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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-18

**Batted for Lake in ninth.
Batted for Sullivan in ninth.
Washington, 2 9 o!o a-s
Earned runs-Boston, g.; Washington,
l: There base hits-Farrel, Wigley
Two base hits-Stahl, Abbey, Farrell.
Sacrifice hit-Tenney. Stolen bases
Hamilton 8, Long, Lowe, Demont, Tuck
er: First base on balls-Of Sullivan 8;
off Swain 8; off Mercer TO- First base
on 9 r.. er r., p 2; Washington,
pitch-Sullivan. Struck out-By Swain
l; Double plays Lowe, Long and Tenney.
Umpire-Emslie. Time-2 hours, is
minutes. Attendance-3,5 800.
Baltimore, August IT, The champions
again won from Brooklyn today in a
game in which the pitching of Corbett
was the feature. Attendance, s,s10. The
score:
Baltimore, 0 2 1o4 x-ls
Brooklyn, 0 2 0 0 90 =
Base hits Baltimore, 49,; Brooklyn, 8.
Errors-Baltimore 8; Brooklyn, 0. Bat
teries-Corbett and Robinson; Payne and
Burrill.
New York, August 17.-Bases on balls
followed by timely hitting on the part of
the New Yorks, and excellent pitching by
Seymour up to the ninth inning, took
another game from the Phillies today
Attendance 4,50o The score:
New York, 8 0 o Q Q o x-1o
Philadelphia, 0 2 0 0 0 OIL 0 5-s
Base hits--New York, 10; Philadelphia,
IS. Errors-New York, 2; Philadelphia.
8. Batteries-Seymour and Warner
Fifield and Mcfarland.
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TRAINS FOR RIGsY.
Over Boston and Maine During the
Fair.

The Boston and Maine railroad has
esta blished this train service between
Portland and Rigby during the New
England fair: Leave Portland at ITO.
s.15, 9.o5, $50, 1000, 1890, l1.3o a. IN. /;
1900, IL. 30, 1870, 100, 200, $50, 600, 6.05
p. m. Leave Rigby park at 7.26, 7.46,
s.17, 9.45, 1909, 1913, 11.32, 11.45. so
a. M; 1912, 1915, l.45, s.21, 3.O6 4.2o,
4.34, 500, 81, $50, 600, $50 p. m.
Trains for Boston leaving Portland at
$50, 600 and COS p. M, stop at Rigby
park.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-18
A LOOSELY PLAYED GAME.
Boston Lost to Washington Yester-
day.

Looked Like Home Teams Game Until
Last Inning When visitors Made Four
Runs-New York and Baltimore Con-
tinue to Win.
Boston, August 17.-Boston lost today
in the most loosely played game seen at
the home grounds this season. They
seemed to be sure winners until the ninth
inning, and after two men were out,
the Washingtons made four runs. In the
last half of the ninth, after two men
were out, Boston got two men on bases
and Tenney at bat. 1t was only a
wonderful stop made by O'Brien that
prevented Boston from scoring, giving
the game to, Washington. The batting
and base running of Hamilton were the
features. He reached first base six times,
four times on hits and twice on balls.
The score:
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Some years ago when suffering with

Some years ago when suffering with an
uncommonly severe attack of diarrhoea,
Mr.. W. b. GuiBuip, of Atco, Pa. re-
ceiyed through the mail sample hottie
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dia-
rrhoes Remedy. He says: II 9ound If
to be one of the most effective remedies
ever used. 1t gave me almost immedi-
ate relief. 1t has no superior and think
no equal. Nc bad effects follow the use
OF this remedy. 1t is pleasant to take
when reduced with water and sweetened.
Children like it, 1t never fails. 1t is the
most perfect remedy ever produced for
bowel complaints" For sale at 25 and
so cents per bottle by H. P. S. Goods
Drug Store, SIT Congress ST., Portland,
and X. S. Raymond, Cumberland Mills.
A little daughter of Mr.. Lewis DAYTON.
an old and much respected citizen OF
Barnitz, Pa, occasionally has trouble
with her stomach which gives her con-
siderable distress. In speaking of it
Mr.. Dayton said: ''As soon as She has
an attack we give her dose of Cham.
berlain's Cole, Cholera and Dialrhna
Remedy, and it has never failed to re-
lieve her promptly. We all use it in
our family with the same good results.
For sale at Fl. P. S. Goods Drug Store.
o77 Congress St., Portland and Z. S.
Raymond, Cumberland Mills.
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Fair Notes.

