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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
Another Flying Machine.

The inventor of the flying machine,
Mr.. Ralph Scott, who didn't fly from
Dover to Calais, as he said he would, is
in Berlin showing his invention to Bis.
marck and Won Moltke. The whole
arrangement consists of small, rather
deep wooden gondola, in which is to be
put in motion by means of a wheel,
similar to ships steering wheel. The
pressure of the spring, when the wheel
is in motion, is to be like 5000 pounds
in an upward, and equal to 1900
pounds in a downward direction. AT
each end of the gondola is seat for a
passenger, and at one end second
wheel for steering the apparatus, which
altogether weighs 800 pounds. Mr..
Scott asserts that with this machine he
will travel through the air at the rate
of seventy miles an hour in clear
weather, and in storm and
against head wind, forty miles.
He says that he has himself already
made trial trips on small scale with
it, and that for upward, downward and
forward motion, as well as standing
still IN mid air, and in all weathers, he
has found the machine a thorough sue
cess. The principle may be applied,
he says, with the same effect to ma
chimes of any size or strength.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
Great Battles of the World.
From she Chicago Inter-Ocean.


At Durham, 1916, there fell $1,000;
at Halidonhill and Agincourt, 10000
each; at Bantzen and Lepanto, $4,000
each; at Austerlitz, jena and Lutzen,
$4,000 each; at Evlau, 10000; at Wa
terloo and Quatre Bras, one engage
ment, 10000; at Borodino, $4,000; at
Fontcnoy, 100000; at Yarmouth, $780,
900; at Chalon, no less than 100000 of
Attila's army alone. The Moors in
Spain, about the year 800, lost in one
battle 10000; in another, four centuries
later, 100000, besides $4,000 prisoners;
and in third, even 100000. Still
greater was the carnage in ancient
times. At Canine 10000 fell. The
Romans alone, in an engagement with
the Cimbri and Teutones, lost $4,000.
The Carthaginians attacked Hymera in
Sicily with army of 100000 men, and
a fleet Of 1000 ships and 5000 trans
ports; but not ship or transport es-
capped destruction, and of the troops
only 8 few in small boat, reached
Carthage with the melancholy tidings.
Marius slew, in one battle, 14O, 600
Gauls, and in another 100000. In the
battle of Issus, between Alexander and
Darius, 10000 were slain; in that of
Arbela, 100000. julius Caesar once an
initiated an army Of 1853, 900 Helve-
tians; in battle with the Usipetes he
slew 100000; and en- another occasion
he massacred 100000 Germans, who
chad crossed the Rhine with herds and
focks and little onces in quest of new
settlements"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
THE CENTENNIAL.
Closing Ceremonies of the Great Fair Oh
the 10th inst.

Closing Ceremonies of the Great Fair on
the 10th inst.
On the 10th inst. the Exposition WAS
formally closed by President Grant, in
the presence of 100000 people, the GER
emonies taking place in the judges
Shortly before two o'clock P. M,
President Grant, escorted by Gen. Haw-
ley, assembled to the platform, followed
by the Centennial Commission, Board
Of Finance, Foreign Commissioners
and invited guests. After the excite
ment Of the multitude occasioned by
the presence of Gen. Grant had sub
sided, the orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Theodore Thomas, performed
Wagner's Inauguration March, COM
posed for the opening exercises on the
10th of May last. At its conclusion
Rev. Joseph A. Reiss offered up a
prayer. The chorus, accompanied by
the orchestra, then sang choral
entitled Fugrie," by S. Bach, after
which an address was delivered by
the Hon. Daniel J. Morrill,, United
States Centennial Commissioner
from Pennsylvania, and Chair
man Of the Executive Committee. The
orchestra then rendered selections, af-
ter which the Hon. John Welsh, Presi-
dent of the Centennial Board of Fl
nance, delivered an address. After
Bethoven's fifth symphony had been
rendered, Director General Goshorn
addressed the audience at length. Han
dels hallelujsh chorus was next given
by the orchestra and chorus, and Hon.
Jas. R. Hawley, President of the Unit
ed States Centennial Commission, de-
livered an address reviewing the his
tory of the Exposition. The audience
then joined in singing America"
after which President Grant declared
the International Eposition OF 1876
closed. The doxology was sung by the
chorus and the audience, accompanied
by the orchestra, and the formal cere-
monies were concluded.
The total number of admissions to
the Exhibition up to the close, Friday,
Noxember 10, amounted to 9,786,15
Of these, 1897 ,789 were paid, and l.
1886 free. These figures also in
clude the admissions to the Live Stock
Exhibition. The cash receipts were
$3,761, 598. The admissions for each
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22

