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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-30
HORSE TORTURE.
Sitting the Nostrils Still Practiced In Some
Parts of the World.

Sitting q horses nostrils is still practic-
ed in some parts of the world as in Persia,
MonColia and even in northern Africa,
and ponies with slit nOstrilS are often seen
in the Himalayas and in Afghanistan.
This mutilation is rcsOrtcd to in the erro
neous belief that the horse can inhale more
air when going at fast pace, and also
that it prevents ncighing, Disqualified
ton of much importance during war, or
when it is desirable to travel as silently as
possible 1t was practiced in Hungary not
long ago, if we are to accept as evidence
the copy of finished sketch of horses
head, by the celebrated Zoffani, given in
Colonel Hamilton's work on horses 1t is
rather surprising that the fashion was not
renewed in England, for two or three cen
turtles ago, to prevent Horse ncighing, it
was recommended TO tic d wooden band
around the tongue. Markham says:
"If either when you arc in service in the
wars and would not be discovered, or when
upon any other occasion you would not
have your horse to neigh or make a noise,
you shall take n lystc (band) of wooden
cloth and tye it fast in many folds about
the middle of your horses tongue, and be-
lievc it, so long as the tongue is so tyed,
so long the horse can by no means neigh
IT make any extraordinary noise with his
voice. as hath often been tried and approx
ed Of
A very barbarous and useless operation
for the prevention of stumbling in horses
was fashionable toward the end of the sew
enteenth and beginning of the eighteenth
centuries. This was the exposure of the
tendon of o muscle that assists in dilating
the nostrils and twisting it round two or
three times, when it was divided. "In do
ing this you shall see the horse bring his
hinder legs TO his fore legs almost, when
you have thus pulled and turned the sinew
two or three tines Such a statement
will give some idea of the pain the animal
experienced during the senseless operation.
Nineteenth Century
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-30
Base Ball Notes.

The Kennebecs have now taken game
from every team in the league, including
Fall River.
The winning of four out of the last five
games from such teams as Portland,
Lewiston and Bangor ought to be pretty
conclusive proof that the Remedies are
capable of putting up gilt edged ball.
In the opinion of Kennebec players
Deady's outneld work would be vastly
improved by the use of a fielders' wit.
The light glove he has been using is I'M
suited to fielders who have any weakness
on fly balls. Deadly is ball player and II
the Bangor papers will stop wasting him
for while he will yet get into the game.
We feel indebted to the Kennebec Jour-
nal for Information, from its wide expert
cnce, as to how to write base ball and we
hereby return heartfelt thanks.-Lewis-
| ton journal.
| We are not presumptuous enough to
criticise the quality of our Lewiston con
temporary's work. He and the versatile
artist of the Bangor Commercial occupy
| the front seat among base ball writers OF
Maine There are no others who have a
license to sit with them. We did venture
however, in timid and unobstrusive way
to express the opinion, born of two sea
son e personal experience with the man
agement Of professional ball team, tina,
newspaper roasting Of the players was /;
very poor way to secure winning wort
from home team.
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COLBY, 10; BATES, II.
Sail Tossers from Lewiston Easily 0utplayed
by the WatervilIe Experts.

Waterville, May 29.-(Specian. BATES
suffered defeat on the Colby campus b!
the Colbys, this afternoon, in loosely
felded game on both sides. The home
team won by their superior batting, fo'
they pounded out IS hits with total of 81
bases. Three home runs were made by
Colby and one by Bates All of Bates
hits but two were singles, and three OF
four ought to have been either errors o.
outs il the Colby men had been playing
rapid ball.
1t was a fairly good game till the sixth
inning when the Colby batters got thei
eye On Bergman curves for five singles
and double. Then with the bases full
he gave two men bases on balls, forcing
in two runs. Captain Slattery came il
from center field and began to pitch. H.
gave the first man a base on balls, forcing
in another score The next man got /
cracking hit and the pew pitcher CAV
way to Wakefield. who did good work il
the box for the remainder of the game
Both catchers did excellent work. TIL
Colbys tried Brooks at his old Hebron
position at first and he played rattlins
game there, only missing one of his elghl
chances.
The score:
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THE REPORT DOUBTED
That There Is Prospects Of Renewed risn"ns
Between China and Japan.

