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FITTING A JAPANESE ROOM.
Plainness, Simplicity and Fusion of ORR
entail with Occidental Ideas.

PlRinness, Simplicity and Fusion of ORR
entail With Occidental Ideas.
A Japanese room in an American house
does not mean so much the furnishing of
n certain limited amount of space with a
large collection of Japanese objects and
material as it does a perfect fusion of orr
ential with occidental IDEAS writes +.
Schuyler Mathews in detailing and illus
trating "a japanese RoorR., - in The La
dies Home journal. A lot of Japanese
things will not make the room they occupy
Japanese. Its whole arrangement and
character must undergo a complete change.
For instance, II chair is thing quite for
eign to the oriental idea of IA seat. There
are no chairs in Japan. Divan and stool
are both oriental and conform with our
ideas of comfortable seats. Indeed they
often prove quite as luxurious as the con-
ventional American rocking chair.
Whatever is Japanese that will adapt it.
self to the requirements of our American
civilization we may apply to our needs in
the furnishing of such a room. l do not
think that plentiful supply of fans, Ian
terms, vases, umbrellas and screens will
properly meet these requirements. A room
furnished in good taste must not look like
a museum. The Japanese room should
look like one we might see in house in
Tokyo, the character Of the furnishings of
which is marked by plainness and entire
simplicity. The less furniture we have in
the room the nearer Japanese it will be.
Some of us will think that because Japa-
nesc rooms look bare the condition is pure
ly matter of Japanese expediency or Gus
tom not worth notice. If a Japanese room
does appear bare, it at least escapes every
hint of vulgarity. A table, two spacious
divans, two or three cushioned stools, "a
cabinet, vase stand, window seat and a
chest of drawers are all that are requisite
for tho complete furnishing of tho room "A
Ia Japanese
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Names, Not Numbers.

Thirty years ago n subaltcrn in the Eng
fish service was expected to know every
man in his company by name after he had
served six months with it. We all know
how invaluable it is to speak to another by
name. "Stop shorter Atkins!" Lower
your butt, Jonesv' March on that bush,
Robinson" appeal to the men directly.
'Step shorter, No. from the leftp'
Lower your butt there" "March on that
bush, you in the center!" appeal to none
in particular and half a dozen heads will
be turned round to see whom the officer
means. 1t is irritating in civil life to be
spoken of as Mr.. Thingummy or Mr.
What s-your-name, and soldiers have the
same feelings as civilians.
The subaltern of today is expected to
know as much as the subaltern of 30 years
ago. The queens regulations say:
"Subaltorn officers, on joining, are to
provide themselves with nominal roll of
their charge (half the company, and are
as soon as possible to make themselves &C
quainted with the disposition, character,
age and service of each of their men. -
Blackwood's Magazine
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ana it stretched tho bully on the deck for
the next quarter Of an hour.
owe got Cuppy on our shoulders and we
yelled ourselves hoarse which, happily,
did not reach the captains ears owing to
the noise made by the dancers above, and
thus, curiosity overcoming us, we demand
ed an explanation. The little man went
and took IL long drink of water; came back
to us and said, in his quiet way:
" Well drop this matter here, boys. I
think Bowling has had his lesson and will
let us alone in the future. As for me, l
was once the lightweight champion of
Ohio, and the old skill has not all left me
get
"That explained all! But it made us
feel rather cheap nevertheless.
And he was right about Jim Bowling,
for moro completely humblcd bully never
drew the breath of life. He made no effort
to reassert himself; went at his work in
sullon silence, and shortly after we saw the
last of him on board the Belle Honore -
Cincinnati Post.
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MYSELF AND MINE.

