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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
Forest Fires.

As usual at this season of the year
fires in the woods and meadows are very
numerous in the dry districts; most Of
them are the result of careessness. SO
frequent are these fires that landed prop
erty is very much more uncertain than
formerly ; this applies to both forests and
peat meadows. The latter in a very dry
time will burn down as low as the water,
thus entirely destroying the land. When
a fire once gets well started in ameadow,
there is but little use in trying to eXtin-
gulsh it, unless the meadow can be flow
ed, OF the water is within few feet of
the surface, when a ditch may be dug
around it SO as to contne the fire on an
island; even then, if the wind blows.
there is danger Of the fire getting over
the ditch and starting another fire be
yond When a fire gets spread over a
large meadow it is rarely stopped until
heavy rains come
The injury caused by a fire running
through a young forest, especially if it be
composed OF evergreens, is very serious;
in fact it not only DESTROYS the entire
growth OF trees but it burns UP the top
of the land to degree that prevents it
from producing another growth of trees
for some years.
The loss in this country every year by
forest fires is 50 serious thar it calls for
more stringent laws and more deter
mined effort to enforce them. Whenever
a person is known to set fire malicious
ly OF carelessly, he should be made to
suffer the extreme penalties of the law
With a determined effort to bring TO
justice every offender the number of fires
would be greatly reduced but now if it
be ever SO dry, intelligent men may set
a fire to burn out an old stump or a nest
of bees, and although by so doing they
destroy thousands Of dollars worth Of
land and timber, they are permitted to
go unpunishcd. This is wrong. Such
parties should be made to pay the dam
age caused by their carelessness. If the
present law will not reach such persons,
if should be amended so that it viii.
If there should be a combined, deter
mined effort on the part of the owners of
land to bring to justice every offender, it
would in few years greatly reduce the
number OF forest fires, and thus make
landed property a much safer investment
than it now is.
This subject is one of Importance, and
should receive the attention Of Agricul-
tural Societies and Farmers Clubs
Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
What Might Have Been.

bA SUDAN SOoLlDUE.
50 many things there might have been
Had our dear child not died.
We count them up and call them o'er
We weigh the less against the more,
The Joy she never knew or shared,
The bitter woes forever spared,
The dangers turned aside
Heavens full security-and then
PerpeXed we sigh-all might have been.
We might have seen her sweet cheeks glow
With loves own happy bloom,
Her eyes with maiden gladness full
Finding the whole world beautiful;
We might have seen the joyance fail,
The dear face Sadden and grow pale
The smiles fade into gloom,
Loves sun grow dim and sink again
Either of these it might have been.
We might have seen her with the crown
OF wfehood on her head,
A queen of homes fair soyereignties
With little children at her knees;
or, broken hearted and alone
Bereft and widowed of her own
Mourning beside her dead,
This thing or that. beyond our ken,
1t might have been, it might have been.
There is no need of question now
No doubts, or risks, or fears:
Safe folded in the Eternal care,
Grown falrer each day and more fair,
With radiance in the clear young eyes
Which in cool depths of Paradise
Look without stain of tears.
Reading the Lords intent, and then
Smiling to think what might have been.
We too will smile, oh dearest child;
Our dull souls may not know
The deep things hidden from mortal sense
W llpl find thy heavenly confidence.
ON this one sure thought can we rest.
That God has chosen for thee the best,
Or else it were not so,
He called thee back to Heaven again
Because He knew what might have been.
he COngregatiOnalist.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

Inc DoIlI1 + Democrats ct Hamilton eouhtyt
ono nave Rc'd " convention and nominated q
full ticket. hey mean business. Another bolt
Is thf'atehe1 IN tuyaDoga county. The county
convention FleI0 IN cleveland saturday, WAS
p"'N''' III '''E interest "i h"'h""'IcI' an" NI'H
one 'A''pl'o IL an 'i' names on 'he ''eArtn"mh-
''e" are 'l' I>' oi hooh"aI''F men, inns It.
sun was nor secured without q bltjer contest
and the cAUc cnditurc of good deal of Book
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
Why they Call Him "Old Man.
Brighton Cattle Market.

