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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
A New Test of Death.

The Importance of having some readily
applied and indisputable test of the fact
OF death is apparent, and many are the
processes that have been offered to deter
mine it. Nevertheless, such a test ap-
pears to be still desideratum-unle
indeed, we accept that offered by Kap-
peler. In the course Of his researches on
the electrical stimulation Of dead mus
Giles, Kappelar subjected twenty corpses
to the action Of various electric currents,
noting the times of disappearance Of con-
tractility. In persons emaciated by
chronic maladies, it disappeared much
more rapidly than in well-nourished in
dividuals, or those who had had acute
disease. 1t disappeared seventy-fve
minutes after death at the quickest, and
81 hours at the slowest. In cases where
rise in temperature is observed after
death, electric contractility persists long
est. So long as there remains the least
flicker Of life the contractions continue
intact. In the most prolonged faints, in
the deepest lethargies, in poisoning by
carbonic oxide chloroform, ETC., there is
contraction so long as life lasts. But if
the muscles make no response to the
electrical stimulation, Kappeler pro-
nounces life to be extinct.
Old Acquaintance.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot?
Decidedly, in nine cases out Of ten, if the
forgetting, and above all the being for
gotten, were possible. It is one thing to
grapple the friends we have, and their
adoption tried, to our souls with hoops
of steel, and another to be grappled by
miscellaneous persons whose claim on our
regard and proof Of theirs is found in the
almanac and only there. Why are peo-
pie who are old acquaintance and
nothing more to take possession of us
like conscious benefactors, speaking Of
us, if not to us, Of our freside names,
criticising us with the air Of experts,
being self-complacent on our successes
and candid on our failures, exposing our
motives and lamenting our hidden be-
liefs? Why do they question US on our
private affairs, offer us point-blank con-
dolences on the skeleton in our closet,
loosely blurt out unpalatable truths,
find fault with our new carpet, advise
us? These are the privileges of intimacy,
of friendship, and they have known us
50 long. By the popular computation,
the having been aware for long time
Of each others existence is intimacy;
Indifference multiplied by years is friend
ship. Only let man have been &C
quainted with you from your childhood
and he has, by every recognized law Of
good feeling, the same right to take an
aggressive interest in your proceedings
that your relations possess by their rela-
tionship, and your bosom friends by your
own conferring-London Eannainer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
A Chest of English Oak 500 Years Old.
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

From the ST. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
Mrs. Sarah Anderson, at the southeast
corner of State and Sidney streets, in St.
Louis, is the possessor of an extraordin-
airy relic, in the shape of an ancient trunk
or chest that was made in England 800
years ago. 1t is of hewn oak, and inch
and half IN thickness, and still in a
tolerable state of preservation. 1t is
three feet in depth, two and a half in
width and four feet long. The box is
put together and held by wooden pegs,
and the lid is secured by leather hinges
which have apparently been there at
least century. The wood is implanted,
and is of a dingy brown color, and is
considerably worm-eaten. Mrs. Anderson
has been in possession of it forty years
1t was bequeathed to her by her mother,
and there is a positive history showing
that it has been in the family of her ma
ternal ancestors 800 years. Beyond this
there is no absolute knowledge as to the
original owners of the chest, beyond a
credited tradition to the effect that it
was made in the eleventh century, dur
ing the reign Of William the Conqueror,
and that it had been in use by the family
for several generations Of one of the
court retainers of that potentate. On
the lid there is the following carved
inscriptions:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

1913. Peace made with the United
States.
1901. Arista elected President.
1912. General revolution.
1898. Arlsta resigns and Santa Anna
made Dictator.
:, 1904. Revolution led by Alvarez;
Santa Anna abdicates.
1888; Carrera made President, resigns.
and Alverez is made Dictator.
1896. Commonfort heads movement
against the church, is elected President
ana seque4ers property of the clergy.
1897. Commonfort is deposed.
1888. Zuloaga is made President, but
is obliged to abdicate.
1859. Miramon makes himself Presi-
dent, but is speedily deposed.
1860. Zuloaga again made President.
1860. Revolution headed by Miramon
1861. Juarez elected President, and de-
clares himself Dictator. The French
invasion, and Juarez, Lerdo and Diaz
have kept things lively since 1861.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

