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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21
Mr.. Titcomb's Acceptance.

We print to-day the admirable letter in
which Hon. Joseph 1'itcomb signifies his
acceptance of the Democratic nomination
for Governor. IT isa manly protest against
the disagreement of the dominant party,
and deals with facts which are patent to
all. The closing paragraph is one which
should arrest the attention OF every one
who recognizes and acknowledges these
evils 1t is the needs of the people the
wants of the country, the safety Of the
government, that are now desired, and not
Il partizan triumph. and we are Glad 10
see that Mr. 'Titcomb accepts in no parti-
Fan spirit. Around such principles rs he
avows and the resolutions express all true
men can rally for Il change of measures
and i change of measures always calls ion
a change of men,
The liberal or Reform Convention, at
Bangor on Thursday last week, was fairly
attended The following were
made For Senators. John s Patton OF
Bangor, John Rogers, of Stctsnn. Samuel
w. lloskins of Oldtown and John Benson
of Newport; Clerk Of Courts, George W
VIM Of Newport; County Attorney, VIM
Z. Clark of Lincoln; County Treasurer
John Go"drIl, j., OF Bangor; County
Commissioner, Willard b. Ferguson Din
mont. a resolution endorsing Titcoml
for Governor, was voted down A. Il
Lebroke, of FoNcrolt, made I'm cNtcnde,
speech.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21

The Lewiston journal, edited by Mr.
Diglcy, the republican nominee for Coy
ernor, makes the following allu~ion to thu
democratic nominee
Mr., Titcomb, the democratic nominee, is ;
graduate of Bow,on in the class of 1871. and
Is now about 30 years of age. lie Is II wealthy
shil-oWncr of kcnnebunk. and 4 successful and
higll-mmded business man. He was 4 member
Of the State Senate in 1880, since which time h
has not been in public life, although he has con
tinued an untinchmg supporter Of the demo
cratic party. Personally he is Il courteous.
cultivated and agreeable gentleman.
Near Bucksport is Alamoosook Pond,
one Of the most beautiful and romantic
spots in Maine Ii was Il flvorite camping
and hunting ground vi the Indians. whose
relies abound in the vicinity. Picnic par
ties find it II delightful spot on which to
pitch their tents We are indebted to
MIR. A. &. Webster, photographer, of
Bucksport, for some stereoScopic views OF
Alamoosook, very finely executed
AT South Corinth, on Saturday night,
Humphrey Nichols, an elderly merchant,
was assaulted in his bed hy two rutlianS
who We're robbing his house, and terribly
beaten with a club His wife was also
struck and severely injured The robbers
secured about So in booty There j. NO
clue to the rllllianS
1t is certainly ominous that the prcsi-
dent, with all the leaders of his party in
Maine, should get lost in 4 Penobsrot Bay
fog, and be obliged to haul up at Fox
Islands, and never see the peaks OF Mt
Desert. Is their path, heretofore 50 sun
shiny, to be shroudcd in cold vapors and
obscuring clonds9
C. w. Lancaster, singing school teach
er of Augusta forgot to pay a little bill at
this office before leaving town The tune
he sang here had a Tyre accompaniment
Hon James G. Madigan, Of lIoulton,
has been nominated by the Governor as
Trustee Of the State College of Aoricul-
ture.
A favored few Of the still Grant papers
We're allowed to send representatives on
the cutter with Giant The rest are madden
than hornets.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21

In relation to party platforms the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, in which locality til,
state resolutions are almost us long i,
those of Maine, has the following sensible
remarks
The Democratic platform this yea
ought to have been about four inches long
1t should have been full of snap, and it
should have contained nothing except
what we propose 10 fight on in this can
vass Rhetoric is moi always the thing IN
platforms. The speakers can supply that
The farmers at Columbus, "Wednesday
gave us an ell instead Of Il foot The Com
mittee on Resolutions ought to have Ina,
water poured on it. head from time 1,
time.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21
Penobscot County Republican Con-
VentiOn.

