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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP.


The Belfast correspondent Of the Ban
gor News has found in the files of Bel
fast paper the following account Of the
finding of message from former Bel
fast woman whose home is now in Mas
sachusetts:
Found off South Hook, Cape Hatteras,
by surfmen of No. /, U. S. Life Saving
Station, a bottle containing the follow
ing message:
Don't be excited! You are not read
ing the record of ship-wrecked crew,
but simply the freak of family circle,
on board the American schooner, Flora
Condor, Capt. ]. w. Burgess of Belfast,
Maine, who, tired of trying to beat
around Cape Hatteras, are varying the
monotony Of this, the third attempt, by
various projects, of which this is one.
The schooner is on the passage from
Perth Amboy, N. J. to Brunswick, Ca,
laden with railroad iron and we are in ex-
cellent condition, having head wind by
day and calm by night. The finder Of
this is requested, if so inclined, to COM
municate the fact to one of the pas
sengers on board. Address Annie L.
McKeen, Box 257, Belfast, Maine.
February %, 1885,
Although the above message was only
a hoax, Mrs. McKeen had. previous to
the writing of the message for fun"
had varied experience at sea, for she
had sailed several years with her late
husband, Captain Albert McKeen. While
on voyage from Philadelphia to Genoa
in the schooner William Frederick in Sep
TENDER, 1875, Captain McKeen and the
mate were the only Americans on board
and on the death of her husband she as
sumed command and with the aid of the
mate kept on to Genoa, where the cargo
was discharged. A captain then was
sent out from Belfast to take command
Mrs. McKeen had her husbands body
embalmed and brought it with her on the
schooner back to Maine. She had many
other thrilling experiences during her
life at sea.
Capt. j. w. Burgess, brother to Mrs.
McKeen, who was in command of the
schooner Flora Condor, is now living in
this city, the proprietor of the famous
Highland Spring Water Co. His sister
is now living in Waltham, Mass, and
often visits relatives in Belfast. In
speaking with the News correspondent
in regard to the trip Of the Flora Con-
don, at the time the above message was
written and thrown overheard, Captain
Burgess said: II remember the day on
which my sister wrote and cast into the
sea the message and the good laugh we
had over it. We had been for several
days trying to round Cape Hatteras and
it had begun to get little tiresome. II
do not think Mrs. McKeen ever had an
answer to the message. She was very
fond of the sea and after the death of |
her husband, made many voyages south /
with me, taking her young daughter |
Florida with her. The last | heard of |
The schooner Flora Condor she was sunk |
near Stonington, loaded with coal. This
occurred some time last year"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portions 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 intiamed
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 nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infamed con-
dition 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.
CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

returns, but thousands of bushels remain
unsold and are not likely to bring enough
to paw for the fertilizer and labor. Those
who disposed of the previous years crop
at good profit are in position to stand
the loss this year, but some of those who
planted large areas for the first time
will meet with financial loss and discour-
agement. The coming season may, how
ever, bring better results, and we trust
it may.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
HALLDALE.

The sewing circle met with Mrs. Everett
Choate Wednesday evening, February 10Th
The next meeting will be with Mrs. J E. Hall
Wednesday evening, March End. J. E, Hall
and Mrs. Mary W. White We're called to Lisbon
Falls February 18th, by the death of Albert H
Monroe Quite number of the relatives and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Vose gave them
surprise Monday evening, February l4th, it
being Mrs. Vose's birthday They were pre-
scented with a nice parlor stove.......C. v
stevenson is doing carpenter work for C. w
Colby =. F. A. Myrick recently bought pair
of nice 3-years -old colts ID E. Hall and Mrs
M. W. White returned from Lisbon Falls Feb
ruary l4th.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
Coughs and Colds
Catanh, Group and Sore Throat Cured
by Hyomei.

