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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
A FLEET VOYAGEUR,
Interesting Race Between Carrier
Pigeon and Mail Train.
London Daily \ ews.

Yesterday, an exciting race took
place from Dover to London between
the continental mail express train and a
carrier-pigeon conveying document of
an urgent nature for the French police.
The rails, carriages, and engines Of the
express train were, as might be expect
el, of the best possible construction for
power and speed. The pigeon, which
was bred by Messrs Hartley & Sons,
of Woolwich. and homed" when few
weeks old to q building in Cannon
Street City, as Belgium voyageurs"
The bird was tossed through railway
carriage window by French official
as the train moved from the Admiralty
pier, the wind being west, and the atmos-
phere being hazy, but with the sun
shining. For upwards of minute the
carrier pigeon circled round to an alti-
tude Of about half a mile, and then
sailed away toward London. By this
time the train, which carried the Euro
pean mail, and was timed not to stop
between Dover and Cannon street, had
got up to full speed, and was journeying
at the rate of sixty miles an hour to-
ward London, The odds at starting
seemed against the bird, and the rail
way officials, justly proud and confident
in the strength of their iron horse, pre-
dicted the little aerial messenger would
fail; but the race was not to the strong.
The carrier pigeon, as soon as it ascer-
tanned It's bearings, took the nearest
route in direction midway between
Maidstone and Sittingbourne, the dis
lance, as the crow flies, between Dover
and London being seventy miles, and by
rail seventy-six and half miles AS
the continental mail express train came
putting into Cannon street station the
pigeon had been home twenty minutes,
having beaten the train by time al
lowance representing eighteen miles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
Taste Versus Money.

Money can furnish house hand
somely, but taste furnishes it artist
cally. Taste and continuance are of far
more importance than money; and of
all the attractive houses that it has been
my good fortune to see, by far the great
Ell number have owed their attractive
ness to the taste and to the ingenuity
of their owners rather than to their
long purses. Some houses look like
uphOlsterer's rooms-their furniture Is
simply transferred from one show place
to another. The truth is, we are de-
pending too much in these days on
furniture and bric-a-brac for the orna-
ment of our houses, and not enough
on things more permanently interest
ing. We ought to seek lat least so it
seems to me) the individual expression
of ourselves, of our own family life, our
own ways of living, thinking, acting,
more than the doing as other people are
doing, more than the having what other
people are having.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
Burned to Death.

A telegram from Cincinnati says:
The fire at Pelstrings Box Mandatory
August 3. originated in the cellar;
an attempt was made to extinguish it
without aud Of the fire department, but
it was unsuccessful. After reaching the
first floor, the flames spread with fear
full rapidity, and in an incredibly short
time they had reached the roof. The
employees, mostly girls, were at work in
the third and fourth story; some escaped
through windows upon the roofs of
other buildings, but it is feared that Z or
10 persisted in the flames. At this writ
ing but four bodies have been recovered;
they were so disfgured it was an hour
before any of them could be identified !;
bits of clothing still remaining led to the
identification; Mary Murreel, 20 years
old; Mena Kube, IA; Frank Studar, 20;
Anna Pattger John Blanchard, the
engineer in the factory, died soon after,
through injuries received. Two girls
and one man, Isaac Seefeld, are so
badly burned they will probably die.
From the factory the fire spread to six
frame and one brick dwelling which
will prove total loss The amount of
losses is not yet estimated; the insur-
.ance as far as known, Guarantee, of
N. Y; Amazon of Cincinnati, $1,000
each; British American of Canada, the
Bangor of Bangor, Me-, the Toledo
Marine of Buffalo: the Atlantic Under
writers of Philadelphia, the Mendian
Jefferson of St. Louis, ST. 900 each; the
Citizens of Newark, 1900
Loss on Pelstring's cigar box factory,
burned this morning, IS estimated at
$50, 10000, but the amount Of insurance
cannot be ascertained fully. Only one,
additional person to those given this
morning is known to be among the lost
Henry Moog, aged 16 years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
The Military At Pittsburg.

