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The new South-news., 1908-11-07

The saddest part OF II all Is tnai th ere
is no law in the State OF Illinois pro-
hibiling the sale of a child. "
In speaking OF other specific cases
the Rev. Mr. Virdep said:
A girl OF thirteen years, commit
ted by the Juvenile Court. was made
a household drudge. Our State agent
found that she was being beaten with
a horsewhip. The girl was removed
and PLACED In good home, where she
was given a chance for education and
religious training.
Burned With Hot Knife.
"a girl. having only one parent
living, seven years old, was in the
home of a family at Alton, Ill. The
evidence showed that this child was
covered with bruises. Her face was
burned. her hands were hacked with
red hot knife and the sight Of one
eye was destroyed The foster moth
en- charged with having inflicted these
wounds. was fined for assault aud
battery. and will be tried under the
cruelty act.
a girl was the victim OF her step
fathers attacks for ten years. after
she was seven years old. Her step
father was sent to the penitentiary
and the girl sent to good home.
Two girls, a@fd five and tsn. were
forced to beg On the streets for theil
mother, who kept disreputahle re-
sort. They are now In good homes.
"A girl thirteen years old did the
washing and ironing for a family of
seven. She had no school adyan-
tages. An investigation showed that
she wore her foster mothers old
clothes and shoes; was overworkel
and received no salary that her life
was insured In the benefit of the
mcther-in-law in the home. The
child was returned TO the home on
trial upon the cancellation of the life
Insurance policy, and promised that
she was TO receive new clothes and
So a week. | protest against the in
surance of thelives OF these children.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07
TORTURE CHILDREN WITH HOT IRONS.
Charity Agent Reports Narrowing Cruelty State Wards il
Illnos-Stabbed With Forks-Hair Torn Out and Limbs
Broken Also Among Crimes Against Little Ones
Many Sold For Money-The Rev. Mr.. Virden
Relates Instances Of Persecution by Foster
Parents and Public Institutions

Chicago. IN. How the wards OF
The State have been abused and tor
iured was the subject OF a sensational
recital by the Rev. Charles Vlrden.
agent OF the State Board of Chafi-
ties 10 the State Conference of Char
tiles, held at Rock Island. His paper
was entitled "The State Visitation OF
Children and said. In part;
During the last two years I have
personally handled approximately $50
special eases. Most OF the children
are well cared for when placed In
family homes The bad cases are
exceptions For example. have
found them tortured with hot irons.
stabbed with toasting forks and scs-
sors. limbs broken. hair torn out by
the roots. lashed until black and blue
from head to foot. faces cut and
SCARED and eyes blinded
Numerous other cases of crime
against children in the form OF as
ssult have been prosecuted. and in
the three years OF my incum bency ten
of these Offenders have been sent to
the penitentiary and numerous jail
commitments and fines have been Inn
posed.
Many Children Sold.
There has been a wholesale traalc
In children In Illinois, ! have re1
ccipi In my possession for chtid
who had been sold for stipulated
price.
"One of the most distressing cases
occurred IN quincy. H.. whore child
was taken from its mother. young
girl when less than an hour old.
placed In a market basket, absolutely
nude except for covering of an old
piece OF quilt carried about the
streets and offered TO any one who
would accept a. The infant finally
was given 20 a woman who had been
q pensioner on The county for a num-
ber Of years.
"rhe evidence showed that this
was at least the second child that
ad been sold from this institution.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07
SIGNS OF A COLD WINTER.


New York City. There's no use
talking. it's going to be hard win
ter, no matter which Bill is elected. !"
said the wise young man who had
Just returned from his vacation in
Pike County. Pennsylvania. with Il
luxuriant crop OF tan and freckles.
Il forgot ever knew SO much about
the country until l got out there
again. | was born and raised In the
country, and I'm proud Of IL.
How do | know it's going to he a
hard winterg Well. here are some OF
the sure signs. and | surprised the
farmers when | sprung my knowledge
on them.
A heavy crop OF nuts. You never
saw the like OF the butternuts, hick-
ory nuts and chestnuts that there are
going to be in less than month now.
A big fruit crop and an abundance
OF Wild grapes. the woods are full OF
this little Wild fruit of the vine. and
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

