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House Proceedings.

18TH DAY.-Bills were placed on the cal
endar authorizing the United States to be-
come party to the Geodetic Association,
and providing for q Worlds Exposition at
Washington In 1892, and for permanent
exposition Of the three Americas. 80: The
There was warm debate on the need of coast
defences. >. The Sundry Civil bill was report
ed, but no action was taken.
i4OTH DAY.-A bill was passed appropri-
ating $5O, ,0O0 for the erection OF q public
building at Brownsville, Texas -. A bill was
passed appropriating So, 900 for the compile.
tion Of the public building at Wichita: Kan:
then went into Committee Of the W hole on
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill Mr.
Lawlar moved an amendment appropriating
$50, 900 for the repair Of the Chicago POST
Office and Custom house. After q long strug-
gle, he finally received an allowance OF
$50, 600 for the purpose. .. Mr.. TowIshend,
Of illinois, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the joint resolution approiJriatlng ga, :
600 for. the celebration Of the twenty-fifth an
niyersary Of the battle Of Gettysburg The
measure failed to pass. A resolution was
introduced. authorizing the loan Of tents and
tent eauipage to the Society OF the Army OF
the Potomac, at the Gettysburg Reunion.
Time expired before decisive vote was
taken. -.
I4lsr DAY.-Mr. Townshend offered res
olution authorizing the Secretary OF War to
loan tents and equipage to the Society or the
Army of the Potomac at the coming Gettys-
burg reunion, and it was passed unanimously
x. The House then considered the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill The pending para.
graph was that relating to the Congressional
Library building. Mr.. Ryan had read res
elution directing the Senate and House Com
mittees on Public Grounds to invite plans for
a library, cost not to exceed three millions,
from five eminent architects, and report at
the next session. Meanwhile the work on the
building Is to be stopped, and the Library
Committee dissolved. It was finally adopted,
and the provision In the bill appropriating
$500, 600 for the continuation Of the work on
the Library building was stricken out. An
amendment increasing the appropriation for
salaries and commissions OF registers and re-
ceivers Of land offices from $500, 900 to $5A,:
900 was passed A bill was passed author1z'
ing the appointment Of an additional Asso
ciste Justice for the Territory Of Dakota.
142p DAY.-The House went into Com.
mittee Of the Whole on the Sundry Clyl
Appropriation Bill Mr.. McShane, OF Ne
braska, favored reduction Of the appropria
tion for special agents from $lO0, 600 to $5O,
600. Various amendments to increase ane
decrease the appropriation were reJecteo
and the paragraph remained unchanged.
The evening session was devoted to the con
dderation Of bridge bills.
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Guatemala's Feathered Scavenser.

The scavenger of Guatemala is the
sopilote, OF large black buzzard. Every
house has two or three of these birds
continually watching for kitchen waste;
and other refuse of the house, and
though they are assisted somewhat Gy
many strange dogs the people are mucn
are disregarded, and these birds have
constituted themselves into q street,
cleaning department, removing all the,
filth and carrion which would otherwise
rot and tester in the lot sun to breed.
disease. swarms of them hover on the
outskirts of the towns, to prey upon dead
mules, horses, and other animals, which
are dragged there. A mules bones will
be picked clean in two days, but before
the meal commences he must have q haut
gout, for though the buzzard be gour-
mand he is nevertheless q gourmet
Mem York Times.
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A Petrifel Tree.

A portion of a petrifed tree was ois-
covered in q solid sandstone rock quarry
at Zanesville, Ohio, the other day. The
tree is about the thickness OF telegraPn
pole, has we'll defined bark and roots. II
was found while blasting, or imme-
diately after blast, fully sixty feet be,
low the top of the hill, and was in solid
rock Over it is the earth formation,
then species of shale, then limestone
strata, followed by a conglomeration OF
stone, then some forty feet OF solid sand
stone, near the bottom of which Is the
petrifed tree.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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WoRDs or WIsDOM

