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that | would retire from the game.
Later | went to Lewiston. In 1892,
think, was with Portland, then played
two seasons with Augusta, and finally
with my own city when it was member
of the State league"
Commenting on the old days of base
bail DllworLh writes:
Discipline was very lax and it was a
rough devi-may element that reach
ed the professional leagues, for it was a
case of fight from beginning to end of a
game and sometimes all night. have
been in games when batters have thrown
the bat at me for striking them out.
But there were many great ball players
in those days and it required nerve and
sand to last-with the speedy live ball,
no glove and no apologies.
Such is the story of a man who was
one of the most famous ball players that
Maine ever produced, whose name was
known to every fan in the State and who
was Just as good fellow personally as he
was ball player. For he had, what is
not always found among ball players
even less in his time than noW-brains
and intelligence.
In looking over some old copies of the
press back in 1886 when Dill was with
Brockton | found this item among the
ball notes: "Dilworth has struck out s.
men in the last five games he has pitch
ed" That was going some, Ell.
Sometime | want to tell the story Of
that season of 1886 in which the Belfast
boy was such conspicuous figure ane
which in some ways was the heyday Of
the game in Portland.
1t was the day of Madden and Hatfield
O'Rourke and Wheelock, and it was the
year thai Portland won its first cham
pionship after a gruelling race witt
Haverhill, and then wound up the season
by defeating the Boston National league
team.
Boston took it's revenge for those de
feats by hiring away at least four of the
Portland players, one of whom, Madden
becams one Of the most famous twirler!
| in the country.
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THE APPLE TREE. STORY.
Lee Did Not Surrender Under it at An.
pOmattOx

Lee Did Not Surrender Under it at Ap.
pomattox.
Paragraphs have recently been ap-
pearing in newspapers that young ap-
pie tree IS to be planted to replace the
old apple tree under which Lee surrend-
cred to Grant at Appomattox.
This apple tree legend survives the
years and all attacks upon it. 1t is such
a pleasing legend, blending poetry and
tragedy, botany and arms, that people
persist in believing it. These fruit tree
legends, the Grant apple tree and the
George Washington cherry tree, are
great deal harder than the fruit trees
themselves and live to ripper age.
The apple tree story has very little
er under an apple tree, but in the paror.
on the right Of the entrance of the house
of Wilmer Mclean, which sat back in
big garden on the main street of the viii
lage of Appomattox, about one square
from the court house. General Lee and
his military secretary, Colonel Charles
Marshall, entered the Mclean house at
1.30 o'clock in the afternoon of April 9,
1865. General Grant was already there,
accompanied by Generals Sheridan, Ord,
Ingalls,, Rawlins, Seth Williams, John G.
Barnard and Colonels Horace Porter,
Orville E. Babcock, Ely S. Parker.
| Theodore S. Bowers, Frederick T. Dent
and Adam Badeau. The articles of sur
render were agreed to, written and sign
ed, the conference was concluded at
o'clock and at 4.30 o'clock Grant sent
the despatch to Secretary Stanton an
nouncing the surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia.
An apple tree and an apple orchard
figure in the events leading up to the
surrender, and it may take some of the
bloom off the story to announce that
April, 1865, was backward month, and
that at the time of the surrender there
was not leaf or blossom on any trees
around Appomattox Court House
The old orchard long ago disappeared,
and the village of Appomattox has very
nearly disappeared. The court house
burned down something over fifteen
years ago, and new one was built at
Appomattox Station, on the Norfolk &
Western Railroad, three miles south
west of the surrender village. Never
rheless the Appomattox apple tree story
blooms perennially. Washington Star
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The Ship Gov. ROBBIE.

The Gov. Robe, the three-masted
schooner which at the time she was
built at Bath, Me-, in 1883, was the talk
of the day, has turned up once more, and
after q years on the Pacific is back in
Atlantic waters. From Philadelphia
comes word that the schooner is being
turned into coal barge. Portland
Press.
The Gov. ROBBIE is not schooner, but
af ull-rigged ship.
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DEMOCRATIC FREE TRADE BILL.
instead of Hitting Trusts 1t Will Help
Those Institutions. Will Reduce Reve-
nue. and Afford No Relief to the People.

