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ch..n and costlv Funerals.

A paragraph in one Of the English
weeklies says that the sum of SITE, 1000
required to defray the expenses of
Queen victoria's obsequies Is $25,0OO
less than the cost Of Lord Nelson's
funeral. Pitt was buried at cost OF
100000. King Edward VII. witnessed
the most gorgeous funeral ceremony
of the nineteenth century in London.
1t was that of the Duke Of Yelling
ton, on which about $3.50, 600, Is said to
have been spent. Marborough's fun
eral was less magnificent It cost bare
ly $25,OOo. Mr.. Gladstone's involved
an expenditure Of only about $4,000.
The costliest and most imposing cere-
mony in the United States was that OF
Grant.
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As IN Educator.

Churches advertised in newspapers,
newspaper reading rooms in churches,
and newspapers in schools and col
leges, says the Printer Journalist, are
Indications that those who are seek
Ing after goodness and knowledge.
taught through living record Of hu-
man events and endeavors, are coming
more and more to prize the free, out
spoken American press, which has
been rightly called "the epitome Of
contemporaneous history. the concen-
trated news Of the universe, each
paper the handlwork of thousand
men." AS the conveyor Of more facts,
more truths, more messages, more In
formation than any other, 1t Is the
greatest teacher Of the age.
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An Epidemic Of Badness.

The ladies Of Osaka, in Japan, are In
state of the utmost terror lest they
should losettheir beautiful hair through
a disease which results in badness. It
is not unusual for fair one to have
her hair dressed one day in a most
elaborate manner, and a few days
later to find every hair come out In the
comb. This remarkable epidemic pre-
vailed in the China prefecture last
spring, and now it is devastating hu-
man heads in Osaka. The disease has
also claimed a few victims in Toxic,
where the police have issued stringent
regulations to BARRIERS regarding the
disinfection Of their scissors, combs,
razors, etc. The germ Of the disease,
according to one doctor, Is Of an "e1-
tremely fine Sort" and more dangerous
to the hair Of women than to that Of
uen.-London Daily Mail.
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prenared For Summer.


In the late spring after the ground
has settled, the roads should be pre-
pared for summer travel by being
shaped up With the road machine or
"road grader" When this work Is
done, the ground is comparatively dry,
and consequently the heavier road
scraper is required ard can be handled
on the roads. 1t is somewhat nnfor-
tunate that this tool is ordinarily
called a road grader, since the name
has possibly led to q misconception
as to an important use of the machine.
AS an instrument of road construction,
this machine is used to give croWE
to the road; but as an instrument Of
maintenance, it should be used only to
smooth the surface and restore the or
iginal crown. Apparently some opera
tors assume that the machine is not to
be used except to increase the crown
Of the road. Employed in this way
the crown is made too great, and big
ridge of loose earth is left in the mid
die of the road which only slowly con-
solidates and which is likely to be
washed into the side bitches to maxi
trouble there. Since the introduction
of the road machine there has devel-
oped a strong tendency to increase the
crown of the road unduiy. Doubles
the object is to secure better drainage
Of the road bed, but pilinG up the earth
is an inadequate substitute for tho
drainage. Side slopes sleeper than
just enough to turn the water into the
side bitches are q detriment. Other
things being equal, the best road to
travel on OF to haul a load over is 4
perfectly fat one.
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charming May Manton model has the
merit of being essentially feminine and
graceful at the same time that is
ideally comfortable. AS shown, it is
made of white dimity with collar of
revering and frills Of Valencennies
lace; but various white and colored
materials can be substituted and nee
dlework can be made to take the place
of lace. Dainty striped materials are
fashionable and always effective;
polka dots and other simple all-oVers
are admirable and such plain colors as
blue, pink and lavender are pretty
when they suit the wearer.
The back of the jacket is plain and
Terminates at the waist line. but the
fronts are elongated and fall in soft
graceful folds. The sleeves are in ell
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strInes of Pearls in the Hair.

London is at last waking 10 lie,
dinners become more frequent, and
Jewels are once more in requisition.
The newest notion is to twist strings
Of pearls in the hair, and If this Is
neatly and artistically done, the erect
is excellent, especially when the hair
is dark. This is really an old fashion
revived, as a glance at books of beauty
or portraits Of ancestresses will easily
prove. 1t is by no means necessary
to use real pearls; indeed, many peo-
ple consider that contact with the hair
Injuries the beauty of valuable pearls.
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A Corset Sachet.

