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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
THE FISH MAMMOTH.
Description of the Probable Ancestor of
the Sea-Serpent.

Description of the Probable Ancestor of
the Sea-Serpent.
A Toongoosian fisherman named
Schumacher, about the year 1899 was
proceeding, as is the custom offishermen
of those parts when fishing proves a
failure, along the shores of the Lena in
quest of mammoth tusks, which have
been there found in considerable album
dance. During his rambles, having gone
further than he had done before, he
suddenly came face to face with huge
mammoth imbedded in clear ice. This
extraordinary sight seemed to have
filled him with establishment and awe,
for instead of at once profting by the
fortunate discovery, he allowed several
years to roll on before he summoned
courage to approach it closely, although
it was his habit to make stealthy jour
neys occasionally to the object of his
wonder. At length, seeing, it is pre-
sumed, the terrible monster made no
signs of eating him up, and that it's
tusks would bring him considerable
sum of money, he allowed the hope of
gain to overcome his superstitious
scruples, He boldly broke the barrier
of ice, chopped off the tusks and left
the carcass to the mercy of the wolves
and bears, who, finding it palatable,
soon reduced the huge creature to a
skeleton. Some years afterward a
man OF science was on the scent, and
although so late at the death, found the
huge skeleton with three legs, the eyes
still in the orbits and the brain unin-
iured in the skull. Christian at Work
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

The smallest fire-aI'm IN the world
is a gold watch charm, in the form of a
revolver, about an inch long Chicago
Herald.
The president of The New York
Press Club has been presented with a
gavel made from large chip of the
keel of the old ship New Orleans, which
has lain in Sackett' s Harbor since the
war of 1912, when it was built to meet
the st. Lawrence, which the British
sailed into Lake Erie. She was never
used, however, as peace was declared
before she was completed. The gavel
is turned and carved, and silver dol
phin extends along the handle. The
hammer is made of a bolt Of Swedish
iron taken from the wood above a port
hole of the vessel.
"A remarkable escape from an alli-
gator is narrated by the Sylvania ga
Telephone. A Mr. Oliver and negro
servant were out searching for hogs,
and at the edge of pond discovered a
peculiar looking pile of leaves, which
they poked into with pole, when out
1eaped an alligator and gave chase.
Mr.. Oliver took to his heels across the
pond on the ice, but slipped and fell,
and the dreaded reptile overlook him.
He thought his time had certainly come,
but in his desperation seized his formid-
able foe by the upper and lower jaws
and held its youth open until the negro
came up and put a stick in it, thus
propping its jaws apart and rendering
it helpless. They then killed the sau-
rian, which measured something over
six feet in length.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
LEGAL Advertisements.

g. TATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court fol
- Jefferson County-In Probate.
Notice isherebYgiven that at a regular term Of
the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House in the City of Jcffer-
son, in said county, on the first Tuesday of May,
being the 4th day of May, A ID. 1886, at II
O'Clock in the forenoon, the following matters
will be heard and considered:
The application of John Ford. Administrator de
bonis non with the will annexed Of the estate OF
Joshua Burnham, late of the city OF Watertown.
in said county, deceased, for the examination
and allowance of his final account of his ed
mlnistration of said estate and the assignment
of the residue thereof according 10 law and the
last will of said deceased.
Dated, this 18th day of March, A, D. 1885,
By order of the Court:
HENRY COLONIUs,
County judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

K want statesmen everywhere, local
w |;;:; !; $:
Boston. Mass
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
New Advertisements.
TARRANT'S
EFFERvESCENT SETTER
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pleasant aperient in the
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ducing when dissolved in
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Physicians as a reliable
and agreeable remedy. 1t
cures Constipation, cures
Indigestion, cures Dys-
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Headache, cures Liver
Complaint, cures Sic
Stomach, and gently ur-
ges all the EXcretory or
gans to a proper action.
1t should be found i'll
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here.
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NEW WOOD YARDI

We have opened wood yard on the premises
of J. torncrook & Co., at the foot of Cd and Sd
streets, near the c., NJ d st. y. Railroad. where
we shall keep constantly on hand all kinds of
stove wood. Wood delivered 10 all parts OF the
city free. Orders given TO US Will receive prompt
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CON sum PTI0

hsse p0stive remedy Tor disease; by its as
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E1sf VIII send TWO BOTTLES FREx, together With VAL
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rFs DVERTISERS.- rates for adj
lvertislng IN S71 good newspapers sent free.
Address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., TO Spruce St.,
NY
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for Infants and Children.

