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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-20
oriri..l Gold Kill.

This mine, situated in or near Gold
Hill Proper. Is being actively and effec-
lively developed, undsr it, new pro-
prietorship, and Is therefore coming
d~eservsdly into promincncs. The shaft
is cleaned out, and retimbered down to
the 330-foot level. 100 feet below the
220-foot level where q fine body Of ore
from 40 to 30 feet wide Ia already devel-
oped. The station timbcrs for tho $50
foot level are just put In, and the drift
west TO open the level and find what Is
In 1t is fairly commenced. It will
doubtless show the ore body to extend
down from the level above-l00 feet
and at this new level the ore should
prove even better than at the level above.
The new steam hosting works operate
finely.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-20
Hale 4 Norsrsss.

Sinking the main incline below tho
2OOO-foot level is being pushed with all
the vigor possible. The rock in the bot
tom remains quite hard. The main
west cross-cut from the incline on the
20OO-foot level has cut q number OF
strsaks and spots Of fine ore, but mo-
thing that will yet pay for extraction
or reduction. The main north drift on
the 200O-foot level Is still pushed vigor.
ously ahead. toward tho Savage line. 1t
is now in las feet. Daily yield 90 tons
OF ore which is being extracted from the
old upper levels.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-20
ChollarPetosi.


Daily yield, 80 tons Of ore. This orc
is being extracted from the slopes on
tho old upper levels. It's assay value Is
$50 per ton. The ore breasts ON these
levels show but little change since our
last report. The completion OF the
Belviders air shaft affords q much bat
ter ventilation to that portion OF the
mine. The main south drift, at the NTH
station level, has been pushed ahead ~
feet during the past week, the lace IN
clay and porphyry mixed.
Union Consolidated.
The main north drift on the l3Oo-foos
level from the ophir shaft Is still driven
vigorously ahead. following the west
clay wall Of the ledge and occasionally
cutting small strcaks and punches OF
fins appearing quartz. Arrangements
are shortly to be completed for the com
mencement Of prosecuting the ledge on
this level, when some fine developments
may be looked for.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
CrOcOdiles i'm Florida

Mr.. G. G.. Maynard, the intelligent
ornithologist, who has spent several
years in the southern peninsular states,
collecting notes for his work on "The
Birds of, Florida, records the capture
in the winter 1873'74, of crocodile, on
journey from Lake Harvey to Indian
river, at place called Cabbage Slough.
This is the second specimen of the
crocodile known to have been killed in
the United States, the first having been
taken by Prof. Wyman near New
Smyrna, Fla. During a previous ex-
petition to the West Coast of Florida.
Mr.. Maynard found quite number of
these saurians at the mouth of rivers
emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The
alligator differs from the crocodile, in
having shorter and fatter head; in
the existence of cavities in the upper
jaw, instead of notches between the
teeth for the reception Of the long fourth
teeth of the under jaw, and in the much
less webbed feet. The alligator is wide
ly distributed in tropical America, but
isrestricted to the Western Hemisphere.
The crocodile on the other hand. is
found in both hemispheres.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Monkey Doctor.

ALI previous narratives of intelligent
proceedings on the part Of animals are
thrown into the shade by the following
account of a medical monkey describ-
ed by the Oriental correspondent of a
London Journal: He one day saw
monkey holding a snake by the throat
and rubbing it's head in the dirt. but.
as the ground was moist and damp, the
snake was not readily killed by this
mode OF punishment. Every now and
then the monkey would look most
knowingly in the face of the reptile to
see if it was dead, and in the course
of one of these Investigations the mon
key received severe bite. This anger
ed him and he speedily dispatched the
snake, but its coils had hardly relaxed
before the monkey reeled and fell pros
trate, apparently in all the agonies of
death by poison. By this time an aged
looking monkey arrived on the scene,
and after examining the body of the
snake and it's victim, he Immediately
started for some neighboring bushes,
where he collected some leaves of the
plant known as the red cherchita.
These he rapidly and skillfully fashion
ed into a sort of pill, which he admin
istered to the snake-bitten companion,
who speedily revived and walked off
with his physician. The story is de-
clared to come from trustworthy
SO11rcnc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
A New Motor for Canal Boats.

