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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
Habits Of Carrier Pig cons.
Utica Herald.

Frank }. Peeters, the carrier pigeon
tancier ofTroy. was in town yesterday
with a number of birds, for the purpose
of putting them to trial flights. In com
pany with Judge Willard he sent nine Of
them off on the Mohawk River bridge
at the foot Of Genesee street. The
birds took flight handsomely, some
rising until lost to sight and all striking
a bee line for Troy. Mr.. Peters and
Mr.. Richardson, of Green Island, sew
eral days ago let two go in this city on
a trial match. The day was hazy and
the birds failed to get the proper direc-
ton. The consequence was they re-
turned eventually to the city. One
was found on Fayctte astreet, and died
soon after from exhaustion. The other
Was found near Baggs Hotel. and was
injured while being captured, being
mistaken for a wild pigeon, land also died.
g, Inasmuch as the flying OF pigeons
through this latitude is likely to con-
Etinue, it may be well for all to note the
following characteristics .ofcarrier birds,
SO that they may not be unfortunately
mistaken for those Of other Specimens.
The carrier pigeon is always Of uni
form color, never mottled. There are
broad white circles around its eyes,
which are hawk-llke in clearness. The
nose from the head proper to the beak
is 'unusally broad. ~ Carrier pigeons also
bear the names Of their owners on
their wings, but the other characteristics
m entioned should ena bic all to tell them
at a distance and thus do them no harm.
The trial flights yesterday were prelim-
mary to a match which Mr. Peeters ex-
poets to start from this city next week.
He says if the weather is, not hazy any
match for the distance Of a hundred
miles should be successful Misty or
rainy weather does not obst1 uct birds
vision 50 mubh as hazy weather. when
it is almost always nonplussed. He
thinks that the faculty possessed by the
birds to find its way back to its native
cot is due almost entirely to its mem
DRY Of places. Young birds are trained
by taking them farther and farther
away from home until they have
finally, as it were, premorized a long
distance. Birds that have once reached
Troy successfully from Utica can the
next time be taken to Syracuse. If on
rising from the latter place they can
see Utica then their II flight to
Troy is probable, 1t they cannot
see Utica, or some other place they
remember, they circle round
Syracuse, and if they stillafail to re-
cognize any landmarks, eventually re-
turn to that city, bewildered, and often
exhausted. At such times they fall a
prey to evil-disposed persons. and per-
haps often to wel[meaning people, who
think they are bagging some game by
capturing them, AS the best of pigeons
are apt to go astray, any one finding
them can do no greater favor to the
owner than by sending them to him i'm
mediately,. C. 0. D., according to the
address on their wings. If every one
made it a point, to do this an impetus
would be given toa praiseworthy sport.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

pint or two of urine dashed out. Mr..
Thornton then carried bis finger, and
subsequently long probe, into the kid
ney through the opening, but failed to
lind any stone. The cyst if it was one,
was we'll syringed with antiseptics, a
drainage tube inserted, large portion
of the integuments brought together by
satures: and the patient placed in bed.
| watched the case with much interest.
Nothing occurred to excite the slightest
apprehension. The patient said the old
gragging weight and pain were gone.
Her temperature never rose to zoos;
and so far, indeed, as her several symp-
toms went, she did not seem disturbed
bythe operation.-Cor. Of the Courier
Journal. 49, .-..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

and get dhrop.' On being informed
that the individual addressed never
took beer she went on, CHOW. docthur
In IN want of place, and I want tc
go out, you say, as a nurse" The, re.
porter meditated for awhile and then III
formed the, woman that as a nurses
duties required her to belup all night it
was absolutely necessary that all appli-
cants should be able to stand q toddy
or two of whiskey during the night.
The idea took. There was sparkling
OF the eye, the rubicund nose assumed
a more crimson tint and the lips made
involuntary smacks. ''Oh! it's the
good man you are; and lave it = to me
for standing the toddies. Is it one you are
talking about Shure Biddy McNeal can
standmore an thadt. Shure, me dar-
lint, can go fifteen and not wink, and
tits the good nurse thadt I'd make"
The reporter told her that her qualif-
cations would be, submitted to the
Howard association.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
A LAKE STEAMER BURNED.

