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Washington Items.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The President has made
the following nominations: j. II. Hopkins col
lector of customs Freuchman's Bay Me; O. Davis
Miller, postmaster Of Skowhegan, Me- r. Tyler.
postmaster of Wacottve, Me
The House this morning passed bill changing
the boundaries OF certain custom districts in
Maine The bill amends the existing laws in that
1t provides that the First District shall be com
posed OF the county Of Aroostook as bounded Feb
". 1869, except those towns lying along the line
OF the European North American railway in
which Portland shall be the port of entry; that
the Sixth District shall comprise Penobscot coun-
ty, certain towns in Franklin county and certain
towns IN ArOOStoOk county on the line of the Eu-
ropean North American railway that the col
lector shall reside at Bangor and the denutv col
leetor at Frankfort
The New York Graphics Washington despatch
states Senator Malone will issue an address the
latter part OF the week, by which he and the Re
adjusters Of Virginia will unite with the Repub
can party The address has been submitted to
Garfield and endorsed by him
A Washington special says: Notwithstanding
the positive assertions that Senator Blaine is to be
Secretary OF State in the new Cabinet, it is now
said by those who ought to know best that Blaine
i preparing for European tour of eight months
leaving tins country In March and returning next
November He would go in February if it were
not for the close vote in the Senate after March 81
Inc sub committee OF the Senate finance com
mlttee gave a hearing Tuesday to a number of
gentlemen representing the ship owning interests
of the country. 4 committee from the national
convention OF snip owners also present The
resolutions adopted by this convention Were sub
mitted, looking to the enactment Of laws to assist
and extend American commerce
Senator Blame IN conversation Wednesday,
SAID that he did not believe it possible for the Sec
retary OF the Treasury to place the per cent loan
If authorized by Congress, and auy attempt to do
so would result in a failure His own idea was 10
authorize a further issue of 0000 009 4 per
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Winter.

With roar like the sea the north wind broke
In furry Of snow and his icy breath
The leafiess limb of the forest shook,
And the pale moon looked like the face Of death.
Ice on the brook, frost on the caves,
And dreary gray sky this Sunday morn,
And the rustic Of crisp and crumped leaves
From the shivering shade trees rudey torn.
Late seepers toss in their cooling beds,
And closer the heavy quilts are rolled
The children cover their curly heads,
And whisper together 'Oh, how cold =
1t was only yesterday, as it were,
We shaded away the suns hot blaze
We painted for breath in the sitting air,
And longed for the cool autumna days
They come too cool and they come too soon,
And we're no more pleased when the wish is had
Than were when the sultry summer noon
With its heat intense drove US almost mad.
ItIarper's Magazine.
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Representative Rowdyism.

The great American public was very
angry, some thirty years ago or more,
when the late VIM. f. Aytoun published
one Of his Bon Gaulter Ballads,n in
FraScr's MAGAZINE, describing an atfrav
in the House Of Representatives Of the
United States. ltWas entitled 'the death
of Jabez Dollar" and the comm" "ncement
Of that belligerent Representatives re-
marks was wonderfully well initiated on
the floor last Tuesday. As originally de-
scribed by Aytoun:
'His heart beat high, with savage cry upon the floor
he sprang,
Then raised his wrist and shook his fist and spoke
his wild harangue.
For twenty cents, ye Congress gents through tar
nifty ia kick
That man. guess though nothing less, than coon
faced Colonel Slick.
The Colonel smed-with frenzy Widths very
His friends they could not hold him so wrathy red
he grew;
'oh! waken snakes, and walk your chalks, he cried,
Dam my old mother but will in W Id cats whip my
weight"
We stigmatized this as a coarse libel
upon our Congressman when it appeared,
yet in the belligerent dialogue between
Weaver and Sparks lower and less cred
liable language was used. Nor should it
be forgotten that this was no exhibition
of "plantation manners, as the hostile
gentlemen are natives and residents in
that section which domineers over the
Union.
THE AFTER FARCE.
The apologies to the House, but not to
each other, were the most amusing por-
ton of the whole affair, aud they have
recalled recollections of similar scene
when the lie was passed in the House.
One of the parties said, in apologizing-
81 called him liar, it is true, and am
sorry for it" but in the record of the pro-
cccdjngs which appeared in the Congress
sional Globe, he 50 changed the punctuas
ton that it read ~ called him a liar;
it is true and [ am sorry tort.' Perley
in Boston journal.
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COLORADO'S REC, RID
An Astrologer's Wild Prediction.

