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The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
The Editors Note Book.

In December 1865 the writer was a passenger
on the steamer Mary Hne, which was snagged
and sunk in the Red River on the trip from
New Orleans to Shreveport. The boat was
run into shoal Water and so near to the bank
that it could be reached by gang-plank, but
many OF the passengers We're much frightened,
and no one more so than the clerk of an Inter-
nal Revenue Collector, whose performances
were the source of great amusement TO the
cooler ones No sooner was the boat fairly on
bottom, with her main deck mostly under wat
er, than the newspaper man got to work at the
clerks desk writing up the accident for the New
Orleans Times. A sketch was given of the
clerk, who had capered about on the bunk
after everything was quiet, with two life pre-
servers strapped on; and when the whistle of
descending boat was heard the letter was tied
to piece of wood and thrown on board as she
passed, and so speedily reached the Crescent
City and was duly published In the winter of
1869 or 20 the writer was in the room of Il
Texas Congressman in Washington and was
introduced to Il General b. In the course Of
conversation the accident to the Mary ine
was referred to, and it appeared that two of
her passengers were present. Gen. b. was the
Internal Revenue Collector, and it was his
clerk who had been written up for the New
Orleans Times. Subsequently the writer met
Gen. BIS wife and learned from her that she
had formerly lived in Belfast. This Is some
thing of Il coincidence, but would be more re-
markable if it had happened elsewhere than in
Washington, where one comes in contact with
people from all parts of the world
The report of the court of enquiry in the case
of Paymaster General Smith of the Navy is
very severe, finding that the bureau was badly
administered, and it will be followed by Il
court martial Aside from this investigation,
however, it is stated that the Paymaster Gen
eral would in any event be deprived from this
present position which he obtained on his
merits, to make room for fayorite of the
Cleveland administration. Gen. smith, il hard
y need be said, is Republican. That he has
been guilty Of any wrong doing, or that he Is
deficient in ability no one who has known him
from boyhood, will admit. He is native of
this State 1t looks very much rs though Gen.
Smith is to be made the victim OF political per-
secution. The following from the Boston
Journal, is significant; "Paymastcr General
Smith was one of the officer. Of the kear,ar9e
at the time that vessel destroyed the Alabama
OIL the coast of France. II" delivered very
graphic account of that naval battle. His
friends insist that that lecture ha. given offence
to some of the Southern leaders, and that for
that reason political influence has been eXertcd
against him."
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
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The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
-aRM. cABDER ANU HOUSEHOLD.

tag Jli- department brief suggestions, facts,
aut experiences are solicited from housekeep-
er>. FARMERS and gardeners. Address Agi'-
.Iiluraleditor. journal Office, Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

A New Hampshire court has lately decided
that physicians horse and buggy are "tools,"
and as such are exempt from seizure for debt
when they are necessary to enable him to
practice his profession with reasonable success.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Buddensick. the reckless New York builder,
was found guilty of manslaughter in the second
degree, for causing the death OF Walters by the
falling of his building, and sentenced TO ten
years in State Prison and $500 fine.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Butterne is imported into England in vast
quantities. During the first four months of
this year $5 $40, 600 worth was imported, chief
Iy from Holland, Belgium, Denmark and
France.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Captain Benajah Dudley of Brattleboro, VT,
the oldest native resident who was u captain In
the old state militia and popular school mas
ter many years ago, died in Bratteboro, re-
Gently, aged 81 years.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Attorney General Garland decides that an
Indian cannot hold a post office. 1t does seem
thata man who can mold buck-jumping pony
can hold almost anything.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

A despatch from Stamford, Ct, announces
the death of Ben Mace, brother of Dan Mace,
recently deceased, on the farm at that place.
Ben Mace was trainer and driver of trotting
horses.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Nothing bothers a modest but hungry Oh hen so
much as when she has made a hearty breakfast of
AN Old shoe lace and finds the unfortunate shoe still
at the end OF it,
The warm weather often has a depres ng and
deolhatllS enttt' ifoou Ha'9i'i'iiild oNVf'o'ieo
all languor ana lassithde-
..Tbnra WAS countless millions of mos.nitnes
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III ~, -, '.tln,t ,a.r,,n.ata 81 ,lnn,t r,a,
aaa na". the,a was ronrtIoss millions for Jimmy
p.n o., ,,,,' o,,I VII mo rarnted ,a,o ;,
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IN vears is a long time. but for that term DIR
CH.V .VE;S UEART REGIJ,ATOR has bnen
ptlore u puoiC a. sur cule ~ iithi' u,
Disease III all lts Iorn1s. i rec palnphitU ol J. i.
+. Ingalls,. Cambridge, Mass. Sl.O0 per bottle
at druggists.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Leading New York physicians say that the
morphine habit. particularly in the form of
hypodermic injections, is fearfully increasing
there, and that deaths from such habit are
continually occurring.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

