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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06
WALDO COUNTY FAIR
Opens a. EcIIast With Crowds Of People and
Good Attractions.

Belfast. Me. Sept 1.-The annual fair
of the Waldo County Agricultural Socie-
ty opened. Tuesday with dark skies but
plenty of people and the crowd increased
with the advancement of the day. that
the races saw big crowds and everything
was hustling with much visor. more than
the average fair on the opening day.
The races OF the afternoon were inter
cstinc IN the first class IA trot and
pace. $50 purse. the number of horses en-
tered was Ii, but of that number only five
Were called out on the track. Summary.
Brooksidc. 3 by Eimbrook, c. A.
Piper. Belfast ........................5
Mollll Chicf. b ; by IIamiltonean.
4. L. Morrill, Belmont ..............i
Little Chick, : IN by Westbrook,
Maurice Woods. Belfast ...........2 >
Pinny, 9 by Marston G., Nj. Il.
Smith. Hartford. Conn. ...........3 )
Delight. Z, G. Il. lngraham, West
ROckpOrt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. |
Time, 1859. 2$Si.. 23sA. Delight. first
money; Little Chick, second; pinny
th.rd; Morrill, Chief, fourth: BroOkside,
h!th.
800 TRoT AND PAt E-PuRsE $40.
Flora BELL ch m BY Golden Rod
Charles Cone. Calais ...............J . )
Minnie r.. b m by Marston G.. NJ. Il.
Smith. Hartford Conn. ............2 3
Starlee. b & by Nesonee, +. l.. Sa
Fi E244 s g. M By bayard Wilkes.
Gray Wilks. by Mambrno
Wilks, T. !. Huxford. Brooks. .....1 |
Time. 245. 2nf.. 2.393,. Gray Wilks, first
money; Minnie T., second: Flora Bell.
third; Florrie e., fourth. and Starlec.
fifth.
The exhibit of cattle is very good and
larger than in years past as may be said
of the other departments of stock. In the
line of sheep, the exhibit was made for
one day only and yet it was the best for
the past five years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06
National League Standing.
Other Games.

At Toronto-Toronto. 8; Buffalo 3.
At IIartfori-Hartford. 3: BroCkton, |.
At Standardization. :; Old Town. i.
At Observation-Disclosures 4: Provi-
dcncc. ).
At Manchester-tExhib Manchcs-
ter. 14-13-i: Portland. 49,.
At Rochester Rochester. II: Montreal,
g. Rochester. 10 Montreal 3.
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EASTERN LEAGUE
Ball Notes.

\ dispatch from Buffalo states that
Manager Burnham has severed his con
ncction with the Buffalo club and that
the club it to play the remainder of its
games at Rochester. The dispatch also
says that Wiley and Newenham are to
Jon the Buffalo club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06
Collector +. L. Doane Of Arizona.

Washington. Sept. 4.-The President.
Wednesday, appointed Frank l.. Doane
to be collector of customs for Arizona.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06
AT NASHUA. N. n.
Lois J.. Easter and Marion G. Win.-The
Firemen's Muster.

Nashua, y H.. Sept 5.-Thc closin.
day $ attendance at the Nashua Driving
park was unu.Ially large. Three events
furnished the amusement. Summaries:
- ACING-MERRIMA VAL
LEY STAK ES-Sin0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06

Accidents come with distressing FIRE.
ouency on the farm. Cuts bruises. stings
sprains Dr. Thomos' Electric Oil re-
licves the pain Instantly, Never sai-
without II.
H. ". fU oky.tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06

The Warren Engine Co. of Peppercl.
Mass. the winners at many firemen's
musters, returned home, tonight, with
another pre-. having been victorious
ever eight competitors III The playout at
the Nashua fair. this afternoon. They
We're all the more proud of their victor;'
from the fact that they defeated the
worlds champions. the Cambridge Red
Jackets. by nearly IS feet. The Warren's
record was 81 feet. So inches. with the
General Butler Co. OF Lowell. second.
with a pay OF III feet. "a inches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06
Bon
Ami
A metal polish that does not
daub the hands or woodwork.

