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The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The losses by fires during 1880 amount
ed to S76,5l3, 100, decrease of about
S15,00O,O0O as compared with 1879. But
1t still costs Il good deal to start the
kitchen fire with kerosene.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

We have received from A. $. Abel a No., pub
fishers Of the Baltimore Sun, copy OF the Balh
more Sun Almanac for 1881 The Sun is the paper
which last summer sent correspondent to New
England with view to making the North and
South better acquainted 1t is in pursuance OF
the same laudable purpose, no doubt, that the Sun
Almanac publishes New England receipt for
baking beans. When the South adds baked beans
and the North hog and homny to their respective
bills of fare there must be less sectionalism than
now. To help on the good work ready TO
furnish some of our excellent clans in exchange
for Chesapeake bay oysters
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

A Washington despatch to the Boston
Journal says that Senator Blaine scouts
the idea that the Republicans of Maine
intend to count Plasted out He SAYS
the only persons who are really DESTROYS
of that result are certain Democratic pol
iticans who think they could make capital
out of it, and that such course on the
part of the Republicans would, in Talley-
rand's phrase, be "worse than crime it
would be gigantic blunder."
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13
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The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The National House on Saturday took
up the funding BILL and defeated an
amendment providing that the rate OF
interest shall not exceeds per cent The
impression is general that it may be
impossible to float 3 per cent note or
bond at par, and therefore it is wise to
give the Secretary Of the Treasury power
to make the interest not exceeding 81
per cent. if he finds it necessary.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

senator Blaine says that there is not particle
OF tfu III IN the report that be is going to build
new palatial mansion at Washington His present
fesaence IS all that he desires, and is one of the
finest in the city nv
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Ice NOTES The Boston Herald says the ice
dealers of that city did not procure their last sea
supply from Maine as generally supposed but
from New Hampshire and farther back in Alassa.
chusetts This year the prospects are that an
abundant supply will be cut il the vicinity Of Bos
ton, and that the price to families will be 30 cents
per hundred pounds The Herald says Boston is
a poor market for ice, prices ruling lower there
than in other cities The Bangor Wing says =:
Extensive preparations are in progress for ice cut
ting by local companies yetitis doubtful if as
much ice will be harvested as last season although
our exchanges predict the reverse. The Arctic
ice house, learn, is nearly completed 1t will
eighteen to twenty inches thick is now being cut
Work began in earnest the first Of this week $3.50
The Orono lee Company viii soon commence to
ill their house with some OF the best ice ever Lar
vested on the Penobsc0t 1t has a capacity of
1000 tons 80. The Waterville Sentinel SAYS the
ice taken from the kennebec river at that point is
from 20 inches to two feet in thickness The
crystal Lake Ice Company Of Friendship have
7.ne very nice ice ready to cut whenever there is
a call for it, The Sanford Steamship Co will fill
their ice house usual from the field in front of
their wharf at Bangor. "A large amount of ice is
being harvested at Union J Il HaydeDs ice
house at Bath, containing two thousand tons Of
ice, totally destroyed by fire Friday night
Loss 500; no insurance The Hudson River ice
houses are already nearly filled With ice Of all ex-
cellent quality.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Capitals ann received from the respective State
ca9enses held Tuthat the Republican Legislative
and Connecticut, in eacfyening in Ohio, Indiana
osepb 'gn9 nd sherman BeniaSRanH@onsy nom
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

English yachtsmen are talking of hav-
ing another try for the cup won at Cowes
by the America in 1851. Perhaps Gen.
Butler will accommodate them with race
with the America in American waters.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

party with Representatives. in Congress who
are ready to pun hair and knock down to advance
their principles Is not the dying party, IChases
Enquirer
But there were two Of them, Scion.
Sparks, Democrat, and Weaver, Green
hacker; and both wanted to pull hair
and knock down when they were held
by their friends
Speaker Randall suffers from govt. New York
Herald
Ana the knowledge that he will go out
from the Speakers chair at the close of
the present Congress does not add to his
comfort
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

