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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-12-01
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
A Wife Lottery.

A lottery in Portugal is as good as a
castle in Spain any day. Ayoung lady,
who has all the qualifications necessary
for making a good wife, advertises in
the Portuguese papers for proposals
under extraordinary conditions. She is
poor but is accustomed to degree of
comfort, and she has been left in a diff
cult position by the death of lady who
has been to her as a mother. She de-
sires to bring to her husband marriage
portion of $4,000 The man who wishes
to become her husband must take tick
cts in a lottery which is to be held, the
price of each ticket being So.
When 5000 tickets have been dis
posed of, the amount due for them will
be collected and placed in the bank of
Wien, invested in the name of the civil
governor Of that town, if, as may be ex-
pected will be the case, he will give his
consent. The numbers will then be
drawn in the presence of the judge of
the district, the director Of the asylum
of Wien and of the civil governor, who
will preside on the OCCASION The
drawer of the winning number will then
receive, Immediately after the celebra-
ton of the marriage, $4,000, and also
the interest of the other $4,000, which
will form the dowry of his wife. Should
the winner be unable from any cause to
marry the person making this announce
ment, he may cede his right; or, should
the marriage not take place at all, the
sum subscribed shall be handed over to
a charitable institution in Wien.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
A Brave and Faithful Engineer.
Rochester IN. y Union, September %.

The short notices that have appeared
in the papers in reference to the death
Of Engineer William Dawson, killed in
the recent railroad accident, have failed
in any shape to do his service justice.
Among all the engineers on the road
there was no one more popular with
his associates and fellow-laborers, and
none stood higher in the estimation of
the officers of the road. It was mainly
due to his efforts during the great strike
that no serious uprising occurred here,
as it was his cool, judicious counsels at
the various meetings held by excited
brakemen and freight conductors that
on several different occasions stilled the
troubled waters. It was not only in this
locality that his efforts were felt, but
along up the line to Syracuse, and he
was at the head of the committee that
left here to counsel with the strikers of
De Witt, the result of which meeting
was that the men laid down their arms
and resumed work There never was
a'road that had a more faithful or cour-
ageous servant, and his last Wol dis and
actions were a key to his whole cnarac-
ter On rounding the curve, where he
saw the special stuck. the brakes on his
engine were Immediately applied, but
no human agency could avert the col
lision. Seeing this he still kept to his
post, telling his fireman to jump for his
life, and adding III the same breath,
" Pm done for" showing that notwith-
standing he fully realized his danger, he
preferred dying at his post to deserving
his duty. It is fit that such heroism as
his should be recorded, if for nothing
else but as an example for others. One
of the most dastardly deeds connected
with his death, as we stated yesterday,
was that while lying there insensible
some thief stole his watch, valued at
1925, and about 500 in money. An
examination of his clothes showed that
the vest and pockets in the coat were
cut, and the articles extracted in that
way Detectives Rogers and Scott are
working on the case, but as yet have
found no clue as to who committed the
deed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
The Texas Cattle Distemper i'm Ohio.
Letter to Cleveland Leader.

The first case of this disease which
ever saw was about the middle of August.
The animal was very sick, and thought
from the symptoms that she had been
poisoned, and gave my opinion so. |
made a careful post-mortem examina-
ton OF the body, and began my work
OF gathering facts concerning this, to
me. entirely new disease. My theory
OF this disease, and | am not alone in
it, is that it is caused by the terrible
Texas ticks. Their bite is very poison
Gus, and, because they exist in such
vast quantities upon the imported cat
tie, 1t IS onl va short time until the blood
is terribly impregnated with virus
This bad blood flows on to the liver,
where that delicate membrane which
secretes the blood is destroying the
virus. No blood being thus secreted by
the liver, when it reaches the kidneys it
is congested and everything is de-
ranged, thus furnishing venous blood in
stead Of water for the bladder. When
this stage is reached, there is no posi-
bic cure
| have seen some Texas steers COW
cred SO completely with the ticks that
when the sun shone upon them they
reflected its light When an attempt is
made to pull one of the ticks off he
will cling and rather sacrifice his head
than let go. When pulled open the ticks
are found to be completely filled with
embryo, and | suppose that they are al
most the most swiftly-multiplying insect
in existence.
The first symptom manifested that a
cow has the disease is the decrease in
the yield OF milk. If cow has been
in the habit of giving six quarts, there
will come a milking when she will not
give more than two Or three. The dali
ryman thinks nothing in particular of
this, but empties it in with the rest for
the market. If he had taken the trouble
to examine this small yield he would
have probably come to the conclusion
that it was much richer than when the
large amount had been obtained. To
be sure it is thicker, but it is also heav-
Ter, which it would not be if it were
richer, as cream is lighter than milk,
and thus rises to the surface But this
diseased milk has large quantity of
albumen corpuscles in it, and is thor
oughly impregnated with the virus.
There seems to be several ways OF
imparting the disease. | have traced
out quite number The cattle may
pass along the road, and invariably
when they do SO they are nipping at
the weeds and tall grass all along.
There is a large amount of the virus
constantly in the mouth of these cattle,
and thus it is communicated to other
cattle as they pass along. Texas cattle
may drink at stream and the cattle
below thus receive infection. | had
one case in which no other explanation
could be derived of its communication.
When other cattle run with the Texas
breed they are almost sure to catch the
disorder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
4 Great Educational Charity.
New Haven Palladium, %.

