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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15

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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15
Dollars and Sense.

"Do'lars and cents are a mighty val.
liable consideration in matrlmony," said
Mr.. Blipking to his wife.
ayes, dear, Tn aware Of It,"
sand 1t is seldom that it is equally
divided. Have you noticed that ?"
"Yes, dear; 10 our ewn case, for in.
stance. You had sll the dollars aud
had all the sense "-Merchaat. Traveller.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15

No man ever regretted tha. be was
virtuous aRl honest in his youth ), and
kept away from idle companions.
"What," says an inquisilive young
lady. "is the most popular color for q
bride Z" We may be little. particular
in such matters, but We would prefer .
white one.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15

Why continue the use OF remedies
that only relieve, when Ely's Cream
Balm, pleasant of application and care
for Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in
Head, can be had for zoe.
Apply into nostrils with the I'm.
ger.
L can safely recommend Eiy's
Cream Balm for the cure OF Catarrh,
Cold IN the head, etc. Before / have
used the first bottle / purchased / flnd
myself cured At times could scarce.
ly smell anything and had headache
most of the time. HENRY LILLY, Agent
for the American Express Co., Grand
Haven. Mich.
/ have used Els's Cream Balm
for dry Catarrh, and found it most ef-
ficacious. 1t has proved cure in my
case. B. M. WEEKS, Denver, Colo
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15
Never Too Late to Learn.

Socrates, at an extreme old age, learn
ed to play on musical instruments.
Cato, at 80 years of age, began to
study the Greek language
Plutarch, when between 10 and go
commenced to study Latin
Boccaccio was 80 years of age when
he commenced his studies in light ltera,
ture; yet he became one of the creates,
masters of the Tuscan dialect, Dante
and Plutarch being the other two.
Sir Henry Spellman neglected the
sciences in his youth, but commenced
the study Of them when he was between
80 and 60 years Of age. After this time
he became q most learned antiquarian
and lawyer.
DR.. Johnson applied himself to the
Dutch language but few years before
his death.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-15

"Of those who are alive. Beauregard
and Jubal Early are managers OF the
Louisiana lottery. They get $4,000
each, and so great is the feeling still ex-
isting in the south over their generals,
that one Of the lottery managers told
me the other day that their names we're
worth to the company more than their
salaries. Both Of them were West
Pointers and artillery officers, but Beau
regard never was soldier. He is 9
dapper Creole gentleman, and the Louis
ianians swear by him Early fought
well. Longstreet comes to Washington
occasionally. He is United States mar
shal In Georgia. but bis magnificent ply
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
MONTE CARLO.

The most fashionable gambling re-
sort of Europe is at Monte Carlo, on the
Mediterranean, near Nice, in the prov
ince Of Monaco. There adventurous
dudes, fashionable loafers, sprigs of roy
atty and sportive members of the aristoc-
racy from all sections of Europe meet
and stake their thousands. OF course,
the stakes being heavy, the losses are
heavy, also, and not infrequently the in
fatuated players lose whole fortunes at a
sitting, and many others their all, be it
great or little. Monte Carlo has Of late
years become as notorious for its many
suicides and murders as for its gambling.
The desperate losers, plunged into pow
erty, court death in despair. a cable
dispatch announces that since January
l, this year, no less than sixteen suicides
and two murders have occurred there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
INDIAN TERRITORY.

Indian Territory is an anomaly. A large
area of fertile land in the center of the
country fenced off and dedicated to the
exclusive use of the red man is some
times hard to be understood by the av-
erage white, part of whoes idea Of lib
erty is to go anywhere he believes he
can better his condition. twill become
every year harder for the government
to maintain this exclusiveness. Rail
roads were kept out for some years, but
they have forced there way through,
and this creates new Inducements to
the frontiersmen to pursue their interests
In the Indians country. 1t is unfortunate
that these collisions should occur, as it
is too evidently for the good of the In
dian that he should exist apart from the
whites for it to be matter of dispute.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12

since 1906, the ratio of increase has
for some years been declining at an
alarming rate and the average number
of children to family is now less than
two. The marked decrease in the popu-
lation seems due so the fact that while
the ratio of births remains about the
same as in former years the mortality
especially in infants, has increased
enormously. Like other cities, those
of France, particularly Paris, drew o
large part of their population from
the country districts, and whatever af-
feots the population of che latter
affects the former. Tue rate Of infant
mortality for the whole Of France is
now Is per cent, and in Normandy
27 per cent. It is plain to be seen
that unless some means is found by
which this percentage can be reduced
the fear that the beginning of the
twentieth century will see less number
of people in France than live there
to-day will be realized.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
SUFFRAGE IN ENGLAND.

