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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
A "QUEER FELLOW"

Oone pIOpuO" "lttIuS lIOlu ~ DC liz
lite to cotemporary, foretells brill
liant future for John Muir, the "Hugh
Miller Of California" as he terms him.
Many people Of Wisconsin, and more
especially of Madison, know and are
deeply interested in both the past and
future career Of John Muir. A wild
Scottish genius coming to Northern
Wis consin when a child, he knew
nothing of civilization, aud less Of
books and school routine, until, when
past his majority he enter ed the Uni
versity at Madison. There he dis
tingnished himself less as a technical
scholar than as an ardent deyotee Of
natural science, poesy, and invention.
Peculiarly original, he was known
among the students as a "queer fel-
low and his rooms were visited by
hundreds of curious people, drawn
thlther by the tame Of his wonderful
clocks and numerous other mechanical
contrivances. Chemistry, botany and
natural-phi!osophy we're his especial
delight and he devoted himself to ex-
periments and demonstration with
zeal that astonished both teachers and
classmates. One vacation he started
In pursuit of rare plant, which his
botanical research told him should be
found in certain region. He went
alone and for weeks nothing was heard
of him. When at last he wrote, it
was triumphant letter, bearing the
eureka Of his toll. He had been lost
in the wilderness, had wandered on
and on never fathless, never doubling
that he should find the little flower.
At last he was rewarded by beholding
it at his feet, and he sat down and
wept not for loneliness, but because
he wss satisfied !; he had reached the
companionship he sought; hundreds
of miles from home in the wilderness,
himself knowing not where he was.
Such was John Muir as a stu
dent. When next we heard of him, it
was through series of articles 10 the
Overland Monthly propounding new
theory for the formation of the 70
Semiulte Valley Scientific, nice in
detail. broad il conception and
glowing with poetic enthusiasm they
could not fail to create a deep inn
preston on the mind Of any thought
full person who might read. There
we learned that he had been there for
years, studying every rock, tracing
every rlvulet to Its source and pryins
into secrets Of the glaciers, hidden
among the inaccessible mountains
He declares the 70 Semni,e is the
result of Glacial action, and that ga-
clers exist to-day among those far
western mountains as among the Alps.
We believe ahat he says and that be
will yet demonstrate it beyond tue
shadow Ct doubt. Such earnestness
0! his will never pass for naught ; aud
his keen sense is too far seeing to haz-
ard proposition which he is unable
TO verify. He is not houored by the
comparison to Hugh Miller, fer with
The poets soul he possesses the scen-
fists rigid exactness of brain, and bet
ter than both, he is absolutely free
from any shackles of theology. He
has the grand gift Of dreaming, the
great patience to verify and the high
wisdom Of tenderness and freedom.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06

A FRIEND says that in visiting
Michigan he had occasion to remark
to one of the natives concerning
the procession of the Equinoxes,
when to his astonishrnent his audi
tor replied, 20 that's of no conse-
quence, the world would be better
off if there was no such thing as a
procession" Our friend believes
michigan to be twenty-five years
behind Wisconsin, and Wisconsin
not yet up to the. time of the
DeIuge."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
THE MARTYRLESS TOMORROW.

IN the cycles of the ages,
Truth comes uppermost at last
For the Saviors of the present,
Are the martyrs of the past.
The sentiment Of the above quot
ed stanza may be poor comfort to
the "martyr of the present. unless
his chief aspiration be to become
the Savior of some distant future
but its truth is obvious, though he
doubtless can not be exceedingly
grateful to the coward who recog-
nizes his truth and yet sees him die
without a protest. L is a popular
belief that truth must temporarily
succunb to error, because in the
ages past, she has yielded for the
time; but if she always must, there
IS little hope in the idea of progress
ion. IF victory must always be
gained through bloodshed, land every
genius rise to acknowledgement
through battle that exhausts much
ef its best energies, life IS indeed a
failure. This cannot be.
Pass by the purely surface people;
the little souls that array themselves,
chatter over the poor habby drip
pings of half developed speech and
sink into the oblivion of all sphem-
era Pitiful natures these too
weak to be censurable. They say
all they know, they are on the
HAPPY winds that whisk the leaves
of level spaces. But the world
has maryland their number daily
multiplies-of deeper mind. Mind
that perceives and appreciates but
dare not speak the truth. Harness
ed to the tread mill traces of some
grinding-school that gives them
b<ead, or lower still, jewels, they
tread and tread through the years,
geaded III the rear by the stolid mas
ter who regulates pace and position
and Knocked ahead and above by the
beautiful eye, whose brain they
know is eternal, but dare not ac-
knowledge.
This mind is deeply censurahle.
No soul should be allowed to rest
that acts unWorthlly of its best
knowledge; and no social lash-the
scorpion whip of later days-is bit
ter enough to furnish excuse for
trifiing with truth, or falling to ac-
knowledge her the moment she IS
perceived. or farther yet, for declln-
ing to embrace an opportunity to
perceive her. And yet human ma
ture is guilty of this paltry trifilng.
Not low, nor base, but well-endow-
cd natures are thus culpable. Ma
tures, that along the queens high
noad would sweep royalty, skulk
al cover through the dust of es-
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useless.
If American pulpits are impotent
enough to be crutched along by pro-
fessional operators in the supersti-
tons of men, let them cry Halt! and
not Help!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
BRAHMA V1sHNU AND LIMA

