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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-06-01

Upstairs tenement of eight rooms All
the modern convenfences. Apply to
George ID. Haskell, East SIDE grocer,
Cony street. may26dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-06-01

Three offices in Mconian and North's
blocks James w. North.
may26 diff
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-06-01

The Augusta steam dye house and
bleachery. Good personal reasons for
selling. Call on or address r. l. Lynn.
Augusta, Me. arp26dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-06-01

-Four floors and basement; elevator run
by electric motor. The upper floors can
be arranged for desirable offices. In
guire of Atkinson Furnishing Co., 3lS
Water street, Augusta. tan4dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-06-01

House of eleven rooms and bath room.
piped for hot and cold water, hardwood
floors in kitchen and dining room. Quinn
by street. east side, ready May 1st. /. H.
Randall. apr26, diff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
FOR RACING IN NEW JERSEY.

Bill That Has Received the Tacit
Approval of Gov. GrigGs.
New Jerseys prospect for a racing law
is growing brighter says the New York
Journal
A draft of the measure has been prepared
and submitted to the governor of the state.
John W. Griggs, and in the shape suggested
he is said to have found it absolutely un-
Objectionable, so much so that he stated
that he would have no hesitation in signing
it # it passed the legislature.
The general scope of the draft is as fol-
lows: Racing will be legalized for nine
months out of the twelve, the prohibited
months being those of December, January
in duration to thirty days. Betting would
be allowed in the form of private wager
Ing, as conducted in New York state under
the provisions Of the Percy-Gray law.
The draft of the bill is said to have been
shown to the Jockey Club authorities. who
Endorsed il. There can be no doubt that
The trotting horse fraternity would well
come 1t, since their favorite style Of bet
ting, pool selling, would be legalzed.
Mr. Gottfr, ed Walbaum, once the chief
power in the big Four of Guttenburg.
and vice president of the Saratoga Racing
Association, is now out of the city, but be-
racing again at the hilltop track From
the way he spoke, it seemed as If he con-
templated the possibility of a local opt on
measure, as he mentioned that he thought
that some of the other tracks would have
more difficulty in resuming business than
Gutenberg.
NO secret has been made of the prepara-
IONS for a possible revival of the sport at
Monmouth Park, where W. T. NJ Croft has
oeen steadily keeping everything in shape
Tor reopening. The ,expenses have been
/ carefully estimated, and the old track kept
III sucn good order that many stables are
wintering there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
WHY NOT WASHINGTON:
root Bail Teams of College Graduates
to Represent Different Cities.

root Bail Teams of College Graduates
to Represent Different Cities.
Foot ball teams formed from university
alumni will be banded into an informal
league embracing the cities of Chicago,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Such
Is the latest tangible scheme to appear
upon the horizon for the playing season
or 1897 The idea has been crystallizing
Tor some time, and is looked upon with
great favor by a majority of the profni-
hent coaches and graduates.
The plan is for series of games be-
tween chartered clubs composed of ex-
coileglans in the cities named above
These clubs will probably be under the
supervision of the various alumni asso-
Citations. Thus, while a college diploma
VIII not be an open sesame to place on
the team and good amateurs not college
men Will be given a chance it is intended
the college element shall predominant
In case of the formation of the league
1t is probable the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation and the Chicago Athletic Associa-
ton Will represent their respective cities
The latter has made a bold stand this
year, and is generally credited with
desire to play clean foot ball free from
professionalism. The Boston club is not
unfavorably regarded. and is certainly the
most available organization in the Hub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
trian record for the half mile is held by

