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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

The Times has made frequent men,
ton of the progress that Washington
county is making as fruit growing
section, particularly the western part.
-Narraguagus Times.
Fruit was a scarce article in Wash
ington county half century ago.
About the only apple trees in Macbias
at that time were in Nathan L0ngfel-
lows garden, and they bore natural
fruit. DR.. Weatherbee had some plum
trees-damsons- in the Rufus K.
Porter garden were few plum trees
and the only cultivated strawberries in
the place, a white variety. Having no
apple trees to rob the boys of those
days used to pull and eat field turnips.
Those who laid in supply of apples in
the fall sent to Boston for them and
they were called Boston apples" Bald
wins, Spitzenbergs, Rhode Island Green
ings, Newton Pippins and Russets were
the standard varieties
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03
CENTRE MONTvILLE.

CENTRE MONTV1LLE.
Sumner Poland remains seriously ill.
His younger son, Frank M :, arrived from
Caribou Nov. 29th.. Ralph W. Howard
has gone to Ducktrap to teach winter
term of school. Miss Edith S. Stewart
of Belfast recently visited her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Lafayette E. Stewart. ..E. O.
Clement and wife have returned to New
port. p. C. Allen visited friends in Nor
rill recently....E. D. Higgins of Morrill,
was the guest of P. C. Allen the first of
this week. >. One of our good citizens re-
Gently bought chicken of the male per-
suasion to grace the Thanksgiving dinner
table. When the day set for the chicken .
exit from this world of sin arrived, his
owner went out to capture him. When the
feathered biped noted the murderOus CLEAN
in his pursuer's eyes he gave vent to q
shrek of dismay and flew upon the hay
NOW and concealed himself so that the
closest search was Of no avail. After the
holiday had passed he came out, and now he
crows Justify in the yard as though he fully
realized that his uncommon sagaclty, winch
caused him to remain hidden in the hay for
twenty-four hours, was all that saved him
from prematurely walking the glory lit hills
of immortality. :. Mr.. Sum ner Poland was
thought to be improving last week, but Is
again very sick with heart trouble. Mr..
Poland has been very successful Master
of Union Harvest Grange Tor several years;
THANKSGIVING night at the Grange hall.
The music was by Boynton and Thorndike.
-. West Jones has been home for Q short
visit. He has employment in Newport. -
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

STOCKTON SPRINGS.
Mr. John MIDGET left early last week
for Belfast to remain for a time-through
the winter if content-with his daughter
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin NJ
Croker. =. Mrs. Clifford Simpson and little
daughter, after a visit of several weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. II. West,
left last week for her home in Saxonville,
Mass. Mr.. Harry S. Park arrived We'd
nesday, Nov. 18th, to spend Thanksgiving
with his father and mother, Capt and Mrs.
G. C. Park, leaving Saturday to return to
his business at Worcester, Mass. 49,. Mrs
Henry Moulton was called by telegram the
middle of last week to the bedside of heI
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edward Moulton, in
Rosindale, Mass, who was seriously ill OF
pneumonia, which terminated fatally last
Friday. Great sympathy is expressed for
the bereaved young husband in this lrrep-
arabic loss -. Mrs. Rufus Hartman took
the Boston boat Nov 25th for visits in Mas
sachusetts :. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hanson
and daughters, IneZ and Celia, spent
thanksgiving with Mrs. HIS parents, Mr..
and Mrs T. H. Decrow, in Searsport.. Mr..
and Mrs Henry Libby of Pittsfield arrived
from New York, Nov. 18th, to spend Thanks
giving with Mr. Everett Staples, Jr., leaving
Saturday for their home. DR.. and Mrs. Her
man G. Hichborn and children came from
Cambridge, Mass, to spend nksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs Harry K. Hchborn,
and allow the Doctor little hunting. The
success in fox chasing all came to the host
instead of guest, our popular young post
master bringing in an animal Thursday
and starting another Friday, while our
genial friend, the Doctor, went home
empty handed last Monday. ...Miss Ann
Thompson and Mrs Maria T. Blanchard
spent Thanksgiving with the latter's sister,
Mrs Charles Heath, at Standpoint. Mrs.
b. went from there to Bucksport, where
she will board through the winter with her
sister, Mrs. Herbert Mixer. 1.-The Whist
Club enjoyed very pleasant meeting last
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Edward Har-
riman... DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Stevens enter
tanned a two-table duplicate whist party
last Friday evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert L. Hopkins moved Monday into
the house owned by Mrs. Everett Staples
on Church street. Mrs. David Berry will
spend the winter with Mrs. Staples, in the
absence of her daughter and family. Miss
Amy G. Griffin took Mondays boat for
Boston, en- route to Medfeld, Mass, where
she will spend the winter. Miss Mabel
Simmons arrived from Castlne on Monday,
to accompany her mother to Boston. Mrs.
S. will remain in the city with her daugh-
ter, Miss Lillian, until spring. Another
house closed for the cold weather in our
village! We are thankful for an abund-
ance of coal this winter.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

