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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16
A Decision After solomon.

A curious incident took place the
other day in a Brooklyn police court.
A lame man had been arrested on the
complaint of his wife for cruelty beating
her. The Judge was about to send the
W oman sWears againsta man the man gets
but small credit Just then the little f.
year-old child, which the mother was
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16
Mr.. Nagarkar to Return.

B. B. Nagarkar, of Bombay, India,
representative of the Brahmo Somai,
will speak at the Unitarian Church on
May q. He was delegate from India
to the Worlds Parliament of Religions
and delivered an address in Milwaukee
a few months ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16
Krupp's Enormous Gun.

A coast gun built by Krupp, when
being tested at the Meppen grounds
recently, threw the projectile 65,616
feet, or nearly Is miles, the gun having
an elevation OF A degrees. The pro-
jectile weighed 474 pounds. The charge
Of powder weighed 253 pounds, giving
an initial velocity of 2,099 feet. 1t is
estimated that the projectile reached
an altitude of q, 456 feet, and it's flight
Occunied 20 3 seconds
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

owe don't play the piano at our house
on Sunday" said the first little girl,
'and you folks do. Weain't heathens.
Neither are we," said the second little
girl, "but we don't believe in usin' up
all our religion OF Sunday, SOS there
won't be none lett through the week,
like some folks does. Indianapolis
Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

"HAvE you seen "Ships that Pass in
the Night? p " ''No, but I have seen
schooners that pass in the beer saloon"
Boston Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

PARKER" Swell clearinghouse, isn't
it?" Barker-"Swell? Hash is never
mentioned except as renaissance
corned beefp PUCK.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

WE will give 500 reward for any case of
cataTrh that cannot be cured with Halls
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
T. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

SHILoH's CONSUMPTION CURE is sold on a
guarantee 1t cures incipient Consum ption.
1t is the best Cough Cure. 25 cents so cents
and 81 90
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

A SUPERB GIRL; surprisingly lovely skin
fair as a lily; cheeks like roses, and why?
1t is because she uses GLENN's SULPHUR
SOAP.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

To purify, enrich and vitalize the blood,
and thereby invigorate the liver and diges-
tive organs, brace up the nerves. and put
the system in order generally also to build
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16

SWIFT travels by rail, while his army
march on foot and rail at Swift-L0lUeR
Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-16
A Preventive Again It Freckles.

1t is said that red parasol destroys
In a great measure the actinic power Of
the sun and must therefore keep the
skin from freckles. Photographers
long ago availed themselves of this pc
culiarity of light transmitted through
red medium, and it seems reasonable
to suppose that a red shade might pro-
tect the complexion.
HARRY PATTON and Ed. Cranmer, of
Elgin, Or, went out for bear recently,
the varmints. The Recorder thinks
that is the best hunting ground in the
state.
Forty thousand sheep are being
sheared near Shoshone, Idaho.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-13
BAKERS.
BANKERS AND BROKERS.

ENDORSEMENT q UARAN TT Z
COMPANY,
Ninth-sireet Entrance Chamber OF Commerce
CHARLES Y. BARGAMIN, President.
JAMES X. WERTH, Vice-President
II. N. sTARKE, Secretary and Treasurer
Guarantees the prompt payment OF any kind
q, pecuniary obg alton that bears their indorse-
msnt Nego.iates loans for any amount and on
any plan Offers special Inducements 70 small
investors, aud unusual Inducements TO parties
having none 20 loan on real estate.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
The Nile by Night.

i suppose no professional globe trot-
ter is ever satisfied" said James T.
Hurd of New York, without sojourn
IN Alexandria and a voyage of four O,
five weeks up the Nile. The river itself,
l must say, did at first sadly disappoint
me. We Americans are apt to be rather
exacting in the matter of rivers, nat.
urally enough, considering the beauty
and grandeur of our own When saw
the strong stream in the hot sunshine,
looking like floating mud rather than
water, hated to believe it the Nile Of
my dreams. Beauty, majesty and pow.
er, not utility, were what / wanted "a
see in the historic river. But when the
sun went down and the moon gilded,
not silvered, the stream, then it became
indeed the river of my imagination.
The unsightly banks, which by day were
steep walls of black mud, like huge un.
baked brick. became picturesque and
even beautiful, with waving groves OF
palm and fields Of grain. ST Loui.
Globe Democrat.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
Speeches From Notes.

