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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Queen Victoria's Family.

The royal family of England is the
largest in Europe. Her Majesty Queen
Victoria's family circle number fifty liv-
ing descendants, including sons and
daughters, grandsons and grand
daughter, great-grandsons and great
granddaughters, besides whom she has
four sons-in-law, and four daughters-in-
law, five grandsons-in-law, and one
gand Has son one nn0 Ga1 ns
great-grandson and one son-in-law. If
these were living her family circle
would number seventY-four.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
BOGUS ACCIDENTS.
The Manifold Duties Required of Agents
to Check Frauds in Insurance.

The Manifold Duties Required of Agents
to Check Frauds in Insurance.
II usually have one or two deaths
week to investigate, )" remarked the acct
dent man, "but the cases | like to get
hold of are strange escapes from sudden
death. The other day | had such a one
down Broadway on a twelvestOry build
ing. A plasterer was at work on the
top floor. He was standing on plank
stretched across two barrels, within a
foot of the open elevator shaft running
down to the cellar. He reached over
too far, the plank slipped, the barrels
turned, and he was precipitated back
ward down the shaft. He struck "a
board now and then on his way down
to the cellar, thus breaking his fall, and
landed on heap of rubbish $50 feet
below the place where he had been
working. Result: broken leg! In
three weeks the man was around again,
receiving congratulations on his marvel
Gus escape.
"But this was outdone by a case up
town, which have good authority for
believing to be fact, but which / don't
ask you to believe, but only to listen to.
A rOOter was at work on a ten-stOry
clubhouse on Fifth Avenue. There
was an inner court to this building, in
one corner of which was huge pile of
shavings The roofer in some way lost
his footing, fell the ten stories, alighted
on the shavings as a circus performer
lands on his net in his great leap for
life act, rebounded, and jumped to his
feet unframed! / had the particulars
of that affair from reliable man, but |
did not myself investigate the case.
There was no accident to investigate!
"But story that | will vouch for is
this. On large buildings the brick and
mortar are usually carried to the upper
stories by a steam-power lift This
lift descends very rapidly. On the
fourth floor of a building in course of
erection young laborer had just placed
an empty wheelbarrow on the lift, and
was in the act of moving away when the
engineer started the lift on it's down
ward course, mistaking another signal
for his own The laborer, with one
foot where the lift had been, trembled
in the balance for second, then fol-
lowed his wheelbarrow. He caught up
with it near the first floor, before it had
stopped. The notwithstanding car
acted as kind of cushion to break the
swiftness Of his descent, and it is a fact
that he was uninjured except for a
slight cut on his head caused by strik-
ing against the wheelbarrOw as he
turned in alighting. L saw the man the
next day, at work as usual, and got the
particulars from him as well as from
others . Christian Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
\ Remarkable Coincidence.

The late Samuel +. Adams, of Rich
mond, Ind, was fond of telling of a re-
markable coincidence which happened
several years ago. During a severe
thunder storm a canary bird flew into
the house. Within few minutes q
shivering aud badly frightened spaniel
was found begging for admission. The
dog was let in Less than an hour after
ward child was heard crying on the
outside and the door opened to admit q
little tot scarcely , years old. The
child, dog and canary were never
claimed. Mr.. Adams found a comfort
able home for the little one, while he
continued to care for the dog and bird.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
A RARE MEDAL.
The Relic of Some Catholic Missionary
Who Perished in Shipwreck.


