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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-25

FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in Virginia
Registered and United States Bonds deposited
with the Treasurer of Virginia for security OF
Virginia policy holders.
Ne,o YORK Board Of Rttireace- Dows, Geo.
Opdyke, A. A. Low H. Il. Claflin, W. r. Cole
man, John WinsloSv, James Lees
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-25
FIREMEN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY
OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL

Capital (gold).... $500, 900
Surplus tgold) 299, 037
Total assets (golO. ........ $7V9,627
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-25
WEDNESDAY, EvENPG. OCT. 25, 1871.

seg-specimen copies of each edition sent free.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
apoplexy, brought on by excitement

apoplexy, brought on by excitement
and over-eXertion.
Meanwhile the ST. John men pulled
on, without slackening their pace. and
pulled over the course in thirty-nine
nine minutes and twenty and three
fiftns seconds. They came in uncon-
scious of the appalling eventwhich had
given them the race SO easily, and were
welcomed with applause. Their
friends were also of the opinion that it
was "put-up job"
Two of the victors then took up
collection for their vanauished oppo-
nents, and got large sum of money.
When the news of Renforths death was
spread, the greatest CONSERVATION was
exhibited. All the flags in the CITY
were lowered to half-mast, and great
detection was observable throughout
the city.
The lamentable finale of the race ap-
| pears to have created an immense de-
| preston III rowing circles in Halifax,
and the programme has been complete
" disarranged The death Of Rem
| forth was attributed, for some reason,
to poison, but this absurd charge has
not yet been authenticated, nor is it
likely it will be. The Tyne crew have
| objected to a post norton examination
by any but an English surgeon, and the
task has been undertaken by DR.. VIII
liam Wade, of the Seventy eighth High
landers. The result is not yet known
| James Renforth was born on Rapids
Banks, Gateshead, and was the great
est single sculler England ever pro-
duced. He was IS years old, 5 feet =
inches high, and weighed 157 pounds.
When very young he enlisted in an
East India regiment, and was in the
Madras Fusileers until after the trans
fer of the company's forces to the
Grown. when he was discharged and re-
turned home. He won considerable
reputation as @ swimmer previous to
becoming O rover.
He made his debut as sculler in
1866, and won his first races for csc
successfully against Robert and James
Boyd In November, 1868, he defeated
Kelly, the champion sculler of Eng
land, over the Thames course from
Putney to Mortlake. He rowed stroke
in the race at Lachine, whenhe became
known to rowing men in both worlds.
His brother, Stephen, formerly train
er, was subject to fits, and it is prob
able that James had the same tendency.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
Tle New Liam.

It IS asserted that the negotiation of
the new government loan was achieved
by circumventing the law in the follow
ing manner: The law authorizes the
Secretary to expend only per cent. for
commissions, advertising, and all
other expenses : but the contract with
the syndicate, it is stated, allows them
three months interest in thonew bonds
before the money is actually paid into
the Treasury, OF Il per cent.-equal to
about 81, 800, 900 on that portion of the
loan taken by the syndicate. OF this
sum, it is said, Jay Cooke and his
friends on this side get $600,OOO, and
the European members of the syndi-
cate the balance. The S25, 900, 600 in
gold said to have been deposited in the
Treasury last week by Jay Cooke is
universally known to be bogus. as not
one-tenth Of this sum Of gold was OBJ
tainable.
The current report is that the deposit
consisted of Jay Cooke & Co. s check
on the First National Bank, at Wash.
ington. Letters from Europe, by the
Russia, say that the houses of Roth.
schild, James Morgan & Co., and Nor.
ton, Rose d Co, refused to have any.
thing to do with the scheme, because
they looked on it as an underhan6
transaction Comment on the affair il
very sharp. It is alleged that, if the
Secretary can make donation of three
months interest to Jay Cooke & Co.
under the law, he can make a donation
of three years interest as well, and if
by nursing $50, 000,00 of gold in thu
Treasury vaults, he can carry ia,
Cooke q Co, S checks, he ought to opel
similar credit to the public
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
Large Noses a Sign of Genius,

