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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14
THE ICE PERIOD.

lie New York Times says that Prof.
Paige, ofIllinois, in a lecture, declared
that the belief is rapidly growing that the
great ice period which had ground the
rocks into soil has been ascribed to
time too remote in the planets history.
The almost universally y-accepted opinion
had been that the great ice caps has been
formed by climate rendered extremely
cold through changed cosmic relations.
1t was known that the eccentricity of the
earth's path around the sun was subject at
long periods to considerable change, re-
sulting in removal, at times, of the planet
some 100000 miles further than it now
is from the sun. The earth's extraordin-
ary aphelion, added to such alterations as
are attributable to the procession of the
equinox, was thought to have produced
the great ice eras of the past From such
postulates it has been held by divers sa-
wants that man has inhabited the globe
about 100000 years, an opinion from
which Paige dissents as not in harmony
with the drift of contemporaneous
thought. During winter,in the Northern
Hemisphere, we are $4,000, 900 miles near
er the sun than during summer, which
tends to e1ualize our climate, rendering
winter much milder and summer less in
tense than they would be were the condi-
tions reversed. In the Southern Hemis-
phere the opposite is true. There people
being nearer the sun in summer and fur
ther off in winter, have cold winters and
hot summers. At the South Pole the ice is
vastly in excess of the ice at the North
Pole, and attracts, therefore, the waters
Of the ocean, changing the equilibri-
um of the earth S centre, moving the equa-
tor southwark, and drawing the waters of
the North Pole toward the South Pole.
This explains the evident subsidence of
waters in the Northern, and the compara-
tive absence of dry land in the Southern
Hemisphere. If the ice ages can be traced
to such causes, a glacial period is ap-
preaching the Southern Hemisphere, and
will, it is estimated, reach it's maximum
about $500 years hence The last ice era
in the Northern Hemisphere was probab-
ly not far from $50 centuries ago. Paige
maintains that, if these views be correct,
the ice period will recur in about 16, 900
years in the Northern Hemisphere. Grant
ing the hypothesis, the time of mans ex-
istence on the globe must be conceded to
have been far shorter than has been sup
posed-not more, in all likelihood, than
from 5000 to 10000 years. While the
question is of great Importance sclentifi-
cally, the human family has greater inter-
est in knowing how long it is to remain
on the planet; but even this is of small
concern to individuals.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

FACTS IN A NUTsHELL.-Measure 209
feet on each side and you will have a
square acre within an inch.
An acre contains 4,S00 square yards.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
A mile is $3.50 feet or 1,760 yards in
length.
A fathom is six feet.
A league is three miles.
A Sabbath day sjourney is l, ,155 yards.
This is eighteen yards less than two
thirds of mile.
A days journey is thirty-three and one
eighth miles.
A cubit is two feet.
A great cubit is eleven feet.
A hand lhorse measure) is four inches.
A palm is three inches.
4 span is ten and seven-eighths inches.
4 pace is three feet.
A barrel of -four weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A barrel OF powder weighs twenty-five
pounds.
A frkin of butter weighs ffty-six
pounds.
A tub of butter weighs eighty-four
pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

The proposed ship canal, from the
Baltic to the North sea, will be from the
Bay of Kiel to Brunsbuttel, in the estuary
of the Elbe. Herr Dahlstrom, the engi-
neer in charge of the plans estimates that
it's uniform depth will be 20 feet 8 inches
it's width at the surface of the water, 100
feet; at the bottom, "a feet. By pecu-
liar system of reservoirs and locks the
depth can be increased to 25 or 26 feet,
which will even float the Koenig Wilhelm
the largest German ironclad. The canal
can be completed in six years, and will
cost $18,750,OO0.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

In the published list of Indian supplies
for last year, is found the item, one hun
dred and twenty-five boxes of clothes
pins. As the noble red men never wash
blankets, and scorn clean linen, it is pre-
sumed that these engines of civilization
can be for no other purpose than keeping
them son the line of their reservations .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