The corset sachet is made Of two
yards of four-inch wide satin taffeta
ribbon in color to match the corset, or
in the wearer's favorite tint. Make one
yard of the ribbon into rosette bow,
which fasten to the Alsatian bow, made
of the other yard. Sew the selvedges
of the ribbon in the Alsatian bow to-
gether, leaving a small opening at each
end, into which stuff white cotton bat
ting, which has previously been used
sprinlled profusely with sachet pow
der. Violet and heliotrope mixed in
equal proper tions produce q delicate
and lasting odor that is liked by most
people. Fasten this sachet to the out
side of the corset at the bust line.
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Evils Of Bad Construction.

Success in advertising depends more
and more upon the clever idealization
Of the article advertised, and the adap-
tation Of the idea to the intelligent re-
quirements of the particular constit-
uency reached by the advertising me-
dunn. The badly constructed adyer-
tisement is frequently as meaningless
to the average reader as the German
students translation Of the quotation:
"The spirit Is willing, but the flesh Is
weak" which he picturesquely rem
dered as 1.-THE ghost is ready, but the
meat Is poor."-John Lee Mahin.
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A Gentle Bayonet Thrust.

A story related by Correspondent
Macdonald was of the discovery Of
Boer who had received terrible
bayonet wound through the ribs. AS
the man was being carried into the
British lines London Tommy" who
was watching him asked If he was
badly hurt. EYES," said the doctor;
"do you know himl' "Course 1 do,"
said the soldier, "he's one o mine.
guv 1t i'm, put I did 1t as gentle as
could. It wasn't the showing in; 1t
was the pullin' out. Lucky for I'm he
met me."-London Chronicle.
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A dog walked into South Illinois
street restaurant several days ago.
Seated at once of the tables was q
well-dressed man, who recognized the
dog as one he had often fed when
he had launched at the place several
years before. He called out In
friendly tone:
"Hello, Jack. Here. waiter, make
that IN order for two"
A moment later Jack was eating
half Of a double porterhouse steak
from q plate.-Indianapolis News.
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A Stylish Costume.

A stylish separate waist Is OF yellow
silk Of rather a deep shade, with lit
tie white at the neck, hardly enough
to call a yoke or a vest. 1t shows a
pretty contrast in blue velvet ribbon,
which ornaments the waist at the
front-inch wide ribbon Of soft blue,
which is best described as cadet, In
q number Of long bows.
Another pretty waist is the one
shown in the large drawing by May
Manton. Used in the same sketch is
an attractive five-gored skirt which
serves to complete costume Of ex-
cepIionable beauty.
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Knot Supersedfne Bow.

In the wash ties and neckbands fash
ion has produced something as prac.
tically useful and durable as it is pref
ty. The pique stocks of white, with q
narrow colored lawn tie, always look
fresh with a cotton gown The knot
seems to be superseding the bow. OBJ
long ties with rounded ends are among
the newest, and some are ornamented
with tiny pearl buttons.
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Sweetest of Morning Jackets.

The sweetest Of morning jackets is
made of accordion crepe lisse, with
deep ruff1e of lace. The sleeves are ell
bow length, and also lace ruf1ed. A
fichu, the lower edge Of which Is
threaded with black velvet ribbon,
fastened with rosette and ends at the
back, extends across the bust, and is
caught under similar fastening. A
black velvet threading and rosette
completes the sleeve Mt the elbow.
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Growing Bottles.

There is an Australian curiosity
called, because of its peculiar form,
the "bottle tree" 1t grows to height
Of fifty feet, and seems to represent
bottles of all shapes, both right side
up and up side down. The interior
Of the tree contains a glutinous sub
stance that makes a refreshing drink,
and to obtain which it Is often tapped
in the same manner as our maple su-
CUR. The natives sometimes hollow
out the trunks of these trees and
thereby make excellent canoes.
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Poorly Drained Roads.

It is the settled opinion OF road ex.
perts that farmers would better aban-
don dirt roadmaking unless they do it
scientifically. If the dirt roadway be
left to itself it becomes hard packed
at least in the course of years, while
the elaborately graded and good-to-
look-at, but insufficiently drained ham
diwork Of the unscientiflc roadmakers
falls an easy victim to the first severe
rainy season, because it has not had
time to be packed by traffic.
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bow length and comfortably loose. At
the neck is q big sailor color that is
becoming to almost all women.
To make this jacket for a woman OF
medium size, three and three-quarter
yards of material twenty-seven inches
wide, three and a quarter yards thirty
two inches wide, or two and quarter
yards forty-four inches wide, will be
required, with seven and a half yards
Of lace to trim as illustrated.
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No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well Until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has c. C. G..
stamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
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general favor. Narrow hemstltchea
borders of a color matching the sum-
mer suit are used, and many OF the
French initial handkerchiefs have the
letters set on q shield Of pink, blue or
green,
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Brooches For Belts.

