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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
WILD WEST WAITS.

"A good body of anthony ore has
been found within a few miles of Win
chester, Cal, by one of the old miners
The ore is very rich, it being claimed
cent.
A bear has been gathering the Glover
dale, Linn county, Or, strawberries as
fast as they ripen, to the discontinue of
their intended marketers, who think
bruin is ripe for gathering and will en-
deavor to find him in the foothills.
Tom Meagher took $3.50 from his
Swauk placer in Washington one day re-
Gently. The gold was nuggets that had
drifted into a pocket. This is the sec
ond good find Mr.. Meagher has made
this season. Several days ago he took
out $40 worth of gold in one day.
&C. f. B. Haskell, w. B. Barton and
Mrs. ProweI. wife of Haskell's asso-
clate III conducting the government sur
vey on the Columbia river, were drowned
near Wateryille, Wash. Their boat was
caught in a whirlpool and drawn under
Jake Fein found Il mineral spring
which Is pronounced as good is the ia
nous Buffalo Lithia WAGER near Lara
ME.
In California and Nevada danger
Gus weed has made its appearance in
many alfalfa fields. It is known as the
love vine," entwines itself around the
alfalfa and chokes or loves" it to death
w nonoNor THIS vine takes possession OF
an alfalfa field the only way to get rid
of it is TO turn the field i~to a hog pas
ture and thus kill it.
The apple crop of San Diego county,
Cal, leads in the mountain section, is
immense this year. The total yield of
the Julian apple belt will be between 90
600 and 10000 boxes. The fruit is of
superior quality, as we'll as abundant.
Other fruits are equally abundant
contest iS oODD on in tho cOurtS of
Nevada at present over the sheep license,
and the sheepmen will defer paying the
| license till it is settled. The license law
| requires that sheepmen, to escape the
! license, must have legal title to or have
made the first payment upon certain
amount of land for each sheep.
Near Louisville, Col, there has been
| found clean vein of very hard coal,
fourteen feet thick within ten feet of
the grass roots. The coal underlies a
range Of bluffs, and the place where the
prospectors found it is but 500 feet
from the main line of the Union Pacific,
Denver & Gulf.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
A Rebel Trick.

II must tell you of one very success
full trick we once played on the rebel
forces" said Mr.. Blake, formerly of Ber-
dams Sharpshooters, by which we saved
our own skins in q pretty tight place.
1t was after the bloody and useless
slaughter at Fredericksburg, where over
1000 men Of Hancock's division fell in
less than fifteen minutes, nearly $4,000
falling in the several assaults. The next
day after this great slaughter the sharp
shooters were again ordered to the front
and reached to within 200 yards of the
rebel pickets. with orders to reserve their
ire. To look around on that bloody field
that day end see the ground so thickly
strewn with the 3ead which lay in every
conceivable shape, torn and maEgled VITA
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
A LAWYERS STRANGE PLEA.
Admits that He Wrongful1y Convicted &
Man He Wants PardOned.

Admits that He Wrongfully Convicted a
Man He Wants Pardoned.
District Attorney Ross of Huerfano
county, Col, appeared before the board of
pardons of that state to ask the release of
Convict Peter Foley, who was sentenced
in 1892, when he was 20 years old, to
twenty years Imprisonment for murder.
The district attorneys plea is as pitiful
as it is remarkable. He said:
Gentlemen, l never before asked a
pardon at the hands of this board. | will
never ask another. II has been a great
more carefully into cases | am prosecut-
ing. In this Foley case a great injustice
has been done. [ tell you, frankly, l
have not been able to sleep nights for
thinking of that young man serving sen
tence for crime of which he was not
guilty. [ admit to you that | took undue
advantage of the witnesses. L coached
them so that they knew every question
and how to answer it. l was determined
to convict Foley. Since then / have
found other witnesses. Foley had the
pistol forced on him. He was shot at
twice before he returned the fire. The
whole thing was a put-up job And l
tell you gentlemen, 1T is an awful thing
for this young man to be serving such a
term. Prior to this there had never been
a word against him. He sent every cent
of his earnings TO a mother and sister in
NOVA CcOIla. i went 100 lar III the case.
I want to undo the wrong done l would
present the affidavits of these new wit
nesses if I could find them. / cannot.
have put in year and a half trying to
do it. [ have spent $500 of my own
money to undo the wrong. / cannot get
the affidavits. But / pledge you my word
of honor that the facts are as | have
stated"
The board is examining Foley and will
doubtless recommend his release.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
A Worried Farmer.