Breathe Hyomei and relief from catarrh,
coughs, sore throat cold will come in two
minutes.
Breathe Hyomei (High-o-me) and that stom-
ach straining:: hawking in the morning will
quickly disappear.
Breathe Hyomei and kill the catarrh germs:
heal the inflamed membrane, stop the dis
charge Of mucus and prevent crusts from
forming in the nose.
Breathe Hyomei for few minutes each day
and forever rid yourself Of contemplate ca
tarrh.
Breathe Hyomei-give it faithful trial and
then, if you are not satisfied, you can have
your money back.
Hyomei is sold by druggists everywhere and
by A. A. Howes & Co. A complete outfit costs
but $1.00 and consists Of a hard rubber inhaler
that will last for years, one bottle of Hyomei
and full Instructions for use. II q second bot
tie Of liquid 10 needed you can get an extra
bottle Of Hyomei inhalant for so cents.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
LIBERTY.

Colds are quite prevalent in this town and
our doctor is kept busy attending to the suf-
ferers. Among those who are i'll are Ambrose
Z. Cargill, who was quite seriously ill last week
with bad attack of the grip, and Capt j. o.
johnson, who is i'll " it'll bad stomach trouble
Both are now on the mend. 49, R. l. Morse
Esq, of Belfast was a guest in town for sew
eral days last week. j. ]. Walker has return
ed from trip to Boston e. The Eureka Cor
net Band has resumed its rehearsals in its
building on Mill street for the spring and sum-
mer season.. Owing to the severe storm on
Saturday, Lincoln's birthday, the display of
the stars and stripes were conspicuous by their
absence-only one small flag being seen in the
village.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

DR.. Cook and his wife are now said to
be in Chile. The name is suggestive of
the polar regions
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The Senate passed bill unanimously
to give Commander Peary the rank of
rear admiral in the navy, but the House
committee on naval affairs has voted
unanimously to report the bill adversely.
They suggest medal, but the Portland
Press says a medal won't do; that the
House must pass the Senate bill.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The annual encampment of the De-
partment of Maine, G. A. R., will be
held in Bangor June 18th and 18th.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
Not Coughing TODAY /?

Yet you may cough tomorrow! Better h rrenared for II
when it comes. Ask your doctor about keepine Ayers
Cherry Pectora in the house. Then when the hard cold
or cough first appears you have doctors medicine at
nano -FOUR doctors approval of its use will certainly
No alcohol in this cough medicine. nc 75e7 Co. Lowell Mas
Robust health safguard attacks Of throat snd ma ou5es bu
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

Twice as many immigrants arrived in
the United States in 1909 as in the year
before--eXcellent evidence of the resto-
ration OF good times. Boston Globe.
Yet your Democratic contemporaries
contend that these are not good times.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

They are fishing for Bass in New
Hampshire. Boston Transcript
In this State the Maine Democrat has
been cunning for Bass.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

Thirty-siX million eggs in one cold
storage warehouse in Jersey City. No
wonder eggs have been high.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The earnest (?) desire of a certain in
dividual for peace reminds US of Buck
Fanshawe, frontier character who
figures in Mark Twain's ''Roughing It. :"
Buck had departed this life and his COM
panions planned to give him grand
funeral. One of them called on min
ister-known in the western vocabulary
Of that day as a sky pilot and in ex-
patiating on the good qualities of the de-
ceased said: lit was him that put down
riot last election before it got start:
and everybody said he was the only man
that could have done it. He waltzed in
with a spanner in one hand and a trumpet
in the other and sent fourteen men home
on shutter in less than three minutes.
He had the riot all broke up and prevent
ed before anybody got chance to strike
a blow. He was always for peace, and
he would have peace.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

So far this winter the bill for the re-
moval Of 26 inches of snow in New York
city has been 81, 100, 600.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The Chapman-Alexander revival in
Bangor is said to have made 800 converts.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld
the constitutionality of the Cosson re-
moval law which provides that public
officials may be removed for intoxication.
The decision confirms the custer of A. H.
Henderson as mayor of Marengo, The
Court holds that the question of drinking
goes to mans qualification for office,
and that even though this habit is an
issue in the election and the people de-
eide for him, he car still be ousted for
that very fault.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