sighs are poor things to fy with g
Wit without wisdom Is salt without
meat. i
We may give advice, but we can = not 70 !
give conduct. s. Z. s. 3. e, 3 q
The glib talker is apt to be the shall
lowest thinker.
True justice does not consider SEX, =
grants rights to all. s5ssi
Equal chance to make the most Oh
life is the right Of all
Don't be vain Of your powers but be;
not afraid to assert them.
To put yourself in his place you must
exchange identities with hire. +
To yield obedience to the majority
does not necessitate changing honest
opinion. Il s' II .;s:s, ,eas
Don't be ashamed to confess mistake;
if you don't make it, you won't have to-
confess. lsIs l,s;' y
A wise youth is safer than a simple
manhood-but still, experience IS very
helpful. Il
No man can be provident Of his time
who is not prudent in the choice OF his s
company. zt ~, q & 81 81
To be conscious OF another's feelings,
one must first be subjected to the same
experience. &.
To thoroughly command yourself ii
more praiseworthy than to be. 3at the
head of an army. II y
Hewho does base thing in zeal tor 8
friend, burns the golden thread that ties,
their hearts together. ,!s " IS.
The talent of success Is nothing more
than doing what you can do well with
out thought of fame. 49, ,33
The college-br man sometimes can't
get even plain bakers year Or two
after he has graduated. ~
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A Canker at the Vitals.

The battle between man and the saloon
RACES, and it is likely to increase in intensity
till the end comes, because the saloon is an
unnatural product in our civilization.
Veterans in the contest OF to-day have Wit,
messed alternately success and failure in all
tbe ORGANIZED movements Of temperance
people. But there will not be any permanent
backward steps in the temperance. reform
all signs of the times point forward.
Temperance seems to be the only great
moral problem that looms above our social
or political horizon. All else has assumed
the quiet of an established order OF things;
and this order of things is almost being for'
hidden in the wild scramble for Office, powe,
and patronage, hut thoughtful and good men
should stop and consider that canker Is
eating at the very vitais Of the Government
-ChQut1nQHdn.
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Turkish Funeral Customs.

When q Turk dies, the relatives arc.
forbidden to weep, but rather rejoice
that saint has reached Paradise; 20
tears are quickly suppressed, no matter
how, hearts may ache. .Assoon as breath
has Quilted 9 body, the professional
dresser of the dead is sent for, and 9.
most thorough system Of cleansing car
ried ont. The body IS then wrapped in
winding sheet, outside Of which the;
clothes Of the person are placed. Thea
very frail wicker or thin board coffin,
is brought, and, into thiss the body,
is laid, and sometimes even before it isi
fairly cold it is carried to the cemeterys
and buried. The graves are very shall
low, not over two feet deep a coin Is,
put into the mouth Of the dead person to-
pay his passage across the river Of,
death. The reason Of tine frsit collins.
and the shallow grave is that the body
may decay more quickly, as it is thought
that the soul will 90. wandering around
and not be able to enter the abode of the
blest as long as any flesh remains on the
bones. 81 II
Men only are supposed TO inherit Para
ulSc, tuo WoluCHJ AhnsAAA9 ASAAeA - 49,
Of souls, are unworthy the exquisite joys
prepared for all devout believers. The
women who have been unworthy in life
will 90 to Saaitan (or SatanI and those
who have been good will go to pleasant
place where all their senses viii be
gratifed; but this life Is all
they can look to for its own recompense.
The funeral procession generally consists.
of a priest, and few male relatives and
slaves, who go on regular dog-trot with
the corpse on their shoulders, 80 as to.
hasten the release oe the soul from its
agony of union with q dead carcass.
They believe that the body Is dross and
viIeness, and only the worthless cover
ing for the spirit within, that cannot die
nor be defiled. So when q Turk dies.
only his useless and valueless covering Of
clay falls off like disused garment, and
he himself is delivered from its dragging
load. Kismet .Gt is fate) and his time
has been written in the Great Book from
the beginning of time. ~ Dsmorsst. Sf
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Not the Same.

