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Nevada County picayune., 1886-08-04
WARDS WOES.

MAxEY's, GA. January, lSSG. For twelve or fourteen years have been great sufferer from q terrible form of blood poison which ran into the secondary, aad finally it WA, pronounced n tertiary form. Ny head. face and shoulders became almost n nnss of corruption, and finally the disease commenced uating away my skull hone.. l became so horribly rcpulsive that for thre" wears l absolutely refused 10 let people see Inc. l used larg c quantities of most noted blood remedies and applied to nearly all physcans near me, but my condition con iinued to grow worse, and all said that must surely die. My bones became the SC 1 of excrucnting aches and pains; my nights wero passed in misery; l was reduced in flesh and strength; my kidneys were terribly deranged. and lie became "A burden to me. l char ced to see an advertisement of B E. E. and sent one dollsr 10 W. (. Birchmors X G., merchants of our place, and they pro- cared one bottle for me. IL was used with decided benefit. and when eight or ten bot Il Lad been used WAS pronounced sound and we'll.
 Hundreds of sears can now be seen on me, Looking like man who had been burned snd then restored Ny case was well known lu .his county, aud for the beac!it of others who Iuay be similarly affected, think it InY duty 10 pINo tue ihCis to titS puol" A'.u t"NAS'''' my heartfelt thanks for so valuable n rene- dy. 1 have been we'll over twelve moIths, and no return of the disease has occurred.
 ROBEkT WARD. MAXEY's, GA, January, lsSt,-We. the undersignod, know Mir. R, bert Ward, and take pleasure iu saving that lho facts above stated by him arc true, aud that lis was ono of tho worst ca.cs of blood rolso1 We ever knew in on, county and that he hss been cured by the use vf B. B. B.-Botanic Blood Balm.
 A T BuiGuTwELL. Merchant.
 " C BIRcHNoRE X Go, Merchants
 J II BEIGHTwELI, Il D.
 JouS T HART,
 W E CAMPBELL
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"When Russia sold Alaska to us," says the Nev York Graphic, .for q, 7,2OO,OO0, it was said we had
 bought a sucked orange; that the place was exhausted and good for nothing. Nobody thought it had much to offer outside of the seal fisheries, and that these were of little value, whereaa the fisheries l,ave already paid the Government more than half what the entire ter. rito+y cost, and it is now found that there is an inexhaustable sup ply of the finest timber in the world, with gold, silver aud other metals in abundance awaiting the pioneer in that almost unknown land. The general idea of Alaska is that it is a sort of Arctic settle 'ment covered with ice and snow, where the thefmometer is always about fifty below zero. AS a mat ter of fact, it is warmer place than New York. At Sitka ice is never found, and the winter temperature is about that of Washington, D. C.. The Japanese stream corresponds ing to the Gulf stream of the At 'fautic Ocean sweeps down the whole 1000 miles of coast line and makes the G!lGfate of Alaska for several hundred ,piles inland simi- Jar to .Aat of California. Away np in the Yukon basis, however, some of the ground is permanently froz- nn D
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of death was on the williams face,

uf death was on the williams face, and in a few minutes he was dead.
 "I left them both lying there and hurried on to the next settlement, where l told my story. With help l returned, and the dead man was carried to his own home, where no cue seemed to care for his fate.
 "In my own home have the skin of the panther stuffed, and should you come my way, gentle. men, l should be pleased to show It to you. There, yOn have my story. Now, the neXt'
Nevada County picayune., 1886-08-04

