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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17
Congressional Proceedings

IN inc senate the army appropriation
OIL, and in the House the legislative exc
cutlVe and ludlclalap appropriation bills, have
been under discussion during the past
week. The debate was not particularly
| interesting d either House In the llouse
ON Monday last the threatened dciuge Of
financial measures was ayertcd by an
early adjournment. Immediately after
the rea ling Of the journal The Speaker
proceeded t. call the States for bills for
reference, beginning with Maine. The
first response was made 10y Mr.. I.add,
who introduced bill to put the coinage
| OF gold and silver on the same footing 4
point OF order was raised by MIR. Conger
that the introduction Of bills requires one
day 5 notice, and that no such notice had
been given The discussion of the point
OF order used up the morning hour, and
So the bill was got rid Of temporarily.
Mr.. Moore, OF ohio. moved to suspend
the rules and adopt The following
Resolved. That in the Judgment OF
this House the business interests OF the
country require that no legislation chang
ing The Laws III regard t. currency or tar
III shall he undertaken 1T the present SEES
SION Of Congress
The motion To- suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution was defeated. and
the House soon after adjourned until Tues
/ day.
In the Senate On Monday Mr.. Blaine
made strong speech on the army bill.
charging THAI the Democrats We're en-
deaNoring To force a false issue before the
country 10 make it appear that the Re
pubIitanS want To rule elections with The
baNonet. This he said was lalSe issue
and had no foundation. MI Blaine then
reviewed The Democratic programme that
the wheels u government should be stop
ped unless the President approved the
Appropriation bills in the forms present
eu by Congress, saying such a movement
was never before undertaken ana Wa I'm
anomaly in legislation.
In The senate on Tuesday Il note was
received from Vice President Wheeler
stating that he WAS called home owing to
the dangerous illness uI his sister and
stating that it would he necessary for tile
Senate To elect 1t President pro TEN
here being more Republicans than Dem
ocrdtS present. Il motion for an informal
recess Was passed in order { send for all
sentccs. on rcdssemblng Mr.. Thurman
-Na> elected President pro tr,u. ana
thanked the Senators therefor The amy
bill was then taken up, and after speeches
by Logan ana Beck the Senate adjourned
In the lIouse there was a long debate
on several amendments to the legislative
bil with regard L. the Southern Claims
Commission, all of which We're rejected
Mr. Springer offered aN amendment
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

The Ellsworth American credits the ed
itor of the Prog. Age with a great deal of
political versatility. 1t says that he has
belonged to three different political par
ties in the past year.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17
The Farm in Fiction.

That farming, when conducted on bus
mess principles, may be made to pay a
fair and even large profit, there can be
no doubt whatever. And there is great
deal to tic said III favor of the independ-
ence and the healthtillness OF the farm
ers life, under favorable circumstances
| But the circumstances are not always ia
| vorablc. Farming has its drawbacks Us
| we'll as other pursuits. Drouths come,
and untimely trosts, and potato bugs, and
the long train of greater or lesser evils the
agriculturist is heir to. These, however,
are lost sight Of by some Of our modern
writer's, who work imaginary farms on
| paper SO as to realize fabulous profits ;
and whose statements are as delusive as
the reports which are drawing 50 many Of
our citizens to Colorado The result must
4 be the same in both eases. Many VIII be
/ tempted to engage IN farming who have
no qualifications for the work, and who
will lose their all in the venture and
many will leave comfortable homes here
y 70 West, only t. rue the day that they
| did So
We recently read what appears to be
one Of a series Of cheap publications got
ten ~ TO promote desire ior tilling the
soil the motive is commendabe. INT
the method cannot be too strongly con
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

Representative Murch Of Maine wants law to
abolish the rule of three. Boston Herald
That rule treats of three terms, and is
already abolished so far as Murch is con
cerned.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

