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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13


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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

UASH PAID FOR HAIR at F. Trxcinski's
. For particulars sec another column.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

large, handsome volume of 1854 pages, con.
tanning considerably more than 100000
Words in lis Vocabulary, with the
correct Pronunciation, Def
nitian. and EtYmaloCY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

1894. 1873.
Insurance Company
NORTH AMERICA.
Office, 232 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Capital, s., 900, 200 90. Assets, Sc, 46l, 729.7o
FIRE INSURANCE.
ST A TEMEN T,
Showing the condition of the company Jan
!, 1878, ia accordance with the Insurance
Law of Pennsylvania.
ASSETS.
First mortgage on city pro-
perty Observation-Disclosures. IS ,609,2l 90
Real Estate, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Germantown
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100, 600 90
United States Government
loans ...-.. NORTHUMBERLAND, 900, 454 UU
Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Connecicut, and other
> ate Observation-Disclosures. rs, l7S 90
Philadelphia, Boston, Pitts
burgh aud other city loans 765, $40 90
Penns, WANNA, Phiadel pha
Il Reading Lehigh Valley,
aud other companies
bonds and stocks. S57.903 81
S5,ll5, 955 3
Cash in banks end bankers hands, viz
Currency. $346t945 10
Gold ...........- 2i5, 2I0 63
Prem. at25 pct. 1882 26
467,4l7 90
Call loans, with collateral..... l0S,69 81
Notes receiving and unsettled
marine premiums ..........- 442f97S 10
Net cash fire premiums in
course of transmisSon-..." 124, III ga
Accrued interest and book ac
counts ......... ............... 'o3,5lo 95
Total Assets Jan. |, 1878 Sc, 4jl. 729 70
LIABILITIES.
Marine premiums unearned..s 800, 926 "a
Perpetual fund 1858. GA Y
Less five ct.. Is, 432 %
--- 250,2l6 81
Unpaid losses, less salvages... 10000 90
Capital stock .................... 100000 OC
Surplus over all liabilities 49, 2, 426, 625 81
fetal, January |. la75....s6, 46l, 129 70
Surplus over all Liability #
Cap tai and Re-Lnsur-
ance, S2,426, 1925 81.
CHARLES PLATT, president
w S. DAVIS, Vice President
MATTHIAS MARIS. Secretary
G. s. FRYER, .....,...A Asst Secretary
WIN L. NORRIS,
Agent for city OF Wateriown and vicinity
Office Bank Of Watertown Building, LIST
Floor
Policies written in this old and reliable
company on short notice and favorable
terms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13
F. TRzCINSKI
y North Side of Main, between :
D lst and I'd Streets,
II Dealer in
I Human Hair Goods. .

Manufacturer of Wigs, Toupees,
and all kinds Of Hair Jewelry.
Curls warranted naturally cur
j ly in large variety, from rs cts
upward. Gray hair a specially
Hair taken in exchange. Comb
ings made up in the most ap-
proved manner and warranted
to give satisfaction. The new
Invisible Front for young and
old ladies improves the looks
OF ever one. By using the Sa-
ratoga Front ladies will save
their front hair from being
burned and ruined, and always
be able to dress their hair
! on short notice in the latest
styse and in one fourth the u.s.
ual time. Faded Switches
dyed and cleansed to look as
: good as new.
~Call and examining my
Goods,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

w. MENTINK, Grocer, Second street
- one block south of Main street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13
FreepOrt and Dubuque

Line is the only route between Chicago and
Eigin, Rockford, Freeport, and aft points
via Freepert. It's
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25
Temperance News.

