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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-22
THE DEMOCRATIC DLSCORD.

jenkins denounces the bulldozing prac-
tees of the southern democrats, and in
that regard expresses the sentiments of
republicans exactly. But the organ OF
the Watertown democracy defends that
policy and says that it ''is in the inter
est Of good government, and to rid some
suffering community of niger or carpet
Dagger domination" Here is want OF
harmony in democratic quarters that is
positively painful. Jenkins and the
editor of The Bulldozer ought to compare
notes and make their stories agree.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-22
BEWARE of IMPOSITION

The prices of our new machines are less thar
those asked by dealers in secondhand rebuilt
and retinished machines, or those selling out old
stock to close up business, many such inferior
and old style machines being offered as new at
reduced prices; beware of imposition and only
buy new machines. There are no new first-claSs
machines offered as low the Family" by
many dollars.
Machines sent for examination before
payment of Bi H.
extraordinary inducement offered to Clergy
men, Teachers Storekeepers, etc, to act as agents
Horse and wagon furnished free. For testimon-
1als see descriptive books, mailed free with sam
pies OF work, liberal terms, circulars, etc. Adj
dress,
'FAMILY" SEWING MACHINE CO.
7o5 Broadway, New York,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-22
General Sewing Machine
Th3 "NeW Home

Retaining all the Best Principles of the "Sing-
err" much improved, combined with other prin-
ciples Of leading Machines, making Machine
capable of a wider range of work, made of bet
ter material, Superior in Workmanship and neat
er in appearance than Machine in the Market
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-22
Eur Clerk of the Court,
EMIL SCHUHRER.

For County Superintendent of Schools,
b G.. L, HUBBS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-22

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
SAD END OF A CLANDESTENE
WEDDING.

A love story with tragic ending Is re-
ported from Cincinnati. For over year o
young Law student there has been paying
attention to a young woman, whose parents
at last looked upon him as an aspirant for
her hand, and were quite willing to give
their consent. The young persons, for
some reason best known to themselves
while taking drive last April, decided b.
60 to justice of the peace and get mar.
ried During the following months the.
kept their marriage 80 well concealed tina
none of their friends suspected it, bu
recently they agreed that coneealment Wa
no longer necessary, and the husband IN
formed his wife that he would go to til,
Justices Office for the marriage certifcat
and would then claim her from her parents
He left her in the best Of spirits, but th.
hour for his return passed, and he did no;
come. At about midnight messenger al
rived with the announcement that he wa
dead In driving under railroad bridge =
passing train Of cars frightened his horse
which ran away, and he was thrown ou'
and killed. Secret marriages almost alway
have some unhappy ending, but few OF
them terminate in SO sad fashion as thi
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
NATURAL BRIDGES.

When caverns in which the streams dis.
appear are Of small extent, and open al
both ends, they form natural bridges.
These are frequently met with now in 10
calities where no water exists. A remark
able curiosity of this kind occurs in the
valley OF Icononzo, or Pandi, in Mexico.
It spans q chasm three hundred and twenty
five feet deep, at whose bottom winds a
small current, the Rio de la Suma Paz, en-
closed in an almost inaccessible channel.
The principal briuge measures forty-eight
feet in length by thirty -ninein width, and is
six and one half feet thick. 6ixty-fve feet
below this bridge is found second, con-
sisting of three blocks, which support
themselves without any adventtious aid;
the central is perforated with hole,
through which the bottom of the abyss is
visible.
The bridge Of Arc, over the river Of
Ardeche, is q natural arch, ninety eight
feet in height, and one hundred ninety 1--WE
in span. The bridge Of veja, near Verona,
is one hundred and twenty-five feet high.
The magnificent rock bridge of Virginia
spans an abyss which separates two noun
tains-an abyss of two hundred and twenty
Ave feet, in the deep obscurity of which
whiten and seethe the restless waters of
Cedar Creek. The marvellous arch Is
nearly one hundred feet in length, and
forty.two feet thick; it is natural curiosi-
ty, which no spectator can survey without
feelings of admiration.
In the Lebanon, torrent emptying into
the Beirut river passes under a natural
arch two hundred and fifteen feet in height,
locally known as the Ainel Laban. A
similar bridge is thrown over the Litany
the ancient Leontes, near Tiar Kuraone,
where the river has tunneled through o
rock upward of ninety feet thick. The
road from Wady Ell Leim to Nihah is car.
ried across this wonderful arch. The arch
over the Dog river, near the Niban el
Liban, is followed out in the solid rock.
1t is ninety feet thick, it's span one hun
dred and fifty seven feet, and the height
Of the lower side nearly two hundred feet
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
THE RAw-RONED NAG.

