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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-16

The North Star presents the following forc-
BILE illustration of the destruction of Maine for
ests: 'Presque Isle is a point where, if at any
place, pine should be found, yet in the building
of the Seminary the contractor is obliged to
bring here Michigan lumber fit for good finish"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-16

At a Confederate reunion in Texas Gen But
Ter was denounced as Il nondescript.
This is drawing it uncommonly mild. There
would be no difficulty in giving Butler closer
fitting definition.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-16

Dorsey tells how 100000 was raised for Il
Republican campaign fund. and how it was
expended. In the Chicago Herald interview he
says: u used $50 900 in Indiana and the other
$40 600 went to Ohio" In the New York sun
he says: Forty thousand dollars was kept for
certainly not consistent liar.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-16

An exchange says: GAS household decora-
tons, clematis and cat o. nine tails are quite as
popular as ever" And cats with one tail still
decorate the back yards and fences as of yore
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-16
y GENERAL

Another match factory is to be located at
orOnO. Me.
The potato rot j. reported in various sections
throughout the State.
Gen. Smith of Bangor has sold i'll five years
S60.00t worth of his extension ladders.
A fine picture of the late Hon. Lot NJ Morrill,
has been placed in the Collectors Room at the
Custom House at Portland.
William II. Dunnng, son of james Cunning
of Bangor, who i'll October last shot and killed
Franklin Davis, a desperate, at Cold Springs
Cal. in self-defence, has been pardoned from
prison by Gov. StOneman of California.
At citizens meeting held in Augusta last
week it was voted to fix the valuation of the
property of the Edwards Manufacturing Com
pany in that city at $500 200 inclusive for the
present year.
Prof. NennOr. who is now summering at Old
Orchard Beach. reports the following predic-
tions for August: The Maine coast will be
frCer from storms and rain falls during the
month than any other section Oh the Atlantic
coast.
Miss Winifred II. Madigan, daughter of the
late Hon. James c. Madigan, of Houlton, Me-.
took the white veil and was received as novice
of the Sacred Heart, at kenwood, near Albany,
y. y, July %. Bishop Ilealy of Portland, was
present at the ceremony.
The Republican says Messrs. Curtis g. Fisher,
of Fort Fairfield, put up thirty-two bbls. of
raspberries for the Boston market last week.
These barrels weigh, headed, about 400 pounds
each. They will probably prepare great many
this week if the weather is good.
i. w. McIntire, esq.,, who has for several
years been the managing editor of the Portland
Press has resigned to take IA position on a lead
ing Boston paper. Mr.. McIntire is an able and
graceful writer, a successful journalist; and we
regret to have him leave Maine
twenty-five years ago Rev. Il. ID. Peek, treas
urer of Maine. left this State under IA cloud He
has lately resided in New York, and Sunday
week he preached at Casco Street Free Baptist
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
Following Darwin Unknowingly,

l remember of hearing once a CONVEX
sation between two young darkies at a
time when a circus and menagerie were
in town. One asked the other if he had
been to the show, and being answered
in the affirmative, inquired what he en-
joyed most. His companion said: sd you
know, Sam, done see nuthin' in dat
show dat please me like dem monkeys.
De way dey would swing derselves by
de tails nigh about killed me-" Sam
looked at him gravely and said: .'If I
was you, Jim, | wouldn't laugh and
make light bout dem monkeys in dat
trifin' manner" Jim stopped short
and looked at his friend in a puzzled
way, and asked, "Why. what d'you
mean dat l shouldn't laugh at dem
monkeys?" The other answered slow
ly and with emphasis, "You nigger
want to be keerful how you laugh at
dem monkeys, or somethin' happen to
you one OBJ desc days" Then growing
more earnest and impressive, ..Look-a-
heah, niger, do you know who dem
monkeys is? Dem monkeys is ole time
people. and way back, long time gone
N de dark country, dey was 'lations O
,urs." Here was tradition brought,
it may be, century ago from Africa,
cropping out in this boy. Jim
looked as gravely as judge on hear
ing this, and doubtless ever afterward
looked at q monkey in an altered light.
st. LOasis Gtobe-Democrdt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
It Didn't Hit.

