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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
The TOnian Islands.

From book just published by Mr..
Spry, of the ship Challenger, we clip the
following:
The Tonjans have by some been
styled the Anglo-Saxons of the South
Seas. They are fine race, tall, robust,
and Of lighter complexion than inhab-
itants of adjacent isles; they have little
or no beard, their noses are somewhat
fiat with wide nostrils, yet many of the
men and women might pass for hand
some types. Women follow the fashion
OF the men, cutting their hair very
short and staining it with Gilman, Civ
ing it a reddish tinge. Dress of both
sexes is made Of similar material, but it
is differently arranged. The fabric is
made from the bark Of tree, extern
sively cultivated over the islands, and is
beaten ont with a wooden mallet about
a foot long and two inches thick. The
bark is at first soaked for a couple of
days in water, and is usually prepared
in strips two feet long, and is then laid
on beam supported at each end few
inches from the ground. Two women
generally sit at the same work; each
places her strip of bark transversely on
a beam, and while beating it with her
right hand, her left moves it to and fro
so that every part becomes alike. In
course of thirty minutes it is brought
to requisite degree of thinness, and it
then stuck to other pieces. It is then
printed on with dye obtained by
scraping soft bark of cocoa tree, or the
tooi-tooi tree, which gives, when pressed,
reddish brown liquid. Near one of
the churches is monumental stone re-
Gently erected to the memory of Capt.
Croker, R. n, of the ship Favorite, who
was killed by the natives in an attack
on Bea, in 1910. Its history, as told by
school books here, is the natives of Bea
continuing their heather practices and
resisting all efforts of missionaries to
change their evil ways, the King, who
was Jealous convert about this time,
sought the assistance of a captain of an
English man-of-war then in port, to
chastise these idolators and so held con-
vert them by aid of the sword Capt.
G. landed, taking two field pieces with
him and number of blue jackets and
marines. The village is about five miles
from an anchorage and on Ioheir arrival
found it fortified with an earth embank-
ment. The assault, it was said, was led
by Capt. c., with sword in one hand
and Bible in the other However, in
the engagement he was mortally
wounded by an arrow, several of his fol-
lowers were killed and wounded, cannon
were captured, and the English retreated
without assisting the mission"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
Keep the Plough Going.

Among the many valuable lessons
which the late severe drought in Califor-
MIA has probably taught the farmers of
that state, none will prove more useful
than that of the Importance of deep and
thorough culture. We read of one in
stance where man has lost his entire
crop of wheat, with the bare exception
of ten acres, which were ploughed twice
before sowing, while the others were
dloughed only once. Now, we have
long climed that if the soil is worked
deep enough and finely pulverized, it
will take a very severe drought to pre-
vent it from maturing a crop. The
yield may be lessened by droug ht, but
a total failure would be something very
unusual On soil that had been stirred by
a plough sixteen to twenty inches deep.
To work soil to such depth is certainly
an expensive operation; but what of
this, so long as a proportionate return is
obtained? To make two blades of
grass grow where one grew before is the
aim, or should be, of every good farmer
and if ten acres can be made, through
deep culture, to yield as much as twenty
by the usual systems Of shallow plough
III OC gam VI udI W tuS
cost of the extra ten acres.
When we hear accounts of crops OF
strawberries of from 800 to 400 bushels
per acre, we may rest assured that nc
four-inch ploughing of the land was con-
sidered satisfactory, or even practiced.
The largest crop we ever saw of this
fruit was upon rather stiff loan, which
had been worked over to the depth OF
two feet, and MANFRED literally through
out. Dry weather in summer had little
or no effect upon this land, for it was a
gigantic sponge, holding certain
amount of moisture and no more.
Some farmers seem to be averse, not
only to ploughing deep, but often. Il
the ground is wet, they at once tell you
that it is not good to work over lane
when it is in this condition; when it il
very dry, they are always afraid of MAX
ing it dryer by stirring, and between
these two conditions there. are few OPP
portunities Of ploughing land when i
IS just right. Perhaps this is one reason
why some only plough out or cultivate
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
more than twenty without great discom-