TUESDAY, Sept. IL.
and lambs, 57l5; fat swine, Il, ,553.
Prices Of beef cattle v 100 Ii live weight, extra
quality, 81 50d7 90, first, So 00a6 By; second.
S. 371s95 S71a; third, 81 50a5 25; poorest grades
of coarse oxen, bulls. etc, $3 00a4 371a.
Brighton Hides, 7971ac " tb; Brighton Talow, 6
&c ID; Country Hides, light ones, &c " IL
heavy, 7a4S y b =; Country Taow, 4a41zc " ib ;
Calf Skins, l0gl1c " ID; Lamb Skins, 50a75c each !;
sheep skins, 25a50c each.
The trade for cattle has been more active at an
advance in price of 1aa14 y fb those obtained
one week since for the same grades of Beeves. The
supply was mostly of good grade and nearly all
were intended for the butchers trade, prices rang
ing in most instances from $5 6Od6 IS " 100 f live
weight. A few very choice Beevcs were sold as
high as &c " h. live weight
Sheep and Lambs-Western Sheep cost, landed
at the yards this week, from "a 9G1ac and Lambs
65a71zc y b, live weight. There Were several
hundred head of Eastern Sheep sent in to Hollis q
Co., and probably the supply will increase from
that section for several months to come.
Swine-Western Fat Hogs cost, landed at the
slaughter houses, this week from 81 a6c ib live
weight. They were all owned by butchers.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

Fully as much corn is raised for can
ming purposes as for feed, and is con
Sidered more profitable to the farmer. 4
very large portion Of the potatoes raised
in Aroostook county are used by the
starch factories of that locality, and the
larger the crop and the lower the pre-
Nailing market price the more profitable
it is tor the farmers, comparatively, as
the starch factories have regular con
tract price for the potatoes consumed,
which remains the same year after year.
There has been a very large acreage Of
beans raised in Cumberland Knox. Lin
coin, peH0bscOt, Piscataquis and Wash
ington counties, and larger crop than
usual gathered in good condition. All
the crops show d gratifying increase over
the census yea1 as follows: Wheat, 49,
oS4 bushels oats. 1876, lbs barley, 81,
0l2 corn, 1896 potatoes, 9-o ,4l2.
4
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
What the "Scott Law of Ohio Is.

AS the Oh9 campaign turns, to Il certain cX-
tent, upon the Scott taxing liquor law, which
the Democrats aSsa and the Republicans de-
fend, the reaEer may be Interested in the fol-
lowing brief summary of the provisions of thc
law. given bY DR.. Scott, the authorof the meas
ure
1t provides
"FirSt-Ihht every person III the State cngHg-
ed i'll the traffic in Intoxicating liquors, other
than the manufacturer thereof from the crude
material, and who sells in quantities Of one gal
Ion or more. Shall be assessed and pay annual
y tax of $500, if he sells distilled liquors and
800 if he sells fermcntcd liquors alone The
law makes tine tax alien ON the property in or
upon which the liquor is sold, and Furnishes by
severe penalties any person who sells ON the
premises of another without his written con-
sent.
"Second-lt further provides that amy muni-
cipal corporation may prohibit the sale of in
toXicating liquors within its territory, and when
that is done, persons having paid the tax shall
be reimbursed pro rata for the uneNpired por-
ton of the year for which the tax was paid.
"Third-Thc law re-cnactS the old statute, aS
old as the State itself, prohibiting the sale of in
toXicating liquors on the Sabbath dav as IL bev-
erage, and further provides that any municipal
corporation may by ordinance suspend the opcr-
atonS of this provision, so far us the sale of
beer or native VINE Is concerned on anV part of
that day
'Fourth-lt provides heavy finc and im-
prisonment for selling to minors, persons who
are drunk or in the habit of getting drunk.
"Fifth-It repeals the law of 1874, which for
bids the sale of intoxicating liquors to be drank
on the premises where sold"
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who is on Il lee
turing tour in California, has added to his un-
popularity there by denouncing the treatment
of the Chinese in that State.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
Average. lob 12I 1917 los

