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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30

The Portland Globe hopes, now that the DO
litical status of Maine has been settled for a
couple Of years, the clergymen who have been
so prominent in the annex business will turn
to the work of their Master with the same
labors politically. If their campaign for souls
this fall and winter is conducted rs zealously
as their campaign for third party votes has
been, mighty re-awakening of the community
Is assured. IBiddeford Journal
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30

PearS-Sumner Hunt. 1>t Mrs. y. Baglev,
%: Mrs. Sarah Dodge. 81
Grape,-N Mrs. Sarah Rogers, l~t r. RhoadcS.
ID: \. Bagley. 81.
Winter Appes-G. b. Blanchard, l,t: r.
Rhoades ID; Ed. Rand. 81.
Fall Appes-Ed. Rand, 1st: :. II. Bennett,
ID John Thompson. 81.
Grab Apples-C. f. Stevens
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30
VEGETABLES.

rotatoes-L. =; Harding, 1,t; Ed Rand, "a;
l.. b. Harding. 81.
End.
Carrot,-C. E. stevens, lxt; VIM. IIillman,
2nd.
Hects-E. II, Gould, list; c. f. stevens, 2nd:
+. ID. Myrick, Sd.
OnionS-G. b. Blanchard
Cabbagc-II. :. Chamberlain, Ist: VIM. Hill
man, End; \. ID. Biethcn. 3D.
Squa>h-L. b. Harding. 1st: G. L. Stevens,
2nd; f. ID. Towe. 3d.
PumpkinS-Ebcn Stone
Citrou>-I Il IIorlinr
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-30
THE COMING ICI HARVEST.

The ice men in Maine are making prcpara-
Mons for Il biz winters work. OWN. to the
continuation Of disasters from which some of
The companies suffered last winter. the usual
surplus Wa not carried over this year; but, a.
onre will he built. The dealers reason that
lightning seldom strikes twice in place and
are are hoping for a good cut the coming season.
lllaowell Register
There seems to be quite a large quantity Of
zee yet on the river 10 load, and Imles, a change
IN inc weather and appearances Of demand for
lre the kennebec Will have Old lee left over
tnIH season. which must certainty be a great
disappointment to the best judges last spring.
Al present something like $4,000 tons seems
to be on band. Augusta Journal.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
ADVERTISING RATES.

One inch makes a square. Administrators
ana Executors Notices $3.50 Transient advei-
tisementS and locals 10 cents per line for first
insertion and cents per line for each addition
al insertion
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
He Sketched with His Mouth.

Percy w. Hastings, of Lunenburg,
Mass, who won fame as an artist, al
though completely paralyzed below the
neck, is dead. He attended school at
Ashburnham six years ago, where he
fell from trapeZe, striking upon his
back. 1t was two months before he
could be removed to his fathers house.
Since the accident on June 3. 1890, Per-
CIV Hastings has had no use of his body
below the neck, as result Of the frac-
ture of the third or fourth vertebrae.
To amuse himself, Percy learned to
hold the pen in his mouth. He soon
succeeded in writing good business
hand. Sketching was next in order.
An easel was attached to his reclining
chair and placed but few inches from
his face. In sketching Percy met with
such signal success that he tried paint
ing in water colors and made good
progress. An attendant would prepare
his paints and place the brush in Per-
cy's mouth. The principal work has
been the painting of flowers from ma
ture. The work has been on eXhibi-
tion many times and has received much
praise. The general size of the paint
ings has been about six by six, the eX-
tent Of the area that could be covered
by the motion of the head. Of these
paintings many readily sold for from
So to $5 each. Many persons are on
record as having been enabled to pro-
duce almost phenomenal results By the
use of the mouth, but only with the use
of other portions of the body. Lunen-
burg's young artist is the first illustra-
tion of what can be accomplished by
the mouth alone.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
MILIHEIM, PA, THURSDAY, MAY ~, 1886.

