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VINEGAR BITTERs,
DR.. J. Walkers California Vim.

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim.
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower n q of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor.
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIr-
TERs" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
lovers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life-giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and Invigoratol
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS i'll healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, IL Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, DiAphoretic
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. biuretiu
Sedatlve, Counter I%rritant, Sndoritic, Altu,a
tive. and Anti Bilious.
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Castor Oil Pills.

The safety and certainty of action of Castor Oil.
Tor both children and adults, has made it at all
times popular, because it is a reliable medicine
THE ONLY OBJECTION
to its constant use is the difficulty of administering
II TO children and It's nauseousness TO adults. Both
these objections are now entirely overcome. The
Proprietor, by the application oil the principles of
chemistry, aided by a careful manipulation anu
long practical experience, has at length succeeded
in accurately combining,
IN A FORM.
all the medicinal elements of Castor Oil with other
harmless but valuable vegetable products. These
Pills. being coated with sugar, Will be found easy
aud pleasant to take, and, as they contain neither
mercury nor minerals in any form, are a very safe
medicine in all Cases where purgatiyes are required,
such as
Bilious Disorders.
SICK HEADACHE N FOULNESS OF THE
STOMACH.
Habitual Costiveness and Piles,
DiarrhPa or LoOseness of the Bowels
tuVers and Inflammation: and as "A
GENERAL BLOOD PURIFIER,
they will be found invaluable; also a very desirable
medicine for
FEMALES IN DELICATE HEALTH,
None other should be used.
WIN. SCRUTON, Proprietor.
81 Barclay street, n. Y.
Price - Cents per box.
~ For sale by Emil KeAler, and E. Breunert
2-16d6m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-30

The Comforts Of Home-xistaken Nono.'
about Fashionable Pleasure Seeking ~"
lsr,. nev house in w~ashington-Hew Boss
Shepherd improved his Prop sry ..r,ns-
PIES Kxpsnss-Bad Country fel -
Aristocrscy-Disruputsbis Course u Jun
press to Hoodwink the Psopie.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Salt for stock.

All the herbivorous domestic animals
are fond of salt; this fact, observed from
remote antiquity, was acknowledged by
the Greek and Roman farmers, and
Virgil, who, III his Georges, did moth
ing more than TO put into immortal
verse the precepts Of the agriculturists
of Greece, recommended that adult
sheep should each have ten grammes of
salt, Cor $50 grains, Or 150-437ths of an
ounce avoirdupois) in addition to their
regular ration of food. In Europe in
our days, III countries where salt is Civ
en- TO sheep, the average daily allowance
to adult animals Is ten grammes per
day. The salt is generally mixed with
bran, broken grains, OF chopped roots,
aud served to them in q manger. Salt
to this amount favors the growth Of
sheep, hastens the process of fattening,
and sensibIy improves the quality and
quantity of their wool.
The just daily ration of salt for adult
horned cattle, observation and expert
ence has shown TO be 100 grammes Cor
1880 grains, or about four ounces). For
horses of average weight and size, sew
enty grammes Cor 1850 grains, or "a, 10
ounces), is the daily ration. Salt in
creases the quantity Of butter in cows
milk; it accelerates the fattening of cat
tie destined for the butcher by increas-
ing at the same time their appetite and
the strength of their digestive organs.
Salt added to fodder of the second
quality corrects it's faults 1t will be
eaten even by high-fed animals, which
would refuse it, were it not lightly salt
ed. It's utility is so clearly recognized
in Switzerland and Germany, that the
fact has taken the form of prOverb,
t''A pound Of salt makes ten pounds of
flesh" This is not vigorously true !;
salt neither contributes to the main
tenance nor the fattening of cattle and
other herbivorous domestic animals. It
does not act II the manner of food. 1t
serves solely TO make animals profit
completely by the nourishing principles
contained IN their rations. Taken
in this sense, the German pro-
verb is not al exaggeration. In
the establishments where the daily ra-
tons Of the animals kept are submitted
to the preparation above indicated, to
render them more Ggeslble and profit
able, they sprinkle a little weak brine
upon the chopped hay and straw and
roots, and lightly salt the mashes and
rye bread served to very heavy horned
cattle and to draught horses. When
economical considerations do not per-
nit agriculturists to give to each kind
of domestic animal named above more
than half the ration spoken Of, the
useful effect of salt on their health is
made still more sensible.-M. 4. Yso.
bean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Won Her Way.

