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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
Checking AdulteratiOn.

Steps are about to be taken in Lon
don to put in force the adulteration
provisions of the licensing the sale Of
liquor act. That measure contains
provisions which, though not so rigid
as they might be, would, if enforced,
be great protection against the dele
FERROUS adulteration. of drink. Col.
Henderson, chief commissioner of
police, in his efforts to give effect to
the laws, is acting under the direct in
structions of the home Office. Mr..
Lowe, happily, is Independent of the
licensed victualler interest, and does
not need to adapt himself to the views
of the +" trade" If the London publ
cans are to be prosecuted with the same
impartiality and rigor as the milkmen,
there will be such an outcry as has not
been heard in that city for many years.
It would be we'll if some of the public
benefactor were to send over for copy
or two of this act of Parliament that
we might study it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
Waiting fora Dinner.

When the Union Pacific Railroad
was finished and the cars commenced
running, there was a lofty feeling
among the people of Omaha. It was
to be the biggest city outside OF the
planet Neptune, and they wanted
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, operas, circuses,
dog fights, and bull rings. There were
restaurants at various corners, but lie
Grande Restaurants" was on the ECU
ro-pea-an and conducted in high
style. The best waters at hand were
procured, not all from la belle France,
but there was mixture of red, black,
and 'yaller border rllffians."
A good looking stranger, with stamps
to invest, stopped over at Omaha one
night. He went to the "grande" eat
ing house. s'Can you give me good
dinner %
Waiter-"Y aas, sir; what lee have? ~
Guest" Have you roast beef 2" =
Yaas" E.t.s...
Bring me a roast for one, with
boiled potatoes, caulihower, cold baked
beans, and pint of claret.''
Yaas, sir; all right"
The guest waited twenty minutes,
and became impatient; he cried out,
Waiter, where's my dinner 2"
On ZEE stove, bakin.'
G. What's on the stove, baking 2"
Roas' beef, sar finest beef ever
see sixteen-pound piece, out of that
ar tearrifick bull. s'
What 2" ~
''Out of eer great Texas bull, what
cum down roaring, Tuesday, an was
shot; thaim's his harms -
The stranger looked up, and over the
doorway, sure enough, were pair of
stubbed horns, on which he counted
thirteen rings. ,a- FH..... ....
ooh !" said he, " got it on, eh, all
roasting nice %
Yaas" |i "
e & Them" said the stranger, g I'll
take the train for Chicago, and return
next week, Thursday I am going over
to get my teeth set have it hot when
return"
Waiter: Yaas It'll be ready and
hot"
Farewell, and forever farewell ~
said the stranger, grating his teeth, and
casting a hasty glance at the stubbed
horns of the. "tearritfck bull" He
didn't locate any lots in Omaha.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
Discovery Of Coal in Brazil.

A fact of considerable Importance
with reference to the coal supply of
Brazil has recently been ascertalned
by the Imperial Brazilian Galleries
Company. The neighborhood of San
Jeronymo has been explored by this
company, the result being the discov-
cry of two splendid seams of coal.
measuring in the one case three feet
four inches, and IN the other three
feet ten inches, which must yield i'm
mense quantities ofgood gas and steam
fuel. These seams were reached when
Mr.. Laitz, one of the directors of the
company, was at the collieries, and he
expressed himself as being very conf
dent that the best results will attend
the discovery. To facilitate the trans
port OF the coal to Port Allegro, rail-
way about nine miles in length has
been constructed under the superin-
tendence of a young engineer (Mr.
William Tweedie), and is now in excel
lent working order, On July 19th'
the railways and collieries were for
mally opened by his Excellency tne.
President of the Province OF mo
Grande de Sul.-Lo,sdon Mining Jour
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
LARGE SALE OF COAL LANDS.