1t is usually supposed by the lay
reader that the greatest speeches made
in congress are the result of long prepa-
ration and are delivered from volumi-
nous notes. This is not always correct.
The preparation may be all right, but
i'll many cases notes do not exist at all
This may be illustrated from a little
conversation l had with ex- Congressman
John NJ. Farquhar. He was booked to
speak at o reunion of veterans. Half an
hour before he was announced to take
the platform l approached and said:
''Mr. Farquhar, l shall be glad to get
an advance copy of your speech.
MY dear SIR" he replied, Il never
wrote a speech in my life and never
shall. l never spoke from notes but once
in my life. That was when / was in
congress, and my speech occupied over
four hours. My notes consisted of five
words scribbled on piece of paper. /
have kept that piece of paper, and when
l have Joined the majority it may be
considered an interesting souvenir to
somebody"
thought SO too. Buffalo News.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
WornOut Machinery.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.
c. B., of New Zealand, now visiting
England, says in the Illustrated Lon
don News:
Il call myself a conservative. Old
machinery won't drive a new world.
The old changes and must be replaced.
Take the woman's vote, which is now
q hard and fast and excellent fact in
New Zealand. You'll have it in Eng
land by and by, but for the present you
are losing half the intellect of the na.
ton, and more, l make bold to say. than
half the virtue of the nation.
The News describes Sir George Grey
as lone of the greatest English procon-
suls of the century, the first statesman
in the affection and achievements OF
Australian democracy. This testi-
mony is all the more weighty in the
case of New Zealand, where not only
the white but the Maori women as well
are admitted to the franchise, o reliance
upon principles of justice which should
shame Americas uniform expediency
and distrust of equal rights.
Woman's Journal.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
Frog Catching us An Industry,

Frog catching is a leading industry
along the river. and the most successful
operators work all night and sleep in
the daytime. Their tents along the river
are silent during the sleeping hours of
the forenoon, but at night the swampy
shores are alive with the moving Ian
terms of the fishers. or rather the frog
gers The frogs are caught with an Or
dinary fishhook, and the most successful
bait is small piece Of red flannel The
operator has a reflector lantern fastened
i'll the bow of his boat, and it is claimed
that the light makes the frogs snappish
without discrimination The baited
hooks are passed freely among them as
the canoes, punts, skiffs and RATS are
pushed and padded through the
marshes. The frog catchers do profit
able business with the Toronto restau
rants. s.-Torouto Globe.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23

The territorial area of Japan is about
one-twenty- fourth that of the United
States, not counting Canada, which is
likely some time to come in, and it sup
ports 40, 900, 900 people. At this rate it
is computed that the North American
continent would sustain population of
1000, 600, ,O00 How soon that limit is
to be reached may be remitted to the
prophets and the statisticians, but it
will come some time without doubt, re.
quiring an increasingly wise type of
statesman and politician on the way if
we are to hold together and carry out
the destinies which seem appointed to
us.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
She Pounded . Cartridge.

A woman of Carrolton, Ky, thought
that she would be able to stop leak in
the bottom of an iron pot by driving a
piece of lead into it. So she got one of
her husbands pistol cartridges out of a
drawer and began the driving process
with hammer. Now, the good lady
didn't understand the philosophy of a
cartridge ana never dreamed that it
would explode from the conclusion Of a
hammer, seeing no powder about the
thing. But there is no knowledge as
that which comes from experience, al
though the price paid in that way is
sometimes very high. This cartridge
exploded, and the flesh of the thumb
and finger with which she held it was
considerably torn. And that old Dot
still leaks as it did before e-Louisville
Courier-Journal
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
a FRIVOLOUS AND SELFISH e,,o
Immoral Life and rv,ct,o, .,,..
Fellow Nesfi;, "0

