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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25
The Velocity of Light.


Professor SIMON NEwCoMB, the emil
nent astronomer and Superintendent OF
the Nautical Almanac, has invt nted and
finished a new apparatus Tor ascertalnlng
the velocity of light, and is making a
series IF preliminary experiments TO test
its parts It's principal parts are two brass
telescopes, eight feet long and two inches
in diameter, placed horizontally st right
angles 10 each other, resting at the angle
and at the ends upon low solid columns OF
brick and stone. One of them is immova
by fixed, while the other swings by means
of delicate screw to the right or lett
through q radius OF one or two degrees. AT
the angle of the instruments stands small
mirror-a square column OF steel, i've
inches long by two in diameter, plated on
its four sides with nickel, mounted top
and bottom upon p'vots so as to revolve
horizontally, and it is to this mirror that
the raw-hide cog-wheel conveys its pow
err Affixed tcsoDe of the wheels is a de-
vice for breaking an electric current, con
automatically the number OF revolutions
of the mirror per second, run by steam
power. A helioscope is placed few feet
distant from the eye,glass of the fixed
telesccr e-consistiug of mirror mounted
upon complicated bearings, moved by
clock-work so that it will follow the
apparent motion OF the sun, rejecting its
rays for any desired length of time upon
a given point The waves of sunlight
thrown from this instrument are brought
10 focus by an intermediate lens upon
the eyeglass of the fixed telescope through
which they pass to the surface of the re.
volving mirror at the other end. To un-
derstand the working of the apparatus,
let IL first be supposed that the revolving
mirror is at rest. The course OF the suns
rays will be as follows: Striking the
mirror of the helioscope, they Will be re.
fected through the intermediate lens upon
the eyeglass OF the fixed telescope, through
the instrument TO one side of the revolv
ing % :rror, thence to the cOncave mirror
across the Potomac, by which they are re-
turned 10 the revolving mirror, and are
finally reflected through the movable tele-
scope to the eye OF the observer placed at
the eyeglass. The point at which this
telescope rests TO receive the suns rays
after they have made their tortuous jour
ney. the revolving mirror being at rest, is
ma1ked zero. Now apply the steam and
set the revolving mirror in motion. 1t
sounds like the concentrated shrek of a
hundred terrified children. Give il 200
revolutions a second, and lis four sides
will throw 800 reflections of the SUMS rays
across the Potomac to the mirror of the
Observatory. Nothing but the shrek in
dictates that the mirror is in motion; it
looks like small polished cylinder The
observer no longer catches the SUMS re-
f1ected rays through the movable telescope
at zero, but swings his instrument to the
right or left, according to the direction IN
which the mirror is made to 1evolve, until
they again reach his eye. Reflections,
following each other with such enormous
rapidity, appear as a single reflection.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

THE Vicksburg Herald is more sensible
than most Of it's southern contemporaries
and does not take stock in the centraliza
ton bug bear, with which DoOLITTLE. has
been trying to brighten the Indianians. 1t
says:
Improvements are going on in the va
zoo, the Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Cold
Water, Pearl and Noxubee rivers in this
state. These improvements are carried on
as general rule by the residents of the
state, and are paid for by the United
States. This sort of violation of state
rights will be endured by our people if it
causes Bourbouism to collapse flue. We
have heretofore occasionally remarked
that the people, on the same principles.
wanted the National quarantine, and we
are glad to be able to say evidences exist
that the intense fear of Uncle Sam swal
lowing his own component parts Is lessen
ing somewhat. Even the sweat on the
brows of the more sensible Bourbon is
drying in, as the years roll by and the
smaller states escape being swallowed
Sensible people see that we are beginning z
to reap some advantages from the Ma.
tional Government, and the opinion grows
that there can be no good ground Of dis
trust between the states and the National
Government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25
Extirpating the Wild Carrot.

