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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
A Troubled Barber.

A joke was perpetrated on one of the
best srtjstsa lp eye st our best hasgs1
Chronicle, which Disguised the young
man very much and made any quantity
OF sport for his associates. The men
were all busy at work when a man en-
tered the shop, took his seat in the COR
ner, pulled out a paper and began to
read while waiting his turn. He held
the paper up before his face in such a
manner that the barber could not see it.
and therefore when he had finished his lob
he sharply CALCULATED "Next I" No re-
Spouse from the man behind the news
paper ''Shave, sir p came next little
louder. Still no response. Then rails
ing his voice rather impatiently, as he
was a barber whose chair was never
sighted before, he shouted: s'Want
something done, sir?" All was quiet,
and the man read on as though he were
ten miles from any disturbing queries.
"That mans deaf mute" said one of
the artists fellow workers. 81 know
him well; he wants shave, but don't
know as it isn his turn" There
chair, stepped across the room and
touched the quiet man on the shoulder.
He glanced up, when the barber began
a pantomimic performance intended to
represent the operation of shaving, and
then pointed persuasively toward his
chair. Ono, thank you" said the mute,
/" I'm only waiting for friend" The
look of unadulte1ated, unmistakable
and unspeakable disgust on that bar
ber's face as he went back to his chair
was painful to witness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
A Ballad of Salem.

BY J. w. DE FOREST.
Come quickly % wept the dying Grace;
uphold me, o my pastor
Then might finish well the race,
And mount and fly the faster;
Then might suffer the Makers face
And kiss the feet of the Master
But far away the forest rocked
With storms FRI curst dominions;
Lean witches hurried, wizards focked,
The air was thick with pinions
And there the minister danced and Knocked
With Satans hideous minions.
He Knocked and danced in priestlys black;
No warlock matched his leaping;
Apollyon clapped his portly back,
And laughed, almost to weeping;
And the parson skipped like a jumping jack.
To think his deacons were sleeping.
But high above the mongrel herd,
Above the goblin Endor,
The serried shining cohorts grid
A throne of awful splendor;
And seraph sternly writes word
No earthly language can render.
The Galaxy fo, October.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
Sankey's SOrg.
THE NINETY AND NINE

There are ninety and nine that safely Law
In the shelter Of the fold.
But one was out on the hills away
Far OIL from the gates of gold;
Away on the mountains wild and bare
Away from the tender Shepherds care.
Lord thou hast here thy ninety and nine.
Are they not enough for Thee:
But the Shepherd made answer this of mine
Has wandered awaG from me,
And although the road be rough and steep
l go to the desert to find my sheep.
But none of the ransomed ever knew.
How deep were the waters crossed.
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord
passed through
Ere he found his sheep that was lost.
Out ON the desert he heard it's cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
Lord, whence are those blood drops all the way
That mark out the mountain track2
They were shed for one who had gone astrou
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.
Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn2
They are pierced tonight by many thorn
And all through the mountains thunder riven
And up from the rocky steep
There rose cry to the gate of Heaven.
Rejoice, have found my sheepl"
And the angels re-echo around the throne.
'keJolce, for the Lord brings back His own"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
Real and Apparent Death.

DR.. Ange Monteverdi suggests as an
easy, prompt, and certain method of
distinguishing real from apparent death,
the simultaneous injection of a small
Quantity of liquid amonie, the strength
OF which should be considerable. When
injected into the living body, even dur
ing the last hours of life, amonia causes
the appearance of deep red or purple
color, which forms more or less quickly
according to the rapidity of the circu-
lation. If the fluid be injected after
death, no change in the color, or only
darkening of the skins natual color, is
produced. II injected into the skin of
person in perfect health, severe
burning pain is experienced, and a
blister rises in the centre of tie spot.
DR.. Ange further says of this test, that
no harm beyond the formation of a
small eschar appears to result from the
and all traces vanish in the
course OF fortnight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
A MAGNIFICENT Diamond.
From the Salt Lake correspondent of the Omaha


