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The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
The Passing of the Old Soldiers.

By recent inspection of the new
Army Register, the fact was revealed
that there is now one regiment in the
United States Army, the 18th Cavalry,
without an officer in it who participated
in the Civil War, either as officer or en-
listed man. 1t is the first break of the
kind since 1861. This is an event which
emphasizes the fact of the passing of
the old veterans. The discovery we
mention led to the further one that
there are now remaining no more than
lis veterans of the rebellion on the
active list in the whole military estab-
lishment, staff and line. Within year
or two there will be dozen or twenty
regiments without a single representa-
tive. The Civil War was of such mighty
magnitude, its events so pregnant with
interest, and so vital in bearing on the
Nations welfare, it was so colossal a
drama in all it's proportions both in the
acting and as matter of record, that we
can hardly realize that it has receded so
far into the past.
1t will, however, now be but brief
time before the old soldiers will have
released their hold entirely upon active
participation in the country's affairs,
both civil and military. No body of
men ever accomplished as much for
their country good as that represented
by the Grand Army of the Republic. 1t
performed nobler service than any
other army ever has, in the great war it
fought to successful finish, and at its
close it was absorbed into the pursuits of
peace, and took up anew the occupa-
lions OF useful citizenship as no other
army ever did. The Grand Army of the
Republic is unique in history in its
average standard of manhood, in its
splendid record of patriotic services
and in its claims upon the grateful re-
membrance of the nation. Its men,
bers have been generously dealt with,
but the pensions awarded, and the
annual Memorial Day eulogies spoken
are certainly but feeble equivalent
and recognition of the service really
rendered by the list of veteran soldiers,
which is now SO rapidly thinning. Pres
que Isle Star-Herald.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
A Renaissance.

In looking back over ones life there
are found many incidental occurrence s
which have changed its course very ma
terially, although some of them, appar-
emily of little consequence, have turned
out to be of the greatest eventually.
On Christmas night in 1858, tiny spark
borne by high wind from a burning
dwelling lodged in the topgallant sail of
famous sailing ship, Great Republic,
then lying at the foot of Dover Street,
with full cargo about ready to sail for
San Francisco. This spark set the sail
on fire, and extending to the rigging
and spars, which began to fall, ended in
burning the ship to the waters edge.
While the fire was yet aloft Donald Nc
Kay, her builder, appeared on the scene
and offered 1000 TO any man who
would go aloft and cut away the burn
ing rigging, spars and sails. No one
volunteered to take the risk.
While this fire was burning it's fiercest
there stooda silent, fearful witness in
the crowd on South Street, who was as
sincere a mourner for the partial loss
of the big ship as her eminent builder
This lad of fifteen had the day before
shipped as skysai boy on the four
masted ship. Then and there his fond
ness for the sea and ships forsook him,
and he is to-day one of New -York's in
tluential andWealthy citizens, and never
happier than when telling his friends
how a tiny spark caused him to abandon
the life of a mariner, which when boy
he had fully made up his mind to adopt.
The Great Republic at the time refer
red to was the largest sailing ship afioat
and the only four-master. Her after
mast was called the Mckay mast in
honor of the builder. She was burned
only to the waters edge, which included
her spar deck She was afterward re-
built and did valuable service abroad
during the Crimean war. The con-
struction of the Great Republic was a
great triumph in the art of naval archi-
lecture, and one cannot wonder at Mr..
Mckay's great sorrow as he saw spar
after spar fall upon her Snow-white
deck. 1t was weird, sad midnight
scene to those who realized the months
of hard labor that had been diligently
applied in constructing this beautiful
vessel, which was intended to circum-
navigate the globe when cargo could
be obtained.
The late Donald Mckay also built at
his yard in East Boston the following
named clipper ships, all of which made
quick passages between New York ard
San Francisco: The Flying Cloud, SO
days; the Flying Fish, 90 days; Sovereign
of the Seas notwithstanding being dis
masted), 103 days; the Bald Eagle, 107
days; the Empress of the Seas, us
days; the Stag Hound, 1l2 days; West
ward Ho, 107 days, and the Stafford
shire, 1O1 days. 1t is doubtful if any
other builder in the world could show
such record of speed in the same num-
Der of ships constructed.-Exc
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Home Again.
Thomas G. Field has Returned from the
Klondike Gold Regions.