We have received a circular from an
apple shipper in which he says we need
not expect to see again this season, or
anyway until next spring, the top prices
that ruled during the fall in the foreign
markets: but that there will be another
opportunity to export and get nearly as
good prices as ruled then. This agrees
with other reports. The foreign mar
kets have evidently been over-supplied,
and only the very choicest fruit will
bring a fair price.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

In July last McClure's Magazine
completed the publication of part first
of a history of the Standard Oil Com
pany. In an editorial announcement
of part second, publication of which is
to begin with the December number,
McClure's makes the important state
ment that ".he Standard Oil Trust
could never have been created had it
not been for the special and illegal re-
bates on transportation which Mr..
Rockefeller was able to wrest from the
oil carrying railroads" Not only did
Mr.. Rockefeller get lower rates than
his competitors, but he also got draw
backs on the shipments of other peo-
pie. This soon drove most of the re-
finers out of business and gave the
trust a monopoly. For ten years the
independent oil men fought against
it. but they fought in vain. ''They
petitioned Congress for relief, secured
investigations, instituted suits, ex-
hausted their resources and their pa
thence in a combined fight against this
system" As McClure's truly says:
''The same practice would have given
Mr.. Rockefeller the control of wheat OF
corn, beef or iron. A variety of the
same practice created Mr.. Carnegie. "
In 1887 Congress passed an interstate
commerce law forbidding railroad dis
elimination and appointing commits
sion to see that fair play prevailed. 1t
has been impossible, however, to en-
force that law, and the beef trust is no
doubt sharing to-day the favors long
granted illegally to the Standard On
Company. When five years ago the
PENNSYLVANIA system announced that
no rebates would be granted to any one,
Mr.. Carnegie refused to do business
with the Pennsylvania and began to
! build his OWE road. The trusts have
grown so enormously rich that they
are apparently beyond any control
and it is doubtful if even government
ownership of the railroads would NEE,
the case. The ventilation the affairs
of the trusts are now getting, and the
increased price Of such indispensable
articles as coal and oil, must certainly
arouse the people as never before. ano
perhaps may bring about a day of reck
oning. McClure's says of the popular
and widespread notion that Mr.. Rookie
Teller "made oil cheap" that cit is
notion that cannot bear investigation
as Miss Tarbell will show in a careful
paper on the Price of OIL That re
moves the only reason why this trus'
should be tolerated.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

The railroads belong to the stock
holders aud the stockholders are the
people. says an exchange. 1t is up to
the people then to put stop to the
system of rebates and drawbacks which
created and fostered the Standard Oil
and other monopolies. 1t is the rail-
roads also that keep up the price OF
coal by refusing cars to the independ-
ent operators. Now what are the peo-
pie going to do about it?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

