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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

THE State Board of Arbitration reports
that there were fewer labor disturbances
in New York during 1887 than in the
prev ious year, and that such conten-
tions as occurred had reference mostly
to other questions than that of wages.
This indicates a healthy change, and a
growing disposition on the part of the
workingmen to 'fthink before they
STRIKE" instead of striking first and
thinking afterward, as Mr.. Powderly
forciblv expresses it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
MAXWELL AT DEATHS DOOR
The st. Louis Murderer Dying of Nor
phine Poisoning.

The st. Louis Murderer Dying Of Nor
phine Poisoning.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. ga special to-
day to the News from st. Louis, Mo-,
says the jail officials of that city are fear
full lest Maxwell should cheat the gall
lows. A physician who has attended
Maxwell for the last six months said to-
day Maxwell has been in Jail now three
years and every day he has smoked
from forty to fifty cigarettes.
He smokes a brand that con-
tains considerable amount of
morphine. His Turklike stolidity is
simply the result of continued morphine
poisoning by which the sensibiiities are
gradually dulled and the brain rendered
torpid. He is liable to drop dead any
time and may easily have struggled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
EVEN in Washington, where the gov

EVEN in Washington, where the gov
eminent lives, to put up government
buildings is slow process. The new
congressional library building Ian
guishes because the cement furnished
by contractors for the foundation was
found not to agree with the samples and
was rejected. The library committee
intends to have a good building some
day, and justly consider that thorough
construction and good materials are Of
more Importance than quick work
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
Couldn't Have Company
From the Youths Companion.

Aunt Keziah, an excellent and very
laxative widow lady, who lived down
in Maine, was in the habit of visiting"
so much that she was scarcely ever seen
at home. One day a neighbor, with
whom she was spending tne afternoon,
ventured to inquire.
"You don't care much for company,
do you, Aunt Keziah ?''
Company Why, laws sakes, if
there's anything in the world that I
jest dote on it's havin' company p
''Why, never hear of your enter
tanning folks at your house p
''Wal, that's jest it, Mis- Johnson.
You see, if was to have folks come to
see me, / should have to stay to home
to entertain 'em; an laws sakes, Mis-
Johnson, couldn't never in the world
STAN that %
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
One Train on Two Tracks.

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 2S.-As the Pan
handle train east was running through
the city of Dayton this morning and was
crossing the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton track, one coach left the track
and ran on the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton rail and was thrown on its side.
The following coach was also derailed.
Officers of the road here say the passen-
gers were shaken up but no one was
hurt. The train was delayed an hour
and half.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

THE London Economist and other
British financial journals declare that
the speculative activity in England just
now is greater than at any time previous
1y since 1879. "Good times" often come
without unusual activity in the specu-
alive markets, but speculation seldom
comes without 'sgood times" The pros
poets IN England, as in the United
States, are that general trade will be ac-
tive during large part, if not all, of the
>c0minp wear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
FOUND A Ply fbE GOLD,
n Negro UneSrths u Buried Treasure
Near New Orleans.


Near New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, La, Jan. 25.-Tbere is
considerable excitement at Pass Chris
tan caused by the discovery of a pot of
buried treasure. Cola Narcisse, COLI
ored man, was blowing in a vacant lot
owned by Nicolas Buchert when the
pillow struck a hidden object, breaking
OFT the point. On looking to see
what he had struck he found curiously
shaped jar, such as are still used in
Mexico and South American countries
to hold water. The jar Was broken and
They examined and y counted U the the
coins and found 2O9 silver half
dollars of American coinage and
two quarter pieces, ranging in date from
1874 to 1926. The remaining contents
consisted of Spanish and Mexican pias-
tiers and smaller coins, the dates from
1920 to 1929. The value of the whole is
estimated at S215
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

PROF. MCPHEE left Boston six months
ago to seek health in Honolulu. He
has just returned with health, and also
native wife whom he found in Hawaii.
She is the leading Boston curio, and as
she has royal blood there is no fuss
III ade over the color line.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

18th, in a verdict of acquittal by the
jury, after deliberation of only
about seven minutes. Tears of
JOY rolled down the cheeks of
both Cora Lee and Mrs. Molloy as they
received the congratulations of their
friends. The verdict was not unexpect-
ed, owing to the mystery surrounding
the murder and the contradictory and
unsatisfactory evidence O. H. Travis
spoke for the defense, and County At
torney Patterson closed the case for the
state
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
SIX MEN BLOIVN TO ATOMS.
Terrible Explosion of Dynamite in
Quarry Shanty.

