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The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
First District Affairs.

Some of the newspaper writers have
taken it for granted that when the new
congressional apportionmeDt is made, and
Maine has to put up with three congress
men, that the man who shall be selected
to succeed Mr.. Reed in the First district
will have to take his chance with the
others for the new field. We do not see
how there can be any question about the
formation of the First district under the
new apportionment, if Maine loses a con
gresham. The section of the state most
intimately connected with the First dis
trict in business and in social and polit-
ical way is Oxford county Three rail-
road lines from three different parts of
the county have their termini in Portland
Every consideration would unite the Ok
ford bears with the Cumberland and York
county interests, and the counties will
doubtless be consolidated. 1t would give
the First dstricta population Of over 200,
600, which would certainly be enough for
one congressman. Captain Boutelle will
naturally keep his place as the veteran of
the new delegation, which will leave the
contest between Congressman Burleigh
and Mr.. Littlefield whose nomination at
the coming convention seems to be an as
sured fact. Between these two successful
and able politicians there may be ex-
pected to be battle royal. Portland
Press.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
The Queens Yacht.

The most notable thing about the cere-
monies attending the launching of Queen
Victoria new yacht was the commission
of the breaking of a bottle of champagne
or other liquor over the bow. Instead of
which there were prayers and a simple
cutting of cord that held the craft, which
then glided gracefully into the water,
under the Duchess of York auspices.
The new royal yacht will be, when com
pleted, not only the largest, but also the
handsomest and most extensively equip
ped yacht in the world. She is larger than
the Hohenzollern, Emperor William S
yacht, or W. X. Nanderblts Valiant,
and is of about the size of the United
States cruiser Baltimore. This is the
third royal yacht to he christened the
Victoria and Albert. There are no other
names under heaven SO dear to the Queen
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
For American Rule.
Havana Newspaper Speaks Out.


La Patria, one of the best edited papers
in Havana, came out May 10th with an
editorial strongly endorsing the American
administration. Its utterances are re-
garded as representing the best thought
of the thinking element of the community.
La Patria contrasts the American
method with that of the obstinate Span
ish' in dealing with even the simplest re-
forms. On this point it says:
Formerly there was agitation among
the people; oceans of ink and tons OF
paper were used; floods of oratory were
poured out, and then everything ended at
Madrid in the froth of Spanish promises.
On the other hand, in these days of fruit
full, though silent work, we learn of the
most radical reforms when they are pub
lished in the official gazette, without be-
ing preceded by a magnificent conglomera-
tion of oratory and colored fire.
AS an illustration OF it's argument La
Patria cites the separation of church and
state and draws picture of the ''wild
parliamentary scenes" that would have
occurred if such subject had been agita-
ted in the 18th century
''Y ct this has been accomplished, il
says, ''by the Americans and through
this thousand enormities have beer
effaced.''
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
A Curfew Bell.

Throughout the State the subject of a
curfew bell is being agitated as means OF
keeping young boys and girls of the
streets at night, the officers being directed
to arrest all under given age found
without their parents or guardians after
nine O. clock. The good influence of such
a law must at once be recognized, yet it
may seriously be questioned whether it is
to be considered anything more than a
makeshift. Law does not and cannot de-
velop goodness and morality, and the dan
ger lies in leaning upon what must al
ways be broken reed. We have here
another illustration of order-loving citi-
zens seeking legislation to accomplish
what should be controlled in the homes,
and it must if it is to be permanent. The
step proposed to keep the boys and girls
off the street may be advisable and neces-
sary, but only because of the neglect and
Indifference of the parents. When law
is demanded to do what fathers and moth
ers fail in doing, the inf uence of the
home is gone If it be accepted that pow
er to control and restrain children under
Is has departed from the homes, then is
there positive danger for the future of our
fair State Let the law be invoked and
applied, but only as an aid, while the re-
straining influence of the home is being
aroused. A clergyman in Somerville,
Mass, preaching against the terrible evils
of the cigarette habit among the young,
closes with the following strong appeal,
which should ring in the ears of fathers
and mothers until they come to realize the
obligations resting upon them, and not to
be removed by law
Law cannot correct such disgraces
municipal authorities will never stop
| them. The trouble is with our homes
and with many of our so-called Christian
parents. la this city your boys and girls
are in danger; temptations allure them,
sin is made pleasant and easy; broker
Sabbath, profanity, deceiving and the
cigarette are their first temptation. You
can save them if you will; if you will
not, they surely will 60 to destruction
Oh, for revival of the home spirit il
many of these houses where families live.
| Given mothers who pray instead of Cos.
sip, who lead instead of drive, giver
fathers who will enjoy home instead Of
| the club, who will go to church, &C
bicycling with their children, lead theil
| desires, and no child will ever bring such
| home to disgrace" Maine Farmer.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
Sable Island Sinking.

