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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-25
WANTED-ROOMS.

XNANTED-YOURG MARRIED COUPLE. NO
w children, Desire Room and Board Room in
Strictly Private Family after May 10; state terma
Address A. W., Star office APPS ST.
NANTED-BY GENTLEMAN AND WIFE. ONE
w Furnished Front Room, with Board, in private
family. Address. stating terms. BE-. VIZ. B., Star
once. IT.
WANTED.-YOUNd MAN. WITH BEST REFER
snsS hooM HnS Bos s Privste family
NANTED-BY MAN AND WIFE, n OF AND
w LOT 14th St, Second -ncor Of It least Rooms
with Bath, thoroughly and comfortably furnished
with drstclass board in private house where there
are other bosrders; references exchanged Address
stating terms,
ap25-2t' HUNTER Star ONCE.
WANTED-ONEORTw0L LARGE UNFURNISHED
~, w Rooms by genuemsn ana wife no housekeeping;
erences. Address PERMANENT, Star once sp23
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
Indians and the Iron Horse.

When the Kansas Pacific was first
opened the Indians were very hostile,
and there was constant fear that they
would wreck the trains. That they did
not is due to their ignorance of the iron
horse and of the best methods of de-
stroying it. One of my fremen, says,
r. w. Vedder, an old engineer, had
an experience with the Cheyennes that
he never will forget He was on the
road near Fort Wallace, when he saw
that the Indians had cut the telegraph
wire, and knew that he might look out
for squalls. They were never satisfied
with simply cutting the wire, but
chopped it into inch pieces with their
tomahawks to effectually stop the mys-
ferrous messages.
AS the train came near large patch
of sunfowers, which grew on both sides
of the track, over hundred Indians
rose up, stretched rope across the
track, braced themselves and prepared
to receive the shock of the locomotive
AS was afterward learned, they had
taken rawhide straps, braided them to-
gether and, with force of fifty at each
end of the rope, thought that they would
be able to stop the train. The instant
the locomotive struck the rope the
air was full of Indians. They were
thrown in all directions. Some were
ierked clear across the train, and more
than a dozen were killed or seriously
injured. This was the last attempt
made for years to stop the trains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
The RAGGEDY MAN.
BY JAMES tEHITCoMB RILEY

Oh the Raggedy Mani He works for pa:
An he's the coolest man you ever saw
He comes to our house every day,
An waters the horses an feeds 'em hay;
An he opens the shetland we all jist laugh
When he drives out our little old wObble-ly
calf!
An men, eff our hired girl says he can,
He milks the COW for 'LZabeth Ann.
Aim; he a awful good Raggedy Man?
Raggedy! Raggedy Raggedy Mani
Wy the Raggedy Mamie ist so good
He splits the kndlin an chops the wood;
An men he spades in our garden, too,
An does most things at boys can't do.
He Climbed clean up in our big tree
An shook a apple down fer mel
An mother n, too fer 'LiZabeth Ami
An mother n, too, fer the Raggedy Mani
Amt he q awful good Ruggedy ManY
Eaggedy Raggedy Raggedy Man!
An the Raggedy Man he knows most rhymes
An tells 'em eff be good sometimes
Knows about Giants, an Grif1rns and Elves,
An the Sauidgicum-Sque at swallers their
selves
An wife by the pump in our pasture lot,
He showed me the hole at the Wunks is got
AT lives way deep in the ground an can
Amt he a funny old Raggedy Man?
Raggedy! Raggedy Raggedy Man!
The Raggedy Man-one time. when he
Was makiu' a little bow harry fer me
Says. when you re big like your pa is,
Air you go to keep fine store like his.
An be q rich merchant an wear fine clothes?
Er what air you go to be, goodness knows -
An men he laug he'd at Lizabeth Ann,
AN I says - IN go to be x Raggedy Man
s'Im list go TO be nice Raggedy ManP'
Raggedy Raggedy! Raggedy Mani
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
LOng-Lived People.
From All the Year Round.