Washington, May 23.--At the japanese
legation. which has been kept promptly
and accurately advised by the home gov,
eminent of every move OF imporeanoe
from the outbreak of the war to the con
clusion of peace nothing has neen re,
ceiyed to confirm the news from Shahguai
that japanese warships off Formosa are
cleared for action and renewal OF hos1n-
titles is imminent.
The officials in charge OF the cable ser
vice Of the state department are also WIZ
ont news and the story in its present
shape is Erusquely dismissed as "anothef
Shanghai fable. :"
The report was as follows from London
A dispatch from Shanghai to the. ran
Mall Gazette says there are alarming
ru nors that renewal of the lighting DC
ween Japan and China is Imminent !.
The Japanese warships at Formosa nav
besn cleared for action and tie Fren'
ships at Tamsui are ready for any enei :
gsncy. In consequence of the ruInor that
Russia intends to intervene. all Oh th'
available steamers have been ordered 10
Ten Tsin with cargocs of rice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-30

When the Pullman rolled into the sta
ton, last night at 1850 o'clock, Police
Officers Thompson and Mcdonald boarded
it and approached a woman who was in
the first passenger coach, having with her
two children, boy and girl. Officer
Thompson displayed telegram from
Officer Clancy of Orono, who requested
the dc tention of the girl, who had been
given to the father during divorce pro-
GEE dirg s at the last term Of the Penobscol
supreme court The woman claimed sht
had right to the little girl and made th(
remark several tines You may take hel
If you want to, but go with her and
will spill my last drop of blood for my
child The officers took the trio from
the train, and as the conductor signallet
the engineer to pull out, Judge Andrews,
who was present, asked to see the tele
gram. Upon being shown the message
Judge Andrews advised the officers to al
low tie woman and child to go They
were hustled on board the train amid the
loud applause of large crowd of pas
sengcrs who had been watching the pro
csedings.
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MEMS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North, East,
South and West.

a law was promulgated, Wednesday,
permitting commercial dealings in Russia
to be concluded upon gold basis
An official of the Big Four Railway
from Benton Harbor, Ind, states that the
hull of the i'll fated steamer Chicora was
found lying at the bottom of the lake
about three miles from the pier at St.
Joseph. Mich, Wednesday.
The striking weavers at Waterford No.
mill of Riverside Company. Olneyville,
tonight, unanimously voted TO accept the
committees report on Superintendent
Sowden's offer of a cent yard increase,
and will return Friday having been out
since April o.
The weavers in the Washington mills at
Lawrence. Mass were notified, this after
noon, that hereafter the pay Of each
weaver would be made up every four
weeks. and a premium of 5 to 10 per
cent. would be added according to the
amount earned by the regular price list.
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dearly as does chipmunk. Not only that.
When the upper floors Of his tree are all
occupied he blithely makes his nest under
its roots until some third floor lodger
moves out
Oftener, however, he builds a big round
nest, of the soft, fbrous bark of the cedar,
in the top of a sapling 80 or 40 feet from
the ground. In the American museum at
New York you may see beautiful group,
showing a family of red squirrels and its
nest, which is in the top of honey locust
tree and partly hidden by the leaves of a
Virginia creeper.
The cunning little red squirrel is one
third smaller than the northern gray, but
twice as saucy and interesting. 1t inhabits
the northeastern quarter of the United
States and southern Canada and finds it
way even as far north as Alaska. 1t is
most abundant, however, in the middle
states and New England.
OF our little friend of tho rail fence, the
common chipmunk, St. Nicholas says: You
all know him well-thc little midget who
suddenly flashes ahead Of you upon the
fence rails as you pass along Il country
road. If you stop TO look at him. he will
return the compliment and keep as still
as a stuffed squirrel SO long as you care to
watch him. When you thoroughly alarm
him, however, chain lightning is not much
quicker in its movements than he. His
home is generally under the roots of tree
but crevice among rocks is also quito
good enough. He is too small to be killed
for food $50 the pot hunters think, what
he cats is never missed, and so he survives
in places where all the tree squirrels hayo
been either killed or driven away.
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Maine Horses in the National Association.

