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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20
CHAPTER 404

An ACT to provide for the issuing and distribu-
ton of reports
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
section l. Three thousand copies of the re-
ton of officers of the Wisconsin National Guard
shall be printed by the state printer each year,
and delivered to the adjutant general for distri-
pauy, troop or battery, fifty copies; 10 each COM
missioned officer, three copies, to each state
officer and member Of the legislature, one copy;
distribution at his diseretion provided that
such volumes shall not exceed one hundred pages
each.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be e.:
force from and after its passage
approved April H. 1856.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20

SECRETARY MANNING, eats only an
apple or banana for his midday meal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20
Number of men emyloyed.-; kind and num-
Der OF boats used, =; remarks as to season, ia

Signature--
Section 7. On or before the last day Of Deem
Der in each year. the said wardens shall make
out and transmit to the secretary of state, on a
blank to be furnished by him, statement OF all
lab0rs performed in accordance with this act, to-
gether with such information as the secretary of
state shall deem to be necessary.
Section g. There is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the state treasury not other
wise appropriated, the sum of twenty live hun
dred dollars, which shall be in full compensa-
ton for salary and expenses Of said wardens.
Each of said Wardens shall be paid in proper
tion to the size of his warden district. The size
of such district to be determined by the number
services shall be rendered and no salary paid
prior to September l, 1885,
Section 9. To more effectually carry out the
provisions of this t, the waters of Lake Michi-
gan, Lake Superior and Green Bay, are hereby
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20
CHAPTER 30


AN ACT relating to the university, providing for
building science hall and other buildings, and
~ making appropriations therefor.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
Section l. The regents of the university are
authorized and required at the earliest practic-
able time to secure suitable plans for the erection
OF an adequate and convenient ed16ce in place
OF the science hall recently destroyed by fire, and
also proper building for machine and car
penter shop and the necessary engine and
for steam boilers for heating the buildings men,
toned in this act; and also separate edifice for
the chemical department containing suitable
lecture rooms laboratories for assaying and for
qualitative and quantitative analysis and other
convenient rooms and to proceed with the con-
struct1on of such buildings upon the grounds of
the university with much diligence may
consist with proper performance of the work.
All such buildings shall be built with view to
their being substantially fre-proof.
Section 2. For the purposes mentioned in the
hrst section there is hereby appropriated from
the general fund so much as shall be necessary
not exceeding the several sums respectively fol-
lowing: For the science hall, machine and car
Penter s59oP, engine and boiler house, one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars; for the building
for the chemical department, twenty thousand
dollars; for heating apparatus for all of said
buildings, twenty thousand dollars; provided,
not more than one hundred thousand dollars
thereof shall be drawn from the treasury during
1886.
Sections. The said regents are also authorized
and required to procure the necessary equip
ment, apparatus cabinets and means of illustra-
ton and instruction to properly furnish and
equip such buildings so far as may be done with
the moneys received or to be received for insur-
ance on the property which has been destroyed,
which they are hereby authorized to expend
therefor.
Section 4. This act shall take effect npon its
passage.
Approved April 2. 1885.
CHAPTER 256.
AN ACT relating to corporations and to repeal
chapter 143 of the general laws of 1881.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows;
Section 1. Chapter 49, of the general laws of
1881, Is hereby repealed, and subdivision 2, of
section 1772 of the revised statutes is restored and
Ihall remain as before said act was passed. No
corporate name shall be held illegal because of
The omission of the word ''limited"
Approved April g. 1885.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20
CHAPTER 422.


