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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-30

But they were too weak to stand.
All of them were wounded, half-starved
and fever-stricken. So the govern
ment troops propped them up in chairs
and shot them as they lolled there,
Only the white man was spared, in
order that his case might be inquired
into
When he protested to Gen. Manigat
against the cruelty of shooting help
less captives that triumphant warrior
merely blew a cloud Of cigarette smoke
and remarked calmly: "Cest la
gierre."
Late on New Years eve," said the
American, they tried me by court
martial. When l woke up on New
Years morning was in the calaboose,
sentenced to be shot at shutdown. 1t
wasn't very pleasant waiting. | was
quite glad when a gold-laced officer
entered the cell toward evening. with
a paper informing me that his excel
lency, the citizen president had been
pleased to pardon me, in consideration
of the request Of the American minis
ter and of the fact that it was New
Years day.
81 believe they had never intended
to shoot me, but only to brighten me-
/ for they hardly dared to touch a white
man whose country owned a navy that
might lombard their ports. Anyhow,
l got out of Jail in time to eat my
dinner with some American and Eng
fish friends on a coffee plantation near
Miragoane"
An American globe trotter tells how
he once spent New Years day hunt.
ing crocodile in Jamaica, West In
dies. i
After long hunt the crocodile was
found buried beneath the mud in a
shallow bend of river on the planta.
ton. The hunters only carried small
shotguns, which were useless against
the beasts tough hide, covered as it
was several inches deep in mud.
But the planter was a man of re-
source. He sent hurriedly for negroes
and set them to work to construct two
strong walls Of bamboo poles across
the bed Of the stream, thus inclosing
the crocodile in prison from which
he could find no escape.
After the walls were built every.
body hid quietly in the tall grass on
the banks and waited. Hour after
hour they laid there. Their luncheon
consisted of sandwiches and flask OF
rum punch.
1t was not until the end Of the aft
ernoon that the crocodile, finding il
could not break through the bamboo
barriers, crept out of the water. Be
fore it could drag the whole Of It's
huge carcass out Of the mud 1t was
lassoed and hauled toward the bank by
twenty willing hands.
Too surprised to offer resistance, the
beast at first suffered itself to be al
most dragged on the bank; but II
caught on the edge with its forepaws
and made desperate struggle. Tween
ty yelling negroes hung on to the 9th
err end Of the rope, but could not drae
thot crocodile up; they could only
prevent it from Topping back into the
water. again. Honors were even II
that terrific tug-of-war.
At last yoke of eight oxen had tc
be brought. They soon dragged thu
beast to the bank, where 1t was tiet
around a tree and dispatched witt
axes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
THE APPROACH OF AUTUMN.

All too soon have come Natures an.
nouncements of the approach of au-
tumn. In the fields and along the way
side are the yellow plumes of the
goldenrod. In the garden the color
scheme grows daily more gorgeous
as the early autumn flowers un-
fold their brilliant petals. The rich
tones of the asters in their royal pur-
pies and crimsons, the variegated phlox
the flaming scarlet of the red gladioli,
the intense yellow of the rudbec LAS
now in their prime, contribute most elo-
quently to the gayety of the out-of-
doors world, which in a few short weeks
will show a decided change. With all
it's splendor of fervid hues there is a
subtle suggestion OF sadness in the on
coming of autumn, and one cannot help
regretting the shortening OF the glori-
Gus days and the passing of the flower
pageant. While the weather remains
warm and summerish one does not no.
tice the gradual change in vegetation,
but comes a day when the wind blows
from the North, and in the cool crisp at
mosphere distances have al October
clearness; then on all sides are sudden
ly visible many heralds of the waning
season-here and there following leaf,
the ripening seed-pods of wayside weeds,
fat, elderly, black crickets scrambling
boldly across ones path, and overhead
one may see occasionally tiocks Of early
migrating birds. If the summer were
twice as long it would be none too long
for nature lovers who find in its passing
much occasion for egret.-Listener in
Boston Transcript.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
"a -
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Boqgta
Signature s' &e>WAZzzzx
THE KRYOLITE TRADE.
Practically Abandoned After 40 Years o
Disasters.

