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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09

human life. Sanitary officials should
use their influence with local authori-
ties to have the regulations of che
Contagious Diseases (AnimaD act
strictly enforced.
BY an order of Council dated june
80, 1873, farcy and CHAMBERS are sub
ject to the same regulations, and the
local authority may prohibit the move
ment of any horse that is glandered, Or
that has been in the same field, stable,
shed, or other premises with a horse
effected with CHAMBERS or farcy.' This
order if thoroughly carried out would
soon have beneficial effect, but it
does not touch the. case of CHAMBERS in
private stable. If the inspector
knows of the existence of twenty
glandered horses, he can only wait un-
til they are brought into the street. He
May suspect the disease, and he cannot
stop other horses from leaving the in
fected stable to be sold into healthy
studs. Much good may be done by
existing regulations, if enforced, but
until the inspector be armed with pow
ers of entry on to suspected premises,
CHAMBERS will remain and human beings
be liable to loathsome death. Clan.
dered horses, wherever found-in pub
lie streets or on private premises
should be subject to compulsory
slaughter, and the inspectors intrusted
with these measures should be quail
fed veterinary surgeons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
The Pullman Car Abroad.

Col. Thomas w. Knox, the journalist,
who has been travelling in Europe for a
year past, writes from Berlin on the
10th of August as follows:
"For the last three weeks I have been
knocking around with Col. Gourand in
a Pullman car, which you are doubtless
aware was taken to the Continent two
or three months ago. the car has been
from Liverpool by the way of London
and Ostend to Paris, Mont Gents Tun-
mel, Turin, Florence, Rome, Naples,
Bologna, Venice, Sommering Pass,
Vienna, and Berlin, and since coming
here it has made two trips to Potsdam
and one to Frankfort-on-the-M Main. 1t
starts tonight for st. Petersburg, by
the way of Bromberg, Knnigsberg, and
Wilma, stopping couple of days at til e
frontier to adapt the trucks to the Rus
sian gauge. When it reaches st. Peters
burg it will have travelled 1000 kilo-
meters from Ostend. So far there has
not been the slightest accident, not
even hot box. The car attracts as
much attention as menagerie in a
country town, and has been visited by
thousands of people, including Grand
Dukes, Princes, railway officials, and
all sorts of 'swells generally. All have
expressed the greatest admiration, and
several important contracts are under
negotiation in addition to those already
concluded and announced"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
More About " Floral Valley.O

Our botanist collected fifty two dis
tinct varieties of flowers in the limits of
our camp, and twelve under the walls
of his tent. Among them are several to
which the authorities we have at hand
make no references, and it is thought
they are peculiar to this section.
Among them is beautiful white lily,
not described in either Wood'sor Gray's
classification. A large number of bulbs
were collected, and an attempt will be
made to introduce them into the states.
A very pleasant and nutritious berry,
called the Savois berry, was also found
in large quantities, and few wild straw
berries, the first fruit we have seen.
No words that can write would picture
fully to the mind of the reader the
beauty of the scene. No one who has
not seen the Indian Territory in April,
or the Florida bottoms in their summer
radiance can conceive to any degree Of
satisfaction how nosegay-like this val
ley of ours looks; one who has never
seen colors mixed as nature mixes them,
in her own rare Conservatives like these,
can realize the artistic effect that is
produced; but let the reader imagine,
if he can, such valley as have describ-
ed, SO narrow and deep that one glance
will take in a long space of it, darkened
by the heavy shade to the tinge of
twilight, and illuminated-yes fairly
illuminated-by the gold, and the
scarlet, and the blue of it's flowers
Black HUI Cor. Chi. Inter Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Yellow Fever.

