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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

Sedentary habits cause kidney troubles.
People who are obliged to sit all day long,
photographers, telephone and telegraph
operators. seamStresses, milliners, shoe
makers, tailors, book keepers, clerks who
'tand over counter, engineers, tiremen,
conductors, brakemen, and Others on
steam and electric railroads, are all more
IF less affected with disease in the kid
leys. Long hours in sitting posture
cramps the kidneys, bowels and other
organs in the pelvic regions. You will
ind that nearly everyone of these peo-
pie has constipation, and great many
more of them have kidney troubles and
lon't know it. Often incipient Bright
disease will fasten itself upon a person
and the only indication of anything
wrong that the layman can discern is a
slight aching or tired feeling across the
small of the back. This goes UNDECIDED
because it in itself is apparently of no
great consequence. Let the knowing
physician examine the water. when these
symptoms are manifest, and he'll find a
clouded, discolored, albuminous fluid
that tells as plainly as a picture that
inside of these delicate and important or
cans there exists a condition of disease
ment in order 20 preserve them from decay
and save the life of the owner Always be
onyour guard forthe slightest pain orsore-
ness across the back. Don't let it 90 I'M
needed for at that very instant your kid
neys may be in an awful condition. When
healthy they perform an important func-
ton, that of tiltering and purifying the
liquids that pass into your system. They
do it so carefully too that not the most
nfnitesimal speck of foreign or disease
breeding matter can get into the vitals
of the body. While they are healthy,
they do more toward keeping you well
than any other organ of the whole anat-
omv When they are Impoverished and
weak, unable to stand as the barrier
against disease, it's like throwing down
the protecting walls and picket lines of a
great city and letting the enemy, unin-
terrupted, walk in. Think of these prec-
iouS organs becoming enfeebed through
want of nourishment. Think of them
instead of being plump, vigorous, heal
thy, of being thin, lifeleSs, almost blood
less eaten full of holes and secretion a
pus that would make you hold your nose,
could YOU see it Think of them in their
struggling attempt to obey nature, pour
ing this filthy and disgusting mass INTO
your lungs, heart and everywhere over
the body, on account of their inability to
rject it through the proper channels and
out of the system.
Does this appear to you as being health
full? Yet you, though not suspecting it,
may be in this very position. If you
have running sore on your arm, you
would lathe it carefully with warm
at to leanse it, then tenderly cover
it with some healing lotion. This much
to protect it from the poisons in the air,
and to assist your internal medicines to
act more thoroughly. Your kidneys
need washing as much as yourarm. You
need to flush out that pus and secretion
and assist nature to restore healthy ac-
ton. You need something known to go
direct to your kidneys through the blood
and that has healthy effect. blood
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
The Movements of Fishes.

''The flight of birls has been studied
time out of mind without yielding the
first syllable of it's secret" said an en-
thusiastic amateur naturalist of this
city. but it is not a whit-more mysteri-
Gus than the movements OF fish in water.
Their speed. their sudden leaps from
fixed positions. their abrupt turns in
less than their own length, the extraor-
binary inertia that enables them to
swim against tremendous currents
these and a hundred and one other
| things have been the despair OF every
| investigator. We know that such mir
acles are performed in some manner by
movements of the fins and tail, but III
ninety-nine cases cut of hundred
those organs are altogether too small
to account for the apparent power they
develop. In less time than it takes me
to tell it, three-inch goldfish in glass
globe will upset every law OF dynamlcs
in the text books. 1t does things that
are theoretically impossible. While |
was in Washington on my vacation last
summer" continued the speaker, "a
relative of mine, who is designer IN
the Bureau of Naval Construction,
told me that the department experts
had made extensive studleS OF the
movements of different fish, with a
view to improving the hull lines OF tor
pedo- boats. What little data they Sc
cured proved useless when applied to
working models. showing concluslvely
that the real secret had eluded the OBJ
servers
Il have good sized tank at home, in
which | keep a number OF small fish,
and at different times | have made some
curious observations, especially as re
CARDS their speed. One OF the fish is
young freshwater trout, about five
inches long. On several occasions l
have watched it with a timing lnstru-
ment While it was making plnngeS tor
Ines on the surface OF the water. 1t
would approach lelsurely at not over
SIX inches to the second, until ABOUT
hall yard from its prey. and then leap
straight for the mark like an arrow
from bow, The intervening distance
would be covered in approximately one
tenth of d second That doesn't sound
very remarkable in cold figures, but I'M
aglne Jogging along at about llVe knots
AN hour and then, III the tWlnklng OF an
eye, increasing its speed to a mile a
minute. The feat would be no more
astonishing than that performed by my
little trout, and what makes the mys-
terry AL the greater is the extremely
dellcate and flexible character OF Its tail
and fins. They seem to offer no pur-
chase worth mentioning against the
water: it is as if an ocean liner had
propeller made of gAuze: yet. compara
lively speaking. they accomplish mora
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Catching Cod.

