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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30
VOLUME Al.

Investigations may be reduced to the fol
lowing propositions, based on the immut-
able laws of organic life
l. The vegetable kingdom exhibits in
its varied products reference to the main
tenance of animal life of almost countless
races, whose digestive powers are adequate
to the conversion of such aliment into
vitalzed tissues.
=. Some animals are specifically organ
lied for feeding on certain products that
yield elements essential to their growth and
health, and no other
). The vast extension OF grasses on all
the continents and zones speaks in unnis-
taxable language that d reference is thus
shown for the maintenance Of those my
riads OF animals that were predestined to
be food of carniverous animals, whose IN
ternal structure could not chemically or
mechanically so alter vegetable products as
to sustain them.
A. Both the uSaSeS, customs, and COM
mon sentiment of manki ind in all ages of
The worlds history is this, viz all animals
are physiologically moving within pres
cribcd boundaries, from which they cannot
be diverted, either by force or the Contin-
gencieS of stern necessity, without peril.
>. Man is 4 being whose intellectual en-
dowments remove him wholly and entirely
above those spheres, from animals associat-
ed with him on the earth, which cannot be
removed without doing violence to their
nature.
6. The condition of animals is not ply
sically better in any respect by compelling
them to deviate from the dictates of their
instincts. Therefore, cooking their food
is violation of an organic law. They
prefer it nature presents it, i'll ample
abundance in verdant fields. II driven,
however, to the necessity of comply ing
with mans beheSts, arrangements follow
at last, resulting in forms of disease no.
where recognized ont of the pale of eivilz-
alton, among wild animals.
Persistence in feeding out cooked food to
cattle or swine will undoubtedly produce Il
larger yield Of lard and tallow, but all that
is gained tor the pocket is at the expense of
of the public health, since it is beyond all
question, many a life has been sacrificed to
an unsuspected Source-dseased meats
and those are produced by going counter 10
the indications of Dame Nature III prcpar
in4 thrm for human food.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30
Yes and No,

Had | said Yes" when | once said "No,"
Five years ago-ah, five years ago.-
Should kneel down tonight and bless
The happy hour when gave you "1esT'
Or wish that Times step could backward go,
And give me chance to whisper "No"
Would you tell me tonight, as you told me then,
That YOU were truer then other men
That age might alter the cheek and brow,
But not the soul? Would you say now?
Or should have suffered that wifely smart.
Half of your purse and-half of your heart?
Things that we have not might have been ours
Buds that might have blossomed to flowers;
Each might have found perfect rest
From every woe on the others breast;
Or, as we see that Others do,
We might hate the chain that bound us two.
Had l said "Yes" when | said NO.
You might have scolded me long ago.
A steak undone, or a button lost,
Half your tenderness might have cost;
And might have given you, it is true,
All the sorrow that Caudle knew.
But as | said NO" l can always see
Love in your eyes, i'll my memory
Hear your voice a> sweet AS Il robins song,
And believe that you cannot do anything wrong,
Had | said "Yes,' instead of "No"-
Well. no matter. 1t was not 50.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30
To Cure Toothache>

AS every one ought to make himself use
full in imparting knowledge or experience
to others, will inform the readers of the
hural New Yorker how l relieved myself
from troublesome tooth. You may say,
nave it extracted at once." But when
people have teeth that dentists cannot pull
without breaking them off, they do not
wisn 10 nave another trial; perhaps their
health Is poor and nerves very weak, which
TO such persons will say, if you have
hollow tooth, and the nerve has come in
contact with the air, get some spirits of
niter and mix with alum; saturate little
cotton with it and apply it to the cavity. If
the pain extends upward to the eve, or
takes the form Of neuralgia, procure some
horse radish leaves, take out the stems,
wilt them and apply 1t on the face over the
pain, and think you will get relief. If
you have no radish, try beet leaves; they
may answer the purpose. Rural New
Yorker
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30
Qivina Providance.

