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NAL MENINGITIS. A ply

CEREBRo SPINAL MENINGITIS ply
slcian writes to the Boston 1rdretler;
..Cerebrum is the lower and back por-
ton of the brain; spinal, relating to The
spinal column; menluges. the Investing
membranes of the brain and spinal cord :;
meningitis, the inhamm ,tion of those
pats; cerebro-spinai menisltls. .nham.
nation of the brain and spinal cord
combined. THIS disease has appeared
its an epidemic at various times during
the past half century. AT each time II
has appeared under different nam. i,
out it Is essentially the san t disease.
Years ago it was known as typhuS fever.
at more recent date as spotted fever,
and at present is known as cerebro .:pl-
nal meningitis. DR. Bennett, Of Edil :
burg. who has probably had more ex-
perience i'll this disease than any 9th
physician, either i'll Europe u America,
pfuuounces them all the same olseils {.
1t usually runs three weeks, but often
.roves fatal Ill from twelve to forty-eight
hours, from the intense shock received
by the system i'll the first attack Many
however rally f ON ihe first attack, anu
die af.er two or three weeks OF tedious
convaleSceuce.
, 1873-07-03

A NOVEL SCHEME.-The New York
Tribune gives brief account Of "a new
ra, sit scheme, conceived i'll that city
l. follows:
cone of the most unique of all the
rarid transit schemes yet invented, has
passed the Senate, and gone to third
eadipg III the Assembly. 1t is known
IS ..Spler's Travelling Sidewalk. The
plan is to bulid all endless movable
piatfurm on an elevated tiamway, tn.
motive power being from large station
Try steam engines und groun The
,ldewa,k is to be perpetuaily moving
up one side Of street or avenue and
down the other, at the rate Of nlreteel
miles an hour Passengers are to ce
AIKEN ON or off the platform by meaps
+ transfer cars, without stopping the
movement of the train, il we may SC
call it. The bill provides for tn con
,truction of short section III th;s city
and leaves any future extension 10 the
approval OF the Common Council.
, 1873-07-03

Til TERMINUS QUEsrljE fIf. as We
before suggested, the perststent Efforts
of the speculators and the personal i'll
huerces which they have brought to
bear, should create such pressure ap-
ON the Commissioners that they should
feel themselves driven to the Necessity
of deciding against seattle. what then
Before considering this question We
would recommend rs the best policy. III
exhaust all reasonabl, means to avoid
the alternative. 1t would unquestiona
bly, be for the best interests of the town
to secure the terminus of the road al
this time, even Il: a much greater ex-
pens. than any now contemplated. l
would give us prestige resulting Ill
Immediate pros perlty which would tn
hanee all reale values to more than
compensate for the concessi )ns made.
though they were one half of our pos
sessions, and would secure our town
against all future rivalries for comiuei-
cial suprema y upon Puget Sound.
But failing in this. orr case would b,
no means be hopeless; 1t would only
delay, not defeat our ultimate triumph
over all rival towns. All observation
and experience teaches us that leading
business centres, once established. are
never changed by subsequent events.
In 1852, when San Francisc" WAS de
stroyed by fire and the place of every
business house in that city was onl,
marked by smouldering heap of ruins.
nearly all the merchants and shippers
con binea TO remove their business to
Benicia. a much better site for II com
merclal metropolis, but the project fail
ed
When Sacramento was swept away By
fire and flood. with little but The debris
left to mark the site Of the former city.
a powerful combination of capitalists
large SUMS of money in build
ing MP rival town three miles below.
, 1873-07-03

GIVE THEM COLD WATER.--I, is very
doubtful If there is single possible dis
ease Ill which the patient should not
haze cold water az iibitum Oh how
babies often suffer for cold water! A
nursing baby Is gwen, no matter how
thirsty nothing but milk Ihe little lips
are dry and cracked and the little tongu,
So parched 1t can scarcely nurse, and
yet 1t has nothing but milk to ass,ag.
its craving thirst. Try it yourself
mother, when you have fever, aud We
ire sure thas evef after, when your dur-
ling is dying with thirst, the teaspoon
and tumbler of cold water will be in
constant use. Deny it milk and give II
plenty of cold water, and 1t has a chance
OF speedy recovery.
1t is no disgrace not to be able to do
everything; but to undertake, OF pre-
tend to do. what you are not made for,
is not only shameful, but extremely yex-
atlous and troublesome.
, 1873-07-03

