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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
SIX MILLS AFFECTED,
Bangor Saw Mill Employees Will Strike
for Shorter Hours.

Bangor Me-, Aug. 31.-At a meeting
Saturday night, it was unanimously
voted. after three hours discussion, To
strike, the demand for a 10-hour day
having been ignored by the mill own
ers. This means the shutting down of
nearly every mill on tidewater unless
the employers yield. Six mills are af-
fected, those of Morse & Co, Lowell &
Engel, the Stems Lumber Co, +. II.
Strickland. Eastern Manufacturing
Co. and Sargent Lumber Co.
Some weeks ago the saw mill men
formed a union. which now has about
400 members, comprising about So per
cent. of the men employed in the tide
water mills. The men have been work
ing liz hours a day, and requested u
reduction to 10 hours. No reply hav-
ing been made to this request the men
this week made a formal demand, Civ
ing the employers until Saturday noon
to decide. No attention was paid to the
demand. and the strike has been or
dered accordingly. The men declare
that they will accept no compromise
whatever. and that they will not re-
turn to work until the 10-hour day is
granted and the union recognized.
The lumber business has been dull
this year, and owing to the high price
of logs there has been little profit in
saving For this reason, and because,
as they say, all contracts have been
made on the basis of liz hours work
a day, the employers declare that it is
impossible to grant the demands of the
men. The busy season is now coming
on, and. if the mills are shut down, as
now seems likely, the effect upon Ban
gor's business will be disastrous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
They are Good for Women.

Ladies, II you want a stmulant that will not in
iure you in any way, try Champagne-Tablets; they
will stimulate and exhilarate, hut will not intoxi-
cate you nor affect your breath. They will I'M
mediately relieve brain-fag, mental and physical
exhaustion. They will improve your health and
complexion, make your eyes bright and sparkling,
cure weak, aching back, all nervous affections
and female weakness.
They will cure relaxation Of the stomach and in
testines, and remove abnormal fatty formations,
and that fat, gross appearance by which so many
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
VAILSBURG RACES.
Thirty Seven Starters in 10-Mile
Handicap-Bardgett Wins.

Newark, ~ j.. Aug. 31-Exciting finish !
es were the rule at the bicycle races at
the yailsburg track, today. The best race
of the day came in the 10-mile profession
al handicap. There were 81 starters. the
largest of the season. The summary:
Half mile open. amateur, won by Nj. L.
Hurley. New York A. G. Time. liz 2-5.
One mile consolation. professional won
byJohn Bedell, Lynbrook, l.. l. Time,
239 As.
Ten mile handicap. professional, won
by Walter Bardgett, Buffalo $50 YARDS.
Time %. 10 3-5.
One mile handicap, amateur, won BIZ
Geo Glasson Bay View Wheeling
{Scratch). Time 2.U3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
A TRUE BRAIN and NERVE FOOD.

Champagne Tablets is the only true Brain and
Nerve Food ever discovered. They cure Nervous
Exhaustion by feeding the Brain and Nerve Centres
with Cerebrn, thus supplying new electric energy
and vitality for the whole system. They will
strengthen your heart, increase your flow of Ian
guage improve nerve and brain power, sharpen up
your business ability and energy for oratory, mental
or physical work, making brain workers, preachers,
lecturers lawyers, singers and students able to do
more and better work. They will cure nervous
headache or the blues and that tired feeling
in five minutes, making you feel fine and lively, as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. Aug. 31.-The barome-
ter has fallen rapidly from the lower
Lake region and Ohio valley over the
north Atlantic states. During Monday,
local rains and thunder storms will &C.
cur in the north Atlantic states. Along
the middle and north Atlantic coast
fresh to brisk southwest shifting to
west winds with squalls are indicated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
GOOD FOR The OLD FOLKS.
Champagne Tablets are an Ideal
Stimulant for Everybody and
just What the Old Folks Need.

