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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-07-17
Maine Politics and Politicians.
BLAINE AND LOGAN

BLAINE AND LOGAN.
Men who in tn nations peril
Battled for the truth and right,
Thought as did our martyred Lincoln,
And with Grant endured the fight,
Once again your country calls you
That the work may not be vain,
Sets in front her chosen champion
In the mighty man of Maine.
Sounds the slogan.
Blaine and Logan.
Millions swell the growing strain.
Days of Sixty! Days of Eighty.
Memory holds them ever dear.
Great in deeds and great In leaders,
Men without reproach and fear.
Lincoln lit the path of duty
Ana the freeman's work made plain
Garfield gave it light of MONDAY,
Martyrs chief of thousands slain
Let our slogan,
Blaine and Logan,
Peal, million-voiced refrain
Rights to all within our borders,
Freedoms work must guarantee,
Help our masses fire our FORCES,
Set our sails on every sea.
And our HVest man must lead us,
True.t trump of Freedoms strain.
List the music of the pine woods
Moves the nations soul with Blaine.
Sound the slogan,
Blaine and Logan,
Millions shall the vote maintain.
Voice the loudest airs of Freedom
Ia the song of Eighty four,
Till majestic In Its volume
1t shall force the White House door.
For the nations grand uprising.
Felt from Mexico to Maine.
Halls a true and trusted leader
In the standard bearer Blaine.
And the slogan,
Blaine and Logan,
Means no martyrs die in vain.
An INTERVIEW WITH CONGRESSMAN MILL
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The Future Of Our Earth.

IL the force at the back OF all growth,
all completely and all change on earth
IS that which the sun hss steadily sup
piled 10 it through countless ages, and
still supplies, it is plain that when this
force fails, as fail it one day must, there
will be a steadily declining develop
ment and a rapidly increasing oegener-
alton Of things, an undoing by regres-
sive decompositions of what has Eeen
done by progressive combinations
through the succession of the ages.
The disintegrating process may be ex-
pected TO take effect first upon the high
est products of evolution, and to reach
IN deepening succession the low, lower
and lowest organiza ions and organic
compounds. The nations that have
risen high 10 completely of development
will deteriorate and be broken up. to
have their places taken by less complex
associations Of inferior individuals;
these in turn viii yield place to simpler
and teebler unions of still more degrad-
ed beings; species after species of ami
mails and plants will first degenerate
and then become extinct as the worser-
ing conditions OF life render it impossi-
bic for them TO continue the struggle
for existence; . few scattered families
OF degraded human beings. living. per-
haps, in snow huts near the equator
very much as Esquimaux live now near
the pole viii represent the last wave of
the receding tide of human existence
before its final extinction; until Al last
q frozen earth. Incapable Of cultivation.
Is left without energy 10 produce living
particle OF any SORT. and 50 death itseif
IS dead. body Gad RiiL
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The ScOld.