Prof. c. A. Grimmer, of Kingston Jamaica who
is scientist of fame, recently made some wonder
tu propheses in connection with the planets and
other heavenly bodies. He says Of the ''Star of
Bethlehem" In 1887 the "Star of Bethlehem"
will be once more seen in "Cassiopn's chair" and
it will be accompanied by total eclipse of the sun
and moon. The star only makes its appearance
every BIS years. 1t will appear and illumine the
heavens and exceed in brilliancy even Jupiter
when in opposition to the SUM- and, therefore,
nearer to the earth and brightest The marvellous
brlliancy of the Star of Bethlehem" in 1887, will
surpass any Of its previous visitations 1t will be
seen even by MONDAY shining with quick flash
Ing light the entire year. after which it will grad
ually decrease in brightness and finally disappear
not to return to heavens till 2202 or 3l5 years
after 1887. This star first attracted the attention
of modern astronomers in the year 1875 1t was
then called new star 1t was no new star how
ever, for this the star which shone so brightly
4 b C., and the star that lllumined the
heavens at the nativity of Christ 1t has appeared
every 3l5 years since, and every educated astroo
ger is certain that it will reappear in August. 1887
The appearance of this star, accompanied as it will
be by solar and lunar ecpses, together with the
banetul influence that follows the positions that
Mars and Saturn will occupy, will cause unver-
sal war and portentous floods and fearful ship
wrecks. North America will be involved IN civil
strife, and reign of terror will prevail in the At
lantic States unless Napoleon arises to quell it
There will be war of classes the rich will array
themselves against the poor and rice tersa every
where. Washington Republican.
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Written for the Republican Journal
Ensilage.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE sILo BUSINESS.


\ new dspensation has dawned for
farmers. it is claimed, which if it is prac
teal will revOlutiOnize winter feeding
larnl stock. If il proves one of those
new tangled notions" like many other
cbimerical ones that have gone before,
the sooner it is exploded the better, and
the fewer will get bitten. We neither
endorse nor condemn, but lay such facts
as have come to hand before the reader
"A sIlo Is clstern or vat, air and water
light on the bottom and the sides, with
an open top, constructed OF masonry or
concrete. 1t may be square, rectan9u-
lar round on oval in shape, with perpen-
dicular sides, used to store in their green
state forage crops, such as corn, sorsho,
rye. oats, millet, Hungarian grass, clover
and al the grasses. This forage is cut
and taken directly from the field, run
through a cutter which cuts it into pieces
less than half an inch in length, tramped
doWn soldly in the sIo and subjected to
heavy and continuous pressure"
"Ile structure is the silo, which may
be- .ooYe ground or partly on entirely be
lu the surface OF the ground The tod-
lr preserved in Silos is cnsilage.n-
l- is claimed by d. John NJ Bailey.
uthnr nj "Ihe Book Of Ensilage," that
under this system milk can be produced
lor "ue cent per quart, butter for ten
cents per pound. beef for four cents per
puna. pork for three cents per pound
uj mutton for nothing, if Wool is thirty
cents per pound. These are results
that cannot be obtained under the pres
rit system of hay making, hay feeding
UH WiutcrIn- 1t Is a result devoutly to
Dee hoped for, and which would, if true,
indeed create revolution and truly be
ugN iiSpensation to farmers. 1t would
irlrople the old and abandoned or semi
a.adoned farms Of Maine and New Eng
rI, enable the keeping of largely in
.n.H>ed numbers OF farm stock, and give
.umlHE Il paying per cent. unknown and
--Qught If before.
HE system is being tried bV several
leading farmers stock breeders ANA dairy
. iI his state. Enough IS doing in
tI direction t0 test the adaptabiltl of
:h- system and to prove or disproye this
-.'a business. II is one thing to demon
-'rate th" perfect keeping of ensilage in
-ll,s. another IL test It's cheapn6ss and
'.' ,'-' .-.lll- IL i me ln'n- 8. 10 it,,In
'" ' i-l1t7 ".,il 9.'th' lyS eiitClS ana
'@.'''9. "l'', announcer 10 eS,ll'LiSn lNe Gus
..... ''eJ pup Nos S-'ot0 ID urge (l'lh-
l.-.e~ I'D lilr western i'"lL III 'Ilt Sl"t% tle
''. ta "''- perfect SAL "NISli[lI'5E .,j l., t4Lh ,l
gei' W. l'3ief corn was SlIocu pS III
tac- satisfaction. Many in New York
a.5 7-'g,i --ee-l n, crops %lu proved 70
,'i' S'''s..'e'toA .i!g lc'lSLoIIlS' e"Se anu
F-'N --N%' 'Hl 'i tlC S>S'cli' anu ud>e
'Ht ANA all gone l1uch more largely hi"
the present YEAR
Chen. G. . Na+tucl,s of Riverside farm
,.... p.1s.,-.+ 80, 7 ;IL.l. - w.
4-''Nt h"'"" ..'. fi'lMI lI""S ol Ntal-
rI,f .+',.- ,',, ,,--' siodl
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"Can dogs find their way home from long dis
tance2" asks an exchange It's according to the
dog. If It's one that you want to get rid of, he
can find his way back from California If it's
good one, he's apt to get lost if he goes around the
corner.
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a New "Poem" BY Mark Twain.

