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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25
NO. so.
A WONDERFUL FISH.
Coat OF Diamonds-A Mother-of-P Pearl
Head and Pink-tintcd Pearl GiIIs--A
Curiosity frorr, Shrewsbury River.
From the N Y SUM-

Curiosity fron, Shrewsbury River.
From the N Y SUM-
! Messrs Carman & Co. of Fulton mar.
ket recently received beautiful ma
rlne curiosity which had been captured
In Shrewsbury river, the like of which
was never before seen in his latitude.
Previous to sending the fish to Profes-
sor Baird of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion for classification, an invitation, was
sent to that old and experienced fisher
curiosity. After a careful inspection
of the wonderful what is it, as he
termed it the genial piscatorial sport
pronounced it the most beautiful fish
that he had ever seen. The following
is his description of the fish
Its mouth and fms are like those
of the mullet. Its length is 25 inches,
and Al inches across from its single
back corsal, which is placed like that
of the lnullet or club of our inland riv-
ers. 1t is as white as silver club, as
round as sucker, and though it is an
abdominal, and has but one -corsal, vet
It's fine are lengths, and it's forked eau
dial is quite long. In color, the fish is
winter and more scinilliant than the
brightest polished silver, its scales
more resembling diamonds, in which
the whole body is encased as in amor,
impossible to penetrate with gaff,
though the scales are rather large. Its
head is Like mother of pearl, and its
gill-covers are translucent and like pink
tinted pearl The mullet mouth is
small and almost toothless: but the
throat contains, above and beneath,
plates with file surfaces hard enough
to crush any crust0ceo not too large
for it's mouth. The scales are about
one-fourth inch square. Under the
gullet or gibs, like the chondsostono
nasus, it is formed like bellows and
the fringe to the gill covers is like coat
of mail, and are nearly as hard as steel
In shape it resemnies the silver mullet
of Southern waters: but in it's super
ior size it is prove to belong to anoth-
er family
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

A GREAT outcry has been made against
the use of jute as substitute for hair,
on the score of the yermin it is said to
breed but the manufacturers state
that the jute is as clean, if not much
cleaner, than the human hair they are
forced to use. This prejudice has al
ways existed, especially in the State Of
Maine, where for long time none of
the switches made of jute could be sold.
This material, however, is at present
the principal substance employed, and
at one time during the past summer
the stock in the market was almost en-
tireIy exhausted owing to the immense
quantities required for this purpose,
causing it to advance nearly fifty per
cent. in price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

The Germans have built three minia-
trlre iron-clads at Dantsic They are
intended to fix torpedoes under an enc
my's ships. It is believed that these
little vessels Will be able to run swiftly
up TO the the enemy, fix her torpedoes,
and make goodher escape without muoh
risk The author of the "Battle OF
Dorzing'' may lay claim to the origila-
ton ssf the idea.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25
Chicago
Illinois. =:
John Peterson.

Fs-z. -.-.-' .,.-.,-. .s,-gz s-
It is not necessary in all, cases to send
The letter to john Peterson or even to
Chicago the only imperative rule
being to set the town, whatever it is,
first: The state next; and the name OF
box LAST. Reader, this is to be hence
fortL the fashion ofletter subscription !:
let us see that we will all conform to it,
-(hjcdQo Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

TEE New FASHION OF ADDRESSING
LETTEEs. few people know how
to subscribe an envelope. A large
proportion of the letters that get into
the postofice are SO directed that it is
with great difficulty that they reach
their destination. The first thing the
clerk seeks to know is what state the
letter is bound for; next, what town :;
next, what person. So the fashion of
address is changing, and the style now
coming into vogue, for it's simplicity
and correctness, is the following:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

The craft upon the Rhine deserves a
passing notice. AS we stood looking
down from the romantic castle of Ro-
landseck, perhaps the best point OF OBJ
servation on the river, there was llv-
ing panorama spread before the eyes.
Our ears had just been hanging on the
legend of Count Roland, and the beau
tiful Hildegnnde, told by little flower
9irl as a decoy to sell her wreaths, when
six steamers hove in sight. -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

MANY of the ancients never ate ami
NAL food. Plutarch, a learned Grecian,
abstained from it altogether. He lived
to be nearly so years old, and was a
hard worl er. He is said to have writ
ten 800 philosophical works. One hun
dred and twenty-five of them are ex-
tant. Thiscelebrated man once wrote:
& You ask me for what reason Pyth-
agoras abstained from eating the flesh
Of brutes for my part, l am astonish-
ed to think what appetite first induced
man t. taste of dead. carcass or what
motive could suggest the notion OF
nourishing himself with the flesh of
dead animals" :" People could live much
cheaper if they were to adopt Plutareh's
views
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25
Origin of Ambergris.