In view Of the fact that scolding is
such an unenviable accomplishment,
and one SO easily acquired. it is odd that
anybody should take credit 10 herself
for vocation in that direction, and vet
we sometimes hear people Boosting
about their ability 10 give certain
friends or foes 4 piece or their mind
calculated to stagger them, as if one re-
quired special genius for the task
which any fish-wife is competent TO per-
form to her infinite satisfaction. Who.
indeed. has rot met those who alb
solutcly plume themselves upon their
powers of scolding. and do not allow
them to grow rusty for lack of use?
There are mothers whose children live
in constant dread Of n prolonged repri-
mand if any little accident happens to
their clothing, although we are warned
by the sage that scolding tends to make
child sly and irritable, and prefer any
place before home. 1t is lamentable
fact that when we think of the scold it
is always as feminine noun; whether
it is that man disciplines himself to
make the best of inevitable annoyances
rather than rail against them, or
whether, owing to his more robust
nature and his Interest in larger pur-
suits, the trlfles which irritate the
sensitive feminine world have no effect
upon his toughened cuticle, it is difficult
to decide. We would naturally
suppose that the scOld would possess a
strong physique; that one who was for
ever kicking against the pr;cks would
need muscle and nerve for such ener-
getic existence; but rs we often find
her an invalid, or one who has added
that role to her other accomplishments,
and who eNhorts from her comfortable
couch with the strength of ten. She is
confined to no class of society, but NAV
be met with in howell or palace. Does
she not sit down at every boarding
house table in the land, and did one
ever travel without cncOuntering her?
She inveighs against the wind at the
summit of Mount Washington. and at
the lack of it in the valleys below. She
is ingenious in finding cause for exer-
cising her free speech her neighburs,
her friends, her servants, enjoy the ben
eft of her liberality in that respect.
Indeed, she would cease to be happy if
there were nothing to rail against, rs il
such n state of things were owing TO
some neglect of duty on her part.
Nothing is too high or too common to
escape her oratory, and, although she
may not be called n conversationalist.
nor remind us Of Madame De Stael
-or Margaret Fuller, vet. when she warns
10 the occasion, it is doubtful IL either
of these could rival her. - HaTper's
Bazaar.
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pounding took the place Of the tinker
ing sound which had so long been
kept mp.
The loss OF her child now seemed to
rouse my wife TO beroism- She be-
thought herself of nv pistols. which she
could never before be persuaded to han
die. Calling loudly: II warn whoever
Is tampering with that door that am
going to shoot she pulled the trigger,
aud almost dropped the weapon at the
Jones put their fingers in their ears;
but poor Fan hadn't the chance.
Another shot. and another. until the six
barrels were emptied; then all was still.
'.Hark, Tidy! What was that?"
whispered Fanny, clutching the woman
for support.
Somebody was coming. Was it
friend or foe? They listened. Straight
up the walk, up the steps, along the
p azza the footsteps cane and stopped
at the very door which had been so
bravely defended. The women now
gazed at each other helplessly.
Hello, Fan! What is the matter?
Open the dOor!" / shouted, for / was
alarmed to find the household ast.r at
that hour.
As the door few open / struck my
foot against a little heap of clothes
tightly wedge1 into the lamb outside.
'Oh, George! Our boy is gone!
Teddy has been carried off by burglars!"
sob5ed my wife.
why. no he hasn't, Fanny Here
he is!'' and | picked up the little fellow
from the floor.
You little lamb" cooed his mother,
taking him from me and covering him
with kisses. "D.d the naughty man
steal mammals boy?"
Teddy did see no man, only papa, :"
replied the astonished child.
why. my blessing! Then who did
take you out Of your little crib and
carry you OPP
Nobody took me. Teddy 90 out on
the porch to get drink of water, and
mamma say: Shut that door.' so
Teddy can't come in again"
ibid you unlock the door and 60 ont
alone, dear?' now interpOsed.
Eyes, Teddy open door, but mamma
say: NO, no. Then naughty people
make big noise and scare Teddy
Then WHAT" cOaxed Tidy.
Then mamma play with papa's pis-
| toll. Papa told mamma not to touch, :"
he added. severely.
Then / came, Just in time to spoil
the fun. Eth. Fan?' said, laughing.
But my wife was not in the humor
for joking. She sat crying over her
child for long while without speaking.
Suddenly she asked: George. how did
you happen to come home, after ALP
20, l had n variety of reasons; but
the principal one was was homesicI
for the country. - Chicago Tribune.
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HUMOROUS.

