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q Human Maidstone

ga iuru!l = :, wonderful ,ruu,lN. y:
content with at aui~ling the world vii! Ir-
.uld, It's hiL trees, il, boiling ~p.in.-, and z,
>turcu,lo,r> mountains. 10 hi- lrird u ha,.t
ON man. aud ha~ brought forth trUh mtt.
yylou> creation. il,~ uIuc o. D.u rr.u-.
I.abu,ju, aud hr lNr- near trr>, in Low.
california. lie .~ 4 human wI,i,tSut, ,,--
cs-ing the power nf curu- hNirolhrLa q. u..
hv steam baths hNVuirtWic inject uu-
diuu:ht> ct whisky, "a lhr other IutI,c mode
suggested hp Science hut hy "a ~,usir-Laudrf
>s!nar, applications liz mrth,j of oprrdt
iu. i Very simple. lie >pit- nn H. Hu.ri-
and then ruh~' III" wound through which tn.
VirI- has entered the -N~,em. This Cuu~t-
the poisonous matter Ia H.' discharged. rnGvh
after the same principle that the MAIDSTONE
laws forth the Niru~. Don l.aburiu ha- NOT
been llboring with his peculiar gilt Ion
enough To- silence >kcptIrism AMI convince nu
uuUclleyiug world that the uu;n is in hun,
hut his ncighbur~ are 50 We! satisfied H. &,
h', value that they have made an effort e.
pyo!on-, hiS life by cNcmptng tim from III
burdens at tISltiou aud Jury duty. The Don
j. not working Tor money, but wholly fnr tn
good ct Abid humanity, and, like the W
rIuja lady who cures tho aguc hN the Lt,ru.
on of hands charges nothing Ter tho -rr,..
Were It not for tins Tact W. should t'iul t'..-
power closely akin to u ''c,i,brltcd Ia
Indian healing stone" which, some NrT,.-
ago, was in the po~~r~,inn at a travelling ph.
stefan who made Minnesota his home not
many years since. This healing stone, wh.,L
the doctor dIgniiied with the name e..
''I>Cheruai,' WIS ucyrr-iailiug cure ioJ
malignant sores and wounds, which country
practitioners couldn't do anything will. be
cause they didn't know enough. one or two
applications would cause precipitation "j
matter and leave the sore Il healthy Coud,
ton, cuabling it to heal rapidly. And the
stone WI" II simple cornrlian, picked up ou
the banks OF the Mississippi, it, sole vlrtur
being nitric acid, OF nitrate Of silver, dried IA
previous I" mikng the application. The
doctor found the people prone to believe ia
the marvellous aud hum0rcI them lie could
make more money hv USING his "hcalng
stone" than by applying is power" in the
ordinary manner, aud ho considered himself
4 iuotIiiablr humbiI"
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Sg-Send in your Civil Rights petitions.
TIE RISING son; or the antecedcnts an

TIE RISING son; or the antecedcuts and
advancement Of the colored rare By
William Wells Brown, MD.
This Is the title O! book containing 55a
pages, published by y. q. Brown, Court
street Boston, Mass. DR.. Brown las given
Us in this valuable volume "a collection of
great value TO those who would know more
Of the negro race than has been generally
known. The book i printed on excellent
paper, nicely bound, and its typographical
execution Of the best. II is sold b. sub
scription; price $3.50. 1t can be had by adj
dressing A. & Brown go. 40 Court St,
Boston, Mass.
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ESc-Thc Chiistida Re,D,3.,' tells George T.
Downing Esq, that the way for him 10 be-
come popular and known to the bone and
sinew OF his race lies through the columns Of
that journal. That may be- good way to
reach the bone and sinew, but how about the
reason? We think that the Recoydsr might
claim with some show Of truth that brains
can be reached as well through its columns
it only needs the trial
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District Finances.

The condition of the District debt, a. set
forth in the daily papers last week, is not
such a. the fault -tindGr- have been attempt
in to lead the country to believe. To those
who have claimed that our District debt had
been increased beyond the bounds allowed
Ter must be blow indeed.
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Personal.

j. W. Purnell called on Us the other day,
having been travelling on an inspecting tour
for the Freedman's Bank
Prof. Il. T. Grcener has, We learn, received
an appointment as Professor o; mental and
moral philosophy in the South Carolina Uni
yersity
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The Elections.

At this writing it IS evident that the De
moCracy has carried the States of Virginia
New York and Wisconsin. The returns are
incomplete. Very little interest was taken
in the elections owing, no doubt to the iinnn-
cial panic The Republicans elect major
ity Of the Legislature in New Jersey In
Minnesota the Republicans elect the entire
State ticket Massachusetts Is Republican
rs IsnNi
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Rates of Postage.

