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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

his silver wedding. lIany guests were
invited for the occasion. As the first
guest arrived. one of the daughters was
sent to summon the father from his
study. When they reached the room
the daughter noticed that her father car
ried in his hand small wooden box, and
as he shook hands with the nearest
guest, she saw hia drop it. THE cover
rolled off, but she gave a sigh of relief
when she saw that the box was APP
parently empty. The naturalist, how
ever. uttered d cry of dismay and in
stantly went down his hands and
knees in an attempt to gather up some
thing. "Have you spilled anything,
father?" she asked. SPILLED anything"
he echoed in evident Indignation at her
calm tone: 81 have lost fifty fieas that |
have just received from Egypt" The eff
feet of this intelligence on the family
was nothing in comparison to the effect
the catastrophe had upon the company
before the evening was over; and the
only thing that the naturalist said to
his friends in answer to their congratula-
tons upon his happy married life was to
ask if they carried any of his Egyptian
fieas they would return the insects to
him
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Coffin PEanks.

One Of the most curious industries in
the world is the business of mining for
coffin planks which is carried on in
Upper Tonquin, a portion of the French
possessions in southeastern Asia.
In a certain district in. this province
there exists a great underground deposit
of logs, which were probably the trunks
of trees engulfed by an earthquake or
some other CONFUSION of nature at a
comparatively recent period.
The trees are species of pine. The
wood is almost imperishable, and has
the quality, either through it's nature or
as a result of its sojourn underground,
of resisting decay from damp.
This quality makes it particularly yalu-
able for the manufacture of collins, and
for this purpose it is largely exported to
Europe.-Tid-Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
A MOTORMAN'S LIFE.
FULL OF HARDSHlPS, EXPOSURE
AND CONSTANT DANGER.

The Great Strain on a Mans Nerves
Sufficient in Itself to Wreck Him in
a Short Time--The Experience of a
WelI-known Motorman.
From the Cincinnati, Ohio, Enquirer.
The life of motorman is not bed of
roses. He is subjected 10 many hardships
especially in the winter, when he is ex-
posed to the cold and snow Even in the
summer he must bear the intense heat
which beats down upon him. Consdera-
bic nerve and self-possession is necessary
IN a good motorman, for the lives and
limbs of his passengers are at stake. One
of the best-knoWn electric motormen in
this city is William Frazer, who is at pres
elt running a car on the CumminSyille
electric line. He is not only we'll known
70 MS fellow employees. but to the people
who travel on his car. Mr.. Frazer is a
young man about twenty-siX years of age
and resides with his wife and child AT 144
Belts street, Cincinnati, .. About year
ago Mr.. Frazer was taken with serious
stomach troubles. He bought several
kinds of medicine which were recommend
ed to him, but none of them seemed to
give him even temporary benefit. An en-
thuslastic admirer of that famous remedy
known as DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People told him to try them. Frazer
was almost discouraged. but took the ad-
vice. To an Enquirer reporter he said.
Il can most heartily recommend Dr.
Williams PiAk Pills. They are all that is
claimed for them, in fact they advertise
themselves better than any medicine |
ever saw. | was seized some time ago
with Il bad attack of Indigestion. My
stomach hurt me nearly all the time and
could not digest my food. The pain was
almost unbearable and | found nothing
that would give me relief. | confess that
when | bought the first box of Pink Pills
l hadn't much confidence in their efficacy,
because / had tried so many things with
out success that | was almost discouraged.
Before | had taken one box | was decided
ly better Two boxes cured me entirely.
While l have been under the weather
from other causes my indigestion has
never returned. If it ever should | know
just what to do. | have so much conf
dence in the efficacy of Pink Pills that if
/ ever get real sick again with any dis
order l shall use some of them. 1t is a
pleasure for me, | assure you, to testify
to the excellent qualities of these Pink
Pills. They not only tone the stomach but
regulate the bowels and act as a mild ca
thartic."
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shatter-
ed nerves. They are sold in boxes at
80 cents Il box or six boxes for $3.50, and
may be had of all druggists or directly by
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Com
Dany Schenectady n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, SO and SO
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
information required.
J. E. Bean Fond du Lac. Wis, bicycle
lamp bracket; II. c. Burnett, assignor,
Wausau, implement for dressing sides of
saw teeth: II. G. DOMAIN, Oshkosh machine
for setting bowels: G. II. Hall. Glidden.
E. e. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee, sawmill appli-
ance; Charles R. Hudson. Waupaca, grind
ing mill; J. II. Newell Hurley, chain pipe
SchiIdhauer New Hostein. device for car
rying ice; II. D. Shaiffer, Milwaukee, nail
less horseshoe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
How to Make Money.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Tell others of my success. Fiji
teen years farming and hustling discouraged me-
My cousin made $4,000 last year plating table
ware, iewelry. etc. ordered an outfit from Gray
s. Co. Plating Works, Dept. 1S. Columbus. o. 1t
was complete, all materials, formulas. trade Sc
crets and instructions: they teach agents free.
Goods easy plated, nice as new, guaranteed ten
years. Made $40 first week. $47 second. 1903
first month; get all work can do; brother made
$75 selling outfits. Write firm for sample.
B. F. SHAW
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
NOtthe Least.

