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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-04
BASEBALL NOTES.

Co.ns;ev says there is nothing in IN,
| talk OF Ii Gral of George Davis Tor Ether
field.
Grantland Rice. the well known Atlanta
writer. says that FIRST Baseman Pete Lis
ter secured Ivy Cleveland, is the lest first
basaman the South has ever seen
Wien Unglaub WAS ordered out of the
game he made Jack OConner's old re-
marx. What did l do?" This stuck to
DfUlner for years, and now Cnglaub
Will have to carry II.
IT. 1902 Boston let Pitcher Pete Hastings
go t? the .Nthleti<1 II and his work about
inns go 10 the same team and history
may repeat.
Tie Cleveland management is plannin :,
to stand rat once more. They lave been
doin. ills for years past with the same
result ana they don't seem to be content
ed. either.
Ban johnson is out with a pronuca-
mcnto that none Of the league PLAYER;
shalt take part in the baseball field DAY
at Cincinnati, lis reason being that TIL,
race fol- tie big flag is too close.
With Barrett. Sullivan, Congalton, Tho
ney. Gessler. Carlisle and Cravath from
when 70 select, the Boston Americans
ought to nave Il very fair outied reNt
season. Too bad three good ones can't be
boiled out of the lot.
The Pittsburg players are looking for
the person or persons who started tic
story that each Pirate would receive Il
bonus Of sos if they beat out the Giants
for second place. DrcyfuSS SAYS thai no
bonus is needed to make his men do their
best.
Washington Star:-Manaacr Cantillon
and President Moves have been very busy
the past few days arranging the draft
list 20 be sent to President Hermann.
Don't be surprised if an even dozen or
more Of players come to Washington for
the closing days of the season.
Manager Frank Chance of the Cubs has
told NI0rdecai Brown to stay out of tie
"anie until his arni is entirely well, even
if il tales a month. Brown injured his
arm during the first game of TIE double
header with Boston recently. Tie Cubs
will dpren.: on t.undCr"n, Fficster. Over
all and Fraser for regular slab work. Ruel-
bach is in Chicago with his wife, who is
ill.
play at the Polo Grounds the other day
which is tried all too S"liomn these DAYS.
Instead OF the conventional return Of 4
EaSo hit to second base he whipped the
ball over to first from center field and
cam" near getting lis nan. II was 2 case
of quick thinking and taking a chanC'
that never enters the head of the general
run of uuttClders.
X y JournaI:-Jinmy Sheckard mada
n catch here last week which was at
once the least snowy and most difficult
seen for a long time. He was running in
on q lire hit when the sun flashed square
" in his eyes. lie lost sight of the bah
and had to feel for it, Trusting entire
lv to instinct. Judgment or some otheG
met dphysiral gift he stuck up his hands
and CauGed the location of the ball OK
actlr. Maybe he sought only to protect
himself, but in any event the catch was
4 Tality
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Poultry.

The poultry building receives very
many visitors. and during the rain Of
Tuesday it,was Il popular place to go.
That Maine poultry raisers are we'll to
the front is shown by the fine birds
which are to be seen. A. J. Remission
of Bangor has a fine lot of geese and
there are very many of them, SO that
the exhibit is deserving of credit. not
only for quality but also for quantity.
5. G. Shaw of Auburn has a fine collcc-
ton of brahmas. A large collection of
assorted breeds is shown by F. II. Scrip
ture of Bangor. George w. Horne of
Lewiston shows prize winning light
BrahmaS.
On the upper floor of the building
is II fine display of poultry owned by r.
\. Drinkwater of Sabattus. a great deal
of interest is attracted by the bearded
Polish fowl which ]. A. Scripture has
on exhibition on this floor. To those
who have Il special admiration for the
Rhode Island reds, the exhibit of w. X
Field Of Auburn will be of more than
passing interest. There are many other
exhibitors whose birds are worth mem
tioning.
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STRANGE AntiQuity of Euypt,

