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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

me number of prisoners at the Jail
oarlne the closing days of June shows
Slight increase over the month be-
lore the number. yesterday. being 49,
oi mat number eight are bound over
prisoners, and two are women.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28
No Appetite

Means loss Of vitality. vigor
or tone. and is often a pre-
cursor Of prostrating sick
ness. This is why it is
serious. The best thing
you can do Is to take the
great Alternative and tonic
Hlood'sSarsaparlla
Which has cured thousands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28
NOTICE..

TO CONTRACTORS The Trustees of
tn" Augusta Water District will receive
and labor for tho complete construction
Of the ' Pumping pnu station at East Winthrop
tids to be- received by the Trustees of
tn" District on or before July ION; Pi ,,,n>'
II ;he Engineer, W b. Gcich"i'.
1tInC.2dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

mere will be a full dress rehearsal
oi The First Crusade" at the Opera
house. this evening. The principals
from Lewiston and Portland will b.
present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28
waterxiIle Notes,

Mi-o-na is sold by Druggist Dorr in Wa
terville. He has seen so many dyspeptIcss
made well and strong 70 they couIo eat
he sells it under a positive guarantee 20
refund the money il it does not restore
health and build up good natural leaatn-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

Evidently those who were ABROAD OH
the street. Monday night, had no use
for protection from rain, propapiS
thinking that n sufficient quah'i'F MAJ
fallen to dry the heavens for some time
10 come. At any rate. this is the only
theory that suggests itself to one OF the
clothing dealers on the street. VINO gave
an excellent opportunity to passers by
tn make their own selection from Il
choice stock of goods. AS the day was
slightly rainy Il display of rain-pr"oi
coats. and fine assortment OF UNI
hrellas had been attractively arranged
outside the store. and when closing
time came, no thought was taken oil
the goods. and there they remained. I'M
iii late In the evening when theE We're
noticed by an officer and reported 10 ''''
proprietor, who confessed that he must
have had something on his mind wheii
he locked up and vent home without
taking care of the outdoor display.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church will meet, Thursday afternoon
AZ 80 o'clock with Mrs. Geo. CoipouEli'
70 Cedar street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

large number of local baseball en-
,husiasts attended the Gardiner-Hal-
io"eil Trolley League game in Halo
We'll, Tuesday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

LOCAL MATTERS

Hwn' q Turner's big stock of fir,.
"o,hs are on sale at Wholesale and re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-28

sawed from heavy, sound, clear
, SO say Hamilton 4 Co. of Hal
'""eh regarding their shingles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

It's all he's good for-to act out grave-stun.
In course of tirne-and in point OF chronology
of this little tale yearS-a certain Unce BaSSett
died and left his hilltop farm to a niece who lived
somewhere outside" the people of Smyrna
vaguely put it. She came promptly to take pos
session and proved to be a widow OF trankness OF
ternperanent never before experienced in reserved
Smyrna.
I'm fortv-five," she said to the first neghbor
who called on her. Though l could well pass for
thirtv-five and l know it l weigh two hundred
and thirty pounds though you might not suspect
it. and I'm goil' to hire help and run this farm
and Lord pity the man that tries to loaf when m
17avi-' him DAYS wages I'd knock him fiat with
sed-stake And it might as well be understood that
amt in the market for a Number Two
Before two weeks had elapsed she had tired all
the DAYS work of the village and had
Indignantly discharged them.
If there was only three days in the week.
rainy dav, Sunday and payday" she declared,
that kind of help would get along all right. But
I don't propose to have a man that works Tor me
nut out all his muscle shOveling into his mouth my
cooking and then go out and stand round and suck
an old pipe and forget that m paying him dollar
and a quarter day for getting my crops into the
ground III do the work myself first.
Therefore, Widow Briggs, in her pink sunbonnet
and stout workaday gown, became a familiar
spectacle in her fields. When she struck problem
that she didn't understand she was promptly at
her fence to hail the first passer-by and demand
information with a brisk brusquenesS that per-
rnitted no di1ly-dallvng.
Tn TO the time the widow had come to town
the most picturesque farmer in Smyrna had been
CaD'n Lothian Sprague. The Cap'n had become tired
Of the sea and its hardships and had come to Smyrna
and bought farm with small part OF his generous
savings He kept bachelors hall and cooked queer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

