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The age-herald., 1901-08-19
New orIears Cotton Market.

New Orleans, August IT, The market for September cotton was again very quiet today. There were about half a dozen buyers out feeling the market and, incidentally, picking up an oc- casional small list of the staple. but the entire volume of sales recorded for the day, which included about 50 bales after hours yesterday, covered only 200 bales of spots and 200 bales to arrive. Prices ruled firm, though the term applies more par ticularly to the high grades, as there is no demand for the poorer qualities
 Although strading in the markets for contracts was confined during the short hours today almost entirely to Octobers, Decembers and Januarys. there was a comparatively brisk business done In a commission way, selling orders coming in freely during the earlier part of the session. forcing prices down rather sharp ly only to be followed by an aggressive bull movement, based upon eastern sup port that sent values over the upgrade again. The bulls, however, were unable to carry prices up to. any startling ex- tent and at the noon closing the local board showed net gains of but points on August and 2 points on September. which February and March stood at net loss of 1 point each and the other positions at even figures
The age-herald., 1901-08-19
Liverpool Cotton Marker.

Liverpool, August T.-Cotton-Spot, quiet; prices 1-16d higher. American middling, fair, 1-16d; good middling, good middling, 413-1ed; middling, 417-a2d {; low middling, 5-16d; good ordinary, 41-16; ordinary, S13-16d The sales of the day were 1000 bales, of which 300 were for speculation and export and included B. 800 American. Receipts, 2300 bales, all American.
 Futures opened quiet but steady and closed steady; American middling, l. m. C.: August 4 25-64@4 26-64d buyers; Au- gust-September, 422 sellers; September 4.22 sellers; October, g. 0. C.. 46 buyers; October November. 4.N buyers; Novem- ber-December, 4.O5@40s buyers; Decem- ber-January, 405@4.06 buyers; January February, 405@406 buyers; February February-March, 406 buyers; March April, 4.06@4.07 buyers
The age-herald., 1901-08-19
Birmingham City 6onds.
Fruit ane Preduee.

Birmingham city bonds can be bought on d AZ or AS per cent basis.
The age-herald., 1901-08-19
Treasurx statemant.

Washington, August 17--Today's state ment of the treasury balances exclusive of the gold reserve shows: Available cash balance, $175, ,966,S72; gold. $1O3,5Ss, ,12O
The age-herald., 1901-08-19
Chicago Change.

Chicago, August 1.-The leading fu- lures today ranged as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
Alma Chester Next Week.

In Augusta Opera house. Monday
night. next. the popular artistic. Alma
Chester. will open 4 weeks engage
ment. presenting "Th" English Rose"
as the opening bill. This season thr
company i stronger and better than
ever before. it is said. The Dover
Democrat says:
tine company ana tirst-claSS pro
duction was the verdict of last night s
audience. Tn" play. Il Strung m,io-
drama. "'Th" English Rose. Miss
Chester hy her clever and artistic work
has won many friends in Dover and
last nights performance added new
laurcS To those already won. !. Irving
White I'll" leading man. is Il clever
actor and his work is always perfect.
The speCialticS are certainly Very
good indeed. The DcElmar Trio give
one of the best acts of thc kind ever
seen III Dover. and Randall and Perry
are q Very clever sketch team. The
illustrated songs are all new and Very
nicely sung by Ernest Holmes. 1t is
Ia rdly necessary 10 say much about
the work of Mr.. Kennedy as h. is so
we'll known here, changing his special
ties at every performance and each one
seeming to win more applauS" than the
last.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
BREAKING the Jam.
Five Powerful Tugs Engaged in Open
ing the Kennebec River.
Have Been Four Days Al Work and Hope Il
e-@~ Succeed. Wednesday.

