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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14

How CHICAMAUGA LOOKS AFTER SEV-
ENTEEN YEARs.-"How did the old bat
tlefeld look?" Star reporter asked Col.
F. A Burr, who had just returned with
a party from tour over Chickamauga
Curious enough. There is no battle
field on earth like it. 1t is dense forest
with scarcely patch of field. The bat
tie was struggle in wilderness. 1t
was fought behind trees and in clumps of
bushes General Longstreet said yester-
day as we rode through the dense under
growth: when I dashed through here
on the cay of the battle, the men would
shout: There. goes old Bull of the
Woods" There is pretty heavy growth
of saplings, but the tops of the old trees
are Scared and blunt, just as they were
when the shot and shell moved them
eff"
''The strength of General Longstreet
was wonderful He rode the thirty four
miles on horseback, and was as fresh as a
daisy when we finished. 1t broke me
down, and Captain Howell said: Il
came off the battlefield today in heap
worse fix than did the day we fought
the bottle.'''
General Longstreet was able to re-
cognize every important point on the
field. He was wonderfully interested in
everything he saw. Had the battle been
followed up, it would have been the
greatest victory Of the war .''-AAanta
(Ga.) Star, March [.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
WATERLOO.

Mrs W. L. Hoag has been serisusly I'LL
for the past two weeks, but Is slowly re-
covering at present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
TUFTS hair DYE.

GRAY HAIR or WETsEERs changed to q Glossy
BLACK by & single application of this DYE. Il
inpars natural coloz, and acts instan tantHHeOusly.
Sold by Druggists or sent by EXPRESS receipt
of One Dollar.
Office, So Murray Stretst, Nevy York
4 IISE'. TUFTS Ay&SC-A z ~ E'ssSeSE5hEeN
E ETa5'cs':sscSf0fs uFest t's@s<q1 Sie-nei}a<e =
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Rttes of -46UcPttStpg.

aarriayes and deaths inserted gratis.
a. s,s,S.i,,nal and Business Cards $500 year.
s,sisl..ss notices in local column 10 cents per
!. rnr tirst insertion and five cents for sphse-
ent insertions. .., 5trac-
iyert; sements not accompanied WI WItll ulne csNd
3 vii he inserted till forbid, and charged
accordingly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
A POSITIVE CURE!
ELY'S
}REhM BALM
FOR
Jatarrh & Hay
FEVER.
4 A@reeabIe to Use.
lNFnUATEn EOP

Cold in the Head,
Headache and Deaf
or any kind of
mucuous membran-
al irritaJiOns, ln1am-
ed and rough sur
faces A preparation
Of undoubted merit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14

a IT q / n y TIN.
Fashionable Barber and Hair Dresse[,
Tne hest Of Hair Dye used. warranted 10
heId color for eight weeks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
Jefferson has an Iron Brigade.

JtHtTsOH mas an ITOn DTIgaue.
We report on good authority that a
certain young man in Jefferson, has
cleared from $4,000 to $4,000, during
the past eighteen months in land specula-
on.-B0nner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14

HAMLIN g. FORD,
~.ou+orrn Lumber Yard. Lumber OF every
sescrption, Lath and shingles cohsIaPrs st Price at
Gang a,aI,Ioppee anu rI1 DEPOT, Watertown Wis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27


Bad thoughts come first, bad words
They prepare the enemy.
The flower which blooms to-day, and
is withered to-morrow-is it at all more
actual than the colors of the rainbow?
Or rather, are those less actual? Beauty
Is the most fleeing thing upon earth,
yet immortal rs the spirit from which it
blossoms.
When once a concealment or deceit
has been praeticed in matters where all
should be fair and open as the day, con-
fidence can never be restored. anv
more than you can restore the white
bloom to the grape or plum that YOU
have once held in your hand.
The mixture of one error with much
truth adnlterates the whole; as the
chalice Of pure liquid is rendered dan
gerous by the Infusion 81 a drop of poi
son. We should therefore avoid all
error, however slight and inconsiderate
it may appear. One error may soon
Lead to hundred--sy, to thousand
The modest deporxnent Of those who
divided between the Bridgeport Profess
Lant Widows Relief Society and the
Protestant Orphans Asylum.
Commander Riviere, who lost his life
in Tonquin, wrote three days before his
death to g friend in Paris, 81 am now
administrator, soldier, seaman, diplo-
mate, custom-house officer and police
man. In spite of all this, have written
one novel and begun second, which,
however, has advanced only as far as
tie first page. l lack time. l don't
know how Franoe-that is to saw, the
government-wi judge of what circum-
stances have made me do. In any case,
am Indifferent; have done what / was
compelled to do, and am, besides, pos
sessed Of that quiet philosophy which IL
prepared for everything and submit to
anvthinpD
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Fashionable Tournaments.

