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An Ugly City.

San Francisco is probably the ugliest
city in the Union, despite her beautiful
surroundings, her ideal situation, her
ravishing water view. Nature has sup
piled her with charms galore, but on her
face the defornling hand of man has left
heavy, hideous marks. Her architecture
is a nightmare of gray and wooden hor-
rors; her houses lack both paint and
dignity and are huddled together, sepa-
rated by the omnipresent, ultra-ugly, all
pervadipg fence. A tall, wooden fence
has its obvious use in rural districts,
where it protects the grounds and gar
dens of the residents from the unwelcome
ineursions of rowing cattle, but it is many
a year since kline and swine have been
permitted to gambol about the San Fran
cisco streets, aud there is neither sense
nor beauty in the large, wooden structures
which surround the lawns and parterres
of every second house in San Francisco.
Eastern cities have long since abandoned
fences, except in some cases, where a
low, lacelike, iron railing is substituted,
and one can ride miles through the
BEAUTIFUL boulevards of Chicago. Gin
c%innati, Detroit or Boston without seeing
a fence of any description. There your
grounds are separated from your neigh
bors' only by a low, stone coping, and
the lovely expanse of green and flowers
stretches away indefinitely, unmarried by
the painted excrescenees which render
our streets as lugubrious as the shadow
of convent walls, which neither adorn
nor depend, but successfully conceal the
really beautiful lawns which lie behind
their aged backs.-SM Francisco Post.
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and others are stringing colored beads on
fine wires and bending them into tiny
baskets, chairs, tables, slippers and dolls
cradles. The boys and young men are
taught mattress making, and work In
their department with the correctness
and assurance of practised artizans !,
others go into the cane work and learn to
re-seat chairs and maze baskets and
brooms.
Many of these children have no parents
or homes, and when the school year is
ended the institution kindly sends them
into the country to board on farms, where
outdoor life brings perfect health and
strength. To look at them in their play
grounds, at first sight, one would hardly
think them blind. The older boys play
leap frog with a gusto quite equal to a
boy with sight, but he does it by meas
uring his steps. They promenade up
and down the halls and courtyard with
perfect freedom, guiding themselves at
the corners with outstretched hands.
When coming out of class they all join
hands, and the leader places her hand
upon the easement through the hall, then
upon the railing of the stairs, and makes
her way quickly as any seeing school
pirI.
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White House Silver Weddings.

In the past fifteen years two Of those
who have filled the Office of President Of
the United States have celebrated their
silver wedding Tor the twenty fifth ami
versary of m%arriage) while holding that
high position-Presidents Grant and
Hayes. The twenty-tfth anniversary of
the marriage of the former occurring in
the summer, he and his wife celebrated
it at their cottage at Long Branch or Au-
gust %, 1873.
On December 81, 1877, President and
Mrs. Hayes celebrated their silver
wedding in the Executive Mansion by A.
evening reception for a limited number
of invited guests. The actual wedding
day was the 30th of December, but, as it
fell on Sunday in 1877, the following
evening was celebrated. On Sunday,
however, there was also a quiet celepra-
ton of a religious character.
This ceremony occurred in the Blue
Parlor, where the Rev. L.. ID. McCabe,
who had married Lucy Webb and Ruth
erford B. Hayes in Cincinnati on Deem
Der 80. 1862, again performed the mar
rage ceremony for them IN the presence
of a few relatives and intimate friends.
On the same day there was a christening
and a christening feast. The baptismal
ceremony occurred in the Blue Parlor.
The children baptized were the youngest
of the family of President and Mrs. Hayes
Fannie and Scotland the infant of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Heron, of Cincinnati, who
was then named Lucy Hayes. Rev. L.
/ ID. McCabe was the officiating clergy
man.
Polk and Fillmore were the only other
Presidents the twenty-ti tn anniversaries
of whose marriages occurred while they
filled that office.
The two Adamses, John and Quincy,
are the only two Presidents who had
golden weddings" or had fifty years
of married life, but these anniversaries
fell after their terms as Presidents
ended. John and Abigail Adams lived
together sizty-two years, and John
Quincy Adams and his wife nearly fifty
iaOne years.
The next longest periods of welded
life enjoyed by any of the Presidents
were by Harrison and Andrew Johnson,
each of whom had been married f~orty-six
years when he died.
Madison was married forty-two years
before his death, Monroe for,y-one years
before his wife died, and Washington
foaty years before he died. Jackson and
his wife had been welded thiriy-seven
years when his death occurred. Taylor
and his first wife and Pierce and his
wife were each married twenty nine
wears when death in each case removed
the Wife.-Nep York Herald.
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Underground Life i'm France.

