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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
Franch Tin Soldiers.
Fro n b ackwood's Magazine,

Fro n B ackwoods Magazine.
Nuremberg mobilizes a whole regi-
ment of soldiers, baggage and artillery
(Krupp modeD included, at the same
d'Afrioue is set on loot by the toy arsen-
al of Marais. The situation is gloomy:
the French toy retires from every posi-
ton. But France will never be an
initiated. And if the depths of a.
French tin soldiers soul were to be
sounded, there would be found below
the control which the discipline exacts
the same glorious dreams of revenge
which animated the volunteers raised
by Gambetta from the earth. The
French tin soldier looks to the east; he
knows that he is powerless to stop the
invasion of the German toy hordes-he
is bound by article in the Frank
tort treaty of peace-and he bides his
time. But vengeance is at hand, and
this time also the first signal for rising
has been given at BellevilIe by Gam
beta of the toy world.
Some years ago an idea suggested it
self to an obscure workman of Belle
vile, an idea that since then has en-
gendered an army, amply qualified,
were 1t question of number alone, 10
realize the dream of eternal peace, by
keeping in check the assembled armies
of Europe. He sets on loot 5000, 900
soldier a year. These soldiers are of
humble origin, 30 was Napoleon.
They spring from old sardine
boxes. RELOCATED to the dusthole.
the sardine box is preserved from de-
struction by the dustman, who sells it to
a rag merchant in Belleville or in But
ties Chaumont, who in turn disposes of
1t to specialist, by whom it is then pre-.
pared for the manu- actories. The war
riors are made from the bottom of the
box, the lid and sides are used for guns,
railway carriages, BICYCLES. etc., etc.
All this may seem unimportant at first
sight, but the utilization OF these old
sardine boxes has resulted in the foam
datlon of an enormous manufactory, ut
which no less than 2eO workingmen are
employed. went there the other day,
and, no one suspecting me of being q
political correspondent, / was admitted
without difficulty to view of the
great arsenal and its 100000 war
riors.
The poor workman, out of whose
head the armed tin soldier sprung-via
the sardine box-is now a rich man,
and, what is more, an eager and keen
sighted patriot, who, in his sphere, de-
serves the gratitude of his country. Alter
retreating for years the French tin SOL
dler takes the offensive again--every year
the German spiked helmets retire from
positions conquered in French nurseries,
and the time is not far distant when the
trlcolor shall wave over Berlin toy
shops-a slight revenge en- attendant
the Craot
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
Great Guns /! Thinx OF 1t.


The progress in the construction of
heavy ordnance in the last thirty years
has been remarkable. The largest guns
found on war vessels so recently as 1860
threw ball weighing 69 pounds, with
al initial velocity of $40 teet per Sec
ond, and an energy of LOO foot-tons.
To-day there are guns that give veloc-
ity of 2,1OO feet, throw projectile of
over ton in weight, and in some cases
use nearly half ton of powder. The
110-ton guns reach an energy of
10000 tons. The Armstrong guns
mounted on the Italian armor-clads
weigh 100 tons and throw 1000 pound
proiectile. The most powerful OF them
takes powder charge of 772 pounds,
has an initial velocity Of 1,S35 feet per
second, and mvzzle energy of 81 900
tons. The largest of ~the Krupp guns
weighs 119 tons and is over 46 feet long.
1t fires a projectile weighing 2,3.4
pounds, and the maximum elevation
gives it range of u miles. It's power
of penetration is 81 inches at a distance
OF l, 100 yards, and 30 inches at 5000
about rs tons, and deliver a l,7l6-pound
projectile. The English 1l0-lon gun is
about A feet long, and with a powder
charge Of $50 pounds sends bolt
weighing 800 pounds with a muZZle
energy OF $1,000 foot-toDs.
The ordnance bureau OF the navy has
asked proposals from the steel manu-.
facturers for $20O000 worth of forged
steel armor- piercing proiectiles for the
6-inch, S-inch, 10-inch and Pinch guns.
The bids will be opened on Novem Der
80. The 10-inch gun is the largest steel
gun ever built for an American war ves-
sci, but mum Der OF Pinch guns are
to be built for the new line-o:-b battle
ships and the harbor defense vesse Is.
These will weigh Al tons, the powder
charge will be 425 pounds to propel an
$50 pound projectile with muzzle
energy of 26,000 foot-tons through 27@
inches of wrought iron.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
John Bull and MFR. Barnum,
From Rarper's Weekly.

