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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
Another Old House.

Older still than that Southold dwell
ing. The Perez Lincoln house at Hing
ham. Mass, has been repaired and mad
additions made to it, but it is almost as
Joseph Andrews, of the Rev. Peter Ho-
bart's. colony, who landed in 1884, built
it of sturdy hewn oak timber, covering
it with split boards and shingles. In
1864, he decided it to his son Thomas
1t had then been standing some years
and his direct descendants in the ninth
generation now occupy it. The Pick
ering house, on Broad street, Salem,
dates back to 1855, and the house at the
corner of Essex and North streets,
known either as the Roger Williams
house." or the "Oid Witch house" was
constructed in 1851. The frame of the
First church, erected in 1929, is stand
ing at the Tear of the Essex institute in
the same city. Rumor also has it that
the old Tucker house, near Tucker
wharf, in Marblehead, was built before
1880. In published atlas of Essex
county it is designated as " the Oldest
house in Massachusetts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
Afghan Names.

Every new war in the East brings for
ward new batch of linguistic and
geographical particulars to be learned.
The public, having finished the Turkish
lesson, is now ready for the Afghanis-
tan. Here is the first installment. Nine
Of ten occidentals pronounce Cabul as
if it were written which, indeed, it
sometim es is-Cabool. In India, on the
contrary, they say" Cawbyl," with the
accent on the first syllable, making the
word rhyme very nearly to "bawble.' y
In most Indian and Central Asian
names, indeed, Anglo-Indians give ga
a very broad, open sound. Thus Herat
is Heraut, and Nepal (as it is officially
spelled) is Nepaul. One hears both
Afghan-is-tan and Afghani-star. The
latter pronunciation is undoubtedly the
better. "'Stan' is general termination
for Central Asian names, and signifies
" country" Thus we have Turkestan,
Kurdistan, Beloochistan, etc. To place
the accent on IS in Afghanistan, IS tC
syllabify incorrectly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
THE YOUNG MAN FROM TIL
COUNTRY.
How He Gave Up His Seat i'm a BOb-tail
Car to a Charming Young Lady, and
the Fatal Blunder He Made AnerWard.
San Francisco Chronicle.


On Sunday afternoon bob-tail car OF
the City" Line, going Missionward,
was crowded. The seats were all taken,
and many were standing: still, every
now and then the car would stop to
take an additional passenger. A pretty
and fashionabley attired young lady
boarded the conveyance, but she looked
Just a little disappointed on discover
ing that she could get no further than a
few feet from the rear door, and would
be compelled to stand. Grasping a
hand strap, she threw a wistful glance
around her. One Of the occupants of
the seats was a young man from the
interior, and he surrendered his seat
to the last arrival. Smilingly she &C
cepted his offer and the gentleman
took up his station near the front door.
An instant after she had settled herself
in her seat and shaken out the folds of
her elegant dress, she took a halfdime
from her purse and passed it to the
young man that he might drop it into
the fare-box. He however, was not
versed in the practices Of metropolitan
street-railways, his own fare having been
paid by city friend who was with him.
Thinking the money was offered him
as the price of his seat, he quietly put
it in his pocket, unobserved by the
lady. out to the great amusement of
those Of the passengers who witnessed
the transfer. Conscious that a fare was
lacking, the lynx-eyed driver, after ring
ing the box-bell several times to no eff
feet, opened the door and demanded
the missing ticket or a halfdime. A
malicious urChin, on mischief intent,
spoke out and accused the unconscious
countryman of stealing the money
given him by ladies to put into the
box. This SO exasperated the now be-
wildered youth that he at once knocked
down the impertinent speaker. The
boys mother a nervous dame Of 5O
years, swooned away; a timid citizen by
her side blew police whistle; the
driver stopped the car. A scene of
wild tumult and confusion ensued until
the arrival of an officer, who was about
to take the rustic into custody, when
the young lady who had been the III
direct cause of all the trouble made an
explanation, the countryman made an
apology, the sauCy lad recovered, the
nervous mother was conveyed to an
adjacent drug store, the timid gentle
man alighted, the officer disappeared,
and the car resumed its way as though
nothing had happened.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27


