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The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
ABANDONED CHURCHES.

A minister lately made the statement
III the Associated Press that in the single
State of Illinois there are seventeen hun
dred abandoned country churches; not
counting abandond churches in Illinois
towns, or churches in Illinois that are
being used for other than church pur-
poses. Yet committee called on me
lately to solicit money with which to
build new church, and you should have
witnessed their eagerness to argue that
there are not enough churches to accom-
modate those who desire to attend re-
ligious services. The popular notion is
that if we build plenty of churches, we
will all 60 to heaven, although the evil
dence of it is as shadowy as the evidence
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare plays.
e. W. Howe of Atchison, Kansas.
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
Aroostook is All Right.

Aroostook is all right for the coming
year. She has good crop of potatoes
of the finest quality-so fine and bright
that they are eagerly sought for in the
great markets in preference to almost
any other potatoes. 1t is now pretty
we'll settled that there will be good de-
mand for these potatoes at prices from
moderate to fair all the season through.
The proceeds from these sales may not
enable every Aroostook farmer to buy ]
or or automobiles, but it will enable
him to get through all right, paying his
bills for the year and probably making q
little money besides. The predictions of
hard and bad year for Aroostook have
again come to naught. fort Fairfield
Review.
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
BORDER STATE BALLAD.
THE PENOBSCOT.

When the Almighty Hand did pour
Penobscot down in forest floor,
And led its streams their winding way,
AS babes are led i'll laughing play,
Yet ever gathering force and stress
Along the messy Wilderness
When He had trained its silvery waves,
And shaped the shore its current laves,
And trailed its course on every hand
With tiny whorls of sifted sand,
And hemmed it round with good green hills,
Coursed by ten thousand sparkling rills,
And set Ger each expanding bay
he granite warder- mountains gray,
From where katahdin sits alone,
Majestic on his rocky throne,
10 where those sister majesties,
Mount Waldo and Mount Battle rise;-
Did heave and scarp its cliffs, align,
And feather them with fir and pine,
And overhang the eagles perch
With oak and ash and silver birch,
Inc rowan, bushes not for shame,
The leafy naples crimson flame
And scented all his hand had set
With Mayfower and with violet,
And hung above the rushing flume
Inc bllberry and cherry bloom;--
ca, when God poured these waters out:
And reared the lofty land about,
And babe the swelling surges sweep
Strong tides of the Atlantic deep,
10 mlngle IN the sunlight's glow
With the proud rivers freshening fow;--
An! then he gave to mortal sight
A scene of wonder and delight,
A watered valley, beauty bound,
AS fair as may on earth be found.
Then what boon Natures hand denied
Inc hand of mortal man supplied:
Cities have sprung along its track,
Village and town it doth not lack,
The grain-feld ripens where it flows,
The farmstead smiles, the orchard blows,
The elm-tree springs its shaft aloof,
The hearth-smoke towers DER many roof,
Abodes of art and taste arise,
The church's spire points to the skies,
The school house patriot pride denotes,
For there the starry banner floats;
The train goes rushing, laundering by,
Steamer and yacht are gliding nigh;
Commerce and Art and Industry
And Learning rear their walls and towers
Besides this noble stream of ours.
And ours tn heroic Past, its lore
With many legend haunts this Shore
With memories of Mozambique,
With Viking brows these shores did seek,
Gascon and Norman here once seen,
Joined with the dusky Tarratine
When old Castine held high command
To drive the English from the land
Pastor Felix, from "Oak Hill"
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
KEEP TIE KIDNEYS WELL
Health is Worth Saving, and Some Belfast
People Know How to Save It.

Many Belfast people take their lives in their
hands by neglecting the kidneys when they
know these organs need help. Weak kidneys
are responsible for vast amount of suffering
and i'll health-the slightest delay is danger
GUS. Use Doan's Kidney Pills--a remedy that
has helped thousands of kidney sufferers. Here
is Belfast citizens recommendation:
Mrs. S. A. Cornell, Belfast, Me-, says: 81 use
Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at the City Drug
Store, whenever feel that am in need of a
kidney medicine and they always do me good.
! have never taken another remedy as bene-
fetal as Doan's Kidney Pills. confirm all /
have ever said in praise of this preparation,
and you may continue publication of my for
mer endorsements"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan' s-and take no
other.
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31

