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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Storms and Floods in Germany.

A German correspondent writes as
follows OF the great tempest on the
North Sea and Baltic coast:
We will attempt to give some idea of
the terrible devastation occasioncd by
the high tide and fearful storm from
the northwest on the 18th of Novem-
ber This tide, which reached it's
greatest height on the coast of Schles-
wig at about 9 O'Clock at night, was
the greatest ever known on the shores
of the Baltic, exceeding the great tide
of 1864 by 16 inches in height, and
that of 1886 by 80 inches. The water
rose about IL feet above the mean lev
ell of the sea on the shores of
the Baltic, which are quite I'M
sheltered. An inundation could not fail
to take place, against which all human
exertions and precautions were utterly
powerless. In the small town of APP
enrode alone, 80 houses have become
uninhabitable, and nearly $50 families
have not roof over their heads The
news from Eckernforde is still worse.
Entire streets have been literally ami
hilated, while many of the buildings
left standing ale undermined. The ex-
dCU nuInDSI vi UObdhY ut-
stroyed in Eckernforde cannot yet be
ascertained, but it will not fall short of
100. Hundreds of inhabitants lost
everything. The news from the dis
trict of Gutenberg is most saddening.
On the Island of Femarn the sea broke
through all the dykes, and, out of forty
two villages, the fields and property of
only eleven escaped the food.
The entire coast of Western Pome-
rama aud the Island of Bugen, with
it's projecting peninsulas, and the small
e. islands lying around it, have also
most severely suffered The long and
narrow island of Hiddensoe, near Ru-
gen, through which the sea once before
forced it's way, has been divided into
two parts by a channel seventeen feet
deep. Two villages were completely
inundated, and had to be abandoned
by their inhabitants, numbering fifty
seven families Vitte was also entirely
covered by the sea, and it's inhabitants,
seventy families, had to be rescued
from the garrets by boats. Provisions,
winter stores of all kinds, ana fuel
have been washed away or spoiled, and
the wells are useless on account of the
salt water with which they are filled.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

. Don't you think you had B
for a doctor ?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hog Cholera

DR.. Horne, the veterinary editor of
the Western Farmer, Madison, Wis,
recommends the following treatment
for cholera: Remove them at once to
fresh quarters, where they will be warm
and dry, with plenty of pure, fresh air.
Separate them give plenty of clean
straw; procure some good hard wood
charcoal, pulverize it, sprinkle the
building with it pretty thick, say one
half pound to each hog. Sprinkle the
hog also. Be sure and keep clean.
Procure the following: Anthracite
coal, four parts; best ginger, one part;
sulphur, one part; salt, one part;
phosphate lime, one part. Pulverize
thoroughly, mix. and give two ounces
every morning in little oatmeal or
other feed. If the hog refuses to eat,
mix with sufficient cows milk and
drench him. Procure Tilden & Co. s
bromo chloralum, to be had of your
druggists mix with four parts water
and wash the bottom of tumors, and all
the tender places about the hog. Let
them run out through the day in mod
crate weather
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

It'll each error Of diet lCas brought to my Uie,o
I turned from the sight, to my bedroom
stepped back.
And brought out vial marked 'Pulv. Ipe-
cac.:"
When my Nancy exclaimed, for their sufferings
shocked her.
Don't you think you had better, love, run
for a doetor?'
ran and was scarcely back under my roof,
When heard the sharp clatter of old Jalap's
hocf;
might say that had scarcely turned myself
round,
When the doctor came into the room with
bound.
He was covered with mud from his head to
his foot,
And the suit he had on was his very worst
suit;
He hardly had time to put that on his back,
And he looked like Falstaff half fuddled with
sack
His eyes, how they twinkledl Had the doctor
got merry?
His lips looked like port, and his breath smelt
like sherry.
He hadn't been shaved for fortnight or SO,
And the beard on his chin wasn't white as the
snow.
Bnt inspecting their tongues, in spite of their
teeth,
And drawing his watch from his waistcoat
beneath,
He felt Of each pulse, saying, ''Eacl little belly
Must get rid here he laughed-''of the rest
of that ie1Iv
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
The Chicago Tribune

