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The Public Service.

civil service reform is often treated of
as myth or a humbug. 1t is neither
The attempts to engraft upon the public
service certain principles which are more
visionary than practical has not been
attended by very great degree of sue
| cess; but there has been steady and
marked Improvement in the efficiency of
the employees Of the government and re-
| movals save "for cause" are becoming less
and less frequent. Men. and women too
are sometimes retained in office by Gin
| fluence," who are incompetent, and who,
when the influence is withdrawn, are dis
charged. But a competent clerk is not
only sure Of retaining his place but of ris-
ING IN ratio corresponding with his
abilities. The present Treasurer of the
United States, Mr.. Gilflan, entered the
treasury Department us clerk, and was
promoted from one position to another
solely upon his merits. There are other
cases equally noteworthy, but this will
suffice as an illustration. There are in
the various Departments in Washington
to-day scores of Democrats, some of whose
appointments antedate the first Inaugural
ton of Lincoln, while others have obtain
ed office under Republican administra-
tons and retain their places by their
merits, There IS surprising number Of
professional men and scholars holding
subordinate positions in the departments,
whose talents if utilized in other walks of
liIe would yield them far greater returns
instances are numerous in which men
have lett the government service to en-
gage IN other pursuits, greatly to their
pccuniary advantage. Many of the great
railway corporations have gone to the
Treasury Department for auditors, treas
urcrs and chief accountants AS rule
the employees Of the government are
wen pald, but not always in proportion to
thcr trusts Here is a case in point
ne chief of an important division in the
treasury receives a salary Of 1000 per
annum. He is a lawyer and has become
an expert in a certain class of cases.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars Of claims
arc passed upon by him Yearly. After
holding the position for seven years,
through complications which need not be
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
One of the questions under discussion

One OF the questions under discussion
in recent Teachers Convention in Penn
sylvanla was, "What shall be done with
girls aged from II to rs years who will
persist in giggling" The question, it
Will be seen, is very grave one, and all
save one of the teachers who discussed it
did so with becoming gravity One sug-
gested putting the giggler at the black
board to perform a task in given time
another proposed to exile her from her
seat until she repented But Mr. krei-
der thought if there occurred something
that provoked the giggling, the better
way was to gggle along with the girls
and have it out. If it occurred too often
he would use such means as presented
themselves at the time to suppress it,
The discipline effective with one pupil
Will not do for all. He had cured gig
cling boy once by catching him by the
nape OF the neck and the seat of the
breecheSand chucking him under bench ::
but this heroic kind Of treatment wouldn't
DO for girls. \ Dutchman who was sup
posed to be dying with typhoid fever ate
q mess Of sour krout ana got Well, the
doctor applied the same remedy to an
Englishman and killed him.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

A special from st. Peters says that Ben Hessel-
men, an inmate of the Minnesota Insane Asylum
has confessed to firing the Asylum He saws he
was badly treated and tried to burn the building
down. He wished all had been burned He placed
can Of naptha in the female wing also but it did
not ignite. He was considered mild case and al
lowed the run of the building.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
Hunting.
OUR GEORGE.

IL, H.
1t was the first one he had ever seen, and as he was
Il stranger in those parts it is not much to be won
dered at that he made mistake. He afterward did
some considerable hunting after home
do not propose to trace this glorious nurs,i,
down to the present time, though it can be as ea-i
followed as man who chews tobacco but sin,,,l
tell few things that know from personal e,
perlence, for when do know anything know if
just as fully as though weighed ton
The first thing necessary in amateur huatinp lisa
SUIT. This is just as much necessity as a swallow
tau coat at swell wedding. The hunter needs ap
OH coat with certain air of responsibility alort
1t, and it should have many pockets as a pool
table; but hold on, the frst thing is a blue flannel
shirt say first, because unless Il man is drunk L
always puts his shirt before he does his coat on
the same principle that he combs his hair before M.
puts his hat ON. Don't forget this flannel shirt bus
ness for duck or partridge that would allow itself
to be Killed by man wearing white shirt wouI
never 'tare to show his head among respecLabl.
ducks again. Don't wear vest You never saw.
picture of robbcr or pirate. or hunter, who Ina,
on It vest Remember this, NOW a pair Of OIL
pants, corduroy preferred, a- they wear better anil
smtN oWtcr than any other nationality OF cloth
Tuck them into pair Of boots, if you value v,ur
reputation Discard your ,u7penders, because Il
game Is not plenty You will have more lime 10 bitr
up your trousers, and if it is plenty, wciI you win
not have a. much time. There is nothing that
makes the average man feel much like An orphan
thrust onto cold pitllc-- worII n. to trv aud ve.
" p"f "i pant without sdSpeujerS. lie isn't huIr
flEht f" II. He don't bulge enough in thu rill'
place; and he may lap them over and take them II.
and buckle them up, and hold in his breath uIlLp
get them fastened on, but tht first step he take
flt.. ts
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
GENERAL

