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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
A Medical Student Who Wears Shoes Made
of Human Skin.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
\ few days ago we reproduced from the
Lafayette Courier an article that seemed
to Us to be the silly boasting Of some
hedging saWbones. In order to ascertain
whether or not there was a Substratum Of
truth III the story, We telegraphed our
Lafayette correspondent. and instructed
hnn to furnish US with the facts in the
case. Last night we received the follow
ing letter from him:
'LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. ), 1879. Sev-
eral days since the Evening Courier. of
! this city, published a somewhat lengthy
account Of Il young doctor OF this city
| having worn a pair Of shoes from the skin
OF Cincinnati belle. The story as told
| 10y the Courier, your correspondent is as
Surcd, was substantially Us reported bv
! we'll authenticated rumor to the city ed-
itor Of that paper, In the account it is
| stated that the young student said he
! was one night sought ont by a resurrec-
tlonlst famous among the medical men,
vino offered to sell him a subject lust
snatched from city cemetery, How the
corpse, that Of Il beautiful young GIRL
whose white flesh and the costly ring ON
| her smooth, soft hand showed her to be
OF no poor family. was bought by several
ot the students, and how when the body
SlaShcd by the knife Of the disscctor lav
upon the table, he crept in and cut the
SKIN from the round limbs This was
sent to Il tanner, who. in due time, pre-
pared the skin and sent it hy express to
the young student in this city, The
leather was then taken to a wen known
shoemaker, who fashioned it into pair
OF shoes. The representative of the En-
! quircr sought the Young man. Ell Carna-
ham, this morning, and learned from him
the following, which is submitted a. the
result Of the interview: Carnahan at
tended the Miami medical College of Gin
clnnati during the past collegiate wear
Ills attention had been called to i pair Of
boots Of 4 dark olive color on exhibition
1T the Centennial They had been made
from human skin. \ great many people
who SAW the boots naturally revolted at
the idea. There We're various up MONS
upon the matter. How it affected Carna-
nan | know not. Last winter having paid
for the subject assigned him and his fell
low students, he felt privileged, in the
rAIlouS tlcrnSc of the diSSccting-ro to
uSr i ~ he deemed proper. He cut
from tine body portion Of tn" skin. He
dld not Know Who the corpse was. The
personal identity Of the subject is newer
established, even to the lrmuuStrdtor
/ himself. Having secured the skin from
the body, il vas given to H Cincinnati tan-
ncr ana about tive or sin weeks ago Was
sent G. o. ID. to Young Camahan. He
made no secret of it. He received itpub-
I I,.l, .1
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
White Glover.

The distant hills the long day through
Have tainted in a haze of blue;
The sun has been burning fire.
The day has been warm desire,
But all desire is over
The lights are fading from the west
The night has brought a dreamy rest
And deep in yonder wood is heard
The sudden singing of a bird
While here an evening wind has stirred
a slope set thick with clover
The fields have lost their lingering light
The path IS duskv through the night -
The clover is too sweet to lose
Her fragrance with the gathering dews.
The skies are warm above her
The cricket pipes his song again,
The COWS are waiting III the lane
The shadows fall adown the hill
And silent is the whip poor will,
But through the summer twilight still
\ on smell the milk white clover
The glory OF the day has ceased
The moon has risen in the east
The distant hills, the meadow near
Are bathed in moonlight soft and clear
That wells the landscape over.
And born of rare and strange perfume
Pure AS the cloverS odorous bloom.
Dear hopes that are but half confessed
Dim thoughts and longings ill the breast
Till lost again u deeper rest
Among the bloSsomed clover.
BORA Read Goodae Sunday Afternoon tor Augu
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

