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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-18
MAINE DROVERS.
VEAL CALVES.

VEAL CALVES.
With the light supply Of veals. butchers
are obliged as substitute to use lambs
and sheep, of which there is a large sup
ply, more than sufficient for the demand.
1t is anticipated that more calves will ar
rive, next week. Prices rule firm at 6t2G
&c. for most of the animals. Pennington
Live Stock Co. sold So calves of lis lbs.
at GIG; Howe & Shirley sold lis Id. calves
at 644c.; p. A. Berry sold 10 calves 10
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
The ARRIVALS have beer, heavier, this
week. than any week of the season. with
total CT 1897 head beside 60 at Brigh-
ton. The arrivals largely from the West,
lbs, and on lambs soc. per 100 lbs. in all
grades. The sheep cost here $2.30I$4.7o
PET lv0 lbs.3 and the lambs cost 81 300
$50 per DO lbs At the abattoir 600 sheep
and lambs sold at 4c.; average, 6s lbs.
VEAL CALVES.
a light run at firm prices. sales at &C.,
81 to C. per lhts Arrfvals by l. S. Henry
Of Mass. and " +. Wallace of New
Hampshire. All went g. the New Eng.
WEDNESDAY AT BRIGHTON
The storm hindered the stock on the
road, but it would seem as if the stoek
might be forwarded with more dispatch.
Two carloads loaded at Walpole. Monday,
at P. NJ, supposed to be at WATERFOWL.
IueS0dy, -cOuiu not De hedTu NOM,
Wednesday at 1870 A. NJ 1t
would seem as if the. Cruelty to
Animals Society should have. a
hand in this matter, as the stock
Eastern train of eight carloads were
heard from at Swanville. this morning.
some of which due. yesterday at an early
hour. loaded with cattle. sheep, veals ai.d
stock. Sales of veals at 6ff7c. cattle, "a
Q6isc.; sheep and lambs, 214G5l.c. 4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-18

It is an uncomfortably short time be-
tween smallpox scares over at Shiloh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-18

The time to Christmas has narrowed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-18
Watertown Union and Brighton Live
Stock Market. sR

(Reported for the Kennebec Journal Tor
the week ending Dec. ID, lSo2) -
AMOUNT OF. LIVE STOCK AT MAR
so ~ KET.
Cattle, 1928; horses, 3s2; sheep and
lambs, Ii, so; calves, ~; swine, Hoo.
NUMBER FROM MAINE. 3.-
Cattle, Sc; sheep and lambs, 600; calves,
los; horses, so; swine. 80.
PRICES OF MARKET BEEF
A few choice, S. 50G10; extra, $3.50;
first quality. $6.70Q7.5o; second quality,
81. 50d5.5O; third quality, Sq3.5o.
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
Farrow cows, N7@3O; fancy cows. s50@
IS; mich cows, from $50 TO, $4S;l yearlings.
Sl5 to $25; two years old, SIS to 81; three
years old, $2S to $iS; western fat swine,
live, 81 to 61sc.; northern dressed hogs,
rs to Sisc. per Id. gas
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LANES.
In lots, $3.50 to IS each; extra, $3-25 to
$525, or from 2ls to SIC. per ID; lambs,
3i4 to sac; veal calves, to &c.
ARRIVALS BY EASTERN STEAMERS.
Live
Horses. Cattle. Poultry.
ST. JOnIl .......... =,
Portland .......... ~ 2U lbs.
Bangor VV lUS.
MAINE DROVERS.
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The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Buried Pine Forest
a Profitable Find

The collecting of what is called rain
bow wood is comparatively new in
dustry in Maine.
Though the dwellers along the sea
board have known for years that drift
wood picked up from salt water gave
out iridescent tints when burned in
open crates, they attached no value
to the coloring OF the flames until the
rich summer visitors came down East
and changed the picking of driftwood
from an occupation akin into idleness
into a profitable calling.
For five years the whole coast line
of Penobscot bay has been secured in
quest of wood, and when the supply
grew scarce and the price advanced
from $40 to $25 cord, a Boston chem
list grew rich from inventing a powder
which when burned with dry wood
yielded colors nearly as bright as the
genuine wood from the sea.
This fall Emery Bowden, 4 farmer,
who sold considerable driftwood in
former years, went to the salt mead
ows at the foot of his field and began
to dig his years supply Of muck, which
was used as bedding for his stock and
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
WHY GIRLS PREFER THE SHOP.
They Have Greater Freedom Than In
Domestic Employment.

