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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
Lynch Law i'm New York State.
Watertown On. ~ Dispatch.

Watertown On. ~ Dispatch.
Several robberies were recently com
mitted in Concordia, Jefferson county,
but no clew was obtained to the perpe-
traitor. Finding at length that every
house in town was to be searched by a
Vigilance Committee, DR.. Rusch, who
had been for some time resident of
the town, drew his money from the
bank and fled on horseback. He was
ove.taken by band of horsemen, and
upon being conducted back to town, he
confessed to eight robberies, and was
then seized by an Infatuated crowd, who
led him with rope round his neck to a
neighboring tree.
On arriving the moose was fastened
around his neck and the end of the rope
thrown over limb of tree and grasped
by the earger and excited crowd, who in
an instant had the body of the doctor
dangling in the air. Thrice he was let
down and asked if he had accomplices.
The unfortunate man persisted that he
had none, and, seeing he had no
chance of mercy, he asked at the last
time the benefit of the clergy. Strange
to say, the crowd granted this reasona-
bic request, and Methodist minister
offered long and impressive prayer
for the doomed mans soul. Busch al
SO began praying, but his auditors were
rot impressed, and told him to 'cut it
snort" He begged for more time to
pray, but his impatient hearers swung
him up with the words on his lips.
The majority of the mob stayed until
the last spark of life had fed, when
they returned to their homes. Some
others, heavily under the influence Of
whiskey, stayed behind and perpetrated
a more dastardly act than did the man
they hanged. They cut the corpse
down, and robbed it of the money he
had drawn from the bank, and his gold
watch and chain, leaving his body
where it fell, with the rope still around
his neck, in which condition it was
found and taken charge of by the Off
GERS of the law. A jury was summoned
by Squire Tieman and an inquest held.
The verdict was in accordance with the
foregoing facts. Busch was unmarried
and lived by himself. He had previously
borne good character, and was unsus-
pected of crimes SO heinous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30

chopped fine Cor it may be more effec-
tually done by passing through a sieve),
add two teaspoonfnls of cayenne. pure,
and mixed well together. Then add
one small biscuit, reduced to powder
Mix the ingredients together and supply
your (say some half-dozen) birds
with diet two or three times
daily. No green food during the mott.
The more OF the pepper food the birds
partake of and the less of seeds the
deeper the color of the plumage VIII be.
You need not fear your birds fe.> 4ng
upon the above food. Commence With
the pepper diet when the young have
attained the age of six weeks. There
will be no necessity to put the whole of
the young birds upon the cayenne dice.
Select for the purpose the boldest and
most hkely-looking cock birds. Young
canaries bred from pepperfed birds will
not be high-colored in first or nest feath-
ers. To make them high-colored they
must be molted upon cayenne.
How TO KEEP MEAT FRESH A Lone
TIME.-There is no good reason why
farmers and their families should eat so
much salt pork, leaving all the fresh
meat to the inhabitants of cities and
villages, when the following method
will keep meat fresh for weeks, even in
the warmest weather. l know, for I
have tried it for more than ten years
AS soon as the animal heat is out of the
meat, slice it up ready for. cooking.
Prepare large jar by scalding well with
hot salt and water. Mix salt and pull
| verified saltpetre> in the proportion OF
enc tablespoonful of saltpetre to one
teacupful of salt. Cover the bottom OF
the jar with sprinkle of salt and pep
per. Put down laying of meat. sprin-
kle with salt and pepper, the same as
if just going to the table, and
| continue IN tins manner till
the jar is full. Fold cloth
or towel and wet it in strong salt and
water, in which little of the saltpetre
| is dissolved. Press the cloth closet.
over the meat and set in cool place
Be sure and press the cloth on tightly
| as each layer is removed, and your
meat will keep for months. It is good
plan to let the meat lie over night after
it is sliced, before packing. Then
| drain Off all the blood that oozes from
it. It will be necessary to change the
cloth occasionally, or take it off and
wash it-frst in cold water-then scald
in salt and water as at first. In this
way farmers can have fresh meat all the
year round. I have kept beef that was
killed the 18th of February till the 21st
of June. Then I packed large jar OF
veal in the same way during the dog
days, and it kept six weeks. This re-
cipe alone is worth the price of any
| newspaper in the land.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
The Vale of KaShmir.