Trial of motor for canal boats was
made in Baltimore on the Sd. The in
vention, which is said to be a novelty,
appears to be decided success. The
little vessel on which the experiment.
was made moved rapidly, and very
little more motion was noticeable in
the water than would have been had no
steam been used. The invention con-
sists Of an arrangement by which, with
the aid OF steam, two steady streams of
water are forced from the stern of the
boat below the water line, and the re-
sistanee which these meet from the
water in which the boat is to be moved
causes the propulsion. It is claimed
that as there is no wasteage of power,
as with other propelling apparatus, a
greater speed can be obtained, and
that as no considerable motion is Gre
ated by the displacement of the water,
therefore it is suitable for canal naviga-
ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
The Dream.

l was once myself in agonies Of grief
that are unutterable, and in so great
distraction of mind that [ thought my
self even out Of the possibility of re-
ceiving comfort. The occasion was as
follows: When [ was youth in part
Of the army which was then CHARTERED
at Dover, I fell in love with an agree
able young woman, Of good family in
those parts, and had the satisfaction of
seeing my addresses kindly received,
which occasioned the perplexity I am
going to relate. We were in calm
evening diverting ourselves upon the
top of the cliff with the prospect of the
sea, and trifing away the time in such
little fOndnesses as are most ridiculous
to people in business and most agree
able to those Ia love. In the midst of
these, our innocent endearments, she
snatched a paper of verses out Of my
hand and ran away with them. I was
ground, though at considerable dis
lance from the verge of the precipice,
sunk under her, and threw her down
from SO prodigious height upon such
a range of rocks as would have dashed
her into ten thousand pieces had her
body been made of adamant. It is
much easier for my reader to imagine
my state of mind upon such an occasion
than for me to express it. [ said to
myself, cit is not in the power of
Heaven to relieve me p when [ awaken
ed, equally transported and astonished,
to see myself drawn out of an affection
which the very moment before appear
ed to me altogether inextricable.-
Sir Richo7 q Steele.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Chinese Students.

Two Chinese students were recently
admitted to Yale College scientific de-
partment. They passed the examina-
ton mostacreditably, and give promise
of superior scholarship. There are
now sixty Chinese students supported
by their government in Connecticut and
Massachusetts,. Thirty came two years
ago, and thirty arrived year since, and
thirty more are expected in about a
fortnight. SO far their department has
been excellent and their progress quite
remarkable. The students are placed
at first in cultured families, two in a
place, where their first aim is the
mastery of our language. They are all
under strict supervision, and spend
each from two to four weeks year at
the headquarters of the Chinese
educational commission, in Hartford,
where they are carefully examined as
to their habits and progress. Scattered
in some twenty or thirty different
towns, these boys have everywhere been
favorites. The kindness with which
they have been treated has been very
gratifying to the commission here and
to the Chinese government at home.-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Thoughts from the Talmud.

The thought of sin is worse than the
sin. The older q wise man gets the
wiser he grows the fool, when he ages,
becomes but an old fool. He who
studies for a good purpose, to him his
study becomes blessing; to him who
does not it grows into poison. A bad
wife is like q hail-storm. Do not dwell
too long on your friends praises; you
will end in saying things against him.
Do much or little, so that you do it for
good purpose. Refined music is liked
by refined people. weavers do not
much care for it. Three cry out, but
get no pity, viz. He who lends out
his money without witnesses, the hen
pecked husband, and he who cannot
get in one place and does not try anoth-
er. Even the common talk of the wise
should be pondered over. One goose
generally follows another. Bad serv-
ants first ask only when they have
committed a blunder. The load is laid
upon the camel according to it's
strength. If word is worth a pound,
silence is worth two. A pig is the
richest animal, everything is a piece of
goods to him. Whoever does too much
does too little. The greater man. the
greater his passions. He who presses
the hour, the hour will press him.
May our future reward be like that of
him who remains silent under false
imputation. One peppercorn is worth
hundred gourds. A learned man
whose deeds are evil is like man who
has door and no house. He who
prays for his neighbor will be heard
first for himself. He who marries his
daughter to an uneducated man throws
her before wild beast. He who
throws out suspicious should at once
be suspected himself. Three keep good
fellowship-strangers, slaves, and
ravens. A fool always rushes to the
fore. Do not cry out before the calam-
ity has really happened. If a man
says something strange, beware to
mock at it wantonly. Passion is at
first like a thin reed, by and by it be-
comes like a cable.-JeaDish Messen-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
THE BLACK HILLS.
A New Route AIeug the White Earth River |
to Clusters EidOradO.

