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Madison times., 1885-06-27

The number of mules attached to the
hearse denotes the respectability of Il
funeral at Rio Janeiro.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Recent statistics show that there are
nearly million more females than males
in Great Britain.
Madison times., 1885-06-27
"ROugh on Corns."

Ask for Wells Rough COrns. l5c. Quickcom- =
plete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Cape May County, New Jersey. pays
bounty Of five cents on every GROW
scalp"
Madison times., 1885-06-27

There are in Paris $50 tradesmen who
do nothing but deal in old postage
stamps.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

The courts of France. it is said, con-
slider it a libel to over-estimate iady's
age.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

An eighth edition of Tame's "Notes Oh
England" is about to be brought out in
that country.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Ten-seventeentbs of all the voters in
the United States are said to be engaged
in farming pursuits.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

HaIford sauce is capital for disPep'ics. Invalua
BILE to all good cooks.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Making envelopes out of straw paper
is a new and tlourishing industry in Ire
land.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Puni deb is accurately written anG pro-
nounced Punj-deh, and means Give
villages"
Madison times., 1885-06-27
Neither mental nor physical labor can bt

At Belfast, Me, a woman aged seventy
nine mas sued for breach of promise.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

MRS. T. MCCARTHY. kehlaai Center, Wis.
vi alter suffering wears vita aggravated ease
Of salt rheum cureA Gy the Uss Of COIe earhss-
salye. II and 81 cents. Sold 10y Druggists.
Madison times., 1885-06-27
Heart Pains.

Palpitation Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness lndiges-
ton. Headache sieeplessness cured by Wells Health
Renewer.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

a Sore Throat or Cough, If suffered to
progress often results in an lncurabe throat
or lung trouble. browns Bronchial!
Troches" give instant relief.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

A horse has been known to live to the
age of sixty-two years.
Madison times., 1885-06-27
"ROugh on Rats"

Clears Ot rats mice. roarhe-, hIe- ants. heihugs.
skunks, chipmunks, gophers. l5c. Druggists.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

The walls of several of the British war
ships are constructed of paper.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

On the throb and the swell of the music
We float into Paradisel
Boston Transcript
Madison times., 1885-06-27

She has seated herself for the German,
Saith her partner-a fool of boy,
Whose money and beauty have made him
A dra ing-room darling, toy.
Madison times., 1885-06-27
A SINGULAR BOOK.
seintillating with Sarcasm and Brilliant
With Truth.

Chap. I. "Has Malaria;" goes to
Florida.
Chap. II. "Overworked;" goes to
Europe.
Chap. III. Has Rheumatism" goes
to Ems.
Chap. ". Has row with his
doctor!
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12
SHIP NEWS