Official statements place the number
of licensed and unlicensed drinking-sa-
looms in the city Of New York at 1885,
and the money spent in these places
amounts to over $6O,0O0,O0O annually
This makes a saloon for every SO per-
sons, men, women and children. 1t is
an average of $50 year for every per-
son in the community. The total
number of arrests by the police depart
ment for the year 1877 was SO, 229, of
which 81, 1857 were for intoxication
and disorderly conduct. The commit
ments to the city prison were 81 500,
Of which 38,147 were of incorporate
habits .,J.s.t aIr,
Three-fourths of the time of the po-
lice justices and courts is taken up in
the disposal Of cases originating from
the use of intoxicating drinks. Seventy
per cent. Of the males and eighty per
cent. of the females in the work-house
on Blackwell's Island were brought
there directly through the influence
of liquor, and the cost of the poor
houses to the state in 1877 was $780,
900. Eighty per cent. of the cases IN
the lunatic asylum are caused by
drink. ...... H.. ....... ....-
Thirty towns in Illinois voted no IL
cense in 1876. $50 in 1877 and 1876 in
1878, which fact notes the progress of
the temperance reform. .... ~
Upwards of 1900 churches IN Great
Britain now use unfermented wine, the
true fruit of the vine, and free from al
cohol, for communion purposes. -.
There are 23,850 liquor shops in the
state of New York, l6,54S in Illinois 49,
7O5 in Pennsylvania, 1928 in Ohio and
S4US in California. -:s. .......,...-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25
A Wildcat Loose in a Theater.

There was fight advertised to come
off at Alhambra theater Sunday after
noon, between an eastern fighting bull
dog, named Turk, and forty-two
pound wildcat, a vicious brute, for $lOO
a side-that is, the cat and dog were to
fight for their lives and men bet 500 a
side on the result. The fight was to be
followed by grand olio on the stage.
1t was an immense bill, and it drew. In
due time the cat was introduced upon
the stage and was Immediately followed
by Turk; but at the first hiss Of the dog
the cat took to the audience, and the
clio, instead of being performed by the
troupe, was done by the spectators,
tooth and toe-nail accompaniment. The
first bound of the cat took, 1T upon the
piano Of the orchestra. The pawer OF
ivory left the swelling strain unfinished
and turned o back handspring over
among the audience. The next leap OF
the "varmint" was at the contrabass,
and both player and instrument went
down instanter with broken heads
The cat fingered lovingly a moment
among the strings, as If to test their
quality, and then sprang out among the
audience. TAen began an oliO in dead
arrest, but not the one advertised, al
though the fight was over. 1t consisted
of ground and lofty tumbling, leapfrog,
ard such like feats of dexterity, all Eav-
ing single object-to amuse the audi
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

| picked up and gave to me before we
were engaged, John. | keep it on my
watch chain, and forgot it BEFORE" she
said.
1 wondered if everybody was forget
ting that it was my casket and that /
preferred to open it myself.
The key did fit, aud tiny drawer
was opened to our view. But-alas for
our hOpes there was no gold mo jewel,
to be seen: there was only an old black
mask, such as is worn at carnivals, a
pair of old silken gloves,-gloves made
picture, that looked as if is had once
been set in locket, of the saddest,
sweetest, brightest girls face ever seen.
1t was painted on a substance like ivory,
and was nearly faded out. Then there
was q letter written in Italian, and evil
IDENTIFY from prison.
We had our romance, but not our
fortune was disappointed at first, SO
much so that [ did not care for the ro-
nance; but it was evident that the
others were deeply impressed. Tom
looked at the picture until was jeal-
Gus; Gertrude held the gloves, and look
ed like one in spell; while John, who
had studied Italian, slowly declphered
the quaint handwriting Of the letter.
At the breakfast table he read it aloud
to us, and [ believe that it was q warn
ing sent to us by Providence, sent in
this mysterious way that it might be
more imp essive,-for it was nothing
but lament over youth wasted in
dreams, in the building Of air-castles,
and the loss of everything, even love
and liberty, by this means.
| We all laughed over it, Of course, it
was so quantity written, we said; but we
laughed really because we each rather
took it to ourselves, and were as embar-
raised as if it were addressed to our
selves personally, instead Of to some
| dear Simon, who died more than a hun
dred years ago, perhaps. '... 81.
| John said it was good joke to come
to such lazy fellow as he was. And,
after all, the casket did prove to be a
fortune to us; for Tom went lmmedl-
ately to work and painted picture, in
to which he introduced that face, and
that picture established his fame, and
brought him more money than he had
hardly ever seen before; Gertrude was
inspired by the romance of the thing to
write SO fine a story that she was adj
mitted into the most exclusive of all the
magazines, and was noticed by the crit
les in most earnest way, and John was
soon acknowledged to be a brilliant
writer, and if be was unpopular in poll
tics, could afford to be SO; while as for
me- when we were married, -Gertrude
and John, and Tom and land moved
into that little house Of our own, | de-
veloped such faculty for housekeeping,
such a gift for saving and cooking and
making the most of everything, that I
am to-day allowed by all to be the most
brilliant one in the family. -. 80. 70.
This last Christmas was as CHEEKY as
we had planned it; and, whatever the
others may think about it'll regard my
Christmas present with love and graft
tude, though priced 1t so little at first.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25
QUESTIONS OF The HOUR.
"Dangels wear white dresses say?