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Newsletter
EXTRA.
u AND. MISS, MAY 6, 1862.

the New Orleans Bee' May 2.
rrngRAL FLEET AND TROOPS.
~ states fleet now lying in our
Iss 80 The following vessels:
r., en- .f-snship Hartford, bearing
IL ass ,rsnt of Com. Farragut; the
b o-s B,ooklyn, Pensacola, Missis-
tss1-' poeahontas; and nine gun
g i1- .ral from l to 8. The Steam
VT see. the Towboat St.
b. fn. steamboats, Diana and
6g5 -.o- we're seized by the
sl- gr arrival in this port.
al De Soto, which former
.t- New Orleans and New
l.rt
Gs .- rrisoners brought from
s -ased on parole-came
n n. Burton, the tow
20 ...a .arge side-wheel two
D. p. full of troops, ar
a lay. They were joined
FEN transports, among
.-.l wing: Steam war ship
ri the First District,
is rye number of troops,
81 shore. Sailing ship E.
". ..i Fsr.s. wing in the First Dis
i-' o,.t Is, With a swarm of troops.
q, .aE off the Point, filled
n ..~a, lae balance Of the trans
i, u. ~. sra steamers or tug boats,
..r..u. c.s.a Judge.
- j.. ,U- aided from four to five
5sssa Gs-
-.,-. iii. SANE paper we condense the
l5v.o-
a. 7.-s!., 3Uth April, the answer of
.q.. r.s7r vas transmitted to Com.
..,..r,, .rI as a result of the mes
.-s,. " with him was, that
,ssrar. lis purpose of lombard
"a. l.-. and sIgnitied his intention
.~..ng liz City Hall flag by means
ii. oaa forces. Accordingly, at II
.a. Capt Bell, accompanied by an
.,r O.. ,n- l.. S, Marines, with two
man, gane to the City Hall and the
VINES .5-a AIKEN down by the United
..s oac.r Thus the position as
ne. BIZ Nea Orleans, says the Bee,
f.. beer fully sustained. y
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
FORTUNES IN FACES.

There's often much truth in the saying cher
face is her fortune" but its never said where
pimples. skin eruption, blotches, or other
blemishes disfgure it. Impure blood is back
of them all. and shows the need of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They promote health and
beauty. Try them. 25 cents at all druggists.
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31


4I--- arranged by the Cham
Z 81 .lte opened last Thursday
ts, a NY Hall, Bangor, with 200
sa-s os on exhibition in addi-
20 - plate displays. The
-.-a ..amerce undertook the
a Fl -.. '.tst Of apple growers in
s-4 #'g 10 encourage CO. opera
% Irult growing in this
sra ".r. las long been peculiarly
~ It's Istry. Each afternoon
q monsLrations of apple
-E- ea IN the front of the
'- ot the University and
.-s en by Prof. Hitchings
10. '..t Of Maine and C. E.
r. Of the recently or
s'-... .afo Exchange. In the
band gave concerts.
.r.....a .oI-NTy FyHIB1T
4! ..-... ~ z57;u+ou,ou+ o,,h;h;+
.4r. '' hand 5yl eNt f,,'it
Tr Sen Ia DaYl S'i Starks' Won ,G!.
ssq .....4 q, au w; peilcious- :; Mi;
70 tn. -y- n III ~ w etot f'oit Is SAY.
as.s ar1, a t +ho Tonoo u. u1V aS
sa4.s rrsas ''5e 600 9, of w LICK anu anu
sata, ' yrs, o,qo 10 vi "H TSa are ~.
argsr .r. rsr ~, oe.ae ' nI,l me re-
h 3,s.-r .,'..1' t. VI o'if anu wv years
Isr4 &, r..u, ,,.'., ~ NJ eaoe 'ne M VI
A IL esarl.. rs .a aHo 5,,a,.o was from frees
wei sceo, w M W gi p1a!, 9ll iai AZ
pow B., BAL. II ~ b Nn,' h nta's o1a; "
ai this rs,5.,, II mas peen clallheu
Isne sv,rsssa,,nl. a''ilo. Ne grown ~
sene8 10 .-n-r ,.iS, out tnis eAhiciI
Be ao9es var. i. ~ aee INA. ~ can lor
# +b 5''i &c anu pump anu Inc
3sig1e szrac- us = .'aliie, NeAl year M We
~ Non bushels in his orchard
H. +. L. } S4ocasrd's farm in Unity: Wolf
b h lail"n, Pound Sweet, Spy and
@,, laws also two plates Sheldon
H.,
b ID ~. " Ll,tIefeld of Brooks showed
Il 'y95o0lng yarleties; Alexander, Bald
..,i,, "5S, y, Ben Davis, Gano, Hub
hlo,s D. So9lsueh, Jonathan, King, Nc
ssa~ r'D 65ea Northern Spy, Peewaukee,
On Td nyauly' Stark, Stayman's Wine
Rof ipg,''lai Sweet, R. |. Greening,
sfs, " F Winter Banana, York I'M
Iles, ., si'a%ater and Beurre d. Aniou
Evan4.
s1Ps ' az 5 aartlett Of Winterport, nine
ffayaa.... nal4|Ins; Perrocks, Jewetts,
Rej p@ 9.5'Is Z. l. Greetings, King,
sae, ,,''' 4, Wolf Rivers and Falla-
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WOMAN SICK
twelve YEARS
Wants Other Women to Know
How She Was Finally
Restored to Health.
Louisiana, Mo-: -"I think a woman
naturally dislikes to make her troubles