ARRIVED.
March D. schs. Mary Farrow, Condor, Boston
Hero, Lowe, Boston.
March s. Sclis. James Holmes, Ryan, Boston
Geo, b. Ferguson, Ryder RockporI; Penobscot
Carter, Beaufort.
March s. schs. \. w. Ellis, Ferguson, Rockland
Hero, Lowe, Boston.
March 10. Sch. Mary, Magee, Rockland.
AMERICAN PORTS.
Jacksonville, March 3. Cleared sch Charlotte T
Sibley, Bartlett, Philadelphia
Newport, March ). Sailed sch. F. c. Pendleton
Fletcher Pensacola for New ORR. March q. Ar
rived sch. Paragon, Shnte, New YORK.
Boston, March .. Cleared brig Hermon, HIGH
| born Barbados.
Fernandina, March T. Cleared sch Lester A
! Lewis, Coombs, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, March 6. Arrived sch. Hattie MEG
/ Buck, Putnam, Bucksville. March g. Arrived
\ sch II. }. Cottrell, Haskell, Brunswick.
Newport, March &. Arrived sch. Paragon Shute
/ New York.
Savannah, March l. Arrived sch VIM Frederick
Patterson Boston.
Wilmington, March 3. Arrived sch. Lackawana
Closson Morehead City.
Portland March ). Clearer sch. Daylight
Hodgdon, Boothbay to load Philadelphia.
! New YORK, March 4. Cleared sch Dora NJ. French
! French, Point-a-Pitre March D. Arrived sch. f
H. Herman, Wood, st John. March g. Cleare,
sch. Annie r. Lewis, Lewis, Kingston, ia. Marcl
| port.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Milford, March ,. Arrived ship Frank Pende
ton. Nichols, Liverpool for Cardiff where she arriv
ed the 9th.
| Queenstown, Feb. %. Sailed ship Nancy Pende
| ton, Pendleton, Havre.
! Anjitr, Jan. %. Arrived ship David Brown
| Pendeton, New York.
Shanghae, March 2 Arrived ship State of Maine
Nickels, New York.
Auckland, n. z. In port Jan. "a, barque Bealric,
| Havener, Mahoney, unc.
| Melbourne. Arrived March :, barque Penobscot
] CHAPMAN, Boston, IS uayS. Arrived previous IL
| Feb. %, barque Z. ID. Bryant, Colcord, New York
| Passed St Helena, Jan. 30, ship VIM. McGilvery
| Dunbar, Singapore for Liverpool Feb Sd, barqu,
| Sontag. Haskell, Chittagong for Salem
| Cardiff, March I. Sailed ship Alameda, Nichols
| San Francisco.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
| Barque Henry knight, Capt. Pendleton, from
Pensacola, Feb. 10 for Montevideo, was burned OF
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12
BACkAC IL
Browns SarsapariIIz

NE IN inst. of Salt Key lighthouse, Sagua. The
Whole crew, numbering ten arrived at Havana,
GuHa. Friday on tlie schooner Eddie Huck, from
td ade!phia The Henry Knight WAS 49, 50 tons
gross, lud WAS bpit at Camden Maine in $50.
Henry i>ii-ht Of Camden is given as bel managing
owner
~eli Hume Post from Roc hlund for salem, with
lime pat INTO Bprthhay 9Th win cargo on fire.
The fire was under control and the vessel and the
gr' alter part nj The cargo VIII De saved.
CHATHAM, Mass. March 10 The schooner Ber-
ina J. Fellows, OF Camden, Maine. from Rockport
f"r New lork, with cargo If lime, dragged ashore
AT Mononuy This morning. The crew were taken
on Ivy the MnnompN Life Saving station men. The
vessel Is ON fire. The wrcckeTs viii save her
tCIials
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WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT. |. 5. johnson
o., - Custom House Street, Boston, will
/ send free. to all who will send their address OF.
a postal card. an engraving of this famous
Monument. the taliest structure in the rid
also valuable historical facts connected here
with. If You don't send for it, YOU Will be sorry
( when il Is too late
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

The Railway Postal Service of New England
has reached a very high degree of efficiency
Within few weeks all of the postal clerks In
the branch whose headquarters is in Boston
have been tested by the distribution of cards
representing three hundred mail routes. The
average rating was fraction below 80 in pos
sible 100. In many instances the clerks scored
a clean 100. 1t will make fine work with the
mail service if these clerks should be mace to
give place to the hundreds Of hungry Demo-
Gratis who are counting the days when they will
be handling the mail bags.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

SATURDAY, Mch. :.
BurrEK-The market i fairly steady for all
srl'ies, with Il good i,mand fDr fine new. Fresh
crctn~rie7 in job iot- 81 5G. fresh western cream
erie- Ia round n- B a}Jt, fall creamcrips - a30'
june 23a3lc now noltHen dairies I292Oc; select
ions - 444c.
CHhE>E-Buyer7 are scattering. except for job
io-. al i3allc good northern, round lots llSi2c;
! western 9aIOr.
EG1>-lhe marke i fairly firm Just at present
kNlra 23g26c. southern 24d25c; held stock 294r
lower
BEAN--Pea and medium beans selling slow
y al about former prices aMd the market has dun
tone yellow ewes plenty and dull.
AIILE>-R Receipts d apple, today 3lS0 bbs ;
H3IdAlu apples in steady demand with some
e> ra Maine lot brinGiul - -. Diner kinds quiet
HAY AND NrRAW-Nn.l nav j. firm at SlI j0G Is
ii; faucv cars command even more Rye straw is
quiet. Hay, choice Si 5o4lS; lair SIGal7; ori
nary SlJalG
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

