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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

WHAT Is ''NEWs?"-It might not be-
easy to state in one short paragraph, just
what news consists of. But scandal.
Gus or sensational items are not news in
proper sense. Perhaps it would be more
acceptable to our readers, rs we'll as easier
for us, to tell where it it is instead of
what it is. The Milwaukee Sentinel is
one of the best examples of paper
which has discovered the secret, and
given the result to the public. In that
paper we have, every day, complete
record of the worlds doings for the past
twenty-four hours, without sensational
features but with greatest prominence and
space given to the most important eventS
It's editorials are instructive and trust.
worthy, and, hence. the paper pursues a.
straightforward and consistent course.
In addition to this. it is family paperH-
for each number contains choice mis-.
cellaneous selections, embracing Literary,
religious, poetical humorous, educational,
agricultural and scientific subjects.
From this wealth of material The Week
ly Sentinel is made, and it is the best
weekly newspaper published, especially
for Wisconsin readers It's premiam
offers are all articles of real value, at
startlingly low prices, SO low that the
paper could never afford to make them,
if its immense circulation did not enable
tito order in quantities which secure for
it special Wholesale rates. Waupun
Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

GERMANY's LATEST ACQUISITION. -
The islands lying north of New Guinea.
which have just been annexed by Ger
many, are among those that England and
France mutually agreed, some years ago,
not to annex except by mutual ut.
The Anstrians should now be reasonably
satisfied. 1t is tolerably safe to assume
that Germany will make good use of the
islands. England lately took possession
of tho southern half of New Guinea.
France has now no further opportunity
to turn her conyicts lsose in that region,
and has moreover decided to remove her
penal settlement to Madagascsr.-CEeve.
land Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

The farmers of Holland are now matur.
ing plan for supplying London with
milk. -Four steamers are to be built,
each of720 tons, for the purpose of car
rying daily 100000 liters of fresh Dutch
milk from Amsterdam to Harwich,
whence it will be transported in refrig-
orator cars to it's destination The enter
prise will be incorporated as the ''5ociete
Anonyme," with capital Of 100000
guilders. It's promoters urge that if only
100000 litres of milk shall be sold each
day in London, at "a pence per litre,
there would be revenue of 4l2,50G
guilders per annum, or "a per cent. upon,
the capital. It is solemnly declared that
the milk would always be dispatched
from Holland without mixture of water,
and that if it should be diluted afterward
the blame would rest solely upon the
London dealers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
THE RELIGIOUS FAITH OF GREE,

The RELIGIOUS FAITH OF GREEN
LANDERs. all the Esquimaux of
Greenland, are adhererts of the Luther
an faith, having been converted through
the missionary enterprise of the Danish
church. They have neat little churches
where they hold religious services every
Sunday. To all appearances they are a
happy and cOntented people. The Nor
avisns. also, have been missionizing in
in this little sea-bound world for over $50
years, and have recently lost their lead
ing missionary there, Pastor Brodbeck,
who has labored very successfully on the
eastern coast of the island, From Green
land the Woravians are nov also trying
TO extend their labors to Alaska, and
systematic work will be commenced there
with the lew year.-Neso York Inde
pendent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

"The local paper" SAYS Whitelaw
Reid, ''is the best paper in the world.
All the city papers cannot supply the
place of the home paper. No other con.
tains the marriages and deaths, to say
nothing of divorces and births. No other
paper gives the time for the next ball,
picnic or political meeting; no other
publishes the roll of honor of the public
school; no other discusses the affairs of
the town and county, or gives in detail
the local news, which can be obtained
from no other source. Everybody reads
it and this is why the local paper is the
best advertising medium for it's circula-
tiOn extant."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
WATERTOWN WIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 1885.
PASTE THIS IN YOUR HAT.

