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Engineer Tidd said to Lewiston Sun
reporter who was present that Lewiston
uses nearly three times as much water
as any city Of her size that he knew Of,
and it must be caused by wastefulness.
He said the outside limit should be 60
gallons per day for each person, and said
that when figuring on new water works
he never figured over so gallons.
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repair shops at Waterville just now.
There is some work in the freight car de-
partment and paint shop, but most of ghe
engines and passenger cars are now on
the road. The locomotives which come
to the shop now ara for light repairs
which are absolutely necessary.
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Swedish Lecture.

: Rev. M. Lillifors, of Stockholm, Swed-
On, will deliver lecture in the vestry
of the New Jerusalem church on New
High street, this evening, at o'clock.
Subject "Bibelns Gudsbegrepp." All
are cordially invited.
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Notwithstanding the opportunity for
everybody to work at present. hundreds
of great able bodied men are tranping
through Maine living on the resources of
the country, with no thought or wish
for work. The officers should set them
to breaking rock, and the State would
soon be rid of them. This gentry has no
use for work.
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North Yarmouth.

The Republicans of North Yarmouth and
Yarmouth are hereby notified to meet in
North Yarmouth, Wednesday, August, l..
1894, at 8 p. M. to nominate candidate
for representatiye. to the legislature.
North Yarmouth, Maine, July q. 1894.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

The Little Androscoggin Water Power
company has declared 3 10 per cent
dividend on the last six months work.
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with the Paris green box, light harness,
dress skirt and clothes line. smashed
up together on rock, with general dis
turbances all over the premises.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

The Lockwood Company, Waterville,
is pretty good institution for d city to
have. For instance it pays the public
Golfers S21 5sS in taxes and throughout
the business depression the Lockwood
has kept its force steadily employed.
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POTTER BRADLEY-LIBRAR ATLAS
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The Peavey library building at East
port is soon to be dedicated. 1t is re-
GREETED that the donor Mr.. Peavey, can
not be present on the occasion; he is now
in Europe.
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~ 49, wa - w 4SAA
them.
1t makes a
world of diff
ference to the
wee little girl
whether or no
there is a bit of
pretty lace or
bright ribbon
about her dress
or on her hat.
Yes! All wo-
men like to look
nice. All watch
for the least
signs of fading.
You have seen
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

1t is now reported that a new variety
of rust is affecting the growing grain in
nearly every portion of the State, and
that the apple tree fungus has damaged
the fruit crop in apple growing sections
OF Kennebec county thousands, of dol,
lars.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TO LOOK nice.
ALL WOMEN DESIRE IT.
Some Points About HeW to Accomplish
the Desired End.

ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY EEADEEs.]
It is the most natural wish in life with
Womep. - to feel well and look nice.
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The Machias Republican says: 1.-The
announcement that Harrison Hume.
ESQ.,, is to be candidate for senatorial
honors in the Republican county conven-
tion creates deal of enthusiasm among
his political asso iates in Cherryfield.
MIR. Hume was III former years a resident
of that town, and the vigorous manner
in which he conducted the social and
educational interests of this people is
remem bered with pride and qualification.
We will give him a first class send-of in
September if an opportunity is presented.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

Maine boys somehow get there. The
senior class of Dartmouth Medical Col,
lege has just elected officers, and Maine
young men were chosen to the positions
of president, vice president and yaledic,
tOrian.
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Its plaything with Calais people just
at present The new electric road took
more than 81, 800 in five cent fares dur
ing the first seven days of it's operation.
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Miss Emma Sukforth of South Wash.
ington, has planted her corn this season
where she. had potatoes last year and
potatoes aud corn are SO thickly mixed
together that she doesn't know which te
do in the fall. dig potatoes or cut corn.
1t seems the potatoes were not all dug
out and were ploughed through the
piece and were not frozen last winter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

Merrill & Greenleaf have big crew
and a large quantity of apparatus at
Rowland Falls, and the work of rebuild
ing the mill has been begun in an ener
getic way. Work will go on as fast as
possible from this time on and the mill
will probably be ready for business in
the early winter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-26

The house of Elias Elliot of South
Woodstock was broken into. The clock
pendulum was taken off and hidden, the
stove pipe was filed with wearing ap-
parel, the oil jug was smashed the
sugar bowl and bean pot were filled with
filth, what butter they had about (three
pounds) was daubed in the cellar
bottom, the window glass was broken
and the pieces scattered over the bed,
and the riding wagon was run over the
bank, turned upside down and, together
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
Issued Once u Year.

