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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19
Talk Up Your Home.

How many people are there in our
vicinity that when they meet strangers, or
when they are away from home, make it a
practice of talking up the advantages of
the town in which they live?
We fear there are very few. In fact there
are many who take the opposite course
and talk down their own town. If you
can't conscientiously say any good of
your town, then either say nothing or
change your residence. A few words
may travel good ways and may do in
caluable injury or the reverse according to
their nature.
Everything you say about your own
place is in way an advertisement, If a
place is worth living in it is worth aiding
and pushing in every possible way; hence
the duty of every citizen to do what they
can in bettering the reputation of their
town and aside from being one S duty it is
also wise move from pecuniary stand
point. If you are taxpayer, every dollar
of additional property brought into the
city is direct benefit to you as it helps
increase the city valuation.
If you are business man do you run
down your own business? AS man do
you speak slightingly of your own family?
DO you dlsown your own country? Why
then be any less loyal to the town in
which you make your residence?
To be sure every city has it's outs, its
disadvantages, some more than others,
but why dwell on them? They are pro-
badly apparent enough without adyertis-
ing them. On the other hand every town
and city has it's peculiar advantages, then
tell of them, advertise them far and wide.
and you may rest assured that it can do
no harm.
Be loyal to your own home, talk it up,
advertise its advantages and you may rest
assured that you are doing your duty as a
citizen and working for your owninterests
at the same time; and don't forget that
every dollar you spend at home comes
back to you some way or other Exchange.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19
Harrison's View of the War.

Ex-President Harrison is considered as
conservative and safe a statesman as ever
occupied the White House. No public
clamor ever kept hi IN from the line of
duty. Since his return to private life he
has borne himself with becoming dignity.
Seldom has he spoken on public questions,
fearing the public expression of his views
might be misconstrued. When, how
ever, he has consented to an interview or
made public address, his utterances
have been read with interest by his fell
low countrymen. Last week at the camp
where the !, 900 Indiana volunteers We're
assembled Mr. Harrison spoke to them as
follows
''You have as a trained and organized
militia great advantage over the volun
teers of 1861 62. Our foes now are not,
thank God those of our own household.
That was a war for the life of the Union
this is d war for humanity. That for our
selves; this for the oppressed of another
race We could not escape this conflict.
Spanish rule had become etfete. We dare
not say that we have Gods commission
to deliver the oppressed the world around.
We have disclaimed in theiface of the ma
lions of Europe, who are now dividing
continents much as hungry boys might
divide a melon, that we have no purpose
to seize and appropriate Cuba. | do not
doubt that speedily, though no man can
set the times which God plans, this great
work to which the United States has adj
dressed itself will be completely and per-
manently accomplished.
General Harrison calls this war for
humanity, and says that we could not
escape the conflict. This was the view of
congress when the question was referred
to that body by President Mckinley. The
time was bound to come, foreseen and
predicted by ex-President Cleveland,
when armed intervention would be neces-
sary to put an end to the horrible condi-
ton of affairs in the island of Cuba. 1t
was responsibility we could not escape
and we would have been unworthy of the
American name if we had tried to avoid
it, Now that the conflict is upon us it
is becoming more apparent to those who
hoped for peaceful solution Of the diff
ficulty that the war is a just one and that
we have exhausted all peaceful means to
bring peace and independence to Cuba.
N. H. Statesman.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19
Northport Camp Ground.

Mrs. Capt. Robert Emery of New York ar
rived May 18th for the season.
A. 2. Benner arrived home May 18th from
Boston where he spent the winter.
Mr.. French manager of Hotel Northport
arrived May 14th on the M. &. M.
The Maine Epworth League will hold it's
State convention here September 8th and
9th.
Mr.. Samuel Fellows and wife of Bangor
came down by team May 18th to spend a
few days.
Many of the South Shore cottages as well
AZ those on the Camp Ground owned by
Belfast people We're open Sunday.
Mrs E. II Bolton of Brewer arrived May
18th on the NJ. & M and will spend the sum.
mer with her sister, Mrs Harlow.
George H. Archibald, general secretary
Maine State Sunday school association, was
on the grounds May 18th making arrange
ments for summer school to be held here
July Both to Aug. 18th.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

