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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-29
absolute Indemnity AgaIas. FEIfs.
Facts for the Consideration OF
Property Owners.

he Insurance Company of North
America, of Philadelphia, was established
in 1894 and has had over 81 years fprac-
seal experience, during all of which time
it has paid 90 cents on the dollar
The Insurance Company of North
America, of Philadelphia, possesses &C
ttlal cash assets to the amount of $1,000.
go 20, all of which is available for fire
losses.
The Insurance Company of North
America, of Philadelphia, has net sur
plus over all liabilities of $2,454o AZ :;
that is, the company could reinsure all of
its risks, return its capital to stockholders
and have this amount left.
The Insurance Company of North
America, of Philadelphia, conducts its inn
mtnse business at an expense of less than
: per cent on its income, being lower
ratio than that Of any of its competitors,
The average being over A. per cents
The Insurance Company of North
america, of Philadelphia, has an income
OF over s ,O00.r 90 per annum, being the
largest of any similar institution by over
100000
america of Phlade pha, has paid for
OSH>H; SlllSC Cl 9OU, UUU,OhU.
he Insurance Company Of North
Anerica of Philadelphia, issues plain
and simple policy. containing no technical
conditions, and meet. all honest losses in
a spirit of commercial honor promptness
and liberality.
The Insurance Company of North
America, OF Philadelphia is an agency
| company. 1t has been in the field great
| many years. and never abandons an agen-
Y where a foothold is once obtained.
The Insurance Company of North
america, of Philadelphia, insures none
ut the best classes of property, making
>recialities of Dwellings, Farm Property
Public Buildings, Brick Stores, and Stocks,
md productive Manufacturing establish
mentS
he Insurance Company of North
America. of Philadelphia, does an exclus
lvely cash business, receiving cash for its
contracts, and paying cash,when losses &C
cur.
Ask for Policy in this Old and Re
liable Company.
VIM. l.. NORRIS,
Agent for the city of Watertown and vicinity
'itice in Coles New Building, I'd floor, corner
Vain and ID Streets.
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pany on short notice and favorable terms
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To Nervous uffeferS-Tke Great European Rem.
.dy-Dr. J. B. SIMPSONS Specific Medicine.

Or. J. B. Simpsons Specific Medicine is posi-
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as nervous debility, irritabiliy, mental anxiety.
languor, lassitude, depression of spirits and
functional arrangements of the nervous system
generally. PBin in the back or side, loss of
memory, premature old age ana diseases that
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1881 37th YEAR.
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lead to con-
: Sumption, IN
Early grayo a IN
10th. Nomuaotrr
ter how shatter-
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may be from
excuses Of any
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09

ton that these parasites are the cause Of
disease, but merely the result Of it.
The mistake which q majority Of our
farmers and fruit-growers make in treat
ing the plants and animals under their
care IS in seeking remedies for curing
diseases instead Of the means Of pre-
venting them. The idea that plants and
animals may be so cared for as to resist
disease seems never to have been thought
of by large proportion of our people !;
hence the great demand for medicines
and the services of the doctor. II our
theory is the correct one, and we believe
it will stand the test of experience, gen.
erous feeding, abundant exercise and q
full development are the best Of all REM
dies for parasitic diseases of all kinds,
whether in the animalor vegetable king
dom. We call the attention of farmers
to this, with the hope that they will put
it to the test, not only in the cultivation
of their crops and feeding and care of
their animals, but also apply it to their
own persons and those of the members
of their families. To make q fire we
must have fuel, and the better the fuel
the. stronger and more fierce the heat.
The same is true with plants and ami
mails; food is necessary to produce
growth and insure strength, and when
this is supplied in proper quantities and
quality, it gives the power to resist the
attacks of parasitic enemies, as well as
to fulfill the true mission of the individ-
ual plant or animal on this earth.-N.
Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
Important Prehistoric Discoveries.

A well-known miner who returned
last Wednesday from the valley of the
Grand River. near the Grand Canyon,
about one hundred and twenty miles
northwest of Kokomo, brought several
specimens of ancient pottery aud brick
picked up on the site of reported ancient
mines. The miner is an old pioneer in
that section, and says that the ruins can
readily be traced there for a space ono
hundred feet long by twenty feet wide,
and that they are elevated above the
surface from foot and a half to two
feet. The brick is of much better quail
ity than that now manufactured, having
withstood the elements, possibly, for
thousands of years. The people who
lived before the flood may have inhab-
tied that country, for all that we know
to the contrary. Similar ruins, mainly
circular formations, are found in locali-
ties directly in the vicinity of the can
yons, which either mark the site of an
cient pueblos or forts, or are q singular
freak of nature. The remains of pottery
found in the vicinity seem to point to
the conclusion that they were habita-
tons, of which only the traces remain.
-Kokono (CoEo.) Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
General.PurpOse Horses.

