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THE CLOWNS STORY.

Well, you see, sir, it seems to be one
of them things as won't wear out. It's
thing as attracts children and grown
people too-people with young ideas,
you know; and as it. isn't likely that
children viii ever wear out,-I mean
the custom of having children, why,
it isn't likely as circuses II ever go
down. Why, how the old country peo-
pie now talk about going up to Lon
don and see the sights; why, what's
the thing they always recklest best {?
Why, isn't It about going to CLASH
leys?" To be sure it is; and some of
them will talk to you for long enough
about old Ducrow, and her cream
ponies, and Miss Woodford pitching
off the horse on her head, and then
about the fire, and Batty and the Cook,
and all the rest of it. And I don't
care, summer or winter, wet or dry,
whenever we go with our troupe into a
country town, there is always an au-
dience
Nothing takes like a circus; and
yours takes better than anybody's, I
can tell you. am only an understrap-
per, now, you know; but the gunner
did the right thing by me, and of
course I do the right thing by him.
You see, we always make good fuss
in the shape of we'll billing the place
we are going to, for it doesn't do to be
'stingy in that way, and the guvnor has
some spicy affairs of ralnpagious horses
and wonderful jumping, and all the
colors that catch the eye; while for
the shop windows there's some litho-
graphs of the performing horse, or the
elephant, or the gutta-percha brothers,
tied IL u,nan knot, while every one
who exhibits has ticket for free ad-
mission.
But it is a queer life, sir, and one
not to be envied; only, you see, you
must live; and when there's a wife and
some little 'uns, why, OF course, they
must live, too; and having been in
the profession all my life, why. it
doesn't seem as if I could do anything
out.
There, now, then, them's two of
mine coming in the ring now. First
ones eleven, and t'other's nine 'sThe
Pigmy Twisters, we call 'em in the
bill, and they don't do amiss for their
size. Pitch summerset easy, either
OF them. There they go, you see and
after another year or twos eddication
they'll be a great help to the family,
besides having profession Of their
own to make 'em Independent when
they won't stop in the nest any longer
All they've got to do is to keep clear Of
their fathers accident for, get a hip
JOINT put out as L dld, and the country
doctor to say IL was strain, and never
put it up till too late-get in for an ac
cident like that, by treading on an
orange peel and slipping when running
for jump, then it's doer up for life,
as with me-
But it is a queer life, sir. No rest,
o comfort, no peace at ali. Public
ouse always-and say, now, here's to-
ay; long distance tc come, and had
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
Weed CarpetIngs.

The Scientific American describes
the new wood carpeting that is coming
into extensive use as follows i: :" The
fabric is made of Stats or more orna-
mental shapes, glued or cemented up
on cloth backing. The slabs or strips
of wood are of different colors, and are
arranged to produce all the effects OF
tesselated floor, mosaic work, ETC., and
being about quarter of an inch in
thickness, they will wear many years.
The are finished in oil, and fit togeth-
er so tightly that the joints are as per-
feet as those in inlaid work. The sur
face thus produced can therefore be
scrubbed, washed and oiled when
needed, precisely like other floors made
of ornamental woods, which floors they
resemble in all respects"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
A Che priuI Abode.