Let me ha re my own way.
Let others promulge the laws; / will make no
account of the laws.
Let others praise eminent men and hold up
peace; hold up agitation and conflict.
praise no eminent man; 1 rebul1e to his face
the one that was thought most worthy.
(Who are you, and what are you secretly guilty
of all your lifo2
Will you turn aside all your life2 Will you
grub and chatter all your life?
And who are you, blabbing by roe, years,
pages, languages, "reminiscences,
Inviting today, that you do not know how to
speak properly a single wordO
Let others finish specimens; I never finish
specimens.
l start them by exhaustless laws, as nature
does, fresh and modern continually.
I give nothing IS duties.
What others give as duties 1 give as living inn
pulses.
(Shall give the hearts action as a dutyO
Let others dispose Of questions; dispose Of
nothing Iarousc unanswerc bic questions
Who are they see and touch, and what about
them?
What about these lil1os of myself that draw mo
so close by tender directions and indirec
tions?
call to the world to distrust the accounts Of
my friends, but listen to my enemies, as
myself do.
charge you forever reject those who would
cXpound mo- for cannot expound myself.
charge that there be no theory or school
founded out Of me-
l charge you to leave all free, as have left all
free.
Walt Whitman,
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ranH,s Clever swindlinr Cana.

AT the time Of the American war q
Welshman named John Rees, a native of
Glyn-Neath, made a lot of money by a
catchpenny advertisement. There were a
great many people in the country who
lived in dread of being called up and
pressed to become soldiers. The advertise
ment was brief and contained two or three
things only-"How to avoid becoming
pressed for the army. Apply, inclosing
postofice order for a shilling, with all par
ticulars as to height, prospects, ETC., to
John Rees, Duck alley" He received
shoals of applications. To each applicant
he inclosed circular advising all his
clients to enlist voluntarily and avoid be-
ing pressed. Cardiff Mail
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Both the poets and the prose writers of
imaginative or cOntemplative turn of mind
have often alluded to the tears shed by
stays and other wounded creatures of the
deer family. Shakespeare put it IN this
way in describing the injured stag:
The big round tears
Coursed one another down his innocent nose
In piteous chase.
There is, of course, more poetry than
truth in these references to the actual she'd
ding of tears by members of the deer fam
lily, yet it is a fact that such animals are
provided with curious set of organs, the
action Of which has given rise to the teal
shedding belief. The organ in question is
the lachrymal sinus, or tear pit, which
is situated just below each eye. 1t is
kind of closed cavity, capable of being
opened at the pleasure of it's owner, and
which secrotos greasy, waxy fluid of very
disagrocable odoP. When creatures provid-
ed with this curious organ get hurt or
become enraged, it has the effect of soften
ing the waxy substance in the "tear pit"
When so softened, it escapes as tears would
and flows down over the nose and face.
The uses of this queer set Of so called
lachrymal organs is not clearly understood
by the biologists. Louis Republic.
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Boiler Rust.

The peculiar fact is noted by engineers
that the rust found in the interior of a
boiler is, under any circumstances, of a
different character from ordinary iron
rust. 1t is Of a much darker color, that
formed in the upper spaces by steam alone
being almost black, partaking of the ma
ture of that black magnetic oxide which
is formed in what is known as the Barff
process by steam heated to $40 degrees f.
The latter oxide is, of course, completely
protective when once formed, and the OK
ides formed in the interior Of a boiler, al
though not of protective nature, are,
Notwithstanding, far less corrosive in their
action than those taking place under or
binary circumstances. The corrosion of
the interior, when not assisted by adhesive
deposits and organic acids from the lubri-
cants, is comparatively slow.-New York
Sun.
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No Fancy Prayers at Westminster.

The Westminster Gazette quotes a de-
lightful story told by one of the speakers
at the meeting of the Catholic Truth soci-
ETY. held in Bristol. A pious Catholic once
visited Westminster abbey Withdrawing
into quiet corner to pursue his private
deyotions, he was summoned in stentorian
tones to come and view the royal tombs
and chapels. "But 1 have seen the royal
tombs, " politely rejoined the stranger. 81
only wish to say my prayers" prayers
is over" "Still, l suppose there can be
no objection to my saying my prayers
quietly here?" mildly pleaded the stranger.
"No objection, sir?" said the irate verger.
"Why, it would be an insult to the dean
and chapter" This is worthy of Sydney
Smith, and distinctly better than the older
form of the legend in which the verger
steruly declares that mo fancy prayers are
allowed here r'-London Spectator.
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His Candid Confession.

