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sought, a few days ago, to sustain his
position against the further allowance of
pensions by comparing the amount paid
out each year by our Pension Bureau with
the cost of maintaining the armies of some
OF the great nations of Europe. Did it
ever occur to him that the waste caused
by taking the young men of France, Ger
many, and Russia from the fields of pro-
duction and making them only destroyers
and consumers is much greater than the
expense OF supporting them in the army?
Would the gentleman have us adopt the
European system of keeping great stand
ing armies? Does he not think that this
nation is much richer, as well as better,
for retiring her armies at the end of her
wars and pensiOning the wounded and
disabled than she would be under the
military system of the Old World, where
the young men who should be pursuing
civil avocations and promoting their coun-
try progress and greatness by the eXer-
else OF their genius and energy are draft
ed from their communities to become
idlers or destroyers? | believe, Mr.. Chair
man, in the military system OF my own
country, as ! believe in its economic
system
My friend asks if we shall turn the
United States Treasury over to the old
soldiers. No. They do not ask or want
it. What they want and should have is
that they and their immediate dependents
Shall not be allowed to suffer in their old
age by the neglect of the country whose
life they offered their own lives to save.
But If the Treasury We're to be depleted
L much prefer it should be done in paying
pensions to the veterans of the Union az
mics to having its contents sent across the
ocean to foreign lands to purchase what
our idle thousands would be glad to pro-
duce, as has been done by the free trade
| policy OF the party now in power.
There was no depletion of the treasury,
no failure to meet our expenditures with
our revenues anG have a large margin to
pay our debts with while the party which
stands by and sustains the soldiers held
the reins of government. (Applause.)
The gentleman from South Carolina be-
seeches US not to forget God, turn our
backs upon him, go out after false gods,
and thus bring calamity upon us.
| We forgot God and brought calamity
upon the nation when we established and
maintained human slavery. The Confed-
eracy still further forgot God and more
severely suffered when it waged war upon
the Union to continue and extend that in
stitution of iniquity Let US not again
forget God by refusing to provide ample
| comforts for the veterans of that brave
army, which in achieving victory for our
country, became the architects of the ma
tons greatness and prosperity and thus
invoke upon ourselves another and per-
hapS greater calamity
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His rlodel IN l1etal.
II Is OF an Ocean Liner and Means $1,000 to DR.
Drank BRANDON.

Dr Frank Brandow of Pittstield, Mass.
was iii New York the other day with a
beautiful shining toy which he proudly
exhibited to friends The doctor is well
known in the Berkshire region for his in
genious skill in mechanics, which he fol
lows as pastilne.
''One year ago, = said he ''when made
a visit to England, | met j. c. Swazey,
superintendent of the British model
works, at London, where he showed me
their large collection of wooden models
for all sorts OF marine craft. When we
reached the Atlantic liners | remarked
how much handsomer the models would
be in metal.
g Yes, said Mr.. swazey, but it can t
be done. You couldn't get the proper
curves on the keel. If you tried to make
it in pieces and then weld them in place
you would have nothing but botch-
work result. 1t can be done. -
Then followed a controversy on what
could not be done with metals between
the American amateur and the British ex-
pert. 1t ended in a wager of 81, 900 be-
tween them. DR.. Brandow undertaking
to construct an all metal perfect model Of
the Paris, with parts brazed together,
nothing being cast, and to accomplish
this feat by simply following photo
graph of the vessel, with which he was
familiar, no measurements being taken.
'Now, here is the Paris, said the doc
tor. And l am going over soon to col
lect the debt. l knew it could be done,
and it will give me pleasure to twist
Cousin Bulls tail. I've been a whole yea,
on the job.'
Except the figurehead on the prov and
the emerald and ruby jewels used for the
steamer lights, every detail from hull tc
rigging is made by hand. There are 3, 00C
pieces in all, so riveted with bolts that
the entire mechanism can be taken apart.
The hull is of FURNISHED copper, il
many pieces, but brazed into perfect
curves. The cordage of copper wire falls
to the ships sides from silver masts. The
captain stands OF bridge of brass, OF
which the deck and nearly all it's furnish
ings are composed.
All the minutia of a complicated ocean
liner, machinery, of course, excepted, are
carried out with elaborate detail. The
pilot ladder is gold and the passenger
ladder astern is aluminium. Her silker
flags are set for entering an English port,
dainty union jack at the peak. New
York Herald.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14
Milliken's Tribute to Grain.

