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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

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furnished tho fcrt from which Miss Blair
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vr'.o orIrioue fr fIlr regard held bv early
educator. lob N.r.iu.l. She paid glowing
fr.hufe i1 fhn University OF virginia,
concluding Thus.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

Misses Precious Moore. Guile Harri-
son. Of Brandoni Michler. OF pennsyl-
vania; and Lou Harrison. Of Petersburg;
Misses Moore. OF Norfolk and smoot. or
Alexandra. were Mrs. Warner Moore
guests at o. luncheon given on Wednes-
day afternoon, at the Jefferson Hotel.
The Misses Moore. OF Norfolk. and
Miss Smoot Of Alexandra. were the
guests Of homer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

There were OF course hundreds OF call
ors. among them being Misses Claudia
Palmer. Lizzie Towpos. Randolph. OF
Washington. Mary Lyons MAYO, GaA~
Harrfsen. x.Ssss -kzsyp. 6maot Of JhAxan-.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

The Confederate Tea at the Common
wealth club. on the evening Of Monday.
has already received dillgcnt attention
and certainly deserved II. IL was under
the efficient auspices Of the Confederate
Memorial and Literary Society. and that
fact. of course. gave It wide and spe-
clal interest. u had g threshold signi1-
canoe celebrating as il did. the birthday
~ Washingiou the inauguration OF JEFF
ferson Davis as President Of the Con-
federate States. and the opening Of the
museum by the society, = memorable oc-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

III. Misses Kennon. OF Powhatan, are
stopping with Kisses Kate ana Aipe''@
Williams. 1225 Floyd avenue.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

A called meeting of the Confederate
Literary Society Will be held a. the Con-
federate Museum Oh Tuesday next at J.
v clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

dria; Moore. OF Norfolk; Nina Talia-
ferro; Mrs. Addie Deane Lyons. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Evelyn Smith. Mrs. Frank
Male. Miss Lily Urquhart. Miss Virginia
Mel cod, Madame Gullaume. Miss Claire
Guillaume Colonel Maury, Mrs. Thomas
boiling, Mrs. John Llghtfoot. Mrs. Her
bert Funston, Miss Roberta Minor, Mrs.
Emma Ball. Mrs. James Drake. Mrs.
George Warren. Messrs. John Ruthor-
fnord. Crenshaw. william Johnston.
Graves. W. q. stanard. Thomas Brander.
John Howard, Arthur and George Mayo,
Hobson, Cary Farland. Charles Moore.
Randolph Holiday. Marye. Richmond
Lewis. and Colonel Fred. Peasants.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

ISOLATION viii hold their regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday afternoon al o'oo
O'Clock. at the Virginia Hospital A large
Attendance is earnestly requested.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28

Mrs. Coolidge. OF Boston. a sister-in-
law OF Kate Douglass Wiggin. is ire
guest OF Mrs stephen putncy. Miss
Withers is also Mrs Puiney's guest.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon. IN
hanar Of ME-. Psttarsan- Of Baltimore.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
The Cost of Labor Strikes.