Thieves and meddlers will have a
hard time with new envelope, made
in Paris. If they try to seal 1t up
again. after they have opened it, so
that 1t will not have the appearance OF
having been tampered with. 1t is
really two envelopes Each is OF thin
paper One Is pronounced blue. the
other lighter in color and different in
texture. Each has gummed flap.
First the letter is placed in the dark
blue envelope. which is slightly small
er than the other. This Is not sealed,
but is placed in the larger envelope and
the inner flap brought outside and
gummed down on the outsides cover
ing. The outer flap Is much larger
than the inner flap and reaches down
to good-sizeG star-shaped opening
in the outer envelope through which
shows the inner envelop. So, when
the outer flap is sealed. 1t sticks not
only to the outer envelope. but also,
because of the opening, to the inner
one. The letter Is thus doubly sealed.
New York Press.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07
The Eldest Daughter.

The task laid upon the shoulders of
the eldest daughter in homes where
the children are many and the in
come small, is sometimes an und1ly
hard one.
The others delinquencies are SO Of
ten visited on her. She, while little
one herself. is blamed for not keeping
the others out OF mischief. and warn
ed that she must always set good
example. The governess is shocked
If a younger one does better in any
thing. And when she comes home from
school people seem to expect, in spite
of proverbs. an old head on young
shoulders.
other girls are thinking Of pleasure; !;
there are duties waiting for her-du-
ties that are often diflcult to do. be-
cause she has to tke mothers place
without mothers authority
1t is Alice here. Alice there. and
Alice everywhere. "Oh. dear. Am
never to have any time of my OWN
It's a difficult post, my dear. but it
is one Of the finest in the world II you
Go your best to all it properly. For
says Home Chat. with all these calls
upon you, how can you help develop
ing into capable woman II you try ?
You have the choice, you can chafe
against it all and learn nothing, OF
you can put your back against It, and
learn more than you ever learned AT
school OF helpfulness and sympathy.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

Is 1t not remarkable how unhappy
are lot OF to-be-happy personsg
The women who get nervous prOatra-
tion because they have nothing to do.
and others who possess SO much mon
ey they become Ill wondering what
they will do with it. That must be
terrible.
You and and the woman next, who
work like tinkers and who suppress a
shrek at the sight OF postman for
fear he has the ice bill, the rent bill,
the water tax or the coal bill. we rath-
er think we should like to ny our kites
in that other atmosphere, just to see
II II would make us also ILL.,
Even the masses admit there are
many classes in the world: There arc
the fretters and non-fretters; there are
the thinkers, and non-thinkers; there
are the dull wise and the happy fool
ish.
There are those who mount on Pc.
gasus and those who give him nasty
clip. There are the narrow minded
who see i'll in all things natural. and
the broad-minded who go through life
casting beautiful radiance upon all
persons within their circle.
Join the non-fretters, you won't re-
gret It," is the advice the anxious one
needs. They are the only happy ones
VINO don't worry" about yesterday.
They have forgotten that it ever ex-
isted Seldom do they fret about to-
morrow. because tomorrow may not
reach them.
Today they live. They may have
their little annoyances; the world is
full Of persons who won't sit still and
hold their peace. but must be popping
up and bursting out with disturbing
talk The wise ones regard these As
spring showers-inconvenie but Of
ten enjoyable Peca""c they make =
change.
The non-fretters do not stay awake
nights for fear the cook will make muf-
fms instead of corn bread for break
fast. They are grateful for the muf-
fms They don't get into stew and
does not arrive in time for the feast.
The JOY OF trying II on is tnus re-
served for the next day
We raise our brows and glance back
ward at the horrible years when we
carried all the worlds worry on our
shoulders and would not have smiled
for a mansion and lot in heaven.
What good did it do? The world
waddled and toddled on at the same
old gait. never changing step. and all
we got for our trouble was dyspepsia
and falling hair.
Just let the world and its inhabitants
take care of themselves You look
after little No. and those who are
near aud dear to No. l.
Be just decent to your fellow beings.
II you have few lovely posies up
your sleeve occasionally hand them
out. Then be content-calmly. respec.
| tably content-New York Sun.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