Every body, aside from the farmer,
who buys horse, buys him for some
special purpose. One man buys for the
street cars, another for driving on the
road; third purchases for the omni-
buses; still another selects with reference
to use for the heavy express wagons of
our streets, or the lumber regions of the
North; while another wants a carriage
horse. Each of these purchasers selects
with special reference to the adapta-
ton of the horse to the use to which he
is to be put; none of them want gen.
eral-purpose horse, or horse of all work.
The horse is always selected for q puT-
pose and in proportion as he is adapted
to that particular purpose, he is consid-
cred desirable by the purchaser, and the
price is governed by this consideration
alone. The only one who uses the same
horse for great variety of purposes is
the farmer, and even here the range is
not very great. Those who are in easy
circumstances keep single horse, or
pair of horses, for driving on the road;
while their other horses are selected
with special reference to their usefulness
for the purposes of the farm. But the
great mass of farmers, who are not able
to keep more than one or two teams,
require horses combining to as
great degree as is possible the
qualities of the roadster with those of
the draft horse. Such horse as this
would not be likely to be awarded the
highest prize in ring composed of first
class draft-horses, neither would he be a
winner in good roadster class.
A better name, therefore, for the class
of horses to which our correspondent,
no doubt, alludes, would be, not the
sshorse of all work, or general pur-
pose HORSE" but a ssfarmer's horse" or
the agricultural horse,'' because it is
mainly by the farmer and for the pur-
poses of agriculture that such horses are
used. The horse best adapted to this
use is one weighing from twelve hun
dred to fifteen hundred pounds, and fif-
teen and half to sixteen hands high,
compact, vigorous, hardy, active and
docile, and then the more of fine form
and style, allied to good action, we have,
the better. Such horses as these are
well adapted for use in cities for rapid
draft, and are much sought after for use
in omnibuses and express wagons, and
always meet ready sale everywhere,
because such horses are really better
adapted for a variety Of uses than any
other; and in this sense a horse of this
type may more properly be called
ssgeneral-purpose' horse, or ''horse of
all work" than any other style of horse
that could be described. National LtUe
Stock Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
FASHION NOTES.

Enormous rings are once more fash
ionable for ladies.
The new bonnets are large, small and
medium, to suit all faces.
Princess dresses are revived both for
long and short costumes.
Surah silk is TO take the place of satin
de Lyon for summer wear.
Modified poke bonnets, extremely
small at the sides, will be worn.
The Gainsborough hat has its wide,
soft brim unwired this season.
Gold, steel and silver win be worn
more than jet and colored bead en-
broidery.
Collars and cuffs made of peacock's
and Guinea-hen's feathers are much ad-
mired.
Ladies with narrow shoulders should
avoid hoods, but wear small capes in
stead.
Black velvet ribbon is worn like a
bracelet above the elbow with short
sleeved dresses.
Petticoats are made of foulard satin
and silk, and have fat lace founces or
ruches at the bottom.
The old bishop sleeve, gathered at the
shoulder and at the wrist, is seen on a
few of the latest dresses.
Very few overskirts are now worn;
the trimmed skirt has all the effect of
an overskirt, and is more desirable as
to economy.
New styles of linen collars are simply
straight bands fastened with gold but
ton. The ends are slightly curved and
are made to lap.
| The passion for steel-color and silver
is growing more and more marked
naodsstes seem impatient to try against it
| the effect of every color.
The front skirts of dresses are good
deal trimmed and invariably draped,
while the back remains perfectly plain,
many times without any bottom trim
ming.
The new batistes are as soft as null
muslin, and almost as transparent, with
quaint Japanese designs in quaint color
| ings on delicate grounds of cream, lilac
and pink. They have border along
one selvage.
Black brucaded grenadines are usual
" in Mexicaine grounds. They are
blocked with black velvet and brocaded
by threads of gold-color, or strewn with
large or small figures of tulips or pan.
sizes. in black plush.-Andreics' Basar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
PITH AND POINT.