BANGOR, Aug IL. At the Pcnobscot
County Republican Convention in this
city, to-day, the following nominations
were made: For Senators, job w. Palm
or of Bangor George Cutter of Midway,
Charles Shaw of Dexter and John Mort
son Of Cormth; County Attorney, Jasper
IIutchins of Brewer; Clerk Of Courts,
Ezra c. Brett Of Bangor; County Treasur-
or, Horace j. Nickerson Of Bangor; Coun-
ty Commissioner, b. b. Thomas OF lamp
den
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21
TINS, THAT, AND THE oriItE

Whcton. the convict who assaulted W arden
Chamberlain has been sentenced to ten Years
imprisonmcnt in addition 10 the two years he
has vet to serve for i'm assault committed ayear
AGO upon Officer d. NJ, Foster of the city
police. He is now thirty-three Years Of age
Officer Cloutman has been tried in the Munich
pal Court, but the evidence was SO contradictory
tn at the ease was sent up TO a higher court. the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21

Somehow loyalty and respect tor tn,
government when it Gets atloat on 4 rev.
enue cutter, is sadly wanting nj Bangor
as witness this dispatch from that city il
the Boston Herald
The proposed excursion to Bar IIarbor Oh
the steamer c. b. Sanford to-day, tor the pur
pose Of meeting President Grant and bringing
him 10 This city Tomorrow was Il failure. \,
only twelve persons took passage. it was moi
deemed worth while to make the trip.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-08-21
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Every republican paper in the state,
so taras we have observed, has commended
the Machias Union for recommending the
disarmament of the democratic party in
Maine. Our friend Drisko should be ask
ing what evil have done that the wicked
should praise meo'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
Moral Courage in Everyday Life.

MORAL COURAGE" was printed in
large letters and put as the caption OF the
following items, and placed in a conspicu-
Gus place on the door of a systematic
merchant in New York for a constant
references
Have the courage to discharge debt
while you have the money in your
pocket
Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much
your eyes may cOvet it.
Have the courage to speak your mind
when it is necessary that you should do
so, and hold your tongue when it is pru-
dent you should do so.
Have the courage to speak to q friend
in ''seedy" coat, even though you are
in company with a rich one, and richly
attired
Have the courage to own you are poor,
and thus disarm poverty of its sharpest
sting.
Have the courage to tell man why you
refuse to credit him.
Have the courage to tell man why you
will not lend him your money.
Have the courage to cut the most agree
able acquaintance you have when you are
convinced that he lacks principles; a
friend should bear with a friends intirmi-
ties, but not with his vices.
Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, in whatever guise it
appears, and your contempt for dishon-
esty and duplicity by whomsoever exhib-
tied
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you can pay for new ones.
Have the courage to prefer comfort and
propriety to fashion, in all things.
Have the courage to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek for knowl-
edge under false pretenses.
Have the courage, in providing an en-
tertainment for your friends, not to ex-
ceed your means.
Have the courage to insure the property
in your possession, and thereby pay your
debts in full.
Have the courage to obey your Maker
at the risk of being ridiculed by man.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28

powerful piece OF mechanism is connect
ed with the great iron framework support
ing the telescope, and just as the earth
creeps round from west to east, the tele-
scope and all that pertains to it is borne
round from east to west. Thu5, so far as
the motion of the earth is concerned, the
sun, moon, or stars as seen through the
Great Equatorial will appear to be per-
fectly stationary.
We have now seen all the more promi-
nent features of Greenwich Observatory,
though there yet remain innumerable OBJ
Jects Of the utmost interest-rain guages,
thermometers, hygrometers, and ther-
mometers, placed in all kinds Of posi-
tions, and Under all kinds OF conditions.
In one room are something like a couple
Of hundred Government chronometers,
placed here for the purpose of being
regulated, while in a building apart from
the Astronomical Observatory is Mag
netic Observatory, established for the
purpose of ascertainihg and recording
the various phenomena of the magnetic
currents Of the earth-CasseUs Magazipe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
How Mrs. Henry Dealt with Burglar.

