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that some of the most valuable prop
erty in the island was being given
away to a corporation owned abroad.
He moved that the matter be referred
to committee. The governor there
upon asserted that it would be useless
to refer it to a committee. as he had
fully decided to grant the CONCESSIONS.
and they must, therefore. be granted.
The lone member got no support from
his colleagues. The concession passed.
1t ultimately appeared that the gov
ernor was member of the board or
directors of the corporation.
This incident was related by a re-
liable American observer. an official OF
the United States government. He as
serted that no member of the council
got anything out of it except the social
prcferment represented by an invita-
tion 10 government house.
In the matter of industrial improve
ment it might be said that the Danish
West Indies
Islands Are Paved are al o
With Good Intentions. GOOD inten-
tons. An experimental plantation was
started. and an incubator was bought
with a view to promote poultry rails
ing. A boy was hired at about 10
He went off and flew kite. The eggs
spoiled. The incubator has not been
used since The government then de-
cidad to buy a motor plow. \ commits
sion of two members was appointed to
go to the United States and look at
the plow. The commission got to New
York. went broke and cabled for money
At last it arrived at the factory There
We're no motor plows on hand The
commission viewed a photograph of the
plOW and returned home.
The schools are in the hands of the
churches. and they do not go high
our grammar schools. There was
once a college. but it perished
All of the policemen in st. Thomas
are iE2portcd from Denmark and they
cannot speak English. a native would
make much better policeman, but all
the jobs must be kept for Danes. What
are colonies for if not to proVide peo-
pie at home with jobs?
In spite of the fact that they are
governed polced and exploited by the
Danes. the Danish West Indies are not
at all Danish. In fact. they are race
largely African and their language is
English. You can hear no Danish out
side of the little circle of officials. eN-
cept in the names posted on the streets
and these are never used. Neither can
YOU hear any praise for the Danes out
side OF the official circles.
Denmark is a country which has
shown great social wisdom at home.
For some reason, none of this social
wisdom has been extended to her West
Indies And the brunt of her neglect
has fallen upon a simple. docile negro
people. whose whole world these
islands are. Now, for the first time.
the American people have brought
them hope. How is it to be fulfilled?
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borhood a present. and it is the opin-
ion of old residents that the poisonous
reptiles were brought down the river
on drifts from the mountains and have
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multiplied until there are plenty Of
them to be found along that portion of
the county bordering on the Kentucky
river.
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Christianity,

Brown, W. A. Is Christianity Practicable
CE- ES16i.
Harnack. Adolf. Aus Wissenschaft und Leben
Y. 1911. CF-H2o7
Jones. Il. NJ. The Inner Life CK-J7o7i
King, II. c. It's All in the Days Work OK
I>sS2i
Rihbany, A. NJ. The Syrian Christ eco
Ea44s
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Church History and Church Work.

Ayres. S. G. Methodist Heroes of Other Days
lkME-Ay y13mc
Boachc lrcl"rcq Auguste. LIn,oerancc Re
ligieuse ct In Politquc. 1911. CPAF H663
Congress Christian Work in La tin America
PArama, 1916 Christian Work in Latin America
V DS9G-C7G1.
Dwight. II. O. The Centennial History of the
american Bible Society. 2v. DW-D964.
Mathiez. Albert. Rome ct le CIerge Francois
sous la tonstituante. 1911 DG39 M42ir.
Thureau- Dsngin, Paul. The English Catholic
Revival in the Nineteenth Century. 2v. 1914
DG45-Ti27E.
Wiles. c. z. The Challenge of the Sunday
School. CHS WG47
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UNCLE SAM IN The
CARIBBEAN.
111.-The Rule Of the Danes.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE. st. Thomas.
D. w. L.. March 9.-The majority of the
Inhabitants OF these islands look for
ward to the change of sovereignty as
to a salvation. The business men and
landcWne foresee a prosperity that
means almost certain wealth for many
OF them. And the peoplC-the black
majoF.ty-lool confidently to the land
of Lincoln and The civil war for re-
lease from three centuries OF virtual
BONDAGE. As you pass along the streets
Of this town in the evening. you may
hear almost every group discussing the
change that is to come over their is
land. saying what u great nation is the
United States. speculatng as TO what
it can 90 for them.
There is no class here which regrets
the transfer except the little circle of
Danish officials. and they it is com
monty charged. are the only ones VINO
nave protitcd by the present govern
mcnt The rule of the Dance here, ac-
"ordinG 10 well authenticated reports.
has been pleasant and aifahIe and cor
rupt. it has been characterized by much
social display and official p0mp. and by
u system of graft so open and well
known Us To seem almost Innocent 1t
is a fact which any Intelligent citizen
can tell You that the Danish Plantation
Company j. the real government in St.
CroiA. and the West India Trading Com
nanE in st. Thomas. that the black men
nave practically no rights of citizen
ship: that nearly all municipal and
road work Is done by chain gangs
which are recruited by imposing long
terms for such trivial offenses rs
swes. and petty larceny; that there
Is no accurate system of accounting for
appropriations; that the islands. III a
word. have been used ny the Danes as
a bit of political pie and nothing more.
=
ea.. Co..,
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No Water, No Light
CT Sewerage Systems.

