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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

Under the caption of 1.-Two Maine Artists
the Christian Mirror makes brief reference to
the life and works of Franklin Simmons, the
sculptor, now on a visit to hi, native state and
to Mr.. A. IT, Bicknell. of Maiden. Mass, por-
trait and historical painter Mr.. simmons i, a
native of Bath, and Mr.. BcknclI of Turner
Among the works of Mr.. Simmons are portrail
busts of many eminent men, the monument in
Washington in memory of the officers of the
Navy who fell in the civil war. statues of Rog-
er Williams and Gov King in the Capital at
Washington, THE Surprise of Medusa, ""rene-
ope on the Departure of Ulysses for Troy"
''Nliriam in the Wilderness" and "A bde =" the
good angel of Milton's Paradise Lost, his latest
work. This surely is a noble record. Mr.
Bickncll was successfully established as a por-
trait painter in Boston at the age of twenty
He subsequently, pursued his studies in France
and Italy for four years, reopening his studio
in Boston in 1864. but of late has made Maiden
his home. Among the many portrait commits
missions Mr.. Bcknell has received and eXecut-
ed are the following: Daniel Webster, Rufus
Choate, Horace Mann engraved for the Hor-
'tNN
Henry Wilson, Edward Everett, Charles sum
ner, Anson Burlingame (for the city of Bos-
ton), William Pitt Fessenden, Judge Isaac s.
Redfeld (for the state of NermonD Gen. b. +.
Butler, Gov. Andrew, S. T. Chase, Lot NJ. Nor
rill (for the Treasury Department at Washing
tom, Abraham Lincoln tfor the state of Maine) =.
Rev. DR.. r. II. Neale, Gardner Colby and GOV.
1l, I,.,t
The best known of Mr.. Bicknell's works are
his "Lincoln at Gettysburg' and 1.-The Battle
of Lexington" These paintings are each IL
feet by 104. The former represents Mr.. Lin
coin delivering his celebrated address, and
around him are gathered the men of the day
Mirror says in conclusion:
1t is remarkable that Maine. without mu-
seums and art schools, has produced so many
distinguished artists. We are not able to give
a complete list, but besides Mr.. Simmons and
Mr. BckneIl, to whom we have now called
special attention. we may mention Samuel W..
Rouse, the well known cravon artist Samuel
Coleman, landscape and figure painter; Il. L.
Bracket, sculptor; w. Nj. Bracket, fish paint
er; j. FoXcroft Cole, landscape painter; w.
F. Lansl, marine painter; c. Il. Grant, figure
painter; f. L. Vinton, portrait painter; Geo.
w. Seavey, flower painter; j. A, jackson,
sculptor; and Eastman johnson, portrait and
figure painter. In other walks of life the sons
of Maine have won the highest honors, but it is
not generally known that so many have dstn-
guished themselves artists. This list is cer-
tainly very suggestive.
Justice dscards party, friendship. kindred,
and is always therefore represented blind.
Addison.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
Label the Little Ones,

The anxiety SO often caused by the
wandering away Of little child from his
usual familiar surroundings, or his being
separated from bis parents in crowd, is
made unnecessarily distressing by the
fact that usually he carries with him no
certain means of Identification To label
him with his full name and address would
be So simple ii precaution that it is sur
pI1slng that 1t is not a universal practice.
We brand our cattle, punch cabaistic
characters III the Web-feet of our fowls,
engraNe dog collars, and scrupulously
tag umbrellas and lunches of keys, while
giving hardly passing thought to what
would happen to our little speechless
toddlers and ourselves should they stray
into unknown streets or meet with some
accident in the domains OF strangers. In
the customary marking Of undergarments
with indelihle ink it would be but little
more trouble to use the full name instead
OF initials, and ON outer garments a con
Venlent place could he Selccted-Say the
inside OF the collar band or Of the end of
The sleeve where the tull address could
De placed. ii every reader of Babyhood
would adopt such Il plan and recommend
it to others, there Wonid be at once a
beginning which might 60 far toward
establishing a uniform custom, the use
tuiUess Of which would seem to be beyond
question. Baby hood.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
The Wild Bees Honey.
BY DORA READ GOODALE.

