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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

legends which connect it with the bloody
past. Nightly visions of lights fitting
from room to room, the canking of iron
chains, wild shrieks and dying moans,
the spirit forms of lordly chieftains and
beautiful maidens holding the bivouac of
the dead-these, and many other equally
incredible stories, are told you with
every appearance of sincerity and truth.
There is something absolutely fascinating
about these wild, supernatural stories,
and you never tire of listening to them as
they fall from the lips of the simple
hearted peasants. Close by is the i'm
penetrable forest where legend says that
the "wild hunter and his companions
rove about on milk white steeds Just be-
fore war is about to
BREAK OUT IN THE LAND.
1t is a dark and gloomy woods, and
accessible only to those who do not fear
fatigue. This famous forest lies on the
slope of a hill, over which huge blocks of
granite are scattered one on another in
chaotic wildness like the waves of a
stormy sea. One colossal pillar of stone
is thirty-tour feet long, and lying in its
forgotten grave, without history, or
even a legend, it impresses you with sur
prise and awe at its ponderous greatness
The question of its origin still remains
unsolved but the spot and it's surround
ings are such as we would naturally sup
pose would attract the attention of the
old Druids, and probably they were busy
in preparing of their large temples at the
time they were surprised by the armies
Of Julius Caesar. You will find among
the solemn shadows of the woods the
projecting blocks of granite so arranged
as to form an immense circle, in the
center of which stands an enormous ruin
which probably constituted the altar.
On the stones are rude carvings in the
manner Of a dental, as if for frieze or
cornice. The whole ruin is an object
which strikes you with reverence and
wonder, and brings strongly to your
mind the gloomy superstitions Of the
Odenwald, long before the Romans had
planted upon German soil the seed
which in after ages developed into ag-
riculrure and the arts.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
SAVED BY SERGERY,

A lady in this city, who is the possess
or of a much priced feline, day or two
ago made the discovery that her pet no
longer pursued its tail with its accustom-
ed alacrity, neither did puss purr within
the sunshine as of yore, nor otherwise
give outward expression of joy and con-
tentment. A change came DER the spirit
of its dreams, but nobody knew what
made the cat so sad until the lady dis
covered that it had swallowed needle
and thread, which sadly interfered with
the natural order of things. Great con-
sternation forthwith prevailed in that
household, and Tabby's life was despair
ed of. 1t was decided that she should
shuttle off this mortal coil through the
medium of chloroform, when happy
idea struck the lady members of the
family, who determined to save the vic
tim of this sad catastrophe. AnHsthe
tics were administered, the epiglotts
was carefully probed, and a foreign body
encountered just below the left catawal-
lian passage, in close proximity to the
larynx. With the aid of a pair of
pincers, this indigestible morsel was
safely removed, and happiness Is once
more regnant over all. Portland Sun
day Times.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
A Democratic Catechism.

Q.-ls II wrong in the abstract-to
interfere with the freedom of elections
A.-les, it is wrong.
Q.-ls it wrong-in the abstract-to
intimdate or seek to intmidate the mem
bers Of any political party, white men or
black men, whose only crime is that they
purpose to vote as they choose?
A.-Ies, it is wrong.
Q.-Is the shot gun-in the abstract
d legitimate argument to employ against
your opponents in a political campaign
A.-Certainly not.
Q.-And does the same remark apply to
the bludgeon, the self-cocking pistol and
the torch
Alt obviously does.
Q.-Why, then, are you opposed to the
resolutions calling for an investigation of
the alleged Danvlle and Copiah County
outrages!
A.-Because it pains us to see the
bloody shirt waved
Wherein consists the waving of
the bloody shirt?
A.-Any criticism upon the methods
of Democracy in any Of the Southern
States is a waving of the bloody shirt.
q. Is this so even if the criticism is
founded upon perfectly trustworthy evil
dence in regard to the nature of those
methods in Danville and Copiah county
A. OF course.
z. What, then, is the whole duty of
Republicans, especially colored Repub-
icans, in Danville, Copiah county, and in
other portions of the South possessing
similar political advantages
A. 1t is their duty as patriotic citizens
to abstain from voting the Republican
ticket
Q. Explain this point more fully.
a, Not to abstain from voting the
Republican ticket in the places named
oi1ends the Democratic voters to offend
the Democratic voters is to provoke
them to murder Republican voters; to
murder Republican voters, is-possibly-
to prompt surviving Republicans South
and North, who love f, ir play and hate
injustice, to protest; and to protest is to
wave the bloody shirt.
@. Does numbering men for their DO
litical opinions constitute waving of the
bloody shirt?
A. Oh no.
q. Does protesting against such mur-
der constitute such a waving!
A. Oh yes.
g When will the bloody shirt be per-
manent!y retired from circulation
\. just as soon as all Republicans in
sensitive sections of the South renounce
allegiance in their party and consent tc
take their politics straight from the locaI
Bcurbons. \. Y. Tribune.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
Selecting Fowls for Eggs and for Market.

