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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
Life without Winter.

Mrs. Beecher Stowe writes from her
winter retreat in Florida eve hear that
the hotels and boarding houses on the
river are beginning to be thronged, and
no wonder. What is the use of glorious
union if one doesn't use its choice of eli
matesp Shall people buy rocky bits OF
land on the shores of the Atlantic. and
put up houses at the cost of tens and
twenties of thousands for two months
summer bathing and neglect the better
chance of a winter home for six Of the
severe months of the year? Every year
as we come down we count new houses
rising on the shores of the St Johns, at
testing the progress of common sense in
this direction. Many a delicate consump-
tive, many dyspeptic and nervous inva-
lid, might be saved to Il long life of en-
| loyment, merely by dropping winter out OF
the category OF things 10 he endured As
to expense, 5000 in an acre Of land. a
simple, inexpensive cottage, would be
| speedily made up in the cost of fuel for a
northern winter One lives here 80 simply
the requirements of dress and society
are so few, that, even counting travelling
expenses, it is a saving to be here, if
health and happiness are left out of the
! overestmated, and we really never know
what rest is till we come here Then the
whole hot, busy, anxious, running, rae
ing, GREATNESS north fades away into the
most graceful, pearIy tints of blue dis
tance. We feel almost as souls NAV that
have passed the great river, and turn to
look back on the shores of lite. All in
peace. A thousand anxieties drop like a
mantle. Voices Of hot haste and mad
hurry die in the distance Slandcrs,
gossips, scandals, are things of the past.
DO the red birds understand them? Not
one whit Will the mocking bird care
for them Not he While we write, a
great yellow butterfly, Il living air-blos-
som Is gossipng round the gilded wires
Of the bird cages. There tulip and opal
and rainbow are chippering to each other,
and a bright yellow canary is giving les
sons to the three in operate singing.
What can be more beautiful, more dream
like, than the life of a butterfly? Does
1t remember when it was u poor crawling
worm? With such ecstasy, let Us hope,
some poor, faithful souls. who have
crawled over one little, damp, spot of
| earth, faithful over q few things, will
burst forth ntn death bleuhs thcii prison :
Fancy 4 poor soul who never did anything
bnt make shirts at five cents piece, re-
| leased and floating about in such ecstasy
of lite n this
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
An Old House.

The lottiest house, and the most prefect
in the matter Of architecture | have ever
seen, was that which a wood-chopper oc-
cupied with his family, one winter, in the
forest OF Santa Cruz county. 1t was the
cavity of Il redwood tree, two hundred
and forty feet in height. Fire had eaten
away the trunk at the base, until q circular
room had been formed, sixteen feet in
diameter. At twenty feet or more from
the ground was a knot hole, which otlorA-
ed egress for the smoke. With hammocks
hung from pegs and a fnw cooking nten-
sils hung upon other pegs that house
lacked no essential thing. This woodman
was in possession of a house which had
been thousand years in process Of build
ing Perhaps on the very day it was fin
ished, he came along and entered in
How did all iackknife and handsaw archi-
lecture sink into insignitcance in contrast
with this house in the solitudes of the
great torest Moreover, the tenant fared
like prince Within thirty yards of his
coniterous house a mountain stream went
rushing past to he sea. In the swirls and
eddies under the shelving rocks, if one
could not land half IL dozen trout within
an hour, he deserved 10 90 hungry as Il
ptiitllly IDG HIS tWkW.lIuut NOW ana
then deer came ont into the openings,
and at no great distance, quail rabbits
ana pigeons could be found. What did
this man want more than nature furnished
him ? He had II house with Il ''cupola"
two hlnred and forty feet high, and game
at the cost of taking it. This Arcadian
simplicity would have made lasting
impression, but for u volunteer remark
that nothing conld be added to give lite a
more perfect zest, well, yes" said he
81 reckon if you are going to town, you
might tell jim to send me up gallon of
whiskey and some plug tobacco" 1t twill
not do to invest hollow tree with too
much of sentiment and poetry. If that
message had not been suggested we
should have been under the delusion to
this day thai the lives of those people,
dwelling in house fashioned a thousand
years ago, were rounded TO a perfect full
ness, without one artificial want. [Over
land Monthly.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
Hot Water for Founder.

