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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31

The indications are that the social
world Of Washington will he very quiet
ct this winter from various causes,
chief among which is the fact chat sew
eral prominent families are in mourn
ing. Though the death Of Mrs.
Grants father will not interfere with
the State ceremonies mbent upon
the President. it will cause Mrs Grants
withdrawal from all but the most form
al requirements Of the season. Secre-
tary Delano's family is also in retire
ment under affection, and the English
legation is closed socially on account
of the death of Lady Thornton's father.
The family of Senator Edmnnds is in
mourning in consequence of the death
of several near relatives, including the
father of the Senator. Senator
Sprague's family is in retirement in
consequence Of the death of the Chief
Justice, and Mrs. Senator Chandler
has recently lost sister. 81
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31

Copper mining is being revived in
the vicinity of Mineral Point. Sam
Piles of ore have been sent to England
and reports returned show that it yields
20 to so per cent, far above the aver
age of English ores.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31
Perjury in Celebrated Trials in
New York.

Our best lawyers disaain the use of
unfair means, but they know that there
is certain amount Of dirty work to be
done in every case, and they are not
only willing it should be done. but
they accept the results with great sat-
isfaction. One Of the features in this
dirty work is perjury. The leading
lawyers will argue case with great
ability from testimony which is got up
for the occasion They say it is no
part of their business to make inquiries
beyond the testimony, and if witness
be ready TO prove specified point they
are bound to make the best of his SER
vices. Hence most Of our chief law
yers let perjury come into play when
ever the managers Of the case intro
duce it. There was no small use made
of this feature in the Stok es case, and
when Pat Logan swore that he expect
ed to receive from the prosecution ST.
600 for testifying against Stokes it is
probable that he had received hand
some douceur from the defense to make
this statement. You can get men in
this city to prove any required point.
Their terms vary according to the
value Of their services. If the
case be one Of small importance, $40
will be an acceptable fee. If the re.
suit be one of great moment, ten times
as much will be required. Such wit
enesses are trained by the subordinate
counsel so as to make the best impress
sion on the jury, and often important
cases are carried in this fraudulent
manner.
If the reader were to ask me who
are these manufacturers of false testl-
mony, shoald hardly be able to afford
a satisfactory reply. | know that law
yers can generally procare them on
short notice, and they appear to be at
taches Of our courts. 10 the famous
Forrest divorce case such men were
furnished on very short notice to prove
important points; as fast, indeed, as
these points were required. Runners
were out constantly getting up witness
es and cramming them for the occasion,
both sides being thus hoaorably en-
ployed. The professional witness may
be found hanging round our courts.
and he is also of use as a juryman
Two Of this class We're on the Stokes
panel, and no small degree of art was
shown in getting them there. A man
of tact and assurance, who is ready to
swear falsely, can always obtain patron
age among the legal professionalism
York Letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31
FREE ExCHANGE.-Gcneral Rusk

FREE EXCHANGE. -Gcneral Rusk,
member Of Congress from this state,
has introduced a bill restoring free
exchange between newspapers and-free
circulation of weekly papers In the
county where printed. Of course
with nearly all the other papers In the
country, we strongly urge the passage
of this bill. Without bringing much
of a revenue to the Government, the
present system is very inconvenient,
and in many respects unjust to both
the publishers and readers. We hope
Congress will set itself right on this
matter, and pay due regard to tue feel
ings Of the people on the subject.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31

The Gage defalcation business has
been amicably settled. The ez-City
Treasurer of Chicago has turned all
his property over to the city, which
step will probably secure the city from
any loss, and, in case it does not, his
bondsmen will be forced to make good
the deficit. I. is not likely that a
criminal prosecution will follow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31

The average Of winter wheat sown
the present season, compared with that
OF the previous year, shows an increase
r Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, In
diana and Tennessee, averaging liz
per cent. \
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31

ONE MORE CHANoE.-Raferty, the
thrice tried, thrice-convicted and thrice
sentenced Illinois murderer, who was
to have been hung at Waukegan, Fri
day, has again been granted superse-
deas-this time by three Judges of the
Supreme Court, and the Court will
give Rafferty's counsel hearing for a
new trial at its approaching January
term at Springfield. The Chicago pa
pers are not happy and sharply de-
nounce this action of the Court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31

The handsomest woman at James
vile is to be presented with gold
watch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31
SWaeGEtOxWsa Market.

