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The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
RED CROSS APPRECIATED

Miss Clara G. Perry, a Work..
France for the American Fund FIR n. %
Wounded, has written of her work 'D'a
New England headquarters of tba I, ~s
800 Boylston street, Boston.
She is serving in the French arr
an ambulance driver, with hesdn%,,,. az
at Amiens, is also engaged in dist ri.'Is
ing dressings, and has obtained ,guI'
and tWo-wheel chairs from the f,nI lse
the wounded. Pillows for the NJ LOT
lance, bandages, wool and knrfirI-u .oa'
chimes have also been received MA
"Oh, you tireless home worker.
are wonderful Yon only get GttIlo you
casional bits of the thanks and NJ ~ ". ve'
happiness that you are send.pg =, 'e
many corners of France-and VET " ~, 80
work on day after day and week ~, iol
week. never firing and almost pns,,,s
OF what you mean in the lives NJ at
many here. take off my hat r., ~
to my French army casque-to ' ras
Yes, l have helmet and gas mas. '-
neither of which l have yet had Ia g,a,,
Ii the Huns see fit to visit us here r a.
1t will be with good, honest bombs ,g5
not with their hideous, blindlBp 5s1 '"O
triesp 10
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
How the Body is Nourished.

The bodilyIprocess known as assimila-
ton is well explained in these words: Gas
the blood, in its circulation, approaches
any organ, the portions that are appro-
pirate for this organ feel its attractive
force, obey it, and leaving the others,
mingle with the substance of its tissue
and are changed into its own true and
proper nature"
How important it is that the blood
should be pure and rich, not loaded with
WORKOUT and useless matters! Hoods
Sarsaparilla puriies and enriches the
blood, and does all that is possible for
medicine to do in the way of perfecting
assimilation and building up the whole
system. When you have made up your
mind to take Hoods Saraaparilla, insist
on having it-don't accept substitute,
for no substitute acts like it.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13

greater than that which exists j. ~
tai department today. The tr u. The po,.
the men, their hours and on1eatrnent y
have gone beyond the stage Of ipeasati0 lon
and are practically at the limit unttairnss,
cution. Not only do the clerks ao u perss'
the public is being denied tb suller3 bpt
having its mail delivered speedH hight u
ficiently. ''uiiy and #
"Of all the messes that have
perpetrated in any departmentt ever ben
government at any time, the $40 oe
tenn recently inaugurated, is i tbae sn,
1t is monstrous and erroneous ne wora
ton OF poor theory. This idea appllca,
pensating the railroads for tbs u Con,
OF space used instead of the wri 0 asfnoppt
mail transported is the cause e Sr' o. lie
delay in delivery. Vi all tle
"As the system now stands l.
being discontinued daily; that is r a az
not being reserved on lines, with vii space i
suit that if train bearing mail .ne Ie.
Its connections, the mail does nnt nlSSes
ON the next train, but must us; 20 out
car that has the authorized spacs a' Ioia
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
What Is a SapIinu?

The soldier who thought "sapling"
was a young pig was evidently Som
ersetshire man, for correspondent
writes: Highly amused, l read aloud
your 'sapling' story to friends. When
1 had finished Somersetshire woman
who was present asked, We'll, what do
you call sapling? "A young tree
replied. is it? she replied Now, I've
always heard young pig called sap
ling in Somersetshire. Further inquiry
revealed that others say the same"
From which we gather that the soldier
came from Somerset. while evidently
his officer did not-London Chronicle.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
He's All Right.

I9natius B. Grossman and his wife. Ed
wilma Booth Groosman, of New York and
Paris, appeared in the Probate Court at
Ellsworth recently and petitioned for the
change of their names to Crossman. The
Grossmans have been spending the sum-
mer at Bar Harbor. Mr.. Grossman said
that he was native Hungary, of Ger
man ancestry, but that he and his wife
were true Americans and that they re-
garded the course of the Imperial German
Government as SO Infamous that both he
and his wife desired to have their names
changed from the German Grossman to
the Anglo-Saxon Crossman. The petit
lions of both were granted.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
A Mine IN Maine,

