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the real reason Of Mdhat pnsha's downfall:
Twenty days before 1t happened the Sultan
called the Grand Nizier and told him TINT he
had boon offered Through firm 81 wc-known
bankers hercl e2,OO0,O1O to displace him. by the
shown the greatest hostility to Midhat, and
whose interest II was To- dispace him at any
cost, But. said the sultan knowing your
fidelity To me. and your devotion 10 tho throne
and Your country | have refused. and ALWAYS
shall refuse, any such proposals. hr the INDUCE
mcnt offered what il may" Unfortunately. tho
representa- We Of this power who tried 10 hrhe
the Sultan with 81 uuu 600 appears to have been
successful in corrulting has Ministers with u
tenth Of this sum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
ent one in Toronto have brought her

ent one in Toronto have brought her
again before the public as dancer.
So far as her present professional
career is concerned, the family of her
husband consent to it simply out of
Difference to her wishes. Her mother
ln-law, Mrs. George Hoffman,, went
with her when her engagement at the
Filth Avenue was made with Mr..
stephen Fiske, Mr.. Days business
manager, and her home at Mr.. Hoffman's
house is always open to her, and where
she is always loved visitor during the
interim OF her engagements.
The statements of the facts as given
by the Herald is by direct authority,
and it is due alike to Mile. Bonfanti,
and to those with whom she is connect
ed, to state that, in withholding the
acknowledgement of her marriage with
George J. Hoffman until after his death
she acted in obedience to her husbands
wishes, and the best test of her purity
OF mind and purpose and the secret of
her romantic marriage and its result
are shown in her avowal made to Mrs.
Hoffman on the day of her sons fun
eral: 81 loved George as I loved my
life; he was true to me, and had learn
ed that his mother and father would not
have acknowledged me, the secret of
my marriage should have died when
poor George died."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
Mrs. Darbigne's Chemiloon.
From the Danh,,rv Naxys.

~ Hiom the Danbury News.
MIR; Darbigne didn't 60 home until
very late Saturday night, and when he
reached his domicile he let himself in
with latch key, and stole softly up
stairs SO as not to disturb his family
A night lamp was burning in his room
and Mrs. Darbigne was sleeping sweetly
AS ne was removing his coat, MIR. OAR
blgne suddenly stood still, frozen, root
ed to the spot with horror sublime and
rage. Then he fell on his knees, and
holding his hands towards the ceiling
shrieked:
On, Heaven, have mercy on this
dishonored house." and then sprang to
his feet yelling, William villain vii
liam ! your life or mine +" Mrs. Oar
blgne sprang up in bed screaming.
What is it?" Oh, mercy, mercy
mailman, what is it?" And the chill
dren in the adjoining room woke and
shrleked and howled and wept in pit
eous terror, while Mr.. Darbigne charged
round and round the room, with a re-
volver In his hand, diving into the clos
ct, piunging under the bed, upsetting
furniture, chasing Mrs. Darbigne out
OF his sight and calling on bis innocent
babies to fling themselves out of the
windows and save their lives from mis-
cry and shame, q preventative that the
babies did not take to very kindly, pre-
ferring to huddle up in the middle of
their bed and yell. The uproar aroused
the nelg hbors, they kicked in the front
door and rushed up stairs and seized
the raving Mr.. Darbigne, pounding him
on the head with q chair-leg and wrest-
ing his revolver from his reckless grasp,
and then they demanded explanations.
".Find him for me-" said Mr.. OAR
bigne. "Set me face to face with the
villain and I'll drink his hearts blood
Oh, madness, madness Oh, shame |!
shame shame! Find him for me or
kill me. He's in this house this very
minute"
"Who' they all yelled. "Who is
he"
eyes," walled poor Mrs. Darbigne,
who had hurriedly dressed herself in a
log cabin quilt; "who? in heavens
name, who ?"
ooh, oh, oh yelled Mr.. Darbigne.
" You hear her, men, you hear this
pertd1Ous woman? Who? here he
shrieked, pointing with his trembling
fingers, while the words shot like like
fiery arrows from his pale and foam
fecked lips. Here! The man who
wore those trousers !"
All eyes looked toward the chair on
which they hung, and then with one
wild heaven-piercing yell of laughter,
the crowd of neighbors let 60 of Mr..
Darblgne and went tum1!bling over each
other down stairs bowling in derision
and splitting the midnight air with
roars of unextinguisnable laughter.
The children who had trooped into the
room went giggling on to bed, and Mrs.
Darbigne, finging herself on the pillow,
screamed Historically, "Oh, Darby,
Darby Marmaduke, you'll kill me
yet, l know you will Oh, you old
fool Crawl into bed Oh, you sense
less idiot, that's my chemiloon"
Tableaux.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
A New Orleans Saloon.

