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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-15
NEW YORK March 10Th 1874

New YORK, March 10th, 1874.
GEO. " HOUSE, Nj. d. Supt. Elastic Truss Co:
Dear Sir After suffering for thirty years in my
own person from the of every form of Metallic
Truss procurable in this country, and in Europe,
j. two years ago, applied your Elastic Truss, and
sinc9 that time / have experienced comfort and
satisfaction, and been taught the truth, that the
Elastic Truss is the only instrument that should
be used for the relief and of Hernia; and now
after more than thirty years continuous practice
and having adjusted many hundreds of Trusses
gratefully declare it to be my deliberate opinion
that your Elastic Truss is the only one untitled to
the confidence of the public: that elacticty the
only power at all adapted to the requir of
Truss or Supporter, and am convinced that your
Elastic Truss actually cures large proport Ct
all cases to which it is applied, not only among
children, but in numerous cases within my own
knowledge of patients from 80 to Is years of age
w. II. BURNHAM, NJ D.,
Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, N Y. f. Medi-
cal College.
Address
THE ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY.
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Warranted.

Four to six bottles of DR.. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery are warranted
to cure Salt Rheum OF letter and the
worst kind of Pimples on the face. Two
to four bottles are warranted to clear the
system of Boils, Carbuncles and Sores.
Four to six bottles are warranted to
cure the worst kind of Erysipelas and
Blotches among the hair. Six to ten
bottles are warranted to cure Running
of the Ears and Corrupt or running VI
GERS. Eight to ten bottles are warranted
to cure Scrofulous Sores and Swellings
Two to six bottles are warranted to cure
Liver Complaint. s....r ......
A WONDER to HERSELF. u
TANKTOwN, Delaware Co., O., March
20, 1S73.-To DR.. r. V. PIERCE Your
Discovery needs only fair trial, and it
will do all you recommend it to do and
more too. When [ was fifteen caught
cold, and for twenty-eight years L have
been q perfect wreck Of disease, and all
the medicine and doctors bill have run
up at times to two and three hundred
dollars, and never any better but worse,
when I gave up all hope last spring of
living the summer through. received
one of your Account Books, and told
nv husband after reading it that it was
too late to try further, but he said it
was never too late. Hewent and bought
two bottles and foundit was helping me
very much. Since 1S41 I was troubled
with Catarrh and Sore Throat, and
was almost entirely deaf in one ear and
myvoice was as dull as could be. There
was constant pain in my head. Now
my head is as sound as a dollar. my
voice is clear, rnd I have used ten bot
ties of your Discovery. It has cured
me of Catarrh, Sore Throat, Heart Dis
ease, Spine Affection, and Torpid Liver.
My Liver was very bad. Ny skin was
rough. When [ put my hand on my
body it was like fish scales. Now it is
as smooth and soft as achild's. In con-
clusion [ will say [ have been well for
three months [ am a wonder to myself
and friends. This is but an imperfect
statement, half has not been told.
Yours with respect,
HESTER LACKEY.
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WORDS.

The PronOuncing Handbook of Words often Mis-
pronouced as given by the best authorities.
Sent to any address on receipt of Sixty cents.
LEE & SHEPARD, Boston.
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G. o MI + . r T

Are the cheapest polish in the market, because
one box at 10 cents will polish as much surface as
% cents worth of the old polishes.
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OPPRESSION after eating, headache,
nervous debility, are the effects of indigestion.
One, or two at most, of Parsons PsugatiUe
Pills will give Immediate relief.
Johnson's Aaodyne Lininoe1M may be
administered to children with perfect success,
and almost any of the diseases to which they
are iable.-Com.
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HUMAN WoE.-The most scientific
and successful treatment of Paralysis, and all
deformities of the human body, Diseased
Joints Piles, Fistula, and Catarrh, is practiced
at the National Surgical Institute, Indianapolis,
Indiana. Long experience, unequalled facili-
ties, and low prices, render it the most humane
Institution in the United States. 10000 cases
have been successfully treated. Send for their
large Journal, giving full particulars of
treatment &c-Com.
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ordering medicine.
SPEEDILY CURED

