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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Fashions in Assassination.

Fashion is changeable, even in MUIR
der. 1t appears (from an official re-
port on the Northwest provinces and
Oude) that the good old practice of
Ihuggee is rapidly becoming one of
the lost arts; but the requirements of
reversioners and expectant heirs are
met by new class of professional
prisoners. Ifyou wish to realize sum
of money which you are tired of wait
ing for-the old man taking an uncon-
scionable time in dying-you have only
to consult an expert. He will enable
you to appoint the funeral for certain
day, and will take care that 1.-The
corpse is ready" In the crime OF
poisoning there is something so fasci-
mating, with all it's horror, that the
popular imagination fastens upon it
and readily believes in a prevalence
which is not warranted by facts,
although Oike most other fictions) it is
substantiated by absolutely conclusive
evidence. Nothing is better established
than that scores of e rich old ladies
and gentlemen of ancient Rome were
done to death by eating toad's liver
not tempting but hardly fatal dish
1t was said that King Mithridates used
antidotes as freely as the modern vale
tudinarian takes his Holloway's pills
cheap restaurant Cape Town Argus
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
WINGED HiaHWAYMEN.
They Despoi1ed Poor Pelican but Were
Soon Robbed Themselves.

They Despoi1ed a Poor Pelican but Were
Soon Robbed Themselves.
While they were stopping to over
haul % huge pile of sea-weed their at
tention was attracted by the cOmical,
asthmatic cries for food made by some
young pelicans from their nests of
drift-wood in the mangrove-trees near
by. The old birds were hard at work,
diving for fish in the lagoon. The
boys watched one, which was quite
near them, with considerable curios-
ity. 1t would futter an instant over
its prey then plunge down. and with
open, dip-net bill resting on the water
would adjust the catch in the capaciOus
pouch beneath. In one of these ex-
petitions a gull, with trained and
eager eye, lowering near, settled down
on Papa Pelican's broad head, and as
the fish was tossed about so as
to drop into the pelican's pouch,
the thievish gull would adroitly snap
it up and sail away with derisive
cha, hap' while the pelican, as if ac-
customed to this sort of pocket pick
ing. simply tapped heavily up again
to renew it's search for food. But the
gull, as the boys speedily saw, had
laughed all too soon. For down upon
it from the neighboring shore swooped
strong-winged ish-hawk. With a
shrill cry of alarm, the gull darted
now this way and now that in zigzag
lines, striving with all his power to
escape. Fear and fatigue prevailing,
from his grasp. Then the hawk, with
a lower swoop, clutched the falling
fish and bore it away to the nearest
rock.-Charles Frederick Holder, in
St. Nicholas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
london Sa!oonkeepers.

Saloon-keepers should take a trip
to London and Sc how the law about
closing drinking places at certain hours
is inforced there. II resort of that
kind does not have it's shutters up as
the clock strikes the hour appointed
the policeman approaches and calls
out '.Timer' and if in twinkling aft
er that every thing is not closed the
liquor seller is notified that he will be
summoned. In the large and fashion
able cafes and drinking saloons in Lon
don on Saturday night, when the law
is to close at II, the proprietors will
not serve suppers after 11:30, so fear
full are they of being led into trans
erosion of the law. The police are
always on hand, carefully supervising
every thing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA

Et Is Incumbent on All Good MoSlems to
Perform 1t Once vt Beast.
Every year thousands upon thou
sands of pious believers in the name
of Mohammed desert their homesteads
and wend their way, both by land and
by sea. toward the country that saw
the birth of their roligion and wit
messed the miraculous deeds of their
arch-prophet From China, India and
Persia; from every quarter of the
Turkish Empire; from Egypt, Tripoli.
Tunis, Algiers and Morocco; from
Zanzibar and Senegal; from Kurdistan
and Afghanistan; from the SOudan
and the great Sahara. and from many
other places whose existence we Euro
peans are but dimly conscious of,
they throng-mostly poor, ignorant
and dirty, but devout and deter
mined in their purpose. They are
pilgrims to the holy cities of Arabia.
Mecca and Medina, and to reach them
they starve themselves for years to
save up sufficient money to defray their
expenses and endure horrible priva-
tons by the way. They commit them
selves to the mercies of the vast and
awe-inspiring sea, dreaded by all true
Easterns. They risk being robbed by
the Bedouins or killed by the heat
and all with an amount of phlegm and
good humor that is almost sublime
Whatever happens to them they care
not God will provide for them, and
should they die on their way out they
will be received all the more readily
into the mansions and the arms of the
voluptuous houris already provided for
each one of them by their much-be-
loved prophet in the seven-storied
paradise of Islm. Last year (1888)
the Great Hadi, or principal day.
when all the pilgrims have to unite
in worship at Mecca, took place
on Friday. August IL. 1t usual
ly occurs about this time, but
the exact date varies. and is fixed an
nually by the religious authorities
at Mecca. 1t is incumbent on all good
Moslems to perform this pilgrimage at
least once, if they can afford it. Many
perform it several times, and some
make a business of it and hire them
selves out as substitutes for others. for
pilgrimage by proxy is considered to
be as effective as one performed in per-
son. provided that the person in whose
behalf it is performed be dead. No
one can hire a substitute during his
lifetime hut he NAV leave a. DrOviSiOn
to that effect in his will. This pill
grilnage must not be considered in the
light of penance, after which the
Hadji is to receive plenary indul-
gence for past sins. 1t is an ordinance
of the religion of Islam, as the same
nature of our Eucharist, whereby the
believer is supposed to be brought into
closer communion for the time being
with the Deity.-Cornhill Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
LOVE LEVELS RANKS.
Romantic Story of an EngIshman and
Girl with Nj Tx Pail.

