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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
The PuhIic Deht.

The new fiscal year opens with an unusually
favorable exhibit. The reduction in the public
debt for the first month being over $4,000, 900
against 100000 for July, 1880. This large
excess of surplus revenue over July of last
year. is attributable entirely to the reduction
in expenditures, as the aggregate receipts last
month was nearly $500, 900 below those of July,
1880. In the interest-bearing debt there is a
reduction of about $1S, 800, 900, which repre-
sents the total amount of per cent. bonds re-
deemed since April. The total debt, less cash
in the treasury, is 81, $3.50. 520,789.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Terrible Explosions.

An explosion in a mine at Lourches. France,
killed ten persons and seriously injured twenty.
A dispatch from Mazatlan, Mexico, gives an
account of the explosion i'll the government
magazine there on the 2Sth ult., caused by the
guard smoking. The explosion completely de-
mos1ed the magazine ana many houses In the
Der of others. Immediately after the disaster
the soldiers and citizens went to work to re-
cover the bodies of those buried under the
ruins, and succeeded in securing the remains of
seventy-fiNe persons. The number of killed
and wounded is not yet known, as many bodies
were still under the debris at last accounts
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
The Unhappy Gear.

It has been made startlingly certain that the
Nihiists are even now close to the person of
the Russian Emperor and that they are liable
to make an attempt upon his life at any mo-
ment. On the night of the 4th inst. a letter
threatening the car with death was found on
the table in the emperors bedroom, which was
supposed to be strongly guarded and to
which access can only be had by the most thor
oughly trusted. Several attendants have been
cd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

OSTRICH feathers are not so much nsed for
personal adornment by ladies as formerly, but
there seems to be still considerable demand
for them. The British consul at Mogaaor
states that these feathers form an important
branch of the Mogador exports, the quantity
last year for England and France being forty
one cwt., valued at G16, 500. The feathers
came from Soudan and further south. general
ly from birds killed by native hunters, who
sometimes, however, catch them alive, strip
them of their feathers and let them go.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1881.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

TH1RTY-FIyE thousand pieces of railway bag
gage were lost in Great Britain last year. The
check system would obviate this loss, but it can.
not be introduced in the old country without g
long fight, the report of commission" and
prolonged consideration on the part of the d.
rectors of the several lines
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Loss of n Ship.

The American ship Calcutta, from Philippine
Islands, May, 3. for Boston with a cargo of
sugar and hemp valued at 100000, was totally
wrecked on the coast of kaffraria on the Sd of
June. Only three of the crew were saved.
Vessel and cargo were fully insured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

THE Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun says that ex-Minister Christiancy has
paid to Mrs. Christiancy and counsel thus far,
for aEmony and counsel fees, over 1914 ,00G. II
is thought to be not unlikely that the divorce
suit will not come to trial before next year
Mr.. Christiancy is expected to return to this
country toward the end of August "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

The spot where General Mcpherson fell is
described as a small enclosure. rallied in with
musket barrels, capped with spears, and covers
a little glade in the forest, two and half miles
from Atlanta. From granite base in the CEN
tire a thirtytwo pound cannon rises in the air,
its square cut face rounded by shell held in
the mouth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Indian DeDredatiouS.

The Mescalero Indians have crossed the Rio
Grande and are running off stock and killing
herders in Old Mexico. Thirty citizens who
left San Marcial to bury the bodies of victims
were surprised at dinner ON the Sd inst in Red
Canon, San Mateo Mountains. Two were
killed at first fire and seven wounded. All
their stock was captured. The remainder of
the whites took to the rocks and dispatched a
courier for aid, which has been sent there from
Fort Craig
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

DR.. Agnew stated to a friend on the Sd inst,
that the President was making satisfactory pro-
gress toward recovery. He is now able to make
use of his arms to lift himself about, and to
draw up his legs without help. He makes no
complaint of pain in the back, and the pains in
his lower extremities have pretty we'll disap-
peared Should the President continue to i'm
prove without any serious break, it is thought
he will be able to make a short sea voyage on
the Tallapoosa in about three weeks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
More Fast TrOtting,

