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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-26

Leather.
There's lots Of money in leather"
SIS there, now?"
@Yes; purses are made Of leather,
amt they?"
"oh, I seel It's great as fertilizer,
too"
"a fertilizer?'
Certainly
Why what can you raise with
leather?s
@Welts!' Chicago Ledger.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-26

FoREIGNER Ali cher monsieur, I for
get ze you're name, eet il SO queer and
strange He-My name is smith,.
Tom Topics.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-26

and Gwendoline, both Jasper
2 and Mr.. Hartwelll having in
> sisted on their being present
, at the revelations that were
about to be made.
The young man and the
young girl remained standing
near the door whila tha ract
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-26

lie Dllght ana hopelessness. am con-
tent"
Her words had gradually increased in
rapidity and bitterness, until toward the
last they had rushed through her lips in
burning torrent.
Both Marlowe and Croak were now the
pictures Of despair.
To the surprise of all, Mr.. Dalhousie
gravely rose, as Miss Winford" resumed
her seat, and made her a stiff but elabor-
ate bow.
Il maun aixpress ma deep an abidin'
regrit, ma lass, that ye war nae boorn o
man an detectivep he observed, in q
tone Of unfeigned admiration; after
which he as gravely sat down again.
Mr.. Hartwell now went on with the
reading Of the original paper-with whose
contents the reader has already been
made acquainted in the copy--and was
not again interrupted.
4Oh, speak, sir" cried Noel, interro-
eating the pallid banker with an implor-
ing gesture. You still can and will re-
fute these terrible chargesp"
at is useless--I cannot!" muttered
Gilbert Marlowe, drawing trembling
hand across his eyes. 1T has been q
mad, mad game, but it is ended at last,
in shame, ruin and defeat"
Croak was scarcely less unnerved; and
Dalhousie, stalking solemnly across the
floor, placed heavy hand on the shoulder
Of each as signifying that they were un-
der arrest.
aOh, Heaven" exclaimed Noel, in in
describable anguish; then / must bid
you farewell forever, my love, my life, my
n W. a II an, Nan
wife, and at the sam time own this man,
this criminal as my fatherl"
Live, love and hope on, for he is not
your fatherl' joyfully cried Jasper Mar
lowe, springing to his feet with his wife's
hand in his. am your father, Noel,
though II was but this morning that was
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
FULL OF FUl4

SHE metL.v rare or we'll done. -
Landed. - How do you like your
beoFsto;t.> ?'' Boarder = "Tender. -
Boston Courier.
-"My friend" said a young man as
he fishyd Mr.. Eisenstein out Of the
water, you owe your life 70 me- y
'Eow much discount for cashP' asked
Mr. Eisenstein vacantly. as he wrung
the water out of his coat. Washing
ton Capitol.
-NilIie-"1 guess papa has said
sometime that's made mama awful
mad. Ho'll get roasting after thom
callers has gone away Johnny
How do you knowPn She's begun to
call him darling Chicago Tribune.
-''Young man." said a minister to
membe!' of his congregation. do you
know what relations you sustain in
this woril?" ''3Vell, just ct present
the only relation I am sustaining in
this world is my father-in-law, but you
can just gamble on it | am not going
10 sustain him very long" was the re-
ply.-TeSas Siftings.
Mrs. Luml1ins-.' Joshua. I am go
ing TO the d'ntist'5 to have a tooth
pulled or. You mind the baby white
I'm gone" Mr.. Lumkins dumping
for his hat)-''Say. you mind the baby
and FL go and get tooth pulled, you
know. IN. Y. Sun.
-Rusher-.'Ask that man what he
wants, John. He seems to be deaf and
dumb" John-."He writes on this
paper. s'r, that he is looking for
work" Rusher-" Poor wretch Write
and ask J. i'm what he can do" John
lie writes here, sir, that he would like
s. ioh to tend the telephone" Rusher
---'& on may as well engage him; he
will do rs well as any one. America
q nephew to his old and wealthy
uncie-'I am desperate, and unless
you send me two thousand dollars by
this evening shall take my life; by
midnight shall be no more" Reply
Of the unrle-s'Y ours of this date re-
.ceived. When, some time ago, you
sent me a missive of similar import,
and | sent you my revolver, what did
you do? You 'spouted' the weapon. I
have no i1.ore revol vers. Judge.
Nov, that tree over there" re-
marked the visitor from the city. would
make first-rate poker player, wouldn't
lt?' That pear tree over there
hold up. sonny, catch on-it's always
holdin' up pears; or it's great on pears.
Anyhow to get pears in 1t somewhere.
and We can't fool me-" And the visitor
from the city took the next train
home. M erchant Traveller.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Porous Earthen-Ware Floors.

