The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-20
The Hoodlebur!
AAC 4KOOA3CONSys
Thou com'St III such a questionable shape.

net to ind a specimen, for YOU Will be di-ai,
pointed and Vet ii is good word and an eX-
lfGSs!Nc. when Won KNOW Its meaning. 1t Is
gna, and lis author claims that he has
right to add il to the general vocabulary; and
words have multiplied, he thinks, about Il
hundred fold since he went to school lie means
10 contribute. Anyway he knows h0odlebugs
and is willing to rise and explain, but previous
/ to his doing SO the writer would submit that he
j. a dreadful talker When he once sets hi.
tongue going there Is no stopping it. sense and
nonsense how N perpetual stream, words 60
tumblln% over one another without regard TO
order, connection. or relationship; in fact il
will be better not to trust to him 10 define it a
Il word, but Just listen ~ him under its inilu
cnce, then you will get a glimpse Of it, mean
ing.
To help the matter forward II step. do You
know what the jimjams are: There was It
splendid article on the subject in Harper some
years ago and is worth hunting up; but in the
meantime it may be said that the imams is (or
are) form of disease that manitests itself in
persistent drinkers, especially of spirits, who
never get drunk, never exceed what they cali
moderatOn take their bitters regularly, seldom
exceed a prescribed daily allowance, but if they
double ii do not show it outwardly except in
| feeling fiat. stale and improbable the next
morning, with considerable i'll temper. Have
no headache, or deranged stomach or loss Of
appetite; VIII take something little more high
y Spiced for breakfast; use more horse-radSh
OF Worcester sauce with their steak; take a
>oupcon of the best brandy they can get before
they commence, and another when they have
The dav and perform If in their nustonarv man
ner They may tire sooner over ii, but these
men have iron heads, gutta percha stomachs
and immense will power. This is an exception
AL excess. But the gradual advance OF jinljams
is not heralded, but whispered by more quiet
svinnt ms th,n hoodIehuIs 4 general fnaljno
Of maaise, all overishnes>, sinking, is the gen
lie reminder that constitution is urging that
nmhr.pe nj lis iii treatment ana raonrns -
rh,nor Ncoholism i srtlin" m ind ~ nn.,r.
LII rrlatiou or ma dons nat .,1-,r,.t II .nI
by-and-by there i, = ease of sudden ami,
Heart disease Of conr,a-althnu9i, in a ditirrcn,
sense than really meant: tor whv ,hou!d there
NOT be heart disease when if ha. been Lent
working at high pressure for wear, Under u,co-
bolic stimulation: if. valve. deraured hy c,rr,-
inc tainted blood throuph il NJ .onauy inrrnis
ed and unhealthy beats rcr minute: If the
man j, wise enuuab tn heed the warning in time
he may by Il l0n@ and systematic collr-e Of trent
nent lie curcd. if he proceeds careless or de-
FAINT of the warniny Ne does il .,t th. utrl ot
health or life. and often of both
This i. brief idea of ijmi.ms With q man
of reryops cyritahjc tn,nnrramcnt generally
ahsfcn,irIs. Inf @rttng a., nerioI;r s,,r,.r, n.
fhourh he NAV have = snecicS Of iimiams. he
win h. more Liable to the hoo,]!ohnSs ana th,t
win lond him in thc outter. thn srnt,on.hous.
and nrohatiy dnlir,n tren,anS If j. On it,.;,ti
rn1 fnrn Of mn terlihie disease wh,rh mist
he considered 20 near ;, foret,stn Of hnll ne this
oartb ..n, furnish II calls mn .ll lsind. otner.
IL forgotten scenes and cvpnts-rrneats snnorh-
- once learned. rronrns ,1udies once ,prsur,l-
morbidly comnletes halt-torme,} oninions-re
n.,IIS theories Inno since abandoned oonf,s.s
roctrv mn,ic and science rcyt.ls in ah,IIrI
lncruIation. im.minatinn rms ,nt iii In,,;n.I
stonpnre i lost or reryerfcd rnason ba. sur
rendered ia lyhiskev md words i,}ouz and SON
fences are ,,l,ving M lean-tron onn viii he