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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

It is being demonstrated daily that
the practice of chewing gum, which is
now becoming SO general among ladies,
is certain to be followed by deafness,
blindness and loss of digestion. No
one, however, has been daring enough
to claim that it is likely to be followed
by loss of speech. There is no mortal
for whom the sex has more profound
contempt than for the sanitarian philos-
opher. She has been made the SUBJ
ject Of more dire predictions, on his
part, in the effort to reform her habits,
than any other member of the animal
kingdom. And yet she keeps right on
in her usual course of corset-wearing
and gum-chewing, secure in the con-
sciousness that not all the wisdom is
confined to those who call themselves
philosophers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
A Race With a Cyclone.
From the Binghamton Republican

Andrew Gray, a bronzed Western
cowboy, who is known among the Indi-
ans of Northwestern Texas by the sug-
gestive title Jug-o'-rum," spent few
hours in this city yesterday. He was
interviewed by a Republican reporter
last evening, and gave a graphic de-
scr1ption of cyclone that once on a
time made dash for Mr. Jug-o'-rum,
and from which he narrowly escaped.
Said he:
II was drivin' across the prairie one
afternoon, when L heard a roarin' noise
behind me, and, lookin' around, [ seed
the tarnelest cyclone hum pin itself al
ter me that ever was organized fur de-
structiOn. [ was ridin' steed that had
took the prize fur speed at the Whitney's
Pint Fair, and made up my mind that
1t 1t was to be race atWeen US |
wouldn't be left at the quarter pole. I
seed a piece of woods about seventy
| miles ahead, and concluded that if I
| could reach that | would be safe, so dig
GIN spurs into ole Bill, made fur it.
eur a time it was neck and neck
| atween US. The cyclone seed what my
game was, and strained every muscle to
ketch me afore got to the woods. /
its toenails into the yieldin' sile. and
the way ole Bill showed Texas behind
him and reached out for Injin Territory
was terrific. Bang! bang went my re-
volver, and come to examine it found
that the friction of the wind had bet
| the iron so hot that it went of-com-
busted spontaneous like, We know-and
it was on'y through the best of luck that
escaped bein' shot.
| But bimeby we reached the woods
and [ knowed I was safe. Ye see, them
Texas breed of cyclones amt used to
travelin' through trees and brush. I
dashed among 'em with the paitin' cy
clone not forty rods behind me. The
minnit it got in the brush they was fun.
| Ole Bill galloped on and never Stacked
| his pace an instant. I could hear the
cyclone swearin' behind me as it got
the brush tangled in its whiskers, and
SIGH thrashing' and founderin' We never
heard. Well, sir, it saved me. That
was two months ago, and they's city
now where that piece of woods stood,
but the people pint out to this day
where me and old Bill sarcumvented
the cyclone"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
BEEF CROQuETTES.


Three pounds cooked beef chopped
very fine, one egg, butter the size of
walnut, two tablespoonful of sweet
cream, salt and pepper to taste, mold
into pear shape, roll in -four and fry in
hot lard.
Mix thoroughly two and a half lea
spoonfuls Of good baking powder with
one quart of sifted flour; while dry add
half cup of butter, three well-beaten
eggs, and milk enough to make a suit
able batter; fill your waffie-irons about
two-thirds full.
FOR CLEANING MAHOGANY.
Take one pint of furniture oil, mix
with one-half pint spirits of turpen-
tine ond one-haf pint of vinegar;w
wooden rag with the liquid, and rub the
wood the way of the grain, then polish
with piece of flannel and soft cloth.
CUsTARD FOR ICE-CREAM.
Ihls is made as any other custard, ex-
cept that double the amount OF sugar is
allowed for everything that is to be
frozen. 1t may be made of from three
to SIX eggs to pint of milk, as you pre-
fer. This must be ice cold before you
put it In the freezer.
TONGUE TOAST.
A very nice dish is prepared from
cold boiled or potted tongue. Slice the
tongue and cut each slice into small fine
pieces; heat it in pan with little but
ter. 10 prevent burning, moisten with
warm or clear soup Add salt and pep
per; stir into it two beaten eggs. When
set arrange neatly on toast.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.
Beat up quarter pound of castor
sugar with two eggs, then add very
gradually the yolks of six eggs, two
small cakes Of chocolate grated, little
lemon peel, one quarter pound of
ground almonds, whites of six eggs pre-
viously whisked to stiff froth and one
ounce Of flour; pour the mixture into
buttered mould and bake.
HOW TO BAKE BERRY PIES.
Every cook is aware how annoying it
is to have the juice of the berries escape
from the pie and nuss up the oven
while baking. To prevent this, just be-
fore putting the pies in the oven take
narrow strip of white muslin, wet in
cold water, then bind it firmly around
the edge of the pie. In this way the
pie will be juicy, and the oven will be
neat and clean.
ICE CREAM WITH EGGS.
One pint of milk, three eggs, leaving
out one white, half a pound of sugar (if
acid fruit is to be added, it may require
more for some tastes). Make a custard
of these materials, and half freeze it;
then add pint of cream whipped solid.
Stir in we'll and finish freezing, turning
the handle some few minutes after it
gets pretty stiff, if there is a strong
enough hand near to do it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
Bad Times in Cochin China
From the London Figaro.