Mr.. George N. Holland of Hampden,
Me-, the inventor of the potato digger,
which Mr.. j. j.. Frye manufactures in
this city, is among those attending the
fair.
Col. S. n. Allen, ex-warden of the
State prison, is visiting the fair.
Ex-Sheriff Webb of Bridgton was at
the park yesterday.
DIR. Moulton and Sylvanus Porter were
visitors from Cumberland.
Hon. z. A. Gilbert, of Greene, is at
tending the Fair.
The monument of zinc at the auditori-
um is Of pure zinc; but is finished with
sand blast. Mr.. Henry Leavitt, of
Yarmouth, has it on exhibition. 1t is
used for monumental work.
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2.37 Glass, Trot or Pace; Purse $500.
Heat Well Contested.

Heat Well Contested.
Foxcroft, August 17.-The purses were
small, but the heats were well contested
in today's races. Results:
2.37 trot and pace, purse SIS, won by
Gladys NJ, br m, (Melvin,) with second
and place shared tie between Orrin c..
and Ady Drlryea, m. Best time, $50.
1926 class, won by Westbrook, G 6,
Chill Farm); Hal Wilkes, oh s, sec ond;
J E. D., br G, third. Best time, 2.23 "a
Fifth Grand Circuit Meet.
Glens Falls, N. Y, August 1.-THE
fifth meeting of the grand circuit opened
today at Glens. Falls:
2.S0 class, trotting, purse s., o00-Dare
Devil, br S, by Mambrino King (Geers),
won; Judge at Law, second; Pastoral,
third. Test time, 2.16 2.
2.l5 pacing, purse $500 (uninished)-
Passing Belle, b IN, by Heir at Law
(Geers), one heat; Ambulator, b 8, by
Ambassador (Thomas), one heat; W. H.
g., by Marsailles (McCarthy) two heats.
Best time, 2 10 ga.
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THE FREAKS.

Two of an Agricultural Kind that Excite
Curiosity.
T Among the more imposing freaks there
is one humble show down near the Ken
dali & Whitney tent is genuine and start
ling. These are the wonderful COW and
bull, the former born in Ennikin, N. H. !.
and the latter in West Lebanon The COW
has five legs, six feet and twelve hoofs !;
also three hips. The COW can walk very
well, and is perfectly healthy. The bull
has fifteen different hoofs, and these are
disposed as to suggest claws. Scientists
are quoted by the exhibitor as advancing
the theory that the animal s'takes back''
to ancestors that ages ago had claws.
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BOOSTERS AND PIGEONS.

The Former Wake the Echoes and the
Latter Look Pretty.
The poultry pen is bound to take first
premium on noise. Many Of them arrived
during Monday night, and the racket of
the ROSTERS made sad even the old fair
FOUNDERS, who are warranted to sleep
through everything. The sound was
enough to disturb st. Peter himself, II
ROSTERS trouble him now.
Less obtrusive than the BOOSTERS, but
fully as delightful are the pigeons.
These exhibitors are on the ground.
Messrs. j. W. Parker and W. E. Scott,
have four cages of these attractive little
birds. The White Scotch Fantails are Of
purest breed, brought from Scotland
three generation ago. The Tumblers, of
three kinds, are of all colors, and very
handsome. Turbets, Archangels, Yellow
Jacobins, Owls, and Blue Fantails are
also in the assem- blage. But the Homing
pigeons less gaudy in color, are of course
of the most interest. One male in the lot
band G. Il, 351) has a record of 3s1 miles
His mate q. L. R. ~ has record of
100 miles.
Mr.. John 6. Sawyer. of Oakdale, has
so many pigeons, all in neat cages, that
it would require quite catalogue to de-
scribe them.
Although not the rarest, the Pouters,
with feathers on their feet, (called boots
and five inches wide) are about as inter-
esting as any. The Jacobins, with ruffs
of the latest Partisan style around their
necks, the Russian Trumpeters with
enormous boots), the Dragons (bred
for their long faces), the Outside Turn
blers or Highflers, are all interesting
features of this collection. OF Homers
Mr.. Sawyer has a pair bred from pair
with a record of 525 miles. Mr.. Sawyer
is the leading pigeon fancier in this
region, and has some specimens SO valua-
Bile that he dares not risk them at the
fair. Such are the Pouters with boots OF
five inches; Fantails with SO much style
that they can hardly stand erect, etc.
Mr.. Sawyer has eighteen varieties.
Mr.. David Plummer of South Portland
has a handsome collection Of Fans,
Pouters, Jacobins, Tumblers, Homers
and others. Mr.. Sawyer's Homers are of
first classsbreed, but he has never tried
| them as fiiers. The Dutchy pigeons in
his collection are very. handsome.
There are many other interesting birds
in the poultry show, which will be de-
scribed later.
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Susan E. Rivers, Bath.
Not Irons Enough 10 Go Around.

