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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-13

Aboce -NdI,,elPs Clothiag Store.
A LII work entrusted in his hands. will he
~ made up in the latest style, most durable
manner, and guaranteed 10 give entire salts.
faction in every case. Give him q trial.
We are also agent for the Howe Sewing Ma
chine, and keep on hand Needles, Fixtures aud
Findings; Oil by the bottle or gross
3I A. s. LOWTHER.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-13

We will sell, and all other good, frst-elass
American Watches, lower than can be had in
the town or county. Fine COIN SILVER and
GOLD CASES, atSAAE RATES, also Chains,
&C., SC. 7'
-a.. .l.r. r'I
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
VIZ Against the ChignOn.

A German letter furnishes this pleas
ant item: GA charming way to ring
out an old fashion and ring i'll a new
was that adopted by some young ladies
of Berlin with reference to the chignon.
The national spiritnow at white heatin
Germany, is if anything more ardent
among the women than the men, as in
deed it always has been and will be the
world over. SO the fair patriots resolve
to reflect more of the German rationale
ty in their dress, and abandon and
henceforth ignore French fashions, but
more especially the really odious CHG
non. Accordingly the sixty young
ladies, daughters of the wealthiest citi-
zens, who were selected to welcome the
returning army at the Brandenburg
Gate had a meeting, in which the
question of their attire was settled. It
was that of Margaret in Kaulbach's
sketch of her first meeting with Faust,
which has been thoroughly identified
with the German maiden IN all art and
especially familiarized of late by the
Marguerites of the stage. Two plaits
of their own hair hanging down the
back was to be indispensable, and they
were pledged mutually and to the mu-
use false hair. These 60wealthyyoung
ladies ought certainly to be more than
a match for one Empress, and she not
so much of an Empress as she was, and
they will receive the congratulations of
the entire world if they carry the day
against false hair.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
Ink Lings by Josh Billings.

The most valuable thing in this
world IL Time, and yet people waste it
as they do water, most of them letting
it run full head, and even the most pru-
dent let it drlzzle
The devil himself, With all hiz
genius, always travels under an alias
this shows the power of truth and
morality.
If dog falls in love with you at first
sight, it will do to trust him-not so
with a man.
One ov the hardest things to do IL to
be a good listener. Thoze who are
stone deaf succeed the best.
If you don't know how to die, cheat
and steal, turn your attenshun to polly
ticks, and learn how.
There are men who seem to be born
on purpose to step into everything !;
they kant set q common rat trap with
out getting ketched in it.
A sekret IL like an akiDg tooth it
keeps w uneasy until it IL out.
[ hav larn't one thing, bi CRATE expe-
rience, and that IL, want az much
watching az mi Majors do.
The only way to learn sum men how
to do ennything, IL to do it yourself
[ don't rekoleckt now ov everhearing
ov two dogs fiteing, unless thar was a
man or two around.
A wize man IL never so much alone
az when he IL in a crowd, and never so
much in a crowd az when he IL alone.
[ am satisfied that there is more weak
ness among men than malice.
There IL no man In the world so easy
to cheat as ourselfs.
don't know ov ennything that will
kill a man SO quick as praize that he
don't deserve.
Repentance should be the effect ov
love-nOt fear.
The soul has more diseases than the
boldly haz.
Things that we kant do wouldn't be
ov emmy use to us, If we could do them.
Amongst animals the most ignorant
are the most stubborn, and | wunder If
this amt so amungst men.
A phool seems to be a person who
haz more will than Judgment, and more
vanity than either.
The first intimashun had that was
getting old waz, found myself telling
the same story over again.
In repenting ov sins, men are apt tew
repent ov those they hain't got, and
overlook those they hav.
A dandy never yet fell in love-only
with himself
Revenge sumtimes sleeps, but van
lty always keeps one eye open.
Thoze folks who expeckt to fail in an
enterprise, most generally do.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
A Chinese Deathbed.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.

