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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
Shining to Pay a Note.
from the Boston Gazatte.l


More than thirty years ago, on O.
Saturday afternoon, Charles Marsh,
OF the firm of Jordan, Marsh & Co.,
went out to what is now the town of
Allston to pass Sunday with his uncle.
On Saturday night it began to snow;
on Sunday the snow increased until it
proved one of the heaviest storms of
the century, and on Monday morning
travel was INSTRUCTED even to vehicles.
Young Marsh realized the situation
with alarm, because he had a. note to
pay that day in town, and then, as
now, his mercantile integrity was his
priceless jewel. He lost no pluck, and
had a determined purpose to get to
Boston somehow before bank hours
closed. Directly oppositethe house OF
Mr.. Marsh's uncle lived land lives stilD
Isaac Pratt. He, too, had much at
stake in reaching town. At first, the
two made signs, then they "hollered, D
finally they reached each other, and
each found the other full of zeal.
Several plans were suggested, but none
seemed available and at length they
each took shovel and cleared their
own path to Cambridge, a work OF
some four hours and half, where
they took the cars and reached their
banks in town just In season to main
tain credit which ever since has been
as firm as q rock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
An Intelligent Jury.
from the Salt Lake Herald.l

The jury system is one of the grand
est institutions of this great and glo-
rious land, One instance of the JUS
tice which itigants get when their
cases are left to DE decided by dozen
idiots was. shown in neighboring dis
trict court the other day. The plain
tiff had appealed to the jury. The
suit was that of John Smith against
Perry Findlay, and the Judge instruct
ed them when they went out to write
their verdict in the usual manner,
"We, the jury, find for the plaintiff, y
or defendant, as the case may be.
They had hardly got out of their
room when the foreman yelled out,
"We've decided" "Go and write
your verdict" said the Justice. He
went and expended a few minutes la
boz, returning, eve the verdict find
for plaintiff" "Oh, yes" replied the
Plaintiffs counsel, 81 knew 1 had e.
good case" That remark attracted
the attention of the jury, and they
began to express some surprise, and
finally it was found out that they did
not know which was plaintiff and
which defendant. The verdict was
changed in accordance with their find
ing, and the jubilant counsel for
plaintiff was correspondingly crest
fallen at the change in the result
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
Stealing a Red-Hot Stove.
IRON the snirit Of the Times.l

From the Spirit of the Times.l
There is a well known Western driv-
er who is noted for an impediment in
his speech, his natty style of dressing,
and his chronic unwillingness to ''give
up" One time this character found
himself in Chicago with a stable of
trotters, and the dread of sheriff s
execution hanging over him like the
sword of Damocles. He was deeply in
arrears to his help, and they, foreseeing
q possible levy by the myrmidoms OF
the law, determined to have the first
say. Not caring to pursue the regular
process, their plan was to remove all
portable property and convert it into
capital as speedily as possible. Ahorse
and wagon were accordingl y secured
and brought up near the stables. AS
the self-preferred creditors with a gen.
tleman popularity known as 'tSand-
bag" as the leader, were about to be-
gin operations, the proprietor put in
an appearance. This caused tempo
rary stop to proceedings, and how to
get rid of him they did not know.
just then a portly man was seen sp-
preaching.
"Who- who's th-th-that?" inquired
the knight of the ribbons in suspi-
cious tone.
"Why, don't you know? That's
Sherry, the sheriff" replied t'Sand-
bag"
"F-f-f-for he-he-he-heaven' s-s-s-
sake! T-t-t-tell him Pm d-d-d-down t.
t-t-townW calculated the startled
driver, and he Skinned up into the loft.
This was the opportunity for the
conspirators, and the way a portable
in full blast, together with divers
other ''fxin's" went into the wagon
was caution. The man above was
kept advised of the movements of the
supposed enemy until his patience was
exhausted and he sang out:
"G-g-g-gosh od-dod-darn ye! TIT
t-tell me Observation-Disclosures he-he-he's
g-gg-gone, f-f-f-fur I'm m-m-m-most if
f-froze t-t-t-to d.d-d-deathP
By this time the wagon was out Of
sight and the coast reported clear.
Some time after the victim learned the
circumstances of the disappearance of
his property, but made no sign. In
due time the suggestion was made
that he should pay his help. Turning
look OF disgust upon thespokesman,
he sputtered out:
"Y-y-y-you g-g-g-go to t-t-t-the de-de-
de-devil! Any f-f-f-fellers w-w-wot's tn
th-th-thieves enough t-t-t-to st-st-st-
steal a r-r-r-red h-h-h- hot st-st st-stove
c-c-c-can't s-s-s-see th-th-th-the eek eek
cek-color of my m-m-m-money."
And that was all the satisfaction
they got.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
A New Aid to Justice.
From the Philadelphia Press.l

