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The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
NUMBER 80.

At BroOksyie we visit the mill of Mr..
Walker where the work of dyeing and manu-
featuring domestic wooden goods is carried on
TO quite an extent. We see here the best as
sortment of coarse wooden socks and mittens
that we have ever noticed. Many women in
this vicinity find constant employment in the
manufacture of these goods. At Sedswick we
find in the school room JC hn p Haney, of
Penobscot, another of the Haney brothers. He
has taught upwards of fifty tt rms of school and
is in good demand as a teacher He represents
his class in the legislature this winter At
Sargentville we meet A. G.. Blake, of Brooklyn,
an Old friend of ours, who il still employed in
teaching the young ideas how to shoot and we
pass pleasant hour in his school room. AT
SO. BrooksvilIe we fad our friend. f. &. Chat
to, engaged in nice piece of farm work eav-
ing the store in charge Of his son. He has piece
of meadow where the muck is two or three
feet deep. This has been wr drained and all
bushes and r,ots removed. leaving the surface
nice and smooth as garden. 1t casts to do
this work as it is performed entirely by hand
labor, but it improves the ooks of his place
very much it is near hi> uildings and close
to he road. 1t will be eventually also pro-
fIa5e investment. Last year he harvested
from part of the lot so improved al the rate of
three tons per acre If hay.
While at No. Bluehil we learned of a new
way of clearing the fields of rocks, at least it
Was new to US They have what they call
Rock Bees They turn out with men and
teams and in one day clear Que mans field of
heavy chains and the necessary implements.
Then they serve another field in the same way
till they get around the uei@hborhood. They
claim that they get more wor done and at less
individual expense than where each man de-
pends upon himself. 1t is a good topic for the
grange to discuss.
At West Brook>yillc we improved the oppor-
tunity to take a trip across TO Belfast ON the
little steamer Florence and enjoyed The excur-
sion very much.
At Surry we meet Rev. heo. II. Murphy,
formerly of Belfast, whom we remember as q
boy in the city schools. We hnd him devoted
TO his profession and beloved by his people.
and have no doubt that he wi be successful in
his work Of winning souls for his Master In
a nasty storm we drive to Ellsworth. where we
lind comfortable quarters at the Hancock
House, and do ample justice to the ibcraI al
toWauce of rtnison and other rarietie> placed
at our diSpoNa. Here we find extensive prep
drdt1onS underway for the celebration of the
election of Cleveland and the guns obtained
from Bangor are emplu, ed to wake up the
Ideas OF the citizens To the fact that btsaeSS il
meant IN this celebration. We are not. how
ever, particularly eatcd Ivy the result of the
election, or Interested in the demonstrations
Jf If No
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
Capons.

Some OF our e1terprising poultry raisers
would find it profitable to make capons of
Young cockerela. The result is not only
increased weight but a fancy price for the
fowl. \ capon frequently brings double
the price Of ordinary fowl and the demand
exceeds the supply. 1t occurred TO US
Ihe other day to make the suggestion,
and that evening on picking up the
American Agliculturlst for December we
found an article on the subject, from
which We quote as follows alt would
take too mucl space to describe the
method of caponizing. Those who sell
capouizing Instruments, send full printed
and illustrated directions for using them.
one who is tami lar with Instruments, can
soon learn To use them successfully and
he percentage Of loss will be but small.
/, is generally best to operate on a few
dea. birds, using those killed for the
table. When the anatomy OF the fowl is
we'll understood, living specimens can be
rapuized with a reasonable assurance of
sGrcess
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
Eggs N Winter.

Give the fowls warm drink every morn
ing, and see that they have an abund-
ance Of gravel. Concoct a pudding for
them two or three times week, not
ottener, with the following ingredients ::
Place an old pail out at one side, and in
to this throw the meat scraps that are
good for nothing else. egg-shells, beans,
hominy, bread-crusts, corn parched very
hIoAn, coarse meal siftings, and then
when the day arrives to serve up this
dish, take the water in which you have
parDoiled Your pork and beans, or other
greasy water, stirring into it bran sutfi-
cent to thicken well, allowing it to cook
d few minutes, pouring the whole over
these saved-up scraps. Let it stand IA
short time after it is thoroughly stirred,
and feed while warm Aside from this,
give warm drink every morning, and you
will have plenty Of eggs
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

SUPr. KIMBALI'S ANNUAL REPORT THE
WORK OF TIE YEAR.