PIrTsBURG, Pa, Jan. ga terrific ex-
plosion of dynamite occurred this morn
ing at the Carbon Limestone Company's
quarries, located on the line of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie road, about ten
miles from Youngstown, O. Masters,
the foreman of the com pany, placed
twenty sticks of dynamite on a stove
in shanty in which five Italians
were lounging. An explosion occurred
and the shanty was blown to pieces.
Masters was picked up some twenty
feet away. Life was extinct, his body
being horribly mangled. All the Ita1-
ians were more or less injured, nearly
all having their legs and arms broken.
Two, it is expected, will die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

A LITTLE glrl went into a neighbours
house one day, and some apple parings
lay on plate on the table. After sitting
awhile. she said, 81 smell apples"
"Yes." the lady replied, 81 guess you
smell these apple-pearines on the plate"
mo, no. said she; "'taint them l
smell. l smell whole apples"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
TERRORIZED BY OUTLAW

Serious Condition of Affairs Reported in
Cuba.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 24.-Reports
to-day from Cuba indicate most serious
condition of affairs. Citizens in Havana
and Matanzas have repeatedly demand
ed Of Capt.-Gen. Marin protection from
outlaws and official thieves. Bust
ness is partially paralyzed. opposition
papers are suppressed almost daily and
the strictest censorship is kept over
messages by cable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

A BREWERS BILL" has been intro
,duced into Congress to inquire into the
moral, physical and financial effects of
the liquor traffic. This investigation,
however, is prompted by only one
brewer-the member from the sixth
district of Michigan. Brewers gener-
ally have very little interest in the
moral effects of their trade. It is the
financial results they are most concerned
IN
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
OFFERS TO COMPROMISE.
Canada Seeks Reconciliation with Re-
beIliOuS Manitoba.

DeI1OuS Man1tOba.
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 2S.-The Do
minion government is seeking to make
terms with Manitoba and makes the fol-
lowing propositions: That disallowance
in May, 1891; that the improve
ment of the Red River and the
Assinaboine be vigorously prosecuted;
that grain freights be reduced; that an
experimental farm be Immediately To-
Gated in the province; that the Canadian
Pacific make the desired extensions to
the Louris River. The acceptance of
the propositions is not likely.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

A Brooklyn man who was "held in
high esteem" by his neighbors started
home drunk the other night and gotinto
another mans house. The owner mis-
took him for a burglar, and the drunken
man thought he had found an intruder
in his home. They struggled and fought
for some time till the intruder was shot
dead. The story is a good temperance
lecture in small space.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

Canadian Premier, is giving evidence of
craftsmanship. He says that COM
mercial union between the United
States and Canada would find three diff
ficulties in its way: First, Great Britain
would not agree to it; second, the
United States does not want it; third
Canada would not have it. That about
covers the case
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
Left a Fortune to Charity

GALVESTON. Tex, Jan. 24.-John Z.
Allen, state treasurer under Gov. Ham
ilton, is dead. aged 81 years. He be-
queathed his fortune, valued at $4,000
to the city of Galveston for the estab-
lishment of an industrial school.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
The Gospel Army,s Prowess.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. ga miscella-
neous assortment of black eyes and
broken noses resulted from an attempt
of several young men to break up an
American Gospel Army meeting last
night. They provoked the row by guy
ing the speakers and succeeded in get
ting as good as they sent. A policeman
put an end to the decidedly animated
proceedings by arresting the ringlead-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

A TERRIBLE glutton: Child-"What
big mouf Mr.. Smiz must have" Moth
er: "Why darling" Child-"1 heard
him say ne swallowed two ponies this
morning. "-[Town Topics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
FORMING a MIL '!TRUST."
BOstonians Must Pay Tribute to the Dali
rYmen.

rymen.
Boston, Mass, Jan. Heterogeneous
were completed to-day for the forma-
ton of milk trust" which is to include
every cow that contributes to the Boston
market. 1t was also proposed that
sum of money, say $25, 900, be put into a
fund for the purpose of building cream
important central points of milk produc-
ing districts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
HALT A MILLION SHORT.