\ characteristic miS-statement by the
Maine Standard i'll regard to the Customs
Districts of Maine has Just been exposed
by Gen. James A. Hall The Standard
said the collections at Waldoboro last year
were S900.10, whereas they were S5,o53.
S}. The Democratic sheet was guilty of
mis-stating the amount by S4,953.23 in
order to make political point. These
fellows play strange pranks with figures.
The Standard has probably hidden the
1888 away somewherew the intention
at the first convenient opportunity Of add
ing the amount to estate Expenditures
under Radical Rule" Portland Press.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
While Senator Blaine was speaking

While Senator Blaine was speaking at
Saco. he asked if any man in the audience
believed that he was oycrtaXed 10y the
Government. 4 Greenbacker rose and
said he was. 'Directly (" asked the Sen
ator "No, but 10y duties, . was the reply.
son what" asked Mr.. Blaine. "Ou
matches" replied the man. "IIow many
matches do you use in a day. inquired
the Senator. The man at first eyadcd,
but finally fixed the number, and the Sen
ator figured out that the individual was
being taxed III that direction, according
TO his own statement, Just seven cents 4
wear. lit strikes me-" said the Senator,
''that the Government may save YOU more
than seven cents a year" and the fellow
was laughed down, but rallied tar enough
to say that the duty on tea bore hard on
the farming class, but was shut up with
the assurance that there was no duty on
tea at ALL
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

mlralty Docl1yard, at Portsmouth, for re-
pairs, and the MILDLY was invited to re-
pair damages himself, by splicing the
malnbrace to the health of the Queen and
the Henrietta.
That Is how the slowest yacht came to
win the Ocean Race, Colonel, and that is
how Commodore Bennett managed it !.
And when YOU have read over the story
III Your cosy study can hear your CHEEKY
voice put finish TO it, as do now, with
the hearty words
Here's bis very good health, and long
liie To him y
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
After Two Weeks.


Under the above caption the Louis
vile Courier Journal treats us follows Of
a Bucksport incident reported in our col
umns at the time OF its occurrence:
They We're an eastern couple They
had strollcd in the moonlight, ana swung
on the gate, and stood at the front door,
and sat on the sofa, and and. etc, for
many months. They had dreamed the
old dream of love together; they had
tloated on its doNny pinions into the
tropics Of bloom and bliss They had
also munched numerous pints Of peanuts
and eaten considerable ice-crcam at 1it-
teen cents per saucer. The unplumed
fact is that they had been lovers. But
then they went and married or rather,
they thought they did; for, after two
weeks Of this suppostious welded life it
WAS discovered that, through a technical
mistake, the nuptial knot had never real
ly been tied, and the marriage was there
fore void. OF course this created con
sternation and horror in the new house
hold. The young man wanted to hurry
off without an instant's delay and have
the ceremony legally performed, but the
maiden, upon consideration, concluded
that the denOucment was not so unfor-
tunatc after all Two weeks of married
life had cured her, and, thanks, she bcliev-
ed she would go back to her mother
And she went
Niagara Falls is to be lighted With the
electric light Now if they could only
make the electricity strong enough to
strike all the hackmen and hotel keepers
and the other robbers, it would be a sue
cess.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
Custar's Homo.

Custar's Home.
Monroe (Mlch.) Correspondence of n Y Herald
10 TINS qmet-looking little place special
interest attaches as the former home of
the gallant but Inflated Custer, where
now reside his venerable parents and
only sister, who was widowed by the
same terrible tragedy at the Little BIC
Horn which eXtlnguished the light in
many bright home on that terrible June
day in 1876. Here the visitor NAV find
reproduced with the most minute fidelity
Of detail the Generals study Or private
office exactly as it appeared at his head
quarters at Fort Abraham Lincoln when
he left it for the last time to engage in
the fatal expeditions 1t is a peculiar and
interesting room, strikingly characteristic
| ol INN who once took such delight III
gratifying his inclination for literary pur-
suits. 1t is filled with relics and memen-
| toes Of the events which have made his
| name famous. At the end Of the room,
! opposite the entrance from the hall is the
desk or secretary Of the General. with
paper, pens, inkstands and other acccs-
sores Just as they We're last used and is
they might have been dropped but an
hour before hl the hand noW stilled for
ever. pom the top of the desk are blic-
a-brac, vases, one or two StatuetteS ana Il
number Of books. Among the latter are
'Dccisivc Battles OF the War; "Personal
"reminiscences Of Lee" corporations Of
War, "Mcmojrs Of General Scott. per
sonaI and Military History of Keancv."
Birds of the Northwest by Cones. and
these are lntcraprrscd With Volumes of
poems hN tdNOrltc authors IUnutelloU.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
Grasshopper Cruel.

