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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

80
IN lHE LIFE OF GEN. GRANT IN WHICH GIN
CiNNAll fIi iNleiAN fl"Chhb'
DR.. john W. McLelsh, of Cincinnati former
merly of the Twenty-sfytb Iowa Nolunteer In
f.,,,n ,rt,;.l p.;.-I. ,,i....,,t,.;. wan
iu'i' ID 7"''' II 1t ~ l>''
Army Corps. relates the following pathetic III
cident showing Gen Grants Kindness of heart
(which .+ MI +i,,, u.iu t ,,,itI r IN
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raruI.rl, .,,,,,roye1 mil / ra,,.hnd o., So
man, hradqlarler,. where | received !, nm
refusal. ~ -. u suIdjpr shnuld know ma +.,,ui-
Iv in lime Of w,r~ turn,d .,,yny Lnnv.i,,r !
-,'I,I .' 49,, ,.,,,t, .II -
'ou'u 20 no lttltntr' "i'en l hrhru instructions
giVth d an aIt-dt-'a'l!, 10 take dispatches 10
3hrce-quarer, of mile away; but into the
rain and darkness | inluul>iyrIv rushed after
The aid and win him m,,d,. nv way tn Tba
oo''' % -tt,pt"I."S t1 n'y' n"NFlS l'I per
ed into the presence # the General whom
hitherto had thought to be Stern and uualt-
tptr'rn ,,i} lis ,,i "i5" N,'''t'n a., ,n
80 ' ' 'N'N II ''o ~" MY ~ li'
'lolSltheH tSP ahQ stlnpdthellr voice mat thr
great General had ;lNo great heart.
"AlprUNeh twenty UaN~ leave of ;tbecncr,
with tram pOrtatun to aud from Cuiru.' wa, ms
order; I'll Ii turning to me he said "Ifyon. are
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

the nature of the soil. One of the estab-
lished facts concerning epidemics of chol-
era is the tendency of the disease to rage
in those quarters where the greatest filth
prevails All towns which have been
provided with good drainage and water
supply have lost their susceptibility to
cholera. England affords the best ex-
ample Of this fact In lS49 there were
recorded 53,237 deaths from cholera, in
1854 the numbers were 20,U97, and in
1866 only ,37S, while from S72 to 1874,
when several epidemics prevailed on the
Continent, cholera did not reach Eng
land. | do not imagine that this immun-
lty was due to the want of predsposition
to cholera as regards conditions of time
The case of Fort William in Calcutta may
be again referred to, as there, believe.
the immunity from cholera now enjoyed
was due not merely to the Introduction
OF better supply of water, but largely
also to the Improvement in the other
matters OF hygiene. From CHOLERA,
by Dr. Max Won Pettenkoter, in Popular
Science Monthly tor MAY
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
The Voices of Spring.

SfSIlNh.
''When sparrows build. and leaves break forth,
The old sorrow wakes and cries.
Why is it that the voices o the spring,
The blue-birds note. the red-breast's mellow
call,
The sweet, sweet carols which the sparrows
sing.
The peeping of the frogs at evenings fall
These vague regrets and homesck longings
bring
To hearts which listen for and love them all
All souls rejoice when winter goes; and all
Are glad TO welcome back the tardy spring.
To bear the woods responding to the call
Which. rough and clustering, the March
winds sing
To mark the showers blossom-waking fall,
And the Slight changes which the slow days
bring.
And yet, the first soft days are sure to bring
n tender sadness with their JOY, to all;
For with the new growth, buried memories
spring.
As once of Old, at dread enchanment's call,
The dead arose and spake; how can we sing,
Or smile. when tears well up. and fain would
fali:
Even the ark's voice has mournful fall
His lovely golden breast. that seems to bring
The sunshine with it, and the warmth. and ali
That makes and gorilies the gracious spring.
Is hurdcned with that long, deSpairng call
For one he seeks i'll rain-how can he sing:
We think Of strains which hope was wont to
sing
la youths sweet Eden-and, before the fall
DID to our souls times bitter wisdom bring,
And bush the angel voices one and all 5
Yet we remember them. and every spring
Catch faint and far the echo of their call.
Never does summertime or autumn call
The same soft sadness back; the birds may
sing.
Flowers fade. and ripe Oetober's foliage fall,
Yet not The same strange melancholy bring.
1t l. the >addest season of them ALL
The weeping, haunted. unforgetful spring.
All lovely spring. though mating blue-birds
call.
And red-brea>tS sing, and >parrowS' Song-show
ers tall,
rhy soft hours bring the same sweet pain to all .
Elizabeth Akers Alien in Portland Advertiser
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
Trotting Against the Devil.