Our city is doubly honored. We
have here a force of regular soldiers
larger than we have had here for many
years, under the command of a gallant
officer with the gocd-looking and chiva[
rous Hancock within easy hailing dis
lance. Then we have two or three
thousand Of the National guard from
different parts of the state, with Hart
ranft in blouse, calico Shirt and
SLOUGH hat" at their head with such
captains as Mai. Gen. Harry White,
Gallaher, Huidekoper and Brinton COM
handing divisions. To be sure there
don't appear to be much for this extra
ordinary concentration of men and
muskets to do, other than appear in
dress parade and prance around to the
lacivious tootings of the fife and bass
drum; but still we are glad to see the
visiting military here, not that they are
needed as conservators of further order,
or necessary to. crush out a branch
of the Paris commune. The trains are
running on the railroads, not exactly
because the soldiers are here, but as the
result of measures adopted by our
authorities, civil and military to main
tain order. We extend a hearty well
come to the boys in blue, and gray,
yellow, and green; hope their sojourn
here will ever be delightful rememb-
rance, and an inheritance to their chill
dren, and their return to their homes
gallanded with flowers and laurels, and
moisted with lager. We couldn't say
more if we -Patsbury Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
HaZing At Oberlin.

Until lately Oberlin, Ohio, was sup
posed to be perfect in morals and gen
eral behavior, The town is simply an
adjunct of college located there, and the
sweet influences Of religion are rained
down from the spires of several churches
two Congregational, and Baptist, Meth
Odist, and Episcopal churches-and the
people are all toned down to propriety
and tuned to their creeds. The college
and churches give laws to the town, and
the people submit with exemplary
meekness. Women and girls are not
permitted to be in the streets after
o'clock p. H., and men and boys are
required to get behind closed doors by
10, in conformity to college rules, No
body is seen in the streets of Obe lin
after 10. There is not single saloon in
the town. There was one some years
ago, but it was moved out in few days.
A drug store does the saloon business
that offers very quietly. Oberlin is a
thoroughly toned, tame town, without
sufficient spirit to Minister to disorder.
Therefore a college student of the place
must have cut an extraordinary figure
one night lately. He had become often
sive to several members of his class,
and they caught him out and "hazed"
him. 1t was the first and only case
of" hazing" ever known at Oberlin, and
it was rank one The students stripped
their offensive fellow to the buff, tarred
him all over, and left him to carry his
clothes home at 10 o'clock at night
through the deserted streets of Oberlin.
He made the time promptly: at 10
o'clock he was behind closed doors,
presenting himself to the college presi-
dent, and telling his tale of outrage and
wrong The 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock
rules made his situation less trying than
it would have been if he had had to
thread his way through the thronged
streets without soiling futtering silks
and muslins. He got off with the very
smallest measure of ignominy that could
be melted out in case like his, and he
ought to be thankful that the thing hap
pened in devout, drowsy Oberlin, instead
of anywhere else in the wide world.
The president and faculty took up the
case, aud soon found that their college
was full of liars. The perpetrators lied
when examined, and each proved an
abb by other students who lied. But
six of the hazing party were finally dis
covered and expelled from the college
and the pure precincts Of Oberlin. 1t
has not been determined what course
will be taken with the rest of the college
who lied SO vigorously for their fellows,
Oberlin ought to clean out its oily,
solemn sanctity and get some honest
human nature there.-St. Louis Repub-
lean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
A Narrow Escape.
DeadwoOd Champion.