There was a chap on the boat who
lived at Jackson, Miss, and he was tell
ng us many anecdotes regarding the
negro population. Among others, he
had friend who one day asked of an
aged darkey:
"Well, Colonel, what particular ossi-
tication has predominated over the ram
ifications of late?''
The old man gave pull at his hat
with one hand, and scratched his head
with the other, and answered:
"Wall, sab, reckons dat was him
gwine down de road few minits ago
on top of a mewln"
There was q passenger from Rhode
Island who was greatly amused by these
anecdotes, and two or three times after
wards I caught him hunting in a die
tionary for big words and stringing them
together When we arrived at Natchez
he was all loaded up. A lot of US went
up to see the town, and as we gained
the crest of the long and dusty hill we
met colored woman on her way down.
Here was the chance the smart Aleck
had been waiting for, and he halted her
and demanded:
Madam, have you systemized the
disability of the precocious influenza
this morning?"
whats dat you remark?"
81 percolated the interrogation as to
whether you had ambuscaded the gi-
gantic verbosity," he continued.
''No, sab, | hasn't" she said as she
removed the basket from her head, ''but
lie gwine to right awayr'
With that she brought him clip with
her hand on the ear, and followed it up
by a bunt in the back that sprawled
him into the dust and left him gasping
like fish.
-'If a. -u.L~Yhtry wantS ouuy nnU no
can foller me down to de levee!' she
remarked as she walked off; but he
didn't. He was dust from head to foot,
his humorous nature had eVaporated,
and he got back to the boat to keep his
berth for the next eight hours. The
negro is an odd coon at times, but there
are other times when the Gigantic YER
bosity' doesn't hit his funny-bone with
in a rod:-M Quad.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
The Wife's Influence.

Two gentlemen, at large reception
in New York last winter, were discuss
ing one of the foremost politicians of
the country, man who, whether in Of
flee or out, always keeps himself prom
inently before the public. 81 knew
him at college," said one of the gentle
men. ''He was man with clear
head, extraordinary memory, and much
personal magnetism. But | cannot un-
derstand why he chose a public life or
has pushed himself forward so persist
emily. He was lazy, thoughtless, Wis
ionary fellow, absolutely destitute of
ambition" 81 can tell you the secret,
said the other. You will find it in his
wife's nose. There she is! did you ever
see more perfect incarnation of energy
and love of command? Napoleon would
have chosen her for one of his Marshals
at first sight, His friend was amused
at the guess and said, presently: There
is another of my old classmates, P. He
was a thin, ambitious, scholarly fellow,
with refined tastes and high aims. He
now is fat, indolent animal, without
thought, apparently, but his cognac and
terrapin. Who is to blame for that?"
'His wife's mouth and her money.
will show her to you" He pointed out
gross, voluptuous woman, richly
dressed. '.P." he resumed, s'has lived
in idleness since his marriage. He was
not strong enough to carry the weight OF
so much wealth and so much vulgarity.
They have borne him down. He will
never rise" Young men at school and
college are very apt to be enraptured
with sparkling eye, a rosy cheek. or
some charm of manner in some young
woman that they happen to meet. They
are hardly masters of themselves; and Q
moonlight night, or q song, suddenly
tempts them to ask the enchanting crea
ture who has bewitched them to share
their future. They donot consider that
she will be the most real, active force in
their whole lives, almost irresistible
with power to drag them down or to
lift them up in body, mind and SOUL
Youths (IO3lq1I7lI0,2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
a Happy Bridegroom.

The passengers on a Michigan Cen
trail train bound westward the other day
were treated to an experience illustrat-
i've of the claims of matrimonial felicity
on popular sympathy as they appear to
the rural Michigander. AT small sta
ton near Kalamazoo strapping youth
boarded the train, leading by the hand
blushing rustic maid. Taking his stand
in full view of everybody. he Grated:
Ladies' and gents, this is my wife, Mrs.
Heufner. Amt she daisy" He
proudly exhibited his prize to the anus
ed observers with an exemplifcation of
the enticemepts he had used to win her
through a fifty-mile ride. Arrived at
Buchanan the happy pair alighted in
the presence of a large crowd assembled
to greet them Again the groom an
nounced: Ladies and gents, my wife.
Amt she a darling?" AS the train
moved out the passengers waved their
handkerchiefs and applauded, and the
happy-and-not- ashamed-for-everybody-
to-know-it pair were left to their rare
and singular felicity Chicago Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
The Future of Hindostan.