Champagne Tablets are an Ideal
Stimulant for Everybody and
just What the Old Folks Need.
One or two Champagne Tablets taken in the
morning will make any person feel fine all day,
and keep them in excellent condition TO attend to
Their daily duties, protecting them from sunstroke
OF prostration from heat, and prevent their getting
hrod or weary, taking cold, contracting fevers or
other contagious diseases.
champagne Tablets blessing to tourists and
travellers. One tablet will Immediately quench
'nfst and the relief thus obtained will last for
hours Two or three tablets will give instant relief
nom hunger and supply more strength and vitality
than will a hearty meal
Shanpagnc-Tablcts are a wonder and
a revelation to everybody.
SIX dozen tablets in every box. For
sale everywhere by druggists and deal
srs IN medicines, also sent anywhere by
mai. mai, postpaid, for ~ 90 per box. Retail
, pa supplied by EASTERN DRUG CO.,
Boston. Mass. ~
ChAMPAGNE-TABlH CO.,
u Federal Street. Boston. Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
H.C. Barker Co..
Cash Hatters and Furnishers,
Opp. Hotel North, 218 Water ST.,
Augusta, Me. Gardner, Ne.
LOCAL RAINS.

Washington, Aug. 31.-Forecast for
New England: Local rains and
thunder storms, Monday, with brisk
southwest shifting to west winds and
squalls; Tuesday, fair and cooler.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
SECOND BoMBARDMENT
To Be Given Cidudad Bolivar by Gov
eminent Gunhaat.

Port of Spain. Trinidad, B. w. T., Aug.
H.-News reached here from Carupana.
Venezuela. this morning. that the govern
ment Gen. Velutini would leave Carupa-
ma. today. with three gunboats and 800
men to lombard for a second time Ciudai
Bolivar, on the Orinoco river, which is
still in the hands of the Venezuelan revo-
lutionists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
WILL CURE SICK KIDNEYS.

Also Cures Catarrh, Lame Back,
rheumatism, Bladder Troubles
and Nervous Exhaustion. Aids
Digestion and Cures Dyspepsia.
II yon suffer from Nervous Exhaustion, Dyspep-
STA or Indigestion, Weak or Lame Back, Heart or
Kidney Trouble, rheumatism or Catarrh, do not
ruin your stomach with poisonous drugs, but cure
yourself by stimulation Cnature's method of curing
all diseasesl, with that elegant confection- Cham
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Aug. 31.-Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and continued warm weather, Monday
and Tuesday; light to fresh southwest
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01

Plans for the State fremen's muster to
be held in Bath. Monday, are completed.
There are 10 companies entered for the
various. contests. The Bath firemen are
10 conclude the days festivities with a
complimentary ball at the Alameda il
the evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
Roseau Covered With Dust.

Roseau, Dominica, u. w. l., Saturday.
Aug. 800 T.. MA thick mist has en-
veloped Roseau and its neighborhood
and dust is falling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
AGREAT CHEMICAL DISCOVERY
Champagne
s a:::: Tablets :::':
KING OF STIMULANTS.

Champagne Tablets will produce more stimula-
ton and exhilaration than Champagne, Brandy
or Whisky. No intoxicaton, reaction or bad af-
terefrects. They do not contain alcohol, opium
Cmorphine), cocaine, choral, coca, kola or other
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
Will Cure the Liquor,
Tobacco or any Drug Habit

II yos have drunk to repletion and would like to
sober up, or give III Ninkng liquor using Tobacco,
Opium, Morphine, I1eaine, Coca, Kola or other
drugs, Champagne Tablets will sober you up and
strengthen your heart and nervous system so that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01
HALLOWELL PEOPLE

as well as others can obtain loans
quickly and quietly on any kind of per-
sonal property at reasonable rates.
COLLATERAL LOAN CO.,
219 Water St., opposite Cony House.
OPEN EVENINGS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01

we are now showing the Fall Styles in
Stiff and Soft Hats by the best makers
in the country.
Agents for Stetson's and Guyer's
Celebrated Stiff and Soft Hats.
We will be pleased to have you in
srect our Fall line, whether wishing to
purchase or not.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01

King Christian of Denmark, Saturday,
celebrated his jubilee as general in the
Danish army. He received at Bcrnstorif
Castle all the generals attached to the
Copenhagen garrison.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-01

