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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Religious Matters In JaDan.

A letter from Japan in the Cologne
Gazette says that the religious question,
which is an increasing topic of discus
sion among the Japanese, has again
been brought before the public by a
memorandum issued by two officials of
the religious department. The memo
randum begins by pointing out that
Japan has made such immense progress
that her civilization and commerce are
equal to those of Europe, but that in
religious matters she still hesitates be-
tween Buddhism and Christianity. It
therefore proposes that public disputa-
tons should be organized between
Buddhist and Shinte priests on one
side, and Christian preachers on the
other. Each of these disputations
would take place on a specified subject,
to be agreed upon beforehand by the
contending parties. The speeches
would be taken down by shorthand
writer's, and published in several Ian
guages, and an interval of 10 days
would elapse between one disputation
and the next. By these means, the
memorandum continues, the world
would be able to decide which religion
is the true one, and make it's choice ac-
cordingly. The expenses of theproposed
disputations would be covered by the
proceeds of the sale of the shorthand
reports
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Why Not ?

'There is form of misery" says the
Saturday Review, with which most of
us have to make acquaintance at least
once III our lives. Mankind has agreed
to surround the marriage ceremony
with observances Of distressing, not to
say ridiculous, nature. It is generally
assumed, we need not ask with what
accuracy, that marriage is in itself a
cause for con graduation to the persons
most Immediately interested and,
therefore, it is inferred that they should
suffer cheerfully the small deduction
from their satisfaction which is involved
in making themselves a show to their
acquaintance and to the public gener-
ally" It thinks that, as the world
grows more civilized, the quantity Of
ceremonial is diminishing ''a and it
may be hoped that in time two human
beings, performing the most solemn
act of their lives, WILL be allowed to
get through the business quietly and
seriously, without being exposed to the
impertinent intrusions of the outside
world"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
A Bad Claim,

A curious discovery has just been
made at Abort, near Paris. Some bows
were tuning over the heaps of rubbish
shot on piece of waste ground, when
one of them brought to light number
of sealed packets which had been bur-
led beneath the surface. About a
hundred of these parcels were found,
each containing what were apparently
Bank of France notes of 25f. each. The
boys carried them home to their
parents, but on their way sold several
for fifty centimes each, one man buying
four for franc. This soon came to
the ears of the police, who commenced
by recovering the treasure from the
holders of it. Two men who had pur-
chased some of the notes were arrested.
They had succeeded in changing one at
a booksellers and one at wine shop,
and when taken had just treated them
selves to a sumptuous breakfast from
the profits of their financial operation.
The paper was found to be forged, but
of the 7th November, 1870, and had no
doubt been concealed there by parties
fearing detection. The police con-
tinued the search and found other
packets, the total representing a sum of
100000 francs. Each bundle was con-
tanned in an envelope of yellow paper,
and sealed with red wax. Some inhab-
itants of Abort remember seeing about
two months back, two well dressed
men at the spot, one appearing to turn
over the ground while the other kept
watch. The whole of this spurious
paper has been taken possession of by
the Bank of France. A rather comical
incident followed the discovery. The
proprietor of the ground, who resides
i'll Paris, hearing that the treasure had
been found there, fastened to put in a
claim for half of it, to which he would
be entitled by article TT of the Civil
Code, and was previously disappointed
on finding that all was worthless.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
The Danger of Using Shot for Cleaning
Bottles,