who Perished in II Shipwreck.
jefferson Fryer, of independence,
Ore, has in his possession very rare
curiosity, which he picked up on the
beach sand at Tillamook thirty years ago,
1t consists of silver medal, to which is
attached a long, silver chain, suitable
for wearing around the neck. The
medal is of the shape of a silver coin
and is between the dollar and half
dollar in size On the diverse are the
reliefs of two persons; one of them
holds a cross nearly as high as the
figure itself and has a halo about the
head. The right hand holds a wreath
above the head of the other figure,
which represents youth with his left
hand placed over his heart, his right
hand holding a scroll. Between the
figures is an altar on which are several
Wreaths, and which bears the inscrlp-
tons q. II. s." written across an an
chor. Beneath the figures is the
legend, "Coll. Soc. Jesu;" around the
circumference are the words, "BOnls
Artibus Religioni. The reverse of the
medal is wreath of laurel, within
which are the words, s'Sunt Hic Sua
Prpmia Landi." The whole is perfect
" preserved and the work on it is fine
~ executed. 1t was probably the
property of some early Catholic mis-
sionary who persisted in a shipwreck.
The rightful owner is probably the only
one to whom Mr.. Fryer could be in
duced to part with the medal, as he
values it verv highly as d curio.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
An Expensive Joke.

April fooling in print is rather seri-
Gus matter in Berlin. The editor of an
extrablatt, who gave a full account of
an attempt to assassinate the Car on
the LIST Of April last, has just been con-
victed and sent to nine months impri-
sonment, in addition to a heavy fine.
His name is Hebel. The printer, Dit
brenner, who published the fun, was
fined 800 marks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Hnw'S ThiS9

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known f. j. Cheney
for the last fifteen years. and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions,
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by oil
Druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
An Invluntaroy Hing.

The Boston Traveller tells Of a police
man in that city who, having two quar-
relsome drunken men to handle, man
aged to get the arms of one of them
around a telegraph pole and to slip
handouts on him. Leaving him en-
bracing the pole he took the other to
the station with ease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Startled the Spaniard.

One of the officers of the Pinta was
found convulsed with laughter the other
day, standing before a shop in Four
teenth Street, New York. '|What's the
matter ?" asked afriend, who feared the
young Spaniard had been suddenly de-
prived of his senses. "Look Look ="
gasped the son Of Iberia, They've
named a new kind of corset after the
Infanta !"-Kdte Fields Washington.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

THE FIRST Patiently Oung DR.. Meyer
is sitting in crowded tavern. Enter
Johann, his servant, who says in loud
voice, "Oh, doctor, come home at once,
there is patient waiting for YOU" then
he whispers into the doctors ear, 81
have locked the front door, SO he can't
get away. "-FHeqende BLaetter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Handsome Damages.

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $685.
600 damages for the loss Of two arms cut
off by a street car. This is said to be
the largest amount ever awarded for a
railroad accident
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

of the trees is such as having been
ruined by fire, which runs along the
ground in dry seasons, and it is there
fore believed that the timber is being
DESTROYED at the roots by some insect.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Worlds Columbian Exposition

VIII be of value to the world by illustrating
the Improvements in the mechanical arts
and eminent physicians will tell you that
the progress in medicinal agents has beensof
i Hau RRat sgfep e Of F far IN adSancg
of all Others
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good l could not
speak aloud Everything that took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep, 1 had taken ali
kinds of medicines. Through q
neighbor I got one of your books.
l procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. l am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, O. D
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Spring Medicine

Is needed by nearly everybody to purify the
blood, cleanse the system of the winters accu-
mutation of impurities, and put the whole body
in good condition for the summer. Such uni
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Hoods SarsapariIIa

given for this purpose that it is the most sue
cessfu1 and most popular Sping Medicine.
If you feel weak and tired, Hoods Sarsaparilla
is just what you need to restore your strength
and make you feel perfectly we'll.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

AIGH-''Bingley's wife doesn't prove
to be all that he fancied she was" Bee
Every likely; he got her at bargain
counter. "-B0ston TRANSCRIPT.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

The idea that a man in love has far
away look in his eyes probably 4 origi nat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

ally, and there's no reaction afterward. Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and
all arrangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels are prevented, relieved, and perma-
nently cured
They're the smallest, the easiest to take,
and the cheapest for they're guaranteed
to give satisfaction or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you get.
Nothing else urged by the dealer, though
they may be better for him to sell, can Be
" just as good for you to buy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

