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Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-16

Home week SllpplnS INTO OBLIVION as
soon as Portland fails to have n big
public celebration. The Times needs
I new pair of glasses.
Waterville is looking and longing for
a public spirited citizen who will give
a suitable library site. There are
numerous good sites but they cost too
much money.
The crow crop is an unqualified sue
cess, this year, and the young ones
are to be seen and heard in all direc-
lions as they awkwardly flop their way
over field and forest.
The meancst summer girls on record
are those at Mere point who took out
the screens in young mans room and
left lighted lamp there for the eve
ming. Those who know the Mere
point mosquitoes can get some idea of
what happened to that poor fellow be-
fore morning. However, it is thought
ne will recover.
An old brick school building which
has stood for three generations in Ban
gor is being torn down. Some 50 years
ago there was much agitation over the
alleged unsafe condition of the build
ing and il was feared it would collapse
and cause great loss of life. However,
it has been regularly occupied and
nothing has happened. Now the work
| G,,I Ir Ia l,,t IN
down that they ever tackled, and the
walls are so solid that it is almost i'm
possible to demolish them. They
builded well in the good old times.
A Yarmouth farmer has an apple
tree which is blossoming for the second
time, this year, and now has both
blossoms and young fruit For sew
eral seasons this particular tree has
performed this feat. bearing two crops
of blossoms and fruit.
The Belfast Improvement society has
streets so that there is no excuse for
throwing paper, banana skins, etc,
out into the street.
When the Maine editor gets stumped
for subject it is always safe to devote
Il half column or so to THE Vanishing
Lobster. Journal.
Does Brother Wormwood mean 70
imply that the Maine editor is a lobster
who vanishes when he gets stumped
| for a subject?
There is one school district in Hollis
which ought never to lack teachers.
Within 10 years eight fair school
| ma ans have happily married while
| teaching there or soon after the term
I closed.
| 1t is not to be wondered at that the
| Maine county attorneys urge the
| abolishment of the crime of murder il
the second degree. There is no differ
ence in the punishment for it and for
| murder in the first degree, and even
| the layman can see the absurdity OF
such distinctionless distinction
Gardiner Independent: Well, now
| the vacation season is here, and where
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-16

The crow crop is an unqualified sue
cess, this year, and the young ones
are to be seen and heard in all direc-
lions as they awkwardly flop their way
over field and forest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
Alaska Furs In Demand.

If the Alaska Indians and trappers
do not secure increased quantities of
pelts during the coming winter, it will
not berthe fault of the fur dealers from
Tacoma to San Francisco, who are
urging them to work early and late
with the object of obtaining every
hide possible, says the Tacoma Ledger.
Both prices and the demand are now
at maximum, and the Indians have
been told their reward will be large
next spring If they are able to secure
game in abundance. The catch of
Alaska furs during the past year has
been about equal to that of the previ-
GUS season. The demand is sitter, but
with the increased population in Alas
ka there is constant tendency for fur
bearing animals to move farther in
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
indian Readrork .Revived.

The Catholic Indian dissertation of
Canada is making arrar gements to re-
vive the bead industry among the
Caughnawaga Indians, Says the New
York Tribune. The Women will be
taught to adapt their ancient skill,
which they are in great. danger of los
ing, to modern uses, such as the max
ing of belts, purses, eardcases, etc,
and it Is believed that their handicraft
will find a ready sale. The Caughna-
wagas are peculiarly interesting peo-
pie and are known in early Canadian
history as the praying Indians" Their
lives We're compared at that time to
those of the primitive Christians, and
among them lived the famous Indian
saint Kateri Tekakwitha.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
NEW THORNLEss PINEAPPLE
Latest Scientific Product of the AE-
ricuItural Department..

