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The Republican journal., 1881-12-22

of around my person. shall lay you on
| your back and pour the balance of this
wine down your throat. There's enough
to make You sleep till tomorrow night
and by that time | shall be a hundred
miles away. AS soon as | see that the
drug has taken effect | shall unite your
hands and remove the gag. When you
come out Of your sleep--if you ever do
you had better crawl out to the road,
where you will be most likely to meet
with some traveller. | want to use the
horse and buggy, otherwise would leave
them for YOU"
How coolly he talked He treated the
matter as if it was a regular business
! transaction in which | fully acquiesced.
He had Inc fast prisoner, and felt that
he could do Just as he pleased. While
was thinking | saw the little white face
appear between the rails again, but in
| moment 1t faded away and its place was
taken by the sun burned phiz Of a farmer,
| He looked from me to Raleigh and back
again and [ Ninked to him in W y
which he readily understood His face
disappeared, and felt that should be
saved.
"No, old Script won't yet bis tin TO-
day" mused Raleigh, storing away the
bills III bis pockets, You will 90 back
to Law 4 Law, feeling put out and cut
up. But they shouldn't blame you--it is
not Your way at all. True, had you
minded your business on the cars and had
not been 50 free with q stranger this
would not have happened was on my
way to Milwaukee, ana had no thought
of such rich pickn2s here"
Nov, in just about a minute Vel be
through with this business, he remarked
trying to put the mouth Of the flask be-
tween my Jaws
rolled my hea to one side and ne did
not succeed. Eie was jamming the flask
against my teeth wher | caught sound
OF soft step, The crash of club, and
Raleigh rolled ot1 my body. He tried to
leap up, but three or four farmers struck
him down, and one Of The blows rendered
him senseess. Before he came to | was
free Of ropes and gag, and We had him
nicely bound.
Over beyond the pasture farmer and
his hands were raking up hay. ''Little
blue eyes, only 5 Years old, had wandered
of after straw Denies and had fortunately
witnessed part OF kalelghS proceeding.
She had hurried back 10 her father and
tod bin that "a man was all tied up
there, and he Had returned to the fence.
Understanding the situation, he and his
men had moved around 50 as to secure
an advantage Raleigh's capture was
the result.
When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken back, and he cursed
enough for whole Flanders army.
We took him back to Grafton. and
when last saw him he was on his way
to the penitentiary to serve 4 sentence Of
fifteen Years.
The mortgage was lifted, after all, and
the Gift that Law & Law sent to little
Katie Gray kept her in dresses for many
q Year
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Punishment of Polygamy.

The law Of the United States for the
punishment Of polygamy i'll Utah must
be practically a dead letter until Con-
gress shall change the law Of evidence
bearing on the subject in that Territory.
At present neither a husband nor a wife
can testify against the other Mormon
marriages are usually celebrated in
secret, and obligations of secrecy are
imposed upon all those VINO may be
present The result is that when any
Mormon is arraigned for polygamy it is
practically impossible to convict him for
want of witnesses to establish the fact
of more than one marriage. This was
the conclusion reached by the Supreme
Court of the United States in the Miles
case, decided last spring. The remedy
is with Congress, which should enact that
in prosecutions for bigamy in Utah any
wife may be put on the stand against
her husband. IN, Y. Herald.
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Literature.