AN ACT to amend chapter 200, Of tt claws OF 1859,
relating to the punishment OF a fathsr fog
abandonment of his children, and of husband
for abandonment of his wife.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. Chapter 200, of the laws of 1880, Il
hereby amended so as to read IS follows If any
parent shall wiHfuhy abandon his or her child or
children or either Of them, leaving them or
either of them ia destitute condition, or being
of sufficient ability, shah refuse neglect to pro-
vide for his or her child or chi3drea or either OF
them. such parent shall be deemed guilty of q
Inisdemeancr and On conviction thereof shall be
punished by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than thirty days, nor more than one year Or
by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or
both, in the discretion of the court; provided,
that the wife shall be competent witness in al
such cases as provided in this section, to testify
for or against her husband.
Section q If any husband shall willfuHy
aband On his wife, leaving her IN destitute con-
diton, or being of sufficient ability shall refuse
or neglect to provide fer her, he shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeaRO and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail not less than thirty days nor more
than one year, or by fine not exceeding five hun
oreo collars, or both, in the discretion of the
court provided, that the vie shah be competent
witness III all such cases provided in this sec
uon, 10 testify TOT Or against her husband.
section 8. Ihls act shall take effect and be In
force IRON and alter its passage and publication.
Approved April L. 1856
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20
CHAPTER 457.


AN All TO appropriate a sum of money out of
ne general tund TO pay the current expenses of
the state public school for dependent and neg.
lected children.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly. do enact as follows:
Section !. THERE'S hereby appropriated ont ot
the general fund not otherwise appropriated. a
sum sufficient to pay all the necessary current ex
penses of the state public school for dependent
and neglected hildren. provided for by senate
bill No. O. from the time of the completion of the
buildings therein specified until further proyis
ion shall be made therefor.
s. ction , This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved April lG, 1855.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20

CHAPTER All.
AN ACT to prohibit the catching for sale or
offering for sale or barter any brook trout
caught in any of the streams, ponds or lakes OF
the state.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
In senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Any person who shall catch for sale
or offer for sale or barter any brook trout caught
i'll any of the streams, ponds or lakes of this
state shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
by a fine Of not less than five dollars nor more
than ten dollars, and upon conviction for sec
ond violation of the provisions of this act shall
be punishable by fine of notices. than ten dollars
nor more than twenty dollars; provided, that this
act shall not prohibit the catching, tor sale or
barter, brook trout raised and propagated in any
of the private streams ponds of the state by the
owners thereof or their agents; provided, how
ever, that the provisions of this act shall not
extend to or affect the counties of Ashland, Bay
field, Douglas, Polk, Pierce or Burnett.
Section 2. Upon complaint made before any
magistrate or justice of the peace charging the
commission of an offense against the provisions
of this act in his county IL shall be the duty OF
the district attorney of any such county to prose-
cute the offender.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved April Is, 1885.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
An Afghan Omen.

In Afghanistan. when two families
are negotiating a marriage. an omen is
consulted in the following manner:
Several slips Of paper are cut up. and
on the half Of them is written, ito be-"
and on the other half mot to be-"
These pieces Of paper are placed under
a praying carpet, and the anxious
father devoutly raises his hands in
prayer to God for guidance. and ex.
presses his submission to the all-wise
decree of the Almighty in the matter
of his sons or daughters marriage,
Then, putting his hand under the car
pet. be draws out a paper. If on it
should be written Ito be-" he thinks
the marriage Is ordained Of God; If
mot to be-" no overture or negotiation
will be listened to. Sometimes. how.
ever, the interests of state. OF the value
of the dowry, or the termination Of a
long-standing blood feud. will induce
the pious chieftain to put aside the
omen as having been influenced by
the powers of darkness.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10

H q. 40 ..FL -'..L pr. NRN.NEN Erk-TEH RI
sWhy did I live In your house? Be-
cause I had nowhere else to live, and,
besides, I rather liked it."
You know what I NEAR. Why did
you deed the place to meP"
because it was right to do so. I was
acting as your guardian, and had no
right to use your property without
giving security. Don't you see?"
eyes, HoG now I am to deed it back
to your"
mo. I like it just as it is"
II must write to Aunt Fanny, to-
night" I said more to myself than
him.
He INDUCED in a low whistle. I
had anwittingly betrayed myself, and
compromised with a full confession,
even to the grievous report that he
had only married me for my little
fortune.
"Did you believe that ?" he asked,
gravely.
II tried hard not to believe it, but
just now I seem to myself such a per-
feet type of total depravity that L
wonder you took me under any cir
T. dimes, IN Inter.
Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
Terrapin Farming.