The insurance companies have paid $i5.
600 in settlement of the loss on the Port
land Iron a. Steel Cos. plant at South
Portland The directors of the company
have decided to rebuild the plant at once.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

serpent race, purchased number of or
binary harmless snakes-natrix torquata-
in Coyent Garden Market in London.
Bringing them to Ireland. he turned
them out in his garden at Rathgael, in
the County of Down. and a week later
one of them was killed at Milecross,
about three miles distant The persons
into whose hands the strange reptile fell
had not the slightest suspicion that 1t
was a snake: but, considering the animal
a curious breed of eel, they took it to
a Doctor Drummond, a celebrated Irish
naturalist, who at once pronounced the
animal to be a reptile and not fish.
The idea of a real living serpent having
been killed within a short distance of the
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

patrick. on the opposite shore of the
mainland, in the County of Dublin. Sail
ing northward, he touched at the Isle of
Man, called also InnispatrIck, where he
founded another Kirkpatrick, near the
town OF Peel. Again landing on the coast
of Ireland. in the County of Down, he
converted and baptized the chieftain
Dichu on the latter's threshng floor. The
name of the parish of Saul-derived from
Sabbal-patrick 0he barn OF patrick)-
perpetuates the event.
He ;hen proceeded to Temple atrIck. in
Antrim, and thence to lofty mountain
in Mayo, ever since called Croagh-pa trick
He founded an abbey in East Meath, called
Domnach- -Padraig (the House of Patrick)
and built church in Dublin, where Saint
Patrick's Cathedral now stands. In an
island Of Lough Derg. in the County of
Donegal, there is Saint Patrick's Purga-
tory: in Leinster, Saint Patrick's Wood;
at Cashel. Saint Patrick's Rock, and the
man is said to have quenched his thirst,
are as numerous as the springs of George
Washington in Fairfax and Alexandria
Counties. He is commonly said to have
died at Saul on March II, 493, in the
12lst year of his age.
Undoubtedly the most famous miracle
performed by Saint Patrick is that Of his
driving the snakes and venomous reytiles
out Of Ireland and rendering tiie Irish
soil. forever after. so obnoxious II he
serpent race that upon touching it they
die instantly.
The following curious legend arose out
of this legend: In 1881 Mr.. James Gle
land, an. Irish gentleman. being curious to
ascertain whether the climate or soil Of
Ireland was naturally destructive to the
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
LOSS OF LIFE IN COLORADO SNOWSLIDES

carried with it eleven men. the occupants
of a small cabin in its path. The day on
which the slide occurred is not known.
The country was seldom visited during
the winter and it was only when friends
of two of the men who were camped there
went to them with provisions and were
surprised TO find that the side OF the
mountain was bare that the truth dawned
on them. A rescue party from Leadville
was obliged to run three tunnels through
the snow and ice before the bodies of the
men were located.
March 10. 1854. saw an entire town car
ried away by a snowslide. It was the lit
tie town of Woodstock, on the South Park
Railway, and consisted of a saloon,
store, several cabins, and seventeen in
habitants. Two slides from different Sec
tions of the mountain united to crush the
settlement and but three of it's inhabi
tants escaped alive Rescue parties worked
for two days and nights before all the vic
Tins were located.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

| The interior has not been changed at all.
and the outside is different only because
of fresh paint.
Webster, Clay, and Calhoun.
1t was at this little old tavern that
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Sumner, the
Booths, and many others who have
helped TO make American history, met to
cheer the inner man and talk over the
political problems of the country or the
latest piece of literature. It stands al
most unchanged by the fight of time a
monument to the interesting strenuous
days before and after the war.
What changes the quaint old house has
beheld. The Washington of one unpre-
tentious. muddy street. with a few score
Of dingy frame buildings has grown into
Fthe most beautiful city in America Web
ster and Clay and Calhoun and Sumner
have long since passed beyond the Great
Divide. but the little old tables under
which they stretched their legs and the
small, narrow bar before which they stood
and drank each others health still have
voices for those who will question them.
Historic Apartment.
In that little room, scarcely larger than
a good-sized parlor of the modern resi-
dence, have made merry at one time or
another many of the greatest Americans
in history. On its walls are to be seen
probably the most valuable and varied
collection of curios and relics in this
country. They cover all sides OF the
room and occupy every nook and corner.
On the shelves back of the bar are to
be seen bottles thick with dust that have
remained unmoved for two generations;
glasses from which Webster and Clay
slipped their brandy. and the bottles from
which the liquid was poured.
Rare Old Pictures.
Rare engrayings and odd prints, photo
graphs of famous men and noted places
adorn the walls; newspapers published
when our great at-grandfa thers were
plotting treason. proclamations by colon
ial governors and early presidents: play
bills OF early dates; valuable official pa
pers signed by Presidents. and hundreds
of other memorials, each with an inter-
esting history, meet the eye
Fund of Information.
From these walls may be CLEANED an in
fund of information respecting
Webster. Clay, Douglas. Lincoln, Everett
Seward. Sumner, Hayne. Calhoun. Davis, |
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A Cherished Anecdote.

