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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
His D.ncin, Days.

What is it in old fiddle-tunes at makes me
ketch me breath,
And ripple up my backbone till I'm tickled
most to death?
Kind o. like that sweet-sick feelin' in the
long sweep of a swing
Yer first sweetheart in with ye, sailing up
ards, wing to wing;
Yer first picnic, yer first ice-cream, yer first
of ver'thing
AT happened fore yer dancin' days
wuZ Over!
l never understood it-and s'pose never
But right in town here, yisterd'y, heard a
pore blind man
A-fddlin' old 'sGray Eagle" Jerked my
lines and stopped my load
o. hay and listened at him--yes, and watch
ed the way he "bow'd"-
And back l went, plum forty year., with
boys and girls knowed
And loved, long fore my dancin'-dayS
At high noon in yer city-with yer blame
magnetic cars
A-hummin' and skreechin' past, and bands
and G. A. RS
A-marchin', and fire-ingin's-all the noise
the whole street through
WuZ lost on mel only heard whlpperWlll
or two,
1t 'peared like. kind O. calm crost the
darkness ana the Q6W,
Them nights afore my dancin' days wuz
over!
'T'uz Chusd'y night at Wetherells er
We'n'sd'y night at Straw's,
Err Fourth o. July night at either TOmps's
house er JOhn's!-
With old Lew Church from Sugar erik and
that old fiddle he
Had Sawed clean through the army, from
Atlahty to the sea-
And yit he'd fetched her home ag'in, SOS
he could play for me
Onct more, afore my dancin' days wuz
over!
The woods ats all ben cut away seemed
CROWN same as then;
The youngsters all wuz boys ag'in ats
now all oldsh men;
And all the girls at then wuZ girls-I saw
'em one and all,
As plain as then-the middle sized, the
Short-and-fat, and tall.
And, 'peared like, | danced "TucKer'' fer
'em up and down the wall,
AS peert as fore my dancin days wuz
over
The facts is, I wuz dazed so at 1 clean fer
got jeS where
| rally wuz-a blockin' streets, and still
a-standing there.
L heard the pO-leece yellin, but my ears
wuz kind O. blurred
My eyes, too, fer the odds O. that.-bekase
thought | heard
My wife ats dead a-laughin' like and jokin',
word for word,
Jes like afore her dancn'-days wuz
over.
[JameS Whitcomb Riley.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
NERVOUS PROsTRATION.
Have You These symptomse

Are you nervous? Are you tidgety? Are
you irritable? Are you changeable in your
moods? Is your appetite capricious? Does
your mind wander? Do you change your
mind often ON one subject? Is it hard for
you to concentrate your mind on any one
subject? Are you fretful? Are you sleep
less? Do you have flashes of cold and heat ?
Are you troubled at times with palpitation :?
DO you have cold sweats? Do you have
spells in which you surely think you are
going to die? Do you have strange, roaring,
buzZing sounds in your ears? DO you suffer
from Paralysis, Sciatica, Locomoter Ajax
ia?
If you have these symptoms, DR.. Hallock's
Wonderful Electric Pills for weak, worm
out, nervous people should be used at once.
They will positively restore you to perfect
health and give buoyant spirit with nerves
of steel and completely cure all of the above
symptoms. Give them trial.
Sold at drug stores, 81 a box, boxes, SUI
ficient to cure the most obstinate cases, S.,
OF sent direct from laboratory, prepaid, on
receipt of price. Advice on all diseases.
from specialists, Free. Address HALLOCk
DRUG CO., 10 Court ST., Boston, Mass.
Established 1913.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06

We are obliged to our esteemed con-
temporary, the Scientific American, for
the precise dimensions of the steam
ship which is to cross the ocean in four
days, viz She is to be $50 feet in
length, 81 feet beam, 10000 tons dis
placement, 10, 900 horse power and with
a speed of 80 knots. The daily coal
consumption of this leviathan will be
Ito tons, her bunker capacity $3.50
TONS She will cost So, 100000, will carry
no cargo, but instead will accommodate
800 first-class passengers, $50 second
class and $50 third class, and will have
600 for the trip. This looks fine on
paper. We do not hear of any capita
lists getting ready to put this ship
afloat. A ship much smaller than the
above will be the real money maker.
Marine journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
Capt. "sol" is High Line.

