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Senator Hale and the Navy.

Senator Hale has introduced three important
bills relating to the navy. The first one covers
the general grounds of the construction of new
ships, proposing that seven ships be built in
addition to those in process Of construction.
The second bill refers TO the personnel of the
navy. II regulates some matters Of rank and
promotion that We're not settled in the law of
last winter, and provides for a reverse corps as
in European maNies. The third bill provides
for cOalin@ stations. III" object being to e>tab-
li>h one or two coang stations in the vicinity
of the Panama l>thmu> in order that the United
States may have Il basis OF supplies there in
the event of war. The bills of Mr.. Hale i'm
portant in themselves, derive an additional
importance from the fact that he will be prac-
tcally at the head Of the committee of naval
affairs this winter. Don Cameron, the chair
man, will not return from Europe, and Mr..
Anthony, The next in rank, will not be able 10
perform active service. Mr.. Hale stands next
These bill, are TO be regarded. therefore, as
representing the views of the chairman of the
Senate naval committee. Mr.. Hale in speaking
of them, says that it is his purpose to have ii
thorough investigation of all these questions
to summon naval officers, the secretary of the
navy and experts before the committee. He
will endeavor to mature bills which will meet
the support of both parties and which will pass
both hOu-e> aS national and not IA party meas
urcS. He believes thai there is disposition in
Congress to do something this winter toward
the establishment of a new navy.
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Generalitles.


| thing about us.
John Mccullough the tragedian, is reported
| to be worth $4,000.
\ commercial treaty has been made between
/ Canada and France.
| Tennyson's new title will be Baron Tennyson
| D'Eyncourt Of Aldworth.
| The divorced wife Of ex-senator Chri>tiancy
died in Brooklyn, n. y, Wednesday night.
The Florida everglades expeditions which
was thought TO have perished is reported to be
safe.
Mrs. John Howie. of Hameryle. York
county, \. r., gave birth to four boys Dec.
l4th.
The feeling in Congress in favor Of abolish
ing pr REDUCING the duty on raw sugar il said
to br strong.
Before Congress was two days old Senator
Beck Of Kentucky introduced his bill to restore
jeff Davis 10 citizenship.
Secretary Frelnghuysen has decided that the
scheme for reaching the North Pole by means
/ oi balloons l. iinpructicabe
The Commissioner Of Agriculture says the
total value Of the forests products for the cen
81 year is estimated at 800, 100000.
Mario, the tenor, is dead. He came to this
country with Gri-i and sang at the Boston
! i heatre. lie was . years Of age.
Hannah Battesly of Philadelphia, is the
heaviest of the fat women of professional life.
She weighs about six hundred pounds.
The suit by the heirs of Sarah Ann Dorsey
against jeff Davis has been decided by the Su-
preme Court in favor of the defendant.
Chicago seems to be the favorite spot for
holding Republican conventions. Lincoln,
Grant and Garfield We're nominated there.
\ kentuckian finding he could not stop Il
hight between four men in the southern part of
that State. drew his revolver and shot them all.
At Yazoo City. Miss. after a trivial quarrel.
a man was Shot dead by the brother of Il victim
of his own killed some two or three years ago.
Carl Schurz has retired from the New York
Evening Post. because of serious differences of
opinion with his associates on important topics.
A spy sent to FL Obeid confirms the report of
the destruction of Hicks Pa>ha and his army.
He reports FL Mahdi almost without followers.
1t is said that important reforms are to be in
augurated in Spain, including the extension of
the privileges Of the ballot to all who can read
and write.
The crop report from the Department Of Ag-
ricuIture SAYS the season was favorable for cot
ton picking. The corn product falls below the
average.
H.. pr ., -oo, , .,
IL, hn>S Itt'lTru E i"n, % ,r'ufS Tu'iuS ~ ti'e
GI2HlA @ u"3s Vi lI'>isitH. I III l.'I4 'liit>,.
4 history of the ease
4 Trva~ farmer a reIativn If General Zarh-
in@ Ne MI. fonr .nn. tlyo .nns-in-t,Iy amd
thirty-tLrra neuhrws
mn t,,t.,I ,.I,, ~ a,-,,,rt of ,,o+,o1.,,, ana
petroleum products from the United States for
len months of 1883. is $50 924 .3}2; for same
A terrific gale prevailed throughout Great
Britain and ireland on Dee. lllh. a large
amount of property was DESTROYED on llnd ana
sea, and many lives We're lost.
r'"tIa N"o9hul = "NlnS iun,t uoi'itN
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