Shipping wine to Germany is like car
rying Goals to Newcastle; yet American
enterprise is doing it, and one Of these
DAYS we will send ice to the North Pole.
A vessel is now loading at San Francisco
with 100000 gallons of wine for the Ger
man market, the first large shipment OF
the kind ever made thither, but which
will soon be followed by other consign-
mentS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

The party of the socialists is ON the
decline in Chicago. Two years ago, they
polled over 10000 votes for their candi-
dates. Tuesday, they polled only 1901,
which is hundred or two less than they
polled last fall. 1t may be set down as
fact that the adherent socialistic voting
force of the city does not exceed 4,000,all
told.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

The net Liberal gain the elections in
Great Britain and Ireland up to Thursday
evening was eighty-five seats. A London
newspaper, referring to this, says the
country has not only declared for the
Liberals, but for Gladstone, and that if
any other man is sent for by the Queen to
from ministry, he will have to wait on
he real leader of the Wings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

Several Boston and other New Eng
land capitalists are projecting novel en-
terprise,-the formation OF an Augora-goat
industry on an extended scale, in the
highlands of the Allegheny range, south
of the Potomac river, A basis of $4,000
capital is thought to be sufficient for an
industry comprising 10000 head of An
gOras.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

Boston is getting along in years. Her
two hundred and fftieth anniversary
occurs September 18th inst, and will be
celebrated by parade of her militia and
fire department, and a trades procession.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

Leon Say has been appointed French
Ambassador to England, with special in
structions to negotiate commercial,
treaty between that country and France
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14
Fine Clothing Cheap

Through the separation Of the firm of Schiller
& Son am induced to sell out my entire stock of
goods, extremely cheap and will do SO by the
yard or made up. ] assure my customers and
riends that viii satisfy them now as before, 1
iellver and guarantee good fitting suits Over
'osts Boys Clothing, ETC., in the newest styles
AUG. SCHIFFLER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon and ENamlng 1 surgeon, ,
for Pensions. Office over Bank oi "a'el'o"i Il
building, up stairs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14
HANI.IN q. FORD,

v-,+or+o,vn Lumber Yard. Lumber OF ever!
descrintion. Lath and shingles constanuis en-
t,o,d and for sale at the lowest Market Prlce' at
rhe Milwaukee Depot, WATERFOWL "N'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17
The story of Four Law Students.

In the law Office of John G. Spencer at
Canandaigua, N. Y, in 1872, were
four young law students, to fortune and
to fame unknown. Under the careful
guidance of Mr.. Spencer they were duly
admitted to the bar in 1884, and one of
them at once struck out for the West,
locating at Cleveland. Here he stuck
fast, and while waiting the expiration of
the & months required by the Ohio laws be-
fore citizen of another State can
practice in her courts, he was surprised
by a call from his three fellow students.
They were looking for places to hang out
their shingles. .sWel, one of
you can stay here with me; an
other of You can go further to
this little French village they call De-
troit, and the other can push on to new
place they call Chicago. on the site of
old Fort Dearborn ? After little con-
sultation, this plan was finally agreed to.
The one who went to s'the little French
village" was George G. Bates; he who
went further on was Stephen A. Doug
las, who made. q mistake and went to
Springfield instead of Chicago; while he
who remained in Cleveland was Henry
b. Payne. This was in 1884. The young
man who thus planned out the career of
his three companions was r. 81. Thomp-
son, now of Flint, Michigan, who told
us the circumstances.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17
A Brooklyn Princess.