and industry will perish from sight.
but their influence will remain to
Make ii live beyond its too short living
with nraises and tia nlSoiN.incr -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18

| once had a conversation, said an
Isle of Man bank manager, speaking
of Hall Game. with two old friends of
mine, a farmer and his buxom wife.
who live within few yards of Greeba
castle. the great Manx authors resi-
dence. Hall Game had just taken up
his abode in his new house. and l start
ed the conversation by saying to the
worthy farmer and wife:
so you have the great Han Game
near you nowY
Farmer and Wife-Aye, man.
Farmers Wlfe-And what tremenjus
style they are keeping! It's amazing.
Farmer-And what's he doing for q
living, Mr.. -?
Bank Manager greatly astonished)-
What, don't you know he is a popular
author?
Farmer-And what's that?
Bank Manager-Why, he writes sue
cessful books.
Farmer with a fine show of con-
tempt)-The lazy beggar
l need hardly say, concluded my
correspondent, that l collapsed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
me inventive Woman.

There is the toothbrush handle. A man
never thinks of toothbrush as anything
but a toothbrush but a woman knows its
endless capabilities. If a window frame
rattles at night, she wedges it with the
toothbrush. If she is suddenly required
to stir a dose of medicine in glass, and
a spoon is not at hand, she promptly uses
the toothbrush handle. She has even
been known to use it to loosen the mold
in dowerpot, and in extreme cases she
can drive in Tin tacks with the same use
full article.
Then there is the hairpin. The uses to
which a woman can put a hairpin are al
most innumerable. Does cork find its
way to the bottom of a vial, a woman
will Immediately spear it with hairpin
and extract it, Does she wish to bore Il
small hole in a piece of wood, she will
heat hairpin and burn the hole out
with neatness and precision. With a
hairbrush, unless it happen to have a sill
yer back, she feels able to drive in the
largest nail, to punish the most vigorous
small boy and to convert lump sugar into
the finest of powdered sugar.
She can make an excellent hammer
with the heel of her boot and can con-
vert case knife into an efficient screw
driver. If woman knew the process Of
building a boat she might be cast ashore
on an uninhabited island with nothing
but hairpin, 8 toothbrush and an ordi-
nary sized boot, and within month she
would turn out q seaworthy boat in
which she would escape to civilization
w. S. Alden in Pearson's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
BLACK CATS WHITE FOOT.
His Wife Said 1t Bodied III, but l
Was Disposed 10 Scofr

Il have never been superstitious," said
Jones as he smiled to himself. "As a
matter of fact | have polied a good deal
of fun at those who were candid enough
to admit that they had their pet supersti-
tons. But | shall do so no more, for
am not sure that there isn't something in
it after ALL
Now, when it comes to superstition,
my wife is about as bad as they make
them. Every little incident that happens
during the day is fraught with dire sig
nlhcance. My folks, who live in a town
not far from here, had invited us to
spend couple of weeks with them, and
had been looking forward to the event
with good deal of anticipation, a feel
ing that Mrs. Jones shared with me.
Just as we were about to leave the house
for the railway station she CHANGED to
look out of window, gave a scream and
fell back on sofa with a face as white
as q sheet.
"'What is the matter? 1 cried in
alarm.
"'Oh, john she sobbed 4 saw black
cat with one white foot 90 across the
road. That means bad luck. We shall
have to give up the trip to your folks
Nonsense said l.
i shall not move foot said she in
voice that told me there would be no use
trying to argue with her. The train is
sure to be wrecked or some other dread
full thing happen
Il knew that that settled it, and if |
had CHANGED to meet the black cat with
the white foot that day | would have paid
my respects to him, superstition or no su-
perstiton.
well. the next day distant cousin of
mine, to say nothing of his wife and sew
en- children, descended upon us without
warning and announced that they were
going to pay us a real NICE long visit.
Il have come around to my wife's way
of thinking. There is something in this
black cat with white foot business after
all. But where she made mistake was
in thinking that she could ward it off by
remaining at home."-Detroit Free Press,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
GOLDFISH.
They Generally Acquire Their Bril-
liant Coats IL Year After Birth.

