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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

office many salutary measures of
great moment became the law OF
the land, and many abuses were rectiied
that had long obtained. Shortly after the
Inauguration Of President Hayes Gen.
Grant went abroad and Travelled every por-
ton of the whole civilized world. No rep
resentative man of any nation, ancient or
modern, has ever been the subject Of so
many distinctions, honors and mighty
homageS. All nations, tongues and peoples
met him with acclamations OF applause.
Princes and potentates did him honor be-
fore their subjects and showered on him
tokens Of their esteem. On his return to
his native land the subject was mooted Of
nominating him third time for the pres
idency, but the project was abandoned be-
cause of the idea that it did not accord with
the true spirit Of republican institutions.
The public is but little acquainted with
Grants life after his return from abroad.
He lived in dignifed retirement, although
he maintained a lively interest in public
affairs and occasionally voiced his opinion
on matters of national Importance as they
developed themselves. He made his home
in New York city, where his sons were en-
gagged IN the stock brokerage business. His
natural interest in the welfare of his sons
finally led him to connect himself as special
partner in the firm Of Grant & Ward, which
was wrecked through the rascality of Fred.
Ward and his associates. The collapse,
which occurred in May, 1884, left Grant
almost penniless and broken in spirit. It
is believed that theshock consequent on the
disclosures of that memorial Wednesday
was the primary cause OF the disease which
ended in his death.
The correct Christian name Of Gen. Grant
was Hiram Ulysses, but through some blum
der in making out his appointment to West
Point, Ulysses S, was written instead and
this, he thought proper to adopt.
a great writer once said: He is man
noticeable by the modest quietude of his
ways, great by the heroic deeds he has per-
formed, great by his lofty allegiance to law
and his observance OF the duties Of citizen
ship-by, in fact, the sum total of those
virtues which enable a man to use his facul-
ties and powers for the promotion OF the
welfare Of his country, for its safety and
progress rather than for the advancement
of his own selfish or mercenary ends. He
is VIGOROUSLY man of but few wol DIS; yet
what he says is always sensible and instruc-
tive His manner is blunt from sheer sim
plicity OF character, not from any want of
consideration for those about him; for he
is, OF Americans, 'the greatest, yet with
least pretense, and, as the greatest only are
in his simplicity sublime"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

the matter ?" he asked, startled by the
look on her face. 90! 1 have got on
my brown hat" "Eh ?' eiaculat-
ed the astonished man. She
burst into uncomfortable tears.
"What, Martha, what is the matter
with your" he demanded. "Don't
you see what is the matter?" she re-
turned, in a sobbing voice. GIVE GOT
on my brown hat with my striped
silk. Oh, what will people say Pr
Chicago Tribune.
For many seasons there has never
been SO pronounced taste for light
colors as this summer. The revival of
delicate muslins with charming designs
and the generally tasteful manner
OF their makeup" is very pleasant
phase of the present fashions. What
can be more appropriate for lawn par
ties than white muslin or organdy.
plain or "sprigged," or with some de-
sign in color? Grass and trees and
summer sky form an harmonious set
ting for the changeful fitting of
"ladyes faire" in robes of gossamer
like the feecy clouds, or tinted with
the hues OF tender flowers. The dark
grounds of a season or two ago with
contrasting designs are quite obsolete,
and although many of the thin fabrics
have heavy figures or stripes, these are
rather the exception.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

specially for him. He was secretary OF war
al interim from August H. 1867, to Janu
airy Ia, 1868, during the suspension OF See
rotary Stanton. At the Republican Ma
tional Convention at Chicago, May 81,
1868, he was nominated for president and
was inaugurated March 4, 1869. He i'm
mediately set about reconstructing the re-
bellious states. The act to enforce the pro
visions of the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution was followed by "a proca-
nation exhorting obedience to it. In 1871
President Grant proposed the annexation
of San Domingo as a territory ofthe United
States, without success. At the National
Republican Convention, held at Philadel.
phia, June 3, 1872, be was re-
nominated for the presidency and
in due course entered upon his sec
ond term of office. During the last SEES
sion of the Forty second Congress the sal
airy of the president twas doubled. Although
the presidency OF Gen. Grant was neces-
sarily embarrassed with sugges lions OF grave
Importance, his Judgment, moderation and
firmness were equal to the great trust re-
posed in him. That his administration was
characterized by some defects few will at
tempt to deny, but then it must be admit
ted, also, that he was always more loyal TO
his own convictions than to the mere
whirns OF party. During his term OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