In an article on this subject in Land
and Water, Frank Bucklsnd, the ma
turalist, writes:
s'The principal scents derived from
animals are musk civet and ambergris.
Musk is scent that nature seems to
have used in profuslon: and it seems
strange that we should find musk per-
fume present in such very different
things as little Chinese deer, plant
very common IN our garden, and the
crocodile Of the Nile The most inter
esting, I think, of all scents is amber
girls. Hi
"The true origin of ambergris (suc-
c,t71satna griseat7h) was a matter of great
dispute in former times. It is found
floating In the sea or cast upon the sea-
shore in the neighborhood of NADIA
gascar, Jamaica, Bermudas, Maldives,
Brazil, 1Iolucca, Japan, China, the
coast OF Africa, and it is said to have
been also found on the west coast of
Ireland, the coast of Norfolk and near
the Orkneys. The greatest supply now
coming into the market is from the Ba-
hamas and Morocco. Formerly several
| theories as to its nature existed. The
inhabitants of madagascar said it was
kind of bird-guano; secondly, it was
said to be kind of bitumen from
springs; thirdly, a sea mushroom !;
fourthly, ayegetable wax, or gum. The
real fact, however,, is that it is simply a
secretion from the intestines of the
perm whale.
g 1t is generally met with floating in
the sea. but it is also met in the intas-
tines of sperm whales-healthy whales
do not carry 1T, but 1t is found in dead
or sickly whales. 1t is always in one
place inside the wbale-namely, at
from two to seven feet from the termin-
alton of the intestine canal. DIR. Dew
hurst, threfore, thinks that it is a Sc
cretion which collects in the cacum of
the whale, and from the fact that it is
/ found onl in dead or dying whales, he
| conjectures that it may be the cause OF
the death of the whale. There can,
however, be no doubt whatever but
4 that ambergris is the refuse of the
whales food collected in morbid
form. On looking at it very closely
find that it is deposited in regular lay
ers. By delicate manipulation I find
the ambergris will split off in layers as
one splits up the pasteboard cover OF
an old book. ....r...-..
"The theory of it's being forma
tion analogous to calculus is con
frmed from the fact that frequently
hard, shining, black, horn-like sub
stances are found imbeded in the body
of the ambergris. These are the beaks
of cnttle-fsh, which form great par1
of the food of the sperm whale; these
cuttle-fsh beaks, however, are not per
feet When the whale swallows the
cuttlefsh the soft parts are digested
but the hard beaks remain intact"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

An English sailor in the waters of
Burmah, India, being terribly annoyed
by mosquitoes, inquired of his mess
mate: ''Do you think hell is g worse
place than this?" The messmate not
giving a satisfactory answer, the inter
rogator said: I'm going to out. out, .
and instantly jumped overheard and
was drowned. A court of inquiry was
held the next day, and the verdict was:
Drowned himself when mad from
the stings of swarms of mosquitoes. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

A REMARKABLE LIBEL SUIT, in which
rival newspapers were plaintiff and
defendant, has been decided in Bristol,
England. The Western Morning News
charged that the Daily Mercury made
up It's columns with borrowed adyer-
tisements, inserted without orders, and
then tried to collect payment for them.
Thereupon the Mercury sued the News
for libel, and the jury actually awarded
t4O5 damages to Mr.. Latimer, the pro
prietor oil the Mercury, the indee
charging that the libel on the pnper
must be libel upon somebody ami
that somebody was very naturally the
proprietor. This IS q snict constru.-
ton Of the law OF libel, which wou.d
throw American Journalists into his.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25
The G0,deD Gate.
nv ADEIAIDE A. PROCTOR.


