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The Proprietors Of the Boletta
MercantH have the honour of re.
quest;ng English advertisers to hand
their olders % Mess. AMEDER
PRINCE & CO who are the sole
Agents for Al! English O. EreHeb
Advertising.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
A New HOD-sacker.

Albert Yates and D. c. Sailing have in
vented a new hop sacker that is destined
to revolutionize the old way Of sacking
hops, says the Perryville Patriot. It
consists Of frame in which the sack is
hung, and an ordinary hopbox with
handles to carry it, that contains slid
ing bottom. After the box is filed, two
persons set it on the frame, hang in a
sack, pull out the sliding bottom, and
the hops are in the sack. This does
away with the necessity Of using scoop
shovel and breaking the hops to pieces !;
besides, it leaves the sacks in a pile, SO
they can be much easier hauled, and
the driver does not have to run over the
yard to get them. A patent has been
applied for, and next year Messrs.
Yates and Sailing expect to DO good
business selling hOphOXes and frames.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
HE ATE LIVE TOADS.
Patrick Riley Astonishes Bar-room
LOungers.

Patrick Riley Astonishes Bar-room
Loungers.
Patrick Riley, homeless wanderer,
was committed to the county jail in
Camden yesterday by Justice Miles, OF
Stockton township, on charge
vagrancy. He was lettering about the
saloon in east Camden amusing it's
patrons by swallowing live toads for
drinks. A constable waited until thirty
five toads had disappeared, when he
led the man to the Office of the justice.
He declared that he was troubled with
dyspepsia, and made a diet of frogs and
toads.
He made his appearance around the
village on Monday carrying a small tin
cup. He astonished the hangers on by
declaring that he could afford little
amusement if they would furnish the
drinks. The tin cup contained few
live toads and frogs, which Riley offered
to swallow.
He took the squirming little toads in
his hands, grasped one by his hind legs,
opened mis- mouth and it disappeared
from sight. He repeated this until all
the toads disappeared. He then drank
glass of liquor and wandered to a
nearby spring, where he caught an
other cupful of toads and secured an
other drink by swallowing them. He
declared that he found no inconveni-
ence from his singular epast.-PhitddeI-
71hin Press
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
COAL THAT EXPLODES.
Remarkable Qualities of the Fuel Mined
in British Columbia.


in British Columbia.
An unknown and powerful explosive
appears to be concealed within coal
from a newly-opened mine near Comox,
British Columbia. Some weeks ago an
explosion occurred aboard the steam
ship Barracuda loaded with Comox
coal. The mishap was attributed either
to gas or dynamite.
When the vessel discharged her cargo
every bucketful of coal was carefully in
spected with the result Of ascertaining
that none of the coal had been heated,
thus disposing Of the gas theory, and
that none of the coal was shattered.
This effectually combated the dynamite
theory. However, the presence of sui
phur was discovered.
Last week an explosion occurred
aboard tire steamship San Mateo, which
loaded at the same mine, under exact
ly the same mysterious circum-
stances, with an equal amount Of dam
age as the Barracouta's mishap. The
coal had been in the hold less than
forty-eight hours. Experts have been
engaged to make examinations of the
coal, with a view of connecting the sui
phur with the cause of explosion
This much is known: A secret, potent
force exists in this coal not known to
other Goals of commerce. The problem
to be solved is the discovery of the ex-
plosive agent, and the chemical process
by which it's destructive power is exert
ed -MininG Press
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
GUNS LOADED FOR A GHOST.

Its Speciality Is Frightening BeIated
Young Couples in Dark Street.
There are lots of loaded shotguns IN
Freeport, l.. l., waiting to perlorate
weird object that has been amusing 1t
self in the village for more than week.
Some of the shotguns are owned by
Young men who have q personal score
to settle with the apparitiOn. Their
grievance is that the girls III the village
saw it is a real ghost and have decided
to STAY indoors until it is run down and
captured, saws the New York Sun.
Shade trees line the streets of the
village and intensity the darkness at
night and afford lurking places for the
ghost Its principal haunt seems to be
at the lower end of Main Street, place
much frequented by belated young
couples returning from church socia
bles.
Miss Pauline Klein and Joseph Ben
nett were on their way to Hampstead
the other night. Their path led them
by the haunted spot. They we're walk
ing briskly along, when suddenly Miss
Klein seized her companions arm in
terror.
''Joe, Joe; what is that? Oh, protect
me; what is it?" she cried.
The object was gone in the twinkling
of an eye. Mr.. Bennett saw nothing.
After trying to soothe the fears of Miss
Klein he braveIy ventured toward the
dark clump of trees to which she
pointed. Deep groans came up from
the ground as he approached. He hest
tated. Then out hoated the ghost.
Slowly unwinding itself the object be-
gan rising. and its long, snake-ike arms
reached out as if to seize the couple.
With cries of terror they ran until eX-
hausted. The ghost followed them for
short distance and then returned to
its hiding place to wait for other victims.
1t found plenty that night. Martin
Acorn, better known as Uncle Ben, says
he narrowly escaped from its clutches.
The ghost spoke to him. He says its
voice was so deep that it seemed to
come from its toes. a young man
named John Losee had a few minutes
interview with the ghost. When his
family heard of his adventure they all
started out together to give chase to the
ghost, but the willy terror lay low.
There was grand hunt for the ghost
last night 1t was an off night for the
ghost, however, and the hunters re-
turned worn out from their fruitless
search. They will try it again unless
the ghost concludes to 60 out Of bust
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
HOLY TERRORS.
They Don't Have Such Men in Well
regulated Communities.