THERE is a peculiarly saddening effect
in awakening in the night and hearing
burglars at work in your foi!se This
was the case with Mr.. Henry, on South
street, Friday night. AS soon as he de-
tected the noise, which appeard to be
down stairs, he softly crept out Of bed
and commenced to prowl around for q
match. His wife was soon awakened by
the same noise and believing that some
thing was the matter with the children,
who slept in the next room, she carefully
withdrew from the bed so as not to disturb
her husband, and started for the door
An instant later they collided. What he
thought was evident enough. All the
hard earnings of an arduous life were at
stake. Before him stood one or more
robbers. With an exclamation of con
densed eloquence he clinched her. What
she thought is not quite so evident, but it
was doubtless of her husband and chill
dren, and, being plucky withal, she at
once twined her fingers IN his hair and
gave him wrench that made him think
of death
Then both of them went down to the
floor together, she having the advantage
in the fall, and, getting on top, with her
hands still in his hair, she shook his head
against tiiC iool Will dll tutiSy
courage that would undoubtedly have
filled him TO overtowing admiration, had
he known who it was, or had he known
anything at all. Every time she raped
him she shrieked for help, and in a brief
space of time the children and Mrs. Eben
Davis, who lives down stairs, were on the
scene. Mrs. Davis was not dressed for
company, but in the excitement she
didn't mind adornment. She had a can
! die in one hand, and long carving fork
! in the other, and was about to drive the
latter into the legs of the william, when
recognition ensued. Then Mrs. Davis
| laid down her candle in one direction,
and the fork in another, and Immediately
returned to her own apartments, her
! yellow flannel nightcap, as it shot down
stairs, being the first thing Mr.. Henry
saw on springing to his feet. The chill
| dren were returned to their room and put
! to bed, but the parents did not resume
| their couch. 1t was so pleasant that Mr.
| Henry concluded to remain up the rest
of the night and enjoy the scenery, and
| Mrs. Henry thought it best 20 stay up
| too, SO as to change the cloths on his
| head as often as possible-Danburg
| Ne,re
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28

straps, an appendix to trousers now per
fectly obsolete. In vain the custom house
people would try to crdgel their brains
to solve the mystery. They had to be all
bundled out to the very last one, but, to
their amaZement, no two straps were
found to be alike. They had evidently
been packed by hydraulic pressure, for
the most frantic efforts on the part of the
employees would not put them back again
into the trunk. In the meantime hundreds
OF passengers were storming at the deten-
ton, while the practical joker calmly
looked on at the bother he was causing
But the second and smaller trunk was
now to be examined, and the custom
house people hoped there to find him in
default. They ask for the keys The
practical joker draws punches of ponder
Gus keys from every one of his pockets; !;
none will fit until at last, their patience
exhausted, the custom-house officers
threaten to b,,rct the trunk open Then
the possessor of this particular trunk
calmly asks the angry officer if he is
married. "What is that your business?"
is the surly reply. "Only this, that
before you open that trunk | would
advise you to go home, shake
hands with your WIFE kiss your little chill
VI vi, NiitS youl VIII, ana Cbil ~ an tiIi-
dertakers as you come back-there are
rattlesnakes in that trunk | never travel
without them" OF course the man leaves
the trunk instantly, and messenger has
to be sent to the head director, who is
shrewd enough to be aware that he has to
do with some practical joker. Presently
the official returns, and asks pompously
"How many snakes have you, sir ?' "Only
SIX" is the reply; "look for yourself"
"Oh, only six The head of the depart
ment says six snakes can pass, but that
seven would have had to pay duty. l am
also directed to state tc you that if you do
not leave this office-pantaloon straps,
snakes and all-in five minutes, you will
be torcibly elected" "And who is to
repack my precious straps, a collection
unequaled in the history of the world ?
The law entities me to all my goods. You
took them out, put them back again. The
best period of my life is being devoted to
finding pairs for those straps. But | am
in the cruel grasp of the law, and have no
time to defend my rights, save this, my
champion;" and here the practical joker
| uncOvers his head, surmounted by a
peculiar high hat, from which appears a
snow-white diminutive Bantam cock. The
chicken raises himself up from the joker's
head, claps his wings, crows three times
| the hat is put on again, the chicken goes
to roost on his head, and, having in about
| fifteen minutes driven the custom-housC
people to madness, besides annoying q
| host of anxious travellers, the practical
! joker disappears.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
NUMBER 35.