The saloon in New Orleans called
Elephant Johnny's," brought into no.
toriety as polling place in the recent
election, is type of it's class. A writer
in the Boston Herald says: "Along the
side of the bar-rooms are rows of large
barrels, standing upright on a low plat
form running just the width Of the bot
tom of the barrels, that are all Of one
size. These barrels are painted green,
with black hoops, and labeled whisky,
brandy, rum, gin, claret wine, port
wine, etc., there being no lager or beer
of any kind, it being cheaper to sell a
full glass of brandy than a full glass of
lager. The rules of these houses is that
a person may come up to the counter,
deposit thereon fve-cent piece, and
the bartender will furnish the Gus
toner with a tin mug that will hold an
ordinary tumblerfu1, and he has the
freedom to take his choice from any
one of the barrels, and, also, if he likes,
he may take the best capacity of the
mug" The various liquors sold are all
made Of bad whisky, diluted, and
favored and colored.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
Lubbock.

A letter to San Francisco paper
says: "a visit to Lubbock will richly
repay an admirer of Gothic ARCHITECT
ture in its purest form. The 'Marien-
kirche' (Church of Nary, the Dom
(CathedraD, with their wonderful
clocks, famous chimes, lofty steeples,
and world-renowned paintings, would
require repeated visits for thorough
enjoyment of all their beauties, but it
is a treat even to wander through the
narrow, winding streets, with their
gable-fronted houses and primitive
looking shop-windows, for, with a COM
mendable Difference to uniformity of
exterior, the property-holders of Lubbock
are building their new houses in the
old medieval style, introducing modern
comforts and Improvements only where
they do not interfere with ancient ap-
pearances. Both houses and streets
are kept scrupulously clean, and the
white-capped servant girls can be seen
scrubbing away at the huge stoops
and granite steps leading up to almost
every house during the morn
ing hours, which do not extend much
beyond sunrise here, where primitive
customs prevail, not even the Burgo-
master and Councilmen take their din
ner at IL o'clock. Strolling through the
streets, passed St. Mary's Church
near noon, and entered to see the IA
nous clock perform it's little tricks,
which it has repeated day by day for
over 800 years. This ancient piece of
mechanical skill is placed near the
main altar, and has a huge and bewild-
eringly complicated dial, showing the
second, minute, hour, day, month, year
and relative position Of moon and
planets all at once. On q miniature
semi-circular gallery above the dial is
a figure Of Christ seated on a throne
With the last stroke of II melodious
chimes play verse of some hymn,
and at the same time little door on
the right Of the gallery opens and fig
ure in apostolic garb appears, advanc-
ing slowly until it reaches the throne,
when it turns and bows before the Savior,
and then goes on again, disappearing
through a door on the left. Eleven
apostles pass through in this manner,
but the twelfth, who is said to be Judas,
only shows his face, when the door is
shut on him. I could not help plying
the poor little wooden apostle who has
been subjected to this Notifying treat
ment for 800 years. st. Peter comes in
for his share of rebuke in the shape of
q cock which makes an effort to crow
three time, but, though he fops his
wings as lively as ever, his voice was
injured by cold caught in the severe
winter of 1924, from which he never
fully recovered, and suspect st. Peter
laughs in his sleeve at the birds at
tempts to remind him of his tempo
rary detection over l 300 years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
THE SPaRROWS.

When winter winds are blowing,
And clouds are full of snow,
There comes flock of little birds,
A-hying to and fro;
About the withered garden,
Around the naked field,
In any wayside shrub or tree
That may berry yield.
You'll see them fitting, fitting,
And hear their merry song;
The scattered crumbs ofsummer's feast
Feed winter birdlings long.
But when the snow-dritts cover
The garden and the field
When all the shrubs are cased In ice,
And every brook is sealed,
Then come the little birds.
AS beggars, to your door;
They pick up every tiny crumb,
With eager chirps for more.
N. 7. Evening Mail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
The Prison of San Marina.