There is Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was supposed to be incur
able. For great many years doctors pronounced
it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies
and by constantly falling to with loca
treatment, pronounced incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore, requires constitutional treatme t.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market 1t is taken internally
in doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts
directly on the blood nd mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to Send for circulars and testi-
mOnials. Address.
F. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo 0.
~ Sold by Druggists Toe. 4wl7.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

The Rt. Hon. Jos. Cham berlain, secre-
tary OF state for the colonies made an i'm
portant speech OF public affairs at Birm-
lngham, England, last Fri day evening
referring to the policy OF strict isolation
that ngland has pursued 81 nee the Grim
can war, he remarked that his had been
perfectly justified but" he added, 1.-The
time has arrived when Great Britain may
be confronted by com bination of powers,
and our first duty, therefore is to draw all
parts of the empire into close unity and
our next &c maintain the bonds of per
manent unity with our kinsmen across
She Atlantic. cloud cheers)
''Thele Is powerful and generous ma
Uion, said MI. Chamberlain, ''speaking
our language bred of our race and hav-
ing interests Identical with ours | would
60 SO far as 10 say that, terrible as war
may be, even wal itself would be cheaply
purchased ii in great and noble cause
the stars and stripes and the union Jack
should wave together over an Anglo
Saxon alliance. prolonged cheers)
1t is one of the most satisfactory re-
suits of Lord Salishury's policy that at
the present rine these two great nations
understand each other better than they
ever have done, since, over century ago
they were separated by a blunder of the
British government
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19
A Democratic Prophesy.

We have a navy equal to any in the world !,
and before many moons have passed it will
be established upon a still stronger footing,
and our naval forces will be as invincible as
our armies. The Republican party is safely
intrenched in power, and will remain so for
an indefinite period. Opposing factions in
the Senate will become like so many pig
mics and will be crushed out like so much
vermin. 1t does not require any stretch of
imagination to say that in due course the
Populist and Silverite influence will be
routed, and that Mckinley, who stood upon
a gold plank in the platform adopted at St.
Louis in 1896, will carry currency reform as
he carried the banner of war-successfully
Town Topics.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19
The Belfast Free Library