TN. ice situation along the Kcnnebec
Siows more promising every day, and
there is every indication at present for
an ample supply later in the winter.
After four days of the hardest work to
which towbuats We're ever subjected,
tDc jam. tt The reach. below Bath,
WIS broken. and the boats have turned
their attention tn the easier task of
freeing the river from ice in the direc-
ton OF Richmond. Unless something
ui.fnreSoon should happen. the krnno-
b,c will by Sunday he free of ice from
Gardiner t" The sea.
In the work # breaking the jam be-
low Faith. there We're FIVE steamers en-
gagged. and it took tour days of pound
ing /" break "A channel through the
mass OF ice. logs. lumber and rubbish
that choked The river t. a depth Of
fully II feet. The jam was broken.
sunday. ana the tug StSuin. which
hdG been Il prisoner in the ice several
days. released.
All of tn" steamers We're more on less
injured. but repairs We're hastily made
ana. Monday morning. four Of them
started up the river. During the day
they broke channel for a distanC" of
ABOUT FIVE miles above Bath. being in
line Vicinity OF the old Narncy mill.
They Were. to resume work again at
Il o'clock last night. taking advantage
ot the tide. and il is expected that they
will reach the head of swan island. to-
night.
From Richmond To Gardiner The IL"
Is very soft, and probably Wednesday
night will find the ice moving all along
Inc river. The mud III the water is
settling Well and it is confidently tN
l,t,cted hat when another freeze comes
il will give good clean fields Ill along
The river.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
WILL ROLL THE SNOW.
Sidney Will No Longer Plough It's Roads in
the Old Fashioned Way.

TIL" town of sidney has made. Il vadi-
cal departure from the custom follow ed
by other towns in kennebrc county. i'll
tn" matter of breaking roads in winter.
Everybody is familiar with the old
method where y dozen or more YOKE, of
cattle are hitchcd tn a triangular snow
plow "r heater" which. with half the
able bodied men in the villages for bal
last. is dragged through the drifts af
ter a storm. in order to keep in touch
With the outside world; but Sidney has
decide d that it is better to roll down the
snow in the highway rather than rloN
i; out Of the way.
To that end the town has had built a
machine which is decided novelty in
this vicinity. although 1t has been used
with good results in Other portions Of
the State. 1t consists of two rollers of
red oak, seven feet in diameter and six
feet each across the face. 1t weighs
two tons. and will make good hard
road. l. feet wide. The woodwork was
done by Fletcher & Robbins. and F. |.
Clark ironed it. the machine is prac-
tically completed ana soon the good
people Of Sidney will be anXiously
awaiting an old time SNOW storm Just
for the sake Of Seeing how the roller
will work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24

impairment Of hearing robs one "f
man% of the joys of life. exposes tn dan
ger lntcrf"reS with capacity for useful
ness. limits ability to transact business
and earn q living. Many annually al,ail-
don their plans, ambitions and hopes OF
account of loss of hearing.
In yearly every cas-" of partial or COM
that +" man! is more troublesome than
th'' difficulty Of h"arng-th" distracting
head noises ThcS" make such an imureS-
sion ull some AZ 70 almost drive, them
insane. The everlasting buzzing ringing
SnappinS, rumble "r roar. diStract. them
by day End prevents rest at night
Mn" c;ScS out nf ten of head noises
1nd progr 'sSiv. hardness nf hearing are.
du" to CHturrh Of the middle ear or Of
No tubs leading from it to III, throat.
1t should BE- understood ana constantly
born" in mind that to restore the hearing
ana sil"nc" tn" diStra citing noises "A treat
meht Is required that will allay infiamma-
tion in III" eustachian tubes, reduce the
conjcstion and swelling and stop the Sc
cretion OF mucnS so that the tubes will
be and keep open for the free passage of
air into the middle ear. No locally an
piled medicine will cfTectually do this
only a searching constitutional alternative
and r"s"lvent Will cure catarrh in tho
deep reccSScS Of the head.
TWO acpuaintanceS of the writer were
run down and killed by the cars i'm one
year: Both had catarrh OF the head.
which mad extended up tho cistachia,,
tubes. leading from the throat to the mid
Ole ear and were quite hard of hcaripa
IN h0th cases the cUronerS jury decided
that they came to their death because of
inability to hear and heed signals thit
were intended for them. What happened
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24