terms filled by draining the roofs when
IT rains. The poor. who have only
small and leaky roofs. have to beg wa
ter from the well to do. In Christian
stcd, the capital. there We're once thir-
ty-four street lights. but seven of them
go; broken. and now there are only
twenty-seven. They do not cast any
more radiance than FREELY. but they
are visible at quite = distance. and so
serve as aids to navigation. The only
way a stranger can get back to his
hotel at night is by counting the lights
on his way out
AS for sanitation. it is non-eXistent,
and conditions in the crowded poor
quarters of the towns are bad. That
seems to be due to the excellent eli
',ate, and the fact that the negroes
here are an extremely cleanly people.
Their rags are always carefully 1aun-
dered Your boatrlan gives you a
freshly washed bit of canvas TO sit
upon. although the whole boat is neat
as pin. The cabbies have clean. wash
able covers on their cab-seats. Per-
haps because they realize that health
Eere depends wholly upon personal
cleanliness. these people, in striking
contrast to many others as poor. make
it rule of life.
The form of the Danish government
is positively archaic. Imprisonment
for debt was abolished only few
clause which provided that the cred
itor must pay the keep of the debtor
in prison.
There is no trial by Jury here. and
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The following list, arranged by sub
jects, includes some of the latest addi-
tons to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted. at the enc
of the month in the librarys monthly
bulletin. Copies of this may be obtained
free at the library or will be sent by
mail for l ) cents year:
Philosophy and Psychology.
Cole Mrs. NC. comp Philippine Folk Tales
EU6s11-GG7
Condo. Rertha. The Business of Being :
Friend. BQS-C75a.
Dearborn, G. Van n. The Influence of JOY
ri -D347
Jore. Paul. psychical and Supernormal Pie
| ncm"na. BK-IGGi.E.
Ie Bon. Gustaye Les Opinions ct les Gro
y: rccs. i911. BINA-Li9
Lodge. Sir o. !. Raymond: or. Life and Death
INS-IS34r.
Moxcey. NJ E. Girlhood and Character BPF
Ms7sg
Noble NJ. E.. aud Coomaraswamy A. X. Myth
Of tn" Hind"s and hnddlis;s. BZDW-N662
Notes sur Aagusie. Comte- Par un de Sc:
Disciples 1909. ET.39-C735u.
Pcron. Henri. LEvoiution de la Memore
1910 EIPpGlf
Simpson. j. Y. The Spiritual Interpretation
of Nature. 1872. BS-Si5Gs.
Wagner. Charles. \ Travcrs les Chooses ct L.!
| IIommcs. 1909 HQS-W12la
White. w i. Mcchanisms of Character For
nation. III JWJs:im.
Wrisht: H. W. Faith Justified hy Progress
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Form of Government
Is Positively Archaic.

Judge, SO that a criminal is tried by the
same arm of government that arrests
him. A negro desiring to rent land
here gets no written lease and no guar
antee of tenure. 1t is not unusual for
those who try to cultivate small patch
es of the soil to be put off without no
tice. and the cattle turned upon their
crops.
As the government here is described
in the books. il is literally autonomous.
As il works, il is a corrupt little oil
garchy There is a colonial council for
each of the two districts-St. Thomas
and St. Croix-of which about three
fourths of the members are elect ed. and
the rest appointed by the King of Den
mark, as is the governor There is a
small property qualification for the
electorate.
Now, theoretically. the people may
assert themselves through the colonial
council, but practically it is the tool
of the two dominant corporations, its
elective membership being controlled in
a most regrettable way.
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The triumphs of social life in the is
lands are the balls at the government
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Any visitor may see for himself that
the towns have no water. light or sew
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There is no trial by jury here, and
practically no justice. An overworked
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
sB-NO WAITING TO SEND.
CANNING AND DRYING.

