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The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
THE ANGORA GOAT.
Experience of the Maine 4 gricuItural Exper.
iment station.

iment station.
The first problem we met was suitable
fencing. We soon found that while
they do not Jump they are good climb
els and that they will go over any fence
the top OF which they can reach with
the fore feet. The horns on some Of
the ewes point backward iii a Y shape.
Ia the case of woven wire fence with
square openings even with inch mesh
they will push their heads through the
openings and get hung by their horns.
With this kind of fence it was neces
sary to visit them two or three times
day to release the prisoners The En-
wood poultry fence not poultry netting
OF the American Fence Company with
small diamond shaped openings has
proven perfectly satisfactory. ItcostS
about third more than the ordinary
woven wire fence of equal height
In 1901 we gave them too extensive
range and they did but little clearing
up. In May 1902 six ewes, one buck
and five kids, We're put in an acre of
young woodland of Il mixed growth,
most OF the trees three to six inches in
diameter There was a quite thick
underbruSh of birch, maple, hazel bush.
where there are no alders or evergreens
the ground under the trees is as clean
as though it had been burned over.
Sweet fern they do not like very we'll
but they have cleaned all of the hard
hack out of this piece Ferns and
brakes have been eaten to some extent.
They have eaten the leaves and young
sprlgs of bushes in preference to grass
Blrches two inches or more in diameter
they have not injured, but they nave
stripped the bark from every maple
Even maple trees SIX inches in
diameter Lave been thus killed We
have found them to be fond of the
bark of apple trees, even eating the
bark from old trees.
TO clean up birch or evergreen wood
land they have proven very effective
There has been practically no cost for
the summers keeping. The twelve
goats have been kept without other
food on one acre of young wood land.
They have required no care other than
an occasional visit to see that they are
all right and that they have water
Salt was given occasionally.
CHAS. ID. WOODS, director.
OrOnO, Sept. -, 1902.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
September's Flowers.

Ragged and frayed is september's
dress, but withal, there Is a beauty
peculiarly its own. So would we tam
pe ever a-field, says writer ~ Coun-
Try Life in America. Inc potan!st
Strolllng over the hills and through the
ssWamps realizes that this is pracclca!ly
Ihe END of the flower year. AS IN the
previous month, the foNer are very
largely composite. The goldenrods,
the asters, and the suni1oWers lend
vivld patches Of color to the prospect.
mere are comparatively rev new
mowers to be sought for.
=, However, there are several, the
ilndlng of which will be among the
calendar events of the year. Fer
chance it is that i'll the latter part OF
the month your Wanderlngs may lead
you to the retreat of the most beautl-
lul OF all the fall blossoms, the frlnged
gentlan. Its color is of the heavens
own hue and its delicate beauty is so
elusive as to defy the most sklllful
brush OF the artist. Who can forget
the hrst Introduction to these floral
beauties of the fall meadows? Two
other but less handsome cousins, the
stlft gentian and the closed gentian,
also come this month. Damp places
are made beautiful by the Jerusalem
artlchoke, commonly called the wild
sunf1oWer, whose bright cheerful face
seems ever smiling a greeting to the
passerby. Another of September's
1oWer-folk robed in blue or violet is
the smooth or bIne aster found in dry
sou and open wood. \ familiar little
Trend with whom almost every one is
acquainted, the white heath aster,
sometimes called white rosemary or
farewell summer, is found i'll dry soil
everywhere. Not far distant you are
sure to find the wavy aster or small
teabane, with its thick, rough, heart
shaped lower leaves. The yellow of
the witch hazel also gaddens the eye
OF the loiterer in September woodlands
and thickets.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
An Autumn Field.

