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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Yachts and Boats.

The yachts Caprice, Glide and Alice b.
are being put in condition and will soon be
ready for launching.
W. II. Quimby has sold his launch which
he has used on Pitchers Pond to parties of
Providence, r. L., and has ordered new
one of f. L. Macomber
The yacht Anita, owned by Roberts
Brothers, is undergoing some changes this
spring, including enlargement of the cabin,
building an ice chest and some minor
changes.
Roy Coombs is building a boat So feet
over all and 10 feet beam, for Capt Isaac
Dunbar, at Vinalhaven. She will be fitted
to use for pleasure parties in summer and
fishing in winter. The iron keel is row be-
ing cast by the Belfast Machine & Foundry
Co. She is to have the spars taken from
the Roberts yacht Anita, which have been
replaced by longer ones.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24

the material IN souvenirs, have "back-
ed out" as the proposition is harder
than it looked at first, and the interest
in the souvenirs has subsided..... Mrs.
James MCGOWAN, aged 2S, of fuckers
Corner, a hamlet in Ulster county,
New York, has given birth to five chill
dren, all girls, and all are doing well.
Mrs. McGowan'S other children are a
son and pair of twins. Charles
Dickens Office table, chair and looking
glass, and another high backed chair he
used in the editors Office of All the
Year Round We're sold at auction in
London recently for S425. They were
given at Dickens death to his house
keeper and sold by her to COLLECTOR.
Mrs. Lottie G. Dimon, widow of Henry
&. Dimon, who was killed in the Park
Avenue Tunnel accident on the New
y ork Central Railroad, several months
ago. was awarded $50, 900 damages
against the railroad company by jury
in White Plains, New York, April 18th.
Two lecture bureaus have been fight
ing over Miss Stone, and the other day
one of them applied to the courts for
an injunction TO prevent her lecturing
except under its auspices. The court
refused the request: and Miss Stone
will be permitted to lecture.....A promi-
nent geographer has Just made an in
teresting calculation. He says that if
the oceans of the earth We're to be
emptied of their water it would take
the rivers flowing into them 40, 900 years
to bring them up to the present level.
Reports from Olmstead, ILL.,. say that
the Cincinnati and Memphis packet City
of Pittsburg, a large sideWheeler, was
burned to the waters edge near Tur-
ner's Landing, April 20th, and that be-
tween 80 and 60 passengers and crew
are missing.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Transfers in Real Estate.

The following transfers in real estate
We're recorded in Waldo County Registry
of Deeds for the week ending April %, 1902: :
A. r. Myrick ct ais, Troy, to Joseph Estes,
do. land in Troy, Orrin f. Estes, Troy, to
Joseph Estes; land in Troy W. S Stevens,
Troy, to Carol A. Estes, do land and
buildings in Troy and Knox. Henry
Coombs, East Providence, r. l., TO Merrill
r. Coombs, Providence; land in Isles sboro
Ralph Emery, Detroit, Mich, to Elma L.
Cahll Emery, do; land and buildings III
Belfast. Belfast Loan and building Assn
to Mary f. Hall, Belfast land and buildings
in Belfast Charles H. Batchelder, Gar
land, to Fred W. Canny, Dixmont; land in
Troy. Luther A. George, Searsport to
William George, do; land in Searsport.
Horace Staples, Stockton Springs, to Emery
ID. Bickmore, do. ; land in Stockton Springs
David Marshall, Frankfort, to Helen NJ
Nealy, Monroe; land in Monroe Adela
Il. Hichborn, Stockton Springs, to VIM. A.
Clifford, do. land and buildings in Stockton
Springs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Concerning Local Industries.