HISTORY OF PREsBYTERIANIsM IN NEW ENG
LAND. Its introduction. growth, decay. revival
and present mission. By Alexander Blaikie D.
D for thirty three years pastor of the &c First
Presbyterian Church, Boston; author of THE
Philosophy of Sectarianism," etc etc. hurried
glance over the pages of this work suffces to show
that the author has expended great deal of labor
in ollacting historical data much of which is of
general interest And the preface reveals how
much he hadto contend with in pursuing his task
After enumerating some of the obstacles encoun
tered the author says his difficulty was much in
creased by the changes, which have been land are
being rnng, on aud under the specific name Pres
byterianism, in two hundred years. In the Coun-
Gil al Edinburgh, in A, D. 1877, no less than forty.
nine divisions were found to take shelter under
the general name. Hence some type of it must
be selected, as an approximation to a standard,
and finding that that one which British Presby
terians have ever brought to America is more ex-
tensively authorized by divine revelation than any
other, the writer advances it excepting the chap
ters crca sacra), as the criterion of comparison
and, the most scriptural existing human form of
sound words >"
The book is dedicated to Presbyterians in New
England We quote from its dedication the fol
lowing paragraph: This work is written, that
you may know something of the doctrine, faith
fulness, endurance, and success or otherwise, of
presby terans in former generations hereunder
the overshadowing influence of different church
pohty-sustained BY the civil power"
In private note to the editor Mr.. Blaikie says
y
Presbyterans, show the place and birth day of
Congrega,ionasm, and the mould in which Pre-
lacy was cast AMI dnd no sect Of Presby terans
mo not my own tautless, 60 not expect much
shelter from criticism. So let it come "
The work is neatly and substantially bound
volume Of 5I2 pages. and sold BY subscription, or
sent by mail for 81 Address Alexander Blaikie
D 2l2l North 10th street, Philadelphia, Pa
NOTES.
The January number Gf Wide Awake will be
the holiday number Edward Everett Hale contri
outes Christmas story
Maine presents another lady as candidate for
literary honors. Miss Rounds, of FarmingtoD now
i'll Washington, is writing a novel
The editor and proprietor Of the North Amer
can Review announces that the Review viii be
hereafter published at No 90 Lafayette place and
will appear under It's own imprint. He states that
he has found ii impossible to conduct the publioa
ton in the spirit of the motto adopted BY its found
ers, making it a forum nt independent thought
and extending at his dlscreti ~ the h sptahty of
its pages to thinkers aud scholars OF all creeds and
belief, and at he same time to maintain relations
with publishing house having extensive school
book and other interests Of its to promote
This change of imprint will involve no altera
tion whatever in the organization or service of the
Review.
The Republican journal., 1881-12-22

uuug cattle and horses frequently suf-
tcl much from lice during the winter
months, causing a loss of flesh and lack
off growth in the animal, which often
varies balance to the wrong side of the
ledger OF the owner Many cheap and
efficient remedies are at hand, which if
applied Will destroy these troublesome
l'r~ - but unfortunately some of those i'll
common use are worse than the com
plant, especially if applied during the
rold Winter Bulths
4 mixture of kerosene oil and lard in
equal quantities, applied thoroughly. will
soon XIII the vermin on the worst infect
ed creatures, but an animal whose coat
is smeared with the above ingredients
suffers much more from the cold than one
whose halr is dry If a half-pound of
cheap tobacco be stepped in a gallon of
water it will form d liquid which is sure
deaih to lice and ticks: but washing an
animal thoroughly in cold weather is a
very dangerous experiment, and one
which a careful farmer will be slow TO
adopt
Probably the safest, surest and cheap
est remedy, and one that will destroy
sheep ticks as well as lice, is tobacco
smoke, which can he used without dis
comfort during the coolest Winter wealth
er- The best instrument for applying the
smoke is an ordinary hand bellows, such
as may be found at any hardware store,
ana tube Of Russia iron some nine in
cheS III length and two inches in diameter.
Ims can be made by any tin-smith, and
should consist Of two compartments, one
about eight inches in length to receive
the tobacco, the other about one inch in
length, separated from the tobacco com
partment by a perforated piece of strono
Russia IRON nicely fitted into the tnhe
The end Of this small compartment far
thest from the tobacco should be closely
stopped BY thick piece of strong metal.
either copper, brass or iron, fitted with
solder SO as to prevent the escape cf the
smoke, The stopper should have hole
in the centre about one eighth of an inch
in diameter, into which should be insert
ed copper tube about four inches long.
The end inserted in the stopper should
be about one-eighth of an incn in diane
ter, while the other should be only about
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tne size OF an ordinary pipe stem The
other end OF the tobacco compartment OF
tne large lube should be provided with \
| Strong metal stopper fitted with thread
IKE bolt, while the tube should also be
ntted with thread, like a nut, so as to
receive the stopper. \ hole should then
be made in the stopper of sufficient size
TO admit the end OF the bellows nozzle, to
winch 1t should also be fitted by thread.
and the instrument is ready for use.
Getsome cheap tobacco, and cut enough
to I'LL the tube, packing it in pretty close
ly, being careful that a small portion Of
| that which is next the bellows is sufficient
ly dry to burn readily. Screw the stop
| pie firmly to the nose Of the bellows.
| Take live, hard wood coal, the size Of q
! small hazelnut, and place it on the to-
bacco Screw in the stopper with the
| bellows attached, working the bellows
| gently to keep the coal alive. Keep The
| bellows working until the smoke comes
freely from the small copper tube before
leaving the fireplace, or you may he
obliged to return and apply second
| coal.
Ii the animals to be smoked are cattle
| or horses, have them tied in the barn.
| Beginning at the lower part OF the neck
Of the animal, place the end of the small
take about two inches from the skin and
blow gently with the bellows, at the same
time raising the tube and bellows so as to
drive the smoke up under the hair as
much as possible, one good blast in a
place is sufficient and will cover a strip
from one fourth to one half an inch III
VIZ : IL, l.y,l
filled the smoke tube should he placed at
the lower part OF the neck and about ome-
fourth OF an inch farther from the head
than the previous blast was given.
It will he necessary to smoke the neck,
brisket, ears and roots of the horns much
more thoroughly than the body, as those
parts are generally much more thckly
infested with lice than amy other portions
Of the animal. After becoming accustom-
ed to the use OF the bellows a person can
smoke four full grown animals with a
tubetul Of tobacco. If the tube clogs so
as to prevent a free discharge of suoke,
insert a strong steel knitting needle
through the small one and press il up
through the tobacco till it reaches the
part that Is burning, when i should be
withdrawn and smoke viii follow
TO destroy ticks the assistance Of an
extra hand is required in holding the
sheep. and, beginning at the neck, open
the wool little then insert the tube ana
blow the smoke down to the skin Of the
animal. 1t requires hard work and a
strong stomach to smoke a flock of a
hundred sheep, but if they are covered
with ticks it will pay to 20 over them
The Republican journal., 1881-12-22