Maud S. attempted to beat her low record of
2:1O1s at Buffalo, N. Y. on the 4th inst. but
owing to high wind, failed. Her best heat was
made in 2:10M. Vanderbilt was present to wit
ness the trottlng
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

A NEw1Y-Aoou1RED habit: ''Look
heah, Uncle Nose, you fooled me wild
dat ar boss [ buyed from yer last week.
He jest drapt dead in his tracks," He
nebber drapt dead in his tracks or any
where else as long as had him, goin'
on twenty years. Texas Siftings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

HOSTESS, at evening party" What,
leaving already, Mr.. Miyers ? I've
scarcely seen anything of you the whole
evening" Mr.. Mivers, who goes in for
the courteous manners of the olden
times" That, madam, is entirely my
fault" Exit gracefully, but recalls to
his horror halfway down stairs that he
meant to say misfortune instead Of
fault. Punch
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Railway wrecks.

An accident at the station of the narrow
gauge road in the City of Mexico killed four
persons and wounded one.
A collision between freight trains at Lancas-
ter, Pa, on the LIST inst, resulted in the wreck
of two locomotives, eight cars and caboose.
The engineer, James Hinckley, was probably
fatally injured. A storm was raging at the
time of the disaster.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
The COckleSheIl.

The dory Little Western, from London June
14th, for New York. was spoken by steamer in
latitude 4S north, longitude 81 west. She re-
CURED no assistance, but her main boom was
broken and the crew reported her leaking at
the rate of four inches per hour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Heavy RObberieS.

The rooms of Capt. John Baffinger and fam
lily. of st. Louis, Mo-, at the hotel at Ashbury
Park, N. Y, were robbed of jewelry valued at
$4,000 on the night of the I'd inst. Other
guests at the hotel suffered also.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

the balance has come to us in gold or bonds.
England, France and Germany are the only
nations which now report larger foreign COM
merce than the United States, and the margin
between the two continental nations and this
country is SO slight that it may easily be wiped
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Sale of a Mine.

One of the largest transactions in the history
of Colorado mining operations was consum-
mated at Denver on the LIST inst. The Evening
Star Company purchased Gov Routt's great
silver mine, known as the Morning Star, for
81 500. O0G
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

AUSTRALIA suffers from both animal and
vegetable plaques. 1t has groaned under a
rabbit pest and kind of watercress, which
somebody thought would be "such a good
thing" but which has served admirably to
choke up streams; and now it is in mortal
dread of the lantana, shrub resembling G gi-
gantic raspberry bush, which was imported as a
garden ornament from France. Birds like the
seed, and scatter it in all directions, and the
shrub threatens to grow densely and become an
insuferable nuisance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

TIE exports of the United States were val
ned at S71asa95, 1926 In 1879, and at $s41, SOC.
386 IN 1880, while for the year ended June 90,
1881, they were $500, 319, GOO. by far the Iarg~
est yet recorded. The imports of last year. on
the other hand, had been twice exceeded, in
1873 and 1880. Their value is estimated to be
s642, $4,000. While there has been gain of
some $50, 000,000 in exports, the failing off in
imports has been SO decided that the volume of
trade both ways is some 100000, 600 less than
last years total. To this extent the balance of
trade has tuned in our favor. We have sold
to foreign nations $3.50, 000, 600 more of mer-
chapdise than we have bought from them. and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

The list Of foreigners who have visited this
country during the present season for the pllE-
pose of spying out the land has lately been ia
creased by the arrival of an energetic and in
telligent young &cotchman who was sent QUIZ
by his neighbors to investigate and report to
them upon the advantages here osered for the
establishment OF Scotch colony. He says
that it has lately seemed to him and his friends
at home that America and American productions
have been the sole tepics of discussion. Amer
lean flour, fruits, vegetables, beef and dairy
products compete with theirs in every market
at prices which they ,eannot meet, and they are
almost ready to exchange their old fanns for
the free soil of the New World. To such i'm
migrants as these this country viii extend a
cordial and confident welcome. Their thrift
will employ every advantage offered by g new
country AID make success practically certain
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

