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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

WHILE the counsel for the United
States and Great Britain are making
seven-day arguments before the Paris
tribunal, the slaughter of seals goes
merrily on. A hundred Canadian
poachers have cleared from Victoria,
a month ahead of our naval and re-
venue patrol vessels. The admins,
tration at Washington should wake
up, or there will be no seals left to
arbitrate about.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

No wonder Gen. John c. Black gets
uneasy when the cutting off of pen
sions is talked of. The general draws
500 a month for ''total disability
but is sufficiently able-bodied to hold
office, carry on a lucrative law prac-
tice, make Democratic campaign
speeches, etc. Nobody grudges him
his pension, but, while the Democra-
tic reformers are removing from the
lists the poor devils who have only
lost a foot or hand, it might be well
to inquire into the actual deserts oil
Of some Of the ''totaliy disabled. -
Indianapolis Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07
''ReyiYO.3

A beef, iron and wine for overworked
women and men. Pleasant TO the taste
and reyiving in its nature; scientifically
prepared by an eminent chemist SO as to
hide all taste but that of the sherry wine,
This remedy is guaranteed to strengthen
and invigorate both body and mind, es-
pecially those who are overworked physi-
cally and mentally. "Revivo" is accept
able to the stomach, its good effects are
felt at once. Quart bottles $l.00; as a
tonic and appetizer there is not its equal
in the world unlike drugs it cannot harm
the most delicate.
ROYAL WINE Co., Chicago.
For sale by Ed. M. Stapleton, druggist
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

THERE is hardly a doubt that the
decisionin theicase Of Prof. Briggs was
fully warranted by theevidence. The
New York presbytery acquitted him
against the evidence and against his
own direct testimony. The General
assembly brought him to trial on
specific charges, and there is no rea-
sonable doubt that the charges were
sustained. Yet most persons and
probably most Presbyterians con
slider the trial by the General assem-,
bly, a mistake, calculated to do more
harm than good, since probably a
majority of the Presbyterians are in
sympathy with his views.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

Are you insured? If not, now is the
time to provide yourself and family
with a bottle of ChamberIain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as an
insurance against any serious results
from an attack Of bowel complaint
during the summer months. tits almost
certain to be needed and should be pro-
cured at once. No other remedy can
take it's place or do its work % and so
druggist
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

The Fargo Republican says: cit
is notable fact that the business
houses of this city were never on so
solid a basis as now" 1t just that,
with great crops now in sight, that
will make hard times impossible. Let
every man make the best of the
situation, and resolve to change any
political conditions that don't suit
him at the first opportunity. The
patriotic citizen stands up for his
country and its prosperity regardless
of the party in power.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07
Now TRY This.

1t will cost you nothing and will sure
ly do you good, if you have a Cough,
Cold, or any trouble with Throat, Chest
or Lungs. DR.. Kings New Discovery
tor Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to give relief, or money will
be paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe
found it just the thing and under its use
had speedy and perfect recovery. Try
sample bottle at our expense and learn
for yourself just how good thing it is.
Trial bottles free at H. T. Eberle's Drug
Store. Large size, SOC and 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

THE Inter Ocean ventures again to
call the presidents attention to the
state Of Iowa. 1t raises millions of
corn, fat hogs, and fat cattle. 1t has
a Democratic governor, and thus
far has only had few fourth-class
postmasters poked under it's nose. 1t
would make "the funny bones" in
Democratic elbows shudder with
gladness to have a few first-class con-
sulships poked at them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

Miles, Nerve and Liver Pills.

Act on a new principle-regulating the
liver, stomach and bowels through the
nerves. A new discovery. DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure biliousness. bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation. Unequal
ed for men, women, children. Smallest,
mildest, surest! so doses % cents.
Samples free, at E. NJ. Stapleton's.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07
BuCklen's ArniCa SaIye.