Corrected Weekly by TIL. Rack
Commission Merchant, Main Street
w atertown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31
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Dissolution Notice.

The partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under The firm
name of Goetsch Bros. 4 Co., is this day
dissolved by mutual consent Mr. Charles
Guetsch retiring. The business hereafter
will be conducted by William and Herman
Goetsch, under the firm name of Goetsch
Brothers who will adjust all outstanding
accounts of the late firm.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06
IoRy BOYS Guests.

Every right minded, home. mother, re-
cards il as q matter OF Importance to make
her home agreeable to her husbands
guests. II gentleman is expected for
dinner, there is sue to be the best linen
on the table, and something more than
the ordinary meal prepared. She takes
pride and pleasure in making her parlor
bright, and her guestroom as comfort
able as Is in her power.
But how many mothers take pains to
make it pleasant tor their boys guests?
1t is IN excellent ching for boy to have
his boy friends, when they are children OF
good principles and behaviour; and it is
a lasting blessing to a boy when he has 4
mother who encourages such intimacies.
1t is very easy thing to do A kind,
pleasant word OF welcome when he comes
will make him ut once feel at home. A
little pains taken TO bring out the steroo-
scope Oh book ol engrayings for his amuSe-
mcni; permission Tor Your boy to take
hi. toys Gto tho parlor lor tho time, if he
iiScs; q little addition 10 the table fare
all these triiles mako your boys heart
glad, and cndear - YOU the heart Of the
s'.angcl. Oh how it chi!ls and sours
chlld's heart TO have mother frown on his
friends, How Il angers him to be scold-
ed ia their presence. Such u course is
like sowing the wind, and you will surely
reap The whiriwind.
The course o.. . boy thus treated will
be down. down Far better have him
choose IN, friendships under your eye,and
enjoy the companionship Of his associates
il. ) our pArlor, whore you may join in the
conversation, and cheer and instruct by
your pleasant lessons. There is nothing
u boy loves SO well as IN intelligent talk
ing mother. She may regard it as great
compliment when he coaxes for another
half hour at evening, with, Lets talk
little longer. mother
Your LoYs will have associates; if not
~ your permission, he will by stealth
aud companions thus chosen will hardly
fail to lead him to destruction. Is it not
bellsr to take the trouble 10 make home
pleasant for him and his friends, rather
than run such fearful risks ?-Lmheran
OjSCrrcr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06
I Waf frOm .AMGusta.

There ate dals whose memory we
cherish very gratefully. nne Of these
was Thanksgiving day. The specially
of uul experience ,hal day was that we
passed the largU part Of it, at the
Asylus for the Insane. There is pain IN
the thought that such an institution is n
necessity. but ouc cannot help being
thankful that the mentally deranged have
such a home. Thc institution is one OF
the humaniliss Of our day, and is fruit
ago OF Ehrisl'y uon NoUi and Spirit.
Al The Head OF this Institution is DR..
II. NJ. Harlow. one of the worthiest oI
men. aud having eminent fitness for the
position. His fitness does not lie wholly
in his professional skill, though this is of
the highest order Added to this is large.
hearledness, & anoble Christian thought
ra,ness In naturai qualities, in the skill
which comes of long study and practice,
and in Christian culture, Dr. Harlow is
just the one to whom We would trusttully
commit friend n.rtaliy diseased.
Thanksgiving i, autable day ut the
Asylum IL is csscly anticipated by
ths patients They speak OF it for weeks
before lis comiu. No day ol all the
year has such welcome given it.
In thc forenoon DR.. Harlow issued in-
vilalions to hundred aud fifty oil the
patients to meet him and his family in
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06
RuMroEp Dec 20 =

