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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
How Statues are Made

The bronze statuary just now so pop
ular is manufactured by simple
process. Over the clay model is poured
a coating Of plaster of Paris, which hay
ing been allowed to set, is taken off in
sections, thus affording a hollow mold
OF the figure. From such a mold is
produced stucco duplicate, either of
the entire statue or of such portion
thereof as is intended to be cast at a
time, and on this again is formed a
second mold of greater thickness and
sol1d1ty for the reception of molten
metal. The material used for the final
mold is composition of stucco and
brick-dus This is applied in plastic
state to the stucco model, from which
It's Inner surface takes the form of the
figure. Were statues cast solid. it
would now onl be necessary to separate
mold from model, and run metal
into the former till it's interior
was filed. This, howevr, would in.
volve absurd waste, and in order to
economic material, solid core is
placed inside the mold, leaving only
such space all round as will receive the
thickness Of metal deemed necessary
for the work in hand. The mould with
It's core having been thus COMPLETED
and firmly hoped round with bands of
iron, is placed in kiln to bake to
perfect dryness, This precaution is
necessary from the circumstance that
trace of moisture might on application
OF motion metal occasion a dangerous
explosion. In the case of the casting
now In question the drying >of the mold
occuplesssome weeks. On the removal
from the kiln the mold is buried in
dry earth below the floor of the foundry,
only the aperture for receiving the
metal and the vent-hoIe for the escape
of air remaining visible. -aaa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02

Servant gail, with hoops on, hangs
round eyu earnestly, and wants tew
know if you will take another cup OF
koffee. = "a
W say "No, MON, SI thank yu, and
push back yure chair.
You havn't eat enuff to pay for, pick
ing yure teeth. 5,
am about as self-konsaited as it will
do for man tew be and not crack
Eopen but j never yet konsaited that |
could keep a hotel. [ had rather.be a
highwayman than tew be sum landlords
[ have visited with.
Thare are hotels that are Joy upon
earth; WHARF the man pays hiz bill as
cheerfully az he did the parson who
married him; WHARF you kant find the
landlord unless yu hunt in the kitchen;
WHARF servants glide around like angels
ov mercy; WHARF the beds fit a mans
back like the feathers on goose; and
WHARF the vittles taste just az yure wife
or yure mother had fried 'em. #'
These kind ov hotels ought tew be
built on wheels and travel around the
kuntry. They are az full ov real com
fort az a thanksgiving pudding but
alass, yes, alass they are az unplenty
az double-yolked eggs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
Report of the United States Fish Com.
mission.

The coming report of the United
States Fish Commission is replete with
interesting and encouraging facts con-
nected with the stocking of our rivers
with valuable fish. From 100000 to
100000 shad have been distributed
over New England, New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois, and as far west as
Iowa, the Hudson and Connecticut
being the principal sources from which
the supply of ova is derived. Five
million eggs of large variety of salmon.
often weighing twenty or thirty, and
even fifty pounds, have been taken from
the Macleod river, a branch of the Sac
ramento, and distributed in the middle
and western states, 10000 of them go
ing to Utah. Two and a half million
salmon eggs have also been distributed
from the Penebscot It is stated, as
the result of the Investigations of the
board, tt at when fishes are very young
they are better cared for artifcially. but
when their instincts are developed,
nature is better than man, and that the
let-alone system renders them better
able to protect themselves from their
enemies by fight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
SEVENTY THOUSAND VICTIMS.