The Best Salve IN the world for u is
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilbIains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or ne pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfec dissatisfaction
or money refunded. Price rs centsper
box. Fer sale by H. T. Eberle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07
UNDOUBTEDLY this (income) tax i

UNDOUBTEDLY this Gncome) tax is
coming. In adopting England's tar
if system we must adopt her taxing
system. The two go together. The
Democratic party does not propose
to tax the workingman's cottage,
his tin bucket and it's contents and
let the rich bondhoIders go untaxed.
atlanta Constitution
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07

Rand, McNally & Co., 166 Adams
St., Chicago, ILL.,, desire a local mana
ger to take the management of the
sale of their new Universal Atlas.
Any one desiring a pleasant and pro-
fitableposition would do well to write
them IT
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07
Tariff PitureS.

In 1880 the wages paid to employees
in the iron and steel industries of the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, II
linois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, Utah, California, Oregon and
Washington amounted to $14,853,-
ISL.
In 1890 the wages paid in the same
industries in the same States were
$4,000, O28.
zHzsszEssa
Protection benefits every section and
every class.
In the census year 1880 the blast
furnaces of sixteen Western States
produced 99S,53
tons of pig iron. In 1890 the fur
naces of the same States produced
2,69O,9O3
tons of pig iron. Nothing develops
home industries like protection
NeaU Fork Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-07
Attention HOrSemen!
KINZER BOY.

Sired by Harry Handy No. 1899: byVolunteer
SIS. Sire of twepty-seven 230 and better trotters.
Sire Of five horses with records from 2:1114 to
219 Size of sixteen sons, who have produced
forty trotters with records from 2l6% 10 2:30.
He is seal brown stallion, foaled June ., 1884,
seventeen hands high, weight 300 pounds. He
mounts high in the withers. like tho Volunteers
has plenty of depth through girth, with broad
arched ribs and strong. powerful lion. He is
broad across the hips, and his quarters are ex-
cellent.
This horse will make the Spring Season 1898,
commencing March LIST. Terms, $25.0 90 for the
season. One leap $1,000. If mare has to be
returned, owner can take the season term on
paving SIS extra if he so chooses. Money due
after service. Will be kept at barn formerly
owned by r. Sauter, No. POI Market street. Wa
tertoWn, Wisconsin.
n. ROGERS, Proprietor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-04-05

point of the peninsula belong, to Vir-
ginia. Chincoteague Island is part OF
Maryland, although it is a little south of
the southern boundary of that State.
The island is within a bar, aud is one OF;
. number Of low, sandy islands. Bur,
strange to say, it is TIE only one upon
which the ponies have ever been found.
in state of nature. o,
From earliest times the breed has been
kept pure. As in the case OF the cattle
in the Channel Islands isolation farorsf
this. The owners of the ponies allow
them to run wild the greater part Of the
year. Every autumn comes the annual
tspenning." Detachments of men go
out, and, beginning at the seashore,
gradually drive all the animals to the
centre Of the island. There they are
penned up for the yearly sale. This is q
great event on the islands. 1t lasts sew
eral weeks, during which time Chin
colleague is visited BY hundreds from the
mainland. The owners divide the pro-
ceeds after the sale.
The Chincoteague pony is valued
chiefly as family horse ora child 81
pet. Strange to say, it is not much
known outside OF limited area includ-
ing the States of Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia. It is known in Europe,
however, as it has been placed on e1-
hibition at the horse shows. s.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle. -.1.6 81
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official life have encroached more and
more upon his living.apartments, until
now of the thirteen apartments on the
second floor six are used for the execu-
tive Offices and ante-rooms, and two for
dressing-rooms, leaving only five bed
chambers.
A memorable and rather notifying oc-
casion, when the exigencies of the Presi'
dents home were exposed to the gaze oil
the world at large, was during the visit
of the Prince OF Wales to this country
in 1860. He had been invited to spend
FIVE dsys at the White House. Buchan-
ans family was one of the smallest that
ever dwelt in the White House. 1t con
sisted only of him and his niece, Miss
Harriet Lane. Yet he was chagrlned to
lind that he would have TO divide the
, Prin.e's suite with the British Minister
The Prince himself was slowed away IN
the little room occupied oy Mrs. CleVe-
land as boudoir and more re IeNtly as
bedroom by Mrs. Mckee az 4 her chill
dren. The President gave up bis OWL
room to the Duke of Newcastle anc
found extemporized quarters in one o
the ante.rooms.
Every succeeding President has suf-
fered in something the same way,
though his sufferings have not been sc
publicly displayed. 1t was only b'
crowding several members of the house
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his plan of the palace, for which he will
"