A long step in advance has just been
made toward popular suffrage in the
United Kingdom by the introduction in
to the English house of commons, recent
~, by Mr.. Gladstone himself, of q
franchise bill, designed to entend the
voting privilege to large class of Brit
ish subjects now deprived Of ii. In his
Introductory speech Mr.. Gladstone
seemed to think that in the extension of
the right of suffrage among the people
lay prominent and powerful corrective
of the many civil woes under which that
empire is now laboring. The Premier
looked off across the sea and beheld O
country with absolutely free suffrage
recovering quickly from formidable in
ternal political disasters and outbreaks.
like our late civil war, while Great
Britain, with its remnant" power in
full exercise, is apparently unable to
shake off the incubus of political hos
tility and business depression that has
so long weighed it down. If this bill
becomes law, it will add, it is thought,
about 400, 900 to the number of votes in
Ireland, and 2, 000,O 900 to the number IN
the whole United Kingdom.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
LONDON SLUMS.

The Prince of Wales recently left his
luxurious home and visited the sIums
of the Holborn Hill district Of London.
He went there to collect information IN
regard to the life of the poor. SO as 10
assist him as a member of the royal
commission on the dwellings Of the
poor. 1t is reported that he saw enough
to Justify the objects Of the commits
sion. If the pictures which Dickens
has drawn of the London poor are visi-
bic to-day, the prince must have seen
more than enough to convince him that
measures to alleviate cir wretehed-
ness or brighten their surroundings
would barely answer the pleadings OF
humanity. Every great city has its
dark quarters, where poverty, squalor,
vice and crime exist and flourish. If
the royal commission, with the princes
assistance, can purify this pestilential
atmosphere and let light into these dark
homes, the heir to the throne will have
at least one good achievement to his
credit
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
DEALING IN FUTURES.

Quite determined effort is being
made In several states to check or
prohibit the business of gambling in
grain and stock options. The manifold
evils of "bucket-shop" operations are
everywhere visible, but how to stop
these transactions without at the same
time injuring legitimate trade is a puz-
cling question to many minds. The
Iowa senate mas just passed a bill for
the suppression Of bucket-shops and
gambling in futures. The Ohio legis-
lature has similar bill under consider
alton, and so has the New York legis-
lature; while democratic congress-
man from Ohio, Mr.. LIE Fevre, the
other day sought to introduce the sub
ject III the national house of represen-
tatives, but the matter was objected to.
The state that first succeeds in putting
down this growing evil effectively and
satisfactorily will deserve a medal from
all the other states and the lasting graft
tude of the Nation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
Men on the Road.
[From the indianapolis Journal.I

