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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
Sc PLAYED Outo Mines i'm Nevada.

[Erom the Virginia New Enterprise, May
The once promising and honestly lauded
Argentine Mining District, lying between
Mount Davidson and Washoe Lake, is now
but great wildcat" graveyard, where
slumber many once famous ''oats with
high-soupding names. Not mine is be-
ing worked in the whole district Judging
from present appearances there never could
nave been anything found to justify the ex-
penditure of above few dollars in pro-
specting. The Buckeye, once the big cat
of the district, and which did yield small
amount of very good ore, is now lying as
dead as the least and most lowly of its fell
Inc companions, and the famous North
Ophir, which at one time yielded pure sill
yer, and was cat of high degree (untll
some of the specimens panned out were OBJ
served to bear on their faces dates and the
heads of eagles) is now as dead as the dead
est. and no longer finds favor in the eyes
of Governors and other rulers and chiefs
among the people, and skunks and rats rot
at the bottom of the shafts where once de-
luded delivers were wont to dig the glitter
ing chips and filings of half dollars the
Snow Storm is quiet-dead calm-and the
Aspinwall caterWauls no more there is no
blow about the Locomotive, those who
once expected pay out of it having long
since been obliged to "whistle for it, and
the Big Sunfower mods gently over the re-
mains of Uncle Tom-an old and very in
nocent cat, that died of being let alone.
The district is deserted and silent /; blasts
no longer shake the hills-no sound of ring.
ing drill or clicking pick is heard. Coy,
otes and foxes sleep in tne deserted slopes,
and owls and bats dwell in the drifts and
tunnels. The cabins of the miners have
fallen prey to the Chinese Wood=hunters
and rampant lizards are seen upon the
stones Of their lonely chimneys. Alas, ole
Argentine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
A Badly Fooled Crow.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial tells this scarcely credible story;
To prevent depredations on the cornfield
by the crow various devices are resorted
to. On account of the many fatal accidents
resulting of late from the careless handling
of firearms, this wise bird manages not to
be fooling around in the vicinity of the
muzzle of guns when they go off. The
hanging to pole, planted in the corntield,
of dead crow, is said to act frequently as
a good warning to living thieves of that
race. The principal objection to the plan
is the difficulty of getting q specimen to
hang up. A seedy gentleman OF straw, ar
rayed in decayed garments, is often sta
crops, and does we'll enough for q
short time, but the crows are not long in
forming his acquaintance and becoming
on intimate terms with him. Once, how
ever, saw a crow badly fooled on the thing
One day, as Professor Hobbs, who is gen.
orally adorned with rather mature raiment,
was crossing oornfield, he was suddenly
attacked with one of those paralytic strokes
of learning on the BRAIN, and as he stood,
hat in hand, in the hot sun, hour after
hour: pursuing train of thought on some
scientific subject, saw crow, which had
| been watching him all the while, finally
came to the conclusion that he was genu-
inc scare crow, and picking up dead
mouse, which it accidentally came across,
described few majestic circles IN the air
and alighted on the Professors head to eat
it (the mouse). Just then the Professor
came to, and clapping his hat on with a
jerk, started for home. OF course there
was something of futter in the region Of
the learred mans ideas, and the crow be-
coming entangled in his wig, was soon on
his dissecting table contributing TO science.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
Woman and Laughter.