Now occupies its rebuilt premises with great
ly improved facilities, and appears IN new
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bandsOmest and best newspaper published
west of New York. Its distinguished features
are the earliest and fullest news from all
quarters, at whatever cost; full and accurate
commercial, real estate and general market
erary and agricultural departments. It is
independent and outspoken its views, with
full faith that Time, which sooner or later
gives the right the victory, will vindicate its
principles. It has been the most powerful
agency in the Northwest in inspiring and
moulding that strong, free public sentiment.
which, at last, has united all parties in main
tanning the equal rights Of all irrespective
OF race, creed or color The advocate of
Progress, the friend of Virtue, the fosterer of
Art, Education and general culture, its great
success IS largely due to its high character
as the best representative of the Industrial
and Business interests, and the marvellous
enterprise, of the West. Its advertising col
ums reveal the great .fdct-more convincing
than words that, whoever wishes to know,
or to make known, anything paironizes the
If16une. 1t Is emphatically the pe0pLes'
Tribune, which no Western man of business
or culture can afford to be without.
The Tri-Weekly contains, in each issue. the
substance of two Dailies.
The Weekly will contain the cream of the
Dailies, the unrivalled articles of Rural on
sc The Farm and Garden so eagerly looked
for by Western readers and original and Sc
lected sketch s, tales and articles of special
interest to the meand the Freside. In the
copiousness and freshness of It's news, literary
excellence and adaptation to the wants of
Western people. it has no equal.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

An edition Of between nine and ten millions of
copies of very useful work is ready for gratui-
tous distribution, and can be had for the asking at
any drug store in the United States, the British
Colonies, Spanish America or Brazil. The work re-
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ters-the purest and best tonic at present knowr-as
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Drying Fruit.

A lady correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer describes a dry house which
has been found very profitable and sat
isfactory. The actual outlay was $40,
and in two weeks it had more than
paid for itself in fruit preserved. 1t is
a wood frame sixby seven feet-board-
ed up and down and battened. No
windows. There are two large holes
bored on either side or ends for circu-
lat1on of air, a ventilator through the
roof-brick chimney. There is tight
fitting panel door, and a. parlor stove is
in temporary use. There are racks
made of nicely planed laths nailed to
side pieces, for apples, pears, peaches,
and the lie fruit Sheets of tin with
the edges turned up make very con-
venient holders for corn, berries, etc;
these are kept in place by setting them
on pieces of wood, which reach across
from side to side of the house, or from
end to end.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Unedlted Letters of Voltaire-A Charac.
tefiStlc Profession of Faith. ,,


The thirteen unedited letters of Vol
talre, now published at Moscow in the
hfth volume of the " Memoirs of
Prince Vorontzof," deserve attention,
says the Paris Temps, since voltaire
never left anything written which did
not contain either some curious ne
cullaflty or obstructive feature of his
genius. They are not remarkably in
terestlng IN literary or historical
point OF view, but their biblograpbical
attractlons are greater for they are Or
lglnal and the signatures are auto
graphs. One of these letters contains
curious profession of faith on
the part of Voltiare, which was
called forth by the request made to
him on behalf of Catherine II. of Rms
STA by his friend Count Vorontzof, To
represent that sovereign's interference
in favor of the Polish dissenters in it's
true light. {" I am indeed" he writes,
6 in my fifth attack of fever, and J am
seventy, four years old; but as long as
[ am not dead, [ shall eagerly embrace
that which you propose to me. Ieven
believe that this project will make me
live. Great passions give strength I
idolize three things; liberty, liberation,
and your empress. I entreat these
three divinities to inspire me. [ await
our orders"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
The Household.

FROZEN CUsTARD-This is nice dish
for dessert, and very easily prepared :
Boil two quarts Of rich milk. Beat
eight eggs and teacupful of sugar to.
gether, and after the milk has boiled
pour it over the eggs and sugar, STIR
ring it all the while. Pour the whole
mixture into your kettle, and let it
come to a boil, stirring constantly
Then take it off the fire and let it be-
come cold. Flavor it with whatever
essence you prefer. Then freeze it.
BOILED CHICKEN-Plain artless boil
ing is apt to produce yellow, Shiny
looking chicken. Before cooking the
bird should always be we'll washed in
tepid water and lemon juice, and to in
sure Wilderness, delicacy and succu
lence should be boiled in paste made
of flour and water, and, after being
put in the boiling water should be al
lowed to simmer slowly. This method
is very effectual in preserving all the
juices of the fowl, and the result is a
far more toothsome and nourishing
morSel than the luckless bird which
has been "galloped to death" in plain
boiling water. Mutton is also much
better for being boiled in paste. Lam
Get
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Symptoms OF Liver Complaint, and of
some of the Diseases produced hY il.