Further Accounts of the Horrible NIassa-
cres of Christians at Tong King, China.
The Missions Catalogues publishes
the following letter from Mgr. Puginier,
Vicar Apostolic to Eastern Tong King
[ hasten to thank you for the inter
est you have manifested In our cause
by publishing several articles on the
prosecutions Of Tong King. The read
ers of the Missions Catalogues must
have been touched by the terrible mis-
fortunes of our Christians, and will not
have omitted to ask the Divine Master
to restore peace and prosperity to His
church in China. We count much upon
the prayers of the Catholic world. !
will not conceal from you that I con-
slider that the present fearful crisis in
Tong King will prove eventually very
favorable to the Catholic religion. God
will hear the prayers of our martyrs.
The massacre of Christians and the
pillaging and burning of their villages
commenced in my mission, and thence
spread into that of Mgr. Gauthier. How
can I ever describe to you the horrors
we have witnessed, and which we were
utterly unable to prevent The 1iterati,
freed from all restraint, excited by love
of pillage, and drunk with blood, aban-
doned all restraint, and their wrath
knew no bounds Armed with lances.
guns, and even cannons, they threw
themselves, followed by numerous
bands of lawless men, upon the Chris
tian villages, none of which were strong
enough to defend themselves. They
killed men, women and children with
out distinction, sparing neither those
who asked for pity nor those who re-
fused to do so.
A schoolmaster seeing the literati
coming, took refuge in the church, and
there, PROSTATE before the altar, implor-
ed the mercy of God. The murderers
arrived. They seized him in the sane
tuary and scalped him. He still con-
tinued to pray, and they at last cut his
head off. Among them were several old
men, women, girls, and even children.
Three priests, twenty missionary stu
dents, and ten catechisits or scholars of
Mgr. Gauthier met with the same fate
About 10000 Christians in both mis-
siOns were totally ruined and dispersed
The majority were killed in the sack of
the villages; many were ordered to
apostatize, and on refusing to do so,
were condemned to death. A great
many are still hidden in the mountains,
living on roots and herbs. Others have
taken refuge with pagan friends.
Over 80 presbyteries, 200 churches,
300 villages, containing IA, 900 families,
and 10 converts of Annamite nuns,
have been pillaged and burned. The
material loss to the missions is over
400, 900 francs, and that of the Chris
tians. exceeds 100000 francs. The
labor before us is immense. We have,
first of all, to bring the despised Chris
tians back to their villages, and they
are nearly naked, and without money
Moreover, their houses being burnt, we
shall have to help them rebuild them.
l estimate that each mission will re-
quire at least 100000 francs to put it to
rights, and where are we to get the
money? We trust in Providence, anG
entreat the aid of God through the in
tercession Of His latest martyrs"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
Ghe-Rea,abHeam,
wA-ER-OWs.Ji, WIS.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1874
The Tanning Mill.

BY B. F. TAYLOR.
Hang up the fails by the big barn door!
Bring out the mill of the one-boy power!
Nothing at all but breeze in a box,
Clumsy and red it rattles and rocks,
Sleeves to be shaken and hopper to feed,
A Chinaman's hat turned upside down,
The grain slips through at a-hole in the
Out with the chaff and in with the speed
The crank clanks round with boys quick
will, n
The fan flies fast till it fills the mill
With Its breezy vanes. as the whirled leaves
fly
In an open book when the dust goes by,
And the jerky jar and the zig-zag jolt
Of the shaken sleeves. and the jingling bolt,
And the CRATE of cogs and the axle's clank
And the rowlock jog of the crazy crank,
And the dusty rush of the gusty chaf
The worthless wreck of the harvest's raft
And never lull, the brisk breeze blows
From the troubled grain its tattered clothes,
Till tumbled and tossed it downward goes
The rickety route by the rackety stair,
Clean as the sand that the simeon SHOWS
And drifts at last i'll bank so fair
You know you have found the Answered Pray
er.
September Scribner's.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
On the Tapis.


I hear that the ladies of the leading
Bonapartist families are at present at
work on carpet which they intend to
offer as a New Years gift to the En-
press Eugenia. This carpet is COM
posed of squares Of fine embroidery,
each the size of a carte de v5sate photo
graph. Each lady is to work one
square those who are in possession of
armorial bearings are to embroider their
arms on their portions, while those who
are not entitled to such distinctions are
simply to work then. monographs. The
different sections are to be joined by
golden braid, embroidered with violets.
and the whole carpets to be edged with
a broad border of similar colors and de-
sign. Thus do the female partisans of
the empire design to deposit their
homage not only at but under the feet
of their liege lady. The Rappel sug
gests that very few squares will be
worked for. it by the ladies of Alsace
and Lorraine. +
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
Contributions for the Philadelphia
GEOLOGICAL Garden.

