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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
New York Money Market.

New YORK, Sept. 2.
Prime mercantile paper 4iGa per cent.
Sterling exchange firmer at 4S5. 10fI4S5. u
for 60-day bills and at 4S6 55M4S6 60 for de-
mand.
Commercial bills 4S4s14S4S
Par silver 51a.
Mexican dollars A.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds firm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
Philadelphia and Cincinnati A.
so Make Even Break.
Brooklyn Downs the Cubs 3 to l'''
St. Louis 5; New York 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

National League Games Today.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
ST. Louis at New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
new ENGLAND.
Three Teams Win Both
Of Their Doub|e-headerS.
HaVerhI||, LOWELL and Worcester
Have That Distinction.
Brockton Also Shuts Out Law
renee, Seven to Nothing.
NEW ENG. LEAGUE STANDING.

New England Games Today.
Rrockton at Worcester.
New Bedford at Lynn.
Fall River at HaVerhill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
AT CLEVELAND.

Cleveland ......O 0 o 1 0 0 0 o. 81
New York 80 2 0 0 0 0-6-lO-?
Batteries-Berger, Sitton and Bemis;
Hughes and Sweeney. Time, 152. UNI
pires. KERN and Connolly.
Second game:
Cleveland .......0 0 0 0 l 0 1-2-9-1
New York ...1 0 o 0 0 0-1-5-l
Batteries-Upp and Easterly; WARRIOR
and Kleinow. Time. 1.29, Umpires, KERN
and Connolly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
AT CHICAGO.

Chicago .3 0 / 0 0 x-6- 80
st. Louis ..3 0 0 0 o 0 0 0-3-11-1
Batteries-Smith and Owens; Bailey,
Graham and Criger. Time, 1.55. Umpire.
O'Loughlin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
SIMON KENYON WINS THE
AMERICAN PACING DERBY

Continued from Page One.)
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Harvesting Pea Crops.

When peas are harvested by swine
they are not usually turned on to the
crop until the peas are ripe, but some
times they are put in a little sooner
This can only be done where rain sell
dom falls after the peas are ripe; 9TH
erwise the rain would sprout the peas
and would therefore lessen their value
for feeding. This is a very easy way
of harvesting peas, but 1t means the
loss Of the vines for feeding uses.
When peas are harvested by sheep
and lambs this also can only be done
where rain seldom falls after the peas
are ripe and until they are consumed.
The sheep consume much Of the straw
as well as the grain. A field thus har-
vested looks much like a bare fallow.
so fully is the crop consumed. The
peas that may shatter can be gathered
up later by swine On the plateaus of
the Rocky mountains sheep are fire.
quently thus fattened.-O Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
akickIessu Mule.

Former Adjutant General Henry r..
Lawrence Of Cadiz. Ky, has discover
ed what he thinks is the Oldest mule
In the world. This particular mule is
resident of Rutherford county,
Tenn. The mule is owned by Mike
Hayes and is known to be thirty-nine
years old and may be older, says a
Frankfort (Ky.) dispatch. She has
been in the possession Of Hayes for
thirty-six years and has helped raise
his entire family The most peculiar
feature Of this MAUD" is that she
has never been known to kick. Hayes
worked her until a few years ago, but
since then she has been living on her
accomplishments of the past.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
MUSICAL LAWN MOWER.
Jerseynan lnvents Machine to End
Ennui Of Summer Boarders.

Jerseyman lnvents Machine to End
Ennui Of Summer Boarders.
Lemuel Starkweather, who conducts
summer boarding house in North
Caldwell, N. j., has solved the prob
lem of keeping his lawn trimmed and
entertaining the summer sojourners
by perfecting combination lawn
mower and music box.
The story of the invention came out
when the owner took the machine to
a blacksmith shop to have it sharp
ened for the third time in two weeks.
Up to a few weeks ago the Stark
weather lawn was unkempt, and the.
boarders suffered from ennui in the
quiet evenings, as the only music the
house afforded was from parlor or
gan.
Mr.. Starkweather. who is ingenious,
adapted the mechanism of a music
box to the lawn mower, and the men
boarders as well as two women Wis.,
itors became eager to take turns at
running the continuance up and down
the lawn in the cool of the evening.
The neighbors soon learned of the
harmonious lawn mower and wanted
to borrow it, The demand became so
great that Mr.. Starkweather says he
now charges fee for its use. With
the money thus derived he expects to
purchase several new records that
will bring the machine up to date in
q musical way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

