The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-30
A Peep az "The Quee,t. .


"The Queen, the Lady's Newspaper and
Court Chronicle" is the title of all Eng
lish newspaper printed weekly in London
1t is about the size of Harper's Weekly,
and has twenty six pages, including adj
vertlsements, and as it is printed in small
type, each issue contains about as much
| reading matter as one of our monthly
magazines. Its title is a general index
| Of its contents; but not the least interest
ing OF its pages, to American readers, are
those devoted to advertisements, a few
OF the more striking Of which may be
mentioned. "Wanted-LeftOtf Clothes
and Old Teeth displayed in large black
type stares one in the face, and this seems
to be a profitable business, judging from
the number engaged in it. These dealers
do not, however, contine their operations
! to the articles just mentioned, but buy
officers uniforms, lace, plate, iewelry, old
china household furniture, etc, Then we
have an advertisement of a new stocking
suspender, with illustrations showing it's
| advantage over the-garter. There
are wedding outfits offered for ESQ, In
dian outfits for t25, and baby linen sets
for ego; guinea flannel dressing gowns
known throughout the world; silks,
laces and wearing apparel OF every de-
scription. American trunks are offered
''below the prices charged in the United
States" and are fully Illustrated in the
advertisements. Of preparations for the
hair there is no end One restores gray
hair to its original color; another "chang-
Is red hair to a charming gold color"
and clark hair under the same influence,
quickly assumes the fashionable tint"
Then there is chair restorer' warrant
ed to restore the natural color, to prevent
the hair from falling off, and to cause the
growth of new hair. OF course the com
| pleXion is not neglected, and we note
''compleXion pills and various prepare
tons for removing pimples, black specks
and blotches. OF a more novel character
is ''The Nose Machine" which ''applied
to the nose for an hour daily so directs
the soft cartilage of which the member
consists that an Informed nose is quickly
shaped to perfection;" and 1.-The Skin
Tightener," to correct ''habbiness of the
flesh, crows feet marks, and indenta-
tons After reading these advertise
ments one is led to wonder why all our
English cousins are not beautiful Here
is an advertisement calculated to msead
A LADY, whose husband is abroad, wishes to
"A MEET aCih one similarly circumstanced to
RESIDE with her with one or two children pre-
ferred. Exceedingly healthy and pleasant locality,
within miles Of London Terms moderate
Apply TO Mrs. WEBSTER, Post office, New Thornton
Health Surrey.
The average reader would infer that
this lady is in quest of a husband abroad;
but she doubtless wants lady compan-
ion. Under the caption Of the Workable
we find, among other advertisements, one
Of material for ''crewel work. the nature
of which no fellow can find out; but we
are glad to see it is not spelled 'cruel."
A unique feature Of '.The Queen" is ''The
Exchange" a column through which its
patrons are enabled to negotiate the eX-
change of certain articles for others. For
example, q Columbine" wants a small
hamper Of fruit, for preserving, in eX-
change for number of excellent cabinet
Photographic views. The articles offered
are too numerous to mention, as the auc-
tioneers say, and include dogs, cats, goats,
birds, books, pianos, patterns, saddles,
sewing machines, music, magazines, &c,
&c. The owner usually adds the valua-
ton, and states what is desired in eX-
change. The reading columns of "The
Queen contain much that is of interest,
even to the general reader, but we quote
only the following extract, which appears
under the head of "Shopping.'
Messrs. Murray and Heath, Jernlyn- street, have
brought out as a scientific novelty ''Barometreal
Flowers, which predict coming weather by chang
ing their colorS into pale blue for fair weather into
grey when change Is imminent aud into pink
when rain IS threatening. We are not going to
betray to our lady readers the secret how these
flowers are imbued with the faculty of foreshadow
ing the weather. any chemically inclined cousin
fresh from Cambridge can do this. But we must
say that these weather sprigs are pretty additions
to the writing table or the antelshelf and hardly
less reliable than regular barometer after air
bubble has been introduced between the quick
silver by naughty Jacks latest experiment.
Concerning American ships, the New
York World tells US: Up to last year
only one iron sailing Ship had been built
in the United States. There We're iron
shipyards enough, and competent build
ers, and the builders were offering to
construct vessels as cheap as they could
be bought abroad, and as an illustration
Of what they could do in ship building,
they have been producing some of the
tleetest, staunchest and most beautiful
IRON steamships that sail in and out of
the ports of the United States: but no
one ordered an American iron sailing ship.
From various causes, ship-masters were
content with wood. There now begins
to be an inquiry, however, concerning
American iron ships. The statement
that such vessels can be built as cheaply
in this country as abroad has attracted
wide attention, and a prominent builder
is now in receipt of letters from Boston
and Liverpool saying that if he can build
iron sailing vessels at the rate claimed,
the writer will certainly order ships from
him. The rate in England for a first class
iron vessel of say, 1000 tons burden,
with a double outfit of sails, is about 80
per ton. The offer is made to construct
the same sort of Ship precisely for S45
ton in currency, and negotiations are now
in progress in regard to the matter
The Springfield Republican insists that