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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
FOREIGN NOTES.

THE village of Landeck in the Tyro
has been destroyed by fire.
The health of the entire kingdom O
Italy is declared to be excellent.
MICHAEL DAvITT again denied in g
speech at Longford that there was any
difference between him and Parnell.
AMONG the 36 students at Warsaw
University who successfully passed The
Jurfsdictional examination, no less
than 20 were Jews.
The Maharajah of Lahore has just
added to his popularity in London by
number of very valuable gifts to
members Of the queens family.
BISMARCK and Mr.. Pendleton are on
the best of terms. Mr. Pendleton fire.
quently gives Otto hints as to the
most effective way of combing the
hair.
A FRENCHMAN and his wife have
twenty-five sons in the army and six
at home. The neighbors must have
been mighty glad when twenty-five Of
those boys enlisted.
F. A. COVER, who made balloon
ascension from Cherbourg, France, has
not been heard from since. He was
we'll known ia the scientific world as
one OF the joint patentees of the Cow
er-Bell telephone.
DR.. JENKINS, of Dresden, having in
formed the American people that Bis
marck IS no more protectionistt than
is Prof. Sumner, of Yale College, there
is some curiosity to know who CDR.
Jenkins, of Dresden" is.
Two races Of men are dying out-the
Laplanders, who number 10000, and
the Maoris of New Zealand, reduced
from 100000 to $4,000 since the
days of Capt. Cook, and likely to be
extinct by the year 1000.
LORD CoLERIDGE writes to the Lon
don newspapers in reference to his re-
cent marriage to say in effect that the
details Of his private life are Of no in
terest to the public. That is where
the judge probably makes mistake
The removal, by Germany, Of the
restriction on imports of hogs from
Hungary, has also been applied to
Russia; and it is now explained that
the restriction was imposed because o.
the existence of hog disease in the ter
ritOries furnishing the prohibited ami
mails and not because of the customs
difficulties between Germany and Aus
tria and Hungary.
The delegates sent from Paris to in
spect the poorhouses Of London have
returned and reported their observa
tions. The Rappel, commenting OF
the report, says that the English, il
the treatment of their poor, adopt
the views of Herbert Spencer, that i
is best to clear them off as soon a.
possible, without leaving a posterity
The Rappel adds: "The countr!
bearing the banner Of fraternity can
not initiate this system"
THE Berlin National Gazette say
that China has contracted with {
Manchester firm for materials for tn
construction Of arailway from Takon
at the mouth of Hoen-Ho, on the Vel
low Sea, to Tong-Chow, on the Peid
Ho, an affluent Of the Hoen-Ho, at
point about twenty-five miles east c
Pekin. The railroad will be a mos
important work and will be abou
100 miles long and will give Pekin
direct and easy communication wit
the Yellow Sea. The railroad is to b
built and operated by the Mancheste
firm with Chinese labor and capita
China is now engaged in raising in Ell
rope a. loan of 1OO,OOO,OOO forins, t.
be expended in internal improvements
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A Story and it's Sequel.

From the Louisville, Courier ournal.]
All the newspaper-readers will re-
member a little episode recorded in
the Washington dispatches about
three months ago. 1t was a pretty
little story, and must have touched q
sympathetic chord in the hearts Of all
who read it. PensionCommissioner
Black received a letter, childishly
spelled out, from the little daughter Of
a Western employe of his department.,
begging him mot to turn her papa out
OF office, because he Was a dear, good
papa, and needed the pay very much, !"
and added that her father did not
know of her writing in his behalf, and
that he would be "real angry" if he
did. This little letter so affected the
commissioner that he answered it him
self, and promised the little maiden
that he would look into her papa's
case and, if possible, not disturb him
In his office. But the pretty story has
a sequel. 1t seems that the "dear
good papa" not only knew ofhis child 8
letter, but that he even caused her to
write it; and, furthermore, it appears
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
Who Redeemed Her.
From Texas Siftings. I

