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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

Of July 23rd, states that an official
synopsis of crop reports shows an
average condition of ryeEa and barley
1O1, oats general average 1O1, Tennessee
and Neb1 aska 112. Fruit on the whole
favorable to- such crops as escaped
spring frosts. Grass and clever re-
mafkably fine; tobacco &C. cage. re-
,duced Is per cent Condition lIis as fol-
lows: kentucky 90, Nevada SO, Mis-
souri, 1O1, Tennessee &c., Ohio 1O5,
Maryland 102, Indiana 90, North Caro-
lima "a, Pennsylvania 100, Connecticut
100, Illinois 90, MASSACHUSETTS 1O1. The
condition Of wheat and corn has been
heretofore reported. Information
received since indicates very serious
damage from various. causes to. the
spring wheat crop of Minnesota and
northern Iowa and Wisconsin.
e." - THE NEW ORLEANS MINT
A Washington dispatch under date
of the 23rd inst, says that the land upon
which the Northern Ohio mint was
built has been decided to the govern
ment, and the final steps for putting the
mint into active operation will soon be
taken Silver for coming silver dollars
at the mint when reopened will be pur-
chased at Treasury rates for bullion
or for parties having in their possession
Mexican dollars. '
FROM MEXICO CITY. T ID. s-.
81 City of Mexico advices under date of
July 22d state that Mrs. Foster, wife
of the minister Of the United States,
is very i'll, but the physicians
are confident that she will recover.
News has been received that COM
pany of merchants and manufacturers
of Chicago intend to meet in this city
next October. The foreign merchants
here are inclined to under-rate
the efforts of the Americans to
supplaEt them. They claim thai
they can control sixty millions Of
seventy-six millions annually. The
Germans are monopolizing the import
ing trade. They are charged by Eng
fish and French merchants with cor
ruptly manipulating the custom service.
The yellow fever has been very fatal
at Vera Cruz and Yucatan
MINNESOTA WHEAT.
A St. Paul, Minnesota, dispatch of the
22d says special dispatches to the Pioneer
Press from the heaviest wheat growing
counties represent probable loss to the
crop from rains and hot weather Of from
20 to 40 per cent. In Goodhue, the first
county In the state in amount of wheat
produced, the. damage from blight is
estimated so to 70 per cent, and many
fields will yield only to 10 bushels to
the acre. Harvest commences to-mor-
row in many places.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

THE treasury officials believe that the
securities of the government have very
largely returned home within the past
year, and that very little gold will have
to be sent abroad hereafter to pay IN
terest on the public debt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

If big words were as destructive as
minnie balls, Congressman Hunton OF
Virginia, and Columbus Alexander OF
Washington City, would have killed all
the people in the District of Columbia
before this. These worthless are telling
a great deal of truth about each other
through the newspapers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

The little state of Bosnia is still pro-
testing against occupation by Austria,
but there seems to be put little hope of
her escape from Austrian rule.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
EASTERN or Topletz He has entirely
recovered from his wounds but is still
A Dangerous Lightning Rod.

Z,
a Dangerous Lightning Rod. Z
The Cincinnati Gaeette prints a letter
written by the late Prof. Henry, of the
Smithsonian Institution, on the subject
OF llghtning-rod without ground con-
nectlon. The letter was in response to
one written by a gentleman in Leban-
on, o., who had heard arguments in IA
yor of the new rod, but who was not
convinced. This is the letter:
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHING
TON, April 81, 1885,: The plan of
lightning rod you describe is an extreme
application of the method introduced
some years ago of discharging electrici-
ty by points. 1t was supposed that a
great i'm provement was made by plac-
ing projecting points on all sides Of the
rod throughout its whole extent. An
other supposed improvement was to
terminate the end of the rod near the
ground in a.sharp point, but both these
plans are at variance with the true
principles Of electrical protection, which
consists in drawing the electricity from
all the space occupied by the roof of
the house to the point of continuous
rod intimately connected with the earth
by means of water-pipe, gas-pipe, or
other masses of metal. The rod should
be perfectly smooth, and SO constructed
as to receive the electricity at the up
per end and transmit it silently to the
ground. 4 l0Jj-.1 VA
The action of positive cloud on the
U-shaped rod, shown in the circular
you send, would, by induction, render
each branch of the u negatively electri-
fed and the horizontal part positively.
In this case a discharge would tend to
enter each branch at the same moment,
and descend in current through the
middle Of the horizontal part into the
roof. In my opinion, a rod put up in
this manner is worse than none at all.
[ am very truly yours, l. "~.
JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary S. J.
Josiah Morrow, Lebanon, O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