At the last dinner given by Marshal
Mac Mahon, says Europe Dipzomatiqa1e
the DUO de Bruc, the Charge d'Affaires
OF San Marine, after explaining to the
Marshal the institutions and manners
of the little State, told the following
anecdote: "a tourist last year having
climbed up the San Marino and visited
the cathedral, the library, the museum,
and the admirable model hospital
founded in 1865, felt desire to see the
prison too. Following the indications
gwen him, he soon came to an ancient
looking edifce, with one of those for
bidding and trebly-locked gates which
belong only to a prison. He rang long
and loud, but no answer came save the
echoes repercussing from the hollow,
empty cells. He was turning to leave,
when a man, who had evidently been
engaged in agricultural pursuits, came
running across the fields towards him,
and asked him politely if he wished to
visit the prison. L do replied the
tourist; are you the jailer?' mo,
slgnor, was the answer; 'the jailor
died SIX months ago and no successor
has yet been appointed, but can show
you the prison in all it's Details So
saying, he overturned large stone and
picked up huge key which had been
hid under it. We'll, but insisted the
tourist, how about the prisoners !? Il
am the prisoners, was the reply, and
the tourist, struck by the singularity of
the plural, followed his guide, who
turned out indeed to be the only pris-
oner of the republic. He excused his
truancy by explaining thathe found his
cell very dull in such fine weather, and
relieved his feeling of ennui by cult
waiting the prison lands and gardens,
which would otherwise run to seed.
Then, again, he was necessarily obliged
to go into the town for his victuals, and
that was why the authorities left him
the key of the prison. His conscience
evidently reproached him with not be-
ing consistent prisoner, but the tour
lists approval of his conduct mnst have
com fOrted him -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10

nifty. Il case no seals or other food
were brought home to house, those
families who were best off. for provis-
ions invited the inmates, but not the
place-fellows, to share their meat with
them. In no stipulation does the COM
mon right to share ell the property that
another had beyond necessary articles
stand out so prominently as in that
which provided that if another man
borrowed the tools or weapons Of an
other and lost or injured them he was
not bound to make any com pensation
to the owner; for it was based. on the
notion that if man had anything to
spare or to lend it WAS considered as
superhuous, and not held with the
same right Of possession as his more
necessary belongings, but, ON the con-
trary, as something to be classed
among those goods which were possess
ed In common with others.
In fact we are led to the conclusion
that the right of any individual to
hold more than certain amount of
property was jealousy regarded by the
rest of the community, who did not
WA NPAS W. OO11OW lu dIlu Waste IL. mo
one could deprive any man of his
weapons or bis clothes; but if he DOS
sessed more than certain amount of
that property, his right to it passed
away and became vested rather in the
community who could use and wear it
than in him who could not. There
was no room in the Esquimaux code
for the hundreds of coats and waist
coats which fashionable tailors send in
to the account Of silly young men.
This common sense view of the accu-
of property led to a very
natural result. Superfuous clothes or
weapons rarely existed, and even in
the case of kayaks, though a man
might possess two of these necessary
boats, if he owned three the third must
be lent to some relative or housemate.
According to this view of political
economy, anything that was not used
was regarded as idle and wasted, and
liable to forfeiture for the good of the
oommunity.-Lomdom Quarterly Revieao.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
Alteration in Climate.

