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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
The French ZOuaYeS.

The Arabs of the Beni-Saussen tribe
are great amateurs Of gunpowder, and
never neglect an opportunity of prowl-
ing about the French camps and offer
ing the soldiers large sums of money
for the coveted article. They pretended
to be Arabs of the neighborhood, friend
ly to the French, and said they wanted
powder for hunting.
One day it was discovered that the
Houaves had been selling their powder.
To paint the fury of the officer in com
mand of the Arab bureau is an impossi-
BILE thing but he resolved to discover
the culprits and punish them severely.
An Arab in the service of the bureau
went in mysterious way in quest OF
powder. An old Zouave brought him
four cartridges, and asked him 20 francs
for them. The bargain was struck, but
the spy instantly disclosed his official
character, and brought the cartridge
vender before the commander.
els it you then ;" cried the officer.
&c Coward and knave, who would
have your comrades asassinated by the
Beni-Saussen u
eyes, commandment, / did it.
"You have committed base action. >
'sI admit it, commandant, but with
the same powder that sold [ am going
to blow my brains out; that will save
the trouble of a Court-martial, and the
Zouaves will not be dishonored by q
public sentence"
With these words the Zcuave took q
cartridge. loaded pistol with it,
dropped round ball in the barrel, and,
with superb GOODNESS, PUT the muzzle tc
his head and pulled the trigger. The
weapon missed fire, and the Zouave
burst into hoarse laugh.
"The Judge has acquitted me- said
he.
Chow sc? ?" said the commandant
"Why, you see, commandant, that
the powder I sell to the Beni-Saussens
is only ground charcoal; the balls are
made of clay, the whole done up in gen.
uine cartridges. You have just seer
the proof of it. y
It was true. The Zouave had cheated
his customer, and he added with an all
of triumph:
"The first time the Beni-Saussens
come into action, all their peices vii
miss fire, and you will gain the battle.
ssThen you have sold good deal O.
powder?"
Rather and the Zouave exhibited
a formidable pipe, set with solid gold
Though the Arabs may be pretty SHARP
fellows, they are no match in running
for the Zouaves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
/" Stranger than Fiction"
From the n. Y. Times

There is more romance in our social
ed practical American life than the
grumblers seem to think. When the
coming American dramatist looks about
him for materials, he need not go out
side of the daily newspapers. It is just
as true now as it was in Byron's tine
that truth is strange stranger than
fiction.
In the busy and bustling city of Al
legheny, Penn, lived and died one
John Leskar, a native of Saxony, and
at one time concerned in revolution in
his own country. He was man Of
wealth and culture; he was thought
qualified to fill any position in Europe,
and he led in the revolution, or, as We
should now call it, conspiracy against
the existing Government. Leskar and
his comrades plotted to overtime the
reigning dynasty, and to stamp
it out forever. Leskar was to be
King Of Saxony when the throne was
thus made vacant. The conspiracy
failed. Leskar was driven into exile.
and his estates were confscated. Com
ing to America, he lived in poverty in a
Republic where all men are sovereigns.
After struggling against fate for many
years, he died last week, so poor that
he was given at last a pauper's burial.
In this country, where SO many wrecks
of ambition lie ON the shores, he was
almost unnoticed until he died. Then a
brief line tells us how this baffled revo-
lutionist and candidate for throne
lived in western city eking out mis-
cradle existence, and nursing his old
time dreams of royalty in the midst of
the stir and fierce Democracy of a
strange people, This is tragedy.
In the backwoods of Saratoga county
there is reported to be a boy who is
closely kept and watched by a woman
to whom he appears to be not related.
The lad is not permitted to hold com
munication with anybody, but he has
succeeded in telling some one that he
used to live in Brooklyn. Moreover,
his unnatural guardian is said to receive
from that city the money needed for the
maintenance of both. Distant neigh
bors, piqued by this apparent mystery,
have spread abroad these scant details,
and one bereft parent, missing his
son since last May, has gone to ex-
anime into the facts. This is melodrama,
and the possibilities of romance that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
The KOumis Cure for Consumption.

