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The Republican journal., 1889-07-04
Chinese Prescriptions.

SOMr on ME HORRIBLE DOSES IIT Doc
TORS MIN FOR lHEIE PATIENTS.
Thc New orl Chinese doctors aro be-in-
ming to IoSc tl.cr hold upon their heretofore
devoted clients. I his ha~ been accomplished
by simple but Solid American medical genius
Ii has been the custom ever Since the Chinese
colony began 10 ''put on airs" in New York
for sick Chinamcn from al parts of the country
this side of The kocky Mountains to come to
Gotham to consult with li!eir big medicine IN N
of Whum there are over Il dozen who have lliCir
fantastic shingles hung up in Mott street upon
the doors of ,hclr 'lomirilc>. Beside this, they
give Il bigger prescription and heavier doses
than their American COMPETITORS These Chi
nese phy y~ician> wi.I devote from two to six
hours to feeling your pulse, and all for the
munirrent sum OF from quarter - 4 ii fly
cent piece.
Imagine man who Has taken 4 biz dose
of opium with the ayowel purpose Of having
hi, carcass housed in ENer-rccn cemetery as
early as possible. 50 that hI~ bones may be
ready for speedy shipment tp lima, having
doctor with biz round eyeglasses 1T Down to
feel the poor fellows pulse 1nr two hours anda
half and then give him the following pre>rrip-
tun TO be boiled into soup and thea drank
Picked lizards, two pairs, male and female
Corca ginseng root, J., an ounce. willow cricket
skins, half a dozen, males and 3 females, sweet
potato vines, ounce; white nuts, ounce lotos
leaves, an ounce rattlc-nake tail, = OF an ounce
black dates ounces elm bark an ounce, devil
fish toes, an ounce; rcintccrs horn, IAN ouncc
birds claws, Il uf an ounce dried ginger, 4 of an
ounce coffin nails odd ones,) ; an ounce. Boil
the whole with quart, of water until one half of
the water is left, and then drink il rs prclimi-
nary dose.
Such was the prescription given to a poor
laundryman on the corner of Broome and De-
lancey streets by a Chinese doctor. who said
his office was at Is Mott street. But, fortu-
NAT %, no ,A,ti Iat M ft,i
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Worse than the Stake.

\ THE BIG TARANrtIA AND THE TORTURE oI
\ ITS SOLDIER VICTIM.
We had camped down on the plains of Texa.
| one noon to boil cup of coffee and get bite
to eat, and while Private Malony was getting
the coffee ready three or four of the men
stretched out for quarter of an hours sleep
says a New York sun writer. There were
eleven of us. United States dragons, search
! ing for some horses which had broken away,
| and Big George" as we called him. who was
| Il sergeant was III command. | was very wide
awake, having caught sight of a snake moving
| on a> we came up, and as the sergeant lay on
| his back, his face sheltered from the sun |
looked him over and admired his proportions
He was a man who stood exactly six feet tall
IN his stockings, weighed 2iS pounds and il
was no trick at all for him to take two of the
strongest men in the regiment and hold them
at arms length on dance them about like little
puppets.
1t might have been 10 minutes after he Law
down that Suddenly caught sight of a taran-
tu!a on his hrea>t-the largest and most horri-
hle looking specimen ever saw, and lived
lor seven years among them. The sergeant
had on the regulation cavalry jacket, and it was
huttoned all the way up. He lay on the broad
of his back, arms down beside him, and had
no sooner caught sight of the big spider than
saw that the mans eyes, which | could see
under his red handkerchief, We're open. lie
saw the tarantuIa perhaps before / did |
turned my head 10 the right, and Maony, who
stood upright at the fire, was looking at the
sergeant, with face a> white As snow. turned
To the itlt, and the two Other men who had not
sought sleep We're also gazing in horror.
Not one OF uS dared move. Should we do
50, the spider insight spring away in alarm, but
the chance~ We're that he would bite before
DONG 80. was only foot away from the
sergeant : feet and on line with his face. and
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04
NUMBER 81.


