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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
feeder caused them to drop in security

feeder caused them to drop in security
to the temptation in the sand.
Suddenly there was q wild stampede,
and the neck of the gray female that
Waters had bent to seize was hooded In
the sack. an opening for breathing adj
uniting several inches of her bill.
Between the men this strangely sub
dued creature was guided into an open
end stall. Apparently the ostrich, with
it's fore and-aft eye sweep, feels It's help
lessness when blinded. There was no
resistance, as the powerful pronged toe
could not get back hit at the plucker.
The assistant stood behind as guard,
while Waters pulled, Stripped and an
swered questions from the inquisitors.
They learned that in each wing, over
the protectors or floss feathers, there
grow to maturity IN eight months
twenty-siX long white plumes. In the
black male these are pure white, but
the female adds slight standings of ecru
or gray. The sweep of short feathers
above this splendid fan Of white is
plucked for tips. and each wing fur
nishes seventy-five of these. The tail
feathers are toned into deep old ivory,
and siXty-fve Of these are of CONNER
cial use. Scissors were used only to
clip the long wing plumes, as this must
be done month or more before matur-
ity to prevent the ends being whipped
out. The quilts are then pulled when
ripe. Nearly 300 feathers were secured
from Biddy, which will have a market
value Of 500 after being curled and
dressed. The female averages seventy
eggs in a year. and nowadays these are
all incubated at Fallbrook, where alfalfa
pastures await the young ones. Green
feed at Coronado for the eleven costs,
on a daily average, go cents. None of
these birds are over years of age, and
all are native sons and daughters. The
youngest male, a splendid curly coated
fellow, is but sixteen months old, and
this second plucking in his experience
was certainly anticipated. He fought,
kicked and crouched through the pro-
cess, but Mr.. Waters secured from him
the finest plumes Of the pick. A second
female was denuded and the remainder
were left unmolested for third pluck
ing sOOn.-San Die0O San,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
There Was Good Reason,

Every day one hears some remark
made in all innocence, which is so re-
freshing that it almost takes the breath
away. The small boy, to whose sister
some gallant youth is paying attentions,
is often the cause of dire trouble, and
many family secret is let out through
his inclination to talk. The other day /
heard the most exquisite hit that it has
been my pleasure to hear In many q
day, says the LOCKER On" in the San
Francisco News Letter.
There was a dinner that night at the
house of prominent italian attorney,
who lives in the neighborhood of Ones
and Washington streets. The dinner
hour wrs set for s o'clock, and little
before that time all of the guests had
arrived. Eight o'clock came, and then
quarter past, but no announcement of
the dinner being ready; then the clock
struck the half-hOur, with no better sue
cess. Things were beginning to look Sc
r1ous and questioning chances were cast
by those present.
The hostess seemed as much dis
turbed as anybody, and often looked
inquiringly at her daughter, who fitted
In and out Of the room. Finally the
lady begged to be excused for the de-
lay, as, che said, Mr.. S. had not come
home yet. and they were waiting for
him. Quarter of 9 came, then 9. and
still no Mr.. S. The guests were almost
starving by this time, and the hostess
was getting very angry, when suddenly
one door opened and in walked Nj. S.
fully dressed for dinner, which at the
same time was announced by the SER
want.
The host made the most elaborate
apologies for his absence, and explained
that an important case had caused the
delay. Of course the guests were very
glad Of his arrival, and sat down to such
a delicious repast that il made up fully
for the hunger they had suffered. 1t
was after Il when they left the table,
and many were the compliments show
cred on the entertainer for such q de-
lightful evening.
One of the gentlemen remarked q
little later to one of the hostess boys,
that his father kept the party waiting
pretty long.
Yes" said the boy, she was cooking
the dinner"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Some Like Us.