From the Truekee New Republican.
IN Sierra and Martis valleys the Indian
huts can be seen, and in and around them
are congregated the warriors and squaws
of the tribe, their sisters, cousins. and
their aunts. all intent upon the accom-
plishment Of the grand result As usual
the sQuaWs do the work while their noble
lords loll upon the green sWard, smoke
their pipes, and dreamily and lazily gaze
upon the countless myriads of buzzing
hopperS that fill the air and dcyOur the
vegetation The squaws carrying cone
shaped baskets of great capacity, scoop
the grasshopperS with a tan-shaped i'm
plement into their baskets, and, when
loaded, carry the Wiggling mass of in
sccts to camp, and then prepare them for
food. The grasshoppers, Killed and sub
sequently dried, are mixed with mashed
pine nuts, or cracked wheat and made
into kind of bread, most delicious to the
palate OF the Washoe. White visitors at
the camp are always invited, in accord
ance with Indian hospitality, to partakc
OF the compound, and great is the aston
lshment OF poor Lo at the disgust OK
pressed by the white man for this kind of
food. To the limited mind of the Indian
it is incomprehensible that any one should
reject food which, in his vernacular is de
fined as being "muchee good"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
Wages on Farms.


A feature Of the forthcoming report
OF the commissioner Of agriculture is a
chapter on the rates Of wages on farms.
Throughout the country, with the eX-
ception Of a few remote western states
and territories, the average monthly rate
or pay for farm laborers declined, during
the year ending last April, from three to
fifteen per cent. At the same time, the
expense Of living in the majority Of states
declined in equal OF greater proportion.
1t appears that our New England farm
laborers receive, when working on yearly
engagements, without board, twenty dol
lars and thirty-one cents per month on
the average, a decline Of ten per cent.
since the beginning Of the year The cost
OF living has fallen thirteen per cent.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

The report received by the Maine Beet
Sugar Co. from the farmers Of Maine in
regard to the condition Of the beet crop
indicate that generally the crop is look
ing well and a good yield is promised.
The weather with its frequent showers
the past month has been very favorable
to the growth Of beets and ensures large
yield. 1t will be interesting to compare
the result of the crop, as to cost of cult
vation, fertilization and money returns
with that Of the potato crop. We hope
to hear from Journal readers who are
now raising the beets in regard to this
matter.
The Houlton cheese factory is receiving
daily four thousand pounds of milk, from
which are made eight cheeses of excellent
quality.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