known to the public,
but complete restor-
alton tohealth means
so much to me that
l cannot keep from
telling mine for the
sake of other suffer-
ing women.
81 had been sick
about twelve years,
and had eleven doc
tors. I had drag
g.ing down mains
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
'A'tS LEG OF Roy.

We 70 h.. mat my 14-year old boy would
aFtl csn,., A's leg, on account Of an ugly
a'sad A. W bad bruise," wrote D. F.
%stQs t,.. auOne' N c. "All remedies and
ss'1iss S,lr sht failed till we tried Bucklen's
.aiss bur-. and cured him with one box"
~ snggistsao 'lS' skin eruptions, piles. 25c
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31

acting Brig. General Shepley has beer
ordered to New Orleans, while by the
same order, Col. Nickerson, 18th Maine.
is assigned to the command here. OF
course we know nothing of what is up.
and beside, as our little sheet must be
regarded as of the Press, we must not
disclose, if we knew. Gen. S. takes
with him the 18th Maine, 9Th Vermont
and 18th Connecticut, while five Regi-
ments, with a part of two field batteries
and one Co. Cavalry are left. Those,
with the field works upon the Island, the
fort. and the Naval force in the harbor.
are amply sufficient to protect US against
any foe which the enemy can send
against US.
HEAD QUARTERS, SHIP ISLAND,
MAY 4TH, 1862.
GENERAL ORDER,
No. l.
BY direction of Major Gen. Butler.
the Command will until further orders.
devolve upon Col. F. S. N1cKERsoN,
Commanding 18th Maine Vols, to whom
all the Commanders of Regiments and
independent Companies will Immediate
ly report.
By Command,
G. F. SHEPLEY,
Col. and Acting Brig'r Gen'l.
+. lLLSLEY A. A. A Ganl
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31

Lieut.. j. H. Crowell, of the 18th
Maine Regiment has been appointed by
Col. Nickerson, Post Commissary of
Subsistence.
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31

Never can tell when you'll mash finger or
suffer cut. bruise, burn or scald. Be pre-
pared. Thousands rely on DR.. Thomas Eclec-
tic Oil. Your druggists sells it. &c. and Soc
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
CHANGE.

tt.t7ss-a ty the following orders,
b. change mas taken place in the
-nnsr.aets VI this Post, Colonel and
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
WAR NEWS OF 1862.

EroR JOURNAL The enclosed think it
interest readers and especially the DEPART.
W. the Gulf Mas. f. D. MCPHERSON
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
|SIoI) That Itch!