''~ A Milwaukee dispatch of September
End says About 7:3O o'clock this
evening, the steamer John A. Dir. while
lying alongside the Goodrich dock,
caught fire in the afterhold. The city
engines were promptly on the spot and
with great difficulty succeeded in ex-
tineuishing the fire before it had reach
ed the upper works. The John A. Din
should have left for the east shore at 7
O'Clock, but fortunately was detained
taking on freight. Losses estimated at
from $1,000 to $4,000 on boat and
from So, 900 to $4,000 on freight. No
insurance on latter, which consisted of
a few groceries. There were about %
passengers on board. The Die had an
insurance value Of $4,000, and was in
sured for $4,000 each in the Royal Ca
madam, West Toronto and Phoenix. ...
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. '.l
Among other interesting information,
the forthcoming report Of the Bureau
Of Education will contain statistics
showing the cost per pupil of main
tanning the public schools of the United
States. Reports from the principal
cities show that the cost per pupil last
year for instruction alone was as fol-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
uarrelS the fatal blow was Strllck. II

ouarrels the fatal blow was struck. In
deed, this is the story Of the prisoner,
who says that he first struck his brother
in the hand and then in the body. He
heard him scream, and ran away.
A MAN BEHEADED.
A special from Pittsburg, Pa. Sept.
End says: A terrible accident occurred
at the exposition this afternoon. They
were hurrying things up to get ready
for the opening tomorrow. Mr.. Mar
shall Jones was helping to get a large
f1ywheel in the machinery hall in place.
The wheel, weighing nine thousand
pounds, was elevated several feet from
the floor by n eans Of a block and chain
in order to get it in position for lodge
ment IN a deep pit. Mr.. Jones was
standing underneath in the act Of lower
ing it, when the chain broke. In his
haste to escape he tumbled over some
blocks of wood and fell with his neck
resting on piece of pipe. The sharp
edge Of the heavy wheel at that instant
struck his neck, severing the head clean
from the body. The sicSening opera
ton could not have been better per
formed by guillotine. It Was only the
work of moment. The corpse Of the
unfortunate victim was picked up and
conveyed to Fairman's undertaking
rooms. Deceased has wife and three
children residing on Second street, Pitts
burgh. He was about 40 years of age,
and followed the occupation of fireman
on the river. Ever since the exposition
society was started he has been employ
ed as overseerin Power hall. AT other
seasons Of the year he would be on the
,Iyor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
MOntague's Attractiveness to Women.

1Re actor Montague, according to a
correspondent of the Boston Herald,
was a wonderful .fayorite with, New
York women, and well worth $3.50 a
week as an attraction for Wallack' s
theatre. "Itis to his credit" says the
writer, =" that he was not hummer,
nor a frequenter of bar-rooms. Indeed,
he was not inclined to ,dissipation'of the
ruder sorts. He was too nice for that,
if not too sensible. He had few $3.50
ciates among actors. There is no ex-
aggeration about the stories Of the great
number of letters received by Mon
tague from women and girls who were
strangers to him. The writer's weresin
many cases married women, and might
have been seriously compromised had
he been as indiscreet as they AS a
rule he burned these missiyes, but not
always; yet he kept himself tolerably
free from promiscuous intrigues. The
general adulatioh of the fair ones
seemed to satisfy him. .f How intense
was that adulation was indicated by the
extensive sale Of his photographs They
were displaycdi in thefancy goods stores,
where women congregated. In one
play he wore his hair in a flat curl at
at each side of his forehead, like. the
spitcurls of childhood, and from that
came the initiative fashion among wo-
men Of a row Of just such curls. They
are called Montagues,'' Montague's
friends say that his late improvement in
acting was due to a determination to
merit the praise Of bis own sex, How
ever, within the two months before his
death he was willing to take advantage
of his cialpopularity among women.
He arranged for a Benefit performance
at Booths theatre, and,1 week before
hand, advertised that tickets could he
bought at his private residence, the
street and number being given. The
idea proved a hit, To buy tickets of
Montague, personally, was a, boon in
deed. Perhaps in the interchange Of
tickets and money, the purchasers hand
might touch his A bit of conversation
with, him was not improbable, even.
All the seats. in the. theatre were sold
before the night Of the performance,
and the clear profit was. about two
thousand dOllars.'aA h5iihH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
Wanted a Patent for 4 Chalk Mark.

