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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
Bivlic's Peril.

Tho screams OF a woman with her head
and shoulders thrust out Of the fourth
story window of lodging house on kearny
street attracted the attention of passersbv.
The woman was squealng at the top of
her voice, and for moment it was the
firm belief of the people that some brute
was trying to throw her ont of the win
dow. Closer observation revealed tho fact
that while hanging the canary bird out in
the sun the bottom had dropped out of the
cage and the bird was fluttering around the
top Of the prison frightened half to death
"Oh, he'll fall He'll fall My poor lit
tie bird!' screamed the woman Then
with great presence of mind she turned The
cage bottom side up so that her pet would
not be mangled on the cruel stone pave
ments beneath. The bird sailed away over
the tops of the buildings, followed by a
most heartrending and earsplitting screech
The poor woman was comforted, how
ever, by the knowledge that birdie did not
fall.-San Francisco Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
Allertons and Axtells Not Plentiful.

do you ever expect to raise another Al
lerton or an Axtel!?' "a Chicago Tribune
reporter recently asked G. W. Williams.
II hope to, but can't say that l expect
to do so. Tho more experience / have in
breeding the more certain am that AL
lertons and Axtolls do not grow on every
bush. l have some young things that 1
think well of, but 1 shall not be discour-
aged if they are not record breakers. You
know there never has been 3-year-old as
fast as Axtell or a 5-year-old Allerton's
equal, and, that being the case I have done
very well even if should produce no more
like them"
Twill another trotter sell for 800, 900
within 90 years?''
II don't know. The fact is only two
trotters have ever been sold for that
amount. Senator Stanford sold Arion for
1925, 900, and l sold Axtell for sos, 900.
They were sold during prosperous times
and when money was plenty but rs wo
will surely have as good times again it
may be that some colt or horse having phe-
nomenal speed will sell for ms much or
even more than that paid for Arion or AK
tell"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
MaIagasy Cookery.

Cooking being an art, every race has n
style of its own. The Malagasy, like the
gentle Hindoo, knows how to prepare his
mess of rice. 1t is not boiled to mash as
in England or as our potatoes are some
times pulped, but, covered with n proper
suificicncy of water, is carefully treated
until the grains are swollen fit to burst
and yet remain full, intact, soft and rath-
er 1ncaly. The manioc root is an easier
dish to prepare. 1T is sometimes served
boiled, as yams and sweet potatoes and
again as sort of cold porridge. Native
coffee they understand how to make and
the aroma is excellent, but tea, alasi You
have to look to the brewing of that from
start to finish if you desire drinkable
cup. Poultry and game are eaten fresh
ard the cooks have a clever and withal
clearly trick of dipping the dead animals
in boiling water, which enables them to
pluck them easily and quickly. The prep
aration for trusting comes later.
There is no lack of variety at Mala-
gasy table, but, all the same, you miss the
wheaton flour bread, sugar and condiments
when cloyed with rice, fowls, manioc and
eggs Tho staple fuel is bunch grass
which when dried burns fiercely and set
ties into a glowing embcr that gives off a
deal Of heat. All the cooking is done on
oarthcn hearths and the roasting, boiling
and baking in big iron pots. The grass be-
ing slightly aromatic the od0r is rs agree
able as that of . hard wood fire-London
TclcpraDn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
Base Ball N oteS.

Brockton Times: Manager Irwin s
mouth ought to be all out of SHAPE II ak
ing apologies. Who is Irwin anyway?
The Bangor News takes our little Joke
about beating out the New Bedforis seri-
ousiy. We shall have to lab them in
utura.
Plans are being formulated for game
of bali on the same plan as that played In
Waterville, last Tuesday, to take place at
the driving park, next week, for the bene-
flt Of the Remedies; tickets to be sold In
advance.
Warren and Camden are rather taking
the starch out Of their metropolitan com
pctitor, Rockland, in the Knox county
league. The two towns mentioned arc
supporting some pretty hot base ball
teams There must be some good sporting
blood down here.
The very handsome bat made especially
for the OCCASION and presented by Allen
II. Jewett to the member of the kepne-
hoes who made the most runs in the last
home series, was won by George Baker,
pitcher and right fielder, and was pre-
.entcd to him as the team went through
from Watcrville to Massachusetts.
Commercials Unless the fact that
Bangor Is able to win any game is con
sidsrct sufficient reason for congr3tula
ton lot us not become too merry over
three successive defeats of the Remedies.
Why, il the respective merits of base ball
teams arc at all proportionate to the sala
ries drawn, the Remedies ought never
20 coma within hailing distance of vim
ing game from Bangor. We expect the
b .ngprs to always beat Manager Bum
ham = men and the fact that they do not
simply shows that dash, pluck and good
man ,gencnt are apt TO triumph over es-
pcricoce and fuliy-carocd rcputatiC MS.
Tho people of Augusta have reason Q
be proud of the work of their club this
season and it deserves their warmcst sup
port
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
rAE EMBDEN GEESE.
r,;s Handsome Variety Is Fairly Proiinc
and Natures Early-A Breeding Fen.