Things are not improving in the
French colony Of Cochin China. Mer-
chants, both Chinese and French, are
failing in all directions, and for the six
months up to the end of June the rev.
enue had fallen off to the tune of nearly
e25O,000. The governor has accord
inely had to stop the making Of
roads, the building of bridges, and
other public works; and his action
is making the state of affairs still worse,
as it has thrown so many coolies and
Chinese out ofwork. No wonder, then,
that M. Consfans is anxious that M.
FIoquet should accept his resignation.
If the premier does this, it is suggested
he should send in the place of M. Con-
STAINS as governor-general the present
active and not too scrupulous French
president-general at Madagascar, NJ
lie Myre de Villers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
The WOndrous Weather Plant.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

from the rail- Mall GaZeIte.
That remarkable specimen of the
vegetable world, the weather plant"
continues to excite considerable interest
here. Men of science who on its first
discovery we're unwilling to express an
opinion on it's demonstrating virtues,
now agree after extensive experiments,
that the shrnbs is in truth prophetic.
Thirty-t thousand trials made during
the last three4Years tend to prove its in
fallibility. The plant itself is legume,
commonly called the ''Paternoster-pea,"
but known In botany as the Abrus Pere.
ginus. 1t lis. a. native of Corsica and
Tunis. Its leaf and twig strongly re-
semble those of the acacia. The more
delicate leaves of its upper branches
foretell the state of the weather forty
eight hours in advance, while its lower
and harder leaves indicate all atmos-
,pheric changes. three days beforehand.
The indications consist in a change in
the position of the leaves and in the
rise and fall ofthe twigs and branchlets.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
MORE THAN 100 INJURED.
A Grand Stand at Quincy, I'LL, Containin,
$500 People Gives Way.

1'oOO FoOple Gives way.
While witnessing display of fire.
works at Quincy, ILL.,, on the evening OF
the 10th, the grand stand containing
about 5000 people, gave way. About
$50 persons were injured, some fatally.
Later investigation shows that the
number ct persons hurt will reach $50,
some OF whom will die. An annual tes-
tival known as the Merchants Trades
Display was the occasion for the gather
ing;
The grand stand had been erected to
accommodate 5000 people, who were to
witness the display of fireworks,
the 'Bombardment of Alexandria"
by Paine's Sons, of New York.
The ampitheater was crowded with
people and probably not less
than 5000 were massed upon the seats.
Scarcely had the first rocket been fired
when the supports at the west end of
the structure gave way, and the 800 feet
of seats sided over, and the vast multi
tude were hurled upon the ground to
be buried in the mass Of lumber. The
air was filled with the cries and means
of the wounded, while the panic
stricken sought escape from the debris.
With the descent of the platform the
electric lights which were to light
the grounds, but which were ex-
tinguished to aid the display, were in
capacitated for use and the darkness of
the scene added to its terrors. Some
light was secured from the fireworks,
and the ablebodied sought their friends,
while others began the work of aiding
the injured. The adjacent houses were
converted into impromptu hospitals,
and improvised stretchers bore the
wounded from the spot.
A. W. Wells, prominent attorney
and member of the Legislature, is
fatally injured, while others barely es-
capped instant death. J. W. Stewart,
secretary and treasurer of the Comstock
Castle Stove Works, received very seri-
GUS internal injuries. Some say that
fully 500 were hurt, and this is probably
true, literally, but $50 will doubtless
include all who were injured at all seri-
Ously.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
Superstition Rife To-day.
From the Buffalo Express.