I found here a widow lady-a Mrs.
George Peasly-at work in a marble
shop with number of men. She is cut
ting grave-stones, taking them in the
rough the same as the men, and is get
ting her..$3 day, and puts in as much
time as the average Of men, She has a
number of children. AS short sketch
of her history may be an encourae e.
ment to other lone women, I give it IFS
follows: When her husband died she
was not able to buy maidstone COM
plete, but bought marble slab in the
rough and finished it,and it can be seen
at the head of his grave, near the vii
lage of Henderson, MINI. She then
carved some work and took it to mar
worker in the City of Minneapolis,
and told him she was a widow with a
family of children and wanted work.
The dealer examined the work, said it
was good, and that he would give her
work on two conditions: First, she
should promise not to work for any
other dealer in the city; and, secondly,
she should promise not to openS bust
ness on her own account in the City of
Minneapolis. She said she would
agree to this if he would agree to keep
her in work all the time. But this lord
of creation would agree to nothing of
the kind. She went to st. Paul and
there got work without special agree
ments. Finally she came TO this city,
and is now in the employ of Mr.. Ed. Y.
Bogart- Wi,aona, Mich, Correspo,a-
dence Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Burning Mountains.

Near Yokohama is the celebrated
mountain "Fusi- Yuma" or burning
mountain. This is pronounced one of
the handsomest mountains In the world.
It rises between IA, 900 and $1,000 feet
above the level of the sea, its base being
within few miles of the sea shore.
This, with the Japanese, is a sacred
mountain, its ascent only being per-
mitted for short time during the Fall,
and thousands of pilgrims from all por-
tons of the Empire journey thither, and
ascend it, Offering their devotions, and
making their gifts at the little shrines
upon it's sides, and casting coins and
other offerings into the crater.
I regret to state that foreign vandals
who ascend the mountain and enter the
crater, not having the fear of Buddhist
gods before their eyes, carry away the
coins which the Japanese have thrown
in. At the entrance of the Bay of
Jeddo mountain island arises, which
is an active volcano. [ know of but
three other volcanoes in the Empire, all
of which are in the Island of JESSE. I
assembled one of these, called Mount
Oosa, the height Of which [ cannot
give, as had no barometer with me.
I found the crater to be about mile in
diameter, containing several little lakes
of water, and rising out of the center,
much higher than the edge of the crater
itself, were two sharp, rocky peaks,
from which the smoke was exuding in
considerable volume. C. b. De
Long, e1-lMiniste,. to Japan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Sc A Good Hammer ,,

Iwenty-nlne years ago, when David
Maydole was a roadside blacksmith at
Norwich, New York, six carpenters
came to the village from the next county
to work upon a new church, one of
whom, having left his hammer behind,
came to the blacksmith's to get one
made, there being none Ia the village
store.
Make me good one," said the
carpenter, " as good one as you know
how
But" said the young blacksmith,
who had already considered hammers,
and had arrived at some notion of what
hammer ought to be, and had proper
contempt for cheapness in all it's forms,
"perhaps you don't want to pay for as
good one as [ can make"
6 Yes, I do; [ want good hammer"
And SO David Maydole made good
hammer, the best one probably that
had ever been made since Tubal Cain,
and one that perfectly satisfied the car
penter. The next day the mans five
companions came, each of them want
ing just such hammer, and when they
were done the employer came and or
dered two more. Next the storekeeper
of the village ordered two dozen, which
were bought by New York tool mer-
chant, who left standing order for as
many such hammers as David Maydole
could make. And from that day to this
he has gone on making hammers until
now he has lis men st work. He has
never advertised, he has never pushed,
he has never borrowed. He has never
tried to compete with others in price,
He has never reduced the price because
other men had done SO. His only care
has been to make perfect hammer, to
make as many such as people wanted
and no more, and to sell them at fair
price-P0rtOn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
The Scientist and His Child.