In recent interview John F. Heating,
British vice consul at Portland. is report
ed to have urged the raising Of more cat
tie in Maine, for which this State is
adapted in many ways, as western lands
are becoming impoverished Unless some
thing of this kind is done, he says, it will
be bat few years before the State is
importing instead of exporting cattle.
The Waterville Sentinel, which has been
Investigating the beef raising industry
IN Maine, says that starting with a total
of 2T7, 306 neat cattle in 1899 there was
practically steady rise in number until
1904, when the high water mark was
reached of 307, SOB, and that since then
there has been a steady falling off until
in 1909 there were but 226, 7O3 head re-
ported in the State
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The season Of 1908 was an exceptional
iy favorable one for potato growing.
There was no rot or rust, and those who
raised large crops of potatoes made
money. This naturally led to deter
mlnatlon on the part of the successful
farmers to plant an increased acreage
the next season and was an inducement
for others to engage in this line of farm
ing. The Journal at the close of the sea-
son ventured to say that there are bad
years as well as good ones for the po-
tato crop, ,as for other crops; that
Aroostook county has had its years of
financial stress, when farmers did not
realize enough from their potatoes to
pay for the fertilizer, and that these
facts should be taken into consider
alton. This was merely statement of
facts known to every intelligent person,
but it did not accord with the views of
one who claims to be the inventor of DO
toto growing in Waldo county and he
called upon everybody to plant all the
potatoes they possibly could, regardless
of soil conditions or seasons, and assured
them that if they did so wealth would be
theirs. Unfortunately this advice was
followed to some extent and as the sea-
son proved unfavorable, with an excess
sive rainfall, potatoes on low land were
total loss. Those who sold early got fair
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
PROSPECT FERRY,

DR.. and Mrs j. A. Pierce and Mr.. and Mrs
M. B. Grant and son Harold of Standpoint
visited Mr. and Mrs. ". D. Hartman last Sun
day. Miss Evelyn Avery visited friends at
Prospect Marsh several days last week. 49,.
Mrs. Emma Luke and Miss Cora Perkins re-
turned home from Boston by boat February
9Th Mrs. B. c. Avery visited relatives in
Brewer last week. Mrs. Mary Smith is visit
ing relatives in Brewer. Lewis Brown Of
Belfast visited relatives here several days last
week.. Mrs. Ferdinand Hartman who was
reported i'll last week, is much better Mrs.
q. A. Avery, who has been so very sick since
last October and has been having the bad cold
that is going around, is at this writing very
much improved. Miss Maud Shute, trained
nurse, is still with her. Miss Evelyn Avery
and Miss Miriam Grindle called on Mrs M. B.
Grant in Standpoint one day last week. Miss
Katherine Haley of Prospect visited Miss Ha-
eel Waldron recently. ...., Robert Delano of
Verona is on the ferry now and Lewis Lord is
working in the tannery. Miss Alta Holbrook
is attending the High school in Frankfort and
is beading with her sister, Mrs. Cleve Hooper
Mrs Charles Banks and Mrs. Willard Hard
ing were in Stockton shopping one day last
week.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
WATERFRONT.


Mrs. Frank Carleton, who has been very
i'll with pneumonia. is improving. Mr. Frank
Carleton is i'll with a serious stomach trouble
Mrs. Emma Larrabee is taking care of Mrs.
Carleton. 1t is reported that Mrs. W. B.
Gould, who has been spending some weeks
in Pressure Isle, has had shock. Her many
friends hope to hear of her speedy recovery.
Cornelius Kelly is recovering from, an attack
of pneumonia. :. Capt. Varnum Philbrook has
arrived from New York and will spend the re-
mainder of the winter with his family. . Miss
Laura Thompson of Cambridge has recently
been operated on for appendicitis. >. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Freeman have gone to Maiden,
Mass, for few weeks stay, and will visit
several other places before they return. miss
Sophia Chase has returned from Bangor, where
she visited friends and attended some of the
revival meetings. :. Mrs. C. M Chase is visit
ing her brother, w. 3. Rich, in Bangor this
week. Mr.. A. Lincoln Blaisdell, who has been
away from this town for about ID years, in
tends to return to his home here in the spring.
...Mr. Leonard Shaw left on Mondays boat
for Boston for a few weeks visit with his
brother, Fred Shaw.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

