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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
Maori Pius,


Capt. Cook, In introducing pigs into
New Zealand, did not confer an unmixed
benefit on the. country. The Maori al
lowed some pigs TO escape In the bush.
Here they have bred and multiplied to
such degree that immense droves of
them are to be found In all parts of the
island OF In the fern root and other roots
of the bush they find an endless supply
Of food, which, if it docs. not tend 70
make their meat a good quality, at any
rate seems to favor an increase IN their
numbers. This wild breed has reverted
to the original type, lank and lean, with
large heads and high shoulders, and mar
row spiny backs, sloping downward to
their short hind legs. Their flesh is
tough, with strong smell and nauseous
favor, those OF the old pigs, both male
and female, being absolutely UNBEATABLE.
The harm they do o.crops is enormous,
and it becomes necessary tofenee strong
" againstth in a single night, if they
gam access to an enclosure, tons of
maize, potatoes and other crops may be
destroyed - hence the settlers regard
them as vermin TO be exterminated Pigs
are not the only hurtful importation, In
some parts of the North Island there are
clearings submerged under the furze and
and sweetbrier, and there are forests of
thistles which march onward and devOur
all before them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
The. Dancer of OscuIafIon.

A pretty girl presented herself the
other day at clinic in one of the hosp4-
tails IN Vienna and asked tobe examined,
explaining hat she had suddenly be-
come deaf IN one ear, and none OF her
friends could account for the unexpeet-
ed afaiction. Prof. Gruber kindly re-
piled that, he would see what he. could
do and accordingly began. to question
her as to the circumstances Immediately
attending the appearance of her deaf
ness. After much hesitation and with
many bushes, Or rather enc prolonged
blush, the girl at last confessed that
when hereloyer returned after a long ab-
sence he took her In his arms and press
ing his mouth to her ear, Conferred upon
that organ most intense and vigorous
kiss. At that instant she felt sharp
pain and has been deaf ever since. The
professor made an examination, and
found that the drum OF the ear had ac-
tuallyr been ruptured, add there Is no
reason to doubt that the kiss Gid 1t. The
only consolation suggested after record
ing this painful accident is that 1t need
never be repeated if ardent lovers viii
only remember that kind Providence
has provided feature far more kissable
than the ear, and one which no amount
OF osculatory demonstration has ever
been known to inJure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
Olive Oil.
lFrom the Philadelphia Bulletin. J

-a [FTom the PDliadelphia S0iietln.]
I was much interested In the frantoia,
the place where the olive oil is made, and
had the opportunity to watch the whole
process. Signor MatteiHi has just erect
ed very fine new building for the pur-
pose, and has introduced machinery, an
innovation most displeasing to the un-
progressive contadini miAd-he would
prefer the slow, primitive method,
though it consumed aore than twice the
time and was infinitely more laborious.
We saw great bags Of olives emptied be-
tween two large grind -stones, which
crushed them thoroughly; they are then
put into soft wicker baskets and placed
under heavy presses; from these the
pure oil runs into marble watts m another
room, is left to settle for short time,
and is then bottled. To Us who are used
to seeing one flask of olive oil at one
time it was quite overpoweling to behold
hundreds of gallons produced so quickly,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1888.
WILD HONEY.

sr.f 4. ....#f #..- ... -..
Where hints Of racy sap and gum
Out of the old dark forest come;
Where birds their beaks like hammers WELD,
And pith is pierced and bark is peeled;
Where the green walnut's outer rind
Gives precious bitterness to the wind,
There turks the sweet creative power,
A turks the honey in the flower.
In winters bud that bursts in spring,
In nut of autumn's ripening,
In acrid bulb beneath the mould.
Sleeps the elixir, strong and old,
That Rosicrucians sought in vain,
Life that renews itself again!
What bottled perfume is so good
As fragrance of split tulip wood?
What tabled drink of god or muse H...
Was rich as purple mulberry juice?
And what school-polished gem of thought
Is like the rune from nature caught?
".
He is a poet strong and true
Who loves wild thyme and heney-dew;
And like brown bee works and sings,
With morning freshness on his wings,
And gold burden on his thighs
The pOllen-dust of centuries!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
I f96The Value of Horses T all.


