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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-02-17
Thoughts of Bygone Days.


I sometimes think of boyhood days
As the happiest days of all
And almost wish to live then Ger
As /, their pleasures, recall.
| sometimes wish to see the friends,
That were won in early youth
To.attend. as did the sabbath school,
When my heart was filed with truth,
would like to roam Ger the same old
hills
That tower toward the sky;
And view the mountain scenery,
As have in days gone by.
often think of the broad old hearth
And the family cirelod around
OF the busy prattle of the little ones
When the evening work Ras done.
wonder if the little grove
Is as verdant now US them
If the little eedars are now as green,
That stood within the glen?
wonder If the old nat tree,
That shaded the little spring,
Still affords the birds place
To fit and eherrily sing?
wonder il the thick old wood,
Through which used to roam,
Still surrounds. as in days ag1ne,
Our little cottage home
Iwonder if the old nut tree,
Now yields its rich supply,
As it did in the days when used to climt
Its rugged trunk so high ?
wonder If the children now,
Are as | used to be,
Gathering up the fallen nuts,
Beneath the same old tree.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-02-17

We assert without fear Of contra.
diction that Bddey'S Saline AperjeRt
is cheaper and more pleasant than
any pills ever made for constipation
torpid liver orsick headache, that it
never produces the least unpleasant
feeling, and its action more prompt
than any pill made. II is a terri.
BILE enemy to the pin family, driv-
ing them from every Preside. 1t is
so nice, pleasant, clearly, and
prompt in action, whether on steam.
boats railroads, hotels or at home,
that all ladies are delighted.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-02-17
Origin of the Name of Days

In the museum Mt Berlin; in the
hall devoted to northern antiquities,
they have there representatives Of
the idols from which tho names OF
each of the days OF the week
are derived. From the idol of the
Sun comes Sunday, THIS idol is
represented with the face of the sun,
holding IA burning wheel, with both
hands on his breast, sIgnityinr his
course around the world. The idol
of the Moon, from which comes
Monday, is clothed in short coat,
like Il man, but holding the moon
IN his hands. Tuisco, from which
comes Tuesday was one OF the
most ancient and popular gods of
the Germans, and represented in
his garments of skin according to
their | eeuiar manner of clothing ;
the third day OF the week was ded-
icated to his worship. Wooden,
from which comes Wednesday, was
a valiant prince among the 5aXons.
His image was prayed to for vic
tory. Thor from which comes
Thursday, is seated IN a bed with
twelve stars above bis head, hold,
ing seepter IN his hand. Frlgs,
from whence we have Friday is
represented with a drawn sword in
his right hand and bow in his left.
Scatter, from which Is Saturday, has
the appearances of perfect wretehed
mesa. He ,e thtn.visaged, long han-
ed, with a long beard. He carries
a pail OF water III his right hand
holding fruits and flowers.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-02-17

Mysteries, Il melancholy symp-
tom of serious monthly troubles, are
cured by the use Of English Female
BLttlrS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
THE DEATH RATE.

According to statistics furnished by
the national board of health the average
death rate of our country is trihe
above Is to every 1000 of population.
In the large cities the average runs
much higher. Taking ten of the larg-
est cities, whose population ranges from
$50, 900 to l, $50, 900, the average death
rate for term of years is shown to be a
little over q to each 1000 inhabitants.
The cities with the highest death rate
are New Orleans and Memphis. Their
deaths for several years have averaged
81 to the 1000; New York &c TO each
1000; Brooklyn and Boston % to 1000
each; Baltimore and Philadelphia 20
each: st. Louis 10; Cincinnati and At
lanta each Is. Chicago and Louisville
II each; Dayton, Ohio, below Is, the
average rate of the country at large.
The average death rate in the ten prin-
cipal countries abroad is % per 1000.
In England and Wales it is % per 900;
in France "a; Sweden and Denmark 90;
Austria 81; Prussia q; Spain 20, and
ItaIv 90
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
WATERFOWL, WIS.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER "a, 1888.
THE CROPS.

