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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
CIDER FOR INVALIDS.
To be of Any Value it Must be Made with
Greater Care and Skill.


Greater Care and Skill.
''For many years. writes DIR. Morti-
mer Granville of the London Times, 81
have recommended cider as a useful
beverage for invalids generally, and es-
pecially for the equity. The great prac-
teal difficulty lies in the fact that such
cider as the sick-the equity, for example
require, can hardly be procured at
marketable sale price. | am compelled
to procure their cider privately and by
favor of some farmer who makes his own
beverage, and for this reason-that it is
fundamental condition of success in the
manufacture of cider for medical pur-
poses that only apples of a single sort
should be used in the production of the
must, and that the fermentation should
not be arrested, but allowed to proceed
until the whole of the ferment is eX-
hausted and the fermentable material
broken into it's elements.
mo lncOnSldera BILE part of the service
perfOrmable by good cider in the cure of
disease and the preservation of health is
due to the same elements which combine
to form the phlOridZin obtainable from
the bark of the stem and root Of the
apple, the pear, and certain other trees.
This phloridzin-a glucoside-was some
fifty years ago submitted to criticism as
a probable substitute for quinine. 1t
was not found to answer the purpose
assigned to it, but experiment then and
subsequently proved that it possessed
two remarkable properties-the one Of so
acting on the digestive functions that,
after two or three weeks use of this
phloridzin, persons who could not ap-
propriate certain elements of food neces-
sary for their nutrition were able to do
so; the other of acting in such fashion
on the glyeogen accumulated in muscular
tissues for work. but which, when
overaccumu1ated, causes at least one
form of the trouble called rheumatism"
as to convert it into sugar and thus get
rid of it.
''Now, ordinary cider would be per-
fectly useless for the beneficial purposes
covered by the above specification. If
physicians are to have a valuable addi-
ton to the beverages they can recon-
mend their patients, and the consumers
of cider are to enjoy the advantages of
this valuable natural product, there must
be no attempt to arrest fermentation at
the right point. There is no right point
at which to arrest fermentation, either in
the must of the apple or the juice-I
avoid the technical term-of the grape
Pure and useful cider must be absolute
ly natural, and SO must champagne"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
ROYAL WAR ON TOBACCO.
The Empress of Russia Forbids It's Use by
the Ladies of Her Court.

The Empress of Russia Forbids It's Use by
the Ladies of Her Court.
The Empress of Russia is beginning to
show more and more the strong mind
and eccentricity that marked her career
as Princess AliX of Hesse. She has
just declared against the use of tobacco
by the ladies of the court at st. Peters
burg.
She is credited with the observation
that the cigarette in the mouth of a
woman is as bad as an oath in that of
a man, and has requested that neither
her ladies in waiting nor yet the ladies
of the court should approach her so
long as there is the slightest aroma Of
tobacco about their clothes or about
their persons.
Now, nearly every member of the i'm
perial family, and, in natural conse-
quence, well-nigh every lady in court
and in society at st. Petersburg, is ad-
dicted to the use and even abuse of cigar
cites, the Grand Duchess Valdimar being
conspicuous among the number.
The widowed Czarina, like her sister
the Princess of Wales, and the Duchess
of Cumberland, never favored the use of
tobacco by ladies, but in spite of all
the influences which she welded over
her husband, Alexander III, she did
not venture openly to object to it on
the part of the members of her court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
Blucher'S Pine

Lord Sheffield has lately added another
interesting relic to the heterogeneous
collection of curiosities which ornament
the walls of his cricket pavnion at
Sheffield park. During his recent visit
to Belgium he purchased the richly
ornamented pipe which Butcher carried
with him during the Waterloo campaig
When the gallant Prussian was
horsed and ridden over by the Fren,
cavalry at Ligny, his pipe fell from his
pocket. but was subsequently discovered
by faithful follower, who offered to
restore it to its owner. So pleased was
Butcher at his comrades honesty, that
he made him present of the pipe.
which has now found it's way into Lord
Sheffaald's possession.-We stminster
Gazette
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
THE SLIME ON FISHES.
Common to All Species and Essential to
Their Existence.