Excitement Over the Condition of the
Manitoba Treasury.
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 24.-This city is
considerably excited over the disclos-
ures made in reference to the deficit in
the finances of the province left by the
said to reach 100000, but it is difficult
to arrive at the exact condition of af-
fairs, owing to the manner in which the
books were kent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
HAYES GETS TWENTY YEARS.
The Sentence Imposed on Chicago Thief
for Murder.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 24.-Billy Hayes,
young thief, was to-day sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment the peni-
Tertiary for the killing of John Watts, a
similar character, during a quarrel
about a woman on the night of January
rs. 1887.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
THE FRANcE-ITALxAN TREATY.
TnabiIi. to Agree on the Tariff Provisions
of the Measure

PARIS, Jan. 25.-The negotiations be-
tween France and Italy for treaty of
commerce have been ruptured. Italy
agreed to accept but SO of the 272 arti-
cles covered by the old treaty and those
only at increased tariffs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
CORA LEE ACQUITTED.

The Jury REQUIRES Only Seven Minutes
in Which to Agree on a Verdict.
The trial of Cora Lee, at Springfield,
Mo-, for completely in the murder of
Mrs. Sarah Graham, terminated on the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
TOLEDO.

WHEAT-No. 2 Red. .....
CORN-No. q.
OATS No. 2. ...................
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
From Mrs. Brown.

| thank Sister Helen Dorcas and others
for their kindly reception of my efforts,
as | sometimes fear that | am of but
little or no use in the world. 1t is not a
worldly triumph we should seek, but its
opposite. There is an exaltation of
equality, or atonement," or in other
words, victory over our self-love, that
is forever seeking to draw each nearer
to the other, that we all should seek to
attain. For, to the extent that our
purposes in life circle about self, our
success is not that which shall lead us
nearer the Fathers house. 1t is in
remuneration of this most arbitrary ele-
ment of our natures that we learn the
value of any real goodness. Do you
not think, Sister Dorcas, that we begin
life with ideas and purposes of worldly
exaltation, and. the sorrows and trials,
the hardships and defeats of life are
incidents of our journey from the selfish
to the spiritual plane-the Pilgrims
Progress being typical of the route?
Is it not to this and for this purpose
that trials and temptations are per-
mitted?
The sisters of this department, one
and all, have a warm place in my affec-
tons, and some time hope we may
grow into such strong sisterhood as
to be able to designate some place of
meeting, that we may clasp hands per-
sonally. The rural ladies are not an
inferier class by any means, and this
interchange of thought, feeling and
purpose is really better than CHATEAU
guam course, so much lauded at present.
There is, regret to see, an element of
caste in this instruction that poisons
its usefulness. When in western
Massachusetts, lately, l availed myself
of the opportunity to observe, as an
outsider, what were its possibilities for
the elevation of the uncultured classes,
and / was sorry to note that those who
really sought improvement in its ranks
were the ones that received little or no
attention-certainly small encourage
ment while those who had been
literally educated, or had chance to
be without much trouble, drove the
real workers into the background and
here. But all these errors are slowly
coming to the front and will in time be
righted. | look for great achievements
IN unlS new age.
Lord, when thou makest thy presence felt,
And when the soul hath grasped the right,
How fast the dreary shadows melt
Beneath thy warm and living light!
In thee 1 find nobler birth,
A glory DER thy world l see,
And paradise returns to earth
And blooms again for us in thee.
st. Augustine calls the early morning,
that scatters the gray shadows of night
restoring form, glow, color and life to
what we see, " the gliding light" and
do we not catch glimpse of this light,
in the various methods, seeking to
bring mankind into that harmony every
true heart is secretly yearning for? The
prayer of Ajax was for light, that the
gods might but grant him to see the face
of his foe, and this is the same longing
for wisdom and earnest struggling with
our worst besetting sins. But we most
need that spiritual light that shows us
our vile natures and the purity and
virtue that makes the darkness vanish,
Mrs. BROWN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
The Spinner.

