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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

HE MAGISTRATES IN CHINA are almost
the only people who are masters OF the art
''how not to do it," It is dangerous for q
person not a relative Of the deceased to
touch or even be found near dead body.
relative may come up and charge him
with the murder; and whether there is o
particle of evidence of guilt or not, the
magistrate will be sure to make the ac-
cused party bIeed-or, in the language Of
this country, will 'fsquecze" him to the
entent OF his ability to pay. So The person
not q relative, found nearest d murdered
man at the moment murder is found TO
have been committed, is often executed as
the murderer. A curious instance of the
effect that this has on the people is shown
by I'D occurrence which took place at Hong
Kong few months since. An English
sailor was IN Chinese boat In the busy
harbor, and he suddenly fell over
board. The owners of the boat which
were carrying him screamed, and struck
out with their oars to get as far as possible
away from the spot; such was lhe conster-
nation OF the Chinese al the thought of be-
ing charged with the murder OF an Eng
lishman, that no one dared to venture TO
the poor fellows relief, and he sank
When Gn undertaken is about to close the
coffin of dead man he never drives the
first nail to it, but the eldest SOB, or the
oldest living male representative OF the de-
| ceased, steps forward and drives it hOma.
This is to secure the undertaken against
the possible charge in future OF having
buried living person; 1t Is the official &C.
acknowledgement Of The family that their rel
ative il dead. Ihon the oldest son or male
representative takes the plate of nails, and
getting down on his knees, walks around
the coffin on them, handing one at a time
! to the undertaken, who drives them home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

HUMBoLDTs LIBRARY. From a recent
lstter, published by the original purchaser,
in 1860, ct the library of Alexander Vc
Humboldt, who died on May 9th, 1859, it
appears that the second purchaser, Mr..
Henry A. Stevens, after endeavoring to
dispose of the entire collection to some one
of the public libraries of the United States,
was obliged to sell the books separately. A
large number of the folio volumes were dis
posed of in England and in America The
collection OF 1000 privately printed scientific
treaties was subjected toa critical exainina-
ton by the British Museum, and the copies
which it did not already possess were pur-
chased by that institution. Humboldts
diplomas, 100 in number, beginning with
that from the Academy of Berlin, dated
1900, and extending in an unbroken series
to the letter of congratuation from the
Munich Academy, dated 1859, together
with bis colossal bust, it is believed, are
owned in the United States. The remain
der of the library, originally consisting of
Id, 900 volumes, was, in June, 1865, put up
for Fale by auction. The books, however,
had been displayed for examination for
three days. when, on the night of June
29th, the auction rooms took fire, and the
Humboldt library, Lord Charlemont's mag
nifcent library and manuscripts, and two
other splendid libraries, were totally de-
StrOyed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

| CHEAP VEGETABLE CELLAR.-sink a bar
! rel two-thirds of its depth into the ground,
! "a Dox Or caSk viii answer abetter purpose)
heap the earth around the part projecting
! ou0 OF the ground; with slope on all sides;
place the vegetables that you desire 10
Keep, IN the vessel cover the top with a
WateT-ti9ht cover. and when winter sets in,
throw an arntul of straw, hay. Or some
thing OF that sort, on the barrel. II the
bottom Is out of the cask or barrel it viii
be better. Cabbages, celery, aud other
vegetables will keep in this as fresh as
when taken from the ground The celery
should stand nearly perpendicular. celery
and earth alternating. Freedom from frost,
ease OF access, and especially freshness and
freedom from rot are the advantages
claimed-H0usehold. &! . g4
BENEFITS OF IRRIGATION Alta Cal
i1ornia, says: ga field of one hundred
acres OF wheat on Sherman Island seemed TO
have reached it's fun growth in the middle
OF May. The stalks, though less than a
foot and half high, began to turn dry and
to head out, and as they were sparse the
prospect for the crop was not promising.
The owner of the farm, Mr.. Seaver, as an
experiment., let in the water from the Sac
ramento river at every high tide in the day
time for a week. The stalks turned green
at once, stooled out, threw up multitude
OF new shoots, grew up three feet high,
formed heavy heads, and will, it is estimat-
ed. yield forty bushels of grain to the acre.
Next year Mr.. Seaver will irrigate his wheat
III the latter part of April, without waiting
tor 1t to show by drying up that it needs
water. zaL - 81
Corn BREAD.-One quart of sweet milk,
one quart of white meal, sified, two cups
OF white boiled rice (cold), six eggs beaten
very light, two .ablespoonsful of butter
salt to taste. Mix these well together,
grease q cake mould well, bako the bread
in it, and turn out from one to two and
halt hours TO bake, according to the ven
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14
Dry Anecdotes,