If anybody had any doubt that the Demo
cratic party is very strongly il favor of the
continued coinage of silver it must have been
di>peIled by the result of The vote on the prop
o>tion in The House last week. We trust that
this vote and the expressions from the people.
VIII induce the President to adopt the Demo
cratic view Of the currency question. Rock
AM
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

AT the American House, Boston, rooms are now
let with without meals. Location central, house
newly furnished.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

We depart from our usual practice and recon-
mend Hunts Remedy Il sure cure for all kinds
OF kidney dseases.-Wedicdl Gazette.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12
New Elements In Baking Powder

Professor Won Leibig once said in speaking o.
baking powders that material for baking should
be made which would add to the bread the elements
lost to the flour Martin kalbfeisch's Sons have
succeeded in producing baking powder which, ii
the opinion of Professor Siliiman, of Yale, posses
ses the properties recommended by Won Leibig. II
restores to the bread the potassa and magnesia salts
which the milling removes from high grade -four. L
is also entirely free from those injurious salts which
often found in ordinary baking powder. This
new invention is called WHEAT BAKING POWDER
and makes bread and biscuits that dyspeptics car
eat. y. Y Tribune, Nov. II.
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Cotton Dept.

1 Bale Brown Cotton, IS in. wide, at
Bale, yard wide, fair quality, at 4 &c
| Bale Remnant Brown Cotton, good
quality, at sc.
| Bale Remnant Brown Cotton (the
heaviest made) at Pc.
$500 yards 40 in. Brown Cotton Rem
nants at & 2c., worth : PC.
900 yards Is i'll. Brown Cotton at s l-2c
This is very fine and nice and actually
worth - 1-2c. per yard.
600 yards yard wide Bleached Cotton at
sc. per yard.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

1t is now entirely an affair of lawyers. Cleve-
land is a lawyer, and all the seven members OF
| his Cabinet are lawyers, excepting Manning
who is a banker. John SwintOn's Paper
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Barque Henry knight, Capt. Pendleton, from
Pensacola, Feb. 10 for Montevideo, was burned OF
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March .. Schs Mary Farrow, Condor, Bostc
Hero, Lowe, Boston,
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
SMYRNA, DEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER % 1885,

pierce the enemy with a hundred
stings. But what is to be done with so
heavy body? The little feet of all
the tribe would not suffice to stir it.
and the narrow door of the hive would
not allow it to pass if they could. It's
putrid OdOrs would soon infect the col
Ony and develop some malady. Theu
now are they to escape from this dan
gerF The community take counsel
and come suddenly to just such de-
termination as they would have done
II they had been thoroughly versed in
one of the arts of Egypt, embalming
and together they set to work to en-
balm the dead animal, the presence of
which in their hive is so obnoxious to
them.
For this purpose the workers scat
ter themselves over the country and
gather all the resinous matter they can
find which clings to the buds, for this
is what takes the place of the essences
and aloes used by the undertakers of
the Nile. The bees then envelop the
body with this in the form of little fill
lets, and deposit all round it a thick.
solid layer, which preserves it from
putrefactiOn.
Sometimes the same bees display. if
not as much art, Il good deal of finesse.
For instead of soft slug. into which
they can drive their stings, a snail in
Vades the sanctity of their domains
the swarm soon find out that their
stings are useless against his armor.
If you could look into the hive YOU
would see fnnny sight, the bees hold
ing council of war in the greatest
agitation, talking with each other bv
means of their antennR, Just as the
ants do. What is to be done? At last
they devise a method, more cunning
than that of many human general
The workers thrOng about the shell and
glue it fast to the hive by the deposit
of Il cement of resinous matter. So
the snail dies in his lair, for he can
not escape. This action of the bees
has often been watched, though it
really seems incredible.
So we see that the active, indepen.
dent, busy bee has her own appointed
work to do, and does it in an orderly
manner, and regularly too, and with
rare good sense. How marvelouslv
her instincts guide her in her dailv
life. Volumes might be written about
the wonderful structure of the comb
the foresight and intelligence shown
by this small insect in every depart
ment of hive life.-NeiU York Observer. !
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
With a String.