What is the difference between cos
tuners and eustomers?-O l. know.
1t was a son of Erin who asked the
meeting TO excuse him from service on
n committee because he expected TO be
unexpectedly called away.
WHO is the first lady in the land?"
nervously inquiries a contemporary.
When you come to Philadelphia, if you
will sick yourself up little and comb
the burrs out of your hair we will take
you up to the house and introduce you
to her. - Philadelphia Call.
Indeed, Sues new hat is no great
shakes. although she thinks all the
world of it," remarked Amy to the
High-School girl. mo great shakes"
responded the High School girl, "why
don't you say vibrations of no magni-
tude? oil CHy Derrick.
"A small 10y in Maine listened de-
murely to the story of Samson's tying
the fire-brands to the tails of foxes and
then sending them through tho Philis-
tines corn, and at the conclusion of the
narrative asked innocently: "Auntie,
did it pop?"-M T. Hpdcpendent
Pleasures of Costing
Dreathes there man with sSul so dead
Who never rode n big '.bob-sled!"
IL you're that one, go make your will,
Then seek some steep and slipp'ry hill
High though your station. great your fame,
You'll sweep thro' space as swift as flame.
And If you reach the foot unfung,
Loud praise will leap from heart and tongue.
-''Didn' tell you that didn't want
to see you in this courtroom again?"
asked Police Judge of an Irishman.
"Yes. sor. ''And didn't YOU promise
that would never see you again?'' Il
did, yer honor." ''Then why do see
your because We are not blind, yer
honor. ~. y. Ledger.
al had hardly entered the room"
said he, with tremulous voice. '.when
mist suddenly gathered before nv
eyes. | was unable to see an inch in
front of me. / heard the murmur of
voices, and then" "You faintedl'
quickly put in his friend. 'No; l
wiped the frost off my glasses" - Chi
cdgO Tribune.
Here is a fair sample of a small
scot up and washed me-had break
fast slid down hill-had n fight with
Willie Smithwe won't speak any more
wore hole in the toe of my new
boot steering my sled-eat supper-pa
spanked me about the boot-went to
bed-bully good day"
julia asked New York editor
If it would be right to have her pet
poodle in the parlor while receiving
calls on New Years day. and the cru
dite editor replied that, il her pet poodle
was the breed that wore only two legs
and q wealth of shirt-collar, and so
forth, he couldn't see any material OBJ
jections; but if the poodle was the gen
uiDe fOur-footed article, she had better
keep it out of the room or it might be
fatally frightened when the other poo
the other Jolly dogs called. Norris
tOSCn Herald.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

DIR. George Fordyce. the aDatomist
and chemical lecturer, for twenty years
lived on one meal a day. He had ex-
cellent health chicago Herald.
American women owe a bow to the
Pail Mall Gazette, which says: Amer
lean girls have a deserved reputation
for general courage above ali their sis
ters elsewhere"
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
not yet fully recovered from the severe
illness of last summer. Her young son
is the editor, printer and publisher of
an amateur paper in Washington.
-Ex-Governor Frederick Smytb.
who has been Cashier of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank of Manchester, N. H.,
throughout the twenty-eight years of
its existence, has been made its Presi-
dent.
An Oswego gentleman recently paid
the n:nety-second annual subscription of
his family to the New York EUening
Post. The subscription was originally
made by the grandfather of the present
payer.
Rev. DIR. John Hall, pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in
New York City, is said to receive $780,
900 year salary, besides a house rent
free and $4,000 for aweekly story from
Robert Bonner.
Charles h. Shannon, who composed
the song II Arise from Dreams of Thee, -
sold it for fS, copyright and all. The
present holder of that right derives from
1t the nice little income of fSOO year.
N T. Times.
London Truth says: THE lectures
which have been delivered by Mr..
Matthew Arnold during his stay in
America will be published directly upon
his return home, and hear that in the
autumn we may look for n volume in
which will be recorded his impressions
of the United States and their inhabit-
ants"
John A. Cockerill, paragrapher and
editorial writer of the New ork World,
is supposed to be the best paid news
paper man in this country. His salary
is $4,000 year, and, in addition to
this sum, he derives handsome income
from certain shares of stock in the St
Louis Post-Dispa 'ch, presented him some
years ago by Mr.. Pulitzer Chicago
Netcs.
1t may interest people whom the
cleverness of Cape Cod Folks" amused
10 know that Miss Sallie Maclean, the
author. is an unusually pretty woman.
Two young artists at New York re-
ceptiOa recently agreed, without col
fusion, upon n certain young lady as
the andsomest one present, and il
turned out to be the witty Miss Mac
lean.
Lieutenant Rhodes, of the United
States revenue cutter Dexter, who dis
I tinguished himself a the wreck of the
City OF Columbus recently, is described
as "a man slightly under the average
size, trinity and compactly built, and
with bronzed and regular features, de-
noting energy and determination" He
was in the great tornado, hurricane and
tidal wave which devastated st. Thorn
rs thirteen years ago. There were
eighty vessels in the harbor. and he was
on board one of the only two which
were saved.
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A Pension Romance.