Brooches especially designed to
fasten the belt or the blouse in front
are one of the latest novelties. The
prevailing style is turquoise set in
dull gold, and the size seems to de-
pend on the capacity Of the purse.
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For Young Girls.

Dressmakers are making evening
gowns for young girls with ruffied
skirts, with three wide founces COLL
posing the skirt, or trimmed with a
cluster of narrow ones at the foot.
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E.A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says: HALLS Ca
tarrh Cure cured my wife Of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return Of it. It's
q sure cure" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Distant Mars.

With the best telescope it is iInpos-
sible to see Mars any better than the
moon can be seen with an ordinary
opera glass. The planet Is always at
least 146 times further from us than
is the moon.
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The New Wedding Veil.

Some new wedding wells Of the most
diaphanous sort are in thin chiffon,
beautifully hand embroidered at the
border with white silk. They are frail
and elusive as a mist.
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Coral Piping.

A wood-colored tweed, soft and fine,
is made up quite simply with tailored
model, and plenty of Tapped seams
and rows of stitching. A touch Of
color occurs on the bodice, in the
neiehborhood of the white lace front
Coral pink panne velvet is used to pipe
the opening, to edge the high stock
collar. to border the wrist edge Of the
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1t is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures
while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer - trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St, Phila. Pa
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sleeve. There is not too much Of the
vivid yet dull pink, just enough to be
grateful to the eye. Coral pink Is gen.
orally becoming to blondes, although
brunettes oftener wear it.
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Glasgow was the first British town u
receive license for municipal telephones.
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A Bit of Color on the Handkerchief.
A suggestion of color on the handker-
chief is coming more and more intr
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Avenue. n, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900.
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Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for children
teething. soften the gums, reduces infamma-
tion aliays pain cures wind collie. Csc bottle
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The disagreeable man is apt to get bald.
Even his hair has a falling out with him.
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Fame is bubble that sometimes comes
IN the man who does the most blowing.
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Paris burns the wood of 1000 acres Of
forest a week.
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No man ever made a great name for
himself by writing anonymous communi-
cations.
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Fewer people proportionately keep their
On carriages in Paris than in London.
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PUTNAM FApELEss DYES do not stain the
hands OF spot the kettle. Sold by all drug
gists.
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Cases of twins occur once in every sixty
nine births.
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Best For the Bowels.

There are in use in the world at present
5000 tons of gold and 900 tons Of silver.
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Glittering generalities seldom pro.
duce the gold Of truth.
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three-eight yards twenty-seven inches
wide, three and a half yards thirty
two inches wide, or two and quar-
ter yards forty-four inches. wide, viii
be required. 80.
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New York City.-Tasteful morning
jackets are essential to comfort and
well being and can scarcely be pos
sessed in too great number. This very
The Republican journal., 1901-05-02
. Chief Templar Newbert.

Albert H. Newbert of Rockland, the
newly-elected head of the Maine Good
Templars, was born in Belmont Deem
Der 9, 1850. He moved to Belfast in
1865, anf~three years later went to
Appleton, where he resided until COM
ing to Rockland eight years ago. He
was educated in the common schools of
Belmont and Belfast, the high school
at Montville and the Castine Normal
school. He taught school during the
winter months until 1875, when with a
modest capital of several hundred dol
lars he began business in Appleton.
This proved very successful and he re-
tired some years ago.
Politically Mr.. Newbert is Republi-
can. He has represented the towns Of
Appleton, Washington and Hope in the
State Legislature, and though the coun-
ty was then Democratic he was nearly
elected State senator. Since coming to
ROckland he has been elected assessor,
and is the present chairman of the Re-
publican city committee. He belongs
to the different branches of three Or
ders, Odd Fellows, Masons and Sons of
Veterans, and has held high offices in
each.
He became a Good Templar in Octo-
Der, 1858, and has been member of the
grand lodge 80 years. He was elected
grand councillor two years ago and has
served several terms as chief templar
of Appleton lodge.-ROckland Courier
Gazette.
The Republican journal., 1901-05-02
Maine Items.