There is young Hindoo now So
Journing in New York city who has
made some interesting statements about
the possible future of the 250, 600, 900
people who inhabit the peninsula of
Hindostan. Amrita Lal Roy is grad
uate of the College of Calcutta, and has
studied medicine in Edinburgh. Al
though in appearance almost black
man, he is very intelligent and culti-
waited gentleman. He states that ell
classes of Hindoos detest their British
rulers. A revolt cannot be far distant,
and when it takes place, it will be found
that the people are practically unani-
nous in preferring native rule to for
eign domination. OF the ECO, 900, 900
annually raised by taxation in India,
but little over EGO, ,000,00 is expended
for the Hindoos themselves. Nearly
t40, 100000 is distributed among Eng
lish military and civil officers, who are
in India simply to keep the country in
subsection. In other words, that vast
sum is tribute annually paid by the
East Indians to their conquerors There
is scarcely any middle class of native
Hindoos. The Englishman is the
banker and the merchant Hence the
native is cut off from all honorable and
lucrative pursuits. He cannot be a
high officer of the army. The English
man also almost monopolizes the civil
service; the higher judges are all inn
ported. There are some few rich ma
tive landowners. The Hindoos have.
however, their own physicians and law
yers; but the vast mass of the people
labor continuously for the. merest pit
tance. Now, the Hindoos are quick
witted and intelligent; indeed, their
language shows them to be variation
OF the Caucasian race. They keeplv
realize the humiliating position which
they occupy, and are only waiting for
an opportunity tc drive the handful of
foreign invaders from the soil. Mr..
Roy further says that the contact with
Europeans has unsettled the belief of
the educated classes in the Brahminical
faith. But still there are practically
but very few Christians in Hindostan
The educated and intelligent are what
IS known as Hagnostics" here in the
Western World. In other words, they
do not believe in anything. This, how
ever, does not much trouble the priestly
class, who pay little attention to reliC-
ious PHILOSOPHERS or creeds. Brahmin-
ism is secular religion, and aims only
to order the lives of It's votaries. II in.
structs the people as to what they shall
do in their social and family relations.
From what Mr.. Roy says, it is evident
that at any time we may hear of a re-
volt OF the myriads of Hindoos against
the power of the British Empire. The
whole peninsula swarms with secret So
cleties having in view the inculcation
OF patriotic ideas. When the crisis
comes the sympathies of the United
States will naturally be with those who
are trying to rid themselves of a detest-
ed foreign -Denorest's MonthLu.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
The Beautiful Day.

I'VE did not mean to do wrong" she said,
With mist in her eyes of tears unshed,
Like the haze of the midsummer weather.
we thought you would all be as happy as we
But something most always goes wrong, yol
When we have our play-time together.
Before the dew on the grass was dry,
We were out this morning, Reuben and /,
And truly. think that never
uor I, T, all =, that you and Mamma may say
" III there be again such happy day
/ In all the days of forever!
''The sunshine was yellow, as gold, and tn,
skies 2
Were . sleepy and blue as the baby's eyes;
And soft little wind was blowing
And rocking the daisy-buds to and fro:
We played that the meadows were white with
Where the crowding blossoms were grow
ing.
''The birds and the bees flew about in the sun
And there was not thing that was sorry-noi
one.
That dear Ii. "rning down in the meadow.
But we could not bear to think-Reuben ane
That our beautiful day would be done, by and
by,
And our sunshiny world dark with shadow.
$50 into the hall we quietly stepped,
1t was cool and STILL and sunbeam crept
Through the door, and the birds were sing.
We stole as softly as we could go
To the clock at the foot of the stairs, you
know,
With its big, bright pendulum swinging.
1--WE knew that the sun dropped down out Of
heaven,
And brought the night, when the clock struck
seven
For sol had heard Mamma saying;
And we turned uack the hands till they point
ed TO ten,
And our beautiful day began over again,
And then ran away to our playing.
I'm afraid 1 can't tell you the rest she said,
With soIrowful droop of the fair little head,
And the misty brown eyes overdowing.
I'VE had only been out such few minutes
more,
When, just as it always had happened before,
We found that our dear day was going.
1.-THE shadows grew long, and the blue skies
We're gray
And the bees and the butterflies all flew away,
And the dew on the grasses was falling.
The sun did not shine in the sky any more
And the birds did not sing, and away by the
door
We heard Mammals voice to US calling.
"But the night will be done, suppose, by and
by:
And we have been thinking-Reuben and l.
That perhaps, and she smiled through her
sOrrow,-
Perhaps it may be, after all, better So
For if to-day lasted forever, you know
There would never be any tomorrow"
Margaret Johnson, in ST. Nicholas
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
Catching a Prairie Dog.