Whence, then, this intelligence this capacity to talk about all themes, secular and rcligious-this acquaintance with science and art this power to appreciate the beautiful and grandi Next 10 the Bible the newspaper-swift'wing- cd and everywhere present, flying over tEe fences, showed under the door, tossed into the counting room. laid on the work bench hawked through the cars. All read it; white and black, German IrishnIan, Swiss, Spanish, Ameri- can, old and young, good and bad, sick and well, before breakfast and after tea, Monday morning, Satur- day night, Sunday and week day
 Inow declare that l consider the newspaper to be fhe grand agency by which the gospel is to be preach ed. ignorance cast out, oppression dethroned, cripo oxtirpated, the world raised, Heaven rejoiced and God gloriticd.
 In the clanking of the plia',lng press, as the sheets ,tiy out, hear the voice of the Lord Almighty proclai,nihg to all the dead nations of tnis cath, 'Iazarus, come forth'' and to the retrcating surges, of darkness, "Let there be ligi,t!' In many Of our city nowsIapers, pro- fessing no more than secular infor- mation, there has appeared during the last ten years some ot the grand. est appeals in'behalf frelision, and some ofthe most effective interpre- tations of Gods government among the uations.-Rev, Dewitt Talmage,
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"MOthers' Friend
MAKES CHILDBIRTH EASY.

Tha. time has come at last when the terrible agony incl dent 10 this very critical period in wo,nan's life can be avoid cd. 4 distinguished physician who passed the greatest portion of his life CA yesrs) in this branch of practice, left to thild-bcaring woman this price less legacy and life-sayisg ap- pliancc. THE MOTHERS FRIEND" and today there ,housand4 of ,hc best women in our land who, having used this wonderful remedy before confinement, rise up and call his namo blessed,
 We can prove all we claim for 1t Dy living witnesses. and anyone interested can call, or have their husbands d" so, at our office, and see the original letters which we cannot publish.
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Flied Tomatoes.

Select smooth, hard tomatoes, wash and wipe but do not pare them, cut in halves crossways and lay the cut side in flour. Have 6oine butter heating in a cup on the back of the range V here it will not be hot enough to boil. After it has stood fifteen minutes there will be a clear oil on the top and a sediment at the bottom. Use this 6il to fly the tomatoes being careful not to pour in the sediment, which is the part of the. butter that burns most readily. let the butter get not in tine pan, then lay in the tomatoes, the hOured side down, and watch closely that they do not bucn; turn with a c9ke-turn' CT as soon as brown. The skin side win not burn much. When all are done and removed to a platter put a small cup of milk in the pan with little salt and thck. cn with level teaspoOnful of corn starch; let it boil up and pour t over the tomatoes. Some people prefer them without the sauce.
 
 rI tell you, Darringer, the red iiag's got to 50. We've had enough of it.n
 "Bromley, I'm with you there. It has cost me a heap os money. My wife may protest, of course, but" <.
 "Good gracious, Darringer, your wife isn't an anarchist, is sheV
 GWhy, of course not" ,. "How does it cost you lot of moneyw :. 1 ,. .... "She spends it, don't you seei Buys things she's no manner ol use for, and" <. ;. <
 dsakes alive, man, what reg flag was yoa talking aboutp " !, "The .auctioneer's. Weren't your-Ex. --..--~. ..--.s.
 t. ,, ... Blank deeds. Justices summons executions, etc at this office,
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S=...ss....a..s

"Last week you came around here begging as blind man, and now yon are not only blind but lame," said Judge Pennybunker to a mcndicant. ..
 "Well, you see, we have to do something to keep up with the pro cession., You have no idea of the competition we have to contend with in my line of business. I'm thinking of having cancer next week "-Texas Siftings.
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Blank deeds, Justices summons executions, etc at this office,
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As Others See Us.