the consistency Of glaciers putty
This putty is then applied to the wall
by two men. along q straight edge, and
with q beading trowel, the distance of
the joints having previously been
measured. Care should be taken in
applying this putty to press it strongly
against the wall to prevent any water
from creeping between it and the brick.
In winter time we should suppose the
water would freeze, expand, and de-
tach the white joint, thus spelling the
looks of the building; but it is impor-
tant if the treatment above described
proves efectual. 1t is certainly worth
trying, for an indestructible red ard
white paint on brickwork is very beau
tiful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
A Remarkable Pair of Shoes.
From the Memphis Appeal

G. w. App, of that city, has just fin
ished a remarkable pair of shoes for q
negro man who lives in Arkansas. The
shoes were ordered by S. Ell. Cowan &
Co., of Marvel, Ark, and for size have
no equal. The length of the shoe is
seventeen and three-quarters inches,
and six inches across the sole. The
negro's foot, according to measure
meut, is fourteen inches around the
ball, while the instep is nineteen inches.
The man is over seven feet in height,
weighs 400 pounds, and is not more
than 26 years of age. He has not worn
a pair Of boots for years, and this pair
is intended for Sundays, they, with the
last on which they were made, costing
$40. This big-footed negro is preach
or.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
THE COMPANION.

Two ladies, both young, both possess
ing more than the average share of
beauty, both dressed in deep mourn
ing, were seated in pleasant morning
room. One, the youngest and unde-
niably the fairest, was directing an en-
velope; the other, q pale, delicate cir, /
looked on with sad Wistful eyes.
+" WISH" the latter said at last, 90,
Nesta, wish you would not send that.
My father never intended you to leave
here"
"It is better for me to co." said the
other carefully sealing the envelope;
better far better"
"Why will you not confde in me
lave we not been sisters from our
very babyhood?"
"But we are sisters only in love-
Ruth. Let me go. Do you not under
stand? / cannot stay where Raymond
is"
"He mas not been base enough
cried Ruth.
Hush = interrupted Nesta; he has
said nothing. But his mother was here
yesterday"
Well"
"She has just learned that am not
Mr.. Fairthorne's daughter, but Ernes-
tine Hay, a waif, adopted in child
hood, and thrown penniless upon the
world by my adopted fathers death
without q will"
"But it is all mine, Nesta; and ]
want to settle half upon you, as my
father intended, as soon as [ am of
age"
"But Mrs. Bancroft told me more
-ae says that to educate Raymond
drew heavily upon the capital of her
late husbands property. Raymond
has widowed aunt who is very kind
to him, and who is very wealthy. Mrs.
Bancroft hopes Ray will inherit he,
fortune, if he does not displease her
but she Is very proud, proud of hel
family and name, as we'll as wealth
and it would entirely destroy all bis
hopes there if he married waif not
only poor, but without name"
"And does Raymond send his mother
o tell you all this, when you are but a
week orphaned?"
Raymond is still abroad, Ruth, and
loes not yet know my loss. I have
promised his mother not to tax his love
Or his honor by seeing him, and SO
nope for favorable answer to this. u
and she touched the envelope, g that I
may be far from here when he re.
turns
"What have you written?"
"Only an answer to the advertise.
me 1t | read to you for companion 10
a invalid lady. have enclosed let.
Ter from the minister Mr.. Martin
speaking Of me only under my true
name. IF the answer is favorable
Ruth, promise me you will keep my
address q secret"
Raymond has a right to it,
"But [ promised he should not have
it. He was betrothed to Nesta Fair
shorne, not to Fraestine Hay. If you
will not promise Ruth, must ther
hide myself even from YOU"
"But Nesta you must consider Ray
mond," urged Ruth earnestly.
/ do consider Raymond, and Ray
mond only. Do you not know that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22

