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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
A STARTLING RISE.
The Grade of Short Mountain Railroad
Recently Completed in Oregon.

The Grade of a Short Mountain Railroad
Recently Completed in Oregon.
Trains are now running Onthe Barnes
Heights & Cornell Mountain Railroad
at Portland, Ore, and the line is re-
garded as a triumph Of engineering.
Beginning at point near the Twenty
second Street curve of the Washington
Street line the road winds up the scenic
Barnes Canon and the almost precipit-
Gus hills in the shape Of letter "S''
until it reaches the summit, LOCO feet
above the starting point. An idea of
the immensely Of the grade that was
overcome can be gained from the state
ment of the OregOnian that the line is
only two and three-fourths miles long
and the grade is therefore nearly $40
feet to the mile. When the line was
first projected many considered it's OPP
Grafton by electricity impracticable and
almost impossible. A cable was thought
necessary and some suggested that the
motive power be changed, but the pro-
jectors had faith in the propelling force
of electricity and success crowned their
efforts.
Its success is attributed in part to the
fact that the road traverses one of the
most picturesque sections around Port
land, and from the summit magnificent
view of the city and surrounding
country can be obtained. Many resi-
dences are to be erected at various points
along the line, and these when COM
pleted will make the heights a hand
some residence suburb. When the con-
struction of the line was begun there was
scarcely a residence along or in the
vicinity of the proposed line, and the
entire development of the heights and
indefatigable efforts of the projectors
of the enterprise,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

might not be recognized by some of the
railways over which she was to travel.
She knew that her old master owned
two or three railroads, and she had an
idea that he owned one all the way to
New York. So she got on the train, and
when the conductor came around hand
ed out the slip Of paper. He looked at
it, then at her and didn't know what to
do. There was Leland Stanford sigma
ture, and he didn'tlike to dishonor that
So he telegraphed for instructions, and
his superiors told him to send the wom-
an right through, and she came.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
Testing the Cadets.

The military cadets of Montana College
were on their annual camping tour sew
eral weeks ago, and a number of ranch
men thought they would test the yalor
of the young patriots, and about mid
night they bolted up to the camp, and
were commanded to halt, which order
the ranchmen answered with number
of pistol shots in the air Their fire was
promptly returned by the sentinel, and
in less time than it takes to tell it the
other cadets were shooting at the re-
treating forms, who, in their haste to
get away, fell into an irrigating ditch.
which probably saved the lives of some
of them.
THE average annual product of each
laborer in India La estimated at $50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
A Principle at Stake.

"Your account of the concert last
night" said the musician, trembling
with indignation, "omitted all mention
of the very thing wanted to see print
ed. The violin played, as was care
full to tell your reporter, was, a genuine
Stradivarius, and one of the best he
ever made"
the T BATE 81 Bre Fgght Sad R M e Sta9 OF
arius gets his fddles advertised in this
paper it will cost him so cents line
Good morning, sir. -Chie0qo TribM1se.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
August
Flower

=" I am Post Master here and keep
a Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. l think it is
a splendid medicine" E. A. Bond,
P. M, Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir,
If it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. 1t assures good appetite
and a good digestion. q
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

NJ. CARNoT, the president of the
French republic, has been unable 10 en-
terrain during the past winter on &C
count of his poor health. He has de-
cided to devote the sum of $4,000, rep
resenting in part the sum he otherwise
would have spent on entertainments, to
charitable institutions and gifts to the
poor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
LOOK Up

and not down." if you're a suffer-
ing woman. Every one of the
bodily troubles that come to
women only has a guaranteed
cure in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. That will bring you
safe and certain help.
It's a powerful general, as well
as uterine, tonic and nervine, and
it builds up and invigorates the
entire female system. 1t regu-
lates and promotes all the proper
functions, improves digestion,
enriches the blood, brings refresh
ing sleep, and restores health and
strength.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
A Momentous Question.

a correspondent, signing herself
Miss L." writes to the Brooklyn
Times inquiring: Glow late do you
think a young man should stay when
he is counting young lady?'' Is it any
wonder that Brooklyn editors grow
prematurely old when they are called
upon to pass judgments upon questions
as delicate and momentous as this?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
When Travelling.

