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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

There is much real food for thought in
the official figures of the imports into
this country from abroad for the past
fiscal year. They have Just been issued
and they carry warning that should APP
peal even to the trainers of the present
tariff law as to what the future has in
store. Goods to the amount of over two
and a half billions of dollars came to
American ports during the year that end
ed with the first of July. This is value
higher by half billion than that of the
preceding year. 1t is greater by over
eight hundred millions than that of the
fiscal year of 1918, the last year under the
Republican tariff.
But with all this increase the customs
revenues are dwindling rather than in
creasing. The year 1918 gave customs
revenues of 1913, 900, 900; the similar re-
ceipts for the past year were only $780,
900, 600. In other words, while the i'm
ports have increased forty-six per cent
over the 1918 year, the revenue from
them collected at the custom houses de-
creased thirty per cent. That measures
the difference between the Republican
and the Democratic tariff laws. Had the
same rates of duty been in effect during
the past year as were in the year 1913,
we would have received from customs
the sum of S465, 900, 900, or over twice the
amount that we did receive.
What will happen when industrial
Europe is itself again and sends here not
the less than quarter which she did last
year, but nearly half of our total i'm
ports, as she did before the war, and will
be ready to do agaln?-Philadelph Press.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01

For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
s,sa. ;Ss s' Of &%zzzzzs<
To Hold Market Institutes.

The Maine Department of Agriculture
will hold series of market Institutes
throughout the State in connection with
the various agricultural organizations, be-
ginning Nov. 18th.
Hon. Charles j. Brand, chief of the
bureau of markets of the United States
Department of Agriculture, has given the
assurance of a speaker from his bureau.
Charles H. Gardner of Waterville, presi-
dent of the Farmers union of Maine; w.
H. Conant of Buckfield, president of the
Maine Fruit Growers association, Leslie
E. McIntire of East Waterford, vice
president of the New England Milk Pro-
ducers' association and Frank S. Adams
of Bowdoinham, chief of the bureau of
markets, will speak at these meeting,
which will be held forenoon and after
noon.
1t is expected that these meetings will
be of interest to producers of farm pro-
ducts for market and to all who are buy
ers Of farm supplies.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
Hun-Americans Take Notice.

The Huns have sunk an American
transport, sending to their death seventy
brave Americans enlisted in the cause of
their country. This should be fair notice
to Hun-Americans and Hun-American-
ism that the time has passed when Meth
er the offender nor the offence can be
tolerated in this land.
American blood has been spilled under
the American flag. Today more than at
any time before we are brought face to
face with the realities of war. Today
more than ever before patriotic Ameri-
cans are understanding that this must be
united country if victory is to be ours :;
and this means that, more than ever be-
fore, they are determined that the last
vesuge of treason, of Sedition or any
other form of n-Americanism shall be
driven from America At any cost those
persons who, under any guise, are work.
ing against America and for Germany
must be run to earth and punished for
the traitors they are.
This is no time for liberation of the
mealy-mouthed, fine-haired distinctions
raised by the proponents of sedition.
There has been too much tolerance of
that sort of thing. The life of this ma
ton is at stake. The United States and
the great principles for which it stands
are of Infinitely more Importance to
Americans and to the world than are in
dlvlduals or the presumed rights of
individuals. The individual, no matter
what his pretext or how loud his profess
sion OF AmerlcanlSm, who is contributing
IN any degree to the weakening of the
nation IN this its hour of greatest trial,
must be punished, and with no imitation
punishment. Anything less than the
limit the law allows for the offence would
De travesty on Justice, a confession of
national lmpotency.
The United States is not impotent 1t
is fully able to stamp out sedition. The
time to do it is now.
We read reports of spies being caught.
They should be shot We find half bak-
ed youths of both sexes engaged in
spreading seditious doctrines. They
should be punished; but even more i'm
portant is it that those persons ''higher
up who have led them astray should be
apprehended and that the punishment
visited upon them should be condign
The man-whether he be a Senator or a
one-tlme Senator professor or a candi-
date for office who arrays himself
against the national purpose to fight this
war to victorious finish and to utilize
every resource of this country to that
end is not entitled to enjoy any of the
rights of an American. He is criminal
and outcast, and must be treated as out
cast and criminal
The only alternative of prompt and
proper action by the authorities and the
courts in dealing with Hun Americans is
action by the American people them
selves. 1t is the duty of the authorities
and the courts to prevent the develop
ment of condition that will make it
necessary for the American people to
rise in their might and take the admin
lstration of the law into their own hands.
The American people have no desire to
take that responsibility upon themselves,
but If it is necessary they will do their
duty unflinchingly.-The New York Her.
aid
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READY FOR STORMY SEAS.
American Destroyers and Men in the Wal
Zone Equipped for Sleety Gales.

