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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26
whose age was reported:

Z Thirteen persons have died In other
parts Of the country and have been
brought here for burial, during the year.
The superintendent has sold Il lots at
Mt Pleasant cemetery and two lots at
Riverside cemetery for which he has re-
ceiyed $40
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

Charles f.. Purinton, Edgar A. Hus-
sey and f. j. G. Little were in Bangor,
yesterday, as the representatives of the
Augusta Board of Trade at the meet
ing of the State Board held in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

The plasterers have finished work
upon the new residence of Governor
Hill. The carpenters are now getting
things into shape for putting on the
finish, a carload of which is expected
to arrive about April l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

The books of the referee in bank
ruptcy for this county show that 451
cases have been brought before him
since the law went into operation. Aug.
1898
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

Six persons were proposed for men,
bership i'm the Congregational church,
last Sunday. They will be received in
the church next Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

Mrs. I. +. Thompson and daughter.
who have been passing the winter with
Mrs. George c. Libby. have returned to
their home on State street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

City Marshal Harrington of Water
vile, was in the city, yesterday, COM
ing down to bring a prisoner to be
placed in the county jail
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

The water in the Kennebec has
dropped more than a foot in the past
"a hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

j. x. Brown is busy with his men
completing several fine monuments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26

The Degree of Honor will give a
Calico ball at Union hall, Friday even
ing, April 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26
SURGEONS Knife Not Needed.

Surgery is no longer necessary to cure
piles. DeWftt's Witch Hazel Salve cures
at once. For cuts, burns bruises, sores
and skin diseases 1t is unequalled. Be-
ware of counterfeits. Percy w. Means.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26
Bon
Ami
The Finest Cleaner Made
Cleans knives, FORKS & plates.
LOCAL MATTERS.

The first dandelion has not yet been
reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-26
Eor The corcnlex;on

The complexion suffers from biliousness
or constipation. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers keep the liver and bowels healthy
and remove the cause of such troubles.
Percy w. Means.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
rscEIs rAiLrHrwspApsR IN AlAsaaA
o dear account my life Is my foes hebt.
 Romeo and Juliet.
Public Lands and Public Schools.

Congressman Burnett is endeavoring to secure donation of the remaining public lands in the State to the public schools of the State. There are still about 100000 acres of public lands remaining unsold or unappropriated. None of these lands are very market able, and they have as a rule been grabbed by any institution that could command '''pull'' at Washington. This grabbing has been a scandal, being unjust in every respect It is proposed to put an end to grab bills by trans ferring the remnant to the boys and girls of the State, blacks as well as white.
 Let us hope Representative Burnett will be able to carry the proposed appropriation into fact and law. It is the best possible disposition the rem nant of government lands in the State. MT. Burnett is a member of the public lands committee, and he hopes to in duce the committee to recommend the passage of the bill.
 The acres in question may bring on account of the present boom in tim Der, coal and ore s2,Oo0, ,O00-possibly, $3,000,000; and the smaller sum, if invested at per cent, would give the rublic schools $100,000 additional a year, thus adding a month to the school terms, which would be no small boon to the 100000 children in whites.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Talks About What He Saw On His Christmas Visit to DanViIIe

town, which don't show from the depot 1t Is on a hill above. and stands out in much architectural beauty-is the market for fifty million pounds of tobacco an- nually. It is the greatest loose leaf to- baeco market in the world. It is the cen ter of production of the light. sweet scented tobacco of this country. Thou sands of canvass covered wagons loaded well with tobaccos drive into this town monthly to empty their loads upon the warehouse floors. There are several of these warehouses. The farmer unloads his wagon in classified lots on the floor of the warehouse he might favor. Each grade of tobacco goes in a pile of it's own. Thus on the floor of a warehouse there might be several hundred or thou sand piles of tobacco. A warehouse usu- ally occupies a space two hundred by two hundred. All tobaccos are sold at auction. and the auctioneer must sell five piles to the minute-or give twenty sec onds to the pile. The farmer usually has an upset bid. Tobacco is however, always In such demand that the pile in ninety nine cases out of an hundred will be sold.
 I am told that the average price for tobacco this year has been $14 an hundred pounds. Last year the price was lower. Some tobaccos sell for four or five dollars an hundred pounds. Other tobaccos sell as high as s7O an hundred pounds. The farmer in this section raising tobacco this year will average nearly an hundred dollars acre on his tobacco crop. Some have been known to sell the crop from one acre for as much as $500.
 The high priced tobaccos are known as wrappers for plug or chewing tobaccos. The ordinary grades are used for cigar cites and granulated pipe tobaccos. Danville alone handles enough leaf to- bacco annually to supply every man. woman and child of this country with nearly pound each. Millions of pounds are shipped to foreign countries. Liver pool taking more than any other one point In the world In Liverpool 1t Is man. ufactured and distributed to British col- onies throughout the world.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Germany and Venezuela.

