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E. F. Kunker.s Bitter wine of Iron.


 It has never been known to fail in the cure of weakness attended with symptoms tndiSposi- tion to exerJion, loss of memory, difficulty Of breathing, weakness, horror of disease, night swea, 8, cold feet, weakness, dimness Of vision, languor. universal lassit1de Uf the muscular system, enormous appetite, with dyspopGc symptoms, hot hands, flushing of the body, dry ness of the skin, pallid countenance and erup- tions on the face, purifying the blood, pain in the back. heaviness of the eyehds, irequsnt sioa and loss oI sight, want of attention, etc. Sold only in $1 bottles. Get the genuine: Depot and office, 259 North Ninth St., Philadelphia Advice free. Ask for K F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine Of Iron, and take no other make. Genuine sold only in $l bottles .... Nervous Debility ! Nervous Debility
 Debility, a depressed irritable state of mind, a weak, nervous, exhausted feeling, no energy or animation, confused head, weak memory, the consequences of excesses mental overwork. This nervous debility npds sovereign cure in E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron. It tones the system, dispels the mental gloom and despon- dency, and retuvenates the entire system. sold only in $l bottles. Get the genuine. Sold by all druggists, Ask for E. F. Kunkels Bitter Wine Of Iron, and take no other. Genuine sold only in $1 bottles, or six bottles for sS. All ask is a trial of this valuable medicine. It Will convince the most skeptical of It's merits.
Connecticut western news., 1877-07-06
DociIity of Birds.

"WEAR1N' O. the green"-the parks.
Connecticut western news., 1877-07-06

Wong Ching Foo talks of building a Buddhist temple in New York. .stsn
Connecticut western news., 1877-07-06
R66S N--. Il week toAgenls. $lO OyttiJ Tree 1OOED 4 tP. o. VICKERY. Augusta. Maine
PHILIP R. VOORHEES,

Attorneys at Law, prosecutes Patent. TrademArH, Foreign Patents. Office in Times Building, Philn- delphia Pa. P. O. Box l667. ''-- ''''> -'-' ''a
Connecticut western news., 1877-07-06

O0 LOVELY BIRD CARDS, with name. lCc., 25 CU Masonic, l5c. Agents outfit loc 0. vANN & Co, N. Chatham, N. Y.
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HUMOROUS.

HIS BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.-AbOut l o'clock yesterday a citizen who was passing through the Central Market was halted by a gone-to-seed stranger, who said:
 'Sir, want to raise money to estab- fish a large college in this city-one fully equal to Harvard or Yale. Can you invest ten cents?" zggzz 8ye ys 7 The citizen asked for further partic- ulars, and finally handed out the small sum-. The stranger walked directly to a saloon and bought humping big drink of whisky, and was swallowing the last of it when the citizen jostled his elbow and said: Ipt tS~
 "Aren't you about two-thirds fraud and the rest dead- -beat?'
 ''No, sir /! No, sir !" was the emphatic response. s'I claim to be honest and upright"
 "How about that collegeP Didn't I give you ten cents toward it's establish ment?'
 s'You did, sir" .-4-...l. .la
 'And you have spent it for drink ?"
 s'I have, sir, but let me explain. My business principles are as firmly fixed as the laws of nature Whenever 1 set out to establish college l alwas drink ten cents worth of whisky to nerve me up and encourage me. I am sixty-four years old, and 1 have never departed from this rule in single instance. l have. had my drink, have maintained my business principles, and now I'll go out and establish the college. Do you know of an eligible site containing about one hundred acres of rolling ground" .-,s..,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Sugar frem Indian Corn.

The manufacture of sugar out of
ordinary corn is an industry that needs
no encouragement to enable it to be-
come q source of great national wealth.
It needs simply the removal Of tax
the tax on alcohol. We have been
shown specimen raw sugar manu-
featured near this city from corn. It
white and. very sweet. To complete its
manufacture into pure, granulated
sugar, alcohol must be used to remove
the foreign matter contained in the
crude product. A bushel of corn yields
thirty pounds of raw sugar, and this
when purified by alcohol gives twenty
seven pounds of good sugar, market
able at four cents a pound. In other
words, bushel of corn made into
sugar would bring $1.08. Our internal
revenue system prohibits this develop
ment Of the market for the farmers
corn, because, unlike that of more en-
ightened nations, it taxes alcohol des-
tined for use in manufactures as heav-
lily as that which is to be exported
Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Great Discovery Of Coins i'm Germany.

