Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-06-04
DON'T GIVE UP YET.-It doesn't fol

DON'T GIVE UP YET.-It doesn't fol-
low that patient will die because the
doctors have ''given him up" or that he
will recover because they promise to
"pull him through" It is never too
late to try the great virtues of Parker's
Tonic. Michael Guilfoyle, of Bingham
ton, n. Y, was cured of Rheumatism by
it after ten years of unspeakable suffer,
ing. R. w. Mosher druggist. of same
CITY, certifes that he mas sold over a
thousand bottles of Parker's Tonic
through its reputation for this and other
cures. "a
THE BARTHoLDI STATUTE.-The Tor
onto mail says: The Bartholdi statute
of Liberty is now finished and on exhi-
bition in Paris. 1t is the largest known
colossus of either ancient or modern
times, measuring from the base to the top
of the torch Isl feet. The colossus of
Rhodes, one of the wonders of the world,
had an elevation of 131 feet; the statute
of Nero by Zenodorous, 119 feet: the
Memnon. at Thebes, 62 feet, aad the
Olympian Jupiter, of Phydias 43 feet.
Of modern colossal statutes, that of the
German warrior Hermann, near Detmold,
in Westphalia, is 90 feet IN height: that
of Carlo Borromeo, overlooking Lake
Magciore, is II feet. So that Bartholdi's
for which it is so difficult to raise money
enough in New York to erect pedestal,
is 20 feet higher than the tallest ancient
colossus and SO feet higher than any
modern work of art.
GEN. GRANTS SoRRow.-A Washing
ton dispatch to the New York Graphic
says: IA gentleman who saw General
Grant in New York last week says he is
utterly broken down by the disclosures
which have followed the failure of the
bank In which he was interested, aud
that the shock has shortened his life by
ten years. He talks freely about it to
his intimate friends but keeps himself
secluded and fears that he has lost the
respect and confidence of the country.
The General admits that some of his
friends came to him months ago and
warned him that Ward was an adventur-
er and was using his name in an improp.
er way, but his confidence in the young
man was so great that he repulsed them,
and thinks he may have treated some Of
them coolly. He is said to be so sensi-
tive about the matter that he does not
read. the newspapers and knows but little
of the magnitude of the failure or the
extent of Wards fraudulent operations"
FIGHT BETWEEN A SHARK AND AN
ALLIGATOR.-The Apalacnicola Ella
Tribune describes combat between a
ten-foot man erter shark and seven foot
alligator at East Pass the other day.
When the shark spied the alligator he
went for him at lively rate The ALI.
gator waited the onslaught with blinking
eyes and open mouth. Seeing his antag-
onist prepared for him, the willy shark
made only a seeming attempt at attack
and rushed by with increased velocity.
When few feet only interviewed, the
shark by a turn known only to this fish,
wheeled with lightning rapidity and
bounced upon his enemy. Quick as the
movement was it did not succeed. As
saurian and the fish came together, there
was terrible churning Of the waters for
moment, and then the shark darted off
few feet, turned once more quickly up
on his stomach, and his ponderous Jaws
closed upon the saurian's middle. There
then was a crunching of bones. and for
second the water was dyed with blood,
and then one-half Of the defeated foe was
seen to disappear down the cavernous
throat of the shark.