to them is of frequent occurrence, ,pI il,
thr"r cascH ont of four might have hecr
prrN"litth bN the i:Se of Stuart Catarrn
lahletS. These tablets cure all kinds nf
"Ithrrh. They can u" bought at ANY drug
store for ~ cents :, box
That Stuart'S catarrh Tablets IL, 81
f"rtualI cur" cstHrrh Of tnct r:,Stacri.,
tubes and I'll" head noises and eafn.ss
Resulting thercfr"m is attcsted by tn. fol-
lowing:
Mrs. lane Barlow the famous ypnIjste
H5NS'- ilnaIlN had To give lIp personal i
"H"hi'oh l" my customers, aud H. con.
sequence many of them went els. here
J was in despair. FOR specialists y..mnJ
l"we'l'SS to help mc. Stuart's Catarrn
Tablets cured mc in Just - littl.. while
$" cnmrlctcl! that now | hear az well a.,
ever " a.
Army Surgeon g. s. Ecvcrlv bccapr G,
""af from cdtarrh that he was forced ,n
resign his position and abandon his uro-
i"SSlon lie SaNS:-"Df course my in
herent professional preitidicc was hard
!" overcome. hut knowing of the rrca.
n"heili You mad received. my dear Gem
urai through the Use of Stuart's Catarrh
laniets, L used th'm. The great and al
most immediate relief experienced was
truly astonishing. am now cntjrcI;-
tufen ana nave nh fear Of the disease, re-.
.urnihs: 20 back to my old post next
Stuarts Catarrh Tablets have .iono ~
90 90 IT, will do 1t. Try them and be ro-,
'vinced They are for sale at any drug
Stor" ~ y" cents = box 1t will NM "a,
10 very little trouble ar expense Ia n,n,.,
What they will do Tor you, S,,n,, tn r.
a. stuart Co. Marshall Mich. for thei.
free book about catarrh. a DostaI 90,
VIII nrint II. Write today l.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
Fra Oiavolo."

The Robinson Comic Opera Company
Opera house. last evening, in that fav-
orite piece Fra Diavolo.' Considering
that il is the height Of the Christmas
shopping season there was y good at
tendance and the audience was very
generous in its applause and in its
words of appreciation for the most
creditable manner in hich the opera
was presented. This conpany Won the
hearts of Augusta. last winter and.
this season, being stronger than ever
and with such an attractive repertoire.
should have crowded houses at every
performance.
The leading roles. last evening. wer.
well filed and the chorus singing had "A
refreshing, swing and vim to it. Frank
Y. French as Fra Diavolo. Mae Xii
royne. as the bewitching Ierlina. Mar
garet Baxter as thc .b"autiful Lady All
cash. clayton Ferguson as the captain.
and Victor ncLacey as Lord Alcash.
loft little to be desired in their singing
NJ acting. ana we'll deserved the re-
peatcG encor.s given them. Tom
Whyte and j. T.. Oakley. as the bandits.
furnished the comedy in :rrisstih,..
style.
This evening. the extraction will hc
Chimes Of Normandy" The first
matinee will hp "Raccaccio." Wadnn:-
lay afternoon. Christmas evening.
Said Pasha" will be prest nrcd.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
SOMERSET.
ST. .ATEtNS.

The freshet carried away the bridg.
ana abutments near A. &. Holway's
There are several culverts washed out
and the roads are in bad shape
The rain of last Sunday has taken
away all fears of a lack of water. Ev-
cry brook Is now q raging river but it
viii take several days to fill UP our
pond. as it was quite low before the
rain.
Earl L.aughton of West Ripley. was
in town. one day last week. He had
the misfortune to cut his knee with
an axe. DR. Mouiton closed the cut
with four or five stitches. He will have
10 keep his leg straight for several
Gays.
Jesse Stone has purchased The J. W.
Jordan farm and will probably move
onto it in the spring.
Melvin Bigelow. who has been kept
at home for several weeks by sickness.
is now able to go to work again. He
travels mostly in New Hampshire and
massachusetts. His two sons Alfred
and William are also travelling sales
men.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
Uncle Terry

Uncle Terry" is the It'll of the
beautiful realistic comedy drama
which will be seen AT the Opera house
Jan 6 and !.
Mr.. Jas. Il. Waite, a veteran of the
stage. and one who has been seen in
many parts. will appear in the title
role. and will be supported by COM
pnuy Of artists. among whom may be
found kate Griffith Marion Stanely.
Arnold VI. Alexander. Virginia Dor
man. Francis Jones and Fred ELS
worth.
Uncle Terry is the name Of Charles
Clark Munn's famous novel. and in it
William Gill saw material for the dra-
matization and staging. The play has
developed into ono Of the very best
which will he shown anywhere this
Sea SON
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
NO COAL FAMINE.
Don't Worry. Augusta Will Be Able to Keep
Warm Till Spring.

