The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-08-04


leave etymology to the pedants'
The success of company organized to
extract SUI beams from cucumbers is
predetermined in view of the collapse of
the Electrolytic Marine salt Co., which
was supposed to derive gold galore from
sea water There is no evidence that
even the shadow of a sunbeam is to be
found i'll a cucumber, while it is an ac-
cepted fact that sea water does contain
gold, but in such intinitesmal quantities
that all OF the precious metal to be CLEAN
ed from an ocean would hardly suffice 10
gild lily. But the ex- Rev. F. F. Jerne-
gan seems to have had no difficulty i'll
convincing great many people that he
could extract gold from sea water in pay :
ing quantities, and many hundred thous-
and dollars went into the treasury of the
company he organized under the above
name, While it is now clearly evident that
the ''secret process was a fraud, Nh
Jelnegan was very successful in extract
ing money from the stockholders, which
he changed into government bonds pre-
paratory to taking French leave for for
eign shores. 1t is not likely, however,
that he will be able to enjoy his i'll gotten
gains, for a cablegram has been sent to
the chief of police of Havre asking for the
immediate arrest and detention of Jerne-
gan on his arrival at that port. The
works of the company at North Lubec,
Ne, have meanwhile been shut down,
and the daily papers are devoting many
columns to this latest swindle, which, we
are glad to say did not originate in
Maine. OF course there are some who
still have faith in the ''secret process
and the absconding manager; but that is
part of the history of every swindle, and
it is evident that these very credulous
people are hoping against hope. The
New York Herald says:
AS it was strictly ''secret pro cess it
may be difficult to learn the exact amount
of the precious metals Mr.. Jernegan ex-
estimated that about million was ex-
tracted from the purchasers of the stock
nearly all being those additionally shrewd
and hard headed people who dwell in
New England.
pretended ''secret process for rein
ing sugar by electricity caught the fancy
and the cash of many persons in this city
nine years ago, but there was nothing in
that to fire the Imagination of investors
like the drawing of gold from ocean
pillows. With the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans to draw on, the Rev. Mr.. Jerne-
gan's process if not kept 'secret" might
produce revolution in our entire none
tary system the outcome of which it is
impossible to foresee.
CLARK's CORNER, PROSPECT. A letter re-
ceived here from Homer Clark in Chicka-
manga, Ca, formerly of this place, states
hat his army life is very pleasant to him
and he likes very much. Mr.. F. L. Trundy
of North Searsport is very near sighted and
has very peculiar eye. He can tell the
time on watch in the darkest night and
read the finest print by moonlight. The
proof is to test him. Mr.. Will Jellison of
this place can predict the future; also stop
pain in any part of the body by laying on
hands Try him and be convinced. Mrs.
Gardner Overlook visited Mrs. Sewell But
teIfeld July 31st.
CENTRE MONTvILLE. Mrs. T. A. Cushman
is spending few weeks in New Brunswick.
.... Miss Emma Frost of Belfast has been