Our lives are like the moon; we
never see but one side of them here
Yonkers Gazette.
Young ladies are forming archery
clubs for the purpose of drawing the
bows.-N. o. Picayune.
Electricity in Franklin's time was a
wonder; now we make light of it,
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
-"I find that with light meals my
health improves" said the Esquimaux
and down went another candle.-Louis-
Uiile Courier-Jouraal.
Sitting Bulls daughter is named
Sleeping Water. She is evidently no
relation to the water that Chicago PEG.
pie are drinking just now.-CAicago Iri-
bune.
"A little Lowell boy has discovered
why Adam and Eve were never babies.
1t was because there was nobody to take
care of them.-LOWeH Courier.
This is his first season on farm,
and he has planted ten acres with to-
mato-cans. He expects the ground will
produce heavy crop of canned toma-
toes.-Pailadelphia Chronicle.
Six million people in this country
have bilious attacks in the spring, just
about the time man can do the best
kind of work with rake in the back
door yard.-DetrOi Free Press.
Some men will act unscrupulously
to get wealth. A Chicago man invented
a mirror that would make even the
homeliest woman look pretty, and pur-
chasers invariably select one of his mir
rors as the best.-BostOn Post.
"A sleeper is one who sleeps; a
sleeper is also place where a sleeper
can sleep; and a sleeper is, too, thing
over which runs the sleeper in which
the sleeper sleeps; so that the sleeper in
the sleeper sleeps, while the sleeper
runs on, as well as sometimes leaps off
the track.-WI and Wisdom.
The average clerk is rather fast and
lives up to his income. A few days
ago merchant ON Galveston Avenue,
on looking over the books turned over
to the book-keeper and said: 81 think
we had better discharge young Nc
Smither." &c Why, he is one of the most
polite and efficient clerks we have!"
81 know, but there must be something
wrong about him. He never over
draws his account, and never knew a
clerk TO do that before. There is some.
thing mysterious about that young man.
He will do to watch. "-SUeet's Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
Our Young Folks.
COURTESY

Summer said to the Spring: What won
derful thing
It is to bring in 90 much sweetness and
grace
lam sure that to you my blossoms are due,
And feel am taking your place.
e. never can blush but think of your flush:
And ehe eyes OF the flowers At evening are
wet:
There was something so fair in your limo
cent air
That your going we can but regret"
You beautiful Conner" said Spring to the
Summer,
81 lived out my life but to brighten your
way:
Iheard the buds swelling, and could not help
telling,
For knew you would see them some day.
ut was only my duty to bring you the
beauty,
And to help one another Is lesson for all:
And perhaps you'll be willing. your mission
fulfilling.
To leave something to brighten the Fall"
Mrs. L. C. Wilton, In Wsde-AUaks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
Tantivy Coaching.

