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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-10
A NEW KIND OF CHRISTMAS GIFT.

1t may seem at first like an audacious
idea for Christmas giving, but has it
never occurred to you that many OF your
belongings which you do not use or care
for are exactly what some OF your friends
would be delighted to possess, finding
them both useful and pleasing? And it
this is the case why not give them to
those who would like them, for Christ
mas presents?
Of course, l am not referring to worm
out, secondhand articles by any means,
but every one of us is the owner OF varl-
GUS things for which we have no use, or
no room possibly-good things which for
some reason or another are not Sultab e
for us.
There is the charm of the intimately
personal in a gift from among. the per-
sonal belongings of the giver which store
things can never possibly attain, and
this greatly increases the joy of receiv-
ing and giving. If you don't believe it
try.
There are an almost endless number of
things which will lend themselves to this
scheme. Articles of unworn wearing ap-
parel, bits of jewelry, fancy combs,
books, trinkets and fancy things of all
sorts, bric-a~brac, music, pictures, dishes
fancy or plain anything, in fact,
which happens to fit the taste of the re-
cipient. That, of course, is the princi-
pal thing to be borne in mind. The artl-
cles must be thoughtfully bestowed, not
carelessly sent, hit or miss, just as the
names happen to read on ones Christ
mas list
To be sure, this is only the same spirit
OF loving thoughtfulness which should
pervade all giving if it is not to deterior-
ate into an exchange of junk; but we
have fallen into habit Of generally in
dulging ourselves and our friends on this
point. We politely ignore the inappro-
priatenss of the gifts which we send as
well as those we receive, knowing that
we are all in the same boat scrambling
and bewildered and harassed as the
eleventh-hour shopping of the holiday
season approaches. Such slovenly ways
are deplorable, we all agree, but we can
not seem to rectify them, and Of course
the will must be taken for the deed, I'M
der the prevailing circumstances. But
in drawing upon ones own possibly old
possessions there can be no such lax
methods, of course. Everything must
be carefully placed where it is wanted
and will give pleasure.
If this is done, each thing should be
accompanied by graceful little note of
explanation, calling to mind the particu-
lar incident or remark which revealed
the recipients liking for the article in
question. December New Idea Woman s
Magazine.
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Bears tie 4 The Kind You Have Always Bought
Of &ezTzASeZzN!
ASKS US TO PRINT.
Tells How To Prepare Simple Mixture To
Overcome Disease.

iellS How 10 Prepare a Simple Mixture L o
Overcome Disease.
To relieve the worst forms of Rheumatism,
take a Jeaspoonful of the following mixture
after each meal and at bedtime:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound hargon, ounce; Compound
Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces.
These harmless ingredients can be obtained
from our home druggists, and are easily mixed
by shaking them we'll in a bottle. Relief is
generally felt from the first few doses.
This prescription forces the clogged-up, in
active kidneys to filter and strain from the
blood the poisonous waste matter and uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
As rheumatism is not only the most painful
and torturous disease, but dangerous to life,
this simple recipe will no doubt be greatly
valued by many sufferers here at home, who
should at once prepare the mixture to get this
relief.
1t is said that a person who would take this
prescription regularly, dose or two daily, or
even few times week. would never have
serious Kidney or Urinary disorders or Rheu-
matism.
Cut this out and preserve it. Good Rheuma-
tism prescriptions which really relieve are
scarce, indeed, and when you need it, you want
it badly.
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PROSPERITY WEEK IN LOS ANGELES