For the information and convenience OF
our readers, we publish the following abstract
of the postal laws Of the United States. we
advise our readers to cut this out and pre-
serve il for reference:
Postal cards, one cent each, so without
further charge 10 all parts of the country.
All letters toall parts of the United States,
three cents per halt ounce.
Local, Oh drop" letters, that is for the
city or town where deposited, two cents II
delivered by carriers, and one cent II there Is
no carrier system.
For newspapers and magazines. regularly
issued and seut 10 Regular subscribers, the
following rates per quarter vi three mohths'
payable in advance at the Office where re-
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JOa4a.n M.ller's new volume oC poems j.,
nearly ready. The advance sheets show that
Mr.. Miller, verses have a more than ever
close resemblance to ~wnbuur. A. he as
scrt- that he never read a line ol the latter,
poetry, tia, i what Mr. Weller would de-
scribe a. "a most hcstrlOgdiuarv ruiuri-
dence"
The Washington 1is has a -tatcmcu, that
General Butler i organizing a movement 10
have the Republican, ,tucu-, which viii nom
mate onicer- tor tHc next Hons. u k-prczru.
tatlves, 10 declare euIphau,sliy against ali
implicated ia the Credit MObii!er Transaction
Tor the leading position Oh -t4hd.n. CON.
mittees, hi, object being 70 punish Dawes
and other members who opposed b., guber-
naIorial camlaign IN Massachusetts, lat
summer.
The ro,ent discovery thai Mr. IincolnNe!y
materially modified aud sOitcaed the original
DRAFT Of Mr.. ~rwaEd's bel!igeren; rights letter
OF May, 1901, 10 Mr.. Adams, recalls the
eompsniOn fact that Lord Russell, Mason
slIdei! letter Vas similarly toned down bay the
Queen, acting under the advice OF good Prince
Albert. 1t j. not pleasant 10 think Of what
might have happened il the professional
diploma Is, in either instance, had been al.
lowed their own .-SprngGsLd RspuJ-
licas.
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Sc nd iu Your Petitions.

What State, town or city will be first 10
send Us its petition to be presented in Con-
gress for Civil Rights? You have only four
weeks more before the opening OF Congress.
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selling business, and fnes for the violaiion
Of the law shall be given to the support OF
the poor. The present constitution abso-
lutely prohibits the granting Of licenses for
the sale Of liquors at any price or on any con-
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To Correspondents.

JUsTIcE.-We send photogrph to old, rs
well as new subscribers, providing they send
US s2. 50 and name their choice.
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.JoIitnIii-iic s.nfrrppi.r.

\ some. yratrut o.. tur i.u..uIat. e..
.rti" tells sct1 amusing unrcdptc nLJa,
"a i'.3DE eats elton 90 the "IuUu.Trr. DO
Edi1"l E1nEr'i, which Illustrate. "a phase "a.
journalist" enterprise never known 10 San
IugHuh, bat which "a- common enough al
iAg Wet when Arlcuus Ward WASH '.l.r.,.r
81 cleveland newspaper, ana MARI Twa.l
gathercr ufIiTprHrs- on the Ohio. WE.,
news Wa scare" Bennett was IN the hab., gI
.L'rEtu% extraordinary item, Tor Ia, dcUart-
mrut, iIyoiic Resource being - make Ga. f.
rem '...l ifpm the Luliny oi TIA. Newport !rg-s-
boat !ntp the river, and % have them r,..rl
"d ~ H. acquaintance lie had honor-i
one Mr.. kclium Celia Burle.gh'- lir,t la,
band acScra! times IA this way, when i.-
H''toas SAVIOR "t drowning Innocent, H-
came tired Of the Joke, ard M lat raI!.T a.
The k"qm'" Office and demanded that
should nor b" repeated He was assured
That Ia request would be- complied With. af.i
80 u "Hs init letter, but hardly in is -pI.f
I'i u" next d1y the Ep7oi,,s contained a
paragraph l" the effect that a beautiful ItgI.
girl, the daughter OF a Prominent citizen 70.
Nc"pOIt, had FALLEN from the trrr, boat anti,
The riNrr, and that Mr.. krlIml. .h1 NJ
stanilin" by and could easily have saved d..
'h.ii from "atcfV crave. refused TO rcuic-
t"t !e AT assistance. when kr!lum, bO.l.u.
"ltil rage, went L. the Eay,urry T. seek al
''' 20 '''tNt Nv llAiA bF,Lt 10 ftEaE.
IN the light ~ persecution, III threat. u.
henselncc were suddenly stopped by Brr..
nets taxing "ii Ia, coat and CUD!ly sa,lgg
Ou'rr not bal FELLOW ia Your way. Re.
!aiu, bat can't stand auy interference, Nil
nv department. /. | make au, -tatemru.
IN the t"2a'reT, YOU must not come roun4
here cOntradlctng il. That ISM Journalism.
you see, aud il must be pat u -top u AZ H.,
pFce.' heluu's wrath Instant, .uL,.ly
anu TIE two men remained freud. -at.
Bennett. death.
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Our CORRESPONDENT in lottsburgh, Va, is
some what severe on our friend Becklcy. We
trust that {. Il. p. has been misinfOrmed as
to the particular faults alleged against Mr..
BecklcY.
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DIED.