They Don't Have Such Men in Well
regulated Communities.
A number of travelling men were hug
ging the hot-air register at the Lindell
and discussing "bad men," ''holy
terrors," bandits and other interesting
avatars Of evil, when Capt. Jack Duffy,
an old Scotland Yard official, caught the
speakers eye, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
owe don't have any more bad mem
in England and the professional high
Wayman is unknown. Of course we
had some foot-pads, but the days of
Dick Turpin, Claude Duval and Robin
Hood have long gone by.
Il have noticed that chad mem and
bandits do not flourish in Yankeeland.
1t is only in the West and South that
they continue in business on an extern
sive scale. This is probably due to the
fact that the Yankee, like the English
man, long ago got over his dread of the
bad man. You can no longer coniure
him out of his courage by the magic of
a name. Whenever an attempt is
made to lay violent hands he fights, and
when he seiZes the business end of a
controversy somebody is pretty apt to
come to grief.
"When a gun is showed under the
nose of free siler' he doesn't stop to
inquire if the shower keeps a private
graveyard. Instead of that he is seized
with morbid desire to become bad
man himself. No gang of cut-throats
can again terrorize Missouri as the
| Younger and James gangs once did.
| Missouri has learned that no matter
| how bad man may be, when the
! brains are properly blown out he will
die. After riding roughshod over the
| West and South for years, these two
gangs combined and attempted to do a
| little business in a Minnesota village.
They supposed that the names of Jesse
James and Cole Younger were sufficient
to send the citizens into the cellar, but
they were mistaken. A mild-mannered
! little doctor and country constable
! chased the terrors out of town, killed
several Of them, and the redoubtable
GOungers were placed in the peneten-
tiary for life. The Jameses only saved
! their bacon by running like scared coy
otes. Minnesota has outgrown the bad
man period.
THE experiences of the Daltons at
Coffeyville, Kas., indicates that the Sun
flower state can no longer be>terrorized
by a name. Bad mem and bandits are
only terrible In new countries. Ben
| Thompson would have lasted about
forty seconds in old or New England.
! Some bow-legged dude would have spit
on his hat, kicked him under the chin
and walked up and down his vertebrae
the first time he started to run the
town. | do not mean to say that new
countries are devoid of courage They
have it in abundance, but somehow
they get the idea after man has com
mitted a number of successful murders
that he is invincible. Old countries
know better.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
THE HIGHEST AWARD.
Roy al Baking Powder has all the Ronors
In Strength and Value 20 per cent.
Above it's Nearest Competitor.

Royal Baking Powder has all the Honors
In Strength and Value 20 per cent.
Above it's Nearest Competitor.
THE Royal Baking Powder has the
enviable record of having received the
highest award for articles of it's class
greatest strength, purest ingredients,
most perfectly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ex-
hibited in competition with others. In
the exhibitions Of former years, at the
Centennial, at Paris, Vienna and at the
various State and Industrial fairs, where
it has been exhibited, judges have in
variably awarded the Royal Baking
Powder the highest honors.
AT the recent Worlds Fair the exam
nations for the baking powder awards
were directed by the chief chemist of
the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington. The chief chemists official re-
port of the tests of the baking powders,
which was made for the specific purpose
of ascertaining which was the best,
shows the leavening strength of the
Royal to be 100 cubic inches of carbonic
gas per ounce Of powder. Of the cream
of tartar baking powders exhibited, the
next highest in strength tested con-
tanned but 1873 cubic inches of leavening
gas. The other powders gave an av-
erage of Ill. The Royal, therefore, was
found of 20 per cent. greater leavening
strength than it's nearest competitor,
and A per cent. above the average Of
all the other tests. Its superiority in
other respects, however, in the quality
Of the food it makes as to fineness,
delicacy and wholesomeness, could not
be measured by figures.
1t is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun-
try for SO many years, that have caused
the sales of the Royal Baking Powder,
as shown by statistics, to exceed the
sale of all other baking powders COM
bined.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY.
Young Couples Adventures with
Train Robbers.