The Labor Bureau OF the state OF
Wisconsin has been investigating the
subject OF feminine labor and collect
ing reasons why girls prefer work in
factories and stores to household ser
vice. Inquiries were sent to 769 ger
sons. Among the answers were these:
II ladies' would only give girls bet
ter rooms. kinder treatment and
warmer beds and let them live inde-
pendently more girls would do house
work.
I love housework. but. like host
Of other girls. refuse to do 1t under
present conditions.
The reason ! won't do housework
is because I will not be treated like
half slave and always a nobody.
None OF the girls know would do
housework because girl who does
1t is always looked upon as a kitchen
drudge. always on duty and seldom
treated justly.
/ am treated better in the factory
In every way and. besides. I am no
longer obliged to entertain In the
kitchen or receive my friends at the
back door, since I can live at home
with my own people.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

There is, in a corner Of far south
ern state, little factory town, built
in the heart of radiant nature, where
blue skies, shining water and wood
crowned hills form brilliant back
ground, against which the colorless
life of cotton-mill people stands in
startling contrast
Hurrying to and from the mills at
early morning, noon, or evening, you
can see here throng of weary women,
boys and girls, young in years, and
old in faces-one and all stamped
with the mechanism of work which
has crowded out of their lives beauty,
sweetness, ambition and aspiration.
They live in dreary little houses.
cramped in space. without books, or
pictures, or music, or social enjoy
ment. They have no recreations, no
comforts, and their ignorance of all
domestic science is truly deplorable.
Their homes are seldom well kept.
Night workers from the mill sleep al
most all day in many of the houses,
and Saturday afternoon, the half-holi-
day at the mill, is the only available
time for some of the women to attend
to domestic duties. They are always
poorly clad. The fiimsy cottons and
cheap worsteds for which they spend
their hard-earned pittance are usually
gaudy deceptions, which never wear,
and lose all semb lance of color in the
first washing.
Wash-day, by the way, is movable
feast in this district, for the women
are bound by no fossilzed traditions
concerning Monday.
The most pitiable deficiency, how
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
HE LOVED ANIMALS
LANDsEER's CHARACTERISTICS.
Great English Painter Was on Init.
mate Terms With the Animals
He Painted.

Conrad Cooke, the son of a distin.
guished English painter, says he used
to hold the paper while Sir Edwin
Landseer drew one animal with his
right hand and different animal with
his left, writes J. A. Manson in "Sir
Edwin Landseer, r. Al This species
of dexterity comes from practice, no
doubt, and is akin to the adroit ma
nipulation of the accomplished pian-
ist, but is nevertheless extraordinary,
and several cases are recorded in
which Sir Edwin fairly astounded the
onlookers by such displays of manual
skill. Two instances of well-applied
facility are related by Vernon Heath.
Once while staying at Arlington
house. Robert Vernon's place near
Vantage. Landseer consented to go to
church. At luncheon he was asked who
had preached. Really, l don't know,
but it was someone like this" and he
sketched the priest in few adroit
strokes. why, that's Mr.. Blank" !"
said Vernon Heath. His living is
nine miles off and l don't think he has
ever preached here before. ! know
him only from seeing him at meet of
the old Berkshires. But that's the
man. sure enough" At Arlington a
DllHdTu ldDle Sloou III Tic Huil anu ohS
day during game Landseer went
across to the blackboard which screened
the crate and drew upon 1t in chalk
a life-sized head of a royal stag.
When Mr.. Vernon saw it he was SO
enchanted that he had sheet of
plate glass placed over the board.
which he forbade being taken to the
hall any more.
An intimate friend of his gave a
most instructive account of Landseer's
ways with animals. He had strong
feeling" she wrote. against the way
some dogs are tied up; only allowed
their freedom now and then. He used
to say a man would fare better tied
up than a dog because the former can
take his coat of, but a dog lives in his
forever He declared tied-up dog
without daily exercise goes mad or
dies in three years. His wonderful
power over dogs is well known. An
illustrious lady twhom we shall ven
ture upon identifying as Queen Vic
toria) asked him how 1t was that he
gained this knowledge. BY peepinS
into their hearts. ma'am,' was his an
swer. | remember once being wonder
fully struck with the mesmeric attrac-
tions he possessed with them. A large
party of his friends were with him at
his house in st. Johns Wood; his ser
want opened the door. three or four
dogs rushed in, one fierce-looking
mastiff The ladies recoiled. but there
was no fear: the creature bounded up
to Landseer. treated him like an old
friend, with most expansive demon
strations of delight. Someone remark
ing how fond the dog seemed OF him.
he said: ~ never saw it before in my
life"
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Clergyman to Listen
Silently to HereSY