ApropOs OF curious newspapers, the
Esouimaux Bulletin is certainly the
most curious in the world. 1t is print
ell at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in
latitude - deg ees ~ minutes. and
c a ms to be the only journal published
within the Arctic Circle, while it Is is
sued only once a year.
This little paper is printed on stiff
white paper. on ono side only, the size
of the sheet being Tx, inches. 1t i.
printed not from type, but by the hec-
tograph process. and contains variety
of news. arranged under different
heads. in mirth!ul imitation OF the
daily papers in other localities it tri.
umphantly carries at the head Of its
columns the legend. Largest circnla.
ton in q G Arctic" and also the addi.
tional boast of "Only yearly ne wspape per
in the world" The rs ,uimaux Bull.
le,in is in error. however, in assuming
this sub iit'e Has our contemporary
never seen copy OF the Atnagiintit:
This is also IA yearly paper, and it is
published in about the same latitude
as the Esluima TX Bulletin, at Goo:-
haab. in Greenland. A Partisan our
ma. the IKE steele. appears once q
year. but that is only to secure the
right to the title wien the twentieth
century become, a fact
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
Points in buying Shoes.

Any one who expects to secure Il
comfortable or evcn endurahle til
should test their shoes we'll before
leavin. the store. "Many women :"
says New York dealer "set Il shoe
harneSSed on their foot much as 4
horse is strapped up by main strength
in the hands OF an ignorant person;
and there is the woman, and there is
the horse, fultless to all appearance
not Il trap Hopping. not fuald OF
leather that your finger could go UNI
der: and il Che shoe or the harness
doesn't pain the cha.c while at rest, it
seems ali right. But let the horse try
to start, or the woman either, and
the truth will Come out. l always
advice a person to stand and walk
across the floor in a newly-iltted shoe,
to test it before lea ing the store with
it,"
The former objection to congress
shoes, that they compressed the ankles
and impedcd the CIRCULATION OF the
blood, thus producing cold feet and
other evils, has been almost entirely
removed by the adoption of improved
shapes ard better quality of Horing.
The latter has teen 30 perfect
ed in the matter OF dura bic elasticity
that baggy cores are now the eacep.
ton, inste I'd OF the rule Of formerly.
The o.d-fa>hioned N-shaped gore is
being superseded by the rounded
bottom, and with a reach forward
where it joins the tIxings of the shoe,
which permits the use of Il narrower
strip Of the elastic without adding tG
the labor O! putting the shoe on OF
of. The popularity OF this handy
shoe has always depended upon thi.
little adjunct to its makeup. and the
gOremakcrS have taken the hint
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
The Tsmruany SOCIETY.

Tut second in interest only to the
general celebration IL Philadelphia
was the celebration of the anniversary
in New York, an account OF which
reache. the pa er about week later.
The Tammany Scciety of New York
mad been organi ed May -, 1882. It
was intended for patriotic and benev-
client organization, and it was named
for the great Delaware chief, Tam
many who was one of thO-e who signed
the original treaty with William
! enn, conveying to him q part Of the
lad which is now within tie bound
aries of Pennsylvania. Th- society
assembled in Tammanial Hall at 3
o'clock and, after the usual anniI ers-
art business, moved with the officers
in solemn procession through Broad
way, Beaver street and oad street
to the old Presbyterian Church in Wall
street, where it was joined by the Cen
eral Society of Mechanics and Trades
mon land a brilliant audience OF
ladies and gentlemen The Grand
Sachem of the Tammany Society
read the Declaration of Independence.
after which the Rev. Mr.. Miller adj
dressed the throne of grace and deliv-
cred truly elegant patriotic Obscure G.
A1IcF Unc cuuICn SttFlCt III SOClctN
returned in procession to the hall. APP
pointed committees Of congratulation
and a journed to ;oin the several COM
panes with which they were to dine.
They met again in the evening and re-
ceired populations from the Soc ETY. OF
the Cincinnati, tho merchants. the
military. etc. \ cod collation. was
served and some spontaneous toasts
were drunk.
Thus the anniversary of the Decla-
ration of Indcrende was cole bratcd
10, years ago. The ceremonies wee
more simple than those which marh
the celebration O. the same annivcr
sary a century later. and they were
more ni,crSally Oh -crved. There
was more immcdiatr reason then VIII,
the people of the ln;tcd states shoul'
make merry over the establishment o
the republic. They who tasted the
sweets of freedom had known the YOKE
of 'monarchial p 'wer." \ yeneratio:
that has known nothing but liberty l.
perhaps cxcusablc for not app audin:
the act which gave it that liberty witt
the same degree OF enthusiasm.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
Milking Reindeer.