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany Sell Out their wyoming Coal
Lands to tine Honey Brook Coal Conn
Dany.
The Mauch Chunk (Pa.) Coal Ca
zette of the 10Th instant says For
several months rumors have been cir
culated to the effect that the Central
Railroad of New Jersey was negotiat~
ing with the Leh1gh Coal and Naviga-
tion COMPANY for the sale or lease of
their valuable coal property. Of late
these reports were more industriously
circulated, and early last week there
was percept1ble movement upward in
Navigation stock. On Thursday it was
announced that the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company had sold all their
Newport and Hanover coal lands and
their leases at Plymouth to the Honey
Brook Coal Company, which is con-
trolled by the Central Railroad We
are not able to give the figures official
ly, but we are reliably informed that
81, $50, 900 is the price paid. This sum
will pay the floating debt of the COM
pany and leave large enough surplus
in the treasury to pay ten
per cent. dividend next May. Some
six thousand acres in fee of coal lands
are included in the purchase, to
say nothing of the Plymouth property.
Owing to the fact that the Central
Railroad of New Jersey has the best
facilities for carrying coal from the
Wyoming region, this transaction will
prove most valuable one to the COM
pany. It gives them full control of the
transportation of an immense quantity
of coal from the mines to tide, and
they will also make handsome profit
as miners. The Honey Brook Coal
Company, which has become one of the
great mining companies by this trans
action, has heretofore had its head
quarters at Audenried, in this county,
where it has several slopes and large
vein of excellent coal. Mr.. E. B.
Leisenring, the son of Judge Lessen
ring, is the superintendent at Auden-
ried. The Honey Brook has been one
of the most successful of companies,
partly because of it's good coal, and
partly because it has always been well
managed.
The Lehigh Coal Navigation Com
pany stock advanced rapidly from %
to 361 on account of the sale. There
are rumors that the company intend
leasing their Summit Hill works but
the report was not confirmed upon IN.
quiry at the offices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
Labor in High Temperatures.

During the reheating OF the furnaces
in an iron establishment in England,
says the British Journal of Science,
the men worked when the thermome-
ter, placed SO as not to be Influenced
by the radiation Of heat from the open
doors, marked $50 degrees. In the
Bessemer pits the men continue kind
of labor requiring great muscular eff
fort at lao degrees. In some Of the
operations of glass making the ordi-
nary summer working temperature is
considerably over 100 degrees, and the
radiant heat to which the workmen are
subjected far exceeds 212 degrees. in
a Turkish bath the shampooers con-
tinue four or five hours at time in a
moist atmosphere at temperatures
ranging from 1O5 to 40 degrees. In
enamel works men labor daily in a heat
of over 800 degrees. On the Red Sea
steamers the temperature of the stoke
hole is 145 degrees. And yet, in none
of these cases does any special form or
type of disease develop itself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
A Weird OYSTER Legend.

There is sad and weird story Of an
oyster eater, which still floats around
the wharves Of Baltimore, where oyster
boats do congregate. One morning,
twas years ago, the sloop Martha
Mary came from the oyster beds on the
Chesapeake, laden gunwale deep with
prime oysters, and was moored safely
along a Baltimore wharf The skipper,
pleased with the prospect of his voy-
age, lounged on the wharf awaiting a
customer. There came to this Captain
a lean, lank and sallow-faced man, who
said in cadaverous voice, "I would
eat some OYSTERS "Plenty on board
there, was the bluff reply. "But I
would pay for what [ eat interposed
the stranger. ''All right, go aboard
eat your fill for a quarter" cheerily re-
piled the skipper, for in those early
times oysters were not worth more than
fifteen cents a bushel. willingly"
said the thin man, producing with
alacrity the old Spanish quarter with
the pillars on it, the coin of that time,
and drawing large rusty oyster knife
from his pocket. Then the thin man
opened the hatch of the little vessel
and dived below.
The captain went to his breakfast.
The meal over, he returned to his sloop
deck. Below he heard the measured
click of an oyster-knife. He thought
little about it, only said, "He has a
good appetite" Oysters were not
rapid of sale that day, as two more
oyster smacks had come in, and pur-
chasers were slack. makes no mat
ter said the captain. the weather is
cold, them oysters is sound, and they
will keep sound for week" That
captain went to dinner. Again he paced
his little vessels deck, and still he
heard the monotonous incessant "click,
click, " from below, working away with
mechanical regularity. Anxiously then
that Captain strobe along, and was full
of fear. As the sun set, still the click
of the oyster knife was heard. In ter
ror the captain fed from his smack.
Next morning early, as he approached
the wharf, still his affrighted ear
heard the click. He could stand it no
longer.
Rushing below, scattering aside
whole heaps of empty shells, he found
the lank and cadaverous individual
still opening away at the very bottom
OF the vessel. "They was good" said
the cadaverous man, swallowing with
an artistic firt a singularly large
oyster, {" but scarcely as salty as ] like
'em eff had cracker, or just dish
of vinegar, mebbe I might enjoy 'em
more. See here, captain, it's jest a
case of knife with me. This ere oyster
knife, y and he held up the attenuated
blade, worn now to the size of a small
pen-knife, 6 warnt good steel, or I
might hev had my fill ;" and, saying
this, he slowly and deliberately
climbed up the hatchway, and, still
land lead, disappeared in the distance.
This is the story of the oyster fend, as
whispered about in low voice among
the professional oyster-openers Of Bal
! tImorn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07

