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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Geographical Ignorance.

Not many years ago our War Depart
ment admitted that much the best general
maps of the United States were those to
be found in the German aliases. But
enormous strides have been made in the
official maps of our country during the last
few years, causing them to compare favor
ably in accuracy of detail and execu ton
with nearly the best of their kind issued
elsewhere. No better way of satisfying
ones self with regard to the amplitude
and exactness of the German geograp hical
treatment of century can be had than by
examining the 'Baedeker'' for the United
States, and by comparing the detail, carto-
graphical and descriptive, which appears
in that publication (of the Adirondacks,
of the Yellowstone and Yosemite, or of
the different cities, for example) with
similar work in corresponding American
or English publications.
Special stress has been laid upon the
deficiencies of this particular branch of
learning, because, everywhere, they glar-
ingly stare us in the face. Millions CT
square miles of the Inhabited earth sur
face are as unknown to the average uni
versity graduate as is the bottom of the
sea or the top of the atmosphere; and
tens of millions of the earth's inhabitants
enjoy an obscurity in his cerebral whirl as
complete as that which marks the con-
ception of sky-scrapers and railroads in
the brain of the Eskimo. But it is not
alone here that We are sadly deficient.
Into the domain of science, to which SO
much attention is properly given at this
time, we carry misguided method which
is most distressing i'll its results. We,
or at least many Of us, may be proficient
in the dissection of cockroach or mussel
know the ganglia in the sympathetic sys-
TEN of a rabbit, and even talk understand
ingly of the relations of blastoderm, gas
! trula, and hypoderm. But much the
larger proportion of those who bear di-
plomas fail to recognize even the common
est of the birds of the field, either by song
or FORM and as to the habits and life of
animals generally, the common knowledge
is of such nature that it might almost as
well be dispensed with altogether. Our
botanical laboratories teach us properly
OF sap circulation and embryo; and under
the microtome we bring plant tissue to
nearly its finite particle, so far as study is
concerned But it is safe to say that much
, the larger number of those who leave
their alma mater equipped for the higher
! life cannot in the field distinguish between
birch and d popular or between a spruce
and pine. The Ignorance of Educa-
ton and the Project of an Interna tional
University by Angelo Heilprin in the
March Forum.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
The Parable of the Rich Man.

Mr.. Tom L. johnson in recent lecture
in New York city advocated the contsca-
ton of all railroad franchises, and not
merely the public ownership of municipal
railroads but the making of transit free
to the public, paying the whole expense
from taxation. Now if Mr.. johnson ser-
ously believes in this brand of socialism,
he cannot do better than advocate it often.
Nothing would more rapidly determine
his place as a leader in social reform.
When millionaires want to confiscate other
peoples property and cling to their own
they are apt to be misunderstood. A SUI
preme test for this class of cases was pro-
pounded nearly two thousand years ago.
1t was: Zone thing thou lackest: go thy
way, sell whatever thou hast, and give to
the poor" The young man to whom the
test was thus applied went away grieved ::
for he had great possessions. The test
is severe but infallible. 1t would put Mr..
johnson beyond suspicion as genuine
ll-round socialist reformer. [Gunton's
Maya zine for March.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Interesting People.

| There are many such people in our own
State, and within the range of the &C.
quaintance of cultured folks in almost
every village. Some years ago we knew a
most interesting man who kept saddler's
| shop, and in whose little building redolent
of leather and harness was kept the vii
lage library. How gentle and intelligent
he was. and what help to young people
in directing them in their reading. The in
fiuence of his interesting life is felt to this
day, long years after his death, in the
creditable lives of those now men, whom
as boys he directed in the ways of self
help and pure living. Not long ago we
spent several hours in the company of an
elderly lady whose sweet face and CHEEKY
voice will never be forgotten; and what a
delight it was to view the skillful handi-
work of her artistic needle in the beauti-
full creation of useful household articles,
almost as handsome as the work of orien-
tai hands-oh, how interesting it was to
hear her tell of them, and of the pleasure
their creation gave her during the long
evenings in her modest home while at
work upon them. What a lesson of con-
tent was gathered from it! In Brunswick
who would not like to meet Miss Furbush
and look at her hundreds of studies of
Maine plants; and at Falmouth to visit
Mrs. Davis, talk with her about fungi and
see her paintings of these interesting
plants. Way over in Cornish we could call
on Mr.. Smith and see his collection of
prints and his hundreds upon hundreds
of scrap books upon almost every subject,
made with his own hands during winter
evenings; at Gardiner we would inspect
Mr.. MorrelPs wonderful collection of min
erals, and Mr.. Holmes violins; in Belfast
we could see Mr. Woodcock' water colors;
and then we " ould go down to Orland and
talk with Mr.. Atkins about Mayfowers, of
which he has analysed nearly 200 varieties!
We would stop in Bangor to learn about
birds of Ora Knight; and then 60 down to
Calais and spend a few days in examining
| the wonderful collection of Maine birds
in the private museum of Mr.. George A.
Boardman. Up at Pennington we would
talk with Mrs. Reyes about plants, and
then go over to Dover and see Mr.. Smiths
books.
What interesting people were the late
Arson Allen of Orono, who studied our
native asters; the late Marcus R. Keep of
Aroostook county, who was local geolo-
gist of note; and what delight it was to
visit Mrs. Stanley's garden of flowers in
Winthrop! Bangor Commercial.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Business in Maine.