Many tourists who have crossed the
Mediterranean to Alexandria and have
made the threc-hOur journey thence by
express to Cairo establish themselves
in one of the fashionable hotels do a
little shopping in the native quarter,
see mosque or two, q native wedding,
ride camel the quartcr-m distance
from the Mcna House to the sphinx.
and perhaps so as far as to visit
Sadqara-a days excursion from Cairo
then turn homcward fancying. and
also declaring, that they have seen
Egypt So they have in n sense; but
Cairo is no more representative of
Egypt as country than New York is
of the entire United States. To see
.upper Egypt, with its fellaheen life, its
mud cities, and its quaint scenery. is
like turning the leaves of an old
history and studying the engravings.
for neither the country nor the people
have changed to any appreciate de-
gree since the days of Mohammed. I'M
less it be in the accomplishment in
which all seem to be equally well
trained-that of begging backsheesh.
Egypt is spoken of as becoming
modernized, but there is no indication
of anything more modern than two
thousand years ago between Cairo and
English city of kom Ombo. beyond
Luxor, where an English company has
been formed and agricultural expert
ments are being carried forward
J Leslie's Weekly.
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HARVESTING KERN RIVER.
Converting the Flow of Water Into
Electric Power.

The Harvesting of the Kern river. 12S
converting of the enormous water
power Of the canyon into electricity is
nearly completed, and soon over the
miles of cables. supported on steel tow
orS. will flash the worlds highest long
distance voltage, 10000 volts. This
enormous power will be used in and
about the city of Los Angeles.
1t was in 1900 that q hydraulic en-
ginccr inspected the Kern canyon and
noted the marvellous water power
wasting itself in noisy tumbles down
the steep grades. The Edison Com
pany Of Los Angeles became interested
and the following spring a surveying
party invaded the canyon with instru-
mcntS and notebooks. Soon followed
an army of workmcn, heavy wagons
and tons Of freight. machinery and
building materials. The canyon was
practically inaccessible until road ter
feet wide and two miles long had been
blasted from the solid granite shoulder
Of the cliff. Camps sprang up In q day
with cook sheds. hospitals. workshops,
etc. a small temporary power house
with 400 horsepower was installed to
run the air cOmprCssorS, and hundreds
of yards of piping carried the COM
pressed air to the drills and other ma
chin"ry. Fighting every inch of the
way with dynamite, twenty tunnels,
totalinE nearly nine miles in length,
were cut through the rocky walls. 1t
is the longest tunnel system of its kind
in the world. The shafts arc uniform
ly lined with eight inches of concrete.
vt was with the greatest difficulty
that some of the heavy machinery
reached its destination at the camp.
one of the stcepeSt trails was sheer
and very abrupt for nearly half mile,
and 4 huge 1o00-pound sled was made,
its runners shod with iron an inch
thick and six inches wide. Onto it
seven and eight tons Of machinery
were placed and men with thick snub
ropes steadied its perilous descent.
The dam is forty-five feet wide at its
base, fastened to the bed rock about
eighteen feet below the level of the
stream. and backs the water up for
more than q mile. From this lake the
waters pour into the intake and glide
along the canal about twelve miles to
tho tunnels. where they are hurled
down the steel mains many hundred
feet to the gigantic impulse wheels in
the power house below.
The power house equipment consists
of the impulse wheels whirling the four
mammoth 5000 kilowatt generators
Five steps of step-up 1861 XIV. trans
formers are used. To take care of the
$4,000 volts at the Los Angeles end of
the line thirteen 1900 XIV. transformers
are required --Electrcal News.
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Loyalty That is Real.