The SECRET OF HEALH. : First, keep
warm. Second eat regularly and slow
ly. Third. maintain regular bodily la
OTIS. Fourth, take early and very light
lnppers, or, better still, none at all.
Fifth, keep clean skin. Sixth, get
plenty Of sleep at night. Seventh, keep
cheerful and respectable company.
Eighth, keep ont of debt. Ninth, don't
SET your mind on things you don't need.
Tenth, mind yunr own business. Elev-
enth, don't set up to be a sharp of an,
Kind. Twelfth. subdue curiosity.
, 1873-07-03

A Couple of dogs were he wing dis
puie "p the opposite sides of IL Stat fence
IN North Brid4ewater, Mass, the otEer
morning, wnen one OF Them, letting his
vaior get the best Of his discretion,
plunged his head through the Stats III
he hopes OF nipping his antagonist.
That WAS where he made the mistake.
rhe head went through nicely, but
would not. pull back. The othef pup.
seeing his foe i'll chancery, leisurely COM
mencfu eallug up the front part Of his
head and ears. There was music i'll
ID air" about thai time, and the yeip-
ing brought the juvenile owner to the
rescue He took III the situation at
once aud freezing on that dogs tail and
bracing against The fence. he pulled his
level best. For a moment it was doubt
iui which would give way tifst-the tail,
the head, or the picket; but with "a final
surge the boy brought away the pup,
minus the biggest part of both ears.
The first jump that that dog made when
,oose was something over twenty feet.
md with continuous wall OF grief he
disappeared around the corner, r,-DanJu-
u Neus.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
Boardinq-House Life.

Oliver Wendell Holmes writes To
think of it Not even dog to lick hi,
hand, or cat to purr and rub her ttll
against him! Oh these boarding houses
What torlon people one sees stranded on
their desolate shores Decaved gentle
women, with the poor wrecks Of what once
made their households beautiful disposed
around them in narrow chambers rs they
best may be, coming down, day after day.
poor souls, to sit nj the board with
strangers; their hearts full of sad mem
cries which have no language but sigh
no record but the lines of sorrow on theil
features orphans, creatures with growing
tendris and nothing to cling to; lonely
rich men, casting about them what to DO
with the wealth they never knew how to
enjoy. when they shall no longer worry
over keeping and increasing it; Young
men and young women, left to their
instincts, unguardcd, unmatched, save by
malicious eye, which arc sure 10 be found
and to find occupation in these miscellane-
Gus collections of human beings, and now
and then A shred OF humanity like this
little specialist, with Just the resources
needed to keep the radical MOISTURE
from entirely eXhaing from his attenuated
organism, and busying himself over a
point of science. or compiling a hymn
book, or editing a grammer or dictionary
such are the tenants Of boarding houses
whom we cannot think OF without feeling
how sad it is when the wind is not tenn
pered to the shorn lamb, when the solitary,
whose hearts are shriyelng. are not set in
families.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
The Courage to Live.

We need not preach the courage to die
that is common enough-but the cour-
age to live, to be honest in spite of pow
erty and neglect to be true though all is
dark except where God shines in to be
faithful, though heavens fall and hearts
break, and friendships turn to gall. Yc-.
we must teach men to dare to be unpopu-
lar, to be misapprehended, to be ahead of
the times, to follow the voice Of God.
though 1t leads into the wilderness. to
tell the devil to his very face that he lies,
and also to give him his dues-an act
which requires The supremcst courage ut
times.
| wouldn't give a iarthing for the tri-
mphant faith of the death hour. unless it
comes from a triumphant faith that makes
our lite full of noblest daring, that is
ready to fling aside honor, wealth, the
praise of friends, rather than impair for
one moment the soul's integrity. Oh, for
such courage-the courage to think, to
act, to tell the harsh truths, to overthrow
splendid falsehoods, to disown sweet lies
and to banlsh tenderest associations rather
than check in the least the free movement
OF the sovereign soul. We all must die
with more or less equanimltv, but we
cannot live in the full splendor of ON
being except by courage and determined
exertion. The coward, under certain
circumstances, may die grandly but never
| under any circumstances. can he live
grandly, Liberal Christian.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20