Gaming calls for no special skill and
for little equipment beyond a wash boiler
and jars. Fresh products, cleanliness
and heat are the chief requirements, as
fruits under modern procedure. Fruits
and vegetables, moreover, can be dried
efficiently in the sun, over a range or gas
stove, or before an electric fan. Home
made shallow trays of wood or heavy
wire screen are the chief equipment re-
quired. Drying is time-tried home in
dustry; conservation of food by drying is
largely matter of restoring to the home
great grandmother method of seeing
that her family had good food in winter
as relief from monotonous diet of root
vegetables. Canning and drying can be
practiced as effectively in a city house or
apartment as on a farm or in a suburban
dwelling.
Canning, of course, already is profit
able industry for women and children in
thousands of homes and will become al
most universal this season. To aid the
home conservation movement, the De-
partment of Agriculture has issued a
new Farmers Bulletin on home canning,
and another on home drying of fruits and
vegetables. These free pamphlets should
be read and followed in every household.
For copies write to Dept. of Agricult-
| ure, Washington, D. c. Office of In
formationD
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
Mr.. Hoover Talks Sensibly.

''Since the wonderful harvest of 1916
the food supplies of the world have been
steadily lessened. This year we are faced
with world shortage, and next year this
shortage will be even greater. Seven
million men have been called out of pro-
ductive labor and devoted to fighting and
in the production of implements of war
"The women have been unable to re-
new the need of that labor shortage. With
the diversion of animals of transporta-
ton to war the land is no longer receiving
the fertilizer that it needs in order to in
increase production, to increase the pro-
duction of bread grains, to secure protein
and fat supplies that Europe demands for
her vast armies. She is eating into the
capital of animals. This reacts again in
the productivity of the latter.
"Our own allies are supported from
foreign markets. Russia, Bulgaria, Rou-
mania, which are cut off, and Australia
and India are three times the distance
and therefore, three times more difficult
of access to the Atlantic seaboard.
"The Argentina crop is failure and
she has interposed an embargo. AS the
shortage grows, so does the need grow.
1t is the impact of this shortoge that has,
during the last year, knocked at every
door in the United States, and though
America may obtain surplus the rever-
beration of Europe's need would have
knocked seriously at our doors even
though we hadn't entered the war.
''The function of war has raised our
prices above endurance, and if we do
nothing it will raise them higher still, for
the need OF Europe grows yearly and the
value of food now tranScendS everything
else. By our entering into the war we are
forced not alone by one issue, but we are
under the force of two issues; the first
issue is we must have, in any event, the
control of our food: second, we must also
meet the increased demands of our allies
in order that they may remain constant
in war.
These problems are not insolable if
they are taken in time
81 believe that democracy cannot only
defend itself, but that it can prepare for
that defence. believe that the spirit of
self-sacrifce and idealism stands higher
amongst our people than those of any
other land, that the average of CONNER
cial morality, of commercial devotion is
greater than that of any country in this
world
81 believe that by the mobilization of
the voluntary support of our people those
problems are all soluble, but know of no
people of such idealism but that some
individuals, some individual selfshness
would defeat the will of the majority. To
this end we must have power, and that
power of Prussianism is the same power
that rests in the police of the State. 1t
is the power to repress crime.
81 do not wish to say more on this
occasion, but l would like to leave this
one thought with you: The wolf is at the
door of the world. We, in our abund
ance, our developed resources, our vast
age and our extravaganza, hold it in our
power and ours alone to keep this wolf
from the door. It is a problem of human
ity"
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
Look Here For 1t
MANY A BELFAST READER WILL BE
INTERES TED.