A numismatic discovery almost un-
paralleled in extent has been made near
Verona. Two large amphora have
been found containing no less than
two quintals, or about 600 English
pounds weight, Of coins Of the Emper-
or Galienus and bis successors within
the hundred years following his reign.
The number Of coins is estimated at
between $4,000 and $1,000. Of those of
the Emperor Probus there are more
than 1000.
The majority are of bronze, but there
are some of silver and others of bronze
silvered (subarm@). They are all in the
finest state of preservation, and, with
the exception of those of Gallienus,
which are a little worn, they are so
fresh from the Mint as to make it evil
dent they were never put in circula-
ton. The discovery has been consid-
cred of sufficient Importance for
the Minister of Public instruction to
dispatch Signor Pigorina specially to
Verona to report upon 1t.
All the finest examples are to be
placed in the Museum Of Verona, and
the remainder either exchanged in sets
with other museums or sold, as may be
decided upon.-London Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Excellent Interest Rules.

For fndino the interest on any prin-
cipal for any number of days. The
answer 10 each case being in cents, sep
arate the two right hand figures Of the
answer to express it in dollars and
cents:
Four per cent.-Multiply by the
number Of days, and divide by seven
ty-two.
Six per cent.-Multiply by the num-
Der of days, separate the right hand
figure, and divide by six.
Eight per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, and divide by forty
five.
Nine per cent.-Multiply by the
number OF days, separate the right
hand figure, and divide by four.
Ten per cent.-Multiply by the num-
Der of days, and divide by thirty-6ve.
Twelve per cent.-Multiply by the
number Of days, separate the right
hand figure, and divide by three.
Fifteen per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, and divide by twenty
four.
Eighteen per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, separate the right
hand figure, and divide by two.
Twenty per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, divide by eighteen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
English Practical JOkes.

The London press has had much TO
say about the Coarseness of American
humor, and has been dreadfully shock
ed by such hOaxes as the sending of a
forged dispatch to the Stock Exchange
announcing the death Of q great rail-
road financier But the English them
selves are fast becoming nation of
practical jokers. Within a few weeks
the British Admiralty has been made
the victim Of o. stupendous hoax. A
fictitious dispatch was received by the
Port Admiral at Cork ordering the gun
boat GoshaWk to proceed to Gibraltar
at once. The vessel sailed within "a
hours, and would have gone the full
length of her FOOLS Grand if storm
had not compelled her to take refuge in
Galway Bay, where dispatches were re-
celved from the Admiralty. About
three weeks ago q marriage WAS broken
OFT IN birmingham by means of q bogus
telegram. A young Hebrew couple
went to the synagogue to be married in
the presence of large circle Of &C
quaintences. The preliminary formal
tiles were completed, and they were
only waiting for the registrar, who WAS
a few minutes behind time, when a
messenger arrived with the following
dispatch from London: "Stop marriage
at once, His wife and children are In
London" The bride, nearly swooning
from excitement, demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. The bridegroom protested
that he was innocent and that the
charge was groundless. The brides
friends refused to acquit him, and the
marriage was Indefinitely postponed.
1t was subsequently, ascertained that
the address given by the sender of the
telegram was fictitious and that the
bridegroom had been made the victim
Of a heartless hoax. American humor
may be broad and coarse, but is Eng
lish wit pure and undefled?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

good. It's made man of you. This
world is full of sorrow, but We must
bear it without grumbling. You know
that, of course. Consequently, now
that I've some bad news to break to
you, I feels if the shock won't knock
you endways, but'll be received with
patient resi- gnation. say hope you
won't break down an give way to your
feelings when tell you that there tree
is no sugar maple at all ERASMUS
why that's g. black hickory 1t is in
deed, and you might as well bore for
maple sugar in the side of q telegraph
pole"
Then the company went home, and
my wife's uncle said he had an engage
ment with man in Marlborough,
which he must keep right off. took
the kettle up to the house, butas it was
burned out, sold it next day for fif-
teen cents for old iron; and bought a
new one for five dollars. think now
may be it's better to buy your own
ma pie sugar. -Portyo,ad me. J Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Boring for Maple Sugar.