Horse traders, says the Des Moines LeoG
or, were surprised in this city not lonr
ago because horse which they refused t.
buy ut 1926 trotted under $50, and mad
u couple of hundred dollars for his impe
cunious-looking owner. Graves and few
others were standing out at the corner o.
Third street when rustic appearing ehal
drove up in rickety gig, patched-up har-
ness and banged wagon. Two horses wer
hitched in, and one of them seemed abou'
ready to lie down under a load of year
and short grass. This horse the fellow
tried to sell. He was very hard up an
wanted to dispose of him the worst way
In his recommending he did not forge
that the old horse had ''go' in him. BIT
the lookers-on didn't think that plug coul'
60, and some of them were rash enough to
bet he couldn't 60 a mile in four minutes.
They put up money on it and kept bettinf
on time clear down to $50. The owne.
then wanted to bet $500 that his hors
could make mile on our track In 2:25.
The exceedingly willy horsemen in thc
rrowd got scared about this time and re
fused TO invest any more money, preferrinl
to see how the old nag could 60. They al
adjourned to the fair grounds, where Rus
ticus hitched to an old sulky, drove arouno
few times to timber up, and then got tn
word ''go!" Away he went, like the wine
in cloud of dust by the stand and dow,
the first quarter, passed the half mile IL,
1:22, and never skipped as he came dow,
the homestretch and passed under the wir
in 1:50. The boys haven't got so mucl4
money as they had, but they found out
something
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
The Commonwealth of Maine is max

The Commonwealth of Maine is max
ing great strides in educational progress.
A young lady in a Portland grammar
school to whom was assigned the task of
writing composition which should con-
tain the words diurnal, nocturnal, san
culinary, auxiliaries, lachrymose, perspi-
ration, gustatory, somnolent, indefatiga-
Bile, timidity, oleaginous and farinaceous,
has accomplished her purpose in thrill
ing tale entitled 'sThe Fair Captive of
Castle Nogre." This is one of the quiet
est and most subdued passages: "ARd
even as she unused the clatter Of horses
hoofs was heard along the labyrinthian
avenues of the outspreading park. II
was Juanita's Alphonso de Casa Blanca
and his retainers. Refining in his pranc-
ing steed beneath her easement window
he cried in oIeaginous and farinace0us
tones, Juanita, appear!"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
HUNTING GRAssH0PPEHa.

1t is stated that the project for the re-
organization of the several public surveys
under one or two heads, which viii proba-
bly, become Law during the present SEES
sion of Congress, will, unless special pro-
vision is made for it, abolish the Grass
hopper Commission, which is nominally
cart of the Hayden survey. Professor G.
V. Riley, Chief of the Commission, aSket
last year for an appropriation of $25, 900 t'
enable the Commission to complete it,
work. Congress gave him only $4,000
and he has estimated $4,000 for the wor.
pf the next season, which will be fnal
The Importance of the operations of thi
commission to farmers in the grasshoT
per region can hardly be overestimateL
Much relief hes already been experienced
as result of the studies pursued by tbs
members of the commission into the origD
and habits of these ravenous insects an,
the application Of the means suggested b.
Professor Riley and his associates for De
stroying them. 1t is the intention to fol
low the grasshoppers during the conninl
summer to their native homes in the val
leys among the Rocky Mountains, and il
this contracted area to mako experiment.
with a view to the destruction of the younf
insects before they have gained strength to
start out upon their periodic forage
in more populous and fertile regions fur
tIar eo,3b
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
ALG ER

When Algeria was first colonized by the
French it was intended that it should rival
India and Egypt. Cotton growing was
undertaking, and much money was ex-
pended in encouraging it; but in 1876
seventeen Europeans only were engaged in
it, $50 acres only were under cultivation,
and the harvest amounted to but little more
than 10O,0 pounds. Cattle breeding,
corn growing, and the cultivation of vines
promise apparently to be more successfully
but the development Of all these industries
is impeded by the prevailing system Of
military government In 1877, $4,000
acres were planted as vineyards, and the
total produce amounted to 1850, 600 gal.
Fortunately, also, the dreaded phylloxera
has not yet appeared, on the Algerian vines
As Algeria is SO close to France, cattle
breeding would be far more profitable
pursuit than it ia, were it not for the un-
friendly relations which exist between the
European cattle owners and the Arabs.
Neither has horse breeding made any
great progress, although under the do
minion of the Turks Algeria possessed an
abundance of excellent riding horses.
Once, also, Algeria was well-wooded
country; but now, in consequence of the
reckless destruction Of trees, this is nc
longer the case
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

A negro with skull like unto wrought
iron is hero of the Wilmington IN. C.)
wharves. He was at work unloading
cargo of ice from vessel when cargo Of
ice from vessel when an accident oc-
Cured. The ice was received at door
on the top story of the ice-house and
lowered thence to the ground
foor-a distance of fifty feet. A block
weighing four hundred pounds was about
to be lowered when it Slipped from the
scales and descended with fearful veloc-
ity. 1t struck the crown of the negro's
skull and was shattered into fragments
The man underneath the ice was some
what surprised; indeed, his lower jaw
bone was lamed, if not broken; but other
wise he was not injured.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
ATHRIvING BUSINESS.

In New York, there are NO less than five
male dressmakers. Thay take the measure
Of lady customer, and compose the toilet,
but employ q female assistant to try the
dress on the customer. Not one of these
man. -milliners invents style, but each has
the courage to suggest what may be be-
coming and proper for the occasion, and
for the age and physique of his patrons.
Il is said that men are now employed in all
the large dressmaking establishments Of
New York to cut trimmings. They are far
more exact and economical than women in
this branch of the business.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
A SAD AFRAnE.

A sad affair occurred at Kesrney June
ton, on the Union Pacific Railroad recent
ly, resulting in the death of wel-lnow1
and respectable farmer. A son of th,
cashier of the bank in that place, bo,
fourteen years old, opened the doors LITTLE
earlier than usual, and waited for his father
to come down from his house. The farmer,
who was in town with his wife and five
little children, came into the bank in q
slightly intoxicated condition and asked fo,
q loan of $5. The boy, not knowing who
he WAS, refused, whereupon the farme,
went behind the counter and began TO help
himself The boy became alarmed and
picking up pistol which lay near by ho
shot the man in the eye, killing him ID.
stanuy. - .
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

The Boston Transcript prints this
shameful story: 'In Chicopee, Mass, a
little girl employed in a factory was,
for some slight offense, seized by the over
seer and whirled around like top until
she was dizzy, and, falling, cut. her head
against the machinery. The mother, en-
ployed in the mill, complained. The
superintendent told her that, unless she
withdrew the complaint, she and her
children would be discharged. She re-
fused to withdraw the complaint. She
and her three children were discharged,
and ordered to quit the corporation tene-
ment in which they lived, while the
brutal overseer was fined 81 by the local
court"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

As far as two-thirds of the guests are
concerned, you might Just as well print the
bill of fare of fashionable hotel in Hindoo
as in the broken jointed English and bad
French now in vogue. Not one in dozen
can tell whether they are masticating MAC
caroni.a-la-mushroom-de-la-boot tops" or
chewing away on lot of chicken ivers
left over from yesterdays dinner.
Strength Of mind depends upon sobriety.
Tor this keep reason unclouded by passion.
--PytAageraa .,, ,.-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
MRAENEss PUNISHED BY MALICE.