You dislike parvenues very much, don't
your she said to the intellectual looking
young man.
Yes, " he answered, Every much"
"WhyP"
"Why-er-because they won't give mo
few tips so that l can make money and
be one of 'em. Washington Star.
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Please Pay particular attention to

Please Pay particular attention to
these few lines---they may interest you.
Ponds Extract is so universal remedy
that you know Of it and its uses we'll,
but SO many crude limitations are on the
market, that warning against the use
Of anything but the genuine Ponds
Extract is necessary. Ponds Extract is
absolutely pure, antiseptic and anodyne,
and may be used with safety and efficacy
externally or internally. Accept nothing
but the genuine with buff wrapper
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nothing lost

SCOUTS Emulsion makes cod-liver oil taking next
thing to pleasure. You hardly taste it. The stom-
there You feel it first in the strength that it brings
shows in the color of the cheek the rounding of the
angles, the smoothing of the wrinkles.
is codver oil digested for you, slipping as easily
into the blood and losing itself there drops lose
themselves in the ocean.
What satisfactory thing this s-to hide the odious
taste OF codiver OIL evade the tax on the stomach
take health by surprise.
There is secret of what it is made of-the fish fat
taste is lost, but nothing is lost but the TASTE
Perhaps druggist has a substitute for SCOTS Emulsion
Is"t I'll" standard all Others try to equal the best bgp
and SLoo
SCOTT 6 BOVINE
Chemists /
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20
VALUABLE CARGO LOST.
Barkentine Sadie Thompson Wreck
ed on Memory Rock-Steamer
Gauges Missing

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 1S-A cable
gram received here from Nassau. n. F..
by the board of marine underwriters.
states that the Philadelphia barkentine
Sadie Thompson, Capt Mowatt, bound
from caribbean February 5 for this port
with $500 bags of sugar valued at $780,
900, consigned to the Sugar trust has
been totally wrecked on Memory rock,
Bahamas. The vessel is valued at $50
600 and. together with the cargo, was
fully covered by insurance in local COM
panies. The Sadie Thompson was
launched at Camden, n j., July. 1892
was 154 feet inches long, SO feet 2
inches beam and 16 feet deep, and 652
tons register
London, Feb 1S.-The British steamer
Ganges, Capt Roberts, which sailed
from New Orleans January for Havre,
arrived at Corcubicon, Spain, January 2S
for supply of coal. After replenishing
he1' bunkers she proceeded on her voyage
but soon broke her propeller and was
tOwed back to Corcubicon. She started
from there in tow for Havre, and when
off the island of Ushant, about twenty
five miles from Brest. she broke adrift
from the tug towing her and has not been
seen since. The Gauges had a cargo of
cotton valued at 100000. Her crew
numbered thirty men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20
A BRIGHT STAR.
SKETCH OF THE MAN WHO LED
MARY ANDERSON TO FAME.
Also Played Leading Roles with
Booth. Rarraff ar,d Thnrr,e