In the Cevennes mountains, in central
France, there is a village named La
Beage, the inhabitants of which practi-
cally live underground the greater part of
the year. It is 4, $50 feet above the sea
and in the bottom of a pass where the
now is rapidly heaped up by the winds.
AS soon as the snow begins to fall in
large quantities, says a recent visitor, the
inhabitants retire indoors, and it is not
long before the low-roofed cottages are
buried, the only means by which the air
can reach the inter:os being down the
single chimney, which in all the cottages
is built very wide and substantial. The
NOW gradually mounts so high that the
door viii not open, and at last the win
dows are blocked up.
The inhabitants lay in a good supply
of bread, cheese and salt pork for them
selves, and of hay and straw in the out
house for their cow and horse; and, al
though the men occasionally go out by
way of the chimney, the women and chill
dren live in the fetid atmo ,phere all the
winter. They spend their time making
cane chairs and baskets, doing a little
rude wood carving, and knitting stock
ings, while, if the snow does not melt in
amonth or SO, the people burrow tunnels
from house to house, and SO get a little
society. Should a death occur, the body
is roughly coffincd and laid uEon the
roof until q thaW makes the cemetery
accessible.
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LIQUOR in the Nations Capitol.

One of the joint rules of the two
branches of Congress prohibits the sale
OF alcoholic liquors in the Capitol or upon
the grounds surrounding it. This iule
is a farce, a flaud and a sham. In the
House restaurant any kind of a drink
can be ordered and procured without the
slightest attempt at concealment. Even
an expert in fancy mixed drinks is be-
hind the bar, and he is kept pretty busy
most of the time when the House is in
session. Up to the opening of the pes
ent Congress a man who wanted whisky
had to look the waiter straight in the
eye and say "cold tea" Then
the, waiter would tiptoe softly to
the man behind the lunch bar and in
a moment would come back again with
something in the bottom of a teacup and
a glass of icewater. The payment of fif-
teen cents, and the violation of the rules
was completed. When Mr.. Edmunds
was President pro TEN. Of the Senate he
made an old colored man named Francis
the restaurant keeper on his side of the
Capitol. Francis didn't pay much at
! tention to the fool question, but he was
an artist in the preparation of fancy
drinks. This year the Senate amended
its rules and placed the restaurant under
the supervision of the Committee on
Rules, of which Senator Frye, of Maine,
is Chairman. Now, Mr.. Frye is a rigid
~teetotaller, andh esucceeded in displacing
Francis and appointing a Maine hotel
keeper by the name of Pope. There has
been q very curious concession made to
Senator Frye's well-known views upon
prohibition.
No brandy, gin, whisky or rum is sold,
but ales, beers and wines can be had at
any time. Most of the Southern men
drink their whisky straight and lots of
it. The Western men are divided be-
tween beer and whisky. Those from the
far West take whisky like the Southern
ers, while the m mbers ftom the large
cities are partial to beer. The men of
the Pacific coast like wine. and usually
of the most costly variety. They all
swear that California produces the finest
wines in the world, but it is noticeable
that they usually drink out of bottles
bearing foreign labels and of a costly
variety. The New York men drink wines
and beer and very few of them drink
whisky, while those Of the New England
men, who drinka 1t all, take small quanti-
ties of the light wines and of the very
best. Most of the liquor at the Capitol is
drunk by employees and strangers. They
pay for the best, smoke the most expen-
siye cigars and altogether live higher
than either the Senator's or the Repre-
sentatiyes. Great quantities of liquor are
sold at the Capitol daily, but there is
little drunkenness, and this is probably
the reason why they are allowed to be
kept open.-Neao York Telegram.
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Mr.. Dodson laughed again, in evident