Bill Hanson, better known as From
tier Bill" while pursuing a herd of mus
tangs near Hat Creek, July 9, was thrown
from his horse and knocked senseless,
in which state he lay for several hours.
When he recovered his horse was gone
and his wounds panied him SO badly
that he could not walk He managed,
with great difficulty, to crawl on his
hands to a pool of water, some fifty
rods from the place where he fell. He
remained here during the next day and
night without a mouthful to eat, and,
the water of the pool having given out,
he started out on his hands and knees
in search Of more. About II o'clock,
on the second day, he says he was so
hungry, thirsty, ard lame, and tired
that he could go no further, and crawled
under a tree and stretched himself out
to die. While lying thus, bordering on
the insensible, he heard the leaves shake
near him and YEARLY turned his head
In the direction of the noise. To his
terror and astonishment he espied a
large rattlesnake reaching for him. The
sight of the venomous reptile banished
hunger, thirst, and pain for the moment,
and he raised on his elbow and endeav-
ored to scare the scaly thing away. The
snake struck at him twice, and then
glided away. This adventure reused
him somewhat, and he made another
endeavor to reach water Finally, after
much pain and suffering, he crawled
into the Cheyenne road, and could go
no further Next morning ranchman
located at Hat Creek found him there,
lying on his face, insensible and almost
dead. He was taken to the ranch and
cared for.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

upon them at high temperature and
elevated pressure, thus forming metallic
oxides and saturated hydrocarbons; the
latter rose in the form of vapor to the
upper strata, where they condensed to
Ii Iuids in porous sandstones and other
)cks which have tendency to absorb
/ lulds. The internal heat Of the earth
occasioned the reduction of carburetted
metals, and this gave rise to hydro-car
bons. Other chemists than Mendelijeff
have shown experimentally that some
thing very like petroleum can be pro-
duced artificially, by initiating in the
laboratory the process above described.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
A New Hypothesis on the Origin of
Petroleum.

At recent meeting of the Chemical
Society Of St. Petersburg, Prof Mende-
lief sought to combat some of the old
notions on the origin of petroleum, and
to substitute a new theory on the sub
ject 1t has been maintained by many
biologists that the decomposition Of
mineral matter in the lower strata Of the
earth was the source of petroleum
Mendelijeff believes that the true source
is to be sought much lower down. The
sandstones in which it is found were
not it's original source, as is shown from
the fact that no carbonized animal re-
mains are found in it, There ought
also to be other products of organic de-
composition if that was the starting
point; we must search lower down, even
below the silurian, as the mineral Oil in
the Caucasus is found in the tertiary,
and in Pennsylvania in the devonian
and silurian. AS, however, in the rocks
below the silurian there was very little
organic life, the formation of such a
great quantity of petroleum could
scarcely be traced to such limited
source. MendeGeff, therefore, proposes
a substitute for the organic theory. He
goes back to the nebular hypothesis Of
Laplace, and applies Dalton's law Of the
original gaseous condition of the mate
rial of the earth, and, taking into con-
sideration the density of the earth and
the vapor density of the elements, he
arrives at the conclusion that the inte-
rior contains many metals and comes to
the following conclusions: Through
some Of the assures in the crust of the
earth occasioned by the upheaval and
depression of the surface, water perco-
lated to the carburetted metals and acted
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
Trifes.

A Hackensack IN. j. man was last
midnight creeping softly along the bed
room floor on his hands and knees. and
was feeling tenderly under the bureau
for a something he had hidden there
the evening before; but his wife awoke
and said: Peter, what under the
heavens are you doing?" Dear"
said he, Pm walking in my sleep, and
dreaming that | am plucking water
lilies from the soft, blue bosom of the
lake" How to get that flask out of
there before she got up in the morning
was what worried him more than the
water-lilies did.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

gan has been consumed. At this rate
of consumption it will not be long be-
fore the question will present itself,
where are supplies Of lumber to be
found? 1t is evident that there ought
to be some stringent regulations against
the reckless cutting down of trees to
prevent the total determination of the
timber trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

WHY is this called Jacobs LADDER"
asked charming woman, as she and
he were going up the steepest part of
the Mount Washington Railway. Be
cause" he replied. with q look that en-
phasized his words, there are angels
and descending occasionally"
He squeezed her hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