Goldfish are so common nowadays that
few persons ever stop to think where
they come from or how they are raised.
The pets require a careful and systcmat-
ic raising that is scarcely appreciated by
those who expect to get them for small
price.
The largest goldfish farm in the world
if it may be called such, is located in
Shelby county, Ind, about 80 miles from
indianapolis. Here the original goldfish
men in the United States have their prop
agatng institution. There are two farms.
several miles apart both of which are re-
quired to advance the various branches
of the industry. In the northern part of
the county is one farm, Of eight Of ten
acres. The other is few miles farther
south and contains about Is acres. The
two farms constitute the Spring Lake
fishery, and in the various ponds there
are more than 100000 fish
On each of the farms is a large num-
Der Of small ponds, some of them not
much larger than ten feet square These
ponds are all connected by little channels
that the water and fish can be let from
one to the other without the least diff
Guilty.
The breeding ponds, which are the
most important, are protected from the
wind and cold by high embellishments
around the edges. This is all the pro-
lection that is necessary for the fish even
in the winter time. While the fish are
very delicate and readily succumb to
ovcrhandling, they are much more hardy
than is generally supposed.
Many cuDnpca thot r-bor +bo
goldfish is Matched from the egg it has
the peculiar pretty markings on its scales
which make it so beautiful and valuable
This is not the case. In its youth the
hsh is just the same apparently as any
ordinary fish. Even an expert could
scarcely tell it from the little minnows
which are to be found in any stream. 1t
is of a whitish, silvery color and shows
not the least evidence of the beautiful
hues which it will later assume.
There are many instances in which the
fish never change to the reddish color
but retain their silvery white complexion
until they are several years old Ordi
narily the golden shades appear in less
than year. First the fish begin to get
dark, becoming almost black. From the
dark color they begin to assume a red
dish shade and finally come ont in all
their glory, full fedged goldfish Often
the fish instead of acquiring Il solid color
all over the scales from nose to tail be-
come spotted with big red blotches here
and there at irregular intervals over the
body
All the fish are fed exactly the same
thins-toasted bread two or three times
week. Nothing else is given them The
sun is the necessary agent and the only
one to complete the scheme of nature
and even this sometimes does not do its
work Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
Real Estate Transfers.

The following are the transfers
of real estate as recorded In the
Clerks Office since our last issue:
Samuel Nichols and wife to
Rebecca Kuhl, real estate in
Frederick county, $1,000.
S. S. Maynard, executor, to
Anna NJ, Burger, real estate in
Frederick county, $500.
S. 5. Maynard, executor, to
Anna Il. Burger, real estate in
Frederick county, 5000.
S. r. Barr, trustee, to the
Real Estate and Improvement
Company, real estate in Fred
erick county, $1,000.
s. X. Barr, trustee, to the
Real Estate and Improvement
Company, 1868.
Charles w. Quynn, executor,
to p. Frank Pampel and wife,
real estate i'll Frederick county,
$500.
John C. Motter and p. Frank
Pampel, trustees, to Susan r..
Fleming, real estate in Frederick
county, $50.
Bartholomew Baumgardner and
wife to Il. IL. Alexander, real
estate i'll Frederick county, 81. =
700.
b. Baumgardner and wife to
John Baumgardner, real estate
in Frederick county, $500.
Louis +. DERRICK to the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, real estate in Frederick
county, $3.50.
Lydia Wetnight, ct al. to
George w. Wimms, real estate
in Frederick county, So.
John G. Motter and Jacob
Rohrback, trustee, to Il. Fl. Pad
gett, real estate in Frederick
county, S35.
Henry A. Luers and wife to
Kate w. h. Weems, real estate
in Frederick county, 81.
The BraddOck Heights I'm.
provement Company to Thomas
Ii. Myers, real estate in Fred
erick county, S120.
Mary Il. Smith and husband to
Gideon NJ. Hedges, real estate in
Frederick county, 81, 900.
Il. S. Eichelberger and T. A.
Wastler, trustees, to Samuel
Nichols, real estate in Frederick
county, $40.
}. ID. VOgel, executor to Geo.
G. Pearson, real estate in Fred
erick county, S2S.54.
DR.. 9. A. Norwood and wife to
James n. Stimmel, real estate in
Frederick county, $50.
George G. Pearson to Charles
G. Wolf, real estate in Frederick
county, $50.
Margaret f. Hiteshew and
husband to Clinton T.. Shaft, real
estate i'll Frederick county, ST.,
800.
John w. Brown to Alfred
Lewis, real estate in Frederick
county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
FERTILIZERS ON WHEAT.
Farmers Incline to Use Plain Acid
Phosphates-Ohio Tests.

