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

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held SespOa
sibDe for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
AsAre.. nil com m VI tcatiOns relating
70 subscriptions and advertisements 10
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

The big salmon stories are due from
Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Even the birds are in touch with the
early spring. Orville Hubbard. a bright
II years old South Etna boy discovered
on Sunday ground sparrow's nest con-
taiEing two newly laid eggs. This is a
little early but the So. Etna birds evil
IDENTIFY came north with the first breath
of spring and are ahead of their kind in
building their nests, laying the eggs and
will be well along towards Matching
their young before the others are mat
ed. It's the early bird" etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

The town Of Marion is boasting of
smart lad in the person of Master Rex
Bridges. Although but nine years OF
age he has learned the use of the axe
and during the past winter he cut
pile of lath wood which when hauled
to the mill and sawed made 5000 laths.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

The Bath Times, after speaking of
ROckland's new hotel, Waterville's new
business blocks, and general building
enterprise in cities which have less
business and smaller population than
Bath, goes on to say: Bath, mean
while, is satisfied to jog along, trying
to accommodate her growing business by
fixing over old rattle-trap business
blocks, sending would be residents to
Brunswick for lack of dwelling houses
in the place which gives them employ
ment, cutting off country trade by al
lowing communications to be discon-
tinued, and keeping transient guests
from remaining in the city any longer
than is necessary by offering to the
modern travelling public, which de-
mands and can get modern hotel COM
forts in almost any busy place, to put
up with second and third rate hotel ac-
commodations."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

Speaking of birds, they have good
ami appreciative friend in "W. H. B."
in the Portland Advertiser. He has
been observing them this spring and
chats about them in entertaining fash
ion. Only the experienced observer
would find many birds to study at this
season in Maine. He tells us about the
familiar chickadee with it's black head
AMI buff sides: the nuthatch which
possesses the unusual accomplishment
of walkings headforemost down trees:
the red fox sparrow, SO nimble in
scratching the dead leaves and singing
with the execution of canary; the
modest phoebe. building it's nest under
riazzas and bridges and repeating over
and over its ''pewit, phoebe."
wv. H. B. calls down the fiippant
Biddeford Journal which wants to
know how he can tell that the wild
geese flying over are Canada geese and
not some other of the many varieties
of wild geese He says that there are
not many varieties of wild geese
which are plentiful along the Atlantic
coast. The brant is the only species be-
rJcs the Canada goose which is seen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-03

The lead box contained in the corner
stone of the old Central Congregational
noon in the parish house in connection
with the Easter concert of the Sunday
school. The ceremony was a most in
teresting one and had been looked for
ward to for many weeks by the mem
bers of the church and parish as well as
the Children of the Sunday-schoOl who
had been promised that the documents
should be brought forth at time when
they could be present. The records and
papers in the box were perfectly pre-
served after half a century, and will be
placed with others in the corner stone
of the new church edifice.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
Tuesday, March Is

giving free consults tion and examination from
IL noon until p. m.
ZONE HALF DAY ONLY
returning monthly They devote their entire
professional time to the special treatment oi
the Chronic Diseases common to men, women
and children. Consultation and examination Is
free to ALL II you will visit them, they will tel
you what results you can reasonably expect
from their special treatment Remember the
day and date and don't call too late.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
Pick Ups.

We note with pleasure of late
The TRIBUNE groups its oil items
under one head-a great conven-
ience to oil men.
The road out of Florence to the
coal camps for half a mile has
cobble stones from the size OF
your fist to the size of peck
measure for most every foot of the
way--it's awful rocky
Have you seen the Japanese
fern ball for the window or dining
room? When desired it can be
laid away for six months and will
remain perfectly dry, but on being
watered will return to life and put
on its coat of green. There is one
on exhibition at Spencer's office
This, Saturday, March 10, the
big ditch is frozen over completely
after our summer like weather.
II. E. s
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
The w. c. T. U.

The women of the Christian
Tenn perance Union are pleased to
note the growth of the society,
both in mum Der and interest. We
now have a membership of over
seventy and meet every Tuesday
afternoon at the Albion hotel, un-
less special notice is given to the
contrary.
The meetings are all 80 uplift-
ing that one need only attend to
catch the temperance fever. AT
our last meeting, in addition to
the rendering of very instructive
program, some plans were COM
pleted for active work in the near
future.
Next Tuesday there will be no
regular meeting, but two mothers
meetings will be held-one at Mrs.
Perkins in the east part of town
and the other at Mrs. Victor
Bobb's on Frazier avenue. We
have the assurance that these
meetings will be profitable and
would insist that every mother try
to be there COR. SEcY
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
CONTRACTS PROGRESSING.
New Cement Works of Portland
to Be a Marvel.