A recent report on yellow fever states
the interesting fact that this disease
never occurs in any climate at the
height of $500 feet. It has never
happened in the United States at an
altitude of over 46O feet, which point
it has reached only in Arkansas. In
the Island of Dominica, it has been
observed that, at an eminence of not
more than 1900 feet, it is always
healthy, however the epidemic may
rage in the lowlands. 1t is concluded
by medical men that the stratum Of
air infected by the poison is heavier
than pure atmosphere, and therefore
sinks. Hence, they recommend that,
in unhealthy districts, houses and hos
pitfalls should be selected above the
fever stratum. Where hills are Access
sible, hatients should be carried to q
height of at least 500 feet
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
An Odd Life Insurance Case.

The Berkshire Life Insurance Com.
pany has an odd case in court. S. M.
Cooper, farmer of Stock bridge, Me-,
died under peculiar circumstances.
His father and grandfather had died
at the age of forty-one, and he fore
told that he should die at the same age.
Although apparently in sound health,
he prepared to meet his fate as the
date drew near, and, few days before
the time when he expected to die, he
went to Pittsfeld, had his will made,
and stepping into the insurance office
applied for a $4,000 policy. He was
pronounced sound by the company's
doctors, paid his premium and took
his policy. The next day he was taken
sick with some kind of fits, and being
taken home, died soon after, in his
forty-frst year, as he had predicted.
His administrators applied to the in
surance company for the amount of the
policy, but payment being refused, they
have brought suit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
How a Race Was Lost.

AS Congressman Kellogg was going
down the harbor in the tug Boyd
recently, he related the following Incl
dent of his college days, brought to his
mind by some casual reference to col
lege boating. He was member of '46
at Yale, and in sthose days boat races
were few and far between. The classes
of '46 and As decided to pull one, how
ever, and the race occurred in the har-
Dor. He was a member of the '46 crew,
and his friend, A. P. Hyde, the we'll
known Hartford lawyer, sat in the 40
boat. To the establishment and chagrln
OF the crew of '46 they were badly beat
en-. At the conclusion of the race they
took their boat ashore and examined 1t.
On the bottom, not far from the stern,
had been securely fastened stone
weighing four or five 1ounds. Their
curiosity was satisfed.-N IL. PoU-
a0iuna.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Boiled Corn for Poultry.

An agricultural journal says: ''The
opinion that corn is very nou-ishing
food for fowls is so universal that no
further thought is given to the matter.
If any one should suggest that corn
would be easier Of digestion if soaked
or boiled, he would very likely receive
the answer that corn was not hard to
digest for birds that swallow stones
and other hard substances without de-
triment A moments thought, how
ever will convince that the mill stones
and the grist are very different things,
and feeding hard grain, although not
exactly like feeding the mill stones
with pebbles, bears certain likeness
to it. The trouble attendant on the
preparation Of food, if it is to be cook.
ed, may indeed seem very dispropor-
tionate to the advantage to be derived
from such treatment; but, in reality,
little time need be spent, as be-
fore going the rounds of the nest
little hot water may be poured over the
corn, tight cover put on the kettle,
and the whole placed on the stove,
where, by the time your rounds are
completed, the corn will have become
steamed and mellow and have lost none
of it's good qualities. Remember that
each hen has certain amount of ami
NAL force to be expended every day in
some direction, and the less she has
to give to digest her food the more she
will have to give to be expended in
reproducing. The advantages of
warm food in winter, when much food
goes toward producing animal heat to
withstand the cold, are twofold-the
direct action of the warmth and the
slower action of the food itself, to say
nothing of the fact that the content
produced by nourishing food will re-
suit in more eggs, for hen thoroughly
at home will lay more eggs than dis
contented one. We have performed
this experiment ourselves, and know
that feeding boiled corn does pay, and
it is as result of experience that we
offer this plan to our friends. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Farm Machines,

The New York World says: "Knowl-
edge of machinery is becoming one of
the most important requisites in a
farmer or farmers help. No machine
should 60 upon any farm without the
farmer comprehending it in al, it's
parts, the requirement and relation OF
each part to the other, how to adjust
and care for it, how to remedy difficult
ties that may arise, and keep the whole
machine in proper condition without
the aid of machinist, unless in excep
tional circumstances. It should be the
first duty of the hired help to learn the
same lesson, if he is TO be intrusted
with the machines use. This is urged
as matter of economy. 1t is frequent
ly the case that non. observant farm.
er loses the time of his men and his
own, besides making bill at the
blacksmith's or mach1nist's, when a
little gumption and ten minutes time
properly applied would have saved all
loss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Watch Your Carpets-A New Pest.

