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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
According to the RSe,lo,,o,a

According to the Kievlaaaeas, in
Pereislavl there lately died Jew,
named Sribnyi, aged one hundred and
seventeen, who up to his last remained
hale and sound, possessed an acute
memory and sane intellect, and even
few months before his end, contem-
plated marrying ninth time. His eld-
est son was only eighty-two years old.
but looked much older.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
eTATE OF WISCONs1N-County Court so
- Jefferson County.-In Probate.
NOTICE TO CREDITOR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the matter of the estate of Jacob B. Van
Alstine, late of the city of Watertown, in the
ceased. w
Letters testamentary on the said estate having
been issued and the third Tuesday of January
next being the time by the order of said court
limited for the creditors of said deceased to
present their claims for examination and allow
ance.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
Judge OF said Court. will, on the third Tuesday,
being the 18th day of January A. D.. 1887. at The
office of the County Judge, in the City of Jefer-
con, in said County, receive examine and adjust
all claims and demands of Eli persons against
Dated, at Jefferson, Wis, this 18th day of July
A. d. 1856.
HENRY COLONIUS
Aowz County Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
Legal Advertisements.
CIRCUIT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY

SIRCUIT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
ANNA N. BAUMAN,
Plaintiff.
VS..
AUGUST TANCK,
FRIEDRICH BERNHARD. Jr..
MARIA BERNHARD, and
HENRY HEssEL
Defendants
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN,. TO THE SAID DE-
PENDANTS, AND EACH OF THEM:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of this summons, ex.
elusive of the day of service and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid
and in case of your failure so to do, judgment
will be rendered against you according to the
demand of the complaint
CHARLES H. GARDNER,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
P. 0. Address, Watertown, Jefferson Co., Wis
42w7
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cTATE OF WIsCONsIN-Jeferson County
- Court-In Probate

Notice Is hereby given tn at at Regular Term
OF the County Court to be held in and for
said county. at the Court House. in the city of
Jefisrson. in said county, on the first Tuesday of
TENDER A. d 1886, at II O'Clock in the fore
noon. the following matters will be heard and
considered: The application of Frank Trzcinski
TO ADMIT to probate the last will and testament
or John N, Irzclnski, late of the city of Water
town, IN said county, deceased, and for letters
provided.
Dated August eth, 1886.
BY order of the Court,
HENRY COLONIUS,
County Judge.
The Press., 1886-01-21
l HHREWD MOVE.

Congressman PaysOn, of llllnoIs, tells q gond story about Jim Mckenzie, the very bright and witty Kent'Ickian, who former ly represented the Padncah district ill the house. bill which Mckenzie had intro dnced for public building it Paducall had been fayorahly reported by the com mittee. It was placed on the calendar, where, in all probability, it would remain forever, unless some extraordinary effort was made to bring it before the house. Mckenzie tried repeatedly to catch the speaker s eye, but for some reason Randall chose to ignore him. The end of the ses- sion was gradually drawing near, and Me kenzie began to grow desperate. One day, while the regular order of business was under consideration, Mckenzie startled the house by rising to his- feet aud shouting
 "Mr. Speaker! I rise to question of tue highest privilege"
 'Ihe gentleman from Kentucky will state his question, answered Mir. Ran- dall. turning in McKenzie's direction.
 My question, sir, involves matter of the highest privilege-the right of a mem- Der te his seat.
 This rather sensational announce ment drew upon him the attention of the entire house. The silence which followed was broken again by Mckenzie, who contin- ued
 ''I ask unanimous consent to take from the calendar house bill No. 14, ,796, aud pass 1t under a suspension of the rules"
 '"Fhe calendar WAS hastily consulted, when 1t was discovered that house bill No. IA, 796 provided for the erection of pub- lie building at Paducah, Ky. Raudall was furious with rage. The gentleman from Kentucky forgets himself" he began, when Mckenzie, with comical serious ness, Interrupted him "I spoke the plain unyarnished truth when said the passage of the bill involved the right to my seat. If I don't succeed in securing the necessary appropriation, need never expecs to return to congress again"
 At this sally the house burst into a broad roar of laughter, whereupon Frank Hiscock, over on the republican side, beg ged that Mir. McKenzie's request be com piled with, and that unanimous consent be given to pass the bill. There were nc obit ctions, and withiA sixty seconds Nc Kenzie secured what he had wai,el fol months to accomplish.
The Press., 1886-01-21
tFrom the Utica Herald.
 1 PROHIBITORY COOK-STOVE.

