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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15
Happy H8OSierS.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster Of Idaville,
Ind, writes: "Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for that bad feeling arising
from Kidney and Liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to be
the best Kidney and Liver medicine,
made me feel like new man. !. w.
Gardner, hardwa merchant, same town.
says: Electric Bitters is just the thing
for a man who is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies; he found
new strength, good appetite and felt just
like he had new lease of lite. Only SOC.
a bottle at H. T. Eberle's Drug Store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15

LIEUTENANT-GovERNoR JONAS city,
Racine, changed front last week and
elected the entire Republican city
ticket, with one exception, headed by
Jackson l. Case for mayor, by signif-
icant maiorities, The tide has al
ready set in against the Peck-Wall
boss combination. An election to-
morrow would bury them under a
majority Of 25, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15

CONCERNING the tactics ofthe hood
Ium-C regier ring OF the Democracy at
the Chicago election last week, Carter
S. Harrison, good authority on the
subject, in an interview, says:
at was in a line with its action for
the last two months-fraudulent, in
timidating, corrupting and disgrace
full. 1t was a revelation to me, for |
had never before attended the polls In
the hoodlum districts. Wilder and
more disgraceful orgies, more besotted
s,e,szaesa4,ss- and apPo1JfS 20 buyers
of votes could not exist in the most
ignorant Of Southern plantation dis
tricts"
Mr.. Harrison announces his with
drawal from politics. He is a very
disguised Democrat. The Chicago
Democracy were torn in fragments
and it will be hard for them ever tc
get together again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15
WatertOWn Republican
WATERFOWL, WIS, APRIL Is, 1891.

WHAT American statesmen dellber-
ately intended was to check the dis
struction of industries in this country
by the excessive competition of the
Bradford and other foreign producers.
1t is gratifying to have The London
Times admit that, to this extent at
least, the Republican leaders knew
Whatthey were doing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15
RuckIen,s Aruica RaIYo.

The Best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblains,
Corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or ne pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfectsatisfactIon
or money refunded. Price % cents per
Dex. Fer sale by H. T. Eberle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15

At the regular term of this court held
at the court house in the city of Jeffer-
son on Tuesday, April Z, 1891:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15

Many people who pride themselves on
their blue blood would be far happier with
pure blood; but, while we cannot choose
our ancestors. unfortunately, by the use
of Ayers Sarsaparilla, we can transmit
pure blood to our DoSterity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15
Look at Him :!

A year ago he was not expected to
live. Liver complaint almost killed him.
He got great relief from three bottles of
Sulphur Bitters. and six bottles cured
him.-Editor Weekly Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15
a trap

Chronic constipation, with all its at
tendant evils, is cured by taking Ayers
Cathartic Pills. Sold by all dealers in
medicine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15

A faded and discolored beard is untidy
and misfortune 1t may be prevented
by using Buckingham's Dye for the
Whiskers, a never failing remedy.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

lndiana's building ut the Worlds fair IL
10 be constructed OF all building materials
found In the state.
Worlds fair work Is much behind, and
ON May !, 1893
Il Is said that the Edison General Elec.
trio company has signifed its intention of
spending mt least 100000 on it's exhibit at
the forthcoming Worlds fair in Chicago.
Bierstadt will paint for the Worlds fair
a picture of Watling's Island, which many
geographers believe to be the one on which
Columbus first landed after crossing the
Atlantic,
j. ID. Lamar, of Idaho, has good hopes Of
raising popular subscription of $4,000 or
SlO0, 900 for the Worlds fair, and offers to
double the amount collected, whatever it
may he. out Of his own purse
The whipping post and pillory of the
New Castle jail have been sold by the Della.
ware authorities to a purchaser who pro-
poses to exhibit them at the Worlds fair.
The whipping post has done service since
1857
DR.. John Aitken, a wealthy retired ply
stefan of Chicago, has organized syndicate
of capitalists, and proposes to signalize the
great Worlds fair by buying the Colosseum
at Rome, bringing it over in carefully num-
bered pieces, and setting it up near the
fair grounds
The Latin American department of the
Worlds Columbian exposition is very
anxious to obtain information concerning
copy of little quarto published in Rome
in 1893, containing the important bull of
Pope Alexander VII, by which he divided
the New World between Portugal and
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
He Repented Before Marriage.

