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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Loves Revenge.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Some five Or six weeks ago a young
man named Charles Perrine, % years
old, and q carpenter by trade, fell in
love with q good-looking girl whose
parents live on Orchard street. Charles
has red hair and a freckled face, and
although the young lady treated him
courteously when he called at the house,
she had her mind made up that she
could never we'd a red-haired man.
After an. acquaintance of three weeks
he asked her to become Mrs. Perrine,
and was greatly taken down when she
told him she couldn' think of such q
thing. Charles then sought to have
the old folks putin good word for him,
but they declined to interfere. He con-
tinued his visits, hoping to soften the
girls heart, but Thursday evening the
crisis came. He went to the house
with bottle of acid in his pocket, pre-
pared to spoil her beauty if she did not
give him a favorable answer. There
was no one at home but the girl and her
mother, and Perrine first wanted the
girl to take walk with him. She re-
fused to go, and he asked to see her
alone. She also refused this request,
and helover had just gotready to draw
the bottle from his pocket when some
thing bit him. He thought it was q
dog, but it wasn't. The cork had work
ed out of the bottle and his coat tails
were turning brick-color at the rate of a
yard minute. The acid wasn't content
with the coat tails, but struck out for
flesh, and in about minute the young
man was dancing around the house as if
to escape bullet. Shouting and whoop-
ing, he got out of doors and threw off
most of his clothing and rolled in the
mud, it was some time before any one
could find out whether he had snakes
in his boots or had sat down on a
brad-awl. He was so badly burned that
two men had to help him to his board
ing house on Fifth street, where ply
stefan dressed the burns. There is a
good deal of laughter at his expense,
and If he makes his appearance at the
house again he will be arrested, as he
told one of his friends in advance that
he meant the acid for the girl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
AN IDAHO CURIOSITY.
Remarkable Fish.
From the Silver City Hdaho) World.

flohi 'he ollVef CltJ \1uano) Norlu.
About one hundred miles to the
northward of Idaho City is "Payette
Lake, as beautiful sheet of water as
can be found. This lake is the largest
of q cluster Of four or five, situated in
the immediate vicinity, and is about
forty-two miles in length by three miles
(average) in width. It is both fed and
drained by the north fork of the Payette
river, which passes directly through it.
It's waters are said to be hundreds of
feet deep, and are as clear as the most
finely polished mirror. The country
around the lake is mountainous, and
the scenery varied, but picturesque and
beautiful. In it is found species of
fish known here by the name of cred
fish, an appellation derived from their
color, which is beautiful vermilion,
with the exception of the head and fins,
which are of dark earthy-green color.
Their habits are similar to those OF the
salmon, and like the salmon they
spawn and then die. The
male and female are easily distinguish
able, the colors of the male being much
brighter than those of the female. They
live in the deep water of the lake, and
we have no account of one ever having
been seen in the lake only when coming
up out of the water at the mouth of the
river when going up the river to spawn,
| which they do from the last of July
until nearly the last of October, When
ascending the river they travel in
schools numbering from one to two Or
three hundred, and fishermen land
them in large quantities by means of
drag nets and seines. When fresh or
when properly cured they are esteemed
a greater delicacy for table use than
even the mountain trout but great
skill and care, and above all, great
cleanliness, is required for their preser-
walton in q manner for the table. Dried,
they are preferred to either herring or
Goldfish, but the best way to preserve
them is in brine. Put up in this way
care being observed to have them per.
fectly fresh and perfectly clean-they
are probably not excelled by any
fish in the world. The wri.
ter has seen them late in
the fall moving down the river as if re.
turning to the lake, but such multi
tudes of them die along the stream that
it is believed to be impossible that
they get back alive. In size the "red
fish vary but little, being generally
about twenty inches long and weighing
from three and a half to five pounds
Being unknown to both British an6
American fishermen, they are coming tx
be looked upon as confined solely tx
Idaho and Lake Payette, and the objec
of this article is to call attention to tn
fact of their existence, and to draw on
an expression of persons capable o.
Judging as to their place among tn
Z" finny tribes Besides, they are
great delicacy, and it may be fount
practicable to stock the lakes of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Nevada, and perhap
all the Northern and Northwestern
states and territories, with them; tn
only apparent requisites necessary t.
their propagation being depth of pure
cold water, and a gravelly stream TO
their spawn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Liberty.
BY JOHN HAY.