To sprishtly little paper published during
recent fair in Buffalo, n y, Mark TWAIN con
trlbuted the following
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Why MIX Varies IN Quality.

Some WI ter who seems to be well
.ersed in the matter, say one of the
reason, Nhy milk produced on poor land
is deficient in fatty matters, lies in the
fact that the grasses on t contain Il
larger proportion OF tiesh-fOrming ingre-
dentS-as alDumeH, tibrin, caseIn, gluten,
ctc.-and Il smaller one OF tat-torming
ones as starch, gum, sugar, etc.-than
are found in the grasses Of rich land.
But another reason is found in the addi-
tlonal respiration OF oxygen which takes
place in the animal economy when COWS
are paStured on poor land, and have to
60 through much exercise in the search
for food. The oxygen of the air, which
is inhaled to an increased extent by ami
mails who take an extra amount Of eXer-
else, has a direct tendency to consume
the fat in the system of the animal
actual combustion of the fat takes place
Hence the increased heat of the animals
body, and hence also diminished amount
among the tissues, and diminished pro-
portion OF butter in the milk. Again,
the more exercise an animal takes, the
greater will be the waste or breaking up
OF the tissues OF the body; and as this is
the source from which the curd in milk
Is derived, milk produced on land whose
herbage is scanty will contain a larger
proportion Of curd than mi x produced
on land whose herbage is abundant. 1t
will now he perceived why it is that the
mix produced on poor land has better
proportion OF curd and smaller one of
butter than that produced on good land:
it will be equally plain that the smaller
the distance the cows have to travel to
and from the pastures, whether the past
ures be rich or poor land, the richer in
fats their milk will be; and it will be
even still more evident that the faster
they are to travel that distance, the
poorer their milk will be. In hot wealth
er in summer, when the cows are torment
ed by flies and by heat, the evenings
milk Will always be found poorer than
the mornings in butter. This is explain
ed on the same principle; and so is the
fact that the milk of stall-fed COWS is
richer In fats than the milk Of cows roam
ing at large on the pastures.
MAINE HORSES. DR.. George H. Bailey
writes the Maine Farmer that during the
year 1880 Maine has furnished but two
horses to the 2.3O list, which is now the
standard for trOtters. These are Palma.
a son of Matchless, record 2234 and
Young Buchanan, by Victor, record .29a.
Several Maine horses have also reduced
their previous records, prominent among
which are Iron Age and Knox Boy, they
having trotted a dead heat in 223l at
Boston. The most important sales of
trotters have been those of Tom B. Patch
en- at $4,000, Carrabassett $500, Knox
Boy $4,000 and Despatch SO, 500.
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Unfermented Canadian barley malt and fresh
hop are the ingredients OF Malt Bitters.
1t was a man Of considerable means who said,
when thrown from his horse. that although not in
a very comfortable position, vet he considered
himself pretty well of.
Cases in which the heart IS weak and irregular
in actian are restored to health and REGULAR
ty by Fellows Syrup of Hypophosphites
Although very early this season, it has been
discovered that during the present winter ice will
as usual, freeze with the slippery side up.
Bed-ridden CrippIes; modification from
Frost bites the agony ot a Burn or Scald Swell
ings from Strains or Bruises the 'Tortufes from
Rheumatic pains and Weak Back: lame horse
cured and a Doctors bill saved. may all come
from one bottle Of Centaur Linment An invalu
able remedy in any house
I'VE are one year nearer Heaven, is the way a
Kansas paper began farewell to the old year.
Those subscribers who have not paid are not in
ciuded
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Bed-r;dden CrippIes:
Thoroughness