W.
0rough. 10 their distressed condition through the
rum bottle. [kennebec Journal
II cr~rp,,
7t,a,,,., ..p..
ny ~ it.tt uaE>eIoA q Lagrange, gave
@ - me- Hc"!'HE polH November Ist They
MI I tt 'dl uelu' AftAur ana DAVIS.
. III o9oo Lime company Cement works, in
NooH!auu' are gFlnQing night and day The
iHeuI Manufactured i equal to the best imported
'gA0H anu hISHSn nYdrauAe dement's
~ consequence o. overwork, Pres Robins Of
0!'i ti'eiSL'! ma oeeh q1te III lie Is inPFov-
- va. HlS ~! Slc'an c'uISeIS rest ior an Indei-
-'SS fs Iii
Iue VII OF 'he Iate Mrs Gilman Of Waterville,
when had disappeared 50 mysteTiousy has been
oroHEht to Ilght 1t was found wrapped up in an
od bundle OF clothing
:" ~ AIsus "a says that a Portland produce dealer
I"s o- "aAd iouV' barrels ~ potatoes which he is
s"TfIS ~ oat'l-loIe ana lle est Indies
1eIC! 0'uu4e! dIeo ID bremen last week
~ teLle aye q one hundred and SIX years.
I@1tuE pten porn al Du16uTy, Mass May 2j,l
~. MIS otuuIe! was the daughter Of john
WS.ti aul came % Name At the age OF ten years
"ttH HeI parents her husband Nathaniel Stud
IT oetI uedu Sky Years
ny" 1 p"'iS Ilas maze the following nomina
ItV"As NlIidn Ii Libby, Augusta; EpAralm
| p-,,' HTSTs hueFl oaco Henry Is Oar
my DIue1IH llan + Preble, Cranberry Isles
J.>ics 4, q me Peace Theodore Lincoln, Deunys-
wye. laAldermlst Herbert NJ. Sylvester Notary
P-'Ie. d patterson, BucksPort, Coroner j
9NFt now bAhgof pedilnus Justice
14oe'ius ~ me executive comm tlee Of the As
~" % ha'Ht ooIuleFS and Sailors organized
""> Ael' al tAe dithouth Hotel last week
'au l. " az decided 70 request Genera Chamber
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
Thanks giving

Thanksgiving Day and the Fourth Of
July are distinctively American holidays !;
and while the latter has become, to
the nervous at least, more honored in the
breach than in the observance, especially
as regards the tin horn, fire cracker and
gunpowder demonstrations, Thanksgiving
Day is greeted on each annual recurrence
with enhanced appreciation. 1t brings
with 1t sacred memories Of our Puritan
forefathers, of their trials and triumphs of
the declaration of our national independ-
ence, the adoption Of the constitution,
and of the rebellion and the successes
which finally saved the Union and placed
it on an enduring basis. And, as is nota-
bly, the case this year, it celebrates boun-
t.lul haryestS and general prosperity. of
the social and religious obScrvances OF
the day there is no need to speak. They
will, we trust, be present to Ill of our
readers to-day The feature of our
Thanksgiving Day which most struck an
o,sor,.or4 r,,,rl;.,l,,,,, :, +,a .,.l,.,u;4.
rh;oh ,,1,., 7a,,.,';.'.,., : 10y ,-.l'',.',
n,rt II No tnst;ri+;ns e "a AN. v.,';.
H., f.a,,, v,r. N.,1. ,r,
,rn, - ,,,.1.. III. , '..''''
,,,l,,.,,,, 'I,,,,',,,. "
The turkeys have not been the only victims to
the exgencies Of Thanksgiving Dav The Ma,sa
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

