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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
81 DECLARE" said an old |,

q [ DECLARE, said an old lady, re-
verting to the promise made on her
marriage day by her liege lord, Il
shall never forget when Obadiah put
the nuptial ring on my finger, and said,
With my worldly goods I thee en-
dow He used to keep a dry goods
store then, and then thought he was
going to give me the whole there was
in it. [ was young and simple then,
and [ did not know till afterward that
it meant one calico gown a year,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

AN Indiana town has the following
ordinance: "Dogs that are collared
and labeled, no matter how respectfully
connected, will have their narratives
amputated one inch south of their
ears
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
TO
GnNGTNEIS TVUES

The advertiser, having been permanently cured of
that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy
is anxious to make known to his the
means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send
copy of the prescription used Gree of charged with
which they will find a SURE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS and all Throat or Lung diff.
culties.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A WILSON
1874 Penn street, Williamsburgh, n Y
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Second Grand Grit Concert,
s- ...F AID THE

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March 1871 1911
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

II you are suffering from Internal Pain, T,oenty TO
thirty Drops an title 1catsr win almost
you There IS nothing to equal it for Colo, Cramps
S1oS2s, Heartburn, DtaTrhg0, Dysentery Fr, Wind
the Bocets, Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache
In sections OF the country where FEVER AND AGUE
prevails there is remedy held in greater esteem
Persons travelling should keep it BY them. A few
troubles from change of water.
From foreign countries the callsf PAIN-KILLER
are great. 1t is found to CURE CHOLERA when al
other remedies fail --1t
When used externally, Liniment, nothing gives
quicker ease IN Burns, Bruises, Sprans, Cuts Stngs
from Insects. and Scalds It removes the fire, and
the wound heals like ordinary Those SUI
terng with rheumatism, Gout, Neurag ia, if not a
positive cure, they find the PAIN-KILLER gives
them relief when other remedy will giues Instant
RetieJ from ching Teeth Every housekeep should
keep it at band, and apply it the first attack of
PAIN 1t Will give satisfactory relief, and hours
OF suffering Do not trie with yourself by testing
untred remedies Be sure you call for. and get the
genuine PAIN-KlLLER, many worthless nostrums
are attempted to be sold the great reputation
this valuable medicine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

THE Spencerian Business College at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has national
reputation for thoroughness and the
success Of it's students.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

The proprietors of the New York
Tribune set forth in statement in our adver-
Using columns it's merits as family paper.
Our readers will doubtless give it the attention
it deserves.-Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
Novel Rat Trap.

There is no "patent" on the
following rat trap" which anyone
can use that wishes
AgenJleman whose barn was troubled
with rats, greatly to the detriment of
the cereals stored therein. loaded a
double barreled shotgun with fine shot ::
he then procured long, narrow plank,
made a tram OF coarse corn-meal along
the centre, then showed the plank
under the barn, slightly elevating the
outer end to give the better range. He
then seated himself, laying the muzzle
OF the gun on the plank, and quietly
/ awaited the arrival of the game, which
soon appeared in, "quantities to suit. y
covering the plank from both sides
when the gentleman, with more
resolution than discretion, took de-
Ilberate aim and fired. The fire en-
glne did not arrive in time to subdue
the flames. Loss, $4,000. No insur-
ance
An Important Fact in Grape Culture,
Here we would mention fact which
has come within our observation and
{ experience, which, if generally true, is
of some Importance. 1t is this:
That the third fruit bud from the
base of the past years cane throws out
larger and better developed branches
eff grapes than either the first orsecond.
The grapes from these buds seem also
better favored, and generally superior
to those on the first and second. Ii
accordance with this hint we have
adopted the plan OF cutting the cane Of
at such length as to leave the third bud
generally, and sometimes the fourth.
when a good strong one, and then
rubbing off the first and second buds,
and leaving the third and fourth fol
fruit. The number of fruit buds left
on any vine must depend on the age and
strength of the vine. If the vines are
strong and vigc rous, at three years from
two to three lunches of grapes may be
allowed to mature on each without
INJURY. The ne4ty the number may
be increased, and so on increased the
Quantity OF fruit with the age of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