Captain ''Sor' Jacobs, of the schoon-
er Helen Miller Gould, has carried off
the coveted honor # high line of the
mackerel fleet during the past season,
and has achieved the additional distinc-
ton Of having made the largest sea
sons stock in the history of the mack
erel fishery. The Cape Ann Breeze
says: Capt. Jacobs announces his
stock for the season as $40, 664, and the
share of each Of his crew as 1868. The
share would ordinarily have been con-
siderably larger on such a stock, but
for the fact that the mems half of the
stock was divided into 10 1-2 shares, an
exceptionally large number. Capt.
Jacobs 10y his phenomenal seasons work,
has once more proved his title clear to
the cognomen bestowed upon him in
the past, King of Mackerel Fisher
men.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
my Mothers Faith. .
he fire upon the hearth is low,

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stiffness everywhere,
Like troubled spirits here and there
The freight shadows tluttering go;
And as the shadows round me creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from farther room
Comes, Snow | lay me down to sleep"
And somehow with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
My thoughts go back to distant years
And linger with dear one there;
And, as | hear a child's amen,
My mother faith comes back to me !;
Crouched at her side seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
o for an hour in that dear place.
o for the peace of that dear time.
@ for that childish trust sublime!
Q for a glimpse of mothers face.
Y ct as the shadows round me creep,
do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
And snow lay me down to sleep"
Eugene Field.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
Commissioner Wilson Dead.

Commissioner of internal Revenue
Wilson died in Washington Nov. 9th.
George Washington Wilson was fifty
seven years of age and native of
Ohio. He entered the Union army
when eighteen years old as private in
the 54th OHIO volunteer infantry, and
served throughout the war, coming out
a first lieutenant. In 1866 he took up
the practice of law and in 1869 entered
the internal revenue service. He served
in various capacities, rising from one
important position to another until he
became the head of the bureau
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
Ballade OF the Football-man.

Many there be that golfng go
Upon the links to have their swing,
Yclad in garments gay that glow
As doth the sun when westering;
Still some there be to baseball cling,
And tennis claims its little clan;
But it you want to see 'sthe thing"
Behold the lusty football-man!
FOrsooth, he let's his hair to grow
AS doth the festive sprOut in spring;
And should both eyes be black as woe,
Ills pride he feels therein-no sting
: His followers make the welkin ring
From far Beersheba unto Dan;
And if you gaze upon king,
Behold the luSty fOotball-man!
In midnight dreams he 'tackles low
"A touchdown" you will hear him sing
Although there meier was such "Show,"
He's every girl 'upOn the string"
When he goes forth his foes to fling,
The head guard, ose-guard, shin-guard plan
Makes him a sight for marveling-
Behold the lusty football-man.
ENVOY.
Prince, all the other games are slow,
And fall beneath the public ban;
There's only one game now-and so
Behold the lusty football-man
Clinton Scollard, in December Smart Set.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
The Hens Gift to the Nation.

Fairly reliable statistics show that 10,
600, 600, 600 of hens eggs will have been
laid in the United States during this
year 19O0-a startling estimate truly,
inasmuch as these eggs, stood one Oh
top Of another point to butt, would
make column 461, 64S miles in altitude
nearly twice the height of the moon
from the earth when that orb is seen
overhead. The annual value of this
product exceeds that of any mineral
except coal, and is greater even than
that of our pig iron. Boston Trans
cript.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
Tortured a Witness.

Intense suffering was endured by witness
T. l.. Martin of Dixie, KY, before he gave
this evidence: 81 coughed every night until
my throat was nearly raw then tried DR..
Kings New Discovery which gave instant
relief have used it in my family for four
edy for Coughs, Colds and all Throat, Chest
and Lung troubles 1t will stop the worst
cough, and not only prevents but absolutely
cures Consumption. Price SOC and $1OO.
Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free
at r. 81. MoOdy's Drug Store.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
A Woman's Awful Peril.

