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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

Members of Henry G. Staples Camp,
>. OF ". are requested to report at G.
\. r. hall at s o'clock this morning.
Those who are unable to come at that
time are requested to report at / o'clock
this afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

The Baptist church will be closed
after next Sunday for the remainder of
the month of June. Rev. &. p. Hope.
the pastor, will enjoy his vacation at
that time. Mr.. Hope and family will
leave, Monday. for New Jersey and
Pennsylvania where they will attend
the commencement exercises at Groin
University and visit friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

F. p. Perkins, who was thrown from
his team and severely injured, Wednes-
day night. was considerably improved.
yesterday. He suffered a bad con-
cussion and was unconscious for some
time, but later developments show that
there We're 10 internal injuries as at
first feared and it is expected that he
will be out in q few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

The places kept by a. II. Jewett and
f. l.. Hopkins We're raided by the po-
lice. yesterday. and n quantity of h. I'd
liquors seized at each place. In mu-
nicipal court Jewett appealed and fur
nished bonds for appearance at higher
court. Hopkins is out Of the city at the
present time and his case will come up
later
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

Some boys broke into the basement
of the New Age office, Wednesday
night, and stole 2 quantity of type and
other metal. They took it to a North
End junk store to sell and the police
recovered such parts of it as could be
identified. No arrests We're made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

Inc North Augusta Grange will give
a social at its hall. this evening A
literary program will be given and the
remainder of the evening will be passed
with games. Ice cream and cake will
be served
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

III. ID. Pinkham Of the Lake View Inn,
Lake Cobbosseecontee, will give a
shore dinner at that place, next Sun
DAY. The popular dinners of last wear
will be continued
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

ruler d Weber have erected some
new steps running up over the en-
pahkment south of their store They
VIII be a great convenience to the pub
lie as we'll as the proprietors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
Like a Drcwninu Man.

Give years ago dyspepsia took hold Of
me-" writes Geo. $. Marsh Of Nocona.
Tex LAS drowning man grabs at a
stray 1 grabbed at I<odol; after. few
bottles am sound and WE'LL Kodol cures
stomach trouble. Percy w. Means.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

Another new car for the Augusta,
winthrop K Gardiner Railroad was un-
loaded from the Laconia Car COS. car,
yesterday, put upon trucks and taken
to the car barn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

u" tHTNTINIHIIlpHI VOIIlIlIIIItt OF ITIt
Y. =. s. G. +. at the Congregational
church gave 4 ping pong tournament
at the chanel, last evening. This is the
first public occasion held in this city
1T which this popular game has been
played and Il large number We're pres
ent to participate in it. A very enjoy
able evening was passed. Refreshments
Mern Served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
Late "Wednesday afternoon in the

Late Wednesday afternoon in the
probate court at Bangor. Judge Bur-
CESS signed DEGREES for the allowance
of IL wills. ten of them being filed by
residents of Bangor. The most i'm
portant public bequest was Il con-
ditional one of $500 to the Bangor Y.
NJ. c. A., left by The Hon. Jonathan G.
Clark. The remainder of his estate
was divided among relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
Daily kennebec journal
LOCAL MATTERS.

III. l.. Pishon is erecting a new cot
.age at East Winthrop. 1t is expected
'hat 1t will be completed in a few
weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
................. A. II 16 q IL
COLBY SECOND.

Stolen bases-Cony. 10; Colby Second. c.
Two-base hits-Craig. 2; Knapp: Three
base hit-Craig. Bases on balls-Off
Rockwood. >; off Partridge, l. Struck
out-By lockwood, 6; by Partridge. ..
Umpires, Russell and Reynolds. Scorer,
Hichborn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30

II. Chernowsky says he will close out
ms hhe of ladies' suits at so cents on
ehe dollar, the result of cool and I'M
seasonable weather.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
Don't Start WRONG,

Don't start the summer with a cough or
cold. Take it in hand right now. A few
doses of one Minute Cough Cure will set
you right Sure cure for coughs, colds.
Group. grip, bronchitis, all throat and
lung troubles. Percy w. Means.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
MAINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

The Fiftieth Annual Meeting Of this
Association will be held IN the Common
Council Chamber, City Building, Port
land. on Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
Jay June 4, and 6, 1902 CHAS. d.
SMITH, M. D., Secretary. mayl4. DIV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-30
MARRIED..
KENNEREC.