and his independence
The horse Law in the stall, the halter rope twisted
around his fore legs and his hind legs waving
wildly in the air.
Seems to have gone down at his moorln S
observed the Cap'n his hands still in his pockets,
and to have got tangled up in the cable.
why don't you grab a-holt and get that horse
out of his scrape?" she cried
4 should say" observed the CaP'n, squirting at
the beams, that you'd have to rig boom tackle
and warp him out of the cove there"
She was now dancing about the barn floor in
perfect ecstasy of wrath and excitement
You mis'able old loafer!" she shrllled. Are
YOU goin to stand there and gable sea-ngo and see
that horse die before your eyes,"
''P'raps a sprv hand could shin in side of him
and slip his cable" the Cap'n went calmly
but it amt no kind of job for a man of my age
I don't believe woman knows how to make fast
a boss ANYWAY. You ain got no bus ness try1n to
run a farm YOU
She rushed up to him and shook her fist under
his nose Don't you stand there and read me
a lecture you old dried-up codhsh!' she screamed
III claw that salt face of yours into ribbonsF
At that moment 'Mournful" Mullen came into
the barn. He had been attracted by the shout1ngS
and the bangings of the horses feet. 81 sort of
srnelt trouble" he said apoOgetically and yet
srnacking his lips over the word and so came in
Your boss is cast" he said, going to the stall
That's the world That's the world" cried the
widow. YOU'RE a real farmer. You know some
thing. Get him out of it.
As nimblv as a grasshopper, Mullen clambered
over the crib sat upon the animals head to render
his struggles futile and united the halter The
horse scrambled up and went to munchlng his hay
There a man for you, said the widow, pointing
at Mullen and scowling at the CaP'n
We'll I guess that that has commanded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

seemed to be elongated perpen-
dicrlarlv ike a cat sand you know
a cat was never known to snIle-the
corners OF his mouth dropped. and he
usually carried a clay pipe IN one corner,
bowls mouth downward. His face was
yellow with bile, and he talked with a
singSong whine, and therefore after
time the people of Smyrna forgot that
his hap1isrnal name was Andrew and
called him 'Mournful" After his wife
died the name fitted him better
He resisted all entreatieS Of his
zvife's relatives who wanted her buried
IN the Cross Hill Cemetery where her
kin Law IN state, grouped about the
Cross family monument and to which
she had prudently subscribed her
mite. Mullen, with evident intention
10 indulge his melancholy to the extent,
delved through her favorite pansy bed
and buried her in the front yard. where
he could see the grave as he rocked
At the sitting-room window and smoked
his pipe after he had finished the
chores. He had the COtfIn-plate
framed. resting gruesOmely on bed
Of black velvet, and hung 1t against
the wall in the mOldy-smelling best
room. Frequently, as he was about
10 retire. he went creaking in. shielding
the lamp with his palm. TO gaze
on the relic and sigh mOurnful sigh.
Some one in the village remembered
that wears before one Of the Mullen
family. Aunt Roxy, had suCcunbed TO
her melancholy and had allowed her
self to sink silently and mournfully
down into the oozy depths OF the mill
pond close to the dam
Therefore. after due and cautious
consultation, jovial little Parson Col
Inns went around to have talk with
"Nournful" Mullen and endeavor to
perk him up.
His host took him into the best
room. despite his protestations that
the call was purely informal, and sat
down opposite, silent and lugubrlous-
Once he hooked a thumb toward
the coffin-plate on the wall and
i ordered extrv-Coated plate so ! {
when 1t gifts furnished.
But 1t really seems to me, Brother
YOU ought to fix your heart and mem,
little minister. I'VE should think O
sister as dwelling in the realms OF bliss.
how worthy your motives may be in
the-the article on the wall there, 1t
your mind of the higher and the better
have come to your dear helpmeet.'
The pastor could see the lowlv grave
window and he shivered in the cherries
legs were short and he kept slipping {
cloth sofa. upon whose stiff surface he
as much impression as he did on the
resolutions OF the widOwer. The hit
went away from the house with a fit
that lasted him week He told his y
was always ready to be a stay in time
but that he didn't believe he was
TO become an anchor OF hope for any
depths as Mournful" Mullen sought.
Therefore the minister kept away and
followed his example, because folks IN
have enough troubles of their own with
for woe as distilled by Mournful' Mu
end OF the first wear Of his widowhooC
sunk in gloom that he seemed fairly to
cholv. as the walls OF a tomb drip damp
When he came to the store OF
sometimes. Uncle Hiram Ring. vel
SMYRNA as a hector, affected to feel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