How rich and full in June's all-perfectness
Was the lush grass which, in this ample
field,
Grew riotously glad. How prodigal the
OF every flower whose absence had made
less
The bounteOus whole! Now, where that
sweet excess
Abounded, to itself has baroness sealed
The thriftless sods: reft, like glorious
shield
OF all its wrought and painted loveliness.
ct not quite all for here and there behold
A flower like those which made the sum
mer sweet
Puts forth some meagre tint of red or
gold,
10 make the baroness seem more complete
Such overflow of life, such wealth of bliss !;
Now for remembrance and endurance
this
John White Chadwick i'll the September
Atlantic
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr.. H. W. Bovnton, who contributes
SO acceptably the criticism of current
books to the Atlantic Monthly, takes
up in the September number the great
subject of American Humor. After
postulatjng the perennial but too often
forgotten distinction between humor
and righteousness, Mr.. Boynton pro-
ceeds to distribute, each into his due
department. the various persons en-
gagged i'll carrying on the torch of
locosity' in America. 1t is paper
which should be particularly Satisfac-
tory to people VINO are gwen to think
ing about what they read.
Napoleon Bonaparte" occupies the
place OF honor III the September num-
Der of The American Boy. The fronts
piece is crayon drawing of the Young
Napoleon, supposed to be a good por-
trait of him at the age that he entered
the military school at Brienne. The
editor of The American Boy has under
taken to write the history of Napoleon
for boys: and the first chapter, treating
of Corsica and the Corsicans, Napo-
Icons parentage, birth, childhood and
school days, appears in this number.
There are seventy-tive pictures in this
interesting number illustrating the
stories and the leading articles The
several departments are interesting as
usual, to amateur journalists, lovers Of
animals, young photographers, young
scientists, stamp, coin and curio collec-
tors, and boys in games and sport.
Lovers of puzzIedom have page, as
does also The Order of the American
Boy, While the editor devotes a page
to chats with boys, and the first of a
series of Lessons in Shorthand for
Boys, edited by Isaac Pitman Il Sons,
is given. One dollar a year The Sprague
Publishing Co.. Detroit. Mich.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
The Good Old Times.

People who talk Of the good Old times
should read these facts, compiled by
popular Mechanics" In the good old
times
There was not public library in the
United States.
Almost all the furniture was import
ed from England.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as prison.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
Virginia contained a fifth of the
whole population of the country
a man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Boston.
\ day laborer considered himself we'll
paid with two shillings day.
The whipping post and pillory were
still standing in New York and Boston.
Trousers were fastened with pegs or
laces.
The church collection was taken in a
bag at the end OF pole, with bell at
tached to arouse the sleepy contrib
utOrS.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
The Potato Outlook.

Potatoes are rusting some in this sec
ton, but it is hoped not so badly as
elsewhere. In the region of Houlton
they are rotting very badly, and the
same may be said for about all New
England. Reports from the west and
middle west also show much rust and
rot. The price for the Aroostook valley
would not, therefore, look so low for the
coming season as at first thought. 1t
would seem to be a good plan to keep all
potatoes that will keep-at any rate
not to be in a hurry to dispose of them
for low prices. Indications are that
potatoes will not have to be given away
all this season.-Fort Fairfield Review.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
California
Waters Of Life

SPECIAL REPORT BY WATER EX.
PERT. who examined the springs of Utah. Ne
vada and California in the interest of an ONO
institution, says the finding OF
ISHAM SPRINGS
and the nature OF that water was a wonderful
discovery and a val liable acquisition to the ma
terra medlca. They are located on the norl hern
spur Of San Miguel Mountain, about thirteen
miles distant from the City of san Diego. Cal.
The waters flow out Of the SIDE OF hill. which
is crowned with heavy strata of chalky deposit.
Unlike other spring waters, that continually
form calcareouS deposits and incrustations which
require removing, or II ferrugluouS and sulphur
Gus constantly cover the watts with slime, these
waters flow over the solid rock without showing
the least sta II of accumulation of any deposit
the waters remaining any length of time perfect
ly clear.
The medicinal quality is an antacid and where
alkaline lotions are used IN fevers cutaneous
diseases, warm or cold, This water has no rival
salt Rheum i'll aggravated cases with proper
attenron to the drinking and using externally
must yield to It's healing influences.
Patients suffering from gastric catarrh or acid
dyspepsia will find by its proper use a tendency
to properly acldulate the iriceS OF the stomach.
to remove abnormal coating and bring live tissue
into action.
Also persons from same cause or from I'M
proper digestion or unSound teeta have offensive
close conversation, will find the use OF these
waters AS gargie and drink render the breath
pure, sweet and wholesome.
Persons i'll good health will find no better den
tlfice. as the water quiet> fermentation and de-
Slr0yS parasite growth.
Hair drcSSerS find in it an excellent shampoo,
neutraliZing any excess OF fatty substance IN the
hair and removing all dandruh leaving the hair
light and pompadour
(Signed I.A.CURTIS.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
Easy to Tear Down.

