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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Charles w. Brown of Somerville. and
Herbert Howe. who halls from New
Hampshire, have enlisted in the 9Th
United States Cavalry. Mr. Brown
who was a member of Co. A, LIST Regi-
ment. N. G. S. NJ, in the Spanish war.
viii rank as corporal and Mr.. Howe
will be private. They left for Fort
Slocum. yesterday, where they will be
stationed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

The Cony High track athletics are
hard at work at the Driving park.
training for field day. AS yet it is not
definitely known whether n representa-
ton will be sent to Brunswick to attend
the invitation interscholastic meet or
n-nt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

The county commissioners have re-
turned from Vienna where they went
to look over the roads preparatory TO
designating one as State highway
under the special act providing for
State aid to such roads. Their de-
cision has not yet been made public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Jephtha Encampment, No. g. will have
a special meeting. tomorrow evening.
There will be work in the Golden
Rule and Royal Purple degrees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
Like a Drownino Ma

IL, rye !, years ago dyspepsia took hold os
ne! ne. writes Geo. >, Marsh Of Nocona,
icy rex. AS drowning man grabs Al 4
s straw ! grabbed at Kodol: after a few
l pn.ales am sound and we'll Kodoi c,,res
''oihacn trouble. Percy w. Means.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
Special Advertisements.
SMALL. ADVERTISEMENTS not ez

SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS not ex-
ceeding twenty-five words coming under
LET, LOST, &C., will be inserted once
for Is cents and cents fol each subse-
quent insertion. ADVANCE PAYMENT.
In sending by mail, remittance of postage
stamps should be made WI h order, as
the charges are too suaN to open &C.
counts for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Harold Leslie of Boston. Was in the
city. yesterday calling on friends. Mr..
Leslie will as usual manage the Sir
Charles hotel at Craig's Point, among
the pines on the shore of Lake Mariana
cook. The hotel will open. June Is. The
electric road to winthrop will make
this beautiful spot easily accessible to
Augusta parties
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Brooks Hardware Co.'S immense
stock OF screen doors and window
screens, will be more appreciated i
little later, when the mosquito, which
promises to be of the kind that many
weigh 4 pound is more in evidence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
Don't Start Wrona

Don't start the summer with a cough or
cola. rake It In hand right now. a few
doses Of One Minute Cough Cure viii set
you right. Sure cure for coughs colds
Group: grip, bronchitis. all throat and
lung troubles. Percy w. Means
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

The award of the contract for the
construction Of the Bangor street
schoolhouse, bids upon which were
closed. yesterday, will not be made I'M
til Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

a crew of men were engaged. yester-
day, in clearing out the bitches and.
trimming up the banks along the line
of the Maine Central passing through
this civ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Another lot of Italians. who have
been at work upon the electric road to
Winthrop, left for Boston, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Let every Republican voter be out in
force at tonight's caucus in City hail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
FOR SALE.
PAIR OF HORSES. pAI
EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTYDoI.

lars will buy a good home for someone
30 acres of land. house containing eleven
rooms, shed, carriage house, and barn
four miles from Augusta; stage road
near good school. Free mail delivery.
For particulars address, w. f. Barrows.
Augusta, Me. mayI5,fitf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

Asylum Lodge, No. 20, /. 0. 0. F.,
will have work in the second degree at
its meeting this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
LOCAL MATTERS.
Journal Telephone Call, 1854

A geology prof. smashing gneiss.
Found a jewel of fabulous preiss;
He threw down his tool
And threw up his school.
And in swelldom he's now cutting eiss.
Puck
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, TODAY.

@. ID. Haskell. IL
II. G.. Barker
Lost-Bull pup.
Fuller IL Weber.
Sherburne * Daley.
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Boston Clothing Store.
Father Johns Medicine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16
, CLAiRVCYANT, CAN
PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED.
LOST.