r TOH Cue SdlG Lake COTToSpOuueuG Oh Gl6 OmdQa
Bee.
One of the finest brilliants in America,
and one with romantic history, is now
for sale at the store of Joslin & Park in
this city. The stone is 1872 of carat
Lighter than the celeb1 ated Tweed dia-
mond, but it's cutting is much better,
and it is considered by experts to be
more valuable. It weighs eight and a
half carats and is exactly half
an inch in diameter. It was for
many hundred years in the family OF
an East India prince. The potentate
presented it to the ex-Queen Christina
of Spain, who presented it to her daugh-
ter, ex-Queen Isabella, on the occasion
of her marriage. The latter was forced
to sell it, with many other diamonds,
and Henle Brothers, Of New York,
bought it at an auction of her diamonds,
which was made in London. From this
firm it was purchased by st. Louis
gentleman with about $50, 900 worth of
other diamonds. He was soon after Of
fered $4,000 in gold for it by the
Americas Club of New York, but refused
to sell it. Subsequently it was stolep
from him while visiting at Saratoga
by thieves, who employed what is known
as the umbrella game. While alighting
from the cars a man spread an umbrella
in his face, and as he started back the
pin was torn from his shirt bosom. The
trick was SO dexterously turned that
the victim did not discover his loss for
several hours. When, however, he
found himself minus the wonderful bril-
ho ~ FOL +n q
daily papers of New York city, offering
IS, 900 reward and no questions asked.
In twenty four hours his pin was re-
stored and the thieves were richer the
amount of the reward.
After this the same gentleman came
to Salt Lake City and traded his dia-
monds for mining property valued at
$22, 900. This mine-the Eureka Zintic
developed well, and the lucky specu-
lator realized over $50, 900 from his in
vestment.
The miner who received the valuable
stone got on a spree in Chicago, and
there he played draw poker with some
gamblers, who, after they had won all
money, induced him to bet his pin
against $4,000. Of course he lost. A
New York diamond sharp, looking out
tor bargains, made them an offer for the
stone, but it was refused. Later, how
ever, they telegraphed to New York
their acceptance of his proposition.
That telegram found the man of dia-
monds at Salt Lake City, who then
called on Joslin & Park, of this city, and
offered the diamond as collateral for a
large sum of money, which was adj
vanced, and the brilliant was forwarded
by express from Chicago. A few weeks
after the gentleman who had obtained the
money as loan Oh the diamond appear
ed, and was about to redeem the stone
and take it, when Joslin & Park offered
him 81 900 for his bargain, which was
accepted. Now that magnificent bril-
liant, the finest in North America, is
the great attraction at Joslin & Parks,
where re were shown the beautiful Jew
ell and told the story, which we give our
readers, by consent of Mr.. Leyson, the
courteous chief salesman of the firm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20

LIEUTENANT CONDOR, in charge of the
English survey of Palestine, thinks he
has found the veritable city and cave of
Adullam. It is place in the low coun-
try of Judah, called Aydel- Mich. It is
between Gath and Bethlehem. in the
upper part of the Wady Sur.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
How Young Lawyer Made Princely
Fortune Out of a Single Case.
From the N. Y. Sun. %.

from the N. Y. Sun, ~.
Peter Bentley, one of New Jersey
wealthy and influential residents, died
at the age of 70 at his home on Bergen
Heights, yesterday. He was born in
Saratoga county, and journeying to
Jersey City when youth, entered the
printing business. He afterwards
studied law, and made fortune out of
single case. Mrs. Hill, widow, had
bequeathed to her water frontage of
So acres where the New Jersey Central
and Erie Railway depots now stand.
These powerful corporations fought the
widow and her young counsel for twelve
years. Mr.. Bentley was defeated time
and time again, but by pluck and per-
severance he at length won. He paid
the widow $150,QOO at different times
and became owner himself of one undi-
vided half interest in the property. In
time Mr.. Bentley's acquisition became
the most valuable liz the State, SO that
it's possessor was enabled to retire from
his profession. He died millionaire.
AN italian travelling in company with
true SOL of New England, remarked,
with much enthusiasm, in his foreign
accent, sSar, you have no delights in
America that we have in Italy. We
have there, sar, the beautiful sky-the
fine landscape. We have there, sar, We
suyious, that sends it's fire to the
heavens I" The true Yankee boy stood
il long enough-his pride came up-he
turned round to the italian before he
had time to let his hands fall from their
gestures of admiration, and with tone
of impotence, replied, "Your Vesu-
vius We've got Niagara will put
her out in five minutes !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20
Some Facts About Tides.

