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The Republican journal., 1889-08-29

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The Republican journal., 1889-08-29

" The Royal Baking Powder is composed of
pure and wholesome ingredients. 1t does not
contain either alum or phosphates, or other in
furious ssubstances.-EDWARD G.. LOVE, Phi D."
:" The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly
the purest and most reliable baking powder
offered to the public.
HENRY A. MORT NJ. D., PHI. D."
The Royal Baking Powder is purest in quail
ity and highest in strength of any baking pow
der of which have knowledge.
"WM. MCMURTRIE, Phi. D.
All Alum baking powders no matter how
high their strength. are to be avoided as dam
too freely. or under climatic changes suffer de-
terioration.
The Republican journal., 1889-08-29

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nUy a UNNCTc in ninety nine cases out
n lVESN of every hundred is
HW H q caused by CATAR2H, and can
BHUI n III be CURED If the PROPER
"N ia ~ REMEDY is used by some one
"ElIHH who understands the disease.
ali DIR. f.. +. TOWNSEND, of Bos-
II LII ton, Mass, can he consulted free
Of charge at the Crosby Inn. Belfast, Me-, Sept. 2,
and 4, from iC A. N. to p. N. Evening hours
only by appointment
The Republican journal., 1889-08-29


David hus .ee; Nto"erS' arrived at Portland Aug
rom New 1olk-
Efne>une, il Is hii!lfr, arrived at Icrlh Am
h5l Au5 - from New Grrt'
j, !: ii ilu.a(y; y ilodglon' arrived at Charleston
II siblssy, 6 " llicnborn, arrived at Kingston,
~ anou, aug ~ from AsNhWaii.
1, II y flE'' m Me[ers' saeG RON I borl3nd
June - TOR to-iIrio spoken, July 90, lat = \, Ion
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The Republican journal., 1889-08-29

STOCKTON SPRINGS. The Ladies' Fair held Aug.
81 Tor the benefit of village impro1 1ement was a
great success, the society clearing over sloo after
paying ali expenses. Mr.. Frana b. jackson and
Miss Evelyn staples were married Saturday, Aug.
l7tlt. Their many friends offer congratu lions.
Parties now visit the cave on Mt. LaInphcr.
Mr.. George Lathrope is building extension On
his house. Mr.. Joseph Lafurly is doing the work,
....Miss Mcvina Patterson and Miss Nenie GIich-
born left town last week. Miss Patterson returns
to her duties at Washington, D. L., Miss Hichborn
to spend the winter in St. PAU, MINI. The
wizard" Who gave an entertainment at Densiow
Hall last Friday evening, was disturbed by out
of town parties that he obliged to stop when
half through the programme. Mrs. Nctic Crock
ctt and little niece Marion, Of Chailestown, Mass.
visiting friends I'm town.. Mr.. Eugene stev
ems is visiting his brother, Dr. stevens Mr.
John Griffin, now of Westboro, Mass, was in
town last week 49,. Mr.. John Randall arrived from
New York last week Capt. and Mrs. lIor
ace Grnn arrived last week and the Captain
will take a vacation. MIR. Ell. GRAY is Wis
iting Captain David Ames and Wife. Mis-
Hattie Conant Is in town, The guest OF Mrs
Lewis SMELL. Mrs. Nellie Colcord and httl,
daughter have returned from Portland..... Capt
Henry McGilvery has been in town j.. Mrs. Geo
Bates and little grandson. Willie, of Boston, arc
staying at Pleasant c0ttage.-.-... Mr.. Albert NJ
Gardner of Boston, and his friend Mr.. Howe, hayt
been in town fora few days -. Mr.. Manly Lancas-
ter has arrived from Castine Mr.. Fred IIieh
born is in town. Mr.. Geo Hichborn, Of Port
land is at home for a vacation. Mr.. II. has beer
quite i'll since his arrival but is improving j.. Mrs
win Manson, of Pittslleld, has been in town visit
ing her parents, Capt. and Mrs Lampher Mist
Emma Hchborn made brief visit to her ole
home last week. DR.. Griffin and family, of Pitts
field, are visiting here =. Mr. Alfred Thompson
OF Boston, is visiting friends here. rriv ais
Stockton Springs House the past week Mr.. Cyrus
Hall and family Belfast; |. w. Parker and family
Belfast f. F. Staples; w d. Bradford, W fl
Ring and e. b. sangers, Bangor; Ralph Weyman
Linconvllc; p. p. Nichols, searsport; r. S. Car
ter and +. 5. Carter, Belfast; A. &. Doe Augusta
IL. A. Hobbs, Mr.. Plumer Bangor; Miss Bernie
Morse, Bangor; Mr.. Charles Blanchard Provi
dence, X. l.. j. B. Arnold, Bangor; j. NJ. Murry
Boston; Prof. Edwin, Yalbery, Mass; MIR. Georg
Metcalf, Boston, advance agent for DIR. r. +
Townsend, who will be at this hotel for consuta
tion Friday, Aug. Both.
The Republican journal., 1889-08-29

I. j. Southard & Son, of Richmond, are max ing
preparations to build a four -masted schooner
The last vessel build in Richmond was the schoon-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
The Birds in the Pie.