ingly place the horses before themselves
as the great attractions OF the state. | re-
member hearing a conversation between
Gen Grant AID a Kentucky girl at the st.
Louis merchants exchange in 1875, when
Gen (then PRESIDENT Grant was visiting
the St. Louis fair. A number Of ladies were
introduced to the president, whereupon he
spoke in very high terms Of st. Louis, the
fair, etc. You are mistaken, Mr.. Presi-
dent; we are not from St. Louis, laugh
ingly said one Of the girls; 1--WE are from
Kentucky, a very fine state, you know,
which possesses three things all men of
taste must appreciate" Smilingy, the
president asked her what they were. She
answered, ''We have the fastest horses, the
prettiest women, and the finest whisky in
the world" The president replied, "Your
horses are certainly justly Ienowned; | have
some on my farm near here; yourself and
party prove the correctness Of your second
observation, but whisky is one of the things
that requires age, and your men consume it
so fast that it rarely has fair chance to
become good" The girls thought that If
Gen. Grant could not make long speech,
he was apt at repartee.
A SILENT MAN.
Among the "reminiscences OF the war the
following extract from aninterview with an
old Virginia Methodist preacher is interest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
Two Yarns OF the Sea.
from the Cincinnati Enquirer. ]

Fred. Englehardt, who has been for
few weeks a Cincinnatian, brought
up the general subject of presence of
mind in danger. Manager Jim Collins
told how one year he was wrecked at
ing company.
sFinancially wrecked" queried one
OF the party on the rear platform.
''No; really wrecked at sea, and SO
cramped for money by the fact that I
had to rely upon my EXPERIENCES as
diver. then very great, to raise funds.
A yacht orth So, 900 had been sunk
on the coast in the same storm that
stranded our company. worked six
days getting up the sand-bags and
other ballast, and finally she was
raised, l getting $40 for my share. On
the last day, just as l gave spring
from the sunken deck that would take
me to the surface, l felt a slip-knot
tighten round my ankle. 1t dragged
me back, and felt I was goner. l
kept cool, however, and, STOPPING,
while nearly suffocating, managed to
unite the knot, which could not be
slipped back. When | reached the
boat above I fell, fainting, with the
blood bursting from mouth and
nose"
"Well," chimed in Englehardt, who,
by the way, is champion amateur
swimmer, 81 too, had a close call,
whileyeta STRIPPING was sculling off
Castle Garden, and suddenly found the
outgoing tide, tremendously swift at
any time, too much for me. At the
same moment the Staten Island ferry
came on me suddenly, and I vas drawn
under her side. The wheel crushed my
bow and felt myself thrown up over
her paddles. One of the buckets struck
me on the shoulder, and as l was
hurled under water again 1 dove as
deep and as far as could. I came up
on the side opposite from that to
which the passengers had rushed to
look for me. | was at home in the
water, but as the tide bore me out, I
tried in vain to attract the attention
of the people on the ferry. A tug
picked me up, and as she blew her
whistle and the passengers on the
Staten Island boat realized that was
safe, they set up a great cheer"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
Her Little Man.
From the Detroit Free Press. I


"Here comes my little man." The
voice sounded pleasantly on my ear,
and turned to look at the speaker.
She was a ruddy checked woman of
some forty years, plainly but neatly
dressed; a clean, comfortable looking
body. She was standing at the garden
gate OF small house, and the words
spoken were not spoken to any visible
person. then looked ahead, and 10
and behold! her little man was ap-
preaching. He was a little, feeble
looking body, rather shabbily dressed,
with little round red nose and little
tWinkling eyes. | should put him
down as a clerk with q by no means
gigantic salary. There was nothing
romantic or particularly lovable in
his appearance, but at the moment
the face of the woman was beautiful
to look upon by reason of the pleas
ant and strong affection that beamed
from it. "Her little man." He ought
to have been proud Of it, and l dare
say he was.
1t is good to be somebody's little
man, or big man, if you like that bet
ter-to feel that your heart is filled,
and not empty and witheringfor want
of the glory of the warmth and light
of true love. If, as many OF the poets
have sung, the nearest approach to
heaven is true and honest love of one
dearer than all, lovethat never wavers
and is returned in all it's satisfying
fullness, what long way from heaven
must an old bachelor be, with his
heart full Of nothing but missing shirt
buttons, smoky club rooms, cherries
lodgings and vixenish landladies.
We laugh at the pictures Of those old
bachelors sewing on their buttons and
making their own Cruel, but some Of
these pictures darken into a very
somber background, as the weary and
uncared for old fellows gradually drop
into petulant decay.
Nobody's little men. I know some
of them by sight. Day after day they
may be seen YEARLY Flooding through
the same streets, with the same pipe
and the same umbrella, and the same
look of grim dissatisfaction on their
faces. Deeper down dip the corners
of their mouths, higher up 60 their
shoulders and thinner grow their noses
and cheeks. They 60 home, and
there's never a kindly soul with
pleasant smile Or kiss or word of love.
NObody's little men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
Not So Remarkable.