An extraordinary trial, known as the
judicial gambling case, has just come to
an abortive conclusion at Toxic, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser
What lent unusual interest to the case
was the fact that the defendants &C
cused OF illegal gambling were no minor
personages, but the president and the
six judges of the supreme court. The
alleged ofense with which they were
charged consisted in playing cards in q
tea house with some of the dancing girls
Of the capital for partners. Owing to
the high position of the accused and the
tOndness of the Japanese for euphem-
isms, the case was known in polite cir
cles as the Glover play matter" be-
cause the game Of cards in which the
Judges are supposed to have been in
dulging was the Japanese game Of
"hana-aWase," or "hoWer-matching. !"
SO called because the cards bear repre-
sensations Of various kinds of flowers,
which nave to be brought into couples
by the players.
Owing to the grave scandal occasioned
by such charges being preferred against
the very administrators and interpret
ers OF the law, strenuous efforts were
made to hush the matter up, but the
accused judges, especially Judge Ko-
jima lken, the president of the su-
preme court, declared their resolve to
have the whole matter thoroughly sift-
ed. The most eminent counsel on the
Japanese bar were retained, and a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Pistol Etiquette.

81 wonder if all Kentuckians will
fight when they are called liars, and !
wonder if the sanguinary sons of the
dark and bloody ground are as myth
icaJ as the alleged desperate of Tex
as ?'
Col. Hapworth, of Fort Worth, Tex,
thus soliloquized, addressing his re-
marks to no one in particular. His
eyes were fixed absently on SOM OF
Kentucky's best as he sat at round ia
BILE at the Auditorium yesterday. Hay
ing disposed of the immediate business
before him, he continues: cit is gen.
orally believed by the outside world
that the Texan carries his life in his
hip pocket. This is a mistake. Our
most facile characters carry their re-
volvers just under the LETT arm, like
this" and he pulled out folded news
paper.
"The real artist knows the minute
differences in shooting 'on the rise and
'on the drop. The technique mastered,
the cause for action claims attention.
Amy assault upon the fair name Of
woman is almost certain to be followed
by certain death. On such cause as this
one must shoot. Imputations upon
ones veracity or honesty, family feuds,
quarrels and drunken braWls cause the
remainder Of the homicides. For such
causes as these one may shoot.
"Men shoot each other IN Texas on
lesser grounds than this, but they do
not shoot on such slight provocation as
the tenderfoot has been led to believe. !"
Chicago Inter- Ocean,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Ostrich PlumeS.

The invitation Of "Blddy, Biddv,
ome Bid" and handfuls OF yellow
Orn scattered over the brown sand at
the Coronado ostrich farm Yesterday
afternoon brought the eleven full-grown
birds into teathery mass before E. P.
Waters and his colored assistant. Il
roup of curious people banked the
low railing along the west reserve Of
the grounds. 1t was the second pluck
iag this season, but Of generally fresh
OF of birds from the American Ostrich
Com panY's parent farm at Fallbrook, as
intervals of eight months must separate
pluckings. Superintendent Waters was
j shirt sleeves and limp -four sack
tangled rom his rear left pocket. 1t
required some time to counteract the
Suspicion that would fare up in fringe
il snaky necks, until the reassur-
pg gaze and the soothing voice of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
One Grand Prize of $4,000
REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND
KIDNEY CURE.

This great remedy is the best thing
OF the market for all maladieS that
arise from colds. These diseases are
many, for when a cold attacks the sys-
tenn it produces a congestion in the
blood vessels, and whatever organ is
affected is weakened just as this con-
gestion is widespread or small in eX-
tent. REDS GERMAN COUGH AND
KIDNEY CURE relieves the system by
stimulating the circulation, melting
the kidneys to action, and thus ena-
bling the lungs to proceed in their
work of removing the carbonic acid
from the blood When this is accom-
plished the cold is cured and the per-
son is restored to health. The ordi-
nary cough remedy seeks to stop the
cough simply by drying up or para
lying the muscles so that the sufferer
is unable to cough, but they do not
seek to remove the cause CT the trOu-
bic. A cough thus checked is often
driven upon the kidneys, and serious
trouble is the result. Reds GERMAN
COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE opens the
pores, stimulates the secretiOns and
drives the disease away. Get it Of
any dealer
SYLVAN REMEDY Co Peoria TIL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
He Was Badly Scared.

