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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
How They Do In India.

This is the way in which native Of
ficials in India make up for smallness in
salary. The story has often been told
with variations, for it is thing that
bhappens every day AS an Illustration,
however, of petty organized corruption
a better instance could hardly be found
outside the borders of Russia. The
traffic manager of the Madras Railway
discovered that the people about his
office were in the habit Of exacting fees
from the native rice merchants who
came to his office to register their names
for rice wagons. He accordingly COM
municated with the commissioner of
police, who sent some of his detectives
to discover the real delinquents. The
first demand was made at the outer
gate of the railway station, where eight
annas were paid by each for the priv
ilegeeof passing within. At every fresh
barrier an additional charge was made,
the highest sum being by the managers
doorkeepers, who exacted from three
to five rupees for. each person admitted;
in all nearly twenty rupees had to be
paid before the great mans presence
could be approached. The money
given by the pretended rice merchants
had been marked, SO that when they
came forth in their true character
there was no difficulty in selling the
guilty and bringing them to justice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
Bulgarian Peasant Funeral.

On the front of the wagon rode the
priest, carrying in his hands a sacristy
made of clay, and behind sat one of the
relatives. 1t was followed by small
crowd of about 20 or 80 mourners,
women, wearing gowns of coarse, home
spun cloth, colored aprons, and hand
kerChiefs on their heads, being the usual
costume of. the country. Arriving at
the ruins of the battered and destroyed
church Of St. George, the procession
stopped, and the mourners crossed
themselves, while the priests scattered
incense on all sides. The corpse, which
was wrapped in colored blanket, the
face only being exposed, was carried in
to the church, placed before the altar
and laid feet eastward in the blanket,
the head being supported by pillow
The body was clad in gold braided bridal
costume, handkerchief on the head
shoes and stockings on the feet, and a
gold chain around the. neck. On the
breast was placed Il lighted, triple
branched wax taper, and punches of
flowers were also laid on the breast and
placed in his hand A small oil lamp
was burning near the head. A loaf of
bread on plate, pan of boiled wheat,
and a dish of honey were set near the
corpse. The mourners and congrega-
ton, to the number of about fifty,
mostly women, each held a lighted
taper, as did also the two officiating
priests and the clerks Under the Bal
Eans-MOre
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
Brains and Will.

There are many men and women
who are i'll from want of brains. They
suffer voluntary decline because they
do not possess the brain-power that can
offer the blood any. inducement to cir
culate. Ehe blood does not want to be
rushing about when there is nothing
going on in the man or woman that
owns the blood. Why should the heart
or lungs be toiling all day and all night
when the person who owns those ma
chimes has no use for any pew stock Of
tissues Or blood? Pluck is wonderful
agent in throwing off disease. A walk
of five miles would cure many an occu-
pant Of the lounge. Will-power will sur
pass pill-power in nine cases out Of ten.
To hold bottle Of smelling salts in the
hand on account of headache is just
the thing at times, but to fling a pound
of fruit cake out in the alley, and then
walk a furlong as a reward for not eat
ing the compound, is nearly always a
much better thing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
Curious Customs of Curious PEOPLE,

3 In Corsica the wailing and chanting
is kept up, off and on, from the hour~
of death to the hour of burial. The
news that head of family has ex-
pired is quickly communicated to his
relatives and friends in the surrounding
hamlets, who hasten to form themselves
into a troop or band, locally called the
Scirrata, and thus advance in procession
toward the home of mourning. If the
death was caused by violence the Soir-
rata makes halt when it arrives with
in sight of the village; and then it is
that the COrslcan women tear their hair
and scratch their faces till the blood
fows-just as do their sisters in Dal-
malta and Montenegro. Shortly after
this the Scirrata is met by the deceaseds
acknowledges, accompanied by all his
near relatives with the exception of the
widow, to whose abode the whole party
now proceeds with loud cries and
lamentations. The widow awaits the
Scirrata by the door of her house, and,
as it draws near, the leader steps for
ward and throws black veil over he1
head to symbolic her widowhood, the
term of which must offer drearl
prospect to a woman who has the mis-
fortune to lose her husband while she
is still in the prime of life, for public
opinion insists that she remain for year,
in almost total seclusion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05