TRAN record for the half mile is held by
Rowland, with Boulay second.
Davis holds the tilirty-yard run record.
having clipped two-ffths of q second or his
previous record. De Mofi, O'ConnelI and
Boulay share the honors for second place.
Those who attended Monday evening wit
messed lively three-round bout between
Hazard and Prosise. Referee Orr gave the
decision to the former on a foul.
A lively game of basket ball was played
recently between two teams of the corps,
known as the whites and the blues
The score stood to in the formers favor.
Capt. Edwards carried off the honors for
the whites scoring four times. Davis did
the best v crk for the blues.
Theo. De Mol, who was threatened with
the loss Of leg. is rapidly getting into
good condition, and hopes to play in the
next league game.
Rowland has been suffering from a broken
finger, received in a game two weeks ago,
but he is now improving.
Munck can be seen every evening in the
gym He is rapidly becoming an expert
on free throws.
About the first of February the corps in
tends giving semi-weekly games of basket
ball. under the auspices of the Athletic
Association. They will be followed by a
dance
volunteered to devote their evenings to
decorating the gym and by the time
the exhibition games begin it will present
a gay appearance. Decorations are under
the direction of Mr.. Munck.
Mr.. Harry Ward. a well-known athlete
and ex-memher of the company. was a
visitor few nights ago. He gave an ex-
hibition on the parallel bars, and impaired
some tips on the basket ball game He is
connected with the league in Norfolk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
This Spring Flows Conner.
From the Morning 0regonian.


w. F. Carson of Tacoma, travelling pas
senger agent of the Canadian Pacific. and
q. Mel. Brown, the company's district
passenger agent at Vancouver. have Just
returned from extended trips through the
famed mining districts of the Kootenai
country. and report the greatest activity,
Notwithstanding the advent of winter.
The pros2ectors are sticking little
closer to the camps on account of the
snow" said Mr.. Carson but otherwise
there is as much work going on as if there
were not from two TO three feet of snow
on the ground. The Kootenai is such q
wonderful country that IL half the truth
We're told of its mineral wealth 1t would
not be credited. A recent find that has
excited a great deal of attention is the
discovery Of an actual copper spring now
known as the Red Blanket IN the LilIoeet
District. Just north of Spencer's bridge on
the Car adam Pacific. The water in solu-
tloh runs 39.1 pounds of copper to 300 GAL
Ions, and 10,H0 gallons a day come tum-
bling down the mountain side. This is the
only real copper spring that is known of
with the exception of one in Idaho and
that only flows two pounds of the metal
10 the 100 gallons of water. VIM. Pritchard
Morgan; a Welsh MP, prominently known
IN wales, Australia and South Africa
through lis extensive mining interests.
heard of the Red Blanket copper spring
prior to his sailing from Vancouver With
4 party of mining experts for Japan and
China, December s. He was very murb
interested in the reports he received of
me spring, and not only left one of his
experts Behind to make Investigation. but
IS said to have offered 100000 for 81 per
cent of it,
Mr.. Carson brought a bottle of conner
him. WIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
From the time, less than sixty years
ago. when the first steam vessel crossed the
Atlantic, the evolution of the marine engi-
neer has been rapid. but his is the one
class of marine craftsman that above all
others has kept pace with the developments
of this fast-speeding age. and he stands
today the most finished product of CEN
fury that has created more new types and
more new occupations than any that has
preceded it. The marine engineer today
is more important than any deck officer,
but his Importance is as little recognized
by the non-seafarfng man as his Identity
is concealed from the view of those who
travel in ships. Down In the bowels of the
vessel. he controls not only the propul-
sion, but the steering. lighting pumping,
anchoring and ventilation of the modern
marine structure. and on the warship he
Ia even responsible for the manipulation of
heavy guns. The eyes that steer the ship
are those of the officer Of the watch, but
the brain that guides the ship to her desti-
nation and regulates her internal economy
Is the brain Of the marine engineer. His
rs the real responsibility. and. We are
afraid, his Is the least share Of the honor
that u given TO those who serve their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
A MICROBE-PROOF HOUSE.
A Noted Scientist Puts Up One of tho
oldest Structures ON Earth.

