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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
CRYING SHELLS OF CEYLON
The Sounds They Make Like the Note:
of an Aeoian Harp.

Sir J. Emerson Tenncnt, having
heard Il story about musical sounds is
suing from the lake at Ratticalea. II
Ccylon, paid visit To the place. The
fishermen told him that the sounds,
which rcsemblcd the faint sweet notes
of an Aeolion harp. were heard only at
night and during the dry season, were
most distinct when the moon was
nearest the full and proceeded. they
believed, not from a fish, but from ii
shell called the "crying she'll"
an the evening"" says Tcnnont.
"Thcn the moon rose, / took a boat and
accompanied the fishermen to the spot
We rowed about 200 yards northeast of
the jetty by the fort gate; there was
not breath of wind or ripple ex-
cept those caused by the dip of cur
oars. On coming to the point men
toned I distinctly heard the sounds in
question. They came up from the water
like the gentle thrills of n musical
chord, or the faint vibrations of a
wincglass when its rim is rubbed by a
mOistencd finger. 1t was not one slls-
tanned note. but a multitude of tiny
sounds, each clear and distinct in ii
self; the sweetest treble mingling with
the lowest bass.
con applying the ear to the woodwork
Of the boat the vibration was greatly
increased in volume. The sounds va
licd considerably at different points as
we moved across the lake. as if the
number of the animals from which
they proceeded WAS greatest in particu-
lar spots, and occasionally we rowcd
ont of hearing of them altogether. IN
til on returning to the original locality
the sounds We're at once renewed. This
fact seems to indicate that the CAUSES
of the sounds. whatever they may he.
are stationary at several points, and
this agrees with the statement Of the
natives that they are produced by
mollusca and not by fish.
'They came evidently and Scnshly
from the depth of the lake, and there
was nothing in the surrounding cir
cumstances to support the conjecture
that they could be the rcverbration Of
noises made by insects on the shore
conveyed along the surface Of the
water, for they were loudest and most
distinct at points where the nature of
the land and the intervention Of the
fort and its buildings forbade The POS
sihlity of this kind Of conduction. -
ChambcrS'S Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
MAINE INDUSTRIES.

The American Thread Co. at Lake
view has started its saw mill SAVING
logs ana are doing a rushing business
keeping crew busy night and day.
The new creamery at Carmel is do
ing Il good business from the start.
having taken III last week 12l2f
pounds of cream and still increasing.
4 piece Of land 123 feet on the beach
and So feet on the Water street side
has ben purchased by the Lubcc Sar-
dine Co. to be used in connection with
their sar,linc business. The lot is be
tween the Dewey factory and the for
mrr T.. w. Brown factory.
1t is expected that the plant of the
Publishers Paper Co. at steep Falls.
will begin making pulp by the 2Oth
inst. Tho buildings are completed and
the machinery is nearly all installed.
50 that when the connections are
made everything will be ready for
operation.
The Paris Manufacturing Co. at
South Paris is building a new store
house. which will be 100 feet square
and four stories i'll height. with heavy
IlIltDClS. nv 'l'i Nt'i Nii'u'' W. ~
used for an addition to the cOmpany's
stables. 1t is stated that about 400 900
feet of lumber will go into the build
ing
The old Thomas carriage factory on
Park street. Bangor which has been in
the process of demolition for n week
or two is practically gone now and the
workmen will begin at once on the
foundations of the new building of the
Tarratinc Club. 1t is probable that the
earth taken out from the cellar cX-
cavations will be taken by the city for
grading the lot ut the new center
street schoolhouse
Business has been good at the East
Dover brickyard this summer. So far.
600 600 brick have been made and the
l .0O0. 900 mark is expected to be
rca chcd before the season is over.
The kiln holds 100000 and has been
fired once thus far. andin order to
complete the work laid out, it will be
filled and fired twice more. The yard
is owned by F. a. Crockett of Guilford
and is superintendent by John
Flanagan of Bangor. There are
seven other men besides Mr.. Flanagan
employed at the yard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
10 The Honorable Board of Railroad

