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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
a Hot Race with Smugglers.

For some time past the customs
officers have been on the look out down
the bay for smuggieIs, as it was known
that large numbers Of cigars were
brought into port without paying duty.
Inspectors jackson and Nevlns watch
ed the Havana steamers, and they
hired an ordinary, small but fast tug.
About 3 o clock last evening they we're
moving slow y down the bay off Fort
Hamilton. The steamer Niagara, from
Havana was coming up the bay, and
soon the officers saw small boat shoot
ont from The Staten Island shore to
the side OF the steamer Then they
saw large number of packages hur-
rledly hulled off the steamer aud inte
the boat. This was enough for
the officers, and turning on full head
of Steam, they started in hot pursuit,
There we're two men in the row boat.
aud when they saw the tug was head.
ing for them they strained every nerve
at their oars. The spectacle was most
CAoltiuS ouc, dAu Tue TOW-DOaC ruSnRA
through the water towards the Staten
Island sLore at more than racing speed.
Steam was more than a match for mus
Gle however, and the tug overlook aud
captured the boat and the men wheu
they were within fifty yard OF the shore.
be men surrendered and gave their
names as John Canton alias Boots"
and Patrick Gerety. In the boat were
found packages containing $4,000 of
the finest Havana cigars. The whole
lot was seized, and the prisoners were
arra;gaed before United States Con-
missioner Shields to-day. CANTON was
held in $4,000 and Gerety in s3 900
bail for examination. 1t is said that
Caution has been arrested several times
already on charges of smuggling. The
prisoners were taken te Ludlow Street
Jail. 1t is thought that these arrests
will lead to very important develop
ments and break up a big ring of SNUG
glers. Action will be taken by the
United States District Attorney to
hold the steamer Niagara responsible
for the smuggling.-Ney York Gre
phic lst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
A Tiny Baby.

Fair6eld's greatest curiosity just now
is the little daughter of Dr. and Mrs
j. :. LoweIl-heretotore mentioned in
.he Ledger-and vertabe mite of a
hing she is. The day of her birch
she weighed about p pounds, and now
although she is more than 10 weeks
old. weighs scarcely 3 pounds. Our
reporter had no idea what a three
pound baby looked like, so he gave
the little stranger call to see for him
self and tell his readers. In height,
or rather length, the little girl meas
ures nearly sixteen inches, is not at al
feshy, is we'll formed. and, indeed
rather pretty child, and shows the
ordinary intelligence Of babe of her
age. We are not possessed of an uo-
common y large hand, but ring tina,
fits our smallest finger Was passed over
the child's hand to the elbow. It's
wrist is abou. the size ola lead pencil,
and we believe we have seen rye straws
which were as large as its fingers. Its
foot is not as large as our thumb, and
its limbs below the knee, about its di-
ameter. 1t has heavy head Of hair,
eats heartily, can cry lustily,sis healthy,
although it has grown but little since
birth. gives every evidence of an unus-
uAl amount of vitality. 1t is. indeed,
a curiosity, and over 400 people have
called on the little one, and this ought
to setat rest any doubt as to her popu-
larity, for we believe no person in
Fairfield was ever honored with so
many callers IN so shor: time--cer-
talnly one so young. The parents,
we'll known in this city, the father
being practicing homeopathic physi-
can are of medium size and robust,
healthy peope, as are their other two
children. They feel ao unusual love r
this tiny little babe, and bestow upon
it tenderest care, and hope that some
day it will rival in size those who have
been larger in babyhood. -FaTtield
{ (loaoa) Ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

BAPTIZING IN MIDWINTER.-A A
number of journals in New jersey and
Ohio have betrayed grave anxiety oI
mind iu respect to the hardshipa aud
periIs of baptizing in the open air in
cold weather. La particular the enor-
nifty of baplizing persons in water that
could be reached only through an open.
ing made in the ice that covered it, ex-
ci es very live y emotions. 1t does not
seem to have occurred to these orr
brethren Of the press-what is never.
the!ess the authentic fact verified BY
many witnesses-tIlat the suffering In
the cases last referred to is all in the
Imagination of look It seems
to have been forgotten that water
under ice is warmer than the atmos-
phere above the ice. We have person
ally tested the point, and the nearest
approximation to the sensations of a
warm bath in the act Of baptizing
wi,hiR our experience, were felt on a
cold day in winter, in a baptistry form
ed by cutting through more than a
foot of ice. The water seemed tepid.
Boston Wotchman, March 27.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

