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Dodge City times., 1883-02-08
The Speed and Size OF Atlantic Waves.

The London Nautical MaqH.ine con-
tains an article by Captain Riddle, the
Atlantic steamship commander, on the
height and velocity of Atlantic waves.a
subject which, as he says. is to seamen
one of the most important of the day.
1t has been asserted that the average
velocity OF great Atlantic waves is about
nine m les an hour. But Captain Kid
die states that he has frequently meas
ured the speed in Atlantic gales and
foundit twenty-five miles per hour,
plus the rate at which the ship was
steam ng through the water when nearly
or quite head to wind tsay four knots
an hour" This estimate is no doubt
much nearer the truth than the former.
Dr. Scoresby gave the rate of travel for
waves of the largest size at about thirty
two miles an hour, and Lieutenant
Maury gave it as rarely exceeding
thirty miles while other observers mem
tion still higher figures as occasionally at
tanned by waves of excessive length. I
is known that some of the great Allan
tic gales which assail the British coasts
move progressively, as the English
meteoro!ogist Ley recently recorded, at
a rate of more than sixty miles an hour.
and it is, therefore, highly probable
that in the severest hurricanes the ocean
wave may be driven with greater force
than even the most Observant naviga-
tors suppose. Admiral Fitzroy men,
tions that Scoresby was skeptical as to
the reports OF seamen who recorded
waves thirty feet high until his last voy-
age, when he made measurements of
some exceeding this height. According
10 Captain Kiddle the height from the
trough to crest occasionally exceeds
forty feet. The question is one of great
interest to safe navigation in the heavy
Atlantic winter gales, and the able Off
GERS of Atlantic steamships would do
we'll to make careful observations on
the height, length and velocity of the
''mountainors seas they encounter
n. y. Herald.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08

that lap over and button at the end
Actors Year big cuts a4f Largely patron.
ize the gaudy percale with polka dots
and rainbow stripes. like bill-po ters.
1t is permissible to wear 3 tight-fitting
Gu in the winter. although the present
style davors a roomy one that willNcome
down cleyerly over the wrist and yet
not stick in the coat-sleeve, like a fat
man in an alley. None but tops wear
their cuffs down to their knuckles. The
best distance is from an inch to half an
inch. To vary much from this standard
is to display excessive modesty or un-
becoming loudness. A dirty cuff is a
thing to be washed and not talked about.
-CNicagO Herald.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08
Wantel His Oats.

Last week commission house which
does bus ness on the Board o Trade for
country dealers received visit from q
large stranger with highly inflamed
nose and otherwise decidedly sensation
al aspect.
6 ! Oh bought some oats for me-a
thousandbushels, didn't yer?''
eff your name is began the head
of the l.rm.
"Potts, yes, sir. Potipher Potts, of
Pottsville, Pott County. You wrote me
OH circular that ten dollars would NY
thousand bushels of oats, and l sent
you the monev."
Yes replied the commission man.
"Well l want the OATS
1.-THE oats have been sold, and there
is profit of fiji y dollars to your credit
on our books"
"Sold you sold nv oats! What in
thunder did ou do that for? Who old
you to sell my oats?''
You know you didn't have any oats
in reality. The ten dollars you sent us
was merely for margins. 1fCa's lad de-
cln d in priceyou would have 10 st our
money!
..see here, if understand this mat
ter yea DO git me a thousandbu shells
of oats for ten dollars That's what
YOU said you would do, and they're
wor h now SOL ething Ill e $50 or 500,
and by the great horned jumping spoon
l want 'em, and want EN- bad"
This conversation occurred early in
the M rning, and it loo< nearly all
da7 to force the fifty dollars on Mr.:
Potts and get him out of the office
Check.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08
WHAT USE?

What is the use of this impetuous haste?
The end is certain: let us take our time,
And hoard the vital forces that we waste
Before our day has reached its golden prime
What is the use of rushing with spent breath
After old age, its burrows, its white hair!
Why need we hurry so to welcome death!
Or go halfway, with hands stretched out, to
Care?
There is no use, dear heart; if we but wait
All things will find us. Let us pause, say;
We cannot go beyond the silent gate
That lies q short days journey down the
way.
So let us take our time in Youths fair bow
The summer-season is 50 brief at best.
Let us look on the stars, and pluck the f1ow-
And, when our feet grow weary, let us rest.
Let us take time for love and its delight;
1t is the one sweet thing that pays for all
The bitterness of life, for sorrows blight,
For pains despair, and death's funereal pail.
In that lost era when the world was new,
Love was mems first pursuit and life's ex-
cuse.
Now has that time come back to me and you;
Why should we seek for more? What is the
use?
-ENO Wheeler. in Chicago Tribune.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08
SPEAKING DISTINCTLY.