instead of Hitting Trusts 1t Will Help
Those Institutions. Will Reduce Reve-
nue. and Afford No Relief to the People.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Not since the
Republican guns were unlimbered against
| the Democratic free list bill by minority
leader Mann, over week ago, has the
debate in the House developed such an
attack on the measure as was made today
| by Hill of Connecticut, Republican
member of the ways and means commit
tee, and one of the leading Republican
! advocates of the Canadian reciprocity
bill. Hill said that the bill devised by
the Democratic leaders removing the
tariff duties from many food products
and manufactured articles, was so crude
ly drawn and so indefinite in its terms
that no estimate could be made of the
! revenues it would cut off or the effect it
would have on business and commerce.
He asserted that instead Of $4,000, 900
reduction in revenue, as the Democrats
expected, it might make reduction of
| $50, 900, 600, and its effect upon business
would be to transfer many fiourishing in
dustries to Europe.
'You intended to hit the trusts said
| LII " elic DeLloCl aus, yOu VIII Wdhe u y
to find that you have in fact helped the
trusts; taken away the revenues of the
! government, and put the money into the
! pockets of the trusts, instead of into the
pockets of the people, whom you claim
to be helping.''
Hill explained that the International
| Harvester Machine Co., the largest sew
ing machine companies and other great
manufacturers would be able under the
| Democratic bill to manufacture parts of
their machines cheaply abroad and bring
them into this country to be assembled
by cheap labor here. Mechanics and
skilled labor would suffer loss of employ
ment, he said.
He said that the Democratic bill was
so general in terms as to admit almost
anything free of duty. Wooden goods,
all kinds of wire, all sorts of fabrics,
zinc, lead, pig iron and a number Of
other things he specifically mentioned.
Hill particularly attacked the bill for
making many manufactured products
! free of duty, like shoes, harness, sad
dlery and the like, while it left a duty
against the raw materials which Ameri-
can manufacturers have to import. He
said also that in attempting to make free
of duty the bagging used to wrap cotton
! bales, the Democratic bill would let in
free the bagging used by the Fertilizer
! Trust, the cement mills of the United
States Steel Co., and by other monopo-
lies, which would give no corresponding
reductions in prices to consumers.
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Dynamiters Indicted.

Los ANGELES, CAL, May 4. Twenty
one new indictments, according to good
authority, were voted late today by the
grand jury against James B., and John
J. Mcnamara and Ortie E. McManigal,
accused of being dynamiters.
Nineteen of the indictments, it is said,
are against the McNamarras alone and
charge them with murder in the blowing
up Of the Los Angeles Times newspaper
plant on Oct. l, and the consequent
deaths of 81 men. The other two are
said to be against McManigal as princi.
pal and the Mcnamara brothers as &C.
completes in the Llewellyn Iron Works
explosion on Christmas day in which nc
one was killed.
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Keep the Balance Up.

1t has been truthfully said that any disturb.
ance of the even balance of health causes
serious trouble. Nobody can be too careful
to keep this balance up. When people begin
to lose appetite, or to get tired easily, the
least imprudence brings on sickness, weakness
or debility. The system needs tonic Graves
it, and should not be denied it; and the best
tonic of which we have any knowledge is
Hoods Sarsaparilla. What this medicine has
done in keeping healthy people healthy, in
keeping up the even balance of health, gives
it the same distinction as preventive that it
enjoys as cure. Its early use has illustrated
the wisdom of the old saying that stitch in
time saves nine. Take Hoods for appetite
strength, and endurance.
The Republican journal., 1911-05-11
A Spring Raphsody.

The days are growing longer, the
breezes warmer, the scent of the bud
ding forests are again drifting into the
dreams of the fisherman. The tired eyes
of the man at, the desk, in the shop and
store are Frightening with visions of
running streams and the bracing Maine
air; the singing of the reel and other
spring time melodies. Maine Woods.
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In the Wake of the Measles,

The little son of Mrs. 0. B. Palmer Little
Rock, Ark, had The measles. The result was
severe cough which grew worse and he could
not sleep. She says: Zone bottle of Foleys
Honey and Tar Compound completely cured
him and he has never been bothered since
Group. whooping cough, measles cough all
yield to Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
The genuine is in the yellow package always.
Refuse substitutes. At all drug stores.
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Fish Facts.