When the French Ministry, some
twenty-five years ago, issued circular
to all it's prefets making inquiries as to
the conditions most favorable to longev-
ity. all the reports agreed in naming a
well-to-do condition of life as most i'm
portant, if not quite indispensable. It
should be borne in mind that the most
wonderful cases of longevity are almost
Invariably reported from countries
where verifcation of the asserted facts
is impossible. For instance, the Lancet
some time ago quoted the case of an old
man Of Bogota, San Salvador, who ICON
fessed to being $50 years old, though
his neighbors believed him to be much
more" With no possible check from
authentic records, his kindly neighbors
might well have given him an additional
century with impunity. Something of
this kind doubtless happened in the
case of an old native of Bengal, who was
reported by DR.. G. w. de Lacy as
having attained the antedilrvian age of
$40. DR.. de Lacy reports several cases
as to which we recommend due degree
of doubt. A certain Thomas Whiting
ton, who died in 1904, at the reputed age
Of l04, never drank, we are seriously
told, any liquor but gin, but OF that fiery
compound he consumed from pint to a
pint and half daily. This is probably
more than any of the doctors readers
will find it easy to swallow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
A Story Of Belmont and the ''Turf."
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The result of the Oriental Handicap
at Gravesend last year came near caus-
ing the sudden retirement of Mr.. Bel
mont from the turf. He had great hopes
ofRaceland in that race, and was shocked
beyond measure to see the gelding
pulled UP in the stretch Descending
from the clubhouse balcony to the
paddock, he upbraided Garrison in the
bitterest manner, and when he left the
track it was with the conviction that his
jockey had thrown the race. For
hours his anger was at white heat. He
felt that he had been disgraced. At
midnight wellknown auctioneer was
reused from his slumbers by
messenger bearing note from Mr..
Immediately" it read. In half an hour
the banker was giving him instructions
to catalogue his entire racing estab-
lishment; he had determined to sell
out, lock, stock and barrel, horses in
training, yearlings, broodmares, stall
ions and all. He was done with
racing. He wanted the sale to take
place within ten days.
On the following night the auctioneer,
who was also an old friend, called with
a rough draught of the catalogue. Mr..
Belmont, who was in a better frame of
mind--he could not remain long out Of
humor-looked it over.
"You don't think | should retire, do
you ?"he said.
The auctioneer assured him he
would be a great loss to the turf
Then" said he, II will wait
awhile"
The catalogue went into the fire, and
the auctioneer received check for
$500 for his trouble.
One week later Mr.. Belmont was seen
in his accustomed seat in the timers
stand at Jerome Park. Beside him sat
Garrison. The spectators who thronged
the grand stand looked on in amazement,
not realizing at first that this was Mr..
Belmonts way of informing all the
world that he no longer believed his
jockey guilty of pulling Raceland. The
Snapper" rode many good races for
him atterward, and at the close of the
season was presented with as fine
thermometer as money could buy
'From August Belmont to E. II.
Garrison"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
A Numerous Man.

cit is a singular thing" remarked a
man to New York Tribune reporter,
as they made their way toward the ferry
waitjng-roOm, "how long it takes the
average man to get accustomed to faces
that he is seeing every day. That fell
low at the gate makes me show my COM
mutation ticket every time | come
through, though he sees me every day.
| never have any trouble with the train
conductor, but that's because he is a.
man of unusual intelligence. I have
met many conductors who would make
you show your ticket at every station,
and would never get to know you, even
II you rode with them twice day.
That's the KIND OF man that fellow at
the gate is. It's awfully provoking
when you're running for a boat to have
to stop, inhibition your overcoat. and get
your ticket out Of your inside coat peck
ct. I'm pious man, but it makes me
swear sometimes"
AS the two walked about waiting for
the boat an idea struck the man who
had been talking.
1T would be interesting" said he,
''to see how many times fellow could
walk through that gate without being
recognized. Suppose we try it?"
"All right said his friend.
You go along, and I'll stand here
and watch''
The commuter went out through the
wagon gateway into the street. He re-
turned through the passenger gate and
had to show his ticket. He tried again,
with the same result. He tried several
times more, and still the obdurate gate
man failed to recognize him. There
were few people going through at that
time, and it was singular that his con-
tlnued temperance was not noticed.
Persistence did, however, have an
effect at last. On the sixth trip through
the gateway the gatekeeper stared at
him in rather beWildered manner.
On the seventh trip the gatekeeper
swore gently to himself and demanded
to see the name on the commuters
ticket. The commuter permitted him
to read it, and on reaching the waiting
room said to his friend: "He has
found out my name. Lend me your
ticket"
On the eighth trip through the gate
way he showed his friends ticket. The
gate-keeper swore loudly AS he ap-
preached
"I've got you," said he, "you can't
make game of me. Let me see the
name on that ticket"
The commuter assumed an air of in
dignation, but complied.
We'll, Pm beat" exclaimed the gate
man, as he read the ticket And he
scratched his head in perplexity.
what do you mean by addressing
such harsh remarks to me ?" asked the
commuter
"Well, I'll tell you, stranger" said
the gateman, in an apologize tone;
you re the most numerous man | ever
ran across. Chaps looking just like you
in regular stream for the last fifteen
an l began to think it was
some fellow making game of me. But
guess it must be something the matter
with my eyes, for l see by your ticket
that you're not the feller [ was layin'
for ,,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
True Schoolboy Love.
From the Boston Transcript,


