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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
Southern Fruits and Vegetables.
A writer in the Chattanooga rad

A writer in the Chattanooga Trades
man declares that "a feature vi SCUM
ern development which is OF note
worthy Importance is the extent OF the
cultivation of fruits and vegetables
-, Before the war vegetables were q
novelty in many of the south Atlantic
| states, few being cultivated except the
supply raised by the slaves for the mas
ter's table and for their own use.
Everybody and everybody's money
were devoted to the old-tlme crops.
Even twenty years ago little was done
in this line. Then some Jerseymen
travelling through tidewater Virginia
and Carolina noted the quality OF the
soil and the climate, and thought there
was a chance to make living raising
vegetables for the northern consumer
who could get nothing from his gardens
at least three months in the year. They
took up a few acres not far from the
harbor of Hampton Roads, where they
could readily carry their truck TO the
steamship wharf and thence SEND 1t to
market.
To-day this part of the south is
really far more valuable as producer
than even its choicest cotton fields and
its most prolific corn territory. The
fact is that stretching away from the
vicinity of Norfolk, in Virginia, to the
southern end of Florida is vast garden
made by nature where nearly every
kind of vegetable grown, not only III
the temperate but the torrid zone, can
be raised abundantly. The strip of
country, varying in width from i've to
thirty miles, and skirting the Atlantic
coast in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, has
proved to be one of the most valuable
assets of the south, and for that matter,
the United States. Its products not
only supply the New y DIRK market from
November to April, but are shipped
sometimes as far north as Boston, and
even to Chicago aid st. Louis, as we'll
as the principal communities OF the
middle and middle western states.
Norfolk, by reason of its location,
is one of the principal shipping points
for the growers, both by rail and water.
During single season 100000 pack
ages of fruit and vegetables have left
this city for the north-all grown on
farms within a radius of 100 miles from
the place The barrels required for
spinach and cabbage alone were $50, 900.
No less than r. 600, 900 quarts of berries
are now annually sent north from Wiz
ginia and Carolina patches. Not only
the railroads, but several steamship
lines are needed to assist in transport
ing the freight offering in truck and
vegetables, and it is not uncommon to
see a vessel leave Norfolk for New
York carrying from 10000 to $4,000
crates, barrels and boxes of such pro
ducts, as potatoes, radishes, cucumbers,
cabbage, spinach, melons, sweet corn,
peas, beans, lettuce, vans, saying moth
ing Of strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, apples, plums, peaches, grapes
and other tree and bush fruits. This
list will give an idea of the great variety
of yield from tree, shrub and vine
which rewards the grower who turns to
such specialties instead of the socalled
native southern crops
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
Stolen Wisdom.

Most people who grant a favor ex-
pect two in return.
Every dog has his day-and wise is
the dog that knows when he's having it.
The men who never make mistakes
are not the ones who fill the response
BILE positions.
A girl doesn't mind her rival being
exasperatingly clever if she is also con-
solingly ugly.
1t makes some men feel painfully
honest when their neighbors acquire
fortunes by dishonest methods.
The self-made man is often so busy
Boosting of his handiwork after it
reaches a certain stage that he has no
time to finish the Job.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
The New York Tri-Weekly Tribune.

For those who want to get the New York
news and news of things the world over
and don't want to spend the money or time
in buying and reading metropolitan paper
seven days in the week The Tri-Weekly
day, Wednesday and Friday of every week,
and contains the essence of The Daily Trib-
une for the whole week. To those who are
interested in the prices of -four, grain,
wheat, cotton, livestock. butter, cheese,
eggs and other farm products, its market
reports are invaluable, because of their
correctness. Its interest in agitating the
building Of good roads in the country sec
tiOns has ELECTED heartfelt praise on the
part. Of our readers. Price, $3.50 year.
Send $3.50 to The Republican journal Pub
fishing Co., Belfast, Me-, and get The
une one year each. For free sample copy
Of the Tri-Weekly send a postal to the New
York Tribune, New York.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
THE AMERICAN SHIP.