The German steamship Ohio, which
arrived here recently from Bremen,
brought forty-four cages of rare animals
and birds for the Philadelphia Zoologi-
cal Gardens. They came principally
from Batavia, Island of Java, in the
East Indies, and we're captured and
gathered by Mr.. n. Thomas, an enthusi-
astic naturalist and the Superintendent
of the Philadelphia Gardens, who has
been absent on this mission for the past
thirteen months. Mr.. Thomas has with
him a German named Francis Rolling,
who was engaged at Batavia. In the
collection there are two laughing bye
mas, two leopards, two musk cats, two
| Angora cats, twenty-si1 monkeys of
many varieties, two Egyptian famingoes,
two sun bears, four deers, five squirrels,
two cassowaries, a peacock, cage of
parrots, a Java eagle, falcon, two
Java owls, five cages of small birds of
beautiful plumage, a crown pigeon, a
case of small pigeons, two wild pigs,
four porcupines, and an East India yak.
Mr.. Thomas had pair of yaks, that
cost $500, but one died on the voyage
hither, and the other was SO unwell as
to render it necessary that it should at
once be taken from the steamer. ALI
the other animals and the birds are
thriving, and the former are nearly as
savage as when taken from their native
iungles. The animals were kept in
comfortable apartments between decks
on the Ohio, and were visited by many
persons The noises that were made by
this singular collection were very pecu-
liar. The hyenas' fendish laughter,
the chattering ofthe monkeys, the growl-
ing of tbs bears, and the screaming Of
the parrots, formed an exceedingly dis
cordant medley. The cost of the whole
collection was abont $4,000. -Balti
| mare A71zericH71 F SD a.aGt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
Hunting for Silver in Nevada,

The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise says
Many OF the leading mining companies
on the Comstock lode are now down to
the depth of 1000 feet, and few still
deeper. When mining first began on
the great lode such a depth was not
thought Of, or if thought of, no one ex-
pected to see mining operations carried
to the depth of 1900 feet in less than
fifty years. Now we not only do not
feel startled at hearing the great depth
OF 1000 feet spoken of, but when we
see preparations in actual progress for
sinking to such depth we think but
little OF 1t. The Savage Company have
broken ground for the foundation of
new machinery, which is to be suf-
fclently powerful to sink their main in
cline to the depth of 1000 feet. This
incline is already some distance below
the 2, 100 foot level, and is still being
vigorously pushed downward. But the
present machinery cannot be expected
to do the work required more than a
few months longer, and force of men
is now at work sinking the huge pits in
which. are to be laid the foundations of
the powerful new incline engines.
Indeed, these pits are fast
approaching completion, and soon
the stone masons will be at work
on the foundations. The new hosting
engine will be supplied with two "a
inch horizontal cylinders, of 4-foot
stroke, and will be of over 4OO-horse
power. The steel wire rope to be used
will be 1000 feet in length. and will
weigh about "a, 900 pounds. 1T is now
being manufactured by John A. Roe
bling's Sons, Trenton, N. j. It will be
a round rope, and the upper end will be
two inches in diameter, but 2, 500 feet OF
it's length will be tapered and the lower
end will be Ii inches in diameter. The
reel on which this cable will wind and
unwind will be conical, and the cable
will wind about it spirally. When the
greater part of the cable is down in the
incline, and its whole weight is added
to the weight of the incline car. the
rope will be winding on the smaller end
of the reel, where the machinery will
have it's greatest purchase, and as the
cable is finally wound up it will run
upon the larger end of the reel. Thus
the same steam will do the work at any
point in the journey of the car up and
down the incline track. The new hoist
ing machinery will be in readiness fo1
starting about the first of April. Other
companies contemplate the erection Oh
similar machinery and propose pushing
their works to like depth.
No rain in the Crimea for four
months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
An Unmitigated Hoax-The Story of
the "SubteIranean Fire.
Pittsburg Commercial, Nov. Dist.