A Noted Scientist Puts Up One of the
oldest Structures ON Earth.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
One of the oldest domiciles on earth is
that recently erected at Yokohama by DIR.
w. Van DER Heyden, the noted bactericlo-
gist of Utrecht and Japan. The doctors
house is a dust-proof. air-proof, microbe
proof building of glass. 1t stands on the
open unshaded grounds of the hospital of
Yokohama. The house is forty-four feet
long, twenty-three feet wide and seven
teen feet high. Large panes of glass. one
half inch thick and about four inches
apart, are set il, iron fire. mes to form
the sides of a cellular building block. OF
these blocks the walls are constructed.
There are no window sashes, the air es-
cape being through several small openings
Ground the upper part Of the second story,
but through which no air from the outside
is admitted. The air supply is obtained
from d considerable distance, forced
through a pipe and carefully filtered
through cotton wool to cleanse it of bac-
terra. To insure further sterilization the
air is driven against giycerine-coated
plate of glass, which captures all the mi
crCbes the wool spares. The few microbes
brought into the house in the clothes of
visitors soon die in the warm sunlight with
which the house is flooded The space
between the glasses of the building blocks
is filled with a solution of salts, which
atsorbs the heat of the sun. so that the
rooms of this house are much cooler than
those protected by the thickest shades. In
the evening the interior is heated by the
salts radiating the heat they have absorbed
during the day. So effective is the system
of regulating the temperat ure that a Few
hours of sunlight even in freezing eather.
render the house habitable. 1t is only
when several cloudy days follow in success
SIGN that artificial heat is needed. Then
1t is supplied by pumping in hot air. DR..
Van der Heyden thinks he has solved the
problem of complete germicide on big
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
He Mi1ks His Cows By Machine


Hiram c. Wheeler the farmer king Of
Iowa, has machine that mlks seventy
five COWS day with a perfection of action
that would put pretty maid" to the
blush. The inventor offered the machine
sometime ago to Mr.. Wheeler, who liked il
tried it ana found it a success.
The machine is complicated, but the prin-
ciple is simple A collapsible vacuum air
chamber raises heavy weight when the
air is pumped out of IL by an air pump:
this creates suction i'm a pipe leading 10
specially made milk cans. with tight covers
and from the cows a main suction pipe
runs along the stalls, with a bra nch for
each COW. To these branches are attached
teat cups, which draw the milk
Inc vacuum chamber. when fully col
lapsed, will milk from ten to fifteen cows
before IL is necessary to pump the air out
OF II again, the number of cows depending
en- the quantity of milk they give. At any
Time during the milking operation the oper-
ator can step to the pump and. pump out
a part OF all of the air in the vacu::m
storage chamber.
When large number OF cows are attach
ed to the machine at one time il would be
necessary to have some one at the puraD
Eearly all the time
The mixer has been found to be a great.
labor-saving machine, as with ii one man
can milk from twenty-five to fifty cows per
hour, the average speed of the average
man with average lot of cows under
ordinary conditions. being about thirty-five.
cows per hour.
When MIXED with this machine the cows
show no uneasiness. and they give milk
freely and may be MIXED dry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
THE BEST DAY YET
Improved Showing by the Men in the
Cycle Race.
MADDOX And WALLER IN TEE LEAD
Hunter Takes Fourth Place From
the Swede.
4 ~
DOX and WALLER IN TEE LEAD
MISHAP TO THE LATTER

Judging by the riding yesterday, the con-
testants in the big six-day eight-hour cycle
race now in progress at Convention Hall,
are getting stronger the longer they ride
Yesterday was the fifth day of the race.
yet the distance covered was more than
that of any other day.
The fifth day of the race closed without
many changes. the public expecting more
than occurred. Lawson and Hunter
changed places, the latter getting fourth
place, while the Swede dropped down a
place. In spite of the speed maintained
yesterday. and the squirting required to
keep up with the pacing. the men moved
on as though they were built of iron and
unacquainted with fatigue. The lead men
jealously guard their position and as the
close of the race draws on they will re-
double their efforts to keep their position.
Barring accidents. there appears to he a
very small probability of any change oc-
curing today. though there will be plenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
A WINDY WELL.
Strange Underground Draft of Air
Found I'm a Deep Sinking.
From Popular Science.

