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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
Personal Notes.

Henry Leitner, aged 90, who lives neal
Falrchild, N. c.. has Il bale of cotton
Slnned before the rebellion.
Hon. Edward S. Cutter, who has beer
member of the New HAMPSHIRE par ioi
hfty-four years, on Friday celebrated bi'
Soth birthday.
Ex-senator B. F. Jones OF Louisiana
iectured at Taulane University last week
on his recollections Of his term in ths
United States Senate.
Rev. Edward Chester of Dindigul, Ma
dura District India. who has been mis-
slonary of the American board in thai
section since 1885, has Just died
Rev. John Fox, d. D., secretary of tbs
American Bible Society. will preach The
elghty-ninth annual sermon at tle
Princeton Theological Seminary May 4.
Brother Hermann Graute. of New Or
leans, will this week celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary OF his work as a NRedefnp-
torist priest in that city. The golden Ju-
bilee OF the order was celebrated in 1897.
Rudolph Won Kaltenborn, one of the
best-known Germans iii this country
died at Merrill Wis, several days ago
he Was an officer in the HeSsian army
and served for Prussia through the Fran
co-Prussian war
DIR. Solomon Mandelkern, one Of the
foremost Hebrew scholars. died in N1ennH,
last week. He lived for time in New
York. His best work is the 'Concoriaac
of the Bible" in Hebrew and German, the
result of fifteen years labor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
A VALUABLE MEDICINE
For Couqhs and Ccids in Children.

u have not the slightest hes!tancy in
recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to all who are suffering from
coughs or colds,S says Chas. NJ. Cramer,
Esq, a we'll known watch maker. of
Colombo. Ceylon. 1T has been some
two years since the City Dispensary
first called my attention to this valuabl
medicine and I have repeatedly used it
and it has always been beneficial. Il
has cured me quickly of all chest colds.
1t is especially effective for children
and seldom takes more than one bottle
to cure them of hoarseness. l have per-
slladed many to try this valuable medi-
cine, and they are all as well pleased as
myself over the results For sale by
John Coughlin, III Water street; j. G..
Houlehan, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

to say: "Icalled it Rock in the Stomach
because felt all the time as if there was
rock lodged in my stomach, about the size
of an egg. IT was SO apparent that no one
could make me believe different. People
have stone in bladder, and gravel, why
couldn't / have a rock in the stomach?
Well. i felt it for about a year. 1t was
particularly prominent after meals, and
gave me excruciating pain. Nothing would
relieve it. Nothing would remove it. 1t
became constant burden, and so promi-
nent that l could almost feel it with nv
hand. l also suffered as a result in manv
other ways. l would taste my food for
hours after eating, and the gases and iuices
from the stomach were very nauseating.
My appetite fell off until ate very, very
little. My weight ran down until l was
about like a skeleton, and l thought nv
end was not far distant. Physicians one
after the other treated me, and after max
ing no Roadway, would remark that~.here
was no hope l began to despair when
''Blood Winen was recommended to me. [
thought, OF course, that if a regular physi-
clan couldn't help me that nothing else
would. Try it, said one of my friends.
1t will not cost you much, and if it don't
cure you it surely won't hurt you.' This
seemed plausible, so l went and got a
bottle and took it, and it helped me. got
another; it worked like the first. The third.
fourth, and fifth followed, and continued
to improve. l have just finished the sixth.
and my last, for 1 am now thoroughly
cured. My rock has disappeared, also the
pain. nausea, gas, and other symptoms.
Ny regular weight has returned. and I
have no further complaints. am going to
do all | can for "Blood Wine," in return
for what it did for me, and have no hest
fancy in saying that it is undoubtedly tho
best medicine for all forms Of Indigestion.
stomach and bowel trouble, and constipa-
ton, ever sold or prescribed.''
This is just one Of many who speak
highly Of this great medicine. Blood Wine
contains no wine or opiates, but ingredients
that bring about, almost instantaneous ac- !
ton. ." Blood Wine" costs fifty cents a (.
bottle, but you can sample it free Of charge
Bowditch. Webster & Company, drug
store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
The South and Democracy,