Pendleton Bros. have received 3O-horse
in Islesboro. The Belfast Machine &
Foundry Co. is making and fitting the shaft
ing, pulleys, etc.
Capt. F. S. Pendleton went to Camden
Monday to get the hard pine for the keel
sons, ETC., for the new schooner, the keel of
which is laid in the Pendleton yard in Bel
fast. The oak and hackmatack are being
loaded on the cars at Island Falls. The
hard pine arrived Tuesday.
The outlook at Leonard & Barrows' shoe
factory is most encouraging. They now
have $50 hands employed, and have orders
on which to begin next week calling for an
output of 1900 pairs daily, which will re-
quire the employment of more than 200
hands,
Mathews Bros. are working as large
crew at their mill as they ever had and are
taking on new hands. O. f. Frost, the
superintendent, says business in their line
looks unusually good all over the country
People are building better and more expen-
sive houses. The change is noticeable in
the Mathews mill, which for many years
has done work on the better class of resi-
dences and public buildings.
Mark Wood & Son have recently finished
large amount of fine work in mar bic,
ranging from small markers to 7-foot monu-
ments. The work includes the following
plain block of italian marble for Jose
phine Dean; a carved tablet of light marble
for Chas. A. Watson; and a light marble
tablet for James Bradbury, all of Camden;
an italian marble tablet to be set at City
point in memory of Lydia Brooks Ferguson;
an Italian marble round top tablet for Eliza
A. NORM of Prospect double tablet of
variegated marble for Washington and
Lydia j. Patterson of Monroe white granite
blocks, with raised gothic letters for Rev.
James NJ. Leighton to be set in Grove
Cemetery, and for Arthur w. Robinson in
South Belfast a cap and die monument of
variegated marble, feet high, surmounted
by ball, for the Williams and Pendleton
lot in Islesboro, and a varegated marble
monument surmounted by an urn for Albert
j. Bowen of Monroe.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Blaine's Unmarked Grave.

A Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, in describing the
beauties of the national Capital, speaks of
OAK Hill cemetery in the northwestern
suburbs, and dwells with surprise and re-
gret upon the fact that the grave of James
q. Blaine at Washington is still practically
unmarked, Save for little white slab, two
or three feet high bearing the name and the
dates OF birth and death, there is nothing to
mark the spot where was laid to rest, a de-
cade ago, the greatest American statesman
OF his time, the prince of parliamentarians
the superb and magnetic party leader who
won the hearts of the people as few public
men have ever won them What a sequel
this is to the busy and brilliant life
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Maine's Senators for Her Farmers.

Our Maine Senators, Hon William P.
Frye and Hon. Eugene Hale, stood for the
true interests of the great dairy industry
and the farmers of Maine in their votes on
the oleomargarine bin in the Senate of the
United States. Both Senators voted against
the proposition of Mr.. Scott of West Vir-
ginia to recOmmit the bill to committee, and
voted for the passage of the bill as amend
ed, which was carried by vote of 80 to 81.
It is a triumph for honest dairy goods and a
black eye for adulterated food products.
Honor to Names Senators for standing by
the interests of Maine farmers
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
A FARCE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The Glass of 'O2 Present "The Elevator" il
Fine Style.