What is more sacred in this world
than our friendships? One of the most
touching things l know of is the "lilce
of a real friend to one who Is not Il
friend to himsef-one who has lost his
self-rcspcct. his sclf-control, and fall
len to the level of the brute! All! this
is friendship. indeed, which will stand
by us when we Will not stand by our
by a friend who had become such a
slave to drink ana all sorts of vice
that even his family had turned him
out of doors When his father and
mother and wife and children had for
sakcn him. his friend remained loyal.
He would follow Elm nights in his de-
bauches, and many n time saved him
frow freezing to death when he was so
incbriatcd that he could not stand.
Scores of times this friend would
leave his home and hunt in the slums
for him, to keep him from the hands
Of a policeman, and to shield him from
the cold when every one else had for
sakcn him; ana this great love and de-
votion finally redeemed the fallen man
and sent him back to deccncy and to
his home. Can any money measure
the value of such devotion success
Magazine.
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Women Who Ruled Japan

women played an important part in
IN" early history of Japan. To a wo-
man. the Empress Jingu, belongs the
glory OF the first conquest made by
Japan. that of Korea. A. d. 2O1.
Dressed as man, she led her fleet
over the unknown waters. across which
she alone believed a country lay to the
westward. eff we succeed" she said
to her chiefs, "the glory will all be
yours. I will be responsible for the in
fanny If possible defeat" The Ko-
reans laid their wealth at the feet of
the con1uerors and the king swcre that
so long as the stars shone and water
ran down hill Korea should be faithful
to Japan.
This achievement of the dauntlcss
empress gave rise to the proud boast
Of the Japanese, "The arms of Japan
shine beyond the seas" But the most
important fruit of her victory was the
Introduction of Buddhism from Korea.
as we'll as Asiatic art, science. medi-
cine and literature. Jingu, however,
was never actually proclaimed head of
tho empire. The first female ruler was
Suiko. and since her time eight en-
presses have governed Japan. some of
them with great wisdom.-London
Chronicle.
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Notes..

Obadiah Gardner of iockland. mas
ter of the State Grange. was a visitor
at the fair grounds Tues day.
The St Cecilia Boys Band is con-
triDuting its share to the excellent mu-
sic which is being heard this week.
The Kenncbcc Journal branch office
is open day and evening to visitors, and
they are assured a cordial welcome.
H. D. b. Aver. superintendent of the
agricultural department and supcrn-
tcndcnt of the hall exhibit of the Cen
trail Maine fair at Watervilie, Sept. >,
10. II. u. l. ana II. was at the Fair
grounds bright and early Monday
lacking up the beautiful lthogra phs of
the Watcryillc exhibition. Bigger and
better :his year than ever before said
Superintendent Aver to the journal
rcpry sentative.
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Girard's Subscription,

To get a subscription from Stephen
Grard, founder of Girard College, in
Philadelphia, was not any easy mat
ter. 1t required tact and the right in
PRODUCTION. and many failed while few
succeeded. 1t is told. by the author OF
The French Blood in America that
Samuel Coates, a genial Quaker, was
one of the few men who knew how to
approach the eccentric millionaire.
He was a manager of the Pennsyl-
vania hospital, and called on Girard
for the purpose of raising money fol-
the support of that institution.
well, how much do you want
Coates" asked Girard, in his usual
brusque tones.
"Just what thee please to give
stephen. replied the Quaker. Girard
wrote out a check for $1,000, and, hand
ing it to Mr.. Coates, was surprised to
see that gentleman pocket it without
looking at the amount
what! You don't look to see how
much give you?" cried Girard in
credulously.
''BeSgars must not be choosers
Stephen" replied the Quaker.
Give me back my check and I viii
change it, said Girard, after a mo.
ment'S pause.
"A bird in the hand is worth two In
the bush. thee knows, Stephen" mildly
replied the Quaker. Without another
word Girard sat down and wrote him
out second check for $5,OOO.-Youth's
Companion.
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Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