r,;s Handsome Variety Is Fairy Promo
and Natures Early-A Breeding Fen.
There are only three varieties OF geese
which can be called economical. 1t Is
true we have several varieties, but the
majority are so inferior to the three
leading breeds-Embden, Toulouse and
.talian-that they cannot be called prof
table breeds, says breeder in The
Kennel. Farm and Poultry Yard.
The Emblem goose is by far the most
beautiful of the species 1t is a very
large variety, pure white in color, and
very handsome. In a large flock on the
grass or stubbles they look extremely
we'll. The Emblem gander should have
a long, swanlike neck; long, straight
head; deep orange bill and light blue
ewes. His breast should be full and
broad, without any keel; shoulders very
broad, back long and straight, paunch
deep and broad, and legs very strong.
The Embdens are fairly prolific. They
lay about Is eggs each if fairly fed,
and make good sitters and mothers.
They arc indeed most satisfactory in the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
FUN FcR TIE THIN OFFICE COY.
a Rel CT Co1fcl.c-cto Ellis, Two Crooks
AID . G,quc! ~ the Police.

a Roll CT Confederate Ellis, Two Crooks
AID . ;oqnc! IL The Police.
Not all the lounGors that loaf On the
City Hall park benches arc mere tTamps.
There is an occasional crook among them
with an ego cpen for business. This was
discorcrcd by ,ho thin Office boy one day
last week. The thin Office boy lad recent
" como in possession of several hundred
dollars in imitation Confederate money
got oit by q firm for advertising purposes.
This he rolled up, securing it with a rub
Der band, and showed it into his lower
waistcoat pocket, letting the top OF the roll
protrude alluringly. To all appearances
the shin Office boy was u gentleman OF
mcars and leisure out for stroll in City
Hall park.
This idea probably struck two mer.
lounging on Il bench, for they arose anG
followed the possossor Of the bills. On,
WIS II short, dark man. the other tall
blond man. Ecithcr of them could have
entered the dudes challenge competition
for the best dressed man in New York.
Now the thin office boy Is known on PARK
row rs a 'dcad fly kid, " and it took him &
very small portion Of a moment to make
him ON the trail of the roll of bills Thi,
amused him. His own roll was deep il
his trousers pocket. So he determined Il
give the men a chance. A crowd of boys
playing craps at the corner of Broadway
and Mail street, just at the end of the
postoi1icc, attracted his attention, and hi
stopped to watch them. The two men
stopped also and began skylarking all tn,
time drawing nearer When they wert
quite near, the thin Office boy started on,
and f;s he did so the small man ran into
him, knocking him heavily over against
the big man, who lost no time in transfer
ring the wad of bills to his own pocket.
Cant you look where you're going?
asked tho thin office boy Indignantly, bu
not too Indignantly, for he didn't want t,
get into fight.
Instead Of replying the tall man flee
with great rapidity toward Park row, Will
his companion slouchcd around the cor
ner. Thereupon the thin office boy leanee
up against the postoffice and contortet
himself with mirth until he grew breath
l5ss AID blue in the face and fell upon th,
ground and rolled, to the alarm of n Grove
who gathered about and expressed tn,
opinion that he had cholera, hydrophobia
fits, sunstroke lockjaw, paralysis, apo
plc1y, epilepsy and other ills. But dea
old lady came forward, put a bottle o
smelling salts under his nose, and sale
consolingly;
"Never mind, poor boy, the ambulance
will bc here soon.'
The strength of the smelling salts af
fected tho sufferer Ikea brick applied with
force to the back Of the neck, and he arose
realizing thai i, was time to go. But whcl
he returned to the Office he was still veal
from excess Of mirth. Next day the polio
reports stated that poorly dressed ma,
had fallen in Il tit in Psrk row salool
just as he was about to pay for drink.
Tho thin office boy thinks that it wa
his robbcr.-Now York sun.
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latter respect. Great laying in geese is
not to my mind any recommendation.
prefer goose that will lay good sit
ting-say from IL to 5 eggs-and then
sit down and hatch them and bring off
her flock to the fields as soon as they
yan be trusted to ramble far from home.
Geese of this class give very little trou-
BILE compared with birds brought up by
hens which lay about the farmyard all
summon.
The Embdens are an early maturing
variety, and as such have been largely
recommended as harvest geese. Their
flesh is excellent and without any coarse
ness They are frequently crossed with
Toulouse, which produces excellent re-
suits. This cross makes very large birds
of light gray color. The ganders grow
particularly large The cross between
al En- bden goose and Chinese gander
is very highly spoken Of Large flocks
of moderate sized white birds are OBJ
tanned in this way.
A gander and two or three geese
make breeding pen. prefer to mate
only two geese with gander. The gan
der, as before stated, should be as long
III the neck and typical of the breed as
possible. would advise the first four
eggs laid by each goose to be put under
hens, and the geese will be able for
about IS eggs each. They should have
nests provided in a shed, where they
should be put to lay from the first. ]
don't believe i'll changing a goose from
the nest she has laid in, because she
won't take to new nest, as rule.
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FOR MEM TRIAL.
CONTINUED from 1st page.