The proverbial saying about the
''slip 'twixt cup and lip" was excel
lently illustrated not long since in Paris
under rather curious circumstances A
wedding party had reached the mayor
of the district in which the bride re-
sided, and all the usual preparations
had been made for the festivities which
were to mark the suspicious occasion.
The bride was duly handed out Of
the carriage, and leaning on her fathers
arm, began to go up the steps of the
building wherein the mayor was wait
ing to perform the ceremony The
bridegroom walked close behind her,
and was clumsy enough to put his foot
on the white satin train of her wedding
Dress
The stuff gave way, the dress was
torn, and the fair wearer, greatly an
noyed at the mishap. turned around
upon her future husband, exclaiming
angrily, ''Imbecile!" The young man,
after remarking aloud, IF it be like
this before marriage what will it be af-
terward?" turned his back on the bride
and the assembled company and fed,
leaving dismay and CONSERVATION be.
hind him.
The services of M. lie Marie were not
needed, the wedding breakfast had to
be counterlnanded and the hasty
young lady had no alternative but to
return home-not a wife, as she ex-
pected, but still une demoiselle a ma
rier. London Telegraph.s
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21

Mrs Cyrenas Slack, of Lambertville,
N. j., had an experience Monday even.
ing which she is not likely to forget
soon. She and her children were tax
ing a stroll in the country, and sat
down in the grass along the roadside.
The children began to play, and Mrs.
Slack was watching them, when sud
denly the younger screamed and said,
"Oh, mamma, look in your lapw She
turned her head quickly, and there,
curled up and head erect, was black
snake about five feet in length. In
terror she jumped to her feet, when the
snake fell to the ground and quickly
crawled away. Philadelphia Ledger.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
An Old Proxerb.

The oft quoted proverb, GOD tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb" frequently
and wrongly ascribed to the Bible, occurs in
Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey"
The Inter Ocean explains, however, that it
IS but rendering of IA proverb much older
than Sterne's time The Sentimental
Journey was written about l767 But Bish-
op Herbert, nearly 100 years before, in his
"Jacula Psudentum," uses the expression,
ITO close shorn sheep God gives wind by
measure" Estienne French writer, in
1894 said, "Dieu mesure lie froid a la brebis
tondue" (God measures the cold to the
shorn ewe). Estienne gives another form
OF the proverb as "Dieu dome lie froid scion
la roblie:" that is, God will not let the
cold exceed the warmth of the fleece" or,
as 1t Is less POLITICALLY rendered by another
French writer, with a different and more
practical meaning, not SO frequently falsi-
he'd by the actual facts of life, God cuts a
mans coat according to his measure"
That this proverb is French in origin there
seems no doubt, as various versions of it
are found in different writers
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
Crocodile Tears.

The expression crocodile tears" is used
to describe hypocritical sorrow, a pretense
OF grief that is not felt. The Inter Ocean
explains that it refers to the old story that
the crocodile, in order to draw human be-
ings within its reach, mourns and weeps,
and having thus induced its victim to come
near to it, falls upon him and devours him.
1t is fact that crocodiles do make loud
and melancholy cries, much like the howl
ing OF dog. Credulous travellers natu-
rally associated tears with these cries, and
the story of the weeping, when once started,
was naturally repeated, and came to be
generally believed I'M "Book of Proverbs"
printed in l49S, the expression is referred to
and explained. That the belief is very
old one is shown by the fact that the phrase
occurs both in the old Latin and the Greek
writers, and the references to it in litera-
ture are numerous
In the account of the voyages of Sir John
Vaudeville, issued in 1856, it is said that
"in certain long serpents called
crocodiles slew men and ate them weep
ing. The same story is given in the ac-
count of the voyages of Sir John Hawkins
during the Sixteenth century. Spenser,
in the first book of "Faerie Queene."
speaks Of
The cruel, cratic crocodile,
Which in false grief hyding his harmful guile.
Doth weep full sore and sheddeth tender tears.
And Shakespeare, in the second part OF
King Henry w, act ii, scene l. says:
Glosters show
Beguies him as the mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
Ranee Cattle Doomed.