A writer in one of the technical
journals advocates porus earthen-ware
floors dis preferable in certain respects
to those Of wood, brick, stone, or tiles,
especially If raised above the ground
on wooden ioists, as they should be, in
order to avoid taking up the moisture;
If laid directly on the ground they
must be asphalted on their under side.
1t is urged that their non-conductiVity
to cold, on account of the cellular air
spaces which abound throughout their
structure. gives them peculiar ad-
vantage over the other materials
named, which when not covered, are
SO cold to the feet. The surface be-
comes as hard and durable as stone
when properly cemented, that is. when
the wares are first thoroughly wetted
before the cement is applied to them:
it will then be a long time in setting.
and becoming thus thoroughly incOr-
porated with the wares, insures a per-
maReDt and unexceptionable floor sur
face, being fre-proof, yermin proof
and not subject as is wood, to decay or
the necessity ofrenewal, OF course. too,
wind is practically excluded. there be-
ing no cracks through which it can
find entrance, even though the house
be not underpinned. La appearance
this style of flooring will compare fa-
vorabie with that OF stone, brick or
the common red tile when uncovered.
IN. 7. Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

They Can BE Bought for Less Than One
Dollar Dozen.

They Can BE Bought for Less Than One
Dollar Dozen.
An old matchmaker: "You often
hear the owner of valuable watch
say that he is afraid to send it to be
repaired lest the workman will steal
the jewels and replace them with COM
mon pivots. This is one of the pop
ular fallacies; and it is impossible to
tell where such an absurd idea origi-
mated.
Watch jewels are practically value
less, aud it is only the labor of setting
them that gives any extra value to
jeweled watch. They are made by
machinery from the chips broken off
stones in cutting and can be bought at
jewelers. supply stores for less than
one dollar dozen. But to get new
jewel put in watch costs considera-
bly, more. Suppose fine ruby jewel
is needed. The matchmaker has to go
to the supply store and spend perhaps
an hour in hunting among quarts
of little stones for one that
is the exact size and shape re-
CURED. When he has found what he
wants he will have to pay twenty-five
cents at the outside for it, not that it
is worth SO much. but because the
dealer does not care to GO 10 the
trouble OF setting out all his jewel
boxes for a smaller sum- 1t will then
take the workman couple of hours to
set the jewel in place, because he has
to take the watch to pieces and clean
1t before he can put in the jewel.
ITO steal jewel from a watch would
cost workman more than dollars
worth of labor, which would be rather
a high price to pay for a chip Of stone
worth eight cents. The common watch
jewels are made from chips of garnet,
amethyst or topaz, while the best are
made from chips of ruby.
Sometimes people talk about hav-
ing fine handspring replaced by
cheap one. Such trick would result
in even greater loss to the thief than
taking out jewels. Mainsprings are
worth about one dollar dozen."-
Jewellers Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
A POLITE EDITOR.
Some of the Nocturnal Experience OF a
New York Newspaper Man.