You all know the old ''Sing Song
of Sixpence." Have you ever read
what it meant?
The. four and twenty black-birds rep
resent twenty-four hours. The bottom
Of the pie is the world the top crust is
the sky that overarches it. The open
ing of the pie is day dawn, when the
birds begin to sing. and surely such a
sight is "a dainty dish to set before the
King. -
The King, who is represented as sit
ting in his parlor counting his money,
is the sun; while the gold pieces that
slip through his fingers are golden
sunshine. The Queen, who sits in the
dark kitchen, is the moon, and the
honey with which she regales herself
is the moonlight. -.-.
The Industrious maid, who is in the
garden at work before the King-the
sun-has risen, the day-dawn and the
clothes she hangs out are the clouds,
while: the bird which so tragically
ends the song by "nipping off her
nose'' is the hour of sunset. So we
have the whole day-in a pie.-N. Y.
World. -s . ~ t~v.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
MANS IDEAL WIFE.

TO hear the men a-talkin' in their sweet unset
fish style 40 ~
bout the way o woman acts, who adores 'em
Withoutguile, ...-.
Is enough to make a woman just despair of be-
in awife,
For to satisfy her husband she must give him
up her life. ~,~
For She mustn't be too handsome. nor particu-
lar!y plain, 50
For if pretty she'd DO fl rtin' and If not, she'd
U.s. try to gain ..@s
By shriekn' and asscrtin' through all the days
and nights)
Continual truth and jestice and other tanciea
rights.
Then she must have serpent wisdom, yet be
harmless as dove,
Have common sense in plenty, vet be like the
saints above
As inherent and ignorant OF all wickedness on
earth,
And bel eve the yarns he tells her OF his dom 3
from his BIRTH
OF course she makes her clothing, which must
next to nothing cost,
Though the neighbours mustn't see that her
dress in style has lost
She will cook to great perfection and he a thor
ough nurse,
And tend her babes, and never ask to have .
private purse.
She'll grieve to see her gracious lord a-worlsin'
long and hard,
And grant he needs constant change, his pre-
eious health to guard;
And many comforts she'll be willin' to always
Go without,
But they're purchased for his benefit, with great
delight, no doubt
Just fancy when this i1eal wifssdies 1raar,,v
and Worn,
How AFFLICTED he will show himself, for weeks
be quite forlorn,
And declare to Ill who knew her she was bound.
ed by his love, |> .. a
A very perfect woman gone, to wait for him
above.
janet Cossar, in Chicago News,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
Modern Superstitions About Gems.

Possession of numerous large dia-
monds insures the owner against i'm
mediate want ~ A..
The presentation by 4 gentlemen to
a lady OF a fine ruby, set in a ring,
gives promise Of an early marriage.
Oval pieces Of finely-polished crystal
improve the vision. s..@ a.. ss
a Rhinestone threatens the wearer's
friends with imposition and deceit.
The ownership Of q fine, large, pure
sapphire indicates clear discernment.
10 leave q very fine fire opal in the
hands Of an uncle means misfortune.
II not poverty Jewellers Weekly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
Qualifying the Rem ark.

Look here, young feller," said an
irate brakeman, live been running on
this road for five years and I want to
state that / know my business. F."
ooh, no; you're mistaken. It isn't
possible that you've been running on
this road for five years. You may have
been walking on this road for five
years, but not running. Nothing on
this road ever runs. Merchant Trav-
eler,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
little JACK HORNER.