Governor Van Zandt (Republican). J.
of Rhode Island, was reelected on
Tuesday by a majority Of about $500.
His majority last year was S,2S7. The
Legislature comprises 80 Republicans,
23 Democrats and 6 "no-choice" fel-
lows.
The total no!e of Rhode Island foots
up: Republican 9,7l8; Democrat.
5,516; Greenback and scattering, 377.
The Princess sister of King Alfonsek +
late wife, Queen Mercedes, is dying.
She is II years old, aud the intention
has been to make her Alfonso second
wife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

The Brooklyn Presbytery, which
deplored the undigniied methods OF
Talmage in the pulpit, has itself turn.
ed into literary, if not literal, cir.
Gus.
Miss Florence, the youngest daugh-
ter of the late E. l.. Davenport, who
has adj pied the stage as profession
is appearing this week in Philadelphia.
At banquet given in Colongue on
the occasion of the Inauguration oil
Bismark's statue, $4,000 marks was
collected for the statue of Coun,
Moltke.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

PERsoNAL.-S5eee & Price, Of Chi
cago and st Louis, we are pleased tc
say are among the few who make
perfectly pure articles. Their DR..
P ices Cream Baking Powder aud
Special FIavoriug Extracts have been
approved by the United States Govern
meat.
DELIGHT ALL LOVERS OF SWEET
SCENTS. The Unique Perfumes made
by Or. Price delight, by their lasting
character and refreshing fragrance, all
lovers of sweet scents. DR.. Price
Forget Me-Not Ylang-Ylang. Musk
Rose, Alisfa Bouquet and his o,her
odors, are the most exquisite that Can
be imagined.
The untamed Bourbon who edits the
Oklaloua Southern Stutes is for Thur
man for President, and tells why, as
follows:
Thurman has never Endorsed the
amendments This is the biggest and
brightest jewel in his Senatorial crown
Let the Federal Brigadiers take back
seats in the work of restoration. The
Republic has no further use for the
Lincoln hirelings. By the way, Yam
KEGS. don't it make you feel queer t.
think that we've defeated you fellows
after all, and captured the Capito9
The Irish emigration statistics, com.
piled by the Registrar General. for
the year 1878. show slight increase in
the number of emicrants. The total
for last year was 4l,628, which was
401 more than in the year before.
There we're l 55S less males, and
959 more females. It IS interesting
to observe that of the whole number
who left the Irish shores. no fewer
than 1868 went to Great Britain.
The rest, numbering % .476. went to
tie colonies. Ulster sent forth the
largest number of emigra ants-namely
l6 24O, Those from the other provin-
ces we're: Munster, 1888; Leinster,
1871, and Connaught, 4,680.
KING VS.. HAzELToN. A dispatch
from Madison, dated April Sd says
The report has been circulated during
the last few days that Owen King, the
Greenback contestant of Hon. George
G. Hazelton's seat from the Third
Congressional District Of this State,
has postponed his case to the Decem-
Der session OF Congress, and that
possibly then he might drop the case.
The reason for this course was made
apparent this morning by examining
the official returns from Grant county
in the Office of the Secretary of State,
showing that Hazelton received 100
more votes in that county than was
credited to him, the mistake being
made by the County Clerk aud eau
vassers, who certified that Hazelton ,e-
ceived 3 245 instead Of 3,345 votes,
the number actually cast for him in
towns throughout the county, as shown
by the returns in the column of votes
by towns. Under the law, our Stat.
Board of Canvassers are governed: by
the certificate of the county canvassers
and do not necessarily foot up or pay
any attention to the column Of figures
representing the vote OF the county by
towns. The correction Of this error
will give Hazelton 200 majority. and
Mr.. King has doubtless discovered
that it would be extreme folly to carry
on contest under these circumstances
and will therefore secure line of re-
treat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

The Burlington (Vt) Free Press
says: "Alexander Stewart, OF Proc:
sorsville, the alleged cousin of the late
A. 7. Stewart, has returned to his
wood-pile" !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
AUGUST WIGGENHORN,

EWELER, mas recently opened jew
elry Store in Johnson's oiock, corner
iir and Ist streets, wher :. he will keep
1siantiy on nsnd a large stock OF
atchrs, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Pla-
Ware, sc. Particular attention paid
repairing Watches, Clocks Jewelry, &C.
d war; anted TO give satisfactiun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

fiAMI.IN Il FORD.

