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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
ADDRESS BY EDWARD H. KELLEY.

The Danforth class for men of the
Columbia street Baptist church, Bangor,
had an oyster supper and social hour at
the church last Thursday evening. After
the supper Mai. Edward H. Kelley, men,
Der of the governors staff, and managing
editor of the Commercial, addressed the
members of the class and their friends on
Recent Messages of the President. Maj.
Kelley epitomized the message of De-
cember 9Th and those following, giving a
good idea of the documents. In his in
troductory remarks the speaker referred
to the President himself. In giving his
own ideas of Mr.. Roosevelt, Maj. Kel-
lev said that although the President is
hasty and impulsive at times, and not
outstanding the fact that there is a
great deal written and spoken in adverse
criticism of him, yet he has made an
excellent White House incumbent, and
no President has ever done more to
advance civic righteousness and the
personal good conduct of the private
citizen; that no matter what proper
ton of what is said and written
in criticism of him is true, nevertheless
he has the faculty of writing plainly and
directly and bluntly words to the nation
which we know are needed, and which
as moral talks hit the bullseye every
time. No president ever was less IN
need of the constitutional injunction to
address messages to Congress frequently,
said Maj. Kelley, for President Roose,,
welt knows how to use good English and
evidently enjoys using it, too. He is
ready at any time, said the speaker, to
write of the proper position OF the stars
in relation to the milky way, or OF race
suicide, equally with subjects OF political
Importance to the nation. From the
Congressional record Maj. Kelley. read
paragraphs from the discussion OF each
topic touched upon by the President.
His selections were interesting and con-
ducive to knowledge of the purport OF
the message without reading the ~, ooo
words Of which it was composed.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
RICE-GROWING IN TEXAS.

Fifty years ago Texas was little more
than cattle ranch. Save In the coast
towns log cabins were the dwellings OF
the Americans, the MeXicans living IN
iacals. the walls of which were made
of poles driven into the ground, the
roofs of thatch, and the floors the bare
ground A large part of the State was
infested by savage Indians and the gov
eminent maintained a Gordon OF military
posts to protect the settlers on the iron
tier. A vast area was practically desert,
where only the prickly cactus grew. Save
along the streams where irrigation was
possible, little attention was paid to agrl-
culture. Cattle raising was the chief In
dustrv, and hogs roamed at will and got
their living as did the wild animals. There
was not a mile of railroad in the State
and goods for the interior were hauled IN
two-wheeled Mexican carts drawn by OK
en-. In view of these facts the develop
ment of Texas agriculture in recent years
is surprising beyond measure. Land long
considered worthless is now held at from
5000 to $500 per acre. Mention has here
tofore been made of the onion industry,
which in a few years has driven the Ber-
muda onion out of the market, and OF the
tomato industry, in which Texas already
leads her sister Southern States. Now
the rice fields of Texas are attracting
attention. The crop is confined to the
upper Gulf coast region and is compare
lively a new industry. 1t is conservative
" estimated that the rice yield in the
State this year is approximately 2, 900, ooo
sacks. Each sack contains four bushels.
The United States production OF rice last
year was insufficient to meet the home
demand and l, 500, 900 sacks were import
ed. John N. Simpson of Dallas is said to
be the largest rice grower in Texas. He
has a farm of 10000 acres in Matagorda
county, of which 5000 acres were in rice
this season. The total yield was upwards
of 10000 bushels, which was sold for
more than $35O,OO0. South Carolina has
heretofore been the chief rice producing
State and rice is grown to some extent
in GEORGIA and louisiana
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
PORTLAND'S CLAIM TO FAME.

''L. W. S." the New York correspond
ent of the Portland Argus, says in re-
cent letter: GAS l sat in the favorite
restaurant, quietly eating my frugal
luncheon and musing upon the unknow-
able the while, soft voice near me ask
ed-''For what thing or things is Port
land famous?" 1t was the voice of the
one-eyed man. He had entered in his
soft cat-like way and seating himself at
my table, unseen, had propounded the
question to the unseen spirits of the air,
knowing that should hear him. But he
did not look at me nor in any way recog-
nize my existence ''Portland, said |,
portland is and will for ages be famous
as the home of William Pitt Fessenden,
one of the clearest- headed, cleanest
hearted men of the entire Anglo-Saxon
race. But for him, President johnson
would have been impeached and removed.
Having such a precedent, other Presi-
dents would have been impeached and
removed, and our government would
have become like those of the South
American Republics. Fessenden saved
the Nation! Saved the Nation at cost
of not one dollar of the peoples money,
nor one drop of the peoples blood! With
reverence be it spoken-Jesus and Fes-
sender pulled together. Satan and the
politicians pull together. And Portland
was the home of Fessenden.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
THE FREE SHIP FALLAcY.