A Three Days Carnival in Santa Ana
To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: Last
week was Prosperity Week in Los Ange-
les. Wednesday we all went in to see
the industrial parade. 1t was fine, with
its 3O1 floats and other vehicles, its TAT
horses drawing the exhibits, its 43 auto
mobiles that were made in Los Angeles,
and the $500. men, women and children
participating, and IL brass bands. The
number of spectators was about 200, 600,
and the length of the parade about four
miles. l am sending you the Los Angeles
Times, which will give you very good
idea of what it was.
October 18th Orange county held a
three days carnival of products at Santa
Ana, the county seat. was there the
last day and saw the floral parade. Fol-
lowing the floats prepared especially for
this day came those used the two days
before. 1t was the story Of Orange
county, it's thrift and industries, painted
with flowers. 1t was grand. In very
large tent, where all the products OF the
county were on exhibit, l saw sugar
beet that was marked 72 IA lbs. Santa
Ana is about thirty miles from here. 1t
is a "dry city"-not a saloon there-a
nice clean city of about 5000 inhabitants.
1t has very pretty court house, Jail, city
hall, etc.
Twas glad to see by The Journal, which
we look for and receive every Tuesday or
Wednesday, that Waldo county last cleo
ton went all right Yours truly,
F. R. DAGGETT.
Florence, Calf, Nov. %, 1908.
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COLLEGE BOYS AT A FIRE IN TURKEY

Not long ago fire broke out in the
city of Marsovan, Turkey, the home of
Anatolia College, fine educational in
stitution for boys supported by the Amer
lean Board. The difference in discipline
and efficiency between the native fire de-
partment and the voluntary work of the
students made deep impression upon
those who witnessed the confagration.
When the alarm sounded at o'clock in
the morning, the Turkish iremen started
with a small hand machine across the
city, making terrific noise with blowing
trumpets. Somewhat later the boys from
Anatolia College set out with little old
engine and an outfit of tin buckets, used
on the mission premises. It was slow
process to reach the scene over pitching
streets and Asiatic cobble stones, but the
boys were there ahead of the fire brigade,
and their jet was doing its work before
the city pump had found connections.
After an hours fight the flames were
extinguished, neighboring mosque was
saved and general confagration avoid
ed. Then the boys gathered up their
tackle, gave three lusty cheers for Ana
tolia, and trotted home to bed in martial
order. All that time the city engine lay
useless, while the municipal firemen ran
around the streets borrowing tin tubs to
carry water. to their engine, having
neglected to provide buckets. If river
had been flowing before the building they
could have done nothing but dip water
with their fezes. The next morning peo-
pie in the market place talked in excited
tones about the student brigade. They
said: eve thought people had to have
engines to put out fires, but we see it is
done with tin bucketsW They were loud
in their praises of the discipline and order
maintained by the students, and of the
splendid way they met an emergency.
There are more serious emergencies than
fires in the land of the sultan just at
present, and our American Chris tian
schools and colleges are turning out the
right sort Of young men to meet them.
American friendship shown to Turkey at
this crisis in her history is likely to bring
as rich rewards as it has in Japan. In
what better way can we express this
friendship than by supporting colleges
like Anatolia?
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FOR BIRD CONSERVATION.

