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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
A Journey Lasting Nearly Two Years

In Sarotov an interesting traveller on
foot arrived recently. He was peas
ant, Nikolay Audukin, by name, and
over 20 years of age. He had been a
serf, and in 1852 his master had accused
him of theft, and had caused him to be
exiled to Okhotsk, in Eastern Siberia.
AS the crime of which he had been ac-
cused could not be established he was
sent off as a ''free exile, I" that is. he was
not kept prisoner or bound to penal
service in the place of his des-
tination. For thirty-eight years he
worked in Okhotsk as a tanner, and
saved some money. Having attained
his 10th year he conceived desire to
return to his native land, and as he said
"to put away his little bones among his
own people when his time is up in this
world" But he was still hale and
hearty, and travelled all the way from
Okhotsk on foot. He was on the road
twenty-five months, and had many a
narrow escape from encounters with
bears and wolves. At his old home he
has large family of children and
grandchildren awaiting him with open
arms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
FOR THE COOK.
QUICK BISCUIT,


Two cups flour, one tablespoonful
mixed lard and butter, one cup milk
one heaping teaspoonful baking powder,
pinch salt. Handle little, roll out and
cut quickly, and bake in steady oven.
CHOCOLATE ICING.
Allow one pound of icing sugar to
every two ounces of chocolate; CRATE
the latter into saucepan, and mix with
it eight tablespoonfuls of water; stir
we'll, and let it cook gently for ten min
utes, then add the sugar, and use while
warm.
POTATO SOUP.
Three pints of rich milk, one pint of
mashed potato, two tablespoonfuls of
butter, salt and pepper to taste. Boil
the milk, add the potato and boil again,
stirring frequently that the potato
may become thoroughly dissolved, and
hot.
PUREE OF CELERY.
Boil two heads of celery in plenty of
sailed water with an onion, blade of
mace and some whole pepper. When
done drain them and pass them through
a hair sieve. Melt piece of butter in
a saucepan, mix little -four with it,
then the celery pulp, and work it we'll
on the fire, adding a little cream of
milk and some of the gravy of the
ducks.
BAKED RICE WITH CHEESE
One pint of boiled rice, half cupufl
of grated cheese, placed in alternate
layers in buttered earthen dish.
Spread powdered cracker over the top
with bits Of butter, and over the whole
pour one egg, we'll beaten. one cupful of
milk, one salt spoonful of dry mustard,
half teaspoonful of salt and shade of
cayenne pepper, thoroughly beaten to-
gether. Bake twenty minutes in quick
oven and serve very hot.
A CUP OF COFFEE.
Coffee is far more delicious when
made with egg than it is without. One
egg to teacupfuI of ground coffee is
about the right proportion for a rich
extract, but less than this can be easily
used by adding a leacupful of cold
water to well-beaten egg, and using
enough Of this mixture to thoroughly
wet the ground coffee. Beat an egg
thoroughly, add two tablespoonfuls Of
cold milk, let scald but not boil. Try
this when you have no cream for break
fast coffee.
HORSE-RADISH SAUCE.
Mix two Or three heaping tablespoon
fuls of fresh-grated horse -radish with
twice as much cream. Salt it lightly
and stir IN an equal number of dessert
spoonfuls of vinegar with teaspoonful
sugar. Add little pepper sauce or
cayenne if very hot sauces are liked.
This sauce is good either hot or cold. If
preferred hot, it must be warmed in a
double boiler, taking care that it does
not boil, or it will curdle. IT is especi-
ally good with roast beef, either hot or
cold
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
The First Victim of the War.
Washington Special in St. Louis Globe Demo