BY DORA READ GOODALE.
White-crested in the sultry heat
Lie the long fields of thick buckwheat,
Wide acres, stretched in rounded ease.
Alive with countless drOnng bees.
The hazy air repeats their hum
As all day long they 60 and come;
An ancient, followed, oaken stem
The only hive that shelters them.
The wild bees and their honey
Oh the yellow honey!
Here it was, of Il summers night,
BY moon and stars and lantern-lght.
We robbed the wild bees honey.
In that dark, mysterious round
Came and went a muttled sound;
Now and again it family rose
The drowSy stir of late repose
Where down the great trunk. SCARED and lined
ragged cleft divides the rind,
Smoking, flaming, yellow and blue,
We thrust the silver torches through,
For SO we snatch the honey
Oh, the boarded honey!
As cOWards, in the lonely wood,
Disarm the fierce, defensive brood
To snatch the boarded honey.
The angry swarm in labored flight
Beats heavily upward to the light
And, echoed on the circing wall
Their dizzy rumbng rise and fall.
Yet hear The hum of thick array
In Smothered tumult sinks away.
And, creaklnS 10 the noisy stroke,
From root to bough, the unwilling oak
Yields up the amber honey
The lost, forsaken honey!
Girded round with skin of beast
Thus did John the Baptist feast
Upon the wild bees honey.
From that black and smoking dome,
Ribbed with hanging honey comb,
The harmless hive comes pouring down,
a wasted stream of russell brown,
The sappy wood our bowl shall be-,
The ragged wood o the living tree
The narrow, shining, oaken chips
Shall carry TO our thirsty lips
That crude, delicious honey,
The wild bees honey
Dripping, melting, caught in haste,
Sweet ana bitter in one taste
The bee-bread and the honey
When again shall this thing be?
All, my friend, remember met
If Time brings back the magic so.
Call me then, for can but 90
Among the woods, of a summers night,
In dew and dark and lantern-light,
Torn and stung and flushed and warm,
10 seize the comb from ont the swarm
And taste the wild bees honey
TO taste the wild bees honey
Will Time bring back the magic so:
Call me then, for can but 90
Once more to feed on honey!
G0utinp
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
The Agricultural Colleges.

The three State Agricultural Colleges
of New England, in the exercises of their
graduating classes reported last week ;,
fully justified their right to be considered
as among the leading educational insti-
tutions Of the country. The subjects
handled by the members of the graduat-
ing classes at Orono, at Hanover, or at
Amherst, demanded culture of high
grade for their treatment, and at each of
these institutions the graduating essays
showed that that high grade had been
thoroughly attained. Honest, conscien-
tious labor, exact mental training, and
careful and original thought were evident,
and certainly so far as the English Ian
guage goes, the essays were better models
of expression and dction than we have
often heard from College commencement
platforms. New England Farmer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
The Offensive Partisan Spy System

The American ProtectiOnist says: Decent
Democrats are everywhere repudating the
Villas Mouchard system of securing postal
changes. The plain talk the inefficient Secretary
has already listened to on the subject is nothing
to what he will near when Congress convenes.
To ask the Democrats ia communities to turn
detectives upon friends and neighbors whom
they respect, simply because of political differ
ences, and as a means of obtaining offices, is an
insult that any man of sense would have fore
seen would be resented. The spy and informer
business, Mr.. Villas will find, is one that will
not be made to thrive in American commun-
tiles, especially for the purpose of backing
policy of hypocrisy and cant. 1t is to be hoped
that Mr. Stevenson will succeed in introducing
manIier methods into the Post Office Depart
ment. There are $500 Department Postmaster
ships now vacant or expired by law. Mr.. Villas
might give his spies rest and turn his atten-
ton to them.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
Lamp-Shades and the Eyes.

