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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

Comparisons Regarding the Currency.
On July 1, 1889, the beginning of the
first fiscal year of Harrison's admins
tration, the public debt bearing interest
was $500, S53, 800, and the annual inter
est was $33, 1872 ,3354.6O.
Three years afterward, on July /,
1891, the interest bearing debt was
500, 529, 100, and the annual interest
$23, 615, 735. S0-a reduction of 500, 224 $40
in the principal and of $40, 1876. 610.S0 il
interest.
On July l, 1889, the non-interest-
bearing debt-that is, legal tender notes,
gold, silver and currency certificates
was $797 ,2S7, 1861 On the LIST OF July,
1891, the MISUNDERSTANDING debt was
1898, $50, 766. 35-an increase Of $l46, 655,-
1898. In other words, there was an
increase of currency in those three years
ofo Republican administration Of S146,-
900, 1885, ana decrease OF the bonded
.. e 500 o2A $40
Compare this with the hrst three
years of Cleveland's administration.
The bonded debt July l, 1885, was
81, 1875, 100, $50, and on July l, 1888, three
years later, was $3.50, 500, 500-a decrease
of S245, 52S, $50. But the currency, or
MISUNDERSTANDING debt, in 1885, was
1868, 712, 927.SS. and three years later
was only $739, $40. 3S9. 32-an increase of
only $76, 1877 ,46l. "A, and this increase
was all made in the last year under con-
sideration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Hint for Butter kn1,S

Here's hint for makers Of prime
butter. Why not keep it packed
with roses and violets till ready for
sale? Remember. too, that butter
can hold and retain foul odors as we'll
as sweet ones. Pack an onion with It
and see.-Rural New Yorker.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

From the National The appropriations of
Demo cratic P lat-Ithe first session of the
form, 1892 Lid Congress- wherein
We pledge he Demo- the Democrats have
cratic party, If it be majority of Isl, amount
trusted with power, to to S5b7 III, 13l. ia, as
relentless opposition to against S46S 500, $40 ~
the Republican policyIin the first session of
of protiigate expendi- the List Congress lRe-
ture, which, in the publican).
short space of two
years, has squandered
an enormous surplus
and emptied over
flowing treasury, after
pillng new burdens of
taxation upon the al
ready oyer-taXed labor
of the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Three-HOrSe Eyener,

There is no possible way to hitch a
three-hOrse team to a center pole or
tongue, whether on wagon, harrow,
pillow or whatever it may be, and have
the rig work right, that is, have no
eide draft, says Farm and Home
correspondent. The customary way,
Fig. l, of using short arm, fastened
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Clean Up.

It is wise plan to go over the
fields after corn is 'laid by with the
hoe and cut down all struggling weeds
that remain. Clean up the fence
corners, too while you are about it.
and the years to come Indiana
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
NOW AND THEN.
THE GREAT THINGS PROTEC-
TON HAS WROUGHT.

The Course of Prices of Nails Under the
Tariff-Press Comments on the Nomi-
nation of Spooner-How Protection Is
Doing It's Perfect Work-A Big Fact in
Little Picture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Simple and Convenient,

A box for holding potatoes when
cutting for seed. is made by taking a
common shoe box and cutting out
lower half of one end and putting a
projection on as shown in design.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

height when you are Sitting down.
AlIo nInu .eso should be l. inches the
longest to make the potatoes roll
down to the narrow board in front.
One can cut third more with this
arrangement than by cutting out Of a
basket or craze. Put cut ones in
bags. one bushel in each, and without
tying. This is the handieSt shape
you can have them in to handle in
the field. Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.

