The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-12
GeueraIities.

Our best friends are those who keep quiet
when somebody is enumerating oul virtues.
Ink is advancing in price Sign vour name
| now, while YOU can do il ehcaply, Detroit
| Free Press.
After all says an old doctor, there are only
two kinds of disease-the one Of which You die
and the other of which YOU don't.
''Is rare beef dangerous" asks an exchange
| Not unless you are in the society Of an inluri-
atcl bull when cgre~s is out of the question.
! 1t is the shrewd remark of 4 close observer
that women do not wait equal rights half so
| much Is they want more room in the street
ear. Brooklyn Argus.
! There is nothing more truly insinuating and
deferenia than the Wag@le of a little dogs tail
| in the presence Of big dog with Il bone.
| Brooklyn Argus.
| Nothing gives a man clearer idea of the dis
tinct spheres which heaven haa appointed t.
the sexes than 10 f.ll Oft >tcp-l;,dler with
| bucket Of hot soap sutS liz lis hand.
Mathcmaticay considered, the man who |
comes home from days fishing without any
| fish may be put down, we suppose, is an OBJ |
tru,e angler Commercial Advertiser.
"Why DO the butterflies watt their wings:r
Il twenty-five verse poem, by 'E>meralda," >" |
is respectfully declined with the Information |
that they have to do it or walk. Exchange.
Discussion between a wise child and liz
Aberdonan tutor -' That star YOU see up
there is bigger than this word.' No, il |
| isn't" : Yes it is" ''rhtn why doesn't it |
keep the rain OIL:
A norse-car conductor took his wife to one
/ of our fashionable churches last Sunday, anI |
her cOuntenancc presented a curious study UP |
on hearing him ring his bell punch when tile |
contribution box was passed to him. Brook |
| lyn Argus.
The first step toward making a man of your |
son is To train linn to earn what he spends |
theu The best way t. teach him TO be frugal is |
10 take away his money a. fast As H. earns ii,
and sneld it wisely for Yourself There Is
nothing like teaching the young by example.
!laWkey".
"PShaw {" said ii Young lady ot musical taste,
passing i certain church, SUNDAY uight. W here
IN incompetent organl~t Wa~ torurin5 the In
it having a harp in The nrw Jerusalem anh he
ing entitled to play on t..
Here are a couple of moral maXims from the |
Rrooklyn Argus. Kind words, il is said, will |
convert the humbe>t home into Paradi-c e, and
that's the reason why some men feel tS II they |
were continually hoeing III a desert. lhe !
world lHay owe every man II living, but HE |
mistake he too often makes is in thinking that |
the obligation includes whi>kry and cigar.
4 Paris paper tells the following Nirror
liugo, when about to make journey III Ger
many, which inspired hi, book, THE Rhine y
called at the office for his passports, when the |
| following conversation took place, WIN tht
clerk: Your name. if you pease>' 'Nictor |
Hugo" " Acc" Thirty three 'Prolt>- |
>ion:' The poet lifted proudly his OlympIan
front and replied. with majesty, 'Fonnder of
my school, Very well. Write (turning to
| "A clerkl, write out a passport for NJ. Victor
| Hugo: age. thirtv-threc; school teacher
-four hundred head Of cattle were killed at
! 4 ilt ,h IhII.sIilN
| shipment to Europe. \ large consignment was
sent the previous saturday. and it is calculated
that during the ensuing winter 1000 head viii
| be shipped per week 10 the London and Liver
| pool markets. OF all thr con~g gnments hither- |
to made to England, only one was damaged.
| The Experiment. has proved 4 complete success.
| The Sue Of the meat in English markets at Il
| price ten cents the pound lower than English
beef is 50 rapid that the entire supply is bought
up IN one day.
