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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-01-30

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Gage had resolved to be a man, and a man
he was, bracing up against any emotional
weakness. A few judicial conuudrums
and suggestions, coming, OF course, from
the proper legislative quarter, helped the
speaker out of several quagmires OF muddy
logic aud sloushs of irregular rhetoric.
Senator Smyth ~pfopoundea q few leading
questions to Gage, which puzzled the we'll
crammed railroad advocate 80 much that
his were awkward and indirect, IN
fact, were not answered at all. Assembly,
man Riepe, who means we'll, but is argti-
mentatively sloppy, took the floor against
Gage, and, If he failed to throw new light
on the railroad question, no succeeded IN
a high degree in amusing the audience.
Gage, it is understood, is to have another
chance at the Corporation Committee,
which we, your correspondent, regard as a
double waste Of time and of argument.
SHARP AND EXCITING WORK.
When the special order for 1880 O'Clock
| Yesterday was announced, the President
pro tenn. (Brumsey) being in the chair.
the Senate showed a goodly number OF
people in the gallery. as we'll as a large
number Of persons. including several
was Senate bill No. 46, can Act to define
the duties OF Lieutenant Governor" which
had been returned by the State Prison
Committee without recommendation. Sew
eral amendments were offered, most OF
| which were voted down. Senator Hobart
| offered an amendment to section six, max
ing the proposed law go into effect on the
first Monday in February, 1887, instead OF
1888. This was voted down by a vote of =
ayes and 12'noes. Then the parliament
airy skirmishing commenced, the oppo.
nents of the measure, led by Hobart and
Westerield, trying to force the bill up fol-
final action, while its friends were evil
IDENTIFY not disposed to be caught in thai
trap. On every point affecting the bill
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
The Life of Man,


Man, born of woman, is of few days
and no teeth. And, indeed, it would be
money in his pocket sometimes if he had
less of either. As for his days, he
wasteth one-third of them, and rs for
his teeth, he has commissions when he
cuts them. and as the last one comes
through, lol the dentist is twisting the
first one out, and the last end Of that
mans jaw is worse than the first, being
full of porcelain and q roof plate built to
hold blackberry seeds.
Stone bruises line his pathway to man
hood; his father boxeth bis ears at
home, the big boys cuff him in the play
ground, and the teacher whips him ia
the school-room. He buyeth North
Western at 10, when he hath sold short
at 90, and his neighbor unIoadeth upon
him Iron Mountain at 63S, ana it
straightway breaketh down to So. He
riseth early and stitch up late that he
may fill his barns and storehouses, and
10! his children's lawyers divide the
spoil among themselves and say " Ha,
bal" He growleth and is sore dis
tressed because 1t raineth, and he beat
eth upon his breast and sayeth, "My crop
is lost!" because it raineth not. The
late rains blight his wheat and the frost
biteth his peaches. If it be SO that the
sun shineth, even among the nineties, he
sayeth, "Woe is me, for / perish, " and
if the northwest wind sigheth down in
forty-two below he crieth, would l
were dead!' If he wear sackcloth and
blue jeans men say " He is a tramp"
and if he goeth forth shaven and clad IN
purple and fine linen all the people cry,
"Shoot the dude!'
He carryeth insurance for twenty-five
years, until he hath paid thrice over for
all his goods, and then he letteth his
policy lapse one day, and that same
night fire destroyeth his store. He
buiIdeth him house in Jersey, and his
first born is devoured by mosquitoes; he
pitcheth his tent in New York, and
tramps devour his substance. He NOV
eth to Kansas, AID a cyclone carryeth
his house away over into Missouri,
while prairie fire and ten million acres
of grasshoppers fight for his crop. He
settleth himself in Kentucky, and is
shot the next day by gentleman, a
colonel, and statesman, because,
sab, he resembles, sab, a man, sah,. he
did not like, sail" Verify, there is no
rest for the sole of his foot, and If he had
it to do over again he would not be born
at all, for "the day Of death is better
than the day of ones birth,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
Four Weeks Without Food.
From the Pittaburg Telegraph. !