When the House had under consider
alton the resolution respecting the late
Hon. William Henry Grain, representa-
tive from Texas, one of the most eloquent
and sincere tributes paid was that of Hon.
Seth L. Milliken, who spoke extempor-
aneously. We quote as follows:
My early acquaintance with Mr.. Grain,
upon his entering Congress. sprang from
very peculiar coincidence. Before he
was born, and when had been born out
little while, my father, William Milli-
ken of Montville, Me-, went to Texas. He
built number of houses at Port Lavaca.
During his first year there the Comanche
Indians, who were then very strong and
very hostile to the whites, raided the
town, scalped the men, violated the wo-
men, and set the town on fire. Those
who could do so took to boats and vessels
to secure their safety On the same boat
with my father was a very beautiful and
accomplished girl. Eight years after
wards, having been married, there was
born to her a boy; and in the Forty ninth
Congress, that boy, having grown to man
hood, | met as colleague in the Hall of
the House of Representatives. 1t was
William III. Grain, our departed colleague
and friend. His mother, very charming
lady, was in Washington several years
ago, and recollected the Indian raid upon
Port Lavaca and all its terrible details,
which, of course, were most interesting
history to me. The coincidence to which
l have referred attracted me to Mr.. Grain,
gave me personal interest in him, a feel
ing of warm friendship for him, and l be-
came more intimate with him on that ac-
count than l should otherwise have been.
1t was an intimacy that was always most
gratifying to myself, for found him to
be one of the most lovable characters that
l had ever mad the good fortune to know.
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fast: then that bearing down feeling.
Her doctor says, ''cheer up, you have
dyspepsia; you'll be all right SOON"
But she doesn't get "all right" She
grows worse day by day, till all at once
she realizes that distressing female
complaint is esta blished.
Her doctor has made mistake
She has lost faith in him, hope van
ishes; then comes the bl'ooding, NOR
bid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES.
Her doctor, if he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but he did not,
and she was allowed to suffer. By
chance she came across one of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and an
explanation of what they meant. Then
she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, feeling that she was
telling her troubles to woman
Speedy relief followed, and vigorous
health returned.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments
of women. 1t has been the standby
of intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
above is the true experience of hun
dreds of women, whose letters of
gratitude are to be found on Ale in
Mrs. Pinkham's library.
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Robbing the Grave


The editor of the Charleston (W. Va y
Gazette makes a proposition which ought
to secure harmony in the Democratic
party. Instead Of nominating any of
the gentlemen whose names have been
mentioned the editor of the Charleston
Gazette proposes to run dead man for
President. We quote the proposition in
its entirety:
''Mr. Daniel Manning is certainly the
choice of the Democratic newspaper men
of West Virginia for President. He
stopped raids upon the Treasury for gold
by telling the Wall street people that any
further efforts on their part to empty the
Treasury of gold would be met by paying
half their demands in silver and half in
gold. He experienced no further trouble
while he was in office. His position on
this question makes him favorite. No
bonds had to be issued during his term of
office to replenish the depleted gold re-
serve.'' ....
1t will be perceived that the late Mr..
Manning is not merely the choice of the
editor of the Charleston Gazette, but the
Democratic newspaper men of West Vir
ginia are practically united in his behalf
We await with much interest the result of
the West Virginia editors suggestion.
Washington, d. c. Post, Dem.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14

FISH AND GAME. 1t is reported that
poachers are netting great numbers of
white perch in Lake Sebasticook, New
port. There is no fish warden in that
vicinity. "A shark twelve feet in length
and nearly seven feet in girth was captur-
ed recently, in the weir at Rodick's island,
Mt. Desert.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14

Dr. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BaA!N TREATMENT
is sold under positive written guarantee, by
authorized agents only, TO cure Weak Memory;
Quickness; Night LOSSES Evil Dreams: Lack of
Conhdemce Nervousness; Iassitude all Drains;
Loss of Power of the Generative Organs in either
Excess7e Use of Tobacco Opium or Liquor,
which leads to Misery, Consumption Insanity
and Death. BY mail. 81 a box; SIX for So; with
written guarantee to refund money.
Sample package, containIu5 five days treatment,
with full instructions, y cents. One sample
Only sold to each person hy mail.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14