fIOm harper 8 weekly.
John Bull has sometimes smiled and
shrugged his shoulders at our zeal in
entertaining and honoring certain En-
gllsh pilgrims to our shores. But re-
Gently he has been little too much en-
gagged In breakfasting Buffalo Bill and
dining Mr.. Barnum to attend to what
he regards our extraordinary social di-
versions of this kind. Various distin-
gulshed Americans have been in En-
gland during the last few years. but
none except our ministers have been
received with more honors than the
two gentlemen mentioned. To the re-
cent banquet In honor of MIR. Barnum,
at which an earl presided, and various
clever and titled guests made speeches,
Mr.. Gladstone sent his compliments
and congratulations to the guest of hon
or.
What special or general distinction it
Is which Is thus complimented and con-
graduated Is not stated. Mr.. Barnum
is the inventor of Joice Heth and the
What-is-it and the horse-with- his head
where-bis-t ail-ought-to-be, and he is
the proprietor of the great show of
living curlosities, from the double
headed calf to the stuffed skin of the
late lamented JUMBO. His genius in
advertising is so unique that it has
been alleged that he is capable, under
the happy device of dinner, of secur-
ing gratis the assistance Of one of the
greatest of English statesmen and of
both nobility and gentry in advertising
his show.
Il this be really SO, it is feat unpre-
cedented in the history of England and
OF the circus, and goes far to explain
the unusual honors which have been
ShOWered upon the veteran manaoer
There is perhaps also touch of mag
nanimity In them as tribute to the
daring which penetrated to the Zoo,
and captured and carried off, trium-
phantly it's favorte giant. Possibly the
late banquet itself might be regarded as
an equal if not superior illustration of
the consummate powers of Mr.. Barnum.
However this may be, the comments of
Brother Bull upon the next American
reception of an eminent Englishman
will be awaited with profound interest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
"A Long Felt Want.
Frnm the Merchant Trave ar,

FIOm the MerChant IraVe er.
"Well, sir" said the railway superin-
tendent to forlorn-looking man who
gained admittance to his presence,
what do you want?"
II would like situation On your
road"
''No place for you. l think"
But there is; l want to be interpre-
ter"
''Interpreter?"
Yes, sir; to tell the passengers what
the brakeman says when he is calling
out the names OF the stations"
The superintendent studied a few
minutes, and then told the man to call
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
A Recipe for Gingerbread.

From the New York Herald.
BLACK Phoebe" was one OF the most
fame US cooks on the Eastern Shore Of
the Old Dominion. She was the slave
OF the Hon. Ape P. Upshur, of North
amoton County, Va.
Black Phe3e's cake" sounds like
one OF the good old-time cakes. Cream
three-fourths of a pound of butter with
one quart of flour. Break seven Gags
into bowl, whites aud yolks together,
and beat very light with pint of brown
sugar. Stir the mixed eggs and sugar
gradually into the flour and butter; add
one pint of molasses. one teacup of
ground ginger, one wine-glass Of French
brandy and one teaspooniul Of baking
soda. Bake in shallow tin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
MISTAKES IN GRAMMAR.