A little error of the eye, misguldance
OF the hand, a slip of the foot, startling
of horse, a sudden mist, or great
shower, or word undesignedly cast forth
in an army has turned the tide of victory
from one side to another, and thereby dis
posed of empires and whole nations. No
prince ever returns safe out of battle,
but may well remember how many blows
and bullets have gone by that might eaisly
have gone through him; and what little.
odd, unforeseen chances of death he has
seen turned aside, which, seemed in full
ready and direct career to have been post
ing to him. All which passages, if we do
not acknowledge to have been guided to
their respective ends and effects by the
conduct of superior and Divine hand
we do, by the same assertion, cashier all
Providence, strip the Almighty Of His no
blest prerogative, and make God, not the
governor, but the mere spectator of the
world. [Dr South.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

BLIl;HTED AFFECTION AND SUICIDE. The
Elmira On. W Advertiser, tells the fol-
lowing sad story of unrequiited love and
self-destruction -
Miss Della Benson, 4 very line-looking,
intelligent, and estimab.e young lady, has
been for some time past engaged to Mr..
Ward IIodgkins, of Watkins, but for some
reasons he seems lately to have changed
his mind, and declined to marry her
Several letters from him indicate this, one
saying: "a marriage with you could only
be to cause you and me q lite of misery
and wretchedncss, for how could we be
happy without love on both sides?" His
last letter was dated March 9th, and says
II have asked you for my freedom !; num-
Der OF times; but as you desire it, | will
answer plainly-no." Upon receiving
this, Miss Benson went to her room, and
on reappearing, Mrs. Billette, the lady of
the house, noticed something unusual in
her appearance. Upon inquiring as to
what she had been doing, she stated that
she had taken poison for the purpose of
causing her death. She stated that she
had taken strychnine, supposing that
would produce unconsciousness and death
without pain. Medical aid was in vain,
and she died in two hours, after great
agony, pronouncng her lovers name with
her last breath. She left touching letter
to him in which she wrote: eyes, Ward
this day will end my miserable life, hope.
| don't want to live now, since you have
changed SO much. Oh, Ward, why did
you do by me rs you have? | would have
died sooner than [ would have caused you
to suffer as you have me. Ward, l am
not your first victim, but [ ask you, yes,
beg of you, to let me be your last. Be
sure before you ask another to be your
wife, that you love her. Do not ruin her
life, as you have mine. After all you have
done, | love you as well us ever. You
and your relatives can be happy now.
You say you have done right; so, OF
course, you will be happy"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

country; that the nearest in blood to him
would pass through loss and suffering to
honor; and that out of the dregs OF his
people the questloner would live to see
one rise who would become the leader of
his nation9 The writer can only say that
all that Mad'lle Lenormand predicted to
him nearly twenty years ago has been
fulfilled"
We may add by way of conclusion, that
Lenormand said, in 1912, that she would
live to complete her one hundred and
eighth year
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

PINEsvILLE, Wisconsin, is noted for its
smart boys. The latest story is told Of a
youth of six summers who was taken to
task by his aunt for some supposed Of
fence, which he persistently denied.
"Now, Johnnie" said she. II know
you are not telling me truth l see it in
your eye" Pulling down the lower lid
of the organ which had well-nigh betray
ed his veracity, Johnnie exultantly re-
piled; ''You can't tell anything about it,
aunt; that eye always was a little streak
a1
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

The telegraph, though serious sub
iect in itself, is a fruitful source oflaugh-
able sayings. The old mistake wherein
''Have you sent silver forks,' was read
''have you sent silver for X. s. and puz-
zled an office through Il dozen repeti
tions is supplemented by recent tele-
graphic correspondence. A citizen of
Erie, Pa, had occasion for the services of
4 lawyer in Brooklyn, and not knowing
any one there, sent to the telegraph man
ager, "Ask reliable young lawyer, if he
can take testimony, March ~ and after
q days delay received 4 reply, Reliable
Young not known here.'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature to make the purchaser and
drinller Of Intoxicating liquors liable to
the same pans and penalties as are now
prescribed by law for the seller of such
liquors. The bill contains this princi pie:
that the man who outrages decency by
getting drunk is the real criminal in all
cases of drunkenness, and should be pun
nished therefor rs much at least as the
man who sold him the liquor, who at most
is only accessory to the crime.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