Dim shadows gather quickly round, and up the
stair they climb; .-.-.
The cloudy stair that upward leads to where the
closed portals shine,
Round which the kneeling spi its wait the opening
of the Golden Gate.
hne some with eager longing go, stl pressing for
ward hand III hand,
md some, with weary STEP and slow, look back
whore their beloved stand;
Yet up the misty stair they climb, led onward by the
Angel Time.
As unseen hands roll back the DOORS the Eight that
Goods the very air
Is hut the shadow from within Of the great glory
hidden there;
End morn and ere, and noon and late, the shadows
pass within the Gate.r
Az ons by one they enter IN and the stern portals
close once more,
The halo seems to nger round those kneeIinp clos
est to the door;
The Joy that lightened from that place shines sim
upon the Watchers face.
The faint, low echo that we hear of far-off music
seems to fill
Tha silent air with love and fear and the worlds
camors all grow still,
Until the portals close again. and leave MS .ilipq on
N pz@ Va
Complain not that the way is long-zwbat road 10
weary that leads there7
But let the angel take thy hand and lead thee rp the
misty stair, = 'A~
And then With Beating heart await the opening of
the Golden Gate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

That the trade of Asiais destined to
seek the markets OF the West by way of
the route opened up by the Pacific
Railroad is coming more and more OBJ
vious A very striking proof of this
tendency is furnished in the statement
that the shipments of tea from San
Francisco eas stward by railroad during
September were 3, ,965, 800 pounds and
OF coffee At, ,571 pounds. Tho tea i'm
portations through the Golden Gate
are every month Increasing, and Ameri-
can enterprise and cnpital may yet Sc
cure a practical monopoly of the trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25
THE CHICAGO FIRE.
fstimaged Losses of Insurance Compa-
mics.

E,stimRIed Losses of Insurance CCnrpa :
mics.
From the Chicago Tribune
Enquiry among Underwriters reveal.
ed the fact that while few are open
and plain-spoken as to the effect OF
their losses, others afenon-communiea
tive or silent. Parties interested, how
ever, have made diligent inquiries, and
from the best available sources the fol-
lowing list has been compiled, which
we believe will very nearly approximate
correct statement of The losses sus-
tanned by the several companies inter
ested. There is a wide discrepancy.
however, between this statement and
figures received by telegraph from the
East. There is this to be remembered,
however, that the information in the
East is comparatively scanty, while
the knowledge obtained here is more
direct and, from the circumstances of
the case, more reliable We present
the following list, therefore, as the re-
sult of diligent effort to ascertain the
prpbo hla loccoc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

A FEW days since a colored boy was
convicted at the Granville, N. c., Su-
perior Court of having roasted another
colored boy alive, whereupon the. Judge
as a punishment, ordered him to be
bound out to learn trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

The last joke at the expense Of the
French Society for the Protection of
Animals is to the following effect: A
countryman, armed with an immense
club, presents himself before the pres
ident of the society and claims the first
prize. He is asked to describe the act
of humanity on which he founds his
claim. q saved the life OF a wolf, f"
replied the countryman. 81 might
easily have killed him with this blud-
geon; land he swings his weapon in
the air, to the intense discomfort of the
President. "Butwhere was the wolf -
inquiries the latter; what had he done
to you ~ He had just devoured my
wife, " is the reply. The president re-
fleets an instant and then says: " Ny
friend, I am of the opinion that you
have been sufficiently rewarded. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25
Wall panArs.