Mr. Editor ~ tnelc is many cases where
the happ,noA, Of a young man is ruined
even for IiIc timc by love think it my
duty to write - story once Witnessed il
you will please to print this on the first
page OF your paper whore The gitls can
SOC il il may do some good. There WAS
once two boys o. Me samo age Ihcii
names wero James and Charles and They
went 10 the same school James was
proud slingy and u coward he always
wore Il collar and his head was slcc,od
with hair oil and always Slunk mp with
perfume. lie was always talkinE and
getting of some foolish speech aud
laughing Il, j, himself when uu one else
thought of laughing hs was always play
;nS some trick on the other scholars bat
it they played it back again he would get
mad Iur he iult himself above the other
scholars Charles was not CD proud bat
hc WAS kiud generous and brave hs WAS
gcucrHlY silent but when ne spoke there
was sense in what he said they both plo.
lcssed to love gin that went TO the
same school. Charles did love her w,n
his whole heart ,Ian,ps wauld tell her be
loved her more than he did anybody else,
bu. when he saw anoihsr girl better look
ing than she was he would gel accquainl.
oil With hes and tell hol the same false
story in their school days the girl seem
ed 10 love James tho most which made
Charles sad and silent but when he grew.
up to-manhood she found how much more
Charles loved her and how much noblcr
lie was and how little James loved her
she left james and took Charles and they
were married and are now living very
happily together and she has never had
cause to regret her choice he moral Is
this girls beaware OF boys who wear
collars and use hair oil and perfume all
the time
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06

posed TO be the anguish of the last mo-
ment They who have Witnessed the ap-
proach OF death are aware from inialli-
BILE symptoms that insensilility precedes
death, and that cessation from pain, in
cases OF mortal hurt or bodily suffering
is its almost certain fOIeruuner. 1t has
- happened that have seen many men
and women die Without design or dis.
position on my part, | have very many
times been present whom sick persons
were ebbing to eternity. | have seen
mon aud women, young. and old, cult.
waited aud ignorant, orthodox and hetero.
toX, in their last moments; and, rs a
rule, all oi them passed away, if not
without regret, at least with entire resig-
nation. None OF them showed dread of
The future. Their thoughts were fixed
ON what they welo quitting, not on what
they were going TO. | observed that
some OF them were troubled, perhaps
distressed, when they first thought they
could not recover, but that, the nearer
their end same, the less apprehensiye
aud the calmer thay grew. Having
once banished hope, tranquility seemed
to descend upon them as = substitute,
aud altorward, iflree from physical pain.
there was unrullled peace. II encourag-
cd to believe they might get well, or if
they had = favorable turn, tho old ankle
", with somewhat OF the former appre-
hension returned; proving that their
,aenial disQuietude was born Of their cx.
pectation OF life, not their fear of death.
Thus was established a clear analogy be.
isesn material aud spiritual anguish un.
der tho same circumstances As We
have seen. they who are badly hurt, or
seriously III, experience suffering in go.
ing back to life, while the downward
path to death, both to the body AMI soul,
IS paved with smoollmess and serenity
"Tae E.,lg Of Tecroy$ Discro,cned," IN
Aoccmtcr Galary.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06

the evening The invitation, although
verbal, Wt~ given and accepted with all
the propri 'r> which social etiquette Ic-
quires. I O.. invited. both malo and ls-
male. Immediately began preparations
for tho e, ming. The mere laStidious
spent marl an hour at the toilet; tho
sansst OF men and womcn.cculd not have
been more ANXIOUS than were these dc.
ranged ones 10 appear at their very best
Us TO dress. Everything that could give
attractivcnoss TO the person was made
use OF Sell respect asserted its claim,
and so when the evening came. DR.. liar
low aud his cstimable vile opened The
doors oi their parlors TO we'll and tasli.
ly dressed company of men and women.
II any one had ever questioned the
rendllncss OF the relation existing be-
tween DR.. lIarlow's family and these pa.
lieuis, hc had BAT to listen TO the hearth
ness OF The mutual greeting, and see the
cAgolncss with which hauds were grasp
daud shaken, and his questioning would
cease at once.
For two hours and half nc moved
among lhcse.men and women, boked in
To every face, and never or any OF all
the Thanksgiving evenings OF the past
have we met wi,h happier company.
There was music OF piano and violin;
there MAS song aud Misunderstanding
one could witness without any blush COM
my to The face; there was conversation.
rational rs any heard in any parlcr that
evening. An evening of evening. that
was. When .hc refreshments had been
served and eaten, and the patients had
returned to their rooms, We felt sure Shat
tho close Of Thanksgiving day had
Thought with it some divine bcncdiclion
To- thc hearts OF those who had performed
ministry such Us Christ would gladly
have shared with them; felt sure OF this,
too. that some others besides - human
pen had made 4 record ,l the Thanks
giving laJ Of 1872 rs passed in the
A>y ,um Tor the Insane.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06
Opium Smokers.