The Alexandria (Va.) Gazette gives
the following information about some
peculiarit1es which may be observed in
the tides of the Chesapeake bay. A
curious fact is that it is always ebb tide
at Cape Henry at moon rising or setting;
it is always high tide at New Point
Comfort at moon rising or setting; it is
always low tide at Hooker's strait at
moon rising or setting, and high tide at
Sandy point at the same time, and flood
point at all points above Sandy point
when the moon rises and sets. A YES
sci entering the capes with a strong,
fair wind at the beginning of the food
tide may carry the same tide to Alexan-
dria. But vessel lea ing Alexandria
for the capes will encounter these food
tides on her way, no matter how fast
she may sail, and it may be she will
have to contend against several more
if she has head wind. Every food
tide that enters the Chesapeake bay
goes to the head of every tide water
stream or tributary of the bay, while
the same ebb tide does not run over 60
miles, and sometimes great deal less,
so that there are always two ebb tides
and two food tides in the Chesapeake
bay at the same time, and sometimes
three of one or the other. The flood
tides run about elk hours, the ebb lit
tie longer, SO that twelve hours and forty
minutes are required for flood tide
and ebb tide to pass the same point. It
is is always food tide at the Wioomico
river on the morning of Easter and the
same at Whitsuntide.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20

MR.. SHARON has rendered to Mrs.
Ralston a suite of seven rooms in the
Palace Hotel, with private servants, a
private coach and coachman, SO long as
she may see fit to use them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-20

fingered On The crimson lips. "SYbel,
for all the world p cried he in astonish-
ment. Touching a spring at the back
Of the case, lock of dark hair fell out.
and a yellow slip of paper, on which
were written the words, "Sybel, wife of
Leonard Ashmore, Bart, Ashmorelands,
England" There were a package of
letters and a broken seal ring, and, last.
", an unfinished diary.
'sLet us go back, gentlemen" said
Ned. 81 feel that wise providence
has placed it in our power to unravel
dark crime. Let us return to the outer
day and read this diary, which perhaps
will give us the clue to this horrible
mystery"
They returned to the inn, and in the
stiffness of their private parlor Ormsby
opened the leaves of the mouldy jour
nal. The first part was merely jottings
OF incidents occurring in the travels of
a gentleman, and sketches of places
visited and people seen; then there was
blank, after which came the startling
words. Walled up alive p
Il, Leonard Ashmore, Baronet, of
Ashmorelands, England, Of sound mind,
and knowing that am for ever buried
from the outside world, and feeling that
IN few brief hours I shall cease to be.
write herein the particulars of hideous
crime, having faith That some time this
record will come to light, and the per
petrators be punished. Be it known
that [, Leonard Ashmore, Baronet, and
Lord John Willoughby, of Willoughby
Hall, England, came to our death at the
hands of Hugh Allonby, keeper of the
Allonby Inn,' Scotland. We were re-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Sailing, Packing, and selling Butter

Blanchard's Butter Manual recon-
mends one ounce of salt to a pound
of butter as sufficient for keeping it;
but the butter paying class of Gus
toners, who are a little more tastidl-
GUS about the quality, prefer about
one half as much; and this is found
sufficient, if the casein has been
properly removed. Butter makers in
the vicinity of large towns should
seek out regular customers for their
produce, in which cases it may be
put up in balls or any other form
adapted TO The demand. "Philadel-
phia prints" which haze acquired 2
worldwide reputation, are pound
balls, with a small figure upon the
top. They are usually enclosed in o
white linen napkin, and packed ia o
cedar, zinc-lined chest, with apart
ments at each end for ice, to keep II
hard while being transported to mar
ket. For the great mass of butter
makers, the wooden tub, holding
from fifteen to one hundred pounds
must ever be the most economical
of packages. In the vicinity of New
York city, heavy return pals, of The
best white oak, With thick covers
having the owners name branded or
them, are used and reused year ef
ter year. In some parts of the West
m~iserably poor oakep tubs are EN-
pIoyed, which affect the butter very
injurionsly. In other localities, ash
en- tubs are fayorites, while in North.
ern Vermont the most approved tub;
are spruce. Spruce is un~questiona
bly the least liable Of all timber to
affect the favor OF butter injuriously:
while il is regularly believed that,
for long keeping aud much exposure,
good white OAK is preferable. Stone
jars and crooks are sometimes used,
but we do not recommend them.
Much depends upon the purity of The
salt-it must be perfectly white. and
completely soluable in water. The
Office OF salt is, first, to remove the
buttermilk from the pores Of the but.
ter, and, secondly, to render harm.
less what cannot be lemoved.-Scien
tifc american.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
4 knowing Bird.

