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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
A Practical JOKE.

On the Sunday succeeding Thanks
giving, says the Providence Journal, a
young married couple of this city Wis
tied the house of the lady's parents in
East Providence, and remained during
the day. During their absence few
of their intimate friends planned sur
prise for them on their return home.
The furniture was displaced, night
dress was hung upon the clock, and
everything was done to make scene of
disorder. The jokers eagerly awaited
the return of the unsuspecting couple.
The lady preceded her husband into the
house and Lit q match. The Pickering
fame Lit up the scene and displayed 80
her startled gaze the disordered condi-
ton of the room. Her eyes quickly
fell upon the white object near the
clock. In a moment she was struggling
Historically in her husbands arms, he
vainly endeavoring to bring her to her
senses and allay her fears. Her heart
rending cries brought the practical jok-
ers trembling into the room, and they
gazed with blanched faces upon the ter
rible result of the foolish act. A physi-
clan found, upon examination, that the
shock had caused the rupture of a
blood vessel in her head, the result be-
ing similar to conclusion of the brain
The lady since then has fingered be-
tween life and death, but she is now
deemed to be in fair way of recovery
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
Chance of Being Buried Alive

The writer of paper recently read
before the French Academy of Medi-
cine expressed the opinion that one in
every 5000 persons is buried alive,
while official statistics show that the
mortality among sailors from ship
wreck averaged one in every 1000.
The question has of late been much
discussed by the medical body just
mentioned, and it seems to be settled
that none of the accepted indications
of death, with the single exception of
the unmistakable decomposition of the
body, are to be regarded as perfectly
conclusive. It is certain that the posi-
biity of such frightful death weighs
on the mind of many of the French, as,
according to recent declaration of the
president of the chamber of notaries,
express instructions are given In one
will out of every ten to have the tesla
tors heart pierced by qualified sur
geon before the coffin is screwed dow u
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
Newspaper Shrinkage.
(Cor. Cleveland Leader.l

A story is told here regarding the
Truth which has petered out in New
York, which, if true, shows we'll the
fluctuations to which newspaper values
are subject The Truth was the paper
which published the Morey letter dur
ing the Garfield campaign. It sue
ceeded wonderfully for time, and
number CT persons, SO the story goes,
wanted to get hold of it. I. W. En-
gland, of the Sun, offered Josh Hart,
it's owner, 100000 for it, but Hart
wanted $125,000. A short time after
this Mclean of the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, offered $4,000 for Truth
but Hart told him he could
not have it for less than $780,
900. A few months passes and Amos
Cummings, another New York journal
ist, offers Hart $4,000, but he rejects
this offer and is willing now to sell for
$4,000. The story is that he after
wards was offered $4,000, held out
again for $4,000, and finally sold out
for $12,500. The paper is now played
out entirely.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
A Jail-Bird Worth $4,000.
(Cleveland Special in New York world.l