Farmers Incline to Use Plain Acid
Phosphates-Ohio Tests.
In the tests Of the Ohio experiment
station phosphoric acid in the form of
acid phosphate has been decidedly the
chief factor in producing increase of
crop during the season just passed. A
similar result has been reached by
many farmers, and the natural conse-
Quence is a general tendency to limit
the use of fertilizers the coming season
to plain acid phosphates.
When, however, the experiments at
the Ohio station are studied as
whole taking not simply the effect up
on the present seasons wheat crop
but the average results upon wheat,
corn oats and grass for the past seven
years it Will be seen that it would be
a decided mistake to base conclusions
upon This one wheat crop alone.
In the experiments of the central
station a Wooster, where wheat has
been grown In rotation with corn, oats
clover and timothy, the average in
crease per acre from plain acid phos-
phatc applied at the rate of 100 pounds
per acre 10 wheat and 50 pounds per
acre to corn and eats or a total of 800
pounds during the five years of rota-
ton has been &c bushels of wheat, SO
bushels of corn. - bushels of oats and
500 pounds of hay. while from the
same quantity of acid phosphate, car
NIL ,.,rtl,. IN oril r,b,crbota md mort
ly in tanEage, but rc-enforced by the
nitfQgpu carried in the tankage and by
n ,snTll addition Of muriate of potash,
tie ayeIage increase has been ~ bush
els IL wheat S bushels of corn, 8 bush
els Of oats and LOO pohnds Of hay.
The cost Of the acfi phosphate used
on an acre in five years has been about
81 40, Whiid'tha of the mixture of acid
phosphatG iantage and muriate of
potash has been about $3.75, but the
average increase from this mixture has
been so much greater than that from
acid phosphate alone as to give a total
net profit over the cost of the fertilizer
Of about So per acre in five years for
Che mixed fertilizer against about Sc
for the acid phosphate used alone.
In mixing this fertilizer ~ and 80"
taukage and II per cent acid phos-
phate are used in equal quantities,
adding about 100 pounds of muriate of
potash to the ton. This gives a fertilizer
Analysing over per cent ammonia, 10
to l. per cent phosphoric acid and 21a
per cent potash and may be made up
at n cost of SIS to $50 per ton.-C. E.
Thorne
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18

OF course | have always dimly re-
allied that in its subterrancan habits
alfalfa differed from most other plants,
but the full extent of this difference
was never thoroughly brought home
to me until last fall while eXcavating
for cellar in alfalfa sod The soil
in question is a light loan with occa-
sional thin streaks of clay. 1t had
been we'll plowed in the fall of 1891
and the winter frosts left it in prime
shape for seeding in early May
| used 20 pounds of seed per acre,
which proved to be rather too much,
considering the fine condition of the
soil, as it gave a probable average Of
20 plants per foot The excavation
was made 61a feet deep. Much to my
astonishment one square foot of the
cellar bottom showed % of the tough
white tsproots shooting straight down
into the unknown depths below, while
over the whole area an average of -
Ok IA was maintained. In six months
growth two-thirds of these plants had
sent their taproots more than 81
feet in quest of water, writes a CORE.
spondent to American Agriculturist
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
Origin of sUnder the Rose,

In Greek mythology the rose was the
symbol of silence, as it was said that
Cupid, the son of Venus, gave the god Of
silence golden rose as a bride to con-
ceal the amours of the goddess Of love.
1t was, therefore, sculptured on the
ceilings of banqueting halls and placed
as sign above the doors of question
able resorts. Guests at feasts were
crowned with roses to intimate that
their conversations while in their cups
were not to be repeated elsewhere.
The phrase obtained currency in
Greece after Pausanias, the admiral Of
the Greek fleet, plotted with Xerxes to
betray the cause of the Greeks by sur.
rendering the ships, the negotiations
being conducted in a small banqueting
hall, the roof of which was, as usual,
covered with sculptured roses. The
plot, however, was discovered and Or
ders given for the arrest of the traitor.
Pausanias endeavored to make his ref.
uge in temple which possessed the
right of asylum. Unwilling to violate
the sanctity of tn place by forcibly
removing him and till more unwilling
to allow him to escape, his fellow citi-
Zens wall 1 up every entrance and,
by one account, left him to die Of star
walton; by another, killed him by un~
roofing the building and throwing
down the tiles on his head
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
Prevented q Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs. Geo.
Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, pre-.
vented a dreadful tragedy and saved
two lives. A frightful cough had long
kept her awake every night She had
tried many remedies and doctors, but
steadily grew worse until urged to try
Dr. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her and she writes this
marvellous medicine also cured Mr..
Long OF severe attack of Pneumonia.
such, cures are positive proof of the
ma CHESS merit of this grand remedy
for curing all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Only SOC and $1.OO. Every
Dottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at
A. L. Pearre's drug store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
A WONDERFUL TlMEPlECE.
The MatiIe Watch, of Which Mark
Twain Wrote n Description.

