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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

truly wonderful. 1t seems even more
transparent than air; you see the bot
tom eighty feet below the bottom of
your boat, the exact form of the small
est pebble, the outlines and color of the
leaf that he has sank, and all the pris-
matte colors Of the rainbow are reflect
ed. Large fish swim in it, every scale
visible, and every movement distinctly
seen. Ifyou go over the spring in a
boat you will see the assures in the
rocks, from which the river rushes up
ward like an inverted cataract.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10
A Shower of Pine Bark.

The Raleigh IN. c. Nems of March
28th says: 1--WE are informed, by eye
witnesses of the occurrence, that on
Tuesday last, in the afternoon, about 2
o'clock, great quantity of pieces OF
pine bark fell in and around yard in
this city. The fragments of bark APP
peared to have been violently torn from
the trees. Many@of them were Of the
size OF ones hand. The pieces of fall
ing bark might be seen at a great height
in the air-as much as 200 or 800 feet
The puzzled viewers of this curious
shower could give no explanation OF
the cause of the occurrence"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

PATENT ATTORNEYS prac-
ticing before the Patent Office COM plain
that attorneys are disbarred by the
Commissioner Of Patents without no.
tice Of accusations made against them,
and without opportunity for defense.
Senator Grover will soon introduce
bill providing for the protection of at
torneys before the Patent Office, which
restores all disbarred attorneys who
have not been tried by competent tri-
bunal to full privileges Of practice. In
this connection Gen. Thomas Broome,
of Indiana, will soon present the me-
mortal Of Franklin B. Hunt, of Rich
mond, Ind. This sets forth that Hunt
was disbarred in June, 1877, by the
Commissioner Of Patents, which was
approved by Secretary Schurz, June IS;
that the order was printed in the official
gazette, and generally published; that
Hunt has filed categorical denial of
every accusation, but Secretary Schurz
has refused to investigate the matter.
Hunt seeks relief from Congress, and an
investigation by the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10
A Great Curiosity.

Silver Spring. Florida, is one Of the
greatest curiosities in the south. 1t
bursts forth in the midst of the most
fertile country in the state. 1t bubbles
up in basin near one hundred feet
deep, and about an acre in extent, and
sending from it a deep stream sixty to
one hundred feet wide, and extending
six to eight miles to the Ocklawaha riy-
er In the spring itself sixty boats may
lie at anchor-quite fleet. The spring
thus forms natural inland port to
which three steamers now run regular
ly from the St. Johns, making close
connections with tie ocean steamers at
Palatka. The clearness of the water is
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

with clay. Sound would also be likely
to follow qualification. OF late the
header Of the Sutro tunnel has been
much harder rock than that through
which it passed when in the neighbour
hood of the kind called "heavy," being
wet, spongy and much inclined to swell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

A FEW evenings since an up town
woman heard some one at the front
door at midnight. Hastily going to the
door, and thinking it her son Sammy
she called out "No,' was the reply;
" it amt yer Psalm, but some other
woman's Hymn. Gut 'er wrong (hic)
house, 'ole woman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

WHERE did this baby come from p
asked three year old girl of the nurse,
who was washing the squealing little
stranger. 'Why, from heaven of
course" replied the nurse. "Well, if it
screamed like that there, don't won
der they sent it of" was the stunning
rejoinder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10
The Death of Murat.
Blackwood's Magazine.