n III chronic and Nervous Diseases, of both sexes,
"a at reasonable prices. Young men who suf-
ier1ng from nervous debility, a weak nervous, ex-
head, weak memory, etc, permanently cured.
females can consult me, personally or by letter,
ABOUT any OF the difficulties incident to the sex,
with the assurance of speedy relief All communi-
cations strictly chnfidential~ as@ MW
enclose two stamps for an illustrate ed Journal of
Health-a complete trestse all chronic dis
easses, containing upwards of sixty pages; also,
snort Lecture on Marriage 1t is a book that every
family ought to have, and no one should be with
out III. 10 the weak and sickly one, it lays bare
the causes of the malady, points out the remedy
ana directs how to retain that precious boon. over
LOW patients are now under treatment.
Please state where you saw this advertisement.
Address, DR.. S. A. RICHMOND
(P. 0. Box H1D st. Joseph Mo.
OFFICE: On Francis street, opposite Pacific Hotel
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AMONG the fine arts not lost is the art
of children making holes in the toes of boots
and shoes. Time taken about ten days. SILVER
TIPS are an excellent remedy, never known to
fail.-Com
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SMALL service is true service while it
Lasts Wordsworth.
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Why VIII You Suffer-

To all persons suffering from
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps
ia the limbs or stomach, Bilious
Cholic, Pain in the back, bowels
or side, we would say THE
HOUSEHOLD PANACEA AND FAM
liz IMMINENT is of all others the
remedy you want for internal
and external use. It has cured
the above complaints in thous-
ands Of cases. There is no mis-
take about it. Try it. Sold by
all Druggists.
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MEDICAL.
SAMARITAN NERVINE !

Is the great remedy for Epi-
leptie Fits, Commissions and
Spasms. 1t is an infallible
remedy. A certain and sure
cure in every case. oflong or
short standing, it matters
not now many doctors have
tried their skill and failed.
1t has been tested by hun
dreds, and never was known
to fail in a single case. Come
or send Immediately for
medicines, and seek relief.
A trial bottle will be sent
free to any one suffering
with the above named dis
eases. Always give name of
your Express office, when
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Sand at IN To G. W. BEST, Utica, n. Y, and
ROuu p4iOO you Will receive the Buckeye
Farmer one year and Briggs Bros Quarterly,
price % cts and an order on the firm for 81 worth
of seeds. Send at to secure this offer. Every
farmer and patron should have this valuable paper
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PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.

Work for Everybody. Good Wages.
Permanent Employment. Men ana w o.
men wanted. Full particulars free:
Address w. A. HENDERSON CO.,
Cleveland o., or ST. Louis, MO-
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-27

ty gentleman, notwithstanding his re-
markable and startling assertion that
the matter could alone be met by the
adoption of his proposition.
Mr.. Keech's order WIS then adopted.
Mr.. Nanderford obtained leave to in
troduce a bill to repeal and re-enact
sections 9 and 10, chapter 459, of the
acts of 1870, relative to registration of
voters.
Mr.. Greenfield's House bill estab-
fishing the "Maryland House of Cor
rection" was read second time, and
ordered to be engrossed for third
reading; also Mr.. tentorls House bill
to authorize the Mayor and Council of
Baltimore to fund the floating debt of
the city to an amount not exceeding
$2,000.000.
Mr.. Fenton's bill supplementary to
the act authorizing the Baltimore city
Mayor and Council to fzsue bonds not
exceeding S2,500,000 for the improve
mcnt of Jones Falls: also, Mr.. Bird S
bill to repeal and re-enact section l.,
article 81, of the General Laws enti-
tied elections" providing for the ap-
pojntment annually of three Judges of
Election for each district of each coun-
ty by the respective County Commits
SioncrS. and one of whom shall be from
the opposite political party, were en-
crossed for third reading.
\ message was received from the
Senate proposing an adjournment of
the two Houses from tomorrow until
Tuesday, for the purpose o: observing
the Twenty second as d holiday, and
was concurred in.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-27

Mamma cried little girl, rush
ing into the room, "why am | like IA
tree" Mamma could not guess, when
the little one exclaimed: Because |
have limJS.'
Some thoughtful person saws: at
is unkind to ridicule those items in
the papers about centenarians. 1t is
no easy thing to become a centenarian ;
several have failed
"Six feet in his boots" exclaimed
Mrs Beeswax: "what will the impu-
dence of this world come to, | wonder. !.
Why, they might as we'll tell me that
the man had six heads in his hat"
\ paper, in giving an account of a
shooting atiray, says the wounded man
is expected to recover, as the pistol
ball lodged in his ''dinner-pail."
4 little boy at his first concert in
noceGtly asked, when singer was en-
cored, What's the matter, mother,
didn't she do it right::'
Widows who have lost two husbands
are the only ladies who have, as yet,
evinced much interest in the ''third
term question.
Query-Can anybody explain why
late comers and early goers at popular
lectures invariably have creaky boots
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-27
A Great Benefaetor.

