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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
How Can We Afford to Be With.
out TT
z. PARKER.

There 1s an important economical
side to this question Of garden. Beet.
Tor instance. in its various forms Ia mo-
toriously expensive. especially where It
y eaten twice or three times q day.
whereas beans. peas, spinach. etc.
when served with meat would make
up half the amount eaten, thus reduc-
ing the cash cost of the whole. And
the impression that vegetable garden
requires much time and care is such an
erroneous one! Two or three hours q
week will suffice for garden $50 by
100. feet, which is capable of producing
fruit and vegetables enough for fam
lily of six, provided the rows are three
feet apart so that horse may be used
Laying Out the Garden.
In laying out such a garden the rows
should be run north and south. for
planted thus vegetables receive the
greatest amount of sun. The first four
rows should be six feet apart, and the
first of these might contain twelve cur
rant and twelve gooseberry bushes set
six feet apart. In the second row
plant hundred raspberry canes three
feet apart. with two canes at each
place. The third row will be for straw
berries and will hold $50 plants grown
in hills set one foot apart, no runners
being allowed to grow. The next thir-
teen rows will be three feet apart and
may be planted to the following vege-
tables in the order given: Asparagus
plants. fifty one-year seedlings, set
three feet apart in the row; parsnips.
fifty feet; then hundred feet of onions.
of which twenty-five feet may be young
sets for early summer; beets and let
tuce, fifty feet; early cabbage. hun
dred feet; late cabbage, hundred
feet; cauliflower. fifty feet; peas. three
full rows; corn, four full rows; toma-
toes, hundred feet; beans. fifty feet;
oAra, ten feet; then fifty feet more of
string beans and $50 feet of dwarf lima
BEANS The remaining four rows should
be eight feet apart to allow the vines
to spread. In the first row plant TWEEN
ty-five muskmelons six feet apart, then
a row of cucumbers set six feet apart.
five eggplants and ten early squash, all
six feet apart. The next row may be
planted to eight Hubbard squash and
twelve rhubarb plants, set six feet
apart, and the last two rows may very
properly be given over to herbs and
flowers for cutting.
1t is frequently forgotten that great
many people abroad, notably the draw
ers of water and hewers of wood, live
almost entirely on vegetables, consid-
ering meat luxury only to be INDUCED
in once a week. while we in America,
having the most delicious and greatest
variety of vegetables grown anywhere,
discard them for meat.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
PLANTING TREES
How They Beautify, Protect and
Enrich Their Owners.
MEADE FERGUSON.

In the economy of man and Of ma
ture trees are Of great value not only
through the products which they yield
as food and materials for industrial
purposes, but through the influence
which they exercise upon climate. soil
and the healthiness and beauty Of
community. The village home to be
beautiful and complete must have
shade tress and, If space permits, fruit
trees, The farm from an economic
standpoint must have trees for shade
and protection from the winds and to
produce wood for the various uses,
such as building, manufacturing tools.
burning, etc. Whenever a soil cannot
by any ordinary process be rendered
At for corn or grass and will bear
trees it may be planted as the only.
perhaps the best. mode of turning 1t
to profit. There are some tracts OF
thin, stony or gravelly soils covered
with no growth of any value which
will pay for no improvement whatever
except starting a tree growth.
In the fall and early winter, after
the crops are harvested and the fall
seeding finished. one could utilize some
spare time to no better advantage than
planting trees. There is always room
and suitable place for them. Land
lords could easily effect an agreement
between themselves and their tenants
under which the tenants would be re-
quired to plant and care for trees upon
suitable areas each year.
A Lack of Ornamental Trees.
In driving through the country and
particularly in and around small towns
one observes with regret neglected
shade and ornamental trees, of which
there are so many beautiful specimens.
Perhaps short list may encourage a
trial. For Towering trees there are the
double Towering crab, English haw-
thorn, pink horse chestnut and catalpa.
For striking characteristics there are
the camperdown elm, weeping beech.
variegated elder, Rivers purple beech
and the linden.
Nothing adds more to the welfare OF
family than fruit besides which
there is pride and joy in producing it
at home. Think of the big red apple
and the long winter evenings of your
childhood. Then go out and put the
old orchard in shape. plant new trees
to take the place of the old and be
happier. If you have only town lot
and not space for the standard sorts
plant dwarf apples and pears. They
occupy little room and will bear in two
or three years. Anyway plant trees
every season. for they will grow while
You sleep. add comfort to your old age
and make your children glad, all rea-
sons worth consideration.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
MY ANG0RA GOATS :
How They Pay the Mortgage.
GEORGE n. 0ACY.