The vote for jeremiah Curtis, the Lib
crty candidate for Governor in 1871, was
l,662. The Calais Times and other pa
pers which copied our item without cred
it will please make the correction.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

The final result Of the census compila-
ton will be announced about the middle
OF next month. The work has never be-
fore been SO eXpeditiously, or so faithful
" done
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

It is again reported that the Princess
Louise is dissatisfied With Canada If the
people up there are half as loyal as they
are said to be they will have the country
made over to suit her.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

The GIL Chronicle soemnly warns the
straight Greenbackers that ''Solon Chase
is fishing for the gubernatorial nominal
ton two years hence" Wonder what
kind Of bait Scion will use to catch a
sucker like Fogg.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
WHAT Rum HAS DONE.

Rev Mr. Penney has compiled few statistics
showing what rum has done IN our State and city
ID the past In forty years there have been } $50
patients received at the Insane Asylum one third
Of which number were Incarcerated from the rf
fects Of haoltual intoxcaton In fourteen wears
the police OF Augusta have made 09> arrests.
seven elEhts for drunkenness Daring the same
time 50 600 have been expended for the poor and
desutate The majority OF the paupers were
brought TO their distressed condition through the
rum bottle. kennebec Journal
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Eugene Harding, known as Signor Blitz, was ac-
cidentally shot and killed while cunning
The original Signor Blitz died years
ago.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Col. Ingersoll says that Ben Hills pro
position to kill the Democratic party, pro-
vided the Republicans kill their party, is
much like the proposal Of the rooster to
the horse that they should not step on
each others feet.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE


The next Maine legislature will be called upon to
apportion the state for senators and representa-
yves IN the legislature. As the population of the
State is 1904 it will require about 4 300 popula
uon for one representative and about q 200 for
one senator. Giving to counties of smaller popu-
iation senator as contemplated by the eonstitu-
uon, and to each county the disadvantage of the
smaller and the advantage of the larger excess in
both senators and representatives the appointment
by counties would be nearly as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

The New York Herald, basing IS opin-
ion on meteorological data, thinks it
highly probable that the coming winter
is to be one of exceptional cold.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

English, of Indiana, has opened his
bari at last. lie recently gave twenty
five cents to colored church.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

An effort will be made At the coming
session Of Congress to devise some means
for disposing of the business Of the Pen
sion office more eXpelitiouSly than at pres
cnt. There is urgent need that something
should be done in this direction, 50 til It
Just and needy applicants may not be
kept waiting from four to eight Years Us
under the present system. New applca-
tons are coming in at the ratio Of two for
every three old applications decided. rem
dering it impossible as yet to turesee the
time when the Pension Office will cease
to be, as now, more than eight years BE-
hind its business. The present mode oI
granting pensions is substantially the
names, calling for less than : ,DOO.O
annually, were on the pension roll. NaW
the roll contains more than $50 OOOuames.
and calls for S260OO 900 to make an
annual payment. Not less than Bon, 900
applications are awaiting decision, Of
which at least two thirds are expected TO
be tavorably decided when reached for
decision, requiringa further annual charge
OF $50, 600, 900, while the full result of the
steady disappearance of names already
enrolled cannot be obtained until Con
gress has reached the end of legislation
enlarging the rates and causes CT pension.
Commissioner Bentley has been urging
upon Congress a plan to have pension app
plications presented to and investigated
by government officers in each Congress
slonal district, so as to intimidate or de
detect fraudulent applicants and to hasten
the settlement Of just cases, but thus far
without much success
Mr.. Stephens thinks there will be no need of an
extra session Of Congress.
If this Mr.. Stephens is Hon. Alex II
| Stephens, of Georgia, then an extra SEES
sion of Congress may be regarded as a
certainty. AS a political prophet Mr..
Stephens is nowhere, and generally speak
ing, like an old fashioned musket, he does
more execution at the breech than at the
| muZzie
InunrSn1 COW 1,ot
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Vesuvlus is i'll eruption, and Ireland is
apparently on the verge of it.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Salvini, the Italian tragedian, has ar.
rived in New York, and now some heart
less newspaper will remark that he was
born in Cork and that his name is Sulli-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