and his experiments and new de-
partures in agriculture excited gusty
mirth in all observers However.
since the time he had nearly scraped
the ear off a neighbor with a hoe
because the neighbor stood and leaned
on the fence and laughed at the way
the skipper was hoeing beans, merri-
ment had been carefully concealed
behind broad palms.
One bright morning the Cap'n came
rolling along the road past the widows
farm putting his curved pipe with great
content From the other direction,
and much farther from the widows.
plodded "Mournful" Mullen, with
hunched-over shoulders and down
hanging head.
The widow came out of her barn door
with face flushed and the light of
excitement in her eyes. Here, sir!"
she called to the Cap'n, 90 want you to
come in here at once"
The Cap'n stopped and surveyed
her, hands thrust deep into his big
pockets, pipe smoke curling under
his ruddy nose. All his quarterback
dignity was aroused by her sharp COM
mainland he didn't like women any
way.
do YOU hear" she queried.
I've got a pretty good ear for a
hail" he retorted; but | amt ever
been in the habit of bein' ordered
aboard no craft.
4 want you to help me, and L
want you in a hurry" she said.
It's your hurry, then; faint
mine" he replied calmly.
From the barn came the sound of
a violent threshing and pounding. DO
YOU hear that" she demanded. MY
horse is-is-wel1, farmers call it some
thing, l domino what. But he's down
in his stall and can't get up"
Well l don't want to see no boss
suffer-" said the Cap'n sullenly, and
I'll go in; but l don't go cause I'm
afraid of you or your tongue" he
added, bound to preserve his dignity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

HHOURNFUL" Mullen had
w never been any too cheer
u fu1 anyway. He had big
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

sea dishes and Dragged of his duff
and lobscouse and ran his farm to
have fun with err as he expressed
it. He had no need to seek profit,
and his experiments and new de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
HOT REMNANT RACE.
chicago's Great Squirt Worrying the
Athletics.

1t was reported the other aay that an
earthquake shock was felt throughout the
middle west. There probably was some-
thing like that, but scientists made a wrong
diagnosis What caused the commotion
which shook the ground around Illinois and
Missouri was the Chicago White Sox get
ting ready for mighty upheaval which is
designed to chase the Athletics off the top
perch in the American League race.
The Chicago White Sox are worse than a
band of train robbers when they get their
blood up and they are making SO much
commotion at present that the Athletics
followers are beginning to quake Starting
with last Monday, and including the two
victories yesterday. the White Sox have
Won eight games out of eleven. One week
ago the Athletics had what looked to be a
good lead, despite the three successive de-
teats at St. Louis. The nervousness caused
among the supporters of Mack's men by
these defeats subsidized when the Athletics
won last Monday at ST. Louis while Chit
confidence was once more restored when
the Athletics broke even In four games
at Chicago.
In the last three days. though the Amer
lean League race has undergone a decided
change. Mack's men have won and LOST
one game at Detroit. while Chicago has ca D.
tured six victories In three days from Bos-
ton. Thus the net result of the week was
four victories and three defeats for the
Mackites and eight victories and three de-
feats for the White Sox. This is mighty
important gain for the Chicagos to make
supporters of the Athletics feel shaky in
looking to the future.
II Is now quesssfon whether the Athletics
will return home In first place. They VIII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
PoST-SERIEs ARRANGED.
Gunton-Temple and Fifth Baptist to
Play for Championship,