NEBRASKA farmers. warn farmers and
dairymen against purchasing the patent
COW mixer. They claim that it should
be called the patent COW dryer. :.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

THE Washburn observatory being
built at the University Of Wisconsin by
Ex-Gov. G. G. Washburn is fast APP
preaching completion. ''' 80.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

ANOTHER call has been issued for
$5,OOO,OOO more of the $40 bonds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

How strangely joy and sorrow are in
terWoven in this world ! Pain chases
pleasure like a champion pedestrian,
and the sweet tears shed by the maple
tree in spring ume,. crystallized into
sugar, will give an. II Mt the stomach
ache equal to eSa: - s bill of So
Trenton Gdzette. iihilh% myers -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

The subscriptions to the 4 per cent.
loan which began last February now
aggregate over $37 100000. -=-'.-r'7'--
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

A LITTLE Irish boy fell down and bit
his tongue He aroseffrom the ground
crying and sobhing, oand said to his
brother: ooh, Staphen will I ever
spake againv' - n .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

2 RAGS of kangaroo skin large enough
to carry a dress suit without crumbling,
are among the novelties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

THE regular miscellaneous bids for
carrying the mails On upward of 700
routes were closed by the post Office de-
partment at Washington on Saturday
afternoon The awards will be made
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

The pork packers of the West and
East expect to produce a36,OOO,OOO
pounds of lard this year. Twice as
much is shipped abroad as is used in
this country, the exports of the past
six years averaging 23O,OOO,OOO pounds
a year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

A BAND of ,Arkansas horse-theiyes,
being fearful that one of their number,
who had been arrested, would "peach, y
got up mob ofindignant citizens and
helped them to lynch him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

WHY pay a hundred dollars for
photograph when S1.60 judiciously in
vested in ice cream the coming sum-
mer. and two bushels of turnips in the
fall for a marriage certificate, will give
you a life lease on talking machine
that. never requires any tinfoil on the
cylinder escapem ent? Young man,
these are times for the practice of econ
omy, and you should reflect.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
Lost her Head.

| A Boston letter says: Everyone knows
that among all the rest of our schools
| for women, there are ample means now
for woman who seeks to become a
physician to make herself familiar with
al the principles of practice and all the
secrets of medicine and surgery. A
young student who has pursued her
studies up to a certain point in another
city, came to Boston last year, and pro-
ceeded to visit certain dissecting-roOm
towhich she had been invited. Mounting
the stairs, she at last comes to the land
ing from which opens the apartment
where the wonders of the human frame
are, materially at least, all found out.
Waiting to catch her breath, perhaps to
catch her courage, she overhears the
following from the physician in attend
ance upon the class: "There are not
enough heads to 90 round Some of
you must choose something else.'' The
listener turned pale and leaned against
the wall. She thought she wouldn't pay
her visit that day. She thought she
would 60 home and perhaps study lit
tie further and approach the dissecting-
room little more gradually As she
turned to carry this resolution into eff
feet, she met the janitor of the building,
who was evidently familiar with visitors
and students in this stage and state of
mind. for he said encouragingly, eff
you'll wait minute, miss, you'll be all
right. They all Of 'em feels this way at
the first start" But "miss" didn't
wait that day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

4. The hungry man longs)to eat and the
gluten eats too long.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
A Partisan Beauty's Revenge.

