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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

Colllnson, in search of Sir John Frank
lin, and he certainly has in his posses
sion one of the Arctic medals given bv
the English Admiralty to all persons
engaged in these Polar expeditions
from 1918 to 1866. In September Of
that year the Investigator reached a.
land which Captain Mcclure named
Baring's Land and three days after
other land, which he nam ed after Prince
Albert, where about the last Of the
month they were frozen in.
While in the last land named the ex-
plorers observed many wild geese and
other water fowl flying southwark.
Some Of the geese stopped at the place
where the ship lay, and several were
killed by members Of the crew. In the
crops of some of these geese he recol-
lects to have seen O. considerable guam
tlty OF grain such as the new cereal Of
Surprise valley is said to be. AS no
such grain is known in the temperate
zone, and as we have no account of
grain of the kind being found in any
known region Of the world, he is of
opinion that these geese obtained it in a
region lying about the open polar sea.
He says no man has yet gone so far
north, but he has found wild geese and
other water fowl flying still farther to
the northWard. All the geese are IN
doubleday vending their way to we'll
known stopping place far to the north,
there must be something for them to
feed upon at the point where they stop.
AS wild geese live no more on fish than
do tame ones, there must be in the
country which they go grass and other
vegetation similar to that found in
temperate regions. The wild geese that
halt on the Pacific coast make the grain
fields feeding places, and it is not likely
that in the land about the pole their
nature is SO changed that they feed upon
moses or fish.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
What Georg: Washington Did Not
KNOW.

We don't like to be irreverent, but
would like to ask what did our fore
fathers know? What, for instance, did
George Washington know? He never
saw steamboat; he never saw o fast
mail train; he never held his ear to q
telephone; he never sat for his picture
in photograph gallery; he never re-
celved a Geographic dispatch he never
sighted krupp gun; ne never listened
to the "tizz' OF an electric pen; henever
saw pretty girl run sewing machine;
he never saw self-propelling engine
go down the street to 81 fire; he never
heard of evolution; he never took
laughlng-gas; he never had q set of
store-teeth; he never attended an inter
national exposition; he never owned q
bonanza mine; he never knew "Old
Prob" he-but why 60 on? No; when
he took an excursion it was on a flat
boat. When he went off on a train it
was q mule train. When he wanted to
talk to a man in Milwaukee he had to
go there. When he wanted his picture
taken it was done in profile with a piece
OF black paper and a pair of shears.
" ASiA 'iS Soop Viz ICtuIllo HUH DdCK
counties they had to be brought in by a
man with an OK cart. When he took
aim at the enemy he had to trust to q
-barreled old flint lock. When he
wrote it was with a gOose-quill. When
he had anything to mend his grandma
Their did itwith darning-needle. When
he went to a fire he stood in line and
passed buckets. When he looked at a
clam he never dreamed it was any rela-
ton of his. When he went to q concert
he heard a cracked fiddle and an insane
clarlonet. When he had tooth pulled
he sat down and never stopped yelling.
When he got out Of teeth he gummed
his vlctuals. When he wanted an in
ternational show he sent for LAFAYETTE
and ordered his friend up from Old Vir-
gina with the specimen carefully label
ed IN bottles. When he once got hold
of a nugget Of gold from an Indian chief
he felt rich. When he wanted to know
anything about the weather ne consult
ed the grounding or the goose-bone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
An Interesting Theory Developed by the
Wild Geese. ...

The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says: About four years ago a farmer
of Surprise valley found in the crop Of
a wild goose small quantity of grain,
the like of which he had never before
seen. He planted this, and it grew.
producing more than hundred fold.
The straw and beardless head are said
to resemble wheat, while the grain looks
like rye. but it is twice as large. The
farmer has now many bushels of this
cereal, and has sent samples of it to be
planted in various places in California.
An old sailor of Virginia City, after
reading an item which has been going
the rounds of the papers in regard to
the new cereal, finds his memory re-
freshed. 1t brings to his recollection a
circumstance he had almost forg often.
He has thought it out, and is now firmly
of the opinion that there is an inhabit-
able land at the North Pole. The old
man says he was one Of the crew of the
Investigator, Captain Mcclure, which
sailed from England in 1850, in comm
pany with the Enterprise, Commander
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

