The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-21
Our Contributors.

The journal contributors are to the
front again this week. Everyone one will
be glad that Mrs Ward, who writes from
a far distant and almost unknown region,
has been able to resume her correspond
ence In interest and literary ability her
letters are second to none i'll the newspa-
pers to-day.
And by the way the ladies are well re-
presented in this issue. Mrs. Packard is
alike successful in prose and verse. Her
poem on 1.-The Newspaper will be appre-
ciated by journalists, as well as by news
paper readers Mrs Mckeen's ''Impres-
sions OF Cape Cod are pleasantly told,
and she depicts the jewellers of the Cape in
different light from that in which they
appear in the novel Cape Cod Folks.
Rev Frank S. Forbes gives a capital
bird $ eye view of Utah, embracing the
natural resources, industries, and materi
al and moral progress of that Territory.
1t is one of the best specimens OF news
paper work that has come under our no
tice Tor many a day.
Mr. Crabtrees account of GLOW the
Thief was Caught is the best story we
have vet had from him. These are not
imaginative tales. but are written from the
official experience of the author.
Commander Evans of the Yorktown is a
trump. When a party of Valparaiso
roughs stoned the ships gig at the land
ing he promptly notified the CHILEAN all-
thorites that if they could not protect his
men the Yorktown's guns would defend
them against assault. There We're profuse
Valparaiso plug uglies will be permitted
to play any more tricks. Boston Globe.
The Yorktown was one of the White
Squadron which visited Belfast last sum-
mer and some of our citizens met Com
mander Robley D. Evans. The writer has
known Commander Evans more than
twenty years, and his reputation in all
that time has been that of a man Of a very
high order of ability, and with the cour
age of a lion. Indeed, in the service he
reioices in the sobriquet of ''Fighting
Rob- and naval officers now at Washing
ton who have served with him say that
he is one OF the most courageous and de
termincd officers in the Navy 1t is safe
to say that if his men are again molested
he will be as good as his word, and war
with Chile will begin at once. The Chilli
ans might as well play with dynamite us
fool with .Fighting Rob-
HE Cape Roster correspondent of The
Bar liarbor Record in the dearth of local
items, fills his space with thoughts upon
the writer's OF to-day. OF a favorite jour
nal contributor he (?) says:
Miss Helen NJ Packard will do an OBJ
noXlons person up 50 finely that one don t
care to be under the ban of her dis
pleasure.
This of course will be recognized as
Mrs. Helen y. Packard, who has a fine
poem on The Newspaper in this issue
o1 the Journal.
Nj, Charles Z. Allen. in the Rochland
Opinion, makes this centre shot at the
meanest paper in this country, or any
other:
If the Lewiston Journal logic be good,
one more lit from Mckinley, OF some
other protection saint will not only en-
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chromos while they get rich. but will also
result in papers like the journal reducing
their prices one-half. while they run
more plate matter. and throw in half a
dozen shoddy dictionaries
Nh J. G.. Chilcott. editor of the ELS
worth American, has in his last week $
paper a fine picture OF his pleasant coun-
tenance. For obvious reasons ii ism every
editor IN Maine who would dare to publish
his own picture. Maine Farmer.
While endorsing all that Bro. Owen has
said, We bee to add that the picture in
question does not do the subject Justice.
Bro. Chilcott is better looking. and he is
as good as lie looks
Our contemporaries are fairly over
whelmin" in their Communications of the
new journal. In addition to the notices
published last week we give a column on
the 9TH page of this issue. and there are
still more to come. They will serve to
show home readers the estimation in
which their favorite paper is held else
where; while naturally they are very graf
flying to ourselves. 1t takes newspaper
man to discover that there is a great deal
of work in each issue of the journal.
The Boston Herald seems to think that
this country should tamely submit to the
insults and outrages of Chill, and allow
the Chilians to stab unarmed American
sailors in the back at their sweet will.
True. hostilities with Chill might inter
rupt British trade and commerce. in which
the Herald is so deeply interested, but no
other free trade and mugwump newspaper
that We have seen has gone to this ex-
treme.
While the leading" with which we be
Gan the volume WAS well rerei we'd NV MANY