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“BLOW THE MAN DOWN.” |
A Stirring Story of Seafarers on the Maine
Coast and Elsewhere by Holman Day.
Mr. Day has taken for the title of his
latest book —and may their number in
crease—a line from an old-time chanty,
whose appropriateness will be realized
by the reader before he has read many
pages. Then each chapter is headed by
a few lines from the sea songs that in
the early days accompanied the pulling
and hauling and walking 'round the cap
stan-work now done to the clank and
whirr of a gasolene engine. Not for the
ton of the thing only did Mr. Day navi
gate the Maine coast in his cabin cruisers
Davy Jones, 1st and 2nd, and local color
is not wanting to embellish his story,
the main incidents of which are founded
upon actual occurrences. In the first
chapters we are introduced to the
ancient schooner Polly, and it is not the
first time she has figured in fiction. Then
when, lumber laden, she turns turtle,
imprisoning all on board in the cabin,
from which they make their way into
the hold, where there is a limited air
space, and finally succeed in cutting
their way out through the bottom, to be
rescued later, we are reminded in a foq£
note that a Bath-built Echooner was
tripped otT Hatteras in like fashion and
that Capt. Boyd Mayo’s exploit has
been paralleled in real life in all details.
The salving of the steamer Conomo will
recall to seafarers the no less interesting
story of the floating of the steamer
Carolyn, wrecked on Metinic; and July
7th twenty-six members of the crew of
the Carolyn, which went to pieces in the
ice fields of the White Sea on June 10th,
arrived at New York. The removal by
the State u few years ago of shiftless
ana uegeuerate squatters irom Maiago
island and Ihe razing of the shanties in
which they had Jived, is the basis of an
interesting feature of the story in which,
through the exertions of Capt. Mayo and
iiis able coadjutors, a like band, tossed
upon the shore to shift for themselves,
was cared for and became useful, self
supporting citizens. Then the intrigues
and crimes of the tools of a syndicate of
taken to secure
a monopoh of ti e steamship coastal ser
vice furnish s many interesting chap
ters. !n fad, thei is not a dull page in
the book. Something is doing all the
time. We do pa. propose to mar the
readers enjoyrr .• oi of the book by telling
the story, • ven m outline. The features
we have mentioned are merely the foun
dation for a romance in which nothing is
lacking and which will meet the require
ments of ail lovers of fiction. The book
is moreover a notable atidition to Maine’s
output of literature llaiper w Broth
ers are the publishers.
W ashington Gossip.
New Era of Good Roads.
Washington, July 24, 1916. The pas
sage of the bill by Congress appropriat
ing $85,000,000 for good roads is expect
ed to mark the beginning of the great
est era of roadbuilding in America. The
new law provides that the federal gov
ernment shall share equally with the
separate States the expense of road
building. During the year beginning
Juiy 1, 1916, the federal government will
spend .>T\0<jO,OUO for roads, the StateR
contributing an equal or larger amount.
The next federal appropriation will be
$10,000,000 and an additional $5,000,000
appropriation each year until 1921.
States wishing to avail themselves of
federal aid in road building must accept
the provisions of the law through their
legislatures or governors. Before the
work can be actualiv begun they must
also have highway departments. With
the exception of Indiana, Georgia, South
Carolina and Texas, the States already
have such departments.
i tie maximum amount the government
will pay is $10,000 a mile for road con
struction. The States pays half the ex
pense or a greater amount. The maxi
mum of $20,000 a mile, the Office of Pub
lic Roans estimates, will cover tlie cost
of constructing the best kind of country
roads. For much traveled highways,
where a large investment would be con
sidered profitable, government experts
recommend concrete, brick or bitumi
nous macadam, the latter being made
up of loose rock bound together with one
of the various tar preparations, bitumi
nous cement or other binding material.
Keen rivalry between the makers of
road material and road building machin
ery is already manifesting itself. While
local conditions are said to makediffir
ent paving material preferable in differ
ent localities, there is much competitive
business.
Experts have predicted that the in
creased road building may result in a
standardized road, acceptable to the fed
eral department. At present, the States
will make application for aid, specifying
the location, character and cost of the
proposed road. Each case will he pass
ed on separately. The fact that States
must keep these federal-State roads in
repair under penalty ot the loss of all
future aid is expected to result in the
selection of only the best paving mater
ials.
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS IN 4TH
DISTRICT.