Audubon Workers Enlist to Save Nations
Resources. America Will Only Live
Through Feathered Flocks. Census Of
Birds to be Made.
NEW YORK, December 7th. To save
the crops, woods and waters of America
for future Americans by preserving the
birds, without whose services few grow
ing things will survive on the continent,
is the object of special campaign begun
in this city today. At the request of the
leaders of the movement in Washington
the National Association of Audubon So
cieties has enlisted in the general con-
servation crusade with all its working
forces that have for years labored to this
end. As first step, to show the rapid
decline in the feathered resources OF the
nation, census Of the game and forest
birds of the entire country has been pro-
jected by the association.
Five of the leading ornithologists and
workers of the Audubon association have
been selected as a committee to repre-
sent the important interest of bird pro-
lection in cooperation with the other
elements in the national conservation or
ganization. With William butcher, pres
ident of the National Association of Au-
dubon Societies, there will serve on this
committee, Edwin Howe Forbush, who
is in charge of the associations New
England department, T. Gilbert Pearson,
the head of it's offices in the South, Frank
M. Chapman, leader in Audubon field
work, and DIR. 7. S. Palmer, who is
prominent in the government Biological
Survey, the Department of Agriculture,
as we'll as an active member of the asso-
citation. With the assistance of the au-
thorities at Washington this committee
hopes to soon be ready to show the peo-
pie of the United States some striking
evidences of the effect of bird butchery
upon their chief resources.
To take complete census OF the game
and forest birds over every square mile
of every section of this country is re-
garded here as one of the hardest tasks
which the Audubon workers have ever
undertaken in their long history OF labors
to preserve the national bird life. Thou
sands of detailed question blanks are to
be sent to representatives and friends OF
the association the country over, as well
as to every known warden, ornithologist
and official who is in touch with local
conditions On the expert observations
of this small army of bird lovers and ex-
perts comparative census will be based,
which the Audubon officials feel sure will
show an appalling decrease In natures
feathered forces that insure life to all
crops and trees.
Forest fires such as devastated the coun-
try this fall are declared by the Audubon
authorities in this city to be responsible
for the wholesale destruction of Amerl-
cas- bird races. For every tree consum-
ed by the flames homes were lost to
breeding birds, they declared, while mil
lions of the migratory fiocks persisted
because of the confagration. 1t is known
that whole regiments of the smaller
species have in many cases been confused
and lost in the smoke clouds of the burn
ing regions.
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The Short Courses of Agriculture.

The University of Maine is sending
out notices Of its short courses in agri-
culture. This would seem most prof
liable and attractive course for young
farmers. 1t begins January 9Th and
continues to the 18th. Tuition is free.
instruction will be given in fertility of
soil, manures and fertilizers, crops,
dairy sanitation, stock breeding, stock
judging, butter making, animal diseases,
animal nutrition and like subjects.
Farmers week will be held this year be-
ginning Monday, March 18th, and that
will be followed by a short course of
three weeks in poultry management.
The university is doing all in its power to
be of service to the farmers and it is
certainly hoped in the interest of pro-
gressive farming that good response
will be made by those doing the work
which may thus be improved.
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CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

Sometimes think that Christmas nights the
best.
Before the nursery fire, when we're undressed
And all the toys are put away, except
Perhaps my engine and the baby's bear,
Then Mother comes away from all the rest
Downstairs to tell our Christmas story there.
She takes the baby on her lap and we
Sit round her on the hearth rug so we see
The pictures in the fire, and then she tells
About how Shepherds watched their fiocks
by night
And what the angel said, and how the three
Wise Kings came riding-and the big stars
light.
And then she tells US how it showed the way
To lust a stable where the oxen stay.
And there they found Him in His Mothers
arms,
A little Baby Christ-Child- and He smiled;
And that (she says) is what made Christmas
For YOU and me and every little child.
Before the nursery fire when we're undressed
Sometimes think that Christmas nights the
best.
-Theodosia Garrison, in the December Every
bodys.
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Pittsfeld Personals.

Mrs. C. A. Means and Miss Efie Reynolds of
Unity were in town Wednesday.
Miss Marion Osgood of Vinalhaven has been
visiting her cousin, Mrs. Chester Frost.
Mrs. Flora Hustus of Freedom is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Silas Sprague, Bates street.
Mrs. S. P. Humphrey has returned from q
visit with relatives in Clinton and Fairfield.
Mrs. Lucie Crowell of Brooks has been calling
on her many friends in town this week, making
her headquarters at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Applebee. Mrs: Crowel s, has also been
Canaan.-Pittsfield Advertiser.
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Prohibition in Oklahoma.