Mr.. SETH ADAMS, who recently died
in Boston, was during his life often
the victim of hypochondria. He left
an estate valued at $1,7O0, 900, part
which he has bequeathed to relatives
and to number of charitable institu-
tions. The residue of the estate is to
be applied to the endowment of an
asylum, to be within Is miles of Bos-
ton, for the reception and treatment OF
hypochondriacs. How clearly it may
be possible to draw line between in
sanity and hypochondria, and whether
the ASSOCIATION of a large number of
low.spirited people will be conducive
to their recovery, are questions which
remain to be determined.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
VII, HumOr. and Wisdom.
ACTIVE cOrpses-Dead beats.


NOISY lntantry-Babies in arms.
. SEAsoNABLE advice-Give and take.
THERE is one thing which even a
dairyman cannot adulrerate, and that
is the milk of human kindness.
A. NEVADA clergyman has had to va.
cate his pulpit without waiting to ten
der his formal resignation, because he
was g SO nice that he wouldn't even
hold the stakes for scrub race p"
A HALTER in Terre Haute, Ind, has
bundle of old unpaid bills hung up in
his store, labelled, The reason why I
do not give credit"
Chow are you getting along, John?"
Not very we'll, have to live on my
wits" 81 should think that would be
very thin diet"
WHAT shall it profit man if he pillow
all summer and then let his crop
of corn lie out doors and rot in the
winter.
can honest fellow here is laid,
His debts in full he always paid;
And what's more strange, the neighbors tell
us,
He brought back borrowed umbrellas"
A GIRL, hearing her mistress ask her
husband to bring "Dombey and Son"
with him, when he came home to din
ner, set two extra plates for the expect
ed guests.
A PARTY from the interior asked his
friend, who had a morning paper, if
there was any news. "No," said he,
Except that Tweed has been SEN
fenced" "Tweed! whom did he MUIR
der?" was the innocent inquiry.
A FRENCH gentleman, learning
English to some purpose, replied thus
to the salutat1ons: {" How do you do,
monsieur 90 EDO vat?'' ssHow do you
find yourself?' "I never loses myself"
How do you feel 20 " Smooth. You
just feel me-"
TREASURER SPINNER still keeps as a
relic the torn and b1ood-stained play
bill with which Laura Keene attempted
to stanch the wound of President Lin
coin, in his box at Ford's Thentre, on
the night of his assassination.
THE friends of a wit, expressing some
surprise that, with his age and fond
ness for the bottle, he should have
thought it worth while to marry. "a
wife was necessary" he said ''they
began to say to me that 1 drank too
much for a single man.
OUR experience, and the history of
the past eighteen centuries, inclines us
to the belief that no matter how we'll
you treat shot gun, nor how you
bring it up, it will bang the stufing
out of you the first time it gets
chance.
In Liverpool the other day a man
about forty-fve years of. age was OBJ
served to snatch up several iron g coal
savers" which were exposed at the shop
door of an lronmonger, whose prem
ises are next to those occupied by Mr..
Wood, noted jeweler. He then
stepped in front of Mr.. Woods store,
and, with request to some persons
who were passing that they would step
aside, he threw the "coal savers"
through the window. The crash thus
occasioned by the fall of these iron ar
ticles amidst the glass shelves of a
jewelers. store attracted immediate at
tention, and the man was at once seiz-
ed. In explanation of his conduct he
said he was starving, that he had been
refused admission to one Of the work
houses, and that as he could obtain no
relief he wished to get into Jail. He
was then given into custody.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07