A BRINDLE BULL PUP, WITH
white head, somewhere in city, Wednes-
day. Leave at w. NJ. Prescotts stable
and be rewarded. Answers to name of
Mike. mayl5dtt
ON WATER ST., MAY IL, A BROOCH
set with brilliants. Finder please leave
at Journal Office. may15,d3tF
A PURSE, CONTAINING MONEY
and door key. Friday afternoon. Finder
please leave at No. is Green Street.
may14 ,d3t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15

each. The bottom end which is to
be inserted into the limb should be
wedge shape. Figure B gives an idea
how the limb appears with split top
in which the gratis are set. Two
cuttings should be placed in each
limb to be sure of a good stand.
After they are placed in position
some orchardists bind them in place
with cord or twine to make them
secure before the grating wax is ap-
piled. This answers as a safeguard,
but il is not absolutely necessary.
In placing the scion it is important
to have the inner bark of scion and
stock come together so that the sap
will flow from the tree to the cut
ting. After this is done the wax
should be applied so that the joint or
splice is well covered, thus keeping
out the air and water. Should all the
CRAFTS live the weaker ones should be
pruned away.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
THE CRANBERRY CROP.
II Is Far More Important Than the
Ordinary Observer would Have
Supposed.

The first cranberries of the season
come from Cape Cod. 1t was here
that cranberry cultivation was inaug-
nrated at the beginning of the last
century. Cape Cod furnishes a large
proportion of the best berries and
about two-thirds of the total crop of
New England. Next in volume OF
productiveness comes New Jersey.
Part of the states crop is made up
of wild cranberries. These are some
times picked before they have begun
to color, then spread on the ground
and exposed to the sun for six
weeks. 1t is claimed that in this
way deeper color is secured.
Following New Jersey comes New
York berries, most of which are
grown on Long Island. These, as a
whole, are particularly good berries,
large in size, and, for that reason,
attractive. The cranberry is the one
fruit whose quality is held second to
its appearance.
There are cranberry bogs in Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa,
Indiana and northern Ohio. The
western berry seldom finds its way
east, for the home demand is as great
as the supply. For this reason the
eastern berry often finds its way well
toward and sometimes beyond the
Mississippi. Generally it is of bet
ter quality, for the production of
western berries gathered from wild
vines is large.
Every year cranberries are shipped
to Europe and statistics show a
steady increase of expectation. 1t is
only natural that this increase should
occur, because the American cram
berry is superior to the European.
England receives most of it's cram
berries from Norway and Sweden
but they are not nearly as good as
the American product. Perhaps poor
quality has caused the cranberry to
lack in popularity abroad. Certain
it is that nowhere is this berry SC
popular as in the United States
where the quantity consumed is larg'
er than the rest of the world uses
Newark On. j. News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
GRATING MADE EASY.
A Down East Method Which Has
Never Failed to Produce Fairly
satisfactory Results.

In grating Seeding one or two
years old the graft is put on just
above the ground and but one cutting
is used. To graft a tree to change
the fruit is another matter and in
stead of cutting the tree off below
the limbs three or four of the lower
limbs are cut off eight or ten inches
from the trunk or the main branch
and two cuttings or CRAFTS are placed
in each limb. Should the operation
prove successful the following year
all the branches above the gratis
may be removed with little danger
of losing the tree. A tree of most
any age may be grated in this way
and in few years be in good bear
ing. The grating outfit is simple,
comprising a jacklnife, small saw
and dish of grating wax. In Sc
lecting CRAFTS only the last years
growth of new wood should be
chosen.
Figure A shows how to make the
scion. They may be several inches
long and contain two or three buds
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15

we remember that the neighboring
country of France consumes 100000
tons annually, so that this mountain
could supply France with salt for 700
years. The salt mountain is private
property and is worked as mine, but
only to a very limited extent. The
workmen fashion crosses, TASKS, cups,
and other objects of fine clear speci-
mems, and sell them to occasional
tourists. Of course, the rain beating
upon the salt hill gradually washes it
away, but the process is very slow.
A shower of detached blocks falls after
a storm, but these fragments grow to-
gether again as broken ice does. The
worst enemies of the mountain are un-
derground watercourses which dis
solve great caves in its base. These
caves are interesting, but hardly safe
to visit for obvious reasons. Their
roofs are covered with salt stalactites.
This is not the only salt mountain in
the world. There are some in Persia,
worked as mines, and the miners are
said to build houses of blocks of salt,
cemented together by wetting. There
is one in Colombia which was uncov-
cred by a landslide in 1870
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
VACARIES OF TIDES.
Curious Currents In the Ocean and It's
Various Arms ThrOughOut the
Entire Globe. :.

