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The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The San Francisco Chronicle has been
put i'll possession OF curious story by
Capt. Refs of the British steamer Fleur
de Lis, which recently arrived at that
port from Androssan. The captain says
that when off Staten Island, which lies
eastward from Cape Horn, the ship en-
countered a school Of whales, which seem
ed to have resolved itself into an escort to
attend her the rest of her passage. The
whales kept in close company with the
ship through this long stretch OF thou
sands of miles, and did not leave her until
she arrived off San Francisco and put in
for the shore, when they took their leave
with series of lively founders and an
occasional spout to assure the master that
they were takingin bumpers to his health.
In Boston Sunday little boy named kmball
onlv fnur yaara old took his fathers raVolvar and
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The idea that the Republicans would
be able to capture the next House and
elect as Speaker either Foster, Banks or
Garfield, is now pretty thoroughly eXplod-
ed. 1t never had a substantial founda-
ton, but was put forth by certain sensa-
tonal Washington correspondents when
at Il loss for better material, and has had
its day. The House will of course be or
ganlzed by the Democrats, who have a
majority of from ten to fifteen - quite
enough for all practical purposes, and
better for the party than larger one.
There will be a lively contest for the
Speakership, and though Mr. Randall has
apparently the lead, it is by no means
certain that he will be elected, us strong
combinations are forming against him.
1t is to be hoped, at al events, that the
House will be more careful in it's selection
OF officers than it was two years ago. Men
"blger than old Grant" are not wanted,
nor those of the Wilkes Booth stamp,
either The last House was unfortunate,
to say the least, in the selection of sew
eral of its subordinates, and the new one
should see to it that it makes no such mis-
takes.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The Massachusetts House of Represent
tatives rejected the prohibltory liquor bill
which had passed the Senate The House
vote was l06 yeas to III nays.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

LONDON, April a. In the House OF Lords this
afternoon Derby stated 1000 Russian troops cross
ed the frontier last night
me latest dispatches show that all hope of peace
is precluded by the action of the Turkish Pnra
ment. correspondent at kischeneh states that
the advance corps for the passage of the Pruh is
1000 strong including cavalry. He thinks the
Russians will suffer some reverses at first. The
Turkish army is said TO be in good condition. A
Vienna despatch says the Immediate effect of the
Russian advance into Roumania is to protect the
railway bridge at Barboschi where the first coli
sion is expected If the Turks succeed in destroy
ing the bridge the Russians would have difficulty
IN procuring supplies. The Turkish iron clad
squadron III the Bosphorus is ready to sail. An
English feet will probably be sent to CONSTANT
nope.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

SUBSCRIBERS renting money or desiring to
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Post Office to which the paper has been sent, as
well as the office to which it is to go.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

Subscribers requested to take notice of the
date on the colored slips attached to the paper 1t
is the only form of receipt used For instance
- May IS, means that the subscription is paid to
that date. When new payment is made. the date
ERS ARE REQUESTED 10 SEE THAT THEIR
DATES ARE CORRECT Subscribers in arrears
are requested to forward the sums due.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The Russian dukes are gallivanting
about Washington, dining at the White
House. &c
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The following are authorized agents for the
Journal:
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and 81 Park Row. n. y.
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The Republican journal., 1877-04-26
The opinion of Admiral Porter that

The opinion Of Admiral Porter that a
Turco-Russian war, which will probably
drag in Austria and England and perhaps
other powers, will be Of great benefit to
American agricultural and manufacturing
interests, is undoubtedly correct. twill
retransfer to us the position in the ocean
carrying trade which England took from
us in our late civil war; it will make a
profitable market for our grain, and slim
ulate every grower III the country to the
extent Of his capacity; it will provide a
ready sale for arms and ammunition and
very many articles of American manufac-
ture which are necessary in war. And
such an impetus as will be given to the
agricultural and certain manufacturing
interests cannot but be felt in every in
dustrlal and commercial interest
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