BRAHMA V1sHNU AND LIMA
Creator, preserver and Destroyer
constitute the Hindu Trinity. Wish
mn has already, according to Brah-
Hzan Scriptures, incarnated himself
eight several times, dwelling as a
man among men, teaching, preach
ing, working miracles. Two more
nacarnaticns are expected, of which
the final constituting the tenth in
the series, will be the most glorious;
the contamination of all felicity to
the devout Brahman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
MARION V. DUDLEY, EDIToR
CONTRIBUTORS:

HATTIE TYING GRIswoLD, HELEN NJ
BINGHAM, CHARLES b. MILLS, CHARLES
cAvERNo, JOHN BAscoM, J. L. DUDLEY,
AMELIA w. BATE, JULIA FORD, SARAH D.
HOBART, ELLEN P. ALLERTON, CARLoTTA
PERRY, JAMES MAC ALISTER, 7. L. JONES,
ELLA WHEELER, GEO. w. COOKE, THOMAS
KERR, CHARLES H. HASKINS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-05
Life-savins Stations.

The value of the system of life-saving sta
tons established on our coasts may be esti-
mated by the aid of the official report published
in Washington. From this report it appears
that during the past six months fiity-nine
wrecks, imperilling some eight hundred and
sixty-two lives, occurred in the vicinity of the
Ete-saving stations The value of the aid rem
dered may be judged from the fact that out Of
this large number only fifteen of the ship
wrecked lost their lives Fourteen Of these
were lost in the wreck of the fated Italian bark
Giovanni, which struck so far from the shore
as to be out of reach Of any life-saving appara-
tus at present invented. These are most sat
isfactory results, and we hope that measures
will be taken to further increase the efficiency
of this most valuable department of the public
service. The results already obtained more
than justify the creation Of the ife-saving sta
tons, and ought to act as an inducement to
their further multiplication. Not alone have
hundreds of valuable lives been saved, but
property to the value of over one million and
q half has been rescued from the waves within
q very few months. The total value of prop
erty rescued from loss by these stations since
their establishment in 1871 amounts to the
large sum Of four millions and half nearly,
while the total number of lives imperilled dur
ing the same period was two thousand four
hundred and fity-one. Only eighteen of these
lives were lost, including the fifteen before
mentioned. These figures are the strongest
argument in favor Of the further increase of
this department of the public service, and we
hope before many years have passed that there
will not be dangerous point on the whole
coast that does not possess its life-saving sta
tiop
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The Carlist War.

