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Gen. Grant.

The Boston Herald says: There is some
thing ineNpressibly pathetic in the picture of
the great, silent man. sitting resulutely and
uncomplainingy down amid the ruin of his
fortune, and under the torture of deadly and
terrible disease, to write the history of his
hundred battles as means of prov iding for
the future of his family. The courage, the
fortitude, the indomitable will, the patience
and silence are all characteristic of the mana
unique figure in our history, and one of the
worlds heroes. TO face death in battle one
may be sustained by the ardor born of the
conflict, and by knowledge of the preponder-
ance of chances in favor of his escape; but to
sit down in the clutch of mortal disease. with
hope dead and IA certain doom impending,
seems hard fate for an old soldier, and calls
for bravery of the highest order.
The man who led first the army of the West
and then that of the East to conclusive victo-
ries over the rebellion, who served the country
at It's call during two terms in the presidency
who made the tour of the world and received
such honors as We're never before paid to "A
private citizen, and who has been ever the
same modest and manly character deserves all
the sympathy and admiration which the news
of his suffering and courage will evoke. And
from thousands of homes and hearts the PRAYER
will go up: God help and sustain the old
hero, wherein human help is vain.
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Thought OF the Hour.

LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE.
81 was born in Indiany," said stranger lank
and slim.
As us fellers in the restaurant was kind o'guy-
In him,
And Uncle Jake was slidin him another pun
kin pie
And an extra cup O. coffee with twinkle in his
eye
Il was born in Indiany-moren forty years
And l hain't been back in twentv-and Pm
workin' back'ards Slow
But Pve ct in every restaurant 'twiXt here and
Santa Fee.
And want to state this coffee tastes like gittn'
home to me!
Pour us out another, daddy" says the Teller,
warmth up,
A-speakin' crost a saucerful, as uncle tuck his
"When seed yer sign out yender" he went on
to Uncle Jake
"'Come in and git some coffee like your mother
used to make
[ thought of my old mother and the Posey
county farm.
And me "A little kid agin', Arranging in her arm,
And She set the pot biu'-broke the eggs and
poured 'em in
And the Teller kind o matted with a trimble in
his chin
And Uncle Jake he fetched the feller's coffee
back. and stood
As solemn, for minute, as undertaken
would.
Then he sort o turned and tip-oed lords the
kitchen dOor-and next.
Here comes his old wife out with him. ;t-rub-
BIN of her specs
And she PUSHES for the stranger, and she hollerS
out IT'S him.
Thank God, we've met him comm. Don't you
know your mother. TIM"
And the Teller, Il, he grabbed her, says: You
bet hain't forgot
But wipin of his ewes, says he: Your coilee's
mighty hol."
LANES W hitcOmb Riley
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ON THE ENGINE.
Running a locomotive While Dcathly Slck-Some.
thing the Passengers Bid Not know Ply 81
clan Saves an Engineer.


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u HHAN IN "'l az ('-in'tl 80 we 'it C"t"hS
n'iiu' ana I'll me an RIVER pod ram 'el"rcli
an hlft am I'Ntli' ltH!''iS IA ''uht""' or
zen f''tS sun req very mn ga " ''tu from U3
ptn9it. Hiteh hu' 7u'H .'ii'In2 7irN ht'''a'h'.7
lat ''"l" 9cdr'tlH see. tihA Ul5 WAS ,lut part
y 10 irregular ha'is OF Gazing an" party 10 Inc
~ "l Tue rilIlH'- sometimes my iNti ""uI,i snap
llhe neuralgia anu AGAIN tht pan N"uh' Hcule III
my eyes WHEN WON'T Ieei as ~ as man Hst9
MY oItah WIS very offensive ana my In'd souIe'i
as soon IL II thtertd my stomach. ~ tact my
sU'f"H itit rs th'uSh ll"Fic great ft" ana sore
surface, ana what agony 1t gave me perhaps You
can imagine.
III lit SUMMER anu lai4 on 1910 wien we mao me
hca'H centennial tiaNei' Inc constant jar Drought
On p,u't 'llt.A, h''ntt every "rrk ana thought
shoUNl nave L" l''tt' tIt f"li. tut KEPT IL work
1h'l' tne n'N' eirlh=' "h'h gre" 80 murh worse
LiH't 0gG"t 'ftlG'iE eat h"tiilhE' ana concluded
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Signed: Winderput Natives"