Just before one pumpkin would be fin-
ished by the hungry old Greek, another
would come stealthily down the grassy
slope and up plump to his feet. 1t was
some time before the astonished and
now thoroughly-enraged keepers dis
covered the source from whence came
this seemingly inexhaustible supply of
golden tid-bits for an elephant, SO tooth
some to this one, the lord of their cara
van.
Soon the pale CLEANS of the morning
disclosed to them their Jonathan"
"Yank" and "Greeny" OF yesterday, and
they were obliged to confess to them
selves and to each other that he had the
best of them now They looked around
over the broad, rich fields and at the
big barns, and wondered were the latter
filled with pumpkins. They straight
way implored Farmer Swift to feed the
elephant no more. To this request he
acceded with q twinkle in his eye, for
now ran up from the roadside bushes,
from corners of the fences, and came
down from the tree-tops and out of the
houses and barns, troops of hurrahing
boys and girls, each with a cream
white, succulent ear of sweet corn, and
showered them in a pile before the de-
lighted Ajax.
At this iuncture the old fellow HIM
self seemed to enter into the spirit of
the fun, and at intervals, while crushing
the tender ears of corn and uttering his
soft notes of delight, he went through,
what he could in his harness, with his
manual of feats and tricks, as if to re-
ward his young friends for his unex-
pected though very acceptable COLA
ton.
The caravan men were quite angry,
but they could not help themselves I'M
til the heap of corn had been eaten, and
the boys and girls, young men and
maidens, and not a few fathers and mo-
theirs, had inspected the large line of
Gagged wonders, down TO the monkeys,
the birds of paradise and the anacondas.
Farmer Swift had modified the men
before the caravan had resumed its
way. for he had quietly ordered his
hired men to milk the COWS, and his
oldest son to gather bushel- basketful
of 'early harvests," and as the rich,
hearty beverage and the large, spicy,
mellow apples were passed around to
the not long ago irate keepers and
teamsters, they acknowledged both the
corn and the pumpkins, and lighting
their pipes, good-humoredly went on
their way, and the rattling, rumbling
caravan, headed by old Ajax, soon dis
appeared. American CuHiuat0r.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
THE INVISIBLE LAND.

There was land that lay beyond my sight
For which | vainly searched the great earth
through,
Thther. right often. my companions few
At daybreak. or at nOontide, or at night
And never came again. | took my fight
Explored all portions of the globe, yet grew
No nearer where that mighty retinue
Had fled into the stately fields of light.
But once, when evening her dusk sails had spread.
And | was sleeping, a swift dream came o er
Ny spirit, and in it rising said: .
Now is the country mine, long sought before!
And one | heard lament that was dead:
and 10. the land stretched just beside my door.
--AHGTe2U b. SdTf0a, IN ScrjbneF for october.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
New York Graphic, Oct Il
q event fnreshadOMed in q |.

An event foreshadowed in a letter
written to the Graphic from Saratoga,
some weeks ago, has just taken place in
the marriage Of Miss Letitia Wilt Ran
dell, Of St. Louis, to Cornelius x. Gar
rison, of this city. This is a case of
May and December, for the bride is
quite young and Commodore Garrison
must be nearly three score years and
ten. Miss Randell's father is wealthy
resident of the southwest, who spends
most of his time at the Windsor Hotel
In this city. Commodore Garrison is
only seen in public when in town, as
rule, during his afternoon drive, and
the open carriage, with its stern visaeed
chief occupant, sonbre trappings and
footmen in mourning livery, will be
none the worse for the presence of a
youthful mistress. The ceremony,
which took place on Thursday, was per-
formed by the Rev. Robert Russell
Booth, d. D. "Gath'' wrote in these col
umns. under date of July 80:
The piece of rumor most current
here is the belief that Commodore Gar
rison, who is worth S10,O 100000 to 800
100000, is to marry Miss Randell, ofSt.
Louis, the daughter Of an old friend of
the commodore in the fur trade there.
Commodore Garrison is near seventy,
it is said, and suffering from lameness,
at one time thought to be paralytic.
He has d strong nature, however, and
under the careof DIR. Gage, of Saratoga,
is looking better. Miss Randell is one
of two sisters, blonde and black, and is
the dark one, a tall, slender young lady
Of black eyes and pale skin, apparently
twenty to twenty-five years of age. Her
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
Pen Picture Of Bismarck.