The Glass of 'O2 Present "The Elevator" in
Fine Style.
'The Elevator a farce in three acts, was
presented last Friday evening in Memorial
Hall by the Senior Glass of the Belfast High
classes. The hall was filled to its utmost
capacity and the audience was we'll enter
tanned. Although it was the first appear
ance of several of the actors on the dra-
matte stage, all the parts were creditably
taken and the work of the prompter very
light. The actors were well made up and
each one seemed specially fitted for his or
her part. The play represents gathering
OF ladies and gentlemen in response to a
dinner party given by Mrs. Roberts. BY a
series of incidents, husbands became separ-
ated from wives, father from sons and
daughters, the aunt from the niece, etc.
When half the party had collected in the
elevator, and when half way up, the machi-
merry falts work and they are mprison-
ed The others of the party collect in the
drawing room and wonder what has become
of the missing ones. The mystery is at last
solved, but some time elapses before the
elevator can be induced to move The play
abounds in laughable situations which were
greatly enjoyed by the audience Following
is the cast
Mrs. Roberts, Miss Marguerite D. Pilsbury
Mr.. Roberts, MI. Daniel A. Could 'O3
Mrs. Miller, Miss Margaret f. Billings
Mr.. Miller, Mr.. Austin j. Fernald
Mrs. Curwen, Miss Milie /. Darby
Mr.. Curwen. Mr.. j. Percy Simmons
Miss Lawton, Miss Lena E. Leavitt
Dr. Lawton, Mr.. John c. Clement
Mr.. Bemis, ST., Mr.. William P. Hussey
Mr.. Bemis, Jr., Mr. Frank r. Keene
Mrs. CraShaw, Miss George A. Triggs
Mr. Willis Campbell, Mr. Burt L. Knight, 'O3
Elevator Boy, Mr.. Ernest S. Weber, '05
Synopsis-Act l. Mrs. Roberts drawing
room in Hotel Bellingham Act H. Interior
of elevator, Hotel Bellingham Act Ill Hall
Of the Roberts apartment, Hotel Belling-
ham.
Musical features were introduced before
and between the acts, all of which were
heartily encored The overture was by
Miss Evelyn NJ. Wood, 'o4, and solos were
given by Miss Helen E. Dilworth, 'o3, s'May
Tme," and Miss Katherine c. Quimbv, 'O5,
"t[he Old Town Clock
Homemade candy was served during the
evening.
After the fall of the curtain on the last
act, the hall was cleared for dancing, and a
pleasant time followed. The music was by
M. and Mrs, Prescott d. H. Carter, violin
and piano, with Elijah Howard as prompter.
Fernald, '02 was floor director
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Anonymous Letter Writers.

II woman is caught writing ANONYMOUS
letters the doctors call her graphoideoph-
renOlac. If that does not cure her the case
is hopeless.-Exchange
If a man is caught writing anonymous
letters he is called a sneak, and when public
criticism condemns him there is no cure
Why should the woman be more fortunate?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
News of the Oranges.

Twelve new oranges have been organized
in Maine during the past five months.
Star of Progress grange, jackson, has
awarded the contract for building an annex
to their hall to Fred Taylor of East Jack
son. The new building is to be 25x25 feet
and two stories. The room on the second
floor is to be finished for dining hall for
the grange Work is to be completed Oct. 1.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
,5atents OF To-Day's Journal.

rAGE l.
4 rue Week. Subsidy on Small Vessels.
u stockton Dead. .Obituary..A Farce
t school. Supreme Judicial Court.
JDather Report. Concerning Local In
NtrthportS Valuation. Transfers in
.Ju...A Yachts and Boats. Anonymous
NY Personal.
PAGE2.
jm in Georgia. "A Library of Music.
IA Contented People. To Make a
nue.. Cuba'S Vice PRESIDENT. Value OF
,U Ball.
PAGES.
t Pitch Lake of Trinidad. The New
the Navy Perfumes as Disinfect-
ITS . Years Old. Names Oldest
EofiectionS of a Bachelor Keep Ad-
PAGE4.
high School Notes. Wedding Bells
Week .Drugged and Robbed The
Ks An Early Spring. The Churches.
rAGE5.
Belfast Secret Societies County
zee Local Improvement Societies.
PAGE ..
Fo0ling Evidence that He Was
He Had the Best of 1t II he Mod
Ir..Beglster of Deep Water Vessels
That Count. Dreaming of Home,
lg Table Decorations. Life History
FAGE7.
Week A spring Poem in Prose
. "Old Glory. IA Tiny Flower ;
Tile Nays New Head. Pointed
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
725 People Killed.

Grand Total of Railroad Victims in Three
Months Reported.
WASHINGTON, April 1s. The Interstate
Commerce Commission has issued a bulle-
tin, showing for the three months ended
Sept 30, 1901, a grand total of 725 killed and
1922 injured in train accidents of all kinds
in the United States. The total number of
traln collisions was 1,217 and derailments
LOOP, causing a damage aggregating $1.S42-
224 to cars, engines and roadways, exclusive
of damage to merchandise.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Hot in New York.