Miss CAVE, a Ware, England, govern
ness, recently recovered over $4,000
from a young farmer who promised to
marry her, and induced her to leave a
profitable situation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

CRIsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE is the most
sure and complete preparation of its kind in the
world; its effects are magical its Character harm
less ITS tlnts natural its qualities endurinq-Cnm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

USE less of Dooley's than of other
Yeast or Baking Powder, as it is much strong
er. Put up full weight, Give it fair trial.
Grocers sell it-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
PAIN-KILLER

Has been tested in every variety of climate and BY
almost every nation known to Americans 1t is the
constant companion and inestimabe friend of the
missionary and the traveller, land and no one
should travel on our lakes or rivers lCithsm It,
Since the PA1N-R1LLER was first introduced, and
met With such extensive SALE many Linients Reiiefs
snaceds and other Remedies have been offered to the
public, but none OF them have attained truv
euefa6te sfcading OF the PAIN-KILLER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

LIKE LIGHTNING are the miraculous cprss effected
Nth so Flags Instant Relief Aches, Pains Sprains
Bowel Complaints etc, CANNOT EXIST if this great
medicine is used Relief warranted, or money re-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

j. Ross BROWNE has contracted to
pay $500, 900 for 20, 900 acres of Cali
fornia salt marsh.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
When TO .SrunP
The New England Farmer has these
suggestions on pruning

Il
suggestions on pruning
There is less correct knowledge
among cultivators of the habits and
nature of growth of trees than in any
other department of farming. With
regard to pruning there Is one infallible
guide, namely: Never prune tree
when the saw you are using will keep
bright. That proves that the pores of
the wood are full of thin sap. IF they
are then cut the sap will run out.
When shall we prune When the sap is
thick and will gum up the saw, so that
it will need washing once or twice in
two or three hours. The thin sap has
then assembled to swell the buds, and
expand the blossoms and leaves, and
having performed its required labor
there, what portion remains-but in
thickened forln-returns down under
the outside bark, and Increases the di-
ameter. The sap vessels are now
comparatively empty, and the tree can
be pruned, if judiciously done, without
much injury. 10 sse
Shortening in trees is another matter.
That may be done in most trees at any
time without much harm, as none of
the large vessels are cut, and the leaves
below the place cut would be likely to
absorb the passing sap. The down
ward motion OF the sap takes place
about the middle of-June Then the
sap vessels are comparatively empty.
After the leaves have fallen in the
autumn they are in a similar condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

THE BEST and cheapest Hair Dress.
ing is Burnetts Cocoaine. Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

The Fruit Recorder and Cottage
Gardener is exclusively devoted to fruit
growing and homes adornments. Ed
tied by a life long fruit grower. Speci-
mems free, or from Sept. to Dec, four
months, % cts, A. M. Purdy, Palmyra,
n. Y.-COm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

VEGETINE has never failed to effect cure, giving
tone and strength to the system debiitated by
disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

~ Directions accompany each bottle.
Prices % cts, so cts, and ST. per bottle.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
Worn-0uf Soil

+
Our American farmers talk a great
deal about Woln-Ouisoils, just as though
land would not remain fertile forever if
as much plant-food was returned to it
as taken. Ih the agricultural districts
OF Europe farmer is expected to
constantly increase the fertility of his
land instead of wearing it out.
Mr.. Lewis, of England, made
experiments with soil owned in one
family thousand years. He sowed a
piece continuously to wheat for twenty
seven years, with an average crop of
+ fifteen. and fve-eighths bushels per
: acre. A piece in barley nineteen years.
give twenty bushels per acre: and a
piece IN grass, fourteen years. gave
z, 900 pounds year This soil, con-
sequently, represented the condition
OF the soil, with the ordinary cultivation
and rotation as practiced; but similar
land OF the same farm, to which four
teen tons of manure had been applied,
produced thirty-six bushels of wheat
and thlrty-six bushels of barley; and
with two hundred pounds of sulphate
OF ammonia and three hundred of
phosphate, it produced forty-eight
bushels OF barley. This, again, shows
the value of manure i'll England and the
increased fertility of its soil through
the application of manure; and any
farmer, Knowing the cost of manure in
his locality, may easily estimate
whether 1t Will pay him to use it or not,
bearing IN mind always that it is much
cheaper and easier to keep up the
FERTILITY OF the soil than to bring it back
when once It is impoverished.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25

