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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03

President Mckinley talked with his
official callers before the cabinet meet
ing, today, about the prospects OF pAac d
in the Philippines. 1t is believed that
some advices from Gen. otis have
been received. charging upon the pro-
positions which We're submitted by the
Filipino delegation which have not yet
been made public and which give the
officials additional information con
corning the situation. The Presiden;
expressed the opinion that the end was
in sight and said he believed that the
Filipinos would not much longer hold
out. He regarded the conditions as
most hopeful. The fact that negotia-
tions for peace are in progress hal
stopped all talk Of calling out the b.
600 additional volunteers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03

relieved the pain given her better color and She feels
and has improved am grateful to
you for the benefit she has received. 1t great medicine
for young girls"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03
CLOVER-s6.&.

ON the Produce Exchange:
~ 1T ER-Quiet and easy; creameries.
l2dl5; diaries. 1lNlf
EGGS-Steady: fresh. 11Is
CHEESE-Weak; creameries llIgGl2is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03

The President has appointed Col.
Frederick Funston of the 10th Kansas.
a brigadier general of volunteers. This
appointment was recommended by Ma
ior General Macarthur and supple
mentpd very strongly by Gen Otis in
cable dispatch received. yesterday.
Gen. Macarthur said that the services
Of Col. Funston during the campaign
ana especially in the crossing Of the
Rio Grande river. deserves recognition
such as his promotion to be a brigadier
general. also that as a leader of troops
Col. Funston was especially valuable.
The President recognizes the services
Of COL. Funston and his first official act
upon returning to Washington was tn
make him brigadier general.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03

ceived from Admiral Dewey by the
navy department:
Manila. May ,.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
cannot get further information con-
corning Gilmore and party now. As
soon as this information Is obtained |
win telegraph Information reached
me, today, from Guam. dated March 20:
Inhabitants are quiet and contente'l
under the United States flag When
will the Glacier depart? DEWEY.
1t is stated at the navy department
that the Glacier will sail from New
York. May 10, for Manila.
Acting on cable instructions from the
| Governor Of the Bank Of Spain at Ma
drid the French ambassador. NJ Cam
| bon. has completed arrangements for
! transferring to Spain the $50. 900, 900 re-
ceived from the United States. The
| first treasury warrant of $4,000. 900 will
be delivered to the National City Banl;
! of New York. on the 4th inst. and
| the next two warrants, for 10000 900
on the 10th inst.
The first secretary of the French EN-
| bassy will leave Washington, tomor
row, with the first $1,000 900 warrant.
| NJ Roeufve of the embassy staff. will
| take the next two warrants for so, 600
900. leaving here next week in time tn
deliver them on the 10th. The Spanish
authorities have made arrangements
for receiving the last warrant for
ST. 900 600.
President Stillman of the City Bank.
said at New York. Tuesday. that the
bank had been accommodating for some
time past sufficient exchange to cover
this large transaction and that about
three-quarters of this sum had beer
for several days at the disposal in
I Europe of the Spanish government. He
added that in the carrying out Of this
international business there had not
been nor would there be any disturb
ance of the money market
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03
AT WASHNGTON.
AT BALTIMORE.

The game was an interesting contest
until the ninth, when the Orioles Went 70
preces ana made a bunch Of four errors
allowing the Champions To score four
rms without hit. Miller pitched good
game. but Nichols showed 70 better ad-
vantage. Attendance, $40.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03

Cleveland and Louisville again broke
even. The first game was close and eX-
citing The home team batted out VIC
tory in the second game. the errors ~
the visitors contributing somewhat |" the
result Attendance 500
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-03

The following cablcgram has been re-
ceived from Admiral Dewey by the
navy department.:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
Blessing In the South.