From Popular Science.
Arizona possesses some of the greatest
natural wonders in the world, not the
least of which is this phenomenon of
current of air issuing from or going into
the bowels of the earth through sundry
natural and artificial openings made in the
earth's crust.
Something over a year ago Mr.. Coufman
undertook the drilling of well at his
place. Everything went we'll to depth of
twenty-five feet, when the drill suddenly
dropped some six feet and strong cur
rent of air issued from the hole. The es-
Gaping air current was so strong that it
blew off the mems hats who were recov-
ering the lost drill.
The well was, of course. abandoned and
left to blow. but there are some peculiari-
ties about it that are worthy of observa-
ton. The air will escape from the well
for days at time with such force that
pebbles the size of peas are thrown out
and piled up about its mouth until 1t looks
very much like the expanded portion of
a funnel. AT the same time it is accom-
panied by sound much like the distant
believing of a fog horn. This noise is
not always present, because the air does
not at all times escape with the same force
Again. there will be for days a suction cur
rent, unaccompanied by sound, i'm which
the current of air passes into the earth,
with some less. force than it escapes. and
any light object, as a feather. piece OF
paper or cloth, WILL if held in close prox-
unity. be Immediately sucked into the SUBJ
terranean labyrinth of Aeolus.
Just the cause of this phenomenon no
one has yet been able to determine. but
it is supposed that there is an underground
opening between the Grand Canon of the
Colorado. which cleaves the earth for more
than mile in depth. and the Sycamore
Canon some eighty miles to the south of
it. of the same proportions. but much
shorter.
This would seem possible from the fact
that the current of air is always passing
from north to south or vice versa. varying.
of course. few points of the compass from
the true meridian. but always in these gen.
eraI directions, as determined by expert
rnent. and then the stratum underlying the
quaternary is of volcanic cinder. This is
very porous, and in many places so-cailed
bottomleSs holes exist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
The Ears of Insects,
From the ST. Louis Republic.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
The naturalists have not as yet been able
TO answer the burning question: Can bees
hear?' but their researches along that line
nave resulted in many queer discoveries
Simply because a bee has no ears on the
side of his head. it is no sign whatever that
he is wholly without some sort of an audi
tory nerve. This last assertion is proven
by the fact that grasshoppers. crickets.
locusts and flies all have their ears situated
IN queer places-under the wings on the
middle OF the body. and even on the sides
of their legs. The common house fly does
ms hearing by means of some little rows of
corpuscles. which are situated on the
knobbed threads which occupy the places
wnich are taken up by the hind wings of
other species of insects. The garden slug
or shelless snail has his organs of hearing
situated on each side of his neck, and the
common grasshopper has them on each of
his broad, fiat thighs. In some of the
smaller insects they are at the bases of the
wings and in others on the bottom of the
feet, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02

meetings conducted by the Washington
Jockey Club were run under the auspices
and liceEse of tie Jockey Club. and the
racing was the best and cleanest seen
here for many years. The spring meeting
the I'd of May, there being thirteen days
of racing. Unfortunately this meeting
was not a financial success, but the fail
meeting Of ten days, commencing Novem-
Der II, and closing the 18th, was both a
great financial and racing success. SINH
lar meetings will be he'd by the club dur
ing 1897.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02

country or their employers with courage
and devotion on the sea-
All the world heard of the gallantry of
capt. Kane of the Calliope In working his
snip out OF the Samoa anchorage in the
teeth OF cyclone; who heard of the strug-
gle of the engineer officers with the ma
chinery down below. and how many know
even the names of them?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
Enlarged ana Improved.

AS announced elsewhere, the remodeled
Turkish and Russian bath on G street Will
be open for public inspection on Thursday
next from to 10 pm. This opening will
afford those not familiar with the estab-
lishment an excellent opportunity to appre-
ciate the advantages it offers to those de-
string comfort and luxury Joined to clean
illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have keen issued to the
following:
White-John II. Pella and virgie M. Fry,
both OF LOudoun county, Va: William
Daniels of Fargo, N. D., and Ethel Green
man Of Boulder. Col.
Colored-Edward T. Waters ana Louisa
, Fairfax; Stuart L. Minor and Berthe Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
Last NiU.
CORCORAN CADET ATHLETICS.