W. d. White has set a number
of men with teams at work on his
railroad grading contract with the
Portland Cement company at the
works. The grede will extend
from the factory to the lime bed, a
distance of more than half mile
The company intends laying its
own track as it does not connect
with any railroad. 1t will be q
broad gauge line, and locomotive
or an electric motor power will be
used.
Henry Fox is progressing with
his contract work of sinking this
big we'll near the rivers edge fol
ebtsing ., yate5 fqT 2Tus dom 2, este ss anl
sary to pump it from the well
while it is being sunk.
A, F. Mayors has about finished
his contract for removing 10000
cubic yards of rock. The big
foundation for the factory is more
than half finished.
A big concrete boarding house
is being built and also a concrete
office.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
CLEVER SHOPLIFTINd.
Anthony Murphy and Frank King
the Thieves, in Jail.

Anthony Murphy and Frank
King are in Jail here, charged
with shoplifting, having stolen
goods to the amount of $15. so
They called at the Boston store
some time yesterday and asked to
be shown some shoes, calling at
the same place on the samo busi-
ness three different times, and on
each of the first two times they
shoplifted one pair of pants and
on the third time two.
They then tried to dispose of
one pair of the stolen articles to
Erickson. the shoemaker, on Pixies
Peak avenue. but as this gentle
man WAS we'll supplied, he refused
to make the purchase. One of the
fellows was doing the talking and
the other one was at his back, and
after they left the building Erick-
son found that pair of shoes
valued at 81 so was missing. The
articles were found in the thieves
possession later in the day The
two men succeeded in unloading
the pants to Booking, the second
hand man.
Officer Tabor soon had the fell
lows in Jail, the Boston people,
Booking and Erickson identifying
them, also the goods stolen from
the respective places There is
one pair of pants still missing and
this has been traced to Brookside,
one of the miners having been
down and purchased it on the
street.
King had worked few days for
Henry Fox, at the cement works,
drew his time and came to Flor
snce and got drunk. They have
not yet been tried.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15

ONE would think from the tone
of the Grand Junction papers that
the once famous fruit belt had
turned it's entire attention to the
oil industry. Not a single word
has appeared this spring about
whether the peach buds are killed
or not. But everything is oil, oil,
oil!
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
Geo. nj. Deibert.

Old papers at this office for 20
cents per hundred. Just the thing
for putting under carpets. If
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15

WHEN a newspaper runs an ad-
vertisement for weeks after it has
been ordered Quit must be getting
pretty hard-up. There is one In
Florence doing that kind OF a
business
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
Only $40
California
and Back

First class round trip, open to
everybody. $40 from Denver
to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco; via the Santa Fe.
Corresponding rates from all
points east.
Account National Convention
Federation of Women's Clubs
on sale April % to 2S.
Tickets good for return until
June %.
Only line under one manage
ment all the way from Chicago
to California.
On line for both Grand Can
yon of Arizona and Yosemite.
Only line to California with
Harvey meal service
Write for descriptive litera-
ture, enclosing 10 cents
postage,
Santa Te
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
Coming to CANON CITY Ii

Drs. Ellison and Hubbard, Denver's success
full specialists in all chronic and special diseases
of men, women and children, will be at the
STRAThMORE HOTEL
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
Grab Sale Notice.

Any person not satisfied with
article secured at Morris the jew
eler's grab sale may exchange same
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15
SaIIta IS

j. P. HALL, Gen'l Agent, Denver.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15

For dish of ice cream go to
Hoffman Bros, l30 w. Main. 9-13
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-03-15

If you want good second hand
carpets cheap. go to Bookings. If
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07

'.The democrats in the senate will oppose the Cuban reciprocity bill to a man, said a prominent democratic senator yesterday, when asked his po- sition in regard to the pending meas ure. "The republicans in the house have held up this legislation until their friend, the sugar trust, has secured CD, tions on all of this years sugar crop an on part of next years crop. More over, by the testimony of their officials. from the president down, the proposed reduction in the tariff is not sufficiently large to afford any material relief to the Cubans. As a matter of fact. the real purpose of those republicans in congress who are championing this bill Is to throw sop to public opinion by appearing to legislate in Cuba's favor. while, at the same time, they permit the island to drift into such desperate financial straits that sooner or lafer she will have to apply for annexation or the United States will have to inter- fere to put down an insulrection-and then Cuba will be made dependency in accordance with republican policy as demonstrated in the Philippines. No prospect of citizenship will then be ac- corded to Cuba and she will, if the re. publieans are successful, become pos session without a vote in the councils of the nation.'
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07

The president is causing the republi- can leaders anxiety by his threatened purpose of retiring General Miles. MT Roosevelt, it is said, believes that tie general has outliyed his usefulness in the army and that his place ought to be filled by a younger and more pro- gressive man. He is also sadly disap- pointed that General Miles should have succeeded in defeating, at least for this session, the army reorganization bill, which was almost as much "a child of his brain'' as of Secretary Roots. An other source of annoyance is A1r Roose- yelt's determination to give to Pension Commissioner Evans an appointment which will be regarded as a promotion and which the politicians fear will of fend the G. A. R.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07
IRISH CHURCHYARDS.