New YORK, April %. This was the hot
test April q in this city since 1886. The
mercury climbed to "a, the highest point, at
p. m., and it was the same at p. m. Then
came cooling breeze, which sent it down a
degree at six O'clock.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Queen Wilhelmina Ill.

HET Loo, HOLLAND, April 1s. Queen
Wilhelmina's fever has not abated, but the
condition of the royal patient is said to be
satisfactory. A cable message was received
from President Roosevelt.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Northport's Valuation.

F. A. Dickey, Esq, our Northport corre-
spondent, sends us the valuation of that
town, for which he is indebted to the as
SCISSORS:
Resident real estate. $1O5, 61O 90
Nonresident real estate. .......... 16S,4 ,445 90
Resident personal estate. ......." 49, l4S 90
Nonresident personal estate. l,120 90
Amount of real and personal es-
tate Observation-Disclosures. S294, 1913 90
No. of polls taxed. d................
No. of polls net taxed. d.................... 29
Polls pay $50 each.
Rate of taxation, .01j03
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
Belfast Weather Report.

Following is summary of the weather
record of the Belfast station of the U. S,
Weather Bureau for the week ending April
%, 1902:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24
VS. OF THE WEEK.


nave occurred in Portland
present epidemic.....A Rock
zee Of the peace has married
n his 40 years of service and
uple of the 10 has ever sever
l TO sever the matrimonial
lie should make public his
VI, H. Dunn, chief train
,r of the Eastern division of
.e Central at Bangor, has been
TO active division superin-
III that division, to succeed
A. White, resigned. Arthur
IAN of Portland will take the
Bangor made vacant by the
m OF Acting Superintendent
.o viii assume charge, May /.
uld is the latest Maine city to
rugh the generosity of Andrew
g.. The multi-millionaire phiIan-
Aas agreed to give the Lime
so. coo for a public library in
dt the city will find suitable
and vote $4,000 annually to the
If the library. conditions that,
ioubt, Will be accepted joyful
IT Maine cities benefited BY the
y of Carnegie are Lewiston,
and Eastport.....Ch Charles W.
lhe Cundy's Ilarbor sailor
ta was recently found dead in
trt the seashore a short distance
home. is a prisoner in the
ud county Jail. April 18th he
ed i'll Boston, on a charge of
The first consignment Of pos
vas shipped from the Rumford
.n.cy to st. Louis. Mo. FRIDAY,
yXt car load will be shipped
utldcago. Each car contains
ciIds worth so. .oo0.....By the
IL rt q canoe ON the MessalOna-
. 18TH. b. y. Foeg, aged y. of
4~droWued and Albert Sturte-
.umrroW escape. Fogg was un
Tile body has not been re-
Jf the 4,olS schoolhouses in
I..1 are reported in GOOD CON
. "a. Was a slisht gain over tile
...aug OF this total number
uoIs have United states flags.
U- year there were G6 school
.lt at a cost of SlO3.45S. which
estimated value of all school
t. 94.j33. obs. which was a de
ttp ypar of ~1f1 Al The
5rry Wilder. who dlsappeared
home in Bath April It'll. was
.hr New Meadows river April
Wilder was last seen leaving a
Bath at 10 o'clock Monday
\pril 7th, and it is supposed
H the bridge Of the /. b. & B.
lille on his way home. He
AIS old and was employed in
central railroad roundhouse
His mother survives him
urtis has taken charge of the
aill hold an inquest. The In
4' Paper Company has increas-
er earnings about 500 600 the
I.. The International has i'm
uJls at Rumford Falls and at
nts il Maine. The Interna-
-,ets are put at S59. 500 OOO-two
ucher than d year ago. 1t has
Of s., $50 600. The paper
Jusiness is verv profitable.
Isle has another claim to dis
4 letter reached there from
90. last week, though the writer
rcted to put the name of the
lhe envelope. To have lived
WIS and two cities and yet al
AVE resided in the same house
id experience of Mr.. and Mrs.
oW Hawkes. of Morrill's Cor
land, who celebrated their 10th
anniversary on Wednesday.
t. mind, is not on stills. The
,. Nns+hronk and Daor;nr tba
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24