tent at first, but that she would see him
before long.
After the first rally Raymond wen
on toward health and strength with
rapid strides, until even Ide, with glow
ing cheeks and strangely-lighted eyes,
declared her intention of seeing him
again, and one lovely afternoon Mrs.
Santelle showed her into the dainty in
valid chamber, little thinking the ac-
complishment Of an unwritten romance
had come, little thinking-
Well, Raymond reached out his hand,
and the girl took it, with strange shy
ness very unusual in her ordinary man
ner.
" | am SO glad to see you looking bet
ter, Mr.. Santelle."
Ida Miss Veldt. Is it possible +?
Oh, can it be true? Miss Veldt, do you
know in my delirium 1 constantly
thought you were with me? And you
were-yOu were !"
She smiled, then frowned demurely,
with her pretty fingers on his wrist.
[ cannot permit you to become SO
excited, Mr.. Santelle. Yes, I, Ida Veldt,
who abbreviated my name on the i'm
pulse of the moment, when / saw who
my patient was, because L"
His face was lighting up with perfect
joy. en
Because what, Miss Veldt?'
She flushed like wild rose.
"I-I positively forbid any more con-
versation." a3.a oae-
There was pleading look in her eyes
as she looked into his. He closed both
Of his hands over one Of hers.
And I, as your lover, forbid you to
refuse to answer any question | ask !!
ada, was it because you loved me !?
Tell me it was, my darling?"
And we presume she did, since never
were patient and physician on such af-
fectionately intimate terms as were
Miss Veldt and Raymond Santelle after
that in the halcyon days when they
two agreed that upon the story of their
lives, had been written, from time i'm
memorial, the word Kismet"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
AT THE CLUB WINDOW.
fifth AVENUE, )

FIFTH AVENUE, P. NJ.
The lady whom,I bowed to in that carriage:
l thought you knew her-Mrs. Scion Brown;
riage:
Plenty of money-splcndd house up town
You must have heard about her-Belle Van
@ Voortie.
She made her debut while you were abroad:
The men went wild about her grace and beauty
The women hated her with one accord.
That was Brown with her. Took him for her
fatherY st
Well, yes, there's no denying that he's old
I think I'll paint the modern Cupid rather
Stoutish and bald with both hands full of
gold.
That is the way, you know: we worship money
And hearts, like stocks on Change are bought
and sold.
The fairest woman turns with smiles of honey
At flash of jewels and the chink ofgold
All, yes 1 loved her; It's the same old story.
I'd naught to offer but my hopes of glory.
And he had millions so why should l grieye
Was she not wises How could dollhouse lily
Do battle with the iroStS and storms Of life?
And when skies lower, and Fortunes frowns are
a chilly, @
He feels them most who feels them for his
wife. -
Why should wreck me for the love of woman
The hearts muscle and it can not break
And tt-alas for us who trust the human!-
We love, we dream-GOd help us when We
wakei GuB .8ssge-a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
IIuInOr.

A baby elephant in New York is being
brought up by bottle. The babys bottle
holds four gallons of milk.
A correspondent wants to know, how
to reclaim a WORKOUT pasture. We
don't know, but have heard tell that
flock OF sheep would be ewesfull. -Neeg
York San =
The scientific expedition around the
world may perhaps be able to tell us,
when 1t returns, why man always
takes off his boots first, while a woman
begins at her hair-pins.
Conclusive Ledger, II detect rath
er a disagreeable smell in the house,
Mrs Jones. Are you sure the drains"
Welsh landlady; "Oh, it can't be the
drains, sir, whatever. There are none,
sir !"
At the recent marriage of the Baron
ess Wallersee, a niece of the Empress
of Austria, at the imperial palace at
Goedoelloe, among all the great ladies
who We're present not one wore train
to her dress or any false hair. A repub-
lie is the place for style.
"lLook here; you critter," exclaimed
a Hoboken man the other night, as he
brought his hand down on the place
where mosquito sat, "do you take
me for a lunch counter p The mos
quito, by this time sitting ON the far side
OF the room, was very respectful and
made no reply.
!" You wasn't around where they dealt
out hair, was your said red-haired
to Lo1 10 Id
car. " Yes, | was there" said the man
with skating-rink on the top of his
head; | vas there, but they offered
me handful of red, and I told them
to throw it into the coal-scuttle to kindle
the fire with. "-Coauier-Jommal.
ss Gen. Sherman returns to Washington
bearing upon his manly beard the kisses
of whole townfull of Oregon girls. This,
as the Frenchman said in the Crimea, is
magnificent, but it isn't war.-Chicago
Times. 1t would be in some families
Springfield Republican.
A correspondent asks the Burlington
Hawksye: "Do you think it is wicked
to smoke? ?" And the Hawkeye replies
T" Oh, dreadfully, awfully, sinfully wick
ed. Send your cigars to this office
and let us burn them up for you, while
you swear off and reform before it is too
late. ii Del ft
The leaves are turning slowly yellow;
their summers hue is hence; the ripen-
ing fruit is on the mellow, the small boy
on the fence. He looks around, he
views the ground, and thinks the mo-
ment suits; he fills his pockets full and
round, then jumps the fence and scoots.
-BucoHc Exchange
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
Useful Receipts
Scientific American