10 the Honorable Beard of Railroad
Commissioners OF the state of Maine
Respectfully petitions and represents
Auburn and Turner Railroad Company.
|. That il is Il corporation incorporated
and chart rcd under and by virtue OF
Chapter = of IT," Special and Privat"
Laws Of Maine. for III" year 1895.
=. Sid corporation owns, controls and
is operating = street railroad comprising
about nine miles in and between the city
"f Auburn and the town of Turner in the
'nuuty OF AndroSCugEin and State of
Maine.
. Tho authorized capital stock of said
corporation is one hundred thousand dol
lars. ana tn" same has been already is
sued and Is outstanding.
I. Tile amount OF capital stock actually
pIid ~. in cash. anu expended in tho
Instruction and equipment OF said road,
IN addition to the amount Of boarded debit
IL forty -SCV"n thousand I'VE hundred
rtty-four ui.;.,D dollars.
:. The amount u author.z'l first mort
gagged Indebtedness is one hGEdtrd twenty
five Thousand N21,N0) dollars and is rep
resented by the issue Of first mortgage
bonds nov outstanding to the amctInt Of
ON" hundred tN TntH-tIVC thousand Ct5 OIsl
dollars, secured by 4 mortgage. dated the
second day of July 1906. ana the amount
received from thu sal" Of sail Louds has
been actually expended in the ConStylc-
tlrn and equipment of said railroad.
i. That an amount ~ cdIutl stock
equal to thirtY-ciGht Ter cent. Of thu.
m"rtEng" d"bt has hrrm paid il. III cash.
to thu amount of thu bonded debt
Z That IN the construction and colIin-
m"nt at said railroad. UP To th;s date tho
actual cost ri its ruaihrd AMI track.
overhead construction. rolling stock and
curIirm' 1T of Sdmr. rial estate ara car
barns, electrical equipment and machir-
cry. amounts to on" hundred ana seven
ty-tw" Thousand, fly" hundred and fifty-
four N,tI,b dollars.
\. " therefore, Your Petitioner pravs that
your llunurahl" Eolld will nak,. such an
Cst.G3tiun ui tho accounts ana ynlIrh-
trs. relative t. the construction and
"Uuipnrrnt If said railroad. as Will sat
iSfN N"u rs I" the actual cash disburse-
ucntS and cost thereof. AMI whcrcupon
Nuu will file a certificate as provided in
section - Of Chapter IS Of the Revised
statutes nt Maine.
Auburn n Turner Railroad Comrarv.
~ T.. :. Hull. Treasurer.
BOSTON. Mass. August 10Th 1915;
ON The foregoing petition ORDERED.
That the petitioner caus, to h.. nuhTsh.d
u tvlr copy ot sand petition. and this or-
DIR of notice Thereon, three DAYS s,ir
CcSSivniv in the Daily Kcnneh,c Journal
4 newspaper published 1t Augusta in thI
County of kcnneboC, the first rubJica
tom IA sud paper to be ut least five DAYS
\. II. 1906. on which day The Board ot
Railroad Commissioners Will he in SOS.
son ut their Office in Au.rS;a ~ tan
O'Clock in tho forenoon for the purposes
Indicated i'll said petition.
j. Il. PEAkS. Chairman.
Fer the Board of Railroad Commissioners
Dated thiS fourteenth day Of August
\. u. 1905.
A true COPY
Attest: f. c. HARRINGTON, Clerk
aug. lTdSS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

of IS per cent. of the whole; the eight
cen Spanish-speaking republics. with
Porto Rico, 30 per cent. Brazil alone
making up TIE remainder, or % per
cent. And yet. to the average Amer-
can, the Portuguese language is re-
garded practically as negligible
quantity, while many of our exporters
complaccntly classify Brazil as Spanish
speaking, regarding it, no doubt like
French Guiala. as too unimportant to
occupy place by itSc!f.-,Amcrican
Monthly Review of Reviews
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

DIR. A. G. Merriman of Brunswick.
who graduated last June from the dem
tai department Of the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA. has purchased the dem
tai office Of DR.. II. NJ. York at Kenne-
bunk and has begun practice there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

The Sumner Soldiers Veteran As
ISOLATION will meet ut East Sumner on
August 29th.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
SETTLING UP OF
BIGELOW ESTATE
Trustee Busily Engaged in Winding
Up the Affairs of the Former
Milwaukee Banker.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 19.-Now
that nearly all of the available assets
of the Bigelow estate have been dis
posed of the trustee is engaged in
winding up It's complicated affairs. No
more dividends will be declared until
the final one is ready. The expected
sale of the National Electric property
will practically aid in eXpediting the
final settlement.
The Wisconsin Trust company has
petitioned Referee Maxwell to comprO-
mise the joint claim of $69,179 of
Ephraim Mariner and J. Plat Under
wood against the estate. The hearing
will come up March ID. The trustee
has filed with Referee Maxwell an Oh
lection to- the allowance Of the Claim
of y. A. Christensen for $26,S27, on
the ground that proof of the indebted
ness is Inadequate.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23