When people read about the cures
made by medicine endorsed from far
away, is it surprising that hey wonder
if the statements are true? But when
they read of cases right here at home,
positive proof is within their reach, for
close investigation is an easy matter.
Read Belfast endorsement of Doan 8
Kidney Pills.
Guy A. Gray, proprietor of barber
shop, so Union street, Belfast, says: Il
suffered from kidney trouble for about
four years and tried most every hing l
heard of for relief. Nothing did me par
| ticle of good until used Doan's Kidney
/ Pills, procured from the Old Corner Drug
Store. There was deep.seated pain in
my back across my kidneys. was laid
up with this trouble for months at a
time. My kidneys were IN bad shape
and the kidney secretions were LOO fire.
quent in passage, off color and contained
sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills gave me
relief in two weeks time and l was
eventually cured of all symptoms of kid
ney trouble. l am now sound and we'll. "
Price Soc. at all dealers Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that cured Mr..
Gray. Foster-M ilburn Co., Props, Buff
falo, N. Y.
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SEVEN WORDS ARE
FULL OF MEANING
SAYS THIS FARMER
81 Feel Just Like a New Man," He De-
clares, After Taking New Tanlac.
i feel just like a new man.

i Ieel just ike a new man.
This was the way James Danham,
farm hand of North Bangor, M aine, be-
gan story that will interest nun ireds
of workers here. 1t was another of the
stories that have made Tanlac the most
popular medicine in the world, and in
these seven words Mr.. Durham has given
enough real information to fill page.
Il suffered with stomach trouble, and
gas would rise from my stomach so bad
at times that | was forced to stop what
ever | was doing to get relief. | was
constantly bothered with pains after
eating. None of my food seemed to
digest.
Shortly after eating l would feel
several Jumps in my stomach and short
time afterwards hot gasses would start
to come up, often accompanied by burn
ing bile.
Il was convinced by friends that your
Tar lac would do me good, so | bought a
bottle
"Before l had finished this one bottle
| was further convinced that Tanlac
would do all they had claimed for it, and
great deal more.
Il have finished that bottle and sew
eral others now and my stomach has
never been in better shape than it is
now. On the whole | feel Just like a
new p -rson.
"All traces Of my ailment have disap
peared. | am no longer bothered with
those terrible pains after eating, the gas
has disappeared and | enjoy my meals
more now than | have in several years.
''Tanlac has done me a world of good
and | take great pleasure in recommend
ing it to anyone who is suffering with
stomach trouble"
1anIac is being specially introduced in
Belfast at the City Drug Store. Tanlac
agents in nearby towns are: A. K. Pulley,
Brooks; Ames Co., Stockton Springs; L.
C. Dow & Co., Prospect.
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on holders, or folded to preserve their

on holders, OF folded to preserve their
beauty.
Sport wells are so pretty and useful to
protect the eyes and hat, as well as to en-
nance the charm of expression, that the
fad that has developed for the new Hare
Free veil with it's effective striped Dor
der is easy to understand. Coming in the
hexagon mesh, so universally becoming,
in soft Shetland weave this can be had in
matching or contrasting color effects that
add a note of style to any costume.
Bead Trimmings.
Bead trimmings take the form of large
patch-like embroideries done on the ma
terial of the gown, in fruit patterns or in
conventional designs placed at scattered
intervals rather than in continuous pat
terms. LUCY CARTER.
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KNOX
formation.

Mr. Robert Black lost horse last week.
Mrs. Ben Tyler is able to be about tn,
house again.
John Bohn is helping Melissa Post this
week with her farming.
Mrs. Myra Bryant of Freedom visited
her son, j. F. Bryant, over Sunday.
DR.. Addie Wescott is visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Adeline Wescott, this week.
Joe Bryant has moved his blacksmith
shop, and is fixing it up for a garage.
There are several new cases of measles
in town, Mrs. Will Dolloff is very sick
with them.
Miss Marian Atkinson, visited Miss
Lucy Sayward, at Mr.. Fred Kinney's in
Knox, over Sunday.
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SWANvILLE CENTER.
Schools in town all closed last week
except one

Schools in town all closed last week,
except one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Neil and Mr. and
Mrs. Harris are at Swan Lake.
Hollis Divoll has gone to Dark Harbor,
Islesboro, where he has employment.
Among the students who have arrived
J home are Ruby Gray, Bernice Damn and
| Mckinley Damn
Mrs. E. A. Robertson is at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Wellman in Winterport
for several weeks.
The many friends of Mckinley Damn
are glad to know he is as comfortable as
can be expected and wish him a speedy
recovery.
There was a game of base ball on
Swanville Heights June 10th between
Searsport and Swanville. The score was
10 to in favor of Swanville
| H. P. White has appointed a woman's
subcommittee on food production and
conservation, as follows: Mrs. A. T.
Nickerson, chairman; Mrs Porter Webb,
Mrs Charles Nickerson, Mrs H. P.
White, Mrs. Flora E. Littlefield, Miss
Louise Cunningham and Mrs. Thomas
! Nickerson.
| Seventeen of the women in town met
at Comet Grange hall June 10th to do
work for the Red Cross. Quite little
sum of money was donated and goodly
lot of work given out to be done at home.
Shipper pillows were made at this meet
Saturday afternoon and all are cordially
invited to attend
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
CHINESE COOLIES IN BATTLE LINE
Boston Librarian Reports use of Immigrants
by British