Thus looked Bismarck during his re-
cent speech on socialism: Gas he raised
his eyes for the first time, and contract
ing his bushy brows into frown, looked
round the house rapidly, as though
taking stock of his foes, his face wore an
angry look, that BODIED evil to those
who should cross HIM during the days,
proceedings. Judging from his appear
ance as he subsequently stood up whilst
speaking, it seemed that he had added
stone to his weight since last June,
and that his health is still far from what
his friends must wish it to be. His de-
livery is more broken and spasmodic
than ever; he struggles obviously with
some difficulty of breathing, and is
obliged to pause from time to time
(even IN the middle Of sentencel ap-
parently to gather strength or to con-
troll his temper. His hands are hardly
at rest for a moment-either they are
twisting a huge lead pencil, brushing at
his cuffs, or clutching at the shining
breast-buttOns of his dark cuirassier
tunic. But his gray eyes are as dark
and fierce as of yore, and his voice, at
moments of paramount excitement,
rings out as detiantly and menacingly
as ever. Altogether he is the most re-
markable incorporation imaginable of
conscious power and restrained passion,
and it is not to be wondered at that
weaker natures positively cover before
him when he is in one of his reckless
and desperate moods. u,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

family is an estimable one, Mr. Randell
having constructed some large buildings
III ST. Louis. The discrepancy Of age is
softened by the fact that the commo-
dore was always ladies' man. His
gallantry when he hands the lady to
her carriage and sits by her side until
near eleven o'clock on the Grand Union
porch, is an example to young fellows.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

AN Omaha man named loft writes to
the Sioux City, Iowa, Journal demand
ing the retraction of the statement that
he has become the happy father of
girl-baby weighing twenty-five pounds
He says the child weighs only twenty
four pounds and fourteen ounces.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

A NEBRASKA minister preached an
hour and three-quarters last Sunday,
and by that time the pews were about
emptied, and, as the last worshiper
collared his hat and slid out,
the disguised preacher asked the choir
to sing Nothing But Leaves. Boston
Globe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

REV. N. BJERRING, pastor Of the Rus
sian church IN New York city, has been
crowned with a tall pink hat, called the
kamilafka, sent from Russia, and in
tended to give him precedence in rank
over the regular clergy. There is one
Russian priest besides Father Berring
in the United States, and he is in San
Francisco. In Sitka, Alaska, there are
several Russian chapels and priests.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

THE country boy hammers the shucks
off the walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts
and hazelnuts drying on the wood-shed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

THE volcanic activity of Vesuvius has
greatly increased.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
The Popular Loan.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHING TON
ID. c., January 10, 1S7S.-The Secretary of
the Treasury hereby gives notice that from
the 26th inst, and until further notice, he
will receive subscriptions for the per cent.
funded loan of the United States, in denom-
nations as stated below, at par and accrued
interest in coin. The bonds are redeemable
after 30 years from July list, 1877, and bear
interest payable quarterly, on the first days
Of January, April, July and October of each
year, and are exempt from the payment of
taxes or duties to the United States, as well
as taxation in any form byor under State,
municipal or local authorities. Subscrip-
tions may be made for coupon bonds of
$50, 500, $500, $1,000, and for registered
bonds of $50, 500, $500, 81 900, 5000 and
$4,000. Two per cent. on the purchase
money must accompany the subscrip-
ton; the remainder may be paid
at pleasure of the purchaser, either
at the time of subscription or
on the amount of subscription at the rate Of
4 per cent. per annum to date of payment.
Upon receipt of full payment, bonds will be
transmitted free of charge to subscribers
and commission of One-fOurth of per
cent. will be allowed upon the amount Of
subscriptions, but no commission will be
paid upon any single subscription less than
81 900. Forms of application will be fur
nished by the Treasurer at Washington, As
sistant Treasurers of Baltimore, Boston,
Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New
York, Philadelphia, st. Louis and San Fran
cisco, and by the National Banks and bank
ers generally. Applications must specify
the amount and denominations required,
and for registered bonds the full name and
Post office address of the person to whom
the bonds shall be made payable. The
interest on registered bonds will be paid by
check issued by the Treasurer Of the Unit
ed States to the order of the holder, and
mailed to his address. The check is paya-
BILE on presentation, properly indOrsed, at
the office of the Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurers of the United States. Payments
may be made in coin to the Treasurer of the
United States at Washington, or Assistant
Treasurers at Baltimore, Boston, Chicago,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York, Phila-
delphla, 81. LOUIS ana San franclscO. 10
promote the convenience of subscribers, the
department will also receive in lieu Of coin,
called bends Of the United States, coupons
past due, on maturity within thirty days, or
gold certificates issued under act of March
3, 1868, and National Banks will be desig-
mated as repositories, under provisions Of
Section 5, 1913 Revised Statutes of the United
Stotas RI raoai ve deOoSits IN account Of this
loan, under regulations to be hereafter pre-
scribed. (Signed JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
Our Border Troubles Gov. Hub
bard to President Hayes.