On the as. Of October, Is.s. Of upny.i
pasaG.onia, GsoKoA 4 Hoss AsSoip. s5u %:
u. W snd ". VI. Arnold, Gg-I i've year. ,s.,-
mon,Ls sui seventeen days
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The Gaze o! Jamc- l.. Dlnu,ns, p,.lu.,te.
AZ Atlanta. IL a hard one Mr.. Dunuln. has
held the office Tor year, and e a tined aui
honest public servant. Some year agJ b.
money clerk, Mclaughlin. aJsyyuI:I ~.
a large amour; Of funds, and the rJ,ima-.-.
has since been .tintng himself ~ luxIr g'
and comforts 10 make up for the th.r!t.
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DOCK AND JOB PRINTING neatly
Dand promptly executed at this Omce.
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dition
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-17
CannibaIs in Hayti.

Bishop Coke, Of Western New York, in
4 discourse last evening, on the work of
evangelizing in the island of Hayt, said :;
"The number of inhabitants on the island is
600 900, of whom 900 are descendants of
mulattoeS who Were the natural son, of the
French planters. and are the more cultured
element, The other 800 eco are the descendants
Of the slaves. and are but little removed from
barbariSm."
These people are not only savages and
idolators, but cannibals, who, ut their an
nuaI leasts. sacrifice and devour their
children, who previously have been tat
tened for the offering and This, TOP, we
are assured, within sight ma hearing of
a little sanctuary where 4 native mission
airy is engaged with j littIe band Of wor-
shipping converts. Cannibals IN i coun-
try that has a large import and export
trade with our own country, England
France and Germany amounting to several
millions OF dollars per year, and which
trade has been increasing during the past
forty years, seems almost an inpossbiity
The aoorigines, at the time of the Giscov-
cry Of the "Queen of the Antilles,' were Il
gentle and kindly disposed race; but now
out of a population of 600, 900, 500, 900
are as unciyilized as the ne groes of Africa.
From which we deduce the fact that the
efforts to impose our white mans civiliza-
ton upon the inferior race of IIayti has
not been successful. All such efforts al
ways have failed and always will
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-17
Clean Hands.

The world moves. 1t is not so respect
able as it was few years ago to be a
rascal. People are learning the lesson
that clean hands are desirable, both for
personal comfort and pleasant social in
tercourse. They really seem to be learn
ing that purity pays, and that personal
honor and incorruptibleness are good
investment. Rogues and rings are having
a tough time of it, and it is their own
fault if the young and ambitious men who
are now coming upon the stage OF action
do not learn to place so high price up
on themselves that neither wealth nor
power can buy them. The rascalities of
the New York Ring are all exposed, and
the members of that Ring have either run
away, or are staggering betore public
opinion and the law, disgraced and de-
graded men. Bribery in Congress stands
exposed and rebuked, while names that
were pure have received a tarnsh that can
never be polished away. Men who have
held their heads high in the nation, bow
those heads in shame over hands which
are soiled beyond cleansing. We call no
names, but, scattered up and down the
land, great regulations lie in ruins. Men
who had wealth which they stole, and men
who had positions which they bought, and
men who used their public office to push
their private schemes, are thrown high
and dry out of influence, and lie all cx-
posed upon the rocks of disgrace, where
they are sure to rot Or 90 to pieces.
If the young politicians Of the country
will learn the lesson that the facts which
we have recounted are so well calculated
to teach. better times for the country lie
in the future. Personal advantage is q
mean motive to appeal to, where so vital
question as personal purity is concerned,
but, as there is no danger to morals from
any other appeal, it is we'll to meet temp
tatlon on its own ground and fight it with
its own weapons. The lesson of the recent
exposure is really needed by none but
those who fancy that they can compass
their ends best by base means: and if
these shall learn from it that, in the long
run, nothing pays SO well in wealth and
power and safety and comfort as virtue,
they will learn that which will be of in
calculable benefit to them and to the coun-
try. No money was ever won by treachery
to trust that did not harm the winner No
power was ever achieved by bribery or
retained by falsehood that did not scorch
the palm of him who held it. The con
sciousness of ill-desert, the loss of selt-re-
spect, the fear of exposure and the self
commitment to life of deception, which
60 always with possessions unworthily
won, are poison in the blood, and eX-
posure, sooner or later, is as sure to come
as death. DIR. F. G. Holland; Scribner's
tor April.
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Group.

