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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

The Quincy Journal of the 18th SAYS
'tOur readers all know Fred Hoefing who
used to keep jewelry establishment on
Hampshire street, and who quite recently
moved his traps from Quincy to California.
Certainly they do. Well, it is of him we are
compelled to write this item. Before leaving
Quincy, Fred collected all of his worldly
possessions and found himself possessor
of S18, 900 or S20 600, quite neat little
sum with which to commence business in
the great Eldorado. The money was sum-
med up, to be used as follows 81, 900 his
wife was to take and invest In goods in the
city of New York, and the remaining por-
ton, $14, 900 or $4,000, was sewed up in
belt, to be worn around the waist of
Fred, for safe transportation to Cali
fornia The story goes: Mrs. H. made
the belt and accepted the 81, 000 and
after everything was in readiness started
for New York and her husband for
California Fred reached California in
good time. and spread out his wares in his
new home, and was making ready for the
reception of his goods from New York. He
would probably have been waiting yet, had
it not been that, needing some money, he
had occasion to draw his belt for funds.
The belt was opened. Imagine Fred's sur
prise, astonishment, and feelings, gener-
ally. Instead of finding ''greenbacks, as
he expected, goodly supply of blank pa
per, neatly folded and packed away in it,
the real value of which did not exceed five
cents, met his gaze. How Mrs. FL. man
aged to make the mistake is a mystery, not
only to us, but to Fred. He did not un-
derstand it, and arrived in this city week
or two ago to see his wife, and ask her all
about it, She wasn't here, and Fred. didn't
know where she was Wherever she may
be, however, she is well supplied with
funds, if the story related to us is true.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
Caution TO Watch Buyers.

Unscrupulous parties are selling worthless Swiss
Watches bearing trademarks very nearly similar TO
the trade marks of genuine Waltham Watches
This is not only fraud on the purchaser, but
great injury to the reputation of the genuine Watch
To aVol imposition, buyers should insist on get
ting genuine Waltham Watches, and take no other.
This is the only safe rule, since some sellers fre-
quently endeaVor to sell other watches in prefer
enee, on which larger profits are made.
The trade marks of the various styles are:
AMERICAN WATCH Co. ...... .Waltham. Mass
ANN. WATCH 90. Waltham Mass.
AMERICAN WATCH Co., Cres-
cent street. Waltham, Mass
APPLETON, TRACY & CO.. Waltham MISS.
-WALTHAM WATCH Co. -. WaItham Mass.
P. s. BARTLETT ,.......... .Waitham, Mass.
VIM. kLLEk1 ......s. Walthan, Mass.
HOME WATCH Co.. .....-... Boston, Mass.
Examine the spelling of these carefully
before buying Any variation of a single
letter, indicates counterfeit.
Fo sale by all leading Jewellers.
ROBBINS Il APPLETON
General Agents, 50 Broadway,R.Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
" entlous Things TO KNOW.

Besides the fact that ice is lighter than
water, there is another curious thing about
it, which persons do not know, perhaps
namely, its purity. A lump of ice melted
will always become purely distilled water.
When the early navigators of the Arctic
seas got out OF water they melted frag-
meuts of those vast mountains of ice call
ed icebergs, and were astonished to find
that they yielded only fresh water. They
thought that they were frozen salt water,
not knowing that they were formed on the
land and in some way launched into the
sea. But. If they had been right, the re-
suit would have been all the same. The
fact is, the water in freezing turns out of it
all that is not water: salt, air, coloring mat
ter and all impurities. Frozen sea water,
makes fresh water ice. If you freeze a
basin of indigo water it will make it as
pure as that made of pure rain water.
When the cold issyery sudden these foreign
matters have no time to escape, either by
rising or sinking, and are thus entangled
with the ice, but do not form any part of it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

The MONKEY AND THE HAWK.-The cook
of French nobleman had monkey which
was so intelligent that by severe training
it was taught to perform certain useful SER
vices, such as plucking fowls, at which it
was uncommonly expert. One fine morn
ing a pair of partridge was given it to pluck.
The monkey took them to an open window
of the kitchen and went to work with great
diligence. He soon finished one, which he
laid on the outer edge of the window, and
then went quietly on with the other. A
hawk that had been watching his proceed
ings from neighboring tree, darted down
upon the plucked partridge, and IN min
ute was up in the tree again, greedily de-
vouring his prey. The monkey hoped
about in great distress for some minutes,
when suddenly bright thought struck
him. Seizing the remaining partridge, he
went to work with great energy and strip
ped off the feathers. He then laid it on
the ledge, just where he had placed the
other, and closing one of the shutters, con-
cealed himself behind it. The hawk, who
by this time had finished his meal, very
soon swooped down upon the partridge;
but hardly had his claws touched the bird,
when the monkey sprang upon him from
behind the shutter The hawks neck was
instantly wrung, and the monkey with a
triumphant chuckle, proceeded To strip off
the feathers. This done, he carried the
two plucked fowls to his master with con-
tident and self-satisfied air, which seemed
to say, Here are two birds, sir just what
you gave me- What the cook said on find
ing one of the cartridges converted into a
hawk, is more than we are able to tell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
Batchelor,s Hair Dye.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in tbs
world, the only true and perfect Dye; harm
less, reliable, instantaneous; no disappont-
ment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the i'll
effects OF bad eyes; invigorates and leaves
the Hair soft and beautiful black or brown,
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers and
properly applied at the Wig Factory, 16 Bond
street, New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
Durno's Catarrh snufT.

Strengthens Weak Eyes-Tmproves the
Hearing, Relieves Headache, Promotes Ex-
pectoration, Cures Catarrh In It's worst forms
and sweetens the Breath. 1t contains no
Tobacco is mild, and promotes a pleasant
sensation and beneficial results to all who
appreciate "a Clear Head Sold everywhere
by Druggists. KIDDER & WETHERELL, Agents
104 William St., New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

A tender-hearted and compassionate dis
position. which inelines men to feel and
pity the misfortunes of others, and which
is, even for its own sake, incapable of IN
volying any man in ruin and misery, is, OF
all tempers OF mind, the most smiabIe; and
though it seldom receives much honor, de-
serves the highest. Fielding.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

A RESULT OF THE wAR.-fhe following
wait which We clip from a southern paper,
will interest our readers: "One OF the
most singular sights growing out OF the
war is a continuous line of peach trees, of
nearly fifty miles in length, around Peters
burg and extending toward Richmond.
They are growing from the breastworks
thrown up by the Confederate amy, and
are the only legacy left by the poor fellows
who were on the advance line, within 100
wards of the Federal force. Having eaten
of the fruit while on picket duty, they cast
the seed aside, aud now they appear in one
continuous line of ftorty-iive miles OF beauti-
fuI trees, which yielded an abundant crop
last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
WHAT Is ADAY'S WORK.
From Hearth and Home.


Fot few men who, having been bred to
other business, enter more or less largely
into farming at or after the meridian of life,
are imposed upon by those in their employ
who fail to do fair days work, and yet
demand price that should secure all that
a man is capable of accomplishing. We
propose to go over the whole ground, and
Indicate what good man can do, industri-
ously working 10 hours. Although where
men are hired by the month, they are ex-
pected to make in pleasant weather about
IL hours in the summer, as there are num-
berless days during the season when, in
conseque ence of rain or some, other cause,
they work less, if they work at all. Begin
with
WINTER WORK.
In the matter of cutting wood in the
woods-an employment which vast num-
Der of men follow-one cord and a half of
hard wood cut four feet long and split, and
two cords of soft, cut the same length, is
all that an average man can do. Ii the
trees are short and scraggy, he will do less,
and, under most favorable circumstances,
could not be expected to do more.
AT the wood-pile, 10 hours should suffice
to saw cord of four-foot wood into 16-inch
sticks, and split in readiness for the stove.
In the matter of threshing, another
winter employment, 10 bushels of rye, Is
of barley, and 25 of oats is all that good
man can average, working from sun to sun,
any day between the 1st of December and
the 1st of February.
WORK IN THE SPRING.
Among the earliest things to be done
about farm is overhanlihg the barnyard
and stable-manure -"heaping it, as farm
ers say At this business with n good
dung-hook AMI light four-tined fork,
man can easily do thirty cart-loads or
about fifteen cords. We have known a
man who threw out of hog-yard, over
four-foot fence, twenty-five heavy loads of
this heaviest and hardest manure in nine
hours, digging it all up from the bottom of
the yard This was a good days work.
In the transportation of the manure to
the fields, a man can fill his own cart
(holding half cord) and drive an Ox-team
half mile to the lot, and take out fifteen
loads day, pulling it out into heaps. If
he dumps it, he can do something more.
In the matter of plowing on fair soils,
when the sward is not terribly tough, and
the ground is not over full of stones with
good yoke Of cattle, man should plow,
if the day is cool, so that they can be kept
steady, not far from an acre, and do it
well. A good heavy pair of horses on the
same land will do an acre and a half, and
when the soil is sandy or free, they will do
two acres and half, cutting furrow six
inches deep and the usual width.
In the matter of spreading manure when
it has been put out into heaps, 80 loads, if
well done, is good days work.
Taking the common New England style
of planting, a man, after the ground is fur
rowed, should drop his handful of tertiliz-
ing material, drop his corn, and cover at
least half acre day, if the ground is
we'll prepared beforehand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

