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Gaiety at Saratoga.

Saratoga the dashing resort the sporting
spa, the health-giying haunt, where wearied
minds and worn out frames find health aud do
light In the pure atmosphere and the gushing
springs. is now at its seasons height.
Racing has commenced, and for twenty days
grand scene typical of American sporting life
can be witnessed at the famous spa The thor
oughbred horses, fine limbed and perfectly
shaped, the speedIest In the world; the midget
jockies who have gained fame in France and
England; the millionaire who deserts his Wall
street office for the exciting race track, the
fashionaby dressed ladies' of Chicago, New
York and Boston society-they are all there,
and they depict a scene which Is strange to
everyone but the summer Saratogian.
Note the excitement and enthusiasm at the
track, the noise and hustle in the betting ring,
the cheers when iavorite wins, the tense ST.
lence and the following thuuderous roar and
shout when a straggler. following the bunch,
plods grimly on; ere the half is reached he is
gaining faster, he advances, gaining still on
ward through the field, on the outside at the
turn, second in the stretch, and in whipping
finish is victor by head. This is an every day
scene at Saratoga Springs.
In the evening there Is a continual promenade
on the beautiful aud spacious Broadway, Sara
toga's Pennsylvania avenue, hundreds walk
ing up and down. the hotel verandas crowded,
their magnificent courtyards scenes of festive
gaiety, the dazzling fountains cooling the
breezes for the laughing throng, while the
strains of sweet music waited from the hotel
orchestras would please old Orpheus himself.
In the morning the proper thing is first to
visit the famous springs, run across to Con-
gress Spring park, but you not the first to
quaf this purer than nectar; 1t really seems as
though the throng of ladies' aud gentlemen had
come with the first rays of the approaching
dawn. for it is yet but $50, and hundreds ara
sitting at the tables drinking this sparkling
water.
After breakfast ride on the cars to the beau
tiful Saratoga lake, while away an hour In the
rustic theatre or in sail over the smooth
waters; then continue on your trolley trip and
ramble through the nearby historic towns Of
Schuylerville, Gates, Burgoyne, Saltwater etc.
This is one day at Saratoga, the most brilliant,
the srandest, the sparkling resort of America.
The Boston Il Maine railroad runs through
cars Boston to Saratoga, and tickets during the
summer months. Boston to Saratoga, can be
purcha ed at a round trip rate of $500
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Another Smart Old Man.
ITO be continued. }

DEER ISLE, Aug. 10, 1913.
10 the Editor of The american:
THE AMERICAN quite often tells Of
some smart old resident of the county-of
how much work he or she has done In a
given time-and 1t is always interesting.
have read Mrs. Mary o. Carr's letter
over more than once. She doesn't tell
now smart she u, or has Been, but the
reader can CUES, sls that for himself, and
ieel suIe that her life has not been a
failure.
These smart old people of the county,
however humble have been their stations,
or however limited the possibility of APP
parent great usefulness, have nobly helped
70 clear the way for after generations to
De the more comfortable and happy.
such good and worthy people should be
noticed and praised while llying-they
may not appreciate II after they are dead ;
while no healthy, living person is ever so
oid' or so lost to emotion, that he does
ao' value the honest appreciation OF
others, when kindly and sensibly be-
slowed.
iwiii tell OF one, puritanical neighbor,
VINO is really not very old-only seventy
seVen-but he las met with a number Of
nisiortunes that might have knocked out
Tess able ana determined man, while he
"stiil literally on deck.
IN early middle life he met with a Pc
lunar injury TO knee, which withered
ene ieg, and put him on crutches for a
nDer OF years. Later in life building
sage broke down, and dropped him on a
''eAy ledge some twenty odd feet below.
year and more ago fast team ran
n'nn down in the dark ness, and the doc
yrs doubted the possibility OF success
uny setting the fractured hip. But,
marks to their skill and endeavors, with
- ueaithy and helpful subject, he came
sA'ough the ordeal of suffering and dam
ger and is at the present time acting as
MASTER OF yacht, taking out sailing par
''eS from Northwest Harbor, and the
reliable care.
"heh boy he went to sea, then became
eauiker, Joiner, painter, and was ever
ieauy genius at many useful and profit
sue occupations OF mechanical bi"'
c ssptaaifing clocks or filing sa-
$50 the saying: A JaeI-
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GREEN LAKE LUMBER co.
Sketch of One of Hancock County's
Recently Established Industries.

