in
order to load it on the cars.
The stick from this tree is III feet
long. 1t is cut square, each side be-
ing feet. 1t was loaded on three
34-foot fiat cars, its weight being 10000
pounds. The cost of getting out this
stick of timber has been so far 81 300.
The cost of moving it to the cars was
500 and the tarpaulin to cover it cost
800. 1t will be placed in a big beer
hall, in which it is to be used for a
counter. 1t will be polished up in the
highest style of rt-Portland Oregonian.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17

'I see" said Dick Quay the other even
ing, ''that Mr.. Dabbs has tarpon on ex-
hibition which he caught in Florida
waters. The average weight Of this fish
is from 105 to 100 pounds, but I have
seen them tip the scales at 200. The best
catch my father ever made was nine in
one night. When he goes fishing he
takes a small boat and lots of strong line.
The tarpon is like the trout, very gamy
fish, and when hooked soon wears him
self out in darting around furiously in
the water. The best time to fish for
them is at night.
SIN still water they bite easy, and a
good fisherman can land two out of every
five hooked. In tide water they rush at
the bait, and then are off as fast as they
can swim. 1t is very exciting sport to
see these big fish when caught jump six
feet out of the water in their struggles
to get away. They will turn over on
their sides on the surface of the water,
but they soon exhaust themselves.
"The best fishing ground is in the still
water on the west coast of Florida. 1t
is hard to pull them out on the eastern
side, as the tides are very swift. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
Chivalry In a Bootblaci.

On the corner of one Of the business
streets of the city the other morning a
shoeblack had just finished polishing the
shoes of well dressed and gentle appear
ing man. ,Hhe latter was unfortunate in
having deformity which compelled him
to wear a shoe on one of his feet with an
exceedingly thick sole, thus endeavoring
to make up mechanically for what ma,
ture had denied him.
"How much shall ! pay your he asked
of the boy.
Five cents, sir"
"Oh, but you should have more than
five cents for polishing my Shoes" said
the gentleman, tapping the thick sole
significantly with his cane.
mo, sir" said the boy; five cents is
enough. / don't want to make no money
out O. your hard luck"
The customer handed out coin, laid
his hand on the youngsters head for a
moment and passed on.
Who says the days of chivalry are over.
Detroit Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
The Typewriter in Preparing Copy.

The Typewriter In preparing Copy.
Today Robert Louis Stevenson uses
the pen; so does Arthur Sherburne Har-
dy, the gifted author of ''Passe Rose"
The Harpers, too, are conservative
firm, and have always refused, person.
ally, to use the typewriter. Miss Booth,
when editor of Harper's Bazaar, told me
that she much preferred handwritten
MS. To me, however, the real value
of the typewriter seems to reside in the
view it gives you of your work in cold
blood. The ideal method of composition,
Il life were not too short, would be to
dash off your work hastily in the first
glow of enthusiasm with pencil and
paper; even ink is too slow. Let it cool,
blue pencil it copiously, copy it on the
typewriter; boil down and revise the
typewriter copy and make a new fair
copy from the revision. This 10 sub
stantially the method employed by Mr..
Edward Atkinson, of Boston, who, how
ever, instead of writing his first rough
draft employs stenographer Emily
A. Thackray in New York Epoch.