The negro refugees in Kansas are re-
ported to be in sad plight, and thou
sands more are on their way there They
have no money and but little clothing
Many have died and scores are sick from
pneumonia. They have no places of ref
uge, and no leaders to properly direct
them. They need present relief, and a
committee appointed at a meeting of the
citizens of Leavenworth, Kansas, appeals
to the whole country for contributions
The committee says
We shall send trustworthy men to look up places
where such of them colonize can find good gov
eminent or cheap railroad land. We expect also
to send goo and intellectual men with them to
their several places of settlement to assist them in
beginning their labors. We invite the friends Of
humanity in all parts of the country to help us in
getting these people settled We shall be glad to
know of every opportunity of finding home for
single one of these families.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

The shooting at kings and emperors
appears to be favorite amusement in
Europe. A would be assassin discharged
five shots without effect at the Car of
Russia on Monday last He was arrested.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

The western fever has about run its
course Its victims have been many
and some have bought their experience
dearly, but in the end they will profit by
| it, no doubt. Perhaps they wish now that
| they had listened to the warnings of
friends that they had not accepted so
| readily the statements of ticket agents
and real estate spectators, who alone
| profit by such mlgrations as that we have
/ Just seen to Colorado. They must realize
4 now that there is 'no place like home y
that even New England, bleak and stcr-
| lie as it is rcputed to be, has its advan-
/ tagcs over the great West that land of
4 promise, whose promises SO often remain
untullilled. Al editorial correspondent
of the Elmira, y. -, Gazette, now tray
I cling in the West, writes to that paper
/ from Missouri as follows
\ lhe wages out thus way are something that will
interest people iii tie East There are many stu
ries living about ont our way about the prosperity
of tins part OF the country how men can make
fortunes here IN an incredibly short lime and how
/ easy II Is to puck mp situations aud set YOUR own
/ Puce upon your services Is politely As possible
4 ! pronounce ALL these Kind Of people anti George
\ " l>hlngton fellows They either III deliberately
or else they don't know what they talking
+ about The same general rule holds good the
I world over When times are depressed in the East
the Vest suffers from the effects OF the same. The
I times here inst as hard and money Is lust az
scarce III the state ot Missouri as in the State OF
Maine Living here is moro expensive. and the
/ reply made by locomotive engineer Yesterday
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17
The Late Elections.

Ihe recent municipal elections III the
West were more important and Of greater
significance, than appeared from the first
Geographic announcements. The popular
condemnation of the revolutionary policy
to which the Democrats in Congress are
committed, created a tidal wave in Ohio
which completely submerged the Democ-
racy in some of its strongholds. OF the re-
suit in Cincinnati the Philadelphia Times
says
Cincinnati is the key OF the political position ia
Ohio. 1t was Democratic in 1871 when Goveruor
Bishop elected and Pendleton sent to the Sen
ate 1t Republican last fall and handed the
State back to the Republicans and now il is Re
publican again, and he reduced majority is OF little
moment III measuring the prestige 1t gives the
successful party. The local elections IN Ohio are
unmstakabe finger boards that the Republicans
must commit some grayer folly than the Democrats
capable of II that State is to be considered even
remotely hopeful tor the Democrats 1t is notice
to Senator Thurman that as the books post up now,
he is behind IN the race for the SenatorShip ami
next to out OF sight Of the Presidency
Outside of Cincinnati the Republicans
We're generally successful, Toledo being
the only city of size which failed to elect
the Republican ticket, the Nationals there
being successful! Some Of the towns went
it is said that no spring elections since
the war have attracted such general I'M
terest. In Columbus, the home Of Sena-
tor Thurman, the Republican ticket was
elected by a majority OF nearly 800, a
gain of about 1000 over the municipal
vote poled two Years ago. This result
is naturally regarded as injurious to Sen
at0r Thurman'S prospects, rs well is to
those OF the Democratic State ticket this
fall. Lancaster, the home of Gen. Ewing,
one of the soft money leaders in Congress,
elected nearly the entire Republican ticket
for the first time in its history Promi
nent Republicans state that there are cv-
licences from all points that the Republi
cans will sweep Ohio this fall by 5000
majority. The "Ohio idea is clearly 4
winning card for the Republicans
The result in Michigan, though anticj
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ers of political movements, is Of marked
their Democratic allies ont of the way
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there have been Republican, gains dnd
corresponding Democratic IooSes.ot course.
The reputation ot the fiat money and
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and emphatic
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The statistics show that i'll tile past 20
Years New York has gained nearly go
per recent, ana Baltimore 800. Philadelphia
400, san Francisco }25 per cent, While
Boston, with all her huge steamships last
year foreign steamships, with which her
business men had hardly anything % ID
shows out = per cent, increase over
lo3o.
The Posts correspondent also takes eN-
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