10 women who are not we'll and tired Of the
useless, nauseating taking of drugs DR. San
den OF New York wishes to announce that he
has Just issued a neat Illustrated little book
fully explaining how they can treat and curs
themselves at home by electricity The treat
ment is so ,mmon-sense that it does not al,
NIT of failure, and every woman suffering fe-
male weakness. rheumatism. lumbago kid,
ney or stomach complaints, etc. does herself
an injustice by not Investigating it, The book
holds out no false inducements. but gives
scores of plain references in every State who
nave been cured ater all other treatments
tailed 1t is free by mail. upon application.
Address DIR. SANDEN, s26 Broadway. New
York City. ESTABLISHED so YEARS.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14

You insist on comfortable
shoes? Good, ear Welts are
most comfortable shoes made.
Ask your shoe merchant why
Goodyear Welts are best
LEATHER shoe made.
GOODYEAR SHOE MAcH'Y CO., BOSTON.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14
Will Protect the Cats.

Directors of the Ant-Vivisecton Society,
held yesterday it was decided to continue
advertisements in the daily papers calling
for funds to put stop to the vivisection Of
cats. Boston Journal May 7th.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14

Iy BEIEr. The strike at the granite
sheds At MontPeler Vt, has been settled
ana the cutters have returned to work
there, An Arbitration Committee report
ed unanimously in favor of the strikers,
that the bill Of prices now running at
Barre, contended tor by the local Cutters
Union, be adopted at Montpelier. This
abrogates the nom discrimination clause
between union and non union men, and
makes every yard in Montpelier union
yard. "A contract has been closed be-
tween the Dominion government and
Franco Belgian Steamship Company of
Canada for d direct line of steamers be-
tween Canada. France and Belgium. The
company is to be paid an annual subsidy
of $40, 900. ..... First Officer Glover of the
steamer Wyanoke says two members of
that vessel S crew were lost when she
sunk Off Newport News April 2S. The
steward of the Wyanoke said Monday in
Jersey City that he saw at least eight per-
sons jump into the water He is sure
they drowned. The officers of the Column
bia, he asserted, treated brutally those
taken on board the cruiser. A full ac-
count of the disaster is published on tie
md page.....A special from Butte, Mon
Jana, says that reliable Information is that
the Rothschilds, who recently bought a
quarter interest in the Anaconda Copper
Company for 81 800, 600 have now taken
another quarter at 81, 900. 600. 800. Hamil-
ton Dlsston, the well-known saw manu-
facturer. was found dead in bed at his
home in Philadelphia shortly before
midnight April 30th go. Serious differ
ences have arisen among the stockholders
regarding the future of the policy of the
for by the directors of the company to
preserve the equities of all concerned
Alfred Ely was appointed receiver . A
despatch from Havana says that the Span
ish gunboat Massagera lost six men in
capturing the filibustering schooner Com
petiJor....At mass meeting held at Den
Yer for the relief of the Cripple Creek suf-
ferers nearly So, 900 in cash was given. A
company of militia from Pueblo has been
ordered to the camp tc prevent pillage
and preserve the peace. 80. Insurance Com
missioner Linehan has decided that the
order OF the Iron Hall cannot transact
business IN New Hampshire, on the ground
that 1t is not ''fraternal organization
according to the laws of that State In
the Or. j. T.. Moore case at Nashua n
IL, the jury returned a verdict of guilty
as charged. 80. John D. Rockefeller has
agreed to give Vassar college 800, 0OC
towards the erection of a new dormitory
or a recitation hall .... The Futurity. the
richest stake that the Kentucky associa-
ton offers was run May I'd The stake
is worth s., 200 to the winner and was won
easily by Ornament. Gee. The new Columbia
college buildings were dedicated with
elaborate ceremonies in New York May
I'd. Gov Morton and President Eliot OF
Harvard were among those present and
President Cleveland and Henry Irving
sent messages. .... Mrs. Kate Stokes Stet-
son, widow of John Stetson, the well
known theatrical manager, died May 4th.
Her husband died less than three weeks
before. Mrs. Stetson had been i'll but a
short time.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14
Merited Praise for Gov. Cleaves.