True History of the Brave Boy with
Penchant for Plums.
Most people have been made &C
quainted in the nursery with
Little Jack Horner,
Who sat in q corner,
Eating Christmas pie,
Put in his thumb
And pulled out plum,
And SAID: "What brave boy am IT,
This individual was not myth, but
real parsonage. Tradition furnishes
the following story of the fortunate
fellow: When Henry VIII. suppressed
the monasteries and drove the poor old
monks from their nests the title-deeds
of the abbey of Mells-including the
sumptuous grange built by Abbot Bell
wood-were demanded by the commits
sioners. The Abbot of Glastonbury de-
termined that he would send them to
London, and as the documents were
very valuable and the road infested by
thieves, it was difficult to get them to
the metropolis safely. To accomplish
this end, however, he devised the fol-
i, lowing plan:
He ordered a pie to be made-as fine
as ever smoked on a refectory table;
inside he put the documents-the
finest filling a pie ever had since pies
were first made, and he intrusted this
dainty to a lad named Horner to carry
up to London to deliver safely into
the hands for whom it was intended.
But the journey was so long aud the
day cold, and the boy was hungry,
and the pie was tempting. and the
chance of detection was small.
So the boy broke off a
piece of pie and beheld parchment.
He pulled it forth innocently enough,
wondering how it could have reached
there, tied up in pastry, and arrived
in town. The parcel was delivered,
but the title-deeds of Mells abbey es-
tate were missing. Jack had them in
his pocket. These were the juiciest
plums in the pie. Great was the rage
of the commissioners; heavy the VEN
geance they dealt out to- the monks.
Jack kept his secret, and when peace
able times were restored claimed the
estates and received them. Whether
Mr.. Horner deserves the title of ''good
boy" bestowed on him by the nursery
lament, is more than doubtful; how
ever, that's the story.-Troy Times.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
'PlTH AND POINT.

1T Is generally the man who csn,t
waltz who declares that dancing Is sim
full. IN. \. Journal
---Some persons OF weak understand
Ing are so sensible of that weakness
as to be able to make a good use of it.
If there has been no temptation,
there con be no merit; if there has
been no struggle, there can be no VIC
tory.
There is no fit search after truth
which does not, first of all, begin to
live the truth which it knows.-H.
Bushnell.
The man who never takes exercise
Is often called upon to mourn an ath-
letic friend who took too much. -
Jamestown Journal.
DO not deceive yourself in trying
to deceive others. Every man and WON .
an of sense knows what muddy eyes
and tallow face means. -
If you would be clear speaker,
aim at clearness of thinking. If you
would be clear thinker, aim at clear.
ness OF speaking. ... ....s.. =. -.
The most unfair thing that hap
pens to women is that engagements are
so short and marriages so long. Bling.
hamton Republican. -:
Some men are called sagacious
merely on account of their avarice
whereas. a child can clench it's fist the
moment it is born. Shenstone.
1t isn't always the man wht
really catches the most fish who is tho
hero in the eyes of his friends. -Mer
chat traveller. '....-
Whenever accident or ability
sends man to the front it is popula,
; to say he has the big-head-that is
you had better say it if you are a foo
and have the small 0ne
The time to push at the cart i.
when it is going up the hill. Whel
the top has been passed and the de
| scent gained there is. little use Or wis
dom in still furiously pushing away al
the same nd.--Advance.
The covetous man heaps vi
riches, not to enjoy them, but to hav'
them; and starves himself in the mids
Of plenty; and most unnaturally cheat
and robs himself of that which is hi
own; and makes hard shift to be a!
poor and miserable with great estate
as any man can be without it.-Tillot
son.
Don't suppose that people are hos
tile to you in the world. You will
rarely find any body designedly dcins
you i'll. You may feel often as If tn
world is obstructing you, more or less
but you will find that to be becaus,
the world Is travelling in differen
way from you, and rushing on in it
own path.
"A good name is valuable posses
sion; but, like all valuable possessions
a good name is not so easy to get as j
is to lose. 1t costs something to &C
quire good name; and unless a goo,
name is guarded jealousy, it will b
lost to him who acquired it. He VIII
wants to keep his good name must b
faithful in guarding it-Sunday-Schoc
Times
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18

6
man in Christendom; and he had ali
the faulty common to lovers who be-
lieve they can make a woman love
them. Even then Stella had hope that
she would be able to creep out of her
promise through some loophole; but
Standish was far too clever for that.
Leo had obtained a weeks DELAY for
the payment of his Goodwood losses.
Before Standish handed over Stel-
las purchase-money she must be
his. She must go through the form
of marriage with him at a registry
office. He would then leave her
free for two months, during which he
was to appear to her family to WOO
and win her. He knew she was not of
age, but he would hardly stick at such
triae as a lie now. And Stella, With
out word to Leo or any living soul.
with death in her heart, went out one
morning and married Standish, and
received from him her price, E2, 600 in
Bank OF England notes. Her trembling
hands placed them that night in LEGS.
and he went half mad with delight
and vowed that after all Stands was
prince Of good fellows and perhaps
had only meant to give him a fright
for his own good. Stella held her
peace. She could not, dared not tell
him not, at all events, until he had
paid away the money. She knew well
enough how he would fling it back in
standish's face, perhaps with blows
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
BUSINESS CARDS.

| = H. JOHNSON, NJ. D., en-.
i.
Graduate Of SscGill College, Montreal,
ate Assistant Surgeon in Montreal General
dos ital. Office in West & Litchfield's
Block. opposite Opera House. Calls At
ended day and night.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
! ,. JOHNSON, u.