his plan of the palace, for which ne Will
receive 800 guineas a year."
Notice two things about this certiti-
cate. First, that the compensation for
the architect Is fixed at about $500 q
year. Imagine a modern architect un-
dertaking great public work for such
sum as thatl Then, second, let "a your
mind rest for a second on the word
"palace." Does it not call up all sorts
of associated ideas of royalty and aris-
tocracy and courtly waysa So at least
thought the young Republic. And
straightway great protest went up from
all over the land at this apiug of foreign
fashions. Congress bent before the
storm. 1t was decided that the new
building should be known as the "Ex-
ccutive Mansion mansion being then q
term of common use for the better. class
dwelling of the Southern gentry. En-
actly when this more stately name was
superseded by the popular nickname OF
the White House is not known with cor
tainty. There is tradition that this was
reminiscent compliment 10 the former
home of Martha Washington, the place
where III, future Father of his Country
snept his honeymoon. which was fanl'l-
iarly known by the Same Lame. But the
story is rather discredited. The term is
more authentlcslly thought to have
gained currency at the time when the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-04-05
Strange Ponies.

A distinct breed of wild ponies has|
existed ON Chincoteazue Island for perl
haps hundreds of years past. Nobody
knows how they got there. all that CAM
be told is that they have been there eyer.
since the advent of civilized man. The
Indians knew nothing about their
origin. Some old sea captains of Dela-i
ware and Maryland say that a pair might
have been washed there from wreck
centuries ago, but this supposition does
not fully answer the question, as it is
believed that there are no such ponies
found wild in any part of the known
world.
The Chincoteague pony is generally
rather large for diminutive horse
very much larger, in fact, than Shet-,
land pony. The Chincoteague is moret
slender In build and scarcely so shaggy.l
His coat is a beautiful shade of red,i
lighter than bay and almost sorrel.l
The name and tail are strikingly con-
spicuous, being of soft, creamy white,I
suggestive of silky Angora wool. Name
and tail are both abundant, the tail
sometimes sweeping the ground and the
name falling to the knee. The contrast
in color is strangely pleasing and ettec-f
tive. r5i
Chincoteague Island lies in the Attain,
tic Ocean, off the coast of ''the penin-i
suls"-that is, the area Of country in
cluded between the Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays and the adjacent ocean. !
The State of Delaware aud the eastern
shore OF Maryland" are within this teri
ritory. The narrow strip OF land at the
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the whole forming sort OF crescent.
To the west wing would be transferred
all the Executive Offices. Agrand salon
for diplomatic or other large receptions,
parl6rs, reception and retiring rooms
would occupy the first floor, while the
second floor would be given up to the
Presidents Offices and the Cabinet
room. .... .
The east wing would be a museum
and art gallery. The White House. as
it stands, has no room on its walls for
further portraits. Mrs. Harrison's idea
was that the art gallery should contain
portraits of all the Presidents and their
wives, as we'll as of all other Americans
who have distinguished themselves in
official or military life. In the museum
might be preserved such furnishings OF
the White House as may be removed
from time to time. Everything con-
nected with this historic building has
historic value, and Mrs. Harrison held
that it was vandalism to destroy or sell
it. Indeed, when she first came to the
White House she went from garret to
cellar searching for old pieces of fur.
niture aud the china and silver OF