Il once had an adventure in New
Mexico that made terrific draft on my
nervous SYSTEM" said Walter Phelps
to st. Louis Globe Democrat man. Il
had set out to walk from the station to
the ranch of an old friend, some four
miles out, and when / had covered
about half the distance a gigantic
mountain lion came siding up to me.
| had not even a pocket-knife, and, as
the fiction grinders say, my feelings can
be better imagined than described.
When a few feet distant he stopped and
looked me over, and 1 thought he was
trying to make up his mind what por-
ton he preferred for breakfast.
[ had heard much Of the power Of the
human eye, and | proceeded to put on
my most tragic frown and to stare at
him fxedly. This so overcame him
that he sat down on his launches and
Datted his eyes lazilv. | continued to
stare and frown and he came slowly up
to me, rubbed his head against my
trembling knees and made q purring
sound that resembled giant coffee mill
IN motion. He was evidently not
hungry. [ walked slowly along in the
direction of the ranch, and that power
full cat continued to rub against my
limbs and purr. There was not tree
or house tor the entire distance, and
the brute stuck to me like a cookie burr
to Merino sheep. When [ raped at
the door he sat down and made his
toilet by rubbing his big paws over bis
face. When my friend opened the door
[ found that l had Inadvertently
dropped my voice along the road some
where. l could only point to my COM
panion as hastily scrambled inside.
My pet said he; raised him from
kitten; harmless as dove and socia-
BILE as a grass widow -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
A Broken Reed Indeed.

This, and no mistake, is the individual whose
stamina has waned to such low ebb, for want
Of efficient tonic that he would certainly topple
over and fracture something if bulky subject
such as fat wife, for instance, were to lean upon
him. Build up, ye lean, pithless and strength
less with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
Will enable you to eat and digest heartily, and
thns acquire flesh and vigor. The fortress OF
lie VIII speedily capitulate to the grim scythe-
w1elder death, if you don't. Ner vousness
sleeplessness, biliousness, constipation, mala-
ria, rheumatic and kidney trouble are all con-
querable by this superb restorative of health
ana Vlgor. In connection with the use of the
Bltters, it would be well for the debiIitated in
valid to study the wants of his enfeebed stom-
ach with view to the selection Of the most di-
gestible articles of diet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
JUST COMMON FOLKS.
humble songsters trill

hundred humble songsters trill
The notes that to their lays belong.
Where just one nightingale might fill
The place with the transcendant song.
And thus Fame comes, and with its smile
soul with lasting greatness cloaks,
And leaves thousand else the while
To be for aye just common folks.
If only sweetest bells were rung
How we should miss the minor chimes:
If only grandeSt poet sung,
There'd be no humble little rhymes.
The modest clinging vines add grace
Unto the forests giant oaks,
And mid earth'S mighty is place
TO people with just common folks.
Not there the warriors who shall win
Upon the battlefield q name
To sound above the awful din;
Now theirs the painters deathless fame,
Nor theirs the poets muse that brings
The rhythmic gilt his soul invokeS;
Theirs but to do the simple things
That duty gives ust common folks.
They are the multitudes of earth
And mingle ever in the crowd,
Elbowing those of equal birth,
Where none because of cast is proud,
Bound by the meshes of a fate
That sometimes a decree reyOkeS;
Above the lowly, meath the great
Are millions of just common folks.
Fate has not lifted them above
The level of the human plane;
They share with men a brother love,
In touch with pleasure ard with pain,
One great, far-r reaching brotherhood,
With common burdens, common yokes,
And common wrongs and common good,
Gods army of just common folks.
boston Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

special tribunal, called an admonition
tribunal, was oUened in the admins
trative court, for the purpose Of con-
Quoting the investigation. The inquiry,
which was conducted with closed doors,
has resulted in the court pronouncing
the defendants to be beyond the reach
of prosecution.
AS an instance of the extraordinary
excitement caused by the whole affair,
it may be mentioned that the recent
resignation by Viscount Tanaka, of the
ministry of justice, was rumored to be
in consequence of the ex-minister con-
sidering the occurrence of such scan
dalous incident during his tenure Of the
portfolio of justice too disgraceful to be
consistent with his remaining in office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
The Fools Are Not All Dead.