Chelsea-May IS. at residence of tow n
clerk. by n. NJ Hemenway, Esq, Alfred
l.. Burke and Addie l.. Emery, both of
Augusta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08
HISTORICAL SERM ON
WAR INCIDENTS IN THE LOCAL
CHURCHES.

The history Of many of the churches OF
this city during the war throws a valuable
side light upon the conditions that existed
here during that troublous period. Some
years ago-it was in 1ST3-Rev. DR.. c. H
Hall, for a number of years the rector of
Epiphany parish and one of the best known
clergymen in the city, returned to his old
pulpit on an anniversary occasion and
preached a discourse in which he gave
history of the parish. The sermon was
printed and the portion relating to the war
experience Of the parish is given below.
A Historical Sermon.
."There were troubled days for us all. for
while very anxious days. The old system
Of things was to be upturned and new
regime to come In. Alas, the trials Of those
days. Men went mad with fear or rage.
Old sores broke out, and cords of amity
were burst that had seemed eternal. Men
here were disloyal, then suddenly and vio-
lently loyal. Our next-door neighbor
lamented to me that Washington was ruin
ed, that real estate here was not worth hav-
ing. What will you take for your stable?
said I, hoping that I had a chance to get 1t
away from his neighborhood. 1t remains
there still, as our Mordecai. I recall that
Sunday in April, 1860, after the Baltimore
riot We all expected to be attacked by
somebody before night. A clerical friend
was with me in the afternoon service, and
L nau the greatest difficulty III heepiIls HliL
He was half dead with anxiety. only to get
out Of the doomed city quickly posi-
BILE. He left before night and in few
weeks after hid his family in the cellar
in Virginia somewhere while a battle was
fought around his house. But that Sunday
the city was in the utmost excitement and
the next day multitudes fed by carriage
roads north and south, through Maryland
and Virginia. 1 came here the next Sun
day and there were hardly twenty people
left from the exodus. A Sunday or two
after and the church was full of Rhode ISL
anders, worshiping as quietly as If they
had always been here.
Dark Days in the City.
s~rhen came the Bull Run Sunday and It's
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never learned. do not think that the lin
gerings of the nature that was begotten of
ADAM In me would have allowed me to take
OF that plate; and perhaps some friend
thought SO and did the deed Of darkness in
CHARITY to human inffrmty. The other in
cldent was one which largely affected the
we,Iare OF OF this parish from that time on
ward. The Secretary of War having
moved into the neighborhood. took the
Davis pew in this church, as it was then
by chance vacant AS to my loyalty TO the
Union, II was as sincere then as when In
ISo2 IN South Carolina l was the only
Union man who dared to say So in the dis
trict of st. Johns ColIeton But who can
resist a tide of passion? l went on my way
4uletiy, preaching no politics. not calling In
frovldence to rouse party passions but
bearing witness to all that a Christian man
as a necessity Of his faith must be in SUBJ
lection to the government
Secretary Stanton's Caution.
II was characteristic of Mr.. LincoIn's Sec
rotary that he should go about privatelv
and satisfy his own mind as to our LOYALTY
for himself as 1 afterward found he had
done. After his coming among lis was
generally known there came, first, a news
paper lull. then Epiphany loyalty gradually
rose to par. then beyond it. until there
seemed to be danger of an influx into our
circle or that worst class of the society of
the capitalize pious and unpious sharks
who congregate here for what ,ney can
get; the loyal contractors and hypocritical
leaders, who speak great swelling words of
vanity, and, like the Pharisees. look to
have their reward. One word of Mr. STAN
ton. In a critical time to this parish he
was true friend. l think have seen him
tried in every way. I have been with him
In those moods when one gets at the inner
mind of man. L differed from him In many
notions for his was a western educatio
and also as a lawyer he was disposed to
use force before persuasion. He had his
faults. and one of them was an impetuous
dashtng down Of all shams; not always
waiting to separate the self-deceived from
weak. Another fault was sudden preju-
dices, almost inevitable in such a crowded
life as his was. But l choose to pay him
today the tribute Of my sincere love for
him, for myself, and to aver that he was a
wall of strength to this parish during tho
darkest days of the war. Just after the
war ended DR.. Sparrow of Alexandria
preached here. A person regretted in the
war office my raShneSs and evident dis
loyalty in bringing one whom he called
rebel Or. Sparrow was an aboltionist be-
fore the war; into this pulpit. Said Mr..
Stanton, Il suppose sir, If the Secretary OF
War asked him to do it he can risk his
loyalty in doing it, But 1t is time to hurry
to a close. These "reminiscences are but as
straws left by a rapid freshet on the bank
of a river, which has passed by, showing
where the currents once ran. Yet this in
ner life of parish IS its history. The outer
record only tells of the opportunities that
have been offered for the hearts deeper life
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Nearly 10000 Veterans Inferred in
Arlington.
GENERAL LOGANS TOMB AT THE SOLDIERS
HOME-THOsE AT FORT STEVENS
AND ALEXANDRIA.