Train Robbers.
A newly married couple, who have
Just come from the far Southwest to re-
side in West Philadelphia, had an ex-
perience on their wedding tour which,
though an exciting one at the time, has
caused both them and their friends
a great deal of merriment since, says
the Philadelphia Press. They had just
been married and were ushered on
their journey an hour later. The train
was running along swiftly and they were
recovering from the excitement of the
ordeal through which they had just
passed, when the train stopped sud
denly and the brakeman came rushing
through the train, pulling down
the blinds in most UnceremoniOus
manner. The groom began to get a lit
tie apprehensive, SO he told his bride
that he was going to find out what was
the matter. He came back with the
news that the train was held up by rob-
bers The brides face blanched. In
voluntarily she looked at the wedding
ring that had been placed on her hand
only an hour or SO before. She Won
dered if she begged real hard to the
train robbers whether they would leave
her at least that. She thought exactly
when he came for her valuables. Then
the conductor came in and warned the
passengers and people hid watches and
pocket-books and jewels in every con-
ceivable place. Suddenly the report of
a revolver, followed by others in quick
succession, made all shiver. "Get down
between the Seats" hastily said the
young husband to his bride. Il won't
run even the shadow of risk"
So, obedient to her new master, she
crept down on the floor in obscurity.
There's no danger at all" said the
man in the next seat, reassuringly.
Just then several more shots were
heard and the speaker Topped down be-
tween the seats. All the other people
in the car followed suit and as they
were on all tours in breathless anxiety
there came in sweet-tuned voice, full
of suppressed anxiety: Edgar, have
you got good safe place."
There was a smile even in the terrors
of the moment of the faces of many of
the passengers. The train-robbers left
without going through the passenger
coaches,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
Russia Producing Cotton.

The production of cotton is rapidly
increasing in quantity in the trans
caspian provinces of Russia. Last year
as many as y, $50 tons of raw cotton
were transported across the Caspian to
Baku, and thence by the Transcaucasian
Railway to Batoum and Poti. After re-
shipment at these places the cotton was
conveyed to Odessa and Sebastopol, and
thence to the weaving mills at LODI,
Warsaw and those in the Moscow dis
trict.
1t being cheaper than either Ameri-
can or Egyptian cotton, which pays a
very heavy import duty, 1T 1 may be that
the transcaspian provinces will suffice
to furnish the raw material required by
the Russian mills, American and Egypt
ian cotton will cease to be bought in
Russia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
An $500 Overcoat.

An overcoat that will cost the tidy
little fortune of $500 is now being made
for mysterious individual by Chest
nut Street tailor. The tailor does not
know who his lavish customer is, and
never set eyes on him until he strolled
into the store one day recently and or
dered the garment, leaving deposit OF
$500 as a guarantee Of good faith.
The coat is lined with sealskin and
the trimmings are Of the finest known
cuffs, also of sealskin, and the pockets
are lined with the costly skin. The
rich fur is only about an eighth of an
inch long, and is entirely from seal
-PhiLad2Iphia Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
A LITTLE CHILD.

paced one day along the dusty street
With heavy heart and inattentive mind,
When suddenly, with tiny, pattering feet,
A little child came softly up behind
He joined me, and we walked on side by side,
Some spell Of silence | could not define
Was on US; then, with blue eyes opened wide,
He looked at me and placed his hand in mine.
a baby's hand, and yet so firm and strong,
1t held my tired one with kindly grasp.
And as we walked still silently along
My heavy heart found healing Ill that clasp.
What sweet mysterious influence led him there
| cannot tell but thus it seemed to me
His Guardian Angel guided him to share
My burden with unconscious sympathy.
Unconscious, for as yet his tender mind
Had never learnt that Love is kin to Pain.
And this is sympathy, whose links can bind
Their heart to heart as with n golden chain.
He needed naught of mine, he would not miss
NJ when we parted, nor would understand
My thanks, but on his brow left a kiss,
And thanked God for the kindly baby hand.
- PENN Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
THE GREAT BUSK TUNNEL.
1t Has Cost Twenty Lives and Over a
Million of Money.