l had horse which was very badly toun-
dered with grain. He could not stand for
several days, and was swung with tackle.
| thought his case hopeless, and considered
him not worth o dollar, but concluded to
do what | could for his relief
In the first place physicked him; then /
took tight, strong box, got his feet into
it, and poured boiling hot water into it as
high as the hair on his feet, and in ten or
fifteen minutes he was able to stand on his
fore legs without the assistance of the
tackle. kept up this treatment for thirty
six hours, when he was able to go about
and help himself. In few days | had his
shoes put on, and In less than fortnight
more he was able to work as well as ever.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
From the Spectrum.
True POIiteneSS.

True pOllteness. people say,
Like the rosy dawn OF day,
Has a touch of natures grace,
Has a freshness one can trace,
In the Mariner and the word,
In the actions, though unheard.
True politeness can but make
Love and honor out of hate;
Can but move the coolest heart;
Make the fountains to upstart,
Which were thought forever pressed
From. the dead, unfeeling breast.
True politeness, people say,
Drives dislike and hate away;
Hides from view each wanting charm
Shields one oft from many a harm;
Makes fair nature quite complete;
Makes our heart with JOY replete.
True polteness. like the rain
Failing on the parched grain,
Watering thirsty fields aud woods
With IFS cool, refreshing flood,
Makes the dropping soul rejoice,
Chimes in >Wettly with the voice.
True polltene>S. W0ndr0us art,
Wins respect from every heart,
Gains a friend All unawares;
Many 4 wound alike repairs;
Shows 4 heart and soul refined;
Shows cultivated mind.
True politeness, like the sun.
Sheds abroad on every one,
In the brightness of the day,
Many a warm and pleasant raw;
Then the shadows that are east
Are the memories of the past.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
Doing a Peddling Female.

We had visit from book peddling
female last week She wished to dispose
Of a book. She was alone in this world
and had no one to whom she could turn
for sympathy or assistance hence we
should buy her book. She was unmarried,
and had no manly heart in which she
could pour her sufferings, therefore we
ought to invest in her book She had re-
ceived u liberal education and could talk
French like "a native we could not in con-
sequence refuse to pay her two dollars for
a book She wanted to take lessons in
music from II learned German professor !;
consequently we must not decline buying
a book. We had listened attenively, and
here we broke in with, "What 10 YOU
savp We're deaf" She started in a loud
voice and went through her rigmarole.
When she had finished we went and got
a roll OF paper made it into 4 speaking
trumpet, placed one end into our ear, and
told her to proceeds she nearly burst a
blood vessel in her effort to make herself
heard. She commenced; II am alone in
this world" 1--WE are not alone; in fact
we are a husband and a father. Although
this is leap wear, bigamv is not allowed in
this State. We are not eligible to pro
posals." "Oh what Il fool this man is.
she said, in a low voice, 81 don't want 70
marry YOU, | sell--a book
This last sentence was howled we
don't want cook we blandly remark
ed "our wife does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow as good looking a woman
as you are to stay in the house five min
utes. She's very Jealous" She looked
at US in despair Gathering her robes
about her, giving Us a glance of contempt,
and eXclaiming, II do believe if a three
hundred FOUNDER was let off alongside
that blamed old deaf FOOLS head he'd
think somebody was knocking at the door.
She slung herself out and slammed the
door with Il vehemcnce that awakened oul
office boy, who can sleep sound enough
for a whole family. When she was gone
we indulged in a demoniac laugh She
isn't likely to try 10 sell US book any
more.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
The Queen of Sheba's Palace.