. The Washington .; correspondent Of
The Hartford Times writes "Several
days ago an application reached the
patent Office from j. J. Strong and Kate
NJ Strong, OF Talledego, Ala, for a
patent for an ant guard. The petition,
which vas avery funny one, set forth
that the ,Strongs, WHO are man and wife,
had jointly, put, their minds together
and had invented the most wonderful
thing ever heard of, .tc wit, an amt
guard which they went on to describe
at great length. They claim ed it was
patentable, as itGwas new and useful.
two things that are necessary to secure
patent. The guard consisted Of draw
ing a chalk-mark around table or
other place, by which itsWas claimed
the approach of ants was stopped. Mr..
Strong says, and Mrs. Strong swears it
is true, that an ant cannot walk over a
chalk-llne, and that all that is necessary
to keep, ants away from anything is to
draw a chalk line AROUND it. 1t ap-
pears that chalk makes an ants legs
J Aipup,a as -soaping, a track prevents a
railroad engine from starting. The
petition was novel and caused consider
able fun AtllastIthel commissioner Of
patents looked over the jprecedents and
directed his law clerk to write decis-
ion refusing the application on the
ground that there was nothing new in
| the Invention claimed, that chalk had
been used for such purposes heretofore,
and winding up with the3general state
mllent that such ideas are not patentable.
This decision was sent to the Strong
family, but it failed TO satisfy them.
They had made up their minds that
there was millions in their invention,
and they did not intend to be cheated
outiof itby anyGsuch decision. As they
have money they can pay, lawyers. To-
day there was filed an appeal from the
decision of the com missioner of patents
This appeal will be tried in September
| next IN the circuit eourt.f
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
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The japanese Flag Abroad.

The Japanese steam corvette Seike~
with a crew of 152 men and six guns I
has arrived at Toulon. This is the first
time thataa pan csc war vessel has Wis
tied Europe. The sC1hnese could have
easily forestalled their neighbors by
showing the flag with the, fVe-clawed
dragon in the Mediterranean. 1t will
sbe remembered that a corvette carrying
200 men and thirteen guns, called the
YANG Woo, was launched at the Imperi-
al Arsenal, Foochow.gin 1872, under the
direction of Mr.. Prosper Giquel.s She
was intended at one time tocarry round
thesworld, sonaewhat$after tn efashion Of
the French Bort, the officers edu-
Gated at the arsenal, who Iwere to com
plete their practical education on board
of her. She visited Japan, Manila and
Singapore but unifortunately- did not go
/ beyond the Indian ocean. = It is to be
hoped that the example set by Japan
will be followed by the Chinese govern
ment, -Shopghai, Celestial Empire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

A FUNNY discovery has been made as
to the origin of Kearney'ss fayorite ex-
preston, !" lecherous bondhelders. The
general suppositiona,has been that the
adjective was chosen to denote that the
Williams who own bonds are given to
RIGHTEOUSNESS But it turns out that the
sand-lot orator chose the expression
"lecherous" supposing it to be derived
from the "leech," and that it indicated
the blood-sucking habits of the "sslimy
bonds -
|G8E .I0 -ssi2 Of
Bay windows make good harbors for
little Boston Posi-. aisI .---------
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
uiogt ms Army Frauds.