Isle au Haul fishermen report Holsters
and ground fish scarce for this time Of
the season.
Several weirs on the east side of Cape
Roster made good catches the past week.
Herring have been selling for Coo.
E. S. Lawrence of Lubec was in Ston-
ington last week looking over the can
ming shop that the firm is building there.
The building is about 9Ox50 feet. The
first story is up, and another story is to
be added. The building is of concrete.
The factory will give employment to men
and women.
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A Live Board of Trade.

The Belfast Board of Trade is Live
o9y Of p The ssfG h VALLEY GsngRg ,s Fac
tn board ,a will erect canning factory
Belfast have agreed to plant sufficient
sweet corn to supply it. Portland Press.
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For SALE.

All my right, title and interest to any and all
real estate in my name on the records for Waldo
county, and particularly those situated in the
vicinity of Palermo, Maine. For further par
ticulars address ABEL ERSKINE,
1887 Boylston Ave. No., Seattle, Wash.
4W16p
The Republican journal., 1911-05-11

Any skin itching is temper-tester. The
more you scratch the worse it itches. Doan's
Ointment cures piles. eczema-any skin it III
ing. At Ill drug stores.
The Republican journal., 1911-05-11
Needle Books Given Away

A most useful little present, in
dispensable to every housekeeper, a
needle book, containing forty of the
best needles made, will be sent free to
this needle book, enclose a yellow wrap
per from bottle of eel. F. Atwood's
medicine, stating your experience or
opinion Of the remedy. Write today
to the L. F. Medicine Co., Portland.
Maine.
The evening world., 1911-08-21
-~--''H Bo Y LEG
Cured with Resinol

A Newark, N. j., woman, who Is most
enthusiastic about the wonderful results
obtained through Resinoi Ointment,
writes: "Resinol Ointment cured an OBJ
stinate case # syieading E :ema on my
little io-year-old boys leg, after various
other ointments had .ignally failed. The
trouble had existed for s months, and
nothing seemed to do any good until we
procured a Jar of Resi..oi which quickly
cured him. II has now become a house
hold remedy with US. We also have
Resinol Soap in daily use by the chill
dren, and their skin, health and COM
plexion are perfect.
"Mrs. WILLIAM c. WOOD"
Resinol Ointment can be positively
relied on to give instant relief and
quickly cure the torturing skin diseases
Of infancy and childhood. For eczema,
nettle rash, chatting, ~disfiguring pimples
and itching eruptions OF all kinds Il Is
q prompt ana care remedy.
Every family should be safeguarded
with Resinol preparations-Resinol Oint.
ment to cure the skin troubles that now
and then occur; Resinol Soap to use
regularly for the toilet and bath, to keep
the skin pure and he-.thv and preserve
the complexion.
These preparations are sold At all drus
stores. Reslnol Chemical Co. Balti,
more, Md.
The evening world., 1911-08-21
POLICE SQUEEZE"
100000 TCF|GHT
DEmQT|lN CLAUSE
Big Fund Being Raised Now
Tor Attack on the New
Charter.

The ten thousand patrolmen who
maze up the force Of the New York Po-
lice Department are confronted with a
10000 squeeze to prevent the lnclu-
sion In the new city charter OF a clause
giving the Police Commissioner and
Mayor the power to denote any officer
IN the department from the rank Of In
speetor down. This phase Of the new
charter win be under discussion before
Mayor oaynor this week. and mean
time according to information from
within the department the squeeze
fund 10 being irdustriously collected.
There have boon shakedowns of thii
SOFT without number during the pas,
quarter Of . century. but this iatss,
0Do.ooo "~squeese" y the most ingen'
iousiy 1svissd Of any inc the orEani
sation Of the Patroimsn's Bensvoisn'
Association OF this city.
The tAx demanded 10 Us per patrol
naa. The demand was first addressed
10 thoss In thr secret councils Of tn
Parchment Benevolent Association. I
was asked then - payment for puttint
through tho thres-platoon bill. but be
cause OF the activity Of Commissions
WalAo u this matter. the bill wen
through before a attempt could ,
made 70 collect the sugar"
MIN WHO MUST COkTRieUTl
NOT EFFECTED az ".
Ter . while the members Of tn
~sSnin>n'a Ranavolenf Aaaocia tn
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state Patrolmen's Association may des-
ignate. Such dues shall be dispersed by
the said general committee or a sub
CT - nittee thereof. or by such persons
as the subcommittee of the New York
state Patrolmen's Association shall des-
ignate. shall be dispersed as the
Judgment and discretion Of the said
committee, ub-committee or said per-
sons may dictate. provided. however,
that such money shall not be dispersed
In a manner contrary to the rules OF the
Police department OF the City of New
York or the laws OF the State"
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salary all In one month.
Word was passed around to hush this
sdueal that the tax could be paid In
three s. instruments. to be paid In
August, September and october. PATROL
men who have failed to pay their
August instalment are said to be feel
ing the pinch OF discipline In the most
a. tic manner possible under the sys-
.em."
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AL OF PROTEST FOLLOWED
RECEIPT OF BLANKS.