TO Custer's Eldorado.
From the Sioux City Journal
On the 29th of August, Ed Howard,
Jas. Somers, S. Whitbeck, and M.
Day left Brule City on horseback for
the purpose of looking up a wagon
route from that point into the Black
Hills country. They crossed the Mis-
souri, at Brule City, and forded the
White Earth River two and half miles
from it's mouth, on the north bank Of
which they struck D trail which they
followed in a nearly due westerly d.
rection for about fifty miles, when they
veered little to the south. They
travelled an average distance of eighty
miles from the river where they found
level table land, upon which a loaded
wagon might travel without hindrance.
They were for the most of the time
upon the old Harvey trail, made in
1856, and in places it is yet clearly
defined, while in others it is wholly
obliterated. At times the party would
lose it altogether, and then few miles
further on would strike it again. An
Indian trail runs along the bottom land,
close to the river bank, but this is i'm
practicable for wagons, though it is
easily passable for horsemen and pack
animals. The explorers proceeded to a
point near Eagles Nest, about eighty
five miles from the river, and nearly
half way from the Missouri to the Black
Hills, but here, coming in sight of a
bunch of Indian teepes, they thought
it not advisable to proceed further
especially as they had gone far enough
to determine the character of the coun-
tire practicability of the route. They,
returned to Brule City, having been
absent seven days. They did not see
an Indian on the trip, though at dis
lance Of seven miles they saw indica-
lions OF their presence as above stated :;
and in another instance they came upon
a fresh trail, which indicated that some
forty or fifty reds had passed along not
many hours before.
Mr.. Howard, who has returned to
this city, says the country bordering
the White Earth is very rich and fertile,
Astounding in game, nutritious grasses,
and plenty of timber All the tribu-
taries of the White Earth put into it
from the south, and therefore in travel
ing along the north bank there are no
streams to ford OF deep ravines to cross.
On these tributaries the timber is
cedar, elm, and other hard wood varie-
ties, while along the main river it is al
together cottonwood. BY this route
entrance to the hills would be effected
through a neck of fertile land lying
between the White Earth and the sOuth
fork of the Big Cheyenne, avoiding al
together the bad lands which lie on
either side, and if any one will take
one of the late maps of Dakota, upon
which Harney's trail is laid down, they
can easily trace the route. During the
trip the party saw elk, deer, antelope,
badgers, ETC., ETC., and Howard was
fortunate enough to shoot a mountain
lion, which he represents as having
been a demonstrating beast
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Profits of Bookkeeping in California


The Bee-Keepers' Magazine recently
published an account of some parties
IN California who commenced bee-keep-
ing in the spring of 1873 with 100
svarms of bees, and during that summer
they extracted from those 100 hives,
$1,000 pounds of honey, which Melted
them eleven cents per pound in San
Francisco, after passing through the
hands Of commission men in that city;
or, in other words, they made 81, 700
that summer from their bees, which
cost them during the summer nothing
but their labor Give months), provis-
ions, and little lumber for extra hives
as the bees increased; and from their
100 swarms last summer their bees have
increased to near 800 this summer, from
which they expect to make $4,000, or
hope to realize about $4,000 pounds of
honey. To show the cost Of these 100
swarms of bees, and the necessaries
they had to have in order to start this
business, the following estimate is
made: One hundred hives at SIS each,
$500, and the expense Of building a
honey house and small house to live
IN, honey extractor, a wagon team,
and all the extra vessels, little neces-
saries, etc., required about the business
will not exceed $4,000. If bees can. be
purchased in California at S. hive it
would not pay to ship them from Iowa.
The better way would be to sell and
buy again. 2. California is regarded
good state for honey. 3. Any portion
back from the coast is good, but the
southern portion is considered the best.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Brick that Have Endured for twenty
Centuries.
A correspondent to the Cleveland

