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The Republican journal., 1889-09-05
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'"''NF iif'A IN" f'is litf' INSANE A9A IL NJ
\ novel scheme Is being talked up TO secure
cheap heating for the Insane Hospital. Half II
mie from ihc buildings is located the steam mill
Augusta Lumber Co.. and it is proposed TO erect
big steam boiler there, ii pipe connecting it
with the hospital to carry the steam. Fuel can
be furnished at the mlll for comparatively
Srali sum- rs much OF The refuse which hereto
lore mas been dumped INTO the mill or given
away gan he used IN making fire. Thus
through the pipe ne steam will find its way in
70 the hospital radiators and the cost to the in
Siitution viii he 50 much less than under the
oid system That II will be an Object for the trus-
tees TO adopt the new system
IN GENERAL
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lhd II you re not M the first thing yoa know,
Your lln@s are attacked and disease lay you low.
BY using Pr Picrre's Golden Medical Discovery,
bronchial ahections and att kindred complaints can
he cuftd Nt If neglected, they often terminate III
CONSUMPTION.
'Ihc act Of swimming furnishes an exception to
| the rae that kicking operates against man get
! ting along In the world
"Ihe Merry Wives of Windsor
could scarcely have played such fantastic pfank-
han thcN heeH su'9'ri - 'iie many ms So common
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tinn of the system. 1t cures an those weakness scs
amt ailments peculiar 10 omen, and it is the only
The Republican journal., 1889-09-05
Marriages In Belfast, From 1891 to 1910, Inciu-
StyH,


by james Poor, Esq., Justice Of the Peace.
1881, March 10, silas Whitney, of Hope to Miss Ly
dia Staples, of Belmont.
March -, James IL. Woodbury. of Waldo, to
Miss Euncc Cross, OF Belmont
I!y John :. Aver, Esq, Justice of the Peace.
l>3l, June :, Joseph White and Sliss Eliza Clark
both of Belfast.
June %. Samuel Gardiner of Northport and
Miss Miriam Prchc, of Montvile.
BY Alfred johnson, Jr., Esq, Justice of the Peace
1881, May -. jon White win Miss Grace Ulmcr
Both Of Belfast
By rev William Frothingllam.
1881, Jam. !, Ahcl Barnes, Jr, and Miss Nancy
smith, both of Camden.
Jan. IL, George L. Wilson aud Miss Mary
Crosby both Of Belfast
FEB. 3, capt. Freeman Tufts and Miss Harriet
J. Hartsholn, both of Belfast.
June p, Henry W. Cunningham, Esq, of
>wanville, and Sarah Holmes, of Belfast
June u, Charles Cunningham, of Belfast, and
Nancy Perkins, of Prospect.
June -, {uel swallow and lhebc ), Grnnell,
both of Belfast.
oct. ,, William &. Crosby Esu.and Miss Ann
Maria Patterson, both of Belfast.
0ct II, Galcn iiamblet, Of pracut, Mass, and
Sarah c. Amcs, Of Belfast.
Oct 30, Robert W. Quinhy and Hannah Giles
both Of Belfast.
Dec. Is, James Lord, of Frankfort, and Lydia
Mason, of Prospect.
BY John :. Aver, ESP Justice of the Peace.
1881 SEPT. Il, Capt Isaac Clark ;tnd Miss Jcunctt
Morlllc, 10th Of Belfast.
Dec. -. William Durham and Miss Emily
Whittier, 10th OF Belfast.
by Jonas Emory, Esq, Justice OF the Peace
1881, Jan %, John Wilson, Jr, and Miss Eliza Ann
IIiscock, both of Belfast.
July n Walter Conin, Of Belfast am, Miss
Nancy Clark, Of Nolthport.
By Nathaniel NJ. Lowncy, Esq Justice Of the
Peace
1881, sept. II, WcOber Banks, of Belfast an, Miss
Eliza J. Wadlin, of Northport.
oct 9, Alexander oung, of Thomaston, and
The Republican journal., 1889-09-05