A contemporary writes a column to
prove that large noses are an indication
of genius. The fact has been previ-
ously remarked, and, indeed, there are
few things more susceptible of demon
stration. Bret Hartea has very con-
spicuous nose. Joaquin Miller's face
is strikingly embellished in this re-
spect. Colonel Fisk's nose is what
first induced Miss Ream to ask him to
sit for bust. General Buffers organ
of smell excites even more attention
than his eagle eye. Rulloff S probos-
els is said to have been one of the prin-
cipal causes of the strife among the
doctors for his body.
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, each
possessed nose that left upon the be-
holder an impression never to be for
gotten. Whoever once saw John Coch
rane's nose would always know him by
that sign again. Mr.. Bennett, Seniors
organ is eminently indicative of the en-
ergy and high intellectual qualities that
have made him famous. Trains nose
is reported to have had a marked iniu-
ence upon his eccentric career. These
illustrations are sufficient to show that
large noses are the veritable induces of
genius.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
What One Man Has Done for Wisconsin.

Of small man-physically, man
with firm mouth. a clear eye, an ac-
tive hand, step as elastic as boys, a
mind fearless in it's Investigations, q
spirit of wonderful patience and en-
durance, and an ambition to learn that
is at once restless and tireless-the
Chicago Post thus speaks: "Such
man is Lyman @. Draper, the father Of
the Wisconsin Historical Library, the
largest collection of books west of New
York, and the third in Importance in
the country Noone man-not even ex-
cepting the public spirited Ex-Governor
Farwell-has done so much for Wiscon-
sin as has Mr.. Draper. He has created
an esprit 0u corps where before there
was Indifference enlightenment where
before there was ignorance, and sort
of centre for the literary culture of the
West in state where before there was
nothing to attract the student of let
ters. Twenty years ago he went to
| Madison and was made Secretary OF
the Historical Society. He devoted
himself to his work with a genuine
passion, and so inoculated others with
/ his ardor that he made the little
nucleus Of trunkful Of books produce
their hundred fold. More he aspired
to learn thoroughly the early history OF
the country, and to that end, he made
of himself a pilgrim. Through every
state west and south of New York, he
has travelled, at his own expense, from
year to year, by railroad and canal
river, stage, horseback and foot path
He has seen and conversed with every
| Of -i1o FL
1910; has collected the 1arges
existing library of American his
tory, and has gathered an immense
amount OF pioneer manu-
scripts that will go far toward furnish
ing a complete history of this Western
country from 1870 to 1926. This eager
quest he has prosecuted with the ener
gy that a father would put forth in the
search Of a favorite child lost in the
woods, and he has met with wonderful
success in rescuing perish;ng dates ant
circumstances from frontier oblivion
He has ridden 40, 900 miles and trav
eled 20, ZOO miles on foot, and the re
suit is that he has gathered ponderous
piles of original manuscripts-not less
than 50, 600 pages-comprising minute
information Of the most obscure por
ton of American history In his hands
| George Rogers Clarke, Kenton, Boone
and their companions and contempt
raries, have emerged from half-mythi
cal twilight and become staIwart living
men.
The only difficulty thus far encoun
tered is to analyze this vast accunula
ton of hitherto unknown facts, and
mould them into tangible history. Mr.
Draper is essentially an Antiquarian
collector rather than a publisher This
immense private pioneer library ought
to be utilized. While he lives his
abundant knowledge and retentivt
memory ought to be brought practic-
ally to bear on the solution Of the vex
| ing problems Of pioneer history il
which the West has an abiding inter
oct -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
The Accident to the Guerrero at Leg
h0rn---Serious Charges Against the