The thoughtless person who i5pagines
that horses tail is Of value Simply to
the animal himself as ,afYeapon~ with
which TO, defend against flies, or a con
,venient peg on Which to hang the 'ccrup-
per Of the harness, viii be surprised to
learn that the loss of a horse's tail In
this city eptailed a loss of $500 on his
owners. Swallow & Summer, who keep
a stable at 1873 Beach Street, own a horse
which a week ago they valued at $500.
The animal was handsome and stylish
dark bay, 3 years old, with no vices or
defects except that some would consider
1t fault that his tail hung to one side.
Indeed that was the only objection
offered to him by persons wishing to
buy. a horse, but that objection was
always urged. Wishing to remove the
ground of the objection his owners sum-
moned veterinary surgeon to perform
the usual and frequent operation setting
the offending member Alright by cutting
one of the cords In the tail on the side
toward which it turned. The operation
was, however, unskillfully performed,
and the cutting resulted in destroying
the life of the, entire tail. The conse-
quence was that the entire caudal mem
Der had to be removed, and to-day the
only suggestion of tail which the ami
NAL possesses is an unsightly raw stump
barely long enough to hold the crupper
IN position, with few short hairs re-
naming on one side. The horse is still
as stylish and spirited as ever, uncon
scious of his impaired beauty and di-
minished market value. A false tail can
of course be substituted, but it would
hang like a flag III a calm, and the owner
would be in constant danger of sufferir g
from the embarrassing accident which
happened to the Russian count In the
poem, where, as he was driving in the
park, the horse
Whsked his tail so free and frisky
Into the face of Kaskowhiski.
The owners have offered the horse for
sale, since he was curtailed, for 500,
with no purchaser appearing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03

THE Rugby Colony, in Tennessee, has
taken a new lease OF life. A great deal
of land has been sold recently for fruit
raising purposes, large canning factory
is being built, new settlers are constant
~ coming IN, the schools are fiourishinR,
new business houses are being erected
and everything points toward the future
success of the colony.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03
DIVINE WATCH-CARE-
BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
Careless seems the great Avenger.
History's pages but record
one photographic in the darkness
Twixt old systems and the Word
Truth forever on the scaff0ld,
Wrong forever on the throne
Yet the scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within The shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-03

SENATOR DAVID DAVIS owns 900-acre
sheep farm IN Georgia.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
Athletic Games for Herman Boys.

German boys are to be taught to play
gamesso The Prussian Minister of Edu-
cation has determined it, and it will be
done. Herr Won Gossler's circular ON.
the subject, just published at full length
by the Cologne Gazette, is very able
and remarkable document. For some
time German public opinion has been
much exercised about the physical con-
dition of the boys in the higher schools
Of the country. They were excellent
scholars. but rather poor specimens of
boys-listless, inactive, unenterprising,
often appallingly short-sighted, the raw
material of professors perhaps, but not
of soldiers and men of the world. Ger
mans have awaked to the necessity of
better physical training. and, true to
their character, they are setting about
it in their own thorough and methodical
fashion, with Minister leading the van
and the whole admirably drilled bureau.
cracy in column at his heels. There
can be little doubt that the action of the
Government, prompted as it is by a gen.
eral widespread public feeling. will re-
suit in a remarkable change in the
character of German education. To in
door-drilling and gymnastics. already
pretty universal, outdoor exercises.
especially games requiring skill and
agility, are to be added. Spontaneity is
no longer to be sacrificed to discipline.
If ever German boys learn to play cricket
and football-both, by the way, recon-
mended by the Minister-or any equiva-
lent games, English schools will have to
look to it. English education is at
present as far ahead of German in the
training of the body as German is ahead
OF English in the training of the mind
Pail Nall Gazette. ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
Straw in Place Of Hay.