How old they look, those Irish graveyards! Their walls are ivy-growu and crumbling. The trees that encir- cle them bear all the evidences of age, whilst those that stand here and there within are stunted and bare and we'll nigh sapless, says a writer in Dono- hue's Magazine. The head stones are, for the most part, simple in design and uniform in character. On many of them, time in it's wearing and cor roding passage has effaced the epi- taph; the stone has become discolored, and coating as of withered moss ad- heres tenaciously to it's surface. Most of them stand with fair degree of erectness; but there are many that are slanting, as if too old or weary to do further duty. above the graves. The surface of the churchyard is uneven, so many lie buried there and so crowd ed and unequal are the mounds above them. Strange to say, although a tender and endearing remembrance of their departed is characteristic of the Irish peasantry, they very -rarely y em- bellish the silent, sacred cities of their dead.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07

The indications of democratic sue cess in the coming elections continue to multiply. The apprehension of the republican members is growing more and more apparent, as evidenced by their opposition to the removal of the republican headquarters to Chicago, which will undoubtedly occur if Repre- sentative Babcock is elected chairman of the national committed They say that in New York, Pennsylvania and other eastern states the contests Will be too close to make such a move ad- yisable and they do not consider tbat they ought to be sacrificed for the bene- fit of their western brethren. On the other hand, the leaders say that the western members have jeopardized their chances of reelection by yielding to the wishes of the eastern protection ists and permitting the Dingley sched- ules to remain intact and, therefore, they are entitled to all the assistance that the national committee can render them. The democrats themselves say that all news from home'' is of a most favorable character and they look for complete control of the next house.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07
WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
Chinese Exclusion U. In the senat
 Guhan Recinrncilx Tu the House.

Chinese Exclusion C0 In the Senatc. Cuban Reciprocity in the House WASHINGTON, April 1.-The expec-
 htion of the friends of the Chinese ex- tlusion bill is that it's consideration by the senate will be concluded by the middle or the present week, if not be- fore I4e thll.lR4ne government biiA Viii be taken up immediately after ward. ILls D4H pIobaply will occup < attention TOT es co-ls 4-lSlDle longer liIAc than il.ss any llleaAl.. since t1e Fhli- ippiIe tariu biii was passed, and the Democratic members Of the committee on the Philippines are now very indus trously engaged in preparing for the debate.
 They do not profess to be able to de- feat the measure, but say they will make strenuous efforts to secure mate rial amendments. They object to yari- ous features of the bill and will charge that it's primary purpose is to permit the granting of franchises. They also will take exception to the unqualified continuance of the administration of the affairs of the archipelago without making any provision looking to any form of self government for the f'ili- pino people.
 The great battle over Cuban reciproc- ity, which created such protracted struggle among the Republicans both in caucus and in the committee on ways and means, will be fought out on the floor of the house this week. The ulti- mate passage of the Payne bill provid- ing for 20 per cent reduction on the products of Cuba after the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty and the enact ment of our immigration laws by the republic of Cuba is regarded as fore gene conclusion, but the situation is 2 complicated one owing to the divisions among the Democrats as well as the Republicans.
 How far the Republican opponents of the proposed legislation will carry their opposition is not definitely determined. The strength of this opposition has dwindled until it probably numbers less than thirty. On the other hand, up to the present time 8 large majority of the Democrats favor the greatest pos sible freedom of trade with Cuba and would vote for 8 deeper cut than the ways and means bill proposes. Others, like Newlands (Ney.), are in favor of the immediate annexation of tlre is- lands, and quite number under the lead of the Louisiana members will op- pose strenuously any tariff concessions whatever
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07

The difference between the New York newspaper men and some of the local quill drivers is that the metropolitan force is trying to aid the police in their work of reform, while in Waterbury they are saying and doing things that cannot be classed in the willing-to-as- sist-you column. And the cause of the newspaper coolness in Waterbury is said to be the pulling" of the Lotus club. Newspaper writers should re- spect and obey the law just the same as the other fellows, and the Democrat is surprised that the managing editors of the papers on which these dis gruntled fellows toll should allow their columns to be used ill an effort to be- little the work of the police force in it's effort to stamp out crime.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07
THE STORY OF THE UMBRELLA