Envelopes were first used in 1889.
An@sthesia was discovered in 1874.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
The first air pump was made in 1854.
The first daily paper appeared in 1902.
The first lucifer match was made in
1898.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
Mohammed was born at Mecca about
$40.
The first balloon ascent was made in
1893.
Coaches were first used in England in
1869,
The first horse railroad was built in
1926 81.
The Franciscans arrived in England in
1924.
The first steamboat piled the Hudson
in 1907.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed
in I48S.
Ships were first "copper-bottomed" ir
1888.
Gold was first discovered in California
in 1848.
The FIRST telescope was used in England
in 1908
Christianity was introduced into Japan
in 1549
The first watches were made at Nur-
emburg in 1477.
The first saw makers anvil was brought
to America in 1919.
The first almanac was printed by
George Won Furbach in 1860.
The first newspaper advertisement ap--
peared in 1862.
United States army in 1880.
The first use of a locomotive in this
country was in 1929.
Omnibuses were first introduced in
| New York in $780,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
NO.. l3

For lung and liver diseases, measels..
and cholera give your hogs Days Horse
and Cattle Powder. It is the standard
remedy. Price % cents per package of
one pound, full weight.
Elderly widower-If ever I parry
again, it will only be to some young and
innocent woman, who, I can be sure, will
love me as long as she lives. Outspoken
friend-Humph! You can think yourself
lucky if you will get one that will love
you as long as you live.-French Paper.
A New York dispatch says: General
John @. Fremont, in his old age, is about
to become pathfinder again. This time
the scene of his exploits will be the
Republic of Mexico. At the head of an
exploring and surveying party he is
going to the northeastern part of that
country to fix the boundaries of a tract
of not less than 100000 acres of land
which was recently acquired by a syn
dicate of capitalists"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
GD,er 21eiehbors.
JEFFERSON.

A German who calls himself August
Reizel and claims to hail from Oconto
Co., appeared at the Wisconsin House
Saturday morning after his arrival he
showed signs of insanity. He was, how
ever, kindly cared for with the expec-
tation that his condition might some
what improve. At about noon he be-
came so boisterOus that it was considered
advisable to call in Marshal Johnson,
who promptly responded to the call and
gathering him in leading him to the
cooler, The marshal thereupon tele-
graphed to Oconto and received an an
swer from the unfortunate mans wife
stating that she would be here after him.
During the time the fellow became a
raving maniac, and to some considerable
extent injured another man in prison
with him.
Peter Foley, of jamestown, Dakota,
spent part of last week in Jefferson, the
guest OF Geo. Grimm.
Chas. Friedel, who is teaching school
at Neceda, Wis, is home to spend the
winter vacation.
Mrs. Frank Pfaher is confined to her
bed. Sunday she was so low that her
life wac dispsired Of
Hon. j. w. Ostrander left for Wash
ington yesterday to cast the eleven votes
of Wisconsin in the electoral college.
He will be absent from Jefferson about
ten days, therefore, will probably view
the sights of Washington.-Banner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

DESTROY THAT SIGN.-One may feel
that he's getting old. but he naturally
disikes that anything about his appear
ance should advise others of the fact.
Yet nothing does this so effectually as
thin and falling hair No woman wants
to marry man, and business firms hesi.
tate to employ man, who shows this
fatal sign. Parker's Hair Balsam is
worth to you, in this regard, more than
lbs weight in diamonds. Use it, and have
plentiful and glossy hair. Many haye
had every trace of grayness removed and
bald spots covered by using a single
bottle. IS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

Colonel Daniel s. Lamont, who is
Governor Grover Clsvelands private
secretary at Albany, and will be his pri-
vate secretary in Washington, is dark,
smallish, spare built man. 33 years of age
and native of Courtland county, n. Y.
He is proverbial for his shrewdness and
reticence. He has always been active 10
politics, and has been Clerk of the State
Assembly, Chief Clerk in the State
Department at Albany, and Secretary of
the New York Democratic Committee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
Eclectic Magazine
FOREIGN Literature, Science, and Art
lSS5-4Ist YEAR.