One of the most delicious e-letters
that the listener has ever read was in
tercepted the other day by teacher in
one of the public schools. The boy who
wrote it was 10years old and the girl pre-
sumably of the same age. Here is the
charming missive: "Dear Emma
love you and l wish you would write to
me. | love you and / wish | could kiss
you. Emma, you look so rosy. l love
you; don't you love me? l wish you
would write to me. ] guess you love
me. I don't care if you don't. I will
write to you anyway. | want you to
write to me, and if you have no lead
pencil | will give you one and some pa
per.
II am so glad that you love me, En-
ma, did you tell that boy that lives be-
side your house that you was going to
slap my nose? Emma, could not help
but cry when that boy told me. Emma,
[ thought you thought more of me. /
have given you about 25 cents worth of
candy, and you don't treat me well, be-
sides | give you some gum"
There is no doubt about the condition
of that boy. He is in love. He may be
only 10 years old, but if he lives to be
100 he will never be any more in love
than he was when he penciled that let
ter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
What Cleopatra Looked Like.
From the Spectator.

Sara Bernhardt in her new repre-
sentation Of Cleopatra has departed
from the traditional idea of the Queens
physique, and appears with auburn or
reddish brown hair. That is probably
an innovation in the direction ofaccuracy
the xanthous type certainly existing
and being highly admired in Greece,
but why does not the great actress go a
step further? She represents Cleo
patra as "bronzed,' her traditional
color, but where is the probability of
that? Europeans do not change their
color in the East, nor has Egypt black
ened the Copts; and Cleopatra was
pure Greek, descendant of the Hera-
cleide (Ptolemy Softer having been son
of Philip and heiress of a house so anx
ious for the purity Of its blood, that it
disregarded the human law against in
cestuous marriages. The great proba-
bility is that she was very like a modern
Parisienne, with an eager, mobile face,
not beautiful at all in the sculptor's
sense, but with a certain magnetic at
tractiveness intensely ielt by Roman
mobiles like Caesar and Antony, ac-
customed to the heavier and more
apathetic beauty of their own caste.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
Signs of a Hard Winter.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

It is going to be hard winter. Hor-
ace Johnson, of Middle Haddan, Conn,
who predicted the great tlizzard, and
who has been on the top shelf in the es-
timation of Connecticut people ever
since, says so. He bases his prediction
on the phenomenally large hay crop
and the hard, thick shells Of crabs. He
finds further verifcations of the signs
in the two-story muskrat houses, with
base-burners on the top floor and coal
in the cellar. Then he examines the
corn husks and finds a feecy sort of
wool on the inside. A friend brought
him squirrel the other day, and he
says the fur is triple extra thick and
very fine. 'Coons are fatter than usual
and this is sign that they are prepar-
ing for long siege. Mr. Johnson paid
q man fifty cents to dig out wood
chuck, and more signs were found in
the bottom of the burrow. A plush
cloak hung on projecting stone, and it
has been Mr.. Johnson experience that
woodchucks never purchase plush
cloaks unless the weather is unusually
cold. Pumpkin rinds are OF the thick
est this fall. He has not yet had a
goose's bone to study, but he is willing
to stake his reputation as the Virgins
of Connecticut that it will indorse all he
claims for the winter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
The French Revolutionary Calendar.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.


