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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

A San Francisco pawnbroker loaned
$40 on violin worth 500, and put the
instrument carefully away in closet.
On the following day similar violin
was pledged, and at the end of the
week five had been put into the closet.
Then the pawnbroker found that after
each bargain the valuable violin had
been replaced by. a4ecomparatively
worthless ones access to the closet hay
ing been obtained through hole in the
wall and that he had taken in the same
article five tines 9toy +.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

ONLY one Of the. big trees of Califor-
MIA has been felled by the hand of man.
10 accomplish this it required the work
Of five. men for twenty-five days, not
chopping, but with long augers, boring
1T down. After the tree was completely
severed, the veteran stood still unmoved,
refusing to fall, until by ropes, pulleys
and wedges the enormous trunk was
brought to the earth. This tree was
found to be over 800 feet long, ninety
six feet in circumference at the base
and sound to the very heart.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

SANTANA, the Kiowa, who in his day
caused the Indian fighters of the plains
ali sort of trouble, was sent to the Texas
penitentiary in 1871. He never took
kindly to prison life, but seemed to be
quite heartbroken by being deprived of
his liberty.T A fewldays ago he cut his
breast and legs in order to bleed himself
to death. He was carried to the hospi-
tai, where he walked out on the third
story piazza and sprang over, killing
himself in the fall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
$50, being $569.567 more than the re-

$50. being $569, 567 more than the re-
ceipts for the preceding year. "a ,..
THE NATIONAL WEALTH OF GOLD.
A Washington telegram of Octo-
Der 3Oth says: From the
monthly statement of the chief of the
bureau of statistics to the secretary of
the treasury, the excess of exports over
imports in merchandise appears to have
been as follows: -. E" "
Month ending Sept. 80, 1877 ........S Is, $685. 339
Nine months ending Sept. 80, ISL. 81 $50 3s4
g Excess of imports over exports OF gold
and silver coin and bullion appears to
have been as follows: ~- 90.
Month ending Sept. 80. 1S77...... 800. s Sc ~
Excess of exports over imports of
gold and silver coin and bullion dur
ing nine months ending Sept. 3O,1s77 "a, 7O6, $50
Excess of imports over exports of gold
and silver coin and bullion during
nine months ending Sept. 30, 1875. 321 900
81 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
The president on October 3Oth
officially promulgated through the state
department convention. which has
and all nations of Europe, except Great
Britain, together with most of the
South American republics, providing
for the establishment and maintenance
at Paris of an international bureau of
weights and measures.
DEvENS' DECISION ON NATIONAL BANKS.
U. S. Treasurer Gilillan says, in ref
erence to the recent opinion of the at
torney-general as to the method of
computing the taxable capital of the
national banks, the national banks will
hereafter be required in making up
their capital stock subject to taxation,
to deduct, not the face value, nor the
market value, but the price paid for
U. S. bonds owned by them, less inter-
est accrued to date. The purchaser,
for the purpose of verification, will be
required to specify said bonds by loans
and date of purchase in making return
thereof to the Office. No application
made in consequence Of the opinion in
question, for refund of any tax upon
bank capital heretofore assessed AMI
collected, will be entertained by this Of
flee.
MEXICAN MATTERS. -....
Washington advices of the 9th say
information has been read at the war
department, to the effect that the
Mexican, General Trevins, commander
of the troops on the Rio Grande, has
arrived at Piedras Negras, where Gen
eral Ord, who camped the United
States troops on the Rio Grande
frontier, has gone to meet him, for the
purpose of consultation, as to the plans
to be pursued to maintain order and
prevent cattle stealing raids into Texas
from the Mexican side.
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
The following is the condition of the
treasury: r. st/j). w .H.
q. S. bonds to secure national bank: .f
circula $500. -. ...- $34S KID 500
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

THE time has now arrived when the
lonely tramp smokes his pipe in the
hay-mow, and the calculating farmer
ascertains the next morning that the
INSURANCE will about half cover the
Toss. = ''''.''''i"'.'{H ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

!, EMPLOYEES of the Custom Houses of
the United States whose work. is done
outside are obliged to wear uniforms
of blue cloth, with regulation buttons,
and indications of the rank Of the
Wearer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

THE New Zealand natives are FAM
ishing for want Of food.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
A Land Of Wonders.

