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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
How They Robbed the Club.
From the Philadelphia Times

From the Philadelphia Times.I
Clubs seem to be ranked with the
government and railroad corporations
as legitimate victims Of conspiracy to
rob and beat on q large scale. The
experience Of well-known club of this
city, which was outrageously swindled
by several successive stewards, has
been followed by 8 more colossal steal
perpetrated by the servants of the
Union Club, New York. At the last
annual meeting the treasurer's re-
port showed the Union Club to be
$146,O00 in debt. An investigation
showed that the house committed g
clerk, the head bar-keeper, the engi-
neer and other employees, whose duty
it was to order and receive supplies,
exacted bonuses from tradesmen in
return for giving them the clubs Gus
tom, and even purchased supplies in
their individual capacity and sold
them to themselves in their official
capacity at 800 per cent. profit. The
tradesmen who had to pay bonuses
added them TO the prices when they
sent in their bills, and the total volume
of business done in this left-handed
way by the servants amounted to
nearly 100000. the Union Club,
however, is strong financially and will
survive the strain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
The Nutriment of Foods.

A mixture Of thenutriments OF foods
in proper proportions to economically
sustain an animal, is ration or q
complete food, but to feed for product
requires not only full feeding, but am
pie feeding Of certain kinds and ele-
ments OF foods. Feeding for the ut
most product possible presupposes
the possession OF the best animals for
the product sought, and the most
iudicious combination of the food ele-
ments required to secure the largest
results. The statement that the
nutritive ratio is one Of protein to
eight of carbohydrates is an arbitrary
assertion, and even an imperfect rule,
as the richer nutritive ratio may be
safely one to three or four. It is GER
tain that fat and salt in food facili-
tate the digestion of albuminoids, and
their conversion into soluble sub
stances; and the most extraordinary
effect Of malt -four in aiding the di.
gestibility Of foods and folders, brings
TO feeders for product a power whose
extent has not yet been fully measured
In quality or in quantity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Scorched Corn for Fowls.

Corn fed to poultry in the fell aud
early winter is damp and not SO easily
digestible as that thoroughly dried
later IN the season. This is one rea-
son why fowls stop laying about the
time that new corn begins to be fed.
Thoroughly heating corn, even to
charring some of it, will remove this
excessive dampness and make it more
digestible. Fowls or other stock fed
heavily on corn will eat charcoal as a
corrective to the acid fermentation
which it creates in their stomachs.
AS convenient way as any to give
charcoal is to slightly burn some OF
the grain with which they are fed. It
may be given while warm, but not
while hot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
PERSONAL POINTERS.

JENNIE JUNE says rubbers breed
corns.
CARLYLE was born December 4,
1895,
Bishop, the mind reader has just
married.
LAFAYETTE was q major general at
the age of 20.
ELIZABETH BARRET BROWNING read
Homer in Greek at s.
REV. ROBERT COLLYER is lecturlng
in and around Boston.
THE wealth of John B. Alley, OF
Lynn, Mass, is estimated at $50, OOO,-
600.
SECRETARY LAMAR thinks Lowell,
the best master of pure English now
living.
s'PEEK. Boo" has brought in w. j.
Scanlan $4,000 in royalties on the
printed copies.
REV. JAMES G. WHITE, still active at
IS, is the Oldest Presbyterian minis
ter in Cincinnati.
RAIN IN-THE. FACE, the Sioux chief
who killed Gen. Custer, has begun to
study his A B O's.
LEONARD GROVER, the veteran actor
and play wright, is working over g. new
play for Gus. Williams.
SENATOR KENNA, of West Virginia,
bears striking resemblance to the
late Stephen A. Douglas.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR was mem
Der of the Thirteen Club Of New York,
and was the first TO die.
A GRANITE monument has been
placed over the grave of John B.
Cough in Hope Cemetery, Worcester,
Mass.
EDWARD J. STEVENSON is preparing q
ellie of Charles Brockden Brown"
which will soon be ready for the
press.
NILSSON has received almost unprec.
edented social and official attention
during her artistic tour through Hol-
land and Belgium.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD says that the
people of New York paJ 500, 600 an
nually for recording the surplus IN
their mortgages.
PROF. SLOANE, formerly private
secretary of George Bancroft, has
written for the Century biographi-
CEtl SkOUCh vi U1C AlCOOA40As
ALvAN CLARKE, the venerable and
famous telescope maker of Cambridge,
Mass, is 80 years of age, but hale and
hearty and works regularly.
MARGARETTA S. LEWIS, who died in
Philadelphia last week, left an estate
valued at 81 100000 of which $780,
900 goes to charitable institutions.
The historical painter, Andreas
Groll, of Vienna. has been commits
stoned by Queen Victoria to paint for
her a life-size portrait Of Alexander of
Bulgaria.
A SILVER tablet to the memory of
the late President Arthur, to be placed
at the base of the memorial window to
his wife in st. Johns Church, Wash
ington, is contemplated.
PRESIDENT ELIOT of Harvard Uni
versity, the cook in the Parker House
restaurant, Boston, and Mary l..
Booth, who edits Harper's Bazaar,
each receive 81 900 per year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
DR.. SAMUEL 8. ADAMS, of Washing