While snow has been coming down
coal has been going up.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The Valuation Commission will report
in about a month.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The Portland Argus copies from the Baltimore
American an article on natural gas We should
think the Argus itself could have furnished suIi-
cent information on that subject 1t uses a good
deal of the article
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

A dead lock in the Tennessee legisla :
ture, which may prevent the election Of a
Senator, is probable.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Reports throughout New England show
that Mondays storm was the severest of
the winter. Trains were delayed in all
directions and travel generally impeded
for time. The snow fall was about
one foot, but it drifted badly.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

1t may please Mr. Richard Grant White 10 sec
that most of the extreme Bourbon papers in the
South copy with approval and delight his assaults
upon the public school system, while the more en-
ightened and progressive papers critcise and con
denim his utterances. Boston journal
The Bourbon papers which copy This
article with approval and delight are
not confined to the South The Prog.
Age copied it.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

An Augusta dispatch says When the Fusion
lists learned that Mr.. Fryes case was hopeless they
made proposition to unite with the FRYE men
and thus elect him This proposition was of course
Indignantly spurned by Mr., Fryes friends"
OF course it was. Who were the Flu
sionists who made so impudent a propo-
sition? They must have the cheek of A
highWayman's mule.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Rowell, the pedestrian, has retired with $50 600
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

y very Incorporate temperance mani
testo was circulated during the Senatorial
contest with view to defeating the cleo
ton OF Mr.. Hale. The Bangor CONNER
clal says it is reported that Mr.. Hale in
tends to call upon some of the signers of
this manifesto to substantiate the charges
against him contained therein.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The Oxford Democrat says Of the Sen
atorial contest
While the contest was between Hale and FRYE.
Oxford County was forFrye when the contest is
ended, she will be for the Republican nominee.
MIR. Hale is every way qualified for the position,
and will do honor to it. The contest has been one
Of personal preference rather than on the question
Of qualification.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

we hope Fuller's experience with his
two newspapers, the RockIand Courier
and Thomaston Herald, will not lead him
to eNclaim with the poet
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The straight Greenbackers and the
crooked Greenbackers have agreed to
disagree. The former follow Solon's
steers and the latter are be- Fogged.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

NEWSPAPER NorEs The Piscataquis Observer
has new dress and is greatly improvediu appear
ance- Fuller & Jones of the Rockland Courier
have bought the Thomaston Herald, and will con
tinue the publication of the latter paper in Thorn
aston.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The Mormon question is coming to a
head. The Governor of Utah Territory
has declared George Q. Cannon, sitting
delegate and delegate elect to Congress,
ineligible on the ground that he is a
polygamst and an alien. His opponent,
\. &. Campbell is declared elected and
entitled to the seat
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Elk Secretary Boutwell, has entered law firm il
Boston
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

"Men,' said one of Theodore Win
throp's characters, fare divided into three
classes t them as grabs their chances,
them as chucks away their chances, and
them as let's their chances slide" The
Boston Herald says that the Democrats
appear to constitute the last two classes
"by large Majority
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Boston grocer left so annually by will for the
support of his dog.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

The Boston Herald recently published
an article in which it alleged that Uni
versalsm is on the decline and gave its
reasons for the assertion. On Sunday
last the Univcrsalst clergymen of Boston
took the Herald to task, and emphatic
ally denied that their church is declining
in strength or usefulness.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

and Harris NJ Plaisted having received plurality
OF all the votes cast is duly elected Governor OF
the State Of Maine for the years 1881 and 1882
This report was presented to the Senate yester-
day Wednesday, morning, Senator Mortland put
ting i'll d minority report.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Our George found the sunny South
rather disappointing. He seems to have
nearly frozen to death in Charleston, $.
Z. v; but lie thawed his ink sufficiently to
write a very readable letter to the Jour
Congress has at last gone to work in
earnest. The Democrats evidently want
to avoid an extra session, as that will en-
able the House employees to hold over
until December.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Gen. Anderson says he Intends to con-
test Hon. I. B. Reeds seat The Port
land Advertiser says nearly everybody
supposed that this had been given up
long ago.
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