u California is a land of wonders. There
are fresh flowers every month in the
year, and winter wears the bloom Of
spring. There are waterfalls three aad
fur times as high as Niagara; natural
bridges Of white marble; some thous-
and of gold bearing veins; inexhaustible
quantities of iron and chrome, creslead,
bismuth and quicksilver; most beauti-
full porcelain clay; and in short, every
thing. that can bless an industrious and
enterprising. people. In one valley
were, found more than forty springs
over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
| In another valley, sixteen geysers, like
! the famous one in Iceland. r., In this
famous abode of Vulcan the rocks are
so hot that you can stand upon them
but short time, even with thick boots
on. The roar Of geysers at times. may
be heard a mile or more, and the
moment is one of the most intense III
-terest as you approach them. mort 10
| A FEMALE DUEL.-The spirit of ''-hon-
orr. has reached the feminine circles Of
Russia, and tne ladies of the court are
filled with a desire to assert their rights
! by numbering each other Just like men.
Recently two titled beauties al court be-
came jealous Of each other in relation
to attentions of a young officer of
cavalry. j A challenge was given and &C
]cepted. The fair ones met without the
city to settle the matter according tc
".thei code."' Before the word to fire was
given, the hand of one of the contestants
4 trembled so violently, that her pistol ex-
ploded pren1aturely and the bullet went
through the ample skirts of her 'oppo-
nent. The ]attera supposing herself
Wounded, shrieked and fell in a swoon.
The other, frightened out, Of her wits,
threw away her pistol and rushed for
ward to raise the supposed corpse. The
latter suddenly reviving, at once COM
pretended the situation, and Selling
her antagonist by the hair with one
hand, commenced avigorous boxing Of
her ears with the other. The assailed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

A Georgia man killed 5000 bats found
in his garnet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06

U. S. bonds to secure national bank
circulation. .... ......... $34S SD. 500
Z. S. bonds to secure public deposits. b. 500, 400
Bonds held to secure per cent loan. ), O37, 500
U. S. bonds deposited for circulation
s for the week ending to-day ......... 33S, 700
' drawn Week ending today. ~. ~h'51s, $50
National bank circulation outstand- ..at.
sing-currency notes. ............. 3al, COS, $40
Gold notes. observation-disclosures. $50. .1 /, 452, 92O
Internal revenue receipts o-day.. =. 1863, III
Custom receipts. Observation-Disclosures. ( 449, 7SO
= eceiptS of national bank notes for 81.
week ending to-day, compared with
corresponding week last Jear-1S77 % 3, 962. 600
ISIS ........ Observation-Disclosures. 1907, 900
Receipts to day. .............. -. Al, 900
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
PAYNE'S PROMOTION.

A Washington; special. of, Nov. LIST
says: President Hayes to-day signed the
commission of Halbert E..Payne, OF
Wisconsin, to be commissioner Of pat
ents, vice Ellis Spear, resigned. Gen.
Paynewill enter upon his official duties
tomorrow. ,s-.rr-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
WASHINGTON.
THANKSGIVING DAY.

The president issued the following
proclamation Nov. 1st., setting forth
Thursday, Nov. %, as day of thanks
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Scientific Anseysca,s notes the
fact that Of 26O hangings in the coun-
try during the past live years, IS per
cent. have occurred west of the Ale
ghanies.
In the Mariners Family Asylum at
Clifton, N. Y, there are about forty
old women, wives, widows and sisters
of sailors. varying in age from sixty to
ninety years. One has reached the age
of ninety-nine, and plays with cups and
saucers and her dolls like q child.
DIR. FooTE, in his Health Monthly, adj
vises those who battle, to plunge in
quickly when they are ready to enter
the water. Many people make them
selves sick by creeping in an inch at a
time thereby chilling the feet and ex-
tremities and causing arrangement
of the circulation.
The cheapest railroad in the world
Is said to be in East Friesland, con-
Meeting the Village of Wcstertede with
the Oldenberg-Leer Railway, Ger
many. 1t is five miles long, of 2 feet
81 inches gauge, and was built by the
rural population of the district at cost
of about $5O,OOO
THERE were 10000 shares of Kelley
motor stock issued originally at 800
face value, selling first at $50, then go
ing up to $500. Now noone will touch
them. In the construction of the ma
chinery $3.50, 600 have been expended,
and the company has spent all its funds
and $40, 900 of the Directors money
Chicago Tribune.
MIR. EDWARD YOUNG has contributed
some valuable statistics to Financial
Opinion, an English periodical, the
general conclusion of which is that the
foreign Indebtedness Of the United
States amounts at the present moment
to 221O, 100000. There were no Ma
tional securities held away from home
at the outbreak of the Civil War, the
only securities held abroad being some
State bonds and some railway shares
and bonds. An estimate of E1O, OOO, 900
is believed to be ample allowance for
these ante-bellum securities, so it fol-
lows that E2OO, GOO. 900 of the whole in
debtedness has been incurred during
the past fifteen years.
A CORRESPONDENT of an English pc
riodical incidentally gives some figures
respecting the expenditure of Ameri-
cans abroad. He estimates that from
$4,000 to Is, 600 Americans visit Europe
annually, expanding ON an average
from E16O to E2OO each. The total an
nual expenditure, therefore, Of either Q
/, Of the United States residing or travel
ing In Europe amounts to $4,000, 900.
This large sum, annually expended in
Europe, b, however, counterbelanced
IN part BY the expenditures Of foreign
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
RAIN.