Four years ago last April nine men
Klondike gold regions. They were
Cross, Simeon Estes, Pearl Kendall,
James Taylor, Dell Woods, Thomas
Brock and Louis Bowden. All save
the first and last named men have long
since returned home. Bowden was
last heard from in 80, when he went to
Dawson City, while Field recently
shook the country and started for his
home in this city, reaching here this
week.
Mr.. Field says he has come home to
stay. He has not got rich from his ex-
ploits, but has something laid away for
a rainy day He managed, he says, to
get along out there without freezing to
death or eating his dogs; in fact he has
no narrowing tales to tell of the life he
lived in the Turnaginarum district
some 1920 miles northwest of Seattle,
where some 400 people have squatted
down to get their living from mining
gold.
Most of the mining there is done
with pick and shovel, though hydraulic
drills are used some in mining low
grade ore. The men with pick and
shovel seldom 90 deeper than eight feet
before striking rock. The mining is
done in four months of the year. June,
July, August and September Mr..
Field says the miners spend the re-
manning eight months in cooking, cut
ting wood and chewing the rag with
the neighbors," though the last named
vocation implies no disrespect for the
neighbors, whom Mr.. Field says he
found to be as fine people as he would
want to find anywhere, number of
them Mailing from New England.
MI. Field worked in this district all
the time he was gone on his claim,
which he did not dispose of on leaving
the country but leased on shares to
friend. A claim stakes off about 20
acres, and the holder must have work
ed it 800 worth in a year in order to
keep it. The miner turns his dig
gings" into the United States assay
Office at Seattle, where he gets a check
cashable at any bank in the country
without extra charge of any sort.
Mr. Field says he was in excellent
health throughout his stay, not even
having cold till he took the steamer
for Seattle on his way home. The liv-
ing was good, canned goods being
chiefly in use, while moose, bear and
mountain sheep were plentiful enough
for the lovers of meat There were
few horses in the district where he
located, but dogs are used chiefly to tote
with in the winter. On the coolest day
Mr.. Field experienced the thermometer
registered 40 degrees below. There
were some as warm days as we have in
New England, but not many.
Mr. Field showed The Mail a nugget
of gold valued at S171O an ounce, about
as good gold as is mined in that coun-
try, and some Of these he intends to
distribute among his friends as souve-
Waterville Mail.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Poetry for Children.

Young people, in buying Christmas
presents of books, should not forget the
claims of poetry. There is in verse a
permanence of interest that makes it
especially adapted for presents. You
will find in the book shops many excel
lent collections of good verse, such as
the Golden Treasury of Palgrave, tile
''Children's Garland from the Best
Poets" selected by Coventry Patmore,
Palgraves "Children's Treasury"
Thatcher's Listening Child" 'The
Blue Poetry Book" 'Lyra Heroica" by
: Henley, the collection named last in
prize-list No. 8 above, the Boys Book
of Battle Lyrics" by Thomas Dunn
English, Poems of American Patriot
ism" chosen by Professor Brander Mat
thews, "Book of Famous Verse" select
ed by Agnes Repplier," "Once upon a
Time" by Mary E. Wilkins, and-ever
SO many more. ANY one of these will
be a gift that will outlast any story ex-
.cept thevery, very best.-Christmas st.
Nicholas.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
A NEW PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Proposed Extension Of the Grand
Trunk Railway.


1t is eloquent testimony to the pros
perity of the Canadian Northwest that
the Grand Trunk Railway is planning
to extend it's line to the Pacific. The
new road will pass far to the north of
the Canadian Pacific, and will open up
a region the wealth of which in agri-
cultural and forest products is only be.
ginning to be realized. Whether the
project will be favorably received in
Parliament remains to be seen. There
has been considerable prejudice against
the Grand frank because it uses Port
land, Me-, as its chief Atlantic termi-
nal, rather than a Canadian port, and
the members from the Maritime, Prov
inces have made this a ong-standing
grievance. There may also be some
feeling against all eventual competition
with the heavily subsidized Canadian
Pacific. But it is hard to see how such
considerations can weigh against the
obvious advantage Of the new trans
continental line. Ali the Canadian rail
ways, including the Intercolonial, which
is owned by the State, are prosperous,
and if the Dominion should oppose the
attempt to reach the new territories
from the east, she must expect to see
them reached from the south. This
would mean the diversion of Canadian
freights to American lines on a tre-
mendous scale. So the Grand Trunk
extension seems to be equally desirable
from the point of view of the railway
and national strategy. Obviously, the
United States will be an incidental
gamer from sea-water terminal only a
little to the south of the Alaska boun-
dary.-New York Post.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04