The Democratic party would be with
out hope except for the southern states.
There are it's brains and the only ma
iorities upon which it can rely. Obvi-
Ously, therefore, the time has come
when to the south belongs the shaping
of the Democratic national policy; and
logically the candidate nominated by
the Democratic National convention in
1904 should be 4 representative of the
dominant southern Democracy.-New
York Sun.
Logically. perhaps, but when did the
editor Of the Sun. or anybody else. ever
know the Democracy to be governed in
its party councils or in matters of legis-
lation by such a thing as logic? The
party knows that the South except for
a few states along the border. is 50
STEPPED in the bigoted partisanship of
former generation that it will vote
blindly for anybody and anything that
bears theDemocratic strawberry mark.
The South believes in expansion; it
wants sound money, it prOspers under
protection. Yet it has voted solidly for
the party which opposes these things,
and so it will vote in 1904. Why Should
the Democrats of the North concede the
South anything, when it's votes are
guaranteed in advance? There is nc
need here to go into the means by
which that guarantee is fulfilled. OF
the 20 Democrats now in the Senate, "a
are from the South; of the 153 Democrats
now in the House, los are from the
South. The South may have the brains
and the votes of the Democracy. it may
be the whole dog, fleas and all. but il
is nevertheless wagged by the northern
tail %
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A Victory for Boston Sentiment.

Even in our great cities commercial
ism is not always dominant and there
are a few things that money cannot
buy. 1t was notable victory for
sentiment, the best kind of sentiment,
when the pewholders of st. Paurs
church in Boston refused to sell the his
toric old edifice, Tuesday, to those who
wanted the site for the erection of a
skyscraping business block. The offer
was an al!uring one, $500 900 for the
property and bonus of $4,000 to each
of the Al pewholders, yet not a pew
holder was moved by it and the re-
fusal to sell was unanimous. The old
pile of gray stones on one of Boston's
most crowded streets is too rich in as
sociations and memories to be sold and
torn down.
The incident is gratifying and reas-
surfing. Those old landmarks of Bos-
ton, Kings Chapel. Faneuil hall, the old
State House. the Common, the OLD
North and old South churches, and the
burying grounds in the heart of the
busy city, are the heritage of all New
England and must be guarded with
jealous vigilance. ever held sacred, ana
never desecrated or destroyed. TOD
many historical memorials have beer.
swept away. There isa sentiment whic.,
is worth more than money. The pew
holders Of st. Pauls have done q SPLEEN.
did service and set noble example.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
"Ren Bolt" and Its Author.

The death of the venerable DR.. Thomas
revives popular interest in Ben Bolt"
the song which. with the possible ex-
ception of Home. Sweet Home" has
been sung more than any other ever
written in the English language. DR..
English had been a physician, a lawyer.
q journalist. twice a member of Con-
grcss and had done much literary work,
but this one poem of the thousand he
wrote, made him famous and by it
alone will he be remembered. 1t was
written in 1S43 when the author was "a
years of age and was published in the
New York Mirror of which N. p. Willis,
a friend of DR.. English, was editor.
1t was widely copied and quickly OBJ
tanned much popularity, both in this
country and in England. 1t was an in
Simultaneous literary hit, but as a song
it was not used until two years later
when Nelson Kncass, a tenor singer
with travelling dramatic company,
set it to the air of an old German bal
lad. 1t at once became the song of the
day and for years was familia" all
the publishers of the song, but never
brought the author a cent.
In England its popularity was even
greater than in America, and one Eng
fish playwright wrote a drama of the
same name which was produced in 1855.
After a generation the song was little
sung except by those who loved the old
songs, but when Du Maurier in 1894
used ben Bolt" as the keynote of his
remarkable novel, "Trilby. '-referring
to the song, by the way, as good old
English ballad, 1T sprang at once into
such popularity as 10 song had ever
known before, and became the craze
and the rage over all the English
speaking world. There is something in
it's simplicity, its sentiment, the sweet
ness of the air, subtle something that
defies definition, which has gone
straight to the human heart and has
made sweet Alice Ben Bolt and the
reminiscent narrator, returning after
many years. very real personages.
Happy the people who produce and
sing and feel such songs as Ben
Bolt Even as our grandparents sang
it so may our grandchildren and their
grandchildren sing it and love it. And
in the ohurchyard under his slab of
granite may there be peaceful sleep for
the good old man who could never re-
concile himself to the popularity of this
early effort and the obscIrity which
was the fate of his maturer literary
work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
Pointed Parauraphs.