The long drought of this summer recau
some of the quaint, and as We should
think, IN these days, over familiar, EXPIRES.
slons OF oDr fathers when praying for rain.
In 1921 genial company were travelling
IN stage-coach from Albany to Niagara
Falls. Rev. jedediah Morse, Hon. Ed
ward Everett, Colonel T. II. Perkins aud
Chandler Starr, ESQ, with Mrs. Starr,
made up the party. The dry weather Of
that season called from Mr.. Morse the fol-
lowing aneedote: 4 Cape Cod clergyman
one Sabbath had prayed most earnestly for
rain. He entreated the Lord to s'uncork
the bottles OF heaven and send down the
refreshing showers" The drought had
lasted through August and . part of Sep
tembef; Tuesday morning the line storm,
begnn, and continued with great
violence tiil Friday. flooding
the country and sweeping off bridges in
all directions. Saturday night il set in to
ram again, and Sabbath morning it was
still pouring down This time the PRAYER
WAS as follows: 80 Lord, we recently took
occasion to entreat Thee to uncerk the
bottle of heaven and send down the re-
freshing showers, but we did not mean that
The corks should be dsro,on qleay." Mr.
Starr followed with a story of 'ssparson
Howe" OF Milton, Conn. On q similar oc-
casIon, Ii not during the same drought, he
petltloned for reliet in these words: 80
Lord, we want rain very much. The rye
is suffering prodlgiously. Of corn. we
shall not have half crop AS for Tho no.
tatoes, it is all up with them; and there's
that grass OF Deacon Comstock's, it ia as
red as a fox's tail. - Congregnt;o,al,st.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

STARTLING. At the June meeting of the
Royal Irish Academy. DR.. Sigerson read 3
starting paper on the atmosph ere, illus
trating st once the delicaoy of chemical
research and the harmful mixtures which
are sometimes breathed by mechanics and
others. liz the air of iron-works ne dis.
covered hollow balls OF iron about one ten
thousandth OF an inch IN diameter in shirt
factory air there are little tilaments of iin-
en- and cotton, with nainute eggs; threshing
machines and mills fill tho cir with iibres,
starch grains, and spores; in printing Offices
antimony from the types is breathed, and
in stables and in barber's shops scales and
hairs. Tobacco smokers breathe globules
of nicotine; and in short, every workshop
fills the atmosphere with floating frag-
ments of the materials used.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

CHEAPER THAN BEFORE TEE WARl-Ep1-
cures, are you aware that you can enjoy the
luxuries of the dessert at a much cheaper
rate than ten yeas ago2 Science has con-
verted wild product of the Irish coast into
an element OF immeasurable dainties Of the
most wholesome, nutritious and delicious
character; and the price OF this new staple is
less by onekslf than that of any other article
OF The same class containing like amount of
nutriment. Need we say that SEA Moss FA-
RISE is the article referIed to2 The wealthy
and enterprisiug New York Company en-
gagged in its manufacture are entitled to the
thanks of every philanthropist for introduc-
ing this new source of excellent and agreea-
bic food, st price which places il within the
reach OF all. One experiment will convince
the most sksptIcal That with SEA Moss FA-
RINE they can produce unequalisd cuetards,
puddings, jelies, Chsrlottes, creams, sauces
&c., at less cost than before the war. The
depot OF tho company is at SO Park Place,
New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14
How the Wounded are Cared FGr,
From the New York Tribune.

