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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28
The ISthmus of Darien.
Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune


Business called me to this place in
the meanwhile, and [ have just arrived
after magnificent ride over that para
disc of earth, the Isthmus of Darien.
I wish my pen could do justice to the
splendor of the scenery along the forty
seven miles of railroad which connect
the Atlantic and Pacific. Each time |
traverse this road behold new wonder
of natures handiwork. Oh! what q
gorgeous blending of all that is beauti-
full, all that is harmonious, all that is
picturesque, is found here. Wild, lux
uriant forests, lofty fower-covered
mountains, rich valleys. neandering
streams, offer q never.en ending and in
cessantly changing variety of scene.
The swift-moving cars, as they fly
through the heart of this region of
beauty, seem like intruders upon the
realms of peace. Sometimes we wind
along the serpentine banks of the rip
ping Chagres; then we plunge head
long into the sombre depths of noble
forests, such as only South America
can boast; often we pass under 81 bOrs
and grottoes formed of howery vines
in all the hues of the rainbow, and
shielding us from the hot rays of the
tropical sun. Birds of the most bril-
liant plumage fly screeching in all di-
rections at our approach. Monkeys
chatter defiance at our encrOachment
upon their lawful and hereditary do
mains. Occasionally native village
is passed, snugly nestled amid orange
and cOcoanut trees. and the dusky in
habitants, most of them attired in pu7is
natatrakbus, gaze at the train with eyes
wide open and mouth agape. This
Panama railroad is a stupendous affair,
not in itself, but in its associations.
It is stated that each tie beneath the
rails marks the death of one of the
builders. The Isthmus of Panama,
despite is beauty, is one of the most
unhealthy countries in the world. For
eigners who remain there any length of
time are morally certain of catching
the Chagres fever,-a sort of cross be-
tween ordinary fever and ague and
typhoid fever. And having contracted
the disease, the chances of recovery
and death are about even. For long
time after locating in this country, the
foreigner must devote all his energies
toward acclimation. It is not to be
wondered at, therefore, that the build
ers of the road, going to work 1mmedi-
ately after landing from ship-board,
easily fell victims to the fever. The
number who died has been variously
estimated, but it seems to be impossi-
ole to arrive at the correct figures,
which run far up among the hundreds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28
A NJ EMORY,

Ii ne had come in the early dawn,
"hen the sunrise flushed the EARTH
would have given him all my heart,
Whatever the heart was worth.
IL ne had come at the poon-tide hour,
he would not have come too late:
Would have given him patient faith.
For then had learned to wait.
Ii he had come in the after glow.
In the peace of the eventide.
would pave given him hands and brains,
And worked for him till 1 died.
IT he comes BOW, the sun is set,
And the light has died away,
L will not give him broken life,
But will turn and say him "Nay.n
Court Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28
Some Trouble in the House.
From the Burlington Hawkeye.

A woman out on the North Hill being
counted out the other morning, after a
debate on the question, "Who shall
arise and build the fre?" get up and
split her husbands wooden leg into
kindling wood, and broiled the steak
with it. It made him so mad that he
got hold of her false teeth and bit the
dog with them. She cried until she
had a fit of Mysteries, and then Tipped
out his glass eye, and climbed upon
the bed-post and waxed the glaring eye
to the ceiling with quid of chewing
gum. Then he took her whisp of false
hair and tied it to stick and began
white-washing the kitchen with it..
Then she started off to obtain divorce,
but Judge Newman decided that he
couldn't grant divorce unless there
were two parties to the suit, and there
was hardly enough left of them to
make one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28

"A MARRIED man up town had blue
glass put in his wife's sitting room-to
match her eyes, he said. She returned
the compliment by having red glass
put in her husbands ibrary-to match
his nose, she said. He didn't seem to
appreciate the compliment.-Norris-
t0tU.s Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28

THE Dundee (Scotland) Advertiser
says: At a poultry show which took
place in the south of Scotland, one of
the judges, being anxious to do full
justice to the competitors, was very
minute in his inspection Of the exhib-
its. The fine plumage of one of the
birds attracted his attention and he
particularly admired the tail In look
ing at this elegant appendage he hap
pened to handle it somewhat roughly.
when much to his CONSERVATION, it
came away in his hand. On further
examination it was found that the tail
had been gummed on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28
A Huge Stake at Matching Coins.