A few days ago the papers announced in the list of articles patented by ingenious
 citizens the following : "H. Clay Bas-
 com, Troy, N. Y., cooking stove. H. Clay
 Bascom, Troy, N. Y., parlor stove.' The
 two items are not remarkable i'll them-
 selves, but slight investigation brings to
 light some peculiar facts. Even the un-
 tutored mind will recognize in the name of
 H. Clay Bascom that of late candidate
 for governor of the state of New York. who
 adorned the head of the prohibition state
 ticket. From politics to patents, from the
 executive chamber to the kitchen, is not,
 after all, so great step. Mir. Bascom has
 fitted his stove with an automatic prohibi-
 tory apparatus of the most ingenious con- struetion, which is operated by the we'll
 known principle. of the great volatile pow CT of spirits. The apparatus, white intri. cate Tn construction and difficult to de- scribe, Is simple in principle and inex- if the housekeeper should inadvertently, in making a n1ince pie, take half pint of brandy as one of the ingredients of the mmce meat, as soon as the pie is placed in the oven the heat liberates the alcoholic gas, which exerts sudden pressure upon an aneroid barometer, which in turn opens 8 steam-Valve operating crank, by which the oven door Ii. opened and the pie forci- bly, thrown out upon the floor, butter-side down, to the great modification of the cook and the delight of the family, who are thus warned of the presence in the pie of the insidious poison. In the same manner, if the cook attempts to make brandy peaches the vapor which is collect ed in fue passing through the stove ex- bands and blows both kettle and peaches off the stove in ali emphatic manner, the meaning and morRl1of which are not to be mistaken. Even the Wnfortnnate house. wife who happens to mix too much fer mented yeast or ..emptyin9s" in her bread is liable 10 find her loaves scattered in a half baked co1lditien around the kitchen floor. If it is objected that this is rather rough treatment even for intoxicating moral lesson, we can only say that it is quite in accordance with the prohibition polemic argument. As to the parlor stove which Mir. Bascom has patent ed, very little is known but it is thought from the reported description of the kitch- en stove that something still more wonder ful in the light of culinary statesmanship will be found when the construction of the former IS made known.
The Press., 1886-01-21
RY ND BY.

 There is an angel esef near,
 When tol and trouble yex and try, That bids our faipting hearts take cheer,
 And whispers to ,ls--ssBy and by" We hear it at our mothers knCe-
 With tender smile and love-lit eye, She grants some boon on chi dish plea,
 In these soft accents ''By and by'' What visions crowd the youthful breast
 What holy aspiration high, Nerve the young heart to do it's best,
 And wait the promise By and by" The maiden sitting sad aud lone,
 Her thoughts half uttered with sigh, Nurses the grief she will not own,
 And dreams bright dreams By and by. The pale young wife dries up her tears,
 And stills her restless infants cry, To catch the coming step, but hears,
 How sadly whispered -''By and by" And manhood, with his strength and will
 To breast life's ills and fate defy, Though fame and fortune be his, still
 Has plans that lie in By and by
The Press., 1886-01-21
SOARING THE CHINAMEN.

The engineer of an ocean steamship in the course of a conversation with New York Tribune reporter said 1T have on book Ill the epgine-room curious table, of dates and figures, which shows to me the exact time for every mile made by diff ferent steamers whichI have engineered across tile ocean for the last fourteen years. If anything more than usual oc. CUTS jot it down opposite the date, and so nake sort of diary of it. It speaks volumes to me, and recalls many interest," ing memories. For instance, I was look ing through it the other day, and found opposite November 10, 1875, a reference to visit from Chlnamen. The incident was recalled to my mind i'll a moment, and laughed heartily over it to myself. This is what 1t meant. One day while lying in port we were visited by several Chinamen who were anxious to inspect the ship. They were an ignorant set, and had never seen any machinery worked by steam. The captain was good-natured fellow and allowed them to come below, although they experienced some doubts as to the advlslbillty of so doing They were very tlmld, and 1t took some time for me tp convince them that the machinery was harmless. Finally got two of them to come close to the heavy driving rod, which you know on large vessel is an enormous piece of iron. Suddenly, with out warning, it gave start forward, and, accompanied by loud puff of steam, leap ed fully ten feet above our heads. Angry at my assistant for letting on steam with. out my knowledge, turned to speak to him when my attention was attracted to- ward the stairway. The last two China men of the party were making frantic en. deavors to jump up half dozen steps at a time. The rest had disappeared, and be- fore l could get on deck the whole crowd had got into their boat and started for the shore. No amount of persuasion could ever get them to return to that shin. which they claimed was alive. It was mean trick, but 1t has afforded me good laugh since .'' 4.-.- 5# E..
The Press., 1886-01-21

