The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-18
Z The Charming League will meet this,
Thursday. afternoon at the home of Mrs.
George ". Stoddar(? 1oO uioh stroot

The Channing League will meet this,
Thursday. afternoon at the home of Mrs.
George ". Stoddard, 100 High street.
The Republican caucus to nominate a
candidate for Mayor will be held Thursday
evening, March Sd, at the court house.
The ward caucuSes for Wards and i will
be held the Wednesday evening preyious
and for Wards l, and Immediately after
the general caucus
belfast has one youth who possesses the
true patriotic sentiments. A few men were
discussing the Eastern war and one re-
marked: "Japan can lick ANYTHING of her
size on top OF the earth" Immediately
very small boy stepped to the front and
doubling up both fists, said, ''No, she can't.
She can't lick us''
The warrants and voting lists for the
spring election, to be held March 14th, are
posted at the usual places Ward l at the
South Primary schoolhouse; Ward at the
Belfast Opera House; Ward at Memorial
Building; Ward at Carrow's store: Ward
at MitchelPs store. The board of regis
tration will be in session March 9th, 10th,
18th and 18th, to make the additions and
final corrections
The FISH MARKET. The ice along the
coast has caused great shortage of
fish and the market is short of cod.
haddock, etc. A small supply has been re-
ceived from Boston, but not enough for the
demand. CLANS are nearly out of the mar
ket as the flats all along the coast are cover
ed with heavy ice. Halibut came in quite
plentifully the last of the week, and the re-
tail price dropped from % to 20 cents per
pound. Smells have been very scarce for a
few weeks past, and at times are entirely
out of the market. A few years ago hun
dred pounds was not an unusual days cat, h
for man, but now a man rarely exceeds
ten pounds, and some DAYS no fish at all
The slnelts will not bite, and are probably
not on their usual feeding grounds. The
flats being covered with ice makes it i'm
possible to get clam worms for bait, and
smelts DO not take to other kinds. This
probably accounts, in part, for the short
age The eel fishery is also a failure, the
heavy masses of ice in the flats having
Killed these fish in their beds. Those that
have been speared were dead.
Hot AIR. The present winter has been
hard on the pocket and the coal bin, and
has brought out the merits-and dement's
OF the different methods of heating and the
different makes of furnace. Steam, hot
water and hot air have all been tried in the
balance and to certain extent found want
ing. There has been some complaint of
inferior fuel. Shale and slate are not a
success in generating steam or making hot
air, and these substances have in some in
stances been unusually plentiful in the
coal bin. Generally the owner of a furnace
will put it before all others, whether it
be an Atlantic, Glenwood or a KELSEY:
but when it comes to getting up red-hot
heat under the most adverse circumstances
we think the palm must be awarded to two
homemade furnaces. That is, of course,
if we let their respective owners and build
ers tell it. For obvious reasons we do not
name them These furnaces burn wood,
not coal, and the heating capacity of one
may be judged from the following incident
visitor one evening threw his overcoat on
settee in the hall near the register and a
draught brought it within the ascending
current of hot air. When he put on his
coat to leave it was found that the gutta
percha buttons had been melted off.