Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When ahe was Child she cried FOR Csstoris,
Whom she became Akiss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,

when ehe nAQ CnAoxens sue gave Sno'A S~S'oAA"s
"A serious epidemic of whooping
cough has run through the islands of
the Fiji group. The malady has carried
off all the very young native children.
and left a decrease in the population OF
three thousand. A few years ago
thirty thousand persons in FIJI died
from an epidemic of measles. Since
then the local Government has done
much to instruct the people in the laws
of health.
Only thirteen out of ninety-one
samples of coffee analysed during one
month in Paris were pronounced pure.
One specimen package is reported to
have contained the following ingre-
dents: Red earth, -four, coffee grounds,
caremei, tale, plumbago, vermiceli
semolina powder, bean dust, carrots,
bread crusts, acorns, sawdust, red
ochre, brick dust, ashes, mahogany
shavings, vegetable earth and sand.
There are at present large num-
Der of Mormons moving southwark
through Utah. They are composed
mostly of polygamists, and tell that
they are bound for Arizona, which to
an extent is the truth; but after they
arrive in Arizona they continue to
move southwark and will not make q
permanent rest until they get on Mexi-
can territory, where they will make
homes for themselves.-S0s Francisco
Alta.
He was a tame curate away in the
wild Black country of Australia. and
he was waiting in church to marry q
couple of aborigines. Enter one of
them, the male, in hurry and in his
working clothes, with his hands and
face covered with antique dirt "Aw've
cum to be we'd ''You?" responded
the curate; Sin that garb? It is most
improper. Way, you are downright
dirty" me dirtyP Wait till you see
! her" London Truth.
There is no more curious sight
/ than the Brooklyn terminus of the
great bridge at six o'clock in the after
! noon. The cars are thea run at about
call it, by which they mean that two
cars are emptied on the Brooklyn side
about that hour in every minute and a
half. The passengers then descend q
! stairway to the street, but, notwith-
standing the interval of time named,
the procession of people is unbroken
during the rush of business A con-
! slant stream of men and women, seven
| and eight abreast, is to be seen de-
scending these stairs.-N. Y. San.
"A New York firm applied to Abra-
! ham Lincoln, some years before he be-
came President as to the financial
/ standing of some of his neighbors. Mr..
Lincoln replied as follows: ''Yours of
the tenth instant received. l am we'll
acquainted with Mr.. -, and know
his circumstances. First of all, he has
wife and baby; together they ought
to be worth fifty thousand dollars to
any man. Secondly, he has an office
in which there is table worth one
dollar and fifty cents. and three chairs
worth, say one dollar. Last of all,
there is in one corner large rat-hole
which will bear looking into. Respect
fully yours, A. Lincoln. IN. Y. Tn
6u7ae.
1t is reported that large number
of Lake George Islands, New York, are
monopolized by squatters, some OF
whom have erected cottages. The plan
adopted to secure possession is to get
appointed custodian of an island. This
/ obtained, the custodian takes posses
sion, clears up the ground to suit his
taste, erects his cottage and becomes
lord and master of the situation. For
merly the islands were the favorite re-
sorts OF parties who preferred camp
life to hotel accommodations. Now it
| is quite difficult to obtain the privilege
of cooking meal On most of them,
and in some instances glazing signs
warn all parties against trespassing
| upon these premises. e
"A gen leman scientifically inclined
captured spider, and by careful es-
! innate made by means of actually
weighing it and then combining it in a
cage he found that it ate four times its
| weight for breakfast, nearly nine times
its weight for dinner, thirteen times it's
weight for supper, finishing up with an
ounce, and at eight p. NJ, when he was
released, ran off in search of food. At
this rate man weighing one hundred
and sixty pounds would require the
whole of fat steer for breakfast, the
dose repeated with half-dozen well
fattened sheep for dinner, and two bull
locks, eight sheep and four hogs for
supper, and then, for lunch, before go
ing to his club banquet, he would In
dulge in about four barrels of fresh
fish, Chicago Times.
Nor A SINGLE GRAY HAIR You
NAV laugh and think me vain thing"
writes Mrs. J r c., Of San Francisco, to
a friend in this city. "but have not
gray hair in my head, aid vet (sad to
say I am fifty and day. Recently my
hair was not only quite gray but quite
thin, too. Parker's Hair Balsam- N de
in New York, think-did wonders for
me. Try it if YOU have occasion. It
really does what | say. and restores The
color ALSO" Not dye, not greasy, hi b.
ly per umed. Only reliable 30 c mt
oressing. 80