The ignorance of some of our most
wealthy citizens is absolutely humili-
ating. A man who pays taxes on any
quantity of real estate stopped us and
asked us to change his Euen51lg Herald to
Morning Herald. "But our paper only
appears in the evening"" we exclaimed.
" All right. I've been a friend of your
paper for twenty years, but that settles
It. If you haven't got accommodation
enough to print me my copy in the
morning you are not a live newspaper
man, and cannot keep up with railroads
and progress and sichn' and off he went
on his ear.-Sdn Ant0aia Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

Heavy and solemn,
cloudy column
Through the green plain they marching come
Measureess spraed like table dread,
For the wild grim dice of the iron game
Looks are bent on the shaking ground
Hearts beat low with knelling sound;
Swift by the breast that must bear the brunt
Gallops the Major along the front,
''Halt"
And fettered they stand at the stark command,
And the warriors silent, halt.
Proud is the blush of morning glowing,
What on the hilltop shines in flowing?
See you the foeman's banners waving?
We see the foemans banners waving!"
" God be with your children and wifel''
Hark to the music-the drum and fife
How they ring through the ranks, which they
rouse to the strife?
Thrilling they sound, with their glorious tone,
Thrilling they go through the marrow and bone
Brothers, God grant, when this life is DER,
In the life to come that meet once more!
See the smoke, how the lightning is cleaving
asunder!
Hark the guns, peal on peal, how they boom il
their thunder.
From host TO host with kindling sound,
The shouted signal circles round;
Freer already breathes the BREATH
The war is raging, slaughter raging,
And heavy through the reeking pail
The iron death dice fall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
Singular Aversion to Marriage.

A romantic story is told by Scotch
doctor. There was until lately living a
Miss Macpherson Grant, one of the
wealthiest heiresses in Scotland. Orig
inally the daughter of a Scotch country
doctor, she became sole heiress to her
uncle, an Indian nabob, who had made
a large fortune in India last century.
Forming great friendship with another
lady, the two agreed they would live to-
gether and never marry; and Miss Grant
named her friend as heiress. The COM
pact was observed for many years, but
finally Miss Grants companion gave
herself up to the tempter man, and mar
ried. From that time Miss Grant re-
fused to speak to her, and though they
had lived together, and slept in one bed
for many years, Miss Grant revoked her
will and died intestate. Her fortune,
amounting to nearly 100000, goes to
her cousin, DR.. Proctor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

The Haa0keye man makes this humiliat-
ing confession: Bogus ten cent pieces
have been put in circulation, and crafty
ing increase in church collections is
noticed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
The Romance of Il Rose.
Cincinnati Times

A story comes fresh to us from the
coal mines of the Lackawanna Valley
a simple story, but rich with immense
possibilities. In the Diamond shaft
there was no steadier, harder worker than
Jim Gardiner. What he did with his
money was long mystery-he had no
wife, no family, no expensive habits, no
relatives that any one knew of, and yet
no savings bank account. 1t was learned
later that all but the little needed for
his daily wants went for charity-found
it's way quietly, unobtrusively, into the
huts of women and children whose hus-
bands and fathers had gone down in the
crush of falling timbers or come forth
black and crisp from the scorching fire
damp. There was something about Gar
diner that suggested a former life of a
higher grade. He talked but little, but
that little was in words we'll chosen and
Of choice dialect His dress was as
rough as the toughest, but he carried it
as man who had been used to face the
world smilingly. They called him
"Gentleman JIM in the mines, but
they all liked him as man who always
played fair and asked no odds In the
dCC1ucHC VI ldoG ApI1l, Wucu U1o FOOL OIL
a part of the mine fell in, Gardiner was
killed. Itappeared in the evidence that
there was few seconds during the crack
Of timbers before the roof fairly came
down, and in that brief time, in those
few beat of the pulse, "Gentleman JIM y
had caught two boys with his lion-ike
strength, and tossed them clear out of
the fatal chamber into the safe main
alley. Then he went down with the
roof. When his body was recovered the
next day they found him with his right
hand thrust inside his vest and clasping
tight little pocketbook. There was
nothing in it save card, on which was
fastened, with drop of sealing-wax on
the stem, all that remained of rosebud
and two geranium leaves. Underneath
was written, in woman's hand, Marie
-Ioute a toi-I1ne 4, 1857" Just be-
low was written in a mans hand, June,
1870-aU qoathered-ercept the thorn" It
is tale for a poet-we have given the
barest outlines as they came to us. But
our informant adds that the face of the
man as they found him, unmarried by the
cruel rocks which crushed his chest, was
as placid as that Of sleeping child.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