A pineless pineapple is the latest
achievement of agricultural expert
ment Heretofore, with the exception
of n few scattered specimens bearing
inferior fruit, all pineapple plants have
had spiked leaves. One can easily re-
alize the difficulties of the planter by
imagining field of cornstalks covered
with sharp pointed needles. The de
partment has obtained the new variety
by crossing the unmarketable, smooth
leafed class with the typical spiny
pineapple of superior flavor, says the
Washington Post. Although the prod
uct has been tested and pronounced
successful by experts, it is not yet
ready for distribution, as new branch
OF plant family is not considered es-
tablished until the second or third gen
Grafton. However, a new generation
is already SpriDging up. and it's mem
berS are curious to behold. In some
instances the offspring have persistent
ancestral traits sticking out at the end
of the leaf or along its sides, while
others are worthy examples of the
head of the new house.
The United States station at Miami,
Fla, has been sent one of this assert
ment, as the largest plantations are
situated in that locality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
BRITISH BIRDS DYING OUT.
Many Extinct In Places Where They
Were Numerous.

Many Extinct In Places Where They
Were Numerous.
Every bird has its day apparently,
and the day of several birds once COM
mon enough i'll England seems to have
arrived, says the London Tatler. For
instance. the fat bustard is now practi-
cally extinct. This bird much reSem-
bles a fat Christmas turkey and at one
time was easily enough found. Now
there are many naturalists who would
give ESQ for one. The golden eagle is
another beautiful bird that has become
very rare in the country. In deSolate
parts of Ireland and Scotland it is still
TO be met with occasionally, but the
young gamins in these parts are ever
ON the lookout for the eggs of the bird
and usually know where to find them.
with the result that the beautiful bird
is becoming scarcer every year.
The raven is also rapidly dying out
of existence, as is also the gOldfinch.
Bird sharing and nest rObbing are
largely accountable for the disappear
ance of many beautiful British birds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
A New Use Fora Automobile.

In Santa Rosa a new use has been
found for an automobile, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. Alex Schelling.
proprietor of a foundry and machine
shop, was compelled to use his lathe
all day a short time ago. as his gas
engine was dismembered and undergo
ing repairs. The work was in great
haste, and the engine could not be re-
paired for several days. so Schelling
brought in his automobile. choked the
wheels with blocks of wood, detached
the endless chain which propels the
wheels and started the machinery to-
going. A belt was run from the auto
mobile to an overhead shaft. The au-
tomobile was kept running constantly
during the day. 1t has six horsepow-
er engine in it, which is capable OF
pulling all the machinery in a first
class machine shop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
BRITISH DIVlNE'S WIT.
Anecdotes of the Late DIR. Joseph
Parker of London.

Anecdotes of the Late DIR. Joseph
Parker of London.
Vigorous and open spoken in serious
matters. the late Rev. Joseph Parker,
d. D., pastor of the City temple in Lon
don, was full of wit and humor Once
a lady asked him what was his hobby.
Preaching, madame" was his re-
ply.
But apart from preaching" she per-
sisted.
There is nothing apart from preach
ing" the doctor responded.
DIR. Parker had a harsh voice, and it
was not adapted to singing. On one
occasion he quietly entered a church
and sat in rear pew. where he Joined
in the singing. Beside him was a
workingman. who was roaring lnstily,
but was much annoyed by DIR. Parker's
harsh voice. At length the working
man leaned over to his unknown COM
paniOn and whispered forcibly, "Shut
up, man; you're spelling the music"
The doctor became silent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
s Novel Challenge.

Something novel in the way of a chal-
lengc has been issued by NJ. Bilmunaud,
who is fifty years of age, through the
Auto-velo, says n Paris cable dispatch
to the New York Herald. He has de-
posted $500 francs and offers to com
pete with any one in the world in box
ing, fencing, running, walking, rowing,
jumping, cycling, throwing a ball, ten
mis-, pingpOng, swimming, driving, skat-
ing, writing, drawing, billiards, chess,
draughts, bagatelle. the imitation of
animal voices and fifty other things.
He now awaits covering stakes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
a HAWAIIAN Christmnr.

Before the missionaries and the
American settlers went to Hawaii the
natives knew nothing about Christmas,
but now they all celebrate the day and
do it, of course, in the same way as
the Americans who live there, says the
st. Nicholas. The main difference be-
tween Christmas in Honolulu and
Christmas in New York is that in Hon
olulu in December the Weather is like
June in New York. Birds are warbling
in the leafy trees; gardens are overflow
Ing with roses and carnations. In the
morning people go to church, and dur
ing the day there are sports and games
and merrymaking of all sorts. The
Christmas dinner is eatensout Of doors
in the shade of the yeranda, and ev-
erybody is happy and contented.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
ocHILTREe's REPARTEE.
Amusing Anecdotes Oh the Famous
Texas RacOBteur.


