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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-07

Motherhood means either happiness
or misery. There is scant happiness for
the mother, who in pain and weakness
brings into the world a weakling babe
which she can neither nurse nor nourish.
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r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-07
Homemade Sunshine.

What care las the days go by
Whether gloomy or bright the sky?
What care | what the weather may be?
Cold or Warm-'tis the same to me.
For my dear home skies are always blue;
And my dear home weather (the glad days
thro)
Is beautiful summer from morn till night,
And my feet walk ever in loves true light
And why? Well, here is my baby sweet,
Following me round on his restless feet,
Smiling on me thro' his soft blue eyes,
And gladdening and Frightening my indoor
And baby's father, with fond, true heart
(To baby and me, homes better part, J.
His face is sunshine, and we rejoice
In the music heard in his loving voice.
So why should we heed-aS the days go by
The gloom or the light of the weather and
sky
Of the outside world, when we're busy all
day
Manufacturing sunshine which fades not
away?
With smiles and kisses, with peace and
with joy
Father, mother and baby boy
We are living each day in the sunshine we
make
And God keep us and guide us for loves
dear sake.
Harper's Bazaar.
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STAPLES & C0TTRELL 70 Main st., Belfast, Me.
The Apple-Barrel.

1t stood in the cellar low and dim,
Where the cobwebs swept and swayed,
Holding the store from bough and limb
At the feet of autumn laid.
And oft, when the days were short aud drear
And the north wind shrieked and roared,
We children sought in the corner, here,
And drew on the toothsome hoard
For thus through the long, long winter-time
1t answered our every call
With wine of the summers golden prime
Sealed by the hand of fall.
The best there was of the earth and air,
Of rain and sun and breeze,
Changed to a pippin sweet and rare
By the art of the faithful trees.
A wonderful barrel was this, had we
Its message but rightly heard,
Filled with the tales of wind and bee,
OF cricket and moth and bird;
Rife with the bliss of the fragrant June
When skies were soft and blue;
Thronged with the dreams of harvest moon
Der fields drenched deep with dew.
Oh homely barrel, I'd fain essay
Your marvellous skill again;
Take me back to the past, pray,
AS willingly now as then
Back to the tender morns and ewes,
The noontides warm and still,
The fieecy clouds and Spangled leaves
Of the orchard over the hill.
Edwin L. Sabin, in Lippincott's.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-07
Money in Raising Cats.

The rearing of coon-cats is coming
industry Coon-cats are worth to-day
from five dollars to one hundred dollars
apiece, and the supply does not begin
to meet the demand. Exceptional spec
linens have been known to fetch two
hundred or even three hundred dollars.
At the present time all of them come
from Maine, simply for the reason that
the breed is peculiar as yet to that
State. Their popularity is such that
the business of breeding them has been
rapidly growing during the last few
years in that part of the country, and
one shipper, not very far from Bar
Harbor, exported in 1899 no fewer than
three thousand of the animals.
Strange to say, there are compare
lively few people south or west of New
England who know what a coon-cat is.
If you ask that question ''down in
Maine" however, the citizens will seem
surprised at your ignorance, and will
explain to you in condescending
way, that the creature in question is
half raccoon-the descendant of "a
cross between coon and common
cat" Coon-cats have been recognized
as distinct breed in Maine for so long
that the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant runs not back to their beginning
You will find several of them in almost
any village in that part of the world.
lIhe Saturday Evening Post.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-07
The Best and. Most Practical Farm and Fam
lily Paper in tht United States.

