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The Republican journal., 1879-07-10

The idea Of cutting a ship canal through
the lsthmus Of Panama is at least three
and half centuries Old. Philip H. of
Spain had 4 route carefully surveyed by
some Flemish engineers, bat never pushed
the matter. Peter Heylin, an English
writer in geographical treatise publish
ed III oxford in the early part of the scv-
enteenth century, observes that '.many
have motlOned to the CouncelI of Spaine
the cutting ola nayigable channel through
this small ISthnus, 50 to shorten our
common voyages to China and the NIoluc-
Goes. But the Kings Of Spaino have not
hitherto attempted it, partly because if he
should imploy the Americans in the
Worle he should loose these few Of them
which bis people had suffered to live !;
partly because the slaves which they
yearely buy out of Africa doe but suffice
for the mines and sugar houses; but prin-
cipally lest, the passage by the Cape OF
good hope being left, those seas might
become a receptacle Of Pyrats." And he
graYely argues, as a concluding reason
why the canal had never been construct
ed, that God is mot pleased at such
proud and naughty enterprises"
A man need never be in hurry to get
angry, for if he waits long enough he will
have as many opportunities as he wants
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once who would sometimes swear. and
often count the bag Of dollars that he
knew he could fight the demon poverty
with, but he unintentiOnally left his PRAYER
book round, from which circumstance
knew he read it earnestly sometimes |
overheard him. and if there was sick
sailor in the forecastlc he would make up
a berth for him on the cabin floor, for
we had no StaterOoms, and never cease
watching him till he was we'll That is
what ! call one kind Of religion, and Il
very good kind, for it is at the bottom Of
all the rest. That man had Gods heart
IN him. | know it. | knew another Old
captain who came out Of the whaling ser
wee lie there often went to the mast
head to look tor Whalrs.and always carried
a pocket Bible with him, and read from it
while alott. He kept up the custom in
the InclrhAntman, and spent an hour dluit
every morning, sittmg0n the skysall-yard
reading his Testament. 1t is q good place
to commune with God. swinging around
the blue ethereal almost in His presence
have known others when there suddenly
to unbale their heads ana open their
hearts to Him, alone with Him. calling
for "IiiS name" when they knew no pro-
fame ear was listening. Let us ece who
have been ou greatest captains, ana how
many Of them have been known to be re-
li4ious Jason, commanding the Argon-
autlc expedition. we are told in mytholU-
gy, would not start till he poured libations
anG invoked the protection ot the gods.
| lNSSrS WAS religious man. True, il
may bc said These WOrShipucd hrathcn
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Farm, Garden and Household,

For This department brief suggestions, facts and
experiences are solicited from housekeepers,
farmers and gardeners Address Agricultural
Editor Journal 0tlice, Belfast Maine
The Republican journal., 1879-07-10
Patrick Henry.