quaintance with the far western world,
its customs politics, languages and
business methods. He is a famous
traveller and very well known in dip
lomatic circles all over the world. He
began his travels when a youth and
made tour of Java, China ana India,
going by sailing ship via the Cape of
Good Hope.
He followed up his instincts for
going in from the east and again from
the west, and he has made special
study of Maachuria.
Mr. Crane knows Russia very we'll,
having made seventeen trips to that
country, and speaks Russian with flu
ency. He was with the first Russian
expedition which went into Samar-
kand and Bokhara. He is very well
known in Europe and classes as his
friends many famous statesmen and
diplomats, among them being M. Del
casse of France and Lord Miner.
An instance of his ability to find
himself wherever placed was related
by friend who accompanied large
party Of which Mr.. Crane was the
head to Mexico Mr.. Crane was UNI
known there, but had two letters of
introduction, one to an official and
| the other to a journalist. The first
day he was there he breakfasted with
the Japanese minister, lunched with
the German minister and dined with
the British minister. The next day he
breakfasted with the chief of police
and entertained in turn and was en-
tertained by nearly all the public Off
Gals in the City Of Mexico.
Mr.. Crane is spoken of as one of
| the two or three leading citizens of
Chicago. He was president and chief
financial hacker Of the Municipal Vot-
ers' league Of that city and was presi-
dent of the City club. He is vice
president of the Crane company. man.
ufacturers of tubing, pipes and plumb
ers' supplies.
Mr.. Crane was Cleveland Demo
crat and is described as ."Taft Re-
publican" Mr.. Crane has three chill
dren, one, son, having just grad
uated from Harvard. His uncle is
the famous Professor Frederick Wells
| Williams, teacher of oriental lam
guages at Yale, who wrote in col
laboration with his father 1.-THE Mid
die Kingdom" and is himself the au-
/ thor Of ''China and Japan In the His
tory of All Nations"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
A. FIGHTING LOBSTER.
Difficulties In Planting Him on the
Canadian Pacific Coast.

Difficulties In Planting Him on the
Canadian Pacific Coast.
According to Consul General David
f. WiIbep of Halifax, the Canadian gov.
eminent is having lot of trouble ir
trying to propagate the Nova Scotia
lobster on the Pacific coast The trou-
BILE is due to the pugnacious nature of
the lobster, who, lobster though he is,
insists on fighting at the drop of the
hat, so to speak.
1t is an interesting story Consul Gen
eral WILDER tells, and it bears no ear
marks of a nature fake He says a
consignment of 1000 live Holsters left
Halifax for Vancouver the first week
In May. They were shipped by the
marine and fisheries department for
the purpose of propagating the lobster
on the Pacific coast. Mr.. WILDER says
an attempt was made last year to ship
Holsters west "but owing to their pug
nacious tendencies they arrived at
their destination in a mangled condi
ton"
1t appears later attempt was made,
p1QSc DVA4I5 HhaSNtA OCt0SCA LAC LA w .
to prevent disastrous fighting. The
plugs were not removed when the lob
sters were planted in the Pacific wa
ters, and consequently the second at.
tempt also proved failure.
In making the third and last ship
ment every precaution has been taken
by the authorities. The several dozen
crates were placed in special baggage
car in charge of two men. Zach crate
is filed with several compartments,
each Of which win accommodate one
large lobster. Salt water, Ice and sea-
weed were placed in the crates, the
top Of each crate being fitted with an
ice pack and a percolating salt water
tank. Where two small Holsters were
packed into one berth they were so
placed that they could not bite each
other.
The lobster industry has never -four
ished on the Pacific as in the Halifax
region, and strong effort is being
made to put it on firm foundation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Farm Wisdom.