WATERFOWL Lumber Yard Lumber
of every description; Lath and
ngles constantly on hand and .for sale at
Lowest Market Price, at the Milwaukee
pot Waterlertowu, WIS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

Secretary Sherman says that the
funding operations of the Government
during the past four months are with
out a PARALLEL in the history of finance,
the saving in annual interest amount
ing to over 100000. The credit
of this, he says. is due to resumption.
without which. aud the restoration of
public confidence, it would have been
impossible to have refunded the debt at
4 per cent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
A. GRITZNER.

SASHION ABLE Barber and Hair Dres-
ser Shop IN Sali.k'S btsemeat, oa the
dge, Watertown, WIS TIE best Of Hair
I useu, warranted 10 hold color for eight
,eks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. LONDON
April 2.-David McIver, one of the
proprietors of the Cunard line, and a
member of Parliament writes that he
does not know Of any nations whose
trade prospects are so gloomy as Great
Britain British exports to the United
States are comparatively nothing in the
volume of value. The balance of
trade is so overwhelmingly against
Great Britain that he sees nothing ex-
cept ruin for home industries, whether
manufacturing or agricultural if the
present state of things is allowed to
continue. The export trade from
Liverpool to the United States is so
small that when the restriction or the
importation Of United States cattle are
removed, it is intended to make tie
outward voyages with water ballast on
ly, ship-owners being unwilling to
scramble for the little outward freight
recently carried as ballast at nominal
rates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
business Goros.
nntp, uL c. z. SKI NNEh
HALL & SKIN n + X,

THOR yEYS and Counselors at Law
N and Solicitors IN ChAncery- nave
: coonpiete abstract OF the recoFnS %
all titles and membranes on reai eS'a'''
in Jefferson county Ohce over lscons'h
National Bank, at the tormer ON e ol
lnos 4 Hall
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

Marriages aud Deaths inserted gratis.
Professional and Business Cards sooo Ne". lima
Rusinass notices in local column " ceu.> ~,
= 6rst insertion. and FIVE cents for. suoseqoen'
advertsements not accompanied with an aIrec..onI
IL, be inserted till 'orbid, and CHAR Se'' ''i
triv
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14
Raleigh & Augusta Airline r r
Company.

CHANCE OF SCHEDULE
10 take effect at 100 a. m. Monday, Nav 10Th 1870
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

1t is very doubtful whether the South has
any great advantage in the possession of a
soil and climate adapted to the raising of
cotton and tobacco as long as she fails to
use her privilege of preparing them for
market. Other nations and countries make
more money than we do out of these ar
tlcles by manufacturing them. The people
of the lowlands, where there are no falling
streams, atfOrdirg water power. may be ex-
cused for not manufacturing cotton. But
we have none, and as to tobacco. we have
to be employed. There ought to be a dozen
or twenty tobacco factories in Warrenton.
We should then hear no more of emigration
to Kansas or to LIBERIA U03yeufon On
zeHe.
Mr.. G.. w. Hinshaw, of this place, has
sent the Agricultural Musuem. in RALEIGH
oats 5 feetNhigh, the average of a 20 acre
held sowed in spring from the farm of Mr..
James Shute. Also sample of orchard
grass43 feet high. the fourteenth crop from
a piece OF land seeded six years ago.. How
is that for Forsyth p Wtnston Leader.
Says DR.. w. C. Benbow, in a letter TO
the Greensboro Patriot: eff you will re-
move all the dogs from the county and
give me three years to stock the uncnltiya-
ted lands within its borders with sheen. 7
Will agree to pay all the county and State
tax of the entire inhabitants for the priv
lege."
Sleeves are now made to fit the arm
tightly, the latest styles showing the arm
above the elbow fitted as tightly as the waist
or shoulders.
AT a Washington wedding last week the
floral horseshoe encircled the wedding cake
instead OF hanging over the brides head.
When an unmarried woman of uncertain
age says she has remained single from choice
she means that she is self-maid.
The uses of adversely may possibly be
very sweet, and yet nobody wishes to find
out what they are.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