mother of Il son who had dehed his par
enls and fought against his country.
Three years later my husband died,
and was left alone. lie spoke ofWil-
lis often in the last days of his life.
But | was silent.
Not till long. long after did find in
my heart forgiveness for my erIing son.
] realized at last that | had no right TO
Judge him; that If he erred perhaps |
was TO blame. | know now that the
passions, SORROWS and evils of life be-
came as nothing in the sweep of time.
lie was buried in the trenches ofChick.
amauga. L.cannOt lay flower on his
grave, SO | come on the day they honor
soldiers and lay my tributes on the
earth that covers the body of Wilbur,
his best beloved friend. Somehow l
feel that Willis understands aud knows
that in my heart are flowers Of affec-
ton for HIM. They were both dear to
uC-NCl uGdi w
Yes, he surely understands. have
long felt that, and have long ceased to
grieve. Both my boys are safe-safe
and dead. 1t is well with them.'
She ceased to speak. and stood with
her hand resting on the soldiers head
stone, her eyes seeing visions of thu
past, and nothing of the present. The
boy sat in the grass at the foot of the
grave, with tears dripping down his
brown cheeks. The tale had touched
him, little as he could understand the
deep tragedy of it. And heard again
the clash and thunder of war, saw the
blazing fires of battle and felt, in
rush of memory, the fierce fever of
those vanished days of carnage.
The boy followed me out to the road
side. DO you think he said, earnest
ly, as | mounted my horse, do you
think there will be another war here in
my time p
Il think not hope not, answer
ed.
He looked disappointed. Il want to
fight he said, eagerly for have
sword that was my grandfather's.
rode away from that lonesome spot
full of sad thought. All contentious,
strife and anger seemed so needless !;
all suffering so gratutious. Yet, thank
| God, peace and rest always come at
last. EBBoN OLIVER.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Making a Man Orthodox.

An officer in the Russian army, of
distinguished family, Was striken down
with fever, while serving in Siberia.
He finally became delrious, and the
doctors pronounced the case hopeless.
Nobody happened to know that he was
a member Of the Lutheran church, and
the priest sent for was orthodox. That
priest, in spite Of the explicit injunction
of his church, administered the sacra-
ment to a man who was out of his
mind, and then performed the rite of
ward the crisis of the fever passed over
and the patient gaye evident signs of
recovery. The priest at once proclaim
ed to the neighborhood that, with Gods
help, he had wrought miracle. BE
that as it may, the officer steadily i'm
proved in health, and after some weeks
was strong enough to start for st Pc
tersburg.
Now mark what followed. In going
one day into the Protestant church, of
which he had long been member, he
was greeted by his pastor that he would
leaYe the church and not bring upon
him the penalties which fell upon every
heterdoX preacher who ministered to
the orthodox. On demanding in aston
ishment, an explanation, he was in
formed that the account of his .miracu-
lous cure had been sent to the Synod,
which had warned his former Lutheran
pastor that the man was henceforth or
thodox. In vain he protested that he
had always been a member of the Lu-
theran Church, that he Lad never vol
unfairly altered his faith, that the sac
rament and extreme JUNCTION had been
administered to him when he was un-
conscious. 1t made no difference-or-
thodox he must be fer the future ; and
direct appeal to the Gar only elicited
the reply that his majesty could hot in
terfere.with general regulations of the
Ecclesiastical Synod which had already
received his imperial action. With
such power as this welded by the
church, it ceases to be a wonder that
the Russian heterdoX sects have never
united in a common movement. Far
more wonderful is it that dissent has
eyer been able for one moment to assert
itself.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Wit Saved Him.

A brigade was encamped near
Charleston, Va, says Allen f. Hall, in
the Grand Army Sentinel, and a guard
had been detailed to protect the prop
erty of the citizens in the neighborhood
and strict orders given against forag-
ing or taking anything without paying
for it. The colonel of one of the regi-
ments was out one day with his staff
and all of a sudden he came upon a
private of his regiment with sheep on
his back, evidently just killed. He
rode up to the soldier and asked him:
where did you get that sheep p
He answered : up here in the feld.'
Did you buy him p
NO, sir l just killed him, So
why, don't you know that strict
orders have been issued against doing
anything like that p
Yes, sir, know it, and will tell you
how it was. l was going along the
road whistling the Star Spangled Ban
ner,' and this sheep held mp his head
and looked straight at me, and said,
sba-a, ba-a,' and sir, L up and killed
him, AS | won't allow anything to say
'ba.a,' at me when Pm singing or
whistling the Star Spangled Banner
1t is needless to say the colonel told
him to go ahead. The fellows wit saw
ed him that time.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
The Secret Out.