The Accident to the Guerrero at Leg
horn---Serious Charges Against the
Officers.
Cor. of the n Y. World.
SpEzz1A, Italy, August I've have
again to record another disaster to the
United States steamship Guerrero. On
the 25th of July, 1870, while on her
way to Civita Vecchia to Leghorn, she
was run upon Vado rocks, fourteen
miles south of the latter-namcd place.
The ship laid on the rocks until the
Sunday following, when, by tightening
the ship of everything movable down
to her lower masts, and with the aid Of
two powerful italian steamers, she was
dragged off with damage to hull and
towed up to Spezzie leaking ten inches
per hour. The ship was run on shore
in full view of the light house, on the
reef, which was about half a mile dis
tant. The weather was beautifully
bright, the sun shining as only an Ital-
ian sun can shine, and the discolored
water over the shallow spot distinctly
visible from the deck.
Those having charge of the naviga-
ting department. of the vessel endeavor
to account for the disaster by alleging
error in the chart, but it seems rather
to be the result of ignorance, incompe
tency, or perhaps something worse.
The department will do well to order a
searching investigation into the cir
cumstances connected with this very
serious accident, and ascertain the
truth of certain rumors against the
persons responsible for the safety Of the
ship. The Guerrero was negligently
run upon Nantucket Shoals just a yea1
ago, and the responsibility was shifted
to the pilot AS far as we could learn
there was no pilot when the ship was
run aground on Vado.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
The Cow Tree,

Among the many curious phenomena
presented to the traveller, none affect
the imagination more powerfully than
the C Characterization Title" or Cow
tree. This useful tree grows on the
parched side Of rocks among the noun
tains OF Venezuela, and has dry leathery
foliage, with large woody roots scarce
ly penetrating into the ground. For
several months in tbs year the leaves
are not moistened by a shower, the
branches look dead and withered, but
when the trunk is bored bland and
nourishing milk flows from it. The
vegetable fountain flows most freely at
sunrise, and at that time the natives
are seen coming from all quarters pro-
vided with large bowls to receive the
milk, which grows yellow and thickens
at the surface. Some empty their YES
sells on the spot while others carry their
contents to their children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
Stiu Onward and Upward.

The extraordinary increase that has taken place in
the sale of Hostetters Stomach Bitters during the
past year, is another proof that an intelligent people,
although they may Try all things, hold fast only to
that which is good. No amount of puffery can lift
inferior articles to the position of standard specifics
To use The words Of Tom Paine, they may go up like
a rocket, but sure to come down ignominiousIy
like its extinguished stick. Hundreds of such nos
truns have gone up and come down since the intro
duction of Ho5tetter's Stomach Bitters, nearly the
fifth of q century ago. Yet it still remains tie
supreme tonic of the age. 1t has not and has
had rival in efficacy popularity, and stands
at the head Of all proprietary remedies manufactured
on this side of the Atlantic. In every civilized
munity on this continent, in South America, it is
the accepted remedy for dyspepsia, bilious COM
plants, constipation general debility nervous weak
ness and many other unpleas ant or dangerous mala-
dies. A medicine widely extended is of course
pirated and iniated by dealers without conscience
or integrity.
Therefore, let every man and woman who designs
to purchase the genuine Hostetters Stomach Bitters
see to it that they have what they pay for and not
the results of an infamous imposture Look care
fully at label, stamp, and name blown in the glass;
and do not forget that The true biters is sold in bot
ties only.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
Death From a Bee Sting,
From the Rochelle CID Register, Aug. 10

IIoi4 Tic IiotueHo klDl hSSlsJeI aug. l9.
Mrs Elizabeth Strang, wife of John
L. Strang, blacksmith doing business
at the village of Lynnville, ten miles
north of Rochelle, met with sudden
death on Tuesday afternoon last, under
very painful circumstances. She went
into the garden to pick up some apples
that had fallen from the trees, and
while doing SO was stung by honey
bee from hive near by Shewas stung
in the temple, and the pain was at once
SO great she started for the house.
Getting rapidly worse she laid down on
the bed, and in not to exceed five min
utes was dead. Her face and head
Immediately commenced swelling and
turning black, and when buried the
following day she presented frightful
spectacle. Very fieshy natural, her
head had swelled GO twice its natural
size and seemed to be mass in the
last stages Of decomposition. She was
strong and rugged woman, and being
stricken down in the flush of health by
an instrument SO unthought of filled
the neighborhoOd with a strange feeling
of gloom.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
DE-. HelIiif5Old.