California hus a preacher, Rev. B. W. 4
TAYLOR, CT the Episcopal Church, Tho LATELY
preached q sermon tavoring Legislative ais.
elimination as between WINE, peer anu 81 snt
stronger liquors. and declaring his belief that
"Gad gave us the fruit of the vine for other
purposes besides eating them as grapes and
making raisins" He adds; ''The wine that
maketh glad the heart of man. is spoken o.
in the same passage Of Scripture as corn and
oil, and referred to as gifts of God" But
this wine, we venture to infer, could scarcely
be the same as that also referred to IN th:
Scrinture. which 1biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder. r."-NationaL Adoo
cate,
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Atheism Is an inhuman, bloody, ferocious
system, equally hostile to every useful re-
straint and to every virtuous affection; that,
leaving nothing above us to excite awe, nor
around US to awaken tenderness, it wages
war with heaven and earth; its first object
is to dethrone God, its next to destroy man
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Sin Is bad thing, not alone that it dis
bonors Gcd; that IS enough-but it debases
the God in man. Not alone that it Injuries
society; that is enough but man loses his
sensitiveness to virtue. Sin lies in ambush
in the mind and heart, ready to spring upon
the life in its dangerous moments. 1t must
bz DESTROYED or it will destroy.
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Bismarck is said to weigh 2O7 pounds
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American printers, benjamin rTdnkull,
whom infidels in the Penury OF their re-
sources have often fraudulently claimed for
their own, but the printer who moved that
the Philadelphia convention be opened With
prayer, the resolution lost because ma
jority thought prayer unnecessary, and who
wrote at the time he was viciously attacked:
my rule is to go straight forward in doing
what appears to me to be right, leaving tne
consequences to Providence" and who wrote
this quaint epitaph showing his hope of res,
direction, an epitaph that l hundreds Oh
times read while living in Philadelphia:
The Body
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer
(Like the cover OF an old book,
Its contents torn out,
And str1pt OF its lettering and glding),
Lies here food for worms.
Yet the work itself shall not be lost.
For it will (as he believed, appear once more
And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and Amended
By
The Author.
That Providence intends the profession OF
reporters to have a mighty share in the
worlds redemption is suggested by the fact
| that Paul and Christ took reporter along
with them, and he reported their addresses
and reported their acts Luke was re:
porter, and he wrote not only the book OF
Luke, but the Acts of the Apostles, and
without that reporters work we would have
known nothing Of the Pentscost, and moth,
| ing of Stephens martyrdom, and nothing OF
| Tabitha's resurrection, and nothing of the
jailing and unjailing Of Paul and Sias, and
nothing Of the shipwreck at Melta. Strike
out the reporters work from the Bible and
you kill O large part of the New Testament
| It makes me think that in the future of the
kingdom of God the reporters are to bear 6
mighty part.
About thirteen years ago a representative
Of an important newspaper took his seat II
this church, one Sabbath night, about fivt
pews from the front Of this pulpit He tool
out pencil and reporters pad resolved to carl
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Won do If you put these facts through the
daily papers which have hundreds OF thou
sands of readersa Every little denomination
must have its little organ, supported at great
expense, when, with one-half the outlay, a col.
umn or half a column Of room might be
rented in some semi-omnipotent secular pnb
Gcation, and 80 the religious information
would be sent round and round the world
The world moves so swiftly to-day that news
q week old is stale Give Us all the great
church facts and all the revival tidings the
next morning or the same evening. My ad-
vice, often given to friends who propose 20
start a newspaper, is: Don't! Don't! Em-
ploy the papers already started er;oaH Inc o,g,
Continent is the hole in which good people
throw their money when they start news
paper. tits almost as good and as quick
way of getting rid Of money as buying STOCK
In a gold mine in Colorado. Not more print
inc presses, but the right use of those already
established. All their cylinders, all tnelr
steam power, all their pens, all their types;
all their editorial chairs and reportorla
rooms are available If you would engage
them in behalf Of civilization and Chrls-
tianity.
AGAIN: II YOU would secure the secular
press as a mightier reinforcement OF religion
and the pulpit, extend widest and hlgheS1
courtesies to the representatives or journal.
ism. Give them easy chairs and plenty OF
room when they come to report occasions.
For the most part they are gentlemen OF ed
ucation and refinement graduates of colleges,
with families to support by their literary
craft, many Of them weary with the push OF
q business that is precarious and huctuaLlng,
each one of them the avenue Of information to
thousan is of readers, their impression OF the
services to be the impression adopted
BY multitudes. They are connecting
links between a sermon or song
or a prayer and this great popula-
tion that tramp up and down the streets day
by day and year by year with tnelr s9rroMs
uncontrolled and their suns unpardoneo'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
The Handsome Nutmeg Tree.