ROLLER SKATING. Bangor correspondent of
the Boston journal has the following concerning
roller skating, and it is rs true of Belfast Of any
town In Maine:
The roller skating craze in Maine has attained
serious proportions of late and is increasing every
day, its devotees including all ages and classes,
even to clergymen. Another large rink has re-
Gently been erected in Bangor, while Belfast has
two very fine temples of rolling The news Of the
local papers relates principally to rink contests
polo, "fancy" and "trick" skating etc, and an
important parsonage is he who is able to skate
around the hall on one toe If the rink be open
the theatre suffers, and the dance is neglected for
trnndling exercise. Boys of diminutivc size are
seen late at night upon the floors, while gray
haired married men are not lacking to make con
trast with the school girls and dudes who roll
around in couples. | know of one town where
married lady whose weight is not ounce under
200 pounds skated nightly at the rink until by
unlucky whrl she lost her balance and fell
heavily, as may be Misunderstanding such In
juries that she is unable to get about the
house, much less circle gracefully wheels.
Young men of limited means will 60 to great ex-
tremes when 'hard up" to procure money for
admission and skate checks.
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Thousands unnu ThousaudsV

OF testimonials of the most wonderful cures
voluntarily sent US, we do not publish them, as
they do not make the cures. 1t is our medi-
cine, Hop Bitters, that makes the cures 1t has
never failed and never can. We will give refer
ence to any one for any disease similar to their
own if desired, or will refer to any neighbor.
as there is not a neighborhood in the known
world but can show its cures by Hop Bitters.
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Could call back the days Eve spent in vain.
Or lent To errors that | vaiuly ~hide.
As he great sun recalls the rushing tide,
To >lft and fre>hen for it, flow again,
Should |. like him, With Stress of heat and pain.
Cleanse from my life the STAINS which now
abide
Too deep for interpreting wells TO hide
A. il flows swiftly TO the >horces> main:
question, and doubt; nor would dare
10 play the Suns high part on my past hours,
And mould their vaporous breath TO fresh
Young days.
Only to run, perhaps, more foul than fair.
L / their one flow suffice and Heavenly pow
Di>ti!l aud cleanse them TO my Makers praise
Nv. c. Richards, in Harper's Magazine for
March.
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Thousands Hasten ned to their Graves.

By relying on testimonials written in vivid
glowing la ngu age Of some miraculous cure
made by some largely pulled up doctor or pa
tent medicine has fastened thousands to their
graves; the readers having almost insane faith
that the same miracle will be performed on
them, that these testimonials mention, while
the so called medicine is all the time fastening
them to their graves. Although we have
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

Salvation Oil, the celebrated American remedy
tor CUTS bruises sprns, burns, scalds, chilbians,
&C, can be had of all druggists 1t Kills pain.
frce only twenty five cents bottle.
Potato balls are not much different from dancing
Is the MASKING.
Three Reasons
why every one needs, and should take, Hoods
Sarsaparilla in the SPRING
lst because the system Is now IN Its greatest
neeu. Hood's Sarsaparlla gives strength.
"a Because the blood is sluggish and impure.
Hood's Sarsaparilla puriies.
81: Because, from the above facts, Hoods Sarsa-
parllla VIII do a greater amount of good now than
AT any other time. Take it now.
Trying to do business without advertising is like
wlnklng at pretty girl i'll the dark Y on may know
what you are doing, but nobody else does.
Housed Up.
For the last three months Il great many people
have been housed up, because they have not felt
able to Withstand the stormy WiGtry weather that
mas prevailed. But unfortunately the confinement
ana he close air of modern hOi-es during the win
Ter season. Is very eneryating, and the system needs
help TO enable all the organs to do their proper
work. Ii these organs have been inactive the con
sequences are showing themselves in the bilious
condition of the system, or in constipation of the
bowels, or III disorders of the Kidneys, with all the
aches anu pains that accompany these complaints.
II you are in this condition from any cause You
should make faithful trll of that well known
the kidneys, liver and bowels, and is therefore
peciay fitted to correct this torpid condition Of The
system.
When a boy Of eighteen runs away with girl of
the same age the proce, ding may be called vcr-
uant slope.
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CA r. d

As announced above | nave disposed of my stock
and trade To- Mr., PRIEST. THankin- nv many
friends in Belfast ana vicinity fpr their very liberal
patronage turing my proprictor~hip of the shop, |
respectfully ask that the same Kind treatment lie
extended u my successor From personal knowl-
e'.gc ! have NO hesitation in recommending linn As
first class tailor and cutter. and feel assured that
he viii give entire satisfaction. | shall remain in
the shop a short time and will bc pleased to intro
duce my friends 10 the proprietor. \ gain
thanking You for past Kindness,
am respectfully yours,
ARCHIE NICHOLSON.
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Notes by The Way.