The Republican Fourth District com
mittee at a recent meeting decided to
hold a convention for the nomination of
a candidate for congressman in Bangor
at 10 a. m. Tuesday, August 8th. The
candidate to be selected will run in place
of the Hon. Frank E. Guernsey of Do
ver, who withdrew in order to enter the
race for the nomination of a candidate
for United States senator to succeed the
late Hon. Edwin C. Burleigh of Augusta,
BertramL. Smith of Patten, aformer coun
ty attorney of Penobscot county and for
some years a member of the legislature,
has announced his candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for congress at this
convention. This makes four avowed
candidates for the vacancy on the Re
publican ticket caused by the failure of
Representative Guernsey to accept the
renomination tendered to him at the
primary of June 19th, the others being
Hugo Clark of Bangor, Albert A. Bur
leigh and Ira G. HerBey of Houltop.
Political Points.
The demonstration against Mexico will
serve one useful purpose for the Demo
cratic administration —all the big appro
priations can be charged up against it.
When Vance McCormick gets his cam
paign movies in operation we shall look
to see the “The Wobblings of Woodrow”
featured alongside of “The Perils of
Pauline” and the “Imitations of Imo
gene,” and the “Lamentations of Lydia.”
Immediately upon receiving news of
the nomination of Hughes and Fairbanks,
Mr. Guy Bell, editor of the Irvine, Ky.,
Sun, worked up a Republican meeting
and had a Hughes-F'airbanks club organ
ized within 36 hours after the’convention
adjourned. If that is the pace they fol
low in Kentucky, we can tell where the
Kentucky vote will be cast in November.
Whenever you see a Democratic news
paper publishing statistics showing how
much better business is in any line at the
present time as compared with last year
or as compared with 1914, sit down im- |
mediately and write him a letter asking
him to publish comparative statistics
showing business conditions under the
Democratic tariff law, before the war
began, as compared with the correspond
ing period under the Republican tariff
law. You may not get the editor to pub
lish the statistics, but you will give him
something to feel ashamed of.
Josephus Daniels indignant denial of
the report that he will resign was unnec
essary. He knows that this is his first
and last opportunity to hold high place
and he has no intention to let it go.
Equally redundant was his declaration
that he intends to take an active part in
Wilson’s campaign for re-election. A
sense of propriety is not one of his strong
points. The first assertion is dishearten- !
ing. The second is measurably gladden
ing-for the more time Josephus lakes
away from the Navy Department in pur
suit of his activities in the political cam- j
paign, the less time he will have to con- I
tinue his bedevilling of the Navy.
The mints are now producing silver
halves, quarters and dimes in a new de
sign in which Liberty is outlined before
an American flag. In her arms the god
dess carries a sheaf of laurel and her
gaze is fixed upon a rising sun which,
the artist say, is symbolical of the dawn
of a new day. The design fits the times.
The American goddess of liberty has been
having a hard time of it for the past
three years and the new day which these
new coins typify is about to dawn. The
goddess is not the only one who is look
ing for that rising sun of a prolonged
Republican day in power. Oh my, no.
It is scarcely to te expected that Sec
r etary of the Treasury McAdoo will agree
with anybody else as to the condition of
the Treasury at any particular time, but j
he certainly ought to be able to agree 1
w ith himself. On June 30, 1915, he issued |
a statement saying that the excess of j
ordinary expenditures over receipts for
the fiscal year ending on that date, was
$35,864,381 56 A year later he issued a
statement which included statistics for
the same period, hut saying that the ex- !
cess of disbursements for the year ending j
June 30, 1915, was $42,867,797.59. If any
Democrat is in doubt us to these two con- j
dieting statements having been issued, j
let him write to the Secretary of the .
Treasury and get the statements for j
June 30, 1915 and 1916, both of which
gives figures for 1915, hut differing as
above stated. What would Secretary
McAdoo do to a National Bank whose
statements covering identically the same
period of time varied as much as that?
T he itinerant peddler is a destroyer of
local business enterprises. He pays no j
taxes, ne pays no rent, hires no help,
buys no clothing or lumber or hardware, j
or jewelry of the local merchants. He
employs no local attorney, patronizes no 1
local dentist, contributes to no local
church or fraternal organization. Be- ,
cause of these things we impose a I.cense !
fee upon him in order to force him to ;
help pay local governmental expenses
and also to give the local business men
the protection to which they are justly
entitled. For exactly the same reason,
we impose import customs duties upon
foreigners who ship goods into this coun
try. We do not believe in a system of
government revenue which makes the
home business man pay all the taxes and
then permits the foreigner to sell his
cheap goods here free. We believe in
high import taxes for two reasons —to
make the foreigner pay for the privilege
of doing business here, and to protect
the home business man. This is not par
tisan politics —it is plain business sense.