Dora Read Goodale, Sunday Afternoon Tor August
Written for Brentauos Aq.aue Monthly and
Sporting Gazetteer
How the Henrietta Won.
El >rEFHEN IISkE.
We were lingering over dessert, the
other evening. ENJOYING the April straw
berries and the claret, that held in its
ruby heart the temperate heat of MAY.
when the Colonel, nodding towards a
picture that hung behind me. asked our
host
'What race does that represent ?"
THAT, replied our genial host polite
u, but languidly for the dinner had
been long and above rcproach -'that is
the start for the Ocean Yacht Race in '6i.
between the FlectWng. the Nesta, and
the Henrietta
..1he ocean Race :" exclaimed the
Colonel, putting on his eyeglasses With
a show of interest Deuccd good picture.
too Which Yacht won2
''The ah | think. the Henrietta"
replied our host, striving torccall the cir-
cumstances "And If | am not mi~tak-
1t',1G;'I H., ,','',' o".' ','' "''i'''
~" '''t, 'l' ','''l'"I' - N,'""'
v-i,, ii1", ili','p 'l''t9lI. ', hIP N""
" i''Nl' : ""il'i''iluHH P"'AetIc IIi'''
Are we then, SO soon forgot
and turned To look at this picture, which
happened that had never seen before.
YES. There III the right foreground.
WAS the darling Henrietta. her bonnie
blue tldg liNmg at tine main peak, and
There Wr We're on deck Commodore Ben
net, Lieut.. Knapp. Larry .Icromc and
myself With Captain Samurls. Captain
Lyons. Jones, Corcis aud the worst und
weakest crew that cycr won i race in
rough Weather. The artist had caught
the crisp chill of the December air the
lev curl of the Wlntly sea. the heavy
Nind-clouds masslug for the storm that
Na> to bloW u~ to victory. ana IDS / loub
rd the Years seemed to pass aWaN. Hllc
dim dream. and we WtIr waxing Loud
byc> to the Steam-tu-s ot sandy Hook
and listening to the farewell cheers for
"thc only man who goes in hi, own hoat''
Ii Mas lit Il little dinner like Ills that
the first ocean race VAS planned. Mr..
George Osgood. of the Fleetvinr. and
Nj Pierre Lorllard. of the Nc,ta. NAbo
now linds himself famous as The owner Of
Parolc). wple discussing the relative
speed ana sea going qualities Of Keel And
crntrr-bourd Yachts. Discussion led to
challenges. and one yacht>Inan kent
..raisin." the other. a, if they were plan
iug Minister ~chrnrn', tayolitr @amr
"I.et II, make the race from >alIdv HOOK
to toWc~ =" "That Suit, mc,, ..I.rt the
stakes br 30. 600 a side :" .Good, Put
up the money ~ ..Ict MS s1il rhc .,lr,. in
December. to gct some wcatbcrw ~\I
rioht !" And then Mr.. Bennett nho WI,
,uppoScd ID have The sIowcst yacbr III thn
party cried LET me IN on the ,;,nc
terms +" and Mr.. Lawrence Jerome srt-
tied the matter hy nanginu hi, fist mon
the table. ana cXclaiuin1. ..Nal,c tho
match plav or pay !" HON w,I .Jrrono
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
Farm, Garden and Household,

For this department brief suggestions, facts and
experiences are solicited from housekeepers.
farmers and gardeners Address Agricultural
Editor Journal Office, Belfast Maine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

1t has been commonly said that the cold water
poem, The Old Oaken Bucket was inspired by
glass Of brandy. \ writer.ln the Boston Herald
atrms the truth Of the story, and tells it as per
sonal recollection. Samuel Woodworth the au-
thor, was printer and was employed in an office
in Chambers street, New York. One day he drop
ped into Mallory's bar room, in Franklin street to
get some brandy and water The liquor was ex-
cellent, and oodworth remarked that it was su-
perlor to any thing he ever tasted "No,' said
comrade, there was one thing that you and
used to think far surpassed this in the way Of
drinking" What was that y asked Woodworth
dubously. Fresh spring water that we used to
drink from the old Oakeu bucket that hung i'll the
well after return from the hay field on a sultry
day i'll summer" The rhythm of the phrase The
Old oaken bucket that hang in the we'll struck
Woodwork at once and the picture of the well at
his bOyhOood home came to his mind Within a
few hours he had completed the poem.
Some men never lose their presence of mind
In New York man threw his mother in law out
of the window in the fifth story of burning build
ing, and carried a feather bed down stairs in his
arms.
Wong Wing, converted Chnaman, who was
elected treasurer of Chinese Methodist church in
California, has behaved alice samee like Mclean
man, and absconded with the 5000
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

''No, darling" said the undertaken to
his wife, II can't afford to give you a silk
dress at present. Just wait few weeks
until green apples are in market
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