Even gods and leroes in pagan mythology had each n vulnerable point, and, unfortunately, ordinary beings share that drawback to complete happiness. None of us are so perfectly equipped for so- ciai warfare that our fellow-creat- ure can find nothing ridiculous about us. Therefore it behoovcs us to remember that we live in glass houses, and by no means can afford to throw stones MT. Rob ert Owen, in describing journey acioss the Alps, which he took with his sisters aad friend. rec ords the salutary lesson received by some of the party.
 On crossing the Jura, he says, we walked much, to enjoy the pure air and grand scenery, and the car riage slowly followed at some dis tance The professor and myself were engaged in some interesting discussion, my sisters walking on ill advance of us. They were dressed ill the English fashion of the time, and, l think, wore riding habits and hats, expecting to trav- cl on mules 1t somk part of the day.
 They passed, in the course of thelr walk, an ordinary house where three young women, stood dressed in the door. We were so far behind that we did not appear to those natives to belong to the ladies whom they had just seen, and they were making merry over the odd appearance of the stran- gers.
 Did you ever see such frightfnl dressesi' said one.
 'IHow can people think Of wear. ing themi' cried another.
 We went on and soon joined our advance party, when we were greeted with tho exclamation:
 "Did you ever see such flights as those women we have just pass ed! How can people so disiigure thcmselvesf
 My sisters were then inexperi- enced travellers, and had not seen a great variety of foreign costumea.
 "Yes," replied, "we saw them, and heard their strongly expressed surprise at the flights who had just passed. They were exceedingly merry over the strange figures you had made of youtselves."
 This was . lesson whica they never afterwards forgot.
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All who desire fuil information about !he cause and cure of Blood Poison., Scr"fuls md Scrofulous Swellugs Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints. CatArrh. etc, can secure by mail, free, copy of our I2-psge Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the most wonderful and stratling proof ever before known.
 Address, BLOOD BALM co,
 Atlanta, Ga. For sale by II. Moncricf k Bro; J. Q, Howell, Cor Main and Front Sts.; Nilner & Milburn. Prescott, Ark.
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This Remedy is a most wonderful llnirnent 70 be used after the first two or three months. Send for our treatise on ''Hcalth and Hap piness of Woman" mailen free.
 TIE BRApFIELD RkGrLAToK Co.,, Atlanta, Gde.gis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15

crowded tenement houses, the wretch
ed lodging rookeries for men and Tom-
en-, where all the demands Of modesty
are forgotten, and the low cellars,
those haunts of disease and epidemic,
where parents and children sleep on
damp straw and breathe mephitic
air; but why dwell longer on such
human suffering9 1t would be more
profitable ard pleasant to recount
how the state, the city and the
private citizen labor together to allie
viate this Indebtedness, how every
night homes for the friendless shelter
those who have no bed nor root, and
how everything possible is done to lift
up the struggling beggar and make
him an independent man again. But
what we try to do in Berlin in this di-
rection is doubtless much the same as
that done in the other large cities of
the world. | have shown that the
New York lady was wrong, that the
German, like other capitals, is cursed
with poverty, and that is more than
enough to have to tell in one letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
The Quaker +" Thou"
from London Society. !
converts


When the novelists of the last
century had occasion to Introduce a
Quaker into their fctions they took
care to mark him well by OVERLAPPING
his speech with "thee and thou" and,
indeed, at one time this phrase was a
common slang term for the Friends.
The use of these pronouns is partially
q survival or the time when the lower
orders employed them habitually, and
is curious instance of correctness of
phrase surviving among the very per-
entists, are currently credited with be-
ing the corrupters of the language,
while the educated had fallen into
grammatical incofrectness. The
Quaker writer's AFFIRM, however, that
the eof "you" instead of the ''thou"
OF the grammars originally rose from
a desire to compliment the person ad-
dressed by ascribing to him the i'm
portance belonging to two or more,
and wrote many tractates in support
of their view. Be this as it may, it is
indisputable that technical correctness
was on their side, and sovereign and
newspaper editor are alike incorrect
when they use the imposing "we' in
place of pleoeian "I." To say 'sthou"
(pro forma) to a man was, it will be
remembered, in the reigns of Elizabeth
and James l., simply to insult him.
81 thou thee, thou traitor" cried
Coke to Raleigh when the latter was
being tried for his life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
Those Long Fasters.
from the Philadelphia Ledger.


In regard to the successful thirty
days fast of Merlatti, the second
Italian to try it this fall, it must be
remembered that both our Tanner
and the Italian Secchi, besides the
present experimenter, had no such
distIrber to encounter as fear of star
Walton from inability to get food, as
in the case of shipwreck, to break
down their endurance. To abstain
voluntarily from all food, and to take
no drink except spring water, is
great test of self control; but when a.
man knows that he need not starve
another minute after he chooses to
ask for food, he has no concern about
that part of the trial. Here is one
marked difference between the con-
ditlon of these exploiting fasters and
the victims who are imprisoned and
cut Off by mine accidents, or the
shipwrecked folks adrift on the sea or
cast away at places remote from the
ordinary track of vessels. Anxiety
and terrible fear are added to fasting
in these cases. Still the successful ex.
periments OF Tanner and Secchi, and
so far of Merlatti, are useful. They
must help to remove anxiety from
the mind when the body happens tC
be undergoing an involuntary fast, tc
know that for few days at least 6
man can get along without bread if h'
has very little water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
Wise Words Of Lincoln.
From the Chicago Advance. !