Comassle, the Ashantee capital, is in
a beautiful country, and is about
mile and a half long by mile broad.
The streets are wide, the houses are
mostly uniform in structure, and built
in blocks or squares. The side next to
the street is called public seat, the
floor of which is raised two or three
teet above the street level and open to
it SO as to afford persons walking
through the town ready protection from
the rain or sun. The front is also or
namented with rude geometrical fig
ures in relief, colored with red and
above the ground floor whitewashed.
At one side of the public seat is door
communicating with the inner square,
The rooms on three sides of this are
open on the inside, and occupied day
and night by the several members of
the household. The open space of the
square is used for cooking and other
domestic purposes. The frame work
of the house is sapling timber fast
ened together with cordage made from
climbing plants, and thatched with
bamboo leaves woven into kind of
mating.
This is ali well enough, but writer
in the London Telegraph maintains
that the town is literal Aceldama
and to prove it he makes some san
October Goth, 1847.-This morning
relative of the King died. Went out
in the afternoon and saw in the street
seven human bodies which had just
been decapitated.
21st-Five more persons have been
sacrificed to day, and we fear that this
is only the beginning of the slaughter.
22d-The town has resounded ali day
with the lamentation of mourners; an.
other has been sacrificed.
23d-The town is getting very full of
people. The king has not yet begun to
make custom for his deceased relative.
Oath (Sunday)-A day of confusion
and blood. Deafening reports of fire.
quent volleys of musketry. In the
course of the day ffty-nine persons
have been decapitated and eight club
bed to death in this town, besides four
in the country.
25th-During the night forty-fve
more have been sacrificed, and the
work of destruction is still going on.
26th-T wo more have been sacrificed
to-day.
27th-Another day of blood. Ten
more victims have been sacrificed two
have fed to the mission house for pro-
lection; for one of these we have OBJ
tanned promise from her master that
she shall not be sacrificed; the other is
with us STILL
20th-The town IS still IN confusion,
and more persons have been sacra-
feed"
It is evident that unless things have
changed since 1047 Comassie cannot be
recommended as quiet summer re-
treat for nervous folks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
A Lonely Dupi.
From the st. Joseph (Mo.) Herald.


A duel without witnesses was fought
recently in fancy county, near the
county seat of Forsythe. John Co
forth and Simon Melville went out to
hunt deer. Each was armed with the
oldfashioned squirrel rifle. Goforth
said to Melville: 81 hear that you have
been lying on me- "What did you
hear [ said g" asked Melville. ''That
I had been beating my wife" "And
SO you have, replied Melville. "Those
who told it lied; and when you re-
peated it you lied; and you knew at
the time you were lying" These were
pretty plain words, and they brought
about some pretty plain shooting.
Both men agreed to step off thirty
yards each, wheel at the word, and fire
Immediately after wheeling. They did
SO. Melville, when he had measured
off his thirty steps, called out ::
Wheel! ~ and both men turned and
fired. Goforth was shot in the right
arm and Melville IN the right shoulder.
They managed, however, to walk into
Forsythe, where a physician extracted
both balls, and consoled Goforth with
the information that unless he was
very careful he might have to cut his
arm off, This version of the case
agrees in the main with the stories Of
both men. aeia s4t se
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
Scotch Hum0r.

Here are couple of specimens of
Scotch humor: "How," said an Alb
erdeen philosopher to some young stu
dents he was examining, chow, for
instance, do astronomers measure the
distance to the sun 2" 1t rather posed
the class, till young Shetlander, with
sandy hair, EXCLAIMED: ''They calcu-
late one-fourth of the distance, and
then multiply by four" An Aberdeen
lad with a very good appetite swal-
lowed a small leaden bullet. His
friends were very much alarmed about
it. The doctor was found. heard the
dismal tale, and with as much uncon-
Germ as he would manifest in q case of
common headache, wrote the following
laconic note to the lad IS father: Don't
alarm yourself. If. after three weeks,
the bullet is not removed, give the
boy a charge of powder. Yours, etc.
P. S.-Don't shoot the boy at any
bO0yD
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
PROF SInLIMAN has recently called

PROF SILLIMAN has recently called
attention to the probable occurrence of
small diamonds in the sands LETT in the
sluices Of the hydraulic washlngs in
California, A microscopic examination
of a sample of these sands from Cher
okee, in Butte county, revealed the ex-
istence of numerous crystals of hya-
cinth or zircon, associated with crystals
Of topaz, fragments of quartz, black
grains of chromite and titanic iron ore.
and few small masses of a highly re-
fracting substance, which from it's
physical and chemical character is be-
lieved to be true diamond.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26