AMONG other new inventions is one
for giving warnings at sea, which, it is
said, is now successfully employed in a
most dangerous place upon the coast of
Bretagne. 1t consists of hollow cylin-
der. few centimeters in diameter and
three or four meters long, closed at the
bottom, and containing a pump, worked
by huge fagot floating upon the sur
face of the sea, whose motion, caused
by the rising and falling of the water,
furnishes the force. The air is sucked
into the pump, compressed and sent out
through whistle, and the sound thus
produced can be heard even with the
wind blowing against it at distance of
six Kilometres, or between three and
four miles away. The whole apparatus
is secured by an anchor at the bottom
of the sea, and has the advantage OF
being both simple and efficient.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27

or which is more provocative of reflec-
ton, than farming. The careful farmer
must be daily meeting with subjects
which challenge thought and require
the most profound study. Farmers
ought to be the most thoughtful class of
people in the country. The balancing
of cause and effect in a business where
in a thousand causes are operating de-
mands more thought and a more phil
osophlcal mind than any other business
whatever. 1t is possible for farmers to
get into the ruts, and go in the beaten
track year after year, without thought;
but such farmers are not successful, and
each year are becoming less SO. When
ever farmer gets out Of the ruts-
ceases to do things because it has always
been the practice-he necessarily has
to think. 1t is pretty safe to say that
such farm ers will be sure to want all
the agricultural books and papers they
can get. And as thinking men ulti-
mately must always supplant those who
do not think, the problem how farming
IS to be made successful and the farmer
more honored, will be settled, as SO
many like problems have been, by the
DarWinian law" the survival Of the
tittest. y Country Gentleman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
Why Chickens Scratch.

Instincts must originally have been of
an intelligent nature, but the actions
which they prompted having through
successive generations been frequently
repeated, became at last organized into
purely mechanical reflex, and there
fore now appear as actions which we
call purely automatic or blindlv in
stinctive. Thus, for instance, the scrap
ing of graminivorous birds in earth and
stones was no doubt originally an intelli-
gent action, performed with the con-
scious purpose of uncovering seeds, but
by frequent repetition through success
sive generations the action has now be-
come blindly instructive. This is shown
by the following experiment: DR.. Allen
Thompson tells me that he Matched out
some chickens on a carpet, where he
kept them for several days. They
showed no inclination to scrape. be-
cause the stimulus supplied by the
carpet to the soles of their feet was of
too novel a character to call into action
the hereditary instinct; but when DR..
Thomson. rsprinkled a little gravel on
the carpet, and SO supplied the APP
propriate, or customary stimulus, the
chickens Immediately began their
scraping movements. Yet, for aught
that these chickens can nave known to
the contrary, there was as good a
chance of finding seeds in the carpet
as in the thin layer of gravel. And
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27

numberless other cases might be given
to prove that animals acquire instincts
by frequently repeating intelligent
actions, just as we ourselves acquire,
even in our individual lifetime, an
instinct to adjust our nightcaps, an in
stinct which may become so pronounced
as to assert itself even when man is
in the profound Inconsistencies Of APP
popletic coma. -Ninetee,1M Century.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
THE AUTUMN NIGHT.

The withered leaves are falling
In the dark and silent night,
Their IL uSic is softly bewailing,
The moon hides her light.
The owl in the woods is grooming,
His nocturne so sad and so far:
But away down there in the hollow
Comes light like star.
My feet DER the turf hasten gladly;
That light is beacon for NE;
For wife and children are waiting,
That laugh is a glee.
The little Old house in the hollow,
With its pickering, reckoning light,
Is all to me in this wide world,
When works done al night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
TO-MOrrOW.
What name doth Joy most Dor

What name doth JOY most borrow
When life is fair?
"To-morrow."
What name doth best tit sorrow
In young despair?
"To-morroW.
-GeOrQe Eliot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27

A Liverpool man was recently con-
victed and fined the fifteenth time for
the ofense of refusing to have his chill
dren vaccinated. He continues to re-
fuse
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
VESPER SONG.

Soft stars shining,
Clouds reclining,
On the blue.
Roses feeling,
Ger them stealing
Mists OF dew.
Ny loves sleeping,
Ger her creeping,
Dream-miSts light.
Guard her Venus,
While between us
Falls the night.
L. L. WEEKS, in Inter-Ocedn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
Singular Suicides.