Alexander Dumas, the younger, declares
that women do no like comedy. It seems
that women hate to laugh. .'No woman
wishes to laugh in public. A laugh de-
poetises her and comforts her visage
There is franki ess in a hearty laugh
which jars away her diplomatic genius. A
woman throws away her best arm when she
laughs. The tear she triumphs in. A
humid eye Is always interesting, whereas
an open mouth never is 1t is simply an
abomination. People who think that q
pretty girl is never SO pretty as when eyes
and lips laugh together are thus corrected.
The expression of mirth does not reveal
pearly teeth-it Comforts visage." Shaks-
peare, who loved to depict lively girls,
and gives succession of smiles to Rosa
lind, Viola, Celia, Beatrice, was clearly
wrong; Mariana is the true model.
The true wooer is he who howls the
true wooed she who weeps-not occasional
ly, but everlastingly. ga humid eyeis al
ways interesting" Is this the Wild IDEAL
ism of young man who regards women as
the denizens Of another sphere? No, it is
the deliberate dictum of middle-aged
man, who should have found out by this
time that the ether sex are not all ethereal,
not all sentiment, but have certain practi-
cal duties in life with which a perpetually
humid eye would not be apt to int rfere
Tears over the breakfast table would seem
depressing to the English mind An hys-
terical lit when the dressmaker sends in
her bill, or when the green-grocer calls for
orders, would be apt to discompose the
Briton. But the Frenchman love it. 'FThe
tear is what she triumphs in."
For twenty actresses adds Dumas
who can draw tears, there is hardly ones
who can exotic to laughter. The Taught
of an actress is seldom communicable, b
cause it is a surface thing. 1t is at W
with the female organization. A comic
woman does not really belong to her sex,
and other women dislike her. Neverthe-
less, glory to the aughter-loving female
who is not SO much bearded man incoq-
nito as all excellent companionable qarcon.'
We take it that the reason an actresses
laugh is rarely communicable is that an
actress seldom laughs naturally. You sell
dom hear an irrepressible laugh on the
stage; it is generally a forced, hollow,
noisy eacehination. IF actresses wept as
unnaturally their tears would be equally
unsympathetic. AS rule the best act
resses manage sorrow better than mirth,
and thus convey the tender emotions more
readily TO the audience"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
A Singular Mania,

Louisville has among It's notable char
acters man named Charles Watkins, who
has a strange mania for which name is
yet to be invented. He will break into q
house at night just for the luxury of stand
ing by the bedside of a person and looking
at him or her, as the case may be, while
lying asleep. He has been known to do
this on several occasions, and after stand
ing there and gazing for hours, leave
without disturbing anything, and close the
doors carefully after him.
The Courier-Journal says that s'about
six months ago he got himself into serious
trouble in this way, being arrested as a
burglar and held to answer. He entered
the room of young lady after she had re-
tired and gone to sleep. Taking his favor
ite position beside the bed, he stood gazing
at the beautiful sleeper till, perhaps,
conscious of the presence near her, she
awoke and was frightened terribly. By the
faint light of the moon as it shone through
the lattice, she saw this stranger standing
still and motionless at her bedside. She
screamed and tainted, and the inmates OF
the house, aroused by the noise, came
rushing in just in time to catch the in
truder. The affair caused a good deal OF
excitement, and no little gossip at the time,
but subsequent facts have proved that the
man was harmless, and went there just to
satisfy this singular longing of his. He
has been caught in several such places
since then, but at no time has he ever dis
turbed anything or anybody. He was pre-
sented to the court as a suspected felon, q
charge hardly justified by the facts in the
case, and held in $500 to be of good be-
havior for twelve months. His case is 6
strange ore indeed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
About Raising Trout.

Seth Green, the trout man, replys to cor
respondents, as follows:
| l. Will a stream (spring) two inches
square be a sufficient size to make paying
fish pond? [Answer do not think you
could make much money raising fish for
market with that amount of water
2. What size pond would such a spring
maintain Fifty feet long, fifteen feet
wide, four feet deep at the lower end, and
six inches at the upper.]
3. What amount of fish (trout) would
such spring support and raise ?-T5, 900
inger-lings, or 1000 yearling, or 1000 two
year old.)
f. What would it cost to stock and con-
struct suitable ponds for the above? TCost
of building would depend on location; 5000
spawn cost $40, 5000 young fish, delivered,
S200.1
5. Gould you send suitable person to
erect ponds and stock? II go myself to
lay out ponds; I charge $40 per day and
expenses paid.
6. How soon could anything be realized
rom such arrangement, and about how
much per year? I would say the spring
comes from the base of the hill, clear and
cold, and has fall of sixty or eighty yards,
and is never-failing or varying, and others
could be brought to aid it, and joined to-
gether on level piece of ground of about
two acres. Any information you can give
in addition would oblige me. General
reply: You would not realize under three
years. The amount you would realize each
year would depend entirely on who took
care of the ponds Everything hangs on
having the right man in the right place.
Your chance of success is the same in this
as in any other business, and you knowthis
as well as [ do. Every man cannot raise
fish, no more than every man can be sue
cessful in every other business. My advice
to any one who has been failure in any
and every business all his life, that he can
not make living by fsh-raising. I know
parties on Long Island who undertook it
it after failing in everything else, and the
result was, they failed again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
Lin Ynu MAY Have Her,