No Way to Overcome the Side Draft-How
to Improve the SoiI-BoX for Holding
Seed Potatoes-To Prevent Peach Rot
Cheap Fruit Evaporator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

to the drawbOlt in the tongue on one
end, A, and by chain on the other
b. to the axle, @, to receive the three
horse eyener at B, may at first sight
look plausible but the principle of
this arrangement is wrong. 1t is
natures law, that the center of the
motive power must be attached to
the center Of the object to be moved
hence the middle horse and tongue
must occupy the same place, but as
two things cannot at the same time
be in the same place, the tongue
must be moved. To overcome this
difficulty pair of heavy thills are
commonly used; the three-horse
eyener and Whiffletrees that are we'll
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

used, and use to
: this day, a rig
shown in Fig. 3.
This is simply an
. ash pole, cut in
the woods, with a
natural crook to
TT to the hound
on one side, A,
hnh-c1aimh rI1nnar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

on the other. B. framed into the tom
que al Z, TIE ufd"Oo4U 4Du i4aLanlot
horse eyener with full set of white
trees, which we use with this arrange
ment. is shown in Fig. 4. We use
for the double or two horse evener
with Whiffietrees a light and short
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

adapted for these are shown in Fig.
?. An almost direct or straight draft
can also be secured by moving the
tongue about one-half of the width of
the horse to one side Of the center. [
have for the last ten or fifteen years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Frictlonal Electricity.

A Partisan meteorologist has written
a book of 800 pages to prove that the
electricity of thunder storms is caused
bv the friction of rain drops on hai!
stones.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Course OF Prices of Nails.

suppose that cut nails were made eXclu-
SivelY here, and wire nails were only pro-
duced abroad. Then, according to the
fashionable tariff ideas, the proper action
to take would be to put heavy duty on
wire nails thUc 10 1r-lCr t"o'o ont of the
American market, that the American in-
GuStrv mIcht S- eEH.i f"~.m CeStructiOn
The essence Of projection, as at present
interpreted. is to take business out of it's
natural channels and compel it to be car
rled on In channels prescribed by the gov
ernment.-BOstO1l Herald.
The difference between q fact and a
supposition can be seen from the fol-
lowing historical statement: There
were practically no wire nails made IN
the United States prior to 1888. They
were an expensive nail-the price was
s cents, or little over, in that wear.
When the tariff was revised in 1883 a
duty of 4 cents was put on wire nails,
or, according to the Herald, or the free
trade theory, or 'supposition," this
duty would have kept the wire nail out
of this country. Well, what is the his
tory of the wire nail industry? When
the tariff law Of 1888 got in operation,
wire nail factories were established IN
the United States, and within few
months the price began to decline, so
that in 1890 they were sold for % cents
a pound, and the home manufacture of
the nail was so stimulated by the pro-
tective duty that the product of that
year reached 3, 155, 900 kegs. The Nc
Kinley bill decreased the duty to 2
cents pound, and the prices are now
below the duty
But there is another point in the his
tory of the nail industry which wrecks
the supposition of the Boston Herald.
The duty on wire nails did not only
keep that article out Of the country, but
making them cheaper and cheaper ev-
cry year, the process Of decline being
illustrated by the following:
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These facts may confound the Herald

These facts may cOnfOund the Herald
and other free traders, but they illus
trate the foolishness of so much theor-
izing in regard to the effect Of protect
i've tariff, when the facts of history are
constantly demolishing the theory
that protection is robbery in that it
makes the article protected dearer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Press Comments the Nomination O.
SpOoner.

The Republicans of Wisconsin have
framed a strong platform and have
placed strong candidates upon it. Sem
ator Spooner will be the next governor
of the Badger State, and that stanch
and orthodox Lutheran, John G. Koch,
will be ieutenant-goyernor, and all the
other great offices of state will be filed
by Republicans. The grand old party
is ip fighting trim, and its generals have
chosen the ground of battle with con-
summate skill. The large German pop
ulatiation of Wisconsin is very thrifty,
and it will regard with suspicion the
Democratic proposition to wipe the
sound and universally acceptable ma
tiOnal bank currency out of existence
by forcing it into untaxed competition
with hordes of wildcat currency issued
by whomsoever is able to buy bank
charter from a Democratic administra-
tion.- Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Republicans of Wisconsin, in
state convention, nominated ex-Sena-
tor Spooner for governor by acclama-
ton. 1t IS an honor worthiiy bestowed,
and it will be worthily borne. If there
is man in the party who can plant the
standard of victory on the enemy ram
parts it is John G. Spooner. He is alert
and aggressive, is good organizer, and
possesses the qualities of leadership in
an eminent degree. With such a man
| at the head of the state ticket the
| chances of swinging Wisconsin into It's
| old and normal place in the Republican
| column become immensely reassureG.
= Washington Post
The nomination of ex-senator Spoon
! or for governor of Wisconsin is certain
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

How Protection is Doing Its Per feet Work.
William Roberts, WOODEN manufact-
urer from Bradford, England, has just
completed a large mill in Bergen
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
Horse Training.

