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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-22

LONDON, Jan. 16.-Advices from
Zanzibar to Nov. 80 state that the sup
ply expedition for Livingstone had
reached him, and Livingstone had
started for the interior of Africa
The New York Metropolitan Record,
started some twenty years ago as the
official organ of the late Archbishop
Hughes, has ceased to exist. During
the war it degenerated into an ultra
rebel mouth-piece, and eventually found
lower depth as devoted organ of
the Tammany ring.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-22

The Fond du Lac Reporter states
that a cheese factory is to be started in
Taycheedah, upon the farm of VIM
cry. An association has been or
ganized under the name of the Maple
Grove Cheese Factory Association, and
officers elected. The patrons have al
ready promised one hundred and fifty
COWS for its support.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-22
intelligence OFFICE.
WOOdN1'd s. HaxYy.

"AVE JUST OPENED AN lNTELLT-
IL gence Office in their store on the cor
ner of Washington and Main ots., Water
town, Wis, west side, for the purpose OF
satisfying long felt need in this communi-
ty by employers and employees, so that all
parties wanting help can be supplied in kind
and quality as needed and those in want of
good places of employment can find the
same without delay or loss of time by leav-
| ing their namesand places of residence etc,
etc., with us. We will do our best to give
satisfaction to all parties concerned. Terms
reasonable.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
The Pineapple.

ii. NJ. Myers writes the Scientific Amer
tcdn as follows There is, perhaps, no
production of the tropics which is so gen
orally and deservedly esteemed by the peo-
pie of the North as the pineapple, yet of
none have they such vague ideas as to its
manner of growth, Not unfrequently
have we heard it expressed as being the
fruit of tree; associating it with the
cone-bearing trees of our own country.
The pineapple plant Anaaassa satira) is
native of tropical America growing wild
in the forests, but is also largely cultivated
in those regions, as well as to some consid-
cradle extent in the West Indies, and on
the Eastern Continent.
1t has fifteen or more long, serrated,
ridged, sharp-pointed leaves, springing
from the root, resembling in its general
aspect the century plant, but much smaller
in size. In the centre of this cluster of
thick, succulent leaves, springs up short
stalk bearing spike of beautiful flowers,
which in time produces single pine-ap-
pie. On the summit of the fruit is a tuft
of small leaves, capable of becoming a
new plant, which together with suckers,
arc the means by which it is propagated,
as pineapple which has been properly
grown, or Of the wild fruit of the forest,
which we always found equal, if not su-
perior to the cultivated ones.
A word as to the manner of preparing
a pineapple for eating may not be out Of
place here. Let the rough exterior first
be removed to sufficient depth, and then
slice the fruit longitudinally with the core,
and not across the hard centre, as is gen
orally done with u.s. As soon should an
ear of green corn be divided in sections
when the kernels must be pulled from the
cob, as pineapple across the core, in
stead of nicely slicing the fruit from its
adherents. The deliciousness of a pine
apple when freshly picked from the plant
and prepared in the above manner cannot
be surpassed.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
The London Press.

There Isl general impression pervading
the public that the London Times is the
leading paper of England, in circulation as
well as in influence. This is most erro-
neous, the "Thundererr ranking only as
fourth in the list of great dailies. The
aggregate list of circulation of all the
morning and evening newspapers publish
ed in London is set down at 569, 900, of
which 10000 belongs to the Daily Tele-
graph 100000 to the Standard, 10000
to the London Daily Ne,rs, $4,000 to the
Echo, and 10000 to the Times. The
first three Of these papers are published at
one penny 1.-TWO cents each, the Echo at
halfpenny, and the Times at three pence.
OF course the power and influence of a
journal is in part dependent upon the
number Of its circulation but they are
also influenced in great measure by the
class of readers to which it goes. The
Telegraph is plainly the peoples paper !;
but the readers Of the Times are by all
odds the best people of the British EN-
pire; and its great power and influence
are due to the fact that it reaches the
thinkers, the lawmakers and the money
arbiters of the metropolis of the world.
And its great success is due to its sagaci-
ty in seizing each popular tide precisely
at the turning point, rather than to any
peculiar foresight in governmental philos-
ply. The Times is shrewd follower of
public opinion, not its arbiter.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
The GREAT Crr1Es OF THE WORLD,