Base American Flotilla in British
Waters, Oct. 8. Correspondence of the
Associated Press)-All American DESTROY
ers and men are now prepared for the
winter. Both have been equipped for
the cold days ahead. The issue of winter
clothing to the men has taken place and
the fast little ships have been thoroughly
| overhauled and have had several "gad-
gets added to their equipment. such as
gun-shlelds for the men operating the
guns, non-breakable glass windows for
the bridges more crows nests and extra
llfe-rafts
Thanks to the busy women at home
who knit, many of the men have been
provided with excellent sweaters, jerseys
and socks. Now, however an entirely
new issue of extra heavy garments, de-
signed by the British from their long ex-
perlence on torpedo boats in the terrible
weather oil this coast, has been made
Here are some of the things, which when
| donned, Will make the men look more like
Arctic explorers than bluejacketS:
helmets made of wool and covering all
but the eyes, nose and mouth light coat
sweaters, Jerseys and cardigan Jackets,
knitted mittens and gloves; extra heavy
coarse Undertaking; light weight wooden
socks and knee length knitted stockings,
besides heavy thick wooden socks for
boots; leather sea boots; wind-proof
khaki-colored trousers, great coats lined
with lambs wool and knitted mutflers
Over this clothing officers and men will
continue to wear their kabok life Jackets
made in vest form. These vests, in addi-
ton to their lifesaving properties, are
very warm. Pillows and mattresses on
board their ships are made of the same
material The men also had oilskins
when they came over.
The men face the coming hardships
cheerfully. All they ask is that the folks
back home do not forget them while they
are facing the perils of fighting the sub
marine under the vastly new conditions
of winter. Few of them have cruised in
the gales that are peculiar to this coast,
when sleet squalls are hourly affairs
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01

HIrDater IS firm friend of"Fruit-a.
I.yes". He believes in the healing and
restoring powsrs of these wonderful
tablets made -, fruit Juices. He
Rnows-because he tried 'Fruit-a- tives'
when he was i'll and suff ring, and is in
position to speak with authority.
65S FIRST AVE, Troy, NY.
April Goth. 1918
81 have been sufferer for Years
with Kidney Trouble and Constiba-
ton. tried "Fruit-a tives" about a
month ago, and with almost immediate
results. The Kidney Trouble has disap-
peared and the Constipation is fast
leaving me" HENRY DATER.
"Fruit a-tives" is the greatest Kidney
Remedy in the world, and is equally
effective in relieving Constipation.
SOC box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c. At
all dealers or sent on receipt of price
by Fruit-a-tives Limited, OGDENS-
BURG, NEW YORK,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
THOMAS A. EDISON.

.us great inventor is 70 years old and
q Ist returned from spending 10 weeks
the sea striving to find means of des-
wing submarines. Sometimes his as
.ants during the voyage have complain
and Mr. Edison's reply has been; "You
d stand it if | can" Here is part of
Message which this patriot sent out
america when he landed.
One hundred and forty-one years ago
iorefathers fought for less than we
.ghting for today.
We have made heroes of the men who
ght to make this country free, and
'a branded as towards and traitors the
who refused to fight. Posterity will
.'nl similar judgment on the men and
men who do not do their duty now,
" who are creating heritage of shame
their children and their children S
-arcn.
1ermany's place in the sun means
.~'Ing short of world domination.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
COFFEE AND THE POETS.
Why Has the Muse So ShamefuIly Neg
Iected the Morning Cup?

