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man was afraid to protest lest they
took him also.
OF course, at the beginning of the
war union men sold stuffs to the con-
federates and took confederate money
for them, not out of disloyalty to the
union, but there was no other way, per-
chance, they were more or less afraid
not to do it. Later on 1t was question
with them or their families of taking Il
voucher or nothing. And having the
voucher, and the stuffs having been
used, where was the disloyalty of sign
ing the voucher to get the money as
long as it was any good at all? Any
man with common horse-sense would
have done it, and his neighbors would
not look on him as 'secesh" for do
ing it. But, Of coure, pension agents
at Washing who perhaps never saw a
''fire zone" are much wiser than that.
If man sold the confederates any
thing he was disloyal no matter how
long he refugeed or how much he other
wise suffered for his union sentiments.
The confederate archives have it, and the
mans neighbors who knew all abont
the circumstances are not in it. 1t is a
very handy way to knock southern
claims out, just as the other is good
way to keep certain union soldiers ont
of pension.
Mr.. Brownlow, instead of making
such blow over private bills, why not
give us some general law in the inter
est of these two southern classes? Very
many would prefer to see few millions
go to these rather than the hundreds of
millions go to the ship builders and the
Philippine war. The taxpayer might
get some of this back in trade, but the
other is gone Galaher with most rea-
sonable prospect of much more going
the same way.
If man proves his loyalty by his
neighbors, confederate archives should
have nothing to do with it. And if O
man was loyal the principle should bC
that what he did for confederates was
impressed. He may have had too mucl
sense to wait till he was knocked down
or earted off to prison, before being
impressed" " but he was impressed al
the same. And the government at this
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part that he was awarded a prize for
his skill in handling the "tiddle and
the bow" The Dallas News in COM
menting on this old-time music on
Monday said
The old-time fiddlers entertained the
people that came to hear them yester-
day, with a selection of the tunes that
were i'll favor all the way from 30 to 60
years ago. These white-haired men
who have fought the battles of exis-
tence long years ago, have brought
down to the present the melodies that
stirred the youthful hearts of thousands
that have "drunk their cups round or
two before and sunk silently to rest"
This music Of other days may not be
appreciated by those of the rising gem
GRAFTON, but it has by no means lost its
charm for those who were in their
prime a quarter of century ago. 1t
was the music that their grandfathers
used to play on the front porch after
supper when the sun had sunk behind
the western hills, leaving behind a
prismatic glow in which were all the
delicate tints of rainbow. To it's
strains as boys and girls they had
danced old-fashioned dances with their
sweethearts until morning blushed in
the east. And now, when in their twi-
light of life, they heard it once more,
the foodgates of memory were opened
and tide of dear recollections came
rushing in.
To their ears never violin sang so
aweetly or walled so plaintively as did
the hddles of the players before them
on the stage. "Dixie" thrilled as of
yore. "The Arkansas Traveller" set
their feet in motion. There were
smiles and expressions of approval for
"Money Musk" "Natchez Under the
Hill" "The Big-Footed Mule" and
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia " "Gil-
roy"and "Waggoner" were again favor
ties, "The DEVILS Dream" was rem
dered and it was bad the dream, not
the rendition, which was faultless
Echoes Of plantation life were heard
when an aged darky caressed the string,
with his bow. The melody of Bona
parties Retreat" was drawn forth il
quivering cadence by Mr.. Taylor, Tia,
old blind fiddler.
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WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS.

