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The Republican journal., 1907-05-02

Vermont's maple sugar crop this sea-
son is estimated to have sold for So. 500
900 or more. What was considered a
waning business has received an i'm
mense impetus, thanks to the pure food
laws and most favorable season. No
doubt under present conditions Maine
maple orchards will receive increased
attention, with profitable results.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02

Congressman Littlefield addressed the
members of the Twin City foundry
mems association at banquet given at
the West Hotel in Minneapolis, Mimi,
April 23d. The following day he was in
st. Paul, and was asked who he thought
would be the Republican presidential
nominee. He said;
Il think that Theodore Roosevelt
will be nominated. OF course, in ex-
pressing the belief that Mr.. Roosevelt
will be renominated, | am judging the
situation as it now stands, and there
may be a change in the course of events.
Il am convinced that President
Roosevelt is sincere in his declaration
that he does not want TO be candidate
again, but | believe in spite of this dec
laratIOn that he will be the first choice
of the Republicans at the national con-
veGtion. He has already been Endorsed
by large number OF State legislatures,
and he is stronger with the people than
he has ever been"
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock, who returned to Washing
ton April 24th from the south, where
he had been on an official tour Of the
post offices, said that while his trip was
primarily one of inspection, which he
had planned several months ago, he had
discussed politics to some extent, as
was natural, as he was called upon by
many southern Republicans officially
connected with the government and
otherwise interested. AS result of
his observations be said:
Il saw no evidence to justify publish
ed reports of disaffection in the ranks
of some of the Republicans in the south,
such as organization of opposing move
ments and that sort of thing which we
have been hearing about for some time.
"ln those States visited, South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Florida, the Republi-
cans are in hearty accord with the ad-
ADMINISTRATION. They are Roosevelt men
through and through"
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02

Mr.. Olney of Massachusetts pops up
with a criticism of the administration;
but it is not SO good bid for the presi-
Dental nomination as he may think.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02

y New York publishing firm has is
sued book entitled Zone Thousand
Simple Soups" The receipts for the
one thousand soups begin with Two
Hundred Beef Soups; then come One
Hundred and Ten Mutton Soups; One
Hundred Veal Soups, One Hundred and
Fifty Chicken Soups, One Hundred Fish
Soups, Fifty Chowders, Fifty Cream
Soups, One Hundred Purees and Bis
ques, Fifty Wine and Fruit Soups Fifty
Miscellaneous Soups, and then some
Back Talk which intimates that the
subject of soups is by no means ex-
hausted. No wonder that people oc-
2asicnally get Sin the soup"
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02
CHARLES A. PILSBURY. ! +

SUISSE IPTION TERMS-In advance, $500 a
year; Sl.OO for six months; so cents for three
months.
ADVERTISING TERMS-For enc square, one
inch length in column, so cents for one week and
% cents for each subsequent insertion.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02

In the finding of the [. S. steamboat
inspectors in the case of the sinking of
She steamer Larchmont in the Sound
on the night of Feb. 18th the RESPONSE
bility for the collision is laid upon Pilot
John 1, Arson, of the Larchmont. who
was drowned, and Capt. George E. Nc
Way is practically exonerated, though
not commended for his efforts to save
lives The schooner is declared to have
been sailed in full compliance with the
navigating rules. 1t is hard to justify
This conclusion from the published re-
ports of the disaster. The statement
Of the quartermaster on duty at the
time was that the schooner luffed when
close upon the steamer and it was evil
dent from the collision taking place
amidships of the Larchmont that by
keeping off point the schooner would
have gone clear or at most have given
the steamer glancing blow well aft,
so that in either case the loss of life, to
say nothing of the loss of the steamer,
might have been avoided
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02
JACKSON.