The State Supreme Court of Oklahoma
has issued writ of mandamus ordering
County Judge Hooker of Oklahoma coun-
ty to take judicial knowledge of the State
prohibitory law. Judge Hooker had held
the law to be void and demonstrations.
The Supreme Court now holds it to be
constitutional in every respect.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-10

The "pure food law is designed by the
Government to protect the public from in
furious ingredients in both foods and drugs.
it is beneficial both to the public and to the
Conscientious manufacturer. Ely's Cream
Balm a successful remedy for cold in the
head, nasal catarrh, hay fever etc, containing
ments of the new law, and that fact is promi-
nently stated on every package. It contains
none of the injurious drugs which are required
by the law to be mentioned on the label. Hence
you can use it safely.
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A PERSONAL APPEAL,

great merit of Foley's Honey and Tar, for
coughs, colds and lung trouble, you never could
be induced to experiment with unknown prepa-
rations that may contain some harmful drugs:
Foley's Honey and Tar costs you no more and
has a record of forty years of cures. r. H.
Moody.
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Mrs. M. McRaney, Prentiss, Miss, writes:
81 was confined to my bed for three months
with Kidney and bladder trouble. and was
treated by two physicians but failed to get re-
lief No human tongue can tell how suffered,
and had given up hope of ever getting well
until began taking Foley's Kidney Remedy.
After taking two bottles felt like a new per-
son, and feel it my duty to tell suffering women
what Foley's Kidney Remedy did for me-" R.
H. Moody.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
fng-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton. dizziness or nervous prostratlon.
Why don't you try it J.?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass
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AN ENGINEERS
EXPERIENCE

IA cough reduced me from 2O8 to 1877
pounds in weight. By taking Father
Johns Medicine, was built up to 21O IA
pounds and my cough cured. l am now
a we'll man, and advise all who are run
down or have cough or cold to take
Father Johns medicine. w. F. Rog-
ers, chief engineer M. B. A., Marble
head. Mass
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Money Went to His Conscience.

Woodsmen in the forest regions dlsap-
pear lover the edge of things into the
big north woods during long and cold
winter, and most of the world forgets
them. There are some folks, however,
who make thoroughfares of the "tote-
roads, between the scattered camps.
''In one camp | was in last winter says
Holman Day, author of King Spruce, the
novel which the Harpers published this
summer, ''there was hardly day when
we didn't have a visitor. There We're
men with watches and cheap jewelry.
There were photographers to take group
pictures of the crew-and one would be
surprised to know how eagerly the men
welcome photographers. There were men
who doctored horses and filed their teeth.
There were peddlers of all kinds OF trlnk-
ets-and these always drive good trades,
for all payments are made IN orders on
the firm, and that doesn seem like spend
ing real money. One day an old man
came into camp, avant-courler OF one OF
the biggest snowstorms OF the season.
He stayed week, snoWbound. He an
nounced himself as an evangelist and held
services every evening IN the cook-house.
AS he sang hymns with deal of gustoo
the men tended out on the meetings and
Wueli tIlS WeSh w as VI eolietiDA'Se4 =" iie
eral collection. They were ncouraged
in this by the boss, who had discovered
that the old man was as good an eater as
he was singer-and hospitality is with
out price in lumber camps. The boss
reckoned that good fistful of cash would
encourage the old man to move on-and
the boss cashed the mems orders and
passed the money over. Thereupon the
delighted preacher, wishing to show his
gratitude and earn the money, said that
it had been revealed to him that he ought
to stay another week and make a still
more earnest try for the souls of men
who had been so good to him. Then the
boss could only sigh and let him stay.
Kodol for Dyspepsia, indigestion, weak stom-
ach, sour stomach, gas the stomach, etc, is
a combination of the natural digestive juices
found in a healthy stomach with necessary
vegetable acids, and is the only thing known
today that will completely digest all kinds of
food under, any condition. 1t is guaranteed to
give prompt relief from any form of stomach
trouble Take Kodol and be convinced. 1t
will cure your dyspepsia. Sold by R. H. Moody
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Foley's Orino Laxative cures Chronic consti-
patton and stimulates the liver. orlno fegu,
lates the bowels SO they will act natuially ano
YOU do not have to take purgatives continu-
0usly. R. H. Moody.
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Most people are taking Foley's Kidney Rem
edv every year. It is considered to be the most
effective remedy for kidney and bladder troubles
that medical science can devise. Foley's Kid
ney Remedy corrects Irregularities, builds up
worn out tissues and restores lost vitality. It
will make you feel well and look well. R. H.
Moody.
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This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lena V. Henry, of Norristown, Ca,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
ton was the only chance l had, and l
dreaded it almost as much as death.
"One day l read how other women
had been cured by Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and l decided to
try it. Before l had taken the first
bottle 1 was better, and now I am en-
tirely cured.
Every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta BILE Compound"
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FLUFFY RUFFLES.
OPENS A CHRISTMAS SHOP
(Full page in colOr).
Four Prize Short Stories,

