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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
KILLED EVA GAME COCK.
A Child Meets Peculiar Death at Hot
Springs.

Child Meets a Peculiar Death at Hot
Springs.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, April 24.-The f.
year-old child OF William Stringer met
with peculiar death yesterday. Mr..
Stringer is something of a chicken
fancier, and kept half dozen
game cocks in his back yard.
Yesterday his little son started to
play in the yard. Suddenly the cock
attacked the little fellow furiously,
knocking him down and gazing him
about the head. The boy was cut and
pecked in horrible manner before he
copld be rescued, and died of convulr
sions in few minutes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Russia ExpeIs the Jews.

LONDON, April 2S-The Russian gov
eminent has decided to expel Jews from
Helsingfors except those who have
served in the army. The Finnish
papers are vigorously protesting against
the decision.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Invested in St. Paul Property.

Henry Endicott, brother OF Secre--
tary of War Endicott, has purchased
for cash $4S5, 900 worth of st. Paul bus
mess property from the Davidson es-
tate. He will erect handsome block
next to the new Pioneer Press building.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Train Robbery in~Nfexico.

4 passenger train on the Inter
Oceanic railway was stopped and robbed
by a band of fourteen highwaymen,
three miles from Irolo, Mex. The pas
sengers and train men were systematic
ally robbed. The company lost over 49,,
0C0 from the treasury box.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
MANY Injured.

A passenger train on the New York
& Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked
near Clean, n. Y, on the 2Sth, by the
spreading of the rails. The entire train,
containing forty passengers, rolled down
a twenty foot embankment. No one
was killed outright but thirteen passen-
gers were hurt, some of whom it is
thought will die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
The Calumet & Hecla Reopened.

The Calumet & Hecla Mine at Calu-
met, Mich, was opened on the oath, at
shat No. 1, and SO far the indications
are that the fire is entirely burned out.
Not much of an examination as to the
extent of the damage was possible.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Suicide of a Retired Merchant.

New YORK, April 26.- Gen. Abraham
Merritt, so years old, of Nyack, n. Y,
at midnight last night committed suicide
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The suicide
was a retired dry-goods merchant. He
took dose of laudanum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
A Blaze in New York.

Fire occurred at AZ and 40 Walker
Street, New York, on the Goth, which
damaged the building about 800, 600 and
the stock about 100000. Rosedorf d
Co., j. S. Lesser & Co., and F. S. Klotz
& Co.. were the principal losers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Heavy Damages for a Brakeman,

A jury in the city court at Mobile,
Ala, on the Goth, returned verdict Civ
ing S25, 900 damages in favor of G. Hall,
brakeman, against the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company. Hall was
knocked from freight train by low
bridge and had to have his foot ampu-
fated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
JOBS FOE co. STRIKERS.
One Hundred Engineers and FiremeL
Hired by the Santa Fe.

CHICAGO, H., April disappointment
ent Of Motive Power Hasbury, of
the Santa Fe Railroad system,
has applied to the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men for fifty crews to be employed on
the Chicago, Santa Fe & California line
running from Chicago to Kansas City,
and now about to be opened. A num-
Der of the former employees of the
Burlington were turned over to him,
and many more will follow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02

road, was wrecked near Alma, Neb., on
the 9th. caused by bridge giving way.
L. A. Towne, of Grand Rapids, Mich,
was killed, and Charles Eaton, OF Lin
coin, badly injured. The mail and ex-
press car with their contents were con-
cuma6
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Cyclone in Kansas.

A cyclone struck the east edge of the
city of Pratt, Kas., on the 26th, demol-
ishing several houses and killing Mrs.
VIM. Fisher. Many other persons were
seriously hurt by flying debris. This is
the second cyclone Pratt has had this
spring
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
RUSSIA EYEING THE LION.
The Gar Closely Watching England's
Movements in the East.

MOVements In the East.
Sr. PETERSBURG, April 27.-The Novoe-
Vremya says 'The present liberal
home policy of the British cabinet re-
CARDS its solidity, but" it adds, "home
security may induce Lord Salisbury to
revert to an antiRussian policy in
the East" Considering the possibility
Of such contingency, the paper says
Russia's best course to pursue to coun--
teract 1T would be to create Central
Asian difficulties for England
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Wreck of a Tunnel.

