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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
THE CHINESE TREATY

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1S.-The Chroni
Gle to-day says regarding the immigration
treaty: 1T will only be opposed by
Eastern sentimentalists and the Sand Lot
and the demagogue element of the Demo
crazy. The conservative masses of both
parties will accept the work as well done.
The reservations in favor of travellers,
merchants, students, etc, could not be
omitted without a gross insult to the Chin
csc government, and the good sense OF
mankind. The fear of the naturalization OF
the Chinese is not well founded, as the
naturalization laws will take care of that
independently of the treaty"
The Call says: "Hostility to the treaty
among the members of the Pacific coast
delegation is uncalled for. The present
is no time for the friends of American
labor to split hairs on minor points. The
question of naturalization is in the hands
of Congress, and great and substantial
good should not be sacrificed to shadowy
apprehension. Let bill similar to the
fifteen passenger be introduced at once,
that it may be passed as soon as the eaty
is ratified. Any member of the Pacific
coast delegation who opposes the treaty
or bill will commit serious political mis-
ta no -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
BLAINE'S NEW HOME

Mr.. Blaine is about to commence the
erection of a new residence in Washing
ton to cost $4,000. 1t is to be built on
Scott circle, not far from Don Cameron's
new house, and he has already received
the plans from his architect and builder.
His house has, in one or two respects,
been modelled on that Of his friend, White
law Reid, editor of The New York Tri-
bune. 1t will be built broadside to the
street, with front of so feet and depth
of 40, and the hall-10 feet wide, in the
middle-will run directly back to his
library, which will be IS feet by 26, with
a high ceiling, and completely lined with
oak On the left of the hall will be his
reception parlors, and on the right sit
ting room, and behind it a dining room.
In the basement will be billiard tables,
etc. The building will have a rather
plain exterior, and no such Ornamental
ton as the porte cochre and other parve-
nue. adaptations. Mr.. Blaine expects to
commence his house as soon as he has
made the contract and the foundations
can be dug. He bought the house he oc-
cupies at present early in the improve
ments of Washington, and it cost him
about 1875, 900; but it is in the middle
of a block and the rooms generally dark,
and it is not adapted to the larger uses Of
public life. Instead Of paying, as Mr..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

Ireland furnishes four OF Americas
sculptors. Wilson Mcdonald and Mr.
r. O'Donovan are of Irish parentage, and
Launt Thompson, of New York, and Mil
more, of Boston, are Irish 10y birth.
1t may be doubted whether George
Eliot's husband is insane. Conway writes
of her funeral: "Punctually at half past
II the horses stood at the entrance of
the open entry through which the chapel
door is reached. The crowd in that entry
made a path by which the coffin was born
in. 1t was loaded with white flowers,
the exception being a little wreath of
American crimson autumn leaves. Be-
hind it came the widower, J. w. Cross
a very fine looking man, and George
Eliot's only brother, Isaac Evans"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
AN AUDIENCE WITH QUEEN BESs

Among the archives at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in Paris is a curious doc
ument which will be quite as interesting
to English as to French readers. 1t is
an account by Huralt de Maisse of the
English Court in 1897. His first inter-
view with Elizabeth took place on the
9Th of December in that year. and is de-
scribed with graphic minuteness. One
of the Court carriages came from the
Ambassador of Henry w, and conduct
ed him to 4he Thames, where boat was
awaiting him, which Immediately put
off and deposited him at the entrance to
Whitehall. He was then conducted by
the Lord Chamberlain through dark
corridor-the obscurity of which evident
ly made great impression on his mind
to private apartment i'll which was
the Queen Her Majesty was sitting in
a low chair at the top of the room alone
and retired, at distance from the crowd
of lords and ladies in the lower part of
the chamber When he had made his
reverence she advanced five or six PAGES
to meet him, and took both his hands,
after he, on his part, had humhlv kissed
the lower part of her dress. She then
excused herself for not having received
him before by alleging an inflammation
of the right side OF her face. "She also
made me her excuses" adds the Ambas-.
sador, "for being found in her night
dress, and began to reproach her attend
ants saying, what will these gentlemen
think to see me dressed in this guise? I
am truly grieved that they should see me
in this stated" The gown in question
was close fitting dress of white and car
nation, with profusion OF silver gauze.
1T had open sleeves lined with red taf-
fetta, and was girt with other little sleeves
which hung down Es far as the ground
and which she kept tying and untying
from time to time. She had the front of
the robe or mantel open, and often as if
she felt the heat separated with her
hands the sides of the said mantel. She
had on her head garland OF rubes and
pearls, and underneath great thick wig
of a reddish color with an infinity OF GOLD
and silver curl papers and few pearls
which hung down over her forhead.-
LONDON Globe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
HOW GLASS EYES ARE MADE