SUPr. kMBALL'S ANNUAL REPORT THE
WORK OF TIE YEAR.
The general Superintendent of the life-Saving
service. in his report for the year ended June
30th, shows that the number Of disasters to
documented vessels within the field of Station
operations during the year WAS 331. On these
vessels there were 42,3 persons, Of which 493T
We're saved and only l6 lost. The number of
shipwreckcd persons succored at the stations
We're 532, to whom 1919 days relief in the ag-
gregate were afforded. The estimated value of
the vessels involves in these disasters were 81
oT5,915, and that of their cargoes, S3.4j4 O50,
making total value of the property imperl-
ed SIC. ,025. OF this amount 1906. 1874 was
saved, and i 439 .S9l lost The number of yes
sells totally lost was a.
Besides the disasters to documented vessels.
there Were 102 casualties to smaller craft, on
which We're 119 persons. 10 of whom Were
saved and four lost. The property involved in
these instances is estimated ut abou S11,9la. of
which 81 800 was saved and S6G95 lost. In
addition to persons saved from vessels, there
were II persons rescued who had fallen from
wharves, piers, etc.. and who would have per
ished without the help of the fe-sayiug crews
The Investigations held after each case OF
loss of life show that the 20 persons who per-
ished We're >cverally beyond human aid, and
that in no instance could their loss be attribut-
ed to any failure in duty on the part of the life
saving crews. The number Of disasters eN-
ceeds by % the number of the year preceding,
which wa, Il more than in any previous Year
in the history of the service. The amount Of
property involved was s.. .365 ,220 greater than
in the preceding year, but the amount lost was
1924 434 ie>S, while the amount saved was
SO, ,4S9 Gj4 more. The number of lives lost was
one more than in the preceding YEAR but the
propOrio ionale loss of life between the two
years is exactly the same. The assistance
rendered during the year in saving vessels and
cargoes has been much larger than in any
previous year.
In conclusion, Supt. Kmball says the eff
ticiency of the corps is attributable mainly to
its being made up entirely grounds of pro-
fessona qualification, the policy of keeping
the service entirely exempt from political in
tluence having been steadily continued.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
A Rising Tide.

The west wind clears the morning.
The sea shines silver gray;
The night was long, but fresh and strong
Awakes the breezy day;
Like smoke that flies across the lift.
The clouds are faint and thin:
And near and far, along the bar.
The tide comes creeping in.
The dreams of midnight showed me
A life of loneliness
A stony shore that Knew no more
The bright waves soft caress.
The morning broke, the visions fed
With dawn new hopes begin.
The light Is sweet. and at my feet
The tide comes rolling in.
over the bare. black bouders
The ocean sweeps and swells:
o, waters wide, We come TO hide
Dull stones and empty shells,
| hear the floods lift up their voice
With loud triumphant din;
Sad dreams, depart-rest, doubling heart.
The tide comes foaming in!
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
The Tallapoosa's Rival.



INTO PORT.
The photographic office of the Navy Depart
ment has received notice that the derelict bar
que Maggie Nj. Rivers has finally been towed
into port in Bermuda by two British war YES
sele inus a dangerous wreck is removed from
the pathway Of ocean vessels and cargo of
more or less valuable lumber saved from the
bottom of the ocean. The antics of the now
celebrated wreck form an Interesting chapter
of maritime history, and serve to show that the
Gulf Stream has little to do with the drifting of
buoyant substances when the winds blow in an
opposite dir, elton. The Maggie NJ. Rivers was
owned in Maine and was engaged in the coast
ing trade. Nearly year ago she sailed from
her home port with IA cargo of lumber for
Washington, ID. G. During gale in January
last she was wrecked and her captain and crew
decided that she would go to the bottom. They
therefore took to The boats when off Cape Hat
teras and were safely landed, never expecting
to hear again of the hulk they had abandoned.
Before the month had expired, however, the
wreck of the Maggie was reported atloat and
drifting toward the Bermudas in direct line.
Early iii February she was sighted about 300
miles from shore, still drifting in the same
direction. Then for several months she SEEM
ed to be tied TO one spot. One vessel would
report her fifty miles north and the next would
report her 100 miles to the southwark Thus
the dismantled craft 1oafed for several months
Finally. i'll Jul y or August, she was caught in
the eastward current of the Gulf Stream and
when last reported, in September. was well on
the way toward Europe in the direct track of
transatlantic steamers. Nothing was heard of
her during October, and She was not noted on
the November pilot chart. as it was thought
she might have been sunk or broken up at last
Early last month she was again sighted off
bermuda. and an attempt was made to tow her
into por but it was abandoned. Then two of
the vessels of the English navy tried again and
were successful. She had been badly used by
the waves; her masts and bulWarks are gone
and barnacles cover her. Her cargo, however,
i of some value, and will probably be sold and
the proceeds divided between those who saved
her and the underwriters.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11


