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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

John Sammons Finds His Finger Joints
Which He Left at Chickamauga.


John Summons is a responsible man, a
good farmer, who stands high among his
neighborS, and whose reliability has new
er been brought into question. He was
q brave soldier in the Confederate army,
and was one of those who participated in
the bloody tragedy on the banks OF
Chickamauga creek on the 18th of Sep
tember, 1868. During the hottest of the
enga gement Sammons found himself i'll
an exposed position, with shot and she'll
playing high revel around him, and he
sought such shelter as was afforded by o
large oak tree which was in direct line
of the fire. While handling his piece a
bullet struck his gunlock and cut off
the first two joints of the forefnger of
his right hand as clean as a knife would
have done it. The dismembered finger
dropped among the leaves, and as he was
more particular about saving the balance
of his body than about rescuing as little
a thing as a missing finger, he made his
way out of the fight, stanching the bleed
ing hand as best he could.
The war was fought to a finish and
Summons came back 'home and went to
work, charging up his MANNED hand to
the losses of the Confederacy. Some
time ago he decided to revisit the battle,
field, which he had not seen in thirtytWo
years nearly, and SO he betook himself
to Chickamauga and started to stroll
stood when wounded occupied such a
conspicuous position that he found little
difficulty in locating it, with all the scars
and knots on its rugged trunk caused by
the flying missiles of death. Having
found the tree he put himself in the
same position in which he was standing
when wounded, and then it occurred to
him to look for the bones of his missing
finger. Scratching around among the
leaves, much to his establishment he
found the bones where the finger had
fallen, and they corresponded exactly
with the finger he had lost. They had
lain there undisturbed ever since that
dread day, and it was with a strange
feeling that he took them, and after es-
tablishing their identity to his perfect
satisfaction, wrapped them up and took
them away with him as a strange sou,
venir of his wartime experiences. Mr.,
Sammons has them in his possession
now and will preserve them as an evil
dence of the fact that he found them on
the battlefield after the lapse of so many
years.-Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
DOG is A REMARKABLE MIMIC.
Tennessee Canine Initiates Sounds Ut
tered by Other Animals.


tered by Other Animals.
Rev. Frank M. Downing of Moore
county, Tenn. is the owner of a most
remarkable dog, called Bench In
appearance the animal is not progresses,
inc his color being a dirty yellow, his
hair coarse and wiry, his legs short and
his body rather unwieldy. In his eyes,
however, there CLEANS an intelligence al
most human. At the word of command
Bench will crow like a shanghai roost-
er, neigh like horse, low like a COW,
grunt and sQueel in limitations of pigs,
new like a cat and repeat the various
voices incident to farm life. He could
give all the yelps of pack Of hounds
in pursuit of fox and in so realistic a
manner that you could scarcely help be-
lieving that hunt was in progress The
dog was never trained to do this, but as
puppy picked up the cries of the farm
yard and has added to them the creakine
of wagons and the whirring of machinery
as made by a thresher. Mr. Downing
has been offered fabulous sums for the
wonderful dog, but refuses to part with
him. Trained animal-keepers who have
examined Bench and become familiar
with his powers of mimicry say that it
would be an easy matter to teach the dog
to articulate words, perhaps even to talk
connectedly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
A VALUABLE FISH.
Uses to Which the Different Parts of a
Shark Are Put To.

Shark Are Put To.
Probably few people who have read
the countless stories Of the savage shark,
the bandit of the sea-" as he has been
called, know that he is q very useful
creature for man. A writer in the Revue
Scientifque enumerates the uses to
which the different parts Of the shark
are put as follows: The liver is found to
contain an oil of beautiful color, which
never becomes turbid, and possesses me-
dicinal qualities of a very Valuable
character; the skin, after being dried
takes the polish and hardness of moth
er-of-pearl, and on being marbled bears
a resemblance to fossil coral, so that it
is emplowed by jewelers. for the manu~
facture of fancy objects, by binders for
making shagreen, and by cabinet-mak-
ers for polishing wood; the fins, indeDend-
ent of use by some as an article of food,
are superior for conversion into fish
glue, competing in this line with the we'll
known sturgeon glue prepared in Russia
and are used for clarifying beer, wine
and other liquors, also for the prepara-
ton Of English taffetas, and as reagents
in chemistry, etc.; the flesh, too, despite
it's oily taste, is in some places eaten
as food, and, along with the bones, IS
converted into q fertilizer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request
L. B. Benton, Milwaukee, type; n II.
BrOkaw, Kaukauna, machine for winding
paper; d. E. Dawson. Merrill, sawmill ma
chinery; j. II. Edward, Whitewater, planter
hanging machine; H. G. Gould, Oshkosh,
gaiting device for horses: A Iindemann,
Milwaukee, Domestic oven: NJ. NJ. Looney,
La Crosse, device for cleaning out channels;
j. W. Wildman, North Andover, automatic
brake for wagons
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
CAMPING BOYS FIND GOLD.
Strange Outcome of a Legendary Story
About a Treasure.