Over s 1,500,O0O worth of diamond
back terrapin are taken out Of the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries eve
~ year. AS the price averages $50 a
dozen. this represents 600. 900 terrapin
annually. During the season 500 men
are engaged in catching them. They
are found on both sides of the bay,
from its mouth to its head, and they
are particularly abundant in the num-
erous rivers and inlets which branch
off from the Chesapeake. Like the
canvass-back duck, the terrapin feeds
chiefly on water celery or watercress,
and the place where this grass grows
thickly is always a terrapin feeding
ground. It is a fact we'll know that
this celery is found in greater luxuri-
ance in the Chesapeake than in any
other body of water in the world, and
this explains why duck and terrapin
frequent its waters more numerously
than anywhere else.
Terrapin farming is an undeveloped
industry in Maryland, out where i, IL
judiciously followed it yields fair re.
turns. The first farm was started in
Somerset county by United States Sen.
ator Dinnis, who began the enterprise
for his personal accommodation. The
biggest farm Is in Calvert county, on
the PatuXent River. and it consists of
a large salt water lake. many acres in
extent, and spacious enough to accom-.
modate thousands of terrapin. In this
the proprietor placed a number of ter.
rapin and they multiplied rapidly. The
hatcheries consist Of boards partly
filled with sand. and are so arranged
that when the females enter they can.
not get out until taken out. Tbs
young terrapin are kept in the nursery
for ton months or ayear. because the
old masculine terrapins are said ia
have a bad habit of eating the tende,
young members of their tribe. The
curiosity referred to by Uncle Epll
has enabled the proprietor of the farm
to train the terrapin so that they re.
spond when he calls them at feeding
time. Another farm. in which some
New York gentlemen are interested,
has been started in Talbot county. 1t
has a sand beach for laying and hatch
ing. and it is surrounded by a we'll
built board fence to keep out musk.
rats--NeD York Herald.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
The Crew and the Ram.

An old Crow was watching a flock
Of sheep grazing in a valley. when q
large Eagle suddenly few among them
and carried off a young Lamb.
at seems to me that 1 ought to be
able to do that" remarked the Crow;
EN- try It at any rate"
With these words the Grow faew
down, lit on the back Of q large Ram,
and after violent exertions succeeded
In flying away with him to the TOP Of
a neighboring mountain four miles
high. After being deposited. til, Ram
remarked In a tone OF playful .soncha-
lance: T
We'll, having gotten me up here,
what do you propose to do with me.
you black pirateP re you don't get
down this mountain In 4 hurry. III
butt your into mince-meat.s The poor
Grow, accepting the situation. flut-
tered sorrowfully down the mountain
side. and supped il the valley On 4 Be-
lated fishing worn.
MoRAL: Don't undertake an army
contract before carefully estimating,
the probable net prcats-LV&
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
A Whale and Thrasher Fight.

The following are extracts from a
private letter from a Connecticut gen
tleman to a friend in this city:
MY sea voyage from here to Vic
toria. British Columbia, was more
than usually pleasant, as the George
W. Elder (sometimes known as the
Rolling Moses from the fact that she
will roll at all times and under any
circumstances kept an even keel all
Of the three days.
"The only feature of interest was
the very uncommon number of whales.
which for two days surrounded the
ship. It seemed that there was a con-
vention of whales met for some fshy
purpose. and they were not only dis
posed to display their dimensions, but
to show US some other characteristics
they have in common with all created
things We also saw n of those
fights which the whale has with the
thrasher, a fish with long. sharp jaws
and keen teeth, who fastens himself
into the mouth Of the whale and then
beats him with his long-drawn-out
body, resembling a tail, until the poor
monster is worn u with his efforts
to shake him off, and gives up the
eight. Then the thrasher leisurely
eats out his tongue and departs for
pastures new.
1.-THE blows given by this thrasner
could be heard for two miles. and the
whale made the sea boil in his vain
efforts to shake off the murderer. He
would dive. but it was of no use, for
the thrasher could stay under water
any length Of time. while the whale
must come to the surface to breathe.
The last we could see through the
glass the thrasher vas pounding and
the whale rolling, pounding the water
with his tlukes, and sometimes throw
ing his huge body almost entirely out
of the water.-Hartford Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
Orchids.