&
I We are permitted to make the following
interesting extracts 'fom private letter,
written by German lady OF Frankfort to
friend IN this city:
We are striving 30 alleviate the suffering
Of the wounded German and French sol
diers, as well as tho distress which exist
Ill their unfortunate families. To this end
every one does as much as possible We
have established hospitals with six hun
dred beds in every available place, and we
are spending money in weekly contribu-
tions and by societies. You may, for in
stance, imagine how much people
are doing here in the way Of charity, when
L tell you that the great building Brenta-
noshaGs in the Neue Mainsorstrope, has
been hired by q society Of ladies, which
has been established, and o kind Of factory
Tor making lint, bandages, arranging old
linen, etc., started. In the saloons there
are occupied nearly all the young ladies of
Frankfort In the first rooms are the bu-
reaus; then follow the rooms for the recep-
ton of the linen, for selecting, cutting,
serving, making lint, for receiving the
ready-made linen, staining, binding, deliv-
cry, DC. hundreds OF women are always
there at work, SO that it is very difficult to
find chair when one goes to assist.
There is another society, composed Of
men and boys, members of which are al
ways at the railway stations to give relish
OF meat, wine, beer, and in the night, cof-
fee, to the soldiers passing through their
town to the front. They consume every
day 600 pounds OF sausages and 500 boG-
ties Of beer You may readily imagine how
grateful these poor soldiers are 20 receive
these refreshments this hot weather (abOut
80 degrees Fahrenheit.) =
| cannot tell you all that is being done;
but, among other things, the six lodges of
Free Masons have formed union, which,
beside the individual and private endeav-
ors, work for the aid of ali they help
each of the existing societies, and in 81
ience also render succor to distressed fami
lies. We are hoping that they will receiye
aid from all parts of the world; and, If you
could make some little collections from
your friends IN America and forward them
20 me. however small they may be, we shall
be very grateful to you, and you may be
sure that d proper use will be made Of
them. r-.5 -4
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

For THE WOUNDED. A special train of
36 railway carriages. filed with lint and
bandages, together with provisions and
delicacies for the wounded, collected by
the different committees formed in this
city, was sent on the 9th from Hamburg
direct to. Mayence, to be distributed to the
different hospitals in that fortress and its
vicinity. Among other things sent wore
10000 pounds of rice, sago, coffee, pre-
served fruits, and other provisions, as we'll
as 100, 600 pounds of raw rice. Two mem.
bers Of the Central Committee, DR.. Don
nenberg and Herr Adolph Schon, accom-
panied tha transport
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14


TREES PETRIFYING. The San Francisco
Bulletin has a strange story about a noun
tain near Caliatoga Springs, in that State,
where forest trees turn to stone while
still standing. Mention il made of forty
near one spot, the largest being about six
feet fn diameter. None Of these were found
standing, but the positions III which they
lie, and the nature OF their fractures, leave
little doubt but that the trunks al least
were petritied before they fell.
They grew on tsa small hill
rising from the plateau, and composed not
OF soil but OF rocks. ard the wood ls de-
scribed as ''silicifed, having the quality Of
scratching glass. and shows occasionally
crystallzations or opalized spots throue h
and upon it. A hill that grows Corintbian
columns of genuine stone and MARBLE gi-
gantic opals aud sapphires, six feet in di-
ameter and hundreds Of feet long, is GER
tainly bit of real estate worth having
We shall doubtless next hear of these ec-
centric Calistogans mining, or qparrying
out cubic acres of rosewood and mahogany.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

An Iowa FARM.-The most extensive
farmer IN Iowa resides in Grundy county.
The name OF this agricultural prince is
George Wells. He has farm of 5000
acres, nearly all under cultivation, and will
raise this year 90, 600 bushels of wheat, and
corn, oats and barley in like proportion.
IN addition to this goodly crop he will cut
$50 acres Of seed timothy. Mr.. Wells is
now busily engaged in harvesting, and has
some twenty reapers and mowers at work,
giving employment to over one hundred
men. The above are actual figures.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

ALIENS LuEG BALsAM-nas proved IT.
self TO be the greatest Medical Remedy for
healing the Lungs, purifying the Blood and
restoring the tone of the Liver. 1t excites
the phlegm which is raised non the
Lungs, thereby the C9deh. Pains, Oppres-
sion, Night Sweats and Difficulty of Breath
ing, all the above symptoms will be cured,
and the whole system again restored to
health. For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