d. NJ, writing from GAINESVILLE, New
York, to the Country Gentlemen, gives his
experience with wild carrots as follows:
''Thistles, quack or couch grass and
daises are not to be compared to it when
once itgets possession of the ground. 1t
kills out all grass, and the seeds are so
light that they are waited by the wind
in every direction. About eight years
ago few plants made their appearance
in front of my premises, and soon some
appeared in adjoining fields. They
spread SO rapidly that made up my
mind to commence war upon them I'M
mediately. After heavy rain | pulled
them up by the roots. In two or three
weeks | had a new crop to pull, but as
fast as any blossomed | pulled them. The
second year they appeared aboutas thlck
as the first, but now, after SIX or elgnt
years labor, | can pull all on my farm In
one hour. But the question may be
asked why / have not extirpated them?
1t is because my neighbors allow some
plants to ripen on adjoining land, and
the wind brings the seed upon mine. 1t
is very annoying for any one who has
taken pains to rid his premises of weeds
to find foul seeds or thistles, carrots and
daises brought upon his premises by
winds. | wish that the same law that
compels farmers to take care OF unruly
animals could be enforced III regard to
foul weeds. Large fields and fewer cross
fences will save q good many hours labor
in cutting bushes and weeds. think
the time is coming in our Eastern States
when the arabic land will be in one fell.
and the pasture land i'll another"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

The first American patent for an inven-
ton was issued to Samuel Hopkins, at New
York, July 31st, 1890, for an improved pro-
cess of making potash and pearlash. The
present possessor is E. T. Hale, of Column
bus Ohio. 1t is written on piece of parch-
ment in a round, old-fashioned hand, signed
by George Washington and certified by Ed
ward Randolph, Attorney General, as being
conformable to the act of congress to promote
the useful arts, and it's delivery to the gran
tee is certified by Thos. Jefferson, with the
seal of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

THE New Orleans Times said, few
days ago, that the progressive element OF
the Democratic party in Texas is opposed
to General ROBERTS; that be has too
much sympathy for criminals and too
little respect for the public schools"
And that is the man whom the Democrats
of Texas have nominated for reelection.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

Eighteen hundred and seventy-nine pro.
duced no improvement in drawing teeth
no consolation for the man who has to have
his hair cut; no better method fer breaking
in new boots no new way OF beating q
landlord out of months board and lodg-
ing !; no way of getting along on street
car except to stand up, and no way OF get
ting back small loans. Considered as whole
she was not anything extra OF year, not
even for bad weather.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

A GREAT fire at Eureka, Nevada, Tues
day morning, destroyed most of the bust
ness part of the town, and involved loss
of about 81 900 coo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

THE man who fired at the Viceroy o.!
India, and subsequently was declared in
sane, has recovered his reason, ana will be
brought to trial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25

How TO WATER HoRsEs.-In very cold
weather give one pailful at time three
times day. This is enough unless you
are working them regularly; then give
a little more, but not to exceed four pail
fuls day In warm weather when they
are brought i'll, first sponge out the mouth
and nostrils we'll with cold water After a
few spongings they will wait for 1t TO be
done. Then give them not to exceed one
pailful apiece, and another after feeding,
before commencing work. Don't let them
go without long enough to make them
want more than 4his. If allowed, thirsty
horse will drink too much when warm. A
common 12-quart pail is here referred to.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

that the approaching elections in Eng
land had thus early required the trans
mission from London to the country of
$1o,0OO,OOO, and had been sufficient to
derange temporarily the money markets
of the metropolis. 1t is terrible to think
that under the sway of our venerable
grandmother, the Empress of India,
these dreadful practices can be per-
mitted. We are panied inexpressibly at
the suspicion, which reflection makes al
most certainty, that the virtuous old
lady has wicked partners, who. under
the cloak of royal British respectability,
are likely to bring the Government of
the Imperial Victoria to shame before
the Republicans of America and the rest
OF the world. We would, therefore, re-
spectfully suggest that Mayor Jacob or
Governor Foster cause a copy of our
Seitz Law to be enrolled on parchment
and transmitted to the venerable lady
with a cautiously worded hint that a
Seitz Law in time may save nine-royal
offspring from losing their situations.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
Episcopal Parish Elections.

