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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

\ correspondent Of lie New YORK Mail and
Express >ay> that Jon-re>>n!an Mis- Of 1eNa~.
author Of the NH, hili. p..y> his negro men but
So, = and 5 per meath. and cAar~e, tl.em
nine cents per pound lor flour atl fifteen
eeut> Ter pound for meat. The corr pondeut
asks: IL he not . pretty fellow 10 talk for
iahar:'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

Forty-niners will be interested in the letters
published on the first page.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

The Progressive Age takes certain rpntem-
poraries 10 task for stealing it editorials and
local items, and in the same issue mwittinelv
2-Ncs an illustration Of the practice in which
the Journal i the victim. The item the Are
quotes from the Ellsworth American originally
appeared in the journal Of Oct II. except the
1nterpolated words mount Desert" which
moNe Mr.. Halls Belfast stone yard 90 miles to
Che eastward. We wish the Age success in its
efforts TO bring about reform in this dircc-
tion, but We long ago came to the conclusion
That some OF our contemporaries are ncorrg-
ibie. Evidently the flies have taken pos session of
their unused inkStand>. some visitor to the
sanctum has 90 Iicu OF their only lead pencil
and -. rel, AholIy upon the scissors for their
eotaral>. general news and local items. 70
HAS persi>tcntly tilch without credit the pro-
dnctionS of others is certainly diScretlitahle. and
the worst offender is publication that STYLES
itself the great family >paper.'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

The leaders pitted against Harrison and Nor
ton are nomi1ially Cleveland and Thurman
but really they are John G.. Carlisle. Roger Q.
Mills and Henry Watterson. Behind these men
Is the solid Democratic South. This is not
bloody shirt talk; its business. This Demo-
cratic South has manufacturing capital aggre-
eating less by .$l7o,oooooo than the laanufact-
urng capital in the single State of New York !;
has less by S1G0000,000 than the manufact,ir-
ing capital of Pennsylvania alone. These men.
coming from this non-nanufacturing region
undertake to dictate and demand new indus
trial policy for the vast manufacturing inter-
ests, and all the countless wage-earners of New
England, the Middle States, Ohio, Indiana, H.
linois, California and the rest Of the country.
As business policy, it is absurd.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

Mrs. Margaret Fox Kane, one of the origina
FoX-not to say foXy-sisters, and one of the
pioneers Of spirtualism on this continent
testifies in a recent public address that the
esprit rappings" with which she once mystified
people were not produced by disembodiet
spirits residing in another world, but by one Of
the toes belonging to her own embodied self
residing in this world. The Spiritualists of
to-day will no doubt deny this in toto.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

On June Goth, five days before he was nomi-
mated, the Newark, Ohio, Advocate, Demo-
cratic organ, and now reyier of everything
Republican, said: General Benjamin Harri-
son is in the prime of life, and in full yigor Of
both body and mind. lie is a Christian man of
the best type; citizen of notable integrity of
character; man of clean life and reputation !;
a model husband and father, indeed, an Amer
ican without fear and without reproach.'' Can
as much be said for Mr.. Cleveland?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

The only down town hotel open is The Cony
House, but Hotel North under the new manage
meht VIII open its doors the middle of the present
month"; Tie Augusta House, which is the political
centre during the session of the Legislature has
been renovated, in part refirrshed, and other
wise improved Mr.. c. f. SturtCvant formerly Of
Belfast, is the popular clerk, and is now busy
booking names for the coming session.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

Since the kennebec Journal passed under it,
present management the circulation of the daily
and weekly editions have been doubled. The
paper has also been enlarged and greatly improved
anu further enlargement in the near future is
probable. The present local editor of the kenne
bee journal is Joseph Williamson .Jr OF Belfast
to whom the position offered on his gracI,ia
ton from Bowdon College. He has shown a de
cdcd aptitude for journalism, and we know Of
no better guarantee for his future success than
the fact that when asked how lie liked the work Ii,
replied that he chad found there was good deal
to learn" The young man who knows it all as
soon as he steps inside the door of printing Office
never makes 4 good newspaper man.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01