The Central Maine fair is an assured
success, by reason of its convenient To-
cation, the enterprising city of Water
Vile where it is to be held: and last, but
not east, the progressive, public-spirit-
ed men in the association. The presl-
dent. E. P. Mayo, is hustler, and what
he does not know about fairs is not
worth knowing. We shall all &C to
Waterville next fall.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

bowie las called on his followers for
=. coo, 600. saying he needs the money.
His family is now in Europe, where he
is soon to join them. The newspapers
generally think he will not go empty
handed and that he will be in no hurry
to return. Gone to join the shipbuild-
ing trust may be written on the walls
of Zion City.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Maine is a dry State, sure. Owing
to the shortage OF water in the rivers
and lakes many mills have had to shut
down, throwing hundreds of men out
of employment.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Tie Portland Argus says that the
new Panama republic finds itself going
along swimmingly and that it has
smooth sailing. What sort of a thing
is it which swims and sails both?-
Rumford Falls Times.
The nautilus. Come again.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

The Russell Club of the Boston Uni
versity is to meet Bates in debate, and
everybody will be eager to hear which
Bates
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Four out of seven Massachusetts cit
les chose Republican Mayors Tuesday,
and there were Republican gains in all
the cities. Five voted for license
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

The New York Yacht Club appears
to be playing the part of the dog in the
manger again; and one result is the
postponement of the Atlantic
YACHT race which was to have taken
place next year. This organization is
earning an unenviable reputation as a
spOil-Sport.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

One of the things that Belfast had
cause to be thankful for was that it
had escaped an epidemic of smallpox.
1t was little short of a miracle
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In advance, $500
wear: S1OO for six months; SO cents fol three
months.
ADVERTISING TERMS: For one square. one
inch length in column. rs cents for one week. and
IS cents for each subsequent insertion.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Many farmers would have a lot OF
money if they would take care of their
wood lots.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Last Thursday morning it was be-
low zero in Norway-Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

We don't wish to be presumptuous, but
you really don't know the delightful sensa-
ton of KISS till you taste those Dixie
Kisses. For sale only by A. A Howes &
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than ali other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease.
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has prov
and, therefore, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timOnials. Address,
FL. CHENEY & Co., TOLEDO, O.
ET- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03
swANvILLr.

HWANvILLE.
Mr.. Fred NJ. Nickerson, who Is teacher OF
our High school, and his wife, spent Thanks
giving with his wife's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli West, in Frankfort. Mr. E. II. Nick
erson and son Clinton of Portland were at
Maple Terrace Farm few days last week.
49,. Quite y number Of our young people
attended the Thanksgiving ball in Marden's
hall. -. Monday our much needed and long
talked of guide-boards were put in place.
Now we shall not be aroused in the middle
Of the night to tell travellers they are 7
miles from everywhere. -. Misses Martha
Curtis and Nellie Rose. who have employ
ment in Belfast, spent Sunday with their
parents at the Head of the Lake. Chester
Curtis was taken quite sick at the Grange
meeting last Monday evening and obliged
to 60 home.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Published Every Thursday Morning by the
Republican Journal Publishing Go.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

,,rD,pv Editor and
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03

Grover Cleveland in a letter to the
editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
gives his ''unalterable and conclusive
determination never again to become
the nominee of his party for the presi-
.dency. The Eagle then announced
that the support it had given Mr..
Cleveland for the Democratic Presi-
dental nomination would now be given
to Alton B. Parker, at present chief
judge of the Court of Appeals" Now
what has Bryan to say about it?
We heard a story last week of local
sportsman who went out for deer and
shot a calf. An amicable settlement,
with 81 as a consideration, was made
with the owner, and the hunter had
veal in place of venison for dinner.
Now instead of making an expensive
trip to Northern Maine, perhaps to re-
turn empty handed, why not go out
and Kill COW? 1t would be cheaper,
and beef is better than nine-tenths of
the venisop that finds its way to table.
A poor deer is very poor eating. 1t our
suggestion should be generally adopted
it might pay farmers to raise cows ex-
pressly for this purpose, and there need
be no close time. A beginning might
be made on the wild heifers that roam
the pastures in the fall.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