Joseph H. Moore, of Fort Worth,
Tex, whose cattle interests exceed
those of any man in the southwest, was
among the guests at the Lick, wherein
conversation with reporter he said:
''You have heard a great deal, no
doubt, or did, a few years ago, at least,
of the famous Cattle Kings of the
west, who were supposed to reckon
their wealth by the millions. The bus
mess of raising cattle was conducted Oh
a grand scale, and at one time the
profits were simply enormous. This
naturally attracted capital in large
amounts, and wealthy men from all
parts of the world rushed eagerly into
the business Of breeding and raising cat
tie. The result was overproduction and
serious decline in prices.
three years ago itbeca1ne eviiaeent 70
those who studied closely the course of
events that cattle raising would soon
change from large herds on the range
to small herds on the farm. Those who
were shrewd enough to foresee this took
prompt advantage of it, and today have
before them the pleasant prospect OF
good prices and a ready market As a
consequence, however the days of the
cowboy are numbered, and he is doomed
to extinction just as certainly as was
the buffalo and the Indian. The small
farm is crowding them slowly but surely
to the wall. and in a few years they will
be gone San Francisco Call.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
The Old Fishermen Don't Know It

Captain Fred Ostman, of Stonington,
caught in one of his fish pounds Satur-
day species of fish never before seen
by any of the local fishermen. The fish
was not over one inch through in the
thickest part, and in shape somewhat
resembled the variety known as q skate.
1t was twenty inches wide, and but
twelve inches from its head to the end
of its body, and its eyes were wide
apart and nearly in the center OF the
body, while its mouth was very broad
and underneath the body. Nearly all
the old fishermen viewed the fish, but
none of them ever saw the like before.
Providence journal.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
An limitation of Nature

an 1W1I@Ia0N OF Nature
that's the result you want
to reach. With DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, you have it.
They cleanse and renovate the
whole system naturally. That
means that they do it thor
oughly, but mildly. They're
the smallest in size, but the
most effective sugar coated,
easiest to take. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Con
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements
Of the Liver, Stomach and
Bowels are prevented, relieved,
and cured. Purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless, and gently
laxative, or an active cathar-
tic, according to size of dose.
AS a Liver Pill, they've been
initiated, but never equaled.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
Correspondence of Marie Bashkirtsefr.

Correspondence OF Marie BashkirtSeHs
In the correspondence of Marie Bash
kirtseff, just now attracting attention, are
letters addressed to various persons, a great
many of whom were not personally known
to her, thus she wrote to lola telling him
that she admired his works above every
thing and that her great ambition was to
become his friend through the medium OF
correspondence to Alexander Dumas to
ask him to give her rendezvous, to which
he responded with some excellent advice,
which was not at all to her taste, and
brought very cutting reply; to Goncourt,
whose works she did not hesitate to criti-
else in addressing him, to Sully Prud-
homme. whose poetry fills her with sur
prise and delight.
Francois Coppee describes Marie Bash
kirtseff in Il manner that would have salts
fed even her appetite for praise. The poet,
at the same time, confesses that he only saw
her once for an hour, and is never likely to
forget her At three-and-twenty. he
says. 'she looked much younger. She
was rather short, but harmonious in her
proportions; with round face exquisitely
modelled, straw colored hair, and dark
eyes fired as it were with thought, eyes
devcured with the desire to see and to
know, firm mouth, good and thoughtful,
nostrils that vibrated like those of a wild
horse OF the Ukranian steppes, Marie Bash
klrtseff gave you, on the first seeing her,
the rare sensation of will joined to sweet
ness, energy combined with grace"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21

11 ~ oNyADs
bit of borrowing trou-
ause it has a tendency
look present blessing.
hirst the rock is cleft
cap into his trimming
hunger the fields bow
ng wheat, and the cat
nth full udders from
res to give him milk,
Is yellow and ripen,
y fruits into his lap.
d such exuberance of
buld growl as though
on half rations or a
lowance; that a man
ck deep in harvests
10 famine; that one
Fong pulses of health
Ignlar tread through
life and yet tremble
Bault of sickness; that
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21