Sonora Leite-''Don't you feel the alb
sence of your husband, now he has gone
to Jujuy?"
Sonora Bargos-''Not in the least You
see. he has left me plentiful supply of
cash. and at breakfast I simply lay a
newspaper on the table at the place
where he generally sits, and l assure
YOU that half the time I forget that he
is really not there Ell Dia
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Verdi has gone to Milan to inspect
the retreat for aged musicians which is
being erected at his expense near the
Porta Magenta. 1t will cost 500, 900.
The architect is Camille Boito, brother of
the nOpt and c0mn0Ser
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

/ could not get along without Piso's
Cure for Consumption. 1t always cures.
Mrs. E. G. Moulton, Needham, Mass,
Oct % '94
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

The shipments of oranges from
Southern California to Eastern markets
will amount to 1000 carloads.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Water clocks were arranged on the
same principal as sand glasses, certain
quantity of water dropping through a
small space in a certain time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
A DANGER.

Learn to labor and to wait"
But be careful how you start,
Lest you learn to ''wait" so we'll
You o'erlOok the labor" part.
Washington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Singers and Artists Generally are users
of Browns Bronchial Troches for Hoarse-
ness and Throat Troubles. They af-
ford instant relief.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

If you want an office position where
you will have an opportunity to learn
expert shorthand reporting and type
writing write Geo. M. Guest, Court Re
porter, Milwaukee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Rough, wintry, changeable weather pro-
duces Catarrhs, Coughs, Disorders of the
Lungs, etc., which Jaynes Expectorant
promptly cures if faithfully administered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
does it's work thoroughly, coloring uni
form brown or black, which, when dry,
will neither rub, wash off, nor soil linen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Bubbles or Medals.

Best sarsapara When you think of how contradictory
that terms For there be only anygone
sarsapar there is highest mountain longest river
deepest ocean, And that best sarsaparlla s-. There's
the rub You mountain height and DEPTH but
how test sarsapara? You could you chemists But them
do need to test it? The Worlds Fair Committee tested and
thoroughly They behind the label the bottle What did
this sarsapara test result n Every make of sarsapara
OF the Fair except Ayers So that Ayers the only
sarsaparia admitted the Worlds Fair The found
the best They had anything the best
And as the BEST Ayers Sarsapaa received the medal and awards
due It's merits Remember the word best bubble any breath
blow; but there pins prick
are blowing be sasapaa bubbles since the Worlds Fair
pcked the old True but Ayers Sarsapaa has the medal
The pin that scratches the medal proves gold The pin
pricks the bubble wind We point medals bub
bles, when say The best sarsaparlla is Ayers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

-Twenty-one sculptors competed for
the statue of Sarah Siddons to be erect
ed in London. The model chosen is by
a Frenchman, Chevalier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Walter Besant has written a new
novel called 'The Master Craftsman
1t will be published in Chambers Jour
nal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

-Ammoniated tincture of quinine, ac-
cording to Nature, is a more effectual
antidote to bee stings than ammonia
alone
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Fits.-All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after the
first days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise
and $500 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send
to DR.. Kline. 931 Arch ST.. Philadelphia Pa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Pearls or emeralds in combination
with jet can now be worn for mourning
in Paris.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Most of the English county councils
are in favor of cycle tax.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Got. the ex-doyen of the Coincide
is writing his memoirs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Fire Fire That Dreadful Cry

Is fraught with import doubly dire to the
unhappy man who beholds his dwelling or
his warehouse feeding the devouring ele-
ment uninsured. Happily most people who
can, insure--eyerything but health. Nine
tenths of US neglect the preservation of this
when it is in palpable jeopardy. Incipient
indigestion, liver complaint la grippe, mac
ton of the kidneys and bladder and malaria
are all counteracted by HoStetter's Stomach
BitterS.
"A st. Petersburg dispatch says that
navigation has closed for the winter, and
the flags upon the customs houses at
Cronstadt have been lowered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Mrs. WinsIOW's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething, sottenS the gums, reduces in am
nation, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Absent Minded.