There are as many vagaries in the
waters as in the winds. Why, for in
stance, should three great ocean cur
rents send their warm waters across
the wide Pacific, Atlantic and across
the Cape of Good Hope? There have
been many theories advanced to solve
the problem of their origin, but all
have proved fallacious. Other and
equally mysterious currents exist in
well-nigh all parts of the world. The
tides are so erratic in different parts
of the world that one hesitates to ac-
cept the theory that the moon controls
them in all cases. 1t is on record that
the sea has run for weeks out of the
Java sea through the straits of Sunda
and thence back again for like period
without any perceptible rise or fall
during those times. Then there is the
equatorial current that flows into the
Caribbean sea, the ever-fowing cur
rent to the eastward around Cape
Horn, the cold stream flowing from
the icy regions of the north past New
foundland and Nova Scotia and along
the American coast to the extreme end
of Florida, the continual current rum
ming with a velocity of from four to
five knots an hour through the straits
of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean
sea, the swift current running across
the rocks and shoals off the end of
Billion island, which apparently
starts from nowhere and ends some-
where in the vicinity of the same
place, and the current which, starting
half way up in the China sea, runs
from two to three knots an hour to
the northeast and finally ends abrupt
ly off the north end of Luzon. Then
we have those tidal vagaries known
the world over as bores. Residents on
Severn side are familiar with them,
and those that run up the Hooghly and
Irrawaddy rivers from side to side in a
zigzag shape till they reach their limit,
often tearing ships from their anchor
age, originate nobody knows where or
why. The rush of waters in the bay
of Fundy is nothing but huge bore
sweeping all before it up to the head
of the bay till the waters have risen to
the height of so or GO feet. OFF South
ampton we have the double tides,
while at Singapore it has been OBJ.
served for days at time that there
has been but the one rise and fall in
the "a hours. The tides may be, and
very often appear as though they
were moon struck" but they GER
tainly are not controlled with hard and
fast rules by that or any other body
London Shipping World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
M0US1RY,&@5n5<
g. Sz.NElHkaSs
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Curious Experience with hall Light
ming Related by a Most Unwili-
ing Eyewitness.

Robert Seyboth, of the United States
weather bureau, tells of an experience
with ball lightning while at sea in Hud-
son bay in 1867. The phenomenon was
Witnessed during a storm. Happen
ing to secure the upper hold on the
foretopsail brace, the writer, facing
xternward, again noticed the evil-look-
mg tbunderhead, apparently but few
wards above the mizzen truck, and,
while waiting in silent expectancy for
the thing to come, saw ball of fire
the size of a mans head detach itself
Rrom the cloud and sail quite leisurely
10 the mizzen truck, striking which it
exploded with deafening crash and
psnt a shower of kissing sparks over
digging and deck.
"Of the immediate consequences,
save one, the writer can only speak
from hearsay. When he regained con-
sciousness he found himself sitting,
cropped up against the weather side
Of the mainmast, paralyzed in the right
half of his body, and his shipmates
hpsily engaged, some in clearing away
The wrecl<age of the shattered main
mast, others in sounding the pump to
discover whether or not the bolt had
Knocked a hole in the vessels bottom.
The latter calamity was probably
axerted by the fact that the lightning
had found an easier escape to the
water by way of the anchor chains,
through the hawse pipes, as both an
shors had been made ready to let drop
in case of the vessels inability to
weather the rocks. The one exception
shove noted and which he has accept
a as a proof that the velocity of
thought is greater than that of light
ming, was his distinct realization, at
the critical moment, that he had been
struck by lightning and was being
hurled to the deck, though conscious
ness failed him before he struck it.
He also had time to formulate the
thought: We'll, it is all over with you
this time and feel rather gratified at
The supposed fact.
"There was absolutely no pain felt,
not even an unpleasant sensations; on
the contrary, he seemed to sink into an
agreeably restful position, though, ac-
eording to his shipmates' statements,
he was hurled with great violence into
the lee scuppers. OF the other men on
the deck, especially those having hold
sf the brace, every one was more or
hss shocked, but none were rendered
hsensible. The writer's uppermost
hold on the rope had evidently defect
I'd the greater part of the charge
through his body. The paralysis of his
right side was gradually succeeded by
. prickling sensation, and the move
nent of his limbs had again become
possible by the time the watch was told
70 20 below."-Scientifc American.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15

they are, what their needs are and
all about them. In fact it io time
to begin the enrolment of the army
and each working Democrat will
have enough to do in this line to
keep him busy, without bothering
about the troubles in the camps of
our opponents.
The weakness Of the Democracy
is it's lack of thorough organization.
Do its leaders understand this?-
Beilef0Rte Wdkchman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
Asparagus on the Farm.