"DangelS wear white dresses say?
AlowayS, or only in summer? Do
Their birthdays have to come like mine, in May
Do they have scarlet sashes then, blue?
'sWhen little Jessie died last night. 81.
How could she walk TO heaven, til so far:
How did she find the way without a light?
There WASH 1t even any moon or star.
''Will she have red or golden wings? ~.
Then wi she have to be q bird, and fly?
Do they take men, like Presidents and Kings,
In hearSes with black plumes clear to toe SKY
Glow old is God Has he gray hairs?
Can he see yet? Where did he have to stay
Before you kpow--he had made-anywhere?
"IIow many drops in the sea?
How many stars ?--wel. then, you ought &c
/ know
How many flowers are appe-tree?
How does the wind look when it doesn't blow
Where does the rainbow end? and why
Did-Captain Kldd-bury the gold there? When
Will this world burn-and will the fremen try
To put the lire out with the engines them
"If you should ever Gle, may we .E-
Have pumpkins growing i'll the garden. Sc
Nv airy gOd-mOther can come for me,
When there's princes ball. and let me go?
''Read Cinderella just once more
What mahes-men s other wiyes-sO mean?"
That | was tired it may be cross, before
| shut the painted book for her to go.
Hours later from a child's white bed gsa
heard the timd, last queer question start
Mamma are you-my Step-mother?" it said
The innocent reproof crept to my heart.
-Mrs.S. AZ. b. PidH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

The following simple rules for pre-
serving health and promoting personal
comfort, if not new to some Of Our
every one. -....
The object of brushing the teeth is to
remove the destructive particles Of food
which by their decomposition generate
decay. To neutralize the acid resulting
from this chemical change is the object
of dentlfrice. A stiff brush should be
used after every meal, and q thread Of
silk floss or India rubber passed through
between the teeth to remove particles
of food. Rinsing the mouth in lime wa
ter neutralizes the acid. s..g.
Living and sleeping in a room In
which the sun never enters is slow
form Of suicide. A sun bath is the most
refreshing and life giving bath that can
possibly be taken.
Always keep the feet warm, and thus
avoid colds. To this end, never sit in
damp shoes or wear foot coverings fit
ting and pressing closely. s. "a.
The best time to eat fruit is half an
hour before breakfast.
A full bath should not be taken less
than three hours after meal. Never
drink cold water before bathing. Do
not take cold bath when tired.
Keep box Of powdered starch on
the washstand; and after washing, rub a
pinch over the hands. 1t will prevent
chapping. u. T.. -.-. 49,.
If feeling cold before going to bed, ex-
erclse; do not roast over fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

ence by q glimpse of sunlight out of
doors and under the free gbt of heaven
once more. 1t was perfectly satisfao-
tory as a whole, each player did his
best. Time-shortest on record-1:69.
Everything went off well, especially the
audience. The cat was found q few
moment later looking out of one of the
boxes and waiting for an encore-God
Hill Men, NeWs. .a..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25
England'S Financial Distress.