Mr.. Sniffin relates his experience in
boring for maple sugar as follows:
When [ bought my present place
the former owner offered, as one of the
inducements to purchase, the fact that
there was superb sugar-maple tree in
the garden. It was noble tree, and |
made up my mind that would tap it
some day and manufacture some
sugar. However, I never did SO until
this year. But few weeks ago I con-
cluded to draw the sap, and to have
what Mr.. Bangs calls 'sugar bilin'."
My wife's uncle was staying with us,
and after inviting some friends to come
and eat the sugar, he and Igot to work.
We took a wash-kettle down into the
yard and piled some wood beneath it,
and then he brought out a couple of
buckets to catch the sap, and the auger
with which to bore hole in the tree.
My wife's uncle said the bucket
ought to be set about three feet from
the tree, as the sap would squirt out
with a good deal Of force, and it would
be 8 pity to waste any of it.
Then he lighted the fire, while
bored the hole about four inches deep.
When took the augur out the sap did
not follow, but my wife's uncle said
what it wanted was a little time, and so
while we waited he put fresh armfu}
of wood ON the fire. We waited half
an hour, and as the sap didn't come, I
concluded that the hole wasn't deep
enough, SO began boring again; but I
bored too far, for the augur went clear
through the tree and penetrating the
back Of my wife's uncle, who was
leaning up against the trunk trying to
light his pipe. He jumped nearly ten
feet, and had to mend him up with
court-plaster.
Then he said he thought the reason
the sap didn't come was that there
ought to be q kind of spigot in the hole
SO as to let it run off easily. We got
the wooden spigot from the vinegar
barrel in the cellar and inserted it.
Then as the sap did not come, my wife's
uncle said he thought the spigot must
be jammed in SO tight that it choked
the flow; and while I tried to push it
out, he fed the fire with some kindling
wood. AS the spigot could not be
budged with a hammer, l concluded to
bore 1t out With the auger, and mean
while, my wife's uncle stirred the fire.
Then the auger broke off short in the
hole, and I had to go half mile to get
another one.
Then bored q fresh hole, and al
though the sap would not come, the
company did, and they examined with
much interest that kettle, which was
now red hot, and which my wife's uncle
was trying to lift off the fire with the
hay fork. AS the sap still refused to
come, went over for Bangs to tell me
how to make that exasperating tree
disgorge. When he arrived he looked
at the hole, then at the spigot, then at
the kettle, and then at the tree. Then
turning to me with mournful face, and
said:
"Snifin you have had a good deal of
trouble in your life, and its done you
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, exults IN the posses
sion of a man of 50, who for the past
seven years has been compelled to
walk necessarily so long as he is awake.
Many years ago he resorted inordinate-
ly to the use OF calomel; pains set in
subsequently, at last settling in his poor
feet, and now he must make a Wander
ing Jew, Weston, and a Sergeant
Bates, of himself. His physician has
made computation of his travels, and
has ascertained that, walking an
average of ten hours day for seven
years, he has accomplished distance
of q, 900 miles, equal to the circumfer-
ence Of the globe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
The Wild Yak Of Northern Thibet.