The President took No his residence AT The
White House Dee 7th
Mrs Bright Ewes Tibtl.s the Ponca bride tas
Teen vlsltiug Sitting Bull at Fort Randall
Inc olhHr Gay eX senator dorsey sDlpped 0U
carloads OF steers from his ranche IN New Mexico.
vbo o,,,,r,+o, f,. 4b, o,.,,,,r .,o 90 .
sts oon am ~, oyoass ~ m $50 - ,h99 rasa. ro.
Tho U.if,o tba frs, of . ro,,,lar limo of stoor,.
OPS na.r th I,hInoSa Aa,, hos sn,orod tba 1rhomao
1t is reported that one of Colonel Iugersons
daughters is convert to Presbyterianism.
AunFa p.'d' R colhulauuer % 'He luEeS'lea'loh H non
~ on 1oHn "o'' 7APeNi''n ~ 9e@I0A " f'"uAIln'
-..., .,,.. ,.... ,,..-,., r,..:.;-
- 10 IoPo''eu '""' 'ou"tol "'i1 DaN 10 - s1oH y
~ oe u"'i'0U ~ 0uoA' mass u 'no elS'ei Vi HlS
i"'0 "''0
This years cotton crOD will he less than that of
1890 by a million and a half bales Cotton is firm
in LiyerDool
1t IS proposed to call for public subscription to
erect memorial to the late Captain Smth,the hero
The annual report OF the Attorney General re
commends an increase III the number OF justices
OF the Supreme Court.
uoo EIa--,t To,no,r . ,,,o,,,,.o Of n,rt,,,o,,b
Cono, a,4 ,n Iro, Unsnoh,,sotto rJ;t;
~; - rvs - ~ ~ F
0-D4' O''" iN'''u"S
Interviews with prominent naval officers show
that our navy is in 10 position 10 cope with even
third rate Power like Chill
,,.-.-.-,
Munlclpal elec1ohS occurred III several places
went for license and the country for no-ncense
,.,,, ~
- II iS Plu9"o'e 'H"I 'le "eiIic Na'i nal DduA VI
boston VIII resume uHaer new management
Ane S'ochnoiuer' are [" oe assessed loo per cent
F Clock of Mineola has dj,appeared He
onght TN have heen an alarm clock for them he
,rould have haen fonnd tho ,n;nnfo ba wont oT
Jeff Davis arrived in New York Dec from
Europe on the steamer Neckar. lie declined to
talk politics and left for Kentucky IN the evening
...-. ,-,., -..-.
lne pigeon ShootlHg uiatch ~ husldhu' recent
", IoI S-'0VO slde, lUu pigeons tdCh resulted
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Winter.