Not only are Chinese coolies being sent
to France and England to supply labor to
take the place of men sent to the trench
es, but they are also going into the battle
lines themselves, under British officers,
according to Charles F. D. Belden, newly
appointed librarian at the Boston Public
Library, who saw 2l00 of them on the
steamer on which he returned across the
Pacific.
1t was made known some months ago
that Chinese are being sent in large num-
bers through Canada to England and
France, to do the unskilled work on farms
and in factories there. The use of Chin
csc on the battle front, however, has not
previously been reported.
The officers on the steamer, Mr.. Belden
said, would give no information, but it
was assumed that the Chinese would be
taken to training camps in Canada for
training.
Japan, according to Mr.. Belden, is mob
ilizing large army, and even boys and
girls are universally going through set
ting-up exercises for physical prepara-
ton. He saw no anti-American feeling
in Japan.
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troubled with cramps and feel Ike a
different woman. l cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound too highly and I am recommend
ing it to my friends who suffer as did. T."
Mrs. GEORGE R. NAYLoR, Box 72,
Marysville, Pa.
Young women VINO are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. ICON
fdentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women
open and read such letters.
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
SIoan's l.iniment tor Rheumatism.

The pain goes quickly after you apply
Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic pains, neural
gia, toothache, lumbaeo, sprains, and its so
easy to use. 1t quickly penetrates and soothes
effective than mtssy pasters or ointments
Keep bottle in the house and get prompt re-
lief. not only from all nerve pains but from
bruises strains, sprains. over exercise and all
ex ernsl aches. Atyour druggists &c.. &c.,
$iOO. .l7.
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28

would nave 10 stay
in bed several days
every on tn. I
tried all kinds of
remedies and was
treated by doctors,
but my trouble con-
tinued until one day
l read about Lydia
E.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. l tried it
and now l am never
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
Linens and Silks.

-17ns and silks in Rajah weaves and
.2'etas are selected by many people
Short eet-ups. 1t all depends on the
A@7 whether the costume is simple or
Aes@ Materials are seemingly minor
'aaieraton, though some of the satin
'y@' logs are impressively elegant, and
VIE does not wonder that they 60 to
''a5H parties and even to weddings out
-' own, where nearly all these functions
'Ay pace this month. A dress of dark
.'t ssu1 with a Russian over-blouse of
sport satin, had finish of two
D1 elVet ribbon as hem at the foot of
73"lSe The sleeves were of the blue
'i the belt of the white, and broad
'' blue hat edged with a fringe of
~'. lung burnt feathers, was faced with
"" 10 within an inch of the edge.
Waist Lines Only Indicated.
''re If these clothes fit close at the
''a Me- which is usually indicated by
"'ff or less ornate girdle drawn in a
JUST ia Indicate the line of the figure,
U ho' define it.
I'VE lifting is at the shoulders and
and tackings hold the apparently
~'+SS folds of the material in Just the
s0. lines to become the wearer. This
'F Of garment is not difficult to turn
'' with good pattern and careful at
@''on 10 finish and to the small Access
''s That accent sport toggery.
Hats and Wells.
'ue hat and veil, footwear and bag,
'A"ear and other small belongings lend
"uclion to the simple lines, or spoil
"lole effect if carelessly selected or
stIy worn.
=, d certain crisp freshness and neatness
'uect should characterize such details,
women who understand their value
careful to keep these smaller articles
'perly between wearings. Hats are
'''eo before being put away, shoes
j, '''ched on shoe trees and wiped clean,
wy carefully folded and wells rolled
The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
MAINE CEN1kAl RAILROAD
BELFAST AND BURNHAM.

On and after Oct l. 1916. trains connecting
at Burnnam and Waterville with through train.
for and from Bangor, Watervile, Portland and
Boston, will run as follows: