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AFTER BLISS.

Dr. Boynton has been recently interviewed, and
after stating positively that he had entertained
hopes OF President C;arfelds recovery until July
%, said that the first rigor that the President
had occurred on that day and convinced him that
the case WAS thereafter hopeless. Being asked il
the reason for his loss OF hope was his belief that
such rigors indicated the approach Of death, he
replied:
"NO did not pect immediate dissolution.
But the rigor was an evidence of the existence in
the Presidents system of pyamia. Besides, the
public never have known that the Presidents
wound was never properly cieansed until three
weeks after he was shot. The pus had, through
carelessness and incompetence been allowed to
remain in the wound until ii rotted, and pyemi;,
had done its perfect work"
did the other surgeons sign the bulletins
upon DR.. Bliss reports without making their own
observatiOns?" DR.. Boynton WIS asked
Yes" he answered; tho other surgeons took
Dr. Bliss word about the Presidents condition
until he was removed to Elberon. There it was
suggested to Dr. HamiltOn that the surgeons were
being deceived, and after that DR.. Hamilton or
DIR. AGncw took the indications, and after that
the pulse went up in the bulletins
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CAN OBTAIN A PATENT?

Send rough sketch or (if you CAM model of your
invention to GEORGE E. LEMON, Washington, D. c.
and PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION will be made of all
United States Patents of the class of Inventions
and you will be advised whether not patent can be
obtained.
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A LIVE TARGET,

There is in Detroit, Michigan, a man who was
wounded five times in less than ten minutes, at
Fair Oaks. The first bullet entered his left arm
the second gave him scalp wound the third hit
him in the foot; the fourth buried itself in his
shoulder; the fifth entered his right leg. While
he was being carried to the rear, the first two
men who took him were killed. While his
wounds were being dressed, an exploding shell
almost buried him under an avalanche of dirt.
In being removed further to the rear, a runaway
ambulance horse carried him half a mile and
dumped him out, and yet he is seemingly hale
and hearty, and walks without iimp.-Er.
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CATS AT SEA.

Certain animals were Once thought to provoke
storms at sea- and were thus regarded as unluCky
by seamen A dead hare on board ship has long
been thought a storm-bringer. The hare is I'M
lucky in MANY folklore stories Many people,
as Lapps, Firms, and Chinese, will not eat it. AS
an animal supposed to see at night, it was con-
nected with the moon, shining by night ana we
have Eastern traditions OF the hare in the moon.
Hence it is with the moon, weather-maker.
The cat was still more widely feared as storm
bringer and is always unlucky on board ship.
She carries gale in her tail" and is thought to
provoke storm by playing with gown OF apron,
rubbing her face licking her fur the wrong way,
&c Provoking eat will certainly bring gale,
in sailor belief and drowning one viii surely
raise tempest Fielding, ii Voyage to Lisbon,
1775J says: THE kitten at last recovered, to the
great iov of the good captain, but to the very
great disappointment of some OF the sailors, VINO
asserted that the drowning OF a cat was the very
surest way of raising a favorable wind" FlaWs
on the surface Of the water are IN sior-lore, cat
paws" There is a Hungarian prOverb that cat
does not die in water, hence its paws disturb the
surface. A larger furry on the water Is cat
skim So it rains cats and dogs, and the stormy
northwest wind in some parts of England is the
eats nose In Chinese lore tigers cause storms,
and the Japanese wind god has steel claws and a
tigerish countenance. In Germany there is d
proverb that any one making cat his enemy
will be attended at his funeral by rats and rain
Cats see better at night, are connected with the
moon by many legends, are witches familiars, and
hence are eyed askant by many. The Egyptian
goddess of evil, Pasht, was cat-headed goddess
Cats were, as We have seen, used by witches In
raising gale ard are sod to ILL wind, while
pigs see il. On ship board the malevolent char
aeter of the cat is shown in nautical nomencla-
turer and the song now popular
1t the cat ~
is liable TO more than a double Interpretation.
The cato nine-tails is not desirable acquaint-
ance. nor do sailors have q love for the miscel-
laneous gear connected with raising the anchor
such rs the cat-head. cat-faI, cattail, cat-hOok.
cat-back. &c The lubbers-hole through whicli
it is thought derogatOry to the able seaman Il
pass is in French "Trou de chat Weak tea i
called by sailors cat-lap.' Freya the Morse god
dess was attended by eats, and thus Friday, he
day, was thought unlucky. spectral dog "sho-
ny . is said to predict storm when appearing on
the Cornish beach.-Tke United Stfriec.
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4 lake in the rear Of Manzanllo Mexico, burst
its confines last month and poured its waters into
the sea. The lake was full Of aligators and the
harbor OF sharks. When the monsters met wa
ter battle Immediately began, and it was waged
for several days in the presence Of most of the
people Of Manzanillo, For Il long time victory
trembled in the balance, but the sharks finally
prevailed and took dinner on the last of the
routed intruders. The inhabitants of Mama
milo pronounced it better than bull fight
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THE GREAT LAND SWINDLE.