She was woman apparently Ovears
old, plainly dressed, and she sat in a
doorway on Monroe avenue with tears
in her eyes and a mad look on her face
by and by boy who was hanging
around there asked if she was crying
because she had lost her husband.
Nav fit was only that l should
be happy woman" she replied.
Have yer broke yer leg, or lost
money IN a busted bank, or come to
town for divorce ?' he continued.
Nav The trouble is that I've got
an old tooth here which has been
trying to jump out of my head for a
week. I've been here three times to
have it out, but dasn't go up stairs to
the dentist"
l kin imagine your feelin's ma'am.
I've been right there myself Let's see
the tooth"
She opened her mouth very wide.
and he peeked and peered and finally
placed his dirty finger on the identical
tooth.
" Is it stiddy ache, ma'am,"
" Yes, purity stiddy."
" Kinder loose, amt it?"
"Yes."
You don't want the dentist to pick
up bowie knife and jag the gum
around the rOOt-grab for chisel and
pare away at prOng-clap on his old
pinchers and jerk the top of your head
over the roof? Madam, are nv sur
misses cOrrect?"
" Mercy but don't talk that way !
I'm all in a chill !" she gasped.
Say ~ he whispered as he pulled a
cord from his pocket and made a Slip
moose, " lemme try at it. I'll pull as
soft as 'lasses, and if it hurts you can
take hold of the string"
1t took five minuts to coax her into
1t, but at last the moose was slipped over
and drawn tight. She was on the fourth
stair-he ON the second.
Now open your mouth as big as a
bucket shet yer eyesand think of sweet
cake" he said, as all was ready.
She Obeyed. NextmOment he Jump
ed backwards off the stairs-thcre was
a yelI-a gasp-a whOOp-and held the
tooth up and cried out
Here she is-behold the remainsp'
she rose up, spat out the blood, cried
a little, and then suddenly rushed for
the boy and pinned him fast to the
wall and kissed him fOrty-seven times
on the chin, twenty-four times on the
point of the nose, and eighteen times
ON the right ear. Then she forced a
half dollar into his paw, grabbed the
string and the tooth and skipped out
Of the doorway with the joyful excla-
nation:
20! you dear, good angelic boy! l |
haven't been so happy for twenty-seven
ong years w- YOnkers Statesman.
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
Operator Pratt From Dover,
AN OLD SIGNAL FULLER" GIVES
HIS OPINION OF THE BLOCK SYs-
TEN.