ADMINISTRATORS EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
desiring their advertisements published in the Jour
nal will please state to the Court.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26
An Outburst of Spite.

one OF the most curious political docu-
mcnts ever placed before the public is the
letter Of James Redpath which will be
found in the Journal to-day. The writer
WAS an abolitlonist from the start, one of
the Kansas free sellers, and companion
OF John Brown in his Virginia raid. He
conceiyes, therefore, that he has the right
to speak for and to cOlored men. This
attack made upon the President, for his
course with the Southern states, is the
most bitter that can be conceived and is
full OF ulsparing denunciation.
The mistake which the writer makes is
natural to men Of his order OF mind. He
Is OF that class of men who, arriving at the
conclusion that a certain thing is desira-
BILE, hold that any and allmeans by which
it may be arrived at, are proper They
are men OF impulse, not Of cool Judgment
OF passion, not of reflection Such are
never safe, either ss counsellors or as men
of action They may do much in haste,
but most OF il they have occasion to repent
Of ut leisure. They are fanatics, ALWAYS
dangerous.
The idea which such men have of a gov
eminent is something us eXacting, impe-
rlous and aggressive as themselves. They
have none OF the patient judgment that
waits for events to work out that which
forcing rather hnders than helps. And
SO they fail in positions demanding high
qualities, because Of their headlong i'm
pulsiveness. Failing to rule, they resolve
TO ruin, This last peculiarly is seen in
that portion OF Redpath's letter in which
he advises the negroes to vote with the
Democrats. The advice is sound on gen
eral principles; but there is no effort to
conceal the pctulancc which dictates it,
as when a wilful child overturns the table
because he is not suited with his supper
The spirit manifested by this letter. as
well as by Blaine, Phillips, Ben Wade and
others, is that of cXtremists-o the aboli-
tionists in the north, and the tire-eaters in
the south, whose active hatred and mutual
determinations We're the flint and steel that
ut last lit the flame of civil war. The
country has had enough Of this, and quite
enough of the rant, riot and disturbance
which have accompanied the attempts at
the pacltication of the country since the
war ended. The people are sick of dis
turbance, desire peace, and intend to have
peace. The country has become conser-
vative, and means to maintain those in
power who carry out its views, and to
place in Office at future elections men who
reflect its opinions There can be no mis-
taking the strength and determination of
these views. The public men who recog-
nlze and provide for this state of things
will be wise Those who fail to do 80, must
expect to be thrust aside or trampled down
by the onset OF the great incoming tide of
conservatism.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The st. Louis Republican, the leading
Democratic paper in Missouri, takes the
following Just view of the issue between
President Hayes and the extremists Of his
own party
The policy is right and just and ought to be
maintained: in addition to this. it is heartily APP
proved by the country, and when this fight comes
Mr. Hayes will have the weight Of popular opinion
on his side, and a Democratic house at Washington
to protect him from the ignominy which an I'M
friendly Congress subjected Andrew johnson to ten
years ago
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

Reports from Washington say that ex-
Secretary Robson will have keelhaul-
INC when Congress meets. The new Sec
rotary has found some tremendous leaks
in the Navy Department, but this will sur
prise no one.
George + Talbot, of Maine is no longer
Solicitor Of the Treasury, and is coming
home to Maine. He had sudden notice to
vacate. His successor is j. Wiley Wells,
OF Mississippi.
1t is reported that four out of nine of the
government clerks at Washington are to
be dismssed-a confession that hitherto
two have been employed to do the work
Of one.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

In Boston Sunday Il little boy named Kmball
only four years old, took his fathers revolver and
shot his playmate named Cox, six years old killing
him almost instantly.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The long threatened war in Europe has
at last begun. The CZarof Russia has is
sued his manifesto, stating the grievances
of his people, that peace is no longer pos
sible, and that his armies have been or
dered to cross the Turkish frontier. 1t
will be the great war OF modern times,
and probably involve the larger part of
Europe, before its close, England will
use every means to avoid its entangle-
ment, and we upon this side will look
on, as perhaps not disinterested specta-
tors, to see how far she will succeed
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26
REPUBLICAN JOURNAL
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1877.
TOR AND PROPRIETOR.