In the year 1900, William Dorrin5ten
threw himself from the parapet Of the
church of St. Sepulcher, in London,
leaving behind him note, stating as
his reason, "that he wanted to go to the
opera that night, but had not money
enough to purchase ticket of admis-
siOn."
A farmer in Allendale, England, got
a gun-barrel, loaded it: and placed the
stock end in hot fire, and leaned his
stomach against the other. The barrel
soon became hot and exploded, killing
the unfortunate wretch instantly.
A blacksmith in New Orleans, in
1851, killed himself in the same man
ner, blowing his bellows until the fire
was hot enough to explode the gun
barrel ,....l
A young lady at boarding school
in England drowned herself IN rain
cask because she was obliged to study
from an old book. She was "sweet
sixteen" .-. ~.
A Greenwich, (Eng.) pensioner, who
was put upon short allowance for mis-
conduct, in 1916, sharpened the ends
of his spectacles, and with them stabbed
himself to the heart. to #
In a French newspaper Of 1862 we
find an accou ut Of man who, his wife
having proved unfaithful to him, called
his valet and informed him that he was
about to kill himself, and requested
that he would boil him down and make
candle of his fat and carry it to his
mistress, handing her at the same time
the following note:
DEAREST THEREsE: [ have long burn
ed for you, and now prove to you that
my flames are real. Yours, a...
.'.a..,.a- PIERRE.
A young lady, 10 years Of age, having
gambled away large fortune, hung
herself at Bath, Eng, with gold and
silver girdle. The following note was
found in her hand: Thus [ tie my
self up from play" This was worthy
of French woman. .-..-. ,.'..-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27

HAPPY MAx.-The brighter lights of
the Strakoscb Opera troupe gathered
round them a few friends on Saturday
evening for quiet little supper. The
talk turned on Max Strakosch's new
play.
He's gotta TOOTH said a gentleman
sitting at the end of the table.
"Max is very proud of his baby, F."
said Miss Kellogg, who was sitting at
the other end, g.I asf, I'll o,
eyes," said the gentleman, still car
rying out his own train of thought,
"and he's got more coming" l.
Miss Kellogg shrieked and dropped
her napkin and her knife and fork,
while the gentleman still further en-
livened matters by insisting that his
reference was solely to the teeth Gin
cinaaah 1gnass.I 49, ai 49, ego
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-01
CHEYENNE MARKETS..
oeori s:raln Provisions rtc.

Corrected weekly by whIppIe & Hay, Whole
gale and Retail Grocers and Commission
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-01
The Greatest Medical Discovery since The Cred'
ton Of Nan, or Sihce The Commence
meHt Of He Christian Era.

The Greateai Medical Discovery since The Cred-
ton Of Nan, or SiIce The Commence
meHt Of ne Christian Era.
There never has bcen,a time when the
healing of so many different diseases has
been caused by outward application as the
present. 1t Is an undisputed fact that over
half of the entire population OF tho globe re-
sort to the use OF ordinary plasters.
DIR. MELvIS's CApsICUM Porous PLAsrEIS
are acknowledged by all who have used
them, to act quicker than any other plaster
they ever before tried, and that one OF these
p~lasters will do more real service than II hun
dred of the ordinary kind. All other plas-
tiers are slow of action, and require to be
worn continually to effect n cure; but with
these 1t is entirely ditierent; the instant one
is applied the patient Will feel its effect.
Physicians in all ages have thoroughly
tested and well know the effect of Capsicum;
and 1t has always been more or less used as n
medical agent for an outward application;
but 1t is only ola very recent date that It's ad-
vantages in n porous plaster have been dis
covered. Being, however; CONVINCED of the
wonderful cures effected by DIR. MELvIN's
CAPsICUM Porous PLASrERs and their supe-
riority over all other plasters, they now
actually prescribe them, in their practice, for
such diseases as rheumatism, pain in the side
and back, and ali such cases as have required
the use of plasters or liniment. After you
have tried other plasters and llniments.a and
they have failed, and you want a certain
cure, ask your druggist for DIR.
CAPSICUM POROUS PLASTER. You can hardly
believe your own convictions of its wonder
its action, You can rely on It's safety for the
most delicate person to wear, as 1t Is free
monty used in the manufacture of ordinary
plasters. One trial is n sufficient guarantee
of Its merits, and one plaster VIII sell hun
Ask your druggist for DE-. MARvIN's CAP.
sICUM Porous PLASTER and take no other;
or, on receiptof % cents for one, 81 for hve,, oil
S2for q dozen, they will be mailed, post paid,
toany address in the United States or Cana
das.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-01