The Chinese have many customs pc
culiar to their nation, which strike the
Ffoutside barbarian as being unnatur-
al and strange. Their religious tradi-
lions are SO deep, rooted and so strong
ly fostered by superstition as to give
little encouragement to missionary la
bOrers. The most striking Of these su-
perstitions are those pertaining to the
disposition of their dying and dead re-
latives. Very often the dead bodies of
Chinese men and women are found in
untenanted buildings in the Chinese
quarter of this city, and those unac-
qualnted with their superstltions are
prone to set the assertions OF diving
friends down as acts of selfshness. =
This, however, IS not SO, as the Chi
nese believe that if persons die in a
house that they lived in before death,
their spirits VIII haunt the places ever
after, and give unpleasant evidence of
their presence to all who remain. In or
der to prevent the manifestations Of the
restless spirit, as soon as the doctor
gives his opinion that patient cannot
survive he is taken to another place and
left alone to die Yesterday q case of
this kind was reported to the Coroner.
A young Chinawoman, who had been
given up by the attending physician,
was carried by her relatives to an 1n-
tenanted house on Ellis Place, off Pa
cific, above Dupont They then dress
ed her in her best clothing, spread a
new mating on the fjoorr aud laid her
on it. They brought in preserves,
meat, fruits, candies, boiled rice, ETC.,
lighted some punks and retired, leav-
ing her alone to await the coming of
the common destroyer. During the
day she died, and was found last hight.
Coroner Letterman removed the body,
and it is now at the morgue awaiting
the further action of the relatives, who
will probably leave her to be disposed
Of by the city, as IS generally their
practice in such cases. Many China
men-those of the wealthy classes-do
not desert their dead friends, and for
the furtherance of this desire there are
several hospitals fitted up in order that
those about to die may be removed
there until they have paid the debt of
nature, after which they are buried with
all the ceremonies of the disciples of
Confuclus.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
Science Advances

As soon as an article purporting to be of utility
has been tested, and its merits endorsed by public
opinion, nnprincipled parties endeavor to repenish
their depleted purses by counterfeiting and subst
tutlng a spurious for genuine article Some time
since, mercury in the disguise pills. powders, &c.
was given for all diseases of the stomach and liver
while quinine freely administered for the chills
At length Hostetters Stomach Biiters made its adj
vent aud entire new system of healing was
inaugurated. The beneficial effects of this valuable
preparation were at once acknowledged, and mineral
posons suffered to sink into that obscrurity to which
an enlightened age has consigned them. There have
been many spurious bitters palmed upon the COM
munity, which, after real have been found perfect
" worthless, while Hostetter's has proved blessing
to thousands, who owe to it their restoration to
health.
For many years We have watched the steady pro-
gress of Hostetters Stomach Bitters public esti-
nation, and its benifcent effects as a cure for all
complaints arising from the stomach of morbid
nature, and free to say that it be relied
upon as certain relief and remedy. Its proprie-
tors have made the above preparation after years OF
careful study and sitting, and now reaping the
reward claimed by this valuable specific, and which
they so richly merit. It is the only preparation of
the Kind that s reliable in all cases, and therefore
deIns nds the attention of the afflicted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
A Harmless Reptile.

