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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
ROW THE PLAGUE,
Result of the Famine in Russia-Asiati
Typhus Developing.

Result of the Famine in Russia-Asiatic
Typhus Developing.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-The worst fears of
Russia's neighbors as to the result of
the famine among her peasant seem
about to be realized. German physi-
clans are confident that the plague
caused by the famine is about to cross
the boundary into Austria and Ger
many. Warning kilograms were
received on Friday from Dr.
Michnavitch of Kazan that disease ex-
ac5ly resembling Asiatic typhus has
broken out in that government and is
carrying off its scores of victims daily
The few physicians in the government
are powerless to stay the progress of the
plague, which has already begun to creep
over the boundaries of adjoining gov
ernments. The whole region which will
be within two weeks at the mercy of
the plague, DR.. Michnavitch estimates,
includes some 1S,0O0,000 inhabitants.
German and Australian medical ns0
advise in public meetings and in the
dailies that the two empires establish q
strict quarantine on their eastern
boundaries at once to prevent as far as
possible the progress of the disease
westward.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
NOT LEGALLY PUBLISHED.
The Charter of the City of Sheboygan
Rendered void-Care1ess Work.

The Charter of the City of Sheboygan
Rendered votd-Care1ess Work.
MADIIoN, Wis, Nov. 1S.-The discov-
cry has just been made that the charter
of the city of Sheboygan, passed by the
last legislature, has never been legally
published, and that in consequence
it is practically dead letter.
The charter was printed on the third
page of the first edition Of the Milwau
kee Daily Journal, the official state pa
per, on Wednesday, April %, but was
omitted from the other editions of the
paper. The matter will undoubt-
edIy be brought to the attention
of Secretary of State Cunningham.
The non-publication of the char
ter will vitiate it and lead to endless
litigation, should contest be made
against any of it's provisions. 1t is not
known whether other charters were
treated in similar manner by the Of
fetal paper, but if they have, regular
legal tumble will result.
From figures furnished by the secre-
tary of state it is learned that the pub
LEGATION of the laws of the last ses-
sion cost the state over 81 900
more than the same work was
performed for during the Hoard
regime. The total cost of printing the
state laws for the fiscal year was So,
156.40. The average cost during ten
previous years of Republican rule was
$3, 1918. SS-an average reduction of ST.
237. 90 on the present cost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
NEARLY 1000 KILLED.
Sixty-six Hundred Shocks by Earthquake.
in Japan in Nine Days.

in Japan in Nine Days.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 8, via San Francisco,
CAL, Nov. ga severe, prolonged
shock of earthquake occurred October
2S, few minutes before Z o'clock
in the morning. 1t was the most
severe experienced since tho
terrible catastrophe of 1866, and must be
ranked as national calamity. The
greatest damage to buildings and
loss of life occurred in the pre-
lectures of Achy and Gifu, in
which nearly 1000 people were
killed outright and large number seri
ously wounded. In these procedures
$4,000 houses were totally destroyed.
The number of provinces through
out which the disturbances were
strongly felt is thirty-one.
The center seems to have been
in Mino and Dwarf, but even as
far south as Higo and Rikushu
in the North, the disturbance was
insensibly felt. The destruction
of 10000 houses means $1,000
people rendered homeless. Up to No
vember the earthquake still continued
to be felt, but with each interval
between them gradually the in
tensity of the shocks diminished.
From the commencement of the dis
turbance up to that date it is estimated
that $500 shocks, or more than one ev-
cry two minutes, were felt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25

It's q sign
that you need help, when pimples,
blotches, and eruptions begin to ap-
pear. Your blood needs looking
after. You'll have graver matters
than pimples to deal with, if you
neglect it. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery prevents and
cures all diseases and disorders
caused by impure blood. 1t invig-
crates the liver, purifes the blood,
and promotes all the bodily func~
tons. For all forms of scrofulous,
skin and scalp disease, and even
Consumption which is really lung
scrofula in all it's earlier stages, it
is certain remedy. It's the only
one that's guaranteed, in every case,
to benefit or cure, or the money Is
refunded. It's a matter of conf
dcnce in ones medicine.
It is the cheapest blood purifier
sold, through druggists, because you
only pay for tho good you get.
Can you ask more?
The Discovery" acts equally
well all the gear round.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
SUICIDE OR MURDER?
Mystery Surrounding the Death of
Young Chicago Girl.

