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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
How YasQuez is ShackIed.

The California authorities stand in
wholesome dread of Vasquez, prisoner
as he is, and give him credit for great
skill N making escapes. The hand
cuffs devised blythe Sheriff Of Monterey
county for use on him are thus de-
scribed: "They consist, first, Of a
round iron bar about an inch in diane
ter, and two and half feet long. AT
the upper end Of this bar is attached a
small, stout ring, which passes through
hole drilled in another iron bar, if
teen inches long and not quite as thick
as the first. The second bar is hori-
zontal, running at right angles with
the first. At either end of the horizon
tai bar are fastened two small, heavy
rings, and wrist shackle of fine steel.
The lock on these shackles is OF very
peculiar and intricate construction.
When the prisoners wrists are confined
in them it will be utterly impossible for
him to get his hands near enough to-
gether to do any mischief, so that the
possession Of a file or any other me-
chanical tool would not enable him to
free himself At the lower end of the
perpendicular bar is another heavy
ring, to which is attached on either
side a stout chain about five inches
long. Pendent to these chains are two
ankle shackles of similar construction
to those for the wrist. The prisoner
will thus be able to use his legs in
walking, but only to very limited ex-
tent. BY no possibility can he get his
hands and feet together"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
The Bittefn.

From further up the brook, we see
coming toward US, with slow, tagging
flight, ,oittern. who sails down
and alights among the distant pickerel
weeds; and soon we hear his notes,
sounding like wooden-handled pump.
This bird Is sometimes called "the
post-driver," OF "stake-driver, from
the supposed resemblance Of his note to
the striking on a post with a mallet
and in some localities, by the figure Of
speech called onomatopoeia, he is called
a pumppudler. It is deceptive sound.
At one moment, it seems near you, and
the next as if in a distant part of the
meadow. But, on nearing the spot
where you saw the bird alight, we find
him standing still and rigid, with bill
pointing upwards, SO implicitly taking
the form and attitude Of the tall leaves
Of the pickerel-wee ds about him, that,
were it not for his plumage, it would
puzzle one at first to tell which is
bird, and which leaf. In the fall, when
these leaves show a brownish tint, the
disguise is perfect, even in broad day
light.-Niss Hinchzey, Ia Old and New
for Juae
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
A Speck of Rebellion i'm Cornell.

Cornell now has it's miniature or
threatened rebellion. A letter from
there says:
g A small battery of canon was re-
Gently added to the military DEPART
ment Of the university. The guns we're
placed upon the campus short dis
lance from the college buildings. One
morning very early, or rather late one
night, the village was startled by the
thunder of artillery upon the hill.
Nobody could explain this war-lke
salute satisfactorily until it was sur
missed that the students, the convenient
recipients Of all uncertain charges,
must have discharged those pieces and
this suspicion was further strengthen
ed by the discovery that key of blast
ing powder was missed from the ada
cent stone quarry. The conclusion
broke window panes to the value of
about 1915. This was circumstance of
so great moment as to call for the i'm
mediate action of the Executive Com
mittee of the Trustees, and every stu
dent rooming on thehill was command
ed to pay per- capita assessment be-
fore a certain date, unless he could
come forward and assert upon honor
that he did not participate in the Of
fence, and that he did not know of any
one who did. This manifest injustice
Of requiring proof of innocence upon
the assumption of guilt, called forth a
meeting, and protest of the students
wherein they respectfully declined to
assert Innocence, but stated that if the
demand Of payment was persisted in,
each, guilty or innocent, would pay his
norton !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24

To construct an outside cellar, build
upon good broad foot-stone q double
wall of brick, the outside wall TO be two
bricks i'll thickness and the inner wall
one foot, the walls to be ten feet in
height, or higher if you choose, the
entrance to be closed by an outside and
inside door, both of these TO be well
made of the best pine, and fitting the
door frame closely. Have two OF more
windows for light and ventilation, to be
closed ordinarily with a common sash,
which can be made to raise aud lower or
slide back and forth as a person may
wish. When very cold they may be
further protected by an outside or inside
shelter constructed like q door. The
roof to be a common shingle one. To
prevent the cold from coming in at
the top of the building, floor the ioist
overhead with pine flooring, and put on
a ceiling of plaster or wood. The floor
to be made either of wood or brick, well
laid In cement. The walls will not prob
ably need any more binding than will
be afforded by the joists and rafters.
Such building will cost more than q
cellar, but there Will be no danger of
water at any time, and it will be far
easier Of access than a cellar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Cultivation OF Roots.

