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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

A PARIs1AN correspondent Of the Inde-
pendence Beige mentions curious detail
relating to the publication of the papers
found at the Tuileries. 1t has been impos-
sible to discover the names of the numer.
Gus stipendiaries who, on different accounts
and in all classes of society, profted by
the secret resources of the Imperial gov
ernment An immense file Of receipts has
been discovered, but these reveal nothing
but the figures of the sums received, with
The signature. always the same, of an OBJ.
scure official named Tronsin Dumersap.
But besides this, when any influential per.
son wished the secret with regard to him
to be still better kept, this same oficia
breathsd on the pane of the bureau and
wrote with his finger the figure of the sun
to be received, which vanished instantly
The amount OF the sums thus given is in.
caIculable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
Injuries and Distractions in the Teats.

The teats of the COW are liable TO various
affections, which more or less impede the
flow of milk, or stop it altogether, and Of
ten from the basis of an infamed state OF
the udder. One of the chief causes of
these obstructions are small tumors about
the size of a pea. which may be felt on
COMPRISING the teat between the finger
and thumb, and can be often moved up
and down the teat. Sometimes these en-
tirely stop the flow of milk, and
at others small stream can be got by
much pressure, These small sub
stances are either what arc called lacteal
calcuh (nailE stones), or tumors attached
to the lining of the teat- In these cases, a
silver probe, or knitting needle, must be
passed up the teat, and the obstruction
either broken down, or passed into the I'D
der. where they often remain without in
convenience. 1t is not often possible to ex-
tract them from the end of the teat, nor
should this be tried, as from the irritation
caused, Inflammation is frequently set
up and the quarter is lost.
Structures often exist in the passage OF
the teat, diminishing the flow of milk. In
these cases probe, or knitting needle as
large as the structure will bear, and gradu-
ally increasing the size, should be fire.
quently passed. SO as to distend and keep
the passage open.
Warts at the end of the teats are oc-
casionally found, and are great annoyance,
not only obstructing the milk, but from
their soreness, causing the COW to become
fdgety and uneasy while MIXED. In these
cases the wart must be removed. either by
the knife or by a ligature of fine silk tied
around it; the latter is the preferable mode
as warts when sloughed of, are not 30 liable
to return as when excised with the kife.
Sore and chapped teats are best treated
by the application of ointment of turpen-
tine, Venice turpentine, two ounces; hogs
lard, four ounces; dissolved with a gentle
heat and Mixed or an ointment of Verdi
girls, (Virdigris, in fine powder one part;
common turpentine, one part; hogs lard,
twelve parts. Melt the two latter ingre-
dients first, and then add the verdigris,
stirring till cold.) 80
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
FruitfulneSs Of the Mind.

In the Herald of Health for November
We find very interesting article on The
tFruitfulness of the Human Mind" from
which we take this extract:
We are not apt to be aware Of the enor-
nous fruitfulness Of the human mind
There are some forty or fifty appetites, pas
sions, affections, sentiments and faculties
included in the organization of man which
minister either to his physical or spiritual
being. These are all of them open to ex-
element; and they are called into play
more or less every day, and every part of
each day by natural objects, by social con-
tact, by the exigencies of business and
pleasure, by our own volitions, reflections
| and automatic power. r.5 .#.- rs
| Though all these various appetites, and
passions, and affections, and sentiments,
aud faculties are not acting at once, yet
they SO alternate in action that there are
several of them acting together. For six
teen hours ont OF eve y twenty four, there
are some forty agents more or less active
within you; and the product in each hour
and each day must be immense, because
the mind acts quicker than any other
thing You think ten times quicker than
! you can talk; for the man OF muscle is
vastly lazisr than the man of thought. A
man can think as much faster than he can
speak, as he can speak faster than he can
write. How quick you plan but how
slow you execute The rapidity of mental
operations eludes any mans estimate.
II some invention of science should give
the brain recording power like that oi
the telegraph, it is probable that the
thoughts, the fancies, the feelings and the
volitions of single day would fill large
volume. Three hundred and sixty five
volumes in year would be written, if the
definite reflections, motives and emotions
that evely day passes distinctly through
your mind, and have relation to your char
acter and eternal destiny, should be print
ed in book. What enormous fruitfulness
and how much OF it seems to drop unno
ticed ..
1t is simply impossible for man to tax
note of such flow of inward life. 1t i
impossible for man to take note Of such
flow of inward life. 1t is impossible for
man to take note of even that which is out
ward. How much of what you said yestel
day do you remember to-day? Probabl
there was not much that was worth re
membering; but if you tried, how muc
could you remember of it!
There was Vocalization, thers was def
niteness of thought, separated from tn
flow OF emotion and fashioned into word;
and yet how much do you remember of tn
outward life of yesterday And, after al
, that was not ten-thousandth part {
what took place. The things that are ten(
ing toward action are more than th
things that accomplish actien. Thos
: thoughts and feelings which lie behind el
preston are immeasureably more fruitfl
than expression itself can be. And if yo
= cannot remember the outward life, no
j, much less can you remember the inwal
! life! It wenld be easier for man to oou
the drops of the river that flows by hi
j deep and rapid, than to count the though
a and feelings and fancies that make the ri
er of life that flows from the soul.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
The ORIGIN OF THE WORD ''QUN has