\ current item tells how trial was
made to decide in how short time living
trees could be made into newspapers.
1t was done in IS minutes. This is in
teresting as showing the perfection of
modern machinery, but is not important.
If some genius could invent a process
now for turning newspapers into trees,
it would be worth talking about. Analy-
sis is easy enough; it is synthesis
which is the sticker. Anybody can tear
down, but those who can build up are
few. 1t took many years to build the
tree that in few hours was converted
into paper, and after all the slow and
silent processes of natures laboratory
are the more wonderful in their results
-Pittsfeld Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
Beware of the Knife.

70 profession has advanced more rapidly
of late than surgery, but it should not be
used except where absolutely necessary. In
case of piles, for example, it is seldom need
ed. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures
quickly and permanently. Unequalled for
cuts, burns, bruises, wounds, Skin diseases.
Accept no counterfeits. 81 was so troubled
with bleeding piles that lost much blood
and strength says }. C. Phillips, Paris,
ILL., "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
me in a short time.'' Soothes and heals.
r. II. Moody.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
WIN. o. POOR & SON, Belfast.
For Sale at a BARGAIN

That desirable and well located real estate at
the foot of Main street, known as the Daniel
Lane wharf property, will be sold low to close
the estate. Inquire Of
ME-. HOUSTON Executor.
Belfast, De cember 10, 19O0.-5ltf
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
Windsor Hotel Stable

The new and cOmmOdOuS stable of the
Windsor Hotel is open for boarding and
standing in. Everything is new and the
conveniences tirst-class. Terms reason
able. 24tf
M. X. KNOWLTON, Proprietor.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
Starting and Staying.

At the start in long race, the advant-
: But the race is won not in starting but
in staying. The quality which wins is
staying power. 1t is SO in the race of
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25

\fIUELA, Aug. 10. 1902.
H.uaC-lt there are any in
rPjbllc-no pleasenter
iIp than to ' eneZuela,
-nctng point, and what
.t year. The two-thou-
nrv from New York 10y
re. OF the yet more in
.ga.Y Of the "W ard line
lucitan, and thence by
ACROSS the blue Carib-
IL IT'S beautiful islands,
1It from start to finish.
SO fashionable as the
wuths European tour
-I thousands of coun-
.-c and over again: but
a change; Half the
..tl be required for the
,'Ie Old World would
uitely more desirable
It's strangely varied
tLunS. and some Of tile
7A.r-.s n ,,-N,st.l .,n,,
M from the North, OF
tI1lu Haiti, on one of
tt3t ply between " est
md tue Eastern coast OF
your first glimpse of
huge red mountains
"r straight out OF the
Ilty are the northern
nj the Andes, that
ella which extends down
cast Of the continent
org arm clear across
Atlantic, ending here
cape Horn, its south
Flor hundreds of miles
more than ten feet Of
rtru the rolling surf OF
allows and the precipiy-
ul at the mouth of some
where entrance from
5,lY lmpracticable, At
niue-thousand-fo tall
heads are lost III the
wet their feet III the
. yellow city, cIinging
-heir sides. looks as if
how it off into the
to It's one long, dirty
.a1r drops into hun
water. and less than a
- jooTsteps of the houses
sud- 10 be two thousand
1t and south you see
. .oadWay, leading from
.-n cut out of the sheer
and sometimes over
which dashes its spray
u- traveller. Vessels
-.-called port, which is
...fulu The sea to Nene-
Dst auchortar enough
sum, which runs with
Whenever d strong
.-: and at the first iudi-
g44 Storm, every anchor
vessels speed away, pre-
rl-e ocean Wild and
-''s are discharged into
-.'. more from shore,
lowed across the tAun-
l-ei Where consider
5-l.lty are required
H most favorable spot
a.t l'I making Il leap
however, there are
friendly, II somewhat
.r-eAtd out to assist
N- granger: and iii cases
sJcI as thin shoes OF d
', the ooatmen hoist
f-rlr shoulders with
-ss and dispatch with
.e bales and boxes. 1t
,Aat ii good deal OF
r.u put INTO this alleged
NrW to improving it,
e tile late dictator Of
uE millions IN a break
ape of two moles. built
aiua} d at an acute angle.
mut open. He gave the
lis building TO a shrewd
Lad the clause inserted in
.adt he should receive the
m soon as a ship could 90
,ahwater. The completed
u altogether too small for
I-ses. for nothing larger
r, and the smallest kind of
tft could oct in and ont of
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
Roo.evelt's Oyster Bay once.