To put durable dark blue on iron Or
steel without heat: Apply nitric acid,
and let it eat into the iron little; the
the metal will be covered with thin
film of oxide. Clean, oil and FURNISH
gtCheap but desirable mucilage Ma
cerate five parts of good glue in twenty
parts of water for twenty-four hours,
adding twenty parts of rock candy and
three parts of gum arabic.
TO remove stains from silver or gold
plating: Immerse for some time in a
solution of o. cyanide Of potassium
to pint of rain water, and brush off
with prepared chalk.
India-rubber cement: Fill bottle
one-tenth full of native india-rubber cut
in shreds Pour in benzola till the bottle
is three-quarters full Shake every few
days till tho mixture is as thick as
honey. This dries quickly. 1t is use
full to mend rubber shoes, or any other
rubber goods; as water and alright
cement for bottles, simply dipping the
corks in it and for hundred other pur-
poses.
Fine ink for stencilmarking: Sui
plate Of manganese, two parts; lamp
DlacK, one part; sugar, TOUR pafts; all IN
fine powder and triturated to paste
with a little water
To cure squirrel skins, or other small
skins, with the fur on, SO that the fur
will not fall out: After having cut off
the useless parts, soak the skin, remove
the fatty matter, and soak in warm wa
ter for one hour. Mix to thin paste a
half ounce each of borax, saltpeter and
sulphate of soda. Apply this to the skin
and let the latter stand for twenty-four
hours. Wash clean; then apply mix
ture of one ounce sal soda, one-half
ounce borax, two ounces hard white
soap melted together without being al
lowed to boil Put away again for
twenty-four hours in warm place.
After this dissolve four ounces alum,
eight ounces salt and two ounces saler-
atus in sufficient hot rain water to satll-
rate the skin; then wiring out and hang
it up to dry When dry. repeat the
soaking and drying two or three times,
until the skin is sufficiently soft. Lastly,
smooth the inside with fine sandpaper
ard pumice stone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05
Geraniums Drive off Snakes.

Every species of snake may be per
manently driven away from an infested
place by planting geraniums. In South
Africa the CATER people thus rid their
premises Of snakes. A missionary of
South Africa had his parsonage sur
rounded by narrow belt of geraniums,
which effectually protected the residence
from any kind of snake A few yards
away from this geranium belt snake
would occasionally be found. It is we'll
known that the whole geranium genus
is highly redolent of volatile oils
lemon-scented, musk-scented and pep
permint-scented. What, therefore, is q
very pleasant nosegay for man, IS
repugnant to the serpent tribe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05

"Look at that crowd" said a gentle
man to clergyman he was showing
through the State Department the other
day Just look at that crowd going up
in that elevator to Mr.. Evarts' room p
Yes" replied the divine, that's the
largest collection for foreign missions
I've seen taken up IN many day
NeW York Commercial Aduertiser
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05

AN Ansonia man had tooth pulled
for fifty cents, and gave the dentist a
two-dollar bill. The dentist had only
one dollar in change, SO the man sat
down and had sound tooth pulled,
just to make the change even. That's
what we call obliging Bristol G.) Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05

doctor. my daughter seems to be
going blind, and she's just now getting
ready for her wedding, too? Oh, dear
me, what is to be done p Let her go
right on with the wedding, madam, by
all means. If anything can open her
eyes, marriage will"
, 1877-09-22
Tie Missionary Angel.