PROFESSOR CLELAND, of Galway, has
issued new work entitled I" A Diction-
airy for the Dissection of the Human
Body" Such work supplies long
felt want, and must have large sale.
There is nothing more provoking and
discouraging than to undertake to
carve human body, and, being un-
able to strike the joints, be compelled
to twist a leg off in most painfully un-
scientific manner! The book will be
handy to have in the house.-Norras.
t0waa Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
1877, 7s9 |, 1885, 1862 g, 1885, ISL So, ISL, 5eS 90

TOTAL ,s97, 769 I5I -, 595 U0
During the 1853 days of the Exhibi-
bition, ending with Friday, the daily
average attendance of paid visitors was
1896; average attendance of free ad-
missions 1852; average totel admis-
sions, 61,93S; average receipts, $685.
SO7.5O. The largest attendance on any
one day was on Pennsylvania day, Sep
TENDER %, when the total admissions
numbered 274,919.
The attendance at the Centennial,
compared with other exhibitions, shows
the following, the figures for Philadel-
phia being exclusive of Friday:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22

From this it will appear that while
the daily average attendance at Phila-
delphia was 81 ,93S, at London, in 1851,
it was 1928; at Paris. in 1856, it was
25,811; at London, 1862, it was 36,322;
Paris, in 1867, the average was 1859,
and at Vienna. in 1873. it was 39.OO3.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22

The large amounts of American
eagles now being daily Withdrawn from
the Bank Of England for shipment to
New York must, indeed, remind John
Bull that "riches have WINGS"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
4 VOICE In THE TWILIGHT.
BY MRS. HERRICK JOHNSON.

BY MRS. HERRICK JOHNSON.
\ waing alone towards the twilight,
- Wpirit troubled and vexea,
Withoughts that were morbid an
,omy,
.Arith that was sadly p:rplexed.
Son1mely work [ was doing
Fee child of my love and care,
Somtches halt YEARLY setting,
liz endless need of repair.
Butthoughts were about the building.
T7ork some day to be tried:
.Anat only the gold and the silver.
Abe precious stones should abide.
Annemberlng my own poor efforts,
Awretched work had done,
AMEN when trying most truly,
meagre success had won.
81 nothing but wood, hay and stub
,le,'
II; at will ali be urned"-
Thseless fruit of the talents
(day to be returned.
= 80 have so louged to serve Him,
sometimes k,oV have tried;
BIN sure when he sees such building
will never let it abide.'
Jhen, as I turned the garment
il no rent should be left behind,
Me caught an odd little bungle
mendins and patchwork combined.
Neart grew suddenly tender,
i'd something blinded my eyes,
Y one Of these sweet intuitions
lat sometimes makes us so wise.
7 child She wanted to help me,
knew twas the best she could do;
oh, what botch she had made it
he gray mismatching the blue!
yet-can you understand it,
With tender smile and q tear,
ID q half-compassiouats yearning,
felt she bad grow more dear.
1en sweet voice broke the silence,
And the dear Lord said to me,
Art thou tenderer for the little child,
Than I am tender for thee ?"
Then straightway I knew His meaning,
So full of compassion and love,
And my faith came back to its Refuge
: Like the glad returning dove.
For thought, when the Master Builder
Comes down His temple to view,
To see what rents must be mended
Aud what must be builded anew,
Perhaps as He looks DER the building
He will bring my work to the light
And seeing the marring and bunglirg,
And how far it all is from right.
He will feel as I felt for nv darling.
And will say, as [ said tor her,
: Dear child She wanted to help me,
And love for me was the spur.
g And, for the true love that is in it,
The work shalt seem perfect as mine,
And because it was willing service,
will crown it with plaudit divine"
And there in the deepening twilight
seemed to be ciasping hand,
And to feel a great love constraining me.
Stronger than any command.
Then I knew by the thrill Of sweetness,
Twas the hand of the Blessed One,
That would tenderly guide and hold me
Till all the labor is done.
So my thoughts are nevermore gloomy,
My faith no longer is dim,
But my heart is strong and restfuL,
And mine eyes are unto him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22