From the Philadelphia Press.l
A novel application of q recent scien-
tiic discovery was made before the
orphans court by DIR. Persifor Frazer
During the audit of the account Of
Samuel Clark, Jr., as administrator OF
the estate of his father, who was g.
large mill-owner in the northeastern
part of the city, some questions OF
checks and charges upon partnership
accounts arose, In connection with
which it was necessary to settle the
validity of some signatures.
Instead of resorting to the old and
unsatisfactory method of the testi-
mony of handwriting experts, DR..
Frazer was induced to try the princi-
pie OF composite photography. This
principle was discovered recently by
an Englishman named Gallon, and
consists in producing photograph
which is an embodiment OF a
number of originals. 1t is done
by taking photographs of each
subject separately, giving each
plate, however, only a proportionate
amount of the time requisite for its
proper development. In this way on
ly the features which are in all OF the
originals appear distinctly in the COM
posite, while the exceptions and irreg-
ularities are lost. The discoverer OBJ
tanned remarkable results in securing
types of criminals, persons afflicted
with pulmonary troubles, family like
nesSeS, etc.
DIR. Frazer was given eighteen checks
admittedly signed by the decedent,
which he divided into three groups,
according to the size of the handwrit-
ing. Some checks were used in two
groups, so that each one of the three
composites was made up from about
g. dozen checks. The result was that
in each one of the plates the signature
"Clark & Co." was quite distinct, the
only indistinct and superfuous lines
being about the first two letters. Judge
Hanna, before whom the audit took
place, said that the plates were GER
tainly trustworthy guides, and that
he regarded the discovery as very inn
portant one in connection with the
identity of handwriting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
Theebaw's New Home.
From the Whitehall Review.

From the Whitehall Review
Arcot, the new residence of King
Theebaw, is a small walled native city
of 10000 inhabitants, situated sixty
three miles from Madras, on the line OF
railroad to Beypore. Itpossesses some
good mosques and tombs, with the re-
mains of a ruined palace and fort.
Ranipet, three miles off, on the left
bank of the Palar, was 8, military can
torment. In the last century Arcot,
founded in 1716, was taken by Give
1751, retaken 1853, surrendered to
Col. Coote 1850, was captured from
the British again, 1870, by Hyder Ali,
but since 1901, after the fall of Sering-
apatam, it has been in the hands OF
the English.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
PercherOns.

The French have looked with alarm
upon the steady export of Percheron
horses to the United States; but the
most prominent breeders there now
say that the progeny of these horses
raised in the United States are an I'M
provement upon their sires, and that
it is profitable to re-import. 1t is
known that Napoleon Ill, used to
import Percheron horses from Yer
mont for the post-chalses which ne
used so much, as Gen. Fleury, his
Master of the Horse, found them
much superior to the Mechlenburg
horses more generally in use.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