within and near the borders Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, where occurred 50 many
stirring events of the civil war, lie the re-
mains of 90 OOO soldiers. Their graves are
TO be found in nearly score of cemeteries
Thousands of the little mounds mark the
last resting places, cover the ashes Of those
who fell in battle and were unidentified
when found by their comrades. At Airing
ton alone the unknown" graves number
nearly 5000, but If no headstones bear the
names OF the occupants Of these silent
cities they are all enshrined on that great
roll Of honor which will be cherished -
long as the victorious stars and stripes are
upheld by the descendants Of the men who
gave new life to the greatest OF republics
There are four national cemeteries within
q few miles Of the White House. Two are
within the District of Columbia. at the Sol
d;ers' Home and at Fort Stevens, and two
are on the south bank Of the Potomac at
Arlington and at Alexandria. Each Is
located in a picturesque country which
recalls memories of the civil war. While at
Arlington and Alexandria the historic in
terest extends to the days when the Amerl-
can government was mere experiment
When the graves OF soldiers are annualiy
decorated those who seek to honor the
memory of the brave men of 61-6o go not
only to the grounds that are under the
special care of the government but also
70 Oak Hill, Holy Rood, Mt. Olivet. Glen
wood, Graceland, Prospect Hi, Rock
Creek Harmony, St. Elizabeth's, ST. Mary s
and Congressional cemeteries, in all of
which lie the soldier dead.
AT Arlington, Va, is the foremost among
the national cemeteries of the country. On
the LIST OF last July there were buried there
the remains of 1882 soldiers OF the civil
war. OF these graves 1i.351 were marked
with the names of their occupants and
%611 unknowns. This number of graves is
over 1900 greater than is found in any
other national cemetery in this country, the
next largest being that at VickSburg, Miss,
with l6,7TS Interments, In the eighty-three
national cemeteries there buried over
e45 600 soldiers and sailors, nearly 152. 00C
Of the graves being unknown" and $500
OF them being graves OF cOnfederates
The estate Of Arlington was long famous
rs the home of the Gusts and Lee families
Its beauties were known long before it be-
same a portion OF the sacred soil devoted &c
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Ants Jaws in Surgery.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Indians of Brazil have a curious
method of stitching up a cash, which II
quite as efficient as a silver wire or pre-
pared silk of the modern surgeons, and
much easier to do, beside which there Is
no necessity for a skilled hand. and the
materials are handy almost anywhere In
the Brazilian forest. These materials are
a species of very large ant. which has
mandibles which can bite through almost
anything. One of the peculiarities OF this
ant is that when it catches hold of any
thing with these jaws it cannot be made
to let go. Even if the rest of the body Is
pulled off, these jaws still keep their hold.
What the Brazilian Indian does when he
has received a cash is this: He catches
some of these ants, and holding them TO
the wound. which he has previously closed
together, let's them bite. They fix their
mandibles on each side of the wound and
then he pinches off the rest of the body.
The jaws do not come apart, and so a row
of these ants heads keeps a wound to-
gether as well as the surgeons needle ana
wire would do, and the bite of these
ants is not poisonous this rouGh-and
ready surgery is quite efficient
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the dead It comprises about 1000 acres, q
mile south of the Virginia end of the
Aqueduct bridge, and commands a SPLEEN
did view of this city and the lower Poto-
mac. From it's mansion house can be seen
all the great buildings and monuments that
beautify the nations capital.
Bought by John Custis.
John Custis. the father-in-law of Martha
GUSTS Washington, realizing the great
beauty Of this estate, purchased 1t early
in the eighteenth century. He paid Eli 600
for the property and named it for his home
on the eastern shore. This estate was but
