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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-11

The knob department of the Branford
Lock Works. branch of the Yale and
Towne Mfg. Co. with headquarters at
Stamford. CT. was destroyed by fire,
Shortly after 3 A. NJ. Sunday, causing
loss of $1,000; insured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-11
Yellow Fever ct New York /.

New York. Sept. 1O.-Health officer
Doty reports that all Of the four pa
tients removed to Swinbourne island
from the steamer Lanpasas, have de-
yeloped yellow fever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-11
F. N. HAYES & SON
MANUFACTURERS OF
The Popular
Domestic Cream
Bread.
S24 Water St, Augusta, Ne
iune1t eodtf 1stn
FAIR WEATHER.

Boston, Sept. l0.-Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity: Fair weather. but
with increasing cloudiness in the after
noon OF night; light to fresh southeast
erly Winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-11

Eddie L. Patriquin, 10 years Old son
of James W. Patriquin, living on Fay
cite street. Lynn, Mass. fell off the
bridge at Floating Bridge pond, Sun
day, and was drowned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-11
Washington Forecast.

Washington. Sept. 10.-For New Eng
land. Increasing cloudiness Monday,
followed by showers, Monday night, Q:
Tuesday; fresh easterly to southcrly
winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-11
Our Line of
Guns AND Rifles

Batav Guns
Hammer Guns stanleys Imported
Belgium Imported
Ri
shells s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
O6EDIENT TO FATE,

Their friendship was rather the re-
cult of forced mutual dependence
than anything else, and they drifted in
to 1T before either realized the turn
events were taking At first it had
been nothing more than the inter-
change of few remarks on leaving the
Dotel dining-room in the morning and
an occasional chat on the piazza after
supper. From this it became regu
lar thing to saunter together down to
the boat landing for a pull across the
lake before the sun made outdoor ex-
ercise impossible.
Then, because the mail came at IL,
1t suited them both to linger under
the shade trees on the lawn until the
distribution of letters began. 1t was
on these occasions that they compared
notes upon the subject of summer re-
sorts in general and Fairview Springs
in particular.
They were there for the same reason
rest and a change of air. Goth
were eager to exchange the quiet of
the place for the rush of their every
day life. 1t was not easy for him to
snake off the thought of his neglected
law practice, and it was equally hard
for her to forget the half-finished
manuscripts calling for attention in
her desk at home. With a frankness
which was not fattering, and which
would have surprised either under
other circumstances, they openly dis
cussed their dismay over the prospect
of remaining two months or longer at
Fairview, and bestowed their most ar
dent pity on all newcomers to the
springs.
If, in the beginning, he had accept
ed the situation blindly, he was the
first to realize it in it's full significance,
for, argue with himself as he might,
there was at last no overcoming the
d1sagreeable truth that he had given
his promise to one woman and his
love to another. In his Utmost soul he
knew he had no right to feel that per-
feet sense of happiness which had
lately come to him, for perfect happi-
ness 1T was when she was near him.
T 1t was only when he was alone that
conflicting emotions took possession Of
him.
When he looked into her steadfast
eyes he was conscious that she had
moved him as no other woman had
done. He did not tell himself that he
had never loved until now; but he
knew that it was because of her he
wished he could undo the past, and
this had never been the case before.
He needed her always, he would
reason with himself, but whenever he
used this argument he felt that she
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
A Seaside Laboratory.

In the American Naturalist Mr.. KEEL
logg gives a sketch of the Hopkins
Seaside Laboratory of the Leland
Stanford, Jr., University" in the Bay
of Monterey. The marine fauna there
is abundant, being mixture of north
ern and subtropical forms. Many
of the molluscs, sea-urchins, and
cephalopods are collected by the Chi
nese fishermen, then canned, and sent
to China, where they are used as food.
The Chinese boats go out by night
with nets and pitchpine torches, which
are hung over the boats side to lure
the squid. The squids are dried and
shipped to China to be used as food
and also as fertilizer. The duty on fer
tilizer in China is low, the duty on
salt high. By mixing little dried
squid with great deal of salt and
calling it fertilizer considerable
amount of salt finds it's way into the
celestial kingdom at a low duty rate. ;"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
Hair Planted on Bald Heads.

