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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-06
A Wonderful Cure.

This is a true likeness of me
wearing artificial nose and
upper lip after a BLOOD
DISEASE had consumed my
nose and upper lip. roof of
my mouth and palate, cured
by Hibbard,s Herb
Extract. This is not q
patent medicine but a
simple preparation of roots
and herbs that cured me
over "A years ago, since
when l have cured thou
sands with its use. Send
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

hemorrhage is severe, an artery may
need tying, but until a doctor can be
secured, tie handkerchief or some
thing around the limb. above the wound,
and place the limb in an elevated posi-
ton.
For bee stings, probably the best
dressing is mud, as it is for most bites or
stings from insects.
Mud frequently removed is excellent
dressing for snake and dog bites after
they have been properly bled and
cauterized.
Foreign substances in nose or ears, of
course, demand removing. But, unless
you are sure Of success, don't attempt
it yourself and by pushing the obstacle
out of reach make bad matter worse.
Call on a surgeon at once.
IF the not unusual accident of "a bug
in the ear" occurs, waste no time trying
to drag the offender out. douse in sweet
oil, salad dressing, or molasses even. if
you haven't the others handy, any
thing to entangle and quiet the in
truder before it makes the victim wild.
1t can then be syringed out with warm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
MEDICINAL Properties of Vegetables.

The following information may be USE
full to some at this season Of the year, if
not new to many:
Spinach has a direct effect upon the
kidneys.
The common dandelion, used as
green's, is excellent for the same pur-
pose.
Asparagus purges the blood. Celery
acts admirably upon the nervous sys-
tenn, and is cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia.
Tomatoes act upon the liver.
Beets and turnips are excellent appe-
Tiers.
Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling in
their effect upon the system.
Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and shall
OTIS, all of which are similar, possess
medicinal virtues of marked character,
stimulating the circulatorv system and
the consequent increase of the saliva,
and the gastric juice promoting diges-
ton.
Red onions are an excellent diuretic,
and the white ones are recommended
to be eaten raw as remedy Tor insom-
MIA. They are tonic and nutritious.
A soup made from onions is regarded
by the French as an excellent restora-
tive in debility of the digestive organs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Gems of Thought.

Learning hath gained most by those
books by which the printers have lost.
Thomas Fuller.
| remember that wise friend of mine
did usually say. that which is every
bodys business is nobody's business
IzaaE Walton.
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old
Testament; adversely is the blessing of
the New.-Lord Bacon.
do not know what I may appear to
the world, but to myself seem to have
been only like boy playing on the sea-
shore, and diverting myself in now and
then finding a smoother pebble or a
prettier shell than ordinary, while the
great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered
before me.-Isddc Neartor.
Hope is but the dream of those that
wake.-Prior.
To be of no church is dangerous. Re-
hgion, of which the rewa rds are dis
tant, and which is manifested only bv
faith and hope, will glide by degrees out
of the mind unless it be invigorated and
relmpressed by extreme ordinances, by
stated calls to worship, and the salutary
influence of eXample.-Dr. Johnson.
Where law ends, tyranny begins
Earl of Chatham.
Equal and exact justice to all men, of
whatever state or persuasion, religious
or political, peace, commerce and hon.
est friendship with all nations, entan-
Cling alliances with none.-Thomas JET
fprs072
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Leaving Cats to the Devil.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
There is one member of the family
for whom many people, in leaving for
their summer vacation, do not provide,
and that is the family cat. 1t is taken
for granted that this creature can pro-
vide for herself, even if she does not
guard the threshold; but it is too conf
IDENTITY assumed that she can do without
the crumbs that fall from the rich
mans table, and will not need
specially anything to eat until the
family returns in September or Octo-
Der. So many households, how
ever, take this for fact that the
cats in some neighborhoods have
a hard time of it. They are lean, fam
ished, down in the mouth, and are OBJ
jects of profound compassion to the
stay-at-home residents; and their pite-
ogls walls in the night season, though
they may not be entirely the cries of
hunger. are sharp enough to touch
even the most obdurate hearts. The
family cat deserves better consideration,
and ought to be boarded out, with some
decent consideration, and in kindly
household, until her familiar haunts are
again open to her. People " no care for
everybody but the cat had better count
the cat with the dog, and be as humane
to one as the other.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Emergency Remedies.
From Good Housekeeping.