WASHINGTON TERRITORY is assessed at
81, 900, 900 more than last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
WHY Is THIS So?
ITS MERITS ARE UNSURPASSED

1t is because DAVIS PAIN-KILLER is what il
Claims to be-a reliever of pain. .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
MISSIONARIES and others soionrni

l1HBooIoNAhIEb dIu OCn0rS SOlOurnInp
in foreign lands should not fail to take with
them good supply of Johnson's Ano6ane
Lsn'naent 1t Is the most reliable medicine for
all purposes there is in the world.
Contagious diseases, such as horse all. CLAN
der, &C., may be prevented by the use of Shey3-
dams Cdrol'y Condition POWDERS. Persons
travelling with horses should take, notice of
this.-Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-25
Special Aotltes.
PEOPLES CHOLERA REMEny

l540--FoR OVER THIRTY YEARs--ls7a
PERRY DAVIS i.r- a-
PAIN-KILLER
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Course Of the Ieebergs.

The vast number of icebergs which
are borne past the shores of Newfound-
land during the spring and early sum.
mer is reported to be almost incredible.
About the end of this year a writer of
the Canadian illustrated says that from
Signal Hill, an eminence at the mouth
of the harbor, six hundred feet high,
sixty icebergs, great and small, were
visible to the naked eye. They were
moving slowly southwark to their grave
in the Gulf Stream. There could not
be a more strikingly beautiful object
than one of these stately wanderers Of
the deep, huge and solitary, proudly
sailing onward, regardless alike of wind
and tide, borne irresistibly along the
deep sea current. The waves that dash
in foam against its sides shake not the
strength of its crystal walls. nor tar
nish the sheen of its emerald caves.
Sleet and snow and storm and tempest
are its congo nial elements. ce.hoes
come in its way and are shivered to
atoms; storms rage, but it needs them
not. Proudly it filings back the pillows
from its projecting crags and pinnacles
which CLEAN like cliffs of chalk or
white marble. We might fancy that
nothing could avail to destroy such a
giant mass, and that it might sail on
forever. But all the while the rays or
the sun are playing upon its surface
and penetrating its substance, and the
warm breath of spring is loosening its
joints and relaxing its strength.
Streams begin to pour down its great
sides. Huge cra:s drop down with
sullen plunge into the ocean, awaken.
ing the echoes among the neighboring
rocks and hills. Large pieces are de.
tached and float away in independent
existence.
Presently it becomes top heavy, loses
its equilibrium and turns upon its side,
or reels completely ever with a thun.
dering crash, making the sea boil into
foam and causing a swell that is per.
ceptible for miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Bismarck's Travelling Arrangements,

Richelieu had finer guards and APP
pointments than Louis KILL, and Bis
marck's travelling arrangements appear
to be on more than royal scale of
luxury and convenience. A CORE
spondent writes:
Some accommodating arrangements
have been made for the use OF Prince
Bismarck's presentation carriage. 1t
has the right to circulate freely all over
the State railways and those belonging
to all railway companies in every part
of Germany, without any charge, and
must be attached to any train and
drawn up at any station indicated by
the Prince or Princess, The carriage is
declared to be free from all control on
the part OF the railway officials. 1t de.
ponds entirely on the Bismarck's will
whether other persons besides their
servants and suite shall be admitted,
and in that case such passengers shall
not be required to produce the tickets
they may have taken. The carriage is
so constructed that il can be made 10
run over any line of rails; and it is only
in Elsaas. Lorraine that some little diff
Guilty will be met with, on account Of
the carriage being dangerously high for
lhe tunnels"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
RObespierre and DantOn.