Augora goats are profitable wage
.,rners. They clean up underbrush,
i..stroy weeds. yield profitable meat
I'D mohair and improve soil fertility
N a minimum of feed and care. They
ire also naturally browsers and relish
rnderbrush and weeds in preference
~ luxuriant pasturage. Without feed
other than what they rustic, grade
Anroras will produce from three to six
pounds of mohair per animal each
wear. which sells on the market at
from AZ to 60 cents per pound. Well
cared for spure breds often yield as
high as ten or twelve pounds of mo-
hair to a shearing, while fieeces of spe
rial ulster and over fifteen or eighteen
inches in length sometimes bring as
high as S. or Sc per pound.
The meat of the Angora is tender.
well marbled and nicely favored, and
many consumers eat goat meat and
imagine that they are consuming lamb
or mutton. On the grade fat Angoras
sell for from to 61a cents a pound.
The manure Of the goat rivals that of
sheep in tonicing ailing soils.
First Aids to Farmers.
Angoras are first aids to farmers
who desire to ineNpens1vely subdue
wild land. Twenty-Five or thirty goats
nastured on 100 acres Of bush land will
effect wonders in a couple Of years to-
ward reclaiming the idle land. 1t is
hest TO rotate the goats from one small
field to another so that the animals
are con SANITY gaining in live weight
and at the same time killing out the
undesirable growth. Angoras will
stanl on their hind legs and browse all
the leaves and twigs within their reach.
They uniformly Craze over field so
that when they are through with the
task Of cleaning the land the field is
in shape for blowing.
Grade Angoras range in price accord
ing to age, weight and condition. Farm
ers can usually buy good crossbred
focks at from $3.50 to SIS per animal.
Pure bred bucks cost from $40 to $50
apiece, while full blooded does sell for
from 50 to $50 per animal. The utility
of the Angora hinges around his ability
to perform valuable work at cut price
COSTS Goats abhor wet or swamp
land as we'll as inclement weather. The
animals are reliable barOmeters mas
much as they invariably scent the ap-
preaching storm and head for shelter.
Millions of acres of brush land that
today are loafing could be brought into
profitable use if the landowners would
but keep focks of goats as land clean
ers. The winter care of goats is sim
liar to that of sheep. An open shed
facing the south, provided with plenty
of bedding and perfectly dry, will pro-
vide ample protection. while oats, roots
and hay will supply sustenance.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
A BUSINESS MAN OF MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis is city where they
do things Stimulated by q vigorous
climate, surrounded by a fertile
country, peopled by the best blood
of the over crowded east, it is a city
of hustle, of great achievements
conceived and wrought out.
Mr.. Taylor, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
is one of this sort of men. A news
paper man. A political worker. An
Englishman by birth. He has been
in this country nineteen years. He
has resided in the northwest, VIM
nipeg, Fargo, and for the last ten
years in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Taylor is a friend of Peruna
and does not conceal his friendship.
He is thoroughly enthusad with the
belief that Peruna is a great remedy.
He has a right to feel SO. For several
years he suffered with dyspepsia.
This caused him to have very bad
health.
Newspaper advertisements would
never have influenced him to take
Peruna. 1t was friends that per-
suaded him to try the remedy. In
less than a week he needed no more
persuasion. He saw that Peruna
was doing him good. He is able to
say in a letter to the Peruna Com
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
POPPING CORN.