The mayor is said to be reporting that
he can buy the new issue of bonds, S113.-
600, for fraction of one per cent less
than the bond house paid for them, which
may or may not be true. If true it does
not disprove the fact that these bonds
would have brought larger premium at
the time, if bids had been called for:
that the deal was private one, and that
the finance committee even knew moth.
ing of it until, with others in the city
government, they were called upon to
ratify this private transaction without
opportunity to investigate it.
Since the foregoing was in type we
have seen circular dated February
18th from E. H. Rollins & Sons of Bos-
ton, reliable firm dealing in investment
securities, in which they offer Sis, 900 of
these bonds at 104.9O, which is a point
above what Mr.. Hanson sold them for.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17
TROY

TROY
WI. Hopkins spent three days in Belfast
last week. Ray Bagley tended his store in his
absence. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Sidelinger, whose birth was reported last
week. died February Sth... Knapt, son of
Delestine Whitaker, was tossed on the horns
of an angry bull last week, and so badly in
Jured that several stitches were required to
close the wound He is gradually recovering.
....Troy friends and old neighbors of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Hopkins of Plymouth, extend to
them deep sympathy in the loss of their little
son Stanley, aged years whose death occurred
February 9Th. 80. The Ladies Aid met with
Mrs. j. c. Lamb last Wednesday. A good attend
ance and enjoyable meeting is reported.....
Miss Nellie Danforth who was taken i'll the
first of last November, and until quite recently
confined to her bed, rode and walked out
short distance for the first time last week All
are rejoicing that she can be among US once
more, for her music and sunshine have been
sadly missed. Mrs. William Barker, who has
been ill all winter, passed away Sunday morn
ing, February 18th, at the age of CT years and
10 months. She was born and passed her
whole life in Troy, where she has many warm
friends. Since the death of her only and idol
lied daughter, which occurred some years ago,
her health has seemed to decline. Some two
years ago an only son died in California. Pre-
vlous to the sickness and death of their daugh-
ter no sorrow had Swallowed the sunshine of
their ideal home. She leaves a kind, devoted
husband, and an adopted daughter who has been
to them great comfort and blessing. Two
grandchildren are living in California, and two
brothers. George and Thomas Tyler, are resi-
dents of Troy. Services were held at the
home Tuesday and the interment was in Fair
view Cemetery.
sEARsMONT.
Mrs. Mary E. Packard passed last week. with
her daughter, Mrs. H. D. erie, in Castine.. .. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Rollerson have returned
from Massachusetts and are settled in their
pleasant farm home. Misses Helen and
Mary Cobb, who have been at home on account
Of the measles. will be able to return to Kent's
Hill the last of this week. Maurice Cobb is
confined to the house with measles. The re-
vival meetings under the direction of the pas
tor. Rev. c. H. Bryant, are we'll attended and !
'everal conversions are reported. :. Mrs. Flora
Brewster, who has spent several months with |
Ter mother, Mrs. M. E. Packard. has returned |
o Belfast to her position in the shoe factory.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. in advance, $500 a
year Sl00 for six months; so cents for three
months
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-17

CHARLES A. PlLsBURY, p, Editor and and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-14
RAILROADS
Southern Railway.
Trains leave Union Station, Alexand