The death Of James G. LOOMS, of
Bridgeport, calls TO mind the incorpora-
ton of the LOOMS Institute, in Windsor,
Conn, by the legislature tn 1874. It is
said to have been the object of Mr..
LOOMS later life to accumulate money
solely for this. He was a man of great
wealth. 1t is understood that his
brothers and sisters, who are childless
and wealthy, will leave the bulk Of their
fortune to the institute. The trustees
are empowered to locate it on tract of
land which has been in the LOOMS
family since 1859, whenever the fund
shall reach 100000 The institute is to
be for the free education Of children
and youth between twelve and twenty
years of age, to be selected first from
the LOOMS family, whether connected
by name or consanguinity; second, from
among the resSdents of Windsor; third,
residents of Connecticut; fourth, the
most worthy without reference to state
or nation. No one shall be eligible or
ineligible by reason of any religious or
political tests, and none such shall be
permitted in the institution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
A Bungling Execution.

A Harrisburg special of Sept. 9th
contains the following: Anderson Shift
fiet, who with Silas Morris, was con-
demned to be hung for the murder of
David G. Lawson, was executed in the
pited until October %. Shiffiet made a
dying statement, asserting his innocence
of actual murder, but acknowledged he
knew Lawson was to be killed While
the sheriff was adjusting the rope about
Shiffiet's neck he wept bitterly, saying:
II never did anything to anybody to be
hung for. Indeed | did not kill Mr.
Lawson. AS sure as you are born you
are hanging an innocent man." AS the
rope holding the trap door was cut, the
doomed man fell downward to the
ground. The rope was broken. Shif1et
uttered a groan, and was again lifted on
the scaffold. Here he renewed his
cries and lamentations; exclaiming:
''God knows am innocent" A second
and stronger rope was procured. While
it was being adjusted he asked Deputy
Sheriff Bowman to raise the black cap
from his eyes, that he might look upon
the light once more. The request was
granted, and, turning toward the spec
tators, he said, with some irmness,
Gentlemen, [ bid you all goodbye"
The rope was cut, but Shiff1et's neck
was not broken by the fall: and he died
of strangulation. The crime for which
Shiff1et was the first to suffer was an
atrocious one, and the case altogether
presents no equal in the annals of the
State. The M lrder was committed near
the Blue Ridge mountains, twenty-five
miles east of Harrisonburg, on the 18th
of March, 1875. Shiff1et was the princi-
pal, and Silas Morris, who was respited
yesterday, was an accompice. Mrs.
Lewis Lawson, wife OF the murdered
man: and sister Of Morris, has also been
convicted as an accomplice OF Shifflet,
and has been sentenced to be hung on
the Seth of October Mrs. Lawson, from
motives Of jealousy and revenge, deter
mined to have her husband put out Of
the way, and conspired with her brother,
Silas Morris, and one Burns Williams
to have him assassinated Morris, on
the promise Of securing house and
some land, agreed to accomplish the
murderous undertaking, but Williams
withdrew from the horrid plot. Morris
not having nerve to kill Lawson himself,
hired Shitflet to do it for $25. After a
long delay Shifflet found an opportunity
to shoot his victim while he was on Ills
way from the mill with a wagon and
team. The assassin concealed himself
near the roadside, and as Lawson passed
with his team, all unconscious of his
danger, Shifflet fired on him with a
rifle, shooting him through the body,
and instantly killing him. The perpe-
traitors were not arrested till two years
afterWard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
A Monster California Lion.