| Books added during May, 1898. First list.
Brown, Alexander. The first repub-
| lie in America. 1898. .............. 4519
Dole, Nathan Haskell. Joseph JEFF
ferson atjhome. Illustrated. 1898. B 80
Doyle, A. Conan. A desert drama:
being the tragedy of Korosko H.
lustrated. .D. 20 q
Elliott, Sarah Barnweli. The Dur
ket sperret. IN same col. An
idle man. 1898. Observation-Disclosures. 22S -
Gordy, Wilbur F. A history of the
United States for schools. Illustra-
| tons and maps. 1898. ............. 444S
Hatton, Joseph, The vicar, A novel
1897 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1896
Hope, Anthony. l)Seud Of 4. H. Hdo-
kjnS Simon Dale. A novel. $50. 113 26
James, W. and Grassi, G. Diction-
airy of the Italian and English Ian
guages. 1898. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. X. L.
Kirchner, Adelaide Rosalind. A flag
for Cuba. Pen sketches of recent
trip across the Gulf of Mexico to
the island of Cuba. Observation-Disclosures. SAT 80
Lummis, Charles F. The awakening
of a nation: Mexico of to-day H.
lustrated 1898. Observation-Disclosures. 547.12
Maine historical society, Collections
and proceedings. 1857. Series
: V, b-s..- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1885
Maupassant, Guy de Ahoat. (Sur
feau.) Translated by l.. Ensor.
1889 Observation-Disclosures. 1148 10
New England magazine. 1897. V.
To- /
North American review. 1S77-1SS6
V 124 Ill.,. Observation-Disclosures. N. 81
Same, 1891 V. l64 165............... n 81
Oppenheim. Nathan. The develop
ment of the child. 1898. 1045.1l
Pope, Alexander. translator. Tie
Had Of Homer. With notes by J.
S. Watson Illustrated by the en-
tire series of Flaxman's designs
1oS9. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1856
Pope, Alexander, translator, The
Odyssey of Homer. With notes by
j. S. Watson. Illustrated by the
entire series of Fiaxman's designs,
Proudfoot, Andrea Hotter. A mothers
ideals. A kindergarten mothers
conception Of family life. .......... 1854 "A
Russell, William Clark The two
captains. 1S97..................... p
SeawelI, Molly Elliot, The rock Of
the lion. "a story of the siege Of
Gibraltar. .................;2 5. %
sheldon, Mary E. one thousand
men for Christmas present. Illus
trated Observation-Disclosures. 3251
Smith. F. Hopkinson. Caleb West,
master diver. Illustrations. 1895 24919
Twain, Mark, (Pseud of S. L.
Cjemeqs) Adventures of Huckle-
berry Finu..... 1926
Twain, Mark. (Pseud. of S. L..
Llemeas) Adventures of Tom
Sawyer. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1927
Velazquez de la Cadena, NJ Pro
nouncing dictionary of the Spanish
and English languages. 1S96...... R. L
Waterloo, Stanley The story OF Alb
A tale of the time of the Cave Man 81 $ |
Weyman, Stanley F. Shrewsbury
A romance. Observation-Disclosures. 49, %
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Fenelope's
English experiences. 1895. 24617
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Peneope's
progress lin Scotlan6.) 1898. $40. .24617.2
Wister, Annie L., translator.
The lady with the ruhies. BYE.
Marlitt. 1895 ........-.........12o7
Picked up in the streets. By H
Schobert. 1855. ...........,......1286
Castle Hohenwald. A romance. BY
A. Streckfuss. lS97......,.......12o .
Too rich romance. BY A.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

Mr. E. G. Herrck OF Waterville preached
at the Baptist church last Sunday forenoon
and evening. Mr., Herrick is a student at
Colby University and his discourses showed
marked ability both in their preparation
and delivery, He will preach there again
next Sunday.
The services at the Cniversalist church
next Sunday will be as follows: Morning
worship with sermon at 10:45, followed by
Sunday school. Young peoples devotional
meeting led by the pastor in the vestry at
six o'clock Topic, The Sabbath for Man
At the morning service the choir will sing
a patriotic adaptation of Soldiers Chorus
by Root, and Mrs Frost and Miss Skay will
sing duett.
Services at the Methodist Episcopal
Sermon by the pastor at 10 45 a. M; Sunday
SC m; Me eting of Junior League
at 8 80. p. m; Meeting of Epworth League at
s, Leader-Miss Georgia Pratt, Topic
"Honorng Father and Mother Exodus 20
70; Eph 6:14; Song and prayer service at 7
Tuesday evening prayer meeting and Thurs
day evening class meeting will be at 7-15.
This, Thursday evening, there will be the
usual prayer meeting at the North church
topic, 1.-THE Bible a Personal Message from
Cod" Ps 119:97-112; Luke "a rs IS; Rom
| Bib. The services next Sunday will be
as fol lows: Morning worship at 10 As will
sermon by Rev. r. G. Harbutt in exchange
| Sunday school at II m. G. E. meeting al
! 615 p. IN. Topic, "Christ our Model Matt
1924, %; John 10: 1915; lecture by the
pastor at Is p. m. in the vestry
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

The figures given last week with regard
81 the appropriation for the city schools
wete erroneous and therefore misleading.
IT is rot necessary to go into detail further
tlan to say tIaJtb correct figures show
a total appropriation of S65 more than
was expended during eleven months last
year, with the teachers pay roll for the
full year added While this may be in
adequate to maintain the schools during
the coming year we are assured that there
will be no curtailment OF school privileges.
1t will he the duty, and 70 doubt the pur-
pose, Of the school committee to exercise
the strictest economy possible without i'm
pairing the efficiency of the schools.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