A correspondent of the London Daily
News, writing from Samara, on the
Volga, says: cit has long been known
that the Tartar tribes inhabiting what is
generally known as Independent Tar
tary, (no longer, however, since Gen.
Kaufmann's visit, particularly indie
pendent, } and the nomad tribes scatter
ed over its northern frontiers, the Turk
omans and the Cirghis, as we'll as other
tribes more or less akin to these, such
as the half-nomad Bashkirs of Oren-
berg, all used fermented mares milk,
which they called koumis, not only as
beverage, but as substantial portion
of their daily food. It was reported to
combine the nourishing properties of
milk with the invigorating qualities of
alcohol; indeed, among its other viz
tues, it was said to exhilarate and to in
toxicate. It came into the heads of
some Russian medical men, of whom [
believe Dr.. Portnikoff, of Samara, to
have been one of the first, that this
koumis might possibly possess medical
properties as we'll. It was observed
that consumption and it's cognate disor-
ders were unknown among the tribes
VINO ndDltudlly uIduh hOuLllS. OCarU-
ing from this observation, experiments
were made on the villa corpora of con-
sumptive patients. and with highly ben
efcial results. Upon this DIR. Portni-
koff started koumis establishment at
Samara. Its situation offered him many
advantages. In the first place, from its
position on the Volga, it was at least
approachable, whereas Orenburg, the
nearest spot where koumis could be
said to be indigenous, was the ultima
thule of the civilized world. This new
establishment on the Volga was the
means, therefore, of pushing the koumis
outposts 800 miles westward In the
next place, it was observed that the
pasturage at Samara was similar to that
at Orenburg. It is supposed that the
virtue of koumis consists in great
measure in the rich quality Of the
mares milk, which again is dependent,
not only on the race of mares, but on
the pasturage on which they are fed.
All these are propositions which are
more or less vehemently affirmed and
denied by the different camps into
which koumis connoissetrs are divided.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
A miraculous Preservation.

A correspondent OF the London lines,
writing from Copenhagen, says: "A
Norwegian is relating a tale OF an al
most miraculous preservation. The
Captain of the Schooner Amazon, OF
Stavanger, recently arrived at Bergan
with a cargo of salt, reports that LII
passing the British Channel he bad the
opportunity Of saving British lad OF
Is under very peculiar circumstances.
The Amazon was about II geographical
miles from the British shore, when the
Captain thought he observed through
his telescope something floating on the
water. He altered his course so as to
get nearer, and soon discovered that it
was small boat, in which a lad was ly-
ing fast asleep. The shouting from the
schooner did not awaken him, but when
a small log was thrown over into the
boat he awoke with sudden start an
end of line was thrown to him, and
he was lust able to fasten 1t when he
swooned, and had to be carried on board
the vessel. In the boat nothing was
found but pair Of oars and Bible.
The lad, when brought back to life and
strength by the tender care shown to
him, gave the following account OF his
fate He was sitting on the shore, read
ing his Bible, when some Of his COM
panions came down to him and teazed
him with the manner in which he spent
his leisure time. To escape frem their
banter he got into boat, and kept on
reading, when suddenly he discovered,
to his great dismay, that his prosecutors
had cut the line and left his frail boat to
the power of the quick running ebb.
He tried to use the oars, but struggled
in vain against wind and water, and, as
dense fog set in, he soon lost sight OF
land. After several hours Of alternate
struggle and powerless despair he fell
asleep, and sleep remained, in fact, his
only comfort against hunger, cold, and
the deep pangs Of his isolation during
the three days and two nights which
he had spent in his frail boat when he
was at last seen and saved. Unhappily,
neither the name of the lad nor the
place where his parents reside is given,
but that will, suppose, not be difficult
to get at when the fact obtains your
wide publicity. The name of the Cap
tain of the Amazon is Thomson
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
A Singular Phenomenon.

We saw at the Central Railroad
freight house, recently, barrel of gaso-
line from which the fluid was escaping
in small quantities. The evaporation Of
the fluid was SO great THAI, warm as the
day was, thick coating of ice was
formed on the barrel and also on the
floor where the drippings fell. The ice
resembled a coating of snow-white frost,
and was fully an inch thick. Itnow re-
mains for some of our savans to explain
how this phenomenon was produced in
the open air on warm autumnal day
Macon Telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 81, 1874
October.
BY HELEN HUNT.