Practically Abandoned After 40 Years of
Disasters.
The New York Herald recently pub
liShed an illustrated article on 1.-The
Passing of the Kryolite Trade-Most
Dangerous of Ocean Industries" which
is of local interest from the fact that
one or more vessels for this trade were
built at Bucksport by Mckay & Dix.
kryolite is a mineral used in the man
ufacture of certain kinds Of glass and
some forms of soda. 1t can only be
found, in paying quantities, in Green
land, and was shipped from the port of
Ivigtut. While kryolite was used by
ships engaged in the trade sailed only
from Philadelphia. For the first sea-
son in decades not one went out this
year. After forty years Of hardship
and danger, with an almost unpre-
cedented record of snipwreck and peril
Gus adventure, the kryolite trade be-
tween America and Greenland has been
practically abandoned. OF the sturdy
fleet that braved the Arctic rigors in
this remarkable trade six were lost.
One was never heard of after sailing
for the North. Others were crushed
like egg shells in the ice. Few made the
trip without bringing home tales of
extraordinary bardships and continued
struggles. Many ships were imprisoned
for :weeks in the clasp of icebergs. Two
at least each battled for four months
at the very entrance of Ivigtut, able to
see the town but powerless to get in.
'In all the annals of the sea- says the
Herald, "the like of this record for
thrilling adventure and suffering
probably cannot be found" Two of
the barks lost in this trade were built
in Maine-the Silicon in Bath and the
Thallium in Bucksport. The trip on
which the Thallium was lost was her
first. While thirty miles from Freder-
ickshaab she ran upon an iceberg. A
big hole was torn in her bow, and see
ing that she must soon founder the
officers and crew abandoned her. For
ninety miles the crew of the Thallium
struggled in their small boat to reach
Frederickshaab. What meat they had
they were obliged to eat raw. Long
before they arrived at port their food
had given out entirely, and they were
on the verge of being starved.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
RECLAIMING A MAINE FARM.
Miss Agnes Miller, Of

Excellent evidence of what may be
done in the way of retaining some of
New England's so-called worn-out
, farms is afforded by the experience Of
Mr.. C. F. Mabery Of Cumberland
county, Me. Six years ago Mr.. Mabery
purchased an abandoned farm consist
ing of 200 acres. At that time it cut
about % tons of spear grass and had
only one barn. No stock was kept
I The first year Mr.. Mabery bought
fertilizers and worked II acres that
have given excellent yields ever since.
Since then the acreage has been increas-
ed. Last summer there were 25 acres
fresh in grass. Desiring to keep some
stock, Mr.. Mabery purchased a few
high-grade Jerseys and gradually chang
ed into the best thouroughbreds he could
buy, beginning with young animals to
save expense.
From his herd about 400 tons of man.
ure have been secured every year. Ferti-
lizers are still purchased freely and mix
ed from formulas. In planting corn,
the ground is we'll MANFRED and fertili-
ger is put in the hills to help the young
plants.
The farm contains fine big orchard
and a vigorous growth Of hemlock, pine
and hard wood. There are now three
barns, including the stock barn, 10Ox40
feet, hay barn, 70X4O feet, and a second
hay barn 5Ox4O feet. Part of the corn
is raised for the ears and the remainder
for the silo, although all the stalks are
used for silage purposes.
Great care was taken in selecting the
Jersey stock, and now that the young
animals are maturing, the wisdom OF
this policy has become evident. The
herd consists of 25 COWS, Is to 20 fine
heifers and few males, making alto
gether about 60 head. Milk is bought
from farmers and handled in the cream
cry; skimmilk, butter and cream being
sold. In the creamery there is a Is
horse power boiler engine used for run
ming the machinery, cutting wood,
pumping, cutting corn, grinding, etc.
Five men are now employed on the
place and three horses.
Some 5000 pounds of butter are made
every month, from which there is a large
quantity of skimmilk. Eight to ten
brood sows are kept and the young pigs
sold. A year ago the sows ran out in
small field all winter with open pens.
, berry claims that although this is not Of
Lcu uolc III NEW LHSiduu, ~ 10 JIG ucot
I plan. The pigs are given little corn
, with skimmilk, in summer the sows
! have only skimmilk and grass in field
in which they pasture. They eat the
grass like cows.
| There are several very large springs
on the place, of the purest natural wa
ter, and brooks run from them. These
springs give an abundance of water
in the fields and pastures. A windmill
and power pump carries water into all
the buildings, where it is kept in basins
f! in front of the cows, as we'll as used
! freely III the creamery. In its present
excellent condition the possibilities of
the farm seem almost unlimited.-New
England Homestead.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
Literary News and Notes.

