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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
WAS OSMAN A GREAT CENTRAL,
Gen. Mcclellan Hints that He was
Not---COnsequences of the Fall of

Gen. Mcclellan Hints that He was
Not---Consequences Of the Fall of
Plevna. aa e@a
In an article on the Capture Of Kars
and Fall of Plevna," in the North
american Reaaew, Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan says: ...'t1
Osman Pasha was treated bv the
car with degree of courtesy and con-
sideration justified, perhaps, by his
obstinate courage, but certainly not by
the inhuman brutality which constantly
characterized the conduct of his troops
toward the wounded Russians which fell
into their hands.
We do not yet know with sufficient
accuracy the means at Osman's disposal,
Or all the circumstances which sur
rounded him, to justify final judg-
ment upon the merits of his defense
from a professional point Of view. He
certainly deserves the credit of obsti-
nate gallantry, but it now appears more
like the conduct Of a wild beast at bay
than that of a skillfulj general. He
selected his position well and fortified
it with skill, but it does not appear that
he took advantage of his successes,
which was due more to the plumbers
Of his antagonists than to his own
merits.
This much is certain; from the mo-
ment when Todleben took charge of
the slege-operations, when Imeretinski
became chief Of the staff, when Sxobe-
lott received an important command,
and Gourko was placed in charge of
operations on the Sophia road-from the
moment, in fact, when knowledge and
skill directed the operations of the
Russlans-Osman became helpless as a
child in their hands, and his fate was
sealed. Plevna had no such value in
itself as to justify the loss Of an army
IN holding it a few weeks longer. If
Osman had been a great or even good
general, he would have abandoned his
position the moment he found the
Sophia road seriously endangered, for,
his army would have been Of infinitely
more use elsewhere. Should events
prolOng the war into another summer
campaign, the Turks have not much to
gain by the. delay. Their resources
are nearly exhausted. while those of
Russia are not The Servians, the
Montenegrlns, and the Greeks will oc-
cupy them SO fully on the west that
the Russians and Roumanians can de-
vote the entire strength of the main
army to direct operations against Con-
stantinople. From their underground
in Armenia, it will be perfectly prac-
ticable. for the Russians to conduct
campaign in Anatolin, which, even if it
does not actually lead to Scutari, will
at least completely paralyze the Turks
in that quarter, and deprive them of
the large resources with which that
region has always furnished them. It
now seems probable that nothing short
of foreign interference-and that in
the shape of very strong battalions and
a formidable navy-can save them.
There is only one power, if there be
even one, that has any disposition to
interfere, and it is doubtful whether
other and stronger powers will permit
that interference. It would appear to-
be wise for the Turks to make peace
promptly, and on the best terms they
can.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
Nebraska's Claims to a Volcano.

The last earthquake at the West was
supposed to have radiated from local
ity in Nebraska that has been popularity
regarded as the site of a volcano. Prof.
Samuel Aughey, Of the Nebraska State
University, has recently made an ex-
animation of the ground. The seat of
disturbance is on the banks of the Mis-
souri,, in Dixon county, about thirty-six
miles from Sioux City. A bluff, about
l 100 feet long and 100 feet high, sloping
at an angle of 60 degrees to 50 degrees
toward the river, is at present the place
where the phenomena are most exhib-
tied, but other bluffs at few miles dis
lance have been similarly affected Two
years ago, portion of this bluff, half as
large as what is left, broke away and
fell partly unto the river On the bluff
sounds were heard proceeding from the
interior. especially on placing the ear to
the ground. Flames sometimes broke
forth, occasionally at night Steam es-
capped from crevices. On digging into
the bluff: intense heat stopped the work
after proceeding a few feet. Selenite,
alum, and magnesic sulphate in crystals
were abundant. Prof. Aughey regards
these features as not volcanic in the
usual sense OF the term, but simply the
result Of local chemical action The
formation is cretaceous. The bluff is
capped by calcic carbonate. Beneath
are shales containing ferric bisulphide
in crystals of pyrites. Below the shale
is a soft limstone, containing carbonates
of magnesia and alumina. The chemi-
cal reactions consequent upon part of
the soil being soaked with water after
its fail toward the river, have been the
decomposition Of the pyrites, the pro-
ductlon of sulphuric acid, and the at
tack of the acid on the alkaline car
Donates. The heat evolved in the first of
these reactions is. Of course, very great !;
in the latter part the violence of the
performance must be increased by the
liberation of carbopic anliyodride. All
the authenticated disturbances are thus
easily explained. Prof. Aughey does
not connect. them with the earthquake.
He thinks the bluff might furnish alum
and other salts in quantities sufficient
for profitable manufacture. .v
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
True Strength.