Being led into small court of the
castle Of Pinzo, the doomed man found
a party of soldiers drawn up in two
ranks. These were Murat's execution
ers. He took his stand as boldly as
ever he had done in the day of battle.
He refused to have his eyes bandaged;
he looked straight at the muzzles of the
pieces. "Spare my face; aim straight
at my heart" he cried to the soldiers
and as the words were uttered he fell
dead, torn by the bullets, but holding
still in his hand the miniatures of his
wife and children The bluest blood
in Europe never coursed through BRAY
er heart than that which lay there stilled
forever. If courage alone could make
nobility, here was stretched the non
pareil of the noble From first to last
his daring never failed
''Whie the broken line, charging
Fell, or fed along the plain,
There be sure. was Murat charging!
Th're he ne'er shall charge again!''
But when we look beyond his deeds of
arms, and his contempt of danger, we
find, with regret, that the nobility was
not in him to which so courageous a
heart would have well corresponded.
Disloyalty and perfdy were undoubted-
ly in his character; weakness and folly
pervaded his conduct. He was such a
man as revolutions and tumults only
too frequently raise to eminence; con-
spicuous for one excellent quality, but
without other qualities to keep the bal
ance of his mind. In calmer days he,
under the cold shade of settled order,
might have been known by fame such
as that of Shaw, the Life Guardsman-
he might have cloven a cuirassier in
the saddle-having been a good-natured
pleasant enough fellow in a barrack-
room or bivouac among those who dc
not pretend to knightly qualities. And
can we say that it was a gain to Murat
or to the world, that he was allowed to
rise SO high? The chances which made
him a King brought out also his nota
BILE defects-allowed us to know him
only too we'll. His memory cannot be
wholly respected. He has left name
which, though it has electrified the
world, yet serves to illustrate the univer.
salty of a proverb-Napoleon set or
horseback beggar who rode to the
devil
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

AN exchange says: Lord Macauley
made it rule to pay all bills within
twenty-four hours Of course that
means twenty-four hours after he got
the money to pay them with. The rule
is al excellent one, and should be imi-
tated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

ACCORDING to Virginia newspaper,
a Wytheville dentist extracts teeth
painlessly by simply pressing on the
temples of the patient during the oper-
alton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10
THE UNITED STATES RESPONSIBLE.

but will take no action on rates for
bituminous coal until the 10th inst.
THE UNITED STATES RESPONSIBLE.
A San Francisco dispatch of the End
says the steamer Yraga, formerly the
Pelican. is still IN port, flying the flag of
Costa RIGA. Senior J. M. Gursco, con-
sui for Costa RIGA. has filed protest
with the collector Of the port, holding
the United States government respon-
sible for all damages resulting from any
delay in the sailing of the steamer
caused by the action of the authorities.
An order was issued by collector Shan
non Saturday to the custom house
officials to refuse clearance to the
steamer until further orders.
GENERAL ANDERSON RELEASED.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 1st
says the supreme court has made the
following order in the Anderson case:
1T is ordered and decreed that a re-
hearing is refused, and that our judy
ment stand undisturbed."
Mr.. Castelanos, one of Anderson's
counsel, Immediately went. with GER
tilted copy of the decree, before Judge
Whitaker, who at once ordered the re-
lease of Anderson from the parish
prison. About 1913 General Anderson
was released
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

ALONG the elevated. street railway
through New York city will be erected
fourteen handsome double station
houses, at cost of $50, 900 each.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

IT is sad moment for a bachelor
when he finds that his hair is so thin
that he is unable to hold pen back of
his ear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

The will of Howard Wheeler. who
died in Nashua, n H., worth 81 900,
reads; "Expend it all on my tomb
stone"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

WINNIE REAM has modelled the hands
of Mrs. Jessie Fremont, because of their
beauty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

SOME important inference may be de-
rived from the experiments of DR..
Nichols, of Malvern, England, in refer
ence to the quantity of food per diem
which will best sustain health. Start
ing with an excellent constitu lion and a
freedom from any excuses, he subjected
himself to the influence of definite
quantities and qualities of food for sew
eral weeks in succession, carefully not.
ing the indications and symptoms at the
end of each week. The first week he
consumed an average OF eight and three
quarter ounces per day of rye meal,
milk, fruit, and vegetables. The sec
ond week he took an average of nine
and five-seventh ounces per day, and
by emitting the milk he found his
health perfect, and his general condi-
ton satisfactory. During the third
week he brought down his allowance to
seven and one-seventh ounces of food
per day, and in the fourth week to eight
ounces.
AS generalization he concluded that,
SO far as his condition was concerned,
eight ounces was the proper minimum
and twelve ounces the maximum of
food per day, and that any considerable
addition to this amount threw so much
labor upon the digestive and other APP
paratus as to materially tend to produce
disease.
Having continued the experiment on
this basis to date, he found his health to
be absolutely perfect, and his strength
and power to work increasing in de-
cided ratio, his weight remaining at
about ITO pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10
Strange Music.

