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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
A Minister with a Tin Hat On.
From the Cincinnati Gaze


The Rev. George F. Pentecost, for
merly of Covington, KY, now of Bos-
ton, celebrated mis- tin wedding the
other day. The Boston Globe says ::
. At s O'Clock the company formed in
procession, headed by Mr.. and Mrs.
Pentecost-the former wearing a
brightly-polished tin hat of the stove
pipe persuasion, and the latest shape,
supporting his faltering footsteps by
the aid of substantial tin cane, and
cooling his fevered brow by breezes
evoked by aid Of huge tin fan, and
marched to the vestry Of the church,
which was already opened and srii-
liantly lighted. Here the congregation
and Sunday school gathered en- ma0sse,
and the evening was devoted to the
most innocent and pleasurable jollity.
After reciprocal greetings and a few
moments of chat, refreshments, con-
sisting Of rolls, cake, and ice cream,
were dispensed with Unsparing impair
TALLY by the fair hands of the young
ladies, and the subsequent half hour or
SO was religiously devoted to their dis
cussion. Then followed brief and ap
propriate remarks by the pastor and
several other gentlemen, and the re-
mainder of the evening was pleasantly
passed with music, and the pleasant
amuseme hts usual on such occasions.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
National Weaknesses.

A series of caricatures now popular
in Vienna gives the Austrian impress
sion of the besetting sins of the great
powers. Prussia, a naughty dame
resting upon a sword, represents Pride.
England is a scrawny female seated on
a cotton bale, and is called Avarice.
Russia goes skating and scowling by
under the name of Envy. Turkey Tolls
on sofa, fat odalisque, as Luxury.
France with mans hat in one hand
and a glass of champagne in the other,
dances a decOllete cancan. and is called
Immodesty. Spain is wild Fetro-
leuse, and represents Anger. Scotland
is bonnie iassie dropping to sleep on
a mountain side, as Laziness. But
America has an eighth capital sin in
vented to characterize her. She sits
on pile of Pub. Doc. S scribbling fu-
riously; the iniquity she repretents
bears the uncanny name OF Zeitung-
schreiberei; newspaper scrlbbling.)
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12

An Incident which Shows NapO1eOn's
Doctor Much More NapoIeonic than
Napoleon.
Paris Correspondent New York Times.
In 1866 the young prince imperial
took fancy, in the riding school, to
drive his pony close to the wall, and
seemed to take so much pleasure in it
that all remonstrance about it's danger
was in vain. At last the pony went so
close that the prince had his leg severe
1y bruised. His father had been in
formed of this habit, and had ordered
him to discontinue it, and hence the
prince was afraid to confess that he
was hurt. He bore up bravely for
day or two, although in great pain, but
at length limped SO much that attention
was called to it, and he confessed. A
few hours later he was confined to his
bed. Nelaton was sent for and stated
that an abscess had been formed which
must be opened. He prepared for the
the chamber in a nervous fever,
now walking up and down the
room, stroking his moustache, then
going to the window to beat a tattoo
upon it with his fingers. His anxiety
could be Gained for a moment only,
and then he would rush to his son, pet
him, embrace him, and lavish upon
him his strong affection. AS the doc
tor prepared to make the puncture,
Napoleon caught his hand and shout
der, and shuddered as if the bistouri
had been plunged into his own body.
Nelaton pushed him brusquely away,
and he went to the window again, but
was Immediately called back by cry.
Seeing that nothing but blood came
from the wound, the emperor began to
abuse the surgeon, and for a moment
used some very strong language.
CT did not go deep enough" said
Nelaton calmly, and he again prepared
his knife.
Once more the emperor caught his
hand,
''You prevent me from doing my
duty, Sire" said Nelaton, severely,
once more pushing the Emperor's hand
aside, and in an instant plunged the
bistouri into the abscess. A stream of
pus flowed from the wound, and with
gasp as of intense pain the Emperor
seized the surgeons arms.
"There is yet something to be
DONE" said Nelaton, tearing himself
loose, and not very gently, and with a
stroke of the knife he laid open the
young princes thigh. The Emperor's
eyes flashed with rage, and he looked
as if ready to strike the surgeon dead
at his feet, when the latter pointed to
the pus which was then flowing freely.
Napoleon melted in moment before
this evidence, and, crying like child,
be warmly embraced the surgeon. The
prince was saved, and Nelaton was
adored by the court
IF it wasn't for the law man could
make fortune in half the time he does
now.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
ANCIENT LONDON.
Discovery OF Roman Relies of Old on
sGinINm.