In the railway strike of 1877 the loss to
property and business inflicted by the
mob at Rittsburg alone is estimated at
s., 900, 900, and the county OF Allegheny
was compelled to pay s., 1877, 600 OF the
loss sustained during the Pittsburg riots.
The Chicago strike cost the railways 30,
35S, 000, and the employees 81, 100, Ooo,
total of 81, 05S, 900 not including the loss
to the Pullman Company. The National
Commission says that beyond these
amounts very great losses, widely dlstrlo-
uted, were incidently suffered throughout
the country The California fruit grow
ers, for example, lost $50, 900 day. The
total loss which resulted from that one
strike, in all probably exceeded $40, 0OO,-
600. The telegraph strike of 1888 cost the
companies 5000, 600, and the men $3.50, 600.
The railway strike on the "Gould system
in 1886 cost the strikers 5000, 900, those
thrown out of employment by their &C
ton $500, 600, and the railroads So, $780,
600.
For the strikes that occurred from 1881
to 1886, inclusive, the wage loss by en-
ployees is estimated by the United States
| Commissioner of Labor at Sol, Sl4, OOO,
and the employers losses are estimated by
the same authority at $50, 7O1, 600. And
the trouble is not growing less as the
years go by. From l14l to 1851, lnciu-
sive, there were |, 491 strikes and lock-
outs; while for the six years ending Dec.
81, 1886, the number of strikes alone was
3, 9O2, forty year for the first period,
and over six hundred and fifty year fol
the second. Making all due allowance
for fuller reporting of strikes in the latter
period, the contrast is still a startling one.
Surely it is cheaper as well more just tic
settle 10y court than by strike. At present
we pay for the strike first then we pay fol
commission to examine into its causes
and results; let us have the inquiry first
and save the expense of the strike. Prot
Frank Parsons, in the Arena.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
An Ideal Spelling Course.

First, as to oral and written, column
and sentence spelling, | shall say only
this, that the wise teacher will acquaint
herself with as many methods and devices
as possible, and change from one to the
other, in order to relieve the tedium and
to meet the needs of individual children.
Before all, she will beware of running off
at a tangent with any particular method,
because none yet discovered has proved a
panacea. Second, under no circumstances
should mole than fifteen minutes daily be
devoted to the subject. Whatever benefit
the pupils receive from their instruction
in spelling will be obtained within this
period Third, would recommend that
the words be carefully graded, not only
in regard to photographed difficulties,
but in accordance with the vocabulary of
the child as well. In this way, the course
in spelling might become as systematic as
in other subjects. Fourth, precedence
should be given to common words, while
technical and unusual words should be
taught incidentally. But excluding words
of the latter classes, the course would be
materially abridged, and the chances of
producing good practical spoilers pro-
portionately increased. Fifth, the course
should be further abridged by excluding
words that contain no catch, i. e., words
which naturally spell themselves. My
researches on this point would indicate
that more than half the common words
belong to this category, and consequently
need not be studied. The ideal ground
to be covered in spelling would be repre-
scented, therefore, by carefully graded
list of the common words most liable to
be mispelled. The number of words in
this list, according to my estimate, would
be between six and seven thousand. DR..
j. NJ. Rice, in the June Forum.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
The Country Road.

From the busy haunts of farmer-folk
1t starts on its winding way,
Goes over the hill, and across the brook,
Where the minnows love to play;
Beside the mill with its wheel,
And the pond so dark and deep,
Then up to the tavern and village store,
And the church, where the dead lie
asleep.
You would never think that the country
road,
From the hill to the store, could be
So long to a boy with an errand to do
And another boy to see.
You can never dream how short it is
From the farm to the frozen pond,
Nor how very much farther it always is
To the school-house just beyond.
Oh, the country road! at the farther end
1t runs up hill and down,
Away. from the woods and the ripping
brook,
To the toiling, rushing town,
But, best of all when you re tired and sick
OF the weary haunts of men,
If you follow it back, it will lead you home
To the woods and fields again.
[Gussie Packard Du Bots in June ST. Nicbo-
las.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
A Novel Lobster Factory.