HARD TINES FOR ILLINOIS FARMERS.
They are poor, they wear thin and old
clothes, and they are eternally borrowing
al 10 per cent Such a one owns farm
worth $4,000. He raises Il, 900 bush els
Of corn. and after paying his taxes and
outstanding bills. he has about 5000 left
to represent the value of his own labor,
wear and tear of farming implements.
and interest on capital invested. The
agent OF an eastern insurance company
lends a farmer $1,000 on quarter section
at the close of the year, the produce of
the 100 has paid the 500 interest, the
taxes and couple of hundred dollars to
spare, and all the time the market value
of that land is depreciating. The farmer
sees these things, and exculpating HIM
self, puts the blame on the railroads But
the truth is, that Illinois farmers are
wasteful and extravagant to a degree not
dreamed of in New England. During
the war, they bought pianos for their
daughters, and they have not yet gotten
over the habits of that time. The women
dress well, but they cook fearfully. This
poverty of the farmers from whatever
cause it may come, is gradually produc-
ing its effect upon other branches of
business. They buy less. Their con
sumption of dry goods is falling Off.
They buy fewer agricultural implements
So the country merchants are also begin
ming to complain, and the feeling against
the railroads is growing more general and
intense. But the roads represent u capt
tai OF two hundred and fifty millions.
They are united and able, and rely upon
the conservatism of cOurts and decline TO
modify their rates, or to yield to popular
clamor or Il lot of disorganized farmers.
Chicago Letter
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
One Years Advance.

One OF our Southern exchanges, which
has been vigorously fighting against negro
suffrage ever since the passage of the
Fifteenth Amendment and is scarce will
ing to give it up vet, in view Of the pro
greSS which has been made bv the women
Sutfragists within the past wear. is becOm-
ING slightly modified. II discourses thus
humorously and pithily:
''Some women Of this country, who, on
the score of intelligence. are certainly the
equals OF the lately eufranchised. and
who, in the matter of tenacity, find fit
representative in the intelligent terrapin.
who ''never lets 90 till it thunders,n are
taking advantage Of that devil mav-care-
feeling that has taken possession of the
Nation, about suffrage, and are urging,
with vigor and ability, and a spice of
slucness, their claims to the ballot Their
National convention just adjourned at
Washington. give us a pretty fair balance
sheet Of their advance in the past wear,
and we had as well take time to see what
ii is. Among the additions to the member
ship Of the convention are Mcsdames
Henderson and Sargent the wives of the
q. S. Senators from Missouri and Califor-
MIA; the Vice-P President elect of the United
suffrage for twenty years; three u. S.
Judges have given decisions in favor of
women's right to vote; in Wyoming Ter
ritory she is made eligible as a voter,
territorial officer, and Juror; and in Utah
Territory she is q voter And finally that
| inscriptions and shrewd gentleman, Mr..
benjamin Butler, of Massachusetts, who
always shifts to the winning side of every
Ilc Al.
before the Supreme Court, when the case
| OF Miss Susan Anthony, arrested for vot-
ing, gets there on appeal. All this in a
year! Our ''wayward sisters did good
deal OF speaking at their convention and
the burden of it was that they were the
persons described in the constitution of
the United States as having the right to
vote, and that was the law of the thing {;
and they were rs fit for the ballot as the
recently enfranchised colored people, and
that was the justice of the thing Let us
set our house in order, the girls are COM
ing"
The Boston Bulletin has the following
valuable mortuary lists: "Methuselah
died of liver complaint. Lots wife of salt
rheum. Absalom fell wig time to hairy
sipelas. Goliah died of the stone. Hannah
OF the drop-sy Nebudchadnezzar of too
much vegetable diet, leaving Mrs. N. a
grass widow. John Bnnyan, troubled
with corns, took his pill grimly and pros
crossed. Desdemona also took u pillow.
Samson was killed by pillar, too. Mont
golfer was (s) piled out of balloon.
julius Caesar was (s) killed in war John
Rogers died of an overdone stuck. Romeo
died OF heart disease. Artemus Ward was
joked to death
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
THE NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY MEDICINES
The Greatest Success of the Age
Branch Office $50 Congress St.
PORTLAND.
Under Congress- Han.
pELE(. STAPLES.
Agent for the State of Wainpana Me-,
BrunsWECk