Sad soul-dear heart, oh, why repine
The melancholy tale is plain
The leaves of Spring, the Summer flowers
Have bloomed and died again
The sweet and silver sandaled dew,
Which lik6 maiden fed the flowers
Hath waned into the beidam frost
And walked amid our bowers
Some buds there were-sad hearts be still
Which looked awhile unto the sky,
Then breathed but once, or lived to tell
How sweetest things may die
And some must blight where many bloom;
But blight or bloom, the fruit must fall
Why sigh for Spring or Summer flowers,
Since Winter gathers all
He gathers all-but chide him not
He wraps them III his mantle GELD.
And folds them close, as best he can
Fer lie is blind.and old
Sad soul dear heart, no more repine
The tale is beautiful and plain;
Surely as Winter taketh ALL
The Spring shall bring again IT. b. Read.
The Republican journal., 1881-12-22

IIIt.s. LAttT macmillan "a ho
striking. either from its hrillioncr of ooloT
ui aut orlcr cause. shonld he adontod
.ulz ut Il woman who has many rhanone
oft t,illcal. AHA So may wear il only oc-
.astHal, Yt 1he siuht NJ II Loaonas =
N.l.. eg.r FL nh first it is Interesting fron
t~ novelty The woman Who has many
aInSse, .au afford 7lso III ,rirn il AWAY or
O.nterr lt ra some nfba, ns4 hafora + /,
Aeln. while tile unobrrnsive drnss aasil,
lclds Itself Ia some different adjustment
WHICH gives il IN entirely new aspect
\ woman Who has but one best gown
"au -Ne3r il with difference" ike the
m ophe4a offers to her brother. 50 as
h make II suitable to many occasions,
psrHI.E % slc have two waists or
H0JIeS the lnglish call them one
skirt T0 caslN Outlast Two waists, and
fore this Is real saving. But sup
H-" -A. tleJC H. HUT one waist. or the
e-~ho tude a. none piece (than which
there N0 {rcttier ldshionl and it should
WORM Jua Qay high in the neck, with
|tt ANA cott~ uu another dav with the
.-yh -ulWed inand lace or muslin lichu
cet4l adjusted with bows or flowers,
,#o 1T Yjr uf 4Ce ul the wrists. pair Of
u- LaFys. and "a more elaborate dress
.r- oi th- l4ll. il Will be scarcely reco,r-
lLGUe. Hut THE dress must be 0f = very
General character. like black sjlk. or some
lark c ur. 5r rEg ple9snre n fhc naw
mu. sslon is lost.
Tho Wise uersou with a small canitaI
ue,c Inns any bgt = Good and Iasfin0
uL E3ch wear she adds onp or IVA
a,,y soid possessions to her wardrobe
Which. treated Mf,h care. last her many
ear- Thu- M IA really sm3II sum she
uar dress very heautif1lly. Withont
.lira. one is often obliged fo bny What
.aa last yut few months. nnt rhore is
.H4ee cren here.
There Is certainly Il great economy IN 2
aoaaa-s adootlna -or occasions Of ceTe-
uon> one mess from which sho never a.
ear-oS IT become, Her rhararteristic
nI :lere IS even kind Of STYLE and
.a-v NJ the idea. The ch9nojno fash
..- II cl.ur a9a material pass without
1eefu- har She /, never induced +n
t.lv ANYTHING becausa II is new She is
WAYS the same The dres, i'm this ease
.-0st AaNeu certain SIMPLICITY. 1t costs
aer little Thought and little time. ana
vlra rap I'D edition. becoming worn.
The Republican journal., 1881-12-22
Written for the Republican Journal. ]
Muck,

for the value in which muck is held by
armers, the public journals are largely
responsible Foryears agricultural writ
CTS have harped upon the great value of
muck as a fertilizer, and farmers gener-
ally came to believe that muck deposit
wa, fortune. In a series OF expert
ments covering period Of fourteen years
[ have proved muck, or at any rate that
which use, to be worthless in itself.
The muck i'll the bed from which | get
mina is twelve to fifteen feet deep, and
QUITS like cheese, but after planting all
kinds Of crops upon it. and composing it
Nth every thing that | could procure
am satisfied that it is worthless except as
m absorbent, and for that purpose it
4H~- be- dry This article is prompted
Dry reading an item in the Journal and
lue a,l,s copied from the Boston Jour
ua.u lemlatly, and a desire to add my
testimony 'n the side of what | think is
r,b. WNl # NooDy
Liberty. Dee. l4th.
The Republican journal., 1881-12-22
Five Score and rhraa.