curious story connected with it j:
Very few words ever took such a run, or
were saddled with so many meanings as
this monosyllable and, however strange
the word, it is still more strange, says q
writer, that not one of our photographers,
from Bailey to Johnson. ever attempted an
explanation, or gave derivation OF 1t.
The reason is very obvious; it is because
it has no meaning, nor is it derived from
any language in the world ever known,
from the Babyionish confusion to this day
When Richard Daily was patentee Of the
Irish theatres, he spent the evening
of Saturday In company with many
of the wits and men of fashion o.
the day; betting was introduced, when the
manager staked large sum that he would
hear spoken, all through the prlnclpa
streets of Dublin, by d certain hour mex
day, Sunday, word having no meaning
and being derived from no known Language
-wagers were laid, and stakes deposited
| Daly repaired to the theatre, and despatch
ed all the servants and supernumerarie
With the word ''quiz," which they chalke'
on every door and every shop-window Il
town. Shops being shut all next day
everybody going to and coming from thei
different places of worship saw the word
and everybody repeated it, so that 'quiz
was heard all through Dublin; the circun
| stance of SO strange word being on ever
door and window caused much surprise
and ever since, should strange story b
attempted to pass current, 1t drawstort
the expression-you are qlazz'ng me-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
poetrn.
PHANTOM DAYS.
CARL SPENCER.

Sweetheart, when the year turns back,
end over her summer track
Goes trailing in robes of mist,
And holding her poor pale lips,
ohlu with their half eclipse,
Up to the sun to be kissed
Then ever the parting line
Ihe dead days glimmering shine,
With pihful faces fair.
They are perfect, all but breath,
And mind me Of their death
By the chill that is in the air.
Yet at the sight yearn;
And o, that they would return
With the love that foregot
And murmur, ali how long7
And sorrow takes up her song
"Till the rose blooms in the snow
So all the story Is told,
Cease, for the hearts a cold,
And the winter claims its own.
In the first night o. the frost
Beauty and bloom were lost,
And what is the stalk alone
o. when will the rough winds blow,
And when will the blank white snow
Cover the dead from sightf
For, like the haze on the hill
Lie.h on thought and will
1-s spell of past delight.
So, over ths yellow leaves,
And the emptE place Of sheaves,
follow my aimless feet.
Oh love that Is lost to me,
Are there ghosts that walked with thee
In this time o. the bitter-sweet7
Oh what but the hearts desire
Can you have seen the fire ---.--
OF the autumn woods ablazei
And wnat but an ended tale
In the sshes few and pale
OF these Indian Summer days
-Harper's Magazine for November
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
The Mammoth Cave OF kentucky.

