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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
HE STARS.

What are their years? The nights unfathomed
deep
Rings back no answer, gives no glimmering
key;
And still unknown, and beautiful. they keep
The silent courses of Eternity.
What are their memories of creations days,
When startled Chaos, from its kingdom
hurled,
First knew its Master, and with glad amaze
They sang the birth-song of our trembling
world?
What have they looked on since, with patient
eyes,
While million years uncounted rolled away!
Who claims antiquity for man that dies
Before such records of the past as they?
Can they to man his mystery explain,
The why, the whence. OF his uncertain state !?
Unlock the riddle that he reads in valn
And clear the tangled problem of his fate?
Can they a fashion to the future give,
And tell the whittier OF man anxious quest ?
Make life less than WEAKNESS to live
OR stay the hazard of his wild unrest?
Oh starsi what midnight message do We bear
To minds grown weary with the years in
crease?
The wistful eyes that watch you shining there,
Look out of troubled hearts that know not
peace Chambers Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
Tom COrWin's Fun.

There is something pathetic in the
failure Of the wits of political life
Thomas Corwin never ceased to attri-
butte to his reputation of being funny
his inability to compass the highest
honors. He felt that his abilities and
services entitled him to any honor with
in the gift of the people. He rose to be
secretary of the treasury in Fillmore's
cabinet, but that did not satisfy hira.
He died feeling that if he had not been
SO funny, if he had not INDUCED in his
exquisite ridicule Of the Michigan
dent. Corwin was UNNECESSARILY great
er than his reputation, and his fun al
most always helped out his serious ar
gument
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
She Couldn't stand Children.

From the Nebraska State journal.
"a man run in the meanest kind of a
sandy on me the other day." remarked
a dyspeptic-looking real-estate agent
who has Offices on Eleventh Street.
IF you will keep my name out of the
paper will tell you how it happened.
This fellow was a stranger In the town,
and guess he brought the trick with
him, or else read about it in the news
papers. | have charge of a new house
that the owner wants to occupy himself
some day. and of course he wants to
keep children out of it as much as he
can. When the man applied to me for
a house took him right up and showed
him through the cottage. He seemed to
like it, but was dreadfully particular
about small things. Finally he said:
L like the place pretty well, but it looks
as if there might be too many children
around here to suit my wife. She is
nervous and wouldn't live where there
were many babies [ was tickled to
death over this. and assured him that
there weren't more than three children
in the whole block, and that one of
them was deaf and dumb. Then to
clinch him [ offered to come down on
the rent, and suggested a lease for six
months. He signed it after kicking q
little, and then what do you think the
robber did +? Moved in with hisl wife
and four lusty boys and two girls.
Moved right in with that lease in his
pocket, and now | know the kids are
scratching the woodwork and spelling
the plastering and swinging on the fence
and playing the deuce generally. [
don't know how in time [ am going to
explain it to the old man when he gets
back to town. Guess my name is Den
mis- with him after this"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
Railroads Here and Abroad.


A comparison has been made between
railroad operations in the United
States and in Europe, by taking the
Prussian system as typical of the one,
and the Pennsylvania system as rep
resentative of the other The Prussian
system embraces 1880 miles, and is
owned 10y the state. The Pennsylvania
system is 1884 miles long. The total
earnings of the former in 1SS7-SS were
$lS0,000, 900; and of the latter, 1923 ,000,-
600, SO that the Prussian, with more
thar double the mileage of the Pennsyl-
vania, only earned so per cent. more
money. The earnings per mile of the
Prussian were $4,000; of the Pennsyl-
vania, $4,000.
The Prussian lines carried 191 800, 900
passengers, more than double the num-
ber transported by the Pennsylvania,
namely, 100000; but, on the other
hand the Pennsylvania carried 122 ,000,-
600 tons of freight, against only $4,000
900 carried by the Prussian roads.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
The turning poinl

The turning point
in woman's. life brings peculiar
weaknesses and ailments. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
brings relief and cure. It is
powerful, invigorating, restorative
tonic and nervine. 1t imparts
strength to the whole system in
general, and to the uterine organs
and APPENDICES in particular.
!" Rundown" debilitated and deli
cate women need it. It's legiti-
mate medicine purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless. It's guaranteed
to give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. Nothing else does
as much. You only pay for the
good you get. Can you ask more?
AS a regulator and promoter of
functional action, at that critical
period of change from girlhood to
womanhood, "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" is a perfectly safe remedial
agent, and can produce only good
results. It is equally eficacious and
valuable in it's effects when taken
for those disorders and derange-
ments incident to that later and
most critical period, known as "The
Change of Life"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
Women in the Courts.
From the Daughters of America.