The Foreign Magazines embody the most
scholarly, vigorous and searching thought OF
the age, Through the medium of these period
icals the best work ofthe great authors of Europe
passes as rule, before it is finally putt book
form 1t is the aim of the ECLECTIC MAGAZINE
to select and reprint all the representative ar
ncles thus given to the world.
The plan of the ECLECTIC includes Science
Essays, Reviews Biographical Sketches, Histor-
ical Papers, Art Criticisms, Travels, Poetry and
Short Stories.
It's Editorial Departments comprise Literary
Notices dealing with current home books,
Foreign Literary Notes. Science and Art, sum
marizing briefly the new discoveries and
achievements in this field, and consisting OF
choice extracts from new books and foreign
journals. The subjoined lists exhibit the prin.
cipal sources whence the material is drawn
and the names of some of the leading authors
whose articles may be expected to appear:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
NEW GOODS
Just received by Miss A Werschutz, Sd st.
Sd door north of Main Street.

A full and complete line of
laces, collars, hosieries, hand
kerchiefs, notions, underwear,
hoods, sacks, all kinds of yarns,
albums, toys, etc, which will
be offered at extremely low
prices. The ladies of Water
town and vicinity are respect
fully invited to call and exam
inc my stock. All kinds Of
worsted works made to order
on short notice.
Respectfully,
Miss A. WERsCHUTZ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
PERIODICALS.
AUTHORS.

Quarterly Review, Rt. Hon w E. Gladstone,
Brit, Quarterly Review, Alfred Tennyson,
Edinburgh Review, Professor Huxley,
Westminster Review Professor Tyndall,
Contem porary hcview Rich. A. Proctor, B. A,
Fortnightly Review, J. J.NormanLockyer, F. RS
The Nineteenth Gently, DR.. w, B. Carpenter,
Science Miscellany, e. B. Taylor;
BlackWood'S Magazine, Professor Max Muller,
Cornhin Magazine, Professor Owen,
Macmillans Magazine, Matthew Arnold,
Longman's Magazine, Z. A Freeman, D. c. L.,
New Quart. Magazine, James Anthony Froude,
Temple Bar, Thomas Hughes.
Belgravia, Algernon C, Swinburne.
Good Words, William Black,
London Society," Mrs. Oliphant,
Saturday Review Cardinal Newman,
The Spectator Cardinal Manning,
The Academy, Miss Thackeray,
The Athenaum, Thomas Hardy,
Nature, Robert Buchanan
ETC., etc. ETC., etc
The aim of the ECLECTIC is to be instructive
and not sensational, and it cOmmends itself
particularly to all intelligent and thoughtful
readers who desire instruction as well as enter
tainmentl
STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
The ECLECTIC comprises each year two large
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MS.-Single copies. As cents; one copy
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for three months, 81. The ECLECTIC and any $i
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Is Bond Street, New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07


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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07
M Eugene GOeadner
~ DENTIST,

SECOND Door East of Post ONCE, WatertownI,
Wis. Teeth extracted without pain; ArUncla-
teeth inserted on gold, silver and rubber plates
Teeth filled with gold and silver, and all WORK
warranted to give entire satisfaction
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Wild Beasts in India

The wild-beast pest but slowly
disappears In British India. There
is, however, a slight decrease in the
loss of lie from the bites of wild
animals and venomous snakes The
numbers are 22,905 for 'S3 and D.
425 for 'S4. The numbers repre-
senting those due to snake bites are
20,067 and 19,629 in the two years
respectively. The reported loss Of
cattle amounted to 1862, against
47,47S in the previous year. OF
these, 1914 are said to have been
caused by wild animals, and 1,72S
by snakes. Tigers and leopards are
shown to have been about equally
destructive, having killed 1860 and
1863 head of cattle respectively.
In the number of wild animals des-
troyed there was a satisfactory in
crease from 10,S90 in the previous
year to 23,775. The destruction of
poisonous snakes is enormous, but
the numbers have declined from
4l2,7S2 to 3S0,9S1. Wherever the
ystem Of rewards has been pursued
tie figures have shown a satisfactory
increase, although it naturally hap
pens that here and there a too ad-
venturous snake killer pays for his
daring with his life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Care OF Cellars.