| From the Indianapolis Journal
A passenger conductor remarked yes
terday that if it had not been for the
commercial travellers, actors and act
resses, it would hardly have paid to run
trains on some days the past winter over
his road, and fortunately this kind OF
travel was heaviest on Mondays and
| Fridays, when other travel was light.
In fact said he, railroading would seem
monotonous we're it not for the CONNER
cial travellers. The Philadelphia Times,
in lengthy article on the same matter
says: ''There is distinct railroad pop
ulation that is constantly grow
ing. It is composed OF COM
mercial travellers, lecturers, show
agents, actors and actresses. They eat
more meals In hotel cars and railroad
meal-statiOns than they do at home or
In hotels. They spend more nights in
sleeping-car hunks than in beds. To a
person who travels only occasionally it
is interesting to note how thoroughly
equipped these professional iourneyers
are. Upon entering a sleeping car early
in the evening, for instance, they remove
their shoes and put on slippers, hang
their hats up and put on silk travelling
caps, take off their coats and put on
short sack coats or smoking jackets.
SIN the morning, when the occasional
traveller, obliged to wear the only cloth
ing he has brought, goes to the toilet
compartment in his coat and vest, and
thus struggles in an effort to cleanse his
skin without soaping his sleeves or coat
collar, these professionals again excite
his envy. They come along all smiles,
having slept we'll, and feeling perfectly
at home. They hang up their smoking
Jackets and display snowy night robes
ornamented with colored binding and
braid, and capable of being thrown open
at the neck and rolled up above the ell
bows. From pocket IN the suspend
ed jacket one produces an ivory backed
brush and costly comb, a tooth brush,
and perhaps q nickel-plated soap-box.
Another opens out a prettily embroid-
| cred receptacle, composed ofmany folds,
each one pocket and each one labeled.
In those pockets are a comb, q brush, a
toothbrush, shaving brush, soap-box
pair of razor cases, nail-brUsh, whisk-
broom, hand-glass and cologne-bottle.
Their familiarity with their surround
lngs is as noticeable a part of their
equipment. A glance out of the car
window is almost certain to reveal to
them their whereabouts when they arise
or when they are walked up or about to
go to bed. They carry time tables in
their heads, and give good advice as
to which station has the best cater
er. They are sociable and demo-
cratic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
Minor Menfinn.

a libel suit for S10O, 600 against the New
York Times ended on the 9Th in a verdict of six
cents for the plaintiff.
petition is being circulated in Pennsylvania
labor circles asking congress to appropriate
SlO,OOO, 600 for colonization purposes
The body of Henry Kausen an inmate Of the
Milwaukee Soldiers Home, was found on the
road near the institution on the morning of
the 9Th inst. His death is attributed to ex-
pOsure.
VIM. E. Brockwsy, aged 65:years, was SEN
fenced to five years Imprisonment, for for
gerry, at New York, on the 18th.
Frank Maiubuchner, q railroad brakeman
was run over and fatally injured at Neenah on
the 5th.
John Trees Jr., was killed and William More
land and Michael Cronin fatally injured on the
9th inst. by the explosion of q boiler in dyeing
establishment at Lawrence, Mass.
Two men were overcome by gas at a Reading
furnace on the morning of the 9th. One of
them is dead and the other cannot live.
Andrew Moreland was instantly killed by
fall on sidewalk at Pittsburg on the morn
ing of the 9Th.
farmer named Sl8k and his son we're killed
by railroad SNOW ploW at Sibley Ia, on the
9TH inst.
A boiler in o saw mill near jackson. Mich.
exploded with terrible force on the 5th INST
killing two men and badly injuring third
An agent of a Chicago oleomargarine fac
Wy ltAAONi '<1o IL WIG Ou GLO Ojn lOE
offering his greasy mixture as pure creamery
butter.
Nearly 100000 in specie left New York for
Europe on the 9Th inst.
-Four men were killed by a boiler explosion at
Bryants Pond, Me-, on the morning of the 7th
inst.
Two children of Isaac Kennedy residing
near Philhppi, W. Va, fell into Kettle of
boiling soap On the 9Th, and were scalded to
death.
Capt. Henry A. Jones, q prominent river
steamboat man, died at Cincinnati on the
9Th
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
The CATTLE CONTkGlON.
Report Concerning the Dread Foe t-and-
Mouth Disease in Kansas.

Report Concerning the Dread Foe band
Mouth Disease in Kansas.
EMPoRIA, Kas., March ga fuller
report from the committee which accom-
panied Gov. Click to the districts in
Cofey and Woodson Counties, where an
alarming plague has made it's appear
ance among the cattle, reveals the fact
that the disorder is beyond all per ad-
venture the dreaded foot-and-mOuth dis
ease, which stockmen have so much
cause to fear. The first symptoms are a
jerking Of the legs up toward the body,
the appearance of speckg on the
nose and the bowed or bumped
position in which the animal stands.
Swelling of the legs and suppura-
ton and sores in the mouth
follows, and disrrh@a generally accom-
panies the affection. The inspecting
committee found the afflicted animals
lying or hobbIiDg about corrals, many
with their hoofs gone and some with
their legs aloughed off up to the first
joint. The disease generally leaves the
animal without feet. Although few
cases in themselves fatal are recorded,
the peculiar effects of the contagion
render the slaughter of the victim NEG
essaTy 10 nearly all instances.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
WATERFOWL. MIS-
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTEVE.