In 1860 4 series of missionary meetings
was held in the colored Methodist Episcopal
churches i'll New Orleans. At one of these
it was arranged that al excentr!c veteran,
named Scott Chinn, should make the last
speech and take the collection. The brother
who preceded him greatly tried the old man 4
spiie de meetin', said brother Chinn to the
doctor who presided. Hes too long in dc
wind too much BLOWN"
''Be patient, he patient" said the doctor
80, Is patient enough, said he; "but
the peoples gettin' tired, and den dey Won I
Glib de money, said the old philosopher.
At lenSh the long speech closed with an
eloquent reference to the angel of the apOcal-
ypse flying through the heavens. having the
everlasting gospel to preach.
Scott Chinn was ON his feet in a moment.
as been afeerd some of desc brudders would
talk too long, and dat angel get clear out of
sight. Dat angel, brederen, is de missionary
angel He takes de eberlastin' Gospel wid
HIM whereber he goes-to ebry nation, kim
dred, tongue, peoplel" mighty angel . .
shouted some in the congregation. mighty
mighty" repeated others, as the excite
ment rose. Inspired by his conception and
the enthusiasm of his congregation, his pat
| riarchal form rose to It's full height, and
stretching out his hand toward the angel,
which he seemed to see before him, he ex-
claimed, 40 don angel oh dc mighty wing,
tarry wid us little while in dis missionary
meetin'! We's de people your Lord sent
you to find Fold your wings and rest a
while here. You's been flynn so long, and
you has many a long weary trabel before you
Blessed angel, amt you pretty tired! Den
rest, for dis is de Lords day, and de Lords
house, and de Lords people,
Turning to the congregation, now up to
| the white heat Of excitement, he continued
'Children, you may tank your stars, and
de good Lord, dat dis angel come dis way
to-day, and he's gwine to tarry while now.
| He's foldin' his wings and lookin' right at ye
now. He wants to see what ives goin' u
do to send dis eberlastin' Gospel round de
| world
al tell You what wen do, children. De
angels wing broken little, wid de big wind
from de four corners OBJ de world. See he
needs some more fedders in de wing. He
| fly better, wild dis eberlastin' Gospel, through
de midst oh de heben to de ends of de earth.
Up, now, and bring on de fedders for de
angels wing"
In an instant the people were on their feet
| fling into the aisles and marching In time to
the swell of song to the table in the altar,
on which they placed their offerings of pen.
MES and postage currency. Suddenly the
preacher called out, "stOp dar-stop dat
singin'!" The order was promptly obeyed,
and all waited to see what was wrong.
"What's dis Oh de table," he continued,
pointiug to the pennies and postage stamps,
| "What you call desc, Fedders for de angels
| wing, He can't fly round de world wid desc.
Desc am nuthin' but pin-fedders- Bring OF
your long quills for de angels wing!
The song and the marching were resumed
and the offerings greatly enlarged, and the
series OF meetings among these poor eoiored
people netted over 81 600.
, 1877-09-22

BETTER TINES IN PRosPECT.-lt may he
taken for granted when encouraging reports
of the business outlook come from a half
dozen commercial points in different and wide
anft seetioll of the country, that the i'm
proyement is general We have news of
this kind from New York, Boston, Buffalo,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Baltimore, ST Louis,
Philadelphia, and other points. The Phila-
delphia Ledger speaks confidently in assert
ing that 81 the anxiously awaited revival in
trade has arrived" The Boston journal tells
us: "It is the general testimony of agents
and jobbers that business is proceeding in a
good, healthy channel" Says the Baltimore
Gn1ette: 1.-The merchants are jubilant over
the prospects for brisk fall trade" At
Chicago, according to the Times, the vol
ume of business now transacted from day to
day is decidedly larger than at this time in
1876 or 1879 Buyers are rather numerous
at the large jobbing establishments. and
mail orders come in freely from both distant
and near points" At St Paul, (Minn. we
are informed by the Pioneer Press There is
a very noticeable increase IN the activity of
trade" This from the st. Louis Globe Dem
oeTuf: "The outlook to the merchants is
most satisfactory, for they are letting their
goods go without stint, on the prospect of
abundant return from the great yields already
garnered and the prospective outcome of the
fall gatherings" We learn also that there
is fair degree of activity at Cincinnati and
Nashville. The New Orleans Piieayune looks
for good autumn business; and so it goes
pretty much all the country over. These
auswcious signs VIII be hailed with gratitude
by the working people, As coming at time
to restore their dropping courage, and lift
the cloud of gloom that has SO long hung
over their prospects.
, 1877-09-22
GRAIN Markets OF EUROPE. d