We are indebted to Mr.. Frank r.. Griffin for
copies of the Mount Shasta Herald, Sissou, Cal,
and Of the lrcha journal, lreka, Cal. Capt. Mel
vim } staples Of Honolulu, Hawaiian lslanc ;, has
sent rs the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, of
Honolulu, Aug. ,, containing account of the
insunecton there, in which Bob Wilcox" and
$50 natives attempted tc overturn the government.
The Palace grounds and Government House
were taken possession of by armed rioters, the
Opera House bumharCed and the Queens bunga-
low ruined by dynamite bombs. Seven IIawaiians
were Killed and = wounded, But the nsulrection
was promptly suppressed and the rioters suircnd-
cred. The Advertiser says, cditorialIy
lest our editorial brethren in California and the
East should gather wrong impressions from the
news conveyed hy this mail, regarding the peace
OF this city aad these Islands, and the stability OF
the present government and its power to maintain
its authority, we VIII say that no residing o
dong business here has the slightest fear of any
disturbance from any quarter On the other hand
the Government has shown its ability to put down
any uprising with its forces While it is very u;i-
fortunate tlat the late disturbance was allowed to
take place, when II little preCaution ght have
prevented 1t, Its occurrence may prove Il benefit If
II leads the authorities to Dc circu,nsp in
future. The natives here naturally peaceabe
and opposed to everything that tends to create a
disturbance. 1t is probable that no further trouble
will occur, provided the two three leaders in the
late row are punished as they deserve to be. The
Government is backed with strong foreign as
we'll as native element, and will be upheld long
is ii is devoted TO the public good as now
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Aug. ,, James Reed, of Belfast, to Miss Han
nah Cmtan,l.
Nov Is, sI.alon Z. Banks to Miss Fanny Z.
NOV. 10, Michael Riley to Miss Eunlcc IIa,scn
of Belfast.
BY Samuel Fletcher E.q., Justice of the Pence.
1881, Feb II, Richard Prndlcton and Miss Nancy
Watson, Of Belfast
By Rev. William Frothineham.
1897, Jan. "A, Capt. Philip Eastman to Miss Char
otte Campbell both of Belfast
Jan. 80, Joshua Black, Of Prospect, to Miss
Feb. Is, Henry Carleton to Miss Hcp-cbcth
Eamc4, both Of Bangor
Feb. %, Martin Cross, of Knox, to Miss Dul-
Cinea Cunningham, of Belfast.
Feb. 36, Fisher johnson, Of China, to Miss
Phebe T.. WlnsloW, of Belfast.
Mar. %, Winslow Ellis to Miss sarah Gun.
ningham, both of Belfast.
Mar. % Simon Cross, of OrOnO, TO Miss Har- |
ret Durham, OF Belfast
April 26, Humphrey ~ Lanca ter to Miss
Mary A. Torrcy, both of Belfast
May :, James Bicknell, Jr., and Mis- Hannah
T. Mckeon both Of Belfast.
June |, Andrew }. Ross, of Belfast. to Miss
Martha J. Fowler of Prospect
Sept %, Warren Stephenson and Miss Louisa |
Bean, both of Belfast
Dec. p, Capt. " lam McC CIntock, of Bel |
fast, and Miss Hannah staples of svanyilIc |
BY George L. Russ, Esq, Justice of the Peace
1887, Dee s. Capt. Shuball W Cottrin to Miss |
Eliza Ann Whitmore both of Belfast
ISIS, Jan =, Calvin Emcrsonto Miss Sarah Woods,
both Of Belfast
by Moses Woods, Esq Justice Of Tie Peace.
1897, June s Hiram Mixer to Miss sarah dement's
both Of Waldo Plantation.
Aug. 80 Thomas A. Bcckwh to Mis- Hannah
+. Patterson, both of Belfast
Oct. 29 John NJ Shuman to Miss sally VI. /
jackson, both of Belfast
BY Manasseh sleeper, Esq. Justice of the Peace.
>37, June 10, Josiah wood to Miss susan Grinucl |
both of Belfast
Aug. y, Thomas Heating to Miss Anna IIal.- |
vest, of Belfast.
Nov. :, stephen Dutch to Miss sally Wood, of
The Republican journal., 1889-09-05

John III. b. Latrobe is said to be the oldest
practicng lawyer in the United States. lie is
IS years old, and was admitted to the bar G5
years ago.
Lord Dunraven hopes to bring the Nalkyre
The Republican journal., 1889-09-05
How Not 10 Build up the Carrying Trade

We arc paying at present Sl3o per mile to Ger
man steamers for carrying the mails, and to Amer
lean steamers only 10 cents per mile for mail
vice to South America. This is the way are
building up our carrying trade Bos ton Journal.
The Republican journal., 1889-09-05
NeMS About TOMn.