THE quinine manufacturer seldom
complains Of his bitter lot.-Bafazo
Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
Check the First Approach

OF rheumatism, and further attacks may be es-
capped, if proper precautions against exposure
are taken, and there be no hereditary predisposi-
ton Unfortunately people who ultimately be-
come chronic sufferers, too often neglect the
trifing twinges and premonitery stiffness which
herald the advent of this agonizing malady.
Among the diseases for which Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters has been found eficaciouS this is
one. and the medicine being perfectly safe it is
certainly to be preferred to drugs used for its
cure which are frequently useless, and nothing
more or less than poisonous. The substitution
OF this pleasant and pure blood depurent for
medicines inimical to life in slight overdose, is
a measure which may fifty be urged upon per-
sons who desire to obtain relief safely, or who
have failed to obtain it from the numerous pSeu-
do remedies for this disease in the market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

JAMES REDDY claims to have discov-
cred rich dirt in San Jose County, Cal,
and in support of the claim exhibits a
small bottle containing flakes of gold.
He was riding along the banks of a
stream when the appearance of the dirt
on the bank attracted his attention.
Dismounting he washed out little of the
dirt on the bedrock. The result was the
gold in the bottle. He proposes to work
the find.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

THE OUTSIDE
that is the best place
to keep the huge, old
fashioned pill. just
as soon as you get it
inside, it begins to
trouble you. What's
the use of suffering
with it, when you
can get more help
from Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets {?
These tiny, sugar
coated granules do
You perm an ent
good. They act
mildly on6 no%r1~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

MEDICAL science has achieved a great tri-
umph in the production Of Beecham's Pills,
which replace a medicine chest % cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

WHEN the goat tackled the can of
dynamite you ought to have seen the
butter fly.-Binghdn1to Leader.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

copy of the "Official Portfolio of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition" descriptive
of Buildings and grounds, beautifully illus
trated in water color effects, will be sent to
any address upon receipt of ice. in postage
stamps by THE CHARLES A. VoGELER Co.,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24

ORDER may be heavens first law, but
it isn't the short-term order-LooyeU
Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
THE MISERABLE MILLIONAIRE.


am so very very rich it is a nuisance quite:
1t keeps me anxious ali day long and wide
4 awake at night
My bonds they are so many that it makes my
fingers sore
To cut of all the coupons, which 1 deem
! dreadful bore
I have six villas in the hills, and seven by the
sea,
But they're no Joy but aggravations rather unto
/ me;
For when the summer season comes I'm al.
ways full OF woe,
Because can't make up my mind to which OF
them I'll go.
have stable full OF rigs, and horses for each
one,
Yet though they're all OF blooded stock my
horses must shun,
Because when I'd go driving in my sulky or my
brake,
1 cannot seem to choose the one 'twould please
me best TO take.
Upon the watx It's the same. I've craft Of
every kind,
From dingies up to steamers swift that leave
! all else behind,
And yet never venture out upon the sound or
sea
because my mind and 1 do not seem able to
! agree.
Now wealth is very lovely, and there's much
that 1t will buy
But : is a sorry burden for fellow such as I,
For just the thing need the most gold helps
me not to find
And that as you may guess In briefs firm and
stable mind.
-Gaston V. Drake, In Harper's Bazaar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
American and Oriental Architecture.