When President Roosevelt left Wash.
1ngton for Oyster Bay. n Y. to spend
his vacation, it became necessary to es-
tablish a branch of the White House
at the home town of the chief execu-
tive of the nation. Rooms were hired
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25

Regular price for half gallon bot
tie, $50. Our price, zoe.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25

life. S t a y i n 6
power wins, and
as a rule the best
slayer is the man
wit the be S t
st o III a C h. All
physical strength
is derived from
food W hi c h is
properly digested
nd assinlilated.
When the food
eaten is only part
ly digested and
assinilated there
is a loss of nutri-
ton which means
a loss of strength
and the general
result is physical
hreak-doun
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
gives strength and staying power, be-
cause it cures diseases of the stomach
and other organs of digestion and nutri-
ton. 1t enables the perfect digestion
and assimilation of the food eaten, and
so strengthens the body naturally by tho
nutrition derived from food.
NJ was troubled with indigestion for about
two years" writes Vim. Bowker, Esq, of Julia
eta, Latah Co, Idaho. "1 tried different doc
tors and remedies but to avail until I wrote
to you and you told what to do, I suffered
with pain in my stomach and left side and
thought that it would kill me Now glad
TO write this and let you know that I am all
night. can do my work now without pain and
I don't have that tired feeling that l used to
have Five bottles of DR.. Pierces Golden Med
ical Discovery and two Walls of his Pleasant
Pellets cured me"
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
zeal Discovery. There is nothing "just
as good" for diseases of the stomach,
blood and lungs.
Dr. Pierces Pellets are easy and pleas
ant to take. A most effective laxative.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
ll,!l[II |R ! ] : g,5jlR6

On and after June I6, 1902, trains connecting
at Durham and Waterville with through trains
for and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and
Boston, will run as follows:
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
<~--T1NG VISIT TO VENEZUELA.

.if,,oIutionary Republic at La
a'f' rnruu@h the Clouds to Caracas
"' ,,HJa,lol Railway
The Republican journal., 1902-09-25

stained with blood during the terrific
conflicts of days gone by. When
buccaneers and pirate kings" were
cruising the Spanish main, La Guayra
was favorite fighting place, for gal
Icons came here to load up with treas
ure on their way from Carthagena to
Spain. Upon a high bluff overhanging
the town is a long, low, rambling castle
which served for many years is a resi-
dence for the Captains-Gentral of the
Spanish colonies. Report has it haunt
ed by lively company Of ghosts, of
both sexes and all nationalitleS, and in
Vulnerable romantic traditions are rife
concerning it. Those who have read
the Rev. Charles kingsley's incompara-
bic novel entitled ''Westward IIo."
and who has not?) will be interested
to learn that this is the very casa in
which the Rose of Devon" dwelt with
her Spanish lover, and here she was
found by Frank and Aymas Leigh
The author states that "the castle
stood under the shadow Of a gloomy
looking fortress" The latter-which
looks like gigantic mud wasp's nest
clinging to the dark red rocks-is now
in ruins, and the -mile-long tunnel
which formerly connected the two by
an underground passage has mostly
caved in.
Past this fortress, the ancient abode
of love and tragedy, Spanish Knights
and captive maidens, runs three routes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22
HOWELLS' "LEISURE"
Nineteen Years Before He Compiled
With Request for Autograph.