Wishing to do away with everything
old and make all things new, the lead
ers of the French Revolution attempted
to establish an entirely new calendar
designed on philosophical principles.
1t was ordained that the year should
begin from the foundation of the repub-
lie, on the day of the true autumnal
equinox, and should be divided into
twelve months of thirty days each.
The months were named from their
leading characteristics Vindemaire,
the frst-September % to October
21-was the vintage month; Brumaire,
the foggy month; Frimaire the sleety;
Nivose, the snowy; Pluviose, the rainy;
Ventose, the windy; Germinal, the bud
ding; Florel, the Towering; Prairial, the
pasturing; Messidor, the harvesting;
Thermidor, the no.; Fructidor, the
fruit month. Five supplementary days
remained, which were established as
festivals; the first, Primiei, was dedi-
Gated to Virtue; the second, Duodi, to
genius; Tridi, to labor; Quartidi, to
opinion; Quintidi, to rewards. These
days were, however, generally in de-
rision called the Sancullotides.. The
French Revolutionary calendar was
brought into use on November 26, 1898,
and discontinued on December 81, 1905.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
What Sarah Said to Mary.
From the New York Snn.

From the New York SIM.
1t was on Madison Avenue car at 6
O'Clock. Among those who had seats
were eight men. Among those standing
up were two shop girls. Alter waiting
for reasonable time for some one to
offer them seats one of the girls said:
"Mary, it's too bad isn't it?
"What, Sarah % asked the other.
THAT they are all bow-legged."
"Who?"
''These eight gentlemen. | have pat
ronized this line for five years, and
never saw a bowlegged man give him.
self away by standing up in a car. 1t
wouldn't be reasonable to expect it"
''Of course not"
Unjust five seconds eight men were on
their feet, bowling and smiling and ask
SO everlastingly kind and obliging as to
take seats-take half the car, in fact and
they took it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
Daudet's Early Struggles.

When the unknown Daudet, now
Daudet the rich and famous, first came
to Paris from Lyons, he was so poor he
wore pair of rubber boots without
slippers or stockings under them, and a
ragged suit of summer clothes, while he
made his cold journey in freight car,
eating nothing for two days to save. ex-
pense. By chance the Empress saw a
copy Of his poems, and directed the
Due de Morny to send for him. With
the greatest difficulty the poor fellow
persuaded a tailor to trust him for a
suit of clothes in which he might
answer the Dukes summons to the
Tuileries. But when De Morny offered
him a secretaryship with salary of five
thousand francs, his hardships were
ovpr fOrnuar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
Marie Bashkirtseff-s Neurosis.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

cit is curious" writes correspond
emit, "that the one word applicable 20
Marie Baslkirtseff's mental condition
neurosis-does not seem to have been
used by her critics. This MOI bid
nervous condition (Which preceded in
her case consumption) was the cause
of all the vividness and changeableness
of her appropriations in life, religion and
art. To the theoretically intellectual
type of persons everything seen and
felt is seen and felt with terrific
intensity. Their religion, their love
of beauty and Of form, their fits of
skepticism, their friendships and
enmities, are all equally passionate,
equally destructive of physical calm and
mental balance. They suffer agonies of
Impotence and dissatisfaction with the
world.
"Neurosis is the melancholy cause of
much that's finest and rarest in modern
literature, of much of Heine's most
delicate work, of Amiel's Journal
Intime,' of the most lovely passages in
Jetferies Story of My Heart, of
O'Sbaughnessy' and Rossetti's most
imaginative work. But to the possessor,
even without it's common companion
sleeplessness, it is calamity shirt of
Nessus. That is why the neurotic type
has over and over again found it easier
to lead forlorn hope, or to die at the
stake for fantastic opinion, than to
form one calm judgment, or carry out
one commonplace scheme of work,
or resist one strong moral tempta-
fiOr, ,,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
Colored Sermonizing.

A colored minister was closing up his
prayer when some white boys in the
corner had the ill-manners to laugh, so
that the .colored suppliant heard them.
He had said but moment before and
very earnestly, Dress all dat is hui
man." when the laugh occurred; and
commencing again, just before the
'amen," he said: 80 Lord, we are not
in the habit of adding postscripts to our
prayer, but if the 'spression Dress all
dat is human won't take in desc wicked
Dress some dat amt human, also, be-
Sides"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
The Queens Wealth.

