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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09

A freside philosopher claims to have
discovered that laziness is not habit but
a disease, in some families hereditary,
and contagious in the atmosphere of cor
ner grocery stores and all other loafing
resorts where conversation is confined
to the weather and stale personal Jokes
No cure has ever been found for this dis
ease, although heroic doses of hunger
have sometimes caused the patient to
show temporary but notable improvement
Laziness is not fatal disease. We never
heard that laziness, of itself, ever reach
ed a fatal stage or a turning point. 1t
isn't like fever. In Mexico it is the ma
tional disease, and in Maryland it is so
prevalent that energetic measures are be-
ing taken to stay its progress. A recent
special election enacted what is called
the Compulsory Work Law, which will
go into effect on Aug. goth in accordance
with the Governors proclamation. The
law provides for drafting all able bodied
unemployed persons between the ages Of
of IS and so, into the service of the
State or county, or to work for private
individuals.
All such persons must register and the
general regulations of the draft, exemp-
tons and listings, are as superbly COM
plicated as those for the army draft.
Thousands of idlers have left the State in
order to escape registration, and men who
have spent their time in the shade whit
ting and swapping jack knives are now
out on the farms, till the registration is
over.
Barroom and street corner loafers are
anxious to get on somebody's pay roll
working daily only hours enough to buy
lunch counter grub and a little tobacco.
The Governors proclamation states that
''all able to support themselves by reason
of ownership of property and those sup
ported by others are included" Every
body must work. What do you think of
that for law? Who would be without
the blessed, benefcient and incompatible
referendum? This Compulsory Work Law
is something as yet untred in Maine be-
cause we never thought of it. Our next
legislature will doubtless put it on the
statute books, probably with an emery
ency clause attached. Then we will have
a referendum petition, special election,
few thousand dollars expense, and about
one-eighth of our voters will 60 to the
polls. How happy the Russians will be
when they get their republic established
and their people can govern themselves
Just as sensibly as we do in Maryland and
in Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
NORTH MONTvILLE.

Sewell Staples is helping Roy Quincy
cut his hay.
Loren Hall of Belfast visited his uncle,
Charles Colby, last week.
Will Walker of Freedom is working for
Lawrence Clark in haying.
Mrs. Gene Perry is stopping with her
father, Granville Thompson, for few
days.
Mrs. Diantha Stephenson has been visit
ing friends and relatives in Belfast, Free
dom and Halldale the past week.
Walter Banton, who enlisted some time
ago, went to join his regiment July oath.
He leaves lonely home, as his Oldest
brother ID on his way to France.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
THE LACK OF SUPPLIES.

The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company may find additional re-
strictions in furnishing new service nee
essary. During the past they have been
able to estimate in advance their probable
requirements and provide accordingly,
making an allowance for work not antici-
pated. Under the present unusual condi-
lions such provision has been impossible
Their first consideration must be the
needs of our government and the next to
furnish service to those so placed that
their need for it is great.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
"Biind Alley Jobs"

Vacations that lead boys nowhere in
particular are in Canada called blind
alley Jobs" and the name is fitting
one. The inspector Of the Ottawa pub
lie schools points out In a recent re-
port that SO per cent Of boys leaving
those institutions gravitate toward po-
sitions that require little skill and Of
fer little hope Of advancement. A
similar discovery might be made In
any large city of the Dominion or in
any considerable community of the
United States, where vocational train
ing Is not receiving serious attention.
Christian Science Monitor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
PERIL OF LIGHTNING.
Rules That VIII Help You Avoid II
During Thunderstorm.