''There is only one chance to save your
life and that is through an operation We're
the startling words heard by Mrs. l. B. Hunt
of Lime Ridge, Wis, from her doctor after
he had vainly tried to cure her of a fright
full case OF stomach trouble and yellow jaun-
dice Gall stores had rh formed S and she con
Electric Bitters which wholly cured her.
It's wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney
remedy. Cures Dyspepsia, Loss of Appe-
tite. Try it. Only 30 cts. Guaranteed.
For sale by r. II. Moody, druggist.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
A8ToEI "a.
' s';: :; 9; ,;:;';';:;;;:!: '''''


Always Took rood Before Pleading.
DR.. Brunton, one of the most famous
physicians of London, tells of a patient of
his who was noted barrster and who al
ways took a full dose of cod liver oil before
pleading case. This barrister did not be-
fieve in stimulants and never used them
while engaged in mental labor. Yet he al
ways took his dose of cod liver oil because
he said it rendered his mind much more ac.
tive. Without doubt cod liver oil is a most
remarkable food, especially when partly
digested as it is in Scott's Emulsion. 1t
certainly strengthens the memory and feeds
and builds up the whole nervous system to a
most remarkable degree.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06

can International Courtship" the new
vile Kirke, has been described by leading
London weekly newspaper as ga remark
able novel" It is the story of marriage be-
tween American girls and titled English
men. Published by The Nicely Co., ia
Fifth Ave, n. Y. Postpaid $1.OO 3yrs24
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
A Gard.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on 50-cent bottle Of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails
antee 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
or money refunded. 6m42
A. A. HOWES & Co. w. o. Poor & Son.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
800

DR., E. Detchon's Anti Diuretic
May be worth to you more than 500 if you
have child who soils bedding from incon-
tenence Of water during sleep. Cures old
and young alike. 1t arrests the trouble at
once. ST.. Sold by A. A. Howes & Co.,
Druggists, Belfast, Me. lyric.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
Worlds Champion.

writes W. r. Smith of Latham, ILL.,, ''but
found no relief till used Bucklens Arnica
Salve have not been troubled with piles
since" It's the only champion pile cure on
earth and the best salve in the world. 25c
per box, guaranteed by r. II. Moody, drug
giSt.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06

Thousands OF dollars damage has
been caused by floods in the Mononga-
hela river, Pennsylvania. Several per-
sons were drowned and many families
are homeless.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
A Keen Clear Brain.

Your best feelings, your social position or
business success depend largely on the per
feet action of your Stomach and Liver. Dr..
Kings New Life Pills give increased
strength, keen, clear brain, high ambition.
A % cent box will make you feel like new
being. Sold by R. II. Moody, Druggist.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
What Shall We Have for Dessert?

This question arises in the family every
day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O
delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared
in two minutes. No boiling! no baking
add boiling water and set to cool. Flavor
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocers, 10 cts. 1y1O
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06

LIVERITA, the up-to-date Little Liver
Pill; sc. boxes contain 10 pills, 10c. boxes
Sold by A. A. Howes & Co., druggists, Bel
fast, Me. 3yrsA.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
! Stop Wasting Your Strength.
Stop Making Yourself Weaker
Every Day.
There IL = Help-A Sure Help.

sup M0AAm8
Every Day.
There IL = Help-A Sure Help.
If you SOW the seeds of wasted strength,
you will reap harvest Of sickness that will
follow you all your days. You can renew
your life and strength by purifying your
blood with SMITHS GREEN MOUNTAIN
RENOVATION. Sow the seeds OF strength
with it, and you will be well and vigorous
all your years. Don't be weak and sickly
and unable to cope with life. Remember
this remedy is made in Vermont, of pure.
wholesome herbs. and is redolent OF the
green fields, fragrant woods and bracing
air. 1t will give you STRENGTH.
=" After twenty years Of suffering with salt
rheum, resulting in loss of flesh, nervous depres-
sion. loss Of appetite and strength six bottles OF
your grand blood Renovator has put me on my
feet. ! was badly broken out on shoulders face.
legs; tried physicians and many patent medicines
but to no avail. Your Renovator has made new
man of me, and cannot say enough in its praise
as great blood and nerve invigorator."
HORACE F. Weeks. Bakersfield, VT.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s s;:s; ;s: Ct &mAZzSz5x

The United States will retain posses
sion of the Isle of Pines, whatever the
final disposition of Cuba, says a Wash
ington despatch to the New York Jour
nal and Advertiser.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06
Population OF Maine Towns.