will hear the iron gate of the septlcher
creak and grind as 1t shuts In oil kin.
dred. But we cannot get really for
these things by forebodings
They who fight imaginary wot will
come. out OF breath. into conficIwith
the armed disasters of the lture,
Their ammunition will have been vast.
ID long before they come undd the
guns OF real misfortune. Boys j at
tempting to jump wall sometimes go
so far back in order to get impetui that
when they come up they are exhaust
ed; and these long races in order b get
spring enough to vault trouble tr4g us
up at last to the dreadful reality with
our strength gone.
Finally, the habit of borrowing 4'ou-
BILE is wrong because it is unb4ief
God has promised to take care OF U.S.
The Bible blooms with ASSURANCES
Your hunger will be fed; your sickness
will be alleviated; your sorrows will be
healed. God will sandal your feet and
smooth your path, and along by frown.
ing crag and opening grave sound the
voices of victory and good cheer.
The summer clouds that seem thun-
der charged really carry in their bosom
harvests of wheat, and shocks Of corn,
and vineyards purpling for the wine
press. The wrathful wave will kiss the
feet of the great storm walker. Our
great Joshua will command, and above
your soul the sun of prosperity will
stand still. Bleak and wave struck
Patmos shall have apocalyptic vision,
and you shall hear the cry of the elders,
and the sweep of wings, and trumpets
of salvation, and the voice of Halle
luiah unto God forever.
ANGELS GUARD THE WAY.
Your way may wind along dangerous
bride paths, and amid VOLTS howl and
the scream of the vulture, but the way
still winds upward till angels guard it,
and trees of life overarch it, and thrones
line it, and crystalline fountains leap
on it, and the pathway ends at gates
that are pearl, and streets that are
gold. and temples that are always
open, and hills that quake with per-
petual song, and city mingling for
ever Sabbath and jubilee and triumph
and coronation.
Let pleasure chant her siren song.
"Tis not the song for me-;
To weeping it will turn e'er long,
Fear this ic haavau' "a decree
But there's a song the ransomed sing,
To Jesus, their exalted king,
With joyful heart and tongue.
Oh, that's the song for me!
Courage. my brother! The father
does not give to his son at school
enough money to last him several years,
but, as the bills for tuition and board
and clothing and books come in, pays
them. So God will not give you grace
all at once for the future, but will meet
all your exigencies as they come
Through earnest prayer, trust him.
Put everything in Gods hand and
leave it there. Large interest monaS
to pay will soon eat up farm, a store,
an estate, and the interest on borrowed
troubes will swamp anybody. =
Gent unto the day is the evil thereoiR'
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
POINTS ABOUT FINGER NAILS.

A white mark on the nail bespeaks mis-
fortune.
Broad nails indicate gentle. timid and
bashful nature
Pale or lead colored nails indicate mel
ancholy people
People with narrow nails are ambitious
and quarrelsome.
Small nails indicate littleness of mind,
obstinacy and conceit.
Lovers of knowledge and liberal sentt-
ment have round nails.
Choleric. martial men, delighting In WA.
have red and spotted nails
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
(&}a%9g
PARIS STREETS.
The Work Of the Ragpickers, Includ-
Ing Some Rather Disturbing Details.

Ing Some Rather Disturbing Details.
A curious series of statistics establishes
the value of the refuse of the Paris streets
The figures seem Incredible and show that
the ragpickers discharge duty of primary
Importance. Working ut night busy I'M
der the gas lights, with hook and Eanier,
the value of what they collect Is estimated
ut $4,000 each day. Assuredly one-half
the world does not know how the other
half lives. OF course, the conditions Of
Paris life are exceptionable. Population is
very closes the tall houses are crammed
with inhabitants there are no gardens, as
with us-there are but the houses and the
streets. The Parisians have a way Of
emptying all kinds of lumber and refuse
into the streets, and then the ragpickers
gather in their harvest. A use is found for
everything, and metamorphosis never
ceases All the details are interesting,
though some are rather disturbing
Rags, of course. go to make paper; broken
glass is pounded and serves as the coating
Tor sand or emery paper; bones, after the
process of cleaning and cutting down,
serve to make nail brushes, tooth brushes
and fancy buttons; little wisps of women's
hair are carefully unraveled, and do duty
for false hair by and by. Mems hair col
lected outside the BARRIERS serves for filters
through which sirups are strained; bits of
sponge are cut up and used for spirit
lamps; bits of bread if dirty are toasted
and grated, and sold to the restaurants for
spreading on hams or outlets; sometimes
they are carbonized and made into tooth
powder. Sardine boxes are cut up into tin
soldiers or into sockets for candlesticks. A
silk hat has whole chapter of adventures
In store for it. All this work employs a
regiment OF ragpickers numbering close
on 10000 and each earning from forty to
sixty-fve cents day.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
An Iuterluue,

1t was in the choir loft of a fashion
able church on Sunday. The organist
was dreaming over a voluntary. Sud-
denly the organ blower got tired, or
something gave out, for the thunder
GUS peals came to a full stop, and a
high soprano voice was heard shrieking
to the contraIto, "How did you like the
circus2 Philadelphia Record.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
Montenegro Proverbs.

1t Is hotter to slip with the foot than
with the tongue
Every time the sheep bleats she loses
mouthful.
Marry with your ears and not with your
eyes.
Even his own tail il burden to the
weary fox.
II you are going to visit the wolf take
your dogs with you.
What is the use of . fine collar II ts
strangles mei
The fugitive only covers one mile. the
pursuer twenty In seeking him
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
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