Full many Northern breath hath swept
Ger Angosturas plain,
And long the plying eye hath wept
above the moidering slain
The ravens scream, or eagles flight,
Or shepherds pensive lay,
Alone aWakes each sullen height
That froWned On that dread day.
Now, meath the parent turf they rest,
Far from the CORY field.
Borne to Spartan mothers breast
On many Bloody shield
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here.
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The soldiers sepulchre.
ReSt on, embalmed and sainted dead
Dear is the blood We gavel
No imipous TO Itsteps here shall tread
The heritage of your grave;.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Yon faithful herald's blazoned stone,
With mournful pride shall tell,
When many vanished age hath flown,
The story how We fell
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters flight
Nor Times emorseless doom,
Shall mar one ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26

THE American-Pales exploration
party were. at Damascus IN the latter
part of September. About $50 square
miles south of Es-Salt have been sur
veyed by them. Their most important
discovery and Identification is that of
Hello. They do not believe in the
enuiueness of the Shapiro collections
Of Moab1te idols.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26

JOSH BILLINGS says: There amt
ennything that will kompletely kure
lazyness, but second wife has been
known to hurry 1T sOme."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
I he Riy0nac of the Dead.

This poem was written by Theodore O'Hara,
of Kentucky, ut the time CT he removal OF the
remains of the Kentnckians killed in The Mex
lean war; 20 Frankfort. aud the erection there
of monument 10 their memory Mr.. . Hara
served in tbe Confederate army during the late
war, and It IS supposed he died. either during
the war OF after It's close:
Them fife dr;l us sad roll has beat
Ehe soldiers last tattoo :
No moro on LIES parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents ar spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foes advance
Now sweeps upon the wind
No troubled thoughts at midnight haunt
Of loved ones left behind.
No vision OF the tnorrows strife
The warriors dream alarms
Nor braying horn nor screaming HE
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their hanghtg banner, TAILED IN dust,
Is pow their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms, BY battle gashed,
Are freed from anguish now.
The neighng troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
TIE din and shout, are past;
Nor wars wild note. nor glory's peel,
Snall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts tat nevermole may feel
The raptures OF the fight.
For. like the dreadful hurricane
That sweeps the wide plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Came down the serried foe,
Who heard the tempest of the fray
Break DER The field beneath,
Kpew well the watchword Of the day
Was g Victory or Deathl'
Long had the doubtful conflict ragged
Across the sureing plain,
For ne'er such fight before had waged
The fiery sons Of Spain;
And still the storm of battle blew,
Still swelled the CORY tide :
Not long, our stout old ch1eftain knew,
Such odds his strength could blde.
Twas in that hour his stern command
Called to martyrs grave
The flower of his own loved land,
The nations flag to save.
BY rivers of their fathers gore
His frst-born laurels grew.
And we'll he deemed the sons would pour
Their lives tor glory tool
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26

FRENCH anecdote. Said mistress,
"Justine, you must present every
thing to me on a waiter" The next
day the mistress heard the servant
talking in the ante-chamber with some
one; rang, and asked her whom she
was talking with With ny sister,
madame; she is hunting place.
II viii help her to get one, said the
mistress g but why don't you present
her to me ?" cit can't be done, said
Justine. 'EShe must be very proud
your sister" ''Ab, mon Dieu, mad
ame, it is not that it is because I
can't get her on to the waiter"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26
Impulse on the Steam Gauge.