The Wild Yak OF n Northern Th1bet.
This handsome beast is of extraordin-
airy size and beauty, measuring, when
full grown, II feet in length, exclusive
of its bushy tail, which is 3 feet long. It's
height at the hump is feet, and the
head is adorned with ponderous horns.
The body is covered with thick black
hair, which in the old males assumes a
chestnut color on the back and upper
parts of the sides. It roams in unre-
stricted freedom among the inhospita,
BILE wastes of Northern Thibet; but is
found also further north. Although
endowed with an acute sense of smell,
its sight and hearing are defective, and
even on a clear day, and On level ground
it cannot distinguish a man at any
great distance; but it will scent him to
half q mile windward. Wild yak
shooting is a dangerous pastime, for
when wounded it will often attack it's
pursuers- Such is the toughness of its
hide and strength of its bone, that a
bullet aimed at the body very seldom
wounds MORALLY; and one fired from q
first rate rifle fails to penetrate the
skull unless it hits the brain-pan. If it
were not for its stupidity and indecision,
Prejevalsky says that it would be q
more formidable foe than tiger.
He describes his slaughter of one, at
which he and M. Pyltsef and one of
his Cossacks fired volley after volley
with their rifles, and although he fire.
quently fell, he rose and charged them
until he stopped, and it was then too
dark to continue the fire. Next morn
ing they found him dead, with thirteen
bullets in his body and three in his
head-one having fractured the skull.
On examining the body of another yak
which he killed, he found that seven
bullets had lodged in his chest, and
stuck there like row of buttons. And
yet the brute kept charging until he
fell dead The Mongols are terribly
afraid of the wild yak; but their glut-
tony sometimes overcomes their fears,
and for the sake of its beef they 60 out in
parties of ten and deliver, volley
from their matchlocks. while safely
hidden in some ambush. We need
not dwell upon the extreme useful
ness of the yak when domesticated.
Next to Ike camel, it is !" the ship of
the DESERT" and, indeed, surpasses that
animal as q beast of burden in high
ATTITUDES, for the camel cannot climb
precipitous passes where the yak is
quite at home.-BIackwood's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
A Little Child's Fancies.

A Little Child's Fancies.
BY MRS. L. c. WILTON.
I think that the world was finished at night,
Or the stars would not have been made;
For they wouldn't have thought of having the
light
If they hadn't first seen the shade
And them again, alter my mind,
And think perhaps it was day.
And the starry night was only designed
For little child tired of play.
And think that an angel, when nobody knew,
With window pushed up very high,
Let some of the seeds of the flowers fall through,
From the gardens they have in the sky.
For they couldn't think here of lilies so white,
And such beautiful roses, know;
Eut wonder, when falling from such q height,
The dear little seeds should grOW
And then, when the face of the angel was turned
Think that the birds flew by,
And are 81 aging to us the songs they learned
On the opposite side of the sky.
And rainbow must be the shining below
Of place in Heavens floor that is thin
Right close 10 the door where the children go,
When the dear Lord lets them in.
And Think that the clouds that float in the skies
Are the curtains that they drop down,
For fear when we look we should dazzle our eyes
AS they each of them put on their crown.
do not know suhy the water was sent,
Unless, perhaps, it might be
God wanted us all to know what 1t meant
When we read of the "Jasper Sea-"
O! the world where we live is lovely place,
But it oftentimeS makes me sigh,
For I'm always trying causes to trace,
And keep thinking Wherefore?" and
"Why?"
All! dear little child, the longing you feel
Is the stir of immortal wings;
But in finite Love one day will reveal
The most hidden and pulling things.
You have only your duty to t'y and do,
To be happy, and rest content;
For by being good and by being true
You will find out all that is meant!
Wide AaUGke.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

parents greet their long-absent children,
is thus described: "The 'old man
would take between his hands the head
OF the prodlgal Abide, and gathering a
mouthful of saliva, eject it upon his
forehead and eyes, which in turn was
applied by the son to different parts of
the body"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Anecdote of Telegraphing.

ct think the most curious fact that [
have ever heard of the electric tele-
graph was told me by the Cashier of
the Bank of England. Once upon q
time, then, on certain Saturday night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

THERE are in Connecticut 256 ponds,
each having five acres or more of sur
face. Efforts have been made to in
troduce. valuable fish into them, appar-
en1y without success.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

A HoLYoKE man who had his arm
blown off by cannon, last summer, is
about to risk his life again in canvas
sing for Mark Twain's new book
Boston Commercial! Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Birds Fatal Fascination for Light.

