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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

4. LARGE TRACT OF LAND, WITH
five tenement houses thereon. situate on
Cushnoc Heights. being very slightly and
near the Cotton Mill, with a chance to
erect hve or six more houses on the tract
OF land. Apply to Thomas J. Lynch, At
thrncy-at-Law, Augusta, Maine. nSitf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

Two EXCELLENT PIECES or
real estate situate on Melville Street in
Augusta, with the double tenement
honscs. also many convenicnccs A good
investment lor some one. Apply to
Thomas J. Lynch, Att6rncy-at-Iaw, Au-
C,ISfa.; Maine. rnaySdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

FINE HOUSE LOTS ON SHORE OF
Webber pond. Address J. A. Dclano, X.
F. d. No. /, Augusta Me. m;iy2Jdlm"
FOUR OAK COUNTERS, BLACK
walnut tops, at a bargain. c. H. Russell,
Isl Water ST., Augusta. Tel. BIZ.
11odtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

STANWOOD HOUSE, NO. 10 NORTH
Chestnut Street Mrs. c. S. FoSg. sum
m,r Street ml6dlmo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29
FARM SITUATED IN


from 500 to $4,000. also farms in
Augusta aud elsewhere, prices $3.50 to $1,000.
Furnished cottage mt Squirrel Island.
Mrs. &. S. Fogg, d Summer St. oct3ldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29
ARM ONE MILE FROM BENTON

Falls. Maine; 20 acres; orchard; two
barns, house and sheds; woodland, oaks
high early land for market garden. Ad-
dress Mrs. ]. A. DclanO, X. +. ID. NO. l,
Augusta, Me-, or Saran II. Lord. Benton
Falls. Maine. m2odlin|
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

HOUSE AND LOT. ONE ACRE or

land, fruit trees, rlspbcrrics, bIlckbcrrics,
etc, extra good well of water Mrs. Gil
bert Eastman, IL! Maine ST., Farming;
dale. Maine. mlad4W~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29
10 HORSES, WEIGH FROM 1000 TO

1900, good workers and sound, from to
= years old. Prices right. Come ana see
them. Geo. M. Perkins. Monmouth,
Maine may2Jd3ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

|GASOLiNG ENGINES, CREAM SEPA-
rators, wind mills. hand and power
I'!nrS. pipe and fittings. A postal to W.
w. Sprague. Monmouth. Maine. will bring
full nart.ctllars nay9dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29
TWO GOOD USING HORSES. HAVE

llav-rake. tWo-seatcd wagon. ton h,,~pv
Two sle.ls. hors, ho:i gods. Enouire Mrs
l .eadIettcr. West Winthrop, Mnine.
m.iy.Gd2t"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
THE FLAMlNGO AT HOME.
Observation Has Proved That Both
the Male and Female Incubate.

Apparently two factors enter into
the famingos' type of architecture;
they must build where there is mud,
and at the same time erect a structure
high enough to protect its contents
from any normal rise in the water
due to tides or rainfall.
After watching a nesting colony Of
famingos in the Bahamas for nearly
an hour" at distance of one hundred
and fifty yards, Sir Henry Blake stat
ed that the females sat upon the nests
while the males stood up together,
evidently near by. My dissections,
however, showed that both sexes in
cubate while continued observation
from the tent revealed the presence
of only one bird of the pair in the
rookery at the same time, The bird
on the nest was relieved late in the
afternoon and early in the morning.
The one. therefore, which incubated
during the day fed at night, and his
or her place was taken by another
which had been feeding during the
day. Or, as Peter put it: 81 do tink,
sir, dat when the lady fillymingo leave
de nest, den de gentleman fillymingo
take Ter place, sir; yes, sir"
Morning and evening, then, there
was much activity in the rookery.
Single birds, or files of as many as
so, were almost constantly arriving
and departing, coming from and radi-
ating to every point Of the compass.
Flamingos in flight resemble no 9TH
er bird known to me. With legs and
neck fully outstretched, and the COM
paratively small wings set half way
between bill and toes, they look as II
they might fly backward or forward
with equal ease. They progress more
rapidly than a heron, and, when hur-
ried, fly with a singular serpentine
motion of the neck and body, as II
they were cawllng in the Gir.-From
Frank NJ. Chapma1's "A Fi1m .nSo
City" in the Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
The Gable to Alaska.