GCleveland Special in New York World.l
Trial was begun here to-day in the
case of the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank, of Galesburg, Ill, against John
Lainey, of this city. Lainey is known
in police and criminal circles as "Mol-
lie Matches" the celebrated pickpocket
and bank sneak-thief. He has for years
perpetrated the most audacious robber-
les. The shrewdest detectives worked
long to get case on him, but he elud
ed them. Unlike most of his craft, he
saved his money and owns valuable
real estate and houses here to the
amount of $4,000. Itremained for the
police of the little town of Galesburg to
send "Mollie" to states prison where he
is now serving three years sentence.
The bank having sent him there
brought the aforementioned suit to re-
cover from his property the $4,000 stol-
en- by "Mollie" and four confederates.
One of these, Patrick Guerin, testi
fed to-day that, having concluded that
the Galesburg Bank was good one to
work, they sent for Matches" who
agreed with them. One of them went
to neighboring town and hired horse
and wagon containing large box and
hitched the team near the bank about
noon. Matches watched the presi-
dent and treasurer go out of the bank,
and then lifted his hat as signal to his
confederates to advance. Matches"
went inside, when little girl came
along, looked in at the window and
nearly spoiled the scheme. One of the
confederates enticed her away, and then
Mrs Cotton, wife of the president,
drove up. Matches" tried to induce
the cashier to go out and talk to her,
but he was not to be thus caught.
Then Matches" proceeded to buy a
New York draft with small silver, which
he counted with much noise. Another
confederate stood near, holding up pa
per that screened third, who crept for
ward, picked lock and sneaked in be-
hind the cashier, where he quickly
scraped up $500 while Matches" was
quarreling with the cashier about the
draft. matches" finally admitted that
he and not the cashier had made a mis-
take in the count, and gathering up his
money he walked calmly out, saying he
would raise enough to buy the draft.
Once outside the three sprang into the
dry goods box and were driven by the
fourth to the depot. That night, on the
train for Chicago, they divided the
money, and it was not until months
afterwards that the first of the quartet,
Matches" was captured in Cincinnati.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
VEAL CROQUETTS.
How Names sect In."
From the New York Tribune. ]


GLOW does my name get into the pa
pepsi" some public man often asks me.
For about fifteen years one man in New
York has made business of visiting all
the hotels nightly to look over the reg
listers and pick out the names of promi-
nent visitors for publication. His name
is Joseph D. Lennon. He is short,
round-faced, jolly young man whose
eyeglasses and black mustache are
known to all the hotel men, with whom
he is favorite by reason of his good
nature and long acquaintance. He be-
gan this work when the Metropolitan
hotel was sway uptown" Originally he
gathered the names for the Tribune on
~. Now he supplies all the papers.
His nightly round begins about 9 o'clock
at the hotel Buckingham, Fifty-third
Street, and First Avenue, andit is near
" midnight when be reaches Printing
House square, so numerous are the
hotels he must visit, and so widely dis
tributed over the city. In the fifteen
years that he has been doing this work
he has become familiar with the names
of nearly every congressman. governor,
senator or public man of any kind in
the country. He is in fact walking
directory of public men. Sometimes
an effort is made to evade public men
ton of the arrival here of noted person
ages, but Mr.. Lennon has ready means
for discovering any such attempt, and
it rarely succeeds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSIST.
BY C. w. CRoFTS.


Bright was the day St. Francis rode
Far down the mount from his abode.
Above were depths of heavens blue,
Beneath there blushed the roses hue.
Twittering birds from tree to tree
Poured forth their joyous minstpelsy.
To every sense there came feast,
As onward rode the humble priest.
"How pure are all things-al see"
Said st. Francis of Assist.
Mid scenes so pure, oh, that might
Behold my Lord, my Life, my Light
What is it stands adown his path
That such loathsome visage hathE
A leper reeking with disease
Who fails imploring on his knees.
st. Francis turns to flee in haste,
As from some dreadful poisonous beast.
But ah, the thought comes to his mind
OF Him who was to lepers kind.
Naemore he turns, and then draws near
Aad TO him says, Be of good cheerl"
He fills his death-white hand with gold.
He stoops to kiss his garments
He passes on. while purers
Are all the scenes his vision fin
New springs off oy are touched within,
He feels cleansing from all sin.
And where once stood the worse than dead,
What bliss he sees his Lord instead
Twas Tins CT Francis learned to find
His Lord mid woes of humankind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11

