Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-10-14

ranging everything for the sitting. This
was to be his masterpiece, he said, and
he wished to have every detail perfect.
s'There," he said, at last that will do,
nicely, [ think" He took one last look
to see that all was right. Nov! All
ready" he said, in sharp, incisive tones.
Look pleasant, please" Then he be-
gan the actual work of phOtographing the
fractured ankle by the Roentgen process.
Chicago Post.
Lulu--"We girls are getting up a Sc
cret society of our own" George-'ln-
deed! What's the object?" Luiu-''I
it after I'm initiated. '-Housenold
Words.
All tobaccos are doctored, says Lon
don Answers Sometimes it is done in
an illegitimate way, for the purpose of
deception. Ordinarily, however, it is
honest and even necessary. One OBJ
ject of it is to make the tobacco keep
better Without such treatment it
would become SO much dry leaves, the
aromatic properties passing Off Nitre is
added to smoking tobacco in order to
make it burn we'll. The leaves intended
for chewing are stepped in Ecorice or
other gum, in order that the plug shall
have the requisite consistency and
sweetness. Mucilaginous substances in
small quantities are added to cigarette
tobacco, so that the particles may hold
together and not fall out of the paper
wrapper. Some pipe tobaccos are heay-
lily charged with perfumes by treating
them with essential oils of rose YER
bena, chronicle, bergamot, cassia, musk
and catechu. The basis of an essence
for f1ayoring tobacco is nearly always
some SpirituOus liquor-usually rum. The
IN
the flavor of the plug. Sometimes wine
is used. Glycerine IS a common ingredi-
ent MolasseS enter into the compost,
ton of most chewing tobacco.
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81 said the large fat person, with the
large fat diamonds, Il am self-made
man.
The angular gentleman with the soured
air looked at him curiously.
Must have been your first job, eh::'
he said.
It is well known that, when Stephen
son predicted that his locomotive would
draw q train of trucks at the rate of
twenty miles an hour. there were men
of science in England who declared that
no passengers could travel at such d rate
of speed and keep their heads"
a similar prediction, made by the
Royal College of Physicians of Bavaria
Ill 1000, Is now on record III the archives
of the Nuremberg and Furth railway in
that country. When it was proposed TO
build this line, the physicians of the
country met and formally protested
against it.
''Locomotion by the aid of any kind
OF steam machines whatever" the Ba-
varian physicians declared, ''shOuld be
prohibited in the interest of the public
health. The rapid movements cannot
fail to produce III the passengers the
mental ailments called delirium furiosum.
Even admitting" the protest went on,
that travellers VIII consent to run the
risk, the state can do no less than pro-
tect the bystanders. The sight alone
of q locomotive passing at full speed suf-
fees to produce this frightful malady of
the brain. 1t is at any rate indispensa-
bic that a barrier at least six feet high
should be erected on both sides of the
track
Bridget, this is altogether too much;
you have anew follower in the kitchen
every week" "Well, ma am, you see.
the food in this house is SO bad that no
one will come here for longer than a
week. It'd Bits.
What Discouraged Him.-The am
bilious mother was disappointed, and
she showed it, Hes worth not less
than Million she said to her daugh-
ter, land you let him get away from
YOU i couldn't hell, it, mamma.
the encouragement | could ''Encour-
agement!' exclaimed the mother, with
scornful laugh. Encouragement! You
forget that you let him see you in bloom
ers and a bicycle face. Cupid couldn't
have stood that in Psyche. Chicago
Post.
What He Thought. Even hurricane
has its humors A man who has the
misfortune to SO provoke his wife's in
dignation that her wrath leads her to
go to his shop every now and then and
demolish his stock in trade suffered Sc
verely from the storm. When he got to
his place of business and viewed the
wreckage he threw up his hands and ex-
claimed: Great heavens! My wife has
been here again. But it isn't quite as
bad as usual '-Washingto Star
Everyone should know that to eat
when tired is to place upon the digestive
organs burden which they are wholly
unable to carry" says Modern Medicine.
when the body is in a state of fatigue,
the digestive organs are unable to per-
form their natural functions the glands
of the stomach will not form gastric
juice; the saliva is deficient in quantity;
and the whole digestive apparatus is inca
pdme OIL uO1uS ellcleHC WOrk. w men eX-
hausted, one should rest before eating.
If faint or .allgone sensation is ex-
perienced, relief may be obtained by
drinking a glass of hot water or diluted
fruit juice of some sort
The Husband ION his honeymoon)-
''You are happy, darling? You don't re-
greet that you are no longer a child but a
woman?'
The Bride "Oh. no; not a bit. In
fact, regret it so little that if I lost you
| should marry again. -Pick-Me-Up.
Teacher Billy, can you tell me the
difference between caution and coward
iceY' Billy-'Yes, ma am. When
you're afraid yourself, then that's eau
ton. But when the other fellows
afraid, that's cowardice. '-Harpers Ba-'
Ear.
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A diplomat stationed at Washington,