Gov. Hubbard has written a three
column letter to Mr.. Hayes on the Rie
Grande border affairs. He goes into
details of the causes of the Mexican
raids, and gives history of the same for
the last 20 years, including Cortina's
capture of Brownsville in 1859. The
Governors charges are:
First-It has been a depredatory war.
Second-That the Custom House officials
have been murdered, Custom Houses taken
and robbed, Post -offices robbed and burned,
hundreds of citizens killed, and some tor
tured. VIM. Mcmahon, for instance, had his
legs cut off and was forced to walk on the
stumps. Murdoch was chained, harrow
placed on him, and he was burned while in
his own house within five miles Of Corpus
Christi. Women have been made prisoners
and subjected to treatment too horrible to
mention.
Third-Millions of dollars worth Of prop
erty have been taken from Texas owners,
carried into Mexico, and sold in public mar
kets.
Fourth-Mexico has furnished an asylum
for the robbers and u place of deposit for
their stolen goods.
Fifth-The Mexican Government has been
notified many times by ours of the existence
of these evils, but she has not restrained her
citizens, and she refuses to permit the Unit
ed States to break up the hostile bands
which commit these atrocities, and has de-
clared an attempt to do so a cause forwar.
SiXth-She has refused to execute the ex-
tradition treaty by not surrenderisg raiders
who were themselves enemies Of mankind,
by breaking into the jail of Starr County,
releasing prisoners therefrom and MORALLY
wounding our peace officers, and by turning
loose prisoners under indictment for MUIR
der i'm Texas, and regularly demanded by
our Commissioners of Extradition.
Seyenth-She has afforded an asylum TO
Indians, and permitted them to use her ter
ritory to set on foot expeditions TO invade
the territory of the United States and TO
urge savage warfare upon the people Of
Texas, including within it, scope every age
and sex. Children have been captured in
Texas, carried into Mexico, and held a.
slaves.
Gov. Hubbard asserts that Texas does
not want war, but simply protection
from Mexican violence. He charges
that the San Elizario mob who shot
Howard, Mcbride, and Atkinson to
death was composed largely of Mexican
citizens. The Governor recites the hor-
rible massacre, and says, "Mexico
should make amends for the crimes
committed BY her citizens"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02

THIRTr-sEvES years have elapsed since the
introduction Of Perry Davis Pain Killer TO the
public, and yet at the present time i Is more
popular and commands a larger sale than ever
before. Its popularity il hot conhned 10 this
country alone: ali over the world it beneficial
effects in curing the Ills that fesh i beir
to- are Acknowledged and appreciated and
a. Pain Killer it, fame IL limited 70 no cum
tn, sect or rare, has never been equAled BY
sny medicine in Europe or America IL is sold
by all medicine dealers
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02

Page 4 Sprague, wholesale dealers in
glass, paints and oils, Chicago, have sus-
pended, with liabilities largely in excess of
assets.
The Buchanan Bank of st. Joseph
No., has closed its doors on account of a.
temporary embarrassment, MS is claimed. 1t
Is believed that all depositors will be paid in
full
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02

WOMEN DISPUTE about other matters, but
all agree on the merits of DooLEY's YEAST
POWDER as par excellence the best of all. Gro
GERS throughout the country keep it, and find
it gives supreme satisfaction. BY using 1t the
housewife is sure of delicious bread, rusk
rolls, biscuit, buckwheat cakes and all the del
icacies made from -four
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
CIifford,s Febrifuge, or Fever and

Clifford's Febrifuge, or Fever and
Ague Cure.-This preparation is obtained
by newly discovered process, and contains
all the active medicinal principles of East
India Cinchona BARI, grown on the Neilgher-
nv hills, from which all the irritant proper
ties have been eliminated. IL Is Natures
own remedy for all diseases arising from
Malarial poison. Palatable, Powerful, Anti
periodic and Tonic, it never fails TO cure
Fever and Ague, Dumb Chills, Conge.tive
Chills, Bilious Fever, Periodical Neuralgia,
and all diseases of Malarial origin.
J. c. RICHARDSON, Prop'f,
For sale by all Druggists. 81. Louis.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
Veg. tine Is sold by All Druggists.
A Table Book and introductory Arithmetic,
BY LYDIA MA:

This little book is the hest in use for beginners In the
study Of Arithmetic 1t kes the learner through Long
Division, and in its carefully prepared questions AM OK.
for the scholars complete mastery Of this department Of
knowledge. 1t, in fact exhasts the subject anu no
It for another 1t has also the additional recommenda'
tons of being small and inexpensive. Apply to the a,l.
No charge made for postage in mailing the books.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
REORGANIZATION Quickly Cured.

"Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
te,ndl Medicine, will positively cure any case Of
rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price 81 a
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular
to Helphenstine & Bentley, Washington, d. O.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02

SUFFERING cured BY Bates Appliances send
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motber.. Mothers. Mothers,

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