Blunders that Made BY Educated
People Through Carelessness.
From the Ladies' Home Journal.
Faults are pardonable in converse
ton which are not pardonable in writ
ten compositions. But we must be
careful not TO take too much leeway in
this regard, and not to make mistakes
in grammar or pronunciation. Some
peop'e are guilty of grammatical blund
ers through sheer csrelessness. Thus,
lady of my acquaintance, who under
stands trigonometry, and can translate
Virgil. often says to me, ''you was"
and yet she knows perfectly we'll that
this is an inexcusabIe mistake.
Other people who ought to know bet
ter cay she DON'T for he doesn't" 81
don't know as do, instead of 81 don't
know that I do" "Ain't" and faint"
are notoiten used now by educated peo-
pie unless in a testing way. 1t is an un
wise thing, however, to be careless or
inaccurate in ones pronunciations or
use of language, since tricks of speech
are easily caught, and very hard to get
rid of. Thus, when one is talking to
servants, or other uneducated people,
one is often tempted to adopt their
phraseology, in order to be readily un-
derstood Dy them, but it is better to
withstand the temptation, even if one
should be obliged in consequence to
take more trouble to express ones
meaning clearly.
What shall be said Of the one who,
says 81 done it?" She has certainly
placed herself between the horns of
dilemma. Her hearers will infer,
either that her early education was
neglected, or that she associated with
uneducated people during her child
hood. And yet this is a grammatical
fault which is hard to get rid of. Per-
sons who never say 81 seen it," or 'he
has went" or Them things" will &C.
casionally betray themselves by letting
slip the fatal 81 done it,
1t is quite as incorrect to use "he"
and II" Tor him" and me-" or vice
versa, ais it is to say Il done it." and
yet the frst-named class of faults-that
of using the wrong pronOuns-is some
times committed by educated people.
Indeed, have heard the phrase sit
is ne" justified, on the ground that it is
literal translation OF the French c. est
moi. But our English grammar does
not, like its French nameRke, justify
the employment of certain provincial
forms, merely for the value OF euphony.
''He is older than |" may not sound as
we'll as "he is older than me-" yet the
former is the correct form. 1t is very
common mistake to say Between you
and J." and yet moments reflection
should convince anyone who has ever
studied grammar that he should say
Between you and me-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
Restricting the Sale of Morphine.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
4 L

rIou the flIiSDurg D1spatcn.
In view of the reputed large increase
in morphine consumption in this coun-
try, it is of int rest to note the recent
action of the congress of Legal Medicine
in Paris. The use of morphine has
reached such an alarming pitch in
France that actual deterioration of the
race is threatened. and with the pur-
pose of restricting as far as possible the
facilities for obtaining the drug, the con-
gress has passed resolutions, and asked
that they be sanctioned by legislative
authority, to tie effect that ~ "Whole-
sale druggists and chemical manu- iactur-
ers shall sell morphine and cocaine to
pharmacists only, and deliver the poi
son at the buyers house. (2) Pharma-
cists shall dispense only once. unless
the contrary be mentioned by the pre-
scriber, a prescription containing either
morphine or cocaine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
Sizes of Books.

Technical names of different sized
books:
When a sheet is not folded it is not
called folio, if you please. It is a
sheet.
When a sheet is folded once it be-
comes folio.
Doubled from this once folding it
then becomes quarto,
Doubled again from this twice fold
ing it becomes an octave.
The octave size doubled is called
l6mo.
The 16mo size doubled is called 80
mo.
The 32mo size doubled is called 64mo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
TnMMY,s SCHEME.

eff were darling big mamma like YOU"
Said Tommy one day, "Do you know what L d
do?
I'd take out dime and I'd say: Tommy,
dear,
inst hold up your two little hands to me here
I'd put the dime in them. and then should
say:
You've been good boy, little Tommy to-day :;
So put on your hat and so right down the
street
And buy some nice chocolate candy to eat.
You'd run and come back, and you'd jump and
you'd laugh
And kiss me and hug me- and give me a half.
$50 now, NANNY, dear, don't you think 'twould
be fun
To give me dime and just see how I'd rum
Christian Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

