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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Today is the last day of the voting
contest On the beautiful desk cabinet
sewing machine to BE- given away by
Eurkl1Y x Goodrich. All those holding
votes San greatly assist their favorite
candidate by depositing their votes. to-
day. in the ballot box at the Peoples
store. The voting will cease at 6
o'clock. when the sore closes. The ba,
lot hox Will then be taken upstairs ana
the votes counted by three disinterest-
~ parties. All contestants or those
Interested, are invited to be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Michael Seaman for the second time
n q week plead guilty Of intoXication.
ana hd+ given his second sentence Of
30 days in jail. From the first one he
made an appeal, ana now he will serve
out the ether 90 while awaiting the
termination of the appeal TO the April
t,r!n. Wnen he will doubtless serve the
first sentences last. Another man in
court. Saturday, was Frenchman
named Dcstie who. was given 30 days
for being drunk ana abusing his
family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Tht city Ne Augusta has bill with
he Governor ana Council for 500 for
supplies furnished families If soldiers
of II, Spanish war ana other expenses
iH.i frnt to the same. Augusta. by the
"aT. snair something out IF the Span
Asian iuI. THAT no other Maine city did
1ld tEJ, was IL thc presence Of the
troops h.rc which made trade good for
" t.mo. yyrn though the soldier boys
hnd Iiiti- money. When they were
l1il .hoir money Went freely.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Thu y,5r passed with the number Of
r.. harms smaller by great many
.rIn ts- !. sr Through November
-.'d I'rcnher There We're only four
alarms, ana no firms If any account.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
Local Notice.

TWENTY-EIGHT GOOD HORSES.
200 70 100 lbs. must be sold to make
room for others soon to arrive. Several
good teams for the woods the rest good
drivers ana business horses. in good
c ndtion. sound and kind. w. NJ. Pres
colt. p Winthrop Court, Augu3,a.
dec21dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
DaiIy 5sehneoet 3onrnss
c.rds of thanks. obituary notices Tee.

g., rds of thanks. obituary notices ress
lItion. OF respect. etc. Will be charged
a. the rate OF ten cents per linz Ma
charges ~ss than seven.y-fve cent?.
All Advertising announcements o.
entertainments. Wh0SJ object 10 the
raising Of money will be charged al the
rate OF fifteen cents a line.
notices, news form, viii
be excluded from our local COLUMNS, az
cent such as refer 70 advertisers occu-
pying space IN our advertising columns
and will be run under a separate head
On one Of the local rages.
= Subscribers who fail to receive thu
JOURNAL promptly will confer favor
by notifying the office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

People about the State capitol arr
wondering what the important be-
"a.s-.+ arc that are said to bc contained
4" IN" viii IF the late +. s. Coe %
t..,.,.u,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Tha December iea;h-ra,e Of Augusta
Was decidedly small The illness was
AKIN ai2ht. barring the few cases Of
.D..I... I.N.r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Today aEd each Monday hereafter
Eou viii fnd G. y. WadI@igh's cash
r"i.0 list in the Journal 1t may be
VIII to cat It out for future reference
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
Farmers Institutes in Hancock County.

member, being unaVoidablv detained NJ
nome, Mr. Eugene Haskell. the master of
me orange, took charge of the meetings
me exercises of the afternoon consisted
u Singing ~ a fine local choir and an
address by Hon. f. S. Adams on The
Growing and HANDLING of Farm trons
Mr.. Adams uwclt particularly upon the
Importance OF increasing the resources Of
me iarn by more intensive work. more
llllaS" ana a larger area al the farm he
ing kept in hood crops. Corn was spoken
OF as the king of fodder crops in Mainr
ana ne mentioned as the trinity OF sue
cess in farming. tilld2e. fertility and
draining. explaining that ss the import-
ahce oi these foundation principles is I'M
d"rStpod and their practice followed out
me business oi farming Will he raised To
a higher level and a larger revenue will
be made possible. Much interest was
maiirStcd in the Sito. and the speaker
was called upon t. give detailed state
mentS as to varieties of corn best suited
Tor the work, best methods of cultivatinc
and harvesting, together with best meth
DDS Of building and filling silos lie
recommended large growing varieties az
yellow corn planted in drills. ana allowed
- stand until fairly mature, then cut line
ana placed slowly in the silp. This work
Tor tho*r not near corn packing estab-
lishm"nts; for these. sweet corn, with the
best ears pluCkcd off ana sold to the
factory ana their feeding value replaced
BY the purchase Of heterogeneous concern
tratcs.
At the close Of the address Mr.. Adams
was closely questioned. Onv half hour :
time wLs spent in answering ana discuss
ing questions relating to corn, clover and
the various fodder crops Of the farm.
after which the meeting closed with mu-
sic by the choir.
In the evening the hall was very taste
fully decorated with Chinese lanterns ana
notices. making it very attractive. Sec
rotary Mckecn had tested - samples uf
milk ut the house Of Mr. Haskell and
after song by MIR Thomas GrieVa and
Miss Grindle. these tests were reported.
They ran from IS to % per cent. and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