The South is supremely blest in
nearly every element that leads to 4
successful and profitable agriculture.
1t can grow successfully almost every
crop that is produced in the civilized
world. The fecundity of the soil
invites, encourages and reward the
careful toll of the husbandman, and
he reaps a larger reward in pro-
portion to his labor than he could do
in any other country known to
civilization. 1t is not to be doubted
that the tendency of Southern agri-
culture at present is towards 4
partial or total abandonment of old
methods and the substitution there
for of system that will bring
about a radical revolution among the
tillers Of the soil by the growing of
products more largely for home con
sumption and giving less attention
to the products for foreign expora
ton. This needed change will fiNt a
lasting character upon its agricul-
ture. This tendency is already we'll
marked in the increased production
of breadstuffS, in the breeding Of
domestic animals of slaughter, in
the growing of vegetables, fruits and
melons for the Northern markets
aud, above all. in the determination of
the wisest planters to relegate cotton
to the rear and to give more atten-
ton to the production of those crops
necessary for the sustenance of man
Il .l L. IL
South Independent of other sources of
supply.-Col. j. b. Killebrew in
Southern Farm Magazine for March.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
A Fact Not Well Known.
wilmington Messenger.) }

The more that is written about
slavery in the past, and in connection
with the great war, the better it is
understood by the present genera
ton. The causes of the war are often
misrepresented and misunderstood
by the way. When the war began
there was slavery in fifteen States.
The slaves were first brought over
by New England. The South got
them through the North mainly, and
then the North fought the South to
free them. One of the stereotyped
lies is that the object the South sought
in secession was to preserve slavery
that it was entirely selfish move
ment without underlying principle
or any other cause. The Sewanee
Reciew, in study of General Stone
wall Jackson, says that ''the aboli-
tionists concocted" the statement just
mentioned ''to cloak their own revolt
against the Constitution" 1t says:
There were S,300,OOO whites in the
fifteen slaveholding States; only
$4,000 were Shareholders, and of
these $4,000 owned only one slave
each" SO you see only some one in
every "a white men had any owner
ship.in a negro. 1t could hardly be
charged with truth that the real cause
of the war on the part Of the South
was to 'preserve slavery" Colonel
Henderson, in his superior biography
Of Jackson, states with precise truth
fulness that secession, in fact, was
protest against mob rule.n The
reviewer adds this and it is we'll
worth copying for it is true and in
forming:
The people were thoroughly i'm
bued with the idea that secession was
right, and the State, as State, was
a separate unit which could be sever
ed from the Union whenever the peo-
pie thought proper to exercise such
right. The idea of national unity
had taken possession of the Northern
people, but it had found no substan-
tial support in the South"
And still the first open secession
lists were the men of New England.
Even the great Webster held in his
famous Capron Springs speech in
Virginia. his last utterance as to the
Union, that the Constitution was a
"compact'' that could be broken.
That was about 1916, we think, many
years after his debate with Colonel
Hayne, of South Carolina, and spoke
so eloquently of the Union being
''now and forever, one and INSOFAR
able" Prior to the war beyond all
fair question secession was Consti-
tutional right. See Bledsoe's great
book, lis jeff Davis Traitor?" DR..
Dabney's work on Virginia, exact
title not remembered, President Davis
work and Alex Stephens volumes.
You can see the powerful argument
on the South's side.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
IT would be very difficult matter

IT would be very difficult matter
to convince the average American
that there is another Spaniard alive
that is comparable, from the stand
point of genuine manhood, to Ad
miral Cerve-a. the defeated hero of
Santiago. And all of our people
sympathize deeply with this brave
but finite old soldier when he said
before the Spanish court of inquiry
that will no doubt condemn him for
not doing the impossible, ''if the loss
Of my squadron was crime, it must
be attributed to the Government
which sent ME to the Antilles against
my will" And when he continued
by telling them that he wept on re-
ceiving congratulations upon his
safe arrival at Santiago because of
the danger which he foresaw, he dis
played feeling different from that
ordinarily attributed to the Spaniard
by the Americans. And Spain may
reward this old man by shooting him
for treason.-Asheville Citizen
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
IN THE UNION.
The Southern Veteran Speaks.