What man is there SO bold that he should say
g Thus and thus only would 1 have the sea ?"k
For whether lying calm and beautiful,
Clasping the earth in love, and throwing back
The smile of heaven from weaves of amethyst.
Or whether, freshened by the busy winds,n
1t bears the trade and navies Of the world
10 ends of use Or stern activity;
Or whether, dashed by temp ests, it gives way
10 elemental fury and bowls and rsars
At all It's rocky barriers, in wild lust
Of rum drinks the blood of living things,
And strews it's wrecks DER leagues of desolate
shore; r
Always it is the sea, and all bow down
Before It's vast and varied majesty. 's
And 80 in vain will timorous m en- ESSAY
To set the metes and bounds Ct Liberty,
For Freedom is it's own eternal law.
1t makes it's own conditions, and in storm
Or calm alike fulflls the unerring Will.
Let us not then despise it when it lies
Still as sleeping lion, while swarm
Of gnat-like evils hover round it's head
Nor doubt it when in mad, disjointea times
It shakes the torch of terror and it's cry
Shris DER the quaking earth, and in the fame
Of riot and war we see the awful form
Rise by the scaffold, where the crimson Ak
Rings down it's grooves the knel1 of shuddering
kings.
For always in thine eyes, Liberty
Shines that high light whereby the world is
saved;
And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Sabbath Bells.
BY DIR. j. G. HOLLAND.

Full feetly sped the morning hours;
Then. wide upon the country round,
A t11mult OF melodious powers,
IN tumult of melodious sound
Burst forth from all the village towers.
With blow on blow, and tone on tone,
And echoes answering everywhere
Like bugles from the mountains blown
Each sought to whelm the burdened air,
And make the silence all it's own.
In broad, sonorous, silver swells,
The air was beloved like the sea:
And listening ears were listening shells.
That caught the Sabbath minstrelsy,
And sang it with the singing bells.
The pillows heaved. the pillows broke,
The first wild burst went down amain;
The music fell to slower stroke,
And in a rythmic bold refrain
The great bells to each other spoke.
Oh, bravely Bronze gave forth his word,
And sharply Silver made reply,
And every tower and turret stirred
With sounding breath and converse high
Or paused with waiting ear, and heard.
And long they talked, as friend to friend
Then faltered to their closing toll,
Whose long, monotonous repetend.
From every music-burdened bowl
Poured the last drop. and brought the end
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Bone as Manure.

The bones Of all animal creation are
composed of three substances, phos-
phoric acid, lime and gelatine or glue
three of the best fertilizing substances
to produce good seed. But where do
the bones Of animals come from? Ger
tainly from the soil, through the grass,
hay, grain, etc., consumed as food.
Therefore, every horse, bullock, cow,
cheep and hog sent off the farm with
out returning like quantity of bone
to the earth, causes our land to yield
less and less every year, till the land
becomes what is termed worn out. Be-
sides, every load of hay and every
bushel of grain sold off the farm car
ries away the same material, as it IS the
hay and grain that make the bones OF
our cattle, horses, etc.
Five per cent. of all plants are COM
posed of ten mineral substances of
Which bone forms a large part, and
which comes directly from the earth,
while the fat of animals is composed OF
carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, three OF
the gases that plants take exclusively
from the air, in the forms of carbolic
acid and water, and which constitute
about ninety-four per cent. of all plants,
Louisville COau'ier-JOurnal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Arab Horse Maxims.

