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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07
Wider Range Of Animals i'm Prehistoric
Times

The chief interest of the recent de-
bate on the antiquity of man turned
upon the questions as to whether there
was any evidence in this country Of
man in the caves Of river deposits older
than the post-glacial times The read
ers Of the works of Messrs Croll and
James Giekie will remember that they
ascribe all the traces of paleolithic man
in this country either to a pre- or inter
glacial age, basing their conclusions
principally upon the fact that in the
river deposits and caves are found some
Of the associated animals, such as the
hyena, lion, and hippopotamus, now
only to be found IN hot climates; and
seeing that no traces of warm climate
are presented by any post-glacial deposit
in Britain they infer that those in cues
ton are of much higher antiquity
They account for the ASSOCIATION of
southern and northern animals by the
supposition that they occupied the
country at different times, during gla-
cial or inter-glacial seons Of from 5000
to 10000 years in length To this was
objected that the intimate association
Of forms prove that both sets of ami
mails inhabited the country at the same
time and were the result of the over
tapping of different faunas during the
seasonal changes. The reindeer formed
a large portion of the prey of the ny.
ena, and must, therefore, have been
contemporary. It was also pointed out
by one Of the speakers that there is no
evidence from the animals that there
ever was anything like the perpetual
summer" advocated by Mr. Giekie, at
any time in the pleis 5ocene age The
hippopotamus in Regents Park take
his tub regularly in spite of the east
winds so prevalent in the spring, which
remind one of the glacial period; and
the tiger crosses the frost-bound rivers
of the Amoor to prey upon the rein
deer. The lion, now found only in the
south, lived in the days of Herodotus
in the inclement mountains of Thrace.
1t seems, therefore, to us that any ar
argument based upon fossil animals as
to warm inter glacial period is worth
less. And further, it is obviously I'M
fair, in treating Of the fauna associated
with the man, to adopt the forensic de-
vice Of choosing some witnesses to the
exclusion Of Others. 1t would be as
easy to prove the climate in question to
have been temperate from the ascot
ated remains of bison, stag, and horses
as it would be to prove it to have been
arctic from the associated musk-sheep,
Jennings and reindeer. It was prob
ably a varying climate, with great ex-
tremes, similar to that in central Sibe-
ria, in which the summer heat and
winter cold are very seyere.-Natuve.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

How 1t Has Suffered From Yellow
Fever.
Special to Boston Herald.

Special to Boston Herald
The condition of affairs in this sadly
afflicted place is about as follows: The
fever for the past week has been quiet,
but only for want Of material to work
upon. Every white person, with the
exception of some twenty-five, has been
i'll, and large number of them are
still confined to their beds. The colored
people, SO far, have escaped, in a great
measure, the worst type of the desease.
The deaths since Aug. 81 have number
ed eighty-nine to date. The percent
age of deaths here has reached q higher
rate than it did in Savannah last year.
There, out of a population remaining
in the city of 10000, it was not above
10 per cent. A sensus of this town was
taken on the 18th of September to as
certain the population remaining here
since the commencement of the cpl
demic, and showed 1862 persons-519
whites and LILA blacks and out of
that number 653 had been i'll, and 1913
were still i'll. At that time there were
forty whites who had not been attacked,
and since then eigteen of that number
have been or are i'll, and some have
died. The mortality has been one in
seven, equal TO IA per cent. Since the
commencement of the epidemic all
work and business has been suspended,
and we have been compelled to find
means of subsisting 800 families, be-
sides number Of people on the main
land near us, who are either i'll or des-
titute. We are unfortunately situated.
being an inland town, with no back
country to aid us, and depending entire
ly in our good times upon commerce.
That is cut off from us now, and we
have no prospect off resumption of any
thing like business before December.
We have but little hope of cessation
of the scourge before frost, and that is
an event the time of which no one can
conjecture. Our funerals have been
very sad. Often no one has been able
to attend the hearse to the graveyard.
Then, again, one carriage will be seen
following, with perhaps one friend.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

A Sketch of the Great Soldier on the
March. His Simple Personal Habits.
Col Byers in Philadelphia Weekly Tim