by her husband nursing him in his dying
aeonr wiDiug the cold sweat from his
brow and measuring the exact effect of
tie noison. tibet she might administer
more If needed.
Mr. Heath then went on to show that
Trask had an exclusive opportunity to
put the poison in the GIN in the forenoon,
! while Mrs. Getchell was in the clubhouse.
Trask was mad enough and cheap enough
to have done it. After Getchell's death,
Trask who was at the house, said:
Il will show you what allied him. He
has been drinking poison"
1t WAS Trask, who with Fowler and the
other neighbor, in the kitchen, had sug-
9 stotl that they look at the bottle of gin.
Mrs. Getchall had no opportunity to get
tho poison and it had never been proven
that sha did get it. In conclusion Mr..
Heath said he believed absolutely in the
innocence of this woman in fact.
For this reason l gave her Of my time
then and | give it now. l gave her of my
money then and give it now. Into your
hands | commit the liberties of an unfor-
tunHte woman" said Mr. Heath in clos
ing.
Attorney General Powers began his
argument for the State about 3. 2. NJ
At the conclusion of the attorney gen
erals address, Mr.. Heath spoke BRIEFLY IN
rabut.al. He said that it was true that
the theory about Trask was not brought
up at the trial. There was no time then
to examine closely, because he. did not know
there was strychnine poisoning until Prof
Robinson testified. He met the issue as
best he could, but later more light and
more facts had come to him and made it
his duty to Go all possible to solve this
mystery,
Getchell died, Dec. 9, 1893, and his
body was disinterred and examined 90
days later. The law courts will now con
slider the case and render a decision later.
The judges sitting were Peters, Walton,
Foster, Haskell, Whitehouse and Strout.
Judge Wiswell, who tried the case, did
not sit in this case, a recent Legislature
having made a rule in such cases.
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heart, while Richard Mansfield is still tell
ing of how shabbily he was treated over
there. Therefore when an American with
out reputation at home goes abroad and
wins fame it is all the moro gratifying.
And that is what Lyla Kavenaugh has
done.
Miss Kavenaugh is a Philadelphia girl
of good family who was well educated and
gently reared She became magnificent
performer on the piano and several other
instruments before her voice received any
particular attention. Then it was discov-
cred that she was possessed of n phenom-
email vocal organ, and Miss Kavenaugh
went to New York and put herself in
charge of the famous instructors Mime.
Roderick and Signor Bellari.
The young singer found ut the end Of
her period of preparation that her work had
only just begun. 1t was next to impossi-
bic to get an engagement that she was
willing to accept, and Miss Kavenaugh de-
cided to go to Europe to look for work.
She went to Paris and signed "a contract
soon after her arrival. Before it's expira-
ton Vert the great London imprcsario,
heard her and engaged her for n long term
in the British capital, to be followed by "a
season in Berlin. Miss Kavcnaugh' s work
has evoked genuine enthusiasm, and she
is such a strikingly handsome woman that
her portrait has been published by nearly
every illustrated paper in France and Eng
land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
MANAGERS As pLAYERsr
The Both Sides Of a Regular Annual Dis
cussi0n.