In some portions of Southern Ger
many when O. woman desires to mar
ry she has to pass a, sort Of civil SER
vice reform examination by the priest,
to see if she properly comprehends the
nature of the sacred obligation she is
anxious to assume. The priest of a
Bavarian village was sitting at his
desk writing out his sermon, when
there came a timid knock at the door.
Come in" said the pastor, and an
unmarried member of his flock, who
had survived some thirty summers of
single blessedness, entered. The pas
tor kept on writing. Presently he
looked up and asked what she wished.
"I-am-going- to be- married, "
she said, chewing her apron modestly.
Once more the pastor began to
write, but remembering the civil SER
vice reform examination, to test her
knowledge Of the plan of salvation, he
asked her:
"Molly, who is it that has redeemed
you from your lost and hopeless con-
dition ?"
CLANS Pickelhaube, your reverence,
and he is such a nice young man."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

transformed into an infrmary hos
pital before every shot, to notify
the poor fellows, and stuff cotton into
the ears OF the most nervous. Days
and nights thus passed, without bring
ing anything else than pain, anxiety,
and sleeplessness. Laurent and I
were ready to lose our senses, doing
the service of the light and the hospital
like machines when the Lord took
pity on US, and in His mercy sent us
some rest and Joy in a general conval-
escence." The light at Egg Island
shows a revolving white light, visible
fifteen miles, and giving a. flash every
minute and a half. ''All sailors know
how important it is that flash light
should revolve with mathematical &C
curacy; otherwise one light might be
taken for another, and a wreck might
be the fatal consequence of such an
error. One night, toward the close of
the autumn of 1872, a pivot broke in
the clockwork regulating these revolu-
tions. The season was too far ad-
vanced to get help from the Ministry
OF Marine at Quebec; the only thingto
be done was to replacet the machine by
human energy, and the keeper and his
family devoted themselves to the task.
During five weeks of that autumn and
five other weeks Of the next spring,
man, wife, girls and boys turned the
machine by hand. Cold and fatigue
stiffened the hands, sleep weighed on
their eyelids, but nevertheless they
must turn, turn, without haste
and without rest, all through
those long watches, in which the
order was to become an automa-
ton and keep turning the machine
Not one, from the child to the master,
either complained or shirked his duty,
and the light at the Egg Island con-
tinued each minute and a half to fash
it's projecting light over the tempestu-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
The Age ofth Cheap Piano.
from the New York Herald.1

FEOu Uuc NEW 1Ork h0EdlQ.
There was a time when the piano
was more expensive and less depraved
Then it haunted only the gay salons
of fashion, stopped only at the best
hotels, and became violent only in con.
cert halls and public places where there
were skillful people to subdue it. But
that is all over now. The demon ap.
petite for keyboard which was long
confined to the weaker of the sexes
now RACES in every hamlet in the land
and each day is moving down the
young and unsuspecting without re.
gard to gender or condition. Its en.
croaches are the more fatal because
the more insidious. The man who
whistles or the woman who sings is not
safe. Both may believe in their will
power and fancy they can fool with an
octave or fritter away moment with
some skittish fugue or cadenza without
harm. But the step is fatal. They
are soon seized by the maddening
thirst for music and 60 down in the
vortex, an easy prey to the fell piano
Sleepless parents and aggrieved neigh
bors have undertaken reformation
and tried to crush out the dreadful
craving. But too late. The beingwho
has once been stung by piano will
never recover, but will go through life
shedding tunes and mutations on his
path.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
That at Least was Saved.

[HanoweI Cor. Portland Argus1
The other day a genius loci, a Verlta-
BILE old inhabitant, chuck full of old
stories and traditions, and also, Iregret
to say, of bad whisky, told me an anec-
dote of the olden timethat pleased me
immensely. 1t seems that before the
railroads, the so-called Black Route
and the road to Pennington, were put
through, HalloWell was a great trading
and shipping center. Farmers all
around, even as far up as f Pennington,
brought their produce to market at
Hallowell. In the winter it was Gus
tomary to make aroad across Liberty
Pond to prevent a long detour. One
day in the spring an old fellow out that
way started for Hallowell on horse
back, to do a little business and get
his Jug filled with good old New En-
gland rum from the Vaughn brewery
near ''the Hook" The shades of
evening had begun to fall before the
old fellow finished his business, filled
his lug and was again seated on his
horse. He was seen to leave the village
with his jug all right except that he
had a trife too much on board.
Whether he increased this supply on
the road is not known.
At any rate he never turned up at
home, and nothing more was heard of
him for some time. The next summer
a boatload of boys rowing across
Liberty Pond, looking down into the
clear depths, saw the old fellow sitting
on his horse on thebottom. The news
was taken to the village, party set
out for the spot, a rope was dropped
over the horses head, and the pair
hauled to the surface. "And," says
the old inhabitant, his eyes glistening
and filled with great usefulness, ''the
whisky was all right"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
Keeping the Light in Motion.
From Harper's Magazine.]