The history of the umbrella can be traced beyond the classic ages of Greece and Rome into the dim and doubtful twilight of Chaldean anti quity, says the Pail Mall Gazette. Iayard in his excavations on the site of Nineyeh, of which so many tro- phies are to be seen in the British Muse um, unearthed a bas-relief represent ing an Assyrian monarch sitting in state under some variety of parasol. In China and Japan umbrellas have been in use as far back as our know ledge goes. The himsy little paper Japanese sunshades had screened the coquettish heads of slant-eyed mus mes for many generations before it occurred to British housewives of the middle classes to use tasteless imita- tions of them as firegrate ornaments. What was more extraordinary, says writer in the Home Messenger, was 1 that the full war attire of the Japan ese warrior included not only a fan, but an umbrella of imposing dimen- sions. It was a long time before the umbrella became, so to speak, accli- matized in this country. In an old illuminated manuscript copy of the Psalms of David, now in the British Museum, there is a representation of king with an umbrella held over him. No doubt the use of umbrellas ill eastern lands was matter of com mon knowledge at that time, through the observations Of travellers Tn the seventeenth century they appear to have come into use in Italy, and about the beginning of the eighteenth cen tury English ladies seem to have adopted them to some extent, but the use of them was looked upon as a fashionable feminine refinement, and man would no mere, be seen with one than with lady's workbag.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07
HEARD Ia PASSING


 The Hatfelds are still killing revenue officers, in the mountains of Pike coun- ty, Ky, and getting killed. The last engagement resulted in two dead on each side.
 Hanna has been again denying that he is a candidate for the presidency. Of course, he isn't; it is only an aIna- teur, like Teddy, who would acxnowl- edge his candidacy this far ahead
 If will require some time for the country to get accustomed to the reprb- lican theory that the commander of the army has no business to have or ex- press opinions on military matters.
 Is it because he is such bitter anti states rights man, or because the scheme can be better manipulated by the republican bosses under federal control, that MT Roosevelt opposes state control of irrigation canals?
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07
GERMANY's NATIONAL AIR.

It is remarkable how very few peo- pie in this country, even musicians, know the national song of Germany There is q popular impression that it is Die Wacht am Rhein.'' Such is not the case, however, as was learned one day by Professor Mcleod, leader of the band of the District of Columbia National Guard, who applied to the German embassy for information on that point He thought it was the Watch on the Rhine,' but wasn't sure. The National Guard band was to take part in the ceremonies at tending the welcome to Prince Henry of Prussia. and it was intended that his royal highness should hear the national song of the fatherland on that occasion.
 In response to his inquiry the band leader was informed by representa- tive of the German ambassador that the national song of the German en- plre is "Heil dir i'm Siegerkranz." the music of which is precisely the same as that of God Save the Queen," the national song of Great Britain, and America" or My Country, 'Tis of Thee" one of the patriotic songs of the United States.
 The same information is contained in National and Patriotic Airs of All Nations" volume compiled by John Philip Sousa when bandmaster of the United States Marine band, which compilation is accepted as the official guide of the navy department and is followed in all naval functions. Tn ad- dition to the cases already mentioned. 1t further appears from Professor Sousa's compilation that the well known music of "God Save the Queen is also the national air of Switzerland under the name of "Rufst du mein Vaterland" and the national song of Bavaria under the title "Heil, unserm Konig, Teil.'
 Professor Sousa denominates ..The Stars Spangled Banner" Hail, Colum- bia" and My Country, 'Tis of Thee, as patriotic songs of the United States, and does not attempt to name the na- tional song of the country. He shows, however, that the practice of the navy is to play '"The Star-Span- gled Banner at morning colors and Hail Columbia" at evening colors and at naval stations where there are ser vice bands.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07
COUCHRS

A good assortment of easeful, broad attractive Couches of best possible con struction, and quality guaranteed Couches that cannot be duplicated marked for immediate delivery-be- cause we must have the room. Here is sample of some of the prices:
 $14.S5 for one that is adjustable or both ends, covered in handsome velour six rows of. tufting, price was SIS.
 S19.S5 for one of similar description except it is wider, with eight rows ot tufts, oak frame. with claw feet. Have sold others just like it for S24.
 Another in Silk Velour, has hair stuffing. Price was $22, will sell for : $17. 7.S5.
 One with a massive quartered gold en oak frame, covered in myrtle verona velour goods nearly as heavy as car pet. Good value at $30; $24.S5 will buy it.
 $15 Couches, guaranteed for year. for S1250