DARTHoIDI AND HIS STATUE.-A little i've year old, who was travelling to California With her parents, astonished them by saving as the train passed through canyon in the Rocky Mountains Why ma, look at the picture on that Rock, "a monk holding up a bottle with an electric light round it. Now know where Bartholdi got his idea of the statue of liberty" Her father laughed !: Very likely" he said '>but that pictu e stands for St. Jacobs Oil, which cured you of rheumatism last winter" ,Tt
 Virginia girl, who advertised in d Dakota paper for husband has received 119 letters in reply. ~
 JAMES PILES PEARLINE has indeed become an article of established value in domestic economy, and now is the time for every fanii ly to test 1t, for house-cleaning as we'll as for laundry purposes. A more useful article for housekeepers is not to be found, and they who neglect trial of it deprive themselves of great convenience. Sold by grocers gen erally, but see thai commercials are not urged upon you.
 Auctioneer (selling town property): Why gentlemen, the very atmosphere's worth the money"
 Give your children B. II. DOUGLASS x SONS and Sore Throats they will speedily, are harm less and pleasing to the taste Sold everywhere Price . cts. per qr. pound.
 Burdette: Statesman" writes to ask Eff Connecticut has at present two capitols, as formerly" Never had but one; capital c. You must be thinking of Rhode Island or New York or South Carolina, or some other state with double barrel name.
 A veracious contemporary tells of a stauuch old prohlbitionist who takes off his hat every time watering cart passes him on the street
 The Burdock plant is one of the best diuretics or compound known as Burdock Blood Bitters is unsur- passed n all diseases of the kidneys, liver and blood
 HE TOLD THE TRUTH - was troubled with Liver Complaint for years and suffered terri ply. Lake, the druggist, advised me to take Sulphur Bitters. took three bottles, and now am we'll man.-L. Fenner, Waterbury |, Conn. &$
 had to comb back the hair from my fore head and omit the parting to conceal my badness Since then Parker's Hair Balsam has made my hair as thick and glossy as ever. Ladies whose hair is getting thin will find inc Balsam just splendid. Mary Swanson, Chi cago
 One of my children, girl about nine years old, had very bad discharge from her head and nose of a thick, yellowish matter, and was growieg worse. We had two different physicians prescribe for her, but without benefit. We tried Elys Cream Balm, and much to our surprise in three days there was marked improvement. We continued using the Balm and in short time the the dis charge was apparently cured.-O. A. Cary, Corning, N. Y. l-
The Press., 1886-01-21

WHY HE BoYs, LEAVE THE FARM - "Why do the boys leave the farm ?'' walls writer Ill an agricultural journal. We'll, dear brother, there are several reasons. One Is because the boy is not 65 years old at his birth. Then, if there is hoe on the farm weighing fourteen ounces, bright as nickel plate and sharp as razor, and another hoe weighing somewhat less than g breaking plow, with an edge on it like a hammer and sapling with the bark on for handle, the hired man takes one and the boy gets the other, and every man Ill America knows which is the other. Did you ever stand with a hoe in your hands away down ill corn TOW on some all1ess, still, hot summer day, twenty acres of corn blades and tassels wilting about you, standing fourteen inches high CT than your head, shutting out every last trace of breathable air, and then hear a locust down in the edge of the timber strike up his long strident, monotonons call to make 1t ten times hotter? And all this time cool creek, not a" mile away, lettering ill deep, silent pools in shady places in the woods, or breaking into merry dancing nipples over the pebbles :? And ill the big deep holes, the fish just lying around, lonesome for boy ? We'll, then, you know why some boys leave the farm. Still, boys can be kept on the farm and made to stay there all their lives. You drive long spike through boys abdomen aud through live oak tree, and clinch or bolt it on the other side, and then saw off the boy's legs and break his back, and he will stay on the farm. Hes there are some other ways, we know, but this Is the only infallible method. BatrCIette i91 Br0okIlt7a E0qle,
The Press., 1886-01-21
ANYTHING TO BEAT 4 RAILROAD.