A woman's no often means yes.
Some people were born on the bias.
1t is hard to look pleasant in too
tight shoes.
The school of experience never has
any graduates.
1t would take a microscope to find
some peoples brains.
Tops and jumping ropes have ap-
peared i'll the squares.
The modern servant is apt to be a
flighty kind of maid.
Some employers ideas of giving n
man lift is to buncoe him.
Strange, isn't it, the more you mash
window the less pains it has?
The only nail some women can hit on
the head is their thumbnail.
You can learn a great deal about n
mans character from the way he treats
women and children.
A writer declares that there is enough
material in every life to make one good
novel.
Walls have ears, but it is only when
they have tongues, too, that they be-
come mischievous.
Women would be happier if they
lived more in the healthy present and
less in an unhealthy past.
1t is no use setting an alarm clock to
wake you up in the morning. If you
turn over and go to sleep again.
It's strange that people who are al
ways talking about themselves never
seem to exhaust the subject.
There are always a lot of people who
think that they could spend a rich
mans money so much better than he
does himself.
A well-known French woman writer
says that marriage is lottery, in which
men stake their liberty and women
their happiness.
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Those who have read the "Tiverton
Tales" Of Miss Alice Brown will not
need to be urged to secure the May
New Lippincott, in which appears her
first novel, "April Shower" complete.
All the rustic beauty and humor which
made up the "Tiverton Tales" are here
lavished on a novel whose plot is fresh
and new, and whose characters are
racy of New England life. The tale
turns on the theft of baby by its own
reprobate father, the runaway mother
having died. There is counterplot of
love, deceit and manly constancy. For
the price of single magazine one may
thus obtain book more powerful and
no less charming than the authors
earlier success.
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Carter, Mrs. Agee and Mrs. Dabney,
all of whom were "mild form" patients
in the asylum.
According to the statement made by
Mrs. Agee today, she imagined that
Miss Carter was throwing a bucket at
her, or did throw the bucket, and in re-
taliation, she struck Miss Carter on the
head with bed slat. The blow was
instantly fatal, as Miss Carter was
dead before the attendant reached her.
Miss Carter was the daughter of Rev.
W. b. Carter, a prominent minister of
ElizabethtoD, Tenn. She was niece
Of Gen. Carter, Of the federal army,
who was one of the leaders of the East
Tennessee bridge burners in the six
ties Rev Mr.. Carter was once q Ten
nessee congressman, and his family is
one of the most prominent in upper
East Tennessee. Miss Carter was
about thirty-eight years of age. She
had been in the asylum about eight
years, and was not considered a dan
gerous patient. Indeed had either she
or Mrs. Agee been considered danger
ous, they would have been in rooms to
themselves. DR.. Campbell explained
that the reason the three women were
sleeping in the same room was because
that system is adopted in all well regu-
lated hospitals for the insane, except
in instances where the patients are
"Yiolent" Miss Carter was released
from the asylum several years ago, as
having been cured, but she had an at
tack of the grip, which again impaired
her mental condition, and she was,
necessarily, brought back.
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Lead and Zinc,

Lead and zinc ores recently discov-
cred on the farm of James A. Tllar,
near Bristol, Tenn, haye shown most
wonderful results in assay. The ores
possesses from 40 to S6 per cent. lead
and zinc, and the veins are from 40 to
80 feet in width. 1t is estimated that
the ore is worth over $50 per ton above
cost of mining. The property has been
purchased by syndicate of Detroit
capitalists, which will at once begin
plars for developing it.
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Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
May is bright and dainty springtide
number, full of timeliness and variety.
"a Klondiker's Dairy" from Seattle
to Dawson City, pictures step by step
the bard road travelled by the gold
seeker in Alaska. Joaquin Miller
writes upon the thoughtful and poetic
side of life in the Klondike. Ramona
Reyes Lala writes about the fierce
Moros, natives Of our newly acquired
territory Of Sulu, in the Philippine Is
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TWO hundred bushels
of Potatoes remove

II OF POTATOES remove
eighty pounds of "actual" Pot
ash from the soil. One thou
sand pounds of a fertilizer con-
tanning 80 actual" " Potash
will supply just the amount
needed. If there is a de-
iiciency Of Potash, there will be
a falling-off in the crop.
We have some valuable
books telling about compost,
ton, use and value of fertilizers
for various crops, They are
sent free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
% Nassau ST., New York.
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Murder at LyOni g View.