At the meeting of the board of directors
of the Sunday School Athletic Association
held last Saturday evening a series of five
games between the winners of the two sec
lions of the league was arranged. Gunton-
Temple. under Capt. Langley. having won
the championship OF section and the team
representing the Fifth Baptist Church being
the champions of section b, these teams
will line up for the honor OF the cham
pionship of the league. The first game will
be played on Wednesday Of this week and
Will be called upon the Mount Pleasant
grounds of the association at 1ith street
and Lydecker avenue northwest On Thurs
day the second game OF the series will be
called upon the grounds in the northeast
section of the city, opposite the Coliseum.
The teams will again battle on Friday on
the Mount Pleasant grounds. The two re-
naming contests will be on September &
and Z, ssnd will be called upon the north
east grounds upon the former date and in
Mount Pleasant upon the latter The
games will be called promptly at 5 O'clock
so that the contests can be finished before
darkness. Umpire Belts. who has OBLIGATED
in section throughout the season, will
handle the indicator. The Mount Pleasant
Congregational team, which lost to st
the last game of the season and was elimi-
mated from the championship race. has
challenged Gunton-Temple. but Capt Lang
ley has decided that his team has nothing
to gain by playing the CONGREGATIONAL, and
has declined to arrange the series as pro-
posed 1t has been arranged that imme-
diately upon the conclusion of the contests
in the post-season series the Mount Pleas
ant grounds will be vacated so as to permit
the extension OF 14th street, which will
be cut directly through where the grand
stand is now situated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & CAFE,
Russian Officers Too Gay.

Captain a. Gunthe and his second officer,
Captain s. Ratmanifa. of the Russian
transport Lena, now interned at the Mare
Island navy yard. were turned QUE OF the
Palace Hotel at San Francisco during the
small hours Of Friday. With their baggage
they were elected and along with them
went two women with whom they had en-
joyed a midnight automobile ride. Inc
officers have been frequent visitors to the
Tenderloin during their exile at Mare Is
lard. Their female companions were Mrs
Smith, who claims TO be the wife of Samuel
Smith American consul at warsaw, ana
Miss Allyn of New York. Mrs. Smith wore
many diamonds and she received calls from
many Russian officials. Among her warm
est admirers have been the two naval oHi-
GERS. On Thursday night the party OF four
went out to dinner and returned very late.
They were boisterous and broke the rules
of the hotel, so a Waterman of the top hoor
reported them and they got ten minutes 10
gather up their effects and leave. me
women left on train for Portland on Fri
day morning and the Russians returned 10
the quiet of the navy yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
OUTFIELDER CLAY
SIGNED BY BOSTON

CHICAGO. August 2S.-President John L.
Taylor ofothe Boston Americans has signed
two players. One of these Is Clay. the
Louisville Association teams outfieider,
who is reported as one OF the cleverest hit
ters and fieders in the league. and the other
ls Eddie Hughes. younger brother of Tom
Hughes. formerly with Boston. Young
Hughes is now one of the star pitchers IN
the Three 1 League. and has done splendid
team.
Hughes will probably pitch one OF the
games for the champions against the Cleve-
lands. and Barry, who Joined the team to-
night, one of the others.
Clay Will remain with the Louisville team
until the close of the American Association
season, and probably will be In Boston some
time about the middle of September.
Tebeau it is understood, got an excellent
price for his man, who was desired by sew
eral American and National league teams
Clay has been batting around $50 teiS
season. leading the American Association
players. He has put up remarkably 1ast
game IN center field
Davy Jones of the Minneapolis team. who
stands next to Clay in individual batting IN
the associa ton, says: CLAY Is natural
batter, who can hit any pitcher he faces.
1 have watched him closely since he came
west, and l regard him as the greatest com
ing ball player In the country"
Tebeau said of Clay: HE Is the most re-
markabls youngster l ever saw. l nave
developed a great many green players II.
my time, but this boy Is the captain of them
all The beauty about Clay is the fact that
his base running is just as good as his bat
ting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
rHEArER OF WAR CHANGED.
Both Armies in Manchuria Reinforced
and Front Extended.