On THURSDAY or Friday night Of last week,
| the schooner Xicayo. ing at anchor near New
bury Neck. was boarded by thieves, who cut
| away the turesai mainst, jibS and much OF
the running rigging, and carried them on. lbeN
also Quilted the cabin of most of MS furniture,
taking the clock, compass. stove, axes, lanterns,
etc. etc. The next day fore and aft schoon- |
| cr WAS oyerhaued ut Deer Isle, and the stolen
things as well Is Il quantity Of sails, anchors,
chains, etc, We're found. The two men ON
| board, Will w. Willard and Fiancis ii. Lowell,
DalInS from FOfl IolIdll, Ntlt I'LL ttSlCN 't'l't
| sent TO Ellsworth jail
| Mr. Throops maiden aunt, who had raised
Mrs. inroUp, and feels iu the place vi u mother
| 10 her had not been in the house thirty minutes
| on her present visit before Mr.. Throop saw it
would be necessary for him to assert himself
| lie accordingly calmly proceeded to empty his
| shaving water out OF the parior window, black
| ell his boots in the sitting room. wiped his
| hands or the window curtain, lit his pipe and
| took Il quiet and defiant smoke III the dining
room, and finally stepped on the maiden aunls
dress skirt AS She was rushing past nm gasp
| ing for breath. The next morning the neigh
bors noticed Il broken shaving mug in the md
die of the street in front of TROOPS house, and
Il pair of boots out in the Woodshed door walt
| ing to be BACKED. and the fragments OF meer-
| schaum pipe on the sidewalk and about apound
of Turkish smoking tobacco scattered around
the front ward, and, they passed by the
house the dismal sound OF the laX-seed poul-
tice was heard i'll the distance liawkeye.
NaXims from BiIlings-lrue criticism Ron
sists in saving kind thing ov an author when
ever WI kan, and whenever yu kant it konsiSts
in holding yure tongue Tricks upon travellers
| are always dangerous. l hay known Il ded
hornet to wake up and sting Just once more
| Truth kan take kare of itself, but lie haz got
to be watched az karetu az a sore thum. Mlz-
erv Iuvs company, but IL always jealous.
| Thare never waz a man yet but what Thought
hiz lame back waz good deal lamer than
euuybodly elseS. Natur haz turned out sum
indifferent Jobs but never turned out one so in
different that art could duplikatc it. The SOW
ereighn mistake IL, that things are valued for
what thev have cost, and not for what they are
worth Ingratitlde IL wuss than hypokrasy.
The hardest kontrakt that emmy man ever un-
dertook to fill IL TO be striktly honest. Mankind
lav been falling for over ) thousand years. and
| don't think they hav struk bottom yet. Trie-
ing to interest a very small audience with Il
komic lektur iz good deal like trieing to hit
the two corner pins on a 10 pin alley with sim
gle ball.
) 4 correspondent Of the Baltimore Gazette re-
lates the following anecdote: "Many wears
, ago, when Thaddeus Stevens was practising
law in Lancaster, Pa, he was employed to de-
fend two bank officers who had been indicted
for conspiracy they having used the funds of
: the bank in speculation. All the legal talent
, of Philadelphia and surrounding counties had
been engaged to assist i'll the prosecution
When the trial was opened Mr.. Stevens rose,
and addressing the court said, If 1t please
your honors, presuming there are different de-
erees of guilt attached to the prisoners, my c-
: ents, move they be tried separately The
, Judge consulted for II few moments with his as
. sociates. who consenting. the motion was grant
ed and so recorded. Waiting some time for
5 Mr.. Stevens to go on, the Judge at last bec0m-
| ing impatient, said impetuousy, Proceed, Mr..
= Stevens, proceed We are waiting for YOU,
SIR Stevens rose deliberately, and looking
! around the courtroom for Il moment, said,
i Did your honors ever hear of one man being
Y tried for conspirScy% Then waving his hand
| to his clients he said, " YOu can go home; YOU
, can 90 home' And they did go home. The
iury were discharged and the court adjourned.
: And for this piece of legal strategy Thad Ste
t vens received $s5OOO"