The University Medicines has been tested by VI
many. aud its merits well known that the hu,
and cry OF humhug has lost all its scare,
1t has cured over 5000 cises in Maine within
three years including all diseases subject to tfi,
climate IT has cured over 5000 cases init cuul uot
be reached with any other medicines.
1t has cured mtny patients after their pll sician,
told them there was no cure Tor them
1t has proved itself 10 bc superior TO any O.ltcr
known medicine in the world tar the Curl NJ liI
forms of chronic diseases.
CArAAkli IN, mother Of consuluptiorl Irrat-
ula, Salt Rheum. and many Other diseases hitherto
considered inCurnblc, readily yield under! ire tucnt
of the University Medicines.
SPERMAFORKIoEA. th, great st DESTROYER OF
humanity on the face OF the Globe. HOW Inluv be-
wall the loss OF precious vitality without having. th,.
slightest idea OF the cause, their manhood is dal,
vanishing and they are gliding into state Of horo-
less decay.
FOO strong language cannot BE- used ~ parents 10
council their children while Young to guard against
this hOrrd malndy. b. 50 doin they may save their
sons and daughters from ruined health insanity
and a premature grave. ALltc this vii and There
will be no more appropriations required to culr
cur Insane Asy lums.
have cured over 20o0 eases ct this life ami soul
destroying malaiy within three Years in THE Now
England States and Canada. have Invariably found
that the foundation OF destruction was laid TX fore
the victim was old enough to know of IFS evils, I.o
not let false nodesty stand in the way of treatment
before the constitution is ruined,
Persons afflicted with diseases will please ctlI Or
send and get book >frer,) whcrrtn thcy w!I liud
their diseases explained, and necessary remedies
Address PEI EG STAPLES,
$50 Congress ST., Portllnd Me-
Thousands Of Certificates cln be presented ii Ia.
essary, but ii the following not sufficient to spt
isty the most scoptica 10 900 additional ones would
be useless.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20

PORTLAND, June 95lh. l>.1
This is to certify that have been afflicted with The
lnilammatory rheumatism fer over twenty wears
have employed most OF the best physicians in
Portland and PAID hundreds of dollars tur medicine
without any permanent euro. Two Years ugp n It
March | taken with Rheumatic fever tor i've
weeks | was unable TO turn in bed or t5 cd myself:
my lett arm and hand reduced to nearly halt
the size OF my right one, mi was unable to lit twp
pounds weight until last July, wheu >lw The ci.
rect OF the University AIcdicn, On the daughter III
Capt. VIM. lhorndike. | called on pr. Staples and
stated my case. He said he could cure it.. | 1rgau
taking the medicine with the ,cupuucuratlou. Be-
fore 7 had taken tour bottles i considered myself
more free from pain than have been for twenty
years up TO this time have not had a relapse. /
consider it to be the only sure medicine Tor the
above compliant. WILLIAM j. SMITH
late firm OF Pearson x Smith.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20

NEW BEDFORD, Sept. h., !>-t.
Dl. STAPLES, Dear Sir. | am feeling first r.t O..
have not el well Tor years as do at The present
time. If you rccollect when was al your l,l4r, /
was suffering, with very lame back. lhat ha4 alI
LETT me and never elt better in my life tiu VI thu,
present time. | don't believe that that medicine
can be beat. ! believe ii is what il j. recommended
believe that medicine is entitled to "a mulch prise
as any medicine that was ever introduced to TIL pub-
lie. will not write any more this time.
Respectfully, g.,
ii. A, WHITTIER
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
F arm for Sale.
Farm for Sale.