A huge male California lion has been
depredating on ranches IN the vicinity
of Bird Creek for several months, and
many sheep, calf, and pig have fallen
victims to his voracious appetite. He
has been frequently seen, but always
eluded capture. He is the same one
that Mr.. Sully came suddenly upon a
few days ago on his rancho. This
gentleman has lost as many as fifty
hogs lately by the depredations of the
beast, and offers a reward for his cap
ture or destruction. He and others
who have stock in that region will be
glad to learn that the lions days have
been brought to an abrupt termination
Ike Lewis was reused from his SUM
bers about3 o'clock the other morning
by the loud squeals of pig in trouble
Fastening to the scene, he discovered
one of his shoats in the jaws of a lion,
and alarmed by the dogs, the animal
Lewis gave him dose or two of buck
shot, which seemed to have no other
effect than to make the beast tWitch
and scratch little. He then stood
guard over his ionship till daylight,
when he sent for a rifle, and perforated
the beasts heart at the first fire. On
receiving the shot the lion leaped into
the air and came down corpse. The
body was brought to town, and crowds
gathered around to view it. He was
indeed monster, measuring eight feet
four inches from tip of the nose to the
end Of the tail, standing four feet high,
and weighing 220 pounds.-HolHster
(Cdl.) Enterprise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
The Future Of Gold.

Prof. Suess, of the University of Ger
many, has recently published a work
on "The Future of Gold" in which he
takes the ground and undertakes to
demonstrate that more than half of all
the gold which can be extracted from
the earth by human labor and inge-
nu1ty has already come into the hands
Of man.
Prot. Suess says that the precious
metals have three separate sources
which mark the geological transform
alton OF their component matter in the
outer strata Of the earth. In the first
class gold and silver are found infinitely
disseminated in their rocks, but gold is
found thus in SO small quantities that
this source is not to be taken into ac-
count In estimating the earth's resources
for maintaining the demand A second
source he places in the seams or fs-
sures which have resulted from volcanic
forces, and to which belong the famous
bonanza mines of Nevada, and the
lodes and veins of New Grenada, Vic
torla, etc. The third and last source
are the placer and Auvial gold fields of
California, Aurtralia, etc., the gold de-
posts of which have had their origin
III the chemical alteration wrought by
the air, together with the mechanical
displacement and removal effected by
water
He further gives the opinion that this
last source of supply must be regarded
as the only substantial field of gold
supply in the future and to give an
idea of its limited capacity, he estimates
that from 1913 to the close Of 1876, only
1891 100000 Of the total product of
IS, $50 100000 was drawn from the
placer gold fields. The conclusion to
which he arrives is that the gold supply
Will fall Off very much in the near flu
ture, and it's ultimate exhaustion is only
question Of time. The sources of
silver, on the other hand, are more
numerous and widely spread than those
OF gold, and are relatively large and
rich, so that the supply will extend to
future much more remote than that of
gold
The Professor has evidently been lead
to consider this subject OF gold supply
because Of the discussion of the ques-
ton of a single money standard, since
his conclusions tend to oppose that
project with the strong probability that
within several centuries mankind will
have exhausted the earth's gold re-
sources, and that within shorter pc
Rod there will not be enough gold at
the disposition of mankind for money
uses.-N. 7. Shipping List.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
TirllOva.

A Russian correspondent gives the
following amusing description of Tir-
nova, the ancient capital of Bulgaria.
Naples, in its upper part, Amalf, Vic
tri, are all constructed on a plain, if
compared with the vertical precipice on
which Tirnova is perched. It's streets
are SO steep, so narrow and so muddy
that no description can give an adequate
idea of the truth. Is there another
town in the world where, for instance,
the following adventure could have hap
pened: An English correspondent had
the ill-luck to lose his footing on one of
the main streets; he fell and managed
to scramble to his feet, but not in the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

same street, nor in the next one, but in
the third street further down from the
place where he had been originally
walking. He had irresistibly slipped
down a lane which seemed originally
planned for the use of Bulwers coming
race, or some other supernatural beings
endowed with wings, but not for help
less, two-footed mortals! Despite all
this the thorough, stanch Bulgarian is
proud of his ancient city, shakes his
head incredulously when you tell him
that there are cities in the world where
it is not considered to be an absolute
necessity for the inhabitants to risk their
lives at every step they venture to take
IN the streets"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

TRAVELLERS visiting the crater of Kill
auea, Sandwich Islands, during the first
weeks of September represent it as very
active and brilliant. The old South
Lake was, on the 10th instant, about
1000 feet in length and 600 feet in
width, boiling and spouting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

A woman quarrelling with her hus-
band, told him she believed if she was
to die he would marry the devils eldest
daughter The law does not allow a
man to marry two sisters" replied the
tender husband.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
New York Talbune.