CHRISTIAN rites. believing this to be an
essential part of the ceremony. bore the
pain without fiinching or murmur; though
the blood flowed so freely from the wound
tnat the Irish named the place Struth<
fhuil tstream of blood, now pronounced
Struill, the name OF a well-known place'
near Downpatrick
Poteen, favorite beverage in ireland
is also said to have derived its name from
st. Patrick. he, according TO legend be-
ing the first who instructed the Irish in
the art of distillation. This is. however.
to say the least, doubtful: the most an
thentic historians representing the saint
as a very strict promoter of temperance.
If not exactly a teetotaler We read that.
IN 445, he commanded hts disciples; to
abstain from drink in the daytime. until
the bell rang for yespers in the evening.
One Cclman, then busily engaged in the
labors of the field, exhausted with heat.
fatigue. and intolerable thirst. obeyed so
literally the injunction of his revered pre-
ceptor that he refrained from fndulgtus
himself with one drop of water during a
long. sultry harvest day. But human en-
durance has its limits; when the vesper
bell rang for evensong CoIman dropped
down dead--a martyr to thirst. Irish
men can well appreciate such martyrdom.
and the name of Colman, to this day, Is
frequently cited, with the added epithet
of Stradhach 1.-THE thirsty.
AS the birthplace OF ST. Patrick has
been disputed, so has that of his burial.
But the general evidence indicates that
he was buried at Downpatrick. and that
the remains of st. Columb and st. Bridget
were laid beside him.
The leaf OF the shamrock, or small
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

Tourists passing through the mountains
OF Colorado frequently ask what has
caused the bare streaks on the mountain
sides. SO noticeable in the summer when
the great slopes are covered with yerdure.
On every side the growth may be luxu-
RANT, but extending straight down the
side of high hill will be a bare. brown
streak from which every trace of vege-
tation has been removed. Mountaineers
recognize these pathways. from which
even the rocks are gone, as the scars left
by snowslides. and there is hardly a
camp in the State that cannot add its
quota to the long list of victims who have
perished in disasters of this kind.
One of the worst snOwslides in the his
tory of the State occurred on February
l3. 1899. at the town of Silver Plume a
great amount of snow had fallen during
the winter aud hung in huge masses about
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

fered for the destruction Of any other
snakes that might be found in the dis
trict And three more of the snakes were
not long afterward killed within few
miles of the garden where they were lib
Grated. The remaining two snakes were
never very clearly accounted for, but 1t
is supposed that they also fell victims
to the reward.
A more natural story than the extirpa-
tion of the serpents has afforded material
for the painter and the poet. When bap-
tizing an Irish chieftain the venerable
saint leaned heavily on his crozier, the
steel-spiked point of which he had unwit-
tingly placed on the great toe Of the con-
verted heather.
The pious chief, in his ignorance of
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

white clover. is almost universally worn
over all Ireland on st. Patrick's Day. The
popular notion is that when St. Patrick
was preaching the doctrine Of the Trinity
to the pagan Irish he used this plant,
bearing three leaves upon one stem. as
symbol or illustration OF the great mys-
terry.
It is curious coincidence, IL nothing
more, that the treIuii in Arabic is called
''sharrakh,' and was held sacred in Iran
as emblematic of the Persian Triads
Pliny too. in his Natural History" says
that serpents are never seen upon trefoil,
and that it prevails against the stings of
snakes and scorpions. This. considering
st. Patrick's connection with snakes, is
really remarkable, and it may reason
ably be supposed that previous to his ar
rival the Irish ascribed mystical virtues
to the trefoil. or shamrock, aud on hear
ing os the Trinity for the first time they
fancied some peculiar fitness in their al
ready sacred plant TO shadow forth the
mystery OF the newly revealed doctrine.
A curious legend still survives in the
Galtec, or Gaultic, Mountains. situated
between the Counties Of Cork and Tip
perary. There are seven lakes there, in
one OF which, called Lough Dilveen. it is
said ST. Patrick. when banishing tho
snakes and toads from ireland. chained a
monster serpent. telling him to remain
there till Monaay.
The serpent every Monday morning calls
out in Irish: 1T is a long Monday. Pat
trick" That St. Patrick chained this SER
pent In Loagh Dilveen and that the SER
pent calls out to him every Monday morn
ing is firmly believed by some OF the
superstitious peasants who Live IN -
peighborhood oe the ios.~s
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