One popularity of the economy of
the training stable is that, except
when at exercise, the horses are
brought up on the solitary system.
Each box is isolated from the rest,
and though there is a connecting
door, it is only opened at the hours
when grooming and cleaning are go
ing on; thus the inmates cannot
converse, " as every horse likes to
do, with their neighbors, and so de-
rive that relief from ennui which the
mere presence of another of its kind
seems to give to these sympathetic
though undemonstrative creatures.
Routine is the essence of the sys-
tenn. The work set them may be
varied, but the horses are like an
eight" in training; so much so in
deed that each horse has it's particu-
lar place in the string when at exer-
else. Sunday is the only day that
differs from the others; for then the
horses do not go out. One result is
that they become exceedingly bored"
with training and its consequent iso-
lation. This probably accounts for
the extraordinary fondness which
some of them develop for other ami
mails which are allowed to share
their box. x.-London Spectator.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
Valuable Horsas ! Burned.

BALilsioRH, Md july 2I.-The IA
NOUS Boiliugbroke stables OF X.
Walden, at Middlehetg, drroll coun-
", Md, was struck by lightning and
set on fire Friday night. I ..e flames
spread and soon envelope, che whole
series of buildings. The flames lit up
tue country for miles around. The
cries of the frightened horses could
be heard for long distance. Boiling
broke Is u model stock farm. John
A. and A. II. Morris own most of the
horses there. The horses are valued
at $o00,O0O The stations include
such animals AS imported Malore
who cost 10000; Tom Ochiltree and
the beautiful imported Hopeful
Probably the only insured horse on
the farm is imported Galore, for only
$7000. 1t has not yet been learned
what extent Of damage has been
done,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
Robbers Lynched.

REpDINa, CAL, July 25.--John ID.
and Charles Rugglee, the brothers
who robbed the Redding stage near
here several weeks ago, killed EA-
press Messenger Montgomery and
wounded the driver and passenger,
were taken from jail by body of
armed and masked men at about
half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing, and hanged. The cells of the
two men were opened, and the elder
one, John Ruggles. asked the crowd
to be ienient TO his brother, saying
that he was innocent. The brothers
were hancufitd and their hands were
then tied behind their backs. In
this condition they were lead from
fhe jail. The party walked several
blocks and stopped near the railroad
company's large woodshed, where a
cross-beam was suspended from two
pine trees. The ends Of the ropes,
+ which had been placed around the
( nscks of the two men, were thrown
aoross the beam aud they We're told
that they would be allowed TO make
3 statement. The brothers had lit.
; ~ 70 SAY, though John still persisted
that the younger one was innocent
In another moment, ON signal
nom the leader, they We're suspend
- about four feet from the ground,
After securing the ropes, the crowd
6lspeysed, and both bodies were left
<here until they were cut down by
~ coroner Ut about o o'clock.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
oUeeR polNes OF EXCITED FOLKS.
Some Strange Incidents Of the Great
Fire in Chicago.