The election of Wardens and Vestrymer
OF the Protestant Episcopal Churches took
place yesterday and resulted as follows
Christ Church-Senior Warden, Lar7
Anderson; Junior Warden, s. B. Warren
Vestrymen, s. P. Bishop; Frank ]. Jones,
T. r Mitchell, Col. N. H. Mclean, w. G.
Bare, Capt w. P. Anderson, Ed. H. PEN
dleton, A. H. Gere and E. Worthington.
st. Johns Church-Senior Warden, W.
J. M. Gordon; Junior Warden. 7. H. c.
Allen; Vestrymen, 7. P. Baldwin, J. H.
Hibben, w. H. Hoover, G. A. Farnham, A.
I. Goshorn, Col. A. L. Anderson, w. G.
Compton and J. H. Michener.
St. Pauls Church-Vestryme G. H.
Barbour, R. A. Dykins H. D. Huntington,
Rufus King, George T. Stedman, ]. r. Me-
grue, R. Macready, Edward Boyd. A. R..
Ringnalt, G. f. Bradley, Eugene thinner
man and A. H. Bugher.
Church of the Advent, Walnut Hills
Senior Warden, ]. L. Stettinius; Junior
Warden, w. A. Goodman; Vestrymen,
George Stribley Samuel Underhill E. O..
Hurd, John c. Reno, G. H. James, Henry
Lewis F. X. Reno and N. L. Anderson.
Church of Our Savior, Mt. Auburn
Senior Warden, George P. Bassett: Junior
Warden, Hartley T. Proctor; Vestrymen,
b. T. Lea, William Worthington, H. H.
Breneman, William A. Hall, R. H. Gal
braith, F. L. Frazer, E. Cherry and Frank
w. Smith. .fa.
Calvary Church, Clifton-Senior Warden,
Geo. X. Shoenberger; Junior Warden, A.
G. Neave; Vestryinen, R. B. Bowler Theo.
Cook, s. c. Foster, J. N. Jordan, G.. H.
Law, E. J. Miller, Henry Probasco and B.
B. Whiteman.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
Editorial Spinnings,
delusion.

Gilbert & Sullivan's airs are already
being considerably Pirated.
A knave-al engagement-A fight be-
tween burglar and bride pocket
A homeopathic medical student writes
to inquire whether the Salvation Army operate
with calomel
Look over the market reports carefully
before you celiuloid. Celluoid goes up surpris-
ingly sometimes.
John was fishing intently for cat, and
Cynthia sat looking into his eyes and fishing, in
her minds eye for sheep head.
There is mischief brewing. A soci-
ETY. is organizing hereabouts threatening in case
the ballot is much longer denied to the ladies to
get up a corner in babies.
We hope that Edison will never take
it into his head to invent a patent apparatus to
enable lightning bugs to thunder in addition to
their other accomplishments
A poetic correspondent would like to
know II India rubber springs will answer in get.
ting mp q spring poem. No, they won't do at all;
steal springs are absolutely Indispensable.
Heliotrope blue is shot with pink:
gold color is shot with light green; mauye.
gray and steel blue and Algernon Sidney is shot
with the empty pistol that the playful young man
snaps at him by way of ajoke.
Yesterday was dark day for casual
alties. One poor fell headlong into the canal
out toward the stock-yards, and two poor Great
ures fell head over heels in love- and were rescued
with much difficulty down in Bucktown.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

Sir Alexander T. Gait was entertained
by the citizens of Montreal at farewell
banquet Wednesday night, previous to
his departure for London as Resident
Minister of Canada. In responding to
the toast, ''The Guest of the evening""
Sir Alexander said that his duties would
be to conduct the financial affairs of the
Dominion, which had grown so large on
the London market, and to take part
as a diplomat with Her Majesty's Gov
ernment in making commercial treaties
affecting the trade of Canada and advo-
Gated the establishment of a naval re-
serve trained in horne waters.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

EARNESTLY as the American people
enter into politics, their treatment o1
rival candidates is marked almost uni
versally with respect and charity
which other countries would do we'll to
emulate. Only a few days since Hon. John
Pender, candidate for Parliament from
one of the districts of Scotland, was as
saulted by mob while out riding, and
he narrowly escaped being thrown, car
riage and all, into the sea. A few days
later MIR. Parnell, in attempting to ad-
dress a crowd at Enniscarthy, was so
violently attacked with decayed fruit
and other missiles that he postponed his
oration indefinitely.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