Glass eyes, as now made, consist of two
distinct shells, the exterior and the in
terror or lining, which is fitted to the eye
stump. The end of hollow tube of
crystal is heated and blown into ball,
which is colored to initiate the white of
the eye with enamels applied while the
glass is still in vitreous paste. The
workman makes the eye clear, white,
bilious or bloodshot, in exact accordance
with the other. A round hole is then
made in the center to receive the globe
of the eye. In making this globe the
iris is first formed out of several ANAL a.
mated enamels. In the center the pupil
is fixed in black enamel and finished with
the de icate tracery of those fine fibers
found in the natural eye The eye globe
is then soldered into the exterior shell
and the optic is finished
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

One of the most extraordinary stories
ever told appears in The Erie penn. }
Dispatch of Monday, and reads as follows:
Brakeman Snodgrass, Of Cory, met with
an accident at that place while making a
coupling that has probably never before
been experienced by any man who lived
to tell the tale He had his head caught
between the bumpers and was so horribly
squeezed it was not deemed possible that
he could live, but he is now getting along
finely. His head, which was once round
was pressed by the accident out long and
slim. He is also from one-half to three
quarters of an inch taller. The terrible
squeeze which his head received has made
him cross-eyed, but strange as it may
seem, his mind is as clear and bright as il
ever was"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
In a recent letter to David Atwood


In recent letter to David Atwood
ex-senator Howe thus speaks of Hon
Philetus Sawyer, United States Senator
elect in place of Senator Cameron:
"Mr. Sawyer is no orator. He cannot
reveal himself in star-spangled rhetoric.
By his fruits only can we know him. If
you really wish to know what Mr.. Saw
yer can do, you have only to see what he
has done. By no accident has he attain
ed wealth. He did not "strike oil' nor
bore for it. He did not discover bon
ANA nor dig for one He amazed for
tune by steadily transmitting forests into
lumber, business in which thousands
failed. And while he has been accumu-
lating fortune he has been brother to
every charity near him; he has been
staff on which many a staggering enter
prise has leaned. Widows, orphans and
disabled men have confidently trusted
their estates to his control. His city has
sought his advice in every difficulty. His
name is word to conjure by in the Re
publican homes throughout the district
he represented so long and so ably. 1t
is a passport to credit on Wall street, and
in the House of Re resentatives where
he worked so long he has built fame of
which not only he but his state may be
prOud -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes recently
wrote to a member of young peoples
literary society in Brooklyn: "The onl
thing | think of for the five minutes
have for this note is the mention of the
kind of library | was brought up in. 1t
was very largely theological, so that
was walled in by solemn folios, making
the shelves bend under the weight OF their
loads of sacred learning. Walton's Poly
glot Bible was one Of them, Polls Synop-
sis was another, a black letter copy of
Fox's Acts and Monuments was another.
anu 50 on. Higher up on the shelves
stood Henry's Ecclesiastical History in
twenty-five volumes, octave. In one vol
ume OF this book -worm had eaten his
way straight through, from beginning to
end, leaving round hole through every
leaf, as if a small shot had gone through
it. My father wrote some verses about it,
l remember, beginning,
See here, my son, what industry can do.
| wish had profited better by them.
have not been the most INDECENT of NOR
tails, but the industry of some of my &C.
quaintances-of my classmate and friend,
James Freeman Clarke, for Example
makes me feel as if l had been lazy in
comparison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
AGED 1876.