behind the galley-house. Three re-
volvers and shotgun were pointed at
the brute. 'Held on, boys said, let
us make up our minds what is best
"The schooner's crew who were
perched in the rigging, yelled for us to
shoot low and kill the beast. [ pulled
one bell and stopped the tug. By this
time the men in the yawlboat had cut
adrift, and they clambered over the side
of the tug. They were Capt. Petit and
the mate and cook of the schooner.
There was no time for explanations
We had to work sharp, for sudden
veer in the wind might blow the schoon-
or off and start her adrift again. Capt
Petit had heavy navy revolver with
him, and we now slowly steamed around
the stern of the schooner and crept up
alongside as close as we could with safe
ty.
"His majesty the royal Bengal tiger
lay doing on the starboard side OF the
galley-house. AS pulled the gong to
stop the tug he raised his head and l
gave the word, 'AimP He looked at us
for moment, and. as he opened his
mouth to roar, I shouted, 'FireP The
contents of four revolvers and shot
gun were poured at the tiger, and, with
with roar of rage and pain that you
could have heard mile off, the animal
rose on his launches. One of his fore
paws hung limp. The beast tried to
gather himself up for spring, but he
could not manage it; he had been pep
pered in the legs.
az don't want to kill the tiger, said
Capt. Petit, If we can get him to go
back between decks, where his cage Is.
I am afraid the consignees won't pay
freight on him if [ make away with him. ;
after that we threw chunks of GOALS,
clubs, boards, anything we could get
hold of, at the tiger, but he only got
wilder, and roared louder. We were
no better off than at first, uni ess we
killed the beast. An idea struck me.
"'Unreel the hose I yelled.
"In a jiffy we had a length of fire
hose attached.
"The boiling water fairly Kissed as it
shot out of the muzz1e of the hose, bu t
the sight of the show was when it struck
the tiger. He jumped ten feet into the
air and let out roar that fairly shook
the vessel. We followed him all over
the deck, giving him the benefit of the
hot steam at every pause. He climbed
halfway up into the fore-rigging and
nearly put the man up in the foretop in
to fit. But he dropped back on the
deck, and as fresh squirt of steam
struck him square in the face he turned
tail and jumped down the main hatch
where his broken cage lay.
"In two seconds we were on board
the schooner, the matches were on, and
the tiger was secured. For an hour
after Capt. Petit sat in my cabin and
told me and my crew how he managed
to get into such, fix. Last Thursday
he took the tiger on board at Richmond
He had been sold by Forepaugh to the
trustees of Roger Williams Park, in
Providence, r. T., to be placed iu the
menagerie there. In the blow on Fri
day night, coming down the river, the
cage broke adrift from its fastenings.
and was so damaged that the beast man
aged to crawl out. The hatchway over
his cage had been left open for air, and
the tiger took possession of the schoon-
er's deck. They had been drifting fo1
nearly three hours when we sighted
them"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11

from all around them by their color,
have survived distinct tribe. An al
most perfectly white tribe exists in the
Atlas, the descendants, it is supposed of
Romans who fed to the mountains for
protection against the Barbarians, and,
as far as is yet known, climate has little
influence on color. The Copts remain
white, and the Tasmanians were quite
black, though they had always lived in
climate nearly Identical with that of
Britain.
SALT WATER ICE.
Marine ice was formerly regarded as
formed of solidifed pure water retaining
by mechanical adhesion traces of the
saline liquid. These traces could be ex'
PEELED by energetic pressure, when acids
and bases would be foundin the residue
OF desiccation in invariable proportions
as in the sea. The question of chemical
composition of the ice of the Arctic
Ocean is complicated in other ways, but
1t gains in interest what it loses in
simplicity. When saltwater is cooled
artifcially, small part escapes solidifca-
tlon. The uncongealed residue is in
supportabiy bitter to the taste, and
analysis shows that nearly all the mag
nesla is concentrated in it. The solid
block, If it is homogeneous and is not
full of holes, and if previously drained,
may furnish passable drink. The nat
ural ices of the Northern Sea are
frequently moistened with kind of
brine, which sometimes embodies crys-
tails of special character, easy to distin-
oh 81
According to Otto Petersen, the
relative proportions of chlorine and
magnesia are much stronger in these
exudations than in the water at the ex-
pense of which ice is formed. The iq-
uid cannot then have been mechani-
cally absorbed. On the other hand,
there is deficiency of sulphates; and
The conclusion that sea water ice re-
talns the sulphates more abundantly is
confirmed by analysis. With congela-
tion sorting of matters takes place;
most of the sulphuric acid passes into
| the part that solidifies, while magnesia
and chlorine prevail in the part that re-
mains liquid. Under the influence of
variations of temperature, all the chic
rides in the block will gradually disap-
pear; some go into the sea and are dis
solved; while the rest appear on the
surface and form hydrated crystals, or
kind of "salt-snow." The sulphates
thus prevail exclusively in old ices,
which, according to Mr.. Petersen,
constitute mixtures of solicited water
and peculiar chemi cal compound, the
Carbohydrate of the sulphate of soda, a
| BODY which, containing five parts of So
da to ninetyfve of water, is decomposed
at little below the ordinary freezing
point. Popular Science Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
Two Jealous Little Boys.
(From the Philadelphia Times.l