From Harper,S Magazlne.I
The keeper of the light at Pointe de
Monts relates: "Just imagine that
toward the close of the fall, at the
first snow, my family was attacked
by typhoid fever. The first stroke Of
the disease was to put seven of us in
bed, and very soon all the others fol-
lowed. I was the only one able to
work. My nearest neighbor lat Egg
Island) was twenty miles off, and as
bad news travels without much wind,
this lighthouse was avoided even by
Indians as an infested place. One
man, however, was touched by my
misfortunes, and volunteered to help
me. Things went better then for a
while; but as we were then at the last
days of navigation, fogs and snow
combined against me, and Obliged us
to fire the cannon every half-hour, or
even every quarter-hour. The yibra-
ton was terrible in the tower, seven
ty-fve feet high, and our patients
could not endure it. 1t was necessary
to 90 up the five stories of the tower,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
His Lawyer was Ready.

From the Criminal Law Magazine
An old lawyer in Paris had in
structed very young client of his to
weep every time he struck the desk
with his hand. Unfortunately the
barrister forgot himself and struck the
desk at the encouragement. The client
fell to sobbing and crying. "What is
the matter with your" asked the pre-
siding judge. "Well, he told me to cry
as often as he struck the table,
Here was nice predicament; but the
astute lawyer was equal to the occa-
sion. Addressing the jury he said:
"Well, gentlemen, let me ask you how
you can reconcile the idea of crime in
conjunction with such candor and
simplicity? await your verdict with
the most perfect confidence"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE.
BY EDWARD DOWDEN.

In the DEANS porch q nest of clay
With five small tenants may be seen:
Five solemn faces, each as wise
As though It's owner was q dean.
Five downy fedglings in a row,
Packed close as i'll an antique pew
The schoolgirls are, whose foreheads clear
At the Venite shine on you.
Day after day the swallows sit
with scarce a.stir, with scarce a sound;
But dreaming and digeSting much,
They grow thus wise and soft and round.
They watch the canons come and dine,
And hear the mullion bars across,
Over the fragrant fruit and wine,
Deep talk about the reredos.
Her hands with feld-fiowers drench'd, child
Leaps past in wild blown dress and hair.
The swallows turn their heads aSkeW,
Five judges deem that she is fair.
Prelusive touches sound within,
StraightWay they recognize the sign,
And blandly nOdding, they approve
The minuet of Rubinstein.
All! downy young ones, soft and warm,
Doth such stiffness mask from sight
Such swftness? can such peace conceal
Passion and ecstacy of flight?
Yet somewhere mid our eastern suns,
Under a white Greek architrave
AT morn, or when the shaft of fire
Lies large upon the India wave,
A sense of something dear gone by
VIII stir, strange longings fill the heart
For q small world embowered and close,
OF which We sometime were part.
The dew-drench'd flowers, child's glad eyes.
Your Joy unhuman shall control,
And in your wings a light and wind
Shall move from the maestrOS soul.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