Mr.. Dodson laughed again, in eviden
enjoyment of their confusion.
Sand you were afraid to tell me, eh?'
said he. "You were going to deceive
poor, helpless, old man2"
"No, no |" said Dud, in weak protesta
ton.
But Annie's face expressed only {
growing wonder.
"How did you know, Uncle, Dodson2'
she said, beseechingly.
For answer, Mr.. Dodson took up the
hand -mirror-Annie's birthday present
from its satin-lined case, held it before
his eyes, and motioned the. two to look
into it.
It reflected, with wonderful distinct
ness, the entire rear of the room, includ-
ing the chairs in which they had sat.
"When I saw you, my DEAR" said Mr..
Dodson, looking up with twinkling eyes
into Armies astonished face-''when |
saw you exhibiting a diamond ring
which appeared to be a recent acquisi-
tioE, and bringing up the album to show
well, let US say old Mrs. Presley's pic
ture-and when | saw you, sir, whipping
out an absurd little tin-type and actually
talking about it as though it were some
thing worth looking at drew my own
conclusion"
"You aren't angry, dear Uncle Dod-
SOM" said Annie, timidly, a queer mix
ture of relief and apprehension in her
face.
"But I am" said Mr.. Dodson, with a
smile which refuted his words. land I
think I shall leave my money towel,
say to a Home for Destitute Dogs.
Neither of you deserve i'll"
'But neither of US want it." said An
ME, tenderly. "You'll enjoy it your
self for a long time yet"
bud echoed her words.
Il suppose / shall divide it equally be-
tween you," said Mr.. Dodson, musingly,
''but you don't deserve It'll"
Mr.. Dodson was among the liveliest
Of the gay gathering at Armies wedding,
a few months later.-Emma A. Opper.
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Quebec.

The city is built upon a rocky proinon-
tory, formed by the junction of the St.
| Charles and st. Lawrence Rivers. The
highest point is on the southerly side,
facing the st. Lawrence; this side is also
the most preeipitous and was originally
about 800 feet above the water. It
slopes gradually toward the north till the
elevation is perhaps not more than 100
feet above the lower town. The general
form of the upper town resembles a tri-
angle, with each side about half a mile
In extent, the base resting on the land
side. Around the edge of III rock the
wall of the city is built, which is about
twenty-five feet thick and twenty-five
feet high, though in many places, owing
to the irregularity of the foundation, it
varies considerably from these proper
tions. The walls, having been built for
defense, were constructed of course upon
scientific, military principles, hence the
ramparts are wanting in that architec-
tural beauty one would see in a castle, for
they ara so placed that when guns are
mounted upon them they may command
the most advantageous positions, so that
the fertilization contains numerous an
giles, equal to almost any number of de-
grees.
Originally there were three gates
through the wall leading to the lower
town eastward and northward, and three
leading westward out into the country.
The three former have within a few years
been razed. leaving nothing to obstruct
a passage from the lower town; the three
latter still remain arched gateways, much
the same, doubtless, in poiut Of strength
as when they were first constructed, but
III point of beauty, Ilearn that they have
been recently very much improved. They
are named ST. John, st. Louis and Kent
gates respectively, the latter in honor Of
| the Duke of Kent, the father of Queen
Victoria. Through ST. Louis gate, the
grand alice, 4 which is French for Broad
way, the broadest street in the. city, leads
out into the country direct to the historic
plains of Abraham, which are about Il
mile distant. Nothing remains upon
this plain to-day to tell the visitor Of tht
scenes that were once enacted here, ex.
ccpt i plain, round granite shaft, sur
mounted By a helmet, on the base Of
which IL the following inscription
Here died Wolfe victorious, September
1859 sa-B0ston. Tgapcller.
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ST. r

OPELOUSAS, LA.
The course of instruction in this Institution emh-,.ou
English. French, Latin, Greek, Aritiimetic 4inasOees
Geometry. bookkeeping. Natural Sciences HHfstnr.'
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestows3
OF Christian Instruction. "o''"~sd
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month &15. r.
SCHOLARS per month, ~, So or 81, ACCORDING Ia class
Glasses are resumed on Tuesday, Septe nbeF 18Th IsSs
REV. G. RAYMOND, D. D.
REV. 4. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY q. LEWIS,
Aug. 90, 1885. A. BLANC DUoTEssAy
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wHEN Ny SHIP wEnr powN.