THIS disease has two varieties; the true
snd memhranouS and the false or spasmodic
Group. The tendency of the first form of
the disease is toward death, If left to itself
while the second is scarcely dangerous af-
fection- although it cauSes great alarm be-
cause people fail to distinguish one form of
the disease from the other
Memhranou> Group is so slow and insid-
Gus in It's development that it does not gem
orally give rise to any serious apprehen-
sion, until il has progressed SO far as to
cause obstruction OF the air pas sageS, while
ialSc or >paSmodiC Group comes ON without
giving any warning-iu the night oftencI
taan otherwise The former variety may
De known ny the obstruc, ions in the throat
being preceded hv alteration OF the voice,
cough and feveriShness, while IN the latter
form Of the disease the symptoms are want
ng- Many mothers congratulate them
selves, because, as they suppose, they have
saved thtir children from death through the
application Of snuff and Oil, onions, etc.
when actually, their children never had the
true cronp and would have recovered lust
a. soon with no treatment AT all.
A. 10 the cause Of such diseases, if chill
dren were fed upon nothing but plain, nu-
tritiouS food At regular intervals, and We're
20 dressed girls esneciqly.) that the lower
FAiTNiillleS WOulN De aS we'll protected as
the rest of the body, we venture to say that
such diseases as Group and diptheria would
never be heard of As far as they are con-
rerned
In membranouS Group as in diptheria, the
true condition 10 be treated is severe con-
Sestion Of the throat, which if not arrested
VIII produce DISCRIMINATION of the blood
IN the part, and the formation of a suf-
locating membrane. As a natural conse-
quence the extremilies are cold and blood
less
In both Group and diptheria the indca-
tionS are to direc, the blood from the throat
ana cause il To flow to the skin and ex-
tremtieS. 70 this end let the child be i'm
mersed in very warm water from its feet
10 it, neck until it shall become thoroughly
warm in the eXtremities and on the surface,
and then put it to bed with cold applica-
lions to the throat. If necessary, repeat
the warm bath. Although this treatment Is
simple, it is nevertheless mighty in its re-
suits.
SpaSmodic Group il attended with little
or DO danger, still it causes great anxiety
on the part Of parents and friends, because
of the difficulty Of breathing which it occa-
sions, verging on suftocation. Let the
patients feet be placed in warm water and
hot applications be made to she throat
This VIII relieve any ordinary case in fif-
teen minutes A light and spare diet for
two or three days will prevent recurrence
OF the disease.
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What the Winds Say.

Listen, Alice, my darling!
Here by the fireside bright
Do you know what the winds are saying,
Abroad in the gusty night?
Moaning under the windows,
Like the voice of child that grieves,
Making the naples shiver
And creek at the cottage caves!
Listen, Alice, my darling!
The winds are singing a song
OF the Spring that is softly stealing
From SUMMER lands along;
The snow-drops smile as they hear it
A smile for the Springs sweet sake;
And the shy little violets whisper
"We hear-we are broad awake
No matter, Alice, my darling!
Though the March winds drearily blow,
| am sure that the daisies are stirring
Down under the sheltering snow,
In spite Of the clustering weather,
The crocus is budding again;
And the datfodilS whisper together,
And wait for the April rain.
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Valuable Poultry.