An English Marchioness, resident in
the Legitimist faubourg, and avoiding
the Napoleonites as g low" gave grand
parties. To one of these an English lady
took, unlimited, a pretty French wom-
an a friend of the Empress. The
pretty woman made herself conspicu-
Gus by her pettiness and hirtations, but
the Marchioness found out who she
was, and was disguised. She said to
her:
- am so conscious of the honor YOU
have done me in visiting me that dare
not expect repetition of the unex-
pected compliment
The pretty woman grew pale, but
smiled, and ordered cavalier to order
her carriage. The pretty woman was
clever, and finessed a revenge. She
bribed the Marchioness' femme de
chambre to give her list of guests in
vited for the next soiree. Armed with
this she prepared circular note, which
she dispatched to each of the invited
late in the afternoon of the appointed
day: 1.-The Warehouses presents her
compliments to so and so, and regrets
that domestic calamity will prevent
her." etc. She then went to a great
"Mad Doctor" representing herself as
the daughter of the Marchioness, and
acting with the consent of Her Lady
ships family; she represented that her
mother, the Warehouses, was afflicted
with insanity, and her madness was in
the delusion that she was always hav-
ing great parties. For instance, (.
monsieur the doctor would 90 to Her
Ladyship's hotel that evening he would
find her dressed in great splendor, with
the saloon illuminated, adorned with
flowers, and Bullets covered with re-
freshments.
The doctor went, on the understand
ing that he was to obtain the proper
police authority to take the Marhion-
ess to Mansion DeSante in the event of
the representation made to him being
confirmed by his own observation. He
arrived at ten in the evening; he was
the tirst-the only guest; and though
the Marchioness did not remember his
name, she took it for granted that she
had invited him, and was profusely
civil. His manner puzzled and his
questions startled her, and as he grew
abrupt as his perception of her lunacy
became more clear, she was at last Of
Tended and rang for her servants. At
the same time he made the proper init
nation of ispolice authority; and the
end of the story is, that she was taken off
by the doctor in Mysteries, and detained
as a prisoner in his asylum until the
whole truth came out. All Paris was
in roars, and the pretty fiirt was an
heroine forever. Protected by her au-
gust friend, she escaped retaliation
British Warehouses is too grand for
| wit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
The Keely Motor.

THE report of Mr.. j. B. Knight, of
this city, Secretary of the Franklin In
stitute, who has been for several months
engaged in examining the so-called
Keely motor" has Just been made
public. 1t takes ground which, if well
founded, is very damaging to Mr.. Keely
and his motor. The examination was
made on the invitation of the allegedin-
ventor, to the end, as he said, that the
conclusions of the engineer might be
published to determine whether his
claims are Just or not. Secretary Knight
says he was promised the opportunity
of making complete examination of
the motor and all pertaining to it. Mr..
Knights report is long and apparently
conclusive. The substance of it is that
the gauge, graduated to register $4,000
pounds, has been so altered as to make
a small pressure indicate very large
one; that the movement of the engine
was not caused by the motor at all, but
by compressed air, which had been
stored in twelve and one-half gallons
sphere; this was not easily observed, as
there was a confusing number of cocks
drew the observers attention to other
things; there were concealed cylinders
and many other devices calculated to
deceive. Mr.. Knights conclusions are:
That the machine called the " multiple
Gator" with its attachments, including
the so-called reacting Device" are
not capable of producing the effects
claimed, and that their enormous
strength is entirely unnecessary in sus-
tanning the pressure to which they are
subjected, but are rather calculated to
astonish and mislead those who witness
his experiments; that the extreme high
pressure claimed was not produced,
probably in no case exceeding five hun
dred pounds per square inch, and that
the readings of the gauges and weighted
lever apparatus were incorrect; that the
so-called vacuum was not produced by
the condensation or absorption of the
alleged vapor, but by mechanical means,
such as a previously-exhausted cham
Der, or its equivalents; that the sub
stance used and claimed by Mr.. Kelly
to be new vapor of his own discovery
is simply atmospheric air, which had
been previously compressed and stored
up in the various hollow spheres and
other chambers of the apparatus in the
intervals between the experiments.
Charles M. Cresson, M. D., on the re-
quest of Mr.. Knight, analysed some of
the ''vapor," which was bottled up for
the purpose, and found it nothing but
atmospheric air.-Phitadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