If steam gauge runs up or.down
MON entarily for few seconds, it is no
proof that the steam pressure has in
creased or diminished a corresponding
amount. The material of which a
pressure gauge is made has inertia,
and sudden impulse may drive it be-
yond the figure indicating the true
pressure. 1t acts like a water column
in tube, in which the water, by sudden
admission from below, may be thrown
up beyond the true level, but in few
seconds 1t will come back to the right
place. Turning on your steam sudden
ly may give an impulse to your gauge
which drives its indicator beyond the
true figure, but it soon settles where it
ought to e.-Lun2be9Yp0n's Gazette.
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other legal means, to locate, make and open
for travel, a new public road. TO run through
SAID parish on the eastern side of the bayou
Teche, from Berwick's Bay to the northern
limits, or boundaries of said parish, the said
road 10 be not less than forty feet wide, in
elusive of bitches; and for this purpose they
shall take any land of adjacent proprietOrs
needed therefor, and such proprietors shall
be entitled to compensation, and such road
shall be located, made and opened for travel
by said police jury in like manner as now
provided by sections 1868, 1869, 1870 1911 and
1872 of the Revised Statutes in relation to
the making ofpublic roads, the provisions of
which shall be conformed to so far as appli-
cable III all respects not herein provided for.
Sec. 8. be it further enacted, &c, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and that all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent herewith be and they are here
by repealed.
(Signed.l CHAS. w LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed c. c. ANTOINE,
Lit. Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved June 8, 1873.
(Signedl VIM p. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of louisiana
A true copy:
z. G. DEsLoSDE, Secretary of State.
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The Mobile Register.

The Great Democratic Daily of the South.
published Daily and Weekly at Mobile,
IL Alabama, by the Register Printing
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HON. JOHN FORSYTHE, Editor~in-C Chief,
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they have been called unon to al.

they have been called upon to an
praise, and they shall receive the
further sum of ten cents per mile
for the actual and shortest dis
lance they may travel in the per
Torrance of their duty all of which
expenses shall be paid by the
owner or agent of said real estate,
and the same shall be collected as
civil suits before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction.
Sec. 4. Be il further enacted,
etc, That the persons thus desig-
mated as appraisers shall make
oath, before any qualified person
to administer oath, the following
oath or affirmation: l do solemnly
swear or affirm to truly, and with
out fear or partiality, and to the
best of my ability, [tol value justly
the improvements / am called
upon to appraise.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the persons thus desig-
mated or called upon by the parties
interested to make the appraise-
ment, shall proceed to make said
appraisementS under forfeiture of
a fine of one hundred dollars in
case of refusal to act. unless for
reasons satisfactory to the court
before which the suit is brought
for the recovery of said fine; said
fine shall be collectible by the
parish attorney, as in case of any
other fine, and which, when col
lected, shall he for the benefit of
the parish school fund of the par
ish in which the parties prosecuted
may reside, and the parish attor
ney is hereby directed to bring
suit when requested by the party
aggrieyed, under [penalty of for
fixture Of his commission.
Sec. 6. BE it further enacted,
ETC., That this act shall take effect
from and after its passage, and all
conflicting laws on the same sub.
ject matter. be and the same are
hereby repealed.
{Signed) G. W. LOWELL,
Speaker House Representatives
jSigned) 9. G. ANTOINE,
1t. Gov. and Pres't of the Senate
Approved June 3, 1878.
(Signed) w. p. KELLOGG,
Governor State of Louisiana
A true copy:
p. q. DEsLoNDE, Sec. OF State
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No. 46.1
AN ACT

For the relief of tax payers, renting all
penalties and interest TO all delinquent
State tax payers, provided said back
taxes are paid within ninety days from
and after the passage of this act
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the delinquent tax payers of the State
are hereby relieved from the payment of in.
terest and penalties imposed upon them for
non payment of taxes when due: provided
however, that the same are paid within
ninety days from the passage of this act, in
default of which all penalties and interest to
remain as heretofore
Sec. ,. Be il further enacted, etc. That
this act shall take effect from and after Its
passage.
(Signed) CHAS. w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
c. c. ANTOINE,
1t. Gov. and President of the Senate
Approved March Ia, 1873
(Signedl VIM. p. KELLOGG.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
p. G. DEsLoSDE,
Secretary OF State.