British Scientist shu ds Big

London. Henry T.. Armstrong.
professor OF chemistry at the City and
Guilds OF London Central Institute.
addressing the annual meeting OF the
Iron and Steel Institute at Middles-
borough. said It was difficult to keep
calm when he reflected upon :he ruth
less way the worlds stores OF timber,
iron, coal and oil were being used up.
II made the scientist shudder to see
the Indifference displayed in all civil
lied lands to the inevitable conse-
distant future.
No comment was provoked by the
fact that the steamers Lusitania and
Mauretania devour daily thousand
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

Yesterday was marked by the num-
Der of tall individuals met in = brief
stroll downtown" Generally the
average height Is maintsined and ex-
tremes are too few to attract atten-
ton: but it happened that giants were
abroad, and the observing person took
notes. Any pan six feet tall with an
inch or two to spare is conspicuous,
but when q woman towers to that
height she is an object Of comment. not
only with her own sex. but with the
other. gallant as it may be. And yes
terday there were three OF her Al
first It was imagined these three "di
vinely sxll' young women we're the
same. until chance brought two oI
them side by side at silk counter
and then It was wondered II each was
NOT consciously proud OF her stature
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

they will be delicious when the frost
touches them.
Heavy husks on the corn. The
farmers say that is a sure sign.
"Wasps and hornets building their
nest nearer the ground than usual
THE cricket and katydid orches-
tras working overtime; that's a sure
enough indication of an early VIM
ter. too.
Dame Nature Is good and
thoughtful provider for all the little
folk of the forest aud field. YOU
know; that's why there is such big
crop of nuts and Wild grapes and
fruit-so that the squirrels. the mice
and the birds won't go hungry
through the long winter. ! tell YOU
what. there is noshing hit-or-miss
about the indications | have men,
toned. All YOU have to be Is a close
observer OF nature to know what Is
coming in the way OF weather"
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

Just before Queen Alexandra lef,
England on her recent conti',a antal trip
she received a letter from Martha Mas
sey. servant girl who was lying III
in St Luke's Hospital. London The
girl wrote that she was dying OF con
sumption. and the doctors had cnly
given her a few weeks to live, and
above all things she wanted to see the
Queen before she died. Alexandra
was so touched by the letter that she
went to see her and took a present OF
fruit and flowers to her
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

or more tons of coal while crossing
the ocean. This extravaganza was
gloried in as an engineering achieve
ment when it ought TO be anathema-
tized.
The public comforted itself with
the belief that science would dis
cover a substitute for coal, and there
fore felt no compunction In recklessly
destroying the capital won from the
sun In past ages, but science could
not at present support the illusion.
Professor Armstrong earnestly
urged serious scientific study OF eco
nomical methods OF fuel consumption.
outlining the direction such study
ought to take.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

Washington. d. C.--The distribu-
ton of aliens is TO be promoted by the
Bureau OF Information OF the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor. Sec
retary Straus has issued orders to
start the work at each immigration
station, and the bureau has begun
the enormous task OF getting in touch
with farmers. manufacturers and 9TH
er employers in the South to learn
what help they may need. This work
viii require the sending out Of Se6.-
o0e return postal cards.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

High tan shoes will be fashionable
this season.
The vogue for Empire fashions ts
not confined wholly to gowns.
The new shade OF ducks wing and
wistaria is expressed in many Of this
seasons millinery designs.
Linen and pique coat and slift
suits trimmed with wide bands Of lacf
are among the smartest walking sups.
Lace insertion borders the hem OF
the skirt as we'll as the edges OF the
coat and is seldom less than four
inches wide.
The classical Recamier scarf wound
twice just below the bust and left TO
hang in loose knotted ends at one side
is one Of the popular draperies.
No longer Is plain stitching the prin-
cipal decoration Of the taiIor-made
coat Whether 1t be OF cloth. linen.
or silk. It Is trimmed either with braid
or with straps or bands OF different
materials.
With some Of the handsomest lin
gerie and lace robes seen at fashion
able restaurants there have been d.
minutive little bodices which seem to
be made up of a draPsd sash, yelled
with white lace.
Soutache braid enters into the com
position of the new hats As a decorae
ton. Many Of the latest models show
a tam crown braided in rows, COM
p.eted by brim OF satin, and are to
be had in black and colors.
OF course. taupe Is an unnatural
color for lowers. but we have them
shaded in a single cluster from black
to the liyhtest possible shade, and
they blend beautifully with other hcv~
ers and materials in the scft. Old
. shades
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

