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The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
Thirty Yeas Of the Shoe Trade.


In 1850 we see the old shoemaker pounding
amt hi; e3n1 f., ,;tt,. Ill. .,i,i ,.f ,,,,,,.,
I'm
or ingenious ilachlntN. lch wears later, ln 1850,
his work is ligiltene,l and though h.. may NOT
t,i i'm , f..tor,. ,,..i,i- i,,, $500 ,',;,; ,
sun i.',''' y"
MS WORN 'hat F'hh less iaiof h'caFnS S-9l.4N.
The civil war ended, he returns with foICed
tent 10 find the ola Shon lacked .uI will.
,,,,,,,. ,,....,. ,... :,...I
"''7 i'N'0'9 "'0'H INV '''''S nun " ''''''''
master OF powerful machine. With it be TOYS
"A few hours each day, and in $50 earns rl63.ID
tcurrency), or, figured i'll gold, according to
the census directions, $50 SO. "Black Fridays"
come apace; he makes more shoes than are
worn out; ne does more work fer less money,
ana IN 1850 earns SiS1.2l. In 1854 he is looking
about HIM talk ng about the country being too
small to Keep hm employed, preparing to push
INTO other ma ket>, and determined that IN
iN9o or l900 Il lie Sam census shall credit him
with more earnings Thus has machinery Hshy-
ehtu hlN to!l improved ms manner OF hNlng,
ana gwen hm IN l>N0 almost double the wage,
OF $500.
In addition tc the tNldenre OF these complia-
llOns, thelr may De mentioned some 1nItnncrs
III the Taur Whlch y j. not IN the province OF
the general Statl>lcian 10 recognize \ gradual
reduction IN the number y working months Of
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
Mr.. Villas and his Little Trick.

We venture to assert that there will not be
found in he official CORES pondencc Of the Gov
ernment. any parallel for this despatch. sent by
Postmaster General Villas TO the Postmaster Of
san Francisco:
WAsllNGroN y. K, Ang. T. lsS5.
samuel w hacSus, Postmaster, San Francisco,
Cal:
oncr your entire mail TO company If refused,
scnd an agent to take mail along with him rs bag
gage. Answer.
WILLIAM b. NILAs, Postmaster Gt neral.
Congress appropriated 100000 to be divided
among American steamship lines for the trans
portalion of the mails. The action was taken
deliberately. after full discussion, and there
can be no preience that Congress dd not under
stand what it was doing or did not intend that
the money appropriated should be distributed.
The Postmaster General takes advantage OF Il
verbal quibble to override the action of Con
gresS and prevent the execution OF il. purpose.
He declares that he will not distribute the
money appropriated, and proceeds to higgle
with the steamship companies over the COM
pensation Tor the mail service. lie oilers them
sum far within the amount designed and
appropriated for them by Congress, and they
refuse to take the contract at bis terms. They
are entirely within their rights IN 80 doing.
The Government cannot compel company 10
do business at IA loss. The companies concern
ed can aud probably will withdraw from routes
which are Improbable without the help from
the mail service which Congress Intended them
to have, but there is no power to force them to
accept the Postmaster Generals terms. What
then does Mr.. Villas do? The dispatch which
We have copied above shows. He endeavors to
| circumvent the companies by IA trick, and to
send the mails through to their destination as
the personal baggage of the mail agent. We
have waited for a Democi attic Administration,
with country lawyer from Wisconsin AT the
head of the postal service. for such a spectacle
as this, of the United States Government. to
saw fey thouSauI tlOllJrS tn Io
lis mails through as baggage. We have an
impression that this is not the last that Mr.
Villas will hear of this m after. Boston Jour
nal
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
Enriching Grass Lands.

Stable manure is always reliable, and
when delivered on the field at two dol
lars per load is far more economical. The
great trouble is that it cannot be procured
in sufficient quantity. The only remedy
to fall back upon is to keep the manure
making stock. Nor should we in our
haste be careless about the quality of our
stock such stock only should be main
tained on the farm as the owner will not
be ashamed to show, but may have them,
as it were, perpetually on exhibition. But
under any, and all circumstances, the
idea must be permanent, TO restore to the
land what we take from it--nay, more
Different kinds Of land require different
modes of treatment, and it should be the
farmers study to become acquainted with
its needs. j. II. Stoddard.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

