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The Dillon tribune., 1886-09-10
How Book Reviews Are Written.

IL would be hard to say how many con-
scienceless words are written about books
avery year in the daily newspapers of the
United States. Certainly more book-re-
views are written without conscience than
without intelligence. II you have ever
CHANGED to see half dozen out Of the 200
or 800 notices" which every book of inn
portance receives, have you not sometimes
wondered if you have yourself read the
hook and formed an opinion upon it, how
any one exercising the responsible func.
ton of critic could permit himself to
"ritc--as you find three out Of the six do
around, above and below a book, in
every fashion save straightforwartlly as
+ he had read it, and had some notions
about it,
say that more reviews are written
without conscience than without intelli-
gence; and il you will take pains to fol-
low new book only q little way OH it's
journey through the hands of the review
erS you will agree with me. The hurried,
driven. over-busy newspaper writer often
does not read the books he writes about:
and what he says regarding them when
he comes to cook up the notice which is
necessary to keep the goodwill of the pub
Usher sending the book, is not infre-
quently the result either of an impress
sion caught from a hasty glance through
the volume, from the opinion of friend
who has read it, or, least honest of all.
from the criticism OF some more faithful
reviewer in another pape~.--rid-Bits
The Dillon tribune., 1886-09-10
LOTUS. :

love the lotus blossom when It wreathes
Its painted petals in my sweetheart's tresses.
And sue, enchanted by its odor, breathes
Soft words Of love, aud soothes with soft
: ''c;aresses. - g..
- -. ..~.s .:'t,t.,%>. -
love the lotus blossom when it lies
O., the white bosom of a sleeping woman,
And fails and rises US the dreamer sighs,
For that loves sake she has yet told to no
- man.
-. 60" :
love the lotu, blossom for it grows
On Lore grave beside a silent river:
There, my ,t,,th's mistress takes her last re-
a.,
pose
loved, hated. and now forgive her.
Justin Fl. Mccarthy, II. 7.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-09-10
Her Majesty and the Newspapers.

Queen Victoria has always taken !. n:.vr
interest in the newspaper descrip,it as ~
ceremonies in wh.ca she figures Tiii:
wo,nanly keenness has again shown our
ing The recent visi. To Liverpool. Hey
majesty had special orders given to ali IN:
daily newspapers Il furnish IL supply 0:
copies for her U.S.. at the Eewsham .,vuss.
This oder OF the queen acted rs Il s::;i:-
Illus to the reporters. who knew r..,.
We're writing for the eyes OF roya.t,
London Letter.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-09-10
The Chcerfulness of Crippled Men.

The cheerfulness of crippled men takes
me off my feet. The other night l at
tended little reception at which there
were present a dozen OR twenty old SOL
diers. Some of them had wooden legs.
others had crooked legs or manned legs.
and there was in fact scarcely u whole
bodied man among them, and yet when
the music took 4 martial turn all those old
fellows insisted ON dancing. 1t was the
most remarkable performance have ever
seen, and for ten minutes good MANY of
us could not tell whether we were laugh
ing or crying. But the boys seemed to
enjoy 1t, and when their blood was M thew
were as reckless rs lot of rompiny lads
and girls in attempting all the extraor-
binary capers incidental to frolicsome
dance. Inter Ocean "Curbstone' GRAY
Ons.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-09-10
What Portugal's King Has Done,

King Luis, OF Portugal, has done some-
thing beside ruling peaceful country.
He has mastered half a dozen languages
and translated five of Shakespeare's plays
into Portuguese.-Inter-O Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

a short passage, having on one side a
sink and on the other a recessed closet
shut off by g. portiere, entered the
sleeping apartment OF her parents.
The young girl following slipped into
the closet and observed his move
ments.from behind the curtain. The
burglar softly opened the top drawer
of the bureau, and after gathering up
few dollars in money bounced upon
a diamond ring and gold watch and
chain. These he dropped into the
capacious side pocket OF the long,
loose coat he wore, and without seek
ing further plumber went out. as he
came liz. AS he tiptoed slowly and
cautiously through the passages the
curtains of the recess parted slightly,
a deft little hand slid out and ran into
the gaping pocket and emerged with
the watch and ring. The burglar, un-
aware of the trick played upon him,
and at peace with the world in the
consciousness of q good nights work,
quietly descended the back stairs and
left the premises.
About 6 O'Clock the next morning
the heroine of the night watch waited
upon her parents with an account OF
her adventure. "But, child" said her
father, after hearing her story, "why
didn't you scream and wake me up?'
Because, papa, | knew that you
hadn't g. pistol, and it would have
scared mamma into a ft," replied the
self-possessed young lady.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Secrets of the Apothecary's Clerk
from the Boston Herald. I

from the Boston Herald.1
There Is one field in which, so it is
said, woman, lovely woman, will never
fno employment. She can never be
an apothecary's clerk, because she is
not able to keep a secret. A pharm-
acy is a regular confessional, and into
the ears of the discreet attendant are
poured weighty secrets, which it would
never do to intrust to the possession
OF the gadding, gossipy female. In the
regular course of his business, the dis
penser of pills and powders knows all
about peoples bodily affections and
weaknesses, and becomes acquainted
with little sins and things of that kind
which the interested parties would not
have the world know for anything.
Then, too, he knows who paints, who
powders, who eats opium, who uses
belladonna to brighten the eyes, or
arsenic to whiten the skin, who is
obliged to use insect powder at home,
aud various things OF that kind which
would be too great q temptation for a
laxative woman to give away.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
"The Drug Store Racket"
From the Sacramento Bee.

from the sacramento Bee.
The WARM spell, and it has been
most fearfully and unusually warm,
has developed to a noticeable extent
what Is known among the boys about
town as the "drug store racket -
This means that many of the city
drug stores, will not say all, have
been converted into places of conven-
fence for ladies who like g. ''stick in
theirs" to drop in and be refreshed. I
saw how the delicate task of discern
ing whether a lady wished q dash of
spirits in her soda or not was per-
formed.
Scene-Leading Market Street drug
store. Enter lady with friend.
Lady-Please give us some soda
with an ice.
Sharp druggist-What syrup, mann
Lady (hesitatingly)-Well, straw
berry will do. Is there any danger in
iced drinks this very warm weather /?
Clerk discerning the cue)-No, no;
I'll arrange that, madam (pours three
fingers of spiritus fumenti into each
glass, passes them to the fair custom
ers, and is rewarded by g. sweet smile
This scene is of half-hourly occur
renee these warm afternoons on Mar
ket Street. The habit is not confined
to any particular class. From my
observation I Judge that nearly all
the fair promenaders on that popular
thoroughfare indulge in this pleasing
refreshment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Common Sense and Common Sleep.
From the Fortnightly Review. |

Tie REVIEW.
Excitement, worry and anxiety,
which have their seat in the brain, in
terfere with the functions of the stom-
ach, and In like manner anything that
unduly taxes the power of or initiates
the stomach disorders the circulation
and nutrition of the brain. The
sleeplessness often complained of by
equity persons is due to the poisonous
effect of the morbid material upon the
nervous system. Excessive smoking,
too much alcohol, tea and coffee,
often resorted to by over-worked per-
sons, are frequent causes of sleepless-
ness. In ali these cases the cause is
removable, while the effect may be
counteracted by appropriate treat
ment. Nothing is mere mlschlevOus,
however, than to continue the habits
and to have recourse to drugs to COM
bat the effects. A due amount of ex-
ercise tends to induce normal sleep,
and such exercise need not be of a vio-
lent character. A walk of two or
three miles daily is sufficient and is,
perhaps, as much as a busy man can
find time for. A ride on horseback,
the Palmerston cure for govt, is prob
ably the best form OF exercisefor those
whose minds are constantly at work.
1t has been well said that man must
come out or himself when in the saddle;
he is forced to attend to his horse and
to notice the objects he meets. Walk
ing may be a merely automatic proc
ess, and afford little, if any, relief to
the mind, and carriage exercise may
be practically valueless if the mind
is not diverted from what had pre-
viously occupied it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
She Robbed the Burglar.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.