''"'horHi Life and Eviction of IT. u
feiiow Nestiings.
popular fallacy tells us +hot j.
CUCKOO lays eggs in another bird,s ~. .
Hhe does not. She laws eight eons ~.
~. .n' ground The eggs are in size COL
or, spots and shape in accordance with
wy ihiormatlon obtained, say, in Leigh
wooas: Out of the eight eggs f;ve ~.
SIX would closely resemble the boaoa
starrow's. The other two might bo
nose OF titlark, wren or n Iip,a,
.iei maze frlends-about three or fonr
70 each lady-now come forward ca.
iect each an egg and carry If in ;,s
ou'h 20 the nest of the prearranged
roster mother Only one cuckoo egg is
pi"ceo III one nest If he finds a cuckoo
,i'S preceded him on the same errand
ne seeks another cradle, KNOWING in !,
moment. amid all the eggs present. tbe
cuckoo pedigree
| Inc deluded mother matches the in.
truoer with her own brood. and the in.
terioper, having the faculty of being
iia'cheo sooner than the others, is of
course the first TO come out of his she'll
nc manages to wriggle underneath his
brothers and sisters and presents them
as heave offering to the expectant ro.
uents, mice, rats, stoats and what not
ana within II hours of his existence is
| .he supreme occupier of the nest. He
Keeps his black mouth wide open contin.
ually, which the father and mother
OF the departed chickens as constantly
MI until his body is too big for his
home, and he departs therefrom for.
ever.
The cuckoo leaves the last week of
July. He is a restless being, like the
soul OF John Brown, always marching
on. After leaving Europe he begins in
the north of Africa and ends at the Cane
OF Good Hope, whence he returns to
Europe in the spring. Why does he GO
away and why come back? Food-the
food he loves-the hairy caterpillar. He
VIII eat other grubs, but these are his
hourly bread.
1t has been estimated in round num-
oers that out of every 100 hairy cater
pillars that wriggle into life 80 are de-
voured by cuclloos. Everywhere nature
Is careful to maintain her balance. The
cuckoo keeps down the millions of bill
lions of hairy caterpillars and preserves
our cornfields from being eaten up By
hedge sparrows. The cuckoo is born
conservative, and as long as he lives re-
turns annually to the neighborhood of
his birth. Western (England) Press
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
Beer by the Pound.

What do you think of getting 1 u
pounds of beer for nickel?' said man
the other day. We'll, out in the south
ern part of the city they sell beer in this
way altogether, especially at the little
German groceries with a saloon annex
When people come into the place for q
pitcher of beer, the vessel is set on
scales and weighed Then the customer
is asked if he wants lager or common
beer. If he wants cents worth of the
first, he gets Il pounds, but if he wants
common beer he gets l s.4pounds The
dealer l saw did not know how the Gus
tom of weighing beer originated The
stand has been handed down for several
generations, and beer was never meas
ured otherwise than by weighing. -
Louisville Courier Journal.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
AN ACCOMMODATING DRIVER.

He Was Also Superintendent, So He Could
do as He Pleased.
''They have delightful way Of being
accommodating in some parts Of the
south, said a gentleman who had trav-
eled considerably in that section. "Of
course 1T wouldn't do anywhere else in
the world, but the way those people for
get all about time is absolutely refresh
ing.
Il was down south once and had occa-
sion not to patronize but to be patronized
by little street car line running from
L. to L. Junction. The length
Of the line is half mile and its equip
ment two cars, each with single mule
attachment. The official roster is con-
densed to the name Of q single gentle
man wearing a suit of Confederate gray,
who fills every position on the line from
superintendent to driver with perfect
satisfaction to his patrons, and 1 must
say with seeming satisfaction to himself.
In his capacity Of driver he was told
that l would like to go down to the
junction at a certain time.
In his capacity as superintendent 1
was introduced To him, and assuming
the authority of his highest position he
advised me that he would wait for me
near certain corner. l was watching
for him, and about 10 minutes before the
appointed time the car stopped on the
corner designated. The driver set the
brake, but it was the big hearted super
lntendent who got down TO play with
the children by the roadside until
should arrive. He greeted me cordially,
and we started, with the mule in a can
ter.
A man hailed the car from house a
little farther on, and we came to a stop.
There was a short conversation in loud
tones. Then the driver carefully wound
the lines around the brake and went in
to the house. In about five minutes he
rcappeared, with a trunk on his shoul-
der, having probably stopped to tie a
rope around it inside the house. This
trunk he deposited on the front plat
form, and we Were again going as fast
as the mule could travel
Arrived at the junction, the driver
was again transformed to the superin-
tendent as he shook hands with me and
bade me goodby. l told him / had en-
joyed my trip immensely, and that he
was the most accommodating man / had
ever met IN the transportation service.
He promised to call on me in Chicago.
and I'll be glad to see him too. Chi
cago Post
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
A PEN PICTURE.
The Mau Had Not Meant to Make rroubl>
but Was Unfortunate