1t will be seen that the total strength
of the regularly trained soldiers of
Europe amounts to nearly 6,000,O0O; or
having regard to the fact that the whole
adult population of the nations of
Europe, except Great Britain, is liable to
be called to take arms, the total military
force may be estimated at from 5000, 900
to 10000, 900. The lesser number equals
the whole of the adult and efficient pop
ulation of the British islands. 1t has
been pointed out that if only one-half of
the present excessive armies of Europe
was disbanded at least 100000 men of
from 20 to 80 years would be restored to
productive labor, and $600,000,00O Of
money saved from oppressive taxation.
The tract before us contains table
enumeratlng the wars between 1853 and
1877, and the loss of life they occasoned.
There were killed in battle, or died of
wounds and disease, 100000 men in the
Crimean war, $4,000 in the italian war
of 1859, 5000 in the war of Schleswig-
Helstein, 100000 in the American civil
war, $4,000 in the Prussian war of 1866
$4,000 on the French side, and 10000
on the German, in the Franco German
war of 1901 which, with other and
smaller affairs, brings the total slain to
l ,94S,OOO during rs years. These wars
are not less costly in money than they
are in lives, as the following figures will
show
Crimean war. 700 000, 600
Italian war OF 1859. 300 600, 900
American civil war; the North..... 4, 700 000, 600
American civil war; the South. 900 OOO, 900
Schleswlh-Holstein war............... 50 ZOO, 900
Austrian and PruSsian war in 1866. $50, 600 900
Franco-Prussan $500, 900, 900
Other wars expeditions, etc........... 200,000,000
Iotal ,Obo, UOU,OOU
This calculation excludes the allied
expedition against China, the Indian
mutiny, and the Abyssinian and Asian
tee campaigns. These items may be in
Guided in the general expenditure of
Great Britain upon war, debt, and war
like preparations since 1851, which
amounts to the large sum of $6,52S, 1885,
95S. 1t is estimated that the enormous
sum given in the foregoing table would,
if divided, allow about SO for every
man, woman and child in the habitable
globe. 1t would make two railways
round the world at the rate of S250,000
a mile. 1t would provide freehold
farm of 100 acres in this country to each
of the 100000 of adult males in Eu-
rope,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
XictorYI

Victory
Close is the brunt of the glorious fight;
And the day, like conqueror, bursts on the night
Trumpet and fife swelling choral along,
The triumph already sweeps marching in song.
Farewell, fallen brothers; though this life is DER,
There's another, in which we shall meet you once
more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
THE COST OF MODERN WARFARE,
Military Armaments and Their Cost
The Loss of Life--The Cost of Great
Wars. = -

According to little tract published
recently by the London Peace Society
the ornaments of Europe in the present
wear are:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
The English bicyclists held a monster

The English bicyclists held a monster
meeting on the Goth of May, at Hamp-
ton Court. Coventry now builds $50
BICYCLES week. The first London club
was formed in 1870, and there are now
forty-one clubs in London alone. There
are three bicycle journals, and the Right
Hon. Robert Lowe writes for one of
them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
A. 3.
1877.