Their Existence.
A fish lust taken from the water, if
handled, is found to be slippery and coat
ed with slime. All fishes, the meanest
and the noblest, killifsh and shark, shad,
salmon and trout, wear this slime. They
could not exist without it.
The slime is secreted usually in a con-
tinuous series of ducts with numerous
openings, arranged in q line extending
along the side of the fiseh. Some fishes
have one line on a side, some have five
or six. The lines may be plainly visible,
and IN some cases appear to be a mark
ing on the fish More often they are not
observable at all. Some fishes store this
secretion in pores distributed over the
whole surface of the body, the larger
number, however, in pores in lateral
lines. There are also pores for the Sc
erection of mucus, or slime in the fish s
head
The slime is exuded through the di-
visions between the scales to the outer
part of the body, over which it spreads,
forming sort of outer skin or cover
ing. transparent and having elasticity
and tenacity, and often considera BILE
body. 1t would not be remarkable for q
falr-sized fish, say a fish of two pounds
weight, to have a coating of slime q
thirty of an inch in thickness.
Fishes vary greatly in the amount of
slime which they secrete; the eel will
suggest itself as one that is very Shiny.
The fshs Shiny coating reduces its
friction when in motion and helps TO in
crease its speed. It aids in protecting
the scales from injury. being of suffi-
clent substance to serve in some meas
ure as a cushion. The Shiny covering
makes the fish hard to hold, and so en-
ables it more readily to escape from it's
enemies. 1t is sometimes repugnant to
other fishes, which are repealed by it's
odor. 1t is the slime from the fishes
handled that makes the angler. ''smell
hShy," as the expression goes.
A most important function of the fish's
Shiny coating is to protect it from the
attacks of fungus, q form of plant life
found in all waters, salt and fresh in
Guiding the purest. The slime covers
the entire exterior surface of the fish,
including the fins. Fungus does not at
tach to the slime; but if the fish were to
be injured so that there was upon it
some spot uncovered by the slime, upon
that spot some minute fragment of fun
gus, so small as to be scarcely more than
visible, would be likely to lodge. Once
lodged, the fungus is reproduced very
fast.
Fish sometimes recover from attacks
of fungus, but much more often they do
not The fungus displaces the skin, in
1ammation is set up, and the place at
tackled becomes practically q sore. With
it's continued growth the fungus may
cover the side of the fish and extend
over the gills and finally kill it.--New
York Sun
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
ILLNESS OF ANIMALS.
Birds Are More Commonly Subject to
Foolish Notions and Fears.

Il
Birds are perhaps more commonly the
victims of illusions than other ami
mails, their stupidity about their eggs
being quite remarkable. Last year, for
instance. a hen got into u pavilion of
a ladies' golf club and began to sit on q
golf ball in q corner, for which it made
a nest with a couple Of pocket handker-
chiefs. But many quadrupeds are not
only deceived for tie moment by re-
Elections, shadows and such unrealites,
but often seem victims to Illusions large
ly developed by the imagination.
The horse, for instance, is one of the
brayest of animals when face to face
with dangers which it can understand,
wild boar at bay. Yet the courageous
and devoted horse, so steadfast against
the dangers he knows, is a prey to a
hundred terrors of the imagination due
to illusions, mainly those of sight, for
shying, the minor effect of these illu-
sions, and 'bolting,'' in which panic
gains complete possession of his SOUL
are caused, as rule, by mistakes as to
what the horse sees, and not by misin-
depreciation of what he hears. 1t is no.
ticed, for instance, that many horses
which shy usually start away from OBJ
jects on one side more frequently than
from objects on the other. This is prob
ably due to defects of vision in one or
the other eye.
In nearly all cases of shying the horse
takes fright at some unfamiliar object,
though this is commonly quite harmless,
such as a wheelbarrow upside down, II
freshly felled log or a piece of paper roll
ing before the wind. This instantly be-
comes an illusion" is interpreted as
something else, and it is a curious ques-
ton in equine homeopathy to know what
it is that the horse figures these harm
less objects to be. When Russian ponies
thew Usually objected to pass near "a a
donkey This reluctance was explained
on the hypothesis that the ponies seldom
saw donkeys in Russia and mistook them
for hears -SnectatOr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

is treated in sacred confidence, unless
publication is requested by the writer.
She says to Mrs. Pinkham &c [
wish you would publish the circum-
stances of my case, in order that other
women may be benefited by my expe-
rience.
q doctored nearly all the time for
two years. I spent several hundred
dollars without receiving much benefit.
Last June I wrote to you and described
all my aches and pains. Such a long
list as there was: headache, back
ache, bearing-down pains, terrible
soreness, constipation, dizziness, feel
ing of extreme lassitude, irregularity
and nausea but you answered my
letter and told me just what to do. I
followed your advice.
After taking eight bottles of the
Vegetable Compound and three bot
ties of Blood Purifier, [ am glad to
write you that have not enjoyed such
good health for years, and am able
to do ali my own work. [ can surely
sound the praises of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and a
number of my friends are taking it
upon my recommendation. "-MRs. w.
L. ELLIOTT, Liscomb, Iowa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
Was Aware Of 1t.