We must measure a mans strength
by the power of the feelings he subdues,
not by the power of those which sub
due him. And hence, composure is
often the highest result Of strength.
Did we ever see man receive fragrant
injury, and then reply calmly? That
is a man spiritually strong Or, did we
ever see man in anguish, stand as if
carved out Of solid rock, as if master
ing himself? Or one bearing a hope
less daily trial remain silent and never
tell the world what cankered his home
peace? That is strength. We too often
mistake strong feelings for strong char
acter. A man who bears all before
him, before whose frown domestics
tremble, aud whose bursts Of fury
make the children Of the household
quake, because he has his way in all
things, we call him strong man. The
truth is, that he is weak man; it is his
passions that are strong mastered
by them, is weak.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
Stalking a Tiger.

An exceedingly clever stalk of a
tiger was made some time back by a
native hunter of India. The Shikeri
saw the beast asleep under the shade
of large tree on the side of tank,
and found no prospect of getting a
shot from the land side. So he had
recourse. to the following epedient
He waded from the opposite side, gun
in hand above the water, which was
breast high, with a long cord fastened
to his waist, the other end Of which
remained in the hands of confed-
crate on the bank confronting the
tiger. When he had got noiselessly
within twenty PAGES of the sleeping
beast, he delivered his shot,, and was
Immediately jerked violently back
under the water by his partner. 1t
turned out that there was no need of
this excessive caution, for one bullet
had done the business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09

Scriptures. They are believed to be en-
tirely correct: A days journey was SO
and Is miles. A Sabbath days journey
was about one English mile. EzekiePs
reed was IL feet, nearly. A cubit is %
inches, nearly. A fingers breadth is
equal to one inch. A shekel of silver
was about 81 cents. A shekel Of gold
was $500. A talent of silver was ST.
51o:32. A talent of gold was 1913, 3O9.
A piece of silver, or a penny, was 10
cents. A farthing was 8 cents. A
gerah was 2 cents. A mite was II cents.
A homer contained 76 gallons and
pints. An ephah, or bath, contained
gallons and 4 pints. A hin was 1 gal
lon, 2 pints. A firkin was pints. An
omer was 6 pints. A cab was 3 pints.
A log was one-half pint.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09

THE Winnipeg Free Press tells the la
test story about Sitting Bull, to the eff
feet that he was borne on the Missouri
in 1880, being three parts Indian, and
made himself chief of the Brules in
1852 by bravery. He is not educated,
and if he knows French and English
must have learned them within the last
five years. The confusion has probably
arisen from the fact that there were
two other Sitting Bulls, one of whom,
friendly Ogallalla, was killed by Grow
scouts last year, while the other is living
peacefully on the Colorado river, and is
man of ability and education, having
received his instruction at some Catho-
lie institution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
ILLINOIS has 41,O00 square miles Of

ILLINOIS has 1000 square miles OF
coal bed, averaging more than 40 feet
in thickness. She raised last year $780,
100000 bushels of commonwealth of all
the corn raised in the United States,
and harvested 2,747,O00 tons of hay
nearly one-tenth Of all the hay in the
country. Last year she has had $500,
600 hogs, and packed 2.113, 845- about
one-half of all that we're packed in the
United States. She manufactures $685.
100000 worth of goods annually, and
has 500, 100000 in church property,
with 4,19S church organizations; 11,050
public schools, with one State Univer-
sity; colleges, 90 instructors, over
1000 students, and $1,00O,OOO endow-
ments.- Chicago Journal Of Commerce.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
THE LETTER.

Break into beautiful blossoms,
o buds of the sunny Way.
And sing, my robin and blue bird,
Your sweetest carol to-day: Ell
For my TIVE has written letter,
And the word is all in tune /
He is coming along with the roses,
In the farest days of June.
am counting the days between us,
am counting the moments and hours
Telling my beads like a solemn nun.
On a rosary of flowers:
For he said, when the buds of the roses
Are flushing in royal red,
He is coming to claim a promise.
q wonder what I have said.)
Break into songs and blossoms,
birds and buds of spring;
Lilies. scatter your fragrance,
And sweetest song birds, sing;
And, Sti les drop golden sunshine
On the beautiful days of June,
For my love is coming to see me,
And the world is all in tune"
Mrs ID. NJ. Jordan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
The Wit Of a Priest.