While speaking recently to Mrs.
Belva Lockwood Of women in the pro-
LESSONS, mentioned the old objection
that is commonly urged against
feminine lawyers, the plea of indeli.
cacy.
''Since they must appear as prosecu-
tors and witnesses, why not as attor-
ney ?" she asked.
Then you think the appearance of
women in courts would purify the at
mosphere ?"
'T know it by my own experience .
"Have you found yourself handi.
capped in any way by being member
of the gentler sex?" 1 asked her.
"No, on the contrary l have owed
much Of my success to that very fact
Having had a woman's intuition,
have been able all the more accurately
to take the mental measurement of my
judge and jurors, and, unlike most
women, / know when l have said
enough -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
Temporary Idlocy.
From the san Francisco Bulletin.

A strange fatality sometimes over
takes men who have earned good rep
utatlon for skill, faithfulness, and the
greatest caution. There have been in
stances where engineers have run trains
for twenty years without an accident.
Then one would occur which seemed to
be the result of gross carelessness.
Steamships have been run ashore or
U %ho b reeli handed machinery for years ears
without an accident have finally been
caught in it and have lost their lives.
There are whole classes of casualties for
which it is difficult to find any rational
explanation. Do such accidents occur
from some sudden mental failure
Why, for instance, does one who has
rendered faithful and accurate service
for ten or twenty years fail suddenly in
some succeeding year and neglect the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
Good News for Fat People.

DR.. Snyder, herbalist, 243 State Street
Chicago, whose advertisement appears in
this issue, is no doubt the great reducer OF
the age. He takes ''fat folks" overloaded
with adipose tissue until they ere burden
to themselves and charge upon their rela
tons and friends, and in short time re-
duces them, at the rate of Is to Is pounds
per month, and making different persons
of them. What was monstrous becomes
trim, well built, and able to run foot race
with a trained pedestrian.
A once very fat friend of ours is not now
recognized by half the people he meets, sc
great has been the change in his weight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
The Stock of a Cigar Store.
Ottawa Corn. Toronto Empire.

OtLaWA EIIIpITt.
The order from the Inland Revenue
Department., requiring the destruction
of cigar boxes as soon as their contents
have been sold, was loudly complained
against by the small dealers, their plea
being that the empty boxes were used
by them to fill up vacant shelves and
give the appearance of carrying a large
stock. Several of these having COM
planned to the commissioner, yesterday,
that the order was rather hardship to
them, that official replied: "Well, just
knock the bottoms out of the boxes and
keep them if you wish" Mr.. Mall in
formed your correspondent that this
treatment of empty cigar boxes would
be considered compliance with the
law
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
Everything Goes Wrong

the bodily mechanism when the liver gets
out of order. Constipation, dyspepsia, contain
ination of the blood, imperfect assimilation are
certain to ensue But it is easy to prevent these
consequences and remove their cause, by 9
course of HCstetter's Stomach Bitters, " mich
stimulates the hillary organ and regulates its
action The direct result is a disappearance OF
the pains beneath the ribs and through the
shoulder blade, the nausea, headaches, yellow
ness of the skin, furred look of the tongue, and
sour odor of the breath, which characterize
liver complaint. Sound digestion and regular
habit of body are blessings also secured by the
use of this celebrated restorative of health
which lmparts degree of yigor to the body
which is its best guarantee of safety from ma
lar1al epidemics. Nerve weakness and over
tension are relieved by it, and it improves both
appetite and sleep.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
The Cigarette Smoker Smells.

Have you ever sat beside cigarette
smoker when the mercury was climbing
up to the go notch? No? Well avoid
him if you can. He sweats pure nico-
tine and smells like the heel of an old
clay pipe. 1t is very rarely you see a
graybearded man smoking cigarettes
the inveterate dies before his hair begins
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

performance Of some duty which has
always been familiar to him., There
are instances when competent ship
captains, who had been to sea for the
greater part of their lives, failed in
capacity on the very last voyage which
they proposed to make. By some mis-
calculation, which seemed to be nothing
less than gross carelessness, they lost
the ship and their own lives
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

GEORGE WASHINGTON wore No. II
boot. This explains why there wasn't
enough leather left to make shoes for
the rest OF the army at Valley Forge
Chicago Post
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

PEOPLE do not discover it until too late,
that the so-called washing powders not
only eat up their clothes, but ruin their
skin and cause rheumatism. Use nothing
but Dobbins' Electric Soap. Have your
grocer keep it,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