A special meeting of the Board of Re-
view of the National Trotting Association
was held at Chicago on May Sth, at which
the following decisions efTecting Maine
horses and also Maine owners or drivers
were rendered:
1935-National TrottingAssociation VS.
G. III. Nelson, Watorvillc, Me-, and bay
horse Nelson; +. l.. Noble, George G.
Robens. Grand Rapids. Mich, and gray
horse Alcyron Applications for an order
as TO the alleged fraud in tho $40, 900
stake race trottcd at Beacon park, Bos-
ton, Mass, on September 23, 1889. Tenn
porary reinstatement Of applicant Robens
continued.
2526-National Trotting Association
vs. J. b. Williams, Fort Fairfield, Me. !;
II. A. Richardson, Fort Fairfield. Me-,
and a black gelding King, alias Joe r.
Application for an order under rule 6, sec
tion I, and rule H. section g. Ordered,
That be and his horse King be expelled -
fIhe defendant entered the horse in the
2. 40 and 900 classes at the Ottawa ice
races under an assumed name)
25ii-Samuel Lovely, Fort Fairfield,
Me ex-parte. Application for removal
of expulsion imposed on black mare An
ME Rooney, October Is, 1894. 1t appears
that the judges thought the mare had been
pulled at the end of the second heat, and
new driver was substituted, but parties
IN control Of the mare refused to let her
be driven, and took her to the stable,
whereupon the judges expelled her under
authority of rule II. Owner claims the
expulsion was illegal, alleging that the
party who gave the races had not taken
out membership 1t is held, that even II
this were true, the judges had authority to
enforce the rules if the track was in mem
bersbip under any other organization or
proprictorship, and If, as alleged, tho
membership did not exist under the party
named it certainly did under the owner
ship of A. Z. & NJ. ID. Putnam, who
had regularly taken out and paid mem
hership dues not only for that but for
some years previously. 1t is ordered that
the application be denied
, 2549-J. H. Stewart, Thorndike, Me-,
ex-parte. Application for release from ex-
pulsion. Application was expelled by the
judges under authority of rule 46. Has
apologized to them and they recommend
his reinstatement, which is granted, and
the secretary is instructed to ascertain
the exact language used and the attond-
ing circumstances and report to the next
board meeting.
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TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

At a recent horse salo at New York,
nine colts by the black PAGER Direct,
2.05 Y, brought $1,000. an average of S43G.
Direct is a son of Director, II, the sire
of Directunl, and is himself the sire Of
the hree-year-old PAGER Directly, 2O7li.
J. b Viles of Temple, has fine bred
six-yearold horse. He is geIding fif-
teen three high and weighs over one thou
sand pounds. He is black and very stylish,
perfect feet and legs, upheaded and can
show an easy, rapid gait He was bred by
L. ID. Tinkham and half brother to Bub
Almont
Mr.. L. S Hodsdon of Turner, is hand
ing DR.. Smiths colts this season and wi
take them to the Maine State Fair tratk
as soon as the weather is warm enough.
Among his best is Sam, by Charles NJ,
and Pop Corn, bred by Jacob f. Durgan
of Turner, and sired by Baby Dean, the
speedy son Of Daniel Boone These are
promising colts, and barring accidents
will make those in their class ego along
some' at the State fair races this fall.
Besides these two colts he has six-yoar-
old mare by Redwood, and out of daugh-
ter of Gilbert Knox, the best son of Gen
eral Knox.
The big sale of the equine aristocrats
from the Hutchins stables at Auburn did
not attract buyers ont Of the State nor
were the prices as high as they should
have been.
The Fort Fairfield trottng park has
been let to A. p. Libby and A. L. Haines
for the season of 1926. The first race will
probably occur about June 20.
The South Kenncbec Agricultural So
ciety has arranged for June meeting Mt
the South Windsor park June 18th. Allen
tries, which are open to Maine horses must
be made to the secretary before May 30.
The following purses have been offered for
running horses open to all SIS; for 2. 80
class trot or pace 500; for ? IS class trot
or pace, $50. This promises to be sue
cessful meet
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