1t is the current report about town that Kcmp's
Balsam for the throat and Lungs is making some
remarkable cures with people who are troubled
with Coughs, Sore Throat, Asthma, Bronchitis and
Consumption. Any druggist will give you trial
bottle free Of cost 1t is guaranteed to relieve and
cure. The Large Bottles are SOC. and 81
Georgian, 50 years Old, offers 5000 for a
young wife. The cost of wives increases rapidly
after a man passes the frisky age of g.
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1886 Jan. Il, Capt. Simon G. Gotrl to Miss Saral
F. Rogers, both of Belfast.
Mar. 49, Joseph ID. Iiinds, of Belfast, to Mis-
Phebc IL. Gardner, of Northport
Mar. ., Albert Pilsbury, Esq of Calais, t.
Miss Abby c. Porter, of Belfast
Mar. "a, Robert NJ Griffin, of Pitt-burg, t
Miss Sarah Miller Of Northport.
May Il, Isaac Sanborn, of Orono, to Mis-
Lucy Mahoney Of Northport.
June ,, Daniel ilaradcn to Miss Lucy An
Bartlett both Of Belfast.
june &, John ii. stephenson and Miss lIarrie
+. Stephenson, both of Belfast.
June !, John ii. Converse, Esq, of Waldo
boro', and Miss Mary Ann Conner of Be
fast
June Is, John +. iIobrook and Miss Luc
Ann Lancaster, of Northport.
June %, James Todd to Miss Margaret 4
Ames both of Belfast.
July 3, Capt Joshua Cottlill TO Mrs. Priscill
Alden, both of Belfast.
July "a, Joseph Brown to Miss Wealthy Jan
Dodge, both Of Belfast.
Aug. ,, John Il. Gleason, of Thomaston,
Miss Waty Ann sleeper, of Belfast
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Court Room Wit.

None of the professions seem more
devoted to ready wit than that Of the
law. 1t is related that Sir Nicholas
Bacon was about to pass Judgment up
on man who had been guilty Of rob
berry, at that time punishable by
death; but the culprit pleaded for mer-
cy on the ground that he was related to
the judge. "How is that ?" he was
asked. my lord" was the reply,
your name is Bacon, mine Is Hog, and
hog and bacon have always been con-
sidered akin" "That is true" an
swered Sir Nicholas "but as hog Is
mol. bacon until it has hung, until you
are hanged you are no relation Of
mtne." Still more to the point Is this
of two opposing barristers: 5i5
The lawyeFfor the defense was so se-
we're upon the prosecutor that the latter
rose and asked N"Does the learned
counsel think me a f0ol?" The retort
was prompt: :My friend wishes to-
know if I consider him fool; and In
reply to his question I can only say
that I am not prepared to deny It,"
There are many instances of passages
of arms between bench and bar, but
this one may be new to most of our.
readers. At the close of heightened
and bitter wrankle between q judge
and prominent counsel, the former
said: "Well, sir, if you do not know.
how to conduct yourself as a gentle-
man, I am sure I can't teach your
TO which the barrister mildly replied |:
"That is so, my lord"
San Francisco dz:gonasxk.
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Thread.

The varieties of thread in common
use are made of silk, linen, and cotton.
The best quality of silk is always used
for making thread, and the best quality
means the longest fiber. Silk-thread
made of cocoons that have been open.
ed by the escaping butterfly is far in
ferior to that made from the whole CO.
coon. Linen thread owes its strength
both to it's length OF fiber and to the
toughness Of the fiber; but as it is east
ly frayed, it should he used when sew
ing in short needlefuls or with wax to
keep it smooth. Ordinary spool cotton
is made of Sea Island cotton, q variety
of cotton with very long fiber. AS
this cotton is restricted in its habitat, it
has been and will continue to be ex-
pensive as compared with upland cot
ton. This last staple furnishes mate
rial for muslin, and of it basting cot
ton is made.
Upon the quality of the thread used
in making up clothes their durability
largely depends. 1t is certainly desira-
BILE that the thread with which a gar
ment is put together should last as long
as the fabric OF the garment lasts. In
custom-made clothing and in home
made clothing this happy state Of
things may be realized. But in the
ordinary ready-made woolen garment
the quality of the thread used is such
that the seams begin to part in places
long before the fabric is wornout. A
house mother of long and large expert
ence found that it is economy to use
only the best quality of silk in making
up cloth goods. The first cost of the
thread is little more in this case, but
it is mauy times made up by the dura-
bility of the work.
Before the days of sewing-machines,
sewing silk was to be found in all
work baskets. Now machine-silk is
generally found instead. But for
hand-sewing the old-fashioned sewing.
silk is much better. 1t does not fray
so readily as machine silk, and hence
is more durable. Tailors understand
this and always use it for hand-sewing.
Thread of all kinds should be kept
as much as possible from the air, which
rots it. If one buys thread by the
quantity, which is the economical way
Of buying it, only so much as is
needed for daily use should be taken
out, and the rest be put away in COW
cred box protected from the air.
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Home ideals.