Sketch of One of Hancock COunty's
Recently Established Industries.
The Green Lake Lumber Co. was incor-
porated In 1902. In June OF that year
ground was broken for a plant at Goose
pond which Is situated a mile and
quarter from the Maine Central railroad
station at Green Lake.
To-day the company has as fine mill
as can be found in Hancock county; 1t is
110x50 with boiler and engine-room
35x40. The mill is equipped with the
latest improved machinery for the manu-
fscture of long and short lumber. The
power is furnished by 300-hor power
engine.
Last February the company began saw
ing spruce lumber, the daily capacity
being about 40 M. The saving OF spruce
was finished about May Is, and then
began the manufacturing OF hard wood,
mainly beech, birch and maple, which is
first sawed In plank on the rotary and is
then cut the desired lengths, which Is
from Az to 81 inches. 1t is then worked
up on the small saws or shippers into bars
l%x1%.
One can readily see that most OF the
wood Is used to advantage. This wood Is
used for chair stock for which the COM
pany has a large contract. Besides the
hair stock the company has manutac-
tured considerable cant dog stock for
which they fiud ready sale.
This company has unlimited facilities
for hard as we'll as soft wood which being
on The shore of the pond is available at all
times of the year. A crew has been kept
chopping logs during the last ten months;
there are thirty-five men In the wooos'
and about iorty-eight in and around the
mill. The company has labored under
,ome difficulties, but by untiring enorts
and perseverance 1t has built up one OF
he best business enterprises in this Sec
ton Of the State.
Besides the erection OF this mill IL mas
bnilt large boarding house and stable,
and also store W here may be found artl-
Giles usually kept in well-reguiased gem
araI atOre
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good at none" never applied, for he did all
things well, and Notwithstanding all mis-
fortunes, he has, by energy, industry, and
an abstemious life, gathered the fruits
That may comfort old age.
lie once told me OF the first pair of boots
ne owned; he had saved all the money he
could earn for some time, and sent to
Boston in the fall, by the mate of a
coaster, to buy the boots. On return pas
sage the vessel was wrecked on Monhe-
gan. She was afterward fioated and
brought home in a battered condition.
the cargo all lost or destroyed, and about
everything gone excepting the boys boots !;
they were saved.
Ii was lately my privilege to have this
mans company on my vessel for couple
OF days. Toe vessel is doubtless some
thing different from those he sailed on
SIXTY years ago, but l believe there is
nothing new that he did not observe and
come to understand.
AS there was nothing doing' did not
get up mornings until nearly O'Clock.
cut how long before that my guest had
been walking the deck, and looking
around, did not learn. | believe, how
ever, that as rule he never gets up before
8 o'clock in the forenoon, but II there is
anything special to do he can get up early.
Possibly that early rising leads to good
habits, promotes proper ethics in ones
lie, and is quite conducive to morality in
general. Anyhow never knew an early.
riser to injure friend, abuse an animal
or willingly oppose neighbor.
The wind breezed little, and we got
under way. My smart old friend was the
last to sprightly push off from the gang
way, and to heartily wish for us favoring
winds and fair weather.
May he, and his kind, live long to en-
JOY the early mornings and all the days
OF life's EVENING" RICHARDSON.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-08-26
The R,bbit as n Gardener.