Twas assured that l might as well
try to dip the creek dry, as each dog
had passage from his residence to the
level of the creek, and that all the water,
that could be emptied in would not
raise an inch above the river-bed. I
didn't take much stock in this water
passage idea, however, so, after secur-
ing box for the game and half dozen
buckets. | took three or four men and
ran the engine up to the water tank,
filed up the engine tank, and then ran
down to call on the denizens of Prairie
Dog Park. The old pioneer was at his
post as usual. but disappeared like a
flash when the engine stopped opposite
the door. / disconnected the hose on
the engine tank. and the bucket brigade
went at it lively. Dozens of buckets Of
water were used, and the tank was get
ting low when at last the hole was filed
to the mouth, and shortly the old fellow
put his nose out for a little fresh air.
He was put in the box, and in less
than an hour had a dozen or more to
keep him mpany.-American Field.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
A Drummer's Happy Thought.

Among the successful business men of
Detroit who emigrated from Vaterland
is gentleman who, when he first came
to America, was sent out on the road as
drummer for wholesale liquor
house. OF course he was unsophisticat-
ed and many were the jokes that his
fellow-drummers played on him, all of
which he took with imperturbable good
nature. The best joke of all, however,
he tells on himself. One day during his
green period he journeyed for half a
day with representative of Detroit
Stove Company They had introduced
themselves to each other, and the agent
of the liquor house asked the stove man
what line he was in.
''Stoves," was the reply.
''Jimminettyn calculated the other.
"How you carry your samples-charter
freight trainp''
'.Samplesi See here" said the stove
man, hauling out of his grip sack a
book of photographs; ''these are my
samples. How do you like 'emP"
"Fay-erst Glass; he exclaimed with
great animation. ''Py chinks, get my
visky autographed, don't it?"
One night last week a certain society
in Detroit elected that same gentleman
president. He long since left behind him
the tolls and inconvenience of drum
merdom and is now member of the
firm. He has also had his eye-teeth cut,
and as may be inferred, doesn't talk
nowadays of photographing liquor SAM
pies. Immediately after the ballot was
6aclarad shOUinU him to have been
unanimously elected to the presidency
of his society, the members set up call
for speech. He was not disposed to
yield to their solicitations, but the cla-
NOR became too great for him and so he
took the floor. Gentlemen" said he,
81 have never cultivated the art of
speaking, but since you are SO urgent,
permit me to congratulate you on your
choice of a president. Detroit Free
Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
He Wanted an Advertisement,

As he shot into the editorial arena, he
wiped his bald head with gaudy silk
handkerchief.
be Wlnked at the rs-to-correspon-
dents editor.
''Ihe man who attacks people, and
who sheds the innocent gore of indig-
7ant readers who have had their names
spelled wrong in the paper, can be
found down that passage, second door
N the left,'' said the mild young per-
son who was inditing an answer to
Julia BIS. request for recipe to re-
move freckles from her ear.
"You misunderstood my meaning,
young man, said the stranger, as he
dived into the side pocket of his duster
and produced a 6x8 business card, on
which was printed:
b. H. PULKERHAM,
dealer in
Choice Teas; Unparalleled Coffee, Cheapest
Sugars, and all Kinds of Family Groceries,
Domestic and Imported,
at the
GREAT CONTINENTAL STORE AND HOME
SUPPLY EMPORIUM,
90 Washington Avenue
''Well, Mr.. Pulkerham, what can we
do for you?" said the editor.
'You see, mister, it's just this way"
said the grocer, as he took a chair.
Business amt what it ought to be,
and ordinary advertising don't seem to
draw trade worth a cent Now, ever
since Schaidelhoff, who keeps the tea
store on the corner above, was accused
in the papers of having two wives Iiv-
ing, one in the penitentiary and t'other
hawking fruit in st. Louis, the women
flock to his store to buy their groceries,
and he is doing blazing business. Now
l was thinking that if one of you smart
young men would just write up a col
umn or so about me and say as how
| had eloped with the two beautiful
daughters of one of our leading citizens
needn't mention names, you know
and that my wife, for the sake of the
family has kept the horrid secret to her.
self, it might draw. And you might say
to give the thing snap, as it were
that | had been converted to the Nor
mon faith. l tell you if you work it
right, all of Scheidelhoff' customers
will just pour around to my store. I'll
60 away fishing for few days to make
the thing look feasible like, and the
sympathy that my wife will get and the
trade that she will do will give my bus
mess boom that will tide us over these
dull times"
''You are not half as much of fool
as you look" said the editor.
"Well. that's neither here nor there.
You send up one of your young men to
take the bearings of my place and to get
some points as to my bad character
from the neighbors. Give me whole
column; don't spare me; say that keep
my old grandmother chained in the cel-
lar. Pile it on as thick as you have a
mind to. I'll pay the bill-full rates.
A whole column, remember, on the first
page, with big headlines. So longr'-
Ieras Sytings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
WHOLE NO. 1901.
Education Of the Elephant.