Matching coin is the favorite diver
sion of JOHN T. Raymond, according
to the Dramatic Neas, which says that
he will go out with couple of hundred
dollars In his pocket in the morning
and return in the afternoon for more.
Last fall, when in San Francisco, Ray
mond met Maurice Grau on the street,
and they went together into the bar
room of the Palace hotel. Raymond
proposed matching. They matched
two ten-dollar pieces. Grau won. They
doubled it. Grau won. From ten and
twenties they went up to hundreds, a
streak of luck accompanying G1au
throughout. From hundreds they soon
got to thousands. In less than half an
hour Raymond had lost $4,000. So
the story runs, at least. 1t was on hon
or of course, as neither had that
amount of money. Raymond was ex-
cited and nervous, and proposed
matching the whole $4,000 on one
cast Grau consented and put down
head. Raymond matched him and won.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28

of brass or silver wire on their straight,
shapely legs, and also necklaces of
lions or tigers claws and teeth round
their throats; but these were trophies
of the chase, as we'll as personal orna-
ments'
The native hut, or kraol, of q Kafr is
shaped like beehive, and has out one
aperture, a low door, through which
the inmates manage to crawl, but
which admits very little light to the
circular room within. The frame of
the hut is built of bamboo-canes.
closely tied and bound together, and
afterward matched with grass and
plastered with clay. The furniture of
the kraaI is of the scantiest description,
consisting principally of skins and
mats for bedding, and few imple-
ments for hunting and cooking.
The language of the Kafrs is very
musical, employing chiefly the vowel
and LIQUID sounds. 1t is difficult for
the natives to pronounce the harsh
consonants occurring in the English
tongue, and invariably is made to take
the place of r. In telling of her at.
tempts to teach very bright, apt
young girl to read the Bible. LADY
Barker remarks: "She cannot saw
such, 1T is too hard, and the nearest
we can arrive at, after many efforts, is
sush.' Almost every word has 8
vowel tackled on to the end, SO as to
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21

THE Corinne Record Of August Isl
has the following IN regard to the
movements of Montana ores and pu'-
lion: Within the past week klesel y
Go. have received for shipment to loa'-
bach & Son, Newark. n. j, $4,000
pounds of ore from Donnell, Clark q
Gsrabie's mine at Butte city, Montana.
There is considerable more ore from
Butte aid Salmon city, Idaho now on
the way down.
Fifty-four bars of bullion, valued at
about $4,000, were brought down
from the works OF the Hecla Consoll'
dated Mining Comdany, Glendale, the
other day. 1t has been forwarded TO
the Omaha Refining Works.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21

COUNTING THE Cosr.-Thc hoodlums
have reason to congratulate them.
selves on their success in one direc.
ton. They have cost the city, through
mcendiarism and other damage, some
thing over million dollars, while the
preventive measures taken to suppress
them will call for an expenditure of
over 100000 more. If their object
was to make trouble and expense for
the law abiding part of the populas
ton, they have succeeded admirably.
In other places their confreres have
done almost equally well Oakland
had temporary and insignificant
scare, but it will cost that city some
$4,000 for action already taken, to
say nothing of future OUTLAWS. Still
our hoodluns have not fully emulated
their colleagues at the points of great
est disturbance, such as Pittsburg,
where the diroct loss is placed at
$1,000, 600 ais minimum. Sometime
ago tile statement was made that the
county would lose in all $4,000, 900
by the strike. This estimate was not
an exaggerated one-[S. F Stock Re
port
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21

THIS is the way the prohibitory law
is enforced in Maine: "The other day
a ledger at the Johnson House III
Gardner got up in the morning aw III
thirsty, and approaching the landlord,
said he must have drink OF CIDER.
He was assured he could not buy it IN
the city. "Can get it by the gallon
can't I?1 lie said He was told lie
conld. So he went up to store and
inquired if they had any cider to "sell
by the gallon" He was told they had.
He wanted to try it and drew pint
dippcr full and drank it, He said he
Thought it was too hard for mlncc
pies" and threw dime on the counter
and left.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21