A novel wager on the result of the
coming election was made in st. Angus
tine, Fla, few days ago. The parties
to the agreement are an ex-mayor and
real estate agent. In case of Cleye-
lands election the ex-mayor is to push
the real estate agent in a wheelbarro "
on the sea wall from the fort to central
basin, and IN case of Harrison's election
the real estate agent is to do likewise
to the ex-mavor. The date Of the per-
Torrance will be fixed SO as to allow the
throngs OfVisitors next winter to witness
it. The two gentlemen are to be attach
ed by rope, so that in case Of a mishap
if one goes over the wall the other must
follow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Bismarck and the Doctor.

Bismarck's belligerent attitude to-
ward Emperor William is bringing out
many stories illustrating the peculiar
temperamento of the ex-chancellor. The
New York Sun says that the Prince, &C.
customed to bulldoze rybody, met
with more than his match when be
came In contact with the famous DR..
Schweninger. The man of blood and
iron was suffering from neuralgia, and
was in an extremely bad bumor. The
Doctor was not the least put out by the
Princes savage look. He sounded him
thoroughly, and then began to question
him.
After few moments of examination,
the Prince became impatient. "Now,
Pm tired of your interminable ques-
TONS" he said. Il don'tsee the utility
of them, and you are simply annoying
me-" The Doctor, who Is made of in
t1ammable material, became ignited by
the sparks Of Bismarck's angry eyes.
'4Ou find that | am annoying you %
he said. "You want to be cured with
out being obliged to answer questions.
Why the devil, then, didn't you call IN
veterinary surgeon? The vets cure
their patients without asking them any
questions" Bismarck bounded to his
feet, clenched his fists and glared in
rage and establishment at the man of
science. The Doctor folded his arms
and looked defantly at the Prince, until
the latter resumed his seat and said:
every well. If you can't cure me with
out questioning me 90 ahead with your
internal examination. III be very for
tunate indeed if your medical skill
proves equal to your impertinence. OF
the latter you have just given me a
SPLENDID SDoclmen.'
The Prince was cured, and be ana the
Doctor are fast friends now. They re-
semble each other in character and dis
nOSitioD
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
The True Laxative Principle

Of the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs has per-
manently beneficial effect on the human
system, while the cheap vegetable extracts
and mineral solutions, usually sold as med
1cines, are permanently injurious Being
Well-infOrmed, yon will use the true rene
dy only. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

REV. DIR. PRIMRosE-"I'm glad to hear
your husband has given up melon steal
ing. 1t is some comfort for me to feel
that perhaps nay poor words have had
something to do with his REFORM" Mrs.
Johnson-"Dat wasn't de reason, sah
Yo' see OBJ late de poo man wuz gettin'
kotched cherry time."-NeaU York Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
1t lis Not q Bone at All.

That which is popularity known as the
tunny-bone, just at the joint fthe elbow
is In reality not a bone at all, but nerve
which lies near the surface, and which,
on getting knock or blow, causes the
we'll known tingling sensation in the arm
and fingers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

We pay the printer to give
you good advice about health
and to lead you to careful
living.
Our reason is that SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil is
SO often a part Of careful
living.
If you would go to your
doctor whenever you need
his advice, we might save our
money. He knows what you
need.
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUL LIVING; free.
ScoTT & BOVINE, Chemists 13a South 9Th Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of liver
oil-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

HALLS CATARRH CURE is liquid and
is taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the Sys-
tenn. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by
Druggists, 75c.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