On. the Raj has many fitful moods
Ere the merry summer Closes
From the first chrp Of the rObin-bruOls
To the ruin of the rOses!
Through the sunshine's gold her glitter steals,
In the doubtful April weather,
When the world seems trying how it feels
L" Inc sad and glad together.
Now and then. on quiet sultry ewes,
From her low. persistent patter.
She would seem coniiding to the leaves
An extremely solemn matter.
Then. again. you see her from the sky
Such mighty food unfolding.
That you wonder ii Old Earth knows why
1t receives sd hard u scOlding!
Yet we learn to fancy. day by day,
As We watch her softly shining,
That she has no cloud, however gray.
But it wears silver lining!
For in autumn, though with tears she tells
How the lands grow sad and dsrken.
Yet i'll spring her drops are tinkling bells
For the sleeping flowers to hcarken!
And her tinted bow seems Loves own proof,
As it CLEANS with cOlprs seven
Like a stately dome upon the rssOf
Of her palace, high i'll Heaven
Edgar Facet. in st. Nicholas for yufv.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
THE BEST OF ALL.

LOVE my lore because she is - fair:
Her eyes are like two stars, her flowing hair
Like braided sunshine. and her small feet feet
Keep time with my true heart like music sweet
love my love because she is SO wise:
Her soul sits calm and thoughtful in her eyes,
No passion stirs her; she is still and calm
As in the tropic noon the quiet palm.
love my love for that she is So g.NN:
M human heart hath fully understood
Her gentle ways. her happy. hopeful face.
Bright with the light uf some sweet holy place.
l love my love- the fourth sang glad and free
| love my love because that she lrves me:
This senoush I" make me proud and blest,
love nv love because she lJr.s ne best,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
Pluto Appreciation OF Mark Twain.

The Eureka Republican tells about
Mark Twain's lecture in Dayton, New,
some years ago. His agent used to get
up an excitement about the lecture by
building bonfire before the hall and
sending fife and drum through the
streets an half hour before the begin
ming of the entertainment. He did this
in Dayton, then fiourishing camp, and
the Piutes naturally got the impression
that some kind of an exciting show was
to be given, so the Chief tackled the en-
terprising agent ON tho subject of half
price admissions, and some thirty Indi-
ans paid their half dollars and filed into
the hall. Presently Mark made his APP
pearancc on the stage and began drawl-
ing away in his usual style. The white
people laughed boisterously, but the
Indians looked puzzled, and after stand
ing it for fifteen minutes they began
whispering and granting among them
selves, and finally the Chief got up and
went out to the box-office and inquired
when the tumbling was going to COM
mence, and that !" heap big fool was
going to quit talking. Upon learning
that the performance was going to be
all talk, and conveying this horrid in
formation to the other Indians, they
rose in q body, left the hall and
swarmed to the box-office and demand
ed their money back. The agent
couldn't think of such thing, and the
Piutes went out on the street and gave
vent to their feelings in war-whoOps.
It looked for q few minutes as If the
disguised warriors would start in to
wreck the hall and murder the lecturer.
A crowd of whites, attracted by the
loud, angry yells of the red man, gath
cred, however, and Mark Twain was
saved to an admiring world.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
IS Divided Up"