From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
y Considerable outcry IS being made
in neighboring villages concerning the
ravages of a new pest that has lately
arisen, namely, the carpet bug. These
bugs are described as being about
twice the size of the common cjaaer
lectular5us, or bed bug, and covered
with hair. Their color is muddy
black. The first time these bugs were
heard from in this section was at Dams
vile last year, where they did consid-
cradle damage. This year they have
increased and extended their territory,
for it seems that they have become a
port. A lady who resides in that viii
lage informed reporter of this paper
yesterday that there is not single
house that has escaped their depreda-
tons. In her house, she said,
every room was infested with them,
and they had eaten large holes in every
carpet in the house. Their favorite
mode of procedure is to follow the
seam of the boards and eat their
way clear through. In some in
stances the carpet has been eaten
thu ough so clean that it looks as if it
had been cut with very sharp knife.
In other rooms they had eaten large
patches out of it, generally picking
out the centre of breadth. The lady
referred to says she has tried every
thing to get rid of them, but without
avail. Tobacco seems to make them
livelier than ever, and as for bug poi
son, they regard it as a luxury, and
grow fat on It, We have not as yet
heard of their making their appearance
in this city, although, being SO close to
US, it would be reasonable to expect a
oisit from them at any time. In the
meanwhile, perhaps some of our scien-
tifc men will have q remedy for them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Prince Bismarck as t'Dummy.O

The Paris correspondent of the Lon.
don Daily News relates the following
anecdote:
"A Saxon military band gave pri-
vate performance before Prince Bis
marck few weeks ago in Berlin, Just
prior to his departure for Kissingen,
and one of its members has furnished
Dresden paper with an account of their
reception by him. The Prince showed
them over bis housed and pointing to a
desk in the Princess's room, told them
his wife, as they might OBJ
serve, kept the cash. He had
from the beginning entrusted
her with the charge of his money af
fairs, while he attended to politics, and
he would advise every married man to
do the same, taking no more than his
wife gave him. Drawing table out
of corner he said: AT this table M,
Theirs, M. Favre and played dunn
my game at whist. That dummy was
won partly owing to you Saxons, for if
all had not been SO brave I should
have held no trumps in my hand.
When we began to negotiate, the gen.
tlemen would not understand my
Thereupon I spoke German to them,
and that they would not at first prop
erly understand; but at last we
agreed. They conceded everything; and
when they had signed their names to
it again spoke French with them.
Had we been united two hundred years
ago we need not have been tyrannized
over by the French; but now, thank
God, we are united, and I hope we
shall remain so. If they once more re-
quire it, we shall again give them a
fall Abiding to the war of 1866, the
Prince said he had always respected
the Saxons, for they above all had the
courage to stand firm against Prussia
when all the others had lost their
heads. You must see, he said, that
it could not be helped. We were
forced TO find out which of us was the
strOnpest.'n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Persons now living remember when

Persons now living remember when
railway cars were always entered by
doors upon the sides. The addition of
doors also at the ends, in order to re-
neve the conductor from the necessity
of passing from car to car by a narrow
platform outside Gas was originally a
dangerous practice), was hailed as a
practicle improvement Of great value.
Soon these doors were made the exclu-
sive means of entrance and exit; al
though the cars were short and held
scarcely more than twenty or thirty
passengers when every seat was full.
In some parts of the country, however,
doors in the sides of the cars, as we'll
as those at the ends are retained; and
they certainly facilitate the entrance
and exit of passengers, especially when
the car is of such length as to hold
great many. But whatever the
length or capacity of the car, one set of
doors would be enough, and could be
used with entire safety and convenience,
if the rule could be established, enter
by the rear, leave by the front Boston
ADVERTISER
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Sweet Death.
CHRISTINA ROSETTI.