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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-01

The speech = is our correspondent says a mas
terly one and well calculated to enthuse its Re
publican hearers, but with the pressure upon our
cohlnn- we can only quote the concluding por-
.-nll. :. f.llnN.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11

he could yet do, and that very afternoon
she began planning to bring it about.
When evening came, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis departed without once suspecting
Pearl of having formed a new resolve.
But after they were gone she laid the
whole matter before viii, with such
convincing arguments that he accepted
her logic ON the spot, and did all that he
conld to further her project. OF course,
her toll and self-sacrifce were not near
ly over; but she worked now with the
cheering confidence that Will
would clear himself before the
would and support her by and
by. 1t is what the world expects
that we look to; that it is so HARD to do
without. Therefore | am glad TO tell
you that when their claims had been
sold to the best possible advantage,
when Prince and Billy and Dimple had
found owners back IN Illinois again, and
when Pearl had struggled on with will
ing hands and deft needle in single
room in the great city for four long
years, her hopes were more than real
lied, and her husband became not only
much respected member of bene-
cent profession, but a well-to-do factor
in teeming Western community.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
A Little Girls Big Head.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A remarkable case of chronic hydro
cephalus is puzzling the physicians OF
East st. Louis. The sufferer is Maggie
Clark, aged five years, a child of Ed
ward Clark, a car repairer in the Van
dalia yards. The child was born June
S, 1888, at Brazil, Ind, and only weighed
two pounds, but was perfectly formed.
About five months after birth the
child's head began to swell, and the
parents consulted Drs. Givert and
Black, both of Brazil, Ind, but they
were unable to stop the enlargement,
and in three weeks the infants head
had attained it's present circumference
Of two feet three inches. When the
child was born the skin on top of the
head was transparent and the brain
could be plainly seen. The skull has
gradually grown over the brain, how
ever, until it is almost entirely closed.
The child was years of age before she
could sit up, and has never been able to
walk. A most peculiar feature about the
case is that the child is more than ordi-
narily bright, and has never been sick
day. She speaks both German and En-
glish, the former language having
been taught her by her mother, who
was born in Germany. She is always in
good spirits and is not at all abashed IN
the presence of strangers, answering all
questions put to her. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark had two other children, both
bright and interesting. They have re-
ceived an offer to exhibit Maggie in the
museum, but the mother was unwilling
to put her child on exhibition for the
reason that she could not be with her.
The Clarks are people of humble cir
cumstances and reside in little frame
~
been living in East St. Louis for year,
having come to that city from Collins
vile, ILL.,. where they resided after
thew left Brazil, Ind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
MarveIs of Jugglery.