At the meeting of the Little Falls
Farmers Club, April "a, Harris Lewis
read a paper on this subject. Mr.. Lewis
is very successful in thu culture of roots,
and raises them in large quantities for
his dairy; preferring them to ground
grain for feeding to COWS, for obtaining
rarge quantities OF milk. After stating
that all kinds Of soil can be made to
produce paying crops of roots, though
carrots and turnips do best on sandy or
gravely soils, and beets on clay loan,
he says that after many years careful
trial, he has finally concluded that the
best variety of French and German
sugar beets are the most nutritious, the
most acceptable to the COW, and produce
the best favored milk of all the roots [
have ever fed. But all these sugar
beets grow down to the crown in the
soil, and cost three or four times as
much labor per ton to harvest them as
it does to harvest any one OF the kinds
OF beets known as the mangel wurzel.
Again, the sugar beets seldom yield
over twenty tons per acre, while the
mangel wurzel often yields over forty
tons per acre. [ would therefore re-
commend the large mangel wurzel, such
as the Norbiton Giant, Long Mammoth,
Red, Yellow Ovoid, and Yellow Globe,
for general cultivation, as those kinds
which will give the greatest yield per
acre, and as cattle food give entire sat
isfaction to all dairymen as cattle feed
ers, who may grow and feed them il
connection with hay, or other dry fCG-
der, during our long winters.
In the preparation OF the ground he
prefers to have the land plowed "care-
fully in the fall By fall blowing clay
soils, the frosts of winter and spring will
do more to render them III good condi-
ton for cultivation than anything in
our power to do. About thirty loads
per acre Of good stable manure is none
too much for the beet crop, and if con-
venient to use more it will do no harm.
The manure should be free from nay,
straw, Or corn stalks, and everything
that will prevent thorough pulyeriza-
ton OF the manure, and a complete mix
ture OF it with the soil. Well-rotted
manure for the beet crop is altogether
the best but when this is not to be had,
COW manure drawn on during the win
ter, while the ground is frozen, will
answer good purpose, if well pulyer-
lied and mixed with the soil at the time
OF preparing the land for seed"
He regards greensward, properly pre-
pared, as the most certain for large
yield OF beets, of any kind Of land, es-
pecially on good soil not lnderdrained,
and IN wet seasons. As to the prepara-
ton of greensward he says
eff greensward is taken for the beet
crop, it may be fitted in the following
manner After the first furrow in snch
land, turn thin or shallow furrow. as
thin as possible to include the grass
roots, into the bottom Of the previous
furrow, and then follow in the same
furrow with the same Or another pillow,
covering the sod about four or five inches
deep. Then a good coat of manure,
we'll mixed with the surface soil, will,
as a general rule, insure a large crop OF
beets."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Another Historical Delusion Dispelled

The researches of modern writer's are
gradually giving the denial to most OF
the historical facts in the belief
Of which we have been educated.
The latest instance is this One Low,
an Italian, in the Colosseum at Rome,
gave lately Sunday lecture, in which,
after giving a historical sketch of the
Colosseum, he undertook to prove that
no Christian martyr ever suffered in
this amphitheatre. He quoted very
freely from Gallican authors. He look
ed on the acts Of St. Ignatius, Bishop
of Antioch, as the production Of some
one given to prolonged fits of mental
alteration, and ridiculed that part OF
the narrative which tells how that when
the heart ofthe martyr was taken out the
name "Jesus Christus was distinctly
legible There is not a vistage of re-
ligion in that grand arena now, remarks
a Catholic writer. The cross which
stood in the centre has been rooted out,
and the stations have been taken down,
because thew were an obstacle to the
excavations made there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
kangarOOs in England,