The Calais Times (Greenbachy is raSi-
y satisfied 1t Processes to regard Tie
election Of Republican mayor in that
city over the combined forces OF the Dem
ocrats and Greenbackers as substantial
victory, and says "the Greenbackcrs Of
Calais are jublIant," and that the Dem
ocrats are already bucklng on their arm
or at the prospect Of sweeping the coun
ty 10y coalition
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

Some Of the American papers are in
cllned to speak contemptuously of the
English in their campaigns against the
South African Zuus. 1t is true that the
former have suffered some reverses, much
like the massacre of Clusters command
by the western Indians; but it isn't safe
to assume that either English or Ameri-
cans are deficient in fighting qualities
John Bull usually holds his grip, as the
rs will find before he gets through with
them.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

Mr.. George b. Goodwin, the new editor
of the Bangor Daily Commercial, is a
versatile and witty writer, who will make
a reputation in Maine, as he has else
where. Weiudge that the daily pabulum
of the readers Of that journal will not be
so highly seasoned as heretofore, politi-
cally speaking, and that it will, therefore,
be better paper.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

Joseph SCANNED, notorious burglar who es
capped from Sing Sing prison, has been recaptured
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-17

The editor of the Gardner Home Jour
nal is abroad In recent letter to his
paper he says
We met a charming little lady in Hart
ford, and she asked us if we were from
Maine. With great moral courage, we
reluctantly admitted that we were. A
curious twinkle went over her beautiful
eyes, as she looked over our poor clothes,
and asked What kind of place Maine
was? If it was all woods If there we're
lots OF bears there y We told her it was
even so. She did not ask after skunks.
We told her that about all the business
we had in the kennebec valley was in
killing moose and bears-that we lived
on bear and moose meat and maple sugar
and the bark of trees and dogs that we
had to cover up the chimneys of our cab
ms nights to keep the wolves from COM
ing down them. We even agreed to send
her up young wolf and we shall have
to send her Spot. or she will think we
lied.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

YES grumbled an interesting hus.
band, "my wife comes to nc for mon.
eY to buy me a Christmas present
with--a fine way Of doing business,
that Isl" Yes, il is fine way Of do.
ing business, and it is the proper way;
and IL that husband will stand up a
minute we will address our remarks
to him, personally: "Don't you know,
sir, that the money belongs as much
to your wife as il does to you, only
you chance to hold the purse strings'
Don't you know that to her industry,
her self-denial and her intelligence
you owe more than you will be able
to pay If you live a hundred years!
Don't you know that when you puff
yourself up with the idea that she Is
living on your bounty that you are
worse than an egotistical fool? And
lastly, don't YOU know that the best
thing you can do, and the right thing,
is to give your wife regular allow
ance to spend as she chooses, her share
of the joint earnings? If you don,
know it, it is high time that you had
found it out-and you can now sit
down. Il Rochester Democrat.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