There is an invalid woman whose
neighbor has for years, at Intervals
OF few weeks, bought her little
pot OF whatever growing flowers are
in season.
Watching flowers grow Il constant
Joy 10 sick person. and she says this
choice OF plant is 80 much wiser than
a bunch OF cut flowers.
Remember this the next time you
are buying flowers for the sick--indi-
annapolis SeTs.
The new South-news., 1908-11-07

Chicago. One dollar. payable in
monthly installments OF twenty-five
cents. is the nequest given Andrew
Heckler by his wife, Catherine f..
Heckler. OF Portland, Ore. whose will
was filed In the Probate Court here.
In the win Heckler is referred to as
the individual who married me in
lso5 in San Diego. Cal. aud who got
from me thousands of dollars and
when he could get no more deserted
NE The estate consists OF personal
tropertv
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30
VALUE OF LABOR SAVING DEVICES

When Mccormick built his irst hun
dred reapers in 1S45, he paid four and a
half cents for bolts. That was in the
mythical age of hand labor. To-day
fifty bolts are made for a cent. So
with guard fingers: Mccormick paid
tWenty-four cents each when James K
Polk was in the White House. Now
there is a ferocious machine, which
with the least possible assistance from
one man cuts out 1900 guard fingers
cent for six. Also, while exploring
one Of the Chicago factories, l came
upon a herd OF cud-chewing machines
that were crunching out chain-links at
the rate of 100000 a year. Near by
were four smaller and more irritable
automatic, which were biting off pieces
of wire and chewing them into Inch
pins at a speed of 100000 bites day
Take out your watch and time this
man. said Superintendent Brooks of
the Mccormick plant. See how long
he is IN boring five holes in that great
casting"
Exactly six minutes" | answered
"Well, that's progress" observed
Brooks, Before we bought that
machine, it was d matter of four hours
to bore those holes"
In one of its five Irvine 1flills-a mon
strous Bedlam of Aoise and a wilder
ness of fuzz, which, is by far the lar
,gest of its sort in the word-there is
Eenough Irvine twisted in single day
to make girdle around the earth
Herbert n Casson in the February
Everybody's.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR.

Mention was recently made in The Jour-
nal of a coming change in the management
of the Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island,
New York, change long ana earnestly ao'
vocated by the Marine journal. Inc Inter-
est in this institution prompts us TO puollsh
the following extracts from personal letter
from Capt c. NJ. Havener, an inmate OF the
Harbor for many years: 81 still hold on 10
nv lob through all the changes Of GOVERNOR
resident physician and commissary, ana IL
| is now six years since | took charge OF the
hospital store-room. Our new Governor 'ooA
charge Jan. LIST, but has not yet moved his
| family down Some radical changes are 10
| be made in the administration II liar ot
gossip is true, and it is what we all expect J
but nothing to interfere with the privileges
| and rights of the inmates. On the contrary,
the administration will be more in accord
with the spirit and wish of the donor as ex-
pressed in his ''will"; and not so much in
the interest of the employees as during the
past ten years. But the main thing Is tbat
we are done forever, | hope, with the Catho-
lie influence that has permeated the "hole
place through having Catholic &C the hedd
of it, This was wrong from the stait, as
the Mace was founded under the Protestant
religion, with the Rector Of Trinity church
and the Rector of the First Presbyterian
church of New York as perpetual trustees,
and no Catholic should ever have been
chosen as Governor. Then we are rid for
all time, we hope, of the naval red tape that
prevailed all through the late admlnlstra-
ton, That again was wrong, for neither
the Navy ncr the Government has anything
to do with this place Many have an idea
that il has, but this is an Independent instl-
tuition endowed by the will of private In
dividual, who felt that he wanted to help the
Door worn-out seamen, as all the property
he possessed came through the sea. AL
though at the time this will was made we
could hardly be said to have navy, man-o'-
warsmen are eligible under the same clause
as the merchant mariner, years service
under the American flag. But how much
better he builded than he knew. The prop
erty at that time consisted of IA farm OF 20
or 30 acres in what is now the very heart of
New York. 1t was worth then altogether
about $4,000, and today is worth more than
$50,0O00O0.
"Wishing both yourself and The journal a
happy and prosperous New Year.
] remain, yours truly,
c. Nj. HAvENER.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30