The exhibition of dairy products at the com
ing Toronto industrial fair will be upon scale
never before attempted. The eastern and
western associations will partake, and prizes of
S., 200 viii be offered in this department alone,
of which sum the associations contribute 5000
each, and the wholesale and retail dealers of
Toronto a like sum. The enormous refrigera-
tor erected last year, running the entire length
of the building, will. it is hoped, be filed with
dairy products of the more perishable classes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
NEW S IN BRIEF.
Yacht Sunk,

small yacht sunk off the coast of Buteshire.
Scotland, on the 4th inst. Five persons, in
Guiding three ladies, were drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

KIT CAKsoN's grave, at Laos, N. NJ, is
marked only by a mound Of gravel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

The Memorial Association Organized
and Ready for WOrk--An Address
List of Officers.

The Memorial Association Organized
and Ready for WOrk---An Address
List of Officers.
From Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, July 3O.1
A meeting was held at the Newhall
House Friday night of the committee ap-
pointed by the State Bar Association and
delegates from the Carpenter Memorial
Association-an organization formed by
the young men-at which both organic
ations were formally consolidated and
the following officers elected:
Preside.a-Gov. VIM. Z. Smith.
Vice President O'Nel
Secretdry-Frank A. Flower.
IredsTer-George G. Houghton.
A central committee on state organiZa-
ton, with power to appoint sub-comnit-
elected as follows: William E. Smith,
ex-officio, n. S. Murphey, Edward
O'Neil, David Vance, G. Ell. Paul, John
E. Eldred, E. P. Matthews, DR.. William
Fox, Frencis Bloodgood and Frank A.
Flower, ex-officio.
n. S. Murphey is chairman of this
committee.
John E. Eldred presented the follow
ing, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the following committee, with
A. 4. Shepard as chairman, be appointed to Sc
lect subcommittee in the county of Milwaukee
with full power to employ all necessary assist
ants to aid them in the work: '
Committee at Large-A. X. Shepard.
First Ward-I. W. Van Schaick.
Second Ward-C. Widule.
Third Ward-Edward Keogh.
Fourth Ward-E. B. Simpson.
Fifth Ward-John Bentley
Sixth Ward-C. S. Raesser
Seventh Ward-W. s. Stanley.
Eighth Ward-C F. Freeman.
Ninth Ward-Charles Sarnow.
Tenth Ward-H. J. Baumgartner.
Eleventh Ward-H. P. Fischer.
Twelfth Ward-Thomas Corbett.
Thirteenth Ward-Charles Oldenburg.
Bay View-D. J. Price.
Lake-Thomas O'Neill.
Oak Creek-P. Merrity.
Franklin-M. J. Eagan.
Wauwatosa-J. Schoonmaker.
Granville-W. BoOrse.
Milwaukee-William Pierron.
Richard Burke then offered the follow
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Muck---1ts Variation and Use.

Muck owes its value chiefly to the
nitrogen and lime it contains, beside
the organic matter as a whole. The
proportion OF these substances depends
IN no small degree on the quantity of
soil and sand that has become mixed
with the vegetable matter. In the
analysis of thirteen samples Of swami
muck made last year at the Connecti
cut Experiment Station, the proportion
OF ash, which would include the sand
and soil, ranged from about 9.5 to 78
per cent. in the water-free substance.
SO that the remains of vegetable SUBJ
stance would vary from about % to 90
per cent; the percentage of lime RANGED
from .26 to Al, and of nitrogen from
o. to "a The best sample would con-
tain, supposing the muck to be cured bv
exposure to frost and air for a season.
with about 30 per cent. of water. rs
per cent OF lime and 1.55 per cent. of
nitrogen; the poorest would contain
but 81 per cent. of lime and go per
cent. OF nitrogen. In other words.
Whlle the best one would, if well cured
contain five times as much nitrooen az
Is found in ordinary farmvard manure
the poorest would not contain one half
more. 1t must not by any means be
supposed that this nitrogen is as yalua-
Die, pound for pound, as that of stable
manure; but it has it's value, neyertbe-
less, often, at least, much greater than
us cost, which cannot always be said of
nitrogen IN commercial fertilizers.
since nothing but a chemical ANALYSIS
Will tell how much nitrogen, lime and
resldues OF vegetable substance a muck
contains, and there is nothing in the
appearance of the muck that will enable
one 10 decide how valuable it NAV be.
the most feasible method of determin-
ing whether its use will paw in anv
gwen case to try experiments with II.
ana though this may involve some ex,
IRA labor, yet bed of muck on a farm
has too much possible value in it to he
passed by without trial. 1t is in pener-
al better to expose the muck to the
,rost and weather for several weeks: it
becomes dryer, SO that a third less
water often has to be carried to the M
lands- Iron compounds poisonous to
vegetation which may sometimes
though rarely, be present, are rendered
harmless, and the nitrogen NAV. to a
siight extent, become more assimilahle
II the muck-bed is not to far from the
oarn' there is usually no more profita-
oie way to use it than in composts with
'he manure of the yard.-M Y Tribune.
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gor nou'tg Rfadtrs.
An OLD SAYING.