Why Has the Muse So Shsmefuly Neg
ected the Morning Cup?
If the ancientS had known it there
would have been tumultuous cul; of
the goddess Coffea. and the ch0ruSes Of
Euripides would have been sung by
Cofferantes. Coffee has the romance of
wine, and caffeine is far less malefcent
than alcohol.
The coffee bean is indeed less beau
tiful than the grape clusters. and the
coffee grinder is less romantic than the
wine press. but there all inferiority
ceases. The odor of coffee is as noble
as the bouquet of Chateau-Yquem; its
color-"dark am l but comely''-is less
glorious than the ruby of Burgundy
but it betokens innocence with exhila-
ration.
Poets have neglected coffee, partly
because poets are greatly under the in
f1uence of tradition, partly because cof
fee is a hard word to find a rime for
One had hoped that vers libres would
give scope to coffee lovers. But the
vers librettisti and vers librettistae
those gentlemen and ladies who write
poetry for the eye and the ear rather
than for the intelligence have been
equally negligent. Philosophers do not
care for breakfast. Kant took a pipe
and stroll for his morning meal. and.
if we were to inquire into the habits
of the extremely modern poets, we
should be likely to find that they are
equally reckless of breakfast. l sus-
pect them of cruel or mutton broth.
To return. as l have said, no poet has
celebrated coffee. Shakespeare came
too soon. Pope has a mere reference:
Coffee, which makes the politician wise
And see through all things with his half
shut eyes
But in Pope's day coffee was an af-
fair of afternoon. and company did not
appeal to romantic sentiments as break
fast coffee does.-Henry Dwight Sedg-
wick in Yale Review
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
The Farm Bureau.

To enable the county agent and local
iarmers to organize and conduct farm
bureau most effectively, the U. S. Dept.
# Agriculture has Just published detail
ed suggestions as to methods of proceed
IRE in a guide known as Handbook on
farm Bureau Organization for County
Agricultural Agents." The plan repre-
,ents the fruit of experience in this field
nus far, it is said. 1t can be adapted
-eadily to the varying conditions of diff
aren't counties. 1t may be established in
5unties having inefficient organizations,
% counties contemplating the employ
uent of an agent and in places where the
gent is now unsupported by a local
ounty organization.
The chief function of farm bureau, as
-l.ned in the handbook are:
~ To coordinate the efforts of exist
local agricultural forces, either Or
.z0zed or unorganized, and to organize
-W ines of effort. 1t does not Supplant
existing organizations or compete
-s them, but establishes clearing
use through which all may increase
efficiency without in any way sur
iering their individuality.
r To bring to the agent the counsel
cooperation of the best farmers in
county IN planning and executing an
lltural improvement program.
10 furnish the necessary local ma
cry for easily and quickly reaching
~ community in the county with in
:atlon of value to that community OF
county as a whole.
10 encourage self-help through
oplng and exercising leadership in
-lral affairs of each community.
To reveal to all the people of the
MY the agricultural possibilities of
aunty and how they may be realized.
aoSe wishing to obtain the Handbook
I'D address I, S. Department of Ag-
IRE, office of Information, Wash
.-rou D. c.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
GettYshuru,s "Qrumfire.V

The heaviest battery of artillery ever
mounted in the world up to 1862 was
before Yorktown. when the federal
army was maneuvering to enter Rich
mond. 1t consisted of 800 FOUNDER
and two 200 FOUNDER Parrot rifled can
non. Our greatest artillery stunt
was the Gettysburg cannonade. 1t last
ed about two hours. on line Of battle
four to five miles long. We had $1,000
men and 800 guns. The Confederates
10000 men and 1870 guns. There were
$4,000 killed and wounded a mortality
much higher than in more modern
warS-Every body's Magazine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
OF GERMANY'S BEST FRIENDS