Yesterday there was mighty coil on
the Hudson. A ship looming high over
the water, her 49, foot draft mark show
ing above the stacks of environing
tugs, was floating northward, gay with
flags and discoursing brass music and
copper whistles. AS she neared her
dock every ship, boat, tug and launch
that breathes through a metal tube re-
sounded welcome with all its might,
and there was a roar and screech like a
combined New Year, Fourth of July
and return of SIMPSONS fleet. The
ship was the Minnesota, destined for
the Pacific trade, and the biggest boat
ON our shore. She has displace-
ment of $4,000 tons, length of $50
feet, and a height from the keel to the
upper bridge of over IS feet. Yet she
is not top heavy, for she is stout of
beam and looks as if she could weather
any sea. Her equipment is like that of
the best Atlantic liners, and there is
added an opium room for the Chinese
passengers.
The Minnesota is outranked in length
and speed by several new ships in the
Atlantic service, but she promises a
comfort and mercantile efficiency quite
equal to theirs, and her chief point of
interest is that she is an absolutely
American product, built in New Lon.
don by American workmen, out of
American materials for American trade
with Asia, commanded by an American
captain, and worked by an American
crew. Despite the unpleasant occur
renee in certain shipyards of this coun.
try, these facts are significant. There
is every reason why ships of size, carry
ing capacity, speed and beauty equal to
those Of the Atlantic trading squadron
should be constructed in our yards
every reason save one, and that is, the
labor union. If only an assurance can
be given that work undertaken will be
finished on time, that the men who
WELD the hammers will be true to thei1
promises and that they will do business
with their employer instead of through
an agent from some other State, the
shipbuilding industry, which ought of
right to be one of the greatest in Amer.
lea, can return to us, and our flag will
once more float over the seas of the
! world.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
A Government Garden.

nlted States Department of
'rure has decided to establish a
deduction Garden and Expert
'iatlon at Chico, California. Con
''T the necessary land have been
and work has been begun on
Siii undoubtedly be the greatest
Non Of its kind in America and
n the world. A beginning will
IT, With ninety acres, but it is the
Nu Of the department to extend
"a As the needs of the institution
The garden will be devoted to
mental culture of the plants in
sa from various parts of the
aod to "A careful study Of plant
an Institution has long been
plated by the Agricultural De-
slt California was selected for
dilon on account of climatic con-
y Which admit of the culture of
PANTS from the tropics and of
I'D products as well. The ideal
VI tor such an institution is that
ADMITS of the successful cultiva-
y The widest possible range of
i'S and the committee entrusted
at duty of selecting the site be-
lucy have found it at Chico.
~ Is situated near the eastern
u the great Sacramento Valley,
= I'VE miles north of Sacramento,
.aIe capital, and was the most
,Hy point considered by the CON-
:, Climatic conditions in Cali
7 are affected but little, if at all,
,.altions of latitude, the orange,
e,' and the olive being staple
I a. OF a district that measures
ave hundred miles north and
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
From 14S to 90 Pounds.

One of the most remarkable cases of a
cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing
pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude +.
Fenner, Marion, Ind, who was entirely
cured by the use of One Minute Cough Cure.
She says: "The coughing and strainlng SO
weakened me that l ran down in weight
from 14S to 80 pounds. l tried number of
remedies to no avail until l used One Minute
Cough Cure Four bottles of this wonder
strengthened my lungs and restored me to
my normal weight, health and strength. -
Sold by r. II. Moody.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
launched:
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, itch
burns, bruises and all skin diseases, De-
Wits Salve has on equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless counterfeits.
Ask for DeWitt's-the genuine. Sold by
R. 81. Moody.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
A Power For Good.

The pills that are potent in their action
and pleasant in effect are DeWitts Little
Early Risers. w. 5. Phlpot of Albany, Ga,
says: "During a bilious attack took one
Small as it was it did me more good than
calomel, blue mass or any other pill | ever
took and at the same time the effect was
pleasant. Little Early Risers are certainly
an ideal pill Sold by R. H. Moody.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
SCHOONER H. CURTIS.