People are wont to boast of. the en-
lightenment of this age and laugh at
the superstitions of their forefathers.
But it is quite safe to say@that supersti-
ton is as rife to-day as it ever was, the
only difference being that: now people
are ashamed to acknowledge their
weaknesses. Said real estate man:
'"rhere is nothing which gives build
ing lasting. black eye quicker than a
slamming of door, the rafting of a
window, the knocking down Of tin
pan by pussy cat are, all the work OF
ghosts in such buildings. And the
worst of it is that people are just as
afraid of a new building erected on the
site of a haunted one as they are of the
haunted one ITSELF"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

IT appears that the British army is
not only the dearest in Europe, but the
worst fed, so far as the rank and file are
concerned. The bread ration is the
lowest in Europe, being one pound per
day. The allowance of meat is three
quarters of pound, including bone,
whereas continental soldiers are given
a full pound of solid meat. The bread
and meat are both apt to be of poor
quality. while the fuel supplied is insult
foiop+
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

PAsTEUR will probably get the prize OF
5000 offered by the Australian gov.
eminent for an exterminator of rabbits.
His plan of inoculating the long-eared
destroyers of vegetation with something
similar to chicken-pox in a human
being is proving successful. Now the
question is whether the decaying rabbit
will not breed contagion that will battle
Pasteur and be worse than the living
rodents. This contingency has not been
sufficiently discussed by the Australians,
and they should 90 slow with rabbit
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
Would Throw That In.
I From the Louisville Courier-Journa,

. - From the LOUISVILLE Courler-JournaI
My FRIEND" said a tight-fsted
batker to a young man who had pulled
Finn out of the water, 81 appreciate the
fact that you have saved my life, and I
am prepared to reward you literally for
your services. What can | do for you ?"
'f}s "Wel, sir, there was a suit of clothes
spoilt," said the rescuer, who was good
natured, though not educated, that
would be about $17; then | lost my hat,
that would be so cents; then took con-
siderable liquor to keep off a cold,
which cost me quarter. | don't think
of anything else sir"
"But you do not mention the fact that
you saved my life. What can l do for
you on that score pa
oh, we'll, cali the whole thing BIS,
and I'll throw the life-saving in Free"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
EMPLOYEES HELD RESPONSIBLE.

Railway Men Arrested for Causing q
Fatal Collision.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 9.-Supt. A. B.
Starr, of the Fort Wayne Railroad, was
arrested last night, charged with being
criminally liable for the death of Miss
Harriet Weyman, killed in a collision at
Ihe Federal Street crossing, one year
ago. The suit was brought 0y the COM
monwealth under state law making
= manager or employer criminally
responsible for death where proper pre-
cautions to prevent accident have not
Peen taken. Supt. Starr waived hear
ng and furnished $1,000 bail. Engi-
neer A. B. Martin, who had charge of
he locomotive at the time of the acct
dent, was also arrested and gave bail in
the same sum for court,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

A SINGULAR phenomenon is observed
in working the ore of the Martin White
mine, at Ward, New. The ore is very
base, and it is necessary to roast the
whole of it. During the roasting proc
ess no deleterious or disagreeable
fumesare observable, yet the hair and
all the boards of all the men engaged
about the works are soon dyed bright
and permanent green. Even the eye
brows of the workmen are as green as
grass
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

LOGS of the great timber raft which
broke up off Nantucket Shoal, last De-
cember, are still menace to navigators.
ater-soaked, moss-grown, and covered
with barnacles, they are reported to be
drifting in the vieinityof the Madeira
Islands almost undiocernible in their
deeply submerged condition. Judging
from the fate of the first raft, timber
trade in that form would be too danger
Gus to life on the sea to be long permit
ted by the government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

Rosa WIss, a young girl of Merid an,
Miss. had cents given her in joke as
birthday present. She bought yard
of calico and made sun bonnet, which
she sold for 40 cents. This she invested
in more calico, made it up. sold the gar
ments and reinvested the capital until
she had BIG. With this she bought pota-
toes, planted them, paid for the cultiva-
ton of her crop, for gathering and cart
ing to town, and sold it for $40 clear
nrOf1t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
WRITTEN BY THE WIDOW.