Especial to The Bangor Daily News
MACHIAS, Sept. 8. A deal has been
completed resulting in the purchase of the
property of the United States Molybde-
mum Co. at Cooper by H. S. Predmore
and A. S. Gum of New York represent
ing large interests. Molybdenum is a
mineral now in much demand being used
as an alloy in the making of steel armor-
plate and has increased in price from 40
cents pound to 80 a pound and will
probably be still higher. The mine at
Cooper was opened several years ago but
did not pay as expected and work was
suspended. 1t has been idle for some
time. There is now cotton mill on the
property, besides other equipment The
new owners plan to begin operations as
soon as machinery can be procured, in
stalllng 5C0-ton mill and expect to pro-
duce four or five tons of Concentrates a
day. This will give employment to
number of men and teams.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
THAT HEAVY HEART

Heavy is the heart of the kaiser. G., III.
says, and well it may. be. 1t is, As ~
says, "the most grievous times that b,".
ever fallen to the lot of the Gar9.'
countries and peoples" and the ka,.,
himself is to be blamed for them T.5s
sure he did not bring such times doyn
upon his people Intentionally, He tbougFt
he was going to inflict similar c3Ismlfr
upon certain of his neighbors, but h.
started bigger rumpus than he bar6a,n
ed for. He overestimated his own pove-
and he underestimated the power of rba
nations that he forced to take up arms h
defend themselves against his aggressons
and he underestimate the overwhclmn5
moral power of the whole civilized wosi
aroused to a high state of nIiqps.
ton at German savagery and greed
Heavy as the heart of the guilty kaiser
may be, it is not heavy enough for tbe
kaiser's misdeeds. His repentance must
be still deeper and his penance must be
made to fit the misery that he has
brought upon the world. Hartford Cogr.
ant,
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
PAIN in THE BACK.
u Should Not Be Ignored, AZ II May
Mean Serious Trouble.

u Should Not Be Ignored, AZ II May
Mean Serious Trouble.
Backache, like headache and many
another ache to witch the human
frame is subject. is symptom that
may be caused by a great MANY differ
ent conditions.
A chronic pain in the back may
mean very serious. trouble. Tubercu-
losis does not respect any part of the
human body. When it attacks the
spinal column it is called Potts dis
ease. A.long the initial symptoms is
a backache that the patient complains
OF long before signs Of deformity show
themselves If the backache is ignor-
ed much valuable time may be lost. A
careful examination at the earliest
complaint of pain and stiffness may
give the physician an opportunity to
prescribe a course of treatment that
will arrest the disease before it causes
deformity. The tuberculin test enables
the physician to make sure that the
backache is not caused by less Sc
rious condition. negative tuberculin
test means that he must look further
for the cause of the pain.
Much backache could be spared
young adolescents if they would per-
s1stently carry out system of simple
calisthenics designed to strengthen the
back. II they Legin it in childhood 1t
will prevent many of them from out
growing their spincs. Of course all
children should use the seats and desks
that enforce good attitude.
In many cases of young adolescents
who have grown very rapidly 1t will be
found advisable to permit the wearing
of carefully fitted support or belt.
In elder persons who suffer from con-
slant backache the cause may be
weakening of the abdominal muscles,
In that case an abdominal belt be-
comes a necessity.-Youth's Compan-
Ion
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
A Prayer on Return From Va
cation.

We thank Thee, our Father and Crea-
tor, for the summer days ow closing Thy
gracious name we praise for memories of
early dawn and lingering light at evening
time; for the chorus of birds before the
day began and their returning anthems
for its valedictory Remind us, we be-
seech Thee, that all beginnings and end
ings are of Thee, and that industry apart
from praise is barren and slave like labor.
We thank Thee for all the winds that
blow, for the wind-swept field, or lake, or
coast, or heath, or marsh, or mountain
side where Thou hast lately walked with
US. So generously have the breezes
spoken thy love that our hearts have
been won to fuller alteration, and we have
repented for our former GOODNESS. So
nightly has the sudden storm rolled and
flashed thy power before us that we have
trembled in the face of our accustomed
doubt, and have come to Thee for shelter;
for though Thou dost smite, yet wilt Thou
heal US, and though Thou tearest asunder
yet wilt Thou bind us up again. The new
found friend has brought thy message
from afar to us, the heat of noon day has
been ablaze with thy iewelled light, labor
has reminded us of thy eeaseless power,
and the hour of rest or play has told us of
thine infinite patio nee and leisure, of rest
that is eyer full of perfect purposes,
And now, Q Lord of the Unseen
Heaven and the teaming Earth, we, thy
children, return to our allotted tasks.
Our duties await us in office, study, shop
and home. and on the many trodden
streets. These are our prlson-houses for
months to come, these our seats Of pow
er, and these our posts of service; these
are the anvils wherein the world shall
shape us to its use, and the channels
wherein we shall be moulded, Give US,
0 Master of all Good Workmen, to make
our prisons harmonious with song, our
hard anvils fiery affairs of sacrificial Joy,
our channels of routine pattern-nlouldS
for character like to His, the Galilean.
In the laborious days to come may we
recall the glad days past. May the treas
ure Just bestowed upon US be neither
dimmed by monotony nor stolen by any
WEAKNESS May we have caught such
glimpses of thine abundance and enthusi
asm that autumn shall not blast our hope
nor winter chill our faith. Be with us
when the mornings linger in the lap of
night and no chorus of birds bids the day
a welcome. Be with us when CANDLE
light cuts short the unfinished day and no
anthem greets the evening star.
Thus, supreme in courage and buoyant
in continuing Joy, may we have the sum-
mer's light in winters darkened hours;
and may we now resume the waiting
task with the spirit of Him who rested in
the seaside boat, who also said, "My
Father worketh and work" Amen.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Dynamite Whiskers.

