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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29

I
by the instrument is its easy manipula.
ton and the qnckness with which results
are arrived at.
STRENGTH OF THE HUMAN ARM
The powerful force of the human arm
when propelled by hale, hearty, stall
wart man, is almost incredible. The
damage it may inflict is simply astound-
ing, and we have recently had sad, but
/ very striking demonstration of this kind
| In our very midst. A few months since,
| when Freize hit Andrew Weidner, upon
Fayette street, fronting the city hall, it
| Is said that the latter fell as suddenly as
| If he had been strnck III q vital part
with an axe. The bridge of his nose was
| broken, he ceased to breathe in less than
| ten minutes, and within quarter of an
| hour was as dead as though bullet had
| penetrated his heart. 1t is stated that
Freize told an officer that the force of
the blow was SO powerful he came near
| falling from the rebound, and when he
discovered that the man was dead, he
could not realize the fact. We see it
stated in O. Virginia paper that one of
the celebrated Randolph family, q near
knsman of Thomas Jefferson, when in
LIS COulu lub III lIlOuSduu
Our shows and c1rcuses generally exhib-
it man who displays wonderful feats of
strength, but we have rarely OF never
known an instance where single blow
from the human arm so instantaneously
produced death as that inflicted by
FREEZE upon Weidner. 1t should prove
a sad warning to all possessed of such
muscle to be extremely guarded as TO
when and how to use it.-Battin,orian.
NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER.
This artificial composition, which an
swers the purpose of genuine caout-
chouc or gutta percha, Can be employed
either alone or in connection with other
resinous substances. It is said to afford
an inexpensive means for perfect in
sulation of wires for electrical purposes.
The composition is elastic, tough, not
too sensitive to external influences as
caoutehouc or gutta percha, and is not
injured by high pressure or high tenn
perature. It is prepared i'll the follow
ing manner: A quantity of coal tar oil,
OF equal parts Of coal and wood tar oil,
which is to constitute third part of the
whole mixture, is poured into large
kettle, together with an equal quantity
of hemp oil, and is heated for several
hours, either over steam or an open fire,
to temperature which lies between $500
and 2S0' Fab. Git should not exceed the
latter, until the mass becomes SO due
tile that it can be drawn in long threads,
and the remaining third, consisting of q
quantity of hnseed oil, which has been
thickened by boiling, is then added.
With this composition from five to ten
per cent. of ozokerite and some sperma-
ceti should be mixed. The mass is then
heated again for some hours at the same
temperature as above, and finally from
to II per cent. of sulphur is ad led. The
mixture thus obtained is cast into forms
and treated the same as caoutchouc.
The proportion Of the three oils may be
slightly varied according to the prac-
teal purposes for which the composition
is to be used. ~.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29

A FRENCH journal says: 1--WE can
easily understand what 'tea is in
England, where the higher and lower
classes have national teas. There is a
French tea. The Russian drinks his
hot tea, perhaps his only drink for the
day, on the street. There is Chinese,
Tartar, even an Indian tea. But who
ever heard of aa American stea?'"
Well, there were teas in village houses
in this country some thirty years ago.
The pious lady of church who heard
that the tea which was given on the
month before had demanded thirteen
kinds of cake, gave tea to the best peo-
pie of the village and had fourteen kinds
# cake. There were also ten to twenty
kinds of sweetmeats, ounces being the
speciality. Shortcakes were hardly
verify of mention, 30 white and plenti-
ful they were. Tho minister always got
bis share of shortcakes and of sweet
meats, not because they were forced
upon him, but because his appetite
1.-The length of the old-fashioned
American tea,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29
WATCH-NiGHT.
by HoRATrUs BoNAR, D. o.