A correspondent to the Cleveland
Leader, writing from Persia, says:
Coming from Bagdad, which, in a
direct line, is forty-four miles distant,
three immense mounds appear in sue
cession, which have the appearance Of
natural hills. But close examination
shows that they are composed of bricks,
and are the remains of large buildings.
These are on the east side of the Eu-
pirates, and the largest is about $50
feet in height. They are supposed to
be an ancient citadel that defended
this part of the town, the royal
palace and temple. How immense
must the original buildings have been
when it was considered that these
mounds have been the store-house
from which for twenty centuries bricks
of the finest description have been
taken to build the great cities of
Ctesiphon, Selucia and Bagdad. Frag-
ments OF alabaster vessels and images,
fine earthenware, marble and great
quantities of enameled tiles, the glaz-
ing and coloring of which are still
surprisingly fresh, can yet be found
in these mounds. On the face of every
brick is stamped in cuneiform char
acters the name and titles of Nebu-
chadnezzar They are all laid face
downward, and the cement in which
they are Embedded is so hard that they
can only be detached with the greatest
difficulty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Clildren'S Dinners.

The attention which has been called,
of late years, to the immense amount
of infantile mortality and sickness In
London, has been the means OF bring
ing into existence many special instl-
tutions for children-hospitals, conva-
lescent homes, nurseries and children's
d1nner-tables. Foremost amongst the
causes which contribute to the sickness
and early death of the children of the
poor may be placed, unhealthy dwelling
places, scanty clothing, and insufficient
food. In endeavoring to combat the
last cause of disease, it has been ascer-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23

Marine, the Cession of Krupp guns to
the Carlists, the Equipment of the
Spanish National Army with Artil-
lery and Muskets." The article states
that the sending of German squadron
into Spanish waters has in the Berlin
circles an exclusively demonstrative
character in the first place assigned to
it. A direct intrusion into the Spanish
confusion by examining or overhauling
the ships freighted with weapons and
war material for Don Carlos, does not
appear in the first place to be intended.
Besides, the Spanish naval power which
is free to be disposed Of in this way,
must be considered of itself sufficient
for such purpose. Besides seven
heavy plated vessels, ten screw frigates,
three plated trrret vessels, and five
screw corvettes, the Spanish navy has
twenty-one advice vessels, of in all g.
34O-horse power, and ffty-one guns ;
forty-eight screw gunboats Of 1910
horse power, and twenty paddle steam
ers of 5,50O-ho power and 100 guns,
which smaller pieces taken together
must be considered especially fitted for
coast expeditions and observation serv-
ice. This spring also, the number of
government vessels on the north coast of
Spain and in the Bay of Biscay alone,
which were intrusted with Watching the
coast, was given as nine advice ships,
seventeen gunboats, and six paddle
ships. The delivery of Krupp guns to
the pretender, which has been in vari-
GUS ways asserted to have been made,
has been decidedly denied by compe-
tent authority. With regard to that
matter it may be said that the foot bat
teries of the five field artillery regi-
ments OF the army of the Spanish gov
eminent have been since 1868 armed
with cast-steel guns, and partly, also,
with bronze cannon of the Prussian
system, and it may we'll be supposed
that the CarlIsts would at once in!ro-
duce into their own artillery any of
these which they may have captured.
For the infantry of the government
army it was decided in 1871 to supply
Remington arms, but this spring most
battalions of the active Spanish field
troops were armed with the old pieces,
which III 1867 were altered according to
the Verdan system. This breech-
loading piece gives, with five move
ments in loading, rapidity of firing
amounting to five aimed shots in a
minute. The militia and the few still
existing volunteer regiments are armed
with MIME pieces of the larger calibre.
In the cavalry of the government amy
(Which consists of two cuirassier, two
dragon, eight lancer, and eight rifle
regiments) some regiments of this kind
OF arms were providedat the commence
ment of this year with the Remington
carbines, aud the complete provision of
the mounted rifles and lancers with
this new weapon was to be effected in
the next month.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
The Theatre in japan.