The political party which will not sup
port such a policy is not merely lacking
in political sagacity—it is lacking in busi
ness sense. We would not stand for
a city council that repealed the peddlers'
license nor will we stand for a National
administration that repeals the protec
ti ve tariff duties.
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His Sixteen Years*
Suffering Now Ended
“I can say with the greatest of
pleasure that Foley Kidney Fills were
the only thing that gave me relief
in sixteen years."
Mr. G. W. Henderson of Dingle,
Miss., says more than that, too. He
suffered with cystitis (inflammation
of the bladder). It went on until ho
l reached the point where he had dizzy,
weak spells, and sometimes he would
almost faint with pain. Of course,
he doctored, went off to the mineral
springs and drank waters of different
kinds, which altogether cost him a
large sum of money. Still no per
manent relief. Now comes a friend
who recommends Foley Kidney Pills,
and after using half a dozen bottles,
his pains are all gone, he sleeps
soundly all night.
When kidney and bladder trouble
comes on you and you suffer the pains
and aches it causes, have irregular,
painful secretions and a burning sen
sation, take Foley's Kidney Pills at
cnee and you will echo Mr. Hender
son's sentiments.
SOLD EVERYWHERE
GIRLS AND BOYS CAN.
Demonstration in Belfast July 28th.
Maine girls and boys are beginning to
can this summer. Under the auspices of
the various Garden and Canning Clubs,
which have a membership in the State of
401 young people between the ages of 10
and 18, over thirty canning demonstra
tions will be given by University of Maine
extension teachers. Not only boys and
girls, but mothers—and fathers if they
wish —will be given instruction in the
quickest, surest and best way of saving
the spinach that is going to waste in the
garden now and the strawberries which
are selling for a pong and any other fruit
or vegetable that grows and that would
make dinner a pleasant occasion next
February. The Extension Division of
the University of Maine has published
an itinerary showing the places and
dates of canning demonstrations. The
Belfast date is as follows: July 28th,
Beifast, arrive 7.30 a. m., Boston boat;
leave for Castine 5.00 p. m. Demonstra
tion 9 to 12. Belfast clubs will meet to
gether for demonstration.
MAINE FAIR DATES.
Aug. 15, 16, 17—Waldo county, Bel
fast.
Aug. 22, 23, 24, 25—Eastern Maine,
Bangor.
Aug. 29,30, 31, Sept. 1 —Central Maine,
Waterville.
Sept. 4, 5, 6, 7—Maine State, Lewis
ton.
Sept. 12, 13, 14 —Waldo and Penob
scot, Monroe.
Sept. 19, 20-Unity Park Association,
Unity.
“Why Commercial Travelers are Pro
tectionists” is the title of the first docu
ment of the National Campaign, issued
by The American Protective Tariff
League. It includes personal letters
from about sixty prominent Commercial
Travelers giving their reasons for being
Protectionists and in opposing the Un
derwood Law of 1913. It ought to be in
the hands of every voter. Ten copies to
any address for Ten Cents postpaid:
Address, W. F. WaKEMAN, Sec., 339
Broadway, New York.
Merits
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GOOD'
Warning To Farmers of Atlan
tic States.
Outbreak of the True Army Worm May Be
Impending. Farmers Should Be Prepared.
Washington, D.C.July|24,1916. An un
usual abundance of the moth of the True
Army Worm in Maryland, Virginia, and
the District of Columbia indicates the
possibdity of an impending outbreak of
this destructive pest in the Atlantic
States. The moths, the entomologists
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
report, were laying their eggs during the
first week of July and as it takes from
three to four weeks for the caterpillars
to mature, their presence should begin to
be quite apparent about the last week in
July to the first week of August.
Farmers should be on the alert to dis
cover this pest in its younger stages, be
fore it has reached a large size and has
committed irreparable damage to grow
ing crops, especially grasses and grains.