New oTk, Sept Z.
FLOUR Receipts 37,o61: exports, Is, 400;
sales 1:5H: firm but quiet.
WlfF.Ar-RcCeipts 226,W0: exports 423-
OLA: sales 3.50c. GOO futures. eco G0 spot: spot
firm: No. red 101 elevator: No. ; red
l"1l2 q !; afloat: No. l northern Duluth
1lii. ( o i afloat; No. = hard winter 1Gih
f o b afoat
COEN-Reccipts 65.575. exports 1l.224:
sales 15,Gg': spot firm: No. elevator 6Si,
MG>h O II aflOat; No. white nominal
and No. , yellow nominal q b a1oat
OATS-Rcccipts 264 COO: exports 1000:
SPOT firm: mixed. 2GM32 lbs. g.: natural
white. 3Of3@ lbs, G0M62: clipped white, Sc
q 10 lbs 62Gi69
n:EF-Steady: family 1350@1i: mess
T"fti0 bnof hams 2S5O. packet 11M1l 50;
cit veNtra India mess 21021.50
NRD-StcadY: western prime Gfi91O
PCRK-Easv: family 1G short clear 16 -
al =: mcss 17JhM1S
AR-Raw firm: fair refining 342:
centrifugal 9f tNst 2.G2: molaSecS sugar
3.O6: refined stca1v: No E. 40: No As:
No. 40: No. -; No. 10 10. 10. II
40 No. u 49, No. IL 10: No. II as.
confrCtinnerS 50: moulded 80 cut loaf
SO. c'"silcd sc: powdered so: granu-
latod 90
FI'T7EE-Stcl dv to FIRM: reccilts L.
o"l: creamery sncciale %: do. EXTRAS o5La
do third to frsts 91M26: state dairy COM
mon to finest 10N25ih. process to common
t" extra 1sm1Hh' western factory common,
to extra lS1%fIo7
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Officers,

Maine State Agricultural Socictv,
through whose efforts the success Of
the present fair is due: President, j.
j. Libby, Oakland; secretary. J. l..
Dwell, auburn; treasurer, +. G. Ev"-
leth. Auburn; trustees, E. A. Parker.
North Berwick; l.. c. Morse. Liberty !:
David w. Campbell. Cherryfeld. c. I.
Barker. Lewiston: general superintcn-
dent. Is. j. Libby, superintendent of
horses. Il. A. Parker; superintendent of
stock, d. w. Campbell; superintendent
of halls, c. l Barker; superintendent
Of tickets, L. 4. Morse.
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Boston Wool Market.

Boston, Sept. 5. 1907.
Remarks: business is fairly good in the
local wool market and 1t probably would
be n great deal better if 1t We're not for
the tEhtncSS of money. ReprcS tntativeS
of local merchants who have been drum
ming" among the mills during the past
few weeks were fairly successful in get
ting orders and in nearly all cases found
the machinery well employed; the goods
and the better class of woolens are con-
cerhed. is satisfactory and manufacturers
are kceping in pretty close touch with tho
market Eut these conditions are more
than offset by the stiff rates for money
and current purchases as q rule consist
only of what is necessary for some pres
sing: need of the buyer. There seems to
he no uneasiness over present condi-
tions. Both merchants and manufacture
ers are well fixed financially: If money
StrinCcncy were to last any considerable
length of time there might he disastrous
results but already some see improve
ment in the situation.
Receipts: This week. % sol bales DOM
este; 1e4i bales foreign. Receipts same
week last year 22,3s9 domestic: 1868
Ohio and Perm Xxx ond above, $40
sc: x. 31r,32c.; No. l. 4OI4lc.: No. 9. 400
unwashed delaine, 33G34c.; unwashed de-
laine. 31tI:2c.
Michigan-Fine unwashed, 2id25c.; Y
blood ,rnwashed 3Oc
Kentucky and Indiana-% blood, conn.
ing. 3s632lhc.: Il blood. 22I32l5c
Pulled Secured basis) Extra 6S177cc:
fine A. 62Nt65c.: A super. 5405Sc B super,
4.Ih5c.; c super, 3lG4sc.; fine combings,
6Gs3c; medium, 5aSsc; coarse. 4a050c.
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IN THE RING.
CONTINUED from Page Four.)