There is very general complaint of the dsar-
rangement of the mail service caused by the
change of time on the Bucksport branch of the
Maine Central. The eastern part of Waldo and
the southeastern portion of Hancock county
are seriously affected, both AS to mail and tray
elling facilities, and it is very apparent that
the change was not for the better.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

Senator Sabin, chairman of the National Re-
publican Committee, Secretary Martin and Mr.
John c. New are the Committee of Arrange
ments for the Chicago Convention. They have
already decided that the next Convention Shall
nol be hampered by such crowd is filled the
immense galleries on the last OCCASION Then
accommodations We're provided for about tif-
teen thousand visitors. 1t has been decided to
limit the seats in the galleries to about three
thousand. The body of the hall must give room
for S26 delegates and the same number of alter
mates. 1t is the purpose of the committee to
partition off such part of the Exposition Hall
in such way to afford room for the plat
form, the space required in front of il for the
press, the delegates and the aternates, and the
gallery room indicated. This will allow total
attendance of about five thousand The object
is TO prevent such Interruptions and wild scenes
as resulted from such an immense mass of Wis
itors in the galleries at the last Convention.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

The National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union has issued call to each State in
the Union, asking every local society, of which
there are about 10000, situated in every state
and nearly every territory, to celebrate with
appropriate exercises the tenth anniversary of
the Woman's Crusade, which will occur Dec.
23d
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THE GOOD Die Young was once an accept
ed poetic sentiment. but recent discoveries show
the author of it to be in error. The good, for
they are the wise, live to a good old age and
use Jadwin's Tar Syrup whenever troubled
with Colds or Cough. Sold by all dealers in
medicine.
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The Shut IL Society


. ot tlj. >ucie.l iu January. l-77. as shc
reua ,hr woia~.."Aud the Lord ~hut him
in." having, Lrl~clt, been .shut in" for
iLlee Years. zAc prayed that She might
hud ">umc ulit To Wiitc To. totio good Ia.
and tu receive good trom.' She s0nn had
several correspondents: and from this
snai. brgiuuim- grew THE Shut In So
clctl, Ntji its ,n3f mcmUers ln Tins ana
otHrr lands, IT'S monthly Visitor, aId its
stated seasons ut PRAYER
nave received letters from 5Gl mem
hcl- lhl~ Ncur:aud the following extracts
>.loN hoW much suffering there is in HE
live, OF thc-, -snut in" ones. uud the
poAc NJ rei-lon to comfort and thel
aI>. -noN that thc MESSAGES we send are
"I base bteu au invalid for ten wears.
ana natt not Stood ID nine ana one-half
years andy God has been good to me-"
"I Is\p lgau sick uina wears rannut
VIA. "i Hil room Augh ou( Jesus iN
F'' " ~ H.' Y '"'1'I"I
'AA N''iL an 'lt'it" lhli!H years.
n ''l' iItNt'@' A"i'e,
-.' h""" I, nod' r \-etA i''A- , e"IS
'.''t'S'i ''t H't "IN ''eH 'nlr
"e.'f .'.'" .'@.I'', 'te.t-h = h"Nt ma"
'. .l .'-' ''.''' "' u''f feiill ".I>N L"
'.-'','i -''t .'".N I'",t9-
".' ''.'''. a. SJ'Il'it' '"f t"fh' Two
=. ~. ''' -"' I'Sl lEai "a a uaI l
M" . 'S'-' '''-..g,' ~, I" '',' "r'I diA ~
,' .f .''S9. I'I'..- Z yll Llil litaIehil
'. -'aS --'''' r., S'l'l'-til H 'A> gay
a.t-1'-"s le'i0 I i"tt hrtu
''' l'- ."' iN'S. t"ll 2. tlia lIiiIt
I.'''.N LHi nave h"i 'Ar
ti'- supporting ''''A l"i'an upon
a" i .'". man. ana hat' .a'-t
i"u'i amp IN .G'@HI. ht' Aa'e nope
", + ''''iti '''.'A MY r.H'"Frh are Nti>
choice ot lie .aou- wa sent me, and il
Is ar''4iatl I" seq nay il..r ones take an
mt,lr-t. .n -toH readings
"llHe beca quite aa ,n'a.ia t"r nearly
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Jones and His Dog.