1896. In his huNhoud ami carly mdnhoud
he was SO idle he was looked Oh as good
for nothing ilc -pcn, most ut hi, timp
in huntnL ana i>hiug q. paNmytIr lid-
die. instead ofhrnin4 ON his luthr+s fHrr:
aud at last. Ills hi~ mmh did HIT kneu
Nhat tu do Nih him. hr.uu, s.ut totcu
cloll> In u small country store. ~nmr time
alloIWard I'D opened Il Store tur himself.
hu 9nun iajlcd. He thcn marcd n
Young IJdl of The M iLNholIaod. Whose
father -aNc him 4 taru: mi liz failed MI
farming, tno. and mo Years attcrWmu
the farm was ~oii Ilr Chen went hacr
10 sluIekrcpm- and failed lit That d4ajn !:
amt nuW iir WIS Nllhnu thc means III
support lui hHN,rltaud his Mjlr
l'GlS Wa, hi~ own GUlt, @~ NuU cJu ca-i-
y ~cc- Ec Would nnt attend to hi~ hJj~j-
ness. He stjll passed hi~ time I'LL fishing
anU playing the fiddle und the cnn-c-
qucucr NI> ,hat hr Succeeded Il, nothing
Which lIc undyrtoo6 \ Stout. hcJIib}
louu. Nan mll ldil in ~lolc hrupuL hut
hr ou-h bot to ftii om 4 taim II I'D HI
industrious and follows h1 pluN. ne can
always make a support tor his ialulIl.
But I'atick lIrmi} Na~ loo Lul, odu ~n.
- Ind icll into dtDi h~ fdru ld l1 hc
~old, @ud hr found himself without -
hoNlc-
Something. The noW SAW. hjd To hr donc.
His friends coU!d not support him. and uo
douM hc Was tooprnUd tocou~cut tv that.
IIg th-urtort RESOLVED M Study IaV. aud
borrowed some Old IaW books. WHch hc
began M lrad: ul ~.N weeks UtcIuud
hc applied tor ljrcl~c w practice aH.
This ~orlncdquitc ab>u,l Ihrold jiI4r
to Whom De applied found tina; hr hurN
almost nothing Ut laN, aud Nd~ unwilling
to give him his LICENSE. A~Patlick Iira-
TN promised him. however, that lr uuulU
Az un studying. hr a la~t consented.
.IIc license Was granted hm, and l.
SIT up ut Hanover Court House a- a laN-
Ncr
Nour uf III, trirml. Ild tlo lra-, Iuta
That he would cyrr lu uttliu-iu i'm this nlo-
tr~~ion. Th-t knew h"A idi aHd 4uo-
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~ ''''+tN' n 'iN'll w W. WY N'iIf HI"H'
ana carried every listener along with hm.
and they SAW, from bis treatment # the
r1sr mat ne knc" juSt what he WaS about.
ne SrHreIf touched the question OF the
Law, as he kneW tIat It was against him.
\ Hc addressed himself to the Jury, ana told
them thr\ had t" decide between Inc hlng
/ OF England aud the Virginia House Of
\ bUl@rS@cS. lhe Nur-rSSrs were their
\ o"a people dnd the Ming stranger to
them. lie nat u" right 10 issue his or
/ dels to tbem
I Here lhr "iJ hN}rr VINO Wa- tor he
/ clergy started dl', cArlMminS:
hat gentleman has spoken treason II
Eoi PurIcE Henry did not stop II
| never did amy good. as people alArWarl
tound, to ul to tr-htcn him. The inter
I rtpN"n onI> l14dr hlm more violent ~ hls
I drnuhc'4iI"n. lie repeated what he Ittd
'ai', aiId dyrIMrd .l4t thc parsons "rre
\ 10 .'ttirr jhan the hinI. Mcn NlI" irr
/ NtH'ti IlN fN tt~ lirA olu lldd no ti1Nt to pC
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Ladies viii 1md that a most excellent
method of Kidding earth III pots ot THE lit
tlr White insects that infest 1t, il ID place
slices Of raw potato Oh the surface which
soon attracts them Raise throc Slices,
occasionally and many insects will bc seen
clingin-to them and Oh the surface where
ii IaN \ trN drops ot boiling water
answers -Ar requirements lit tLi> stage.
ana by pcrsistcntly following this course
thcl viii soon be destroyed. Ii is aston
ishing ID note What mtriadS Of minute
insects often exist in pots Of plants un-
known to the p0sScs>or: but the potato
slices decoys them to ruin.
For worms at the roots we find no rem
edy short Of rcpotting in soil that has
been heated TO Kill insects and their eggs.
often washing the roots In washing the
roots care should be taken that they are
not mutiIated or unnecessarily disturbed.
Take plenty of time md exercise gentle
patience The earth should NOT be knock
ed on pulled OFT, but uSe sufficient luke
warm water to gently dissolve the packed
soil, when it falls away leaving the roots
exposed. The operation can be performed
in such manner that the plant is not in
the least injured or retarded.
IcE CREAM WITHOUT CREAM. one
gallon Of milk, yolks Of two eggs well
beaten, whites oftWclve eggs well beaten.
Sweetcn and scald the milk. and pour it
on the eggs, stirring all the time Put it
in the kettle again and let it come to a
boil. Season to the taste and freeze at
once.
COFFEE CAKE. A cupful, each, Of cof-
fee, molasses, and sugar; two thirds cuptul
butter; a teaspoonful eaAs, of cinnamon,
cloves, alispice, nutmeg, and soda; very
little salt, and three cupfuls Of flour; a
cupfuI of raisins. Two loayes
LEMON SPoNGE-CAKE. Five eggs. one
saucer even full Of sugar, the same guam
tity flour, one lemon, d pinch salt. Stir
the beaten yolks and sugar, also grated
rind of lemon, together till re,y light to
which add the juice of half the lemon, the
whites Of eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and
flour, not forgetting the salt. Bake in a
moderate oven.
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Birds and Hard Winters.