A divorce suit is pending in Brooklyn
entitled Trice against Trice, the parties
being colored, in connection with which
there are some curious stories. Both
sides claim a decree, the wife, who
is the plaintiff, on the ground of the
defendants unhusbandlike conduct, and
the husband on the ground that when he
married the woman she had husband
living in Africa, no less a person than
the King of the Ashantees. About the
year 1866, tall young black from Africa
found his way to Brooklyn. He could
not speak English, but he acquired the
language readily, and it was soon known
in the Sloan Presbyterian church, into
which he happened to fall, that he was
Albert Agamon, the eldest son of the
Ashantee king. He had heard in his
country of the great world beyond, and
had set out, like the prince he
was, to see it. He was an OBJ
male members of the church, but es-
capped all their snares until the plaintiff
in the present suit, then comely color
cd widow, smiled upon him. He marri-
her, and she became princess. They
lived together in harmony for some
years, and little prince was born, who,
is still resident of Brooklyn. In the
meantime the prince became an ardent
Christian, and was licensed to preach.
After while he was persuaded that
through him Christianity might be es-
tablished among his native people, and
with this as his mission, he set out on
visit to his early home. Upon reaching
the gold coast, he wrote back to his wife
that his father, the King, was growing
feeble and desired his first-born to be
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17

A CANDID DARKEY.-An old darkey,
who had ''put away watermelons every
summer for sixty years, stood in front of
one of our grocery houses cycling pile
of that fruit. The merchant, who sat IN
the door, noticed the wistfulness of the
Africans gaze, and finally asked, 9'Don't
you want to buy one of these melons,
uncle?" "How much you axed for one,
boss?" inquired the African, still keep
ing his gaze on the melon. Twenty
five CENTS . replied the merchant, getting
up from his chair and stepping to the
side of the hillock. "What you glib me
one half fur?" asked the darkey. taking
a step toward the pile. Fifteen cents"
replied the dealer, lifting one in his
hands. ssWhat'n yer sell me slice
fur?" asked Africa Ten cents,' said
the accommodating merchant ga bite
OBJ one?" continued the darkey. Give
cents, answered the merchant, as he
picked up q knife and started to pluck
out piece about two inches square.
tsHold on, boss! Use an honest niggah.
You say you glib me bite for five cents.
Well, sab, if I takes bite oh dat melon
you'll be setin' heah in pow'ful study
an er wond'r rim what come OBJ de bal
ance OBJ it. Now, boss, heah's de two
bits. Der amt muffin mean bout me
when it gifts up to waterlnelons" He
took the watermelons and went off to
hunt the shade Tallahassee Floridan.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17
A FIendish Trick.


The aristocracy of the Tenth Ward
were shocked recently by the report of
the terrible battle between Timothy
Dooley, the chivalrous Fourth street
coal-heaver, and Edward Mulchay, the
genial Jessie street asphaltum-roofer.
The trouble was caused by some insidi-
GUS and black hearted enemy stealing
nest of game eggs from Dooley, and
substituting therefor the tame product
of duck. The game eggs were sup
posed to contain in embryo the choicest
spirits that could WELD gaff. Null
cahy had reluctantly supplied them
at dollar apiece and intimated that they
couldn't be purchased at any price If it
hadn't been for the illustrious union of
the Dooleys and Mulcahys early in the
thirteenth century. aNo Connaught
man could get smell of EN-, Tim, !"
said the impulsive chicken-raiser,
who prides himself on having come from
Cork.
Under the circumstances great care
was taken of the eggs. The incubation
was instrusted to the most sedate hen in
the ward, and soon after her patient
labor appeared to have been crowned
with success. Mrs. Dooley was the first
to notice the exhiliaration of the trust
to Dooley, who was still in bed, recover
ing from the effects of q Democratic
speech in Greenback meeting.
1.-THE chickens are all out, Tim" said
she.
"Glory be to God, was the pious reply.
San how do they look"
"Begor, they look very quare, Tim ;
they're as yellow as Chineyman, an
they've got bakes on 'em as fhlat as o
felounder."
For the first time since the big earth
quake Dooley got out on the wrong side
of the bed and forgot to bless himself.
AS he made tracks to the yard the fantas-
tic carelessness of his attire would have
challenged the admiration of Piute In
dian.
cit bates the DEVIL" said he, as he
pulled out one of the chickens and cast
critical eye on it. Sc It bangs Ban
agher," he muttered, as he pulled out
other specimen, and looked aghast at the
yellow down.
Mrs. Dooley, who was an interested
observer, Clipped in:
What ails thin toes, Tim They've
all shtuck together. What happened
their bakes, Tim? Did the hin sit too
heavy on 'em? Faith, they're the quar-
est looking chickens i ever see. -
s'They're ducks, be hevins,' said Doo-
ley, and he retraced his steps to his bed
room and dressed himself with the por-
tentious calmness of man about to
step down to Pine street and part with
Union Con. on a rising market. The re-
mainder of the story is too easily told.
The victims of the lowest-down trick
that was ever played on the liberal pa
irons of noble sport, unfortunately
met in fifteen minutes by all the watches
in town except those of the Howard
street conductors, which made it six
minutes and half. Said the unsus-
pecting Mulcahy:
Sc How is the clutch of eggs. Tim ?"
Clutch, ye thavin' vagabond, I'll
clutch you r
And he did. Officer McGufy, who ar
rived too late to witness the duel, testi-
fies that from his careful inspection of
the battle-ground he is convinced that
the fight was the iveliest seen in the
ward for ten days backs and that's
saying great deal for it. F.
GhrO,2icL1
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17