After this most ingenious epistle had
been presented to tho attention OF every
patrolman On the force they received
so-called .ppllcat!on blanks which were
to accompany their subscription" A
great wall went ip from he members
OF the uniformed force. A SO tax vas
too big a squeeze to take out Of a mans
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ing this rule are really not affected by
It. Their superior officers. are. and
their superior officers. IL is. explained.
have the power to make life a burden
to those who fail to contribute.
Throughout the Greater City the
chairmen for the various precincts OF
the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
rave received copies Of the following
letter. which presents the request for
SIS per man from ten thousand police
men. This tax Is asked In the name OF
the New ork States Patrolman's As
ISOLATION, an organization. so the sos-
sip runs in police circles. that Is car
ried around under somebody's hat and
Of which he majority If the force
never hear.
This circularized demand vas sent out
first on lilly q and was dated from
Buffalo. n. Y. It reads:
MIR. John Rudy. President PATROL
mans Benevolent Association Of The
City o. New York:
Dear Sir: The Executive COMMITTEES
Of the New York State Patrolman's As
ISOLATION have designated me TO repre-
sent them In the matter contained In the
accompanying resolution. I am expect
ed TO give II my personal attention to
this cxtent-that I will san at patrol
mems homes to secure the Insurance.
' application II necessary.
Yours truly,
JOHN w. GRIFFIN.
Superintendent of Insurance. Ne~
York State Patroiman's Association
No A1 Iynwnnd ayenue. Rnnaln"
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WANT MONEY TO FIGHT
CLAUSE IN NEW CHARTER.

The accompanying resolution: "wheras
the New York State Patrolman's Assn
citation 10 considering means and meth
DDS TO amend, revise and reconstruct
Its beneficiary department with a ~isv
OF placing same upon . moro souoi
financial basis and becoming subject
to the insurance laws OF the State. and
whereas II needs financial, assistance
20 carry said proposed changes into
effect.
1T IL hereby resolved that tho dues
, payable to the said State association By
| each patroiman who - q member Of the
| patrolmen's association Of the city OF
| Nav York, ~ other catrc!nscn who are
members Of the Police Department OF
the city of New York. who desire ia
participate In the proposed revision and
reconstruction Of the saAd beneficiary
department, be fixed at the sum OF SIS
Such dues shall be paid forthwith to the
general committee OF the Patrolmen'i
Benevolent Association OF the City Of
New York. or to nch persons a. The
executive committee Of the New Yort
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No ERlra GharOe iOr IL.
AAvsvussmsuss tor Ths Word ~ b ~ y
~ xnsnean Dtsthcs Nssssss Omes u -
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-04-19
you say TO wItnurawing /.