This evenings bail in City hall for
Charity's sake win be the event Of tn
season. The sale Of tickets has been
great.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
Special Advertisements.

Small advertisements not exceeding
four lines (thirty Hurdsl coming uhGer
LET. LOST, &C. Will be inserted two
times for % cents, three times fer 20
cents and one week for so cents. AID.
VANCE PAYMENT. In sending by man
of postage stamps "r postal
note should be made with order, as the
are too small to open accounts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

May win ~ q beautiful month, ac-
opiiing to Saturdays ruling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

RE careful how you date your let
toe. tular.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

wish you a happy New Year"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Good resolutions ior the year today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

House No. 46 Melville street, city wa
ter. Apply r. e. Goodwin. Chandler st.
uOVi6 dti
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Reserve fund, per cent ......
Policy claims IN process az
adiuStm ru- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
presen, value II $33, COO, here
after payable On matured
INSTRUMENT bonds ......... ....
Allowance lu- Gup-rscntcd
and contingent claims ......
Dividends due ana unpaid ..
Premiums pIjl in advance H..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Pleasant house IN good location with
or without stable; city and well water.
Inquire OF S. s. Lancaster. mayl2, diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

House No Grove street; two offices.
che front and one rear Apply to James
w. North, - Grove 81. june20 diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Charity bail, this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01

Interest due ana accrued.
Net deferred aul unreuorted
premiums on policies in
force 49,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
LOST.
WANTED

\ few lady hoarltrs. Must have good
references None others need apply. 40.
Il Bridge street. decildl vs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

one OF the most curious sights TO he
seen In cavalry charge Is the various
riderless horses galloping In the line In
perfect order. AT the charge OF Balaclava
the front rank Of one regiment was COM
posed 10 a great extent OF riderless ami
mails, their masters having dropped one
by one. II would seem that in the ex-
citement of the moment the horses lose
all conception of what Is happening around
them, and probably fail to notice the fall
Of. their riders. The return of rderless
horses to camp Is an almost certain sign
of defeat. When cavalry charge Is sue
oessful the horses will. as have said, all
keep up together. even though they may
have lost their rider. but when force
those Ia the rear VIII be the return of
the horses with empty saddles and stir
rlps dangling free No more sorry sight
can he imagined To Illustrate ths cal
lous feeling these animals have under FIRE,
a case which happened at fadysmith dur
ing the siege may be rcci,sd A farrier
sergeant was engaged in shooting an on
GERS horse In the open ground behind the
stables Of a hotel. and had already put
one or two nails into the shoe when a
shell came screaming through the air.
The next moment the missile burst I'VE
or six yards away from where the SER
geant aud the horse were standing, and
the spligterS few around both. hut failed
to touch either. When the smoke hal
cleared the horse was 20 be seen with It's
foot stu IN the mans apron. quite un
disturbed BY the Incident. Pearson Mag
azine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26
SEPARATED THIRTY-FIvE YEARS.
Georgia Minister, stolen In Infancy,
Finds His Mother.

Fact Is stranger than fiction. A meet
Ing between an aged mother and her son.
who had been separated for thirty-nve
years, occurred last Saturday at King
gold, Ga. and has provided abundant ma
terial for discussion by the good people
of that mountain city.
The story of the parting Of the two
people Is one Of unusual interest and
dates back TO the last year of the war.
At that time Mrs. T. $. Hawkins and
her children resided near Cleveland, Tenn.
Under peculiar and mysterious circum-
stances one of her boys, rosy-faced
child of 4. was spirited away. and In time
the mother whose love for her offspring
would not permit her TO believe he never
would be found, eventually gave him up
as one dead.
She moved away from Cleveland and
finally settled in Ringgoid. having mar
ried again. The son was stolen and taken
to Pikeville. Tenn. hnd then to Bowling
Green, Ky. where he grew TO manhood
and finally decided upon the ministry as
a profession. In 1854 he became Bap-
fist minister and held several responsible
pastorates in Eastern cities.
Five years later he was appointed state
missionary by the Baptist home board OF
Indiana and since then has served as
pastor in several cities In Michigan.
Throughout the northwest Rev. j. ID. Fry
IS well-known as preacher OF great
strength of oratory. Sometime ago he
became convinced that his mother was
still living. and finally discovered her
at Ringgold.
Last week he came TO Georgia with his
wife and children to seek the mother that
he had not seen for thfrty-five years.
The meeting between them was very ar
fecting. II is believed that DIR. Fry will
now make his home here with his mother,
who has reached an advanced age.-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

governing the game. but in arousing that
degree OF interest which makes and holds
deVo,eeS. has been ail-pervsding from
the hrst meeting In 1852 90 the last in
1893. His clear, incisive way OF stating
the good points. or showing up the III
effects. Of any proposed change. and Ms
rare skill In welding the mallet and
devising the hes, means OF worrying an
adversary, constitute a power that iH
hardly welded by any 81 his associates
lie has probably written more columns
about rogue than any other man In the
United states. In iSS MIR Jacobus car
ried on the first prize Thrice since he
has been awarded the second prize after
trying Tor FIRST. and in number of the
remaining years his excellent play has
occasinned the prize winners no little uu-
eHstness He held for several years tho
Hnrsman mallet. which was the title TO
the championship 81 the United States
when the Van MiekIe badge was pre-
scented 20 ire association the nrst time
he contested for It he won Il and held
Il Tor several years, analiy giving Il up
without contest in lSS as he had
praCisced none that summer, Ho has IN.
vented several plays notceahly hiding
the ball az she third arch. ard what WAS
called the slam bang or IaeObUs shot "
And THIS brings us up 70 the merits OF
the game itself Everybody has piavv8
ereguei auarreled over whose turn IL was
and what arch a certain ball was for ans
said or Thought bad words when a tsft
of suG grass ~ an apple caused the bail
60 jump an arch. BEFORE golf came tn crr,-
gUet was tee raok on which domestic To-
icity split Tire temptation 90 cheat ir
croQuct was so great that cicfEymcn nnl.
vaFsA,ly recommended that an persons ~
w~ak moral nature should eEchew g. All
thai - done away with Ga rn2us Rules az
etlerctte. drawn up by Nj Jacobus. gav.
err oDe's cooduet while playing the ears,,..
she aUrfsce % the court Is so smooth THAI
a ball viii gpi jump unless. rs making A
peculiar stroke. yeu bring thfs aheut tn-
tenuoualiy, aad cotored markers aro used
70 designate TIE arches that are 90 t.s
made by each ball A. that cheating ia I'm
possible The same OF rogue. OF cours.
has a resemblance 70 croQuet. from which
Il was derived. but has very little Ia Gem
mon with q beyond che fact THAI 70 Ia
played upon the ground, with balls NIT ; y
mslletS. which IN a modified form may b
said % many outdoor games. iucluaiuz
baseball. golf. polo ana even tennis. Rogue
Is played with hard rubber halls, ground
70 perfect spheres. so that they run stth
absolute accuracy the vieksts are os ha4s
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possible also that "jpmp shooting ought
TO be added to these, for this. at hrst
thought, seemingly impossible metnoa OF
play, IS a special feature with some play
ers and not infrequently they are re-
lieved from an otherwise inextricanie
nosttion by n timely Jump shot, by which
a ball may be made to pass over one OF
more intervening arches and capture
hsn supposed to be safe from all danger.
This shot is illustrated by the accom-
panying cut. 1t is made by hitting .he
hall with a downward stroke, someWhae
back OF the center. The resiliency OF the
hard rubber bali causes It to bound IL
Is pointed out that in rogue. as IN COIL
YOU must keep your eve on the hail ana
not on the place where you Intend the
ball to go otherwise an inaccurate snot
will result.
The game OF ROGUE Is played by two
people, eath using two balls. The oalls
are colored red. white. blue and oiack.
and are played in that order. Ciips OF
corresponding colors are attached TO the
arches which the various balls are ior'
and the markers are changed as the
arches are made. Regulation balls must
be used. hut player is at liberty 10
use whatever maIlet he chooses, ana
some of the mallets are very handsome
and expensive affairs All of the ex-
pert players use long-headed mallets with
very short handles. Positions assumed
by roquers In making their strokes vary
considerably. Some use one band, others
two One feature of rogue ~ that II
is not necessary to have two arms ana
hands 10 play II. In Washington. ID. c,
there are four one-armed players, one
of whom, Cant. p. w. Coleman. Is noted
for his skill not only in rogue, but also
In billiards He can even make masse
shots by holding his cue against the
stump of his arm. An Ohio man who had
no arms played the old game of croauet
by fastening mallet-head to his right
foot. and his accuracy was marvellous.
But rogue is not a game for superannu-
ated men or cripples. To play 1t right
requires all the physical powers. some
players sit on their heels while max
ing n stroke and hit the BAH sidewise.
Others stand astride across the ball and
hit the ball with a pendulous swing.
There is a good deal Of discussion as
to the merits of various strokes, and
each expert thinks his form is the best.
Much more might be said about the game
from its technical side. but what has
been said is sufficient 10 indicate that
rogue and croquet are very different
games.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26
AN OFFICIAL ROGUE COURT.