The conjuror's trade is one which de-
mands tremendous amount of patience
and skill. A correspondent of the Lon
don Globe says, in regard to the elder
Hermann, that he seemed to defy tie
impossible. Once on change at Buenos
Ayres, on being challenged to exhibit
some trick, he lifted his hat and dis
played his own boot on his head-this
without going near table, or as far as
any one had noticed, seeking any con-
cealment for his bare foot, or an oppor-
ty to remove his hat. For special oc-
casions he spared no time, trouble or
expense that some feat might wear an
appearance Of complete spontaneity.
AT Constantinople, when dining with a
number of gentlemen, he raised his
glass, just filed, above his head, and at
tracing the attention OF all present by
crying, "What beautiful wine ~ caused
the liquid to sink into the glass and
vanish. When the glass was replen-
ished, the feat was repeated; the third
time the glass also disappeared.
The glamor Of this trick seemed per-
fectly accidental, but great forethought
and energy had been expended upon
it, especially in connection with the diff
iculties of ascertaining the precise pat
tern of the glasses likely to be used, and
of matching them.
Hermann would never suffer himself
to be out done by other necromancers.
When they worked with pigeons, he
used geese and from a hat he would
not only produce tin goblets, card
board boxes and compressibIe balls, but
metal teakettles and lighted lamps
His singularly long, spare body adj
mitted of two tiers of loading pockets"
in his dress coat, thus afording great
facilities for concealment.
He designed an ingenious wand for
transformation into living snake
This was hollow tube, painted black to
resemble his usual magic wand. A
snake of suitable length was caused to
enter it, and metal cap was screwed
firmly on as soon as its tail was fairly in
side
The head would then project about an
inch at the other end, over which a
rather loosely fitting cap was placed, SO
that the whole looked like an ordinary
ebony baton.
To the screwed end a fine silk cord
was attached, which passed up the
sleeve, across the chest beneath the
shirt front, and down the other arm,
where it was tied round the wrist, the
length being so adapted that it adj
mitted of the wand's being held in
both hands when the arms were bent,
but effected its rapid withdrawal up the
sleeve when the opposite arm was eX-
tended
The loose cap was removed, and con-
cealed in the palm of the left hand
the snakes head was exposed. grasped
and drawn forward, and the action of
extension caused the wand to disappear.
The effect was marvellous
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11

ture old woman. You complain that
your girls run over you " They would
not run over you if you'd cultivated all
your talents.
Dignity is talent, and you haven'tcul-
tivated that. Command of temper is
talent and you haven't cultivated that.
Grace of bearing, address, tact we'll
chosen language-all these are talents,
and you've given them all the go-by.
You've committed that pernicious sin
of saying nothing for yourself and ev-
erything for your children, of saying
SO that the children's light shone, you'd
be willing to be snuffy old candle, and
now you are snuffy old candle, and
your children treat you as one, you
don't like it.
Ought we not to love our children
better than ourselves ?" you ask. No.
Love thy neighbor as thysel'," says
the Scriptures. Your children are your
neighbors. Mark the passaee-'''a as thy
selt"-not better than thyself.-Safe
BO7Ot
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
Sunshine in the Spanish Court.
From a Madrid Letter.

The interior life of the Spanish Court
has undergone great change since
King Alfonso brought home his Aus
trian bride. 1t is no longer the cold,
unhappy, ceremonious, perhaps I may
say, rather close center that it was in
days gone by. Even the exterior of
the huge stone palace seems to present
a more cheerful and becoming aspect
The large plate glass windows are now
thrown open to let pure air and warm
sunshine into the immense chambers
which were so chilly and uninviting
during the reign of Queen Isabella
The laughter ofthe royal children is oft
en- heard in the courts, and the Queens
own balcony is bright with flowers,
whence she sometimes looks down when
the change of guard takes place in the
Plaza de Armenia. Then the soldiers
see her with her little son in her arms.
and swear inwardly to be all the more
faithful to the widowed Regent and the
baby King.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
Realism in a Mourning Ring.
From the Baltimore News.


''Did you ever see mourning ring"
asked a jeweler. "Well, here is one"
1t is a heavy gold band, perfectly
plain and with seal in the shape of
coffin. It has a glass face, through
which can be seen a skeleton in gold.
On the inside of the ring is the inscrip
ton in black enamel, giving the initials
Of the deceased and the date of death.
''These designs were used over a CEN
fury ago, and now they are to be re-
vived as the latest fad. Some young
widows who find it difficult to indicate
their bereavement when indoors with
hat and flowing vail removed, take
advantage of the ring to announce to
susceptible young men that they have
returned to the matrimonial market.
They need not look melancholy. A
turn of the finger and the sad news is
told'
'Do men use them ?"
''Most assuredly. Widowers have no
way of announcing their loss except by
the band on their hats. With mourn
ing ring all embarrassing inquiries
regarding the deceased wife may be
avoided, and knowledge of the widow
ers' restored eligibility quickly i'm
parted
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
A BUNCH OF vIOLETS.
BY EDITH SESSIONS UPPER.