Portsmouth, England, August IL
There is great excitement hero over q
most extraordinary state of affairs on
board the British battleship Royal Sover-
eign. which is about to sail for three
years servios with the Mediterranean
squadron The relations between several
of the officers and the seamen are acutely
strained. The latter declare that they are
suffering from q variety of very serious
grievances, among which and especially
objectionable is the deferring of the usual
leave. Fifty men have deserted All the
cells ON board ship arc full and the sup
piy of irons is not sufficient for the larxe
humber undergoing punishment.
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Maine Pensions.

Washington, August 1.-THE following
pensions have been granted Maine people:
ORIGINAL.
Henry T. Kelley. Togus; George Maxey,
Thomaston.
ADDITIONAL.
Joseph G. Cotton, Soldiers Home, Ken
nebec.
RENEWAL.
Charles P. Bryant, Soldiers Home,
Kennebec.
INCREASE.
James Mcnamara, Calais; John C.
Steel, Lisbon; Warren Trundy. Addison
Point.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
Susan E. Rivers, Bath.
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THE AIRsHlP.

1t Made Its First Ascension Yester-
day.
Mr.. Lamson's big airship made an as
cension at the park about two O'Clock
The breeze was strong but quite ftful
The ship rose to height Of fifty or sew
enty-five feet, and 1oated up and down
very gracefully for considerable time.
But the breeze was fitful, and there were
only three men to man the ropes. So
when gust heavier than usual came
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-18
WILL TRY 1T AGAIN.
Old Orchard Kite Track to Have Another
Race Meeting This Season.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.j

Old Orchard, August 17.-Last week s
race meeting was supposed to be the kite
tracks last of, the season, but Manager
M. T. Porter has listened to the sugges-
tions of his horsemen friends and has
finally decided to arrange for another
here, September 8, z, 8 and 9. He has
hung out $4,000 in purses for the 10 classes,
the events being arranged as follows:
Monday-s.22 trot, s.13 pace, 2.21 pace.
Tuesday-2.3 80 pace, 2. l6 trot, 2.27 trot.
Wednesdays pace, 2.13 trot, 2.1i
pace.
Thursday. 10 pace, 210 trot, 2.l9 trot
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THE MIDWAY.
It Is Place of Fakirs and Miscellaneous
Wonders. q

The Midway this year is as tumultuous
and varied as ever. The most of the
fakirs and exhibitors have freaks or
wonders, like the alligator 100 years old,
the wax museum where Guldensuppe's
head and other horrid but not immoral
wonders, are seen, the snake charmers
the Zoo animals, etc. OF one or two shows
where various young women dance. 1t
may be said that the displays outside the
tents this year have not SO far been often
sive. Within the tents the dancing is of
much the same kind as was introduced
by the Worlds Fair at the Chicago Mid
way, and has Disguised every sane person
who has seen it since
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AN EXPERT OPINION.

Hon. z. A. Gilbert of Greene Speaks of the
Stock Exhibit.
Hon. z. A. Gilbert of Greene, one of
the best known agriculturists of Maine,
IS attending the fair. He said to the
PRESS yesterday that he considered the
stock exhibit one of the finest he had ever
seen. 1t was not only large in point Of
numbers but the herds were very fine, in
dividually and collectively.
Mr.. Gilbert will not remain through
the entire fair.
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They Ought To See PortIand.s.

New Haven, Conn.,, August 17.-Fully
fifty thousand people witnessed tonight
on the old green. or Central square, the
greatest electrical display ever given in
New England. The illumination was in
honor Of the visit of the members of the
international association Of fire chiefs,
whose 9Th annual convention opened to-
day, Strung upon hundreds of wires
were two Thousand globes, while at either
end of the square was an arch upon each
of which was 300 lights.
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AT THE FAIR.
Continued from First Page.