engage the minister in conversation
more arguments until the church de-
cided to build a new place of worship.
There were no funds with which to
buy the land, and then the chemist
came forward with his startling prDpo-
sition.
He proposed to pay the minister for
listening to him discuss religious be-
liefs as he held them. The minister
laid the proposal before his congrega-
ton, and after due debate it was de-
cided to accept this sacrifice on the
part of the clergyman, who was will
ing to make a martyr of himself for
the good of his congregation.
The arrangements have been made
and the chemist will soon begin his
conversations. The Rev. Mr.. Ray
mond has stipulated that he shall not
have to undergo all the discussion at
one time. He will take an hour one
week and another the next. Thus he
will distribute the ordeal over several
months.
The condition is that he shall not
dispute or argue. He must sit at re-
trines he holds most highly subjected
to the most caustic criticism the chem
int is capable of delivering. He and
his congregation are positive that
nothing but good will come of this
strange way of raising money for a
church.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
A. EUROPEAN PRACTICAL JOKE.
All Right in Theory, but Somewhat
DANGEROUS in Practice,


Here is practical joke which is
now causing much amusement in
Europe. AS you walk along a street
with some friend say to him: You
see that man in front of US? Well.
I'll bet you SIS that III knock his hat
over his ears"
Your friend will naturally accept
your wager, and all you have to do is
to step up behind the unsuspecting
man and hit his hat such blow with
your fist that 1t will come down over
his eyes. Ten to one he will begin
ito fume and swear like trooper, and
while he is struggling to get his hat
back into its former position, you
must pull your own hat down over
your eyes, just as though someone
had subjected you to similar treat
ment.
AS a result, when he turns around
to attack you. he will conclude that
you, too, have been insulted by some
one, and the next minute both of you
yill be looking in every direction for
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Preacher Tells GOOD STORY.

Dr. William McElveen. the popular
clergyman of the Shawmut Congrega.
tional church, appeared in new role
the other evening when he took the
stump at a Foss rally in the South
End. DR.. McElveen, while preserving
all the dignity of a minister, was ex-
ceedingly funny. He kept the audi
ence laughing all the time he was on
the platform, and when he concluded
and sat down they insisted that he
continue.
Ho then told a story about a negro
who called his sixteenth child Judas
lscariot because, like Judas of old. at
would have been better for him If he
had never been born" The story
brought down the house. There are
few men WHO can speak from the pul.
pit and from the stump with equal
ess.-Boston Journal.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

When the Methodist Episcopal
church at Stratford, Conn, is built it
will stand upon land secured in a
stranger fashion than congregations
usually adopt to establish their places
of worship.
1t will be paid for by man who be.
lieves Methodist doctrines almost
blighted his life and who devotes him
self to arguing against them. In rec
ompense he demands that the minis
ter, the Rev. Royal w. Raymond, lis
ten to him expound his doctrines for
eleven hours, during which time he is
to endeavor to convert the clergyman
to his own theories.
For eleven hours Mr.. Raymond will
listen to heresy, and he will be paid
at the rate of $40 an hour
Thaddeus E. Peck is the theist who
is willing to pay this price for the un-
divided attention of clergyman while
he expounds his theories of religious
belief and endeavors to prove that
Methodism is built upon fallacy. He
is chemist. For a long time he and
the minister, being neighbors, had
been accustomed to undertaking long
arguments on religious subjects until
the clergyman, seeing that he was
wasting his force on an obstacle which
had no intentions of being converted,
quit the Pastime-as it was to the
chemist-and refused to be drawn into
discussion.
The chemist found that he could not
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Vibration Cure in London.