III BLIsIIED EN- EKY THURSDAY MORNING By
W l. l. A NJ II. SIM SON
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In advance ST. a year ;
within the year, $50; at the expiration OF the
year, $500.
ADVERTISING TERMS For one square, tone inch
of length in column $l.00 for one week, and %
cents for each subsequent insertion. A fraction of
square charged as Il full one.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

Second hand booksellers in " Washington are dis
posing of hundreds Of the Agricultural Reports al
ten cents per copy the actual cost price of which
was fifty five cents. There is no greater outrage
committed than in the issue of these reports By
the 10000 and $4,000, and goodly portion Of
them sold for old paper Congress ought to stop it
A furious storm passed over st. John between
three and four O'Clock on the 10Th The shipping
in the bay and along the Atlantic coast suffered
considerably Ship Stag, for Liverpool, was swept
to the deck. Barques Joseph Hickman and Leod
arc ashore on Beacon bar The bay is full Of
schooners, many being driven ashore, Sand Point
shore is strewn with deals.
1t is said that some twenty years ago i; poor
operative in one Of the Holyokc mills lost two or
three fingers at one hand, and his sympathetic
fellow worknen raised purse of some $500 for
him. With this he bought bowling alley aud,
having II good business. invested a few hundreds
III High street land That land is now worth 80,
600, and he is rated at about 10000
John B. Young, aged 50, Of Cincinnati, while
visiting Il law office in New York fell from Il third
story window out of which he had been looking.
In falling, he struck an iron gas lamp hXturc, up
on which he was inpaled, the sharp ron PASSING
through his abdomen and appearing at his back,
1t required the united efforts OF Iolr men To lift
the unfortunate man from his ,gonizng position.
He cannot live.
Doctor r. II Green Of uoosick \ - died
about two weeks ago ana his body Was placed in II
vault AS he had narrowly escaped burial while
in Il trance several years since his wife was re-
uuostei to visit his body until no doubt of death
existed 1t is now stated that last SATURDAY, signs
of life noticed ana the body was removed
from the vault, attending physicians prououuciua
it cause nt suspended animation.
The suicide of Michael Kennedy, at Worcester,
W cdnesday night peculiarly sad one He
had been unable to walk since the loss of his leg
on the Boston and Albany Railroad at W orcester
i'll 1879 His wife aud child have died and his
failure to recover any thing from the railroad in
his snt recently tried in this city completed his
The Directors OF the road hear
ing of his mstortunes, voted him $500 and the
check Tor that amount arrived i'll Worcester Just
after he was found dead
Allen Jewett, who with Will Knsmnn, both of
this city, started for the Black Hills recently, is
sick enough of his bargain and wants to come
home. He writes to his mother asking for eighty
dollars to pay his fare home He pleads like any
homesck child "Mother, if you will only send
it, will earn it as quickly as possible and pay it
all back to you" He says that stream of badly
sold miners is constantly flowing from the mines
while Others are flooding in, eager to be sold.
Kennebec Journal
The Republican journal., 1877-04-26

The Governor has parloncd Patrick II. McC'los
key, Bethel sentenced to life Imprisonment for
rape; Rufus Littcicld. hcnnebunk, for same
Samuel A. Frazier Of New York sentenced To six
years for robbery, and Cornclium MAIN, for four
years for larceny.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01