THERE are $4,000 unemployed men
in San Francisco.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22

that whatever she undertook she per-
formed with all her heart. Ruth used
to say that 'Nesta made n-cushion
as if it was the only pin-cushion in the
world, and the fate of the nation hung
upon the stitches" It was the same in
all her studies and all her pleasures.
She had loved Raymond Bancroft with
her whole heart, and many sleepless
nights she spent still thinking of him.
But having promised his mother to give
him up, she carried out her promise in
the spirit as in the letter, and gave him
no token of her whereabouts. So, hav-
ing undertaken to be Mrs. Elizabeth
Green's companion, she threw her heart
into her work. She meant to faithfully
earn her salary at first, hut after the
hours of kiAdly intercourse that greeted
her coming, the salary became quite a
secondary consideration in her desire to
brighten the life of the gentle old lady
who was so kind 10 her.
Martha allowed no interference in the
actual nursing duties required with
painful frequency. But Mrs. Green
had restful sense OF loving watchfulness
when Nesta's hand fell gently upon her
forehead, or Nesta's tender voice spoke
words Of sympathy.
When she was better, Nesta divided
the day into succession of interests
suited to her employers feeble health
and intellectual tastes. The morning
walks IN the wide, beautiful garden, the
short afternoon drive in a low carriage,
behind fat old pony, the evening
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-27
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES,

A LII PROPERTY, REAL AND PER-
N sonal, is now assessahle for State and
county purposes. Property holders viii con-
fer a favor by calling Mt the Assessors office
and giving in their statements.
myS0 J.C. row ELL. County Assessor.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-03

Henry Ward Beecher in one of hi
+ late matchless lectures, is quoted a
: follows:
! Education equipped man. Al
I uneducated man Is man unopened
like d bale of goods unstrapped. l
gave him the use of all the tools o
his faculties it increased the per cent
E of his money-making powers. Al
uneducated man was like knife Will
one blade open, while the others wer,
. rusting in the case. The man VIII,
worked with his hands was always il
competition with the great ANNA
kingdom, and Is always at the bottom
of society. They represented bone
, and muscle, not skill and brains. He
, hired a man to shovel clay, and be
Ishoveled and grumbled at the penu
rious wages. Another man took the
clay, turned wheel and turned out
mugs and pitchers, and got more mon
ey for his labor. Another man traced
"a beautiful circle about the clay and
turned out vase; he put brain into
his labor; he was no longer an arti-
san, but an artist, and commanded q
/ ia bilious price. Brains were the high
est thing in the market, and meat
was the cheapest.
The speaker referred to his own or
igin from the laboring classes, and
said that his sympathies were with
the working men. He wanted me-
chanics to come up to a higher man
hood and not attempt to compass
their aspirations by forcing up prices
by mbinations. They must become
more manly, have more fidelity and
skill. The men who inveighed
against the fortunate class would re-
main at the bottom. Those who
wanted to 20 mp would go up by the
stairs of knowledge
Education was grounded III reli-
glon. There was a reason in a mans
nature why he should be educated.
Speaking of the reason why the State
should educate the people, he said
this country has become the resort of
the world. New York is the Delta of
the world. Speaking of the fear of
some that the native customs would
be affected by the foreign influence,
he said when a lou eats an OK hel
dont't turn into an OK; the OK turns
into lion. When foreigners come wei
eat them and digest them. and we
don't turn into foreigners, but they
turn into Yankees.
Next to the family the common
schools were the most important ele-
ment in Christianity. Men quarreled
over politics and ecclesiastical author
tiles, but the gold mine of the brain
the source of all power-was scarcely
thought to be worth passing thought.
They must honor the public schools.
If they educated the bottom, the top
would be all right. He believed in
the aristOcracy of the mind. Public
schools should be made so good that
no one could afford to keep their chill
dren out of them.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-03