The other day Representative Cassidy,
of Nevada, received a request from Eli
johnson, one of his constituents, that
he would help through pension he had
asked for a member of a CALIFORNIA; cav
airy regiment in the late war. Cassidy
forwarded the letter TO the Pension Of
flee with favorable Endorsement. He
was surprised to receive in day or two
a reply from the Commissioner of PEN
sions, stating that pension had been
granted years ago to the widow of this
same Eli johnson, and that she had
surrendered the pension upon marrying,
some time since, a man named Gill An
investigation was at once had. 1t has
just been ascertaianed that Mrs. John.
son. having been informed by her friends
that her husband was killed in one of
the bloody battles of the war, mourned
him as dead, obtained pension as his
widow, and subsequently married Gill,
an Ohio man. On his part, Eli johnson
had been sorely wounded, had spent
several months in hospital, had 6een
informed. upon emerging from il, that
his wife was dead, had gone to their
old home to find that she had left with
out leaving trace of her whereabouts
behind, and had sincerely mournel her
ever since, The correspondence brings
out the interesting fact that they love
each other still. Unfortunately Gill
still lives Washington Cor. Riiladei-
phia Record.
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Reverence for Wealth as Wealth.

Racing is rapidly becoming more pop.
ular and profitable. but the real liking
of the people Is for trotting. The own
ing Of fast trotters, for his own private
use and behoof. is one of the joys of the
American millionaire; and the one
crumpled rose-leaf in Mr.. Vanderbilt's
existence is that much poorer mar
has faster pair OF trotters than he has,
and that the much poorer man, with
painful disregard of his duty toward
man worth 100000, 600, refuses 10 sell
his team. Here occasion may serve 10
say that wealth merely as wealth has
less weight in the United States than il
has in Great Britain. We know that
there is common belief that wealth is
more worshiped aud is more powerful
in New York than it is in London; but
the belief is unfounded. Whether it Is
that wealth is too common in America,
or that most Americans expect TO be
wealthy some day. or that they can re-
member when the rich man was a poor
man, or whatever the reason may be,
the fact remains that the possession oil
money counts for far less in New York
than it does in London. And, il we
may credit Mr.. Archibald Forbes, the
same state of affairs obtains in Aus
tralia as in America. London Sdtuydap
RecieJr.
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sometimes 7aries the character of the
circulars sent according to the charac-
teristics of the letter-writer, even writ
ing personal letter in some cases.
what other classes have you?"
1.-TWO general classes. One for the
sharpers and one for the general adver-
tiser. The latter class is cosmopolitan.
1t includes all others, really, but it is
made up mostly OF farmers. For in
stance, in New York, Rochester and
Detroit are several firms of dealers in
garden and farm seeds. They get hum
dreds of thousands of letters every
year. To those addresses circulars of
all kinds of farm and household goods,
books. jewelry. anything that man
or woman doesn't need but is sure to
want, can be sent with great profit.
The names for the use of sharpers are
the most profitable of all. and yield the
largest returns of all concerned, except
the ones addressed. Once we get name
on that list we know it will pan out till
the man dies. The addresses of all the
people who buy tickets in lotteries.
who write to dealers in fac-simile green
backs, and who write to other adver-
tisers that offer to give something for
nothing. are very carefully arranged by
themselves. They are usually very
smart in their own conceit, but they
nibble at bare hook"
What prices do these names bring?"
81 have got as high as twenty-five
dollars thousand for names for sharp
ers' use. Good lists of habitual invalids
are worth all the way from ten dollars
to twenty dollars a thousand. Agents
are so easily obtained that ten dollars
is big price; from tn dollars to five
dollars is ordinary. General-use lists
copied off the letters bring from three
dollars to five dollars where they have
not been mailed to more than twice.
When mailed to oftener, and where
year or two old, they get down to one
dollar thousand.
"Are many in this business of
yours?"
Not continually. They drop in, make
a good thing, and straightway begin
mailing circulars on their own account.
The number of actual addresses han
died by me in one year has never ex-
ceeded one million, but it has crowded
that figure closely."-M y. Sun.
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Too Much Cash.