Readers OF Edwin brood, will remem.
Der the description of the opium.smoker,
rs he is found at the east end. The steady
influx Of tue Chinee into. that quarter has
multiplied the victims to the vice. and the
houses in which they are accommodated.
These latter are Of very low character,
and mostly kept by Chinese, to whose
countrymen opium smoking represents
tho indulgence which spirit drinking does
to the British seaman. The drug, as it is
inhaled is an aqueous extract made by
first dissolving the crude opium in water.
and steaming, then carefully boiling. I'M
purities, like the fragments Of tea leaves.
sticks, &C., are skinned off, till it has the
consistency OF tar. The prepared opium
represents about twice its own weight of
the crude. 1t is retailed to the smokers,
who keep it in small boxes made Of buf.
falo'S horn. The smokers put some opium
about the size of u pea into the bowl OF
Of his pipe, which is of earthenware, and
having lighted it at an adjacent lamp, re-
clines on his eide, and inhales it in two or
three whihs, retaining it in his lungs as
long as possible. SO employed, may be
seen at any time. in the neighborhood OF
Ratcliilc.highway, scores Of Chinese and
Lascars. whose sallow. corpse like com.
pleXion, blearcd eyes and relaxed look,
indicate the effects OF their indulgence
The amount these smokers consume is
sometimes surprising. Many OF them use
a quarter of an ounce daily; some, it is
said, rs much rs an ounce. Thoy rapidly
get decrepit in body and mind, and die in
starvation andrags, nobody knows exact
~ how. For all this, the vice is greatly
on the increase in China, and among the
Chinese settlers in every quarter OF the
globe. .--LOudOa Lancet.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06

fever intense and the patient utterly pros
tratcd, with no danger of dying provided
nothing is done amiss. Ior the excretory
organs are gradually casting ont the i'm
purities from The whole mass of blood
and the mYriads of little glands in the
lungs themselves are unloading the con.
gested vessels by tho process of expecto-
ration, so that in due time the trouble is
removed and the patiem (not the dissase)
is cured.
In order to maintain the balance OF cir
culaiion so that "nature" can perform
her remedial work successfully, the sur
face must be frequently bathed with
water of temperature suited TO the cir.
cumstances OF each case, the rule being,
the warmer the surface or any part of it
the cooler the water, and rice rerSa.--
Science Of Health.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06
M0rridGe.

Leigh Hunt concludes an ssiay on mar
riage as follows: "There is no one thing
more lovely in this life, more full OF the
divine courage, than when young
maiden, from her past lite, from her
happy childhood, when she rambled over
every field and moor around her home
when mother anticipated her wants and
soothcd her little cares, when her brothVls
and sisters grew from merry playmatrs
to loving .trusliul friends from Christina
gatherings and romps, the summer les
tiyal in bower or garden; from the rooms
sanctiiied by the death OF relatives; frori
the secure back grounds OF her childhood
and girlhood and maidenhood, looks out
into The dark and Illuminating luturr
away from I'll that, and yet unteniiici.
undaunted, leans her fair cheek upon her
lovers breast. and whispers, "Dear
heart can net see, but ! believe. The
past was beautiful, but the future | can
trusl-wth thee"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06
Pneumonia.

Pneumonia is an Inflammation of the
lungs attended with fever. Sometimes
the fever is OF the diathesis termed in
iiammatory, and sometimes OF the low
diathesiS TO which the term typhoid is
applied. In either case the chief trouble
and danger wholly consists (aside from
treatmcnD in engagement OF the lungs.
They are so congested with accumulated
blood that breathing is laborious. the
cough severe and distressing, and the ex-
pectoralion difficult. The fever may be
mild-or violent. But in all eases the es.
sential point in the treatmsn! is to relieve
the overloaded vessels OF the lungs.
This is to he done, not by taking the
blood out, nor blislcring the skin, nor
poisoning The stomach, but simply by
determining the circulation from. the
lungs to other parts of the body, and
freeing the whole mass of blood of It's
eilete and viscid matters. And all this
can be accomplished 10y balancing the
temperature steadily at or near the nor.
NAL condition standard. In Il day or two,
sometimes in few hours, and in the
worst cases within week, the patient
will be fairly convalescent.
The structure of the lungs being
spongy and elastic so as to allow all the
blood in the body to pass through them
once in three minutes. enables them 10
bear an immense degree of engagement
without di.organization.
The pain in the lungs may be very se-
vele, the cough extremely violent, the
breathing exceedingly distressing, the