The great Mullane tunnel on the
Northern Pacific, which passes through
the main range of the Rocky Mountains,
has been almost totally wrecked by the
action of spring rains and melting snow.
The loss is placed at % 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Condemned by the Vatican,

The New York Catholic News has re-
ceived the following dispatch: "The
Vatican has issued decree condemning
boycotting and the plan of campaign.
The decree distinguishes the National
movement from these revolutionary
means. It condemns only the latter"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Hanged Himself Because Chastised.

Mrs. Charles Snyder, living near
Grove City, Mercer County, Pa, chas-
tised. her son because he refused to do
the chores. He threatened to hang
himself but his mother paid no attention.
to the threat. Later she went to the
barn and found that the boy had carried
out his threat. He died almost imme-
diately after being cut down.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Killed by Dynamite Explosion.

A terrible explosion occurred at
Drivers camp, near Baraga. Mich, on
the night of the 23d. A lot of drivers
undertook to thaw dynamite in a cook
stove. VIM Morrison and Pat Ratigan
were instantly killed, Peter Somerville
was fatally injured and two others SER
iouslv hurt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
THE LATEST NEW
A Roulanger Banquet.

Gen. Boulanger gave grand political
banquet in Paris, on the 9th. In
speech be emphatically disclaimed any
desire to be made dictator of France:
Moreover, he was even in favor of
abolishing the presidency.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
Bank Burglar Red" Leary Dead.

RED" Leary, the notorious bank
burglar, who was hit on the head with
a brick by a boon companion, died at
the New York hospital on the 24th. The
presumed murderer, VIM. Train, pro-
rest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-02
The Cannon Ball Wrecked.

The cannon ball train from Kansas
City, on the Burlington q Missouri rail
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
What Insects Are Good For.

How would you like to have insects
for food? In Africa people eat ants
well stewed in butter. In Sweden they
put them with rye, to give Il flavor like
brandy. Pressed ants eggs make a
mixture very much like chocolate
paste with milk. They taste like cara
mels, that you buy so often at the can
dy store. Think of that!
The large white ants, or termites,
are roasted, too, in iron pots, by the
African children. They are eaten by
handouts just like sugar-plums, and
they are said to taste like sweet al
mond paste.
As for the locusts that we should run
away from, they think it is just so much
bread and butter. They smoke and
boil, or salt and stew them. Some
times they grind them into q sort of
meal. and get fat in eating the bread
made out of it.
In New California there is a spider
nearly an inch long, that is roasted
over the fire as q very choice bit. The
eggs of a sort of boat-hy the Mexicans
shake in kind of cloth, set them to
dry, and grind them like flour. They
sell in sacks, to make peculiar kind
of cake. These eggs, unground, are
used. too. for the feeding of chickens,
How would you like such foodP am
afraid not very well! But the children
of these PARKWAY countries learn to
like these insects as much as you
would piece of roast beef.-Mrs. G..
Han in O1ly JjfIe Once
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

her apron in her mouth to keep from
laughing.
But Johnny, though he looked, didn't
offer to touch Do you suppose he
thought this was some new kind Of an
April Fool? People in the street be-
gan to stare and smile; and pretty soon
Johnny fell to work again. He was
almost through. anyway. -.
And there the bag hung and swung.
Dear me! why didn't he take itP Minty
began to be afraid the fun would be all
on enc side. az. -.. ....-
In minute Uncle Jack thumped
Johnny on the back again. This time
Johnny didn't look up. His cheeks
were cherry-red and his eyes flashed.
He thought some body was making
sport Of him; aud SO he finished his
work in n hurry, and shouldered his
shovel, like a soldier, to march away.
"Oh dear!" cried Minty, "he won't
get It, after all! Oh dearm and she
scampered to the door. Little boy,
it's yours!" she called. "It's candy,
and its's yours! And wish you Merry
Christmasw
Johnny came back, smiling bash
fully.
Same to you, miss" said he, touch
ing his cap politely. Then he took the
bag and looked in it. 20 cracky" he
cried, won't little Sam go into THAR
And then by way of Cnanks he stood on
his head and struck his heels together
until he was red in the face. and SO
was Minty with laughing at his capers;
then he darted off home, and Minty
ran upstairs to tell mamma all about it.
"Wen, well, !" said mamma, laughing
as she could laugh, why didn't you &c
to the door and give It to him, in the
first place, Minty?"
"I-don't-know,' said Minty.
Do you?-RHth HoiljnSl0orth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
WHAT l FOUND IN THE MuFF.

