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The Republican journal., 1903-12-10
PATRIOTIC EDUCATION.

A circular letter has recently been
issued by Gen. Joshua l.. Chamberlain,
department commander OF the Maine
G. A. R., calling attention to the es-
Enlistment of staff department for
military instruction and patriotic edu-
cation. The appointment OF Charles
H. BOYD of Bosworth post OF Portland
has been made as a special aid on the
staff of the commander iH-chief for the
promotion of the work of the new de-
partment.
It is the intention of the G. A. R. to
begin work on the education OF the
public along lines with view to per
petuating the sentiment which prompts
the observation of Memorial day and
other similar matters.
The plan is for the different posts to
hold public meetings in their towns
and in various ways enliven the in
terest of the public in an understand
ing of the conditions existing at the
time of the Civil and other wars which
caused the great conflicts. 1t is sug-
gested that public discussions on the
history of that period be arranged.
The order also calls special attention
of comrades to the forwarding of the
movement for cultivating a spirit of
patriotism among the public school
children, the holding of patriotic ex-
ercises occasionally in the school rooms
in which the children take part and
occasional addresses by prominent
members of the G. A. R. on patriotic
matters. cit is suggested" says Gen.
Chamberlain in the letter, chat during
the coming winter evenings measures
be taken to increase the knowledge
among our people of the reasons and
issues of the war for the Union, and to
strengthen patriotic sentiment by the
study of the character and working OF
our institutions and the principles and
aims of the American people. which
determine their sense of loyalty and
duty. Where practicable a series OF
meetings might be held under the aus
pices Of the Grand Army posts to
which the families of comrades and the
community generally should be invited,
devoted to consideration of the mean
ing and effect of important move.
ments in our national history and OF
the nature of our institutions. There
are those in every community and IN
every post who could take able part IN
such service"
The Republican journal., 1903-12-10
A Woman'S Wealth.
Paine'SCelerY
Compound
GIVES VIGOR AND
STRENGTH TO DEBILITATED AND
RUN DOWN WOMEN.

1t is maintained by many distinguished
writers that the greatness of a nation depends
much upon the physical condition of its
women. The general conditions which con-
tribute to health and long life, are those which
do not imply a rapid and unequal exhaustion
of those powers by which life is maintained.
While we assert that the women OF our land
stand peerless for beauty and the virtues that
make them lovable, We cannot hide the fact
that there are thousands in our midst who,
owing to overwork, worry, household cares,
and an unequal exhaustion of life power, have
become weak, nervous, sleepless, and deblll-
tated
We bring to the attention of all weary,
respondent, hopeless, and sickly women
earth's great rescuer and health builder,
Paine's Celery Compound. Thousands of
healthy women around us owe their present
vigor, activity, and robustness to Paine's
Celery Compound. Mrs. Stephen Smith, St.
Paul, Mimi, tells how she was snatched from
the grave; she says:-
81 had bad attack of la grippe this spring
and was at deaths door, and no one ever
expected me to recover. was so weak that
as soon as they brought me out of one faint
l was in another. | could not take any
nourishment, and doctors medicines did me
no good. A friend advised my husband to
get me bottle of Paine's Celery Compound,
which he did, but had no faith in it. The
second day after taking the Compound, l
began to get real hungry and took an interest
in things. had everything that money and
loving care could supply, and with that and
Paine's Celery Compound, am now doing
my own work, while three months ago was
almost in the grave. know that owe my
health and strength to Paine's Celery Com
pound, and shall always recommend it."
The Republican journal., 1903-12-10
S. T.. COURT LAW TERM.

