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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
Health Notes.
From Home and Health.


REMEDY FOR MYSTERIES. Cs.--Carraway
seeds, finely pounded, with small
proportion of ginger and salt, spread
upon bread and butter, and eaten every
day, especially early in the morning,
and before going to bed, are success
fully used in Germany as a domestic
remedy against Mysteries.
DON'T EAT WARM BREAD An intelli-
gent American traveller, who was spend
ing several months in Berlin, called at
bakery and asked for bread. I'VE
have none," was the reply. "You do
not understand me, +" persisted the Gus
toner; :" want q loaf of bread, point
ing to the huge piles of bread display
ed on the shelf. 80, that is just
baked,' answered the dealer {" and is
not for SALE" The Prussian Govern
ment compels bakers to keep their stock
at least one day before selling to Gus
TONER'S Let us learn wisdom.
A HINT TO CoNsUMPTIvEs.- "A physic-
ian of no little experience says he has
known several consumptive patients
cured by observing the following rules
Live comparatively, avoid splrltuous
liquors, wear flannel next the skin, and
take every morning, half pint OF new
milk, mixed with a wine-glassful OF ex-
pressed juice Of green hoarhound.
HEALTHFUbNEss OF APPLIES. e.-An en-
inent French physician thinks that the
decrease of dyspepsia and bilious al
! fections III Paris, is owing to the IN
creased consumption Of apples, which
fruit he maintains is an admirable pro
phylatic and tonic, as well as a very
nourishing and easily -digested article
of food. The Parisians devour one
hundred millions OF apples every WIN
ter, that is, they did before the war.
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR Nose BLEED. -
A friend who has tried 1t, says Put
a piece of paper in your mouth, chew
it rapidly, and it viii stop your nose
from bleeding. This lemedy has been
tried frequently with success.
A physician says that placing a small
roll Of paper of muslin above the front
teeth, under the upper lip, and pressing
hard on the same, will arrest bleeding
from the nose, checking the passage o
the blood through the arteries leading
to the nose.
IHE EAR-ACHE. E.--Generally neat L
the best remedy. Apply warm poul
tice or warm oil to the ear. Rub the
back of the ear with warm laudanum
In case of foetid discharge, carefull,,
syringe the ear with warm milk an'
water. In all cases keep the ear thor
oughly cleansed Relief is often given
by rubbing the back of the ear with
little hartshorn and water.
OPEN YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT. Flor
ence Nightingale wisely urged tha
none of the patients in the hospital
which she visited should dread the al
from the window. "Keep the doors o
the hospital closed and the window
open,n was her advice. Tins is tru'
of the night as well as day; Keep ou
of the current, but let IN the fresh All
day or night, and enjoy It,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12

stolen off down in the meader lot, N
nobody missed him nor see him, till
Aunt Reeny, jist the instant the train
whls5led. That was how, you see 'tshe
run off then, n lost her own life a saw
In the boys. Somehow, [ can't help a
thinkin' t was jest the wayshe'd ought
er a. went cut O. the world. She spent
all her life n tryin' to make other peo
pls comfortable, an she died tryin' to
save somebody else trouble.
up there on the hill, you've mind
ed it, mebby, the ole buryin' ground.
It's down N the southwest corner,
where the sun shines warm, down there
Hickoryton's been in the habit of bury
ing its paupers goin' now twenty years.
There's a white monument there with
Just her name, what we all used to call
her by. 1t says, Aunt Reeny, that's
all. It's enough to them of us that
knew her, an fur them as didn't, faint
nothin', no ways. Twas my son-in-
law, I s'pose, Edward Langley, t set
it up there as a sort O. token O respect
She wus worthy ont, [ tell ye, Aunt
Reeny wus.
Their wus one other thing bout that
woman. You see arter she wus dead,
when my folks come to lay her out,
they found out what nobody ever
knowed afore, n that was, t all this
time, while she was workin' for other
folks n goin' round SO calm n smilin',
she he'd one of them orful things It her
husband died on. A cancer, you
know, N she never telled soul, N
went on bearin' it all to herself s tho
she'd been q martyr.
81 tell you, miss, IL may be ever
so putty n young n ~licated n rich,
ye may try yer best, ye can't be no bet
ter woman n that old pauper, Aunt
Reeny.' .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
The Wheat CrOn.