: M IF the Portland papers have
boon predicting a-cual famine in Maine.
and last week announced that there
would be Il sharp advance in the price
~ Cumberland coal. Monday. some
thing lik" ~ cents on a ton. The rea-
son given is that the dealers find it
almost impossible 10 get soft c-.al. The
same paragraph also said that an ad'
vance was expected il the price ~
hard coal before long. as only styeu II
tn. 1. mines in the. Reading region
Wei',. in opera .io4as if,., IeSt4 having be,'u
flooded by the storm that swept the
country. las, week.
To the people of Augusta. with the
other thousands living along tn" ESn-
nebcc. who depend upon the supply oi
,oai which is brought up the river in
SchoonerS for their winter fu"t. the
above paragraph could hardly be TX
p-cted to produce Il Very exhiliratinG
effect; even in the glad Christmas time,
when; all the goodness and happiness
that is in ones Soul is supposed i"
cCmc To thy 11frfacc. and it is not un-
likely that in many a manly bosom
ther. has h,srm -fs-it a well-developcd
twinge If anxiety. 1T the thought Of
what would happen should the coal bin
run dry. with no more to be had in
town. To b" sure. the bin itself might
bc utilized for fuel. and perhaps the
cellar stairs. but tn" idea Of keeping
tne home comfortable through the
rigorS Of Maine winter without the
aid Of anthracite is abou. as feasible
as trying 10. run Il county fair without
a Midway
But there Will be no coal famine in
Augusta. neither will there be any ad-
vance r price. These are the words
which local dealer spoke to The Jour
nal. yesterday afternoon. There is not
great deal of Cumberland coal used
in the city. and the price has been and
will be s5.50. The coal that has been
selling in Portland for si.25 and $40
IS 4 lower grade coal. while none but
tn. highest grade is handled by Au-
susta dealers. In speaking of the sup
ply of coal in the Augusta pockets. the
dealer said that there was no occasion
for alarm whatever. and thou IN ther.
was no great supply in the city. there
was enough. and nothing but an un-
usually severe and protracted winter
could bring about anything that would
show even the first symptoms Of a
shortage.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features s' the Days Dealings In All ths lead
Ing Stocks.

New York Dec. S.--Today's atos,k mar
k't Took on IN" ton" OF holiday duilness
hnd m" V"lurn" of dealings fell away TO
hftl" OYER half million shares. Of which
: iarg" proportion was In sugar The
fluctuations 81 tho general market wcr..
not OF great importance outside OF sugar
fh"r" was 4 disposition ia advance rail-
r"dh stocks In the .-arly dealings but the
SHADY liquidation in Sugar had an unset
Ting Influence oH the market and the
stiffness ~ tn. can loan market dis
dErd SIE'V'tiat ION. Tn. banks grn-r-
Ally marked w their standing call loans
to per cont, and IN" greater part Of tho
days loans were made at that rate. The
below per cent. Will. brokers charg.
their customers : per cent 10 carry
stocks WIS. therefor. lacking and COM
mission houses show languid interest
IN tn. market. only twice during the day
did Sugar rallN as much 4 point -
interrupt lis y. r~ist.nt downward course.
IN" final pricr WAS the Inwest and So
below S"ttIrdaNs : closing. fodayS final
priC" Was lg:i. Amalgamated Copper
maintained it's NOR sta nt. tone. iiuct ua =
ing OYER less than point. but alwr "
below Saturdays level. Th. stocks net
loss ~ - Tn" tirmn"SS in the cog la 8
was 'u' "a tn" urgent character ~ the
demand for coal. which is reported to
amount tn Il fam!n" AZ some points thus
maintaiing the prosperity nf the year oI
largest production and greatest profits IN
the coal trad. Many predictions con
iinu" 10 circulate nf a January rise iii
prices after money becomes easier. Their.
Is quit" an urgent demand for Stock Ex-
chang" seats which resulted in sale.
Sat tJrlly. for $4,000. "a new record, whilc
th. bid was raised today. 10 S11.5A. with
ssl.ss tn. asked price. Bonds werp but
moderately active today. and Irregular
Total safes. par value. 500 go. United
States So registered and the new Is ID
clin,-d y Per cent on the last call.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24