nuIeS nat VIII rep you AVOID 1t
During a Thunderstorm.
If you are out of doors in a very
severe electrical storm the Electrical
EXperimenter offers the following rules
for your protection:
Keep away from wire fences. They
may carry dangerous electrical
charge long distances. Cattle In pas
lures are frequently killed from the
neglect of farmers to ground the wire
Of the fence.
Keep away from hedges, ponds and
streams.
Keep away from isolated trees. Oak
trees are frequently struck;;s beech are
seldom struck. 1t is safe in a dense
forest.
Keep away from herds of cattle and
crowds Of people.
Do not hold an umbrella over you.
1t Is safer to sit or lie down in an
open field than to stand.
Drivers should dismount and not
stay close to their horses.
Do not work with any large metal
tool Or implement.
If you are indoors:
Keep away from the stove and chin
ney. The hot gases from the chimney
may conduct the lightning to and down
the chimney.
Do not take position between two
bodies of metal. as the stove and wa
ter pipe, for example. An exception
to being near metals is the case of an
Iron bed. One of the safest places is
on mattress in an iron bed, provided
you do not touch the metal The metal
surrounding you makes safe cage
which will prevent the lightning from
reaching person inside.
Do not stand on a wet floor nor
draw water from the we'll or faucet.
Do not stand directly under chan
delier, near a radiator nor on regis
ter.
Do not use the telephone
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
HERE'S PROOF
A Belfast Physician Tells of His Fx-
perience.


perience.
You have right to doubt statements
of people living far away but can you
doubt the endorsement of this local doc
tori Read it:
DR.. Charles Thurston, retired physi-
clan, 116 High ST., Belfast, says: "From
personal experience, can recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills very highly. have
used this medicine for kidney trouble and
they have been the only remedy have
been able to find that helped me. The kid
ney secretions at times became retarded
and painful in passage. l first contracted
this trouble during the Civil War and
have been troubled more or less this way
ever since. have never found anything
that acted SO quickly as Doan's Kidney
Pills. have been practising physician
for Is years and have frequently recon-
mended this remedy to my patients.
Price 6Oc. at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kid
ney Pills-the same that Mr. Thurston
had. Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
NY.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
Velvet,

Velvet was developed and originated
In China. Thence velvet making was
introduced into India and in the four
teenth century into Italy, where that
sort Of fabric especially appealed and
where the art Of velvet making reach
ed its height. 1t is said that velvet
was first inspired by fur and that it
was in order to make silken fabric
on the same order as fine fur that man
first set bis wits tout to invent this.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
Encouraojna Outlook.

"Well, old man, how are you getting
along with your poultry raising? Max
ing expenses"
mot yet, but my hens have taken to
eating their own eggs, so hope that
they will soon become self support
ing."-Boston Transcript.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09

No more important physiological dis
covery has ever been made than that the
brain requires due supply of pure blood.
1t is estimated that this organ receives as
much as one-tenth of all the blood that
is sent from the heart-a great deal more
than any other organ of the body. If the
vitality of the blood is impaired, the blood
then affords the brain an imperfect slim
illus and there is mental and physical
languor, sluggishness or inactivity.
Pure blood is blood that is free from
humors, it is healthy blood, and the term
pure blood as it is generally used means
blood that is not only right in quality but
also in quantity Hood Sarsaparilla makes
pure, rich, red blood. This is one of the
great truths about this great medicine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
STATE FAIR DATES,

Aug. 21-Sept. l. Eastern Maine Fair
Association, Bangor. Samuel T. White,
Secretary.
Sept. SO. Maine State Agricultural,
Lewiston. j. L. Lowell, Secretary, Au-
burn.
Sept. 11-14. Central Maine Fair, Water
vile. r. M. Gilmore, Secretary, Water
vile.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
Needed Repairs.

"Do you have running water in your
new homes?'
"Well, We do whenever it rains."-
Baltimore American.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
Similar Sport.

1--WE have nothing like the terrible
bullfghts in SPAIN
whats the matter with the awful
bullfghts In Wall street T'-Exchange.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
TRUCKING

am prepared to do all kind rs
Furniture and piano movlDg rHs-r
Have just added to my equiv -- -.t
Acme auto true kmade by the
Germ. Leave orders at the sta .I.- De-
Main and Cross streets, and E r-. "a
ceive prompt attention.
Telephone connection.
W. W a-L
lao Waldo Aveull Eg.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
ORDER OF NOTICE THER

