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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27
An Important Chess Match.

GTOuI Tue LOUQOu oIauOarQ.
A chess match has been arranged be-
tween Mr.. Blackburne, the great blind
fold player. and Herr Steinitz, the win
ner of the first prize at the Vienna In
ternational Tournament in 1873. The
stakes are ESQ side, and the match
will be played at the City Of London
Chess Club in Knightrider street, COM
mencing early in the ensuing winter.
No event that has TRANSFERRED in the
chess world since the Vienna tourna-
ment equals this match IN interest.
Setting aside the amount at issue and
the position of the players, who are,
perhaps, the ablest living opponents Of
the game. the match excites unusual at
tention from the circumstances at
tending the close of the Vienna
tournament. Rlackburne, who had
played all his games but one with Ro-
senthal, the French champion, had tied
with Steinitz, who had completed his
games. Blackburne had only to draw
lis game with Rosenthal to win the first
prize, as the draw would have added
half game to his score. He, how
ever, played to win it, and Rosenthal
being IL unusually good form, he lost,
and consequently was brought level
with Steinitz. The two deciding games
were won by Steinitz, who had lost to
Blackburne IN their first meeting. The
forthcoming contest accordingly prom
ises to be close and exciting. Indeed,
by many it will be regarded as in reality
championship match.
The Two Women who are Attracting
Attention in Paris.
Lucy Hooper's Letter to the Philadelphia Tele-
graph
The weather continues to be perfect
~ charming, and the Bots de Boulogne
is rapidly recovering it's lost gaiety.
The drive around the lake is thronged
every fashionable afternoon, these being
Tuesdays and Fridays. The live VIC
torias and elegant Iandaus of the denai-
niOnd0a7aes are, of course, among the
most remarked. Prominent among
these is tle superb equipage of the
heroine of the Russian diamond scan
dial. the notorious Mrs. Blackfort and
her equally beautiful but less cele-
brated companion, the heroine of a
recent New York divorce suit. For the
honor OF my country I grieve to say
that these two handsome painted crea-
lures are the most marked and talked
about of any ladies in the same type in
Paris. Mrs. Blackfort has already
avowed her intention of dethroning
Cora Pearl, and succeeding to her evil
sovereignty. Her portrait is in the
window OF every prominent photo
grapher in Paris, and her fanltless
figure, long, almond-shaped eyes, re-
fined, half melancholy expression and
painted lips, are already familiar to the
loungers in the Bots de Boulogne or on
the Dollevards. She will be setting the
fashion Heaven save the mark y for all
virtuous Christendom in few months
in all probability.
WHY is the letter q the handiest in the
alnhahat 2 R1aN.uaa uhon II 10 IN rco
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27
The Improved Ponltry.

1t is now pretty generally admitted
by most Western farmers, that the i'm
proved poultry pays rs well in proper
ton as the improved breeds of hogs or
sheep-that is on general principles.
OF course the great mass of poultry is
raised and sold by the farmers. The
car loads of poultry aud eggs shipped
from ell over the West come from the
farmers, aud since the introduction of
the improved breeds, the supply is rap
idly increasing. No farmer can longer
afford to raise the common chickens. If
you can't have all full bloods, get a
thoroughbred rooster, either a Cochin
or a Brahrna, and you will be SO well
pleased with the cross that you will
soon work into full bloods. They ma
ture quicker, grow larger, sell for more
money, lay more eggs, but require a
little more care. With warn, clean, COM
Portable quarters, variety of feed, not
too much corn, eggs may be had all
winter as well as all summer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Potatoes in Pits.

Bury only in well-drained soil,
sandy If possible; If not, cart some sand
for the bottom. Do not cover too deep
~ until cold weather arrives. The COW
ering should consist of alternate layers
of straw and earth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27
Pork and Corn.