The doctors of medicine are bothered
over a case in the Sixteenth Ward, which
has developed interesting and peculiar
features. Ii is that of a girl named
Wenzel, daughter of Henry Wenzel, Of
Juniper Street. near Laurel Avenue.
She is about II years of age, and for
about four weeks she has been lying
prone, unable to move or to eat, the re-
suit of an accident, which occurred about
the time designated. The Wenzels live
in house on the hillside, across Two
mile Run, from the Pennsylvania Bail
road, near Millvale Culvert. The hill
is so abrupt that the rear of the house is
fully double as high as the front, and
stretched along this part of the building
are three pOrches, corresponding to
floors, the first one being some fifteen
feet from the ground, which is so steep
that an article dropped from the porch
would not find resting place short of
the road below, some forty feet down.
The little girl Wenzel was playing on
the highest porch and had got up on
the rail with her face to the house, A
companion caught her under the arms
for sport as though with intent to push
her over. She became frightened and
instead of clinging to the balusters, as
she might readily have done with her
feet which were twined around them,
she disengaged those members and fell
backwards distance of probably fifty
feet. Upon being conveyed to the house
and physician summoned, it was found
that the back had been so badly Injured
as to paralyze the lower limbs and part
Of the body. For short time she was
able to take little wine or whisky, but
no food. Finally, however, the stomach
rejected everything, it being unable to
retain even the medicine prescribed. A
number of physicians in the Sixteenth
Ward and vicinity have been in at
tendance and consultation, but the case
is beyond medical skill. The child is so
badly injured that she has to be moved
by being lifted in the sheet upon which
she lies. 1t was not expected that life
could be prolonged more than few DAYS
after the injury, but now some four
weeks have passed, and during that
period the patient has not taken sufficient
nourishment to keep one of her age. be-
ing in normal condition, alive half that
time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
He Walked Home in a Barrel.
lFrom the New York Tribune. ]

A tall young man went bathing in
the Mohawk River at Schenectady last
Sunday, with several other Sabbath
breakers. in spite of previous protests
against their selection OF such a con-
spicuous place for their additions.
While they were in the water, Mr.
Van Voast appeared upon the bank and
carried off an armful Of their clothing.
All Of the bathers, however, had enough
apparel left to get home without undue
exposure except the tall young man,
whose only remaining raimenJ was a
collar and pair of shoes. But as luck
would have it, he found near the river an
empty barrel, out of which he knocked
the heads and into which he stepped,
and thus appareled he made his way
home across the fields, painfully holding
up the barrel as he walked, but drop
ping and sinking into it whenever any
one appeared in sight. Before he
reached his paternal mansion half the
dogs in town had detected his predica-
ment, and united to form bowling es-
cort. It is thought Mr.. Van Voast's
method of abolishing Sunday bathing
will be successful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18

When the corn was in the milk he cut if
all up and cured it. His horses would
leave their oats and eat the cured corn
fodder up clean before eating the oats,
The brood mares grew fat on the corn
fodder while nursing their colts. He
says: For feeding colts, after taking
them from the mares, it is the best thing
L know Of. Properly cured I consider it
the best and cheapest fodder for mich
COWS III winter one can get. Others may
have enslIage, and I Will take sweet-corn
fodder cured. I"
ACCORDING TO the census Of 1880, the
sJ1te OF Illinois contained 1,037, 073
sheep, as against 1858, 1856 in 1870. q
falling OFT In lumbers Of 531, 213, or 81
per cent. This per cent. of decrease is
exceeded only in the case of Iowa. which
shows a reduction Of 46 per cent. during
the same period followed by Indiana,
with 81 per cent. decrease. The same
d1m1nutlOn IN number of animals appar-
ent through most of the middle and
eastern states, such as New Hampshire,
Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania,
OHIO, to O. greater or lesser extent, is
partly compensated by improvement in
the general character of animals-the
reduction in wool production showing
less percentage than in the number Of
sheep. In Illinois, Notwithstanding the
great loss in sheep, the wool-product
showed an increase Of 6 per cent.
The meaning Of language may be
taught horse in limited way, but only
in connection with the bit. It is COM
paratively easy to teach the colt to ad-
vance upon the loose rein and to stop at
the sound of ''wboa," that sound being
simultaneously accompanied with sharp
pull upon the bit; but backing is an
other process, less natural to the animal,
and requires patience and gentleness on
the part of the trainer. The first lesson
IN backing should be given without any
load behing the colt. Stand directly in
front of him, take hold of each rein, and
gently press the bit against his mouth,
using the simple word ''back" in clear
voice, not too loud. He will naturally
step backward. Show him your appro-
baton of this by patting and "gentliug'
him. Repeat the lesson, but do not tire
him. Do this on several occasions, I'd
til he associates the sound Of the word
with the motion; then try him with the
wagon behind MIN, and, finally, from
your seat III the wagon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
HER SINCERE FRIEND.
BY ETTIE ROGERS.