The beauty of the Kashmir women
has long been famous in the East, but if
you want beautiful Kashmiris do not 90
to Kashmir to look for them. They
have all fine eyes, and "the eyes of
Kashmir" have been Justly celebrated in
Eastern poetry but that is almost the
only feminine attraction to be found in
the country, even among the dancing
girls and the boat-girls. AS to the ordi-
nary women, there is too much sad
truth in Victor Jacquemont's outburst
against them: "Know that have never
seen anywhere such hideous witches as
in Kashmir. He had not been in
Tibet. The female race is remarkably
ugly. I speak of women of the common
ranks-those one sees in the streets and
felds-Since those of more elevated
station pass all their lives shut up, and
are never seen. It is true that all little
girls who promise to turn out pretty are
sold at eight years of age, and carried
off into the Panjab and india" I am
afraid al good deal of that traffic still
goes on, Notwithstanding the law which
forbids women and mares to be taken
out of the country; and as it has gone
on for generations, it is easily explica-
BILE how the women of Kashmir should
be SO ugly. A continuous process of
eliminating the pretty girls and leaving
the ugly ones to continue the race, must
lower the standard of beauty. But the
want of good condition strikes one
more painfully in Kashmir than the
want of beauty. The aquiline noses,
long ehins, and long faces Of the women
Of Kashmir would allow only of pecll-
liar and rather Jewish stile of beauty !;
but even that Is not brought out well by
the state OF their physique; and I don't
suppose the most beautiful woman in
the world would. show. to advantage if
imperfectly washed and dressed in the
ordinary feminine attire of Kashmir
dirty, whitish cotton nightgown.
Btacha0oods Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
MUCH LAND.
Suit In the United States District Court for
t#t 100000 Acres.

Suit In the United States District Court for
100000 Acres.
From the st. Louis Democrat.
Henry T. Blow, jr., ct al, heirs OF
Louis A. T. LaBeaun,e, have brought
suit by their counsel, Grover & Ellis,
against the government, in the District
Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Missouri, for con-
frmation of title to ECO, 900 acres OF
land, originally granted to jacques
Clamorgan, on the LIST of March, 1897,
by Don Zenon, Trudeau, Lieutenant
Governor, and confirmed by the Baron
de Carondelet, Governor General of the
Province of Louisiana, under the do
minion of Spain. Clamorgan sold his
claim to John Eli Tholasan. in 1913,
and Tholasan sold to Louis LaBeaume
in 1916. The petitioners make their
claim as heirs of LaBeaume.
This is the largest claim ever brought
before the United States courts for
confirmation under Spanish grant,
and for many years was specially, and
by name, excluded from the beneficial
operation of laws pissed by Congress
for the adjustment and settlement OF
concessions of land made by the Span
ish authorities. The act of 1860 re-
moved the restriction, and opened the
way for the present assertion Of the
claim. The land originally conceded
embraced large portion of the present
county of st. Charles, upan the Missis-
sippi river. The result of the present
suit, if favorable to claimants, will not
be to dispossess the present occupants
of the land, but will simply entitle the
claimants to locate a like quantity OF
government land elsewhere at 81. 25 per
acre.
These grants or concessions of land
were protected by stipulations in the
treaty of cession from Spain to France
in 1900, known as the Treaty of San
Ildefonso, and in the treaty of cession
from France to the United States in
1903, known as the Treaty Of Paris, in
the time Of the great Napoleon. The
suit involves discussion Of the scope
of those treaties, and of the laws, usages
and ordinances adopted for the govern
ment of the Province of Louisiana
under Spanish and French sovereignty,
as well as an Injury into the laws
Of the Territory OF Missouri under
the crude legislation of the Gov
error and Judges of Indiana Territory,
who, by authority of Congress, gov
erned the Territory of Missouri during
the first few years following the acqui-
ton of Louisiana by the United States.
The case will carry judges and lawyers
back to the days and events which, to
us who live in the same territory and
note its wonderful development in pop
ulation, arts, sciences and laws, seem
almost mythical, but which are replete
with historical interest to those. who
have time and inclination to revert
them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30