Ingleson of Denmark, won FIRST money,
his pair pulling 80 feet, II inches
Frank Morrison of Gorham, second
prize, his pair pulling feet, inches. !.
The judges were: Chairman, B. F.
Carter Scarboro, Me-; I. L. johnson,
Gorham, Me-, and John HI. Deering,
Saco, Me.
Mr.. Carter acted as judge last'year and
gave great deal ofisatisfaction. He has
been Judging at eastern fairs for the past
80 years.
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THE YANKEE MACHINE.
Interesting and Large Show of Agricul.
tural Devices.

tural Devices.
The exhibit of agricultural implements
is a large and interesting display of the
products of Yankee ingenuity.
John J. Frye, Of Portland, shows fine
line of agricultural machinery. A new
potato digger is one Of the most interest
ing of Mr.. Frye's machines. 1t will dig
a row of potatoes as fast as pair of hor-
ses cen walk. The dirt is sifted out,
the weeds thrown to one side, and the
potatoes left ready to be picked up. The
Mccormick Corn Harvester, and rakes,
harrows and plows of all kinds are in
Mr.. Fryes collection. Most of Mr.. Frye's
implements, including the potato digger,
are made in Portland. The collection is
in charge of c.. A. Hooper.
The exhibit of Isaiah Frye & Co., of
Portland, is in charge of Charles Patten.
of the firm. Their horse hoes and;plows
are manufactured in Portland. They also
have a large line of other machines for
which they are agents.
The Belcher & Taylor Agricultural
Tool Company.of Chicopee Falls, Mass,
are represented by W. J. Lester, who
surveys an extensive line Of the latest
farming machinery. The Stevens Fer
tilizer Sewer and Mudgett Tedder are
new devices with him this year. Ensil-
age cutters. feed cutters, harrows, Yam
kee plows, and all the other labor saving
and money making machines for farmers
are in the collection.
The Reed Fertilizer Co., of Brooklyn,
N. Y, has an exhibit in charge of Gen.
eral Agent S. Soule, of Gardiner, Me. +.
W. Sargent, of Amesbury, makes the ex-
hibit
These are only few Of the agricultur-
al implement exhibits. Kendall & Whit
ney, of Portland, have tent Of their own
which will make on another day a story
in ITSELF
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RACES AT PENNINGTON.
Successful Trotting Meet at Franklin
Park Yesterday.

Pennington, August IA very sue
oessful trotting meeting was held at
Franklin park today, although the two
races were easily won by Elder Boone
and Kenelm in their races. The sum-
mary:
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PORTLAND MEN MADE THE. ASCENT
Fred Bickford and John Carter Go I'm Tn
RaIIuOn

At $50 yesterday afternoon after a
greater part of the crowd had gone
home, occurred one Of the best featpres
of the day, a balloon ascension and para
chute jump. There was very little wind
at the time the ascension was made and
what there was came from just the right
direction to give all an opportunity of
witnessing the whole affair.
: Prof. Laroux was schedule to 90 I'M in
the balloon, but two Portland young men
begged the privilege of making the as
cent and they were given an opportunity.
These men were Fred W. Bickford. who
has attended Mr.. Lamson in some Of his
experiments with the air ship and Mr.,
John I. Carter.
When the balloon was cut loose from
its mourings it assembled straight M
above the grand stand and then fioated
slowly out across the field. Mr.. Biclxford
was seated in the trapeze attached to the
parachute, while Mr.. Carter sat above
the parachute and just beneath the bal
loon. When at the right height Bickford
cut loose the parachute and made pref
ty drop into the woods at the easterly side
of the park. Carter remained with the
balloon and after rising somewhat high,
er and drifting out on the light breeze
beyond the railroad tracks began to de-
scend and also disappeared in the tree
tops. Neither of the men were injured
and the. exhibition was as fine one as
has ever been seen hereabouts.
Ascensions twill be made by Prof, La
roux on his balloon every afternoon DUR
ing the fair if the conditions are favor
able.
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along the ropes went out of the hands of
the men as if hitohed to a comet, This
caused the ship to loose its poise, and It
came down endwise, striking heavily and
breaking several of the ribs. Mr.. Iams son
was prepared for such an accident having
extra parts ready, and the work of renair
was not difficult. Probably the shin
will be ready to ascend again today. A
dummy was in the airship, and came
down with it, suffering a severe shock to
it's nerves.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. is.

The programme during the week for
the fair will be as follows:
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WASHINGTON.