Congressman Burleigh has recon-
mended William Fennelly for postmas-
ter of Bar Harbor.
The board of trade of Bath have ap.
pointed committee to arrange for an
Old Home Week celebration there in
August.
Chairman L. T. Carleton of the Maine
Fish and Game commission, has the
honor of catching the first trout at
Lake CobboSseecontee during the pres
ent season. The fish weighed pounds.
The officials of the Bath Iron Works
emphatically deny the report which has
reached Bath from New York that they
have pooled their interests with half a
dozen well known ship-builders.
The torpedo boat Biddle, now build
ing at the Bath Iron Works, will be
launched May Is. She will be christen-
ed by Miss Emily Butler Biddle of Phil
adelphia, a descendant of Capt. Biddle,
for whom the boat is named.
The material for building the extern
sion of the Camden, Rockland & Thorn
aston electric road from the present
terminus in the latter town to the State
prison has all arrived with the excep-
ton of the rails. Work will begin i'm
mediately upon the receipt of the latter,
which are daily expected.
The Republican journal., 1901-05-02
The Master Inventor.

story will serve to throw new light
apol Edison's character. At one time
.lvIe was great fear in the scientific
world that the deposits of platinum
We're ABOUT to become extinct. Edison
lrleupou organized a correspondence
D4eaa and sent letters to every Amer
SaA onsul upon the globe, to British
solSuIS in parts where the United
Gates had no representative, and to
@raliIIc men in every land. The latter
gave clear statement respecting the
NEAL how and where it was found and
ElSul be found, how it could be identi-
agl md treated, and much other infor-
433IIou. &C. s -
III each letter was enclosed samples
W. Patlnum as found in the various
l n beds. This may seem to be small
iu taking, but when it is remem-
sltd That the letters were sent off by
, WE JAensands, that the postage was ten
" to each letter, and that the pieces
Va, platinum enclosed were almost as
tS S5ua9le as metallic gold, the cost of
5ae movement is readily seen. While
H. H. uld not succeed in greatly increasing
s %e output of platinum, he set at rest
s. ear of it's extinction, and thus
nI the gratitude of every scientific
fus eSs,tigator.-Frank Leslie's Monthly
The Republican journal., 1901-05-02
Growing Roses Successfully.

Most people do not make the beds for
roses sufficiently deep, that is, the soil
is not lOOsened to a depth sufficient to
enable the roots to penetrate to the
depth they desire in order to obtain the
feed.an moisture in the soil. In part
shallow planting accounts for the short
season OF bloom we notice with some
roses, the plants not having vitality
enough to sustain the blossoms ex-
cept for short period, nor to produce
a second crop when the first is gone. If
the plot selected for roses is soil that
has been cultivated for two seasons or
more it may be safely spaded to depth
OF TWO feet (unleSS layer of hard clay
is found at that depth, in which case
the clay should be loosened, but not
worked in with the top soiD, and the
fertilizer used worked in until it is
thoroughly incorporated with the soil.
The soil cannot be made too rich-that
IS, OF course, within reasOn-for the
rose plant is a gross feeder and the
richer the soil the stronger will be the
growth of the plant, and the more pro-
fuse the blossoming. If the soil is in
cllned to be sandy it can be enriched
more heavily than if naturally heavy.
Ut the two natural soils that which is
inclined to be heavy, with considerable
clay in it, perhaps is best for roses, but
it must be we'll broken up, made fine
and loosened to a considerable depth, as
suggested.
The best way to furnish the required
drainage is to throw out the soil in the
bed to the depth of three feet, and fill
in the hole a foot or eighteen inches
with stones, broken bricks, old rubbish
OF any kind, broken crockery, ETC., and
then put back the soil removed. This
Will supply ample drainage for any sur
plus water and still the drainage mate
rial will be so far below the roots Of the
plants that it will not draw off any
moisture needed by them.-Geo. r.
Knapp in May Ledger Monthly.
The Republican journal., 1901-05-02
Shudders at His Past.

81 recall now with terror" says Mail
Carrier Burnett Mann of Levanna, o., "my
three years of suffering from Kidney trou-
BILE, was hardly ever free from dull aches
or acute pains in my back. To stoop or
lift mail sacks madem me groan. felt tired,
worn out, about ready to give up, when be-
gan to use Electric Bitters, but six bottles
completely cured me and made me feel like
new man." They're unrivaled to regulate
stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. Per-
lect satisfaction guaranteed by r. H. Moody.
Only 80 cents.