Tournaments are still fashionable in
Baltimore, Howard, and Carroll coun-
ties, Maryland. There was one that was
brilliant in Woodstock, Howard county,
on Saturday last 1t was under the au-
spices of the Woodstock College. Early
in the morning red sashed marshals and
decorated knights rode at high speed up
and down the streets, and multitudes
began to arrive in the trains from the
nearby towns. Later in the day pro-
cession moved TO an elevated plateau
half mile out of town, WHARF flag was
fieing. Three arcs, from which the
rings were suspended, stood about thirty
feel apart and were painted red, white
and blue About three hundred vehicles
we're ranged in parallel rows facing each
other, and tie intervening space YVES
the tii,in. ground. In the carriages
were yoana ladies dressed in white and
Mother Ilubbards The knights were
tastulully dressed in black anu white cor
3ur0y, and most OF them wore r. q sashes.
Some had fancy rosettes, and some wore
no decoration. The riding was begun al
noon. DR.. keene Of E}iicott City deiIy-
cred the Charge. 1t is for Toman's
smiles" he said, in conclusion. that
YOU are here, Sir Knights. Spur, tiien the
painting SIDES of your steeds, and re-
member that your bravest will crown
the fairest.a The course was one hum
bred yards, the rings were an inch and
Quarter in diameter, and the time 10
be made inside Of niue seconds. The
rest of the afternoon was spent IN dane
ing,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
The Albany Whist CInh.
From the New York Man and Exnress

From the New York Mail and Express
The Whist Club of Albany is an institu.
ton OF model order and propriety. 1t is 8
years old, and is presided over by General
Rathbone. who this year succeeded Judge
Parker, who was for two years president OF
the club. A lady member acts as secretar.
and treasurer, and keeps an account of all
the games played. 1t commences its meet.
ings at o'clock, closes them at 10. and nc
game can be commenced after the CLOCK
strikes 10. Each member wears a badge
and has to be present punctually ten mintes
before the hour. There are fines for alb
sence, an initiation fee of 81 at the en-
true ana purse for the best player at the
end of the season. Every one who cannot
be present has to report the fact by 10 a. m.
on the day and at the place of meeting,
which is always at one of the family homes
Of the members of the club, in time to find
a substitute for the vacant place. The
entertainment which follows the games for
bid an extrayaeance, and all betting at the
tables, so that none are kept away by the
excess or foliles Of the table or at play.
Whist clubs like this are exam
pies of reasonable and intelh-
gent pleasure, but We fear there
are not very many of them in the country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
How the Brooklyn Bridge Gables