RI Flag Socialism has proved itself
ny's friend and freedoms enemy
ery country. Thousands of British
Ailled soldiers will never see their
Ie gain because the Petrograd So
SIS ~ ere corrupted by vanity or bribed
..erman gold. The war would have
I'd lis summer if Russian Socialism
permitted the Russian army to do its
The prolongation of the war must
Va death and wounds to thousands of
ers, and may mean the destruc ion
dssla S neWly-won liberties at the
DIS Of the German invader.
w much free speech will be left in
arrltories that Russian Socialism is
to hand over to Germany? Social
7manded the abolition of the death
atty in the Russian army These So
SIS will discover that the death pen
not abolished in the Russian terri
as conquered by Germany. The leu
onqueror will allow his Socialistic
Us TO choose whether they will be
4ei or whether they will stop talking.
alternatives of death or silence rep
FIJI the only choice that a German
glest will offer to Socialists in Russia.
o-9nto Telegram.
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FLEETS Of icEBERGs.
Sometimes They Go In Clusters and
Again In Long Lines.

Sometimes They Go In Clusters and
Again In Long Lines.
Among the perils and wonders Of the
ocean there are few more interesting
things than icebergs, interesting not
only by reason Of their gigantic size,
their fantastic shapes, their exceeding
beauty, but also for the manner where
in they array themselves
Icebergs exhibit a tendency to form
both clusters and long lines, and these
groupings may arise from the effects
both Of ocean currents and Of storms.
Some very singular lines of bergs,
extending for many hundreds of miles
east of Newfoundland, have been
shown on official charts issued by the
government. Two of these cross each
other, each keeping on its independent
course after the crossing. In several
instances parallel lines of bergs leave
long spaces of clear water between
them.
CuriOusly enough. while enormous
fields of ice invade the so called
steamship lanes" of the Atlantic at the
opening of spring during certain years,
in other years at that season there is
comparatively little ice to be SEEN
The ice comes, of course, from the
edges Of the arctic regions, from the
icebound coasts Of Greenland and Lab
rador, where huge bergs, broken from
the front of the glaciers at the point
where they reach the sea, start on their
long Journeys toward the south, driven
Baffin bay into the northern Atlantic
n..ps
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
MYSTIFYING MILLIONS,
Puzzlins at First, but It Was Really q
Very Simple Matter.

A number of years ago. when the
names of subscribers to the then re-
eehtiy issued ) per cent bonds were be-
ing sent in to Washington, one sub
scrlptlon was received from Oregon.
whlch the authorities supposed to be
signed with an assumed name. Ten
MILLION. A curt note was sent to the
address given. stating that bonds could
De registered in real names only.
A prompt reply came from Mr.. Mil
non, written upon paper bearing the
letterhead of the firm of Million & Mil
non. He explained that he was born
Million and was the tenth and Young
est child of the family. His father
ana mother, never being able to agree
upon Christian names that suited the
taste OF both, had allowed their chill
dren to be designated by numbers,
which with the passage of time had be-
come their only rightful and legal
names. His brother, Mr.. Seven, was
his partner in business.
Some OF the brothers and sisters as
they grew up. had modified the too
arithmetical simplicity of their names
a little. He himself was commonly
known as TENS instead of Ten, and his
sisters, the Misses One and Three, had
become. certainly to advantage, Una
and Trio But the law took no cogniz
ance of such belated improvements.
Ten Million was still his only legal
signature
The explanation was ample and suf-
ticient, and the bonds for which he
had subscribed were. duly registered in
his rightful name, hut the government
clerk who recorded the transaction
read his record over several times and
breathed sigh of relief when he was
quite sure he had 1t Enthusiastically cor
rect. Because. if Mr. Ten Million had
been accidentally added up or the bond
for Ten Million mistaken for a bond
for ten million
Youths Companion.
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Chemical Wealth In Lakes.

There are several 10 kes in the United
States which contain sodium carbonate
boraX, potash and common table salt
Perhaps the best known Of these is
Great Salt Lake, Utah's ocean of salt.
Others are Searles lake. Owens lake
and Mono lake. all in California. The
origin of these lakes is doubtful. In
some cases they are probably due to
an arm of the ocean becoming land
locked. The most remarkable feature
about them is the fact that they seem
to be continuously fed from subter-
ranean sources. since they maintain a
uniform amount of salt-Popular Sci
ence Monthly
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01

and stayed four weeks but when came
home l would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is nurse asked me to
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. began taking it atvery day
for l was suffering great deal. 1t has
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who is suffering
as was my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before
you go home. Mrs. W. c. BROWN,
2S44 W. 18th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
IKE AN ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
Fills Why Corn is so Painful and SAYS
Cutting Makes Them Grow