Sank O palace in the sea,
When my ship went down;
Friends whose hearts were gold to me-
Gifts that ne'er again can be-
Meath the waters brown.
There You lie, o Ship, to-day,
In the sand bar stiff and grayi
You who proudly sailed away
From the splendid town.
II.
Now the oceans bitter cup
Meets your trembling lip;
Now your gilded halls look up
From Disasters grip.
Ruins nets around you weave;
But / have no time to grieve;
] viii promptly, l believe,
Build another ship.
Will Carleton, in the Current.
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Reward Of s50-.Fifty Dollars

rs OFFERED by the Central st. Landry Protective
l. Live Stock ASS ~,ciation, for evidence that will lead
to the apprehension and conviction Of amy persons
guilty of stealing horses or cattle belonging to any
member of said Association. A record of ths brands
of members of the Association may DO seen at ths
house of the Secretary. Jno. M. Ware. in Bellows. ~
at the Clerks office ia Opelousas.
j. Z. SHUTE, JNO. M. WARE, See'y.
pratt n liz
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a firm at Vienna did a thriving bust
ness at Berlin for some time by selling
Waistcoats into which a likeness Of Bis
marck had been o in a very artistic
manner.
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Looking to the Future.

Vow every bright and sunny day
The fair and gentle maiden shops,
And buys the muslin and pique,
To make up into dresses gay
TO wear at future seaside hops.
boston Courier.
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The Laramie Wyoming) Boomerang
has an account of some lakes in the vicin-
ity Of that city SO charged with soda that
it a%ccumulates in great quantities around
the edges, whence it is only necessary to
haul it away and work it up into COM
mercial forms. One of the lakes in the
immediate vicinity of Laramie has been
drained, and the soda is now being
worked up by a company, but the sup
ply in other parts is practically mex
haustible, and has as yet hardly been
touched.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-03

Thirteen million sheep are said to have
died III New soush Wales within tho last
hree years for want of water.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30
A Trotting Sensation.


The great trotting contest which the Herald
sometime ago suggested should be brought about
by the Gentlemcns Driving Club of this city
has been arranged for by the Washington Park
Club, of Chicago. A special stake offered by
the latter organization will bring together IIar-
ry Wilkes, Oliver X. and Belle f. in trial of
speed on the 10Th of this month.
No one intaEeStcd iii turf matters need he
told that this will be the trotting sensation of
The year. The horses named are the fastest
that have campagncd this season. OF the
three. Harry Wilkes has the best record, III
81. which, however, is only half sec
ond better than the record of Belle f.,
and only half a second below the best
time made by Oliver H., when he recently
won the great Hartford Stakes Belle +.
and 2:l5 II, hut the second one was close
between her and Oliver X. that both reached
the wire At almost the same instant. The heat
was given to the mare, but the gelding had
made the mile in the same time, 10 IL, which
is a second lower than his record.
Harry Wilkes and Oliver II. will be pittGd
against each other for the first time at Chicago.
The former has the lower record and is the
older horse. The latter went through this
season, grand circuit, from Detroit to Hart
ford. conQucror Both are of Wilkes stock,
George Wilkes being the sire of Harry Wilkes
and the grand-rp of Oliver X.
The match will he a trial of speed that will
arouse the enthusiasm of the sporting world.
n. y. Herald.
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The Sailor Boy.

| knew 4 little yollngStcr
W ho would Il sailor be:
lie did not care for top or ball.
For marbles, kites. or trinkct> small
He did not care for these al all,
For he would 90 to sea.
The things he really cared for
Were queer things such a> these:
ODD knots OF rope, and bits Of string,
\ mailine->pille, a hammock ring.
India ink, or anything
That might sailor please.
He liked to read of voyages,
And naNi@ator> lore.
And can tell You how" he said,
TO make a splice or a Turks head,
10 hold the reel, or hcayc The Head.
And-oh, a great deal more"
And if pcrchance You missed him.
When others were at play,
You'd find him slowed in some odd mock
on cruising in his sailor book
With trobi-hcr or Captain Cook.
In regions far away.
He ha> not gone from home a. Net.
10 ship before the mast:
Bur only wait and YOU SHAH SEQ
Sailors are made from such a- he;
I'm very sure thai he viii bc
IN admiral at last.
Nicholas
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30

Arrangement are being perfected for
national militia cncampment To he held ii
Washington from The 10Th 10 the 30th of May
next. Ii i proposed 10 offer 100000 in drill
prizes and 10 ak Congress to pas, Join
resolution authorizing the mint to Strike Of
medals Of gold. silver and bronze, to he pre-
2it.'i by the President of the United State,
10 the successful regiments. battaons anC
roHpanic, Of the National Guard.
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IN GENERAL.