We think that, on the whole, Governor
Cleaves makes excellent appointments.
Eastern Argus
So does the Union. We also think that in
guiding and directing the financial interests
of the State, Gov. Cleaves has won the ad-
miration of every Maine tax payer. who dis
earns the difference between fragrant waste
and economic dispensation. Machias Union,
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14
R.H. MOODY. BELFAST
ELY'S rATAnn

Is quickly alb =
sorbed. CIeanses
the Nasal Passa-
ges, AlIays Pain
and Inf1amma =
ton, Heals the
sores. Protects the
Mem brane from
additional Cold.
Restores the Senses
of Taste and
Smell. Gives Re-
lief at once and it
will cure.
The Republican journal., 1896-05-14
Belfast Savings Bank.

NOTICE is hereby given that Savings Bank Book
IN No. 1868 issued by this Bank, has been lost
and application has been made for dupica te
book to be issued under the law of this State.
JOHN H. QUIMBY, Treas.
Belfast, April 27, 1s96.-3w1s
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COLD |N HEAD

A particle is applied directly into the nostrils
and is agreeable. Price 50 cents at Druggists or
by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street, New York.
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Castoria.

castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told ING Of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. c, {. OsGooD,
InWel NIass
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The centaur Company TT Murray Street. New York c;tv
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THE BLUES.
A Graphic Description Of the
Dreadful Feeling.
What Is Meant by This Form of Acute
Misery-Where Doctors
Make Mistakes,