HUSBAND married to rich widow
Riches do not always bring happiness. /"
Wife married to poor husband J
No, they often bring poverty. They
brought you, you know. y Honkers
,SiHfpeD70n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

VISITOR AT GOAL Ito prisoner) What
brought you here?
Prisoner bad Judgment"
Visitor" How was that?' s<
Prisoner-''I was too fast for my erfE
ployers, and too slow for the officers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

ASK for DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyers.
Don't let your druggist sell you some
other kind OF worm medicine. None other
are so safe and vet so sure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

Mrs. WIoKw1RE-"I If you go first, you
you will wait for me on the other shore
won't you, dear?"
Mr.. Wickwire-"I suppose SO. ]
never went anywhere yet without hay
ing to wait for you at least half an hour. y
-Ierre Hdeue E.rDress.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

"SHE flung herself at his head, and yet
he married her cousin
ooh, well, woman can't throw
straight, you know. "-T'erre Haute Er.
3lrPSS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

ALBERT BURCH, West Toledo, Ohio. says
Halls Catarrh Cure saved my life" Write him
for particulars. Sold by Druggists 75c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

''TO save time is to lenethen life" Do
you value life? Then use SAPOLIO. It
is a solid cake of Securing Soap. Try
cake OF it in your next hOuse-cleanlng.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gcntlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clcanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispcls colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made il
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by ell leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
env substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kY. NEW YoRK. NJ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

CHAUNCEY M. DEPEw, it is said, is tc
write the life of Alexander Hamilton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

FEED the ewes if you want strong
healthy lambs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

BEECHAMs PILLS cure Sick Headache.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

A MONUMENT in memory of Todleben
has been erected at Sebastopol.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
[KTOMAN's SPEEDY RELIEF

w sure, proVapf and effective remedy
Tor suppressed 0F Irregular monthly
persssd sealed package circulars tree. Address DE-
MCNAMARA, $50 Bseadv ny NKilss EuEce. Wis.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-02-13
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c, FEBRUARY 10, 1890.
FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS.
A List of Good Things in Store
for The Readers of The Ma
tionaI Tribune.

We have a magnificent lot Of articles of
unusual merit for the readers of THE Ma
TToNAL TRIBUNE, which viii be presented TO
them in the near future. Among these are /:
TRACY TREMAIEL; or, THE EXPERT
ENCES OF THE BLUE JAY MESS.
A series Of letters from boy 10 his mother,
descriptive Of the experiences Of himself
and comrades in the early days of their
enlistment; their life in camp, adventures
in expeditions, battles, etc. By John
McElroy, author of Andersonville, a
Story of Rebel Prisons" "a File of In
fantrymcn,n The Red Acorn" Reminds
cences Of an Army Mule,"etc
A SERIES OF TEN LETTERS, by Frank
G. Carpenter, whose letters descriptive of
his journey into the out-of-the-way places
of the world proved so acceptable TO our
readers last year.
"A GREAT RESOLVE" romantic story
by Olive Logan, one Of the most talented
Of American writers.
@REAL RUSSIA" by the author Of "The
Story Of a Cannoneer," descriptive Of his
travels and life in Russia, and the people
be met there.
MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN," by
Lieut. James L. Sherman, descriptive of
the raIlyiBg Of the Massachusetts, militia
for the defense Of the National Capital in
April, 1851.
sBETWEEN TWO FIRES" by William
T. Doyle, being a continuation of the in
teresting "reminiscences Of an old Yirginian
living in the debatable country on the
Rspidan.
@CAPT DU POINTS WIDOW" an inter
estiDg story by Mrs. NJ Y. 3. Bash.
SAVING THE LANCASTER" thrilling
sea story By Maj. +. Y. Commagere.
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HELP FoR TIE HIsLPLEss.

Maj. L. \. Morrill,, Chairman of the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions, secured the
passage last week by the House Of a bill to
remedy an obvious injustice. He reported
back the following amendment TO Senate
Bill S35:
That all soldiers, sailors, and marines who have
since the 10th day of June 1880. or who may here
after become totally and permanently helpless
from injuries received disease contracted In the
service and line Of duty 10 require the regular
personal aid and attendance Of another person, or
who, IL otherwise entitled, were excluded from the
provisions of AN act to increase pensions OF
certain pensioncd soldiers aud sailors who are ut
terly helpless from injuries received or disease CON
lracted while in the United States service. -
approved June I6. 1850. shall be entitled 10 re.
ceive "a pension at the rate Of ST. per month
from the date Of the certificate Of the Examin-
ing Surgeon Board Of Surgeons showing
such degree Of disability and the Commissioner OF
Pensions may. when it appears that any peIsioner
OF person entitled 10 receive pension shall not
only be disqualified for the performance of any
manual labor, but whose condition, by reason of
his service, is such as 70 be partially dependent
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-02-13