"RiMrsE OF llt NATIONAL CAPITAL,
''oTeNpondehre Of thy Journal.
JA,h,oNNILLI, FLORIDA, Nov. 29Jh iS~4;-
lhtl Port'and l"r Boston on my way To Fl"ri-
1H Nov iN'a ON ''' steamer 'f"N' 'Ity. The
s'at> were SHINING hl%h'l WHsh ~, On
'"H'' an" hti >Hi9"lh Ilu" "A ih' hIu" sea.
A> NAI III IH' >ar'oh I'a"uS 4hc journal.
Nhiyh had 8e'h ''nE TO nv fro = home over
heard Two gentlemen talking politics. One nf
them seemed (" be- V"Wing vengeance upon -.
Johns head. said ue, A. hn brought his slim,
White hands i"@' 'her IN TIA earnest manner, II
am a temperance man, aiid Nou,d ito every
thing could for is success, bJi believe That
that hypocri'r of Il 81. John b iui the work
of Temperance back ten !rar.." tind here
in The south tH.d the better class If people are
making the very same talk. Al 80 \. NJ. We
arrived IN Boston, Where IT, ntn'd all day,
and met SOME of my friends tpn Maine Al
-iN O'Clock Z. NJ. taok The trau at thy Olt
CoDouy d.pot for Ft River, where we ed, on
board b" steamer Bristol Whj,h carried u, zap
Nh, sound fo N.,y Y.rh. Thi, +. 4 ,r.,,,iI.
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'.''' me "'tnt "I ta' -'aH' >IIo"" h'> N'Nh
newly tre>cotd and the beat i. illuminated hy
Eli>on'> Iucan,t>rrnt Electric Iighf. | retired
.,4.
"' ""il t''' n'H' ""U 'H9 GOWN l''' anu 'P'!A'
Il hardly seemed H. though had been sleeping
more than fifteen infinite, when some ou, I,l-
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tN' "I'N 'l! ''"' '''" "'"' "''" >''U' w
are nearing NcW YORK City, -lu To- get W..
iunurd uu- of nm }n.rih and hurri.J nr my
..it.
'"'"I"-' '"'h~ u" n" '"'N fo"NN" UP"
wilderness ut >jerllr> and say h" >u4hr aris-
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REMINDERS OF TILE MINING CRAZE. 4 PROS
Porous GRANGE. DOMESTIC WUOLFN GOODS.
PERSONALS. 'KOCK BEES." MINNIE.

Mi. DESERT, Nov. u, 1854
While at BiuchiIl and vicinity we noticed
various reminders Of HE mining excitement in
the shape OF neglected buildings heaps of
rock and Garth, and yaWnng excavations. The
bottom ha, dropped out of the thing, however,
and the business il done with. We remember
some few wears since of visiting the first mine
opened in the county, when it was but few
feet in depth and not more than twenty men at
work. We gave an account of il for The press
at that time but have never visited it since
What was then "Darling's" pasture, where the
cows were conlentedly browsing, was after
wards busy place with large numbers of men
employed. To-day it ha, relapsed into worse
than its former loneliness for il is picture of
neglect and desolaton. We tinG, however,
that but few of the native residents lost any
thing by this excitement and many of them
made well out of it. Il afforded employment
for men and teams and created demand for
the Varou, necessities OF life. The farmers,
tracesmen, mechanics, and workmen in general
were furnished with business that returned
cash and good profits, for as rule, all bills
We're promptly paid. 1t was the outsiders who
came in and speculatrd in stock who got bitten
At No. Brook>ville we stopped with Chas.
Snow, who keeps the grange store. where they
do a business of some twenty thousand dollars
Il year. They claim to have the largest grange
in the State. numbering something over two
hundred members. This, in common country
district where the farms are not first class,
shows what the laborium Oeoule can do if they
really take hold in earnest for themselves.
The grange meeting is the centre of social at
traction for old and young, for miles around.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
Skating Is Healthy.