Not only are toads harmless. but
they are absolutely and directly useful
to US, perambulating our fields and gar
dens at night, and devouring vast guam
titles of insects that could never be
destroyed by the hand of man. The
mode in which toad takes it's prey is
very curious. The singularly beautiful
eye of the toad is as quick as it is
bright, and if within the range of it's
vision an insect or grub should hap
pen to move, the toad is sure to see it,
and nearly certain to catch it. First,
the toad holds it's head as high as pos
sible, so as to make sure Of it's prey,
and then crawls slowly towards it, pre-
ferring to get under it if possible.
When it is nearly withinreach, it gazes
intently at the insect, its mouth being
gradually brought nearer and nearer.
Something like pink then flashes from
its mouth, and the insect vanishes as
if by magic.
The pink flash IS the tongue of the
toad, which is folmed in rather curl
GUS way. The base OF the tongue is
fixed close to the front of the lower
jaw, and is long and tapering, the tip
pointing down the throat when it is at
rest. When, however, it is used for
catching prey, it is thrown out with
sort Of flick" and the tip, which is
covered with sort of glutinous secre-
ton, adheres to the insect, and CONVEYS
it down the toad's throad before the
prey has had time to make an effort to
escape. When the toad swallows it's
prey, it does it with a mighty effort,
during which the eyes almost disap-
pear, the size of the insect having little
to do with the yehemence of the dem
OnstratlOn. Sometimes when a large
beetle is swallowed it does struggle, but
too late, and for some time hestruggle
may be seen through the thin and rib
less sides of its eaptllrer; the toad sit
ting the while in perfect composure, not
IN the least affected by the scratchings
and kickings that are going on in its
interior
Indeed, the stomach of the toad
seems as devoid of feeling as if it were
of iron. Moreover, the toad not only
cares nothing for the scratchings and
klcklngs ola large beetle, but is equally
indifferent to the stings of wasps, bees
and insects similarly armed with VEN
omous weapons, and will eat them with
marvellous appetite, as if the sting act
eel as sort OF gentle aid to digestion,
like cayenne pepper with cucumber
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
A GOOD DOCTOR.
Some Excellent Advice,

An exchange gives it's readers some
advice how to choose a doctor. The
advice is as good for the doctor as the
patient Here it is:
First, let us advise you to avoid the
drunken doctor as you would a viper.
Avoid a mean man, for you may be
sure he viii be mean doctor, just as
certain as he would make mean hus-
band.
Avoid dishonest man; he will not
be honest with you as your physician.
Shun the doctor that you can bug to
help you out of a scrape-a good doc
tor cannot be bought.
Avoid licentious doctor, if you
would protect your family There can
be. no compact between virtue and vice.
Avoid the untidy, coarse, blunderlng
fellow, for the man who is clumsy in
h1tching his horse, you may be sure he
is not handy at midwifery or surgery.
Avoid the doctor who fatters you,
and who humors your lusts and appe-
! tites
| Avoid the man who puts on an extra
amount of airs be assured 1t IS done
to cover his Ignorance.
Avoid the empty blow-horn who
/ boasts of his numerous cases, and tells
you of his seeing forty or fifty patients
a day, while he spends two hours to
convince you of the fact. Put him
down as fool.
To be a doctor one must first be 8
man in the true sense of the word.
| He should be a moral man, honest Ill
his dealings.
| He must have good sense or he can
not be good doctor.
He should be strictly temperate. Nc
one should trust his life III the hands OF
an Incorporate doctor.
He must have some mechanical gem.
us, OF it is impossible for him to be q
good surgeon,
It is a good sign if he tells you how
to keep well.
It is a good sign if the members OF
his own family respect him.
It is a good sign if the children like
! him.
It is a good sign if he is neat and
handy in making pills and folding pow
! ders.
It is a good sign if he is still a stu.
dent, and keeps posted in all the latest
| improvements known to the profession
for alternating human suffering
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
Famine in Persia.

correspondence of the New York Evangelist.
Mr. Bruce. of the Church Missionary
Society in Ispahan, writes on the 22d
of Apr1l: FsIn reference to the famine
which RACES from Teheran southwark
and eastward. in the cities and districts
of Irak. part of Koordlstan, and
Loovistan Kars, Herman, Boorasan, and
Gillian. in five of the largest ports OF
Persia. the suffering is fearful 1t is
impossible for tongue to describe its
horrors. Here in Ispahan bushel of
wheat is So, of barley 81, and millet Sc;
cotton seed and rice are still more ex-
pensive. CAS- money in Persia is worth
five times as much as IN this country,
50 for bushel of'wheat there IS equiv
alent to $40 here.) Multitudes are dy-
ing from starvation cannot tell how
many. But in villages numbering 500
houses, now but 200 remain. Multi
tudes have died, and multitudes
have fed. They hardly look
like human beings. Their appearance
is fearful to behold. As [ sc out into
the street the dead and dying and
churchless meet the eye constantly
They snatch at everything to eat husks
of barley, blood of animals, flesh of
dead horses and donkeys. Shop-keep-
ers stand before til cir stalls with clubs
to keep the hungry and starving from
carrying everything away. Lamenta-
ton and bitter crying for bread are
heard on all sides, from objects stag
gering along the streets. You will see
people in the public square selling
their clothes and all they possess for a
mere pittance in order to get a few
pence for bread but to prolong their
sufferings brief hour. Mothers run
frantic, saying, What shall do? My
children are dying for lack of bread
Three fourths of Ispahan are beggars
to-day for bread.
Straw for horses is very scarce, and
the poor animals are dying, and hungry
people strip the meat off their bones
at once. The post finds horses with
great difficulty, and the courier from
Shiraz comes in frequently on foot A
man Just come from Bushirs SAYS the
famine to the south is more fearful than
here, that whole families are dying off,
and the dead lie without burial
This famine has also extended to
the valley of the Tigris, in the regions
of Mosul, Amadia, and Bootaw, though
not so seriously. Wheat is sold IN
Amadia this spring at Sc bushel Our
helpers Oh the west side of the noun
tains, and the native brethren there
and eastward In Hamadan, have had
hard time the past winter, but they
never were more encouraged to labor
for souls.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
4 Boarding Schco' Tale--The PeriIs
that BeSet Fashionable Young La
dies.