When fair Madge pinned tonight in my coat
cluster OF violets blue,
The subtitle sweet scent through my senses went
And brought me visi N OF you.
In an instant lived again the past
Before I'd grown worldly and wise,
Away rolled the years. and through the hot tears
Which dared not brush from my eyes
! saw you again, my love, my love,
With your tender, sweet smiling face
Madge ran up the stair-you came ana stooo
there,
Then crept into my arms embrace.
/ kissed YOU once more-the ole, wild thrill
Shot through my veins passionately-
slack" called my wife, Ibid you e'er IN your
life
Love woman as well as me ~
With q guilty start looked around
Your sweet ghost had quietly gone,
And Madge blonde and tair, came down the long
stair
Humming lightly an air from "Nanon."
I hicked the ashes from my cigar,
s'No dear" with sigh l then SAID;
A sigh for the hours which those wee blue how
Brought back from the past long since dead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
The FIoor.Walker Snubbed.
From the Boston ADVERTISER.

Amusing scenes occur sometimes in
dry goods store where the ultra officious-
ness of salesman runs amuck of the
amour propre Of a purchaser. A lady
was looking over some articles of femi-
nine wearing apparel the other day
which a mild-mannered young clerk
was laying before her, when pushing
member of the floor walking staff, feel
ing doubtless that the mild young man
was not doing his full duty to-
wards pushing a sale, came forward
and let fall perfect shower
OF verbiage in praise of the
goods, their quality, cheapness, etc.
The lady listened without looking to-
ward him or replying, and presently
made her purchase, whereupon the
oficious one turned to another of the
guild, with a knowing look, and re-
marked soto voce, Chats the way to
make them buy" Quick as flash the
purchaser turned to where he stood and
answered, with firm distinctness: Il
cannot permit you, sir, to think that
your impertinent interference could
affect me in any other way than to make
me quit the store if the goods had not
particularly suited me and [ had not
already decided to take them"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
Wonderful Lightning Bugs.
From the Christian at Work


The light of the frefies of tropical
America seems to be dependent upon
the will, as when feeding or asleep it is
not seen, attaining its greatest brilliancy
during activity and flight. The color of
the light is a rich green, but the. eggs
emit a light of blush tint, according to
Dubois. This naturalist has made ex-
tremely interesting experiments
with the pyrophorus. The eggs
which he dried retained their
luminosity for week, the
light re-appearing when they We're
placed in water. He ground the lumln-
Gus organs in mortar, after having
dried them in vacuum, and then mixed
them in boiled water, the latter immedi-
ately becoming luminous
DR.. Dubois concluded that the light of
the pyrophorus is intended as illumina-
ton for itself alone. To prove this, he
covered one of the upper lights with
wax and the animal moved in a curve;
when both spots were covered the beetle
soon stopped and then moved in an I'M
certain manner, carefully feeling the
ground with his antan8. The spectrum
of the light was extremely beautiful, be-
ing continuous, without dark or brilliant
rays.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
BIG Fish of the Caspian.
From Chambers Journal.

