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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-08
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-08

All in the City of St Paul, county OF Ram
sey and State of Minnesota.
64-6s F. A. REM, City Treasurer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-08

All in the City of st. Paul, county of Ram
sey and State of Minnesota.
6@6S F. A. REM, City Treasurer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-08

NEW YORK, March Mooney active a
sac per cent. per annum and 1-32 per cent
per day, closing at 6 per cent
Sight exchange on New York at s4.S34
Prime mercantile paper SOC per cent.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-08

Ramsey's Subdivision of VIZ of Block 26,
Stinson, Brown & Ramsey's Addition to
St. Paul.
Supposed owner and Amt of
description. Lot. Block. Assm't.
Josiah G Monroe, that
part My of Fort street 10 28 81 80
Same, except Fort street, II 20 145
Same, except Fort street, IL 26 IS
Same, except Fort street, Is 26 8 90
Stinson. Brown & Ramsey's Addition to St.
Paul.
Supposed owner and Amt of
description. Lot. Block. Assm't.
Estate of Henry A Stin.
son, deceased. IS $2S IS
Thomas Daly's Subdivision of Block 81, Stin-
son, Brown & Ramsey's Addition to St.
Paul.
Supposed owner and Amt of
description. Lot. Block. Assm't.
o B Turrell ... 4 81 50 q
VIM Dawson, except Fort
street. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8 81 Is
Same, that part sly of
Fort street. ........ 6 81 SS5
Same, that part SLY of
Fort street. z 81 2 Is
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09

more than one of Corwin's famous
speeches. Back in the valley of Turtle
Greek is the sleepy old town of Lebanon.
The Corwin family-consisting of one
married and one single daughter, the
latter lame and below the average in in
tellect, and with complexion as dark as
her father-still reside in the old man.
sion near the cemetery. Corwin died in
1865 in Washington, and nearly every
man, woman, and child in Warren
County focked to his funeral when his
remains were taken home. They buried
him with great pomp, and then began to
talk about monument. The family
thought the county ought to erect it,
and the commiss toner's said it was plainly
the duty of the family. Nothing was done
by either until Ingersolls message fell
among them like a hot shot, and turned
the town upside down. Corwin's son-in-
law, Cincinnati lawyer, named Sage,
ordered Quincy shaft thirteen feet high,
and it has just been put in place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09

meath the leaden-gray November sky;
and when felt the wintry wind, and saw
the ground white with snow, and real
lied that it was the winding-sheet of our
darling boy, / felt that / could almost
70 low the advice of Jobs wife, Course
God, and die"
Standing there in the yard, I noticed
large flock of crows had gathered in
the field yonder, nearly half q mile from
the house. l watched them for some
time without seeming to heed them. I
saw them flying swiftly athwart the
heavens, jostling each other in their
haste; then when they appeared to have
reached one particular spot, they would
soar high In air for an instant, and
swoop down, almost touching the
ground, to once more rise, mounting
higher and higher in a circle, until, fly
ing over my head, they would again dart
back to the field; all the time uttering
their harsh cries, which seemed to bid
me "Search t.
So strongly did become impressed
with this idea that j started towards the
place, bareheaded and half-clotIled as I
was, and 80 weak that I could hardly
stand.
It was a long time before 1 reached
the spot over which they were lowering;
but, as I approached it, I saw, by the
side of dry, withered stalk, crouched
as though for protection from the rude
blast, rabbit. Imagine my feelings
when recognized it as our darling bows
pet, nearly dead from hunger and cold.
The instant I saw it knew that I had
found our boy-that Benny wss there.
I lifted the half-frozen creature to ore
side, ard kneeling, quietly removed the
cold snow from the body of or darling.
| remember taking him in my arms and
kissing his cold lips; but how I reached
the house I can't tell; ouly know that
1 laid him in his mothers lap, and that
she looked up in my face and, with a
sweet smile, said
"I have been waiting SO long for you
to bring Benny back, Paul"
When / again returned to conscious
ness Benny had been buried two weeks,
and was told that the physician said
he had undoubtedly dropped dead from
aneurism of the heart. Had it not
been for those crows, sir, his little body
would have lain under the cold snow,
unburied, until spring.
Now, sir, you know why I didn't want
the crows shot. don't often speak of
this, our great sorrow; but / feel that
an apology was due you for the uncere-
monious manner in which / interrupted
your shot, and perhaps there was some
thing in your face that told me you would
understand the motive that prompted me
in spelling your anticipated sport. And
now, with your permission, we will re-
turn to the other room. Ny wife will
be glad to talk with you, for it is not
often that we see gentlemen from the
east so far W est as this"
l thanked my host for his story, and
assured him that ever after I would re-
spect crows for his sake; nor have killed
one since.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
The Growth of the Gun.