The commencement exercises of the Jack
son High school will be held in the Congre-
gational Church at jackson corner on the
evenings of May Sth, 9th and 10TH. The
Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by
Rev. J. w. Vaughan Sunday morning, May
9Th, at 1920 O'Clock. A lecture will be
given by Prof. Allen E. Rogers of Orono on
the subject of education Wednesday even
ing, May Sth. The graduation exercises
will be held May 9th and all are cordially
invited to attend. A reception will be held
Friday evening, May 10th, for the students
and parents. This is the first time in the
history of the school that graduation has
taken place and the support of the public is
desired to help forward the work begun
The graduating class is small and composed
of girls alone-Misses Myra E. Bro n, Verne
B. Chase, Geneva NJ. Elwell, Ethel j. Rich
and Ola B. Webb. The school has been I'M
der the instruction the past year of George
A.Curran of Hampden, who is a graduate of
the University of Maine Both teacher and
pupils have worked hard and the school has
been a decided success.... Harold and
Harrison Morton have returned from Dix
mont, where they have been building
cheese factory. Henry Fletcher has Sc
cured permanent help on his farm at last.
1t is boy and weighs pounds. MIR. and
Mrs. John Mckinley are reported quite sick
in Frankfort, where they have been spend
ing the winter with their daughter, Mrs.
Daniel Kimb ball.. :. Mrs. F. W. Wright, who has
been sick, is improving. Mrs. Robert Han
son is reported very sick at this writing
The Republican journal., 1907-05-02
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. P. E. Luce has been very seriously
i'll.
E. R. Knowlton lost very good yearling
colt last week.
Mrs. Susan A. Hall has been having a
spell with the grip.
Mrs. G. L. Morrill, was quite sick for
several days last week.
Mrs. Mabel Rose visited her friend Mrs.
Nellie Game in, Clinton last week.
Hale Rose has been appointed carrier on
the R. F. d. route of W. S. Reynolds, de-
ceased.
F. K. Roberts has got the old Lbbeus
Jones shop on rollers preparatory to moving
it to site near his mill.
Mrs. A. E. Carpenter, who has been con-
fined to her bed, is now much better but has
not yet been out of doors.
Deputy Sheriff Fred Emmons is still at
work ON his new buildings at the head of
Emmons street. He will have nice stand
when it is completed.
Mrs. Eliab S. Stevens has been, and still
is, very dangerously i'll. Her son, Mr..
Scrbner of Massachusetts, and her brother,
Hon. VIM. P. Thompson of Belfast, have
been here to see her.
Everett TaSker Is making great i'm.
provement in the Libbeus Jones place. He
has moved the shed and stable and will
have them connected and also connected
with the house.
We learn that Sarah, wife of Robert Han
son, died at the residence of her son-in-law,
M. S. Stiles, last Monday. The funeral will
be at the Friends Chapel to-day, Thursday.
Friend Robert and his wife have for many
years been among the best known and most
highly respected residents of this place.
Mr.. c. E. Peavey is using the Wilkes
stallion "Purist" as a truck horse this
spring as usual. He is one of the finest
bred horses in Waldo county and has some
valuable colts to his credit. Mr.. Peavey's
business is just heavy enough to give the
horse good exercise and he is in fine form.
The subject of Rev. j. W. Vaughn's even
ing lecture next Sunday will be ''The
Dance" Last Sunday evening 7. A.
Elliott, with Mrs. Elliott as accompanies,
gave solo in very beautiful way. 1t is
very pleasant to have Mr.. and Mrs Elliott
back in Brooks, their old home and where
they are specially welcome in musical cir
cleS.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
No Infant Industries There.

Our St. Paul contemporary, the
Pioneer Press. is forgetting to be
regular" Surely it must have lost
Sight for the moment of the great
Republican interests which would
stand pat" when it says;
The pettiness displayed by Congress In
its dealings with the islands has utterly
destroyed the moral effects OF the broad.
humane, and diplomatic policy of both
the Mckinley and Roosevelt Admins
tratiops- The Filipinos are entitled to
equal treatment with the Porto Ricans.
and have not got H. They ought also,
as a mere matter Of expediency, 70 be
made 10 feel that the United states is
in the Islands to help them, and rot 70
help Itself
''Pettiness!" Entitled to equal
treatment" AS mere matter of
expediency!" Those things were
not mentioned by the Congressman
who fixed the prevailing Philippine
trade conditions. Infant indus
tries" were the chief subjects dis
cussed and of course there couldn't
possibly be any such thing as an i'm
FAINT industry in undeveloped islands
like the Philippines.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
A HAND PRESSURE.