Discovery Of Roman Relies of Old on
tdinIUm.
Recent accidental discoveries in the
city of London show that the old Rol
man town, which once stood upon it's
site, was both larger in area and more
elegant In taste and structure than has
hitherto been supposed. On pulling
down an old house in B1shopgate
street the workmen recently came upon
beautiful tasselated pavement, en-
riched with graceful figures and lavish
variety of color. This pavement had
been built upon no one knows how
many times, by past generations of
city tradesmen and merchants, only to
be contemptuously covered up each
time without any apparent effort to de-
cipher it's real significance. It
proves clearly that there were
spacious and aristocratic Roman man.
sions in old Londinium, with highly
decorated dtrid anu it seems to hint
that the East End was, with the Ro-
mans, the fashionable part Of the town.
Previous discoveries had seemed to in
dictate that his was on the banks Of
what used to be picturesque little
stream, the Fleet, which ran down
from the north through Holborn val
ley and that the finer residences of
the Romans occupied the slopes of
Ludgate and Holborn hills on either
side. But none but person of cons1d-
cradle rank would have tesselated otri-
at2o !; and it now seems more prop
able that the Fleet was the military
quarter, where also stood, perhaps,
the palace Of the Governor It seems
pity that the historic secrets which
still lie beneath the iumbled mass of
edifces in East London, cannot be
Systematically examined Much has
already been revealed, but this has
been by accident, when the purpose
of the excavation has been to lay new
foundations, build railways and tun-
nels, or carry new streets from point
to point. The Roman occupation of
London stands at the threshold of i'm
portant and instructive English histo-
ry; and underground London, if reveal
ed, would no doubt settle many points
regarding that occupation, which are
as yet matters of conjecture and ana
logical inference.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
A Wonderful Vine

The kangaroo vine of Australia has
received by traveller the significant
name of the "devil's corkscrew.o He
describes one as being nearly seven
hundred feet in length, and measuring
at it's base three feet nine inches in cir
cumference. It had first unfolded in
it's deadly embrace tree of considera
BILE size, but this support had died and
disappeared, and nothing remained
but spiral column of vine nearly two
hundred feet IN height, from the sum
NIT of which the huge climber had
sent out It's combinations in a horizon.
tai line for more than one hundred
and thirty IL ct, until it reached an en-
calyptus tree. Around this the vine
had wound in several coils, and then
thrown out number of stems, which
were grasplng all the trees in the neigh
borhood of its line of march.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
The International Bridge at Buffalo.

fTOIu Uuo buudlO COluuerCldl AuNeTGlSeT.
The superstructure of the Interna
tional bridge is of iron, supported on
stone piers, with the necessary draws
for the passage of vessels. The length
of the main bridge, across the river, is
1868 feet; thence across Squaw Island
to the west end of the bridge over
Black Rock Harbor, is about l, 200 feet,
and the bridge over the harbor to Nj
agara street is GIT feet Squaw Island
is at present crossed by trestle work
some twenty feet in height, but this is
to be filled up SO that the track across
the island will be upon solid en-
bankment. The work of filling will
not be done until the completion of
the bridge, however, as the material is
to be brought from Canada. Com
mencing at the Canada shore, there
will be nine spans across the river pro-
per; three of these are 100 feet each in
the clear; then come three spans each
$40 feet in the clear; then two draw
openings, each 169 feet then one span
of 100 feet, to Squaw Island. The
length of the bridge across Black Rock
Harbor, as before stated, is SIT feet,
and in this will also be two
openings of ninety feet each, with
pier between. The "swing" over the
opening, as well as that over the open
ing of the river, will be operated by
steam, and the length of time to open
and shut the same is given at fifty Sec
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12