on every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms Of sickness.
For sale in SOC, and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
A REVELATION,

He'd had dose of cucumbers,
The sort the average vender sells.
And as he clutched the part wherein
Some men the vest protrusive swells,
He said with facial emphasis
In keeping with his brand of woe,
Il know why old John Adams wrote
Man wants but little here below"
Boston Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

OVER TWENTY years of experience and ex-
pertinent in making Dobbins Electric Soap
has enabled US to bring out now a new sc
soap, the bestin the world, Dobbins' Perfect
Soap. Ask your grocer for it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

In every case of Catarrh that seems
hopeless, you can depend upon Doctor
Sage's Catarrh Remedy for cure.
It's proprietors are so sure of it that
they'll pay $500 cash for any incurable
case. Sold by all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

For alterations, displacements, bearing
down sensations, periodical pains, and all
female complaints and weaknesses, 'Fa-
vorlte Prescription is the only guaranteed
remedy. If it ever fails to benefit or cure.
you have your money back.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
Giant Shot Are Not New.

In 1478 MOhammed H., In forming
the siege of Scutari, in Albania, en-
ployed fourteen heavy bombards, the
lightest of which threw a stone shot of
$40 pounds in weight, two sent shots of
500 pounds, two of $50 pounds, two Of
$50 pounds, one of l 200 pounds, five of
1,500 pounds and one Of the enormous
weight of l $40 pounds, enormous even
in these days, for the only guns whose
shot exceed the heaviest Of these are
our eighty-ton guns, throwing a 1,700
pound projectile, our 100-ton, throwing
one of 1900 pounds, and the 110-ton,
throwing an 1,8O0-pound shot with a
high velocity. The stone shot of Mo-
.hammed's guns varied between twenty
and thirty-two inches in diameter,
about the same height as dining table;
1854 Of them were fired on this occa-
sion. weighing, according to calcula-
ton of Gen. Lefroy's, about 1000 tons,
and were cut out Of the solid rock on
the spot. Assuming twenty-four inches
as the average diameter of the shot
fired at this siege, the total area of the
surface dressed was nearly 80, 900 square
feet. At this siege the weight of the
powder fred is estimated by Gen. Le-
troy to have been 250 tons. At the
siege of Rhodes, in 1880, Mohammed
caused sixteen basilisks, or double can
non: to be cast on the spot, throwing
balls two to three feet in diameter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

The only suspicion of crookedness in
heaven came about when an astrono-
mer discovered that some of the stars
had been ixed.-Picayltne
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

SWEARING may give relief to over
worked feelings, but it doesn't bring
back the excursion boat the swearer has
missed .-Chester Meas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

BEEcHAM's PILLS stimulate the ptyalin in
the saliva, remove depression, give appe-
tite, and make the sick well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

M. L. THOMPSON & Co, Druggists, Cou-
dersport, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is
the best and only sure cure for catarrh they
ever sold. Druggists sell it. 75c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

~ Fr1rr rush of business is always on
with the basket maker.-CleUeEdnd Plain
Dealer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

n. K. Browns Essence Jamaica Ginger
Will cure cold. None better. Try it.
Only 25 cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

A CITIZEN of Colorado can force the
yield of silver if he has a mine to-
Picdult71e.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
The Approaching Dinner Hour

Is fraught with no pleasant anticipations
for the unhappy mortal plagued with dys-
pepsia. Appetite seldom, discomfort after
and between meals, always is his portion.
Heartburn and flatulence subsequent to eat
ing, gnawing at the pit Of the stomach be-
fore it, are only few among the woes arts
ing from this truly impish complaint Sick
headache, nervousness, consti patton and
biliousness are its diabolical offspring.
Each and all of them are annihilated by
Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs, which tones
the gastric organs and regulates the liver
tude. Chills and fever kidney trouble
rheumatism and neuralgia are also rem
edied by this medicine of rare purity and
comprehensive uses. Invalids of all kinds
are greatly and swiftly benefited by it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