The Rev. Mr.. -, now a member of
the California Conference, began his min
sterial career in Iowa. He there preach
ed at three different places each Sunday,
which gave him twenty odd miles trav-
cling. He rode horseback at first, but
finding his mare too light to easily car
ry his weight, he purchased a road sulky
and, much to his comfort, discovered that
his horse possessed considerable speed.
one Sunday, while going from one church
to another, he overlook 4 man, also in a
suIky, driving fine animal. As our
friend was in a hurry he passed the
stranger, who kept close behind him
until long stretch of good road was
reached then he heard his fellow travel
ler urging his horse, and before he knew
II he was taking part in spirited heat
IN which the stranger came of second
best. On reaching bit of rough road
both slowed up, and the stranger sung
OUT
"Ihat's a good mare you've got my
friend. Does she belong to you ?'
"No," replied Mr. -: ''she belongs
to my Master"
"Who's he"
"The Lord,' was the response
Then | guess you don't trot her
much"
ooh yes, | do"
"What do you trot her against y
Mr.. = replied, very solemnly, 1.-The
devil"
Gum .-um. | guess you get beat
pretty often, then"
"Well," said Mr.. =, II rather think
I'm ahead of him nO1c."
Mr.. - afterward ascertained that
his adversary was the most violent inf
del in the neighborhood Editors
Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for April.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
A Boston Game of Poker,

The intellectual game of draw poker
has taken firm hold on the dweller in
cultured Boston, and the teachings of
the Concord School of Philosophy are for
a time forgotten. Our special CORES
pondent writes US that he recently over
heard several fair daughters Of the Ath-
ems Of America indulging in tins pleas
ant pastime, when the following dialogue
ensued: Anastasia- -"Is it my aunt {?
Oh, yes! well, there's solitary check" !"
Clytemnestra-''I will bestride your des-
titute of sight, DEAR Proserpine-
"Well, draw your cards, girls. | will
remain Patrick" Millicent-"Well,
will wager half score of checks" An
astasia-I behold you and elevate your
five" Proserpine-'I fear that you are
feigning to possess more than you really
have, but, nevertheless, dears, call you"
Anastasia-"I have homogeneous trio
of aces.' Millicent-"And | a Robert
appendaged flush" Proserpine-"W while
| hold quartet of knaves." Milcent-
"Well, dear, then you take the ceramics. "
[Chicago Rambler.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
What we can do to prevent Cholera
Epidemic.

But we have not at our command a
simple and sovereign remedy by means
OF which the individual predisposition to
.olera may be done away with, and yet
We can do something in this direction
Everything which tends to lower the
general health and cause depression, but
especially those conditions which induce
diaTrhPa, predisposes to cholera. To
these matters every one must look for
himself, and his own efforts may be aid
ed by the advice Of doctors. The organs
of public health may also effect much
Medical treatment should be obtained
for the earliest cases of cholera and of
diarrhGa. Care must be taken by the
authorities and by the community to take
measures for the treatment of the sick
But the difficult point in the prevention
OF cholera is the predisposition in time
and place. 1t is no use urging. as the
contagionists do, that we can not change
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

Some rather pretty and novel looking brides
maids dresses, described in Town Topics On.
W. were made of white nuns yelling, with
plain, full skirts trimmed with three rows of
broad ruby velvet. Broad ruby velvet scarves
were brought from the left shoulder, fixed on
the hip and carried across the front to the right
side, where they We're finished off with long
loops of narrow velvet. The beef-eater hats
ito be worn with the dress) of coarse white
straw were faced with ruby velvet and turned
up on one side with curled white ostrich
feather. Great punches of jacks are to be car
ried with these gowns, when the wedding at
which they are to be worn comes off next
month.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

Perhaps some of our readers NAV want to
try their hand at the following problem. 1t is
based on facts and the returns were actually
made. The liquor agent of New England
town held the Office a year, at the end of which
he made the following statement of his accounts,
viz: Amount of cash received on assuming the
office. $32. value of liquor received at same
time, $51.54; cash received for sales of liquor
during the year, SlO297 amount paid for
liquor bought dur ing the year, 800 81; amount
of salary of agenr, S25 90; value of liquor on
hand at end of the year, $3l.37. Assuming the
agents statement to be correct does the agent
owe the town or oes the town owe the agent.
and how much? lkennebec journal.
A dollar bottle of Jadwin's Tar Syrup entities
you to "A Cookbook containing 800 recipes or a
box of Pills. Sold by all druggists
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