In speaking of the movement of the general passenger agents to head of the ticket-scalpers, the New York Daily Indi- cator says: The railroads have not adopt ed the rule requiring limited tickets to be used only for continuous train rides, with out excellent reasons The roads have no desire to prevent passengers from stop ping over at places along their lines On the contrary, they have heretofore made it as convenient as possible for people to do this very thing. But how has the travel ing public shown lts appreciation of the courtesy? Simply by trying in every pos sible way, to swindle the railroads when- ever they SAW chance. man wants to go to Bnffalo-what does he do? Buys a ticket to Chicago, and when he geIs to
 Buffalo seil the unused portion of his ticket to scalper The railroad is duuhly cheated. First, iT carried the original swindler to Buffulp forsless than it takes a passenger who Is too honest to indulge in 1 the lnXury of cheatinG. the railroad and second. II carries another man from Buffa- 1 To to Chicago at less than the regular rate 1 The posted traveller, who cannot arrnuge to buy more tickets then he intends to
 use, never thinks of going to the railroad
 office for tickets he wants. He patronizes ] the Rcalper, and helps that one to skin the fallroao. 50 It goes the railroads by an
 extension of courtesy have been victim
 lzed and robbed by the travelling public.
 The every day traveller at sa times has his
 eyes open to the chance to heat the pub-
 lie. And 50 widely has the influence
 spread that even staid, honest going peo- pie, who travel only occasionally, have
 come to think it quite the thing to deal
 entirely with sca1pers, and assist in what ever swindle may be necessary to effect a saving for themselves of few dollars. We
 are glad that the railroads lave decided at
 last to protect themselves from the dis
 honesty of people who claim to be more
 than respectable.
The Press., 1886-01-21
THINGS WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT.

 The maiden GOV, With pretty lip, Could not exist Without the Whip.
 -St. Louis Whip. No more the maid Who 'Tolu" chews, Could rest serene Without the News.
 --Hot Springs Ne'os. Nor yet the wife, To us so dear, Keep house without The Mountaineer.
 Gorhdn Mousttaineey. The loving pair In sweet communion, (And one arm chair) Long for the Union.
 ---Sprinafetd Unicn. And when they're one. His wife an internal Muss c. eates Without the Journal ..
 --Pdlnler Journal. But hug her we'll, For we rather guess, Married or single She'll like The Press.
The Press., 1886-01-21

One of our divinity students who was preaching out west during the summer was greatly bored by lady who admired him without reserve. ''0h, my dear Mr. M--,' 7 said she, one afternoon, "there isn't any harm in one loving one's minister, is there ?''
 Certainly not, madam F replied the worthy cleric, mot the least in the world. so long as the feeling is not reciprocated !"
The Press., 1886-01-21

Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites, is Excellent in Lung Troubles. Dr. Enoch Galloway, LaGrange, Geo, says I have used Scotps Emulsion with wonderful success in all Lung troubles, also find it has no equal in Summer Diarrheea of children
The Press., 1886-01-21

R. G. Averill, Connecticut railway postal clerk, has been dismissed for the very good reason that he made the re- mark: "I have taken three drinks on Vice. President Hendricks s death"
The Press., 1886-01-21