The process Of milking hero oil
reindeer is singular. and we have
often watched It with interest,
especially when after long tramp
across the fields, we looked forward
to share Of it ourselves Attended
by the sharp noscd Lapiand dogs, the
herd appears it, members packed
closely together and forming u Coin
pact mass, in which the horns are a
prominent feature. AS they approach
nearer one hears grunting exactly
Like swine. and curious. cracking
sound, produced by Il contact OF in
numera ole horns and limbs. They
are then driven into an Enclosure,
each animal is ias>oed in its turn
over the horns. and dragged up to an
erection in the middle, where it is
MIXED. The quantity afforded by
each 5 only about as much as would
till claret glass but the milk is ex-
tremely rich ana nourishing. Black
woo.'S Magazine
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28

American would be without on that
happy day:
And yet does it ever occur to the
small boy that tirecrackers were the
delight of other small boys and the
terror of their mothers centuries be-
fore Columbus discovered America?
Does he ever think of the little Chi
ncse lad :, with funny little pigtails and
shiny brown eyes, who played with
them two Or three hundred years he
fore hrist was born? Yet so it was
Niter, the principal Ingredient of gun
powder, has always been found in
great quantities in China. and the an
cient records of that country prove
that gunpowder was there manufac:-
ured a. q time when Euroie w2s. q
h ,wling willie, lie 5 except in the little
corner where Rome sat on her seven
hills ere she had become TIE mighty
empress Of the world. Fireworks We're
the earliest form in which Gunpowdcr
was used. as. oddly enough, its enter
tanning qualities were discovered be-
fore is destructive powers. The show
crs OF sparks that fall fr, m rockets
ha c spaikled in Chinese skies from
time immemorial Tn, free, arkcr is
said to be the Garlic firm 0: eS} 10.
sivc. and was not 80 mulch intended for
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
Sugar and Preserves.

Sugar and preserves were fashion
able presents in Queen Bes>' time.
Every one seemed 10 have had "a
sweet tooth" in those times The
Dean and HAPPIER of Salisbury har-
ing a case to be tried before Justice
Hale. presented him with six sugar
ioavcS, for which the Judge, who
was exceptionally scrupulous. in
sisted on paying. In Dasenant's
poem, Madagascar" occurs the
,Ouplct:
TEen reconcile the rich for go!I-!rinc"i gloves
TIE poor for Gods sake, or for sugar lpaNes.
The Sergeants OF the House Of
Commons in Lent, l5S5. received
from Lord Howard a PRESENT OF su.
gar. The Chamber Of Exeter in 1910
voted sugar loaye> to two canons Cor
their morning lectures Sometimes
marmalade orange. lemons, or even
potatoes took its place. and when
sugar became cheaper the custom
ceased In 1871 all persons in Scot.
land not being Dukes, Earles, etc,
possessed Of at least ESQ pounds in
yeorly rents. were prohibited the Use
o: confect;ous. f"reign drugs and
costly spices. Westminster i,e'
vipw
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
THE INDIAN CANOE.
spite OF Iss Lishtnes> and FraSilifV It Il
Adap:ed 70 Rough Water.

'What a wonderful creation is the
Indian caGne. Ligh, as foam, blown
like IA feather by the slightest breeze.
responsive rs Il cork to the least rip
pie: yet this same fragile bark is
adapted to the widest waters 1t
leaps IN safety from crest to crest OK
the cataract, or nuUyantlv >urmountS
the pillows III the stormy lake. 1t
was we'll for us re GENTLY that it was
so, for we were head ny toward q
broad sheet OF water That was thick
" dotted with white caps. We were
soon far enough out 10 fee! the iull
force OF the gale that >;unE our faces
with wind aud spray. To 20 against
such d wind with bark canoe would
be an utter i'm II s>ibility, but TO run
with it was great fun. Our safety
depended upon the skill of the steers
man in keeping her before the wind.
Certainly the day had commenced
auSpiciOuS!y: We were making quick
time The compliment lri>hman WAS
taking To himself all the credit for
this gale lis though 1t were part Of
his business was forbidden to
paddle. but with ,apt. Nick's con-
sent tied the lMls Of my rubber
coat 20 the handles OF two paddles
and inserted the blades in the arm.
holes. This extcmpore sail greatly
added to the speed OF our fly .ng craft.
On we few, Oh stripping the spray
that lcapeu after IS and fell short.
/ This KIND of sailing furnished >enSa-
tions for which no analogy can be
iOund in the whole range Of navlga-
tlcn. Instead OF piunying deeply and
/ tailoring heavily as d WOODEN boat
would. our Ouoyant vessel scarcely
! deiyned to plunge at all, but seemed
! to skim like Il sea-Sull on the very
/ foam itself SO we crossed Lake
Talon in boat which Il man could
carry, doing eight miles OF angry
waves without shipping thlmb!elul
Of water "-Uutiny.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
or aye the tea fac*c-.e= snS the ira