'Oh I've just made the funniest dis
coyery.' said Mrs. Minks. You know
my husband meyer would tell me what
they do at the secret society he is a
memb of p
'Yes mine won't, either returned
Mrs Finks. sorrowfully.
We'll, yesterday big can of alcohol
came addressed to him for the lodge.
He is a past grand something or other
and takes care of things. Well, no
ticed him going upstairs with some of
the alcohol, and when he got to his
room peeped through the keyhole and
what do you think / saw ? He had the
alcohol lamp, and was putting salt on
the wick and it made the awfullest
ghastliest kidd Of light. was posi-
lively scared out of my wits, he looked
so much like goblin. suppose they
do that at their limitations. always
thought they had some horribly CHASTITY
performance.
Did you ever!' exclaimed Mrs.
Finks, in a EorriGed tone. We'll, /
might have known they used alcohol at
those secret meetings, for my husband
always comes home smelling dreadfully
strong of it,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Best Seasons for Planting.

How late we can SOW or plant with
reasonable prospect of getting crop,
depends very much on the season, and
somewhat on the character of the soil.
We can plant an early variety of pota-
toes as late as the middle of June. But
you will, as rule, get far better crop
if planted in May. l have had good
corn planted the first week In June.
Rutabagas have done well sown the 4th
of July. Mangold wurzels will pro-
duce moderate crop s0wn any time in
June, but il you want a big crop. sow
in May. 1 have had very profitable
crop of beans planted the middle OF
June. But of course we plant earlier If
we can get time to do the work. We
plant with drill in rows thirty inches
apart. and drop about six beans in hills
fifteen inches apart in the row. The
quantity of seed required per acre, de-
pends on the size of the beans. The
white Boston Marrow beans require a
bushel per acre. Pea beans, three pecks
per acre. If you drill in the seed right
along the row, dropping the beans
about an inch apart, you require about
twice the quantity of seed. Some OF
our bean growers think they get
enough larger crops to more than pay
for the extra seed, and for the extra
work in pulling the crop.-AmertcGn
AdriculturiSt for Mdq.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
What Made Him Feel so Bad.

John do you remember coming home
last night and asking me to throw you
an assorted lot of key holes out of the
window, so that you might find one
large and steady enough to get your
latchkey in p
Yes dear
And you remember the night before
how you asked me to come down and
hold the stone steps still enough for
you to step on
Yes, DEAR
'And the night before that how you
tried to jump into the bed as it passed
your corner of the room p
Yes, DEAR
"And still another night when you
carefully explained to me that no man
was intoxicated as long as he could lie
down without holding on, and then at
tempted to 60 to bee. .on perpendicu-
lar wall p
Yes, DEAR
John, do you realize that you have
come home, sober but two nights in the
past week p
Have /, dear p
That's all and you ought to be
ashamed of yourself.too. The idea of a
man of your age-But, John, why,
you're crying. There, there, dear, l
didn't mean to be too seyere. After
all, you did come home sober two
nights.
Yes, that's what makes me feel SO
bad.'
And then the meeting adjourned.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Failed and Succeeded.

Men admit that no man is equally
great in all things. Yet they often do
see that mans failure in one line of
work is no reason why he may not sue.
ceed in different calling.
An incident which occurred some
years ago in London linen store illus
trates this blindness.
A young man, whose bluntness was
such that he was Of no use as sales
man, was told that he did not suit and
must go. Seeking the head of the
house the youth said
Don't turn me away | am good
for something
You are good for nothing as sales
man. replied the principal.
Il am sure l can be useful continu-
ed theyouth.
sHow ? Tell me how p
Il don't know, sir don't know
Nor do L. said the principal, laugh
ing at the boys eagerness and ignor.
ance.
Don't put me away continued the
youth try me at something else. l
know L can't sell ,but.I can make myself
useful somehow l know l can.'
Moved by his earnestness the princi-
pal placed him in his counting-room.
Immediately his aptitude for figures
showed itself. In a few years he be-
came the head cashier of the concern.
Throughout the country he was known
as an eminent accountant.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Giving a Housewife Points.