Frank Slevin and George Jeffreys, who
have been camping out on the Auglaize
river, near Defiance. O., returned unex-
pectedly and displayed six gold coins
bearing date ranging from 1874 to 1905.
which they had found in an excavation
at the foot of a bluff at place called
Jackson. A searching party found two
Spanish doubloons at the same spot and
the freshly splintered remains of an old
oaken chest. A spade, a pickaxe and a
steel bar were also discovered near by,
On the face of the bluff near a newly
opened hole, and partly covered by moss,
was a cross with strange characters ben
meath it carved in the stone. For years
stories have been circulated IN Defiance
about buried treasure credited with be-
ing gold for the payment of British
troops. Two strangers who were here
last week were told the story, and as they
have disappeared it is believed that they
have made quiet but successful search
for the gold
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
The Lemon Broke.

Alleged lemonade offered for sale by
one of the vendors in Printing House
square the other day looked suspiciously
weak. Passersby thought it might have
been diluted by the rain. One deluded
mortal put down his cent on the up
turned soap box. In his haste he spilled
the slice of lemon out, and with a crash
it fell TO the pavement and broke 1t
was made of wood, because wood floats.
New York Press
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
"A Good Advertisement.

In the doorways of many groceries and
other small shops in England may be seen
small white troughs filled with water.
These are for dogs. They are the gift
$4,000 Of them, and every lover of AMI
mails feels kindly toward one who! instead
of disfguring the public highways, con.
fers a benefit by his advertising.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
Met Some Friends.

A recruit who had lately joined one
of the well-known Highland regiments in
the district, was brought before his officer
for absence" and for an excuse was tell
ing the old tale about meeting some
friends, etc.
DO you think I'm a fool?' thundered
the officer.
''Ye see, SIR replied the recruit Gam
no lang here, an A dinna ken.''-Ex-
change.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
The Big Penknife.

Perhaps the most wonderful specimen
of cutters craft in the world is the
knife to be seen in the showrooms of
Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield, Eng
land. This extraordinary knife is pro-
vided with one blade for every year
since the commencement of the Chris
tan era, the number of blades now, of
course, being 1895. Blades are inserted
five at time at the lapse of every five
years-Hardware
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
A Syndicate of Monsters.

Here are the names of the abominable trio
that compose it. hated and abhorred by man
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, biliousness and
constipation. What is the most successful
way to attack and sQuelch these united
monsters? Take Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters. and they will pull up stakes and make
tracks for parts unknown, leaving no trace
behind. The Bitters also eXterminates ma
laria. rheumatic and kidney trouble and
nervous ailments
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
.INONG, WISCONSIN.
1000 EARnERS WANTED

TO help settle up the rich land this section be got
at 81 SO to $40 per acre. plenty of wood hard and soft
finest water everywhere; easy access TO r. R. We
need hardware store, feed and grist mill.
cry a physician, and other chances for good men
Special Inducements to woodwor Kin mills. In Wash
burn county, on Omaha R. r. SO miles from Duluth
and Superior the best markets in the northwest
We noted for our GOOD CROPS GOOD ROADS
AND GOOD SCHOOLS. Write for rartic HAIRS.
JOSIAH BOND, JR.; Chairman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
LIQUID laxative Syrup of Figs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

In a Newcastle shipyard lately part
of the men went on strike. They and
their employers greed to submit the dis
puted matters to the arbitration OF a
working blacksmith in the yard He de-
cided in favor of the employers and the
men went back at once to work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

-Khama, the Bechuana chief, whs
was Lo Bengula's principal native enemy
and led a contingent of 1900 to aid the
British in their fight against the Malta
beles, is about to visit England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

A Healthful Clearness is acquired by
the sallow skin washed daily with Glenn's
Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whlsker Dye" Black
or Brown, SOC
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