one belonging to the wealthy John Gusts.
and passed to his son. Daniel Parke Gusts,
who married Martha cambridge and made
his home at Arlington. He died when but
thirty-five years Of age, leaving Martha
Gusts the wealthiest widow in Virginia
In this day, when fortunes are reckoned
in millions, the money value attached to
the estate that came into the possession Of
1.-The widow Custis'' does not seem to be
large. Her possessions were valued a. $780,
600, which was a large sum even in the
rich state of Virginia in colonial days. She
was still young and possessed all Of that
beauty which made her fame as q girl.
After the period of her mourning was over
she met young officer Of the Virginia mil
itia Col. George Washington, who had at
that time distinguished himself by his mill
ldTy dCuleNeneuls QuTlHS bTdQuOCh 3 CdIu-
paign. Washingtons infatuation with the
beauty of the young widow has been the
subject Of many a story illustrating the
romantic side Of his life. chief among which
Is the oft told failure of the disciplinartan
to remember call to duty by several hours
while he fingered in the company OF the
beautiful widow.
The two Gusts children went to reside at
Mount Vernon after their mothers second
marriage. The boy, John Parke Custfs
took possession Of the Arlington estate al
ter his marriage, and 1t was he who erect
ed the fine old mansion that crowns the hill
on the south bank of the Potomac. The es-
tate had greatly enhanced in value through
the prudent management of Washington.
The central portion of the mansion Is sixty
feet long with a dignifed portico upheld
by eight doric columns. 1t was modelled
after the celebrated temple at Paestum,
near Naples. Each of the wings Is forty
feet long, giving the entire mansion a
frontage OF $40 feet. 1t was constructed Of
brick covered with stucco. The slave quar-
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two succeeding dark days. They do to talk
of now, but they were hard enough to bear
then. On Tuesday of that week we were
very near having a battle on a small scale
in New York avenue in the rear Of the
church. A number of Fire Zouaves from
New York attempted to kill small number
of prisoners who were being escorted by
of Lieutenant Watkins, from the treasury
building to the jail But saddest of all
were the heart-burnings and suspicious on
every side. Men learned more Of the darker
side of human nature in week then than
they had every known before. A rumor was
a terror, and they flew thick and fast
around us. There were moments of danger
for all. This church held her own through
1t all. The clouds could not stay on her
The very generals who were fighting the
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ored by the erection OF memorial. There
might have been long years OF delay in pro-
Spanish war had not the National Society
of the Colonial Danes OF America come
forward to lead In the movement. The I'M
yelling of the monument on the Dist of last
Nav was rendered an especially interesting
occasion by the participation Of President
Roosevelt in the ceremony.
The monument is column standing fifty
four feet above the pedestal, and surmount-
ed by a globe on which Is -perched an eagle
with wings outspread. About this globe on
band which stands in high relief are
thirteen stars and at its base are four can
non balls. The two corners of the monu-
ment nearest the city support modern guns,
one taken from the wreck of the Viscaya
and the other from the hull of the Maria
Teresa, vessels captured from Spain OPP
posing these trophies of the Spanish war
are two ancient cannon brought from the
Spanish batteries at Sevilla, near Moro Cas-
tie Havana The site of the monument is
in the center of the burial ground of 957
victims of the last war. White headstones
about it show where these soldiers Ie.''
The Soldiers Home.
Next to Arlington interest in the patriot
dead of the nation is centered In the acres
that lie north of the Soldiers Home where
are buried the remains Of 6,794 soldiers
Of this number 291 lie in unknown graves.
OF the entire number 271 were confeder-
ates Hero, too, acres of small white head
stones are within view of the road that
bounds the home to the north. Many beau
tilul monuments ornament the grounds and