Filthy stables make bad air, and bad
air often makes sick stock.
Practically 100000 acres of alfalfa
are grown in Kansas yearly.
Cowpeas or rape in the corn at the
last blowing is worth trying.
Whitewash may be put on with a
spray pump if it is free from Jumps.
Breeding stock is the first requisite
in any successful line of stock raising.
Low yields invariably follow inju-
dicious cropping and improper culti-
walton.
The man who goes into the sheep
business gradually has a reasonable
assurance of success.
The alfalfa experience that you read
is good. That which you actually
work out is far better.
There will always be demand for
wool, and that's one reason why sheep
will always be profitable Kimball's
Dairy Farmer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Judging Dairy Cattle.

The appointment of men who breed
one kind Of cattle to judge at the fairs
another kind is not healthy practice.
The breeds all differ in certain pecul-
iarities. Suppose a breeder Of Ayr
shires is appointed to Judge Jerseys.
Such judge will be almost sure to
discount Jerseys with the back much
swayed, as the Ayrshires have straight
backs. On the other hand, suppose a
breeder OF Jerseys is asked to judge
Ayrshires. He is not inclined to dis
count the swayback in the Ayrshire
as the true breeder of Ayrshires would
discount the same. 1t is different
with the men who teach at the agricul-
tural colleges. 1t is their duty to study
all the pedigreed breeds.-Professor
Thomas Shaw
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
Real Antique.

The collector of antiques stopped
off at Bacon Ridge.
Good day. SIR" he said, addressing
the postmaster. II am collecting old
fashioned articles and would like to
know if / could find anything like
that in this hamlet-say antique mugs,
for instance"
Uncle Jason stroked his chin whis-
kers.
Antique mugs? BY heck, / know
the very place where thar be two of
them now"
"You do? Here's good cigar. Now,
where can find these antique mugs?"
why, down on Main street, in Hi
ram Spruceby's barber shop. Gran
dad Wheatly and Pap Simmons are
in there getting shaved, and, by heck,
when it comes to antique mugs 1
reckon thars be the oldest in the coun-
ty, Stranger Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
NEW MINISTER TO CHINA.
Charles r. Crane Man of Great Bust
ness Experience and a Traveller.

Charles r. Crane Man of Great Bust
ness Experience and Traveller.
The selection of Charles r. Crane
of Chicago as minister to China,
which was recently announced by
President Taft. is the result of a
search extending over five months.
When Mr.. Cranes qualifications were
known, together with the fact that
he would accept, the consideration of
all others was dropped, and even the
president sunk personal considera-
lions. Four members Of the cabinet
know Mr.. Crane personally, and all
vouched for him. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Crane is prepared to go to
China with very little delay.
Happily Mr.. Crane embodies all the
qualifications which President Taft
conceived necessary for his minister
to China, in view Of the new policy
adopted with reference to that coun-
try. He is a man Of liberal educa-
ton, Of great business ability, OF high
patriotic inclinations and personal ac-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
She Endorsed It.

II want to get this check cashed,
said the fair young matron. appearing
at the window Of the paying teller.
Eyes, madam. You must indorse 1t,
though" explained the teller.
''Why, my husband sent it to me.
He is away on business" she said.
Eyes, madam. Just indorse it--sign
1t on the back so we win know and
your husband will know we paid it to
you.'
She went to the desk against the
wall and in few moments presented
the check triumphantly, having writ
ten on its back:
'Your loving wife, Edith. "-W Wilbur
D. Nesbit in Chicago Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
mo- Kesp EIies From Horses.