Hunting for game was practiced with
bow and arrow only, until in the six
teenth century the Spaniards contrived
the arcebus or matchbox. Here the
match was fitted to GO serpentin !" or
cock, hung upon pivot, and brought
into contact with the printing by work.
ing substantially the same as that of the
modern hammer and trigger. This was
further improved by the German inven-
ton of steel wheel with serrated edge,
fitted to a spring, and made to revolve
rapidly, the edge coming in contact with
piece of pyrites, and by this friction,
producing the sparks to ignite the prim-
ing. The use OF the wheel-lock for
sporting purposes was very general in
the middle of the sixteenth century, and
for long time it was not improved
upon.
But necessity is the mother of inven-
ton. A bando Dutch chicken-stealers,
or of Spanish marauders-it is disputed
withholding too poor to provide them
selves with the higher priced wheel-lock,
and afraid to use the matchbox because
it might reveal their whereabout to the
minions of the law, abstained from their
Ofh SloOUlCCo IOAo OuOuSh W O1cVlSC ID
weapon better adapted to the needs OF
roost-rcbbers. The result was the flint
lock, and the pot-hunting fraternity
scored a long credit mark.
The fint-lock reached it's perfection in
the hands of "that king of gunmakers, %
Joseph Mantin, in the early part of the
present century, and it gave way only to
a worthy superior in the modern gun ex-
ploded by percussion.
The discovery of Illuminating powders
and their application to gunnery, mark
a most important epoch in the manufac-
ture and employment of firearms. The
charge in the gun was at first placed
above the Illuminating powder, which
was ignited by the conclusion of an iron
plunger struck by cock. Then this
plunger was dispensed with and the full
inmate was simply placed in the fash
pan. The successive steps are familiar
to almost all gunners; the printing was
placed between two bits Of paper, and
called percussion pellets; the illuminate
was affixed to the breech by the newly
invented cartridge, and fired by pene-
tratlng needle; then came the copper cap
and then the eliminating improvement
OF the cartridge containing both the
charge and the printing and lgnited at
first by the pin and afterward rim fire
and central fire principle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
A French Story,
Paris Corr. n. Y. Times. |

l.. M. Bernard, retired bird stuffer,
residing in Villeconteau, in the Jura,
was found with his head split open in
his bed. The victim had no enemies; he
was quiet, inoffensive creature, who
would never have harmed fly; nothing
had been stolen from the premises;
bundle of bank notes and railway shares
was found untouched in his desk. What
could have been the motive of the crime
To whom could it be imputed? The
heirs seemed to be above suspicion; one
was his son, a painter on enamel of tai
emit, whose affectionate devotion to his
father was proverbial in the canton; the
other was Nine. Bernard, a woman thirty
years his junior, whom the old taxider-
mist had married only twelvemonth be-
fore his death, and who was held up by
the cure and the mayor as model of ev-
cry Christian virtue. The procuref of
the republic, the JUICE d'instruction, and
the commissary of the police, on the
morrow of the murder were interchangeable;
the maid of all work, the neighbors, the
deceased's acquaintance were questioned
and cross-questioned, yet not clue was
obtainable, and the magistrates were
obliged to adjourn over until the next
morning, with the very slie bit hope that
something might turn up il the interval
to put bafhed justice on the right track.
Their expectations were not disappoint-
ed; bright and early the family doctor,
who, after his sons examination. had
been shut up with the latter in his stud
10, presented himself to the procurer.
:" M. lie Procurer," he said, SO there is a
popular belief that in certain cases of
violent death the last object seen remains
fixed upon the eye almost as clearly as
photograph. Bernard was not perhaps
killed during his sleep. Perhaps he saw
his assassin, and it may be that his i'm
age is reproduced on the visual organs.
Will you examine his eyes this morn
ing +! The magistrate consented. rather
to humor Esculapius than because of
any real confidence In the ordeal. At
noon the parquet arrived; the corpse lay
on the bed, its face and beard still Gov
cred with blood, its eyes closed On one
side stood the JUICE d'instruction and the
widow on the other; the doctor who, at
sign from the procurer, raised the eye
lids; TIE magistrate bent forward over
the blue pupils, which seemed to glare
with strange fxedness at the group in
which was Nine. Bernard, and then, af-
ter moments examination, his face as
pale as death, he caught the woman's
hand, exclaiming: ''Look for yourself
and deny it if you dare /" Mime. Bern
ard did look, uttered shrek, and faint
ed. She distinctly saw her own face re-
fected on each side of the cloven fore
head, and when she recovered conscious
ness, avowed herself the murderess-
"only for Gods sake take me away /"
1t was not miracle nor phenomenon;
the doctor explained everything; he and
the younger Bernard had had suspicious
from the first; the latter had made pair
of enamel eyes: the doctor had cleverly
inserted them in the dead mans orbits,
and fright and superstition had done the
rest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
The Wind as Motive Power.