Bending above the spicy woods which blaze,
Arch skies so blue, thy flash and hold the sun
UNNECESSARILY far; the waters run
Too slow, SO freighted are the river-ways
With gold of elm and birches from the maze
Of forests. Chestnuts clicking one by one
Escape from satin burs her fringes done,
The gentian spreads them out in sunny days,
And like late jewellers at dawn, the chance
Of one sweet mad, last hour, all things assail
And conquering, flush and spin; while to en-
nance
The spell, by sunset door, wrapped in a veil
Of red and purple mists, the summer pale,
Steals back alone for one more song and dance
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Living DeStifer.

-~>o e-l1yh4g pest1fef-
potions out of the market.
-.,o famous combination of the finest
medicinal herbs on the continent of
Anne rica, is accomplishing such cures
of diseases which affect the stomach, the
liver, the bowels, the kidneys, and the
nervous system, that the grateful
masses have adopted it as their Stand
ard Specific. The various rum bit
ters have gone down before this pure
vegetable antidote like tenpins before a
well-aimed ball. The people have at
length discovered that all the spirituous
excitants are worse than shams-that
both morally and incidentally they are
inimical to the well-being and safety
of the community, 1t aOo3a't do. The
handwriting is on the wall They are
weighed and found wanting. Rum
remedies are defunct, and VINEGAR B1r-
TIERS, THE UNIVERSAL ANTIDoTE, reigns
in their stead.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Largest Water Works Stand Pipe In the
World.

The water works stand-pipe at Toledo
which, when nearlyu up, some four weeks
ago, fell to the ground, and was thought
at first to have been about half ruined,
was successfully raised and placed in it's
bed last week, in four hours. It is the
largest stand-pipe in the world, being
228 feet long, 5 feet in diameter, and
weighing over 80 tons. It was manu-
featured by the John Cooper Engine
Company, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, at a
contract cost of little over Sc, 900, but,
on account of its breaking at the first
attempt to raise it, has cost about &c.
500.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Alaska as New Iceland.

The Icelanders have recently cele-
DRAFTED the one-thousandth anniversary
OF the settlement of their remote ances-
tors in their bleak northern home, a
region OF dreary wastes, volcanic noun
tains and vast fields of lava. In the in
terror are extensive regions embracing
thousands of square miles where moth
ing is to be seen but the vestiges of vol
canic destruction. Since the first settle
mentthe climate and physical geography
Of the country have undergone a re-
markable change, SO that the country is
now scarcely habitable. For long
period the mean annual temperature has
been steadily decreasing. Varieties of
grain and vegetables formerly raised in
comparative abundance will no longer
grow there. The ancient forests have
almost entirely disappeared. The raw
ages of famine and pestilence have re-
duced the population to some 10000
These facts have warned the Icelan1
that the time is at hand when
native land will cease to be habita'
man, and they began some years
look abroad in search of some
to which they might emigrat
hundred of them undertook
a settlement in the hs@enle~
but they found t.
and the colony
were not satish
Others tried sc
States, with no Dettel
recently some of their leaol
conceived the idea that of al.
tory of the United States AlasA
suit them best. In this belief they
have petitioned the President to furnish
facilities to committee of Icelanders
to visit Alaska for the purpose of ascer-
tanning it's sr1itableness as home for
their countrymen. The President and
his Cabinet viewed the proposition with
favor, and the sloop-of- war Portsmouth,
at Mare Island, was detailed to take the
committee on their expedition. On the
18th of the present month the committee
arrived in San Francisco, and on Thurs
day of last week they sailed for Sitka
on the Portsmouth. Should they find
that Alaska is all that it has been rep
resented, they will issue a report, the
effect of which will undoubtedly be- to
produce a steady and increasing tide of
emigration from the old Iceland to the
new, and the United States will receive
the benefit of a large body of hardy in
dustrious and intelligent settlers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

IT is said that Cadet Smith, the col
ored young man who had failed to pass
his examination at West Point, IS writ
ing book upon the abuse at the Mill
tary Academy, and proposes to disclose
certain things,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

THOSE who have taken Ritmeier's Cal
ifornia Wine Bitters know that the action of
the bowels becomes regular and natural. that
the headache and nausea subside that the bit
ter quotations cease, that the depressed spirits
recover their elasticity, that the natural appe
tite is renewed--in word, that the whole
system is regulated, toned and restored.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

The distribution of medals and ''ree-
ompenses' awarded to artists Who ex-
hibited at the Salon this year, and the
prizes accorded to the pupils OF the
school. took place August 20, at the
Ecles Bedouxe Arts In Paris.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
San Francisco MiIli0naires.