A Christmas free Story.
Well, little ones all! and what sh II il be
My gift to brighten your Christmas-treeg
A story made on purpose for you! .as
And every word Of il "true as truer
Suppose You let me tell it IN rhyme
This tale OF a long-ago Christmas time.
It's name must be "a Mouse in q Mur."
Does not that name sound funny enough
A nice fur mun rs white as milk,
CIV with tassels, and lined with silk.
~ might 90 farther" said Mister Mouse,
'And yet fare worse for winter house"
The muT was hung on a Christmas-tree;
SAID Mousie; "What fine society
When get settled for good and all,
These elegant dolls will be sure to call
My luck" So he is really good
To get into such neighboyhoodv"
And now mist tell you his sad mishap.
While he was taking forty winks'' nap,
Old santa Claus came in his queer Disguise
knew who he was by the laugh in his eyes;
But thought it was most too good TO be true
When he said: Little girl, this muG is for
yoH''
OH who 50 happy as for minutei
OF course the next thing, was to put my hand
in It.
wonder had mousie or the worst fright
For mis- sharp little teeth gave my hand such
bite
And the scream that gave was the sign for q
play
Not down on the bill for the day
The mu1r went a-fyng aloft and around
TIL poor frightened mouse fell out on the
ground.
= yut never knew never, from that to this day,
Where the little mouse ran when he scampered
away.
Now vph1tpvpr votl Wi IL IN vr1
win It,
Look out that a mouse is not housekeeping
in it.
-V0ztb's cinnamon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
SERViCEABLE FENCES.
Some Things Learned by a Farmer
Thirty Years Experience.


A farmer who has had trouble with
jumping fences" as he terms it, says
he stopped it by mailing horseshoe on
each front foot of the COW or steer
But he should have been more explicit.
Jumping fences are a great nuisance
on farm, and it seems to me that a
well-set post and rail fence won't Jump
very high. When the earthquake hap
pened about two years ago all of my
fences running east and west jumped
SO as to throw the corners all aWry
and leave most Of the top rails on the
tops of the stakes, and many were
thrown of. But this was not an ordi-
nary kind of jumping fence. Those
who are troubled with the common
kind might try the horseshoe plan.
What is the best fence? l have long
sought to find this out and have tried
the old-fashioned worm fence, staked
or double-staked and ridered: the post
and-board fence and the post-and- rail
fence, with morticed posts and rails
fattened and pointed at the end. l
have some miles of fence on my farm
and have constant trouble with the
fences, all but about half mile OF
solid post-and-rail fence made of chest
nut posts and five rails to each panel.
The rails are ten feet long, This fence
stands firmly; the heaviest winds do
not move it; no cattle or horses try to
jump it. it being five feet high; and
from former experience, dating back
thirty years, | know such q fence will
last as long as this, If properly made.
1t is cheap. The posts are split sap
lings about ten years old and eight
inches on the split face. The holes are
bored with boring machine and two
inch auger. two holes being made five
inches apart from outer edges and the
wood between them is cut out with a
post axe having blade two inches
wide. Two men will hole one hundred
posts a day and will set up the one
hundred panels Of fence in three days,
costing thus seven cents a panel for
setting the fence. And when it is set,
it is set for years without need for re-
pair or almost daily watching and put
ting up as with the common rail fence.
The best thing to do with ;umpin3
and breachy animals is to have good
fences, SO that when they are young
the animals will not learn to jump or
throw down the fences. Bud fences
make breachy and unruly stock. ~
Y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