The October crop reports afford an ap-
proximate indication of the yield of the
year. It is, on TIE whole, below the
promise of the early part of the year,
but is not so deficient as to have any de-
pressing effect. The cotton crop is now
estimated at 100000 bales. This is less
than was anticipated, but as there is al
ways full demand for this staple, the
aggregate value of the yield is tolerably
stable. To certain extent this is also
true of wheat, of which the yield this
year will somewhat exceed 400, 1000, 900
bushels. This is about 20 per cent. be-
low the crop of last year, and the quail
ity is said to be up to the average. Corn
has suffered from frost in the north and
northwest, and from drought in the east
and south, and is considerably below the
average standard. Oats and potatoes
show good record, while that of tobac-
co is below the average. On the whole
those interests which depend upon the
crops Of the country have fair pros
pect, but nothing more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
IRON IN ARCHITECTuRE.

The construction of theater in Lon
don entirely of iron, within as well as
without, is exciting much comment,
and it augments the discussion of the
part iron is to play in the architecture
of the future. For the exterior iron is
Objectionable, since it warps when ex-
posed to a high temperature, and is
therefore fatal to building in immedi-
ate proximity to great conhagration.
It is not desirable to have the number
of iron fronts increased, but the use of
iron for the interior of structures de-
signed to be freproof might with advan-
tage be much extended. Builders have
only began to understand its value for
interior finishing and ornamentation.
The interior of the Temple Court build
ing gives hint as to what might be
done in the substitution of iron for wood
IN interior work. There is no reason
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
Mother Earth Fakes another Shake

Constantinople dispatch under date of the
18th says: cit is reported that much damage
to property and great loss of life was caused
by the earthquake on the peninsula between
Chesme, Asia Minor, opposite Chios, and
Vouria, ON the southern coast of the Gulf of
Smyrna. All the villages in that region we're
destroyed. 1t is believed that upwards of
LOCO persons persisted. The survivors of the
disaster are suffering fearful privations. A
complete panic prevails. Most of the houses
collapsed at the first shock, burying the in
mates. The people who escaped became panic
stricken and sought the fields, where many
are still huddled together in q staTving CON
often and suffering from cold. Help for the
stricken people is going forward from Smyrna
The porte has issued notice stating that 90
600 people are homeless and pleading for inn
mediate assistance. Agovernment commission
will start as soon as possible to aid the local
officials. The report that 1000 persons
persisted is confirmed. The shocks COM
pletely destroyed six villages and seriously
damaged many others.
A Constantnople dispatch of the 18th saws
it is believed that 1000 deaths were caused by
the earthquake. Among the villages destroyed
in the Grecian Archipelago and Anatola were
Katapanaya, Refs, Dere and Lidja. The last
named is celebrated for its baths. The homes
Of 10000 people are in ruins. Slight shocks
are still feit on the island of Chios. The Brit
ish admiral has sent assistance to Chesme and
ChiOs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
Chances to Eat for Nothing.
[From the New York SUM-


The opportunities for stealing dinner
in one of the big New York hotels are
not promising. The arrangements have
been SO thoroughly perfected that it
would be pleasanter for man to suffer
the pangs of incipient starvation than
risk the mental wear and tear and phys
ical harm incident to the theft.
For some years hotel beats hourished
in New York. They lounged about the
corridors of their favoite hostelries, often
had their letters addressed to the Office,
and were so much on hand that the en-
ployes of the Office supposed they were
regular patrons. Then the hotels began
a regular crusade against them, and they
have been relegated to the free lunch
counters of the more prosperous saloons.
The same system is now in vogue at
all of the city hotels. The head waiter
is the sentry of the dining-room. Five
minutes before the dinner hour list of
the guests of the hotel is sent up stairs
by the clerk. On the list is the number
of every room in the house with the
name of the occupant Off any, opposite.
The head waiter stands by the door, and
when guest comes in he is asked
quietly the number of his room. He
gives it, and the waiter instantly sends
him to table. The man, if he thinks
of it at all, supposes that the number of
his room has something to do with his
seat and passes on. The instant his back
is turned the head waiter consults his
list, and if the room of the number given
is vacant, or if it is occupied by some
one known to the waiter, he goes at once
to the man, and, while deity rearrang-
ing the napkin or placing the knives and
forks in neat rows, asks him seductively
his name. If the name fails to clear
away the doubt the clerk is sent for. He
may recognize the man. If he does not
an investigation is made at once, and if
the man is proved fraud he is taken
out and handed over to the police.
The head walters of the hotels are
usually men of great discrimination and
accurate judges of character. They sell
dom make mistakes, but when they do
slip up their errors are clothed in such
suav1ty and gentleness that even the
professional beats cannot get angry with
them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
OUR UNKNOWN RIVER.