There is rumor from Long Branch
that Helmboid made another effort to
commit suicide early Tuesday morning,
but it is probably unfolnded. There
seems no doubt that he intended to
kill himself on Monday, though he de-
MES the story emphatically. His
friends think him somewhat deranged,
and say he has been SO for months, ow-
ing to serious financial embarrass-
ments. He is said to have lost large
sums of money in various ways, and
that he is unable to pay his debts,
which are reported to be large All
kinds of stories are circulated about
Helmbold-so many that it is impossi-
bic to get at the truth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
HOW To Tell tie Age of Oysters,

It is q welI-known fact that an oys-
terman can tell the age of bivalves to a
nicely. This is not done, however, by
looking them in the mouth, but simply
by counting the successive layers or
plates overlapping each other, Of which
an oyster shell is composed. These
are technically called "shoots,' and
each Of them makes years growth.
Up to the time of the maturity of the
oyster these shoots are regular and sue
cessiye, but after that time they be
come irregular, and are piled one above
the ether SO that the shell becomes
more and more thickened and bulky.
Judging from the size and thickness
that srfae shells attain, this mollusk is
capable OF attaining a patriarchai lon
gevity, and an oyster with fifty or
even three-score years upon its back
may be Glanced to be met with. They
are in perfection when from five to
seven years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

IRON UNDER THE MICRosCoPE.-Ac-
cordlng to the experiments made by
Mr.. Schott, the eminent chemist, the
different qualities of iron and steel can
readily be distinguished by means of
the microscope. Thus the crystals of
iron are double pyramids, in which the
proportion of axes to the bases varies
with the quality of the iron. The
smallness of the crystals and the height
of the pyramids composing each ele-
ment are il. proportion to the quality
and density of the metal, which are
seen also III the fness of the surface
As the proportion of carbon diminishes
II the steel, the pyramids have so much
the less height. In pig iron, and the
lower qualities of hard steel, the crys-
tails approach more closely the cubic
form. Forged iron has its pyramids
tiattened and reduced to superposed
parallel leaves, whose structure consti-
tutes what is called the nerve of the
steel The best quality of steel has all
it's crystals disposed to parallel lines
each crystal filling the interstices be
tween the angles of those adjoining.
These crystals have their axes in the
direction of the PERCUSSION they under
go in the working. Practically, good
steel examined under the microscope
has the appearance of large groups of
beautiful crystals, similar to points of
needles, at parallel and disposed in the
same direction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

PERsoNAL.-We were pleased to re-
ceive call, during the past week, from DIR.
AYERS traveller, who was IN our town devoting
his time and attention to the preparations of
the great medicine man. This call has become
a pleasant annual to us from the able and reli-
rble business character OF the accomplished
gentleman whom this firm send out to transact
their business. No house is better known or
valued by the press for its promptness in SCI
Element than the well-established and popular
J. C. AVER & Co., Lowell, Mass, whose medi-
cines have become household necessity, and
won the confidence and praise of all. Our own
acquaintance with them has extended over a
series of years, and we have invariably found
them, their travellers and their medicines, wor-
thy Of the commentator they everywhere re-
ceige.-JdchSon Glenn Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
A Safe Dry Goods lIOUsp.

Eastern underwriters have pronounced
Hamin, Hale & Co.'s house the best Dry
Goods risk in the United States.
The enormous stock of Dry Goods, Carpets,
Woolens, Notions and Dress Fabrics which this
great firm keeps, makes it impossible for them
to get sufficient insurance, hence they have
made their buildings, Nos. 81 to 104 Wabash
avenue, the most complete in appointments of
anY in America
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
A Woman's Execution, Paris, May, III.