The GREAT CITIES OF THE WoRLD.-
The Memoral Dipiomotigue gives the fol-
lowing interesting account Of the density
Of population in the great centres Of hu-
manity throughout the globe. There are
nine cities having population exceeding
100000 souls, viz: London, 3,251.-
900; Soochow, 100000; Paris, 1926
600; Pekin, 1,648, 900; Yeddo, l 1,554 900;
Canton, !, ,236, 900; Constantinople, l, ,075.-
600; Sian-tan, in the province Of Human,
100000, and Tchantchaon-foo, in the
province of Fakien, 100000. II win be
seen that, although London holds the first
place, the Chinese Empire can still boast
Of possessing more populous cities than all
the civilized States Of the West The
number Of cities possessing a population
from above half million up to a million.
is twelve, viz: New York, Vienna, Ber-
lin, Hang-kaow, Philadelphia, st. Peters
burg, Bombay, Calcutta, Fowchow, Tche-
bing, Bangkok and Kioto. Twenty cities
have population Of from 300,000 to
100000 inhabitants, thirty-three Of from
100000 to $1,000, and ninety of from
100000 to 100000 inhabitants Europe
alone possesses III cities containing more
than $4,000 inhabitants, 1T the head Of
which stand London, Paris, Constantine
pie, Vienna, Berlin and St. Petersburg.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
Trapping Moles Alive.

The following method Of trapping and
destroying moles is practiced in Glouces-
ter: A well-used run is discovered in a
bank; cutting is made about a foot in
width, and the run is bridged over by a
narrow box, consisting of three pieces of
wood, forming the bottom and two sides
only; the ends are fixed in the run on
either side. In the bottom of the bridge
is nicely balanced, self-acting trap-fall.
The moles run along, slip through, and
fall into an earthenware pot. The bridge
is carefully turfed over, grass downward to
keep out the earth; every ray flight must
be carefully excluded The trap being
always set the moles fall in and perish
The pots are left unheeded, and as new
comers drop in they are eaten by those in
the pot, which is gradually filed with
skins and bones. Water should be put in
to drown them, but this is cruelty neglec-
ted. If looked at every day the moles can
be caught alive and well. A bank is
chosen because the pot can be looked at
and replaced without disturbing the bridge;
but run on the fiat ground would do by
digging proper trench for the bridge and
pot A very simple plan is to sink in the
mole's run pitcher which will hold three
or four pints. Do it very neatly, and not
otherwise disturb the existing state of
things, and within eight hours the stable
gentlemen will be safely jugged, 1t will
be pure waste Of time to try to catch the
same animal second time by the same
means. Moles usually ''run,n as it is
termed, at stated times of the day, about
eight, twelve and four o'clock, when their
workings must be watched; and by quietly
and stealthily approaching them they may
be dashed out of the heap or little run they
are working by one stroke of a spade, and
then picked up and bagged before they
can again enter the ground; or, when they
are working small run, they are easily
taken out of it by jumping on to the run
with the heels apart, so that each heel shall
enter and stop the run on each side of the
mole, which must be Immediately drawn
out by the hand | write from expert
ence, and repeat that the greatest care is
always necessary to prevent the moles
(Which are very sensitiye) from hearing or
feeling your approach.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
Trout Breeding.

An Elgin, Illinois, correspondent of
the Western Rural says ANY good, cool
spring water which does not get warmer
than sixty-five degrees in summer is suit
able, and it makes no difference if it be
hard or soft. The water used by Seth
Green, the celebrated pisciculturist i
hard, and | have visited many fisher
les in the East and find the trout doing as
well in hard as in soft water. 1t should
not, however, be too strongly impregnated
with iron or sulphur. | have trout in
many places in Illinois and they are all
doing well, and comparing these with
trout of equal age in the East, | find them
fully as large as any l examined, the wa
ter we use being hard lime water.
In building ponds, care should be taken
not to build them too large for the amount
of water. For example, with a one inch
pipe of water, pond ten feet wide, thirty
feet long, from three to four feet deep, Is
large enough If made out of earth and
the ground is so porous that it has to be
curbed, then five feet wide thirty long,
and three to four feet deep will be ample.
If there be sufficient fall, say one or two
feet, another pond of equal size could be
built, and the water would be purified and
@rated by the fall, so that the last pond
would be equally as good as the first. A
pond of this size would support from three
to five hundred trout, until they reach the
age of two years, when they would weigh
from one-half to one pound each, and
would require but little feeding the seco nd
year.
Trout grow to weigh from three to four
pounds at four years old, and commence
laying eggs the second year after being
Matched. The spawning season is from
the first of November to the first of March.
The best time for moving trout is when
the weather is cool, or say up to the last
of May. 1t requires seventy days for
trout eggs to hatch. Take the young trout
from the Matching house and turn them
out into the pond before the first of June.
The natural food Of trout is insects and
other living animal matter. No vegeta-
Bile food is taken, but in artificial ponds,
they are usually fed on, hashed liver and
lights, and other cheap'animal food.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
How Verdigris is Made.