Pittsburg Commercial, Nov. Dist.
There is now going the rounds of the
press, in various forms, the story that a
subterranean fire is raging beneath this
city, and that five hundred acres of i'm
proved property are in danger of being
swallowed up by "caving i'm of the
surface, etc. A dispatch from this city
asserts that ''no efforts have been made
to extinguish this blaze, and now it is
spreading fearfully, fast endangering
life and property etc. GA perfect
volcano, whose ominous roaring can
easily be heard by persons travelling over
the surfaced" are the terms used to de-
scribe it, Then ponder on this state
ment: efforts will be made to con-
quer the flames by sapping and mining,
out it will take months and perhaps
years to extinguish this mass of burning
coal, much of which is burning hun
| dreds of feet below the surface"
The truth is, there is some fire in an
old coal pit, on the Heron estate, in the
Thirteenth Ward, on Thirty third street,
between Ridge and Bedford avenues,
but it doesn't blaze, it doesn't roar, and
| it don't spread fearfully fast. It doesn t
affect half an acre, much less 500 acres.
The coal has been "worked out" but
fire was communicated to the portions
left in as supports, which are gradually
smoldering-s gradually as to scarcely
make smoke enough to attract atten-
ton.
The city engineer, Mr.. Dempster, and
several members of the Common Cctln
Gil, visited the place on Thursday, and
were not excited over the fire enough to
order it's being quenched at the city s
expense. 1t is the opinion of the engi-
neer that the property holders ought to
attend to it, while the property holders
are not in the least concerned.
Such fires have "raged hereabouts
for the past thirty years, and no part of
the city Cor country either) has yet been
swallowed up by the volcano. II The
whole story has so little to rest upon as
to be justly characterized as an unmiti-
gated hoax. It might take half dozen
]aborers three or four days to get at the
fire and extinguish it, or it might take a
much less time Certainly it cannot
take months and years of sapping and
mining!'' ....
AS to the statement that Heron's Hill
reservoir is in danger, it is sufficient to
say that the fire is nearly half mile
distant, and it will be many day before
the bottom of the reservoir is warmed
by this blaze.
P. S Exchanges which have i'm
pressed their readers with the belief
that the Smoky City" is soon to be
swallowed up in a lake Of fire, will
please correct the mistake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02

I THINK that to have known one good
old man-one man who, through the
chances and trials of long life, has car
ried his heart In his hand like palm
branch, waving all discord into peace,
helps our faith in God, in ourselves and
each other, more than many years.
Curtis. E-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02

ARGUMENTUM AID HoMINEM !"-Horse
Dealer" I know you don't like his
cad, and | allow he amt got a. purity
cad; but lor'-now look at Gladstone,
the cleverest man in all England and
look at is 'ead r'-P Punch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02

MISS 5. M. POLLARD, of Binghamton,
opened correspondence with her uncle
IN California, and when he died he
left her 100000. Fable needs no
moral.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
Suicide of a Banker at Nice.

The ice,correspondent of Galignani's
Messengerrwrites as follows, Nov. 4: 81
announced to you to-day by telegram
the suicide Of a banker of this town, M.
Septlme lAvlgdor, who blew out his
brains on the sea-shore, at the Lazaretto.
The cause of this terrible act was pecu-
mary difficulties, his liabilities amount
ing ing :, O00, 600 francs, and his assets to
only 100000 francs. The. bankruptcy
OF the firm was declared few hours at
ter his suicide, and two of the clerks are
arrested. After the war he was expelled
from Nice by the Radical Project OF
the Alpes Maritimes, Pierre Baragnon,
ON an absurd charge of separtism and
espionage for the russians, whereas q
more loyal and honorable man never
existed. His. loss is universally la
mented. He was consul here for Aus
tria, and brother of the Duke d'Acqua-
viva, formerly Charge d'Affaires for
Monaco in Paris. y
I SHOULD like "Courtship and Mar
rage" and .elThe Best of Husbands, :"
said pretty girl, tripping into Broad
way bookstore. I think [ can fill that
bill, Miss" replied the dapper young
salesman. Have you also g Ten Thou
sand Year?'' fgesa, -, sa54
lido do not say that Mrs. Luther had
great understanding, but she had I'M
ierstanding enough to understand that
herhusband' 5 understanding was greater
than hers, and that is avery great thing
for any woman to understand. = George
D0aUSOn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02

No rain in the Crimea for four
months.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-20
" Press" " Committee.

EDITOR HERALD:-Please announce
to the people of Los Angeles that
Messrs. f. p. F. Temple, John G..
Downey, P. Beaudry, John S. Thomp-
son and Thos. A. Carey, have been
appointed a committee to receive the
subscriptions of the citizens of Los
Angeles, in aid of the Illustrated Press
enterprise, and to secure engravings of
Los Angeles and objects of interest in
the vicinity, and for publishing the
same in the Press. AS it is but few
days until L shall be on my way to
the East, and to Europe, it is impor-
tant that a prompt response be made
to the calls of the committee. Just in
proportion to the aid rendered, will
the interests of Los Angeles be repre-
sented III the Press, and in the time
occupied each evening with the ster-
eopticon and lecture. | make no ap-
peal to the intelligence and enterprise
of this city, for L am confident of a
liberal response both from those who
can pay only ten dollars, and from
those who can pay thousand.
Yours, very truly,
j. A. JOHNSON.
Los Angeles, Aug. 10th, 1874.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-20
Pacific Coast Items.

