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The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
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FOR FLETCHER'S
G ASTORIA
THE GREATEST OF ALL WARS

Former wars were wars of armies and
governments; this is war of nations
Former wars were wars of soldiers; this
is war in which the chemist and the
manufacturer and the workingman at
home are as vital to victory as the fight
ers at the front. Former wars were on
a great scale; but none of them saw, as
this has seen, some 10000, 900 men under
arms. Former wars were expensive,
but never until now has civilization paid
$50, 900, 900 day for the pleasure of
blowing itself to pieces. Former wars
brought in their train, within certain
narrow limits, a arrangement of COM
merce; but no war, except this one, has
preclpltated an economic and financial
upheavsl of such unimaginable dimeE-
slons that there is probably not single
human being on this planet who has not
In one way or another, for good or evil,
directly or indirectly, been affected by
it. Former wars took place-or such OF
them at any rate as can alone be compared
with the present one-before the credit
system had become internationalized.
before the telegraph and the cable and
the railway and the steamship were IN
yer ted. while the mechanism of modern
trade was as yet in its infancy, and
when each nation, to degree we can
now hardly conceive, was able in the
main to support itself. This war has
burst upon a world SO bound together
by ten thousand links of commerce,
finance and communications that shot
fired in the Dardanelles sends down the
price of wheat in Chicago, and the inter
vention of Great Britain discrepancies for
the time being the trade of China and
Brazil, and armies are raised in the ends
of the earth, transported across the
seven seas to single spot, and are
there fed and clothed and munitioned
from the resources of another hemis-
phere thousands of miles away.-Sydney
Brooks, in the September Atlantic.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
THE G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
Confederate Veterans Invited to Attend.
Naval Veterans to Have DOG Watch"

AS a courtesy to the men who wore the
gray during the Civil War, the Citizens
Committee of Washington has decided
TO extend an invitation to the Staff Of
fcers of the Confederate Veterans
Union to attend the Forty ninth Annual
Encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic which is to be held in Washing
ton, September 9th to October Sd. This
action has been taken with the full &C.
cord and approval of the officials of the
Grand Army. The meeting of the Blue
and Gray Oil the Gettysburg battlefield
two years ago testified to the amicable
relationship existing between the two
organizations and the invitation to the
Confederates at this time is in keeping
with the spirit exhibited at Gettysburg.
In addition, invitations are being ex-
tended to the Governors of all States and
the members of their stats, as well as to
a large number of other distinguished
officials of the United States including, of
course, the President, members of his
cabinet, and members of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
General Nelson A. Miles has been
selected as the Grand Marshal of the
marching pageant which is to be held in
commemoration of the Grand Review
fifty years ago. Secretary Garrison of
the War Department and Secretary
Daniels of the Navy Department have
designated officers to act as military and
naval aides to General Miles upon this
occasion.
The U. S. Grant Post of Brooklyn has
been selected as the special escort for
David J. Palmer, Commander-in-chiefo of
the Grand Army, during the parade.
An unusual and interesting feature of
the Encampment week will be the "Dog
Watch" of the Naval Veterans who are
members of the Grand Army. The DOG
Watch to the navy men is what the
campfire is to the army men, but here
tofore because of their much smaller
numbers, the old sailors have not been
conspicuous in Grand Army reunions. At
the Forthcoming Encampment, however,
they are to be given special attention.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
THE OLDEST BOOK IN THE WORLD
[Atchison, Kansas, Globe. ]

Atchison women who play bridge,
Atchison men who play schaafskopf, and
other people who think it is wicked to
play cards at all, possibly do not know
that pack of cards is the oldest book
in the world. It's leaves have been
called playing cards since the 18th cent
ury, but they were known as far back as
history reaches, by the Chinese, Persians
and Egyptians, not to mention the an
clients of prehistoric times. A pack of
cards said to be 1000 years old is pre-
served in the museum of the Royal Ash
attic Society. Before pack of playing
cards became game it was called 1.-THE
mystic book" and held the hidden wisdom
of the ancient word. 1t was used by
the priests in their temples when time
was young. Call it's origin Egyptian or
what you will. it is full of astronomical
symbolism, and the wisdom of numbers;
such learning as men had of old was
carefully concealed from the uninitiated.
But to those who could read it the mystic
test book was a veritable book of fate.
The cards. for one thing, are all symbols
of the astrological art. Each one is an
emblem. The So emblems or pages of
this book represent the So weeks in the
year. The IL court embIems are the IL
months, and IL cards IN ach suit repre-
sent the sun and the IL signs of the
zodiac, the four suit figures the four
seasons. Further, the heart is the en-
blem of spring and love, the trefoil or
clover leaf-we call it club-of summe
and knowledge, the diamond of autumn
and wealth, and the acorn or spade, of
winter, labor and death. The pages of
this book are red and black. White
was once used in place OF red. These
colors in the cards symbolic night and
day, automatically, and the lights and
shades of life as applied to map. Look
closely at the court cards and notice the
emblem carried. These all survive from
the ancient forms. The queens holds
the lotus flower, supplemented in the
case of the queen of spades by the dis
taft, emblem of industry, kept through
all the long centuries. The king and
queen of clubs bear symbols of wisdom,
the king still plainly showing the winged
globe. Each suit has its mystic SYM
bolism, corresponding to the planets, in
both suit and spots. Venus and Mercury
rule hearts, Mars and Earth rule clubs,
Jupiter and Neptune diamonds, Saturn
and Uranus spades. The joker is mod
ern invention. He does not count in any
serious game of life or of cards. Yet
there was in the days of old always a
court jester, 80 this new card is not really
out of place among queens and kings.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
AkOOSTOOK'S POTATO CROP.