He is an attractive and entertaining
gentleman, but he cares very little for
the society OF ladies. No woman, were
she charming as Aphrodite herself,
could captivate Alaric Maury," said Miss
Champney.
Gould she not ?" Hilma laughed
mischievoUsly. q will wager anything
you like, Elena, that before the summer
is over [ shall have made conquest of
this obdurate woman-hater.
You viii lose," Miss Champney
predicted, confidently. GA monk In
marble could be no less susceptible than
he
'Perhaps your opinions may
change" smiled the beautiful, merry
girl.
But she was already half ashamed of
her boast, that was but q bit of non
sense, silly jest, altogether unworthy
of her sweet, sensible self; for Hilma
was guiltless of coquetry, and she could
almost despise herself Tor the foolish
yaunt she had so heedlessly uttered.
And she was more than ever sorry
when she at length met AIaric
Maury.
He was man of fine presence and
perfect manners, and one who, while he
was seemingly Indifferent to woman s
loneliness, had that rare and sometimes
fatal gift of swaying the moods of women
at his will. Nor was he one to love
lightly; he would have affection for at.
lection, Truth for truth, or nothing
Hilma felt that his earnest, contem-
plative eyes could penetrate every SEN
timent and motive of every heart, and
she felt decidedly uncomfortable when
ever mindful of her senseless wager.
g 1 am so sorry about it, she sighed
to Miss Cbampney. 1t makes nae feel
SO false, SO small, so constrained IN his
presence; for of course / have merited
this contempt"
Miss Champney regarded her with a
polite incredullty that was excessively
notifying.
Nevertheless, I should say that you
are succeeding pretty fairly In your
filtration with him, she commented,
with the suspicion of a sneer In her
carefully modulated tones,
But I am not flirting with him III
the least, +" expostulated Hilma, feeling
hurt and Indignant. Ct esteem him
highly. and his attentions to me are
those of kindness and coUrtesy-Ioth-
ing more"
8 You need not look so injured the
other laughed with the manner of toler-
alton that is sovexing when one is inno-
cent of any real offense. "But really,
dear, your assumption of shy simplic-
ity amuses me so much, as it seems to
have fascinated Mr. Maury. l am will
hing to concede that you may win your
wager yet.
The speech was certainly uncivil-it
was the kind of raillery from which one
winces as from an insult. Hilma mar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
Fees Given Away by a Prince.
from the London World !

Among the items III the estimate of
expenses for the duke of Edinburgh's
special mission to Moscow is Ell, 600 for
"gratuities. People who think this
amount exorbitant will perhaps change
their opinion on learning that when the
Emperor Nicholas visited the queen at
Windsor Castle in 1914 he gave $4,000
to the servants and FL, 900 to the house
keeper, as well as six gold snuff boxes
with his picture set in diamonds, to the
lords of the household, and six with his
cipher to the equerries and grooms-in-
waiting. These were the chief gifts; but
for other dependents about busheI of
rings, watches and brooches were dis
tributed. When the late Emperor Napo.
leon staid at Windsor in 1856 he left
FL, 500 for the servants.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
About Marriage.