The Sitka-Seattle cable, 1910 miles
long, which was completed and thrown
open to public use on Aug. 2S, has
since been operated most successfully,
its electrical conditions exceeding an.
ticipations. The commercial business
of one month recently closed up
amounted to over $4,000, and the
prospects are that the receipts of the
next year will exceed 100000. The
tariffs on commercial messages are
From Seattle to Sitka, $150; to Skag-
way, So; to Valdez, $3.50; to Fort Egg
bert, SO; to st. Michael, $3.50; to
Nome, S4
The Alaskan telegraph system was
first started in 1865. The cable Sec
ton, starting from Seattle, touches at
five other points, the total length be-
ing something over 1000 miles. The
land system includes more than 40
stations, separated from each other
by distances varying from three to 60
miles. Wireless telegraphy is also
used at one point for transmitting mes
sages a distance of 107 miles. In
running the land lines much difficulty
was encountered, both on account of
the rough country through which they
passed and the severe climate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
A Bit Ahsent.Mlnded.

The absent-minded man and his UNI
brella figure entertainingly in an arti'
Gle in a German magazine on Prof.
Max Won Pettenkofer, who has been
called the founder of scientific hy'
giene.
The professors Observation-Disclosures
covered everything; but umbrellas
seemed to be his specially. He lost a
fortune in umbrellas, for he seldom
came back with what he had taken
away.
Once, however, he made a trip as
far as England, and was very proud
of having actually succeeded in bring
ing back his umbrella to Germany.
At Augsburg he stopped on business,
but sent telegram, Saying:
AT 6 o'clock return with my UNI
brella."
He did return at o'clock, but as
he entered his house at Munich he
saw to his dismay that he had no UNI
brella. He had left it at the telegraph
ofiice.-New York Evening Mail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Rattle brains always make the most
racket.
An ism is apt to be only a name to
It's friends.
A straight sword is better than a
crooked cannon.
Many divine appointments look like
disappointments.
The rejection of the messenger does
not rescind the message.
Some churches are solid simply be-
cause they are frozen stiff.
No matter how great the profits the
balance is always on the wrong side
if the soul is not enriched.
It's poor bargain when the head
grows at the expense of the heart.
A broom on earth may be better
than many an anthem in Heaven.
The man who never prays except
when he petitions never prays at all.
No method of raising money can be
right which succeeds in debasing man
hood.
1t is more important to get people
doing religious service than it is to
get them attending religious services.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
A 1rlok Of tho chIo,g etewsra.


The under steward, in setting the
table, poured half glass Of water on
the clean white cloth, and placed
dish of fruit on the puddle he had
made. He made another puddle, and
placed on it the carafe. On a third
middle he placed the butterdish, ana
so on
"Why do you spoil the cloth with all
that water?" asked a passenger.
Because the weather's rough, SIR
said the steward. And then. making
another puddle, he went on:
1--WE stewards on ocean liners must
not be merely good waiters-we must
be good wet weather walters. And
we have a number of tricks.
zone of our tricks is to set the
heavy dishes upon wet spots. II we
were to set them on dry spots, in the
ordinary way, they would slide to and
fro with every lurch of the ship. But
If the cloth Is wetted they don't slide;
they adhere to the wet place as
though glued to it.
"One Of the first things a steward
learns is to set a stormy weather
table-to spill water on the cloth at
each place where heavy dish is TO
stand. This water serves its purpose
thoroughly, and it doesn't look bad,
either; for the dish covers it; no one
knows of the wet spot underneath -
New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
Sheep.
SPORTING BREVITIES.

W. II. Snyder 8, Co.'S Trapper won
the First Special Handicap at New Or
leans.
For the first time this season there
was skating in Central Park, New
York City.
Judges were announced foc the an
nrnl dog show CT the Westminster
Kennel CiuD.
i. 3. Stephenson won tho holiday
Athletic Clubs shoot.
Negotiations are pending for the visit
to this country Of the CoriEthian Asso-
citation football team OF England.
Tho Earl OF Crawford has entered
his auxiliary yacht, the Nalhaia, for
the German Emperor's Ocean Cup.
Roger Brcsnahan, ot TIE New YORK
National League Baseball Club, has
raised q purse Of $12 ,OJJ to LGy the To-
ledo club.
In a trial spin on tbo Shrewsbury
River ]. L. Green sent his lee yacht.
the Eagle, at spccl f0s,er thaua mile
minute.
Benjamin r. Morris Mildred wo1 the
Commodorc's Cup in the 1irss lie yacht
racC of the season on the South
Shrewsbury.
For next years International Auto.
mobile Cup race the circuit Auv2rguat
has been chosen by the Automobile
Club de France.
Calhoun Cragin and c. c, Kelly won
the championship indoor tennis cham
pionShip in doubles of tie Seventh
Regiment, n. Y. S. NJ.
Another international cable chess
match is assured with Yale, Harvard,
Princeton and Columbia, pittel against
Oxford ana Cambridge.
Sidney +. Jones, OF the Elizabeth
Town and Country Club, won the gross
and net score prizes, with 90-13-TL
IN the golf handicap OF the Lakewood
Country Club
II all the airships would go up as
easily as they come down, the prob
lem of aerial navigation would be
solved in jify.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
Various Kinds Of Ghosts.