A sallow or yellow color of skin, or
yellowish brown spots on face and other parts
Of body; dullness and drowsiness and frequent
headache: dizziness, bitter or bad taste in the
mouth. dryness of throat and internal heat;
palpitation; i'll many cases dry teasing cough,
with sore throat, unsteady appetite, raising of
food, choking sensation in throat, distress,
heaviness, bloated or full feeling about stom-
ach and SIDES, pain in sides, back or breast,
and about shoulders, collie, pain and soreness
through bowels, with heat constipation alter
mating with frequent attacks of diarrh@a, piles,
iatuence, nervousness, GOODNESS of extremi-
ties, rush of blood to head, with symptoms of
apoplexy, numbness of limbs, especially at
night, cold ehills alternating with hot Pushes,
kidney and urinary difficulties, female weak
nesses, dullness, low spirits, unsociability and
gloomy forebodings. Only few of above symp-
toms likely to be present at one time. All
who use DR.. -Pierce's Alt. Ext. or Golden Medi-
cal Discovery for Liver Complaint and it's
complications are loud in its praise. Sold by
all frst-class druggists. GIG
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
7oyages to take with them in a small

voyages to take with them in small
space fruits and vegetables having all
the properties of those fresh from the
garden. Fourth, being evaporated out
of the air, flies do not speck them, nor
does dust become incorporated in the
pores. Fifth, by the nature of the pro-
cess, part of the starch of the fruit or
vegetable is converted into grape
sugar, hence the articles evaporated by
the Alden process require less sugar in
cooking than even the fresh materiel.
Sixth, the meshes Of the trays being
made of Irvine, no taste is impaired to
the fruit; and, seventh, there being no
moist acid to act on either tin or wood
in which it may be packed, the Alden
fruits or vegetables are absolutely free
from any taste or smell of tin, or lead
poison, or anything except those favors
and acids natural to them
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Liver COMPLAINT, LIVER DISEASE, I.
E. BILIoUsNEss. complaints
by some termed liver disease-are very
common in this country. The ordin-
airy indications, such as yellowness of
the skin and whites Of the eyes, pain
in the rightside under the inferior ribs,
with sometimes difficulty of respiration
and troublesome cough-are familiar
to host of sufferers; but the liver,
sometimes, is in very unsatisfactory
state without the presence of such
symptoms. When we reflect that the
liver is the largest gland of the body,
that it secretes the bile which lubri-
Gates the bowels and keeps them in or
der, is the great blood purifier or
cleansing machine of our systems, it
may truly be called the H0Usekeeper
Of oar Health. Sudden transitions of
climatic temperature, or impure air,
or aO0ter are disturbing elements which
arrest the functions of the liver, and
render it torpid, producing alarmed,
dy8entery, bilious renaittent8, inter-
n1ittent teUerS, and a general prostra-
ton, and unhealthy state of the whole
organization.
1t is not surprising that medicine
which can restore the healthy opera
lions of the liver, should command
general attention. Such a medicine is
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITrERs, The
Housekeeper's Towel and BrOom.-C0m
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Charcoal for Sick Animals,

When one of our animals becomes
sick, our rule has always been to give
nothing unless we know exactly what
to do and In the meantime attended
to every interior comfort practicable.
1t the weather is cold, place it in warm
quarters, avoid all exposure, and attend
to pure air and strict cleanliness. But
there is one medicine that can never
do harm, and is commonly beneficial.
This is pulverized charcoal. Nearly
all sick animals become so by improper
eating in the first place. Nine cases
out of ten the digestion is wrong.
Charcoal is the most efficient and rapid
corrective. 1t Will cure, in a majority
of cases, if properly administered. An
example of its use The hired man
came in with the intelligence that one
OF the finest COWS was very sick, and a
kind nelghbor proposed the usual
drugs and poisons. The owner being
III, and unable to examine the COW,
concluded that the trouble care from
some overeating, and ordered a tea
cupful of pulverized charcoal given in
water. It was mixed, placed in a junk
bottle, the head held upward, and the
water with its charcoal poured down
ward. In five minutes improvement
was visible, and in a few hours the ami
NAL was in the pasture quietly eating
grass. Another instance of equal sue
cess occurred with young heifer
which became badly bloated by eating
green apples after hard wind. The
bloat was so severe that the sides were
almost as hard as barrel. The old
remedy, saleratus, was tried, for the
purpose of correcting the acidity. But
the attempt to put it down always
caused coughing, and it did little good.
Half teacupful of freshly powdered
charcoal was next given. In six hours
all appearances of bloat was gone, and
the heifer was well.-Correspondent
american Stock Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Dairy BreeGs-The Ayrshires.