RUSSIAN officers have been commits
stoned to investigate the feasibility of
constructing canal between the Amou
Darya and the Caspian Sea. For this
purpose it is intended to utilize the
Usba, or ancient bed of the Amou, the
most westerly portion of which con-
tains still some water, and communi-
Gates with the Bay of Kransnovodsk.
If the scheme is practicable, direct
communication by water will be estab-
lished between the city of Tver, six
hours from Moscow, and the town
of Kundush, on the frontiers of Badak-
shan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07

TIE youth O'Connor, who, some
time ago, tried to brighten Queen Vic
toria into signing pardon for the Fe-
MAN convicts, is now in Australia. The
Queen interested herself in him, short
ened his term of Imprisonment, and,
when he was released, had him fitted
out and sent away from England. He
consumes his time with attention to
some clerical duties and composing
letters in verse, expressing his graft
tude to the Queen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
Have You a Mother ?

Have you a mother? Love her well,
While she is spared on e. nth, ;. -.i 4.
Wait not till death shall call her hence,
To know her precious worth.
Wait not till she hes cold and still,
Most beautiful, though dead, -. ~ "a
To think OF what you should have done.#
Before her dear life fed. 49, -
Think now how much she should be loved,
nj prize her as you ought, +~@e 80
Or else your lite when she is done, N i
With sorrow shall be fraught. 49, #-A
Oh watch her, guard her with your love,
While with you she is left, t. v.+tF
For when she leaves you, life will seem
OF every Joy berefG.
OH soothe her in her hours of pair,
Be gentle and be mild;
How sweet twill be for you to think,
You've b Ell a faithful child.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
From the Cosmopolitan, London.

THE tea party at Faneuil Hall on
Tuesday was the greatest tea-total
affair OF the age. The venerable Je-
siah Quincy, who presided, was grand
son of the speaker at the Old South at
the more famous gathering hundred
years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
The Hidden RiII.
Translated from the Spanish

Across pleasant field, rill unseen
Steals from fountain, nor does aught be-
tray
Its presence. save tint of lovelier green,
~, And flowers that scent the air along it's ray.
LINUS secretly should charity attend - i.
Those who in wants dim chambers pine
and grieve;
ana nought should e'er reveal the aid e lend,
gave the glad looks our kindly visits leave
- Wahdm Cullen Bryant IN 81. Nicholas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07

!. A HORSE lately fell into a we'll 45 feet
deep in Trigg county, Kentucky, and
after remaining there ID hours was
rescued, sound in body and mind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07

LAURA FAIR has selected San Fran
cisco lawyer as her next husband.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-08
WHAT! NOT 4 SENATOR.

The indications are favorable for Mr..
Booth finding himself lett out when his
case is fully Investigated. We notice that
Mr.. c. T. Glaudin is after him in a very
lively manner, and even goes so far as to
declare under circumstances Of peculiar
solemnity that the blonde halter was never
elected at all! Glaudin, therefore, claims
his seat. The matter is in pretty safe
hands. We see that Colonel Ingraham
has introduced resolution requiring the
Committee on Elections 10 take hold Of
the matter, give the case patient hear
ing after examining the evidence, and re-
port the result.
This is rather remarkable case. The
gentleman who has thus been accused of
usurping another mans place in the Cen
eral Assembly. has been for the last year
in the habit of affixing the lofty title of
Senator to his signatures in the Picaysne.
We confess OUT surprise and disappoint-
ment. We knew that but little reliance
could be placed upon Mr.. Halter Booths
political diatribes. in short re scarcely
could believe much in his accuracy as
statist, q political economist, or a philoso-
pher. But we have always been ready TO
stand up for his eccentric signature. We
believed him to be as good Senator as .
halter. But if Mr.. Glaudin is correct. We
shall be obliged to let go our only hope in
the man. We almost wish to find that
Mr.. Glaudin is mistaken, as We honestly
want to believe there is something real
about Booth. Blu. if the Senate takes
away his right TO the use Of his favorite
appellation, and reduces him to the plain
form of his business cards sE. Booth,
hattey,' We shall look upon it as in some
sort melancholy visitation. Spare US q
little of on, dream. Mr.. Glaudin. if posi-.
hfa
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-08

and the alternative presented is that there
will be no meeting at all unless they can
have as uproarious time as they want.
"Were those orders Withdrawn, and NO
interference permitted, 1--WE could dis
charge the duties resting upon u.s. It is
easy to suppose what is the nature of the
''duties" limited at. If the ''myrmidons
of the law" will but keep their hands off,
these gentlemen are confident they can
settle everything to their own satisfaction.
But we think it is not likely Congress will
grant the request
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-08
a FORMIDABLE RIVAL TO PITTsBURG
COAL,