ABOUT MARRIAGE
A new weekly paper entitled Marriage,
and devoted to the promotion of that
happy estate, the bringing together the
sundered halves of humanity, gives the
following appropriate quotations:
Take the daughter of a good mother.
-FuJier.
If you wish to marry suitably marry
your equal.-OUjd.
OF earthly goods the best is good wife:
bad, the bitterest curse of human life
-Simonide8.
Never marry but for love, but see
that thou lowest what is lovely W.
liam Penn.
BY the bride which man selects does
he show the quality of his soul, and
what value he puts upon it. Goethe.
Oh. friendly to the best pursuits of man.
Friendly TO thought, to virtue and to peace,
Domestic life in rural leisure pass'dl
Few know thy value and few taste thy sweets
Copper.
The reason why so few marriages are
happy is because young ladies spend
their time in making nets, not in making
cages. --SUJt.
Marriage is the best state Tor man
in general; and every man is worse
man in proportion rs he is unfit for the
married state,
Men that marry women very much
superior to themselves are not as truly
husbands TO their wives as they are
unawares made slaves to their portions.
-PIattarch.
Every effort is made in forming mat
rimonial alliances to reconcile matters
relating to ftrlune, but very little is paid
to the congeniality of dispositions, or to
the accordance OF hearts. -Ma88jLton.
pity from my heart the unhappy man
who has a bad wife. She is shackles on
his feet, palsy to his hands, burden
on his shoulder, smoke to his eyes, vim
egar to his teeth, thorn to his side, a
dagger to his heart.
1t does not appear essential that Ia
forming matrimonial alliances there
should be on each side a parity of
wealth; but in disposition and manners
they should be alike. Chastity and
modesty form the best dowry a parent
can bestow.-I6rence.
Try to appear cheerful and contented,
and your husband will be SO; and, when
you have made him happy you will be so,
not in appearance, but in reality. The
skill required is not SO great. Nothing
f1atters q man so much as the happiness
OF his wife; he is always proud of him
self as the source of it.-JuStUS Morse.
Remember that if thou marry for
beauty only thou bindest thyself all thy
life for that which perchance wiIlneither
last nor please thee one year; and when
thou hast it, it will be to thee of no
price at all for the desire dieth when it
is attained, and the affection perisheth
when it is satlsfed.-Str Waiter
Raleigh.
The best time for marriage will be
toward 80, for as the younger times are
unfit, either to choose or govern q wife
and family, so if thou stay long thou
shalt hardly see the education of thy
children, who, being left to strangers,
are in effect lost, and better were it 10
be unborn than ill-bred; for thereby thy
posterity shalt either perish or remain
shame to thy name.-S& Waiter
R0IeiOb
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
A Novel Debt Collector.
[From the Boston Traveler.l

A man IN Washington has invented a
novel way of collecting bad debts. He
hasn't taken out patent yet, but it has
brought some of the hardest customers
in the district to grief. This man is a
meek-faced. White-halred old chap, who
rides one Of the most extraordinary con-
veyances have ever seen. The concern
is on wheels, and at d first glance at it
one would naturally take it for bur-
lesque. on the modern tricycle.. It at
tracts attention wherever 1t goes, and
this serves his purpose very well, for
every one knows the rider to be a col
lector of bad debts. His method of col
lecting bad debt is something after this
style: He calls, leaving his machine
in front of the door, and politely re-
quests payment. The first time he is
generally met with a sharp refusal.
Does this make him angry or feel
ashamed? Oh, no. He receives the
refusal with meek and pitiful smile.
and goes down stairs, takes his place
on his machine, and gazes steadfastly
up at the window where his victim is
seated. He does this until the entire
neighborhood and the stray street pas
sengers know who the man Is. Then he
goes to his next victim. The next day
he is out again, makes his request in
the same bland manner as before. and
spends another space of time before the
door. This he has been known to keep
up every day for weeks, and the effect of
this treatment upon bad debtor is
wonderful. Cases OF systematic" beats
have been shamed into paying honest
debts for few men care 70 have apv
action taken which publicly announces
to the world that their creditors are after
them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
A Thrifty Deacon.

A good deacon not a thousand miles
from Oil City, being late at chnrch
where it was his duty to hold service,
asked the congregation to excuse his tar
diness, as he had been up until late the
night before opening up the finest lot of
drygoods ever bought in town.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18

truth had been distorted i'll It's telling,
and how very different a denouement
had been designed by her particularly
dear friend-Miss Champney.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18

WHERE would the power of woman be
were it not for the vanity of men p
Marie Eschenbach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-06
Indigenous Potatoes.