The June returns of the statistical di.
vision of the Department of Agriculture
indicate small increase in the acreage
of the wheat crop amounting to about
four per cent, or nearly three-fOurths OF
a million acres. Nearly all this increase
is west OF the Mississippi River The
States indicating an enlargement of area
in this crop are as follows: New York,
1per cent; New Jersey, 2; Ohio, 6; Mich.
4 Wisconsin, 4 Minnesota, 10; Iowa,
IS; Kansas, 30; Nebraska, 25; and Ore
gon, B.. A small decrease appears in
the New England States in PennsyI-
vania q reduction of 2per cent. Mary
land, B; Kentucky, 2 Indiana, 2 Mis-
sissippi, 2; and South Carolina s. The
condition of the crop i'll Massachusetts
is now placed at Il per cent, below an
average; Connecticut. 6; New York,
2; Virginia, 8; North Carolina, IT:
South Carolina, OF; Georgia, 25; Ala
bama, % Mississippi, Texas, IA
Arkansas, 13; Tennessee, 26; Kentucky,
20; Indiana, 3, and California, ~. The
States reporting superior conditions
are: Delaware, 2 Maryland, 2; West
Virginia, 4; Ohio, 7; Michigan, 6
Wisconsin, 6; Minnesota, 2; Illinois 3;
Iowa, s; Missouri, 4 Kansas, 8; Ne
braska, 6; Oregon, 4. With the excep-
tlon of California, no principal wheat
growing State indicates a poor yield Of
Of wheat, and most of them give prom
ise of a product sufficient to make good
the loss upon the Pacific coast, and the
trifing reductions elsewhere. If no
disasters are encountered hereafter, the
crop should be fully equal to that of
last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
Brazil,

Letters from Rio de Janeiro give in
teresting accounts of the departure on
May 25th of the Emperor Don Pedro [,
of Brazil, and his wife, the Empress
Teresa, for visit to Lisbon and Eu-
rope. It is stated that this is the first
time for thirty years, and the second
time in its history, that Brazil has been
governed by regent. The Brazilian
Legislature voted an appropriation of
5000, 900 to defray the expenses of the
journey of the Emperor, but Don Ped
70 absolutely declined to accept any
sum whatever, not wishing TO burden
the national expenditures. The En-
peror viii be absent for year. Pre-
vious to his departure, on May Goth, in
the presence of the Legislature, the
Ministers of State and other high
officials, the oath of office was taken by
the Regent, the Princess Isabella,
daughter of the Emperor and wife of
CASTOR Louis, Count d'Eu, the son of
the luke de Nemours, and grandson of
Louis Philippe. The Regent Isabella
was born July 29th, 1916, and was mar
tied on October 18th, 1864 The oath
raken by the Regent binds her to main
tain the Roman Catholic religion, the
integrity and the indivisibility of the
empire, to observe the constitutiQn-and
laws OF the Brazilian nation She also
swears fidelity to the Emperor, and to
deliver up to him the government on
his return.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
4 Monument to the Pilgrims.

The Boston Saturday Evening Ga
zette gives the following: "Mr. Win
throp, in his Pilgrim address, in De
cember last, said that there shonld be
a monument on Olark's Island, Ply
mouth Harbor, bearing the following
inscription taken from the journal of
Governor William Bradford: FDecem-
Der 20, 1920. Being the Sabbath we
rested. Carrying out this idea, Mr.
Edward Watson and Others, now most
interested i'll the island, have caused
the inscription to be chiselled on a
prominent rock there, which was used
for shelter by the Pilgrims, and it will
be finished next week. The ceremony
of dedication, however, which viii be
performed by Collector Russell, Will not
take place until that gentleman's return
from Europe-perhaps on August 10,
the day Of embarkation Mr. Win
throp, Mr. Tobey, Governor Claffen and
the Honorable Richard rockingham
are also to take part in the dedication
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
4 SinGuIar Cainnticatin,l.

A remarkable complication is threat
ened in reference to the Irish estate of
the late Marquis of Hertford. Lord
Hertlord executed viii in which he
bequeathed his property to his cousin,
the Right Honorable Sir Hamilton Sey-
mour. Subsequently he took dislike
to Sir H., and by codicil (his father,
by the way, made twenty-five codicils)
revoked the bequest, and left the prop
erty 10 his natural son, Mr. Wallace,
whose name has, in connection with
works of benevolence in London and
Paris, been SO much before the public.
Sir II. Seymour disputes the validity
Of the exception of the codicil, and has
taken steps to upset it. Meanwhile, it
is said that the Will and codicil have
both been burnt in the confagration of
Paris, and that in this case the estate,
failing legally certified documents, will
pass to the present marquis, who at
present only enjoys the English realty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
The Red River Grain Country.