FIVE ragged, unkempt and weeping
children were left orphans the other
day by the death of their mother, Il
widow, who lived on Prospect street.
The father was killed at one of the de-
pots about two years ago, and since
then the mother had kept the family
together by hard days work. Lack of
food, exposure and worry brought on
an illness which terminated fatally, and
the children huddled together in a cor
ner of the room feeling awed and
frightened but yet unable to realize
that death had made them waits. When
the remains had been sent away to Pot
ter's field, a dozen women gathered
and held whispered consultation.
"Pll take one of the poor things,
though I've four children Of my own, -
said one of the women.
"And I'll take another
"And I'll take one.''
"And SO will L.
Then there was the baby-a toddling
boy, who had been rocked to sleep
every night of his life, and whose big
blue eyes were full of tears as he
shrank behind his sister to escape OBJ
servatiOn.
81 could take him." said one of the
women, "but I'm quick-tcmpered, and
the Lord will never forgive the woman
who strikes dead mothers childr'
II could take him, but am old and
will soon de-" said another. "When
he had learned to love me, and / had
come to look upon him as son, death
would separate U.S."
A girl not over ten years old, dressed
a little better than other children there,
crept into the group and heard what
was said. While the women were
looking into each others faces in 81
lence the child reached out for the
babe, patted its white head, kissed him
and said:
81 will take this one! / have no
brother, and ma and pa will let me
keep him. He can sleep in my trundle-
bed, play with my doll, and they may
put all the Christmas presents into his
stockingr'
The women protested, even as they
wept, and the girl ran around the cor.
ner and returned with her mother, who
sanctioned all she had said.
''Come, bubby-yOu're mine now!'
called the girl, and he laughed rs she
put her arms around him and tried to
lift him up.
By-and-by woman said:
''Children, you have neither father,
mother nor nome. You must be di-
vided up or 60 to the poor-house. Kiss
each other, poor orphans, and all kiss
the babyr'
They put their arms around him, and
Rugged and kissed him, and they went
out from the old house to go in differ
ent directions and perhaps never again
to meet all together.
"Good-bye, Johnnier' each one
gasped, rs they turned for last look
at baby, and the little girl called to
each one in turn:
"Don't feel bad! I'll give him lots to
eat, learn him his prayers, and when
he's big man he'll buy you all back!'
Eg.pe Press
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

If pigs are on pasture then they
should get also q constant small ration
of grain. Grain will here produce
much greater result than when fed
alone. Pigs should be pushed through
the summer with the NEST liberal feed
ing SO that they may make constant
and rapid growth and reach a marketa-
BILE weight of 250 pounds, or upward,
before December. A little grain used
with pasture will always pay a liberal
profit. There can never be stand-still
in growth without serious loss. Full
feeding is the only consistent system
Cor. Rural New Yorker.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

ers in the United States, on business or
for pleasure, and in part by amounts
brought by the large number of immi-
grants who make America their home.
Of these two classes, 4,379, Alb persons
have arrived in America during the last
fifteen years. The average amount of
money brought by immigrants is stated
at from ELS los to f2O, and taking this
as q correct estimate, it follows that
during the last fifteen years the aggre-
gate sum taken to America by immi-
grants and other alien passengers
amounts to f59, $50, O16-a sum almost
exactly equal to the estimated expendi-
ture of citizens of the United States in
foreign countries.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

No organ Of thought action can be employed with
out the assistance Of the blood and organ can be en-
ployed safely OF with impunity without supply Of
healthy blood. with healthy blood the exercised organs
become we'll developed, whether they be muscular or
Intellectual. BY the use Of Fellows Compound Syrup
Of Hypophosphtes the blood Is speedily vitalize and
purified, and 50 made capable Of producing . sound
mind and . sound body.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

"A Washington woman frightened .
colored burglar, the other evening, by
aiming her pOcket-book at him, as if it
were pistol. 1t is q wonder that that
pocket-book didn't 20 off.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