When a cheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it is a
sad picture.
It is usually this way
She has been feeling "out of sorts
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their examinations in the autumn FOR commissions
OF getting them this year.
II Is reported a. the War Department that Colonel
Robert T. A. Crofton. OF the lJ;h Infantry has been
examined by medical board. and has been found
tate him for further active duty The report saws
that The trouble Of sufficient consequence to war
that his disability Is OF temporary nature and he
Is Is. opposed TO being retired There is considerable
rounded with so much secrecy by the War Depart
An interesting incident occurred few DAYS ago
al Nashville. Tenn. when a reception was given 70
the officers of the squadron from jefferson Bar
racks. under command OF General Guy V Henry
to dine with General william H. Jackson who was
Chairman Of the Tennessee Centennial Committee
but n May. 1861; Jackson who was a lieutenant in
ne Aount.d RIFLES. resigned 10 become officer OF
tho Confederate Army
Contracts have been made for 1900 Of the new
Army caps. and the first Of them Will soon be Is
sued. The new model Is the same as that adopted
a short time ago by direction Of the War Depart
n'nt. ana II promises to prove satisfactory piece
ana durability The change Is wholly in the matter
81 material The stin. shcllackcd material Of which
with and in It's pace there is first the cloth which
!, 81 heavier grad" than that used IN the first cap:
htrcloih. which is 10 be well shrunt before used
J. u mere Is a sweat band. and around the crown
\ lis, of regimental calls. one for each regiment,
In the Army. has been arranged by Musician George
T.. TyrreL which Is favoraby commended for adop-
ton IN the ARMY II is deemed by many officers a
very essential requirement especially In active SER
wee, where regiments are brigadcd together IA vel
as In garrlsOns OF mixed commands
Applications nave been filed with the War De-
partmcnt by many officers that they may be per-
mtted TO retain their Springfield rifles for purposes
Of hunting. The requests in many were re-
turned 10 the writer's who were asked to give
their reasons for prefcrring the Springfield rife
and the answers are. In brief that the present al
lowance Of ammunition for the 30 calibre tnes 10
not sufficient 10 permit the utual practice and HINT
ing and that as the practice is really necessary II
Is impossible 10 have hunting There is a quantity
or % calibre ammunition at every post and II IL
proposed that permission be given to use this for
hunting. General Miles, who believes that many ad-
Nlntages accrue 10 the Army from hunting has
recommended that the allowance of cartridges Tor
the 30 calibre rifle be increased to permit OF hunt
Ing with the arm.
The adjournment OF Congress and the return OF
Secretary Lamont to Washington has revived the
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From The Philadelphia Inquirer ,,,. n thl
Tho Minnesota net embraces ne prlnIuss rspshire.
laws NJ Tew-Vork Maine and Ne" New ncirIes and
BY Il Supervisors OF towns. M'lo's Constituted nro
presidents Of village COUNCILS H., Are varuens
wardens, with authority % aP agrss have sctus.3
under them, and when fol' Us any ab!e-po'''~
started 10 call TO their ass, We a.
person over eighteen years q. hsaanles 70 use e
The act reoIres railroad compaIo,Ivss: 70 keep
cient spark arrssters on ther ~ "A feet clear "a
their right of way to the width y, are rsquH
all combustbe material lraln alton signs y.
TO report by telegraph Al IN" AZ seasons the oE TIA
fire or danger OF IRE and IN or. orec,uons ~ 10
panies are required to take eNtra Manages done y,
CHER fire warden is 10 report the ua md has gen:
forest fires 10 ascertain their causes isn FORE o.
eral authority over the whole '''' 80,
the State. -. drebrand OF , a.
posed light near forest land. the assist the mn
setting on fire OF woods or reiisa fine and in
wardens are all made punishapls lining placarss'
prisonmcnt Eighteen thousand noste1 through,
printed on white cotton cioth M.artment set aovs:
out the state and the new Depa,nd especially IN.
warning The people OF the state. ana ne state o.
new settlers In the remote par.s ares
the necessity of preventing lotr orga nZed, tpe,
In 1895, after the Department " burning w
were fourteen strictly forest Ms IN 1894 burns
5000 acres In the same countles, "a be more cur,
over $40 coo acres Indians are salu an camp hcs
ful than white men about putting o. Vortex bias,
The English authorities claim INA English railross
is better than spark larresters am fire watcns
no longer use the latter In Ge, .hs railroad CON-
are employed in dry seasons o' " -,
The new Department cost IN EMISSIONS sa,ss Of y
causes ~ forest fires. OF spark arre,,iesi lumber
second growth OF pine timber ps A., his interesia'
men and other matters trea,eu ="
report are full OF practical vaiuc'
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ARMY NOTES or INTEREST.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" is the
echo OF the Army. enlisted men as wei officers.
following the adjournment Of Congress They were
mere phantoms OF hope that were encouraged n
the Army that Congress would do son, thing for
the Improvement OF the service. and there Is not
much encouragement that anything VIII be accom-
pshed in the short session that begins tn Art
Monday In December and Will end on March (, 1871.
IIu' i'aS"'' "V'' "a ~ '''H ''I ~
committees, ana ms - som +ih hs. III" Lamont
Reorganization bill has been favOrably reported by
the Senate Committee. but there was not time 10
prepare and file IN" report on II. the War Depart
ment Militia Bill Is in the same post on. The bil
nahms a oecs , ,i Y ltS o nom
favorably reported by the House Committee. one
f nf G ans n2 Seen@ M an no%m f. the
country to a policy o. sySirmtt,caiiy pursuing The
10 insure adequate protection within The next ten
years
The sevcniy-thrae cadets Of the Glass Of 1896 have
passed the portals OF the Military Academy never
TO return except as instructors or Officers on
special duty" The TWO who stand Nos. and 2 IN
Their class Edwin X. Stuart. OF West Virginia.
and George " Hoffman. OF Pennsylvania. They
are recommended for the engineer corps. The SIX
next in line recOmmen ded for all branches ex-
cep, engineers: the next twcn1y -four are recon-
mend I'd for artillery. cavalry and infantry. and the
rest Of the class for cavalry. tn Re- are seven OF
these young officers credited 10 Ncw-York State
one Of whom "a son Of Colonel LOOMS l.. Lang
don. There are nine who arc sons or brothers OF
D. y Hood son OF General J. Ben Hood. VINO re-
signed from the Army Aprl lG. lGl 20 accept a
comm ss.On in the Confederate service IN which
he rose 10 "A gencralship
"The Army and Navy Journal has made a care
ful analysis OF the congestcd condition OF the lower
grades OF the Amy 20 show how the new second
leutenants ana the additional" second lleuienants
Chose who must walt for vacancies to occur before
they can obtain commissioner viii fare the purpose
being them the expense and time wasted In
employing the services OF PALMS; or an asirooger
Taking the last thirty yeins for a working basis
The Journal judges that In four years from now
the Promotions 10 first heutcnances will begin with
the class of 90: in twelve years the double bars OF
captains will begin - fall their shoulders: i'm mr.
teen years the golden. leaves OF majors Will begin
TO sprout. and In quarter OF century the silver
eavr OF lieutenant colonels will begin TO be coined
II will not be. until 1927 that the first eagle Will
fasten his taons upon the shoulder Of the one to
I'll "A coone's vacancy. IL will be at least four
years from that time before the commission OF a
brgadiergen Will come 70 the fortune Of a grad
uate OF 1886 Al present there are fcrtytwo OF this
class the waiting list" for second lieutenant
vacancies hence It is evident that there IL no hope
Tor the non-commissloned officers who will pass