HliEF. Since 1898 fleet of bat
cruisers and torpedo boats,
than the two fleets that con
NJ. me ships of Spain, has been
the American navy. The new
. ''ntains 10 battleships, armored
f.. ) semi -armored cruisers, pro-
rfulsers, monitors, % torpedo
it torpedo boat destroyers and I
"atne boats-in all, IS vessels. Of
~, fsoels battleships, u destroy
, - torpedo boats and 4 ''subma-
fn ave been completed, and many
oe other vessels will be finished this
,,,. ...- England has deficit of only
InI 900. She will borrow 100 mil
oui5 n5 aud try to make up the rest by
and Gf0lllg up some of the present taxes
Can tutVlng on as many new ones as it
.o., g ulnk of. The war is terribly
h NY ohe.,...The youngest governor
M "e union is William McCrOskey of
a g,o oVate of Washington. He is only
Is 6r,; iuaiS old. "..Governor General Wood
ma, ming that the wreck of the Maine"
bor, ,'ilace to navigation in Havana har-
abao,9 9e removed. The work will cost
ofeyesdS ofrs dS6oo,o00. The private firms that
''0 TO do the work for the use of
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24

Mr. Levi Rich died in East Jackson April
18th. He was born July 19, 1920, and his
whole life was spent on the same farm. He
was one of the first members of the Congre-
gatlonal church at Jackson. He held sever
al town offices during his early life. Mr..
Rich was a very industrious man, but of a
specially kind and social nature so that he
made friends mot only in his own vicinity,
but in the surrounding towns. His three
daughters were with him during his illness.
Mrs. Catherine A. Currer of Everett, Mass,
Mrs. Isabel J. Boody of Brooks and Miss
Rebecca NJ. Rich of jackson. He survived
his wife about four years. Mr.. Ransom
Rich of Somerville, Mass, the only living
member of his fathers family of eight
children, was present at the funeral. The
late Nelson Rich of Belfast was a brother.
The officiating clergymen at the funeral
service We're Rev F, W. Barker, pastor of
his church and Rev. F. S. Dolliff of Island
Falls, formerly OF Jackson. Mr. Rich's
favorite song, Sweet Bye and Bye, was sung
by Mrs. f. W. Barker and Messrs. Jones
and Morrill,. The flowers were abundant
and beautiful
The funeral of Frank AlonSon Greer of
North Searsmont was held at the church in
Morrill, April 18th, Rev. H. l. Holt offici-
ting, Many and beautiful were the floral
offerings from relatives, playmaJes and
neighbors. He was son of Levi and Dora
Greer, and died Feb. 18th after an illness of
but seven days of malignant diphtheria, at
the age of 5 years, 3 months and % days
He was bright, lovable child, and his
death was a severe blow not only to the
bereaved parents, but to large number of
neighbors and friends, who had become
attached to him by his sunny and loving
disposition.
ga loving one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is Stilled
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
God, in his wisdom, has recalled
The boon his love has given,
And though his body slumbers here,
His soul is safe in heaven"
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cester, conducted by the pastor of::the Uni
versalist Church. The daughters Hattie
and Albina accompanied the remains to
Belfast, and the interment was in Grove
Cemetery.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-24

Uu in Georgia. "A Library of Music.
IA Contented People. To Make a
nue.. Cuba'S Vice PRESIDENT. Value of
,U Ball.
Smyrna times., 1902-05-07
Falling From a Great Height.