Verdigris is termed by chemists a
"tribasic acetate of copper" and is formed
by the action of acetic acid upon metallic
copper in the presence of oxygen. There
are several methods of conducting the
manufacture; in one the refuse of grapes
after the expression of the juice in wine
making is used as the source of the acid
which rises in vapor from the decomposing
residuum. In another vinegar is used, the
copper being dipped in at intervals; in a
third fannels are wrung in vinegar and
wrapped around the copper which is then
laid where it will be acted upon by currents
of air.
The grape refuse is used at Montpelier,
in France, in the following manner. The
copper in very thin sheets is rubbed in
warm boxes where the requisite corrosion
is merely initiated. In the meantime the
grape refuse is packed in barrels and allowed
to remain until it begins to undergo acetic
fermetation. This accomplished, portion
of the material is spread in the bottom of
a ditch lined with brich On this is placed
a layer of the prepared copper then more
grape refuse, then more copper and so on,
until the pit is full When the grape
residuum becomes white its effect is spent.
The sheets are then removed and exposed
to the air. As soon as they become dry
they are wet with water and again exposed,
and SO on six or seven times in succession.
until the layer of verdigris having become
sufficiently thick is scraped of. This
done, the plate is again rubbed with
vinegar, and in the grape refuse, etc.,
undergoes again the same treatment until
completely exhausted,
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
Stones of the Temple.

Three thousand years, with their wear
ing, wasting processes, have not entirely
destroyed the stones ofthe Temple. They
exist to-day, but not in that glorious
House which Solomon builded to the
Lord. No earthly Temple rears its solid
walls, built by Hiram's art, on Mount
Moriah. That is buried beneath the dust.
Where, then, do we find the stones that
once composed it? In one Of two places,
and both wondrously strange Either in
far-of land, on English soil, in the
Dudley Gallery of the Egyptian hall,
London, or else in excavations now in
progress beneath Jerusalem. We owe it
to the Palestine Exploration Society that
these aStones of the Temple are exhibited
as sacred relics in the metropolis Of Great
Britain, and they are being still dug out
from under the mass Of debris that thirty
centuries have heaped over them in their
original position. These squared stones
that are recovered have on their faces the
original chisel marks made by the Fellow
Crafts of King Hiram. What Testimony
do they bear to the origin, history and
truth Of Masonry! What thrilling effect
would be produced in the work Of the
third Degree, if the w. NJ. possessed one
of these stones How the Lecture would
glow with living light--a light reflected
from the buried centuries-the work of
three thousand years ago illustrating the
work of to-day
The spoils of the Temple were once
thought worthy of forming the principal
decoration Of the most beautiful Of Rome's 5
triumphal arches and the Emperor JUS
tinian's highest architectual ambition was
that he might surpass it. Its spoils are
now spread before the world, to teach it
that Freemasonry is not a myth, tradi-
tion, but reality, ancient and honorable,
founded upon. Truth as its cornerstone
and Wisdom as its cap-stone. Verify, the
stones of the Temple, even in their material
shape, are still with us, while their paral-
lels, the spiritual stones-the Brethren who
are built into our Fraternity-are found in
every cline, and on every sea and land
Keystone.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
The Presidents.