"The demand for nutmegs is ncreas-
ing every year" said an importer to a
reporter for the Mail and Express re-
Gently. ''Nutmegs come chiefly from
the Malay Archipelago. The three
little islands composing the volcanic
group of Banda produce the nutmeg
to perfection. The soil there seems to
be peculiarly adapted for their Guilt
walton. The island is shady, and the
excessive moisture for it rains more
or less every month in the year, seems
to exactly suit the nutmeg tree, which
requires little or no attention. They
flourish all the year round, and ripe
fruit can be picked every month. The
nutmeg tree is handsome. 1t grows
to helght of 20 or 80 feet, bearing
small yellowish flowers. The leaves
are glossy and the fruit is the size and
color of peach, but rather oval. 1t
is tough. but, when ripe, splits open.
and it shows the dark-brown nut with
IN, covered with crimson mace. This
mace covering is valuable, and finds a
place in the spice-box of every good
cook. "-Nes0 York Mail
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FORT ATKINSON.

The Odd Fellows lodge, No. "a, enter
tanned about sixty visitors from neighbor-
ing cities Wednesday evening, with a
banquet at the Highee house.
Nearly half a flock of seventy-6ve
sheep, the property OF Milo Jones. were
killed by dogs one night last week.
Mr.. and Mrs George Jenkins started
for York state Tor visit to Mrs. Jenkins
mother, who is in her ninety ninth year
Miss Allie Rankin returned to Albert
Lea, Mimi, yesterday, to resume hel
duties as day operator, after months
vacation.
J. Lintz is putting mp good residence
on property purchased of Fl. P. Willard
The Fort Atkinson branch creamery i:
now getting 5000 pounds of milk daily.
John Mack, living east of town, lost q
cow by lightning during the storm Wed
nesday night.
Michael Ward, of this town, sold to A
D. Wilcox & Co a seven-weeks-old cal
that weighed 240 pounds
Mrs. j. t. Moak, of WATERFOWL, visited
the family of L. B Caswell, Jr.. this week
H. E. Hoard, of ST. Paul, visited bis
brother, The senior editor, the fore part o.
the week II Union.
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The Modest Texas Editor.

The non-appearance of this paper
since last June is not caused by want
of new ideas or want of time or mon
ey to pup.sh, but SIMPLY by a con-
viction that the writings in the Cos
mos are SO far ahead of the times az
to be, as a general thing, incompre-
hensible For this reason we will 90
slowly and let time catch up with us,
even if our paper loses public import
ance and the second rate postal privi-
lege. But in order to do justice to
our SIX subscribers, and to give a
change of mental food to the general
readers OF this paper, we concluded
to publish an interesting historical
event, especially so to the persons who
are acquainted with all or some of the
details of Vogels first scout.-San
Marcos Cosmos.
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How 30 Cure Dyspepsia.


John Morrissey once sat on the porch
OF his Saratoga palace of sport listen
ing to the plants of an old friend
whose stomach had retired from act
i've service on account of dyspepsia.
Il know what would cure you," said
the veteran prize-hghter. ''And l
know equally we'll that you would
never follow my prescription for
week. No one with any less urgent
incentive than that which animates a
prize-fghter could be induced to fol-
low it, although l am persuaded that
it will cure any case of dyspepsia that
has ever affected a man. My pre-
scription is course of training such
as an athlete of any speciality considers
necessary to fit him for supreme mus
cular effort
Morrissey then went on to describe
the course of training (which he under
went prior to his great battle with
Heenan. Severe as it would seem now,
it was mild compared to the course of
regimen imposed upon ambitious Eng
lish athletes. First, there was the
course of system reducing" in which
the most drastic purges were en-
cause physician of to-day to raise his
hands in horror. Combined with it
was a course of diet that seemed little
less than starvation to a man of aver
age appetite. For instance, a couple
of crackers and glass of water for
the first meal of the day, preliminary
to a slow run of ten miles under heavy
sweating clothes. After this a rub
downswith coarse towels. Sometimes
stiff brush or haircloth gloves were
employed instead of crash. Then
came very light dinner of single
cnop or very small portion of rare
beefsteak. In the afternoon a last
walk of four or five hours duration,
followed by hot bath and renewed
rubbing. A light supper of toast and
tea and short bout with the gloves
before bed
''Why, a week after beginning train
ing felt as if | could eat my way
through a hundred pound cheese, 1
was so hungry. Mortal tongue can
not describe the pangs of hunger en-
dured by a young fellow with perfect
digestion and enough work to demand
the highest sort of nourishment. |
know that | often rebelled, and my
only wonder now is that | didn't carry
out my oft-repeated threat to throw
training to the dogs. AS l look back
on it the happlest moment of my life
was when | sat down right after the
fight, all bruised and battered as [
was, to the first full meal I had eaten
in two months. Even the glory of my
victory was nothing to it. "-New York
Graphic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
JEFFERSON.