Some of the greatest questions with.
which humanity has ever had to deal
are still to be settled-.are, indeed, pres.
sing down upon our own time and day
with startling actuality. Now, indeed,
is the time for the Christian ideals and
precepts of purity, of brotherhood, Of
kindness, of truthfnlness, of fair deal
ing, of charity, Ia be kept in sight and
mind, in international relations, in the
relation of races, in the relations be-
tween employers and employed-in a
word, throughout the entire world of
affairs. 1t is practical man, a stu
dent Of communicable Hon. Carroll D.
Wright-who makes the following re-
markable statement: 81 believe that
in the adoption of the philosophy of the
religion Of Jesus Christ ASA practical
creed for the conduct of business lies
tt e easiest and speediest solution of
those industrial difficulties which are
exciting the minds uf men. to-day and
leading many to think that theorists of
is at hand From "A Lay
Sermon for Christmas in the Decem-
Der Century (EditoriaD.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Not a Democrat.
Ex-Mayor Hewett of New York Voted fol
Mckinley.

Ex.May0r Hewett of New York Voted for
Mckinley.
New YORK, Nov. 26. That he is no
longer a member of the Democratic
Party and that he has no sympathy
whatever with the organization which,
as he puts it, calls itself by that name,
was the emphatic statement made today
by Abram S. Hewitt, former Mayor of
New York and hitherto stanch Demo-
crat.
Mr.. Hewitt was unsparing in his crit
icism of the Democratic Party as it ex-
lists today, and declared. that the men,
bers of it were not Democrats at all,
but Populists. He said that when he
said, 81 am not a Democrat" he said it
because he wanted it distinctly under
stood that he was not the kind of a
Democrat David B. Hill is.
Ii the Democratic Party ever return
ed to it's former principles, Mr.. Hewitt
said, he might return to its ranks, but
not unless it did.
Mr.. Hewitt was seen today in the
Hewett mansion at No. 8. Lexington
Avenue. His residence, however, he
said, was not in this city. In speaking
of his lack of sympathy with the Dem
ocratic standards of today, Mr.. Hewitt
was most emphatic.
81 am not a Democrat" he said, "as
Democrats are today. l do not belong
to the Democratic Party as it is now or
ganized. l had been Democrat all my
life, but the party we used to call the
Democratic Party was of sound princi-
Piles.
"When l say am not Democrat l
want it understood that l am not the
kind of Democrat David B. Hill is.
Gas say, had been Democrat all
my life, but voted for Mckinley both
times. l could no longer abide the
choice of the party with which | had
been associated. The party that had
nominated Bryan was not the Demo-
cratic party. It was the Populists.
That's what the Democrats of to-day
are.
eff it should ever happen that the
party now calling itself the Democratic
party should return to it's former sound
principles, then I might return to the
fold, but not otherwise.
Il do not mean to say that | am now
of Republican sympathies. l have no
more affection for that party now than
| ever had. l simply mean that Lam
not of the So-called Democratic party
of to-day and cannot be. That's all"
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Young Folks Readings.
Books Chosen by St. Nicholas Girls and Boys
as Best to Their Taste.