Some of the boys at Fort Madison cleared
off place on the ice in front of that city
and flooded it for skating purposes. One
Of the ice dealers at that place looked upon
it, saw it was smooth and clear, and pro-
cesded to mark it off for an ice-feld. By
way of getting even with him for taking
advantage of their labors the boys hauled a
barrel of kerosene down there one night
and flooded the rink with 1t. The ice-
dealer never made the discovery, but went
ahead with his harvest, and now has crop
of ice that is highly favored with coaloil
--Keokuk lo,ua) Gate City.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

lars or ngnt;' Tor .'Longnorn ana New
syrup" read 'Lawhon and Newson;" for
drunk and dressed up" read 'dreary and
desolate," etc. When last seen the COM
positor was ten miles from the Black Hills
and still running.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

y immensely swollen front thighs, and b,
the last joint of the antsnna also bein;
swollen It's bee-destroying tendencies ar
the most alarming to naturalists
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

woven book has been manufactured al
Lyons, the whole of the letter press beinl
executed in silken thread Portraits, verse.
and brief addresses have often been repro
duced by the loom, but an entire volur,c
from the weaver's hand is novelty. -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12

A Jersey City man was recently ar
rested for smacking his wife across the
nose with red and yellow worsted
motto bearing the words, "Home, Sweet
Home"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-12
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-14
GEN JAMES p. RRoRNLoK
Nashville Banner.

Gen. JIM Brownlow, who died Satur-
day, elsewhere noticed, was one .of the
kindest-hearted men of the age. He
was the soul of honor, and his affection
knew no bounds His constant wish,
Rince the death of his wife in May last,
& was to die and join her. During the
war he endeared himself to all with
whom he came in contact, whether
friend or foe. Indeed, to nOn-combat-
ant he was no foe. at one time, when
the family of the writer was within the
lines of Gen. Steadman's command and
they were stripped of everything. an
appeal TO Jim brought such assistance
as no one else could have given. He
re-1illed the larder, had corn and hay
brought and thrown into the barn, and
to more effectu&lly screen them made
the house his headquarters. No one
dared modest them while Jim was around
or absent. He so endeared himself to
the family, that it sprung an affection
as durable as life itself. Gallant, chiEal-
rOus and noble, lie lived for others, and
the greatest happiness he had was to
confer favor If the world had more
men in it like Jim Brownlow, there
would be more peace and charity in it
than is TO be seen now.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-14
FROM HANCOCK.
n Epitome Of the Wteeek,s News.

/ An Epitome of the Weeks News
1 BhAcKwATER, Hancock Co., Tenn, :
May 1, 1879. :
To the Editor OF the Morristown Gazette: gs.
Everything now wears the appear
ance of peace 10 Hancock.
The farmers are nearly done plant
ling corn. $500 g5r
There was new piano made its
advent into this county u few weeks
ago, which Clinch, Jr., says is the
6rst one that has ever been 10 Han.
cock. Not so. Junior. We had
them here in ante bellum times,
We don't know of an Illicit distil-
lery now being run in this county,
and the law abiding citizens are
jubilant at the prospect Of peace.
There was a Sunday School Con-
vention, held at Sneedyille on the
26th inst. They organized Sun
day School at Sneedville, and ap-
poihted Col. Doughty delegate to
the Maryville Convention, to be held
on the 10Th day Of May. Your
writer had business to attend to at
Sneedyille the day of the Conven-
tion. On arriving at the outskirts
of town, 1 met a Newman's Ridge
wild cat that had unfortunately
got little too much "moonsbine."
[ made some inquiry as to what had
been done at the Convention. 60"
said he, "they've played hi to-day;
they've sent Doughty to Maryville
to the penitechery (hic) an bopnd
Elder Haskal over to court; so 1
smelt a mouse and skedaddIed." 1
asked him to go back with me.
"No," said he, "Pve been a sorter
sellrn' little whisky, an if l was to
go back they'd git arter me-" |
Sneedville is the county seat of
Hancock county. Itranks with any
Of our mountain towns. Its soil |
produces plenty of corn-beans, &C.,
10 initiate the stomachs of its lazy |
It's streets, decorated |
With beautiful shade trees, exhibit
,he taste of its enterprising citizens.
No mountain town can boast of a
superior school than that taught by
Prof. S. E. Jones. i
Respectfully, -a DICK.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-14
Bible Nicknames.