A naturalist. who is an ardent student
and absent-minded, recently celebrated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
HOW9s This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned have known F. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Walding. Kinnan Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price roc. per bottle Sold by all
Druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

A bald eagle measuring seven feet
from tip to tip of wings was shot in
Gilead. The bird is a rare specimen in
Michigan
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Electrical propulsion has been con-
tracted for on the Erie canal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Walding Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale

The voice of DIR. Max Nordau so
closely resembles Gladstone's, that it is
almost impossible to distinguish between
them when they are heard together.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

"A conference of Theosophists takes
place in India next month.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
Selfish Landowners.

How many farmers and others, too,
whose places are destitute of fruit and
shade trees? Again, how many rented
places are devoid of trees of all kinds
Has the landowner ever stopped to con-
slider that small orchard, few yard
trees around every tenement house, will
greatly enhance the value, attract and
hold better class of tenants, make life
more enjoyable and that, too, at prac-
tically no cost? We tell you, there is a
great deal of selfshness; we look
abroad and see how stingy and selfish
many are with their tenants, and often
times perchance some good farmer
rents his farm and moves away, and is
SO selfish as to reserve all, yes, all the
fruit produced, denying even this to
the tenant Landowners owe their ten
ants and public generally a duty by
planting at least moderate quantity
of trees. This is wise public policy
c. 2. Richards, in Ornamental Tree
Growing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

and when ice is wanted they are
opened, one outward, the other in
ward. Often a stairway leads from
outside down under the bottom of the
icehouse, where milk, butter, etc, are
kept. When the framework and board
ed-up sides of the house are completed,
the earth eXcavated is graded up around
the house, so that the water from the
roof falls well out upon the earth, and
runs away outside. The mound is
sodded, and when such a house and
mound are well constructed, they are
On ornamental object in the back yard.
Ice slowed in such a house keeps we'll;
a ladder is used to enter when the ice
gets too low to step in upon it.
Such a house will last many years.
With greater expense in using woods
that will not readily decay, such as
cypress, the house is good for lifetime.
A sketch is shown in the cut. All doors
must fit tightly by being rubber or cloth
lined. If dry sawdust or powdered
charcoal can be obtained with which
10 fill the air space in the wall and roof,
SO much the better. However, if the
walls of the house are made tight, so
that the air between has no circulation,
they are good non-conductor. Shade
trees growing on the south side of the
icehouse assist it. Such house is
somewhat expensive at first, but in the
long run will be found cheap. 1t ought
to work well in the dry, well-drained
soils of the Panhandle of Texas. The
ice should be cut in blocks, and stacked
in solid, like bricks, to be pried apart as
wanted.-T. V. Munson, in Rural New
Yorker,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
SOME SUPERLATIVES.

THE largest theatrical building is the
Grand Opera of Paris. 1t covers three
acres of ground.
THE lowest tides, where any exist at
all, are at Panama, where two feet is
the average rise and fall
THE tallest chimney in the world is
that of chemical mandatory in
Glasgow, Scotland, four hundred and
seventy-four feet.
The largest wrought iron pillar is at
Delhi, in India. 1t is sixty feet high
and weighs seventeen tons.
THE earliest wheat grew on the pla-
teau of Armenia, where this plant once
existed as a native grass.
THE heaviest fibrous substance used
for textile fabrics is fax, which is
twice as heavy as water.
THE longest tunnel including all APP
proaches, is that of Chemnitz, in Hun
gary, 1927 miles.
THE deepest ocean soundings slightly
exceed forty-six thousand feet. They
were made near Tristan d'Acunba.
The Hottest active volcano is Coto-
paxi. 1t is eighteen thousand eight
hundred and eighty feet high, and its
last great eruption was in 1855.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
What She Would Do.