A careful housewife upon entering
her kitchen said to her colored cook:
"Great goodness, Jane, you must be
more careful. You are not clean enough
in your cooking"
"Lady." replied the cook. as she
took up piece of beef that had fallen
on the floor, 81 see chat yer's gwine
ter act foolish wild me. Amt yer got
nuthin' ter do 'cept ter. fool round out
heah ?n
'It's my business to come out here
occasionally"
"All light den, hab it yer own way,
but wanter say one thing If yer
wants ter 'njoy yerss'f at de table am
eat wild er 'comin' apertite, yer'd bet
ter stay outen dis kitchen. Yas," she
added, as she wiped dish with dirty
rag. s'yer'd better not nose roun' heah,
for coOkin' is er business wild me, an
when or pusson is gagged In business,
foolishness is awful troublesome.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Four Chill irel Perish in a
Burning Building.
The Mother, With Her Babe in Her
Arms, Leaps Through Window
and Is Unhurt.

Akron, o., May 10 The little home
of Mrs. Mooney, widow about miles
north of Akron, was burned to the
ground shortly before last midnight
and four of her children, the oldest IL
and the youngest 4 years, perished in
the flames. Mrs. Mooney awoke in the
night to find herself choking with
smoke and snatching up her baby of 2
years, told the other little ones who
were almost stifed to follow her Mrs.
Mooney sprang out of the window with
the baby in her arms and landed almost
unhurt, the baby also receiving but
slight injuries. Lawrence Mooney,
aged 60, brother-in-law of Mrs. Moon
ey, was awakened by the children's
cries and rushed out of the house only
10 be told by the frantic mother that
her four little ones were still i'm the
burning building. Both mother and
uncle rushed into flames time ard
again, but were beaten back. Mr..
Mooney at length falling exhausted and
terribly burned while the flesh on his
hand hung in shreds. 1t took but a
few minutes longer for the cracking
flames to consume the little building
and this morning the charred ones were
found in the ruins. Lawrence Moon
ey's injuries may prove fatal and Mrs.
Mooney and her two grown daughters
living in this city are wild with grief.
The 5000 insurance and the little patch
of ground is all that is left to the
stricken mother. The fire caught from
an oyerheated stove.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
CAPTAIN WILBUR RATHBONE,
f,in

CAPTAIN WILBUR RATHBONE,
A true friend and brave solder.
This stone is raised by Co. q. -th Regiment,
- Vol. l., which he commanded.
The grave had been carefully tended.
Its rounded outlines and fresh, closely
trimmed sod made Of it green island
in lake of disorder and neglect. The
pale old lady kne't down and began to
pick the flowers from the basket and
reverently lay them upon the grave
The boy, big eyed and silent, came soft
ly up and planted his flag at its head.
Wilbur Rathbone was my sons
closest friend continued the old lady,
in a soft, sweet voice. They were
babies together, school-fellows, COM
rades and friends. The home of each
was as much the others as his own.
They spent almost every hour of their
time together for twenty years. They
grew alike in looks and manners,
though they were TOTALLY unlike in
character. Even their names resembed
each other. My boy was called Willis.
He was rash, impetuous, quick to an.
ger and not easy to control. Wilbur
was brave but gentle, given to quiet
ways and of few words. He loved
music better than merrynaking. and
dogs, horses and birds better than the
society of most persons. | fancy l can
still hear the piano speak under his
| fingers when | sit silent and alone in
my now childless and almost empty
house. And when the quiet of even
ing comes 1 sometimes close my ewes,
to blot out of my memory quarter OF
a century, and hear the notes from his
violin float oyer the hills. His mother
and father, my good neighbors, lived
oyer there in the house whose chimneys
you can just see from here and she
pointed through a break in the wood
They are long since dead, and lie here
by the side of their son. They were
not members of the Society of Friends
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
Not there p