Biography of Emperor Frederick of
Germany to be Published in London.
A biography of the late Emperor
Frederick of Germany will be published
in London shortly. It will relate solely
to his domestic lite. 1t is believed that
his widow is the author of the work.
Her name is appended to the preface.
The profits derived from the sale of the
book will be devoted to a hospital for
the treatment of diseases of the throat.
The Pail Mall Gazette says the work is
being revised by Lord Salisbury.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
BURNED IN A STABLE.
Two Boys and Twenty-seven Horses Pei
ish in New York Fire.

Two BOYS ana Iwenty-seVen Horses fer-
ish in q New York Fire.
New YORK, Oct. ga livery stable,
extending from 404 to 40 East Thirty
fourth Street, was burned about2 clock
this morning, and in it were burned to
death Thomas Carr, newsboy Is years
old, and twenty-seven horses. John
Roach, newsboy 81 years old, who was
sleeping in the stable with Carr, was so
severely burned that it is not expected
he can recover. Roach and Carr
worked for neighboring news dealer
and slept in the stable so as to be up
early in the morning to get the papers.
The stable was owned by the we'll
known horseman, d. d. Withers, who
sublet it to number of cab and truck
men. The burned horses belonged to
them and in addition they lost about
thirty cabs and trucks stored there.
Their total loss is about $4,000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

STATISTICS furnished by the London
stay and corset makers prove that the
average size of the female stay-wearing
waists has decreased two inches in the
last twenty-five years. One mother had
ordered corset of sixteen inches to be
worn by her 17-year-old daughter by
day, and one of eighteen inches to be
worn at night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

AN application for the release OF
Jaehne, the convicted New Y ork Doodle
alderman, is now being urged. II
seems to be based on the rather plausi-
BILE ground that, since the politicians OF
New York have determined that none
of the other corruptionists shall be pun
ished, it would be unjust discrimination
to leave poor Jaehne in prison while his
pals are enjoying liberty and political
nOWRr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

The remark in depreciation of the
records of deceased public men that
''the time is not ripe for correct esti-
mate" etc., is common enough to sug-
gest the thought that for alfof us the
enchantment of distance will be good
thing when posterity chances backward
to where we now stand. 1t is not fair to
ask for the lucky recipient of public
honors special dispensation postpon.
ing the worlds criticisms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

The London Times refuses to answer
Parnell in the Scotch courts on the
ground that it cannot afford to spend
the money. But no person is
permitted to malign another and then
plead poverty as means of escaping
the consequences of the crime.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
SUICIDE OF A BANKER.
Tragic Result in New York City of the
Hutchinson Wheat Corner.


Hutchinson Wheat Corner.
Francis w. Williams, the senior men,
Der of the well-known banking house,
Williams, Black & Co., Of l William
Street, New York, committed suicide
by shooting at the Grand Hotel In that
city, on the Sth. The firm
was squeezed in the Hutchinson
wheat corner in Chicago, and sus-
pended September 20, but rallied,
and opened for business Oct. l. The
firm is said to have lost heavily al
though still solvent. Mr.. Williams has
been acting strangely since that crisis
in the firms affairs. He was 81 years
old and leaves two sons and wife. In
a note addressed to his wife, and found
in the room where he took his life, he
said his business troubles had made
him weary of life. He asked the for
giveness of his family for the deed he
was about to commit,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
A Warnin~ to Germany.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Pail Mall Ga
zette to-day challenges the German au-
thorities to carry out the threat made
through the Nachrichten to institute
proceedings TO prevent the publication
in London OF the late. Emperor
Frederick's diary. The Gazette warns
Prince Bismarck not to attempt to ex-
tend abroad the tyranny over the press
which is exercised in Germany.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
Poor Cotton Cron.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 10. The
October returns of the Department Of
Agriculture make decline in the con.
dition of cotton. The crop is every.
where late and slight frosts threaten
early destruction of the plants, yet kill.
ing frosts are still in the future and the
length of the season therefore uncer.
tain. The average of reported condi-
ton is 1873, decline from 1873 in Sep
TENDER
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
A COLORADO cattle-raiser who went to