with Central Pacific Railroad for Sacramento,
san Francisco and the principal cities IN
California, Nevada and Idaho.
B5-First class hotels and eating houses at
convenient points along the line.
EB-Pullman's Palace and Sleeping Cars nc-
all trains.
For through rates on freight to the Black
Hills, Montana and other points, apply 10 i.
l.. Kimball G. f. a. Omaha.
R8-Purchase tickets via Omahn and Platte
Valley Route.
L. p. VINING, General Freight Agt.
s.. IL. Il. CLARK, General Sup't tOmnhn
j. T. CLARK, Asst Gen. Sup't
T. L. KIMBALL. Genl Ticket Sgt.
]. N. KELLER, Local Freight and Ticket
gent, Cheyenne.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
NIHILISTS.
~nx uussuAN GOV ERNMENT ALARMED
Ar TINE sNewrH OF NIHiLlsM
IN RUSSIA. ..
New York SUM-

rha Nihilists of Russia, whose principles
resemble In many respects those Of the Com
rn,,Tjsta of France and the Social Democrats
If Vermany are giving trouble to the Rus
MAN government, even I'm these DAYS of trial
There have been Nihilist riots In the streets
n Moscow and elsewhere, and many OF the
students OF the Russian universities, who are
imhued with the spirit of Mill SIN, have got
into hot water. Hundreds Of these students
have been arrested, aud q st. Petersburg dis
match SAYS that the number OF persons killed
In the riots Is greater than the police will ad-
NIT. The Moscow riots were brought about
Nv the arrival there of body Of fifteen stu
slautsfrom the University of Kieff, who had
lpen condemned to Siberia for their NihiIism,
and who were surrounded by crowds OF Mus
Coyites, who cried: These young men sui
fer for the truth" We have no account OF the
method OF their dispersion. but no doubt IL
was the Russian method. There mas also
been great rejoicing In st. Petersburg Tor
some days among the Nlhllists, on &C
count Of the acquitfal OF Madame Susu-
Hitch. the Nihilst, who attempted to assas-
einate tho Chief OF Police, and who con
7t,eeed that her act was ono OF vengeance for
his cruelty to Nihilist prisoners. The Cars
UDyernupnt has been so alarmed at the way
Ia which the press and people applauded her
mcouittal that 1t has proposed to change the
method " trying Nihlists; and this doubt
lpas. means that they are to be tried so as (,
M convicted Nlhilism has grown to be very
formidable In Russia during the last few
wears and az NJ proposes, among other things
IL overthrow the imperial aud ecclesiastical
s.yafam of Russia, the authorities will con
finue to deal with IL mercilessly.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
New Gold Fields,

The latest "tind" of gold which promises
great results is in the island of Papua, or
New Guinea, and this of a character SO sig
nifcant as to cause considerable excitement
I'm the adjacent continent Of Australia. The
gold is found In black sand placers, in con
Junction with magnetic oxide of iron, occur
ring there in small scales, none of which so
far weigh over a grain. IT is also found In
quartz rock, and the existence of gold bearing
quartz In considerable quantities Is unmis
fakably proven. while all the geological indi-
cations are favorable to an extensive develop
meDt Of the gold fields Several expeditions
are about to sail to Port Moresby from Aus
tfalia already, and should the discoveries turn
out to be rich there will doubtless be rush
Of gold hunters thther from all parts OF the
world before many months, and the expert
ences of California and Australia and New
Zealand will be repeated In New Guinea.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
wants to be a state.
IN. Y. SUM-

Washington Territory is preparing to ask
admission into the Union as q State. At an
election held this month for delegates to a
constitutional convention less than 10000
votes were polled. 1t is probable that every
number of inhabitants appear as large as
possible. The vote indicates therefore at the
most liberal estimate a population of not over
g0,009., The Territory has every prospect of
Becoming thriving State. A rich soil grand
Forests navgable rivers and excellent har-
bors make 1t capable of supporting vast
number of people in industry and comfort.
But at present Washington Territory is but
aparsely settled, and its admission to equal
representation In the Senate with New York
Pennsylvania and Ohio would be outrageous
~ premature.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
The socialists.
IN. Y. Trjbhne.1