used in warm countries to prevent
cramp and diarrhea.
Now 1 will give you what consider
| the rationale ofthese medicines. First,
| [ believed from the deaths [ saw that
all who died in few hours did so
directly from cramps of the heart;
hence the reason why they turned
| black in few minutes. | believed
then, and have since proved it, that
vomiting, purging and cramps were
not produced by any germ, but by
some acrid poisonous gas, which at
fected the nervous centers something
as strychnia does. | knew also that
strychnia kills so speedily by inflam-
ing the nervous centers, and thus it
produces cramp, which paralyzes the
heart and destroys life in ashort time.
But as | had had three dogs poisoned
by strychnia and as | saved them by
pouring into them brandy and chloro-
form, | concluded that cramps in
cholera patients arose from poisoning
of the nervous centers, and that If
chlOroform could cure cramps IN the
one case it could in the other. So /
succeeded in my own case and many
others besides. | took the chlOrate
of potash and bi-carbonate of soda
for the purpose Of neutrallzlng the
acrid poison in the system. The sui
phate of magnesia, had proved, was
the best medicine to cureinf1ammatiOn
of the brain and nerve centers OF the
spine. The first object in effecting q
cure is to stop the cramps and permit
| the blood to flow in its natural way.
Nothing can effect this so quickly and
surely as chloroform. 1t relaxes the
whole system in a few minutes. Next,
the sulphate of magnesia will speedily
relieve the brain and nerve centers.
If taken before fatal collapse has set
in these medicines are sure cure for
cholera. The mustard, capsicum and
cinnamon oil plaster will draw the
blood from the bowels, stomach and
brain and greatly assist in relieving
the great pressure on the heart and
| lungs.
The best medicine to prevent cholera
is the following, namely, chlorate OF
| potash, one ounce; nitrate OF potash,
ahalf ounce; black pepper, two drains.
Mix in one pint of water these three,
and take a teaspoonful once each three
hours. Any person in fairly good
health who takes this each summer,
will defy cholera poison and get rid OF
several other troubles also. Besides,
each person ought to take bath, into
which some washing soda has been
put, say a half pound dissolved in
boiling water and poured into the
bath. Wash the skin clean with this
and use soap and brush or coarse
towel. By this means the pores are
kept clean, the circulation stimulated
and you will defy cholera poison
Shun all acid fruit, all cabbage
pickles. vinegar, acids, salads, frozen
fish and lager beer. Do not drink any
water unless boiled. Drink goo6
whisky or brandy with plenty Of black
pepper mixed with sugar and water
Eat no veal or young meat. Eat fow
or we'll roasted mutton and roasted
potatoes. Eat corn and green beans
but no peas as they produce diar
! rhOna
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
Garry a Brick in Your Hat.

Dio Lewis in his Nuggets" advises
the stoop-shouldered that he don't
believe in shoulder braces. Nature
furnishes the needed braces to keep
the shoulders in position; and when
you use the artificial these natural
ones become weak for want of exercise.
The best way to cure STOPPING shout
ders IS to carry a weight on the head
a half hour morning and evening.
Make the weight large. There is no
other single exercise so valuable as
carrying weight on the head. A bag
OF sand weighing from twenty to
eighty pounds is God weight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
Passed In.
From the San Franciscan. I

From the San Franciscan
The other morning a young man of
affable manners presented himself at
the box-ofice OF a San Jose theater,
and requested a press pass.
"You claim to be journalist, do
your" asked the manager, glancing
susplciously at the good clothes and
innocent expression of the applicant.
eyes, sir, 1 do; I'm on the Petaluma
Peavine."
"Hum; what's your department ?"
growled the Snowman, "I was a news
paper man myself, once"
II do the Answers to Correspond
ents,'" asserted the youth.
'Do, Ell? Lemme see; what was the
fastest mile ever skated for money in
this country? Come, now"
"That question is always signed
'Amateur,'" said the young man,
promptly; and the answer is ''Died in
Brazil, 1441."
Correct" said the manager. "In
what year was Cleopatra hung?"
'NTrim with three-ply ruchin', and
bake before quick fire."
"Did Oliver Cromwell have q pink
wart on his chin? 20
"B takes the trick, of course"
"Please tell us the exact size OF
George Washington's shoe?"
"See patent-office report for May"
zone. Was Queen Elizabeth handy.
legged or only banded in one leg? and
which one? Two. How do you take
marble out of ink-sta aims ?"
zone. Inquire at any hardware
store. Two. Patagonia was discov.
cred by Benjamin Franklin, 1898"
"That settles it," said the manager.
~ see you've got 'em all by heart
Here's a private box. Pass right in. d
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
The French Beau OF 1900.
From McMasters' History.l

The pantaloons of beau went up
to his arm pits; to get into them was
a mornings work, and, when in, to
sit down wasimpossible. His hat was
too small to contain his handkerchief
and was not expected to stay on his
head. His hair was brushed from the
crown of his head toward his forehead
and looked, as a satirist of that day
truly said, as if he had been fighting
an old-fashioned hurricane backward.
About his neck was a spotted linen
neckerchief; the skirts OF his green
coat were cut away to a mathemati-
cal point behind; his favorite drink
was brandy and his favorite talk of
the last French play.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
ShifCleSS.