Several early editions of the Holy
Bible are known by queer nicknames,
occasioned by some curious typo.
graphical errors, of the quaint rem.
dering of the translations.
1t is generally supposed that the
word 'breeches" first appeared in
the edition printed at Geneva by
Rowland Hall in 1860, and which is
commonly called the "BREEcHEs'
Bible. from the occurrence of that
word in Gen. iii, T. E.- rrra.-
More than quarters of cen.
tury before the appearance Of this
edition, however, William Caxton,
the first English printer, published
what may be said to be Bible under
The name of "The Golden Legende,"
which contained nearly the whole OF
the Pentateuch and great portion
ofthe Gospels, and from which the
following is copied: a
"And thus they knew that they
were naked. And they toke 6gge
Lewis, and sewed them togyder for
to cover theyr members in maner
Of brechis.'
AS this book was printed in 1888,
and the first complete Bible'iu Ee..
glish was not printed until 1885, it
was an Iear to an Epglish Bible as
existed for over fifty years. and may
be justly called the first ''BREEcHEs"
Bible, instead of the edition Of 1850.
What is known as the "BUG" BIBLE
was printed in London in 1851, by
Nicholas Hyll. The nickname arose
from the following: Psalm xci. 5.
so that thou shalt not nede to be
afraid for any BaggeS by nighte," etc.
The present reading is "Thou shalt
not be afraid for the terror by night"
etc. lea7e 3saEa1.- ea aa #.s
The ''TREACLE" BIBLE was printed
in 1868 by Richard Jugge. In Jere-
miah viii, p, it reads. rs there no
t1yacle in Gilead ?" In 1909 the
word tryacIe was changed for roSin
hence another edition known as the
"Ros1N" BIBLE, in which the passage
reads, rs there no rosin in GileadP'
The word balm was not introduced
until 1911, and the reading ''Is there
no balm in Gilead?' continues until
the present time.
The "HE" BIBLE printed in Len
don in 1911, by Robert Barker, takes
its niokname from a curious error
occurring in Ruth iii. IS, ''he meas.
ured six measures of barley, and laid
it on her andHE went into the city,"
la the same year 161D another and
entirely distinct edition was printed,
IN which the word SHE was substitu.
ted for the HE above mentioned, and
hence the name "SHE' BIBLE was
given 1t to distinguish it from the
"HE" BIBLE. The wicked" BIBLE
was printed in 1854, and takes its
name from the very funny mistake
Of Omitting the negative in the sew.
enth commandment, making it read
Thou shalt commit adultery
This extraordinary omission 90
cured again in German edition Of
about 1882, so there is a wicked"
BIBLE in German as well as English. |
The VINEGAR" BIBLE appeared
in 1717, and is so called because the
headline of Luke. chapter 20, reads.
The parable of the Vtnegar instead
of the vineyayd. The printer Of this
edition was one ]. Basket, of Oxford,
and because ofthe numerous typo
graphical faults. it was sometimes
called the "Basket. .ftsll of errors.v
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