A very long time ago, when all the
grandfathers were little boys, they
were taught to pronounce words cor
rectly and distinctly. When these boys
(they were not grandfathers then) had
anything to say, every body understood
them.
This habit is still useful in singing,
reading and speaking. But the best
singers have adopted other styles.
Some old-fash;oned people like to hear
and understand the words as wei as
the music; but it is not now considered
necessary. There is always a delight
full uncertainty about the lang age
great singe are using which keeps up
an interest in the performance to the
last. 1t may be Italian, or any other
tongue with which the hcarer is unac-
quainted. 1t is certain, however, to
be the latest method invented. and no
critic will risk his reputation by sug-
gesting Improvements. In speaking, q
distin t utterance is of more impor-
tance. A speaker is more en;oya le if
you know what he is talking about.
1t is possible that enunciation may
become one of the lost arts unless some
tonic for the vocal organs is discovere |.
At present no patent-retlecting, double
action ear trt mpet could separate all
the sounds we hear, so as to convey an
Ineligible idea to an ordinary intel
lect. Even if they could be made pow
erful enough. the expense of providing
whole nation with these instruments
might equal that of the civil war, and
prove disadvantage.
The origin of this trouble is a mys-
terry. Our boys and girls seem to artic-
ulatc perfectly. but they slide over the
last letters, or drop them ent rely, and
let all the words run toge ther and tum-
BILE over each other. # you stick along
pin into boy he will say ''oh!'' dis
tinctly and naturally; but ask him if he
has seen an elephant pass with shawl
and umbrella strapped to his trunk, and
he will say: Observation-Disclosures
atdinner. Then you don't know
whether he walked around the beast, or
never heard of him.
Teachers should encourage the study
of languages; but the main OF. .ect
should be to prevent the English from
being made over into Chocktaw. or
Chinese, and cause such confusion Of
tongues and stagnat:on of business as
once occurred in the thriving town of
Babel.
If some future President who is now
growing up should dismiss an Office
seeker W tn a reply like this: ''Nersir-
thereisnovacancyand the
unfortunate man would not know it was a
refusal. He would linger at the Capital of
the Nation, living on hope. and daily ex-
pecting an appointment to Tartary. or
Timbuctoo; growing thinner and thinner
from anxiety until he vanished alto
gether. The loss of one office-sceke er
would not be public calamity, of
course; but the principle is wrong.
One reason for this habit of speaking
may be that we live in fast age Rail
way conductors run their syllables to-
ge:her like string of cars. never think
ing that those who do not travel all the
time cannot catch flying sounds as
easily as those who live at the rate Of
thirty miles an hour. l never heard q
boy mention it, but / don't see how any
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08

"A gentleman fresh from the Sand
wich Islands says that the race OF ma
tives OF those far-off GASES of the sea is
fast disappearing; that there are less
than 80, OUO full b!ooded natives where,
one hundred years ago. 800. 900 existed
The cause he attributed to disease.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08

-ssHow interesting these men of let
ters are, Susan!'' do you think sop
replied Susan. '.Now, l think the let
tiers of men are much more interesting"
at the same time holding up a dainty
looking epistle she had received from
'.somebody. .''-B0stOn Transcript.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08

There are stated to be 189, 900 doc
tors in the world. Of this number s.,
600 are in the United States.
Dodge City times., 1883-02-08

If the bars of your wire grid ron
are too far apart too hold oysters, you
can remedy the matter by getting two
pieces OF the wire netting found at hard
ware stores or tin shops. Have them
cut the exact size OF the gridiron. Lay
the oysters on one and cover them with
the other, and place between the d 1uble
e, idi on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
Wonderful Horsemanshin-
Moscow Cor. London Standard. ]