Although Alaska has been part of our
national domain for fifteen years, intel
Igent citizens know as little of its natu-
raj features as they do of those of the
most distant planet. The dispatch an
nouncing that Lieut.. Schwatka had to
travel nearly three thousand miles to
reach the head waters of the Yukon
River, which stream lies entirely within
the boundaries of our polar possessions,
and that in descending the river on a
raft the distance covered was nearly two
thousand miles, shows that the Missis-
sippi may be compelled to relinquish its
laurels. What the great stream may be
worth to the country will not be known
until Schwatka's report is published.
The commercial defect of the Yukon is
that the stream is In latitude too high
for business purposes; but if Senator
Blair can be persuaded to amend his
famous resolution to thaw out the frozen
north by substituting the Yukon for
Hudson's Bay as the water into which to
force the Gulf Stream, Alaska may get
up an unparalleled real estate boom.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE:

The annual losses in this country from
diseases of domestic animals amount to
millions of dollars, and the aggregate
appears to increase year after
year, Notwithstanding scientific investi-
cation, special commissions, and national
and state Legislation to prevent conta-
gion. But the Importance of the ami
NAL industries demands that unremitting
efforts be made to discover the causes of
unhealthiness and apply the proper rem
edies. 1t was commendable scheme,
therefore, for the department of agri-
culture to call national convention of
representatives of the stock-rassing in
terests to exchange opinions and facts
concerning animal diseases. This con-
vention will meet in Chicago, November
18th. Discussion will be there directed
to four topics under this general head
The extent to which diseases among ami
mails exist in this country; the causes of
them; the cures for them, and the state
of Legislation regarding them. This
conference will no doubt prove to be of
great value to stock raisers, by bringing
together class of practical men who
know what they talk about and getting
their views for the benefit of all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
g Which Died First 2"

A curious instance of the relative
value Of local time at each of two dis
tant points of longitude was developed
in Washington recently. The deaths of
two naval officers were announced to the
navy department. Paymaster Zachary
T. Brown died at the Pensacola navy
yard, the victim of yellow fever, and
Lieut. Boutelle Noyes died on
board the frigate Richmond, flagship of
the Asiatic feet. at Yokohama, by acct
dent. The cable dispatch from Rear
Admiral Crosby announcing Noyes'
death was dated August 28tb, and stated
that the officer "was killed at 10 A. M.
this morning" The announcement of
Paymaster Browns death was dated Au-
August 29th, and stated that he "died
at 80 last evening"" The question was
raised, (which died first? ?" Both Off
GERS we're members of the Navy Mutual
Aid Association. The rule of the asso.
citation is that, on the death of mem
Der, each of the surviving members shall
pay in certain amounts, which go to
make up the "benefit :" to be turned
over to the family of the dead member,
Each member pays in yearly a fixed
amount, which is held by the trustees,
so that on death the assessments can
be made at once an the officer credited
with the sum taken. In this case it was
necessary to determine whether Lieut..
Noyes' fees should pay an assessment
for Paymaster Browns family or Browns
to the former. The officers at the naval
observatory were called upon, and after
computing the difference of local time
between the Pensacola navy yard and
Yokohama, found that while Lieut..
Noyes was killed at 10 A NJ. and Pay
master Brown died at 7:30 P. M. of Au-
gust 28th, Brown had In fact died nearly
day earlier than Noyes. Persons IA
miliar with mathematics, as applied to
time measurements and to navigation,
will understand this seeming paradox.
Admiral Crosby's dispatch, referred to,
was received at Washington before 10
A. M. of the 28th, according to local
time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
FinancialIv Emh.rr.s.,<,