One of the most novel institutions in
connection with the fishing industry is
that of floating lobster cannery The
idea was originated by J. M. Shand,
lobster packer on the coast Of
Maine. The following facts in connection
with the unique craft are interesting, as
showing the advantages gained by the
method.
The vessel is perfectly fiat on the bot
tom, drawing about five feet of water
when loaded She is 10 feet in length
over all, So feet keel measure and %
feet wide. Her hold is six feet deep
divided into two compartments by a
centreboard, on each side of which is
built furnace.
The factory is built between the masts,
and is Z4x30 feet in dimensions. The
benches are built out over the rail five
feet. This is 2 Great convenience, as all
the shells and refuse can be dropped over
board and carried away by the tide. Some
of the other good points are these, viz:
There is always high water for the
boats to unload their Holsters. She can
always move away from any place where
Holsters are scarce. And time can be
saved, as the factory hands live on board
There are nine berths, four in the fore
y
| is built in sections, so that it can be taken
down or erected when DESTROYS of moving
to new location, though this is not real
ly necessary, as she sails very we'll even
when the factory is up.
Mr.. Shand packed HOLSTERS, halibut,
CLAIMS, etc., in his factory at La Have
Islands, n. S., last summer, and, though
it was only trial season, he was success
full even beyond his expectations. He
says the factory is all that its name i'm
plies-the Missing Link. Other packers
who have seen it speak quite enthusiasts
tically about it, and one man ventured tc
remark that the factories of the future
would be floating concerns. Although
this is perhaps a little too emphatic, still
no doubt there are advantages over the
factories on shore that commend them
selves to all who have examined her
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
The Lobster Industry.
How the Business has Changed In the Past Few
Years.

Years.
The captain of one of the lobster smacks
that visits Portland says the business has
changed wonderfully in the past few years.
He was very much in favor of the work
being done by the Grampus in collecting
eggs from the seed Holsters and taking
them to the hatcheries. Someth hing must
be done before long OF Holsters will become
a luxury beyond the means of all but the
wealthy. Twenty years ago man could
put down three pots and be pretty sure of
finding ten or dozen in each lobster pot
Now, a dozen traps will be hauled up and
perhaps not lobster be found. The rea-
son is that SO many more people are en-
gagged in the traffic. The crustaceans run
great deal smaller than in former years
for they are not allowed proper time in
which to grow.
Fourteen years ago the captain said he
caught lobster about four miles off Cape
Newagen while fishing for cod that would
be an unheard of curiosity at the present
day. In some way his hook caught on a
claw in such way as to firmly hold the
lobster. The captain had all he could do
to get him over the side of the boat he was
so large and heavy. When held by his
claws at arms length the tail touched the
bottom of the dory.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
Aids to HOuse=Work.

The present age is certainly a kind one
to women of all classes. | wonder if the
woman who does her own house work ap-
preciates how much she has for which to
be grateful in the numerous inventions by
which common tasks are made easy for
her. There is a refined as well as vul-
gar way of doing manual labor, and the
lady will perform daintily that which the
peasant will do coarsely.
In washing dishes-that bugbear to
many women-a mop and long handled
soap shaker are now indispensable to her
who would not plunge her hands in the
scalding suds. A patent dish drainer is
sine qua non, for the mistress does not in
dulge in the lazy and untidy habit of let
ting the dishes ''drain.' Bridget dis
dams scalding hot water, and would vio-
late every principle of her class if she
wiped each piece of china, glass, or silver
as she drew it from the pan.
| The carpet-sweeper is an invention now
so old that we seldom pause to think of
| the back bending and hand clustering it
| spares us.
| 1t is perhaps among the cooking uten-
| sils that we observe most strikingly how
house work has been simplitied since the
days of our grandmothers. The iron and
copper and tin pots and stewing- kettles
have been superseded by porcelain or
| agate lined ware that does not rust and is
as easy to wash as china Double boilers
prevent the scorching of our custards and
| sauces; steamers of several compartments
will cook an entire dinner at once; cover
ed roasting pans do away with the neces-
| sity of frequent hastings and turnings
and make it impossible for the meat to
| become dried and leathery. Of the MAX
ing of egg beatels there is no end, and
among the many there are several that are
genuine labor savers. Egg poachers that
keep the eggs in pretty round shapes are
found in many kitchens. There are also
small machines for grinding the meat for
Hamburg steaks and hashes, presses for
extracting the juice from fruits, and the
/ preparation of it-cake and mince pie
| has lost its terro1s now that there are sew
| eral patent raisin- seeders. Moreover,
raisins ale to be bought cleaned and seed
| ed, while cleaned currents, ready for use,
may be purchased.
Washing -machines-some good, others
| worthless-are to be found at all hard
ware shops, while ice cream freezers that
! will do their work in fifteen minutes are
in almost every household in our country
towns. | might mention at least half a
hundred other aids to house work, When
one remembers that in this day table-linen
and bed linen and garments of every de-
scription are to be bought already made,
one ceases to wonder that the housekeep
Ell has time to read most of the new books
and to keep pace with her husband and
sons in the politics of the day. Harper S
Bazaar
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
Papers and Periodicals.