Spray,
When the army worm is discovered at
work the infested spots should be sprayed
immediately with a solution of powdered
arsenate of lead, 2 pounds to 50 gallons
of water. If Paris green be used the
spray should be composed as follows:
Paris green,! pound; freshly slaked lime,
2 pounds; water, 50 gallons. The lime is
j necessary as a preventive of burning by
j the Paris green which is quite caustic
when used on tender plants such as corn.
Poisoned Bran Bait.
I When spraying is impracticable the
| poisoned bran bait is recommended. It
is made as follows: Wheat bran, 50
pounds; Paris green, 1 pound, or white
j arsenic or powdered arsenate of lead, 2
! pounds; low-grade molasses,3 to 4 quarts.
The bran and poison should be thor
, oughly mixed while dry and the molasses
I afterwards added, kneading and stirring
the mass until it is easily broken into
small bits. The addition of six finely
chopped lemons has been found to add
value to the bait in some cases. The
poisoned bait should be scattered broad
cast where the worms are at work or in
j their path or among them while they are
I on the march.
When the army worms are moving to
I gether in a mass they may be halted and
j destroyed by plowing out or digging a
I narrow ditch with steep sides directly
I across their path. The worms fall into
this ditch in large numbers and may then
be crushed readily by dragging a log or
chunk of wood back and forth through
the ditch.
Have Arsenate or Paris Green at Hand.
I All farmers should keep on hand a few
pounds of one of lhe standard insecticides
such as arsenate of lead or Paris green
because of the fact that the delay of a
few hours, usually necessary in order to
procure insecticides in an emergency, en
ables the army worm to do irreparable
damage to crops. The insecticides men
tioned above will not. spoil if kept in a
dry condition in covered containers.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 731 contains a full
account of the army worm and may be
secured free of charge upon application
to the Secretarv of Agriculture.
RURAL HEALTH -AMERICA’S FIRST
DUTY.
Washington, D. July 24, 1916.
“The estimated economic loss which our
nation suffers each year from typhoid
fever and malaria alone aggregates
$928,234,880, leaving out of entire ac
count the sorrow, the unhappiness, the
misery and the inefficiency which follow
in their train.” Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell of Louisiana recently addressed
the Senate on the subject of “Rural
Health—America’s First Duty.” “The
greatest asset which our country can
have” said Senator Ransdell, “is the
healthy American citizen, and valuable
as it may be to increase the health of
livestock and vegetation, it is of far i
greater importance that we throw ever>
possible safeguard about the health of
stock and vegetation. Over 900 million j
dollars lost every year! A sum which it j
sufficient to put our country into a state
of preparedness equal to that of any na
tion in the world, enough money to give
us the largest navy afloat and the most
efficient army which the world has ever
seen, is annually offered up as a sacrifice
to two diseases which are entirely pre
ventable- Enough money to pay the
annual expenses of every college stu
dent in the United States is absolutely
thrown away every year.” Senator
Ransdell estimates the grand total loss
from typhoid fever at $271,932,880 per
annum, and the loss from malaria at
$694,904,750 per year; the total per capi
ta loss from these two diseases being
$9.46. By comparative estimates it was
shown that the. United States Govern
ment appropriated $5,016,175 for the in
vestigation and prevention of the dis
eases of animal and plant life, and only
$1,917,566 for the investigation and pre
vention of the diseases of man.
FOLEY KIDNEY PIUS
FOR BACKACHE KIUNEYS AN3 BLAU UER
FAIRFIELD PERSONALS.
Donald Reed has returned from a short
stay with lriends in Troy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McClintock have
returned from a short stay at their cot
tage at Temple Heights.
Mrs. E. T. Pillsbury has gone to Tem
ple Heights to pass a few weeks with
Mrs. John Jaquith at the Jaquith cot
tage. E. T. Pillsbury passed Sunday
with his wife there. —Fairfield Journal.
Returned from "the War."
The cars which went as far as Kansas
City with the boys of the Second Maine
have been returned to the Maine Cen
tral car shops for repairs. The cars had
the most of the windows knocked out of
them and they are covered with all sorts
of words and mottoes, while the names
of the various members of the regiment
adorn both the outside and the inside of
them. They will be sent through the
shops for thorough repairs and will then
again see service on the road. — Fairfield
Journal.
FOLEY QOHARnC TABLETS
Keep Stomach Sweet - liver Active -Bowels Regular
Calves and Kiddies.
VVhat the Baby Welfare Movement has Ac
complished.