Among the unpaid gardeners who
keep certain parts of our landscape
trim must be reckoned the humble rab-
bit. rabbit turf on the juniper
studded slopes of the Surrey hills. or
the verges of the Devonshire cliffs, is
almost the finest sward existing. The
constant nibbling of the rabbits. which
work steadily outward from their bur
rows. cropping the grass again and
again closer than does a moving ma
chine. dwarfs not only the grass. but
all other plants and herbs. They also
nibble the furZe bushes and lunches of
heather into cushions and blunt cones
and give to the ground which they fire.
auent the appearance of being covered
with artificially rounded and trimmed
shrubs and bushes so characteristic or
the sides of downs, an effect which the
numbers of ant hills aid in producing.
On some parts of the coast, especially
in the sand hills which protect low
lands from the sea. rabbits occasionally
threaten to produce very much more
serious changes in the landscape than
this They burrow into the sand hills
And weaken them until they are .ne
longer the firm barrier that they were.
Over the whole of the coast of Holland
the board which has control of the
dikes~and dams has plenary powers TO
enter upon any estate in the dunes"
fringing the sea and then and there
to kill, slay and exterminate tie rab-
bits without asking permission it. in
the Judgment of its officers they are
weakening the sand hills.-Spectator.
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kITTERY TO CARIBOU.
One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

NoNtltf anu NOnStnSe.
MschIas IL petitIoning for a life. saving
station on or near Libny island near the
canal Ell rance OF Mscnia- bay. Thu re
have been fIrty-twD wrecks there in half
century, many Of them total, and in
VojVing the loss ot many lives.
Factory B, OF the Lubec sardine COM
pany was burned Sunday, causing loss
OF $40 900. 1t was insured for about two
thirds OF its value. The fire wa. caus. d
by an explosion OF gas 10 an oven. the
factory, which gave employment to about
400 people, will probably be rebuilt. Sew
eral firemen were severely hurt by falling
tim bers.
List Thursday Eugene Newcomo, OF
Carmel, WAS confined in the insane ward
OF the Bangor jail. He was talking inco-
herentiy on hundred different subjects,
one Of which was about some hidden
money. NOBODY took any stock In what
he said except the headquarters man, who
took down the location OF the hidden
wealth. The paper was afterward given
box containing S625 in stone wall. The
location OF the box given by Newcomb
was perfect. 1t is seldom anybody pays
any attention to an insane man about
hidden money, but in this case 1t proved
good weakness.
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the cabbage. "Only once" replied the
sag 81 was then cast for the villain ana
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ouired the angler, who had just arrived
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had been fishing there patiently lot
hours; "they don't appear to be dispose'
to leave it,"
understand that your latest eompo,
s,t,or ia becoming very popular" Eyes"
answered the thorough musietsn nsrit'
believe me, it has some e'enen''
in spite OF that fact
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tinued our progress to the fourth floor.
Arrived in front of No. 222, we listened
| intently, but we could only hear faint
occasional groan.
Hes nearly dead" 1 said. The
manager called aloud, but there was
no answer. Then he vainly tried to
| open the door. The night porter de-
I parted and returned with stout PAIR
81 steer tongs. with these and the nat
ural ingenuity peculiar to hotel porters
he forced open the door, and we enter
ed No. I'D.
A stout, middle aged man lay on the
bed fully dressed in black. On the