Texas RacoRteur.
One of the best of the late Colonel
Tom Ochiltree's stories was on him
self, and he enjoyed it as much as did
the thousands of friends to whom lie
told it, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser. While the colonel was a
representative I'm congress from the
state of Texas and was returning home
from Washington he observed Il large
crowd at the station when his train
stopped. At once he stepped out on
the platform and began thus:
Gentlemen, L thank you for this
welcome home
"Weleome! Thunder constituent
interrupted. Henry Bacon has just
committed suicide in the station
There is another story of an inter
rupted speech that Colonel Ochfltree
used to tell on himself sometimes. 1t
happened when he was-a guest of the
Glover club in Philadelphia. Colonel
OchiItree arose at the proper post
prandiaI moment and launched forth as
follows:
Gentlemen, 1 am pleased''-
what Il liar you are, fom! shouted
a man in distant corner.
Colonel Ochiltree paused and looked
panied.
Don't stop. colonel" shouted anoth-
err man. $50 ahead and tell another
whopper."
The readiness OF the colonel's wit is
well illustrated by the following anec-
dote:
us it really true, Colonel Ochiltree,
as people say, that you are the greatest
liar in the worId?' Mrs. George Alfred
Townsend asked once.
The colonel was not disarmed by this
somewhat audacious sally, but replied
instantly:
mo, madam. There are three great
est liars in the world. l am one of
them, and your husband is the other
two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

The chief OF the fire department in
Rouen, France, has invented a fire
pump which can be operated by tap
ping the current of any street car or
electric light system. The pump is
small enough to be drawn easily by one
horse In light two wheeled cart, but
sufficiently powerful to throw a streamI
of water 100 feet high. In a trial thel
new pump developed its full energy in
three minutes, while a steam pump re-
quired fourteen minutes to get up the
same pressure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
FINE WINDOW FOR SkIBO.
CarneGie's Own History and That of
Castle Pictured In Glass.

Castle Pictured In Glass.
A huge stained glass window for
Skibo castle, Andrew Carnegie's place
in Scotland, has just been finished at
the Royal College of Art, says Il Lon
don cable dispatch to the New York
Evening Journal. 1t rs composed of
fifty lights. In the center is n figure
of st. Gilbert. who made Skibo his pal
ace in the year 1873. 10 the left rep
resents Sigurd and the slate 94G, when
he built the castle. Is the right APP
pears the Duke of ATontrOse, who was
entrapped in the castle in 1850.
The figures are flanked by views of
Skibo castle and the cottage in which
Mr.. Carnegie was born. Above the cot
tage is n picture of Il sailing vessel in
which Mr.. Carnegie, as n pennilesS
boy, took passage to the United States.
while below is n repres ntation of the
great liner which brought him back to
Scotland after he had made his vast
fortune. The window was designed
by Professor Gerald Mora.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
SAFEGUARD FOR HUNTERS
Maine Physician Suggests the Wear
ing of Blue Clothing.


Shooting accidents have been so nu-
merouS in the Maine woods this sea-
son that there is talk of further legis-
lation to punish the careless gunners
and also prevent so far as possible hui
man beings from being mistaken for
deer, says a Bangor special to the New
York Tribune. 1t is suggested by DR..
Ford of Milo, who has had much eX
perience in the woods, that all hunters
or others going into the game regions
be compelled to wear blue clothing.
blue being a color easily recognized
and one that bears no resemblance to
the coat of any animal in the woods.
Many hunters make the serious mis-
take of wearing bright red sweaters
under the impression that the vivid
COloI. can be seen Mt long distance.
The fact is that red or any bright color
blends with the foliage in autumn and,
softened by distance and haze, much
resembles the coat of the deer. DIR.
Ford intends to circulate Il petition
asking for the passage by the next leg
iSlature of a law making it compulsory
for all persons going into the game re-
gions to wear blue clothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
Remedy For Smoke Nuisance.

a newly discovered remedy for the
smoke nuisance that is attracting some
attention in England is the injection
into the furnace of minute quantities
of nitrate of soda Qn solutionl with
sufficient air to insure combustion of
the gases: In addition to the disap-
pearance of smoke. there is said to be
an increased efficiency of combustion
to the amount of 20 per cent. The cost
of this device is figured at from to 8
cents per. ton of coal burned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
Air Iniections For Neura1eia.