Morgan Robertson, the writer Of sea
stories. has four or five newspaper
clippings which give him a laugh ey-
cry time he looks at them.
sometime ago." he explains, 81
gave an order to a concern which fur
nishes newspaper clippings, telling the
manager that l wanted ghost stories.
undertook to explain that what
wanted was fiction that dealt with
spirits and spooks, bit the clipping
man said he understood and would fix
me all right.
'In a few days l began receiving
clippings about ghosts. One of the
slips was taken from a country paper
in Pennsylvania and it said that a
rival sheet had given up the ghost.
Another clipping, taken from Louis
vile paper, was pert paragraph from
some other paper regaruing Bryan and
the Democracy, over which was the
caption: Hamlet Without the Ghost
Another clipping referred to the
production of Ibsen's Ghost in Lon
don. while the fourth was an editorial
paragraph from North Carolina pa
per in which a political convention
was referred to as a ghost Dance l
never realized before that there were
so many kinds Of ghosts. s."-Sunday
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

tack. The great danger lies in STEP
ping on the reptiles, whose skins are
much the color of desert sand and
sunbaked earth. In these places the
Gila will flatten itself out and go to
sleep. When stepped on it catches
viciously on to the human foot, and its
teeth penetrate the toughest boots.
These teeth are in double rows,
thick and very sharp. They belong to
the bulldog of reptile" for anything
once caught between them is held as
If in a steel trap. The Indians have
a saying that Gala will not release a
piece Of flesh between its Jaws until
the big spirit causes thunder, even If
it takes all summer. In one instance
where Prof. Wetherbee allowed Gila
to bite an Indian dog the reptile main
tanned its hold for 36 hours after the
animals death. 1t is known by both
whites and Indians that it is useless
to attempt to force a Gila to release
its hold, for that only increases the
wound, and the reptile in rage man
ufactures fresh venom in the poison
sacs, which are in the roof of its
mouth. The chief results Of the Ari-
zona experiments are to show that no
poison antidotes now known can avert
the fatal effects of elias bite, except
in instances where the bite is not
much more than a scratch, when large
quantities of whiskey taken internally
seems to be good. Next summer Prof.
Wetherbee will go among the Hualip-
is, and will try to win. by fair means
or foul. their wonderful secret.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
He Was Wondering.

A Scotch doctor, who was attending
laird, had instructed the butler of
the house in the art of taking and re-
cording his masters temperature with
a thermometer. On repairing to the
house one morning, he was met by
the butler, to whom he said: "Well,
John, hope the laird's temperature
is not any higher today" The man
looked puzzled for moment, and then
replied: "Well. was Just wonderin'
that myself. Ye see, he died at twal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

w. N. Wright of Westwood, N. j.,
believes that cement is the best thing
to build household things of. He has
a cement stove which gives out gem
tie and equable heat, cement ice
box, a cement dog kennel and his pan
try shelves are of cement.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
A Place for an Imbecile.