The Socialists understand the value of the
press as mears of influencing public
opinion. In Germany, according to writer
IN the PHI MAI Gazette, they have no fewer
than forty newspapers and they have re-
Gently started a monthly periodical OF ltera-
ny pretensions. The pamphlets and oeca-
sIonal sheets Issued by them are innumer-
able and these are hawked about the country
and find their way into the remotest towns
and hamlets. No political party summons SO
many meetings as the Socialists At mu-
active In Germany. In some municipal bodies
they have actually secured the majority: and
n short time ago n town In Nuremberg would
have had q Socialist for its burgomaster had
not the government refused to sanction the
appointment. so passionate is the belief of
the Socialists in their destiny that, like the
French Republicans in the early days Of their
triumph, they display a strong missionary
ardor The meetings annually held in Lon
don IN celebration Of the Commune are inva-
riably addressed by Germans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
JUDICIAL ADvERT1sEMENrs.
SHERIFF. SALES.

twenty two measures thirty feet front on Levee
viding It from lot number twent, -one, ninety
tour teet or the line dividing 1t from lot num-
Der twenty three. nineteen feet five inches In
thirteen, and seventeen feet on the line divid-
ing 1t from lot numb fourteen: and lots num-
bers twenty and twenty measure each
thirty feet front on Levee street by one hundred
feet in depth, between paraliel lines. The
whole In con ormity to a plan q avn by y. ~
Tourne. architect. dated Juue 1e 1851.
seized n the ahoyy, suits as belonging to dsi
PENDANT Robert Ker.
lsrms-Cash on the spot.
THOMAS II. HANDY,
Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
ap4 IL 10 25 my26
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
l.. L. Rernard VS.. Fritz weber.

E1FTH DISTRICT COrRT FOR THE PAR.
L ish OF Orleans, No. soto BY virtue Of writ
orable the Fifth District Court for the parish
OF Orleans. In the above entitled cause, l
will proceed to sell at public auction, ct the
street, between Canal and CustomhGuse sire. tso
in the Second District Of this 81 y, ON MONDAY.
May 49, 1878. at IL o'c ock M, the following de-
81 4 '0 GcfERR.TPRRIN PORTION OF GROUND. to.
ge hi with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon, rights, ways and privileges
in the PAL ish OF Orleans, Fifth district OF this
ity, right tsnk Of the river Mis-sslppj being
OF the ea sp ye as aad
seventy nine fest SIX inches front on Thayer
Avenue by two hundred and sixty eight feet In
portion OF ground is to be measured by sur
veyor. selected by the, vendors at The, pur-
ehassrs Costs ii from hao the h one hnndrad and
g %s "fo'P ttrset in Assrs with the said
Thayer Avenue Being the same property the
Mrs Eluliro verret Widow NJ. @ Beuf and
Mrs EIodie Verret, wife of L. Leon Bernard.
MS per act passed before Amedas Dueatei
notary public In this city. on the nineteenth
Seized in the above suit.
Terms and Conditions-I In cash for sufh-
Client amount to pay plaintiffs claim. say the
sum Of s31s5 co. with Interest ut the rat OF per
cent VII 90 On - ss92 from ON
eighteenth May. 1876; on 1851 10 from the
eighteenth May. 1876 and on s7l0 so from the
eighteenth May, 1877, until the day of sale; per
G, mt ON the aggregate thereof for attorneys
fees | the costs of suit aud OF the sale, anu all
the tnxes due gu the properly sold.
O. The purchaser to assume the payment of
eight promssory notes. 8 cured by mortgage
and vendors lien on said property, dated fl
teenth May 1873 four OF which for s507 80 each.
payable. respectively, five. six. seven and eight
years after date; and OF the four others, one for
1852 40 payable five years after date; the second
for 1921 20, ,ayable elk years after date; the
third for ssl 10 payable seven years after date.
and the fourth FIR $40 co. pay able eight years
after date: all of which notes bearing interest
at the rae Of per cent per annum from ma
turity until paid; and also IT, MSS ume all the OBJ
legations Of the act Of sale and NOR gage, not to
alienste, and pay per cent attorneys fees In
case of suit. etc.
D. And The balance Of the price Of adjudca-
ton If any Cat h on the spot; and in case the
price bid on he property sho Id. after deduc-
ton of the aforesaid lees, costs and taxes, In
cash be less than the aggreg ate OF ths plaintiffs
claim. wi h interest as Aforesaid. and OF the
notes to be assumed as above described. then
the purchaser to pay the plaintiffs aforesaid
cash claim, and 10 assume the atOredescribed
notes. pro rata, to the extent OF the balance OF
his bid
THOMAS Fl. HANDY.
Civil Sheriff of the Parish CT Orleans.
anil 1S 25 my2 Q ID