The proposed piercing of the 18TH
mus of Suez, and the scheme of recon
verting the Sahara into sea, has in
duced DR.. Reclaim, the well known ad-
vocate of cremation, to write q warn
ing article to his periodical, called &C.
sundheit Healthy He points to a
remarkable change in the climate of
the Torres straits, between Australia
and New Guinea, which, in 1866, were
only beset by twenty-six coral islands,
now augmented to one hundred and
sixty. The gradual deviation of a
warm current of sea water, owing to
this successive stopping up of the
Torres passage, has already wrought a
great alteration Of the climate in those
quarters. DR.. Reclaim apprehends a
similar danger for the European and
especially the German, climate from
the deviation of the Gulf stream after
the piercing of the Isthmus of Suez.
He says Europe owes it's moderate eli
mate partly to the warm water heated
by the Gulf stream, partly to the
hot air heated by the wind
from the African desert. That hot
wind known in Switzerland as the
fohn, is a snow devourer and glacier
destroyer. Without it the sun and the
summer would not suffice to stop the
progress of glacier formation. The
ice period of Europe explains itself by
assuming that the Sahara was then COW
cred with sea water. That ice period
would return if the desert were recon.
verted into a lake. DR.. Reclaim, who
is friend of fire, has decidedly an OBJ
lection to the extension of the domain
of water.
A FEW days ago, a Burlington man
who has long been fervent disciple Of
Olcott and Palm and all the other ere
mationists, made his will, in which hi
stipulated that after death his body
should be burned and the ashes pre-
served IN classic urn. But yesterday
he went out into the kitchen to black
his boots, and when he went to ST
down on the wood box, he sat down or
stove plate that Bridget had jus
taken of the roaring stove. And ht
tore up his will, and threw away all biz
books on cremation, and kicked tnt
agent of a patent inodorous perforated
casket and retort, and says if anybody
comes to his funeral with 80 much as
match In his pocket, he will rise up II
| his coffin. Oh, but he was mad ant
one thing and another.-BatrI'''9to'
HaaUk-Eys.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
a Warm Dish.

The following, which details cruel
trick, is described in the Glasgow OBJ
server: "Looking over the bulwarks
Of the schooner" writes correspond
ent Of to this journal, 81 saw one of
these watchful monsters winding lazily
backward and forward like long me-
teor; sometimes rising till his nose dis
turbed the surface, and a gushing
sound like deep breath rose through
the breakers; at others, resting motion
less on the water, as if listening to our
voices, and thirsting for our blood. As
we were watching the motions of this
monster, Bruce IA lively little negro,
and my cook suggested the possibility
of destroying it. This was briefly to
heat a friedrich in the stove, wrap it
hastily in some old greasy cloths as q
sort of disguise, and then to heave it
overheard This was the work of a
few minutes; and the effect was tri-
umphant. The monster followed after
the kissing prey. We saw it dart at
the brick like flash of lightning, and
gorge it instanter. The shark rose to
the surface almost Immediately, and
his uneasy motions soon betrayed the
success Of the maneuvre. His ago
MES became terrible; the waters ap-
peared as if disturbed by violent
squall, and the spray was driven over
the tafrail where we were standing,
while the cleaning body of the fish re-
peatedly burst through the dark waves,
as if writhing with fierce and terrible
commissions. Sometimes we thought
we heard a shrill believing cry, as if
indicative of anguish and rage, rising
through the gurgling waters. His fury,
however, was soon exhausted; in q
short time the sounds broke away into
distance, and the agitation of the sea
subsidized. The shark had given him
self up to the tides, as unable to
struggle against the approach of death,
and they were carrying his body unre-
sistingly to the beach,"
Rights of Property Among the Esqui-
Of every seal caught at winter sta
ton small pieces of flesh, with a pro-
portionate share Of blubber, were
distributed among all the place fell
lows. In this way the very poorest
could never want for seal meat or
lamp oil, provided the usual capture
of seals did not fail. There could be
no Esquimaux Jack Horners sitting on
the ledge of the house all alone, and
munching the seal which they had
been fortunate enough to harpoon.
Beyond the confines Of the district in
habited by such community any
one was at liberty to set up his house
and hunt and fish; and every one,
whether i'll a community Or out of it,
had the right to all drift wood he
found, and was strong enough to carry
up on the shore above high water
mark, taking care to put stone upon
it to mark it as his own. If q seal
was harpooned, and escaped with the
harpoon sticking in it, it belonged to
the harpooner so loug as the bladder
was attached to ii. If two hunters
at the same time hil a seal or bird, i,
was their joint property, and was equal
ly divided. Whales, however, and
other large animals, as walruses and
bears, however captured, were consid
cred common property, as being Of
that size and strength that, except il
rare cases, they could only be secured
by the united strength of the commu
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
Criminals Ingenuity.