The travelling men say that, at the pres,
ent time, the retail business in the State
is rather dull. 1t is the usual dull season
of the year between the winter and the
spring goods, when only small business
is expected. The Wholesale business is
booming all the time in spite of the dull
ness in the retail. The retail prices will
advance in sympathy with the wholesale
as soon as the old stocks in the stores are
sold out and new ones are bought. The
spring retail business is expected to be
unusually good. Many are expecting to
see larger trade than for many years
This partially accounts for the good whole
sale business, as all the retail dealers are
expecting a rush later and are, as rule,
laying in large stocks for the spring and
summer trades.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Our Sea Power.

The United States will soon be the
fourth naval power in the world. We do
not need to get much nearer the top just
now, though the navy department asks for
SIS, 900, 900 this year.
This vast sum means more warships,
more naval stations and more dry docks.
But most of this is useful provision for
peace as we'll as war.
We do not intend aggressive wars, and
the only power that could hope to attack
us successfully is Great Britain, with her
10 battleships, 1872 cruisers and - coast
defense auxiliaries. Making allowance
for fighting efficiency, we already rank
after Great Britain and France.
The powers that could successfully at
tack us do not desire to--and the rest will
soon not be worth counting. Boston
Globe.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Hon. Charles A. BoutelIe,

The announcement ill what seems to be
an authentic fashion that Hon. Charles A.
Boutelle will be candidate for renomina-
ton and re- election to Congress comes as
happy surprise both to his constituents
whom he has served so long and faithfully
and to the people of Maine generally.
Grave fears have been entertained that he
would never be able to resume public life.
Speculation as to his successor has been
rife, but his recovery will clear that po-
litical field beyond a doubt. The State
of Maine cannot afford to lose the ser.
vices of Capt. Boutelle SO long as he is
able to devote them to his State and coun-
try. Portland Express.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15

and no reduction at Wholesale. You NAV
buy ticket for the last play, or the first
or for the whole lot, if you choose-but
you will not be likely to sit out the entire
performance.
Public. lotteries are innnmerable in Se-
vile, and on an increasing scale as the
country grows poorer. Sitting nearthe door
or window of your cafe, you are perpetu
ally annoyed by men and women impor-
tuning you to buy lottery tickets-halves.
quarters, eighths of tickets, if you decline
the whole ones; and who knows, Senior.
but you may draw grand prize and wal
low in wealth forever afterwards? Thew
sell them at cost price, but expect small
gratuity; and in this odd, but not uncer-
tain way, thousands of Sevillians make a
living. As if to atone for the lottery
nuisance, you are sometimes treated by
your landlord to delightful bit of local
color A troup of students, in the old
fashioned Salamanca cloaks and hats, file
into the dining room, march twice around
the table playing a gay tune, then seat
themselves on chairs at one side of the
room, and play as only Spanish students
can. There are flutes, violns, cello,
tambourine and several guitars in the
band. BY and by they repair to the patio,
where some bewitching Carmen plays the
the castnetS and dances to their music.
until you are ready to swear that it is all a
scene from the opera.
FANNIE B. WARD,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Sam Jones on Kentucky.

Old Joe Blackburn is the head of De-
mocracy in Kentucky. Poor old fello W
If I were going to make another like him,
l would saw off locust post smooth on
top, set one end in the ground and set a
jug half full of whisky on the other end,
and l would have a dead match for old
Joe. Dirt at one end and whisky at the
other! The Republicans have no specially
strong leader. Elk Governor Bradley is
perhaps their strongest man. Taylor was
certainly elected governor of Kentucky,
and if he is ousted it will be because the
politicians and gam blers against him out
number those for him. [Sam P. Jones, in
Atlanta Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
The Ship Carpenter.

Said shipyard employee the other day:
"There is no kind of employment quite
so disagreeable, or one that brings so lit
tie pecuniary reward in the end, as that OF
a ship carpenter. A man is to certain
extent dependent upon the weather, as he
cannot work upon stormy day; he may
also consider himself fortunate if he can
work five years without injuring himself
in some way. And man who follows
the trade for % or 80 years becomes bent
over, due to carrying heavy pieces of tim
Der on bis shoulder. Bath Enterprise.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Shovelin' Snow.