onds The location of swing in the
rlver-nearer the American than
the Canadian shore-is in &C
cordance with the decision of a
Commission of United States Engi-
neers, appointed by the Government,
consisting of Gen. Warren, Col. NIer-
rill, and Col. Harwood, and the selec
ton of the position meets the entire
approval of the Canadian parties. The
iron work for the bridge is manufac-
tured at Phoenixville, near Philadel-
phia, and the superstructure IS known
as the Pratt truss. The trusses consist
of four main lines-that from pier to
pier, the lower chord, as it is called;
that parallel with it. but at consid-
cradle height above it, and knoan as
the main chord; and counter supports
at either end, on which the up
per chord rests. The upper chord
and counters are tubular, put
together in five pieces, with fanges.
The lower chord consists Of rods which
tie the counters and verticals, and re-
sist the tendency Of the upper chords
to trust the counters apart. The upper
part is that on which the roadway is
hung. Transverse Orders are sus-
pended therefrom. The girders bolted
to the lower chord and connected with
the upper by an iron vertical principal.
The uniform load which would neces-
sarily fall on this vertical principal is
distributed latterly by means of coun-
ter-braces and rods, until it is thrown
finally on the piers. The bridge has
the strength of tubular one, without
its weight and other objections. Yer
tical and counter pieces form the sides !;
the tops of the vertical principals,
united horizontally, strengthened dia-
gonally, and supported by angle ties,
form the roof, and the roadway consti-
tutes the floor. The chief-engineer in
the construction of the bridge is Mr..
E. P Hanaford, of Montreal, and the
resident engineer is Mr.. J. Hobson, of
Fort Erie.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
American Wonders.

The greatest cataract in the world is
the Falls of Niagara. The greatest
cave in the world is the Mammoth
Gave, in Kentucky. The greatest river
in the world is the Mississippi, 400
miles long. The largest valley in the
world is the Valley Of the Mississippi.
The largest lake in the world is Lake
Superior, which is truly an in
land sea, being 430 miles long
and 1000 feet deep. The longest
railroad in the world is the Pacific
Railroad, which is over 8, 900 miles in
in length. The greatest natural bridge
in the world is the natural bridge over
Cedar Greek, in Virginia. The greatest
mass of solid iron IN the world is the
great Iron Mountain, in Virginia. The
largest deposit of anthracite coal in the
world is in Pennsylvania.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
Fight Between a Mouse and a Taran-
lula.

The San Diego (Cal.) Union, after
giving the details of battle between
tarantula and scorpion, in which the
latter was killed, says: Three or four
hours after the battle the tarantuIa
was stirred up and found to be as
sprightly as ever, to all appearances
having suffered no bad effects from the
stings that had been given him by the
scorpion. A sprightly little mouse was
put into the bottle, and as he entered
the tarantula bristled up spitefully and
commenced the attack. Walking to-
ward the mouse quite rapidly, he gath
cred himself when within short dis
lance, and jumping into the air, de-
scended upon the back of his mouse
ship and seized him by the back of the
neck, encircling him with his long legs.
The mouse had not comprehended the
situation until now. Over and over
they rolled, with all the advantage in
favor of the tarantrla. In about two
minutes the spider let go, and both
went to their corners. After they had
rested the bottle was tipped, and en-
couraged by his success in the first
round, the tarantula again made the
attack. The mouse exhibited "game,
and lodging the tarantula, which tried
to regain it's former hold upon the
mouse's neck, seized the spider in his
teeth just as the latter fastened his
fangs into his back. The mouse sunk
his teeth into the body of his foe, and
blood spurted out quite freely. This
was more than the tarantula had looked
for, and vainly he tried to shake the
mouse off. After he had his bite out
another rest WAS taken. During the
three hours, that they were in the bot
tie together about twenty rounds were
fought, in four of which the mouse bit
the tarantula through the body. The
bites of the spider did not seem to eff
feet the mouse injuriously. When the
last struggle ended, the tarantula re-
treated to his end of the bottle, keeled
over upon his back, and, after few
convulsive kicks, expired. The taran-
lula was overhauled after he died, and
his fangs measured little over a six
teenth of an inch in length. The mouse
was as lively as ever yesterday morn
ing, and when last seen had succeeded
in getting out of his prison and was
sitting on end, making meal of some
thing he had foraged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
ScIntiliatI1nS of Thought.