TEN YEARS AGO, on December 26th 1875, The
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS founded 1t was the po-
neer of lowpriced journalism in the From the first
the controlling conviction of its managers has been that
"cheap paper should be cheap only price, that
should be fresh and complete, its editorial discussion
able and its general and character pure and
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ali this without the tresome ampdcaton and repetition of
the ponderous "bauketsheet" This has been it's ideal.
Flow we'll it has succeeded in the actual attainment of
high standard is best evidenced in the fact that it
regularly prints and sells 10000 papers day-a
larger circulation than that Of all other Chicago daies
combined
The CHICAGO DAILY NEWS is an INDEPEND-
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1t paper of positive opinion, expires ed without fear
favor 1t seeks the patronage OF people who love country
than party.
The CHICAGO DAILY News is the only cent
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t prints NEWS
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The Av.
The CHICAGO WEEKLY NEWS pages "a
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

-Smythekins is trying to arouse the
courage of his better half, who has re-
Gently lost her pet parrot and is over
come with grief: Come, come! What
the deuce. Be man, my dear! Sup
pose you had lost mew-M. y Mai.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
- TATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court 70
Ea Jefferson Countv-In Probate.

eTATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court fol
- Jefferson County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House. iii the City of JEFF
ferson, in said County, on the first Tuesday OF
O'Clock in the forenoon, the following matters
will be heard and considered.
The application of Sue S. Cady to admit to
probate the last will and testament of Linus
z, Cady late of the City of Watertown, in said
County. deceased and for her appointment o.
executrixthereof as therein provided.
Dated, this 18th day Of March. A. D. 1856.
By order OF the Court:
HENRY COLONIUS,
1854 County Judge.
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Give Us A Call.
w. p. KEYES g. CO.,

atertown, Wis, December AL Ss5.
P, S.-LeaVe your orders at the Republican
Office, Cheney & Huber, lumber yard Success
ors to Hamlin d Ford) or at the wood yurd.
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TECTrr Send FIFTEEN CENTS in stamps
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
on 70 ;,

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If you are failing, broken, worn out
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

rooms and the fashion Of overlooking
the body. DR.. Babbitt, admitting that
we can not conform to the undress uni
form habits of the uncivilized, proceeds
to point out how to appropriate the zee
lesiial medicine" of sunlight. Among
other suggestions is the sun play ground
for children, in which they are to play
nearly, If not quite nude, and which, In
a single week in summer, would bring TO
them new life, strength and toughness
The objection to this soft of play ground
would be that doctors would suffer from
a lack of business. A point made by the
Doctor in summing up is that "the sun
light resting upon the skin develops the
most exquisite counter Irritation over the
wolc body, drawing internal COMPOSITIONS
outward, destroying poisonous germs in
the blood and preventing morbid condi-
tons" In the process of growth and de.
velopment the first Divine command was,
"Let there be light!'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
Honey in the Chimney.

Wild bees are becoming very plentiful
In the country around Emigrant Gap.
A score or more Of trees have been cut
near that village during the past eight
months. some Of which proved very rich.
In this connection the following
strange circumstance Is noteworthy.
The chimney Of James Davis's house,
Bear Valley, had not been used for a
year or two-that is, not by the family.
Recently 1t vas found necessary to start
q fire In that part Of the house. The fire
was duly started. but for o while It did
not burn very successfully.
The fact Is there was an obstruction in
the chimney in the shape OF a large de-
posit Of honey in the comb. The fire
caught in the ~honeycomb, the flames
shot up out Of the top Of the chimney to
the height OF about ten feet, and 1t was
thought for q while that the house would
be destroyed, but 1t wasn't. Over 200
pounds OF honey ran down the chimney.
PLACER Argus.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

Wash the sweetbreads, drop into boiling
water, cook for fifteen minutes; then
plunge into ice-cold water and leave them
there half an hour; wipe dry, roll in beaten
egg, then in cracker crumbs; lay in q drip.
ping pan; pour around them half a cupful
Of boiling water in which you have melted
a %teaspoonful of butter; cover and bake
them half an hour. basting several times
remove the cover and brown; boil the
peas as directed in a former paper, drain,
butter, pepper and salt them, heap on a
hot dish, and lay the swectbreads around
them.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
Sunlight and Life.