London society's latest craze Is the
vibration cure. as practiced by n
Swedish specialist. The vibrationist
claims to be able to cure anything and
everything by his treatments. claim
which is supported by Adelina Patti
among others. Nerve troubles. pneu-
monia, appendicitis, all are vibrated
out Of the system In miraculous fash
ion. Palming, faith healing and crys-
tai gazing have given way for the mo-
ment to the vlbrationists, whose par.
lors are crowded with fashionable and
foolish women.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Realities of Life in
Southern Cotton Mills

ever, in the housekeeping of these
poor women, who have had so little
time or opportunity to learn, is their
inability to cook. They cannot prop
erly prepare the simplest food, and
when you see their unattractive, indi-
gestible meals of heavy biscuit, i'll
done meats. and indescribable slices
of potato, you can no longer wonder
at the pallid faces, poor constitutions
and early aging of this people.
There is not a man, woman or child,
though, in the whole community. who
would not share the last crust of i'll
baked bread with you, for generosity
is their characteristic virtue.
They are singularly without imagi-
nation. 1T wasn't drawed out of them
when they were children" and no sub
tile touch of fancy ever gilds the com
monplace for them. The mill is real;
work is real; they must have real
money to buy real food. and anything
that does not bear the hallmark of ma
tcrialistic reality is, to say the least,
suspicious. The very children turn a
deaf ear to the most alluring fairy
tale Fairies are foreign to the envlr-
onment.
Funerals. marriages, and quarrels
are the diversions of the neighbor-
hood.
Funerals are of paramount interest,
being, as it were, outside mill limits,
and appealing to the sensational side
of their nature-New York Evening
Post.
Beware of the man who owns ,
soft, persuasive voice.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

To the housewife who ms not yet
become acquainted with the new things
Of everyday use in the market and who
Is reasonably satisfied with the old. we
would suggest that n trial of Defiance
Gold Water starch be made .at once.
Not alone because 1t is guaranteed by
the manufacturers to be superior to
any other brand, but because each l0c
package contains 1G ozs.. while nll the
pther kinds contain but IL ozs. II Is
safe to say that the lady who once uses
Defnace Starch will use no other.
Quality and quantity must win.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
now.s Thisy

We oner One Hundred Dollars rcwnrd for any
Catnrrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo. O
We. tho undersigned, have known r. J.
perfectly honorable In nil business tra nsnctions
and financially nblo to carry out my obliga-
tons made by their nrn
West & Trnnx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
o.. Wnlding. Kinnnn & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio
Hnii's Cntarrh Cure IN taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF tho systcnL Testimonials sent free. Price
7bc per bottle, Sold by NIL druggists
Halls Family Pills arc tho b0st
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
WONDERFUL WORK.

Case No. 1S,977.-David M. Bye.
P. o. Address. Box 297. Midland.
Mich, says: Three months l was
almost incapacitated from labor;
could not sleep at night: had to walk
the floor. owing to terrible pain in
the hips, in the small of the back, In
my instep and ankle of the right
leg
was treated for sciatic rheuma-
tism in the hospital, but received no
benefit. One month ago l returned
home and was given a box Of Doan's
Kidney Pills. To-day residents OF
this city can bear witness to the fact
that l am able to work, and can also
walk to my work without the aid
of a walking-stick or crutch.
In speaking of the immediate effect
of Doan's Kidney Pills. | did not find
them to deaden the pain, but quickly
and surely to eradicate the cause Of
1t.
am of the opinion that Doan's Kid
ney Pills are the best remedy for
kidney ailments that can be procured.
was especially careful in my diet.
I'm order to give the treatment fair
play.
In conclusion, l shall be pleased. At
any time. to answer any inquiries re-
garding my case. from anyone desir-
GUS of obtaining 1t.
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Bye
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
FosterMilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. price SO cents
per box.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
sultan a Poor Paymaster.

An official investigation proves tha.
72 per cent of all the employees of the
state in Turkey-that is. the officers
and men of the army and navy, the
gendarmerie and police forces and all
members of all branches of the civil
service-never receive more than hall
Of the salaries and wages due to them.
Twenty-six per cent obtain from sev.
en- to ten months salary in the year,
and the remaining per cent are hap
py in getting their full due.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Waltz of French orIuin.

The controversy between continen
tai papers as to the origin of the waltz
was settled by the discovery that the
waltz was first danced at the French
court on Nov. 8, ITS, when it was an.
nounced as the composition Of a
French courtier who called it Volta. /"
Heretofore it has been generally as.
sumed that the waltz originated op
the blue Danube or thereabouts.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Female Ants Have Maids.