Thursday the Joint special committee on Guber-
Material votes appointed sub committee, consist
irg Of Judge Walker. OF Oxford Mckusck, of
Calais. hickey of Fort Kent Ljnsc0tt of Farm
irgton, errill, of Portland, and Goss, Of Bath TO
eXamiue and tabulate the votes for Governor
They tound the following result on straight vote
without any irregnlaritY:
The Republican journal., 1881-01-13

How happy could De with either
Were t'other dear charmer away.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

The farmers of Illinois are very
much excited about the depredations
of the Hessian fly, and want to know
something of its origin. If we mistake
not it was General Stark who first made
the Hessian fly in this country Yonkers
Gazette.
The dust, and the glare of the sum-.
are very trying on the eyes at Austin.
A few days ago Gus lie Smith went to
an Austin doctor, and, with a fearful
expression about the eyes, said: doc.
tor, experience a great deal of incon-
venience with my eyes" my dear sir,
you would experience great deal more
without your eyes. "-Derrick.
"A Laramie man who used to own q
watermelon patch and a bulldog in
Iowa is having constructed for the
Worlds Fair a log-cabin bed-quilt con.
tanning 2,135 pieces. The blocks are
relics of boys pants pried out of the
jaws of the bulldog during the years
that the owner was general manager
of the melon patch. Boom
erGnQ.
The Elmira advertiser asks if it il
true that men who whistle have no
brainsp May be so, but we would rath.
er 60 to them for sympathy or the loan
of few dollars in an emergency than
to the fellows who are all brains and no
whistle. Every good man, like every
good engine. needs to blow off steam
some time or other.-M y Commercial
Advertiser.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11
MORNING LANDSCAPE.

Two little rivers here together run,
And part again. ana meet once moro, end
A eraveiiy island, which the morning .un.
Though yelled. is hot enough to parc6 and
E +, where the recurring, curling wav.
Forward, At one side rises . rough slope,
And. on the other, laborsoftened banks
Might desperate willfulness. Between their
ranks
The mingling waters. in glisteuing coil,
Rush on with pleasant wrangiing and tur-
But rearward, where the rivers meet at nrst,
In smooth-filled trough, with eddies dimpled
And shelving banks in scoopinG foods inn
And shifting. sandy, many.pttted floor
There the wild streams. self-prisoned, roam
Glad when, at last, they may slip sideways
From under the half-ehadow Of screen
VI Fauzy trees. with openings wide end
Through witch the long, low, distant hills are
An pale and raint, scarce bluer tAaa she sky,
which is not blue at an butwhite Is pearl,
Or as the teeth OF ten-year-old girl.
Some birches, and few beeches, dark and
old.
'aainst which a bright young plane-tres
throws a spray +.
OF freshly-chiseled leaves In grecnish gold.
Beyond them widens q great campaign,
famed
For deep-soiled fields and cities glorious
named $40 ~. 8
And over it the filmy-textured sky. 81 3
Thin but unbrOken, like q tiOwer-bell bent,
A-tremble with its murmuring industry,
giant lily with q bee in-pent.
While it's curved lip momently kisses sttll
The further brow of the far. bounding hill
Roger Riorldn, in Scribs1r'e Monthly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11
A Remarkable Story.