Tuesday, Dec S.h, the justices of the
supreme judicial court of Maine las
sembled in Augusta for the December
law term. The members of the court
who will sit at this term are: Chief
Justice Andrew P. Wiswell of Ellis
worth and Associate Justices William
P. Whitehouse Of Augusta. Sewall C..
Strout of Portland, Frederick A. Pow
ers of Houlton, Henry G. Peabody of
Portland, and Albert NJ. Spear of
Gardiner.
The two remaining members of the
court will be present for a part of the
time, since the courts annual meeting
so to speaks held at this term. 1t
was at this annual meeting one year
ago that the matter of more rigid en-
forcement of the prohibitory law was
discussed, so rumor says. At all events
the State is very we'll conversant with
the fact that Immediately after that
meeting the liquor dealers found that
the day of ''liberal enforcement" was
past and that they could look for no
feniency from the bench.
1t is not known that any question so
momentous as that of last year is to
come up at this terms meeting.
The docket will be probably some
what shorter than year ago and for
this there are several reasons. In the
first place by the Encouragement of
terms effected by the law of 1901 the
law terms keep up more closely with
the work of the nisi prius terms, there
by preventing the accumulation of cases
which was wont to weigh down the
docket. In the second place by reason
of enforcement, there are not the great
number of liquor cases up on demurrer,
which marked the day of liberal en-
| forcement.
The Republican journal., 1903-12-10
LIrrLEFIELD AT SCHOOL.
Arthur 1. Brown of this City Was His
Teacher,

Arthur L. Brown of this City Was His
Teacher.
Hon. A l Brown deputy secretary
of State and formerly postmaster of
Belfast, is an old school teacher. He
taught 33 terms in Kennebec county at
Weeks Mills, China. The school at the
Mills was very large school and had
been closed because the pupils had
driven out the teacher. Young Brown,
who was but 20 years old, reached the
Mills by stage from Belfast. The school
committeeman who hired him was a
gruff old fellow who kept the leading
store at the village. When the young
teacher arrived the storekeeper was en-
gagged in lowering hogshead OF mo-
lasses into the cellar, crowd of villag-
ers being grouped about to witness the
performance. Brown made known his
business and the groceryman after look
ing him over exclaimed in loud voice:
SIS this the kind of man they send
over here to teach school," Brown re-
think if you are a sample of the people
here l might teach them something"
He accepted the situation and remark
ed:"I guess you'll do" The young man
remained and kept the school, never
having any trouble with his pupils
Hon. Charles E. Littlefeld lived at
the Mills and went to school to Mr..
Brown for four years. The Congress
man, who was in Augusta this week,
said it was the best school he ever went
to. Deputy Secretary Brown, who
usually discusses literary and philo-
sophical subjects, had something to say
the other day about his scholars at the
Mills. Mr.. Brown said that while young
school he had the faculty of gathering
the points in his lessons easily and COM
ing quickly to conclusions which were
usually the correct ones. There was
never task or proposition in school
which he was afraid to tackle and he
was always sure he could dispose of it
cessfully.-Augusta New Age.
The Republican journal., 1903-12-10
Monopolizing the Seacoast.

The movement in Connecticut toward
Saving the Connecticut shore is likely
to spread to all other sections of New
England. Thirty years ago such step
would have been wholly unnecessary,
since the coast was all public, but about
that time the beginning of private occu-
pancy of the shore began. At first, in
deed, the owners did not attempt to
secure the coast, but bought extensive
tracts overlooking Long Island Sound.
Their view being often INSTRUCTED by
the public or by old landmarks, they
then began acquiring the shore itself
During the past four years this shore
gra bling has advanced with marked
rapi dity. In Maine it is estimated that
over one-half the coast is privately
owned .-Collier's Weekly.
The Republican journal., 1903-12-10
Loyal Legion Meeting.

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 2. The Deem
Der meeting CT the commandery of
Maine of the military order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States was
held this evening at Riverton. The
commander, Gen. Charles Hamlin, pre-
sided at the business meeting. Richard
Webb of Portland was admitted men,
Der of: the first class by inheritance
from deceased officer. A memorial
to the late Companion Maj. Eliphalet
Rowell was presented and adopted. A
large and distinguished party sat down
at the banquet, at the conclusion of
which remarks were made on the gen.
eral topic of "Battlefelds revisited, :"
Maj. Sidney W. Thaxter being the first
speaker. He was followed by Mai.
S. C. Gordon and Gen. Charles W.
Tilden,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
The stealing of Cattle.