The cure of a country church, where
the men sit on one side of the aisle and
the women the other, being annoyed
in the middle of his sermon by bah
bling of conversation, gently reminds
the congregation that it should be
silent.
One of the women arises and tri-
umphantly exclains: want you te
notice, father, that the chattering isn't
on this side of the aisle this time"
"All the better replies the priest
meekly, +" it wont last SO long"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
Military Use of the Telephone.
Pail Mall Gazette,

Experiments are being carried on in
Prussia, by order of the German mill
tary authorities. to determine how far
it may be practicable to employ
the telephone for military pur-
poses. One of the new instrum ents
has been arranged by the railway regi-
ment on the exercising ground near
Berlin; but, as yet, the results obtained
have not been altogether satisfactory.
With the stations only few thousand
PAGES apart it is found extremely diff
cult, and at times when the conditions
are unfavorable altogether impossible
to carry on a conversation. 1t is tex-
pected, however that when some sug-
gested Improvements in the apparatus
have been carried out, the telephone
will work in a much more satisfactory
manner, and will become of great value
for military purposes. One of. the
obstacles to the more extended employ
ment of the field-telegraph in actual
war has always been the difficulty of
instructing men in the manipulation of
the instruments, and Of giving them
sufficient practice to render them. ex-
pert in reading. and sending messages.
The telephone, however, once set up.
can be used by any one without any
preliminary training; and therefore it
is easy to conceive almost any number
of cases in which it would be found ex-
tremely useful in the conduct of the
operations of war. In many instances,
however, it will still be desirable that
the messages sent should be written by
the instrument employed; and there
fore the German military authorities
are now endeavoring to arrange an ap-
paratus which shall be able to be used
at pleasure either as telephone or as
a Morses printing instrument, and
which at the same time shall be COM
pact, portable and not easily liable to
derangeme nt. .....
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09

AN APPROPRIATE HYMN.-The story is
told, and it is said to be entirely true,
that at the recent dedication of a Baptist
church in this county the ceremony of
immersion was performed for the first
time in that church by well known
Baptist minister of this city. When he
had entered the water. and while wait
ing for the candidate, the minister sug-
gested that somebody should sing an
appropriate hymn. One Of the deacons
who stood near by heard the suggestion,
and without thinking, struck up the ia
hymn proved to be so suggestive that
neither the minister nor congregation
could refrain from an audible smile for
some time, and the ceremony had to be
postponed until the preacher could re-
cover his gravity.-Rochester N. " En-
press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09

A VERY BAD CoLD.-It was ten
o'clock. Jones was dry hadn't been
SO dry since the strike-but there was
no cash left He knew that Mrs. j. had
a little old Hennessy about the house,
that she put in buildings; and he sat
down on the door-steps, and wondered
how he could save it from being wasted
in such nonsense, as economy was his
motto. He looked up at the dog-star,
the great bear, and the milk-maid' S
path, but they were silent, and tending
strictly to business. A scheme finally
dawned on him, and he opened the
door, and felt his way back to the ice
cooler, got up on a chair, and fshed
out a piece Of ice, buttoned up his coat
and turned up his collar. Then he
staggered up stairs, ice in hand, and
met Mrs. Jones. "What's the matter,
Jones -been drilling % . NO, said
Jones, with a SILVER. another strike %
"No. Chill" said Jones; and he sank
into a chair, and slipped the ice into
his coat pocket feel that hand" "Oh,
myr' and she shuddered Then she
got blanket, and put it over him, and
said she would make him some hot
tea AS she started for the kitchen,
Jones called her back, and, with sigh,
suggested if there was little whisky
about the house it would be better.
There wasn't drop, but she had little
brandy for cooking purposes. Jones
gave a shudder, and said it would an
swer if she had little hot water and
sugar to make it palatable. They were
on hand in two minutes; and while she
pulled off his boots, and wrapped the
blanket around his feet, Jones mixed
his toddy, and shivered. He felt better
afterward, though. He made up a ter
rible face when he emptied the glass,
and told Mrs. Jones that she had saved
his life. He retired zen minutes after
ward, singing: There's a land that
bears a we'll known NAME" And Mrs.
Jones never found him out, though she
wondered what made his pocket wet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09

The Pennsylvania state board of as
riculture will ask the legislature this
winter to enlarge its powers, that it may
furnish quarterly reports, to contain
the results obtained at the experim ental
farms, crop statistics of the several
counties and of the state, and such
other information as may be found i'm
portant and useful. An appropriation
Of S., 900 is wanted to. accomplish this
result '
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
Bible Terms.