B. Corey, of Dos Cabezas, has sent to
this city knife taken from an antelope
killed near that place by .. Mexican,
together with letter explaining that
the weapon had evidently been. plung-
ed into the animal long ago. and that
it had recovered from the wound and
carried the instrument for long time,
He says: ''The knife extended oh the left
side of the neck, just before the
shoulder, passing about half an inch
from the heart, the point sticking into
. rib, holding it in place. 1t was en-
tirely covered by the skin. The wood
part of the handle fell in pieces - the
knife was being taken out, showing
that it had been confined for some time
The antelope was very fat, g I had
some for breakfast this morning., The
knife, including the blade proper and
the handle to which the wooden cover
ing was fastened, is nine and a half
inches long, and weighs q half pound.
Evidently the knife must have been in
the flesh for years, a. the wood had de-
cayed, and the skin of the animal had
entirely covered the butt of the weapon.
It ID conjectured that the knifs was
thrown at the antelope, and the animal,
In brushing against the ground az tim
Der, pushed it further in the body. Tho
Academy of Sciences will be asked to
give theory of the wound. Seas
francisco Call.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11
Taking Time by the Forelock.

s'This ERE man." said Biiah to his
Honor as he brought out Alexander
Martin, '.tried to bride me last night
to let him out, and when that wouldn't
work he threatened my life and yours,
too" -sf *7Tlt
"How much did he offer your
1.-Two shillings."
''And you stood firm?' -r-
Firm as a rock, your Honor"
"Good! you may consider yourself
elevated to the top-shelf of my estima.
ton. How easy it would have been fol-
you to have taken. that money and
skipped for Europe and passed the re-.
mainder of your days in luxurious seclu.
sion, and yet you turned your back on
the temptation. Bijah, your. conduct
shall be reported to the Police Com.
missioners in glowing terms, and next
winter you shall have the biggest pair
of ear-muffs of any citizen in Detroit as
a personal gift from me-. $50, Mr..
Martin, you threatened our lives, eli? pr
mo, sir. l simply said that when ]
got out would see about this"
"Are you insanep" +.
mo, sir"
Well, then, De nCCl0 careful how
you make threats. You are charged
with drunkenness" SIC
Yes, sir, but it was for next Christ.
mas. always get drunk ON Christ.
mas"
Weren't you rather taking time by
the forelock?" 10
II couldn't tell whether I'd be. alive
next winter" ~
81 see:, Do you call that . good line
of reasoningp"
Eyes, sir" %
"WelL then, because you may not be
alive next winter 1 shall send you to the
Work-house now. Please consider your
self off on summer vacation for thirty
days" .4 -.a4H.s 4
The prisoner 50 considered, and sat
down and enjoyed the sensation of hav-
ing his board paid four weeks in ad-
vance.-Detroit Free Press. ....gx
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11

bon-bons, ,flashily-bound cheap litera-
ture and flowers. In these and other
ways he haunted the poor child, until
she hardly dared stir out of doors, or
open > psrcel. -.
70 avert the nervous fever that
seemed imminent. her parents took a
sudden resolution to send her, under
her brothers escort to visit an aunt
whose home was in Chicago. Kittie's
native city did not see her again until
the following autumn. Her tormentor
was weary Of the chase then, or had
removed from town, for he never crossed
her path again. Marion Harla,sd, in
Youths Communion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11
Self.COnsciOusness.

. Near the close of the summer season,
in pleasant summer retreat. a new.
conner found the entire company of the
little hotel preparing to give a tete in
honor of a young lady who was about
to leave them. The young men had
brought band and caterer from the
city. marques were erected on the
lawn, the house was wreathed with
flowers; everybody, from the white.
haired grandmothers TO the little chill
dren, had some little farewell gift fol
:" Miss Betty" The stranger was Gu
rious. .s.s x <~'...... ...-.r
This Miss Betty is very beautiful,
no doubt?'' he asked his friend.
"No, think not; it never occurred
to me before, but 1 believe she il
homely.'
"A great heiress, thenp''
ION the contrary, a poor artist
Brilliant, wittyP Highly intellect.
.sNo. indeed; she never said a fine
thing in her life. But she is the best
listener l ever knew. Neither is she
learned or clever or fascinating; blu,
really she is the most lovable girl in the
world" e''.a5
".Not patrician. but Cesar himself.
What is the charm. thene'
Betty's friend looked perplexed. 81
do not know" he hesitated, "unless il
is that she never thinks of herself"
j Thtsis. p true story. The charm Of
this woman was an absolute absence oil
all circumstances. She was neither
vain nor modest. She simply forgot
that there was such q person as Betty
Gordon, and with her warm heart and
quick svmpathies she threw herself into
the lives Of others. It was a peculiar,
powerful attraction, and brought the
little world about her to her feet.
i This Inconsistencies of self is recog.
nized in our best classes as the fines,
development of good breeding. Among
the English nobility. the man of high
est rank is likely to be the most unas.
suming. direct and simple in his man,
ners. He assumes the virtue of mod.
esty, If he has it not.
American young people are not APT
to be selfish They are usually gener.
Gus and considerable. But they are
often intensely self-conscious. They
are themselves 80 engrossed with that
monster I that they imagine the world
is equally interested. In this self-con-
sciousness they continually speak. move
and even think. like actors before On
audience, - YOUTHS Compassion
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11
Corn Smut.

