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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

[ sell them retail to the dealers. Flies
are plentiful in the tropical valleys, and
the time of the Mexican Indian is not
particularly valuable. When he can no
longer sleep in his hut on account of
the sWarms of flies attracted by the filth
which accumulates about his front door
he sometimes is stung into a desire for
revenge on his enemies. Revenge is
sweet, and sweeter if there is any
money in it. He goes to the woods
and collects number of green
twigs of certain tree. These
he lays in a pile on the floor of his hut,
with some dry twigs under them. Then
from another tree he gets a gum which
he boils into a thin syrup and spreads
on the walls of his hut The flies are
attracted by it's fragrant and far-reach-
ing odor. They gather to feed on it.
When the hut is black with them the
Indian sets fire to the twigs on the floor
and closes the apertures from the out
side. The twigs emit an aromatic smoke
which kills the flies, and they fall to the
floor in thousands. Then the natives
wife dries them while he goes to sleep
again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
HE TOUCHED A CHORD.
An Artist of the Whitewash Brush Who
Knows How TO Use His Jaw.

An Artist of the Whitewash Brush Who
Knows How to Use His Jaw.
He was whitewashing board fence
on Beaubien Street when a woman
topped and asked him how much he
would charge to whitewash kitchen
ceiling. He replied that his figures
were % cents, when she Indignantly eX-
claimed:
"Why, have had three different men
offer to do it for 90 cents, and one said
he d make a good job Of it for 40n'
'Doan' doubt it, mum-doan' doubt ii
tall" he calmly observed, "but who
war dem pussons? Was dey scrubs or
artists? Was dey gwine to mob dat
ceilin' or put on de whitewash wild de
han oh a BON decorator"
''They guaranteed to do the work
first-class -
'Zactly, mum, but how yo gwine to
tell bout it? When dey goes away de
ceilin' am all wet. Nobody kin dun tell
under fo' hours Wheder it was de work
ob an artist or a scrub"
"Seventy-tive is too much.'
1T am too much for de whitewash,
mum, but dar's odder considerashuns.
Pze a perfectly 'sponsible pusson.
knows my buziness. | doan' call yo'
from de parlor whar' yo' am plavin' on
SoV0 pldnef TO AK QueSnunS, 4 dOan'
spill no whiteWash on yO' valuable lie
paintin's an statuary. | doan damage
yo'r mosquette carpets or break yo'r
$500 mirrors"
Cant you say fifty she asked.
''An' spose'n an agent Gums along
when I'm at work dar?" he went on
without needing her. "He wants to see
de lady Ob de house to sell her rug on
de installment plan. Does he see yo' :?
Not much. | informs dat pusson dat
when We wants rugs we buys de best an
pays cash down, an he goes a way wild
flea in his ear
Make it sixty, then"
"If I'm dar in de house yo' doan' hev
to 90 round an pick up yo'r diamonds
an hide yo'r bank books an yo'r purse.
If lady calls fur yo' wild kerridge to
go calm yo' leave me in de house wild a
feelin' of Security If yo' wants to
down to de dressmaker's to see bout
dat $40 dress, Why
well, I'll give you seventy five
When will you come ?"
|-Fust thing in de mawnin', mum
Thanks. Jest go right along now an
doan' bOdder vo'r purity head no mo-,
yo' has s'cured an artist an 'sponsible
pusson combined, an when | gets frew
| wild dat ceilin' de naybers will be SO
jealous ob yo' dat yo'll hav to shet up
de house and go off to Sarytoga two
weeks ahead of time n'-Ffee Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
peys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any sU bstitute if offered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Flying Lizards of BOrneO.

According to the testimony of our
most reliable naturalists the only genus
of flying serpents" now known to in
habit the earth is a family Of reptiles
which make their homes ia the great
forests Of Borneo, mentioned by Meek,
Williams. Kline, and others as "the
flying lizard of the South Seas The
best known species of this flying saurian
is draco volens leekii, striped, snake
like lizard about fourteen or sixteen
inches in length when full grown The
primary colors of the draco are red and
yellow, in bands, dots, crescents and
stripes, the red predominating to such
an extent that the creature appears as
d carmine rocket when sailing through
the air. Some have declared that his
wings are sails. like those of the
American flying squirrel, but Meek says
they approach true wings and can be
used by the little saurian to guide him
self at will -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
THIS WAS OUT IN COLORADO.
Where Workmen Tried to Use Frozen
Snake as a Piece of Shafting.