VIM. II. Shrader, Henry Pearce, Il. Collins
aud W. s. Cappeller.
The resignation of DR.. Keckler, Alder
manic nominee for the Fifth District, was
accepted, and Mr.. John T. Jones was nomi-
mated in his stead.
1t was announced that George Emig,
Chairman of the Republican City Conven-
tion, had issued call requesting the Con-
venticn to meet tomorrow afternoon at s
O'Clock in Turner Hall, provided the Dem
oorats nominate candidate for Comptrol-
Ter to-day.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
Wee WirelingS.


J. 0. Mcintyre suicided at Oakland, Ill.
Philip Diebald, Swiss, suicided in st.
Louis.
Shreveport steamer Trout burned. Loss
500, 900.
Jim Burns, colored, murdered his wife in
St. Louis.
Lucinda Cruel, aged IA, died at Rush.
vile, Ind.
W. X. Deshler, bank teller, died at Co.
lumbus, 0.
Xavier Vevia's child drowned at Fort
Wayne, Ind. ~
Jacob Andreas committed suicide near
Allentown, Pa.
c. T. Dondere's child poisoned to death
on pills at Findlay, o.
Rachel Hampton and John Hartman
drowned near Mocksville, N. Q.
Mineral Springs Bath House burned at
Ann Arbor, Mich. Loss $4,000.
Albert Grady, aged fifteen, crushed to
death by log at Portsmouth, o.
Barbara Inman found dead near Consti :
tuition, O. Foul play suspected.
Deputy Sheriff Latham shot ana killed a
soldier OF the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort
Davis.
John Goehring suspected OF having been
murdered in Allegheny City (Pa. Poor
House.
Hope Tucker, insane, choked to death by
Horace Wood, in self-defense, near San
dusky, O.
Jackson Marshall. James N. Heaslett and
Uriah M. Cooper to be hanged at Fort
Smith, Ark, June 18th.
John Nugent formerly editor and pro.
prietor of the San Francisco Herald, died
at San Leandro yesterday.
J. R. Williams son-in-law OF Senator
Poinde1ter, Jacksonville. Ind, reported
robbed and drowned in Missouri.
Amelia Linkshaw, who murdered her
seducer, Hartman, a Baltimore drummer,
married yesterday to ,Chas. Little,
George W. Roney, prominent member of
the Kearney party, killed while trying to
enter G. W. Hayes house at Santa Rosa.
Cal. ''
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
THE PURITY OF ELECTIONS

Human nature is about the same in
all times and in all nations. The aver
age human being loves honors and official
position, and is generally willing to sac
rifice time, comfort, peace of mind and
money to secure these. The generality
of well-to-do citizens of leisure and liberal
means will spend weeks and oftentimes
months in fixing up delegations and pri-
mary meetings, working night and day,
and hobnobbing with persons whom he
dislikes and in his heart despises, will
spend his money like water in feeling
henchmen and Setting up the boys"
in order to secure a nomination or elec-
tion to an Office that oftentimes does not
pay in legitimate emoluments as much
per annum as the aspiring candidate
spends to secure it. We have our Seitz
Law in this State to prevent candidates
from unduly soliciting votes, and pun
ishing with heavy fines, imprisonment
and deposition from Office anybody who
while candidate before the people shall
use money or other thing of
value, or even promises, to COM
pass his election. Other States have
laws imposing penalties more or less
severe for like offenses. But if anybody
supposes that citizen of the United
States is going to secure nomination or
election to any important office in Ohio
or any other State without its costing
him any money he had better make i'm
mediate application for the position of
an angel and leave the scramble for mu-
nicipal State or National honors to those
of coarser clay.
The announcement has been recently
made by Atlantic cable that the Eng
lish Parliament is to be dis
solved the coming Easter. Our
transatlantic cousins are highly moral
people and have spasms of virtue when
they read Of the excesses of our Ameri-
can political canvasses, while their hor-
ror at the discovery that member of
their own virtuous Parliament has been
guilty Of bribery in securing an election
knows absolutely no bounds. Neverthe-
less it is the English purveyors of news
for transmission over the Atlantic
cable for consumption in America
who are responsible for the statement
we received thence less than week ago
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
WEATHER PROPHETS.