This years pilgrimage to Lourdes is
the largest on record 5000 persons left
Paris in special trains on one day re-
Gently, and were joined by 5000 more
from way stations
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

-One-seventh of the members of the
present Reichstag and one-ffth of the
senator's and deputies in the French Par
lament fought in the war of 1S70-71.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
For the STATE Fair

Extraordinary fine attractions will be
placed in Wonderland Museum at Mil
waukee day, state fair week. One dime
admits to Musical Theater.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

We have not been without Piso's Cure
for Consumption for 20 years-Lizzie
Ferrel, Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

AT the Mini Novgorod fair the plays
that fill the theaters are Mana La
Mascotte," La File du Tambour Ma
jor," and ''Charley's Aunt" al given in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
Important Objects.

The discovery of what is true and the
practice of that which is good are the
two most important objects of philoso-
phy.-Voltaire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price rs cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

Mrs. WinsIOW's SOOTHING SYRIP for chill
dren teething, sottens the gums reduces intlaIn-
nation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11

-"Coriolanus," which Henry Irving
will bring out next fall, was last pro-
duced in London in 1860 by Samuel
Phelps.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-11
A LARGE CROWD Waiting FOR THE OPENING.

TO person passing the corner of Winnie
bago and Eleventh street at an early hour
this morning the crowd in waiting there
would suggest at first thought Circus Day
and everybody anxious to follow the process
sion. They were anxious to follow the pro-
cessiOn "a large one it was). into the store of
the Katz Dry Goods company. The crowd
was SO large all day that the doors were
closed and opened at intervals Of 10 minutes.
The prices placed on the goods attract ready
buyers.-From Evening Wisconsin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28

ty brunette and gazed in wonder at the
scene Of excitement about her. The
crowd hastily cs&ared q passage fGr her
and in q moment she had her children
clasped in her arms.
"Mommer was delayed a little longer
than she expected, but hope you were
not frightened, But what is all this
crowd about for?" she said Then one
man, drawer than the rest, explained
with many apologies that the people
had supposed the children might have
been lost, or--or-deserted. A look Of
Indignation crossed the woman's beau
tiful face, as she said: 81 had business
with my lawyer which thought could
finish in moment, but was delayed
l left my children here because it
makes my dear little girl dizzy and
nervous to ride in an elevator. 1t would
be a good thing If some people would
learn to mind their own business" And
then, with a child clasped in each hand,
she walked slowly out and up Broad
way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28
SCHWEINMAGEN's GAME.
1t Was Rather Spoiled by Those Both
orsomo Chlldren Who Would Talk.

1t Was Rather Spoiled by Those Both
orsomo Children Who Would Talk.
The usual little game of poker was
running at Schweinmagen's and the
players were all betting very freely. An
unusually large jackpot was in the CEN
ter Of the table and as the cards were
being dealt Schweinmagen remarked:
well, shentlemans, I guess I win dis
bot"
1t was duly opened, and there was a
raise or two all the way around.
Schweinmagen drew one card. another
player drew two and two stood pat.
The betting was brisk, and every time
1t came around to Schweinmagen he
raised. Suddenly his four year-old boy
exclaimed:
ooh, look! Papa's got four cards all
alikep
Shut up your MOUTH roared
Schweinmagen, but it was too late.
None Of the other players would cell
his last raise Schweinmagen took the
boy upstairs. He returned in five
minutes, red in the face, and resumed
the game with the remark:
"You bet, sphank dot boy gootw
Half an hour later, when all were
trying to win big pot, Schweinmagen's
six-year-old girl exclaimed:
Papa has got four cards all Just
alike"
Again everyone dropped their hands.
Schweinmagen pocketed the cash and
the six-year-old girl was led upstairs.
When few minutes later the groc-
ers eight-year-old son said, Papa has
got four all alike one Of the players
studied his hand an unusually long
time scratched his head, studied the
grocer's face and then called.
"What have you got?" he demanded.
"What hat you got?"
IT called. Show down your hand"
Schweinmagen spread out a pair of
deuces. The grocer didn't take the boy
upstairs, but whipped him on the spot
for lying.
dot poy might hat fooled some Of
you shentlemans," he exclaimed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28
PRIVATE ALLEM,s NEW STORY.
1t Is of What He Told the Veteran and
tho Comment He Made Upon Il