8 sThe,fDuke of Wellington caustic
axiom that, the first step toward a sue
cessfui campaign is to hang two or
three army contractors, has lost none of
itsItruth since ats time, as the returns
Of the late war sufficiently show. In
deed, tits stated on good authority that
a regiment has BEEN for several years
GA, the Russian army list, with its depot.
muster of rank and file, names of Of
ficers, and even athe1yery titles en-
5broidered on its eolors, which has re-
Gently. been proved to have no exist
ence whatever, except in the magma
ltion of those dwho appropriated the
sa9 7ii 81 Is ,iaso.
Gs1 ,sniruS yllou sbsanya
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
Mexican Beauties.

All the, SOCIAL upheavals. in Mexico
for the past sixty Years have failed to
mingle the blood OF the Indians with
the, blue blood of q, certain element Of
their conquerors and descendants of
the conquerors. . This is the guerra ,ele-.
9ment, which has held its own inviolate
amidst the surgiipg. passions surround.
Ing it, amidst temptations which Moth,
ling but naughty pride Of race, would
on could have resisted. There are two
types Of gueras. The first has some
very distinct characteristics. The face
is spirltuelle, and haszthat tsubduedi ex-
preston which invariably results from
religious meditation, and in color is
white as alabaster. The flesh is fault
lessly white, tinged with a refined but
healthy pallidness. The eyes aresusual-
ly dark, large and lustrous, and the hair
| abundant and u black r, as the ravens
wing. The teeth are perfect, and white
as snowhakes. The ''rubias." the sec
ondJtype, are superb specimens of
womanhood, and are so. called because
they have auburn Or golden hair, which.
in. som eulnstances runs into flaming
!. rich. red color: The eyes, are often
deep blue, and soft and Ientreating IN
their expression. The flesh has d sun
setstinge to'it which indicates a more
warm and sensuous nature than. that of
the paler-hued women Near the town
ofAgua Calie1lte, state Of Sinaloa, there
is q, village eofrubias, the young women
of which, are matchless in their style Of
beautty. q pFalllA and graceful; with richly
rounded busts andy.sVm etrical forms,
and step as little and elastic as a
bos 81 TIE SS p6 5ShS o H neiy T IE
have something in their manner and
style similar to the higher classes Of
Russian women. and whom they great
/ ~ resemble. The rubias, like the guer-
as, live mostly in the interior, where the
Pcfmate is moremild and genial, while
the dark races rae in habit the hot regions
! along the coast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
in adi" A Delicate Operation.

Iii a few weeks ago aeIpatient, was adj
mittedl to the Samaritan hospital, Lon
don, With what was Believed toa.be a.
calculus of til eIr1ght kidney The staff
Of the hospital was unanimously of that
opinion. Certainly the history of the
case, and Repeated examinations of the
organ through othe abdominal walls,
pointed to calculus. The pain and suf-
fering were suchias to make an opera
tion adesrablea The patient wished it
performed. Nh, Thornton, Mr.. Wells
being present, did it. He cut cautiously
and slowly downupon the kidney from
behind Onreaehing the organ, this
was found to be enormously enlarged,
projecting some distance below tine
crest Of theiiliuin.dW When incised, a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
b. A Disgraced Dog. V

~
This forenoon a rather well dressed
man reeled down commercial row in, a
state ref brHtisa rllintoxicationE kt% his
heels tfotted "a little Shaggy terrier
whose. shame for. the condition Of his
master was bathopitiful and amusing
sHegkept ciose1ea theudrunkard, follow
ing bis staggers, but SO utterly mortifed
and miserable that he would not9raise
his head, and let his tail dangle wretch
eddy. Occasionally the man would
stop and -clutchs& railing, and standing
there would sway to@and sfrog This in
creased the misery of doggie, who sat
himself Down on his launches and
cast sneaking glances to the right and
left to see if any one was Observing. :
Reno (Neu,) Gazette. has, ~ -. 1T TO-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
ORVILLE GRANT INSANE.

An Elizabeth, n. j.. dispatch of
the 4th inst. says Orville
Grant, the ex-President's brother, was
this morning sent to the Insane Asylum
at MorristoNn. His mind runs on inn
n 1ense speculations, and starting new
bu sinesses on a gigantic scale. He was
sent at the request of friends and Dr.
Mart'n.
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