Edison is getting into shape his cleo
trio locomotive and several other cleo
trio machines for coming great inter
national electrical exhibition to be held
in Philadelphia next fall under the au-
spices of the Franklin institute. The
key and kite string of Benjamin Franklin
will be the starting point of an exhibi-
ton which will end with the Edison
electric locomotive. Intervening will be
the telephone, the phonograph, the tel
egraph key board, and every other
known appliance in the electrical world
all of which started from Franklin'E
kite, string and door key not so very
many years ago. Franklin and Morse
have passed away, but Edison and Bel
are with rs, and will be present at the
exhibition as worthy representatives o.
the dead worthless.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
Deeds Of Blood.

William Riley, aged 16, and Mary Riley, aged
is, were indicted at Worthington, Mimi, on the
9th inst, for the murder Of their own father
A dynamite cartridge exploded at Lyons,
France, on the 9Th inst, killing q customs
official.
On the night of the 9th inst, Maggie Harvey.
left alone with a small child in house in New
York, was brutally assaulted, and the house
robbed or everything Of value. by a colCred man
named Williams. The thief was found under
the bed of one of the domestics. where he had
gone by means of the fire-eseape,
A whisky wreck named Mcmillan murdered
o boy named Thompson, at Huron, o., on the
night Of the 9Th, and then poisoned him
self.
John McGinnis was executed at Philadelphia
on the morning of the 4th for numbering his
mother-in-law.
VIM. Myers was shot dead by bis brother-in-
law at Bouilla, Dakota, on the 4th.
Leonard Weindel, st. Louis manufacturer,
while in state Of intoxication, on the Sd inst.
quareled with his wife and shot her.
In quarrel at Richmond Va, on the 3D.
Moses NJ. Ellick, dry goods merchant, was
fatally shot by his son. Domestic trouble was
the cause.
German residing near Marengo, ILL.,, the
father of 4-year-old child, afflicted with an
abscess, so cruelty whipped it on the Sd, be-
cause 1t objected to having an operation per-
formed, that the child died. The man was ar
rested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
How He Beat the Cowboy.
From the Chicago Herald

lA1041 Cu0 NIIlCdSO herdlQ.J
&c Do you see that little black-haired
man over there in the seat by the stove?"
said passenger on Baltimore & Ohio
train not many weeks ago. well, he
is Jim Laird, member Of congress from
the prairies of Nebraska. He went into
the army as a private when he was few
days more than twelve years old, and
carried his musket and knapsack in the
army Of the Potomac till Lee surren-
dered. He was the most boyish-looking
soldier l ever saw, and it's a mystery
how he got in as private. When he
first went out to Nebraska to practice
law he didn't look to be more than if
teen or sixteen, though he was of age.
He settled at Juniata, in Adams County.
There used to be lots of company out
there. They drove Texas steers in from
the south and shipped 'em on the new
railroad there. One time these cowboys
got on a drunk and tried to take the
town. Some of them were arrested and
put IN jail. Laird was prosecuting at
torney, and swore he'd keep 'em in the
lookup. The rest of the cowboys heard
of it, and one evening, the night before
they were to be tried, big gang went
down to JUniata from Lowell to abduct
the rash young prosecutor. So it hap
pened they met Laird out on the road,
going to see his girl IN the country.
One of the cowboys cried out: See
here, sonny, can you tell us where Law
yer Jim Laird lives, an be id quick
about it, too They were given some
false information, which took them off
the scent, and the next day they had the
pleasure of seeing sonny conduct the
case against their pals that sent four
bold cowboys to jail for three months. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
Financially Embarrassed