The fly leaf of Stewart Edward
Whites book, 1.-THE Forest" bears the
inscription: "To Billy" In explanation
of who "Billy" is, one literary journal
has come forth with the statement that
the book is inscribed to Mr.. Whites
half-breed guide. "Billy," let it be
stated authOritatively here, was Mr..
Whites special name for Miss Grant of
Santa Barbara, CAL, who is now Mrs.
Stewart Edward White.
At no previous Worlds Fair has any
single individual undertaken to make a
complete study of the whole in its every
department and phase. This, Mr.. John
Brisben Walker has attempted with
reference to st. Louis, and presents to
the public in twenty-five articles, accom-
panied by two hundred illustrations,
the largest, most costly and best print
ed copy of The Cosmopolitan" ever
issued. The Cosmopolitan" has pur-
sued the sensible course of not chang
ing its price of ten cents for this extra
large and special number, so that those
who stay at home, and those who go to
the Fair, can both find convenient
guide in The Cosmopolitan" at rea-
sonable price.
Will Irwin, who collaborated with
Gelett Burgess in ''The Picaroons" and
"The Reign of Queen Isyl," has recent
ly left his native California to come
East and join the forces of the New
York Sun. He was formerly Sunday
editor Of the San Francisco Chronicle.
A rather "spooky" incident lies behind
his decision to accept the Sun offer A
short while ago letter came to him,
and, when he opened it, he received
quite shock of surprise in recognizing
the handwriting of his friend, the novel
list, Frank Norris, who had been dead
some months. The friend to whom the
letter had been entrusted had delayed
in mailing it. In it Norris advised Irwin
to "Get to New York, :" and the delayed
epistle arrived just in time to help Irwin
decide to accept the offer to come East.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
COD FISHING ON THE BANKS.

1t has been surmised that the fishery
on the Newfoundland Banks, which has
just begun, would be unusually profit
able, because of the phenomenally high
price of cod-liver oil last winter. But
the Norwegian season, which is earlier
than the one here, must have been very
favorable, as the market price OF Oil
has run down until now it is quoted as
being only one fifth higher than 1t was
this time last year. However, stocks
of fish are low the world over, and there
will be larger fleet than ever off the
Banks and at the old places along the
coast for the next month or two. The
great dealing and curing concerns are
all enlarging their ''fakes, or outdoor
drying scaffoIds, to meet the increased
harvest which may reasonably be ex-
pected to be brought in by the large
number of boats fitted out this year.
Just now the fishing is exceptionally
which the cod are found. The best fish
are found far down-great, large -t1aked,
thick feshed, small-paunched fellows.
They are drawn up main strength, but
are usually dead, or nearly SO, by the
llult GItS dlt lldulCu W CllC olAetSS3
owing to the difference in the pressure
of the water. Their tremendous gills
show what prodigious quantities of wa
ter they have to breath out to obtain
their air supply at the great depth at
which they live. 1t is probable also
that they derive nourishment from
minute marine organisms they strain
out of the water as it pours through
their gills.
Some of the men believe that these
great cod are of different variety from
the smaller ones commonly caught in
shallower water They are not dainty
feeders by any means. On the smaller
boats the bait is not always very well
preseryed-ends of meat, chopped dog
fish, young devitish, and other odds
and ends found in the pound nets. But
the big fellows take it all the same, and
when the location is we'll chosen come
up heavlng and painting every time the
hook is thrown out. Their omnivorous
voracity is almost incredible. Bits Of
leather, marlinspikes, iron bolts, ball
of Irvine, leather sounding plummets,
hoofs of deer, are among the curious
things which dissection shows some of
them have gathered in.-Montreal Ga
Zette.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
YACHT H1LDEGARDE DAMAGED.
lowed to Rockland From Naskeag. Diver
I. NJ. COttrell Sent For.