She breaks the thread with an angry twang,
just as II Mt her touch harp.string rang,
And keyed to the quaint old song she sang
That came to a halt on her cherry lip
While she tied knot that never could slip
And thought of another when her ship,
All laden with dreams in splendid guise,
Should sail right out of the azure skies
And lover bring, with great brown eyes.
All. broad the day, but her work was done
Two runs by reel She had twisted and spun
Her two-score knots by set of sun.
with her one, two three, the wheel beside,
And the three, two, one of her backward glide,
So to and fro in calico pride,
Till the bees went home and the daytime died.
Her apron white as the white sea-foam,
She gathered the wealth of her velvet gloom
And rallied it in with a tall BACKBONE.
She crushed the grass with her naked feet,
The track of the sun was golden street,
The grass was cool and the air was sweet.
The girl gazed up at the mackerel sky
And it looked like pattern lifted high,
But she never dreamed of angels nigh.
And she spoke right out, Do just see therel
With blue and white for the clouded pair
I'm going to knit for my Sunday wearw
The wheel is dead and the bees are gone,
And the girl is dressed In a silver lawn
And her feet are shod in golden dawn
Oh, brow that old-time morning kissed
Goodnight, my girl of the double and twist
Oh barefoot ysiOnl Vanishing mist
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01

was uneventful, but the next morning
the boarders asked to have the feather
beds and pillows exchanged for mat
tresSes and hair pillows. Then they
wanted an awning over the south win
dows, as they did not want so much
sunshine, and a crib was wanted for
the child. BY buying one mattress
and borrowing one and a crib she man
aged to pacify them and they sent
home for their own hair pillows. Susie
was pleased to have the child little
girl, and devoted herself to it very
pleasantly. Tommy said he thought
city folks wanted the sunshine and did
not see why they were so afraid of it,
The woman could not eat oatmeal and
the daughters would not eat graham
-four in any form. The child would
not touch drop of milk that had
suspicion of cream on it. One wanted
the eggs well cooked and another must
have them almost raw. The peas
were to be cooked in a small allow
ance of water and the bread must not
taste of yeast, else some one was not
suited. So while anxious to please
them and keep her temper unrufiled,
Mrs. Jones was constantly fretted and
worried.
The first Sunday none of the board
ers went to church. They said it was
too much trouble to dress for it in hot
weather. After awhile Mamie refused
to go unless she could have something
new to wear. They brought pile of
cheap novels to read, which Mamie
eagerly borrowed, occupied her time in
reading and made her discontinued and
unsatisfed with her surroundings, in
stead of the sweet, dutiful little school
girl she had been. The younger ones,
Tommy and Susie, were greatly pro-
voked with the little girl because she
cried at everything, and when they
wanted to take her out they received
so many instructions as to avoiding the
sun and the wet, and keeping away
from the cows, which Tommy said
wouldn't be seen touching such little
fussy thing, that there was no fun in it,
The city girl was afraid of toads and
cows and was frightened half out of
her wits when one day the old tom
turkey, attracted by her red parasol, as
she sat in the hammock, came spread
ing himself up and down the path be-
fore her and making side jumps at her
if she attempted to get out. Tommy
drove him away and said he was glad
there was no little boy with them, for
he would be sure to be afraid to go out
of doors.
Mr.. Jones was obliged to send to the
city for their boarders' favorite tea and
coffee, and as for fruit they seemed to
think it rained down from the sky, or
ought to, for they could not get half
enough sometimes. The baby took cold ;
the woman said it had the Group, and Mr..
Jones had to get up in the night and
ride two miles for doctor, while Mrs.
Jones said her children had been every
bit as bad and she did not even get up
with them. At the end of the season
they left and were civilly polite in
thanks, but had the bad taste to say
they did not think it paid to go into
the country to board, and the Jones
family did not feel it repaid them in
money or comfort. A. NJ. $.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
Ripe Raspberries.