The result of the HERALD'S Christmas
Short Story Contest by
Lloyd OsbourDe, winner of the 81 500 prize;
Molly Elliot Seawell, winner of 81 900
prize;
O. Henry, winner of the $500 prize. and
Jack London. winner of the 5000 prize.
Wallace Irwin's Christmas Poem Is Mine
of Humor in Itself.
ORDER COPY WITHOUT DELAY
FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER.
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No. 2642.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
SEARSPORT NATIONAL BANK

At searsport, in the State of Maine. at the
close of business November Fl, 1908.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. 1921 $50 SO
OyerdraftS, secured and unsecured. SO7 10
o. S. Bonds to secure circulation $4,000 90
Ronds securities, ETC.. 74S74 30
Ranking house, furniture and fixtures 1000 90
Due from state and Private Banks
andBankers, Trust Companies and
Savings Banks ........... =. 2,2E2ll
Due from approved reserve agents. 4577 SO
Checks and other cash items 1907 21
Notes of other National Banks ..... 1880 &C
Fractional paper currency, nickelS,
and cents ~ 90
Lawful money reserve In Bank viz:
Snecie 80. ....... .$l1 513 10
Legal-tender notes.: $4,000 1853 10
Redemption fund with U s. Treas
urer s per cent of circulaton).... 2.1OO 90
Total. ............. .............s 27s, o35 IS
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. s 10000 90
surplus fund ............" $4,000 90
Undivided profits. less expenses and
National Bank notes outstanding. 1880 90
Due to other National Banks....... 7O6 90
Dividends unpaid .... 1ZS W
Individual deposits, subject to check 116,3O1 O3
Cashiers checks outstanding........ 7O3 so
Total. .........$ 27S, O36 6S
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY oF waldo 81.
Ia H. Nichols, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief. A. H. NICHOLS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd
" CHARIEs E. ADAMS. Notary Public.
COrrect-AtteSt:
e. e e 5 + Ss{:$' Directors.
THE CHILDREN LIRE IT
YEAIAIEnNsC AVA TN4R
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City Farm for yl5

Situated on Swan LAX t'I .-.
from Belfast postoffice;3o a.r ..si
crop land; house and barn I'D
and in good condition; hoUs" -:
large rooms, cistern in :cela ..t
hay; has wood enough for b. .
Der enough for repairs ami .t
good saw mills near by, one aae'. :a
the place. Land lays to tn, ..re
and raises large quantitles az
toes Land borders river and ''' sf
vided point of land which give II. s
tunity for cutting and harvest nm. ,3-i
ice. This farm is well adapted o5a
business, with excellent markeF Vi,
near by. Two never-failine SlF !s,,r,aga
on place. This place has all the 14, n3
a city home; good schools one " -g 81. q.
of the house,, churches, libraA ~,
twice daily, telephone, etc. saw a.o,. PC
board mills, axe factory, electfT r. r.. '51s.
Present owner is getting old ara .ny y,
use for it, and will sell rea'y'1r ia, fJP
should be seen to be .appreca'eo
ti'0lars call on N. S. PIPER T.,
Swan Lake Avenue
R. F. D. Box No. "a. !" Il
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At Searsport, in the State of Maine. at the
close of business November FL, 1908.
RESOURCES.
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MRS. McRANEy's EXPERIENCE.

Florence, Calf, Nov. %, 1908.