It is believed that the Queen is the
richest woman in the world. Of the ex-
tent of her possessions only those few
in her confidence have positive knowl-
edge, but occasionally there is brought
to light some little incident that confirms
the popular suspicion that her Majesty
has most successfully feathered her own
nest. The Queen has always surrounded
herself with the shrewdest business ad-
visers, and the manipulation Of her
finances has been intrusted to the clos
est hands. 1t is said that she never lost
a penny by unwise speculation.
The amount of real estate she owns in
London is simply enormous. One block
alone is said to include both sides Of the
Quadrant and Regent Street, from Pic
cadiIly Circus to Oxford Street.-The most
valuable property in the kingdom
Victoria began her career as poor as the
average German Princess; the lesson in
frueality taught her by her excellent
mother she has never forgotten. She
is provident to the degree of parsimony.
Of the extravaganza Of the Prince of
Wales she has special horror, and it is
said that she locks up her wallet and
loses the key whenever she sees her
son and heir coming down the road to-
wards the castle 70 pay her a call.
-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
AN ELASTIC WORD.

In counting days twas deepest bliss
Unto the lake to go.
This loving pair then oft enjoyed
A most delightful row.
In wedlock bonds they're linked for life
This loving pair, and now
The neighhors say they oft enjoy
A most delightful row.
Toronto Grip.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17

The Ptolemies were the most cultivated
Of all the Greek dynasties in the East,
and when line ends in woman, she
usually reproduces all it's peculia rites
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17

THE wealth of Senator Leland Stan
ford is placed at about $50, 100000. Mr..
Stanford is a New Yorker by birth, and
went West in his youth in quest of a
fortune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17

"THEY say DR.. Rocks lymph is duti-
able under the Mex nley bill. Now
WHY should it be" at interferes with
home consumption."-Ne York san.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-20
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
A LAUDABLE EFFORT.

The Santa Fe New MEXICAN is engaged
in very laudable effort to down the cor
rupt Democratic and Mugwump officials
Of Santa Fe county who have made away
with the county's money in letting Doodle
contracts and paying interest twice over
on some of the bonds issued by the couu-
ty. Keep it up; load your guns with facts
and figures and give them whole salvo
of truth We know how it is ourself; We
had combine" patterned after yours
in Santa Fe, composed of Democrats and
Mugwumps who were emptying the coun-
tv treasury, with little or nothing to show
for it, and with the exposure made by
the Black Range and the good work dore
by the Sierra county Republican executive
committee, the 'boodiers" were snow ed
under. From certain letters which have
appeared lately they seem to be crawling
out and displaying similar incorrect figure,
and untruthful statements in their letters
to the ones which appeared during the
campaign of 1883 in Sierra county, but
their incorrectness is noted and their
devious darksome ways known, and their
vanity in thus attempting to "pull the
wool" over the eyes of the people is SC
apparent that they have become the
laughing Stock of the country. We have
as the Hon. Richard Mansfield White Sc
aptly put it, delegated them to the desue
tude which has made them iunocuous.
| Let Santa Fe county do the same, Their
the county treasury will be protected, the
people will receive equivalent value ion
Their money expended and the county vii
prosper.-Chloride Black Range.
SAUCE FOR ONE, SAUCE FOR THE OTHER
The Advertiser seconds the suggestion
for the sale of the Socorro grant for taxes
If that property is good security for a loar
of $5,0O0,0O0, it ought to bring enough
under the hammer to pay taxes on an as
sessed valuation of $l20,0 0O.-San Mar
cial Reporter.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-20
A MEMORIAL has been introduced in the

A MEMORIAL has been introduced in the
Mississippi legislature praying congress
for the repeal of the 10th amendment to
the federal constitution, and instructing
the senators and representatives in con-
gress from the sovereign state OF Missis-
sippi to work and vote for such measure.
The 18th amendment confers the right OF
suffrage upon the colored man, and from
appearances it is somewhat safe to assert
that it will remain part of the constitution.
But this action OF the Mississippi state leg
islature shows plainly that all the fools
are by no means dead yet, and that insane
asylums are greatly needed in that state.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-20

SENATOR ALLISON received the unani-
NOUS caucus nomination OF the RepubIi-
cans in the Iowa legislature, seventy
eight in number, tor U. S. senator. As
soon as the house of representatives or
ganizes he will be elected, as the Repnb-
icans have majority OF six on joint bal
lot. The country, the state OF Iowa, and
the Republicans of that state aro to be
congratulated upon that state OF affairs.
Senator Allison is one Of the purest,
ablest and strongest men in the U. S.
Rnnata