-Ne Venezuela owes the Berlin Disconto Bank about s1o.ooo.ooo. and will no, pay the debt-perhaps cannot at pres. ent, facing as she ss a very serious revolution. President Castro is en, deavoring to crush the revolution. and if he succeeds no doubt he will make some provision for the debts due Ger. man subjects. According to the latest information, Germany will not take steps looking to the forcible collection of the claims until the pending revo fulton has been decided.
 There is no need of becoming ex' cited over the German movement. Il k wholly legitimate, and Is fully GOV 2red by this declaration in Presiden. Roosevelt's annual message: We do not guarantee any State against pun ishment if it misconducts itself. pro Sided that punishment does not take
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
|rm of acquisition of territory by

m or acquisition or terrttory oy
 zbn-American power" This Is the entire case. If Germany seizes tho custom houses of La Guayra and Mara caibo and holds them until the debts due her subjects are paid. no infringe ment of the Monroe Doctrine will take place. and no action on the part of this country will be needed. No doubt the situation VIII be delicate and critical, and will need watching. but there Is no reason why Venezuela should not pay debts justly due. and there is cer- tainly no reason why the United States should interfere in a mere debt col lection matter.
 Germany has assured this country that she has no intention of seizing Venezuelan territory. and until she violates this understanding there is no occasion for war talk. There will be no war between Germany and the United States, simply because the former will take good care to respect the Monroe Doctrine, and when she does that this country has no ground for action or even for war talk.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
SKY sCRAPERs.
10 sprinefield Republican

From the Springfield Republican.
 When a man buys a plot of ground he buys up to heaven. unless local enactment of A police nature limits the height of buildings. and, as land is exceedingly valuable and grows more so on the lower end of Manhattan Island. the financial inducement to build to the sky becomes greater and greater. It might be suppos- ed that the sky scraper building In New York city had reached its limit In the towering and defacing structures of the Manhattan Life, Home Insurance and Park Row buildings. to mention no oth- CTS, but not so. apparently. At least, Boston man is causing a sensation in metropolitan real estate circles with plan to put up a building of fifty-four stories on lower Broadway, and he is said to be having success in enlisting capital From an engineering standpoint the project is perfectly feasible. and with the money nothing more would pre- vent carrying it out It is difficult to real ize the stupendous measures of such structure It would be some 700 feet high altogether, the plan being to build up thirty-five stories on the full dimensions of a 200 foot plot of ground, and then raise a nineteen story building of samller dimensions on top of the other. The height of the proposed building may be better understood when 1t is said that 1t would fully equal the cont bined height of the Manhattan Life and Park how buildings, at present the highest in the world. We shall yet see. no doubt. some such a tower of Babel rising up toward the zenith from the lower end of Man haitian Island.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01

ceeded to dicker with him for a trade offering first two halt sticks of candy for the two foundation blocks of the tenn ple
 "Go way" said the architect, "these blocks hold all the others-let me alone" And the boy builded on.
 But the trader went about among the other boys, and when last saw him he had a hat full of jack knives and all manner of other boyish things, and even a small doll with a blue mother hubbard and yellow hair--tied tightly in a green box. This boy will either die young or own a whole block on the east side of New York before he is forty.
 Poor children only impersonate the grown folk Make a town of good old people and the young people will follow in their footsteps. The old folk have builded the children-even to those sought out to receive aims.
 This is good old town of good old people-and young too. In and about 1t there is prosperity and plenty. Its streets are paved and it's people are well dressed.
 
 dresses are starched. There Is no flip-flap about it. Nothing is bedraggled. Even the telegraph and telephone lines are taunt between the poles. The street cars run smooth and fast. The men step high and the women walk well. It makes ones blood triclkle merrily through ones veins to view this life and observe the pride and joy of wholesome existence. These people are all happy in their prosperity and in the good they can do unto their neighbors.
 Now a word of material things. Dam vile is in the tobacco belt. It is really the centre. Danville makes cotton ging- hams and other cotton goods, working in one mill almost an hundred thousand spindles and the necessary looms to weave to cloth these yarns of so many spindles. As we would say in Birming- ham they throw upon the market the fin- ished product. They dress many of us in Birmingham.
 But these ginghams don't make Dan vile. Tobacco does the good work which brings so much happiness here. This
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
How He Raoame Judae

'The man who nominated to tle Presi- dent former Governor Thomas q. Jones for the federal judgeship and secured his appointment was Gen. Stewart l.. Wood ford of New York" said prsninent Montgomery man at the IIillman.
 'sThe statement Is made to satisfylpubfio curiosity. Of course General Wcodford did not do 1t all himself but he first sug gested it before President Mckinley diod, when it was expected that Judge Bruce would retire in February 1902. When Mir. Roosevelt succeeded to the Presidency the general followed up the work he had pre- viously done. All that Governor Jones did was to say he would accept.
 This story was brought out by a low ing cup which the new judge sent to Gen. eral Woodford as a New Years gift. One of the inscriptions read: Papa, I am so glad we didn't shoot him, Netta.' When Governor Jones was appointed judge and went home to dinner the children were eager to learn who got 1t for hhm. He laughed and answered: If anybody got it for me 1t was General Woodford.
 What that Yankee general?' asked his little daughter Netta.
 " He is the man. replied the judge. Then the child exclaimed-T am so glad now that we didn't shoot him."
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Crumpacker Representation.