Girl with q Nj Tx Pail.
A story comes to the clubs from
Newport about wealthy but not over
beautiful girl who has been receiving
marked attentions from very hand
some young Englishman of excellent
family to such a degree that her
friends have taken it for granted that
the two were soon to start together
down the lane of roses and thorns,
with clasped hands and trusting
hearts. One day these lovers rode to-
gether out to the estate of a gentleman
farmer who was friend of the young
woman's family. AS they were gal
Looping along the road toward the
house they saw girl coming across
the meadow.
''Oh, there's Maggie with a milk
pail, and I'm so thirsty. I'm going to
wait for her to come up and then ask
her for a drink"
This was said by the young lady, and
as she spoke she drew up her horse,
her companion following suit. Maggie
came up to where they were and said a
timid good morning. With her brown
hair struggling down over her young
shoulders, her wide, blue eyes, delicate.
brown face and neck, and tall, slim
figure, she presented picture of
striking beauty as she stood there as
surfing the young lady on the horse
that she was quite welcome to all the
milk she could drink. And turning
her eyes upon the handsome young En-
ishman.s she said:
.'And you. sir, too, can also"
But she became confused at that
point and blushed furiously under the
gaze of the caIiGivated gentleman on
the horse. The lovers rode away,
leaving Maggie looking after them in
the center of the road.
.'Who is that?" asked the young man
of his companion. .'One of the farm
hands,"
"Oh, no indeed was the reply
THAT is Margaret, Mr.. B. IS youngest
daughter. Pretty little thing, isn't
shep Lives here the year round, and
is as simple as a wood violet. Milks
cows, darns stockings and rakes hay.
She's very different from the other
girls, who all spend their winters in
New York. But she's only sixteen.
She'll have taste of the city in a
year or SO more. and then guess she'll
stop milking cows
This all occurred month ago. The
engagement of the young Englishman
was announced this week. But he is
not to marry the wealthy girl who
wanted him SO much. He won Maggie
and her father in just three weeks.
and it is declared that a more beauti-
full pair of lovers never graced the
handsome neighborhood of Newport
than this little milk-maid and her
sturdy young sweetheart. IN. Z. Let
ter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Remarkable Nerve.

The early history of America is full Of
instances of men having great nerve. But
we are rapidly becoming Inc most nervous
people on earth. Tie recent increase of
insanity, epileptic fits, headache, back
ache, neuralgia, sleeplessness, nerbous-
ness, dyspepsia, futtering of the heart,
etc., points to an early decay of the race,
unless this tendency is checked. Nothing
will cure these diseases like DR.. Miles
Nervine, warranted to contain Meth, r
opium nor morphene. Sample bottl S
free at H. T. Eberle's drug store. Don't
fJli to try it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
SNAKES IN CALIFORNIA

