The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-27
Mischievous Charity.

dren in Chicago and thought would clothe
and feed them, and | took special interest
In those boys to see what | could make of
them. | don't think it was thirty days be-
fore the clothes had all gone in whiskey
and the fathers had drank it all up. One
day | met one of the little boys for whom
| had bought pair OF boots only the day
before. There was a snow storm coming
up and he was barefooted. Mike, SAYS j.
how's this? Where are your shoes p Father
and mother took them away says he.
There is good deal that we think is chart
ty that is doing a great deal OF mischief;
and the people must not think because
we don't give them money to aid them in
their poverty that we don't love them. for
the money would go into their pockets to
get whlskey with. 1t is no sign that we
are all hypocrites and insincere in our love
that we don't give them money. l believe
If the prodigal son could have had all the
money he wanted in that foreign country,
he would never have come home, and it
was good thing for him to get hard up,
and have to live on the husks that the SWINE
ate. And it is good thing that people
should suffer. If they get good living
without work, they will never work We
can never make anything of them. God
has decreed that M in shall earn his bread
by the sweat of his brow, and not live on
other people. Moody.
Gen. Clusters old comrades in arms pay
eloquent tributes to the memory of the
dead hero. He was brave, even to reck-
lessness, as the manner of his death showed
He was bold, dashing officer, who did
i-pnyU what faar nd al
discretion, was. Ills success was rule
without exceptions. and his progress an
advance almost without pauses. lie was
the youngest Brigadier and the youngest
Major-General in the army He never
lost a gun or IA color" and'.captured more
guns, flags and prisoners than any other
general not an army commander" and
these guns and flags "wcre all taken in
action and field service" His personal APP
pearance was singular. Col. Newhall de-
scribes him thus: Cluster of the golden
locks. his broad sombrero turned up from
his hard bronzed face. the ends Of his
crimson cravat floating over his shoulders,
goll galore spangling his jacket sleeves,
:. pistol in his boot, jangling spurs on his
heels, and ponderous claymore swinging
at his side, q wild dare devil of general,
and Il prince of advance guards, quicl. to
see and act" While he fought brilliantly
and bravely he dose not seem to have been
Il soldier capable of real generalship.
The truth about Custer" says an officer
of distinction, sis that he was Il pet soldier
who had risen not above his merit but
higher than men of equal merit He fought
with Sheridan, and through the patronage
of Sheridan he rose, but while Sheridan
liked his valor and his dash he never
trusted hisjudgment. He was to Sheridan
what Murat was to Napoleon. While
Sheridan is always cool Custer was always
atlame. He was like thermometer. He
had 4 touch of romance about him, and
when the war broke out he used to go
about dressed like one of Byron's pirates
in the Archipelago, with waving, shining
locks and q broad, tapping sombrero
Rising to high command early in life he
lost the repose necessary to success in
high command. AS a commanding officer
he was greatly beloved by his troops, who
followed his daring lead on hundreds of
battle-tlelds 1t was his wont during the
rebellion to place himself in front OF the
line Of battle just before the beginning of
an engagement, and order up the band to
"Star-Spangled Banner" Hail Colum-
bia,' or some other inspiring National air
His wife, 4 niece Of Senator Christiancv,
survives him, but he leaves no children
His contributions to the magazines con-
tinued up to the present. His book en-
titled My Life on the Plains" appeared
this year, and the last number of The Gal
axy contained an article giving his eXpe-
rience with the Sioux in the Yellowstone
expedition of 1873.
FRENCH STRATEGY. When the French
were in Mexico the stage robberes in the
vicinity of Monterey became almost rs
frequent as they are getting to be between
here and Kingsbury. With the practical
common sense for which the French are
distinguished when they go about killing
people the french general at Monterey
devised a plan that worked like II charm
He picked out half dozen of his smallest
Zouaycs and dressed them up as females,
and put them in the stage. Each unpro-
tected female had a short breech loading
| caroline concealed under his pettipants,
and they covered they demure faces by
wells Of course the robbers surrounded
the stage, and the ladies, with an excess of
feminine modesty, climbed out of the
vehicle and fell in line with the rest of the
passengers, when of sudden an epidemic
broke out among those Mexican patriots,
for each lady, on an average, destroyed
| about three of them, and the rest lost all
taste for female society and went away
disguised. The ladies returned to town
in high glee, but for a long time the Mex
lean bandits entertained such lofty VEN
Grafton for the gentler sex that an old bon
net and a shawl displayed conspicuously
in a stage secured it immunity from inter
ruption.
III you had been around the Great West
ern depot on Atwatcr street at noon YES
terday you might have seen the campaign
opened. Said Il man sitting on d door
steps to man leaning against a lamp
post:
"What do you thing hof the nomination
of Aze?'
81 think he ought to eat you," was the
reply. Ellis name isn't Aze any more
than your name is Mud
Then wot his hit'
The right name of the Cincinnati can
didate is Hazen Wheeler
eli guess not
IL guess your fool'
Hi guess there's other fools haround
ere. too"
That was the commencement of a rough
and tumble fight which covered half
block and destroyed the peace of mind of
q score OF men. They might have been
fighting yet, had not an old man with
gray hair announced that both were
WRONG. LIE said that be had sean the