Whose raiseth and traineth a horse
for the Lord is counted in the number of
those who give aims day and night, In
private as well as public. All his sins
will be forgiven him, and never will any
fear come over him and dishonor his
heart.
Let your colt be domesticated and
live with you from his tenderest age,
and when horse he will be simple, do
Gle, faithful, and Injured to hardship
and fatigue.
IF you have your horse to serve you
on the day of trial, if you desire him
then to be a horse of truth, make him
sober, accustomed to hard work, and
inaccessible to fear.
Do not beat your horses, nor speak to
them in a loud tone Of voice; do not be
angry with them, but kindly reprove
their faults; they will do better there
after, for they understand the language
of man and it's meaning.
If you have long days journey be-
fore you, spare your horse at the start
let him walk frequently, to recover his
wind. Continue this until he has
sweated and dried three times, and you
may ask of him whatever you please
he will not leave you in difficulty.
Use your horse as you do your leath
ern bottle; if you open it gently ano
gradually, you can easily control the
water within, but if you open it sud
denly, the water escapes at once, anc
nothing remains to quench your thirst
Never let your horse run up or dow1
hill, if you can avoid it. On the con.
trary, slacken your pace. Which dc
you prefer, was asked of a horse
ascent or descent? A curse be on theil
point of meeting was the answer.
Make your horse work and worl
again. Inaction and fat are the grea
perils of a horse, and the main cause O.
all his vices and diseases.
Observe your horse when he is drink
ing at brook. If in bringing down hi
head he remain square, without bend
ing his limbs, he possesses sterlin,
qualities, and all parts of his body ar
built symmetrically.
-Four things he must have broad
front chest, loins and limbs; four thing
Ilong-neck, breast, forearm and Group
and four things short pasterns, back
ears and tail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
The Victoria Colony.
From the Denver (Colorado) News.

Early in 1872, Mr.. George Grant, an
English capitalist, made an extensive
tour through the United States. Like
all travelling Englishmen, he came out
to the great plains on a buffalo hunt,
and was favorably impressed with the
natural beauties and advantages of the
vast rolling prairies which flank the
Kansas Pacific railway for distance of
400 miles. He found the soil rich and
deep, and the pasturage exceptionally
favorable to the raising of stock on a
large scale. So deep-seated became
his convictions upon these points that
he determined to invest large sum of
money in land, with a. view Of forming q
colony. He accordingly purchased about
60, 600 acres of land in Ellis county, Kan,
lying along the line of the Kansas Paci-
tic Railroad, laying it off into farms OF
convenient size, establishing a town
which he called Victoria, in honor Of
his sovereign. Only two years have
elapsed since Mr.. Grant entered upon
his work, and now his colony comprises
population of nearly 200 actual settlers.
who are working away with most salts
factory results. Several prominent
English gentlemen are included in this
number, among them Hon. Walter Max
we'll, son of Lord Herries, of birmingham
Park, Yorkshire. The town of Victoria
has already station house hotel,
stores, quite a number of buildings OF
stone have been erected.
Mr.. Grant is now negotiating with
the railway company for an additional
tract of land adjoining the Victoria dis
trict, which will increase his possessions
to 38S, 600 acres. When this additional
tract is acquired, Mr.. Grant proposes
to extend his colonization scheme, anl
secure from England and elsewhere /
class of farmers whose experience an(
intelligence will enable them to occup,
this extensive domain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Warfare Against Liquor Dealers in
Iowa.

The warfare against the liquor-sellers
at Elkader continues. Since Mrs. j.
G. Vaupel commenced actions against
the liquor-venders of Elkader, claiming
damages to the amount of $4,000 Mrs.
Eunice A. Place, wife of R. G. Place, of
the same town, has commenced similar
cases. Mrs. Place claims, in her petit
ton, that she has sustained damages,
to her husband, family, and herself, to
the amount of $50, 900, on account OF
the Intoxicating liquor sold to her hus-
band. She has brought four actions,
aggregating in damages to the amount
above mentioned, and against the fol
lowing parties: George Waschmuth for
Sc. 900; Gus Borman, for $40, 900; Jacob
Stemmer, for $4,000; x. Lamm, 70,
s1O. 900. Both of the ladies that have
commenced these actions occupy high
positions in society and are much re
spected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Causes of Bees SwarIning.