II n. GHEENKAN. 's13
ATTORNEY Ar LAW
YIN practice h The eourts Of record end ~ q
}. courts. Once Il 0cAlsuders block, MAJ
kzset Austin, HIM. ~ io.ly
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18

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ATTORNEY Ar klM F z55
aoal Estate and Collection Agent Taxos ~
lsr nen-sesidents. "a Once, second lsef q
Dazkelnann's new block, Hai3 stEeek 49,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-13
THE PROPER FORMS.

Henry T. Bailcap, of Point Remove, Indiana, writes that he desires to contribute jokes to the leading magazines. "Csn you," he asks, "give me any instruction as to the proper form to employ. know that the magazine anecdote is different from the newspaper joke, and not knowing exactly wherein this difference lies, it behooves me to pre- pare myself before offering anything to our great periodicals"
 Nothing is easier of construction, MT. Bailcap, it's clean cut simplicity It makes but little differ ence what you say. The main idea is to say it in the proper form-in short, to start of in the way pointed out by the "Eastern Magazine Joke Man. ual," first printed in 17s9, by J. W. Fetherstone X Co, Boston. We have the manual before us, and take pleasure in copying some of it's forms
 "In the village of K there once lived noted local divine whom we shall designate the Rev. MT. B."
 "Dr. -, of - street, Boston, at dinner one evening, related the following anecdote at the expense of the great merchant, L."
 "A little girl, the daughter of the we'll known Mrs. S., while visiting with her mother at the house of Colonel Z-."
 By close following of these forms, MT. Bailcap, you cannot make a mistake, for this manual, although attempts have been made in the west to supercede it. still remains the standard. Prof. Bandyshanks, of Gravestone college, recently sent to the publishers the following high testimonial;
 "It is with pleasure that I indorse 'The Eastern Magazine Joke Manual have used it for forty.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-13

eight years with marked pleasure and success. When l took up the manual (having, after many failures, been advised by friends to use it), had but little confidence in its efficacy, but after short trial discovered, to my great atisfaction, that had become quite humorist. I could not be induced to use any other manual I will, in a few days, send you specimens of my performances, be- fore and after using your wonderful publication"
 We reproduce this testimonial, MT. BAilcup, not advertisement, but to show you that the work is commended by one of the greatest joke writers in the east
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-13
DOESN'T LIKE THE CHANGE.

An old negro sought the mayor of Chicago. "What can do for you2" the mayor asked.
 "Wall, sah, doan know bout dat, but come yere to eff ksin't git jestice somehow"
 "What's the matter2"
 "Nuf de matter ter make CT man pzen, dat's whut. moved up yere rum de south 'caze didn' think wuz enjoyin' all my rights down dar-"
 "I see. They interfered with your right to vote" !"
 "Oh, no sah, da let me vote all I wanted ter. Nices' people bout dat eber seed. Jes let me stan up an vote right erlong, but den da didn' count my vote"
 "And you wanted to come to place where your vote would be counted"
 "Yas sah."
 "Well, what is the trOuble?"
 "Leckshun troubles"
 "Don't you believe your vote was counted2"
 "Oh, vas, knows it was"
 "Then what have you to complain of?"
 "W'y, sah, hadn' mon voted fo' CT blame p'lice- man came up, he did, an damned me ober de head" "What were you dong2"
 "Nothn' CT tall jes standin' dar"
 "Didn't he tell you to move on9"
 "Yes, sah, but whut bizness wuz it O his'n2 want foolin' wid him."
 'What did you say when he told you to move on?"
 "Didn't say nothin'. Jis' sorter shuck my head an den he come CT hittin' me wd dat stick. Dat ain't no way ter ack-no way ter do wen CT man is 'habin' hisse'f"
 "Pm very sorry"
 "You ain't ha'f CT sorry ez is, sah. Jis look at dis yere lump on my head. Big ez goose aig, now. Whut you gwine do erbout it, sah3"
 "I don't know that I can do anything"
 "How come?"
 "Well, the policeman doubtless thought that he was dscharging his duty"
 "Is dat whut you calls 'chargin' his duty? Is knockin' daylight outen man 'chargin' duty2 Pm gwine 'way fun yere. I'd ruther not hab my vote counted den ter pay dear fur it. Elf da natter hit me to make my vote count, wy, den, I'd ruther da would fling it outen de box. Oats CT mighty cuis way ter do bzness. Crack mans skull ter make his vote count. Dosn want no mo- votes counted in dis town"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-13
LITERATURE's ENEMIES.