CHRISTINA RosETTI.
The sweetest blossoms die.
And SO it was that, going day by day
Unto the church to praise and pray,
And crossing the green churchyard thought
fully,
saw how on the grave the flowers
Shed their fresh leaves in showers,
And low their perfume rose up to the sky,
Before it passed away. II 10
The youngest blossoms die. ..-,.-...a.r.-s
They die, and fall, and nourish the rich
earth, sc
From which they lately had their birth;
Sweet life, but sweeter death that passetb by
And is as though it had not been;
Alc turn to green; - rs
The bright hues vanish and the odors fly
The grass hath lasting worth. es ..v.
And youth and beauty die
So be it, O., my God, thou God of truth
Better than beauty, and than youth
Are saints and angels, glad company
And thou, O., Lord, our Rest and Ease,
Art better far than these. .,.
Why should we shrink from CUR full harvest
Prefer to CLEAN with Ruth?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
The Germans at Metz.

The Pail Mall Ggzette says: $50
diligently have the Germans used
their possession of Metz that the great
works which the French first projected
in 1867, after Sadowa, have been not
only carried to full completion, but
their original conception much i'm
proved On. This is more particularly
the case as regards Fort st. Quentin,
which every traveller now recognizes
as dominating the hills on the op-
posite side of the Moselle to the city.
Its imperfect extent within the en-
ceinte as laid out by the French for
giving room for modern great guns
was commented on by the German en-
gineers as soon as it fell into their
hands. This is now completely
remedied and the power Of the fort
greatly increased by the erection Of the
so-called West Fort, huge oJltwork
which covers the west side of the st.
Quentin hill, and commands the coun-
try towards Gravelotte. The other
great improvement made by the Ger
mans in the strength of the new en-
ceinte of detached works was designed
and begun by their predecessors, but
was not far enough advanced in 1870 to
be of any service to Bazaine's. army
when inclosed. This is the so-called
Fort ST. Privat named from quite an
other st. Privat than that near Grave
lotte) which is built above the city on
the right or east bank of the Moselle,
5000 yards outside the Old works, and
completely closes the opening. along the
valley of the river which was left before
by the inability OF the great works Of
st. Quentin and Queulen to cross their
fire on this side. It gives also new
secure strategical point of issue for the
defenders of Metz to debouch from, If
they so wish, into the most open part
of the country round the works.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Deaf. Dumb and ParalyZed.

The Troy Wing gives the following
=" In the latter part of July, John R.
Davey, son OF Mrs. John r. Davey,
of Troy, was taken with an effusion of
the head. The boy went in swimming
on the Both of July, and on that night
he suddenly became delirious. DR.. T.
b. Heimstreet was sent for and pre-
scribed for him. The boy has since
been confined to his bed. Two weeks
ago the fever left him, and on that day
Rev. Mr.. Shinn, of St. Paul's Church,
went to the house with some flowers
for the invalid. AS soon as the boy
saw Mr.. Shinn he arose in his bed and
exclaimed, sOh, how thankful I am to
you for your kindness, and Immediately
fell back in the bed deaf and
dumb, with his left side para
lyzed. In this condition he has since
remained. One of our reporters called
on DIR. Heimstreet, yesterday after
noon, in relation to the case. The
doctor says the cause of the boys sud
den misfortune was by an effusion OF
the brain on the left side of the head.
The doctor has hopes Gf the effusion
decreases that he will recover and re-
gain his speech and hearing again.
The doctor has been unable to see him
for some days on account of illness.
He also says that it is a singular case
A person affected with an effusion of
the brain generally dies in about five
days, but this boy has now fingered
over four weeks. Our reporter also
called at the house of Mrs. Davey, and
there he saw the little fellow living in
bed. His form is almost entirely
wasted away, and he Is unconscious
and does not recognize any person
who calls to see him. Her family of
four children are IN INDECENT circum.
stances, as there is no one Of them
working.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Egyptian Agriculture.