Quite late at night, short time since, a
clergyman in New York was aroused by q
heavy knocking at his door. In answer to
inquiry, ssWho's there?" a voice answered :
t'Avast there is the parson in?" On be-
ing assured that he was, the same voice
said ''l want you to come down and
splice couple" On coming down the
minister found that they were genuine sail
ors, and although he was little shaky
about it, he followed them to the lower
part of the city, and into room prepared
for the OCCASION. He found the bride and
her mother in waiting In answer to the
question 'Who is to be marriedF" the
sailor who had been spokesman all the way
through, announced himself as the candi.
date, and the young woman as the bride.
The parties stood up, and after prayers had
been said the minister commenc- d the ser.
vice and prooeededed SO far as to request
the parties to join hands, To the surprise
of all present the candidate for matrimony
| declined to do SO. He looked at his bride
with great deliberation from head to foot,
then turning to his companion, said, "Jim,
] don't want her you may have her if you
wish" Jim sprang to the side of the young
woman with alacrity, shouting, 'All rightl
and the ceremony went on to the conclu-
sion. The party who was half married re.
mained till the benediction was pronounced,
and then with sigh, as if he had made a
great sacrifice for his friend, walked out,
closed the door behind him, and the next
| morning was Off on VOYAGE,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
Monthly Publications.

GodeJs Lads5s Book for June contains a
pretty engraving, entitled waiting at the
Ferry" a brilliant colored fashion plate, and
full and attractive fashion and work depart
ments. The Editors Table and the Arm
Chair contain the usual amount of entertain
| ing reading. Tho literary contents embrace
| stories by Marian Harland, S. Annie Frost,
Mrs. Hopkinson; also poetry and short arti-
cles on various subjects. Cooley is always
welcome in the household.
The atlantic Monthly has another INSTALL
| ment of BsyaTd Taylor's story, Joseph and
His Friend; Drives from French Farm, by
Philip G. Hamerton; VIM. Hazlitt, by Henry
i. Tuckerman; an article on French and
English Illustrated Magazines, by Eugene
Benson; the first of series of stories by
Harriet Beecher Stowe, entitled Oldtown
Fireside Stories-the current one being of
The Ghost in the Mill. James Parton has an
article on the Correspondence of Napoleon
Bonaparte. Henry James discourses on the
Logic of Marriage and Murder. Another of
those interesting papers, An English Gov
erness at the Siamese Court, is given. Two
or three minor articles, and several short
poems, together with the reviews and literary
notices, make up very entertaining number
OF the Atlantic. Fields, Osgood & Co Bos.
ton, Publishers.
EUery Saturday has steadily improved in it's
illustrations from the start, and it's selections
from foreign periodical literature, which
make mp the body of the paper, were always
good. The new story by Dickens is progress
ing, and is marked by those peculiarities
which have rendered him the foremost nov
elist Of the age. Each number of the paper
now contains full page engraving illustra-
tive Of characters in Dickens novels, drawn
by S. Eytinge, one Of the best of American
artists. The engravngs are worth the price
of the paper. Published by Fields, Osgood
Il Co., Boston.
Our Young Folks continues Mrs Whitney's
story of We Girls, and contains some speci-
mons of youthful literature, entitled Trotty's
Compositions, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
which will amuse old and young; some stor-
les of Brave Boys by Major Traverse; an in
structive article on Ants, by f. W. Higginson,
with several other articles and three or fOur
poems. The Evening Lamp and the Letter
Box are full and amusing. Fields Osgood
& Co., Boston, publishers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
A Divorced Wife and Husband Re-marry
after Thirty-Three Years. Separa-