The name ''whiskers" is applied to
feathery crystals which gather upon
the outside of the wrappings of frozen
dynamite. The "whiskers' are more
irritable" than dynamite itself. A case
is on record where sticks of dynamite
had been thawed out in hot water and
the can Of hot water in which it was
done left in the blacksmith shop with
out being emptied Of the residual scum
of grease and whiskers. The first blow
Of the blacksmith's hammer on a near
by anvil was sufficient to set off the
"whiskers' by conclusion. The can
was blown to pieces, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Waste From Small Leaks,

The Importance of mending the
tiniest leak in water pipe is shown in
circular issued by a small city in
which water meters are used. This, as
quoted by Popular Mechanics, states
that at under md r 9 pressure Of forty pounds
IN twenty-four hours ito gallons of
water will pass through hole shade
larger than the period at the end of
this sentence. An orifce the size of a
fairly large pinhead will permit 5000
gallons to escape In the same time.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
M0TORCAR ECONOMY.
How to Make a Gallon Of Gasoline Go
Further Than It Does.

How to Make a Gallon Of Gasoline Go
Further Than It Does.
In the first place. use care in the Sc
lection of fuel Gasoline which does
not vaporiZe with sufficient readiness
to remain in gaseous state~eventually
condenses in the cylinders and is either
burned or lost without devel ng it's
power. Furthermore. the gasoline must
be pure, with minimum amount of
residue which will serve to form car
bon.
Secondly, the gasoline must be burn
ed under the most favorable conditions
conducive to development of maxi
mum power following each explosion.
Such conditions require tight piston
rings and valves, which prevent the
leakage Of compression or the power of
the explosion; uniform and quickly
attained engine temperature; hot, fat
spark occurring as early as is possible
without producing knock. and suf-
fciently flexible carburetor which will
give proper mixtures at all engine
speeds. The above mentioned MAIN
tenance of engine temperature is an
important consideration. especially in
cold weather.
Thirdly. the carbon should be re-
moved from the engine as soon as an
undue accumulation is indicated. usual
ly every 500 to 1000 miles, depending
upon the kind of oil used. the condi-
ton Of the rings. the nature of the fuel,
and the like.
In the fourth place. the mixture
should be set to as lean point as will
run the motor under normal conditions
when the engine is warmed to it's av.
erage temperature Nearly every car
buretor will permit the needle valve
to be screwed down one or more notch
es. In fact. it is well to set the carbu-
rotor to so lean mixture that the en-.
CINE will not pull properly before it is
thoroughly heated. The difficulty thus
encountered may be overcome by the
use of the choke or other adjustments
of the carburetor which serve to give
richer mixture when starting. A lean
mixture may be further assured by the
use of some of the we'll tried out at
tachments designed to furnish auxili-
airy air to the engine under certain con-
ditions.
Fifth. the carburetor should be in
spected by an expert and the strainer
drained frequently to prevent the &C.
emulation of dirt which may lodge
under the float valve and cause the lat
ter to leak when the engine is shut
down.
Sixth. the engine should never be left
running while the car is standing idle.
If adjustments are properly made
the engine will start easily. and the
current from your starting battery is
cheaper than gasoline Furthermore.
the engine should not be raced at ram
dom for testing purposes unless you
have definite idea as to just where
the trouble lies.
Seventh, all brakes should be free SO
that they do not drag, bearings should
be well oiled. tires inflated to the pres
sure recommended by the manufacture
er and the whole car so free in it's mo-
ton that it can be pushed by hand
without difficulty on a hard level pave
ment.-H W. Slauson in Leslie's.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
IT WAS A NOISY CARGO.
But It Completely Cured the skipper
Of His Fear Of v Boats.