A Turkish physician has been ex-
perimenting successfully on the trans
planting of hairs one by one to bald
parts of the scalp. His results seem
to show that there is no impossibility
in the complete renewal Of lost head
of hair by this means. The physician,
DR.. Menahem Hodara, according to
foreign paper, tried his experiments in
the case of a disease that had removed
part of his patients hair. His plan
was to scarify the bare surface and
to implant thereon hairs removed from
other parts of the patients head. The
hairs used for the purpose were trim
med with scissors at each end. Some
four weeks after implantation GER
tain number of the hairs were found
to have taken root, and in no long time
goodly new crop was produced. En-
couraged by these results, DR.. Hodara
has since applied the method in other
cases of badness following favus, and
he thinks himself justified in stating
that "clinically there can be no doubt
as to this very curious fact-that
small bundles of hair stems cut with
scissors and implanted in the missions
made with scarifler can take root and
grow, forming in time long and visible
hairs" By microscopic examination
he has satisfied himself that after some
weeks real new bulb forms at the
lower end Of the implanted hair. DR..
Hodara's results are interesting in
themselves, and still more in the pro-
mise which they appear to offer of fur
Their results, undreamed Of, or as any
rate unmentioned, by the ingenious
experimenter. Why should not the
same treatment be applied in cases OF
ordinary badness? Many bald men
would gladly submit to have their
scalps plowed and afterward sown with
new hairs if there was reasonable
hope of even a moderate harvest.-New
York Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
The Latest Shade o, Hair.

Italian bronze, the new shade of hair.
is still too much Of a novelty to be COM
mon, but who has seen it and not
longed for tresses of that wonderful
hue? 1t is too expensive an operation
to ever become the popular shade, and
no amateur at hair dyeing can accom-
plish the desired result, SO the FORUM
ate few who possess locks of Titan
bronze need have little fear of many
duplicates. The art of hair dyeing has
made tremendous strides within the
last few years, and there are many ar
lists in that line whose work defiea
criticism. another word for detection.
but Americans. as class, have not
taken kindly to that sort Of thing, and
the remark that "she dyes her hair" is
still considered by many as term of
reproach. The Princess of Wales has
variety of wigs, which she changes
with her toilets. On her return from
a drive or reception another gown, with
Its accompanying wig. is in readiness,
and that her locks are red today and
brown tomorrow in no wise discon-
certs the princess. All such matters
are regulated by custom, and the day
may come when chemical hair dyes,
or exchangeable chignons will be part
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
SCIEN TIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
improved Window Shade-Flour Bin
and sifter-Cases of Hydrophobia Are
Rare-Electricity on Torpedo Graft
Improving the Photograph,
Cases of Hydrophobia Rare.


1t has been asserted by many
friends of animals, who rightly object
to the annual torture and slaughter of
dogs, and even by some physicians,
that there is no such disease as hy-
drophobia, or rabies, as it is more
correctly called. Those who have
studied the subject carefully, however,
are certain that there is disease of
dogs which is communicable by one
suffering from it to other animals and
to man. But this disease is very rare,
and probably not one person in thou
sand bitten by dogs is in any danger
OF 1T, and not one dog killed among
500 supposed mad dogs is really mad.
The word hydrophobia is a misnomer,
for mad dog has no fear of water,
and will run through a shallow pool
without any hesitation; the fear
is that of drinking water or of swal-
lowing anything, either fluid or solid,
as the attempt is almost certain to
throw the sufferer, man or beast, into
spasms. The only way Of transmit
ting hydrophobia is by inoculating;
shoe 40, NY lAS lulIOuucllOl OI lue
virus into the body through a wound
of the skin or the mucous membrane
The most usual way for this rare event
to occur is, of course, through the bite
Of rabid dog, cat, or other animal.
But not every bite, even of genuinely
mad dog. is followed by hydrophobia
If the animals teeth, for instance,
leg or boot, the saliva, which contains
the virus, may be wiped away from
the teeth.-Youths Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
STAMPS COLLECTORS covEr.