Probably, taking all the accurate
trials together, the general average
would be about 10I pounds of pork to
bushel of corn Of 56 pounds, and from
this it is fair to deduct about one-fifth
to get at the net weight, leaving, say,
s % or s. 40 pounds ofpork as the aver
age net result of the judicious feeding
of bushel of corn, or one pound of
pork from six and two-thirds pounds of
corn uncooked. The lowest amou1t of
cooked corn meal is stated at three and
four-ffths pounds TO pound of pork.
Now, taking these experiments and
we could easily show the relation which
the price of corn bears to that of pork,
by showing the price of pork per
pound. at different prices per pushel of
corn. II corn were twelve and half
cents a busheI, pork would cost cent
and a half per pound, and in that pro-
portion throughout, or giving it in dec
xr-o hove.
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STEAMED PUDDING. about a
quart CT butter milk, add one teasp. on
full of salt, one of soda, and il in the
season Of berries, add nearly tea
cupful, if not, I slice and pare one or
two apples into my dish, then .Aicken
with either -four or corn meal as thick
as it viii stir easily with spoon; then
| put it in dish and set in the steamer
over my boiling dinner to cook. It
wants to cook from one to two hours.
Eat with sweetened cream or butter
and sugar, whichever is preferred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27
An Accommodating Town.

AS an innocent-looking old man was
going up Washington street yesterday,
q drayman nodded at him and asked :
"Want dray, mister?" "No-o, I
guess not, replied the old man. ssI'm
too fur from home, and pay freight on
it. Much obleeged. though. Vicks-
burg is powerful nick town. A fellow
back there asked me If / didn't want a
coat, another inquired if ] wanted q
hack, and now you offer me dray. T
wish lived here. - WcksburQ Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27

Why is the letter q the handiest in the
alphabets Because when it is in use
you always find it before u.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27

A WnsrhlA sestleE-The contents OF
q six-saooter.
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wide expanse of level land, upon which
I caused heavy rains to fall five months
out of each year during all the ages
that have elapsed since first the hot
sunshine fell upon the soil. These
rains washed away the loose sand and
made deep burrows in course OF time.
until at certain places the rocky kernel
under the soil began to appear. The
burrows became enlarged, the water
frittered away their banks and conveyed
the earth away to lower levels, through
which it wore away channel first
through the soil, and lastly through
the rock itself, which you may
see if you but walk to
the bottom of that basin. You
will there behold a channel worn
through the solid rock some fifty feet in
depth; and as you look on that you will
have an idea of the power and force Of
tropical rains. It is through that chan
mel that the soil robbed from these
rocks has been carried away towards the
Niyanza to fill it's depths and i'll time
make dry land OF it. Now, you may
ask how came these once solid rocks.
which are now but skeletons of hills and
stony heaps, to be thus split into so
many fragments? Have Won never seen
the effect Of water thrown upon lime 2
The solid rocks have been broken and
peeled in an almost similar manner.
The tropic sun heated the surface of
these rocks to an intense heat. and the
cold rain falling upon the hested sur
face caused them to split and peal as
you now see them"
THE FEEDERS OF THE NIYANzA.
This is really the geological history
OF this country simply told. Ridge
after ridge, basin after basin, from
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-04-01
[From the Illustrated Annual
Presidents of the United States.

GEORGE WAsHINGToN's phrenology indi-
Gated strong common sense, practical
reasoning power, integrity, reverence
order, prudence, self-poise, and dignity.
He was born in Virginia, February p,
1882, and in 1914 he commanded the mil
itary forces of Virginia In IVA mem
Der of the Continental Congress. In
l775 Commander-in-C Chief of the Ameri-
can army In 1889 he was unanimously
elected President of the United States,
and reelected in 1893 He died at
Mount Vernon, Dec. IA, 1899, aged 68.
JOHN ADAxs was born at Braintree
Massachusetts,, October 80, l733. In l775
he was elected to the Continental Con
gress. In 1777 he was Minister to
France. In 1889 was elected Vice-Presi-
dent, and reelected in 1898. In 1897 was
elected President; and died July 4, 1926,
aged 81, on the fiftieth Anniversary Of
Independence.
THOMAS JEFFERSON head was large and
balanced, and his character harmo
nious. His mind was highly cultured,
critical, and comprehensive. He was
born in Virginia, April l3, lI43. From
1859 to lT75 he was in the Legislature.
In IT'S he was sent to Congress, and
drafted the Declaration of Independence.
In l779 was Governor of Virginia. From
1884 to 1889, Minister to France, then
Secretary OF State In 1876 Vice Presi-
dent. In 1900 he was elected President,
and reelected in 1904 He died July 4,
1926, aged S3
JAMES MADISON had much originality,
and eminent intellectual talent. He was
born in Virginia, March 10, l75l. He
was elected to the Continental Congress
in I779 He was called the father OF
the Constitution" In 1901 he was Sec
retary of State and President in 1909.
He died June %, 1886, aged S5.
JAMES MONROE was born in Virginia
April q 1859. In 1882 he was elected to
the Virginia Legislature and in 1888 tc
Congress, and in 1870 to the Senate. In
1894 he was Minister to France. In 1895
Governor of Virginia. He was Secretary
of State eight years. In 1916 was elected
to the Presidency. In 1920 unanimously
reelected. He died July 4, 1881, ageo
70.
JOHN Quincy ADAGs was firm, coura
geous, argumentative, upright and thor
ough. He had remarkable, memory
and was well-iniormed. He was born il
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-04-01
Counting a Hundred.