Mystery Surrounding the Death Of a
Young Chicago Girl.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 23.-The body of
Miss Carrie Smith, pretty 19-year-ol
young lady, was found in the lake early
yesterday morning. The police are
seeking to determine whether it was
suicide or murder.
There seems little to sustain the MUIR
der theory. Miss Smith was despond-
ent for a week before her body was
found. She left the office where she
was employed Friday morning, pro-
ceeded to her boardi1g-house, and
spent the day and night, and Saturday
morning went from the house to the
lake, where she probably ended her
life. The cause, however, is mystery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25

condition. About an hour later switch
man, named Joseph V. McCosKer, was
struck by a train at the same crossing,
and instantly killed.
THE team of horses stolen from Ed.
Haggerty, of the town of Union, near
Eau Claire, month ago, was found near
Eau Claire. No trace of the thieves has
been discovered.
PAUL SoULIER, of Bayfield,, died st the
age of IS years. He was for many
years employed as guide for parties
going to the Northwest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
6EAPPEARANCE OF THE GRIP
The Influenza Causes Large Number of
Deaths in France.

The Influenza Causes a Large Number of
Deaths in France.
PARIS, Nov. 19.-The influenza has re-
appeared in many places in the south
western part of France, and the disease
is of a very severe type. In Paris, too,
the disease has claimed a num-
Der of victims. Many cases are
reported from all parts of the city. At
Bordeaux and in the towns and villages
in the neighborhood the influenza is
particularly severe, and large number
of deaths have resulted from it. The
people who have died have been per-
sons well on in years, who were rem
dered feeble by age and were thus in
capacitated from withstanding the
peculiar depression of vitality which
aharacterizes the disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
Three Hundred Cases of the Disease at
Belleville, Ill.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Diphtheria
is raging in Belleville, ILL.,, and amounts
TENDER, and since that time it's ravages
have been very severe, and large num-
Der OF deaths have occurred. 1t has as
sumed such alarming proportions that
large number of citizens have Withdrawn
their children from the public and pri-
vate schools. 1t is estimated that in it's
various stages there are between 200and
300 cases in Belleville and vicinity The
citizens are very much excited, and a
meeting will probably be called to-day
to take action towards checking the
spread of the terrible disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
THE GRIPPE CLAIMS MANY.
Two Hundred and Eighty Deaths Weekly
in Hamburg Alone.

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Infuenza is spread
ing in France and Germany. The cpl
demic has closed several schools in De-
partment of Geers, France, and one
school in the Pere la Chaise quarter OF
Paris. The epidemic has extended all
over Berlin, where the painter Spange-
burg, with many others, has succumbed
to the disease. 1t is also very prevalent
in Posen and West Prussia. The death
rate in Hamburg is $50 above the nor
NAL weekly average, the increase being
chiefly due to influenza.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
ENGLAND BACKED THE WAR.
British Capital Used to Further the Con-
f1ict in Chilli

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Nov. 20.-An Off
Ger of the. cruiser San Francisco said
to-day that as far as he could learn the
war in Chill was instigated, and in a
measure maintained by an English syn
dictate of capitalists who are engaged in
nitrate and other business in that coun-
try. They sold their products to the
outside world for gold, and paid their
help in paper money, which was badly
deprecated, even before the war, but
after the war began the depreciation
was so per cent. greater.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
JOHN STETSON SETTLES.
He Pays $50, 900 to End an Old Gamb
ling Suit.