From Germany, we have an account OF
the supposed discovery of the Queen of
Sheba's Palace. NJ Mauch, an African
traveller, some time since discovered Ger
tain remains which he believed to be those
of the ancient Ophir. The accuracy of that
supposition was, however, called into
doubt at the time, and the matter was
forgotten. But letter has Just appeared
in the "Weser Gazette" from that gentle
man, dated St. Helena, November 2, 1872,
addressed to Mr.. Mohr, fellow traveller
in which he says: II believe that | have
found the real Ophir in lat 20 dec. Is
min. S, long. 26 deg. 80 min. F., and
think | possess proofs of the fact. The
ruins which have been so often spoken
about are composed OF two masses of
edifices in tolerable good state of pres
ervation. The first is on a mountain of
granite; and amongst other constructions
is to be remarked one which j. an imitu-
ton of the Temple of solomon, being
fortress and sanctuary at the same time
the walls Of which are built in wrought
granite, without mOrtar, and still being
more than thirty feet high Beams Of
cedar served as ceiling to the narrow and
covered galleries, and | have brought
away some fragments Of it, In reality no
Inscription exists, but only some special
designs OF characterization, which seems
TO indicate terraces The second mass of
ruins is situated to the south of the noun
tain, from which it is separated by a low
valley; it retains a well-preserved circu-
lar form with walls constructed rs a labr-
rinth, also without mortar; a tower still
exists thirty feet high, seventeen feet in
diameter at the base, and nine feet at the
top. Cedarwood is used there in the same
manner as previously described, and it
ANYTHING is astonishing it is the fact that
it should have endured so long without
having suffered from the field fires which
occur every year. The circular editice is
accompanied by Il large number OF others
situated in front, and which doubtless
served as the habitaton Of the Queen OF
Sheba's suite. I have drawn, not without
difficulty Il general sketch and plan of
this place. | was confirmed by the natives
themselves in the idea that these ruins
date from the Queens time; and about
forty years ago, before the eruption of the
Matebele from the west, and the Zulu
from the east, sacrifices We're still offered
up on the mountain The natives still
call the circular Luilding the House OF the
Great PriuceSS''
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10

Mr.. George o. Gosse, the we'll known
and brilliant assistant editor Of the Argus,
has resigned his position on that journal,
with which he has been connected for fif-
teen years. During that period he has
acquired an enviable reputation as an ac-
complished and versatile journalist. He
has q happy and genial facility of express
sion and an unfailing fund Of good natured
wit and good humor. He will be seriously
missed py the press of the city, and we
sincerely hope that his retirement is but
temporary. We learn that Mr.. Gosse's
services have been secured by the Boston
& Maine Railroad Company to look after
their advertising in Maine and the Prov
inces. Portland Press.
"Murder is a very serious thing, sir"
said an Arkansas Judge to convicted
prisoner "lt is next to stealing horse
or mule, sir, and shall send you to the
State Prison for six years, sir"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
The AirIess Moon.

Among the Illusions swept away by
modern science was the pleasant fancy
that the moon was a habitable globe, like
the earth, its surface diversified with seas,
lakes, continents, and islands, and varied
forms of vegetation. Theologians and
sara1ats gravely discussed the probabilities
of its being inhabited by race of sentient
beings, with forms and faculties like our
own, and even propounded schemes i0r
opening communication with them, in case
they existed. One of these was to con
struct on the broad highlands Of Asia a
series Of geometrical figures on Il scale so
gigantic as to be visible from our plane
tary neighbor, on the suppostion that the
moon people would recognize the object,
and Immediately construct similar figures
in reply Extravagant and absurd as it
may appear in the light of modern know
ledge the establishment Of this Terrestrial
and Lunar Signal Service Bureau was
treated as a feasible scheme. although
practical difficulties, which so often keep
men from making fools of themselvo !,
stood in the way of actual experiment;
bnt the discussion was kept up at iater-
walls, until it was discovered if there were
people in the moon they must be able to
live without breathing, or eating, on
drinking. Then it ceased.
There can be no life without air Beau
tiful to the eye of the distant observer the
moon is 4 sepulchral orb-a world of
death and silence No vegetation clothes
its vast plains Of stony dnsolation trave1s-
ed by monstroUs crevasses. broken by
enormous peaks that rise ike gigantic
tombstones into space no lovely forms of
cloud float in the hlackness Of its sky.
There daytime is only n chit lighted by q
rayless sun. There is no rosy dawn in
the morning, no twilight in the evening
The nights are pitch dark. In daytime
the solar beams are lost against the Jagged
ridges, the sharp point of the rocks, or
the steep sides of profound abysses; and
the eye sees only grotesque shapes reliey
ed against fantastic shadows black dis ink,
with none of that pleasant graduation and
diffusion of light, none OF the subtle
blending of light and shadow, which
make the charm of a terrestrial landscape.
A faint conception of the horrors of a lunar
day may be formed from an illustration
representing a landscape taken in the
centre of the mountainous region of Aris-
tarchus. There is no color, nothing but
dead white and black The rocks reflect
passively the light Of the SUI; ; the craters
and ahysses remain wrapped in shade ;
fantastic peaks rise like phantoms in their
glacial cemetery the stars appear like
spots in the blackness of space. The
moon is a dead world she has no atmos-
pherc THarper'S Magazine Tor March.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10