Il ain gwine to have him arrested no
inoh, ain. 1t done cos me fob dollahs
an sixty cents de las time tn pay his
hne when l done had him took up an
den fuhgub him an fob dollahs an sixty
cents am lot O. money when yuz got
TO arm it hangin' ovah washtub diss
yam meltin' weathah. Massa, l amt
goln to hab him arrested no mob, not
Ell he jes comes home bilin' drunk an
smashes up ev'ry stick an rag in de
mouse. Ize been alvin wild dat man
mon seven yeahs now, an I've done
hao him arrested mon fohty times an
den gone like ijit an paid he's fine de
mex mawnin'. I'm done along O all
seen 1oolishness, am. Jes' let him
come home one mob night drunk an a
ralsln' cain an a-smashin' up de furni-
chor' wat l paid fob an he won't do
II agln, you bet on it. Whatll do?
Whatll do tn sech man as dat? l
know what Pn do, l duz. I'll jest
naehally wait twel he gifts done
a-smashin' an a tearin' things an goes
tar sleep on diss yeah bed an I'll jest
melt some lead ovah dat kitchen fab,
an when it's melted hot I'll po'h it in
his year jess de same as if he was a
chicken er rabbit. OATS what I'll do,
you all heah me-" And she looked as
If she meant it.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
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 perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t 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 all 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.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
A Plant from New Jersey.

A sample of the way road money is
wasted has been shown on Monmouth
street during the past week. There
were some holes in the roadbed and
they were filled up with clay and gravel.
Then men were set at work shoveling
the sand and dirt out of the cutters,
and the sod and grass that had grown
there, and this was thrown on top of the
clay and gravel. If a sand road is
wanted there's no use of going to the
expense of putting clay and gravel on
it, for the foundation of the road is
sand, before any top-dressing is put on
it; but it's double waste of money to
cover up the sand with clay and gravel,
and then cover up the clay and gravel
with more sand.--Red Bank Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

did you see any whales while cross
ing the Atlantic?" said the stay-at-home
girl to the travelled damsel.
"No-that is, yes. I saw whale by
proxy, 1 mean"
How on earth could you see whale
by proxy"
ut was this way: had seen twenty
three sharks, by actual count, but not
single whale. There was nice young
man aboard who had seen two whales
He suggested that l trade off ten of
my sharks for one of his whales, which
l did. That left me with thirteen
sharks and one whale. That's how l
saw whale by proxy. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
Apt Pupil.

There are some people, who, to their
avn minds at least, attain complete
mastery over new subject in such a
short time as to awaken surprise, if not
admiration, in the breasts of all behold
ers of their mental activity. ASK
Brown if he ever played that game be-
fore" said one young man to another,
referring to an acquaintance who was
being initiated into the mysteries of
chess by an elderly gentleman. mo,
never tried my hand at it till this min
ute" returned Brown, promptly. "See
how long it will be before he'll tell his
teacher how to play" said the first
speaker, and then there was a silence
between the two lookers-on as they
watched the progress of the game.
well, now, do you know, said Brown,
with loud cheerfulness little later,
addressing his elderly teacher, II
shouldn't consider that the best move
to make; you see" The two young
men, who were looking on from the
other side of the room, exchanged a
glance, and looked at their watches; ex-
actly twenty minutes had elapsed since
the beginning of the game!-Youth's
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
FOR WARM COUNTRIES.
House for Keeping Ice in Texas and Other
Southern Localities.

Ahouso loT hceplnS Ice IN IeAas ana Obher
Southern Localities.
can think of better method for keep
ing ice in Texas than that generally
used in parts of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia and other warmer states. A
circular hole 10, IS or 20 feet according
to the capacity wanted) in diameter,
like very large well, is excavated in a
high, dry piece of ground, to the depth
of to 10 feet, and where it can be
drained at the bottom into pervious
strata of sand or gravel below, or by
sewer, pump or siphon pipe to lower
ground. When the excavation is ccm-
pleted, strong, double-walled wooden
framework is put in, the outer boards
resting against the earth and prevent
ing caving in; the inner boards are
nailed on the inside of the frame, SO as
to leave an air space of, say, or 6
inches all around. This framework is
extended several feet above the COM
mon surface of the ground, then drawn
in conically all around, and rooted over
with conically roof. Double doors are
made in one side of the conical roof;
through these the house is filed.
When filed, they are closed tightly,