Some Strange Incidents Of the Great
Fire In Chicago.
II was never learned low the ri.
NOR originated that a COW lad kicked
over lamp and had bul ed city.
The fire started at 8: :45 The O'Learys
had milked their COW at o'clock,
and had had no lamp lighted that
Sunday in either cottage or barn.
The air was so much Like summer
that the inside of both stable and
house was deserted. 1t is probable
the COW story sprang up out of the
inventive power of some man or
woman who was hungry for small
cause for great disaster. Men love
the aphorism of Mother Goose, Great
oaks from little aco1ns grow"
From one family learn the motions
of thousands of households. Trunks
were packed hastily. Servants and
mistress and children were one in
mutual helpfulness. Each attempt
ed to put the house into a trunk.
Some were absentminded for mo-
ment and locked an empty drawer
as though to keep the fire from get
ting in; one put a gold watch and
money into a trunk, and then pre-
pared to carry in hand two dollar
clock; one turned down the gas
through habits of economy; one
neighbor, routed at 1;30, put on a
dressing gown and began to shave
himself. 1t was difficult for each
one to do the best thing for the oc-
casion, but all made an earnest effort
to be sensible.
The scene at o'clock in the morn
ing was most wonderful in this that
fine residences were open to any
body. The inmates had left them.
Pictures, books, pianos, clothing,
table ware, ornaments, were alone,
waiting for fire or some one to take
them. 1t was not just to call by the
name of thief the man or the woman
who ran up the front step and looked
around the parlor rapidly for some
thing to transfer to basket or pocket
There were not thieves enough in
the north division to meet the de-
mand of the night. If there were, it
was the most honest night any of
them had ever lived
One citizen, having run back to
bis home, found plain man coming
out with his arms full of the gentle
mans clothing. If the loaded man
was a thief he must have been
amazed at the greeting from the
owner of the goods, THAT is all
right my man, take anything you
want; it is all yours. Professor
David Swing in Scribner's.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
AN ALLEGED INTERVIEW.
In Which Bergman Talks Of His
Crime.

New YORK, July PA morning
paper prints an interview, alleged to
have been had in Pittsburg with
Bergman, the would-be assassin of
Frick. The reporter says the prison.
er at first refused to say anything,
but when the reporter addressed him
in German, he warmed up and began
TO talk. He asked if Frick were dead,
aud expressed disappointment when
told that Frick's wounds were pro-
bably not mortal. When asked why
he shot Frick, Bergman went on
with lengthy harangue, in which
he said:
mo one will ever be benefited by
Frick living, On the contrary, he
has made thousands miserable In
Homestead. The people there will
soon be suffering the pangs of hun
ger on his account. Thousands of
men are idle, because they cannot re-
turn to work without sacrificing self
respect. Six workmen were buried
last week, and all this is chargeable
to Frick. Such man IL dog, and
should die. l wanted to kill him, and
I am ready to die for it. came to
Piltsburg merely for the purpose Of
killing Frlck. l had been thinking
1t over for some time. l knew If |
killed Frick rescue was out of the
question, but / decided l was only
one, and my death would be nothing
compared with the happiness of the
thousands of workers who would
bless my memory. The men could
then win the strike, and the down.
trodden of the country would rejoice.
| am very sorry now | made a
bungle of the job,as my life will pro-
bably be wasted"
When asked why he wanted to
kill Frick rather than other rich
men, Bergman said beginning had
to be made somewhere, and Frick
was more Of an oppressor of the poor
than any other capitalist of the
country. Bergman declined to talk
about his identity, nor TO say where
he intended exploding the dynamite
cartridges he had in his mouth, after
the fashion of Ling. lie had no im-
mediate intention of killing himself.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
Troutdale Burned.

TRoUrDALE, Or, July 25.-This
town was visited by another large
conilagration. About ll:S0 o'clock
last night tire broke out In an up.
per story of the Central hotel owned
by Messrs. Olds Il Son, of this ciry.
and In n short while the whole struc-
ture was mass of flames. The fire
spread rapidly To the adjoining
building, a small dwelling owned by
Mr.. Olds, the seuior member Of the
tirm. The fire originated from the
overturning of kerosene lamp, The
loss is about $1,000, partly insured.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
Severe Hail Storm /.

BRADFORD, Pa, July PA Sc
we're hail storm occurred here
There is scarcely a house in town
that has not from one to l5 window
panes broken. The storm center
was confined within radius OF five
miles. The loss in Bradford will
reach $4,000. There is not plant,
vegetable or floral alive in town
tonight. Hail stones measuring
four inches in circumference, ana
weighing from three To FIVE ounces,
rained down continuously from 3 to
4 p. IN. Every room in the st.
James hotel was vacant last night.
The tin roof was completely torn
from the building, completely h1od.
ing it. The stained-glass windows
in the Methodist and Episcopal
churches were completely riddled by
hailstones, and the damage to shad.
trees ana shrubbery Is severe. A
funeral procession was just entering
Oak Hill cemetery as the storm
broke. The horses ia the procession
became uumanageable, and We're
unhitched from the carriages anu
held by their drivers To AVOID a
stampede. Three $4,000 barrel oil
tanks Were struck by lightning aud
DESTROYED,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
FL. @. Frick ALI Right.
Bergman Declines to Talk Still a
Riddle.