If there is berry that can take the
place of the strawberry it is the rasp-
berry. There is a shortcake that is a
near approach to that made with straw
berries, and it is made with raspberries
between the layers. The raspberry was
made for cream or cream for the rasp-
berry, which? Raspberry, scotchcap or
neutrality-suspicious. it is called
is associated with waving grass, tink-
ling brooks, grass-birds' nests, butter
cups, daisies and bobolinks. The rasp-
berry grows in Ireland on bushes ten
or fifteen feet high. Black raspberries
are better than red ones, unless you like
the red ones better. The raspberry
was so named from the roughness of
the bramble bush on which it grows.
The German name is kratzbeere from
kratzen, to scratch. Rasperries let us
down easy from strawberries to green
apples. When you see red raspberry
in the white fingers of blue-eyed girl
you feel like shouting for protection
with all your might. There is no rasp-
berry trusts, but they enter into some
happy combinations. Blackcaps "
and 4" thimbleberries are equally
wrong-they are all raspberries, black
red yellow and white. The ruby rasp-
berry's ruddy radiance raises restful
ection.-Sprinafeld Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01

How THE NERVES ARE FED.-The nerves
are the seat of animal life and control the
functions of the body. Their food and sup
port is wholly from the albuminoids, which
require to be digested as thinly as water
in order to be fine enough for absorption
from the capillary blood-vesses, through
their fine, delicate covering membranes
into the nerve center They are fed
very slowly and waste very slowly. By
chemical examination the nerves are
found to contain seventeen per cent of al
bumen and the rest is water, There are
slight traces of the other blood elements,
but it is known that imperfect digestion
leaves the albuminoids in the food in too
coarse particles for absorption by the nerves,
and the consequence is malnutrition, want
of support of the forces of animal life, de-
Perforated powers OF physical endurance
and mental power, often nervous invalids,
and very often paralysis, atrophy and death 4,
from want of function. The scientific world
has been always trying to find process
for digesting its albumen for it artihcially,
without spelling its nutritious qualities,
when exhaustion from overwork or other
causes rendered the nerves unable to furnish
force to digest it for themselves, but has
failed on perfect digestion until, three years
ago. DIR. A. Thompson, prominent physi-
clan of Lowell, Mass, for twenty years,
solved the problem, and his process is rep
resented by the MoXie Nerve Food now sold
by the druggists. The digestion is so per-
feet the fluid can be evaporated. This has
never been accomplished before.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
The Jones' Summer Boarders.

Mrs. Jones said the farm would
never be paid for unless she took hold
and did something, so she decided to
take boarders. The house was large
and surrounded by trees and scenery,
such as the summer idler longs for, and
why should she not improve the oppor-
tunity as well as another? So she
hired a cheap girl, a sort of "Tilly
Slowboy," and began operations. Some
weeks were spent in cleaning and paint
ing. Then two chambers were made
ready, one with new carpet and the
other with a new chamber-set through
out. A handsome chair to brighten up
the parlor, hammock and garden
chairs were bought. The ingenuity
of the family was taxed to make over
and fix up everything possible, and
when at last, by advertising, she found
a woman with two daughters, she was
happy. One of the daughters was a
widow with a small child, and the others
was about the same age as Mamie, her
own daughter. Tommy and Susie, the
children, specialized a good deal on the
subject and wished there had been a
small boy and girl coming to play with
them. AT last the stage-coach brought
three genteel-looking females and a
hevy load of trunks to the door. The
neighbors were all looking out to see
them and Mrs. Jones was happier still.
The first tea, prepared carefully, was
quite a success, though Chilly" man
aged to upset the cream-jug in the
middle of the table. The first night