Hogs Said to Succumb to Their Venom
the Same as Other Animals.
John Muir, the noted geologist and
naturalist, arrived here last night A
reporter found him in his room at the
Grand, note-paper and pencils before
him.
1.-THE greatest place I know for
snakes Is in Fresno County" said he.
Its hot there, and that's just what
snakes like. They are out in the foot
hills mainly, and verv thick. It is
often said that rattlesnake can't hurt
a hog; but that is mistake. They
kill a great many hogs, and sheep and
dogs, too. in the Fresno hills, and the
mountaineers there are very careful
how they 60 about
cit makes a good deal of difference
how thick hogs skin is. Probably
little rattlesnake, if it attacked a big
swine, wouldn't have much effect on
it; but take an average-sized hog and
medium-siz ed snake, and the former
has no show at all.
while the rattlesnakes there are
probably not as thick as they used to
be, they are thick enough yet to make
things lively. They kill cotton-tail
rabbits, squirrels, birds and such things
by the score, and live on them; but the
sheep and hogs they simply kill. They
don't eat them. They are too big.
Some of the rattlesnakes are said to be
six and seven feet long, though | never
saw any quite so big. An old resident
OF Fresno tells me he saw rattlesnake
strike a hog in the throat, and the lat
ter died in fifteen or twenty minutes.
Ii the poison gets into them it takes
no time at all co kill them. There are
many other kinds of snakes there, but
not so many as there are rattlers. In
the upper end of the Yosemite Valley
great many of the latter. They are
usually found in the wild. rocky pots.
In the Yosemite, above Mirror lake,
they were once very plentiful.
''One popularity of a rattlesnake is
that If he sees you first he will put his
head down and quietly steal away. I
was once above Mirror lake with a
party of ladies and gentlemen. and
away off, $50 or 200 yards away, I saw
something that looked like a small
hitching-post. 1t stuck some three
feet or more up. l said to myself. can
this be a hitching-post in the GRASP
The others thought il was. but I
doubted it. AS we approached it went
down gradually, and finally stole away
In the grass. 1t was a big RATHER, and
had been watching US.
1.-The snake line is about $500 feet.
You don't find them in the Sierras above
that The Nevada RATHER, as rule,
is pretty good-natured fellow, unless
you attack him. The Nevada snakes
look wise, and are cunning. and per-
sons are naturally afraid of them.
They never try to get away unless they
think they are seen. They vary in
: color from dark to yellow. but are
mostly rather dark, with dark notifies
or blotches. San Francisco Exam
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Pigs Killed by a Turtle.

A remarkable story is told by a
Beatrice, (Neb. paper of the killing of
thirty pigs by turtle. T. M Pethoud,
who resides some four miles north of
Beatrice. on Indian creek, missed his
young pigs, one or two going each
day. Thorough search threw no light
upon their mysterious disappearance
until one day the hired hand saw the
hogs considerably disturbed by some
thing, and hearing a young pig squeal
he rushed down to the edge of the
creek. and there he saw a large turtle
with young pig in it's mouth. The
turtle had killed the pig and was eat
ing it. The man killed the turtle. and
it measured nearly two feet across the
back and had head as large as his
two hands.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16

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Sudden Death.

The papers are full of sudden deaths.
If you have choking sensations, hutter-
~. pain or tenderness III chest, faint
easily, take Dr.. Miles New Cure for the
h art, and so oscane death, as did Henry
Brown, druggist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Sold
by FL. T. .berle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
NJ P.-& New PrIueluic,

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the true way to act on the liver, stoma b,
b wells, ETC., is through their ner7 es.
Miles Pills, the smallest and mildest
Samples free at Eberle's.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16

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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16

-Fontenelle, when aged ninety,
passed Madam Helvetius without rec
ognizing her. She chided him for it
afterward. saying: you actually
passed me without looking at me'
MADAM. y replied he, ''if had looked
at you | never should have passed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16

"A Boston genius has discovered
sure means of preventing boilers ex-
ploding. His plan is to keep the water
in them cool
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
Newspaper Laws.

1. Subscribers who do not give express no
tice to the contrary, are considered wishing
to continue their subscription.
g If subscribers order the the discontinu-
ance of their periodicals. the publisher may
continue TO send them until all arreara2es are
paid.
3 If subscribers neglec ct or refuse to take
their periodicals from the Office to which they
are directed, they are responsible until they
have settled their bills and order them discOn-
tinue ed
4. II subscribers move to other places with
out informing the publishes. and the papers
are sent to former direction, they are held
8 The courts have decided that refusing TO
take periodicals from the Office or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia
evidence of intentional fraud.
g. II subscribers pay in advance they are
bound to give notice to the publisher. at the
end of their time. if they do not wish 70 con-
tinue taking it: otherwise the publisher is au,
thoriZed to send il Oh and the subscribers Will
be responsible until an express notice, win
PAYNE Mt of all arrears, is sent to the puDilsh-
er. A.,
Z The latest postal law decision is to the
effect that publishers OF newspapers can, un-
der the law, arrest any person for fraud VINO
lakes paper and refuses to pay fOrit. Under
this law ftis Il dangerous trick for man 10
allow his subscription account TO run on from
six months to year and half unpaid, and
then tell the postmaster to mark it refused.
or send the editor postal card TO discontinue
the paper.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