Every year there arises adiscusslon o'e
the merits or dement's of playing manager
of ball teams. The question OF course Ma
its two sides and each side has its warn
advocates. Therefore it is by 10 mean
SETTLED in the baseball public's mind tina
a club is better off to have Its manage
among its players than to have nm hs
nonparticipant i'll the game. y. lfouls
Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Plt'sour;
and New York have managers VINO are nc
tive PLAYERS The other National icis2u
clubs employ managers who never pun o.
q uniform unless in one or TWO lhst''hot'
as Irwin of Philadelphia, McCloskcy .
Louisville and Foutz of Brooklyn, whc'
the uniform is donned to permit the mar
ager to coach.
Last year Arson began the season II
manager by sitting-nn the bench in elite
dress. 1t didn't work well in his case, am
not till he took up his knickcrbockcrS IN
went back upon the nine did he succeed
impressing his players with his strong Eei
sonality. Iprcsumc, after all, it is not
much question of playing or not piayin
as it is of the mans adaptation. Men lik
Arson, Doyle. Tebcau and Ewing will Il
better by taking part in each game an
participating in the work of the team. +
it good, bad or indifferent. But tlic Han
Ions. Scclcs and Schmelzcs are not bui
for effective service in uniform.
Next to Arson the most successful mal
agcr among those who play on their nin'
is Captain Oliver Tchcau Of Cleveland
more Familiarity known as Patsy. Ex;icti
where his success lies is hard to decide. II
is. however, what is called Il fighter. Whc
it comes to that quality, Arson must Ran
below him. The nearest rival he has
his peculiar methods is Manager Doyle
New York, who l believe, ut one tim,
was Tebcaus pupil. Patsy can heap mor
misery upon an umpire's life in one after
noon perhaps than any man who exc
managed IA ball team. He is the umpire
bette noirc With him kicking is profc'
sional life, and when he does kick at a dc
cision it is no half hearted affair, but
full of his whole soul. On such occasion
Mr. Teboau' 5 language is not always pure
simple and sweet. Indeed he has tho rep
utation of being able to express himself o.
such occasion with more force than ele
gance.
This season he has been particularly up
fortunate. Accident after accident ha
kept him off his nine. Perhaps l shout,
express it as the topper did when he WA
brought before the judge for the siXtl
time. His honor scow!cd and thundcrcd
"What! Drunk AGAIN. "No, your hon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
A Doubtful Fellow.

There's a sense of summer in the air, in every
birds sweet note,
But never mind my buster, dear; Just mend
my overcoat.
The flowers are flaming on the hills, and loud
the thcnders roll,
But never mind the season. dear; Just keep on
buying coal
Thc peach trees shake their blossoms down,
the rose reels rcd and white,
But never mind tho peach tree, dear; Just keen
tho fires bright.
ara spriag--ssyc9t spring-has come at last,
with glory in her soul,
Ba. aoser mind the spring time. dear; Just
keep ahead on coal
Atlanta Constitution,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-09
FALL RIVER, 10; kEssesEcs. /.
The Champions Used KIobedanz and Our Boys
Couldn't Hit Him.