a correspondent writing from Dovar
10 the Morning NeiUs says that Thomas
Z. Pratt, the unfortunate signal onera.
Tor OF the Pennsylvania railroad whose
oIunuef caused the frightfull accident
aC I1acKensack Meadows on that road
on last Sunday week, is native of
lover, where his aged and widowed
mother still lives. His father. Iona
tnan Pratt, died there several yeas aoo
1oung Pratt is well-remembered AT
Dover as a sober and hard working
young tellew who married before he
was OF age and who steadily advanced
hlmselt and supported his family from
the beginning of his marriage. Much
sympathy is felt at Dover for the vouno
man and his aged mother.
An old operator of Wilmington wbo
pulled signals at the West End in Jor-
sey City several years ago, said last
evening that he would not return to
That work for half the value of the
pennsylvania railroad. at is miobtv
hard work" said this operator: '?and
puts fearful strain on a man VoT
sit in one of those little boxes. elevated
ABOVE the track, and pull two slides
anu aGtenu the instrument for trains
mat shoot by almost every ten minutes.
You take your place at 6 o'clock in the
evening and remain there until 7o'clocL
III the morning, without sleep or com
panlOnship, ceaseless Watching II is
against the rules to permit anv one to
sit with you, and, if you do break the
rule, there IS very little chance for con-
Versatlon. 1t is the most constant and
most exacting work that | know of
young, 'greenies, that is beginners. are
less liable to be caught in a blunder
than older and more experienced ones
Inc old ones wear out or else becomes
callous. 1t is awfully wearing. When
l was there young man. named
McCIelland, was in the penitentiarv
uhder two years sentence for this
very thing. 1t will 60 hard with YOUNG
Pratt, am afraid, for there is no senti7
me1t IN New Jersey jury. No, 1
cOuldn.t be hired to 60 back to the
block signalling. The blocks are only
a mile long" the operator went on to
explain; and coming train must
not be allowed to get on a block until
the preceding train has left it. To ac.
complish this red light is turned ON
the moment train enters a block. and
That light must remain there until the
operator gets the signal by wire from
Ihe next operator to the effect that the
traln has passed his station. There is
a double track, and two sets of signals
must be watched, of course. It's the
most stralnlng work on earth"
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28

WHAT HE WAS WAITING FORA
wild specimen of the native Virginian
entered Staunton the other daV and
asked credit for some tobacco and sugar
at a grocery, promising to pay in six
weeks.
On what do you base your expec-
tations of being able to pay in that
timer" asked the grocer.
"On coon SKINS" was the prompt re-
ply.
But you must not catch any coons. "
Oh, as for that, l have got seven
teen of 'em already plugged up in a
holler tree, and am only waiting for
the fur to git prime" !"
He got the goods.
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28

HOME CONvERsATION.-Children hun.
ger perpetually for new ideas. They
will learn with pleasure from the lins
OF parents what they deem drudgerv al
study in books; and even if they have
the misfortune to be deprived of many
educational advantages, they will grow
up intelligent people. We sometimes
see parents who are the life of every
company which they enter, dull, silent
and uninteresting at home among their
children. If they have not mental
stores sufficient for both, let them use
what they have for their own house
hold. \ silent home is dull place for
young people-a place from which thew
will escape if they can. How much
useful information and what uncon-
sclous, but excellent mental training.
IN lively social argument. Cultivate
to the utmost the art of conversation at
home.
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
TUT IH5 oWyTNu Tunes
The Barber and the Birds.
BY REV. T. o. AYREs.

There lived in an Eastern show
town a barber who shaved his head
put saWdust on the floor of his shOp
and kept snakes and birds as pets.
lie was Il curious sort of fellow and
hts birds altogether made up curious
collection, which served the commu-
nifty as a sort Of local variety show.
He delighted in rowing around from
town to town, seeking to find the
right place to settle in and bless with
his shaving talent His religion was
OF tha plant commercial sort, which
allows great latitude and much lon
gitude. The result of this fact was
that he was kept on a run from
church to church as he was from
town to town. As he kept on the
lookout for the town that would help
him most in business so he sought
to find the church that would con
tribute most to his material advance
ment. Woll, it was in this fellows
shop where we saw the thing that we
have started out to relate.
Early in the season he captured n
young robin and put it into his cage
and fed it on worms-angle worms.
When this bird was about half grown
the barber caught another young one
which he put into the cage with the
older bird. And now comes the. to me.
curious fact. The older bird, though
not well feathered, took the Younger
one in charge and acted the part of
a parent bird. When the small one
would cry for food the larger one
would show signs of distress and move
about the cage as if in quest of some
thing. When the barber would put
worms into the cage the older baby
bird would cut them into sections of
about an inch long and lay them in a
pile, then take up in its beak, 90
up to the younger bird and with the
top OF its head, strike the younger one
under its throat when it would throw
its head back and its mouth open and
swallow the worms that the older bird
would drop into its mouth. And thus
from day to day the work of parental
duty went on. Now the older bird
was itself baby bird and had never
had the care of its own little ones.
What taught it to take charge of the
helpless little companion and feed it?
Just as ten-year-old child would
feed a crying babe, just so did this
little bird feed the smaller one.
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28

