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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
CITY COP IN QUEENS BOROUGH.
Glad to Meet Even Mosquitoes in the
Loneliness of His Post
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
One Of the 80 patrolman transferred
recently from precincts in Manhattan
TO the wilds of Queens borough was
standing the other evening under a
tree. vigorously slapping his face and
neck with handkerchief to drive away
mosquitoes.
Il lived over in Jersey, before / be-
came cop" he said. but l never
saw anything like they are out here.
But, blame me. if ! amt kind of glad
for the pests. I've had experiences
enough out here to send man to 4
bug house. if he didn't have something
like mosquitoes 10 keep his mind
busy.
over there where | came from we
used to have from l25 to $50 men in
line when the night platoon was turn
ed out. The first night here when the
bells rang, four other blOkes stood up
with me. That was the squad all told.
We wheeled into line before the ser
seant'S desk and then Saluted. The
contrast made me smoker.
We'll, as | grinned, the sergeant
looked up and says: Here what you
get even he sends me out to investi
gate a robbery of cherry trees.
Il had the name of the place. all
right, and the beat it was on was just
four miles long and about three wide
| hunted for them cherry trees until
near midnight. but | didn't find them
We'll, after that, | just threw up
my hands, and I've been trying to beat
the game I'm up against the best |
can. My partner and | go together all
the time. to keep from getting lost. l
know two streets. one that leads from
the railroad station to the station
house, and the other that leads from
the station house out here on my beat
oh. this is busy precinct. | tell
you. After my first tour. | turned in
at the station house and had a chat
with the relief. How many do you
think they We're? Well. they were one
cop. | asked the cop how many ar
rests he had made recently. He said
he had been out here for a year and
a half. and he had three arrests.
When l left my partner last night
he said to me: Don't get lost. There
We're several men standing near by
and heard the remark. oh. steer into
some ginmill and then you won't get
lost said one of the men. Do You
know that's about all a cops got TO
do out here? Slip into the back room
of one of these farmer hotels and play
pinochle with the bartender and the
boss. Up at the station house. the ser
geant and the captain pass the time
away bowling in nearby saloon. ]
tell you, the police business out here
in Queens borough is great
The disconsolate policeman took an
other slap at his face and then dis
appeared down a lane.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
STOCK DEALING BY CABLE.
How the Spectator Gains Time by
Being 5000 Miles Away.
lLOndOn Tit-RitSl

1t is one of the most amazing ot
modern miracles. said a stock broker
that man can more quickly purcha 81
and sell stocks at a distance of 3oN
miles than a man on Fleet street can
operate on the London Stock Exchange
a quarters walk away.
1t is this. | had almost said fatal
facility that has abled so many Eng
liSh SPECTATORS 10 take hand in the
recent American boom. when the loss
II minute might mean the winning or
losing of small fortune.
You would think that when stocks
ana shares are tiuctuating wildly many
times within an hour ii would be sheer
madness for anyone in another CONT
nent to have anything to do with
Them. but with such marvellous rapid
ity are messages transmitted nova
lays by cable that a transaction can
oe completed in Wall street. New York
almost as quickly AS i'll the London
Stock Exchange by broker on the
spot.
suppose ! have an order to buy cl0-
100 worth Of Illinois Central. The pur-
chase is completed within a couple of
minutes Of handing in the message in
Shorters court and can receive a re-
ply within five minutes. a marvellous
feat when You consider that the double
message has travelled 5000 miles.
As you may imagine these messages ar,
Reduced To the smallest possible dimen-
>ions In fact. a cablcGram purchasing
say. Gl01. 600 of stock, will probablN con-
SiSt of three or four words only. with the
time Of despatch and single letter IL
serve as name and address Of the re-
ctiver.
These messages are despatched with
literally lightning speed 10y a highly
skilled band of cablsts. the picked men
of the army OF operators. who must no,
only be exceedingly expert cahlists. but
unfaiinSly accurate in transmission. for
an error might mean loss of thousands
of pounds. 1t says much for their skill
and care that mistakes are very rare in
deed.
There are three rival cable companies
in l.ondon-all almost equally expert ana
reliable-one British. one French and III.
third American. From F. NJ. which
means 10 a. NJ. in New York. messages
pour into these Offices at the rate OF
many hundreds an hour and are flashed
with invoncevable rapidity over the wires |
from London. via Ireland and Canada. to |
New York, the actual transmission Over
500 miles of wire only taking a single |
minute. And quickly as these messages |
Hash and fly westward under the Attain
re, other MESSAGES are flashing from |
New York to London over the same wires |
without any possibility of getting in each |
others way
As many as 800 messages are often de |
spatched in an hour and between on0A |
and 5000 in day: and almost as many |
are received in return. recording their |
contents on the almost endless Serpent |
IF paper" which streams from the re- |
ewing machine.
Even at shilling word it is sposiblc
20 spend immense sums on cabling. a sin
gle firm often paying the cable companies |
as much as $500 or ESQ in q week and |
perhaps ii is no eXaggeration to say that |
turing the recent boom in American rails !
the receipts of three cable companies
we're not less than &100W a week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
AHEAD OF THE RACES.
The Earhcr Got There by Giving His
Wife All The Winnings and Standing
All Losses.
est. .OuiS Republic.)