The orchid family of plants is pecul-
iarly interesting on account of the
strange forms assumed by its flowers.
Many of them initiate in perfection
the butterflies and bees and the curl
Gus winged insects that inhabit the
tropics. The plants themselves in
tropical climates are frequently dry
stems, parasitic upon the trunks of
trees: but in the Towering season they
burst out into the most superb and
gorgeous blossoms. that set a whole
forest alame with their colors. For
these reasons they are most highly
priced by the florists. and a fine group
of orchids is considered one of the
choicest treasures of great botanical
collections. In our own country we
have about seventy-ive species, some
of which are very snowy and hand
some. But the orchid fancier goes
farther a6eld for his beauties. He
must have them from the wilds of
Australia or Van Dieman's land, or
from the jungles of India, from the
banks of the Amazon or from the is
lands OF tropic seas. Linn@us knew
only 100 species Of orchids; Persoon,
in 1906. knew Az; Sprengel, in 1880,
had enumerated about 800; and in
more recent times the number has
risen to nearly 5000. The genera,
also, are very many in number, but
those which are most popular with
c%ultivators are comparatively few.
although they contain a great number
of species.-UticG Herald.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
A River Dream.

Il blue, blue sky above,
The blue, blue water under,
Two eyes more blue, and a heart that's true,
And a boat to bear me with my love
To lands Of light and wonder.
The sunny fields around,
The river ripping by us,
A smile more bright than MONDAY light,
Our brows with meadow garlands crowned,
And never a care TO try US.
A drifting with the tide,
A wind that whispers greeting,
An isle Of rest in the faded west,
With only the waves on the shore beside
And two hearts fondly beating.
Harold e. Botlton in Casself.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
HUMOROUS.

Always ready to take a hand in con-
versation-Deaf and dumb people.
A small leak may sink a great ship,
and a raw onion break up a court ship.
Why is a weathercock like a loafera
Because it is constantly going round
doing nothing.
swell, you a tell us if he is
young?" 81 should think he was. He
hasn't got any hair yeti"
A sportsman, returning from the
marshes, when asked if he had shot
anything, said: "No, but I gave the
the birds a good serenading."
Looking at your drawings imbues
me with an artistic fever" remarked
Smithe to Miss Lulu. ut ought to:
it's s~ketching," quietly replied Lulu.
Why is it that the man who whangs
an old copper cent into the contri-
button box generally leans back with
a twenty-dollar look of b%enevolence2
Teacher: "What is an engineer p
Boy No. /: GA man who works an
engine" Teacher: "What is a
pioneer ?" Boy No. Q: "That man
man that works that piano."
A man who had attended the per
Torrance of Hamlet was asked how
he liked it. ''It's a good play" he re-
piled, "well written, and all that sort
of thing, but it's full of old Jokes"
She: Il don't like my bonnet now
that I've got 1t. 1t doesn't match my
hair at ALL" He: "You ought to have
thought of that before you bought it,"
She: my bonnet ?" He: mo, your
hair"
A man wrote to a scientist that he
had an apple which he had preserved
for hfty-three years, and on being re-
quested to forward it for inspection,
he replied that he could not, as it was
the apple Of his eye.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
J, The Bores.
There's the man who let's you shake his limpy