From the San francisco Bulletin.l
Last Monday night the lO-year-old
daughter of a resident Of the Western
Addition had occasion to get up, and,
throwing dark wrap over her shout
ders, she opened the chamber door
noiselessly, to avoid waking her parents
sleeping in the adjoining room, and
entered the hall. She. had proceeded
but a few steps when the flash of a
bull's-eye lantern from the passage
leading to the back stairs preceded
the dimly- defined outline of an in
truder. Instead OF startling the house
with a shrek, this wary and plucky
little maid glided into the recess of a
stair landing and awaited develop
ments. The burglar moved slowly
past her, throwing the ray of his
lantern ahead to fight mis- course, went
into her bedroom and passing through
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Short Sermons Were Best.

The widow of clergyman writes to
the Albany Journal: "When l, with
my husband, was living in q city not
far from here [ noticed that member
ofour church, poor woman, was not
regular in her attendance, and finally
did not attend at all. / called on her,
and she said to me with the utmost
frankness that her husband was In
clined to be hard with her, that he did
not go to church, and that If she was
not home on Sunday in time to have
his dinner for him very nearly at IL
O'Clock he was abusive. She said that
my husband preached such long SER
mons that she could seldom get home
until after II o'clock, and that, rather
than have unpleasantness at home,
she had refrained from going to church
any more. She said that she would
not have spoken Of the matter but for
the fact that three other women OF her
acquaintance were also kept from at
tendance by similar circumstances.
She gave me the names OF the women
and [ called upon them and found her
story to be exactly true. | laid the
facts before my husband and he de-
termined to make a change in his
programme. Instead of reading all
the hymns he merely read the first
verse of each, and he began the service
precisely at 1890 whether the congre-
CATION were on hand ornot. Heshort-
ened his prayer to eight minutes in
stead of fifteen. His sermons were
commenced by IL, never later than ten
minutes after, and always concluded
by 11:45. Within three months after
he had made his change there was g.
revival in the church, and one of the
first persons brought in was the hus-
band of the woman whom first met. I"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
The Physiology of the Liver

The liver is the largest secreting organ In the
human body, and the bile which it secretes is
more liable to vitiation and misdirection from
It's proper channels than any other of the ami
MAJ M nu1ds. Luckily for the bilious, however,
mere ls an unfailing source of relief from liver
complaint, namely, Hostetters Stomach Bit
oers, medicine which for over quarter of a
century mas been achieving thorough cures of
Ine ABOVE mentioned ailments fever and ague,
dyspeps.s. bowel complaints, rheumatic and
R.oney atfection ana disorders involving loss of
nervous v1gor. 1t is, moreover, preventive of
malarlal disease, and affords protection to
thousands of persons residing in districts of
country where that dire scourge is prevalent.
As remedy adapted TO the medicinal require
Lnenes OF families, it is supremacy desirable. and
as means OF fortifyipg debilitated system, it
Is thoroughly to be depended upon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
COLD CABBAGE SALAD.