est. Louis RepublicD
How'd the ponies AT Nashville run
today asked a st. Louis barber as he
proceeded To trim "A customers hair.
The man in the chair replied in low
tone. The BARRIERS happy face imme-
diately told that the information was
good news. Then he remarked:
Well. then ] am $50 to the good on
that little tip. | will have 10 20 around
early in the morning and cash in
Now. one touch ~ the ponies
makes the whole world kin ana 50 the
row of the "neXts" began proposing
schemes for the spending Of the $50
One man limited that Il hair cut free
of charge To every person in the shop
would be an agreeable way of oclrbrut-
ing the event Another suggested some
thing about the line" But to all the
free advice the barber turned j dear
ear. r-mhrkins that ne had a better
way I" spend the money Then h. a.
planned.
Now. all YOU fellows know that
am ti-nd on the subject ~ races u"
SaId. There was one summer that
had such good luck that I threw NJ
my joh. was getting SIS week then.
ana had been making So much on the
side through tips of my customers that
! decided work WAS not in my line.
During that summer my rabhif.s
foot stdid with me. ana at the .nd 81
the season here in s.. Louis was
about $1,000 ~ the good was chestv
You know what happens 10 a man
when he gets that way. X happened ID
me when ] started To play the Eastern
tracks by Wire.
In a month my little wad was gone
/ am not telling what my wife said
although there is no denying the fact
mat she made some pointed and furci-
hic remarks
Wy hen ] Acknowledged that ]
couldn't keep from playing the races
my wife said she would consent on on.
condition. The household expensa,
We're 70 be paid first. After that could
BET 70 my hearts content. provided that
every cent | won Went into the bank /,
het name on a tim, certificate draNine |
interest
Maybe you won't believe me. but il |
one wear have saved over 1900 and ev- |
cry cent Of it is in the bank drawing ? |
per cent. OF course. | have fair luck |
MN customers help me out good deal !
hN the end Of the summer | expect ID |
have about $1,000. and then my wife and |
Are going r. buy a house ana lot
somewhere IN the West End
Hut suppose YOU 1nseo'
Ny wife isn't IN On the losses. They
come out of my spending money. y w
mink that | have the best system 81
earth Just knowing that I can PICK
me horses once in a while is all the fun
| want out Of it. and the way my wifi,
Srccts me when | tell her about my
winnings is enough To compensate for
az the good times YOU can propose
:" guess J won't take your advice"
ana the "neXts" don't blame him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
Miscellaneous Items Of Interest.