The following, according to the..oan
francisco Bulletin, is carefully pre-
pared List of persons and firms in that
city whose reported wealth exceeds
$1,000, 900: Michael Reese, D. O.
Mills, VIM. Sharon, W. G. Ralston,
Charles Lux, Henry Miller, John Par
rott, A. Hayward, Levi Strauss, Jacob
Scholle, William Scholle, James Phelan,
L: Sachs, William S. Clark, J. G. Flood,
William s. O'Brien, G. S. Hastings, N.
Luning, Claus Spreckles, Thomas Bell,
A. B. McCreery, r. Johnson, ir.. S.
Grim, Jonas G. Clark, J. B. Thomas.
Moses Ellis, Benjamin Richardson, M.
Livingstone, Peter Donahue, Fl. M.
Newhall, Josiah Belden, A. J. Pope.
William G. Talbot, Leland Stanford.
Charles Croker, Mark Hopkins, Joseph
Donahue, D. T. Murphy, Adam Grant,
M. S. Latham, r. B. Woodward, L.
'oy'J. B. Haggin, J. Glazier, Q. G.
Nomas e. Blythe, John Center,
In Mackie. [. Friedland-
II. j. Baldwin. Firms:
g Donahue estate,
- & Co.,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

HE who is friend must love; but he
who loves is not therefore friend.
Thus friendship is always advantageous,
while love is something injurious.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
THIRTY MILLION CUSTOMERS. -Und

THIRTY MILLION CUSTOMERS Under
the new postal law merchandise can be mailed
anywhere for one-half a cent an ounce. The
Oriental Tea Co. of Boston are now sending
their best goods by mail all over the country at
their lowest wholesale prices without extra
charge. This places pure teas, at reasonable
prices, within the reach of every Housekeeper.
Send them the price of pound and try them,
and tell your neighbors how to do it. Read adj
vertiSement-COm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21

IT must be extremely dangerous for
Madame Kinlin Wood, a Californian
actress, to have sparks about her.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-01
ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS.

Before Judge Loew at Common Pleas, Cham
bers yesterday, proceedings we're instituted oy Walter
Pipekney against Hugh H. Moore conesng his election
r. Senator The testimony confined to the XXXIVth
Election District in the XXIst Assembly District
and indicated THAI the Inspectors examination gave 70
votes for Moore and le votes for McCaherty while the
poll clerks tally, produced by Mr.. Hashrouck, showed
snst these figures ansposed the votes for McCaf
ferty having been given Moore and those OF Moore to
MeCanerty In this case United States District Attorney
Yss appeared for Pnckney and George IL Wingate for
Moore
Similar proceedings instituted by Martin Nscht-
man against George scherman as Assembiyman IN the
With Assembly District numberiof. witnesses were
Examined who voted for Mr.. Nschtmsn. In the XIth
Election District where only 81 votes allowed for
Mr. Naohtmau. ~ witnesses produced who voted
for him. La the With Election District there were Al
ytnesses where only 81 votes allowed In the iXh
District where only 35 votes were acknowledged 81
witnesses produced. and IN the &Viith Election
District 81 votes wsIp auoWee "inie o. wv. ,
med seth C. Douglass. who watcher in the lXtb
reoognze his credentials and ordered him leave the
room directing his arrest Tor dlsOruery conduct on MS
refusal 70 do 80 the % nsa sne
to discharge his duty, as his cfedehtlais were
ssateo ihe seIresnt's directions but soon john j.
ID Brlen and Others entered the voting place ana tou
the uspee tos 10 put him out me Tess e.usea nS 20
taken to tile stationhouse, where his credentials were
examined and ne again sent back with be captain
instructions that proper place be gwen nun a. his
credentials were correct. Up to 10 minutes OF that
night inspectors refused to proceed with the
and no tickets were counted when they directed the
police 70 remove the witness and he was put out
James X. Scan!on, watcher in the Xlth Election
allow him inside the railing and removed the table
where could the count although he exhibited
hls authority and demanded place.
Mich,eI +. sheehsn described irregularities in the
1VIItb Election District
New-York tribune., 1874-01-01
MASKED ROBBERS BUSY AGAIN.