CELEBRATED divine, who was remarka-
BILE in the first period of his ministry for a
boisterous mode of preaching, suddenly
changed his whole mannar IN the pulpit,
and adopted, a, mild dlspassionate mode OF
delivery. One OF his brethren observing
it, inquired of him what had induced him
to make the change. He answered, 'When
I was Young thought it was the thunder
that killed the people, but when [ grew
wiser, [ discovered it was the lightning, so
[ determined in future to thunder less and
lightning more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
Kastrame.

A pomade which acts on the hair, and does
not effect the scalp, like all poisonous liquid
restorers. Is warranted to restore faded
hair to its original color. The elite all use 1t.
1t inciines the hair to curl, imparts beauti-
full gloss and is perfectly harmless Sold by
all druggists. XIDDER & WETHEREI1, Agents
104 William St. n. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

CHAPPED HANDS, FACE. ROUGH SKIN, PM
Piles, Ringworln, Salt Rheum, and all other
cutaneous affections cured, and the Skin
made soft and smooth, by using the Juniper
Tar Soap, made by CASWELL, HAZARD &
Co., New Yc~k. 1t is more convenient and
easily applied than other remedies, avoiding
the trouble OF the greasy compounds now in
use. Sold by all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

The Coral SNAKE. 1t is in the district
OF Central America that we must look out
for the swifest DEATH dealers, Foremost
among them is the coral snake. 1t is not
a large snake, being only about tour feet
long, with thick, blunt, stumpy tail; but
its colors, its rich irid scent markings OF
coral and pearl scales that actually seem to
glow and sparkle, make the most beautiful
of reptiles. The East India diamond snake
is nothing to it. Unfortunately, also, it Is
one of the slowest reptiles of its kind. 1t
can scarcely wriggle. Believers IN spas
medical providences maintain that nature
made great mistake; for it is a fact thf t
more fatalities are recorded from bites OF
coral snakes in Central America, than from
the bites of all other snakes put together.
The truth is, that the other deadly reptiles,
the tuboba or la DANA blanca, can and do
fiy at the rst noise of coming footsteps;
the coral snake literally, cannot He hears
the footstep coming, but he finds ltlmpos-
sible to get out of their way; he neither
rattles nor Kisses to warn away the ap-
preaching victim, and unless the latter can
see the glowing colors of the reptile on the
grass, he is dead man in few m1nutes1 II
his steps stray within three or iour feet or
a coral snake, All the premonitory symp-
toms of dissolution set IN almost instantly
after the bite, and death always takes place
within half an hour.-N, A.. Wood ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

Miss GIVEN EVANS, late of Wales, now of
Montaua, received naturalization papers,
took $50 acres of public land, and now has
COW and yoke of oxen, and is farming
successfully.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

NORTHWESTERN HORSE NAIL Co, manufac-
turers of Patent Hammered Horse Nails
Office 68 West Van Buren street. Factory So
to 68 West Van Buren street, corner Clinton
street, Chicago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

If YOU desire a sweet breath that will not
be offensive to those with whom you ass,
ciate, use DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, ard
cure your Catarrh. The proprietor offers
$500 for a case of Catarrh, which he can nol
cure. Sold by druggists or send sixty cents
to DR.. r. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, and get it
by mail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
A Want i'm Medicine Wei supplied