Where Workmen Tried to Use Frozen
Snake as Piece of Shafting.
In the fall of 1886 | was sent from an
Eastern firm to Colorado to superintend
the erection of saw-mill to replace an
old one which was destroyed by fire,
SAYS writer in the Cincinnati Tribune.
Everything went on nicely and the mill
was in running order in about two weeks
with the exception of a cOuntershaft to
run the planer and hatcher, which was
missing. To send to the factory would
take not less than two weeks, and we
came to the conclusion to cut a piece oil
the old line shaft and turn it up our
selves, as we had an old lathe standing
next to the boiler and engine.
The weather of the last month was dry
and very warm, but at sunset that day a
heavy SHOWS torn set in and the Their
mOmeter dropped to zero. The next
morning we sent our engineer to get
of those old line shafts, but found them
covered with snow and ice. AT last he
succeeded in getting hold of piece
about s feet long. 1t measured about
two inches in diameter, somewhat thick
er in the center and tapered at one end.
We needed only ) feet, so we sent for a
sledge and chisel to cut off the right
length. One stroke and off flew this
thin part. / told the men this kind of
iron would not do, but the engineer said
all iron would break like this in zero
weather; it soon would be all right if it
came into the lathe next to the boiler.
He took the shaft over to the wise and
centered same, and from there to the
lathe, put the steady rest in position
and tried to turn it to the right size, but
all in vain. AS said above, the lathe
was located near the boiler, warm
place, the ice had melted during the
time and the shaft got softer and softer,
and the tool would not cut at all.
At this moment the proprietor OF the
place stepped in, and, seeing the man
run the lathe, asked him what he was
going to do. 81 am trying to turn a
shaft for our planer, but | never saw a
piece of iron like this. First it was as
hard as glass, but as soon as it got warm
it turned soft, and is getting softer all
the time" The proprietor took step
! forward Just IN time to see the two ends
drop out of the centers, but held in the
middle by the steady rest, showing sew
eral different cOlOrs. The proprietor
was an old man and had for many years
lived in Colorado, and one glance con-
WINGED him that his engineer had taken
a frozen rattlesnake for a piece of iron,
cut off the tail and put the balance in
| the lathe to turn same Oft for a counter
shaft. The snake was not hanging on
the rest longer than a minute when it
commenced to whirl around to free it.
self. All the men ran, and the snake
after them, until somebody killed it with
a club. We looked for the tail, which
by this time also thawed, and found ff-
teen rattlers on same. The engineer
swore he would never look for another
piece of iron en- day like this in Colo
RADIO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
In Six Minutes,

Prince Bismarck's old chef, who is
now head cook in a big Berlin restau-
rant, recently won novel bet, and gave
a surprising exhibition of his mastery
Of the culinary art. He had wagered
$50 that he could kill clean, cook ana
serve chicken in six minutes. The
wager was decided at night in
the cafe of the restaurant, in the
presence of big crowd. The
cook appeared st 9 O. clock on an impro-
vised platform, upon which stood a gas
cooking stove. He held live chicken
high over his head, and the fowl cackled
loudly. One blow Of the keen carver
severed the head from the neck, and
the cook began to pick the feathers with
great swiftness. 1t took just one minute
to get rid of every feather. Unless than
another minute the expert had opened
and cleaned the fowl, and had placed it
upon broiler on the gas stove. The
cook busted himself at the broiler.
seasoning the fowl as it cooked. 1t
lacked just a second of the sixth min
ute when he stepped from the platform
and served the chicken to the nearest
guest amid great applause. -ArgonaH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Dumas Pere and His Factory.

In a conversation which l had with
NJ. Dumas, he gave me some interesting
details of his earlier life. He was born
in Paris on July q, 1924, and while a
youth was the pet of his generous
hearted father, Alexandra Dumas, the
elder, who at that time was managing
what his son sardonically styled a
'fabrique des romans" or factory of
novels" employing several impecunious
writer's at SO much a week, furnishing
each with particular plot for a particu-
lar story, and leaving the dialogue and
description to be filed in by them.
When the Copy was finished the
elder would revise it and send it direct
to the printer for publication under his
own name. These scribes were sup
posed to be his secretaries, to whom lle
simply dictated the pages of his stories,
and the public, of course, believed that
they were all the mental product of the
great Dumas himself A novel month
was issued from this factory" with
the result that the elder, like one Of his
characters, 'Monte Cristo," reveled in
golden louis, but spent them as freely
and as easily as he won them.-Euqene
Darts, IN LITERARY World
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
How the Patent Office Was Saved