Priceless Bits of Paper Owned by Mon
sieur Ferrarl of Paris.
The prince of stamp collectors Is un-
doubtedly a Monsieur Ferrari of Paris.
Virtually priceless are the stamp col
lections of this gentleman, and his de-
votion to the hobby may be gagged
from the fact that he keeps three sec
retaries especially to look after the
precious bits Of colored paper, which
are arranged and catalogued in lux
urious libraries. M. Ferrari possesses
no fewer than eight specimens of the
famous "Postofice Mauritfus," the
rarest stamp in the world, of which
only fourteen copies are known to ex-
list. The actual value of this stamp
which has been known to fetch pri-
vately the large sum of $3.50, over
10000 times it's face value-arises from
the fact that it bears the words .post-
office" instead of the regulation "post-
paid" 1t was issued in 1S47, and is
SO very highly priced that not long ago
wholly enthusiastic collector adver-
tised that he was willing to CORE
spond, with view to matrimony, with
lady possessing copy of "Postoffice
Mauritius, 1S47." The two-penny blue
postpaid" Mauritius is another very
valuable stamp, and at an auction a
copy of it has actually realized $700-
the highest price ever paid for stamp
sold in this way. This particular spec
linen was unused, but even Cancelled
copy has been sold for $500. AS a rule,
African stamps seem to beat the rec
ord for big prices For example, one
penny Cape of Good Hope has realized
1925, another specimen of the same,
$3.50, and nine-penny Natal has
changed hands at $13O. A Cingalese
four-penny rose, unused, was sold by
our informant for $3.50 not long ago,
while sheet of twelve West Indian
six-penny stamps went for SITS, this
being a record price. Five hundred
dollars apiece has been realized at auc-
ton for fiye-cent America "Brattle-
boro" stamp and nine-kreutzer Ba-
den stamp. the value of the latter con-
sisting in the fact that it was one of a
sheet printed by mistake on green
paper instead of on the official pink.
But some idea of the enormous trade
done in foreign stamps may be gath
cred from the statement that the total
sum of our informant's sales during
last season amounted to more than
$500 ,000.-London Mail.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
Recent Inventions.

An improved piano stool can be
raised or lowered as desired without
the necessity of revolving it to turn
the screw, the spindle being hollow
and containing one end of an L-shaped
lever, which has head to fit In holes
inside the vertical base, in which the
spindle slides.
A resident of Italy has patented a
device for the prevention Of seasick-
ness, comprising belt to be strapped
around the waist, with triangular
pad attached to the inner face, to pre-
vent undue motion of the internal or
gans when the ship rolls.
Small change Is easily carried in a
new coin holder. which is formed OF
a piece Of metal bent into U shape,
with slots cut along the sides to fit the
different sizes Of coin, spring wire
being placed across the opening to pre-
vent the coins from falling out.
By the use of new key old rail-
road spikes can be used in old spike
holes. the key being formed of a strip
of spring steel crimped along a por-
liou VI us leHStn, 10 press alternately
on the spike and the side Of the hole,
thus binding the spike in place.
A machine has been designed for
rapidly moistening and sealing envel-
opes. having feeding device which
forces the envelopes singly across a
roller dampened by water reservoir
above. with hinged plate to fold the
flap, after which the envelope is forced
between rollers to seal 1t.
Electricity Is used to operate the
type bars of new typewriter, which
has magnet set in position to oper-
ate the levers when the keys are de-
pressed short distance, making it I'M
necessary to force the key down for
the full stroke.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
WE'RE ALL HE HAD LEFT.