We see it stated that in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries there were
few public festivals triunphal process
sions, or FORMULATING shows in which
trained animals did not occupy prom
lnent position. A Spanish chronicler
gives an account of a procession in
Brussels in 1549, organized for the en-
tertainment of King Phillip II. The
bands were stationed in large car; in
the centre sat huge bear playing on
an organ, not consisting Of reed and
pipe, but of a score of cats enclosed in
separate boxes, where they could not
move; the tail of each one was drawn
out through aperture and tied to string
corresponding to one of the keeps of the
instrument, SO that when the bear
struck the keys the cats tails were jerk
ed, and the poor creatures howled in
the most dismal manner. There were
tenors and basses, and they were train
ed TO NEW in concert. Poodles and
monkeys danced to strange music, and
the chronicler goes on to say: cal
though King Philip was the most sol
emn and demure of men, he could not
refrain from laughing upon beholding
this strange sight" Several other styles
of cat organs were afterwards invent
ed, and in one of these sharp-pointed
needles were substituted for the strings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

A LIVERPOOL bird-dealer has been
fined $75 and costs for going On spree
and leaving his birds and animals I'M
fed. Some were dead, others weak and
tottering with starvation, and others
had literally gone mad. On the same
day teamster was fined $50 and costs
forleaving horse unfed until it began
to devour the wood of an old box.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

A MAN saw a ghost while walking
along q lonely highway at midnight.
The ghost stood exactly in the middle
of the road, and the wayfairer, deciding
to investigate, poked at it with his UNI
brella. The next instant he was knock
ed twenty feet into a mud-hole. Moral
Never poke an umbrella at a large
white mule when it's back is turned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10

nounced an advance of about 5 per
cent. in line rates on anthracite coal,
but will take no action on rates for
bituminous coal until the 10th inst.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
PIGEON SHOOTING.

The members OF the Long Island Gun Club assem-
Road Long Island, TO indulge in their regular
monthly handicap shooting at pigeons. The weather
was delightful and the roads leading to tho park
in nno condition. Mr.. Dexter, The proprietor OF tho
park furnished the birds tor the OCCASION and they
were u superb lot. There werc during the afternoon,
as many as dozen sweepstakes decided, bu [
tho three most worthy OF notice are as lolows:-
Tho first sweepstakes had ton CONTESTANTS and each
shot at birds. The entrance fce was 81, which
made total OF $40, divided into throc parls-$10 So
and S4 Messrs. Wynn and Black each killed three
birds 10 fine style and divided first moneys.
For third money 1--we tcd by killing two out OF three.
In shooting of the TIC 1t was miss and go out Messr.
c. Hancc, Williams and Thompson Knocked their FIRST
bird over and divided the money, as tho other two,
Atkins ana Peters, missed.
The second sweepstakes had also ten contestants,
and each nred at three Diros Entry, 81; total $50
divided in the same mnnner as The above Messrs. q.
Hance, Williams and Wynn killed three birds each and
divided the money.
tions as the Others but in this only competed
making SIS divded-S9 S6 $3 Messrs. Durfcc,
THOMPSON and Peters Killed their three birds very
handily and shared tho money equally between hem.
The following are the
SUMMARIES.
DEXTER PARK, JAMAICA ROAD, LONG IsLAND-PIGEoH
SuoorING-FRIDAY, March s. l67S.-rhe regular
monthly handicap sweepstake shooting OF the Long
Island Gun CuD. First swccpstake, SO entry, 10
contestants, at birds cach 80 yards boundary 4
or shot, and traps; the Total, so, divided uto
the third; ties; shot OF, miss aud 20 out; tho club
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
anEENLEAr. NORRIS a co.