Col. F. ID. Curtis has been expert.
menting in feeding farm animals upon
straw in place of more costly hay, and
finds profit in it, provided suitable
amount of grain be given with the straw.
Last winter he found himself short Of
hay but with plenty of straw, and he
gives in the New York Tribune his ex-
perience in substituting the cheaper for
the dearer fodder. The straw was fed
chiefly in col weather, as the animals
had a better appetite then than after the
weather became warm in spring. A
horse ate eighty-four cents worth of meal
and sixty cents worth of straw in seven
days, that would have eaten two dollars
worth of hay in the same time, il hay
alone had been his food, thus making a
saving of more than one-fourth- Mich
cows, working oxen and young cattle all
did well with straw and corn fodder as a
part of their ration. The butter made
was Of excellent quality and the milk
yield highly satisfactory. He found that
bright straw for horses driven on the
roads superior to hay, as they viii not
so readily over-fill themselves as with
hay. Plenty OF grain must be given
with straw to animals at hard work. He
believes that farmers can afford to sell a
portion Of their hay, and then purchase
grain to feed with their straw and make
a profit by the exchange It is no new
thing to feed straw in winter to farm
animals. but it was not till such exper-
imenters as Professor Sanborn and the
agricultural chemists showed the philos-
ophy of the practice. that farmers have
felt free to adopt it as sound policy
Ne.o England Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
Hettv did not reply at once, she

Hetty did not reply at oncei she
blushed painfully. n
mot much; some money!" she said
finally, as her questioner pressed her.
Sarah Grant was quick to think.
"Hetty Northam,n she said, slowly,
s.did you give up your Christmas for US
girls? And said hated you-and you
heard me!'
"Why, I've had a lovely Christmas;
wanted to do it." said Hetty, simply;
IL had things enough"
Just at this juncture the teacher ap-
peared in the doorway, and noting some
unusual stir, hastily inquired the cause.
Sarah Grant was too deeply buried
amid Hetty s ruffies to explain, and some
body else had to tell the story.
Katie Cohn afterwards asserted that
there were tears in Mr.. Bacon's eyes as
he put his hand on Hetty's head and
stroked her soft curls, and nobody else
could see clearly enough at the time to
contradict her.
True to nature, Sarah Grant could not
let the affair end without putting in a
word: ~
..Mr Bacon. Hetty Northam is an
angeIr' To which he answered.
She has given good for evil. Sarah,
and that is more than angelic, It Is
Christiike, - Golden Rule.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
The Saloon Keepers Joke.

A few weeks ago a Detroit saloon.
keeper got hold of the fact that certaii
customer of his had invested in q lottery
ticket. and on the night of the drawing
the saloon was filled with a crowd to en-
joy joke which the saloonist was to let
loose on his man. The man with the
ticket dropped in at the usual hour for
his beer, and while drinking it he heard
the saloon-keeper remark that ticket No.
60, 256 had drawn $1,000. 9f
..How do you know that?" was quickly
asked.
aWell, I also hold couple of tickets,
and friend of mine in Chicago has tele'
graphed me the winning number"
Lets see the telegram roff
1t was produced. 1T had been speci-
ally prepared for the occasion and ap-
peared genuine. *
hold that very ticketr' gasped the
citizen as he produced his Wallet
..No?' 20 > .ea
Congratulations were in order. and
only a hint was needed to bring an order
for beer and cigars without limit. At
the end of grand hurrah the saloonist
presented a bill for $l3, 25,, and was met
with the reply: srgorq
'.See you later-too excited to make
change tonight" s9
Yesterday the man of beer went to a
justice to see about suing the bill and
learned that his debtor was in Colorado.
Just how much he made out. OF the joke
can't be figured until he gets over kick.
ing himself. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

voters, win give . party stronger and
longer hold than any recourse to unjust
partisan advantage. merely because the
physical power to take it ,ists." That
applies as well to the party in State and
municipal affairs as it does in Federal.
Only by satisfying that test can the
party justify its name and its pro-
LESSONS. Only by living up to that
standard can the party acquire power
that it can keep for tho people resent
anything that seems like an assertion OF
a perpetual lien Lron their sufirages.
The Democracy must remember that it
is expected to use its power for the ben
eft of the whole people --Bost0n Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
The Democratic Responsibility.