Notes of interest From the Gymna-
htuma.
journal of Corcorap Cadet Corps gym
events has been lately started. and all the
boys seem to want their names down for
some record. In the mile and half-n,Ile
run Joe Dodge keeps the lead, with Guista
and Walters close followers. The pedes-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02

of attempts made to reduce the distance.
Waller leads the bunch by two laps. and
Maddox, his next man. seems to be unable
to overcome this distance. While Maddox
is trying to beat the leader both are try
ing to tire the rest of the bunch and hard
iy 4 squirt is made by either one without
letting the other know something of it.
Both start out together and pace each
other. and this has been the means of the
two gaining several laps on the remainder
of the bunch during the race.
There has been some bad blood among
the men. and the elimination of the race
this evening is to be watched with interest
There seems to be some sort of disagree
ment between Waller and the Swede, grow
ing out of the riding Thursday. when the
Swede was forced to change wheels, and
Waller, leading the bunch, sprnted and
gained several laps. Some remark passed
argered the Swede. and he made remark
which seemed to offend the others. 1t seems
that there is difference of the style of
racing in this country and in Europe.
Across the water 1t is not considered
sportsmanlike to continue riding when one
of the number meets with mishap. All
stop and wait for the delayed rider. and
then continue.
This is the Kind of riding the Swede has
been used to- and during his first fall in
the present race the other riders continued
with squirt. gaining as much distance as
they possibly could. The Swede charac-
teriZed this as a sort of sneaking method.
but he did not make any public statement.
At his second accident he grew angry.
Waller is determined to beat the Swede.
The two had a few words yesterday at the
start of the race. when Waller refused to
start until he was given lap on Maddox,
which he claimed he had made. He stated
that before he would give up this lap he
would much rather wipe out all of the
scores. place the riders on an equal footing
and commence riding over again. This
was a chance for the Swede to make
few caustic remarks, and he took advan-
tage of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02

There was a game of bicycle polo last
evening at Typographical Temple between
Messrs Myron Baker and George Haines
ON one side and Bernard Barnes and c.
+. Fowler on the other. Three innings
were played, and the first named side won
by the score of to 0. This concludes a
series of three games played, in which the
first named team won two out Of the three
Another game was announced to be played
at the same place on the 18th instant be-
tween the Arlington Wheelmen and the
Potomac club for the championship of
the District. Mr.. Baker representing the
former club and Mr. Howard Rhine the
latter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02
Will Smash the Old Record

There is no doubt of the smashing of the
old six days record for the race After
standing for over five years. the old record
is bound to go under, and 1t will be smash
ed so badly that at the same rate it will
be fully ten years before it is smashed
again. The record was nearly equaled by
the riding score of last evening" and today
the riders will go fully hundred miles
above it. The riding of Charles Ashinger
when he established the existing record
was 12o 1l-11 miles for the fifth day and
every rider yesterday went nearly twenty
two miles above this score. Ashinger's
ride for the sixth day in 1891 was 119 S-15
miles, the poorest of any riding during his
attempt for a single day.
The Swede appears to be riding in hard
luck. He has suffered more accidents thar
any other rider contestant in the race
and yet he managed to keep near the DO
sition he originally held. Three times dur
ing the week he has lost time by some
thing happening to his wheel and each
time he has lost from six to seven laps
The last accident occurred last evening
by which he lost six laps. His wheel over
Tapped that of the man in front of him. and
he went down. breaking both pedals. He
lost enough distance to place him in the
fifth place by two laps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-02

The Washington Light Infantry and the
Carroll Institute basket ball teams will
play their last game of the season this
evening at the Light Infantry armory
There is considerable interest in the game
as the clubs lead the local league and the
fate of the game tonight may decide the
championship Of the league for the pres
ent season. Each team is confident of win
ming.