Watch, brethren, watchf
The year is dying:
Watch, brethren. watch
Old lime is flying.
Watch rs men watch the parting breath,
Watch IA men watch for life or death.
Eternity is drawing nigh.
Eternity, eternity
Pray, brethren, prayl
The sands are falling;
Pray, brethren, prayl
God's voice is calling.
ION tilrret strikes the dying chime,
We kneel upon the edge of time.
Eternity is drawing nigh.
Eternity, eternity
Praise, brethren, praisei
The skies are rending;
Praise, brethren, praisel
The fight is ending.
Beho' d, the glory draweth near,
The King himself will soon be here.
Eternity is drawing nigh,
Eternity, eternity
Look, brethren, look
The day is breaking;
Hark, brethren, bark
The dead are waking.
With girded loins we ready stand,
Behold. the bridegroom is at handl
Eternity is drawing nigh,
Eternity, eternity!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29
BY THE NORTH SEA.
BY ALeERNoN CHARLES swrsBunsE

BY ALGERNoN CHARLES swrNBURNE.
A land that is lonelier than ruin:
A sea that is stranger than death:
Far fields that rose never blew in,
Wan waste where the winds lack breath:
Waste endless and boundless and fowerlees.
But of marsh-bIossoms fruitlees us free:
"nefe earth lies exhausted, as powerless
To strive with the sea.
Inc pastures are herdless and sbeepless.
No pasture or shelter for herds:
The wind is relentless and sleepless.
And restless and songless the birds;
Their cries from afar fail breathIess.
Their wings are as lightnings that fee:
For the land has two loyds that are deathless.
Deaths self and the sea.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29

have not the text before me, but Kapp
mentions the blood-money clause in
those OF Hanau and of Waldeck. From
time to time bargains were made with
several OF the princes above mentioned
for small additional bodies of troops.
Jagers or sharp-shooters were especially
in request. From year to year recruits
were sent to America to the various
divisions. The sum total of men accord
ing to Knapp, was made 11p as follows.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29

A GAMBLER says: 9Th only hand in
this word which b'esses those who
grasp it Is iull hand" r-i@ r.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-29

sailed to America in 1776. Of this total
of nearly 10000, Kapp calculates that
II, 562 men did not return to Germany.
Besides contingents sent to America
from Germany by agreement with the
princes, certain number of Germans
served In the English regiments, some
of which had recruiting stations on tbe
Rhine, and especially in the territories
of the spiritual electors. r
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
THINGS IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER

There arc whips and tops and pieces of
strings,
There are shoes which no little feet wear,
There are bits of ribbon and broken rings,
And tresses of golden hair.
There are little dresses folded away
OUt of the light of the sunny day.
There are dainty jackets that never are worn,
There are toys and models of ships,
There are books and pictures all faded and
torn,
And marked by the finger tips
OF dtmpled hands that have fallen TO Gust
Yet / strive to think that the Lord is just.
But feeling of bitterness fills my soul
Sometimes when try to pray,
That the reaper hath spared SO many flowers,
And taken mine all away,
And I almost doubt If the Lord can know
That mothers heart can love them so.
Then think of the many weary ones
Who are waiting and watching to night
For the slow return of faltcring feet
That have strayed from the paths of right;
Who have darkened their lives by shame and
sin,
Whom the snare of the tempter has gathered
in.
They wander afar I'm distant climes,
They perish by field and flood;
Their hands are black with the direst crimes
That kindle the wrath of God,
Yet mothers song hath soothed them to
She hath Iulled them TO slumber upon her
breast.
And then think of my children three,
My babes that never grow old,
And know they are waiting and watching for
In the city with streets of gold,
Safe, safe from the cares of the weary years,
From sorrow and sin and war,
And thank my God with falling lears
For the things in the bottom drawer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
A Fifteen-Minutes COurtship.