1t Has Cost Twenty Lives and Over a
Million of Money.
The great Busk tunnel, on the Colora-
do Midland road, which is about COM
pleted, has been in course of construc-
ton for three years, during which time
two miles of solid granite has been
drilled through, at a costof over 81 ,000,-
600. The successful result of this NAM
moth feat of tunneling has cost, in adj
ditiOn, the lives of twenty men, and
has crippled for life fifty more. Only
one life was lost during the entire
undertaking by a cave-in. The first two
men to die were those who thaWed out
the giant powder. Another death was
caused by one of the workmen trying
to close up the Illuminating cap. The
largest number killed at any one time
was when the foreman gave a wrong
order about firing the blast by electri-
city, causing thereby premature blast,
in which five poor fellows were blown
into eternity without a seconds warn
ing.
A superstition which, strangely
enough, prevailed with the workmen
when the great Swiss tunnel at St.
GOthard was in course of construction,
was held by those engaged on the sim
liar work in the Busk tunnel. This is
that in case of accident none of the
tunnel men will resume their work
until their dead comrades have been
buried.
The completion of the tunnel su bsti-
tutes two miles of travel tor ten, thus
doing away with the most expensive
climb made by any railroad in the
world. So far as scenic effect is con-
cerned, however, the change of road is
decidedly to be regretted, as the mag
nifcent views of the Hagerman pass,
the great Continental divide, will there
by be lost to the travellers Of the fu-
t11rp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
The Tun of Heidelberg.

That monster wine vat, the famous
''tun of Heidelberg" which we have
been taught from childhood to consider
the most gigantic receptacle for liquid
ever made of wood and bound with iron
hoops, has at last been excelled in shape
of a giant cask built for the Blatner
Brewing Company of Munich. The
Blatner cask, but recently finished, is
105 feet in diameter and 81 feet deep.
1t was inaugurated with ball in which
275 couples took part, and at one time,
it is said, there were 500 people on the
floor Of the cask, not counting the
walters, musicians, etc. Besides the
above no inconsiderable floor space was
taken up by the stage erected for the
orchestra, the two pianos and fine din
inc table
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
Does Not Look Like q Negro.

Why is it that the cartoonists all rep
resent Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii as
a woman having negro features-I mean
the features of an African? She is a
totally different looking woman, and
does not possess the negro features.
She is, of course, dark-skinned, her
cheek bones are prominent, her face is
broad, her nose is a trife fat, the nos
trils large and her lips not SO much
more prominent than those of the eau
casian. Still, she does not possess the
negro type of features, for she is typ
oIpr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
Curious Chinese River.

The Chinese have remarkable SUI
perstition about the Chu River, which
is the local name on the border for the
Chatting. A considerable trade in
drugs is borne along this river. for
which a special class of boats, composed
Of very light boards fastened together
with wooden nails, is built. The ma
tives say that the magnetic attraction OF
the bed of the river is so strong that
were ordinary boats used the iron nails
would be pulled out. Along the river
banks iron is mined in primitive fash
ion, and from the geological evidence it
is believed that the ore is very rich.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
Keywinding Watches.

Key-winding watches have been so
thoroughly out Of date for nearly ten
years past that it is now difficult to sell
them for tenth of their original cost,
no matter how we'll made they may be.
Watch dealers will allow for them in
exchange little more than the value
of the gold or silver in the case, not
with the idea of selling the works, but
rather to keep them on hand for lend
ing to customers while their own
watches are mandinp.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06

tlIllely resort 10 InaC aQnlraDl
health, Hostetter's Stomach B
promoter of activity in the re
stomach and the liver. Ere i
kidneys develops into Brig
diabetes or other dangerous
course should be had to the E
suggestion is followed, the ha
of the earlier symptoms may
with confidence. Check a d
these maladies at the outset
indicated, since at their ms
hard indeed to conquer. D,
matism, insomnia, nervous
ton, malarial complaints ar
the Bitters, a medicine of
use and prompt effects.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06

RURAL YoUTH-''You should stay and
90 to a husking- City Maid
"What is that?' eve have big party
Of young folks, and after husking the
corn we have a dance" "Ah, L see.
| presume that is where we get our
term the maiz-y waltz. ''-Net0 York
WeekLg.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-06
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are improved
more by the pleasant laxative, Syrup of
Figs, when in need Of the laxative effect Of
gentle remedy than by any other, and that
it is more acceptable to them. Children
enjoy it and it benefits them. The true
remedy, Syrup Of Figs is manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co. only.