The crops of this season are the best
that have ever been grown in To-
males.
At Knights Landing, I. n. Snow
ball is building new warehouse 46e
feet long.
Five hundred and thirty boxes of
green fruit were shipped to Chicago
from Santa Clara on Thursday morn
ing.
The Marin County Supervisors have
paid Mr.. Shafter $1,000 for right of
way of road constructed in Point Reyes
township.
The new county road from Healds-
burg to Pine Flat will be completed in
about three weeks. 1t is stated that
most of the merchants and miners of
Pine Flat will order their goods from
San Francisco Ella Healdsburg, instead
of Calistoga, as at present.
The officers of Klamath county have
decided to yield obedience to the writ
of prohibition issued by the County
Judge of that county, commanding
them to refrain from taking any pro-
ceedings under the Annexation Act,
so-called. Humboldt and Siskiyou
have decided upon exactly the oppo-
site course.
The Lakeport Bee, in speaking of
the mysterious death of the fish in
Washoe Lake, says: "In Clear Lake
many fish die every year, in the be-
ginning of the Summer, and we have
heard no satisfactory explanation of
the circumstance. We are of the opin-
ion that it is caused by the high tenn
perature and impurity of the water"
The Ne Plus Ultra Mining Com
pany, in Fresno county, last week
shipped twenty tons of ore. At the
present rates of freight only the high
est grade of ore can be shipped, and,
therefore, the mine cannot be worked
to much advantage. If freights were
reduced to dollar ton it would en-
able the company to ship three times
the amount of ore they now ship, at
least, and would make the mine pay
HANDSOMELY
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-20
In Memoriam.

EDITOR HERALD:-Our community
has suffered a severe and almost ire
parable loss in the death of William
Morton, an old and highly esteemed
citizen of this place; his death was
most sudden and unexpected, he was
taken sick on Thursday, August 18th,
and died Sunday evening August 10th,
being sick only three days, the dis
ease was thought to be Inflammation of
the bowels. The deceased was sixty
three years of age, and had been quite
feeble for two years past. 1t is suffi-
cient proof of the fact that he was a
good man, when say that every one
in this community mourn his loss;
his house was always offered as a
shelter to the homeless, his hand was
ever extended to help the needy, and
the hungry was never turned unted,
from his door. In short, "Father Nor
TOM was a consistent Christian gen.
tleman. He had been for many years a
member of the Methodist Church, and
he always honored his profession. He
was also Treasurer of Compton Grange,
and well did he merit our confidence.
While the community has lost one
of its very best members, the Church
has lost one of it's ornamental stars"
and a co-worker in the great work of
the evangelization of the world. The
Grange has also lost an able advocate
of her grand and noble principles.
The deceased leaves wife and two
grown sons and daughter fourteen
years of age to mourn their loss, but he
left them good evidence that he was
going to "bettel home" j. e. M.
Compton, August 18th, 1874.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-20
Magnificent Orchard Property for Sale.

Thirty five acres of land (sOil
equal to the best in the Valley located
three fourths of mile from
the Postoffice; planted in thrifty vines
and fruit trees, including 600 grated
fruit trees, embracing the very choicest
varieties, nearly all over twenty years
old and overloaded with luscious fruit;
80 orange trees, over twenty-four years
old, some of which yield 5000 oranges
yearly; Is lemon trees, about fifteen
years old; large variety of smaller
trees, amounting in all to about 800.
Also, full variety of nut, olive and
citron trees, too numerous to mention.
Also, 10000 vines bearing, beautiful
flower garden, small house, good large
barn, we'll of abundant and excellent
water. The revenue from this prop
erty is OUer one and one
half per cent. per month on amount
INFESTED. The greatest bargain in real
estate now in the market. Satisfac-
tory reason given for selling. Apply
in person to Kimball & Bancroft, Real
Estate Brokers', Spring street, nearly
opposite Postoffice.