From August 20 to December
10 is three months and 20 days.
The interest on 1864 for 3 months
and % days at 10 per cent. will
be the bank discount, which is
$l0.S3. So the bank paid 1858. II
for the note.
10. First term is ), second
term is 30, third term is 1870,
fourth term is 1880, fifth term IS
64S0. There are five terms.
To those who are complaining
that the problems are puzzles"
and not practical" | would say
that the fact is the first three
problems give a test of ones
knowledge Of what he 80 glibly
rattles off at school during the
beginning of his study of arith-
metic under the headings of Nota-
ton, Least Common Multiple
and Greatest Common Divisor.
The fact that 80 many teachers
can give definitions of the three
above subject, and still not gee
that those principles are to be APP
piled to problems given them, is
a complete justification of the
man who gave the questions.
Besides, / should think that
measuring wood, finding cost of
feeding horses, mixing tea, find
ing interest and bank discount
are intensely practical affairs.
Ten problems we're given and
teachers we're required to answer
only eight. So if they answered
only four they passed in arith.
metic in the examination. Those
who failed answered only three
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

S364.00 equals amt. due in
six months after June Is, or on
December Is.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14
September Examination Questions on
Arithmetic,

AS many newspapers of the state
have commented on the September
examination questions on arith-
metic, we publish them in full be-
low, with solution of same by Su-
perintendent J. S. Abbott, of the
San Angelo public schools The
following taken from the Dallas
Morning News Of Sept. 10, gives
an idea of the criticism of the
questions:
Temple, Tex, Sept. 14.-The
result of the examination of APP
plicants for teachers certificates
in Bell county, which was held at
Bolton Friday and Saturday of
last week, was considerable of u
surprise in it's outcome. Thirty
six applicants were examined, and
of this large number only six
passed the examinations success
fully. This is the largest percent
age of failures ever known in the
county, and the large majority
fell down in arithmetic. Some of
the applicants state that the
questions in this department sa-
vored more of puzzles than prac-
tical problems. The next exami-
nation can not be held until De-
cember, and this is certain to
cause Encouragement of teach
er's assignments over the county
in a number of cases.
QUESTIONS.
Answer any eight. (Third grade
applicants answer any Sky.
/. The fraction O.305 is express
ed in a notation similar to our
decimal notation, but upon the
base, or radix, six: express the
same fraction rs u common frac-
ton, and also declmally.
2. Blocks of the same cross-sec-
ton have respective lengths of
0-10, 3-5, J, 2-5, and $40 of a foot
what is the inside length of the
shortest box in which such blocks
may be packed without wasting
space, and 80 that no two blocks
OF different lengths shall lie end
to end?
3. If the cross-section of the
blocks described in No. 2 is one
square inch, and the inside width
of the box is five inches and it's
depth one inch, how many blocks
of each size would 1T contain I'M
der the conditions stated?
4. How can you tell by inspec-
tion whether u number is u null
tiple (a) of two, (b) of three, (c)
of five, (d) of six, (e) of nine?
3, If wood is piled between
stakes 8 TT. 6 in. apart. and the
pieces of wood are 3 TT. 4 in. long,
how high must the pile be made
to have u cord and a half?
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

The Press for fine Job work.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14
Notice to Trespassers.

Notice is hereby given that all tres
passers on the ranches and lands own
ed or controlled by the undersigned
in Tom Green county, for the purpose
OF hunting, fishing, cutting timber,
hauling wood, gathering pecans, cut.
ting bee trees, working stock or hunt
ing hogs, or in any way molesting
any OF our stock or damaging the
premises, will be prosecuted to the
full extent OF the law, unless bearing
a written permit from the undersigned
y. NJ. CoLLYNS,
BY q. COLLINS, Manager.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

Issued Wednesday Mornings. once OF Pub
LEGATION, ChadbOurne Street. Opposite Mays
Building. Telephone 2N
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

or less. A man shat cannot solve
but three problems out Of those
ten should not teach arithmetic.
The only way to have better
schools is to have better teachers.
The present State Superintendent
of Public Instruction has been
making it harder for teachers to
get certificates, which is one way
of getting better teachers. How
ever, larger per cent. of appll-
cants get certificates now than
formerly, This is a hopeful sign
in educational affairs.
J. S. ABBoTT.
The Press for fine Job work.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14
Saved His Life.