SCORPIONS, spiders and various IN
sects have been observed to remain
motionless if any person blows strong
ly upon them in vertical dlrectlon4
In his late researches, Wroblewski
has been able to separate liquefied air
into two distinct liquids, different In
appearance and composition, one SUI
perimposed upon the other.
COMPULSORY re-vaccination of the
soldiers was established by the Ger
man government eleven years ago,
and since then not q single death from
smallpox has occurred in the German
army.
THE scientific Importance of explor-
ing the accessible regions about the
South Pole is urged by Sir Erasmus
Ommany, of the British navy, who re-
marks that no man has ever wintered
in the Antarctic zone.
The sea turtles toes are united in
the form of paddle. 1t makes long
voyages, sometimes across the Allan
tic. The sea turtles are immense,
some of them attaining a weight OF
1,2OO pounds. They Craze in the
grasses at the bottom of the sea.
SUCCESSFUL experiments have been
made in joining and restoring the
functions OF divided nerves, even nerves
of different function being used to re-
place those partially destroyed. 1t is
thought that even sight and hearing
may be restored, after injury to the
nerves on which they depend, by bring
ing other nerves into service by arti-
fetal union.
AN Irish physician, DR.. Henry
Macauly has made the unique sugges-
ton that the intense heat of the sun
in tropical countries be used as an
agent for cooling buildings. He would
use Muchot's sun-engine for pumping
cold air into factories, dwellings, ETC.,
as in this way the temperature of the
rooms may be reduced from 1909 to
6O0. This plan is available only where
ice may be obtained.
EXPERIMENTS on the sleep of fishes
have been made in London by w. Au-
gust Carter He has found that the
characteristics observed-the roach,
dace, gudgeon, carp. tench, minnow
and catfsh-sleep periodically like
terrestrial animals. The same is true
OIL some IQdfln0 uSnoS, SuCn DIS
wrasse, conger eel, dory, dogfsh,
wrasse bass and all species Of
fat fish, but the goldfish, pike
and angler fish do not appear to sleep
at all, although they rest periodically.
The desire for sleep varies according
to weather conditions, and fishes do
not necessarily select nighttime for
repose.
CROCODILE Es are represented by alli-
gators. Their tails are used for
swimming, and their legs aid in lifting
them out of the mud. They build
nests of leaves and vegetation before
it has begun to decay; a layer of eggs,
layer of vegetation. The heat of the
veget alton matches the eggs. The
crocodile differs from the alligator by
having no long separation between
the nostrils. 1t has a valve in the
throat for keeping out water. The
crocodiles of the Nile and of the
Ganges are most dangerous. Alliga-
tors are called cold-blooded because
of their inability to develop much
heat in their bodies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03

is we'll known, is the matrix of the dia-
mond. About 40 diamonds, adds
Mr.. Ha5ersham, have been found in
this belt-most of them in two deposit
gold mines in Hall County. He thinks
the mines of Africa, Australia, and
Georgia will yet "cater to the millions
who seek to possess specimens of crys-
talllzed carbon" The mines of Col
conda and of Brazil are gradually fail
ing. Nothing but systematic and skill
full washing of Georgia sandstone is
needed, in Mr.. Habersham's opinion,
to develop our diamond mines. The
mines OF Brazil were for a long time
worked for gold alone, until an acct
dental visit of a geologist led to q de-
velopment OF the diamond industry in
that country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
With the Dry Plate.

Aphotograph of a tiger in the act OF
Selling it's prey has, by a lucky acct
dent, been made by an Englishman in
Madras. The camera was focused on
a buffalo tied to a stake at a distance
of 80 feet, and had just received a dry
plate, when tiger leaped from the
jungle and struck down the buffalo
with single blow. The operator kept
his presence. of mind and released his
shutter before taking to his heels. The
negative showed the relative attitude
OF tiger and buffalo fairly well, and
confirmed the generally accepted opin-
ion that the tiger, with his knock
down blow, endeavored to dislocate
the neck of his victim.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
Won't Have One in the House.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

"Pa," said Olivia, "we ought to have
thermometer. Wedon't-" There,
now," shouted the old man, with the
air of one who closes discussion, 81
don't want to hear another word
about it. II We had one, We couldn T
talk through it. Lem. Haskins had
one put in his house nigh amonth ago
an he's hollored himself hoarse, an
they've nigh about starved to death
tryin' to order their groceries through
it. No good, tell ye."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
IN CHAPEL.
BY s. C. s.

THE hell tolls gently; it's the hour of prayer.
Soft hands are folded and the Sisters kneel
And Dray to Him who has the power to heal
All wounds that the sin has made, or grief, Oh
care
Peace rests on faded cheeks and faces fair.
Here where soft eyed Devotion sets her seal
On every brow, have hearts the power to feel
Deep sympathy with life they cannot share?
Be not deceived; peace and the sunlight rest
On the broad ocean, when the midnight storm
Is overpast and in the depths below
Our treasures lie; within each quiet breast
A woman's heart is throbbing fast and warm;
What the calm surface hides-ah, who car
know?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
"Navvies."