A naturalist of Berlin. Professor
Hirsemann, has been making observa-
tions on the toilets of ants. He has
discovered that each upper class fe-
male insect goes through cleansing
process which Is performed by an as.
sistant. evidently one that acts az
"ladys maid" The assistant begins
by washing the face OF her mistress
over the entire body.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
A Good Rifle Shot.

A peculiar incident happened at the
Yarran, Victoria, rifle ranges. A man
was taking aim at 400 yards and just
as he fired several magpies flew In
front of him, about 200 yards distant.
The bullet struck one of the magpies
and brought 1t to the ground and a
bull's-eye was registered by the mark
er for the shot. A bulls-eye and mag
pie were thus scored for one shot.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Genuine "FIyina Wedge"

Who has not seen the V-shaped
aocks of geese go honking along over
head? They fly in V-shape because
the arrangement permits each bird to
follow with the least resistance. When
the goose in the lead becomes fatigued
he takes his place in the rear. each
bird In its turn leading the flock.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
They Know : Good Thing.

The number OF new settlers going
into the Sunny San Luis alley this
fall is remarkable. IL you want to
get some Of our choice lands. with
gilt-edged water rights, you will need
to be about It.
For particulars write to Zeph. Chas.
Felt, 614-616 Majestic Building. Den
yer. Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

Mother 0ray's sweet Powders for Chiidrsa
Successfully used BY Mothor Gray, nurse
In the Childron's Home In Now York. Curcs
Fsvsrishusss, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 30, 900 tsstimoniaii
At all druggists. 2sc. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 3. Olmstsd, LeRoy, N. Y.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
The TaIIest Corn stalk.

John Martin of Platte county, Mis-.
souri,, is looking for the man who can
exhibit taller corn than was raised
this season on his farm. Some stalks
which he recently exhibited measured
seventeen feet, grown from seed
which he procured in Mexico, and Mr.
Martin claims the belt.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

DIR. August Koenigs Hamburg
Drops, as a blood purifier. strength
and health restorer, and specific for
all stomach. liver, and kidney trou-
bles, leads all other similar medi-
cines in its wonderful sales and mar
yellous confidence Of the people,
especially our vast German population.
It is not a new and untried product.
but was made and sold more than
sixty years ago.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
What Determination Can Do.

DR.. John Clifford. famous English
preacher, when eleven years old, be-
gan to work as an ordinary hand" in
lace factory. At sixteen, he was
manager of the lace mending depart.
ment, later he became bookkeepe-,
and then began the studies which en-.
abled him to become a great preacher
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Three Lions to XIII Panther.

At menagerie in the Temple
Square at Paris three lionr managed
to make their way into a neighboring
cage in which a panther was lodged.
terrible fight ensued. and. despite
the efforts of the keepers, the panthe-
was literally torn to pieces by the in.
truders.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
As to Faults.

Make sure that, however good you
may be. you have faults; that how
ever dull you may be, you can find out
what they are; and that, however
slight they may be, you would better
make some patient effort to get quit
of them.-Ruskin.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Big Stamp Collection.

postage stamp collection has been
sold in England for s150.0O0, which is
believed to be the largest pbilatelic
transaction on record. The collection
was that of the European stamps of
Mr.. Castle of Brighton, vice presi.
dent of the London Philatelic society.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Should Say No.

By the way, wouldn't it be a good
plan for those innocent young girls
who are invited out to have drink
and then get knockout drops not to
accept the invitation to go out and
have a drink ?-Philadelph Inquirer
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
THE ST. PAUL CALENDAR
FOR 1903

elk sheets 10xi5 inches. OF beautiful
reproductions. in colors. OF pastel
drawings by Bryson. is now ready for
distribution and will be mailed on re-
ceipt OF twenty-five t25) cents-coin
or stamps. Address +. A. Miller. Gen.
eral Passenger Agent. Chicago.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05

.Tencher-Johnnie. what do they dig in
the mountains2
Johnnie-Orc.
Tcacher--Whnt do they do with Il?
johnnie Chcsitatingly)-Mnke metal.
Tencher--What is Ores and Metals?
Johnnie triumphhntly)..Why. that's tho
only costs 81 year. and pnpa says It's
tho best one printed.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
Russian Puzzle.

Why the Russian nobleman wanting
an American wife with minimum
dover of $4,000 should address his
application to the president of the
municipal health board is one of those
puzzles which nobody not Russian
and a matrimonial candidate and
hard up can possibly unravel-New
York Tribune