lion. I. B. Reed, in a letter to the
Portland Advertisers says he is not a
candidate for the United States Senate.
In connection with Mr.. Reeds with
drawal from the Senatorial contest atten-
ton is called to the fact that if the Sen
atorship goes west Of the Penobscot the
eastern portion Of the State viii Ne With
out Republican representation in Con
gress With Mr.. Hale i'll the Senate lis
former constituents III this district as
well as others, could avail themselves of
his services as though he wer. i'll the
House At present We are practically
without representation.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

FISH AND FIsuING The United States fish
commission placed in California waters ho past
season 2ooo0o little shad from Chesapeake bav
Those sent eight Years ago ara How becoming
| plentiful in San Francisco markets . Suclts are
| biting brisky at st George w. Baroness Burdett
| Couts has gwen - $50 to Cape lear fishermen,
to enable them to start operations the coming sea
son small lot IF Georges haIibut was sol3 M
Gloucester last week for seventeen and twelve
cents pound tor white Aud grey Ihe Cape
| Ann Advertiser records the following good trips
sehr Epcs Tarr on Her last trip To tue Banks was
absent - days aud her gross stock vas S305O
Crew shared ?I04.l3 Sohr NJ II Perkins on q
two days oil shore fishing up Al New l.-lLe. ~
miles Z. n, + OF Thachers Island caught 100000
lbs cod and paddock. .Schr. Champion d..
| Gloucester, secured a haul Of one hundred and
fifty wash barrels Of mackere on the l7tn inst
| The >melt fishermen Of Bath are doing a good bus
mess There is talk Of building a sardiue factory
aC kockport and another one at Camden The
| Lewiston Journal Says Why parties calling
| themselves gentlemen want to catch the female
brook front that arc HOW III our orooAs spawning.
latharsic, bioated and fl Of spawn no sane man
can conceive The Law prohibiting the practice
seems to b. almost dead letter
\ private letter from Halifax Nova Scotia SAY.
ofthe recent terrible calamity at TN Albion mines
caused by AL explosion NJ gas and residing III the
| loss of fifty lives AT il singular that woman
| near New Glasgow predicted the occurrence ID
| the cay, and several miners were deferred from.
entering the mine that day owing to their r4lth i'll
| her predictions one man was very 10th to TO-
bat bis mother urged him aud said huw wicked ut
was to believe in fortune telling, Nc .>d be was
prevailed upon % give up his fears ind Nas one Of
the killed Another man was prevented from go
ing to work by his wife hiding hiS Shoes II is al
50 said that tins woman torctolu the houdiu, oft
the mine which occurred SOME weeks AGO. and hr
which several lives were lost. Her latest forecast
is that tile mine viii AGAIN be Hooded but without
loss Of life, and that two more men wtll ae killed
III or about the mine by something taju. oi. them
capt Q A. Boutene resumed The editorial eoa
trol Of the Wing with the issue Of yesterday " 3D.
neSdayj and Howard owen. who 50 ABLY conducted
the paper through tho State And National cau-
palsns, returns to Augusta TO day Mr. owen has
been elected Register N Probate tor keuucb,c
county and viii enter upon the duties Of that office
iu January.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Winter has evidently come to stay.
Telegraphic dispatches from all parts of
the country tell Of very cola weather On
Monday last. The canals are frozen over
and navigation on the great Lakes has
been brought to sudden and somewhat
premature close. In the northwest the
temperature Sunday night ranged from
zero to ten below
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Col lngersoll proposes to make Washington his
Home.
Col. Ingersoll made his home and open
ed an office in Washington at least three
years ago.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