more than twenty without great discom-
fort.
To Cook SALT CoDF1sH.-Shred
enough fish to make pint; put it into
two quarts of water and set it where it
will keep warm, but do not not let it
boil, as boiling hardens salt fish. If
wished for breakfast, put it to soak the
night before. In the morning pour off
all the water, replacing it with one pint
OF sweet milk, and set on the stove. Mix
one teaspoonful of corn starch with one
tablespoonful of cold milk in bowl, beat
into this one egg, and when the milk on
the stove is just ready to boil dip from
1t few tablespoonfuls, stirring it well
together with the egg and corn starch in
the bowl; then pour all back into the
fish, add a small teaspoonful of butter
(or less), let all boil p at once so as to
thicken, and serve on buttered toast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
THE CLOUD.
BY JOHN B, TABB,

Far, on the brink of day,
Thou standest as the herald of the dawn
Ere fades the nights last flickering shark avav
In the rich blaze of morn
Above the eternal SHOWS,
BY winter scattered on the mountasn height
To shroud the centuries, thy visage CLOVIS
With prophetic light.
Calm is thine awful brow:
AS when thy presence shrined divinity,
Between the flaming cherubim so now
Its shadow cings to thee.
Yet, as an angel mild,
Ihou, IN the torrid noon, with shetering wing,
Dost Q er the earth, as on a weary child,
A soothing influence bring.
And when the evening dies,
Still to thy fringed vesture cleaves the light,
The last sad glimmer of her fearful eyes,
On the dark verge of night.
So, soon thy glories wane
Thou, too, must mourn the rose of morning shed
Cold creeps the fatal shadow Ger thy train,
And settles on thy head.
And, while the wistful eve
1earnS for the charm that wooed its raviShed gaze
The sympathy of nature wakes a sigh,
And thus its thought betrays.
Thou, like the cloud, my soul,
Dost, in thyself, OF beauty naught possess;
Devoid the light OF heaven vapor foul
The veil Of nothingness.
-Hdrper's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

and hoe their corn and potatoes once,
while few farmers never put hoe into
the field, considering that to run through
the young plants with cultivator, or
double-mould board plough, is quite suf-
yield of corn in some states noted for
their rich soils does not reach twenty
bushels per acre, while those farmers who
practice thorough and deep culture OBJ
| tain seventy-fve to one hundred bushels,
with no better foundation to build upon
than those who seldom get more than ten
to fifteen. The season for cultivating
crops is at hand, and we say, keeping the
plough and cultivator going among the
rows, and do not be afraid of letting in
| the air, or allowing the moisture to es-
cape through frequent stirring.
Another objection to working among
corn and potatoes after the plants have
reached good size is, that there is dam
ger of cutting off, or at least disturbing,
the large lateral roots; but the injury, II
any should be done, which is not at all
probable where cultivator or horse hoe
is used, will be more than made good by
the beneficial effect of stirring the soil.
1t is SO easy to test the effect OF frequent
culture of growing crops, that it is some
what singular that more experiments are
not made in that direction. We once
had neighbor who never failed to raise
an excellent crop of beets and cabhages
and who attributed his success to trans
planting the first and hoeing the latter
twice a week for the first month after
the nlantS wara Sat ont
Of course, where frequent and
thorough culture is practiced, no weeds
get long enough to become troublesome;
and this alone will fully compensate for
the extra labor of going over the field
great number of times. Let those who
have been troubled with noxious weeds
heretofore, try beginning early, and then
going through their corn, potatoes, and
similar crops often; then see if it does
not prove to be the best and most
economical system of culture.-N. Y.
Weekly San.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
POlIiWOgs.