Written by the author while on bed of languist
ing.)
. Father. thou art q scientist,
Therefore dost all things know"
Ny child, if you've a dolla. left.
You go aud bet It's So
''Father, is there an ether
Through which the worlds all whiz?'
Opinions vary, good my child ~
[ think perhaps there is"
And. father, are there folks who dwell
In yon bright twinkling star p
= Proctor thinks SO, my dearest boy.
And-well, perhaps there are."
. And. father, that there comet, there
You know what It's, Ihore?'
guess tbs carbon, boy; SO says
Your daddy's spectroscope.
And. father, while / think Of it. -y,tr.st.
How do you know you know ?" - - t'''
knowledge is relative, my child
I only think lis So"
"'You think you know you know you think.
Pray how can such things be ~
My child, thus certainly you find
Across your parents knee"
-Neac York Graphic
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
The Transit Of Venus.

The London Academy says: "News
has been received by telegraph of the
safe arrival of the Merope at Christ
church, New Zealand, with the Transit
of Venus party on board. The Sand
wich Islands and Rodriguez expeditions
have also reached their destination
without any casualty. At the latter
island some difficulty was experienced
In landing the instruments and heavy
stores, as coral reefs prevented her
Majesty's ship Shearwater from ap-
preaching the land, but eventually the
instruments were landed without
damage, and hoisted, by means
of shears, to the selected site.
Since then the Shearwater has made
trip from Maritius and back with
forty-two chronometers, which Lord
Lindsay lent for the purpose, and it is
proposed to repeat this operation, SO
that the difference of longitude between
Rodriguez and Mauritius will be deter
mined within a fraction of second
Mauritius has been connected with Alden
by Mr.. Gill by means of the same forty
of the latter place will be determined
with great accuracy by submarine cable,
the section from Suez to Alden
having been already done by
Mr.. Gill. A submarine cable be
tween Mauritius and Alden (the weak
link in the chain of longitudes)
will be laid down within twelvemonth,
and when this is done the longitudes Of
the Mauritius group of stations will be
determined to tenth of a second, thus
constituting them a frst-rate group Of
Delislean stations. The Kerguelen
party have left Cape Town for Ker-
guelen Island after some delay caused
by the breaking down of the vessel
which was to have carried them; but
they will have ample time to erect their
observatories before December 8.
While at Cape Town, the Rev. Father
Perry gave an interesting lecture to a
large audience on the Transit of Venus.
The members Of the Egyptian expedi-
ton are expected to reach Alexandria
by the end of this month, their prepa-
rations not requiring SO much time as in
the case of the other parties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
{ Tennessee Geology.

| Coral and roses, we are told, have fur
nlshed the coloring which appears in
some Of tho beautiful variegated marble
that comes from Tennessee. Accord
ing to some statements concerning the
geology of the state, which appear in
1the Nashville Reporter, East Tennessee,
which is now mountainous country,
was once an arm of the ocean dotted with
coral islands. This ancient arm of the
| ocean, they say, dating far earlier than
| the mountains, must have existed in the
silurian period, long before the carbon
ferrous era, that gave rise to the coal
beds, and before the tremendous con-
WILSON'S along the Alleghanies that
crumbled up all East Tennessee into
long wavy folds, and at the same time
formed the Unaka chain of mountains
west of the Blue Ridge Then it was
these beautiful little islands dotted the
surface Of this salt water inlet, that ex-
tended northeast and southwest, from
Hawkins county down 200 miles to Red
Clay, on the line of Georgia. Like the
islands in Caribbean Sea. they must
have been built up perpendicularly for
many hundred feet by the coral polypus
Besides these charming red coral
formations there were in the same sea
vast areas or beds Of the "sea rose" or
crenoid flowers, that far surpassed our
garden roses, for they combined the
beauties Of both vegetable and animal
forms, being indeed animated roses, al
though fixed to the rocks, that digested
their food, which was sought for and
collected from the surrounding waters
by means of very long, hollow tenta-
cula or feelers, that waved in
every direction for some dis
lance around Nevertheless they had
the appearance Of huge, red roses just
at the point between bud and full
bloom, with warm pulsating heart in
the centre. The debris Of these early
beauties, cemented into solid marble by
silica, alone remain to tell the tale that
they once had been; and this weather.
ing and crumbling to dust leaves these
hills, rich, arabic land, even to their
very SUBMITS. Near the northern ex-
tremity of Hawkins county, the debris
of the red coral, with that of the but
tons Of crenoids petrifed, is now being
extensively quarried for architectural
purposes, and it produces the finest
specimens OF variegated marble perhaps
to be found anywhere in the world
surprising the famous Parian marble of
Italy In its pleasing effect to the eye.
1t enters into the most ornamental por
tons OF the state and national capitals,
where it is universally admired.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Rotation efCrCps.