During the war of the rebellion the busi-
ness of the Mammoth Cave suffered se-
verely, because pleasure travel was not
possible or not safe in that region. 1t is
recovering since the peace, but the num-
Der of visitors is still very small; and it is
rather remarkable that there are in the ho-
tel register almost as many names of for
eigners-English especially-a there are
of citizens. of the United States beyond
Kentucky and Tennessee. These latter
states, of course, furnish good many cas-
usl visitors, some of whom come on ex-
cursion frolics, or to got subter-
some other trivial purpose. We made no
accurate count, but we doubt, if, among
the names of the past summers visitors,
there were fifty from, Philadelphia, New
York and Boston combined. And yet the
Mammoth Cave is the most wonderful of
the worlds wonders; the most awful, but
yet the most captivating. IT is almost en-
chanting, in the old sense of that word, as
used in the s'Arabian Nights" and as Irv-
ing used it in his early stories; and it is
enchanting, too, in the commoner sense of
the word. No one can 90 through it
without tancying that heis in the mythic
realm, '''!'
"Where Alph. the sacred river. ran
Through caverns measureless to man,
Down to q sunless sea 20 si-s' .i-f 3
for that the cave, with its numerous
branches, was once the passage for a great
subterranean river and its tributaries, no
Intelligent visitor can doubt. He walks
over deposit of river sand, in the great
avenues, the walls of which show the at
| triton OF water through countless years.
| There is singular resemblance in the
wearing away of the limestone stratifoa-
| ton, to that one may see in various rivers
not subterranean, i'll the limestone regions
of daylight and in the vast
halls that are passed before entering the
narrow, intricate and difficult aisles, there
is, under the faint light of the lamps,
a wonderful Illusion of atmosphere, sky,
stars, clouds and infinite space overhead
that makes one fancy he is voyaging or
some mysterious river, with the peculiarly
of having around him not particle O
natural light and not an atom of vegetable
I-ife.-The- skies of this underworld are
rocks; the shores of these mystic lakes ant
rivers are herbless; the fishes that dwell il
them are eyeless; the beetles, the bats, the
rats and the other creatures that illustrate
the mysteries of life in these cavernoui
depths, are of distinct natures unknown il
the sunlight.
Description of such scenes is apt to be
come rhapsodical. Pictures of them are
sure to be failures. But the magnesium
light has enabled the photographer t.
give faithful illustrations of certain object
in the Cave, and some of these have beer
we'll reproduced by lithography for DIR
Forwood's book. Failing, like all others
to give any idea OF the Mammoth Cave, W,
can yet honestly recommend this book a
q valuable study for a new explorer, and
delightful means of recalling its strang
scenes to those who have already explored
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
Uses for Apples,

The apple crop throughout the Union
will probably exceed that of any previous
year since the culture of fruit assumed Its
present importance, and became so widely
known
Not unfrequently certain sections are en-
tirely without apples, even if peaches and
pears are reasonably abundant; but this
year the crop is general in its distribution,
and must be very large ia It's aggregate.
What can be done with them? Early
fall apples can be gathered and made into
cider. Nine bushels viii make barrel,
and that barrel turned to vinegar ought to
bring itsowner, within a twelvemonth after
it is ready for sale. at least so cents gal
lon. Good cider-vinegar has been worth
! 60 cents, and may reach that figure again
before another apple year.
Some of the miserable com pounds that
people call vinegar, and which are bought
and sold for such, cost less IN cash, but are
far more expensive TO whosoever is beguil-
ed into using them.
Another appropriations your cellar is
not good for making vinegar, or your
neighborhood lacks barrels which can be
| bought at reasonable price-is, to teed
them to hogs. Our practice has been to
boil them with potatoes, IN the proportion
of one bushel of fruit to two of vegetable,
and the stew was not only palatable, but
we believe the apples possessed an actual
value not far from 20 cents bushel
AS to winter apples, they should all be
gathered, and with more care than would
be bestowed on q crop which vas small,
and, of course, sure CT ready sale.
When there is scarcity, anything viii
sell; when the supply is abundant, the best
always finds the readiest market, and the
poorest frequently none.
Besides, good apples, well gathered and
well preserved, cannot fail of finding re-
munerative sale some time before the next
season, if not this fall or winter. There
cannot be an overstock next June, and If
care in gathering and preserving
will give to the 1ruit-grower d sure
market, then the bestowal of both is alike
the dictate OF prudence and economy
Hearth and Home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