MOSCOW cor. LOnuOn 0LanQard.E
This morning I witnessed wonderful
display of horsemanship. It took place
in the Petroffsky Park. Here, in the
presence of the Grand Duke Nicholas,
and most Of the foreign officers and
guests, the regiment of Cossack Guards
went through an extraordinary series of
exercises which threw the most daring
feats OF the circus into the shade. The
entire regiment went past at full gallop,
in loose order, with many of the men
standing upright in their saddles,
others upon their heads with legs in air,
many leaping upon the ground and then
into the saddle again at full speed, some
spriuging over their horses heads and
picking up stones from the ground, and
yet regainlng their seats. While per-
forming these feats all were brandishing
their sabres and firing pistols, throwing
their carbines into the air and catching
them again, and yelling like maniacs.
Some men went past III pairs, STANDING
witt Il leg on each others horses-one
wild fellow carried off another dressed
as a woman. The effect of the scene was
absolutely bewildering, and II seemed as
if the whole regiment had gone mad.
upon signal beng given the regiment
divided into two parts. One rode off;
the other halted and made their horses
lie down on the ground and lay beside
them, waiting, as III war, the approach
of the enemy. The other section of the
regiment then charged down. and III an
instant every horse was on its feet, every
rider in his saddle, and with wild yell
they rode at their supposed enemy.
When the naneuvers were over the regi-
ment rode past, singing, and uncommon
ly well together, military chorus.
Altogether, it was marvellous exhibit
ton Of daring Craftsmanship, and one
hardly knew whether to admire most the
docility and mettle Of the steeds, or the
skill and courage of the riders. All the
foreign officers and guests were no less
astonished than delighted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18

the road, and evidently inhabited. Il
spectlOn revealed an aged man named
Wash Green, a resilient Of this county
for forty years. who is the sole occupant
OF this place, and he Beeps constant
watch upon several curious!y shaped
boxes. Mr. Green proved TO be com
muulcatIve and interesting, 50 much so
that he makes a very poor specimen OF
the hermit, while he ceEtaiHiv possesses
a fund OF varied information concerning
people and events Of this county and
state which cGnnOt tall to interest the
listener. He cheeriuily opened the
boxes and revealed the most perfect os-
s1tied remains of 81 mastod0n we have
ever seen. One case contains tusk in
perfect form and preservation, the con-
tour of which is similar to that of an
elephants tusk. Yet the curve is great
er, the bend from the point TO the butt
being half circle. This tusk measures
3S inches in circumference OF the butt
and is ~ feet inches in length. The
mind is lost in wonder at the enormous
size Of the animal that used this fOrmid-
able weapon of defense. Another case
contains the thigh bone of the animal in
perfect state, which is feet 4 inches
long and % inches in circumference at
the end or joint. There are a number
Of teeth in all stages of preservation, any
Of which are larger than those now in
the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton. The remains were first discovered
IN 1868 by Mr.. Green, who had occasion
to dig a passage for drainage purposes,
and from time to time he has found adj
ditional remains, all of which form one
OF the finest collections extant. The old
gentleman is in love with mis- find and
lives near them always, though his
family are in comfortable circumstances
about one mile distant. A visit to the
exhibition and chat on old times is q
treat, as Mr.. Green says that in his
seventy-fve years Of life che must be q
natural fool if he has not learned some
thing -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18

| Joint resolution, by all means resolve.
1t adds to the sin of theft the vice of
hypocrisy and the crime of cowardice.
Allah is not deceived thereby, nor are
the people fooled, but it lays another
| plate of brass over your pacnYderma-
| tous hide and drags into yet profounder
| slumber your superannuated conscience.
By the beard of the profit, it would be
hard lines for the believers If they had
to believe all that the sheikh tells them.
If the children Of the faithful shall
ask you wherefore you steal SO much
more than you work, say boldly to them
that the law allows it and you are going
to have it. May you live as long as the
loot lasts. And endeav0r to leave moth
ing for your successor. Shall you throw
temptation in the way of an honest man
Allah made us all, my son, but he made
you first, and as everything else comes
after you, SO do you go after everything
else.
If you sought to be clerk in the
booths Of the merchants of tiled-elf-
hia, you would earn So day by twelve
hours work. Ii you were scribe at the
desk of the reporter, you would labor
eighteen hours each day, and your
ability would earn for you about Sc
week, at your real value. If YOU jour
neyed with the caravans of the Pennsyl-
vaoia railroad, $50 month you would
get, and be glad TO set It. You are an
average n-doilar-a-week man. But
you go to the legislature and you can
pay Yourself out of the treasury of the
state $40 day for resting. 1t is Won
derlul. But as you do less harm when
you rest than you are sure to accom-
plsh when sou are at work, IT is better
for the state that you speud all the days
of your term IN resting. When you bind
yourself to do nothing whatever, you are
cheap at so minute If you can be got
for no less.
Promise everybody everything they
ask for. 1t is SO much easier to promise
a man what he wants than 1t is to refuse
him and have him torment you with i'm
portunities and poster you for reasons.
Then, when the day for the tultillment
Of the promise comes to hand, renew
the promise. Take up one note by CIV
ing another. In the slang of the intidel,
sta0d him Oft Tor another term and tell
him that when you 60 back again then
you viii do these things for him. And
if 1t be so that you do not so back, how
can you do anything for him And if
you do go back, say to him that you will
not buy your place of any man. What
dirt is this he throws upon the beard OF
a reformer? By the head of the sultan,
there are hardly enough places, for your
own family.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
SINGULAR PARAGRAPHS.