Only a pressure OF the hand.
Nothing more
For on the valley-side We stand.
The avalanche holds bis mighty weight
Poised for a breath TO overthrow.
Speak not word; tbs the hush OF fare
What II the load be tears or snow,
II life Is Ger.
Up on the high. clear mountain-peak
Near the sun,
Telre with calm heart one may speak
There where the hawk goes circling
round
Seeking the cleft she builded in.
Far above drifts and ics-rent ground.
At the last height. where the skies be-
gin,
Is the burden done
Curtis May. H. Appletons MAGAZINE
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

tectural competition, got plans from
Frank Miles Day OF Philadelphia. last
years president OF the American Inst.-
tunte OF Architects.
These plans called for an expendi-
ture OF about 100000. covering four or
Ave years. which would have given IN
excellent plant, aid they provided also
for additions through years 70 come
which would have made the total ex-
penditurs about S3.0O0.0c0. Opposition
sprang up from interests which feared
that the proposed hospital would affect
them unfavora bly,. although there was
no ground for their fear. and this, with
the amount OF the appropriation re-
qutred. when 90 many other large ap-
preparations wSre being made by Con-
gress. has kept Congress fror-a making
the appropriation for the General Hos
pital
1t did, however. last session give the
Commissioners. at their urgent request.
10000 FOR the tuberculosis ward OF the
proposed hospital. and this will be COM
pleted as soon as is practicable. dinlcul-
ties having been met because OF the rise
m building prices. and the smaIlness
OF the appropriation.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
The Asylum Charges.

An investigation into the present
state of the Washington Asylum
Hospital is required imperatively.
According to charges now made in
pnblic, the institution is under
manned, associates the sane and in
sane under conditions that 'are
nothing short of outrageous" (the
words are those of an official of the
asylum), and has presented patients
for admission to st. Elizabeth's in a
condition discreditable TO all the au-
thorities of the hospital. Commits
sioner Macfarland's order for a
sweeping inquiry is, therefore, album
dainty justified.
In view of all that has now been
printed, the Board of Commission
ers will do well to give the District
opportunity to judge for itself of
the findings of the previous investi-
CATION. But public interest in any
condition of the past viii be dis
tinctly less than in learning whether
there are today, as averred:
Only nine nurses during the day
and three az night to care for 1876
patients.
Only one pupil nurse to care for
ninety patients at night.
Only one-half the authorized num-
Der of nurses on duty because of
the low pay offered.
No provisions for the separation
of the insane into classes according
to the nature and degree of their
dementia.
When the facts are known will
be time 10 talk of the blame. There
is only too much reason TO think
much of it rests with Congress.
Also there is only too little reason
TO expect that if the charges have
any foundation in fact, any excuse
offered for the neglect of the pa
tients sent TO ST. Elizabeth's will
altogether exonerate the hospital
authorities. But in spite Of these
probabilities, there should be no
jumping at conclusions. The peo-
pie should await a reading of the
report now marked Not for Publ
cation" and a new report covering
all the specifications indicated. Only
there should be no doubt whatever
about the opportunity of the peo-
pie TO see the one and obtain the
other.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
J6e TALIKofthe TOWN
PX THE rrOwnL rrAIYEn

7 UDGE ALEXANDER MULLOWNY
forgot the code yesterday. and
when all cases on the docket Of
his branch OF the P5iies Court
had been disposed OF. he failed to give
the mystic sign. Everybody IN the court
room, however. walked out.
Now. there Is an iron rule governing
the conduct of a session OF court which
prescribes that each must be opened
and closed with due formnlity.
Judge Mullowny yesterday had dealt
out six months" and $50 fine" with
such persistent regularity that he mani
testify got brain fag," and when the
last OF the offenders had been sent
down 10 view the Potomac from the
angle Of the workhouse. Judge Mullowny
got up. stretched himself in real good
old fashion. and joined In a converse
tor with several bailIffs and a news
paper man.
Pretty soon a swishing sound was
heard outside the railing Everybody
looked Up. 1t was the janit0r. who had
come In to clean up. Suddenly II
dawned upon one of the banins that
court had not been adjourned. Judge
Mullowny looked confused but gave the
high sign. and in a sonorous voice the
bailiH announced that This honorable
court stands adjourned until Monday
morning. at 10 o'clock"
The lone janitor stood at attention,
ana appeared very much BATTERED that
he was receiving the attention of the
honorable court" without a chance OF
having to do time for the privilege.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
Our Bonanza King.