A correspondent to the New York Star
thus writes of New York coaching:
IS The fresh air, the fine horses, the de-
lightful sense of quick motion, the charm
ing scenery, the sli ght but interesting Incl
dents of the journey, the splendid appe-
tite which the substantial lunch at Yonk-
ers abundantly satisfies, and sometimes,
the good fellowship of my fellow-travel-
crs, go to make up what may
be most emphatically pronounced
a good time.' But as I pay my five
dollars for my seat, or tip the guard
with strust-in-God dollar can not
help asking myself what fascination
there is in driving which induces my
friend, the wealthy owner of the equip
age, to make a coachman of himself
and spend laborious days in whipping
up four horses at an expense which
would pay regular driver handsomely.
There was once mad lord who drove
the Guilford coach in England, and, if
he took fancy to his passengers, would
give them tremendous supper at his
own expense, at the end of his journey.
There was some fun at that. - To study
the characters of his chance acquaint-
ances and see how they warmed up
over the wine was excellent fun for the
mad lord. But the coachmen of Tantivy
never think of giving or accepting sup
pers, except from their friends,
and as they sit mumchance during
the journeys and take no part in the fun
which often. goes on behind their backs
among the passengers, am at a loss
to know how they get any enjoyment
out of their daily routine. Having
booked and paid for my seat, 1 light my
cigar, decline to recognize the person
who drives in any other capacity than
as coachman; tip him and the guard at
the journeys end, and think that he is
rather snob for taking my money. His
excuse is that the English noblemen do
the same thing. My excuse is that hav-
ing paid for my seat ought not to be
called on to pay any more. Fancy fee.
ing the engineer on railway train!
Sometimes the drivers attempt to enter
into conversation with me about society
matters; but will not permit it. II
they choose to masquerade will not
disturb their disguise. If they want to
play at being coachman, they shall be
coachman so far as I am concerned.
should no more think of talking stable
in society than I would of talking society
to man who deliberately crowds some
poor but honest coachman out of his
place and pockets his wages. If there
be any practice more totally un-Ameri-
can than driving Tantivy coach, / can
not recall it at present"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Ten. Beauregard Is the inventor Of
the system of traction for propelling cars
Or other vehicles ON land or water which
Is used on the San Francisco street cars.
The last application Of the luminous
paint promises to be . very serviceable
one. Mr.. Browning, the well-known
optician of London, has hit upon the
idea of coating compass dials with the
pigment, SO that the belated traveller
or seaman need have no fear Of losing
his way for want OF light.
The electric railway now in success
full operation ct Berlin is six miles in
length. An ordinary tram car is used,
with battery concealed between the
wheels, the principal battery being at
the station. A speed of only eighteen
miles an hour was allowed by the author
tiles.
There is a growing interest in rails
ing silk cocoons among American farm
ers. The American manufacturers de-
cline to buy the raw silk in such small
particles as are furnished by individual
growers. A new association, therefore,
acts as middlemen, buys the cocoons,
sorts, and forwards them in gross. A
sure market is thus provided for the
small producers. The price of cocoons
varies with their size and quality, rang.
ing from 81 TO $5 per ounce.
"A French doctor has called atten.
ton to case of illness caused by Sleep
ing in newly papered room. Upon
examination it was found that the paste
used for attaching the paper was in q
state of putrefaction. Further inquiry
brought to light other cases of illness,
which were also traced to the impure
odor from paste or size undergoing
septic change. This change can easily
be arrested by the addition of salicylic
acid, oil of cloves, or any other antisep-
tic medium. Most people are familiar
with the unpleasant smell of newly
papered room, and when they know
that it is sometimes accompanied by &C
tual injury to health they will be careful
to point out the easy remedy to the care
less workman.
MIR. Thomas Meehan, of Philadel-
phia, has observed that the Yucca
gloriosa has the property of collecting
moisture on the outer surface of its flow
ers to such an extent that drops will fall
to the ground. In the plant in which
this popularity was first noticed, the
whole outside of the flowers was COW
cred with moisture; it accumulated in
drops at the tip of each leaf of the peri
anth, and the under leaves showed by
their appearance that q dropping OF
water had been going on for some time.
Mr.. Meehan could not decide whether
the liquid was an emulation from the
leaves or had been condensed from the
atmosphere through some special prop
erty of the plant, like that which is at.
tributed to the rain-tree (Pitlecelobiuns
sG0a6,a) of Peru,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09

laid bv the side of its brother. Ono
moro remained; she must hasten 20 its
rescue; but, alas! Just a. she noarec
the blazing barn she saw the nest ana
the little stork fall through the roof IN
to the fire below. A crowd OF sPects.
tators had now gathered around. ana
every heart stood still when the motnet
stork again plunged into the crAckiing
flames and smoke for her child. 81.
Slowly she arose the third time. win
something in her beak; but now snc
flew slowly and heavily, as II she WAS
weary, and took her way 70 the mead
ow brook again. Lett IL with its Lrothe.
and sister. and the papa dying overhead
to guard them; then she went . little
distance farther and stretched herseu
ON the ground, cruelty burned.
The little brook rippled and muir
INJURED, the breeze blew up from the
west, but none If these things had pow
err to ease the sufferings of the brave
bird who had risked her life for her
children.
The Burgomaster. passing this way
soon after, found the poor creature.
and ordered her to be carried tenderiy
to a house in the village, where she
should be nursed and cared for. Inc
best physician in Lowenberg was
sent for; the children employed All
their spare moments in catching mice
and frogs for the invalid; older ones
brought soft linen to dress the burns
with, while the Burgomaster himself
drove up every morning to ask after
her.
The stork papa devoted himself to
the children. flying over every little while
to tell his wife how they were getting
along. With all this attention. It was
no wonder she improved rapidly. was
soon able to fly again and join her
family, who by this time were quite up
in the art of flying, and could stand on
one foot on a lily-pad, and catch frogs
rs we'll as the best. =.
The good people of Lowenberg said
that many n saint had been less brave
and heoric, few had shown such pa
thence, and none had been willing to
die for others as had this white stork
mamma; therefore she should be the pa.
tron saint of the village, and she and
her children honored for evermore.-
Mrs. Margaret b. Pseke, IN Aarper's
Young People. ?,