elers' luncheon baskets. and makes
over twenty-five varieties. At first
thought ii may seem a very ordinary
matter to make a sandwich. but not
50 when one must satisfy delicate and
fastidious tastes or make up richly
seasoned little article which will either
whet the appetite or satisfy its crav-
ings. Skill and refinement. knowl-
edge of delicious combinations which
Will please the palate. an eye for pref
" effects i'm shapes. and the neatest
and daintiest of methods. are among
the secret of success. The use of the
very best butter and materials is of
importance. Careful packing in par
raIinc paper is necessary when the
sandwiches are being sent to their
destination. Fanciful shapes are the
diamond and heart for card parties.
strips. triansles and circles are favor
its for teas. Among the various
kinds made by this busy girl are the
cream cheese, nasturtium. chopped
sailed almond. walnut. sardine, an
chovy. cucumber, lettuce and olive
sandwiches. She never puts a slice of
meat in "A sandwich. Chicken is pound
ed ard only the breast used. ham is
chopped fine and the SeasoninGs are
piGuant and delightful, or highly flaw
ored foreign chcSscS are used for stag
parties.
The golf sandwich is new 1t is
cut round with biscuit cutter and is
# brown bread. spread with chopped
olives. minced lettuce and water cress,
tarrasun, paprika. parsley and chives.
mixed with mayonnaise. Another de
licious Kind of pounded chicken.
mixed with the yolk of mashed hard
boiled egg, cream and onion juice: and
still another is Of anchovy paste min
Slcd with cheese. and mustard. The
aesthetic sandwich is an idea imported
from England 1t is the rose the
violet 2r the nasturtium by name ana
butter in tight jar with the flowers
for several hours. The butter absorbs
tn" flavor and is spread on bread
which has been treated in the same
manner. Home made bread a day
I'D, is used by this busy girl for her
little trade. She makes ii and bakes
it, and il is Of delicious quality. cut
thin as a wafer for the sandwiches
and clusts not used. Jam sandwiches
are rolled and are delicious when
made Of raspberry. orange, ounce on
spiced crushed currants. The girl who
provides all these dainties has placed
them on sale at one of the exchanges
for Women's work and receives plenty
of orders. beside supplying many pri-
vaIe customers as we'll
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
GEYSERS PETERING OTTo
\ GeoloSist Says the Present Genera
ton May See the Last Of Them.
tDcnVer Republican)

49, At' punt am
According To some of the members of
tne American Association for the Ad-
N"Htcilont OF Science. which will meet
IN denver next month, the geysers of
feIioWstone Park will some day disar
pear. Some Of the scientists insist thai
me decline Of the geyser is SO rapid
that the present generation will ser
the last Of them.
EdWin Hinckly Barbour OF Lincoln.
Nep.' professor Of geology of the Uni
NefsltS OIL Nebraska, and acting state
seologlst since 1921, has some radical
views on the subject Mr.. Barbour is
an author and is in charge annually of
the Worrill geological and hvdrogranh-
ic surveys. In a letter he says:
The rapid decline of the geyser
Phenomena in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park seems to be but little I'M
derstood, but to those who viii visit
the spot frequently. the changes seem
starting and to the geologist alarm
ingiy RAPID. II one may judge from
impressions, 1t seems safe to assume
that II the decline in geyser activity
noted during the past four years should
continue for the coming eight or ten
years, the features which most impress
the geolosist will have disappeared. As
warning every geologist who intends
visiting the park should not postpone
the trip a year, but should visit it at
once.
II may be stated generally that this
decline OF activity is manifest in the
geysers, the mud geysers and paint
pots pools and steam vents. many Of
which have become wholly or partly
extinct in the last four years.
AS specific cases it may be stated
that at the mammoth hot springs the
activity seems not one tenth that of
former times. Minerva terrace having
become extinct (since 1880 the dis
charge from Pulpit and Jupiter terraces
have greatly declined during the same
time, and the Marrow Guase-a fissure
vent-and other attractions becoming
all but extinct. Roaring Mountain is
now silent though steaming. In the
Norris Geyser basin the Black Growlcr
is less active. In the I.amer basin the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12

splendid Fountain gyser is extinct,
with feeble substitute near by named
the Dewey. The Giant Paint Pots are
greatly contracted In size. the pink half
being extinct in the upper basin. Some
Of the better known as well as many
of the lesser Geysors. are extinct. or
supposed to be. Among these are the
Splendid Seyscr ana the Bee Hive. The
Grand geysef, which used to play daily,
now erupts irregularly about thrc"
times a season. The Cascade. which
crupted about every quarter Of an
hour III 1875. now plays once q day. Tn
unmistakable Impression Of frequent
crs 81 the park II that the changes are
serious ana much more rapid than ~
generally believed"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
SURGEONS GREAT JUMPERS.
\ Hundred Founder That Landed in a
Fisherman'S Arms in the Old Days.
New York SUM