that BeSet Fashionable Young La
dies.
Speaking Of the fashionable boarding
schools for young ladies in New York,
a Metropolitan journal says: Where
in ali the multitude thus sent forth
year after year, will be found one pure
minded, nobly developed woman-one
whose life purpose involves a single as
p1ration beyond the mere qualification
of self?
+ Is it a marvel, then, that women of
society are SO physically, morally and
mentally weak or that we are so fire.
quentlY compelled to trace the down
ward career Of some wrecked beauty to
her first false step at the fashionable
boarding school?
A sad case of this kind came to light
not long since In our own city. The
wretched girl had been lost to her fam
lily nearly three years, and even in her
dying hours refused to send them any
word of her whereabouts. Still her
mind seemed burdened with some mes
sage for her friends. In her semi-lln-
conscious moments the names Of the
mother and younger sister mingled
anxiously. upon her lips, though to the
repeated urgings OF her attendants that
they might be sent for, she returned
the invariable reply: H'I never could
look upon those pure faces again"
In this apparent mental conflict she
remained for hours, each succeeding
breath threatening to be her last, till
finally, sprlnging from her pillow, she
called franticaIy for pencil and paper,
and Selling the little Bible that had
been her constant companion of her
side room, she turned hastily to her
own name and above 1t traced these
words:
"Mother, listen to this warning from
your dying child, and save l. from
a similar fate. Ny first lesson in crime
was under the roof of Madame
It is she whom Heaven will hold re-
sponsible for my lost soul"
With her hand still upon the open
leaf, she sank back exhausted, and the
next moment her spirit had fed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
MicrOscOnjc Wonders.

Lewenboeck tells of an insect seen
with the microscope, of which twenty
seven millions which only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen in
the cavities of a grain of sand. Mould
is forest of beautiful trees, with the
branches, leaves and fruit. Butterflies
are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow
tubes. The surface of our bodies is
covered with scales like fish; single
grain of sand would cover one hundred
and fifty of these scales, andyet a scale
covers five hundred pores. Through
these narrow openings the sweat forces
itself like water through sieve. The
mites make five hundred steps a sec
ond Each drop of stagnant water
contains a world of animated beings
swimming with as much liberty as
whales in the sea-. Each leaf has col
ony of insects grazing on it, like. COWS
on the mellow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
Marguerite.