In the southeast of Russia is the
greatest salt lake in the word, the Cas-
plan Sea, which has an area of 1000
square miles. that is, an area greater
than all the British Islands put togeth-
er, with an additional island larger than
England thrown in extra, is intimately
connected with the fresh water fisher
les Of the Volga and the Ural, for the
fish migrate from fresh water to salt and
from salt water to fresh there as else
where. The great fishery of this region
is that for the sturgeon and it's kindred;
also fol- the salmon, white salmon and
knife fish. The sturgeon family attains
to an enormous size, especially the be-
luga, which sometimes measures TWEEN
ty feet in length and weighs $500
pounds, though specimens of over 900
pounds are rare. The seWruga is also
giant, but the other surgeons are sell
dom taken above six feet in length.
The number of these giants disposed
of annually at Astrakhan has in some
years been enormous, 100000 surgeons,
100000 belugas, and millions of the
others. No wonder that there are COM
plants of the failure Of the supplies,
and, as usual where ignorance prevails,
the mischief is attributed to every cause
but the right. cit is because of the
steamboat, says the mouiik, and forth
with the moujik hates the sight of a
steamboat. But steam or no steam, the
sturgeon of the Caspian may soon be-
come as rare a curiosity as Thames
salmon. Astrakhan, the principal Cas-
plan port, is one Of the most important
fishing stations in the world. From
this region alone the Russian revenue
nets about 100000 for fishery
licenses, and during the fishing season
10000 strangers, ranging in degree from
simple laborers to gigantic capitalists,
come in to compete with regular in
habitants for the profits from the FISH
industries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
STRICTLY AGRICULTURAL.
Gentle Humanities,

Gentle Humanities.
Shoe the horse and shoe the mare
Never let the hoof go bare
Trotting over finty stones
Wears away the hardest bones.
Life has many a stony street
Even to the toughest 1eet
Men, the sturdiest, find it so
Ere through half of life they go.
Streaks of blood are in the way,
Trod by humans every day,
Seen by Loves anointed eye
While the blinded world goes by.
Yes, If all the signs were caught,
Wherewithal the air is iraught,
What gale would sweep the skies
Laden with man miseries.
Gently, then, o brother man
Do the utmost good you can
God approveth cen the least
Deeds of truth to man or beast
Thomas McKeLLer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11

A LADY told this story the other day
in Sorosis, the incident having occurred
in her own family: A small boy was
requested to look up the word anon9{-
nous and use it in sentence. tie
found the meaning to be without
name,'' and thereupon handed the FOL
lowing to his happy parent: Mamma
has given us new baby. 1t is anony-
NOUS"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26
A Gallant Youth.

A young man in Upper Reese took
his girl ont riding last Sunday, in
sleigh that he had made himself. The
seat was 40 narrow, that she limited that
It would only hold one, when the young
man stepped out on the tongue and
rode there thsrest of the trip. A young
lady tells this but does not want her
name mentioned as this same gala,
ca lis on her occasionally, and she
would not want him to know that she
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26
Provide against Accident.

Everyone il liable to accidents. Had
David Law held pc licy in some n Lin
BILE Accident Insurance Company be
would have received SO n week during
his confinement, and in case OF death
his heirs would receive $2,OOO. NJ. Fl.
Miller is Agent for the Pacific Mutual,
one Of the most reliable Companie, in
the United States. Call on him and
secure yourself against accidents.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26
a Gentle Hint.

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to the INDEPEN DENT will confer
favor on the publisher by remittinR
promptly. We are aware that "wlna"
IL an important factor in conducting q
newspaper, but it will satisfy neither
our appetite, our printers nor our credit
ors. A little financial "greas J" just ut
this juncture will serve to make the
wheels run smoothly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26

Passions Slave" at Freeman Hall
Monday night.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26
olive and Let LiVe.1

Those who desire topurchase the best
quality of Groceries and Provisions are
referred to the above reliable house
where fair dealing and courteous treat
ment is the ,ule. Glassware, Tiuware,
Stoneware, Nails etc. always in stock.
1T II. CHASE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26
For Sale.

have for sale number of fresh
mich COWS which will be sold either
ringly or otherwise. 1 have also a
lumber of young HOlstein bulls which
will be sold ut reasonable figures. Any
one desiring to purchase such stock AS
il desc ibed above will do well, to coll OH
or address
w. T. CRANE.
Elko.
Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-26
} INST Received.

Ten cases Mems, Women's, Girls,
Boys and Children's overshoes. Also
a new stock of the celebrated Bucking-
ham Boots. These goods are all fist
class and will DO sold ut reasonable
prices. Call and see them.
l-25. II. CHASE.