Believing that every one of our readers should
nave at least one good agricultural and family
journal, we have perfected arrangements whereby
we can send that practical aud instructive jour-
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Republican Journ OIL remarkably liberal term
as given below. Lack of space forbids but brief
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Prominent among its many departments may be
mentioned the Farm and Garden, Market Reports,
Fruit Culture, Plans and Inventions. The spIary,
Talks with q Lawyer, Around the 6i0be, live STOCK
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Plants and Flowers, The Veterinary, Fashions and
Fancy Work, Household Features.
Farm and Home is published Sem.mOnthly,
thus giving you "a numbers a year, the whole
making volume of over 500 pages, teering with
all the latest and most reliable information that
experience and science can supply.
BY special arrangement we make for limited
time the following liberal offer:
TO all who pay for The Republican Journal one
year In advance $500, Farm and Home will be
sent fur one year tree. The regular subscription
for Farm and Home Is 50 cents year.
Address all orders to
ThE REPU8LICA. JOURNAL PUB co..
4m46 Belfast, Me.
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CATARRfI

Catarrh has become such common
disease that person entirely free from
this disgusting complaint is seldom met
with. It is customary to speak OF catarrh
las nothing more serious than bad cold,
simple inflammation of the nose and
throat. It is, in fact, complicated and
very dangerous disease; if not at first, it
very soon becomes so.
The blood is quickly contaminated by
the foul secretions, and the poison through
the general circulation is carried to all
parts of the system.
Salves, washes and sprays are unsatis-
factory and disappointing, because they do
not reach the seat Of the trouble. S. S. S.
does. 1t cleanses the blood of the poison
and eliminates from the system all catar.
rhal secretions, and thus cures thoroughly
and permanently the worst cases.
Mr. r A Williams a leading dry-goods mer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-07
DRESS CUTTING SCHOOL.

There is a time in every life when opportunities
seem to come freighted with blessings of special
fortune to each one OF us, and very many fore
sighted enough to grasp this opportunity, and
very much better their condition in life and are
thrown out Of the old rut into bright avenue of
existence, and right here in your midst is the
opportunity in the shape of Garment Cutting
School where each pupil is taught separately how
to Draft Cut Put Together, Basic all kinds of
garments worn by ladies and children; also
Featherboning and fancy cording for trimming in
all its wonderful ways.
great many are attending the school, which
occupied one room at first, then took second
room and within a week have been obliged to
move into the third room to accommodate their
pupils. One can hardly realize the value of the
and the great interest manifested by the pupils
in it. Quite number are fitting themselves for
teachers and will open schools in other locations
(and the opportunities are wonderfully others are
fitting themselves to do their own work. while
some expect to do dressmaking for business
All are are getting the very largest value and
and seem to think that this opportunity is certain
ly the cream of existence for them, and are
bound to get all they can out of it. You are
cordially invited to vsit our school and see if
there isn't something in it that will interest YOU
School Monday, Wednesday and Friday after
moons and evenings over Frank knowlton's store,
High Street, Belfast, Me.
THE DIAMOND
GARMENT CUTTEP co.
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NERVOUS PROSTRATION,

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 the same subject? Is it hard
for you to concentrate your mind on any
one subject? Are you fretful? Are you
sleepless? Do you have flashes of cold or
heat? Are you troubled at times with pal
pitation? 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, Loco
motor AtaXia?
If you have these symptoms. DR.. Hal
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sent direct from laboratory, prepaid, on re-
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LEWIS
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The only patent medicine in the world that gives
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chant of Spartanburg, $
I had a severe case OF
nasal Catarrh, with all
the disagreeable effects
which belong to that
disease, and w hi c h
make life painful and
uncomfortable. l used
medicines prescribed by
leading physicians and
suggested by numbers
of friends, but without
getting any better. 1
then began to take S. S.
S. It had the desired
effect, and cured me
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leading dry-goods ner-
c., writes: " For yeara

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FOR our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
and write our physicians about your case.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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Q AS o7fA
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bought
''s, .; &H4zEzzzx

The February Forum contains an arti-
Gle on ''The Rehabilitation of the Dem
ocratic party" by can ex-Democrat."
The writer seeks, through the sugges-
ton of vital principles and calm logic
to harmonic the disunited sections of
the party. He says: ''The question of
rehabilitating the Democratic party
rests with the politicians who have con-
troll of the machine and with the intelli-
gent Northern and Western Democrats
who broke away in 1896 The latter
are still provided with unofficial leaders
like ex-President Cleveland, Mr.. Car
Isle, Mr.. Olney, and others whom they
would doubtless be willing to follow.
Therefore, it remains with these two
comparatively small groups of infuen-
tial men to endeavor to agree upon
programme of united future action or
to part company forever"
Working Overtime.
Eight hour laws are ignored by those
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Wont Buy ANY
Clothing or Mems FURNISHINGS

Until have seen this stock can buy cheaper than prices we are
marking goods prices that will make
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SALE COMMENCES JANUARY /, 1901.