1t will be remembered that Mr..
Whymper, who had a severe succession
of falls once in the Alps without losing
his consciousness, declares emphatical-
ly that as he bounded from one rock to
another he felt absolutely no pain. The
same thing happens on the battlefield.
The entrance of the bullet into the body
is not felt, and it is not till he feels the
blood flowing or a limb paralyZed that
the soldier knows he is wounded.
Persons who have had several limbs
broken by fall do not know which
limb is broken till they try to rise. At
the moment of a fall the whole intel
lectual activity is increased to an ex-
traordinary degree. There is not a
trace of anxiety. One considers quick
ly what will happen. This is by no
means the consequence of presence of
mind 1t is rather the product of alb
sOlute necessity. y solemn composure
takes possession of the victim Death
by fall is a beautiful one Great
thoughts fill the victims soul. They
fall painlessly into a great blue sky.
Smyrna times., 1902-05-07
drugstore HumOr.

A Philadelphia druggist has made the
following collection of amusing missivcs
that have been sent to him from time
to time:
Il have a cute pain in my baby's
stummick. Please give bearer some
thing to cure it."
My little girl has eat up lot of but
tons. Please send a nemetic by the
enclosed boy"
Dear doctor a dog bit my child on
the leg please send some cork plaster
and cutter eyes"
pleas send by bearer one postal
card Also kindly give bearer, my son,
some licOrice root"
Deer doctor wot is good for tirefoy
fever send some quick | got it,"
Let my Iohny have a glas of sody
waiter. wud come myself but | am
washing. 2. S. the 5 cents is for the
sody waiter"
IF you can fill the enclosed prescrip-
ton for % cents do so. If not return
by bearer"
Smyrna times., 1902-05-07
A Leap TO Fame.

In the Smithsonian institution at
Washington is a glass case containing
a stuffed cat. A card tells why this
particular cat is known to fame, and
the story is as follows:
Many years ago while the Washing
ton monument was still in an unfinish-
ed condition an adventurous and pa
triotic cat ascended the interior of the
shaft by means of the ropes and scat
folding. When the wOrkmen arrived
at the upper landing the next morning
and began to prepare for the days
work, the cat took fright and, spring
ing to the outer edge, took the leap of
16O feet to the hard earth below.
In the descent, which was watched
closely by twoscore Of men, the cat
spread herself out like a flying squir-
rel, fell slowly and alighted as cats
always do, on all fOurs.
After turning over on the soil a few
times as if dazed she prepared to
leave the grounds. She had got al
most beyond the shadow of the mOnu-
ment when a dog belonging to one Of
the workmen pounced upon her and
killed her, she of course not being able
to run as fast as usual after perform
ing such an extraordinary feat.
One Of the men rescued the body of
the cat, smoothed out her silky coat
and turned the remains over to a rep
7 resentative of the Smithsonian institu-
ton, who mounted the skin and placed
| it under the glass case.
Smyrna times., 1902-05-07
Mexican EtiGuette.

There are some points of Mexican
etiquette that to many foreigners ac-
customed to more brusque and busi-
nesslike ways seem often affected and
unnecessary, such, for instance, as the
ofttlmes protracted discussions as to
which of two gentlemen shall enter
street car or doorway first or which
shall be allowed to walk on the outside
of the sidewalk. AS a rule, however,
most foreigners who live for any length
Of time in n Latin country come to en-
ioy the more cordial forms of greeting.
although frequently they do not realize
how thoroughly they have adopted
them in their own conduct until they
return for a visit among their country
men.-Mexican Herald.
Smyrna times., 1902-05-07
Ants That Strike.

Certain kinds of black ants have lit
tie yellow ants which do most Of their
work for them. Once in awhile these
little yellow fellows will go on strike,
and the blacks" try to force them
back to work by cutting off their food
supply. If that does not succeed, they
will attack the strikers in force or
make a raid and get another gang of
'yellows" into the colony. But the
newcomers, as a rule, join the strikers.
The strike ends by the ''yellOws" es-
Gaping and founding a colony for them
selves, or they give in and settle down
to work again.