Col Bvers in Philadelphia Weekly Times.
Here was the general whom every
body knew and whom everybody loved.
If Grant had been the creator OF the
Western army, Sherman was It's idol.
He was, indeed, looked upon as q sort
of common property, III which every
man in the army had special and
particular interest. speak knowingly,
as one who was private soldier under
him. In the tent, in the bivouac, IN the
riAe-pits, the mans faith in his consum-
mate generalship never faltered. On
the march his name was more than re-
spected-it was loved; and whenever he
appeared the knapsacks Of the boys
grew lighter, the step brisk, and the
faces bright. 1t was in this march
through the Carolinas [ again saw so
much of the influence of that presence
on the soldiery. It rained nearly all
the time; the roads were horrid, and
had to be corduroyed with poles and
rails half the way; the wagons and the
artillery stuck in the mire hourly, and
the soldiers had to drag them out with
their own hands. Every stream had to
be bridged, every Quagmire filled, and
every mile skirnlished with the enemy
There was not a, tent in the army
Even the general slept in the woods,
under "plys," in deserted houses, OF
lone churches along the way. On right
and lett, before and behind, was an
enemy; quagmires We're under foot, and
continued rain overhead; yet through
all this the boys tugged and fought, and
| lc4 t,,C f.h
1t was the magnetism of one really
great man. 1t was Billy Sherman.
His approach to the line of march was
the signal for shoutings that [ have
heard taken up and repeated for miles
ahead. Riding alongside the regiments
struggling through the mud or the
underbrush at the roadside, he would
aften speak to the nearest soldiers with
some kind and encouraging word. Nol
was it unusual to hear private soldiers
call out to him, knowing his kind heart
would give them NO rebuff. At head
quarters there was little pretense and
no show. When evening came a con
venient spot in the woods was usually
sought out, a few tent phys were
streached and a rail fire built in front
| Inc meSS-C0oSt was opened anu must
but substantial meal enjoyed amid con
versation on almost every topic but the
war. On this he was often silent, pre-
ferring to keep his own judgment, hopes
and fears to himself He wrote most
propably all of his own dispatches, leav
inc his staff little or nothing to do
After supper he studied his map in the
freight or heard the reports from the
other columns fer the day He was
last in bed at night and first in the sad
die in the morning. Dinner consisted
of a light lunch at twelve: all dismount
ed at the roadside, and an hours res
brought Us again to the saddle. So the
days passed, and the enemy was con
tinually pushed or beaten back from
each and every chosen position.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

1t is not Over-work, to use the word
in its conventional sense, that kills, but
the conditions under which the work is
done-the over-worry which sometimes
accompanies it, the feverish efforts
which the men who work hard, but are
not over-workers-that is, who do not
work more than their natural ca
pacities qualify them to make to
combine the pursuits of pleasure with
industry, sohfiety with the study or ''the
shop" 1t seems atruism which sounds
like platitude to say that the human
machinery, as all other machinery
which is to produce motion, must be
fed, the fuel In this case being physical
nutriment and rest. In other words.
if the energies are not to be premature
ly exhausted, the demand on them
must be accompanied by the concession
of healthy diet and proper amount
of sleep. Tho suitability of the former
and the sufficiency of the latter are not
difficult to ascertain. In each case ma
ture is the judge; and if her prompt
ings are disregarded, dyspepsia, inso-
mania, and all the other maladies of
life will follow; not because they are,
from the first, inevitable, but because
they have been wantonly provoked If
brainwork is only done under pressure
of stimulants, the brain suddenly gives
way. If the lyrical precept of Captain
Morris is followed, and days are length
ened by annexing to them part of the
legitimate territory of night, the aice,u
has no right to complain if the sequel
is disastrous. And, of course, the mind
reacts upon the body; just as mental
exercise is, if properly conducted, a
physical gain, so that state of anxious,
hopeless worry-the worry which
springs from the haunting consciousness
Of the skeleton in the cupboard, fnan-
cial Or otherwise surely saps, and final
ly destroys, metaphysical system. There
may be over-work, there assuredly is
over-worry, and both in the long run
end in death. But in general way it
is demonstrate fact that the deaths
which are attributed to over-work are
to be explained on other grounds too
painful or too prosaic to mention. It
may be excusable to glld with spe-
cious phrase the origin of common
place mortality: but there is no reason
why honest industry should be discred-
tied by cant term. and danger-signal
hung out where, with proper steering,
no danger is, but rather health and hap
piness are.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

"It is said that the moon has gained
about an inch in rapidity of motion
within the last 100 years. This is no
doubt true-for young men will tell you
that, the moon goes down much quick
er now than it did when they were boys
waiting to rob watermelon patch IN
the dark.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