The following incident furnishes
rather an interesting illustration OF
the intelligence or instinct of ami
mails. On the 4th Of July, 1873, a
tame red bird, belonging to Mr.. j.
George Stilz. OF this city, escaped
from its cage, and, after lingering
about the place for q few days, dis
appeared. Nothing more was seen
of it for many months. On the 4th
of March, 1874, just eight months
later. the day being bright and the
windows open, it few into the house
and remained some ten or fifteen
minutes, flying ont again before 1t
could be captured. Again it disap'
pearcd, and nothing was seen OF 1t
till last fall, when its familiar not7
was heard again in the bushes near
the house, and the bird was seen fol
several days, when it left for parts
unknown. Another visit Is confident
ly expected from the bird this spring
and tn question is, where does it go
to, and how does it end the way back
TO it's old home?-IndidnapOiis Jour
nal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
American Farms.

The great improvements that nave
taken place in transportation, which
make it possible for the wheat OF
Iowa and California to compete IN
the English markets with that raised
on the Atlantic sea-board, and which
place Iowa in competition with New
England, have operated to specialize
farming. The large farmer of to-day
raises fewer kinds on his farm thar
did the small farmer of the last cen
turv. This specialization allows the
use of the higher appliances and the
use Of capital as the former system
could not. The true farms have
doubtless grown in size, on the aver
age. The early settlers of necessity
could till but small farms. The tax
lists Of Long Island for the years De-
tween 1875 ard 1855 show that IN
nine English towns the average lsho
holding was about twenty-five acres,
and in The FIVE Dutch towns about
tbirtv.seven acres, or for the whole
fourteen towns it was twenty-five
and one-third acres, and at that time
over ninety per cent. of the tax pay,
ers were land holders. The national
census of 1870 enumerates $780, 600
farms. only six and a halt per cent.
of which were of less than ten acres,
and more than half of the whole
number contained over fifty acres.
The cash value of the farms. imple-
ments and live stock was placed at
upward of $ll ,O0O, 000, 900, and the
total estimated value of all the farm
productions at about $2,44S,O0O, 600.
OF the $500, 600 persons engaged
in all classes of occupation" 6,0OO,-
600 were engaged in agriculture.
We have absolutely no statistics OF
the agriculture of the colonies at the
time of the Revolution; therefore
the actual figures of progress cannot
be given. and we refrain from estl-
mates.-Prof. w. IL. BREWER, in
Horppr'S MAGAZINE for May.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

n G~-st-class hotel, and breakfasted IN
a STYLE that made Sara tremble for
the future. And after breakfast Eilhu
laid a package before her, and a cas-
ket by the side Of her plate.
"My frst present to my WIFE, he
said. AS for you, Ben
A cry of delight from Ben MADE
his sister turn around to look at him
The bor was glorious IN a gold hun''
inp.ease watch and chain.
aOpen your casket, love- SAID her
husband, smiling. -,
She obeyed and a river OF light
seemed to fash upon her from the
dianlonds within. At he same time
her husband broke the seal of The
package. and showed her a bani
hook inscribed with her name.
"Ten thousand dollars are deposit
ed there, subject to your order" salt
Elihu, ~carelessly.
"Ten thousand dollars! and the
watch! and the diamonds" gaspet
Sara, turning pale. What a 1t al
meau!"
~ know" broke in Ben, with
@iovous laugh. cousin Elihu hai
only been pretending to be poor al
this time. Nicely sold all those PEG
pie at the farm will be-"
Sara turned 20 her husband. ID
smiled. and drew her closely to hi
breast. From that happy day not
wish of hers or Ben's has been IN
gratifed. And all the romance o
her life began instead of ending "a
she for q time supposed when klis'
came home"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Concrete Gravel Walks.