[Scene, the composing room of morning news paper. Competitors setting up the Sunday install ment of the great serial story."l
 Slug l-"He's preaching a sermon, now"
 Slug 2-"Don't care what he does so he keeps out of realism"
 Slug 3-"What has become of the girl with mOuse-c colored locks?"
 Slug 4-"Guess she must have run away with the fellow who had the key to the situation" [The other competitors knock on their cases. Slug 5-"Has the literary character starved to death yet?"
 Slug 1-"NO, but he's writing poetry on an empty stomach"
 Slug 3-"Why doesn't he use a desk.D
 [Groans.]
 Slug 1-"We'll tcih an empty stomach if it will suit your doorknobs any better"
 Slug S-"Why doesn't he use pen2"
 [Groans indicative of great pain
 Slug 4-"If had my way I'd give this writer about ten years at hard labor"
 Slug 5-"Pd sentence him to the solitary reading of his own stuff."
 Slug 6-"Wait minute, something is going to happen"
 Slug 1-"What's the matter2"
 Slug 6-"They at the piano and he has put his around her"
 Slug l-"They must be going to sing the cat duet"
 Slug 6-"No, she springs away suddenly and tells him to stand back"
 Slug 5-"Does he stand back2"
 Slug 6-"No."
 Slug S-"He's real cruel, ain't he?"
 Slug 1-"Ha, now we have itI"
 Slug 2-"What's up7"
 Slug l-"Josephine's chaperone tells her that she shall not go to the masked ball."
 Slug 5-"Oh, how could her heart be so cold, so callous, so free from gentle swelling. Methinks those tender pleadings were quite enough to melt heart of stone, to make cork leg screak, or make paper nose snuff the very air with"
 Slug 3-"Oh, drive the COW home, love, or we'll assasslnate the calf"
 Slug 1-"Hah, have struck the only decent thing in the story"
 Slug 5-"What, oh, pray, what is it5" Slug 1-"The end"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-13
FLASHES OF JOURNALISM.

The Dry Forks correspondent of the county paper, even though he has not been very active of late has not wholly given up journalistic pursuits as the following "batch" of news will prove: Sprouts coming up in the fence corners. Wild turkeys have begun to strut.
 Everything is dull in neighborhood The Beef club met Saturday afternoon. Feb Wilkes kicked because he had to take fore quarter of the beef, and got into a with Jeff Spillers and was killed with an axe The rest of the mem- bers of the club appeared to be satisfied with the meat they got. Ye correspondent got part of the neck but didn't kick.
 Good picking for cattle in the canebrakes Anthony Trotter has put up shed-room to his house.
 Last week dog scratched under Nose Wheeler's smoke house and carried off a side of meat Young chickens dying with the gaps The big oak tree in front of Hte's store blew down Monday. It fell across the store, mashed barrel of molasses, ruined some sacks of flour and killed Hte
 Jim Frisby lost valuable mule colt Wednesday, Aunt Susie Horn, while making soap Friday, was scalded to death Peace to her ashes
 Good many grasshoppers.
 Wheat looks we'll.
 Lightning struck the Mt. Hope meeting house last Sunday Parson Moseberry was killed. subscription paper was circulated and the sum of two dollars and eighty cents was raised for his widow aLd children.
 Measles.
 Whooping cough.
 Whit Malone has quit preaching and has started a still house.
 Mad dog reported to be in the neghborhood. Lyt Hobson is down with jim-j
 Uncle Peter Blue lost his eyesight some time ago, and day before yesterday he fell off bluff and was killed. Aunt Phillis, his wife, takes it mighty hard, and has postponed the quilting that was to take place at her house.
 Billy Lucas and Alb Moine started saloon at the roads day last week, but they fell out Saturday and Billy was killed.
 Good deal of pneumonia.
 Grass looks green.
 We look for good peach crop.
 Rain.
 Greek rising.
 Farmers are hopeful.
 Merchants are sanguine.
 Ali Phipot killed his uncle last Tuesday. Everything quiet.