the under side of which was a piece of
ferreotype plate clamped on both sides
around the edges by pieces of india-rub-
Der SO as to leave free surface only a
fraction of an inch in diameter in the
middle. Attached beneath this was a
steel point which touched the face of
the wheel. The professor placed a
narrow strip of tin foil covered with lit
tie pricks in spiral circles on the face of
the wheel, fastening the edges with
gum. Then he held a paper funnel
over the hole in the adjustable arm and
turned the crank. The first result was
a succession of wheezy sounds which
nobody understood. The professor ran
the wheel back to its original position
and tried again, slowly this time. Then
was heard quite distinctly the story of
Mary's little lamb in the voice of de-
crepid old man with his mouth full of
water. A third trial, the crank being
turned very fast, elected repetition Of
the story in the shrill voice of an angry
old woman, heard at distance, but
perfectly audible. Another slip was
placed upon the wheel-a virgin one
this time-and the professor talked,
shouted, and sang at it, all of which
was correctly repeated by the instru-
ment afterward. This closed the lect-
ure, but, on invitation, a majority OF
the audience subsequently assembled the
stage, and DIR. Miller kindly gave them
nearer introduction to the little ma
chine. Among other things he took
one of the already indented slips of tin
foil, and while turning it shouted alb
surd orders at it at intervals. These
came out in their proper place at SUBJ
sequent turning, in this style: "Mary
had a little-oh shut up-lamb. Its
fleece was white-give us a rest-as
snow. And everywhere-go to bed =
that Mary went, the lamb was sure tc
go-How's that" DR.. Miller said thai
the machine IN use last night offered 6
fair criterion of the degree of loudnes'
yet attained, but it was expected tha
this would be improved upon hereaf
ter. The doctor tore up the slips of tir
foil that had been used, and distributed
them among the audience. There was
a wild scramble for these keepsakes.-
n Y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Mr.. TennysOn's War Poem.

In a quaintly-written naval history
published about the middle of the eight
zenith century the following account is
given of the action in Flores Harbor,
which is the subject of Mr.. Tennyson's
poem:
"In the year 1891, Lord Thomas
Howard, second son to the Duke of
Norfolk, was sent out with q squadron
to intercept the Spanish plate fleet in
its return from America, who repaired
for that purpose to the Azores. He
had with him seven of the Queen
ships, and as many fitted out by private
adventures. While he continued on
this station, very powerful fleet, which
Philip had assembled in hopes of there
by etfecting Il descent upon England,
arrived in search of him, the King of
Spain being diverted from his purpose
by the necessity of rescuing his treas
ure from the hands of the English. The
Spanish fleet consisted of fifty three
ships, and was commanded by Don AL
phOnsO BassanO, an expert seaman
This attack was so sudden and unlocked
for that Lord Howard very narrowly
escaped falling into their hands His
Vice-Admiral, Sir Richard Granville,
in the Revenge, waiting to take on
board some of his men who were stray
Cling about the country, was sur
rounded by the enemy. In this situa-
ton he fought CALAMITY for fifteen
hours, till, being himself desperately
wounded and his ship much disabled,
he ordered her to be sunk; but the Off
GERS, choosing rather to confide in the
generosity of the enemy, yielded her up
on promise of their lives and liberties;
and Sir Richard was carried on board
the Spanish Admiral, where he died
two days after. The Revenge was so
shattered that she soon after sank, with
200 Spaniards on board. The Assem-
sion, Spanish man-ot-war, and a
double tiy-boat full of men, were sunk
in the engagement. The day after this
action the Platte fleet arrived. So
much do the events of war depend on
contingencies which no human fore
sight or valor can influence; had it ar
rived few days sooner the English
would have possessed themselves of an
immense treasure. Before the Spanish
fleet returned to port they We're over
taken by violent storm, in which near
100 vessels persisted, together with the
wealth with which they were freighted.
In this instance, as in every ether, the SUI
perior skill and dexterity of the English
in nautical affairs is apparent, for
Thomas Towards squadron weathered
the storm, sustained scarce any dam
age, and made prize of several Spanish
ships"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