The correspondence elsewhere publish
cd with regard 70 the defence of Penob-
scot Bay and river will be read with inter-
est II shows that our officials are fully
alive to the interests of their constituents;
but does any one seriously believe there is
the lemotest possibility Of the spanish
war ships visiting this section OF the
aoast2
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

The games for the coming week will be as
follows: Thursday evening, Imperials vs..
Orients: Monday evening, Orients vs.. Ores
cents.
After the game Monday evening Mr..
Healey invited the players to his home in
the Burkett house ON Miller street, where a
supper was served and an hour pleasantly
spent.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

The Spanish defeat at Manila is account
ed for The men were in their pajamas
and had not had their coffee They could
not shoot straight without coffee first.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

The more or less open aid France is
giving to our Spanish foe will not be for
gotten by the American people.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

ME Spanish and American fleets ap-
pear just now to be playing a game of
hide and seek. The Spanish are doing
the hiding and the Americans the seeking
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

Mum the word at Washington No
news will be given out that will aid the
enemy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19
The Bowling Tournament.

The interest in bowling continues and the
match games of candle pins are closely con-
tested and show good bowling. The teams
have adopted names, as follows: No. l,
Orients; No. 2, Crescents Nos, Imperiais.
Following are the games the past week:
FOURTH GAME.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

CENTRE L1NcoLNv1LLE. ]. S. Muuiu will
lecture at the Baptist church next Sunday
at / r. M. subject, Biblical Spiritualism. A
good choir will be in attendance and All are
cordially invited to attend &c. Porter Young
of Camden, was in town Sunday. A social
will be held one week from Tuesday evening
May 9th at the Band hall. A good program
will be furnished under the auspices of the
Methodist society.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-05-19

stamp for postage, The Boston Herald offers
for a short time to send beautiful coored
map of Cuba free to all. Every young per
son should have this map, as it is a great
educator. With this map you can follow
the movements of single batteshp or the
whole fleet. While they last, this offer is
open to all Address The Boston Herald
Boston, Mass.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-14
DAYS BIG STAKE
The Richest Purse Ever Hung On
in Montana.
IT WILL BE WORTH $4,000
Manager Upton Expects the Handicap
to Attract to This State the Very
Cream of the Big Racing Cir
cults of the Country.


NV p"i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT III sestei""S
morning standard that Manager Upton
OF the race track had decided to offer a
bio ara Co. A.. h,,a,cao
-
se''eu 'o put all the morse Grams W Inv
ears. The STAKE will be the largest ever
run I'm Montana. or I'm the Northwest for
that matter The purse offered is 5000.
the greatest sum of money that has ever
been hung nm for a horse race I'm these
parts: in fact. he only larger purse that
was offered in California was for the
Burns handicap.
Mr.. Upton left yesterday for the West,
but before going he expressed the opin-
ion that the Labor day handicap would
serve to attract to Montana horses of
the very highest class, and he expects
that the entries will be of a character
that will be i'm the nature of a revelation
to Montana horsemen. Not only will ..on-
tana horses be entered in his stake. but
the very cream of the lot now i'm Cali
fornia will be brought here, to say moth
ing of the cracks from Kentucky. Texas
and New Orleans. A few years ago it
would not have been thought within the
range of possibly thai a handicap worth
81, 900 would ever be run i'm Montana, but
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-14
THE LEAKY
River Grows smaller Toward the Mouth
n One Poi~t.