''Get off my dress" says number
three, poking her elbows spitefully into
the side of number five.
Stop stopping your tears over on my
section exclaims number seven to
number ten
Cant you cry without mussing my
new silk all over?' asks number thir-
teen to number eleven.
Don't make SO much noise with your
beastly sobbing 1t sounds like horse
at a watering trough! yiciously says
another number.
Good heavens! You've smashed my
bonnet" shrieks another, cutting her
grief in two in the middle
1--WE as good right here as you
haveH' is the return. cts as much
my corpse as it is yours, any day.
And SO the weeping and mourning go
on, and the solemn sunset is regarded
all over Utah as the signal for smother
ed thunder, while great clash of arms
is continually apprehended and may
come any day. No wonder the new
head of the church recently raised his
hands i'll despair and said with great
snudder. sThere will be no peace till
these unhappy widows are married
again, and pending the event, | even
would that they were dead"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

Great contest after two months OF
married life: which shall be speaker OF
the house
, 1877-02-11
TRIBUNE: SUNDAY

London. He works 10 one profession to satisfy
his conscience, and in another to satisfy vanity.
| Both make their. mark In the papers rather than
in the pulpit. Sir. Smith does not hesitate to
J give sharp rap now and then to his clerical
brethren. In a recent paragraph, speaking Of
the Metropolitan. Pulpit, periodical containing
one sermon week in full. after the style Of the
| Chicago Pulpit that wns, he remarks: Il would
say candld1y to the city clergy that before they
| publish their sermons it would be we'll to haye
the latter revised By some person Of correct lit
] erary taste. 1t Is pitiable to notice the inte~
riority Of most Of the metropolitan preachers In
| this point. There is hardly Bohemian that
hangs around the press who cannot put words
In better shape than many at the best paid
! preachers. 1t may be said that there
is upon the whole much better preaching in
rural parishes than the average Of this city or
Brooklyn Odd, but the New York and Brook
lyn ministers do not accept this at all, nor do
myself believe it. That Of course docs away
with the sting OF Mr. Smiths waspy criticism.
31M KEEN AND IAY GOULD.
On Change they call the California spccula-
tor ssKeen- kecner-keno!' Hc has already
taught two or three OF The "boys" that when
they want to get a grcenhorn they had better
let San Francisco alone One operator found
this out In railroad shares which fell on his
hands. The latest victims discovered il through
Western Union transactions. Keen and his
trailing white Ulster were to be met at the
Windsor, and two young brokers who were Of
the number Of Jay Gould's special operators,
met them there. The young brokers q got in y
with the Californian as the phrase is, and one
night gave him a fine supper. They then
broached to him little scheme With money in
it. In strict confidence theS told him how
81 short y Mr.. Gould was in Western Union,-
some Sc, 900 sharcs,-and skid if Keen would 60
In with them they could ruin the stock up to 80,
it then being about 70, aud compel S[r. Gouldto
bur at q loss which would be their gain. Keen
agreed to think the matter over. He didn't
know much of the New York Market. lie said,
and cared little about spcculating anyhow ut
present, but he would think about it.
Keen happened to BE- introduced to Mr.. Could
the next evening, and casually told him what
his special operators proposed to do at his ex-
pensc. Mr.. Gould's eye twinklcd.
''They're good boys" said he. am tell You
what to do. You go in with them, aud buy all
the Western Union they want you to. Then |
we'll manage to sell your stock right back to
them.. They may lose a little, but it will be a !
good lesson and they'll marvel where that e1-
tra stock came FROM" |
The idea took Keen, and the result vas the |
sudden purchase Of SC, 600 shares, which sent |
brokers to wondering, and sent the figures up |
10 Il. Then the young brokers went III and |
bought, but somehow the price did not rise to !
70. On the contrary, it leaked out TINT Gould !
was safe, and the stock fell back to -, leaving
he special operators badly bitten. They have
riff 0nre or fHce hcfnrr (, pet the start ri Inv
, 1877-02-11