Travellers in our southwest, and espe-
cially in Mexico, find Il striking re-
semblance between the domestic archi-
lecture there and the same architect
ure in Palestine There are old towns
in Texas, Arizona and California that
are SO like such places as Bethlehem
and Bethany that if photographs of
them were thus labelled not one OBJ
server in twenty would be the wiser
The low, fiat-roofed houses of adobe.
with small, deep windows and doors,
the rude balconies and stairways in the
courts. the narrow, Uttered streets
without yards. the fountains, pools.
and palms in Enclosures of houses of
the better class. even the occasion nal
low dome and slender tower. are char
acteristic of both countries. The
Spaniard got his architectural ideas
from the east, and the persistent sur
vival of the type of these models after
several centuries is markedly obvious
wherever he has built.--N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
QUICK WlTTED.
Cool Heads Which Have Turned the Deli.
cate Scale of Life and Death


A Southern girl anxious to support
herself, and to make her own in the
world. entered the training-school for
nurses at Bellevue hospital, New York.
She became an expert nurse, remarka-
BILE for courage and self-possession.
One night patient, who had been
hastily admitted to the wards without
inquiry respecting her mental condi-
ton, attempted suicide by throwing
herself from window. This nurse,
by her GOODNESS and quick wit, diverted
her from her purpose and saved her
life.
The incident made an impression
upon the managers of the school.
When they received an application from
an insane asylum for nurses to be enl-
ployed in the scientific care of deranged
patients, she was highly recommended
for the work, and was subsequently
promoted to the responsible position of
matron in one of the largest insane
hospitals in the country.
One of this nurses experiences with
insane patients disclosed her nerve and
quickness of mind. She was attacked
in ward by a powerful woman, who
had taken offense because for miscon-
duct she had been forbidden to go with
the other patients to the MONDAY neal.
The nurse, being alone with heH had
incautlously turned her back upoA, the
patient. The Infatuated woman crept
up, and Selling the little nurse by the
waist, lifted her from her feet and
spun round and round with her like q
top.
The nurse was completely in the
power of an uncomfortable lunatic,
whose excitement and frenzy were in
creasing every instant. 1t would have
gone hard with her if she had lost her
presence of mind
What she did while she waswhirling
in the air was to take large pin fast
ening the belt of her uniform and
thrust it into the woman's arm. The
assailant, startled by the sudden pain,
relaxed her grip and released her pris-
Oner.
Then the nurse faced her. and had
her instantly under controI. Looking
her in the eyes, she sternlyordered her
to go to her room and get into bed.
The woman, completely cewed, obeyed
like a child.
The same quick wit etabled a sur
geon to save the life of 4 hospital pa
tient who was undergoing critical
operation.
The assistants had dropped their in
struments, for the patents heart had
apparently ceased to beat. ''She is
dead" they said; it is useless to go on"
The surgeon seized pitcher of hot
water and poured into the gaping
wound go on with your work." he
cried.
The circulation of blood,was imme-
diately restored by the sudden access
of heat The operation was quickly
completed. The patient lived and was
restored to health.
Often it is the simplest device which
turns the delicate scale of life and
death; but only the coolest head can
think of it in time.-Youth's Compan-
;n,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
GETTING 1T DONE.
1t Is Easy to Get Your Clothes Mended IL
You Only Know How.

You Only Know How.
cts strange | can't get my wife to
mend my clothes, remarked Mr.. Bride
disgustedly. 81 asked her to sew the
buttons on this vest this morning, and
she has never touched it,"
"You asked her?" observed Mr.. Nor
ris, with slight shrug of his shout
ders.
YES What else should do?''
"You haven been married very long,
and perhaps you'll take a pointer from
me-" remarked Mr.. Norris. with faith
erly air. Never ask a woman to mend
anything That's fatal"
"Why, what do you mean?'
"Do as | do. When l want to have a
shirt mended, for instance, l take it in
my hand and hunt up my wife.
where's that rag-bag, Mrs. Norris?"
demand fiercely
"'What do you want the rag bag for?"
she says suspiciously.
"'I want to throw this shirt away.
It's all worn out reply.
LET me see it. she demands.
But put the garment behind my
back.
No. my dear, answer. There
is no use of your attempting to do any
thing with it. 1t needs
LET me see it. she reiterates.
But it's all worn out, | tell you.'
4" Now, John. you give me that
shirt" she says, in her most peremp-
tory tones.
81 hand over the garment
"'Whv, John Norris, she cries. with
| womanly triumph. This is perfectly
good shirt. All it needs is new neck
| band.
"And the cuffs are ragged, too an
swer, mildly.
"'And new wristbands. and the but
| tonholes worked over she adds
We'll, never mind what it needs /
don't intend that you shall bother with
| it. You'll only waste your time.
You'll never get it to fit in the neck,
anyway throw in as final clincher.
That's just like your extrava-
| pance.' she cries. I'm going to fix
| that shirt. The idea of throwing away
a perfectly good garment I'll fix it SO
| you can never tell the difference And
| she does
That's the way l get my clothes
| mended." concluded Mr.. Norris. Just
tell a woman she can't do anything,
and then stand aside and see how
I quickly it is done. brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
TOES TURNED IN.
How Distinguished Man Was Rcmem-
bered by AN Admirer.