The Crumpacker scheme goes too / far and establishes too much to suit Crumpacker's own party and allies. For example, the census devised by the Crumpacker coterie shows that in Massachusetts in the Presidential cleo. tion of 1900 there were 369,4S4 not voting or disfranchised. As no one can tell to which of the two classes they belong they must all according to the rule set up for Southern appli- cation be considered disfranchised by the qualification which requires ability to read and write English. This sui frage qualification was adopted for the purpose of shutting out French Cana dians and the like who fill the fac tories of Massachusetts towns. The disqualification of S69,S44 voters out of a possible total of S33,1SS, would cut down the States representation nearly one-half.
 The prepayment of poll tax in Penn sylvania cut out 292,2S3 voters in 1900, or about one-fifth of the entire num- Der in the State. The Pennsylvania delegation now consists of thirty mem. bers, and loss of one-fifth would be seriously felt.
 The full voting strength of New York is 2,144,064, as the recent census shows, but the highest vote ever boiled in that State was but 1,547,9l2, thus showing that 596,152 voters had either refused to vote or were disqualified over one-quarter of the entire num- Der. Is New York ready to accept . voting basis in representation? What is applied to Alabama should be ap- piled to New York.
 The entire Crumpacker scheme is impracticable. It cannot be brought within the terms of even-handed jus tice. It is but an attempt to aggrand- ize one section and one party at the expense of another section and another party. It will not be accepted by honest men anywhere.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
THE LADY's YES.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Yes" I answered you last night;
 "No" this morning. sir. say: Colors seen by candlelight
 Win not look the same by day. When the v.ols played their best,
 Lamps above, and laughs below, Love me" sounded like jest.
 Fit for yes or fit for ''no.' Call me false or call me free.
 Vow, whatever light may shine. No man on your face shall see
 Any grief for change on mine. Yet the sin Is on us both;
 Time to dNnce is not to woo; Wooing light makes fickle troth. Scorn of me recoils on you. Learn to win a lady's faith
 Nobly, as the thing Is high, Bravely, as for life and death.
 With a loyal gravity. Lead her from the festive boards.
 Point her to the starry skies. Guard her by your truthful words,
 Pure from courtship's fiatteries. By your truth she shall be true,
 Ever true. as wives of yore: And her yes once said to you,
 Shall ba ''yes'' for evermorA
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
WALL srREET's "kANAeRoos.' From the New York Sun.

There Is neT class of operators hr Wall Street. They are known as "Kah. garoos."
 What is Kanghroo? We'll. Kangaroo is a man who jumps in and out of the market. fearful lest he has made rnik. take in going in and equally distrust. full as to his judgment in selling out. HE has all the characteristics of kangaroIc "a quick jumper either way. Meantime he exhusts his wind, his legs. and not least of all. his margin.
 From time imm emorial there have beeh bulls bears and lambs in Wall streed. but only recently has Wall Street obl served this new class of operators, tbk Kangaroos,
 The Kangaroo is without nerve in an,k direction. He is fighty, cratic, and oA no use to himself or his friends but yvbeyI it must be said in justice to the Kan.| garoos that only in times like those od the last few weeks have there been m portunities to display Kangaroo charact- ' eristics.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
laeJ6,oea
What Efforts to Reduce Southern Representation Will Bring.