Washington Special in St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
The first man wounded in the late civil
war is to have $40 pension just as soon
as the bill can reach the President. This
bill passed the House last night. It had
previously gone through the Senate.
The mans name is John Swearer. He
came by his wound in manner pecu-
liarly patriotic and heroic. He has
modestly held back for twenty nine
years before asking justice. When Fort
Sumpter was fired on Maj. Anderson
had the scanty force of sixty soldiers
to man the guns. For several days
previously he had been preparing
the defense for as good re-
sstance as possible. With great diff
Guilty, several masons and bricklayers
had been found willing 10 work at the
fort. One of these masons was John
Swearer. The final demand for sur
render came. Notice was given that
the fort would be fired upon at GER
tain hour. Non-comb atants got out of
the way. At that critical moment John
Swearer and three or four of his fellow
workmen stepped forward and asked
permission to volunteer for service at
the guns in defense of the fort. They
were gladly accepted. Swearer was the
first man struck in the fort, and be-
came the first man wounded in the war.
One of the two companies of artillery
men at the fort was commanded by
Gen. Abner Doubleday, then captain
in the regular army. He has written a
letter about John Swearer, Ill which he
says:
'''In the first opening of the enemy's
batteries against Fort Sumpter april
Is, 1861, the Fort was garrisoned by
only two companies Of the United States
army, under command of Maj Robert
Anderson. / commanded one of these
companies. Our sixty men were in
vested by several thousand. Thelabors
that devolved upon the regular troops
were immense in their efforts to put
the works in proper condition to re-
sist an assault. In this emergency John
Swearer, with a few of his companions,
who were masons and brick-layers,
ana who were at work in the fort,
served at the guns during the bonn
bardment, and performed all the duties
of soldier. At the close of the action
Swearer was badly wounded by piece
Of shell entering his body. He was the
first man wounded in the late civil
war -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17

stood about the place. No one knows
exactly what happened, but the coach
man was blown out of the upper story
of the house. He died, and the house
was almost totally destroyed by the fire
which ensued. By the terms Of the in
surance policies explosives like benzine
were not allowed on the place, and al
though the insurance companies have
some sixty days in which to settle all
claims, it is asserted that young Wilkin-
son has no claim against the companies
in this instance, and while they are
sorry for him and his widowed mother,
they cannot afford to establish the pre-
cedent of paying unjust claims out of
sympathy. The Wilkinson residence
was about all that was left of what was
once q large estate
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
The Advantage ofthe Public school
(E. E. Hale in the Forum.

We have no place in America for
dainty people-often called gilt-edged-
who think that the army would be a
good place if it were not for the rank
and file. So it is better for boy of ours
to be pitched into public school, to
take pot-luck with all sorts and condi-
tons of boys, and to learn in the earli-
est of life that some of the best
fellows in the world, not to say the
brightest, never had French nurse, and
always black their own shoes when
they are BACKED at all. In all such
schools that | have known the tone of
honor is very high. And in such society
one early learns the great lesson that
all the people are wiser than any one of
the people.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
EPHEMER
BY GRAHAM r. ToMsoN.

By GRAHAM Il. T0MSON.
Gray. on the daisiest grass,
Shadows ofmoving leaves;
Happy the brown bees hum,
Summer has come-has come"
Lightly the low winds pass,
shaking the peony sheaves.
Tulips the sun looks through
Shining and stately stand;
Redder than rubies glow
All their great globes arrow,
Bright on the summer blue.
Lanthorns of fairy land.
Ever and aye my own
Still shall this moment be;
/ shall remember ALL
Shadows and tulips tall.
Scent from the bean fields blown,
Songs of the humble bee.
+
Lost is that fragrant hour,
Dewy and golden lit
Dead-for the memory
Pit1ful comes to me
Wan as withered flower
Only the ghost of it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17

TooTHLEss GuEsr-"If you've got some
extremely tender steak you may bring
me some" Hardened Waters Slab
'fyearling fer GUNNER l"-Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17

z EVERY farmer should study how to
save quite as much as how to produce
crops.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17

AN Athens, Ga, man has Spanish
coin that bears date of 1918.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
DEATH 0p A RIVER MAN.
Capt. John A. Edie, IN Old Steamboatinnn,
Passes Awny,