The tendency to augur hard winter
from the arrival of birds which usually
winter in countries far north of US, is,
We think with the Rev. F. o. Morris,
himself great observer of the habits Of
birds, generally mistake. What such
arrivals do prove, is not what is going to
be so much as what has already happen
ed in these northern regions-the birds
flying before the cold, rather than taking
precautions against it before they feel
it. No doubt this may imply severe
winter for us, as well as for these north.
erly regions, especially if northerly
winds prevail, as they are very apt to
do when there is unusual cold, and,
Therefore, an unusually dense atmos-
phere to the north Of US, which rushes
in on the rarer atmosphere of our more
humid climate. But that is only saying
that the birds fy from weather which is
not likely to extend itself to us, not that
they anticipate severe weather before
they feel it. When robins come into
our houses we do not take it as proving
that long frost is coming, but only that
hard frost is already there; and We
suspect that the northerly birds fly
south for precisely the same reasons for
which the robins enter our houses when
they find the cold insupportable oat of
doors.-London Spectator.
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An Artificial Earthquake.

Speaking Of an explosion OF giant
powder, by which several persons were
killed, San Francisco paper says: 1t
is worthy o; note, in scientific point of
view, that the stroke of a hammer
driving nail in piece of wood, which
exploded the giant powder works, also
shook city. There is no part of San
Francisco in which the concussion was
not felt, though the works were located
FIVE miles from the center of population.
It is reported that the shock was noticed
at San Jose, fifty miles of. The gener-
al effects were precisely similar to those
produced by an earthquake. The di-
rection of the motion was not the same
in all places. Typographical elevations
may account for defections, but the
general movement was north and south.
Here we have O force external to the
earth producing phenomena precisely
similar to those supposed to emanate
from the interior. The coincidence, to
say the least, is very remarkable. NJ
one accustomed to earthquakes eI-
periencing the shock Of Wednesday
would have set it down to anything e :
but an internal eonvulsion. =
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Patience.

Since the days of the sorely afflicted
Job, patience has been virtue well
worthy to be practiced by all. 1t is the
patient plodder that acquires greatness
rather than the giant intellect. The
greatest inventors of this OF any other
age, have only become so by patient
investigation and trial. The astronomer
must have patience rs his eyes wander
among the countless multitude of stars
that gem the canopy of the heavens. he
can not learn the names of even the SEN
tinels upon the outskirts in single
night. So with the scholar. He can
not advance through that which has cost
others years OF study in single day.
Sir Isaac Newton thought long and
we'll on the subject of lyravitation.
Franklin studied deeply into the causes
that produce the lightning. The finest
writer's have advanced step by step
through the various stages ef compost
ton until they have attained to superb
ority. Then let every one be patient,
whether in sickness OF in health, and,
our word for it, you will feel better fer
the effort.
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His Coal Stove.

Coming down on the car the other
morning they got to talking about their
coal stoves and one man said
"Well, I don't want to brag, but 1
think I've got the boss stove. 30 far
this winter I have burned but three
tons of coal and the stove has kept three
rooms warm.
"You must have poor stove," re.
marked the second. 81 have burned
but two tons Of coal yet, and my stove
heats parlor, dining-room, two bed
rooms and hail."
"Well, when you come to stoves,
quietly remarked the third, 81 claim to
have the best coal stove in Detroit. ]
have burned but ton and half of coal
30 far, and We have to keep all the
dampers shut and back door open all
the time"
Some men looked out of the windows
and some down - the straw, and no one
seemed to doubt any Of the assertions.
At length heavy sigh was heard from
the rear end Of the car and man arose
and said
"Gentlemen, there goes fire alarm.
It strikes the box in front of my house.
I have no doubt that my residence is at
this moment in flames and the lives OF
my family in peril. 1t is all owing to
my coal stove. I set up the stove last
November and put in one peck OF coal.
Every room has been 30 hot ever since
that the base boards have warped of,
and finally We had to move down into
the basement. This morning the water
in sll the pipes in the house was boiling,
the shingles on the roof hot, and I just
hired four men to form snow bank
around the stove. Too late-alss, too
late That stove has accomplished its
fiendish purpose and I no longer have q
home. It may not, however, be too late
to save the baby. Goodbye, gentle
men
He opened the door and got off the
car, and not passenger spoke again foi
four blocks.-Detroit Free Press.
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
WOlyea.

a pack Of gray wolves went down to drink
And what do you think7
And what do you think?
The ice was thin.
And the pack fell in {!
And they all were like to have drowned been.
But those yelping wolves, 80 gsunt and grim,
Made out to swim!
Made out to swim!
Aud they splashed about
Till they all got out
When they felt very wet and cold, no doubt.
he snarling troop, with their dripping fur,
So hungry were,
So hungry were
That they dashed ahead
And, SIS they sped,
They howled in the light that the pale moon
shed.
On their tireless, ravsning way they went,
With eager scent,
With eager scent;
Wolves, hungry and bold,
Aud wet and cold
And II traveller they found, they have never
told. Youths Companion.
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The Precious Herb.