My face for the last few years was covered with
pimples bad that | used to be ashamed to go
anywhere. took two bottles of Sulphur Bitters
and the pimples disappeared | use them every
spring.-C. X. DO,c, FdH RiUer.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

EJSfJ ,Nb EJSIIJ\,. 'IIp RYnp,r { 'OullnCr-
citi says IL : interesting 10 Wa'ch lhe various
kinds of fish at the foot of he dam in their ef-
forts ia oct M the river S.honI. of ,Ia,vives
49,,
ht aoou' the poor uouSihS fest'eSsN mere anu
there. Huge salmon calmly INSPECT the imped-
in,art IN tha shara of =, M ..u,., ,,.,,I tha,
'fN ' ''o,il "'''' 'l"'
p"'s theF progress Whlie the fcpuislFe looking
eel carefully inspectS each crack and creyicc
V!,i. I,ttar ~ ia. , ,o.,,Ii ,,,,. t ,,,ii,,,.
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Il uesireu positl"h III sWiiI running water. He
settles on some sharp rock; faces up stream
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part Oh the Dody dro.'s II over tht upper >lde OF
the rock anu takes hls ease "A FroNihcetoWn.
Mass despatch OF the 'll INST. SAYS: Arrived
to-day steam Whaier Dolphin, Coleman Bangor.
She reports that Whatts are scattered along tlle
coast feeding quite wide out IN deep water
Steam Whaler FANNIE Spra$ue, Atker>on, tow
ed IN one shal llnhaek Whae to-day, sAot
saturday. The hnback whaling fleet now on
the New England coast, compose SIX steamers.
;-lhe tish Commissioners OF New Jersey
nave turned 100000 Penobscot salmon fry INTO
the Delaware RlVer' below Bushklh' IA. The
stream stocked with California salmon
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
PUBLICAN JOURNAL.
Republican Journal Publishing Co.
Largest Circulation IN City and County.

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In advance, $500 year;
within the year, f2.5o, at the expiration of the
year, $500.
ADV ERTl>ING TERMS. For one square, zone inch
of l.u-th ia cDlumn,J Sl.00 for one week, and p
rlIt- for e.eh subsequent insertion. A fraction ot
iulre CHARGED As d fun one.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

In harness man has lifted $50 pounds, this
result having been achieved only by allowing
every muscle to act simultaneously 10 its fullest
capacity, and under the most advantageous cir
cumstances.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

American shoe manufacturers are making
rapid inroads into the shoe market of Cuba, II
fact which is causing shoe manufacturers in
Spain and the Baearic Islands considerable
uneasiness.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
"MOst can raise the flowers now
For all have got the Seed.r

1t is equally rare in all the best modern writ
ers. so far as we have noted; but nowadays the
''schoolmarms" have got into the way of saving
gotten. and the young folk seem to suppose that
it is the only correct form. Literary World.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

The last deal of the Illinois legislature turned
up Jack.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
Traditions of the Elders.

In Dec. 1888, the British evacuated Fort
George in Penobscot, now Castine, and in the
hurry of departure left behind them, locked in
the S. Z. baston drummer boy who had been
confined for a petty theft. The poor boy when
he found he had been left beat his drum hop
ing that some of the citizens would come to his
relief, but in vain. SUPERSTITION sealed his
fate. When his drum was heard the people
shrugged their shou iders in fear and trembling
and said ghost is in the fort. Left to his fate
he died of starvation. Then indeed, his ghost
did retul nightly to haunt the old fort and vex
the people of that ancient port whose miserable
fears left him to So dreadful death. Every
night his drum could be heard sounding with
muf1ed beat the n arch of death, and dimy
could the stars be seen TO twinkle through his
shadoWy form as he paced the ramparts at
tended by the unearhly forms of his comrades
who had been slain in the siege. This was
nightly occurrence until the 31st of August,
1914. On the first of September of that wear
the British returned and took possession of the
fort again. Since then his ghost has never
been seen and his drum has forever ceased to
beat.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

ADMINISTRATIONS. EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS
tc-;u- theIr Probate advertising published in the
5uuNE.i, viii please state 10 the Court
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

Paragraph from story in Chambers Jour
nal: Il may here state for the benefit of the
uninitiated that throwing ones hand up is II
sign throughout America that one doesn't in
tend to draw pistol and shoot"
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
"Proven" and Gotten y
| "clerk" in Lowell writes thus:

A ''cerk" in Lowell writes thus:
''Should say they have proved beneficial or
'they have proven beneticiaIY | find differ
ence of opinion in the office on this subject and
have no books of reference
P.ored is the correct form, and the only cor
rect form, unless very recent usage can be reck-
oned to have made p,otea admissible. The lat
ter is no legitimate word, proee and all its com
pounds being weak verbs. We say approred,
not abp,oceA, etc. A few years ago ll0rea was
never heard, except in the old Scotch law
phrases mot proven;" and the best dictionaries
do not recognize it, except as a Scotticism or a
poetcal word.
Gotten is another archasm which recent af-
fectaion is restoring to use. Webster and
Worcester both call it ''obsolescent." as it
seems to have been even in the Elizabethan
age. Shakespeare uses it only five times (and
three of these in the second and third parts
of Henry w. while he has got as the participle
in more instances than we have patience to
count. Milton does not use it once in his poe
try we can not speak for his prose. Tennyson
has ,reH gotten In Maud, but elsewhere got; as In
the familiar lines
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

In March, 1TG3, the inhabitants at the head of
Northern Bay We're in a state of utter prostra-
ton for want of food For many DAYS they had
subssted on clans and the bark of trees. All
had become so enfeebled that eXerton was
burden. In this extremity a whale came up
the river and was stranded and died on the
sand bar that makes out from Stoyers point.
The people >ubssted on the whales flesh until
a vessel came from Boston with supplies.
Their deliverance from death by starvation
was regarded as II special interposition of
Providence in their behalf and day of thanks
giving was held accordingly. At one time Mr..
John Winsow's family was reduced to lowest
condition for want of ood. They had taken to
their beds with the eX oecatiOn of never rising
again. The children, little better than Mr..
Winslow and his wife, went to the brook to
play and found il literally full of alewives
which they caught in leir hands and carried to
the house. They We're roasted on the Goals and
eaten without pepper or salt. After this good
meal, as Mr.. Win>low called it, he went to the
brook and took all tlat he could care for,
evaporating sea water for the salt to cure them.
He then took his log canoe full and went to
Fort Pownall and exchanged them for Indian
meal. During The Summer he aud his family
lived on fish and meal. Good crops that season
gave abundant food for the ensuing winter.
Mr.. Winslow became quite wealthy and is said
to have owned the first wheeled carriage in the
present limits of Hancock county. Many times
were the early settlers reduced to CLANS, and
even had to be sparing of them for fear that
this last resource might fail them.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

settlers the Frenchman 5 stream. ETC.. and the
Win>low farm as the Frtnchmans farm There
was undoubtedly settlement Of French at
very early date, as the foundations of an Old
mill and what must have been the sites of
dwelling houses We're found here by the first
settlers in l76l.
Trees of considerable Size were growing on
these foundations at that time. In the year
1900 Thomas GrindaI was driving Il yoke of
oxen for Il man blowing on the Frenchmans
farm, and the ploW poin. turned out copper
kettle. Thomas, with Il boys curiosity, began
to dig and soon found another kettle of the
same material and under that The skeleton of
what must have been very large man. BY
his side wa, the silver bill of a sword. 1t had
been buried 50 long that the BLADE was only Il
line of rust, Resting Oh the bones were Il doz-
en- French crowns of an old date. The money
was paid away for goods md lost. TO the stu
dent of the history of Acadia they would
have been almost of priceless value as fixing
the date of the French settlement here. The
skeleton was that Of some big sachem as eyinc-
ed by the unusually large amount of property
inferred with him
In 1Stl Capt. stephen Grindal found ON
Johnson's Point old silver CONS to about the
value of six hundred dollars, principally the
coinage of France in the reign of Louis XIV.
dated from 1886 to 166S Though most of these
coins We're sold TO IA silrersmith in Boston
many specimens are still eNtant in this vicinity.
\ Story has been current from the earliest
settlement that IN Indian chief was buried on
loung's Island in Bagadlce river, and with
him 4 large quantity of silver dishes and French
coin, but though many have searched for the
treasure, so far their Efforts have not been
crowned with success.
Another story is that thu pirate DiXy Bull
sometime about 1922 sunk barrel of coin off
the n. L. point of the same island.
jane -, l>>3. HOSEA B.. WAEpwELL.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-02

We Were much interested in the account Civ
en- Us last summer by Dr. W. H. WinsoW. of
the Use made of natural gas, for manufacture
ing and domestic purposes, in the city of Pitts
burg. The Popular Science Monthly for June
contains an elaborate article oil this subject,
from which we quote As follows
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-15