Knoxville, Tenn, April 27.-Miss
Mary b. Carter lies dead at the Lyons
View insane asylum, the result of a
heavy blow upon the head, inflicted by
Martha Agee, an insane woman. The
tragedy was enacted last night about
midnight, in a room occupied by Miss
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The May issue of Great Pictures is
especially artistic. The cover design
entitled "Night, by j. Ross Bryson, is
one of the most beautiful of that ar
tlsts creations. Chapter XII of "Stud-
les of the Human Form" by DR.. r.
W. Shufeldt, is ably written, the author
treating on the child form. The article
is beautifully illustrated with babies of
various poses, Mr.. Walton Perkins
article on "Piano Playing and Teach
ing in America" continues to hold the
reader. The reproductions of famous
paintings command the admiration OF
every true lover of art. Sample copy
15c. The White City Art Co, ,815 Dear
born St, Chicago.
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Culton Refused Bail

Frankfort, Ky, May Judge Can
trill Saturday denied bail to William Il.
Culton, who is charged with being an
accessory before the fact to the murder
of Gov William Goebel. He must re-
main in Jail here until in September,
the next term of the Franklin circuit
court.
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Old Fiddlers' Convention.

The following clipping appeared in a
recent issue of a Weatherford, Texas,
paper and was sent us by our ldtowns-
man, b, w, Akard. Many of our read
ers know the FL Taylor spoken OF, ,as he
was former resident of this county,
and lost a leg on the +. Il. V. & G. II.
r. when it was being constructed
through this county, being the first
man injured on the road.
Mr., Akard says in his letter that
"the Ell Taylor mentioned was reared
two miles wes' of Jonesboro where the
county road crosses the e. r. V. & G.
Il. r. All the old people of Jonesboro
and Johnson City will remember 'one-
legged l2l Taylor He was No. %, in
the contest, and played 'Bonaparte's
Retreat, the old style, and walked up
the nativos-3j years since he was the
chief of iiddlers in that latitude. He is
now away down on the shady side of
life, and pretty feeble, but his soul and
his old fiddle are full of the rich melo-
dies of youthful vigor, and when he
rosins the bow and sweeps the yibra-
ting intestines of the feline, the sweet
strains are soul inspiring in the ex-
treme. Sam Ponder, Abe Hoss, Bill
Miller, Henry Carr, ct al, all know FL
Taylor well. l am glad that the old
Washington county fiddler waltzed off
with first prize"
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OLD FIDDLERs' CONVENTION.

The sold Fiddlers' Convention,
held in Dallas on the 7th and Sth, was
the occasion for the gathering of large
number of the old-tlme musicians.
Such as knew more about promisory
notes than of musical notes." but
who had music in their souls neverthe-
less. Mr.. Ell Taylor, though blind and
one-legged, was on hand to represent
Weatherford, and so we'll did he do his
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lands, In the same magazine Captain
W. p. Molfet pays aua appreciative trib-
ute to DIR. Jose Rial, the martyred
Filipino poet, novelist and patriot.
"English Royalty and the Fashions"
by Mrs f.. c. Clarke, gives an intimate
and authorized account of what's worn
by Queen Victoria, the princess of
Wales, and other royal ladies.
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\ leading illustrated article in the
May magazine number of The Outlook
is "New York's Underground Rail
way" In this the author, Earl w.
Mayo, with original and unique illus
tration, the story of the rapid transit
enterprise, giving ricturesquely and
intelhgibly an account of the methods
to be used in building the road and the
results it will accomplish.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-13
ANTITRUST CONFERENCE.
Large Gathering at Chicago 10 Protest Against
Great Monopolies.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-Tonight, at tho
close of the first days proceedings Of
the antitrust conference, called bv tho
National Antitrust League. good
progress had been made with the set
speeches, of which dozen or more
We're delivered. The resolution com
mittee was busy, this afternoon and
tonight, while the main body of the del
egates were listening to the speeches
at Central Music hall. A set of reso-
lutions was formulated by the commit
tee covering the following points:
Government ownership Of all rail-
ways and telegraph lines; The abolition
of all special privileges by legislative
enactment; placing on the free list of
all trust goods and direct legislation
by petition from the people. The dis
cussion in committee was CARED out
on these lines. An ans ndmeut was Of
fered for the taxation Of all fran
chises, but was voted down on the
ground that such action would simply
legaliZe special privileges.
The afternoon speakers were Gov.
Andrew Lee Of South Dakota; J. -.
Miller Illinois; Geo Sherman. Michi-
gan; T. Carl Spelling, California; +.
L. Elliot. Kansas; 4. i. Mat heWs. Buf-
falo, n. y. The paper prepared by
Alexander Dclmar. the political ccono-
mist Of New York. was read by Judge
j. l.. Fleming. Mr.. Dclmar Wa4 pre-
vented from attending the conference
owing to illness.
At O'Clock tine conference took Il
recess until 100 T. NJ
II. s. HiGcloW was the first speaker
Of the night session. lie was followed
by Congressman VIM. SulZcr Of New
York, ana Bolton Han NJ New York.
J. L. Sovereign, and VIM. J. Strong Of
Chicago. on RAILROAD Establishing"
The committee on permanent organ
ization will submit Il report. tnmor-
row. recommending Frank L. Muunctt
formerly attorney general Of ohio. for
permanent chairman of the conference
Tho single tax advocates made a a.
termincd effort to capture he organ
ization Eut failed. An amendment was
presented asking FOR legislation rc-
quiring owners Of unWorkcd coal mines
and oil wells to pay a royalty To the
government. The committee adjourned
until tomorrow morning. Tho report Of
the resolutions committee viii be re-
ported to the conference, tomorrow.
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At Nsw YORK.
Senator Dopcw Presidcs end Speakers IN
c,udcs Many Noted Men.