There is an old gentlemen in Gardiner who
is forcible illustration of what rum can do
Nineteen years ago he was what was termed
rich. He drove IA proud span of coal black
horses, resided in an elegant residence, and
was everywhere respected. People called him
esquire Jones" then. There came a change.
He fell to drinking. The insidiouS wine cup
gained the ascendancy and King Alcohol scored
another triumph. To-day he is an inmate of
the Gardiner Aims House. He is oftentimes
seen Oh the streets wandering about, followed
by his dog. He is no longer esquire" but is
known as Clones and his dog" and people
acquainted with his sad history, meeting him.
turn away and mentally exclaim poor fellow !"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

When nine out of ten persons during the sea-
son have not escaped Il cold of some kind, is it
to be wondered that ten persons die every hour
during the twenty-four. with consumption!
Prevent this great mortality at once by taking
Jadwins Tar Syrup. Sold by A. A. Howes 4
Co., Belfast.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

two bridegrooms appeared at the appointed
time. One got the bride and the other got ar
rested. The question that is now disturbing
the Baltimorans is which of them got the
worst of it.
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Notes by the Way.

A'+''Ei'''N-FA
Cores spondence of the journal.
RED BANK. New JERSEY, Dec, 1888. In
forty days trip across the country one has an
opportunity to see much that i novel and yet
the rapidity and ease with which one can get
over long distances tends to render many i'm
pressions vague and indi>tinct that would I'M
der stcrncr circumstances be indcIibly stamped
upon the mind. The men who travelled from
Boston to Belfast on horseback or III Il heavy
carriage over rough roads but little more than
4 half century since, had IN experience to re-
member for years, while now the traveller will
90 over he same distance almost a. comfort
able a. ne WolRl Tie in his bed at home have a
good nights sctp, and be prepared the next
morning for the business Of the day. Indeed,
the trip across the continent is of less account
to-day than one across the New England state,
would have been then. Tlere i less fatigue.
less trouble, less danger, and less adventure.
And, after AL, don't suppose We have any DE-
SIRE 70 90 back to the custom, NJ those old days,
" prominent in the memory of our fathers vet
living IN Name despite the tingc Of romance
that peryade~ the rcctal of their varied expert
enre What is fascinatil in history may have
been tedious, painful, on even terrible in actual
rc,Iitv Discomfort nri,.ti,,,, o>-,,,,.,,,, .,,l
.vrn imminent ,j.,,,,, I,., ,,,. tI,.,. ,.,itl
nrnyoLiu,, ,.,u,,Int.,r,, ,i,-.,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,+.,
.,l,l,. circumstance. ,,.,, I,.r,l, ,i.,., IL,
.qarrp3 INV, ,..,ttar-h..,r,,, .ol,,io, ~ ..il,,.
ILL, t,ir,, ,uJ tb,,. ,.iil, .,,, ;,4..tlf,
many m ,v.ntfuI bit ~ ,,.r,o,,.I ,.,,...,.,,,..
which forn. if. ,,,t ,,,ot ,f ,,,,,..I lis.
tory. we ar, II>,aIv ready II, .,r,.,, I'm, I,.r-
t,,,, .n,3 3,.o,,f.t. Of ,l.,,...,,, ,,.;,l, ,,.;h
,f r..,,,,.t t, +1 fl;,,.. ,..li.;. ..s .,....
Not m.u, ,4,,.. .in,. .,or II u... ,,,.i-a IN
.vant .,,,,,,,,,, f.,,,, ,.,,..l,.,,.;l..
III. Avn ~,.to roda, ,,, ,,.ilr .,,I ILL.,. ,.n
of Main. snyybar. frnn, r,,5tntr. p..i-
tc coa,t. fro,o ,rnad. to t,. cplf Of N.yiro
And =, one, notice, fine Inr tr.,i,s imam .,,z ,f
,,;,,
We" ''S>' - ne cli "u ft'IIHD 'h3l we are
q h1ton N lraNrIIcr>. Here at Red Bank we
lind upon fLr horrl re.ri,ttr HI roguI,, nr,l,r.
,l.i,. ,.;,
''''''' i'''' ->'" 'iN N'N '''N'F'
T. ''''' '''N l''''
81 '' >''''' '"''' ''' o'"'i evening -o''
'' '''' M -l''''' Ne" Jersey ger
'"''' anu pi''' I''' >'''"i '"''' ana II
NtN very 'NlVtnt iHil Iht tOiI ltud9O4tr from
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

Open your eyes and not your mouth when
making up Your mind what kind Of cough med
icine YOU are going to take if You don't wish to
make opium caters Of Your wives and children.
Stop pouring down all kinds of cough remedies.
and use JadWin's Pine Tar Syrup. Sold by all
dealers in medicine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

What seems strange about the conduct of
some people is. though endowed with good
judgme n: in other matters, they permit IA Sc
we're cold to go unnoticed, until it assumes Il
severe aspect. Jadwin's Tar Syrup is a house
hold necessity under any circumstances. Try
it, Sold by K. II. Moody, Belfast.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