In raising fowls for market, liberal
feeding is the first requisite, and contine-
ment does no injury, provided the yards
and quarters are kept clean. The earli-
er the chicks come in, the higher are the
prices obtained, those weighing between
one and two pounds being the more sal
able at first, but later in the season the
weights should be in the neighborhood Of
two pounds, and larger still as the sea-
son further advances. AS high as eighty
cents per pound is sometimes obtained
for prime early spring br0ilers, and from
forty to fifty cents is not an unusual price
for them when brought to market early,
even when not of the best quality. The
best breeds for producing market chicks
are the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes,
and Langshans. The last named Dos
sess the quality of tineness of grain in the
flesh, but have dark legs. This fault is
however compensated for by quickness
OF growth, and the pullets that may be
kept over for laying have been known to
begin nearly as soon as the Leghorns,
which is a very desirable characteristic
in a large breed, for the Langshans are
nearly as large as the Brahmas The
Wyandottes are very plump and COM
pact in body, and the chicks have a
round, attractive appearance Where
the cocks are changed every year, and it
is desired to combine egg production,
weight, and quick growth, a good be
ginning may be made by using Cochin
or Brahma hens with Plymouth Rock
cock, followed the next season with a
cock of the Houdan breed. The third
year a Langshan may be substituted,
and then a Wyandotte. Entirely new
blood from different breeds will thus be
introduced annually, invigorating the
flock and improving it in all respects,
but only pure bred males should be used.
A dash of Brahma blood, now and then
keeps up the size, but too frequent use
Of Brahma cocks conduces to legginess
of the growing chicks, though the adults
may be compact. The crossing with a
Plymouth Rock cock every alternate
| season would not do harm; for heavy
weight of chicks smaller breeds should
be avoided, as they transmit their quail
tiles to their offspring very strongly.
Those who breed chicks for market
would do well to make use only of tn e
special breeds for the purpose, as very
often the profit expected may depend
entirely upon such judicious manage
ment of the flock. First select well, and
then feed well. American Agriculturist
for February.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
What Surprises the Traveller in Florida

What Surprises the Traveller in Florida.
To find notwithstanding all YOU have read
concerning Florida Winters) the January sun
so warm at midday.
To find lin view of all he has reaCD so few
wild or cultivated d-blossoms thriving in the suns
rays, and SO little fragrance in them.
That the duration of twilight is so brief
10 find how little covering you require on
your bed upon retiring, and to find how much
covering you wish you had when you wake up
toward morning.
To note how little soil there is, and how
many empty tin cans there are above the sand.
To see orange trees, with rich green leaves
and loaded with yellow fruit growing out of
the gray sand.
To come across gardens in which plants and
vegetables are growing in great variety and lux
urious!y in this same sand.
10 discover that your water-tight top boots
leak sand, and to be told that everybody's boots
and shoes contain more or less sand.
10 be forced to the conclusion that wherever
there Is sand there are red ants also.
To hear the voice of the nocturnal MOSQUITO
i'll Midwinter.
To see how yellow most of the native and ac-
cllmated residents are.
To discover, before long, that you are turn
ing yellow yourself.
To find the sidewalks shaded bv orange trees
weighted down by tempting golden fruit.
To discover that this golden fruit is wild or
ange, and very sour.
To come face to face in the shady wilderness
with pack of gaunt, bony, shaggy beasts of
almost every color and resembling nothing you
have ever seen before.
To be informed afterwards that they were
Mr.. Julius Lemons shoats.
TIE be assured that Mr.. Lemon and his fami-
~ contemplate eating them ultimately. Flor
Ida Letter to the New York Sun.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
A DISGTSTED CAT,