The MEAN SMALL BoY.-.The mean
small boy is different from the mean
big boy, because all Of his tricks are
calculated to make other hearts ache.
He now takes silver quarter and
makes it fast to a s'ring, and to see
him hanging about the post office one
would set him down as a boy who
never had an evil thought lie selects
u victim ard drops the quarter where
it will do the most good. The ring of
the metal commands attention at once,
and tn, programme is carried out as
in case yesterday. The victim was
a short man, with very red neck,
and when he heard the quarter drop
he clasped his hand on his pocket and
Doked around.
''Did you drop quartcr?" mildly
asked the mean small boy, pointing to
ore on the stone floor
"Ah! must he hole in my pocket"
replied the fat man, as he pulled up
the knees Of his pants and bent over
to pick it up.
He had his fingers on the money
when it slid away, and as lie straight
cned up he was greeted with fendish
chuckles from lGlf dozen mean big
andmean small boys, one Of whom IN
qnired: aa ~ q .''4
(Which pocket has hole in it?"
The man didn't say. For some in
explicable reason he refused to enter
into any explanations, but fastened
away fDetfoit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21
LEADING MINING JOURNALS OF SAN
FRANCISCO

There are several journals. published
in San Francisco, almost exclusively
devoted to the mining interests Of the
Pacific coast, and to which journals a
large proportion of the public look for
information of that kind. This being
the case those journals should furnish
more information concerning the
mines of the Territories than is to be
found in their columns. We seldom
see anything relating to Idaho mines
that gives anything like a correct I'M
Outstanding Of our mineral resources.
A short quotation from the Avalanche
relating exclusively to the mines OF
Owyhee, being the extent OF the lnlor-
nation impaired through the medium
of the Scientific Press, Stock Report,
etc. This is all very well so far as 1t
goes, but the presumption IS that this
is all there is to be said about Idaho
mines; while in reality the mines OF
Owyhee, though important as dis
trict are an insignificant part OF the
great whole Of our argentiterous and
auriferous wealth. This is not said IN
disparagement Of Owyhee, for we have
some knowledge of that district and
believe it to be entitled to all the
credit it rece YES, if not more; but we
claim that while those papers are sup
posed to be the opponents OF the min
eral resources of the country, they
fall far short Of doing justice to Idaho
as Territory. The immensely of
wealth in the Atlanta and other great
leads of Alturas county; the extensive
and rich lodges of Lemhi, Boise and
the northern counties Of Idaho don't
even receive a passing notice at their
hands. We believe we have reason
to find fault with this neglect, and
hope to see our resources more fairly
rep. esented through the columns of
journals naturally looked to for infor-
nation. fit were impossible to OBJ
tain information OF these subjects it
would be excuse sufficient; but there
is no mining camp in the Territory
but what has plenty Of practical men
sufficiently intelligent to furnish vaIu-
able information in relation to their
respective resources. Local papers
are more particularly concerned in
presenting the resources Of their own
localities, while the range and scope
Of those published in San Francisco
are supposed to be more general.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21
the depredations committed l'y Joseph
and his confederated bands Of hos
tiles. Truly yours,
OBSERVER.

tiles. liuiy yours,
OBSERVER.
LATEST FROM THE REcoRD-UN1oN
News from Virginia, Montana, Aug,
18th, is to the effect that the Indians
we're thirty-fve miles south OF Ban
mock Yesterday morning, had taken
all the horses on Upper Horse Prairie
and were moving slowly. All the
Cinnamon on Horse Prairie are miss
ing, and are supposed to have been
killed.
Much ADO ABOUT NoTHING.-A good
deal of discussion is being had as to
whether Carl Schurz received me- ney
for his political speeches in past cam
paigns. AS Mr.. Schurz admits that
did receive money, that part OF the
question is set at rest. But suppos-
ing he was paid-what of it? Is
there any law, moral or statutory,
which forbds an orator from recelv-
ing compensation for his labors? Do
professional politicians ever. work for
nothing? Is the unsel6sh devotion
whose absence is charged in this case
as sort of crime, so conspicuous an
attribute of stump speakers and Con
gressmen and members Of Central
Committees, ard office-seekers gener-
ally, that Mr.. Schurz deserves to be
held up as peculiar reprobate? There
has been altogether too much OF this
kind of humbug, and it IS time the
thing was exposed and rebuked.
Who are these ranting pers rs who
denounce Schurz for receiving money
for his speeches, and upon what lofty
and singular political plane of ethics
do they stand? We say that Carl
Schurz, as a poor, struggling man, de-
pendent upon his labor for his daily
bread, had perfect right to demand
and to receive the full market value of
his services on the stump, and that it
is the vericst nonsense and cant To
pretend that he is ccnsma able in the
premises. 1t is however on the whole
extremely credltable to Secretary
Schurz that his cnemies-who are by
no means well-reputed crowd
should be able to rake up no more
damaging accusation against him than
this. As for the loos(-tongcd virago
Gail Hamilton, who seems to have
first brought up the charge, with
truly feminine rccklcSsncSS and mat
tention to accuracy, it is surely not
worth the while of Schurz to take any
notice OF her cbnIItionS OF spleen
She is making very foolish and dam
aging fight for her unfortunate kinS-
man Senator Blaine, and though the
public laugh over the venom and
snap Of her letters they certainly do
not accord her statements or opinions
the least weight. When Carl Schurz
comes up for Judgment he will be en-
titled to a more profound and consci
entious sentence than can be pro.
nounccd 10y the Gail Hamiltons of this
world Record Union.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-21
LETTER FROM NORTHERN IDAHO.
MoUNT IDAHO, Aug. 8, 1877