A SWIMMING RACE BY YOUNG WOMEN
The appearance of six young ladies at
Boston, last week, in an athletic display
heretofore attempted only by the men,
illustrates the rapid advancement of the
sex's independence. Six Charlestown
young women challenged an equal nulnber
of Boston beauties to a swimming race for
prize of 500. The latter accepted, but,
when the appointed time came, did not
appear on the ground. So the spunky
Charlestown girls resolved to get up race
among themselves for the champion slip of
the Charles River. Preliminaries over. the
six dove gracefully at the word and started
together. But, alas before they reached
the turning-stake. four ont of the six
weakened" and padded exhausted to
shore Miss Lizzie Kerrigan turned the
stake IN advance, closely followed by Miss
Lizzie Kane. On the home-stretch, the
latter, who was swimming nobly, sud
denly threw up her hands, crying, Il am
sinking; for Gods sake, help mei' and
Miss Kerrigan had all she could do to keep
the auburn head of her exhausted adver-
sary above water until aid arrived. A SIM
liar cOntretegsps interfered with the success
of the recent ladies' foot-roee IN the West
where one OF the ladies withdrew in a
iainting condition. But obstacles like
these viii no longer bar the upward strides
of women when once she holds the ballot
in her hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

RAILROAD THROUGH SWITZERLAND
power of great economic achievements to
change the face Of the world, is illustrated
by the alarm into which many Frenehmen
have fallen, at the prospect tilat u railway
will soon be built from Germany through
Switzerland into Italy, by way of the st
Gothard pass. The North German Fed
eral Assembly has authorized the Govern
ment to give a large sum for this project
and it is said that Italy and Switzerland
are eager to carry it out, III the hope Of
diverting to this route the travel and the
most valuable part of the traffic between
India and the east on one hand, and hng-
land and all northern Europe on the other.
A glance at the map will show how it is
conceivable that, in this way, Venice Or
Genoa or Naples might one day become the
capital of the Mediterranean commerce, in
ACE of Marseilles. -E 81 ..-l-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

MANGANESE BEoNzE.--Metallie manga
ness promises to become of considerable
Importance in the arts, since the expert
ments of Mr.. Valeneiennes have shown
that It viii unite with different metals so
as to form valuable alloys. Thus, melted
together with copper. in proportions OILS
to S5, bronze is obtained, of beautiful
color, sonorous tone and great firmness,
having much resemblance to steel In it's
characteristics. For many purposes this
new bronze is calculated to replace the Or
dinary article to great advantage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14
Uoetyu.
TIE PAxTsNe.


Z onEILLx.
Sadly from my no ] parted
Stiff he was, but genial hearted;
And tear unbiGdeu started
As [ lingering ~ delayed
There tief esher sooe bss1Ie us
1ffeyer, and deco. our,
tber eye rearing bore ta
Kinder tHan her. tongue eonyeyei
Round ibe supper room, tic glowing
Icps a htful light were shreaiItgss I.
While the night breeze, hoarsey blowing.
Nur1nured through the eirciibg trce@:
ssEliLnds, aeu isilsf oppose you
slirepaid the debt he OWES sen
uuto dranghte - fule a. tbese II
Cruel Laura seemcd Lciiehted
Al my leaving Pa@4sif ~ qnit,d
sse Iosa T., IfEong gbf saId get sho lighted
lie, d peItse t9ihe door:
& snddeniy-of no ueo G5yiDg
How the hTeeze . froiie playfag,
.t Blew the tight ont AID dejaSin
Grow more pi asant than before
D8rk and cold The midnight dfizzle,
zone adien ~ hear the whistle ~
Something seemed to strive and WrestSa
And Re fore ourselves apart az
What took place. have an milling,
Eormy martly tingling;
And aliothe soul seemed mingling
Lipeonductcd, through nay heart
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

To CURE corns upon the feet soak them
in pretty strong solution OF common soda.
A few trials viii prove etfeetual, usually.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