The Northern Plaindealer, published at
Portland, has been sold to indicate Of
prominent local Democrats, who will con-
tinue its publication as a Democratic organ.
The paper will be under the management of
Mr.. Llewellyn Barton of the Democratic
State committee. Mr.. VIM H. Jeffrey, who
has been the editor, has resigned.
The newspaper fraternity with hosts of
other friends throughout the State will
deeply sympathize with Capt. Charles E,
Nash of Augusta in his recent bereavement
the loss of son, a young man of %, by
drowning. Capt. Nash was formerly one OF
the publishers of the Augusta Journal and
is a gallant war veteran. Bridgton News.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10

AsHINGToN WHI,PEElNG>. Some in
teresline details of the vast bequest made
to the public by Nobel, the inventor, have
been made public by the State departments
Alfred Nobel, who recently died in
sweden, provided i'll his will, dated at
Paris Nov -, 1896, for the devotion of
between thirty and thirty five million
kroner for the advancement of science
and literature, and it is thought that at :,
pei cent. the income from the bequest
viii amount to $40 600 or more. This
latter sum is to be distributed annually in
1ive prizes. Each individual prize will
therefore be worth between SIS, 600 and
e35, GOO. Some OF the heirs at law are
contesting the will and this probably will
delay the distribution OF prizes . The
secretary OF agriculture has designated a
board, of which b. killen of Oregon City.
O1e., chairman of the board of regents of
the Oregon Agriculture College, and
Botanist Evans of this city are members,
TO 60 to Alaska to Investigate the needs of
an agricultural experiment station in that
territory. President Mckinley rendered
II Nh. Nhitelaw Reid the office of special
ambassador to represent the United States
at the Queens jubilee, and Mr.. Reed has
accepted. The post office department
has decided that minors will be debarred
from chief clerkships and deputy post
masterShipS except a few of the third
class offices, where circumstances urge
their peculiar fitness. Even then they
will not be allowed to become acting post
masters
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
Our Maine Soldiers.

When springs soft sunlight walked the ril
And kissed the laughing streams,
And forests, valleys, plains and hills
Grew bright beneath its beams,
When happy hearts of freedom sang
And worshiped at her shrine,
From southern fields the war-cry rang
To echoing hills of pine.
A noble band of "Boys in Blue
Responded to the call,
To liberty and country true,
They gave their lives-their all.
They left fond hearts and clinging arms,
And scenes of home, 50 dear,
Where lannon's roared with wars alarms
Their country's flag to rear.
When sheltered on our northern shore
In peace we sweetly slept,
Mid drenching rain and tempest's roar,
Their weary march they kept.
Tortured with hunger, faint with thirst,
And torn by shot and shell,
To free land by slavery cursed,
On CORY fields they fell.
Some sweetly slumber side by side,
Some meath the pillows blue
o, Ocean! gently roll thy tide,
Where rest the brave and true.
Some in the land they died to save,
Sleep in it's balmy cline,
Where forests tower and harvests wave,
Now free from woe and crime.
Where once the yawning cannon roared
For freedom and release,
And where the smoke of battle poured,
Now curls the smoke of peace.
Brave comrades of the "Naton's dead"
Who, in the morn of life,
With steady arm and manly tread,
| Marched with them in the strife,
Full many year its course has run,
But when the shadows fall,
Will fancy hear the pealing drum,
And thrilling bugle's call.
Again, beside the campfires blaze,
With comrades tried and true,
You'll Sing the songs of early days
| While cheer the "Boys i'll Blue
| You're marching to the sunset shore
/ And soon viii reach the strand
| To join loved comrades gone before
! Safe in that summer land,
Where strife and war have passed away,
In shining ranks above,
| United are the "Blue and Gray"
! Their banner, peace and love.
! Selected from poems of S. j. Stevens.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
A Maine Horse in Africa,