The Bank of Pennington, Mimi. made an
assignment on the 10Th for the benefit of it's
creditors. The banks liabilities are estimated
at $50, 900, and its assets at $4,000.
The business failures in the United States
and Canada during the week ending on the
18th number 243, an increase of Sc over the
previous week.
The creditors of the collapsed firm of Hill 81
Rowe, Boston, at 3 meeting on the 18th, &C
cepted the firms offer of IS cents.
The Bangor Furnace Comp my, of Bangor,
Mich, made an assignment on the 18th. Their
debts amount to about $780, 600.
Mace d Weeks, shoe manufacturers, Phila-
delphia, failed on the 18th for $75, 900.
The creditors Of d. Morris q Co., Montreal,
have given that firm an extension, and they
will pay in full.
The Norton & Wilder Glass. Paint and Color
Manufacturing Company, of ST. Louis, made
an assignment for the benefit of their creditors
on the 10th inst. Their assets are placed at
$4,000; liabilities unknown.
John Ryan q Son, dealers in whisky and
cigars. and packers Of pork, GAINESVILLE, o., as
signed on the 18th. They owe S25 600
Debts to the amount of $500, 600 caused Ad-
Ter Bros q Newbauer, dry goods iobbers, New
York, to make an assignment on the 10Th. It
Is claimed that the suspension is only tenn
porary.
Frank Grass, dry goods merchant at Hot
Springs, Ark, has failed. Liabilities and assets
about $40 600.
Hol2inger & Bruckheimer, fancy goods, New
York, failed on the 18th inst, for 500 600.
1t Is reported that zembroma & Co., one of
the largest business houses ia old Mexico, have
failed with liabilities estimated at $500, 900.
The Hampshire Manufacturing Company,
Philadelphia, cotton goods. have suspended,
with liabilities amounting to $75, O0O
Charles s. Kilbourne, Elgin, H., has failed
for about $50, COO.
Hyams Bros, an extensive clothing house,
doing business in New York and San Francisco,
have suspended with $3.50, 900 liabilities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24

Two supposed incendiary fires occurred at
st. Paul, Mimi, on the night Of the Goth, the
losses aggregahng $4,000.
row of frame houses at Mount Vernon,
Ohio, burned on the night Of the Goth. Loss
$4,000.
Several buildings of the Stearns Manufacture
ing Company OF Grand Haven, Mich, together
with three or four small dwellings, burned on
the 21st. Loss $4,000.
Fire at Marshalltown, Iowa, on the 10Th, de-
stroyed property to the value of $780,
The telegraph and postofices. q Baptist
church and several blocks at st. George. N. B.,
burned on the 18th. Loss ,000.
The town Of Wayland. Steuben County, N
Y, was almost wiped by fire on the 18th.
The losses aggregate in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
The City of Weston, near Walla Walla, W. T..
was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the
The losses are not given in the dispatches.
The paper mill of Godfrey & Clarke. at Elk
horne, Pa, burned on the 18th. Loss 1886, 900.
The mill Of the Indiana Lumber Company,
at Nashville, Tenn, was burned on the 18th.
Loss $4,000
The village of Algeno, Italy, has been de-
stroyed by fire and 1, 600 people rendered home
less.
Nine business houses at Watseka, ILL.,, were
burned on the night Of the 18th inst. The
losses aggregate $4,000.
Two large brick tobacco factories at Lynch
burg, Va, burned on the 10th inst, involving
a loss of $45, 900. Over 100000 pounds of the
weed was smoked.
The building occupied by Quinn & Cavan-
augh and several other firms, New York, was
burned on the 18th, involving loss of about
$780, 0G.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24

why particle of wood should be intro
duced into great business structures
and apartment houses which need to be
thoroughly ireproof, and even in private
buildings the use of iron for interior
work is likely to increase as soon as ar
lists devote proper attention to its adap-
tation for decorative service. The cit
les of a country which sacrifices $780,
900, 600 year in the flames ought
to be slow to recognize the advantage of
a more extensive use of iron in architec-
t11Te
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24

Daniel Bitsbois, cashier of the Missouri Pa
cifc Railroad at st, Joseph, Mo-, committed
suicide on the 18th. He was a trife short in
bis accounts.
Penry Struck was called to the door of his
residence at Lancaster, Pa, on the night Of
the 18th by two brothers named Smith, who
assaulted Struck and disemboweled him.
Henry Irving and John Walsh, two notori-
Gus burglars, attempted TO settle a difficulty
with their pistols 10 New York saloon on the
night of the 18th and both are now in the
hands of an undert4 ker,
young lady named Fora Burns has been
foully murdered at Lincoln, III. Her body
was found in the outskirts of the village on the
morning of the 10th, with skull crushed and
throat cut, reward of $1,000 is offered for
the detection of the murderers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
THE POINT BARROW EXPEDITION.