A great mistake is sometimes
made in ventilating cellars and milk
houses. The object of ventilation is
to keep the cellars cool and dry, but
this object often tails Of being accom-
plished by a common mistake, and
instead, the cellar is made both
warm and damp. a cool place
should never be ventilated, unless
the air admitted is cooler than the
air within, or is at least as cool as
that, or a very little warmer. The
warmer the air, the more moisture It
holds in suspension. Necessarily,
the cooler the air, the more this
moisture is condensed and precipi
tated. When a cool cellar is aired
on warm day the entering air be-
ing in motion appears cool bnt rs
it fills the cellar, the cooler air with
which it becomes mixed chills It.
the moisture is condensed, and dew
is deposited on the cold walls, and
NAV often be seen running down
them in streams Then the cellar
is damp, and soon becomes mculdy.
To avoid this, the windows should
only be opened at night, and late
the last thing before retiring There
is no need to fear that the night air
is unhealthful-it is as pure as the
cir of midday, and is really drier.
The cool air enters the apartment
during the night. and circulates
through it. The windows should
be closed before sunrise in the morn
ing and kept closed and shaded
through the day. If the air of a
cellar is damp, it may be thoroughly
dried by placing in it a peck OF
fresh lime in an open box. A peck
of lime will absorb about seven
pounds, or more than three quarts OF
water, and in this way cellar or a
milk-room may soon be dried, even
in the hottest weather. A bushel
of lime absorbes twenty-seven
pounds of water, and still appears
as dry powder. In this condition
it will be very useful to spread over
the garden Or lawn, or around fruit
trees, or it may be useful for white
wash. This precaution is otter nee
essary in the dairy, because of the
prevalence, where air is damp, OF
mildew and the various forms OF
mould. The orange and red kinds
of mould especially, which some
times form upon the cream, have a
most Injurious effect upon the but
ter
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
An Eccentric Poets Cabin.

"The Cabin" Joaquin Mil,er's
house in the outskirts Of Washing
ton, bears many evidences of hav-
ing been conceived by an eccentric
mind. 1t is surrounded by stumps
OF Immense trees firmly imbedded
in the ground, which clearly never
grew there. The Casual Observer
was there once and asked Mr.. Miller
where these stumps had come from.
He said he had brought them from
California. He wan.ed to have his
house surrounded by all the accom-
paniments of log cabin in the
rocky mountains. They were poet
&c, he said, and helped inspiration.
Another curiosity is an old-fashion-
ed well near the cabin, with a long
pole with a weight on the end to
give a dip to the bucket. The well
Is a deep and a large one. "I
brought the pole from California,
too said the Poet OF the Sierras. .
-Graphic.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
A Minister stoned in the street.

PITTsBURG, December 1S-At Bar
kerville, hamlet in a remote corner
of Venango county, Professor W. f.
Yates, of the Barkerville Academy
and a minister of the Church of God,
incurred the enmity of Ex-Elder c
w. Kountz, who had been expelled
from the church. Kountz has gath
cred around him a religious sect who
look upon him as a prophet A
plot was arranged to break into
Yates house and carry him to their
meeting and compel him to listen to
their doctrines, but the plot failed
because of the absence of Professor
Yates. The following evening the
mob met him on the street and ston-
ed him until he dropped insensible.
He is believed to be fatally injured
If Yates dies his friends threaten TO
lynch his assailants.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Damming the Polar Sea.

The polar current passing through
Labrador and Newfoundland APP
pears to defect the gulf stream from
the shores of the United States and
the British Provinces, interposing a
cold wall of water between the land
and the genial warmth of the cur
rent from the tropics. By building
a dam across the narrow straits OF
Belle Isle-about ten miles wide
and averaging 80 feet in depth
Mr.. John c. Goodridge, Jr., zuggests
that the icy stream might be turned
aside into mid ocean. Then, it is
believed. the gulfstream would skirt
the American coast and maieriallg 8
change its climate from Cape Hat.
teras to Newfoundland, freeing the
Gulf of st. Lawrence from icebergs
and giving to Nova Scotia the mild
ness OF Cape May.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
women's s PAGES.