A Concord, New Hampshire, cat is old
and phthscky, and is subject to violent
fits of sneezing. For all that he is a
good mouser. One morning he posted
himself In the shed in a position to COM
mand the path from a mouse-hole to the
corn bin. In very few minutes out of
the hole popped a plump little mouse,
and IN an instant puss Was all attention.
He was just gathering for spring when
"kerchew," "kerchew," came the sneez-
es fast and loud, the mouse whsked back
into his hole, and the old veteran crawled
sorrowfully back to the kitchen to finish
his breakfast of bread and milk.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
A Legal Anecdote,

An anecdote to which Judge George Thacher
of Biddeford, former distinguished member
of the York bar, was a party, is told by an old
lawyer. He was managing cause against the
considerably excited. The Encouragement
said to Mr.. Thacher: ''You are no gentlemen" !"
Thacher rose and said "Well now, admit,
Mr.. Attorney, that l am no gentIeman,-I am
no gentleman" The venerable Judge Strong,
who was holding the court, INTERRUPTED, and in
his peculiar arch manner, said: swell, gentle
men, think you need not go to the jury about
that"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
I Climb to Rest.
Dy LUCY IARCOM.


Still must | climb, if would rest:
The bird scars upward to his nest:
The young leaf on the tree top high,
Cradles itself within the sky.
The streams, that seem to hasten down,
Return in clouds, the hills to crown
The plant arises from her root,
To rock aloft her flower and fruit.
| cannot in the valley stay:
The great horizons stretch away.
The very cliffs that wall me round
Are ladders unto higher ground.
To work-to rest-for each time;
| toll, but | must also climb.
What soul was ever quite at ease
Shut in by earthly bounda les:
| am not glad till l have known
Life that can lift me from my own;
A loftier level must be won,
A mightier strength to lean upon.
And heaven draws near as | ascend;
The breeze invites, the stars befriend.
All things are beckoning to the Best;
climb 10 Thee, my God, for rest.
Cottage Hearth.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

$50 $l, ,566577 9744l2 sIl 6o7 OH
The number of swine now owned in the
State is 4.020. valued at S2S4,6-1. The largest
number of horses. colts, cows and Young cattle
II $50. is owned in Penobscot county, and is
valued at $l,055, ,42S Aroostook county stand
ing second, with % 1856. valued at S6l2 927 and
Somerset third, with % ,043 valued at S752, ALL
York county takes the lead in the number of
oxen, 1876, valued at $l79,916; oxford county
standing second, with 44SS. valued at S2l6,S
Somerset county is the sheep producing county
there being owned los, ,0Sl, valued at $2sS .341
figures more than one-third larger than those
of any other county. The following table.
compiled from the figures furnished the last
Valuation Commission, and the Secretary,
report, will show the relative gains and losses
in the several counties:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

"No smoking" ought to be posted in
every barn, writes a friend OF the Rural
and Stockman. There is not much diff
ference in having a horse thief around
the barn and a man cleaning off horses
with pipe or cigar in his mouth and
there is no hired man much meaner than
the one who when his employer comes
around slips his pipe into his pocket or
holds his hand over it. All such fellows
should be paid off and started oft. Light
ming, incendiaries, and spontaneous com
bustlons combined do not cause 50 many
barns to he burned as the pipes, and
generally at least one good horse goes
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

"But you know, pa," said the farmers
daughter, when he spoke to her about
the addresses of a neighbours son, "you
know, pa, that ma wants me to marry a
man of culture"
$50 do |, my dear, so do | and there
is no better culture than agriculture"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
Ring Bone on Colts:

This often comes from permitting the
colt to stand on a wooden, concrete,
brick, stone or other hard floor any time
before attaining about eighteen months
age. Previous to this, they should be
kept Oh pasture of ii dry soil during the
summer, and if stabbed in the winter,
the floor should be dry, loose earth. If
the soil here is clayey, then it ought to
be covered several inches deep with sand
tan-bark sawdust, or straw, OF coarse
hay, the two latter being cut up short in
the straw cutter. If this is not done, the
straw or hay gets piled up in heaps on
some parts of the floor and in others it is
left bare, rendering it 50 uneven as to be
uncomfortable and dangerous for the
colts to stand on. If suffered to run out
in a yard with open sheds, the soil should
be loose and dry, and free from stones Or
coarse gravel. Thus treated colts are
pretty certain to grow up with we'll
shaped, sound, tough hoots, pasterns,
ankles ard legs. Phil. Weekly Press.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

From April, 1882, to April, 1888, there was a
total decrease of polls of PIG in the counties of
Ha ncock, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Waldo; in
the remaining counties the total increase for the
same period was 2254, making the net increase
203S, and showing an estimated increase of 1862
in population. The increase of taxable valua-
ton of estates from April, 1882, to April, 1883,
was "a ,014 ,793 decrease of taxable valuation of
estates for the same period, $119,93S : the
whole amount of decrease being in Lincoln
county. The average per cent. of valuation to
actual cash value is SO, and the average rate of
cash taxation for the State $l.S2 on 800. The
average rate of highway taxation on 300, when
not included in cash. is .S6, and the net reduc-
ton of municipal Indebtedness for the year end
ing March, 1888, was 1896, ,655.S1. C. l.. NJ.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

Open your eyes and not your mouth when
making up your mind what kind of cough med
icine you are going to take if you don't wish to
make opium eaters of your wives and children.
Stop pouring down all kinds of cough remedies,
and use Jadwin's Pine Tar Syrup. Sold by all
dealers in medicine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

When nine out of ten persons during the sea-
son have not escaped cold of some kind, is it
to be wondered that ten persons die every hour
during the twenty-four. with consumption? !?
Prevent this great mortality at once by taking
yadwin's Tar Syrup. Sold by A. A. Howes &
Co.. Belfast.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

''There is nothing true but heaven" is only
the creation of 3 dreamy writer, while the facts
bear us out in our claims of what Jadwin's Tar
Syrup will do. 1t cures Coughs, Colds, etc.,
etectually. A box of Jadwin's Qui Vive Pills
goes with every 81 bottle. Sold by Poor & SoH,
Belfast.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

THE GOOD Die Young, was once an accept
ed poetic sentiment, but recent discoveries show
the author of it to be in error. The good, for
they are the wise, live to good old age, and
use Jadwin's Tar Syrup whenever troubled
with Colds or Cough. Sold by all dealers in
medicine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

The expenditures on account of State tax for
the year 1882 We're $97l.S77.59; county tax,
$27l .95932 schools, $9O3, S.16; highways and
bridges, S692 ,4l5.s2; support of poor, S352,
S95.N; all other purposes. $2,6l5. .190.21; total
for the State, So, I96, 4.39.
From the tables showing the financial stand
ing of the towns in the State, it appears that
the total amount of the bonded debt of the
towns is 1l,514, I56.95; amount of outstanding
orders and other liabilities. 81 527 ,929 A; total
liabilities, SIC, 1862 ,6l1.25 The resources of the
towns consist of cash due from all sources, ST.,
7l3 ,462 53; value of bonds or stock owned by
towns, S4.6l1 ,49l SO; cash in treasury, S2ll,
420.35; total resources, Sc, 691.02-leaving
the net Indebtedness of the towns, 81, ,S02 ,653.
so; net assets of towns (town farms and build
ings not ncludedl Sl36, ,936.1S; amount debt has
been reduced during the year 1882. S446.S32 81; ;
amount debt has been increased during the
same year. $50, l5G.40. The financial standing
of the cities given in The Journal last
spring, but the following table will show the
resources, liabilities and net Indebtedness of the
towns and cities of the State, aggregated by
counties:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
FARM GARDEN ANU HOUSEHOLD.