cablegram from Gunshu Pass Man.
churia says: Intelligence of the constitu-
tional grants by the government has been
received by the army, and general informa-
ton relating to Portsmouth affairs con-
tinues to reach here from three to ten days
late.
Since the Japanese reconnoitered the Rus
sian center about twenty-five or thirty miles
on August 10, which resulted in retaliatOry
skirmishes. as well as the checkmating of a
wide movement of considerable bodies Of
troops throughout three days, nothing i'm
portant has occurred. During this long
quiet there have been renforcements to both
sides, giving the theater of war much
changed appearance. The front has been
greatly extended, made possible by the use
of the wireless telegraph, and because of
the unexampled size of the armies the char
acter of the third stage of the war, whether
it be active hostilities. rehabilitation or the
garrisonfng OF contested territory, VIII De
complicated.
The relative positions of the two armies Is
comparable to that of year ago, and the
country Immediately facing the Japanese
is almost identical with that which con-
fronted them at Liao-yang. The acquisi-
ton of the railway and rivers by the Japa-
nese at Mukden, together with their Feng-
wang-cheng communications and Gen. Ka-
wamura's new line of communication and
defense. running from the head of naviga-
ton on the Yalu river across to kaiyuan,
with the occupation of the Changpaishan
mountain region, makes control of the adj
ministration of South Manchuria as COM
plete as that achieved in the north by SIM
liar organization. and in the rapid consoii-
dation of these connections the destiny of
Manchuria is clearly fixed. regardless of
other influences.
The Associated Press correspondent re-
Gently trayersed 200 miles over the old i'm
perial hunting reserve on the east flank.
which was open to settlement several years
ago. Heavy crops of oil beans. miilet. maise,
indigo and hemp are under cultivation there
now. This comprises a region extensively
secuted by the Japanese. who appear bold
and active pending the negotiations. The
people complain OF horse thieves and rob-
bers.
After an enormous rainfall during the past
ten days it Is believed that the rainy season
Is cIoeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
ARIsTOCRATIC oRMoNDALE.
Ancestors Were Best Of Their Day and
Generation,

Ormonde, the sire of Ormondale the Flu
turity winner, was never beaten on the
English turf. He defeated Minting. Saca-
band, The Bard, Bendigo and scores of 9th
ers less famous. AIinting. beaten twice by
Ormonde, won the Jubilee stakes at Kemp
ton Park with 40 pounds in the saddle.
The distance was a mile. Ormonde never
won at a longer distance than the st. Leger,
one mile and six furlongs.
Ormonde's best son. Orme, was poisoned.
it is said, before the Derby of 1880 and
could not run. He won the Eclipse staa"
at Sandown Park in July. and the recep-
ton given him was perhaps the greatest
that any horse ever received. He won the
Eclipse stake again in 1893. defeating this
time his stabletrained mate. the famous
mare La F1eche, owned by the late Baron
Hirsch.
La F1eche had won the st. Leger the year
before, defeating among others Sir Hugo.
the Derby winner. and Orme. Two weeks
after Orme had won the Eclipse stake for
the second time he conceded seven pounds
to La Fleche In a race at Goodwood ana
again Orme won, but the race was des-
perate one.
Watercress. afterward imported to Amer
lea. was a three year-old the same year
that Orme and La Fleche were, had finished
third in the st. Leger and was beaten half
a dozen lengths by the great colt and filly
the following year at Goodwood.
Orme In due time sired the renowned
Flying Fox. now a sensational sire n
France. Flying Fox as two-year-oid was
beaten by the late Pierre Lorillards CAT
man in the Middle Park plate Of $685. This
was one of the only two defeats ever sus-
tanned by Flying Fox, who as a three-year-
old won the Two Thousand, the Derby, the
st. Leger, the Fifty Thousand Dollar Prin-
cess Of Wales stake, carrying 131 pounds.
including the extreme penalty for having
won the Derby; the Eclipse stake at Sanz
down and the Fifty Thousand Dollar
Jockey Club stake. defeating, among Others
the Derby winner of the previous year
(Geddah). He also defeated Scintillant.
and was imported to America by Edward
Corrigan three years ago.
In March 1900, Flying Fox sold at
auction for s1S7.5O0. Edward Blanc being
the buyer.
Another famous son of Ormonde was
Goldfinch, also imported to America by
J. B. Haggin, and destined to become ia
nous as the sire of Tradition. In England
he begat an Oaks winner In Chelandry.
The progenitor Of Ormonde was Bend Or.
by Doncaster. son of Blair Athol. each one
Of whom was the most famous of his day
Such are some Of the ancestors of Or
mondale Futurity winner of 1905. Mr..
Marlborough did a great service for the
thoroughbred interests Of America when he
secured Ormonde at the extraordinary price
$3.50 !000-he paid for him. The Futurity
victory. therefore, was only just compensa-
ton to the young Californian.
Those who recall Ormonde on the turf say
that ne was a light-framed, '1eggy" horse,
whose action when extended was perfect.
Ormondale, his son, Is not leggy, but he is
a proportional tall colt, destined be-
yond question to be great racer next
year. because he appears to be perfectly
sound horse.