A scientific writer of an English Pc
riodical gives an account of arsenIcal
wall papers, which may not only cause
dwellers in average American houses to
stand aghast at the perils to which they
have been unconsciously exposing
themselves, but may perhaps explain
many mysterious illnesses and deaths
which have been attributed by we'll
meaning coroners to honlicidal poison
ing. 1t has long been known that wall
papers of a bright green color We're
tinted with arsenic; but the amount Of
the noxious mineral has been supposed
to be trihing, and few persons will be
prepared to learn that it frequently
reaches as high as 6 fourteen grains
and upwal dis to the square foot" Nor
are the lighter shades of green always
less poisonous the same quantity of
arsenic of copper being used, and the
paler tint given by an admixture OF
white lead. A paper with green leaves
on weite ground was found to contain
no less than eight grains of arsenic to
the square foot, and had caused
serious illness III the family whose
house it had decorated. The sufferings
produced by inhalation of gaseous
emanations from such papers, or of
the impalpable dust given off from
them, comprise not cnly obstinate cut
aneous eruptions, but severe diarrhea
and vomiting, and other systoms re-
sembling those of poisoning by irritant
substances, bronchitis, CONCESSIONS OF
the lungs or liver, spasmodic asthma,
neuralgia, fevers, commissions, and a
/ long list OF other maladies. What is
commonly known as 'shay fever" has
/ been in several instances traced to this
source, and cured by repapering the
! hon se-w with an innocenthue. Inasmuch
as nine houses out of ten III the better
portions ef every American city are pa
/ peres, .carpeted, and upholstered with
various shades of green. it may be well
/ for the public to know to what misfor-
/ tunes verdancy may lead. r-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

THroDoRE THOMAS was originally, a
performer on the viola in an obscure
New York orchestra.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

DUFFERToN (who is q good shot,
d" Well, L could have sworn I hit the
bull that time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

on the first of January, according to
official reports, more than sufficient to
pay the above mentioned losses. IF
they suffered no worse than the sum
named, their policies are good for one
hundred cents on the dollar.
Concerning the following, it may be
said that the agents differ as to several
companies. The Home, of New York,
we set down at 81, 900, 900, as medium
between the highest and lowest figures
named; and on the London, Liverpool,
and Globe, we have placed the figures
below the average estimate of several
insurance men. 1
Tho foII0uiT1er GRO o56it;o,,o1 oct;
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-25

NUMEROUS bears are reported to have
been killed in Adams county.
How to "turn peoples heads"Ago
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-08-19
--> 49,

HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN GER
MANY AND FRANCE.-Jas. d. McCabe, Jr.,
author of that lively book "Pars by Sum-
light and Gaslight,'' and other recent pub
LEGATIONS, has completed the history of the
great contest of 1770-71, between Germany
and France, and the work is published in
a handsome volume by the National Pub
fishing Company, of Philadelphia. While
the style is flowing and easy the work is
remarkably comprehensive without being
tedious with details, giving clear and
impartial history, embracing the causes of
the war, which date long anterior to its
breaking out. A minute and sufficiently
detailed account of the battles and sieges
of the war are given for a full comprehen-
sion of the great campaign, and biogra-
phical sketches of the principal persons
engaged in the contest. The book is en-
bellished by over $50 engravings and
maps, to which is added a complete &C
count of. the second siege of Paris and the
destruction of its fine monuments and
buildings by the Commune. The work is
sold exclusively by agents, and oneis wanted
in every town in the country. An active
intelligent canvasser should be able to sell
the book very rapidly and extensively.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-08-19

GoDEY's LADY's Book" The Defence, ="
a steel-plate of unusual merit, is the fronts
piece establishment of the September No.
of Cooley. The colored fashion-plate is
also very fine. The extension sheet con-
tains thirty-four designs for ladies' wear.
The Fair Reaper" is a capital wood cut.
The designs Of hats and bonnets for the
month are very becoming. A chapter on
the manufacture of shell flowers will prove
interesting to the lovers of art. The lit
erary contents are from the pens of our
most popular magazine writers. To single
subscribers the magazine is sent for $500
a year. Address L. A. Cooley, Phladel-
phia Pa
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-08-19

AN ISLAND SWEPT BY VOLCANIC
WAvE.-One of the most terrible of the
appalling calamites that have lately occur
red in those quarters of the globe which
are subject to great commissions of nature
is reported from the Batavia papers by the
cable to-day. A small island in the Malay
archipelago, known as Tagalonda, was
swept by a wave forty yards in height,
caused by conclusion of the sea which
accompanied an outburst of the volcano of
Ruwans. All human beings on the island
four hundred and sixteen in number, to-
gether with their cattle, horses and other
animals, persisted in the sudden deluge.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-08-19