Take two or three small handfuls of
green walnut leaves, upon which pour
two or three quarts of soft, cold wa
ter. Let it stand one night and pour
the whole next morning into a kettle
and let it boil for fifteen minutes.
When cold it will be fit for use. No
more is required than to wet sponge.
and before horse goes out of the
stable let those parts which are most
irritated be smeared over with the
liquid. Cultivator
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

A bill of sale case before the court
was being argued at quite unnecessary
length by garrulous counsel. After
an hour the X G. remarked to the
Judge. 81 will now proceed, my lord,
to address myself to the furniture"
you have been doing that for some
time" dryly replied the judge as he
stifled a yawn.--London News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
In Real Life.

Daysey Wayne Appleton was read
ing newspaper last night when sud-
denly she gave scream and fell to
the floor in a dead faint. Now, ac-
cording to the books and tradition,
Daysey Mayme tainted because she
read the announcement of an old
sweetheart's marriage or death, and it
will turn out afterward, according to
the books and tradition, that he was
a cousin of her old sweetheart by the
same name. But real life is so I'M
like the books and tradition. Upon
being revived Daysey Wayne related
that she saw hosiery advertised for
81 cents that she had paid 80 cents
for the day Decentralization Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
and will prolong their usefulness
Farm Journal.
PortabIa shsen EoId.

The best protection of sheep against
dogs is a woven wire fence about seven
feet high that can be readily set up
into a pen where the sheep should be
Enclosed at night and can be easily
moved from one spot to another before
the ground gets foul 1t may be set in
the poorest part Of the field, which the
sheep will abundantly fertilize, but it
is important that the sheep should be
shut into it as late as possible in the
evening and be let out very early next
morning, as they like to feed late and
early.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Use Of Manure.

The Maryland experimental station
shows by repeated tests that fresh
manure spread in winter did not give
as much increase as the same amount
rotted and plowed down in the spring
Turning the manure while rotting was
better than leaving it without being
turned. Commercial fertilizers plow-
ed under in the spring invariably gave
larger yields than when sowed ON the
surface just before planting.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
PLACING Him.

"And what, may / ask. Is your busi
nessY'
II am a writer Of popular songs
Indeed! That must be very In.
teresting occupation. DO you belong
to the love me all the time. In rain
or shine" or to the then unto me did
say school Of popular song writer's r
Chicago Record Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

No portion Of Manhattan Island has
such a weekly change in population
as that section south of Wall street.
During the business hours Of six days
in the week an observer can count H.
600 persons In walk Of an hour
through its lanes, and on recent
Sunday only forty-seven persons could
be seen there in that time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Strenuous Ely Time.

First Fly-This is perfectly killing!
Second Fly = don't see any fun
lodging from pillar to post, with a
reward for our capture hanging over
our heads.
First Fly-But If we escape wen be
freaks in dime museum next year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
When She Really Died.

The office boy, red eyed from weep
ing, stands outside the door of the
managers Office.
eff tell him the truth" he signs,
"he will scowl at me and ask me who
is playing today, and can't go to her
funeral"
At last he goes into the Office and
asks:
"Please, Mr.. Hirenf, can get off
to go to the ball game this afternoon"
Chicago Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Horse Notes.

Lack of exercise or overwork or
aching muscles win cause horse to
paw in the stable.
If horse is not used regularly turn
him loose in the paddock for part Of
each day.
Give the tired and Woodworking
horse a roomy box stall and good
deep bed OF dry straw to rest in.
During the hot months small lot
near the stables with a good. smooth,
firm sod where the work horses can
be turned loose for the night after the
evening meal and grooming 10 ideal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Old and Young.

Poliy's in the parlor,
Dainty. fresh and fair.
With the sun excluded
It's delightful there.
Molly's In the hammock
In a shady nook,
Quiet. cool. bewitching,
With a lovely book.
Doily's In the auto.
Whizzsng up and down.
An inspiring picture
In the duh old town.
Mothers in the kitchen,
Doing all the work.
Some one has to do Il.
Mother doesn't ahirk.
-Homerville Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Pea and Dat Fodder.

When peas and oats are grown to-
gether for fodder they are usually cut
with the binder, but may also be cut
with the mower. The crop should be
cut a little underripe, except when it
is to be thrashed. When cut with the
mower it is usually cured in the wind
row or cock after it has become dry
enough to rake.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Well Informed.