The latest news received from Sable
Island states that the sea has made such in
roads during the past winter that it's very
existence is in danger. This island, So
miles distant from Nova Scotia, is sur
rounded by miles of shallow, perplexing
currents, and bewildering fogs. 1t is the
most notorious spot in the world for
wrecks, and is permanent menace to
transatlantic commerce, being widely
known as the ocean graveyard.
Since the beginning of this century
Sable Island has decreased in length from
40 miles to % miles, and in breadth from
2 IA miles to something less than one
mile. In height it has diminished from
200 feet to less than so feet, while there
has been variation in the west end of
not less than 25 miles
Since 1902 a wreck register has been
carefully kept, which shows more than
$50 wrecks. The latest one recorded was
that of the German steamer Morava,
which was lost there last winter while on
passage from Hamburg to Boston.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
City Built in a Day.

The greatest town building record in
Oklahoma has been won by Mountain
View in the Washita country. Monday,
May 9Th, the town site was prairie.
The same day it was plated and surveyed
and large portion of it sold and settled
upon. The Washita river was bridged and
the town organized and officered and all
lines IF business and professions were
started on the lines of organized society.
The town in one day became city Of soc
people, with Mayor and full complement
of officers Some lots sold as high as
5000 in thirty minutes from the time the
survey was made or the stakes driven
down.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
Work Suspended on Branch Road

WArERvILLE, Me, May IL. Work
upon the Waterville and Weeks Mills
branch of the Wiscasset and Quebec r. r.
has been entirely suspended. The con-
tract of construction of this road, which
is some II miles in length with 700 foot
bridge across the Kennebec river between
Waterville ard Winslow, was let to the
Richmond and Potomac Construction Co.,
with headquarters at New York city.
There is a local board of officials of the
Waterville and Weeks Mills Il. r. Co.,
but owing to their having put the whole
matter of building, including their franc
hise, into the Richmond and Potomac Con-
struction Co.'S hands, they are as ignorant
about the non carrying out of the plans
as the public at large.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
Handsome Aphrodite.

The New York Tribune has this to say
of the Bath built Aphrodite: ''When the
steam yacht Aphrodite, built way down
in Maine, swings up the English channel
with her great "a foot yards, silver banded,
webbed with steel, and spreading 1900
feet of canvas to the breeze, the dwellers
on the white cliffs will enjoy the sight of a
splendid boat. With one deck rising above
another, and the bridge, with its three
barred brasses, Gaping the structure 40
feet above the water, with the three masts
and the full bosomed sails, the Aphrodite
is the most imposing yacht that America
has produced
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

OUR CLUBBING OFFER. The New York
Weekly Tribune is paper of 20 pages filed
with general news and matter of interest
and value in every home. The subscription
price is 81 year. We have contract with
the publishers of The Tribune by which we
can furnish that paper free to all who pay for
The Republican Journal one year in advance.
The Journal gives all the local news and is
an earnest advocate of local interests, and
The Tribune is one of the best, if not the
best, city weekly published. Hundreds have
8 ken advantage of this liberal offer, and it
has given satisfaction in every case. Send
in your names.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