An acre of land devoted to small
fruits will sometimes give a larger re-
turn than five acres devoted to grain.
White oak firkins are recommended
as best in which to make cucumber
pickles, and next to that stoneware.
All fall-planted trees, vines, etc,
must be banked with earth or a shad-
ing of straw manure on the approach
of winter to prevent heaving.
When a man comes half mile to
borrow hoe or q fork. you may de-
pend on his coming some day to bor-
row money, but never coming to pay it
back.
Oyster Omelet: Beat six eggs to a
light froth Add half cup of cream,
salt and pepper. Pour into a frying
pan, with tablespoonful of butter and
drop in dozen large oysters. Fry
light brown. Double over and send TO
the table Immediately.
Saratoga Brown Bread: Two cups
Indian meal, three cups flour, or gra-
ham meal, one cup molasses, one and
one-half pints sour milk, one and one
half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
salt. Steam three hours and then
brown in the oven.--AlbanV journal.
Tongue Toast: Make some slices
of toast, not very thick, Drowned
evenly all over on both sides, and minus
crust; butter it slightly; CRATE with a
large CRATER a liberal supply of cold
tongue, and spread it thickly over the
toast; lay the slices side by side on a
large dish. Serve at breakfast, lunch
con or supper.
Bees will come out of their hives
on warm days. In so doing they clean
the hives and carry out the dead bees.
Every day some of the bees die, and
advantage is taken of all favorable OPP
portunities by the survivors to put tho
hive in the best condition for winter.
The hives should not be placed in winter
quarters until the weather becomes
cold.
-Raisin Cocoanut Cake: One cup
ofsugar, three tablespoonfuls OF butter,
one egg, half a cup of milk, one and a
half cups of -four one teaspoonful Of
baking powder. For between layers,
one cup Of raisins seeded and chopped
fine, one cup of sugar, half cup Of
water boiled to syrup. Then add
raisins, half cup of cocoanut, and the
white of an egg beaten to stiff froth.
Parsley may be had all winter, and
at the same time make a handsome
ornament for the kitchen. Make box
to fit the window sill, and about six
inches wide, Take up good roots from
the garden and cut back the old leaves,
but do not injure the central bud or
point; shorten the roots to a conven-
lent length, and plant quite closely in
i the box.
Three years experience in storing
corn in light crib or granary proves
this: If the corn, when husl1ed, be
fairly dry, it will do to put in a tight
building provided the weather be dry
during the fall and the winter be a
steady, cold one, followed by drouth
the next season. But if the following
season be wet, the corn will not keep
well. No more tight corn cribs for us.
Prairie Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

II suspect that few, who hang theil
ers Almanac on it's accustomed nail
N year to year, are aware that iron
rteen to fourteen million copies of thi
Pular calendar are printed every year
accomplish this stupendous work, the
publishers use machine which prints ana
folds, ready for the binder, hundred thou
SAM almanacs daily, turning off at the rate
OF apundred and eighty books minute, and
consuming about twenty-five miles of pa
per each day These astounding facts and
volume containing specimen copies of the
Aimanacs and other publications of This
company In twenty-one languages. This
book, VIII, no doubt, be appreciated by many
as rare literary curiosity while it must in
crease the demand for DR.. Ayers famous
Sarsaparllla and other standard remedies
Your druggist can now supply you with
Ayers Almanac for 1889 in its usual at
tracuVe torm.-CurTent OpiniOn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
Indian Relics IN Maine.