from the start and finished without get
ting a scratch. Fitzpatrick went In with
bandage on his knee and was too beefy
for 4 battle.
In the semi-windup Kid Goodman
knocked out Kid Wilson in the third
round, putting him down with a lab to
the wind and a swing to his jaw. The
Boston boy was in excellent shape and
carried the mill to Wilson from the start.
He scored clean knockdown in the sec
ond and Wilson came up groggy with his
mouth bleeding and he was wild and his
blows lacked steam.
Goodman finished without a mark and
announced that he is ready to meet any
fighter in the country, Packy MCFARLAND
preferred. Goodman had the mill from
the start, chopping his man down with
fast infghting for the first two rounds
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Accused of being drunk on his own
premises. Wiggin licensed victuallcr
called DR.. Blackjack to give evidence
before the Cumberland justices in his
defense. The doctor said that imme-
diately after the police visited the
house defendant called at his surgery
and asked to be tested for sobriety. In
his presence the man walked perfectly
along q straight line, stood on one leg
for three-quarters of a minute, rn-
pcated the word "hippipotamus'
quickly and distinctly, and told the
time by watch to quarter Of a min
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Exhibition Hall

Exhibition hall is we'll stocked with
interesting exhibits AS one enters the
building by the entrance nearest the
exit to the grounds the first display is
that Of Glcnwood stoves, ranges and
steam and water heaters.
Next in order. the Maine Fish and
Game Commission has 10 aquariums
filled with fish from the Auburn and
Monmouth hatchery.
The visitor is able to procure fresh
roasted peanuts" in this building as
well as elsewhere on the grounds
An exhibition of 81 Spanish American
war views by an "old soldier" is a fea-
ture located in one corner on the main
floor.
4 The Novelty Cloak store, Lewiston,
has large and interesting exhibit
Tho Riverside wooden mill of Pitts
held has pretty display of finished
WOODEN good; of many kinds and de-
scriptions.
Cobb, Bates & YerXa, who occupy the
booth adjoining, are making a special
ty of their display of Regent flour.
The Twin Mountain Mineral Spring
has good display of mineral water.
An attractive booth is that which
calls to the attention of the visitor the
merits of Ideal cocoa. The color scheme
Is yellow. Two young ladies are in at
tendance to serve cocoa to visitors.
Jello-O' occupies Il well-appointed
booth at the end of the hall opposite
The dairy exhibit
The cheese exhibit is a good one, the
principal exhibitors being the Leeds
Dairying Association and T.. +. Addi-
son Of Greene.
Among the exhibitors of butter is
Mrs. :. L. trimmer of Tilden. whose
o'SPlly is made attractive by a profu-
sion Of fancy moulds.
mammoth piece of butter, hcxag-
"nai ir shape. is shown by the Turner
center Dairying Association, Auburn
worcester salt has an attractive ex-
hloii near the center of the main floor
The display of vegetables on this
h"or is 4 good one by J. Johnson of
Ihorne's Corner.
There are several booths displaying
fancy jewelry. while souvenir post
cards are not wanting.
On the second floor is to he found the
honey exhibit of c. H. Greeley of Clin
ton. and several colonies of bees at
work
V. Mckinney Of Auburn has a
large and well assorted display of veg
etahlns.
A. w. Black of Winthrop is the ex-
hibitor of a fine collection of honey and
Italian black and hybrid bees.
display of rugs from old carpets is
SHOWN by Morrison of Skowhegan.
Very beautiful flower displays, prin-
clpally dahlias, are shown by Bessie
NJ Rupert of Portland and w. p. 10th
rop of East Bridgewater. Mass.
large. we'll arranged booth is rep
resentative of Bower & Bartlett's cof
lees and teas.
The Grange exhibits are fully up to
tne standard, and in the opinion of
many are away beyond what has been
Seen before.
Norland Grange. No. 319 of East Liv-
ernore. has fine exhibit occupying
one wing on the second floor. All the
products Of the farm are here. from the
FESTIVE pumpkin to the friendly bean.
That the ladies' of Norland Grange
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The Midway.