Chop the cabbage fine, sprinkle it
with salt and pepper and sugar, cover
with one-third water and two thirds
vinegar.
GOLDFISH STEAKS.
Dip the steaks in beaten eggs, then
in yellow corn meal, and fry them q
rich brown in pork fat. Before serv-
ing sprinkle the steaks with little
salt and pepper and lemon juice.
FIFTEEN-MINUTE CAKE.
Two cups sugar, three eggs, one cup
milk, three cups flour, three teaspoons
baking powder, one teaspoon flavor
ing. Bake i'll four layers fifteen min
utes and use any kind of icing you de-
sire.
SPONGE CAKE.
Two eggs, one and one-haf cups
of flour, two thirds sweet milk,
one-haf of butter, one of white
sugar, one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar, one-half of saleratus, one OF
lemon.
GRAHAM PUDDING.
One cup graham flour, half-cup milk,
half-cup molasses, half-cup raisins or
currants chopped fine, one teaspoon
soda. Steam three hours and serve
with either a cream sauce or one made
by Dreaming butter and sugar, and
flavor with vanilla extract or wine.
A DAINTY DISH
This is for breakfast or lunch, and is
made of slices of fresh, crisp toast,
buttered very slightly. On each slice
put salmon and cucumber, or cold
meat and chutney; sprinkle with pep
per and wrap each slice in q lettuce
leaf that has been stepped in vinegar.
LITTLE HOLLAND BRETZELS.
Make O. dough of half pound of
-four, half pound of sugar, the yolk
of two eggs, tablespoonful of sour
cream, and q tablespoonful OF corr
ander seed. Break off little bits of
the dough, roll them in round pieces
and form them in little bretzels or
rings.
ROAST LAMB.
Sometimes the hindquarter of lamb
or young mutton will be found to be of
strong flavor. This fault will not be
discovered until the loin chops have
been broiled. To overcome the defect,
before baking the leg, parboil it. When
nearly cooked remove it from the wa
ter, dredge it with flour and bake it
until done.
WATERS.
One pint of flour prepared is best)
one cup of milk, one tablespoonful of
butter and a teaspoonful of salt. Rub
butter and salt into the flour, wet with
the milk and roll out as thin as pos
sible; cut into rounds with a cake
cutter and roll out again, this time
surprising the former 'spossible."
They should be actually translucent.
Transfer with care to a Toured baking
pan and set in a quick oven until deli
cately Drowned They will be deli
ciously dainty.
HOT sLAW OF RED CABBAGE.
Remove the detective leaves from a
small head OF red cabbage, and shave
it very thin; heat in porcelain-lined
saucepan two tablespoonful of but
ter and one teaspoonful of -four; when
they are stirred smoothly together
add a cup two-thirds full of vinegar, a.
level teaspoonful each of salt and
mustard, tablespoonful of sugar and
a dust Of cayenne; stir these ingred;-
ents until they boil; then remove them
from the fire, stir in the yolk of a raw
egg, pour the dressing over the cabbage
and serve it at once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
INSTANTLY Relieved.

Mrs. Ann Lacour, of New Orleans, La, writes
~ have son who has been sick for two years
he has been attended by our leading physicians
but all to no purpose. This morning he had his
usual spell Of coughing, and was SO greatly pros
trated in consequence, that death seemed immi
nent. We had in the house bottle of DIR. WIN
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, pur
chased by my husband. who noticed your ad
vertisement. We administered it and he was
instantly relieved ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
1mHOrtanf.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage, expressaze and SO carriaoe
hire and stop at the GRAND UNION no
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. Eie-
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 thar
at any other first-class hotel in the city
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
InvaIids' Hotel and Surgical In
Gtituta

This widely celebrated institution, located
at Buffalo, N. Y, is organized with q full
stall of eighteen experienced and skillful
physicians and Surgeons. constituting the
most complete organization of medical and
surgicafsk in America, for the treatment
OF all chronic diseases, whether requiring
medical or surgical means for their cure,
Marvellous success has been achieved in the
cure OF all nasal, throat and lung diseases,
liver and kidney diseases, diseases of the
digestive organs, bladder diseases, diseases
peculiar to women, blood taints and skin
diseases rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous
debility, paralysis, epilepsy (fits), sperma-
torrhea, impotency and kindred affections.
Thousands are cured at their homes through
correspondence. The cure of the worst
ruptures, pile tumors, varicocele, hydrocele,
and strictures is guaranteed, with only a
short residence at the institution. Send
10 cents in stamps for the Invalids' Guide
Book (16S pages), which gives all particu.
lars. Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
THE FARMERS SCHEME.