would be the first could she know it),
to assure him that he was striving at
ter the shadow and not the substance.
on her strength.
A telegram calling her home-her
sudden departure early one morning
these were things to recall her to
the reality of life.
A formal little note of farewell, two
or three faded roses-and a memory
We're all he had left to tell of the sum-
mer.
Rudely awakened from his dream Of
happiness, he was like man cropping
in the dark. THE right way!" he
said to himself. (Which is right?"
With his face buried in his hands, he
thought the matter out. The spell
of her presence was gone. but its fra
GRANGE remained.
She also was fighting out the battle
alone. 1t is strange that. actuated by
the same feeling, and arguing along
the same lines, they should have ar
rived at such widely different conclu-
sions."
The letter that she wrote was not
to him-but to another man.
Forgive me-" it said, for the pain
am about to cause you, for / can
only give you back your promise and
ask you to forget me. There was a
time when l believed that the calm
friendship had for you was love, but
! know that poor human hearts were
made for more, and they will have
their due. Do not reproach me, for 1t
was not my fault that l learned this
too late"
Then she began to turn the pages
OF one of her manuscripts, YEARLY try
ing to collect her thoughts. But while
ago everything had been different.
When she was tired there had been
some one whose strong arms were ever
ready to receive her; and now-but
she could not think of it just then.
The letter that he wrote brought
tears to the eyes of the girl who read it.
Il have been away long time" it
said, but I'm coming home tomorrow.
AS look through my window I can
see the foliage on the mountain side
changing to red and purple and yes
terday I saw a flock of birds flying to
the South. Think Of it. the roses were
in bloom when told you good-by!
Now want to ask you to take me
for better, for worse before the snow
marks the winter time. For better,
for worse. such as am, take me and
make what you will of me. Heaven
grant it may be for better!p New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

often desirable to block off the lower
part of the window and yet to allow
the entrance of the light from the up
per part. In order to accomplish this
there has been recently patented an
adjustable frame to hold the shade,
which permits of the shade being
placed at any desired point. This ar
rangement has also the advantage that
1t is interchangeable and one Of these
supporters made for a window OF
standard size can be placed in any
window Of the same dimensions. The
frame is made of wire, If desired, al
though heavier metal is preferable,
and the brackets for holding the shade
are soldered to it. The frame rests at
desired points on outwardly project
ing arms. which engage with pins or
grooves extending across the grooves
in which the frame is held. The OPP
Grafton Of this device is clearly shown
by the accompanying cut. The in.
vention is that Of William G. Temple
ton of Colorado Springs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

device is that from the moment 1t
leaves the earth until it returns the
balloon is wholly unchanged as to
form.
The usefulness of man in balloon
is enhanced hundredfold if he can
communicate directly with persons on
the earth, and the inventors of this
new air ship have rendered such COM
munication very simple by means of
telephone. Whether the aeronaut is
up aloft for scientific or for military
purposes he will find this telephone
very useful. If he is making meteoro-
logical observations he can tell those
below what he has discovered, and
need not lose valuable time in making
records; if he is spying out an enemy's
country or watching the progress Of
battle he can swiftly send down IN
formation which may prove OF ines
Unable value.
This new balloon is kept in a house
specially constructed for it, and, if
desired, the necessary quantity OF gas
may be kept in it from one day to
another.
Foreign governments are taking
much interest in the new air ship. and
1t Is said that Austria will very soon
be well equipped with dragon balloons.
The United States government is also
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

ingenious manner. In the interior Of
the balloon. which Is about six hun
dred cubic meters in size, there is a
separate gas tight compartment Of
about one hundred and fifty cubic me-
tiers. While the balloon ascends the
gas presses against the partition and
through an ingenious method of ven
tilation is permitted to escape. AS
soon as the desired height is reached,
and the balloon comes to rest, the
pressure Of gas ceases, and the open
ing. which serves for the purpose of
ventilation, is closed. When the bal
loon begins to descend a reverse pro-
cess takes place. Air is admitted, when
necessary, and thus the desired equil-
ibrium is preserved. The result Of this
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
DO NOT NEGLECT REPosE.
Indifference to 1t the Cause OF Much 4
Health. y

