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The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
Zinc and grinding.
Hope in "Second Crops"

AS result of the blighting drouth in
the West many farmers are declaring
that utter ruin stares them in the face.
The question has been raised by promi-
nent agriculturists in many States,
''What can the farmers do in the way
of second crops to save themselves
from ruin?"
The deficiency in Kansas will be par
TALLY made up by such crops as alfalfa
and katfir corn. The farmers are tax
ing advantage of the high price of hay,
and an abundance is on the market at
Topeka. Secretary Coburn of the State
Board of Agriculture says that there
are about forty million bushels of old
corn in the hands of farmers.
In Mississippi farmers are preparing
to plant peas, which come nearer tax
ing the place of corn than anything
else growing on Southern farms.
In Missouri farmers are placing their
hopes in late corn. Many artesian wells
are being bored.
In Oklahoma an abundant wheat crop
has been harvested and kaffir corn, cane,
cotton and alfalfa are in good condition.
The corn crop in Arkansas is practi-
cally ruined, and farmers are advised to
replant the ground in small grain, gras-
ses and peas.
The situation in Texas is not so bad.
Where corn has failed farmers are re-
planting, and with seasonable rains in
August and September, good yield is
assured. Along the coast attention is
given to the cultivation of vegetables,
and good late crop is assured.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
The New Bureau OF forestry.

On the first of July the Division of
Forestry and three other scientific di-
visions of the Z. S. Department of Ag
riculture were advanced to bureaus.
This was provided for by the last session
of Congress, which appropriated for the
expenses of the Bureau of Forestry
during its first year $1S5, 40. The ap-
preparation for the Division of Forest
ry during the year just ended was $685.
500. For the year 1889 it was $2S, 52O.
These figures show how rapidly the
forest work of the Government has ex-
banded of late, and also how well it has
commended itself to Congress. There
was time when the practical value of
the scientific investigations carried on
by tie Government was not fully under
stood, and the farmers were inclined to
think that the money spent on expert
ment stations and chemical laboratories
was of little benefit to them. Now the
case is very different. The improve
ments in agriculture due to the work of
the Department have increased the
value of the farm products of the
country by many millions of dollars
annually. AS this kind of work has
proved its practical utility, Congress
has shown itself generous toward it.
liz roduluoSS WIFI WHICH congress mas
increased the appropriations for the
Division of Forestry is the best evil
dence that forestry has proved itsim-
portance from business standpoint.
The change from a Division to a
Bureau, and the larger appropriation,
will make possible both an improved
office organization and more extended
field work. The Bureau will be pro-
vided with much larger Office force
and will be organized in three Divisions.
But field work, not Office work, is what
the Bureau exists for. This workshas
been going on during the last year from
Maine to California and from Georgia
to Washington. 1t includes the study
of forest conditions and forest problems
all over the country, the giving of adj
vice to owners of forest lands, and the
supervising of conservative numbering
operations which illustrate forest man.
agement on business principles. This
work can now be greatly extended.
Private owners of some three million
acres have applied for this advice, which
in every case requires personal exami-
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
The Corn Crop in DANCE

The most important crop iii tI'
omy of the country is corn. r. e'
ages a total yearly farm vauo H'H."
that of wheat, or cotton, and mo- ..
double that of oats, barley and .n
wheat put together. 1t far eX'trl-
aggregate value even the hay er'
like hay it forms principal so
support for the animal food "' Pa
nation, aside from entering dusN
into large popular consumpuc..
There can be no question t.
crop has been irretrievably ate
sively damaged, and the iuaiC5.
point to the worst failure know
1894, when the July 1 coudltip
given as 95, and that of August So
a hot dry spell in early July l
burned up much of the Iowa aut I'd
cent corn fields.
On the other hand, howeveL
wheat and cereal crops generali} i-
from corn are very promising. r0I'"-
quite up to or above the average IN pre-
ent condition. Plenty in the way 81.
staple foodstuffs is very far from HaEh-
been lost, but the failure of the corn
crop is for all this much more Sei.'..
matter than would be that OF WhF'
Springfield Republican.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
A Curious Result of Irrigation.