J. w. Davenport, w lingo, Ky.
writes, June IA, 1902 II want to
tell you l believe Billiards. Snow
Liniment saved my life. / was
under the treatment of two doc
tors, and they told me one of my
lungs was entirely gone, and the
other badly affected. / also had
a lump in my eide. don't
think that / could have lived over
two months longer. / was in
duced by a friend to try Ballard g
Snow LiDiment. The first appli-
cation gave me great relief; two
fifty cent bottles cured me sound
and WE'LL 1t is u wonderful medi-
cine and I recommend it to suf-
fering humanity" 25c, SOC, S1.00
Sold by the Central Drug Store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14
To the Ladies Of San Angelo.

My new fall stock of ready-to-
wear and dress hats has arrived.
I am better prepared than ever to
supply your every want concern
ing head-wear for babies, chill
dren, misses and ladies'. Call
and see the new styles.
Mrs. ALICE SIMMONS.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

Fresh meat-beef, pork, veal,
mutton, sausage, ETC.; oysters
and fish at Louis Heitzler's, the
butcher. Remember him with
your orders. Phone 23. 5-tf
Best stamp photos at Henry's
gallery at lowest pric es.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-10-14

NDIuo u 'uollDly MhuO VIII ~ ''oO
to feed 45 horses rs days with
corn at 80 cents a bushel? The
required calculation must be made
in clear, simple and condensed
manner, and upon the principles
of compound proportions"
Z. In what proportion must
three different grades of tea, cost
ing respectively 40, 30 and go cts.
a pound, be mixed TO make a mix
ture costing 4S cents a pound?
8. When a Fahrenheit thermo-
meter stands at 81 degrees, what
is the reading on the Centigrade
thermometer?
8. On June 10 | took note for
$3.50, due in six months and bear
ing 8 per cent interest; August 20
/ discounted the note at bank at
10 per cent: what did the bank
pay me for the note?
10. In a geometric progression,
the first term is 5, the ratio 8, the
last term 6,4c0. Find the number
of terms.
ANSWERS.
1. This is not puzzle. Every
child that has studied arithmetic
has been taught notation and nu-
meration. Units. tens, hundreds,
thousands, ETC., sounds familiar.
That is, we understand the radix
system upon the base ten-our
decimal notation. On a base six,
then, we should say units, skies,
thirty-slxes, two hundred sixteens,
etc Hence the fraction .305 on II
base six, is 3 sixths, 0 thirty
sixths, 5 two hundred sixteenths.
3.G plus Obs plus 5.2lG equals
1l3-21G. Expressed decimalIy is
.5231-4SllS.
=. 1t is evident that the box is
a multiple Of each block. Since
the shortest box possible is re-
CURED, it must be the i. G.. NJ.
of $40, 3-5, !, 2-5, $40, This is
Is.
3. AS many of the first kind can
be placed end to end as there are
$40 IN Is, which is 20. Since
each block is an inch wide, and
the box > inches wide, there can
be ) rows of 20 each of the first
kind, which is 100. SO the box
will hold 100 blocks of the first
kind. The number of each of the
others can be found similarly.
4, A number is II multiple of 2
if it ends IN 0, ., 4, s, s. 1t is a
multiple of 3 or of nine if the
sum of its digits is multiple of
3 or of 9respectively. 1t is null
tiple of ) if it ends in 0 or 5.
Any even number is multiple of
6 if the sum of it's dleits is divis-
ible by 3.
3. Il cords equals 1872 cubic feet.
81 by 81 equals 3G1-6. 1872 divid-
ed by 361-G equals 1152-361 feet,
the required height.
6. S0:45
SIG ::54 cost.
IS 80
45xl6xG0x54 divided by 30xSx75
equals sos equals cost.
40 s 1874
7. $3.50 24 "A
60.12 I2I2
So it must be mixed in ratio of 4
to 4 to 2 or = to , to /,
s. GS degrees f is rs degrees
above freezing. $50 degrees f
equals 100 G. l degree f equals
SOC. 86 degrees f equals 20 de-
grees G above freezing. So when
the f thermometer reads So, the
G (centigrade) reads 20 degrees.
0. $3.50
.0S
2)$2S 90 interest for year.
II 90 interest for 6 mo.
$350.00
$4,000 equals amt. due in
six months after June Is, or on
December 10.