The death Of COY. Williams of Indiana,
is likely to cause another political com
pication in that state Of dead locks, z
The Senate is a tie, and it was expected
that Lieut. GOV. Gray would give 4 cast
ing vote and enable the Democrats to
organize that body, but he becomes Act
ing Governor, and the two evenly divided
parties are left to fight it out The new
Governor cannot take his seat before the
organization Of the Senate, and the Re
publicans may lose most by delay
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

we renew now the invitation So often
before extended to farmers, gardeners
and housekeepers to contribute to the
department Of the journal intended for
their use and benefit, and which we hope,
with the cooperation Of our readers, to
make more useful and more interesting
than it has ever been. 50 far as practi-
cable answers will be published to queries
concerning the farm, garden and house
hold, and our aim will he 10 furnish such
matter as will best meet the wants Of
this county and section. The crops are
harvested and the years work of those
who till the soil is practically over and
now is the time to compare notes, relate
experiences and make plans for the COM
ing season. Give us the facts and we
will put them into shape for publication.
We publish this week two contributions
from the pen OF j. W. Lang, Esq, of
Brooks, a well-known and popular writer
on agricultural topics, and other articles
from him viii follow
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

More than third of the entries from
the United States in the international
exposition at Melbourne Australia, are
credited to New England an evidence
of the wide range of manufactures in this
section.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

We hope to see imprisonment for debt abolished
in Maine this week. [Caas Times
How, and by whom
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

In the supplement issued with this
weeks journal will be found both orig-
nal and selected matter commemorative
Of the day historical and reminiscent.
The Thanksgiving Smiles should prove
capital aids to digestion.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

In a recently published interview Sen
ator Blaine shows very clearly that the
project Of making eX-Presidents life SEN
ators would be both unconstitutional and
unjust, and that it would destroy the
equality of representation in the Senate.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25
The National Grange began it's session

The National Grange began it's session
in Washington on the 10th inst. Thirty
States were represented, and of the seven
original founders of the organization a
number were present. The Grange is
now largely devoted to social purposes,
and while the number of Oranges was not
much increased during the past year the
membership of the existing Oranges has
largely increased. One of the important
subjects brought to the attention of the
Grange is a memorial to Congress urging
the necessity of the passage of the pend
ing bill to prevent the spread of pleuro-
pneumonia among cattle, and which has
thus far suffered defeat on account of the
States rights opposition Of the Bourbon
Democracy. For want of some law I'M
der which clean bills of health can be
given to exported cattle the loss to Amer
lean shippers on live stock shipped to
England last year alone exceeded two
million dollars.
On Monday resolutions were adopted,
calling on Congress to make the Comfnis-
sioner of Agriculture a Cabinet officer,
with full pay as Secretary of a depart
ment; demanding the enactment by Con
grcss Of a general railroad law prohibiting
determinations in rates recommending
a modification Of the patent laws 50 as to
protect innocent purchasers Of patented
articles; requesting the imposition of a
graduated income tax; and calling On
congressman to support these measures
as condition Of receiving the Grange
vote.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

The official vote Of the State in the No
vember election will be declared to-day,
by the Governor and Council The clerk 5
returns, as far as received, give the Gar
field electors, 1850; Hancock electors,
6J,3I0; Weaver electors, 4, 426.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Thus the resources of the Great West are mag
nicent and it only need, confidence and pru
dence, now that election is over and the victory
on the right SIDE to bring to the country eondl
ton Of prosperity as yet unexamped in It's expcrl
ence Machias Union
Well the Union has made an honest
confession at all events. The victory was
on the right side, but we hardly expected
Hancock organ 70 admit il.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-25

Naturally Some excitement vas c2nsed
by.u rumor thar kanw.rd phil, had cor
f.s.a1 y,ri.i,,., ILL.,. t,,..,3 rh;, ,...
'''7 =" go 80 Nii1i'9o lottCIi
y hCll the Democratic National Commit
Nf' assured lHe country was written by
(,en. Garfield ater rnnnrts cav +ha
IuIhor"aS ufloohded' IhIlp would hard
IA CONFESS !" perjury as well as forgery.
he probably Knows more about the letter
than he has seen fit to tell, and though
IN Il'"y lo' RAYS oeeh Ihe lorSer, appear
"ii'eS are against MN. mat the letter
was forged ana that it was addressed to
Y +, tn w h,,nl th,t Iii co,.o,,od J., u,
prrna,atinn Ana distrin.,tinn viIl ma ,lis
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