This advertisement appeared the
other day in the London Express:
"Sonny-Come home Immediately.
Father still unemployed and imbecile.
We are trying to get him into the
war Office. MOTHER.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

The smallest island inhabited in the
world is that on which the Eddystone
lighthouse stands, for at low water it
is only 80 feet in diameter. At high
water the base Of the lighthouse
which has a diameter of only a little
over 28 feet, is completely covered by
water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

Swiss match makers have now add
ed a phonograph to some of their
wonderful watches. A small rubber
disc is put in the watch and arranged
in such a way that the record is re-
peated every hour. Anything can be
put on the record that the owner
wishes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

A Havre fisherman's wife drying
Goldfish caught by her husband on the
coast of France noticed that one fish
had a hard substance inside. On in
vestigation she found in the fish a
golden bracelet. How the ornament
came into its strange receptacle is, OF
course. not known; but it is conjec-
tured that it must have slipped from
the wrist of some fair passenger lean
ing over the bulwark Of trans-Atlan-
tic liner. and been seized by the cod
on reaching the water. AS the shoals
of Goldfish have only recently left the
Newfoundland Banks, and are just be-
ginning to make their appearance in
French waters, it is probable that the
bracelet has traversed the Atlantic in
the flsh's interior. Perhaps its owner
will come forward to claim it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
SMITH M. MoCREIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAw

Notary Public and Real Estate Agents. Col.
lecttons Will receive prompt attention. Oflco
IN the Reynoldsville Hardware Co. Building,
Main street, Reynoldsville, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

A trial was recently made in Aus
tria to decide in how short time
living trees could be converted into
newspapers. At Elsenthal, at 1.35 in
the morning, three trees were sawn
down: at $50 the wood, having been
stripped of bark, cut up, and con-
verted into pulp, became paper. and
passed from the factory to the press,
whence the first printed and folded
copy was issued at 10 o'clock. So that
in 145 minutes the trees had become
newspapers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

In captivity elephants always stand
up when they sleep, but when in the
jungle, in their own land and home,
they lie down. The reason given for
the difference between the elephant
in captivity and in freedom is that the
animal never acquires complete con-
fidence in his keepers and always
longs for liberty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18

Close to the shore of the Eastern
river in West Dresden, Me-, there is
an apple tree which has few equals.
1t stands 80 feet high, measures 10
feet and three inches around and
spreads so feet. It's owner, Mr.. Ham,
has gathered in some years 80 bush
els of apples from this tree, which is
said to be more than 100 years old.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24
Suit Against Union Mills,

In the United States Circuit
Court yesterday w. M. Marks
and w. Al. Gayle, cotton dealers
of Montgomery, Ala, through
their attorneys, instituted suit
against the Union Cotton Mills,
alleging that they held a contract
for the future delivery of cotton
to the Union Mills, and when
the cotton was delivered the
mills refused to receive it. The
plaintiffs demanded judgment
in the sum of $40, ,617.8O and
costs. This suit is based upon
contracts outstanding at the time
of the reorganization and can
celled by the reorganization COM
mittee.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24
Prof. ClinkSCdle'S Lecture

Those in Union who love to hear
a good lecture by a good man will
be glad to know that Prof. John G.,
Clinkscales WhQ occupies the chair
OF mathematics at Wofford college
will lecture at the school house at
Monarch mills on Saturday night
next at 8 O'Clock. His subject will
be Scraps" This is very in
teresting and helpful lecture, and
mingles humor with pathos and the
ridiculous with the sublime.
The proceeds of the lecture will
be devoted to the building fund of
the New Methodist church at Mon
arch. This is worthy cause and
one in which every good citizen of
the entire city should be very ready
to help.
The admission fec will be 25
cents for adults and Is cents for
children.
Professor Clinkscales is one of the
very finest lectnFors in South Caro-
lima and q large audience should
greet him here. He is man of
broad culture, deep scholarship and
wide sympathy, and his lectures
are little masterpieces OF public
speaking.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24

DIR. John l.. Weber and daughter,
Miss Annie Conway, have returned
to their home in Kentucky after a
short visit to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.
Young.
Miss Sarah Watson, a teacher in
Central graded school has been
quite sick this week, and Miss I,eize
Holmes has been teaching her
classes.
Miss Ruth Foster entertained her
music class at her home last week
The occasion was a most delightful
one and was enjoyed by about fifty
young people. Refreshments were
served and games were the feature
of the evening.
Harriet Miles, colored, mother
in-law of Rev. Tobin, dropped dead
Sunday morning between II and
IL O'Clock. She had cooked break
fast, eaten heartily and appeared
to be in her usul health, and at the
time of death she was preparing to
cook dinner.
Mr.. j. Z. Norment did himself,
the city and the people Of Orange
burg much credit, praise and pride
in the write up Of that city in the
Sunday issue of The State. The
illustrations are creditable features
of the narrative and leave a good
impression Of the progress and pros
perity and enterprise of this thriv-
ing city. 1T pays to advertise"
A petition is being circulated
for signatures asking the president
of the United States to reappoint
Capt. J. c. Hunter postmaster at
this place. We learn that there is
another applicant in the person Of
Mr.. E. l.. Henry, who recently
moved here from Asheville, n. C.
The longest pole gets the Roosevelt
plum. And the chances are Capt
j. G. Hunter has that pole.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24
TWO ACCIDENTS ON SANE DAY
nr. ChdS. HumphrieS, His Horse
and Wagon Fall Is Feet
into Railroad Cut---Mr. Fred
Bdrfield Breaks His Collar
Bone.