\ VISIT TO THE STATE PRISON. TIE DRESS.
ETC. IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP. THE GRIM
maj. CLASSES. THE CARRIAGE AND PAINT
SHOPS. TIE HARNESS ROOM. THE WOMEN
HRISNNELS-
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Belfast SAVINGS Bank.

NOTICE is hereby given that Savings Bank Book
IN No 1884 issued by this Bank 1871, Mar Both, has
been lost, and application has been made for du-
picate book, to be issued agreeable to the provs-
ions of law. JOHN II. QUIMBY, Treas.
Belfast, Feb. "a, 1sS5.-3w9
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Reductions of the Ice Blockades c
lS72-75,

To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL. The ice
blockade at Belfast and below Bucksport, which
has SO 0bstructed navigation for the last three
weeks. calls to mind the experience of the WIN
ter of 1872, when the steamer katahdin on her
passage from Winterport to Boston, Mar. 18th,
was unable to get through the ice jam below
Bucksport, and the tug c. b. Sanford going
fr0m>B uckSport to her assistance, was neither
able to relieve the katahdn or get herself out
of the ice; there they remained for five days,
when both steamers returned up river. The
steamer Cambridge from Boston, March l5th,
found an c,. embargo at Rockland, and was
AN hour and a quarter getting TO her wharf.
structed. After Il frutless attempt to back
through the blockade below Bucksport, the
Cambridge returned to Belfast, and remained
there until the 2nd of April, when, with the
si>tance of the katahdin, and the tug Sanford,
the blockade was raised. During the stay of
the Cambridge at Belfast, there was considerable
good-natured di>puting between parties in Bel
fast and Winterport, as to which was an open
port; both, in fact, being closed to navigation,
although the river at Winterport was clear of
Ice. Winterport was styled "Winderput, the
open Polar Sea-" On the 26th of March, there
arrived in Belfast party of twelve "Winder-
put natives" ridiculously dressed in furs, and
riding in rudely constructed seighs and sedges
They were Hospitality entertained by the Bel
fasters at the American House, and afforded
great amusement by their comical appearance
fD1l
telegraph sheets of the International Telegraph
Co., are supposed to have been exchanged after
the arrival of the visitors home.
"Open Polar Sea, Winderput-To w. II.
Simpson, Belfast. What is the price of walrus
oil, seal skin, sperm whale bone at Passages
sawakeag Point?
Signed: Winderput Natives"
Reply ''To the Big Injun, Winderput--Oi in
clnes to tighten up. Seal skin hair better.
Whaebone stiff. Shall we sell to arrive by the
river: signed: Simpson, Active Agent"
The winter of 1915 was still more severe.
The Penobscot Bay above Rockland, was en-
tirely closed to navigation, and the ice was of
such strength and thickness, that communica-
ton was had between the islands and main
land. by foot passengers and teams, across the
Ice. The Belfast stable keepers were called
upon to add to their list of routes, the novel
ride across tie bay from Belfast to Castine. Very
many people availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity of taking this strange ride, and the ice
bridge remained safe and was used as late as
the first week in April During this winter,
the steamer Katahdin remained frozen in at
her wharf at Belfast for twelve weeks.
G, f. W,
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From the Registrar of Deeds for Middlesex
County, Northern District.