FISH AND FISHING. Al q meeting of the
Boston Fish Bureau resolution was passed
fayoring such an arrangement between the
United States, Dominion of Canada and the
province of Newfoundland as shall include the
reciprocal admission free of duties Of products
of the fisheries of both countries. A committee
of five was appointed with full powers to take
charge of the Bureau in this matter 80 Black
bass are multiplying rapidly in the Kennebec
and Sebasticook rivers - Mackerel are very
plentiful off the coast of Maine this year. and
seners in the various bays report good hauls
The trawlers say their luck is worse than ever
and that successful traw fishing in Maine
waters has not been known for three years.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

An elegant edition, illustrated. of the tender
tributes of the poets E. C. Stedman, B. F. Tay-
lor, John Boyle O'Rely, James Fits and 9TH
ers, to the great hero Grant, has been publish
ed by Vandercook Il Co., publishers, Chicago,
ILL.,, and will be sent by mail for 90 cents. 1t is
on heavy satin paper, tied with black silk rib
bon, and furnishes an exquisite parlor souvenir
and suitable memorial of the death of U. s..
Grant. The edition is limited. Agents wanted.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
NUMBER 33.
Boston Almshouses.
Correspondence of the Journal.

III may not De an unntefestlnS topic 10 some
of the readers of the journal to learn some
thing of how Boston cares for her poor. BY
her position, and the enterprise of her citizens,
she is the metropolitan city of New England.
and is the gate through which annually large
numbers of foreigners pass to find homes in
the new world. Many of these never 90 be-
yond the city, but drift into the various occu-
patons of life, and too many of them find their
way into the prisons and poorhouses. The
poor we have always with Us and the problem
of how to care for them is one of the greatest
economic questions of the present time. There
are two classes. those needing only temporary
help who are assisted at their homes, and those
who become charges Of the city, entering one
of the institutions as an inmate. The former
cost the city annually about $4,000. besides
the income of several special funds 1t is to
the latter that We propose to direct your at
tention. They are cared for in four separate
institutions, besides tie pauper hospital, luna
tic hospital and nursery. Desiring to visit
these places you take the steamer owned and
manned by the city, for 4 trip down the har-
Dor. The first stopping place is at Deer Is
land, on which are located part of the city
penal Institutions the pauper hospital anG
nursery. In the pauper hospital are born
part of those who become inmates of the nur-
sery. The latter has on an average about
eighty infants. When these are six or seven
Years old they are sent to the home for pauper
and neglected children, if not sooner taken by
parents or friends. Many of them are suffer
Ing from various forms of hereditary disease,
with bodies deformcd and nteIItcts clouded.
They are not IT. rule attractive, largely ow
ing to their lack of motherly care and some
what to inherited traits. No kindergartens are
established to awaken their sumberiEg intel
ects. Each days routine is eating, playing
and sleeping. Life reduces itself to a barren
struggle for existence. and it i, net aIWay, the
ttte>t that survives.
From Deer to Rain>tord Island, where the
pauper men are kept, i but short distance.
Both islands are beautifully located in the
harbOr and the air is always pure and well
tempered. The number of men at Rainsford
Island averages about two hundred and sey-
cnty-tive Many nations and races are repre-
seuted, those from the Emerald Isle TAR out
numbering the others. Directly or indirectly,
rum brings more than 30 per cent. of these men
here. Rum is a great eveIlcr and the various
conditions of life all come here on a common
plane Many are IN the full strength and
prime of manhood, preterring pauper>m 10
labor. fauperism imposes hard conditions,
but not the, 10 them, terrible condition Of
labor for daily bread. Their fare Is very plain
and life monotonous, varied by occasional lriis
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

zine comes laden with nearly fifty pages of
literature appropriate for summer reading, and
sustains the reputation which this entertaining
periodical has earned for itself as the cheapest
and most readable magazine in America. The
various departments are well filled as usual.
The readers of the magazine have decided the
question, "who is the greatest living actor and
actress?" in favor of Lawrence Barrett and
Clara Morris, although Edwin Booth had only
two votes less than Mr.. Barrett. Published at
Brooklyn, New York.
Thirty-eight years ago Brigham Young and
his followers took possession of Salt Lake Val
ley, and Friday the Mormons celebrated the
anniversary of that event.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