Mrs Deshon, who resides with her daughter
Newbury street, was one hundred and three years
old Monday. large number OF her friends and
aged acquaintanc visited her IN the afternoon
The Old ady bears her years remarkably we'll, al
though slDce her one hundredth birthday she has
failed considerably. Then she able 10 be
about, and even to take Of her room, but
she is confined to her bed by paralysis of the lower
limos She Is wasted to some extent but her eye
is sill bright, and smile comes readily 10 her
face when remarks made to her. She hes
quietly, moving her hands occasionally to con
vey to her mouth bits of a l0zenge, of which
she appears to be fond, Her daughter talks
to her and she hears wi thout difficulty She
asks many questions and takes notice Of all that
is going on about her Her eyesight is as good as
1t was when she Was sixteen years Of age 1t Is
not second sight, for she never lost the power OF
seeing clearly. She does not sleep well, her
daughter says, and invariably wakes early in the
morning, according 10 the habits OF her past life,
she having been cook for the past twenty five
years She born the corner of Danforth
and State streets in this city. Her age is pretty
well established by means of the memories OF
many of the oldest residents OF Portland She
has two and two daughters living The
eldest is IS Years Of age. One of her children
now dead, if wing would be 80 years of age. The
family have comfortable quarters, but they
not very well Oft Any people visiting Mrs
Deshon should remember this fact Portland
Advertiser
Annie Louise Cary dutifully writes
weekly letters to her step-mother and
her sister in the little town of Durham.
One of the letters came last evening,
dated at a city in Ohio. Annie Louise
writes that her throat which has been
troubling her of late, is now much
better. She occasionally alludes to her
approaching marriage with James Lor-
rilard, in New York. The wedding will
occur early next fall. The last time she
will sing in public will be in June next
at City Hall, Portland. The age Of
Annie Louise is II years and that of the
bridegroom elect is 35. They will reside
in New York. A Durham gentleman,
who was one of Cary's neighbors and
schoolmates, said this morning: "There
wasn't a boy or girl in the whole
school, that could cline tree or Jump
over a fence so we'll as Annie Louise.
Bare headed and bare -shouldered, she
once took a wild colt to break, and he
ran with her to the borders of Auburn
before she stopped him. She came back
laughing
The Republican journal., 1881-12-22
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts and
exoerences are solicited from housekeepers,
farmers and gardeners. Address Agricultural
edi,5r Journal Office. Belfast Maine
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-08
A MAN,

Conkling found it easy enough to jump
down, but he is beginning to realize that
it will be pretty hard work to climb back
again. His first idea was to place his
cause in the hands of his friends, while
he himself struck a dignified attitude on
the outside of the ring and watched the
proceedings with an aspect of O%lympian
repose. Twenty-four hours trial was
enough to convince Mr.. Conkling that it
would not work. So now he is down in
the arena with his coat of, with his dig
nifty thrown aside, with his haughtiness
changed into affability, working like a
beaver to get out of the hole into which
his vanity has betrayed him. In his
present situation he is as instructive as a
fable from Esop.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-08

AN EXPLANATION.

Another new story about Sara Bern
hardt has just been sent on it's travels.
1t is to the effect that she intends to take
M. Angelo for her husband. There is
n reason, and only one, which would
lead us to give any credit to this report.
If that is the point of view from which
the B~ernhardt regards M. Angelo, a
flood of light is thereby thrown upon a
hitherto u~nfathomable mystery. Until
now, no one has been able to understand
why M. Angelo was chosen and retained
to play leading business in the Bernhard
Company. This story would furnish tht
necessary exclamation.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-08
eureka Dailp Sentinel.
A NEW WHITE HOUSE.

Mrs. Garield's illness is doubtless the
result, in part of nervous exhaustion
from almost a year of excitement. An
Eastern exchange says it is believed to be
partly attributable to the unwholesome
condition of the White House. In New
York, the life of DIR. Washburne was re-
Gently destroyed by a defective sewer
underneath his study. In Philadelphia
the life OF Henry Armitt Brown, one of
the most promising young orators the
country has ever produced, was destroyed
a few years ago by poison emanatlng
from a defective W pipe. In Wash
ington, the life of the wife of the Presi-
dent of the Republic has been almost de-
stroyed by poison resembling that which
deprived New York of one of her most
scholarly pastors, and Philadelphia OF
one of her most eloquent lawyers. The
White House is so old and decayed that
it is difficult, if not impossible, TO keepit
in a sanitary condition which can make it
a fit residence for the President and his
family. 1t must be remembered that
President Adams first occupied the struc-
ture in 1900, the corner stone having
been laid in 1892. The white paint on
the freestone of which it was built gives
it a fair appearance without, but within
it is unwholesome and beyond the possi-
bility Of longer being made the home for
Presidents. 1t might be overhauled and
repaired so as to serve as an Executive
office, but it is time for the people to
build a new White House.