0uv u OomPtOtoty Ouro0 INo SktPPoT
Of His Fear Of v Boats.
A skipper who took a cargo of loco
notices across the Atlantic when the
U boat warfare was at its worst gave
this ringing story Of the trip:
1--WE left Philadelphia with sixty To-
comotives, all incased in huge wooden
boxes, intact and ready to be taken off
the ship and placed Immediately on the
tracks to start dragging ammunition
trains to the front.
1.-THE Delaware was as smooth as
pond as we made our way down to
the bay, but the first wavelets that
struck us at the capes started some
thing that made me want to take a
header off the bridge. Every one Of
the sixty locomotive bells in the hold
began to ring! And they all kept ring
ing all day and all night all the way
across the Atlantic.
''At first thought of going back to
dock to have the bells taken off. But
that would have amounted virtually to
unloading the whole cargo because of
the manner in which the locomotives
were slowed. 1t would have meant
weeks delay, and l was supposed to
get to sea as quickly as possible. So
we put out that night with those sixty
mad bells going hammer and tongs
continuously.
II thought we would all lose our
senses. Sleep was out of the question.
1t was like ringing eight bells eighty
times a minute in sixty different keys
You've seen Sir Henry Irving in the
play The Bells? Well, it was like
that, only this was no play, but real
life 1t seemed, as one member Of the
crew who is by far too imaginative
said, as if the ghosts of all the MUIR
dered ships were changing up at us out
of the depths of the ocean, warning us
of the U boats that had Uttered the sea
floors with their bones.
I'VE fell in with some nasty wealth
err as We neared the other side. The
vessel rocked and tossed, and every
time she plunged a whole cataract of
bells went tearing down toward perdi-
ton. We're in the U boat zone re-
marked the man at the wheel to me
one night. 'Goodr cried. 4 hope
torpedo hits us soon. Then perhaps
I'll get some Sleep
1.-THE destroyers that met us didn't
know what to make Of us. They
thought we had alli gone crazy drunk
and were trying to tell the U boats
exactly where we were. But l told
+bap, 7 uoc c1rod of tho faar of RI
boats forever Philadelphia Ledger.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
MAINE ITEMS.
Maine Boys Honored.

Three Maine boys graduated Thursday
from the Military Academy at West
Point, the class being graduated nine
months ahead of time, on account of the
need Of officers for the army, and being
the second graduation in the last five
months They are: Earle A. Billings, ap-
pointed to the academy in 1914 from the
LIST Congressional District. of Maine, age
rs, whose home is in Portland; Harold L.
Milan, aged Is, Of Bangor, Me-, appoint
ed from the 4th Congressional District of
the State; Bryant E. Moore, age %, ap-
pointed to the academy by United
States Senator from Maine and whose
home is at Ellsworth.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Fooled Both WAYS.

A sportsman came to grief at the
first fence Pluckily remounting. he
met the same fate at the second at
tempt. Asked the cause of his dis
asters, he said ut vos like Zis. Ven
We koms to re first fence did link M
horse vud jomp. bot he did not jomp
so l vent over his head. Ven We kom
to re second fence | did link he vud
not jomp. and he did iomp, SO | vent
over his tail"-Milwaukee Free Press
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Will of Charles NJ. Bailey,

AUGUSTA, Me, Sept. 4. Colby college
will receive Sis, 900 from the estate of the
late Charles NJ Bailey of Winthrop, the
millionaire oil cloth manufacturer, whose
will was filed for probate today. Other
public bequests include $1,000 for the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, S1O,-
600 for Oak Grove seminary at Vassal-
boro, $1,000 for Mortified seminary at
Mortified, Mass, $1,000 for Winthrop
Center Meeting of Friends and $40, 900
for the Good Will Home association. After
payment of $4,000 to Chas. M. Wood
man of Portland and requests to grand
children, the remainder of the estate,
estimated to be valued at 81, 900, 900, is
to be given to his four children, who re-
side at Winthrop
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
POOR MAIL SERVICE.