The law of North Carolina, unless chang
ed by statute, the Legislature is the old
Common Law of England; and under the
common law dogs are not property. A few
days since a case-on appeal. was tried by
our Supreme Court as to whether or not a
party who had stolen a dog was guilty of
larceny. The Court decided that as dogs.
under the common law, are not property
It was not larceny, which means that anv-
body can steal a dog in North Carolina and
not be indicted for it. Before dog stealing
can become an otfense, the legislature must
pass a statute making their asportation lar
ceny. There is no question about the fact
that dogs are as much necessary, in some
respects, as horses, but we hope, before the
Legislature, which meets in 1880, makes the
taking of a dog larceny, two-thirds Of them
will be stolen.- WdrrentOn Gazette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

The last invention of DR.. Gregory is a
mouse trap which catches them on a bal
ance. He has disposed Of the patent to a
Washington party. This makes the seven
teenth patent the DIR. has taken out-all
useful inventions. By the way, he is the
inventor OF the needle cotton gin,-which
patent was disposed of by him shortly after
the invention and is now owned by the
remington Manufacturing Company, and
could not be purchased for 81, 900, 600. He
is now at work on water wheel, by which
the same water is used over and over again.
and which, if it succeeds as he thinks il
Will, will work q revolution in that line.
All the operator will then need is a we'll or
cistern to draw water from.-Patraot.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

A PREACHER FATLs.-Rev. w. ii. ID.

A PREACHER FAns.-Rev. w. ii. ID.
Murray. known as Adirondack Murray"
from his fondness for the Adiropdack
region as a summer resort, has failed. He
was at one time very wealthy. counting his
wealth by the hundreds of thousands. He
is a great horse-fancier, and undertook to
run a model farm. Lately he bought a
patent for the making of blackboard wagons
of a peculiar kind, and established a com
pany for their manufacture with a capital
of 500. 900. His stock in the enterprise
was $40. 900, and he was made vlce-presi-
dent. He was also publisher of the Golden
Rule magazine
The property has been slipping away for
some time, and Mr.. Murray has been OF
course depressed greatly. His sensational
ism does not seem to have invaded the pull
pit, though it must have seriously impaired
his usefulness there and everywhere. Mrs.
Murray meets the occasion. and has taken
out a degree in a Boston medical college IN
which she studied three years. She pro-
poses to devote herself to the practice OF
medicine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14
Gates Comfy, n. e..

B~ICARBONATE OF SOD IN ~TOOTHACHE.-
Dr.. Dyce Duckworth contributes a short
memorandum on this subject. He was
called on to treat a case of very severe tooth
ache, and tried various ordinary remedies,
including chloroform and carbolic acid,
without any benefit to the patient. He
then remembered having read that the pain
might be removed by holding in the mouth
a solution Of bicarbonate of soda. He at
once gave the patient half a drachm In an
ounce of water, and. to his establishment,
the pain ceased Immediately, and complete
relief was secured. He thinks that, as the
remedy is SO simple, and the disease SO dis
tressing and often intractable, this treat
ment may be worthy of notice and imita-
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14
8be Farm.
Starch and Sugar.

LEAKsv1LLE, n. c., March 18th, 1879.
DR.. ALBERT r. LEDOUX,
Director agricultural Experiment Station,
Chapel HI. n. c.:
Dear Sr:-The present high price OF
D otato starch has started an inquiry among
IN anufacturers a. to the adaptabllity OF the
sweet potato and yam for starch making,
IF all the cotton manufactures, bleach and
dye works used potato starch, they would
consume the product of 25 or 80 million
bushels. l wish to get a statement con
corning the yam and sweet potato as starch
producers. If am correct in my general
idea of our potatoes, it is practicable to
have starch works started in Eastern North
Carolina. Will you do me the favor to
give me the benefit of your views on the
subject, and giving the ordinary yield per
acre, and yield per bushel of starch and
cost, that l may speak by authority.
Yours most truly, j. L. NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

SAVED BY A COURAGEOUS FArHER.-Tbe
Troy (A'a.) Enquirer says: Mr.. j. w. Faulk.
Of Barbour county. while squirrel hunting
in company with his father a few days ago,
was bitten just above the ankle by y large
rattlesnake. He Immediately shot and
killed the snake, and being some distance
from home, he appealed to his father, uhs
promptly applied his mouth to the wound
and sucked it with great force, repeating
the operation several times. BY this means
the deadly virus was 50 effectually extracted
that no sickness or swelling ensued.-Bal-
tin,Ore Neus.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