BY MARIAN DOUGLAS.
The cat-taiIs all along the brook
Are growing tall and green,
And in the meadow pool once more
The polliwogs are seen;
Among the lockwood in and out,
AS quick as thought they dart about;
Their constant hurry to and fro,
1t tires me SO 10 see;
wish they knew it did no good
To so uneasy bel
mean to ask them if they will
Bejust for one half minute, still
6 Be patient, little polliwogs,
And by and by you'll turn to frogs"
But what's the use to counsel them?
My words are thrown away,
And not second in one place
A polliwog will stay.
They still keep darting all about
The floating dockweed, in and out.
Well, if they will so restless be,
| will not let it trouble me,
But leave these little polliwogs
To wriggle till they turn to frogs!
--NaUSeyy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

The Pope received during the jubilee
81, 100000 in hard cash, not counting
the innumerable articles of value pre-
sented.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27
Mrs. Browning and Her Dog.

The following little anecdote will not
be laughed at by any but the unhappy
wretches who have the misfortune q to
lead a dogless ife:'' eyes, I have re-
covered my pet" writes Mrs. Browning.
Ono, have 'idealized' none of the dog
stealing. [ had no time. I was crying
while he was away, and was accused SO
loudly of Stiffness and childishness' af-
terward that was glad to dry my eyes,
and forget my misfortunes by way Of
rescuing my reputation. After all, it
was excusable that [ cried. Flushie is
my friend-my companion-and loves
the sunshine without. Oh, and if you
had seen him when he came home and
threw himself into my arms, pal pitating
with joy-in that dumb, inarticulate &C.
stasy which is so afecting-love without
speech! You had better give your dog
something to eat, said the thief to my
brother when he yielded up his prize for
a bride, for he has tasted nothing since
he has been with us. And he had been
with them for three days, and yet his
heart was so full when he came home
that he could not eat, but shrank away
from the plate and laid down his head on
my shoulder. The spirit of love con-
quered the animal appetite in that dog.
He is worth loving. Is he not"'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

New LYNDE BROOK DAM was form
ally presented to the authorities of Wor-
cester, Mass, a few days since. It was
on March 80, 1876, that the old dam gave
way, and a food of waters descended
into the valley below, there to wreck
many factory, dwelling, and bridge.
The construction of the new dam and the
cost Of pumping water meantime has
brought upon Worcester an expense Of
$4,000. The new reservoir will hold
663, 100000 gallons of water. Every
precaution has been taken against the
waters again breaking loose.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

AT Georgia fair there was a bouquet
containing $50 flowers, each one being of
a different kind.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17

GENERAL HOWARD has been hunting
Chief Joseph and his Nez Perces warriors
for the last month, and has done great
deal of bOasting by telegraph of the swift
and summary punishment lie would infict
npoD him and his, prorided he could catch
them. But Joseph concluded that a Gen
eral who had ran the Freedman's Bank
into the ground was mot for Joseph and
leaving Howard still on the hunt, crossed
from Idaho into north western Montana.
General Gibbon in the meantime started
OH hunt after the same Joseph from a
point in northern Montana, at the head of
1873 regulars, 50 citizen volunteers and II
officers, and found him aud his camp at a
very early hour on yesterday week in Big
Hole valley, along a stream Of that name,
Gibbon began the attack on the camp Mt
daylight, aud many Indians were shot
down rs they rushed out Of their tents
The troops then made charge on the
lodges and after long and severe fight
were driven back to higher ground, the
Indians greatly outnumbering the whites,
Occasional fighting occurIe ed during the
day, and towards evening Joseph, with his
bucks, squaws and ponies, silently stole
away, Gibbons loss was % killed. .rinclud
ing officers, and Al wounded including
officers. The General himself was
slightly wounded. The loss of the Indians
in killed and wounded was over 100.
Howard with his troops reached Gen. Glib
bon on Saturday morning and prepared to
renew his old hunt after Joseph. This is
sad affair. year ago Custer and his
gallant band were slaughtered by Sitting
Bull, and now Gibbon and his men are re-
pulsed and cut to pieces by Joseph. Glib
bon stands high as an officer, hut it seems
to have been rash act to attack a force
30 much superior in numbers to his own.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17
Democratic County Ticket.