DISTRICT OF MAINE, NORTHERN Il.
ION this 4th day of August, A.
reading the foregoing petition, n
Ordered by the Court, That a be-.
upon the same on the 14th day OF '".
A. d. 1917, before said Court at bs@ 'As
District, Northern Division, at te
the forenoon; and that notice the
lished in The Republican Journa.
printed in said District, Nortner '.'.
and that all known creditors, and
in interest, may appear at the ss -,
place, and show cause, if any the
the prayer of said petitioner s.
granted. r
And it is further Ordered by tn
the Deputy Clerk shall send b, +.
known creditors copies of said petN0 '1
order, addressed to them at their aces
dence az stated. ,
Witness the Honorable CLARE
Judge of the said Court, and the sta.
at Bangor, in the Northern Divlsg .1t-
District. on the 4th day of Angus,
IL. 81 WILLIAM NJ, NAh-a-
Dep s.s
A true copy of petition and oTdsf here 's'
Attest: WILLIAM Nj. WAhreN
Depgt .'s's
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09

Bankrupt's Petition for b.=s
In the matter of
Charles P. Woodbury. IT, l..r---
Bankrupt,
To the Hon. CLARENCE HALE. 5u-g ne b"
District Court of the United So rs
District of Maine.
Charles Woodbury. of Freedom ss nl1'
ty of Waldo and State of Maine, IL Fl. sIT'.
respectfully represents, that on the tsf d
June. last past, he was duly al 5-li
rupt under the Acts of Congress .-'7i
bankruptcy; that he has duly 3-r7a AL
his property and rights of prope ~
fully complied with al the rer
said Acts and of the orders of Co... .u.l-s
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he ms .''''-
by the Court. to ave q full disctc-E ron
debts provable against his estst PAW
bankruptcy Acts, except such de,. fA
copied by law from such dischsrg,
Dated this 10th day of July. A
CHARLES P WOO.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-09
Your Brain Must Have Pure Blood.

The first of all gospels is that a lie
cannot endure forever.-Carlyle.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
Juice Of Lemons!
How to Make Skin
White and Beautiful

At the cost Of a small jar of ord-
nary cold cream one can prepare full
quarter pint of the most wonderful
lemon skin softener and complexion
beautifier, by squeezing the juice OF
two fresh lemons into bottle contain
ing three ounces of orchard white. Care
should be taken to strain the juice
through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp
gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh
for months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach and re-
move such blemishes as sallOwness,
freckles and tan and is the ideal skin
sOftener, smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of or
chard white at any pharmacy and two
lemons from the grocer and make up a
quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion and massage it daily into
the face, neck, arms and hands. Ii
naturally should help to soften, fresh
en-, bleach and bring out the roses and
beauty of any skin. 1t is wonderful TO
smoother rough, red hands. Adv.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
70! HO! FOR NAUTICAL SCOUT

The Nautical Scouts, the four-year-
old water branch of the Boy Scouts of
America. has as its object the train
Ing of boys to be skillful watermen, as
much at home on the river lake and
ocean as on the land.
To teach them how to swim, how to
rescue and resuscitate the drowning,
row and sail boat, run and manage
a power boat; local plotting, casting
and lead, steering: how to keep them
selves and the craft neat and clean,
how to be prompt and cheerful, Obedl-
ent, alert, active and resourceful-
these are all included.
The use of the mariners compass,
the use of the leads in sounding, all
the parts and Identification marks of
all kinds of vessels, the keeping of a
log book, the serving on the watches,
even the methods of living aboard ship
are learned by Nautical Scouts, for
the training is thorough one.
There are troops near Boston, Phil
adelphia, in Oregon, Florida and on the
Gulf that get taste of the real sea
life. Nautical scouting as practiced
near Pittsburgh, and in the New Eng
land states and along the Great Lake:
makes use Of lakes and rivers. 1t 1:
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
AMONG THE SCOUTS.