Prof II. L. Cohn, in his pamphlet
"Ueber den Beleuchtungswerth der
Lampenglocken" (Weisbaden, 1889, de-
scribes a long series of determinations of
the relative values of various forms of
lamp shades. The method pursued was
to measure the brightness of white paper
lying on a table over which the source of
artificial light was suspended at a given
distance by means of a Weber photome-
ter As one would anticipate, the gen
eral effect of a shade is to increase very
greatly the illumination Immediately
under the light, and not modify it notably
at an angular distance greater than
torty-tive degrees from this region. The
last section of the pamphlet, which deals
with the illumination requisite for easiest
use of the eyes, is of the most general
interest. Taking as a measure of the
value of the illumination in this sense
the number of lines which can be read
from newspaper in a minute, and as
the unit of illumination that of normal
candle at a perpendicular distance of a
metre from the paper, he finds that the
best illumination is not less than fifty
such units. Since even a fifth of this
illumination is very rarely secured, except
Immediately under lamp provided with
a good shade, the author emphasizes the
conclusion that few school children work
in satisfactory light. Science.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
Baby Diseipline,

A correspondent of Babyhood recently
little child, after repeated peadines and
threatenings from his father, asking
what, at a certain point in the conflict,
the father should have done. From d
large number interesting letters which
have been called forth on the subject, in
several other papers as well as Baby
hood, we quote the following from cor
respondent signing himself "An NJ. ID =:
John, senior, should either have picked
up the open letter and quietly replaced
it ON the desk with a gentle bnt grave
"No, no: Junior does not touch papa's
paper" at the same time throwing INN
something from Il handy drawer that
john, Junior, foHd have to play with to
his hearts content: or else have turned
the affair into It game, laughing and
playing With die child and the open
letter, as his ingenuity might suggest.
and have had the game end when the
boy laid the letter ou the desk This
still the IajI ,jucJ ;nb GG.b %a ,,s' "5 "9ti~ thn
case in "what really happened"
But II John, senior, felt obliged toutter
a rOmuaHd 10 child Of twenty seven Or
eight months old he cosdd have said to
wjrh Iovln% s,ni4. nrin' I'm - ~ 'U"' N ,i
hand papa the letter. The child that
His i n,.,anron,,I,I ,,ra re- ~ -" Sums ta'I
hnway4 snn,n Sljnht .,,,i,l.,iot ~ e., i'+Io t,-
nttaprn womb bnTn s,ttinod t ,,a,l tio
lesson
Nnv let ps 500 u,.ba+ roa1,. ba,,uou
ad In thn tirsr ,,arl' Inv. rI,iid. .''"ti i'i|,,,
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
Perfect Butter,

Mr. Robert Hall, an Ohio butter in
spector, says that where butter is pro
perly churhed, both as to time and tenn
peratmc, it becomes firm with very little
working and it is tenacious; but lis most
desirable state il waXy, when it is easily
moulded into any shape, and may be
drawn out a considerable length without
breaking 1t is then styled gilt-edge. 1t
Is only in this that butter possesses that
rich n1ttT taste and smell. and shows up
a rich golden yellow color which imparts
so high degree of pleasure in eating it,
and which increases its value many fold.
Ii is not always necessary, when it smells
sweet. to taste butter in Judging it. The
smooth, unctuous feel in rubbing a little
between the finger and thumb expresses
at once its rich quality the nutty smell
and Fch aroma indicate a similar taste,
and the bright, golden. glistening cream
coiored surface shows its height of clean
Illness. 1t may he necessary at times TO
use a trAcr, or use il until y0u become an
expert in testing by taste, smell and rub
bl,,,r
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

The Rev. Sam Jones of Georgia, an
nounces that "God won't keep young
lady pious who has her waist encircled
seven times week by the arms of spi-
der legged dude" 1t seems then that
counting must go, or else the young folks
must be sensible and hug once week or
thereabouts.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

The large nugget, labelled "Australian gold,"
valued at $4,000, stolen from the Geological
Museum, Ottawa, Can, by burglars, turns out
celebrated nugget found some years ago.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

Tha University of Chicago loses its property
because the Trustees violated the terms of the
gift from Stephen A. Douglas by suffering a
mortgage on the property to be foreclosed, and
it reverts to the Douglas heirs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

The board of visitors to the West Point Mill
tary Academy in their report speak in the high
est terms of the discipline maintained at the
academy, and Of the thoroughness of the in
struction given.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts,
and experiences are solicited from house keep
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address AgIi-
cultural editor, Journal Office, Belfast Maine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
BELFAST DIRECTORY.