There is nothing true but heaven" is only
the creation of a dreamy writer, while the facts
bear u oni in our claims Of what Judwn'> Tar
syrup VIII DO II cures Coughs. Cold>. ctr..
cIlrrtually. \ box Of .jadNin'> Qu Nivr Pills
goes with every ) bottle. SuId by Poor 4 Son,
Belfast
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''Wood is the thing after all,' rs the old man
said when the mad dog bit large splinter our
of his wooden leg and got choked with it,
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encc in every community. So when he con-
fc>ses that his hands are handicapped by
the fact that some of his most influential church
members are engaged in the whiskey business,
there is little chance for temperance reform.
The picture Of Deacon Giles selling Bibles to
the poor and praying to Almighty God to keep
them from sin while Just back of the street was
his distillery converting men into devils,
has had a counterpart in raseS that have come
before our actual notice during our travels III
this state. In mdny localities it seems to be
the principal business Of the people to make
and sell intoxicating liquors. Nearly every
hotel has bar and the principal business is
done there. We tind here the meanest hotels
the poorest spread tables, the least attention to
the comfort of the guests and most eXtrava-
CANT rates that it has ever been our lot to Ell
counter. Buj where people will pray to God
and vote for the DEVIL we cannot expect any
thing better. The ". c. L. L. however is
busy at work here; several Good Templar
Lodges have been lately instituted in addition
10 those before existing in the state, aud Neal
Dpw's spirit goes marching on.
We have formed many agreeable acquaint-
ances, and many pleasant memories will Hnser
around thi, little excursion trim of ours. So
we cross the ferry ard find our way to the
elevated railroad for ride by daylight arros,
the eity If New York. ANA ~ we look from
the car during the ride wa >av "Dnliyrr rs
from residence in this city," The telegraph
poles loaded with their many wires, the eIr,at-
Ell railroad that sometimes almost cover, r5,.
entire street. and the various encumbraure,
incident thereto, seem to leave the lower
>toric, of the buildings in perpetual gloom.
while the upper window, are cypo..f ta tine
full view Of tile frequently pl>-ing cars Ever,
commonplace ayt Of tile inmate, Of these room,
is open to the gazp of tll. travellers, unless th,.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

HUMFW ARD BOUND. MAINE PEOPLE CON
IKNSTEp WITH THOSE or The MIDDLE
STATES. CO>>TIrrrIoNNI rEOlIIBIrIUN.
IiE LIQl OR TRAFFIC. GIIMPSES or NEW
YORK CITY. "AII. ABOARD FOR BOSTON" :"
HOME AGAIN.
Correspondence of the journal.
NEW YORK CENTRAL DEPOT, Dec. 1sS}.
Having performed What WE agreed to do in
New j r>cy we pack our traps and turn our
face towards the north In some respects it
has been 4 pleasant trip, and in others we have
met with disappointment. The people as Il
class are conservative. bigotcd. and narrow
minded. There is not to be found among the
common class of people the independent free
dom of thought and action that exists among Us
in Maine. The young people who are reared
upon the rocky hilI->idc> of the backwoods of
Maine do not suffer in comparison with the
same class in the Middle States. They may not
be 50 elegantly attircd or possess the address
that is acquired in more favored localities,
But the man who pleads any cause of moral
reform. or who attempts to organize society in
any progressive movement, where the common
people are particularly interested, will often
find himself hatlcd for want ola icatie, to carry
forward the work. while in the same class OF
people in Maine Il dozen would stand ready to
take the chance. Maine men had wherever
they 90, and this rugged, independent New
England character is not to be despi>ed. In Il
company of young people in New Jersey the
question is "whom shall we have to lead us:'
In Maine three out of four would endeavor to
oct at the Leu1 of the movement.
The question of Constitutional Prohibition is
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

senator MorrlI, in a recent speech on the
subject of coinage was particularly severe on
the designs and devices Of our coins, which, he
said, We're those Of eighty wears ago and not in
keeping with the advance of the age He said
our coins should, from their size and character,
be easily di>tinsui>hahlc, whether by sight or
touch. one from another. and there should be
no silver or nickel coins VIII eli, by being gildcd,
would simulate and pass for gold. At present
our silver dime is apparently Of the same size
the three cent piece and of ~ gold
quarter eagle, and the first and last have the
same ancient Britannia doing her best as the
latest edition of American Liberty. The latest
copper cent is very like the three dollar gold
piece. with similar picture of the head of an
Indian Venus de Modoc as the emblem of
Liberty. Concluding, I've said Producing all
the silver and gold that require for domestic
use, with large surplus to supply the demands
of Others less fortunate, may we not declare, in
Cromwellian phra>eo'ogy, That III the beauty
of mechanical execution the coins of this nation
should not be behind any naton% And there
fore let me urge that here and now is proper
time and opportunity for some action creditable
to the government, worthy Of Congress and
such as will have the last approval Of the
people,
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y pilot boat, while preparing to put q pilot
on the Alaska, off New York, was run down by
that steamer and sunk All on board the pilot
boat We're lost. Passengers charge the officers
of the Alaska with a waEt Of prompt action in
attempting rescue.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