There are msny accidents constantly
occurring among the little people, for
no matter how careful older ones are to
place dangerous things out of reach,
there's apt to be time Of forgetting
and then the dire consequences. Now
1t is hot water, again the Ratchet or a
sharp knife; possibly concentrated I've
is swallowed, or buttons or thimble find
their way into strange places in baby's
economy.
For scalds from hot water or stove,
there's nothing more apt to be handy
than baking soda; wet it up soft and APP
ply freely. If the burn is superficial or
of slight extent, binding it up with this
is all that will be necessary. If I've has
been drunk it's seldom that vomiting
does any good; the amount is usually
small. Tie best treatment is sweet oil,
or even melted lard if you haven't the
oil, to counteract the caustic effects of
the I've. The after Inflammation of
stomach and bowels which sometimes
follows, will need specific treatment
quite beyond the power of the laiUy.
Usually when any foreign or poison
Gus matter has been swallowed the first
indication is to produce emess. If you
have no syrup ipecae in the house, add
little mustard and salt to luKeWarm
water, and make the child drink consid-
cradle. It is one of tho promptest,
easily obtained emetics. known
When the injury is a cut, the treat
ment will depend on locality. If the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
A Millionaire's Floating Palace.
From the Philadelphia Times.

from the Ph1laQelpnla lines.
A strange looking craft appeared off
the ocean front at Atlantic City q day or
two ago, being pulled along at slow
pace by a tugboat. The fog was SO dense
that not even the many seafaring peo-
pie around could make out what it was.
Some suggested that it might be Noah's
ark, sent here by the Almighty in an
ticipation of flood; others said it was
the floating palace from Coney Island,
and others even made the foolish re-
mark that it was one of the houses car
ried away during the Johnstown flood.
1t finally reached the bar buoy on Thurs
day night, and yesterday morning
was brought into the inlet on the flood
tide, when its true character was dis
closed to the curious throng in waiting.
1t is magnifcently appointed floating
boat-house, on the lower floor OF which
is snugly resting very handsome steam
launch, which can be run out at pleasure.
The name of this floating palace is the
Falcon, and it is owned by Alexander
MacGaw, prominent and wealthy
bridge builder of Philadelphia. 1t was
brought here from New London, Conn.,,
and left Sandy Hook last Saturday in
tow of the tugboat Alert, Capt. Scott,
who reports having had very rough
passage. She is now lying opposite
Plum's Pavilion wharf, and will remain
i'll these waters for several weeks. Mr..
MacGaw's two sons accompany him
on board the Falcon and are ever ready
to inform the curious as to the "why and
wherefore" of their stran ge craft.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Saloons in Mexico.

In the City of Mexico, the income
from the taxation OF liquors and the Ii
cense on saloons is very large indeed.
Every liquor and pulque shop pays a
monthly license. Pulque is the COM
mon or cheap beverage of the hot coun-
Try, corresponding to the matt beer of
the United States. It is purely vegeta-
BILE, being extracted from the maguev
plant, species OF the cactus century
plant.) In addition to the license fees on
saloons, an octroi, or entry tax, is COL
lected on all pulnue coming within the
city limits. For the fiscal year just end
ed, this gate tax amounted to the sum
OF $56o, GOO, or more than ST 800 a day.
This is from the pulque alone--the beer
OF Mexlco-which Is retaied for l cent
Tor an ordinary glass, or cents for a
large schooner. Add to this the tax on
alcoholic beverages, and also the license
ices paid by each saloon, of which there
are thousands, and some idea may be
formed OF what the city realizes annual
~ from the liquor traffic. The City of
Mexico has population that possibly
does not exceed 100000, yet the amount
PAID into the city treasury by liquor
dealers alone cannot fall short of $780,
OoO year. The pulque shops open at
O'Clock In the morning and close at b
O'Clock in the afternoon, and not one of
them has a hack door
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
London Shuts Up.