A Danbury man named Reubens re-
Gently saw statement that counting one
hundred when tempted to speak an an
cry word, would save man great deal
of trouble This statement sounded
little singular at first, but the more he
read it over the more favorably he be-
came impressed with it, and finally con-
cluded to adopt it. Next door to Reu-
bens lives a man who has made five dis
tinct attempts in the past fortnight to
secure dinner of green peas by the first
of July, and every time has been retard
ed by Reubens' hens The next morn
ing after Reubens made his resolution,
this man found his fifth attempt to have
miscarried Then he called on Reubens.
He said:
What in thunder do you mean by let
ting your hens tear up my garden?"
Reubens was tempted to call him a
mud-shoot, new name just coming into
general use, but he remembered his reso-
luton, put down his rage, and meekly
Observed
zone, two three, four, FIVE, six, seven,
eight"
Then the mad neighbor, who had been
cycling this answer with a great deal OF
suspicion, broke in again
why don't you answer my question,
you rascalY'
But still Reubens maintained his equa'
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nimity, and went on with the text
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen
| fourteen, fifteen, sixteen"
The mad neighbor stared harder than
ever.
Seventeen, eighteen. nineteen. TWEEN
ty, twenty-one-
"You are a mean skunk" said the mad
neighbor, backing towards the fence
Reubens' face flushed at this charge,
but he only said
twenty-five, twenty three, twenty
four, twenty-five, twenty-six-"
At this figure the neighbor got up on
the fence in some haste, but suddenly
thinking of his peas, he again spoke
"You mean, low-lived rascal; for two
cents | would knock your cracked head
over barn, 1 would"
"Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, inter
rupted Reubens-"twenty-n thirty,
thirty one, thirty-two, thirty three
Here the neighbor broke for the house,
and entering it, violently slammed the
door behind him; but Reubens did not
dare to let up on the enumeration, and
so he stood out there alone in his own
yard, and kept on counting while his
burning cheeks and flashing eyes elo-
quently affirmed his Judgment. When
he got up into the eighties, his wife came
to the door in some alarm. "Why, Reu-
bens, what is the matter with you?" she
said. DO come into the house"
But he didn't let up. She came out to
him, and clung trembling to him, but he
only looked into her eyes, and said:
"Niuety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five,
ninetYsix, .ninety-seven, ninety-eight,
ninety-nine, one hundred-go into the
house, old woman, or I'll bust ye.
And she went
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The Follower.

We have youngster in the house,
4 little man of ten,
Who dearest to his mother is
OF all Gods little men.
Indoors and out he clings to her;
He follows up and down;
He steals his slender hand in hers;
He plucks her by the gown,
why do you cling to me so. child?
You track me everywhere;
You never let me be alone"
And he with serious air
Answered, as closer still he drew,
My feet were made to follow YOU
Two years before the boy was born
Another child, of seven,
Whom Heaven had lent to us while,
Went back again to Heaven.
He came TO fill his brothers place,
And bless our falling years;
The good God sent him down in love
To dry our useless tears.
think SO, mother, for hear
In what the child has said
n meaning that he knows not of,
A message from the dead.
He anwered wiser than he knew,
My feet were made TO follow you"
Come here, my child, and sit with me,
Your head upon my breast;
You are the last of all my sons,
And you must be the best.
How much love you, you may guess,
When, grown man like me,
You sit as am sitting now,
Your child upon your knee.
Think of me then, and what said
IAnd practiced when 1 could)
lis something to be wise and great,
'Tis better to be good.
On, say to all things good and true,
My feet were made TO follow your
Come here, my wife, and sit by me,
And place your hand in mine,
(And yours, my child > while l have you
'Tis wicked to repine.
We've had our share of sorrows, love;
We've had our graves to fill;
But, thank the good God overhead,
We have each other still
We've nothing in the world besides,
For we are only three:
Mother and child, my wife and child,
How dear you are TO me!
1 know-indeed, l always knew,
My feet were made to follow you!
R. H. Stoddard, in Harper's Magazine 70
A priI.
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From the (Roman) Catholic Universe of Cleve-
Iand, bishop GiImour's Paperl