The Rolla Herald: on Sunday evening,
January 10th, 1881, there died in this
city undoubtedly the oldest woman in
America, and as in nearly all previous
instances, was a colored person. Her
name was Sarah Clark, and rumor had
it that she troze to death, but upon in
vestigation made by friends of the old
woman the runor proved unfounded, and,
no doubt her death resulted from sheer
old age. She was the great-grandmother
OF Henry Williams, the driver of dray
team in this city, and from him we CLEAN
ed the following particulars of this re-
markable old woman: Mr.. Williams is
quite an old man-ffty we belieye-and
when small boy Mrs. Clark appeared
as old to him then as before her death.
She never could tell when she was born,
but often stated that before the revolu-
tionary war she was the mother of two
children. She did not know where she
resided at that time, but long while
after she was taken to Kentucky as a
slave. There she lived for number of
years, feeling then as though she had seen
enough of this world, and battled with
its troubles sufficiently to deserve a diff
ferent life, but that was not her fate. In
1910, or Whereabouts, she was brought to
Missouri, and as slave was shifted here
and there until after the late war, when
she settled down to die near Boonville,
Mo. In 1872 she came to Rolla on
visit to her great grand-child, Mr.. Will
liams. As to her exact age nobody knows
but if what she told is true she must have
been 1875 years old. She also stated that
she at one time belonged to the Clark
family Of Howard county this state, and
| distinctly remembers nursing the grand
father of Cen. Clark, Congressman from
the Eleventh District, and who was after:
wards an officer in the war of 1912. After
living to this old age she passsd away
without an attendant at her bedside.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

DIR. Schliemann's Trojan antiquities,
which have been exhibited for some time
at the South Kensington Museum, have
been presented to the Emperor of Ger
many. At page sixtv-six of his new edi-
ton of "Ilios," DR.. Schliemann declared
that those remains should never be sold
and that, elf he did not present them in
his life time they should after his death
pass to the nation he loved and esteemed
most" They will now probably find
their permanent home in the new Ethno-
logical Museum, which is in course of
erection at Berlin. They were packed
up at South Kensington by DR.. Schlie-
mann's orders on Friday last DR.. Schlie-
mann subsequently left for Paris and re-
turns Immediately to Athens.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

SOUND TALK.-Speaklng by signs is
never (aloud) allowed; neither are any
Impurities of the Blood allowed to speak
in the shape of Pimples or Blotches when
Spring Blossom is taken. Price, so cents,
trial bottles 10 cents. For sale by K.
Schubert & Son.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

BADLY BIrrEN.-Peter Kieffer, cor
Clinton and Bennett Streets, Buffalo, says:
| was badly bitten by horse few days
ago and was induced by a friend who
witnessed the occurrence to try Dr.
Thomas Electric OIL 1t relieved the
pain almost Immediately, and in four
days the wound was completely healed.
Nothing can be better for fresh wounds.
For sale by K. Schubert & Son
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

Evarts is now doing, rent of $4,000 to
$4,000 year, Mr.. Blaine builds at once
his own Secretary's residence, midway
between the White House and the hill
where the brothers Sherman have put up
SO many improvements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
Dissolution.