mark the last resting place of men who
have enshrined their names on the highest
places of the nations roll of honor The
location is a most beautiful one Within
sight Of the burial grounds are the large
w...te buildings Of the home, and every
evening during the summer months there
float over this silent city strains from the
band that plays on the lawn, where SOL
diers gather in summer to enjoy the cool
of the evening. 1t is here that those who
have sought a refuge in the home are
buried, except in cases where their friends
wish their remains sent to former places of
residence. Their graves are in the eastern
end of the cemetery. The thoroughfare
which passes the cemetery Is known as
Rock Creek road, and it leads into the park
bearing that name, which Is famous for it's
picturesque beauty. Across from the road
bordering the soldiers burying ground and
lying west Of it is Rock Creek cemetery,
which is also one Of the most carefully kept
Of the cemeteries n the District Of Column
bia.
The remains Of Gem John A. Logan lie in
a tomb near the entrance of the cemetery
Nearer the center of the grounds Is
stately pavilion, on the pillars Of which are
inscribed the names OF leading Union Off
GERS of the civil war. lit is here that ami
versary services for the dead are held, a
large assemblage gathering beneath the
towering oaks.
The cemetery was established in 1861.
Among the prominent officers who are
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that the tax sale was illegal and that the
estate belonged to George Washington Lee
Gusts. The military cemetery had been
established there, and Mr.. Lee disposed OF
his right In the estate to the government
for $15O,000
Acreage of the Cemetery.
Two hundred acres of the estate have been
set aside as national cemetery, the
grounds being surrounded by a low wall.
One of the attractive features Of the estate
are the magnificent oaks, some OF which are
200 years old. The government has spent
q great deal of money in identifying the
grounds, which are laid off in carefully kept
paths and driveways and dotted here and
there with imposing monuments.
AT the main entrance OF the mansion
house is a marble arch taken from the old
War Department building over twenty years
ago. The names of Scott Lincoln and Stan
ton are on the lofty columns which uphold
this structure. West Of the house are the
graves Of white soldiers and east are those
of colored men. who fought in the ranks Of
the Union army. The tomb OF General
Philip H Sheridan Is in front Of the mai
sion.
A solemn and impressive sight Is formed
by the myriad of small white headstones
that stretch far away over the acres devot-
ed to the dead. The unknown" buried at
ter the war, lie under a granite monument,
which is inscribed suitably, showing that
beneath it are 2, Ill unknown soldiers. Their
bodies were from the fields OF Bull Run and
the route to the Rappahannock. This mon
ument was erected in 1866 In the mansion
is carefully kept record Of the names and
location of the graves Of all those soldiers
who were known at the time Of their inter-
ment.
Selections from the beautiful poem writ
ten by Colonel Theodore OHara are in
scribed on iron frames on the borders of the
burial field. One Of the stanZas of this
exquisite poem, entitled 1.-The Bivouac Of
the Dead" and which 10 SO familiar to
every veteran, follows:
1.-THE muhled drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattool
No life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
And glory guards with solemn round
The biyouac OF the dead"
In the west cemetery are inferred the re-
mains of George Washington Parke Gusts
and his wife, Their tombs are in the east
ern part Of these grounds, and they never
fail to recall the long limo Of historical
events which form the connecting links be-
tween the two great wars Of the republic
the one to establish independence and the
other to perfect and perpetuate the patriotic
work OF the revolutionary heroes.
Memorial Shaft.
Ono Of the attractive features at ArIing-
ton Il the beautiful shaft that has been
erected there to the soldiers who fell in the
war with Spain. Il IL not often that the he
/ roic dead Of great war are 30 soon hon