What is my opinion of pretty
woman's face? Iii is about the weak
est recommendation she can have,
when you get down to the real
worth of it; but for the ordinary
uses of society, such as winning
popularity, attention, and husband
it probably takes first place. Men
are just as big fools about 4 pretty
face as women, and women are too
silly for anything. We hardly live
a day that we don't hear OF women
undergoing all sorts of torture to i'm
prove their beauty, even when they
have a very fair amount OF good
looks to start on. Twas just reading
Yesterday of one who had freckie
doctor take all of the skin off OF her
face with some kind of medicine in
order to remove the harmless little
specks. / am glad tosay she is dis
figured for life. Every time she
looks at herself now she will see a
monument to her folly, and if she
has any sense at all she will learn
that something besides beauty OF
face is requisite to give her true beau
ty. 1t doesn't seem to occur TO a
girl that the superficial beauty OF
face is not warranted not TO fade,
even though she sees every day the
disegreeably homely faces of women
who in their youth were considered
beautiful. That women thus place
such value upon a pretty face is not
a compliment to the men for whom
they care most to be pretty, because
it is an open admission that men
haven't any more sense than they
have, and in justice TO my sisters, L
confess that they are right in their
conclusion-the men are not any
better finished and furnished in their
skulls than the women are. II you
will look, however, among the mar
ried women of the land you will dis
cover that homely women are about
as successful in winning husbands
as the others, and their homes and
children are better evidences than
anything else, as to which class take
the gate money. All the talk in the
world will not change public opinion
on this matter, but there is some
comfort in being able to let some
body know that on the outskirts OF
the crowd of beauty worshipers there
are a few who are heterodox enough
to know the difference between
shadow and substance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
T. Pluribus Unum.

The young man fingered near the
managing editors desk. waiting fol
an appointment on the regular staff
But you drink ?" said the man
ager. wishing to let the candidate
down easy.
Yes replied the young man
:" so did Alexander the Great"
You are a dude?" glancing al
the youths dandified dress.
So was Disraeli."
And You are liar2'
$50 was Napoleon Bonaparte."
And you are head and ears in
debt?"
Like Alexander Dumas"
And you are a glutton?'
So was Peter the Great.n
And you swear occasionally p
SO did George Washington
You are liable to get drunk ?"
Like Daniel Webster
You are not a college man ?"
Neither was Lincoln
And then you write q wretched.
ly illegible hand?"
Like Horace Greely.n
You can't make a speech ?"
Like Grant"
Well" said the manager, plung-
ing at heap of manuscript, any
how we don't want you you won'i
do. Good morning.
The young man turned away ex-
ceedingly sorrowful. ats no sort
Of use" he said, "a fellow combines
in his own brain and person the
traits Of all the great men from Alex
ander to Grant, and can't even get
a place on a one-horse newspaper.
This world is growing too fast for
genius. ."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
Guarding vanderb,its Tomb.

The iron gates that swing between
the pillars of the western gateway TO
the old Morovisn Cemetery at New
Dorp, Staten Island, are closed every
night at 6 O'Clock. and four OF Pink
erton's detectives, armed with heavy
navy revolyers, take the place OF
three similarly armed men who dur
ing the afternoon have been on guard
at the tomb Of William IL. Wander
bilt. But the four men who patrol
the cemetery grounds are not the
only men on guard. Others are
concealed In the bushes around the
tomb, while the roads on either side
of the gate are well watched. Dur
ing the day the guard is less numer-
Gus than at night, bus no precautions
are relaxed.
During the three stormy days fol-
lowing Mr.. Vanderbilt's burial the
detectives we're obliged to depend on
their rubber coats for shelter from
the driving rain Yesterday, how
ever, two sentry boxes were put in
position near the tomb. The niche
in the vault in which the coffin of
the dead millionaire is placed is con-
nected with an electrical alarm, and
even if tunnel could be driven to
the tomb any attempt to remove the
body or any tampering with the
wires of the alarm would be made
known Immediately at the head
quarters of the detectives.
4 registering alarm clock has been
placed near the gate of the vault,
and at short intervals the guard is
required to register its presence a.
the tomb. No attempt 10 remove
the body is expected, in view Of the
precautions taken to prevent it, but
the watch over the tomb will be
maintained in the same manner I'M
til the mausoleum is finished.