you say TO wItnurawius
II am at your orders. Mr. Presi-
dent" was the reply.
mo one knows better what you
have done than the gentlemen here at
this table," the president went on
slowly mo one questions that YOU
have done more than any other man
could have done under the circum.
stances. We understand, I think, that
indirectly you are asking immunity
for an individual | don't happen to
know the liability of that individual
under our law, but we can't make any
mistake now, Mr. Grimm, and so-and
So" He stopped and was silent
81 had hoped, Mr.. President. that
what have done so far-and | don't
underestimate it-would have, at least.
earned for me the privilege Of re-
aiming in this case until its con-
ciusion," said Mr.. Grimm steadily. III
it is to be otherwise, of course | am
at"
History tell us, Mr.. Grimm" inter
rupted the president irrelevant.y,
that the frou-frou of a woman's skirt
has changed the map of the world. Do
you believe" he went on suddenly,
that man can mete out justice Ia 7.
ly, severely if necessary, to one for
whom he has a personal regard?"
II do. sir"
Perhaps even to one-to a woman
whom he might lover"
IL do, SIR
The president rose.
Please wait in the anteroom for
a few minutes" he directed.
Mr. Grimm bowed himself out. At
the end of half an hour he was again
summoned into the cabinet chamber.
stretched hand. There was more than
mere perfunctory thanks in this
there was the understanding of man
and man.
you will proceed with the case to
the end, Mr. Grimm" he instructed
abruptly. IF you need assistance ask
for 1t; If not, proceed alone. You will
rely upon your own judgment entire
ly. If there are circumstances which
make 1t inadvisable to move against
an individual by legal process, even
If that individual is amenable to our
laws, you are not constrained so to do
If your judgment is against it. There
is one stipulation: You will either
secure the complete rights of the
wireless percussion cap to this gov
eminent or learn the secret Of the In
vention so that at no future time can
we be endangered by it."
THANK you" said Mr. Grimm quiet
ly. Il understand"
81 may add that 1t is a matter of
deep regret to me-" and the presi-
dent brought one vigorous hand down
on the young mans shoulder, that
our government has so few men of
your type in its service. Good day"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-04-19
CamargO a FIOurisihng Village.

We are glad to note the rapid
growth Of Camargo, this county,
and would not be surprised to see
some remarkable advances in the de-
yelopment of that beautiful little
village within the next few years.
Property values are fast increasing.
Land that could have been purchased
ten years ago for $25 an acre is now
bringing 500 to $3.50 an acre.
The people Of Camargo are pro-
gressive and constitute one of the
best elements of our citizenship.
They have good churches and
schools and are up-to-date in all
respects. 1t is said that two
wealthy New York families con-
template erecting beautiful sum
mer homes at Camargo in order to
take advantage of the medicinal
springs in that neighborhood
We are glad to see all parts of
our good county prosper, and
extend our congratula-
tons to the good people of Cam
argo for their progressiveness and
good citizenship.
In this connection we wish to
add that several prominent families
from the mountains have settled in
that neighhorhood. and we take
pleasure in extending them a well
come and in expressing the hope
that others from the mountains
will from time to time cast in their
lot with us. 40-2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-04-19
"This Note, Mr.. Grimm, Is Surprising"

again, that for the sake of peace we
must either get complete control of
that invention or else understand it
so well that there can be no further
danger. And again, please let me call
your attention to the fact that the
brain which brought this thing into
existence is still to be reckoned with.
There may, some day, come a time
when our submarines may be explod-
ed at will regardless of this percus-
sion cap
The secretary of war turned fatty
upon Chief Campbell.
This woman who is mixed up in
this AFFAIR." he demanded. This Miss
Thorne. Who is she?"
"Who is she?" repeated the chief
-She's a secret agent of Italy, one of
the most brilliant, perhaps, that has
ever operated in this or any other
country. She is the pivot around
which the intrigue moved. We know
her by dozen names; any one of
them may be correct"
The brows of the secretary of war
were drawn down in thought as he
turned to the president.
"Mr. Grimm was speaking of the
personal equation" he remarked point
edly II think perhaps his meaning
is clear when we know there is a
woman in the case. We know that
Mr.. Grimm has done his duty to the
last inch in this matter; we know
that alone and unaided, practically,
he has done thing that no living
man of his relative position has ever
done before-prevented a world-war.
But there is further danger-he him
self has called out attention to it
therefore. | would suggest that Mr..
Grimm be relieved of further duty in
this particular case. This is not a
moment when the peace of the world
may be imperiled by personal feelings
of--of kindness for an individual"
Mr.. Grimm received the blow with
out a tremor His hands were still
idly clasped behind his back; the
eyes fastened upon the presidents
face were still listless; the mouth abb
solutely without expression.
"As Mr.. Grimm has pointed out"
the secretary went on, I'VE have been
negotiating for this wireless percus-
sion cap ] have somewhere in my
office the name and address of the in
dividual with whom these negotia-
tions have been conducted. Through
that 1t is possible to reach the inven-
tor. and then! I suggest that we
vote our thanks to Mr.. Grimm and
relieve him of this particular case"
The choleric eyes of the president
soltened little, and grew grave as
they studied the impassive face Of the
young man.
TITS strange situation, Mr..
Grimm" he said sYSnlx. What do