Books Chosen by St. Nicholas Girls and Boys
as Best to Their Taste.
In the Books and Reading Depart
ment Of the September st. Nicholas
prizes were offered for the best list of
books, popular and profitable for boys
under ten years of age, sent in by read
were chosen by the judges, no attempt
order the three should rank, and are
published in the Christmas St. Nicholas ::
LIST NO. l.
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
A Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis
Stevenson.
The Birds Christmas Carol, Kate Doug
las Wiggin.
Greek Heroes, Charles Kingsley.
Hans Brinker, Mary Mapes Dodge.
King of the Golden River, John Ruskin.
Little Lord FauntlerOy, Frances HOdgson
Burnett.
The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain.
Water Babies, Charles Kingsley.
The Wonder Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
LIST NO. 2.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, F. H. Burnett
Lady Jane, c. V. Jamison.
Dorothy Deane, Ellen O. Kirk.
What Katy Did, Susan Coolidge.
Tommy Anne and the Three Hearts, Ma
bel Osgood Wright.
The Admiral's Caravan, Charles F.. Car
ryl
Little Men, Louisa NJ. Alcott.
The Story of a Bad Boy, Thomas Bailey
Aldrich
Black Beauty, Anna Sewall.
The Wonder Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
LIST NO. g.
The King of the Golden River, John Rus
kin.
At the Back of the North Wind, George
Macdonald.
The Wonder Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood,
Howard Pyle.
Water Babies, Charles Kingsley
+ Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
The Beechnut Book, Jacob Abbott.
Mary's Meadow, Juliana HOratia Ewing.
Carrots, Mrs. Wordsworth.
A Book of Verses for Children, E. V.
Lucas.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
ACUTE INDIGESTION
Cured by DR.. Williams' Pink PILE for Pale
People. Every Sufferer will Recognize
the Sy mptOms Described by Miss Rolling.


Cured by DR.. williams Pink PILE for Pale
People. Every Sufferer will Recognize
the Sy mptoms Described by Miss Rolling.
Healthy and rosy-cheeked, looking as
though she had never known sick day,
Miss Helen Rolling has nevertheless passed
through intense suffering. To reporter
who called at her home, No. 267 South
Washington street, Columbus, Ohio, she
said:
"Two years ago had an attack of acute
Indigestion, accompanied by nervous head
aches and dizzy spells. l lost in weight,
my complexion became pale and sallOw,
could not walk any distance without getting
all tired out. l became alarmed and sought
medical aid but the doctors gave me no last
ing benefit and l continued to grow worse.
My stomach could not digest even the SIM
plest and most wholesome food, and dieting
did not seem to help me. And ! was so
tired and worn-0ut all the while.
SIT was Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People that cured me. l read an article
somewhere telling what these pills had
done and l began taking them. Relief
came almost immediately. kept on taking
again with relish and with no fear of dis
tressing consequences. L began to feel
strong and active and in a short time was
restored to perfect health.
What DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People did for Miss Rolling they will do for
others similarly afflicted as is proved by
thousands of cases ON file.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure stomach
trouble by their tonic action, building up
the digestive organs and enabling them to
do the work that nature intended them to
do Artificial ferments and predigested
foods weaken the stomach in many cases.
Medicines should not do the stomach's work
but should put it in condition to perform its
natural functions A diet book giving use
full information will be sent free on request
by the DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. Y.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
A Cold Wave.

The forecast of sudden changes in the
and heavy cough may invade the sanctity
Of health in your own home. Cautious peo-
pie have a bottle of One Minute Cough
Cure always at hand. E. H. Wise, Madison,
Ga, writes: 81 am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my present good health, and
probably my life :" 1t cures Coughs, Colds,
1aGrippe, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and ali
Throat and Lung troubles. One Minute
Cough Cure cuts the phlegm, draws out the
inflammation, heals and soothes the mucous
membranes and strengthens the lungs. r.
III. Moody.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
Curious Condensations.

In London there are more fires on
Saturday than on any other day in the
week.
The Mexican dog has no hair The
hot climate makes such a covering
superfiuous.
| The ants of South America have been
| known to construct tunnel three
miles in length.
Silk is considered unclean by the Mo-
hammedans, because it is the product
of worm.
To drink sweet milk after eating
! onions will purify the breath so that
no odor will remain.
| To model, dress and keep in repair
some of Madame Tussaud's wax figures
cost over $1,000 each.
Bread as a daily article of food is
used by only about One-third of the
population of the earth.
Prisoners when arrested jim Morocco
are required to pay policeman for his
| trouble in taking them to Jail.
Mushrooms generally consist of 80
| per cent water, but the remaining 10
per cent is more nutritious than bread.
Each year about $50, 900 is expe nded
| in sprinkling the streets in London
with sand, to prevent horses from Slip
ping.
If great cold turned our atmosphere
to liquid air it would make sea 35 feet
deep over the surface of the whole
globe.
So difficult is the art of cutting gloves
that most of the principal cutters are
known in the trade by name and by
fame.
1t is one of the privileges of Chinese
commanding officers that they may
only be beaten by the hand Of their
generals.
Eaton square is the largest square in
London. It's area is 6O7, 900 square feet.
This is nearly one-sixth greater than
Lincoln's Inn Fields.
The world now consumes 100000
pounds of tobacco yearly, or 2,S12, 500
tons. This is worth $500, OOO, 900. In
other words. the worlds smoke bill is
just IS, 600, 900 a week.
The Kobe Chronicle, speaking of the
| imperial iron foundry in Japan, saws
that it has proved a failure because of
the limited supply of ore in that
| country. and that the governments
hor,es to secure the privilege Of work
ing the rich Hanging iron mine in
China.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
FOREcLOsURE NGTiGa.