The Ayrshire is the type Of a dairy
animal, and it is very proper that those
who rear them should make the devel-
opment of the milking powers their
main object. Let them go as far in
this direction as they can, so that we
may see what sort of animal Will
emerge from the continued cultivation
of this special object. The origin of
the AYRSHIRE breed is not exactly
known. It seems to have arisen by a
process of selection made with a view
to the production of milk and hardness
of constitution, without much regard
to anything else. Very likely there
has been mixture of various elements,
for we learn that there we're importa-
lions of Durham cattle by the Earl of
Marchmont in 1850, of Dutch cows
by Mr.. Dunlop, of Dunlop, about the
year 1850. There has probably also
been an infusion of the Attorney, or
breed of the Channel Islands, for
Oualve, who wrote the Agricultural
Survey Of Jersey, stated that the Ayr
shire was a cross between the Short
Horns and the Attorney while Colonel
lie Contour informs us that General
Andrew Gordon, then Governor
of Jersey, about the end OF the
last century, sent some Of the best cat
tie to Scotland. A veterinary book,
published at Glasgow in 1854, likewise
states that the Dunlop COWS, which
were considered the best mixers, had
been produced by crossing the native
COWS with bulls brought from the Is
land of Attorney. The general re-
semblance of the Ayrshire and Alder
ney cattle has been noticed by Prof.
Low and Colonel lie Contour. Youatt,
however, seems to think that the Ayr
shire breed has originated from cross
of the Holdeness with the Highlander,
the former giving the milk properties
and the latter the hardness Of constl-
tuition and small size. The prevailing
color of the Ayrshires is red and white
in various mixtures; sometimes they are
wholly red, but believe never wholly
white, which is rather curious, for IN
the Short-Horn, which is also red and
white in all proportions, pure white
animals are constantly occurring, as II
there we're an innate tendency to that
color
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
How the Suspension Bridge Stands the
Test of Time.


The Lockport Journal says: cit is
now some twenty years since the great
Suspension Bridge was built over Mag
ara River. The question of its safety
has recently been agitated, and crit
cal investigation has accordingly been
made by the Ohio engineer and direct
ors of the Great Western Railway. The
caps on the towers covering the cables
have been removed, and the cables
found to be as perfect in all respects as
ever they were. But most important
of all, the anchorage of the cables were
thoroughly inspected. The masonry
over one of them was removed for about
twelve feet, or below where the wires
are attached to the anchor chains. A
portion Of the cable is imbedded IN
water lime cement. For twenty years
this has been there, yet, on removing
1t and rubbing the paint off the wires,
the latter were found bright and per-
feet as when placed there; the cement
having preserved the wire and anchor
chains intact. The examination was
made in the presence of competent en-
gineers, who have expressed themselves
as above to the directors of the bridge
company"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

He felt of each pulse, saying, Each little belly y
| gazed on each chubby, plump. sick little elf.
And groaned when he said so, in spite of
myself;
But wink of his eye, when he physicked our
Fred,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
de didn't prescribe but went straightway to
work
And dosed all the rest-gave his trowsers a
jerk
And, adding directions while blowing his hose,
He buttoned his coat, from his chair he arose,
Then jumped in his gig, gave old Jalap a
whistle,
And Jalap dashed off as if pricked by thistle.
But the doctor exclaimed, ere he drove out of
eight,
They'll be well by tomorrow goodnight,
Jones, goodnight"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01
Address THE SUN. New York CITY.
How UNNECESSARY THE ANGUISH man,

persons undergo from rheumatism, govt, neu-
ralgla, toothache and earache We say I'M
necessary because the application Of MEXICAN
MUSTANG LINIMENT to the affected part, or a
few drops Of it in the ears or tooth, affords in
and what is better, permanent
relief. For cuts, wounds, bruises, swelings,
and all injuries or diseases which require
treatment externally. this liniment is every
where regarded as the most potent and reii-
able healing agent in existence For all ex-
ternal INJURIES or ailments of horses and cat
tie, it is lnfallible.-Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

AN official statement of the condition
and proposed development of the Ger
man navy shows the addition of war
vessels in 1928 to have amounted to
one ironclad, one smooth deck corvette
and two gunboats In 1874 presum-
ably no more will be added than a
smooth deck corvette but by midsum
mer, 1875, four more ironclads and two
corYettes will be Incorporated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

SAID PARENT TO A CHILD" Just
look at those Shoes, only bought last week :;
good as new, all but the toes, which arc worn
through. Money thrown away, feet wet,
stockings soiled, all because they were not
Metal Tipped Parents take your choice,
neat, genteel, Silver Tipped shoes, which never
wear out at the tee, or shoes without Tips
with ragged holes and protruding toes Which
looks the best? Which is the Cheapest p
Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

The Goloss, of ST. Petersburg, states
that 1000 orthodox Greeks of Bukovi-
ma, recently applied to the Russian
government for permission to establish
themselves in the Crimea, and that the
request was conceded, with special ad-
vantages to the Immigrants. Every
settler was to obtain piece of ground
and exemption for several years from
personal taxes and military service.