DIR. SAMUEL 8. ADAMS, of Washing.
ton, D. c., is so impressed with the
dangers and evils of promiscuous kiss
ing that seven columns of medical
journal are devoted to his exposure OF
them. He gives long list of the pos
sible results of kissing, viz: syphilis,
tuberculosis, diphtheria, infectious
fevers, herpes, eczema, stomatltis,
cancrum oris, injury of the eyes,
rupture of the ear drum. OF course,
this the last on the list resulted from
O. too loud smack right over the ear.
Cautious parents in sending their
babies out in the care of nurses might
do well to hang q painted sign on the
front Of the baby carriage, ''No Kiss
ing Allowed" -From DR.. Foote's
Health Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1887 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetter's Almanac, is now
ready, and may be obtained, free OF cost, oil
druggists and general country dealers in all
parts of the United States, Mexico, and indeed
In every civilized portion of the Western Hem
isphere. This Almanac has been issued regu-
larry at the commencement of every year fer
over one-fifth of a century. 1t combines, with
the soundest practical advice for the preservar
tion and restoration of health, large amount
of interesting and amusing light reading, and
the calendar, astronomical calculations. chro,
biological items, &C., are prepared with great
care, and will be found entirely accurate. The
issue of Hostetter's Almanac for 1887 will prob
ably be the largest edition OF a medical work
ever published in any country. The propr1e
tors Messrs Hostetter 81 Co., Pittsburgh, Pa
on receipt OF two cent stamp, will forward a
copy by mail to any person who cannot pro-
cure one - his neighborhood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Protecting Cellars From Frost.


The unsightly piles of coarse straw
and manure banked on the outside of
cellar walls to prevent the ingress of
frost are better than no protection,
but they are by no means the best nor
even the cheapest mode of keeping
cellars warm. 1t is q, great waste of
manure, which for farmers is more
valuable than boards or timber. The
manure is used because it's fermenta-
ton is supposed to impart warmth.
But against cellar wall it is not in
quantity sufficient to heat. 1t is
leached and washed by rains and
melting SHOWS till much of it's most
valuable fertilizing elements are lost.
The manure only serves to protect
the wall from the direct action of
frost, and bank of. earth with sods
is equally effective and more slightly
than banks of manure. But the pro
lection may just as well be given in-
side the wall. Nail some studdings so
as to separate q space OF three or
four inches from the wall as low down
as the earth outside or little lower.
Enclose this with boards, SO as to
make g. space of confined air next the
wall. Frost will never penetrate this
into the cellar. This arrangement
keeps cellars warmer in winter and
cooler in summer than they would be
with only the wall between them and
the outside air.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
1.-THE Slough of Dependency"

"The Slough OF DespOndenCy
In which you are wallowing, on account of
some OF those diseases peculiar to you
madame, and which have robbed you of
the rosy hue of health, and made life bur-
den to you, you can easily get out OF. DIR.
Pierces "Favorite Prescription" will free
you from all such troubles, and soon re-
call the rose tint of health to your cheek
and the elasticity of your step. It is g.
most perfect specific for all the weaknesses
and Irregularities peculiar to your sex. It
cuces liberation, displacements, internal
fever" bearing down sensations, removes
the tendency to cancerous affections, and
corrects all unnatural discharges. BY
druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Not Very Smart.