This lunatic asylum story comes from
Glasgow: Two councillors of that city
were taken over large asylum the other
day by one of the patients, safe man.
He had led them to a room to display
a view from a window, when some one
shut the door. with its self-acting lock,
and the three men were prisoners. The
patient alone preserved his composure.
While the councillors clamored to be
released, he remarked.
IF / were you, / would be quiet
No help coming, the councillors grew
desperate; beads of perspiration stood
on their brows, and they fairly yelled.
eff | were you," repeated the patient,
soothingly, Il would keep quiet
but were no daft" pleaded one of
the visitors.
"Hoots, mon! that's what I said
maseP when [ was brocht in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
SPINNING WHEEL.

Little Dot-"Oh, 1 just love cake.
It's awfully nice" Mamma (reproving-
Iy)-"You should not say you love
CAKE say like Do not say awfnlly,
say very Do not say nice, say
good Ard, by the way, the word
just should be omitted, also the oh
Now, my dear, repeat the sentence cor
rectly." Little Dot-''I like cake; it's
very good" Mamma-"That's better"
Little Dot with an air of disgust
Sounds as if l was talkin' about
read.'-Pearson's Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Among the old stories about John
Chamberlin, revamped since his death,
is one that bears on the stiff prices that
ruled in his restaurant. A young man
who was going to theater party went
into Chamberlin's, and was tempted to
order stake and onions, but he hesitated
because of his subsequent engagement.
Have no fear, my FRIEND" said his
dinner companion. Just go right ahead
and have your steak and onions. When
you get your bill for the meal you have
ordered it will take your breath away"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROxBURY, MASS.

@Shn@S ASNSShtg mr0Usg
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind Of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit Is always experienced from
the first bottle, and perfect cure is war.
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in week
after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed.
time. Sold by all Druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
Not ImnOdeSt.

Three years ago a monument COM
mission in Iowa accepted a statue rep
resenting Iowa, which was nude from
the waist ups But a year later it recon
sidered its decision and concluded that
the figure needed to be draped. That
decision was so generally criticised, how
ever, that the commission opened the
question again, and asked the woman
member of the commission, Mrs. Cora
NJ. Weed. to settle it finally. She has
just decided that the figure is not i'm
modest, and ought not to be draped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
The Bible.

tics. the Bible is now printed in 381
languages, SO versions having been add
ed in the last five years. Forty-two
of these versions are credited to English
and Scotch societies, and five to Ameri-
can societies. Twenty-three of the Ian
guages and dialects belong to the African
Bantu family, and four belong to each of
three are in Indian languages, two each
belong to the negro, Turk, Druidian and
Hamitic groups, and one each to the
Thibeto-Burman, Aryan and Microne-
sian families
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
The Ladies,

with which ladies may use Syrup of Figs,
under all conditions, makes it their IA
vorite remedy. To get the true and genu-
inc article, look for the name of the
California Fig Syrup Company, printed
near the bottom of the package. For
sale by all responsible druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
Plenty of Deer.

Deer are plentiful in both Maine and
Oregon this year. So many carcasses are
daily sent to the Portland or market
now that many of them are thrown away,
and commission men have forbidden
transportation companies to accept them
for delivery
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
HOO Late to Mend

There is point beyond which medication
cannot go: Before it is too late to mend,
persons OF rheumatic tendency inherited
or acquired, should use that benignant do
tense against the further progress of the su-
pertenaclous malady-rheumatis The
name of this proven rescuer is Hostetter's
recollected cures dyspepsia. liver complaint,
fever and ague, debility and nerYousness
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

The British museum. authorities have
obtained possession of copy of r. l..
Stevenson's second production, '"The
Charity Bazaar" privately printed at
Edinburgh, and his "Not p and "Moral
Emblems," printed at his private press
at DaVos in 1881
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

No one in ordinary health need be-
come bald or gray, if he will follow
sensible treatment. We advise cleanli-
ness of the scalp and the use of Halls
Hair Remover.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
LOVES TREACHERY.