Sebastian Joseph Schwelenbach, aged
80 years, died on Tuesday, May 29, at
the residence of his father, in the town oil
Aztalan.
The Wisconsin Manufacturing COM
pany has had season of continued pros
perity. Their output has been large, and
their works have been constantly in oper-
alton.
Frank Devore, one of the witnesses in
the Roberts-Wh assault case, on be-
ing required to give bonds in 500, was
unable to do so, and will consequently
be compelled to stay in Jail until next
September.
On Tuesday, May 20, Matthias John
and Miss Maggie Schmidt were united in
marriage, the ceremony being performed
in St. Johns church by Rev DR.. Joeger.
The Wisconsin Manufacturing COM
pany has purchased new jointer, at a
cost OF nearly $400.-Banner
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06

ANNA Sea w Wonders exist in thousands of
llrEp forms, but are surpassed by marvellous
338t of invention. Those who are in need of
prolta BILE work that can be done while
wing at home should &C once send their address
to Hallet & Co.. Portland, Maine and receive
Free full nfof nation how either sex, of all ages
can earn from S. to $25 per day and upwards
whereverthey live. You are started free Capt.
tar not renired. Some have made over 50 in
q sinls day ut this work. All succeed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
JUNEAU.

Mrs. John Bumby, one of our oldest
residents died at her home Thursday, Nay
81 Her funeral was held Saturday.
The Dodge county board of supervisors
organized for 1888, at a special meeting
held Thursday, May 81 The selection
of a chairman resulted in the choice of
VIM. Schwe fel, OF Lebanon, by the fol-
lowing vote: VIM. Schwefel 80, III. B.
Sherman 4, John Scion 2, scattering /.
The following is list of the more impor-
;ant standing committees appointed by
the chair:
On County Treasurer sampson, spiering,
Rheinhard
On Claims-Grlffin, Vocks, Hooker.
ON Justices and COnsta bles' AccouHs-Solon,
Hart, Guetzlaf Nolan Wilson.
On Roads and Bridges Hauser, O'Keefe, Dove,
O'Connell, Ruebhausen.
On County Poor-Sherman. Wallace, Schley,
Langenbach, Wilson.
On Sheriff'S Accounts-Kreley.H Hart Albrecht.
On Finance-Dolan. Reinhard. Carroll.
On Notwithstanding, Rush!ow Sherman
Hafemeister, sampson. Hauser, Ames, Reid
DOlau
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Proverbs About Wind.

Cats with their tails up and hair APP
parently electrified indicate approach
ing wind.
If swine be restless and grunt loud
ly, there will be much wind.
Hunters say that the direction in
which the loon flies in the morning
will be the direction of the wind next
day.
Magpies flying three or four together
and uttering harsh cries predict windy
weather.
Anvil-shaped clouds are likely to he
followed by gale of wind.
The vernal equinoctial gales are
stronger than the autumnal.
If it blows in the day it generally
bushes toward evening.
If small white clouds are seen to col
lect together, their edges appearing
rough, expect wind.
A light yellow sky at sunset presages
wind.
If the full moon rises red expect
wind.
A very red sky in the east at sunset
indicates stormy winds.
Heavy, white, rolling clouds in
1IOHI VI oCoIu ucHoGo HlSH WlHuo.
The sharper the blast
The sooner tits past.
A gale moderating at sunset will in
crease before midnight, but if it mod
crates after midnight the weather will
improve.
Wind storms usually subside about
sunset, but if they do not the storm
will probably continue during the fol-
lowing day.
When the glass is low
Look out for blow.
Fast rise after low (barometer),
Precedes q stormy blow.
Always calm before a storm.
No weather is i'll
If the wind is still.
Every wind has its weather.
Wind in the west weather at best
Wind in the east, neither good for man or
beast.
Boston Journal