Slated for Swain in ninth.
BIOS TON.
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Collie
Cramps
Cholera

! Are ailments which will occur in every family as
long life has woes. Every Mother should have It IN
the house, the old family remedy the vital nervine.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28

Untbinting persons are given to describ-
ing coats-of-arms and heraldic devices gem
orally as 80 much absurd and meaningless
ostentation That such a supposltion is alto
ge.her wrong 1t only takes little investi-
gston to find out. Every escutcheon and
crest has its Significance, Just as has the
national fag-ltself a heraldlc emblem. And
not the least interesting side of the very
fascinating study Of heraldry is connected
with the legends and historical facts sur:
rounding the origin of each device.
What is the story Of your coat-of-arms? I?
that is a question which it may repay you
to follow up. For all heraldic devices have
stories attached to them, some romantic,
Others diverting but usually Of considerable
interest to the curious.
To Illustrate this statement roughly, few
coats-of-arms picked at random. together
with he odd accounts OF Their va ious origins
are hereinafter briefly given. AS much as
possible the technical language OF heraldry
has been avoided.
The arms and crest OF the present United
States ambassador to England Colonel John
Hay, are whole romantic tale in them
selves. In the reign of Kenneth, the third
of Scotland, about $50 A. d., the kings
Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28

key and resemble, no doubt, the slings used
in bible times. To an American, who knows
the sling only as a shoestring affair of small
Importance, even in the hands of boys, ii
is quite revelation to learn the possibiltie
of the Asiatic sling as an instrument of de
atruction in the hands of men.
While / was in Caeearea, which is a typi-
cal interior" city | took some lessons in
sling manipulation from Turk named Arif,
one of the most skllful throwers in the
place. l did not gain any great proficiency
myself, for the art of posing and twrlng
and delivering the stone is almost as easy
to acqui-e a good management of the
boomerang; but | came to have a much
heightened respect for David and his famous
weapon and rather a sympathy for Goliath
AT any rate, 1t is quite easy to understand
how the big giant was killed. Men are killed
the same way at present every year in Go
liaths country (Which is this), while hun
dreds are badly wounded
THE FAMOUS SLING.
The Asiatic sling is about two yards long
and as thick a mans finger, 1t is a rope
or worsted, worked in various coloIs, with
strands of twisted cord to give 1t streng;h h.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28

David might have slung Goliath to tree
with his sling and IL would have borne the
weight At one end of the string is loop
OF strong leather, which the thrower slips
over the middle finger. At the other end
is whipash, which cracks like a pistol
shot when the sling is discharged, In the
middle is a cup of soft leather, backed by
worsted, large enough to hold hens egg
When you imagine such a stone crashing
into Goliaths temple at the rate OF sixty
miles an hour or thereabouts you have no
great difficulty In understanding what hap
pened to Goliath
In order to make a practical test of what
these slings will do made Arif throw many
stones in his best style, and he threw them
with the pride of an expert. He threw some
far into the air in long ellipses and they
hummed mschievously as they left the sling
aud landed over many houses far beyond tho
bes. throw of ball player.
| cannot find that any precise measurement
he's been made of first-class sling throw.
Turks do not go in much for records in ath-
letcs. but there seems TO be no doubt that
good throwers will make stone cover 300
yards, And within the range of 100 yards
-leY send the stones with terrific velocity
and In almost horizontal lines. At that dis
tanoe, Arii would drive stone half an inch
into pine board, and In testing his ac-
euraey OF aim, | had heavy wooden gate
In the compound wall badly dishgured.
found that throwing from distance OF sixty
yards he would strike withiu a fye-fo0t cir
Gle three times out of four.
In using the sling the thrower plants him
self firmly on both feet fixes the stone In
the leather cuO. holds the two ends in his
right hand ana then takes his aim, which is
done partly on the initial pose of the sling.
-ertly IN the twirllng. If his mark be a
mans leg, he crouches low as he whirls the
sling, with feet wide apart. II his mark
be mans head he holds the right arm
higher And his motions in delivering the
Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28

carefully covered, and the surface is care
fully smoothed over by the hen before she
quits the nest. Contrary to the. usual practice
of the bird and fowl species5 these malice
hens lay at night instead of in the day. Sew
eral days elapsc also between the dropping
of two eggs by the same hen.
The eggs of the malice hen are out of all
proportion TO her size. They are as large as
these OF a goose, and of large hens are very
much lager.
The eggs thus laid and covered in this
great sand ovcu in the not districts are never
again disturbed by the hens. The eggs are
hrtCfed by the heat the sun bakes into the
soil where they lay. 1t has never been
known now the young chicks are eXoavated
from their egg grave, for the eggs are de-
posted fully six inches below the surface
and the hardening rains do not aid their
exit Yery much.