Tess an electric button and Won form
intact with a live wire which rings
4 dell. When your shoes press against
vi corn it pushes its sharp roots down
IpA sensitive nerve and you get a
gck of pain.
stead of trimming your orns, which
IeIy makes them grow, Just step into
N drug store and ask for quarter of
ounce of freezone. This will cost very
5e but is sufficient to remove every
~ or soft corn or callus from ones
IL A few drops applied directly upon
snder, aching corn stops the soreness
sa1tly, and soon the corn shrivels up
~ lifts right out, root and all, without
H. This drug freezone is harmless and
'ef inflames or even irritates the sur
hiding skin.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
WHAT SENATOR LODGE SAYS.

shall win the war We should 60
b. a speed as though we believed it
end in six months, and with the
-oughness of preparation as though
we're sure it were going to last six
s->. No matter how short or how
AZ time it takes we insult see the war
-olgh to a real finish-not on a peace
ST on the status quo ante bellum, not
ne situation there was in 1914. 1t
be crime to make the peace on any
terms as that. 1t will be a peace
sill last, a peace that will take from
-r children and grandchildren, and
he European world, on whose side
4re fighting, the hideous menace that
IS hung over all Europe for the last
years.
III can't negotiate with a Govern
FIT so STEPPED in treachery and lies as
& German Government, There is only
It peace that l will ever consent to
her We must beat her to her knees
not bargain over the peace, but die
it, We must have physical guaran-
''L pCdtCa w SCCh liz COIlQucSIS,
E We will remove this peril from the
5
my life should be spared and l may
TO pass upon peace, the only in
lons | recognize are the instructions
Il in the red letters of the past three
instructions that come from that
where the women and children lie
Ills murdered, from the soldiers we are
ing to Flanders to go over the top
Fl and leave many of their bodies in
's IN soil. To those who died in the
ania and to all that long record of
Tor that Germany has inflicted upon
E world shall look for my instructions,
40 peace ought to be received by any
ai.or or American anywhere which
f. rot bring all this to a final con-
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| four WEEKS
IN HOSPITAL
No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin.
lly Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Cleveland, Ohio. "For years I suf-
fered so sometimes it seemed as though

IL could not stand
it any longer. 1t
was all in my lower
organs. At times I
could hardly walk,
for if | stepped on /.
little stone l would
almost faint. One
day l did faint and
my husband W as
sent for and the doc
tor came. l was ia
ken to the hospital
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
The Offers Wanderlust,

OF all the beasts in the world, the
otter, that fierce outlaw, is the greatest
wanderer.
1t is as if he were afflicted with a
curse that forbids him to be still, that
forces him ever to push on-on-on !!
Rest as rest he knows not. Three days
will see the end of his longest inaction,
and the amount of miles he covers in a
fortnight would amaze some folk
Outing
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
Great Pyramids.

The largest pyramid in the world is
that of Cholula in Mexico, which COW
ers fifty acres of ground. The largest
in Egypt is that of Cheops. near Cairo
which covers thirteen acres. 1t con
tains 100000 cubic feet of stone and
could not be built nowadays for less
than $1500OO,0OO.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
Changing an Opinion.

Many men can rightly assert that
their opinions do not change, but they
are not wise In Boosting Of the fact. 1t
shows too often that they have learned
nothing since the day on which they
reached their opinions. So obvious an
evidence of ignorance Or foolishness no
man should dvertise.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
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Time In Lisbon,

Correct time is announced every even
hour in the port of Lisbon by means of
two lanterns placed on iron columns
100 feet high. The lanterns each have
three faces measuring 6.5 by feet.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-11-01
Naturaily.

odd man Butts is always running
down his sons school. and l believe
it is because the boy is always at the
foot of his Glass;
"At the foot, is he? Then that is
where the shoe pinches. Baltimore
American
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Cause For Thought.

1.-The boss said l was brilliant, so he
put me among the diamonds"
Hum! He has just transferred me
to ivory goods. louisville Courier
Journal.