The three things that do the most to-
ward making New Yorker unhappy in
London are the absence of lager beer,
the lack of ice and the early closing.
Ice and ice-water are never served here
unless asked Tor. Imre Kiralfy was the
first discoverer of a place on the Strand
where they sold warm lager beer. The
Americans all flocked there because
warm lager is better than no lager at all.
By and by, it came to be understood In
the saloon that the colder it was the
better, so that to-day it Is served as
nearly cold as any drink that can be got
in England.
1t is very queer thing to see long
line of famous New Workers in that
place every night standing shoulder to
shoulder before the bar. 1t is positive
ly funny to notice how each man raises
foot now and then and feels for the
foot bar which is never lacking in an
American drinking place, and is never
found in an English one. But it is
stranger than ali else to notice how all
the Americans stalk promptly out when
midnight comes, and fellow in gold
lace appears at the door with the cry,
''Time to leave, gentlemen" Appar-
emily there is no such thing as "pull
with the police" here. When the time
to close comes the places close, and then
London goes to bed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
An Interesting Tombstone.

In many parts of Maine are old grave
yards with stones fast crumbling away,
but none of greater general interest
than one near HulPs Cove, Eden, where
g. small weather-worn wooden cross
marks the last resting place Of Barthel-
envy de Gregoire and his wife Marie
Therese. Mary Therese was the grand
daughter of Antonio de la Motto Cadil-
lac, brilliant French officer, who was
at one time commandant at Mackinaw
and Detroit, and governor of Louisiana.
To him was granted by the French king,
IN 1858. the Island of Mount Desert and
large part of the mainland on Union
River. His granddaughter claimed his
estate in succession, in 1885, and the
general court of Massachusetts granted
to her and her heirs 30, 900 acres. For
time the family lived at Hull's Cove.
In 1872 they began to sell off the estate
until at the time of their death, in 1901 !,
not an acre remained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Confluence Begot of success.

So confident are the manufacturers of
that world-tamed remedy Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, that it will do
all that they represent, in the cure OF liver,
blood and lung diseases, that after witness
ing It's thousands of cures for many years
past. they now feel warranted in selling it
las they are doing, through druggists) under
a positive guarantee of its giving satisfac-
ton in every case, or money paid for it will
be refunded. No medicine of ordinary
merit could be sold under such severe con-
ditions with profit to its proprietors, and
no other medicine for the diseases for
Which it is recommended was ever before
sold under guarantee of a cure or no pay.
In all blood taints or impurities Of whatev-
er name or nature. it is most positive in it's
curative effects. Pimples, blotches, erup-
lions and all skin and scalp diseases are
radically cured by this wonderful medi-
cine. Scrofulous disease may affect the
glands, causing swellings or tumors the
bones, causing 'fever-sores, white swell
lngs" or "hip-joint disease" or the tissues
OF the lungs, causing pulmonary consump-
ton. No matter in which one of its my
rad forms it crops out or manifests itself,
Golden Medical Discovery" will cure it if
used perseveringly and in time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
the saloon. The proprietor was arrested
and fined $50 and costs the next daY

the saloon. The proprietor was arrested
and fined $50 and costs the next day.
A KINGSTON IN. Y } man by will left a
life interest to his widow in a small es-
tate valued at $1,000, the property after
her death to be divided between twelve
heirs. There being a small mortgage
on this property foreclosure followed
and the costs of court, lawyers fees,
etc., made the Judgment foot up to ST.
999. During her life the widow will be
entitled to the interest of the remaining
dollar. and at her death two of the heirs
will receive 20 cents each, five of them
will be given cents each, four of them
will be entitled to cents each, and one
will receive the annual interest on 20
cents during life.
ABOUT one month ago a young man
named Joe Harpster, of St. Louis, was
struck on the back Of the head with
pair of brass knuckles by footpad,
knocking him senseless, and for more
than month he lay unconscious. A
few days ago he suddenly recovered his
senses, but when he did he was able to
converse intelligently only in the Ger
man language. He was born of Ameri-
can parents, who spoke German, and
that was the language he first learned.
He gave that up, however, and learned
English. using it at all times, entirely
forgetting his German. Now he can
remember nothing Of English. Scien-
lists are wrestling with the problem.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