,ri with many OtnerS 1 IegTeI
~ +,at the Curtis, after weather
~ arms of more than half a cen
y At last surrendered to the
.ne yandal, who has
"A her topsails to the sand
'noNed her noble mast
,I,.senger would like to know
9~ from her youth up. l can
' ,'nt the task, but can tell some
''' iGer most faithful career.
Z built in Harrington, by Har-
Vi .-,,. in 1880, and rugged as a
r,rlv in her history she was
1.masted and then became a
she was purchased at Deer
.,ul 1886. She carried 225 tons
considered a monstrous
md hard to manage; none but
rusty commanders, with a
..lv of six to seven lusty men,
W4a to 60 in her, and in that
VAS managed very successfully
rmes of maritime evolution
~ was growing smaller and men
y;ps larger. Prescott johnson,
.rm4n and Haskell Reed were
Il inst Deer Isle masters. The
.r master that she made was
Courtney. He engaged a Har-
INF mate Ben. Haskell but the
jsriled that she must have an
more experienced chief officer
.r Henry Weed was engaged for
.g responsible position. Her
I'D of operations in those days
y. through which all paths lead
NEST indies.
,eorse Courtney, she was COM
III, Eben Brown and carried
.-les for the Government to
Irginia, during the war,
,e was almost entirely rebuilt
l., and was at that time COM
WilliamHaskell, of the Dow
wed by William Richardson.
..- after took charge she was
p0I as new and then had a
... never showed mercy to any
.' or Young. He was very sue
.pr-making much money,
self and the owners. At
,,.pu homeward bound from
.inn,ast was carried awav
nm for Wilmington, n. c.
ms can+ain Mad a rather
li of lanTuaoe and was even
. nia9sing sneaker. but
..r in for Wilmington bar
4I with tackles and bawsers
,nnortino a totterjug mast
III WORKING off and sur
asta,. NV asbing How does
Inn.'' twice rnneafed The
I1 him how The bar buoy
.., as cam Richardson lived
nthnT Amusing stories he
,olle asked NOW the boo bar
...,nrh+ . CARGO of molasses
to Enlfas4 in the Cnrtis and
the Uarhor ON fine way. that
rive most valuable cargo
.n,,ua6 in the Northwest
I.a same vessel when in
INF Inhnson hound from
it5nrtIand With molasses
IN NO Southwest Harhor
mess of weather and under
.. ,andi+ions
,.6srdeon's administration
e.. n.vt made a brand new can,
Dnjjav HASKELL and he was
i,,,av.e5 nv John : Greenlaw
5ow,' from her ancient his.
.,|.-.t. nav he termed her medic
,Snnnt tell much of the latter
...+ We in those DAYS following
- and VISITING tha tents of the
1Niie the fajfhfuI Curtis held
.. IN her Maths of neace and
ls.r rainad in 1he affections
lion If those who knew her
N.Y., ..'iIU,l = mot Of varions times
...'1',,,andaI NV such men as IA
l..l,ail Hnrhart Stafford and
'.r ',yni, Known masters of TO-
.s withont mishan
,,.,.;a,l+ commanders all are
.., NJ q : r aad While those of her
nj 6,ndern aces are nrobablv
e,thar nrosnerous
"A 4 q Gross became the
."ra elected Himself master
r+,S on yovage from Deer
.',ast for ranaiTs to the YES
Ill.,. said that he allowed both
,ars IN rn,, down on the PASS
...r+ino heavy weather was
, All ,,i@h4 raachino mort only
Lead TarEoning and ohserya-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
NORTH PALERMO.


Miss Jennie Chadwick has returned from
Massachusetts after spending several weeks
with relatives there. Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Wood and daughter spent part of last
week with relatives in Northport and also
attended camp meeting there .... Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Bailey and family of Augusta
have been visiting Mr.. Bailey's brother,
Mr.. j. b. Bailey..... Mr.. J. II. Black and
daughters, Grace and Florence, were in Au-
gusta Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
800. Mrs. John Bradstreet and son Oscar
visited her mother, Mrs W. P Turner,
Sunday. III. NJ. Howes, NJ. d., and wife
of Enfield, Me-, were in town Thursday
and Friday calling on Mrs. Howes' rela
tives, on their way home from Ocean Point,
where they have been spending a vacation
been passing the week with his niece, Mrs
H. J. Merrifeld.. -. Mrs. L. A. Bowler start
ed Tuesday morning for Aobleboro to at
tend camp meeting there, accompanied by
Mrs. S \, Blankinship of Brockton, Mass,
who is visiting here. 80. Miss Grace Black
has gone to Montvile Center, where she
began her school Monday, August -. .....
Miss Clyde Hilbert of Washington is stop
ping with her aunt, Mrs. Alice Bowler, for
a few weeks. 49,. Briggs Turner and 4. Il.
Hanson attended the Grand Army Encamp-
ment in Boston last week $50. viii Hanson
of Rrockton is at home on a visit. $3.50. Miss
Alma Nelson of Vassalboro visited her
grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Nelson, d short
time ago. Winn Drawn OF California is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs John
! Drawn of Palermo Center, after an absence
of several years.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01