I rba standard h,o ri ,rs+ ho ~ ,;o.+ IT,,
squares not less than fourteen inches nor NOR
than fifteen inches across the squares
ns a h,an,. en. s aeean.ca'y oeseF1oea
wh'te anu plaes, mus oe l'sht anu dark {say whit
and req OF white anu bfaek'' turned and round, no
/ less than one inch nor more than one and one
| { 1hc hoard shall he n1,cea so that +,o 7,o++on
- eaa. 49, os p,aeea ~ '4a' NV oo1'ou
i. The men shall he placed OH the black euuares
s. The black men slal1 be Invariably pJacei
upon tle real or supposed trat twelve SQUARES 1 o.
g. Each player shali play alternately with wbite t
| md Hack men, and lots shall be caxt for The
color only once, Viz: at the commencement of !
mntch, the winner to have the choice III taljp0
| black Or white.
| =. The first play must be Invariably made By the
nsrson haSirg the black men, ana that alternately
=. T1aEAt the end Of fire minutes III the play
has not been previously made1, time must be eaica
tinct manncr, and il the nlay be not convicted on
the expiration Of another minute, the rame sha;i al
be adji.dsea TO b. lost through improper delay.
more pieces time shall be called ut the end Of one
minute. md il the piay be not completed on tic tic
Alluded to be lost thronah impropef eiaF Ei'a oe
TO- After the first move las been made. II either
player arrange any piece without giving intimation
It IL his turn 10 p1aI. he may avoid tue penalty by
playing that piece II possible, ~
H. After the pieces have been arranged. }Y thu
either nlav or forfeit the game. When the niece
is not playable be forfcits according to the preceed-
T. II anu part of q PLAYABLE niece IA n}ovea ovor
an angle OF the square on which it IL stationed thr
play must be completed in that direction. ~''
is completed whenever the hand has been win.
drawn from the niece PLAYED eytn aitbongh ,nn ~
more pieces should have been taken. Wv -
board before one plays his own niecc M. so @ 'nG t
, 1877-02-11
..,.....u,< GROCERIES.
nOnE DIP AR I'NKlIiii
GROCERrrS

ness s y bite Winter Wheat Flour. OH, :.
test minnesota Patent, q brl. Fo''-'-.-A:
f.sa, rsse Ges1Ran Notified Soa2, co bars. 49,
Ga1olln3 -: ~, E1cc. Is lbs for. .. oo1.. !:
t1nS ssIo aao'e syrup, 5-saIlon kegs for II
nnppaes, e U 'c, or Is tos for. "-'''-." Il
nGnGnes, na3lt, y, l2Hc, or tbs Tor. '-'-. II
nnia2ekoe;f1Ss, 7 b, 1aHc, Or D rs fc- l,
GaliioEnia Peaches, q b. lSe NJ NJ. Ii
Pitt Cherries, Il y &c, ar4 ns fas ~s 1of--. II
p;sp9e55aes, p;.spa p,', = ?, 35c. Of , b. for.
p,A pttea pIams. =. aoc, OF NJ 1os for ''-'.~
paEed reaches. 3 y, oae OF w iha f., .''-.. II
pfunes. .. &c, OF 16 Ds for. 'of'|-..- Il
f9uncts' b, 25c, or4 ID for. II
4,toen Apples. = b, 20c, or 5< ns io.-'"-''. Ii
LEST Iaploca+ 2 AoA '''.-.. l.,
Eest Soda Crackers, rbs for '''-''"-.-- i
Best Dysfer Crackers, 3 bs for. '"'>'".. ;.
nest StaFth, 6~b box for. ~'t.".. ).
tatrgsfotd,s 5 Corn Starch, q h. :
Kockforn Corn, 2b cans. falI weiytt :, -. i
nmeM,nrtay,s strawberries, a-n caas' 4 sion ue1
reaches. I'D cans per dog, = wv.
Assorted Fruits, e dog. '''-'.
- nssoEfeA California Fruits, 3-h cana 1 d.. e
Eed Cherries, = dox-..,,,. dox- = oo1- u
salmon, ~ cnns, . doz. IL
AfacReref. l5~6 Kits. .'"'".. I d
rnfSecs salad Dressing. 2 bottle. II
kerosene Cans. 1-gallon, Soc each' no.. H." i
Japan Tea, 215c, J55c, SOC, GQc-Stands.,a ao@. IT
go'ong Tea, 35c, SOC, C0c--Stantlan.i 'a'-'. i
Eunrots4cr Tea, 35c. Soc, DOc. 75r-S,.nd:...; Il
loung Tyson Tea, ::5c, 50c. gGc. Tirsc,ua.1 Al
English Breakfast Tea, SOC. GOc~Stand,n1 i
, 1877-02-11

There has for long time been spirited con-
test in Arizona over The question OF removing
the Territorial Capital from Tucsont to Prescott
Sectional animositY entered largely into the dis
pute, but, BY q compromise OF some Of the con-
ticting views, a bill WIS finally got through tho
Legislature accomplishing tue removal, which
Gov. Stafford signed, and Prescott has at last at
tanned the object Of her ambition. She had the
argument decidedly in her favor III point Of
geographical centrality, large population, and
q greater general business activity.
, 1877-02-11