FRANCE is called Republic and has
Marshal MacMahon as it's President.
rose by any other name would smell as
sweet What is daily transpring under
the rule Of President NacMahon through
the agency of VI. Fourton, his Secretary of
the Interior, is not what one would expect
from n government deserving the name of
n Republic, but is precisely what would be
looked for Under an Imperial despotism
like that of Russia. Last week eight news
papers in Paris were suppressed, and the
editor of another WAS sentenced to pay a
fine of 1900 francs and to be imprisoned
for three months, for insulting, as was
claimed, President MacMaliuu. Another
editor was fined and imprisoned for pub
fishing coiored map of France showing
the political complexion of tie different
departments, and still another was fined
100 francs for refusing to print speech Of
the President. Eighty thousand copies of
an equestrian portrait of MacMahOn are to
be distributed through the provinces at
the government expense, and the sale of
photographs Of VI. Thiels in the streets of
Paris is forbidden. Such are few of the
late acts of the paternal government of the
so-called Republic of France. And yet the
eXci.able people of that country have pre-
served wonderful calmness under such
outrages. All these things have been done
with a view to influence the election in
October Of the new French Legislature
MacMahon's term of Office will not expire
until 1880, and he has repeatedly declared
that lie will fulfil the mission entrusted 10
him. or, in other words, that he will serve
out his term at all hazards. No man can
conjecture what will take place if the Re
publicans succeed in electing majority of
the Legislature, they confidently claim
they will be able to do,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17

II PROBABLY should tell you who | am and
whence 1 came. nm no raitroa: officer, and
never was. and never will he. | hold no rail-
road bonds or railroad stocks, that my interests
he different from those of any Other man, and
bonds, and never did, and never expect to.
hold no bank stock. and never did, and never
expect to: and, financially, suspect am about
as Impartial between capital and labor as one
without capital possibly can be-
The foregoing extract is taken from a
speech of Judge West, delivered in Cleve-
land on the night of his nomination as the
Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio. This was few days after the ter
mination of the railroad strike and when
the excitement growing out of that event
bad just commenced to subsde. These
clap-trap utterances iucontestably prove
that Judge Westsis thorough paced dem
agogue, and an utterly unsafe man to be
elected Governor of well regulated State.
1t is a very low effort on his part 10 i'm
pugn the honesty of every man and every
woman in the country who owns railroad
stock, government bonds, or stock in a
bank. Judge West supposed that atahat
particular crisis a public disclaimer on his
part of any connection with railroads,
government bonds, or bank stock, would
secure for him the votes of the railroad
employees, as well as all who do not hold a
government bond or own a share of bank
stock. In this he is mistaken, and will
find that he has sadly underest mated the
good sense of the woIkingmen whose
friendship he thought he was concilatpg
No Intelligent woikingmau will endorse
Judge West in his attempt to array labor
against capital, between which there is no
ma ural hostility, but on the contrary the
strongest bond of mutual sympathy and
dependence. All capital is the product of
labor, and an attack upon one is an as
sault on the oIher; when they act in har-
mony both will stand, but when they
clash and come in conflict both must go
to the wall. We are not the defender Of
railroads in all that they undertake to do.
nor are we the advocate of the national
banking system, but we deny the imputa
tiOn that it is closely allied to q crime to
be connected with the one as an officer or
shai ell, Her or as an honest purchaser of its
stock with the other. II this demagogue.
West, in his anxiety to be elected Cover
nor of Ohio, should unfortunately succeed
i'll the crusade i'll which he has embarked,
there is not wOrkingman who voted for
him thOt i'll not af erwards reproach him
self for having done SO.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17