The surface Of Egypt capable of be-
ing cultivated, according to the report
OF Mr.. Stanley, the English Consul, is
according to official statistics, 1854, $40
acres, or II 1851 square miles, Of which
about 1928, 600 are actually under cul-
tlvatlon. The fig ures as to the popu-
lation show that there is no want of
hands for it's proper cultivation, there
being for the whole 1851 square
miles, 1852 inhabitants per square mile,
whereas in England and exclusive of
Wales, Scotland and Ireland there are
422, IN Beligum.434, and in France 231.
Here, too, almost the whole population
is available for agricultural purposes,
there being scarcely any manufactures.
l quote these figures as disproving the
assertion frequently made that there is
a scarcity of hands for the proper cult
walton OF the soil. Steam, moreover, is
now used for irrigation by all the large
landowners though certainly the
small cultivators have still most prim-
tive method of irrigation, similar to
that in Bengal, using, where oxen or cam
els are not employed turning the wheels.
leaky baskets which keep two men con-
stantly employed raising the water into
a channel, whence it flows in rills over
the land, and there is certainly large
margin for the substitution of mechani-
cal for manual labor. Steam power
may be too costly for the poorer hold
ers, but the syphon system or windmills
might be employed to advantage. The
great desideratum is to keep the canals
filled, whence irrigation is easy This
and the digging of fresh canals form
the labor of the people for months.
The country depending so absolutely
for it's agricultural prosperity, even for
the existence of the people, on the
maintenance of the canals at a certain
level. I see no reason to think it hard
that the people should be even COM
PEELED, under proper and wise direc-
ton, to contribute their labor to this
end. [ regret to say, however, that /
have heard many statements from per-
sons worthy of belief, that this is not
done under proper and wise direction,
and that people are taken away in
gangs from their own ground to do
work for powerful landowners. which
in no wise benefits their districts. It
is difficult to arrive at the real truth
as to the excessive taxation said to
weigh on the agricultural population Of
Egypt. There is no doubt that the
people themselves complain of exec
ssive taxation, but this is a complaint
common to the agriculturists of many
countries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
An AstOnished Census Taker.

The San Mateo Times tells the fol-
lowing amusing incident: The Census
Marshal of Spanishtown, while going
his rounds lately to ascertain the
number of children in his district en-
titled by law to draw school money,
called at house where he found the
lady in charge busi]y at work attend
ing her household affairs, and put the
usual question as to whether there
were any children residing there. The
lady answered that there were, and in
answer to further inquiries, informed
the Marshal that she had six of them,
the Oldest of whom was four years, and
that she had been married five years.
She showed the astonished census taker
three pairs of twins who were gambol-
ing and frisking about in an adjoining
room.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
A Novel Lawsuit.

From Fontainebleau,i in France, comes
an account of an amusing lawsuit lately
tried there, which was decided accord
ing to scientific and Solomon-like
principles. Monsieur c. had for a
neighbor farmer named B. He also
possessed turkey-hen, which, few
weeks ago, Matched out brood of four
teen little ones. Soon after their birth
these new corners disappeared, much to
the vexation of their owner, who sought
in vain for them In every spot whittier
they could have strayed. One day the
mothers oft-repeated calls were an
swered by cries from the barnyard Of
farmer B. The police was called
into consultation, and on the suspected
premises found cage containing ten
little turkeys which Monsieur c.
swore were his property. B and
his wife both protested earnestly that
they we're innocent of any wrong, but
the matter was brought into the courts
At the trial, the judge was puzzled how
to proceed, but, acting on the advice Of
naturalist, he set the chicks in the
presence of the hen belonging to B.
She instantly flew at them and picked
them the other hen was then led into
the arena, and the voice of nature was
loudly eloquent. Spreading her wings,
the old fonl called the brood, and they
took shelter in their accustomed place,
uttering loud cries of JOY. The mother
marched off in triumph the court pro-
nounced this proof decisive and farm
er B and his wife were arrested,
tried and condemned to two months
Imprisonment.