Parton says, in his interesting his
tory of the Sewing Machine, written
for the atlantic Monthly, and publish
ed in its May number of 1867: 'In
the year 1854, after a long trial. Judge
Sprague of Massachusetts, decided that
the plaintiffs patent is valid, and de-
fendant's machine is an Infringement
The plaintiff was Elias Howe, Jr.,-
the real infringer, |. NJ. Singer"
Judge Sprague further observed that
'sthere is no evidence in this that
leaves shadow of doubt that, for all
the benefit conferred upon the public
by the introduction of Sewing Ma
chine, the public are indebted to Elias
Howe, Jr." How great that benefit
is we can form some idea when we con-
slider the vast amount Of work neces-
sary to be performed by the needle,
and remember that of all the various
branches Of labor it is the most wear
ing upon the human system.
The Howe Machine is now offered
to the public on such easy terms that
persons of the most limited means can
procure one with but slight economy,
and thus the benefit conferred by the
great inventor, at first confined to a
few, is now within the reach of the
poorest.
Bear in mind the ''Howe" is the on
ly Machine offered at five dollars per
month and at New York prices.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-27
NEGROES AT THE CAPITOL.
LounEers o. the Gaiicvies =
and Loafer- OF the streets.

kD~ The following article is copied
from Republican journal-the New
York Times. 1t was written by Grace
Greenwood, also Republican in senti-
ment, who is evidently going back on
her 'cullud brethren" She actually
proposes that all persons indccently
ragged or extensively dirty shall be ex-
cluded from the galleries of Congress
and Washington horsc+ars. The y.
\. World puts these questions; But
are not these men and blcthren: Can
they not vote: Are thfy fit TO choose
public servants vet not IL To see them
al Their work: Wonid, Grace Green
wood be guilty Of such rc..son to con-
stitut:onal a.n.,,,:i .,a.4tSlIa.-.~nro-
pose that education or property shiTI
be a test of qualification 10 choose the
administrators of pubiic affairs: Are
rags and dirt better tests"
lGgas. & rna..,1 ia Nr~ Yosk T.ms..l
The phi,aachropic alluSion If Nr.
Cox To- the ro.orei patriots. ''s.ttinG
uniformly in the galleries" and t.
their urgent, desperate need of decent
clothing, suggests a question which
somebody ou-ht 10 consider and act
upon. aud tha; somebody should bc
the Senate or the House Of Rrpresen-
tatiycs. l. is, shall men and bows.
however we'll cnloral. bur ragged u
the point of lalacencr. and dirty to
absolute ii.thlness, continue 10 enjoy
the freedom ot the galleries; They
now maze them their louug!ng and
resting places. Some Of these habltues
are famous slgcpcrs. Even when the
rights and privileges and wrongs and
disabilities of their own race are under
discussion somnolcucy yoyrrcomeS them
and they sleep mot wisely but too
we'll" Senator's have told me that
through all their might sessions they
are cncompas5od about by this dark
cloud of fob!iyiou> witnesses. " no some
tihics SPeh" tHl '"'.fe higA| especial
y Il 1n. "y.''.t u c"'u or stormy
tuA"Fta'LnS t. AN In ,nI Mar'"'n war anI com
t"i li " '''I . NJ ar III" S'Il-
t,S'''o,'''' Sy'''3 u nc E|''Gfs' Vow,
S. S'.e i'Ss''",' . -, !l, SH2"'u Tie "'le''
o'tte9 ... ,7e'i'''e I h"l'o'F De uSeu as Il
station mouse LOT N"9fahtS, however
nierI totlous' an" ,atIeroeliiaIiohS' no"
;,s' ;' paw ."'lC ~, .~ol"ftu ~ Women nav
ilIa /" more il'eIt sense oi ProPrirty'
anu l"' having 'he lFahehise' seldom
I'sIl 'ht 'ap''oI except III theIf sun
uaI pest anu Ihey generally manage
10 nave Il SUNDAY 9t'', yet ! saw the
o'lel S u"s III Ile ia,'ies gallery oi the
'1rh''e 1h r1u ,e % r!I'r'i? roloreu la"n-
h;o, Il0 ;thas r"iI I;i I;J ',H' No., u" 1n'i.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-27

A lady in witness-box exclaimed.
"Gracious me! how should know any
thing l don't know anything about2"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-27
HOUSE.