General Washington was in his 5Sth
year when he became President. John
Adams was in his cd, Mr.. Jefferson in
his 58th, Mr.. Madison the same, Mr..
Monroe is his 59th, John Quincy Adams
in his 58th, General jackson in his ed,
Mr.. Van Buren, in his 55th, General Har-
rison in his 69th, John Tyler in his SD,
General Taylor in his Goth, Mr. Fillmore
in his 5lst, Mr.. Buchanan in his 66th,
Mr.. Lincoln in his SD, and Mr.. johnson
in his 57th. Three Presidents crossed
their fifty year line during their incumben-
cy Of the ofice--General Grant, Mr.. Polk,
who entered office seven months before he
was 80, and General Pierce, who was in
his 49th year when taking his seat. Gen.
Harrison was the oldest man ever elected
to the Presidency; General Grant the
youngest, -Four Presidents-W Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, and John Quincy
Adams-were all in their 58th year when
they entered Office, and four-W Washington,
John Adams, Jefferson, and Madison
went out Of Office in their 68th year.
General Jackson went out of Office only
eleven days before the completion Of his
10th year, and Mr.. Buchanan fifty DAYS
before he was TO- john Adams was the
longest lived of the Presidents, being in
his 9lst year at the time Of his death
The next oldest was Mr.. Madison, who died
in his Seth year. Mr.. Jefferson died in
his S4th year, John Quincy Adams in his
S1st, Mr.. Van Buren, in his S0th, General
jackson in his roth, and Mr.. Monroe in
his I'D. General Pierce was the youngest
retiring President, who went out Of Office
soon after he had completed his SGD year
Mr.. Polk retired in his 54th year, and
died in little more than three months
after, at the age Of 50 years, 7 months and
l3 days-youngest Of all Presidents in
death. The most notable deaths are those
of John Adams and Thos. Jefferson, which
occurred July 4th, 1926, at nearly the
same hour.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
Vegetable Perfumes and Health.

An Italian professor has made some
very agreeable medical researches, resulting
in the discovery that vegetable perfumes
exercise positively healthfal influence on
the atmosphere, converting its oxygen into
ozone, and thus increasing its oxodizing
influence. The essences found to develop
the largest quantity of ozone are those Of
cherry, laurel cloves, lavender, mint,
juniper, lemons, fennel, bergamot those
that give it in smaller quantity are anise,
nutmeg, and thyme. The flowers of the
narcissus, hyacinth, mignonette, helotrope,
and lily ofthe valley develop ozone in closed
vessels, Flowers destitute of perfume do
not develop it, and those which have but
slight perfume develop it only in small
quantities. Reasoning from these facts
the professor recommends the cultivation
of flowers in marshy districts, and in places
infested with animal emanations, on ac-
count of the powerful oxygen influence of
ozone. The inhabitants of such regions
should surround their dwellings with beds
of the most odoriferous flowers.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05

Down IN THE SEA.--At $50 fathoms
down in the sea there is a perfectly uni.
form temperature, the same in all lati-
tudes. No cold pierees this wonderful
coverlet, no storm ever disturbs the wa.
ters beneath. Here in their hidden home
safe from the disturbances of this upper
life, are myriads of creatures, living, mar
rying, dying, warning one upon another;
organizing into kingdoms, republics, fami-
lies; workingin every form Of manufacture,
as spinners, weayers, achitects, builders;
endowed with mysterious instincts which
are quite as wonderful in their way as our
higher reason, and bound together by mys-
terious ties which we are equally unable
to comprehend or to call in question. So
true is il that the mysteries Of science far
outweigh those of morals and theology
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
aait and 9uulor.

THE NEGRO AND THE MuLE.-The
following anecdote, finely illustrative Of the
characteristics Of two denizens Of the
South, we find in the Editors Drawer of
HorPer's Magazine:
"The negro and mule writes friend in
Clinton, Louisiana, } are inseperable COM
panions in the southern cotton fields, and
like the Hawaiian string and bow, use
less each without the other. The lazy in
difference and careless cruelty Of one, and
wonderful powers Of endurance of severe
labor, bad treatment and neglect of the
other, complete the compatibility Of the
two races necessary for the production Of
four millions of bales. A characteristic
anecdote may be relished by those who
have had experience Of the two. The
spectator had taken refuge from the sun 5
perpendicular rays under the shade Of a
spreading beech, sub tegmine fagi and lay
recumbent, enjoying the fitful breezes and
the sombre frothiness of the country news
paper. Along the dusty road which pass.
ed by this retreat came jogging a negro.
mounted on a mule, both apparently fast
asleep. As thesomnolent pair approached
the spot, some wicked sprite of the place
gave the paper flirt, which no sooner
seen and heard than the mule, as mules
only know how, instantly snapped ends,
and leaving the negro sprawling in the
dirt, took his departure under full sail.
The negro, half raising himself, and wip-
ing the dust from his eyes and mouth,
watched the retreating mule for some time
in silence, but at length, unconscious Of
an auditor, gave expression to this philo-
sophical sOliloquy: OATS what makes me
spise mule =
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05
Selett poetrp,
BIRD LANGUAGE.