The story is an old one of the man
who did not repair his leaky roof for
| two reasons: one was that he could
not do SO when it was raining and the
other was that the roof did not need
mendlng when it was not raining.
such shiftless creatures are common
even IN this busy world.
A family named Kilridge in Indiana
was notoriously shiftless. The hus-
band and father, q giant in physical
strength, spent his time playing an
cid fiddle, sleeping, and eating when
there was anything in his tumble
| down old cabin to eat.
The mother was as indolent as her
husband. A pipe of tobacco or null
elm leaves, a. cup Of rye and corn
meal coffee, and any old rag in the
shape Of a dress supplied her earthly
wants
A horde of half-dressed and half
starved children ran wild in the woods,
sometimes living week on berries in
the summer, and huddled around an
| old fireplace in the cabin in winter,
when they were not out begging or
"borryin'" of their thrifty neighbours
Several acres of excellent ground sur
rounded the Kilridge cabin, but not g.
foot of it was cultivated, and the
fence had disappeared in ashes and
smoke.
A stranger rode up to the cabin one
fine June afternoon. Mr.. Kilridge
was stretched out at full length under
a wild cherry-tree in the untidy door
yard. Four big yellow dogs were lying
around him. His wife was sound
asleep on a board Of the loose cabin
floor
'Hello, there!" cried the stranger.
"Ello!" said the yawning Mr.. Kill
ridge.
DO you live here?"
"Yaas."
'Do you own the place."
"Yaas."
den?"
"Ain't got no fence"
"Why don't yon make one?"
CANT got no garden. Don't need no
fence"
GLOW many children have your"
Dunno. Amt counted 'em lately
"Do they go to SCHOOL,"
"Naw."
"Why not?"
"Haint never been sent"
| "Why do you not send them?
"Aaint got no books"
"But why don't you get them
books %
"They don't need 'em, cause they
haint in school"
"What makes you keep so many
worthless old dogs ?"
CAV, [ dunno"
"Why under the sun don't you fix
up your old house? 1t will tumble
down about you some time"
''Let 'er tumble"
Here Mr.. Kilridge yaWned and closed
his eyes.
':Well, see here" said the stranger
I'll give you half dollar if you'll
watch my horse and keep it on the
grass while Tn fishing in yonde1
stream"
Mr. k turned over, and called
out, -
"Marier Say, Marier!"
"What yer want? ?" asked Mrs. K
sleepily.
"You wanter make half dollar?"
} F'Not eff I hev ter git of'n this board
; m 60 out in the hot sun fer it,
eyer to shif'less ter live" said Mr.
Kiridge. 81 guess ye'd better ride on
stranger. Somefolks won't work w'e1
they kin. 'Riar's one % them kind
J an I reckon that's wy I don't gil
} long no BETTER
The next moment Mr.. Kilridge ha6
J buried his nose in the grass, and wa'
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
rRAGMENTs OF LEGAL NEWS.

Some OF the apparel and personal effects OF
Francis Taylor who Is supposed committed suicide
last October by throwing himself into the Niagara River
were exhibited yesterday In the Surrogacs Court In the
contest mado by George Langben special guardian OF
Mr. Taylors young daughter. regarding ho probate of
the will. Mr. Langben thought that there had not been
sufficient evidence prove the identity OF the body
found below the falls The Surrogate reserved HIS de-
csion. the General Term OF the supreme Court argu
ment was made appeal from the Surrogates order
for Commissioner TO take the testimony OF witnesses AZ
Niagara Falls.
Chief Justice DAILY. in the General Term OF the Court
Of Common Pleas. In decision Affirming iugdment III
favor OF walter Burke r for damages to his eye caused
by sparks the elevated road, makes the ooS ing
the points OF appeal made by the Mauhalah
Railroad COnpauys counsel Every thing that The IN
peuuty OF counsel devise IL resOIci to- IN the form
propositions and exceptions that new trla may nc
secured the verdict should bc against them ana the
facility with which trials are granted 10y the Appel
nte Courts upOn lnedrawn distinctions that nave
never considered bv, nor had the slightest eHcct
upon the minis OF the jury, has become In my JHdg'
merit rcprOach To our system OF IJuflspfauepce
Frederick NJ. PEPPER sued the Metropolitan Elevated
Railroad Company In the Court of Common Pleas 20 re-
cover damages the maintenance ana operation OF the
was awarded Judgment for $5015 ST. Tue ease WAS
appealed, and the General Term OF the court
Yesterday gave decision reversing the judgment Judge
J. +. Dliy I'm his opinion says: But thl that no
recovery OF the noise cau>ed ny the passage
of trains could he hat The OF the public street IN
cndes the passage OF vehicles and noise necessary
consequence OF such passage