A farmer who has been studying agri-
cultural journals writes the editor of an
Ohio paper that he is stumped. He says
he reads in one journal that a side window
in his stable makes horses eye weak Oh
that side. Another paper tells him that a
front window hurts his eyes by the glare;
those on diagonal lines makes him shy
when he travels; one behind makes him
squinteyed, and a stable without windows
makes him blind. The farmer wants to
know whether there is any place outside
the heads of those editors where he can
hang his windows.-Garrettsyille Qnd.l
Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
His Three Reasons.
"Take something to drink?" said hi

"Take something to drink!' said his
friend
mo, thank you"
mo! Why not?'
''In the first place." said the party in
question, because | am secretary of a
temperance society that is to meet today
and l must be consistent; in the second
place, this is the anniversary of my faith
er's death, and out of respect to his mem
DRY | have promised never to drink on
this day, and in the third place. / have
just taken something boston Herald
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
WHY She Didn't Get Mad

Watts-"Hello! You have let your
typewriter 90, l see"
Potts-"Yes. She was too ignorant
couldn't spell at ALL"
Did she get mad when you told her
she had to go?"
'Oh. no. | gave as my reason for
parting with her that she was so pretty
that the clerks couldn't attend to their
work for staring at her. Cincinnati
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Tobacco-Twisted Nerves.

Millions of men keep asking for stimulants
irritated by nicotine poison. Chewing or
smoking destroys manhood and nerve power.
find guaranteed cure in No-TolBac sold
by Druggists everywhere. Book free. Tho
Sterling Remedy Co., New York City or
Chica
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Love Their Country.

How grand a thing it is. when you
come TO think of it. that there are SO
many men in the United States who love
their country SO devotedly that they would
like to have it all for themselves Boston
Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

Proved anAIibi.

Strictly to the point was the evidence
of woman in Maine who was striving
to prove an alibi for a boy in horse
stealing case A witness testified that
he had seen the boy at the village on
that day, when the woman sprang from
her seat and cried: He want out,
nuther! His pants was hangin' on the
clO' eS-line all dayr'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
DiSnuaIiha6-

New Arrival-"Phy do not tn Indians
be allowed t vote, PatrickY'
Citizen-"Sure it's little they'd know
about polyticks. They waz born here"
New York Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
A Mistake.

Little Regie-'I don't believe the Lord
cares a cent for good boys" Fond moth
er-"Horrors! What put that idea into
your head?" Little Regie-"He hardly
ever makes good boys strong enough to
lick bad bows"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
CHANGED the Words.

MA" said q discouraged urchin, Il
amt going to school any more Why
DEAR? tenderly inquired his mother
cause faint any use. / can never
learn to spell. The teacher keeps chang
ing the words every day"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Dyspepsia

prepares the way for worse ills to come
Ripans Tabules annihilate dyspepsia. One
gives relief
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Not Very Dull.

Hobson-''Don't you think that Martin
girl is frightfully dull?'
have seen the way she cut me on the ave
nue. yesterday Philadelphia Record
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
WONAN'S SUFFERING.
RELIEVED BY MAIL. HOW IT is
DONE.
How a Woman Works for Her Sex.
ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERS. ]

Seated at her desk in the bureau of
correspondence, this wonderful woman
opens her letters from all parts of the
world. A few extracts from their con-
tents tell the story
rpou low. diam in n very had condition
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Silent Wrong Way.

Mamma-''You must be very careful.
The doctor says your system is all up
set.'
Little Dot-'I guess it is. My foot's
asleep. Folks must be awfully upset W en-
they goes to sleep on the wrong end
London It'd Bits
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

Or How Large was Her Mouth.
A case is reported FROM Lynn in which
a man is said to have assaulted a young
woman in the street. placed his hand
over her mouth and kissed her, 1t oc-
ours to the curious in osculatory eXer-
cises to wonder how large was the mans
hand. and, if of normal dimensions, where
did he kiss her?-Boston traveller.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
1t sticl1eth Closer than a Brother,

Does the rheumatism Cut off all relation
ship with it by the aid of Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters which sewers the bond without
loss of time. if you use it promptly and per-
sstently. No testimony is more positive
and concurrent than that which establishes
its efficacy in this obstinate disease. Use it
with assurance of good results for maarial
dyspeptic and nervous trouble, constipation
and DiliOuSneSS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
BEST IN THE WORLD.