Wayne's Diuretic and Alternative Elixir has
filled a want long needed in the list of prep
arations for the cure of those diseases nam6A
n advertisements
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

DELAYS ARE Observation-Disclosures, gas you
love your offspring don't fail to use MIS-
Whitco1nb's syrup for soothing children.
Read the advertisement in another column
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

TIE OUNARD Mail Line of Steamships leave
weekly from New York, Liverpool and
Queenstown. Agents in ali the principal
cities of the Northwest. s. Rowe, General
Western Agent. No. 2 Lake street Chicago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

Glass day at Princeton College was
very interesting. 1t was announced that
fund of 500, 900 had been secured for a
library.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
Highly PAeiicaI.

| A correspondent of the New York Tr1-
| bune, writing from West Point last week,
opens his letter in this highly poetical de-
scription-it is great deal nearer poetry
than much that is written in poetical form
and labeled poetry:
I Nature carved and art has polished West
Point into an Eden of majestic and plctur-
| esque lovelness. Heavens deepest blue,
| frescoed with clouds, arches here above the
/ June earth, green payen and stained with
/ flowers On either hand the highland hills
''rock-ribbed and ancient as The sun, lift
skvward their stony-wrinkled brows, shag-
gy with branching forests.
! The mighty Hudson, glancing its ripples
in the sun, winds its broad current IN
proud humility at their silent feet Rising
| high as Niagara above the river, the West
Point table land, dimpled twice or thrice
with leaty hollows, stretches its 50 broad
acres in ssmeadows trim with daisies pied, -
] or in level lawn close-shaven for Infantry
| parade and bare cavalry plain beaten hard
! by hoofs and wheels. Carriage roads,
straight and wide, and narrower, winding
paths, cross the prairie field like chevrops
on sergeant's sleeve. Hedge rows neat,
and thickets green, and frequent trees, SIN
gle or in leafy squads and winding ranks,
are scattered here and there with careless
art Ominous batteries yawn with horr1d
throats behind smooth-turfed embankment.
In yonder grove, tarnished cannon Of his
toric memory lie by dozens in peaceful
rows, war-worn but harmless. On that gen.
tie grassy knoll rises the time stained mar
! BILE of brave Kosciusko's monument, and
near at hand, upon grave-like mound, a
square pedestal of stone sustains the Sedg-
| wick bronze, serene but stern Zephyrus
gently blows anon with summer-scented
| breath, and shakes a thousand dancing
shadows on the sward. The bee with wax
en- thigh murmurs at his honied toll among
| the rosy clover, while the robin, hopping
selemnly along, brushed away the dew
with crimson breast, and hearkens to the
caroled sweetness that out of feathered
throats overfows each bushy covert A
million slender spires of grass nod their
purple-dusted heads to greet the sun, while
in the secret woody shade the velvet
MOSES lurk, and won the dainty ferns and
pink. hued forets to their soft embrace
'Tis the joyful, sacred month of ox-eyed
Juno, Olympic empress of the circling
year, and on this rocky coign of summer
vantage she sits in roseate majesty, "drop-
ping odors, dropping wine, . till even the
harsh, gray. fronted piles of academic stone
| hat fringe the plain take on friendlier
shade, and the white-starred, blood-strip-
ed banner seems to wave with softer grace
and grander pride, high over all the won
drous, glorious scene.
|
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

SEE ADVERTISEMENT of Dr. Butts DISPENSE
ry, headed, Book for the Million MARRIAGE
GUIDF-in another column. 1t should be
read hIra
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

JAMES q. FOSTER Il Co., 151 Lake St., CHI
cago, importers of reeeb loading shot guns
and implements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

for restoring gray hair to its original color, is
HalPs Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. Try
it'll
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

HIGHEs% prices always for consignments OF
hides, pelts, and tallow, by Skinner & Boyu-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

AN English paper announces the death OF
the Vice President of the Equitable Life In
surance Company of London, Mr.. Rall h
Prince, himself remarkable instance of tle
benefits of Life Assurance. His own policy,
originally effected for $4,000, (S25, ,000) at has
death amounted to 925 900, (say $125, ,006).
Similar results are being attained by the
Washington Life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
Frfghtful Accident at Cavalry Review.