If the proposed fast mail service
for the southwest is inaugurated, it
will be right move in much needed
direction. We are glad that the great
Rock Island company possesses tue
true spirit of enterprise by showing a
willingness to put on a fast train over
two of its western lines from Kansas
City to Hutchinson and Wichita. We
believe it will be the means of 3 great
er increase of through travel over its
already popular Kansas lines. Let
the good work for the betterment of
our state 60 on. But it would please
us better to have fast mail put on
between Kansas City and Colby.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

Thoroughly earnest work is being done
in behalf of tariff reform by the New
York WEEKLY POsT. which holds that
the time to discuss this economic ques-
tion is now, rather than in the heat of a
Presidential campaign. Every issue of
the paper contains articles bearing upon
some phase of the subject. together with
question, by doubling readers. with ans
wers by the editor, all tending to facili-
tate and simplify the discussion. The
Posi- has been adopted by number of
clubs and other organizations as the best
exponent of the subject, and its discus
sions are conducted in a spirit of fairness
which entitle it to the respect of oppon
ents as well as advocates of the revision
OF war tariff to adapt it to times of
peace. The POsT is compilinga a directory
OF active tariff-reform Organizations in
the United States. and has already pub
lished one installment of the list. The
WEEKLY POsT is 12-page paper. and
contains all the features requisite for q
nrst class general family journal. Price
u per year. In combination with the
CAT 81. IS per year. Sample copies free
ON request.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

We again desire the attention of de-
linquent subscribers, and urge them
to call and settle as soon as possible
by paying cash, or we will take grain
and country produce, allowing the
highest market price. This is intend
ed more especially for those who are
more than one year in arrears. We
do not complain when a subscriber
has been carried year or SO, but there
are some who have been carried for
the past two or three years. and it is
but fair that they should at lea pay
something on their SUD ,cription.
Wholesale houses will not carry us,
and it takes money to run a newspaper
honorably.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
A Great Offer.

4, The publisher of the Thomas County
CAT takes great pleasure in announcing
that he has made arrangements by which
he can offer his paper and the Kansas
City EVENING NEWS together for one
year for $500. This IS only about half
the regular price of the two papers. The
EVENING News is published every day in
year except Sunday, and is one of the
brightest pa oers in the Great Southwest
1t regularly gives all the new from
both home and abroad 1t is bright, crisp
and entertaining. Sample copies will be
sent on application to the pulisher of
the paper.
Hand in your orders at once and have
your home paper and metropolitan daily
sent you for the coming year.
Address, CAT,
COLBY, Kas.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
Kansas Sugar.

The sugar industry will be one of
the subjects for discussion at the an.
nual meeting of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture in January. In
a general way there is much conf
dence felt in the possibilities of sor.
ghum as a source OF wealth to the
state, but it is a question whether the
experiments in the way of its manu-.
facture into sugar have justified such
a feeling. In cases where the indus.
try has failed to yield profitable re.
turns, the results have been attribut
ed to imperfections in the process em.
ployed, and to other causes which i,
is claimed can be remedied.
These questions should all be set
tied as definitely as possible at the
January meeting of the Board of Ag
riculture. Many different communi
ties in the state are proceeding tc
vote bonds for the construction OF
mills, and are preparing to invest large
sums of money in plants which will be
worthless unless sugar can be produc
ed from sorghum at a profit. While
such undertakings reflect public spir-
it, they should be prosecuted intelli-
gently, and with some degree of Ger
tainty as to the character of the re
suits.
A witty Kansas man says it is not
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
Moment


OF your time, reader, may perhaps be
profitably devoted to the following:
Those who take an agency FOR a relia
bic enterprising house, learn their busi-
ness and stick to it, get on IN the
world. People who have any idea of en-
gaging in any canvassing business will
do we'll to write George StinsOn & Co..
Portland. Maine-the great art and gen
eral publishers. They offer the most ex-
ceptional advantages to those who are
sufficiently enterprising to be willing to
moke push in order to better their con-
dition. 1t costs nothing to try. Women
make successful canvassers. as well as
men. Full particulars will be sent to
those who address tn e firm; their full ad-
dress is given above.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
each district will have supervisor in
direct charge. Thomas county is In
cluded in the third district.

Why so many newspapers winch
pretend to be respectable journals, will
continue to advertise the Louisiana
state lottery, is hard to understand.
That lottery is almost as much OF q
draining curse to this country % WINS
ky. Public decency and prosperity
demand the determination of the evil,
aud the newspapers can do much to.
ward accomplishing this by refusing
to mention the concern or cry ont
against it.