The Iiallowell Register has new heading.
The New York World has clearly established the
fact that during the month Of March, 1859, total
of l0,70952O complete copies of that paper We're
| printed and circulated.
We have received the Midsummer Portland
Telegram, an illustrated paper designed to boom
| Portland and vicinity. 1t is a good specimen of
| journalistic enterprise.
The World Almanac is easily at the head of
American newspaper ANNALS, and is invaluable
as general book of reference Price, in paper,
% cents; in boards, 40 cents
@. NJ. Moore, formerly of the Phillips Phono-
graph, and later Of the Watervile sentinel, is
editor of the Grays Harbor Washington, pub
llshed at l1oqutam, in the new state of Washing
ton. 1t is Republican in politics.
The Portland Press is receiving many well ae
served compliments for It's report of the Bruins
wick celebration. but is equally true that in each
issue the Press is demonstrating its >celence as
newspaper, and that when occasion calls for extra
effort it is found in the front.
Mr.: William ". Rowell, well known in Portland
for his connection with the Advertiser, has been
elected business manager OF the Auburn Gazette
and assumed the duties of the position July lst.
Mr.. ROwell carries to the Gazette eNperience and
reputation for enterprise and ability i'll the
paper business. His place the Advertiser will
ne taken by Mr.. Charles Bearce. Portland
Press.
The 4th annual convention of the Pittshdld Adj
vertiser Correspondents and Contributors Asso-
citation was held at Camp Benson, Newport, June
% The Journal acknowledges the receipt of an
invitation, and regrets that it was unable to send
representative. HE invitation and programme
were printed on paper closely resembling birch
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Farm-life in China.

4 farmer may be hired by the year for from
eight to fourteen dollars, with food clothing,
head-shaying, and tobacco Those who work
by the day receive from eight to ten cents,
with a MONDAY meal. At the planting and
harvesting of rice, wages are from ten to
twenty cents a day, with five meals or thirty
cents a day without food. Few landowners
hire hands. except for a few days during the
planting and harvesting of rice. Those who
have more land than they and their sons can
till lease it to their neighbors.
Much land is held on leases given by an
cient proprietors to clansmen whose descen-
dants now till it, paying from seven to fourteen
dollars worth of rice annually for its use.
Food averages little more than dollar n
month for each member of farmers family
One who buys, cooks, and eats his meals alone,
spends from one and half to two dollars Il
month upon the raw material and fuel. Two
pounds of rice, costing three and half cents,
with reisbeS of salt fish picked cabbage, cheap
vegetables and fruits costing a cent and a half
Is the ordinary allowance to each laborer for
each day. Abernethy's advice to a luxurious
patient, Live on siXpence day and earn it,
is followed by nearly every Chinaman. One or
two dependent relatives frequently share with
him the siXpence. Adele NJ. Fiede in the
Popular Science Monthly for July.
Professor +. Ben amn Andrews, of Cornell
University, formerly of Blown and a Brown
alumnus, was unanimously elected president
of Brown University by the corporation last
week, Uice DR.. E. j. Robinson, resigned
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4 letter From The Governor.

CALLING FOR MORE STRINGENT ENFORCE
Ml.Nr OF THE LIQUOR LAW.
Governor Burleish has sent the following
communication to all sheriilS and county attor-
neys in the state:
STATE OF MAINE EXECUTIVE DEPT,
AUGt STA. Me. June 18th, 1889.
Sir: My attention has been called by re-
spon>ibe parties to the necessity of a more
vigorous enforcement Of the law which pro-
hibit> the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors. except for medicinal and mechanical
purposes.
Both by constitutional provisions and legiS-
latve enactment the policy of the State as TO
prohibition has been firmly established. 1t
therefore becomes my duty as the Chief Exc
cutive to see that the laws be faithfully exc
cuted. ! have no disposition to shrink from
my sworn obligation in this regard. With con
fdenCe assume that you entirele agree with
me as TO the binding force of the law and as to
what is imperatively demanded of those
who have been chosen to execute it in it
spirit and according to its intent, and that its
enforcement against the liquor traffic is As i'm
perative as against other criminal transactions.
| cali your special attention to what the public
has right to expect of all executive officers
of the State, of the counties and of the munich
phties, and ask your cooperation in maintain
ing the authority of the law by vigorous and
persistent prosecution of its ViolatorS. trusting
in so doing to receive the approval OF all law
abiding citizens.
Very respectfully.
EDWIN &. BURLEIGII, Governor.
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Literary News and Notes.