Out w ~ On1Ortumote.
"a strong wind had set in from the
sea, banking huge masses of clouds over
the city. The rain descended in blind
ing, staggering deluge. and solid sheets
of fire flashed athwart the angry skies,
followed by crashing peals Of thunder.
The gloom was excessive The lights in
the streets cast ftful, sickly glare
over the wet pavements and the few be-
lated pedestrians who were Fastening
home. 1t YVES night for dark thoughts
and darker deeds.
l laid aside the book which | had
been reading-an absurdly impossible
tale Of midnight horrors and CHASTITY
crimes-and sat moodily looking at the
raindrops chasing madly down the win.
dow pane and at the fierce night with.
out. The cabbies II the street below
We're swearing, ard the call bells in the
hotel were changing like wild.
Suddenly in the adjoining room l
heard sharp click like the cooking of
firearm. The connecting door was un-
bolted and slightly ajar. | sat still,
with bated breath and hair bristling all
over with terror. A shufiling of heavy
feet and muttered imprecation as
something fell on the floor. A cold,
paralyzing dread seized on me, freezing
the lifeblood in my veins. God of heav-
ems, what horrible tragedy was being
enacted behind that door?
Sharp, clear and loud, above the rag
ing of the elements, rang out the report
of pistol, followed by terrible oath
and heavy fall. Pale as q specter, l
sprang, tottering, toward the door to es-
cape, and with Mortified scream fell
crashing to the floor in dead swoon.
l awoke with start The connecting
door was wide open. Above my pros
trate form stood a rough looking man
in his shirt sleeves His right hand was
bloody. l seemed to feel his clutches on
my throat already and closed my eyes
with a gasp. opened them again eau
tiously. IL his bloody grasp he held the
shattered remains of an electric light
globe.
Sorry, stranger, he said, but !
tried to open the burned thing to light
up, and hit busted. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
THE ZOOIACAl LIGHT.
a Phenomenon In Nature Commonly
Known As "thc Sun Drawing Water"

known As "the Sun Drawing Water"
Sometimes in the evening. some little
time before and during twilight, and
sometimes-though rarer-before and
during sunrise, close observer may de-
| tect peculiar, fanlike streams of darker
and lighter shading across the sky
These streaks, of which the palmer ones
may number from four to SIX together
form q triangle, with its base on the
horizon and extending out at varying
attitudes.
This appearance still holds rank as an
| unexplained phenomenon in nature. 1t
occurs only occasionally. There may be
fine illustration on given evening,
and while there may be week of clear
sunsets succeeding not a trace of the
streaks viii be visible.
From this it would seem that par
ticular atmospheric condition must be
one of the factors in its production
The assumption would be supported by
numerous analogies not necessary to
enumerate. In the proper atmosphere,
then, let it be assumed that the streaks
are due to alternate lines of shade and
light.
Now, let something to some extent
obstruct the rays of the sun which has
set, either an impediment i'll the distant
| landscape or an unseen cloud, the COM
| bination ut the proper angle with the
observer S vision, and it is probable that
he may approach a solution of the long
standing puzzle.
The fanlike appearance is such for the
same reason that the lines in a brick
wall leading away from the observer
seem to focalize to center, as do also
railway tracks seemingly come together
| IN the distance. These zodiacal lines
are undoubtedly parallels, as are lines Of
| cloud streaks that to our vision seem to
! point to common starting point. 1t
is more than probable that this modest
and unobtrusive streaking of the clear
evening sky has been unsOlved because
of its very simplicity. 1t is probably
only modification of what is common
" known as 1.-THE sun drawing water. ="
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
AFRAID? NOT HE.
He Merely Wanted His Wife to Hold the
Light For Him.