\ petition was presented by Mr..
of certain citizens of Prince
Georges county, asking rediyisiou OF
Piscataway district, aud that they be
transferred to Charles county As citi-
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1t is with pleasure we call the attention of

1t is with pleasure We call the attention of
his friends and of the snblic in general to the adver
tsement OF worthy fellow citizen Joseph Schwartz,
Esq at whose saesroo ~ Carondelet street. or foun
dry. Carroll street. be found all grades of
rages and spring wagons, light and heavy baby car
riages and harness, Mr. Schwartz is a finished me-
chapic himself and employs none but No hands in
all the branches combining the building and repairing
of carriages and wagons. He keeps hand general
of carriage aud wagon materials build
and repair class work, which he offers very
sonable prices The public invited call and x.
amino the fine carriages and wagons of his own
facture which he has ophand and which will compare
most fAvorably, to pice and quality with any which
M ported to this city.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24

LEKCHEs.-Leeches abound in large
numbers in marshes inTF France, Sweden,
and Hungary. The head fisher, with bis
legs and arms naked, walks, along the
borders of a marsh, and, 4as he moves
among the pools, the -leeches attachstAsm.
selves to bis legs and feet. TheiR9pre.
sence is indicated by their bite, whish be
feels, and he raises his legs aud picks The
leeches of. Some are found abeut the
roots of seaweed, and beneath the sYhoss.
covered shores in the moss, while Others
swim about in the shallow, muddy watsr,
but SO slowly that they are easily gathered
with the hand. The leecher carries little
the leeches as fast as he catches them. 10
the spring the leech fisher sometimes has
kind of a spear or harpoon, with which he
places pieces of decayed animal matter in
the localities frequented by Ieeches, which
soon gather around the bait, and are col.
lected in a little vessel half full of water
In the summer, however, they retire into
deeper water. The fishers then have to
strip and walk in the water up to the chin.
Some of them have little RATS to go upon,
made of twigs and rusbes, but it is diff
cult to propel them among the weeds and
aquatic plants. At this season the supply
in the pools is scauty the fisher can onl!
take the few that swim within his reach or
those that get entangled ia the structure
of mis- raft. The business is a horrible one
The leech gatherer is constantly In the
water, breathing the noxious air of the
marshes, and exposed to attacks of the
argue, rheumatism, etc. His sunken eyes
hollow cheeks, livid lips and woe .begons
aspect give him the appearance of patient
just from the sick bed. The leech fisher!
gives employment to many hands, aud,
although pernicious, is lucrative. TbF
are exported in great quantities, aug are
able to bear hard usage. The trader AW,
his leeehes pole mele, but he aftersan
sorts them for the market. Those gen
orally accounted the best are the Swedish
leeches.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24
The Penalty of over-work.

The q. s. Railroad and Mining Reqi,t4,
comments as follows upon the recent death
of Colonel William Phillips, President If
the Allegheny Valley Railroad Compare
and leading iron manufacturer of Pin.
burg:
Colonel Phillips career was not that NJ
an ordinary railway engineer. He wasoOs
of the few who could represent half a Stats
and could be the presiding genius of half
dozen great en- terprises. He had been over
worked and ill about two months, and hi,
friends had arranged to withdraw him for
business ) suddenly his life left him. Thu
fame fickered and went out. The brain
machine was worn tbreadbare. The banI
account of life had been drained to The
last cent. Will our railway officials taxa
warning 7 1t is simple suicide. Giants can
endure but 80 much. The toughest and
most elastic bow will break unless rels1eS
when not in use. Amusement is as needfnI
for man as duty. Every faculty must he
be long and happy. Let the books of life
be balanced frequently by deposits equaling
the checks drawn against them. Compapies
cannot be served best by over: taxed brains
Americans live too fast think too exeln
sively one set or kind of thoughts ;, strain
and wear out that part of the brain which
carries on the work of conscientiousness.
ii fails, while the reasoning part of the
brain continues perfectly sound. Why do
railway men, when subjected to incessapt
onerous responsibilities, go to sleep while
you are talking to themi Because they
never really go to sleep at any time. Real
sleep is deep sleep, profound sleep, happy,
irresponsible, undermining sleep. THIS kind
of sleep can only be got by shaking of all
business responsibilities, exercisingin some
favorite way, riding reck lessly some Joyous
intellectual hobby horse, taking excursions,
not in company with railway men, but
alone or with utter strangers, and DOT to
see other railway concerns, but to avoid
tLem. Such sleep reproduces the brain
matter aud renews the nervous centers Of
active existence.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24