When, in the war of 1S12-the office
having been removed to a building OF
it's own two years before-the British,
who had taken the city, trained their
guns upon the patent office, DIR. Thorn
ton, throwing himself directly before
the guns, cried:
Are you Englishmen or Goths and
Vandals? This is the patent office-a
depository Of the ingenuity and inven-
tons of the American nation, in which
the whole civilized world is interested.
Would you destroy it? Then let the
charge pass through my body"
And the building was spared. Tween
ty-four years afterward, however, it
was destroyed by fire, together with
everything in it. And with this came
the beginning of the present building,
added to from time to time, till at last
the noble pile stands complete as it is
to-day, holding model or drawing of
every invention known in the whole
world, and having paid something more
than 100000 over and above its own
expenses, sum which represents only
a trife of, the great amount it has added
to the wealth of the ,nation.-Harper's
YoatnQ People.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

w. c. T. T. and aimed most pointedlv
at Frances Willard.
Mrs. Foster does not want the National
Christian Temperance Union to be a
political organization. Mrs. Foster is a
Republican herself, a Jet black dyed-in-
thewool Republican, and, as such, she
does not want the organization to take
sides, because there is the awful fear
and the almost certainty that the de-
cision would not be in favor of Repub-
hcanism.
Miss Willard, on the other hand, says
that the organization, of which she is
the leader, will go with any man who
will promise to favor prohibition
whether he be Democrat or Repub-
hcan.
Here is where the two leaders split
Each has her own strong following.
During the woman's congress at Chi
ergo Mrs. Foster has been featuring
every day and twice a day and will re-
main in Chicago all summer, delivering
lectures upon her pet topics.
She is a handsome woman, fine
speaker, a powerful thinker and the
magnetic leader Of hallful of people.
Miss Willard, over in England, may we'll
fear Mrs. Foster, who is at work in
America
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Another Descendant of Columbus.

Buffalo has discovered that it is the
home Of an alleged lineal descendant of
Christopher Columbus. His name is
Alexius Columbus. He is nearly 81
years old, and for more than half a
century has lived in Buffalo. He has
eight living children, thirty grandchil-
dren and SIX at-grandchildren, SO
that there is little danger of the name
of Columbus becoming extinct or for
gotten. The old man IS great lover of
tobacco. He constantly chews or
smokes. He has always drank, and to
this day has his bottle of whisky in his
room, from which he takes nip when
ever he feels so inclined. Of late the
old man has not been regular in his
drinking habits, and will sometimes
pass day or two without taking a
dram. His sons attribute this to APP
preaching dissolution, and think the
old man has not long to live. 81 have
been asked several times" said John
Columbus, his son, "if father would go
to the Worlds Fair. Some of nay
sisters are very anxious that he would
go, but | oppose the idea. [ think the
old man would better pass the re-
mainder of his days in quiet here than
to be exposed to the dangers of travel
and the fatigue. Besides, | hardly
think the old gentleman would enjoy
1t. He is not a learned man. He
never had any schooling. He cannot
read and he hardly appreciates the
significance of the Columbian EXPOSE
fiOn -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Scorpion Hunts in Mexico.

The scorpions have become SO nunser-
Gus in the city Of Durango, Mex, that
the municipal authorities have offered a
valuable prize, to be given to the person
capturing the largest number. Two
thousand Of the deadly pests were
killed at the hospital there recently in
one day. For these scorpions the city
pays 90 cents a hundred, and three times
a week those collected are counted and
killed at the hospital, and $4,000 we're
get permits to hunt the pests have the
right to enter and search private houses
for them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
A NEW COFFEE COUNTRY.
Interesting Information Regarding the
Mexican state of Chiapas.

Interesting Information Regarding the
Mexican state of Chiapas.
Senior Taboada, wealthy merchant of
Tapachula, of the state Of Chiapas
Mexico, with his two daughters, arrived
at San Francisco on the last steamer
from the South Senior TabOada speaks
no English whatever, but through an
Interpreter he gave some very interest
inc facts about one of the richest and
what is considered to be the coming
state of the republic of Mexico.
''The state of Chiapas," said Senior
Taboada, 'is going to be the richest
state In Mexico in the near future.
Our lands there, it has been found in
the last few years, will produce the
finest kind Of coffee, equal to the high
est grade OF Central American cotfees;
We have planted the grade called
CaracaI, the finest coffee grown in the
world and it has been a complete sue
cess. Our coffee now is shipped to
every large city in the world and we
always find a willing and ready market
for it.
eve have built up an immense trade
with San Francisco for our coffee and it
is constantly increasing as the merchants
here have obtained a ready market for
it and demand has been made for it.
The coffee crop this year will amount
to about 10000 quintals. and the in
crease next year will be 10000 quintals
more. The price in our money we have
been getting for it is $50 per qrintal
In the last few years a large number
of Americans and Englishmen have
gone into Chiapas, and all Of them are
getting rich rapidly. Why, here is a
man who came up on the steamer, who
went there year ago without a cent
and worked at his trade as carpenter.
He saved little money and bought a
coffee S'tinca," and now he has Just re-
fused an offer of $40 900 for it. Wewant
good foreigners, especially Americans,
as they have more push about them and
will open up the country rapidly. We
don't want any Chinese, however, under
any condition We have all the labor
we can hire from our own lower classes,
who will work on the plantations, and
if the Chinese think they will be well
received in Mexico after leaving here
they will be greatly mistaken. Why,
not long ago | heard of a party who
went from here to work in the mines at
Mazatlan, and they were stoned by our
people and told to get out of the coun-
try. We do not want them any more
than YOU do.
"Our land down there now has al
from the government by foreign syndi-
Gates, mostly English and American, for
the purpose of raising coffee, but still
land is very cheap. A cavalleria (110
acres is worth $500, and you can raise
on that about 1000 quintals of coffee
after the trees are Of three years growth.
There is splendid chance there for peo-
pie to make money, and everyone who
goes there has made money rapidly and
become rich.
San Christobal, the capital of the
state, is place Of about $4,000 people
place Tapachula, which is situated in
the heart ofthe coffee district, is twenty
miles from the Pacific Ocean, and the
port Of San Benito 1t is growing rap
idly, and the merchants do an immense
and profitable business in coffee and
general merchandise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Cycling Abroad.