commissioned officers ON recruiting
service, as drill instructors, fully com
petent to command companies, who
were tsrdily rewarded with second
Ilieutenants' commissions after having
drilled and instructed scores % the
civilians appointed in 1861.
The total number of enlisted men
promoted from January, 1861, to De-
cember, 1865, was $40, of whom %
were assigned to the new cavalry reg
iment Ithe Sixth, I6 to the new ar
tillery regiment the Fifth, J 200 to the
nine new infantry regiments, and 2S2
to old regiments of all arms.
In 1862 q new feature, credited to
Secretary Stanton, was introduced in
to the system of promotions from the
ranks-viz: That of giving commits
sions to recruits and privates, many
| OF whom had rendered no military
service as enlisted men. From 1862
to the present time nineteen coporals,
fifty-nine privates and one recruit
have been commissioned, while the
claims of hundreds of deserving SER
geants have been ignored. The last
batch of promotions and appoint
ments, published in the Herald of the
9Th ult., contains the names of two
privates of the general service, onei
private of the Signal Corps, twenty
one civilians, but only one non-com-
missioned officer. OF course the Pres
ident has the same authority TO ap-l
point raw recruit, or private who
has never seen q regiment, that he
has TO appoint a civilian who Is not
supposed to have seen one; but old
soldiers do not look upon the matter
in that light. Sergeant Bugle, for
instance, who earned his chevrons by
years of privation, exposure and hard
service generally, and who is proba-
bly, the actual commander of his COM
pany, and better fitted to have charge
Of it than the officer who draws pay
for nominally commanding it, will
not be likely to appreciate any au-
thori.y that places over him a gener-
al service private who does not know
bis facings.
From 1866 to 1869 sixty promotions
were made from the ranks, some of
the fortunate ones having held COM
in the volunteer forces.
Since 1869, enlisted men have been at
4 discount, only eighteen having been
selected for commissions, although
here were 2S2 vacancies to be filed.
It is noticeable that no appointments
rom the ranks have been made
o artillery regiments for the last ten
7ears.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-03
Summons.

N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
| First Judicial District, County OF Pima
and Territory Of Arizona
Martha +. +. HUlmOn, plaintiff. against
William b. HolmOn, defendant.
The Territory OF Arizona sends greeting
to William h. HoimOn, defendant:
You are hereby required 10 appear in an
action brought against YOU by the above
named plaintiff, IN the District Cont OF
the First Judicial District Of the Territory
Of Arizona. in and for the County of Pima.
aforesaid. and 10 answer the complaint
filed therein. First, II served on Won
within the said County or Pima. In which
The said action Is brought, in twenty DAYS.
Second, II served on you out OF the said
County of Pima, nut in the said First Dis
Lrict, IN when the said action Is brought
In thirty DAYS; Third, In all other cases
forty days, exclusive Of the dav OF service.
The said action is brought to obtain I'm
absolute divorce from The bonds Of nlatri-
monN, existing between you and the said
pi'lntH' because or your wilifl neglect
ior more than four years last past. 10 uro-
wac her ana the children Of your mar
rage, The common ugceNsarfeS Of life rs
more fully alleged lu the complaint.
And you are hereby notified thar If Won
fail 10 appear and answer the said conn
plant as above required. the plaintiff Will
apply 10 the Court TOR the relief demanded
IN the complaint Aforesaid.
49, In witness whereof, have here
; Seal luntu set my hand and affixed the
seal Of saldCourt. at my Office i'm
-'--) Tucson This 18th day OF May, lS76.
JOSEPH NEUGASS, Clerk.
-has ~ 33-9w
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-03

A HONOR TO CALIFORNIA! AN
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Tor ~ tells about life in its various phases
ana conditions. IL is good for women, for
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In conclusion, all classes can ind some
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Interesting IN matter, standard in char
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