One source of immense trouble to
cattlemen has been the calf thief.
Many a large ''outfit" has gone out Of
business on account of the 'rustler."
Where COW herders have to ride the
range for fifty or seventy-ive miles
they are likely to be forestalled in
branding a calf by some vigilant rust
Ter whose little mountain ranch is near
the usual grazing place of bunch Of
cattle Or very possibly the puncher
for the big sc ranch has caught and
branded the calf with its proper mark;
and when many months later he rides
on a yearling branded BOB he has
no means of knowing that the owner
of the latter brand has deftly touched
I'D the sc with a running iron by the
artistic addition of two strokes and
an added letter. 1t may be stated par
enthetically in passing that more than
one large "outfit" of to-day got its
start entirely from ''rustled" cattle.
In the more arid southwest rustling is
not so common because most of the
water is pumped and cattle get into
the habit OF coming home often to
drink and can be watched more close
ly. but even there it is a factor of no
slight importance.-Les Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
HOW SLEEP MAY BE wooED.
Movements of the Feet Will Quiet the
Narvoua BRAIN

Movements of the Feet Will Quiet the
Nervous Brain.
Most of the mental devices for WOO
ing sleep have failed because they have
nearly always tried to resort to local
treatment" in other words, they have
made a homeopathic attempt to stop
thinking by thinking about something
elsa process which might also be
called elimination by substitution"
But all thinking, spontaneous or forced,
draws more or less blood to the brain,
prevents deep limitations and bars the
gate to the kingdom of dreams. Any
device, on the other hand, which will
make one take deep, long breaths spon-
taneously (the invariable forerunner Of
sleep may be counted upon as a gen.
uine remedy for insomnia. Even deep
breathing which is forced is better
than any purely mental attempt to win
sleep. But if the deep breathing can
be produced involuntarily one is sure
of passport to Nodland.
After several nights of experiment
to this end the present writer decided
to apply the principle adopted by the
masseurs, who begin their manipula-
lions ''at the point farthest from the
seat of difficulty" which, in the case
of insomnia, would be the feet. Lying
on the right side, with the knees to-
gether, and considerably fexed, the
victim of insomnia should begin to
pedal both his feet slowly up and
down, with the movement entirely in
the ankles The pedaling should keep
time with the natural rhythm of res
piration and be continued until it is
followed by deep and spontaneous
breathing
Several people who have tried this
remedy report that involuntary deep
breathing invariably begins before they
have pedaled up and down dozen
the patient may need to keep up the
pedaling two or three minutes, or even
more, with intermissons, if necessary.
The treatment may also be varied by
moving the feet alternately, instead of
simultaneously, though the latter meth
cd has proved the more speedily effica-
cious in the cases known to the writer.
The explanation Of the result obtained
is probably simple. The blood is pump
ed from the head, and with the re-
moval of brain tension a general re-
taxation follows, with sequent deep
respiration and its resulting sleep
Good Housekeeping.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
Rain and the Hay Product.

Every farmer strives to get his hay
beyond the washing influence of rain
as soon as possible. Rain water may
dissolve and remove more than 10 per
cent of the dry matter of hay, and
what is thus removed may represent
quite 20 per cent of the feeding value.
Half an inch of rain means some fifty
tons Of water per acre, and if the crop
be equally spread over the ground. it
is, of course, subjected to the whole
of the washing influence of this guam
tity OF water. But if the crop be put
into Cocks that occupy only one-tenth
Of the area, it follows that the hay
win be affected by only one-tenth of
the rainfall, that is to say, by five in
stead of fifty tons of water. Not only
does water actually wash out much of
the soluble and most valuable constit-
uents OF hay, but ii also remoses the
aroma. and leaves the crop much less
appetizing as food for stock. The
color. too. suffers. and with ii the sell
Ing Value Massachusetts Ploughman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
CHAPTER XXI.