Light For Him.
At 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, when
all the people living on College avenue
were fast asleep, there was commotion
In one of the beautiful residences along
that thoroughfare. 1t was the home Of
merchant, and the commotion broke
loose in the Steering apartment of him
self and wife She started it,
She awakened suddenly and thought
she heard some one trying to break in
down stairs. She shook her husband, and
after some time had elapsed succeeded
in making him realize the situation.
They both listened. There was some
noise, sure enough. and cold shiver
crept down his spinal column and even
to his toes
he determined not to get scared,
though his teeth were chattering, so he
announced that he would go down and
investigate
Aren't you afraid, dear?" nervously
asked his wife.
He took out his revolver, struck a
match. lighted q lamp and then looked
at her in disgust.
Afraid! Well, hardly. Inever saw
the man yet was afraid Of Now, don I
make any noise. but come on.
The little woman started in astonish-
ment. ''Do you want me to go too?''
DO l want you to go? Why, of
course do. You must go ahead and
carry the light so l can see to shoot. Dc
you think l could hit a burglar in the
dark? Hurry up, or he'll be gone
And that man made the little woman
go ahead with the light, while he held
the revolver over her shoulder at full
cock. They traversed the house from
garret to cellar, finally found stray
dog scratching at the back door and
came back to bed. He sat up for an
hour telling her what he would have
done had there been burglar there. -
Indianapolis Sentinel
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
EVERY HOME SHOULD OWN A DYNAMO
Then Housewives Could Magnetic HAM
mers and Make Tack Driving Easy.

Then Housewives Could Magnetic Ham.
mers and Make Tack Driving Easy.
There is an easy way to render the
ordinary tack hammer an article that
may be used with comfort and to do
away with al danger of bruised fingers
from its misdirected blows. A little
electricity will do the trick The process
is so simple that it should be universal
ly adopted
All that is required is access to a
dynamo. Then lay the head of the ham,
mer on the framework and leave it
there for about five minutes This needs
no strength, but the hammer cannot be
detached without the knowledge that
some force holds it fast to the ironwork,
and herein lies the secret. By contact
with the dynamo your hammer has been
magnetized and will pick up bits of
iron or steel that are not too heavy for
its strength.
Tacks and small nails, too short to be
held i'll the fingers when driving, may
be easily placed i'll position for the ham,
mer blows without using the finger or
thumbs and much speedier work ac-
complished. In retacking torn shades
the man of the house will at once ap-
preclate the blessing of n magnetized
hammer, since he can pick the tiny
tachs from the box direct with his mag
net, press them into the roller with the
same tool and by one blow drive the
elusive fasteners home.
Carpet laying is made easy and stray
tacks in quantities such as will slip
from the fingers thing of the past. e.
New York Herald
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23
A HARD TASkMlSTRESS.
The Late Rosina VOkes Took Fer Art
Rather Too Seriously.


The late Mrs. Clay, better known as
Rosina Vokes, was a hard taskmistress.
She took her art both seriously and
rigidly and demanded the same from
Others. a young American girl during
a one time connection with the Vokes
company suffered extremely from a felon
on her finger. Every movement of the
arm gave her pain, and she was at
length obliged to evade her required
participation in "A Game of Cards, 4"
where the players clap hands, the one
against the other. "You shirked YOUR
part last night, Miss Blank, Mrs. Clay
took occasion to observe the following
morning.
Il did, acknowledged Miss Blank,
for my finger is in such condition,
as you see, that present use of it is i'm
possible.
You will not shirk your part to-
night, however" remarked Mrs. Clay,
with an ominous CLEAN in her eye. The
young American knew only too well
that further remonstrance would prob
ably result in her dismissal, so nothing
more was said. That night, according
to orders, she, with infinite pain, clap
ped hands briskly. At the first touch
the blood gushed from her suffering
finger; but, although her partner was
Mrs. Clay, neither reference nor apology
was made by that exacting star either
then or afterward "Still it was splen-
did training, y said the young actress in
later years. But to impartial, unprofes-
sional outsiders such training smacks
of tyranny.-New York Advertiser.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-23

An interesting and valuable addition
has been made to the splendid collection
OF stamps i'll the Philosophical museum.
1t is half crown stamp, lettered
America, and is the sole survivor Of
those attempted to be forced upon our
colonists at Boston who threw the chests
of tea into their harbor, for the colonists
destroyed all the stamps as well, except
this. which Mr.. Philbrick, O. c., is
fortunate enough to be the possessor of.
Another valuable addition is series of
fine specimen copies Of Australian
stamps sent by Major f. H. Watts of
Newport. Boston Traveller.