Mr.. John +. Lennon, a member of the
California Academy of Sciences, has made
very important discovery. He has recently
returned from botanical excursion of several
months in the range Of rugged mountains in
Arizona along the Mexican frontier. The
discovery is that of two or three varieties Of
native indigenous potatoes, some Of which
were growing in mountain meadows, whose
surrounding peaks were 10000 feet above
the level OF the sea. The specimens were
about as large as walnuts, and they were to
be distributed among careful cHltivators
who will experiment with them for q number
OF years to see what can be made of them
The original home of the potato has long
been a matter of dispute, but we now know
where one home is to a certainty. 1t is
among the probabilities that from these
Arizona tubers will come a new and vigorous
race of potatoes to take the place Of the short
lived varieties now grown. 1t is true we get
occasional new and fine varieties from seed
balls, but after all they are from the same
old stock, the inheritants Of disease and
constitutional weakness, as is proved by the
fact that all of them run out" after few
years. They do not cease to appear in our
markets because they are superseded by
better varieties, but because they cease to be
productive. Prof. Lemmon's discovery will
be hailed with delight by scientists the world
over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-06

A Michigan boy ate bar of soap, drank
lot of soda water and went to bed to cure his
cold. The doctor had hard time to pull
him through. but the boy now says the next
time he catches cold he will use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-06
NO s..
Dailp kelnfbrr JnurnaI.

Some interesting testimony has been
developed in the investigation Of the SUBJ
ject of Corners and Futures" by COM
mittee of the United States Senate. For
instance. the other day. Mr.. George II.
Moore, Secretary of the New York Cotton
Exchange. testified that the amount of
cotton actually handled in that city last
year was about 600, 900 bales, of which he
thought about one-half had been exported.
The amount of future sales from May 81,
1881, was 81. 700, 900 bales In the pur-
chase of futures the deposit OF margin is
a question within the direction of broker
when the purchaser is not member of
the exchange. and when the purchaser is
not member he must deposit margin
in trust company and keep it up to the
ruling market value. A large portion of
the business is done by persons not men,
bers of the exchange and by residents of
all parts of the wortd. The witness had
known orders to come from India Many
of the sales of futures in the New York
Exchange are actually out carried rs to
the delivery of the cotton in other places
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-06
Personal.

w. Duboise,a grandson of General Toombs
of Georgia, is dying at Troy, N. Y, from
injuries received while coasting.
Hon. NJ. +. Cults, member of Congress
from the Sixth Iowa District, is at home in
| failing health.
Franklin Edison, the new Mayor of New
York, was asked Immediately after his inaug-
uration to perform marriage ceremony.
William Black is supposed to be making
the largest income of any English novelist
living. No one more expertly distributes a
small plot through a large volume
| Queen Victoria is not expected to go to
Berlin to attend the silver wedding Of the
Crown Prince and Crown Princrss. The
| Prince of Wales will represent her.
| Col. Taylor, who has been elected to Con
gress from Ohio to fill a vacancy, has been
soldier. teacher, lawyer and editor and is 4
republican.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague is spending the
winter in New York, instead Of taking her
intended trip abroad, and her daughters are
pursuing their studies under the care Of pri-
vate teachers.
| Secretary Chambers two sons have none
of the characteristics of their father. The
eldest having graduated from college, and
having no ambition to enter public life, has
gone to Dakota to look after valuable farm
| Boston correspondent says Mrs. Langtry
should play only a week in q place. Plays
out in that time; engagement doesn't pay the
second week. In short, she is a rather weak
boon.
The divorce of Mrs. Tabor, wife of the
Lieut.. Governor Of Colorado, brought with it
an alimony of S250,000. Now we shall ex-
pect the divorce courts in that State to be
actually choked with applications.
The Yale College Glee Club. composed of
sixteen students, teDors and bassos, gave a
most entertaining concert in fremont Tenn
pie, Boston, Wednesday night, to a large au-
dience. The same songs (college) were sung
as at the first concert of the club last year.
Gustave Dore, the artist, is 45 years old.
He looks like 4 German, smokes like
Spaniard, has high cheek bones like an In
dian, wears his moustache like Frenchman.
and works like Turk. lie has ten times as
many orders as he can fill, and makes nearly
$50 900 wear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-06
NOTICE.

The Annual Meeting Of the Union Mutual Lne
ONCE At Portland Me-. on the 22nd day Of January
sss three O'Clock M for the Q. e,era tesm
~ ~. oTRce expires. By order Of Directors,
" o'.oS ~ NICHOLAS De GROOTs
tAct1ng Secretary.
Portland, Me-. Dec. q. lss2. oecS''im