Marriage 1~t>.5 .-lal .lll.t;lli, as in Nor
way, are oftel. prG!ongej for several
days, even among folk of humble rank.
One popularity, which may excite more
surprise than approval among eligible
suitors in our own country, is that the
Finnish lover never himself pops the
question to the girl of his choice The
momentous proposal is made through a
third person, called the 'talman," to
whom the happy couple give present
when his delicate mediation proves sue
cessful and ends in wedding Not I'M
commonly their gift to the talman takes
the unromantic form of a shirt
In like manner the clergyman who
presides over the nuptial service re-
ceives a simple and inexpensive pres
ent, often handkerchief and pair of
warm hair gloves. A similar gift is be-
slowed upon the officiating priest at
funerals. Upon these mournful occa-
sions the service is exceedingly simple
more so than would satisfy the views
Of British undertakers-but the burial
is, as a rule, followed by large hospital
ity on the part of the bereaved family
London Graphic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
An Experiment With Water.

Take a pound of water the tempera-
ture of which is 80 degrees G.. and mix
it with pound of water at zero, OF
freezing point. The mixture will make
two pounds of water the temperature
of which is 40 degrees G.
Now take another pound of water at
so degrees G.. and mix with it pound
of crushed ice-that is, ice crystals-at
zero c., the same temperature as the
cold water in the first mixture, and the
result is that we have two pounds of
water at freezing point.
In both cases the weight of water at
zero G. introduced into the warm water
was the same, but before the ice crys-
tails could assume liquid condition
they had to absorb a certain amount of
heat. That heat was drawn from the
warm water and consequently reduced
it's temperature, but it did not raise the
temperature of the ice 1t simply acted
as energy in enabling the ice to become
liquid and remained in that liquid in
the form of latent heat, to be given up
again as soon as the water reassumed a
crystalline form.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Bread Upon the Waters.

When Victor Hugo was in exile in
Brussels he asked Rochefort to stand
godfather to his son Charles. Roche
fort accepted and in looking for suit
able present saw in a curiosity shop
window 4 silver table ornament which
attracted him and which he bought,
though the price was $4,000 francs.
When after 1870 Rochefort was sent
to New Caledonia and his property
confiscated Victor Hugo sold the orna-
ment for the benefit of ROchefort's
family. 1t turned out that it was the
work of Benvenuto Cellini, and it
brought in 100000 francs
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
The Theban Sphf,.

The Theban sphinx was said to be a
monster sent by Juno to lay waste the
country around Thebes. 1t had the
head and bust of woman, the body
of dog, the wings of a bird, the paws.
of a lion and a human voice 1t at
once became the terror of the neighbor-
hood and devoured all who could not
solve the riddle which it propounded,
What animal walks on four legs in
the morning, two at noon and three at
night?' Oedipus, attracted by the
promise of King Creon of his crown
and his sister in marriage, came to
Thebes and declared that man goes on
all tours in infancy, erect on two legs
when upgrOWn and supports the III
firlnities of age with a staff. On hear
ing this correct solution the sphinx
dashed her head against wall, and
the land had rest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Wonderful Riddles.

One of the greatest fiddles that ever
were known was to be seen at the
French court at the time Of Charles TX.
This was viOl SO large that several
boys could be placed inside of it,
These boys used to sit inside this queer
instrument and sing the airs that the
man who handled the bow was playing
on the viol outside. The effect is said
to have been very beautiful though it
would seem as if the presence of the
lads in it's interior would seriously in
terfere with the tone of the "great fid-
die" as it was called Many years aft
er another huge instrument of this kind
was used at concerts in Boston. 1t
was so large that to play it the fiddler
had to stand on a table to use his bow
at the proper point On the strings. This
instrument was called ''the GRANDPA
Their Of f1ddles.'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23

Shredded slower can be fed and han
died rs easily as hay, and the refuse
can be used for bedding. Cattle may
be forced to eat more of the shredded
stover than they would probably eat
of the whole stalks, but the advisa bill
ty of this is questionable. 1t is quite
likely that the energy required to di-
gest the tougher portion is almost or
quite as much as the animal is able to
obtain from it. We usually feed shred
ded stover as a roughage in connection
with clover hay. If fed with no other
rOughage, rather heterogeneous grain
ration should be used in order to bal
ance it.-Professor Thomas 1. Mairs,
Pennsylvania State College.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
SPECTACULAR DISASTER
steamer Burns to the Waters Edge
Five Miles Off Shore.