Roll from bed at break of day,
Stretch and yawn with sleepy air,
Crawl into your clothes and say
Things that aren't morning prayer
Icy wind your whiskers toss
AS reluctantly you go
Out to bear the wintry cross
Shovelin' snow!
Toss the feecy substance high
AS you clear narrow track,
Grumble as the sftings fly
Down your pale and shrinking back
Wished you lived in southern cline
Where the icewinds never blow
And the people waste no time
Shovelin' snow!
Let up now and then and lean
On your shovel gazing round
At the white and cheeress scene,
Stamp your feet upon the ground.
Swear volley just to see
If your half-chilled talk will flow
just as mad as you can be
Shovelin' snow!
Wife and kids at window stand
Smiling to encourage you,
But you think them guying, and
All around the air turns blue
With the awful things you say
AS your aching back you bow
Toiling in a weary way
Shovelin' snow!
Do you ever stop to think
Every swear-word you repeat
Lands you nearer to the brink
OF the pit that banks on heat?
To the land of Beelzebub,
Where, if you should chance to 60,
You'd be glad to get job,
Shovelin' snow.
Denver Post
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
I[[N ZgEW{J1l$6

On and after Dec 4, 1899, trains connecting
Burnham and Watervlle with through trains Tor
and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and Bos-
on will ,un as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15

Itch on human cured in 80 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails Sold by A. A. Howes Co., Druggists,
Belfast, Me. 1y17
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15

tFlag station.
Limited tickets for Boston are now sold at
$500 from Belfast and all stations on Branch.
Through tickets to all points West and North
west, via all routes, for sale by l.. W. GEORG
Agent, Belfast. GEO. F. EVANS,
Vice President and General Manager.
f. E. BooTHBY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Portland, Nov. 81, 1899.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
S. S. 6. FOR THE BLOOD

entirely different potash and
while other
places within the of all We all
Write for full information Swift Specific Atlanta Ca
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
HON CURE
FOR BL0ODPO|S0N,

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims q
this loathsome disease would be much better
off to-day if they had never allowed them.
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
blood poison.
The doctors are wholly unable to get rid Of
npt to heal up the outward appearance Of the
S. This they do by driving the poison into the
It shut in with their constant doses of potash
throat and other delicate parts then break out
inued indefinitely, the drugs doing the system
itself.
NV Nauark N ~ nod snan4 n
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-15
Beware Of the Doctors
Patchwork; You Can
Cure Yourself at Home.

MT. a. Z Myers, 100 Muberry ST, Newark, n J say
hundred dollars with the doctors when realized that
they could do good had large spots all over my
bdy, and these soon broke out into running and
endured all the suffering which this vile disease pro-
duces. decided try S. s. s. last resort, and
soon soon greatly ooWed closely nrec
chest began to grow paer and smaller and before long
disappeared entirely. was cured perfectly and my
skin has been as clear glass since cured my
self home, after the doctors had failed completely.
1t is va liable time thrown away expect the doctors
to Contagious Blood Poison, for the disease be-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15
COMING IMPROVEMENTS
FOR HONOLULUS MUSEUM

Finishing touches are being put on the
Bishop Museum Annex, but it is unlikely
that the place viii be thrown open to
the public for the next two years AS will
be remembered, bids were opened a few
weeks ago for the show cases and it is
just here the rub comes in. These cases
VIII be of solid kiln-dried koa wood. high
ly polished and equipped with plate glass.
In all probability there will be thirty-fve
Of them and the cost will be something
Ike $4,000. At present the main building
cannot accommodate them. room is
packed and Uttered with cases,-like the
Old Curiosity Shop,'-with n poi pound
or, life size and colored in life-like tints,
with the model of a heiau or ancient tenn
PIE and pule, or anaana kahuna which
IS an exact copy of the living model who
was so pleased with his second SELF that
he declared: when all the rest of you
are dead and forgotten, ! shall still be
locked upon, admired, feared and remem-
bered l shall not De goner
The new annex has cost about $65, 600.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15
TRIES TO WRECK
THE DINING ROOM
Insane Man Demolishes Arch
bishop Corrigan's House
hold Effects.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-A middle aged
man, nicely dressed. rang the bell of the
residence of Archbishop Corrigan at
Fiftieth street and Madison avenue at
Z o'clock tonight. John Nestor answer
ed the bell and the stranger said he
wished to see Archbishop Corrigan on
private business. AS he spoke the
stranger ran through the house until
he reached the dining-room. There he
grabbed chair and began to smash
things. He first attended to the glass
ware on the sideboard.
When he had demolished all that he
went at the dishes on the table and
smashed them. Then he began to break
up the heavy furniture. The din
brought the Archbishop and Father
Connolly down stairs from their rooms
and all of the servants upstairs from
the basement. The servants attacked
the man, but he managed to keep the
table between biz and his assailants
and coHtinued his work of destruction
Father Connolly ran to the front door
and yelled to a passer-by to get a po-
liceman. Some one In the house called
up the. police headquarters on the tele-
phone and told them a crank was
smashing everything in the house. The
police headquarters notified the East
Fifty-first street station and Sergeant
Hays sent Policemen McAuliffe and
Hickey TO the Afchbishop's. where the
crank was arrested. He gave the
name of James Hanley and said he was
book agent.
He is evidently insane and kept NUT
tering: IF the Archbishop can afford
to go to Rome to get red feather in
his cap, he can afford to fix up my
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15