The extent Of q new grain country
that will soon be opened to settlement
in the district of Manitoba, can be in
ferred to some extent from distance
table given III the News Letter, pub
lished near Fort Garry From Benson,
the point where the Northern Pacific
railroad crosses the Red river of the
North, the distance to Lake Manitoba
is 800 miles, or about 900 from St.
Paul. It is divided into thirty-two sta
tlons or places, the names of which are
mostly new to the world, but will soon
grow familiar by use. The included
grain-growing country, scarcely as yet
intruded upon, is nearly 800 miles in
width, by LOCO or more in length, full
of prairie and forests, ,navigable streams,
great lakes and countless small ones,
and mineral wealth, as yet unknown.
Into this vast field of new enterprise
only the head Of the pioneer column
has penetrated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
THE I" sun DANCE"
Heathenish Custom Still Continued
by the Indians.
From the Sinnx City Journal

just before the May Lowry reached
Cheyenne Agency on her last trip, the
Sioux Indians at that place had what
is known as the sun dance-sO called
because the dance continues for twen-
ty-four hours without intermission, the
dancers not even stopping for refresh
ments. 1t is during the carnival that
young Indians who aspire to rank
among the sbraves y are subjected to
a trying and cruel ordeal. Incisions
are made IN either breast with a sharp
knife, cutting clear to the bone, when
the muscles are raised up and stout
stick inserted beneath A similar in
cision is made in the back, and stick
passed through the flesh as in the 9th
er case. Then stout cord is attached
to either end of the stick, so that it may
not draw out, and the cord securely fas-
tened to the ceiling of the Council
Chamber. The candidates for promo
tion then commence a dance, jumping
forward and backward, throwing their
whole weight upon the cord and this
they keeb up until the sticks are torn
through the flesh. The young Indian
who gives up from pain or exhaustion
before he succeeds in wrenching the
sticks from his body, is declared unwor-
thy to be warrior, and is forever dis
graced IN the eyes of his brethren.
The scene is said to be most revolt
ing one to witness. The blood streams
from the torn and lacerated flesh. while
the devotees with demoniac yells plunge
around in perfect frenzy. The spec
tators applaud and taunt by turns, in
citing the poor wretches to more des-
perate efforts to free themselves, until
finally, AS the last sinew snaps, and they
fall all cory and exhausted upon the
ground, there is raised series of say
age whoops and yells that one could
well imagine himself in veritable
pandemonium
When the May Lowry left Cheyenne
two or three of the young braves were
under the charge of the surgeon of the
post, and one of them in particular,
who was suffering from a severe infa- |
nation Of his wounds, was lying in a
critical condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12

A FATAL JoKE--A correspondent of
the Clarksburg CIV. W Conservative,
writing on the 18th ult,, says: "a
fatal accident happened on Leading
Creek, last week. Captain Ford hap
pened near Mr.. Jesse Hornett's home
with panther skin, and seeing q little
boy, about y OF IA years OF age, a son
of Mr. Hornett, in a skirt of woods
near the house, donned the skin with
the intention of frightening the little
fellow, but as soon as the boy saw what
he supposed to be panther, he ran to
the house and took down his fathers
rifle, and went in pursuit of the pan
ther. He did not have to go far before
he espied him. The boy rested the
rifle on the fence and fired. The man.
pather gave dying shrek, and with a
convulsive spasm fell over, mortally
wounded. The little fellow did not
see his mistake until he went up to the
wounded man. Ford fingered two days
and then died"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
4 Wife Advertiser.
The Newport "News says:

The Newport ''News " says:
'FRec emily a white-headed veteran
came into our Office to advertise his
wife. He wished it distinctly under
stood that as his wife had left his bed
and board without just provocation, ;
no one was to trust her on his account.
The advertisement was written and
ready for insertion, when informed
that it would require one dollar to pay
the expense, the money was wanting.
after a oilligent search seven cents
were found, and the would be adver-
tiser wished us to lay the notice one
side and he would hunt up the remain
ing amount. The supposition is that
he is still hunting, as the notice is still
laid aside, and all the world still have
the privilege of trusting the wife on the
husbands account.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
4 Fish Story From Charleston.