Also Played Leading Roles with
Booth, Barrett and Thorne.
Fron1 the st. Louis Cbroniclc)
One of the most conspicuous figures in
the Stageland of America to-day is John
w. Norton. Born in the seventh ward
OF New York city forty-s years ago, the
trends of his youth were Thomas w.
k ke and Frank Chanfrau. We find
heene star at the age Of % and Norton
IN the flower of early manhood, the lead
ing man for Edwin Booth at the famous
Winter Garden Theater. He was starred
with Lawrence Barrett early in the '70's,
and alternated the leading roles with
Charles Thorne at the Variety Theater
III New Orleans. Early in the Centennial
year, in Louisville, Norton met our Mary
Anderson, then n fair young girl who as
pred tor stage fame, took her under his
guidance and, as every body knows, led
her to fame. Mr. Norton is now the pro-
prietor of the Grand Opera House in st.
Louis, the Du Quesne Theater, Pittsburg,
and one of the stockholders in the Ameri-
can Extravaganza Company.
One afternoon early in June he hobbled
into his New York office on Broadway
and encountered his business manager,
George McManus, who had also been a
rheumatic sufferer for two years. Nor
ton was surprised that McManus had dis
carded his cane. Who cured you? he
Manus, with Dr. Williams Pink Pills"
Il was encouraged by Mr.. McManus'
cure, and as q last resort tried the Pink
Pills myself" said Mr.. Norton to Chron
icle reporter 'You have known me for
five years, and know how have suffered.
Why, during the summer of 1898 | was
on my back at the Mullanphy Hospital,
in this city, four weeks. | was put on the
old system of dieting, with view to clear
Ing those acldulous properties i'll my blood
that medical theorists say is the cause of
my rheumatism. | left the hospital feel
ing stronger, but the first damp weather
brought with it those excruciating pains
in the legs and back. 1t was the same old
trouble. After sitting down for a stretch
of five minutes, the pains screwed my
legs into knot when | arose, and | hob
bled as painfully as ever. After l had
taken my first box of Pink Pills, it struck
me that the pains were less troublesome
l tried another box, and | began almost
unconsciously to have faith in the Pink
Pills. l improved SO rapidly that | could
rise after sitting at my desk for an hour
and the tWinges of rheumatism that ac-
cOmpanied my rising were so mild that [
scarcely noticed them During the past
two weeks, we have had much rainy
weather il st. Louis. But the dampness
has not had the slightest effect in bringing
back the rheumatism, which | consider a
sufficient and reliable test of the efficacy
of Pink Pills. l may also say that the
Pink Pills have acted as tonic on my
stomach, which | thought was we'll nigh
destroyed by the thousand and one alleged
remedies | consumed in the past five
years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20

vote of confidence in it's national officers,
who had been accused by A. A. Adams
of Ohio with having settled the strike
corruptly, giving the miners lower wages
than they might otherwise have obtained.
This opened the way for Mr. Wild to
ask to be heard. Mr. Wild admitted
frankly that he took the package, not
knowing what was in it until he got
home. when he decided to use the money
to help Adams in his fight against the
miners national officers.
Mr.. McBride's explanation to the con-
yentiOn today was that Mr. Wild had
come to him during the railroad strike
and besought him to pull the miners into
a strike also SO the road would not have
coal to haul. This Mcbride declined to
do. Then after the railroad company de-
feated Wild. who was one of its con-
ductors, the coal operators made up a
purse amounting to what they assumed
would be years salary to Mr. Wild
and asked Mcbride to give the money to
him as a charitable donation. When
Mcbride gave Wild the money, sit was
accompanied by a kind request by Nc
Bride that Wild keep quiet from that
time on Mcbride said 1.-THE opera
tors told me to give Wild the money be-
cause he would need it and as he had
stepped out of the way to allow the rail
road company to haul the coal which was
then being mined
In closing Mr.. Mcbride repeated, with
emphasis, that the money had no bear
ing whatever on the railroad strike, as
it had been settled.
Mr. Wild's speech to the convention
states that he received the $500 1.-TWO or
three days after the railroad strike ha"
been settled"
Adams charge against the National
mine officials were not sustained. Vote,
los to H. Fifteen did not vote.
Columbus, O., Feb. 15.-The chief mat
ter of interest in the miners convention
today was the report of the committee
of fifteen to the effect that it had not
found sufficient evidence to justify the
allegation of Mark Wild that he had
been given money corruptly by John Nc
Bride to pull out as leader of the Debs
men in the Hooking Valley railroad
strike.
This report was not satisfactory to
Mr.. Mcbride and his friends. They said
it was equivalent to a 'Scotch verdict
guilty, but not proven'-and insisted
upon and finally carried their point t.
have the report recommitted with In
structions to the committee to make an
effort to settle the matter definitely one
way or the other. The committee will
meet this evening In the meantime the
regular proceedings of the convention
will continue. The committee is COM
posed of men chosen from the respective
delegations, each man by his own dele
CATION. So it is not in any sense what
is called hacked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by ali drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20
FORFEITED GRANTS.
Settlers Contest the Rights of the
Portage Lake Canal
Company