GRAIN may yet be moved through pipe
lines. Look at the vast quantities Of
tobacco that have gone that
way ChicdnO Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Made to Look Like New,

Dresses, Gents Clothing, Feathers, Gloves,
ETC., Dyed or Cleaned, Plush Garments
Steamed at Otto Pietsch's Dye Works, 246
W. Water ST., Milwaukee. Send for Cir
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

LADIES, ladies, think of the engagements
you have broken and the disappointments
consequent to others and perhaps also to
yourselves, all on account of headache
Bradycrotfne will cure you in fifteen
minutes. OF all Druggists Fifty cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

WHETHER closed in time or not, the
doors of too many get-rich-quick
schemes appear to be mainly trap doors
-PIilndeZphiG Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

The Boston girl is now overhauling
her Latin to find out whether or not
the plural of "gallus" is galli.- Washing-
tom Star
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

FIrs.-All Fits stopped free by Dr. KLINE's
GREAT NERVE REsTORER. No Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81. on trial
bottle free to Fit cases. Send to DR.. Kline 93l
Arch St, Piila,, Pa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
HIGH LIVING,

The worst cases of Chronic Ca
tarrh in the Head, yield to DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. So cer-
tain is it that its makers offer $500
reward for an incurable case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

THE method of vulcanizing rubber
was first invented by Goodyear, in the
wear 1910
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

THE first omnibus appeared in Paris
in 1925, and III New York five years
later.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

SAVE YOURSELVES, COUGHS! HALE's HONEY OF
HoREHoUND AND TAR prevent bronchitis and
consumption.
Pixies TOOTHACHE DROPS Cure in one Minute
Is the floor of the ocean paved with
tile fish ?-BOston TRANSCRIPT
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

DYSPEPSIA, impaired digestion, weak
stomach and constipation will be instantly
relieved by Beecham'S Pills. rs cents a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

NOLIIdii, young " OhO, 81
with, and advice which
has restored many and
many a suffering woman
to perfect health and
happiness. No woman
should live without a
copy Of a" Gnae to
Health and Etiquette"
by Lydia E. Pinkham.
Send 2 two-cent stamps
to cover postage and
packing when you write
LYDIA Z. PINKHANi
MED. Co., Lynn, Mass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31

a beautifully illus
trated book, contain
ing over ninety pages
of most important in
formation about the
ailments of women.
Also a full code of
established rules of
etiquette for women
and 4 erpe tua |
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
Free,
by HAIL,
to
Ladies'

ladies' calendar. Contains not word of
Objectionable matter, and is crowded from
cover to cover with information which every
IL SlL,.,ll l,sc, Ea.,, II
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
! WEEKLY COURIER JOURNAL

To subscribers who may answer accurately
or come nearest to answering accurately Ger,
election to occur in November, 1892 There
will be-
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

has remained for a band OF Mexican
bandits 10 cap the climax. butch
Henry's oand OF horse thieves raided
Henry Withers' ranch on the Garrita
river recently. driving away all mis-
stock. Withers started after the band
single handed and succeeded in shoot
ing down three OF them from ambush
before they discovered that only one
man was pursuing them. They sue
ceeded in capturing him as ne was
trying to get away. Death was his
sentence, bun shooting was too easy a
death. Wltners WAS taken out on the
hot sand beds and left to lie naked for
six hours. fully exposed to the sun
rays. This was not enough ana ne
was then ca 'ried. still nude TO "a Dod
OF cactus bushes. where ne was Iald
on the sharp points. He was bound
tightly to a stake ana then large ant
hill which was near was torn open
with sticks and ne wa, left to his fate
The insects swarmed cut ana over
Withers' body. and within two hours
he was dead from their bites lao
ants did not leave him alone. however.
until every particle Of flesh was eaten
from his bones \ prisoner OF the
band was taken where ne could wit
ness the whole affair and WAS after
ward turned loose ond told to tell the
people that that would be the future
punishment of all VINO tried TO Kill a
member of the banu.