Kangaroo parks may before long be
substituted for deer parks in some
parts of England. The kangaroos kept
in confinement i'll the Geological Gar
dens breed freely, and enjoy excellent
health. Several gentlemen have intro
duced them on their estates with con-
siderable success. A paddock full OF
kang aroos on the estate of nobleman
in Oxfordshire was recently entered by
pack of hounds which had lost their
scent of their proper quarry, the fox,
and kangaroo hunt took the place OF
fox hunt. It was with difficulty that
the hounds were beaten off, and both
dogs and kangaroos suffered in the fray.
The only condition of climate which
the marsupial fears is damp; It will
bear great extremes of cold and heat,
but damp is fatal to it. It commits
very little depreciation among the trees
and shrubs, though individuals oe-
casionally take to nibbling the bark OF
trees. 1te Is a-va f4s8 H.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Wonderful Memories.

An English magazine for the present
month supplies the following informa-
ton on remarkable memories" ;:
Among the instances cited is that Of a
child of ten-le .jenne Chevjey-who,
being examined, made an exposition OF
Jussein's botanical system. After di-
yiding it into its three parts Of acotyle-
dons, monocotyledons and dyacotyle-
dons, the boy subdivided these each
again into fifteen classes, and each class
tofamilies, urging his way undismayed
through the orabranchoides, rhinan-
toides, polemonaeia, and other such
INCONSISTENCIES, explaining politely when
called upon. Joseph Scaliger gained
his renown from learning the g Iliad .
and " Odyssy" by heart in three
weeks. Lipsius would reoite his his
tory of Tacitus word for word, giving
any one leave to plunge a dagger into
his body if he made mistake. Francis
Saurez could quote the whole of St.
Augustine's worlls-a perfect library
=" from the egg to the apple" DR..
Thomas Fuller could name all the signs
on both sides Of the road, from the be-
ginning Of Paternoster row, London, to
the Mansion House. William Lyon.
for bowl of punch, was in the habit oi
repeating In full the contents of the
London Advertiser, which he had read
once only.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Household Hints

CRACKER DESSERT -Choose whole
soda crackers, and lay each upon a sep
arate small plate. Pour uponit boiling
water enough to soak it well, and leave
none upon the plate ; cover with dress
ing of good sweetened cream with a
spoonful of Jelly in the centre if you
choose, OF dip upon it portion of nice
fruit. canned, stewed, or fresh as is
convenient
BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGs. Roll out
some dough thicker than pie-crust, and
inclose handful of sliced ripe apples
well covered with sugar and butter.
Bring the edges together as in any other
dumphngs. When as many are made
as are desired, place them side by side
III a pudding pan, spread butter and SUI
gar over them, and pour boiling water
to about half cover the dumplings.
Put them in the stove and cook moder-
ately fast until they are nicely Drowned.
The butter, sugar and water make a
nice sauce, which can be enriched with
more butter, and favored with nutmeg
it desired.
PIE-PLAST PIEs.-Never stew your
ple-plant before making pies. Peel
the stems of rhubarb and slice them in
half-inch lengths, holding several stems
III the hand at one time With these
I'LL the pie, sweetening it generously
about the same as for a lemon pie, a
small teacupful of sugar for a medium
sized pie-moisten with great spoon
full Of water, dust over this little dry
flour, to thicken the juice a little, cover
1t with the upper crust and bakeit slow
~ and thoroughly. Such pie is too
rich for some stomachs and there is a
way OF dispensing with part Of the su-
gar, without having the pie too sour.
Not by the use of soda No, indeed
But pour boiling water over your sliced
rhuDarb. letting it stand ten or fifteen
minutes. Pour this Off and make your
pies of the rhubarb, with less su gar.
Ii you stew ie-plant for sauce, you can
pour off a part Of the juice before it is
done, using it to make Jelly, if you like,
and supply It's place with more water,
thus economizing sugar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
A Strange Hermit.