Some of the Nocturnal Experience OF a
New York New. paper Man.
An old editor living in New York
tells two stories of his experiences in
the city. at has been my lot" he
said, to be out in the streets down
town at all hours of the night. Once
upon time. about one o'clock in the
morning, L saw a small gang of ragged
newsboys on the edge of the City Hall
Park while | was waiting for a horse
car. AS | rambled past them one of
them made a jocular remark for my
benefit, and ] halted. Now, boys,' T
said, who wants nickel?' Give it to
me-! two or three of them said quickly,
as they held out their hands, repeating:
Give it to mer who is to get itp' T
asked again. and the answer came:
Give it to mel In few seconds one of
them said: No, don't give it to us; give
it to that fellow; he's sick Yes an
other said. give it to him; he's sick
And the urchins pointed to a little
chap sitting on the curbstone. stepped
over to that fellow who had been
pointed out, and he looked up at me.
| then noticed that he was black, that
he was a little colored wait of the
streets. out in the City Hall Park long
after midnight Give it to him!' the
urchins repeated. Give it to him: he's
sick [ was touched by their unsel1-
ishness, and the policy that 1 adopted
under the circumstances was pleasing
to them all"
Il once had another experience"
the old editor continued mot far from
the same locality. between two and
three O'Clock OF the morning, after I
had got out from my nights work at
the editorial desk. En- solitary and
dimly-lighted part of Frankfort street
through which l was trudging l be-
came aware Unexpectedly that some
body stood in the shadow of an old
building. / was suddenly confronted
by three rough-looking characters, one
of whom brought his face close to mine
and said in a low, hoarse voice: Got
any money, mister? Money! / re-
piled, while standing as cool as Gu
cumber. Money! Yes, I've got pock-
etful;' and jingled some silver in the
pocket of my trousers. How much do
you wantP' I asked. Got quarter
about YEP he grufiy said, as he stood
beside his two pals A quarter, you
fool!' | replied. a quarter! Take d
half dollar and go away. And you I
said to each of the two others, here's
a half for your Thank you, and de-
camped along q side street. I sup
pose that if had not done so [ would
have been knocked down and robbed,
but as it happened saved myself from
that fate and am waiting for other adj
ventures after midnight. IN. Y. Sun
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Statement of Rev. Thos. BalIinger,
OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

In the fall of 1887 my attention was
called to the medical pamphlet published
by the Rheumatic Syrup Co., of Jackson,
Mich advertising Hibbard's Rheumatic
Syrup. The ingredients composing the
remedy and known to be of great medic
inal merit, led me to believe the rem edy
good one and [ bought six bottles.
had a soreness in my stomach and sides
and a spinal affection which threatened
paralysis. Iapplied two plasters extend
ing from my stomach to my sides which
[ wore for month. | never found any
medicine which gave me so much relief.
[ recommend Hibbard's Rheumatic Sy-
rup and Plasters as remedies of great
merit, and, | think, the greatest of the age
For sale by all druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

When Baby ss sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she elung to Castoria,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
TIMING THE PREACHERS.
How q Public Man REDUCED Church. Go
Ing to Sct~nco.

How q Public Man REDUCED Church. Go
Ing to SCIENCE.
l know a man here who, before he
got famous and came to Washington,
lived in a little town in the West
that Methodist, and they needed no
other, for they were all of that simple
faith. My distinguished friend was a
superintendent of the Sunday-schooli in
those days. He went to Sunday-school
in the morning and to church twice a
day each Sabbath. When he came to
the National Capital his duties oc-
cupied much Of his time Even Sum
days became not his own. From going
to church twice a day he got to going
but once. But even this took up more
of his time than he could spare. He
timed the preacher at the church he
had selected to attend, and found that
his sermons were sixty-fve minutes
long. He decided on the spot
that he would have to find
say in less time. Then he began to
look up such a man in the Methodist
denomination. He timed the sermons
in the various Methodist churches
The shortest he found was fifty min
utes long. That would not do. so he
decided to try the Presbyterian
churches. The shortest sermon he
found there was forty-seven minutes
The Baptists were next tried. There
he got down to forty-fve minutes. In
the Episcopal diocese he found some
sermons that were short enough, but
the service took up enough time to
more than make up the difference. So
he went around to the churches of
about all denominations except the
Catholic, until in a Congregationalist
church he found minister who uni
formly occupied but thirty-fve min
utes with his sermon. Whether he is
asleep or awke now he can always tell
to the minute when the preachers
time is up Washington Letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
MISPLACED SYMPATHY.
The Univ~rs alitv of False Pity and What
1t VIII Lead To.