The letters are said to be the initials OF
the original owner, but all tradition
about the name has been lost. The fig
ures are supposed to indicate the date Of
the manufacture. The chest was brought
by Mrs. Alderson's grandmother from
England sixty years ago. She values il
highly as a family heirloom, and would
not part with it at any price.
Mexico's Revolutions.
1921. The independence of Mexico de-
clared.
1925. First Congress assembled.
1922 Guerrero being President, Busta.
mento, commanding the army, induces
his soldiers to declare him President
and compels Guerrero to abdicate. Santa
Anna plays the same game on Busta
mento, and is himself declared President
of the army. Three Presidents governed
with little fighting, until
1886. State Governments were pub
lished by revolution and Santa Anna
made President. Same year Bustameni1
was recalled, Santa Annals defeat at Sar
Jacinto having deprived him of power
1888. Mexico revolutionized; had an
unpleasantness with the French, who
blockaded Vera Cruz; Santa Anna drives
off the French.
1910. Federalists, led by Urea, reyo-
luton.
1841. Revolution by Santa Anna, who
is made Dictator, and banishes Busta-
mentO.
1912. Junta of Mobiles revolution
against Santa Anna and form the Re
public.
1843. New constitution adopted.
Catholic religion and apostolic creed to
exclusion of all other religion.
1914. Revolution by Peredes, Santa
Anna deposed, and Herrera made Presl-
dent by Congress.
1916. Santa Anna banished and Her
rera elected President. Same year
Peredes revolts, and ordering an cleo
ton, is elected President.
1916. Santa Anna is recalled. Peredes
deposed and Salos elected President.
ERalos sells out, and Santa Anna is made
Provisional President. War with the
United States is in progress.
1847. Americans victorious; Santa
Anna flies and Penas is made President
pro tenn.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND is mad, and
says: 1.-THE representative dead-beat is the
American humorist. 1t is he who is engaged
in the painful and laborious task of degrad-
ing our newspaper literature with his far
fetched quirks and Intellectual puns; his de-
testable ribaldry and strained after conse-
quence in the turn of frivolous paragraph.
He is moral and mental dwarf; his mind is
an ash-heap; his language is poppycock.
When men wrote good English the whipping
post was universal. It flourished all through
the periodlof Shakespeare, Messenger and Mil
ton. 1t was warning to fools. Since it has
been suppressed, humorists steal forth,
like that courtier fellow in King Lear, to
prick old Kent, whose loyalty has got him in
the stocks. Humor, its reality, is of heavens
own condescension it is kind in its cutting
ness, your good mother cutting your hair.
But this is not hunor that is dumped into
most Of the newspapers this laborious gnaw-
ing away at words and perversion of conclu-
siOns."
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10
Continuing our ride up the Ruby val

Continuing our ride up the Ruby valley
from the Hot Springs three miles, we reach
ed Mr.. James E. Callaway's stock ranches
just in time to be about half an hour too late
to meet with the proprietor, he having left
for his Sweetwater farm. We found labor
er in charge of the premises, who showed US
around through the commodious corrals,
stables and barns. Mr.. G. is one Of the cat
tie kings of this section, and has in his herd
some very fine thoroughbreds. A thorough
bred bull which we saw in the pasture is a
very large animal, and though not in as good
condition as some others, having roughed it
through the winter, is looking well. We also
noticed some excellent yearlings sired by him.
Nh. C. has three stock ranches, we'll fenced,
and most excellent hay lands. The dwellings
upon his farm are small but cozy. He lives
in Virginia most of the time, but brings his
family out to the country for few months
during the summer season. Correspondence
HusbGndanGn.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10
Labor Riot I'm Virginia City. Nevada.

Labor Riot In Virginia City. Nevada.
VIRGINIA CRY, (Nev.) May 2-Great ex-
element prevails here to-day over the pros
pect of labor riot. J. D. Bardwell, the
man who organized cooperative mill and
mining company to practically reduce miners
wages to three dollars per day by securing
them employment and taking their notes for
800, payable in installments of one dollar
per day, was notified by the miners union
that he must desist, and on the written notice
were the words, "a word to the wise is suf-
ficient.'' He was stopped by crowd o. men
in front of the post office at II a. m. to-day,
and asked to explain his conduct, when he
ran through tinshop and fled down the
canyon, followed by several hundred men.
Lynching and shooting were freely talked Of
A party are still on his track and it is believed
he will never return alive. The miners hint
ominously of labor riot. The iron moulders
are on strike, and will parade the streets to
night with band.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

In the District Court, the case of Annie N.
Dyas VS.. James ]. Keaton, an action for de-
famation of character, attracted unusual in
terest, and the court room was crowded from
the beginning to the close of the trial. About
one hour after the case was given into the
hands of the jury, verdict for 81, 900 for the
plaintiff was returned. This was the full
amount asked, and was the fullest vindication
the law could give. Miss Dyas has large
circle of friends throughout the Territory,
who will be glad to learn that the verdict is
in full accord with public sentiment, and that
she has passed the fearful ordeal of SANDER
suit unscathed- with q reputation unsuifed
by the slightest breath of slander.-H Husband
man, Sd inst.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10
The IuGiAllS..