A California horse-thief asked q
rough-looking man in Sacramento
where he could find good criminal
lawyer. The man showed him O. law
yer's Office, and stood by while hecon-
fessed to have stolen horse in San
Joaquin County. The lawyer said
that the case looked bad. "Then ]
guess I'll skip OUT" said the thief.
"Not to-day" said the rough-lookine
man, who wss a special policeman,
and who promptly locked up the care
less criminal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Knew His Own Property.

Cotton, On Oxford contemporary of
Doyle's, insisted On keeping bees. One
day, Dean Gaisford cent for him, and
told him plainly that his bees must be
sent away, because q gentleman COM
moner bod juet been etung in Tom
Quad. He replied instantly: "Mr.
Dean, assure you that you are doing
US q great injustice. ! know that bee
well. He is not mine at all. but be-
longs TO Mr.. Bigg, of Merton"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
TOrOrt0.nE.

When you visit or leave New York City
save baggage expressage and So carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at a cost of one million dollars, 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
vator. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
to all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other first-class hotel in the city
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

YOUNG or middle-aged men suffering from
nervous debility, loss of memory, prema-
ture old age, as the result of bad habits,
should send 10 cents in stamps for illus
trated book offering sure means of cure.
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo, n. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

The District School.

Ihe DlStrICt school.
The birds sung ~ It's theltering trees
The school house dorr was left ajar
TO catch the sum npl- scented breeze
That wandered FROM its home affair."
The children-reugh and rosy came,
Their smiling fac peeping out;
Each answered to the roll-can name
Then stared shame-facedly about.
Cling cling the master rings the BELL
Clack clack the noisy voices go;
H-yOu- don't give me- some L Il-tell."
''Who was it pulled my hair? Oh obi"
-ttTom Nelson pinched me b ack and blueW
"'Twas Jimmy Owens dropped that slate"
81 didn't throw them wads cho-ooP
'Fn lam you, Harvey Smith-jes' wait P'
And from the other side the girls
Though making b'lieve'' on books INTENT
Peep shyly from their tumbled curls,
Less noisy, yet on mischief bent.
Across the room above the noise,
Coquett sh smiles fly to and fro
For girls were girls and boys were boys,
In district schoolrooms years ago
Silencei'' the master wrapped in vain;
They would not heed that idle day.
81 will not speak" he cried, "again
First class in spelling, come this way;
Begin the lesson-S-e-p- rate.
Wrong wrong again! next one," said he
And all misspelled save little Kate,
By making The fourth letter &C."
Well pleased with her the master said
Come, Kate, my faithful little lass,
And take position at the head
Head of your Wanted spelling class"
The bushes on her bonny face
Gave way to tears of Joy aud pride;
For when she reached that honOred place
She stood there, by the masters side.
Twas but yesterday ago
saw the distrl ct school let out
And in the welcome sunsets glow
We romped and played with cheer and shout
And was it yesterday ?-ah, mel
/ stood beside hillock green,
And carved her name upon a tree:
Or do long centuries roll between?
All by the Masters side to-day
She stands-the pupil Of his love
A learner in that school Away;
Head of the train ng- class above.
And when my wet ried head | bow,
So tired of lifes perplexing rule,
dream of those, vanished now,
And of the dear old district school,
Journal of Education.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

to be used on another bed, but unless
cleared before the middle of the month,
they will usually come into competi-
ton with radishes from the South at
ruinously low prices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

AN arrow made of ivory was lately
extracted from the breast of q goose
shot near Colusa, CAL, The natives
think it was originally shot by an Es
uuimaux.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

ST.. MoNICA's SCHOOL, Fond du Lac, Wis.
A church, boarding and day school for
girls, under the supervision of the bishop oil
Fond du Lac. Address, Sister Caroline
Delano, Widow in Charge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
How to save Money.