Nrw York. r,h. Senator 'h"un
crv NJ. Dyprw presided over ana d'-
Iivcrcd the principal address mt tn"
1Atb annual Lincoln dinner If thc Re
publfran club h.ld IA p"im"hi'" \, tn
eight. THE dinner was attended w
over 200 members of the club and thor
.-uests. Perhaps the most notable
guest present WAS Lincoln's rcEi. trr NJ
thc treasury. til" Hon. l.. Il. 'hittcn-
irn who is now an octp%on3llan-
Among the other guests q honor We're
Ahnor Mckinley. Gen. Arson q. MIC
cook Gen. Samuel l.. Hurnett. lion
Tohn w. Gricgs. Robert &. cousins, W,
~ Goodrich. David Eumscy James
n Narnl!n. r. q. Lounsbury, Ramona
vittcmorr, 8criah wilkins. George w.
wilson Rev. Maltlie B2bcock, prof.
rdu-in Markham and II. i. M"r"hous".
Tnn toasts ana speakers responding
,,..ra. "I;race." Rev. Malthie u. Bah
cock abraham Lincoln Hon FOB
ort 4 cousins: The Republican Paf-
W. Hon. ]. ". Criggs: Abraham
JincoIn." Prof. Edwin Markham; ana
1pnlitfcal Conscience" Rev Samuel
Schulman. .,.-;,.,
prnf Markham rccitod an original
ode entitled abraham Lincoln, the
Great Comnonar-
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I'.,,,

r. the Honorable Board III Railroad
Commissioners:
-. Respectfully represents the Lewiston
hrHnsWirk ana Bath Street Railway,
ORIGINALITY chartered under thu name oi
the brunswick Electric Railroad Com
ptnN. that il is Il street railroad cor
pprauna organized under the following
sPccl'i legislative act 70 wit, cnaptor
Special Laws of Maine for the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-ninc.
entitled An act t. incorporate the
unsWick Electric Railroad COMPANY. Il
Ihat under its said charter it wa ana
now IS authorized to construct main
tam ana operate street railroad i'm the
roads and ways therein as should be
from time tn time determined by the mu-
niCtpal officers thereof.
That your petitioner is row engaged in
the lawful operation of its street railroad
from Auburn through Lewiston. Lisbon.
Topsham ana Brunswick ana thence III
ana into the city Of Bath. ana that 4
part Of said street railroad SO in oper-
alton i located. built and operated upon
Main street in said brunswick from tho
-AudrpS -Uggin river. thence along said
Main street past the intersection " said
Main street with Pheasant street in said
HrunSWlrk. and thence along said Main
street across the tracks Of the Main
Central Railroad Company ana along the
highWrvs Of said Brunswick. towards. to
ami into the city of Faith.
That thu municipal officers of said
Brunswick on the twentieth day Of De-
cember. a. u. l>9a, granted u Your petit
TONER the following location in said
brunswick, with the following courses.
distances and boundaries, ana that your
petitioner accepted said location ana now
holds the same:
Beginning 1T d spike. driven Oh the
westerly line of Main street ana in the
center of Pleasant street. said spike be
ing numbered zero tU on the plan: thence
south eighty-seven degrees west Is. 81
W) ana by the center line VI Pleasant
street, one thousand one hundred and
fifty feet Gl50 it, to station eleven plus
fifty G1--5D: thence north eiGhty-two de-
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Canadian Pacific Railway Dividends.