The water works 1T Brunswick are com
plcted. The water was turned on Sept -
everything working successfully.
Mrs. &. +. Bowler has sold her Bar IIarbol
cottage called Devilstone. which has been
occupied during the past summer bv Geor.,
V. and Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt. 10 Mr
" oodWard. of New York, for the sum Of so
oHO. Numerous transfers of real estate at hgl
figures have recently taken place.
+. IL. Pipe, Treasurer and Collector. OF
NatcrNIle, aged - was stricken ~ PARALYSIS
and died suddenly sept -. He was a resident
Of the town from birth, prominent AID wide
~ known citizen, and the oldest Mason in the
order there. lie leaves a wife and a larrC
circle Of friends.
Sanford is to have a novel water supply in
ease of fire. An iron tank with a capacity OF
1000 gallons has been inserted in AN excavation
is TO be forced into the tank through an iron
pipe connecting with the force pumps at The
Sanford Mills.
EX-Mayor Calvin G. Peck of Ellsworth dieC
very suddenly Of heart disease, Thursday night
aged about 50 years. lie was the first mavol
Of Ellsworth and has since filled that office
several times. lie has been large ship owner
and prominent Citizen
The rumseIlers of kennebec county are meet
inc with some Of their deserts at the hands OF
the superior court. - $50 imposed in fines
with an alternate of >iNty-four months i'm
laws is not bad two DAYS business.
The store of \. &. Tinkham, of Mechanic
Falls, was entered by burglars Thursday night
and the safe blown open. Ninety dollars was
taken but package containing $500 was over
looked. The thieves probably thought they
were getting at the safe Of the town treasurer
in the same building.
Mrs. Polly c. Wentworth, of South Orring.
ton, died Sept. 18th i'll her seth year. She wa,
the widow of John, better known as JacR
Wentworth, an old and gallant sailor who
fought for the United States in the battle be.
tween the Constitution and the Guierre. Five
of the sons served in the Civil War. one diving
OF the field and two dying later from wounds
Thursday a dividend was declared by the
Knox and Lincoln railroad by which $50 ,G0(
was distributed among the cities and towns
Last year the road distributed $4,000. Thi,
is great gain considering the outlay. The
road has been doing good business and has
been economically managed. The extension
at Rockland has been completed within JOG
yards of the proposed site of the depot. Tho
work on the depot will commence shortly.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30

FoI WaSt"g diseases Of CAatren.
Where the digestive power, are feeble and the
ordinary food does not seem to nour-h the child,
ti'i- acts both as food and medicine. giving strength
and leSh at once, and is almost Us palatabe as
milk. Take no other. limbs
There are over j,0o9 insurance agents in Dakota
ant Ike the Indians OF that interesting region they
ar" after the lives of the rest of the inhabitants.
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minutes, III relieved, little occas ionally til
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pIliIriIN'It--tn appearance of Soreness OF
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rCieN, ii.
EUrES OR A,.,s-Arply as soon rs posi-
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Erysip"lls, nrrp-sratcG Pains, SprainS,
Loss of Motion in Limbs, or Loss OF Sight,
ntl:ned Eyes, Poisoning. Bites, Stn@s, etc.
Battle Thoroughly from three TO ten times Il
day If much in1lamed, put on thin slippery
Elm Poulticc, covered with the Balslm.
Poison TAKEN INTERN ALLI-FrOm half to q
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poSsiblc; give Balsam several times u day
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PILEs-Appy externally and IT necessary.
also by syringe, or otherwise, internally.
COUGHS, HOARSENESS AND BHONCHlTIS.-
Take enough 10 Oil the throat several times Il
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IalnS in the Side-Take q large tcaspoOniul
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Il teaSpoonful once in from fifteen minutes to
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PROBATE NOTICES.

At a Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County of Waldo, on the second Tuesday of
September A. ID. 1885,.