In order to sustain the fertility of the
soil, and at the same time to provide
nutritious food for live stock, q rotation
of crops is necessary. In new countries,
where land is plenty and the soil rich,
crops of some kinds may be grown for
several years without much decrease In
the agreeable product, but, by degrees,
the repetition Of the same crop begins to
tell on the land. If wheat is grown re-
peatedlv after wheat, the essential in
gradients for building up the plants, and
forming the grain, become exhausted,
weeds and destructive insects increase,
and the necessity Of following or grow
ing green crops becomes apparent. In
the improved systems of husbandry,
naked following, OF allowing the ground
to remain idle for a year, has been
abandoned and drilled green crops sub
stituted.
In looking over the scorched pastures
during season like the present, it re-
lieves the eye to see field ofrutabagas,
mangolds or beets, like an oasis In the
desert, promising sustenance to the suf-
fering animals, but such fields are few
and far between, and stock will continue
to suffer for want Of nutritious food In the
fall, winter and spring, until the growing
of green crops become general. It has
been asked, How can the grower of I 900
acres of wheat practice rotation? The
answer is that he must do so or exhaust
the soil. 1t is better to adopt a mixed
system of husbandry, to grow less wheat,
which scourges the soil, and to substi-
tute for it broad-leaved plants such as
clover, turnlps, mangolds and beets,
which abstract from the atmosphere a
considerable portion of their ingredients
Ii wheat crops are grown repeatedly,
without restoring anything that has
been carried away, the agreeable yield
gradually diminlshes, and finally the
soil becomes exhausted. The use of
manures are to restore the soil to its fe--
tility, by returning compensation for
the ingredients that have been carried
away by the crops.
Winter wheat, occupying the ground
from September to July Or August, is
favorable to the growth of weeds, which
become very numerous if the soil has
not been thoroughly cleansed by the
culture of the previous crop. Root
crops afford an excellent opportunity
for extirpating weeds, deepening soil,
and enriching it by manure. Wheat
and other cereals require considerable
amount of phosphoric acid, silica and
ammonia. Leguminous crops take up
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
New Religious Sect i'm Japan.

In Japan, asidessfrom the Buddhists,
who are by far the most numerous sect,
and the Shinto worshippers, whose reli-
gion is the national one and is propa
gated by the government, there has
arisen new sect, which bears the name
Kurodzumi. From the Christian Intel
igencer we learn the following particu-
lars in regard to this sect, which has
now grown into almost national proper
lions. 1t originated in the Province
Bizen, about so years ago, has become
prominent within the last 20 years, and
especially since 1872. The founder of
the sect was a Shinto priest by the
name of Munetada, who kept
the shrine in honor of Ten
Sho Dali Jira, the sun god
dess. His revelation came to
him after fasting. The sect has seven
cardinal rules: 1. Devout performance
Of daily duties. 2. All persons, with
out exception, should be holy; none are
unclean. 3. None should be angry or
give way to excessive sorrow. 4. None
should be proud or scornful. 5. None
should be Influenced to evil action by
the bad example of others. 6. When
in health, be diligent, Sinking no duty.
7. Be scrupulously careful to tell the
truth. Converts are exhorted to be
cheerful under all trials, in view of the
fact that the soul is immortal and that
new birth in heaven is the reward of
those who keep the seven command
ments. The sect now numbers 1,O00,-
adherents, and includes many persons of
education. It's value lies in the fact
that it seems to point toward pure The
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Say So.