THERE is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than al other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years Doctors
pronounced it local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by cons tanty failing to cure
with local treatment pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be cons titutional
disease, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarih Cure manufactured
by F. J. Cheney d Co., Toledo Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on he m8rket. 1t is taken.
internally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
surface of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
ciicnlars and Testimonials. Address f. J.
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.. aJ-sold by Drug
gisls. 75c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

LAST July well-dressed stranger en-
tered the First National Bank in Chat
tanooga, and purchased one draft for 81
and two for 81 each, paying for the same.
The bank is now notified that the 81
draft has turned up in New York a
$4,000 draft. 1t seems that the swindler
went to Philadelphia and purchased q
soda fountain for 81 100, paying for the
same with the raised draft and receiving
$500 in exchange. The draft was
thrown out by the New York correspon-
dent of the Chattanooga bank as a
forgery. The work was 80 we'll done
that it can hardly be detected by an ex-
pert
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
Italian Wines are suspicious
From the New York sun.

The Italian wine industry is in most
depressed state owing to the quarrel
with France. Having laid themselves
ont to suit the French demand and
adapted their wines for mixing mp with
other sorts, the Italians find it difficult
TO secure new markets. One great fault
OF the wines is that they do not
keep sound, and it is now proposed
that they should be distilled in
10 cognac or wine alcohol, which is
much superior to the alcohol made from
potatoes, beet root or molasses. If the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
A Great Surprise

is in store Tor all who use Kemp's Balsam
ior'the Throat and Lungs. fine great guar
anteed remedy. Would you believe that it
lssold on its merits and that any druggist
Is authorized by The pl oprietor of this won
derlul remedy to give you a sample bottle
Tree? 1t never fails to cure acute or chron-
ic coughs. All druggists sell Kemp's Bal
sam. Large hotties soc and 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

experiments which have been made on
animals are fair test, the difference is
very important. An equal dose of the
two kinds was administered to two
small pigs of the same age and constitu-
ton. The one which had taken the
wine alcohol looked drunk but by no
means sick, and was able to walk; the
other was unable to move and had to
lie down in q state of collapse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
HIRAM LESTER, now an inmate of the

HIRAM LESTER, now an inmate of the
poor house, at McDonough, Ca. is
thought to be the oldest man in the
world. His age is 100 years. Col.
Sloan, of McDonough, who is over so
years of age, says when hewas boy Les
ter was an old man. Testers teeth are
perfectly sound and his eyesight and
hearing are good. His skin is wrinkled
and rs hard as parchment. He eats and
sleeps we'll, and says he has given up all
Idea OF ever dying. He remembers all
about the Revolutionary War and knew
George Washington.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
The People

are not slow to understand that, in order to
warrant their II. anuiacturers in guaranteeing
them to benefit or cure, medicine must pos
sess more than ordinary merit and curative
poperties DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery is the only blood medicine sold,
through druggists, under positive gatardn-
tee that it will benefit or cure or money paid
for it will be returned. In all blood, skim
and scalp diseases, and for all scroiulous af
fections, IT is specific.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

A CORK tree at Vistalia Cal, was trans
planted to the court house yard last
Friday. 1t was planted from an acorn
in 1857 in vacant lot, and has grown to
be thirty feet high and twenty inch
es through the butt. The bark is one
inch thick
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
THERE is certain firm of subscription

THERE is certain firm of subscription
book publishers in G. ncinnati thst has
an agent who recently took a most
wonderful number Of orders. II can't
explain it," said one of the firm, eek
cept on the theory that he mesmerizes
them. / know that l delivered the
books to the parties, and while they all
acknowledged the genuineness of the
signatures, they claimed not to be able
to remember the least thing about CIV
ing the order"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
Entitled to the Best.