The CoREAN WAR.-Mail dispatches
give fuller particulars Of Admiral Rodgers
fight with the Coreans. 1t will be remem-
bered the expedition entered Corean waters
to make survey of the Kiang-ho, and
to make treaty relative to shipwrecked
mariners. 1t has been the custom of the
Coreans TO murder all who land on their
shores. On June 10th, the second day of
the fighting, the Americans routed the
Coreans and captured five forts, with many
prisoners. The fleet returned to the Boize
anchorage two days later. Admiral Rod
gers then sent to the Coreans to know what
he should do with the prisoners. Their
reply was, "Do what you like" Two
days later he set them at liberty, and sent
two messengers ashore, but the local author
ity refused to receive them, saying it was
no use to attempt to communicate further
with the Court. Mr.. Low, the American
Minister, then sent a formal protest that
his mission was peaceful, and that the
American attack was not for a refusal to
negotiate, but because the Coreans had
treacherously fired on the boats. Part of
the fleet will return to Che Foo, where one
thousand rations have been sent. Two
vessels were sent to Shanghai. The
Coreans fought like men. Their wea-
pons are wretched old firelocks, and
their cutlasses made of soft iron, which
bent like old hoops. They were dressed in
armour of nine thicknesses, cotton pad
ded, SO that only rife balls could penetrate
them. Swords produced no effect upon
them. Documents captured show that the
Corean government had planned the sur
prise of the American fleet, and were
astonished at the failure of the forts to
annihilate the vessels at the first fire. The
expedition has accomplished no change in
the relations of the two countries, and
Minister Lowe and Admiral Rodgers will
await instructions from Washington before
proceeding to further hostilities. Twelve
RAILS ag-ship in a junk and begged to be
taken to Shanghai. The request was
granted.
Two Englishmen and one German en-
gagged in saving materials from the wreck
of the German schooner Chusan, on Sir
James Halls Island, have been captured
by the Coreans, bound hand and foot, slung
on bamboos, and packed off to the interior
of Corea. The British fleet has sailed from
Japan to inquire into the matter. The
English colonial press in China depounce
the return of the American fleet to Che
Foo as having all the moral effect of a
defeat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-08-19
WRIT & ROBERTSON.

MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their
Wonderful Curative Effects.
They are vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor
Rum, Whis1cy, Proof spirits and Refuse Lii
IN do torcd spiccd and swcecned to please the taste,
..lcl ''Tonic-, "Api'ctzcrs. "Restorers, &c, that
d the tippcr to drunkenness and rn but true
Medicine made from the Native Roots and Herbs of Cali
:urnia free FROM all Alcoholic S,imulants.
They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and
, LIFE GIVING. PRINCIPLE, perfect Reno
y,t"r AMI vior.tor of the System. carrying off all
ois,o5 matter and restoring the Hood to healthy con-
o:,. No person take these Bttcrs according to
rrctonS and remain long inwel provided their bones
- not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
al the viL organs wasted beyond the point Of repair.
They are Gentle Purgativc IA well rs n
Tonic posse sing, also the peculiar merit of acting as
ftl agent i'll relieving Congestion Inflammation
tilc Liver. and all the Nisrcral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young
d married single at the dawn of womanhood or at
h. turn OF life. these Tonic Bitters have equal
For Iniau,mntory and Chronic Rhcumn-
;i-iu ana Goat, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bill
ious, Rcnii;tcn: and Intermittent Fevcrs,
Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, these Bittcrs have been most successful
Smch Diseases caused by Initiated Blood,
grstivc Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION. Headache,
Pain in the ShouliersCoughs Tgi,tness Of the Chest.
Dizziness Sour Fluctuations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Month Bilious Attacks. Palpation of the Heart,
Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions Of the
hilneys and hundred other painful symptoms, the
ctlsplings of Dyspepsia.
They ;uv;orate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels. which them OF unequaed c-
cacy in cleansing the blood Of all impurities. and npar
ing new tit. and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SNINBISEASES, Eruptions. letter, Salt
Rliaur Elo.c!rcs Spots Pimplcs Pusules, Boils Car
ncics Ring Worms Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Eryspcas,
Itch Scur, Dscooratios of the skin. Humors and Dis