From the Ph1Sdelpn1a Ilmes.J
A bare-headed woman, with scared
face, ran up Kensington Avenue, on the
city side of Harrowgate yesterday after
noon. She was followed by stout
policeman and train of citizens. At
Clearfeld Street the woman stopped
and, pointing to two little boys carrying
market basket on the ice that covered
pond just below the Franklin ceme-
terry, screamed:
ooh, stop them, somebody They'll
drown it; know they will"
The boys were Harry and Willie
Wainwright, s and years old, and the
frightened woman was their mother.
When the boys saw the fat policeman
dash gallantly toward them over one
corner of the pond they dropped the
basket and fed. The officers weight
broke the ice, but be foundered on up
to his knees in water. The policeman
picked up the basket, raised the cover
and after peeping in yelled to the
woman, "She's all right" When he
reached Mrs. Wainwright she lifted a
plump baby girl out of the basket and
nearly sufocated it with kisses. The
boys are brothers of the baby and they
had become SO jealous at the attention
she received.that they coolly resolved to
drown her in basket, as they once saw
their father dispose of kittens. Mrs.
Wainwright went to store yesterday
and during her absence the boys
popped their Objectionable sister into
the basket, covered it and started for
the pond. The mother returned, found
the cradle empty, surmised the truth,
gave chase and saved her baby.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
A Very Conscientious Reporter.
TFrom ST. Nicholas.1


It is @ breach of confidence for a
member or an officer of the Senate to
disclose the transactions of a secret
session until the removal of an injunc-
ton of secrecy by formal resolution
of that body. Still, newspaper CORE
spondents generally manage to find
them out in some way. So well known
was their accomplishment in this di-
rection that senators would oftentimes
go to reporters for information as to
what had been done in secret session,
instead of the reporters to the senators.
Once a senator going to the Senate
rather late in the afternoon, met cor
respondent coming from the capitol.
The lawmaker asked what was being
done IN the Senate. ooh, nothing i'm
portant," was the answer. "They have
Just gone out of executive session, and
are now discussing the subject they had
up yesterday" The senator was evil
IDENTIFY interested in some nomination
or other business, and SO he persisted
and asked the correspondent what ac-
ton had been taken In executive ses-
sion. The newspaper man coolly eyed
the senator for a few moments, and
then cautiously remarked: swell, you
congressman are getting to be such free
takers, think I'd better not tell your
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
A JANUARY SUNSET.
BY A. LAMPMAN,

Again the sharp night cometh, and again
The high black city, girt for patient hours.
Like storm defying giants proud of pain
Holds up to nightward all her steely towers:
Across the bitter sunset and the cold
Soft fretted flush, wherein ono Sham star
Shines
Across the folded saffron and thin lines.
That glow far down among the trimming Mines
red long hooking fire of burning gold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11

THE tonnage of the Great Eastern is
computed to exceed that of Noah's ark.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-19