floor near the bed was a silk hat. As
we approached the great body seemed
TO nutter, ana then 1t lay PROFOUNDLY
and terribly still. The manager put
his hand on the mans head and beld
the glass or his watch to the mans
| parted lips.
HE is dead" SAID the manager.
III mr. l said.
I'm sorry you've been put to any
Inconvenience" said the manager,
t'iN a ~ AaiNNA' VS'NrsS' ~ JNe'
The cold but polite tone was re-
| quest to me TO re-enter my own cham
Der and leave the corpse TO the man
ager and the night porter. obeyed.
"What about that manw l asked the
hall porter early the next, or, rather,
the same, morning. / had not slept a
q ,,J 4,
sound in the corridor.
what man, STRIP the porter said.
"You know" l returned rather an
grily-'the man who died in the night
No. 222."
81 assure you, sir" he said, II haven't
the least notion what you mean"
Yet his face seemed as honest and
open as ever
l inquired at the Office for the mana
ger and after some difficulty saw him
| in his private office.
II thought I'd lust see about that
man." l began.
What mann the manager asked ex-
actly as the porter had asked.
Look here" l said, as l was now
really annoyed; ''it's all very well CIV
ing instructions to the hall porter, and
can quite understand you want the
thing kept as quiet as possible, but
saw the corpse and was of some assist
ance to you
Excuse me- said the manager. Ell
Their you or must be completely mad"
do you mean to say" l remarked,
with frosty sarcasm. that you didn't
enter room 222 with me this morning
at a. m. and find dead man there?"
81 mean to say just that" he an
swered.
"WelP'- | got no further. / paid my
bill and left, but before leaving l went
and carefully examined the door of No.
DO. The door plainly showed marks
of some iron instrument.
Here" | said to the porter as de-
parted. Accept this half crown from
me. l admire you"
IS
In the course of nv subsequent trav-
els I once more found myself late one
night at the Grand Junction Terminus
hotel
"Mr Edge" said the night porter,
I've been looking out for YOU for
weeks and weeks. The managers COM
nliments. and he would like to see YOU
| in his room"
Again I saw the youngish. alert man
aper
"Mr. Edge" he began at once, cit Is
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/ had running, itching sore on my leg.
Suffered tortures. Doan's Ointment took away
the burning and Itching instantly, and quickly
effected permanent cure" C. W. Lenhart, Bowl
Ing Green, O.-Advt.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-02-05
Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hess Rein
hart celebrated the thirtieth anniver.
sary of their marriage by giving a
most delightful reception at their home
in this place last Thursday night.
The guests began to arrive at s o'clock,
and were graciously received by Mr..
and Mrs. Reinhart and their daughters,
Mrs. Mary Grove Shepherd and Miss
Julia Reinhart, and Miss Lillian Knott.
All the family were present, including
Messrs. Edward, Lucien and Boyd, and
also DIR G. Ringgold. of Cumberland,
making the occasion ajoyous family re-
union as well as charming social gath
ering. Many friends of the youthful
looking host apd hostess called during
the evening to pay their respects and
to extend wishes for long continu-
ance of happy married life. Deli
cious refreshments were served to the
guests, and nothing was left undone
to make the affair enjoyable to all who
were present. A number of hand
some presents, principally of linen
and fancy work, were received by Mr..
and Mrs. Reinhart. We voice the
sentiment of all the people Of our
community in wishing for Mr.. and
Mrs Reinhart many more years Of
happiness and usefulness in Shepherds
town, where they are so deservedly
popular and respected.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-02-05
County Court.