A SHIP CANAL ON PAPER 1 have
heard for ten years past of the Della
ware Ship Canal, said an officer of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Com.
pany to-day, "but | have never seen
anything to convince me that the pro-
ject would be carried out. The scheme
IS said to have originated in Baltimore:
and every now and then it is spoken OF
as though the canal would be com
pleted in short order. A big appro-
prlation for surveys is made occasion
ally, and then the canal drops out of
sight for a year or so. l understand
that once in a while a few shovelfuls
OF dirt arc dug, in order that the COM
pany may retain its charter. The cost
IS stated at S8,500,OOO, but as this com
pany barely earns the interest on So
100000 bonds, and has paid no divi-
dend on its stock since 1876, l don't
see exactly where the profit will come
ln."-PhttadetphiG EUening Telegraph.
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
INSPIRATIONS.

Der azure climeS,
With May-day chimes,
Youth glideS in Sin:
But late remOrse
Has four fold force,
When age draws in.
The starit night
Soon yields its light,
Fell darkness reigns:
The brOOklet mere,
Once crystal clear,
The salt sea stains.
Black death shall come,
His will be done,
Revere the goal:
Thy tears are coins,
The heart enjOins,
TO save thy soul.
Tread light the path,
The aftermath
You'll reap at last:
When duty's done
Reward is won,
Repent the past.
Straight thy path should be. and onward.
Feering ne'er to left nor right.
turning near to flights of fancy
PlOdding always in the light.
Thus thy life shall be made holy:
Thus thy end shall be more blest:
And from sunless melancholy
Soon thOult gain thy earned rest.
GILBERT II. WADDINGToN.
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
Very RomarkabIo Rooov0rv

Mr.. Geo V. Willing. Of Moncbos,o- ~.
writes: NY vile has been almost heIpless far
nye years @ be 50 helpless that she could not turn
Electric Btters and is SO much imnro,Otd 0otieS o.
she Is 9ole 70 do her own work" Electrc az. Ris
gads tgEs WI af S a that Is claimed for them Hun
powers only fifty cents bottle al JSnnaS Y,
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28
BRupDER GARDNER ON Cnnns

BRUDDER GARDNER ON CoRNs.-
All of fo'ty Vars ago" sOlemnly OBJ
served the president, as he raped for
order, " | made up my mind dat de
man wild con on his toe must either
grin an bar it or suffer amputashun of
de leg close at de hip. Muffin has
since happened to change nv belief
DE con dOctah am a man who raises
up false hopes in your busum. He
talks grandly of delerium tremens
spinal meningitis an lumbago AM
odder portions of de human ANATOMY.
an he softens up your con and shaves
OIL de top-charges, one dollar. Fur
dc mex free days you bless all de
world, but on de fo'th or fifth de same
ole con turns up fur business, rested.
recuperated an ready fur six months
of hard work. Let de resolusbun
stand: De janitOr will now blow out
de lights an we will go home"
Smyrna times., 1885-10-28

A complication of diseases is the de-
cision of incompetent physicians when
u patient has been "killed by drugs. y
Yes; complication, indeed, origina-
ting in indigestion, dyspepsia, kidney
or liver complaint, all of which Weld
as readily to Vineger Bitters as does
the autumn leaf to the gentle breeze.
Complications are quickly solved by
the bitters.