BRIGHAM IOUNG badly was secured
from grave robbers BY ala immense flag
stone, weighing many tons, being placed
in the bottom OF the grave, and another
as big on the top OF the c0ffiD, the two
being, ligeted together by steel rods
quitefclose together.
SOUTH AFRICAN children have as d IA
vorite playthlng a snake. It is a tiny
little earth snake. rarely found over
| three irches long, with glossy jet
black skin, long pointed head and tail.
1t is petted and played with by chill
dreD, who tie it's little body up in knots
to have the pleasure Of seeing it unwind
itself. It is perfectly harmless.
The Parisians average 362 pounds OF
bread, 176 pounds of meat and 1877
quarts Of wine each annually, according
to recent statistics, and the food of less
luxurious Frenchmen ranges from Par
lslan fare downward to that of the poor
people of Nantes, who eat SOB pounds
OF bread and 101 pounds of meat and
drink 142 quarts OF wine each annually.
The balloon IN which it is proposed
to cross the Mediterranean from Mar
settles to Algiers is named the Albatross.
She is under the direction of the aero
naut, M. Jovis. The car, which holds
comfortably ten persons, is furnished
with an air bladder, which, it is said,
will prevent the balloon from being sub
merged. The aeronauts have a special
costume, waterproof and buoyant, that
can be put on under their other garments
In case of need. The Albatross may
perhaps be forced to be almost station
airy for several days.
ATTENTION having been called to the
LecCrd of remarkable COWS, Henry Lew
Is gives the following IN relation to an
animal owned by him: The COW is IL
years old and Mr.. Lewis has owned her
four years. During that time she has
been dry only six days and as near as
can be ascertained has been dry not to
exceed threemonths since her first calf.
Following is statement of the number
of pounds of milk given IN one year:
April, 700; May, 931; June, 971; July,
811; August. 356; September, 233; Oe-
tober, 348; November, 941; December,
$50; January, $40; February, 818;
March, SIT; total, 8,678. She has done
better since under more favorable cir
cumstances. She gave on an average
last winter % pounds of milk daily, and
now gives 40 pounds without slop. Her
milk is very rich and will compare IA
vOrably with the best Jerseys. She IS
native bred. -OSUegO Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
Wisconsin Fairs.

Below is list OF all the county fairs,
with the dates, to be held IN the state OF
Wisconsin this year, also the name OF
places where they will be held:
State Fair, Madison, September 1915.
Milwaukee Exposition, September 3.
Adams County, Friendship, September 1921.
BoscobeI Association, October 2-5.
Brown County. Depere, -
Chippewa County, Chippewa Falls, Septem-
ber lila
Columbia County, Portage, September 1920.
Central Wisconsin, WATERFOWL, September
1921.
Calumet County, Clinton, September 1921.
Clark County. Neillsyllle, September 1921.
Dodge County, Juneau, September 26-28.
East Monroe County, -
Fond du Lac Association, Fond du Lac, Sep
TENDER 1929.
Grant County, Lancaster September 1928.
Green County, Monroe, September 26-29.
Iowa County. Dodgeville, September 1920.
Jefferson County, Jefferson, September 1921.
| Jackson County, Black River Falls, Septen-
| Der 27-29.
Juneau County, New Lisbon, October "a.
Kenosha County, Kenosha, September 1921.
Lodi Union, Lodi, September 26-29.
| La Fayette County, --
Marquette County, Westfeld. September 26-
| %.
Monroe County, Sparta, September 1920.
Northern Wisconsin, Oshkosh September
| 1921.
Outagamie County, Hortonsville, September
| 1923.
Ozaukee County, Saukville, --
Pierce County, Prescott. -
Portage County. Amherst, September 1921.
Racine County, Burlington, September 1921.
Rock County, GAINESVILLE, October %.
Rcbland County, Richland, September 1928.
st. Croix County, Hudson, September 1914.
Sank County, Baraboo, -
Southwestern Wisconsin, Mineral Point, Sep
TENDER Al.
Sheboygan County, Sheboygan Falls, Sep
TENDER 1921.
ShaWano County, --
Vernon County,
Walworth County, Elkhorn September 1928.
Waukesha County, Waukesha, October 2-5.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
Harvest Hands Scarce in California.