Vanity and impudence are twin sisters.
Even the slowest man. is occasionally
fast asleep.
It's a wise clergyman that knows his
own congregation.
Even rough men can be gentle when
they meet a real woman.
Never call man fool; he may be
foolish enough to resent it.
A man becomes public property when
he takes hold of a public trust. 4
Fortunate is the man upon whose face
nature has written letter of credit. ,
Unskillful dentists are more or less con-
scientious. They spare no pains at their
work.
If you want a man to praise your judg-
ment all you have to do is to agree with
him.
Occasionally man succeeds in start
ling the world. but fortunately he can't
keep it startled very long.-Chicago
News.
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Ben Bolt.

Don't you remember sweet Alice. Ben
Bolt.
Sweet Alice. whose hair was SO brown,
Who wept with delight when you gave
And trembled with fear at your frown I?
In the old churchyard in the valley. Ben
Bolt,
In a corner obscure and alone
They have fitted a slab of granite SO
And Alice lies under the stone.
Under the hickory tree, Ben Bolt,
Which stood at the foot of the hill,
Together we've lain in the MONDAY shade
And listened to Appleton's mill.
The mill wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben
Bolt.
The rafters have tumbled in,
And a quiet which crawls round the walls
as you gaze
Has followed the olden din.
Do you mind the cabin of logs, Ben Bolt,
At the edge of the painless wood.
And the button-ball tree with it's motley
limbs,
Which nigh by the doorstep stood?
The cabin to ruin has gone, Ben Bolt,
The trees you would seek in vain;
And where once the lords of forest wave
Are grass and the golden grain
And don't you remember the school, Ben
Bolt,
With the master so cruel and grim
And the shaded nook in the running
brook
Where the children went to swim?
Grass grows on the masters grave, Ben
Bolt,
The spring on the brook is dry,
And of all the boys who were schOolmates
There are only you and I.
There is change in things 1 loved. Ben
Bolt,
They have changed from the old to the
new,
But feel in the deeps of my spirit the
truth,
There was never change in you.
Twelve months twenty have passed, Ben
Bolt.
Since first we were friendS-yet hail
a truth,
Ben Bolt OF the salt sea gale.
Thomas Dunn English.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Editor Watterson with his visions of
INSTRUMENTATION is not the only object
of amusement and interest in old Ken
lucky at present. The militia are suing
Governor Buckham for pay for their
services in the "Goebel war; there is a
proposition to raise $4,000 for monu-
mcnt TO Goebcl there is a new feud in
the mountains with 200 armed men on
a side: a young girl with her violin is
on the stump with her father in his
campaign for Congress: and last but
not least there is Miss Mary Burkhart,
"a pretty brunette, aged rs and worth
10000 who is running for Congress in
the Tenth district on a platform of 1.-THE
Golden Rule with prohibition thrown
in" II this case it will be interesting
to soc which will win the day; Ken
tuoky's traditional gallantry or Ken
tucky's proverbial antipathy to water
and the Golden Rule. Our bets are on
the antipa:hy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

in any considerable numbers in this To-
cality; but the brant is a smaller bird
ana HES In compact masses, not follow
ing leader. The Canada goose is the
Ordinary Wild goose, as it is usually
cd'eu. us manner of flight in the form
or a Is Characteristic, also it's famil-
lar monk. wv. H. B." even defends
the dospised crow and presents evil
dcnce from the 1900 bulletins of the
Maine Board of Agriculture to show
that the farmers are not united in pro-
nonncihg IL a pest without any good
useful qualities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