Our Democratic friends have charged
the decadence of our shipping interest to
Republican legislation, but like conditions
prevail in other maratime countries. For
example, the Shipping Illustrated of New
York says:
Sadness prevails in Yarmouth, N. S.,
at the completion, now in sight, OF the
record of her once famous fleet of sailing
vessels. Twenty to thirty years ago Var
mouth and Windsor We'd with each other
in the claim to be the greatest shlp-oWn-
ing port of the province, and between
them several hundred thousand tons OF
the finest wooden ships, all built at or
near their respective ports, carrled the
names to every part OF the world. some
substantial fortunes remain to the inhabl-
tants of these towns where the 'clickety-
clank" of the calkers no longer echoes,
and even New York is bit weather.
from their industry, but today Yarmouth
has only three square-riggers left to her
name; the baruues Belmont and Brook
side, and the barquentine Lakeside. 1t
so happens that Windsor is also down to
three square-riggers, the barque Land
skrona and the barquentines Persia and
St. Croix. So the competition between
the once famous ports continues to the
last
These Nova Scotia ships were built of
spruce at a'cost of not over two-thlrds
that of our ships Of white oak and hack
metack, and they were more cheaply
found and manned. Their business main
ly was the carrying of timber from New
Brunswick ports to Great Britain, and
for many years this has been done by
big tramp steamers, which have super
seeded the sailing vessels in this as in
other trades. The stage coach went into
decadence when people began to travel
by railroad and now the trolley is for
midable competitor of the steam lines.
Our coasting trade was carried on at one
time in schooners of $50 to 300 tons, and
in those days ships were 600 to l ZOO tons.
Now we have schooners of from 1000 to
5000 tons, carrying as many tons OF coal
as a small fleet of the old two and three
masters, and these with the barges are
monopolizing the coasting trade. This
competition cannot be met by legislation
any more than you can restrict the speed
of an automobile to that of team OF
farm horses Free trade in ships would
avail nothing unless to destroy what is
left of the shipbuilding industry and turn
the coasting trade over to foreign vessels,
which, though under American registry,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
TAX COMMISSIONERS REPORT.

The report of the Maine Tax Commits
sioner was made public last week. 1t
exceeds in length Presidents message
and it is out of the question for weekly
newspaper like The Journal to publish it
in full. Nor is it necessary, for it is
merely suggestive and has to be acted
upon by the legislature. Following are
the recommendations:
That all assessments be at market
value.
Give State Assessors greater powers.
Apportion State tax according to land
values.
Tax public service corporations on an
ad valorem basis.
Tax savings deposits in National banks.
Tax life insurance companies accord
ing to value of reserves.
Tax automobiles according to size OF
cars.
That tax on bank stock be made uni
form and that direct and collateral in
heritance tax be levied.
Uniformity in taxation of steamboats,.
That mortgage recording tax be levied:
That poll taxes be made uniform IN all
towns and cities.
That pleasure boats be taxed.
That foreign corporations pay license
fee.
That public utilities commission be
created.
That State, County and municipal
bonds be exempt.
That mortgages and securities of such
Maine corporations as pay tax based
on their full value be exempted.
Two members Of the commission do
not concur in these recommendations.
Messrs. White and Morrill, have filed
dissenting reports on important points.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

The abstract of the report of the Sec
cetary of Agriculture, published in other
columns. is very interesting reading. The
figures given of the farm production of
1908, making a total of 81, IT'S, 00o, 600, are
surprising. Improved methods and the
progress due to scientific agriculture
have no doubt caused the general in
crease in products this year, and give
assurance of continued advancement.
The movement for the conservation OF
resources, which bids fair to accomplish
its object, must also add largely to the
nations resources. To quote again the
words of the senior Morgan: "Any man
who is bear on the future of this coun-
Cry will go broke. -
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

Writing of potato growing few weeks
ago it was estimated that the surplus
crop of Waldo County this year might De
so 900 bushels. As we had no figures at
hand this was simply guess work and we
realized at the time that the quantity
was probably underestimate. We
have since learned that 200 car loads of
potatoes, $50 bushels to a car, have al
ready been shipped from this branch
road, total of $50, 900 bushels. At so
cents a bushel this means Sr75, 900 for the
farmers of Waldo county AS potatoes
are now selling at IS cents, and there are
more to be shipped, it will be safe to es-
innate the amount to be received by our
farmers from this source alone at not
less than 500, 900.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
Home Comforts for Farmers.