n CORRESPONDENT residing at Santa
Barbara, Cal, sends the following "se-
cret' tor starting a balky horse; Get
him TO think about something else while
starting. One convenient, sure method is
to put the hitch rope around the fore foot
then draw the foot forward off from the
ground. In few seconds the horse steps
forward to get his foot on the ground, and
is in motion. Away he goes. Let him
go. Drive with rein, without binders,
check and stag chain. Never worry his
mouth when he is in motion"
EVERY man who has clerks in his cn1~
ploy ought to know what their sleeping
habits are. The young man who is up
till two, three and four O'Clock in the
morning, and mus. put in his appearance
at the bank or store at nine or ten O'Clock,
and work all day, cannot repeat this pro-
cess without certain shakiness coming
into the system, which he will endeavor
to steady by some delusive stimulus. 1t
is IN this way that many young man
begins his course ts ruin. He need not
necessarily have been in bad company.
He has lost his sleep, and losing sleep is
losing strength and grace.
THE chirping and singing of the cricket
and grasshoppcr are frequently spoken of.
But they do not sing-they fiddle. By
rubbing legs and wings together, each in
a manner peculiar to the species, these in
sects produce the sounds which charac-
terize them. Perhaps our best insect in
strumental performer is the Katydid."
Each wing contains little tambQurinc;
and, by the opening and shutting of the
wings, these are rubbed against each
other, and produce the sounds of Katy
did-she- did" which can be heard at Il
long distance, and gives the insect It's
name.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
The Zone of Life.

INSIGNIFICANT as is the spot we inhabit,
the zone of life-the area which not only
all that live and breathe and move in
habit, but in which all vegetation is con-
tained-is still more limited. From the
submarine forest in the lowest depths of
the sea, to the highest altitude to which
the condor scars above the perpetual
snow, is but twelve miles Within those
scanty limits, six miles of air above us,
six miles of water beneath, everything
that has vitality is confined If the sala-
mander lives in the central fire, the eX-
ception Is SO small as scarcely to be worth
mentioning The air presses upon the
earth with force equal to thirty-three
feet of water, and upon every average
human body with weight of fifteen
tons, which only does not squash us flat
as pancakes. because the mir surrounds us
Oh dll sides, including our insides and
thereby the weight is balanced To most
of us, nature is one vast mirage, suggest
ing infinite delusions; and even to the
learned many things still remain to be
cleared up by slow moving science in
future ages Who would imagine, upon
the face of the matter, for instance, that
in an airless world, not sound could
ever be heard On the contrary, in still
and silent space, one would conceive that
we might hear pin drop from the moon
Hawksbce demonstrated the contrary of
this fact in a memorable experiment be-
fore the Royal Society, one hundred and
eighty years ago. He placed clock un-
der the receiver of an air-pump in such a
way that the strikings of the clapper
would continue after the air had been eX-
hausted; while the receiver was full of
air, the sound was quite audible; when it
was empty all was silent. Again, when
the air was introduced, there was feeble
sound, growing in intensity as the air
grew denser. At the top of Mont Blanc
the report Of pistol is no louder than
that of a common cracker let off at the
level of the sea. 'Above two miles,
says Mr.. Glaisher, who, as everybody
knows, Is an aerOnaut of considerable ex-
perience, all noise ceases. | never en-
cOuntered silence more complete and
solemn than in the heights of the atmos-
phere-in those chilling solitudes to
which no terrestrial sound reaches" On
the other hand, clouds absolutely facili-
tate the transmission of sound. Above a
great city, to height Of from l 900 to
LOGO feet there is always noise, 'im-
mense, colossal and indescribable" The
whistle of steam engine is heard at 0,000
feet, the noise of train at $780, says Nj.
Flammarion; but Mr.. Glaisher testities to
having heard this latter when % 900 feet
up in the air; the barking of dog and
the report of a gun rise each up to 5000
feet; the shouts of a crowd of people, the
growing Of a cock, the tolling of bell, to
5000; and the shout of human being to
$500 fcet.-Chanlbers's Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
A Remarkable Man Coming.