IT is a nice thing to run for Governor of
massachusetts. Wendell Phillips gets
$50 fee fog each speech he MAKES against
bls opponents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

THE people OF Springfield, Mass, felt
another shock on Sunday morning, which
they supposed to be that of an earthquake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

STERLING drafts in sums Of 81 and up
wards issued on England, Ireland, and
Scotland by f. 81. Mcclure u Co, Bang
ers, Milwaukee, Wis, General Agents Tor
the Celebrated Guion Line OF Steamers
Parties sending to F. FL. Mcclure q o.
for drafts, or tickets can nave theLn ior ware
/
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
The Orange in California.

Some of Gen. Vanejo's trees have from
1,000 to 1,500 oranges on the branches at
this time, though the crop this year is not
as full as usual. These oranges are worth
ST least three dollars per hundred, on the
tree, at which rate a tree bearing / GOO to
l. 500 would yield $50 to S45 per annum 10
the owner. At Los angeles it is not un-
common for the fruit on single tree to be
sold for $85, and even as high as Sl5O he's
been paid in exceptional cases. These rates,
of course, must decline IN time, but even at
one dollar per hundred-and they will
hardly be likely to bring less within the
next fifty years. a small grove OF orange
trees, covering, at most, an acre or two,
would give the owner more net profit an
nually than is now realized or is likely to
be realized in future, trom the largest
wheat farms in the state. As the fruit
natures when all other kinds are cut of
season-hmes and lemons exoepted-it is
always in demand, and as we have 8 mo-
nopoly, and always must have, of the mar
ket of the whole interior of the continent,
from the Sierra Nevada to the Rocky
Mountains at least, the demand is likely to
always fully equal the supply. Tne orange,
unlike other and more perlshable fruits,
can be transported with even the toughest
usage from or g side of the continent to the
otter, and no expensive appliances for con
veying it are required. Wewould not have
our farmers aad fruit raisers go into the
business by wholesale, neglecting other
pursuits to do SO, but the prospect Of hand
! some and regular profits from the average
lcrop, is so good as to render it advisable
for every ranch owner having locality
suitable for the growth Of the tree, to plant
out fair number as an experiment. III
Sononaa and some other counties there ar,
now numbers of young orange trees being
planted yearly, but in other counties quit,
as favorably situated, no attempts have beer
: made to ascertain whether the tree vii
flourish and pay the grower or not. 1t will
of course, fail in some localities, but it wi
succeed more often than it will fail, an
+ our state viii be greatly enriched in tn
aggregate by experiments on a hbers
scale IN this direction. San francisco Cal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

THE late James t. Brady once remarked
that his experience convinced him that a
mans wife was his best lawyer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

TIE Pistsbug method of stopping car
ia to shoot the driver. The plan was IN
froduced a few days ago, by Mr.. Jos. Royl-
ston, who is now agitating his invention IN
the courts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16
Agricultural.
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Gotten in California.