There seems at last some prospect Of an in
telligent direction OF the war by the Madrid
generals. Martinez Campos and Jovellar
have, it is said, hemmed i'll the forces COM
manded by Dorregaray. 1t is to be hoped
that they may succeed in compelling the sur
render of the Carlist chiefs, as otherwise there
is little prospect of the restoration of peace to
Spain. The Carlist movement never had the
slightest chance of success. That it grew to
its present proportions Is wholly due to the
DISCRIMINATION into which the army was
thrown by the advent of the Republic. Had
not the extreme republican party, by their
violent and unreasonable denunciation of the
army .alenated the whole body of Spanish
officers from the cause of the Republic, it is
probable that Carlism would have been
crushed in its infancy. But the discomfort of
the army assumed the proportions Of treason,
and Carlisn grew, not of its own strength,
but because the men who commanded the
national AMY nursed the movement in
stead of crushing it. For their trea-
son there can be no justification, but
no reasonable man can approve of the policy
adopted by the fanatics of the republican
party, which provoked the hostility Of the
army. Not content with a reasonable liberty
they sought to annihilate government and
reduce the Spanish nation to an aggregation
Of little communes without cohesion, and 50
wipe out that grand Spanish nationality, built
up at such terrible cost Of blood. Spain 10
the past fulfilled great mission, and no one
who understands the value of the work done
by her can wish her to disappear from the lisi
of nations-a fate that would seem to threater
her should the fanatics of reaction or Of re-
form obtain the control of her destiny. TIL
men who sought to destroy the work Of aga
disappeared at Carthagena, aud in the in
terest of humanity it is to be hoped tina
{ the party that seeks to turn back the wheel
Of progress may ICON meet with final over
throw.
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we may have the grac, to abstain from th
vainglorious spirit of an ordinary Four'n
July Grafton, and ALLOW = the divinity tina
shapes our ends" it's due shal 9 IN the pictur
OF liberty, greatness and prosp, 'rity when W
present to the world. devout .thanduines
and due recognition of human d epenuenc
on higher aid are the fttest expression OF deel
JOY.
There is one other topic which \ oehu
this occasion in view of next yea
Centennial 1t has of late been cust6
mary to express wish that the Centennial,
with its preliminaries may restore the old
fraternal sentiments between the South and
the North Such sentiments are wise and
timely, and they are certain to gain strength
with the nearer approach of the Centennial
festivities. But we apprehend that the re-
peaters Of this wish or this advice see as yet
only part of the strength of their case. 1t
is not merely that Massachusetts, and South
Carolina stood side by side in '76 powerful as
this appeal to early recollections s and ought
to be. The strong point is-and before the
close Of the centennial year the North will
acknowledge it-that our Southern brethren
have a livelier appreciation of the patriots of
the Revolution than is possible to US. What
we inherit as a tradition they have ex-
perienced as q reality They have been
themselves in the position of rebels
They too, have fought for independence,
and, while SO fighting, they nourished
their hearts and strengthened their fortitude
by constant meditation on the deeds and the
heroes of the Revolution. The position into
which we of the North were forced for the
maintenance of tho Union tended to put US
out of sympathy with the revolutionary spirit
We learned, for the first time, how govern
ments feel that are rebelled against, and lost
our former admiration OF rebels Upto the
outbreak of our civil war there was not
rebellion In Ireland, or in South America, or
in Greece, or in Hungary, or in any part of
the world, in which the warmest sympathies
of this country were not freely given to the
rebels against their government The South
continues to retain this feeling, and as danger
to the Union is forever past there is no rea-
son why we should not relight the partially
extinguished torch at the Southern altar
where the fire has been kept steadily burn
ing. Our Southern brethren will ultimately
acknowledge that we did them an invalu-
able service in frustrating their attempt
and making its repetition hopeless; and, on
the other hand, we shall yet acknowledge
that they acted from the noblest sentiments
directed to mistaken object We have
something to gain from them in capacity to
enter into the spirit which achieved our indie
pendence.
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manner Of drawing the warrants without ace
cepting all the responsibility for keeping the
Auen out of their money. Under these cir
cmnstances it is to be hoped that he will re-
consider the threat conveyed in his letter to
the President of the Fire Department and
will entirely abandon the effort to change the
mode of paving the men.
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THE COMMUNICATIONS from the churches In
London and Berlin which Mr.. Beecher read
at the close Of his services last night may be
in questionable taste, but they wiu help In
some degree to restore him to the position he
once held before the world. These exhibitions
of confidence show the reverence and love the
treat preacher has inspired, and it is well for
human nature that there is such an abiding
trust in his purity and innocence. "Grace,
Mercy and Peace" is Plymouths watchword
nov.
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that Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, is to
be hanged. While there is no doubt of this
lads crimes, nor of his being moral mon
ster, it seems barbarous that youth who can
scarcely be held responsible for his acts to the
full extent Of the penalty should be executed.
The only justification Of imposing the death
penalty IN this case is in the fact that there will
BIO one dangerous criminal less in the world
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The FOURTH IN PAR1s-The French are
not SO scrupulous as the Americans in the
matter of celebrating national events on Sun
day, and yesterday NJ. Caubert, an eminent
French Judge, gave banquet in honor Of
the day. Minister Washburne and other dis
tinguished Americans were present, besides
many eminent Frenchmen friendly 10 Amer
500
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THE AMERICAN VICTORY in Ireland makes
everything il regard to the visit Of our rifle
men to that country especially interesting,
and so the details which we print in our Dub
lin letter this morning viii be welcome ad-