Nos. los and 100 of the Humboldt Library
contain parts l and II of English Past and
Present, by Richard CheneviX Trench, ID. d.,
| an excellent reprint of 4 standard work. at a
price within the reach of every one. Hum
boldt Publishing Co. a East Fourth Street,
New York.
Following upon the July chapters of The
Life of Lincoln which. as already announced.
describe the Presidents denomination and Mr.
Grecley'> >elt-Su@ge Sted peace trip to Niagara
there will probably be only six more install
ments of this remarkable history in The Cen
tury series. 1t is said that these concluding
chapters deal with the most important and
absorbing personal and political topics. to
which Mes>rS. Ncolay and Hay bring a vast
fund of special information.
The July issue of ~cribner's Magazine is 4
Midsummer Fiction number. containing seven
complete short stories four of them richly
illustrated by such artists a> Frederic Reming
ton. Robert Blum, and Chester LoomiS and
an unusually exciting in>talment Of Mr.. Stew
enson's serial, The Master of BalIantrae.'
the illustration of which, from a drawing bv
William Hole, is the front>piece of the num-
Der. There are also included the second article
i'll the now Electrical Series. and interesting
Poems.
The July Wide Awake has many strong
timely features, notably two especially Amer
lean. one i Miss Stewards ''Fourh of july
at Robert College"-thc American college in
Cou>tantinople, Il ~eeol-hed of American ideas
in Europe; the other is Mrs. Burton lIarrison'>
The Republican Court in which She gives
portraits and charming little biographies of
eighteen of the prominent Young society women
who We're in General WaShingtonS circle of
friends. Mrs Washington herself leading the
train. These portraits are from the celebrated
baltimore porrelain>-an heirloom which eX-
Mayor Hodges of that city has ''founded" for
his descendants; the eighteen plaques form the
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04
Governor Burleigh's letter to the County

NUNUIHUI DUTItISH : ItTItT 10 CIt Z OUNtN At-
tOrneys and other officers urging them to a
vigilant enforcement of the laws against liquor
selling will be warmly approved by the lovers
of law and order, and 1t is to be hoped that this
action of the Chief Magistrate will have the
effect of deterring offenders as well as stimulat-
ing the zeal OF those charged with the eXecll-
tion of the laws. Wing 4 Courier.
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Ohio Republicans.

GOVERNOR FORAKER RRNOMINATED.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 2s. In the Republi-
can State Convention to-day, on the second bal
lot for Governor, after about all the candidates
were withdrawn, GOV. Foraker was declared
the nominee amid the greatest confusion. The
chair announced that ii was unable to tell eX-
actly how many votes the Governor received.
but it was about 600. The convention joined
in general jollitcaton. Governor Foraker
was escorted to the platform and made a char
acterstic speech.
The platform reatlirms adherence to the doc
trne OF protection, both of American citizens
throug hout the world and of American indus
tries. President Harrison's administration is
ndorsed and the policy of the pension bureau
is commended. The passage of Il bill granting
a pension to all honorably discharged soldiers
is urged. Protection to the wool growing in
dustry is demanded. The recent worsted de-
cision is commended. Ireland is congratulated
on her struggles for home rule and Gov. For
aker's administration is warmly indorsed.
The Philadelphia Times says that when the
President and his family left Washington for
Cape May the President proceeded to the ticket
office to procure tickets. "Oh, never mind
that said the ticket agent. "But do mind
it, said the President. "lou see, you are
President of -." 'No, do not see. | am
as much amenabe to the interstate commerce
bill as any private ctizen.' Aud the President
carried his point. He paid for the fares.
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Frlgbtful Railroad Accident.