And there they sat a-popping corn,
John Stiles and Susan Cutter;
John Stiles as stout as any OK,
And Susan fat as butter.
And there they sat and shelled the corn,
And raked and stirred the fire,
And talked of different kind of ears,
And hitched their chairs up higher.
Then Susan she the pepper shook.
Then John he shook the pepper,
Till both their faces grew as red
As saucepans made of copper.
And then they shelled and popped and ate,
And kinks of fun a-poking,
And he haw-hawed at her remarks,
And she laughed at his joking.
And still they popped and still they ate
Johns mouth was like a hopper),
And stirred the fire, and .sprinkled salt.
And shook and shook the pepper.
The clock struck nine, the clock struck ten,
And still the corn kept popping.
It struck eleven and then struck twelve,
And still no signs of stopping.
And John he ate. and Sue she thought
The corn did pop and patter.
Till John cried out, 1.-THE corn's afire
Why, Susan, what's the matter 2"
Said she, John Stiles. it's one O'Clock;
You'll die of Indigestion;
I'm sick of all this popping corn;
Why don't you pop the question 2"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
.s)Bsf'rllIRY

HI. Daniel Gibbs. whe passed ont Of IT, lite
70 the home beyond ut his home in Oriand. No.
March q, 1914, was born in Waldo. Ne. Feb.
10, 1910. When ten years old his parents
moved to Brooks, Me-, where his boyhood and
young manhood days were passed. working on
his fathers farm. During the stirring days Of
81 and '65. he was SO much interested that on
Sept. 10, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 18th Reg.
Ne. Volunteers, and was at once chosen Ser
geant Of his company. position he filled with
credit to himself and satisfaction to all con-
cerned. He wac in Gen. Ranks division in the
southwest and took part in the capture of Port
Hudson. He served his full time of enlistment
and was mustered out at Bangor. Me-. Aug.
II, 1863 While in the service an incident Of
more than usual interest occurred. He was
with his regiment at Baton Rouge when he
was stricken with typhoid fever. and while in
the hospital his regiment was ordered to move
on The surgeon said: "No use to move that
man Gibbs, as he will not live anyway. and he
might as well die wh.re he isl. There was a
comrade, however-True Cilley-who asked
for furiough that he might care for Gibbs
until he was able to join his regiment. His
faith and faithful care were rewarded, for in a
line of march and soon reported at headquarters
for orders. In an engagement a little later
Cilley was wounGed, and now it was Gibbs turn
to take up the role of nurse. and this he did in
such good shape that after little while both
men were all right. After the war closed
Cilley married one of Gibbs sisters, and so they
were not only comrades in arms but brothers.
in-law, having very strong attachment for
each other to the end. After his return frcm
the war Mr. Gibbs made his home in Belfast,
and in Ellsworth Me, having married in July,
1864, Miss Martha E. Piper of Brooks.
While in the above named cities he was
employed by the leading gas companies INSTALL
ing meters and taking records. II 1878 he
moved to Orland, Me-. where he bought farm
ard devoted his time to agricultural pun suits
for the remainder of his life. When but
Young man Mr.. Gibbs was converted to God,
and though he never united with any church
he was a devoted follower of his Lord and
Master. For fifteen years he was the highly
respected superintendent of the E. Sunday
school in Orland, resigning that position in
1901 The going out of this good man and his
devoted wife-within five weeks-ls a great
loss to the religious forces of Orland. and es
pecially to the Methodist church. His funeral,
March 25th, conducted by his pastor, Rev.
A. B. McAlister, assisted by Rev. H. w. Nor
ton of Newport, Me-, former pastor, at his
late home. The Commitment service was
very impressive the remains of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gibbs were placed in one grave With
truth it can be said: ''They r,st from their
labors, and their works do fellow them.'-
H. W. N.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
ooIJI TRY ON THE VILLAGE LOT
. rood Revenue From q Small
Flock.
KATE ST. MAUR.