NSMBUGGERY GENERALLY, AND IN THE
itSSeNgSe B' do not think that
HAy readers the STAR be Eulled by the rdicu.
EGs circulars, scattered town by establish
aEIr, offering goods half of cost price. Too many
paid dearly for sad experiences in this less than
%nss- When sensible man purchases article he
SAhts to get the worth OF his money but he does
airport TO get twice the worth oft he
1855 6usiness To mako good clothes requires good
sEsrhos good labor, ETC. aud all these have be paid
iar The Old and reliable firm of riersOn & 'Hews, IS
nd IS CauP street. resorting TO no clap trap offer
;sEnEr excellent stock at reasonable prices and when
sz Coy of them You OF getting what You paw
Ser something good.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24
English VI. Irish Cottage Homes"
dublin Nati0n.l

dublin Nation.l
English cottages have often been spoken
of as presenting, in point of cleanliness, a
favorable contrast to Irish cabins, but
that in England, as in Ireland, wherever
want and misery have their abode, clean
illness ia little known. In connection with
the quarrel between the English farm la
borers and their employers, a good deal is
now being written in the English press,
from which We learn that some of the
"cottage homes of England" are anything
correspondent of the Times, describing as
he saw them at place called Exnipg,
81 entered seven or eight of them. All
had but one bedroom all were occupied
by laboring men with their families. The
brick. think it is an over estimate to
say that the sittiDg-room was nine feet
square. All the ceilings were low I could
not stand upright in one. Then you went up
stairs into a sleeping room, with shelving,
barn like roof, lighted dimly by one small
widow and in this one room, or rather
loft, were thickly crowded miserable
truckle beds, in which father and mother.
and in one case four small children, must
lie and sleep. Another window, or any
aperture for ventilation, might make the
place more endurable. The rotten boards
swarned with vermin-"enough to run
away with the children" one mother said.
"And good job, too, perhaps!" cried a
women, half in joke, half in earnest, as she
talked of the enforced idleness of the
bread winner and the hardness of the
times. Upstairs and downstairs, all was
squalid and depressing. In one loft into
which put my head the children had
been put to bed, and already the air felt
close and heavy. What must it be with
five or six people breathing the same con-
fined atmosphere in the hot nights of
summer 7"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24

In another column will be found the profess
sional card of Mr.. H A. Blake, well known a musi-
clan of great merit and organlst of St. Michael
church Mr.. Blake pupil Of the celebrated
ROeckel of the Conservatory of music Paris also of
the late j. v. Blake, II. A. M professor in the
institution and in the Royal Academy London. Mr..
H. A. Blake 10 m cd fnend of Father Jeremiah
MOynihAn, and il highly spoken of by all of the Rev.
Clergy with whom he 10 acquainted and to whom he
refers. he will give Lessons the organ piano.
alsO in church music, which he mAkeSa speciality. Hs
terms moderate and no will give either
hs own residence, ST Race street the residence
Of the pupil.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24

HAS He A CALL To BE HUSBAND HAS
he call to be q husband who thinks more of
his horse than of his wifef
Has he a call to be q husband who spends
six evenings out of the week away from home,
and complains because his wife will 60 Sun
day evening to church
Has he call to be husband who spends
IS week for cigars and an occasional glass,
but can't afford to take newspaper for his
familyf
Has that man q call to be husband who
makes elegant presents to other ladies' and
grumbles if his wife wants q new dressf
Has he call to be a husband who swears if
the one hundredth button is missing, and
never speaks a word in commentator of the
ninety aud niue that remain immovable 7
Has he a call to DO a husband who never
buys book or q picture to make a home at
tractive, and still wonders why a woman can't
be contented to stay at home seven days out of
the week, and ever singing " There is no place
like homer
Has he call to be husband who loses
money betting on elections and horse races,
| and when he becomes involved, attIibu ties it
to his wife's extravaganza