Sir William Thomson, is the author of
the following article in the Popular
Science Monthly:
Turning, now, to sources of energy
derived from SUD- heat, let us take the
wind first. When we look at the register
of British shipping and see 10000 yes
sells, of which about 10000 are steamers
and 10000 sailing-ships, and when we
think how vast an absolute amount of
horsepower is developed by the engines
Of these steamers, and how considerable
proportion it forms of the whole horse
power taken from coal annually in the
whole world at the present time, and
when we consider the sailing ships of
other nations, which must be reckoned in
the account, and throw in the little item
of wind-mills, we find that, even IN the
present day of steam ascendency, old
fashioned wind still supplies large part
OF all energy used by man But, how
ever much we may regret the time when
Hoods young lady, visiting the fens of
Lincolnshire at Christmas, and writing
to her dearest friend in London (both
sixty years old now if they are alive),
describing the delight of sitting in a
bower and looking over the wintry plain,
not desolate, because wind-mills lend
revolving animation to the scene," we
can not shut our eyes to the fact of a
lamentable decadence of wind-power. Is
this decadence permanent, OF may we
hope that it is only temporary? The sub
terranean coal stores of the world are be-
coming exhausted surely, and not slowly,
and the price of coal is upward bound
upward bound ON the whole, though no
doubt it will have it's ups and downs in
the future as it has had in the past,
and as must be the case in respect to
every marketable commodity. When
the coal is all burned, or long before it is
all burned, when there is so little of it
left, and the coal-mines from which that
little is to be excavated are so distant
and deep and hot that its price to the
consumer is greatly higher than at
present, it is most probable that wind
mills or wind-motors in some form will
again be in the ascendant, and that wind
will do mans mechanical work, on land
at least, in proportion comparable to it's
present doing of work at sea.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
CorWin's Grave.

els there a monument over Tom
Corwin's grave yet?" was Col. Ingersoll's
telegraphic reply to an invitation to lee
ture in Lebanon, Ind, last winter.
ono. sir, answered the old gentleman
who was acting as secretary of the lecture
association; and before he had left the
telegraph Office the operator handed him
a message, which read:
81 would not lecture in your old town
for half of it. ROBERT G. INGERsoLL.'
Corwin's grave is on the crest of lit
tie knoll on the east side of the town
cemetery at Lebanon. The remains of
his wife lie ON one side of him, and those
of his son on the other. Standing over
them one can see miles away across rich
valleys and fertile hillsides, the scene of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
[From the Alta Californian