denda to the news we have already published
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LADY FRANKLN's RECOVERY is still con-
sidered hopeless. To the last her mind is
occupied with the great subject Of her life,
Arctic exploration and the discovery Of traces
OF her lost husband. 1t is to be regretted
that she cannot live to witness the return
Of the Pandora.
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Our SECOND CAPITM.-Long Branch has
really become one of the national capitals.
On Tuesday the reti1ng Italian Minister took
his official leave of the President at the Swiss
cottage. If Congress should be summoned
for summer session we presume it will meet
in some of the sea side hotels.
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A SPECIMEN INDIAN OUTRAGE is that de-
tailed in the communication of Commissioner
Smith to the Department of the Interior.
There ought to be restitution, but it should
be made by the State Of Kansas, and not by
CONGRESS.
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TIE FOURTH OF JULY has not been cele-
brated by the white people OF the South since
the war. Atlanta now takes the lead and it
is to be hoped that the centennial anniversary
viii be generally observed by the Southern as
well as the Northern people. Let this be
indeed the dawning of another era of good
faeling.
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Persons gong out of to,cn for the summer can
hare The daily and Sunday HERALD mailed to
them, free Of postage, for ST per month.
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ANOTHER RAIN DRoP.-Governor Tilden
finds it necessary to give, through the Albany
argus, formal bulletin about his health
When public men think their health a, ma
tional theme 1T is q sure sign of Presidential
aspirations Wilson, Blaine and Morton ARE
constantly addressing us on this subject So
it was with poor Schuyler Colfax, who, when
ever he smoked cigar too much, telegraphed
the charming symptoms" and ''the fears of
his friends" all over the country. By the
way what blessing to the newspapers and
what saving in telegraph bills to have
Schuyler in priva5e lifet
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THE EToN EXPERIENCES of the evangelists
Moody and Sankey are so full of interest that
we transfer to our columns the account Of the
London Telegraph as supplementary to our
previous dispatches.
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"GRAcE MERCY AND PEACE Theodore
Tilton was at Plymouth church yesterday and
listened to Mr.. Beechers sermon
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LONG BRANCH was thronged with visitors
yesterday; but the President, unlike SO many
of his wondering countrymen, quietly cele-
brated the Fourth by attending church.
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Many of the sermons delivered from the
metropolitan prnplts yesterday were inspired
by the day OF which it was the anniversary,
but we confess to much surprise at the
narrow sectarianism and bigotry which most
OF them betrayed. The Rev. Dr. Bellows was
particularly foolish and feeble in his opinions,
especially in his arraignment Of the Roman
Catholic Church for opposing the use of the
Protestant version of the Bible in the pub
lie schools. II the Catholics were in the
majority in this State we can conceive OF
no greater wrong to the Protestant children
than an endeavor to force the Douay Bible
upon them. Why, then, should Protestant
clergymen seek to do a wrong of which they
would themselves bitterly complain +? The
Rev. Mr.. Terry. of the Eighteenth street
Methodist church. preached in q somewhat
similar vein, but he found more 70
rejoice at in our institutions and was
not so reckless in his statements. While we
may doubt the wisdom of discussing the
school question in the pulpit at this time it is
fair subject of remark, if clergymen think
any good purpose can be served by its agita-
ton. In the North Presbyterian church, in
Ninth avenue, the Rev. s. B. Rossiter preached
on religion and politics and set his clerical
brethren good example by simple pleading,
for more Christians as well as more patriots.
Out of the city the same general topics were,
the subjects of the pulpit discourses. AT Sea-
Cliff the Rev. DR.. j. T. Newman, of Washing
ton, delivered an address on the results of one
hundred years of nationality; but great part
Of the sermon was AIMED at She Jesuits, and
tho Pope and Cardinal were fanailiarly warned
by the parson. 1t will thus be seen that fit
ting occasion for little patriotic preaching
gave rise to much unnecessary and some
bitter discussion, and it is not likely that any
one will be the better for it.
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From our reports this morning the probabilities
rre that the aCeather today eoM be acarrer and
partly cloudy ,Oh possibly light rain in the
morning
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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PRoPRIETOR

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS On and
after January l, 1875 the daily and weekly
editions of the NEW YORK HERALD will be
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DIVORCED. To be divorced evidently "runs
in tie family" in some quarters. bow other
wise can any one account for circumstance so
notable as that in case ON trial last week in
the Marine Court2 Every witness examined
en- Wednesday, man or woman, had been di-
Vorccd There were five of them-all more
or less nearly related to one another-and Of
various ages; fathers and sons and daughters,
sisters, brothers, cousins all married, and,
though married, yet neither husbands nor
wives, but divorced people AS they are all
related it might be fair inference that the
same nfrmities OF temper ran round the circle
and led TO the same result in all these cases.
Or, is it rather that experience had shown in
the case Of one how preferable was this rem
edy to the continuance of union that no
longer had the sanction of happy hearts,
From whatever cause, the fact arises and
points to quear conditions in some corners Of
society.
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SOME PEOPLE would persist in celebrating
the national anniversary yesterday instead of
to-day, because it was the real, while this is
merely the legal holiday The wicked always
contrve to get more than their share of the
rain which falls alike upon the just and the
unjust The usual number Of Independence
accidents are reported
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VOLUME ...........................NO 1856
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late Barnum's Hippodrome. -GRAND POPULAR CON
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