A New York correspondent writes: I
stood on the stoop of some Offices, on a
public thoroughfare, talking to some
gentlemen. A young man passed who
recognized my friend. The passer was
small and slim, had foreign look, and
his age could not have been thirty.
"You see that young man." said the
gentleman. "He is one of the smartest
young men in New York. He had q fine
position in one of our heaviest importing
houses. He was the confidential clerk Of
the house, and would have been trusted
with uncounted gold. The house was
underselling the market, and dealers
wanted to know how it was done. They
approached this young clerk, and he gave
his employers away. He gave the pri-
vate papers to the rival houses, and at
nightbpened the contingencies to in
spection. It cost the firm $3.50, 900 to
settle up matters, and somebody paid the
clefk $50, 900 on condition that he left
the city. The money burnt in his pock-
ct. He went into speculation. From that
he went into gambling. He is now poor
as a church mouse, with no business and
nobody to trust him."
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
The Time to Eat Fruit,

The earlier in the day fruits are eaten
the better. They should be ripe, fresh
and perfect, and if eaten in their natural
state, it is almost impossible to take too
much. Their helpful qualities depend
on their acidity, but if sweetened with
sugar the acidity is not only neutralized,
but the stomach is tempted to receive
more than it can digest, and if cream is
taken with them, the labor of digestion
is increased. No liquid of any descrip.
ton should be drank within an hour at
ter eating fruits, nor should anything
else be eaten within two or three hours
thus time being allowed for them to
pass out of the stomach, the system de
rives from them all their enlivening,
cooling and aperient influences. The
great rule is, eat fruits and berries while
fresh, ripe and perfect, in their natural
state, without eating or drinking. any
thing for at least two hours afterward.
With these restrictions, fruits may be
eaten in moderation during the day and
without getting tired Of them, or ceasing
to be benefited by them during the
whole season.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
Frittered AWAY.

How much time we fritter away with
out doing anything for ourselves or the
public good. For such omission it is
too much the habit with us all to excuse
ourselves on the plea of want of time !;
whereas, in truth, this is seldom good
and sufficient ground of justification.
Nothing is easier than to fritter away
time in matters of no use to themselves
or to any one else. The habit is readily
formed. It grows upon one unawares.
Keep strict account of every hour of
your own time for a single week, set
ting down correctly the exact manner in
which every hour is spent, and see
whether, when you come to review the
record, you do not find it full of ad-
monition and instruction. In this sim
pie way one can readily understand the
secret of his want Of time. He will dis
cover that he has given hours to idle
talk, to Incidence, and to inconsiderate
triaes, which have yielded him neither
profit nor pleasure. What is the
remedy? Arrange your work in the
order of its comparative importance.
Attend first to the things which are
essential to be done, and let the unes-
sentials take their chance afterward.
The difference in the amount of work
accomplished will be astonishing. Duty
before pleasure. Those who practice
this precept have plenty of time for
pleasure, and enjoy far greater satisfac-
ton tLan those who reverse this rule.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01

children are asleep. comprise my whole
house. which You can search in minute,
II you doubt my word, gentlemen, sup
pose you see for yourselves |"
As she spoke she handed tho leader Of
the crowd candle; and he at once
assembled the ladder and looked in the
loft, where he saw only the children
huddled together and asleep on their
miserable bed. He returned satisfied,
declared that he must have made q mis-.
take; and he and his companions i'm.
mediately departed, leaving the trembling
earl beneath the rude bed. thanking
Heaven for his wonderful escape.
Thus was the proud Earl Of Flanders
preserved through that terrible night in
the disguise of his servant, under the bed
of q poor woman's children. The next
night he escaped from the town in the
garb of q peasant, and, after wandering
about the fields for time, at last fell in
with some Of his own knights, and sue
ceeded in reaching the Castle of Lille in
safety.
Nearly all the surrounding cities sur
rendered to Ghent; and Philip Won
Artaveld and Peter du Bois became war
riors of great renown in the war that fol.
lowed, which soon involved the kingdoms
of England and France.
Philip Won Artaveld was slain in battle;
and not long after the Earl of Flanders
died suddenly, it is supposed by the
hand of an assassin,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
A Letter by Artemus Ward.