Readers of the Bible will be interested
in the following explanation of express
sions frequently met with in the Holy
The Morning herald., 1878-05-24

Schoebein named The substance which he
discovered UZone. from Inc Greek word
: Dze! n, "signifying 10 smell. He supposed
that / was OAtgen in al sctive a II hiGh y
el. ctr3-negattve state My oor~rvatiops co
not watra;nt tnese conclusions. as sub
stances (such as Cksorals oi + .tassA, eLc, }
tlaty yield Ia ge Qusnlitles If Ox3 gen give
but little I'ZOne, while others p oduciug
prhiuci g little 0r no Oxygen yield large
quantitie, o; Ozone the most high y ozon-
lied organic Dtdies are Cedar. " oOd, Pine
leav,s hi,.od etc, etc II the Mineral
s itts, Alum, sulphur, 1hloTd9 OF soda,
e.c. may b 't'entloueu a. agents yieidiDg
Ozoue IL ban ance. ~ de msN be man
utactuttu from al - u:S q tOdl"3 bY
UTlriHIc.l 1. aai liy, tl' & % iUn or orgEnte
mailer a.a n. iap'd sln,. grafton Of all
oLenize1 sub~tanceS, either - meanS OF
heat. electricity OF uther !rm7 : fore e.
JZaue Is the al:iSep..c pf:Htipls II eiclJ
euba' Guc- T Se' sSl s ICE Gower TO preserve
ANNA s nd vegetable structures from de-
cay. The preseEvaflvs and puriiyln- qua i
tiles OF sail, Gsropiic Acij, horde OF
Lime, Alcohol e.s., ale due 10 the presence
OF O1OLe.
Dr. Payne eln be consulted daily ri his
offices in the Heabody Hotel N.nIh Vtree
between Walnut and spruce streets. Phila-
dell hta,
The Morning herald., 1878-05-24
INVALlDS' HOTEL,

The very large number Of invalid people who dan,
visit Bualo, from every quarter q fhe United stai
and and the widely celebrated Faculty Of Specialist
Medicine and Surgery associated with him, RENDERED
provide place on grand and commodious 1ISs scaI
Tor their entertainment and comfort
ADVANTAGES OFFERED.-The Invalids Hota
OSpn S%pme m lie Il s so1RaP Te Sans Than %
The City Of Bualo, and Commands fne view Of Lake
Erie, Niagara River, and the surrounding countr,
being situated In the midst Of an extensive system
Of beautiful parks. The Hotel is furnished With
70 and rom he different floors; Is provided tisI vita al
kinds Of approved baths, and has also connected with
1t a well-appointed gymnasium and bowling alley,o
CHRONIC DISEASES Of all forms whether requir.
ing medical, surgical, or mechanical treatment come
within the province Of our several specialties
DISEASES OF WOMEN.-Especially are the faciI.
ties of this infrmary Of superior order regards
the remedial means and appliances for the cure Of
all those chronic n peculiar Ia tone 70 females The
many cases an invaluable auxiliary TO the remedial
to the surface, general shampooing, Swedish move.
ments and light calisthenic exercises to enven and
equaize the Circulation of the blood in the system,
resa IN ali lie to Which these are app
ment. The most approved medicines are carefully
employed, and the judicious regulation OF the diet
to suit the condition OF the patient the thorough1n
tlation Of the sleeping apartment, the cheering In
uence OF music, social intercourse, innocent games
for amusement, and all those agencies which teDdb
arouse the mind of the patient from despondencS
and thus promote recovery, are not neglected
NERVOUS DIsEASES.-Paralysis Epilepsy Fits,
Chorea (St Vitus's Dancel and other nervous afec.
tons receive the attention Of an e1pa1 in this pe.
cialty BY which the greatest skill Is attained and the
most happy results secured.
LING GDisEAsEG-This division of the practice 10
the Inyalids' Hotel is very ably managed by gen.
NJ Judgment and skill, BrOlCllA
Throat and Lung Diseases are very largely treated
in this department. and with results which have been
highly gratifying to both physician and patients
EYE AND EAR--Special attention is given % The
delicate operations on the eye and ear, dlsth
guished oculist and aurist being under engagement
70 conduct this branch of the practice.
Inyalids arriving in the city and desiring to 00n
suit us should come directly TO the Hotel 1t isesy
accessible BY carriage, omnibus or street cars MIL
LER's Omnibus Agents, on all incoming trains can
be relied upon TO deliver passengers and baggage
with security and dispatch
%Address r. V. PIERCE, NJ D., Worlds DEpa,
Ssry and Invaiids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-24
Ersrss tine Earliest Ages.