THE Uses OF WATER.
for household purposes has been brought
into use at Zurich. Frewood, for ex-
ample, is to be sawn into convenient
lengths for burning. A small saving
machine, on wheels, is drawn by two
men to the front of the house. They
connect it by a flexible tube with the
nearest hydrant; the water flows to the
machine; the saw dances and cuts
up the wood with surprising ra-
pidity. The quantity of water
used is shown by an indicator
affixed to the saving machine A
portable turbine has also been invented,
and employed in many places in the city,
in driving Gramme machine for the
purpose Of electric light. Water is sold
very cheap in Zurich; but there are per-
haps other towns in which this, so to call
it, domestic water-power could be advan-
tageously introduced. A turbine of
about four inches in diameter has for
some time been sold. It's Office is to
work sewing machine. An india
rubber tube is attached to the ordinary
water supply-a similar tube acting as
waste pipe to the nearest sink.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17
Father FarreIl's Estate.

The will of the late Rev. Father Far
rell, of ST. Joseph's church, In this city,
disposed of about $12 800. The broad
ness Of view and tolerance of spirit which
it indicated in the testator attracted at
tention at the time of it's publication.
There was also incidentally aroused
some surprise that a parish priest should
have accumulated SO much money. The
question has been raised by those who
knew Father FarreA only by general
Repatriation, how he could have gained
SO much money from his position in ST.
Joseph's parish. The answer to this
question is that he did not SO gain it, and
in the mercantile sense of that word he
did not gain it at all. It was given to
him. His friends, including the trustees
of st. Joseph's church, desire this to be
understood, in order that his true char
acter may be made plain to all.
The property was given to Father Far
rell in Alabama State bonds by personal
friends, who were not of his faith, when
the bonds were not of as much value as
they are now. The basis and true reason
for the gift was Father Farrell's love for
his country. Although he was educated
in Southern State, he was warm sup
porter of the Government. In the dark
est in upholding the union. His patriotic
impulses led him to the front, where he
labored in hospitals and on battle-felds.
The gift was made SO delicately that an
effort, made yesterday, to learn the names
of the donors or the occasion of the pre-
sentation, failed, though inquiries were
made of friends who were long intimate
with him.
To show Father FarrelIs confidence in
the Government and his sense of duty
toward it, the following is told: A friend
came to him indignant because debtor
had insisted on paying him about $50, :
600 in United States paper money, then
newly made legal tender. He wanted
to know what Father Farrell had to say
about that. The priest told him that the
transaction was past, and that it was idle
to say anything about it; ssbut," said he,
ST can tell you what to do with it. Give
it to Uncle Sam. Buy fve-twenties with
it." A second time his friend called with
repetition Of his grievance. A second
debtor had put off about $50, 900 of the
new legal tender on him. Again Father
Farrell advised him to buy five twenties.
He shook his head and went away. A
third time his friend called on him; this
time to tell the priest to take the $50, 900
and keep it for him. He did not know
whom else to trust in those times.
ssNo," said Father Farrell; 81 don't
want it; but if I should take it, should
let Uncle Sam have every cent of it,
Again the friend shook his head. "You
won't let Uncle Sam have any of my
money" he said.
It was not long afterward that the
friend made fourth visit. He came TO
tell Father Farrell that he had invested
the $4,000 in fve-twenties. This, of
course, proved very profitable. 1t is
said, however, that this friend was not
among those who made Father Farrell
the gift referred to-N Y. San.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17
Bound to Boss the Funeral.