IArKoRE, June 4G. At 2.&o this morning
freight train going west ON the renn>y yIvnia
railroad. colIided With nn extra east bound
freight train At A bridge, near here. The wreck
crashed into another freight train standing ON
side track. causing one locomotive ami 4
number of cars to - over the embankmcnt IN
to the creek, fifty feet. Thirty cars were
wrecked. Up to $ o'clock Tonight ten dead
bodies had been recovered. Geo. COrgal. aged
Twenty-Five. Jersey City; Hugh Kelley, Phila-
delphia; John CritchIow. Homestead. Pa. aged
thrty-tiye, leg and arm burned OH; Charc> IL.
Ferge>on; Myers Merhood, aged thirty-hNe;
Benjamin Emerch, supposed front brakeman,
aged twenty-five and four unknown men.
dozen men We're injured, one or TWO probably
fatally. The work of clearing the wreck WAS
stopped at until morning. Ii is almost certain
that twenty-five to thirty people We're Killed in
the wreck. The water III the creek at the point
where the accident occurred was about twelve
feet deep and it is believed that ten or twelve
bodies are in the bottom of the creek held by
the wreckage. John NJ. Miller, tlagman, states
that the proper signal was given and when the
position of the >hifter was discovered Engineer
Caldwell answered, but the speed was too high.
When the train left Bolivar forty workmen
boarded it. -Four injured We're taken from one
car and it is stated that eleven others We're in
the ear, and i'll another box ear, one of the
rescued claims, We're fifteen to twenty men,
One or two bodies We're terribly burned by
lime which covered the wreck.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

The Vermont Microscopical Association h: $
just announced that prize of $3.50, given V
the Wells n Richardson Co., the wel-known
chemists, will be paid to the first discoverer of
new disease germ. The wonderful discovery
by Prof. Koch of the cholera germ, as the
cause of cholera, stimulated great research
throughout the world and it is believed this
liberal prize, offered by house of such stand
ing. will greatly assist in the detection of mi
cro-organisms that are the direct cause of dis
ease and DEATH All who are interested in the
subject and the conditions of this prize, should
write to c. Smith Boynton, NJ d., Secretary of
the Association, Burlington, Vt.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

simon Cameron was for 40 wears the most
active and powerful politician in Pennsy yIvana
and for much of the time one of the most pirt-
uresque figures on the stage of American pub
lie life. For many wears before entering poll
tics he WAS a sklfu printer and Shrewd editor,
and for dozen years since leaving it his
coun>el> have been constantly sought and his
sketches of the past read with delight by mil
lions of people.
1t is a remarkable fact that his great-grand-
father. grandfather and father all came to
America together about 1141, most Of the Clan
Cameron having been eXterminated in the bat
tie Of Cuoden. The Camerons had been Lead
ers in lnNerne>shire. Scotland, for 300 wears ::
they have been leaders in America for 100. and
in the persons of Senator Don Cameron and
his children the line of leading spirits bids fair
to stretch over another century. Simon Cam
erun WAS born IN Lancaster County, Penn.
March ). 1893, and aft er getting fair educa-
ton and learning the printers trade, he edited
a Democratic paper in DoyleStown. and after
wards In Harrisburg. In 1s45 he was elected
to the United States senate to serve the four
Years uue Xpired term of James Buchanan who
bad resigned.
W hen the slavery iSsue was made prominent
in l>J4-5G he became a Republican,, and In 1857
was elected again to the United States Senate.
AT the Chicago convention of 1860 he received
30 votes on the first ballot for nominee for
president, but thereafter threw his strength"
for Abraham Lincoln by whom Mr. Cameron
was made secretary OF war. Jan. /, 1862, he
resigned this place and was made minister to
Russia. but returned the next November, re-
entered political life and In 1866 was again
chosen senator In 1873 he was reelected. but
resigned in favor of his son. James Donald
Cameron, now senator from PennSy ylvania.
His brother James, born March |, 1901. was
killed at Bull Run while serving as colonel
The family, both in Scotland and America, has
ever been distinguished for bravery and un-
faterng devotion to any cause they espou>ed
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