About two years since Sister Mary
Funk, young lady of most respectable
parentage and a devout Catholic, came
to this city from Frankfort, and was ad
mitted to the convent at the corner of
Chestnut and Shelby Streets, and was
after this a sub-teacher in the school at
the corner of Webster and Washington
Streets. Some time after this there
came a request for the services of a sub
teacher in the convent in Jeffersonville,
and Miss Funk, still under the direction
of the priOress, accepted the situation,
and performed her work well and faith
fully.
During all the time that she was con-
nected with the convent here as a lay
sister, those associated with her now
speak of her as a true woman, in the
strictest sense cf the word. She never
complained, went straight forward in
the performance of the duties that were
assigned to her, and at all times seemed
perfectly satisfied with her life, and,
/ like the other members of the noble sis
! terhOOd, she was always ready to sacri-
fee her own happiness and comfort,
and, if necessary, her life, in order to
/ alleviate the suffeTings of those who
were in distress.
After some time, and for what reason
no one knows, Miss Funk became dis
/ satisfied with her life, and concluded to
marry. The more she studied about the
/ charms of double-blessedness the more
/ she was convinced that she wanted tC
marry. As no one knows the secrets oi
! the human heart, it is only just to say
that no one has a right to criticise hel
4 acts II is said that she stated to s
/ friend that if she could find a man who
suited her tastes she would marry hin
in fifteen minutes. The friend happened
to know a 80 fifteen-minute man, and {
man who bears a splendid reputation
and the two people who wanted t.
marry were introduced, and in just fif
teen minutes a contract to cling togethe
50 for better or for worse - was entered
into, and the young sister, with affecting
solemnity, bade an affectOnate adieu q
the walls OF the convent, hung her vel
on the fence, and launched out on tn
stage plank that leads to the good shi
matimony, and she is now gliding dow
the river of life by the joyous light c
, the honeymoon.
The wedding occurred about fiftee
days since. The gentleman she marie
IS named Hillerbrand, and he has fC
some time been employed at Arterburn
place, on lne DTOWHsDOIO TOdu. 1uAS
, a remarkable case, as a sister who one
enters a convent seldom leaves it, bI
prefers TO leave the world with its Joy
z It's sorrows and its myriad of sins b
hind her. Miss Funk had not enterC
the final order of sisterhOOd, and if 81
e saw proper to change the life that 81
2 had started out to lead with the be
:, intentions, it certainly is a credit to b
to come out openly and act her part
she has, and, if she is happy and co
a tented, the world viii find no fault WI
: her conduct.-LoHisUiLLe COItTteT-Jo''
/ sSnI
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
rs. Secretary of state.
PITH AND POINT.

THE person who makes hash is apt to
mince matters.-N. O. Picayune.
IN the agricultural papers we have
many fertile lies sirs.-BOStO71 Tran
script.
ELEPHANT rides come high, but the
people of India will have them.-CE1s-
ci7s75ati Gazette.
A MAINE man who didn't care two
shakes of a lambs tail about the news
papers rode fourteen miles through
fierce snowstOrm to get a copy of a
weekly that spoke of him as {" a promi-
nent citizen. .''-BOSt07I Post.
A LIFE-INsURANCE policy is of no use
to a man who does not intend to die be-
fore the company fails. 1t is something
like the glory which comes to a military
corpse on the field of batUle.-N. o..
Picaytne.
A sAD-LOOKING man went into a
Burlington drugstore. g Can you give
me-" he asked, " something that will
drive from my mind the thoughts of
sorrow and bitter recollectiOnsP And
the druggist nodded and put him up a
little dose of quinine, and wOrmwOod,
and rhubarb, and EPSON salts and a
dash of castor oil, and gave it to him,
and for six months the man couldn't
think of any thing in the world except
new schemes for getting the taste out of
his mOuth.-Hd1Okeye.
THE boys were telling me a pretty
good one down at Corning, n. Y,
about young fellow in commercial
life named Blake. He was in the hard
ware line. One day, when the boss was
at dinner, cOuntTyman came in to buy
some nuts. He found an article that
suited him, and wanted dozen. Young
Blake looked at the price-list and found
that they were listed "25 cents a dozen
80 Off" He gave low, inverted
whistle, and then, with sudden inspi-
ration, he handed the customer five
cents and told him he could buy the
nuts at the other store. "By George,
said he, when he was telling the gov
ernOr of the transaction, 81 thought
the best thing 1 could do was to
save the nuts, anyhow. .''-BufaJO Ear
9JT'eSS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
mIsCELLANEOUs.