in an appearance and give you some
little war news in spite OF the fact
that the warts now carried into our
neighboring Territory, Montana.
On the 9th ult. Capt. Jas L.
Cearley, of the Mt. Idaho volunteers,
started for the Bitter Root valley
with dispatches from General How
ard to the commanding officer there.
Cearley made the trip over and re-
turned in Safety to Mt. Idaho yestev-
day. He says Joseph with the great
err part, but not the whole OF his band
of warriors, was i'll the Bitter Root
valley making for the Big Hole coun-
try when he left. The hostiles could
travel but from three to six miles per
day owing to the jaded condition OF
their horses. Cearley went over by
way of the Elk City trail to the Bitter
Root, but returned by the Lo 10 trail,
On his way back he met Gen. How
ard at point about sixty miles from
Kamai and gave him the first reliable
information regarding the wherea-
bouts Of the Indians he received after
leaving Kamai. The General, on
hearing the news, at once ordered his
cavalry to be in readiness to move the
next day in the direction of the hos
tiles by forced marches. Col. Glib
bon was on his way to oppose the IN
dams from the other side The regu-
lars and volunteers under Gibbon num-
Der about 500. There can be but lit
tie doubt that ere this decisive bat
tie has been fought, and the red skins
taught to know that their fate is
sealed, no matter what route they
NAV take in their vain endeavors at
escape.
Cearley reports Joscpll's men offer
ing dollar piece for cartridges.
Their munitions Of war must be limit
ed. He also says the Indians have
been trading off very many horses
which they stole from settlers here.
A valuable watch taken from Capt.
James Baker, killed on White Bird,
was identified. The Bitter Rioters
have been either too much alarmed to
oppose the demands Of the hostiles, or
else animated by Il desire to profit by
the misfOrtunes Of the sufferers in this
section. Let us be sufficiently Chart
able to attribute their action to the
former cause.
Yesterday a detachment Of about
$50 troops under Col. Sumner left the
prairie to SO and guard the functions
Of the trails crossing the Elk City a d
Bitter Root trail, and leading from the
Lo Lo trail and Middle Fork of Clear
water to the upper part Of the Main
Salmon river, at points from Elk City
to thirty mics to the eastward. JU-
cpi'S only route to escape from the
trap into which he has got himself is
by either the Elk City and Bitter Root
trail, or by the trails mentioned above.
Col. Sumner is frstclass officer, ac-
tive and energetic, and he will make
Josepl's lodging trip anything hut
pleasant should the latter again en-
deavor to display his ability at skill
full maneuvering.
Hardly a day passes but small
bands of hostile Indian scou are
seen securing about the prairie. tic
caslonaIly they try to secure a scalp,
but thus far either good horse flesh or
daring bravery has defeated all srch
attempts. u.
The citizens are gradually regain
ing confidence and returning to their
homes for the purpose Of securing
, 1877-11-17
Sic wOdentlide TreB fir 1877.