Be MercifuI to Yourself

And heed the appeals for assistance put forth
by your liver, when the organ is out of order.
Among these are distress in the right side and
through the right shoulder blade yellowness of
the skin and eyeballs furred tongue, sour
breath, sick headache, and, above all, irregular
ity of the bowels. The mercy you extend to the
afflicted organ is wisely shown by prompt
course of medication with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, most genial ofateratives and the hepatic
gland early reciprocates the deserN ed attention
by resuming its secretive functions actively and
regularly. Among the accompanying good re-
suits are renewed digestion, freedom from head
aches, and resumption of activity of the bow
els. All bilious symptoms disappear, and appe-
tite and sleep improve. Bcnefcent are the effects
of the Bitters in malarial disease, kidney dis
order, rheumatic ailments and nervousness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
THEY SIGNED THE PLEDGE.
But When They Asked for Whisky There
Was Trouble.

But When They Asked for Whisky There
Was Trouble.
From the New York Herald.
1T was strange scene,' continued
the major, "and | will not soon forget
1t. Here [ was, out on the plains, the
center OF an admiring group of Indians,
standing on stump dealing the drink
told them that whisky was the curse
of the white man, and gave some nota-
BILE instances right here in New York
that | need not now repeat. I said
that the curse of our civilization was
whisky whisky! whisky! and these
benighted children of the forest drew
closer about me and listened with rapt
attention. In my closing remarks
said: Now, my dusky friends, will
you forego whisky? Will you put the
accursed frewater behind you? Will
you cast rum to the dogs, and be better,
truer men and women?' [ indicated
that [ awaited their reply, and was
grati6ed to receive an affirmative grunt
all around the circle.
II got out my pledge book and went
around for them to sign. None could
write. of course, but all were glad to af-
fix their marks, and the work went on
with positive enthusiasm. After had
their signatures | thought it we'll to again
ascend the stump and offer them a lew
words Of congratulation. | had not
proceeded far when a large-sized war
Tior interrupted me with the remark:
Ugh heap talk where's the whis-
ky?'
Il paused a moment, thinking had
not understood him, and he repeated the
observation.
whisky, my friend p I replied, in
rox, -1,,o
1.-THE silence which followed was bro
ken by half dozen braves and a squaw
or two repeating the same ridiculous OBJ
servation:
"'Ugh! white man talk much
Where's the whisky?'
81 saw it all, said the Major. "These
poor children had taken me for an In
dian agent or something, who had come
to sell them new kind of whisky.
Their interest In my remarks about fire.
water, their eagerness to sign my paper
it was all clear now. 1t was still more
clear when a dozen stalwart bucks
danced out in front OF me, brandished
their hatchets and began to clamor for
the whisky. [ am not wholly lacking
in discretion, if do have fits, and my
course was clear.
oh, yes, my friends, the whisky /
began. L was just coming to that. l
have down here at St. Louis trainload
of the finest whisky that ever came to
gladden. the life of noble red man. I
control seventy or eighty distilleries
near Omaha, and by tomorrow will
have pipe line connections with them,
and will then be able to pump whisky
out here till lie will be dream of riot
Gus pleasure. All / will have to do will
be to turn a stop-cock, and 10 ! rum will
flow to you in living, everlasting
stream
"And telling them that [ would take
a run down to st. Louis and get the
thing started, | reached the place
where my horse was tied, and was soon
leaving the scene of my triumph behind
moo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
No Mothers in Fiction.

Here is an odd reflection from the At
lantic Monthly: "A sick youth was ly-
ing in bed, watching with quiet eyes his
mothers form moving gently about the
room where for weeks she had been
ministering to him with tenderest heart
and hands. There had been a stiffness
for a little while, when the boy spoke:
" 1 wonder why there are no moth
ers in fiction
why. there are, dear; there must
be. the mother answered quickly; but
when she tried to name one she found
that none came to her call.
when she related to me the little in
c1dent l, 100, Immediately said that our
memory must be strangely at fault that
1t dld not furnish US with examples IN
plenty.
Maternal love- Why art was filed
with illustrations of it, and so was liter
AZURE. And yet, on making search, I,
too, have tailed to find the typical moth
CT where it seems she would be SO east
ly found.
Il have no large acquaintance with
the imaginative literature of any lam
guage but our own, and the fiction Of
other countries may afford examples in
this kind Of which [ know nothing.
But recalling the work of our own finest
and best-known writers, their treatment
OF the subject appears both scant and
slight.
calling the role of them from Field
ing and Scott to Hawthorne and Hardy,
1t strikes one as singular that they all
omitted TO delineate with any peculiar
force and beauty a human type which
suggests itself SO naturally as full of OPP
portunlty for artistic representation"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
A Simple Relief for Lung Troubles.