1.-The following Photographic Repro
uction of Mr.. Stanton's Copyrighted Poem
is from the Current Issue of Golfers
Weekly, in which paper the poem is Ac-
companied by Handsome Full page
Illustration ConstuutiOn,l
I've faced the fight with Jackson, I've
marched along with Lee:
l had some words with Sherman as he
gallOped to the sea:
Exchanged brisk compliments with Grant
when victry seemed in view,
Ny old steel bayOnet glittering at many
breast in Blue.
say, I've been with Jackson, and Lee
he knew my name:
And sometimes. when the fight was on. he
called me by the same.
l followed fierce and fearless where Long
street led the way
To fields whose bloody daisies were blent
with Blne and Grey.
But now I'm in the Union. 1 see there
overhead,
The flag our fathers fought for; her rip
pling rills of red
All glorious and victOrious--the splendor
of her stars
And say: The blood of heroes dyed all
her crimson bars"
I'm for that flag forever 'gainst foes on
sea and shore,
Who shame, her? Who defame5 her?
Give me nv gun once more.
Well answer they need us-when the
warfires light the night
There's Lee still left t. lead Us to the
glory of the fight!
See how the old flag ripples. and haunts
her folds in Scorn,
Her stars and bars will be the Joy OF
nations yet unborn:
And though she waves DER new graves,
meath alien sod and dew,
There, in the starry silences. the Grey
sleep with the Blue.
We'ro one in heart forever-we're one
in heart and hand:
The flags challenge to the sea, garland
to the land.
We're united-one great country: Free
dOm'S the watchwOrd still;
There's Lee that's left to lead us-let the
storm break where it will.
FRANK l.. STANTON
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

This remedy is intended especially for
coughs, colds, cronp, whooping cough and
Influenza 1t has become famous for its
cures of these diseases over a large part of
the civilized world. The most fastering
testimonials have been received, giving ac-
counts of its good works; of the aggravating
and persistent coughs it has cured; of severe
colds iha, have yielded promptly to its sooth-
ing effects and of the dangerous attacks of
Group it has cured, often saving the life of
the child The extensive use of it for whoop-
ing cough has shown that it robs that disease
of all dangerous consequences. 1t is espe-
cially prized bv mothers for their children,
as it never fails to effect speedy cure. and
because they have found that there is not
the least danger in giving it, even TO babies,
as it contains nothing injurious. Sold by
the Dorsey Drug Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
Bradfiield's
Female Regulator

brings ont a wOman's true beauty.
Il makes her strong and we'll in those
organs upon which her whole general
health depends. 1t corrects all men,
strual disorders. 1t stops the drains
uf Lcrcurrlu.a. II restores the womb
to its proper place. 1t removes the
causes of hcadache. backache and
nervousness. 1t takes the poor. de-
b,iitatcd. weak, haggard. fading
woman and puts her on her feet
again, making her face beautiful by
making her body well.
Druggists sell it for 81 bottle.
send for our free illustrated book for women.
The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta. Ga.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

As the season of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs,
colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung troubles
are to be guarded against, nothing sis a
fine substitute" will answer the pur-
pose or is Just as good" as One Minute
Cough Cure. That is the one infallihle
remedy for al lung, throat or bronchial
troubles. Insist vigorously upon having
it if something else" is offered you. Phil
Ii. Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

Carlyle we'll argues that times
do not make great men. Alas he
says. we have known times call
loudly enough for their great man,
but not find him when they called
He was not there The times in
which our country struggled to ap-
pear before the world as a nation
may not have made George Washing
ton. But when they called for their
great man he was there. ."-Frank H.
Stockton
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

had less than 5000 inhabitants. and
our entire population has multiplied
from 10000 to 6O,OOO,OOO. Surely
Washington, as the Father Of His
Country is the patriotic progenitor
Of more people than were promised
to Father Abraham. ."--Phiseas T.
Bdrnuni.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

George Washington in his life and
character gave to literature aud jour
nalism the grandest Of stock subjects.
which century Of work-perhaps
overworked-has not begun TO en-
haust. Mrs Frank Leslie.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

Many medical practitioners have
made special studies in certain lines
or classes of disease, yet the general
public do not know it. Why should
specialist refuse to advertise his
speciality Patterson On. j. Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

For frost bites, burns, indolent sores,
eczema, skin disease, and especially Piles,
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve stands first
and best. Lookout for dishonest people
who try to initiate and counterfeit it. It's
their Endorsement of good article
Worthless goods are not initiated. Get
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Phil IL
Thomas
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
In Kansas.