Along the line of potatoes in which our
farmers are vitality interested the situa-
ton is much more serious than anticipate
ed a few weeks ago Hardly field can
be found but some rust has been dis
covered, this disease being more preva
lent among the early planted ones. From
one cause and another there will be quite
a perceptible and noticeable falling off in
the yield compared with last year. Good
farmers, who ARE pretty we'll posted on
such matters, men who make it bust
ness to study the conditions from week
to week, state that there will be about
one half crop in some fields, with more
in others. But no one can be found who
will predict more than rs barrels to the
acre as the county average. Our farmers
have got to get good fancy price on
what stock they have in order to come
out any where near even. The August
forecast of the government gave a 3d.
100000 million bushel increase over last
years big yield, but it the crop is cut
down in other potato growing sections
the same as in Aroostook there will be
some scrambling for stock in the market
later on.-Aroostook Republican.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
BIRTHPLACE OF MAINE.
Tablet Unveiled at Tavern in Freenor+

FREEPORT. Me-, Sept, l. A large dole.
cation of Daughters of the American
Revolution met here this noon to unve;i
a large bronze tablet on the CUSHING
House, or Jameson Tavern. as il is hot,
ter known, to commemorate the nIace
where the commissioners met on March
Is, 1920, and signed the papers bv which
Maine was separated from Massachu-
sets.
The commissioners were BENJAMIN
Porter of Topsham and James Bridge Of
Augusta. who represented the District
Of Maine; Timothy Bigelow of G,oton.
Mass, and Levi Lincoln of Worcester.
Mass, who represented that State. and
Siias Holman of Boston, Mass. and
Lathrop Lewis of Gorham, Me. who
were chosen by the first four.
The Jameson Tavern was built moro
than 100 years ago by DIR. John HYDE. a
practicing physician. 1t was afterward
sold and became known as the Jameson
Tavern. About 70 years ago the house
was purchased by Charles Cushing.
shipbuilder. 1t remained in the Cushing
family until few years ago. 1t is now
owned by Mrs. Frank Kennedy of Port
land.
! fThe exercises today were presided over
by Mrs. Edwin A. Richardson of Port
land. who gave an address on Maine in
dependence. The prayer of dedication
was delivered by Mrs. Samuel Hazelett
of Bangor, State chaplain of the D. A.
R. The tablet was unveiled by the
Misses Doris and Mary Richardson of
Portland, granddaughter of Mrs. Rich
ardson. Mrs. Arthur Skillings of Free
port gave vocal solo, after which Mrs.
Charles Steele of Pennington, the State
regent, gave talk on the work of the
Daughters of the Revolution. The ex-
ercises closed with the singing of Amer
lea.
The wording on the tablet is as fol-
lows: Jameson Tavern, where commits
sioners met in 1920 and signed the papers
which separated Maine from Massachu-
setts and established it an independent
State. Erected by Maine Daughters of
the American Revolution-1914"
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
MAKE OUR OWN CHEMICALS.