rumor started yesterday TO the effect that
settlement OF tho affairs o Greenieaf Norris Co. had
Doen effected and 1t intmated that this had In.
cudod u compromise OF tho claims Of the creditors Of
tho house. On inquiry, however, 1t was iound that
there was foundation for the report but that with
the exception OF the appointment OF Judge Joseph s.
Bosworth as referee by the Court OF Common Pleas,
the matter OF the recevcrship IL the position
as has been from the first. The Tor The up
point OF referee arose from the fact that Mr.
chamberlain. tno receiver rs con3antiy receiving ap.
minor anairs delivery OF papers, &c. alleged
nave been deposited with Greenleaf, Norris Co. Tor
safe keeping. AS receiver he has, OF course. no
power grant such applications without adjudica-
ton ny the Court Tue ordinary course fu such
Gases Is lur tho party VINO desires 10 recover hs
papers, &c., to apply TO the Court and IA referee 10
general appointed, who DECIDES the question. Mr.
facilitate matters as IN uch possible, applied 10 tue
Court Judge Bosworh was appointed 10 act in all
cases, Obvlatug The necessity 0f special ap-
pointnent IN each Case. He wall act also
all other matters IN tho case as are ordinarily decided
by referee.
The principal difficulty In the way Of settlement
OF the Affairs OF 1rm Is tho doubt TO the
amount OF lueir llaDinty many cases. large pro-
portion Of Their accounts are open book accounts with
creditors VINO have deposited margins with the house
for the purchase OF stocks which The hr did not buy
and for which II has account The trouble in
the Of stocks that have varied In price s TO de-
termine daie their price shonld DO taken as q
basis OF settlement. This Is ior tho Court to deter
mInc but Is thought probable that tho daic Of the
appointment OF will be fixed tho day.
quotations. Of which Will determine tho amounts Ia
question.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
CTHER FAILURES.

Apetition in bankruptcy has been FLED against tho
firm oil Cammoyer Mason, wholesale dealers In boots
aud SHOES at No 81 Warren street, by nineteen cred
itors whose claims aggregate over $63, ,000 The ol-
lowing are tho principal claims Of tho potttioning
credilors:--L Candee " Co., sl3,711 A.; j. O White
We'll Brothers, S3,959 -; A. s. Richards II Co..
50, zGi 90; l.. Gran, $3.50 SS; Bowker n Howo,
$I7i7; Importers and Traiers' National Bank, $16l4
81; Wallace Elnoti s4O0 81; q. Larrpboe, So 344
81; Brcedeu a. southwick, s3,31l 76; East New YORK
Boot, Shoe aud Leather Manufacturing Company.
S4, 900 o. The object of tho petition enable the
nrm to lake composition proceedings IN bankruptcy
Tor settlement on tho basis recommended ny the
committee Of creditors, and the order 10 show
has been made returnabie ON the 16th INST
Creditors OF Gerard Belts, the auctioneer, OF No.
warren street, have filed petition in bankruptcy
against HIM, their claims beng followsJu udge Il.
A. GIIdcfslccve. $50 John 1. Cunning, 5000; EDWIN
NJ. Taylor, S325, Henry " Myers x3S2; aud William
ii. Quincy. Mr. Belts SAID yesterday that his liabi-
which were the debts OF the old nrn which ho
sumed aud had boon endeavoring TO hquidaia Somo
OF them were on political notes
AT meeting o1 the creditors OF John W. Ondcrdonk.
yr., dealer IN hardware al No 529 Sixth avenue, a
statement was presented showing his liabilities be
So, ,OOO and his assets $4,000. Ho made an offer to
com promise at twenty the dollar, which was
iavorably considered by the creditors, and although
40 donntc action was taken settlement will probably
be obtained on those terms.
Renpp ~ Moody, dealers In lumber at No. 004 Grand
street, who made IN assignment William n. Latnrop
Tor tue benefit oil Their creditors, have obtained
tlcmcnl from the latter at twenty'nvo cents on tho
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
WORK OF BIBLE Societies.

The New York Bible Society distributed by gift and
sale during the month OF February 3.IO5 Bibles and
Testaments among 3,S73 families, 21O vessels aud
few migrants at Castle Garden.
Tho stated meeting OF tho Board OF Managers OF
the American Bbio Society was held at the Blblo
House, Astor place, yesterday at ha:ipast thrce
o'clock, William II. Allen, LII. d., President, in
the cnair. Tho resignation OF Rev DR.. Holdish AS
corresponding secretary was accepted, and COM
mittee was appointed to draita minute expressing
the feelings of the managers at parting with
long associated with them In tho society Rev Albert
s. Hunt, ID, d., Of Brooklyn, elected to lll tho
Vacancy. Lcttcrs were presented from George IA.
Prince, OF ST. Petersburg, announcing the COM
pietion OF the Roval Estnonian Bible, and sending
specimen COPY Tor the library,
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
A CORRECTION.