AS not more than half of the grain
crops have been harvested, later returns
may show difference. In AroOstook
county harvesting has hardly begun.
Rust is also iniuring some fields of wheat
The yield OF grains promises quite heavy.
The kernels have filled out plump and
larger than usual, and unless the droutb
and early frosts prevent the ripening of
late fields the yield in bushels will be
proportionaIly larger than the percentage
of condition would seem to indicate. A
careful comparison Of the returns indi
Gates yield of corn, oats and barley in
bushels as follows in the several coun-
ties:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

For twenty wears | was sufferer from Catarrh
of the head and throat in very aggravated form,
and during the summer months with Hay Fever. |
procured bottle of Ey's Cream Balm, and after
few applications received decided benefit-was
cured before the bottle was used. Have had no re
turn of the complaint. CHARLOTTE PARKER, Wav-
erly, n Y.
One and one half bottles of Ely's Cream Balm en-
tirev cured me of Uay Fever of ten wears stand
ing. Have had no trace of 1t for two years. AL
BERT A. PERRY, SmithbOro, n. Y.
Since bOyhood have been troubled with Catarrh
and Hay Fever, and have been unable to obtain
permanent relief until used Ely's Cream Balm. 1t
has cured me. f. l.. CLICKENER, New Brunswick,
N j. Price so cents. 2w3S
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

When Jeremiah s. Black left the Cabinet in
1861 he was $1,000 in debt. How this must dis
gust the Robesons, the Chambers, and the Sher-
mans at the stupidity and foolishness of Judge
Black. Exchange.
We should never think of bringing up the
fact that Il cabinet officer couldn't meet his bills
as anything to his credit. 1t may be il sign of
''An Honest Man, as the Lewiston Gazette
heads the above item, but we should suppose
an ordinarily prudent man might live on his
salary as = cabinet officer, even in Washington.
But probably his office had no more to do with
his Indebtedness than the same Office has with
the wealth of some others. Gardner Home
journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

FISH AND FISHING. Mackerel of large size
were schooling freely last week off Monhegan
and Mt. Desert......The Sentinel reports shore
fishing at Grand Menan complete failure this
season, but the weir fisheries are good large
catches having been made.... American sard-
ines have fallen in price and We're sold lower in
New York last week than ever before. The
decline is said to be due to overproducton
Up to Sept. the total number of barrels of
mackerel landed by the New England fleet was
100, 700; for the same time last year, 2S0,357.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
Name Crops.

cultural editor. JOurna! Office BelfHSt Maine
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Name Crops.
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nm AGoVrrnr AlFP1Gr- ,roEs rr [TTI IT
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VA . ''0'"'
'''' =" eSP"""eillS ~ an sec
lionS of the state il appears that the
grain clou VIII only he a little above an
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~. 0''' .
rs A@l tI"ll however, was SIMPLY m
merse, aud thousands of tons have had
to hc stacked out of doors IN every conn
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'''N o'"'0 'he
FARMERS nave Only recently iinished cut
uu- their hay crop, owing to delays
caused bN heavy rains the latter part Of
july Those Who finished before the
rluS began secured the crop incXcellent
condition and with less shrinkagc in
quantity than was expected. When the
midsummer rains began considerable
HAY was Spoiled, ana What remained to
te cat is Wetty Hoody and far less
valuable as q food product than would
otherwise have Been the case During
tlr -Iumcr rld hay has been selling tor
~" T" ~l2 ucl ton and new hay for 81
I'd ~ Tile large crop will insure con
tnuOGs low prices and will probably
eau-e the farmers to winter a larger
amount uf stock than usual. All the
crops have been looking finely till very
lately, when the dry weather began to
make itself felt After the large rainfall
vt the spring and summer some curiosity
las been excited rs 10 why the crops
should feel tile drouth SO quickly and
TWO reasons have been given. The
JournaI's representative for it: First,
the dry weather Of the past two years,
followed by the heavy spring rains, LETT
The ground So porous that the midsummer
rains quickly soaked through the ground,
leaving the surface no lasting benefit
and second, that the abul dant spring
rains caused The crop roots to spread
themselves out beneath the surface of
the ground instead of extending down
ward as usual in dryer seasons. Prob
ably both reasons are true and both have
contributed to the blight now resting
upon the corn and potato fields Of the
State. At present il is too earIv to
estimate the full effect of the irouth.
Corn set Well and filed out full enough.
Sj that the corn canning factories have
generally started I'D throughout the
State. The effect upon the late planted
corn is reported quite severe, and the
ctop Min iall below the average in An
lrnscug-In. Knox Penohscot alld Somcr-
SET counties. la Cumberland, Franklin.
kenuehcc, Piscataquis ana Waldo coun
ties he crop bids fair to run from 100 to
goo per cent above the average. and in
the other counties about The same
amount of corn will be raised as daring
the past two years.
The potato crop Of Maine is annually
assuming larger proportions, and not
Wlthstanding the rust and the ravages of
the beetle, the crop this season lids fair
10 he considerable above the ayeraUe
In Aloostook. Pen0bscot and pisc0ta01is
counties the average crop will only be
.I ma INK m pisrata,,-,s tn2n+,, M
Il n
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
VOLUME So.