Sheboygan, Wis, March 49, - The
Goodrich steamer Atlanta, which had
lett this port for Milwaukee, was
burned to the waters edge, twelve
miles south of Sheboygan and about
hVe miles out The Atlanta is valued
at about 100000 and the boat and car
go is total loss. The Atlanta left
Sneboygan with crew of sixty men
ana only two passengers. The fire
was discovered by smoke from the
hold, and the blaze was located with
great difficulty. The crew was set to
work fighting the flames at once and
the night was kept up for two hours,
when Captain McCauley decided to
abandon the ship.
The crew and two passengers were
put off i'll the life boats and wer,.
picked up by the tug Tessler without
trouble. as there was no sea running.
About this time the steamer Georgia
hove in sight and relieved the Tesslef
OF her load of passengers. The Georgia
proceeded to this port, leaving the At
lanta total wreck close to the beach.
for which she had been run The orig
III OF the fire is a mystery to the of
hcerS of the boat, but it is thought
that it may have been started by
carelessly thrown cigal. But one life
was lost in the wreck Mike Hickey,
deckhand. was drowned in trying to
escape from the flames. His home is
unknown
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Bismarck and the Ambassador.

One day the Austrian ambassador
to the federal diet, Count Rechberg,
received a dispatch instructing him to
vote with Prussia Tor a certain impor
tant measure accompanied with con-
fidential letter directing him to induce
the representatives of the other Ger
man states to vote against the measure
and thus defeat it, In his haste he
handed the wrong paper to Bismarck,
who read and returned it, with the re-
mark:
"There must be some mistake here"
Rechberg saw his blunder and grew
pale and excited. Don't be disturbed"
said Bismarck. 'You did not intend
to give me this document, and there
fore you have not given it to me, and
l am wholly ignorant of it's contents"
In fact, he made no mention Of it in
his official reports and thus won Rech-
berg's gratitude besides having him
henceforth ION the hip"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
FEEDING DAIRY cows

1 am asked the feeding value of APP
pie pomace, says L. W. Lightly in Ma
tional Stockman. The Querist says he
can get all he wants for nothing. From
the cows standpoint that is just about
what it is worth. If she has any other
decent cow feed she will walk over the
pomace and not look at it. 1t has some
feeding value, but apparently not
enough to pay for the trouble of get
ting it out.
Keep Up the Milk Flow.
AS the dry season approaches the
cows naturally tend to fall off i'll milk
flow. Hold them to it by strenuous
grains and see to it that some green
stuff finds it's way into the copious
paunches of the COW, that is supposed
to use So per cent water in celebrating
the fluid we know as milk.-Farmers
Advocate.
Feeding Heifers.
Heifers require q larger amount of
feed for the production of Il certain
amount of milk than do older cows
No Milk In Frosted Feed.
1t is a positive fact that if you feed a
cow a certain amount of hay and grain
from the barn and let her out i'll the
middle Of the day into a field where
there is a lot of frozen grass she will
like it and will fill up on it just as full
as she can get, but will give less milk
than she would on just the same
amount of feed from the barn without
going out and filling up with this '!old
fog" as we cali it. 1t is positive in
jury to them. SO l say just as soon as
your feed is killed by the frost, and it
doesn't make any difference what time
of year or what season it is, you had
better put your cows in the barn and
keep them there and feed them from
the barn.-Maine Cor. American Guilt
vator.
F1axseed For Milk Cows.
Whenever flaXSeed is fed it must be
used in small quantities because of the
cathartic effect that it will have upon
the animals, says Hoard's Dairyman
1t should be fed in very small amounts
to begin with, say a tablespoonful
twice day. The amount can be grad
ually increased until the animal is re-
ceiving pound day. or to the point
where it begins to show loosening eff
feet upon the animals digestive or
gans, but we do not think it is advisa-
BILE to feed over pound of it a day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
RAISING THE CALF.
Some Rules to Observe In Order to
Get Good Results.