The newspaper press was PRACTICAL unan-
nous in condemnng the action of Commission
er rarbox in relation to the Union Mutual and
the insurance journals are equally unanimous
in their condemnation and even more severe in
their criticisms of this pig-headed official They
have reason TO be, for the course of Commits
soner TarboX is likely to prove injurious to in
surance interests generally. 1t is evident he is
merely the vehicle of Buffers malice. a servile
tool of the man who has disgraced the Cover
nor's chair of Massachusetts. But Governor
Robinson will no doubt see to 1t that Tarbox
follows his masssniato retirement.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27

II i eStimatod Thai if The Ingalls, bill shall
pass, re-opcning the arrears OF pension law.
the time for filing claims under which has long
since expired, it viii lead to the fling of from
two hundred thousand to two hundred and
fifty thousand new claims.
The New \ ork sun has 4 gos>ipy review of
the Presidential question on the hypothesis
that the fight i % be mainly between Blaine
and Arthur, in which Blaine is represented as
having "A long lead. It reports Senator Miller
is believing that even in New York Blaine will
control as many delegat : as Arthur.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-11-03
THE ktII REMOvII-

The removal OF DIR. ]. X. Smith
from his position as government physi-
oiIn to the districts of koloa and Ii
hue, on Kauai, is another Illustration of
the GibSonmethodof riddingthegovern-
ment OF such employees as will not
uuckle to him. and whose removal may
not be likely to cause much remark
Doctor Smith, for 4 number of years
past, has ably filled the place OF physi-
can to the districts named, and was
deseHedly popular among the inhabi-
tants, not only for his ability bu, for his
promp,itude in responding to the calls
OF the needy, and for his urbanity OF
conduct Moreover, being Hawaiian
born and well conyerSan, with the yer
nacular, as also with the customs and
habits OF the natives, he was especially
qnalihed TO attend TO their peculiar
wants. The reasons for his dismissal,
may be summed up in these few words
"He was not Glbsonlie, and had rela-
tives who have been in active opposi.
ton to MIR. Gibson's misrule."
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-11-03
THE RECENT FIRE.

EDITOR SATURDAY Press Will
you kindly permit me space in your
valuable journal with view of laying
before your numerous readers and the
public generally, what l Witnessed at
the late fire at Horns bakeryl
Arriving at the scence of The conha.
grafton shortly before s o'clock, the
first thing that struck me was the alb
sence of sufficient body of police to
preserve law and order; the few that !
did see being thoroughly inactive and
seemingly unconcened, as usual, as to
what was really taking place while a
large body Of natives, male and female
were ransacking and completely cutting
Horns store (sohieb soas net on E,r no,
in any 6mmedien danger OF everything
that was movable. Such a disgaceful
scene Of robbery. do not think was
ever before witnessed in Honolulu.
The free and unrestricted use Of the
demon "Rum" is doing effective work
in the utter demoralization of the Ka.
nakas who were honest before the ac-
cursed free liquor law came into effect
But one year has utterly demoralized
and debased very large portionof them.
! attempted to stop some Of the steal
ing but not being armed with any au.
thority | could do nothing else but use
forcible language to restrain these
thieves. Officer Mehrtens was at his
post and doing his duty, but what
could one man do1 He could not be
everywhere and see all that was going
on. Where were and why did not the
native constables stop this robbery
Those who know anything Of the pro
verbal character OF our police force
can easily find an answer for such a
question anywhere bu, in the right
place and doing anything but their du-
~. There may appear hard words 20
apply 10 them, but after what was wit.
messed ON Tuesday morning. no words
can be TOO harsh to express such a
wanton outrage. II such scenes as
this are TO occur every time We unfortu-
nately have fire, whose property will
be safcS Are We not likely 10 be
robbed, should our dwelling be in
close proximity 10 hre,) Of everything
We possessf The public at large as
well as the insurance companies in
their own individual Interests, have q
right to demand from the government