The census bureau, Nov. 22nd, announced
the population of certain towns in Maine
having population of more than 1000, as
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-06

pleases all the family Four 1avors Lem
y your l groeers u cts Try to-day iy1o a.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-17

of knowledge and intelligence superior TO
those possessed by the present inhabitants
OF the country. Gold was extracted from
these mines by smelling, many furnaces
having been found, and alongside of them
ancient molds in which iaSots We're cast.
Several ruins have also been discovered in
Rhodesia. the magnitude and Workmanship
of which proves that men of superior civil
ization either inhabited or else occupied
this part of the world few thousand
years before us; to them are probably
due the ancient workings which are found.
With the primitive instruments at their
command these miners of past age were
only able to scrape the surface of the gold
bearing reefs, so that the quantity of gold
which has been taken from the mines hard
~ affected their value, while they are a
precious indication to the prospector, and
enable him to test the reef below the sur
face, and as a rule, the site of most of
these old workings seems TO have been
selected by competent men, who chose the
richest reefs.
When the first stamps wefe erected at
Hartley Hill Mr.. Dawson brought TO Lo-
bengula, who had an interest in a mine, a
lump of amalgam.
whats that?" said the King.
Cold answered Mr.. Dawson, coming
from your NINE"
Don't lie," replied Lo Ben, "as If / did
not know gold, Where is the portrait of
the Queen on it?
In vain Mr.. Dawson tried to explain to
him how gold was converted into sover-
eigns; old Lo Ben was not persuaded.
/ remember also finding an Indian strand
ed at Buawayo in 1882; he was starving.
and explained to me that he had been told
that gold grew in the country, and that he
would have only to dig TO find sovereigns;
In vain he had been digging all along the
road, and had come to the conclusion that
those who had told him that there was gold
in the country were liars Englishmen who
tell us that there is no gold in Rhodesia
know as little as the poor man what they
are speaking about.
i have described the manner in which
gold Is found and extracted. as few people
of the complicated process
through which il has TO pass before reach
ing the mint; and. considering the time re-
quired to put u quartz mine IN proper
working order, il will be seen that gold
mining in Rhodesia has only completed its
period of incubation and is just reaching
its stage of Matching.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-17
A Girls Predicament.
Washington Post.


81 had most horrible experience yester-
day." said the girl with the chinchilla hat.
"You know / went shopping Friday with
Marguerite to get thing or two I'd for
gotten to get before. You know how it is
when you go down town like that to buy
left home. When / was ready to leave
the shop / had Just 10 cents and two car
tickets, and L was simply famiShed for an
ice cream soda. Marguerite is one of those
chilly girls, so I knew / was safe in asking
her to have some with me.
Goodness gracious! she said, L
wouldn't take an ice cream soda to-day for
a farm. but I'll so with you and wait for
you while you have one-I don't see how
you can bear the thought of one such a day
as to-day
"Well, we went in and we marched I'D to
the counter and / put on a look of rare
pleading, and said:
81 do wish you'd take one. Marguerite
1 could see her shivering at the very idea.
1T would do you good. / hate to take one
all alone
guerite 1T would freeze me stiff. but IL
you don't want to drink alone I'll take a
cup of hot chocolate
81 thought for an instant ] was going to
faint. Marguerite Is one of those girls
we'll simply couldn't let her know | was
broke. ] rose to the occasion superbly.
oh, I'm so glad you IL take something.
! chortled: it looks So and here / stopped
snort Oh- saSpeu' i We gu 10 80 anu
meet my Aunt Jane. She's coming in on
the-oh, haven't minute to lose. / can't
stop for the ice cream soda-you just take
your chocolate and IN ,-un away. See you
to-morrow-yes-awful hurry-good-bye
And / dashed out. Talk of heart failure,
If | didn't have IL there at that counter,
it's "a sign that III live forever. My. but
il was a close shave"
And did your aunt Gomez"
She hasn't come yet, answered the sir
with the chinchilia hat. she hasn't been
born yet. and all my grandparents died
wears ago
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-17
RECOLLECTIoNs OF MOODY.
He Was a Man Who Insisted on Hav-
ing Things Done.
George =. Pertecost, in the Independent.