In an alley off Griswold street,
shortly after noon yesterday, several
people saw middle-aged man and
woman sitting fiat on the snow, while
the lap of the latter was fairly covered
with greenbacks which the pair were
counting. The presence of spectators
did not stop the count nor seem to an.
noy The counters, but after the pile had
been handled over. bill by bill, the man
called OUT
Darn my buttons, but we've missed
it again.
What are you doing?" asked one
of the spectators.
bank, and we are counting it over to
see if it's all right"
''And isn't it?''
"NO. ] counted fust and made S610.
Then the old woman counted and made
$3.50. Then | counted and made $500,
and now she's handled the pile and
there's $3.50"
And Pm right" said the woman.
:" don't belieGe it, he replied.
You never went 10 skule day in
your life, and what do You know about
counting?n
. And when did you GO to skule?'
she holly demanded. IF thar's 5000
in that pile I'll eat every dollar of it,
III count it for you" said one OF
the specta ors, and in about five min.
utes he announced that the sum totai
was an even 5000.
A second was asked TO count il, and
he made the total the same.
rats all right" said the old mar
as he stuffed the '.wad" into his over
coat pocket and rose up.
Il don't know about that.'' added
the wife. ''S'posen we git home and
find we are $50 short?'
You come alongr' he commanded.
Don you see that we have both OF
us made show of our ignorance? I'm
thinkin' of runnin' fur the Legisla
tur. and you are boss of two SEWN
societies, and here we've went and lei
on that we don't know huff to count
up drove o hogs and make tails tally
with the hcadsr'-D Detroit Free Press.
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The Muscles.

The chief function of the muscles is
to contract, and thus to move a given
part by drawing toward itself the ten
don which connects the two-the part
and the muscle. Some OF the muscles
are moved by nerve-force sent from
the brain by the will-others act indie
pendently of the will. as most of the in
ternal muscles. Still others-as the
muscles concerned in breathing-are in
the main Independent of the will, and
yet can be controlled by it to some ex-
tent.
Again, even those whose ordinary
movements are determined by the will,
can be operated on independently of il
by what is called "rehex" nervous
action. In this case a sensat on runs up
TO one of the brain-centers, and then,
without going as high as the region OF
intelligence, runs down a nerve of mo-
ton TO the supposed muscle.
This is so with the convulsive move
ments OF hysteria. epilepsy, etc.
HdbitUdl acts become in time largely.
II not wholly, reflex, thus relieving the
mind from experimenting them. A
bird can fly and fish can swim with
out brain-through this reflex power.
No one knows what tie moving force
Is which SO wonderfully plays between
the brain and the muscles. II is not
electricity. although the muscles even
OF dead man can be moved by this
latter force. In every department OF
science we soon strike the limits OF
the movable.
Sometimes. as in cholera (St. Wins
dance). there Is a wild movement of the
muscles. often fearfully violent and Mt
terly uncomfortable. Sometimes. rs in
t0c0Ba0tor Gidria, so called, there Is an
irregular action of the voluntary muscles
the legs, arms and head moving
grotesquely In walking. Sometimes.
as In trance. the limbs of a patient
can be placed by another in the queer.
est postures, aud the former will NOT
have the slightest power to change
them, although he may have the fur
possession of his senses
The muscles retain more or less O,
their popularity for time after death.
The heart of some animals will beat
for hours removed from the body. In
some cases Of death from cholera anc
yellow fever, certain convulsive force
may continue for awhile. One man.
several hours amer death from cholera.
brought his hands together and liftec
his arms into the air, repeating it foI
some time oHtRs Companion