The Wife-Oh, dear! l wish my
husband would enter politics.
The Woman-What for?
The Wife-I wouldn't have any
socks to mend then.-Boston Journal.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

For a quick remedy and one that is per.
fectly safe for children let us recommend
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t is excellent
for Group .I hotrseness, tickling in the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

weakness and
sickness pecu-
liar to the sex.
If the Egypt.
ian custom pre-.
vailed in this
country, many
sufferers would
be glad tc
cover thei1
pre- m a t u r e
|, wrinkles, theil
sunkencheeks.
.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
THAD R. MANNING, Publisher.
VOL. XVIII.
Hidden Beauty

In Egypt the custom is for Princesses /.
to hide their beauty by covering
the lower part of the face with veil.
In America the beauty OF many OF
our women is hidden because of the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

Il know no historic character con-
corning whom the verdict OF hu-
manity is so unanimous as it is con-
corning George Washington. With
the exception of Thomas Carlyle,
cannot recall the name Of any writer
OF consequence who has dissented
from this verdict. AS far as l am
able to judge, Washington's great
ness did not consist in an abnormal
development OF one great faculty at
the expense OF others equally es-
sential, but in an even and equable
development of ali faculties required
for leadership both in peace and in
war. 1t was the admirable poise and
balance of his character, its happy
equilibrium. which gave him his
predominance in his own day and
has secured for him an equally domi-
nant position in the worlds history.
He seems at this distance the ideal
American, possessing in an eminent
degree all the qualities which con-
stitute the strength and greatness of
this great nation. "--Hjainer Hjorth
Boyesen.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
FIGHTING MACHINES
OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE CHAR
ACTER.

The Designs for the BattIeships and
the Cruisers to be of the Finest
Type That Man can Conceive-Lar2e
Powerful and Swift Vessels, They
Sans Navy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

3 0Ok OUT for the first signs of
e.a impure biood-IIood's Sarsaparil!a
Is Your safeguard. It will purify,
enrich and vitalize your BLOOD.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

and fevers is q bottle Of Groves Taste
less chilli Tonic. Never fails 70 cure;
then why experiment with worthless lmi-
tatiOns? Price, SOC. Your money back II
it fails to cure. feb9
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

.'It is permitted in this world,
even to the humblest mortal, to
survey a star in the heavens. 1t is a
favorite symbol with men who are
rhetorically inclined to liken our
elevated characters to something be-
longing to stellar glory. All l can
say, in brief, is that George Wash
ington was a star of the first magni-
tude, with an orbit which is not
circumscribed according to human
intelligence. Whether as soldier or
civilian, he is 'pinnacled dim in the
intense inane' and has no companion
in glory."-Hon. Sunset Cor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

complexion, from the eyes Of the
world with the veil of the Orient.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
THE BOY, THE SOLDIER, THE
STATESMAN.
of the ssFather Of His COun.
try" That May Prove Helpful Read
Ing to Our Youth-A Striking SYM
postum of Opinions by Eminent Peo-
pie, Living and Dead-Oems Worthy
Place In Your Scrap.Book.
(Felicity (OhiO) Times,