New York SUM
There was a time" said a visitor al
the Aquarium. a fisherman We'll ac-
Cuainted with the waters herea bouts
looking as he spoke over into the pool
of the big sturgeon which came from
the lower Delaware river, when stur-
geon We're plentiful in the Hudson
river and in New York bay. An old
time name of smoked sturgeon was
Albany beef.
Sometimes sturgeon We're so numer-
Gus in the bay that they would destroy
The tiShermenS set nets. in the shaG
season. for instance cut great holes il
them, but on the other hand the fisher
men used to make something out of the
sturgeon. They caught them for mar
ket, though sometimes there were more
sturgeon than the market would take
There are very few big surgeons
taken here nowadays: We might go two
or three years without getting one OF
any size.
The sturgeon is a great jumper.
There are stories. perfectly true. Of
sturgeon jumping into boats have
heard story told Of those old days
when sturgeon We're plentiful in the
bay. Of one jumping into mans arms
In those days it was a common
thing to bring fish up to market in
small boats pulling up with the tide. or
sailing up if the wind favored.
In this way one evening. some 40
years or Whereabouts ago. two fisher
men. friends, each in his own boat, with
load of fish, We're coming up from
GraveSend bay to the city. rowing.
When the two men had got up to
about off the Erie Basin. the man in
the boat astern heard the man ahead
shouting:
I've got him.
What you got?' says the man
astern.
sturgeon says the other man. and
when the man astern had pulled up
nearer to him. he found the man ahead
with his arms around "a big sturgeon
that he was fairly huSging to himself
to hold ONO it. AS the man sat there
holding it its tail dropped down in front
Of him to the flooring of the boat and
its head stuck up and above the mans
shoulder. He had got it. sure enough.
and he was hanging onto it till his
friend came up to help him.
When the sturgeon made that leap
in the dark and landed where he did
the fisherman instinctively locked his
arms around him. Doing this he let go
10th oars and they both went over
board. His friend picked up the oars
first, and then went to his assistance
and helped him to get the sturgeon
safely down and secured and then they
went to market.
This sturgeon that jumped into the
iisherman's arms was about six feet
III length and it weighed just 100
pounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
JOHN SMITH AND HIS PENSION.
There Being TWO Of Him the Local Post
Office Solves 4 Problem.
oOmaha Daily Ercl

This II story NJ John smith
N"t y" VINO mad. fpcIhoutaS known Ia
tame. nor he who added luStrp Ia IN,
arms OF Cromwell but a man who sought
reputation even in the lannon's mouth
a. a member 81 the 9Th Indiana Cavalry
'nu VINO rs result Is now a pensiouer
N the rolls OF the United States
There was only one John smith ON IN,
t"lis OF Company y of that regiment. 80
IL was not necessary to number them as
was done in some compauicS L'nr thi..
reason the pension rolls show him rs
plain John Smith. There VIA, annthcr
nerhaps several other. John Smiths Hi
ne mon army. but only ono other Has
since removed to Omaha ana Srruraa I,
pace IN me rolls ~ the pension ONCE A /;
DeS MONIES. Fer wears the first John
omitn mas drawn his pension every utar-
'er from the Omaha post Office. arrlv-
ing al the general delivery window 70,
without question. yesterday morning
when he called Tor his mail exprctinr t1
receive an envelope containing So the
usual amount, the general delivery clerk
Sh""eu MN TWO envelopes from the mem
sion office at Des Moines. both addressed
I" John Smith and both. presumoblv
containing check from the pension
Said the clerk: Here are iva 1a,,a,s
from the pension office for John smith
apparently they are not both intended
HI ~. ~ you can tell which is YOURS
both '"'i"o' ha'e
Inc pensioner then appealed to the dep
utH postmaster. who interviewed the cen
eral delivery clerk '''' So
YES said she. this man has received
a letter from the pension agency ar Des
MONIES Tor long time. but here arc TWO
him.. 'i' 70 give
IakinS both letters. the assistant called
upon the pensioner 10 state the service
ne had seen and the amount of nension
, uiawh. Ihen he handed him one Of th,
te.'eTs addressed To John Smith II was
~ rhon ~, n'heI John and contained but 81.
ncn Ihe other envelope was opened ami
9uhn smith. the original. was justitied
III lhe enclosed papers corresponded az
ar'if Win his statement When tho 9th
\, , 'n,tn smith VINO fought and bled on
nattlefields unknown. receives his nnnsinn
t!ls quarter he will find the envelona
opened and will discover another memheT
=, ~ iis iliuStrious and widely distributed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12