SELLING MAN Did you ever hear of
Andrew Wallace seiZing q man that was
drunk and putting him up at auction /
must tell you that story. Squire Wallace
was captain in.the militia; and one day
after training was over, and just before the
men were dismissed from parade, he took
a guard with him, and made a prisoner of
Pat Sweeney, who was a most powerful
drinker-drinka as much at time as
camel, almost. ''Pat," says he, '1 seize
you in the Kings name!' '.Me r says
Pat, scratching his head and looking all
abroad, bewildered like; 81 am not a
smuggler; touch me if you darer' 81
seize you, says he, ''for violation of the
excise law, for carrying about you more
than gallon Of rum without permit, and
tomorrow | shall sell you ST auction to
the highest bidder. You are O forfeited
article, and | could knock you on the head
and let it out if | liked; and no nonsense,
man J. And he sent him off to goal,
screaming and screeehing like mad, he
was SO frightened. The next day Pat was
put up at vendue and knocked down to his
wife, who bid him in for forty shillings
1t is generally considered the greatest ruse
ever taken out of man IN this country
The NAvIEs OF THE WoRLD.-T The follow
ing is comparative table of the number of
vessels and guns in the various nayies of
the world, rs compiled at the Statistical
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

THERE are 962 journals published in
Paris, of which 80 are religious, 48 treat
of Jurisprudence, 35 are political, SO nau-
teal, 65 are devoted to painting, sculpture,
music and the theatres; host to various
technical and special subjects, and S5 are
literary miscellanies. With all this num-
Der, including journals devoted to every
special subject conceivable, there is no dis
tinctiye literary journal in Paris-no one
devoted to criticism and literary informa-
ton, of which class there are so many in
London. The Figaro has the largest cir
culation, SO, 200; the Rappei comes next,
with sc, ZOO; then LIE Steele, with 80, coo;
and the Gaulois with 80 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

O. BUSINESS SUCCESS depends greatly on
business education and training, such as
can be obtained at Milwaukee, in the
Spencerian Business College. It's the best
institution of its kind and is managed by
Il. @. Spencer. Students enter at any
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

EcoNoMIcAL-An exchange says there is a
man residing within ten miles of Knox
vile, Iowa, worth $4,000. A few years
since he was ordered to remove the body
of his father (who had been dead num-
ber of yearsl, from its then resting place,
and bury ii in new grave yard. In order
TO do so, he obtained common shoe box,
aud into this he scraped his fathers bones.
On arriving at the new grave, this dutiful
son tumbled the bones into the grave and
carried the box home with him, remarking:
sIt won't DO father any good TO bury him
in a offin, and this box VIII be useful
ul cut the place p
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

BUSINESS EDUCATIoN.--A few months in
the Spencerian Business College at Mil
waukee, viii prepare any enterprising
young man to greatly improve his condi-
ton IN life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

NETTIE IN RAIN SToRM.-''Alnt you
erprised to see me?' said q year-old
girl as she tripped into my house in the
midst of IL rain-storu. ''The rain fell all
over me, like it ran down through a strain
er, and / shocked it off, but it wouldn't
stay shocked. [ asked God to stop, but
there was big i,under in the sky and he
couldn't hear me, / underspect; and |
most know he couldn't see me, cause a
black clond got over my head, as black IS
anything Nobody couldn't see little
girls through black clouds. I'm going to
stay till the sun shines, and then when l
go home God viii look down and say,
why. there's Nettie She went to sae
Ter auntie right in the middle OF the
rain" and l guess Heu be jus rs much er-
DFised as you was % r A. T. j.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14
OA t+io ciAssS9e 9epOt--ilOt-p
t Is sung everywhere.

CHAPPED HANDS, FACE, RoUeH s3KrN, Phi.
Plies, RlnSw0fm, Salt Rheum, and all other
cutaneons atfections cured, and the Skin
made soft and smooth, by using the ,J3anip5,
Io1' So0p, made by CASWELl, HAZARD Il
Co., New York. 1t Is more convenient ana
easily applied than other remedies, avoiding
the trouble OF the greasy compounds now IL
use. Sold by AtI druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

PRoPHEsY. D'Orval prophesy,
written by q monk some centuries ago,
traced out distinctly the wonderful career
OF Napoleon the Great--his overthrow
his return from EIba and final downfall
the ascent of Louis Napoleon to the thron
the Crimean war aud other Incidents.
ending with the final downfall of Louis
Napoleon by bloody conquest at Paris, in
which the Seine becomes red with the
blood of the French, atter which young
prince of the old legitimate stock reigns in
France with great prosperity and popular
ity. With this the prophesy ends.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

OUR readers cannot too carefully read the
advertisement Tubular Kerosene Lanterns"
The lantern is really wonder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

DEAe LOOKS Chignons,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14

TIE aldermen to their dinner Gorgeous