previous Administrations.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Worry, is tack in our shoe.
Poverty and sin are partners.
A kiss Is a language to itself.
A sigh is the effervescence of sorrow.
There's Grape on the door of the whole
world.
Every man has in his heart slumber.
ing hog.
Who ceases to be friend never was
friend.
A bird would sing Just the same if no.
body heard it.
The prettiest women arc rarely the
prettiest wives.
Do they call it white lie because the
dirt shows on it so easily.
He who deserves nothing has no right
to complain of anything.
We like those to whom we do good
better than those who do us good.
True courage never figures on results.
Prudence looks after that consideration.
The average reformer never sails into
the faults to which he himself is ad'
dicted.
Happiness is the shadow OF man; re-
membrance OF it follows him; hope of it
precedes him.
If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter
the face Of the whole world would have
been changed.
The mind of each man is the focus o.
the human race and his voice an echo o.
the whole creation.
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ships. One memento of this hre sur
wives to.day-tke so-called Gilbert
Stuart portrait Of Washington still hang
ing in the East Room, now known to be
the work of an imitator of no specia
fame. The story is still told of how Mrs.
Madison cut this picture out of its frame
with pair of shears to save it from the
enemy when she fled from the town. The
story is pretty one, but it is just as
apocryphal as the ascription of the pict'
ure to Gilbert Stuart. In her own let
ter describing the fight Mrs. Madison
says that Mr.. Cusns, Eashington'f
nephew, hastened over from Arlington
to rescue the precious portrait, and that
a servant cut the outer frame with an
axe so that the canvas could be removed
stretched on the inner frame. 4->
When the Presidents family returned
to Washington they rented house to
live in while the White House itself was
being repaired and reconstructed. Ho-
ban, the original architect, was called in
to do the restoration. When everything
was finished the mansion was bigger and
grander than before, but even yet it was
neither big enough nor grand enough
for the greatest official of the greatest Re-
public in the world. General Jackson,
in spite of-indeed, partly because Of
the very democracy of his tastes was dur.
ing both his terms q loud murmurer. The
rooms were not large enough for the
motley throngs he gathered at his recep.
tions. The crowds wedged and pressed
him against the walls and almost choked
the life out of him; ladies were even car
RED fainting out of the building. At last
be gave up the public feeds which had
become feature of his administration,
alleging that they were nuisance to
himself and to his friends all owing to q
lack of proper accommodations.
From that time on to the present the
discomforts and inadequacies of the
White House have been felt more and
more severely by its occupants. The
ever-increasing needs of the Presidents
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ton of the comparatively light and airy
structures which the Itslians learned to
build when the rest OF Europe was hv-
ing in massive piles of brick or gloomy
fortified castles. An American. Irish
imitation of an Irish imitation OF a
medieval Italian villa-such is the in
tellectual genesis of our Presidential
mansion. !
For, as fate willed it, Mr.. Hoban won
the prize. This was attested oy the
following certificate published IN tne
city of Washington on July 1S, 17sz:
"James Hoban's plan of the palace
being approved by the President, he is
entitled to the reward promised and
chooses a gold medal of eight or ten
guineas value and the balance in money.
James Hoban is hereby retained in the
public service. He is to make the draw.
ings and superintend the execution OF
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A Rust Preyent0r.