SENSIBLE men usually forward their
work by promptly finishing up that which
is nearest completion, and then going on
to do whatever else lies nearest their hand
Only slovens and incompetents turn from
halffnished work to begin new jobs. This
remark applies to the House of Representa-
tives. The work before it which is nearest
finished is the pension legislation which
has been considered" amended" "re-
ported" "passed" and "repassed," swedged
and hammered at continuously for nearly
10 years. Never was there any legisla-
ton before Congress so carefully perfected
by long labor as this. Everybody in
and out of Congress knows precisely
what it is and what it means. The whole
country passed on it ut the last Presi-
Dental election, and decided that it should
be enacted Mt once. What possible excuse
or pretext can there be then for delay? Moth
ing else is so pressing as the needs of the vet
Grams, whom the country desires treated with
justice. The people demand the immediate
passage of the pension legislation.
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TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing 100000
more Subscribers, and TO do il will give away
10000 Of the famous Trenton watches 10
club raiscTs.
We VIII send watch FREE, post paid, 10
every club raiser who sends Us a club Of
OILY yEE subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered because this watch is not cheap
catch-peuBy make-shift, but genuine, full
ieweled paient-leyer movement in dia-
mond-siiyef case, warranted for Is years.
Diamond-silver Is a compound metal, az
its name indicates, composed Of pure silver
and nickel. 10 give il hardness and color.
il is not plated, but solid, 50 it wears the
same clear through, and is 50 warranted
Now. who wants One2 There are Just
10000 % them 10 give away, and we do not
anticipate much trouble in disposing Of them
On these terms
An hours work viii get one. We hope
our friends viii appreciate the opportunity.
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CALIFORNIA raised and shipped $4,000
900 pounds of raisins last year. This put
about 81, 000,0 900 into the pockets of our own
farmers that otherwise would have gone to
the Spaniards, Italians and Turks. The
prospect seems favorable that we shall soon
raise all our own raisins, as we should. 1t
is very discreditable to- our enterprise that,
with such wealth of vineyard land as we
have, we should buy a dollars worth of raj
sins or wine abroad.
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MUSTERED OUT.

NIARsHALL.-At Ithica, N. ", jan Is, Sydney
Marshall, Co. |, sd N. Y. aged Il years.
WoLFF.-At Washington, ID. G.. Jan. Is, Z. b.
Wolf, Captain, 9sth n. Y. Interment occurred at
Malone, N. Y.
MAvrrY-At his home, near Talmage. Neb,
Jan. Ia of heart failure, Joseph A. Mavity, Co. l.
48d Mo- Al the time of his death he was Chaplain
of Roberts Post, No. l0i. His funeral was CON
Quoted according to the GAR. ritual.
GAY,-At Stephentown, NY, Jan. 70 of la grippe
Lewis Gay Battery l. 9Th ~ Y. III. A. aged IS years
He WIS wounded ut the battle Of Cold Harbor, but
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"Why do you keep up that absurd English
afIectation of saying eyether aud 'neyther.'
PEBBLES I? " asked Brmmer.
Because it is the only correct way. sir"
answered PEBBLES. The Germans, who speak
a language from which ours Is derived, always
pronounce ei it as we DO eye Any man who pre-
tends to speak correctly should initiate them"
30, no; is that so2 III should always be
pronounced as egeg Conceive tho idea! If
you'll look in the dictionary you'll PERCEIVE
that there are several hundred words that, ac-
eording TO your theory receive tho wrong
pronunciation. Don't deceyvo yourself with
such an absurdity.'
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
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THE PROBABLE ExpLANArroN.

He (fshing)-Darling, cannot understand
how you came to love such an unattractive
fellow as / am.
She-Thats what all my folks say. Mother
explains it by my not having been quite right
In my mind since l had that terrible attack of
typhoid fever.
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NO MATTER, SO LONG AS THEY DIDN'T
KNOW IT.
want my shotgun to hunt rabbits with,
Juggins? OF course you can have it and well
come, but you know as we'll as do that both
the hammers were broken off in the accident
last week. and it's no good till it is fixed
Hush, boss not so loud. De rabbits don't
know muffin bout the accident, and twill
make no diffunce wild dem so longs dey don't
know, will it?"