A writer in the Poultry World saws
Blue Pile Game Fowls are either a cross
OF the Black Reds and Blue Games, or an
OffShoot OF the Red Piles. The color of a
pure-bred Blue Pile game cock is a deep
chesnut red piled on a slatv blue ground
color; the head and back deep rich chest
nut red; hackle and saddle red, nicely
stripped with blue; breast blue marbled,
with chestnut; under parts blue; tail blue :;
coverts and sickle feathers either blue, red,
or slate color. Their comb and face NAV
be either bright red or gvpsv-faced. Ewes
very large and fearless, perfectly black or
very dark brown legs black or dark green
The color OF the hen is notified chestnut
and blue, with a cheStnut-colOrcd breast
This variety possesses the same beauty
OF form and carriage, and brlliancy of
plnmage, as the other varieties of Games :;
While for courage, activity, and power of
endurance in the pit, they are unequalled." >"
La the same Journal another correspon-
dent says: white Leghorns are the most
profitable and most desirable of fowls; for
they are good for the table, of medium
size, are hardy and easily reared; they
leather soon, they mature early, and com
mehce I" lay when quite young; and they
lay more and larger eggs for their size and
food they eat, than any other breed. Re-
SltiCS III AHiN- tIlS are very nam QSOmp
They are quick in their motions and easily
startled,-yet they may be completely do
mesticated. | have 4 cock which will come
TO me every morning (as 90 to feed him),
for me to pat or stroke, after which he will
straigten up and crow, as much as to say,
Amt I about right?' and then go off with
the hens, perfectly satisfied"
CURE FOR HORSES PULLING AT HALTER.
year ago | had a four-year old horse
which had contracted the habit of pulling
back whenever she was fastened. She
would be sure to break loose, if what held
her could be broken by her drawing in such
a backward way. She was cured of the
habit by taking a rope two feet long, fas-
tenlng one end around her body Just back
OF her shoulders aud passing the other end
through the ring of the halter and tying to
the post She lay back for her usual pull
for a few times when fixed in this way, but
soon found she was drawing from her body
Instead of her head which she did not rel
ish, and soon gave it up entirely. She can
now be left anywhere with perfect safety.
rs nothing will indace her to pull back
when fastened.
Mr.. L. L. Lucas, of ST. Albans, who
raised ninety-eight bushels of the Lost Ma
tion on four acres of land, offers a small
quantity for sale at 81. 10 delivered at the
depots in Dexter, Pittshed or Newport, Me,
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Astronomy Run Mad.

DR.. Thrall, of Philadelphia, has made u
very unpleasant discovery. In about seven
years. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Nep-
tune will approach nearer the earth than
they have been in eighteen hundred years,
and the result will be a pestience. When
Congress has the maniness to make as
tronomy an indictable offence, then we
shall have relief from these things, but
not before. 1t was not 4 long while since
that some one predicted that the earth
would be swamped with deluge, and
you couldn't borrow an umbrella or II
pair of rubbers from anyone. The next
idiot said comet would strike and lemol-
lsh the earth in Jwinkling Whereupon,
many excellent people tied their beds and
carpets about their premises, and put cot
ton in their ears, and sat down on the
cellar bottom in dreadful expectation of
the shock Hardly had this alarm passed
off when another astronomer came around
to tell people that the Niagara Falls would
be dry in less than nineteen thousand
years, and nothing would do but that peo-
pie should hurry right out there for a fare
we'll look, and in less than twenty-four
hours there wasn't people enough in Dan
bury to entertain japanese hermit. And
now here is Thral with fonr planets and
no vaccine matter. All the tobacco chew
ers arc to be killed by these planets, and
young ladies who wear stays, and men
who bet on the wrong horse. If we I'M
derstand the old scoundrel correctly, the
only people saved are those who drink
lemonade ont of Il dipper and play copen
hagen with their aunts. Danbury News.
Rumford keeps a dry goods store, and,
dreading robbery, he procured 4 patent
"burglar ALARM fastened it to the doors
and windows, and attached it to huge
gong All the policemen in that neigh
borhood were paid by Rumtord, and in
structed whenever they heard the gong,
20 90 for the burglars, then and there, and
to seize them at all hazards. The fifth
night the wind blew savagely, and shook
the store-door so severely that it set off
the alarm Rumford seized q club and,
turning on the gas full head, dashed into
the store for the purpose of macerating
the ruifians whom he supposed were prey
ing upon his property. Just then the
police arrived, accompanied by crowd
of excited citizens. One detachment went
around to the rear of the store; the others
STAYED in front. These looked through
the hole IN the door, and thought they saw
burglar in the act. They went for him.
With a crow-bar they smashed the door
and the show-window, and entered with
drawn reyolvers. This scared Rumtord,
and he lodged behind the counter. The
policeman fired fifteen shots at him; and,
the party in the rear etfecting an entrance
a moment afterward, twelve more shots
were aimed at Rumford. Then the myr-
midons of the law dashed up, caught him
by the collar, laid him out on the floor,
and hammered him up in humorous
manner for few minutes with their
clubs. Then he ripped out the burglar
alarm, discontinued his acquaintance with
the police, and bought dog.
Wisconsin cranberries have begun to