Fordos has recently directed atten-
ton to the dangers of lead poisoning
where shot are used for cleaning bottles
that are to be used for wine and other
beverages. When shot are placed in a
glass of water, carbonate of lead is at
once formed, q portion of it being no.
ticed as precipitate in the water.
while another portion of it attaches
itself as thin flm..to the sides of the
vessel. This film adheres SO closely to
the glass that it cannot be removed by
rinsing with water alone, an acid being
required to remove it. When shot are
used for cleaning bottles, which are
afterward well rinsed out, the carbonate
of lead suspended in the water will be
removed, but that portion which is
attached to the sides of the bottle re-
mains, and is afterwards dissolved by
the liquid placed in the bottle, If it
possesses a sufficient solvent power. If
the shot are only shaken up with water
for short time, it is scarcely possible
for the carbonate of lead to become
attached to the sides of the bottles, but
oftentimes the shot are left in the bot
tie with the water for some time Be-
sides the rinsing is not always done so
carefully as it should be, and the car
Donate of lead removed. Fordos took
four half-pint medicine glasses that had
been cleaned with shot. and in one he
placed white wine, in another red wine,
IN the third quinine wine, and in the
fourth vinegar. After standing two
days each was found to contain con-
siderable quantity Of lead.
Another danger might also arise from
shot getting lodged in the narrow
creases at the bottom of certain bottles,
when the action of an acid upon it
would dissolve not only the lead, but
also the arsenic, which is always present
in shot in sufficient quantity to render
the liquids poisonous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
WOman's Suffrage in England.

A London correspondent Of the New
York Graphic has this to say about
woman's suffrage in England "The
advocates Of woman suffrage here dc
not at present demand the franchise
for all women; they are contenting
themselves with endeavoring to obtain
the passage of bill removing the cleo
trical disabilities of widows and tax
paying spinsters. There is one great
objection to this measure which it's adj
vocates have not answered. In certain
districts of London the unmarried
women who pay taxes are of class
which is not looked upon with favor by
virtuous women. These persons gen
orally live in lodgings which cost more
than 9lO year; they pay taxes they
own some property. If the proposed
reform becomes law the metrLpoh-
tan constituencies would be reinforced
by voters from this class in great num-
bers unless, indeed, a good charac-
ter test and qualification were de-
handed from each female voter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Singular Coincidence.

A strange coincidence happened at
New Haven, the other day, which now
appears for the first time in print.
When the swing stage in York street,
holding three painters, broke, precip-
itating two of them to the ground, one
saving himself by jumping through an
open window, another swing stage, from
which three painters we're working on a
house in East Chapel street, also fell,
one end becoming Embossed from the
tacking. One Of the three men saved
himself, as Whaples did, by Jumping
through an open window, and the other
two were thrown to the ground. One
had an arm broken, but the other es-
capped without severe injury. The two
cases were SO parallel that many of the
gossips took them to be one and the
same thing, overlooking the slight diff,
ference between the location of York
and Chapel streets.-Pollodiat1a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

| doubt the last generation was less
| sensitive to the dumb pathos Of such
love than the present; but even now If
poor little ''Joe had not been SO gentle
and amusing, there would not have
been many to take much account Of his
extraordinary love for his attendant.
The view that all creatures beneath us
are simply intended to serve our pur-
poses, and even their best love is of no
more value than to amuse and crafty
us, is still even more deeply rooted in
us than the notion that men played the
same kind of parts as puppets In the
hands of the gods ever was to the
heather world.
And yet is there not something in
this capacity of love of the lower ami
mails for man which ought to make us
ashamed to regard it as
MERE SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT?
To us the usefulness and humanity
of that kind of love-nay, even its will
full imperiOusness when it discovers It's
own power-seem the only things which
makes the physical tie that, as natural
lists tell us, actually exists between the
lower creatures and us, one not dis
tasteful, but even honorable. The
power of loving is kind of germinal
power of resembling; for hearty loyal
ty and fidelity cannot exist without a
degree of community of nature, how
ever limited. And as there is nothing
more mysterious than the unsolicited
and uncriticising love Of an inferior
creature, SO there is nothing which
leaves a more distinct impression Of the
divine origin Of creation on the mind
If q dumb creature can find no satlsfac-
ton but in the society of man, though
it does not know in what man is super
ior to it, and feels our authority without
feeling our fitness for it, there can
hardly be superstition in the human
feeling which in the same manner in
sists on like tie to God. The graft
tude which domesticated animals feel
to those who have enlarged their pow
ers by kind of education is curious
anticipation of human gratitude for the
education which theologians call pro-
baton, and politicians the law Of pro-
gress. That the affection is less than
the intelligence of the lower animals
point to something far beyond their
present grade, and that the pity and
delight with which this affection is re-
turned have so softening and humaniz-
ing an influence upon man, is surely a
sufficient reason for admitting that
civilization should include in it's scope
much larger society than that of hu-
man beings. We think it is hardly
possible to enter heartily into the deep
or, foo1i,, orc Of tho 1oyUar animals for
ourselves without being carried on into
piety, OF, again, to be genuinely pious,
without entering into the devoted at
lection of the lower animals for our
selves. Spectator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Relies of the Nerthmen i'm Labrador