Beecham's pills are for bill
iousness, sick headache, dig.
ziness, dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth, heartburn, tor
pid liver, foul breath, sallow
skin, coated tongue, pimples,
loss of appetite, etc., when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fre-
quent cause Of all of them.
One of the most important things for
everybody to learn is that constipation
causes more than half the sickness in the
world, especially of women; and it can alb
be prevented. Go by the book free at your
druggists S, or write B F .A1lenCo. ,365 Canal
ST., New York. Pills, 100 and csc a box.
Annual sales more than G, coo COO boxes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

l believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-AIrs.
Allie Douglass, Leroy, Mich, October
20 '94
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Needed Realism.

"What that tragedy needs" said one
critic, 's more realism. Yes" replied
the other; they ought to kill the actors,
sure enough. Washington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

Mrs. WinslOyy's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething softens the gums reduces inham-
nation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25ca bottle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

M X Handy is at Nehalem from
Mexico and is trying to organize colony
in Oregon to emigrate there. He says
5000 acres can be had for 50 an acre.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
Jove Makes a Giant Barber Pole

At the entrance to Point Defiance park
stands a giant fir tree at least $50 feet
in height and feet in diameter at the
base. At the very apex of that sturdy
trunk one day last week shaft of
lightning struck. From the point where
it first struck the tree, straight down one
side for fifty feet the bark was torn
away from the body of the tree, laying
bare the surface of the wood; thence as
though actuated by some spirit of mis-
chief the bolt began spiral course
around the trunk, tearing the bark off
for a width of six or eight inches, twice
completely encircling the tree in dis
lance of 100 feet before entering the
ground.-TacOma Daily News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

The "LINENE REVERSIBLE' are the Best am
Most Economical Collars and Cuffs worn; are ma Ia
OF fine CLOTH both sides finished alike, and being
verslb le one collar is equal to of any other kind
They tit 30eH GCeGr a0eU and look aCeU. A box of
Ten Collars Five Pairs of Cuffs for Twenty five
Cents
Sample Collar and Pair of Cuffs by mail for six
Cents Name style and size. Address
REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY
q Franklin ST. New York. y KilbY St. Boston
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

w. E. Henry filed a complaint in the
speriOr court against the city of Sac
ramento to recover 1858, 2S5 for violation
of contract to supply the city with
clear water
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

Nicholas Knoll, prominent farmer
of st. Joseph, died as result Of injuries
received in a runaway
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

The above extracts from many hun
dred letters received daily by Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, go to show how
easily ailing women can obtain advice
and relief. Write to Mrs. Pinkham.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, the most successful female medi-
cine known to the world, can be obtained
of any druggist III the land.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12
ELEVATION OF CITIES.
Delicate Spirit Levels Used on the Line of
Memphis and Charleston R. II.

Delicate Spirit Levels Used on the Line of
Memphis and Charleston R. II.
Visitors at Chattanooga will naturally
ask among other questions: Glow high
is Chattanooga above sea level! Can
you answer them? Heretofore this ele-
walton has been assumed as 63O.64 feet,
but in a short time it is to be shown alb
solutely. In past years the Mississippi
river commission has run lines of precise
levels and established permanent bench
marks along the Mississippi valley, and
similarly the United States coast and
geodetic survey has run lines across the
United States in many directions. In the
years 1892 the latter connected a line
they had run from Biloxi, Miss, along the
Mobile & Ohio railroad, with the bench
marks of the Mississippi river commits
sion at Memphis and absolutely deter
mined the elevation of Corinth above sea
level at Biloxi
The United States engineers in charge
of Tennessee river improvements on
April 70 sent out party to start from
Corinth and run a line of precise levels
along the line of the Memphis & Charles
ton railroad to Riverton and Florence,
Ala, to place at intervals permanent
bench marks whose elevation above sea
level are absolutely known. This line is
to be extended up the river TO Chatta-
nooga.
The reporter asked Capt. Bingham:
What are precise levels?" He was in
formed that they are lines of levels run
with specially designed instruments of
precision, the work of which, in compe-
tent hands, is so perfect that the prob
able error of elevation is not more than
one-half inch in 100 miles Precise levels
are as much superior to ordinary engineer
Or railroad levels as surveying with
steel tape and transit is to the former
method by chain and magnet compass
1t might be predicted that this method Of
precise leveling will not be improved upon
in the next 100 years, since greater ac-
curacy could scarcely be desired
The instruments used are made in
Switzerland by a world-renowned instru-
ment maker. The delicate spirit levels
are encased in wood to eliminate effects of
heat and cold. and even the legs of the
tripod are covered with canvas to keep
off the sun Large, square umbrellas
made for the purpose are used to protect
the instrument and the observer from sun
and wind. The rods are provided with
delicate spirit levels and are most ac-
curately graduated. The lines are run
backward and forward several times.
and every precaution is taken to obtain
absolutely exact Chattanooga
Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q constitutional cure. Price Is cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12