These two men possessed very differ
ent qualities. One was art, and the
other nature one was chicane, and the
other was thought; one was declama.
ton, and the other eloquence; the one
unfeeling virtue, and the other human
perverseness the one used cruelty as a
system, and the other as a last resort :
the one was pan tisanship with all its
narrowness, the other humanity with
all its vices and virtues the one the
Machiavelism, the other the frankness
Of revolution the one was conspiracy.
and the other war; the one selfish in
his most human impulses, the other
generous in his most abominable
crimes; the one anxious for power and
glory for himself, the other for the
grandeur of the corutry the one astute
and calculating, the other strong and
passionate; the one the disciple of Ros.
seau, as men of common talents are al
ways disci, les, the other personal and
original, as profound talents always are.
In his cold, pallid, bony countenance,
Robespierre revealed the desolation Of
his soul; wilhelm the giant face, SCARED
by small pox, Ddnton revealed the in.
ternal flash of his genius. The head of
Danton, who was the brain of the
Ere CHI Revolution. fell into the sket
of the guillotine through the implaca.
bic hate of his lifelong enemy; but
when Robespierre, harassed, accused,
driven to the brink of the abyss by the
men of Thermidor, wished to speak to
the Convention, and they refused to
hear him, wished to supplicate, and
they threatened him, tried to threaten,
and they laughed at him, tried to
silence them, and they rose against
him, IS he leaped from bench to
bench in the hostile and tumultuous
Convention, seeing no place of safety,
terrible voice uttered the meaninF of
the whole tragedy: Robespierre, the
blood of Danton chokes theeW
Robespierre had retained the greater
authority among the men of the Revo-
luton from two causes-first, because
only bis friends survived and preserved
the spirit of the revolution; and Sec
ond, because on the death of Robes.
pierre followed Immediately the reac.
ton of Thermidor, which at last, from
one excess to another, led to the 18th
Brumaire and the dictatorship of the
Empire. -EmiIio CASTELAR,, in Harper's
Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
German Losses in the War.

The Augsburg Gazette has published
the statement of the German soldiers
who were killed or died of disease du-
ring the late war. The number is
frightful, far greater than the French,
Notwithstanding the constant defeats of
the latter. From the beginning of the
war to the lst of September, OF about
forty days, the Germans lost $4,000
men, of whom 1897 were officers, 96l
of whom died on the field of battle.
Between September and February, they
lost, around Metz, 1915, of whom 1888
were officers, iii non-commissioned
officers, and 66,57l soldiers. Before the
nineteen places besieged and invested,
they lost 20,750, of whom $50 were off.
GERS and before Paris, they lost II, 563,
of whom $50 were officers, making a
total of lS3,07S. Judging by what hap
pened with you, after the war, it May be
estimated that of fathers, mothers, sis
tiers and children who died of grief or of
distress due to the war, there were about
twice as many as there were soldiers
which would make, for each nation.
about 100000 individuals, or 100000 in
all, and several thousands of millions
spent, in less than six months.-Paris
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Feast Of the Dervishes ExtraOr-
binary Scene.