So Redfeld to Find Out What U. S. Re-
sources Are and Aid Development.
Not only the dyestuffs situation, but
-.5ry phase of the chemical industry
" be taken up by the agents of the de-
glnent of Commerce sent to New
York city by Sec'y Redfield to investi-
g3-5 cJnditions in those trades caused by
~ Var DR.. Thomas H. Norton, the
ne nvestlgator, who has begun work
tsre says:
~ are anxious to see how we can
.H the coal industry in which we are
3 asting products worth 500, 600, 900.
Irmany utilizes every ounce OF coal
,s-r0iucts, but only 16 per cent. of our
coke tlrnaces are equipped for reclaim
Ing coal tar products. Only few are
c'us.y recovering benzol, napthaline
az arbolic acid, which are the basis OF
most Of the coal tar products. Unfor-
.lra-eiy henzol and carbolic acid are
-,-l argely in explosives, with the re-
sui nat these products are mostly taken
l by The ammunition factories.
The potash problem is large. We
import annually from Germany SIS, 900,
10y worth of potash, while off the coast
there are supplies of kelp which are be-
aeyed to have a value of $3.50, 900, 900
now going to waste. We have at our
doors enough potash to meet the de-
hands of the world and to supply the
aseds of our crops, tobacco, grain and
9iher produce, in the way of fertilizer.
We have always been dependent on Ger
many for potash.
Photographic chemicals are vanish
Gg
Ne don't want to get caught in such
4 Plight again, and the department OF
l0mmerce wants to stimulate American
l77eIopment so we can supply our own
'emsnds and then branch out into the
R0ri's trade in chemicals.
After this investigation is conclud.
III said DR.. Norton, eve will be in E
POSITION to determine what can be done
mreieve immediate necessities, although
! an firmly of the belief that a strong
-,Arstic dyestuff industry can be built
W 7yentually."
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
NEW STEAMSHIPS BUILDING.
Big Earnings of Those in Commission

Big Earnings of Those in commission.
the Franklin, first of six Golfers build
ing by the New York Shipbuilding Co.,
Camden, N. j., for the Coastwise Trans.
portation Co., Boston, was launched Aug.
81. The second vessel, named Plymouth,
will be launched this month.
The Americana Hawaiian Line has ar
ranged four extra sailings from Tacoma
Der in order to take care of the volume
Pacific ports and those on the Atlantic
seaboard.
Some indication of the immense earn
ings of neutral vessels is found in the
report that the C. K Hansen Steamship
Co npanv, Danish corporation, has de-
clared dividend of as per cent, for the
first six months Of the current year,
which was more than double the earnings
for the whole year of 1914.
The Atlantic Fruit Company has ac-
quired the German steamships Prinz
Joachim and Prinz August Wilhelm for
use in the West Indian trade. The
Prinz August Wilhelm, 2,975 tons, is at
Santa Marta, Colombia, and the Prinz
n
harbor. Both have been idle since the
beginning of the war
1t is reported that the Harlan & Hol-
lingsworth Corporation of Wilmington
has received orders for three steamships.
Two are tankers for the Standard Oil
Company, while the third IS passenger
vessel for the Wilson Line, operating a
service between Philadelphia and Will
mington. The tank steamers will be
1926 feet long and have a lightweight
capacity of $500 tons. Each will cost
about $500, 900.
1t is reported that the stock of the
Holland-American line formerly held by
the Hamburg-American and North Ger
man Lloyd interests has been re-pur-
chased by Dutch capitalists. According
to consular report in Amsterdam, there
are reports current in reliable CONNER
clal circles that the net earnings of the
Holland line for the first six
months of the present calendar year
amount to 80 per cent of the capital
stock. In 1914 the Company paid divi-
dend of II per cent.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
MEETING OF MAINE LOYAL LEGION

Three generations in one family at
tended the quarterly meeting of the
Maine commandery, Loyal Legion Of the
United States, at Riverton casino We'd
nesday evening, Sept. lst. They were
Hon. George D. Bisbee, Stanley Bisbee
and Spaulding Bisbee of Rumford.
At the business session, which pre-
coded the dinner and reading of an in
teresting paper by Maj. Henry S. Bur-
rage, the president, Maj. Horace H.
Shaw, presided, and notice was given of
the meeting of the commandery in chief
in Philadelphia Oct goth. In the alb
sence of DR.. A. o. Shaw, his memorial
to DR.. Alfred Mitchell was read by the
recorder, Lieut.. Horatio Staples, who
also read a memorial to Joseph W.
Thompson.
At Z o'clock the dinner was served in
the red room, the following being seated
at the tables: Horace H. Shaw, DR.. Seth
e. Gordon, Ira H. Evans, Col. F. N.
Dow, Brig. Gen. Aaron S. Daggett. U.
S. A. (retired), Rev. DR.. Henry S. Bur-
rage, Maj Charles H. Boyd, Hon. Nor
rill N. Drew, Hon. Franklin M. Drew of
Lewiston, Hon. George D. Bisbee,
Spaulding Bisbee of Rumford, James E.
Hewey, John Fessenden Dana, George
F. Noyes, Edward Deering Noyes, Car
roll Brown, Louis NJ. Patterson, Willis
P Stoneham, Herbert A. Roberts. A. E.
Nickerson, Ira Berry, Hon. Edmund B.
Mallett, Capt. Thomas J. Little, Lieut..
Horatio Staples, Lieut.. Francis Wiggin.
Maj, Benjamin j. Hill of Auburn, Ever
ard Russ, H. r. Mountfort, Hebron
Mayhem of Westbrook, Col. John D
Anderson of Gray, Capt. A. L. Turner,
Capt. W. W. Whitmarsh of Norway,
Capt. C. C. Graham of Westbrook, Capt.
B. M. Redlon, G. II. True, Capt. James
H. Shannon.
When the end of the dinner was reach
ed, Maj. Shaw raped for order and in
troduced DR.. Burrage, the speaker OF
the evening, whose topic was 'The Eff
feet of President Lincoln's Reelection
on the Waning Fortunes of the Confed-
crate States"
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS

If YOU are constipated it is your own
f.nit' Il is caused by carelessness and
can be corrected by cultivating careful
Diet is of the first Importance, then ex,
arc;se and the use of laxative until
healthful habits are established. Harsh
purgatives are harmful and ,?el, make n matters
T but Pinklets, the little pink gran
"les prepared by the Dr.: Williams Medi-
cine cine Co., Schenectady, n: Y, give nature aSat,
r r do correct constipation. II the
laxative you are using is unsatisfactory
Write for free sample or get full-size,
es.cent bottle of Pinklets from your own
druggist. A booklet on ."Constipation!,,
TIA Causes and Treatment" will be mall
ed free on request.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
ENGLISH FARM PRODUCTION.

The British Isles do not grow enough
grain and other foodstuffs to sustain the
population, but the adjustment of their
crops to the war situation is by no means
neglected. Conservative old ways are
modified in many respects, and it is gen.
orally recognized that new era is at
hand both in methods in tillage and the
treatment of labor, so much of which is
now applied to military uses. The Brit
ish Board of Agriculture advises farmers
to raise as much stock as possible during
the war. 1t urges that immature animals
cannot be sold except wastefully; that
the policy should be to buy more calves,
not to kill them, and that the number of
both sheep and hogs should be increas-
ed. 1t is recommended that pasture
lands be plowed up and planted with
grain and root crops. and that fruit also
be raised more plentifully. All reports
| agree that British troops in the fields
ar fed well, and that the dependent
families of volunteers are literally
cared for. But in some farming COM
munities half the able bodied men have
enlisted, and more than before farm
duties are performed by women. In gen.
eral, there is less unemployment in Eng
land than at any former time, and less of |
''S PiHSH VI PoNClty anu SCdHly loou.
In spite of submarines British importa-
lions by sea are not seriously abridged
as far as food is concerned, but the cost
of living is decidedly high and keeps on
advancing. Changes are at hand in Brit
ish agriculture, and it is practically GER
tain that American methods will be
adopted to considerable extent. Our
farm machinery is admitted to be I'M
equaled, but the British rural popula-
ton has taken pride in its old-fashioned
customs, and rather than change them |
would often be Inconvenience. A vast
war will revise many things in Europe, re-
gardless of the details of its settlement. !
For intensive farming Belgium, Hol-
land, France and Denmark are better
teachers than We are and in this direction
we can find it of advantage to be pupils
ourselves. The study of agriculture was
never more essential than now and, in
our own country, never pursued more
vigorously. War legislates, but cannot
disturb the fact that the farmer feedeth
all.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
+ SCHOONER JOHN BOSSERT.

The four masted schooner John Bos-
'trt, which has just discharged cargo
BY aani pine at Bath, was built at that
port IN 1904, but halls from New York
and Is commands ~ Capt. F. P. Whit
Afr a we'll E'.,v0 Maine shipmaster,
Woo has had ch rye of her for the past
-Ight years The rlntain came to Bath
10 lal7 to take cha ge ~ - old Port
iana brig Proteus, and Tor many years
5aed out of that port in command of
Inherent vessels of the Charles H. Chase
4 Co. fleet, as well as others, among
IIaem being the banks Charles Loring,
iewksbury L. Sweat, John J. Marsh,
org Hattie M. Balm, schooners Canton,
FANNIE A. Bailey, Olive T. Whittier and
Ohers long since defunct. A dozen or
more years ago Capt. Whittier having
ared of sea life engaged in business for
While on the shore, but the lure of the
yea soon drew him back on shipboard
agaln. Few of the shipmasters who were
sailing out of Portland in 1877 are now in
Ine land of the living and none are fol-
""ing the sea. The captain is enjoying
sood health and proposes to keep in the
"drness while longer.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
HERE'S THE ANSWER:
from the Chicago Herald. |