With 100 square feet Of ground suit
oble for poultry, and devoting half
an hour every night and morning,
18th an extra two or three hours on
saturday. you should be able to add
como or $500 to your income. My au-
,hority for this is my knowledge Of a
hort clerk whose home is beyond the
,,tv limits, who made $500 last year
,rom flock of 100 hens, and Of post
distress who made $462, though nei-
thor of them gave more than few
hours week to poultry, so it seems
safe to say that any one with ordi-
nary common sense and industry can
make $500 or $500. Any sort of old
hons and coops won't do. A person
unp starts with very little capital will
And it advisable to buy three good
brds rather than twenty poor ones
ood make a clean, new house. even if
tts only by feet, rather than patch
hi. some vermin infested shanty. This
i the time to lay the foundation of
u,urer eggs and next years profits, so
.f7pg have flock of any of the popu-
.or lraeds hatch every one. But, II
-,i,r Ho k consists of mongrels, feed
atU ana get all the eggs you can, sell
.s.n for table use and with the pro-
.,-fs buy eggs from some reliable
5sa'4r N, what is better, sell a few
ol1 birds and buy small incubator.
There is a good little metal machine
costing Sc which holds fifty eggs. Fire
has. lrnoders from the same firm cost
DE same.
Feed Only the Best.
-tcks should have nothing to eat
,5- forty-eight hours after leaving the
st.. The reason is the yolk is abb
so-bal Immediately before Il chick
brqaks through the shell and must be
allowed time to digest and pass through
tba bowels before any foreign sub
stance Is introduced or indigestion and
dsrrhea will result.
commercial chick feed is the best
feed being a mixture OF seeds ana
finely broken corn, specially put up for
chicks once a day give little pot
cheese or stale bread soaked in milk
and squeezed dry. When confined to
brooders vegetable material must be
sdded. such as lettuce leaves or tops
Of green onions chopped fine. Keep
clean water, ground charcoal and fine
grit always before them and remem-
her. with really good birds, your profits
come in the spring from selling eggs
tor Matching or for day old chicks. In
deed, you should not begrudge the ut
most thought and care to your poultry
IN the growing stage for it is then you
are building the foundation for a prof
table poultry plant.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
Check Your April Couch.

Thawing frost and April rains chill you to
the very marrow, you catch cold-Head and
lungs stuffed-You are feverish-Cough con-
tinuslly and feel miserable-You need DR..
Kings New Discovery. It soothes infamed
and irritated throat and lungs. stops cough.
your head clears up. fever leaves, and you feel
fine. Mr.. ]. T. Davis of Stickney Corner. Me-,
"Was cured Of dreadful cough after doctors
treatment and all other remedies failed. Re-
lief or money back. Pleasant Children like
it. Get . bottle to-day. 5Oc. and $1.OO. at
your Druggist
BuckIen's Arnica Salve for All Sores.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
AMMONIA IN RAIN.

Plant Food Washed from the Air Weighed
by Scientist.
1t is known that there is free ammonia
in the atmosphere, and that rain washes
some of this out of the air. A patient
European scientist has determined that
each litre "a quart and fifth) OF rain
water holds $40, 600 of gram of am
monia.
When there is a violent rain this
quantity is largely increased.
Ammonia is valuable fertilizer, since
it supplies to the soil much needed nitro
gen.
This explains, perhaps, why heavy
rain produces such an immediate effect
on growing plants; besides the water
they need there is worked down to their
roots fertilizer in form to be made use
of at once.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
The Winter Wheat Crop.

!. a record-breaking winter wheat crop
n,I n prospect this year, the U. S. de-
sssrtment of agriculture estimating on a
rsooasservative basis that the yield may ex-
NJ ote q Dol, 600, 900 bushels. The condition
s ~ Inc crop April was g. per cent of q
ss vs, or l1.5 per cent better than the
sess s, April condition for the past 10
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16

Notice that milk contains more food
s stl and units of energy than any ar
tlcle in the list. Milk also is more nour-
shlng than tea, coffee, or the common
soups as ordinarily made.
"A quart of milk weighs about 81
pounds, which makes milk almost always
.9st less than five cents a pound, the
soheapest of all common foods except
lonr and grain products, cheap cuts of
tatoes ,,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
Two WOMEN |
AVOID
OPERATIONS
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Chicago, I'LL must thank you viii :
all my heart for Lydia E. Pinkham'e

eye table CON-
pound. I used.t to GO
to my doctor for pills
and remedies and
they did not help me.
/ had headaches and
could not eat, and the
doctor claimed l had
female trouble and
must have an opera
ton. / read in the
paper about Lydia
p. Pinkham's Vege.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
Only One Drinker Out Of 800.