One day a solemn man entered a
Washington saloon, and asked:
els this the saloon where Booth got
q drink of brandy before killing the
PRESIDENT"
eyes, sir"
"Have you any of the same brandy
Lefty"
eyes, sir"
'In the same deceater?"
eyes, sir"
"Give me some Of the same brandy
out OF the same decanter."
1t is given him. and he puts down
the so cents and the liquor.
"Is that the same brandy that
Booth drank that night?"
eyes, sir"
"And then he went cat and shot
the President?"
eyes, sir
81 don't wonder! One drink of that
brandy would make man go out and
kill his grandmother"
IN some villages in Austria it seems
to be the fashion for doctors to have
a sign covering the whole side of the
house.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
Anecdotes of Grant.
his ESTIMATE OFF LEE.

A friend while talking OF Gen. Grants i'll
ness, said: THE General Dis a wonderful
man. He often speaks volumes m a single
sentence. I remember that upon one occa-
sion rather cheeky Individual was poster
ing him with questions about some OF his
campaigns, and the results not being to his
taste, finally told the General that it was a
common criticism passed upon him that he
had the soldiers, money and the power,
and that any man of ordinary capabilities
would have succeeded with the same op-
portunities. Grant slowly rolled his cigar
from one side of his mouth to the other,
and replied quietly I have heard Of these
criticisms before. There is only one answer
that can make. Gen. Lee surrendered TO
me. He didn't surrender to any other
Union general, although believe there were
several efforts made in that direction be-
fore / assumed command of the army"
as GOOD AS THE REST.
Grant had just been appointed to the
command of all the armies in the West.
In the East he was not so well known as
afterward, and men began to make close in
quiries about him., Judge Porter asked an
old friend who had been made a pension
agent what he knew about him. "Only
this" was the reply, land it has singularly
impressed me. An old gentleman came to
my Office about his pension whose name
proved to be Jesse Grant. | asked him
ii he knew this new general. He asked,
You mean "Lis2"' And then he told me
that he was his son, and he had just re-
ceived letter from him, which he showed
me. II read something like this You are
perfectly right in thinking that l recognize
my unftness to command this great army.
But look around me and wonder who Is
more fit. | may not succeed. But II / am
beaten, it will be so badly that / will never
be heard of again." That certainly sounds
like Grant.
HIS REPARTEE.
The Kentucky women are as enthusiastic
about horses as the men. They unhesitat-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
ON THE HURRY OF THIS TIME.
BY AUSTIN DOBSON,

With slower pen men used to write
OF old, when 'letters' were 'poIite,'
In Annals or Georges days
They could afford to turn phrase
Or trim struggling theme Alright.
They knew not steam; electric light
Not yet had dazed their calmer sight;
They melted out both blame and praise
With slower pen.
Too swiftly now the hours take fight!
WHAT'S read at morn is dead at night
Scant space have we for arts delays,
Where breathless thought so briefly stays
We may not work-ab. would we might
With slower pen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

IN Toxic a man with an income of a
$1,000 a year Is considered wealthy
man, and peasant or farmer who
has 500 laid by for 'srainy day" is
ranked among the capitalists OF his
district. But in all the empire it is es-
tlmated that there are less than TO-
900 paupers, wonderful record for q
population of 37,0OO,OOO.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
THE THUNDER'S Story.

tGeorSIa;la Featherstolh Iu{hi
Like an eclipse ehe black s-Io..i tips
Tue days departing glory.
With sulien beats the SURF repeats
The distant thunder's story.
Into the night, through films of white,
Dark winged forms are driven.
The vista far reveals a star,
Ciasping the earth and heaven.
Where rocks define no lands dar. line.
Wild pinioned tempests hurry.
In monotone they surge and moan
The thunder's muttered story?
The gulls swing low. as to and fro,
They touch the whitecaps hoary
With startled cry, they upward fly;
Heard they the thunder's story?
As tired birds fold their wings of gold
So drops the gales swift fury,
The clouds uprolled as it was told,
Reveal the thunder's story
Far ont at sea, dim. shadowy,
Still reach the whiteca ps hoary-
A drifting spar, sail. star;
This was the tragic story
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
CROPPING IN THE DARKNESS.
The Chinese stll Clinsin. to Customs
of Centuries Ago.