In England 100000 velocipedes are
turned out annually. In Conventry 10
900 workmen are employed in the bust
ness. In France where the machine first
appeared, it's use was limited through
prejudice; people laughed at it. Now
there is an army of 100000 proprietary
wheelmen in that country, without
counting the immense number OF
amateurs why hire machines. In 1892
the Paris police authorities issued u, 900
licenses to wheelmen; now the number
of velocipedes is estimated at some
thing over $4,000. In 1928 $4,000
machines were sold, and it is believed
that one-half of them are used in the
city alone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

BY J. E RANKIN.
There's an end to the burdens of souls unblest
When God thinks best!
He will pluck every thorn from the aching
breast,
He will lay them tenderly down to rest
And roses shall bloom from the clay, spade
preSt,
When God thinks best!
For that end that will come, we must watch and
wait,
Be we little or great.
We must stand by the highway and stand by
the gate,
For, we know not the quarter, and know not the
date,
But, if we be watching, ah, happy our fate!
Be we little great.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
That is Their Only Excuse.

During the coming summer many a
man or woman of common sense, but
not much patience, will meet some chap
just out of college and will with wonder
ask how that fellow ever happened to
get degree. Let such recall the story
about the officer of a medical school,
who was asked how on earth the col
lege ever consented to graduate a GER
tain man who was apparently anxious
to break the record as a fool. "Why.
how else could we get rid of him %
asked the professor Hdtert0wn Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Dried Flies from Mexico.

The Waverlv Magazine has dis
covered merchant with a peculiar
branch to his business. "No matter
what it may be, if an article brings a
fair price / deal in it," he says. My
last venture consists of dried flies, Just
common flies, which come from Mexico
People buy them for their singing birds
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
HOw's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv taking
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney for the last fifteen years, and believe him
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDING, kINEAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all DRUGGISTS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
German
Syrup

My niece, Emeline Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi-
cine but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. It
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. I
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbu11, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. @
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

"change of life"; women approaching
confinement; nursing mothers and eV-
cry woman who is rundown or over
worked, it is medicine that builds up,
strengthens, and regulates, no matter
what the condition of the system.
It's an invigorating, restorative tonic,
soothing and bracing nervine, and the
only guaranteed remedy for female
complaints" and weaknesses. In bear
lng-down sensations, periodical pains,
liberation, Inflammation, and every kim
dred ailment, if it ever fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
Early Banks.

The Bank of Venice was opened in
1l57; of Geneva, 1915; of Genoa, 1907; of
1907; Of Hamburg, 1919; of
Rotterdam, 1855; of Stockholm, 1888; Of
Scotland, 1895; of Copenhagen, 1876; of
Berlin, 1875; Caisse d'Escompte, of
France, l776; Of Ireland, 1888; Of st.
Petersburg, 1876; of France, 1903; the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

DYSPEPSIA, Heartburn Headache, Lassi
tude, Spring Fever, all debilitation and win
ter Irregularities fly before Smiths Bile
Beans Small
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

''DoEs Mr.. Lynch suffer from chronic
thirst?" ooh, dear no. He doesn't
wait long enough. "-Squibs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28
MRS. j. ELLEN FOSTER.

1t is five years, and E1ore, since Mrs.
j. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, sprang to the
front in the ranks of woman orators by
her famous speech delivered before the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

THE best sc soap in the world is Dobbins
Perfect Soap. Have your grocer get it and
try for yourself. 1t is sure to revolutionizt
the trade and use of soap. Dobbins' Soap
Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

OUR old friend, the June bug, is here
again humping everybody in the eye
with his old-time sociability.-Bradford
Era
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

The evils of malarial disorders, fever
weakness, lassitudee, debility and prostratior
are avoided by taking Beecham's Pills
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-28

THE lynching center is gradually ap-
preaching the Worlds Fair. The hotel
keeper had better beware Memphis
Appeal.