The city Of New Orleans in her efforts
to attain the commercial supremacy to
which her location at the mouth Of the
Father OF Waters entities her. can not
afford to overlook any enterprise which
tends TO promote commerce.
If we wish 70 attract ships fyon, all
ports Of the world 70 our wharves, we
mus. make it profitable for them to come
here. hot only by offering them outward
cargoes. but we should endeavor to in
crease the demand for foreign merchan.
disc in our market. and thus enable the
vessels to earn better freights on the soy.
age hitler, which, of course, will allow
them to accept OF lower rates hence.
We should also most earnestly strive to re.
duce the expenses Of shipping coming to
our port, by deepening the passes, build
ing The ship canal, or by any practical
means which will allow steamers Of the
largest class to trade regularly to our port.
We should endeavor also TO afford to ship
ping every possible facility. such as tow.
age. wharfage. ETC.. q: q minimum
rate, bearing in mind that SO soon as we
can prove to the world that produce can
be exported sia New Orleans cheaper than
through any othe. port Of the United
States, that the produce vii! naturally
come here.
Among the most serious items o. e..
pense for steamships, and indeed for man.
ufactories or industries Of any kind, is the
fuel, and we are happy TO notice that an.
other source Of supply Of coal has recently
been opened TO this market. Wefefef 70
the Aount Carbon coal which is mined in
jackson county, Illinois. by the Grand
Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Trans
portation Company, and shipped by them
from theis works at Grand Tower, situated
on tho Mississippi river, sixty miles above
Cairo. This point being much nearer to
us than any from which We have hitherto
received supplies Of coal and the river as
far SIS Gland Tower being navigable. with
raye exceptions oil the year round, there
is far less outlay tot transportation than
On coal brough: ifo1n greater distances,
and the necessity for keeping ae:e large
yesefye stock is AVOIDED.
We recommend the Mount Carbon coal
20 cur readers. 70. both steam and heat.
ing purposes. We are using it in our
offices and ous furnaces. and we find it to
be all that is claimed for it by che Grand
Tower Company. It is remarkably clean;
making . bright. eheesful fire, which
burns away 70 q white ash, feavins no
cinder or clinker behind IL. 1tis entirely
free from sulphur OF slate. and appears to
us 20 be perfectly Uniform in quality.
Our engineer speaks Of il. after trial in
his furnace. as being quite Satisfactory TO
him.
This coal is the same as that 1sed by
the Grand Tower Company in the manu-
facture Of theiy pig iron, which has at.
tanned d high reputation in st. Louis and
Chicago. and IS also well known by the
foundres in New Orleans.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-08
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MILITIA NOTICE.

HR.pse aRyEHs FIRST DIVISION LOUISIANA STATS
National Guard, ;
New Orleans, January 2, 1874
General Orders No. l..
l. The &c flowing route is announced as theroute
Of the parade on January 8, instant:
III. The troops Of the division will assemble at
Lafayette square at l p. NJ, where the line Of
march will be taken up St. Charles street to Julia,
to Camp, to Calhope, to AnnunclatiOn to Annun-
citation square, where the troops will be reviewed
by Major General James Longstreet, commanding
First Division Louisiana State National Guard
after which the line Of march will be resumed
from Annuciation square to Orange street, to Maya
zine julia to Camp, across Canal to Charities to
St Louis. TO Rampant, to Customhouse. to Marais
to Canal to the Clay statue and there dismiss.
By command Of Major General James Longstreet.
T. w. DEKLYNE.
Sa3%d Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-08
We notice that Mr.. Hill has introduced

We notice that Mr.. Hill has introduced
bill providing for the compensation OF
of school directors. Heretofore they have
served without reward or hope OF reward
of any kind, and we hope the practlce
will be kept up. No doubt Mr. I'LL
meant we'll toward the directors; but we
doubt whether there is a director in the
city who desires any compensation for ms
services. We hope the author OF the Dill
will not press it. We are committed TO
economy this year, and think the intro
duction of such principle in our school
system is bad beginning.