The steamship City of Rio de Janeiro,
arrived on Wednesday, She left New
York, July l, and after commonplace
passage, during which they had very
fair weather, they touched at Sandy
Point or Point Arenas, a promontory
belonging to Chill, and situated at the
entrance of the Straits of Magellan.
Although this was in the Middle of the
month of August, the thermometer
ranged five degrees below zero. All the
officers and crew were muf1ed up in
double suits, furs, etc., to protect them
selves as much as possible from the bit
ing cold. The stoppage was made to
bury one of the crew who had died. The
swell, however, was SO strong that it was
found impossible to land, whereupon the
poor fellow was sewed up in canvas and
tenderly consigned to the deep. The roar
Of the sea, mingled with the short burial
service, the officers and crew muf1ed up
in their coats, and with the white crosses
shining from the desolate distance, show
ing where the bones of other poor mar
liners rested, combine to make the scene
very solemn one. After the ceremonies
were over the steamer kept on and next
anchored near Dead Mans Island or
Governors Point, a solitary island in the
Straits of Magellan, where large board
is seen on which the names of all vessels
whose boats have been able to land we're
painted. A terrible snowstorm was rag
ing at the time. Snow could be seen in
drifts from fifty to sixty feet high on
land. while the snow on the deck was
four or five inches deep. The storm was
so binding as to make it impossible to
proceed, whereupon the anchor was let
go for the second time. While lying at
anchor the crew were astOnished on see
ing canoe put off from shore and ap-
proach the steamer. It contained three
men and one woman, who, notwithstand-
ing the cold, were almost entirely nude.
They were found to be typical Pata-
gonian natives. They were all over six
feet in height and exceedingly dirty.
They were allowed on board and by signs
made themselves understood as wanting
pipes and tobacco, which were furnished
them. They greatly relished the luxury,
swallowing the smoke in great gulps.
AS the natives evinced a commendable
desire for clothing the crew furnished
them with such garments as could be
spared, and the result was that soon all
four of The aborigines were arrayed in
complete sailor outfits, while one Of them
was given a pair of kid gloves to deck
his Patagonian phalanges. During this
proceeding the butcher on board killed a
bullock, and permission being given them
the natives at once took all the entrails,
threw them into the boat and, without
ceremony or asking blessing, fell to
with keen appetite upon their horrid
feast. They had brought some sealskins
on board, which they exchanged mostly
for their favorite article-tobacco.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
THE TWO ARMIES.
BY o. w. HOLMES.

AS life's unending column pours,
Two marshalled hosts are seen
Two armies on the trampled shores
That death flows black between.
One marches to the drum-beats roll,
The wide-mouthed clarion's bray,
And bears u ON a crimson scroll,
s'Our glory is 10 stay"
One moves in silence by the stream
With sad. yet wa.chfui eyes,
Calm as the patient planets CLEAN
That walks the clouded skies.
Along its front no sabres shine,
No blood-red pennons wave;
Its banner bears a single line,
Sour duty is to save"
For those no desth-bed's lingering shade,
At honor's trumpet call,
With knitted brow and lifted blade,
In glory's arms they fall.
For these no flashing falcnions bright,
No stirring battle-cry;
The bloodless stabber calls by night
Each answers, "Here am II"
For those the sculptor's laureled bust,
The bull der's marble piles,
The anthems pealing DER their dust
Through long cathedral isles.
For these the blossom-sprinkled turf
That floods the lonely graves
When spring rolls in her sea-green surf
In fowery foaming waves.
Two paths lead upward from below,
And angels wait above,
Who count each burning life-drop's flow,
Each falling tear of love,
Though from the HERDS bleeding breast.
Her pulses freedom drew,
Though the white lilies in her crest
Sprang from the scarlet dew
While valor's naughty champions wait
IT'LL all their scars are shown,
Love walks unchallenged through the gate
To sit beside the throneI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09

AN old fellow whose daughter had
failed to secure a position as teacher, In
consequence of not passing an examina-
ton, said: "They asked her lots of
things she didn't know. Look at the
history questions They asked her
about things that happened before she
was born How was she going to know
about them? Why, they asked her
about old George Washington and other
men she never knew! That was pretty
examination I"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09

ONE day last week, at Emory Gap,
Tenn, horse, unaccustomed to seeing
trains, was hitched standing near the
depot, when the south bound freight
came by. AS it approached he made the
widest demonstrations, and tried to
break loose, but his rider fastened to
him, seized the bride and prevented it.
AS the train drew nearer the horse O
convulsive tremor passed over his entire
form, and, trembling thus, he sank to
the earth, dead:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
DIR. HOLLANDS Lass POEM.