1T isn't everyone who can make a
game man uail.-Bafol0 Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19
Sciatic Rheumatism

popular deputy sheriff al
Winooski Falls. Vt, s Us !:
Il suffered terrible tor
ture for 10 years with
sciatic rheumatism. ! be
gan taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. Since taking it I
don't have any pain and
can get around all right.
If Hoods Sarsaparilla
cost SO a bottle, ] should
continue using it," L. D.
\. 1 g N-n,,,,- -,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-19

- BIZ W iieeief. continue using it," f. D.
WHEELER, Winooski Falls Vermont
n b. be sure 10 get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
HOODS Pills act easily, yet promptly ana
efficiently, on the liver and bowels. 25c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
COLORED ORPHANS HOME.
New Board of Directors Elected-Lady Man
sgers-Work of the Past Year.

The board of directors for the Asylum for
Friendless Colored Children met at the
Friends Church. last night. aud elected
the following board for the coming year:
William L. Pyle. A. K. Hollowell. DE-. Evan
Hadley. Horace NJ. Hsdley. j. G. Adams.
HI. +. Fletcher. j. r. Evans, Israel Wilson
and John w. Johnson. After adjournment
the new board organized with William l..
Pyle. presidents; A. X. Hollowell. secretary.
and Joseph r.. Evans, treasurer. William
Pray. who has been o member of
the board for the past sixteen
years, declined reelection on account
of a prospective change in residence.
The board confirmed the appointment of
the following ladies. to constitute the
board of lady managers for the coming
year: Delltha b. Harvey, Anna 4. Fetch
er, Carrie Z. b. Evans, Carrie Rees, Alice
Taylor. Mary Carter. Maria Stubbs. Han
Sheppie Adams. Fannie Johnson. Theresa
Anderson. Elizabeth n. Hadley, Hulda
Tlmberlake. Fannie Edwards. Mariana
HollingswOrth, Maggie A. Wilson. Ella
Coffin, Hannah Lawrence and Mary Rus
sell.
The report of the board of lady managers
for the past year showed 1CS children cared
for during the year. Twenty-eight of these
were In the home the en- tire year, f0rty-five
had gone To parents or homes found for
them by the board. There had been three
deaths during the year. and sixty-three
children are now cared for at the home.
total expenditures for all purposes TO be
e5 Do 70
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
MONUMENT COMMISSIONERS.
Pedestals for the Four Submonuments-EX-
press Wagons Still on the Circle.

The monument commissioner yesterday
ordered that bids be received for plans for
o PEDESTAL for the Morton monument, and,
also, for three other similar pedestals, to be
used in connection with statues OF George
Rogers Clark and others. who may yet be
selected, to represent periods OF Indiana
history. The president was instructed
to urge the speedy completion, by
Bureau Mothers. of Philadelphia. of
the navy astragal. The board or
dered that q contract and bond
be prepared for the execution by Nicholas
Geiger. of the army astragal. In accordance
with the original proposal. The board. on
Its own invitation, received q call from L.
e.. Steele, LOUIS II. Gibson, j. h.. Mahoney
and William Forsyth with reference to
the art work of the They
argued that in the interests OF finished art
the board ought To give all the time re-
nuired for the perfection of the groups.
President Langsdale was requested to
write and request the desiS ners of the sue
sessful groups In the War and Peace COM
petition to come TO America to view the
The act christening the Circle as Monu-
ment Place prohibits, under stern penal
hes. the standing of express wagons. teams.
backs. etc., about It. An emergency was
declared, but the Ion g-standing nuisance
continues. It lis supposed the leniency is
due TO the fact that the improvements are
foon TO begin. necessItating the finding OF
o new rendezvous for the wagons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
HESSLING HAS A PULL"
Granted q Liquor License in Spite of . Forci-
Bile Remonstrance from Residents.