| The Midway this year is much tn
same DIS this feature, or rather, collcc-
| ton OF features, for the past decade,
with the addition of new attractions.
| Just like the circus, we'll regulate |
| midway must retain certain we'll dc
! fined things without which it loses its
| individuality and power to attract an
divert the sightseers.
| In the first place the Midway offer
an abundance of things to eat. BY this
| it is not meant to class the boardin ,
and lodging houses on the grounds with
Midway attractions.
That would be confusion worse con-
| founded. The Midway rcfreshmcrt
booth is a tent where may be prucur"
such articles of diet as hot frank
| furterS. sandwiches, steamed clans, hot
coffee, pink lemonade, turnovcrs. pea
nuts. and various kinds of fruit. all "l
which arc abundant
The three fat ladies whose COrpulenC,'
was one of the wonders last year, Wcr
again on deck and will remain during
the week.
Have YOU seen her? Minnie Ha -ha.
| This old. familiar cry as one proceed. :
| down the Midway shows that the ia =
| nous wild girl is here on her thir'!
|
visit.
Then there is "Ki-ko, the wild mar"
whose fame is noised abroad by twl
| mon in the uniform Of L. $. bluejack
| cts. Tho ceremony of feeding him with
| raw meat is gone through with about
| four times every hour and it is est
mated that killo will have eaten aEoU5
| twice his own weight before the fair
| closes.
Two trOupes Of dancing girls exhibit
| their siren like charms to The passers-
| by: but it is said that both the FREQ
exhibitions outside. and the perform
ances within the tents have had certain
of their features eliminated since laSt
year.
Then there is the real mermaid, tn"
sea serpent 'EattIPsnakc Joe an
his wierd and interesting collection of
ones feelings. The visitor may ride on
the mcrry-go-rOund, take a trip into
the air on the Ferris wheel. throw
bascballs at pins, puppets or Il human
head. BACKED to represent the tradl
tional African, and wind up by having
| his or her pictures taken in tn"
tw inklinG of an eye by on" of several
artists" But beware the wilcs of TIL"
man who bcGs you to peep into an al
legged moving picture machine, unless
you intend to buy one and play tn"
trick on somebody else. It's loaded.
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are not idle Is shown by the fine dis
play of needle work which is shown.
Coming down through the list to
things good to eat. there is. in a cor
ner booth. n Grange dinner" all
ready 10 be eaten, with nothing lacking
frori biscuits to pumpkin pie.
l.. G. Glazier, a member of Norland
Orange, has fine collection of anna
utter Photographic work. Among the
"curios' is Rebel shirt, picked up on
the field Of Gettysburg. A Scripture
quilt" made by Mrs. E. N. Folsome, is
| an object lesson of piety and patient
labor
In the opposite wing on the same
floor is the exhibit of Auburn Grange
No. 4, of Auburn. Here are to be seen
excellent specimens of the products of
the farm, and to name them would be
to catalogue about everything which
will grow in this climate.
Like their sisters of Norland Grange.
the ladies of Auburn Grange are good
cooks, and they have some excellent
bread, cake, pics. etc, on exhibition to
prove the assertion. The stock of pre-
serves looked particularly fine.
The art exhibit is an excellent one.
Particularly noticeable are the water
colors of Carleton Furbush of Auburn.
the pencil sketches of John Goss of
Marblehead, Mass, and the sketches
without lessons by Olena G. Bailey of
Auburn. The needle work fills several
cases and shows wonderful skill.
The State exhibit on the secoud floor
occuries a central position and COM
priscS a large case containing Speci-
mems OF the various destructive insects
that are found in the State, showing
the various stages in the life history of
the insects.
One Of the really remarkable exhibits
is picture of two cows heads. done on
sewing machine by G. L. Jordan of
Lewiston.