Sic Sninilicns nno DEMONSTRATING bpn
Nennlgluanter.
geoingun9eu 81 so iGbrf., poitaelo Ooraus6e5ablt
$50 idbrl., qoitgelo poraus6e3dblt
$50 ldbrl., qoitaelo porausbeSablt.
Die gSeeflp YreR wiro oas fir Tenniploanien
len lpds Tenn5plpaniem bent 2aroe VI: iolio, ti1tip
uno reid an Queqet.
8~cIpnpcre @inridtlusen fir IS77.
/. 9pn. Spbn %. Tprncp 9ebt oisien herbit
5at o ,ro Sr 81. y" T oSs I q,rasut ns nro iHs,D !" e tius a s,s.
Itsuungsbriele pom paris meroen Die better uto tnbalts
rei6iten leiit, ipelte III irseno elmer 3eituE9 Der Ver.
Stadteu peroffentltdt merben.
2. linn Bic VYelt. Mr. DC q. Ganbplpb
Gcim ipiro et1ts Nnjabl Brefe per0ffentllben, ipetde
ieine @rfabrun9en lno &eiien ais Jn'peftor Der @on-
iulate Der Ser. staaten auf Der saltjsa Grbe emit.
balten.
8. STR. u. Us. Webin ,uiro eine gnjabt grti-
tel liefern iiber feline yteiie I'M CONNER 1871 3u ben
Seuer- Inbetern in Neu=Mierifo uno iiber Die 9tuinen
oer perld)ltteten M3tefenzS tdote.
4. 9r. u. sbeltnn WtafenSte bat bas litera=
rid Department Der WSeeflp YrcR inter ieirer
Mufiibt.
in ben g'er. sStaatsm bat Sas Mdertaus2 apartment
lltter iih. Dieies ma6t Die 9Secflp .NreR iur
6aus'3situns Des Farmers. Die obne Sleibsn it,
6: Warfte.-golitdnoise 5inan3. une 6anoels=
beridte nit @ini6luB oes 0eloes, Die 6rubt, Baum=
lpoue, oes 6ornpiebs uno oes al9efneinen Wlarttes Der
Yer. Staten nit elner modentliden gtuno1dau iiber
bic europa iben WGrtte.
Mnoere bel oroere &inribtungell lperoeit an9efunoi9t,
Iotalb lie ein9eribtet Iino. .
Clubs ~ebinsnngen.
5 @rsmplare. l Sabr, 9oitaslo porausbe5ablt...s7 90
10 Grentplare, l Sabr, poIt9eIo porausbe5abtt.. 10 90
20 9Ivnlplare, l Sabr, poitselo ooraus e3ablt.. "a 90
80 @remplare. l Sabr. 9oitselo porausbejablt. "a 90
so Gremplare. / Sabr, poit9elp porausbe5ablt-. 81 90
Den Griinoern BON Glubs oon 3ebn ooer mebr lpiro
elm 6rtra =@rtlnplar 9egebei.
g3robc 9iummert iperoen alien Npplitanten unent=
9eltlih Suseibidt.
Vile Mntpeilunsei, Gbefs ober 9oItoffiee=N nps,lun=
gen ionten iablbor semabt iperben an Die Sroer bon
&. -. Nenin, it,, Sdabmeiiter.
The Weekly Pres
miro ieben Samftag perDffentlidbt BON Der
Yref Gompaanie, limittrt.
Siibtuef Gfe Siebenter urD Sbef tnutitr ,
5ln6npp, i.u.m PHILADELPHIA.
, 1877-11-17

welder er mebr Spmpatbie gu ertpeden
idien. Sic tlatidte Obne unterlaB Sel~
fall uno REF elm rbrapO" ooer uaarmant"
runalaublib" &c. lber bas ancere.
3ulebt peridmanOen, crit BITE nbr,
oann oas @elbitad uno i4lieBlid losar
Der Serbrodene Sting. gu aller geute
@ritaunen ianoen iid aber oieie Obiecte
wieber NIT oer 3eit. Sermance i6rie laut
ami, ais iid Der @uloen ri6tis in ibrer &lelz
bertaihe portland, ie itarrte ben iiber=
lesen ldhelno DOR ibr itebenoen Grafen
an, mie einen mirtliden 9erenmeiiter, es
iiberliei bas tapfere Mdoden beinabe
cine @dniebaut; bic nbr fano iid bel Der
Siritin Dor uno ben Sting bate Grai
Sburn bell unb unperlebt in ieiner Graz
patte seitedt. NatirliA erntete Der Graf
reihen 8eifaa unb bieier ipprnte ibn ar
gu INNER neuen unb nod unerfldrliAeren
Experimental, bis oas iunse Bolt Sulebt
unseoulbis tpuroe uno Der Gang besann.
(6ortistuns fol9t.)