Whereas, Grace l.. Proctor of Waht"" .,l.
County of MiddleseX and CommouW 'I.
sachuSetts, by her mortgage deed dijr' '
1894, and recorded in the RegiStrl Az Pc
the County of Knox, State of Maj h"5
Page 4, and also recorded in TIM -,ts
Deeds for the County of Waldo ~ ,4q
Book 26O, Page ass, conveyed to ,io'r v AZ ' .0
of Deering, III the County of CumbT'in. 15B
State, a certain parcel of real estat. 'i.''- AS,
said County of Waldo. and describe IS h.
to wit: a certain island in Penob,eoI iips
tween the Town of Camden and MI r. ADJ.
and known by the name of "Mark Sla''
containing eighty 500 acres. 44r
And whereas the said John NJ. Adams W, .',..
teState on October 20, 1897, and the und'' Tat
Adela S. Adams of said Deering. nov ~ ~
land, in said County of Cumberland. Was a Y"
vember "a, 1897, duly appointed admh stray. D
the estate of said John NJ. Adams drrf4 ,fgry
testate, and thereafter duly qualified anu G.5i
as the conditions of said mortgage Hf''
broken. ABB
Now, therefore, by reason of breach % NH
conditions thereof l, Adela S. Adams ,o7
administrator, claim foreclosure OF ''"
gage. ii llt
Dated this twelfth day of Novemhrr;I 4 rs
Al ADELA :. ADA "mm,
Administrative of the estate of John ''''
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04

The man in search of a coachman
looked coldly at the voluble and eager
young Frenchman before him, and
shook his head.
81 don't wish another valet" he said.
II have one already; there would be
nothing for you to do
But, monsieur" pleaded the young
man, with outstretched hands; ''if you
could conceive how little, it takes to
occupy mer'-(Youth's Companion.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
What's In A Name?

Everything is in the name when it comes to
Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. Dewitt & Co. of
Chicago, discovered, some years ago, how
to make salve from Witch Hazel that is a
specific for Piles. For Blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding Piles, eczema, cuts,
Wits Salve has no equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless cOunterfeits.
Ask for DeWitt's the genuine. R. H.
Moody
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
If you feel i'll and need a pill
Why not purchase the best?
DeWitt's Early Risers

AIe PITSeIS,
Take one-they do the rest.
w. H. Howell. Houston, Tex, writes-I
have used Little Early Riser Pills in my
family for constipation. sick headache, etc.
To their use am indebted for the health Of
my family. r. II. Moody.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-04
THINGS WE
LIKE BEST
Why is it They so Seldom
Agree With Us2

What's the reason the things We like
best 90 seldom seem to agree with usp
Maybe it's because we overeat of them.
Then follows q 1T Of Indigestion.
Only lasts day or two perhaps. But
It's most uncomfortable day or two.
We don't mean to abuse our stomachs
but We all do it more or less. We see
things we want and can't resist
the longing for them. When it's too
late we regret our rashness. But
there's a way to escape the conse-
Quences of such indiscretions. A dose
Of q good digestant like Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure will relieve you at once.
Indigestion is always due to the
same cause. Your stomach Is too weak
to digest what you eat. 1t needs rest.
You can't rest 1t by going without
food. That would mean starvation.
But Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will restit.
1t does the stomach's work. In the
mean time the tired organ is gaining
fresh strength. Before long it will be
Is strong as ever. You don't have to
diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will di.
gest any kind Of wholesome food.
Il had stomach trouble four years." says
Goo. R. Goliath, Alpena, Mich, (which was
70 bad that at times I was forced to remain
IN bed. At last was induced to try Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure from which received i'm
complete cure"
kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Cures All Stomach Troubles.
Prepared only by E. Q. DEWITT o.. Chicago
The 81. bottle contains tx times the Soc ska