is the chief attribute Of DR. GKosvENoRs LIVER
AID. II strikes at tie cary co,IeI Stote Of dSeaSe 1t
rouses the liver when dormant insures IA healthy
secretion and flow of bile remedies dyspepsia and
its various harassing symptoms, and besides regu-
latng, gives healthy impetus to the various bodi
ly functions. Piles, that frequent and painful con
comitant of Liver disorder is completely removed,
as well as the cause, by this leading vegetable
specific. Use the remedy steadily do not be sat
isfed with a half cure. Follow this advise. and
confidently expect good result.
Some fellow who has been there says the man
who wrote Nothing is impossible never tried to
find the pocket OF his wites gown when il was
hanging up in a clothespress.
Help One Another?
OF course. What else are we here for For ex-
ample Mr. Asa T. Bearse; of Cotuit Mass had
been troubled for years with diseased liver and
could get no relief He was not fit for business
and carried his life like burden on his back
Just then his friend, Capt Handy, said Asa
why don't you send to Dr. David Kennedy, of
Rondout, n and get bottle of his Favorte
Remedy 1t will only cost you dollar and may
do you good Bearse did so, and after short
time was sound as the dollar with which he bought
the medicine To be sure, let us help one another
Sold by all druggists
What is the worst thing about riches ?" asked
the Sunday school superintendent And the new
boy said "Their scarcity
HINTS TO FARMERS Don't let your horses be
seen standing much at the tavern door: it don't
look right Don't be without HENRY d JOHNSON s
ARNICA AND OIL LINIMENT near at hand to apply
in case of accident Keep good fences-especiay
line fences; it promotes good feelings among
neighbors Keep Downs ELIXIR always in the
house, and use IN eases of sudden couphs AZ as
a safeguard against consumption and other danger
Gus diseases BAXTER's MANDRAKE BITTERs
taken according to directions, large expense
in doctors bills
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hfooN 1T r. oF OUR COY y lhh.
New YORK Dec 81 The Evening EXPRESS. in It's
annual review of the past years business of the
country and ports of New York saws; Viewed
from business standpoint the year has been
miafkape one III the history OF the country
mere mas peeh great revival OF trade ard the
Eoluhe OF legitimate business during the year was
beyond all precedent. The improved condition of
ailafS was the natural result OF large crops, good
export demand Tor our products, the growth OF the
country, the heaVy lntuX OF gold from Europe,
ana the complete restoration OF confidence grow
ing out OF the success Of specie payments. One of
the most gratifying features OF 1880 has been the
great falling OIL IN the number Of failures and the
amount OF Liabilities Of suspended merchants
The growth OF the country and the large additions
TO the national wealth during 1880 are stflklngy
Illustrated IN the products OF the SOIL Of which we
raised AS, 600 bushels of wheat 800 coo 600
bushels of corn, Alb 100000 of oats, $4,000 600 Of
rye, 4OVo0,ooo Of barley and 5000 600 bales of
cotton, to say nothing of tobacco, sugar, rice
| hemp hay and other crops and hog and dairy
Plou"e.s "uc" leiu ~ IlLflelSe sum OF money IN
now raises enongh tn aad har nu,n "a onn 1nH -
naonle and to su6nIr the ,lnt;o oono, of tb Lal,a
of the civilized world DURING The YEAR more
miles Of railroad bara hoon h,,iit ,anro scl;l1a
tons ard communications antarad intn inoro foht
and nassongars transnnrtad r,ora ,o,1
and more infarnst and Jiv;donds ,,oid th
former wear The cnmmnrna of fha onI'rltr AN
;n,, Tho raa va nda raliS ,ra rn1 'o,d''2 u"i
the Tnited states 70 talk sfiII bIo ai L
inc now thrd amonr the co,nn,areial ti,, w
the globe -
cu1rAco,s prropn
c,,,.,.., ~ -, nv,
, IApo, Dec r. ne statlsucs OF thiS city 1or
looo sho" that IL mas been year OF remarkable
ana substantial prosperity ana IN all lnes OF trade
aua INDUSTRY thefe mas Deeh very large leg'ti
maze increase Nran lumber and i've stock
tIades alohe make s'rklhg EXHIBITS. The receipts
., M aG o l1or a' Ihlco loI me year looo I@ol
up lb119i oS2 bushels against 49, ,t2lS33 IN 1879
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Did he take the prlzo Yes, lie took the prize,
The poem and its title dldn seem to 60 together
very well, but no matter, that sort of thing has
happened before; it didn't rhyme, neither was it
blank verse for the blanks were all filled-yet it
took the prize for this reason-nO other poem of
fered was really worth more than about - 30
whereas there was getting around the petrifed
fact that this one was worth SO In truth, there
was not a banker in the whole town who was will
ing to invest a cent in those other poems, but
every one of them said this one was good, sound
sea worthy poetry, and worth its face.
Such is the way in which that struggling young
poet achieved recognition at last and got a start
along the road that leads to lyric eminence-what-
ever that may mean.
Therefore, let other struggling young poets be
encouraged by this to 60 on striving.
MARK TWAIN
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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts and
experiences are solicited from housekeepers,
farmers and gardeners Address Agricultural
editor. Journal Office, Belfast Maine.
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MACKEHEL.