Cooking Food for Stock.

g1
and give the same to the Club. Nfr Snit}
appeared with his paper to-day. \ rortinn
of which We give below. WeWill state. by
way Of preface, that Or. Smith is \ man
who has travelled extensively. and is a
close observer OF men and thipgs in ceuer.
Al; and, while Wa, Nn1l.t cn,l0rSe all that he
has said upou tIi. subject. sill we believe
that Ills r,,,i7.,i.ls are worthy of "a c9rpG,l
consideration;
He argled that AMONG lh, many ,yavs of
making much out OF ljtllc in the shortest
time. That of rapidly forcing sWl,e rntilp
and poultry to extreme t.tnG>s is receivino
attention tnitc beyond lis merits Am anil
mails below man rruuire food ae l,ltura pre
pared 1t for them +t..,l1. fhat il reoulated
hv the temtsratur,.,t ,t tl,t.srasop Ifohlia.
ed To suI,,f~t nu tlat which has heru cool
td the elements. ON viii, ,, tleir heoltbv con-
litfou Jpnrp,ls ,rn 1,Al imnroy4d NV beino
lrair1 nt.w rhrulit..ll combinations aro
-.iborated iuiuri,uS Il, tltrin q,h-i, loom
and stom9rhe ara hotb Grranra,l h,, nrtji
,i.tllv nrrrared t,ol nntb ,7rfo,,i, thojr
functions best when thpi,r i M J,.nort,fr,.
from their instiuctiya b.l,tfs 4 dntnrn,in-
.,tini, T., .,hnlish natnts to,,.s ,l 5..tat,Ii H.
Il code of unr own. ia h useless nvnnntitnra
o jnlustr, 1 fry harnsl.' thn1ri>rs ,,,at-
attemut yrrv ,ieei1,4 r.y,.1n+f,ns II, r,,r.,l
~
,ua4Liul, ~, ,nttiu,, I.,.,.l l,rII,..ir i,,,runs
cows and Swine. Int ,l such efforts ara,
i1r n,....nrn ~ entl,nei4stjc intiti,lna1s
Yrhf.b viii n.yrr H.. ornrr,ll- iInn.e,1
'rhrv conflict with tbe laws of oroanil liG.
AS constituted in the lower r1ras A GOOD
farmer actuated by nm honest convfetion
that h,. j.. pursuiug nm ,uIioh.cned system
OF economy may bprolur t,S servant SIsvn
and cook Of . t,u,ih of Mrs hut ii il a
wide departure from Inc liantty.of his mis-.
slnu ana y Violation nT Inv, IN which ,I,,.
hgaltbnl p,l.netnit,. al hi. bpr.i. mad d,,Cl,s
l.nrud. MAi>ii.t none. uut nf an tnfros-
tInu ot tin. law i. no iu.tillcation for nrr-
-,>teuce in dojun wroug. There are yori.
ou, mala,lie> prculf.r t. civilization which
unquosltouably have. their ORIGIN in di,.as-
,.l meats sold daily i'm stalls IT, * hotb
known and unhesitatingIv admitted that
cattle and swine transmit their diseases TO
their descendants calves only, few weeks
old have uIccrnfior. an.Ifbeii. l4sh there-
lore. cannot be wl,olo.omr. We cannot
,,rtj,,,l.,,i, tb, ,,l.ot- !, ,,r,,,l,c ,,,l,s,,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

Father Edes, of the Dover Observer,
probably the only editor in the country
who never till last year, rode in railway
car, and for fifty years has been scarcely
outside his town limits, had, it seems, y,
quite an adventurous youth. Being ship
wrecked on voyage to Cuba gave him a
distaste for wandering, and he has qui-
city and steadily stuck to the printing
business ever since
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

Among several other things, they make
over 20OO pairs OF shoes every week at
the National Military Asylum, Augusta.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