It is perhaps wise provision that
each Congress is elected considerable
time in advance of its first session.
This gives its members an opportunity
to study the questions upon which they
will be called to act without examining.
and ought to equip them with good
understand ng, in theory at least. of
the important problems with which
they will be expected to grapple. The
victory which the Democratic party
achieved in the recent election. almost
unprecedented, when we consider that
most of the fresh triumphs were scored
in the North. places upon it a response
bility that is little less than tremendous.
But even with that responsibility and
the evidences of confidence in the DEM
ocratic party which the cheering returns
afford, the party is not yet in position to
more than take the initiative in public
measures. The Sena,e ard the Execu-
tive can negative the best work that the
House may do and under such circum-
stances. no matter how sagaci0us and
progressive the popular branch may be-
good intentions, and will stih De Una
bic to see its principles carried out for
the good of the country. But if on ac-
count OF this condition of things. its
ilabors are less fructif, ing, its RESPONSE
bility is none the less great. 1t must
so act as to justly by its evident
temper the confidence that has been so
unreservedly given it. Let this be remem-
bered. especially in the matter of con-
tested election cases, 10 come before the
next House. That is no place in which
to take advantage of power The
House will be placed in a semi judicial
position. and it should act with judicial
candor and impart atty, Judging all
claims strictly according to law and EVIL
dence. In an article upon this general
theme, the Albany argus, excellent
Democratic authority. says: " The party
should at once and for all dismiss any
idea that it comes into power to wreak
reyenges or reprisals. or to fortify itself
against political changes in the future
BY present devices, or by such an abuse
of public trusts as Stalwartism prac-
:iced Reforms and not retaliations are
the avenue to public confidence. A
record which viii command reward,
when guaged by he reason. the virtue
and the intelligent ssH-intersst Of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

one StOppeu III IrOnt Oh 1eLty ucSk.
"See herer' she said sharply, Ibid you
have anything to do with our Christmas
things?-my books, and Mary's piano.
Did your-still more sharply.
Hetty hesitated; herface was flushed,
and the girl fairly trembling with
excitement For a moment no answer
came, and then she took refuge in the
monosyllabic s.Why?''
81 want to know; did you or did you
not?' demanded Sarah harshly.
"Ye-yes," stammered Hetty, fright
ened at Sarah's sternuess. Ill
thought you would like them.''
do you mean to say that you heard
what we said that day what said
about youT' questioned Sarah, in a
queer, strained voice.
II heard some -I--but Pm not
proud bit, Sarah; wanted you to
know it,
Hettyr'
There was a trenble in the hard
voice, and then Sarah Grant put her
arms around Hetty Northam, and hid
her face in the dainty white apron.
By. that time everybody was over by
Hetty's desk, all talking at once. Mary
thanking Hetty over and over for her
share in the gifts. while Hetty explained
that she had lately had new piano, and
she couldn' possibly use two si
Tears were plenteons. but after all
smiles predominated.
'What presents did you have?.''
somebody asked Of Hety.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

"A large number of the importers
and j0bbers in China and Japan teas IN
New York, whose trade has been con-
siderably injured by the auction sales
of large shipments of teas. have signed
an agreement not to attend or counte-
nance tea sales at auction in the future.
The auction trade has resulted in the
depression of prices until thew arc now
lower than ever before The crop in
China and Japan Is short this year by
5000, 600 pounds, and the importers are
assured that prices win soon 60 up. = NJ
Y Herald. 10 na s;h' s'fsss ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

"A weekly paper published IN the
mountains of East Tennessee gives -Its
readers the bill at the New York
theaters for the coming week. ? The
eagerness with which those old mount
aineers devour this Information IL
rivaled only by that OF the street Arabs
licking their chops over the bills Of fare
which the hotels throw away after the
dinner is eaten. Detroit Free Press -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