The February Woman's Home Com
panion is Unusually rich in fiction. "A
powerful story is entitled "The Swan
of Avon Man." and is by James Open
helm, the brilliant young poet OF social
ism. Other stories are: WAS She
Right" by Tom Mason, "The Teeth of
the Gift Horse" by Margaret Cameron,
and ''The Social Supremacy of Miss
Hart by Louise B. Edwards. Woods
Hutchinson, that doctor who is busily
overthrowing old fogy notions about
medicine and health, says many things
that no mother should miss on The
Irrepressible Tendency of Babies to
Grow Up" Unusual American Won
en-, ".""MIs. Beach and Her Career" by
William Armstrong, Eugene Fields
song, "The Sugar Plum Tree" with
music by Will Harding and Margaret
Sangster's page, 'The American Wom-
an are some Of the many other
features of the February Woman's
Home Companion.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30
PROTECTING LoBsTERs AND CLANS

The Maine fish wardens rendered a
complimentary banquet to Com'r of
Sea and Shore Fisheries Donahue of
Rockland in Portland Thursday, Jan
gard. Several matters of interest to
the wardens as we'll as to the people OF
the State were under discussion, and
as a result, it is believed, many suggeS
lions were offered which will doubtless
lead to the enactment of revised laws
for the better protection of CLAIMS and
HOLSTERS.
One of the wardenS suggested that
the State should take over all the clam
flats and thus make it easier to enforce
the laws for the protection of the clam
The canning factories were also con
demned in the speeches OF some OF the
wardens, because of the great inroads
which they make in the direction OF
killing off the clam supply. There was
also some opposition to the state lob
Ster hatcherleS.
Considerable stress was also placed
on the point that the people OF the
State do not have the proper regard
for the enforcement of the clam and
lobster laws in that they do not allow
them to become of the size stipulated
by law in their desire to get them, the
result being that the supply is growing
smaller from year to year.
The summer visitors from other
States were also criticised for their
share in the encouragement OF men
engaged in selling CLAIMS and Holsters
who are compelled to sell the product
forbidden by law in order to meet the
growing demands for these articles OF
sea food.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30
Among the men who served with

Among the men who served with
Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba was
a little Dutch Jew, who, according to
the men in his own troop, was the very
incarnation of cool, impudent bravado
in fight" He was a consistent ia
talist.
One day he observed comrade dodg,
ing a spent bullet that had Whistled
uncomfortably close to him.
"Vat's de use to todge dem pullets?'
sang out the little Jew. "Dey'll hit
you shust as veil we're you are as we're
you amt" -Everybody's Magazine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30

At Probate Court he'd at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo on the l4th day OF
January, A. ID. 1908.
MAGGIE f. WHITCOMB, widow of James H
MI Whtcomb, late of Morrill, in said County of
Waldo, deceased having presented a petition
praying for an allowance out OF the personal es
tate of said d ceased
Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested by causing a copy OF this
order to be published three weeks successfully in
The Republican journal, a newspaper published
at Belfast that they may appear at a Probate
Count. to he held at Belfast, within and for said
County, on the l lth day of February, A. d. 1908,
at Ten OF the clock before noon, and show cause,
if any they have, why the prayer of said petition.
er should not he granted.
GEO. +. JOHNSON, Judge,
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. 2. HAZELTINF, Register.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30

At a Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the l4th day of
January, A. D. 1908
4 UGUSTINE II. FOLSOM, administrator de
n bons of the estate of Mary Whitcomb,
late OF Searsport, in said County of waldo, de-
ceased, having presented petition praying that
the actual market value of the property of said
deceased in his hands subject to the pay
ment of the collateral inheritance tax, the per
sons interested in the succession thereto, and the
amount of tax thereon, may be deter mined by the
Judge of Probate.
Ordered, That the said petitioners give notice to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully in
The Republican journal, a newspaper published
at Belfast, that they may appear at Probate
Court to be held at Belfast, within and for said
County, on the 18th day of February, A. ID. 1908,
at ten of the clock before noon, and show cause,
if any they have why the prayer of said petition
er should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest.
CHAs. z. HAZELTINE, Register.