Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-06-12
General News.

While travelling in America, Prince Leo
pold will carry his cook, his silver, his wine
and his funkies around with him.
The starving people of Ireland are making
elaborate preparations for entertaining the
American rifle team with succession of
splendid banquets.
DIR. Ely claims that tobacco Injuries the
eye-sight. That is all well enough in theory,
but if you have got an extra cigar about your
person smoker is pretty sure to discover it.
-Danbury Ners.
The oldest member of the Chicago conven-
tion is a hale, hearty, old-time whig and re-
publican from New Hampshire, Joel East
man. He is eighty-three years of age, but
no one would think it to look at him. His
sunburned cheeks are not withered; and
when he rises he stands as straight as youth
of sixteen. In conversation he recalls dis
tinctly his experience in the whig conven.
tion Of lS40 when he assisted at Harrisburg
in the nomination Of William Henry Harri-
son.
A cunning man is never firm man; but
an honest man is; double minded man is
always unstable; a man Of faith is firm a.
a rock. l tell you there is sacred connec-
ton between honesty and faith; honesty is
faith applied to worldly things, and faith is
honesty quickened by the Spirit to the use Of
heavenly things. bring.
General Butler has enlightened a reporter
N q n -
Quisitive visitor, II wish you ould favor me
| with your opinion as lawyer on 4 certain
subject. What do you think of the evidence
in the Whitaker case?" Giving the we'll.
chewed end Of his unlighted cigar an extra
roll, and dropping his sinister eyelid, the
General looked at the questioner with SEN
tentious glance. and replied: II think he bit
his own ear.'
| A California Diana is Mrs. Ari Hopper Of
Ventura, who, while hunting with her hus-
band few days ago. came upon a large griz-
xly bear, and performed the rare feat Of kill
| ing him at the first shot She also last sum-
mer killed large buck, which Was used in =
Fourth of July barbecue.
Olive Logan, in q Paris letter to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, says of the French capital !:
at is the most beautiful capital the hands Of
man have ever reared. II is lovely place
10 WISH, eltneT 1Ur WecA Ut u tWetve uOutu.
1t is the cruelest spot in the world to pass
lifetime in
About one hundred persons witnessed a Gu
rious spectacle at Lansingburg. n. Y, recent
ly. 1t was nothing more. or less than bird
execution. An English sparrow had BY some
means incurred the displeasure of q pair of
red-breasted rUbins, nested in q tree near
Rawsor; Hall. A fight took place between
the sparrow and robins on the rear of the roof
of the Rawson Hall building. The sparrow
fought pluckily until all at once one Of the
robins fiew of while the other kept mp the
fighting. The robin messenger soon returned
with apiece Of cord that was soon wound
around the sparrow's neck and the end held
in the bill of one of the executi0ners. This
done the sparrow was forced OF the edge of
the roof and briskly attacked BY the other
robin. Thus situated the sparrow vas COM
paratively helpless, and in short time hung
suspended BY the neck - Alker helding
their victim and pickiG I'll assured
that he vas heyuaa = y viceosi.
ons robins new 10 d 1Soe. einR-