A policeman who was beating through
sKaintuck" one afternoon, was halted by
little negro man who had business in
his eye and both hands tightly clenched
as he said:
"Say, boss, am you gwine to be round
yere to-morrer afternoon?"
eyes, I suppose So"
ssWaal, dar's gwine to be the power
fullest fuss up yete dat ole Kaintuck
eber saw, an you'd better hev about six
par o. handouts an shackles ready
"Why, what's the trouble now?"
s'Truble huff, sab. You see de old
man linking, round on nlinoy street,
am gwine to die afore night. OATS settled
fur shuah."
Eyes"
tWaal, de ole man has axed me to sort
O. boss de fun'ral 'rangements, kase he
knows I'm solid on sich fngs. Ize
tended to fun'rals SO long dat Ize got de
hang of em, you see.
eyes"
ssWaal, dar's Dekun Allen. ibin' ober
on Calhoun street, one of the most
pompous Africans in Detroit. just as
suah as q black man shufles off de coil
anywhar' aroun' 'heah de Dekun' he allus
wants to boss de fun'ral bizness. !"
ssDoes, eh?"
ssHe does, sab, an he's de poorest
han you eber saw He can't start a
hymn, nor make any sort o. speech on
de shinin' qualities of de late deceased.
Why, what dye spose de Dekun got off
ober heah on Clay street at a fun in
Jinuary?"
g I can't say
g Why, he said dat man cometh up
like flower an am cut down. De de-
ceased wasn't a,man at all but q girl, an
de ideah of flowers coming up in Janu-
ary Sich ignorance, sab, needs re-
buke"
"Well. what about this fuss to-mor-
row."
''Waal, sab, Ize been requested to boss
dat fun'ral. I'ze bin requested by de
VERY man who am gwine to form the
subjeck of the sad occashun. De Dekum
will be ober dar as usual, putin on scol-
lops an tellin' folks to stan back and SO
on. He'll swell up an walk round wild
his hands benin his back, same as if he
owned de hull street, an same as if I
wasn't knee-high to clothes-hoss.
"Well?''
s.Well, sab, dar will be rekonter
between de Dekum an myself. De very
mint dat he begins to swell up I shall
shed off my Sunday coat an purceed to
mangle him widin two inches of his lifel
I'll do It'll do it, sab, if I have to go
to State prison fur a tousan' y 'ars.
7 wouldn't.
But will, sab Ize gibben you far
warnin', sab, an if you am not on han
wild q one-horse wagin' to convey de
body of de Dekum to his late home it
won't be my fault. OATS all, sah-ex-
cep' dat I strike with bout fists to once,
an dat de pusson struck at soon pines
away an dies. Good day, sab. - Detroit
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-17
FYoU RNEW.

oh, If you knew how very sad and lonely,
How drear. how homeless in my house am /,
Sometimes adown the street, for that thought
only,
You'd Just pass by.
Ifyou but knew the thoughts that germ and
grow
And blossom in sad hearts, with one bright
One look up to my window you would throw.
AS II BY chance.
And IL YOU knew to the sick soul the healing
That comes from the mere presence OF an
You'd rest moment meath my doorway, feel
For lone brother.
But II you knew loved you, II You kneto it,
With what love, how deep, how tender. dear,
You'd come-your very heart would make you
Straight to me here.-Anon.