IN 1855 John D. Rockefeller. then
sixteen years old, went to work
down in the Cleveland docks for 50
a week
A year later he made his first
business venture, buying and selling
provisions on commission.
With others, he took up the REIN
ing of oil in 1860, the very year he
cams of age.
Two years later he began his her
culean task of consolidating oil in
terests, and in 1870 he organized the
Standard Oil Company.
4 little more than thirty years
Nago his creditors could have forced
him into bankruptcy. and probably
would have but for the fact that
with him might have to go many of
the leading men of Cleveland. To-
day he is reputed TO be the richest
man in the world.
How, in the space of thirty years.
could man rise from the verge of
Insolvency TO the highest place in
the world of finance? How, in that
time, could he have amassed a for
tune of half billion or even quar-
ter of that billion?
The questions may be answered
in part by the fact, brought out in
court this week. that the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana. which is
owned, all but a few shares, by the
Standard Oil Company Of New Jer-
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
Receivers From Fright.
MILITIA PREPARES
FOR COMING YEAR

The annual meeting OF the heads OF
tho departments Of the District militia
was held yesterday afternoon in the head
quarters OF the National Guard for the
purpose Of making estimates of aDpro-
prlations for funds that will be nee,ied
during the coming fiscal year by This
organization.
Mai Z. II. Newmeyer, commisSar,y
general and acting Cuartermaster gem
eral; Maj. Alfred p. Robbins. inspector
general and custodian of properties
Mai James Z. Bell. inspector Of rifle
practice; and Capt Andrew Parker
paymaster general. With Brigadier Cen
eraI Harries. presiding. we're in session
The matters under discussion included
estimates on accommodations for oi,ar-
tsrs. rents, and care or the same; Hghts..
fuel. and telephone service. An appro-
priation for the care Of the monitor Pu-
ritan and other small boats used bv
the naval battalion. together with esti-
mates on amounts needed on bard tie
ship for small stores and fuel, VIII also
be itemized in the bill.
The meeting adjourned at $50 o'clock
and as the business was. far from being
completed will ccnver.e again tomor-
row afternoon ct $50 O'Clock
= 1t is understood that these estimates.
which viii be handed TO the Commission
ers on their completion and In turn str.t
to Congress ASIA part of the Districts
annual estimate, will exceed that of last
years figures by no small amount Just
how much this advance over last years
figures VIII be is not made public. but
the fact that tire guard has steadily
increased in size Stree one year ago is
foundation for the prophecy by the Of
hoials Of an increase IN the amount of
money needed to maintain 1t Ibis .lear.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

DENTIST told me a story TIVE
n otner day that was OF more
~ than passing interest. He as
sured me that 1t was true In sv-
cry particular, bat professional courtesy
and the ethics OF dentistry made It I'M
pot sible for him 10 name the pntene
around whom me story centered.
He said few mornings ago, Just
after he had reached his onice. a ventr-
able farmer living back in the E,ae
Ridge mountains. near Bluemont. NFa,
came In and asked TO nave a jaw tooth
pulled. The old gentleman said he was
ninety-four years old. had been farmer
all his life. had never voted anything
but the Democratic ticket, and would
continue 10 vote that ticket II he lived
!. 600 years. and II there was not an
other Democrat left In this country;
that he had chewed and smoked to-
baeeo since he was ten years old. and
had drunk his share of applejack; that
IN his younger days hs- could whip any
man In the county and was not averse
today 20 putting UP a good night; that
he could do as good work on q farm as
the average man OK forty-fve years, and
was doing it every day. and that he
had never had a sooth pulled before.
The dentist said his uatient was re-
markable physical specimen for a man
within six years OF the century mark.
and that every tooth in his head ex-
cept the one pulled was sound.
The dentist added that his patient had
no use for glasses and that this was
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

- ISCUSSING longevity with a
party OF newspaper men a few
days ago James Croggin. now
past his eighty-hfth birthday,
said that the diagnosis of the physician
as to the physical collapse Of patient
is not infaIlible. He cited a case in
point. saying:
Thirty years ago. when / was in
sctivc service as police court reporter
knew a man. well known in business
circles. short in stature. and Weighing
over 200 pounds. His physician told him
that he had bad case OF fatty degen-
oracy OF the heart, and would not live
thirty days. This man was selected TO
receive a large guarantee fund in suit
for a million or more dollars, IN which
he United States Government was a
Iarty, An unusually large bond wEs
required. and as The guarantee bonding
companies were not then IN business hs
could not secure the bond II vas sug-
Rested to him that he have HE life tn
sured, and turn tie policies over as Sc
curity fo- the fund OF which he was to
be custodian. That man applied TO
twenty or more of the life insurance
companies for a policy. but in each
case ne was turned down as 4 bad IRISH
by reason OF a bad fatty heart.
That man Is living today. and weighs
over 400 pounds. Every one OF thu
physicians OF, the life insurance COM
panies who said re was a bad risk is
dead long ago. which proves that the
physician Is not infallible-"
SIR. Croggin. Familiarity and anec-
tionately known to his many neF Spaper
friends. was for over thirty years police
reporter at Police Headquarters In this
city. For fifty years he was an active
reporter here He was at the burial Of
John Wilkes Booth. assassin OF Lincoln.
and wrote the story Of the great na-
tionaI crime. has written the story OF
over 100 hangfngs mere. and at other
points. and was in the Sixth Street Dc
pot wher Gulteau shot down President
Garfield He is fun OF historic reniin-
iscences Of local and national moment
OF his day. and while retired froE4 ac--
tive life he frequeltly writes good
stories for the local and out-of-town
papers.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
TOWN TALKER