He Pays $50, 600 to End an Old Gamb-
ling Suit.
BosToN, Mass, Nov. 23.-The case of
Annie r. Everett vs.. John Stetson, to
recover over $4,000, alleged to have
been lost by Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of
New Bedford, at gaming, was settled by
Mr.. Stetson's payment of $4,000. 1t
was alleged that Bourne lost thu money
at the rooms Of the Carlton Club in No
vember, 1889, the club being run by
Stetson. The suit was brought by Mrs.
Everett, who is the wife of discharged
employe of Stetson, under an old statute
giving any person the right to sue for
money lost at gaming, provided the
loser did not bring suit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
MIGHTY POWDER EXPLOSION.

Three Hundred Pounds of Dynamite
Shake in Northern Michigan.
RED JACKET, Mich, Nov. 23.--At IL
O'Clock yesterday 300 pounds of dyna-
mite exploded in the powder house of
the North Tamarack copper mine, one
half mile north of Red Jacket. Sticks
OF powder were left standing against the
steam heater and got too hot. Glass
was shattered in several hundred
houses. The shock was felt five miles
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
returning TO Gladstone's Alleeianco

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Sir William Yer
non Harcourt, in a long letter to the
electors of Dorset, dilates upon the
proofs recently given that the rural con-
stituencies are returning to allegiance
to Mr.. Gladstone. He says that Mr..
Gladstone will give laborers practical
voice in the management of affairs
closely concerning them, a privilege
always withheld from them by the
Tories. even when adopting Liberal
nrlncinleS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
SHILOH'S
CONSU N PTION
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure Is
without parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, test thatno other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis use it, for
it will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts. and
$500. If your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS cts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
FIFTY-FoUR WOMEN ON TRIAL.
One for Performing Criminal Operations
The Others Her Customers.

The Others Her Customers.
The trial opened at Batignolles, near
Paris, on the 10Th, of Nine. Thomas,
and fifty-three women who had submit
ted to criminal operations at her
hand. Nine Thomas had carried
on her nefarious business for
twenty three years but it's real char
acter was not discovered by the police
until a year and half ago. Several
deaths have been traced to her criminal
work. The prisoners filed three
benches in the court. During the read
ing of the indictment many wept and
most of them appeared to feel thei-
position acutely. The trial will last two
weeks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
Last Wheat Russia Ships.

s. ST.. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23.-There are
at present twenty-four grain ships at
Odessa loading with wheat, whose car
goes are not yet completed The au-
thorities have given permission for
these ships to continue loading until
their cargoes are completed. despite the
fact that the ukase prohibiting the ex-
port of wheat from Russia goes into Ell
fect to day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
Prince George Improy,nr.

LONDON, Nov. 23.-It is announced
that the condition of Prince George of
Wales has not changed since yesterday.
when his fever was subsiding. The
Princess OF Wales, who started home
from Russia on learning of her sons
illness. visited his bedside Yesterday
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
RAN INTO A "WILD" CAR,
An Express Train Wrecked and One Pei
Killed.

An Express Train Wrecked and One Per
Killed.
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, Nov. 23.-The Kan
sas City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs
train from Creston, Ia, to Kansas City,
collided at Arkoe yesterday with a
freight car, which during the storm the
previous night was blown from the
side-tracx at Maryville and ran six
miles before it was struck. The engine
was demolished, the freight car burned
and Express Messenger Bletherade, of
Creston, SO badly hurt it is expected he
will die at any time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
BRAZIL'S NEW RULER.

Government of Brazil Qyerthrown by a
Observation-Disclosures Chosen President.
Rio DE JAINERo, Nov. 23.-The poll
tical storm that has hung over Brazil for
three weeks burst to-day The army
and navy joined with the populace
to-day in @ demonstration against the
dictatorship of Fonseca, and it
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
The Queen Returns to Windsor

LONDON, Nov. 21.-The Queen, who
has for some time past been sojourning
at Balmoral, her residence in the Scot
fish Highlands, returned to Windsor
Castle to-day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
DEATH OF GOV. HOVEY.