In the Charleston IS. c. News of
Friday morning last we read that at
about [ o'clock on the afternoon OF the
preceding day a party of fishermen
who were lii canoe anchored on the
bank off Fort Johnson, saw the water at
times agitated, and now and then the
black hands of devil-fsh protruding
from the surface, and dashing swiftly
about. After the monster had disap-
peared for several minutes, the story
continues the boat was suddenly whirled
round like q top, and the devil-fsh rose
to the surface about thirty feet ahead,
and, to the horror of those in the canoe,
he seemed to have swallowed the an
chor, which consisted of large stone.
The fish rushed off at a break neck
speed on the surface of the water, and
dragged the boat some fifty yards, when
the forward motion suddenly ceased,
and the relieved navigatOrs hauled in
the anchor. 1t proved to be all right,
and the boat left for the city. 1t was
evident that the submarine monster, in
frollcking around, had run against the
stretched anchor rope and catching 1t
in the nook between his head and fin,
had become frightened, Rushing off,
the arm had closed in and the rope was
drawn through until the stone reached
the fish. The fish was seen disporting
himself some time after the accident,
around the spot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
A Sunken Monitor.

Efforts now making to raise the mon
itor Weehawken, sunk in Charleston
harbor during the war, reveals the facts
that she lies due east and west on q
bottom of mud, and there is about
eight feet of water over her at low tide.
In this position she is dangerous OBJ
struction IN the channel All her ma
chinery has been taken up, and like
wise the iron of her turret and deck.
Her interior is all filed with mud and
garbage, among which human bones
are here and there visible. The diver
Is able to see about him when the wa
ter IS clear. When the water is not
clear he is compelled to go entirely by
feeling, and in the muddy water he
sees better by night than by day. This
Is owing to the presence of innumer-
able phosphorescent sparks (said by
scientists to be composed of animalcu-
ie). Over two hundred tons of iron
and various metals have been raised
from this ship.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
NareW Escape of an Actress.
Galignani gives this incident of lif
in Paris under the commune.

Galignani gives this incident of life
in Paris under the commune:
Cries for help by women in distress
were heard at about half past eleven on
Thursday night from a cab, which was
being driven at a gallop along the Rue
de Rlchelieu. "A captain Of the army
rushed forward and seized the horse
by the bride, stopped the vehicle, not
withstanding the remonstrance of the
driver, who fogged both the animal
and the officer Two ladies then
alighted, and one, who proved to be
Nine. Guyon, of the Theatre Francais,
said that the cabman had refused to
drive her to her home, and, after strik
ing her several times with his whip,
had said that he would take her to the
Batignol1es to be hanged, and, in fact,
was driving her rapidly in that direc-
ton when stopped. The man was
handed over to the police.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
Wit and Wisdom.

| PRIvATE-EARING-L at KEY
hole
How to keep your head clear-Shave
every hair of.
A LADY in this city says the latest
thing out is-her husband
Why are cashmere shawls like deal
people? Because you can't make them
here.
WHAT are the most disagreeable arti-
cles for a man to keep on hand Ans
! Handouts.
PEOPLE say iron natures never weep,
and yet we have seen whole rows OF
cannCns in tiers.
"WHAT Shall My Son Be?" is the
title of a book We should suppose it
would be boy.
! WuEN- -fielzpnnl1et -nulls at your
watch, tell him plainly that you have
no time to spare.
An Oregon toast over glass of the
ardent: "Here's what makes us wear
old clothes.
Why is the treadmill like true con-
vert ? Answer it's turning is
the result of conviction.
"THIs is sweeping catastrophe, as
the man said when his wife knocked
him down with a broom.
WHO was the wisest man? Knower.
What did he know? He knew enough
to go in out Of the rain.
SAKE graphically describes certain
case Of beefsteak as can infringement
on Goodyear's patent
WHEN may man be said to be really
over head and ears in debt? Answer
When he hasn't paid for his wig.
MAMMA, " said little boy who had
been sent to dry towel before the
fire, els it done when it's browne"
An Irishman recently soliIoquized: :
"What waste O. money to buy mate
when you know the half O. it is bone,
when you can spend it for rum that
hasn't q bone in it.
Why is a woman tying her corset like
a man drinking to drown care? Because
in sO-i0cjng herself she becomes tgHt.
A GENTLEMAN travelling on steamer,
one day at dinner was making way with
q large pudding close by, when he was
told by the servant that it was dessert
" It matters not to me-, he said, 81
would eat it if it were D wilderness .
John RoGERs' nine children and one at The
breast,
We're but nine as I make it," said Harry.
"There were ten as l figure it up," said his
guest,
COR there would not have been one to
cd,Tyr'
A MODEST bachelor says all he should
ask for in a wife would be good tenn
per, sound health, good understand
ing, agreeable physiognomy, pretty
figure, good connections, domestic hab-
its, resources of amusement, good
spirits, conversational talents, elegant
manners, and money.
'FYoU here, Jenkins! How the deuce
did you find your way out ~ g Find
my way out Out of where? What
do you mean 2" ''Why the last time
[ saw you you were lost-Iost in slum-
ber" Oh-ah well, I rode out on
nightmare -
An awkward-looking, stage-struck
ho0sier went to see one of the theatr1-
cal managers at Philadelphia lately,
and solicited an engagement. What
role would you prefer, my friend? !"
asked the manager. "Well, Squire, "
said the would-be American Roscius,
C [ amt partial to rolls, no how; corl-
dodgers is my fayorite.
In the execution of recent deed by
a man and his wife, tie wife was taken
aside, before the Acknowledgement was
made, by commissioners, WHO, i'll the
usual form, asked, "Do you execute
this deed freely, and without any fear
or comprllsion of your husband ~
" Fear of my husband - exclaimed the
wife, GIVE had five husbands, and
never WAS afraid of any OF them !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12