"a One Pni"t.
With all its other eccentricities the
Missouri river leaks badly, for you
know there are leaky rivers as well as
leaky boats. The government engi-
neers once measured the flow of the
Missouri river away up in Montana and
hgain some hundred miles further down
stream. To their SUI prise, they found
that the Missouri instead of growing
bigger downstream was actually 2),001
second-feet smaller at the lower point.
Now. while %. eco second-feet could be
spared from such a tremendous river,
that amount of water makes a consid-
cradle stream Of itself. Many very cell
ebrated rivers never had so much water
in their lives. Hence there was great
Amusement when the discovery was
discovered. But of late years Dakota
farmers away to the south n east of
those points on the Missouri, sinking
artesian wells, found immense volumes
of water where the biologists said there
wouldn't be any.
So il is believed that the farmers
have tapped the water leaking ( ON
that big hole i'm the Missouri away up
in Montana, and from these wells they
irrigate large tracts of land n natur-
ally they don't want the rive bed
mended. Fancy what a blessing 1t Is
when the river is dry to have a river
boiling out Of your well. ready to flow
where you want it over your wheat
fields. For of all manner of work that
a river can he put TO, irr gait n IL, 1
think, the most useful. But isn't that a
queer way for the Missouri to wander
about underneath the ground?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-14
SAVED HER HUSBANDS LIFE.
Physicians Wife Stabs "a Vicious Bulldog
who Had Attacked Him.

Mrs. William Mckinley. not of Wash
ington but of Winchester. XIV, has
twice saved the life of her husband, DIR.
Mckinley, wen though she is of petite
figure n not very strong. The first
time there was nothing romantic about
the incident, as the physician was
caught in "A folding bed, and his wife
returned barely in time to save him
from strangulation. A few days ago
she drove with her husband into the
country to see a patient. Mrs. McKin-
ley remained in the buggy, and the doc
tor started to go into the patients
house. Just before he reached the door
a bulldog sprang at the doctors throat.
The doctor grabbed the brute's muz-
Zle with his right hand and his forelegs
with his left, and called his wife to his
assistance. she ~belabored the dog with
the buggy whip, but to nc purpose, when
the doctor told her to get his knife out
of his pocket and cut the dogs throat.
She got the knife, but the excitement
of fighting the dog and her husbands
perilous position had-made her so nerv-
Gus that it was fully a minutes before
she could open it. The dog was strug-
Cling, and It was with difficulty hat
she could strike him with the knife.
Finally she stabbed the brute just be-
the jugular vein, and pulling the
knife toward her cut his throat from
ear to ear.
The dog gave a few ~convulsive strug-
CLUES as the blood ushed from his neck
in streams. and the doctor threw him
from him dead. He turned to look for
his wife. and found that she had faint
ed. He ran to the house, got some
water and revived her.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-14
HOUSE sv,Loaa.s TRIALS.
Architect WHO Thinks Certain
Facts sh ,uId BE Taught.

facts sh ,uid BE Taught
From the Detroit Free Press.
II believe that there should be some
kind of a university or night school to
houses" declared a citizen who is ina
ly settled In his new home. More
than that, there should be a law max
ing this kline of an education compul-
sorry and a searching examination be-
fore anyone be given a license to spend
his money in and and building.
I've been through IT and I'm talking
by the card. After / had purchased
my lot l was jumped on for some back
taxes, had to settle with an heir hat
hadn't Joined in the deed, and pay a
paving assessment. ! was advised by
a friend that my best scheme was to
make a separate contract for each kind
of work to be done and then be on hand
as much as possible to see hat moth
ing vas neglected. The result was
that / lost a whole summer, look care
of two or three rows a day, listened to
extensive suggestions and in the end
paid out 81, 900 more than my most lib
eral calculation had provided or. Then
/ wasn't really as well satisfied as with
my original plans.
while the moving vans were unload
ing at the door, my wife was bustling
about in one of woman's most delight
full occupations and the children were
rolling under the trees in the back
yard, along came a man who called me
aside and informed me that l had built
on his lot.
"As / was not armed lie escaped with
his life n we called eac other names
across the street till ! cooled down suf-
ficiently to hold a peaceful parley. He
was right. My pretty new house
adorned his lot. | was a squatter. He
had me just because / had carelessly
ignored the abstract man and the sur
veyor. | would have heard from him
sooner but he had been away. He was
white and gave me a deed to the lot i'm
exchange for a deed to the next lot.
which / had already purchased.