| SELF-oBLIvIoN is God s remembrance.
- BartoI
WHERE there is much light the
shadow is deep -Goethe-
NOBLE discomfort is the path to
heaven. -HSggiaason. -
The secret of fashion is to sur
prise, never to disappoint. -Bul,Urr.
The ultimate tendency of civiliza-
ton is toward barbarism.
A SUPPRESSED resolve will betray
Itself in the eyes.-George Eliot.
PARTIAL culture runs to the ornate !;
extreme culture of simplicity.-Bovee.
THAT is true plenty, not to have,
but not to want riches. st. Carysostataa.
Do NOT SPEAK of your happiness to a
man less fortunate than yourself
Plutdrch.
CITIES force growth, and make men
talkative and entertaining, but they
make them artificial. Emerson.
THOUGHTS come to our minds by
avenues which we never left open, and
thoughts go out of our minds through
avenues which we never voluntarily
opened. Emerson.
Fuss works hard all day, and don't
do emmy thing, goes to bed tired at
night, then gets up next morning, and
begins agin WHARF she left oph.-B5A-
aaags.
TURN over new leaf All, those new
leaves If half of them were turned
over that are talked about, what gil
gantic volume would they form in the
life Of every one of us!
AFTER these two noble fruits of friend
ship, peace in the affections and sup.
port of the Judgment, followeth the last
fruit, which is like the pomegranate,
full of many kernels. ] mean aid and
bearing part in all actions and occa-
sions.-LOrd Bacon.
In sculpture and architecture forms
are rendered visible by exterior light.
In painting, on the contrary, matter,
obscure in itself, has within itself it's
internal element, it's headlight it
draws from itself both clearness and
obscurity. Now unity, the combina-
ton OF light and dark, is color.-Hegel.
HE instincts of the ant are very I'M
important considered as the ants; but
the moment a ray Of relation is seen to
extend from it to man, and the little
drudge is seen to be monitor, little
body with mighty heart, then all it's
habits, even that said to be recently
observed, that it never sleeps, become
sublime Emerson.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
An ImnOrtant Decision.

In the .. S. Circuit Couit, at Rich.
mond, on Friday, the case Of G.. w.
billiard and others, bankrupts, Judge
FL. l.. Bold rendered an important de.
cision. The creditors docketed judg-
ment obtained by decree IN the Court
during the sale of billiards. property.
Afterward billiard filed a petition in
bankruptcy, and claimed homestead
exemption, 500, 900, which was allowed
in the United States District Court by
Judge Underwood. The creditors
then carried the case before Judge
Bond, by petition, and he decided the
following points, which reverse the
ruling of Judge Underwood: First,
when suits are pending in State courts
before the commencement of bank
ruptcy proceedings, if there be
no suggestions Of fraud, and no
interests of general cridit be preiu-
diced, the Bankruptcy Court ought to
not interfere with the jurisdiction of
the Court. Second, when a bankrupt
has made deed of trust to secure
creditors he is not entitled to any ex-
emption out of the property conveyed
till the deed is satisfied or adjudged
fraudulent as to the creditors by the
State Court. Third, when proceedings
in bankruptcy were commenced before
the act Of March 3, 1872, bankrupt is
entitled to such exemption only as is
allowed by law, and existing when the
proceedings were commenced. Fourth,
the amendatory act, SO far as it is d1la-
tory of the act of 1867 is void. Fifth,
the rights of bankrupts and creditors
are fixed according to the laws in force
when bankruptcy proceedings COM
menced, and no subsequent legislation
can affect them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12