Th- j- pre- cuducnly tne vacation month"; when
- IA ly9l "'.' ittl'au"h- but l" those
~" 7'i lle Nt iiNH9i+l~ cHt'le OF summer lebll-
7i'ri'.' 7A ll'M7 Oh s'f9fula' me tor
t"i' ' ''.''n9i'>7' 'f Nl'fP7At or SICK headAche,
~ 'n'i' pau t'4t4 t'4t4 p't'S"ft 10 ItANlhg nome
7''i We 7"' -'t moo. 9af7aPafl'lt lral. IL
It"il- ""i 'I"n,l' zone up ana strengthen
'l,,'9it77' ,. ou p"7HiNey cure DYSPEPSIA or SICK
-4 '" va "'''" " ''''"7'i'' i"i''
ara like to give YOU a niece of nv mind Mrs
- rh r,,, o'S'N -! t mr.
be Hi4i5ca."
Heart Disease can be cured by the Use of Dr.
GRAN Is HEART REII LAIoR A certain
cure in all lis forms either organic ar svp,na-
fbatir Send for free t4r,,,blat fn II 4 In,raIIy
,-.,,4r;{rs H. II nd ,,], t(,,i " 7
80 -' -i'' P'i '''''''
would ,s, advise u,, f,, ro 10 nay The niano5 ia
the yona- ,ir,r tr, to tlr DOM Iart ,l,,n, d,nl
''u'- i""7 Np'N7-
VIII NUvUp,
Nit'A "N9Fli 10 5unef again what nave suffered
-sF ne no romtort could not eat nor enjoy any
. % it @ t'i ''i'"ua'I" .i'I 10 ho'nihs hotnihS
[ p, w. iei''g' niJ' , umtll u9t' poltie oI Su-
roi gvtt,es i ia''s u me Weii.--"0Seph
'''''"e'""' ]l"Sfe y notooHT T. A. boHef-
et,ln,l. .npuhp,y Of Ronanartp lives in Raltinora
ana mas .n mu.b of The flohting breed in his v.i,
tDaf mo ,,,,., Iaras t,aai al, III .,,at ,aiI ~ '
~ ~
RuckIen'S Arnca Saiye.
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The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
Clippings.

Chairman Brown is squeezing postmaster
a day out of the administration. GEastport
Standard.
''lhe Maine mosquito and gum chewing girls"
is il Boston Herald heading This is the latest
slur on Maine misunderstanding mosquitoes
1t is the mosquito that does the chewing. [ken-
nebec journal
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

Amateur fisherman to owner of pond: "You
said there were plenty Of fish here" ''There
are millions of 'em." ''Then must say they
are very stupid" "Stupd?' "Stupd?' "Yes,
they don't seem to catch On.'
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

Jerome +. Manning. an attorney of Boston,
New York and Washington, has been dsbarred
from practising before the court of commission
ers of Alabama claims for uttering unseemly
threats against one of the judges.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

EryspeIas and Salt Rheum was driven entirely
away nom Mrs. }. {. Anderson, Pcshtigo, Wis,
ny i'hrlock Blood Biter5. NO equal a blood
purifier.
There is king in \ frica who has only one shirt
ui 1t must not he supposed that he loses caste on
that account. by no means. His shirt is the only
i'm the kinUflno
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

Misses Ella S. Leonard and Caroline G. Lin
gle. Yassar eolleg" girls, have bought the In
dependent at Atlantic Highlands, N. j., and
intend to edit and publish 1t themselves.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

On the first of June the government debt of
Canada was SOS, 100000, which is nearly $50
for every man, woman and chil5 in the copntrv.
The government proposes to borrow $40, ,00J,-
600
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
HIS CHRISTIAN BELIEF.