Sir Stafford NOrthcote, in the House of
Commons, denied that the Government had
been dilatory in its efforts to prevent
famine in Ireland. He detailed the relief
measures taken, and expressed confidence
that they would be found sufficient.
Jack and Sowerwick, who accompanied
Gen. Adams from Washington to Los Pinos,
have gone to Grand River to endeavor to
effect the surrender of the prisoners de-
manded. Orders have been sent out by
Chief Sapovancy for all the different bands
to rendezvous near the Agency, and grand
pOw-wow is anticipated. Douglass has not
been to the Agency since he made his de-
mand for rations on the 18th ult. and was
refused.
Talbott's Block, corner of Market and
Pennsylvania Streets, Indianapolis, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire on the morning of the
10th. The Indiana Medical College and the
knights of Pythias Hall were completely
burned out.
Mardi Gras was publicly celebrated, with
more or less display, at New Orleans, Mo-
bile, Galveston, Little Rock, and many other
| cities and towns of the South and West.
| The California State Normal School build
| ing at San Jose burned to the ground on the
morning of the 10th. It cost $5OO,OOO and
was insured for S. 200.
! Burglars visited Westpert, Conn.,, on the
night OF the 10th, gagged the village watch
man, carried him to the National Bank, the
doors Of which they forced, and locked him
in closet. They then blew open the door
of the vault, but the explosion was so vio-
lent that the plate-glass front Of the bank
was blown into the street. The villagers
were aroused and the burglars fed with s.,
500 cash.
The st. Louis Merchants Exchange arC
raising fund to purchase a ship-load o
food and other supplies for the destitute il
Ireland.
Andrew Smith, for u years Treasurer o
the town Of North Andover, Mass, is in Jail
having confessed to misapprOpriating funds
The amount Of the defalcation is not known
Smith was also Postmaster Of the town sine
the second administration Of President Lin
coin, and has filed various important trusts
A company Of the Tenth Cavalry recentl
had a sharp brush near Fort Keogh, Mont.
with party Of Sioux Indians, supposed {
belong to Sitting BULBS band. One soldie
was killed and one wounded, and two In
dians were killed and three taken prisoners
The German Reiehstag was opened on tn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

'tfBeeause,' said Sam, I'm going to
pay my own way now. I've been off to-
day and hired out for the season to Farm
er HedgeburtOn. You won't send that
money to Williston, viii you fatherP'
'''You are too late, was the minis
ter's answer. 'I've just mailed the letter
to him.
"In fact, next day the kind mer-
chants eyes were dimmed as he read
these words:
DEAR WuLsToN-My boy-it almost
breaks my heart to say so--has not proved
worthy of your generosity. have decided to
last year, and you will find draft inclosed
fer that amount. BLAKE.
Here l interrupted the narrator.
Doesn't this story prove what l said
at the beginning?'i 1 asked.
"No; for that isn't the end of it..
Sam went down to Boston in the autumn
with few dollars of earnings in his
pocket. He had decided to give up
college, and SO applied to Mr.. WiIliston
for clerkship.
g He told him
s'I proved myself unworthy, as my
father said. Now give me chance to
show myself worthy
Williston gave him position, and
he worked there two years. Then an
opportunity offered to go West and
take a partnership in-what do you
thinkP The clothing business! Sam
jumped at it; and you may believe he
sent his father, next Christmas, the finest
coat that concern could produce.
g am well-to-dO man now, sir, -
continued my acquaintance, suddenly
speaking in the first person, " and when
we get to Chicago, if you will come to
my establishments, viii show you my
father, the minister's old shiny coat,
which 1 preserve because it was the be-
ginning of my fortune, and made man
of me''
+" Then,'' exclaimed, taking him by
the hand, g it is yourself you have been
talking about all this time! You are -
&" SAM concluded my new friend,
nodding and smiling.-G. p. LGthrop,
IN Youths Companion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
The Invasion of the Indian Territory.
PROCLAMATION By THE PRESIDENT.