A dear little maid came skipping out
In the glad new day with merry shout;
With dancing feet and with flying hair
She sang with joy in the morning air.
Don't sing before broadcast, y,un cry before
nigh!' -z.f
What croak, to darken the child's delight
And the stupid old nurse. again and again.
Repeated the ancient, dull refrain.
The child paused, trying to understands;
But her eyes saw the great world rainbow
spanned: Ff" w
Her light little feet hardly touched the
earth,
And her soul brimmed over with innocent
mirth. +it za tfF4
Never mind-dont listen-O sweet little
maid!
Make sure of your morning song,'' / said.
: And II pain must meet you, why, all the
more s%sE y.s'e j ID ,ssgss
Be glad of the rapture that came before
40, tears and sorrow are plenty enough. 2 q
Storms may lie bitter and paths be rough
But our tears should fall like the dear Earth's
showers
That help to ripen the fruits and flowers
$50 gladden. the day with your blissful song,
Sing on while you may, dear. sweet and
strong! sn Fl43 ~
Make sure of your moment of pure delight
No matter what trials may come before
night
Celia Ihdrter, in Wide AlUGle.
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Tommy in Church.

1t is q remarkably occasion. and
may not happen again In all your life )
SO Iommy's father had told him in re-.
gard to his seventh birthday, that came
on Easter Sunday that year. SN-AN
IN me 1 usual birthday party was put of
~ ILL Monday, but on Saturday nipht
Tommy and five-year-old Lottie were
allowed to sit up unusually late color.
ing Easter eggs and making taffy. that
Is they watched their mother and Sfha
COOK, and when the, taffy was done
lhey ate all they could hold, after
Mnlcn there were several plates full Of
cream colored love-knots. twisted sticks
and animals of all sorts. to sat a,ran
IN the ice-house, not to be touched 1 I'll,
Monday. o0 I'LL
1t was bright Easter sun that shone
on Iommy's birthday morning: but
Iommy's mother had a sick beaiache
ana Lottie couldn't wear her new
The Bossier banner., 1881-06-09
The Veil About Shakespeare.