Fall River, Aug. ESPECIAL. The
Kennebecs arrived hcrs, today, for the
last games of the season ON our grounds,
and had not BurDham's youngsters been
much tired by their 200 miles ride from
the Kennebec valley, would doubtless have
made much better showing against the
Champions IA they have put up giit-edged
ball here, in tn; past and their record at
home shows Tat theysran still do so.
Joe Be- vi, barring his two errors. a fum-
BILE and wild throw, put up his usual
good game, making two hits. with two
putours and three handsome assists.
Butler caught q great game, and the
crowd applauded this plucky player.
johnson made three fine stops but his
two fumbles were costly. Doaerty was
In the game all the time, as his three put
outs and three assists show, offsetttng his
lone error. Kelley at first failed 10 hold a
thrown ball ana also to stop one, but
safely held 10 others.
Pickett got in his work as usual in left
Conner and Buckley had nothing to do
In their territory but Common pounded out
Il splendid double, scoring Baker. In the
sixth.
Baker pitched good ball under the cir
cnmstances. but was hit hard. lie scored
the Remedies only run, made one hit.
one pntout and ono assist He also had
the pleasure OF twice striking out Patsy
Rollins
The boys couldn't win, simply because
they couldn't hit kiobed who 5others
them more than any other pitcher In the
league, while their errors helped roll up
the score for Fall River.
For the home team, Klobedanz pitched
fast ball and battcd out home run
Patsy Rollins was all there as usual.
Kennedy and McDernoft covered hret and
second in good shape while Joe Harrlng-
ton was right In ths game. His record
shows up three assists, one putcut, three
runs and five hits, including two two
triples Left aud center were we'll taken
care of ny Ladd and Fitzmaurice, while
Rupert In right, made two bad errors.
The score:
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was adopted at the spring meeting Will
not answer. Umpires recognize them ~
excessive and refuse, except in rare cases,
to infiict them. Players soon realized this
weakness in the code and have taken ad-
vantage of 1t. In my opinion the only way
to prevent useless wraAgling ON the ball
field is to prohibit all Questioning OF UNI
pires' decisions absolutely. But it would
even then be uncertain whether the kickers
could be suppressed. .r:o s.lfg,ses
There are ball players who kick quite as
naturally as summer girl flirts The man
who will suggest n plan to suppress that
class of players will merit the reverence vi
a million baseball patrons.
o. i. CAYLoR.
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eyes, " said the lady lecturer, "wonen
have been wronged for ages. They have
suffered in n thousand ways"
"Thcro Is one way in which they have
never suffered, " said a meek looking man,
standing up.
"What way is that?" demanded the lee
turcss.
"They have never suffered in silence"
And then the lectures demonstrated be-
yond doubt that he was right, in her
case at leas..-Boston Traveller.
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COVERED BARNYARDS.
Tl,ese Not Only Protect the Stock, but Are
Great Saving of Manure.


II used to be a common sight to see
the dressing from the cattle and horse
stalls thrown out under the gutterless
caves Of barns to be leached of at least
two-thirds Of its manurial value by the
water that washed oyer it into some
full practices have to a considerable ex.
tent been succeeded by efforts to save III
its full value this backbone" of the
farm.
caves troughs have come into more
general use than was formerly the case;
barn cellars have been excavated under
old barns, and new barns located where
such opportunities for saving manure
could DO secured, while shed roofs arc
frequently seen, especially in New Eng
land, protecting in some degree the ma
nure leaps beneath the barn windows.
Looso piles of manure. however, kept
dry under these shed roofs are subject to
serious fire fanging, as it is called, so
that in many cases the manure when
carried to the fields is of little more
value than that which has been leached
Of its best fertilizing elements. This
trouble is commonly avoided in the stor-
ing of manure in cellars, as hogs are
usually kept upon the manure, and
these keep it both moist and well
tramped, so that heating does not take
place rapidly.
Within recent years new method of
Y1ntra+incr hos fny,,,l fo--Cy -,
certain parts of the country, and this is
in the use Of completely covered barn.
yards over which the accommodating ma
nure from the COW and horse stalls, the
calf and sheep pens, is evenly spread,
and coarse litter thrown on top the
whole being kept firmly packed by the
constant tramping of animals over it,
preventing all injurious heating Such
a barnyard also provides splendid pro-
lection to animals when housed at night
during the summer, this roof protecting
them from heavy showers in the night
and affording an excellent opportunity
for exercise in the winter, as all the
sides, except that toward the south, can
be protected against cold winds by be-
ing temporarily boarded up.
With all due regard to this and other
means for saving manure, however,
says American Agriculturist, it should
be thoroughly understood that manure
Is never worth any more than at the
moment it is voided by our farm ami.
mails. 1t then contains as much nitro
gen. potash, phosphoric acid, lime, etc,
as it ever will contain. The sooner it is
put upon the land the less waste there
will be Of those elements of plant food
| unless the land is SO exposed that the
manure will wash off or is SO sandy
that the plant food will leach away and
be lost. Because excrement does not
improve by keeping, it is applied at
once.