Every member Of Troop 6, San Mi.
guel, Cal, Jack Lash, scOutmaster. has
a garden and is growing enough to feed
a soldier, with something left over.
These Scouts began planting in Febru
ary and had begun to count their har
vest when a heavy frost about the first
Of May unset their calculations. New
ertheless they are making good. Each
Scout has from one-eighth to full
acre of ground under cultivation.
1t required self-sacrifice for Troop
A Of Far Rockaway, N. Y, to give $50
which it had raised for the purchase
of a wireless outfit. for the use of
families made needy by the war. New
ertheless, the motion received the
unanimous support Of the troop.
The Boy Scout is no idler, he is nc
shirker, no drone. In camp life. afield
and in the deep woods and on the roll
ing plains the Boy Scout is able tC
take care Of himself. He Is student
Of nature, a philosopher who reads the
destinies of men In the monarchs OF
the forest and the smooth-runnina
brook.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
SHARKS TO SERVE MANKIND
Veteran Fisherman Believes That,
Properly Handled, the Meat OF
the Fish Is Edible.

Russell ]. Coles of Danv!lle, Va,
who taught Colonel Roosevelt how to
harpOon devilfish, announced that he
has discovered a method of preventing
worldwide starvation by tests he has
carried out with regard to certain spe-
cies of the dark shark and ray family.
Mr.. Coles has just come back from
Morehead City, n. c., where he caught
Il number of fish. and despite the pop
ular belief that the eating of them
would bring death in n terrible form
he decided to take the risk and he
sampled several of them. He has sent
n complete record of his findings to
Herbert Hoover in the hope that the
food administrator will incline an ear
and start the fashion of shark eating
Mr.. Coles believes that the sides of
the larger fish may he tanned and con
verted into marketable leather.
After trying several methods the
Danville man gives the following re-
cipe for cooking shark steak:
Salt heavily for 80 minutes, soak out
IN three waters, parboil few minutes
,hange water, parboil again. cook
heavily seasoned and serve hot. The
amount of seasoning must be used ac
cOrding to the OdOr Of the meat.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
AIN oILsKINs AND soU'WESTER."
This Natural Scout Is Making Fast the
Ship in Heavy Weather.

really water scouting; "watercraft" as
cOntrasted with woodcraft; boat lore
instead Of field lore. In other words,
this increasingly popular branch OF
scouting can be, and should be, taken
up wherever there Is enough water to
float boat and enough boys to man it.
In carrying out the program the Nau.
tical Scouts visit other ships in the vi
cinity and there become familiar with
the nomenclature, as well as the whole
run Of the vessel. Naval history is In.
cluded in the program Of work, and as
opportunity affords, ScOuth leaders
take the boys on cruises, stopping al
other ports and visiting such institu
ton as marine museums, navy yards
and famous ships.
Daniel Beard, national Scout com
missioner, has pointed out that thu
Nautical Scouts can perform very use
full service in looking for wrecks Of
vessels in distress, noting what vessel:
pass and what descriptions Of vessel!
they are, whether the vessels in th'
offing are freighters or passenger boats
steamers, gasoline launches, cat boats
sloops, schooners, brigs, brigantines
barks, barkentines or full-rigged ships
The day will come when Nautica
Scouts will be in demand to manage
command or own vessels of the mer
chant marine.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05

BILE" by moving the arm In quick circles
above the head; at this, the men Of
each platoon or squad, as the case may
be. advance. and moving to the right or
left, take their proper places in line.
Each unit assemblies on the leading
element of the column and reforms i'll
line. Platoon or squad leaders con
duct their units toward the point indi-
Gated by the captain, and to their
places in line. The company is re-
formed in line.
Another method whereby the ad-
vance may be accomplished by Il "suc-
ceSSiOn of thin lines" is as follows:
The captain points out in advance the
selected position tn he occupied which
is generally from 100 10 80 yards TO
the front. depending upon the terrain
and the character of the hostile fire.
The captain gives the command,
"(Such numbers) forward, march ~
The man designated by this number in
each squad-"No. 1" for example
moves To the front until he reaches the
new line. In this line, the original in
tervals are preserved as nearly as prac-
ticable. The next number in each squad
is sent forward when the first has ad-
vanced Il suitable distance-the dis
tances between these thin advancing
lines are purpOsely made irregular.
Each number halts upon arriving at
the new line.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05