The amount of rye raised will approx
innate 10000 bushels, and buckvheat
300,000, over two-thirds of the latter
being the products of the Aroostook
farms. Several of the counties pay hard
ly any attention to the cultivation of
either The yield Of corn and potatoes
will be as follows in bushels:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts.
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
cr>. farmers and gardeners. Address Agfi-
cultural editor. journal Office, Belfast Maine.l
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

y GOOD INVESTMENT. One of our prominent
business men said to us the other day: ain the
spring my wife got all run down and could not eat
any thing passing your storeI saw pile of Hoods
Sarsaparilla in the window, and got bottle. After
she had taken 1t Il week she had rousing appetite,
and did her everything. She took three bottles,
and it was the best three dollars cverinVested. c.
/. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
Postmaster General Hatton has decided that let.
ter carriers are not entitled to a vacation. suppose
he don't realize what job bitis TO read twoh hundred
odd postals a day.
Mr.. \. +. Calder, STRONG, Me, says: 81 used
Browns Iron Bitters for dyspepsia. 1t makes Il
person quickly feel new"
The deaf mutcs are holding a national conven.
uon. No dark horses there. Every delegate has
TO show his hand at the outset
Are You Going
to travel: If SO YOU must be very careful of your
health, or your doctors bills will cost Won more
than your travelling eNpenses A bottle OF Sulphur
Blltera Will protect you from all sickness incident
TO change Of climate. Evening Telegram 2t3s
Cinnamon make good actors. They never forget
their cues. Fishermen do not succeed ON the stage
They steal one anothcrs lines.
A good BAPTIST clergyman of Bergen, n y Il
strong temperance man, suffered with kidney
trouble, neuralgia, and dizziness almost to blind.
ness, over Two years after he was told that Hop
Btters would cure him. because he was afraid Of
and preJudiced against "Bitters." Since his cure
he says that none need fear but trust in Hop Bters
Inc Boston Advertiser say "They say there were
2360 Smiths at the recent reunion. The Smyths did
not GO" We should like to know \ not?
Millions Given Away.
Millions of Bottles of Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have been
given away as Trial Bottles of the large size This
enormous outlay would be disastrous to the pro
pretors, it not for the rare merits possessed
by this wonderful medicine. Call at r. II. Moody
Drug Store, and get Trial Bottle free, and try for
yourself. IL never fails to cure.
The weather is never so hot but that man can
freeze to his ncighDor's silk Umbrella and leave
his own cotton one in exchange.
Why they Call Him "Old Man,.
Eyes, that's sadly so," said jenkins, 'my hair is
turning gray and falling out before its time. Use
something? / would, but most hair restorers are
dangerous" True answered his friend, "but
Parkers Hair Basam is as harmless it is effect
I've Eve tried it, and know. Give the Balsim a
snow and the boys will soon stop calling you odd
man Jenkins" 1t never fails to restore the origi-
nal color to gray or faded hair. Richly perfumed,
an elegant dressing
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

Frank James was acquitted by the jury.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-20

The National Park Bank of New York, has
brought action in the supreme court against
Fayette Shaw and Brockley Shaw of the firm
of +. Shaw & brother, to recover Sl29, 300. .03
for loans and advances made to them between
January first and July first, 1888. The Metro
politan National Bank and Market National both
of New lork have begun similar suits against
the same firm, the former for S43 3,32G.5S and the
latter for sol ,3l2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-02
SIGNAL SERVICE MAPS