From the (Roman) Catholic Universe of Cleve-
land, Bishop Gilmours Paper.l
The Civil Rights Bill has ceased to be
a party measure, and has become Ma
tional law We cannot see therein any
cause for the lamentations which escape
the Conservative Republican and the
entire Democratic press. The effects OF
the bill will be harmless to the white
race, and only just to the blacks. The
cry raised against it-that it is political
interference with social affairs--indicates
that those who make the cry have not
read the provisions of the bill 1t pro
hibits discrimination on account of color
in public conveyances, hotels and thea
ters-that is all Murderers, thieves,
gamblers, confidence men, ruffians. and
williams of every type may enter railroad
cars, steamboats,, and stages, and nobody
says them nay They will be entertained
in the theatres and at the hotels, pro-
vided they pay for the entertainment.
Nobody thinks of excluding them so
long as they behave themselves decently.
Nobody thinks that the presence of
thieves, gamblers, and villains in public
conveyances, hotels and theaters estab-
fishes a social equality between them and
people who are not thieves, gamblers,
and villains.
Color is no more to be reckoned among
crimes in the United States. A man is
not virtuous because he is white, nor
vicious because he is black. A woman
who is white is not for that reason pure,
and she whom God made darker is not
for that reason to be treated worse than
the brute which the white lady may
carry in the irst-class car in her lap
Dogs may travel in comfortable coaches
may occupy the hotels. Shall women
though they be dark-have less
consideration The white scoundrel
may smoke his cigar on the deck of a
steamer, seeking victim. The black
woman, though her heart be white as an
angel, though her heart be as dear to
God as that of the daintiest Caucasian S
in the land, is brutally showed down from
the deck into the hold, to be the com
panion of indecent dock-rats, to be ex'
posed to frank insult, and to be subjected
to whatever forms of outrage and iniamy
the brutes, white and black, around her
may invent Oh, for shame!
As for Catholics they can be divided
on such question, All men and women
are equal before God and in the Church
The accident of color does not alter the
fact of inhumanity Men are men, wo
men women, be they black, yellow, white
or red. The same obligations of virtue
rest upon them equally, They are sons
OF the same first mother, children of the
same God, and the same heaven will ii
nally contain us all.
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England. ireland, Scotland & Wales
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.