PRESERVING MILE AND CREAM.-A sam
pie of ''perfectly sweet milk" bottled two
months previously, without condensation or
addition Of antiseptics or sugar, puzzled
the public somewhat at the recent German
dairy exhibition at Berlin, and the Judges
gave it "a very good qualification" The
secret belongs to a Munish chemist.
The 1mel1can Dduymdn also speaks Of
an invention by Mr.. Lorentzens, of Month
cello. Ia, of a process by which cream can
be kept any length of time sweet and pure.
The editor inspected cream that had been
three months, and carried l, 500
miles by rail, exposed to various tempera
lures, and found it to be in good condition.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

THE SALT OUEsTIoN.-We find salt neces-
sarv. and we find it in all food, but in diff
ferent quantities in different localities.
Near the sea coast the common articles
of food contain more salt than those pro-
duced in the interior, because it Is inhaled
with the atmosphere. Therefore it is nee
essary that we should feed more salt to
stock in the interior than we do near the
sea coast. Take a person from the noun
tains of Virginia or North Carolina and
drop him at Norfolk. For a few days he
will salt every article of food that he takes,
but after a while he will forget to salt his
oysters. Why Because he inhales an at
mosphere saturated with salt. Cattle re-
quire but little salt given them within thirty
miles Of the sea coast.
H. HOLMES HUNTER, NJ. d.
Gates COMty, N. e..
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10O.O
1000

l do not know what the average yield Of
the sweet potato in North Carolina is, but
let US suppose it to be $50 bushels per acre.
A bushel will weigh, say, 90 lbs. Hence a
bushel of sweet potatoes will yield S.25 lbs.
starch and 3.77 lbs. glucose. Therefore to
supply the demand of New England alone,
entirely from the sweet potato, would re-
quire at least 8, $50, 600 bushels.
1t has been suggested that should a starch
factory be started, not only would it pay
through the starch produced, but possibly
the natural glucose could be separately ex-
tracted and supply the place of artificial
glucose, which is used in ales, beers, wines,
CONNECTIONS, and-for adulterating sugars
and syrups.
Yours truly, A. r. LEDoUx.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

The Randolph Courier says you may know
times are hard, when you see Gen. Leach
sitting up in the bar reading the Bible and
old man" ). 4. Bulla by his side writing
poetry on the decrease of crime and monev'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14
RICHMOND, VA.

Engines, portable and stationary, Saw Mills. Grist-
&c. Machinery for Gold and Coal Mines, Blast Fur,
we call special attention to our Improyed PORTABLE
Englne, for agricultural and other purnoses. Tho
bolers OF our Agricultural En- zines are provided with
our Patellt Premium Spark Arr .sters, a device Inv which
tne Sparks are forced to pass downward over q raser-
Nolr I water and efectually extinguished without the
kind which affords free access to the boiler t,,bas go
Gleanlng from each end. Also to our new styles small
Locomotives for hauling lumber and other art;c1as 80
sramways and narrow gauge RAILWAYS, P"n
u pest Planters regard our Ginning Engines
III ~ 10 any In use. Send for illustrated catalogue free
tons. ou'ne mstltu-
repair work solicited and promptly done.
ona1tngs, Pnlleys, &C., for Gin Houses.
manufacturers of Jones' patent Tobacco Ruron NJ.
chimes to work by hand or power" lump Nd
z VIM. E. TANNER 4 co.
n. BAUGHAM, Rich Square, n. C.. Gener.,
Agent IN Eastern North Carolina. oeneral
GEN. j. j. WHITEBE.D Ao.,+
RALEIGH. N. G.
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10000

You will see from this analysis that 100
pounds of potatoes will yield 10 pc unds Of
starch and about Z pounds of glucose. The
cotton factories of New England alone use
somewhere between 0 1000 and 10, 900 tons
of potato starch per annum This potato
starch is obtained from the white, or Irish
potato, and to make it manageable artificial
ly prepared glucose is added to it. An in
teresting problem, one which l have long
desired to investigate, is whether or not the
the starch and glucose cannot be simulta-
neously extracted.
An ANALYSIS of the Irish potato is q fol-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14

Furniture Furniture =
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

On hand a fun and complete stock of FURy1rr,
of all descriptions, from the most reIiabI. -"'ilCRE
rers East and West: also of my own MAKE "nnnoiactp.
want Will not be doing Justice to the,nsaly.' arAes Il
liberal di scount TO the trade. F'es. A
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
WILLIAM DAFFROv
1888 Main Str.