.
John A. Edie, clerk OF the steamboat
@. W. Bachelor, died Tuesday night at
Port Homer, Ohio. His funeral will
take place at 10 o'clock this forenoon at
Steubenville, Ohio. Mr.. Edie formerly
ran on the Abner O'Ncal, aud was well
known here and all along the upper
river. His death will DO sincerely re.
gretted BY all who knew him.
Capt. Edie was born In Steubenville
tifty.four years ago. He grew up there,
and learned tho machinist trade 10
Thelker's establishment in Bridgeport.
During tho war he entered the steam.
boat business, and acted as clerk on sev.
eral steamers in the Government ser.
vice, which were commanded by Capt.
John Shouse, his brother.in.law. After
the war the steamer Forest City, owned
by D. W. Dovle, Capt. Abuer O'Neal
and Nathan Wintringer was plying be.
tween here and SteubenviIie. Mr..
Doyle sold out his interest,
and was succeeded in the clerks
Office by Captain Edie. Messrs.
O'Neal and Wintringer are both dead,
and now the third and last member Of
that firm has passed away. Tho Forest
City was rebuilt and rechristened the
Abner O'Neal, and afterwards temper.
arlly transferred to the Pittsburgh and
Wheeling trade. On tho construction OF
the c. W. Bachelor in 1876 Mr.. Edie
took charge Of the Office on that boat,
when his failing health caused him to
give up active business. Shortly after
he sold out his river interests, and since
then has been living a quiet life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
Givo the Captain the BELT.

Capt. Devenny, the well known river
man, tells a story which breaks the rec
ord for both fog and fish stories. He
says: "While l was captain of the
North Carolina, a iirst.class passenger
steamer away back in the ~1iflies, We were
lying on account Of the fog alongside Of
the bank below Gayandotte, w. Va.
There was q peach orchard on the bank
and several passengers who were up
early were surprised to see the catfish
swim up to the peach trees through the
fog and water and suck of the peaches.
On calling the Captain to see this mar
velous sight the Jog disappeared, thus
depriving me Of a sight that could not
have been equalled by m eastern mi
rage. The fog wss so dense that the fish
swan through it like water" The Cap.
tain says be told the story to a reporter
when he arrived in Cincinnati and the
printing caused quite e. sensation at that
fima'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
MARTINS FERRY,

Suit agntn,t n School Iioard-porsonal and
Social Gossip, etc.
Edward McComb is taking the school
enumeration.
Mrs. Fannie Anderson and her grand.
daughter, kittie Mario Hall, left yeater.
day for Ocean Grove.
Mrs. Edward Dornan, OF Lebanon,
Tenn, is visiting her ulster, Mrs. John
Reed, on Fifth street.
Mrs. Maddox returned to Easton, Pa,
yesterday, after q two months visit with
the family Of Joseph Bird.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jepson are in the
city and will leave for jamestown, n.
Y.,oves the G. &P. railroad this morning.
Mrs: McClaran and her grand-daugh.
ter, Miss Maud Snedeker, Of Wellsyille,
are visiting friends and relatives in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Mitchell, OF Mt.
Pleasant, who have been taking in 10.
ledo and Niagara Falls, returned last
night.
Charles Ashton has been elected X. OF
+. IN Ohio City Lodge, X. OF p, vice NJ.
l.. Smylie, deceased. Mr.. Smylie held
that Office for twelve years.
Many Martins Ferry people turned on
their natural gas yesterday to keep
warm, and less talk is heard about going
to the seashore than Il week ago.
About twenty couples OF young peo.
pie OF Martins Ferry. DriGcpnnrt and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
TIE GQFF CLUB MEETS.
The Centre District Republicans Want u
Change Made.

The Centre District Republicans Wan. u
Chnnge Made.
The meeting Of the Centre District
Golf Republican club last evening at
Squire ". ". Rogers Office, was largely
attended, and considerable interest was
manifested by those present in the party
and the coming campaign.
John Roemer was appointed delegate
to the Central club, in place of Charles
4. Reed. elected Assistant Secretary Of
the latter club. The delegates from
Centre district were instructed to use
every means in their power to secure a
change in the method of selecting dele.
gates to the State and Congressional
conventions. The members desire to
have primary elections in the district to
choose the delegates, instead OF choosing
them at the county convention, as here.
toiorc decided on by the County Com.
mittee. The Committeeman from the
district was also requested to use his in.
ilueuce to bring about the change. The
club will secure a hall to meet in over in
the Fifth ward. 1t adjourned to meet
again next Wednesday evening at the
same place.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
ANOTHER SFANZA