Maiden, Mass, has queer character
in the person of an old man named
Sims F. Twombly, known by the name
OF the hermit. He lives in a little
shanty ten by sixteen feet, with his
horse and dogs. Some time ago his
wife began proceedings for divorce and
he conducted his own case. and lust
prior to the opening of the court, at
every session, knelt in the courtroom
and engaged in prayer for several min
utes. His shanty is situated in a
lonely spot and is a wonder of filth,
being occupied by two horses. He
has no Visible means of support, and it
IS known that a few weeks ago he
killed and ate one of his dogs. A
board of physicians, have examined
and pronounced him sane, and
though the people in his vicinity are
afraid of him, they do not know how to
get rid Of him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24

sometimes inside the nose. Merely
touching these parts may have some
effect. It is not essential that the APP
plication be made there, as pressure
of the lip may produce the same thing.
In some animals, rabbits and guinea
pigs, if we pass needles into their chest
and heart, SO as to judge Of respiration
and circulation, we find that the
needles stop altogether as we press the
lips or part of the cheek. It is not that
the poor creature is frightened, aswhen
we have deprived them partly of their
consciousness, OF almost altogether, by
the use of chloroform, the same phe-
nomena occur. There is very curious
fact mentioned by Catlin, who travelled
in the West, and wrote two volumes on
the Indians. He states that the calves
Of the buffalo, if they are caught, and
the air of man is strongly breathed
into their nostrils, will become SO fas-
cinated by that peculiar influence that
they will run after the horse of hun
ter, and follow him five or six miles.
It is said, and Mr.. Catlin atfirms it,
that in Texas, or in other parts of the
country where there are wild horses
taken by the lasso, the hunter sue
ceeds in taking hold Of their nostrils,
and then forcibly expells air from his
lungs into the nostrils Of the horse, he
will follow him anywhere, and become
perfectly tame. These facts deserve to
be studied. I have heard that wheu Mr..
Rarie acted SO powerfully on very vio-
lent horses, both in this country and in
Europe, he had something to do with
their nostrils also What he did, how
ever, he kept in a great measure secret.
That part of the system, at any rate,
has great deal to do III diminishing the
activity Of the principal organs. 1t is
very natural, therefore, that such a
power should be acquired by one who
has done such thing to al animal as
intelligent as the horse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Practical Suggestions.

lin watering pots much used IN the
garden often become rusted at the
lower corners, and begin to leak. It is
not necessary yet to throw them aside,
as the holes may be efjectually stopped
without going to the tinker's by cover
ing them inside with small piece Of
linen dipped in copal varnish, the 3tin
being previously thoroughly dried
When the yarnish hardens by drying,
they are perfectly water-tight.
A FRENCH medical journal reports the
cure OF the most refractory corns By the
morning and evening applications, with
brush, of drop of a solution of the
perchlorlde OF iron. It states that
after fortnight's continued applica-
ton, without pain, patient who had
suffered martyrdom for nearly forty
years from a most painful corn on the
inner side OF each little toe was entirely
relieved; pressure was no longer pain
full and the cure seemed to be radical.
Other and similar cases are reported as
equally successful under the treatment.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Farmers
Union gives what he calls simple and
sure remedy for over eating grain His
prescription is to make tea of wood
SCOT, say half pint of SCOT to one quart
of water. Steep a short time to get the
strength, and pour down the throat
through q horn. or thick glass bottle.
This will cOunteract the acid of the
stomach occasioned by over eating.
Oil or melted lard he has used with good
success, giving almost instant relief.
This last also is most excellent for cat.
tie when choked. Tvs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Two New Sonnets from Rossetti.
THAMES VALLEY sONNErs.