Speaking of what is very likely the wild
goose chase of the Chases of this country
for share in the great Townley property
in England, the Chicago Tribune says
that gentleman of Chicago has in his
possession a letter from Chief Justice
Bigelow, in which the Justice says II
have a nephew, a direct descendant from
Aquilla Chase. He investigated the whole
subject several years ago, and became
entirely satisfied that there was no prop
erty belonging to the Chase heirs, and
that the whole story is humbug and Il
sWindle."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10

Mrs. Peters, of Laural Run, Pa, put her ear
ont of a car window to listen to an approach
ing bridge, and the tattered remnants of that ear
now flutter as a warning signal from one of its
spans.
Four things are grievously empty: A
head without brains, wit without Judg-
ment, Il heart without honesty, aud a
purse without money.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10
Miscegenationists at the inaugural Ball.

lie Washington correspondent OF the
Paterson Press, in It sprghtly letter, gives
the following gossip about the inaugural
ball:
There was the exceeding dark Repre-
sentative in Congress from Il far Southern
State, in irreproachable evening costume,
and with him a quadroon womau--hiS
wife, | heard. Her features were regular
and fine, her figure graceful and well
poised, her complexion scarcely darker
than a Spaniard's; vet we were told She
had been slave And, again, there ap.
peared Il white man Of pure Anglo Saxon
type, blonde of hair and beard. escorting
two colored damsels, one of whom, re-
port said, he was engaged to marry.
Stopping 4 while in one of the dressing
rooms we noted the alacritv with which
the sable dressing-maids turned after per
forming their duties toward the fair
beauties Of the ball to render a similar
service TO their darker sisters, buttonng
their delicate kids, and adjusting their
silken trains with like care. Perhaps, if
| had been ''native and to the manner
born" | should have felt spice Of the in
dignation that tinged my companions
cheeks; but being merely a 'looker-on
in Nionna,' | viewed the entire scene
with amused surprise. Still, leaving the
graver political problems of the day for
wiser heads to solve, we must question
at least the expediency OF this minglng Of
races on terms of social equality.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10

o the snore, the beautiful snore, filling her
chamber from ceiling to floor. Overthe coverlet,
under ther sheet. from her dimpled chin TO her
pretty feet' Now rising alott like a bee in June !;
now sunk to the wall of a cracked basSoon I!
Now fiute-like subsiding, then rising again. is
the beautiful snore of Elizabeth Jane
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-04-10

A youthful couple in Fulton county,
KY, the husband aged nineteen, the wife
thirteen. have applied to the courts for a
joint guardian, having become weary of
the reign of the husbands mothcr-in- law.
The older married men of the country sigh
in vain for similar protection.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-27
Pec0clOds Genilases.

Julius Ccssr married st seventeen. H' .
Owen Meredith had read Locke It eight
Andy johnson made 'breeches at eleven.
y Cleopatra conquered Cesar at twenty.
ono. IN "i.l-E, Ga& eG z:tiS = II F.
Jonah's gourd made him an arbor In ono
night. = .rn,nU .a .y es .'tzth (
+. Milton was distinguished Latin poe. as
sixteen. @7t., ,a'. tr# y El #E S.--
The beautiful Recaimere was married at
sixteen. g-s.sa. u M .y4F lWs .Eii
Mozart played .exquisitely on tho harpSi-
chord At four. ssI yirast ~ .H'iN II
The great Napoleon blacksd his hrotl,er
Joseph's eye at three. y, a#t.ai sggv
Cromwell entered college at sixteen, the
day Shakespeare died..
Hildegarde killed bull and bsgged IN
Emperor at seventeen. =, = NJ .r...
Byron wrote his English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers" ~ nineteen. =, - ~,
Alexander read the lliad .. eight, though
II was ali 0reek to HIM. "'- '...,,,.. =, 80.
.19 The younger Pitt was Chancellor Of .the
Exchequer st twenty.three.
dy Musas's father was a inkeercr, snd the
boy hsd voice for s'toddy u two. ias ~"
II Hercules had snakes if5his cradle. Eve
had 'sm becoss ~ vas . year old. pm esla
& Hsnatbal sxose' terrible at mine. llis
father made him do Il on An altar. ''e -
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-27