Every person one meets IN the city
has but the one doieful tale, which is
wearisome through its sameness. We
have mad bad times, dull trade, declin-
ing enterprise and low Tor no) profits
now for years; but matters have been
going from bad to worse lately with &C
celebrated velocity. There is audible
now, too. new tone in the mOnotOnOus
refrain-a tone of Impotence and irrl-
tation, as if hanging some one for these
gloomy days would give sweet satisfac-
ton. A paper has just been read on the
subject before the Manchester Stats.
tical Society, the writer of which-Mr.
Stephen BOurne-estimates, after max
ing all necessary notifications of the
published figures so as to assure the
correct result, that the adverse trade
balance of England was f1OO,OOOO00
in 1877, and will be as much in 1873.
In 1871 it was only $4,000 900: in 1872
it was nil; in 1873, 919,0OO,O0G, and
from thence it has advanced year by
year until it reached the large maxi
mum of 9100, 1000, 900 last year. Now
the years in which it was lowest were
those of the "leaps and bounds" period,
when our prosperity was at Its t1ood
tide; so that it is plain we have been
spending, during the last few years OF
dull trade and stagnant enterprise,
enormously more thai we did during
the height Of our great time ofinfiatlon.
1t was inevitable that this should tell,
and it has told and is still telling with
vengeance against us.-LondU World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

Woman may revere mans powers.
his intelligence, and, mayhap, his super
iority; but when he comes to taking up
pan of ashes, she covers up every
inch of floor around the stove within a
radius of ten feet with bits of old car
peting, and arms herself with a dust
pan ar.t broom before she lets him be-
gin the job.-Fukon Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

In going down Michigan avenue on
the Car, yesterday, a woman partly rose
up at street corner, and one OF the
men across the aisle at once sprang up
and pulled the bell. The woman pulled
her shawl around her and sat down
again, and, after the car had waited
quite spell, the man remarked: II
rang the bell to let you off" But
don't get off here she replied. "Well,
you rose up as if to ring the bell. and l
pulled 1t for you," he continued; " the
car has stopped and the driver expects
some one 10 get out" g 1 didn't want
the bell rung," she answered. Il see
you didn't, now, but, as long as you led
me into the mistake, it is only right
that you should get off. The driver IS
looking right at you, and his car is los
ing time" The woman rose up and
walked off without another word, and
the man sat down and paid not the
least attic, ton to the amazed looks of
the passengers.-Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25
EDI>ON'S QUEER COURTSHIP.
''Why, Mr.. Edison, You Brighten Me-.
EU. I---That iS---I---"

The story Of Edison's courtship, while
it lacks the rOseate tiDge Of romance,
illustrates the mans faculty for going
possible amount Of circumlocutioI.
| When he was experimenting, some
years ago, with the little automatic tel
egraph system, he perfected a contriv-
ance for producing perforations in paper
by means of a keyboard. Among the
young women whom be employed to
manipulate these machines. with a
view to testing their capacity for speed,
was rather demure young person who
attended to her work and never raised
ner eyes to the incipient genius. One
day Edison stood observing her as she
drove down one key after another with
her plump fingers until, growing nerv-
Gus under his prolonged stare, she
dropped her hands idly on her lap and
looked up helplessly into his face. A
genial smile, such as irreverant para
graphists have referred to as 'the Edi-
son grim" :overspread Edison's face,
and he presently inquired rather
abruptly: .t
"What do you think of me, little
girl! 10 you ike me!' '-
Why, Mr.. Edison, you frighten me.
THAT isl"
"Don't be in any hurry about telling
me. 1t doesn't matter much unless
you would like to marry me-"
The young woman was disposed to
laugh, but Edison went on: r..:
"Oh, mean it. Don't be in rush,
| though. Think it over. talk to YOUR
NJ other about it, and let me know soon
as convenient Tuesday, say. How will
Tuesday suit you, next week Tuesday,
[ meanW ...
Edison's shop was at Newark in those
days, and one night friend of his,
employed in the main office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. in
New York, returning home by the last
train, saw a light in Edison's private
laboratory. and climbed the dingy stairs
to find his friend in one Of his charac
teristic stupors, half awake and half
doing over some intricate point in &C.
lectical science which was battling him.
"HelIo. Tom !" cried the visitor
cheerily, "what are you doing here this
late Aren't you going homer"
"What time is it?" enquired Edison,
sleepily rubbing his eyes and stretching
like a lion suddenly aroused. f..
midnight. easy enough. Come
along" .5a
SIS that sop returned Edison in
dreamy sort of way. "By George, l
mast go home, then. Twas married to-
day"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