Every little while farmers and others
in the up-river towns Of Maine unearth
interesting relics OF the ancient Tar
ratine or Penobscot tribe of Indians.
who, in their day, wers very numerous
and warliLe. The latest discovery OF
this sort was made Il few days ago in
the town of Lowell. Three men who
were ligging sand on an old road came
to peculiar reddish spot, in which
they found three sharp stone chisels
and stone gouge, All four of the
Implements lay pointing one way, hav-
ing, evidently, been purposely placed
in that manner. ) he spot was I'M
doubtedly the burial place of one of
the warriors Of the tribe, whose primi-
tive weapons were inferred with his
body, Us was the red mans custom.
There is a point of land opposite Mat
tawamkeag, on the Penobscot, where
countless stone axes and spearheads
have been found, and it is said by those
we'll versed in Indian history that on
this spot the Tarrantines of old fought
q great battle with their natural enc
mics, the MohawlIs, utterly routing the
latter and thus ending a long series Of
wars for the mastery of the hunting
grounds Of the Penobscot. N Y. San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

Asparagus dishes are doubly val
ued on Russian tables for their rarity.
Not infrequently, as we are informed.
have the uneaten ends from the cuisine
Of higher classes been sold by cooks to
greengrocers who trimmed and col
ored them in imitation of buds, tying a
few new stalks with them TO sell as
fresh bundles
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

Advertising q patent medicine in the pc
culiar way IN which the proprietor of
Kemp's Balsam, for Coughs and Colds, does
tits indeed wonderful. He authorizes all
drsggists to give to those who call for it a
\ * G'DOttle Free, that they may try it be-
fore purchasing. The large bottles are soc
and 500. We certainly would advise q
trial. 1t may save you from consumption.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22
Signs Ono Can't Mistake.

Among these are yellowness of the skin
and eyeoals, furrod tongue, nausea, pains
in the right side sick headache and consti-
patton. They Enthusiastically indicate liver
disorder, for which Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is a superlatively fine remedy. Use
it promptly and at given intervals. Malarial
complaints, dyspepsia, rheumatism, debility
and trou BILE with She kidneys, are also rem
edied by it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

1t is believed that the city OF Paris
affords the most successful and remark
able system of clocks worked automat-
ically by compressed air, several thou
sand being carried on according to this
principle from single central station,
the compressed air being conveyed I'M
der the streets by means of small
pipes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

There are about 5000 different
descriptions of postage stamps in ex-
istence. The museum OF the Berlin
post-oflice alone contains between 1000
and 5000 specimens, of which half are
from Europe and the remainder divid-
ed between Asia, Africa, America and
Australian
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

The value of 1oias TO collectors
does not depend on their age. Roman
tribute pennies, dated before Christ,
are not worth more than 81. while a
genuine American silver dollar Of 1874
would sell close tc $1,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

"A colored man Of Orange, N j..
drew $15, 900 in a lottery, and his first
step was to abandon his old wife and
give white woman 5000 10 marry
him. He said it was no uae TO have
money unless he could get into society
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

4 CoUGT, CoLD, or SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. BROWNS BRONCHIAL
TRocuEs ire a simple remedy, and give
prompt relief % cts q box.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar cures
Coughs and bronchitis and consumption.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

YOUNG man may have an honest ring
in his voice while talking TO his best girl,
but it doesn't go unless it has an engage
ment ring in 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

IIE revivalst says that men have no
ialth. Wonder did he ever see man bite
into store pie?-PhUddelDAf Cult
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

WHATEVER may be said of jewelry and
winter clothing, it is not considered at all
improper to soak your bathing suit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

CUcUMBERs may be green, but they gen
orally get the best of a fellow in the long
run. Richmond Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

DOUBLEuEADED freaks are barred ont O
single skull races. ST rds s filings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

TIE fellow that beats the weighing ma
chine is like the Arabs-he SILENTLY steals
a weigh. n-B0SfOn Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

The bored of ducation-children who
hate school West HdDen Budget
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

PoMTIcs, like fleas, are always going to
the dogs; but they come back again to
bite-N 0. Ptccy,me.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

A DRUvKEN man Is sad to walk with
reel difficulty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

IHE girl who seeks TO marry for the
SAKE OF bank account is quite likely to
pc check-m9ted.-M Merchant YLaneIer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

THERE is a very percepdble difference
between perfume and per cent. Pttsburph
Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

A SOCIAL rroverb-man proposes, but
woman mustn't. judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

THE rain becomes too familiar with a
lady when it begins to pat her on the back.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-12-22

A false staru-an elopement. - Harper's
BdzdT.