What is perhaps the most wonderful
watch in the world is in the possession Of
resident of Prince George county, Md.
This remarkable timepiece, known as
the Matile watch, from the name of its
maker, was made at Looe, Switzerland.
1t formed Il feature of the Swiss exhibit
at the Centennial held at Philadelphia
in 1876 and was purchased on that occa
sion by its present owner. \ description
of the watch by Mark Twain IS. L.
Clemens) is as remarkable for accuracy
as it is humorous. The well known writ
er thus gives his impressions of the mar
velous piece of mechanism:
Il have examined the wonderful watch
made by Mr.. II. L. Matile, and indeed it
comes nearer to being a human being
than any piece of mechanism l ever saw
before. In fact, it knows considerably
more than the average voter. 1t knows
the movements of the moon and keeps
exact record of them. 1t tells the day Of
the week, the date of the month and the
month of the year and will do this per-
petually; it tells the hour of the day and
the minute and the second and even
splits the second into fifths and marks
the division by stop hands, having two of
the ldlleE, IL can take accurate care OF
two race horses that start, not together,
but one after another; it is a repeater,
wherein the voter is suggested again, and
unsteady chimes the hour, the quarter,
the half and the three-quarter hour and
also the minutes that have passed of an
uncompleted quarter hour, so that blind
man can tell the time of day by it to the
exact minute.
'Such is this extraordinary watch. 1t
ciphers to admiration. | should think one
could add another wheel and make it
read and write, still another and make il
talk, and think one might take out sew
eral of the wheels that are already in IL
and it would still be a more intelligent
citizen than some that help to govern the
country. On the whole, think it is emit.
tied to vote-that is, if its sex is of the
right kind"
The watch was sold for 81, 400, and it
is still performing its complex functions
with the greatest gularity.-Washing-
ton Times
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
Mother Hints.

Encourage domestic tendencies in your
little girls by teaching them never to
neglect their dolls by allowing them to
go untidy and uncarcd for. Accustom
them to make and mend. If this is done,
their love for the dollies will become of
important educational value in later
years, says Home Chat.
Never battle child directly after it
has been fed. for the doctors say there is
great danger of its going into convul-
sions if it is put into water when the
stomach is full and the food undigested.
When a child has thin eyebrows and
lashes, benefit will be derived If they are
gently rubbed several times a day with
pure vaseliue and eyelashes at night
should be anointed before the child is put
to bed. This treatment will encourage
Growth.
1t is said that bubbles formed of fiji.
tered CASTLE soapsuds and glycern will
last several days. A Baltimore drawing
room ornamented with these bubbles.
which had been carefully released close
to the ceiling, reflected the gaslights III
ever varying tints, and the effect was ex
ceedingly attractive. =
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-18
Machinery on Western Farms.

The use of the steam ploW Is only
found in connection with what are
called bonanza farms. The common
100 acre or half section farmer never
uaes steam for blowing. The farmer
OK tndsy dives three or more horses at
the head Of his harrow and leads three
more behind him. When it comes to
planting, II he is putting out small
grain seederS are used that sow from
to u feet pulled by pair of horses.
If he is planting corn, a planter is used
which permits a man with pair Of
horses to plant in perfect order in
check or in squares 10 to 10 acres a
used that completes two rows of corn
at time. When it comes to harvest
ing, the harvester is used, with which
one man can harvest 10 to - acres q
day and leave it in shocks ready to be
set up. When it comes to harvesting
corn, one man cuts many acres Of corn
with a pair of horses and leaves it in
sheayes tied all ready for shocking.
ain haymaking the use of machiner!
is also in an advanced stage. A man
will go into the field with a mower
and work all day. The next day a
wagon with a loader behind will come,
and the hay will be loaded on the wag-
on, taken to the barn or to the stack
and taken off the wagon with horse
fork. So you. see the very finest ma
chnery in the world is used in the
prairie states, where the great staple
crops are gros;1 and where the meats
beef, pork hid mutton-are produc-
ed" says Secretary Wilson, as quoted
by the Chicago Record