Two little German girls. Brigitte end
Walburg, were on their way to the
town, and each carried heavy basket
on hr head.
Brigltte murmured and sighed con-
stantly, Walburg only. laughed and
ioked.
Brigitte said: "What makes you
laugh SO? Your basket is quite as
heavy as mine, and you are no stronger
than am"
Wslburg answered: 81 have pre-
cious little herb on my load, which
makes me hardly feel it at all. Putsome
of it on your load as we'll"
"Oh," cried Biigitte, I" it must in
deed be precious little herb | should
like to tighten my load with it; 30 tell
me at once what it is called"
Walburg replied: "The precious little
herb that makes all burdens light is
called patience"
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A Memorable Street In Paris.

It is pleasant to learn, after the topsy-
turvy game to which Paris has been
subjected in the past thirty years, that
at least one old street, the Rue de
l'Arbre, in the midst OF the capital, and
in tho most msgniflcently transformed
quarter, remains intact, with its vener-
able mansions and traditions of the sew
enteenth century. On this site during
1900 years strange and terrible scenes
have been enacted. At the point where
the Rue de Rivoli outs it, Brunehaut,
queen of France, was, ut the age Of
eighty, torn asunder by horses in 812.
In 1906 great outbreak took place on
the same spot because the cure of St.
German l'Auxerrois refused to perform
the funeral service of merchants wife
until he had ascertained whether she
had left any money to the church. At
the epoch of the Froade this street was
the scene of frequent outbreaks. It was
there that Cardinal De Retz, passing
through it one evening in 1648, was
threatened by roaster brandishing q
long spit. The cardinal had not the
widest idea who his enemy was, but
had the gumption to say, +" Villain, if
your poor father could only see You
now !"-when the fellow, imagining that
he was friend of his family, implored
pardon. In the last house on the right
hand side, abutting on the Rue de Saint
Honore, lived III 1872 Francis Barnom,
chief barber to Louis XIV. At No. 81,
=! :: !: :! !: :;;: ); 6; ; e: i: +
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Prescription for Fits,

For fit of passion-Walk out into the
open air. You may speak your mind to
the winds without hurting any one, or
proclaiming yourself to be simpleton.
" Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry,
for snger resteth in the bosom of fools. "
For a fit OF idleness-Count the tick
ings of the clock. Do this for one hour,
and you will be glad to pull off your
coat the next and work like a man.
Slothfulness casteth into deep sleep,
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
For fit of extravaganza and folly
go to the workhouse or speak with the
ragged and wretched inmates of the
jsil, andyo will be convinced that
Who makes his bed Of briar and thorn
Must be content to lie forlorn."
Wherefore do you spend money for
that which is not bread, and your labor
far that which satis6eth not ?"
For f1t of ambition-Go to the
church yard and read the gravestones.
They will tell you of the end Of man at
his best estate. For what is your
life ? 1t is even vapor that appear
eth for little time and then vanisheth
away" "Pride goeth before destruc-
tion and naughty spirit before fall. "
For fit of repining-Look about for
th halt and the blind, and visit the bed
rio EN-, the afflicted and the deranged;
ami they will make You ashamed of your
light 'aflictions. Wherefore doth q
living man complaint"
For q fit of envy-Go and see how
many who keep their carriages are af-
fiicted with rheumatism, gout and
dropsy; how many walk abroad on
crutches or stay at home wrapped up in
flannel; and how many are subject to
epilepsy or apoplexy. ga sound heart
is:-the life of the flesh. Envy is the
rottenness of the bones.''
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13
Tho Nnr1onnl Complaint.

Dyspepsia is the national complaint Al.
most every other rnan or woman you meet has
It, and tho result is that the number OF PSEUDO
remedies for it is as numerous as Pharaoh1f q
host. They are Tor the most part worthless:
There ia, however, a searching eradicant Of
this distressing and obdurate lnalady one
whose genuine merits long since raised it to q
foremost place among the staple medicines OF
America. Hostetter's Stomach Htters extir-
pates dyspepsia with greater certainty and
promptitude than any known remedy, and Ia
q most genial invigorant, appetizer and aid to
secretion. These are not empty assertions, az
thousands Of our countrymen and women who
have experienced its effects are aaare, but art
backed ur BY irrefragsble proof, repeatedly
mote a regular habit Of body and give q
healthful stimulus to the urinary organs.
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The Hunters Story.