the graveyard that belongs to the old
meeting house. Everybody that used
to 60 to meeting there (pointing to the
house) is in here now (pnintlng again
toward the briars and weeds), SO there
are no more meetings.
looked Mt the graveyard with pity
iGg interest. 1t was nothing but a
square patch of bramhleS, aud rank,
dark weeds, inclosed by broken and
worm eaten fence and surrounded by
the thick and silent wood. Nothing
could be more isolated from busy life,
more completely forgotten by the
world. No, not quite forgotten, for
here was the brown-legged toy, with
his flag and his flowers, his whistle and
song.
But soldiers are not buried here,' |
said.
'One of them is the boy answered
with an accent of pride aud al adj
ditional wave Of his flag. IT'S his
grave that Missis Gilman is goin' to
strew with these flowers, though he
wasn't any relation Of hers at all. He
was captain, and he has marble
headstone, the only one in the whole
graveyard. His company put it up.
It's getting little old now, for he's
been dead nearly twenty-four years
died most fourteen years before was
born.' He ratified this off with child
like eagerness, happy in being the first
to tell bit of something interesting to
another.
Were you in the war p he asked.
Yes
80 was my grandfather. have the
picture of a fight he was in. He was
killed, too This with special accent
of pride. 1t was something to be kill
ed, evidently, in his opinion.
Riding close to the old fence l looked
over into the neglected place of the
dead and saw the edge of marble
headstone and beside it the dark folds
of woman's gown.
Come in and see this soldiers grave,
said the boy, glad of new interest. |
hesitated The occasion seemed too
sacred for the intrusion of a stranger ;
but he insisted so warmly that left
my horse and followed him into the
graveyard. His simple, but not undig-
nified introduction made an apology to
the lady unnecessary.
Misses Wilson, he said, gallantly
taking off his fower-trlmmed hat, this
gentleman was in the war, and I've
asked him in to help put the flowers on
Capt. Rathbone's grave
We we've Oh the ground of common
sympathy at once. This woman was
no longer young, but she was beautiful
with the beauty of spirit that had
long dwelt on calm heights. She was
of the past, scarcely seeming to belong
to the present at all. Her soft black
silk and it's laces, and even her face,
were of fashion not new. She was
an old school lady. with the gentle dig
nifty and majesty of manner that indi-
cate the old-sehool training.
This is not my sons grave she said,
but that of his dearest friend, and l
am the only one left here who knew
him or cares to lay flower on the earth
that covers him.
bent to read the inscription on the
fast-dimming headstone
To the memory
OF
CAPTAIN WILBUR RATiIBONE,
T,i, 4 Il
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-27
NEWSPAPER LAWS

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Omaha daily bee., 1886-07-12
O'KELLY'S OPINION.
Ne Sees Light Ahead in Spite of Dark
CIoudH.

GLASGOW, Jnly ll,-INew York Herald
Cabic-SpCcial to the BEE. The defeat of
the government threatens to become rout
SO far AS England is concerned. Gladstone's
appeal for justice to Ireland and reconclia-
tlon with the Irish people has been answered
by an unmiStakaole refusal. But Scotland
and Wales, to their honor, have pronounced
in favor of leace and justice. However,
there is
ONE CLEAN OF UoPE
amid the shadows of defeat. The popular
vote in Great Britain in favor of home rule
has been enormous. One million British citi-
zens have recorded their opinion in theballot
boxes that Ireland should be granted home
rule. This marks clearly the great strides
made by the home rule movement, aided by
thepublic opinion of the world. When the
number of voters who have declared against
Gladstone's plan isexamined. tits found that
only eleven hundrcy thousand have declared
against that particular form.
NEARLY TRIUMPHANT.
A change of one vote in every twcaty-one
voters would have made home pi!e triumph
Omaha daily bee., 1886-07-12
WHAT GLADSTONE WILL DO.
British Press on Whether the Premier
Will Resign or Not.

LONDON, July 12.-TNew York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. All the morning
papers are naturally discussing what Mr..
Gladstone is likely to do-'stick" or resign.
The Chronicle (radicaD says as to home rule:
I'VE understand this morning from those
who are usually well informed as to Mr.
Gladstone's intentions, that unless the tories
have majority over all parties, which is
somewhat problematical,
HE WILL NOT RESIGN
until q new house of commons definitely pro-
claims its want of confidence in him."
The Telegraph contends as to the premier:
at is suspected by some Of his enemies that
taking advantage Of the divisions in the
ranks of his foes,
HE WILL DEFY THEM
to unite and turn him out. The etiquette of
the English constitution is that when a min
lister proposes a great scheme he must, when
defeated upon it, resign, dissolution being,
in fact, au appeal from the parliament to the
people,"
HOPES IIE WILL RESIGN.
The News, however, hopes thus: 1--WE
trust Mr.. Gladstone will resign If there is a
clear majority against him in his Irish
policy. lie staked his official existence on a
just and prudent policy toward the Irish
people"
The three tory papers naturally advise
resignation.