Every now and then somebody hops up and
wants to know why England's steamship SER
vice is so powerful and prosperous, while th at
of the United States is weak. The eXplant-
ton is simple. Only a few weeks ago Il e
British Government, in order to give encou
agement to extra transatlantic mail service by
the fastest steamships. appropriated 100000 to
be devoted exclusively to the Wednesday steam
ers from Liverpool by the way of Queenstown
On this side of the water such an act would be
called subsidy and Congress would be round
ly abused for making an appropriation of the
kind. On the other side they have no such
scruples, consequently their steamships flourish.
This, it may be remarked, is phase # the
English system of protection. New Bedford
Mercury.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
Miss Alcott on the Mind Cure

MISS AlCOtu on the MIND Cure.
THE NEW ''sCIENCE" NOT EXACTLY A SUCCESS
IN HER CASE.
Writer'S cramp aid an overworked brain
were the ills | hoped to mitigate by the new
cure, of which marvellous accounts were given
me. With a very earnest desire to make a fair
trial, | took about 30 treatments, finding it a
very agreeable and interesting experience up to
certain point. NJ effect was felt except sleep
iness for the first few times; then mesmeric
sensations occasionally came. sunshine in the
head, sense of walking on the air. and Slight
frances, when it was impossible to stir for a few
moments.
My opinion of the matter is that, being found
ed on a fact which no one denies, namely, the
power of mind over body, there is truth in it
and help, if it is not overdone and more claimed
for it than is duo. Every physician has eases
where the mind rules the body, and works
wonders with science to lend hand: bu' to
ignore such help and rely only on the blind
gropIng, Self-delusiOn or temporary excitement
which The mind cure brings to most, is mis-
take.
MesmeriSm, uncOnsciousiy used. perhaps
does much; curiosity, the love of the miracu-
lous, the hope of health, and more than all, the
yearning Of weary spirits for divine support,
lends this new craze its charm, and attracts the
crowd of sufferers who fill the rooms and pock-
cts of the persons who profess the healing gift.
[Womans JOagnaI.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

The Brooklyn Jury in the case Of young Co.
hen, who killed himself by over-exerton at the
recent skating contest in New York City, rec
Ommend the enactment of a law prohibiting
such pr0tracted efforts.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
The Seal Fishery.

AN UNUSUALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR-HAZARD-
Gus HOME PASSAGES OF TIE sEALERs.
Advices from ST. Johns, y. F.. indicate that
the seal fishery this year has been unusually
successful. Many steamers have returned to
port loaded down almost to the water level.
The Ne0foundand ieel have been eNtraordi-
narily lucky, but the risk TO human life has been
crlmlnal. The steamer Ranger, with over 200
men on board, returned To st. Johns with 81 :
500 prime young harpS. the largest catch for her
tonnage ever taken into any port in the world,
every nook and corner of the Ship being
jammed fan. Thousands of people watched
her entrance into the harbOr. She had a
heavy list TO port, ana was compelled to steam
death slow from the time of leaving the ice to
prevent up>ellinS, and had to creep home inch
by inch and foot by foot. Fortunately the sea
was calm all the way. Her deck, covered to
the top of the rails with ZOO seals. was Il sight
never before seen in 81. johns. The cOmpan-
ionWay was covered in, only room enough be-
ing left 1or Il man to squeeze himself iniO the
doorway. The lazarett contained 80, and 80
were slowed under the hunks in which the men
slept. Eight punchcOns We're iilled with oil,
and the rest was slowed in the hold. Two hun
dred and fifty sharks We're killed during the
voyage, and being short Of coal sharks Iivers
We're used as fuel for three DAYS before reach
ing port. Had this Ship experienced the slight
est rough weather she must have fONuutred
and all on board been lost, as She carried no
boats. But al's well that ends well.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

FISH AND FISHING. The Portland Adver
tiser says Mr.. Henry p. Wells appears tc
know all the haunts of trout in Western Maine.
He has written an elaborate treatise-ona
might almost call it an encycIop1da-on fly
fishing Beginning with the hook, he di~cu>,e,
the line, the leader. the reel, the rod and the
fly, adding directions for making aud mrudiug
rods, and for casting the fly. The discussion
enlWened by series of anecdotes, 50 that tie
reader appears TO be wandering by the fore t
brooks and ponds beside his guide, philosopher
and friend, and taking practical lessons in tile
gentle art of angling. If he should mmer,e
his feet in pail of cold water, the iluslt
would be perfect. Things are looking live Y
around the sardine factory at Brooklin They
are making preparations for twice As many
fish as they had last year.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

The largest gun yet made for the United
States government has just been completed by
the South Boston Iron Company. 1t is 80 feet
In length, weighs "a tons, and is of II inch cali
bre; it carries an 800 pound shot, and uses loo
pounds of powder in one discharge.
The most reliable of all Cough Remedies is
Jadwin's Tar Syrup. So say the doctors SOLD
by all druggists.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