The copartnership heretofore existing between
John Habhegger and c.. w. Schultz Jr
will be dissolved by mutual consent on the fif-
teeuth day of March next.
In order to facilitate the dissolution by reduc-
ing their large stock, they will sell from the
first day of February all their goods at greatly
reduced prices.
All debts due to the said firm must be paid be-
fore March first, and all, to whom the firm is in
debted will please present their accounts for
settlement.
J. HABHEGGER& co.
WRtertown, Jan. 18th, 1881. 15t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
q Ie 4seFnbiirau*


Hon. Chas L. Colby, President of the
Wisconsin Central Railway, was arrested
In Milwaukee last Friday for alleged per-
Jury, at the instance of George w. Reed,
of Menasha, former director of the road.
It is regarded as purely spiteful pro-
ceeding, growing out of an old suit, and
Mr.. Colby says it is absured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

An impression is getting abroad that
Mr.. Jay Gould is backing up Captain
Eads' project for ship railroad across
the isthmus of Tehauntepec.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26

A retiring fund for Harvard's profess
sors has now been fairly started. Tween
ty-one thousand dollars have already been
contributed.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-12

bury them in the folds of the clergyman
garden coat as it lay on rustic settee.
His revenge all prepared he flew to his
favorite perch and awaited the result,
but some one else brought in the coat,
dropped the bits UNDECIDED, and Kitty
seized them, much to Dicks displeas-
ure.
No doubt some misdeed has long ago
caused Dick to lose his little shining black
head.
When Harry reads this, he will recall
many more incidents in the life of his
pet, and he and his mamma will have a
hearty laugh over them, while papa turns
back to read his paper and wonders how
anybody could be so silly as to write a
story about crow.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-12
A Bows History.
BY MRS. MARGARET E. sANGsTER

About two hundred and eighty years
ago clerk was wanted in the parish
church of Ugborough, little village in
Devonshire; and one Of the candidates
was a young lad about sixteen years OF
age, who came from a neighboring village.
But he did not get the place because OF
his youth. He was very much cast down.
He was the SON Of poor, but worthy pa
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-12

Lynchburg passenger train, No. "A, daily:
Leave Richmond at $50 A. M; arrive at Burke
vile at 11:35 A. M.
Train No. Al connects at Burkeville with A.
M & 0. r. r. for Farmville Lynchburg and all
points in the Southwest.
Trains Nos. 4S and AZ connects at Sutherlin's
with M. q S. N. G. R. r. for Milton, N. c.
Train No 48 connects at Salisbury with w.
N. G.. r. r, for Asheville and all points in west
ern North Carolina.
Trains Nos. 80, 4S and AZ connect at Air Line
Junction with A. & G. A. r. r. for all points
South and Southwest; and at Charlotte with c.,
O. T. A. r. r. for all points South, Southeast and
Southwest.
Train No so stops only at Jetersville, brakes
Branch, Barksdale's, Dsnville, Greensboro, and
Salisbury.
Trains from the above-named points arrive in
Richmond at 4:48 P. NJ, 1888 A. M, and 7:1S
Pm.
Pullman Palace Drawing-room and Sleeping
Cars run through on Train No 48 from N. York
and Richmond to Atlanta, and from Greensboro
TO Augusta and on Train No. ~ from Boston,
Mass, TO Savannah, Ca, via. Richmond.
Tickets sold to all points south, south east, and
south west, and baggage checked through
No lay-over checks given on local tickets.
General Passenger Agent, Richmond. Va
T. M. r. TALooTT, General Superintendent
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-12

Twenty minutes at Howardsville for supper
and breakfast.
Daily line of Packets between Miller's Land
ing and Lexington in connection with trains
East and West.
Close connection made at Richmond TO all
points north and south MA Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac, Richmond and Danville,
and Richmond and Petersburg railroads. and at
Lynchburg with Norfolk and Western and Vir.
ginia Midland railroads, and at williamson
with Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for all points
east and west.
For other information apply at Nos. 1103 or
1107 Bank street. B. s. BARBOUR.
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
DECATUR AxTELL, General Manager.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-12
DICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAIL
LII ROAD.
TRAINS TO AND FROM RICHMOND AND
WILLIAMSON'S.