THERE is about st. Patrick's Day q
sort of immortal freshness and
L verdure, fraught, as it is. with
memories and traditions of the En-
erald Isle. The name Patrick denotes one
OF patrician birth. and has always been
favorite among the Scotch nobility. Scot
land. along with France, England. and
Wales. claims the honor of being the
saints natal land, and an ingenious, if
not thoroughly accurate, Scotch historian
has traced the footsteps of st. Patrick
from cradle 70 grave, from the places
named in hts honor.
Thus. with the assumption of his Scot
tish origin, the historian says that the
great evangelist was born at Fitzpatrick
1.-THE cell, or church of Patrick, in Dunn
bartonshre. He resided for a time at
Dalpatrick Cthe district, or division, of
PATRICK, in Lanarkshire. and visited
Cray-phadrig (the rock of Patrick, near
Inverness. He founded two churches
kirkpatrick, at Irongray. in Kirkcud-
bright, and kirkpatrick, at Fleming, in
Dumfries. He ultimately sailed from
Postpatrick. leaving behind him a name
10 be honored BY the Scotch OF every de-
gree.
Arriving in England, he preached in
Patterdale (Patriek's Dale), In Westmore-
land. and founded the Church of Kirkpat-
rick. in Durham. Visiting Wales, he
walked over Sarn-badrig Patrick's Cause
wayD, which, now covered by the sea,
forms dangerous shoal in Carnarvon
Bay. On leaving the Continent, he sailed
from Llanbadrig tthe Church of PATRICK.
in the Island Of Anglesea.
Undertaking his mission to convert
Ireland, he first landed at Innis-patrick
1.-THE Island of PATRICK and next at Holm
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

very burial place OF Saint Patrick caused
an extraordinary sensation of alarm
among the country people. One far-see-
ing clergyman preached a sermon in which
he cited this unfortunate snake as
token of the immediate approach of the
millennium.-whi another saw In it a
warning of the approach of cholera NOR
bus.
Old prophecies were recalled. and all
parties and sects for once united in the
belief that the snake foreshadowed the
beginning of the end. though they diff
fered very widely as to what that end
was to be. Some more practically mind
ed persons, however, subscribed COM
Portable sum of money which they Of
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

were opened at $50 and the curtain rose
at $3.50. There were three performances
weekly and the admission was 81. The
theatre was located on Street between
Seventh and Eighth Streets. where the
old Postoffice Department building now
stands.
Washington Theatre Programme.
A programme of the Washington Thea
ire, corner of Eleventh and C Streets, of
which j. Wilkes Booth was lessee and
manager, announces for April 81. 1863.
Shakespeare's Richard ILL., with Booth
himself as Richard.
Criticism on Booth.
Close by is a copy of the New York
Herald" commenting on this perform
ance. which states that "Mr. Booth un-
dertook no small task when he attempted
to act character in which his father
was famous and which his brother Edwin
played SO we'll; but the result justihes
the undertaking. As Edwin in face form.
voice, and style resembles the great elder
Booth. so the debutant last evening is al
most facsimile of Edwin and in the
first three acts of the play these brothers
could no more be distinguished than the
two Dromios. But In the fourth and fifth
acts. J. W. Booth is more like his father
than his brother. He read the play capi
tally and made all the well-known points
with telling effect. But in the last act
he created a veritable sensation His
face blackened and smeared with blood.
he seemed like Richard himself. and his
combat with Richmond was a MASTER
piece. An audience that crowded the