The most striking feature in the edu
cation of an elephant, says w. I. Horn
aday, in Popular Science Monthly for
August, is the suddenness of his transi-
ton from wild and lawless denizen of
the forest to the quiet, plodding, good
tempered and cheerful beast of draught
or burden. There takes place in the
keddah, or pen of capture, a mighty
struggle between the giant strength OF
the captive and the ingenuity of man,
ably seconded by few powerful tame
elephants. When he finds his strength
utterly overcome by mans intelligence
be yields to the inevitable and accepts
the situation philosophically. Sander
son once had narrow escape from
death while on the back Of a tame ele-
phant inside keddah attempting to
secure a wild female. She fought his
elephant long and viciously. with the
strength and courage of despair, but she
was finally overcome by superior num-
bers. Although her attack on Sander
son in the keddah was Of the most muir
derous description, he states, that her
conduct after her defeat was most ex-
emplary, and she never afterward show
ed any signs of ill-temper.
Mr.. Sanderson and an elephant driver
once mounted full-grown female ele-
phant on the sixth day after her cap
ture, without even the presence of a
tame animal. Sir Emerson Tennent
records an instance wherein an ele-
phant was fed from the hand on the first
night of its capture, and in a. very few
days evinced pleasure at being patted
on the head. Such instances as the
above can be multiplied indefinitely. To
what else shall they be attributed than
philosophic reasoning on the part of the
elephant? The orang-outang, SO often
put forward as his intellectual superior,
when captured alive at any period of
life than of helpless infancy, is vicious,
aggressive, and intractable for weeks
and months, if not during the remain
der of its life. Orangs captured when
fully adult exhibit the most tiger-like
ferocity and are wholly intractable.
If dogs are naturally superior to ele-
plants in general intellect, it should be
as easy to tame and educate newly
caught wild dogs or wolves of mature
age as newly caught elephants. But,
so far from this being the case, it is safe
to assert that it would be impossible to
train the most intelligent company of
pointers, settlers, or collies ever got to-
gether to perform the feats accomplish
ed with such promptness and accuracy
by all regularly trained circus ele-
plants.
The successful training of all ele-
plants up to the required working point
is so fully conceded in India that the
market value of an animal depends
wholly upon his age, sex, build, and the
presence or absence of good tusks. The
animals education is either sufficient
for the buyer, or. if not, he knows it can
be made so.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-08-09
Because you must give me yourself,
when l take your hair, Sirene."

Sirene turned white and red.
Handsome as all this silky gold is,
he continued, putting his hand gently
upon her head, sit is not half as beauti-
full to me as is the sweet spirit of the
one who wears it. Long ago your sor-
rows touched my heart. To-day love
the tender heart have learned to know;
the lovely face that-thank Gods
growing rosy and cheerful; this little
hand that has toiled so faithfully to
support you and yours honorably. Dear
Sirene, have 1 frightened you? Are
you glad or sorry that l want you for
my own-my wife?''
She was not all unprepared, perhaps
few women are-but she was startled
by Mr.. Haylesbury's directness, thrilled
by his ardor, surprised by his tender
ness. He read something of this in her
face.
''Did you think was made of dollars
and cents? No, no! Glad or sorry,
Sirene?"
He drew closer to him the pretty del
icate form. She lifted her arms to his
neck, with low laugh.
''Gladr' she said.
And in the comfort of his embrace
was no thought that she had to marry
the richest man in town.