and forced his barsh yet wholtsome medi-
cine upon the rebellious stomachs Of Balii.
more and New Orleans; and The North,
lendlps . too willing ear to much that came
from the other section, rosc at him :. like
mad" when he voted for the back pay"
and attempted to run for Governor at
Massachusetts, q II to get plaster for bic
sores. o'[g"' '"''' @''. u
Bot observe the sequel! This strange
aggressive man il most always conqucrOr.
He wins bic verdict because, 20 far, no one
serious accusatisn has been proven npon
him. His foes are mercilcss, and, he is more
than nerciless upon them. But lie does not
keep spite" To-day tho south has no
more practical or more useful friend. How
grandly b came p the defence Of the mis-
taken mee nplicaied BY Oakes Amss! He
bids his tfme foes self.defence and fair
forgiveness. He s,rikes to hurt always, but
lie is always ready to heal the wound. His
philosophy is evidently that - nobody 10
perfect, y none sl,all hold him to infallibil-
ity, or accuse him Of what they themselves
are not innocent. And with this theory he
has fvugh his way through career that
may have been most inconsistent, but is not
the less instructive because marked by many
a bold and healthy deed, and a. yet never
disfigurcd by any proceed act Of injustice or
dishonesty. .g..y ,....H II.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-27

Washington, D. g., Sept 81 Professor
Hayden writes from the headquarters Of his
expedition, August Is: :.-g& o5 aGaos Il
r We have just accomplished the most
difficult feat of the season, the ascent Of the
Holy Cross, . long, vertical fissure full Of
snow. The peak Is 1850 feet above the
sca, and about COCO feet above the valley,
and 10 70 hedged IN by outside mountains
covered with network Of fallen tinbers,
that It took 40 four days to get to II. We
had 10 cut our way through timber. P" The
view from the summit is very fine We
now make four more geodesic stations: One
in the Blue River range. another on the
north s,deof Middle Park, Long, and Pixies
Peaks, and that will close up my work for
the season. We have done nothing but
climb peaks. jackson performed . great
feat in company with Coulter and another
man. He carried all his PHOTOGRAPHIC outfit,
over one hundred pounds weight, up 10 .
ridge thirteen thousand feet high, across
several miles of fallen timber, and was
absent thirty six hours without food or
shelter. He carried about forty pounds on
his back for ten hours, and eventually took
some of the finest pictures he has secured
this season. He has made panoramic views
Of all the important mountain ranges, most
of them taken from an elevation of fourteen
thousand feet and upwards. This Is the
hardest, though the most successful season
of all, u' .' ..'" '' 80
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-27

Dr.. +. Andrsws, Of Chicago, offsets to
the theory Of geyses action - psopcesd BY
Tyndall and Bunsen. = accounting esly
for brief eruptious Of foam and spray,
whereas the geysers Of the Yelloystaae
Valley throw strsams Of clear waller fos hslf
40 hour q time DR. Andrews suppose
that tho conditions Of : gcyser exist whsa>
ever the cooler waters Of surrounding rc>
gtons pass BY subterrancan channels deeply
i6to The earth. and, approaching, ne vol.
canic geyser region, fiss somewhat o . %
enter one Of the heated cavesns Of tbs vol.
canic ROCKS near ~ uppss part, leaving Il
seais b - opeaine lowef shan shs one q
whicA shsy' eslesed, md pasGant lAspcc
spwasl V ~ sas1lee. TIE actsos - -
follows: The heat Of the: rocks 10 the ".
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esaesa pgseanss - ~ 1swaeee, tat %G6Nes
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