THE independent and Baptist minis
tiers of Sheffield, Eng land, have unani-
mously condemned the Afghan war as
..'unrighteous, unpolitic, and unchris-
tian."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25

The microphone has been applied. in
conjunction with the telephone, TO the
science OF terreous meteorology, by
Professor Rossi, with satisfactory re-
suits. The shocks of earthquakes,
otherwise imperceptible, were regist-
cred, and three distinct and periodical
classes of sound made out, though their
special origin and Significance must vet
be established. Cfa Heaar ~ .
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-26
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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-26
NORTHERN PACIFIC MATTERS.

Fargo, d, H., July 23 The St. Louis
party arrived this evening from bismarck,
They stopped a tRtho big farms under the
DalrymplG management and looked around
q field or two. United States Senator Arm.
e,rOng calls II an extraordinary country.
with amazing wheat fields. He saw ono
with six thousand acres. Grhtz Brown
said II was royal, and OK Senator Ramsey
cbuckled pleasantly at their surprise.
From President Wright. of the Northern
Pacific, l learn some important facts relative
to D branch north from a point west of
Fargo down the Red river valley to the
British line, and the extension from the
Missouri to the Yellowstone. The cngi-
noeis returned Yesterday from their survey
north, and submitted y report to Mr..
Wright. They found q remarkably feasible
route through a country of unsurpassed for
tility. The Total cost of building 152 miles,
the distance ,n the boundary line, is esti.
mated by the chiefengineera at $645, 600. Ne
gottntions with the Canadian government
will be entered into ut once for the purpose
OF el}ccting connection with the Pembina
branch of the Canada Pacific. The N. p.
management indicate that they may place
under contract two hundred miles of the
main line west from Bismarck To the yell
lowstopc, and utilize their five million acres
of land between those points iu the build.
ing up of the extension, which would cost
ten to twelve thousand dollars.
Fargo, d. T. July s3.-Jndge Barnes o
the United States district C ,urt, IN his adj
dress 10 the grand jury this morning called
the attention of that body 10 the Indian
agency tcandals, and urged that the mos
diligent and searching inquiry be made into
the facts. They had become 20 public and
notorious that it was the jury's duty to probe
them and protect the government and In.
dams. Standing Rock is in this district, ..snd
there is a good-sized scandal there.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-26

Commissioner Hayt has been once more
interviewed upon the subject of fraudulent
operations at Crow Creek agency. This time
he says the discoveries were made last De-
cember and the matter placed in the hands
Of the attorney general. He says further
that DR.. Livingston would have been tried
at the last term Of court, but for the fact
that Judge Campbell was called before the
Potter committee and was compelled to let
the matter go over. What Commissioner
Hayt means by such talk as this is beyond
explanation. The last term Of court was
held in March, before the Potter committee
began its work, and, if we mistake not, be-
fore that committee was created. Judge
Campbell was here during the entire session
of the court and dismissed his grand Jury
with the statement that he knew Of nothing
more demanding its attention. Excuses for
not bringing DR.. Livington to .trialfare nu.
merous with the commissioner, but none Of
them are based upon the truth.