DR.. McHenry, of Quebec, who spent
the last summer in Labrador, writes to
the Archaeological Weekly that he found
many important evidences of the pres
ence of the Mortimer in that peninsula,
in the banks of the River Moisle, and
il the regions frequented by the Mon
tognais and Nasquapee Indians One
cairn in particular, the stones of which
were SO heavy as to defy the assaults of
Indians or bears, he forced open with
gunpowder, and found in it gigantic
human skull, breastplate and brass
bound shield. The breastplate, though
much rusted, bore signs of an inscrip-
ton or legend, failing to decipher
which he sent it to Copenhagen to see
if it could be madeout by the American
arch@ologists there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1874.
Love. Drink, and Debt.

Son of mine the world before you
Spreads a thousand secret snares
Round the feet of every mortal
Who thro' life's long highway fares.
Three especial, let me warn you,
Are by every. traveller met
Three, to try your might of virtue
They are Love and Drink and Debt,
Love, my boy. there's no escaping,
It's the common fate of men;
Father had it I have had it 8
But for love you had not been.
Take your chances, but be cautious;
Know SQUAD is not dove;
Be the upright man Of honor;
All deceit doth murder love.
As for drink, avoid it wholly;
Like an adder it will sting;
Crush the earliest temptation,
Handle not the dangerous thing.
See the wrecks Of men around us
Once as fair and pure as you
Mark the warning! Shun the pathway,
And the hell they're tottering through.
Yet, though love be pure and gentle,
And from drink you may be free,
With yearning heart I warn you
Iainst the worst of all the three.
Many demon in his journey
Bunyan's Christian Pilgrim met;
They were lambs, cen old Apollyon,
To the awful demon Debt!
With quaking heart and face abashed
The wretched debtor goes:
He starts at shadows, lest they be
She shades CT men he owes.
Down silent streets he furtive steals,
The face of man to shun,
He shivers at the postman's ring,
And fears the dreadful dun.
Beware of Debt! Once in, you'll be
A slave for evernore
IF credit tempt you, thunder ''No.'
And show it to the door.
Cold water and crust Of bread
May be the best you'll get:
Accept them like man, and swear
"1U neUer ram IN Debt -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
Chess Match Between Vienna and Lon
don

The match by telegraph between the
leading players of Vienna and London,
terminated, lately, on receipt of a tele-
gram to the effect that Vienna resigned
in favor of London. This match is the
first of the kind that has been conduct
ed between places SO far remote It
was arranged that two games should be
played for the nominal stake of G1OO a
side. Six of the best players in London
competed by telegraph with six Of the
best players in Austria. Several days
we're allowed for the consideration of
each move, and the result was that tie
match, which was finished only recent
ly, began one year and eight months
ago. One game is resigned in favor of
London, the second is abandoned as
unfinished, but there can be no doubt
that it's legitimate termination would be
in favor of London also.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
A Professor. Tapping Trees,