The Executive of indiana Passes Away at
Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 23.-Gen.
Alvin P. Hovey, governor of Indiana,
died this afternoon at 20 O'Clock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25

For BRONCHIAL, AsTHMATIC AND Pull
MONARY COMPLAINTS, "BTolOn'S BrOn-
chj1J Troctes" have remarkable curative
properties. Sold ONLY I'M boTes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
Great Bargains in Ladies' Watches

Genuine Elgin ladies' watch, Boss filed
case, guaranteed twenty years, only SIC.
Handsome plush case with each watch.
Write or call ON G. Preusser JeWelry Co.,
Milwaukee. Wis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25

WINEBIDDLE-"I hear that you die
tated to your new typewriter an i'm
passioned love letter to another girl"
ildersleeve-"Ye Yes, it was to fictitious
bud any designs she might have in a
matrimonial way. "-Brooklyn Life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25

HER FORTUNE Maud-My face is my
fortune" Jack Qovingly)-"W Well, you
had better make an assignment-to me-"
-New York Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
Words of Wisdom,

The sea refuses no river.
Make life a ministry Of love and il
will always be worth living.
Men weave in their own lives the gar
ments which they must wear in the
world to come.
Next 10 laziness, the hardest thing on
earth to resist is the impulse to take sides
in fight.
Let friendship creep gently to height
if il rush to it, il may soon run itself
out Of breath.
People who are controlled by literal
authority viii never have the rheuma.
tism in their brain.
The talent Of success is nothing more
than doing what you can do well, with.
out thought OF fame.
Trust him little who praises all him
less who censures all, and him least who
is Indifferent about all.
Love those who humble and contradict
yol, for they are more useful to your
perfection than those who iiatter you.
Failure after long perseverance is much
grsnder than never to have a striving
goDd enough to be called Ailure.
Let your aims giving be anonymous
Ii has the double advantage Of suppress
ing at the same time ingratitude and
abuse.
A great many petty trials Of life would
cease to trouble us if We only thought
how little they will matter a Thousand
years hence.
There are great many people in ,h'
world who put on great airs; excust
them, for that is their whole capital they
have in their trade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
The Cost of Living.

While many skilled mechanics can
command from 81 200 to 81 800 a year,
working from seven to nine hours daily,
clerks and accountants seldom reach that
income, and many young professional
men, ministers and doctors, pass some Of
their best years in attaining it. The as
sertion is all very well that person can
not live on such a sum as 81 week, for
instance the cold fact remains that peo-
pie do just that, and live we'll, too Oh
course number associated can fare better
than two or three persons, for every
housewife knows the advantage Of rely
ing upon.the appetite or dietetic peculiar
tiles of many individuals TO strike bal
ance in table accounts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
A Good Method Of Copying.


Buy piece Of common factory or
cheese cloth, or as many pieces as may be
necessary TO make the desired number of
co,ies. each the size of the letter book
mage. When about to take copies vet
the cloth, or several pieces if necessary,
so thoroughly that there shall be no dry
spots. This done, wiring them out as dry
as possible with the hands. Now place
the oil sheet in the book and the cloth
thereon. and the leaf of the copy book on
this. Next lay the letter or manuscript
on this, and if another sheet is to be
copied add another oil sheet, we
cloth, the tissue leaf. and so on for
ss many sheets as there may be to copy
By this process as many as twenty sheets
may be copied successfully at the same
time, while the most expert with II {
brush or any similar device for moisten-
ing the tissue leaves will sometimes fail
on single copy. We retired our hail
and felt brushes to make place for the
cheese cloth a number of years ego
For typewriter work nothing exceis th,
cloth. Clear copies may be produced Il
long as there is enough ink left on rib
bon to make an impression.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
Noble on the Sioux.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. % Secretary
Noble talked freely yesterday of the Indian
situation and, now that the trouble is prac-
tically over, what policy should be pursued
by The Government in its treatment of them
in the future First of all, be believed the
Indians had no legitimate use for firearms,
and therefore should be required to dispose
of them.
The Secretary thought that the intellect
that could master the mechanical intricacies
of The rifle was fully capable ofcomprehend-
ing and appreciating the usefulness and the
noble simplicity Of the plow. He proposed
to give the hostile Sioux an opportunity as
well as an incentive to earn his own living.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
Nnnnarel LIterary sooIeiy.