: A COLORADO cattle-raiser who went to
Brazil to investigate. believing that cat
tie could be proftably raised in that
country for shipment to the United
States, has returned cured of the belief.
He says there is plenty of gold in Brazil
but no nutritious grass. 1t would seem,
then, that as between gold and grass,
choice is in favor of the latter. That is
one Of the secrets of Americas vast
wealth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

MCQUADE, the New York aldermanic
boodler who has secured release on
bail, and confidently expects to escape
further punishment for his crime, is a
prosperous rag merchant with a fortune
of about 100000. All the more reason
why he should have kept his hands out
of the public purse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

CALEB FooTE has retired from the
editorship of the Salem Gazette after
continuous service of seventy-one years.
He will now probably turn his attention
to the accumulation of little money fo1
his old age. Editors generally have nc
time for that important duty until they
retire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

THE unfortunate Kalakaua, king Of
the Sandwich Islands, has just been
compelled by the supreme court in
Hawaii to refund ST, 900 to Chinese
merchant. Kalakaua received that
amount as bride for the exclusive
right of importing and selling opium in
his kingdom, and after the money had
been paid he gave the monopoly to an
other man
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
WARSHIPS GO INTO SERVICE.
Four German Naval Vessels Ordered {,
Zanzibar.

BERLIN, Oct. 9.-The German frigates
Moltke, Stosch, Gneisnau and Charlotte,
which were lying in the bay of Naples
for the purpose of firing salute in hon.
or of Emperor William upon his ar
rival there, have received orders to pro-
coed instantly to Zanzibar so as to pro-
tect the German residents whose lives
and property are endangered by the
rising among the natives. The four
warships carry complement of $3.50
men and mount Sc guns.
The German training squadron in the
Mediterranean has also been ordered to
Zanzibar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

SHEEP are now being successfully
sheared by machinery in Australia.
The wool-mower can be run by either
steam or horse power. There is now
very little poetry left in farm opera
tions-if there ever was any poetry in
the hard work that prematurely wore
out the old-time husbandman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
Disaster in q yale.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 9.-The dam
age done by the gale in Japan was
heavier than at first supposed. The loss
to agriculture is very severe. Salt and
rice fields were submerged, bridges Car
ried away, 2,947 houses ruined, 159 per-
sons killed or drowned and hundreds
uyo,1pHoH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
Woolen Mills Wiped Out.

SKowHEGAN, Me-, Oct. 9.-The Somer-
set wooden mill. operated by V. ]. Bren-
nan, at East Madison, was burned this
morning. The fire was first discovered
n the carding room on the second
& or. The mill was built three years
az Loss, $1,000; insurance on build
in and stock, $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

"OwING to an Anarchist plot" says a
Berlin dispatch, ''the route of Emperor
William from Berlin to Vienna was
changed" There is a great deal of
pomp and ceremony connected with
the German emperor's visit to his
brother monarchs. but his enjoyment
must be seriously interfered with by
the necessity of lodging dynamite
hn1nn he
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

The test oath which the supreme
court of Nevada declares to be uncon-
stitutional is one designed to deprive
all members of the Mormon Church OF
the right to vote in that state. The
federal anti-polygamy laws do not go so
far
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

ITwas recently agreed by the authors
tiles of the Michigan State Penitentiary.
that under certain conditions convicts
should be allowed to exchange the uni
form of gray and black stripes for one
of gray alone. Good behavior entitled
the convict 10 the change. tits report
ed that nearly 80 per cent. of the pris-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17

THE local health officers of Buffalo ad.
wise the quarantining of the city be-
cause of the increase of the smallpox.
Better submit to severe inconvenience
now than 60 through such siege as
Montreal had few winters ago. There
is nothing gained by pottering with dis.
eases which tend to develop into cpl.
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