Every farmer is familiar with the an.
pearance of "smut'' in Indian corn. It
does not always attack the grain, as it
appears on the tassel, upon the stalk,
and even upon the leaves. Wherever
it is found, there is a swelling of the
parts. spongy and unnatural growth,
aud later, this, when broken open,
shows the smut, Q vast assemblage of
microscopically small grains, the spores,
or reproductive bodies of the corn smut
fungus, which botanists call Ustitago
Maydis. Like other grain smuts, it is
. . minute parasitic plant, the portion of
which, corresponding to the root in
other plants, lives in the tissues of the
corn, causing an abpormal growth to
be produced. It is not well known Just
how and when the smut plant begins its
work upon the corn; it may be that the
spores are planted with the grain and
terminate and grow as the corn plant
Increases in size. Some. who have Civ
en- much study to, these microscopic
fungi. are of the opinion that the spores
float IN the air. and, coming in contact
with the corn, terminate and grow upon
the surface, sending their line threads,
which answer to roots in higher plants,
into and through the tissue Of the corn
stems and leaves. Whatever may be
the method Of entering the corn, the
parasite robs it of nourishment for its
own rapid growth, and after time be.
gins the work of producing vast num-
Der Of spores by means of which the
smut. plant is perpetuated. The grains
are the parts that most frequently be-
come ..smutted." though it is not I'M
common to find other parts affected in
the same manner. The grains first bc-
come of unusual sizs, gradually turn of
dark color, and soft throughout, and
finally the covering breaks, when the
ripened spores are exposed as q dry
dusty powder. It is well known that
smutted corn 10 nnwholesome for live
stock, serious results having followed
the feeding of smutted fodder. The
fact that q preparation made from it is
used in medicine shows it to have &C.
tive properties. It is used incidentally
in place of ergot, another parasitic fun
gus frequently found on rye. Whatever
may be its effects, they are never for
rood and all smutted corn should be
excluded from the feed of farm animals.
Thsquickest and best way. to rid . field
q smotted com is to pass through it 80
soon as the !" disease" makes its ap-
pearance, and gather al affected por-
lions and burn them. In this way the
millions Of spores arc prevented from
being spread broadcast over the neigh
borhood, and the means of continuing
the pest much diminished. - nsrieeN
AgricNttsrist.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11

California, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, seems to be prolific of prodi.
gies in the world of sport Carver
astonished the world; poor DIR. Ruth,
but for his untimely death, would have
added to the admiration of Californian
Workmanship, and now comes Lillian
F. Smith, ten-year-old girl, who lives
near Correlitos. Monterey County. She
recently gave an exhibition Of her skill
at Wattersonville and astonished the
oldest sportsmen. She used a22-caliber
u pound Ballard rifle, and handled it
with ease. Shs repeatedly broke balls
thrown by hand into the air, hit two
cent pieces that were thrown up. and
did other wonderful shooting Prob.
ably, for her age, she has no equal in
the world as rifle shot. The rapidity
and ease with which she shoots is won.
derful. and her Workmanship is I'M.
surpassed, it is said.