Marquette, Mich, Feb 1S.-The hear
ng of disputed claims between the Portage
Lake Canal company and settlers who are
seeking to establish title to certain lands
forfeited by the Ontonagon Railroad COM
pany and afterwards selected by the canal
company in pursuance of act of Congress
granting them 100000 acres to aid i'll con-
stlucting a ship canal across Keweenaw
point, was begun in the land Office here
this morning. By Il recent decision of the
Supreme court of the United States the
canal complny's selections on the forfeit
ed railroad grant were declared invalid
as to all claims settled upon by bona-fide
settlers prior to May /, 1888. In the
pending cases settlers must prove settle
ment as above stated, and the canal com
pany will contest their claims to the last
point as the lands in dispute are very val
liable Upwards of sixty OF their cases
are pending for trial at this session ana
all are questions of fact as to settlement
Decisions favorable to settlers are quite
certain, as arrangements have been made
already by the canal company for an ap-
peal to the commissioner of the general
land office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20
M'BRIDE Is ACCUSED.
District Organizer Wild Says Money
was Used to Settle a
Strike.

Columbus, o., Feb. IA sensation
was sprung today in the meeting of the
United Mine Workers of America. Mark
Wild, district organizer of the American
Railway union, under Mr.. Debs, being
granted the floor stated that when the
A. Il. u. last summer was attempting to
stop the running of trains on the Hook.
ing Valley road, John Mcbride at that
time president of the United Mine Work
ers, gave him $500 to induce a settlement
of the strike of the railroad men Of
that road. Mr.. Mcbride was not present
when this statement was made, but upon
coming into the convention said he dia
give Wild the money as charitable dona>
ton from some of the coal operators,
the strike on the road having been pre-,
vlously overcome by the railroadc ompany
Mr.. Mcbride said: "None of the money
came from the railroad company" A
committee was appointed by the miners
convention to investigate ard report upon
the subject in controversy between Wild
and Mcbride
The cause Of the convention permitting
Wild, who is not delegate, to speak,
was the challenge Wednesday evening
by Mcbride to other miners or railroad
men who participated in the strikes of
last summer to show that he had acted
unfairly or had not been square in any
act or duty which he performed. When
he made this challenge the convention
was considering a resolution proposing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-20
INDICTED THE OFFICERS.
Brooklyn Trolley Car Managers
Must Answer for Violating
the Law.

Brooklyn, n. Y, Feb. 15.-The grand
jury this morning presented indictments
against Benjamin Norton, president of
the Atlantic Railway company, and Super
intendent Daniel Quinn charging them
with violating the ten-hour law. The in
dictments were found upon the testimony
of James Dwyer and Jeremiah Desmond,
both conductors, who allege that two days
prior to the beginning of the strike they
had been obliged to work more than ten
hours within the twelve hours as specified
by the law. Judge Moore insisted that
the defendants should be present, and adj
journed the matter of fixing the bail until
10 O'Clock tomorrow, when counsel was
notified to have both Mr. Norton and Mr..
Quinn in court. The offense with which
they are charged is punishable with fine
Of $500, one years Imprisonment, or
both.
The grand jury also found indictments
against tWenty-seven persons for felony
and riOt0us conduct during the strike.
The prisoners when arraigned pleaded not
guilty and were remanded for trial.