From the Portage County (0hio) Democrat.
story of real life, shrouded somewhat
in romance, runneth in this wise About
81 years ago young lady about Is wears
of age, beautiful and accomplished, but
specially noted for her musical talent, for
she could sing like bird, was wooeo and
won by a young mechanic, who wes also
noted singer. The union did not prove
harmonious, and after an existence
of about six months the young
wife returned to her parental roof for sup
port and protection. A committee was
selected to confer with the estranged par
ties. One of the committeeman was the
Hon. d. R. TiIden, of Cleveland. This COM
m1ttee effected nothing in the way of recon-
cilliation. The husband went his way. A
divorce was obtained, but have not been
advised which was the complaining party
son was born, in whom the pride of the
mother was centered more and more
as he grew from infancy to child
hood, and from childhood to man
hood, for she was in him reward
ed more than mothers often are. The faith
er married again, and reared family of
children. His name often appears in print,
for he is an author of music and singer OF
note. More than so years have dragged
their crooked lengths along, and disap-
peared behind eternity's vail. During all
this time, believe, the actors in this dra-
ma met not; but strange things do happen.
The second wife sickened and died; after a
while the husband sickened, and, as he lay
upon his bed, uncertain of the future,
memory called up the past in long review;
some little wrongs may have tingled his
conscience-at all events he longed to see
her around whose life he had wantonly
wrapped the dark mantle. Efforts were
made to get her by his bedside; they were
reconciliation was effected,
and she administered to MIN during his in
dispos ton. When sufficiently GONZALES
cent, together they visited her old home,
kindly words were spoken, the dark past
forgotten, assurances of fealty in the future
made, and again the hand was promised
Last night, May 5, they were married-the
life journey SO early begun, so soon dis
connected, was commenced anew.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
A Terrible Feud.

There is remarkable condition of So
ciety in some of the parishes in Louisiana,
and they may compete with Kentucky for
the title of ''the dark and bloody land. Near
Atlanta, Vim Parish, there have been
some mysterious outrages by desperadoes
for some time past. John r. West and
Daniel Dean are believed to have been in
some way implicated in these affairs. A
feud between these men resulted few
weeks since in a shooting and stabbing
affray, but without serious consequences
Subsequently West went to the house of A.
Dean, the father of Daniel, and, with the as
sistance of party Of his friends, actually
| captured and carried off the old gentle
man, his wife, and their younger son, and
imprisoned them in warehouse in
Atlanta. Daniel Dean in turn collected a
troop of friends, who first set the captives
at liberty, and then proceeded to wreak
their vengeance on Vests band, On the
morning of the Oath ult., the bodies of John
r. West, o. Collins, A j. Ingraham, David
Frame and G, Thompson, were found
within one mile of Atlanta; on the 9th
George Frame was added to the list of the
killed. and Lawson Kimball was also shot
/ at, but escaped. The Dean faction, as
so many of the others are killed, now repre-
sent "the citizens ofthe place., and having
found "roll' of the West desperadoes, are
pursuing those that remain, i'll the hope OF
rendering the organization extinct. The
perturbed parish hopes for reign ofpeace
under the Dean family.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01

No STRONGER testimony could be given
than the following from the News. Shippens-
burg, Pa:
"a Word to The Afticted.-We desire to
bring to the notice of the afflicted as well as
to all persons who are anxious of preserving
their health unimpaired, the merits of Hoof-
lands German Bitters. This medicine has
been before the public tor many years. 1t has
withstood all tests to which patent medicines
are exposed, and instead Of being driven out
of the market as most of them are, it has
continued to gain favor with the people, un-
til it has become the most popular medicine
in the country. Our observations as to the
merits of this Rltters warrant US in recon-
mending it to all. It will strengthen and in,
vigorate the whole system, giving lone and
healthy action to all its parts. But more
especially would we recommend it to all per.
sons afflicted with dyspepsia, most of cases OF
which we believe it will speedily cure, II the
directions accompanying the bottles be COM
piled with. Try it at once" This Bltters If
entirely free from all alcoholic mixture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
Excitement at q Funeral,