How large that thrush looks on the bare thorn tree
sawrm q such, three little months ago.
Had hidden in the leaves and let none know
Save by the outburst of their lninstrelsy.
white fake here aud tnere-a snow lily
OF last nights frost-our naked howerbeds held
Aud for q rose-hower on the darkling mould
The hungry redbreast CLEANS. No bloom no bee.
The current shudders to its ice-bound sedge;
Nipped IL their bath, the stark reeds one by one
Flash each its clinging diamond in the sum-
Meath winds which for this winters sovereign
pledge
Shall curb great king masts to the oceans edge
And leave memorial fores. kings o'erthrown.
u-sPRISG.
Soft Uttered is the new years lanbing-fold,
And in the followed haystack at its side
The shepherd lies O. nights now wakeful eyed
At the ewes Travelling cali through the dark cold
The young rocks cheep mid the thick O. the
old:
And near unpeopled stream sides on the ground,
BY her spring cry the moorhen's nest is found,
Where the drained hood-lands faunt their mari
gold.
ChiI, are the gusts to which the pastures COVER
Aud chill the current where the young reeds
stand
As green and close as the young wheat on land !;
Yet here the cuckoo and the cuckoo flower
Plight to the heart springs perfect imminent hour,
Whose breath shall soothe you like your dear
ones hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Riding Backwards or Forwards.

The recent royal upheaval in England
consequent upon the unhappy differ
ences OF opinion between the Queen AID
her daughter-in-law, seems to have
begun with the slight shaking mp ex-
perienced by the royal and imp erial
parties when they first vent out to-
gether for drive The Queen and the
Princess of Wales sat themselves posi-
lively down in the back seat Of the car
riage, and Alexandrovna and Alfred
were therefore obliged 10 put themselves
into seat which left them with their
backs to the horses. The Russian
Princess bore up under the appalling
condition Of affairs until the drive was
over, when she informed her royal
mother-in-law that she would never
again ride on the front seat OF a car
riage. Remember" said she (and
here her proud lips probably "curled
in scorn y that l am the daughter Of
the greatest sovereign on eartL-the
Gear Of Russia. The Queen retorted,
" I acknowledge no earthly sovereign
as my superior. This closed the con-
versation; and subsequently came the
sensation occasioned by the absence Of
the Cars daughter from the Queens
drawing-room. According to the recent
settlement Of the question Of the fair
Russians position, she must continue
to ride backwards when she goes out
with the Queen, unless Alfred puts an
other board into the vehicle. But even
then a problem would come up. The
Queen would not want to look at her
daughter-in-laws back. Perhaps Rus
STA and England had better go to war at
once.-LOuisyjWe Courisr-Jouynal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24

ANOTHER of the 80 new Wesleyan
chapels, towards the erection of which
Sir +. Lycett has given $4,000, was
opened recently for divine worship in
Green-lanes, Stoke Newington green,
London, by the Rev. Ct. T. Perks, the
President of the Wesleyan conference.
1t will provide sitting accommodation
for 1900 worshipers, and has been
erected at total cost of H6, 700 exclu-
sive of the site, which has been given
by Sir F. Lycett. aa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
HOW TO Ouief Horses.

According to discovery made by
Prot. Shift, of Florence, discovery
which has been pushed beyond him by
many others,-it was found that it was
quite enough to touch the nostrils OF q
horse, simply passing the finger alona
the side Of the nose, to stop the ACTIVITY
Of the heart and respiration. and STOP
consciousness in measure. He did
not find, but left another to find it..
that interchanges between tissues
and blood is also stopped It is
well known now that most of those men
who succeed in quoting violent horses
put their fingers to that part, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
State Taxation,

The following is very interesting
and valuable table given by the New
York Times, showing the wealth, and
taxation per head for state and county
purposes, of the different states in the
Union:
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-15

ATTRAcTIyENEss. 1t is not your neat
dress, your expensive shawl, or your
golden fingers that attract the attention
of men of sense. They look beyond
these. 1t is your character they study,
If you are trifling and loose in your
conversation, no matter if you are as
beautiful as an angel-you have no at
traction for them. 1t is the true lowell
ness of your natures that win and con-
tinue to retain the affections OF the heart.
Young ladies miss it, who labor 20 i'm
prove their outward look, while they be-
stow not thought ON their minds.
Fools may be won by gewgaws and
fashionable, snowy dresses; but the wise
and substantial are never caught by such
traps. Let modesty be your dress Use
pleasant language, and though you may
not be courted by the fop and the sap,
the good and truly great will low to
lnger