"I have had many narrow escapes,
and have seen some strange things. I
can now recall one, when I was hunting
beaver, just as the ice began to break
up, and on one of the furthest, widest
lakes ever visited. I calculated there
could be no human being nearer than
one hundred miles. was pushing my
canoe along the loose ice, one cold day,
when Just round point that projected
into the lake, heard something walk
ing through the ice. It made 80 much
noise and stepped so regularly, that I
felt sure it must be moose. got my
rife ready and held it cooked in one
hand, while pushed the canoe with the
other. Slowly and carefully I rounded
the point, when, what was my astonish-
.ment to see, not moose but a man,
wading in the water-the ice water He
had nothing on his head or feet, and his
clothes were almost torn off from his
limbs. He was walking, gesticulating
with with his hands, and talking to him.
self. He seemed to be wasted to
skeleton. With great difficulty I got
him in my canoe when landed made
up a fire and got him some hot tea and
food. He had bone of some animal in
his bosom, which he gnawed almost to
nothing. He was nearly frozen, and
quieted down and soon fell asleep. I
nursed him like an infant. With great
difficulty, and in roundabout way /
found ont the name Of the town from
which he came. Slowly and carefully I
got along, around falls and over por-,
tages, keeping resolute watch on him,
lest he should escape from me into the
forest. At length, after nearly weeks
travel. 1 reached the village where 1
supposed he lived. 7 found the whole
community under deep excitement, and
more than hundred men were scatter
ed in the woods and on the mountains,
seeking for my crazy companion, for
they had learned that he had wandered
into the woods. It had been agreed
upon, that, if he was found, the bells
were to be rung and guns fred. And,
as soon as landed, shout was raised,
his friends rushed to him, the bells
broke out in loud notes, and guns were
fred, and the report echoed again and
again in the forests and on the noun
taius, till every seeker knew that the
lost one was found.
"How many times I had to tell the
story over / never saw people 30
crazy with Joy, for the man was of the
first and best families, and they hoped
his insanity would be but temporary,
as I afterward learned it was. How
they feasted me, and when I came away,
loaded my canoe with provisions and
clothing, and everything for my comfortl
It was time and place of wonderful
JOY. They seemed to forget everybody
else. and think only of the poor man
whom I had brought back"
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Busluessi Failures,

Lack Of Judgment csuses fully iitty per cent.
not an equal proportion OF phyfioians fail to
cure from the same cause2 At the Grand In
valids' and Tourists Hotel, Buffalo, N. T., DR..
Pierce, through the skill attained BY his sew
eral specialists, each having devDsed years to
q special department Of medical SCIENCE is
able to cure q large per cent. Of cases hitherto
considered incurable. Many physicians, In
view Of the superior advantages Of this model
sanitaripm, bring there stubborn, obscure,
complicated and surgical cases for examina-
lars given in the Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser an illustrated worl OF over 800
pages. Price, postpaid, S1.6 Addrens the
author, 3. Y. Pierce, n. D., Buffflo. N. 7.
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1t is curious usage in Spain for the
executioner to solicit criminals par
don before putting him to death. The
ceremony was recently performed in the
case Of the garroting OF Moncasi, who
tried to kill King Humbeft.
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of various kinds, and finally No. 8 is
pointed out as the famous quarters OF
Mousquetaires D. D'Artagnan & Co.,, whom
Dumas has made familiar to every
school.boY.
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Forupwards Of thirty years Mrs. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never failing success. It corrects scidity
Of the stomach, relieves wind cohc, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diaThea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and Wefl-tr remedy. % ota. bottle.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-02-13

Terribly exhausting are the night sweats
which accompany consumption. But they, as
we'll as the paro1yms of coughing, are inva-
riably broken up by DR.. Vim. Halls Balsam for
the Lungs, which oonquers the deadly malady,
as we'll as bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy,
asthma, diphtheria, and all other affections OF
the throat, lungs and chest. It saves thousands
from untimely graves, and is invaluable in res
cuing children from the Group, Whooping cough
and quinzy. It Is sold by all druggists.
Sore throat, cough, cold, and similar troubles,
II suffered to progress, result In serious pull
monary affections, ofteutimes incurable.
"Brown's Bronchial Troohes reach directly
the seat Of the disease, and give almost in
slant rAlief .sa