medicines that do no earthly good. 1t
is like throwing it into the fire.
I'VE had spent lots of money for doctor hills
and had almost given up i'll despair /" says Mrs
Ella Schall of Moosehead, Luzerne Co, Pa, in
a sincere letter to DR.. R V. Pierce of Buffalo,
N. Y. Then told my husband was going to
write to you. I very glad did So You re-
member my was abscess of the breast. Dr.
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery cured me in
one month, sound and we'll"
''Your kindness to me 1 can never forget"
writes Mrs Josie +. Clark, of Enterprise Shelby
Co. Mo II cannot express half my feelings Of
gratetulness to you. had despaired of evt~get-
ting well. l had been in bad health for twelve
years. Had aches all through me numb hands
cold feet and everything ate distressed me; my
bowels were constipated. I was very nervous
depressed and respondent When first wrote
to you l thought could never be cured have
taken six bottles of DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and my health is now good. You
/ think there is medicine in the world as
good DR.. Perce's"
It's an insult to your intelligence for a
Dealer to attempt to palm off upon YOU
substitute for this world-farned medicine.
You kNoW what you want. It's his bust
ness to meet that z0ant. When he urges
some substitute he's thinking of the
larger profit he'll make - not Of your
welfare Shun all such dishonest dealers.
Every sick person in this land should
possess DR.. Pierce's grand thousand
page illustrated Common Sense Medical
Adviser, which will be sent free for the
bare cost of mailing, ri one-cent stamps.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

The late B. F. Briggs Of Auburn, who
died May 10th, was one of the founders
of the shoe business in Auburn. He
learned the business practically at the
bench, and as he grew in wealth and in
f1uence became an industrial leader of
eminence in this State 1t is said that
the other founders of the shoe industry
in Auburn had the same practical ex-
perience in which to found their sue
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

In school in the Deering district, the
teacher asked a boy for the definition of
the word anodyne. He replied readily
that it was something to sausage pan. -
"What?' exclaimed the teacher. eyes, :"
repeated the boy, 'something to sausage
pam" "Where did you ever get such an
idea as that?' asked the teacher. 81
found it in the dictionary was the reply.
Then copy of Webster's Unabridged was
consulted and the puzzle was solved. The
dictionary said serving to assauge pain. :"
The boy had read carelessly.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

As a result of a deal made several
months ago a company has been organic
ed at Norway with W. Scott Robinson pres
ident, to work the mica mines in Oxford
county. The promoters claim to control
Is, 600 acres of land and a large part Of
the mica trade of the world.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

The Cienfuegos papers praise the work
there of the American authorities, saying
that the streets are kept clean, the poor
are protected and shipping and general
trade are the best in many years.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

The Maine Central directors have de-
clared the usual quarterly dividend of
$3.50 per share and made the same pay
able July 1.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
Maine Central R. R.
TINTE-TABIE.

On and after Nov, ~, 1898. trans connecting
at BurnLam and Wateryille witt through trains
for and from Bangor, Wateryille, Portland and
Boston will run follows:
tuOM BELFAST
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

AtLeadville, this past winter, the snow
fall was 81 feet, and at Ruby, Col, it was
43 feet 8 inches.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
Farm for Sale.

| offer for sale my fam situaed'on the back
road from Belfast to Searsport about three miles
from the city of Belfast, containing three hun
dred and twenty five acres of land. There is
good orchard on the farm, about two hundred
acres OF good woodland. and the remainder con
venently divided into tillage and pasture land.
There is a never failing supply of living water in
the pastures. The buildings convenient and
in good repair and well supplied with water.
This is one of the best farms in the County of
Waldo, both for stock raising and tllage and will
be sold at bargain. For particulars inquire of
Mrs. Geo. W. Cottrell, 20 Northport Ave, Belfast
Belfast, March 81. 1899
l2tf MRS. AMELIA j. COTTRELL.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
"BURNING MONEY"

any reasonable
expe nditure
which will be
the means of
restoring it ;
but one of the
most dlsheart-
ening things
in the world
is for any one
who work )
hard tor his
money to keep
paying it ont
for doctors and
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