Now all this discomfort may he avoided
in a simple way. You have. first of all. to
make yourself acquainted with the plan of
the town and to walk out of the staten
without any hesitation. II you go wrcng it
does not much matter; you can soon find
your way again. or if not you can buy a
trifie at some shop, where they will set
you right. When the cabmen scream
at you. as they do at every one. do
not look at them, but raise your
will generally quiet them. II they persist
shrug your shoulders. pout your lips, and
elevate your chin more suddenly and dis
tinctly, with q side glance at them. while
you continue your walk. That MEANS
Don't trouble me-" II it should prove in
etfectual. which it rarely does, assume ss
much ferocity as You can easily command
at short notice into your face. turn short
ly on your persecntOr, nix your eyes on his
and draw your right hand, with
the back uppermost, gently but firm
ly from your throat to your
chin In such a way As to push out your
beard, if you are fortunate enough 10 have
one. What this gesture means We cannot
say; it is best not TO inquire. To judge
from its effect on the lazzaroni, il is tanta-
mount TO very bad language indeed; so that
he who employs it innocently may have all
the satisfaction without incurTing any Of the
guilt Of those noble soldiers who once fought
in Flanders. But the gestures must be per-
formed simply, easily, almost mechanically,
or the cabmen will discover that you are
only fraud. and act accordins!y.-Satur-
day Review.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-15

Mellen. the Mellen who owns the St
James Hotel. Baltimore. and who il under
indictment of a Boston grand jury for con-
spiracy to murder his daughter-in-law, is
being searched for by a requisition from the
governor of Massachusetts, but is very
scarce.
Ii will be remembered that this Mr. Mel
len. being very rich, and being dissatisfied
with the style Of woman that his son had
stopped out of the Family with large F.
to marry. Thought he could afford to pay
handsomely to have the disgraceful obsts-
Gle removed; and he is charged with hiring
a Mrs. Coolidge, lady now In Boston jail,
to do the unpleasant little job for the Mel
len dignity.
Mrs. Coolidge AYERS that she had no in
tention Of carrying out her part Of the con-
tract, but felt willing TO water Mellen's
stock with little fictitious blood, so to
speak.
This is case Of Boston culture that
Howells might make a pretty little farce
out of.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-15
MISSING LINKS.

Artists are interested IN a revival Of fine
meZzotint work
| Insanity is said TO be rapidly increasing
in Philadelphia
American beer brewers use 40. 600 pounds
Of rice annually.
An English silver penny Of modern date
Is worth SO cents. ~
A bright red bird on . black or brown
bonnet is fashionable.
| They dig potatoes by steam now, tossing
out 500 barrels a day.
A West India cricket eleven is coming to
Philadelphia next season.
A Washington bridegroom recently gave
the minister 81, 900 note.
Nantucket is being moored to the main
land by a submarine signal cable.
Though in Sing Sing, Financier Ward
continues to smoke forty-cent cigars.
The battle ground Of Missionary Ridge
has been converted into strawberry patch.
There are 400 petroleum wells in the
| vicinity of Baku, but only 200 of them are
in operation.
The fourteen bishops OF the Methodist
church are ranged against a political prohi-
bition party.
Iowa possesses one Of the three best law
libraries collected under state authority in
the United States
Hendricks and Hill is the ticket which a
democratic paper in Georgia wants 10 see
nominated in lssS.
A mill at Mechanics Falls. Me-, Is making
lo,0 900 reams Of paper. required for Mr..
Blaine'S second volume.
In, I 90
be the oldest lawyer in the United States
He was admitted to the bar in 1911.
A pale pink gown. wreathed with chrys-
anthemums. was the dress worn by q bride
elect at a party in Paris the other night.
A New York railroad company has jsut
paid Sl,s00 as damages to the owner Of
violin. which was damaged on one of the
cOmpany's trains.
A New York merchant In fit Of econO-
my. one night recently. vanished his dining
room. In the morning he discovered. to his
disgust, that he had daubed the walls with
maple syrup.
The Central Labor Union, of New York
city has issued instructions to boycott all
persons who persist in patronizing the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, on the ground that the pro-
prietors of that caravansary employ non
union help
The rear ear Of a circus train that left
Brandon, Miss, a few nights ago had upon
it a $1,000 gnu. Some negroes, who had
fallen in love with the curious beast, un-
coupled the car. and, running the gnu off
into a swamp, stole it.
An ingenious Frenchman has conceived
and carried into effect plan for collecting
the grease and other matter which defile the
Seine and making them into soap. glycerins,
perfumery, etc. He Is reaping a rich har-
vest from his shrewdness and enterprise.