Rev. Sam Jones whoops up the boys sometimes and rakes them terribly about i their gambling and drinking frolics. ''Oh, I've been all along there, boys. I know all about it, and I used to go t" balls and dance, too, boys. But when I went to get married, when I wanted to settle down with good wife, I quit drinking and gambling, and didn't go to a ballroom to get my wife, but went to prayer meeting, and got q good one. '' He told this in pexas, and when he returned to his boarding gzfiotlse his landfady, who had heard his remarks, said F'I don't blame you, Brother Jones, but poor Sister Jones, where did she go to get her husband ?" They say this is the only time he has been tioored since he quit drinking.
 It costs something for advertising in the New York papers. Last year the New York Herald received for it's lowest priced column, $36, 823 per annum, and for the highest, 348,000; and the New York Tribune S29, 764 for it's lowest, and 1885, crowded. The New York Sun charges $2.50 line for reading notices the Bos ton Herald forty cents line each issue, for ordinary advertising, and the Provi- dence Journal asks $180 year for ten lines of its finest type.
 Hope Valley (R.I.) Sentinel-Advertiser |: When newspaper man makes mistake Tn his paper every one sees it and calls him a liar. When private citizen makes a mistake nobody knows 1t but few friends. When the private citizen dies the newspa- per yman writes up all his good qualities and leaves ont the bad. When the news paper man dies the private citizen says 'tNow that liar will get bis deserts. ,
 Stories of shipwreck caused by the re cent storm come pouring in from the Gulf of Mexico to the state of Maine req Isonable estimate places the lives lost at about 200. gss5. 5 HI !
 Many suffering people drag themselves about with failing strength, feeling that they are steadily sinking into the grave, when by using Parker's Tonic they would find cure commencing with the first dose, and vitality and strength surely coming back to them.
 A CARD.-To all who suffering from the errcrs and lndiscrettons of youth weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c., will send recipe that will cure you, free of charge. This discovered by missionary in South America Send self.a ddressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. In
The Press., 1886-01-21
To eoHsuMPTivEs.

The advertiser having bcee pesmpnnpuY cured of that drcad disease. Conrumplion by es r.s fene.ls
 is anxious to funke known to hle fpuow.a aercrs lht meanr of cure To all who defire it, he win n~ad a copy of the prescription nsed (free), wh fbe dirrc win nnd anro CUre for CouR hr 70 elds. laua- . sumption. AelhmR. hrenehAafe. e. faItlen wiehnY thc PreNcnpiinp, afu geaen nddfess KRy. E. 4. WILSON, isa Penn.si., Wllismsharfh NY. aGf4f Y
The Press., 1886-01-21

Coughs, Colds and S0re-Throst yield readily to E. !. Douglass E Sons Capsicnm Cough Drops Sold. everywhere. Price 15 cts. per or pound.
The Press., 1886-01-21

Public speakers and singers find B. H. Douglass ,S sons Capsicum Cough Drops a sure remedy for hoarseness Sold everywhere. Price 15 per qr h.
The Press., 1886-01-21

edy for liver disorders
 New London Day: There is wild.ex- citement ill New London, or more proper ly speaking, in that portion of East New London where the dwellers expect to wake up some fine morning and find themselves sailing on sea of oil to the haven of mil lionaires. Seriously, they have struck oil over in east New London on the farm of Captain Ebenezer Stebbins, which ad- joins land of J. D. T. Strickland-and samples of it have already been sent to eminent chemists ins.New York for anal ysls, and the property owners within a considerable radius of the place where the oil was discovered are holding their breath n anticipation of the chemists report. Captain Stebbins has noticed for more than a year past that the land on a part of his farm was oily and that the tracks made bv cattle or the wheels of wagons soon filled with an oleaginous substance, the like of which he had never seen. The sample sent away was dipped out of hole made by cattle hoofs and is dark colored, very. oily. burns readily ,and in every way is like the Pennsylvania article that greased the way for Coal Oil Tommy to slide down to ruin.
The Press., 1886-01-21

A CARD.-To all who are suffering from the errcrs and ndiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c., will send recipe that will cure you free of charge. Thisgreatrem was discovered by missionary in South America. Send sef-a ddressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. In man, StatiOn D. New York City.
The Press., 1886-01-21

KOBBERY.-lti is the worst form of robbery to take that is worse than nothing. It is atrocious. But this netSrlons praecef Is very common. Lewis Red Jack et bltters are endorsed by prominent physicians and never deceive the purchaser. They are great rem
The Press., 1886-01-21
C. "A. SNOW .0 CO.

uRFosITE P%TENr OFFICE, WAsntS@roN, n. e. " NO CLUMNs Having nekOilnlcd with ihe largest Tea lmporers of New fofl loF on their sam- pie Teas we VIII send to any pert Qf tue unee Blpet on receipt Of tt. .25 three pounds mixed black r~e tea, such as s retaLed for s and upwards psr pouud ExpresSagc free. Example pounds 6o centa.
 POST co, 21 Beck man -nl New N ofk
The Press., 1886-01-21

Many suffering people drag themselves about with failing strength, feeling that they are steadily sinking into the grave, when by using Parker's Tonic they would find a cure commencing with the first dose, and vitality and strength surely coming back to them.