The County Commissioners yesterday
granted B.. Hessling license to conduct q
saloon at No. $50 North Noble street. John
O. Spahr, as attorney for a number of resi-
dents in the vicinity. filed q remonstrance
but no attention was paid to 1t by the
commissioners. The remonstrance was
based upon the ground of charac-
ter. Mr. Spabr says that they in
troduced witnesses who testified that
Hessling had continually sold liquors
at illegal hours and on Sunday. and thla
evidence was uncontradicted by the appli-
cant. but the commissioners granted the
license in the face of the showing made by
the remonstrants MIR. Spshr cited a de-
cision of the Supreme Court holding that
'frequentinR places where gambling 10
permitted is. under Section 20S5, K. s.. 1881,
a public ~Offense. and 10 such an immortality
as units an applicant to be intrusted with
the sale of intoxicating liquors." Argu-
Ing from analogy he maintained that any
violation of . law was such An immortality
as would unfit the applicant for engaging
In the business. The case will be appealed
to the higher courts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15

test with Job Osborne. and was seated
after one of the most bitter fights that has
ever taken place in the body. On the face
of the returns Osborne bad Q majority OF
thirty-seveu votes. but the COMMITTEES
on elections found that hfty-two ballots.
which were protested and not counted,
should have been counted for McHugh.
and thirteen such ballots should have been
counted for Osborne. thus making Nc
Hugh's total vote 1858 and OsborDe's $3.50.
and electInR the former by two majority.
This was regarded as q close shave, but lt
was sufi cient. and McHugh was seated.
There were Democrats both inside and ont
side of tho Senate who did not feel that Nc
Hugh was elected to the office of Senator.
but he was seated by o party vote and Os-
borne went back to his constituency q
wiser and q madden man. If the two are
candidates before the people in the coming
election for Senator it ID not at all proba-
BILE that q Senate COMMITTEES would have
to do any figuring IN McHugh's behalf.
Indeed. he has already lntimated that he
will not be q candidate for reelection, but
10 willing to retire on the honors that he
has accumulated in the Senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
THE BABE WAS DROWNED.
Strange Death of q ColOred Infant Being In
veStiRated BY Coroner Beck.

Coroner Beck was called at No. 75 Chapel
street yesterday morning to look into the
mysterious death of the illegitlmate child
born to acolored girl named Emma Guest,
at 5 O'Clock Monday evening. Three hours
after the birth of the infant, Dr.. Pettiford,
q colored physician. was summoned to the
house and found the babe lying in o
bucket of water. where. the mother said.
it had accidentally fallen. 1t was dead
and had evidently been In the water for
some time. In the testimony taken, wit
nesses living in the house were positive tn al
the woman was alone at the time of birth,
although 1t appears to the physicians that
she must have been attended. An autopsy
held on the remains of the child yesterday
evening revealed the presence of water In
the lungs and bronchial tubes, and 1t is the
impression of the doctors that death was
causen by drowning. The Guest girl last
week occurred the arrest of w. ID. Driver,
q young colored man who was the recent
CITY editor of the World. He was made de-
PENDANT in q paternity suit and Is ct IN Jail.
The coroner will take the testimony of
several more witnesses before making o
verdict.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
SELLING FRUIT To CONSUMERS.
Retail Grocsrs EndeavOr to Force the Com
mission Men TO Cease the Practice.

The commission merchants and q COM
mittee from the Retail Merchants Com
mercial Association met In conference in
Mozart Hall yesterday afternoon In an eff.
fort to bring about an understanding on
the question of retailing by the commission
men. The retail merchants were repre-
sented by julius Reinecke. Richard Golfer,
Thomas Austin, William Neckenhorst and
Thomas Flaherty and all the commission
merchants except one were present. The
retailers asked that the commission men
discontinue retailing and presented an
agreement to this effect for their signature.
The request was freely discussed and
there was a wide variance of opinion
among the commission men upon the Ques-
ton. Some of them readily assented to It
while others wanted p~erlshable goods ex-
cepted. The committee urged their point
forcIbly, but the commission men desired
more time to consider the proposition and
an adjournment was taken without any
definite agreement having been reached.
There will be another meeting in the near
future. when some sort of an agreement
will be entered into.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15