In alluding to the Generals Christian belief,
DR.. Newman said:
lie was not bigot Bigotry was no part of
his noble and generous nature. While he de
manded religion as the safeguard of free
people, he accorded 10 all the largest freedom
of faith and worship. He was without prel-
dice; he claimed that public education should
be n0n-sectarian, but not non-religious. His
DeS Moines public speech on education was
not against the Roman Catholic church. but
against ignorance and superstition. The order
issued during the war. excluding certain Jew
ish traders from given military district, did
not originate with him. but came from higher
authority; and was not against the religion of
the Jews
He was the beatitude: "Blessed is he that
considereh the poor Strangers might re-
gard him Indifferent to the needy; yet the poor
will rise up and call him blessed. Many We're
the pensioners on his kindly bounty. He gave
"his goods to feed the poor.' While President
he heard his pastor on "Active Christianity
and in the discourse mention was made of a
soldiers widow, sick and poor, and of a blind
man in pressing want He had just reached
the White House. when he sent back this card
with the money: please give $40 to the blind
man, and $40 to the soldiers widow"
In private unseen life, he bore many of the
fruits of the spirit. He loved his enemies. not as
he loved his friends, but he loved them as enc
mics by doing them good as he had opportun-
ity. OF all men known in Il pastoral eXpe-
IlcuCt vi ou years, ue dSpidytu lHc spirit Oh
forgiveness more than any other man. He
caught the spirit of the Saviour's prayer
"Father forgive them; they know not what
they do" There is one high in official position
in our nation who had traduced him at the
point of honor, whereat a great soldier is most
sensitive, and the wrong done was made public
to the modification of all. Grieved at what he
had done, and confined to his sick room, he
who had offended was nigh unto death. But
himself a man of proud and sensitive spirit, he
sighed for reconciliation. "Would the Presi-
dent forgive the offence and call on the sick -
anXiousiy asked interested friends. A sug-
gestion from me that it would be IA Christian
act to call was sufficient. The call was made
the sick man revived; and old friendship was
restored. And, rising 10 Il magnanimity worthy
a saint, he would not withhold an honor due,
even from those who had done him a wrong.
Who does not regret the death of such man:
Heaven may be richer, but earth is poorer. On
one of those delusve April days when hope
! revived in all American hearts, said to him
''Iou are man of Providence. God made you
the instrument
TO SAVE OUR NATION,
and he may have great spiritual mission TO ac-
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
FARM. GARDEN sED HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts,
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor, journal Office, Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
Scott's Emulsion of Pure
Cod Liver OIL with Uyn0phoSnhifpS

Fer bronchial TroUbtes ana General De6ility.
THOMAS BofNE, of Digby, y. s., makes the fol
lowing statement: 81 have been using Scotts Emul
sion for six months and have derived more benefit
from it than any other treatment, indeed believe
ii has saved my life, and can honestly recommend
1t to any one for bronchial trouble any debilia
ing disease
An exchange says that, if thirty.two million
women should clasp hands, they could reach around
the globe. We don't believe thirty two million we
men could be found who would clasp hands.
The motto of the proprctors of DR.. Henry Bax
tel Mandrake Biters is, he greatest good to the
valuable remedy for the small price of p cents ano
warrant every bottle to give satisfaction money
refunded.
Arnica IL Oil Liniment is very healing and sooth
ing, and does wonders when applied to old sores.
common cold should not be neglected. Downs
Elixir will cure it,
Princess Beatrice doesn't know the first thing
about housekeeping, but, as the Young couple vii
probably live on the old folks as long as they last
this slight defect will never be noticed by her hus
band.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retired from practice having
had placed in his hands by an East India mission
airy the formula of a simple vegetable remedy fol
the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption
bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat anc
Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints
after having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make
1t known to his suffering fellows. Actuatcd by this
motive and desire to relieve human suffering,
will send free Of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe. In German, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by mai
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, w
A. MOVES, l49 Po,cer's Block, Rochester, ~ Y.
2GteOWf2
''Ma, our baby should be arrested for sleeping,
said boy to his mother. "Why, what makes you
say that? The baby is not guilty of any crime,
said his mother. "Oh, yes, it is; it is guilty of kid
mapping"
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13
DR.. Newman's Sermon.