A correspondent of the New York
World writes rom Cairo, Egypt:
The great feast Of the Doga, a dervish
affair, has Just been celebrated. The
dervishes are among the most fanatical
of Mohammedans, and each year when
the annual caravan returns from its
holy pilgrimage to Mecca, week is de.
voted by this sect to religious exercises
in accordance with their own peculiar
notions. The dervish village is just be.
low Cairo. Here each night for many
days past the faithful have gone through
with their indescribable contortiC ms of
body which is known as the dervish
dance. Each night the dark Egyptian
sky has been lit up by the blaze of mag
niticent fireworks. | have seen New
York city on the night OF Fourth of
July, but did not see fireworks half so
grand as | have seen at this strange
orgie. The feast eliminated last Fri.
day, when the graad head of the order
rode in triumph over the PROSTATE forms
OF the faithful. Such sight | never
witnessed before and trust | never may
again. Thousands of these half.mad
creatures threw themselves in their
frenzy on the ground, all anxious to
show their devotion by being trod len
upon by the horse or the men who led
him over their bodies. They struggled
and fought for the privilege of being
stepped upon with all the tervor of lu.
natics. Back and forth rode the tur-
oaned priest, mounted on a noble look
ing horse, whose feet fell with dull thud
on arms, legs, necks, OF bodies, just as
each was in the way of his footsteps. !
fancied at times that the horse seemed
a little ashamed of the performance,
but the dervishes were more than sat
isfed with the whole affair. Each per.
son stepped on at once arose and re-
ceived the congratulations of friends.
None seemed much hurt, although a
few limped as they walked about.
Thousands were shouting at once, and
for wild excitement and Undesirable
noise this scene far 'urpassed anything
| ever witnessed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Suspended Thought.

Rev. Mr.. Hendrix, when visiting the
patients in Canadian hospital, mum.
Der of years since, discovered therein a
man who appeared to be perfectly de.
mented, but otherwise in good health.
lnquiring into the cause Of his mslady,
he was informed that 1t was occasioned
by a depression of the skull upon the
brain, 10y a blow from the falling limb
Of tree. Procuring surgical aid, Mr..
Hendrix caused the depressed skull to
be raised to its natural position, when
the patient uttered the COZ Guiding
words Of a sentence that he had begun
TO address 10 his son, with whom, four.
teeE years before, he was splitting rails
under the tree where he received the
injury that deprived him of his senses {:
" Put in the wedge"
This is remarkable example Of sus.
pended thought. For fourteen years he
had lived perfectly unconscious o. the
loss of moment Of time. But he ate,
drank, slept, awoke, and moved about I;
but how? Simply rs machine. Like
the clock, the human mechanism had
been wound up, or set in motion, and
must run its allotted time. though a
part Of its complicated machinery, un.
essential 70 is longevity, should cease
10 move. The hunger, and the act Of
supplying It's demands, were but a part
of the natural movements Of the intri.
cate machine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
How Did Ii Get There-An Immense
Amount of Money Unearthed.

At the old camp grounds where the
pris oneIs were kept during the war,
and which is now known as the State
Fair Grounds, there runs ditch along
the southeast side, which is covered in
several places by bridges. Men have
been at work on the grounds lately,
and among other things were repairing
these bridges. On Saturday last, as
they were removing one of the abut-
ment logs, Capt. Oswell found under the
log an old.fashioned leathern pocket
book, containing an immense roll of
money in bank bills. The surprise of
the men can be imagined. They com
menced to grasp for it, and in their
eagerness the money was pulled in
pieces 1t had lain so long it would not
bear handling. The money was in old
State Bank bills, and no real estimate
can be made as to the amount. 1t is
thought, however, that there was
100000 The pocket book was yet in
a condition to be handled, but the bills
were too far gone to be able to count
them accurately. They might have
been in better condition if they had not
heen seized so cage ly by the men
when they found it to be money. OF
coulse nothing is known as to how it
came there, hut the supposition is that
1t was secreted there by some rebel
prisoner during the war. If this be the
case, the money must have lain there
for the last eight or ten years. This
seems to be the only plausible reason
that can be given of the mystery. 1t
probably belonged to some Southern
soldier, who concealed it for safety and
afterward died in the prison. The work.
men are said to have been very enthusi-
astic in their digging after that, and
every log they rolled over they expect
ed to find hidden treasures but it is
not often that lightning strikes the
same spot twice-Indianopslis Sentinel,
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