Experienced irrigators of the arid
lands of the West say that where the
character of the soil is loose and sandy,
as it is iHmany parts of the central val
ley of California and often elsewhere in
the West, it drinks up the water put
upon it in most astonishing way.
Thousands and thousands of gallons are
run over it and quickly absorbed by the
thirsty soil when irrigation is first be-
gun, and this may be continued for two
or three years if the soil is deep. After
several year Of continuous soaking, how
ever, during which time the ground has
taken in great quantities of water, it
reaches condition approaching satura-
ton, when it no longer needs more to
make it suitable for crops, and the
question may even become one of get
ting rid of the surplus. 1t is a we'll
known fact that the country where Fres-
no, in Southern California, stands to-
day, was originally a desert, arid waste
where sheep had to scramble for liv-
ing in good year, and frequently starry
ed to death in a dry one. To-day there
are thousands of acres of land under
cultivation there and the problem is no
longer one of irrigation, but of drainage;
and there is being now seriously agitat-
ed in the San Joaquin Valley the ques-
ton of the construction of great drain
age canal to drain off the irrigating wa
ter. In the city of Tulare when the
white people first went there, water
could not be found in wells at depths
less than Is to 100 feet below the surface
of the ground. To-day it is impossible
to pump well dry; it is even difficult
to pump it down a foot; 10 or15 feet be-
low the surface the country seems to
have become great sponge. The rea-
son for this rather surprising result of
irrigation is that water introduced upon
given tract, sinks into the soil and in
the course of years widely overthrows
its boundary, thoroughly mOistens the
adjoining lands and completely changes
the character of the whole section.
The significance of this result is that
though at first investments in irrigating
plants give returns for but limited
area, in the course of years the same
plant will have opened up for occupa-
ton and cultivation much larger area
than was originally expected. This view
of the matter is interesting and sugges-
tive of the possibilities of present irri-
gated lands in the next generation
Data concerning the conditions are be.
! ing brought together by the Geological
| Survey as part of its investigation of
the extent to which the arid land can be
redeemed.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

There is no connection between news
paper men and Holsters, unless CASTRO
nomically, but we are constantly remind
ed that the king of shellfish is fast be-
coming back number. The New York
and Boston markets are now largely
supplied from Canadian waters, and
these are becoming depleted like our
own Locally, the price of 20 cents
per pound in the shell is practically
prohibitive. The canned lobster we
have always with us, and as it is less
expensive it is often used for salads.
The canned shrimp from the Gulf of
Mexico are, however, largely suppressed
ing the native shellfsh for this purpose
AS many of the consumers are not ia
miliar with this crustacean we append
scientific description:
A small crustacean of the genus
Crangon, order Decapoda, and sub-order
Macroura, allied to the lobster, crayfish
and prawn. The form is elongated,
tapering and arched as if humpedback-
ed. The claws are not large, the fixed
finger being merely a small tooth, the
movable finger hook-shaped; the beak
is very short, which distinguishes it
from the praWn; and the whole struc-
ture is delicate, almost translucent.
The common shrimp &c. Vulgaris) is
abundant on our sandy beaches; it is
about 2 inches long, of greenish-gray
color, dotted with brown. 1t burrows
II, Tho copd oO1 10 folrop in 10 rro MN,
bers by drag-net, being esteemed as
an article of food.
The most extensive shrimp fishery
in this country is in Barataria Bay, and
the fishermen are a motley crowd, in
Guiding Chinese, Malays, Filipinos,
Mexicans and Sandwich islanders. So
much for the shrimp. AS to the lobster,
Holman F. Day has voiced the general
sentiment in one of his inimitable
poems, ''Goodby, Lobster" of which l
quote the first verse:
We've gazed with resignation on the passing
of the aux,
Nor care continental for the Legendary
rOk;
And the dodo and the bison and the ornith-
O-rhyn-chuS
May 60, and yet their passing brings no
shade Of woe to us.
We entertain no sorrow that the megather-
Forever and forever is departed dead and
dumb:
| But woe that hOvers DER us brings keen
and bitter pain
As we weep to see the lobster vanish off the
coast of Maine.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

According to the Secretary of Agri /.
culture, the United States, which now
imports 1920, 100000 worth of agricul-
tural products year. may soon grow all
that its people consume, and so cease
to be dependent upon other countries for
food. The principal product purchased
is sugar, which comprises nearly one
fourth of the total Of products import
ed. 1t is thought the beet sugar in
dustry will within few years produce
all the sugar we require. Other pro-
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

William Tell a myth; Shakespeare
stripped of his laurels as the writer of
the immortal plays which bear his
name; and now, the question is raised,
WHO painted the Rembrandt pic
tures?" OF course it was not Rem
brandt. In fact, all history and tradi-
ton appears to be at fault. Even so
recent an occurrence as the writing of
the dispatch ordering Dewey to capture
or destroy the Spanish fleet at Manila
has raised still disputed question as
to its authorship. Evidently Longfel-
low was right when he wrote: Things
are not what they SEEM"
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

The Ohio Democracy repudiated Bry-
an and all his works, and Henry Wat
terson of the Louisville Courier-J Jour-
nal applauds the action of the conven-
ton in his usual picturesque way. He
says, in part:
cat last the Buckeye valiants are
tired of sucking eggs that have no meat
in them. They realize that imitation
ism in all its forms is losing card.
They want to win. To win they must
get together. To get together, they
must get away from dead issues.
"Mr. Bryan has had both his chances
and his day. His plea for another trial
will not hold water. His dictation no
longer exercises any power of COM
mand, 1t means simply hopeless divi-
sion, continued defeat, ultimate ruin.
Anybody with half mind can see this
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
We find the following paragraph in

We find the following paragraph in
an exchange, credited to the York
Transcript, and it seems to us to con-
tain goodly amount of horse sense.
What do our agriculturists think of it?
eff farmers would turn out one-half of
their fields to sheep pasture, and then
properly cultivate the other half, it
would be the means of adding enor-
mously to the wealth of the State.
This is the goal to which we must aim.
1t has got to come, and those who are
unable or unwilling to read the signs of
the times had better quit the business
of farming at once. Brains and not
Drawn is the order of the day. Inten-
sive farming must be the farming of
the future, and to such only will nature
unlock her golden stores"
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
Zinc and grinding.
A French Spollation Claim

Mr.. J. Otis Swift, Maine newspapr
man, who is now located in New OH
is visiting in Maine and has been III l'o,E
land two days looking up evidence % o'
used in a case the heirs of the late lc.
abod Norton of Martha's Nlneyaio
Mass, are to bring against the =
government. There are heirs IN fola
land, Lewiston, Augusta and Bansor
The government holds three mlli,vU
dollars in French spoliation money dNt u
the heirs of Norton. One of the cliit'
heirs is Madame Nordica of Farnl'5
ton, Me-, and New York city. She Is PEI,
sonally interested in the coming, COZ
test. The lawyers engaged are Johi d.
Cotton of Washington and Hon. Ihoni
as B. Reed of New York.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
Collins Lobster Refrigerator.

F. W. Collins, the well known lobster
merchant of Rockland, whose place Of bus
mess is at Tillson's wharf, shipped Monday
for the first time in his newly patented lob
ster refrigerator several hundred pounds of
live Holsters to far western and northern
points. Mr.. Collins has had 80 years. ex-
present patent refrigerator is the result of
years of study.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
na-We positively goods a PRICES
FRED A. JOHNSON, Masonic Temple.

nation, and about 177,OOO acres have
been put under management. This
land is in many tracts, large and small,
and is owned by individuals, clubs and
corporations. Several State govern
ments have also asked the aid of the
Bureau. But the greater demand is
that Of the Department of the Interior
OF the National Government, which
has asked for working plans for all the
Forest Reserves, with the enormous
total area of about Al million acres.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Have you read what Happened to
Wigglesworth?" OF course our people,
those who know the talented author,
W. 0. Fuller, Jr., of Rockland, have
or will; and this enquiry is intend
ed mainly as a reminder to the sum-
mer visitor. 1t is just the book to
read in a hammock or on a shady YER
anda, under the whispering pines by
upon Names rock-bound shore. You
will find it sure cure for the blues or
ennuj
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
The Law Court.

The July term of the Maine Law Court
opened in Portland July 10th with eight su-
preme judges in attendance. The western
district cases will be taken up first and the
middle district cases will be next in order
Somerset has four new civil entries, Knox
county IL, Lincoln two, Sagadahoc two and
Kennebec three.
The new entries in the eastern district
are all civil cases, as follows: ArOOstOOk
county 10, Washington two, Piscataquis
seven, Hancock two, Waldo two and Penob-
scot six. Under the new law, after this
term, the counties will be taken up alpha
betically, instead of under the present dis
trict system.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

The Auburn Advocate publishes an
illustrated article on mica mine in Ok
ford county, which it says promises to
be richer than an ordinary gold mine
The scrap mica, pieces too small to
cut, is powdered and used in fire proof
paints and for many other purposes.
and is worth about $50 ton. The
larger pieces are much more valuable.
We trust the company working this
mine will mica success of it.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

A man was on trial for murder, and it
was brought out in the evidence that
the victim had remarked to the accused,
'Is this hot enough for your" The jury
returned verdict of justitiable homi-
eide.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Rockland is fortunate in getting the
Rickers of Poland Springs to run
its big summer hotel, the Bay View.
1t will not be opened this season, but
will undergo an extensive renovation.
to offer their patrons two kinds of Wa
ter-spring water and salt water.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Miss Helen NJ Gould is still doing
to Mt. Holyoke College to establish a
new scholarship in the name of her
mother. She is as good as Gould.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

There is this much to be said in Presi
dent Kruger's favor: He has declined
to occupy the American lecture plat
form.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Thomas W. Lawson contributed to
the Saturday Evening Post of July 18th
"a Formula for Money-making;' but
it is likely to be disappointing to the
searcher for riches. We should call it
a strayed tip.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

ducts that we now buy abroad are tea,
coffee, rice. rubber, macaroni wheats,
spices and the finer grades of cotton.
All these products the Secretary hopes
to see supplied soon from our own soil.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

/ noticed that Crosby S. Noyes was
at Poland Springs the other day. He is
about the only survivor of the men
who were actively engaged in journal
ism at the National Capital when l en-
tered upon my duties as a correspond
ent there in 1859. He is Maine man
and went to Washington when a boy,
and was employed for time in Shil-
lington's book store on Pennsylvania
avenue, a place frequented by Daniel
Webster and many distinguished men
Of his day and later Mr. Noyes be-
gan, think, as reporter on the Even
ing Star, and later was one of five own
ers. The paper is now owned by Mr..
Noyes, S. H. Kaufman and the estate
Of George W. Adams, and is one of the
most valuable newspaper properties in
the country. The two surviving proprie-
tors have sons who have grown up in
the business and who are carrying it on
today, while Messrs. Noyes and Kauff-
mann, the seniors, are able to crafty
their taste for travel and to take life
easy. They have been hard workers,
and have fairly earned the prosperity
which has come to them.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

The sheep industry increased II. "A per
cent from 1896 to 1900, and 121.59 per
cent. in value. Evidently protection
benefits the sheep-raiser
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Some people escape by the skin of
their teeth, but Lord Kitchener says
that Mr.. Steyn, former President of
the Orange Free State, escaped in his
shirt sleeves.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Portland is to have new evening
paper and the Evening Express has
reduced its price to one cent per copy.
The new conner will have a hard row to
hoe.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Alaska has one recommendation at
this time. There is an ice jam at St.
Michaels.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Andrew Carnegie still has $3.50, 000,-
900 to give away in public benefactions.
We could utilize some of it herein a
new school huilding. for example.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

We may be shipping coal to New
castle yet England is now importing
granite from Russia. and a cargo is soon
to be shipped to England from Maine
ulIdTrV
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Now they are getting up scare
about Peary and relief expeditions are
underway. Why not give the North
pole a rest?
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Some people admitted that last Mon
day night was too hot for comfort, and
others-lied about it.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

This heated term has given the vel
low journals an opportunity to spread
themselves. 1t is ID fair excuse for VIC
lieut. language
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

The Atkinson Globe says it is so dry
in Kansas that the lightning bugs set
the grass afire
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Another rum war brewing in Lew
iston' is head line in an exchange.
Brewing is violation of the Maine
law
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

Il. quality all silk Tafeta Bindir

2'c. quality all silk Taffeta Bindu-
Ribbon. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Dbl.
&c. quality Bone Casing .......... ..-c sci u.
DC quality "a yds. pieces Soutaehe, Is pee
Fine Silk Covered Dress Shields.
worth 3oc.. .....,...,........ ia
Monterey Dress Shields, No. 4 sic.
zoe. quality. Observation-Disclosures. ii.
Common Shawl Pins, per dozen. ......... ,
Elite Dress Stays, 15c quality, per dol..-. 3.
Fibre Bone Dress Stays, per doz...... 3
Fancy Buttons, per doz.. .................. Ill
Bicycle skht Weight (per yard ....... 81
soc. quality Sofa Pillow Covers .......... ..
25c, Sc &c g -.
lot lie. and SOC Stick Pins, ........... id,
25c. Link Cuff Buttons, r.
25c. Belt Buckles. .It
25c ShirtwaiSt Sets. T.,
Best Witch Hazel (per bottle. ...........,b
3Sc. quality perfume per ounce. ........ w.
PC 5e quality Tooth Powder per bottle
Petroleum Jelly (per bottle ).......-.-. 4
Leighton Royal Cream (per bottle ..... .l5
Violet Talcum Powder (per box. ....... d
12tc. quality Sofa Pillow Cord (per vi . +.
15c. quality all silk Sofa Pillow Cord. Co.,. ,
59, quality Box Writing Paper CPer boy "
Black Headed Hat Pins (per doz A...,. il
Crowley's Spool Cotton, spools. ........ ,
Toe. quality Brush Broom. ............... +
lot 25c., 42c. and SOC. Leather Belts o.. .-
Han-kiang Ironing Wax................ &.
HIliiDltS.'
Black Brush Braid, Sc. quality. .. F
40 doz. Ladies' Seamless Fast Color
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
Muslin Night Robes
Table Damask.
THESE PRICES OFFER A SAliND

THESE PRICES OFFER A SAVING
Short lengths Red Table DANES -.
quality. Observation-Disclosures. 15s
Best quality Red Damask, such rs sells
for soc. 62c. per yard-thiS sale. +2c
Bleached Damask, SO inches wide. uue
linen, worth 75c. per yd. For tIs
Observation-Disclosures. 6gt
Bleached DamaSk, IS inches wide good
value at 81 90. Observation-Disclosures fAc
Bleached Damask, 70 inches wide.
Irish linen, extra good value, al 79a
Extra fine quality Bleached Dama,s
Y inches wide, worth $50, Ont 9Sc
so Doz Bleached Cotton Huck TuG-.-
o. each
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
,,,e,r,x- Editor and
ShAhbES a. Tii-Sbe M ( Business Manager.

The human race seems likely to be
wOn-or lost in straight heats.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

The man who bets his money on the
wrong trotting horse has to pay, sir.
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
Dress Goods

It's economy to buy now. These are all this
seasons goods, and are priced for the
next ten days far below their actual
value. Take your time to study these
prices and you will surely say the time
to buy Is NOW
The Republican journal., 1901-07-18

1t is matter of common knowledge
that whenever we were wholly depend
ent upon foreigners for the supply of
an article, as in the case of tin plate,
the price was made exorbitant, the diff
ference often being several times as
much as the cost of transportation.
This was conspicuously true of tin
plates, as is shown by table published
in Gunton's Magazine for July, giving
the prices of tin plates ten years be-
fore and twelve years after the adop-
ton of the protective tariff. The price
of tin plates has fallen very much more
in this country than it has abroad In
1890 the price of tin plates in the Unit
ed States was $500 box of 100 lbs. 1t
is now S4.20-a decrease of 81. 40 box,
whereas the foreign price in 1890 was
$500 box and on April 80, 1901, it was
$500 a box-an increase of 90 cents.
Thus, while the tariff has transferred
the industry to this country, paid
American wages and earned American
profits, the price has been lowered s1.4O
box, while English tin has been in
creased 80 cents box. We are thus, in
price alone, really the gamers by $3.50
box through having protection and
manufacturing the tin ourselves.