Though some may caVil at roller skating and
assert emphatically that it is injurious to health
and adduce many so-caled reasons against in-
dulging in the pa-time, the preponderance OF
testimony and opinion Is entirely IN the other
direction. 1t stands unlivalled as Il m0di OF
exercise. and also as regarded from sanitary
point of view 1t is certain that nothing more
eXhlaraling nor more beneficial be found
in any other pleasure. A delightful stimulus Is
given to the brain rs well as to the body, and
the whole system is benz ied.
DR.. Cutie, of Chelsea. Mass, state, that that
peculiar exercise which brings into play the
most of the muscles without any attendant
counteraction of the other muscles or functions
of the body is undoubtedly the most healthy
and beneficial and this, without fear of dis
pute, roller skating does in an eminent degree.
The whole muscular system is brought into
perfect play by the almost involuntary action
of the body and balance Of the compensatory
muscles is always maintained, thus preventing
any counteraclon that is so dangerous in
many other modes of exercise.
Many modern authorities might be cited in
favor of roller skating; suffice it to say thai the
whole weight of medical opinion is most de-
cidedly and emphatcally in its favor, and many
instances might be given where persons OF
somewhat failing health have regained strength
and life bv practising roller skating. The i'm
provements which have taken place in the roll
er skate itself, and indeed the modern naugu-
ration of the pastme, are due to gentleman
whose health was recuperated by roller skat-
ing.
Sazman, in his Incompatible work on eXer-
else, SAYS in reference to skating: 81 am come
to an exercise superior TO anything that can be
classed under the head of motion. | know
nothing in gymnastics that displays equal ele-
gance, and it eXcites such divine pleasure in
the mind of the performer that should recon-
mend skating as the most efficacious remedy to
the misanthrope and hypochondriac." And SO
say we.
Five hundred and forty y-four names have been
added to the voting lists in Boston since the
State election.
All along the worlds highway is the evidence
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
The Prog. Age and Eben F.

The Belfast Age hopes the Hon. Eben F.
Pllsbury will get high office 'party because
we like him, and partly TO rebuke the intoer-
ance Of the Republican leaders who have hound
ed him for SO many years" Looked at from
mere partisan standpoint, no appointment that
President Cleveland could make would nure so
much to the advantage of the Republican party
IN Maine as the appointment Of the Hon. Eben
f. Pillsbury to a ''high office" say the pensi
office at Augusta. 1t is great mistake to sup
pose that Republicans object to Mr.. Pill>bury's
appointment because they think it will njure
them politically. Republicans oppose it be-
cause they believe it would be an indecent
thing to appoint man to bestow the gifts of
grateful country to its wounded heroes, who
said of the martyred President whose name all
those heroes love and revere, that his memory
would "shine and stink and stink and shine Ike
a rotten mackerel by moonlight" Portland
Press.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

FISH AND FISHING. An Ottawa despatch
says; Hon. Peter Mitchell, who was minister
of marine and fisheries at tile time the Wash
ington treaty was siSutd in 1872, states that
immediately after Parliament meets, he will
bring up the question of renewing the fishery
clauses of the treaty in the House. He says it
will be a serious detrimtnt to the people on the
northern rivers Of New Brunswick especially
Miramichi, from which much fresh fish is
annually exported, if some extension of the
treaty or other concession i not effected. Last
year, between 100000 and $500 600 worth Of
fresh fish was shipped to Boston Via st. John
and there is practically no limit to the supply.
.."A Goldfish weighing 40 pounds was on exhibit
ton AT an Ellsworth fish market last week. Ii
was four feet long and we'll propurtioned.
1t was caught by Mr.. Sam. Dawes, of Tinker )
Island, Oft Duck Island and is one Of the larg-
est ever found on this coast.....The Biddeford
journal says There We're bigger Holsters in
market Saturday than have been seen here for
a dozen years They came from the Pool and
weighed all the way from liye pounds up to
nine. One dealer said he had never received a
finer lot since he had been in trade ....O one or
two western vessels have already arrived at
Eastport to load frozen herring. Herring
and line tishingis is reported good at Grand Manan,
1.-THE schooner Wuchusetts, Capt. O'Brien,
arrived at Gloucester Thanksgiving day with
the largest "trip ever landed there from the
Georges. Saturday she weighed OFT BOB
pounds of Goldfish, stocking Sl9970S. She h.>
made fourtrips this season in three months ana
ing s. 1870
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address Agli-
cultural editor, Journal Office, Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

The publisher of "Mark Twain's' new book
offers $500 reward for the conviction of the
person who tampered with one of the illustra-
tions. If the edition had been printed with the
altered picture loss of $25.0O0 would have
occurred.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

The most reliable Of all Cough Remedies is Jad.
druggists.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

Mr.. Edward Wendell, Feterman, West Va.
suffered terribly with neuralgia and doctors
failed in giving relief. He was cured by ST.
Jacobs Oil, the marvellous pain-cure, and says
he would send a hundred miles to get it.
When young mans lip "curls" it is a sign that
he has been kissing the forehead of girl who uses
bandoline on her bangs.
The ills which flesh is heir to are more often due
to impurities il the blood than is generally suppos
ed. The purication of this vital fluid enables the
system to ward of its worst enemies There Is no
doubt that Hoods Sarsaparlla is one of the best
blood purifiers in the worid and we feel confident
that those who give il trial will not be disappoint
ed.
1t is enough to take away your breath to hear of
a California onion weighing nearly two poutds.
Do You Wish
To regain your health if you are all broken down
and suffering from nervous prosIration? l will
tell you what cured me after suffering for months
| used two bottles Of Sulphur Btters, and now
well man. c. STILES, Book-keeper, Can
ton. 2w49
An eH change has a poem "On the Birth of Twins
and didn't know enough to make the rhyme coup
let.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
A Startling Discovery.

Physicians are often startled by remarkable dis
coveries. The fact that DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and all Throat and Lung diseases
is daily curing patients that they have given up to
die, is startling them to realize their of duty
and examine into the merits of this wonderful dis.
covery; resulting in hundreds of our best Physi.
clans using it in their practice. Trial Bottles free
at II. Ii. Moody's Drug Store. Regular Size $l.00.
1t makes young man feel rather cheap to hear
his sweetheart singing, he approaches the house,
"Nobody Loves Me"
The best five cent cigar in town at W. o. Poor &
Sons; ask for Estabrook 4 Eaton's "RoYal Com.
fOrt.'
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

1t is far better to be poor and possess bottle of
Jadwins Tar Syrup, than to be rich and not know
how to cure Cough or Cold. 25 cents and 81 per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

dollar bottle of Jadwin's Tar syrup entities
you to Cook Book containing son recipes or a.
box of Pills. Sold by all druggists.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
AN Affair Between Two GenUIemen.' ~

General Sherman made Il little speech at ST.
Louis the other day, in which he handled the
eX-President Of the late Southern Confederacy
without gloves; and the eX-President publishes
also in ST. Louis, the declaration that what
General Sherman said "a reckless and
shameless falsehood." Davis missve and an
extract from Sherman> speech are given in
our columns to-day. General Sherman de-
cines to add to the newspaper history of the
story, but indicates Il disposition to take care
OF himself in his own way. He never had
much need for guardian. New York Her
aid.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11

The importation Of sugar into the United
States from Europe has more than quntupled
within the yeur.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in his Thanks
giving sermon, expressed his qualification al
having been in some degree Instrumental in
securing the election of Cleveland.
The relatives OF Carrie j. Walton, the Water
bury, CT, grl who was frozen to death on
Pixies Peak have decided to contest her will on
the ground of mental unsOundntss.
A coored man of Round Mountain, Choctaw
Nation. eloptd with auother's wife: the hus-
band pursued the pair, blew out the man
brains and brought back his wife.
Mr.. Romero, the Mexican minister, has felt
called upon TO state the reports as to the dam
gerous condition of affairs in Mexico are I'M
founded. lie says The people of that country
are amicabiy disposed toward this country.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-11
Canada and the Spanish Treaty.
THE NEW BRrNswIckEAs FEAR LOSS q ii

THE NEW BRUNSWICkE{S FEAR LOSS OF THE
CUBAN TRADE.
\ St. John. n. B. despatch of the 24'h ult
say; The proposed treaty between Spain and
the United States tXciteS great interest among
ship owners and others here, who fear their
interests will suffer. Al meeting Of the board
of trade to-day, 8 5. Hall, Il merchant ana ship
owner, said thai if The treaty between the
Spanish West Indies and the United States is
con>ummated, it viii deprive the people Of the
Provinces of the Cuban trade altogether. W.
W. Wallace Trumhul importer and ship own
tr. SAID thai the United States were oNrr>had-
owing Canada ev, ~ where. and that lhe most
practical thing to do would be 10 get up d
| etltion to The imperial government asking hat
Canada be annexed to the United Sjatt-.
George Rubr>on, another prominent merrhHnt
said that if The GOV tfnmcnt did not look out lot
Canada with regard 10 lhl> treaty, he believed
with Trulnhni-that the sooner Canada Wa,
annexed To The Unitt d States The better.