i. NJ. COttreu sent For.
The big steel racing schooner yacht Hill
degarde, owned by Mr.. Coleman, bank
president of Lebanon, Pa, struck an I'M
charted ledge or a submerged wreck while
Ell route from Bar Harbor westward, Aug.
22nd, while passing Masked Point, in Eg-
gemoggin Reach, and leaked so badly that
the party of fifteen aboard were put ashore
at Sargentville and the yacht was beached
in Il cove near by. The yacht rested easily
in the soft mud and the leak, which was for
ward in the bottom, was cemented and
patched up temporarily. Word was sent TO
Bangor for tug, but there was some delay
until Wednesday afternoon, when her
pumps were set to work and Thursday
evening the Hidegarde reached Rockland
in tow OF the Segun and was anchored off
the south marine railway l. NJ. Cottreil of
this city was sent for and went to Rock land
with his diving apparatus to examine the
yachts bottom. He found that plate in
her bottom forward lad been started, OPEN
ing hole about nine inches long. The
force of the blow had broken Il dozen rivets
also. When he reported to Capt. Morton that
there were splinters of wood sticking out
from her bottom the skipper said this
was impossible because her huh was of
steel. Mi. CottrelI went down again and
confirmed what ne had reported, several
splinters Of wood being found imbedded in
the outer cement covering of the bottom.
This convinced the captain that the yacht
had struck a submerged wreck in the Egg
gemoggin Reach. He was in the chartered
course when she struck, he says. The
Hildegarde has been temporarily patched
up and will be towed to New London,
Conn, for complete repairs. She is one of
the most noted schooner yachts and par
ticipates in the big races She is valued at
about S175.000 was built in 1897 in Whining
ton, Del. She is of 1874 gross tons, 1o5 feet
long, % wide and is 19a in depth Her
halllng port is Newport, r. l.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
Gillhooly Rode the Goat.

Maud Muller on summer day,
Her lodge insurance went to pay.
She donned stylish tailor gown,
And looked the belle of all the town.
The day was sticky, warm and fair,
So Maudie stayed to curl her hair.
Each golden lock-a Titan red
Chung lovingly about her head.
And truth to tell, from head to feet,
The maid was most demurely sweet.
The Judge stood in his Office door
As Maudie passed by FOlsom's store.
He gave look of glad surprise,
And exc he made those goO-goo eyes.
His playful fancy slipped away
10 clover fields and new-mOwn hay
And while he gazed, a love-lorn wreck,
A little bird sang "Rubberneck p
Maud Muller with her witching airs
Had climbed the secretary's stairs.
She soon emerged upon the street
And started home with her receipt.
The Judge so tall and debonair
Said "Howdy?" to her, then and there.
In Maudie's eyes merry smile
Lurked ever and anon the while.
Upon the swain she worked dodge
And got member for the lodge.
The minutes of next meeting note,
That Judge Gillh00ly rode the goat.
Robert Rexdale in Fraternity.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
Newport R. l. to Isle au Haut.

Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer of Boston,
who came from Newport, r. l., to
Rockland across New England in rec
ord time on special trains and boats
Sunday, Aug. 2Sth, reached Isle au
Haut about O'Clock Monday morning
She found her mother, Mrs. Paul Re
we're, granddaughter of the Revolution
airy hero, in slightly improved al
though still critical condition. The
last stage of the journey, the trip from
ROckland to Isle au Haut, was the
most trying of all to Mrs. Thayer She
was offered the use of the auxiliary
yacht Vesta, owned by Louis Herzog
of New York. The yacht was well
under way and several miles off shore
when the wheel became entanged in a
lobster pot rigging. The shaft was bent
and the feed pipe from the gasoline
tank broken, letting out about 150 gal
Ions of gasoline.
The yacht was obliged to put back to
Rockland to make temporary repairs.
Fortunately favorable breeze sprang
up and the Vesta got away under sail,
making quick run across to the is
land
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
Register Of Deep Water Vessels.
SHIPS.

SHIPS.
Abner COburn, arrived at San Francisco
Feb % from Baltimore via Montevideo.
A G Ropes, ID. Rivers, arrived at Phila-
delpbia Aug 80 from Kahnlui
A } Fuller, sailed from Newcastle, S
W, July 10 for San Francisco.
Aryan, A. S. PendletUn, sailed from Homo
lulu June tor De!a are Break water.
Bangalore, Blanchard, sailed from Kah-
, lulu May q tor Delaware Break water.
. E b Sutton, arrived at Hong Kong July
10 from Cheef0o iOr Honolulu and Della
ware Break water.
Fort George, arrived at Honolulu Aug 1
from Newcastle, N. 5. W.
Gov Robe, arrived at San Francisco May
Is from Baltimore.
LuZon, Park, sailed from Honolulu June
! for Delaware Break water.
Mary l.. Cushing, sailed for Port Blake
ley Jn 10, from Port Townsend for sgd
ney, n. s. ".
Manuel Llaguno, y c Nichols, cleared
from New York June for Cheefoo.
Puritan, a. \. blanchard, sailed fir IN
San Francisco N"v for Hull.
Ia | Revere, Whittier, sailed from New
castle. \ 5 W., july IA for tebu.
Reaper, arrived at honolulu May 80 from
New castle, n. ). W.
S ID Calletol,, Amsbury, sailed from
ST Paul, W Treat, arrived at Seattle
March ) from Manila.
Title L. Sta, buck, Eben Curtis, sailed
from HilO Aug % for san Francisco.
Vim Ii Macy. arrived at San Francisco
March 20 from Ladys 18th.
RARKS.
Edward May, sailed from Maxwell June
90 Ton San Francisco.
Ethel, Williams, arrived at Fernundina
Aug ~ from New York.
Mabel | Meyers, G y Meyers, at Bridge
water, \ $, Aug 50 for i1uenos Ayres.
penUbscot, arrived at BuenoS Ayres June
9 from Boston.
Rebecca CrOwell sailed from Frank fort
July % for Havana.
Rose lnniS, Melvin Colcord, arrived at
Acora, W c A. Aug. from Pensacola.
Thomas A Goddard, at Rosario July /
for Delaware Break water
>CHOONERS.
Georgia Gilkey, W K Gilkey, arrived as
Philadelphia Aug. 10 rom Hurricane 1t
lard
Henry Clausen, Jr, at Charleston, S. c..
Aug. 20 for Baltimore.
Gladys, III b Colson, arrived at New 1ork
Aug. % from Savannah
John Develin, f l. lIichborn, arrived
at Philadelphia Aug. 9 from Brunswick.
John Z Smith, arrived at Boston Aug. 26
from EliZabethport.
Mary A Hall, Haskell, arrived at Rock
land July 80 from Philadelphia.
r W Hopkins, Iiichborn, arrived at New
York Aug % from Mobile.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
ARTIFICIAL FUELS.