I For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri
cultural editor, journal Office. Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

The values given above are those fixed by
the Assessors of the several towns for the basis
of taxation, and Will vary in different towns
and counties. Th Valuation Commission liked
their standard values as follows: Oxen, 81
cows, $21 young cattle, So; horses $50; colts
$50; sheep, 50; swine, $3.50; and on these
figures prepared the valuation now forming the
basis of State taxation.
FINANCIAL FACTS.
The Secretary of State has prepared the best
financial exhibit of the public indebtedness of
the State ever placed in the hands of the peo-
pie. An extended account of the finances of
the State was published in The Journal about
one year ago, and in this article we will only
refer to the reduction of the State debt. Dur
ing the year 1888 the reduction of the bonded
debt of the State was about $500. 900, leaving
the net bonded debt S3,57S,115, about one-half
what it was III 1870, with an interest account of
less than $500 900 annually.
Since receiving the Secretary's report we
have made an attempt to obtain statements of
the financial standing of the several counties on
Dec. 81, 1883, a year later than the exhibit pre-
pared by the Secretary of State. Nearly all of
the Treasurers have responded, and the follow
ing comparative table will show the improve
ment made during the year ending Dee. 81,
1888:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14

What seems strange about the conduct of
some people is. though endowed with good
judgment in other matters, they permit Sc
we're cold to go unnoticed, until it assumes
severe aspect. Jadwins Tar Syrup is house,
hold necessity under any circumstances. Try
it. Sold by r. H. Moody, Belfast
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
4 Startling nLscONeEX.

Physicians often startled by remarkable dis
coveries. The fact that Or. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and all Throat and Lung diseases
is daily curing patients that they have given up to
die is startling them To realize their sense of duty
and examine into the merits of this wonderful dis
COvcry, resulting in hundreds of our best Physi-
clans using il ID their practice. Trial Bottles Tree
ut X. Ii, Mc0dy's Drug store. Regular Size sl.OO.
y German dermatoIogist says badness is catch
ing. Yes, gentlemen with bald pates complain that
they catch ii from all quarters.
If you are a frequenter or resident OF a inlas-
matte district, bariicade your system against the
scourre OF all countres-ague, bilious and in
tcrmittent tevers-by the use of Hop BltteIs.
LCDISGroN, MICH, Feb =. lss0.
have sold Hop Bitters for four years and there
Is no medicine that surpasses them for bilious al
tacks kidney complaints and many diseases Incl
dent 10 this niaarial climate.
II. I. ALEXANDER.
medical journal speaks of ''numor in the stom-
acli" We suppose the patient had eaten some buns.
Or, some artijokes, maybe.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-14
POOR PUSSY.

n lllIle Elfl VINO llNeS near the Con-
gregationalist meeting house. has eX-
perienced her first serious grief in the
death of a beautiful cat, which was not
only her treasured pet, companion and
follower but the admiration of the whole
neighborhood, where his graceful pres
ence had become familiar
Tom was marked by beauty, docility
and intelligence unusual to his race. 1t
is true that he occasionally absented
himself from home, but he was never
caught perched upon back yard fences
and making night hideous with disrepu-
table company. In the feline nocturnal
choruses and caterwaulings of the neigh
borhOod his voice was never detected
On the contrary, the evenings found
him either seeking admittance to the
bedroom Of the children, or purring
costly at the feet of his sleeping mistress
When not exploring the hedges and
fences for mice or feathered game, which
was his industrious daily habit, he might
be seen following his mistress on her eX-
cursions for wild flowers, or winklng and
singing, cat fashion, in her arms on the
piazza. Sometimes he allowed himself
to be arrayed in full feminine apparel
and taken around ON neighborly calls
In this guise he once went to the photo
grapher and, together with his mistress,
submitted to the art which fixes the
shadow before the substance fades SO,
fortunately, his picture remains to con
sole the little friend whom he left in
bitter tears and who has thus taken her
first lesson in the stern discipline of be-
reavement.
Poor Tom was placed in little box,
in which flowers and leaves We're strewn
by the hands of his loving mistress, and
then he was buried out of sight. If, as
some firmly believe, and as Swedenborg
taught there is another life for our brute
companions, as we'll as for man, the little
mourner will not be without her consoa-
tion in the hope of some day rejoining
her pet. Winthrop Budget.