There is no landing place on the
stairway from labor up to capital
There are no bolted doors along the
ascent. 1t is treason to make out an
irrepressible conflict between them.
The fact was never better put than by
Mr.. Lincoln on his first annual mes
sage: There is no such relation" he
said, "between capital and labor as
assumed, nor is there any such thing
as o. free man being fixed for life in the
condition of g. hired laborer. Both
these assumptions are false, and all
inferences from them are groundless.
Many independent men everywhere in
these states few years back in their
lives were hired laborers. The pru-
dent, penniless beginner in the world
labors for wages for q while, saves g.
surplus with which to buy tools or
land for himself, then labors on his
own account for another while, and
at length hires another new beginner
to help him. This is the just and gen.
erous system which opens the way to
all, gives hope to all, and consequent
energy and progress and improvement
of condition to all"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
my Attention Has Been Called IS
From the Philadelphia Times |

Every editor knows the man whose
attention has just been called to an
article IN the paper. He is very nu-
nervous. Doubtless editors have long
wondered if there were not some peo-
pie in the world who devoted their
time to calling the attention of other
people to newspaper articles. Per-
haps this first suggested to New
York journalist the idea of establish
ing bureau for the accommodation
of persons who desire to have
their attention called TO what
the newspapers say about them.
At all events he did start such q
concern and it is now running in full
blast. He employed men to read the
papers for folks who don't have very
high opinion of the press, never look
at the papers and don't care what the
papers say about them, and these ten
men keep lot of boys on the Jump all
day pasting and mailing the clippings.
The list OF subscribers is long and In
cludes people in every profession and
line of business. A subscriber pays
$40 to get his name on the list, and
then B cents for each article clipped
and sent to him. The bureau receives
all the daily, weekly and monthly
publications of this country and the
principal papers of foreign countries,
and the readers go through about
1000 every day.
Such q bureau is the whispering gall
lery of journalism. The obscure coun-
try paper edifes it's readers with g.
slashing editorial on grinding railway
monopolists, and when the editor
takes his summer vacation and writes
to the superintendent of big road
for a pass all over the country, he
wonders why he doesn't get it. The
explanation is that the president OF
that road ha had his attention called
to rything said about his company
in the public press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
mains is awaited with the keenest in
terest by the medical profession.
The Story of Fechter's Diamond.

The story of Fechter's diamond pin
in "F'rom Mozart toll Mario is worth
quoting, though to vne sceptioal mind
there is az apooryphalring about it.
Wearing q large paste pin, be had
gone down near the East River, where
at thai time q number of roughs were
always ready to cut ycu- throat for
half dollarif they thought they we're
likely to find anything worth taking
on you This pin, g. theatrical dia-
mond of excellent French imitation,
attracted q thief's attention, and he
stopped Fechter and roughly asked
the time, with the evident in
tention OF seeing whether he could Law
hold OF watch. Fechter said he did
not know, and ordered him to go his
way, whereupon the nigger-a tall
powerful man-laid hold Of him; but
Fechter, we'll verse. "a the jeu de la
savate, got the man under in no time,
when, to the rather unpleasant sur
prise of Fechter, q big clasp knife ap
peared on the scene, and he thought
discretion the better part of valor.
Listen to me, my man. he said.
what is the good of your shedding
blood and getting hemp cravat? Z
have no money and no valuables:
what do you Va1t?' Your piu,' said
the man, 'and I'll have it if | swing
for it, You shall,' said Fechter,
only don't care to go home with my
scarf open as if I were drunk. If YOU |
will let me have any other pin you may |
have mine without struggle
Agreed said the niger, and he took
out rather tasteful turquoise and
cameo pin, and put Fechter' diamond
~ into his necktie. I leave the read
9r to judge what his feelings must have
0een when next day he came to ascer-
Jain the value of his honestly &C.
luired solitaire, for which he had given
3 pin worth at least ten times the
price of the stone for which he mar
'owly escaped becoming a murderer"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
An Incident in the Siege Of Metz.
From the Pail Mall Gazette. !