stroyed by an earthquake. It probably
originated near the Islands Of Juan Fer
nandez, where volcano burst forth
through depth Of 400 feet of water,
sendin up column of fiery ejecta,
which killed immense numbers of fish
in the vicinity. Many thousands of
persons lost their lives on this occa-
sion.
On March 10Th, 1873, the city of San
Salvador was utterly destroyed. Three
shocks were experienced, but the in
habitants were, by the previous noises,
SO we'll warned that comparatively
small loss Of life (about 5OOO took place.
The frequency of earthquakes in this
region is expressly told in the name
given to it by the aboriginal Indians
Cuscatlan-" the land that swings like
a hammock.
By far the most awful earthquake
ever recorded in history in that of Lis
bon, on the LIST Of November, 1755.
About nine o'clock in the morning a
hollow thnnderlike sound was heard in
the city, although the weather was clear
and serene. Almost Immediately after
ward, without any other warning, such
an upheaval and overthrowing of the
ground occurred as destroyed the great
er part Of the houses, and buried or
crushed no less than 10000 persons.
AS it was festival day most of the
churches were filed with their congre-
cations, and each church became fam
ing sepulcher for the hapless victims,
for the burning tapers set the woodwork
on fire, and the people were both crush
ed and burned. In the whole region
about 1000 persons, lost their lives;
and on the opposite side of TIE Mediter-
ranean,I in Morocco, the earth opened
and swallowed town with s, 900 inhab-
itants. The enormous sea waves caused
by the disturbances destroyed hundreds
of vessels with their crews.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
Truth.

BY ALICE ARNOLD CRAWFORD.
o Truth, diwnely sweet and fair !!
The crystal springs of life are thine;
The light of years thy garments bear,
The stars of ages DER thee shine:
Inwrought with every circllng sphere
Borne of a heavenly atmosphere,
O truth triumphant! Though full oft
Born down beneath the weight of wrong
Though smiling falsehood bear aloft
The seeming victries Of the strong,
Thou wilt awake, and, from the dust,
Rise pure, and beautiful, and just.
Though error walk the fields of fame
In raiment wrested from thy hand,
Though prison CELL and rack, and flame
Become despoilers of the land,
Unblemished still-undimmed by time,
Truth standeth glorious and sublime.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Making Use of the Grnsshoprers.

The Department OF Agriculture at
Washington has, by experiments, devel-
oped plan for utilizing grasshoppers,
which are found to yield large pro-
portion of oil, equal to the best fish oil,
while the pressed pulp can be used for
the manufacture of sundry valuable
chemicals, and purified for food, the
residue used as a fertilizer. It is pro-
posed to catch grasshoppers in high
trenches and subject them to process
similar to that used at the Menhaden
fisheries. If this seasons grasshopper
crop comes up to anything Ikeexpe sta
tons, it promises to be enormously
profitable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
Is Snow a Fertilizer e

The following is the opinion Of the
Agricola on the disputed subject
g Snow is good fertilizer, because it
is bad conductor of heat, and, in pre-
serving plants from the colo, renders
the action of the manure contained in
the soil more powerful But this is not
all. DIR. Poncheur, French chemist,
has observed that the purest snow al
ways left black residuum. He exam
ined this, and found it contained parti-
cles which had been held in suspension
in the air, and the first fall of snow con-
tains the greatest number of these,
which, collecting around the plants,
form an almost invisible, but very fruit
full manure. This soil, which is brought
from the air by the snow, is not visible,
as one might suppose.
Every one knows that body of snow,
however pure, becomes black when it is
melted. But this does not arise from
the mud OF dust on the ground. but
comes from the atmosphere. This can
be proved by putting lump of new
fallen snow under e glass bell; it will
appear black as soon as it commences
to melt, and On examining this pile of
particles with the microscope they are
found to be of every conceivable variety.
To form an idea of the quantity of these
atmospheric sweepings, look at the
particles in sunbeam and then COM
pute how many shower of snow can
bring down. This also explains why a
LAYER of earth can SO quickly collect on
a bare rock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
THE EARTHQUAKE BUSINESS.
The Recent Shake in South America-Other
Shakes 0f Peculiar Interest.