The Univ~rs alitv of False Pity and What
1t VIII Lead To.
Every body who suffers. er thinks he
suffers, is encouraged to consider him.
self cease" to moan over his
wrongs, and to accuse either individu-
ais or society at large as the '.relent-
less" causes of them. It is a ''woe" to
be a criminal or a'drunkard or an un-
successful man; and if the unemployed
or the sot or the convict will only howl
at some one at the cause of that woe,
the press is ready to pity and relieve
him. The martyr" now is not the
man who endures in silence, or who
faces the consequences of his own acts,
but the man who descants upon his
pains, who eXaggerates every un-
pleasant incident, who calls most sue
cessfully upon the world for what it
calls its sympathy" which means
very often its own enjoyment of an
emotional condition of it's nerves. So
appreciative has the public become of
whining. that if a parricide nowadays
repeated the 5rim French joke, and
prayed his judges to be ''merciful to
an orphan" thousands would repeat
his prayer in petition to the Home
Secretary for his free pardon, and not
see in the least that they were making
themselves ridiculous. ridiculous"
they would say: ''why, the man is an
orphan; and to orphans the great heart
of hn Nv
out" There will be result shortly
from all this indulgence in false pity,
and it will take one of three forms. 1t
is quite possible that ''emotion" will
wear itself out, and that jaded gen.
GRAFTON will become pitiless, as humane
men do in Spain if they indulge them
selves too much in the spectacles of the
arena. They come to thirst for emo
ton so strongly that pity either for the
beasts or the men die out, and they
would tolerate any thing if only it
promised a new movement of the
nerves. 1t was generation bred on
Rousseau, that king among whining
tttterdteurs, which sanctioned or
endured the terror; and though
Engllshmen are not French
men, they share with them
common human nature. 1t
is those, we notice. even now, who
wine most who threaten most; and the
double tone of the beggar-his readi-
ness to whine or to curse-is part of
universal human experience. Or
there will be fierce intellectual reac-
ton. marked among the skeptical Gull
tivated by sudden and strong recru-
descence of the old stole philosophy.
Society likes to be pagan. and we can
quite well imagine it boasting that ex-
ternal things are nothing to the phi
losopher who should find sufficient oc-
cupation in controlling his own mind,
and more especially its spasms of emo
ton. The noble side of that philoso-
ply would tempt many fine minds, as
indulgence in the passion of pity
tempts them now, and they would
throw their shield over the thousands
who would confuse stoicism with CAL
lousness, and would ask, in innumera-
BILE letters, why any one should do any
thing for any body else. -London Spec
tatOr.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

Fast Mail Line with Electric Lighted and
Steam Heated. Vestibuled Trains between
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and Mime
aDOis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Remarkable Nerve.

TIE early history Of America is full Of
instances Of men having great nerve. But
we are ranidlv becoming the most nervous
people Oh earth. The recent increase of
insanity, epileptic fits, headache, back
ache, neuralgia, slceplessness, nervous
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 neither
opium nor morphene. Sample bottles
free at FL T. Eberle's drug store. Don't
fail to try it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

She mohL.v rare or well done. -
Landed, - How do you like your
beofsto;tNp" Boarder = "Tender. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

R1-FGr information in reference to Lands and
Towns owned by the CHICAGO. MILw AUX ZEE Il ST.
PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY. " rite to II G. H aUGAN,
Land Commissioner, Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Sudden Death,

The papers are full of sudden deaths.
If you have choking sensations, futter-
ing, pain or tenderness in chest, faint
easily, take DR.. Miles New Cure for the
heart, and so escape death, as did Henry
Brown, druggist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Sold
by H. T. Eberle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
M PA New Principle ,

A great physician has discovered that
the true way to act on the liver, stomach.
bowels, etc, is through their nerves
Miles Pills, the smallest and mildest.
Samples free at Eberles.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-21

a public library: the wonder is that a
start toward one was not made years
ago.
Butte can raise $4,000 I'm the time
that il takes most towns to talk about
it. But the movement must have the
right sort of start, and we suppose this
will be taken at tomorrow nights
meeting. The case is certainly one
that commends itself to the attention
and support of every citizen and we
shall be surprised il the conditions un-
der which the princely gift is offered
are not promptly met.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-21
The Morgue's lee.