About oIanslsid = Trying to Defamo
whssling-The Old Story.
The Mansfield NtlrJ seems TO have IA.
ken umbruge at the ISTRLLioENcEn's
faithful expose OF the feeling against
Wheeling entertained by Ohio clubs. It
has even allowed its childish anger 10
descend from tho editorial room to the
mailing department, and order Its valu.
able folio stricken from the list OF those
that cross the Ohio river. How 1t hurts
to be struck under the fifth rib! In u
recent Issue Of the MwS there was a
long ocreed against the "rowdy" crowds
OF Wheeling, and underneath this mr..
ticle was an account OF how tho umpire
escaped with his lilo from tho Mansfield
grounds through the intervention OF
the Directors. A more vicious and un.
principled set Of ball players than those
which represent tho puny town, made
notable only as the residence OF Senator
John Sherman, never existed. The
Ners declares that 1t wants Wheeling
dropped from the League. Indeed!
1t has long wphed to 60,
and will this, next season. II
tho Mansfield players have not lied,
they have told their friends ut home
that they were treated remarkably well
here-far better than Wheeling was ever
treated there, 1t Is too tiresome to re-
~iterate the complaints that Wheeling has
already made against the Ohio papers.
Not n OF them gives the correct stand.
log OF the club. Some have 80, s1me 80,
and n even goes 30 far az to credit
Wheeling with 81 games won. 1t Is
nothing short Of a conspiracy which the
official count will show up. Wheeling's
standing on Tuesday morning was IS
games won and 90 lost. With better
material in the box Wheeling would
baye been away ahead, and Mansfield
knows it. AS 1t is the comfortable sec
ond place Is enjoyed moro than the ques.
!ionable honor OF first place assumed by
| Mansfield.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24

Thescheme originally suggested in the
lSTELLIGESCER and advocated in ruea.
days issue by a correspondent, to pipe
the water from the fine spring on The
east end Of Fourteenth street to the
Public Building square, meets with a
good deal OF favor among the general
public. A number Of people mentioned
the matter to reporters yesterday, and
expressed the hope that the matter
would be taken up by the Water Board
Mt once. It would uosiavolve yerv great
expense to have q spigot at each street
corner, and n much larger number Of
people would thus be accommodated.
II is regarded as a beneiicent scheme, 30
inexpensive and easy to execute that Il
ought not to he neglected. "
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
THE STaTE LINE RAILROAD,

An Enthusiastic Meeting Held Mt Cauons.
burg T%uesdny-A Tour OF Inspection to be
Made.
A large and enthusiastic meeting Of
the directors and committee OF the Pitts.
burSh, Canonsburg & State Line rail.
road was held In tho Sherman house at
Canonsburg on Tuesday. The president
OF tho company, Charles Meyran, pre-
sided at the meeting, and in the absence
OF A. E. Neiman, the secretary, A. B.
PAUL acted as secretary pro tenn. Nearly
all tho directors we're present. About
twenty men, representing each OF the
three routes proposed, were in attend
ance.
This meeting was by fer the best oue
yet held in behalf OF the road. Much
enthusiasm was manifested, and the
general feeling Is that the road is to be
built, and the only question which occu-
pied the minds Of those in attendance at
the meeting was the route to be selected.
The committee representing the three
routes OF Woodrow, Middle.owa and
Brush Run made reports, all good, show.
ing that the surveys had all been made
and nearly all the right Of way secured
for the road.
The board Of directors appointed A
committee OF five members who will, on
next Tuesday, make a tour Of the three
routes from Cannonsburg to the West
Virginia State line, aud then or yery
shortly afterwards, make a fnal DECISION
rs to which route shall be- followed,
Alter this action OF the directors was an.
nounced, the committee. OF the citizens
along the various proposed routes passed
q resolution to the effect that as soon as
u route is definitely selected they will all
turn in and help the road.
One OF the prinoipa! men back OF the
project eaid that the matter rested with
the farmers; that q road would be built
provided enough local help was granted
to aoat the securities Of the road. The
company hsa occurred the right OF way
rom Wheeling to the West Virginia State
line and has determined the route. On
next Tuesday q route from the State
line to Cannonsburg will be selected,
Prom near CGnnonsburg to Pittsburgh
there are three routes surveyed by way
OF Thompsonville, Library. and Bridc.
vile, any one OF which may be chosen,
Members Of the company declined to
atets whether they weTe working In
harmony With roads running west from
Wheeling toward Chicago. They said
that the road after it was built would
probably enter into some traffic arrange.
ments with the roads running from tue
eastern cities to Chicago, but the i'm
portant question now ia to build this
road first.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24