The Paris correspondent of the Buffalo
Advertiser, in recent letter. says:
The last review OF the season was held
yesterday, in the Bois de Boulogne, and
being composed entirely of cavalry and
those the choicest regiments of the service
proved a very brilliant affair. The num-
Der in the field was between 30, 900 and
10000, with large train of horse artil-
lery. The cuirassiers of the guard espe-
cially distinguished themselves during the
man@uvres, some of their charges being ex-
ecuted at full speed and with imposing effect,
up to within few yards of where the En-
peror and Empress, both on horseback,
with the Prince Imperial, also in uniform
lin spite of Figaro's advise, were standing
at the hood of the staff. Unfortunately, at
the last charge, two poor fellows were
crushed together at the centre, lifted fairly
out of their saddles by the pressure, and
hurled to the ground amidst the feet of
thousand horses. [ never witnessed d
more frightful looking accident, for one ex-
pected the men to be ground to atoms like
the dust amidst which they were
rolled. There was a general muir
mur of CONSERVATION amongst the
spectators, and an. eager lookout
to ascertain the extent of the mischief,
when the dense body of heavily armed
horsemen had passed like thunderbolt,
or rather like lightning, with their bur
nished armor cleaning in a long Pickering
line in the bright sunshine, and when the
torrent OF dust raised by their charge had
passed away. Then, in one moment, as
quick as thought, an ambulance cart, placed
in readiness against such mischance, shot
out from one side of the parade ground,
and raised and carried off the fallen men.
AS they passed by me I could only observe
that both were quite senseless, and their
breastplates deeply indented with the
horses hnOfS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
The Cooperative Bank at Breslau.
The largest cooperative bank in Ger
many is at Breslau. It is loan bank, The
loans being advanced to its members OF

The largest cooperative bank in Ger
many is at Breslau. It is a loan bank, the
loans being advanced to its members on
easy terms Of payment, secured by mort
cages which it but rarely forecloses, en-
couraging members by aid and counsel
| when they are IN difficulties 1t deals with
| laborlng people; fines and forteitures are
not imposed for delinquencies. A weaver,
| for instance, having learned his trade, pays
his initiation fee, subscribes for shares Ia
the bank to the amount of tt loan he ex-
pected to need, and IN the course of q
month or two the bank enables him to pur-
chase directly the yarn he proposes to
weave, the loom that he will weave it
upon, perhaps the house which will
contain the loom, and in which he
and his family will reside. A dozen
weavers, clubbing together, similarly help
ed, may start cloth factory. In general,
the bank endeavors to enable its members
to be the merchants and managers OF their
own labor Cooperation stores for pro-
visions receive its assistance, in all cases
dispensing with intermediary dealers.
The aid that it supplies to farmers and to
students in difficulties is comparable only
in it's beneficence to the highest form O
benevolence, since it sustalns the recipient
without degrading him. It has no dealings
with the wealthy. Not only in Breslau itself,
but also in the towns around it, cooperative
stores and small factories spring up. Some of
them have already paid back their loans and
are returning dividends to their stockhold-
ers. The bank has 5000 members, who
clear 81 per cent. on their money, besides
a percentage Of benefit funds. It's cash
capital, made up of small initiation fees
and installments on shares, is upwards of
81 600 600 and iIs profitS last wear exceed
ed 800, 600. This bank is one of a confed-
eracy of 1,500 banks. having 800, 900 mem
beIs, 00,000,00 money on hand, making
loans last year of not less than 139, 900, 900
thalers, and common center in the Gen
ossenschafts Bank in Berlin, which itself
assists in turn these banks, and aids in
preserving the financial equilibrium of
this vast system from its own resources,
which includes 10000, 600 thalers eircu-
lating and nearly 100000 permanent
capital ---
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

INSURE your life in the Washington Insur-
ance Company, of New York, to the amount
of the mortgage on your house.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

HgRLBUT Il EDsALLs, leading wholesale
druggists Of the Northwest, c0rne Lake
street and Wabash avenue Chicago.
PRUssING's Celebrated Cider Vinegar is the
best in the market. Ask vour eroeeL lor It.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06

THE rates of the Washington lIife are the
same as other good companies.