Bluff old Diogenes required a lantern
to find an honest man. If he were living
now and in search of curiosities, he would
need no lantern to find the foolish women
who persist in excluding the sunlight
from our dwelling places, lest forsooth 1t
fades the carpet or attracts the imperti.
nent fly. The upbuilding, vitalizing,
health giving power of sunlight is, or
should be, SO well known that preventing
Its admission into ~ dwellings, or the
construction of dwellings into which at
least some Of the direct light of the sun
can not enter, should be regarded as
criminal. Health Of body and mind, i'm.
munity from disease and beauty of form
and color are found mainly among those
who battle freely in the sunlight,
In an article on Wonders of Sunlight"
In Halls Journal Of Health, DR.. L. d.
Babbitt contrasts the outdoor races of
men, Wearing no clothes to speak Of,
with the highly civilized, ver.dressed
races. He finds, as common sense would
suggest, that the former far surpass the
latter in strength, health and vitality.
The California Indians are long.lived,
never catch cold, though going about in
winter almost nude. The Eskemos, liv.
ing In the cold regions of the North, bun.
die up so tightly with furs that air and
sunlight never reach their bodies. They
are puny, weak and have but half the
strength Of an ordinary European. The
Terra del Fuegans, on the other hand,
living in the equally cold regions of the
South, and clothed only In dirt and
grease, have four times the strength Of
the Eskemos, or twice that OF the ordina-
~ European. The contrast between the
Chinese and q great portion Of the Japa.
nese is still more striking.
Among the uncivilized races Of Africa,
who live near to nature, the development
Of physique, the immunity from disease,
the strength and vitality, compared with
the civilized race, and more especially
with the Eskemos, who completely shut
out the air and light from their bodies, is
wonderful. The debility, cadaverous
features and lack Of animation Of the al.
legged civilized and intelligent races are
attributable solely to living in shaded
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

A barnyard can and should &c kept
neat. The manure should be stacked In
the centre, and the ~droppings in the other
parts OF the yard should be thrown on this
stack at least INT a day. The manure
stack should be kept lowest ia the central
part, and if the drainage of the roof he
occasionally turned on this all the better.
This mass can be loaded more easily in
to wagons, and will be found of greater
bulk and strength than If allowed to scat.
ter over the yard, exposed to sun and
rains. When the ground is settling so
manure can'be moved to the fields, fortu
nate is the provident farmer who has turn
ed his manure pile twice, and now has it
fine and reduced in bulk. 1t is in condi
ton to be appropriated as plant food, and
can be taken to the field with half the
labor required had it not been worked
ever. 1t can be spread evenly on tho
wheat or meadow lands, while the crude
manure is thrown off in chunks OF fork
fuls, to smother plants and be a nuisance
on the meadow or wheat field. There is
a class OF farmers who have q mania for
making manure. Making manure for the
sake OF the manure is a little like paying
a dollar or two per cord for it and haul
ing 1t seyer0l miles to the tarm.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

Clean and wash the fish, but do moi
split it or remove the head and tail. Sew
up in a piece of mosquito netting fitted
to the shape of the fish. Have in The fish.
Kettle plenty Of boiling water in which
has beer mixed a few tablespoonfuls OF
vinegar, a dozen pepper corns, two. or
three blades OF mace ond q tablespoonful
ofsalt. Cook ten minutes for each pound
and ten minutes over. Undo the cloth,
lay the fish on a hot dish and pour over
1t a cup OF drawn butter, seasoned with
a tablespoonful of capers and the yolks
OF two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine.
Fass mashed potatoes with 1t.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

why is the noun 'dudgeon,' " inquiries
the curious Springfield Union, 1" always
qualified with the adjective high? No
body ever heard of low, grovelling dud-
geon nor of moderate, equable dudgeou.''
The explanation is simply, 'Dud.
gcon'' is invariably referred to as high
for the same reason that a villain is con-
stantly referred to as " double-dycd" and
never as single, triple or quadruple dyed.
Singular, isn't IL?
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

The importation Of bananas to England
has just begun, but the Britishers do not
take very kindly to them. Perhaps they
eat them skins and all. The American
way is to remove the peel and lay IL care
fully in the middle Of the sidewalk. The
pulp OF the banana goes down nicer that
way and so does the next fellow that
comes along.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

One of the guards who was on duty last
night was approached by a short and
stout man in uniform, who walked with
his hand placed upon the base of his
stomach.
"Who goes theref" called the guard
presenting his musket.
II am der pand," said the stout man in
q mournful tone.
well, have you got the countersign?'
asked the guard.
mo" said the stout man, sadly, "but
l haf got der golic. Blease let me bass
till | 60 by der hospital tent"
He went.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
A Frank and Fair Father.