The Recent Shake in South America-Other
Shakes Of Peculiar Interest.
BFrom the New York Graphic
Further information has been receiv-
ed by way of Havana of the terrible
calamity in New Grenada. The whole
valley Of Cucuta, in New Grenada, near
the Venezuelan frontier, has been de-
vastated by an earthquake, and it is
said that $4,000 persons have lost their
lives. The valley of Cucuta is in the
province OF Pamlona, mountainous
section OF New Grenada, in which the
peak OF Almorzadora, IL, $50 feet high,
is situated. The range to which this
belongs is about two hundred and fifty
miles from the Pacific coast, about the
same distance from the caribbean sea,
and but short distance from the Ven
ezuelan frontier. In this region traces
OF the most violent valcanlc action are
visible on every hand. This action is of
as so recent a date in many places to
keep the soil in heated condition.
There have been numerous earth
quakes IN the United States and South
America, but none in connection with
which such tremendous destruction is
recorded as IN the above. In 1911 oc-
cured the famous series of earthquakes
in Missouri, which Humboldt studied
and described. Over an extent of
country stretching for 800 miles south
ward from the mouth of the Ohio river
the grounds rose and sunk in great UNI
dulatlons for months. The disturbances
continued over what has since been
called the "slnk country" until March
10, 1871, when they ceased coincidently
with the great earthquake of Caracas.
About midnight on February 20, 1886,
he city OF Conception, Chill, was de-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
A Plan to Catch the Thief.

There is now a plan for narrowing
down the hunt for the missing package
stolen from the treasury. It is pro-
posed to call in the entire issue of $500
treasury notes. This would not lead to
the inevitable discovery of the thief, or
destroy his entire chance Of getting rid
of the money, but it is claimed that lit
would make the work of detection easy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
The New College of Music.

There is now no doubt at all about the
carrying out of the College of Music
scheme. It has taken practical and
definite shape, and will be pushed for
ward as soon as the final arrangements
can be made. The trustees are chosen
and the site selected, and the building
will probably be under way by the fall.
The benevolentoldg gentleman who'll
over a million dollars for its endowment
still manages to keep his name out eff
the papers, and very wise thing !. is
for him to do. IF all the people who
want other peoples money only knew
where that old gentleman could be
found, what time he would have with
receptions, to be sure! The college lis
to be quite wonderful institution, and
among the chief wonders of it will be q
garden where an atmosphere of unchang-
ing temperature will always be main
tanned. This, of course, is to be done
by artificial means, and the object is to
prevent the voices of the pretty young
song birds from being roughly treated
by our sometimes barbarous climate.
The garden will be large affair, with
flower beds and pleasant walks and ey-
erything to make the heart of budding
beauty glad. In the college proper
there will be sleeping rooms for female
pupils, but none Of the other sex will
be permitted to remain over night. It
will be strictly moral institution, as it
should, and no Brooklyn practices will
be allowed. Boys or girls Of foreign
birth will not be admitted to it's priv
leges, which are to be restricted exclu-
sively to natives of the United States.
The college will be located on the Fifth
avenue side of Central Park, near the
projected Museum of Art, and not far
from the Mall, the Casino, the Ramble.
and other points Of popular resort.
Plans for it's erection are already being
made, and the trustees say they viii
have the whole scheme carried forward
as speedily as possible, and everybody
knows that trustees never fail to keep
their word.-N. Y. Correspondence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
supporting Bearing Boughs.

A French horticulturist states that,
wherever fruit-a pear, for instance
rests upon some branch or other sup
port beneath it, the fruit always grows
to large size. The theory is that the
support given to the fruit permits the
sap vessels of the branch to remain
open, and the fruit receives abundant
nourishment.
Substantially the same tests have
been noticed in this country. Pendent
or horizontal boughs have long since
been observed to bear excessively. If
the fruit is properly thinned on these
limbs, and they be held in the horizon
tai or depressed direction, the fruit will
be large and uniform. So, if the bark
of branch be ringed, the fruit is in
creased in size, but at the expense of
flavor, and also at the expense of the
continued vitality of the bough.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
NarcOtiZing Horses.