The residence Of X. Soutter, at New Brigh-
ton Staten Island, entered Tuesday night by u
nasked men, who oveTpowered those left In charge OF
tbe house There three domestcs in the house and
n Young man named Robert Armstrong. Edward Arm
strong and William Baldwin. the coachman ana groom
eept stable that the premises were deemed TO
be perfectly About o'clock two OF the maid
servants IN the kitchen with Armstrong, when
the rear door, which nnfastened was huDg
opep, and number Of masked men en-
tered the room Jhev seized Armstrong
and one " the women by the throats ard pursued
another named Margaret, who had attempted to
nv the laundry window, and caught her A pistol was
polpt4d at ber head. and she dared not scream. Re-
xoiyers were also eyeed at the other people IN the
louse " ho came hearing the noise. They were
ali bound and gagged pair Of steel basdcunS being
ut 90 Armstrong; wrisk With the strips OF the table
cloth which the robbers tore up, the prisoners
bound and plnoned. The work OF pillage then began
fter three hard work the marauders succeeded
I'm bio wing the safe and, leaving tue servants
hound. departed with their puDdet At 6 a. No., yester
nav Armstrong succeeded in freeing himself from his
lo1ds weai 10 the stable, and reused the groom and
W no prOfessed total ignorance OF the nights
tyents Armstrong; handouts were then hled. and
ord war the police. There is no cline TO the
spabsTs.
New-York tribune., 1874-01-01
seifimposod banishnent Others again fare skcptical,
and affirm that he lie beyond TIE reach Of the law.
TIE NEW YEAR RUNG IN.


The farewell tn 1873 and the welcome to
1874 in this cty given at II o'clock with zest tha'
indicated more JOY than regret on tho part OF inc
partcip nts The msfortunes Of tho year Just passed.
we're fn the moment forgotten. and the posso1tcs OF
twelve months to come were hailed with dehRn''
The appearance Of lower Broadway between H3o iast
ngnt and 1880 this morning was novel ana an'ha'eu
From the City Hall the sidewalks were lined with peo-
re making their way the vicinity OF Trinity Hurch
% listen 10 the melodies which the chimes were to play
The number collected in the neghborhood OF the ohurch
at II O'Clock reached many thousands and men, women
and children made up the throDg In nearly
canal proportlons There were various incidents
10 add interest to the occasion ia one direction the
BOYS by a ruse walked up the policemen iu another
an amateur minstrel troupe was formed while 10
those who cared TO listen the chimes rang
ont Yankee Doodle" The Child OF the Regi-
ment" "God save the Queen" Scotch melodies from
Guy Mannering." Spanish melodies, number
of Christmas Carols, /" Let the merry church peiiS
ring" A Happy New Year 20 Thee" ending WIN
Home, Sweet Home" These tunes were Iung oy
exactly "a the great bell struck II times, s III cannon
were discharged and vigorous cheers went up iro tno
crowd. Soon after midnight the tide was |'rheo up
TOWN and New Year falrly tbs1n.
The chimes OF Grace Church added Their harmony 10
that OF the Trinity bells After ~ strokes on u. gea'
bell precisely at midnight, John H. MIA piaye 10 alr
OF the Bells" These Endearing Young Charms Sue @
Bells of Scotland" "Coming TnrOugh the Rye" Yam
Ree Doodle" aud Home, Sweet Home ..,...
At st. AIMS, on the HlRhts, BroOkyn eNoIDoisoii
opened at 1890 D. m in the ch'Tch, with the DEAD
March in saul" on the organ which was iollo"eu ny
hymns, chants and solos. closing with , c
neal IA sung and the anthem Glory to trod on dSn
with the benediCtion, closed the exercises.