What do the wrens and the robins say
Talking NO tunefully all the long day9
Now on the cedar bush now on the ground
Chlrping their thoughts to the blossoms around
Now on the willow-tree, waving 10 high,
Warblng their cantlcles close 10 the sky
What do the wrens and the robins say?
Do thcy feel the charm of this beautiful dayg
Does the wine Of happiness warm their veins,
And give the keynote 10 those wonderful strains
Are they mad with love or drunk with delight
That they reyel so wildly from morn To nightg
What do the wrens and the robins sayr
Let each one answer as best he may
For every listener noldeth a key
To unlock the musical mystery;
And differently all translate the wor,is
0fthat varying languagc brcathed by the birds.
The little child hears in the glatisome strain
A call to the fields and the flower. clad plain
The sick and the weary, by pain oppressed
IL charms with promise Of infinite rest
And the lover doth still In each carol rejoice
For he hears In them ever his swecthcart's voice
But most do the wrcils and the robins rcpcat
To the dreaming poet language sweet
10 his finer soul and his keener sense
They speak with thrilling elOquence.
And with happy tears his eyes grow dim,
As he lists 10 the oit.repCatcd hymn
The goodness OF God, and the glory Ofearth,
Are thoughts which ceaseiessy spring To birth
For the splcnd0r OF starS and flowers aud streams
Glides with that melody into his dreams:
And the 5edntiful lore he learns from the strain
lie gives 10 the listening world again.
As he woaYes into many tuncful lay
What he hears the wrcns and the robins say.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05

To BAKE HAMA young and fresh
ham eats much better baked than boiled.
and keeps longer good. Place it into
plenty of cold water TO soak over night.
The next morning place it in warm water
Tor an hour or two, wash it very clean,
trim smoothly off all rusty parts, and lay it
with the rind downward into coarse paste
rolled to oabout an inch in thickness; moisten
the edges, draw, pinch them together, and
fold them over on the upper side Of the
ham, taking care to close them 50 that no
gravy can escape Send it to a well heated
but not too hot oven. Bake from three to
five hours, according to the size Of the
ham. Remove the crust and skin while
hot. When part only of ham is cooked,
baking is far preferable, as it retains the
juices better.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05

TANNING AND DYEING SHEEP SKINS.
In answer to aquestial, a correspondent
OF the Seieatifc Anae,icam says Wash
the pelts in warm water, and remove all
fieshy matter from the inner surface, then
clean the wool with soft soap, and rinse
the soap thoroughly out. Second, apply
to the flesh side the following mixture for
each pelt; common salt and ground alum,
one quarter pound Of each, and half an
ounce Of borax Dissolve the whole IN
one quart Of hot water. When cool enough
to bear the hand, add rye meal to sake a
thick paste, and spread the mixture on the
flesh side of the pelt Fold the pelt length
wise, and let it remain two weeks in an
airy, shady place, then remove the paste
from the surface, wash and dry. When
nearly dry, scrape the flesh side with a
knife, working the pelt until it becomes
thoroughly soft A beautiful blue NAV
be impaired to the wool by using the fol-
lowing recipe: Add a wine-plassful Of
sulphuric acid to gallon Of water. Put
into the solution tablespoonful or more
Of imperial blue, regulating the quantity
of the dyestuf to the shade Of blue re-
quired. Put in the pelts and boil for ten
minutes. After boiling, the pelt win need
working again to make it soft.
The Democratic advocate., 1873-07-05

BLACKBERRY WINE.--The following
Is the plan used by Swiss settlers in the
United States, and is said to make the
most excellent wine To one bushel Of
berries put two gallons Of water, and ex-
press the juice to each gallon of the
liquid add one pound Of refined white sn-
gar. Put into a cask, about peck Of
frcshly-burned charcoal, broken into small
pieces; then pour the liquid upon it, Let
it ferment. As soon as the fermentation
subsidies close the cask tight, and let Il
remain until January, or later then rack
of and bottle it, and set it in cool cellar.