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be closed out by April 1st Remember this begins January 1901
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
TO SEE SHOW IN STYLE
CARRIAGE TO BE PROVIDED ONE WHO
GETS TWO ARGUS THEATRE
TICKETS.

\ new and novel plan is that de-
yised for giving someone two SIC
seats free to the first performance
in Rock Islands new theatre, the Hi
nois.
You doubtless have the details of
the plan in mind by this time, but
you are urged to not forget the cor
rect question to ask, Are you the
one with The Argus tickets?
There will be hundreds of people on
the street that evening and so while
someone is sure to ask the right per-
son the question, the plan as outlined
will be carried out to the letter, SO
that unless you have the paper in
plain sight and ask the question cor
rectly you may just miss getting the
prize.
You are also assured that The Ar
gus will provide Il carriage TO convey
the winner and friend to and from
the theatre the opening night, so
that the occasion will be a pleasant
one in every way.
Some calls have already been made
by boys at The Argus Office with
headings of the paper. Remember
that these are not to be brought in
until Monday. Nov. 1, anytime before
Is p. IN. The boy or girl who brings
the greatest number that day gets
the third ticket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
cbr,n,e Rheumatism Cured.

DIR. IL. Ii. Hettinger. indianapolis,
Ind, says: For several months af-
ter spraining my ankle L was severely
afflicted with rheumatism. / finally
tried Detchon's Mystic Cure for rheu-
matism, and in days could walk
without my cane; two bottles cured
me sound and well. take great
pleasure in recommending the Mystic
Cure TO all who are afflicted with
rheumatism" Sold by Otto Grotjan,
1901 Second avenue, Rock Island;
Gust Schlegel & Son, 2O.West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01

Don't get side-traclled in business.
Dizziness sometimes passes for death.
Men with brains reach the goal.
Rocky Mountain Tea puts gray mat
ter into ones head. 35c. L. IL
Thomas, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
TWO RUNAWAYS CAUGHT
AND SENT BACK HOME

Two boys, Frank Speck and Willie
Bradley, 10 and II years old, were
picked up i'm the railroad yards yes
terday by Officer Sehnert. They
turned out To have come from Savan-
ma. They had run away from home,
going first to Milwaukee, and had
then returned, riding through their
home town and coming ON here. As
an excuse for not wishing TO return
nome they said they were afraid
their parents would whip them. The
youngsters were placed ON the even
ing train north in care of the CON
ductor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
SOUTH SHORE LEAKS
REACHED BY DIVER RANN.

Two of the leaky joints near the
south shore of the slough were
reached yesterday afternoon in the
repairing of the intake pipe and il
was thought that by the time the big
whistle sounds the signal for quitting
work this evening this most difficult
part of the work will have been com
plcted. The stones that lay over the
pipe here have impedcd the work of
cXcavating very much, but the big
tube was found nearer the surface
than had been expected. With the
two leaks inshore repaired and two
other large ones about 200 feet out
stopped, the work will be practically
completed, for the other leaks are SO
small that there is little danger from
them. 1t is not the intention of
Supt. Bancroft, however, to- allow
any openings, however small, to go
to-
The repairs to the main pump at
the station authorized by the council,
have not been begun as yet for the
reason that the parts ii is desirable
to install have not arrived. The main
trouble has been caused by the sand
in the water cutting out the boxing
so il has been impossible to keep
the packing in place in the pump. 1t
is proposed to replace some of the
worn brass parts with steel which
will withstand more wear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
FOR COLORED MAN
Proposition to Establish Training
School for Northern Me m.
bers of Race.
PRESENTED BY BURLINGTON W OMAN
Plans Outlined in an Address De-
Iivered ut Mckinley Bap-
fist Church.