George F. Pertecost, in the Independent.
In action-i e., in the thick of a great
religious campaign, he was something of a
martinez. | remember little scene be-
tween him and the able secretary and man.
ager of his London committee, Mr.. Robert
Patton. 1t was IL o clock on a Saturday
morning. Mr.. Moody had suddenly changed
the plan of campaign tor the following
week and he wanted fresh tickets ready in
time to distribute to his five thousand
workers who would assemble early the
next Sunday morning at he o'clock
workers meeting Patton, said he, in
$4,000 tickets Chanding him copy ready for
the workers meeting tomorrow morning"
"'Impossible." said Patton. why impOssi-
ble?" asked Moody. why" replied Patton,
printing establishments close down work at
noon to-day. and. even If they did not, So
600 tickets could not be prepared in half a
day.. They argued the point few min
utes and then Moody turned upon his heel
with the remark, "Paton, 1must be done"
Mr. Patton looked blankly for a moment at
the huge retreating figure and then went
out of the room like a shot and in two min
utes he was in cab tearing down to the
printing establishment. do not know how
ii was managed, but the $4,000 tickets were
distributed the next morning to his 5000
workers. Thus 1t ever was with Moody.
Once in a critical time, during the early
building operations up here, Mr.. Marshall,
his general superintendent, said that ii was
absolutely necessary before the end Of the
week that large sum of money be had.
That afternoon Mr.. Moody took train for
New York. He came back the next day
with the money. He did not borrow 1t.
Moody, of all men I ever knew. could do
things, and he did them. AS / heard one
of his close friends only yesterday say,
HE always got there" And Abraham
went forth TO go into the land of Canaan:
and into the land of Canaan he came"
That was characteristic of Mr.. Moody.
What he went forth TO accomplish, that he
ACCOMPLISHED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-17

PHILADELPHIA Reeord.

Don't ever try to keep wife and three
or four youngsters by being an author"
said one of those persons yesterday. Its
hard life and the suspense In the matter
of submitted manuscripts is unbearable.
Two or three weeks ago / sent off a ire
mendous batch OF stuff-a novel to one
house, short story to another. a Christ
mas ballad TO a third and fairy tale TO a
child's magazine. l thought for sure some
of all this would be accepted and I'd have
a check or two 10 gladden. the home with
on Christmas. Well, this morning about
mail time there was a ring al the bell. and
then my youngsters began 10 crow and
laugh like all possessed. oh, papar they
shouted, rushing I'm on me where | sat
writing jokes disrally, look at all the nice
presents old Kris has sent you" And they
flung into my arms-what / had dreaded
from the iirst-thc novel; the short story.
the poem ard the fairy tale. together with
batch of newspaper editorials that had
been kept so long | was beginning To be
sure az least of their acceptance. Nice
presents. indeed. young 'uns. said. laugh
ing as delightfully."- "a / could. and then 7
put on my coat and hat and went out and
tried TO get a job at clerking. la5oring or
any old thing. but failed there. too"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-17
SURVIVAL OF LETTER WRITING
Proved by Stevenson that the Art is
Not Lost.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post
One of the greatest charms connected
with the recently published letters OF Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson was that OF finding
them actually existing. Men like him had
not left off letter-writlng then! The dis
covery was OF itself a delight I'm this age
of postal cards and telegraph blanks. Il
telegraph. therefore 1 am" was a witty
Frenchman's modern reading of the old
Cogito ergo sum. The stress of business,
or paucity of ideas. is reducing current
correspondence so much to the semblance
of a code language. or muttered monosyl-
tables. that long letters, written by busy
invalid like Stevenson. come with special
grace OF surprise. And he was writing
them, be 1t remembered. man hunted by
publishers. who shook their checks I'm his
face for every line he could produce. But
he gave away his copy to his friends
with right royal bounty.
or friendship. indeed. good letter-writing
is perhaps the chief sign and proof This
was the opinion OF that copious letter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-17

Washington Star.
ITS no use. said Mr.. Blykins. II won't
speak 10 him any more. He's too contro-
versial."
You might simply wish him "A happy
New Year. and say no more"
Wish him happy New Year. And start
another argument as To when the next
century begins"