bered by AN Admirer.
A lady who recently had the good
fortune to meet distinguished man
and spend half an evening in his COM
pany, was eagerly questioned after
wards by her friends with regard to
him. Her impressions were highly fa-
vorable. She found him brilliant, cour-
teous. kindly and agreeable.
"And how did ne look?" INQUIRED
one friend at length. after his manners
and co versa,tion had been fully de-
scribed.
"He is very good-looking-even hand
some" was the reply. Then after a
slight pause She added, pensively, "But
l wish wasn't sure that should al
ways remember him sitting with his
feet planted rather far apart on the
rug. and his toes turned in"
Ellis toes turned I'M" echoed the
other ladies in dismay
Turned very much in" replied the
lady who had met him: and it is safe to
assume that not one of those who heard
her say so, can ever again think of this
revered literary idol Independently of
his toes.
1t is of course ridiculous to be in con-
slant feag of ridicule, and it is con-
temptible to pose for effect. Neverthe-
less, if many people realized in what
particular attitudes the memories of
their friends most readily recalled
them, their carriage and outward de-
meanor would be sensibly improved
1t is trick of memory to catch and
retain tricks of pose. People who know
us seldom think of us as looking our
best. unless our best is the way we
look every day, but as looking most
natural, most familiar, most character
istic
If person is in the habit when talk
ing, of nursing an elbow in each hand
and rocking to and fro, or of rumpling
his hair, or stirring the dimples in his
knuckles with a foreinger, the memo
ries of his friends take in the conscious
| ness of the act like so many kodalxs.
Their minds hold in remembrance the
absurd and tritling popularity. which,
in the mans more tiattering picture OF
himself, he never sees at all.
1t is true that little personal tricks
and attitudes sometimes gain charm
from merely being characteristic and
that an absent friend is often recalled
most atfectionately in an attitude
whose very awkwardness has become
dear. Nevertheless, it is probable that
the friend, could he know it, would
prefer to be remembered in position
less natural to him, but more becom-
ing
The distinguished author who turned
in his toes would doubtless rather be
thought of with toes turned out, even
by an admirer ardent enough to believe
the former position permissible. Grace,
like goodness, is a quality that we all
of us admire and should try to cult
vate.-Youths Companion.
C-"Why did everybody laugh so long
over that story of old Boreby's? 1t
wasn't bit funny" They were
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
4 Prevailing Excuse.

angie" said her mamma, as she
came upstairs little later than usual
at suburban hotel, why did you stay
down stairs so late?'
George and have been looking for
the comet" she said.-Philadelp
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31

Coming and Going. tmad)
when are going TO pay this bill?"
Debtor-"Never. What's the use? AS
long as you are coming after it, why
should be going to pay it?"-Detroit
Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31

Husband Oistening)-"I think there
is burglar in the house" Wife lex
Sitedly)-"Mercy me, is my nightcsp
on straight?'-Somerville Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31

C-"Why did rybody laugh so long
over that story of old Boreby's? 1t
wasn't bit funny" They were
afraid he would tell another if they
kept quiet. "-Vogue-