When Washington learned Of Arnold's
treachery, he exclaimed, ''Whom can we
trust now? ?' The next evening he receiv-
ed a postal-card from Il retail grocer tell
ing him that he would have to trust ev-
erybody, if he wanted to get any trade.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

An Irish houscmaid who had been sent
to call a gentleman to dinner, found him
engaged i'll using tooth brush. "Well,
is he coming?" asked the lady. "Ycs.
ma'am, directly; he is just sharpening
his tneth"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21
A Fast of Forty Days.
Special Correspondence Phila. Times

L
READING, Aug. g.
The fasting Of forty days of Miss Saie Root. of
81 South Sixth street. this city. continues to be
the topic uppermost in the conversation Of all cir
eles here. To-day The Times correspondent was
IN consultation with Miss Roots physician, Dr..
Martin Luther.
. gave her to-day few drops of Cruel and
milk, he said, in answer to question 9 by fore
| ing 1t into the gulet through her nostrils She is
as determined as ever, and absolutely refuses to
| partake of food and water. She seems to be de
termined to carry out her original intention of
| fasting forty DAYS. She makes resistance to
any operations, but absolutely refuses to take any
| nourlshment whatever voluntarily. Ter case is
certainly the strangest | have ever experienced.
| The injection of the small quantity OF food has
Just been sufficient to proong life. How she
| may die is impossible to tell
| When DR. Luther called he told her that it she
4 would take but one swallow of water he would not
/ insert the tube i'll her nOstrS She refused He
| then offered her a spoonful Of Cruel with the same
result After the tube had been inserted similar
! proposition was made, but she replied that " he
could go ahead ! She would make no resistance to
the operation of forcing food into her throat but
l that she would absolutely take nothing DR. Lu-
| theirs full statement OF the case is as follows
: was called IL about four days ago. | found
| the young lady emaCated weak and gradually
| sinking She was not confined to her room but
! was able to move about the house and the rear
| yard. J was told by her mother and friends thai
/ Miss Root had paraken Of no food or nutTiment
| OF any kind and no water for three weeks and two
\ days THIS statement at first seemed absolutely
incredible, but have every reason now to believe
| IL is true. The case at once presented the most
| remarkable phase | ever experienced i'll my entire
! practice | at once entered into conversation with
\ the young lady and found She was as determined
as ever in her refusal to take any nourshment
\ whatever | endeayored to reason with her, but
I to no purpose. Persuasion lemed entirely with
out avail and no argument had any effect in chang
inE her mud / learned. through conyersing with
The New York herald., 1879-02-13
WHO KILLED PATRICK wHITEa

Coroner Nolan yesterday commenced his inquiry
at the Four District court room. williamsburg into
the cause of the death of Patrick White. and after
session Of nine hours adjourned the examination to
Friday next at two p. NJ
White left his work. at No. 81 Murray street. this
city. about six P. NJ. Saturday. February l. and
reached home. No. 70 Meeker avenue. Williamsburg.
with fractured skull at midnight. He taken to
the Eastern District Hospital Tuesday and died
Thursday. Edward Mcsorley. saloon keeper. was
arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the mat
ter, and William Callahan. fellow workman. who
was his companion was held rs o witness.
Tho first witness examined was Hugh OReilly,
saloon keeper of North Fifth street. Williamsburg.
from past eight p NJ. to few minutes past nine
o'cl ock of the LIST inst. Both the then
drunk White fell there and scratched his face
the sanded floor.
The medical testimony showed that physician
was called in by Whites wife for thirty-six hours.
and then he sent to the hospital where he died.
The hospital physicians testify that ihe cause Of
death blow on the head with some such weapon
as a hammer.
John II. Cladssen said that the corner of
Withers street and Union avenue he called for the
police and walked two three blocks to look for an
officer. When he returned he found the injured
man had been removed by two strangers.
The other evidence went to show that there was
no blood to be seen anywhere except where White
picked up on Union avenue. and Callahan says
that both McSorey's saloon and Blake look like the
place where the beating occurred.