1nere are number OF weather prOph-
cts running loose about the country that
we probably shall have to put to death
before we can have any permanent peace.
These persist in putting forth weather
predictions for the misleading of the
simple-minded ruralist or the projectors
Of urban professions, picnics and jam
borees, that are exasperating in the last
degree. Down among the Berkshire hills
of Western Massachusetts, they have
their Besrtown prophet who
runs the weather there to
suit himself. Up in Canada they
have another who provides an entire
different entertainment; at Middletown,
New York, is still another who smashes
the snow storms and thunder showers
that his brother laborers in the prophetic
vineyard call out-in the newspapers.
Out West we have our own beloved
Professor Tice, who, with a number Of
other equally learned readers of the stars
and celestial phenomena scattered here
and there about the country, manage to
keep us on the tenter-hooks of expect
ancy until we are about daft trying to
reconcile the contradictory prognostica-
tions Of all these base wretches with the
weather vouchsafed us by Providence
and Old Probabilities.
There is difference Of opinion in the
community as to how we ought to dis
pose of these false prophets. If we were
to attempt to hang them up like COM
mon murderer it is the belief of many
well-informed people that the criminal
classes would be quite justified in strk-
ing against the disgrace that would af-
terwards attend what is now Justly con-
sidered respectable method of divesting
them Of their coils. If we were to un.
dertake to shoot them, a la militaire, our
guns would not probabably go
off until the next day, owing
to dampness of the cartridge or derange-
ment of the hammer, and it would be as
undignifed as unsatisfactory to have to
fall back on pistol or shotgun that was
not loaded. AS to drowning them as
they mete to the witches, this would not be
tolerated out Of New England, and ac-
cordingly it would seem like an unjust
to make fish of the Bear
town hermit and flesh Of all the others.
We can not blow them up with can of
kerosene oil, as that plan has been paten.
ted by the kitchen girl of the period.
If we undertook to poison them we
should make our officers of justice go
down to posterity along side of the Bor-
gias and other fiends of medieval history,
and if they should prove half as tough as
their own predictions it twould be utterly
inadmissible to think of converting them
into anything better than mummies; and
who wants mummies when you may buy
plenty in Egypt for 25 cents apiece that
have been dried three thousand years and
better? Manifestly the question is a
delicate one, but we suggest that each of
the pestiferous fellows be supplied with
a box Of 1914 blocks and left to puzzle
himself into idiocy with that intoxicating
delusion. -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

when English Republican papers like the
Commercial threaten the GRANTEES daily
with the loss of the Germans if the Gen.
eral should after all get the Republican
nomination it is tactic that will be solely
beneficial to Grant
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

By strange contrariness, as spring
advances and the weather gets milder
down East, the price of coal advances.
1t took another jump in Philadelphia
yesterday.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

JUDGE P1ERsoN tarried upon the
bench at Harrisburg in vain yesterday.
The convicted bribers failed to come up
for their sentence, and the bail in every
case was forfeited.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

Mr.. MOODY completed his labors in
6t Louis last night, but he does not yet
despair of those hardened sinners. He
has turned them over to the tender care
Of other evangelists.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

> Ponds Extract. There is no swelling that
it will not abate; no pain it will not cure
This is the testimony of those who have
used it manv years. Try it
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

BASS are beginning to bite in rural
streams and the Legislature announces
Its intention of adjourning at the earli-
est possible moment.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

DE LEssEPs has completed his flying
trip across the Continent and back
again. He missed Cincinnati and his
tour was failure.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
Am Extended PopuIar,tv.

Each year finds Browns Bronchial
Troches" in new localities, in various parts
of the world. For relieving coughs, colds,
and'throat diseases, the troches have been
proved reliable.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30

GEN. Phil. SHERIDAN Indignantly de-
nies the statement that he slandered the
Greasers while partaking of their pep
perry hospitalities.