Greatest values ana largest assort-
ment Of Walking and Dress Skirts "a
be found In the city, prices from s29s
to $1,000
All the latest in Millinery at reason
able prices.
WAIT Fol, OUR GRAND MILL
merry OPENING NEXT WEEK In
ready-to- wear hats it IL rarely van ara
collection comprising 50 many
styles and we know Of no other tIac.
where prices are held down to sucb
small figures. New novelties daily ar
irving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
A BY-INprsTRY At THE MoRGrE.
one Woman in Black who Makes .
Business Of Renting Smelling Salts.
New York SUM

tNcW York SUM
The man IN the doorway crooked his
finger al the wlry little woman in black.
Who sat On the curbing tust outside tn
Morgue
See her. NJ ASK. a.
The curiosity seeker thus addressed
said: Yes. What about her"
She's genius. that's what about
her. said the man. she has hit upon
most peculiar calling, and I'll b.i
she will make money out of il. too. Sh..
has laid in supply 81 smelling salts
ana rents out tin. bottles at the rate
~ 10 cents un hour tn people visiting
This institution. There are five differ
mt parties in Her" now. ana each per
son ~ pros idrd with smelling salts
rented from this eutrrrrising old lady
4 am glad She hit upon the plan.
| had been thinking for a good many
months In vague sort OF way that
some such preventive OF fainting ought
To be supplied to tenderfe,t that come
spying around down here. hut never
even perfected tho project in my own
mind. much less put in into execution.
But il was different with the ola lady
What first suggested the scheme
vas her own experience when I'll.
came down here to look for a friend
who had disappeared. She got ~
weak ana nervous that she declared
she would surely die If she didn't get
the salts because We had none about
the place, neither did she die. hut when
she recovered she started in business.
The lddy'S profits vary. Of course. with
the attendant" at tn" M"rEue. Some
iaNs 81" earns quite = decent salary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
Wonderful Values
AT THE PEOPLES STORE.

No one In need of garment who
cares for economy can afford TO miss
seeing this collection.
Newest Box Coats from $3.9S to
$500.
Newest Automobile Coats from $3.50
10 $500.
good assortment of Rain Goats
and Newmarkets ranging in price from
$3.50 to $500.
Pretty new line Of Fall Suits, all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
PUZZLED OVER THE PLURAL. OF
GALLONS
tkansas City JournalD

"a me Teachers Institute at Usage
Wy az instructor asked for the plural
or sallows. a smart young man an
S"ered' "salluses. and an earnest
young woman said. "suspenders" BY
the way. can You give the plural of
gallows?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12
a PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
sandwich Making is Practical Girls
Specially.

IN an article in the Delineator on
Iris Interests and Occupations the
i"iowing description is given Of a
pfontab bic business that has been dis
covered by a practical girl:
she makes sandwiches for teas. re-
'eptlohs, card parties. stag parties and
chlidfen's parties, as We'll as for tray
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-12

For his services the chef of big no.
tel may receive $4,000 year a big salary
for cooking. but by no means out of pro-
portion TO his value To the hotel
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-26
EDUCATION AND RELIGION.

The archbishop of Canterbury re- gently dedicated an open-air pulpit at Spitalfields parish church.
 The practice of punishing pupils by deducting credits for scholarship has been forbidden in the San Francisco schools.
 The churches of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, will send about 30,0OO boys and girls and moth CTS to the country this summer. Of the various churches the Episcopal sends by far the greatest number of children, Trinity alone sending 4,0o0.
 There are some 6,00o,Ooo Protes- tants in Russia who enjoy religious liberty with the stipulation that they must be born of Protestant parents, and must not proselyte. Preaching in nine languages is heard every. Sun day in St. Petersburg in the Protes- tant churches. KY 6
 Parts of a. magnificent manuscript of the Gospel of St. Matthew were found last year near Sinope and bought for the Bibliotheque Nation ale at Paris. Two of the pages which were missing have been recently dis covered at Maripol, on the Sea of Azov, and bought by the local muse um. The volume was made of vellum tinted with purple, and written in large golden uncials in Greek.