Love of display which results in vul-
gar ostentation is the result ofselfishness,
of a desire to excite the envy Of others
rather than the wish to share benefits
with them-an effort to appear great
without striving to be great in reality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

Don't forget to have a good woodshed,
this fall we'll filled with wood. Dry wood
stored in the shed will be much more
pleasant and economical to use during
the cold, unpleasant weather of winter,
than that which has remained out of
doors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

every heart knoweth its own mis-
cry" 1t was the bitter, bitter remark
of a young man. He had incautiously
invited here to take another plate of ice
cream and she had accent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
EngIishmen With The Turks.
Constantinople Correspondence of the Cincinna

Constantinople Correspondence of the Cincinnati
Eng irer.
[ have seen another letter from Capt.
Norman, who is campaigning in Asia
He has seen good deal of hard fighting
and rough service. He has been with
Sir Arnold Kendall, the British mill
tary attache, and old Sir Arnold seems
to be- "rum one" for. fghting He is al
ways on the front line, and has narrow
ly escaped death or capture a half
dozen times in the campaign. A gentle-
who saw him in the Servian war says
that it was no uncommon thing to find
the old gentleman sitting under tree
during fight calmly viewing the per-
Torrance through his glasses while the
bullets were clipping the dirt all around
him. He is an enthusiast on the sub
ject of modern warfare. Norman
writes expressing great admiration for
the bravery and endurance of the poor
Turkish soldiers, but for the incompe-
tency and imbecility Of the officers from
high to low, he can find no language
sufficiently expressive. In the Asiatic
department as we'll as in the Army of
the Danube there is no hospital service,
and the suffering upon this account is
indescribable. Complaint is already
made to the authorities in CONSTANT
nople that Turkish officials have stolen
the hospital stores sent out to the Dan
ube army by the charitable societies of
London. Ahmed Mukhtar and Dervish
Pasha, the two Turkish generals who
have achieved such unexpected success
in Asia, are both objects of the hate and
envy of the war minister. He sent
them to that quarter in the hope that
disaster would overtake them and that
he would be able to profit thereby The
miscarriage of that little scheme gives
unbounded delight to the enemies of
the scoundrel Redif.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

The cultivation of flax in the west is
increasing, as it should, The North
western Flax Society report the average
value of the crop per acre to be $27 .OS.
The United States import annually $50,
600, 900 worth of flax, hemp and jute.
Improved processes are steadily dimin-
ishing the cost of harvesting, preparing
and manufacturing. Jute may be grown
in the southern states, hemp in kentuc-
ky, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; futh-
er north, flax is at home. The two lat
ter are extensively grown already.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-30
DECISION OF INHERENT TO
GAMBI. Frs.
PhIlsd.lnhla ,releRraph

Ia Philadelphia Telegraph.
The gam bling fraternity is particular
ly interested in decision just made by
the New York count OF appeals, as 1t in
dlcates the conrse likely to be pursued In
complaints against them hereafter. Two
professional gamblers inveigled stran.
ger Into gambling den in New York,
not long since, and feeced Kim ont OF his
money. Following their arrest the dis
trlct attorney, having found II almost inn
possible to convict gamblers, upon the
specific charge of sw .ndling in the pur-
suit of their neiarious profession, tried
the experiment Of indictlng the prisoners
for larcency. Upon their i'ial in the
court OF general sessions, the counsel
oontendcd that the ofiense was not lar
cedy, the money having been voluntarily
surrendered, and that it matt cred not
how fraudulent may have b, en- the in
mt, so long as there was no trespass.
The district attorney took a contrary
ground. ne judge charged for a con-
yiction, Which tollowe l. The ccse was
then taken to tue court OF appeals, which
tribunal has affirmed the judgment in the
general sessions, Judge Miller writing
the opinion and all the judges concur
ring. 81 81
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