Mr.. Charles F. Browne-otherwise
Artemus Ward-once wrote bright
letter to little eight-year-old friend of
his in Elmira, N. Y, and the Gazette of
that town now prints this letter for the
first time. He tells his "dear Amelia "
how much he misses her Why didn't
1 put you in bottle and bring you
down with me ~ he says. "But I am
always forgetting something. The
other day I went off and forgot my Aunt
Sarah, and she's good deal bigger than
you are. Mr.. Ramsey is also very for
getful man. He frequently goes off and
forgets his washerwoman. I
like you very much. should like you
just as we'll if you were twelve years
older. I am very singular about some
things. You spoke to me about boy
who is my rival. I should feel very
sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive
me to it. Lam in hopes that he viii
take himself into a premature tomb
that he may choke himself with large
slice of pudding-but if he does neither,
shall feel forced to load him with chains
and read all my lectures to him. That
will finish him. His boots may remain.
but the rest of him will have perished
miserably long ere I have got through n
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
A Great Field Of Wheat.

Mr.. W. R. Shelby, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, vice-president and treasurer of
the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Company, has gone to Dakota Territory
to superintend the harvesting Of a field
containing five thousand acres of wheat,
owned by himself, George w. Cass, of
Pittsburgh, and Colonel Dalrymple, of
Minnesota. The use of twenty-five
reapers for two weeks will be necessary
in order to harvest the crop, which is
estimated at one hundred thousand
bushels, and is valued at 500, 900 when
thrashed. The grain will be moved by
rail four hundred miles to Duluth, then
shipped by sail direct to Europe. The
land used is part Of the subsidy granted
by the government to the Northern
Pacific railroad.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
Our Agricultural Interests.

A New York paper says: There never
was time when our agricultural inter-
ests were in a more promising condition
than now. All the crops promise to be
abundant, and the flow of money from
the points of accumulation to the agri-
cultural districts cannot but have very
desirable effect in relieving the monetary
stringency still undoubtedly felt. The
yield of grain will be very large. We
have in some years raised 800. 200, 600
bushels of corn, 1872, 900, 900 bushels of
wheat, go, 900, 900 bushels of oats, and
1, SOC, 900 bales of cotton, and can do it
again. The export trade promises to bs
very large also. In 1870 the exports Of
wheat alone reached 81, ,000, 900 bushels.
Lest year We exported over $1,000, 900
bushels Of corn, 81, 000, 900 bushels Of
oats, and nearly 1000, 900 barrels Of
wheat hour. The exports Of cotton last
year were $50, 500, 900 pounds, and there
is no reason why this should not be ap.
proximased this year, though the last
crop nee not 80 large 40 tbs previous
one.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-01
Losses.
Upon the white sea sand
Therc nat q pilgrim band,

There nat pilgrim band,
Telling the losses their lives had known.
While evening waned away
From breezy cliR and bay,
And tho strong tide went out with weary moan
Ono spake with quivoring lp,
OF affair freighted ship,
With all his household to the deep gone down
but one had wilder Voc,
For q fair face long ago,
Lost In the darker depths OF great town.
There were some who mournod their youth
With = most loving truth,
For tho brave hopes and memories ever green
And ono upon tho West,
Turned an eve that would not rest,
For far OF hills whereon It's Joy had been.
Some talked Of vanished gold,
Some Of proud honors told,
Some spoke of friends that were their trust no
more;
And ono Of green grave,
Beside foreign wave,
That made him sit 20 lonely on the shore.
But when their tales were done,
There spake among them one,
A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free,
"Sad losses have 70 met,
But mine is heavier yet,
For believing heart hath gone from me-
"Alas" these pilgrims said
"For the living and the dead,
For fortunes cruelty, for loves sure cross,
For the wrecks Of land and sea,
But, however, II came to thee
Thine stranger, is lfes last and heaviest loss. :"