To Cure Constipation in One Week
To Purify the Blood in One Week
To Strengthen Nerves in One Week
To Cure Sick Headache in One Day
Take Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea
Csc. trial size free. If it fails to cur
your money will be refunded. A. A
HowEs & 20.
The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

elePo Soou uiodlIdHSe lLllS SyInUol Oh Une
Christians hope, which some stricken
heart has placed above its beloved dead; ;
and though the emblem means, person
ally, little to me, | have hundreds of
times stopped to replace it and tie the
cross piece more securely
The Alcaldl, or village Mayor, who &C
companied us to the cemetery pointed out
two rough boxes-one long, the other
shorter-which stand ON end inside the
gateway and remarked that in them more
than six Thousand of his friends and
nejghbors had been brought to their
eternal rest within three years. Out
among the weeds of an unfenced field, a
few rods away, stood a heavy, two
wheeled OK cart, its huge tongue high in
air-the village hearse, in which the six
thousand had taken their last short jour
ney. Across one corner of the cemetery
a second wall is placed, enclosing tri-
angular space, which is filled to the brim
with human bones, partially burned but
by no means reduced to dust In front
of this was the most CHASTITY sight of all
fresh lot of miscellaneous bones, skulls,
coffin boards, shrouds, shoes, ct cetera,
lately evicted from rented graves and made
ready for the semi annual burning. Many
of the skulls had hair clinging to them.
One, l noticed was thin and gray, as
of an old man; another was almost
chestnut brown; and on top of the
heap, close by the trunk of body
still wrapped in a half decayed blanket,
lay mass of shining jet-b black hair,
loosened from the head to which it had
belonged, but yet confined in coil by
rusty pins. To us it seems strange in
deed that our Spanish American neigh
bors attach so little sacredness to the
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BIDS AND PROPOSALS.

NOTICE, ARCHITECTS board OF man
asers or the State lunatic asylum will re-
Tor an associate dining hall. TO cost not ex-
ss ,e dnn IL sSI.Soooo, and hospital to cost
BIDS VIII be opened on July %. 1899. and
each bidder will be required 10 guarantees
me cost OF his plan. The managers viii AZ.
,leet the dian and recommend the success sun
pidder TO the governor for appointment,
ines desired will be given by DR.. q. II.
Wnrsham: superintendent. at the institution
y d. Cochran. chairman Board M'g'rs.
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YOUR EYES examined free, properly adjust.
ed with best specatces and eve glasses
guarantee satisfaction. Wilton's. 90S Prairie
avenue.
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SUMMER RESORTS.

THE TEXAS MILITARY INsTiTUTE-"A-
coma Hotel Al Llano. will be open for
boaIders after Nav %. Large airy rooms,
good hoard cool climate: pure water: good
fishing; terms reasonable: reductions Tor
cnildren., Apply TO Rev c. r. Dorset or
Aptain Ira J. Dawson. Llano. Texas.
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s.. o. COTTON q BRO, Fire Insurance
Agents and Adjusters. 10 Main street Il
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WELL EDUcATED stenographer wishes Pc.
siton at small salary. Address $500 tn's
offirp.
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SITUATION wANTED--By a licensed epgl-
neer. both marine and stationary ana elec,
trcian 6322 this office.
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SITUATION wanted by a steady man with
small family to take charge of general sto X
ranch: one VINO understands his business.
Address u. f. D., 1i3 Louisiana street.
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BOARD AND ROOM WANT

YOUNG lady wants room and BOAT
good private family; give location o. !
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MARRIAGE paper. with hundreds OF descrlp-
tons Of ladies and gentlemen. many ricn,
who derIro to marry; also lists OF rare
hooks. cifios, etr mailed free. j. w Gun.
uots Toledo Ohio 81
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CANCER cUR1D--Home treatment; no knife.
plaster or pain; book OF advice free. Mason
Medical Co., III West AID street, New York,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