SCROEULA has Eeel. the bane, and as IL
were tile curse OF aiauKind. Nose. IN the
I3lh cnapter OF LeSitp;uS, lays down Iery
6 ) pl!cii rules up tais JIsea q. so terrible
and loaLhSome had II been consid zee then
that & person known to be injected with II
would not oe al o we'd u NIX with so1Iety
The Jews regarded ii as divine infiiction
aad believed there was no cure for 1t; IL
was ther the sins 1fa youth or dtviation
from the paths Of virtue were punished as
long as life tasted. Aeppily In our day,
he II ience OF IIediciuo has been developed
the greG, s'O-chouse Of MAJ IRE furnishes
remedy the disease is stripped of It's ter
ror toy the use oi theSA Ma tlIr FANS ROO1
AND HERB JUICES, and the victim OF
crofuls, Ulc. rs, Sores. Finn les, Blotches,
II ter, sd. q, ho restored to sou nd health
IN few weeks fpat there are thousands
iiow whose conditions are as bad us those
y: lie datk ag IS we are well aware. many
Now iait u firi u cure as well as lney dio
hen, To ali su3n the Samaritan's Rooi
and ii erb juices viii prove d happy boon,
eraiicatips All i'm PARTIES rom Tie blood
and max pg the completion bright ano
heai'iiy: 4 few bott es II remove PIN.
rles or olotche2, thereby doing away with
cosnieti.s an powders. kGtri an = = &RE
JUICES Sl.2S y.er bottle: sen ny express
10 an att':rus".
ni2SNuIli Z 60:
$50 :.1cpe'raei pt,b rah.iphIa
The Morning herald., 1878-05-24
PEABODY HOTEL

The larse and elegant Hote' has been re-
Gently fitted In the most exQui sl;e style ty
the the celebrated Professor taine. The
Professor exercises personal supervis on
over every article Of fool whIcn comes
into the stewards department before il is
given out TO the cooks. Milk ana other ar
ticles OF diet are egularly inspeci ed hence
Notwithstanding the large number ofguests
not a single use OF diss ase has occurred
and the invalid recovers with remarkable
facility. The Professor has thus converted d
q frst-class Hotel into a sanctuary OF
health instead OF a pest-house OF disease,
as Is frequently the case with Hotels. He
has the most experienced Managers, at
tentive Walters and scientifiC G. oks. who
cater 10 the comfort, hea tn and happiness IS
Of the guests, instead st the passions and
morbid appetites. The charges are in keep
ing with TIE times, being 81 per day for a
room and three meals Rooms withou,
board, from 30 cents to 81. Weekly beard
from IS to fl2 Board without rooms, $3.50
per week. sew, n meal tickets or 81.
Open day and pight-the cars running
past the door convey assengers 10 or from
any of the depots, or any pat Of he city
The Morning herald., 1878-05-24

AS result he Las d scovered that dis
eases originate IL germs, or IN p ain wore z,
parasites Now ifany PERSONS are dlsposeo
TO be sceptical en- tnis point they can st,,l soon
be convinced by the use OF powerlui
microscope, that this is an absolute TACT,
and not q mere assertion This being 80
what could be more natural than the Doc
tors theory, viz: ''To cure the disease
you must destroy the par, sites causing lt!
Or. Paine, af er Years OF study, has been
able to take GEO, e. the great heaith-g'vln
element Of the air, and reduce II 70
LIQUID form. IL is an absolute cure for
Catarrh, be destroying the germs causing
it. The same in regard to that iear.ul
sc,urge, u phi heris. and b disease is SO
deadly, simpty necan7e the parasites
causing 1t a.e allowed. from the want OF
proper treatment, to rerain in the mem.
brane, when II they were Ge 3troyt d: nature
would in all cases do the rest. Their de-
struction Ozone will positively accomplish.
1t produces better results in copsum pton
than any other known remedy, and II
used before the total destruction of the
lungs will produce a cure. The same OF
Cancer and other dtseaF es. Ozone as dis
infeetant has no equal for the body or SICK
room.