\ new cure for neuralgia is said to
have been devised by DIR. Cordier. a
surgeon of Lyons. 1t consists of the
injection of air into the painful area
so that it is blown up in the form of a
ball. This ball is then thoroughly
massag ed, so as to spread the air about
under the skin. This stretches and
messages the fine nervous network of
the tissue and thus, according to Dr.
Cordier, relieves the pain. He claims
to have had but two failures in TWEEN
ty-five cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
MONSTER SHOES.
Number SeVenteens, Made on Spe-
ciaI Lasts, For n Negro.

Number SeventeenS, Made on Spe-
cial Lasts, For Negro.
\ Boston special to the New York
Times says that Il pair of shoes was
shipped recently from ROckland. Mass,
which are said to be the largest shoes
ever manufactured for actual wear.
They are II size and f. +. width. Thus
they are about fifteen inches long.
-Four common shoe boxes were required
for packing them, two for each shoe.
They were for colored man, Harvey
Murray, who works in sawmill in
Tirrell. Ark. y special pair of lasts
had to be made. 1t took an entire skin
of patent kid for the vamps and about
all that was good in a side of sole
leather for the soles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
SOUTH AFRlcA's FUTURE. /.
Bright Outlook Predicted For Ets
Trade by Mining Engineer.


Trade by Mining Engineer.
Frederick z. Hale, mining engineer,
who has recently returned from South
Africa, declared at the Holland House,
in New York, the other day to a re-
porter of the New York Tribune that
no section of the globe would develop
so rapidly relatively in the next five
years as South Africa. THE end of the
war means the beginning Of another
war-a commercial war, with England,
Germany and America struggling for
trade. a commission recently sent by
the South African board of trade to in
vestigate conditions in South Africa
made the prediction that the Rand
alone would require within the next
five years mining machinery costing
$50, 100000. Everything else is in pro-
portion. The Americans and the Ger
mans are making great Roadway in
this trade rivalry. especially in the way
of bridges, steel rails, structural steel
and like equipment. Americans have
a large trade. They furnish the best
stuff, do it quickly and give a better
price than the English can give.
"Of course England has the call, and
many prefer to wait until they can get
stuff from England. The English ma
chinery is, as a rule heavier, more
compactly built and more rugged than
the American machinery, and for this
reason is preferred by some, but the
Americans are getting enormous con-
tracts, and once in the field they stick.
The Germans are a good third and
have shown remarkable progressive
ness and keen trade ability
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
Anslo-French Frontiers.

The forthcoming delimitation of the
Franco-British frontier between the
Niger and Lake Tchad will certainly
be n delicate task. 1t would be a great
mistake, says the Paris Petit Parisien,
to suppose that the European powers
can safely pursue a policy of pin pricks
in central Africa. They are all ex-
posed to the dangers arising from Mus
sulman fanaticism, and they must re-
main in agreement if they desire to be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
sCHWAB's $4,000 PIANO.
Costly Instrument Being Made For
the Steel Manufa cturer.