tor a~e the tea fac:cr.e= and the fire.
cracker factories. These establish
ments can hardly b. called facto les,
if We use the wurd IN the sense OF MAX
ing by machinery. for al Of the work
i, acc, mrlishcd b. hand and they are,
therefore. called by the English resi-
dents of that country ire crach er go
downs.
=. ON approaching the building ono ia
not greeted with the usual roar Of
furnaces and the many and one noises
that 20 70 maze up the din Of fac
tory. but it is anything but quiet
place. At a distance il sounds liko
the riot of Il furious mob
ror L mile aroHnd the factory the
tn ,usands of inhabitants are ali en-
ployoi in making trecrackers. AS
be anything but babies they begin to
have, finished the houscwork they turn
their hands to making iirecrackcrs:
but there j. no confusion. FIR no one
knows how to do but very small part
of the immense amount of work re.
CURED in turning out millions of these
little explosives. One man. for IN
stance. makes fuses, another cuts them
in length and another SORTS them in
sizes: one man makes the paper, an
other rolls the crackers, while his
nciyh Dor fills the ends with clay. The
paper man would not do the cay mans
work. anv more than the fusemaker
would do the sOrters work. and every
little iirccracher before it reaches
America has in its con truction passed
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28

through over sixty different pairs of
hands. The gO-down is divided into a
dozen long sheds, with blue tiled roofs;
the lab ,rcrs sit on little stools at long
bench-like tables. AS soon as one man
finishes his part Of the work he PAS es
it ON to his neighbor, the latter
following his example when he
has done his share. and thus it
starts at one end of the table as
a little paper and fuse and comes cut
at the other end a finished tirecracker.
They are packed in boxes much reSem-
b ing the common tea box and contain
thirty packages. \ box III this coun-
try bring Sl.13, and after duty and
shipment have been aid it is a Won
der any profit i, made at all.
1t Is ali easy thing to distinguish the
firccrackcrs made in America from
tho-e of Chinese make. In the first
place, the American crackers are YER
small They are rarely smaller than
four and a half inches in length and havo
short cord fuses. while. on the other
band, the Chin &c kind have paper
fuses. are braided into IA Ks and have
gilt labels. \ tircwork firm in hicagO
oHcc tried to make small tirecrackcr5
by mac hincrv, but after several fruit
less attempts gave 1t up with Il loss of
several thousand dollars. They could
repro luce u pack of tirecrackers after
the Chinese pattern, tn only trouble
being that they wcu'd not explode.
Thi, is mainly hccaust no machine can
be manufactured to roll the tirecrack-
crs and take the place of the gentle
pressure done with the human hand.
They invariably roll them too tight
and thereby render them useless.
The large American tirccrackers al
ways hav,. a motto, printed on their
sides. DO not hold in the hand after
lighting" Only an American boy
would be guilty of such reckless
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
\ Lesson in Patriotism.

Mos, comrnerdab!e are the exercises
he'd in he schools supported by the
Baron De Hir>cll fund in commemora-
ton OF Independence Day. The tea IL
ing OF patriotism to III Sc children of
Russians. who a"e to- grow into free
citizenship in & republic, is a fit pre-; a.
ration for their entrance into the pub
lie schools. They are now taught to
salute the flag which they are 10 honor.
When they have become public pupils.
these youngsters will see flying over
brse5 LOYALTY.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28


III the mountains Of Western China
there is suppo ed 10 be a giant devil of
a brilliant red. a the sight o. whom
men grow faint with fear, \ man who
lived about 80 n years ago by the name
of Leed:en found that the banging of
.irecracke = wo.ld brighten him away.
hence L.eedien i the god 0. firecrack-
ers. Al the red tirecrackers are in
tended to be used TO brighten away the
red devil. while the green and yellow
ones are offerings IL Leedien. From
the simple lit1le free racker was grad
ually evolved the destructi e cannon.
which was used IN their war with the
Moguls in \. d. l.3, 1t was intro
d ced into Europe about 1910. Thus
we owe to the Chinese the invention
of the most usefu, article of warfare in
the world.
The most interesting sights OF Can