E. j. Ryan of Roslindale, president of
the Railway Mail Association, at a meet
ing of that organization in the Quincy
House recently scored the postal Depart
ment, asserting that the cause of the de-
lay of mails was due to the ineficiency
of the head of the postal service.
Mr.. Ryan said in part:
Conditions, both regarding the treat
ment of the clerks, and the delay in de-
Hvering mail, are not due to lack of
ability or loyalty on the part of the mail
clerks, but to the incompetency which
lies at the very head of the post office de-
partment.
'We are hearing muchof German lau-
tocracy and bureaucracy, but it is no
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Inspection of Hotels.

Clair E. Turner of Boston, who has
been chosen for an inspection of the
Maine hotels, under the direction of the
State Department of Health, is 26 years
old and former resident of HARMONY,
Me. He is son of the late Dr. F. o.
Turner of that town. He was educated
at the Maine Central Institute in Pitts
field and at Bates College. He later attend
ed Harvard College for while. He had
charge of the department of biology at
Bates College for a number of terms and
was also an instructor in the Harvard
Technical School for health officers. OF
late he has been doing research work at
the Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. Mr.. Turner, after going over the
State in a thorough manner, which will
require some thine, will draw up certain
recommendation with the view of i'm
proving the sanitary conditions of the
hotels,
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Political Assassinations.

The first three months of 1913 were
notable for their political assassina.
TONS There We're five-the Turkish
war minister, Nazim Pasha, Jan. %
the premier of Salvador, Manuel E
Araujo, Feb. 4; the president and vice
president of Mexico, Francisco l. Ma
dero and Jose Pine Suarez Feb. %
and King George of Greece. March Is.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Round the Circle.

Friend-Why do you maintain such 8
large Office force?
Financier-To prevent outsiders from
bothering me-
But l thought that was what yom
executive secretary was for"
ooh, no. He is here to prevent the
Office force from bothering me-" Life
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Value of the Apple.

The apple is pre-eminent in the house
hold economy. for no other fruit excels
it in culinary usefulness 1t graces the
table in Il far greater variety than any
other fruit. OF all fruits grown in
North America the apple leads in
amount and intrinsic value. No fear
Of an overproduction, however, if the
means of transportation and distribu-
ton are perfected. What if we do
raise 125,000 carloads of apples or g.
100000 boxes a year? This is but half
box to person, not counting what
we export. That isn't very many
Exchange.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Sap Of a Tree.

Sap is pumped up through the wood
in tree and will even go through dead
wood. but will not return by the same
medium. Therefore a tree may live
until the roots starve Sap ascends on
the inside and descends Oh the out
side. Therefore the descending sap
alone builds new tissue of wood and
bark.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Scandinavians.

The term "Scandinavians'' is not con-
fined to the Norwegians. The Norwe-
CLANS are indeed seandinavians; but SO
also are the Swedes, Danes and Ice
landers. For that matter, the Ger
mans, English and Americans of Eng
Esh stock are also of the Scandinavian
stock, since it is more than probable
that Germany was originally stocked
from the land of the mortimer, and it
is from the north German stock that
the so called Anglo-Saxon comes.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Time and Place,

'"There is time and place for ev
erything."
YES" answered Senator Sorghum
sadly. And it's rather unfortunate
that one of the most reliable ways to
attain publicity Is to say something at
the wrong time in the wrong place.
Washington Star,
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
A Japanese Bridge.

One of Japan's most interesting mon
uments of antiquity is the bridge Of
the Brocade Girdle. built in the sixteen
hundreds. mass of pegs and crude
joints-not a nail of metal in the en-
tire length of 75G feet. and as good
today as when built
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
- W.
A Candy NuIflra

In the South American forests is
found the most beautifully eolored Of
all vuitures. and It Is the true king
over the black vultures and turkey
buzzards. Its plumage is of delicate
cream, with black quilts, and the head
is brilliantly colored with red and
orange.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Well Defined.

Dad" said little Reginald. what is
bucket shop?"
"A bucket shop. my SON." said the ia
Their feelingly-"a bucket shop is mod
ern cooperage establishment to which
a man takes barrel and brings back
the bunghole. PUCK.
The Republican journal., 1917-09-13
Washington next Monday.-Ellsworth
Maine up in the Van.

Portland was second only to Oregon in
the number of men enlisted before the
draft, it is the first State in the Union to
have its drafted men ready to report, and
now one of its shipbuilding concerns is
the first to have keel laid for the
emergency war fleet. Maine is true to
its motto.-Portland Press.