Once begun, codtishing on the banks is
incessant, and when the fishing is good
the men rarely ever sleep, says Ainslee's
Magazine. Awakened at 2 A. NJ. to fill
their bait kid or tubs, they start at
daybreak to lift these travis and re-
move the overnight catch; rebaiting
the hooks again. There are about g.
600 hooks to handle, and this often &C
cupies until eventide, when the boats
row back. After unloading, the deck is
piled high with the glittering mass of
fish. To eviscerate this and stow it in
the hold keeps them until midnight,
when they snatch an hour or two of
sleep. Some can go without sleep for a
week, others will rub wet tobacco in
their eyes, so the pain may keep them
wakeful few hours longer Others,
again, will work till they drop from
sheer exhaustion, and sleep as they lie,
until aroused by comrades. A Chinese
torture is to keep men without sleep,
and 'banking' does this to an extent
to satisfy even the most exacting
Celestial. The men sleep in theil
undertaking; when above decks, they
can never leave off their oilskins, for on
the Banks it is rarely fine, mist and
murk prevail, and the rigging and sails
drip water always.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Pointed Paragraphs.

Vanity and imprulenee are twin sis
ters.
Even the sIowest man is occasionally
fast asleep.
1t takes two to make a quarrel, but
one can end It.
Aggressiveness in some people Dor
derS on raShneSS.
It's a wise clergyman that knows his
own congregation.
Even rough men can be gentle when
they meet real woman.
Never call man a fool; he may be
foolish enough to resent it.
Loves young dream often bumps up
against d rude awakening.
\ man becomes public property when
he takes hold Of public trust.
ANY frst-class matchmaker can de
liver selections from his own works.
Don't think that sensible girls admire
men because of their physical beauty
The high premium on honesty may be
due to the fact that it is the best policy.
Wings of riches are not strong enough
TO bear away the expensive tastes they
bring.
Fortunate is the man upon whose
face nature has written letter of
credit.
When you see man shaking dice the
difference between sound and sense is
apparent.
Ii you want man to praise your
judgment all you have to do is to agree
with him.
I'nskilled dentists are more or less
conscientious. They spare no pains at
their work.
Some of the recent magazine articles
seem to prove that little learning is a
dangerous thing.
Occasionally man succeeds in start
ling the world, but fortunately he can't
keep it startled very long.
If the average man could climb out
of his grave and read his epitaph his
egotism would experience boom.
One might as we'll attempt to dip
Lake Michigan dry with pint cup as
to get a girl to give up the man she
really loves.
A man may have sufficient courage to
beard the lion in his den, yet be shy
! when he comes to facing the cook in
the kitchen.-Chicago News.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
rights. Their best was the shotgun and

rights. Their best was the shotgun and
revolver, and they were freely used.
For the time being. therefore, Hot
Springs was not the place of peace it
had been to the red men before the ad-
vent of the whites. The claimants at
tempted to keep their titles good by col
lecting rent from the sQuatters, and
when they went ON rent-collectlng
expedition. instead of the receipt book
of Later times they carried a shotgun.
If man was not shot 1t WAS a sure Re
ceipt for his rent for that month.
Congress created the Hot Springs
commission III 1871, and it was given al
most unlimited power and jurisdiction
in the settlement Of the various claims.
1t surveyed every claim. large and
small laid oft the city of Hot Springs
as ii low exists and fixed the price that
each should pay for title to the prop
erty he occupied. In this distribution
many of the squatterS Were given the
land they had had the hardihood 10
hold
Children and grandchildren OF Hale,
Rector, Belding and Gaines are stili
residents of Hot Springs. still own
much Of the property held by their
torebears. and are leaders in the bust
ness and professional life of the city,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

II live right here in the city where
Blood Wine is made. | have seen
with my own eyes the cures it has effect
ed all about me, and | have been cured
myself Of a very stubborn case of kidney
disease. l suffered tor several years, had
all the symptoms that ever accompanied
such a trouble, and tried about every
remedy recommended. Blood Vine
was the last. | took it only after being
convinced that it was a truly wondrous
medicine, and it cured me. | vent to
the Louis Daudelin Co. and vol Inferred
this statement, because knew them to
be honest, upright people and deserving
of success. Blood Vine will cure any
form of kidney disease and do it quickly
and thoroughly. Anyone 50 affected
should try this great medicine just as
soon as they can get their hands on
bottle"
Go to your druggist and look into it
carefully; read the literature and ascer-
tain for yourself just what it will do. 1t
contains no wine or opiateS.
BLOOD Wine' costs fifty cents a bottle,
but you can sample it free Of charge at
"A \. Howe X Go :, lru- Sj>t,.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Summer Schools.

Thus far the dates of only few of
the Maine summer schools and assem-
blies have been announced. These in
clude the Fryeburg, Chautauqua, the
Greenacre school at kittery, and the
annual meets of many other associa-
items which hold summer outing con-
ventions. The Maine State Grange will
hold series Of IS field days, one III
each county of the State, the first of
which will be held August II, at which
National Master Jones and other prom
inent members of the order will speak.
An event Of general interest to Bow
doin alumni all over the country will be
the centennial anniversary of the com
mencement of Bowdoin College at
Brunswick, which will include gen
eral reunion of alumni, one of the
features of which will be an address by
Hon. Thomas B. Reed.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Grant and Lee at Appomattox

(From a P"sthumous Paper by Gen job
Glbbon in the April Century.

| (From a PoSthumous Paper by Gen John
Glbbon in the April Century.
| As the two sat talking on their horses
only few steps from u.s. we had a full
opportunity not only to note their bear
ing, but to hear most of the converse
ton. | had not seen Lee for about six
years, and his appearance is thus des
cubed III letter written the next dav:
soon after our arrival General Lee
came riding up, attended only by two
orderlles. He looks pretty much the
same as usual, but older and his face
mas a very sad expression. / did not
see him smile once during the inter
view. He has the same quiet, subdued
gentlemanly manner for which he was
always noted"
AS the two generals sat talking to-
gether, General Grant turned and beck
oned to General Seth Williams, his
Acknowledgements, who rode forward |
was curious to see the meeting between
Lee and Williams. Some years before
the war, when Lee was superintendent
of the Military Academy, Williams was
great favorite with him. AS Williams
there was nothing in Lees face, as he
gravely and courteously received him,
to indicate that he had ever met him
before. After talking little while.
General Grant beckoned me forward,
and on approaching General Lee, pref
ty much the same scene took place as
with Williams. General Grant said:
General Lee is DESTROYS that his otfi-
GERS and men should have on their
persons some evidences that they are
paroled prisoners, SO that they will
not be disturbed" and General Lee re-
marked that he desired simply to do
whatever was in his power to protect
his men from anything disagreeable. |
said | thought that could be arranged,
as | had a small printing press, and
could have blank forms struck off. which
could be filled up, and one given to each
officer and man of the army, signed by
their own officers. and distributed as
required. To this he aSSented He
then turned to General Grant and sad
"General. you have excepted private
horses from the surrender. Now, most
OF my courlers and many of the artil-
lefN and cavalry own their own horses
How will it be about Them"
General Grant replied at once speak
ing to me: ''They will be allowed to re
tam them. Turning to General Lee.
he added: ''They will need them in
putting in their spring crops" The re
mark struck me as peculiar. and have
no doubt it did Lee. for Grant could
have said nothing which demonstrated
more completely his idea that the war
was over, and that these warlike men
and horses would 90 at once to work
planting corn.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
KIDNEY DISEASE AVERTED.
Some Rules for People of Seden-
tary Habits.
low to Detect This Approaching Trouble and Nip
1t in the Bud.