1t has long been known that pine
needle pillows would alleviate persons
afflicted with lung troubles, and Flor
ida editor relates an incident in support
of the fact as follows: During visit to
the home of most estimaDle young
lady living on Indian River, this editor
was told of discovery that has been
made which may prove boon to suffer-
ers from lung or bronchial troubles.
This lady having heard that there was
peculiar virtue in pillow made from
pine straw, and having none of that
material at hand, made one from fine
soft pine shavings, and had the pleas
ure of noting immediate benefit. Soon
all the members of the household had
pine shavings pillows, and it was noticed
that all coughs, asthmatic or bronchial
troubles abated at once after sleeping
few nights on these pillows. An invalid
suffering with lung trouble derived
much benefit from sleeping upon
mattress made from pine shavlngs.
The material is cheap and makes a
very pleasant and comfortable mattress.
the odor Of the pine perm eating the
entire room and absorbing or dispelllng
all unpleasant doors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
Unframed by a 0O-foot Fall.
From the New London Day.

A Swede employed N the construc-
ton Of the draw of the Thames River
bridge fell from the traveller, distance
of about ninety-fye feet, this morning,
but fortunately escaped injury, as he
fell into the water between two scows.
Had his course downward been a foot
to either side he would have been in
stantly killed. How far down into the
water he went is not known, as he
was too much surprised to find himself
alive to take accurate measurement,
but he came up all right and struck out
for the shore while two men were
setting out to look Tor him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
WHERE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS:

Where is ancient Robin Hood,
That our childish fancy nodded?
Who knows where Black Forest stood,
That his wild bands deeds embodied?
Gone their bravery OF green;
Bows aud arrows, too ween;
Gone the quaint old legal code
OF thess heroes OF the road.
Robbers now are variform;
Wrecking trains is such q pleasure,
They forget their Uniform
While they gather in the treasure.
Come back, halcyon days OF yore;
Robbers, cranks, and thieves ga ore;
Nineteenth century men can smile
With hands up, in modern style.
TEXAS Siftings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
How it Happened.
From the Lawrence American.

From the Lawrence American.
Office boy-There's letter for you on
the table, Mr.. Spinks.
Spinks looks at it and finds that it is q
bill for his wedding suit. AS he has
been married fifteen years he wonders
how it happens to be or his own table.
Spinks-Who brought this?
Office boy-A messenger boy, sir.
Spinks-Ah That accounts Tor it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

W. M. BRANCH, of Paw Paw, Mich, is
honest anyhow. He published card
in the local papers setting forth that he
is specimen of what whisky can do for
a man, and pledging himself to stick to
water for the future.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

DoBBINs' Electric Soap does not chap the
hands, being perfectly pare Many people
afflicted with Salt Rheum have been cured
by its use. Preserves and whitens clothes.
Have your grocer order it and try it noav
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

R. P. CROCKETT, the youngest son of
the famous Davy Crockett, is a resident
Of Granbury, Tex. the county seat of
Hood County. He is rs years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

BLINKs (angrily, to grocer)-"Yo
sugar has more flour in it than ever"
Groceries, sir. Folks as pays, sir,
never complains. PHILADELPHIA Inquir-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

'"THERE is tide in the affairs Of men
which if taken at the flood leads on to for
tune" If your affairs at a low ebb
now don't fail to write to B. f. Johnson q
Co., 1909 Main Street, Richmond, Va, who
have plans that will enable you to make
money RAPIDLY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28

THERE is Wall Street in Kansas CITY.
possibly so named because a woman re-
Gently broker ankle while treading it's
irregular surface Hutchinson Nems.