Rejected, sore, the poet grieved,
And in his song he poured his grieving;
Bewailed that Love had SO deceived
When Love had sworn against deceiving.
Unto his lady-love serene
He sent a sad, reproachful sonnet
She mailed it to a magazine
And got a check, and bought a bonnet!
Atlanta Constitution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

The Washington papers announce
the arrival in that city of Mrs. John A
Logan, after a long trip abroad with a
in Washington during the rest of the
summer and for the whole of the coming
year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Max j. Becker, the consulting en-
gineer and real estate agent of tbe
pennsylvania railroad, who has just
died, began his career on the Cologne
u Minden railway, in Germany. He
came to this country with Carl Schurz
lie was once president of the Ameri-
can Society of Civil ENGINEERS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Il trust your husband is a Christian,
Mrs Bjames," observed the pastor, who
was making call. well, yes returned
Mrs. Bjames, somewhat hesitatingly.
"He's very amateurish as yet, but l
have hopes of him. Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

''This is the sixth pint of beer [ have
drunk, all through my wife putting me
out of temper; it is surprising what a
lot of money that woman costs me!'-
Tid-Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Misplaced Magnetism.-'I knew fell
low that could tame tiger with a glance
of his eye" What became of him p
''He's dead He tried it on a bicycle
scorcher. Chicago Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

The rumor is again revived in Lon
lon that the elder brother of the Earl
IF Aberdeen has been seen in America
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
THE RECKONING.

Now doth the simple farmer smile,
And count his cleaning hoard;
What once he lost through green-goods guile
He's made by summer board"
Washington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

The master of the rolls Nord Esher)
has completed his eighty-frst year. Lord
Esher is the oldest judge on the bench
in England
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Here is a copy of an announcement
said to have been found posted on a
Lawrence county church:
''There will be preaching in this house,
Providence permitting, Sunday, and
there will be preacheing whether or
not on Monday following upon the sub
ject, He that beIieveth and is baptized
shall be saved, and he that belieyeth
not shall be DAMNED at precisely half
past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Hot
Springs News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

A Thorough Sport: Pelham Parker
Charles Meadowbrookes horse ran
away with hin at the last hunt, and he
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

rode down the hounds and finally over
took and passed the fox. Reggy West
end-"Couldn't he stop?" Pelham
Parker-'"That's what the whipperin
asked him, but Charlie said he couldn't
think of stopping when he was ahead Of
the game Harlem Life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Sir Henry Irving has intimated that
he will unveil the Siddons statue early in
Sentpmha
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Birds and flowers delight US, but we
are enchanted when we behold the COM
plexion of a young lady made beautiful
By the use of Glenn's SULPHUR Soap.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Piso's Cure for Consumption is oun
only medicine for coughs and colds
Mrs. G. Beltz. 439 9Th ave., Denver.
Col, Nov. %. '95
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Mr.. Bryce, M. P, is engaged upon
a new work on South Africa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

We know lots of men who say they
never argue on the street who take half
an hour of your time to convince you of
it-Washington Democrat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

"A one-legged newsboy in Buffalo
serves a route of papers on bicycle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Mr.. Figgs-"A blue chip hat? A So. so
hat, [ suppose Indianapolis Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Tommy-"Paw, what is a chip hat?
The paper says the lady wore a blue chip
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

the dining room?' asked the newcomer.
II really don't know replied Miss
Smart. II understand, though, that the
head waiter is an Episcopalian. "-Har-
per's Bazaar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Dobbns Floating -Borax Soap is the only floating
soap that ntans Borax For toilet or laundry use H
is incompatible. perfect soap for all USES Try 10
once, you'll use it always Order of your grocer. Red
WRAPPER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces infam-
nation ,allays pain, cures wind collie 25ca bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price Is cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

There is class of women who, from
their own experience, sympathize with
their suffering sisters, and in order
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

fsnHgRRE Habit Cured. Est. in 1871. Thousands
EbDEkGM cured. Cheapest and best cure FREE TRE
III EUEFb AL. State case. DR. MARSH, Quincy, Mich.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

''Tubbs says he's been making a num-
Der of improvements about his home re-
Gently" Yes, l noticed he's sold the
piano. "-Tid-Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09
SACRED CONFIDENCE.
NO WOMAN'S LETTER PUBLISHED
EXCEPT BY REQUEST.

EIrs. Pinkham's Tender Relations With
the Suffering of Her Sex-Women Who
Cannot Hide Their Happiness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Spinks- 'Brace up, man; you'll never
get a girl if you fear to pop the ques-
ton
Binks-''I'm not too frightened to pop
the question, but hate to question the
Pop.''-Boston Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

Striking but not prepossessing in ap-
pearance was DR.. Hook, the great York
shire vicar.
As a boy, he was spoken of as one on
whom nature had tried her prentice
hand" In later years he himself used to
comment on what he called his ''ugli-
ness,' and to tell of the effect which his
stout figure and snowy-white hair and
whiskers produced upon a little girl
Having been told to go and kiss Dr..
Hook, she hesitated, shrugged her Shout
ders and exclaimed:
Tell mamma to go and kiss him
first
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

II suppose said the native of Ameri-
ca to the foreigner, that you find our
and customs very interesting"
Not exactly" replied the visitor, as he
gazed at a fleeing bicycle girl. What I
find interesting are your manners and
costumes. Washington Star.