Montreal, Feb. 12-At the meeting
"f thc directors Of the Canadian Paci-
flo Railway CO., today the usual half
yearly dividend If > per cent. on the
preferred stock was declared 4 divi-
dent of PAT cont. was also declared
on the ordinary stock, making with
the dividend already paid > pr cent.
f"r the past year The results for tho
gear were: Gross EARNINGS. 5000. oa>.
working eXprns 5. $1G,g99.S12: not earn
ings, S12.23o, lf5; income from other
sources. $1l3o,14S: total net income.
$l@,%No.36i. After the payment Nc au
dividends declared the surplus for tn"
Year carried forward is S9.o02,St1.
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AT PORTLAND.
About 500 at Banquet-Gcv. Powers and
Other No!ables Among Speakers.

Portland, Ne. Feb. 1.-THE anniver-
saly of tho birth of the martyred Pres
dent was observed in this city by a
banquet under tn" auspices Of the
Lincoln club. which took place at the
Falmouth hotel some 800 gentlemen
we're seated at the tables. Carroll w.
Morrill, presided and speeches We're
made by GOV. Powers, Mayor Robin
soA. chief Justice Wiswell. Congress-
man O'Grady Of New York. and Hon
Herbert N. Heath Of Augusta.
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LESLIE WILL SURRENDER.
The Franklin Syndicate Secretary Will Give
Evidence for the Prosecution.

New York. F,b 1e.-Distrct Attorney
Clark of brooklyn. tonight. au; horized
tn statement that Cecil Leslie press
agent for the Franklin Syndicate.
would surrender to the authorities
ana give evidence for the state.
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Daily kennebec 3ournaI.
LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY
Very Generally Observed
throughout United States.
Glowing Words Of Tribute to Mem
Dry of Martyred President.
Teachings Which Grow More and More valu.
able as Years Roll on.

Boston, Feb. 1.-THE principal eel
"brdtinn Of Linculn's birthday here.
| WaS the banquet Of the Middlcsex club
| Al thr Hotel Brunswick. this evening.
! ~ which prominent congressman from
out of the state as wen as many party
| leaders within the commonwealth,
| spoke cloqurntly Of Lincoln rs a man.
a leader President ANA Il martvr.
! toTmer Coy. J. G. a. Bracket thn
! president of the club, introduced the
| speakers T. the 800 or more gentlemen.
and for nearly two hours Lincoln his
acts. his deeds and his virtues was the
| subject of his remarks. Coy. Bracket
| spoke at considerable length in his in
! upductpry remarks, rcciting the his
| tory of the club and its numerous eel
chrations of the birthday of Lincoln.
| Hon. Francis w. Cushman Of Wash
inEton, was first introduced with Il
reference to his home in the far North
west In opening, Congressman Cush-
man GclVcrcd touching tribute to
/ the memory of John Brown and then
| to Lincoln's love of his mother and
continuing to a pcroration on LincoIn's
private life.
Mr.. Cushman in part said:
Your president has done me the
honor to introduce me. tonight,
as the Abraham Lincoln Of the
Northwest" | appreciate the cOur-
t.sy and the kindness which it
implies. The title was conferred On
me, some years ago, by thoughtless
friends who thought that l rcscmbled
! Lincoln.
Thank God it is mt necessary fnr
me To rchearse the history If Lincoln :