(rcAtClty \OHtO) 1lmeS.b
Like the immortal Lincoln, enough
has already been said and written by
the great and small of this fair land
about the immortal Washington to
fill many huge volumes, and of both
there remains untold uolumes yet to-
be written. Of these two truly great
Americans, these highest types of the
pure Anglo-Saxon blood patriotic
America never tires of hearing nor
wearies in speaking. The fame of
Washington aside from the greatness
of character which bestows such lustre
on his memory, bespeaks the great
soldier, the wise executive, the man
who have not been students of history
have Justly measured his rank as a
statesman. We are so easily allured
to identify genius in public affairs with
those gifts of tongue or pen which
make it shine as to be 10th to sepa-
rate them. OF all the worlds great
est men he was the most modest.
But the conviction has enforced
itself more and more that of all the
makers of the American constitution
no one contributed more ably to its
results than Washington, the states
man, who thus supplemented the
work of Washington, the soldier.
But OF the greatness and nobleness Of
this soldier-statesman, of whom we
all love to speak as 1.-The Father of
His Country" we have gathered
tributes and estimates from some Of
the worlds most renowned char
acters, living and dead, which speak
in higher praise than lies within
our power to portray. In this con-
nection we present to lovers of Wash
ington the tributes which will fitting
ly adorn and scrap book.
II am one OF those who believe
that the character Of Washington
grows greater in proportion to the
attention we bestOw on the study Of
his life and service, and think, with
Lord Brougham. that the veneration'
in which his name is held will he the
test Of the progress the human race
has made 1t is perhaps natural in
this connection that l should call at
tion to the language Of James Russell
Lowell, in which he says:
"Virginia gave us this imperial man,
This unblemiShed gentleman.
What can we give her back but
Love and praise?"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

"Others will speak of George Wash
ington from military and historical
point of view II / add word, it
must be to express my reverence for
the great mans personal character,
which l hold to be one OF the purest,
simplest and strongest in the annals
of the world. While l do not be-
grudge America the inheritance of
his fame, / cannot allow America a
monopoly of his renown. George
Washington belongs to patriotism, to
civilization and to heroism all the
world over. He was a child of the
larger history, not mere unit in the
development of single nation. l
can never forget the summer day
when 1 went over his quarters on the
banks Of the Hudson and touched, as
it were, the very spirit and genius OF
the man. Amy honor done to Wash
ington is done to the destiny that
shapes our ends. .'-Rer. DR.. Joseph
Parker Of London.
The true greatness of George
Washington is best exemplitied in the
greatness of this country, which, as
compared with all other nations, is
the greatest show on earth. We
celebrate Washington's birthday, but
in the centennial of his Inauguration
We celebrate the real birthday Of the
nation. Old sayings now take on
new meanings. Hereafter the first
in war, first in peace and first in the
hearts of his countrymen' will be
more particularly impressed upon US
as first President of the United States.
This means much more than the
mere fact that he was the great
general who successfully carried the
country through the Revolutionary
struggle. Another trite saying now
has new significance. We Justly call
Washington the Father of His
Country When he took the oath
of Office as President, New York city
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

"Who truly is a great man? He is
one who not only has great ideas,
but he impresses those ideas upon
his age, changing the order Of events
and introducing new epoch. When
everything in the education and en-
vironment of Washington tended to
shape his views as a supporter OF the
ancient principle OF hereditary
monarchy and aristocratic institu-
tions, he threw himself with his
whole force, and apparently without
personal ambition, into the scale OF
Republican Government. 50 that it
became the winning side. not only
then, but now. And the truth Of his
moral discernment is seen in the
almost infallible sagaeity OF his po-
litical wisdom. ."-Pref. Hoppin Of
Yale College.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
-Fitz Hugh Lee Of Virginia.

"In thinking about Washington l
have always been surprised by the
almost unequaled balance that he
was enabled to preserve between the
centrifugal force of greatness and the
centripetal force of goodness. The
first, alone would have made him a
brilliant meteor; the last, alone,
would have held him in some quiet
station of life; the two combined
made him historv's most steady
shining star. r."-Frances E. Willard.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16

"To give an opinion about Wash
ington seems to me about like giving
all opinion on truth or honor or
patriotism. Robert SOuthey's three
great lines touch better than a later
poem those early, eager days:
"Where Washington hath left
His awful memory
A light for after time"
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward