Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-06

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duck which he killed with a rock, out
doing many of the local sports who
travel all day in search Of something
to shoot and then come home empty
handed.
The summer just past has seemed
certainly or sufficient warmth to influ-
ence the temperature of the waters OF
the bay. and yet a gentleman who has
a summer home on Cushings island,
and who took his dip in the sea every
morning, states that the average this
year has been but 5S to 60 degrees. the
maximum height having been Ga Last
summer, the average was Ga. and the
maximum was 6S degrees. He keeps
an accurate record from year to year,
and regards the lowness Of the tenn
perature of the water the past summer
as remarkable.
3. II. Alexander and John Swazey of
the United States Geographical sur
veying party have been at work for
the past month making a survey Of
the brooks and streams in the vicinity
of Oldtown. Baker brook, Sunkhaze
stream Little Birch stream. Dudley
surveyed and when the maps are OBJ
tanned showing the result Of the survey
the work will be greatly appreciated
People who lumber and fish in the
streams are greatly interested in the
survey.
\ gentleman, resident in Deering
who was afflicted with disease of the
respiratory organs. complicated appar-
entity with heart disease. recently re
moved to Portland. and took rooms in
the extreme upper part of one of the
tall hotel buildings. situated on high
ground. To his own surprise and that
of his friends, an Improvement was at
once evident in his condition. and so
long as he remains in his elevated
rooms he is remarkably free from his
old ailments. He goes away soon, pre-
sumably to make his home at some
great altitude, chance having shown
him the remedy for his infirmities.
Supt Munday Of the Grand Trunk,
Is probably, with a single exception,
the only Portland man who was ever
close by a real cyclone. While in the
South he watched a cyclone go through
a thick forest, felt the hot air. and
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cards. Later he was within a few
miles of East st. Louis. when it was
struck by a cyclone. and again was
within a short distance of Mt. Vernon.
another Western town. when a cyclone
nearly wiped it off the earth. There's
luck in odd numbers" and Mr.. Munday
had better not tempt fate again by
getting in the path Of a cyclone. REV.
| NJ II li,-ta hae All NAY W
enc, with cyclone he will be likely Ia
remember II was in the West. and
! the party he was with raced for a
river. hoping to make it in advance Of
| the whirling tempest. They felt the
awful heat Of the air. and thought
| themselves in the path of the storm.
| but il Went To one side. and they We're
saved. 1t was a close call. for the cy-
! clone spread death and destruction
| wherever il went.
| Mr.. W. c. Chapman of Portland, has
recently completed an automobile that
| presents some remarkable features.
| The vehicle is a two-seated one, with
! electricity as the motive power. OBJ
| tanned from q compact battery of a
| storage cells. the total weight being
| $500 pounds In addition to the Gus
| tomary controller. brake, etc, the car
riage is equipped with a recharging de
| vice. 50 that on down grade power
can be returned to the battery by
| using the dynamo, instead of being
| wasted in useless friction on an ordi-
nary brake. Also. the regulation of
| speed during the descent is automatic
| and perfect. \ recent test Of this de
| vice on Preblr street hill showed that
| the power required to run up this
| grade averaged % horse power, while
going down the amount of energy
! stored in the battery averaged IL
! horse power. or, in other words. 80 per
cent. Of the power used in climbing the
| hill was recovered on the down trip.
! The points IN favor Of the electrically
! propelled vehicle equipped with the re-
! charging device is that Il certain per
! centagc of the energy expended being
| returned. as stated above. that the
| regulation ~ the speed on down
| grade i automatic in character. ana
prevents undue speed. acting much as
| does the governor of the steam engine.