Two important State conventions were
convention met at Richmond on Wcdnes
day, and after a long ard bitter contest
nominated Col. r. w. VI. Holiday. O.
Winchester, for Governor and Gen James
a, Walker for Lieutenant Governor. The
exciting question in the convention was
the honest payment Of the State debt or,
it's partial repudiatioa. Gen. VIM. Ma
hone. the great RAILROAD king of the State,
was the candidate Of those vino supported
the latter policy, ana on six successive
ballots received the highest number Of
votes. His name was then Withdrawn, and
on the seventh ballot Col. Holiday was
nominated and the plighted faith of the
Old Dominion rescued from an attempt to
stain and dishonor it. Col. Holiday is a
prominent lawyer, a gentleman OF marked
ability, finished education, speaker of
rare eloquence, and as her Governor will
reflect honor and credit on ''the mother of
States and of statesmen
The Maine Republican State convention
met at Augusta ON Thursday and nomina-
ted the present Governor (Conuor) for re.
election. resolution fully endorsing
Hayes and his Southern policy was offered
aud also one as distinctly repudiating it,
After speeches bad been delivered in favor
of and against each, Blaine briefly address
ed the convention in opposition to both
resolutions, aud concluded wi Ia motion
to lay them on tho table, which prevailed.
Mr.. Hayes declares that Blaine's course in
the convention neither annoys nor surprises
him-that he expected it, and that he will
continue without fear or favor to treat the
South as be has been doing. The best Re-
publican sentiment OF the country is that
James @. Blaine is as thoroughly played
ont politician as even old Ben Wade, Of
The Western Reserve. I
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17

\ NEWSPAPER of know-nOthiDg prociiv-
tiles asserts that the ringleaders in the
Pittsburgh riots were irishmen. 1t is not
the first time that the poor Irish have been
charged with the sins of others. That
they are eminently fighting race all
modern history fully attests, and to Irish
bravery on many well fought battlefield,
both France and England are mainly in
debted for some of their greatest victories.
In this country from the beginning of the
Revolutionary war down to the close of the
great rebellion, Irish courage has passed
into a proverb. Instead of being the orig
inators of riots and mob violence, however,
Irishmen have generally been their worst
victims. Such was the case in the Phlla-
OTIS of the Baltimore "Plug Uglies" of
later date. That the Irish are responsible
for the Pittsburgh riots is a foul libel on
that large foreign element in our popula-
tiun. Since the day when the first arrests
were made of persons charged with having
been connected with the lawless acts of the
mob i'll burning the cars and buildings of
the Railroad Company, or i'll carrying
away the contents of the cars, or breaking
into stores for the purpose of pundering
them, we have carefully scrutinized the
namos of the arres; ed parties. and have
read most of the hearings which have taken
place before the Judges of the Courts and
committing magistrates, as published i'll
the Pittsburgh papers, and are fully pre-
pared to say that the name.of an lrishman
has verv rarely occurred. The same thing
can substantially be said of the Germans.
We feel entire confidence in the correctness
Of the statement we have made. About
twenty-five years ago Pittsburgh, to her
lasting disgrace, contained voters enough
to elect as her Mayor Joe Barker, widely
and infamously known as a street preach
ing demago2ue and fanaJical know nothing.
A city in which Barker could be elected to
the highest municipal office was abundant
~ able to furnish enough of rough latice
material to start a riot of the largest pro-
portions and most destructive tendencies.
Irishmen have enough to answer for with
out impuling to them the guilt OF having
precipitated the Pittsburgh riots.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17

DETECTIVES at Pittsburg are actively en-
gagged in recovering the goods stolen from
the looted cars and depot of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. The property
forms singular collection, embracing boots
aud shoes an immense wood carving. mat
tresses, cushions, splttoons, framed time
cards. an encyclopaedia. forty barrels -four
leach minuS q baking or two-a tieree aud
twelve barrels of lard, three hundred hams,
kegs and barrels of whisky and high wines,
glassware, hardware, shoyels and picks
bales of wool, a complete Jersey wagon,
leather. rope, bundles and barrels of leaf.
tobacco, block tin. beeswax, oatmeal, boxes
of foot rules, lamp chimneys. coffee mills
gas-stoves. paace-car furniture, sewing
machines. caIpets, oil cloths, muslin, ready
made cloi hing, yarn. harnesses. whips, flags
and the like. Seven Saratoga Trunks full
of clothing we're found in one house and
eleven barrels Of -four in another. Eye
witnesses of the riot tell Of auctions where
circular saws three feet in diameter sold for
so cents, aud a car load of sewing machines
brought from 81 down to 10 cents apiece
N. T. World.