A good story is atloat i'm Brooklyn, says
the New York Sml.about Patrick Mcguire,
the keeper of the morgIe. "Patn is a
strict temperance man. In the neighbor-
hood of the institution for which he cares
a saloon was started, which soon became
a hanging-out place for objectionable
persons. Mcguire begged the proprietor
of the liquor store to stop the noises in
his place that were so annoying to the res
idents i'm its neighborhood. As these APP
peals proved unavailing he determined on
another plan of crusade. He has a son, a
big, strapping fellow, who is known to
everybody in the vicinity of the morgue as
Magure's assistant in his ghastly duties.
One morning when there was
an unusually noisy crowd in the objec-
tionable saloon, Patrick called his son To
him and ordered him to go to the water
cooler and take the ice from il. When
the lad had obeyed his instructions Ma
guire said:
snow, go over To the saloon and press
your way up to the bar, put the ice on the
counter and say To the proprietor: There's
so many bodies in the morgue this morn
ing that this is all the ice father can spare
you.'"
Young Mcguire did as he was told, and
the trick operated splendidly. The crowd
of drinkers scattered as il plague.stricken
and the place remained deserted until il
was learned that the ice incident was only
one of Maguire's jokes.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-21
A LIBRARY EoR RurrE

There will be- held tomorrow night
in Butte, "A meeting which ought TO he
generously attended for the promotion
of a movement that should be literally
supported.
Some time ago, Judge Dixon an.
nounced that, under the offer of gen
erous friend of Butte. he had at his
disposal fund of $1,000 which will
go into a public library fund under
conditions which Butte can easily
meet. The people of the city will be
expected to raise an additional fund of
$1,000 and the city authorities will be
asked 10 provide, in the proposed new
city hall or otherwise, suitable accom-
modations for the library which is TO
be purchased and the reading room
which 1t is proposed 10 maintain.
The offer made by Judge Dixon ought
to have been promptly accepted and its
conditions met. These conditions are
in no sense burdensome, and Butte
would be unjust TO herself were the
handsome donation 10 be left in neg
lect. The city sadly lacks the institu-
ton for which the profIered gift will
provide AN ample foundation. The in.
a
The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-21
A Monument to the Hard Winter.

From the Ashland Tidings.
The Lofitns brothers, who came i'm the
Willamette valley from their ranch i'm
Warner valley recently with n band of
horses and mules for the Willamette
market. passed across the Klamath
marsh and in that region found settlers
cabin that had been occupied in the fall
but abandoned when winter came on.
The settler had left about 5000 pounds of
flour in the cabin. and when the starva-
ton time came ON for the cattle of the
Indians of the reservation, the poor
brutes, or at least large number of them.
found out by their sharpened sense of
smell that there was Hour i'm the cabin.
They broke down the door, and then
in their mad rush for something to eat
crowded upon one another so furiously
that the cabin became death for them,
and John Lofrtus thinks there were nearly
fifty dead cattle piled and packed i'm the
stout log cabin, which was not larger than
~ feet each way. The poor brutes had
dragged some of the flour sacks ont some
distance from the cabin, but apparently
could not eat the -four for much of il was
to be seen on the ground. The settler
returned to the cabin not long since. ex-
pecting 10 take the flour away, as Hour
commanded a good price out there early
i'm the season, aud his astonishment at
the strange and distressing sight pre-
scented by the cabin and the unexpected
contents may he imagined.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-21
MONDAY. JULY p, 1880.

They have 1t that Gresham has cap
tured the republican state central com
mittee in Indiana and that with this
for a starter he is going to develop a
very large-sized presidential possibility.
Alger is groomed for the race, of course.
The country will have his candidacy
on hand rs long as he lives. Allison
keeps the country informed of the fact
that he still is hopeful, while Doctor
Depew, when asked the other day
whether he expects to be candidate,
replied that the Office Of president is
the sort of thing that no good Ameri-
can throws over his shoulder. None
of these men are likely TO get it. de-
pew is the best of them, but his chances
are i'm inverse ratio To his personal
worth. A political party that once put
aside Depew for Harrison, wouldn't
prefer Depew even to Alger.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-21

A new infant industry is coming.
The san Francisco Chronicle remarks
that "the proposed establishment of a
peanut oil factory in Southern Cali
fornia by a Frenchman bears out what
we have said, that the peanut is one of
the most profitable of crs ps." The
Chronicle has probably based its con-
clusions upon another branch Of the
business, but that does not impair the
truth of general observation. IL pea
nut oil attains anything like the sue
cess of peanut politics it is a valuable
addition to the list of American indus
tries.