Lewis q. Burgess. shoemaker Of Lew
lston has brought action for suit against
Virgil I4eavitt of Turner. for the alleged
alienation Of the affections OF his wife
Mrs Ada Burgess. Leavitt IL now lodged
In Auburn Jail as the result The amour:
for which the plaintin has brought suit
H. IN the sum ~ $3.50 damages and tn
dates between which Mr.. Burgess accuses
the respondent Of sIcn offensc are the
18th Of November ana the 18th If Deccm-
ber 1891. The matter will lie aired al th
January term OF the supreme court To b.
holden in Auburn.
An important change IS announced Il,
r-Hard 10 the Bates-liarvard senior de-
bate the date having been made Satur-
day, jan Is. instead of the I'D. More
over from the list Of Judges submitted
by Bates, the Harvard seniors have chos-
en- the following men 10 serve in this
contest: Judge Henry X. Dewey OF Bos-
ton. chairman; President ". u. Hyde OF
Bowdoin. and Hon. VIM. l.. Putnam of
Portland. Ne. The six Bates men are
now working hard for the preliminary
debate. next saturday. when the final
three % meet Harvard viii be decided
upon. The ihrc" now supporting the af-
tirmatiyc on the preliminary affair arr.
HunneweIl. '02; Beehy-. '(e'. and Spofford.
'aii while on the negative are T.. f.. Dali
cey. 'o.: r. a. Chihis. o2, and J. C.
Harry II. cIolnlman OF Soutn Win.R;om.
f;cwdoin. 1891. has been elected to be-
come the head instructor in the gymna-
sum at the niNcrsity of Vermont and
has accepted the position lie will leave.
Tuesday. for his new post Of duty. Cloud
man * considered the best all-rOund ath-
lete ever In Bowdoin College. He held the
Stat" and Worcester record for the 100
yard dash. 80 and 10 seconds. respec-
lively; for the 29l-yard dash. and for the
broad jump. lie was captain Of the Bow
doin athletic team the last year Of his
college course, ana played on Tho var
sity football team for four years and on
tli'' ia -sDIlI team Tor TWO Since
graduation Mr.. cloudman has assisted
Prof. Whittier In the hygiene department.
and mas been taking 4 course in the Med
icvl School.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
STATE NEWS.
:kENNEBEc.
CROSS HILL.