In the Revue des Deus Mondes NJ.
Bousquet communicates from Yeddo an
interesting account Of the contempo-
rary Japanese stage. The length of the
dramatic performance is already we'll
known, but some details here given Of
the management of the scenes stand in
curious contrast with the practice of
European nations. Scene-shifting is
with the Japanese dextrous mechanic
al process. By a continuance some
what resembling the turn table used to
change the direction of railway carri-
ages, the whole stage with the actors
and properties is completely carried off,
and new scene with other actors pre-
sented to the eye. This new scene has
been prepared during the progress of
the former, and it is shifted round to
the view Of the spectators without any
delay. M. Bousquet says he has seen the
scene changed in this way five times in
half an hour, in order to transport the
audience from the ground floor to the
upper stories of a mansion. A more
grotesque element in the representa-
ton is the figure clothed in black VINO
follows the actor about the stage, and
whom NJ. Bousquet designates shad-
ow. This individual stands always
close behind the performer, and gives
him whatever he needs in the way of
stage properties, and when the ap-
proach Of evening renders it difficult to
discern the movements of the actor, he
holds lighted candle to assist the
vision Of the spectator. Such a means
of lighting the theatres must be an
important economy upon the system
in use among ourselves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Increase of Elephants in Madras.
he Pail Mall Gazette saws:

The Fall Mall Gazette says q
"Attention has been much drawn in
the Madras presidency of late to the in
creasing number of wild elephants in
uncleared districts and the devastation
caused by their incursions into the Gull
tivated area. Great discomfort has been
created III Travancore by the protection
afforded to these animals by the native
administrator In charge Of the Rajah's
dominions. Sir Madava Row, who has
forbidden their slaughter under such
serious penalties that in several cases
the villagers have suffered loss of life
without daring to retaliate. In recent
instance Mahommedan villager at Of
tacal was trampled to death in his own
hut by one of these huge beasts, who
attacked it or broke through it in
panic but in the southeastern part of
Mysore, bordering on the elevated
range known as the Beligirirangam
Hills, where the extent of cultivation
on the rich plains adjacent has been alb
solutely receeding before the devasta-
tions of other herds, we read of a very
decisive check being inflicted on their
ravages through the exertions of Mr..
Sanderson, the superintendent of canals
for the district. This gentleman ap-
pears to have studied to some purpose
the process long used for the capture of
the Ceylon elephants by gradually hem
ming them into a kraal or enclosure,
and, as far as we can Judge from the
accounts in the Madras papers, has
initiated it with remarkable sue
cess. Having procured the assent
of the chief commissioner, Sir r.
Meade, and the assistance of the best
sportsmen near, he set deliberately to
work to prepare sort Of trap fifteen
acres in extent in the bed of the Hon
hole River, using the perpendicular
sides Of the channels drawn from it for
most Of the enclosure. Into this a
large herd was driven by the sportsmen,
assisted by bands Of villagers. Once
confined thus far, and prevented from
breaking out at the weak points by day
watchmen and by night by large fires,
smaller timber enclosure was carefully
prepared at one angle, and the herd
finally forced into it, with the loss of
only one, shot-a large female, which
was apparently determined that her
calf should not be entrapped. A gate
of large trees, cut away and dropped
behind, now closed the opening, and it
was found that over fifty of the inter
esting strangers were thus Melted. The
application of the usual subduing pro-
cess of starvation, and the loan of a
party Of the Rajah's tame elephants by
that Princes guardian, Colonel Nal
Lesson, did the rest, and the captives
were successfully being tanned separ-
ately at last accounts. AS it is calcu-
lated that the sale of the booty to the
Commissariat department or to native
princes will more than recoup the out
lay, and that the villagers of the dis
trict, as well as the government which
has lately had to reduce their taxes in
consideration of the damages
alike profit, all parties have reason to
be satisfied; and Mr.. Sanderson is re-
ported to be now turning his attention
to two other herds known to be in the
vicinity of the Beligirirangam Hills.