These United States would be a
most charming country if it wasn't for
liquor. Do you know that in them
5000, 100000 is annually spent for the
stuff And it's the very best fellows.
that are ruined by it, too. Mean men
don't drink because it costs too much.
1t is the generous. good-hearted fellows
that get together to socially drink each
others health-health in poison! These
are the men who fall and are everlast-
ingly ruined by it. l would suggest
that the convivial man, when he goes.
from his home in the morning, carry a
pocketful of cold potatoes; then when
he meets friend, whose health he
wishes to propose, let them each MUNICH
a cold potato. Corn whisky is fever
taken from a death-bed. There is no
more vitality in pint of it than in a
pound oftenpenny nails. From a drink
of whisky man will derive as much
nutriment as horse will from a spur.
and of the same sort.-P. T. Barnttnn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
The Story OF JEFF. Davis Capture.

IT has never been denied that he was
dressed in his ordinary clothing at the
time of his capture, but it is claimed
that over his ordinary suit was worn
articles of female attire, adopted by
him as disguise, with the purpose of
eluding his pursuers by reason of the
immunity from personal arrest and de-
tention usually accorded to women I'M
der whatever circumstances they may
be found, and there can be no more
doubt that Mr.. Davis was so disguised
than there can be that he was captured
at all, and the story of his disguise is
no fabrication or makeup, as has been
claimed days after the capture, but was
related to me within ten minutes after
its occurrence by men whose veracity
cannot be questioned. an Article
by Gen. j. B. Pritchard, of Michigan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27
Down 1000 Feet.

Leaving the hotel Immediately fol-
lowing an early breakfast, next morn
ing, drive of ten miles brings us to
the Grand Canon of the Arkansas.
Disappointment is bitter and feelings
of resentment almost beyond control,
as nowhere can the eye discover the
canyon. In the immediate foreground
the pinion growth is rank and dense;
just beyond, great bleak ridges of bare,
cold rock contrast strongly with the
profusion of foliage hiding everything
beneath from sight, while away in the
dim distance the snow-crowned peaks
of the continental divide are outlined
sharp and clear against the solid blue
of the morning sky. Though grand be-
yond anything we have seen in amazing
extent of vision, the mind is so wrapped
up in the anticipation of full realiza-
ton of the gloom, and vastness and
solemn grandeur of the Grand Canon
as to resent almost angrily the appar-
ent absence. A half-dozen steps from
the clump of pinion trees where the
horses have been fastened, and all
thoughts of resentment, of disappoint-
ment and chagrin, vanish and a very
cry of absolute terror escapes us. At
our very feet is the canon-another
step would hurl us into eternity. Shud-
dering we peer down the awful slopes;
fascinated, we steal little nearer to
circumvent very mountain that has
rolled into the chasm, and at last the
eye reaches down the sharp incline
5000 feet to the bed of the river, the
impetuous Arkansas, forty to sixty feet
in width, yet to us a mere river of mol
ten silver. Though surging madly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

THEY are going to have an artificial
Niagara Falls at the Paris Exposition;
but unless an American is charged fif-
teen dollars for looking at it, and has
his pocket picked by hackman, he
will fail to recognize it.-NorriStOwn
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

at is the judgment of this court that
you marry this girl forthwith-and may
God have mercy on your soul-you will
remain in the custody of the officers
who will permit you to go to Winona to
obtain the license" was the luminous
decision of New Hartford (Minn.)
Justice the other day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

A DISTINGUISHED japanese traveller
in this country writes home: 1.-THE
chief branch of education of young men
here is rowing. The people have large
houses called colleges and the prin-
cipal of these are Yale and Harvard. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

O'LEARY victory almost conpen-
safes for the Chicago fire, which was
caused by the kick of his mothers COW.
which broke the lantern which fired the.
straw which lay in the barn which the
peeler saw which wasn't put out by the
strolling lout and burned the town of
Chicago. - Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

1t is said that sliding down hill was
the direct cause of over 600 deaths dur
ing the last winter. The obvious moral
is-always slide up hill.