Mary-Sponge the pimples with warm
water. You need a blood tonic, would ad-
wise you to take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. 1t drives away all eruptions. IS
cents. Tea or tablet form. r. H. Moody.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01

fFlag station.
Limited tickets for Boston are now sold at
$500 from belfast and all stations OF Branch.
Through tickets to all points West and North
west, via all routes, for sale by L. ". GEORGE
Agent, Belfast. GEO. +. EVANS,
Vice President and Genera Manager,
f. + BooTHBY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
@lzEH1 R3z{ElRB3

On and after June 6, 1904, trains connecting
at Burnham and Waterve with through trains
for and from Bangor, Waterville Portland and
Boston, will run as follows
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
A Great Sailing Ship.

The American steel sailing ship Frs
kline NJ. Phelps, at Philadelphia recent
ly, has the following seven fine records
of voyages to her credit since she was
launched.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01

e Fuller, Denver-"My face was full
dgss and black-heads. HOLSTERS
Nountain Tea has driven them
People hardly know me. I'm look
H. - cents. Tea or tablets. R. Fl.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01

Terrible plaques, those itching, Fostering
Doan's Ointment cures. At any drug store,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Deferred from last week.
SOUTH LIBERTY.

Mr. and Mrs. l5rilkey of Howard, R. l.,
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Hannon.... Mrs. Nellie Flanders is
in Rockland, where she has EMPLOYMENT.
-: Mrs H. II. Cunningham and daughter,
Miss Lena, are visiting relatives and
friends here and in Washington. =. Miss
Alice Hisler of Union is visiting her sister,
Mrs. l: c. Powell. Mrs. Obed Overlook
and children have gone to Hartford, Ct,
where MIR. Overlook has been employed for
married few weeks ago, has moved to the
farm belonging to Obed Overlook :. Miss
Grace Dunn, who has been at work in Al
bion for some months, is at home. 4. Bert
p. Cunningham, who has been employed at
Augusta, is visiting here. Miss Myrtle
at Washington.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
Easy and Quick!
Soap Making
with
BANNER LYE

To make the very best soap, simply
dissolve can of Banner L.ye in cold
water, melt 51z lbs. of grease. pour the
Lye water in the grease. STIR and put
aside to set.
Full Directions on Every Package
Banner Lye is pulverized. The can
may be opened and closed at will. per-
hitting the use of a small quantity at a
time. 1t is just the article needed III
every household. 1t will clean paint.
floors, marble and tile work. soften water,
disinfect sinks, closets and waste pipes.
Write for booklet Uses Of BaEns7
Lys"-free.
The Penn Chemical Works, Philadelphia
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
HALLDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. 0. P. Bogart of Clyde, Mis-
souri,, and Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Murray of
...... Mrs. Nellie Nichols returned to her
home in Lowell, Mass, last week, accom-
who will spend the winter there. -. Mr.. and
Mrs. E. l. Hall of Lowell, Mass, are visit
ing his father, Elias b. Hall. 900 Mr.. and
Mrs. Newell White, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Colby and Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Wiggin went
to the G. A. R. encampment in Boston last
week Apples, We're badly shaken from
day night. Newell White is digging we'll
preparatory to bringing water into his
house. - III. B. Clement recently bought a
new Adriance reaper, and is now prepared
to do good work for those who wish on
reasonable terms.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-09
Morristown, Tenn.