Wherever you live, you should write t
Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine and lear
about work that you can do while hvih
at your own home at profit of at leae
from SIS to $25 and upwards daily. Som
have made over $50 in a day. All is new
Either sex. All ages. Hallett & Co. wi
start you. Capital not needed. All pa
ticuars free. Send along your address Is
once and all of the above will be proved t
you. Nothing like it ever 1nown to wort
ingmen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

A CoUGH COLD, OR SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. Browns BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs are simple remedy, and Civ
prompt relief 25 cte. box.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

Two thousand yards offannel have
been given to the aged poor in Derry,
N. H., this fail according to the be-
quest of the late Sylvanus Brown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

The largest fish ever taken at the
Isles of Shoals was recently caught by
Miss Rose Millmine of New York, and
was halibut weighing III. pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

The silver mills of Montana repre
sent an investment of $2O,OOO,O00
and mining machinery as mucl
more,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

In q DESCRIPTION of q rhinoceros it is
stated that he Is a powerful beast,
with B. mouth ranging from an open
valise to candidates. smile. Bur
Hngton Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

The receipts of the United States
Treasury during November were $27,
100000, as against $24, 100000 in
November, 1885.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD says that the
people of New York pay 500, 900 an
nually for recording the surplus in
their mortgages.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

For 15yeGrs Z soa
annoyed NTH ca.
tarrh, severe pain u
ing head, discharges
into my throat, GnC
unpleasant breath
NY sense ofSnaeU wa'
much impaired. !
hare overcome these
troat6les a0itb Ely't
Cream Balm. j q.
Case, 81. Denis Ho-
tel, BrOadmdy, ". Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

NEGLECTED cough often terminates
fatally. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL affords
speedy relief.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostIa
ton and all forms of general debility re
lieved by taking MENsMAN's PEPToNIzE1
BEEF Tonic, the only preparation of bee
containing it's entire nutritious properties
Tt contains blood-making, force generatin.
and DEMONSTRATING properties; is invaluabic
in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re
suit of exhaustion, nervous prostration
overwork, or acute disease, particularly i
resulting from pulmonary complaints
Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, Me-
York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

FEES paid the lawyers in the Nor
gan will contest in New York amount
to 100000. The estate is worth
$1O,OOO,OOO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

The Canadian Pacific Railway Con-
pany is said to employ IA, 551 hand
and to pay them $4,30O,OO0 annu
al1v
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

II gray, restores to original color An elegant
dressing, softens and beauties. No oil
grease. A tonic restorative. Stops hair coming
out strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp. Soc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
SKINNY MEN.
WELLS, HAIR RALSAN.

Wells Health Remover" restores health and
vigor, cures dyspepsia, impotence, nervous de-
bility. For weak men, delicate women, ST.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
CROUCH ON CATARRH'

Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions
ring worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chill
blains, itch, ivy poison. BARRIERS itch SOC jars
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cur
of worst chronic cases also unequaled as gargl
for diphtneria, sore throat. foul breath. sue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
CROUCH ON PLIES"

Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and COM
plete cure guaranteed Ask for Rough on Piles
Sure cure for itching, protruding bleeding, or
any form of piles. SOC. At druggists or mailed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Enclosing Straw Stacks.