7
Wonderful country! The largest trees
on earth. The finest fruits growing with
the least labor. Astonishing 7heat. GIoun-
talns OF golden quartz. Wonderful for her
cattle on thousand hills And still her
wonders increase - enterprise develops
her resources and tests her capacity. The
following statement by J. NJ. Strong. of
Mereed couaty, to Governor Downey, of
| Los Angeles, affords the latest California
lastonishment that we have seen:
| L have tried the third crop here on
small SCALE and have as fine cotton as /
ever saw growing. havs been eultivating
cotton the past two years lu the Mississip-
pi bottom, and am satisfied that can raise
1t here two cents q pound less than it can
be raised there.
He writes that cotton raised by him IN
Meroed in 1856 was classed by Memphis
cotton brokers as 'ful middling." Taking
two hundred acres of land as basis Col.
Strong thus estimates the costs and profits
of cotton cultivation:
Twelve hands, SIS per month. .,...... SO, 500
Feed of hands. 1 500
GXua gatheflng-.. ....---...-..-. 500
Ginning and baking. ng............. 500
Biacksmthlng. .............-..... 100
Total expenses. es................. Sc. 200
Proceeds $50 bales, 800 each. .S13 500
Deduct expenses. .............. 6,700-6, 500
Value of seed, rs tons, at SIS per ton. ], ,125
Net proceeds. .....................s 81. .925
The Los Angeles Reporter ADDS the fol-
lowing: Probably at least 81, 200 more
should be deducted for rent of land, mar
keting expenses, &c. A margin of profit
of S5, ,525 would still be left S25 per
acre. Allow half this sum for short crop
and depreciation in the market price of
cotton, and the profits of cotton culture
would still be over $3.50 an acre-more
than is yielded on an average by wheat"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-16

BLACK stockings and spectacles are fash
ionable in indianapolis.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

The stock market has been strong and gen
eriiIv h.phcr pltirulari, some of the specalues
such - Ncw-Yorb Central stock and scrip Reading 81
PAUL and Western tUuou IN the remainder oi the I'
dealing. are comparatively nominal the advance made
is aogcthrr 10 IA" mauipulaons OF the cIiqeS' ana
represent, uo permanent Improvement or ouisHe "r'
mlud fur th, stock, boo question The rise III hea""S is
au toa "cor,r In cash stock, a consdcra ON OF PER
t la,iy, been uad for IL, use til tomorrow though
after t, delivery WIS made, the price Giopped of per
cont The Northwest stocks sold eX-v. Of per cent
Investment stock. were duj. were also Express
,harc, hc following are tbe highest aud lowest roe-
itiH tlr active .tock- to-day:
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
cn-r,n.n E-n.hlct,. cLo.Ins auotat.ons were:

Tho Eunaau adyicc- thus far received are Only up 10
IN, lo on SATURDAY. Bonds strong. while the po
utcal compile zion Of affairs favorable To an early
winding p II the war This has initiated in favor OF a
lower gold premium aud ibe price run down on limited
dealing, from llo5 10 100 the bulk of business heng at
ios The easing upot the foreign exchanges contrib
utrd o the lower range be price. In the gold loan
market the rates paid for carry ing ranged from TO per
cent The day, business at the cod Exchange Bank
,,, a, follows: Gold cleared s2GG7l0OG; gold balances
y}1i so: and currency balances, Sl74,j2 The follow
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

The state bond marfet firm, but there less
activity noted The transactions were mostly In small
Trnncssees, Old sold at Gi. the at COS;
Georgia - o. Missouri G at 92E South Caronas. new
January and july at C9.a69,; Louisiana Gs, Old 7ol
Alabama lOll North Car0linas new, "a d2iE aud
special tax al ~, the last named having made adj
NanrD nf per cont Tho follow ing the bids:
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
Foreign change T. weak and rates are lower than on
sLlnrak Primo dal slo.ling i however negoiahIe
n .nn-,..Lnn.. Tnr lnLLowln. arr the Iate.

The week opened upon an easier feeling In money de
spite the uuisyorsbe bank exhibit Of last week The
more general rate 10 borrowers on call was g. though the
Leading bond dealers freely supplied AT s. and no
new business reported per cent The currency
movement is comparatively nominal In the paper mar
ket there il moderate demand reported at bank but
I'm view the impoverished condition Of the banks they
are taking no new lines. There is a scarcity OF prime
paper offering in the open market, though Of lower
grades large amounts are pressing. The following
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE,

which have almost become inoortora'eu WIZ a,tSourb
ruagc in the most tender household ho urobablv
tbo reader viii Gnd not few poems wn,m no - recon-.
meets now for the time Iao ,oe and its neat
mendod by the convenience " ~, rho superior cbarac
mechanical execution, az wen
To- M 1. cnnfents.