Mr.. JOSEPH ARCH is coming to the
United States. Of course he is. 1t was
all very we'll to engage his services for
the benefit of Canada, ia the hope that
his powers of oratory would convince the
intending immigrant that it is better to
serve under the British flag than to be "a
sovereign under the stars and stripes
but Joseph Arch is a shrewd, long-headed
man, the best type of the public agitator,
IN no sense demagoguc, and devoted TO
a set purpose. He has announced, in a
speech delivered at Newburv, on the 18th
ultimo, that he not only intends to 'do"
the United States, but that he means to
come soon-probably in August-and ''to
traverse the country from one end to the
other" Moreover, he declares that if he
finds America lis the true home of the
wOrkingman, where the son of the poor
man can sit down by the children of the
rich, write on the same slate and read
out of ihe same book, and where he
can have full electoral power, he will
stand on her shores until he has
drained the labOring serfs out Of En-
gland, in order that they may settle in
the fruitful field Of America, with its
ninety millions of acres vet uutilled," and
he Will do this until all the farmers of
England are made to bite the dust, if they
refuse to treat their laborers like men"
This is plain speech, and it is further
supplemented by a declaration that Mr.
Arch hopes within a twelve month 'to
make the farmers of England know the
worth of a man" On the whole, it is not
surprising that the land owners OF England
don't like Joseph Arch. He is verita-
bic lion in their path, and his strength
lies in the moderate course he sagaciously
follows. He does not storm nor jeer, but
goes steadily toward the point he has de
termined to reach and his GOODNESS and
courage are not less marked than his sin
gleness of purpose and his personal force
There will be no lack Of welcome for him
here, for although, as he says himself, he
is only an agricultural laborer," think
ers and statesmen can learn something
from him.-Nelc York Commercial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
VOLUME XXVI.
Poetry.
THE AERONdUT.
BY ELIZABETH sIH

BY ELIZABETH SILL.
J HE airy bark, its master waiting,
swings restless on an airy main.
anu VIDE It's silkcn sails Initiating.
runs al the anchoring chain.
On viewless blllows lightly swaying,
III pants 10 cleave the soundless deep
ana a It's hlgh impulse obeying.
AhfoagI heavens wide blue to sweep.
Like eagle proud whose mighty pinion
ettcrs may bind but cannot tame,
oeascless il chafes against dominion,
Ceascless its upward aim.
And he on thi- strange VOYAGE starting.
Lone wanderer of the trackless height.
What bat the spirits latest parting,
Can match this daring flight?
lie to slo shores his course is bending.
Ne busy ports before him rise;
lie floats upon sea unending
8hc sailor Of the skies
a sea whose cliffs, now dark now bcaming,
Each Veering zephyr builds or mars
Brldgcd by an arch of sevenfold cleaning
And isiaudcd with stars
From his aerial watch bebolding
As like a lcatiet he is Whirlcd.
Silence and space alone enfolding,
He sees this distant world.
EIe secs confused the hills and valleys.
Dwindled and shrunk the ample plains,
The ocean but sapphire chaice,
The rivers silver veins:
The winding course of linked sierras.
Like some huge serpent- uucoiled rings:
Aud, swooping from the rocky terrace,
ihe calaracts sunlit wings.
Te him vast towers and cities splendid.
1olumn and dome majestic piled.
Are gi1tterin@ spots. uncertain blended
The playthings Of a child.
lie sees the storms beneath him gather.
Watches the wrinkled lightnings fall
And, canopicd in cloudIess ether.
Rides high above them all
a speck amid the light eternal.
As up the crystal dome he flies
Wei might II seem the path supernaI
Tint leads TO Paradise.
Spirit, that now within me chained
Long st 10 soar at liberty.
soon shall thy pewers be snrestrained
And thou al length be free
And when, no longer here enshrouded.
but balhed IN the empyreau clear.
ihou loOke-t back from heights uucIouded
On this thy mortal sphere
aus scenes no longer shall allure thee.
is faded joys no more invite.
ar Iar beneath, the sform-cloud's fury:
ABOVE, the perfect light
- GaIa9y.