Mrs. u. \. Smart received word las
week. Of the death of her niece. Mis-.
Isabel savage at her home in Medford
Mass. Miss Savage was the SECOND
d&rghter of the late'James and Renee.
ca "iarD Savage. who formerly resid.
cd IN TINS place. Her age was 45 years
She Is survived by two sisters and tw,
brothers. The interment was at Win.
,hrop Maine. Sunday
Tic storm washed the road very bad.
~ so that Il large force OF workmer
were compelled to work all last week
repairing damages.
j. W. Dunlap of :ivcsside. was In tn.
place. Wednesday. on business.
Ham Whitehouse ana Joseph Fe,nald
Of south china. Wore on the hill, Tues
day: on business.
J. \. Stephens AMI ". \. Austin have
sold their apples to Providence parties
tor So" per barrel.
Rev. Thos. Jones presiding elder of
R"cbland district, preached at the
Methodist church. Sunday afternoon.
RIVERSIDE
Mrs. Merton Rowe and little daugh-
tel. Elaine. are in Boston.
AIr. and Mrs. C. T.. Bragg OF North
NaY.alboro. were at j. II. Reeds. sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Robbins and
son Earl of Augusta. were at J. W.
Dunlap'S. last Sunday.
F. J. Staples of Augusta. was in the
piac". last Friday.
G. J.. Wilson of Augusta. Postal Tel
graph foreman. was in Tho place.
running On the railroad on account of
the great storm. b. walked down from
Wut.rvill". Viii. here h. went into
II. Il. Sturgis and trl"phoncd 10 Au-
Gusta for some on.' t. come NJ and
meet him with a team.
IITCHtTET.p CORNER.
Mis- Niri Hroun is ~ homc from
the Commercial school at Portland. to
spend :h.. holidays Miss Emma Gil
bert is expected homc this week.
j. ~. sitarhird Of Lewiston. has been
in town 4 Gay or two.
How ard Hnnecomr oc New York.
Hho las been visiting his parents here.
returned To New York last week
charlie Higgins u ~ home from H.-
hron Academy.
Pref larations are in progress FOR :hc
ANIMAL christmaS tree" which will b.
IT IN" church, Christmas night. as
usual
Miss Clara Richmond. who has been
visiting friends here for some weeks
expects I" return hame this week.
CHURCH HILL
Miss Harriet church sprain.d her
ankle. last week.
John Campbell is suffering from an
attack # rheumatism.
David Scoville has, gone 10 Randolph
for the winter.
The fretshet last week. filled the
50 lis and the cellars and badly gutted
the roads over 100 loads Of rock were
used To fill one place.
Chas. F. Pierce has pure hased
wood lot IF John Church. Sr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
RAILROADS ( STEAMBOATS,.
CALIFORNIA
EXCURSIONS

Personally conducted weekly tourist sx-
cursions to California, leaving CHICAGO
every Friday night-from Boston every
Thursday-over the Illinois Central r. R.,
for Los Angeles and San Francisco, VI.
Omaha and the scenic line of the world:
passing through the grandest scenery Of
the Rocky. Sierra Nevada and ~
Tehachapi mountain ranges. and through
such tourist points as Colorado SPRING.,
Pueblo. Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sac
ramento. ALI. THE GRANDEST Seem
&c FEATURES BY DAYLIGHT. For u
lustrated advertising matter, rates, reeef-
walton of bertns and all further tnforna-
ton apply to ]. c. Clair. New Eng.
Agent, illinois Central r. R., 2$ Wash
ington St. Boston. Mass. oct3.dem
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
soMt. POINTERS o< MANIcrRING.

SOME POINTERS ON M.\NICtRING
Wh.u th" nails ar" fragile little wax
and alum rubbed ,,;pon them will
strengthen them. Ii brittl. Il little al
mond oil or cold Cr'am will be found
beneficial
To remove whi,r spots from the nails
uS' miXtur' OF Refined pitch and 4
little mNrrh upon them at night. wipin.-
il on the next morning with olive oil.
When about to mtnicurt tn. hands dip
the fingers into warm. Soapy water and
hold them there toI Il Innut, ~ two IN
order t. soften thr nails and the scar,
skin about them.
Tho scarf skin should h, E"r.ly push'u
back from III" nails before they are Inl-
iShc'! Il sh"Hld never. unless absolute ly
nrrrSStTN. ht cut with the scissors.
-AEuitiS. IMPROPERLY called han@nailS
may h'. ir"N"n:cd ny proper attention Ia
tiit SCARF skin wii,'' surrounds tn. nail-.
For manicurng. only a pair OF curve.
nail SCISSORS. a naii-nlr. an uran.,.. sti"h.
/, ChlrEuiS pniiehrr. ]! hottie rf vaS"inr.
and Don NJ rose S,tlNr ~ mail powder drr
neCtS- tlN.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24

The city of Nantes has an inexpen-
sive method Of supplying food to the
destitute. as well as providing them
with lodging for the night. For several
years the city has managed a system
or municipal kitchens, where persons
without money may present tickets
and procure 4 warm. substantial neal.
fhe CITY has also recently erected one
of these buildings, having a tlormitory
with beds for the accommodation Of
about fifty persons.