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23


Tue President Of the Cambridge, MASS, Fire
lH7. Co., recommends Hoods Sirsaparllla as a
bhihllns M anu Strengthening remedy
lhal iauee elsllY learn 70 pay the Vioih Is not
is taken into consideration.
b0n'i give up We nope OF recovering II you
IIE'A ART PFGIrI AT0P has hean a Au4citi. fn,.
thirty year>-many great cure. are known from
il u~c Free Damphiet of f. H. Ingalls, Cam
Lri,I,.. NJ.
T.n wards ,f Irritation and q bushcl of srush are
tueutione, Inv the Bosion t,lnle ~ a inn seaside
,utljf fIr line ,ver,re ,o,Ing Ia,Iy
now 1T WAS
Al me battte OF "eliy sburg i was shot through
u@ ''' ''- 'u Was sent 10 the hospital Ihe army
S'iE '"s It'lT.tu NE UNi pronounced my case IN
, ,ic, M; riaf nt ''g"'I9 ,reG MoG'S S n,1W,
Filters. I am now almost well and shall coniinne
lneir use.-(ld soldier 2w}0
""9 'I'u ,'ei7i'torliy Se',n that ,, Sch'Sah
Ell iqrn T @ y: & 7iii "a "a w.; 49, ,t a 'ii''' - ''''''
treat Discovery.
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
A DRINKARD'S SUCCESSFUL. PLEA

The Haverhill Bulletin says that a man nam
ed Libby arraigned for drunkenness before
Judge Carter in the police court of that city,
Monday morning, addressed the judge and
pleaded his case. He stated that he was a ma
tive of Maine and had just returned from fish
ing trip without Il cent in his pocket, but was
on his way to Maine, where he had job to
work at haying, where he could earn 500 or $50
this season. He had never been in Haverhill
before, and if the judge would let him off. he
promised to leave the town at once nor would
he stop to get even glass of water. He con-
cluded his appeal by reminding the judge that
he used to live in the little house down by the
school house on Bracket street, Portland when
His Honor resided in the large double white
house just on the other side of the same school
house. He was sure the judge must have known
his mother. This last appeal won the SYM
pathy of the court and Libby was let off on pro-
baton. Portland Advertiser.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

Justice discards party, friendship. kindred,
and is always therefore represented as blind.
Addison.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23

For some time past rumsellers at TOgus who
possessed United States licenses have been free
Iy selling liquor on the grounds of the National
Home, asserting that their license gave them Il
perfect right to do on land under the luris-
dictlon of the general government. Judge An
drews of the Augusta Municipal Court decided
that his court had no authority in the matter.
July 9th, however, United States Commission
Ell ChOate made warrant against John Carson
for selling liquor on the national grounds at
TOgus under Section 1891, Revised Statutes of
the United States, which says in substance that
any offence committed in any place ceded to
the United States which otlensc is not prohb-
tied or punishment thereof is not specially pro-
vided for by the United States, such offence
shall be liable to and receive the same punish
meGt as the laws of the State in which such
place is situated and now in force have provd-
ed for a like offence when committed within
the jurisdiction of such State. This, as nearly
as can be learned, is the first time IA case has
ever come up under this section in the United
States. Carson's case was continued. 1t is
stated that strict enforcement of the prohih-
tory law on the grounds of the Home, as per-
mitted by the above section, will stop the sale
of lager beer there, which is and has been free
ly allowed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-09