very greatness kept him from reaching the Presidency. Megatheriums are never served on toast at the banquets of the people.
 When in my youth was here in Wash ington writing newspaper letters for Alabama readers, MT. Blaine was at the full meridian of his greatness. soon to receive the nomination to the highest of earthly offices which he had so long striven for and soon to go down before a greater than he. He had shown me some little personal kindness and remember ed me from having done so, he was so gratefully thanked. The last time I saw him was in Scotland in 1887 or 1888. He was with Andrew Carnegie and had come with MT. Carnegie to visit the great steel masters relatives in Fifeshire where happened to be employed in the service of the American government. The visit they then made to my office I took to be an honor paid the office not to the individual, though both were exceedingly kind and remained chatting for half an hour. An invitation had been sent me to meet them that night at dinner, and then was my last view of Mir. Blaine. The quality in individuals which men call personal magnetism was most wonder fully abundant in MT. Blaine. Every man who touched his hand or talked to him felt 1t, and so great was it that 1t ban ished all preconcised impressions of the mans Individuality. Why, that man con- trolled to a large degree the thought of millions who never saw him, multitudes of whom, when 1t came to vote, voted against him on grounds of public policy! This country could have better spared better man: 1t has had few so great to spare.
 In view of the strong probability that be much longer delayed, there are many schemes relating to the world-enterprise, as well as many applicants for appoint ment in the canal service. One Griffith Davies of Seattle. for example, has taken the time to write to Congress suggesting his scheme for providing the necessary millions of money. fin the interest of our common country" He proposes that Congress authorize the issue of treasury notes having full legal lender qualifica- tion" and to be known as the "Isthmian canal Issue" After the completion of the canal. cancel these notes by annual payments corresponding in amount with the interest charge were the work done on the usual bonding plan. In compara- lively few years the entire issi,e will have been redeemed. without costing the government a single dollar"
 Very simple isn't 1t? There you are and there your are-not.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Military Trimmings.

"Adjutant General Phisterer of the New York National Guard has discovered a old law forbidding the imitation of cheverons and soldier straps used by the militia" said Birmingham guardsman.
 'The general has notified the various military schools of New York that they must abandon practice of wearing these trimmings. Of course there is much pro- test from all quarters, but if the law will tend to discourage the wearing of toy un- forms outside of the schools it's enforce ment might be a good thing"
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Pratt City and EnsIey.

Pratt City and Ensley may not be included in Birmingham's annexation measure which will be introduced in the Legislature before the next census, but before 1920 the territory between this city and Pratt will be closely built up and 1t will be only a question of time when Bir- mingham's corporate boundry will reach beyond Ensley.' remarked a far-seeing citizen.
 If the greater Birmingham, which al- ready includes over 100000 people, grows in the next ten years at the rate it has been increasing within the past two years. this community will have a population of 175,00O But 1t Is very important that an annexation bill be passed. even if we take in at the start only the immediate suburbs. If the measure which was tried prior to the census of 1900 had been adopted Birmingham would have come in for 65, 900 instead of 3s415."'
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
THE KEY FAD.
he New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 ''The latest fad in souvenirs cofnes pretty hard on the hotels" said the Rro- prietor of a Broadway hostelry. "fhe proper thing now among the girls is to appropriate the key of their room in each hotel visited. Travelling across the country In the summer brings the sum mer girl to a number of different plafes and Christ stmas shopping to the cities. A visits makes quite a good-sized coll ec- tlon at the end of the campaign. Hung from the wall, each with its own par t.cular romance. they make a picturesque feature of milady's boudoir. But it's hdr on the hotels" he added as he sent flor the locksmith.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 What a woman loves is to her at once beautiful and noble.
 No woman wants to know anything all sho needs is to believe.
 The way to get the true valve of money is not to get the money.
 Lots of men who would never dream of jumping of a sixteen-story building go into politics without the slightest qualms-
 It's the man who says he believes wom- en should have the right to vote who raises the ceiling off the dining-room if once in month she has the breakfast that sbe likes.
 Just about the time you feel sure you have made a woman understand all about our electoral college. she asks you with the sweetest smile in the world If its diplomas admit you to the bar.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
SHAW ON DANCING.
nm the Philadelphia Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
 His Methodism is of a sterling type. He is strongly opposed to dancing and to the use of liquor in any form. At the first inaugural ball. when he was elected Gov ernsr, there was no dancing, as he would not consent to 1t.
 At the second inaugural ball he acced- ed to the wishes of his friends and per- mitted thens to dance. but he would not permit the use of wine. and liquor has never been served in any way at state function. CT, at a social gathering in his home, either during his official career or before.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Scarcity of Game.

"Game of all varieties is plentiful in Alabama this season. but with the excep- ton of birds and rabbits very little of 1t finds a way to market" said a pro- duce merchant yesterday.
 Birds have not been as abundant as usual, as for that matter, but they can be bought by, those who are willing to pay the price. Fenison Is extremely scarce and as for befr meat and 'possum they are not found ion Morris Aevnue at all. These deiicaciis are greatly enjoyed by persons who crave change from regu- lar fare"
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
ONCE OWNED BY WASHINGTON

From the Washington Times.
 Oscar Straus of New York, formerly minister to Turkey. called on Secretary Hay and left Christmas present with which Mir. Hay was delighted. It was a copy of Oliver Goldsmith's Life of Shakespeare" an early and rare edition, but it had @ greater value than its liter ary rarity. in having come from the libra " of George Washington. Washington's personal bookplate, the familiar arms of his family, on which the American flag was modelled. adorns the inside Of the cover and the signature of the first Pres ident appears on the title page. as clear ly as if it had been written yesterday in- stead of more than a hundred years ago. The print is excellent and the binding handsome.