GRAIN Markets OF EURoPR.-A dis
patch from the United States Minister TO
Greece to the State Department asserts
that the United States can now and hence
forth control, to a large extent, the grain
markets of Europe. He says that Russia
has been our only competitor IN this trade
Under the most favorable circumstances
for Russia (as has been clearly demon
strated by the report of the Odessa Com
mittee en- Trade and Manufactures to
council for trades and manufactures at
st. Petersburg) the United States has had
the advantage of this great cereal-produc-
ing country. Our machinery, railroad
system, elevators, and simple customs
regulations combined, have enabled us TO
place our grain on shipboard fifteen per
cent. less than could be done IN the ports
of Russia The gigantic war In which
that nation is engaged cannot, certainly,
lessen those advantages. With such an
outlook it is not too much to assert that,
with reasonable efforts on our part, We
can control the English, French, and itai-
ian markets. Anticipating the future
course of this trade, British capitalists
are now building six of the largest size
iron vessels for the transportation of
bread-stuffs from our shores On English
account We should not only strain every
nerve to meet the increased demands OF
Europe for bread stuffs, but We should
also supply ships TO carry the same.
, 1877-09-22
Commercc of the Sonth.

| On the lst of September Of eSch year the
! newspapers in the cotton states regularly
publish AN elaborate review OF the trade of
! ttheir respective cities. We have before Us
taese annual reports for New Orleans,
Charleston, Savannah and Memphis, the four
! leading centres of the cotton trade. We sup
pose the reason why the LIST OF September Is
selected for these elaborate annual reflcWs
| is that, more nearly than any other date, IT
marks the beginning of the cotton trade IN
| the new crop. A few scattering bales or
few hundred bales are received during the
latter half Of the month of August and on
the lst of September the new season is re-
par,led as having fairly opened These an
nuaI reviews include not only cotton, the
| chief staple, bat sugar, rice, tobacco, grain,
| provisions, fruits and all the articles which
make up the mass of southern trade. They
are valuable collections of statistics, tor they
give in exact figures all the receipts and ship
ments of the preceding year, with tables
showing the increase or decrease III each
article in comparison with previous years.
Besides this careful array Of statistics, these
reviews discuss the causes which have al
fected trade and speculate with more or less
intelligence on the prospects of the oiseirnsS'
year.
These reports and speculAtiens are of Pc
culiar interest now, because the south is en-
terins on a new era BY the wise policy of
president Hayes an end has been put to the
exciting political controversies which have
kept that section III I state of turmoil sJpce
the war. There is no longer anything to
disturb is tranquility or obstruct its material
development. We accordingly find tone
of hopefulnesS and confidence In all these
reports.
The review Of the business of the last year
shows decline in the cotton trade, owing
to a somewhat shorter crop than in the year
which preceded. The cotton trade of Charles
ten, however, has increased by about fifty
thousand bales, while that of New Orleans,
Savannah and Memphis are considerably de-
clined. This is accounted for by an increas-
ing tendency to send cotton to the Atlantic
scaboard by rail instead of shipping it by the
Mississippi river, and Charleston is better
situated than Savannah for the railway
traffic The business of the latter city, how
ever, was impaired by the alarming epidemic
which prevailed in the height of the cotton
season. S..ramah is very enterprising
city and does not despair Of becoming again
what she once was-the second cotton ey-
porting city in the south, New Orleans, of
course, being the first. At present Charles
ton is ahead of her. The statistics of cotton
production since the war have an interesting
bearing on the success of the new labor sys-
TEN in the south. We insert statement Of
the crops for the last twelve years