The Sumatra coffee crop of 1874 will
not be much larger than last year-that
is, say 1000 piculs and it is doubt
full if the government sale reaches 80
900 piculs. Not many years ago this
sale used to consist of $4,000 or 10000
piculs. The agency of the Dutch
Trading Company are experimenting
with a coffee plantation near the Lake
Singkava, which will cost 100000 or
100000 guilders, perhaps more, before
any results are obtained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
Dangerous COunterfeitS.

A number of dangerous counterfeit
legal-tender notes Of various denomi-
nations have been in steady circulation
for several years. A $40 note, $50
note, and a fractional currency note
have been in circulation for at least
two years. Then there is the $500
note of the series of 1860, which was
lately put out, and within the last six
weeks a counterfeit of the new fifty
cent note has made it's appearance. All
Of these counterfeits are finely execut-
ed, the engraving being equal to any
thing done in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing of the Treasury Depart
ment, Or any of the bank-note compa-
MES. Indeed, they are such exact
limitations of the genuine that the AS
sistant Treasurer in New York was
unable to decide whether they were
counterfeits Or not, and forwarded
them to the Treasury Department,
where it required whole days exami-
nation by two experts to point out d
few minor defects, which were, of
course, corrected by the counterfeiters
as soon as they were made public. All
the efforts Of the secret-service division
to capture the plates on which these
counterfeit notes we're printed or to
cause the arrest of a single counter
feiter have signally failed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
The Biggest Ones Yet.
From an English Paper.

Mary Savage, aged 81 years, of Black
burn, has just performed the extraor-
binary feat of walking between that
town and Preston IN three hours and
three minutes. She is the mother OF
twelve children, one of them a noted
athlete. In conversation this son was
ra'lying Ter on her powers of walking,
and in joke proposed for bet that
she should walk from Blackburn to
Preston, distance of nine miles, In
three and half hours. The old lady
accepted and won the bet, having
twenty seven minutes to spare.
From Virginia Paper.
A lady in Richie County, 50 years of
age, recently became mother. Her
husband is II years old. Her youngest
child previous to the last one is a
grandmother.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12

DID you ever hear the noise of
quartz crushing machine when in full
operation Well, that is nothing COM
pared to the CHATTER that would fill the
world if good resolutions were made
of grass or crockery ware.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12

Miss LOUISE ALooTr's mother, who
is old enough to know better, says:
CT am 70, but mean to go the polls
before [ die, even if my daughters have
to carry me-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-12
The Destruction OF the Opera at Paris,

The news of the total destruction bv
fire of the old Opera OF Paris, better
known as I Opera Francois, was re-
ceived with regret. It was there that
Rachael, Cruvelli, Ristori, Nilsson, and
Patti made their debuts. It was also
the scene of the French Carnival, the
bal d'opera, which for nearly a century
has rivalled the world-famed Carnival
of Rome. It was the second largest
theatre in Paris, and could seat 3, 900
persons. Some Of the most noted plays
of the century were first produced there.
Its audience parlor was hung around
with valuable portraits and pictures.
Ii was also the scene of two attempts
on the life Of Napoleon III. It's de-
struction will entail an immense loss
as there were always stored in it's great
galleries a large quantity of scenery
which was painted and manufactured
by special artists employed on the
premises. It is said that it contained
wardrobe sufficient for 10000 per-
sons.