R:ord
Sir .. nat I have ever sold for
and all other diseases
his given more thorough
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
HEAD QUARTERS, SHIP ISLAND,


MAY 18th, 1862.
ORDER No. l.
|. Pursuant to Gen'l Order No. l,
from the Head Quarters of Acting Brig
Gent G. F. Shepley, hereby assume
the Command of this Post
All orders heretofore issued and now
in force, will be observed until other.
wise ordered
II. Adjutant C. S. Bickmore of 14tf
Maine Vols. is hereby detailed as Adj
of this Post.
By Order,
COL. F. S. MCPHERSON,
Commanding Post.
c. S. B1cKMoRE, Adj't.
The Republican journal., 1912-10-31
|. D. D PreseriptiOn for Eczema

nice this remedy.
c-g Poor & Son. Druggists.
TiE -iEouH FRUIT SHOW.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
HOW Old PEOPLE
MAY Prolong Their Lives

Az an advanced age waste is more
rapid than repair. The organs act
more slowly and less effectually than
in youth. The circulation is poor. the
blood thin and watery, the appetite
poor and digestion weak.
We want to say to every aged per-
son in this vicinity that vinol, our de-
lIcious cod liver and iron tonic with
out oiD will prolong life. II creates
an appetite, aids digestion and makes
good blood. In this natural manner
vinol retards waste and replaces
weakness with strength, giving new
life to the worn system.
II people IN this vicinity only real
ized how vinol invigorates old people
we would not be able to supply the
demand.
Try a bottle of vinol with the UNI
derstanding that your money will be
returned IL 1t does not help you.
w. S. LLOYD, DRUGGIST, Mt. Sterling
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
Farming and Grit.

Making a living on a farm does
not consist solely in sucking in
ozone, rolling in poisoning clover,
and picking pears. There is a
crop of blisters, backaches, muddy
b cots, washouts, bugs, and
droughts. One never makes a
change in life without giving up
some things he likes and taking
some he does not like. He must
strike balance, go where he finds
the greater good, and bear with
grit and patience the unpleasant
part. The city man who has not
pluck should stay in the shop or
his desk, for on the farm he will
find a life-size environment that
will hit him with appalling regular
ity on every soft spot he owns.
He will miss the street cars, cleo
trio lights, vaudeville, people.
He may resent slowness, physical
tiredness, inconvenience, stiffness.
Getting back to the land is profit
able, pecuniarily and spiritually,
only to those who care more for
independence than for steam heat
and granitoid walks; !. or think
more of health, than of musical
comedy; or would rather accumu-
late a competence for their old
age than have the privilege of
street cars and jostle. The sue
cessful farmer must be willing to
work until his muscles get sore,
and then work until they get
strong; to learn of simple folk,
and be neighborly with people
who have lived In a different way;
to wait for seedtime and harvest.
Also he must be able to forget the
amusements he has left behind
and the annoyances he has found,
until the slow current of country
life gets hold of him, and the
sweet spirit of the open places
envelops him. Then will he have
found a home, and the land will
have found one more man to feed
the nations. laitlI
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
Education and Politics.

Boston has just shown its ability
to keep questions of patronage
separate from questions of the
welfare of Its children. Since the
adoption of the new charter, two
years ago, Mayor Fitzgerald has
been perfecting his machine and
broadening his control. 1t is
rather striking illustration,
therefore, of the intelligence of
the electorate that in city over
whelmingly Democratic, and in an
of year, the reform candidates to
the school board we're elected. 1t
is we'll known that, all over the
country, school systems have suff-
cred from politicts, especially
through the fact that some of the
most important places in the
school systems are changed with
every shift of power. The cleo
ton in Boston was of special i'm
portance to that city, because the
school committee of five is about
to ELECT a superintendent Tor a
term of six years, and this super
intendent has great scope to play
in with the machine if he desires.
The Public School Association.
The Citizens Municipal League,
and the Good Government Asso-
citation are all composed of indi-
viduals of every race, religion, and
party, and these bodies worked
earnestly to elect the candidates
who stood for non-partisan deyo-
ton to sound education, The
present school committee has been
economical in its expenditures and
wise in its apportionment. OF
course, it has had to make enemies
of individuals; and many incom-
petent teachers have suffered,
some of them being hard working
and well meaning. For a long
time it looked as if the political
element was to win, but the nearer
the people came to the election
the more their minds were CEN
tered on the question: "Shall the
schools go into politics9" and the
answer in the negative will be an
announcement to every town in
the United States.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hairs
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney e. Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. II is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney e. Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31