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have at once, bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the sys-
TEN when costive or bilious. For sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

The simple method Of treating
drunkenness practiced in Norway AMI
Sweden is reported to be very effec-
tive. The inebrate is placed in con-
finement and fed only with bread
soaked in wine, which in eight or ten
days creates positive loathing for
strong drink,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

JUST what full grown black bear can
do in the way OF huaging was demon
strated in Maine week or two ago,
when bruin seized barrel of beef,
gave it a squeeze and crushed it in
pieces. TWAS estimated 10 be a squeeze
of two-horse power.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

THERE is nothing (unless it be the sewing
machine) that has lightened womans labor
as much as Dobbins' Electric Soap, constant
" sold since 1854 All grocers have it.
Have you made its acquaintance Try it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

DOG owed by the postmaster at Mud
Lake, Mich, had one puppy, and in
order. to maze the family one worth
bringing up, she has adopted a mother
less family Of kittens, and is making
success OF the venture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

A MICHIGAN exchange gives this ad-
vice TO it's readers: eff q gray-haired
woman Of 90 in moderately respectable
attire is put of the cars in your town
because she can't pay her fare any
farther; ii she almost Immediately re-
celves telegram urging her to come
home on the next train because her
husband is dying, and if she tearfnlly
and desperately, in plenty loud voice,
home loo miles, you let her walk. She
and her confederate, who sends the
telegram, have worked the dying hus-
band racket in ha dozen Michigan
towns at net profit, it is figured, of $15
day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

A MISTAKE of one word recently cost
s. 0. Fisher, OF West Bay City, the
price of Fl ty bushels Of potatoes. He
told his clerk to write to Grayling
man for twenty-five or thirty bushels,
and the clerk wrote for barrels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
A Beautiful P;cture Free

For 2-cent stamp TO pay postage and
Wrapping) We viii mail a panel photograv-
ure of our popular picture, kissing at
Seven, Seventeen and Seventy" Address
Bile Beans, " j. f. Smith Il Co., st. Louis.
Missouri.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

USE Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs for
Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Trou-
bles. = Pre- eminently the best" Rev.
HENRY WOrd Beechey
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

$500 Reward offered by the propnetors OF
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy Tor an incurable
case
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

A TEXAS man of S. years has just had
a twenty-first son born to him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11
A PuZZIa

Why grown men and women with matured re-
Elective powers should neglect their small all
ments is really puzzle. Hosts of otherwise
sensible people thus bewilder conjecture 1t is
one of the things which, the late lamented
Lord Dundreary exclaimed, mo fellah can find
out" Diseases grow faster than weeds and,
moreover, beget one another. Jncipient indi-
geStion, touch of biliousness, slight irregular
lily In the habit of hody-what complex and Sc
nous bodily disturbance, not local, but general,
do these not beget, ii disregarded? Battle and
drive off the foe at the trst on ;et with Hostel
ters stomach Bitters, sovereign among prevent
Ives. constitution invigorated, a circulation
enriched, a brain and stomach tranquilized by
this national medicine, becomes well nigh in
Vulnerable. The Biters counteract malaria,
rheumatism and kidney complaint.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

ENTIRE freedom from injurious drugs
makes "Tansill's Punch &C. Cigars most
popular.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

THE best cough cure is Pisos Cure fol-
Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

Mid, equable climate, certain and abundan
crops Best fruit, grain, grass and stock countr,
in the world Fullinformation free Address The
oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

ana fierce storm or Cutting which strikes the
face like thousand needles Wind forty miles an
hour You say couldn't stand such e1-
posure? No, he couldn't, without just the proper
clothing. And there's only one outfit that can
keep man both warm and dry at such time, and
that Is the Fish Brand Scker." They are
guaranteed storm-proof, waterproof, and wind
proof. Inside one of them, YOU are as much out of
the weather as if indoors. They are light, but
warm Being REINFORCED throughout, they never
mp: and the buttons wlre-fastened. No ral-
road man who has once tried one would be without
1t fcs ten times its cost. Beware OF worthless i'm
itatioRs every garment stamped with Fish Brand
Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when
without extra cost Particulars and illustrated cat
alogue free.
A. j. TOWER, Boston, Mass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-12-11

when you ssk ior BADGER soAr-see that You get