Costly Instrument Being Made For
the Steel Manufa cturer.
There is being finished in "A RoXbury
factory one of the mostleXpensive and
elaborate pianos ever constructed in
the United States for Charles NJ.
Schwab, the steel magnste. says Il Bos-
ton special to the New York Times.
The price is $4,000, the highest ever
paid for piano by an American.
The Schwab piano is Il marvellous
creation of mechanical and artistic
forces. 1t is n middle sized grand of
Louis XVI. design. The case is gilded
throughout and ornately decorated
with leaves and foliage of Vatican
pattern. 1t Is s feet inches long, ,
feet inches extreme width and weighs
1,150 pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

who halls from the SNORT grass coun-
try, brought with him 70 Washington
single blade of grass twenty-eight
feet long, which was raised by irriga-
ton, says the New York World The
blade of grass will be placed in the
National museum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
Novelty In crav.t Racks,

Cravat racks are the latest in burned
wood novelties and form a seasonable
feature of the gifts for men. They are
of various lengths, according to the
supposed size of the recipients collec-
ton, generally about eighteen inches.
Square apertures hold the ties, and
brass rings or ribbon loops suspend
the rack on the wall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

fer of 81 each for hornets nests, says
the New York World. He sent two,
and, as he received his pay promptly,
it is probable that the boys of Della
ware will soon food the New York
market. 1t is not known what use lie
being made of the nests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

lest business man. mas returned after
his tour of the world. In q comparison
of the commercial qualifications of the
countries he visited he says that the
United States is inflated. England is
ultra conservative and Germany is a
happy medium of the two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

Judge NJ. NJ. Sheldon of Macon, Mo-,
married a young couple recently and
left out the word "obey" in the cere-
mony. In order to make sure that
both parties should be aware of the
omission he called attention to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
A Football PLAYER. wive..

There are two football teams in Salt
Lake City. A member of one of the
teams had three wives watching his
play at recent contest He played q
great game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

An Analysis of Three Countries.
Advices from Tokyo, Japan, accord
ing to a special dispatch from Tacoma,
Wash, to the New York World, state
that Baron Shibusawa, Japan's wealth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20
Hornets, Nests In Demand.

Postmaster Cox OF Delaware. o., re-
Gently received from New York an Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-20

Tall Grass From Kansas.
Irritation BilP' Reeder of Kansas,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-08
THE HEBREW CONGREGATIONS.

The Washington Council Of Jewish
Women VIII hold its monthly meeting
Monday afternoon at the synagogue on
Eighth Street. The principal features Of
the meeting VIII be a debate b. The vari-
Gus members and an address By Mrs. II
Newmyer- There VIII be a number Of
other literary selections. and an opp0r-
tunity viii be Afforded fCr social inter
course. The Council his considerable
business TO transa1. and a business ses-
sion viii be made q part "a the meeting
Mr. Charles r. Weller. secretary OF As
ISOLATED Charities in this city, delivered
an interesting talk TO the boys Of the
sabbath school on Friday night. He
spoke on the conditions existing among
the poor in the alleys OF this and other
cities; and Illustrated his talk with a
large number OF stereopticon views. A
great many Of the boys of the school were
present and thoroughly enjoyed the talk.
Dr. Stern is preparing an interesting
lecture 20 be delivered next Friday. night
The sabbath school class is preparing
an entertainment to be given in the near
future Il has been planned 10 have a
large number Of the pupils OF the school
participate The affair promises to be
quite elaborate and interesting.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-08
PrcsbyterfHn.

Metropolitan Church. Fourth and B
Streets southeast. Rev. G.. n. Luccock. ID.
D. rastor-Rev. C.. r. Ebsrmsn Field,
secretary Of the United Society Of Chris
tiau Endeavor, viii prach at II a. m.
the pastor will preach at $50 D. m, sub
iect. Gems from James. the first Of a
series OF sermons on the makers Of the
New Testament and the creed Of the early
church. Sunday school. $50 a. M; Junior
Christian Endeavor 3 2. m; Senior Chris
tian Endeavor. $50 p. m
New York Avenue Church. DIR. Wallace
Radcliffe. pastor-Public worship at II a
m. and 7:f5 p. m; music by quartettC
choir: evening subject The swimming
Iron" $3.50 a. M. Bible school. 9-45 q.
M. adult classes, $50 D. m. Christian
EndeayOr Society.
West Street Church. Street. between
Thirty-fir and Thirty Streets.
Rev W. C.. Alexander. d. D. pastor
Preaching at II a. IN. by the pastor and
al 7:30 p. m; Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
Christian Endeavor. $50 p. m.. midweek
services, with lecture by the pastor.