Richmond, $50 pm ZOO IN 8:3oam
Arrive at
Lynchburg, Ills m 1925 m
Leave
Lynchburg, 2;45 IN S15 am
Arrive at
Williamson's, 7:4S m 1886 D m
Leave
Williamson's, Sloan S:30am
Arrive at
Lynchburg, los IN 6:15 p m
Leave
Lynchburg, 4:05 m Ais m
Arrive at
Richmond, 1145 am 520pm 7:15p m
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-08-25
Correspondence.

CRAWLING, August 90 1881.
Editor Aralanche:-Seeing so many
going here and there for pleasure, or to
get young again, and having always
lived upon farm until the present
season, our thoughts naturally went to
green fields and waving grain; and hav-
ing a standing invitation from Super
visor Patterson, and others of Beaver
Greek township, to visit them and look
over their town. We found them as
we have found all pioneers of new
country, the same whole-souled, open
handed men and women, willing TO di-
vide the last sack of -four or paper Of
tobacco with their neighbors. who left
homes of comfort and pleasant sur
roundings to come to an unbroken
wilderness to hew themselves out a
home; and right well have these 20
families done, in the short time they
have been on their homesteads. But
few framed houses were noticed the
greater portion living in log ones built
out of those beautiful norway, and
nicely chinked and plastered, which
makes them comfortable, and nice
enough for prince TO live in. Many
OF them have no teams, still they have
from to 80 acres plowed. Those who
planted garden may well be proud of
their fine cabbages, beets, carrots, peas,
beans and vines. Some of their mil
let had already been cut for hay, and
nearly all we saw was of a nice growth,
and one piece stood nearly feet high,
and very thick. The buckwheat was
very nice-and they all believe in
buckwheat but two, who are trying to
get it out of their land, and n right
good time they have of it. Well, how
about corn; it was planted very late,
some even in July. There are but a
few pieces that will return a fair crop.
Potatoes and turnips will be good.
The center half of this town is what
is called burnt plains, the soil being
sandy with some gravel, and the roads
wear quite hard, and would be called
good in an older country. Both the
north and south part of the town is
quite high, the former covered with
hard wood the latter with pine. We
crossed the town on two roads running
east and west, and failed to find the
first swamp or marsh. and If we were
a going again TO locate upon a new
farm, it would be in Beaver Greek
township. Yours,
j. s. HARDER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-08-25
GRAYIING MICHIGAN THURSDAY AUGUST 25 1881

same place on the 18th of October, at
10 o'clock A. NJ, and solicit the meet
ing with them, at that time, of all the
Chairmen of School Inspectors in the
county for mutual consultation and
assistance in their work. The Board
earnestly hope that the several Chair
men will not fail to be present at that
meeting
On Friday, the 18th inst, there
came by train into our beautiful little
VILLAGE Mr.. and Mrs DR.. Franklin, Of
Ann Arbor in quest of the rare sport
Of grayling fishing, and were met at
the station by well-known guides (the
Babbitt's), who escorted them to the
boats in waiting on the far famed Au-
Sable river, with everything requisite
for the business convenient TO hand,
and were gently floated down the beau
tifus stream admiring the delightful
and ever varying scenery as they passed
along to a point some 20 miles down,
by water, known as the Barnes ripples,
which was TO be the headquarters of
the party, and from which they sailed
out every day for above week, en-
joying the exciting and exhilarating
sport.
The grayling were i'm biting mood,
and could not resist the tempting flies
that We're deftly thrown TO them, and
were caught in great number On
Monday of this week, Mrs DIR. Frank.
lin proved the champion lady fishest,
securing no less than 80 fine fellows in
short space of time, ranging from
one-half to a pound and n quarter,
which has never been equaled by any
former lady, and seldom exceeded by
The most expert grayling angler, and
of which feat of skill in the piscatorial
art she may justly feel not a little
proud.
The scenery of the Au Sable has de-
| lighted and charmed them, and think
trip down the winding river, even
without the thrilling sport of captur-
ing its finny denizens, would richly re-
pay a journey to this romantic region.