An honest parent In New London wrote
this note to his little sons teacher:
Please excuse B. this P. NJ, as I
would like to take him to the circus.
Since older persons, like myself, like to
go, although the most Of us won't &C
kowledge It, I can't blame him for want
ing to CO."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

The new English dictionary, of which
Prof. Whitney, of Yale, is cditor-in. chief,
will be the most comprehensive book IN
existence. Two hundred and fifty thous.
and dollars will have been spent upon it
before the types are In order.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

A number Of railway mail service men
have been removed for what the superin-
cndent terms characterization Their
INSTRUMENTATION consists mainly in con-
with the Republican party.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
Perhaps Il Was.

Down OF Selma the other day the I'M
dertakers held q convention and were
welcomed to the city by a doctor acting
as Mayor.
Was this Q put-up iobs-[Montgomery
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

The senate has passed the bill to au-
thorize the construction Of a road to the
national cemetery at Knoxville-$0,00o
appropriation
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

The Abingdon Virginian hears that
efforts are being made to change the site
for the U s.. Court building from Abing-
don to Wythevillc or Marion.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

"Myfriends," said a mountain preacher
Of Maryland, "all the world shouted for
Joy when the good news o fChrists birth
flashed yer the wires"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
JOHN SAUL's CATALOGUE

NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFHL PLANTS,
FOR 1886,
Now Ready. 1t is full in really good and
Deautlini plants, as well as all the novelties
OF merit. The rich collection of fine Foliage.
and other Greenhouse and Hcthouse Plants.
are well grown and at low prices. Orchids
q very large stock Of Choice East Indian:
Soutn American, etc.. Also, catalogues OF
applicants. JOHN SAUL. WAsuISC.
ioN'D' JANIS
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MANASSAS BRANCH


WARRENToN-Trains Nos. 80, 81, 81 and SIS
connect daily and No. 81, IS and 90 daily, ex-
cept Sunday, to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIvIsIoN-(Daily except Sum
o Leave Rocky Mt. 7:2Oa m. Arrive Frank
lin Junction 1910 q m. Leave Franklin June
lion S'OO ? m. Arrive Rocky Mount 1880 D IN,
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains No. 80 and 81, Pullman Buffet
Danvllle. ~
On trains No. 50 and So Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and New Or
Vile.
On trains No. 81 and IS Pullman Sleepers
between Washington and Louisville, and
charlottesville n Cincinnati.
through tickets on sale at the principal
stations to all points. For rates or informa-
US. b. THOMPSON, A. g. p. A..
Alexandria, Va.
Richmond, Va.
Sol. HAAS, Il. NJ,
may2 Richmond, Va.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08

ly answered.
l1youa are gong to travel, drop a letter or
postal to Allen Hull, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Roanoke, Va.
CHAS. q. EDDY,
Vice President.
W. b. BEvILL,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
General Office, Roanoke, Va.
nn1ariQG
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*Daily. tDaily excert Sunday.
CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS.
At Roanoke Nos. 2and4 connect with She
nandoah Valley Railroad. No. 1 has Pullman
Sleepers to New York without change via s.
V. Railroad and Harrisburg, and to Washing
tony without change via b 4 o. Railroad. No.
2 has Pullman Sleepers to Washington with
out change via B & o Railroad.
At ~Lynchburg, Virginia Midland railroad
leaves Lynchburg for the North 7.35 a. m,
daily, except Sunday, and 200 p. m and 2.l5
O. m. daily; leaves L%ynchburg 8.l0 p. m. and
i.65 q. m. daily, for Danvill and the South,
No. 2 makes connection win Petersburgfor
Richmond, arriving at Richmond | 80 pm,
daily. and Ola p m daily, except Sunday. At
Norfolk No. 2 arrives 3 ~ p m. connecting
ly except Sunday for Baltimore at 600. and
with Old Dominion for New York on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, and
with n. Up. & N. railroad, daily, leaving
Norfolk at 900 p. m.
New River Division.