Boys compositions are often fearful.
ly and wonderfully put together.
Here's one about George Washington
that puts the Father Of his Country"
on stronger moral basis than any
that has yet appeared. 1t serves the
still further purpose of showing that
where there is real, irrepressible gen
Jus, great ideas somewhat precede the
knock Of spelling: George Wash
ington was a little boy that onct lived
in Virginny what had a max give him
by his old man. When george he got
the max he cutted a tree what had
cherrys up on il and eat the cherrys
he and a mother boy. Wen georges
old man foun out what george and the
mother boy done, he called george TO
him an he SEES, george Washington,
who cutted the bark ofen the cherry
treel george sails did. The old
man sails you did. George sails did
and cannot tell Ii. Why cant you
tell lie sails the old man. Coz sails
george if ] tell a Il this here fellerl
blow on me and then i'll be spanked
twict. That's rite sails the old man;
wenever yer get in to trouble the esy-
est way out is the best"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

A CELESTIAL VISITOR APPROACH
ING.-A comet is approaching the
earth, and can be seen with tele.
scope. 1t moves in an elliptical or
bit, with a period of five and a half
years, and its first appearance was no.
ted only thirty.three years ago, and
its present appearance ia the seventh
ime that il has been recorded. II
will be nearest the earth ON the 10th,
at a computed distance of about seven
ty.iiye millions of miles, so that there
is not the slightest prospect of col.
lision. 1t has never receded much
further from the earth than the plan
Jupiter. In 1851 it escaped observa-
ton, but in 1857 it was seen rising in
the extreme southern horizon, reach
ing a brightness bringing it within
easy observation with an Opera-glass,
and finally disappeared in the North
ern sky Baltimore American.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

THE PROTECTION or PRAYER. =
Among the form Of insect lite, there
is a little creature known to natural
lists which can gather around itself 4
sufiiciency Of atmospheric air, and so
clothed upon it descends into the bot
tom of the pool. and you may see the
little diver moving about dry, and at
his ease, protected by his crystal YES
ture, though the water all around be
siagnant and bitter. Prayer is such a
protector, transparent vesture-the
world sees il not; a real defense, it
keeps out the world. BY means of it
the believer can gather as much of
heavenly atmosphere around him, and
with it ascend into the putrid depths
of this communicating world, that for
season no evil will touch him, and
he knows when to descend for a new
supply. Communion with God kept
Daniel pure in Babylon DIR. james
Hamilton.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

Ishael p. inman. who died in Utica
recently. had uttered scarcely word
for more than hall century. He
was not dumb; he could talk well
enough; but he became convinced at
an early stage Of his life that more
harm than good was wrought by
speech, aud remained true to his prin-
ciples ever after. When his first child
was born he rode seven miles in quest
Of a physician. lie carried slate and
pencil, wrote a statement Of the situa-
ton, returned with the medicine man,
and received the announcement Of his
paternal responsibilities in silence. His
wife, who survives him, says no wo.
mar ever had a kinder husband. The
relations between the couple were al
ways pleasant, and Mrs. Inman has
remarked to her neighbors; "IfIshael
talked as much as I do, the Lord
knows what might happen" Some
Of bis written replies to the questions
Of acquaintance who were curious to
know why he preferred silence to
speech are Worry of mention. One
retort was "A good listener Is to be
preferred to poor talker." Another
was II want TO prove that a man
can be happy and hold his tongue
Another; Il am trying to think Of
something good enough to say out
loud A clergyman once asked In
man whether he didn't think the Lord
gave him his tongue TO be used. The
pencil reply was "The Lord gave
me a mind that tells me when to use
my tongue"
In 1912, while he was travelling
with his wife in a stage between Sy-
racuse and Rochester, the vehicle was
halted in front Of country tavern.
A child was sleeping on the porch.
Inman, looking out. saw a large black
snake crawl to the side Of the infant.
Grasping ms wife's arm, he shouted,
"See !" and. pointing to the snake,
sprang from the stage, pursued the
reptile some distance, and finally kill.
ed il. He left a snug fortune, which
his son inherits. His last written
message was; "Silenee Is golden.
His oitpencilel admonition to his son
was> keep your mouth shut
Syracuse Standard
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