After the towers had 6een built and
the anchorage made ready then came
the strangest work of all. To make the
cables and put then over the towers
would be q difficult matter; very likely
It could not be done at all. 80 the ca
bles were made just where they hang,
one SIN all wire at time. The cables
are not chains with links, nor are they
twisted like ropes. They are bundles OF
straight wires laid side by side, and
bound tightly together by wires wound
tightly around the outside. At the
Brooklyn anchorage was placed pow
erful steam-eRgine, and on the top of the
anchorage were placed two largewheels
and with the aid of proper machinery
the engine caused these wheels to turn
backward or forward. From each
wheel was stretched a steal rope to the
top of the Brooklyn tower, over the
river, over the other tower, and down
to the New York anchorage. Here it
passed over another wheel, and then
stretched all the way back again. The
ends were fastened together, making an
endless rope, and when the engine
moved the rope travelled to and fro over
the river. For this reason they were
called the travellers" There were,
besides these travellers, two more ropes
placed side by side. On these were LAID
short pieces of oak, thus making foot
bridge on which the workmen could
cross the river. There were also other
ropes for supporting platforms. on which
the workmen stood as the weaving went
on. On each traveller was hung an iron
wheel, and as the traveller moved, the
wheel went with il. 1t took only ten
minutss to send two wires over the river
in this way The men on the foot bridge
and on the platforms suspended from
the other ropes guide1 the two wires
into place, and thus the cables were
woven, lit lie by little, cwo slender steel
wires each time, and carefully laid IN
place, till 5,434 wires were bound to-
gether in a huge cable, fifteen and three
quarter inches in diameter. The
work was fairly started by the nth of
June, 1877, and the last wire was laid
Oct. ;, 1873. There are forr cables,
each 3, SIS ID feet long; ana, If all the
wires in the four cables were placed in
line, they would reach over fourteen
thousand miles. The work was long and
dangerous. Sometimes the wire would
break and fall into the water, and an
hour or more would be spent inhaul-
ing it up and starting once more. The
men on the foot-bridge or on the era
dies, high in the air, watched every
wire as it was laid into place To start
and stop the engine, men stood on the
top Of the towers and waved signal flags
to the engineer. Such mass of wires
would not very easily keep in place, and
as the work went on, number of wires
were bound together into little bundles,
/ or ropes, and at the end OF all were
bound together into one smooth, round
| bundle, or cable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

One of the most successful breeders
remarks Ga this point: One great secret
of raising turkeys is to take care, and
take care all summer; and even then
you cannot raise them, for sometimes
they will not lay or they will not hatch,
or something will befall them. Some
times we raise turkeys without much
care, when the season is specially favor
able, but generally the measure of care
is the measure of success. A boy ten or
twelve years old, with q little direction
from his father, can easily take care OF
two hundred turkeys, and he cannot
earn so much money on the farm in any
other way 1t is an old maxim that if a
thing is worth doing it is worth dong
we'll Some may think thus constant
care is too much tronble 10 raise tur-
keys. This is a free country, and you
can omit any part, or the whole,
of these suggestions. If YOU
know better course, by
all means pursue it. This painstaking
has made turkey raising about as sure as
any other branch of farm industry. /
have usually kept from eight 10 ten tur-
keys as breeders, and have raised from
ninety-nine to one hundred in a sum
mer. In 1860 l sold my turkeys for
twenty-seVen conis pound, amounting
to S2S040. In 1859 | sold for twenty-five
to twenty-seven cents a pound; gross
amount of sales, $3S6.14. That year |
kept an account of expenses, and caleu-
lated the net profit at S2l3.5S. In 1870
sold for twenty-five cents a pound !;
amount of sales, $3ll32 In 1871 l sold
for eighteen cents q pound; gross amount
of sales, $2S6.24. | would rather raise
turkeys and sell at fifteen cents than TO
raise pork and sell at ten cents a pound
Perhaps in flttening pork you can save
the manure better, but the turkey drop
pings, if gathered and saved every week
and kept dry are worth half as much as
guano, and are certainly worth cent a
pound.
The turkey crop is steadily increasing
in value, not more by the Increased
number of farmers who make this a
speciality in their ponltry raising thar
by the increased attention and skill OF
those whJ have long been in the bust
ness. Care in selecting stock for breed
ing brings ample rewards. The prospect
was never better than now f0I The ex-
tension of the business amonC the farm
ers who have a good range and good
markets. The average size of turkeys IN
the districts where the business is made
q specially is steadily increasing and we
look for still further improvements.
Lancaster Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
Tomato Plants From Cuttings.