A correspondent wants to know the
origin of the word 'navvy," as applied
to men who work at ditching and
grading on new lines OF railroad. In
the early days channels were dug on
the English coasts for purposes OF IN
land navigation and drainage. These
combinations of drain and canal are
there commonly called naviga tons.
hence the workmen employed in their
construction were called navigators,
which, contracted into navy, is now
indiscriminately applied to persons
engaged in any kind OF earth-work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
A Battle Royal.
From the Louisville Post. I

From the Louisville Post.l
A remarkable fight occurred on the
farm of the Hon. Oscar Turner IN
Ballard County between q large Dur
ham bull belonging to Col. Turner,
and a buck weighing over 200 pounds.
Both were found in the forest dead,
only few feet apart. The bull had
been gored three times by the buck.
the last thrust entering the animal s
heart, and must have killed him al
most instantly The deer was dread
fully bruised, though his skin had not
been cut through. The ground where
the fight occurred was cut up by the
feet of the animals.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03
The Diamond Fields of Georgia
From the Atlanta constitutional

From the Atlanta COnstitutlOn.
William Warning Habersham has
studied the diamond fields of Georgia
closely, and is confident there are plen-
ty of diamonds in the belt of flexible
sandstone that extends from "a point
near Atlanta through Gwinnett, Hall
Banks, and Habersham Counties to
the Savannah River, distance OF 100
miles, with a. breadth of from 10 to
80 miles" The elastic sandstone as
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-03

A STORY comes from California that
q navigable river was blown dry dur
ing recent windstorm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-11

AN EXPENSIVE OvERCOAT.-What is un-
doubtedly the most expensive overcoat ever
sold in Boston is one made by a furrier OF
that city for q Bostoa gentleman. The
value of the cont is said TO i,e ST 900 though
it is declared that the coat could not he du-
plicated for much larger sum. 1t con-
tains sixty-nine Russisn sable skins of the
finest quality, aud as $40 is considered fair
market price for /: skin OF the quality OF
these, it is apparent that The oyercoat would
have been much more expensive II the furs
had cone through the usua! channels OF the
Russian government. But the furrier was
fortunate in Scra~ino - chnicc int o. Skins
FROM IL dealer ~ Was 30 und"? Tue con
troll Of The Russian aoveTnni"'.! jhe over
coat, which Is qui'e ;nlgc, u =! he finest
German castor. the boot nnh s'eeyes being
lined with sni,;,, while u u;ond collar and
deep cuilS Of this costly lnn:erial give a rich
finish TO the Garment Although s. warm
that the weaIer wou!.i 10! feel the most in.
tense cold, the nvercoat is much ghter than
an ordinary ulster Boston Transcript
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). .z;s.syanurla Wazk1tl.
THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY II.

SNEEzING.-Tbe custom OF saying "doa
bless you" to one who sneezss is supposed
to have originated about the year 100 Inere
is tradition that in the time ofSt. Gregory
the Great the air was filed with peculiar
influence, and whoever happened to sneezs
Immediately died. The Pontift promulga.
ted form OF prayer and wish to be said
hv those who felt compelled to sneeze, and
which. it was expected, would avert the
fatal effects. According to mythology the
first sign of life made by Prometheus' arti
fetal man was sneeze. The rabbis give
the custom very ancient date, and, accord
ing 10 their tradition, soon after the creation
God decreed that every living man should
sneeze once only, and at that instant his
soul should depart from his body. jacob,
however, did not like such way OF leaving
the world, and asked God to make an ex-
cep,ion in his favor This was granted,
aud Jacob sneezed without dying. When
the princes of the temporal powers OF the
world heard of this they ordered their SUI
iects, when sueezing, to accompany u WIN
thanksgiving for the preservation OF ne ana
prayers for its continuance. ACCORDING 10
Aristotle the men who believed that the
seat of the soul was in the head or brain
regarded sueezng as one of the most sensl-
BILE and manifest operations CT the head.
The ancient apostle of learning gives no
account of the origin of the operation.-Bos
ton G,I0bp
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DIRECTORY