County Court.
The matter of the settlement be-
tween former Sheriff Baker and the
Board OF Education of Harpers Ferry
District, growing out of the alleged
forgeries and embellishments Of the
late James Rockenbaugh, former Sec
rotary of the Board came before the
Court in the form of a report present.
ed by the Courts Commissioners.
Messrs. E. H. Mcdonald and Cleon
Moore, whose finding in the case was
sought. Owing to the death of Eugene
Baker, the case was continued until
this morning. Opposition to the col
lection of tolls on the Kabletown and
Bloomery turnpike was revived by
petition signed by number of patrons,
asking that the road be inspected to
determine if it conform to the require
ments of the law in matter of width Of
metal and drainage. County Survey
or Hendricks was ordered to survey
the pike and report the result of his
investigation at the May term Of Court.
The surveyor is to be accompanied in
his tour of inspection by the President
of the turnpike company company, Mr..
George H. Turner.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-02-05
Boatmen Reject Proposition.

A meeting of boatmen on the @. q
o canal was held at Williamsport last
Saturday to consider the proposition
submitted by General Manager G. L.
Nicholson to pay tonnage for hauling
coal, 40 cts. to Georgetown and % cts
to Wllliamsport, under the system as
proposed by the new transportation
company. While the Williamsport
boatmen consider the offer advantag-
eous, and they are willing to boat on
those terms, the Sharpsburg boatmen
protest against the proposition on the
the ground that it is unfair to them in
that the eighteen cents difference
which the company agrees to pay be-
tween Williamsport and Georgetown
is not sufficient compensation consid-
eriug the distance, which is about 100
miles.
The boatmen freely expressed their
views in regard to the offer, nearly all
of them preferring to boat as they
have been doing under the present
freight system. There has been re-
newal of the demand for 81 freight to
Georgetown and fifty cents to Will
Transport. Last year the boatmen
were paid eighty cents to the former
and forty cents to the latter place.
The boatmen desire more particularly
to retain their independent method
of living and boating, and fear that
being under the direction OF a trans
portation company would largely d.
minish these privileges. 1t is thought
the transportation company may make
another offer, but hardly agree to pay
the increase on freight rates asked for
by the boatmen. Mr.. Nicholson stated
few days ago that the boatmen will
not stretch line on the canal If they
wait for dollar freight, as it is impos-
sible to pay that amount.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-02-05
A Destructive Fire and Narrow Escape

A Destructive Fire and Narrow Escape.
Charles H. johnson, who lived about
a mile southwest of Middleway, this
county, lost his house and barn by
fire last Friday night, and his family
narrowly escaped with their lives.
The fire started in the dwelling
house, probably from heavy beam of
wood that supported the chimney.
About half-past one o'clock Saturday
morning the inmates of the house were
awakened by the flames, which were
roaring all around them. There was
barely time to escape, but fortunately
they managed to get out less than five
minutes before the floors fell in. Mr..
Johnsop's oldest son was 80 hemmed
in by the fire that be had to throw a
garment around his head to protect
himself as he dashed through the flames.
With one or two exceptions the family
were clad only in their night clothes,
and they had to 80 a half mile in this
scant attire to find shelter with a
nsighbor. The house was soon burned
to the ground, the only articles saved
from it being few chairs and table
or two. Sparks from the house set
fire to the barn, near by, and it too
was soon in flames. The horses and
cattle were all liberated, however, and
some Of the machinery and other con-
tents of the barn were saved. The
barn itself was entirely destroyed.
There was an insurance of 500 on
the house and $500 on the barn, but
the loss over the insurance will be
about 81 900. Mr.. johnson is an in
dustrious man and highly respected
citizen, and his friends and neighbors
sympathize with him in his misfortune.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-02-05
Notes of the Railroads.

Would it not be we'll for the people
Of Shepherdstown to take some action
looking to the establishment of a hand
some station at our town by the B. &
O. and N. & w. Railroad jointly,
making Shepherdstown the point Of
transfer between the two systems,
rather than Shenandoah Junction ?
On general principles everything ia
vors ShepLerdstown, which is much
larger and far more important place
than the Junction and can offer every
facility to the travelling public, of
which there is woeful lack at the
Junction. The great advantage to
our town of such station will at once
manifest itself to every one.
Six complete locomotives are now
turned out daily at the Baldwin Loco
motive works, but yet the demand for
motive power by the great railway
systems cannot be met. From Mon
day morning until Saturday night not
a wheel in the Baldwin plant ceases
to turn except by accident, and 49,
900 men are kept at work. The or
der of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for $50 locomotives is being
rapidly filed. For this road alone
the Baldwin Company is delivering
seven complete locomotives every SIX
days.
The surveyors in charge of the B.
& O. work on this division of the cut
off from Cherry Run to Harper's Fer
ry have rented the large room on the
third floor of the REGISTER building
for an Office and general headquarters.
They expect to be in Shepherdstown
for eighteen months or two years, as
it is estimated that the construction
of the road will take that long.
Resident Engineer W. L. Sisson and
o. M. KiDsman, engineer in charge
of construction, were in Shepherdstown
Monday, looking over the line of the B.
& 0. cutoff.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
taken off it's twenty-hour passenger
train between New York and Chicago
because it delayed freight traffic 80
greatly.