There is the usual scarcity of labor
ers with the beginning of the harvest
season. The demand will be greater
this year than usual, because there is a
prospect of large aggregate grain and
hay crops. Were it not for the great
amount of machinery used in this state,
it would be impossible to harvest the
grain crops before the late autumnal
rains set in. The first wheat has already
come to market, but threshing has not
yet fairly begun. The harvest season
covers about three and half months in
California. Beginning about the mid
die Of June, 1t is not well over until the
last of September. Every able-bodied
man who is willing to go into the harvest
field can find work for the next two
months at comparatively large wages.
From all quarters of the state come re-
ports of the scarcity of harvest hands.
If there are any oilers in this city who
really want work, this is their time. The
demand for labor is not only greater in
this direction than the source of the
supply, but there is also a scarcity OF
carpenters, especially for house building
and other rough work All kinds OF
labor in this state are in brisk demand,
and this demand is pretty satisfactory
evidence of prosperity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
Burdette 10 WouId-se Officers.
From the Philadelphia Times.l

From the Pn1ladelpn1a 1unes.J
Listen to me, Ben-lbrahim, and may
Allah smooth your path:
My son, if you are going into politics
write these axioms upon your heart with
hooks of steal, as it were:
1t is right to steal from the govern
ment.
If it isn't right it is customary, which
gives the practice color of legal
right.
Do not steal from the government as
though you was ashamed of it. Only a
common pick-pocket is ashamed of his
profession. Steal boldly. Plunge your
thievish arms into the Golfers Of the gov
eminent clear up to the elbows, shut
both hands tight and come away with a
full hold and fair deckload. When
YOU grab, grab as though you never ex-
pected to hold office again. Be like the
lightning, which never strikes twice in
the same place. Because 1T doesn't
need to; because it never leaves any
thug to strike at.
When the band of thieves to which
you belong is sufficiently unanimous IN
its rapacity to cover the theft with a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
The Captains Puddind,

The following story is told of cap
tain and his mate:
Whenever there was plum-pudding
made, by the captains orders all the
plums were put into one end of it, and
that end placed next to the captain,
who, after helping himself, passed it to
the mate, who never found any plums in
his part of it. Well, after this game
had been played for some time the mate
prevailed on the steward TO place the
end which had no plun1s in it next to
the captain. The captain no sooner saw
the pudding than he discovered that he
had the wrong end Of it. Picking up
the dish, and turning it in his hands as
If merely examining the china, he said:
"This dish cost me TWO shilllngs in
Liverpool" and put it down again, as
though without design, with the plum
end next to himself.
Is it possible ?" said the mate, TAX
ing up the dish, 81 shouldn't think it
was worth more than shilling" and,
as il in perfect innocence, he put down
the dish with the plum end next TO him
self.
The captain locked at the mate, the
mate looked at the captain. The captain
laughed, the mate laughed.
q tell you what, young one" said
the captain, "you've found me out, SO
we'll just cut the pudding Iengthwise
this time, and have the plums fairly dis
ributed hereafter. >"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
They Don't Speak Now.
fFrom the Detroit Free Press. !

About two weeks ago two women met
in Woodward Avenue street car, and
when one complained that she was again
without cook the other replied:
"Ah! 1 have jewel of girl! She's
neat, prompt, respectful, and only pay
her twelve shlllings a week.
Z" Is it possible!''
eyes; she's from the country and
doesn't know that she can get more
wages.
The same two women met in the same
car again yesterday, but alas! how
changed the situation! They staGed
frigidly at each other without even {
nod, and they would not sit on the same
side of the car. The twelve-shilling
jewel of a girl is now receiving So pei
week in the kitchen of the woman who
was without cook. Hence the ruction
which viii descend to the third genera
ton.