The firm Of Wolff Bros. l. CO. has this day been
dissolved BY limitation, Otto L. Wolff, ,Adolph W.
Wolf, and John Runge. will liquidntc the entire
Indebtedness. and they alone authorized to col
lect all outstanding indebtedness due to the lutte
firm. Otto E. Wolff, John Runge, Adolph ".
Wolf. Charles Sieber, Hugo kretzschmar
Chicago, Feb. 10, 1877.
The undersigned have THE day formed q conart-
nership under the firm OF Wolf Bros S CO. and
will carry On the saeh and door manufacturing
business ut 1d0 to 17e West Ezie-st-, oud 243
Attiwankee"ay., aa heretofore. Otto E. Wolf,
Adoph W. Wolf, John Runse.
Chicago, Feb TO- 1877,
, 1877-02-11

The - 1rre3ular'' is composed Of variety Of
openings not illustrated tu the preceding.
In each Issue at THE SUNDAY TR1RuSE hereafter
will appear a good checker problem position,
ents. and interesting checker news. In fact, Tns
SUNDAY Tn1RrNE will aim to furnish its readers
one Of the best conducted checker columns pub.
lahed.
, 1877-02-11
THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.

Communications intended for this Department
shon]d be addressed TO TuF TRIBUNE and iudofscd
s'Checkers.
CHECKER-rLATER5f DIRECTORY.
Atheneum, Nos. 63 and G5 Washington street.
Checker C1nb roorns, No. 186 South Clark street.
INSTRUCTIONS.
The game Of Draushts Is played On board Of
si1ty-fouE squares Of alternate co|ozs, and With
two sets OF twelve men each, OF adverse colors.
The following diagram represents the board
numbered, which is done for the purpose Of re-
cording and communicating the moves.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-02
single Negro the Cause OF Large
Riot In South Carolina.

CHARLESTON, 3. G., March l.--Some
excitement was caused yesterday, near
the scene OF the Cambashee riots Of
last fall, a few miles below Charleston,
by the news that mob OF one hun
dred negroes had fired on sheriff %
posse, sent to arrest negro, who had
refused to submit to arrest, on war
rant issued by trial justice appointed
by Governor Hampton, and that the
posse had been forced to retreat. To-
day posse oftwo hundred men, black
and white, were sent to dispense the
rioters and arrest the ring-leaders.
The rioters were found In force at Cal
pen, on the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad, but when charged on by the
posse. fled without firing a shot. About
twenty Of them were captured with
muskets in their hands, and were sent
to Jail. No one was hurt on either
side. The sheriff is still In pursuit OF
the rest of the rioters.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-02

that purpose, that the House notify 1t
that II will not be ready to receive 1t
until 1t does. The yeas and nays were
demanded, aud the resolution was lost
by vote Of ll6 to las.
The Republicans by u successfaI Flank
Movement Garry the Norksb u Vote
of 2i0 10 ~.
MIR. Hopkins, OF Pennsylvania, then
introduced a resolution directing that
the President OF the Senate open the
certificate, 1t was In all respects the
same as the resolution just voted down,
with the exception that the words
"that the House will not meet the Sem
ate until II acquieses therein" be
omitted. The yeas and nays were
called; yeas ZIG, nay l4S.
Lane moved to reconsider tbs vote,
and after discussion the speaker ruled
the motion to reconsider in order.
Hale moved to lay 1t on the table,
upon which the yeas and nays were
ordered, and is now progressing.
In illustration Of the character Of the
debate, Wilson, OF Iowa, said that
II the House intended to execute the
law, 1t would DO absolutely necessary
to adopt resolution calling of all I'll.
clustering.
Walling replied: When fraud is law,
illibustering is patriotism.
Hancock, Of Texas Traitors never
practice patriotism.
An all night session is indicated.
The House at last, at $3.50 p. M,
reached a vote on Poppleton's resolu-
ton, as amended by Woods substitute,
that is, the vote of Solace be not count
ed. Mr.. Walling endeavored to inter-
pose further delay, in the shape of a
request that he he excused from voting,
which the speaker refused to entertain,
and an appeal from the ruling Of the
chair was taken, which the speaker
alto refused to entertain, and so the
roll call proceeded, and 1t resulted
yeas 2l0, nays %, So the decision OF
the House was that Solace's vote be
not counted. Most of the Republicans
voted with the majority, for the pur-
pose Of the sooner bringing the ques-
ton to close.
Senate: Recess having expired at
10 o'clock, the Senate reassembled at
that hour, but no Legislative business
could be transacted. Objections In the
Vermont ease having been disposed OF
last night, the Senate awaited the ac-
ton of the House on that matter.
At 9:40 the Senate was called to the
House to proceed with the count.