sport Many names we're considered. and
the problem was finally solved by Jared
= Baheock of New York, who submit.
ted the old name. croquet. with letter
cut on at each end. the derived name be-
ing pronounced 'roke" and not "rokay"
You could not very well speak OF crc-
aueter. but roquer falls easily from thu
lipr, and is the nsmc that now desiEuatca
the pursuer Of this game Of outdoor bill.
iards
Tho term rogue being understood. u
may he said that there g. a national as
sociation % roauers, including twenty.
three or mnre clubs, among them the
Springfield Country Club and the Nor
wood Rogue club. % Northampton The
Country Club last year laid out tive capt.
tai ruauo courts and expended consider
able money upon them. This Year tho
rcauers say that little more money
would have put them "a nne order. but
solf has beeN 80 absorbing hat lttie was
dorc fer the courts, and they are NOW
for rogue about what a rarior aoor would
10 for billiards. The roQuers, s0nne %
whom Joined the club because % the
chance 10 nurruc their chosen sport. re-
grct that a little attention could not be
paid 70 rcaue, as the game might have
quite following
The annual meettng II the National
Rogue Association. AT Norwich, Coma,
games which began on that day viii
continue Gntn the srorc r. completed The
championship grounds az the National
Rogue Association at Norwich are plsSs.
anIly situated n0s fRT fram ghe Norwich
Club. she Slater museum and the Nar-
witch academy. There Is pavilion and
leased plot " land aToryiing r,om Tor
nearly doscn Rao courts seven courts
are already In excellent coNAttsua. with
rna surface and as levei ~ a billiard
table New borders have been placed
around the coarts and thfee oi them are
lighted with electric lamps. for those
who care 60 play during the evening
pr. }. n, Davenport 81 the Norwood
club Of Northampton. Is the frst man ;e
servo as president % the National Rogue
Association. Says tho Golfer. which Is
the Official organ OF the association.
"This young man CT nearly thrce.seoFe
years and ten Is deserving OF the honor.
His faithful attendance at and support
az the national tournaments. his f0ndnsss
for the game. as manifested IN keeping
up an excellent court upon his own pri-
waite grounds and the enthusiasm AWAY $
displayed. have only found their just
reward. Deliberate In play. he II a
SoSusx ef mes, excellent Judgment upon
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26
Evolved From Croquet Yet It Differs From It
in Material Points,
High Degree Of Skill Attained by Scientific Payers-Prominent
Roquers Hold Their National Tournament at Norwich,
Conn-Some Of the Attractive Features Of
the Newest Diversion