A Maine sea captain, but recently fir ON
the west coast of Africa, brings the re-
port that EX- Alderman A. r. Yates of
this city is creating the greatest excite
ment of the season there by driving
through the streets in a buggy drawn by
full grown horse. This is the first APP
pearance of a horse and carriage in that
section of the world and the natives are
lost in wonderment. Only small donkeys
have been used for transportations there.
The horse Mr.. Yates is driving was raised
in Fairfield and the buggy came from j.
j. Pray of this city [Waterville Mail.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
81 Year for The Journal and Tribune.

To all subscribers, new or old, who pay
their subscription to The Journal one year
in advance the New York Weekly Tribune
(price 81 year, will be sent one year free.
In remitting, if the Tribune is wanted the
subscriber should so state as it is not sent
unless requested. With The Journal fur
nisl ing all the local news, and much other
matter of local interest, and the Tribune to
supply the news of the world, political and
general, with fashions, household science
and mechanics, literary and other depart
ments, stories and miscellany, 20 pages in
all, it is very taking combination at So a
year. Subscriptions may begin at any time,
and if desired the two papers will be sent to
different addresses.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10
Vacation Schools.

The New York Association for Improv-
ing the Condition of the Poor hit upon an
admirable idea when it devised the vaca-
ton schools. When the public schools
close for the long summer vacation the
pupils in them have one less refuge. In
many parts of New York the great public
school buildings, standing among the
tenement houses, are the hopefulest and
most attractive buildings in sight, and are
by all means the best to which the
children have access. The aim of the
association is to keep the cool clean rooms
of these fine buildings open in summer,
and to let the children come to them out
of the hot and crowded tenements and
streets. This they have done to some ex
tent for three years. In 1894, when the
experiment was first tried, they had an
average attendance of 933 pupils, at a
cost of 11.5 cents day for each child.
In 1895 theyshad az average attendance of
1926 for six weeks, at cost of 5.6 cents
day for each child. Last year the at
tendance was little larger, and the cost
fell to A. cents, but thousands of chill
dren were turned away from the six
schools that were open, Tor lack of room.
The total number of atteLdances last year
was 101 900, which makes the cost of the
work about S., 600. This year the asso-
citation wants to open ten schools for six
weeks, including August. No text books
are used in these vacation schools. The
appeal of the association says:
For the very little ones there is music and
dancing, frolic and fun, with simple nstruc-
ton in color, form, and notation, introduced
in the form OF play.
The little men are given lessons in paper
folding, cutting, FASTING, simple sewing, and
clay modelling.
The girls of eight years of age and upward
are taught advanced sewing, cutting-out,
dress making, singing, modelling, and com
position ard every day they are allowed a
delightful half-hour's impromptu dancing en-
the cool ground floor of the school, the ac-
compartment being played by a teacher.
The boys are instructed in designing, map
drawing, clay modelling, wood-cutting,
carving, carpentering, military drill, and
vocal music.
Discipline is maintained, but such discre-
ton is used that Learning becomes pleas
ure, and ate ndance privilege.
If any any one has any doubts about
the benefcence of this enterprise, sin
gle walk on summer afternoon through
the crowded districts of the East side
will set those doubts at rest. The Board
of Education furnishes the buildings for
this work, but the expenses must all be
met by voluntary subscriptions. The
privileges of the vacation schools for six
weeks cost 81. so for each child. R. Full
ton Cutting is president of the associa-
ton. Howard Townsend is chairman of
the committee. Subscriptions should be
sent to William H. Tolman, 1O5 East
Twenty second Street, and should be
marked ''For the Vacation Schools. -
Checks should be made payable to Warner
Van Norden, treasurer. Harper Weekly.