The Society convened at the hoiiman
school House IN Jenner township, frioss
evening January 9th, 1891, and Was call
ed 10 order by the president Opened oy
soue BY Lucy Park and IDA Wetch'en-
hiser followed by the calling Of the roil-
The Secretary then read the minutes
ofthe prcyious meeting, which on nc
ton was adopted as read.
The progam for the evening was tl'en
taken up and disposed Of First, was .
recitation by P. S. Pile, followed by ne
becra Korns. and Ida Wechtenhiser.
select reading by Irwin Rhodes ana
Annie Sipe.
A few Queries were then read which
we're answered by members Of the So
ciety.
select Reading by Harry Hoffman and
Harry Korns-
Declamstions, by o. L. McCahon, and
Lucy Park -,
Essays by II. E. shstfer, and Alvin
Fritz.
After a short intermission, the question
for regular debate was taken up, which
was aResolved that Foreign lmmigra-
ton should be prohibited in the United
states, which was discussed on the
Affirmative by II. f. Shafer, Jacob Hon
man, and W. I. Rishebelger-
On the Negative, by W. A. Lape, Z. Z
schmncker, and :. L. Wyan l. The
Judges then handed in their decision IN
favor Of the Negative
The program for the next meeting was
then read. afler which the society ad-
iourned to meet Friday evening January
%, 1891. ANNIE AiksNAN'
Secretary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
A Wig For Every Day.


$50 you doSnot believe that Mr.. H
wears wig?' he asked.
Certainly not"
"Where's your proof?"
Look at his hair--smcoth, glossy and
natural"
"Nery good wigs are made nowadays y
swell, did you ever see wig grow I?
'Not exactly"
.'His does, if it's wig"
"Are you sure of it,"
"0f course / am-that is, sure that his
hair is his own, for have seen him on
the day when he has had his hair cut. ]
have seen it grow day by day until il
needed cutting. In fact, his hair is won.
derfully vigorous. Hardly day passe,
that DO not see Mr.. H and once
remarked TO him how rapidly his hail
grew.
DO you think it's too long?" he said
"Well, yes, l do-a little," 1 answered
"l'll have to get it cut this afternoon,
ne said.
The next morning / met him and hi,
hair was cut and trimmed almost toe
closely. Where in the world did you ge
the idea that he wore wig?"
my dear young innocent" was the
reply, wigs are so skilfnlly made now
that one can't detect them. H has
wig for every day in the month. Wher
be wants to have his hair cut he puts OF
his shortest wig. The next day he put
on a longer one, and so on, step by step
until his hair grows. Finally his hail
gets too long and he has il cut that is
be goes back to the short wig and begins
all over again. Seeing is not believing
~ y. Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28
Where They Pinched.

There are good many people who
prefer old things TO new things, some
times, perhaps, without as good reason
for the preference as an old beggar once
showed in the matter of shoes.
This man called at the house of lady
and begged for a pair of shoes. She
gave him nearly new pair of her hus-
bands, which be had laid aside for some
reason. A day or two afterward the beg
gar returned.
"Mum," he said, ''can't you give me a
pair of shoes-some old ragged ones ?'
"But,e said the lady, 81 have just given
you an entirely new pair you have them
on now"
"Yes'nl," he said, "but there's the
trouble. They're so new, ye see, that
they hunt my business.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-01-28

You can fool some Of the people
all the time, and all of the people
some of the time, Dat yOu can't fool
allthe people all the time.-LINooLN
The people who have been ac-
customed to paying outlandish
prices for Notions, such as are
used every day, Fancy Goods,
such as every lady needs and
buys, and Ladies Furnishing
Goods, such as all must have,
will appreciate the truth ofthe
above quotation more after
they have visited