Interest Pald on Time deposits
H l.. CHAPMAN, President; ]. D. CLARE
Vice President; d. ARMSTRONG, Cashier
T. ]. EDWARDS, Assistant Cashier and BOOK
keeper.
Dfrectors-H. L. Chapman, ]. D. Clare, John D.
Davis, Peter Picl6rel, T. s. Matthews. John
Sanders and o. S. Miller
STOCKHOLDERS:
H. L. Chapman, T. L. Hughes ST.,
j. d. Clare, John ID. Davis,
Peter Pickrel, H. s. Bundy,
d. Armstrong Lot Davis,
Isaac Brown, H. F. Austin,
Minerva Bennett, ]. NJ. Jones,
John G. H. Cobb, John H Lewis,
c. F. Bertsch, f. H Miller,
William H. Steele, %. s Miller,
4. j. Edwards, Moses Sternberger,
Linn Bentley, Wm- Jackson,
Il. S. Matthews, Joseph Jones,
John Sanders, B. I}. Evans,
R. s. Wilcox, A. b. Monahan,
John Stanton, Daniel ID. Morgan,
A. F.McCarley. S. A. Stephenson,
David J. Jones' John II. Jones,
ISAAC BRowS. T. p. SUTHERLAND,
President. Tice- President.
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good natured philanthropist was
walking along the docks one Sunday
morning, when he found boy asleep in
a hogshead. He shook him till he was
wide awake, and then opened the follow
ing conversation:
What are you doing here, boy?'
81 slept here all night sir, for had no
other place to sleep in. u
How is that? Have you no father or
mother? Who takes care Of your
MY father drinks, sir, and l don t
know where he is. l have to take care
not long ago" and at the mention of her
name the boys eyes filled with tears.
"Well, come along with me, I'll give
you home, and take care Of you as well
as 1 can"
The child thus adopted on the wharf
was taken to a happy home. He was
sent to a common school. to CONNER
cial school, to a classical school, and af-
terward employed as clerk in the store
of his benefactor When he became of
age, his friend and benefactor said to
him 'You have been faithful and
honest boy and man, and if you will
make three promises, / will furnish you
with goods and letters of credit, so that
you can start business at the West on
your own account"
what promises do you wish me to
maker inquired the young man.
First that you will not drink intoxi-
eating drink of any kind
Il agree to that"
Second, that you will not use profane
speech
81 agl, = to that"
Third, that you will not become a
politician
Il agree to that"
The young man started business in the
West, and by minding his own business
in a few years, he became rich man.
At the close of the war he came East,
and called upon his friend and adopted
father. In the course of happy inter
view, the philanthropist asked his adopt
ed son if he had kept his total abstinence
pledge.
YES" was the answer.
"Have you abstained from the use of
profane speech?"
YES" said the man with emphasis
Have you had anything to do with
politicians p
The visitor-the adopted son, perhaps
l should have said-blushed and said:
without my consent, was nominated
for Governor of my State, and elected.
am now on my way to Washington to
transact important business for the
State"
Did ever hogshead turn out so good
a thing as a teetotal Governor? 1t had
to be emptied of its wine before it could
be shelter for the little Arab who ran
wild in that wilderness of mortar and
marble. the great city of New York.
The streets and wharves of the great
metropolis of commerce invited mission
ary effort, and the writer hopes that the
little waits afioat on the wave of outdoor
life will not be neglected. George w.
Barngay.
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Rev. Mr.. Adams of Leominster, Mass.
was an eccentric character. A neighbor-
ing minister, mild, inoffensive man,
with whom he was about to exchange,
said to him, knowing the extreme blunt
ness OF his character. ''you will find some
panes of glass broken in the pulpit win
dow, and possibly you may suffer from
the cold. The cushion, too, is in bad
condition; but beg of you not to say
anything to my people on the subject !;
they are poor" etc. "On o no, said
Mr.. Adams. But ere he left home he
filled bag with rags, and took it with
him. When he had been in the pulpit a
short time, feeling somewhat incommod-
ed by the too free circulation Of air, he
deliberately took from the bag handful
or two OF rags and stuffed them into.the
window. Toward the close of his dis
course, which was more or less upon the
duties of people toward their clergy
man, he became animated, and purposely
brought down both fists with tremendous
force upon the pulpit cushion. The
feathers few in all directions and the
cushion was pretty much used up. He
instantly checked the current of his
thought, and simply exclaiming, "Why,
how these feathers fyl' proceeded with
his sermon. He had fulfilled his promise
of not addressing the society on the sub
ject, but had taught them lesson not to
be misunderstood. On the next Sabbath
the window and cushion were found in
excellent repair.
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ENGINEER, ARCHITECT, &C.
Arthur =. Hobby

influential citizens of Jackson to settle in the
town, begs TO announce that he has decided to
do so. and has commenced business as a
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Legal advertisements, l213 cents per line for
first insertion, 614 cents each additional inser-
ton. Marriage notices so cents each. Editorial
notices 10 cents per line, each insertion.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-15
sAIlONs For The POOR.

.ia: IS :atioaa! animal IN more senses
than one. and hereabou:s this attribute is
manifested in a very serious manner.
Suppose ten or fifteen thousand persons
in our city whose supplies are entirely
p.ecarious. depending u:o;. the wages
or charities of society.
The gentlemen who have given their
Zine 10 solici. aid for the destitute have
al arduous task before them. II is to
furnish daily rations to all the destitute.
Perhaps more endless work has not oc-
cured since the daughters Of Dan" IN.
dertook to fill that empty seive. for an
empty stomach is as insatiate as any other
bottomless receiver whatever.
The association has resolved to receive
supplies Of any kind, and such
supplies as are not in themselves fit for
food will be applied to that purpose by
sale. It would seem to US that an appeal