BALTIMORE, March Z, 1873
TO THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-
In your issue OF the 5h inst. your Baltimore cor
respondent appears to have committed one OF the
grosscst errors of tho many already published coa
corning tho failure OF the Union Banking Company
(oi this city,, OF which was cashier He SAYS
"Baldwin u. d. Savin negotiated them In New
York. and the three pocketed tue proceeds" Not
one particle Of evidence brought by the recent
trial would justify your correspondent any such
statement | never received nor was to receive,
personally. directly or Indirectly, any amount any
tImc l mover conspirei with any one to deiraud or
damage in any way any one. Ia the discharge OF my
duties officer OF that company | dd at ali
times wnatI considered would advance the interest
of every ono therownh connected. / am innocent
Of tho charge AS the Judge who sat upon the case
have many influential friends IN your city, and certainly
do to nave them labor under such an impress
sion AS conveyed by your correspondent. Respect
fully, Il. A. SAVIN.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
MR.. LAMB ASSURES DEPOsIToRs.
Nrw VopK March G 1877


70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
MIR. Bests report the past administration OF the
Union Dime Savings Institution presented to me
ut Albany In the original draft February 2S. TO
question presented itself to the eff sc.
might be the bank of the present publication OF tho
report. While considering this question, with
tho view OF dong the best act l could Mr.
John Muck. an oustcd trustee, presented the sub
ject tho public in way that removes
all doubt In respect to the immediate puDl-
OF the report TOR the whole truth better than
parte statements. AS for the past the report iuly
and conclussively doals with that. simply wish 10
add that tho present Bonrd Of Trustees ustyng by
its vigilance, devotion and economy the expectations
formed when the reorgan lzati0n made. am per-
sonay cognzaDt OF the worthy judclous and Jealous
endcavors OF the trustees to make the institution u
genuine savings bank, IN every way meritng the conf
dence OF depositors HENRY {. LAME,
Acting Superintendent.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
MR.. MAcK's REQUEST.

New YORK, March 8, 1873.
To THE EDITOR HERALD.-
Press kilograms from Albany to-day state that
Senator Oakley will ask investigation OF Mr. Lambs
conduct In connection with tho Union Dime. Mr
Lamb to-day sends copy of his letter to Senator
ST. John, dated March T. 1878, asking that tho in
vcstigation be mado to all OF his (I.amb's) Of
ncal acts, not alone those In connection with
the Union Dino earnestly request the same, with
the following additions: s:That half examin ltons
be made; tnat, II counsel Is TO represent Mr. Lamb
his should be provided counsel by the Sen
ate mis- Official conduct will be LAID bare, impair
italy examined and just decision reached For the
beneft OF the Union Dino and other lnstitut IONS
the newspapers. JOHN MACK.
The New York herald., 1878-03-09
FINE ARTS.
PICTURES SOLD.

Thero was a good attendance and n good many
buyers at tho second days sale yesterday aftcrnoo
of tho pictures Schcnck's gallery. The prices paid
as on the day before, were low. An Edward Moran,
"New York Bay" brought sll0; Wordsworth Thomp-
sons Coming from schoor' cost $780, little Lesrcl
sold for $780, scgoni's engagement Rns'' went down
at Sl35, Il. l.. Henrys "waiting for an Answer''i
brought Sls2 so, little q. Petit Sli0 an lnncssl
"rwiight near Leeds, n. Y" $l15 j. II. ID. Kockt
Kock $40; James NJ. Harris "U ndcr the Elns," $i2o
Frederick 5chaus' ''rhe Dinner" $3.50; j. CaroIus'
the Mississippi" sos aTaIL $3.50; Rosicrsie~
$40; Pho Ricci's Cremating the Love Letters l35 I
james II. Boards ''WatIng for Mistress" 10; ~
Tnom sl55; Peter Moran's "Fly Time,n $102 90; w.
+. dc Haas "On Mount Desert' aud Jennie Browns-l
com5o's "Autumn," Sll5