If life awake and will never cease
On the futures distant shore,
And the rose of love and the lily of peace,
Shall bloom there forevermore-
Let the world go round and round.
And the sun sink into the sea
For whether I'm on or under the ground,
Oh, what will it matter to me?
Youths Companion
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
DOMESTIC ECONOMY,
CRANBERRY ROLL.

Stew quart of cranberries in just
water enough to keep them from burn
ing. Make very sweet, strain and COOL
Make paste, and when the cranberry is
cold, spread it on the paste about an inch
thick. Roll it, tie it close in a flannel
cloth, boil two hours, and serve with a
sweet sauce. Stewed apples or other
fruits may be used in the same way.
MUSTARD PICKLES.
One ounce each of cloves, allspice,
black pepper and turmeric, one pound
mustard, one gallon vinegar, of which
reserve one quart to mix with the mus
tard. Put the spices in thin cloth and
boil in the vinegar, then take out the
spice and stir the turmeric and mustard
smoothly into the boiling vinegar. Pour
this on the pickles. Bottle and cork
tightly.
PORK AND APPLES.
Pork chops fried and served with ap-
pies are not to be frowned upon; put
the meat in the frying pan, and then
scatter little sage and pepper and salt
over it; cook thoroughly; If it is fat
enough SO there is plenty of gravy, fry
the sliced apples in that; if not, add a
lump of butter, brown the apples and
lay them over the pork.
TURKEY DRESSED WITH OYSTERS.
For ten-pound turkey two pints of
bread crumbs, half a teacup of butter
cut in bits (not meited), one teaspoonful
of powdered thyme, or summer savory,
pepper, salt, and mix thoroughly. Rub
the turkey well inside and out with salt
and pepper, then fill with first spoonful
of crumbs. then few well-drained
oysters; strain the oyster liquor and use
to haste the turkey. Cook the giblets in
the pan, and chop fine for the gravy. A
fowl of this size will require three hours
in a moderate oven.
MEAT AND POTATO PIE.
For the sake of variety and to please
children who seem sometimes to be
fascinated by pie, make once year a
meat and potato pie. Make crust as
for chicken pie, and fill it with pieces of
beefsteak, either partly cooked or raw;
season it well and make a gravy of
melted butter and water. thickened with
-four; pour over the meat and then put
in a layer of mashed potato and the crust
on the top of that. If it is too much
trouble to mash the potato, put in small
cooked ones whole; be sure and have
enough gravy so the pie will not be dry.
Do not make the crust so rich as to be
unwholesome.
SUPPER DISH.
A nice dish forsupper is made of sweet
or Irish potatoes, which have been left
from dinner (either baked or boiled).
Slice them, but not in very thin slices,
lay in baking tin or pudding dish, and
cover each layer with little Jumps of but
ter and with pepper and salt. Ii you
like the flavor of pork put two or three
thin slices of salt pork on the top. Bake
for half an hour. Raw potatoes may be
prepared in the same way, but will re-
quire longer time to bake them. To
give an excellent flavor to warmed over
potatoes take some of the fat that you
cut from slices of beefsteak, fry in the
pan till you have as much as you need,
then take out the scraps and put in the
potatoes. This is better than butter.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-18
ERITIsH CoLIMR.A.

VICTORIA, May 17th.-All quiet at Yale.
The Chinese rioters under arrest have been
committed for trial. An immense crowd OF
Chinese occupied the town, and during the
progress OF The examination the railway COM
pany's machine and blacksmith shops took
fire ard were burned. 1t was at first thought
that the FIRE was the result Of incendiarism by
the Chinese, but it is row believed to have
b. en- accidental.
The city voted by a msiority Of ten to one
in favor Of granting bonus OF $1,000 to a
wooden mill. This makes $4,000 that is Of
fered for the purpose.
The ship Sumatra continues afioat, and her
cargo Of coal will be discharged and sold by
auction.
A San francisco earnin has created sem
sation here by insisting that pretty Ameri-
can girl now in town is the Princess Beatrice
He follows and addresses her as her Royal
Highness, and when she denies Ler identity
will not be co3ferted.
The c inese rioters say they are systemat-
ically swindled by the supplying firms in San
Francisco, who send them rice, sugar and
other goods short By weight, and charge for
the full amount.