Ihcrhildrcm's fancy dress ball which
Dooh plrcc last evening at Armory
hall under the auSpicc, of the Hebrew
lodic, wa, most pleasant affair in
dead. The costumes were quite varied
aud elaborate. and the refreshments
elegant and bountilul The children
engaged in dancing and flirting in
such drawing-room style thai it will
not be wonderful if the delightful i'm
preston Of their bali doe, remain
with them for many years.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-19

80 does Brown, Iron Biiter~. the
true iron tonic and rcsturcr of wasted
constitutions II is NOT whisky Zip
plr 1t j., not merely ,timulant II
curichc, thin blood and gi,c- strength
lo weak constitutions. It roncW~ dis
ordered kidney, II inyigoratc~ tor
pul Iivcr-. II establishes digestion
aud bani-hcs hcaduchc II ,cattrr-
chronic Rheumatism and drives ont
dyspepsia. Mr. II. l.. Nickum. OF
springfield ohio writes: thrown -
Iron Bittrr- cured me of dyspepsia
ncryou-nc~, and Wakctuluc-- Ms
Isabella smith, of Buck-viIir. = &.
~iy-: II was plagued with chrou,
rhcumnji N aud dyspepsia. Brown IS
Iron Bittcr- relieved no" of hptil
one dollar II bottle.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-19

Kspec ri attention /. called to our stock OF
infants wear, ranging IN price from cheHpe.'
TO extra line garments
4 corAiiue corset for hOc.
4 handsome satteen corset iu cuiort ele
gantly embroidered, Tor 81
Boys shirt waists Soc,
4 small lot Infants hite dresses elegant,
lriAnes slightly s-tisd al very low price.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-19

Ladies approve OF your smoking
Little Joker
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-19

N +. SUD ' ON
Waco Texas. March Is, 1885,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-19

Waco. March Is. 1850.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-20
oppressed

On Saturday the 18th Instant the New
York Herald printed, as a further con.
tribution to the history of the transac.
tions of Grant h Ward, a transcript of
these transactions as recorded in the
books of the firm. The conclusion that
one naturally reaches on a close analysis
OF the accounts is that there never be.
fore was such an extraordinary no.sys.
tenn of bookkeeping put to use by any
house in the entire history of commerce
and finance. And next it will occur to
the intelligent Investigator that the bot
tom facts of the marvellous business con.
Quoted by Grant & Ward, with the aid
of the Marine Bank, and of certain specu.
lative capitalists, known and unknown,
will never be learned, except from those
most interested in keeping them secret,
and only from them as one or another
finds it to his interest or is forced by the
strong arm of the law to disclose what
he knows of them. .
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-20

A grand robbery in Vienna is reported.
The people are enjoying a real sensation.
but the police are nonplussed. Valuables
were distracted from q strong safe with
the GOODNESS with which an ordinary thief
would take q pocketbook, and Herr
Granischstaden rubs his eyes and won.
ders how it was done. We object, how.
ever. to the suspicion which the Wien.
nese entertain that the clever and cool.
headed robber was an American. While
this suspicion is an indirect compliment
TO q certain class of our fellow. citizens
which we duly appreciate, it is on the
whole unsatisfactory. Austria has sufi.
cient u of her own to produce a
bold burglar as well as a brave soldier.
While we readily admit that we take
pride in doing everything we'll which we
undertake. and confess to having suffered
from some very artistic robberies in times
past, we have no desire to stand pre-.
eminent in this respect. but yield humbly
the superior achievements of our Aus.
trian rivals.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-20
Good Watch Work and Fine En-
| grRVtng.

P. STELER takes great pleasure in an
nouncing to his customers, and the public
generally that he has in bis employ one of
the very best practical watchmakers and en-.
gravers on the Coast, who has had expert
ence and worked in the very best watch
makers establishments In Europe and
America, and is now prepared to do all kinds
OF finewatch work at reasonable prices. and
satisfaction guaranteed. Also, clocks
cleaned and carefully repaired and war
ranted for ono year. New jewelry made to
order and neatly repaired. All work sent
from the country promptly attended to. II