Flanders ssBee Book gives rather
fanciful reason for the issuing of
.swarms The principal thing that
bothers US in this connection, aside
from little incredulity about the Won
,derful intelligence which many enthu-
siastic bee men attribute to this insect,
is, If the workers, in their greed of
honey, become to disloyal to the old
queen, how would the young ones be
any better off or do they continue to
swarm until honey enough is eaten out
to enable the last queen to deposit eggs.
The 'sBee Book says as follows:
The period of incubation by the queen
commences early IN the spring. 1t is
rapidly generative, and when the honey
season approaches the cells are well
stocked with eggs, larvae, etc. At this
time the working bees during the busy
season intimate negligence toward the
royal blood by packing cell after cell
with their wealth, and rapidly contract
ing the queens domains-the cells of
her deposits. The breeding space of
the hive thus becomes rapidly narrowed,
and finally the queen, having no empty
cells, locates IN some remote place
generally on Or near the edge of comb
land continues her deposits. The lat
tor, on the edge of the comb, are eaten
by the working bees. Thus situated,
the royal influence of the queen is im,
tied and unexerted. The entire swarm
seems to be disloyal.
The working bees, powerful in wealth
construct royal residences or "queel
cells" in which they rear queens, to b.
certain lest the royal blood should be
come extinct. When these youthful
queens are Matched, the old queen, jeal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25

A BROOKLYN brides back hair fell
down and fell off during the ceremony
in the church the other evening. There
was ON instant's pause, but nobody was
brave enough to stoop downand pick up
the mass of blonde stuff and hair-pins.
The bride left the church leaning heavi-
~ on her husbands arm. Her face was
very red, and a sprout of hair POSSIBLY
eleven hairs in ally stuck out the back of
her head, tied with bit of shoe string
And now her pa is mean enough to re-
fuse to pay the poor hair-dresser's bill |!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Structure of Cows Horns.

Structure of Cows Horns.
Tt is often the case that in the com
monest objects we may see ut we l1ke)
beautiful examples of engineering struc
lures. I take, says Mr.. Frank Buck
land, in Land and Water, the anatomy
of the cows horn as q good example. A
few days since was inspecting the large
tanneries of the Messrs. Hamlyn, at
Buckfastieghs on the River Dart, De-
vonshire. In one Of the back yards was
a mountain of the skulls and horns of
COWS of all sorts and kinds. Here there
was treasure worthy of investigation;
so I got on to the mountain OF horns
and skulls, and picked out some beauti
full specimens which Mr.. Hamlyn kind
~ gave me in order to make sections,
etc. [ find that over the brain of the
cow strong roof of bone is thrown in
the shape of an arch, so as to form a
substantial foundation for the horns.
This roof is not solid, but is again
strengthened below by series of bony
series of hollow chambers, thus form
ing structure uniting strength with
ightness. t-..
The problem now is how to fasten the
horn on each side on to this buttress.
The horn itself must of course be formed
of horn proper, .. e., hardened hair. In
the rhinoceros we find horn composed
entirely of solid mass of what is really
bunch of hair agglutinated together;
but this kind of horn would have been
much too heavy for the cows convent
ent use. What is to be done? Why,
hollow out the center of the horn of
course; but stay-this will not do, be-
cause how is the horn to be supplied
with blood-vessels?-i fact how is it to
grow? Let us see how it is done by the
great Designer.
Cut the horn right across with saw
and you will find inside another horn,
only made of bone. If the section is
made about one third of the way down
the length of the horn, you will be able
to pick out piece of bone about the
shape of a cone, on which, Or rather
around which, the horn proper has
shaped itself. This bone fits the cavity
with the greatest accuracy; it is as Hgh
as the thinnest paper, and yet as strong
as cone of tin. It is everywhere per
forated with holes, which in life con
tanned the nerves, the veins and arte
ries, and we know COW has all these IL
her horns; nerves proved by the fac
that COWS do not like their horns
touched, and that they can scratch fly
off their hides with the tip of the horn
arteries and veins, proved by the fac
that horn, when broken, will bleed
and that the horn of living COW feel
quite warm when held in the hand, be
sides which the nerves and arteries form
a union between the internal core o
bone and the external covering Of horl
proper.
Ii we now cut the rest of the horn int
sections we shall find that the inside o
of the bouy part is really hollow, bu
that very strong buttresses of bone ar
thrown (about every inch or so) acros
the cavity of the horn in such name
as to give it the greatest possible sup
port and strength. I have cut a cow
Z horn and skull into several sections t.
show these buttresses of bone, and nov
that the preparation is finished, [ hav
: another specimen to show that there i
| design and beauty in oil created OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25