One of the plants most service
able in the farVer's garden is as
paragus. Once well established an
asparagus bed is perpetual, if it is
handled right after it comes into
bearing. Fifty plants will supply an
ordinary family with all the aspara-
gus tips they can use. The plants
should not be set closer than Is
inches in the row, and should not be
permitted to go to seed. If the seeds
are permitted to ripen and fall on
the ground they will send up innum-
cradle stalks and these make trouble
in asparagus growing. This can be
prevented by cutting out the sprouts
that bear seeds just before they turn
yellow. When one-year old plants
are set, cutting for use may begin
the third season. Each day all the
sprouts should be cut, even if some
of them have to be thrown away
Farmers Review.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
Important Suit.

A summons has been issued and
statement was filed Monday in the
Prothonotary's Office, Bloomsburg, OF
a case that promises to be given wide
spread interest, that of Michael Mad
den, of Centralia, VS.. Lehlgh Valley
Coal Company. The suit is brought
to "recover damages for injuries done
to and suffered by the plaintiff by
reason of neglect, improper and un-
skillful mining of coal in certain
veins" Madden alleges that the coal
company has been mining too near
the surface, and has not placed pro-
per supports. The consequence has
been that the surface has sunken con-
slderably, injuring his property.
Noxious gases are constantly arising,
he alleges, making it very disagreed
bic. For these injuries and incon-
veniences he asks for damages to the
amount of $4,000. The company,
so it is understood, claims that when
they purchased the property of the
lard owners there were reservations
in the deed allowing them to mine
without regard to compensation FOX
injury. The plaintiff alleges the con-
trary to be the truth. The case di-
rectly interests twenty-five or thirty
property owners of Centrala who
propose instituting suit if Madden
secures verdict CeRhaAia Ame,T-
can.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
A MOUNTAIN OF SALT.
II Is Big Enough to supply All France
with Salt for n Period of Sew
ernI Centuries.

This marvel, we are told by Lectures
pour Tous, stands at Cardona, Spain,
in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in an
inhospitable region, torrid in summer
and very cold in winter. 1t attracts
few spectators, for it can be reached
only by journey of 25 miles in star
tame" or mule cart. Near the salt
mountain stands the old fort of Car
dona, long reputed one of the strong
est in Spain. At its base flows stream
through a gorge entirely barren of
vegetation, the traveller comes sudden
ly at turn in the path upon the salt
mountain, which resembles huge
glacier. 1t is estimated to contain
5OO,OOO,oOo tons of rock salt-a state
ment which may be more interesting IL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
German Baptist Conference.

The regular Conference of the Ger
man Baptists will be held this year at
Paxtang, Pa, May 2oth to 24th. To
accommodate its patrons desiring to
attend this conference the PhiladeL
phia & Reading Railway will sell
special excursion tickets from all points
on its line to Paxtang and return at
low rate of single fare for round trip
no ticket sold for less than IS cents.
These tickets will be sold and good
going May 18th to aIst inclusive, and
good to return until June I'd inclusive.
For full information as to rates OF
fare, time of trains and other informa-
ton desired, consult any Philadelphia
& Reading Ticket Agent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
Reduced Rates to San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Imperial
Council, Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine

On account of the Imperial Council,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, at San
Francisco, Cal, June 10 to IA, reo2,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell excursion tickets to San Fran
cisco or Los Angeles from all stations
on its lines, from May 26 to June Z,
inclusive, at greatly reduced rates
These tickets will be good for return
passage within sixty days from date of
sale when executed by Joint Agent at
Los Angeles or San Francisco and
payment of fifty cents made for this
service, For specific rates apply to
Ticket Agents. 1T
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15

Berlin, Germany. This new stretch
ing and Strengthening apparatus con-
sists essentially of vertical ladder
and frame to carry the appliances
for the different treatments, with
means for adjusting the frame and
the different parts of the apparatus
to conform with the particular case
in hand. 1t is the intention of the in
ventor to have the patient suspended
in the frame in such "A manner as to
apply pressure to the deformed part,
at the same time causing movements
of the muscles and bones which will
aid in bringing the parts to their nor
NAL position, gradually increasing
the pressure and movements as the
treatment progresses until the cure
is completed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15
Correlation for Parents.

That there are few consolatory
facts concerning delicate babies that
their parents may lay to heart That,
in the first place, the the most
fragile children make the strongest
men and women. That instances
could be multiplied of sickly infants
who were never expected to live, but
who struggled through stormy
childhood to develop into robust
health N youth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-15

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