Mrs. Grace NJ. Allen, of Burlington
an educated young colored woman
consecrated to the work of upbuild.
ing the character of her race, is in
the city soliciting aid in n work
which she has taken upon herself
the founding of manual training
school for colored people of the
north, similar in general plan to that
of the Tuskegee Institute.
Mrs. Allen last evening addressed
a meeting of colored folks at the
| Second Baptist church on the aims
and objects of her work. She eX-
planned that she wishes to raise s., 1000
as n beginning and for this she is de-
pending entirely upon subscriptions
and donations. In her home town of
Burlington she has organized band
of followers of which w. w. Dodge
* president of the board of directors.
She has also organized branch socie-
ties in Mt. Pleasant and Davenport
and proposes to organize in other
towns. The exact location of the
school has not as yet been decided
upon, but Mrs. Allen favors some
place in central Iowa.
With the institution once establish
ed it is thought il can be economical
~ run and become almost self-sup-
porting. The purpose is to purchase
a tract of land and turn the products
of the shops and the soil to the best
possible use. 1t is thought that tn
ition need not cost more than $50 per
annum and the pupils can earn their
board and possibly clothes by their
labor.
Mrs. Allen is considerably less than
80 years of age. She is graduate of
the burlington high school and of
one of the normal schools of Iowa.
After leaving school she taught in
the colored schools in Missouri three
years. She has letters of recon-
mendation from the mayor and 9th
ers prominent in the affairs of Burl-
ington. She also exhibits newspaper
clippings ON the Endorsements of her
plans given by Booker r. Washing
ton, Sarah NJ. Wilkinson and others. |
She contends that the colored citi-
zen is much more in need of train |
ing in the liberal arts than the white |
one for the reason that he cannot ac-
quire the higher intellectual educa
ton with the same facility as the
latter and further that the purely in
tcllectuaI occupations are practically
closed to him even If he were fitted
to follow them. She is meeting with
encouragement here,
one liberal minded citizen contribute
ing $50 ON condition that the $1,000 is
secured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-01
ACCUSED
Inventor Issan Makes Sensational
Charges Against Ord
nance Chief.
ALLEGES BOARD RECEIVED MONEY
For FavOring an Army Device
May Go Before Con-
Gress.

William s. Issan,inventor of the
lssan shell and an associate of the
late DIR. futile in the discovery ot
thorite, makes sensational charges
against Gen. y. II. Burlington, chief
of the bureau of ordnance, says the
Washington correspondent of the
| Chicago Chronicle. Mr.. Issan tried
to see Secretary Root, but the secre-
tary sent HIM word to put his
charges in writing.
Issan accuses Gen. Burlington of
deliberate falseho"d and misrepre-
sentation of the Issan shell and tho
rite, both in his annual reports for
this and last year and in his state
ment to congress and to the board of
ordnance fortification. He also
charges that another officer of this
board received money for another in
vention not related to the Issan shell.
third interest in device purchased
Oy the government.
ISsan says if he had consented
to give a third interest in his inven-
ton he could have had it accepted.
He admitted that the other officer of
the board was Capt. Wheeler and
that the invention Wheeler is sup
posed to own in part is the Gordon
gas check.
Declines to Discuss AFFAIR.
Gen. Burlington declined to dis
cuss this affair. except that Secretary
Root had approved his action in pur-
chasing MaXimite, Hudson MaNim's
explosive. Notwithstanding that con-
gress had turned MaNimite down and
authorized the purchase of thorite.
Gen. Burlington made public all of
the correspondence in the case of
Capt. Wheeler. among which there is
letter from Wheeler detailing his
connection with the Gordon gas
check. lie admits that he took Il
deep interest in that particular in
vention. but denies that he owns
any part of il. Issan viii place his
charges against Gen. Burlington in
writing. as Secretary Root requested.
and If they are not acted upon
promptly will submit them to con-
gress.