A good story comes from Minneso-
ia, one Of the Western paradises of
women. A Baptist council met to or
dain a young minister. They gave
him a searching examination to see
whether he would do. At the close
they reported that his character was
6rst-class; his call to the ministry was
clear, and his "yiews" on the Greek
verb bapti-o were sound to the core,
but his denial of the right of women
to speak in church would tend to in
terfere with his usefulness, therefore
they declined to ordain him.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

The Law does, or allows, some very
queer things. II forces witness to
leave his home and business at any
hazard. and dance attendance on the
caprioes of lawyers for week or more
under penalty Of fine and imprison-
ment for disobedience, and il allows
lawyer whose convenience or business
is concerned TO keep court and eve
~ body waiting for hours, or even TO
put Of one case entirely to permit
him TO attend to'another. and save
both fees. Another queer thing is
that criminal may escape punish
ment. or even indictment, by the re-
fusal Of witnesses TO testify unless
they are paid. A third thing, still
queerer, is the recent development Of
legal eccentricity in Hancock county.
A man by the name Of Gait was hung
by a mob last fall. to compel him to
tell the name Of the murderer % Mrs.
Wilson and her niece, and on the 25th
instant, the leader of the mob, named
Levi Hadley. was fined fifty dollars
for il. As his little lynching affair
was murder in purpose and process, he
should have gone to the penitentiary,
at least. The law is queer affair
indianapolis Herald.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-11

l think it was in September, if |
rightly now remember, that | heard a
knocking, knocking at my door; yes
| know twas in September, for quite
well | now remember, he had been
there about fifty times before; had
been there knocking at my door. But
| opened not; nor wondered, as upon
my door he Numbered, for he yelled /;
essay, now, will you settle this ere
bill l bring your as he battered upon
the door; and | answered, calmly an
swered, "Never more. ION City
Derrick.
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The s.,r -DouarU. s.oerf'nc~te-.

Ihe AeW Ien -DottoFts hstefttNc"tfN'
The notes are little wider than or
binary notes, and a trihe shorter. On
the face they bear on the upper left
corner vignctte Of Benjamin Frank.
lin; on the upper right the sign, 'slO;'
between are the words, ~. $. Re
funding Certificate; Ten Dollars. Apl
LIST, 1879" Then follow these words:
"This certifes that the sum Of Ten
Dollars has been deposited with The
Treasurer of the United States, under
the act ofFebruary 20, 1879: GSignedl
James Gillilllan, Treasurer L. S., q.
W. Scofeld, Register. Washington,
ID. G. Convertible with accrued in
terest at four per cent. per annum, in
to four-per.cent bonds Of the United
States. issued under the act Of July ~,
1870. aud January 20, 1874, upon
presentation at the Office Of the Treas.
urer Of the United States at Washing.
ton in sums Of ESQ or multiples there
Of. On the diverse side are the
words, Certificate of Deposit. Ten
Dollars. Interest on this note will
accrue as follows: For each 8 days
lie, for each quarter year Zoe, for
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rh, Nrfisn.. senra.np school.

Here are some Of the scholars, their
virtues. traits, etc.
Della Ware--A petite damsel, gen.
orally talkative. but who last year
was peaches.
Mary Land - National. Always
with an ocean before her.
Minnie Soia-The -four of the
school.
Flora Day-Displays great taste in
her arrangements.
Carrie Lins--To memory dear, yet
ever for cotton.
Louisa Anna-A sorrowinl maiden.
Her 1asses are found in tierce.
Mrs. Ippi-It is her namesake. not
herself, which has the big mouth.
Miss Ouri-Likes company. Mis-
cry always like company.
Ida Ho-A near relative of "Whoa
Emma"
Miss Chigan-The "sweet singer"
Allie Bama--A tombOy-she be.
long, to the sonny climb. -fYonkers
Statesman.