considering that Shakespeare died
only two hundred and sixty-five wears
ago to-day-but four years before the
landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
we know wonderfully little about him
VI julius Caesar, in most respects. we
know far more. We are acquainted
with Caesars habits, his judgments of
men, his very words on many and some
OF these important occasions, so that his
personality is almost familiar. But
Shakespeare is in this wise almost a
shadow, and his works, amazing as
they are, help us little in giving form
and substance to himself. If nothing
were left of Byron two and a half cen.
tur1es hence save his poetry, it would
not be hard from that alone to construct
and realize the man. We should know
| that he was at once handsome and de-
formed; a lover of women and hater Of
men; person at once profligate and
superstitlous, an aristocrat and zealot
IorHberty; sybarite, desperately prone
10 seH-lndulgence, yet capable of aston
lshlng efforts OF both mental and phys-
icad industry. All this and more if is
easy to CLEAN from Byron's WRITINGS.
because he was morbid, intensely self.
conscious and Intellectually limited.
however great. within assignable bounds.
was his genius. But with Shakespeare
1t is almost exactly the reverse. So
broad, so catholic, SO healthy and SO
many-sided is he that no such process
OF divination will apply to him. Byron
Is Conrad, Manfred, Lucifer, but never
an opposite or contrasting character.
But Shakespeare is equally Hamlet and
Falstaff, Iago and Touchstone. Justice
Shallow and Macbeth. You cannot find
IN Shakespeare the favoritlsm that indi-
Gates 1ntrospection or self-love. Per-
maps in this our felicity III his possession
Is the greater. A striking literary fie-
ure, like noble mountain, is perhans
the grander for being partly yelled bv
mysterious clouds. II the atmosphere
were clearer the promontory might
gam IN dlstinctness, but it would lose
in majesty and impressiveness.
Of the worlds statesmen. warriors
and rulers we can in general seldom
know too much. But of certain won.
derful writer's and if this is true of anv
OF the immortal band it is true OF
ohakespeare-the zest and worth of the
treasures they have left mankind are |
probably heightened, and at all events |
attention is more entirely concentrated |
upon them, by the fact that mankind |
know so little about themselves.-N z
Erening Post.
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chant. "They lie near the bottom of
the sea. At first sight they seem in
significant and harmless. but if a diver
or the air pipes come within their reach,
their long, shadowy tentacles or fingers
suddenly clutch the object with pow
erful, tightening grasp, until the man
is crushed to death or the hose-pipes
burst in twain. Many man has lost his
life through the wickedness of these
devil-fsh. ."-NeW York Herald.
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Aninlals as Pregnosticators Of Earth.
.tT .8s3 .fCtg s4uaAes. :ieff7n ~ "

81 An Italian writer ON the recent catas.
trophe on the. Island of Ischia men
tions those prognostics Of an earth.
quake which are derived from animals.
they were observed in. every place
where the shocks were such as to
be generally perceptible. Some min.
eutes before they were felt, the oxen
and cows began to below, the sheep
and goats bleated, and, rushing in con-
fusion one on the other, tried to break
the wicker work of the folds: the dogs
howled terriblyysthe@ geese and fowls
were alarmed. and made much noise;
the horses which were fastened in their
stalls were greatly agitated Ieaped up,
and tried to- break 1.-THE, ihalters with
which they We're, attached to the
managers; those which were proceeding
on the roads Suddenly stopped and
snorted in a, very strange way. The
icats were frightened, and tried TO con-
.eeal themselves, oritheir hair bristled
up wildly, Rabbits and moles were
seen to leave their holes: birds rose, as
Il scared, from the places ON which
they had alighted;, and fish left the
bottom OF the sea and approached the
shores, where, at some places, great
numbers OF them were taken. Even
ants and reptiles abandoned, in clear
daylight, their subterranean holes. id
great disorder, many hours before the
shocks were felt. e, Some dogs, few
minutes before the first shock took
place, awoke their sleeping masters by
barking and pulling them, as if. they
wished to warn them of the impending
danger. and several persons were thus
enabled to save themselves, ssos sEB
"9-An instance Of coolriess and cour
age ln a boysis reported in aletter from
sWakkerstroom, i'll South Africa. The
garrison made raid for the purpose Of
capturing some 4 cattle, but were COM
PEELED to retreat into camp. While
falling back a youngster about fifteen
years old was gthrown from his horse,
which ran off and left him. Findingh he
could not escape from the Beers. who
were in close pursuit. lay down be-
hind some stones on the slope Of the
hill A few. minutes afterward, four OF
the enemy came galiopfng Up, when the
boy let fy. knocking one out OF bis
saddle. The three men who were With
him, thinking, in an probability, they
We're running into Ian sambuscades
wheeled and bolted for their lives. The
boy then crept on his hands and feet TO
the top, OF the hill, took to his heels, and
escaped.
-gi3Gifl lIifgs--ss--- II ~ - .-s--ls1 sB9sE8
1t is said to have cost the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st Paul Company at the
rate Of $500 mile to remove the snow
blockade on portion of its line. For
many miles The roadway had been used
for ordinary travel, and the snow was
packed down SO hard, that it had to be
leosened with picks. Al prominent Of
ficial of the Milwaukee Railroad is au-
thority for the statement that the cost
to that and the Northwestern Company
by loss of business, cost of SHOWS
shoveling, and contingent expenses
growing out of the snow blockade or
the winter, will not be less than s2,'
100000.