A correspondent puts question of
some interest in connection with the
pending discussion as to the ability of
the Government to accumulate coin for
the purpose Of resumption. Seeing it
stated that the Bank of France holds in
coin $443, 100000, he asks: {: Is this cor
rect? The sum in gold seems fabulous.
[ do not recollect to have seen it stated
that the Bank of England held more
than $4,000, 00O." According to the
latest statement Of the Bank Of France.
received by mail, it held, August 80, in
coin, 1912, 419, 1876 francs, or, according
to the usual reckoning of five francs to
the dollar, about $442, 49,, 1877. Ac-
curately computing the value of the
franc, the amount is somewhat less
On the previous week, the cash in hand
was 2,217 ,623,OS7 francs, or, at five
francs to the dollar, 1913 1913 ,524, 617. The
cash now held by the Bank of England
according to the latest report, is only
e25 ,O29,219, but it had decreased over
e1,OO0,0OO since August 3, when it was
926,071 ,55S. Butthe same bank held
much more than $13O, 100000 one year
ago; on the Goth of September, 1876,
it held e35,O17 500 and has therefore
lost about $4S,60O,OO0 during the year.
Of this, however, the Bank of France
has gained only $21 100000; the Impe-
rial Bank of Germany only $2,5OO,OO0;
the Bank of Austria, nothing; while the
Netherlands Bank and the Bank of Bel
GUM have lost nearly $10,OO0,00O.
Comparing the latest returns with those
of one year ago, and calling the pound
s. and the dollar five francs, we have
the following change within the year:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

All! these beautiful autumn days
and moonlight nights. II wish Iwere a
boy again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

The bull-frog is never broke" finan
cially. He always has a green back
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

On peace establishment the Eu-
rOpean nations named above keep an
able-bodied man for every 101 Of the
total population constantly idle and I'M
der arms; we maintain only one out OF
1000 in arms. To these figures must
be added the naval forces of these coun-
tries, and the great numbers employed
in preparing ammunition, great guns
and small arms. And what is still
more wasteful, we must remember that
these soldiers, the flower of the popu-
ton, are not only clothed, fed, housed
and armed at the expense of the nation,
but they are removed from productive
labor; they are idlers If we assume
that the able-bodied men in a country
are one-tenth Of the whole population,
it would appear that in Christian Eu-
rope In the year Of grace 1877 about
one in ten of these able-bodied men is
continually supported in idleness during
peace, and at a time when it has been
seriously proposed among us to entirely
abolish our little army.
It surely needs no further words to
show that if we all started poor alike,
we of the United States ought to re-
cover our losses and attain prosperity
long before our European neighbors.
In fact, they are going from bad to
worse; it begins to be generally &C
knowledged that unless Europe can
soon disarm it will become bankrupt.
Now, it is clear that with these great
advantages we should not only recover
our losses sooner than the nations of
Europe; we ought not only to accumu-
late wealth much more rapidly, but,
having already on hand at this time an
overabundanee of mills, foundries, ma,
chinery and workshopsof every kind
being that is to say, thoroughly equipped
to produce cheaply in every depart
ment of human industry, we are in a
position to compete at great advan-
tage in the worlds markets with other
producing and manufacturing nations.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
1851, 500, 900 1888, 377.W

IOldl SS5l ,09J,USU $SSS,ofI,UO
This shows loss during the year by
the chief European banks of about
$36,77S,OOO, France only having gained
any considerable sum. 1t should be
added, however, that part of the store
of coin or bullion in these banks is sill
yer, though the amount is not known.
Not long ago it was stated that the
Bank of France held about $1O0, 100000
in silver, and it has recently been pay
ing out gold for its notes in considerable
amounts, but not as yet to all note-hold-
ers on demand; in part because Of the
embarrassment growing out Of the use
of silver coins and their depreciation.
No other country has accumulated
gold as rapidly within the past year as
the United States. The Government
held one year ago about $62 100000 in
specie, and now holds about $1O7 ,000,-
600; and has, meanwhile, paid out a
large sum in silver which formed part
of its store in 1876, and is now in use
by the people. The accumulation in
the treasury of more than $45,O00,00O
in gold during the year, with the annual
consumption in the arts, and the mod
crate exports to Europe, fully account
for our annual production.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03
INDIANS SMILED BROADLY,

when the president said ito be better
educated, SO as to know how to work
and gain their own living by raising cat
tie and tilling the soil, will be better for
your children than hunting buffaloes
and dancing the war dance" The con-
ference then closed