ACCORDING to the United States CEN
sls table, just completed at Washing
ton, the population of New York city is
92S,000. OF these 418, 646 are foreign
born. The leading foreign nationali-
ties are Irish, 2O1, ,999; German, 145,
232 English, "a, 1893; Scotch, 1851.
The total number of colored is 1865.
This table completely explodes the idea
which has been so often reiterated to
the effect that there has been large
Southern immigration to New York
since the war. The total population
there resident credited to all the South
ern states does not reach seven thous>
and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
OLD FLAG SHIP est. LAWRENCE,

OLD FLAG SHIP est. LAWRENCE. y
The Erie Despatch states that some
sensible chap has taken the trouble to
place buoy over the bones Of Com
modore Perry's flag ship in his famous
victory over the British flag feet. the
st. Lawrence, in that harbor, near the
north end of Misery Bay The wreck
of the st; Lawrence, lying with the
buoy end pointing nearly northeast,
can be seen plainly when the water is
clear and calm. Until the buoy was
placed, parties sometimes spent hours
in searching for this historic relic. Be-
sides its interest as relic, it is often
sought by anglers, as the shattered
timbers seem to be favorite lurking
place for the smaller kinds of bav fish.
such as perch, rock bass, swamp bass,
etc, and it requires little skill to catch
a few dozen at almost any time. A great
many handsome canes have been made
from the ST. Lawrence, and there is
timber enough under water for thou
sands more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12

The aeronaut connected with James
Robinson's circus met with an accident,
at Green Bay, last week, which came
near proving fatal. He made an ascen-
sion, and had reached an altitude of
one thousand feet, when leakage in
the top part of the balloon caused it to
descend with fearful rapidity. For
tr1nately for the aeronaut, it landed in
Fox river, otherwise he would have
been dashed in pieces. He could not
swim a stroke, but chung to the balloon
until rescued by boat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
Loss of Life by EartsinuaEGs

Not long ago 10000 people, it was
estimated, were buried by the earth
quake which destroyed Mendoza: 49,
900 perished at Quito in 1897; GO, 900
at Lisbon in 1755; $4,000 at Messina
in 1892; 300, 900 by two earthquakes
in Antioch in the sixth and seventh
centuries 120,0 in Syria in the same
country upon another occasion catas-
trophe in Mexico carried off 1000 per-
sons, and one in Calabria, 10000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12

The Boston Traveller says that a
lady, while walking out during thun-
der storm the latter part of last week,
felt shock of electricity which mo-
mentarily numbed her, but, recovering
almost instantly, she continued her
walk home. On arriving there she
found that the lightning had actually
struck fold of her black a. alpaca dress,
near the ground, where it was wet by
the shower, and had scorched the edge
of the fold, and then leaped off to the
wet ground.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12

In those states where the percentage
for assessing and collecting the revenue
is extremely high, the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue will recommend
to the President further consolidation.