Another monstrosity in the way of . bill
from Coroner Beck has found its way into
tho commissioners Office. and been allowed
by that body. The bill is for fees for irreg-
ular dates during December, January. Feb
ruary and March. and is for S421. Last
week he filed and was allowed o bill for
S403, covering irregular dates during the
months of Decem Der and January. The
two bills show that the coroner has served
156 days in q little over three mOnths. He
seems to have q peculiar faculty for crowd.
ing several days into one. and having bile
allowed for services rendered during this
new-fashioned day. An linking of the
way in which he makes time can be gained
from an examination of his reports of IN.
quests held. In n case he charged fees
for three days services. amounting to SIS,
and the record showed that three witnessed
had been examined. The commissioners
have allowed the coroner 1924 for l56 days
services. and all of this time has been com.
pressed into o period of q little over three
Months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
School of Embalming.

The School of Embalming continued it's
session yesterday morning. at the Girton
undertaking rooms. by q lecture from Prof.
Fitzhugh on coffin. casket trimmings and
general funeral directing. Professor Fitz-
hugh suggested many valuable hints for
the charge of funerals. A.. L.. Oglesbee, of
Sedaiia. o.. read q paper on What Con-
stitutes Funeral Directing" after which
Prof. Carl Barnes answered the numerous
queries ~propounded by the quiz" class.
From 2 to 4 o'clock. ut Masonic Hall, the
attending u~ndertakers were given q prscti-
cal demonstration in the art of EN- balminR
q body by Professors Barnes and Fitzhugh.
During this part of the programme the
lecturers explained by a microscopic test
that it is possible to ship the remains of
persons having died from contagious dis
eases without the slightest danger of in
fection. To-day and tomorrow will be de.
eraiaaa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15
M'HUGH IN ILLINOIS.


Pushing n Bill In the Legislature for the
Benefit of the Robey Gamblers
That somewhat celebrated corporation
iobber and legislative manipulstor Senator
MoHugh, of 1ippecanoe. has broken out in
q new spot. 1t will be remembered that
MoHugh introduced in the Legislature q
bill drawn by Leon o. Bailey. Deputy
Attorney general. legalizing pool selling in
Indiana. This was one of the very few Mo-
Hugh jobs that did not slip through both
houses before anybody discovered it. Its
purpose was exposed in the newspapers as
soon as it was introduced. and Its author
did not dare push IL: it died in committee.
1t will also be remembered that when the
Barnes anti Robey bill reached the Senate
it disappeared in the bowels of Sena-
tor McHugh's Judiciary committee.
1t will be further rem embered
that when the Sulzer ANTHOLOGY
bill. which was much more STRINGENT in it's
provisions. appeared In the Senate. it did
not even get to McHugh's committee. but
at once disappeared into McHugh's inside
pocket. and there 1t staid despite all efforts
to unearth il. until the session was over.
McHugh's latest move Is in the line of
further evidence of his peculiar interest IN
the prosperity of the Robey gamblers.
Since they escaped drastic legislation in
Indiana the big CnicagO gamblers. Condor
and his crowd, have put mp the money
TO make good Robey's obligations. and
the institution" has again opened
out in full blast. In the mean
time its hackers are turning their atten-
ton to the Illinois Legislature. where they
are pushing the Berry bill to prevent pool
selling In Limos. The Robey tang have
|. McHugh at the head of their lobby there
and he knows his business. 1t may seem
strange to them and strange to hin to have
the moral end of a question, but they have
it here. on the surface. at least, and by
virtue of this fact the bill has the support
of the Chicago press. Robey's interest in
the bill lies IN the fact that by its provis-
ions both Hawthorne and Washington Park
could be wiped out and the vast lumber
of race-going people IN Chicago next sum-
mer thereby be forced TO attend Robey or
nothing. All of which would. of course,
mean q golden harvest for the Robey track.
and McHugh Is not In the deal for his
health.
This man. who succeeded in carrying the
Senate In his vest pocket. occupied his posi-
ton there by virtue of a stolen seat. He
| entered the Senate OF 1891 through . Goa