PITTsBURa, July 24.-H. G. Frick
slept well during the night and
rested all day. A curious thing
was that another cut was discover
ed today which was missed in the
examination Saturday. 1t isln the
left leg just below the calf, and
almost severed the tendons. There
is much anxiety in the family over
Mrs. Frick's condition. Sbe became
a mother II days ago, and is in a
week and nervous condition.
Alexander Bergman, not Berk-
man, the would-be assassin of Frlck
is still riddle. None of the de-
tectives nor newspaper men who
have been talking to him have OBJ
tanned anything but contradictory
or trivial information so far. He
said today that when he was ready,
which would not be until after his
transfer to the county Jail, he would
make written statement, and until
then he would decline to answer
any questions. He has no regrets,
he says, for what he has done.
Nothing has been learned as to how
long he has been on the city, nor
ANYTHING else.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
HOT WEATHER EAST.
ROBBERS IIynched - Fires :
Strikes on Bail, Etc.


oUIsvfLLE, KY. July 25.-Tem'
perature yesterday touched ITO
There were nearly one hundred pros
trations. many will.Iit is feared, term
innte fatally.
MILAN, Tenn, July 25.--Tempera
tnro reached 90 yesterday. There
(, were sixlcases sunstroke In the coun
try, many cattle are dying.
CHICAGO, July 25.- Weather re
mains extremely hot but a brisk
breeze renders it less unbearable
-Four deaths by sunstroke and
humber Of prostrations by the hea'
are reported today.
NEW York. July 25.-Heat has
been great here today but the hu'
mildly has been the chief element
of discomfort, from the state come
advices Of beat ranging up to 50 de-
erees with much suffering.
CiNcrNNATI. July 25.--Yesterday
and today has been intensity hot
The thermometer of the weather
bureau registered 81 at cte this
afternoon. Three deaths from heat
are reported. Half a dozen or more
cases OF prostration occurred.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-25
FIRE IN wALLA wALLA.
A Number of Business Blocks Des-
troyed.

WALrA WALLA, Wash, July "a.
- Fire started at $50 last evening In
frame building on Main street, oc-
cupied by the French restaurant.
The department responded promptly
but the engines failed to raise steam,
aud IT was fully 10 minutes before
water was secured. The flames shot
high in the air, and the fire soon
communicated to the third story of
the Hotel Stine. The firemen were
powerlesl to do effective work. The
flames spread throughout the hotel,
and in u short time the entire build
ing was "A mass Of flames. The ho-
tel was occupied by q large number
of guests, but sll escaped without
injury. A chambermaid, sufiocated
by smoke, was carried out and soon
revived. Charles Paris, proprietor
Of the French restaurant, has his
hands and face badly burned. Mrs.
Adler, who was conducting knit
ting factory few doors below the
rest aurapt, became hysterical, land is
now in precarious condition. The
fire was still burning at IL O'Clock,
but the firemen had it under control.
rne Hotel Slime is three story
brick, owned by Fred Slime and
conducted j. g. Lewis. Slime places
Ms loss at $50, 900; Insurance, $4,000
J. G. Lewis loss on furniture, Ii
quors, ETC., $1,000; insurance, $4,000;
Charles Paris, loss Oh restaurant
and fixtures. 800; insurance, $500;
Marshal Martin loses $1,000 on the
frame building; insurance unknown.
rhe people in the hotel could not
save much aud the loss of clothing
will be about 5000 more. The fire
tarted in a range In the restaurant
and soop communicated to the walls
which, covered with grease, burned
ike paper. Hard work of the fire
men prevented the fire from cross
log the street.