Talk about records! Here's one that
apparently has every recorded record
beaten to a fraZZle.
Think of it-Ocean to ocean in half
1 day.
We might possibly have believed 1t II
our national defense board had an
bounced the invention Of some new
and wonderful 1OO-milea-minute air
plane-but on bicycle-never.
But it's a fact. On August 2 Ed
ward G. Arminger and two other young
men covered the distance in twelve
hours on bicycles-and what's more
they did it partly on railroad ties ant
loose gravel roads-and, of course, it:
the first time it's ever been done.
Well, come on! What's the answer
II you must know, here 1t Is. The!
did ii across the Panama canal zone
Financial American.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
RELIEF IS WORTH
THOUSANDS TO HIM
Daniel Felt Like He Was No More
Use in This World He
Declares.
GAINS eleven POUNDS
Regains His Health Taking TanIac and
Can Now Do as Much Work as
He Ever Could in His Life,
He Says.

"It's worth thousands of dollars to
feel like l do now, since Tanlac has
taken away the trouble that kept me
In misery for the last twenty years"
said NJ. Il. Daniel, a well-known farmer
living ON Route 2 out of Abbeville,
Georgia, few days ago.
whenever a man suffers as long as
did. he gets to the place where he
feels like he's no more good in this
world" he continued. land that's just
the way / had begun to feel. Long
ago / got so weak | couldn't carry on
my work, for spells of stomach trouble
and nervousness just made it torture
for me to eat and the trouble l had
wouldn't let me sleep at all. My heart
would flutter and act queer until
was afraid it would stop and l got so
blue and discouraged that l felt like
/ didn't much care if it did.
I'D been well-enough satisfied just
to have my sufferngs relieved, but
that's not all Tanlac has done for
mel have gained eleven pounds In
weight-since / started taking it.
can eat as hearty meal as If l had
never had stomach trouble at all and
my strength has come back so l can
do as much work in a day as ever
could. just feel like new man all
over and will be glad to tell anybody
Just what this wonderful medicine has
done for me-"
There is Tanlac dealer In your
town.-Adv.
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
PLATOON AND SQUAD COLUMNS.

Having learned the principle of the
advance as conducted by platoon or
squad columns-the succession of thin
lines"-it is now necessary to see how
his is to be done. Being in skirmish
Inc, at the command, "PlatOOn col
umns, march," the platoon leaders
move forward through the center of
their respective platoOns. When the
company is deployed, the platoon lead
er is posted in the rear of the line, in
order 10 control the fire of his men.
Having moved through the center of
his platoon, the men to the right of
the platoon leader Gas he passes
through the line) march to the left and
follow him in single file; likewise,
those on the left march to the right.
This constitutes a double column of
files, which is now conducted by the
platoon leader. Platoon guides follow
in the rear.
The command, Squad columns,
march," is executed in similar way.
Each squad leader moves to the front,
and the members of his squad Oblique
toward him and follow in single file at
easy marching distances.
To reiterate what was said in The
last article, platoon columns are profit
ably used where the ground is so diff
cult and the cover so limited as TO
make it desirable to take advantage of
few favorable routes, and no two
platoons should march within the area
Of a burst of a single shrapnel. Squad
columns are of value principally in eX-
pediting progress over rough or brush
| green ground.
To deplOy platoon or squad columns
| the command is, "As skirmishers,
march," Skirmishers then move to the
right or left front successfully and
place themselves in their original po-
Sitions in line.
From platoon or squad columns, the
company is thus assembled. At the
command. ASSEMBLE, march," the pla-
toon or squad leaders signal Assem-
Tensas gazette., 1917-10-05
WHERE HE LOST INTEREST
Working Man Couldn't See Where
There Were Any Bones to Be Left
From His Sunday Joint.

For half an hour the working-class
audience had listened patiently to the
talented lady who was speaking to
them about economical and nourishing
cookery. She had talked about egg
less puddngs and butterless cakes.
and now said, with smile:
81 will now tell you about splendid
soup which can be made for next to
nothing. Take the bones left over
from your Sunday joint"
At that a man in the middle of the
hall rose to his feet with a disgusted
look on his face, and said to his mate !:
"'Ere, Bill. let's get out O. this"
whats wrongs" asked the other, In
surprise. "Don't you like sOup?'
AYE, like soup well enough" was
the grumbler's reply; "but how many
bones does she think there are in a
half a pound o. liver?"-LondOn Tit
Bits.