A stranger entering for the first time
a home, consciously or unconsciously,
guages the ideal of family life by the
external evidences of culture and re
finement. These may reveal them.
selves in many ways, but most conclu.
sively, perhaps, in the pictures on the
walls, the books on the table, and the
dining-table with its appointments and
service. TO our girls, then, with whom
more than they sometimes realize rests
the moulding of thu home, I would
say, "See that the inner beauty of the
home manifests itself at these charac-
teristic points, that its sweet influence
may reach out-an elevating power to
lift up and beauUify the many lives
that touch it more or less closely"
The pictures need be neither numer-
GUS nor costly. In more than one room
a single engraving in simple frame,
or perhaps with no frame at all, makes
a purer ideal of beauty, and finer
appreciation of form and composition,
than dozen highly colored paintings
with rich occompaniments.
The books upon the table represent
very closely the level Of daily thought
in the family. A ponderous Family
Bible, giltedged folio and photograph
album, tell the story as accurately as
do few well-worn editions of stand
ard works, whose very size aud friend
ly aspect speak of daily loving COM
panionship.
A crucial test, however, is the din
ing-room. A superficial refinement
may display itself at other points; here
the genuine culture of heart and soul is
seen and can not be masked under the
transparency Of company manners"
The natural tendency of the animal to
supersede the spiritual will find its
way to the service unless restrained by
habitual attention to the loving courte-
sizes that make home life beautiful. A
meal, badly arranged, poorly served,
with an atmosphere Of haste and con-
family life. However simple the fare
is, it is dignified by careful arrange
ment and service, while the nameless
courtesies which are the fruit only OF
true unselfshness and real regard for
the comfort of others, can find no wOr-
thier mission than to make Of the ev-
ery-day home meal place Of rest and
refreshment, spiritual or physical.
Girls, have you considered how much
the tone of the home rests upon you?
How easily you may raise or lower its
ideal to your standard Fix your ideal
high, then, and think no duty small
and no courtesy insignificant that leads
toward its realization.
Christian at Work.
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An old New York dry-goods s,tion
merchant, who resided in .xrsey,
crossed Cortlandt Street Ferry morn
ing and night. One morning as he
was coming over he noticed that one
of the best customers of his house
slipped through without paying. On
his arrival at the store he told his auc-
tioneer not to receive q bid from such
Il man. The latter observed
"Why. thought he was good ~
$50 did but L have changed my
mind 1 will not trust him a dollar.n
Not long after the merchant failed,
and did not pay five cents. ..on the dol
lar.-D1y-G Goods Merchant.
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Signs Of True Piety.
BY REV. E. L. PERKINS, M. D.