MIR. Charles Humphries, ono OF
Cnlon's grocery merchants, last
Monday evening about sundown
while driving his delivery wagon
beyond Monarch Mills attempted
to turn his wagon and in backing
to DO so the horse became unman-
ageable and continued to run the
wagon backwards to the deep rail-
road cut Of the Union and Glenn
Springs railroad, the wagon, horse
and all fell into the cut, a distance
OF 10 feet. Mr.. Humphries was
caught under horse and wagon and
his right arm was badly broken be-
tween the wrist and elbow and he
was otherwise painfully bruised and
for a while it was feared he had
sustained internal injuries. He is
now doing very we'll under the cir
cumstances. This was the narrow
est escape from horrible death we
have ever heard of. The horse Law
upon Mr.. Humphrics several min
utcs before making any attempt to
get up. 1t is great wonder that
the horse was not killed and q mir
aele that Mr.. Humphrics was not
crushed to death, and had his head
Int where his arm did he would
have been killed instantly.
On the afternoon of the same day
Mr.. Fred Barfield fell from the rear
end OF his wagon and broke his col
Lar bone. He was standing up in
the wagon and the horse started
suddenly and Mr.. Barfeld lost his
balance and fell to the ground. He
is up and improving.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24
JonesviIIe, the Coming City.

Joncsville is on the boom. 1t is
u progressive, growing, prospering
city, and it is thoroughly up-to-date.
The change in the past ten, no, five
years, has been something remarka-
bic. There is city now where
once there were only a few plain
buildings. The mills are excellent
ones, the school-houses are buildings
to be proud of, and there is every
where the growing spirit of the
city.
The new hotel at Jonesville is a
pride to its citizens and credit to
the cnterprising gentlemen who
caused its erection. 1t is a vcry
capable and roomy building, Of late
and admirable architecture, and it's
management is without and beyond
criticism.
There is crying need at Jones'
vile. It's for depot. Since the
burning of the old one, there has
been nothing but the great blue
canopy of heaven overhead. And
now il the rain starts up, you have
to take it philosophically, and bear
it. The ticket office is a hundred
yards or more down the railroad
track and is an inconvenient place
to get to. The railroad commission
should immediately take the matter
up with the Southern and try q
have q new depot erected right
away.
Jonesville is on the boom. The
people are hustlers. And it's a
town you're going to hear great
things from some day. Watch and
see.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24
Local News Notes
Points Personal and Otherwise
Picked up and Parsgraphed
by Our PenciI.Pusher.

Mr.. Charles P. Pelham, of New
berry, is in town.
Mr.. Macbeth Young was in Lock-
hart this week.
Mr.. T. ], Alvcrson vas in the
city Wednesday.
Miss Maud Garner returned Tues
day from short visit to Jonesville.
Mrs. w. w. Duncan, of Spartan
burg. is visiting her son, Col. T. c..
Duncan.
Mr.. Jos. z. Leach, a member Of
the Columbia bar, was in the city
last Friday.
Judge D. A. Townsend is holding
court this week in Yorkville. There
will be n three weeks's term.
Mrs. Fred Holland, (nee Minnie
Counts) Of Atlanta, Ga, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. D. j. Gregory.
Rev. A. G. Wardlaw has returned
from Clemson College where he
preached last Sunday to the corps.
Mr.. B. F. Aston, Jr., attended
the meeting of the managers of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company at
Columbia last week.
Capt. J. T. Douglass went to Co.
lumbia Thursday to meet with the
board of investigation of the books
OF the State officers.
Drs. e. w. Foster and J. M.
Wallace have returned from an ex-
tensive hunting trip, bringing back
pleasant memories and no birds.
Messrs. J. Gordon Hughes and
j. Rion McKissick and DR.. Ethan
w. Foster represented Union at
the Junior-Senior reception-at Con-
verse college at Spartanburg on
Monday night.