John Scott, negro was arrested al
Rocklaud, Thursday night, charged with
stealing gold and dental instruments
valued at $50, from the office of DR.. Mil.
Ter. Scott confessed.
The employees of the Saco Water Power
machine shops at Biddeford, today re.
ceived notice that on the next pay day
they will receive an advance in wages at
the rate of one cent an hour. City Treas
urer Moody today negotiated with New
York parties loan of $50, 900 at the rate
OF = 4 per cent.
Albion has voted, at town meeting
called for the purpose, to take bonds Of
the W. 81 Q. r r. to the amount of $1,000
which, with what has been received by
private individuals, they think will secure
the running of trains to that place by
August /. President Randlett, Contrac
tor Rowe and others were the speakers al
the meeting. There was a good deal Of
enthusiasm.
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Prices of market beef-A few choice, s69s;
extra, s5.5O9575; first quality, Si.l3eo, %
second quality S4d450; third quality, S3ig35O
Prices of store cattle-Worklng oxen, 9
pair, s6U(@l45; farrow COWS, sl0922; fancy
cows $1,000; mich cows and calves, S2O94S;
warnings, sS(1l6 2-year-olds, Sla92; 3-year
olds, S20g32 ,.>,-.,--
dressed hogs, 534c e ID. .o
Prices for sheep aud lambs-In lots, S. $3.50
as each; extra, $350G5, or 2(g5c q fb;
lambs, 4d6c; veal calves, q 295l2c.
Prices for hides, tallow aud skins-Brighton
hides, 21a(97c p h: Brighton tallow, 3@4c p
b: country hides, :@51ac q ID; country tallow,
a0215c p h; wool pelts, 5O(GS5c each; cuff
skins, 65c@$l.l9 each: sheared skins, l593Oc !;
lamb skins, 20; dairy skins, 30 g5Jc each.
Cattle-The general quality somewhat in.
ferior. The movement was slow and light
sales. A few cattle, however, were sold, but
prices lower by &c u ID.
Mich cows--A good number on sale and not
much doing in this line.
Fat hogs-L,c decline in western at 44(95c.
Northern dressed at sac. dressed weight.
Sheep-Western arrived freely, and light
number for export, and no change in values.
Veal calves-Marxet prices little weak
General run not oyer Sc. Extra calves at 514(9
SIC. Trade such'as to dispose of all arrivals
Live poultry-Not over one ton, and sales at
l0Gllc 3 ID.
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spirits take flight. 1t is time to accept
the. help offered in Doctor Piercc's Fa-
vorite Prescription. It's medicine which
was discovered and used by prominent
physician for many years in all cases of
female complaint " and the nervous dis
orders which arise from it. The "Pre-
scription " is powerful uterine tonic and
nervine, especially adapted to woman 5
delicate wants for it regulates and promotes
all the natural functions, builds up, invig.
crates and cures.
Many women suffer from nervous pros.
tration, or exhaustion, owing to congestion
or to disorder of the special functions. The
waste products should be quickly got rid
of, the local source of irritation relieved
and the system invigorated with the "Pre-
scription." Do not take the so-called
celery compounds, and nervines which
only put the nerves to sleep, but get
lasting cure with DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
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Today's Games.

Two eames.) st. Louis at Boston. Chicago
at New York. Cleveland at Brooklyn, Pitts
burg ct Washington, Cincinnati at Philadel-
phi "a, Louisville at Baltimore.
Forenoon. brockton at New Bedford, Fall
River ut Pawtucket ,Kennebecs at Bangor, Port
land Mt Lewiston. Afternoon. Remedies al
Bangor, P4wtucket at Fall RIVER, New Bed
fora at Brockton, Lewiston at Portland.
Forenoon. Fitchburg at Nashua, Lowell at
Salem Lawrence at Haverhill. Afternoon
Nashua at Fitchburg, Salem at Lowell, Haver-
hi | at lawrence.
(Two cames) Springfield at Providence
Scranton at Wilkesbarre, Syracuse at Roches-
ter, Toronto Mt Buffalo.
Princeton Harvard ut Cambridge, Amherst
at Williams, Columbia at Wesleyan, Corneil-
University OF Michigan at Ann Arbor, Tufts
Bates at lewiston Yal Brown At Provided ce
Har sard 'aS- Princeton - at Princeton ow-
doin vt Exeter, Roxbut ys-Mt. WashinStous al
gv srett. institute of Weym O ath-soutn Bosi or
at Lovell's Grove, Adams Academy Pan,y
Club at QuincF.
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A LITTLE SENSATIONAL.
Contractor William H. Mace of Boston
Held on a Serious Charge.
His Supposed Dead Wife Appears at a
Very Opportune Moment.