1t is OF native basalt, quarried on the
ground and is a most imposing and beauti-
ful building. The interior is mostly of
solid l1oa, as are the sta. rcases, the base
boards, window castings, etc Even the
long settees are of the same wood and
highly polished. There will be no middle
cases in the >new annex. The structures
VIII extend about she wall only; the CEN
ter being occupied by the raised platform
intended to hold the heiau model An i'm
mense sperm whale will be suspended
from the ceiling. The skeleton will show
from the one side and the skin from the
other, after the most approved method of
stretching now employed. Casts of native
fish, painted in natural colors will line
the galleries.
The annex will be q safe place for all
these by-gone curios. if there be any
charm left, for eighteen grinning poison
gods guard the building.
The present walk will be erased and
the new walk raised and cemented. 1t
will lead to the lower walk. Altogether,
when completed, Honolulu will have rea-
son to be proud of her latest ADDITION in
the way of imposing edifices.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15


Under the swaying canvas of the
Japanese theatre last evening half the
Oriental population of Honolulu was
gathered; and not only the Orientals
but a large sprinkling of Americans
and Hawaiians and Europeans also,
for the news of the existence of this
latest and quaintest and oldest of show
places in the city has gone abroad and
last evening there was scarce room for
the crowds who came to see it.
No need longer to cross the waste of
waters that stretches between these
Islands and the land of the Chrysanthe-
mum. Japan has come to us and 1t is
the old Japan, the Japan of which the
last century sailors brought fascinat-
ing and alluring pictures to the West
ern world on their return from year
long voyages. 1t is the Japan which is
all too fast disappearing under the
civilizing influences of electric lights
and trolley cars and steam railways.
A rude board fence surrounds the lit
tie plot of ground where the theatre
has been pitched. You may locate the
place blocks away from the weird and
strange sounds that come from it, and
from the myriad lights and the crowds
that hang about in the vicinity. Usher
ed through a rough sliding door, with a
block of wood painted with strange
characters as passport the visitor paus-
! es blinking for a moment at the scene.
A bellying canvas roof, through which
the moon peeped and the vagrant
breeZes blew, covered a fiat arena,
where half a thousand people squatted
on mating and chartered and gos-
| siped and ate and drank. Whole fami-
lies We're there, each in little rope en-
closed box, with bowls of sake and rice
and fruits close at hand for refresh
nent during the play Round about
We're chairs where the outsiders sat
and commented. vari-colored streaml
ers, painted in huge characters swayed
from the roof and white curtain
adorned with hieroglyphics and strange
and distorted animals and convention
allied flowers hid the stage from view
There was babel of voices. A hawker
stood at one side of ~. stage telling in
stentorian tones of the virtues of the
play and exhibiting presents that the
audience had given to the actors. Ven
doris of edibles Of all kinds ran around
and about and every one was eating
and drinking and talking all at once
Then there was clapp;ng together
Of sticks, an unearthly waiIing began
behind the scenes to the squawkine
accompaniment of some tortured
stringed instrument and a man dressed
like an acrobat drew aside the pictured
curtain and the play began. The stage
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15
CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOW

OF THE FOIInww
ARTICLES:
/ Wickless Blue Flame OH s,o,,
Soup Pot (Granite from.
Sauce Pans (Granite Ironl
Coffee Pot (Granite Iron)
Cake Turner.
Strainer.
Egg Beaten. t;.s
Large Fork.
! Large Spoon.
l Large Knife.
2 Vegetable Pans.
Dish Pan.
l Oil Can.
! Funnel.
/ Can Opener.
1 Teakettle.
Dipper. :
Milk Pail. I;
Tea Container.
/ Coffee Container.
Toaster.
See the above outfits In our n