1t Is of What He Told the Veteran and
tho Comment He Made Upon IL
II went up to Chickamauga with
Judge Newman and Col. Barbour
Thomson" said he. IT walked about
the field and heard hundreds Of old fell
lows talking about the spots on which
they had been wounded, and telling all
manner Of marvellous stories. was
not at Chlckamauga but was in other
battles, and when a man tells you he
can return and pick out spots where all
sorts Of things occurred in battle this
many years afterward, you may put
him down as liar.
well, everybody there was lying,
and l had to do little myself.
II was standing by the railroad sta
ton at the foot of one of the hills when
an old veteran accosted me and asked
me II knew when the next train left
for Rome.
No. said this is the first time /
have been here in thirty-two years, and,
my friend, when l stand here and look
upon this hill, recalling the charge l
made up it through a shower Of shot
and shell, how I dashed my horse right
through a Federal battery, leaping
seven different cannon, and emerged
from a shower Of bullets unscathed,
wonder that am alive to-day
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28
REAuTY,s RERuKE.
1t Would 80 VOL II People Minded
Their Own Business.

1t Would 80 Vol II People Minded
Their Own Business.
A handsome brunette, with brave
looking little boy of or z and a sweet
faced baby girl of years, entered the
Manhattan Life building, at &C Broad
way, recently, says the New York Re-
corder. Telling the children to walt
for her near the entrance, the woman
entered an elevator A long time passed
and the children, growing frightened,
began to cry. Then crowd collected
and the word deserted" was frequently
heard. All was excitement. The
youngsters were 80 frightened that they
couldn't tell their names, and the con-
ductor couldn't remember where the
woman had got off, All the exits wore
watched for the brunette. and Gerry
agent was just going to take charge Of
the little ones, when one of the eleva-
tors touched the ground, and, to the
amaZement Of all, out stepped the pref
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28
The Tramp's Bet.


"Why don't you GO across the street
and beg a meal from those rich She
bas once in a while9" demanded Mrs.
Plaindexter Of the tramp when he
called for his daily bread the other
morning.
"Ah, perhaps you will understand"
he said with sigh, "when tell you
there is bet between Mrs Sheba and
me, and until / win or lose it cannot
go near that place"
"What kind of a bet is It, pray?"
and Mrs. Plaindexter smiled lncredu-
ously.
"She bet me that If I ate your vic
tuals for a month l wouldn't live to
tellthe story. The prize is a plate full
of her ancestral jewels, and / am sure
of winning them, although there are
three weeks OF the contest yet con-
fronting me-"
'Do you take cream or just plain
milk in your cocoa?" interrupted Mrs.
PlaindeXter in hectic voice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28
KANSAS CITY-cINolNNATL
Mnbnsh nnd d. \ o. S. s. wv.

vestlbule sleeping car leaves Kansas City Una
ion depot every day Mt $3.50 p' m, via tho Wabash
railroad running through 10 Cincinnati, o., wlth~
out change, via b. & o. g. W. railroad from 50
Louis arriving in Cincinnati at 1880 noXt morning,
iles the fastest time ever made. on this same
train arc through sleepcrs 10 Washington, d. O,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, and passengers for
points east Of Cincinnati can step from the Kansas
City Cincinnati sleeper into the through sleeperg
any time after leaving ST. Louis. Passengers for
Louisville and points South leave tho sleeper ~
North Vernon at 1894 a. m,
For Kentucky and South this sleeper is greaa
convenience.
The Wabash is the only road Offering this through
car service Sleeping car berths secured at Wabash
ticket ofice, Ninth and Delaware streets, or write
to IL. N. GARLAND,
Western Passenger Agent
KANSAS City Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-28
New East California Trim.

inaugurato new and strictly limited trst-clasa
service to Southern California.
The California Limited will leave Kansas
City at 10 a m. duly, reaching Los Angeles
and San Deigo in two and half days.
Equipment will consist OF superb new vesti-
bule Pullman palace and compartment sleep.
ers, chair car and dining car, through from
Kansas City to Los Angeles without change
Entile train lighted by Pmtsch gas.
This will be tho fastest and mosc luxurious
train via any line to California. The present
train leaving Kansas City at20) p m. will be
continued, carrying through palace sleeper and
tourist sleeper to San Francisco and tourist
sleeper TO Los Angele., Full particulars can
DO obtained by addressing
GEO. w, HAGENBUCH, P. & T. Agt,
n. Z. Cor. 10th & Main Sts.,
Kansas City, No