Trains leave Union Station, Alexandria
In effect October ,, 1910.
y. B.-Following schedule figures pub
lished only as information, and are not
guaranteed.
III 4. M.-Daily local between Wash
ington and Danvillc.-
SAT A. ..M-Daily-Local for Harrison
burg aud way stations.
Off "A. M.-Daily-U. S. Fast Mail.
Stops only for passengers for points south
n which scheduled to stop. First class
coaebes; sleeping cars to Birmingham
and drawing room sleeping cars to New
Orleans. Dining car service.
11:17 A. A.M.-Daiv--Maiitr train. Coaches
for Manassas, Charlottesville ,Lynchburg,
Danyjlle and Greensboro. Sleeping cars
Greensboro to Atlanta.
AMP. M.-Week days-Local for War
rerton end H.rrj .onburg.
4:32 .. MISUNDERSTANDING spec
ial. Sleeping cars :;etween New YORK,
Augusta, Aiken and Jacksonville.
Sleeper TO Birmingham; Through hrst,
Jacksonville. Dining car service. Tour
ist to California four times weekly.
3:52 L. M.-Week days-Local for Har-
risonburg and WAY stations on Manassas
branch. Pullman nutIet parlor car.
5I2 z. M.-DajIv--Loc.il for Warren
ton and Charlottesville:
iO21 l.. M.-D2lE- SstSlin ton tshS'
Chattanooga Limited (yia Iynchburg).
First-class coach and sleeping cars TO
Roanoke, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Sleeper to New Orleans, Washington 10
Roanoke. Dining car service,
HOP p. M.-Daily-New York, Atlanta
and New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. club and observation cars 10 New
Orleans. Sleeping ears to AsheViile,
Atlanta. Macon and Now Orleans. sleep
ing cars to Charlotte. Dining car service.
427 A. -Daily-Memphis special.
Sleeping cars and coaches for Roanoke,
Knoxville. Nashville, Chattanooga and
Memphis. Dining car service. Wasn-
iurton sleeping cars open 1000 Z. M.
Through trains from the south arrive
Mt Alexap dria 6:l3 and 6:2S and 1923 a. m.
o:I3. TBS, 1918 and IL IS P. NJ. daily, Har-
risonburs 1l:3S A. NJ. week days and 9:lS
P. NJ. daily. From Charlottesville 92s
\. NJ.
TRAINS ON BLUEMoNT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria (W. & O.. Station)
week days at S22 A. NJ, 3:55 and 4;35 lfor
Bluemont; 6:33 p. M.week days for Lees
burg; 4:55 P. NJ. daily for Bluemont and
9.2S A. NJ, local. on Sundays only for
Bluemont.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets,
Pullman reservation, ETC., apply to
WILLIAM G. LEHFW,
Union Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va.
E. u, COAPMAN, General Manager.
S. H. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf Mgr.
II. +. GARY. General Passenger Agent
Washington, D. c..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-14

the current fiscal year and are about
81, 1000, 900 in excess of the approprla-
tions for the current fiscal year.
The total appropriations on account
OF the canal to date are S24S, Oo2, sos:
OF that amount s40,000,0 900 was paid
for French rights and $4,000, 900 to
Panama. :.
Another great slide has developed IN
the east bank OF CuIebra cut out OF the
Panama canal at Bas Obispo, where a
quantity of rock estimated at 75,Ooo
cubic yards is slowly moving towards
the canal prism. This slide is 50 feet
above sea level, and the break follows
the lines OF a fault in the rock. -
Congress will be called upon tins
winter to pass important legislation for
the Panama canal President TAFT
considers the propositions which he will
recommend in his coming message OF
SO much Importance that he has re-
versed his decision not to 60 to the
isthmus this fall. and will leave on the
trip on November 15, week after
election. The president expects to be
out OF the country about IL days, spend
ing two or three days on the isthmus,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-14
CONDITIONS IN PORTUGAL.

With such rigor is the censorship
exercised in Lisbon that group Of
correspondents sent "a special mes
senger to The French frontier yestcr-
day to hand in unccnsored messages.
Correspondents complain that all
reference to the scandalous action OF
the populace toward the monks has
been expunged from the kilograms.
They declare the desire OF the new
government is to create the opinion
abroad that absolute tranquility pre-
walls. Such, however. is not the case.
Attacks against religious orders con-
tinue. The latest act of the populace,
WHO believed that the monks still hide
in the dungeons of the monasterles,
was to send for quantities OF sulphur
and other chemicals and endeavor to
smoke them out.
The government is reported to be
particularly desirous that silence be
maintained concerning an incident in
which the cruiser Des Moines was
concerned. On Sunday night the ship
was visited by Portuguese officer,
who gave the commander warning
that he was in danger OF attack by
torpedoes and also from submarine
mines. As result the crew OF the
cruiser was on the Gui vivc all night,
but beyond the fact that searchlights
played upon them nothing happened.
Inquiries the following day seemed
to show there was no cause for alarm.
British cruisers received similar warn-
ing and failed TO obtain any explana-
ton. The authorities are most anxious
to stihe the Whole incident.
An English nun named Tipping,
whose mind had become deranged as
result OF her experiences during the
recent fighting between street mobs
and the clericals, yesterday committed
suicide. She jumped from window
on the third floor OF the house occupied
by the secretary Of the British legation,
where she had been given shelter, and
was instantly killed.