The last report of the directors of
the convict prisons strikingly illustrates
the ingenuity of English criminals.
One of the inmates of Portland Prison
contrived to make out of pieces of
wire and string some skeleton keys,
which he succeeded in concealing in
his cell. By removing pane of glass
from the window of his cell, he man.
aged to reach Its lock, which he opened,
and would in all probability have
passed the main gates of the hall, had
he not been happily frustrated by tie
Deputy Governor, who was making his
rounds at the time, and saw him in the
corridor. He was Immediately secured.
In his cen was found dummy head,
contrived out of some felt, and this
rag bag, plastered over with soap,
which, placed under the bed-clothes, so
closely resembled a sleeping mans
face and head, that it might well have
deceived the night officer when in
speeding the cell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10

A CLERGYMAN who recently dissolved
his connection with his parish, at the
close of his farewell sermon, in which
he told his side of church quarrel,
gave out hymn to the choir to sing.
The tune was played when the choir
and congregation skipped the hymn
and sang, Praise God from whom all
blessings fow."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10

The scene between the widow and
the mother was one over which careless
eyes may well draw the veil of sanctity.
Mrs. Hoffman, sending for the mourner,
by her sons corpse, asked the simple
question:
ssAre you Georges wife 2" The re-
ply came simply, in another question:
'sAre you Georges mother?" and
when the answer was given, trembling,
and with head bowed in sorrow, with
a mothers tears the new-found daughter
was acknowledged, and the end of the
romance was begun.
The heart history of the dead son
came slowly to the mothers heart, and
it was received with kindness. There
was no word of reproach, no word OF
censure, no semblance of doubt. Mrs
Hoffman tells the story as only mother
can, and that the danseuse is esteemed
with all the fondness of daughter, is
the best tribute to the memory of a
wayward but not spendthrift son.
After the death OF George and the
funeral from his fathers residence, in
Fifth avenue, the widow resided for
some months with her husbands pa
rents, and only left the mansion to oc-
cupy the house of friend, in an ada
cent street, during the absence OF the
owner in Europe. During the last
summer she resided at Hyde Park, with
her sister-in-law, Mr.. Hoffman s
daughter, with whom, as with all of her
late husbands family, she was favor
tie as an CANCEL of goodness" as her
mother-in- law expresses it, in the fam
lily.
WHY SIZE IS STILL DANCING.
Welded to her profession, and still
DESTROYS while enjoying her great pupu
larity as danseuse, and at her own de-
sire, Mrs. Hofman's late engagement at
the Fifth Avenue Theatre and her pres
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-23

BEING DESTROYS OF CLOSING OUT THE BAL
ANCE OF OUR FALL STOCK, WE HAVE MADE AN
OTHER
SWEEPING REDUCTION.
PLAIN SQUARE SiinWLS
REDUCED FROM So 80 TO s..
FANCY SQUARE sHAwLs
REDUCED FROM So so 70 ST.
PLAIN LONG sHAwLs.
REDUCED FRoM SO TO 81 So
REDUCED FROM SO IS TO "a 25.
HEAVY wOOLLEN LONG slAwLs
REDUCED FROM SO so TO 81 so.
Il "a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-23
SATIN. IN ALL WIDTHS AND
COLORS

We will guarantee prices rs cent lower than
other the city We the largest stock Of the
and tho perfect fitting garments In tho
Will offer this week job lot OF 100 aii-wcol heavy
Lspland Cloth CLoAKs At ~ 30: also lot OF hne silk
Sii So Childrons CLcAKs and Ladies' SUITS loss than
cost.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-23
We YOU

Seen the new stock of Boots and Shoes
ut Scbnaberger Il Biangor's, consist
ing Of all the latest styles for gents
or ladies and of qualities and prices
to suit tho buyers. The stock is
fresh, selected from the New York
and Philadelphia factories, and en-
braces the French, New Orleans, and
other popular styles. BE sure to
call and see the iorgeS. assortment
ever brought to Iowa County. Small
profits and quick sales is our motto
b.n.-lSwI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-23
4 Terrible Cough.

How often we hear the above re-
mark during these extreme changes
of weather. Colds, Coughs and Sore
Throats were never more prevalent
among children than now. Now we
are going to urge you to try rem
edy which has excited comments by
physicians, all over the country, who
acknowledge their surprise at the
wonderful and happy results from
its use. That remedy is the we'll
known preparation, HALE's CorGn
CORDIAL. Your own druggist, J. Ii.
Vivian, will tell you that it is the
best cough medicine he ever sold !:
and will warrant a cure or return
your money 10 YOU in case of a fail
ure after using one-half the bottle
lt is very pleasant TO the taste, max
ing it very desirable remedy for
children. I0m6