Just as the hail and rain storm COM
menced in this city yesterday, a funeral
procession was starting from a house in
Seventeenth street, below Pine. About
twenty carriages, containing relatives and
friends of the deceased, were forming The
horses became unmanageable in conss-
quence of the pelting Of the hail. They
started at a furious rate up Seventeenth
street. The driver of the hearse contain
ing the corpse, child, in attempting to
stop the horses, ran the hearse against a
tree-box, and before he could get away, two
of the carriages ran into the hearse, break
ing the wheels of the hearse and damaging
the sides but the fastening at the bottom
of the vehicle prevented any damage to the
| coffin. The driver of one of the carriages
broken by the collision with the hearse,
was thrown violently to the ground, re-
ceiving such dangerous wounds in his head
and back that it was thought best to remove
him to the hospital, where he now remains
in critical condition. His name is Pat
rick Dugan, and he resides in Quarry-st
4 lady suffered a sprained wrist. The cof
fin was removed from the broken hearse tc
one OF the carriages, and with two others
proceeded to the Cathedral Cemetery. The
excitement among the occupants of the
carriages, as well as among the citizens il
the neighborhood, was intense. Two o.
three vehicles were badly broken.-PhIa
detphid Bulletin. MAJ l..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
Agricultural A Items.

THE Illinois State Fair at Decatur will
commence September &C.
BEET SUGAR is exempt from taxation in
Wisconsin.
CHERRY and plum trees should be grated
earlier than the apple and pear, which are
best left until the buds commence to swell.
WHEN horse refuses to eat, he should
not be made to do any more service that
day, for it may be known that he is tired
out or sick. It is barbarous to compel a
horse to perform labor when in such con-
dition that he refuses grain, yet it is often
done, and by men, too, who think they are
merciful.
LICE ON CATTLE.-A correspondent re-
commended, as preventive, salt with
little sulphur, and to rid the cattle of them
when troubled, another correspondent gave
the following: 'sTake whale oil (such as
we used to burn in lamps,) about one pint
for full grown animal, part the hair and
pour the oil along the back, from head to
tail, and the work is DONE The oil, in the
course of few days will pass all over the
animals body, ard the lice will be no
more"
| WHEN SHOULD Pres BE WEANED P Eight
weeks old is the best age. Seven will do.
They should become accustomed to food
such as is ordinarily given to hogs before
weaning, and them here will be no need of
any loss in growth by the absence of the
the mothers milk. If they are all inclined
to scour, one of the best preventlyes is an
occasional days feed of whole corn, or
few kernels with their other food each day.
EThey should have all they will cat, and
even if the farmer is under the necessity of
| h,1ui tn
own harvest is ready in the fall, the growth
will generally pay at least fifty per cent.
over and above the expense.
/ To PRINT ON FRUITS. handsome
fruit is intended to be shown at fair or
sent to friend, it will add somethin G in
the way of novelty to have its name or that
of some person printed indellibly upon its
surface This may be done in sever lways,
but the most common methods are as fol-
lows: sJust before the fruit has attained its
maturity, cut from tough, thin paper the
name proposed and paste this upon the
side of the specimen most fully exposed to
the sun. That portion of the fruit covered
by the paper will assume different coler
from the other and when ripe the paper Is
, removed, leaving the name distinctly VS.
ible. Upon squashes and melons, names
, and figures may be indelibly impressed by
slightly scratching the surface While they
are growing.
s GUTHRIE COUNTY, Iowa, is the locality OF
q fresh discovery in mineral products' IL
:. is a sand-fine, particles of slhclous or
), calyx stone, reduced to powder or dust
t white in color, rather light, and feels very
n rough when rubbed between the fingers.
l. It is excellent for securing purposes-tln,
J. brass, cutlery, and anything else that can Il
II only be cleaned with securing sand; LII
d takes hold sharp, and does not scratch a, OF
y deface the finest polished surface, rms
l. sand is found in a natural powdered state
and needs no other preparation than 10
= mould it into form. 1t Is pronounced pS
o many equal to bath-brick, and IN some re-
spects superior.