OF The
PRINCIPAL HOUSES OF THIS CITY
Banks.
Burke & Herbert, cor. King and Fairfax strss,,
Citizens National Bank, n. W. cor Prince Ar
Lee streets.
First National Bank, 8. W. cor. Prince and L..
streets.
Books, Stationary and Printing.
Alexandria Gazette Book and Job Ofacs, Gsya,.
Building.
G. E. French, SO King street.
Commission Merchants and Feed Deaisre
J.C. Milburn, II n. Royal street.
Bsyne & Bro, 70 Cameron street.
P. B. Hooe 2 Prince street.
Thomas Perry, 10 King street.
Dry Goods and Eotious
T. L. Taylor. 933 Penna. ave-, Washlagtca
Woodward {: Lothrop, 921 Pa. av. Washngto
]. r. Chapman. 102 King st.
c. ~ Adams, 50 King street
&. G. Berry, - King street.
A. B. Slaymaker. 1O7 King street.
J. Z. Tackett, 10Y King street.
Carter, II Market Space, Washington.
Drugs and Chemicals
summers s Allen, Il. ~. cor. King and Pitt -,
W. f. Creighton & Co, n. w. cor. King api
Royal streets.
4. A. Warfeld. 1872 King street.
T. S. LeadbeateT & Bro, $. Fairfax street
S. II. Lunt, cor. King and Fairfax streets
ID. II. Lunt, y. @. King and Washinytn
streets.
L. Stablcr s. Co, Il. ". cor. King and Ws.,h;,,,
ton streets
Warfold S hail. cor. Prince and Fairfax sire!
Feed Dealers.
Charles s. Taylor, jr., 81 King street.
Glassware snG House Furnishing Gocdu.
81 Miller & Co., 65 King street
Grcco-s and Liquor Dealers
Charles King 81 Cameron street
= Broders s. Co., II King street.
Harlow & Bro, n. VI. cor. Royal and Cameron,
streets
W. A. Johnson, n. o. cor. Royal and Cameron
streets
G. McBurncy & Son, s. W. cor King and Wash
;ngton streets.
q. VIM. Ramsay, cor King and St. Asaph streets
Hardware Ed Cutlery.
Z. W. Nails, cor. iE:2a mo Washington street.
j. L. Carlin & SoaD, 50 King street:
j. T. Creighton & Scc1, 90 King street.
&. F. Peake, coz. A.zS a1d Pitt streets
]. W. Pcakc, cor. ais.; aud ST. Asaph streets
Hotels and Restaurants.
George Steuernagcls Exchange and BaHard, IS
ard 30 north Royal street.
leo.
i. A. Reed & Co, Strand.
Sovcllcrs.
II. Wldt, 10 IL. Eoyal street.
Lumber, &c.
Perry, Smoot s. Co., No. 25 cor. Cameron AMI
Union streets.
Josiah 81. d. Smoot, p north Union st.
Machinists.
G. w. Collins, corner Wilkes and ROYAL SITS
w. s. Moore, 65 Union street.
Millinery.
J. G. Hutchinson, 907 Pa av, Washington.
Wholesale Liquor Dealers
John Lannon, corner Market and tho Strand
Wood and Coal.
Hewes x Aitcheson, N. Z. corner Duke An
Lee streets
w. A. Smoot & Co., foot of Princess street,
J. P. Agnew Co.. foot of Wolfe street.
j. r. Zimmerman, foot of Queen street.
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OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE MAILS.

1890, $50 and 800 p. N. Open at $50 q. M,
1900 III. and $50 p. m.
Southern mails via Richmond, Va, close at $40
and 11:OO a. n, 4:16 p m. Open at $50 and
1890 q.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville, Va
close at 7:3O and 11:1O q. m. and 800 p III.
Open at $50 a. III. and 200 p m.
Western mails close at 4:3O and 500 D. M.
Open at $50 a. m, 1900 m. and $50 p m.
Washington, d. G., mails close at 1870 and $50
a. m 1890, 4:3O. 6:30 and 500 p. N. Open st
$50 and 1O:3Oa. M, 1900 M, 800 $50 and
TOO p. m.
m. Open at 4:3O p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at 2:10 and
500 p. N. Open at 1920 a. u.
An additional mail to Leesburg, Vienna, Hern-
don and Fairfax c. II. closes at 400 p. m. Opens
at ohS q. n.
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Acknowledgements
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