The nutritive value of different kinds of
cattle food, given by Prof. Johnson in his
work entitled GLOW Crops Grow is as
follows GOOD hay is placed at 100, Oil
cake CT, oats 50, corn Sc, barley 81, good
clover hay 50, and wheat 49, This is sup
posed to be an average.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

are you ready for springs work? Ii not,
make haste, for the advent of spring seems
at the door. Robins, bluebirds, blackbirds,
wild geese, with other harbingers of spring
have made themselves welcome by their
notes OF JOY and rejoicing. How cheering
are the notes of these birds to the ears of
farmers; even the merry peppers of pools
and swamps are welcome heralds of spring
All these notes ring out the admonition,
''Be ready for work"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30

The N. Y. World is more forcible than
elegant in its method of paying its res
pect to Senator Ames:
Brigadier- General Ames, carpct-bagger
and son-in-law of the spoon saint, thought
the best interests Of the Republican party
demanded the removal of Mr.. Sumner,
who brought that party into existence be-
fore the theoritical General was out Of his
baby skirts
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-30
Picked up Scraps.

\ cores pondent OF the Country Gentle
man gives the following directions for
vanishing pictures =
o. Canada halSam
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-23
About Fresh Air.

A Scotch journal says that whoever
sleeps uncomfortobly cool will get sick,
To hoist the window sky high when the
mercury is at zero is an absurdity. The
cooler sleeping apartment is the more
unhealthy does it become, because cold
condensos the carbonic acid formed by
the breathing of the sleeper II settles
near the floor, and is re-broathed, and
if in very condensed form he will die
before morning Hence we must be
governed by circumstances the first
thing is, you must be comfortably warm
during sleep, otherwise you are not re-
fIeshed, and inflammation of the lungs
may be engondered, and life destroyed
within very few days. An open door
and an open fireplace are sufficient for
ordinary purposes in cold weather.
When outer windows are opened, it is
well to have them down at the top two or
three inches, and up at the bottom for
the same space, in miasmic localities !;
and these are along the water courses,
beside mill-ponds, marshes, bivouacs,
river bottoms, fiat islands, and the like.
1t is The most important from the LIST of
August until several severe frosts have
been noticed, to sleep with all external
doors and windows closed, because the
cool air of sunset causes the condensation
OF the poisonous carnations which were
caused by the heat of MONDAY sun to
rise far above the earth. This conden.
sation makes the air "heavy "by the
great qualification of the carnations by
cold; these resting on the surface of
the earth in the more concentrated and
malignant form, they are brcathed into
tho lungs and swallowed into the sto-
mach, coTupting and poisoning the
blood with great rapidity. BY daylight
these condensations are made so com
pact by the protracted GOODNESS of the
night they are too near the surfGee of
the earth to be brcathed into the sys-
tenn but as the sun begins to ascend
these heavy condensations begin to rise
to the height of several feet above the
ground, and are freely taken into the
system by every breath and swallow
hence, the hours of sunrise and sunset
are the most unhealthy hours of the
twcnty-four in the localities named and
noontide, when the sun is the hottest, is
the most healthy portion Of the day, be-
cause the miasma is so much rarifed
that 1t ascends rapidly to the upper re-
gions. The general lessons are First,
to avoid exposure to the outdoor air in
miasmatic localities for the hours in
Guiding sunrise and sunset. Second,
having blazing fire on the hearth OF
the family room ut these hours to rarity
and send the mi0sma upward. Third,
take breakfast before going out of doors
in the morning, and take tea before
smdown then being out at night is
not injurious,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-23
The Story of the Wrecked Whalcrs.