LOWELL. MASS.
MEssRS C. I. HOOD & Co.: GentlNmen-
i affords me much pleasure 10 recommend
HOOp's SARSAPARILLA. My health las
been such that for some years past ! have
been obliged 10 take a tome of some kind in
the spring, and have never found anything
that Int my wants as your SarSaparlla. it
tones up my system, purities my blooc,
slalpenS my appetite, and seems to make
HE over. Respectfully yours
j. +. THOMPSON.
One Of our prominent business men said to
US The other day: " In the spring my wife
got all run down and could not eat anything;
passing your store | saw Il pie Of HOOPS
SARsAPARILLA in the window, and got a
bottle. After she had been taking it a week
she had a rousing appetite and it did her
everything. She took tuee bottles and it
was the best three dollars l ever invested"
Hoods Sarsapari!la.
Sold by all druggists Price 81 a bottle,
or Sin bottles for =. {. |. HOOD & CO.,
ApothecaleS, Lowell, Mass.
1VrI9
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Dr. Edwaro G. Hughes, Rockford, H., tCirauat
ca n J. Guy 1866, voluntarily testities some
years ago NY only son, aged four had an attack Of
the WhoorinS Cough, characterized by the nj st
violent spasms have ever seen in practice OF IS
physicians and all ordinary and cNtraordinu}
remedies were resorted 10. The par,Nlsm~ were
simply fvightiul. believed the chili would die
reluctantly tried Df. Seth 4rnoidS Cough kiHer
and the Eject was magical Three bottles cured him
1t is reported that Sarah Bcrnhardt is raising Il
dimple in her chin. Gracious, how this must draw
the flesh away from the rest Of her facc
The best cent cigar in town At ". D. Poor \
sons Ask for Estabrook Il Ealon's "Roytl Com
fort"
The Russian language contains but thirty five let
tiers, yet to look at some of the Russian words you'd
think | rnnI.tinnl q hllnllrrl
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HaIe'S Honey the great Cough cure .2Jc. SOC ISL
Glenn's sulphur. ioap heals & beauties, CSC.
German COrn Escl.a7 Kills. Carns k Bunions
HIS Hair and Whistler D}1-Niaok :.ad Brown, soc.
Pike = TOot llaeiic E7iH.f~ euro i'll Minute csc
Deans Rheumatic Pills are a sure cure, SOC.
lyr7
A Pennsylvania town of 10000 population ha,
over 1000 baled. headed men in ii. II must he a
biz payin theatrical town.
A CARD.-To all who are suffering from errors
and indiScretona of youth, nervous Weakness ear
ly decay, loss Of manhood, &C.. Will semi rccip"
that will cure you FREE OF CIIARtiE, This great
remedy was discovered by Il missionary in south
America. Send self addressed envelope to REV.
JOSEPH I. INMAN. SUTTON r. Neir York. lvr29
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IS y EssRES SssssE1 ADV EEsEH~ER
and keep posted on events occurring there
{0n7 copies per week is the sworn statement of
iJL me ADVERTISERS circulation for the liyc
months ending Sept. IT., lSsi. Iy4
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Frightful Wh0oping Cough.

at is Il shame for an old man like Yol
stage struck" remarked the omnibus triN u
placiily rolled over an UctOgenarian
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We must not inquire too curiousy into mo-
tves. They are apt to become feeble ia the
utttrance; the aroma is mixed with the gros>er
air. We must keep the terminating grain away
from the light. George Eliot
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BROS, Auctioneers.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON X

AS6 HN fk ~ FRoPEkrY aS
sTkEET S STKEEE SIXTH AND SEVENTH
By virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court Of 80
1855 in the case Of john a. p Keschamp r ct al Vs.
the President and Directors Georgetown College
deed trust any recorded IN Ilss sp ny y
b f n pIsmsf 1855 81 FIVE he SSI
Of Washington, to wit
four ets ap%SsIss & 81 E fifty
!53 s1tyeght sss) siSty.fouE ga si5tyAye 65
SQUARE eight hundred and s5 as r el
corded in Liber J. H. K, folio 3, in the surveyors
Office.
and eighty 600 IF ChappeiIs subdivision Of certain
Hsnts Consisting eiisk dwelling houses improve
Ay o ss
s5n t Sky CO. sixsyope 3d. {e5 sew
ssSs1 thirty ihItys {ss
s y ss s
tyone CD, thirty CO. thirty one GID thirtythree
49, So assss g. R ss
and CO., Ksy Aforesaid sabdivissn II
the IN Sc
e bs o day e
cient number Of lots have been sold to satisfy the
Terms Of sale: One-third Ns) of purchase money
st IN cash and the balance u S equal
purchaser bearing six per cent interest and secured
o. on Sd Be
Pfs 9 she s I'll
CHAs A. ELLIOT. Trustee.
n. D. COOKE. Trustee.
my22d&dS Washington, D. G.
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Washington Correspondence New York Tribune
The secretary OF the Interior, as everybody
knows, has taken to horseback riding / must
confess that he cuts decidedly better figure
IN the saddle than out of it. His legs seem
longer when astride his nag and he seems to
carry himself more erect than when stumbling
along the streets, as is his won't Mr. Lamar
frequently goes to the cabinet meetings on
horseback. When he arrives under the porch
OF the White House he throws the reins to an
attendant. and his horse is tied to a tree in the
srouhds-truly Jeffersonian simplicity, you see.
AS there are no trees around the Interior de-
paftinent,a hltchiug post has been placed on the
Sidewalk IN front OF the 18th street entrance If
Mt Lamar wants TO escape the opportunities of
ONCE seekers he retiTcS to a private room adj
Joining the office in which he receives visitors.
the horse Is led around 10 side entrance on 81
street, he mounts IL unObServed, and ten min
utes aiterward is ambling along some of the
beautiful country roads which surround Wash.
lngton III every direction. He frequently alb
SCENTS himself In this way for an entire day
Meanwhile the office seekers are waiting in the
ante-rooIn and wondering what the - the Sec
rotary OF the Interior is doing all this time i'm
his private Office. " 80
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Queer Names I'm Mexic0.