A romance with u tinge OF the sensa
tional was brought to the notice of several
late stayers- out, last night While it was
not happy meeting of people believed to
be dead, but just a sudden and unt expected
meeting under particularly interesting
circumstances to lookers-on, and rather
embarrassing to the ones principally con-
nected with the affair, each one of whom
until that unlucky moment believed the
othor in the grave
In other words, William H. Mace, a
we'll to do contractor, a resident Of the city
of Boston, came to this city, yesterday,
accompanied by young woman named
Mary Jennings, and registered at tht
Cony house as man and wife. Mr.. Mace
had occasion to go over to the East side OF
the river and called at the Riverside hotel.
Perhaps his surprise can better bt
| imagined than described, when it is re-
lated that he there came face to face with
Mrs. William H. Mace. from whom he had
ScpuIttCt otillC thlCS SSai sero. tchA Piio,
was mutual, and, as Mr. Mace had buried
his first love, believing, as he says, that
she was dead, he did not care to hold any
personal encounters with any residents OF
the other world, he beat hasty retreat.
Mrs Mace was not disposed to be
ignored and sought out tho husband lit
tie later. Ascertaining that the couple
first referred to in this article were regis
tsred at the Cony as man and wife, Mrs.
Mace sought next the majesty of the law.
Judge Andrews issued a warrant, and,
detailing Officers Mcdonald and Thomp-
son on the case, awaited developments.
Tho hunted couple, finding the police were
| on their track, started out to find a team,
that would convey them TO Gardiner, and
| it was while trying to negotiate for team
that the officers found them and took
them before Judge Andrews.
Before his honor Mrs. Mace produced a
letter which she claimed had been written
by Mr.. Mace, in which he stated that he
had buried his wife and paid all the
funeral expenses. Mace admitted that
the contents of said letter was a lie, and
Mrs Mace exclaimed:
CHOW / have got you where 1 want
you.
Judge Andrews told the Jennings
woman she could go home and she started
for tho train, but soon discovering that
she had left her gold watch with Mr..
Mace, returned and was escorted to the
City hotel Judge Andrews decided tc
hold Mace Until morning, and he was
given quarters ut the City hotel under Q
keeper.
Tho Jennings woman told Judge
Andrews that she had every reason to be
lieve that Mace's first wife was dead, but
she had come on here to ascertain If sucl
was a fact. She was bitter in her dennn
citation of Mace.
Mace was the contractor that erected
the brick additions to the Insane asylum
seven years ago He will be given hear
ing b, fore Judge Andrews on the charge
of adultery
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PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.

Nothing can kill self respect; everything
wounds lido Segur
Among women there cannot exist any
real inequalities, only that of beauty
Alphonse karr.
1t is not necessary that there should be
love in book, but there must be much
tenderness.-J. Joubert.
What is the use Of knowing how to tell
the truth; so few persons know how to
hear it?-A. d'Houdetot.
There are many women who allow them
selves to be conquered; there are few who
allow themselves to be tamed-Eugene
Chayctte.
How utterly miserable to always depend
on some one, for it is always "some one''
who makes you sad or joyfull-Marie
Bashkirtseff.
Hcroism is active genius-genius con-
templatiye heroism. Heroism is tho self
devotion of genius manifesting itself in &C
tion.-Ph. Gcrjant.
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SQUIRREL AND CHIPMUNk.
Two Saucy and Interesting Little Country
men Who Love the Old Rail Fence.

A sort of connecting link between the
tree squirrels and the chipmunks is what
d writer in ST. Nicholas calls the red SPUR
rel, or chickaree According to this writer,
the red squirrel, although Il true tree
squirrel and q very active climber, spends
quite large portion of his life upon tho
ground and loves a rail fence almost as
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BANGOR.

Earned runs, Remedies, >; Bangor,2. Three
base hit Dilworth. Two-b base hits. Dextraze,
Mccarthy ?, Baker, Flynn, Wheeler, Henry,
O'Brien. judd aud Hayes. Sacrifice hits.
Bean 4, Baker, Henry. Stolen bases, Bean,
Lawson 2, Mccarthy. Baker, King 4, g. Moore,
O'Brien, Judd, Hayes, X. Moore. McGaughey.
First base on balls, by McGaughey. Dextraze,
Lawson; by Dilworth, O'Brien, Wheeler, r
O'Brien. First base on errors, Remedies, S;
Bangor, 5. Hit by pitched ball, by Wheeler
Flynn. Passed bali. Flynn. Struck out. by
ilworth, Deadly. McGaughey 2: by Nc
and Baker. Umpire, Lezotte. Time, 2h. Som
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New England Standing.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Star Ball Tossers Of the World in Gu
National Game.
AT wAsHTsGTON.

Washington had Pittsburg almost de-
featcd, today. Coogan. who had been
playing miserable short all through the
game, then made an error which was fol
lowed by a SINCE by Donovan and home
run by Beckley, which won the game,
with two out Attendance $500.
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Reversed.

Abbott have never been in Chicago,
but have been through the town a few
times
Babbitt-I have been in Chicago, but
the town went through mc.-Indianapolis
journal
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Rfchland Co., Ohio,
writes: " / had been
a great sufferer from
female weakness -
I tried three doc
tors ; they did me
no good I; I thought
/ was an invalid for
ever. But I heard
of Dr.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription,
and then / wrote to
him and he told me
just how to take it.
I took eight bottles.
! now feel entirely
well. I could stand