CHICAGO, April 27.-The 111dune's special
from Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska, says:
General Crook will leave here tomorrow for
Chicago, to consult with Sheridan upon the
Indian matters in this Department, and will
probably extend his visit to Washington. lie
will be accompanied by Colonel Forsythe of
Sheridan's staff. Couriers continue to arrive
daily from Crazy Horse, reporting his ap-
proach to this agency with all his people. He
will doubtless be here within week, when
the Sioux war may be considered at an end.
Crook goes East, it is supposed, to arrange
for permanent reservation for the Sioux
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

TIE President has decided hereafter not to
permit the names of persons designated to
be postmasters to be made public until the
day of the issuance of their commission.
According to the practice hitherto, several
days have intervened between the time the
appointment was determined upon and the
issuance of the commission. These days
have been used by the opponents of the per-
con appointed to defeat him, and have re-
suited in bringing unpleasant political pres
sure to bear. This is to be stopped by the
new regulations.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10
The Presidents Opinion.

NEW YORK, May 2.-The 7,16une's WASH
ington special says: The President SAID 10
DR.. Loring, member elect of the present
House, that he did not anticipate the cA''a
session would have a disturbing influence
upon the country, nor did he believe the Hs-
publican candidate would be elected ope'htr II
He does not expect his Southern policy VIII
disintegrate either party, but that it Will have
a softening effect upon the Southern people
and modify their political action.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

GENERAL BUTLER is preparing new speech
on the greenback question to deliver at the
extra session, if general business of any kind
is taken up. If not, then next winter. He
says that he has made up his mind that the
whole currency question shall be reopened
again and argued from the foundation up.
From the manner in which he refers to the
speech he intends to deliver, he evidently re-
CARDS it as one that will raise the dead.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

LONDON, April 27.-The following is the
text of the Sultan's proclamation to the army:
':As Russia has declared war, we are forced
to take up arms. We have always wished
peace, and have listened to the advice of the
Powers in this respect. But Russia wants to
destroy our independence, and 90 if Russia
attacks us, God, who protects right and JUS
tice, will grant US victory. Our soldiers will
defend with their blood the country gained
by their ancestors, and by the help of God,
will maintain the independence of the nation.
The Sultan will go to the army and raise the
standard at Kalafat, and he is ready to sacri-
flee his life for the honor and independence.
of the country.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

OVER 600 amateur journals died their
deaths last winter in this country. The boys
who fondly hoped to stand under the hat OF
Horace Greeley are now striking out in
another direction.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10

GENERAL SHERMAN proposes to allow some
Of our ablest young officers to 60 abroad and
serve as volunteer aids on the staffs of the
commanding Generals.
Helena weekly herald., 1877-05-10
TELEGRAMS
REPORTED SPECIALLY FOR TIE HERALD BY
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The Law I'm Relation to Desert Lands.

The Law I'm Relation to Desert Lands.
NEW YORK, May 2.-The Worlds Wash
ington special says: The dispatch from San
Francisco announcing that party of capital
lists had secured large tracts of land in that
State under the act of Congress passed at the
last session providing for the sale of desert
lands in certain States and Territories, and
intimating that the act itself was Job, has
caused inquiries into the bill itself and the
manner of its passage. 1t was approved by
the President on March Sd, and came out of
conference and passed both houses on that
day. Senators Sargent, Oglesby and Kelly
were the managers of the conference on the
part of the Senate, and Messrs. Luttrel, Lane
and Crounse in the House. The act only
applies to California, Oregon and Nevada,
and the Territories of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah,
Arizona, Washington, New Mexico, Dakota
and Montana. 1t is very evident that CON-
bination of persons could secure lands which
could be made valuable under this act. and
there is no doubt that the act was snuggled
through Congress without its real purport
being known. AT the time, it is said, that
Morrison denounced it as job, though the
Record fails to record him.