been in the wood an'
business SO long and extensively tnMI
some of my best friends hardly reaI3
extent and completeness or my new
an boarding stables at north end "
supply your wants OF any kind, at
worthy OF Investigation q have no
nav and my customers get the benJ
thaD, l most cordially invite you,
and lot us show YOU through. ~.
Thomas (well known In Honston).
man, or myself will be glad TO see y
any time. Hubert s. II. Wilson. Dr.
Wilson's Livery, Bourding and sale
Phone 5t5
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GRASS LAND for rent. 500 acres black land,
fenced, two miles cast OF Wilson'S race
track. G. W HAIL 800 Main street. .
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FREE--Two beautiful live goldfish aud globe
with every bottle OF DR.. Rudolphs Tonic,
the great blood purifier liver. kidney aud
dyspepsia cure. For sale ut the drug stores
of A. u. Kiesling. e. T.. Schmidt. j. Burg
helm. A. $. coons. II. p. holland, Houston,
Texas ''
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SITUATION WANTED Bv Young man ~
years old as store or Office CLERK. Aduress
G. T., this office,
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HOUSTON HEIGHTS lots for sale at loves,
prices on tnssslIment plan. once 20 Main
street. John A. Milroy. agent,
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ALWAYS ON HAND-When you want an all.
heart cypress oistsrn. dandy windmill,
simplicity beehive. furnishing and repairing
all Kinds gin and steam machinery. COME
or write aud DO convinced. A. Eidelbach
Flatonia. Texas.
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BARGAIlis IN PTANOS-We offer a liberal
cut in prices for the next sixty days; any
piano ia the house at S25 off regular price.
divers Music House. u
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IN BUYING or selling property. We ask a
triai or your business; we claim To have
superior advantages in showing and selling
property ana will give personal attention to
AL business entrusted with us: several
choice homo places on MAN, Crawford and
San Jacinto streets: two pretty cottage
homes In Third ward. at bargain. Two
seyon-room houses. Fifth ward. $1,000 each.
your own terms. N. M. Norfieat a. Co !.
phone 6l3. BInz building. Il
THREE lots. with nice hve-room cottage and
kitchen. all furnished, on tho water front
at Seahrook. for sale cheap mot for remit /;
immediate possession. Apply to Ben Camp
hell, II
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WANTED--posi by young man. age -, Z
work as porter or anything can DO slor'
work preferred Address Fred, this Office
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FOR SALE 4bS acres OF black sandy land.
llh0 acres in cultivation. six miles south OF
kenedy. on Arkansas Pass railroad: we'll I'm
nroyed price Sil.00 per acre. For further
PARTICULARS address W. II. Holmes. Ken
edy. Texas.
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WANTED-At once. second-haDd VI
hiano: cash; must be cheap; name Y
price. s. NJ s., this office
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Barnes. Pitman or tho Ora
nam system taught. satisfaction guaranteed.
Ierms $500 per month cash In advance.
Mrs. Compton. 1903 Fannin street "a
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PROFESSIONAL.

Alb BRANCHES OF learning taught by mall:
tesehers review courses. complete commer-
Slai course, law, cite. Students Interested
IN correspondence education will please an
close STAMP for reply and address ali COM
muhirauons TO the Texas Corresuondence
Normal Institute 80 Rainey street. Austin
Texas. s
DETECTIVE AGENcY-.Trained DETECTIVES
furnished for civil and criminal invsstiea
tons; reasonable rates. correspondence So
ncted James Mccane. box 1870. Houston.
leAas, II
s. O. COTTON = BRO, Fire insuraaes
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THE Massey Business College oilers cScep-
uonal opportunities to young men and wo-
men desiring to better ut themselves for
tsefuness in the business world. If you are
contemplating taking a course In book
Keeping. shorthand or English now ia the
best time to begin. Call or write for circu-
lars. Mason block. Houston. Texaa II
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PRETTY WOMEN and honorable mon want
to marry. many rich; list descriptions, res
tdences). &c. Mutual Exchange. KANSAS
city. Mo.
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WANTED situation by colored waiter
dining room or as porter; city feferenc
Address 1854, this office.
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WE OFFER oak bedroom suites 800, 50 90,
$1,000 Sll.0U, yl2.O Slo.u0 FHrDank plat
form scales. g 90: jewelers. scales, 50 90
complete two oak sidepoards. $1,000 Sl2.50;
FIVE wardrobes. $500, $3.50, $3.50. $500, $1,000:
high-arm Crown sewing machine. IS. So,
corner china closet. 800; cbild's cherry
folding bed $3.50 telegraph instrument
100; walnut roll top desk s. 90. new moss
mattresses mt 81, ID, other goods chs ap.
Wright md { 'oou,bg tiJ Milan =
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FOR RENT-FoIr large south rooms In house
with modern improvements, furnished for
housekeeping. or suitable for gentlemen:
1915 Rusk
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A $500 NEIiLIN piano and "a $3.50 Emerson az
5000 each on easy terms divers Music
House. VI