Everybody who has spent any time
on the continent of Europe has noticed
the economy practiced by Europeans in
the consumption of coal and marveled
that the results should be so satisfac-
tory. To be sure, the lofty, tombstone
like porcelain stove of the Germans has
a chilly look at first, and the cooler at
mosphere of German houses may give
one homeslck longing for the furnace
heated rooms of America, but gradually
the open-minded stranger comes to look
with approval on the European arrange
ments for keeping warm, and to wonder
why his own people have not perceived
the beauty, the cleanliness, the econo-
my, and satisfactory results that some
patent fuels have to recommend them.
That many Yankee has turned the
matter over in his busy brain is attest
ed by chapter on artificial fuels in
Edward w. Parker's report OH 1.-The
Production Of Coal in 1902" which is
about to be published by the United
States Geological Survey as an extract
from the annual volume of Mineral Re-
sources.
Prior to 1902, about 400 patents had
been issued in the United States on
artificial fuels, but up to the close of
1901 none had proved commercial
success. Mr.. Parker gives list of
United States patents granted since
January l, 1902. 1t remains to be seen
whether any of them will be success
fully developed. The list includes 81
patents, but contains no mention of
fuels made from petroleum or petro-
leum residue unless used in connection
with coal, Ignite, or peat. Neither
does it include any compounds that
have for their object the increase of
fuel efficiency unless they are used in
the manufacture of the fuel itself.
Three patents we're used on briquet-
ting machinery.
The steady advance in the price of
coal-no less than 40 per cent.-which
has taken place since 1898 has stimu-
lated experiments looking to the inven-
ton of artificial fuels. Results obtain
ed in foreign countries from the use of
Ignite and peat in briquetted form
should encourage producers in the
United States to try similar methods
of manufacture. Small sizes of an
thracite coal formerly wasted are in
deed recovered now by washeries from
the old culm banks and utilized. A
large amount of coal lost in the form
of dust or finely pulverized material
might also be put into convenient shape
for domestic consumption and slack
now wasted at many Of the bituminous
mines in the United States might be
used to advantage if compressed into
briquettes. There are many indications
that the time is not far distant when
these neglected fuel resources will all
be utilized.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
Yale Men at Castirs

Twenty-siX Yale men have ,r.-.
summer at Castine this year TFte l. I
Prof. Addison Van Name .5 y'' a
Joseph II. Twitchell, Prof IatS:
Hewitt, 80; Walter G. NcCggI1ts.
Rev. Edward B. Coe, g; Rev F Ft'.oe
5. Lines, rs; Rev. Hollis b t t'9Sa
"a; Oliver d. Thompson, 10 CAM, .sS'
McClintock, 80; Willard G. \ An Nt,Is
'94; \. I. Bunce, David TNitcGa1I 'l
Ralph G. Van Name, RlcAald n ~
Donald r. Hooker, Heulv S e. a.. .g
Thomas ID. Hewitt, 'gq: R1rt g@ll
Twitchell, '0l: Theodore b g.a.
'o2; Donald Thompson, Charles N y
tleileld, Clifford A. Cochran WGI-.
Frew, Edwin Lines, '0&; Bronson aug
Warren, 'O4; Leonard Baker M
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08

One of the most interesting fagt,
in the fruit trade is the iurr.s.a
watermelons. Last year for ia,t,
Georgia exported Lbs car cad, gI.
as this year the shipment las .-so,
2,641 cars, being gain of more than
per cent. The total shipment ot
three states chiefly engaged In
culture-Georgia, Florida AMI A3ba
was 4,199 cars, which if made Nr
one train would extend % miles AMI
aggregate increase over last wear il
cars or 16 per cent. What Il brool
the increase of this fruit in public
or, especially as each Car averages /
melons.