tlEG.B&h. ">'NlF lue DOT00s ~
q There's the man who lets you shake his limpy
hand ,.
He's a bore.
d And the man who leans against you when 70,
stand
Get his gore.
There's a man who has a fear
y That the world is, year by year.
Growing worse-perhaps he's near
Bolt the door.
There's the fellow with conundrums quite an
tique-
aN He's q bore.
And the man who ask you "What :" whene'el
you speak,
j& Though you roar.
There's the man who slaps your back
With a button-burstin whack-
II you think he's on your track,
Bolt the door.
There's the punster with his everlasting pun
Hos n bore.
And the man who makes alliterative sfun'-
Worse and more.
There's the man who tells the tale
That a year ago was stale
} Like Us not he's ont OF jail
as Bolt the door.
IL Eugene Field.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
The Oldest Living Thing

What Is said to be the oldest living
thing upon the globe is tho cypress of
Santa Maria del Tule. in the Mexican
State Of Oaxaca. This venerable mon
arch of the forest, still instinct with
apparently strong life. probably spans
the whole period of written history.
1t Is still growing. Humboldt speaks
OF it in 1851 as measuring "a feet in
diameter. lac feet in circumference
and 262 feet between the two ex-
tremes.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
A Trusted Citizen.

"Who is that old duffer 2" asked the
new groceryman of the milk man, as
q well-dressed man went by.
"Why. he's n of our most trusted
citizens" was*the eloquent reply.
"How do you make that out? He
has been owing me q bill ever since I
came here"
THAT just how we make II out, =
Laughed the milk man gleefnlly, and
the grocerymans scratched his head till
he caught on.-Asrchant 7sauslr
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
The Reason why.

Jones Gust returned from a three
.years' tour abroad)--i Just met Robin.
son. How pale, and thin he looks,
When I went abroad he $ the pic
ture Of health. Was he crossed In
love? Did the girl to whom he was
engaged jilt him?
Brownie. She married him.
Nes0 York San.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10
Greatest Diamond in the World,

"heoSosI AIiuHOHu III tne WOrlu.
Our Amsterdam correspondent tells
the story of the immense African dia-
mountaineering 457 carets in the
rough-which is in process of being
cut by Mr.. Jacques Metz. one of the
largest diamond cutters of that city.
The stone is said to have a somewhat
curious history. and, though it's exact
birthplace is only q matter of conject-
ure. it is known that it was found by
somebody in one of the four mines of
Kimberley. in the Cape Colony. South
Africa.
1t is said that in June or July OF
last year n of the surveillance officers
of the Central Mining Company in the
Kimberley mine found the stone, and,
being exempt from search, carried 1t
through the searching house upper
ceived and sold it to four irregular
dealers for $4,000. Before leaving
the province the new owners had a
night of drinking and gambling. which
ended in two of them becoming it's
owners instead of four. The two
owners escaped the secret police and
reachedCape Town, where they found
a dealer who readily paid them $685. 600
for the stone. There is an export
duty on diamonds shipped from Cape
Colony of one-quarter per cent. but it
appears that this stone was Struggled
out of the colony by a passenger on
the mail steamer and brought to Lon
don, where its presentation at Hatton
Garden created a great sensation.
A former resident at the Cape mines
managed to form a company of eight
persons. who bought the stone between
them for $225,O 600 cash. on condition
that the seller or sellers should receive
a ninth share of the eventual profits.
b real value Of the stone has been
estimated at London at above $1,000
600. According to the rules of valua-
ton Of the famous Tavernier diamond,
It's value would be 81, 166, $3.50. The
correspondent says that the art of dia-
mond polishing existing in Amster-
dam for more than three centuries has
been brought to such perfection that
it Is expected that this stone. weighing
in the rough 457 carats (and said to be
whittier and purer than any of its his
torical ~predecessors) J, will lose in work
ing much less than other famous
stones; that 1t will be more rapidly
finished. and it has every chance Of re-
naming the largest and finest diamond
of the world-Manutacturing JeDeler.