President Clark, of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College, has just completed
tapping maple tree at an expen g of
$500. This unusual tap is part of his
Investigations into the '' circulation of
sap in plants He draws sap from the
limbs, surface, centre and roots, and,
by means of mercurial barometers,
can ascertain how the sap cirbulates
through the tree.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

will invite all her friends to banquet,
array herself in scarlet, and, in the pres
ence of her guests, rush to rope
which is suspended, mount chair or
table, put her head into a moose, kick
over the chair, and hang herself with
out any one interfering to stop her.
Such is the extreme devotion to the
husband in China. Vascoeuatess Avo'a-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06
s. Ill Weeds Grow Apace.o

The Registrar General for Ireland, in
his report submitting the agricultural
statistics for 1873, says that although
great improvement in the breeds and
value of every description of farm stock
has taken place in Ireland since 1871, a
corresponding improvemen has not
taken place in the cultivation Of land.
Incalculable injury arises from the I'M
checked growth of weeds, permitted in
almost every part of the country, on the
sides Of roads, railways and canals.
Lord Lurgan, referring to the great
mischief done by weeds in Ireland, re-
Gently, suggested revival of the old
Scotch law, declaring any one to be a
g traitor who poisoned the Queens land
with Weeds For their own sakes the
Irish would do well to make an effort to
extirpate their weeds. And so say we
all of us.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

The "devil's fiddle nuisance has
broken out in Sacramento in it's most
violent form.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-06

The bill to carry into execution theprovisions Of
the fourteenth amendment was taken up, and Mr.
Hoar addressed the House.-The House then con-
sidered Senate amendments to the P and l.. canal
bill. After long debate they were concurred in
and the bill passed.--The Utah contested election
case was then reported on, in favor Of Cannon the
sitting member. Adjourned.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-28
WHY Endure wha. Can be cured

srop THAT CoUGH-Are you aware that
that cough which you are neglecting may
result In fatal consumption II some prompt
remedy is not usede Why sacrifice our life,
when your disease can cured so quick and AT
SO little cost? Do not delay-go at once 10
ysur druggist and get bottle OF Marsdens
Pectoral Balm, which will cost you only hity
cents small bottle. or ose dollar la &c, and be
instantly cured Of your Influenza, Asthma
or Bronchial affection that you may suffer
from
In our changeable climate. where coughs
and colds are so prevalent, their neglect
leads so often to acute and chronic bTonchi-
It's and consumption, it is only the result OF
q prudent regard for safety to NIP the evil
In the bud" and by powerful and reliable
measures to cure the cough In Its first or in.
cipient stage, before serious consequences
ensue. To do this with certainty no medi-
cine will be found more effective and pleas
ant TO the taste than MarSien's Pectoral
Balm.
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A Indy Graduate,

Experienced teacher and strict discipline
riail, desires a situation as assistant or prin-
cipai in a healthy locality, where a rerma-
nv nermission. to Rev, Carey Crane, presi-
dent OF Baylor University, Independence;
Rev. T. v. r. Convey, president Concrete Coll
lege, Concrete; Rev. Homer 5. Tnrall, bren-
ham f. Rev. Reddfn Andrews, Navasota
Colonel I. l.. Cav, Rutersville. Address,
stating terms, Miss ROSE p. THRALL,
i9ai3w Rutersvllle, Texas.
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Messrs. Morrison & Woodward, corner Canal |
and Magazines streets, city:

Messrs. Morrison Il Woodward, corner Canal
and Magazines streets, city:
Gentiemen-uavingr received great benefits
from the use of Maguire's Cundurango Liver,
Kidney and Blood Btters, we wish 10 ex-
press 10 you our high appreciation OF It's great
virtues, especially as an Alternative, depura-
tor, diureiic and purEaiiYe, acting as NOR
oughly MS e lionel, blue mass ana other ihef-
cural preparations, yet mildly, ana without
their irritating, nauscous AMI injurious ell
fects.
Believing II TO have the merit claimed for
It, we recommend 1t to all who suffer from
indiges ion, constipation, headache, lever
and ague and other diseases induced by tor
pid liver and kidney complaints.
Mason Pitcher, 100 Customhousc.
j, q. Parhain, of j. u. Il ii. NJ. Payne Il Co.
Charles X. Railey, % Magazine.
L. X Converse, 81 Magazine.
Peter Moran, page Moranl
James +. Casey, Collec or of customs.
johnson Armstrong, 50 Camp.
| Robt. l.. Adams, of Robt. l.. Writ Adams.
u. z. Ethel, 20 Poydras.
John +. Thomas los Camp, Gazette once.
Robert Chapsky, A Magazine.
Slas Weeks, y Caron,ielet,
c. A. Green, % Union.
]. y. Harrison, 29 Camp.
| As Davidson, Canal treet Ferry,
| Charles Grice, Steamer Natchez.
John NJ Burrows, 72 Gravier.
J Janney, III Common.
| j. p. Harrison, j., 81 Baronne.
]. W. Davis, of Davis & Freret.
II. A. Owen, steamer Natchez:
| Edward Newman, Third and Baronne.
lanes II, Hummel, Our Home Journal
W.. Mount, Carondelei ana Union
John A. Russell, 2 SECOND street.
Rev. A. j. Tardy, % Josephine.
| And many Others.
| All of the preparations compounded oy
Messrs Mcguire are UNRlVALED as specl-
| hcs for all diseases for which they are re-
| speetively recommended; they embrace, III
| part the iollOwing
For Diarrhea and Bowel Complaint.
Maguire's Extract Benne Plant.
For Debility or Want Of Blood, 80,
Maguire's Sarsaparilla Tonic.
fo' - Maguire's Ague Mixture.
For Kidney Affections.
| For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, etc.,
| Maguire's Alternative Eiixlr'
For Coughs and Cold.
Maguire's Expectorant Syrup.
Maguire's Tar, Glycerine. Whisky ami
| Rock Canuy.
ro' Maguire's White Rose Pile Cure.
f'i Maguire's Worm Powder.
For Sprains Bruises, etc, ,,
| Maguires Arnica Liniinent'
ro' NO''' Mngulie's Jamaica Ginger.
VI Maguire's Electric Pain Cure.
HAIR RESTORATIVE BALM, packed two
ASrI.BrLi0iIs PILLS, one ~ gross in
case.
EYE WATER, for sore and weak eyes.
RING WORM LOTION.
HORSE LOTION.
MORRISON & WOODWARD,
Magazine street, New Orleans, La,
Sole agents and Joint propretors for th'
Southern States, Mexico and Cuba.
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Wanted.
PROF. JOHN LANGE'S
STRING
AND CORNET BAND.

This band will furnish the finest and la
tes, selections of orchestra mnsic, both brass
and string, for all kinds Of entertainments,
festivals, soirees, celebrations, barbecnes,
etc. Have a fine selection oil funeral marches,
and marches suitable for other occasions.
This hand will furnish music anywhere in
The country or ut any point on the railroads
M short notice. Fair association, cluba so
cieties, etc, at home or abroad, can secure
the services OF this band, at very easy rates.
i2-,iiw J. ~. W.
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swINpELLs g SIMMONS, Pro'prs.
AGENTS.

Travelling agents wv Beckett.
New Yorki q. P.Rowell, =. NJ. Pettensll \
%, and Bates Locke,
phIladelphla; Coe, Weatherlll 4 Co.
Cincinnati; s. II. Parvn.
New Orleans Thomas Mcintyre
Shreveport: W. II. Sparks.
Houston; II. II. Cushing.
Austin, TeXas' +, NOlgt
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g. j. GREEN.

Commission Merchant and Manufacturers
Agent, Elm street. two doors east of Austin,
Agent for Dallas county for Maguire's Fam
fly Medicines. l9d2m
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McCLEILANn HOTEL.

wherehe VIII he pleased TO see those needing
his services NJ once, M his stay viii be short.
Consultations conhdontially In Engllsh,
German, French, Danish, swedish and Nor
wogian, llOdDmilw0m