"A shrewd merchant, who once in a
while gave his conscience q severe
twist, lay sick. Alarmed at his situa-
ton, he sent for a clergyman, who
seems to have laid down the law in
pretty strong language. The sick man
moved uneasily, but at last said to his
spiritual adviser, PEARSON, you are
pretty hard on poor fellow, but l
guess you are about right, after all. l
have thought it all over, and made up
my mind that if get well will live
principally honest" The word "prin-
cipally'' was probably intended to
cover any special contingency that
might occur, and is . very convenient
adverb.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

-. Are you the Mate of this shipP"
said q new1y-arrived passenger to the
cook. mo, sir. am the man that
cooks the mate" said the HiberniaD.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

BABIEs arc ~ institution and should b
guarded from attacks Of Collie, Flatulence,
etc, By Dr.. Dull's Baby Syrup PrioA - esnts
Q bottlA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
uorr,s Tox1cI-A SAFE, SURE, 4,

WuHorr's ToN1c!-A SAFE, SURE, AND
SCIENTIFIC CURBE unprecedented sale
Of this world-renowned medicine proves IN
contestablv that no remedy has superseded the
use Of this reliable Tonic. No spleen has
heen found 20 hard ~ not to yield to its soft
ening influence, and NO liver 60 hypertrophted
q not to give up its long retained bilious %.
cretions, and mo- Chill or Fever has yet refused
10 fan into line. WHEKIOCK, FMLAY q Co,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For sAIR By ALI. DRUG0IsTs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18

81 was dragged down with debt, poverty
and suffering for years, caused by sick fami-
~ and large bills for doctoring, which did
them NO good was completely DISCOURAGED,
tor, procured Hop Bitters and commenced
their use, and In one month We were al we'll,
and none Of Ms have seen sick day since, and
want to say to an poor men, you can Keep
your families wen . year with Hop bitten 10r
1eee than ona doctor'e visit win COST know
it. A NORWEGIAN"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-18
The New York Police On Duty.

EVERY street and broad alley in the
city is divided into series of .'posss"
or ''beats," patrolled by a single officer,
which vary in length according to the
locality. some in the northern part of
the island being many blocks in length,
while others in the lower wards are
scarcely two blocks long, and are inter-
sected by other posts. Beside this,
officers are stationed at much-frequent-
ed corners and street-crossings, at rail-
way stations. steamboat landings,
wharves, ferries, places of amusement,
in the municipal offices, and elsewhere
on special duty. 1t is common cant
that a policeman is always present--ex-
cept when wanted. In the lower part
of New York this is more slang than
sense. How far will you walk in the
region of Canal street, for example,
before meeting policeman-that is, if
you look for one, for it is his policy to
remain inconspicuous? Lower Broad
way, dim and gloomy at midnight, is
full of police, furiOusly shaking the
handles Uf the doors, to be sure that all
are securely locked. peering through
the little peep-holes in the iron shutters
to see that no burglars are at work in
the stores where lights are left burning
night, or that an incipient fire is not
working insidious destruction; lurking
out of sight in shady door-ways while
they watch suspicious loungers, or
standing in groups of two or three on
the corners where two posts intersect
md a rOundsman has happened to join
Them. Leaving Broadway and glanc-
ing down dark and fearful back streets,
like Bayard or Elizabeth, West Hous-
ton or Sullivan, you are sure to see the
Pickering light Of the street-lamps and
the rudy glare of red sign. lanterns re-
Elected from the silver shield and brass
buttons. Go where you may, you meet
these erect and wide-awake watchmen.
They are strolling through the deserted
avenues of Washington Market; they
are watching, intently, the excited
throng In the Bowery; they are keeping
an eye on rogues in Madison Square;
they are pulling, silently, in and out Of
the shadows of the great ships lying
asleep at the wharves; they are drows-
ing as reserves in the thirty-four sta
tion-houses, ready, on telegraphic sum-
mons, to go to the care of fire or the
subduing of riot. The worshiper,
coming from his weekly prayer-meet-
ing, finds the policeman at the door,
enforcing his coveted quiet. The fami-
ly that goes for a days recreation at
Rockaway is sure that its pleasure will
not be spoiled by rowdyism, for group
Of officers stand on the deck, seeming
ly absorbed in the magnificence of q
summer morning on the bay, yet ready
ready! The opera-glasses sweeping
the audience at . Faust or 1.-The Shau-
gran" catch sight of a blue coat or two
behind the ranks of white ribbons and
T, pretty DEMONSTRATIONS for July.