The Medical Gazette of Bordeaux,
France, says that an eminent veterinary
surgeon has Informed the Medical and
Surgical Society of that city that the
coachmen of certain families had been
for some time in the habit of admin
istering choral to the horses in their
charge, so as to make them easier to
ride or drive. 1t appears that the drug
acted like a charm, for horses which
had previously been SO spirited as to
give much trouble to their driver be-
came as quiet as lambs after few days
of this hyposthenic treatment. TIL
change naturally attracted the attention
of the owners Of the animals, and they
sent for the veterinary surgeon to ascer-
tain the cause of the sudden gentleness.
That functionary noticed certain ten
dency to sleep in the animals, but
scarcely knew to what to refer this un-
usual condition, when, in one of his
visits, he CHANGED to find bottle half
full of choral. When the coachman
was questioned regarding the use he
made of the drug he confessed. after
much hesitation, that, following the adj
vice of brother "whip,'' he gave the
horses a dose of choral every morn
ing to make them go quietly, and
further, that many of the fraternity Ia
Bordeaux followej the same plan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
Ounces.

At recent discussion on the culture
of the ounce at meeting Of the Mary
land Horticultural Society, Maj. King
said that the cultivation of this fruit, If
properly carried on, would be more
profitable than going to Florida and
spending money in the purchase and
management of orange groves. In the
New York market ounces seldom sell
for less than rs cents per peck-six to
eight cents apiece. Instead Of careless
~ planting tree, here and there, in
the corners of fences and in wet places,
and leaving it untrimmed, the ounce
requires systematic cultivation. Among
the varieties the best are the Anglers,
Apple, Orange and Pear ounces. The
Angers, though used for dwarfng
pears, yields an excellent fruit. The
Apple ounce is the most generally Gull
tivated. The Pear Mammoth is an in
proved variety. The ounce is hardy,
and its cultivation is simple. 1t should
be planted in dry, loamy soil, we'll
deepened and MANFRED with coal ashes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30

DR.. GRoss, the celebrated surgeon,
was once dangerously i'll. Soon after
his recovery, he met one Of his patients,
who remarked to him: ooh, Doctor, I
rejoice to see that you are out again;
had we lost you, our good people would
have died by she dozen" THANK you,
madam. but now fear, they will die by
the Gross laA 123
Love descends to friendship friend
ship never scars to love.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
Small Things,

Small Things.
We find some valuable suggestions in
e Agriculturist, New York, as follows
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-09
Robert WhaIeY.

Bay Horse. 1613 hands high, weighs 1900 lbs
foaIed April 9th, 1S71;by Night Hawk out of the
celebrated mare Brown Jane;;she by young Gif
ford Morgan her dam 10y w. Wadsworth's
old Henry Clay; granddam unknown; but by
her fine form and blood-like appearance was
supposed to be of the Messenger tribe. Now
as / do not want to go back to the stud OF
Solomon with the pedigree of this Horse
which could do if / saw fit, would merely
say, for horse TO breed Stock for general pur
poses. he is second to none, either foreign or
domestic, in this country.
VIII stand at the stable OF the subscriber two
miles north and half mile east OF Lawrence,
commencing April LIST, 1875. for limited num-
Der of Mares, at the low price OF Twenty Dol
lars, to insure Mare in Foal. Good keep and
pasturage furnished for Mares az a distance,
but escapes and accidents at the rlsk OF the
owners thereof.
p. ST. will give Fifty-six Dollars in Pre-
NUNS for the get of this Horse. TO be shown
at the Agricultural Far at Lawrence, in the
fall of 1876, as follows For the beet Yesrling.
S10 Second Best Yearling. IS; Third Beet
Yearling, sc Fourth Best YearliDg, "a ; Best
Sucking Colt. $40 I'd Best SuckiUg Colt, sS
Sd Beet Sucking Oolr, -6 Alb Best Smoking
Colt, a.
IO44m3 STEPHEN sToDDARD.