VT TFg s ,as;sr ga5. 0 55. for sa.G Is
IN jackson. Said farm contains TO acres OF excel.
ant snf sisuated At Jackson Centre and is divided
into highly cultivated fields, pasturing and thick
wood lands. 1t is / miles from Brooks station. and
100 rods from ?. o., and the same from a good
meeting every Sunday, and the same from Town
wells and numerous springs: the house i a story
and half with ell, finished throughout together
with carriage house, cattle she'd barn T. by 81
feet, wood house, Blacksmith shop, dung cellar
sheep house, large orchard mostly grated fruit
Apply TO the subscriber on the place.
EDWARD W. ROBERTS.
jackson, Dec, Sd, 1o72.-tt23
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
Freedom Notice,

I HEREBY give io James Il, Snow, my minor
son his time, To trade and transact business for
himself. shall not claim any of his earnings or
pay any debts of his contracting after this date.
SAMUEL SNOW.
Frankfort Feb. 10, 1875.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20

For fifty years have been troubled with Scrotull
Some htteen years ago fearful ulcer broke cut on
my leg. Three months ago it extended from ia,
ankle JOINT nearly to the knee. could not Inol,
without great pain. IN this condition commence
taking the University Medicine
At first il drove out fearful humor ALI over mo
ina tew days the humOr began to subside Ana III,
ulcer is now healed and feel like new beings
ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAiN.
Portland Aug. 30. Is Chestnut St
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
IMPORTANT to FARMERS,
asrocers, and Werchauts Generally.

We will furnish you with information OF n lcgit-
mate business that will not interfere with your
present occupation aud which will increase your
income largely. Send address and two stamps for
tull particulars, to 2mBl
EMPLOYER, Lock Box 500, Chelsea, Mass,
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20

QE IL Q00 per day Agents wanted All
Do W pZU classes OF working people, of
either sex, young or old, make more money at work
for in their spare moments or all the time, than
at anything else. Particulars free. Address q.
STlNSON K CO., Portland, Maine.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20


had the Catarrh so bad for several years that my
mead became confused and painful. was obliged to
get up several times in the hight to keep from chok
ns. 1 emp Dyed some of the best physicians in the
country without benefit. was perfectly cured with
the University Medicines in three weeks
A. NJ MORGAN, 124 Cumberland St. Portland.
February, Is, 1870.
Since giving the above certificate, have been per-
lectly free from Catarrh, though / have been con
tlnuilly exposed to wet and colds.
Oct Is, 1871 A. M. MORGAN.
This may certify that had been suffering with
the hheumatism' for five months, and at that time
1t seized my right hip and Leg down to the foot
Ihis the physicians called ''sciaic" / tried many
xmas OF hlghiy recommended medicines which /
TOOK Tor the blood. Still got no relief for seven
months more, all the time doing my best with as
s9oa ADVISERS az we nave in our city. Finally call
cd at the New York University Branch and the pro.
prIetor said he could help me. so | commenced on
ms mediclne, and in four weeks thought felt re.
et and In eight weeks | was able to leave nv cane
al nome and have been well up to this time three
'u mi hiVe passed. DAVID kkAZER,
Portland, Aug. I'd, 1870.
have been afflicted for twenty wears with ,,r,;
Rheumatism. have spent hundreds OF dollars Tor
medlcai treatment without benefit. Ten DAYS 400
| commenced taking the University Medicines 5,,ii
can truly say it has been more benefit 70 ,no I,
All other treatment I received NV nI,cn ~
business IN l31 Pearl street. I,shall be pleased to
answer an enquiries. JOHN TURNER,
Staples Compound Tar Ointment cnras ,,il, "A
IN - hours. Good for any kind of Sores
guarantee the above certificates to be genuine
illtorfeIt $1,000 to any one that will ind th",, nt
erwisc. 49, '''iu ''i''' ""
Person having doubts viii please address the
parties. f ""u'' 80 wy
r. MOODY.
om20 Agent for Belfast.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20

NY aNTED-Agents for DIR, Cornells Dollar
w Family paper-,Iohn 5. g, Abbott, the Cele-
brated Historian, Editorial Contributor. - en-.
craving to every subscriber profitable work tor The
whole or part OF the time; rare inducement. AID
dress d. b. RI ssELL, Pubr, Boston.
The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
NO! NO! NO!
AGrNTs! 4 RARE CHANCE ! +!

We viii pay all Agents $40 per week n CASH who
will engage with us AT ONCE. Everything furnished
and expenses paid. Address
A. COULTER < CO., Charlotte, Mich.