FROM City of Mexico Letter.
The custom of naming the shops after some
TACT or fancy has been constant source of
amusement to us all through the country. but
1t reaches the climax of ludicrous perfection
here. 1t is not altogether new, even at home
to meet saloon or corner grocery with some
such fanciful appelatiOn as 'The Arbor.'' "The
Abbey or The Golden Lion.'' But this mil
veTsal baptism without rhyme or reason and
the utter absurdity to which the limitIess trop-
zeal Imagination has led the sponsors of every
business mouse, from two-foot square puluue
stand TO a 9iided emporium of fashion, would
make the Kramer of the Connecticut Blue Laws
laugh out in meeting. 1.-The Fountain of Love"
Inc Triumph of Dynamite" ."The Flight OF
Time, The Tempest of the SOUL are some of
those find in my notebook, taken indiscrimi.
h;tteiy along the street. "The Tail of the Devil
and The Little HELP might have been placed
over their respective liquor counters by "a tenn
perahce lecturer looking towards the eternal
L ulness Oh Things; but would he consent to "The
Spirit OF Purity and "The Balm of Sorrow,
over two similar grog shops a little further on?
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baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule In effect SUNDAY, MAY 3p, 1856, untn
further notice

Schedule In effect SUNDAY, MAY 3p. 1856, untn
further notice.
Leave Washington from Station, corner OF New Jer-
For Chicago 1000 and 1910 p. m. daily. The 1000
Chicago arriving PssblrRp az % psouEE ssd
next morning at 500 No extra fare Is charged this
For CincLnnaIl Louisville and St louis daily at $50
p M and 1910 p m, with through coaches and Pal
$50 M Train IS a. fast limited p train to ctnaanss
and St Louis arriving in Cincinnati next morning at
For rItssuTg At 1000 a m, with Parlor Car, and
with Sleeping Cars TO Pittsburg.
srsn $50. 4;so 4:lo. Gao. go 40, SIS and
G!s isS aa SsS 4 400 54S Gag $40 sss
F0r points on he Shenandoah Valley Railroad and
BIS a. m train has Pullman sleeper washington 10
on For sh annapolis $40 M and 1910 and 4so m
u For way stations Sss~ssR + Washington and n.l.,.
and and II pm On Sundays $40 am, and l3O. $50.
Branch and p dT For e. saOss on sns
mi daily 4:4O F. M daily, except sunday for princi-
sunday stops all stations for Lexington Staun.
ton and Valley Branch, $40 m. daily, except Sun
day for Frederick, $40 M. 4:Ao pm, daily, exceps
For Hagerstown and Winchester. SAC am daily.
Daily except sunday to Winchester
Trains arrive from the West daily, 600. 72o am.
lilo, $50 pm
From Annapolis $50 a m, and 1:50 and 5:25 pm.
Sunday, 1895 am. 6:35 pm.
From Lexington $50 p m. daily, except Sunday
From Frederick and intermediate points S:25 O. M,
and ST. p. NJ. daily, except Sunday.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at 5:lO,
$3.50, .:2O. 900, 900 and 1870 In. 1918, 80. s. g.
40, D. $50 500 900 and IL ION Sundays, $50
80, 800 and 9:05 am, 1:30, 2:30 4:2O 500, ESQ
500. 800 and l. LOO PIN.
All trains from Washington stop at Relay Station
except l:25 81 5 and $40 pm.
For further information apply at the Baltimore
and Ohio Ticket office-washington Station oIe and
1901 Pennsylvania avenue corner of Fourteenth
street. where orders will be taken baggage to be
checked and received at any point In the city.
b. DUNHAM, e. K LORD
Gen. Manager Baltimore. @. p. A