THE CLERGYMAN's ESTIMATE OF GEN.
| GRANTS CHARACTER AS A SOLDIER, STATES
MAN, CHRISTIAN AND FATHER.
| The following is an abstract of the sermon
delivered by Rev. DIR. Newman at the funeral
services of Gen. Grant at the cottage on Mt.
MEG regor:
Nv ell done, thou good and faithful servant,
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."-Matthew
XIV, 2l.
Such, my brethren, is the eu'ogy that God
shall pronounce upon human goodness and
fidelity wherever found among the sons of men,
The accidental distinctions between prince and
peasant, millionaire and pauper, commanding
general and private soldier are but as the dust
in the balance in his estimation of personal
worth. He regards not the person of any man !;
he looks upon the heart. The reverend speaker
then referred in eloquent terms to the trans
ctndental virtues of the dead hero-Vlrtues
which We're not only sounded in his native land
but wherever he touched the circuit of the
earth.
In describing the Grant household, the speak
er said
As he was the typical Amerietn should we
be surprised 10 find that his was the typical
American home? May we lift the curtain aud
look upon The holy privacy of that once unbro-
ken household? OF the mutual and reciprocal
love of welded life within those sacred PIE
riurt>s Husband .nd wife tls h.ntv sii,,,t4-
nant of e,,b ntba,. thej. ,h.rators hlG,,,ifni il,
sweetest harmony lik4 thn LIe,f,lad r,l,r. il thr
hn,y of nro,nin lie strruatL jirYit,, and
rnIraue. shr p4ntlann., ,rr,''e'a,l ,,I.,it, IL
the D0ric cnj,mn tn s,,st,in sbn tha Ca,i,th
column 10 beaufify. He. The onk to s,Innort:
she. NV TO entwine. In tllrir lite of ,lraihless
love. their happincss lay like an ocean nt noarls
and diamonds in the embrace of the futpre He
unhappv without her preseuct.. she dp.olate
without his society. she. nure' biuh-,nindrd
ronf,Icd 10 her hi, jnnermost so,,i mi Lirs.p1
her win his hest anil uufIiIino 1--we Sh. Shared
his trials and hi. trinmnh, his sorrow. and his
ioy>. hi, toll. and Nj, reward. How TENDER
was that scene. in the early dawn of that Anrii
dav. when an thouoht thr ion.t exnnrted nnd
had come he cave her his ,yarrh and t.ndn,ly
caressed her hand. II wa, alj thr GREAT ,nlaier
had 10 1--WE 10 The wife of his yont6 Ana The
,IyinD hero ybisnrrrI. 81 diG not E.va vnu
Wait upon me because knew il youIJ distress
Won. Int NOW tho end draws Mich = And am
from The .ssellinp> of Jordan, he rushed back
To the shore of life 10 write This tender message
TO his son. s.Whpreyer am buried promise
me that your moibe, shall he bnriri by my
side his NH \ wife couId ask.
II II ALL III SBAND CotL LID NiSf'
Lovely and pleasant III their lives, and in
Ilrir teath 'hey >ha NOT be divided Side by
SIDE lhtN suail sleep IN the same tomb. and size
shtll snare with hlm whatever homage future
a@e> sAaiI pay al ms national shrine. 1t was
ms love for her that hited his intellect above
The cri>ele>s torture of 4 malignant disease and
threw oblivion over the sense Of eNcruciating
pain. that he might write his personal Me
molrs, thal she should not want when nc was
The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

and he may have a great spiritual mission to ac
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-12-05

fore possible nj this time TO get at the re
suits of the seasons work, an account OF
which may be Of interest 10 the many
farmers of La Sale county. The wheat
crop in Marshall county will average fully
twenty bushels per acre, many pieces going
as high ~ twenty seven and twenty eight
most of it grades No. 1 hard The bal
auce, with the exception Of few localities
where affected with smut grades No.
northern The price has been between
sixty. four and seventy.nine cents so far this
fall. Some farmers intend to borrow money
and hold their wheat until spring. expect
ing TO make money by so doing.
As | anticipated, large acreage of iaN
was sown, principally on new breaking.
think the average for this crop this year In
this county is about IL bushels. know OF
one piece of ground that by actual meas
urement produced twenty bushels.
The weather up to this date has been
mostly mild and clear. have never seen
brighter skies, purer atmosphere, and more
delightful weather generally than we have
had during the past three months In
company with gentleman OF this place
drove to Columbia one day last week, leav,
ing here at . A. NJ, stopped four hours in
Columbia, and arrived back In Britton al
1890 T.. NJ; distance travelled about SO
miles. Pretty good roads where you can
do that with a team Of ponies. On the last
eight miles down we counted II loads of
wheat on the way to town.
Many delayed threshing until the ground
froze, so that blowing could not be done
but during the past two weeks great mum,
Der OF grain stacks have been reduced to
straw piles. Eighteen steam threshers
were at work in sight of Britton one day
recently.
Much fall blowing has been done and
about one third more land will be put in
crop next year than this.
We read in the eastern papers of the u.s.
ual dlsparaging accounts of Dakota weather,
but rs the same papers contain accounts of
sleighing in one state as early as a month
ago, a cyclone here and a hurricane there,
accompanied in most instances by great
loss of lie, we can stand II, IL II consoles
them any.
Surely the farmers who, ankle deep in
mud, are husking corn in fields where the
wagon wheels are sunk to the hub in the
soft wet ground, have our deepest sympa-
thy. Il. b. NJ.