'Your youngest daughter appears to
know more about Europe than all the
rest of the family put together"
YES" answered Mr.. Cumrox. 'In-
stead of putting in her time catching
boats and trains she stayed at home
and read the guidebooks. Washing
ton Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

"But don't you think" asked her
maid, that it win be dangerous for
you to wear all your jewels when you
go bathing?"
''Not at all. / don't wear any of
them below my ankles, you know
Chicago Record Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Chance the Sheen Pasture.

It is not good plan to keep sheep
on the same pasture continuously for
more than two or three years, says
Farm Journal. To do this incurs the
danger of stomach worms. 1t is best
to shift the sheep about from one field
to another every few years.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
ENCOURAGED.

"What did papa say, George?"
''He said it was too hot to talk non
sense"
But did he know that you wanted
to marry me?"
I'll think he did"
"And didn't he encourage you to
proceed?"
YES; he held the door open for me. !"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27
Arithmetic For Girls on Farms.

Miss Jessie Field of Page county, H.,
had arranged an arithmetic which, she
says, will meet every requirement of
girls who expect to pass their lives on
farms. She also believes the arith-
metic will commend itself to the ma
jority of young women in cities. It
has no cube root or binomial theorem
In it and has been simplified in other
ways. Miss Field says that observa-
ton has convinced her that the Nfemi-
nine mind is not especially adopted for
tackling the complicated problems or
mathematics, and for that reason she
expects her new work to win popu-
larity all its own.
At st. Day, Cornwall, England, can
be seen daily the strange spectacle Of
water being retailed in the public
streets at halfpenny per pitcher. The
water is brought in barrels drawn by
horses, though if the inhabitants
cared to pay for the cost Of piping it
would save them considerable out
lay.
Armored concrete continues to en-
large the field of its application. The
experimental concrete telegraph poles
erected by one of the great railroads
running between Chicago and the
eastern coast have proved so success
full that the company has decided to
extend their use gradually over it's
western lines.
Something unique in the line Of a
strike or boycott was recently reported
from small town in Burgundy. The
physicians Of the place raised their
rates 80 per cent and mass meet
ing Of all the ailing folk was called
at which It was decided to dispense
with the medical mems services and
trust to luck to get we'll
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-27

A quite unusual test has been made
of glass chimneys from the glass works
ut Baccarat. France. They were de-
signed for safety in coal mines con-
tanning much firedamp, and when ten
of them were suddenly plunged into
water at 80 degrees f. after being
slowly heated to the boiling point of
water not one of them cracked.
BY treaty foreigners have the right
to buy land anywhere in Morocco, pro-
vided the purchase has the sanction of
the local governor. This has been un-
certain and possibly hard to obtain,
but by the treaty efAlgeciras in 1905
foreigners have the right to buy land
within ten miles of every seaport.
Such purchases are not to be taxed by
the sultan.
General the Marquis de Gallifet was
a famous general under Napoleon III.
In the days of the second empire and
at eighty years of age is still interest
ed In current events. a. Sedan, when
he had lost half his men, General Du-
crot asked him If he could charge
Ab"4hs as OAteA dS yOu plSaSt, gen
eral, replied Gallifet, and he collected
those who remained of his men and
charged once more. His gallantry was
witnessed by the king of Prussia, who
spoke his admiration Of the force.
A black tribe, hitherto unknown, has
just been discovered on Mornington
island, in the gulf Of Carpentaria,
Australia. Although thin and emaciat-
ed, they are strong and agile and show
no signs of any disease.
Sir Reginald McKenna says of the
British navy that out of 4,716 officers
only twelve are qualified to be inter
prefers Of German. OF more than 1000
British naval officers not one could
speak Italian at recent visit to Italy
OF the Mediterranean feet.
Tourists in British Columbia must
be careful Of the trophies or memen.
tos they buy or try to buy. A new
game law prohibits the dealing In OF
offering to buy or sell the heads OF
mountain sheep, elk, moose or caribou
or the teeth Of elk or wapiti.