WOODLANDS AND HEALTH.-UpOn
the hills of western Massachusetts, are
thousands of acres Of which, when first
cleared, we're productive enough but
the soil, no longer held together by the
roots of the trees, has had its lighter
and richer portions washed away year
by year until its best elements have
found their way into the valleys, leav-
ing the hill farms sterile and nearly
worthless. The change is evidenced by
the ruined honses and half Obliterated
cellars, which are sadly abundant on the
hills, indicating a population and pros
perity in former times which would now
be impossible. In the vicinity of Bos-
ton, within my recollection, many fine
tracts of woodland have been cut down
for irewOOd, leaving barren, rocky hills,
looking desOlate enough without their
once beautiful covering. Ii those ster-
lie hills, all over the state, could he
planted with the best varieties Of forest
trees and properly cared for. the value
of adjacent land would be enhanced.
our streams would flow with greater
regularity, freshets and low water
would be less common, the climate
would be tempered, the extremes Of
heat aud cold being less marked and
winds less violent, the rainfall more CO.
pious and regular, malaria would lose
its foothold, and every grove would be
sanitarium for the weaTied denizeus Of
city and Boston Advertiser
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-09

WHAT HENS CAN DO.-PeOple who
ride the chicken hobby, frequently IA
vor their less experienced acquaintances
with wonderful tales about the number
of eggs a hen will Jay in a wear if she
has proper care, generous feed and gen
eral good treatment; these statements
often strike the unorejudiced minds as
being a little wild and approach the
"fshy" Odor quite as nearly as is posi-
bic for such tO'cl subject TO do. Once
in a while, thoug,., one finds something
like the following statement, which is
supposed TO be based on accurate obser-
walton. OF course experience clearly
demonstrates that some breeds of chick
ems are Far more prolific than others, Sc
that any statement Of this kind is only
applicable to The average breeds of
poultry. Professor Miles, in an excel
lent work on stock breeding, quotes an
eminent scientist, whose opinion on
this matter is valued highly by men of
wide experience. This writer says that
the ovaIium Of fowl is composed of
600 oyalcs or eggs, and that iE the
whole course ot The lifetime of an in
dustrious hen she cannot possibly lay
, more thou 600 eggs, which are distrib-
uted over a period Of about nine years
the second, third and fourth years be.
ing the most profitable to the raiser
American St0ckmap.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-09

CURE For The fol-
lowing is of interest 10 many parents
at this time "A French physician has
discovered that vapors of liquid tar and
tuTpentine dissolve the fibrino1s exzid.
atiOns which choke up the throat 10
diphtheria. Dethil's process is thus
described He pours equal parts Of tur-
pentine and liquid tar into tin pan OF
cup and sets fire to the mixture. A
dense, TesinOus smoke arises, which OBJ
scuTes the air of he room. The pa
TENT says DR.. Delthil. Immediately
seems to experience relief the choking
and rattle stop; the patient falls into
a slumber AMI seems to inhale the smoke
with pleasure, The fbrinous men,
brane soon becomes detached, and the
patient coughs up mierobicides. These
when caught in glass, may be seen to
dissolve in the smoke. In the course Of
three days afterward the patient entire
ly recoyers.' This treatment was re-
Gently tried in New York. The patient,
a little girl, was lying gasping for
breath when the physician visited her.
First pouring out two tablespOoDfuls Of
liquiied tar on an iron pan, he poured
as much turpentine over it and set it on
fire. The rich resinous smuke which
arose to the ceiling was by no means
unpleasant. AS it filed the room the
ehild's breathing became natural, and
as the smoke grew dense she Ieil into a
SIppD -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-09

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Rough on Germs for CoTns Bunions l5c,
Thin people. Wells Health Renewer,
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Ladies who would retain freshness and
vi7acity don't fail to Try Wells Health Re
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'Buchu pai5a, great kidney and urinary
cure.
Flies, reaches, ants, bed bugs, rats, mice.
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Rough on Coughs tToches, 15c lquid,
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For Children slow in developnlent. puov
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