To the Editor OF The Trtohne.
SIR: 1t is full time to take "new departure"
In neeoroogy The daily weather map that Is puoshed
in Washington can only be Of full value to those who ars
able to see It OIL day OF publication The presens
"ipdcations cannot possibly equal the map pnt 'he
man cannot BE- transp rted, or transmitted, WITHOUT
great expense and delay. This being the case na'o
suggested rs substitute, skeleton map OF the Ohisu
states tnat is, TO have map OF the Unlteu states
divided into squares which shall he designated by figures
or letters-ihese maps to be Of any SIZE say RON
12xl6 to size all enough tn 20 into the column OF
newspaper Again. these can be palntei Id S'nVo
black and white black ground and white hhes' on
hoard any SIZE large enough 10 be seen ready ioo ees
awavthe divisions designated by characters hshres
or letters and the changes Indicated Dy chalk nnes
NIT on from time time, reports may De receNe-
Ia place Of auxiliary TO- the present "lnoieaoo"s
the condition the map would be telegfaphe W ia"
naner,-eyen a number vi times day the Ocat'h "a
!. II irh and Low" e., high and low barometer, 1u
Ibi, will he the meteOroloey Of the future. ~ VIII ~;
take intelligent people l0nl t. undefstinl ~" 70 SUI
nrodt by such map In weeks time they WIZ oeeoe
anrut at IT, and they DO they VIII no more ~ osS
10 lie Old system tha1 they would dispense Win t"o
telephone Very respectfully yours. ISAAC - So'hS'
Washington, March % l~-3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-02
FREE TRADERS SHOOTING THEIR PURPOSE.

To the Editor Of the Trto"ne' -
SIR: To-day | received from an English
friend The Manchester Examiner and Times OF INC ~"
instant containing editorial on American Industries
and the American markets, which the Engnsh ons 70
have for their own In It the frank avowa tnat
with free trade the English manufacturers wou speed
ily suppress our cotton mills. The words are
A few months ago n gentleman well known In East
Lancashire for thorough and complete knowledge OF
cotton manufactures and its machinery, made an eh-
nded tonr roneh ali those parts the United states
where ts Industry Is carried lie visited scores OF
Mill and the result of his observations may be summed
nm i'm the brief statement made to that II the Uhleu
states abolish the duty on cotr9n @ tb ""
should shut up every their cotton mills j less lns
two years. -, .,,
No American can be long in England without peins
attacked on the subject OF free trade, as nave peeh
great many times English free traders nave always
acknowledged TO me that without protective tarin hey
could speedily down our woolen mills co''on HILLS
and furnaces.
said: Then could the hundreds OF thousahds Vi
the workers in these establishments live Z"
aYou have a boundlcss extent OF fertile lands upon
which they could settle and produce provisions 10 pay
for the manufactured goods your country wouid re-
quire."
art largo part OF these people for various reasons
could not do that and their condition would he very
much the same that OF your English workpeope When
out Of employment"
ayes but the result of that would be glut in the
labor market which would enable to have wages As
10 as they are here"
But it is our policy to have wages high and not 10y"
We wish to attract skilled sborers from abroad so RS 10
supply our own wants by our own labor ana thus 70
make ourselves independent OF other nations i'r all
matters of necessity comfort. and even OF luxury Inc
adoption by us OF free trade would make MS an agrc
tural people entirely dependent upon other haons io
alI ncedfil supplies peace and war Inc aDily vi
nation With diversified industries to carry on war
- nnored with that OF an agricultural people. was per
ecv illustrated I'm our great rebellion All material Oh
every sort for our military and naval service we pro-
Juccl among ourseves There was never before war
i'm any country involving such enormous eNpentfe 5,
huf the North busy or prosperous 'hu
during that time because the expenditures were among
our own people, In payment for supplies OF erey so.
So during an the time OF that great war; there was 10
,nf.ring in any branch Of trade or langushng III any
industry. The southerners, on the contrary were al
ne ricnltural people They produced almost morning. eh
&c IT with the plough aud hoe. All ther supplies VI
gcry kind they compelled 10 buy abroad oose
ouenty their resources speedily exhausted
| the large fund OF English sympathy NkAL Do"'
| Pnrflnld Ne. Mafch rs. lss3.