The Maine Farmer thinks that farm
ers should put more of their surplus on to
their farms and less in the savings banks,
and cites a neighborhood in Androscog
gin County where each farmer has fine
stand of modern buildings, piped through
out for hot and cold water, bath rooms,
electric lights and all other needed home
comforts. This little model community
in Southern Maine is merely practising
the general rule of Aroostook. The best
farmers of almost every Aroostook neigh
borhood have modern homes that will
compare with the best village residences,
where no convenience enjoyed by the vii
lage man is lacking and where many ad-
vantages are had which the village can
not have. -Presque Isle Star-Herald.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
Winter on Squirrel Island.

"Our Beautiful Isle of the Sea" lies
enveloped in its mantle of ermine, queen
of all the Islands! When we looked out
in the early morning upon the white and
wintry landscape our admiration was
boundless and when the sun in all it's
splendor arose, sending its pink rays over
upon. There were sea-gulls, also vessels
off for an early start, all taking on this
beautiful color from the rising sun. The
sea sparkling in the sunlight as the en-
tire daylight appears, not sound is
heard and the solitude seems sublime.
Solitude has its charms after all.-Cor-
respondence Boothbay Register.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

Robert Barr, the English novelist, was
entertained at dinner by North Wood
ward avenue family few nights ago.
The men adjourned to the smoking room
and the hostess fingered to give orders to
the maid.
49," said the young girl, II was so
proud to have been able to wait on Mr..
Barr. He is the first famous man have
ever attended.
And then in a burst of maidenly euthu-
siasm she exclaimed:
"Perhaps some day may be called to
wait on Shakespeare. Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

News of the death of Donald C..
Mitchell Ok MarveD gives a pang of re-
gret to the old-fashioned fellows who
used to enjoy his 'Rever;es Of Bach
elor. Portland Press.
Count us in as one, and also as enjoy
ing his later books, one Of which was re-
read recently with much interest and
pleasure.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

Storage eggs about gone" is the cap
ton of an article in The New York
Packer. Many housekeepers have found
them altogether gone
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

The King .ial is dragging its slow
length along, says the Somerville Jour-
nal. On the other hand the King drag
seems to be making rapid progress in the
favor of road-makers.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

A recent visitor to The journal office
remarked that the farmers Of Waldo
county were never so prosperous as they
are today, and he instanced the fat checks
coming to many of them every month
from the creameries, and the fact that
eggs were bringing 40 cents a dozen on
the farms. And this does not tell the
whole story The potato crop has been
something Of bonanza, and those who
nave fancy or No. l apples can get fancy
prices for then. In future more atten-
ton viii be given to orchards, and those
having extensive woodlots must soon
realize, if they have not already done so,
that they are we'll worth looking after
and caring for. Such owners should
study up forestry, or get forester to
took over their timber lands and advise
them as to the best methods. There is
wealth, present Or future, in a we'll cared
for wood lot.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
WHAT CAUSES DYSPEPSIA?
And incidentally Constipation, Coated
Tongue, Nervousness, Headache, and
Other Symptoms.

Other Symptoms.
Did YOU ever know that the stomach is a
churn? That lust as soon as you are done eat
ing. the healthy stomach commences to roll the
food around, and mixes it thoroughly with the
juices of the stomach?
And did you know, dear reader, that if the
stomach is run down or fiabby so that it can
not do the churning, that dyspepsia is the re-
suit?
If the food is not churned, it lays heavily on
YOUR stomach, turns sour, and causes all kinds
Of distressing symptoms, such as headache,
coated tongue, conspitation, etc.
And So every physician ~ will i'll tell you the
to cure up the 10 so that
If you have dyspepsia and want to get rid Of
it before it gets rid Of yog 60 to A. A. E Howes
M;.o-na tablets. The cost is only so cents, and
every reader Of The Journal is welcome to his
or her money back if Mi-o-na does not cure. .
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24
Weak hr0at-Weak Lungs