Hearing q woman using the most vi
olent language in denouncing the
Methodists, because they did not use
as much water in their initiatory rites
as suited her fancy, and noticing that
she greatly stood in need of a daily
dipping, in stead of one dip in life
time, I was naturally led to the follow.
ing reflections: If cleanliness is not
Godliness it is one of the oldest chill
dren which Godliness has produced,
and the child has a very striking re-
semblance to its parent. At the same
time filth is the offspring of sin and
closely resembles its ancestry. Who
ever has lived long has noticed that sin
and uncleanness are genial compan-
ions, and the Bible has very properly
associated these terms. "Neglecting
the body" is one of the charges
brought, by one of the Apostles,
against certain classes of people.
A celebrated chemist remarked that
the degree of civilization attained by
any nation might be arrived at by as.
certaining the amount Of soap used by
the people, and I am strongly impress
ed with the belief that there is a
friendly alliance between sure religion
and good soap. The first man I ever
heard curse his mother to her teeth, u.s.
ing the vilest language, was drunk,
ragged and covered with dirt. His
mother stood with vacant stare, with
an old black pipe in her mouth, and
her clothes looked as if they had long
since been divorced from the wash-tub.
In our large cities, as you approach
those quarters where the dens of vice
abound, you become aware of the fact
by the scenes of filth which greet the
eye on every side Of you. Some people
seem to think that filth is an emblem
of humility, and that the soul within
is rendered humble and pure by good
coat of filth without. Some of the an
cient nuns, acting upon their clothing
or to eXterminate the vermin from
their dwellings, because, they said, the
body needed furnishing on account of
sin. This looks like trying to win
heaven by doing evil to ourselves,
rather than doing good to others, thus
they reverse the doctrine that ''Pure
religion and undefiled before God and
the Father, is to visit the fatherless
and the widow in their atllicion and
to keep thyself unspotted from the
world" Our Savior places the
grounds of admittance into heaven up
on charitable conduct. "IE as much
as we have done it unto one Of the least
of these we have done it unto me-"
We conclude that pure charity and
pure cleanliness are the best signs eX-
hibited by those who are really on the
road 10 heaven.
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Not many days ago a gentleman had
taken affectionate leave of his wife and
daughter for a three-months' trip
abroad. The child, a lovely little girl
OF two and a half years, stood by a
chair with her thumb in her mouth-a
favorite pastime, and, to her, panacea
for all her childish ills. She watched
her mother for few moments. saw the
tears filling the lovely eyes and drop
ping one by one from her cheeks, then
went to her side, and with a comfort
ing tone, looking pityingly up to her
face, said, Mamma, suck 90 fun %
AS if nothing could so much comfort
her.
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MAKE DAUGHTERS INDEpEND ENT.

MAKE DAUGHTERS INDEPEND ENT.
How many men are there to-day
toiling night and day in order that
they may, when they die, leave their
daughters safe from want and ir COM
Portable circumstances. The best way
to leave the daughters safe is to give
them knowledge of business AMI af-
fairs that will enable them to take
care of themselves. Give them knowl-
edge of a profession or occupation, so
tina. they will he able to take care of
their money, if they have any, or so
earn it if they have not. This is bet
ter than to leave the daughter prince
ly fortune, and make her Il mark in
the community for every eager, selfish
prodigal to reach out to attain. Better
have her able to fight the battle of
life for herself and to so live that the
world will be better for her life.
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A FIRsT-CLAsS POINT.-A Detroit
drummer who lately made trip into
Indiana, put up at IL hotel in a small
town one night to find the fare the
poorest, the beds the worst he ever
saw, and the house run in such a way
rs to amaze him. After break fast.
which he scarcely tasted, he entered
the office and said to the landlord
"What kind of Il caravansary do you
call this?'
"A first class hotel, sir"
"YOu must he crazy! Show me one
single tirsl-class point about it.
"Thc price, sir. You have had sup
per, lodging and breakfast. Three dol
lars, if you please; and if you want to
ride down in the bus that will be Il
quarter morc.n
A gentleman from Indiana recently
registered in an Illinois hotel, and look
ed ut the printed notice in his bedroom &:
'Flease do not blow out the gas"
The occupant of the adjoining room
heard him remark: 81 pay my mon
ey, and | am going to blow out the gas
if | want TO-"
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CONVERSATION AT HoME.-Few
things are more Important in home
than is conversation, yet there are few
things to which less deliberate thought
is given. We take great pains to have
our houses well furnished. We select
our carpets and our pictures with the
utmost care. We send our children to
school that they may become intelli-
gent. We strive to bring into our
homes the best conditions Of happi-
ness. But how often is the speech of
our household left unframed and un-
disciplined!
The good we might do in our homes
with our tongues, if we would use
them to the limit Of their capacity Of
cheer and helpfulness, it is simply i'm
possible to state. Why should so
much power for blessing be wasted +?
Especially. why should we ever per-
vert the gift and use our tongues to do
evil, to give pain, to scatter seeds of
bitterness? 1t is a sad thing when a
child is born dumb but it were better
to he born dumb, and never to have
the gift of speech, than, having the
gift, to employ it in speaking only
sharp, unloving or angry words.
CenIaul Christian .d1pocuie.
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WHAT IS A DRoUGHT?-Mr.S SYM
ons, the English meteorologist, would
have three kinds or degrees Of drought
recognized and precisely defined. A
period of fourteen or more consecutive
days without rain should be termed an
absolute drought; one of twenty-eigh
or more consecutive days with rain
fall not exceeding quarter of an
inch should be called partial drought;
and at least sixty days with not over
two inchas of rain should be q long
drought.