NY courses have stopped from
catching cold, and the pain IS
fearful. 1 ANAL bloated up; and
the pain in lower part of my body
is terrible. My back and head
ache all the time. What shall l
do for it," Miss l.,
Des Moines.
Mrs. Lizzie Decline, 224 Grand
Street, Jersey City, relates her
miseries resulting from womb
trouble, from which she was re
lieved and cured by the timely
use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound. She ends her
letter by saying, 81 owe all to
you"
Mrs. Newton Cobb, of Manches-
ter, o., writes: 81 used eight
bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, and | am happy to say it
has cured me of painful menstru-
ations and backache. My suffer
ing every month was dreadful.
The doctors gave me morphine TO
ease the pain, nothing to cure
me. Oh, ] want to tell every one
what cured me! / wish every
suffering woman would write and
get your advice"
Miss Jennie -, Chicago,
states that she is twenty-five
wears of age; occupation, sales
woman in large dry goods store.
Constant standing has brought
on womb trouble, the symptoms
of which she describes fully. She
says: "Help me if you can.
There are several girls l know
who have written TO Mrs. Pink
ham, and been Cured by her ad-
vice and medicine"
Miss Mary Smylie, who resides
at 207S E. Susquehanna Avenue.
kensington, Phila., writes: 81 am
q working girl, and must stand
eleven hours every day. ] have
suffered terribly from painful
menstruationsand kidneytrOuble.
At times nv head was so dizzy
/ could hardly see. A friend rec
commended your Vegetable Com
pound. l am a different girl now ::
no more aches and pains. Oh,
thank you, thank you'll"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-12

FROM IOWA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-30

The securities We offer are
especially adapted for the
investment Of savings and
trust funds, as our personal
attention to all the details Of
the loan, from its date to its
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-30

Above all things, the novice must
learn ''to keep ON going" as the bicycle
teacher says. The tendency is to stop
working the pedals when one feels lit
tie afraid. Fatal mistake! Almost every
possible disaster can be averted by BIZ
cycle rider if she only remembers to
keep ON going" to sit up straight and
to use the handle bars with calmness
and discretion. 1t is folly to attempt to
ride a bicycle without having taken q
few lessons from capable teacher. Then
mounting and dismounting. riding and
turning are easy, and falls will not &C.
cur.-New York Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-30
Mullignn In All Right.

In the committees of the lower
house Of the Illinois legislature ap-
pointed yesterday, Representative
Mulligan is on the committees on
rights Of the minority, railroads.
agriculture, mines and mining, in
surance, education and manufac-
lures. Representative Payne is on
the committees on canal improve
ment and commerce, penal and re-
formatory Institutions, state institu-
tions, roads and bridges and
state and county fairs. Representa-
tive Stiekney is on the committees
on corporations, mines and mining.
appropriations and retrenchment.
1t will be seen that notwithstand-
ing the fact that a republican speak
er presides. Representative Multi
gan's worth has been recognized in
committee representation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-30

WANTED-CITY SALESMAN OF GOOD AID
W dress; must come well recommended
good position with largest nursery house II
America. Brown Brothers Company, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-30
Mes. Robert williams Demise.

Mrs. Robert Williams, wife of
Yardmaster Williams, of the X. l. &
P. railway, died at 10:45 last night
at her home, 1912 Seventh avenue,
after short illness with typhoid
fever. Her death is doubly sad in
that three small children, all girls,
are left beside the bereaved husband.
She was 81 years of age. The fu-
neral will be held from the residence
at 2 O'Clock Friday afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-30
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
ative; 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 all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but i. is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
70. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
sccept any substitute if offered.