The jury in the case of John Brady, jr., who
was tried at 1T. Louis, Mo-, in the Criminal Court
on charge Of false acknowledgment of deed,
returned a verdict Of guilty, and assessed his
punishment at seven years il the penitentiary.
Brady is one Of the men concerned in the great
land swindle scheme which was unearthed at the
land office at lronton, Missouri last spring, and
in which Robert l.. Lindsay, of St. Louis; Burne,
Of Pittsburg, and others We're implicated.
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The Gentleman's Monthly

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NEWS DEPARTMENT

win contain general summary of what is going
on in this and other lands and especially wha: is
being done at the National Capital and in the
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Attention will also be given to the various or
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02
rs GUITEAU INSANE

The New York Medical Record con-
tai1s lengthy editorial review of the
phenomena of Guiteau's case, which
tends to the conclusion that while the
assassin might have been on the border
line of insanity, yet he is not to be con-
sidered irresponsible; that "neither
morbid egotism nor consequent delu
sions necessarily stamp the individual as
a lunatic. The degree of the one, the
irrationality of the other, as well as ac-
companying facts, must be considered.
Guiteau's egotism is great, but not
phenomenal; his decisions were con-
temptible, but not entirely without data.
Add to this that his feelings, though
brutal, were not uncomfortable; that he
was more vicious than passionate; more
coherent in his deceit than incoherent in
his language or writing, and we get the
picture of man who is vain, british,
weak minded and Extensively eccentric,
but not insane. 1t must be admitted, :"
continues the Record, "that the general
character of the man has been extremely
bad. Besides being vain and preten-
tious, he has always appeared quite in
sensible to shame, and has never hest
tated to importune aggressively for any
desired favor. He was utterly unrelia-
BILE, lied, evaded his debts, earned
money by the worst methods of the
shyster lawyer, was brutal to his wife,
and immoral in his habits His manner
was mean and cringing. His intellectual
ability is, perhaps, little below the
average" From the general facts pre-
scented, the Record concludes: cit may
be that the evidence may develop facts
which will put Guiteau's mental condi-
ton in different light But now it APP
pears quite clear that the prisoners
crime was the act of o vicious nature.
congenitally bad and erratic, perhaps,
but made worse by self-indulgence and
the unchecked promptings of supreme
egotism. So far as their natural infirm-
tiles go, such men deserve pity, but they
cnnnot be considered irresponsible.
And, If society must protect itself by
taking life for life, it must in Justice
bring to account such miscreants as
Guiteau."
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I'ragiCal Tales.