Have any of eur friends ever tried to
raise tomato plants from cuttings; and
ii so, with what results Last fall we
rooted a slip from a tomato vine which
had escaped the first frost ofthe season,
and at the same time we planted some
seeds. The cutting is now quite large
plant, branched out and IN full blossom,
promising fruit, whilst the seedlings are
still small without signs of either branch
or blossom. From this experiment we
conclude that, while all the numberless
attempts during the last decade TO pro.
duce earlier bearing varieties of IS good
qualities as some Of our best popular
sorts possess, have proved to be failures,
or nearly s., we may still look in anoth-
er direction for attaining the end SO
eagerly sought. Every florist knows
that even small cuttings of house plants
come to bloom just as if they were not
severed from the parent plant and put
ON their own resources. Every branch
or sucker of the tomato vine produces
blossoms with the tendency to bear fruit.
Is it not reasonable to expect that when
turning such branch into an Individual
plant this natural tendency is preserved
the same as it Is in the case of the GER
anium slip? The problem of pushing
the Iruting season of this wholesome
vegetable week or two ahead, can, we
have no doubt, be solved by the use of
cuttings instead of seedlings.
Farmer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
Waternelons.

Concerning the selection of water
melons for eating, the Baltimore Ameri-
can offers the following information.
Some Of the v rites mentioned may not
be found in our western markets:
"What is called the ie-rind melon is
said to be the best 1t is a round, Light
geeen melon, pith avery thin rind, and
the buyeris less apt to be fooled upon
this variety than on any other, as it is
nearly always red to the rind. The
Gypsy melon is the long, yellow, green
striped article, generally has a thick
rind, and can not always be depended
upon. The Georgia melon is something
similar in style, bat much better fruit;
then comes the niggerhead, blush
melon, and great favorite with the
western trade The Cuban green is an
other choice variety, being a luscious
round. striped melon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

OF an egg, and when melted stir in Ia
bespoonlul of -four and when slightly
Drowned add fourths cup rich
sweet milk, stir con family till It boils;
let it boil one minute, then add salt and
pepper to suit the taste, then stir IN the
onions. THIS makes delicious sauce TO
eat with roast fowls.
A delicious pie is made by stoning and
chopping one heaping cup of raisins.
mixing with them the juice and rind of
lemon, the yelks of two eggs Bake
with bottom crust only, and make a
meringue of the whites Of the eggs. You
may put one whole egg in the pie, and
make it with an upper crust.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
Gems of The

Its the energy of the v III that is the
soul of the intellect; wherever it is there
is life; where it is not all is dullness,
dependency, and desolation.
True courage is cool and calm. The
brayest of men have the least of bru-
tai bullying ineolenee; and in the very
time of danger are found the most se-
rene and free.
Beware Of evil thoughts. Oh, the
mischief they have done in the world.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
The Peculiar Old Mystery!

pecus of the edshoned Doctors that they
patients they prescribing for them They said
good and that would only be graft
curiosity order keep patients from knowing they
would the prescriptions so that most patients could
All that ongi what
is and be strong he is dspepc and
digest we'll Or he has troublesome liver which he
rights he Iron Bers about which there
mystery all This IS the best preparation of iron in the World
gentle gives builds up
enfeebef s. --;sled blood. 1t feminine
wea1- Deputy want, and druggist
has IT,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

An itnerant preacher, who was hold
ing forth to a congregation on the east
ern shore of Maryland, composed most
of oyster dredgers, used the expression:
"If your right arm offend thee, pluck it
out; If your eye offend thee, cut it off,
An old oysterman who occupied a front
seat on hearing the above expression,
remarked in a stage whisper that was
heard all over the church: "Do you
think we've got eyes'like crab?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

have been very much benefited by one 50
cent bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. When |
began using it my Catsrrh was 50 bad bad
headache most the whole time and dis
charged large amount of filthy matter.
That has almost entirely disappeared and
have not had headache since to amount TO
ANYTHING. Please send me two more bottles.
John Ii. Summers, Stepney, Conn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

1IeHsman's Pepton zCd Beef Tonic, The only
preparation Of beef containing its entire nutritious
properties. aias bIooGnlaking, o c3-genesa-
ting ana devastating properties invaluable for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. nervous prostraton, and
all forms OF general de.llity also all enfee1led
conditions whehe. tie result of exhaustion nervous
prostratiou, oyerwork acute disease. particularly
ii resulting from pulmonary complaints. CAswELI,
HAZARD h Co, Propretors, New York. sold by
Dfusr
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Good Men

Plato says gooI men SHOULD not accept
presents from wick d men, but this does not
refer to Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters, which
wise men know cures all chronic disorders of
the stomacS, promotes digestion and invigo-
rates the whole system. All genuine bear
the SIGNATURE of j. P. Allen, st. Paul, Mimi
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