Wine" will do this and so marked is its
action on the kidneys that you can act
ually feel it working on them within .
few minutes after taking dose.
1t gives them just the kind of bath
they need and it heals up the sore. 1t
takes away the smarting, burning, pain
full. dragged-down, all gone sensations, as
if by magic. 1t takes sediments of all
kinds out of the little hooks and corners
where they lodge and cause brick dust,
gravel. stone in bladder, Inflammation,
etc. If you have any of these troubles,
or even if you have any of the slightest
symptoms of kidney disease, you ought
to protect yourself. 1t is easier to pre-
vent than to cure any disease. A bottle
of BLOOD Wine." costing fifty cents, will
often stave off serious trouble, and spare
the patients life, to say nothing of saving
great expense and long suffering.
Read this expression of gratitude from
Worcester, Mass. woman. who has had
an excellent chance to make careful
investigation of Blood Wine Ms. Ann
P. Stocking says.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Sheep Instead of Men.



Capt. \. p. johnson of Boston is
NOW engaged ia securing possession of
I}8rtlettS island. located about seven
miles south. southeast of BlUehili, FOR
the purpose OF turning it into a large
sheep pasture. and his effort, i'll that
direction are beng watched With the
greatest interest 10y the people of Blue
tan. SedgWicll and the other towns of
that pant of Hancock county.
Bartlett's island is about three miles
long and from a half to mile in width
and there IS upon ii u dwellings a
schoolhOuse and public hall. At one
time these dwellings We're all occupied
and there was considerable pOpula-
ton upon the island. but now all this is
changed and now there are but nine of
the houses occupied, While the school
contains but nine boys. Already Capt
Johnson who is working i'll the in
terests OF syndicate, has secured pos
session of the greater part Of the island
and Will have the remainder III a short
time
The price that has been paid for the
land has been high and those selling
feel that they have made good bargains.
Among the stipulations of the pur-
chaSes is that the old owners shall
yacate at once. which means that they
must leave the island. as the syndicate
Will shortly own 1t and does not care to
have any person living there, excepting
such help as they may keep. This Is
causing a few paugs of regret among
the Older residents especially the Wo-
men who have been born and reared
upon the island, and some of whom
have never been off from it for more
than a day at time and those days
very few and far between
Among the oddities of the tranSac-
tons on the island is the fact that the
syndicate has purchased the land upon
which the public hall sits. The build
ing was owned by another party than
the one WHO owned the land and when
an attempt was made to secure the
buildings from him at the same time
the land was purchased he refused and
wanted a much larger price than was
offered Mr. Johnson then secured the
land and has now told the owner of the
building that it must be removed from
the land controlled by him. This brings
the owner of the building up against a
difficult proposition, viz: Where is it
to be moved to? Any land that is not
now owned by the people represented
by Johnson will be shortly and so there
is no place to move the buildings to and
the syndicate absolutely refuse to pur-
chase, now
Capt johnson says that the people
represented by him have secured con-
troll Of a method of preparing fish such
as are caught i'll the waters adjacent to
the island, so that they can be used for
food for the sheep. thereby guarantee
ing plentiful supply of food for the
animals in the winter, which has been
one of the great objection to island
sheep raising.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Bates Athletics.
Changes Made in Constitution of the All
letic Association.