Geo. Buydke, aged % was killed at Louis
vile, KY, on the 30th uit., by Ben. Eichen-
berger, with club. Buydke was fighting
Eichenberger's father when he interfered as
above.
The Italian who murdered Hobletzel at
Gunnison, Colo, was lynched by the citizens.
AT Cincinnati, o., on the 28th ult., Arnold
Misunderstanding was killed for refusing to give
a man chew of tobacco.
Mary Lewis, Of Lexington County, S. c.. re-
Gently married negro named Law when her
brothers pursued them and killed the dusky
bridegroom. They then searched for the
preacher. but he made good his escape.
Tlera Amarillo, Col, was the scene of an ex-
citing drama on the 9th ult., in the last act of
which three prisoners, Dell " Lock hart, Kid"
Coulter and man known as Slim made their
exit from the worlds stage ornamented with
hempen cravats. Lockhart and ''Slim were
horse thieves and Coulter was murderer.
Masked robbers killed J. Hinckley, agent of
the Union Pacific road at Franklin, Utah, on
the 9th ult.
notoriety was shot dead by policeman at st.
Louis on the night of the 28th ult., while at
tempting to rob residence.
At Lathamsville, Ala, on the 9th ult., Jack
Burns went to the house of J. c. Crump for the
purpose of killing him. Crump's 15-year-old
son stabbed Burns to death.
At Jacksonville, Ind, on the 9th ult., Ezra
Glove entered VIM. Spinnings store assaulted
clerk and spit on the goods Spinning struck
Glove with a slung shot and then threw him
from the door dying man.
There was desperate fight at Tombstone,
Arizona, on the 9th ult., between the city mar
shall and gang of cow boys. Frank and Tom
McLowry and Billy Clanton were killed. Sew
eral were wounded.
John Fl. Hudson, farmer residing near La
omi, ILL.,, after retiring with his wife on the
night of the 25th ult, attempted to shoot her.
Failing, he dragged her into the yard and frac
tured her skull with shovel. The murderer
then hung himself to a tree in the orchard.
Mrs. III. was alive at last accounts. Jealousy
was the cause of the tragedy.
On the night of the 22d, burglars entered a
house in the town of Varpulanko, Hungary,
and murdered whole family of nine persons,
including an infant and man aged 80 years.
Joe Caffrey, mate of the steamer Dean Deans,
was shot on the night of the oath, by negro
deck passenger, short distance below Mem
mis-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02
Turkish Women.

The Turkish woman is manageable
at the age of 10 years, and by the Turk
ish law at that age, if married, she is
competent to manage her property and
dispose of third of her fortune. The
law allows her to abandon her hus-
bands house for no cause, and will pro-
tect her in SO doing. She cannot be
compelled to laborfor the support of her
husband. On the contrary, he is COM
PEELED to support her; and it is penal
offense to insult or ill-treat her. Should
he not furnish her with funds she IS
authorized to borrow in his name and
even sell his property. After marriage
she has the absolute control of her own
property, which he cannot touch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02

claims adiudicated and settled this year.
AS each thousand claims averages about
81 900, 600, the amount of arrearages
since the war, added to the amount al
lowed for this year, it will cost $40, O00,-
900 to settle these claims. Thus, there
will be a demand for $40, 900, 900 this
year. AS the appropriation only amount
ed to $50, 900, 600, the deficiency of $780,,
10000 is easily explained. There are
now upon the rolls and pending adiudi-
cation over 1000 claims filed prior to
June 80, 1880, the date fixed by law for
filing of claims for arrears. It is calcu-
lated that at least $4,000 of these will
be adjusted and settled next year. It
will be necessary to add to this years
appropriations from $50, 900 to $50, 900.
Consequently Commissioner Dudley will
ask next year for an appropriation of
500, 900, 600 for pension purposes. It
is thought that about $50, 100000 will
have to be added each year until these
arrearages are cleared up, and the an
nual amount may then be expected to
shrink. 1t is thought now that but for
the arrears paid each pensioner, the an
nual pension roll would not exceed $45,-
100000. The accumulated cases really
really amount to about 359, 900, but it
is thought that not more than 100000
will stand adjudication. Hence the
commissioner favors the bill appropriate
ing an increase of clerical force, and ex-
petition in adjudication. The yearly
increase must continue until the ar
rearages are settled, and the annual pen
sion roll may be expected to fix itself at
$40, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02
Minor MiSllRDSs

Mrs. Bethune. of Halifax, accidentally
ignited her clothing at stove and rolled on
the floor to extinguish the flames. Her babe
crawled toward her, and both persisted.
The boiler of a threshing-machine exploded
at Martvie, N. Y, disemboweling Frank Will
man and injuring eight others.
torpedo explosion in the room at the navy
yard Washington, killed George Lawrence and
severely wounded George w. Gates and Marion
Thompson. The inner walls of the building
were demolished.
Daniel Mullen, rolling mill employer, struck
by an engine on the Lake Shore branch at
Youngstown, on the evening of the 28th ult..
was thrown fifteen feet in the air and killed.
AS the train bearing the French guests was
passing the Pennsylvania Military Academy at
Chester, on the 9th, salute was fired, and bv
the premature explosion of gun Cadet Mer-
rick, of Washington, had both arms blown off.
Louis III. Plant, of st. Louis, was one of the
victims of the recent railroad accident at
Dion, France. He was 81 years of age, a
graduate of Harvard, and an extensive traveller.
The boiler of Stewards saw mill, near Dead
wood, exploded last evening, killing the fire.
man and seriously injuring two others.
On the night of the 25th inst, while VIM.
Parker, who lives two miles south of Des
Moines, was putting up a stove pipe, it fell,
knocking lamp off a table. The lamp ex-
ploded, setting fire to the clothing of little
son and daughter fatally injuring both.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02
The Wafer Famine.