One dozen small bottles ofSwif's Specific
IS. s. 81 cured me sound and well OF bad
scrofulous affection which had bsttied all
treatment, including Hot Springs. j. ID.
RAIFF Denver Col.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

Every man talks the lingo Of his trade
When plumber wants to stop his adj
vertisepent he says, shut it off, and
the reporter who goes TO write up q
funeral asks, "Has the last form gone
DOWN.
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ick's shoulder, she said: Take me,
dear Frederick. / yield myself to you,
overcome by your love and unselfsh de-
automatically brought to nand by
Your falcon.
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MARION, MAss.-Dr. n. S. Ruggles, says: Il
recommend Browns Iron Bitters as valued
tsnic tor enriching the blood and removing
ali dyspeptic symptoms. ltaoes not hart the
4cr.tl, y
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27
Bill Nye's Experience with Horn
cts,


From the Detroit Free Press.
have made small collection of wild
western things during the past seven
wears, and have put them together, hop
ing some day when get feeble to travel
with the aggregation and erect a large
monument of kopecks for my executors,
administrators, ana assigns forever
Last fall desired to add to my rare col
lection a large hornets nest. | had an
embalmed tarantula and her porcelain
lined nest and desired to add to these
the gray and airy home of the hornet
| procured one of the large size after
cold weather and hung it in the cabin
by string. | forgot about it until this
spring. When warm weather came
something reminded nae of it. think
it was a hornet. He logged my memory
in some way and called my attention to
it. Memory is not located where
thought it was. 1t seemed as though
whereye r he touched me he awakened
a memory--a warm memory, with a red
place all around it.
Then some hornets came and began
to rake up old personalities. | remem-
Der that one of them lit on my upper
lin. He thought it was a rosebud.
When he went away IL looked ike
gladiola bulb. | wrapped a wet sheet
around it to take out the warmth and
reduce the swelling so that | could go
through the folding doors and tell my
wife abont it. Hornets lit all over me
and walked around on my person.
did not dare to serape them Off because
they are so sensitive. You have to be
very guarded in your conduct toward a
hornet.
remember once while was watching
the busy little hornet gathering honey
and June bugs from the bosom of a rose,
years ago, stirred him up with a club,
more as a practical joke than anything
else, and he came and lit in my sunny
hair-that was when l wore my own
hair-and he walked around through
my cleaning tresses quite while, max
ing tracks as large as watermelon all
over my head. If he hadn't run out of
tracks my head would have looked like
q load of summer squashes. remember
| had to thump my head against the
smoke house in order to smash him.
and l had to comb him out afterward
with a fine comb and wear a waste
paper BASKET two weeks for a hat. Much
has been said of the hornet, but he has
an odd, quaint way, after all, that is
forever new.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-27

A Cincinnati newsboy named John Z.
Flynn, after being thirteen years in the
business, has sold out his street.corner
stand and started with So, COO for Dem
yer to engage in the hotel BUSINESS. he
Is only % years old.
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pnrsnnal-nInn only.

The Voltaic Belt Co, Marshall, Mich, will send
pr. Dyes Celebrated Electro oltaic Belts aud
Electric Appliances on trial fSr thirty days to men
young or OLD who are Observation-Disclosures debility,
lost vitality and kindred troubles. guaranteeing
speedy and complete restoration of health aud
manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.--No risk
is incurred, as thirty days trial is allowed
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On the night of the 10Th valuable pair
of mares were stolen rom the stable OF Mas.
Thompson, in the town of Eureka, Dakota
eOUuty
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Eavy Crooketts youngest daughter, Mrs.
Matilda Field. lives in Gibson county,
Tenn. sixtY-tgo years old.
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Wise's Axle Grease never gums.


Don't waste money on useless medicines; write
for pamphlet on certain cure Of all diseases, by &
new method. HOME HEALTH CO., Minneap-
oils Mimi,
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S8itt's Specifc 6. 5 } has cured me ola
long Standing case OF Eczema wAich has re.
sisted al sorts OF treatment. REv. w. ].
ROBINSON. n. Ga Conferenence.