New York, July 24, 1916. In the past
ten years infant mortality has been re
duced thirty per cent in the ten largest
cities of this country as a direct result
of the Baby Welfare Movement, yet
this indicates only a small part of the
good work that has been accomplished
by the intelligent co-operation of the
various agencies for the conservation and
up-building of child life. The General
Federation of Women’s Clubs, co-operat
ing with the U. S. Department of Labor
Children’s Bureau, set aside as ’’Baby
Welfare Week” this year, the period
from March 4th to March 11th, and
thereby established a great national cele
bration, organized and carried to success
in cities all over the country, with re
sults for good far beyond any statistical
computation.
It is stated, on excellent authority,
that in many of our progressive, well
run cities, the death rate for babies is
over two hundred and fifty per thousand,
and the rural communities average no
better, spite of their vaunted healthful
ness. while in certain districts these
make an even worse showing, the rate
running as high as forty per cent.
The record of the United States com
pares badly with many other couutries,
notably so with New Zealand, which hat
a rate of only fifty-one per thousand un
| der one year of age. A showing which
proves us far behind in the conservation
of childhood, which is one of the most
important functions of the State, since
the future of the nation depends on the
welfare of its children.
rm i.wubimmiai til 1t j .11,1,11.
Realizing that the primary need for
success in welfare work is education,
two special points were emphasized dur
ing Liahy Week, and every effort made
to make these prominent and interest
ing.
1. To rouse the community to a sense
of the utterly needless waste of its
babies, and to show how to protect and
save them.
2. To leach young mothers and fath
ers tile essential points in the hygienic
care of their children.
No community is heedless where little
children are concerned, once its attention
to conditions is aroused, and normal pat
ents are anxious for their children’s wel
fare and glad to know of ways to benefit
them, if only they can be convinced that
knowledge of child rearing needs to be
acquired, like knowledge on any other
subject, and that scientitic baby rearing
requires at least as much study as is
given to the raising and improving of
live stock.
Feeding.
The first and most vital need of the
baby is proper feeding. On this his
wtiole development depends. The ac
quirement of a healthy mind in a healthy
body, is the best possible inheritance
for any child, whatever the condition in
to which he is born.
There is no question that where the
mother is perfectly well and able to care
for her child, nature’s provision for his
maintenance is best, but there are so
many instances where the mother can
not provide adequate sustenance that
the question of artificial feeding must be
met, and satisfactorily solved if the
baby is to thrive.
Perfect cleanliness is an essential, for
with every possible precaution there is
danger that, food will become infected
and will poison instead of sustaining the
child. Every utensil used in the prepar
ation of the diet must be not only clean,
but sterilized, which is easily accom
plished with steam or boiling water.
Cow’s milk comes nearest to mother’s
milk in its constituents, but the baby’s
stomach will not digest what suits the
calf’s, so the milk is diluted with boiled
water, according to regulation formulas
obtainable from people who make or
deal in infant’s foods. These need
further special modification if the baby’s
condition indicates that he is not thriv
ing properly.
Source of Supply.
Too much care cannot ue exercised to
secure milk in perfect condition and of
uniform quality. Few articles of diet
deteriorate more quickly, or are more
easily infected with poisonous germs,
and for this reason an increasing large
percentage of intelligent people are
adopting “Eagle Brand” condensed milk
as the staple for babies’ diet. The high
est grade obtainable and perfectly ster
ile, as it is possible for few other foods
to be, this can be had anywhere and is
always uniform in quality. Neither cold
nor heat affects it, and the dilutions
made with boiled water insure that the
baby will not imbibe germs with his din
ner. In many cases it is well to use
barley water for the dilution, as this
supplies certain elements conducive to
baby’s growth and strength, especially
for bone development.
Environment.
Environment counts even more largely
tor the baby’s happiness than it does
for older people. It shapes anu moulds
him in his formation period and consti
tutes him a worth while and happy
human or the reverse, but in the infant
state his world is very small, and if only
he has pure air he does uot mind wheth
er it is obtained on a mountain or a fire
escape. If his clothes are clean and
:omfortable he is just as well satisfied
with cotton as with linen. He needs
loving care, and constant watchfulness
to guard him from the insidious enemies
that would otherwise destroy him, but
it does not matter at all to him at this
stage whether his home is in a cottage
Jr a palace. He starts out with the fair
:hance which is his right, if only his par
?nts and community secure for him
proper living conditions.
Jeannette Van Reypen.
Children Cry
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