A simple method of keeping iron and
steel from rusting is to coat them with a
solution of rubber in beuzol, made about
the consistency of cream. 1t may be
applied with q brush, and is easily
rubbed off when desired. A coating OF
more use when the "tooth" impaired by
rubber would be disadvantageous is pre-
pared by dissolving two parts OF crystals
of chloride of iron, two of antlmony
chloride and one OF tannin Iii four OF
water. Apply with sponge or rag and
allow to dry. AS many coats can be
given as are deemed necessary. When
dry it is again washed with water, again
allowed to dry, and polished with lin
seed oil. The antinony solution should
be as nearly neutral as possible.--NeW
York Telegram.
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room in the building.
One of Mrs. Harrison's first thoughts
when she came to the White House was
to devise some remedy that right re-
lieve her successors from the trials which
she had to undergo. She poured out her
mind to Mr.. Blaine, who agreed that it
was an outrage and a disgrace, that
while millions OF dollars had been spent
to keep the National Capitol truly repre-.
sentative of a great people, not a dollar
had been voted to make the home of the
executive head of that people even ap-
proximately worthy Of the dignity which
it housed. The proper way out Of the
difficulty, he thought, was the enlarge
ment of the present building made in
accordance with its order of architec.
ture, and the addition OF wings on each
side where the purely official part of the
Presidents duties might be transferred.
Something Of this sort had vaguely
floated through Mrs. Harrison's mind.
Encouraged by the Secretary's'approval,
she began to reduce her ideas to order.
With the assistance of Colonel John NJ.
Wilson, U. 8. A., engineer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, and Mr..
Frederick D. Owen, she made series OF
charcoal drawings, which were submitted
to q Washington architect. With these
drawings as basis the architect made
design, which was enthusiastically in
dorsed by Mrs. Harrison.
The main idea is to retain the old
building substantially intact, interfering
as little as possible with its historic in
terest, and only to render it more habit
able. For this purpose wings are to be
added on the west and the east sides,
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A Camel Shaped Granite Book.

Curious rock formations are to be
found all over the world, but most Of
them require a long stretca OF the im-
agination before the objects they are,
said to represent can be seen. In Ariz 'na
there is one that is .cssrving OF trst
place. It is short distance east OF the
stage road between Tucson and Oracle,
and stands on knoll several feet above
the surrounding sandhilIs. When first
seen the effect is startling, aud the mind
has to get over shock before the pecl-,
liar object can be comprehended. as
described by the San Francisco Call 1t Is
q most perfect representation OF camel
and is formed of one piece OF granite:
No effort of the Imagination IL required
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building first became a white house in
fact, at the time when it was rebuilt af-
ter being burned by the British, and
when all traces of their vandalism were
obliterated by liberal use of the paint
pot.
On October 1, 1892, the cornerstone
of the manson was laid in bare field,
sloping to the Potomac. Washington
himself was present. It is pity that
people in those days cared little for cen
tennial anniversaries. A postponement
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to perceive the ''ship of the desert ,
standing like sentinel in the midst OF
=, ! .l,,oot yord uralasa hills.

to perceive the ''ship of the desert
standing like sentinel In the midst OF
the sand and almost verdureless hills.
This curiosity is Of the colossal SIZE,
but perfectly proportioned. 1t is about
sixty feet high, and is very white anu
smooth. There are very few assures on
the surface, and they, strangely, are IN
the proper places to form features: Inc
only real projection from the surface is
exactly placed for an eyebrow. The two
humps are plainly to be seen and the meek
is curved beautifully. The rock is really
a solid piece rising from the ground, but
the effect of legs is produced bg a clunp
of dark colored brush that grows Deslae
the stone. The white stone shows PLAINLY
at both sides OF the brush aud the eflece
of legs is Enthusiastically produced. Inc
strangest part of it is that it looks IKE a
camel from all sides aud at all times OF
the day or night. There is no dissu's'
ing the resemblance. -. os0,.
How the rock got into its present
shape is one of the great mysteries Oh
nature.
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the White House of the past that Mrs.
John Adams, its first occupant, spoke in
glowing terms, writing to her daughter
that "the house is upon grand and
superb scale, requiring about thirty
servants to attend and keep the apart
ments in proper order; an establishment
very we'll proportioned to the Presidents
salary" So naive and so simple-mlnded
were the great danes of our early his
tory!.
And how came it that Mrs. Adams
was the first occupant of the White
Houses Simply because the seat OF
Government was not transferred to
Washington until towards the close of
her husbands term, November, 1900.
The change had indeed been decided up
on ten years before, and so early as 1872
a prize of $500 had been offered for the
best plan for Presidential mansion.
Among the competitors was James
Hoban, a young Irish architect, who
had established himself in Charleston
and was building the large, substantial
and picturesquely uncouth houses which
still remain the characteristic features Of