BY GEORGE KING.
Sweet-breathed and young
The peoples daughter:
No nerves unstrung-
Going to slaughter
"Good morning, friendsi
You'll love us better
Make us amends
We've burst your fetterl
How the sun CLEANS
(Women are snarling);
Give me your beams,
Liberty's darlngl
Marie's my name =
Christs mother bore it
That badge? No shame:
Glad that I wore it -
Hair to her waist
Limbs like a Venus:
Robes are displaced);
" Soldiers please screen us
"He at the front?
That is my lover:
Stood all the brunt;
Now the fights overt
"Powder and bread
Gave out together.
Droll to be dead
In this bright weather.
4" Jean, boy we might
Have married in June
This the wall Right!
FiCe Ec Commune ~
-Scribney's for September
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

CHAPPED HANDS, tace, rough skin
pimples, ringworm, salt-rheum, and
other cutaneous affections, cured, and
the skin made soft and smooth, by using
the JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made by Cas-
WE'LL, HAZARD G Co., New York. It is
more convenient and easily applied than
other remedies, avoiding the trouble of
the greasy compounds now in use.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

The Rev. Thomas H. Hanny of Pitts
burgh, Penn, has distinguished himself
among his clerical brethren by refusing
to exchange his $4,000 salary in the
City of smoke for Sc, 600 salary (gold)
in San Francisco. Such loud calls as
that seldom go unheeded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

No LADY now considers her wardrobe
complete without a supply of black alpaca
dresses. But to be good the fubric should be
strong, of good lustre and shade, and these
qualities are combined in the Railroad brand
Purchasers of this brand Will surely be
pleased ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

EDWARD BAYER, ESQ, Horton, Kings
Co., n. s., writes that an astonishing cure has
been effected on his daughter, hy tho use OF
Johnson's A1lodyne Lininent The whole spine
became diseased, she lost the use of her limbs,
and her back was rounded up like bow, in
consequence of taking cold after having been
innoculated for the klne peck She is now
well.
WE pledge our reputation on the assertion
that any educated physician, after careful
examination of the recipe, will say that Par
sons Purgatiue Pills possess more merit than
any other pill now offered for sale.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

LEATHER PAPER. late English pa
tent endeavors to utilize scraps of leath-
er or skin, by manufacturing from them
paper. in combination with rags OF
other fibrous substances. For this
purpose, the refuse cuttings of any
kind of leather are taken, those of calf
skins, howeverR being preferred
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
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The authors have spent two years in writing
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previous Music Book of similar character has pro
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

FAMINE HAS FOLLOWED ON THE TRACK
OF WAR in the fairest land of Europe,
but neither war nor famine is as de-
structlye as neglected OF maltrcated
disease. Essential as food to the starry
ing, is DR.. WALKERS VINEGAR BIrrHRs
to all who suffer dyspepsia, congestion
or torpidity of the liver, constipation OF
intermittent fevers. To treat these
complaints with mineral poisons and
acrid alkaloids, while this mild and
certain remedy is within the reach of
all, is little better than moonstruck
madness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

THE managers of the American Insti.
tute, New York, intend to erect, as
soon as site can be secured, an i'm
posing editice, at an expense of So, OOO,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

FL. ". & J. M. WETHEREn1, of Chi
cago, are receiving their early Autumn STYLES
IN Millinery and Straw Goods, and are IRE
pared to fill orders for all who cater to the
first and newest of the season. Turbans.
Sailors, Frames and Hair Goods are now in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

. SOME arithmeticion discovers that
the French war indemnity Of 81, 900,
100000 would, in five dollar gold
pieces, cover more than nineteen acres
of ground used as paving. It would
take one man 222 years TO count them,
at the rate of 100 a minute for 70 hours
q day
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

GOOD housekeepers are putting up
all the fruit they can, and little BOYS
and girls are willing to put down as
much fruit as their mothers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

The house of J.V. Farwell & Go. now
imports all their foreign goods through the
st. Lawrence River, direct to Chicago, thus
saving time and expense.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06

HE Mutual Life of Chicago is one of
the safest and most successful compa-
MES in the country.