Changes Made in Constitution of the Ath
letic Association.
A meeting of the Athletic Associa-
ton was held in the college chapel
May Sth to consider the amendments
to the constitution, as proposed by
the committee on amendments. All
but two of the amendments were
accepted. The object in making these
changes IN the constitution is to ben
EFT the financial condition of the as
sociation and if they are carried out
as intended, it seems very probable
that the association will free it.
self from debt. The principle change
is in having an advisory board Of
five members; two of whom shall
be alumni, two from the faculty and
one from the student body. 1t shall be
the duty of the board to superintend all
the financial matters. They shall have
power over the managers of the differ
ent teams and no money shall be ex-
pended without first the expense has
been approved by the advisory board.
The amendments which were rejected
had reference to the nomination of the
candidates for the baseball and football
teams, it was stated in the amendment
that the candidates should be chosen
| by the advisory board, but as it is now
left, the candidates, as previously, shall
| be chosen by the association.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Coronation rumors are plentiful these

Coronation rumors are plentiful these
days, says London dispatch to the
New York Herald. The latest is re-
vival of the statement that VIM. Wal
dorf Aston will be made peer in June.
OF late Mr.. Astor's gifts to scientific,
educational and patriotic institutions
in Great Britain have been large and
numerous. Rumor still insists that Sir
Thomas Upton will receive peerage
in recognition of his work in connection
with the Kings dinner to 100000 poor
on Coronation day.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

1t is reported that one of the we'll
known citizens of Dexter has recently
made investigations as to the advisable
ity of building starch factory in Dex-
ter. The gentleman has visited starch
factories in AroOstook county and was
able to interest an owner of one of the
factories in regard to building a fac
tory. AT least 1000 acres of potatoes
must be secured in order for the par
ties interested to decide to build. it is
the securing the required acreage which
is the chief obstacle in this new scheme
and it is somewhat doubtful whether
the plan can be made a success, at least
this year, in that section of Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Fast riends,

RuSnVllle, ina.
Messrs. ELY BROS. Il have been great
sufferer from catarrh and hay fever and
tried many things, but found no permanent
relief until l found it in Ely's Cream Balm
about eight years ago, and we have been fast
friends ever since. (Rev. r. NJ. BENTLEY
Prove its value by investing 10 cents in
trial size of Elys Cream Balm. Druggists
supply it and we mail it. Full size 80 cents
ELY BROS, IS Warren ST., New York
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

Capt. Thomas Milan, who has been
head keeper of Mt. Desert Rock light
station for 20 years, recently resigned
on account of i'll health and has return
ed with his family to his home at
Southwest Harbor. Fred Robbins,
who was for several years assistant
there, but for the past two years sta
toned at Lubec has been promoted to
the vacancy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

The Maine Undertakers' Association
will convene at Bangor, May 20. The
committee of arrangements is prepar-
ing for banquet to be given on that
evening.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
A Card.

refund the money on a 5o-cent bottle t1e of of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails
to cure your cough or cold We also guar
antee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
or money refunded.
A. A. HowEs & Co.,
6m45 w. 0. Poor & Son.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Student of Humanity.

n. Hughes lie RouX OF France. whoi
has been l"i'turin- 20 he lr;.clc Fran
Gals at Harvard university. is ii man
of wide. and varied knowledge and ex.
perience He has lived with princes
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

and pauperS. with nihiliSts. vagabonds.
scientists and cutthroutS. i he wide
field of his observations has enabled
him to understand his fellow crea ture
man.