1t is now understood that Uncle
Sans naval station in Cuba will not be
at Havana but on Guantanamo bay, 40
miles east of Santiago and several
hundred miles from Havana. This will
not be so convenient for the United
States, but the tender susceptibilities of
the young Cuban republic are more i'm
portant just at present than considera-
lions of naval strategy. An American
navy yard at Havana will doubtless
come in due time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
ROCK IN Ills STOMACH
Wonderful Cure ofDyspspsia- A
Much TaIked-0f Case.
Borders on Miraculous Blood Wine
SuscssdS after Physicians said:
mo Hope"

Mr.. Edgar Fl. Warren Of Waterville, Me-,
is much talked-of man, because be hag
been cured of what heferi.s 6 Rock in tho
Stomach" His case which has caused
much widespread interest, has been the
topic of discussions a nearly all of che
recent medical gatherings. here and abroad.
His experience almostsfivals the wonderful
surgical operation of q var ago, when in
Sweden a mans stomach was completely
removed, and he entikly Rcovered. These
things merely go to show chat can be done
with tire digestive organs 1hen the proper
means is available. Mr.. Warren has this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

In pleasing contrast to the usual story
when fire breaks out in a crowded
theatre or other place where people are
congregated, is the dispatch from Gin
cinrati which tells of the escape. with
out a person being injured, of those in
theatre in that city. Sunday evening:
the New England Sunday. 1t must be
remembered. does not prevail in the
West. The place was crowded. stand
ing room and ALL the fire was a SEN
sational one. filling the theatre with
smoke. and especially terrifying since
the auditorium was on the second
moor and there were stairs to descend:
yet the whole assemblage dispersed in
so orderly manner that no one was
hurt and there was no sign of panic.
what appalling scenes have been en-
acted and how many lives have been
cruelty sacrificed because crowds have
refused to behave like this. There
would be little danger to life at such
times IL crowds would keep as coo. as
this Cincinnati one.
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Reflections of a Bachelor.

Cupid is a faster runner, but Midas has
more staying power.
Woman clings to her Bible through be-
lief; to man through hope.
A man is known by the company he
keeps; a woman by the clothes she wears.
Little men are proud to have bigger
men reach up to greatness by standing
on their shoulders.
Theories are like the Colonial china
all right to look at. but risky to put into
everyday use.-New York Press.
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Nuggets from GEORGIA.

Money not only makes de boss go blu;
trails de stubbo'nness outer de mule.
De sayin' is dat hell is paved wild good
intentions en- de folks what steps high in
dis worl' is high-steppers dar.
De reason Satan gives folks so much
rope is kaZe he well know dey'll git dey-
se'f so tangled up in it dat hangin' IL look
lax happiness.
De consolation err de sinner is dat Jedg-
mint is so fur off hit looks bout ez
ror $40 on Monday mawnin, Atlanta
Constitution.
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When the next campaign comes
around how the country will miss the
roscate forecast and the sweeping
In his role of optimistic party prophet
he was joy to all. particularly to the
Republicans, since his claims were
never justified and his forecasts never
fulfilled. and added much to the gaiety
of the 1886 and 1900 campaigns. The
Democrats should think twice before
sending him to the rear to be seated
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!M\1lQNuB GOSSIP!
A Soma O, the Season.

Surely bleak Winter has folded his wing
Mockingbirds yonder just dying to sing;
Open the window and let in the Spring.
Let in the light
We have dreamed all the night
Let in the light o the morning!
See how the hill wears a beautiful crown.
Waving green banners to beckon the
town:
Let the winds blow till the blossoms rain
down.
Fright in the light,
After dreams O the night
Bright in the light O the morning!
In the wild meadows the white daisies
foam; g.,
Sure crceps the vine round the portals OF
home;
The lights in the sky and the larks in
the loan,
Gods thanks for the night;
For it led to the light
The beautiful light o. the morning.
Frank l.. Stanton.
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Awful.