The following article was signed by the
Captains of the thirty-thrce wrecked
whalcrs
"Know all men by these presents
That we, Masters of whale ships now
lying at Point Bclcher, after holding
meeting concerning our dreadful situa
ton, have all come to the conclusion
that our ships cannot be got ont this
year, and there being no h0rbor that we
could get orr vessels into, and not hay-
ing provisions enough to feed or crews
to exceed three months, and being i'll a
barren country where there is neither
food nor fuel to be obtained, we feel
ourselves under the painful necessity of
abandoning orr vessels and trying to
work our way south with our boats, and,
if possible, get on board of the ships
that are south of the ice We think it
would not be prudent to leave a single
soul to look after our vessels as the first
westerly gale will crowd the ice ashore,
and either crush the ships or drive them
hard upon the beach.
"Three of the fleet have already been
crushed and two are now half out of
the water which have been crushed by
the ice, and are leaking badly We
have five wrecked crews distributed
among us. We have barely room to
swing at anchor between the pack of ice
and the beach, aud are lying in three
fathoms of water. Should we be cast
upon the beach, it would be at least
eleven months before we could look for
assistance, and in all probability nine
out Of ten of the men would die of
starvation or scurvy before the opening
OF the Spring. Therefore, we have
arrived at this conclusion after the re-
turn of our expedition under command
of Captain d. Frazer, of the Florida,
he having with whale boats worked to
the southwark as far as Blossom Shoals,
and found that the ice pressed ashore
the entire distance from our position in
the Shoals, leaving in several places only
sufficient depth of water for our boats
to pass through, and thus liable at any
moment to be frozen over during the
twcnty-four hours which would cut off
our return even by the boats, as Captain
Frazer had to work through a consider
able quantity of young ice during his
expedition, which cut up his boats bad
w."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-23

The most efficient auctioneer that ever
lived, probably, was George Bobins, Of
London, who tlourished about thirty or
forty years ago. His advertisements
were marvellous pieces Of composition,
which none of his successors in the
same business have ever succeeded in
initiating. He was very Admirable
Crichton," man of universal know
ledge, never at a loss, and with power
of maGnifying the good qualities of the
wares he was selling, such as no auction
Ger, before or since his day, has ever
possessed. 1t was a literary treat to see
him sell library; but the place best
fitted for the display of his abilities,
was the sale Of fine country house
In 1920, the magnificent Fonthill
Abbey, owned by the brilliant Beckford,
came to the hammer That it would be
Knocked down for one quarter of its real
value seemed inevitable, but Robins
was equal TO the emergency. Taking
the advantage of the great fame of
Beckford, and the rumors which des-
cribed the house as surprising the grand
est palaces of the East in sumptuous
elegance, he announced that no one
would be admitted to view the house
who did not purchase catalogue-price,
one guinea. The fashionable world felt
bound to see these wonderful sights,
and rushed in crowds to buy catalogues
Eighty thousand of them were sold, and
people journeyed from NIL parts Of the
kingdom, to feast their eyes on the mar
velous Fonthill. In the height Of the
f"rorc the sale began, and lasted thirty
three days. The abbey was knocked
down for $3.50, O0O-a third more than
its worth. Pictures, furniture, ETC.,
brought fabulous sums, Raphael's Saint
Catherine sold for $3.50, and the con-
tents of the house realized the enormous
sum of Gl,0C0,O00.
Once Robins had to sell, amongst the
effects Of a deceased merchant, silver
ware amounting to over six hundred
ounces. Duplicates of the pieces had
been made in Sheffield ware, for daily
use, and by some accident the real sill
ver on the first day of sale, was knock
ed down as plated The next day, the
Sheffield ware being put up, its real
character was at once discovered. The
purchasers of the silver disappeared,
and Robins promptly paid the loss out
of his own pocket.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-23

The FRENCH GOVERNMENT. A move
ment has been initiated for the submis-
sion to the people of the question of the
future form Of government of France,
to be decided by means of Il plebiscitum.
The plan, as far as perfected, proposes
that the people shall decide whether the
country shall remain a republic, as at
present constituted whether it shall
become kingdom, with some member
of the Bourbon family upon the throne ;
OR an empire under Napoleon. The
movement finds many supporters, and a
strong effort will be made when the Ma
tional Assembly convenes to secure the
adoption by that body OF a measure
which will carry the scheme into effect
1t is stated that numerous agents are ac-
lively engaged in the provinces, endea-
voring to enlist popular sympathy in
behalf of the project.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-23
Enjoyment of Life.

'Tis not for man trino. Life is brief,
And sin Is hero.
An age il but the falling Of leaf
A dropping tear.
We have no time to sport away the hours
All must be earnest in world like ours.
Not many LIVES, but only one, have We
Frail, fleeing man
How sacred should that one life ever be
That narrow span
Day after day filled mp with blessed toll,
Hour after hour still bringing ia new spoil