This, then, was the end of it all! The
wayfaring man. dead, in his upper room,
was not the Rev. Edwin C.. Stiles, but
Sir Arthur Glendenning the lost baro-
net.
Lost! Yes. indeed, lost to his friends.
but not murdered. And DIR. Elfenstein
felt thrill of joy pass over him as the
next thought came. His employer was
now Sir Fitzroy Glendenning, and he
was entirely cleared of the heinous crime
with which he had so long been charged.
He was ready to be received joyfully
back to his own estate and home.
Yes! his summons could bring him, for
he alone knew where he resided. He
should start for New York Immediately.
and accompany and care for him on ais
return voyage.
Then another thought canAaf-a
thought that made his heart throb tu-
multuously. and that thought was this:
His pledge had been fulfilled
Sir Fitzroy's name was cleared, and
now he was free to WOO and wed the girl
of his choice. But, as gladly as his heart
throbbed one moment before, so suddenly
had it sunk again, like lead in his bosom.
Was this girl-this one girl that he so
devotedly loved-worthy? Had she a
knowledge of that hidden crime? Was
her hand the one that nightly opened
those panels, and showed in that repul-
sive food to a human being-a peer of
the English realm Again, with a smoth-
cred groan he felt that it was she!
He remembered her wild enreaty, that
he should neither light a candle nor
search that corridor. on that dreadful
night. And he had been fool enough to
listen to her pleadings. Yes! He was
convinced that she had aided the inhu-
man brother in carrying out his wicked
purposes!
But again he thrust away the idea;
and at last resolved to see this girl, just
once more, accuse her of being an ac-
cessory to this foul, wrong, and then
near her reasons for so doing. Possibly
there might be some extenuating circum-
stances, some unexplained reason why
she had lent herself to this purpose.
CTo be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
Can a Farmer MaI,e MONEY

My answer is that very many farm
ers do make money. One must first
consider what the investment is in an
ordinary farm. A general farm of
eighty acres, with usual improve
ments, would not inventory more than
$4,000 to $S,0OO With the larger fig
ure the net income at 10 per cent
should be $500; yet no farm that is
considered to be at all profitable pro-
duces so little income as this The
daily living, which must be charged to
income, would amount to more than
this. If the general farmer comes
out even" at the end of the year, he
on his investment, and he has In
creased the value of his home at the
same time. The difficulty with farm
ing, considered from the financial
point of view, is not that the rate of
income Is low, but that the amount of
profitable investment is small. Con-
sidered in its bearing on the national
welfare, this fact is propitious, for it
means that the farm provides an in
dependent business of small resources.
Considered as means of producing
great individual fortunes, however, the
farm is inadequate, and it is to be
hoped that it always will be so, for at
least one great profession or business
should be measured in other terms
than money-producing power for the
individual
There is untold wealth in the soil.
There are practically no exhausted"
soils; they are mostly humus robbed
and poorly handled soils. No one has
ever yet reached the limit, on any con-
siderable scale, of what the soil is
capable of producing. Many men
make a comfortable living on ten to
fifty acres of land, and yet they al
ways expect to produce more next
year. Only here and there are we be-
ginning to develop really scientific
and businesslike agriculture.
The opportunities in farming are
| great. 1t is almost impossible for a
man to fail, If he knows the business
and has abilities that would lead him
| to success in other undertakings. 1t
is a general belief that almost any
man can leave the city and make a
| living on a farm. This is a grievous
error. Farming must be learned, as
must engineering or teaching. 1t can
not be learned from book or a bulle-
tin, but by farming. The older the
man VIXEN he makes a radical change
of business the less are his chances of
success If he has been in a subor-
dinate position in his former business,
his chances of success in farming are
less, for he will probably be deficient
in executive handling and Initiative
Often druggist or a preacher will
think that he can go to farming with
every assurance of success; yet he
would not think that a farmer could
go into tho drug business or to preach
| ing. Yet many a business man and
many rreacher makes a most sue
cessful farmer.-L. III. Bailey, in New
| York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
forty Years Ago.

The battle of Bristow Station, Va.
was fought between the Union troops
under Warren and the rebels under Hill,
Rutherford b. Hayes, afterwards Presi-
dent of the United States taking a con-
spicuous part.
Gen. W. s. Rosecrans was superseded
by Gen. George II. Thomas in command
of the army of the Cumberland, Gen.
e. S. Grant was promoted to the chief
command of the armies of the Cumber-
land, Ohio and Tennessee, and Gen. w.
Il. Sherman succeeded Grant as head OF
the army of the Tennessee.
President Lincoln issued his famous
proclamation calling for 100000 more
volunteers to serve for three years.
Gen. Hugh ]. Kilpatrick's Union cav
airy was defeated Mt Broad Run. Va, by
rebel cavalry under Stuart, 100 of his
men being taken prisoners.
Gen. r. E. Lees rebel army began its
retreat south from Bristow Station, Va,
Gen. Meade, with the army OF the Po-
tomac, having beaten him in the race
for a defensible position.
President Jefferson Davis dismissed all
foreign consuls in the South because OF
their adverse ruling on foreigners enlist
ed in the Confederate army.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
Thirty Years Ago.