Mile was four years old. He had
been my favorite playfellow all sum-
mer. But one day he sat by my side
for long time, unusually thoughtful.
At lasthe turned, and said: CA.
do you love me %
"Why, Mile, said I, "of course I
love you. What made you think I did
not?"
He answered: "Well, 1 didn't know:
| never heard you sag much about it. p
Moral-Neighbor, if you love your
neighbor; citizen, if you love your
country; parents, if you love your chill
dren; brothers, if you love your sisters;
husband, if you love your wife; teacher,
II you love your scholars; Christian, if
you love your Saviour, Bible, or
Church; anybody, if you love anybody
else or anything you are not ashamed of,
do sag so sometim Christian at
LROrE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Outrage by Chinese Pirates.

The English newspapers ontain de-
tails Of shocking tragedy which oc-
CURED in the China Sea, on board the
English steamer Spark. A party of
Chinese, numbering twenty, embarked
in her at Canton for Macao. The char
acter of the men was unknown at this
time but it subsequently transpired
that they were Chinese pirates, who had
heard that gambling house proprietor
was taking passage i'll the ship with a
large sum Of money in his possession.
When the vessel had got fairly to sea,
the Chinese got up sham quarrel, and
fought with sticks. The officers of the
ship interposed. when the Chinese fred
at Captain Brady, and fatally wounded
him. They then hacked him almost to
pieces, no less than thirty-two wounds
being afterwards found on his body. A
general massacre of the crew followed,
and the decks were covered with blood.
Mr.. Mundy, an English passenger, Of
fered gallant resistance, but was stab
bed twice in the breast. After ransack-
ing the luggage the pirates forced the
passengers below, and kept them there,
battering down the matches. They were
in possession of the vessel six hours,
and ultimately left in boat. Some OF
the tiremen, who had hid themselves
during the slaughter, and thus escaped
to tell the story, took the ship to Macoa.
1t was then found that nine persons had
been murdered, among whom were four
passengers. Information was forwarded
to the English commodore on the sta
ton, Captain j. E. Parish, r. N, who
dispatched her Majesty s gun-vessel Elk
in search of the muraerers. Portuguese
and Chinese gunboats have also gone IN
search Of them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
American Wonders.

The Scotsman, speaking OF the Am
erican wonders, says: 1.-The greatest
cataract in the world is the Falls of
Niagara. The greatest cave in the
world is the Mammoth Cave of Ken
tncky. The greatest river in the world
is the Mississippi. The largest lake in
the world is Lake Superior, which is
truly an inland sea, being 43O miles
long and 1000 feet deep. The longest
railroad in the world is the Union Pacific
Railroad, which is over 5000 miles
The greatest natural bridge is over Co
dar Creek, in Virginia. The greatest
mass of solid iron in the world is the
great Iron Mountain in Missouri. The
largestdeposit of Anthracite coal in the
world is in Pennsylvania"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18

large proportions of lime,
sorb line and potash. The
be suited to the nature of Tia
varied with each other, SO that
greatest amount of produce is RAJ,
the ground, still the soil shall no..
exhausted but kept Cream, and in goo
heart and capable of yielding large
crops of cereals, legumes, roots or
grasses, in systematic rotation.
OBSERVER, Wayne Go, Mich.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18

THE plaster model of McDonald's
colossal statue of the late Fritz Greene
Halleck. of Guilford, is now in the
hands OF the moulders for reproduction
in bronze. The poet is represented
seated upon the lawn in an antique
chair, in the act of writing. The statue
and pedestal will cost $4,000,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18

BAsHFULNEss is said to be I'M many
cases like silver plating ona brass spoon
when it wears off the baser metal ap-
pears.