passing ice wagons had made an ice
2oultice all over the stomach OF the 1T
tie one, who was submitting without a
murmuT
Wnen the elder boy was taken 10 the
Emergency Hospital he was given the
Ice poultice treatment to keep down in
fammation OF the stomach for any pos
sible Internal injuries he might have re-
ceived. He had reproduced the treat
ment on his little brother.
Wher the motnsr found the pair OF
little Snes the elder boy was leaning
over the smat eay with a pencil and
paper IN his hand. asking the name of
the small boy. where he lived, how old
he was. name OF MS parents, and just
such questions as had been asked him
for record when he was taken to the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

sey, the real Rockefeller company,
clears profit of 1000 per cent a
year on its capital stock.
And that is only one sample of
the tribute the American people
have to pay 10 their richest, shrewd-
est. and, perhaps, most powerful
fellow-citizen.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
AMERICAN PRESS HUM0RISTS
ELECT YEARS OFFICERS

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1.-THE Amer
lean press hunlorists have elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Frank T. Starlight, Los Angeles, pres
ioent; s. E. Kiser. Chicago, vice presi-
dent, and Jud J.. Lewis, Houston. sec
rotary and treasurer. An entertainment
last night netted $1,000 for the Bill Nvo
monument fund II will be erected at
Laramie, Wyo.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
TROOPS WIN,
1000 REBELS BEATEN

HoNGKoNG, Sept. 21.-Further nght-
Ing has resi- ed at Yo-Chow. on the
Yang-tse KAdng. with the imperial
troops reported victers. The rebels,
numbering 1900. attacked the city and
severe fighting followed. lasting several
hours. hut terminating IN a complete
victory for the regular forces.
The rebellion in the Kai-Chow district
is increasing and re-enfercements have
been asked for.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
STRIKING SHOE WORKERS
DEMAND NlNE-H0UR DAY

ST. LOUIS. No. Sept. n.-The strik-
ing shoe workers. numbering about
2o.oOo. this morning transmitted 10 their
former employers a formal demand for
a pins-hour day at the same wage scale
as for ten hours. They also proposed 8
conference TO discuss their demands
No reply has been received aud the
contest continues.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
A MODERN SOLOMON.

There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise;
When ne saw things great men did,
He shut tight both his eyes.
But when he saw how blind he was
To see things was his gain
He lee those men show what it'd cost
To open them again.
Baltimore American.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
sEvEN-YEAR-OLD bov

A SEvEN-YEAR-OLD boy who re-
~ Gently went through hts hrst ex-
perience in ? hospital. having
spent several days in a ward OF
the Emergency Hospital. where he was
treated for injuries received by being
run down BY n light carriage on Penn
sylvania avenue, has the Initiative
genius strongly developed IN his make
up He is just now convalescing.
One day the past week he was missed
by his mother. She found him IN the
back yard with his two-year-Old brother
The elder boy had taken a large ironing
board and. making cot out OF Il. had
laid his younger brother out on II, and
with a quantity OF small pieces OF Ice
that he had gathered from one Of the
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

There are more ways of evading an
interstate commerce law than standing
in the middle OF the railroad track and
yelling Murder
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

A college professor has madc tests to
show that alcohol is a successful fuel
Wen and good But It ought 10 be
burned In the open air. not In gastric
furnace.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

Those Mrs. Eddy calls ''nexters' nav
prove 'notters" when it comes 20 a dis
tribution of the funds.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

r. There is talk Of State intervention at
Jamestown 40 end the fairs strife ="
We thought the exposition was 10 keen
open till December.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

Our local ball tam has what salts
faction there may be in running the
balls for the pcnnanI winners
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

II Minister WI really does come back
the newspapers viii have TO cast a new
supply OF ?7???7.