Ragson Tatters-So yer didn't hear
about poor Bonesy. Why, dey had ter
put i'm in a loonetic 'sylum
Weary Waggles-W' fur?
Weary Tatters-He swiped a box o. con-
densed soup from grocery store and
iiugged 1t ten blocks before he discovered
it was soap instead O. soup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Monthly Regulator, mas brought happinesst to
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
JOHN F. HILL.
By the Governor:
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.

Three churches were unroofed in
western Pennsylvania, Easter Sunday,
a clergyman was killed and many wor-
shippers We're injured. Still people
will recklessly risk their lives by going
to church,!
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Cut It off.

THAT fellow up there said the talka-
tive passenger to the stranger beside him.
lis the worst cynic you ever saw; always
pointing the finger of Scorn at other peo-
pies work.
That so? 1 wish he'd do. that at my
work.
you do?"
Eyes. l make buzz saws"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Now that the West Mt. Vernon water
ing trough has been blown up five
times, the citizens propose to hold a
special town meeting, April s, and or
ganized themselves into 4 detective
force.
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LIGHT AND AIRY.
Thrown AGAINST 1t.

hard world"
VIII, he's rich, and has everything he
could wish for"
Il know. but he's been thrown out OF
MS automoDlle several times lately"
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Much For Little.

McJlSger-l saw Markiey blowing off
that theatrical manager to a $40 dinner
yesterday.
Thingumbob-Yes a scheme of his. ana
It worked beautifully. He was working
him for a couple OF passes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

The Washington Post, which is plain
Jy subsidized by the doctors and under
takers of the Capital city, does not en-
thuse over the proposition to change
the date of Inauguration from March A
to April 30
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Dixfield is already preparing for Ar
Dor day. Under the leadership of the
public spirited UniverSalist clergyman
the village is organized into committees
with subcommittee for each street,
and young trees will be planted where
needed, old ones trimmed, yards
cleaned. etc. 1t is an example worth
following in every village.
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Remember, Girls!

'Tis wrong for any maid to be
Abroad at night alone.
A chaperOn she needs, till she
Can call some chap her own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

The Argus April 1st story of
wonderful duplex towboat' in the
harbor probably fooled somebody.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

From Is to 90 per cent. of the logs are
said to be stranded in the woods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

In Biddeford the merchants are talk
ing up 4 three days trade carnival for
early summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

How good Sanford is growing! "A
poor little colored boy has been fined
for backing shoes on Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Nevertheless, Alfred Gwynne Wander
bilt has left a few good horses in Maine.
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In the RathskelIer.

Dryden-Bring us a couple of beers.
Have you any stems?
Waiter-No, sir, we wouldn't deal nit
Stein, already.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03
The Cleansing and
Healing Cure for
CATARRH is
elYS CREAM BALM

Easy and pleasant
to use. Contains no
injurious drug. 1t
Is quickly alb
sOrbed. Gives Re
lief at once. 1t
opens and Cleanses
the Nasal Pas
sages. Allays In
hammation. Heals
and Protects the
Membrane. RestOrt
Taste and Smell.
Trial Size, 10 cents,
mail. ELY DROT1
New vnrk
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Waterville holds the championship
belt for missing men at present. Three
of it's citizens, all well known, have
disappeared within a week
or two. and everybody wonders who
will be next on the list.
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why are glasses so much worn nowa-
days?" is question frequently asked OF
the optician. Simply because people Of
today have learned that a headache, pain
through the eyes, itching of lids, or
watering of eyes are all symptoms OF
eye strain and that 1t can be permanently
cured by the use of accurately fitted
lenses. Nine-tenths of the headache in
the world Is undoubtedly caused by some
error IN refraction OF eyes. DR.. Frizzeile
tests eyes without drops and without
Refractionist, cc9A Water St.. Opp. Hotel
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The early spring intensiiies the
spring poetry epidemic.