- - =, = -. \
IetI,loHS 70 '1l -H'"''lc q" ot,LS .t
II! h.lSI'. "ShII7 lo Ia" ~ w. ."1
iah'"S ol iHa'hFIGI l4 'eIILlH7- Wy '"Po 'ual
mes ItllI"S =" II Nq SesI'H H"5 "n,3 @
a. ,,, TIN r.,r ,,. l, ,,,,s,5 ~ rro+aot +Lo
shore fshjr., interests t. as the fishermen claim
the SEEMING Of porses was a great injury to their
business because it deprived them Of bait certain
" they have good and sufficient reasons for asking
for legislation restricting the seinine Of mackerel
a fish which not only serves for bait in the absence
of porgies but for food The iniustce of the
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Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE ST

SHIP BUILDING IN MAINE DURING ISSU.
From the Boston Journal.
The following is list of the vessels built in
each of the customs districts of Maine during the
year 1890:
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Mr. William OTIS, of Easton, raised 25O0 bushels
of potatoes on 81 acres of ground. He now has
100 bushels in his cellar
Lewiston clergyman makes a practice of
counting the number of people who listen to his
sermon each Sunday, and keeping record of it
W F. Mlken, lumber manufacturer, has ship
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How Maud s. Made the Fastest Time on
Record at Rochester,.

Record at Rochester,.
The Vanderbilt party was especially en-
thusiastic and fairly overwhelmed their.
leader with congratulations, which were
graciously acknowledged by the recipient,
whose countenance fairly beamed with de-
light, and when the mare returned to the
stand another salvo of applause went up,
and when the magic figures 2:1O ,3-4 were
hung out long continued cheering followed.
The last quarter was made 0:32 IA, at the
rate OF 2:l1 to the mile, the performance in
detail being quite as astonishing for its
uniformity as the achievement as a whole:
the first and last quarter in O:32 81, the
SECOND in 0;32 1-2, the third in O:32l-4 the
first half in LOS 1-2, the middle half in
1:04 3-4, and the final half in LOS, lisa
record that is not only the superlatiye
Of excellence but one that can scarcely be
realized. So high a rate Of trootting speed
SO evenly maintained for full mile is
something undreamed of before. Cheer
after cheer then rent the air, the whole as
semblage instinctively comprehending that
the record had been beaten, and signaliz-
ing their appre .iation Of the feat by unres-
trained applause. After the excitement
subsidized Mr.. Vanderbilt gave orders that
the mare be not trotted another heat. Both
Capt. Stone and Blair were anxious to trot
her another heat and were confident that
she could go still lower, but deferred to the
wishes Of Mr.. Vanderbilt.
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NUMBER So
aration. Walter did SO in brief but clear

aration. Walter did SO in brief but clear
and unreserved manner.
So the moment you left this Office you
determined to make restitution" said the
merchant, Smiling, evidently highly graft
fed with the narrative.
oh, mol" replied Walter; ST was
tempted to do worse first"
Indeed! howl" inquired the merchant,
whose curiosity was reused.
BY thinking I could never redeem my
lost character, answered Walter.
What saved your" asked the merchant,
eagerly.
Two words" said Walter, a glow ami
mating his naturally fine countenanae:
Never despair.
The merchant saw a kindred spirit before
him, and detained Walter in conversation
for some time. In the course of many reyela-
tons which were obtained from him, he
stated that he had found time to ACQUIRE
knowledge as well as to labor, and that
some OF the sweetest hours he had spent
were those devoted to study.
They parted; but from that day forth a
frlendhip was established between Walter
and the great city merchant, and when the
latter died he left him legacy Of one
Thousand pounds.
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COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY AUGUST 25 1881
..5.-.
my SHIP.
Blow, o blosssss'e breezes,

Blow, ObloNe breezes,
My ship over the sea-
Sailing SO from q mythic land
With many gem for me-
Pearls from "a 6Orient isles,
Rare jewels md gold galore.
Blow, O blow e breezes,
Ny ship to native shore.
o King Of the boisterous winds,
o God Of thS gurley sea,
Speak thy command to the sea and the strand
To bear my bark to me.
Though but tiny thing
She sails from the mystic shore,
And beareth u burden Of love and hope
To be mine iorevermore