the exercise of which so many fail. This
quality OF knowing what 10 do Is far bet
ter than to know how to do thing that
ought not to be done. This trait is pos
sessed by the honored president of the
Rogue Association" Nathan Lee Bishop
superintendent OF the Norwich public
schools, is the secretary-treasurer of the
Rogue Association. an office that he has
filled for ten years, continuously since
1894 and previous from 1885 to 1889. He
has had much TO do with the success of
the past meetings of the association at
Norwich. He is one of large number
of busy professional men who have found
In rogue fine recreative game. Mr..
Bishop won the national championship
in 1855. Since then he has manifested
little desire TO keep others from the
honor. though he plays a strong game at
all times,
Regarding Charles Jacobus, of Spring
field, one Of the organizers of the Ma
tionai Rogue Association. and its official
editor, the Golfer has this to say: Per
haps the most prominent character con-
nected with the formation and develop
ment OF the National Rogue Association
of America Is Charles Jacobus. His in
fiuence, not only in shaping the rules
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

-F one Of your friends. remarks the
III Springfield Republican, should ask
You II you enjoyed rogue, you would
be likely 10 say. "Eh. what's thatY
IL IN a surprised way. and ask him TO
say Il over agsin--that Is, unless
you were a roauer yourself, or had hap
pened to see something I'm print about
This article with the French name.
Though Springfield Is a rogue center there
are probably a good many people who
know nothing whatever about the game.
and as many more who know Just enough
about II 70 suspect II wrongly OF being
the game of croquct in disguise. Rogue
In Just about as much like croquet as
billiards Is like football game or a clam
bake. To be sure. It has been derived
from croquet by the process of evolution.
and perhaps an apter comparison would
be to say that rogue bears the same re-
1ation TO croquct as man does to
monkey. Croquet became rogue last year.
There had been for years a game called
scientific or professional croquet. but the
scientific players wanted TO disassociate
the modern game from the old-fashioned,
sidehill. wooden ball. wide arch game.
and still retain enough OF the original
name TO Indicate the source Of the new
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

from the blow Of the mallet. Here the
accurate eve and the trained hand are
needed, for at distance Of seventy feet
a bali three and a quarter inches In
diameter suhtends very small angle.
and a very slight divergence of the line
Of direction Of the impinglng mallet will
cause the struck BAN to go wide Of it's
desired course.
Ability 10 take position In front Of
arches so as 70 pass through them sue
cessfuily for the arches being only three
and one-half inches wide, give little
chance az passing through 20 hall Of
three and one-quartcr inches. when IN
a "Wild position"
The making of carom shots. The only
means whereby a person can hit a bail
whom wired = b. car0minx upon an
arch or from the border Apparently inn
possible shots ara thus frequently made,
and although The accuracy a. not 80
great as In BILLIARDS, yet there Is the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26

inch steel set in wood. and are of such
width as barely To permit the passage Of
the balls through them. The mallets are
heavy. with one end OF soft rubber. for
follow shots. and the other Of hard rub
her. for the ordinary strokes. The court
while ~ dirt Is So level and smooth as TO
permit ~ the accuracy of work on bill
Hard table, which the game further re-
sembleS from the fact that the timber hor-
ders al the court are used for carom shots.
Rogue requires a steady hand, an accu-
rate eye and the exercise ~ good iudg-
ment. also greater amount Of patience
than most gamos. fer st Is not a fast
amusement.
The cut representing a rogue court Will
indicate how the grounds are laid out
IL viii De noticed that the way IN which
The various arches are made varies from
that 90 the ald game 81 Cruuuet The
court Is = feet long ard - feet wide. The
best courts have Rubber borders on the