Tho Chinese stnl C1insins to Customs
of Centuries Ago.
Washington Cor. New York WorlLI
Capt Maddox, Of the marine corps. has
just returned from three years service in
China, whore he has been employed as an
instructor for the Chinese military in the
u-e of modern arms.
The captain says that he found the Chi
nose very teachable. They will make very
good soldiers, he believes. The men of the
northern provinces Of China are tall, and
have fine figures. In these regions six feet
is not uncommon height The iuhabit-
ants of southern China are small and infe-
rior physical types. 1t is from them that
the immigrants to this country come
Capt Maddox says that the Chinese
prejudice against foreigners is not much
less than when seaperts were first opened.
The Chinese emperor has never given but
one audience to the representatives of for
uign nations. This audience was only Sc
cured after several years of diplomatic
talk. Consent was given to tho reception OF
the foreigners if they would consent to fol-
low the Chinese etiquette for such an audi
ence- This compels the person received to
crawl upon his stomach he enters the
room, pausing the road to bump his had
on tho floor at requisite intervals until
reaching a sacred line in front OF the en-
peror, where he must remain PROSTATE I'M
til told to retire by the 'all-stomach route"
Naturally tho foreign representatives re-
fused to accede to this etiquette The mat
ter was finally compromised by requiring
the diplomatic people to mako continuous
bows upon entering and retiring from the
emperors presence. When the ministers
came to be presented they wero kept wait
ing for nearly two hours in n very cold
ante-room. The British minister, who was
a very old gentleman (nearly so became
thoroughly chilled. His teeth were chatter
ing with the cold when he entered for the
first time the sacred presence of the emperor
His shivering was noted by the kean-eved
Chinese, and published in all tho Pekin
papers as evidence of his terror upon enter
ing the awful presence of Chinese majesty.
This audience of foreigners has never
been repeated. 1t created great dis7atsfac-
ton in China. The present emperor is q
lad of II. who is guided by the empress re-
gent He has never been seen by any OF
the foreigners and by none except the
highest officials of his own race. The old
question of an audience to tho minister's can
not be raised until the present emperor is
of age and has displaced the empress regent
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
Notice.

with an act entitled An act to provide for IL
general law for the Incorporation of railways
and canals approved Feby 10Th, 1874, being
chapter 1857 of the laws of Florida and all acts
amcndatOry thereof, the undersigned have
formed Il corporation for the purpose of con-
structing, maintaining and operating Il rail-
road for public use in conveyance of persons
and property. to be called The Pdlatka and
Ocklawnha River Railway Company. The
road is to be constructed and operated from
PaIatl<a in the county OF Putnam 70 Ocaia in
the county of Marion. with 4 branch from some
point in the county OF Putnam to Aston in the
county OF Orange. The length of the road is
to he about ninety miles and the road Will he
made through aud into the counties of Put
nam, Marion and Orange.
NJ s. CARTIER, st. Louis, Mo,
VI. Il. BEAN. NOrWalk. Fla,
S.V. golden. Lake George. Fla,
!. :. COLLINS. trIug" Springs, Fla,
Sc CHAN 0LEH paiaJka Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
Contagious

Diseases are prevalent all over the world
am "A native of England, and while in that
country L contracted terrible blood poison,
outdoor patient at NJ ttingham Hospital,
England, but was not cured. l suffered the
most agoniziug pains in my bones, and was
covered with sores all over my body and
limbs. ! had vertigo and deafness, with par
tial loss of sight. severe pains in my head ana
eyes, etc, which nearly ran me crazy. ! lost
all hope in that country. and sailed for Amer
lea and was treated at Roosevelt i'm this city
as well as by prominent physician in New
York having no connection with the hospitals.
| saw the advertisement of swift's Specific,
and determined To give IL "A trial us "A last re-
sort. / had given up all hope % being cured,
S had gone through the hands of the best
medical men i'm Nottingham and New York ~
took six bottles of :, :. 5. and can say with
great joy that they have cured me entirely.
am as sound and well as ] ever was in my
life. l.. FRED IA LFOHD.--
Y city June I9 lSS5
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
WILLIAM i. VINEGAR,
SHERMAN CONAST,
WILDER j. WEBB,
SAMUEL j. kENNERLY.
SUMNER G. CHANDLER.
Notice of incorporation,