A second 'black Friday" panic occur
red on the New York stock exchange,
Commodore Vanderbilt being among
those reported hard hit by a slump in
Lake Shore Railroad TO GO and New
York Central to So.
Seventeen persons died at Memphis,
Tenn, of yellow fever, and the city was
said to be deserted by all but the sick
and their nurses.
The price of gold fell to 10T7s at New
York, the lowest point since the Civil
War
President T. s. Grant proposed sys-
tenn Of posto1ice banks by which the
savings of the people could be deposited
with the government and secured against
panics.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

steers. 1t is supported by 2x4 braces
as shown at c. Cuopla is well
opened for free ventilation The floor
is raised one foot in the center, so as to
make sufficient fall for feed to drop
into feed trays, f. A slide. g. Ike inches
by Is feet. may be used to regulate the
flow of grain into manger. 1t should
have two handles attached as shown.
The door to the scoop hole should be
made with slides similar to scoop
board, as at a, and about 2x212 feet,
that there may be no waste of corn
whila filling the crib. The 2x4's, b.,
which form the bottom. should project
on e-lch side about 20 inches to build
the feed trough. w. Heide. in
Farus and Home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
Farm Notes.

No animal can be expected to make
starvation rations. Economic feeding
is the paramount issue.
The greatest mistake that can be
made is to allow stock to deteriorate in
gaining what has been lost when grass
comes.
The greatest profit has come from
lambs that never stopped growing I'M
| til they were sold. A lamb or any
other young animal that loses flesh is
| losing money.
| Some farmers have a side line when
engaged in farming. Some of them
make more at the side issue than they
do at the main vocation. Neglect must
come when one is engaged in a side
issue This has been ascertained by
bitter experience.
The sheep will find quite an amount
of forage on the stubble field which
other animals viii not touch at this
| season, but because a sheep is willing
to eat what it can find in that manner
should not deprive it from receiving
regular rations at the barnyard.
Agriculture will not have attained
the highest place until farms of the
country have been made to produce
annually the full measure of their ca
pacity. This means rotation, fertili-
cation and a host of other things that
must come with progressive farming.
Every farmer should have a few
grapevin1s. They serve as arbors or
shade, and can be grown where they
will not take up much space. All poul-
try yards will be improved if grape
vines are grown along the fences and
the fowls will find shade under the
overhanging branches in summer.
1t is the general impression that a
light, sandy soil cannot be made fer
tile. This supposition is not corrobor-
ated by facts. The most productive
farms in this section are those COM
posed largely Of sand. ard they are
easily improved with manure or fertil-
iIefS. give SOOu results, are NOTheu
more easily than clay soil and retain
fertility We'll
Hemp can be easily grown in nearly
all sections of this country but the OBJ
stacle to its successful cultivation is
the labor of preparing it for market
There is a wide field for inventive
genius in devising appropriate machin-
cry for specially treating hemp and
other fibrous plants which demand
more labor in some sections than can
be proftably bestowed on them.
In constructing a poultry house it is
best to have its face to the southwest.
as the sun will then send in its warmth
as soon as il rises The sun viii warm
the house until about o'clock in the
afternoon in the winter. If the house
faces the south. as Is usually the GUS
tom, the suns rays viii not enter be-
fore or 70 o'clock. although the morn
ing is the most important time for re-
ceiving the benefit.
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Twenty Years Ago.

Gen. james B. steedman, feno1s for
his relief Of Thomas at Chieiyamuuga,
died in Toledo, Ohio. aged 50 years.
Northern Pacific Railroad stock was
cornered in Wall street and the price adj
vanced from 63 TO 77A.
Sunset" Cox declared his election as
Speaker Of the National House and Sam
uel ]. Randall's defeat were assured.
Gen. William Teeumseh Sherman,
commanding general Of the United States
army, was retired from active service.
Congressman Warren of Ohio, one Of
the fathers" Of the American silver dol
lar, announced that the old trade dollar
was a failure in promoting trade with
China, and ought TO be abolished.
The United States Supreme Court gave
its decision on the civil rights bill, declar-
ing the law passed by Congress prescrib-
ing a penalty for discrimination against
negroes in hotels, railroad trains and
steamboats, was unconstitutional except
for the District Of Columbia.