As the object of most farmers who
grow grain IS to work the straw into
manure as quickly as possible, stock
is usually allowed free access to it..
They will work large holes in it, usual
ly on the side next the barn, where the
carrier has deposited the larger por-
ton OF the chaff, too fine to be easily
pitched over the stack. This finer
portion is a valuable feed, and more
nutritious than the coarser part Of the
stalks below the head. In getting it
from the stack by pulling it out,
more is wasted than is eaten If
the stack is fenced in, this part may
be cut down and fed to cattle and
horses in their managers, while the
coarser part may be thrown out as
bedding, If there is q large stack, and
any likelihood of scarcity of hay or
stalks, this economy in the use of the
better part of the straw will more
than repay the extra trouble. By
using more grain much of the straw
may be fed to stock, keeping them bet
ter and making better manure than
results from using straw only as bed
ding.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
CROUCH ON RATS"
OUCH ON CORNS.o

Clears out rats mice, reaches, flies, ants, bod
bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits,
sparrows, gophers. 15c. AT druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
CROUCH ON ITCH

CROUCH ON CORNS."
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns." Quick relief,
complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions. 15c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
WE MAKE AN
EXTRAORDINARY OFFER!
Agents and Others Wanting Employment
TO SELL THE CELEBRATED
EMNER COMBINED
ALARM And DOOR BELL

We want live energetic and capable men in
every county in the United States and Canada,
TO sell the RENNER CONFINED ALARM
AND DOOR BELL, on lis merits It is al
ready having 81 large sale, and paying the agents
100 per cent. profit Agents have competi-
ton. and are protected by Deed for all coun-
ties they may secure. There is nothing like it in
existence. 1t is q pre- lection against Burglars,
Migrants, &c. 1t can be sold to nearly every
house owner. We have county agents making
as high as $3.50 a month. and General agents
making three times IS much. Agents take no
risk in engaging in the sale of our Bell, as we
guarantee that anyone who fails to clear at
least S 125 after working thirty days, Can return
all Bells unsold to us and We will refund their
money. The Bell has been endorsed by over
1000 Publishers, and by the many thousands
who are using 1t. 1t would tabe many pages to
give q full description of our Bel, its workings,
&C., &c, but we have issued large illustrated
circulars that describe 1t fully, give prices and
terms to agents, state what our agents have
done, opinions of the press, &C., &c; these will
be sent free to any address. Geo. G. Ovens OF
Modesto, Cal, sold % Bells in one day, VIM.
McKim, Grand Haven, Mich took - orders In
10 hours; we could give the names Of many
agents who are equally successful. We have five
styles OF Bells selling from SO to SC each. There
are thousands of good men out of employment
who can, with energy, make $126 to $3.50 g.
month selling our Bell; there are thousands
who will see our offer tha' are employed, who
who might wish to take an agency; ii such Will
secure us an agent we will send them free of all
charges one of our best Bells, same as sold by
our agents for So We make an extraordinary
offer to all out Unemployment, and hope to hear
from all such asking for OurlIllustrated Circu-
lars, which will be sent them free.
Address,
RENNER MANUFACTURING CO.,
Ill6 SmithfleId Street,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

For restoring youthful freshness and
color to gray hair, use Halls Hair Renew
err
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

DR.. SAGE's Catarrh Remedy cures when
every other so-cslIed remedy fails.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
Food and Milk.

The Saxons have a proverb, '"The
softer the food the more the milk. !"
Warm drinks tend to produce milk.
The same amount of grain, fed in g.
warm, thin Cruel, will produce more
milk and butter of richer quality than
when used dry, and some advocate
the steaming of hay and other food.
Cutting food for horses and cattle is
recommended by all who have tried
it, as giving an economical control
over the supply, security against
waste, and the facility of mixing diff
ferent kinds of food in such proper
tions as may be found best. Corn
stalks, coarse hay and straw may be
fed to great advantage. Corn-stalks,
well cured, are thus made worth as
much as the best hay, and one or two
quarts of meal will make g. bushel OF
cut straw equal to hay. Roots in
this case are necessary BIS an appetizer
and to prevent constipation, and may
take the place of grain. Cattle should
always have a supply ofsalt, especial
ly those in the interior, who need
more than those kept near the ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29

CAPITALISTS in Australia are talking
of laying q cable to British Columbia
at cost of S10,OOO,OOO.