Answering the recent disclosures of
German activity in this country, singu-
larly frank attache of the German en-
bassy says:
AS to the charge that Germany is buy
ing ammunition in the United States, we
are trying to buy all the arms and am
munition that will be sold to us. There
is nothing wrong i'll that, is there?
Here's the answer to all this Berlin-in-
spired anti-ammuntion-e export agitation
in this country Here's the action that
speaks louder than any words. Germany
has been doing exactly what she wanted
the Allies kept frora doing. She has been
doing exactly what she and Austria have
protested against in diplomatic commune
cations. She hos been doing exactly
what so many mistaken persons have
seen fit to denounce their own Govern
ment for permitting the Allies to do.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
PoTAToE QUARANTINE REMOVED.

President Todd of the Bangor &
Aroostook railroad has received from
Washington telegram announcing the
immediate removal of the quarantine
against Maine potatoes on account of
powdery scab. This is important to
Maine farmers, especially those of Aroos-
took County, in which potato producing
region the operation of the quarantine
last year caused great financial loss. The
telegram announcing the raising of the
quarantine was very brief, giving no
particulars, and it is not known whether
federal authorities consider the powderv
scab disease to have been eradicated or
have concluded that 1t is of no material
injury to the potatoes, as many have
contended.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
FACTS For SUFFERERS

Pain results from injury or congestion. Be
it neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago. neuritis.
toothache, sprain, bruise, sore stiff muscles or
whatever pain you have yields to Sloan's Lini-
ment-brings new fresh blood, dissolves the
congestion, relieves the injury, the circulation
is free and your pain leaves as if by magic.
The nature of its qualities penetrate immedi-
ately to the sore spot. Don't keep suffer
ing. Get bottle of Sloan's Liniment. Use it.
1t means instant relief. Price rs and Soc. $1.0O
bottle holds six times as much as the Csc size.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
A Reminder-7th May, 1915.
Dies Infamous

Dies Infamous
laura E. Richards in Boston Transcript.
Mourpi America, mourn!
Not for the dead who sleep
BY the swift death down borne.
Whelmed in the ocean deep.
Not for the dead who lie
Stark on the Irish shore.
Calm brows turned to the sky,
Never to agonize more.
No! for thine honor slain;
For thy fair fame brought low,
Flouted, and fouted again,
No one to face the blow.
No! for thy virgin pride
Ground meath ruthless heel:
For thy bright flag defed.
Broken thy sacred seal.
Ashes upon thy head,
Dust on thy starry crown,
Blood on thy robe of snow,
Down! in the dust kneel down!
Butt of the Teuton's mirth,
Mark of the nations scorn,
Wofullest figure on earth,
Mourn, America. mourn!
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
A CLOG0ED SYSTEM
NEEDS ATTENTION

Are you bilious. dizzy and listless? DR. Kings
New Life Pills taken at once seizes upon con.
stipation and starts the bowels movinglnatural-
ly and easily. Moreover it acts without grip
ing. Neglect of clogged system often leads
to most serious complications. If you wish to
wake up tomorrow morning happy in mind and
entirely satisfied. start your treatment tonight.
25c bottle.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09

Ezra Whitney, one of Bockland s
wealthiest residents. died Sept. End at
his home in Cedar street, aged SO. He
was born in Letter E Township. now
Madrid, whittier his grandparents had
come from Connecticut to build up a
new fortune in an unbroken wilderness.
His grandfather, on his mothers side,
was Continental soldier and fought at
Bunker Hill. Ezra came to Camden 70
years ago and laid the foundation of his
fortune by driving Yankee notion cart
He established similar business in Rock
land, which he sold later to engage in the
wool business. AS buyer of pelts Mr..
Whitney became widely known through.
out the State. He paid as high as So l-2
cents for unwashed fleece wool and as
lotksas Is cents. He had also sold washed
wool as high as 81 pound. He retired
in 1904 and devoted his attention to his
large property interests. He was a
Mason.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09
RECENT DEATH S.

Mrs. Martha Cressey ROBBIE, widow of
Ex-Gov. Frederick Robe, died Sept
lst at her home in Gorham. She was
noted for her quiet but constant bene-
violence, and ecently sent a check for
$500 to the Gorham Congregational par
ish to meet an outstanding debt.
The Republican journal., 1915-09-09

James A. Greenacre, well-known
retired business man, died at his home
in Bangor Sept. End, after a brief ILL
ness, aged To- He was for more than
IS years in the fruit and produce bust
ness on Pickering square. He leaves
one daughter, Miss May Greenacre of
Bangor.