Only twenty-one votes were re-
corded in the House of Commons
against the National Compulsory
Insurance Bill, under which some
nine million men and four million
women will receive medical at
tendance and a money allowance
during illness, life pension upon
becoming permanently disabled,
and in some cases a money allow
ance during unemployment.
There was very little opposition
to this insurance bill; and the
Statist, a recognized authority
upon life insurance, presents a
novel argument in its favor. Life
insurance, the Statist shows, has
made big advances in Great Brit
ain of late. Thus, in twenty
years the number of policies in
Ordinary" life companies has in
creased from less than million to
more than three millions. At the
same time the number of policies
in industrial" companies-insur-
ing mostly small-salaried people
and wage-earners-has increased
from less than ten millions to more
than thirty-three millions and the
amount of insurance in force from
ninety million pounds to over
three hundred and thirty millions.
This shows, the Statist thinks,
not only that nearly all classes of
the British public are in receipt
of larger incomes, so that far
greater proportion now has some
surplus over actual necessaries of
life, but also that all classes, es'
pecially wage-earners, are more
inclined than formerly to make
provision for the future when
their means permit. The national
insurance bill will tighten the
dread of poverty through sickness
and unemployment that many
wage-earners now feel. Its effect
Will be much the same as assuring
greater permanence of employ
ment and steadier income; so more
wage-earners than ever will take
something from the weekly pay
envelope for insurance other than
that provided by the national bill.
Certainly the whole bread-win-
ming population of every country
ought to be insured.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
The Horse.

The liveliest winter trade in
years has been enjoyed by import
ers and breeders of draft horses.
The business done at the Interna-
tional and directly following it
probably surpassed all records for
that event, and it was a trade in
the best, while mediocrity was
neglected. Breeders and farmers
have evidently given careful study
to the course of the market in
commercial horses during the last
year and have determined to aim
high in future breeding. Prize
winners, great sires and dams,
show geldings and high-class COM
mercial draft horses cannot be bred
from the cheap plain stock with
which the country is supplied. The
breeders who have made a record
by producing the best in draft
horses are very few. Their sue
cess rests upon the superior foun-
dation mares and outstanding sires
which they have used. 1t is an
encouraging sign of progress when
the example of such breeders is
generally followed. Alth GU @ h
there were more draft stations and
mares of genuine merit available
this season than in any previous
year, the large number has been
rapidly absorbed. The dallying
tactics followed last season by
many prospective buyers left them
late in the spring without such ma
terial as they desired from which
to choose. They took time by the
forelock this winter and got the
best to be had. A number of i'm,
porters have already fastened
across the water in the last few
weeks to replenish their stables
1t is evident on all sides that there
is urgent need for every good draft
sire and dam that this country car
secure if market demand for bic
geldings ere to be met.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
Out OF the Ginger Jar.

Is a blow from a kicking COW a
real milk Punch9
Marriage vows are too often
followed by marriage rows.
Everybody has to hustle; even
the egg is compelled to scramble,
oftentimes.
Those who rise early in the
morning are more likely to rise
above their troubles.
Men are like hens, the harder
they have to scratch for a living
the more useful they become.
The Psychologists tell US that we
have five senses, and yet some
folks act as they had none.
February, it is true, is a little
short, but it is likely to pull
through without bankrupting
March.
While waiting for something to
turn up it were better to get the
pillow ready for turning something
up.
One of our contemporaries adj
vises scales for the farm, and that
San Jose critter is doing it's best
to supply them.
Farmers are considered the
most honest class on the earth, but
even the best of them are contin
ually taking advantage of the
weather.
If the average man were to imi-
tate the crack baseball player and
make a home run" as soon as he
gets his weeks pay, the saloons
would be obliged to go out of
business.
Our best friends are those who
tell us of our faults"-so runs the
ancient proverb; but it is notice
able that they do not remain our
friends very long after they have
told us.
When Johnny, a Country
Week" ward, returned from a Wis
it to green fields and real trees, he
disclosed to his mother this Won
derful news: "Out at the farm
they don't get their milk out of q
can; they pump it out of the cow
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
Proof Positive.

Mother" said Harold. 1--we been
out to the barn and taken all the
shoes of the horse"
Nov, Harold" said his mother,
you are telling me wrong story, and
I shall punish you"
mo. truly. ! have" persisted Har.
old. IT took them on, and then | put
them on again. If you don't believe
It. you can go out and look for your
self. "-Harper's Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-01-31

Mr.. Sherman says he is willing
to be vice president again. How
can Sunny Jim ever get on in life
if lle continues in these idle ways.