Whereas, It has become known to me that
certain evil disposed persons have, within the
territory and jurisdiction of the United States,
begun and set on foot preparations for an or
ganiZed and fOrcible possession of and settle
ment upon lands of what is known the In
dian Territory, west of the State of Arkansas,
which Territory Is designated. recognized and
described by the treaties and laws of the Unit
ed States, and by the Executive authorities
subject TO occupation by Indian tribes, OIL
GERS of the Indian Department, military posts,
and such persons as may be privileged to re
side ana trade therein under the laws OF the
Whereas, Those laws provide for the re
mOyal of all persons residing and trading
therein without express permission of the In
dian Department and Agents, and also of ali
persons whom such Agents may deem to be
improper persons to reside in the Indian
Country; and,
WheTeas, In aid and support of such organ
lied movement it has been represented that
no further action viii be taken by the Gov
ornment to prevent persons from going into
said Territory and settling therein; but such
representations are wholly without authority.
Now, therefore, for the purpose of properly
protecting the interest OF the Indian nations
and tribes, as well as the United States in said
Indian Territory, and of duly enforcing the
laws gOverning the same, !, Rutherford B.
Hayes, President of the United States. do ad-
mOnish and warn all such persons so intend
ing or preparing to remove upon said lands
or into said Territory, without permission OF
the proper Agent of the Indian Department.,
against any attempt to remove or settle on
the lands of said Territory; and do further
warn any and all such persons who may so Of
fend, thatthey WILDE speedily and immediate
ly removed therefrOm by the Agent, according
to the laws made, and that no efforts win
be spared to prevent invasion of said Terrific
~, rumOrs spread by evil disposed persons to
the contrary notwithstanding; and, if neces-
saTy, the aid and assistance of the military
forces of the United Stats viii be invoked to
carry into proper execution the laws of the
United States herein referred to.
In testimony whereof 1 hercunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be fixed.
Done at the City of Washington on this 18th
day of February, in the year of our Lord 1880,
and of the Independence of the United States
the 10TH ISigned] R. B. HAYES,
By the President:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
CRDrEs AND CASUALTIES.


The City-hall at Albany, n. y, was
burned on the morning of the 10th, to-
gether with a large number of records and
other valuable papers. Seven iremen
were crushed by the falling dome, one of
whom died within short time, and two or
three others were thought to be fatally in
jured.
Two men were killed and three others
probably fatally injured by an explosion in
the Canada Paper Company's Mill, at Wind
sor, Quebec, on the 10th.
At Peoria, H., on the 10th, Luther B.
Mckinney twice shot and almost instantly
killed his wife's step-father, Jacob Frye, a
well known cattle dealer. Mrs. Mckinney
was prosecuting suit for divorce, on the
grounds of i'll treatment, and Mr.. Frye had
warmly espOused her case, which brought
upon him the enmity of Mckinney. The
shooting took place in the street and was
without any immediate provOcatiOn. After
Mckinney had twice fired, Frye drew his re-
Yolver and got in two shots in return, but
without effect. The murderer was arrested.
A later report from Dublin says one wOm-
an and seven men were killed and 13 work
men and firemen seriously injured by the
burning of the Theater Royal.
S. S. Brummett, editor Of the Enterprise
was shot and fatally wounded by G. w. Carl
| ton, editor af the Telegraph, at Hollister,
CAL, on the 18th.
1t is said that an entire family of nine,
women and children, whose house stood up
on the bank of MayfieId Greek, near Mayfield,
KY, were drowned during a freshet on the
night of the 18th. The house was washed
away.
| Rev. Andrew Andreen, for ten years past
/ Of ~ Itch TTYfh fhaT-a at
| lin and Swedana, Henry County, ILL.,, hung
! himself at Rock Island on the 18th, while
temporarily insane.
At Syracuse, n. Y, on the night of the
18th, Amelia Mantz shot and killed her
cousin and lover, Julius c.. Mantz, well
known musician, and then committed sui
| eide. The parties had maintained an Illicit
relationship for some years, and the shoot
! ing was in consequence of the mans refusal
to marry the woman whom he had ruined.
At Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pa,
| Levi Lane, aged "a, murdered his wife and
one child, consigned another infant child to
death from starvation, and then committed
suicide by taking poison. A little boy, aged
8 years, was for some unaccOuntable reason
! spared the fate of the other members of the
| family. When discovered by the neighbOrs
the little fellow was nearly dead from
starvation and cold, his feet and legs being
so badly frozen as to necessitate amputatiOn
Lane was a lazy and worthless yagabond
who lived by doing odd jobs and spent the
most of his earnings for liquor. Mrs. Lane
was an intelligent woman, of good family
connections, and it is said eloped from home
to be married.
At Brule City, Dakota Ter, recently
Jim Somers, known from YanktOn to Bis
marck as lawless and dangerous man, had
an alteration with his uncle, M. Somers,
which resulted in both being shot dead.