So persistently has the management of
the Pennsylvania railroad waged it's tenn
perance campaign that in 1913 only one
man in 800 employed by the railroad was
guilty of lapse under the ''no-drink"
rule. The section track gang laborer is
held as strictly to the 'no-drink" rule
as the locomotive engineer, fireman,
conductor and trainmen. The prohibition
also applies to division superintendent.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16

U. S. Senator Burleigh has presented
a petition of the United Brotherhood OF
carpenters and jointers of Augusta,
favoring an investigation into conditions
that exist in the mining district of Michi-
gan. This was referred to the Senate
committee on education and labor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16

A household remedy in America for rs years
DR. Thomas Eclectic Oil. For cuts, sprains.
burns, scalds. bruises. Csc and Soc. At all
drug stores.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
BELFAST and
BURNHAM.

On and after Sept 2s. 1913. trains connect
ing at Burnham and Waterville with through
trains for an from Bangor. Waterville, Port
land and Boston, will run as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16

ST., Minn.p
1 life
consider Peuna
I godsend"
A WE'LL by
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16

THE RIDGELY
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION,
Worcester, Mass.
Assets December 81, 1913
Stocks and bonds. $3S4,220 90
Cash in Office and bank .. SCOTS 63
Interest and rents............... 6,658 GO
Gross assets ...................... $44O,9 26
Deduct items not admitted ..... 25,1O9 AZ
Admitted assets. ................$ 415,84 "a
Liabilities December 81, 1913
Net unpaid losses.......... ..........$ 53089 rs
Unearned premiums. 21,367 IA
All other liabilities 1882 90
Cash capital. ...............-....... lO0OOO w
Surplus over all liabilities.......- 227,O75 95
Total liabilities and surplus...... $415.s44 "a
j. W. RODICK, State Agent. Auburn, Maine
3wl4
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPEC-
TON AND INSURANCE COMPANY.

Abstract of Statement January l, 1914
Cash capital. 81, OOO, 900 90
Total assets 54l2, 495 IS
Reserve re.insurance ... 2,293. OPS Ga
For losses unadjusted .. 1890 %
Surplus to policy holders ....... 1872, 500 40
L. B. Brainerd. President and Treasurer; c. S.
Blake, Secretary.
Boston Office, 1O1 Milk Street; c. E. Roberts,
Mgr; W P. Wallace, Resident Agent.
3w15
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
EASTERN STEAMSHIP
CORPORATION.
BANGOR LINE.
FOUR TRIPS 4 WEEK.
In Eff ct April -.
TURBINE STEEL STEAMSHIPS BELFAST
AND CAMDEN.

BELFAST AND BOSTON 1925 (R0UND
TRIP $780,
Leaves Belfast at 200 p. M, for Boston Mon
days. Wednesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leaves Belfast for Bangor and intermediate
landings 730 a. M, Tuesdays, Wednesdays.
Fridays and Saturdays.
RETURNING
Leaves Boston at 500 a. M, Mondays. Tues :
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
FRED w. POTE, Agent. Belfast, Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16

Limited tickets for Boston are now sold at
SIS rs from Belfast. Fl. D. WALDRON,
General Passenger Agent.
d. G. DOUGLASS,
General Manaper. Portland Maine,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
HUMPHREYS

These remedies are scientifically g
carefully prepared prescriptions; used Il
many years by DR.. Humphreys in his private
practice, and for nearly sixty years by the
people with satisfaction.
Medical Book mailed free.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-16
Weber Wagons

Just received new car OF w eDer Wagons
Light, easy running general purpose wagons
For sale by ]. A. MCkEEN
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1914-04-08

Wetooiiter forosmmer Ssnoags-
ifoleIitteratur. st antal gseer, JON
er fomnen ira Che @etbooiii
9oof Concern" er blepen iat paa
oen iorfe siitc, ioroi oe barer
9rGg n oen bsiere aritif. @onie-
rencen toa ct beitent Stooe imoo
oisie 9e9er, eiter at Ell aomite
iom / Sior blep iionpnnt til at I'm.
oerisge Dem. boooe afeipet SEAPORT.
4siociateo Greis oplnier. at mange
al De aomle Ergiter rpiteOes peo
at finoe. at oisie 9s9er. Der neg.
Ter Somfrnieoielen % Seiu ariIti
@uOoom. bonoe innoet Snogana /
DC Sfoler. bpor llnge Wenneifer
forbereoes til Hraite8srningen i
Mctooiitfirfen % De mener, at so.
miteens Rnpport er Tor milo.