YET uOOu fteSuxdSs
Calves should have new milk for
%hree weeks, and then half new and
lalf skim for a week, when they may
be finally put on to skim with which is
mixed some substitute for the fat
which has been removed, says Amer
lean Cultivator. Most Of the calf meals
on the market are suitable, also linseed
mixed with flour, cod liver oil, hay tea
etc.
In calf rearing a few golden rules
should be observed: First, absolute
cleanliness; second, regularity of guam
tity and time of feeding; third, tenn
perature For the first week the calf
should be fed at least three times Il
day, and after that twice a day will
suffice. If the utensils are not kept
clean the stomach will become derang-
ed and scours are produced which, il
not checked, lead to Inflammation of
the bowels and death. SO, also, if the
quantity fed is too great the calf can
not digest it, and white scours are the
result The temperature of the cows
body in health is 1O1-102 degrees That
is the temperature at which calves re-
ceive the milk from the mother and is
the temperature at which all young
calves should be fed The rubber teat
calf feeders are found to give good re-
suits, particularly so with delicate
calves. Great care must be exercised
to keep these clean. In case of white
scours a tablespoonful of ordinary
liquid rennet should be given in the
milk morning and evening. A cupful
of lime water should be given in the
milk two or three times a week Wher-
ever possible calves should run on good
grass, or, failing that, should have fine
hay. The paddock they run in should
be top dressed with superphosphate.
Calves can be we'll reared on whey,
provided it be fed sweet and with the
addition of meal of some description.
In feeding whey. oil alone is not a
sufficient substitute. Linseed cake is a
very suitable food for calves as soon as
they can eat it.
The calf run should be dry and
warm, provided with a shelter shed
having an impervious floor, with good
drainage, SO that it can be thoroughly
disinfected with crude carbolic acid
in case of disease.
Milk separated at the factory Or
creamery and required for feeding
calves should always be scalded a
steam pipe being fixed in a convenient
place for the purpose. This makes it
more wholesome. 1t keeps sweeter and
prevents the spread of disease, such as
tuberculosis
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Plans a Notable River Trip.

Lacrosse. Wis, March 20.-A nota-
bic pleasure trip on the Mississippi
river is being arranged by Captain
Alexander WinsloW of Lacrosse. a
large party of pioneer river captains
and pilots will be his guests on a trip
from st. Paul to st. Louis on the
steamer City of Hudson. Many of the
early rivermen now removed to dis
tant parts have accepted the invitation
to meet their former comrades and
again view the full sweep of the Mis-
sissippi throughout it's entire navigable
upper course The trip will be made
early in the season.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
No Cause For Fear.

Husband-That's a foolish habit you
women have Of carrying your purses in
your hands when in the street. Wife
Why is it? observation-disclosures a thief
could easily snatch them and get away.
Wife-Well, If the husbands of other
women don't give them any more to
put in their purses than you give me to
put in mine the thief would starve to
death.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
He Lost the Race.

Hueser, % years old, while going to
work over a long railway trestle was
overtaken by freight train. EIe start
ed to race with the engine and took
the center of the track. Til" engineer
could not stop the train and he was
hurled sixty feet to the ice. The man
gled body had to be pulled mp steep
bank OH an icy slide.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Steals Gas Seven Years.

Milwaukee, Wis. March 19.-Gas
valued at $4,000 and perhaps $4,000
used by one man, the proprietor of a
big east side apartment house in this
city, has not been paid for. The Mil
waukee Gas Light company admitted
that the proprietor Of the apartments
has been tapping a main for seven
years back. but refuses to divulge the
name of the guilty person
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Fortunate Fasts,

A jewish newspaper tells the story OF
a rabbi who expounded and interpreted
the Jewish law to the faithful observers
for a stipend which Junior clerk
would scorn The learned man was
asked by friend how he was getting
on. Slowly" he answered. with sigh.
IF it were not for the numerous fasts
which our religion prescribes | am sure
my family would die of starvation"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23

Madison, Wis, March IS. John
L. Gurne, a pioneer lawyer of Wiscon-
sin and formerly prominent politician
is dead. He was IS years old.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-03-23
Bigger Reward for Simpkins.

Doise, Ida, March Ex-Governor
Cooding has increased to $1,000 the
amount of the reward offered fer the
arrest of l.. J. Simpkins. wanted for
completely in the Steunenhere muir
der.