Gus of her regal honors, undertakes to
destroy her rival queens. Unable to
succeed, as an army of workers sur
round and defend the young queens,
the old queen abdicates her throne, and
sallies forth from her late dominions,
accompanied by her loyal subjects, old
and young, whirling and buzzing in
dire confusion. After all the disaffect
ed have left the hive, they settle with
the queen upon shrub or bush. This
is W hat constitutes swarming."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Household Matters.

SoFrEN1NG HARD WATER. -This is
usually done with sal soda, but the effect
is to hurt the clothes washed in the wa.
ter thus prepared, and the hands also.
It is because there is an excess of the
soda, more than unites with the acid of
the water, which makes it hard. The
remedy is easy. Use enough of the salt
to take up the acid, and no more. In
this way both acid and soda disappear,
leaving o neutral salt which is harmless.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Physiology of Eggs.

Every fowl has two small organs near
the extremity OF the body called the
ovaria. It is filed with elastic tissue,
and feels under the finger like sponge.
The eggs are started here, and those
which will mature a year, Or two or
three years hence, are IN embryo. One
is forced up, is seized by the stroma,
which is seventeen inches long, and
passed rapidly through. When the egg
leaves the ovary it consists of yolk only,
but in it's passage through that short
canal the yolk is surrounded by enough
albumen to perfect the chick. The
white of the egg has in it all that nature
requires for making bones, muscles,
blood-vessels, connecting tissues, skin
and feathers.
Just before the egg leaves the body,
this canal has the power OF secret1ng
lime for the she'll This shows how
valuable the egg is as a nutrlment amp
also what demands are made for rich
food by hen that lays an egg daily.
Besides what she requires for her sus-
tenance, she is called upon to secret the
material for the body of an. entire chick,
and also retains for the little creature
sufficient to last MANY hours after it
leaves the shell. It shows also that a
hen cannot make albumen SO rapidly
except out of albuminous food, such as
wheat, meat and small animals.
It is not true that there Is a certain
number of eggs, and that this number
exhausted no more can be expected
but it is true that the secretions lessen
as old age comes on, and latterly the
hen fails to have sufficient force to car
ry forward the process. The practical
bearing of this is that we must see that
the fowl is always well kept. The way
to have good Laying pullets is to quick
en- the circulation and strengthen the
system by liberal nutriment- The yoll
is food for the first three or four days
Careful housewives make mistake b,
attempting to feed them before the ex
piration Of this time. Let the mothe
bird have charge, and success will b
certain, for she knows better than an
man can what the chick requires
Poultry ReuieW.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25
Prof. Tyndall ON the Charge of Atheism.

Prof. Tyndall, IN the course OF a
scientific lecture delivered at Manches-
ter the other day, said: Il have some
times-not sometimes, but often-in the
spring time watched the advance OF the
sprouting leaves, and of the grass, and
of the flowers, and observed the general
JOY of opening life in nature, and l
have asked myself this question:: Can
it be chat there is no being or thing III
nature that knows more about these
things than I do? Do I in my igno
rance represent the highest knowledge
of these things existing in this universe
The man who puts that question fairly
to himself, if he be not a shallow man,
if he be man capable of being pene,
trated by profound thought, will never
answer the question by protesting thai
creed of atheism which has been SC
lightly attributed to me-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25

Mrs. PARrINGToN writes to say that
she can't make out why all the "help "
are SO stupid, when she is always par
ticular to obtain them from an inteli-
pence Office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25

THE last cutting affair was only sau-
sage chopper.