The French papers announce to-
day the death at Ramsgate of DR.. Ed
mond Regnier, who played so singular
a part in the siege of Metz, and was,
by default, condemned to death for
dealing with the enemy. We are, how
ever, informed that the occurred
at least three months ago. He was
born at Paris in 1922, adopted the
medical profession, was army surgeon
in Algeria, married a rich wife, settled
in England, and bought an estate near
Melun. After the investment of Metz,
says the Times, he waited on the
Empress at Hastings, received from
the Prince Imperial q photograph of
that town, with memorandum writ
ten on the back by the Empress; then
went to Prince Frederick Charles, and
WAS allowed to enter Metz, where he
protested to be a courier from the
Emperor. The result was that Gen.
BOorbaki was sent by Bazaine to
Hastings, but there found that the
Empress had given Regnier no mission,
and he vainly sought permission to
re-enter Metz. Regnier made further
attempts to serve as go-between with
the Germans, vanity and ambition be-
ing probably his motives. On Bazaine
being prosecuted he also was arrested,
but after three months was unac-
countably released. An order to re-
arrest him was frustrated by a flight
to Switzerland. In September, 1874,
he was condemned by default, and in
straitened circumstances he passed
the rest of his life in England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-15
Measuring Heads.

.iHew York Correspondence.I
A tall, Observation-Disclosures man, with
the general air of worldly Innocence
that characterizes the scientific per.
son, visited the Aztec Fair, and drew
notebook and small steel tape
from his pocket. Marching up to the
nearest hombre, the tall man gently
but firmly drew the tape-line around
the astonished Greaser's head, care
fully noted the measurement, and
made an entry in his notebook.
Smiling blandly and reassuringly upon
the exhibit, he proceeded to measure
| the Mexican's head in various ways
and make notes. Before the be-
wildered fellow could collect his
wits the tall man had moved
on to the next booth and
slipped his tape around another
skull, serenely oblivious to the sensa-
ton he was creating among the puz-
zled Mexicans. At last he tackled
vaquero who could speak English and
wanted to know the purpose of the
measurements. The gentleman was
DR.. Sims, who long ago retired from
practising and took up theorizing and
investigating. The doctor said:
"These chaps, / find, have very small
heads, and that is another proof of
my theory that the largest heads are
in the cold countries, and the size of
skull and weight diminish as you ap-
proach the equator. Ihave measured
heads from Lapland to Egypt and
from India to New Zealand, and the
result proves the truth OF the general
statement.
"Now, have discovered that the
brain has nothing to do with the OPP
GRAFTON OF thought. The mind, as it
is called, is not located in the brain.
The brain is a vital organ, like the
heart, and supplies heat to the body
through the nerves. Sever the nerves
in q sleeps neck and the heat of the
body diminishes, in regular proper
ton, 90 many degrees minute. The
experience OF Arctic explorers has
shown that men with big heads endure
the cold best. The brain is life-giv-
ing organ. 1t is the dynamo that
sends heat and electricity along the
nerves to all parts of the body. In
cold climates more heat is required,
and heat and brains are bigger than
living near the equator require lit.
tie body heat, and their heads are
small. But the intellect is not affected
by the size of the head. Bigm have
big heads, but the smart men are not
all big by any means. The biggest
brain that ever was weighed was that
of a congenital idiot. The next heaviest
was that of Ivan Trourgenieff. The
latter was Russian, and Russians
have big heads because their country
is cold. | could cite facts by the hour
to prove my theory, and some day the
ANTAGONISTS will all agree with me that
the old notion of brain power is en-
tirely erroneous" The doctor sighted
another foreign head across the hall,
and whipping out his tape line, he dis
appeared N the crowd, walking over
small people without noticing their
protests in his anxiety not to lose
sight of the new specimen.