N1neteen ears BEFORE He COHpAASu
With Request for Autograph.
Chicago. Feb. 22.-Nearly twenty years
ago Mayor Harrison, then young man
of %, wrote to William Dean Howells a
request for the authors autograph. The
mayor has just received an answer from
Mr.. Howells. It is appended to the very
slip of paper on which the request was
made. 1t came in the envelop inclosed
at that time for the reply. Here is what
Garter H. Harrison, Jr.' wrote twenty
years ago:
Chicago, Dec. a. 1Ss2.-Wm. D. Howels-
Dear Sir: I am collecting the autographs of
American authors and would be much obliged
to you If, at your leisure, you would favor
me with yours few lines if it is not asking
too much. With an apology for intruding
and entertaining the hope that you wifi
grant my request, I am, respectfully yours,
Carter H. Harrison, IT,
Here is the reply the mayor has just
received. It was addressed Garter H.
Harrison, Jr., 231 Ashland avenue, Chi
cago," and had been forwarded thence
to the city hall. An old fashioned three
cent stamp had carried the missive
through the mails. When the mayor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22

face, not once only to-day, but repeatedly.
This thing must stop. ! beg protection from
the son of the governor Of South Carolina.
Young insolvency is about 16 and Of a
sportive disposition. 1t was reported that
he ran away with circus some time ago,
but was brought back in few days. The
house authorized the speaker to issue
cards to visitors and exclude the govern
or's son from the floor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22

opened the letter out dropped his Howells
letter of twenty years ago.. At the bottom
of the reverse side Of the single sheet
of paper was added:
I have at last found time for subscribing
myself, yours very truly,
w. D. Howells.
4s West Fifty ninth street, New York, Feb.
1909 ! f...t.-L y.
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SMALLPOX IS EXPENSIVE.


Calumet, Mich, Feb. 22.-Three new cases
of smallpox have developed in Lauriunl,
There are about ten cases at the detention
hospital near Hancock. Smallpox has been
very expensive for Houghton county Thu
winter Up to the first of January the eps-
demic cost the county over $4,000. About all
of the cases have originated in Calumet town :
ship and the greater part of these were at
location known as "Swedetown. H
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22
TOUGH BOY
Son Of South Cardinals Governor Elk
cluded From Legislative Floor.

cluded From Legislative Floor.
Ne,o Yo.b Sun, Special Service
Columbia, S. c., Feb. 22.-There was
comedy and tragedy in the house of rep
resentatives yesterday. Mr.. Lyles, one OF
the original Tillman supporters. appealed
to the house for protection. His voice
trembled with emotion and his face was
pale.
II ask the house and beg you, gentle
men, he said, ito give ME protection
from the governors son, Miles B. Nc
Sweeney, Jr."
There was Immediately the keenest in
terest Representative Lyles drew toward
him boy of IA and continued:
This is my boy, and on the floor of this
house the governors son has spat in his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-22
. STRANGER AND HE TOOK THEM IN

Special to The Journal.
Marshalltown, Iowa., Feb g22.-The name OF
L. M. Gray was forged to CHECK at Ode
bolt yesterday and the check cashed at one
of the banks. The amount secured was $b7.
1t was made payable to and Endorsed on the
back by Nels Larson. He was stranger and
has disappeared
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The BLACK ABBOT FORMULA

An unfaiHng specific, locally applied. for
the treatment and permanent cure OF diseases
peculiar to men, nervous debility and kindred
ailments.
The Black Abbot Company owns and con-
trolls the Black Abbot Formula, and, in order
to introduce it. will. for q short time only.
distribute these free trial treatments In Or
der that those who are afflicted may have
full and fair opportunity of thoroughly test
ing It's merits before they risk sending money
for the treatment. All who are suffering from
Structure, Vericocele, Nervous Exhaustion.
Weakening Drains, Self Distrust. Melancholy.
Lack Of Ambition and Loss Of Memory. are
urged to take advantage of this free ofter.
There is no other medical firm manufactur-
ing any treatment In any wise similar to the
Black Abbot Formula, nor has any other
firm the right to use the Formula or the
name.
7HE BLAOK A8B0T TREATMENT
Applied locally and directly to the affected
parts. No drugs to weaken the stomach ana
Yet powerful drug. self-applied, without pain.
exposure or detention from business