Health.
I know half dozen women who are
systematic in their diet, who make
their taste conform to their comfort,
to one who practices anything that APP
proaches systematic sleep. Infractior
of dietetic laws is punished swiftly and
in fashion that admits of no question
as to the reason for the punishment
1t that was true Of the breaking q
the laws of sleep, more women woul
give attention to healthful sleepin
Il is unquestionable thatsou indiffe
ence to. the need of systematic repo
is responsible for the loss OF a val
amount of precious strength. Length
sound and undisturbed sleep is in
dispensable to good health and good
temper; persistent wakefulness, on the
contrary, leads quickly and inevitably
to serious disturbances Of the brain
and nerves, and sooner or later to u
general Generalization of the mental
and physical forces. Children who arey
permitted to sit up late, night after
hight, over their studies, thus estab-
fishing a most pernicious habit, in
variably find themselves. in maturer
life. unable to sleep during the early
hours of the night, and long before;
middle age is reached are fast in the
grip of the fiend insomnia. The old
fashioned practice of going to bed be-
fore dark and getting up before day
light, still in vogue in the country. is
no more to be emulated than thaA on-l.
posite extreme. Women are at their
best in the midday hours, not in they
early morning. The desire for. earlyH
rising is rather symptom OF weak
ness or Of advancing age than Of physi-N
cal and intellectual vigor, for theE
wearled body or mind demands reposeS
and if denied it will suffer. After anu
the boy who resents hustling out Oft
bed at unearthly hours because sit ia
better for him." is fulfilling the law oil
sleeping better than his parent. whct
does not feel his need of plenty oil
sleep.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
RISKS OF BULL Fl0hTlNo.
The Animal Sometimes Takes chi
Avunuw the SNar4 q An,.s -

I
IF the French are going to take up
bull-fghting as one of their regular
amusements," says a New Yorker who
has seen a good deal of the peninsular !
sport in its native home, "they will
have to get themselves accustomed to-
seeing bull break loose, clear the !
barrier, and make himself gay among
them. To Judge by the talk there has
been In some of the papers about what
happened at Deuil last Sunday, one
would think that such thing was
quite rare accident in the history OF
the bull ring, but in the course Of 9
single season that was at Lisbon I
must have seen it happen at least half
dozen times-that Is, more than once
for every Sunday I went to bull
fight What is rare is for bull to get
clear away from the building AMI go
careering about the streets OF the
neighborhood. That is prevented eff
fectually by the way a bull ring is
built. To get to or from your place
you have to go up or down flights OF
steps, and rather narrow ones at that,
and bull, however active he may be,
is not good at flights of steps. The
bulls l saw in the Lisbon ring were
active, being wiry, thin thanked, deep
chested brutes, that thought nothing of
leaping over the barrier into the mar
row space between that and the high
stone parapet in front Of the specta-
tors Seats Sometimes, when bull
had made this jump in pursuit OF a
fleeing 'capinha' and couldn't find his
man in the passage, lie would half
jump, half climb over the parapet.
When he got up there he would flour
lsh his horns about, but could do no
damage to any one who had the sense
to get up and move out of his way.
You see, the benches around the ring
and that makes it impossible for a
beast with hoofs to move about; be-
sides, the benches always impede him.
You never hear women screaming on
those occasions-all- the women are up
in the boxes, and they know, besides,
that there isn't any danger; the bull
always gets pushed back somehow.
One day / saw little cigar store clerk.
when a bull landed close to him,
coolly get between the animals horns
and cover up his eyes until the attend
ants came and dragged him off II
that bull had been on leyel ground it
would have taken a thorough profes-
sional to go as near him as that, and
it would have been at the risk OF the
mans fe.''-New York Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
THE REPORTER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER e==fsyg

doubtful il Germany has in recent
years invented anything more notable
than this,and the invention is the more
to her credit for the reason that until
short time ago she practically took
very little interest in aeronautics.
Military ballooning has received a
wonderful auxiliary in wireless teleg-
raphy. We reproduce from London
paper an illustration of system of
accommodating where both balloons and
electrical waves are employed. The
large balloon does the scouting, the
smaller one, which a soldier in attend
ance on the commanding officer can
tow about by hand, receives the mes
sage and transmits it to the instru-
ments on the ground. Twenty bal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
Electricity on Torpedo Craft.

The Japanese government has re-
Gently ordered four first class torpedo
boats from the Yarrows, and in one
of them all the auxiliary machinery is
to be driven by electricity This will
not only result in economy of fuel, but
it will add greatly to the safety of such
vessel, because, as is well known
by navy men, a wire fractured by a
shot is not only easily mended, but 1t
only stops the machinery to which 1t
is connected; whereas in the case OF
fracture of a steam pipe it cannot be
mended with facility; and, worse than
all, the escaping steam drives every
one out of the compartment.