There were 272 business failures in the Unit
ed States aud Canada during the week ending
on the 7th inst, an increase of 81 over the pre-,
vious seven days. Business is particularly bad
in Canada.
Evan Edwards dry goods store at Appleton
is in the hands of the sheriff. Liabilities $685.
900; assets 800, 900.
A. Il, Lowrie, an oil speculator at Oil City
and New York, has succumbed. The failures
of Rice q Ryder and A. E. Hemings are also
announced.
Lyman & Curtis. New York toy dealers
assigned on the 9Th with preferences amount
ing to $83, 900.
Thomas A. Reeve, Cleveland iron-mon ger.
failed on the 9Th. Liabilities $50, 900.
The OShawa Cabinet company, Toronto, has
assigned. Nominal assets, $4,000; liabilities
about $4,000
Geo. w. Brown, a New York builder, as.
signed on the 4th, with $685. liabilities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12

Blabow & Co.'s oil-cloth works at PhiIadel-
phia were damaged 10 the extent of $50, 900 by
fire on the 9th inst.
Charles Carom's dwelling at Three Rivers,
Quebec, burned on the night Of the Sd. Two
children persisted.
A fire in the manufacturing district of Wa
terville, Me-, on the 4th, caused a loss of about
$4,000.
Eggleston & Co.'s grist mill, at Horizon, was
destroyed by fire on the night of the I'd. Loss
$4,000. insurance 81, 900.
The drying house Of the Middlesex. Mass,
bleaching and dye works burned on the 3d.
Loss S20.000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
The Situation in Tonouin.

Advices from Tonquin of the 7th state that
Gen. Millot, commander of the French land
forces, with his staff has crossed from Hanoi TO
the right bank of the Red River, and is adj,
vancing along the right bank of the canal of the
rapids to effect junction with Gen Negrier.
who has left Haidzuong for Bac-Ninh. An,
other column is advancing to the north SO as
to cut off the retreat of the Chinese fighting at
Bac-Ninh. Immediate measures will be taken
to blockade the delta and suppress piracy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
a Fond DIN Lac Fiend.

a woman named Mrs. Arnes, guest at the
Eagle Hotel. Fond du Lac. Wis, gave birth to
8 child on the night Of the 8th When the
landlord, one Scharbuno, was told of the Cir
cumstance, he drove the woman from the
house with her child, the hour being late in
the evening. She was found by the police at II
O'Clock, with the child, dead, in her arms, and
SO chilled that her condition was declared criti
cal hv nhvSicians
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12

Charles Colgreen and wife, Edward Crockett,
Lotlie Pleon, .. J. Johnson, N. S. Delano.
Willard Stephenson and John Richardson.
The bodies were all recovered except ono.
This is the worst slide ever known in that
region. Snow was piled forty feet high, and
the damage to the mine Is $15,0 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12

Mrs. Goode. It's a desecration of the
day, ma'am. / never take O horse car
on Sunday, ma'am. walk, ma'am, and
receive my reward in an approving
conscience, not to speak Of the fact that
have saved 5 cents, ma'am. "-Bo8ton
TTQ2lScTi91L
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
An Adroit Escape.

One one of the most adroit escapes known
in criminal history was effected on the 9th
by Lucky Joe Wilson, o famous chief of gang
of desperadoes infesting North Carolina. Will
CON was confined in jail at Lenoir, and on the
9Th he was found in mis- cell, apparently dead
from hermomage. The body was taken to an
clubhouse and placed in s. coffin. At dusk,
while no one was present but the prisoners
sister, the "corpse" arose from the coffin and
walked quietly away, and at last accounts had
not been recaptured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
FRENCH POPULATION,

While the population of nearly all
countries is increasing, the indications
are that at the end of the present CEN
tury France will have a smaller num-
Der of people than now. Though the
population has considerably increased
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
California;. Floods.

A dispatch of the 9TH says: Southern Cali
fornia Is experiencing heavy rains. Lands
have been flooded and railroad communication
ObStructed,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-12
A RTutaI Crime

John Barnes, a powerful and brutal negro of
Townville, S. c., was arrested on the Sd for a
horrible assault upon his nephew, a 7-year- old
boy, who was left in his care by dying sister.
He made the Child do mans work in the cot
ton field until he fell from exhaustion, and
then he tied him to pole and killed him with
$50 lashes. He was pursued ny whites and ne
groes and narrowly escaped lynching.