Samuel Hall, aged fifty, for forcibly
kissing a woman at whose house he had
called for match, was fined twenty
five dollars and costs at Brockton. Mass.
and in default Of payments sent to jail
for four months. 1t is understood thai
the unfortunate man also failed to get
the CHICAGO 7ri5uue.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The business quarter of Williams
town, N. c., was destroyed by an incendi-
airy fire on the 7th.
The damage by the recent fire in the
Belgian public buildings was 12,oo0,oOo
francs.
OF the 100000 shares CT Union Pa
cifc stock 100000 are held in New Eng
land.
The British Government continues to
prohibit Nationalist meetings in Ireland.
The Porte has informed Great Brit
ain it intends sending fleet to the Red
Sea.
FOURTEEN THOUSAND Yorkshire
(Eng.) miners are idle in consequence of a
strike of colliery boys.
LEVY BROS. & Co., New York cloth
iers, have made an assignment; Liabilities,
s., 47O,6
AT Dardanelle, Ark, James Under
wood was hanged ON the It'll for the murder
of Robert j. Pendergrass.
A TEACHER at Irkutsk, Siberia, was
arrested and shot within twenty -four hours
for striking the Siberian Governor-Gen-
eral.
THREE hundred employees are thrown
out Of work by the burning of the packing
house of Sinclair & Co.. Cedar Rapids, Ia.
A SAN FRANCISCO pool of operators is
booked to lose from two to three million
dollars by the decline in wheat freights.
BRITIsH imports for November showed
an increase of f1,G0O,G00 as compared with
the same month in 1882. Exports decreased
f13S,000
The conference of Australian dele
gates at Sydney favors a federal council to
deal with matters in which united action Of
the colonies is desired.
The Senate Committee on Rules will
will recommend the appointment Of two
new committees, one on Internal Improve
ments and the other on Expenditure Of
Public Money.
A sLEEPING-CAR on the Chicago ex-
press, New York Central Road, outof New
York City, took fire near Poughkeepsie on
the 7th and the interior burned out. Two
passengers were scorched
The Congressman from the Pacific
slope held caucus on the It'll and agreed
on a course to pursue in regard to a bill to
remedy defects in the present Chinese inl-
migration law.
The business failures for the seven
days ending the It'll throughout the United
States and Canada, numbered 3J7, against
242 the previous week. This is the most
formidable list recorded in any week for
years past.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY PEcKHAM, of
New York, has given an opinion that the
conviction of dealer for violating the Ii
quor law reyokes his license.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-15

On the 4th G. K. Hodge, represent
ing himself from Philadelphia, obtained
81, 900 from the First National Bank at Mas
siIion, O., by means of raised draft. He
was subsequently arrested at New Phila.
delphia.
On the 9Th hundreds of houses in the
Jewish quarter of Constantinople were
burned.
On the 9Th Bee Line locomotive ran
into an open draw at Cleveland, o. Engin-
eer Chew was drowned.
On the 9th five persons were seriously
injured at tenement fire in New York.
In the Constantinople fire on the 9th
six hundred houses and four synagogues
were destroyed.
On the 9th, near Anderson, Ind,
Coleman Hawkins shot John K. johnson
and then committed suicide.
On the 9Th the Belgian Parliament
building at Brussels caughtf fire. The Senate
chamber was destroyed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On the 9th several Clyde ship-build.
ing firms gave notice of proposed reduc.
tions in wages.
The first locomotive crossed the new
cantilever bridge at Niagara on the 9Th.
TIE city Of Dallas, Tex, has been
deluged by freshet. Several buildings
were damaged.
AT Elkhart, Ind, the Grand Jury have
been instructed to indict newsdealers for
selling indecent illustrated papers.
PEACE negotiations are said to be
progressing satisfactorily between France.
and China 1t is also rumored that war has
begun.
On the 9th the New York Chamber of
Commerce adopted resolution asking the
Legislature to take steps to stop the threat
ened destruction of the Adirondack Wilder
ness.
A BERLIN dispatch says Bismarck
will introduce bill modifying the law for
election of members of the Reichstag, SO
that plurality of votes will elect.
On the 9th A. G. Ayres, ticket agent
of the Cincinnati Northern Road at Cincin-
natl, made a desperate attempt to commit
suicide while, under arrest for embezzle-
ment.
The mortuary reports of Pittsburgh,
Pa, just completed, giving statistics for a
year, are such that the city is claimed to be
the healthiest in the United States.
ACCORDING to decision OF the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court the heirs of poor
people insured for large amounts for specu-
lative purposes are enabled to recover the
money paid on policies by rich Spectators.
ON the 9th the tenth annual reunion
of the National Association of Mexican
War Veterans commenced in Washington,
D. C. General Denver was reelected
President and General Manson First Vice.
President.
IT is announced that Judge Thoman
of the Civil Service Commission will con-
duct examinations in Cincinnati for local
and general departmental service on the
Doth and at Louisville the DIST inst. Elk
aminations for the general departmental
service will be held in Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia, between January
20 and February 20 next.