The following directions for making
concrete surface are given by an ex-
change.
Dig away the earth to the depth of
about five inches, then lay a bottom
of pebbles, ramming them well down
with q paving rammer. Sweep them
of as clean as possible with a broom,
and cover the surface thinly with hot
coal tar. Now put on a coat OF
smaller gravel (the first bed OF pebbles
should be as large as goose eggs
previously dipped in hot coal tar,
drained, and rolled in coal ashes,
with an intermixture Of fne gravel,
and roll it down as thoroughly as
possible. Let the roller run slowly,
and let a boy follow it with a hoe to
scrape of all adhering gravel. Next
put on a coat of fine gravel or sand
surface, and roll again IS thoroughly
as possible; the more rolling the bet.
ter. 1t will take some weeks to bar
den, but makes a splendid hard sur
face which sheds water like a roof
Do not use too much tar. l: is only
necessary to use enough to make tbt
ingredients cohere under pressure
and 2 little is better thsa too much
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Moving che Rock Of Ages.

The good people Of the town oI
D were talking of moving their
meeting house TO a more agreeable
locality; among the advocates of the
movement none were more earnest
than old bacon A, who, by the way,
has an uncomfortable habit of sleep.
ing in church. No matter how in
.eresting the discourse, the old dea-
con was sure to drop of at such Q
time. On the Sabbath preceding the
day appointed for moving the house,
the pastor preached an interesting
sermon on the Brock of Ages
Growing eloquent in his remarks, the
good minister finally added with
great emphasis:
"WO caa move it!n
The deacon having been asleep as
usual, woke up just in time to catch
the query, thinking the pastor refer
red to the meeting house, rose up in
his seat and exclaimed:
"Ill bring over my yoke Of steers,
aud they'll jerk it along the whole
distance, if you'll keep plenty of hard
wood rollers under it."
The deacon slept in meeting
after that.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
PinchinE Rasrberries.

The past season ] pinched off the
top end of my raspberry bushes when
they were about three feet high, for
the purpose of making them grow
slowly, and to spare the trouble Of
setting poles to tie them to. Those
canes pincbed of threw out side
branches, and the yield of fruit is
about double this season what the
bushes which were shortened last
season in comparison with those
which were left to grow naturally.
AS the currant worm has destroyed
nearly all our cUrrant bushes, we can
easily supply their place in our gar
den with other small fruits, such as
strawberries, blackberries, raspber-
ries and berberries, which as yet have
few insect enemies. The best dress
ing | End for raspberries bushes is
decayed chips or rotten wood from
the forest and ashes. In my berry.
ing days of childhood l always found
the largest raspberries aud most
thrifty bushes growing round rotten
logs and deeayed stumps in the pas
tures.-COr. MaiRe Farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Red Pepper and Poultry.

4 lady correspondent of the Popl-
try Bulletin says:
Il do not know if other persons
who raise poultry and pet birds are
as much dependent as | am on red
pepper; but | have found so much
benefit from its use in my poultry
yards and bird cages, that it may not
be amiss to call the attention Of 9th
ers to its good properties. ! do not
speak Of the article that is sold in the
drug stores land sometimes not re-
markably fresb) but of the capsicum
that grows in our gardens. | have
tried all the different varieties, and
find that the most pungent and efica-
cioLs is the small kind usually known
by the name of birds pepper"
The plant in itself is a beautiful OBJ
iect; it grows about two feet high,
and in autumn its bright little scarlet
berries look like coral beads peeping
from under the dark, green foliage.
Indeed, one plant in q pot forms q
very pretty ornament for a flower
stand. The seeds possess a stimula'
ting and reviving property, and
find that two or three given 10 newly
hatcbed chickens, especially if they
are weakly, have a NEST happy effect.
If a hen looks feeble after moulting
six Of these berries or pods, giver
daily in some corn meal and sweet
milk, improve her wonderfully. Last
summer two of my finest canaries
began to droop Every day l gave
them each one seed Of the "bird'i
pepper" and in less than a week they
were quite well. The same remed,
is invaluable for mocking birds"