The deficiency in the water-supply of New
York City has led to a partial closing of the
gates Of the aqr1educts. In all the higher parts
of the city water cannotnow be obtained above
the kitchen floor. When the gates are open
from two to four inches the whole of the 95,-
000,0 gallons that the aqueduct can furnish
daily passes into the mains. The letting down
of the gates onehalf an inch cuts off IL, 900, 900
to 100000 of the supply. 1t is estimated that
the water now in store would not at the aver
age rate of consumption last more than seven
teen days The great drouth which has con-
tinued at the east while the west has been
deluged by the fall rains is the immediate cause
of the deficiency. The Croton river is at pres
eent running from 100000 to 100000 gal
Ions day, when, with its watershed of $780,
900 square miles 1t ought to furnish more than
200, 1000, 900 day. There are at at present
from 1,200, 100000 to 10000 1000 gallons
within the dam, where ordinarily there are 9,OOO,-
100000 gallons. The storage lakes in Cen
trail Park have between 0,000, 900 and 90O,-
10000 gallons. They ordinarily contain /, 100
100000 gallons. Dispatches announce that
heavy rains occurred on the 30th ult., continu-
ing throughout the night, and the prospects
are that the trouble will soon be over.
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So In Haste. "

(From the Detroit Free Press.]
A motherly-looking woman yesterday
carefully handed the stamp-clerk at the
postofice a letter marked Gin haste, T"
and inquired if there was any extra
charge for writing that on.
"Oh, none at ALL
How soon will the letter go out :"
In about forty minutes"
"No sooner than that ?"
"Well, we might hire special train
and get it off In about twenty minutes. !"
"Would it be too much trouble? )"
"Oh, none at all.
She thought for moment, turned the
letter over three or four times, and fin
ally said:
"I guess I won't ask you to hire a
special train, but If you will be kind
enough to telegraph my sister that I
have written her letter to tell her that
can't come till Monday, and to be at
the depot to meet me, and that mother
didn't go to Toledo after all, shall be
ever SO much obliged. Good morning. :"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02
A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.

The resolution introduced In the sem
ate recently by John Sherman has had
the effect Of giving to the public James
f. Meline's report of the frauds carried
on In the custodian division of the treas
ury department. It is certainly very
extraordinary document, and its develop
ments are not pleasant for the honest
citizen to contemplate. The Office was
created in 1876, aud one O. l.. Pitney
was put in charge at salary of So, 400.
This was increased to s. 500 the follow
ing year. Mr.. Meline says there was no
authority for the creation of the custo-
dams department, or the appointment
of the custodian, and that both acts were
illegal and unnecessary. Not only that,
but the way in which funds were dis
bursed was contrary to law; that only in
relation to the purchase of ice, fuel and
carpets was there even the semblance of
legality; that in the purchase of supplies
all the precautions taken by an ordinary
business man were neglected; exorbitant
prices were paid; no inventory was ever
made of the stock in hand; supplies
which were paid for were never delivered,
and two prices, drawn from two different
funds, were in some cases paid for those
undelivered goods. Thus 1881 yards of
Wilton carpet and the cost of laying and
making were paid for twice, once out of
the contingent fund and once of the pub
lie building fund, and the carpet was not
delivered until the Investigators had
commenced their work. One Moses was
paid for. 637a yards of carpet which he
did not deliver until the investigation
had commenced, and then it was of an
inferior character. Cabinetnakers were
paid out of the fuel, light and water
fund; fifty-two dozen of fle-holders,
which cost $500, were never delivered;
S132 was paid out of the gas fund for
what was put down in the bill as candles,
but Custodian Pitney said that no cam
dies were bought, but that 1882 was
paid for lemons, sugar, etc., to make
emonade for the secretary, fifty three
and one-quarter gallons of bay rum,
which cost $3.50, was put In the bill as
deodorized alcohol. All in all, the report
does not speak well for former managers
of the treasury department.