PALATKA GAS LIGHT AND FUEL COMPANY
The undersigned have formed and organized
themselves i'm IL company or incorporation to
be known rs the Palatk1 Gas Light and Fuel
Company. end. The general nature of the
business TO he transacted shalt b" the manu-
fucturC of gas and the sale Of gas and coal for
lights and fuel.
;5rd. The amount of capital stock UnthOr-
lied is fifty thousand dollars, ten per fccnt of
which shall be paid in ut the CONNIE ncCmcnt
of this organization, the remainder shall he
paid as the bylaws may direct and aS it shall
lie called by the directors, under the bylaws
4th. The time of the commencement OF this
organization is of same date herewith, and the
corporation shall expire by limitation twenty
years thereafter, unless continued by legal
means.
5th. The business OF the company shall hc
conducted 10y President and Board of five
Directors, Secretary and Treasure. and
suce other officers as may be provided for in
the bylaws.
9Th. The highest amount Of indebtedness
or liability 10 which the company can at any
time suhjccl itself Is fixed ut ten Thousand
dollars. This June 9th, l>S5.
n. :. CARTER.
tNGk CARLETON,
M. !. WINNEtiAR-
Ella Dew rSFD%.
W. !. ERR.
Pa'nrtst. fla July eth. 1SS5.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
TRAINS ARRIVE AT GAINESVILLE

CONNECTIONS.
AT Palatka with Jacksonville, Tamna Key
West Ry, fast river steamers for 81. Au-
gustine. Green Cove Springs, Jacksonvllle
and all points North, East and West, and with
uD river steamers for South Florida. Also
with the Twin Screw Iron Steamer City OF
Palatka :" and Steamship City of Monticello,
for Charleston, New York Boston. Philadel-
phia. etc.
Mail trains make close connection both ways
via J. r. * X. W. R'y., at Jacksonville with At
lautic Coast Line, Fast Mail,
At Waits Crossing with Florida Railroad
and Navigation Co., for Waldo.
At Gainesville with Savannah, Florida &
Western R'y for Tallahassee, Savannah and all
points North East and West, and with Florida
Railway and Navigation Co. for Cedar Key.
Pensacola. New Orleans and Tampa.
At Ocala with Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Co. and Hacks for Silver Springs.
At IecSburg with the st. Johns and Lake
Eusris division of the Florida Southern Rail-
way. and boats on Lake Harris for points on
Lake.
At Pembcrton's Ferry with Hack line for
Brooksville, Tuckcrtown, Fort Dade, Tampa.
and south Florida.
:. CONANT. o. W. BROWN ELL.
General Manager. Genr Pass. Agent
\. c. CowAS, Gen1 TRAY. Agt.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-11-06
Exchange.


I.awyer-Tou say you know Mr. Smith,
Witness-Yes, sir.
You mean that yoa ara acquainted with
HING
"Yes, sir. acquainted with him"
ooh, you don't know h;mi You are
merely acquainted with him! R5member.
YOU are on cath, sir Now, be careful You
don't mean to tell the court that you know
all about Mr. Smith, and everything he
ever did.'
NO, L suppose-"
Never mini what you suppose. Please
answer my question. Do you or do you
not know every thing that Mr.. Smith ever
dids'
mo"
"Thatll do, sir No, you do not. Very
good. SO you are not acquainted with all
his acts?'
"Of course"
"Stop there. Are you or are you not!'
NO"
aThat is to say, you are not SO VOL ac-
quainted with him as you thought you
wereP
Possibly not"
"Ju,t So Now we begin to understand
each other II you don't know anything
about Mr. Smiths acts when you ara not
with him. you can't swear you know him,
You"
If you put it in that way"
"Come, sir, don't seek to evade my ques-
ton. rll put it to you again: When you
say you know Mr.. Smith, you don't mean
To say you know everything he does."
mo, sir, of course not"
Just SO. OF course not. Then you were
not quite correct when you said you knew
Mr.. SMITH
mo, sir"
1In point of fact, you don't know Mr..
Smith."
No SIR"
"Ah! thought So That'll do. sir. You
can step down"