The farmer swinging on the gate doth idly muse
How he perchance may through the summer
win
A pocketful of city peoples tin,
So that if crops should fail he can not lose.
Then doth he take a piece of pine,
Planned smooth, and on 1t paint sign,
Sharing his prey with, "Boarders taken in"
New Haven News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

The Senate is composed of seventy
six members. More than sixty of
them are attorneys, agents, or officers
of railroad, telegraph, and coal. Oil
monopolies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

NINE. MINNIE HAUK has let her Swiss
castle for the season to a Russian
family and will spend the summer in
this country. One condition made in
the lease requires that the stars and
stripes shall be constantly kept flying
from the towers of stMinpingen.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

MIKADo silks, with enormous designs
in high colors upon dark. grounds,
shown at the beginning of the season,
are worn at the seaside. Their bizarre
effect precludes their use elsewhere.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
A Most Liberal Offer!

The VoLTAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their Celebrated VoLTA1C BELTS
and Electric Appliances on thirty days
trial to any man afflicted with Nervous De-
bility Loss of Vitality, Manhood, &c. H.
Illustrated pamphlet in sealed envelope with
full particulars, mailed free. Write them at
once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

DIR. PlERCE's "Favorite Prescription" is
net extoled as cure all, 4" but admirably
'uihlls singleness OF purpose, being a most
potent specific in those chronic weaknesses
neculiar to Women
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Bed-Bugs, Flies.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed bugs, water bugs,
moths, rats, mice, sparrows, iackrabbits,
gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by Rough
on Rats" 15c
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

JAPAN has just had built in England
two o. the fastest and most formidable
cruisers afoat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

LAST winter jacqueminot roses were
worth So per dozen in New York. Now
they sell at cent apiece.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

WHEN you get your boots and shoes
Strengthened use Lyons Heel Stiffeners;
they will save you money, give you COM
fort, and keep them straight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Thin PeODle.

wells Health Remover" restores health
and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Malaria I'm
potence, Nervous Debility, Consumption,
Wasting Diseases, Decline. 1t has cured
thousands, will cure you.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

A VISITING pugilist recently shocked
a Virginia City, New, divine by offer
ing him a free ticket to q knock-down
entertainment for the use of several
chairs from the church vestry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

A BUNCH OF seven-headed wheat,
seven feet three inches in height, was
exhibited in Stockton, CAL, last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Heart Pains.

Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings Dizzi-
ness, Indigestion, Headache, Ague, Liver
and Kidney Complaint Sleeplessness cured
by Wells Health Renewer.'' Elegant
Tonic for Adults or Children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

The Japanese government has or
dered l2O, 100000 feet of lumber from
Oregon mills. M
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THE New York Herald is soon to fol-
low in the wake of its contemporaries
in the pictorial line.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

"SILAs LAPHAM' has received i+s
twelfth edition. It is still much
sought after at the book stores.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

IRON manufacturers at Lehigh VAL
ley, Pa, have begun to make street
paving blocks from blast-furnace Stag.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

As hair dressing, Halls Hair Remover
has no equal. Ask your druggist for it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THE only warranted cure for chills and
fever is Ayers Ague Cure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

TWENTY thousand dozen of pineap.
pies arrived at Baltimore one day
last week from the West Indies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

Don't work your horses to death with
poor axle grease; the Fraser is the only re-
liable make
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

HORNED toads were frequent arti-
Gle. OF mail matter at the San Diego,
Cal. postoffice until recently.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

"RoUGH on Corns" hard or soft corns,
bunons. 15c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

"RoUGH on Toothache." Instant relief.
15c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Ruchu-Paiba.

Cures all Kidney Affections, Scalding, r.
ritation, Stone, Gravel, Catarrh OF the
Bladder. 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

A New YORK caterer has just received
a. set of molds for producing all the
"Mikado" characters in ice-cream.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Life PreserYer.

Ifyou are losing your grip on life try
Wells Health Remover" Goes direct to
weak spots.
Great Appetizer and aid to Digestion,
giving strength to stomach, liver, kidneys;
bowels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07
Rough on Rats"

clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants
bed-bugs, vermin, water-bugs, skunks. 15c
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

THREE m onths' treatment for SOC. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold nv druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

No trouble toswallow Dr. Plerce's Pellet!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-07

A% - MONTH & BOARD for live Young
NM Men or Ladies, in each county. Ad-
WV dress, p. w. ZIEGLER & CO., Chicago