ALONE amid gardens fragrant mazes
maiden strays, herself the fairest flower;
Careless she stoops, and plucks some bright-eyod
daisies
To try her fate, and while away the hour
g He loves me, i" whispers she, as in her fingers
She takes petal and then lets it fall
Stoves me a little-madly here she fingers,
But signs with the last petal g Not at all
he loves me not at all III
g All, cruel daisy hopeless thus to leave me-"
She cries and treads the stalk beneath her feet.
She takes another: % Does my heart deceive me /?
Then, daisy, leave me to the sweet deceit!
He loves me-loves ittR-loves me madly 4"
Like fakes of snow the petals softly fall,
Till one alone remains: then, very sadly,
She plucks the petal, sobbing, g Not at all
He loves me not at all -
Weep not, poor maiden! though thy life be lonely,
Soon happier days may be for thee in store.
Try one more daisy, one more daisy only;
The answer may be kinder-weep no more.
8 He loves me: and the tear-drops almost blind her
As with her tears the tiny petals fall.
g he loves theel" cries a well-known voice be
hind her;
''He loves thee madly-loves hee all in all
He loves thee all in all /"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
German TOrDad0eS,

During the war the strictest Sc
crecy was observed respecting
the torpedoes with which the
German coasts were protected,
but now further information with
respect to them has been laid before the
public. Electrical torpedoes and those
exploding by conclusion were both en-
ployed The latter were charged with
IS pounds of powder, and sunk to a
depth of about three feet below the
surface of the water. Those exploded
from the shore by means of electricity
were loaded with two centners of dua-
line, a charge which is equal in force to
ten centners of powder. They were
sunk at depth of about eight feet
The torpedoes which the q Grille en-
deayored to place under the kneels of
the enemy vessels were not newinven-
ton, but the old offensive conclusion
torpedoes, fourteen inches in diameter
and two feet in length, which did not
prove very effective. AT Pillau tOrpe,
does charged W tn four centners of
powder were improvised. A company
for laying and exploding these engines
of war was formed at Kiel. In sinking
and taking them up three accident, oc-
cured, and fourteen lives were lost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

called anthony furnaces, IN which the
Western ores containing anthony can
be treated. The Lake Superior ores
are in combination with lead and the
two varieties require different processes
in smelling. The entire work so far
done has all been accomplished within
three months, but it will be one or two
months longer before the whole will be
in running order. In the meantime
only the richer ores will be smelted.
The greatest difficulty so far experien-
ced has been the want of skilled labor,
and the superintendent and his as
sistants have been compelled to not
only superintend the building opera
tions, but lend helping hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

PATENT ELECTRIC CAR RAKE.-A new
patent electric car-brake was success
fully tested last week on the Providence
and Worcester Railroad. Each car is
furnished with three cup battery,
placed under the seats, entirely out Of
sight. Two cords, similar to the com
mon BEDFORD, one dark and the other
light, pass through the train connect
ing with the engine, thus placing the
entire train under control OF the engi-
neer. One cord puts on the brakes and
the other lets them Off Each car is in
dependent Of the other and each can
be operated by single movement.
The train rnnning between Providence
and Woonsocket, at rate of over forty
miles an hour, broke UP in nineteen
seconds. The cost Of maintaining the
batteries IS very slight, as they require
to be changed only twice month
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
Cable Returns.

At the fifth general meeting OF the
French Transatlantic Cable Company,
held in London, the Chairman, Viscount
Monck, stated that the cause of the
meeting having been so long delayed was
the recent lamentable state affairs on
the Continent-the accounts of the
company having been locked up in Par
is during the stage He had now, how
ever, to congratulate the shareholders on
being able to offer them 10 per cent on
their capital. The accounts submitted
showed balance of profit at the end
of 1870, after deduction of 5 per cent.
Reserve, of $50, 552 los, which enabled
the Directors to recommend further di-
vidend of q per cent, making, with the
dividends already declared, 10 per cent
for 1870, and also enabled them to carry
forward balance of 50, $50 to the
present year. The current receipts
| would suffice for the payment of this
dividend on the 10th of July, with out
interfering with the interim dividends,
notwithstanding that the above men,
toned balance included an amount
still due from the French Government.
Certain alterations In the management
were proposed to be made, which would
have the effect Of reducing the work
ing expense of the company from its
present sum of 943, 900 to $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02

NILSSON has sent her lover to France,
with a mitten on each hand. With him
she dispatched her firing women, Mrs.
Richards, who has the credit of attempt
ing to make the match. A woman who
can kick piano stools from the stage
into the audience, ought to be able to
select her own victim, and the gossiper
who gossips the gossip here repeated,
says she intends to do it.