The opening of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way is to be celebrated in st. Johns, n. b., by
Summer Carnival and Electric Exhibition.
IT will open in the New Brunswick metropolis
July 22nd and continue through ten days. An
elaborate programme has been arranged and
our friends across the border are evidently
preparing to have a grand time.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

Fifty persons were poisoned at picnic near
Woodstock, Canada, by drinking lemonade
containing sugar of lead, and fifteen are not
expected to recover
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

A new industry has recently started in Man
cheSter-by-thc-Sea Mass The scarcity of bait
has led the fishermen to bait their travis with
cookies, and they prove much better than her.
ring. as dogtish will not touch them. and as
they are tough they will hold OH the hooks
much better. 1t is not uncommon to from
20 to 30 men on the flats picking cookies, and
from 80 to - buckets are secured at each tide.
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Death Of Gen. Cameron.

LANCASTER, June %. Gen. Simon Cameron
died this evening The Generals condition
during the day was rather encouraging and
death came suddenly from weak spell. [ p to
the last attack he was conscious and had no
trouble 10 swallow food given him, which he
appeared to a>>milale. His funeral viii be
held al Harrisburg.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

Toshikake Okurbo, of Toxic. Japan, won the
Seymour prize at the Yale law school.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

The lobster fishery is reported good on the
coast of Nova Scotia. Both the lobster and cod
fisheries are good in the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

A resident of Meriden, Ct, fell recently and
broke his neck. He still lives, and is expected
to recover.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

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l"i NiNNiiANEN 'ENlhN\lh'.
NiuaihaNel'> centennial. June -. proved to
I hc Il greater event than was anticipated. The
! island was literally >Warmed with visitors dur
/ Inc the day. The gainr of bah in the after
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04
IIlE POSTMASTERSHIP.

hear of but one positive candidate for this
important Office. John 2. Hobbs. the present
chairman of the Board OF Aldermen, is in the
field with the strongest petition that ha> ever
backed candidate in this city. He is every
way qualified an honest man, square in
every particular. Mr.. Reed ha> control Of this
appointment. II he con>uIt> the wishes Of the
men who have done more for him than any
other ca,> Of voters he will recommend Mr.
Hobbs for the place. The present postmaster,
Mr.. Palmer. mas given general satisfaction and
will serve out his term, without doubt. Hon.
Charles j Chapman ha~ been named for post
candidate for surveyor of the port and nothing
else
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

Who will get these pum~ depends upon the
literary ability of youthful a>pitant>. 1t is not
popular to claim any reward for party service.
1t AL depends upon the literary tone of the
seeker. Perhaps 4 party may be kept up in
this way-time will tell OCCASIONAL.
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

A Mr.. and Mrs. Howard owen were sitting
in their pleasant home Tuesday evening de-
lightfui and most perfect surprise awaited
them. The fact that this evening was the Both
anniversary of their marriage was brought to
their minds through receiving a call from
their married children. Mrs. W. d. Stnson
and Mr.. +. II. owen and wife who came in
ostcnsibly to pass social evening. But about
o'clock the door opened and in walked Mr..
Owens Sabbath school class twenty-five in
number, all bearing in their arms the good
things which 90 TO make the festive board at
tractiye. In a speech most appropriate to the
occasion, MIR. f. Y. Bascome presented the
hosts with the fine large size group of Rogers
statuary, "Neighboring Pews." Though taken
wholly by surprise, Mr.. Owen responded in "A
happy manner, after which the company pro-
ceeded to the enjoyment of good things which
The Republican journal., 1889-07-04

MRS. WINSLoW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, for chill
dren teething, is the prescription of one of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years with
never-f failing by millions Of mothers for
their children. During the process Of teethins its
value is incalculable 1t relieves the child from
pain, dysentery and diarrho-a gripping in the
bowels, and wind collie. By giving health to the
child it rests the mother Price 25c. bottle. Iy4s