The Bridgewater No. s, onL R. Smith,
came in a gusher on Saturday, and is
good Tor 70 to 100 barrels natural, and
may 50 to 100 when shot. 1t is the best
we'll in that group.
The Walmer Oil Company got the sand
at their Mol, on Freshwater, on Friday.
When fifteen feet in the sand the well
filled up 400 feet with fluid, and showed
for a % barrel we'll. At a depth OF
tweniy.one feet in the sand a big flow OF
gas was encountered, which when a
gauge was applied registered o pressure
of eighty pounds to the minute, or 100
pounds maximum pressure.
Fisher 4 Co. have a rig up, and are
ready to commence drilling on the
Smith Miller farm, near Holidays Cove.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
A WHEELING BOY DROWNED
lie Is Seized with Cramps while Bathing
The I.ody Hero.

lie Is Seized With Cramps while Bathing,
The lsody Hero.
On the evening train from Hunting.
ton on the Ohio River railroad last even.
ing, the body Of George Thomas, a boy
ofsi1teen, stepson Of Carl Pautsch, was
brought here for burial. lie was drown.
ed on Tuesday afternoon about four
O'Clock, in the river near Hartford City,
Mason county.
Several days aga young Thomas went
to Hartford City to visit his uncle. He
was in the river bathing, near the
mouth OF a creek which puts in at Hart
lord City, when lie was seized with
cramps, and before mid could reach him
was drowned. The body was recovered
about FIVE hours after the accident.
A telegram was received by the moth.
er yesterday morning informing her OF
the sad affair. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at four o'clock from
Mr.. Pautsch's residence, on South Chap.
line street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24

Last June, after the great flood, Ire
ceived bottle Of C%hamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from
my pastor, at q time when l was
very much run down with diarrhoea, and
had tried two doctors without finding
any relief. This remedy relieved me at
once, and cured me entirely in a short
timo. l got several bottles and gave it
around among my acquaintance who
were afflicted in the same way. 1 think
| gave it to a dozen people. and 1t re-
lieved and cured, so iar as l know in
all cases. 1t is the best medicine for the
disease l have ever kno#n.-MRs. E. L.
HESRIE, Johnstown, Pa. For sale at %
cents per bottle. by W. W. Irwin, Charles
Goethe, John Klari, @. schnepi, W. E.
Williams. D4w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-24
United American Mechanics, has q neat
over, and bright and interesting con.
A GREAT SCHEME,
Which, II Il Ia not in View, Would be Prof.
liable II Carried Out.

Which, II Il Ia not in View, Would be Prof.
liable u Carried Out.
There was a dizzy rumor ailoat yes
terday, which Is unfortunately not
known to rest on asolid foundation, to the
edec! that a representative OF the great
tobacco house OF Lorillard Bros, Of New
York, had been in Wheeling within q
day or two, looking into the feasibility
Of going into the business OF making
Wheeling stogies on q mammoth scale.
There Is no reason that such a report
should not DO trne. The Wheeling sto.
gle has u wide reputation, and Is in great
and growing demand In all parts
Of the country; It's legendary. name,
"the Wheeling stogie," renders II i'm.
possible to supply this demand from
any other basis OF operations than
Wheeling, and doubtless tho Lorillards
know as well as anybody that there Ia
an established trade which could DO in.
creased ten.fold by intelligent eifor,
combined with large capital.
The rumor came from n reliable
source, but came only rs a rumor. In
Iuisy failed to find any foundation fol
It that could DO relied on, except tina,
Lorrillard's agent was here this week,
and not to canvass his ordinary trade.