Professor Spencer F. Baird, in a let
ter from Cape Hatteras, published in
the Anaea ican Sportsman, says:
con the night of October II, 1876, I
was on the top of Cape Hatteras light
house. 1t was a very dark night and
'misting.' The wind was blowing
thirty-fve miles per hour from the
northeast. AS soon as it was fairly
dark I could see thousands of small
birds flying around the leeward Of the
tower. 1t was grand sight, as the lens
of the light would perform its steady
revolution, throwing its dazzling rays
upon them while seeking shelter by
lowering close up under the lee of the
tower. AS soon as the light would fall
upon them they would fly from it and
come in contact with the lantern with
such force that they were instantly kill
ed At one time the whole element
WAS ablaze with them shining in the
rays of the light like myriads of little
stars or meteors. The moon arose by
10 o'clock, which afforded them light
to 60 on their way south for they
were coming from the north and going
down the coast south). [ do not think
one bird stopped alone or went into the
woods at all, as not one was seen, for [
particularly noticed. After the moon
was up one of the birds came striking
the lantern glass. I went out and
gathered from the balcony of the
watch-room and lantern three hundred
and fifty dead birds. beside one hun
dred and forty that were picked up the
next morning off the ground at the
foot of the tower, which had been
blown off the balconies. They were d
specie known here at myrtle Bird Or
winter yellow bird. They are about
the size Of the sparrow, with gray back
and head and yellow breast. They are
excellent food"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Boys Wanted.


Men are wanted. So they are. But
boys are wanted-honest, noble, manly
boys. Such boys will make the desired
men. Some one has declared, and
truly, that these boys should possess ten
points, which are thus given:
l. Honest. 2. Intelligent. 3. Active,
4. Industrious. 5. Obedient. 6. Steady.
z. Obliging. s. Polite. 9. Neat. 10.
Truthful.
One thousand frst-rate places are
open for one thousand boys who come
up to the standard. Each boy can suit
his taste as to the kind of business he
would prefer. The places are ready in
every kind of occupation. Many of
them are already filed by boys who
lack some most important points, but
they will soon be vacant.
Some situations will soon be vacant,
because the boys have been poisoned
by reading bad books, such as they
would not dare show their fathers, and
would be ashamed to have their mothers
see. The impure thoughts suggested
by these books will lead to vicious acts;
the boys will be ruined, and their
places must be filled. Who will be
ready for one Of these vacancies? Dis
tinguished lawyers, useful ministers,
skillful physicians, successful mer-
chants, must all soon leave their places
for somebody else to fill. One by one
they are removed by death. Mind
your ten points, boys; they will prepare
you to step into vacancies in the front
rank. Every man who is worthy to
employ a boy is looking for you, if you
have the points. Do not fear that you
will be overlooked. A young person
having these qualities will shine as
plainly as a star at night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

THERE are ten cities in the world
which have population of 100000
or over; twenty cities with popu-
lation of less than 100000 and more
than 100000; and 215 cities with less
than 100000 and more than 100000.
London stands first among the large
cities, with q population OF 8, 4s9, 42S;
Paris second, with a population OF
1851 1872; Constantinople third, with q
population of 100000; and Berlin
fourth with population of 1,045,OOO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

AT the Columbus Post Office neat
little penknife was found few days
ago on the distributing table, which had
evideAtly fallen out of some newspaper
package On the table, where it had been
concealed to 'save postage" The fool
ishness of this proceeding will be evil
dent when we state that the knife
might have been sent in its own proper
class, done up as the law requires, for one
cent postage. There is no means now
of deciding to whom it belongs, or who
has been guilty of this very small at
tempt to evade payment of the proper
postage.-Ohio State Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28

Some one said to 81 pasaerau whose
brother had remained IN poverty:
"You are, believe, the brother OF M.
Durand?" "No, sir; l am not his
brother-he is mine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-28
Thirteen at Dinner.

Concerning the curious superstition
about thirteen at dinner, we have just
come across this singular incident in 8
recent English book: Some years
since poor Albert Smith gave q supper
of thirteen that discredited the super
stition in remarkable manner. Him
self on the point of starting to China, he
entertained twelve friends who were
bound for the Crimea, to encounter the
perils of war as military officers or as
Journalists reporting the incidents Of
the conflict. Deeming it in the highest
degree improbable that they would
meet again on English ground when
they had once started for the scene of
danger, the twelve guests met their host
with light hearts, and laughed about
the fate which come of them would of
course encounter in a few months.
Strangely enough, all twelve returned
from the war IN perfect health, and
supped again at q table Of thirteen
with the humorous lecturer.-Harper S
M000sipe