The safe return of the Point Barrow
expedition, under Lieut. Ray, after hav
ing accomplished all the objects for
which its station was established, is well
come intellie ence. Though this expedi-
ton was not stationed far within the
Arctic circle its meteorological and other
observations promise to be of more prac-
tical value to American weather research
than those of any other international
polar station. Point Barrow is, perhaps,
the best point for lookout that could
have been selected upon the great Arctic
ice shifts and Arctic weather phenomena
which indirectly but powerfully affect
the climate of the United States. The
immense waves of cold air which enter
Manitoba and thence descend over the
Mississippi Valley may occasionally be
formed in Northern British America,
but it is almost certain that many of
them come from the Polar Ocean. AS
continuous record of such phenomena
have been kept by Lieut.. Ray, American
meteorologists may now hope to
discover the laws of the move
ments of such waves which so
frequently dominate the weather over
the whole country for long periods, and
ignorance of which has hitherto been a
chief difficulty in predicting American
weather changes. 1t is therefore to be
hoped that the scientific results of Lieut..
Rays Arctic observations will be speed
lily and fully published.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
Couldn't Be Expected To.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Two ladies entered Fort Street car
one day recently and took seats beside a
lady well known to one of them. She
gave her friend an introduction, and
directly this one remarked:
81 think saw you at the-Street
Church one Sunday, several weeks ago. "
eyes"
''You seemed to be as much disguised
with the sermon as was, for saw that
you were terribly uneasy"
eyes," again.
"Did you ever hear a worse preacher
in all your life?"
"Well, perhaps"
"I never did, and I haven't been there
since"
The conversation then ratified off on
some other subject, and by and by the
two ladies got off.
''I wonder why she didn't agree with
me about that preacher?" querled the
one who had blasted him.
"Why, how could you expect her to ?
She's that very ministers wlfe!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
Deeds of Blood

Cowboys raided Glendive. Montana, and
killed. one man, Oh the 18th. They were cap
tured and will probably stretch hemp.
Henry W. GWinner, president of New York
manufacturing concern, shot himself on the
afternoon of the 18th. The cause of the sui
eide is unknown.
The station agent at Whiting Station, Ind.
wBs sandbagged and robbed on the evening of
the 10Th. The thieves took gold watch and
cnain, $3.50 in cash and a 5000 note.
Lorenz Outher, of Pierce, Wis, swung him
sells into eternity with a halter, on the 18th.
An old feud between B. A. Jester and B. f.
Hudspeth, at Fort Gaines, Ark, was brought to
fatal termination on the night of the 18th
inst The two met on the road, Hudspeth bit
Jester with piece of fence rail. and the latter
retaliated by stabbing him to the heart.
In a row over game or domInoes in saloon
at Chicago on the 18th inst, between two col
ored men named Patterson and Reynolds, the
latter attacked the former with billiard cue
and pounded him over the head until he died.
Richard Day, notorious crook, was shot and
killed at Toledo on the 18th while resisting ar
rest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
FrjrhtsuI Ruuawav

While John Bley and James Maloney were
making some repairs underneath freight car
at Derry Station, Pa, on the 18TH the engi-
neer started the train, throwing the unfortu-
nate men under the wheels and mangling them
in shocking manner. Bley was killed out
right and while the trainmen were securing his
body, .Maloney, who had become crazed with
pain, Jumped on the engine and ran the train
to the next station, where be fell exhaust
ed and was conveyed to the hospital. He will
undoubtedly die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
COlIierY EXnIOhiRn,

An explosion occurred at Wharfcliffe, Carroll
ton colliery, in Yorkshire, England, on the 18TH
Twenty-three men were in the pit at the time
When the explosion occurred five men rushed
to the bottom of the shaft and were rescued
though injured. The men remaining in the
pit, numbering 20, were lost. A search force
has been organized, but the falling of the roof
of the pit retards work. The explosion is at
tribut to blast shot