Cold after cold; cough after cough! Troubled with this
ktakinecod habit? Better break it up. We have great
confidence in Ayers Cherry Pectora for this work. No
medicine like it for weak Threats and weak lungs ASK
His approval is valuable Follow his advice at all times
No alcohol in this cough medicine LCzge1 LoYe Mas,
Take What
the best his opinion Let him decide
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

John Smith is dead. He was photog-
rapher and lived in New Jersey.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

The Panama canal sensation OF certain
yellow journals was simply the publica-
ZION of matter that had been prepared
for use during the Democratic campaign
but was turned down by the wiser heads
of that party The story alleged that OF
the $40, OOO,0 900 spent by the United
States government, few quiet and able
French financiers, ably abetted by sever
al American capitalists, acquired the
greater part and the amount that really
reached the original French investors
was not worth mentioning. These state
ments, which must have been known to
be false by those publishing them, have
been completely refuted. AS President
Roosevelt has said in special message
TO Congress: '"They are false in every
particular from beginning to end. The
wickedness of the ISLANDERS is only sur
passed by their faulty" "These
stories. as matter of fact, need no in
vestigation whatever. No shadow of
proof has been, or can be, produced in
behalf of any of them. They consist
simply of string of Infamous libels. "
1t will take something more than the
yellow journals to affect the confidence
of the American people in the integrity
and the patriotism of President Roose'
welt.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

How often in reading a prize story
one is led to wonder why the prize should
have been awarded. But in reading the
four prize stories in the Christmas num-
Der of the New York Sunday Herald it
must be conceded that good judgment
was shown and that the first prize of
81. 500 was rightly awarded to "Boy
Bright" by Lloyd Osbourne. Aside
from its literary merritt is somewhat
reminiscent of Dickens-it has the true
Christmas flavor. The second prize of
81, 900 was taken by John Mainwaring,
Financier," by Molly Elliott Sewall, and
it is we'll told story. O. Henry takes
the third prize of $500 with Supply and
Demand, " an amusing skit characteristic
of this writer, with whom magazine read
ers are familiar. Jack London is award
ed the fourth prize of 5000 for story
entitled Lost Face, which should have
no place in a Christmas number, and is
not pleasant reading at any time.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

Merry Christmas to every one.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

ouD,DcA DIT cp11pv Editor and
Si1fAfAi'' ~ Business Manager.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-24

Republican Journal Publishing Go
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-13
THE Honeymooners."

When Geo NJ Cohan, the youngest
and most popular OF American drama
lists and composers, was informed by
Klaw and Erlanger that he was to
play all last summer at the New Am
sterdam theatre in New York, he set
himself to work 70 produce a starring
vehicle. which would be the biggest
hit of his career. He wrote and com
posed The Honeymooners" and made
the greatest triumph of his crowded
life playing throughout the heated
season on Broadway TO capacity at So
prices. The Honeymooners" comes
TO the Gennett next Saturday night,
with the original Broadway produc-
ton. 1t will be presented by a power
full cast of metropolitan favorites as
sisted by forty of the cIeverest and
prettiest chorus girls who ever left
New York. This latest and greatest
Cohan song show is a typical Conan
piece efferyescent with action and
bubbling over with humor and laugh
ter and instinct with the joy of life. It
combines melodrama and music there
being strong story and no less than
twenty sitting musical numbers. II
is said BY critics that The Honey
mooners" is the strongest musical
production on the road this year and
that as play pure and simple it has
few rivals in interest
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-13
PI IE
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-13

al of life in a small rural community,
which has for its chief charm not
more in the life represented than in
its representation. 1t will improve
with age like wine. and public appre-
citation will grow stronger and more
emphatic with longer experience. 1t
is a play which, for many reasons, one
cannot afford not to have seen. Per
sonally, its effect is satisfying and the
story is absorbing. The authors have
gone straight to the heart Of nature
for their story and their characters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-13
SENATOR DAVIS NO
LONGER ENGAGED
Miss Ashford Admits a Broken
TrOth.

Washington, Feb. 13-Miss Maud
Ashford. whose engagement to Henry
Gassaway Davis. former United States
Senator, father-iu-law of Senator Elk
ms. and last Democratic candidate for
the vice.presidency, has been regard
ed as an assured fact for the last two
months, announced that her marriage
with Senator Davis would not take
place. The engagement, she said was
broken Monday night.
Miss Ashford herself gave out both
the news of the engagement and of its
cancellation. She furnished no par
ticulars. but it is generally believed
that some sort of settlement was eff,
fected when the decision was made
that Mr.. Davis was to remain single.