A doctor at Richmond says that If people will
take a bath in hot whiskey and rock salt twice a
the old and reliable DIR. Bulbs Cough Syrup.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

1t is very delicious to the taste, and can be
administered to infants without the slightest
danger. Jadwn's Pine Tar Syrup. Sold by all
druggists.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

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tons, but only One-siXth Of il finds its
mora s,,ll ;, u,,t3 .l
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i,'tIed p"n,e' '''p pu.;ic ?'pm !" '''"p' Any mp"
inaIans 81 tho ,n;iIa ' & 81 ,ho, '',,'.ie 5i'.
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tnra "f TO G ~, '''y Wha, ,'''' J'' @ ,n',''"
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

1t is far better to be poor and possess a bottle
of Jadwin's Tar Syrup, than to be rich and not
know how to cure Cough or Cold. % cents
and 81 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
Hell Gate Excavations

The past year has seen the excavations
at Flood Rock in He'll Gate nearly com
pIeIed. Had d suitable appropriation OF
money been received from Congress early
IN the season, the work might have been
finished and the destruction Of the reef
accomplished this year. AS an engineer
ng work, this IS one Of the most useful
and important that has been undertaken
since the removal Of the Ilallett Point
reef, lust opposite, some wears ago. Foul
mics ot galleries h0nevcomb the rock in
all directions. II is proposed, as far as
possible, to remove enough Of the rock 81
that that which remains. when broken M
by the blast will fall back into the eNca-
vations, leaving d proper depth OF water
Tor navigation over the whole area.
When this rock is removed, the most
serious obstacle to the navigation OF New
Ork harbOr and its surrounding waters
VIII be removed. The wrecks which have
taken place on this rock during the year
are most eloquent appeal for the re-
moval OF an obstruction which has cost
commerce untold millions in the last fifty
years. Industrial America.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

All along the worlds highway is the evidence
that Jadwins Tar Syrup cures all Cough, Colds
and Consumption. Sold by all druggists.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

A house an hour is built in London, and an
average of ten people day-eXcluding Sum
days-are injured by cabs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
Commence the Year Right.
"FIRST CLASS GOODS. y

In which merit is at once recognized are now, and
always have been, initiated, especially the manu-
facured article After years of labor, and the eX.
pendlture of fortune, in perfecting and placing
before the public that which people appreciate and
demand, some one who never had an original idea
offers a counterfeit substitute to compete with
the genuine. Curtis DdUiS d Co., makers of the
" Wetcome Soap, find the above true i'll their case
at least, the excellence of whose productions are
everywhere acknowledged the ''standard'' of
quality being initiated in every way that compe-
ution can suggest. But in the use of their goods,
the consumer realizes the full benefit of value re-
ceived. Wetcome Soap confirms and sustans their
great reputation
Betsey, an old coored cook was moaning around
the kitchen one day, when her mistress asked her
if she was i'll. "No, maam, not zacty," said Bet
git cutter my own way"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30
CHIT CHAT.

1t has been decided that Bruce, Register of
the Treasury, will have to go.
Of thirteen appointments made by President
Cleveland, Oh Friday, eight were from the
South--manly, consulships.
Secretary Bayard is already suspected of de-
sire to use the influence of his department to
propagate presidential boom for himself in
The circular of Secretary Endicott declaring
that department clerks must pay their debts is
received with great favor by Washington mer-
chants.
Postmaster General Villas has determined to
require applicants for positions post Office
inspectors to pass a rigid physical and mental
examination.
Attorney General Garland has given his opin-
ion to the President sustaining the eligibility of
General Lawton Of Georgia for appointment as
minister to Russia.
Fred Douglass and some other coored men
who are desrous to get into the good graces of
the new Administration have become ardent
Democrats within few days.
A New York German paper speaks of the
Presidents non-partisan Administration. This
statement is based upon the fact that he has
named one Republican for office.
The Macon (Ga) Telegraph (Dem.) says
''Beecher having filled his wallet at the South
now goes back and demands that the Republi-
can Postmaster at Brooklyn shall be retained
There is no truth in the report that Mr.. Man
ming is to be transferred from the Treasury to
the Collectorship of New York. President
Cleveland says that all the Cabinet officers are
enlisted for the term.
Mr.. Curtis Stevens of Halowell, Me-, who is
Inspector of the Railway Mail Service, has been
notified that his resignation is desired Mr..
Stevens has been nineteen years in the service
and has an excellent record. His place, how
ever, can be filled by a needy Democrat with
out experience, who could not be put into a
postal car TO handle the mails. 1t is not civil
service reform, however.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-30

There are over 80 Mormon churches in Colo
RADIO, 60 in Idaho, and about 70 in Arizona