The Progressive Farmer has
changed hands in all good ways.
There is absolutely no loss, but all
gain in it. The chief thing about it
before was the thing that made it al
together excellent and attractive
its fine editorial service. That is
conserved intact. Clarence H. Poe
is still the editor and manager. The
paper is owned now by a joint stock
company, the Agricultural Publish
ing Company. The added attrac-
tons are departments to be conduct
ed by DR.. B. w. Kilqore. of the Ag-
ricultural Department of the State.
and DR.. G. W. Burkett, of the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College. This paper is one of
our favOrites. 1t comes nearer
measuring up to our ideal than any
agricultural journal we have yet
seen. There is less of the p~uerile
and tawdy and more of the sensible
and practical in it's columns than
can be found in any other paper of
it's class. And it is especially adapt
ed to North Carolina. The price of
it, strange to say is only one dollar
a vear.-Rev. P. r. Law, in Lumber
ton Robesonian. Jan. Is, 1904.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-09

ent States according to their popu-
lation, and conditions all %approprla-
tions upon the raising of an equal
amount by the communities In
which the roads are built, it would
have been of much greater value to
the country. 1t is no more p%aternal-
istic for the national government to
assist in the building of roads in ru-
raj districts than it is for it to bear
the entire expense of river and har-
Dor improvements, or to erect fine
"custom houses" at "ports of entry
which do not do business enough to
pay the collectors salary; and GER
tainly the benefits to the taxpayers
will not be less.
The farmers are Just beginning to
realize what good roads are worth;
and every farmer who believes that
they are a paying investment and
that the people of the rural districts
are entitled to a share of national
expenditures, should become an &C
tive champion of the Federal aid
plan. The cries of "paternalism,"
Extravaganza" "class legislation"
ETC., are already being raised by its
opponents; but if the farmers de-
mand it they will get it. Why, then.
should they not stand together and
secure the passage of this bill?
F. z. MILLER.
Morristown, Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-09
THE BRoWNLOW BILL AND The
APPALACHIAN PARK BILL.
Two Measures Southern Farmers Should
Urge Congress to Ad pit.

present Congress in which Southern
farmers should be very much inter
ested. and which, if they will only
take the trouble to do so, they can
aid materially in becoming laws. The
first of these is the Appalachian
Park Bill. the second the Brownlow
Bill. as it is generally called, provid-
ing for national aid in the building
of public roads.
The proposed Appalachian Park
has been pretty thoroughly discussed
in the last year or so. and there is
practically no opposition to its es-
Enlistment. If this bill can be
brought TO a vote there is little dan
ger that it will be defeated; but at
this writing it is doubtful if Con
gress takes any action upon it this
session. If popular demand were
strong enough the park would of
course be established at once, and
the benefits which the preservation
of the forests on the Alleghanies
would bring to the whole South
would certainly be sufficient to repay
every one for taking the trouble Of
making his views on the matter
known to his representatives in both
houses of Congress.
While this measure will likely have
fair sailing except for the delays
incidental to the verbal tempests SO
prevalent in the Senate, the fate of
the more important Brownlow Bill
is by no means so certain. There Is
sure TO be much opposition to it, and
this may be sufficient to delay it's
passage for several years unless tho
farmers get together and demand it
in no uncertain tones.
As to the constitutionality of the
measure, the provisions of which
have been outlined several times in
The Progressive Farmer, there is
no question. It's wisdom and JUS
tice seems to me equally indisputa-
BILE. The nation has spent man. mil
lions of dollars on rivers and har-
bors, much of which has repaid it
self many times. but much of which
has been practically wasted. Most
of this money was spent primarily
n might say almost entirelv-for
the benefit of certain localities, us
ually certain cities. These towns
were asked to contribute nothing to
the improvements for which they
have fought so fercely or begged so
~piteouslv. To have REQUIRED them
to have done so would not onlv have
been perfectly just. but would also
have saved the millions of dollars
which have been wasted On creeks
and ponds in districts which hap
pened to have a quill"
I am not opposed to river and har-
Dor appropriations; but I think that
very few men after studying the sub
joct honestly and carefully would
doubt that if half or two-thirds of
the money spent on them had been
devoted to the building of public
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-09
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