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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
OVERCOME BY SNOW.
Two Goldseekers Lose Their Lives in the
Desolate Yukon Country

Desolate Yukon Country.
l.. ). Hodge, a newspaper man. form
erly of Seattle, and a companion. a white
man whose name is not known. are I'M
dOubtedly among the number of advent
urous seekers for gold in the great Yu-
kon country who will never return, saws
n Nanaimo, 3. c., dispatch to the San
Francisco Call. a party of Indians ar
rived in Juneau tell of the probable death
of the pair in terrific snowstorm.
Hodge and his companion left Juneau
City via the Takou route and through
Wilson pass. They started in company
with James Jackson and two other ma
tiyes. Jackson is the mail carrier for
the Alaska Commercial company. He
and his companions were travelling with
sleds drawn by dogs while Hodge and his
companion were afoOt and drawing their
own sleds. After leaving the foot of
Lake lie Berge the white men. unable to
keep up with the Indians, were left to
shift for themselves.
1t was between Lake lie Berge and
Cassiar Bar that the bearers of the news
last saw the unfortunate goldseekers.
Hodge and his companion had thrown
away their supplies and We're endeavoring
to find better trail when the Indians
came upon them. The white men re-
fused to comply to the urging of the
pushed on toward the camp at the foot
of Lake lie Berge. Shortly after leaving
the adventurerS q terrific SnoWStOrm
came on The Indians themselves mar
rowIy escaped with their lives into the
camp. As neither Hodge nor his cOmpan-
ion has since been heard from there can
be but little doubt as to their fate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
The Variable Doowood.

Dogwood wands make excellent whip-
stocks, and are used in some of the best
whips. They are cut sometimes by coach
men IN the suburbs and sent to town to
be dressed and made up into whips. The
stocks made of this wood are notab for
their ornamental knobs at regular inter
walls, which are the truncated and round
ed branches These are initiated in some
other whipstocks, but the imitation is the
cause of weakness The dogwood stocks
are extremely tough and elastic, being
comparable in elasticity with whalebone
The wood is usel for butchers skewers,
and some philologists conjecture that the
first syllable of the name is a corruption
of dag meaning a spine or dagger
Dogwood, being particularly free from
slick, is used by watchmakers and op-
ticians in cleaning watches and lenses
The American WoodWorker adds: Bit
ter bark of the dogwood is used as sub
stitute for the bark of the Peruvian qui-
pine tree. Dogwood is notably of slow
growth, and in all thickly peopled regions
the tree is recklessly despoiled for the
sake of its blossoms, so that the supply
of the wood for commercial purposes is
not large.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
WHITE INSECT WAX.
One of the Products of China-The In
dustrY on the Decline.


dustry on the Decline.
One of the most curious products of
China is insect wax, of which 1885,
2S7 pounds, worth 100000 in gold,
were shipped from Ichang on the
Yangtse river in 1879. 1t is a product
of the western part of the province of
Se-Chuen, in Central China, where the
wax insect tourishes best and finds it's
food most abundant. Early in the
spring numerous brown, pea-shaped
scales appear on the bark Of the boughs
and tWigs of the Chinese evergreen tree
They contain a mass of small animals,
like -four, whose movements are al
most imperceptible. The female wax
insects develop the scales and deposit
their eggs in them and the males ex-
crete the substance known as white
wax, which is supposed to be intended
by nature to protect the scales. The
wax is spread over the whole branch
to depth of a quarter Of an inch.
When the deposit appears to be COM
plete the branches are cut off and as
much of the wax as possible is removed
by hand. The rest is secured by boiling
the branches, which destrOyes the scales
and larvae The wax is put into boil
ing water. where it melts, and, rising
into moulds. The white wax is a sub
stance of great utility in China. 1t
melts only at high temperature, and
is used chiefly to cover candles made of
animal and vegetable talloW, to prevent
too rapid combustion 1t is used also
as sizing for paper and cotton goods, q
glaze for silk, and polish for furniture.
Minister DENLY and Mr.. Hosie. the
British consular agent in Se-Chuen, say
that the proportions of this industry
are enormous. Immense quantities of
the wax have been shipped from other
ports of the Yangste river, and some of
it sent across the mountains to Canton.
Minister DENLY has seen thousands Of
pounds of it in large, round cakes, stored
away in a single room. The introduce
ton of foreign kerosene, which is now
used very largely in China is having a
dlscouraging influence on the gathering
of white wax. The industry, therefore,
is not thriving as it did once, and the
decline is another example of the great
change which the entrance of foreigners
INTO China is making in many branches
of native trade
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
THE SPRUCE PARTRIDGE.
Wherein He Differs from His Relat We,
the Ruffed Grouse.

The Halifax On S. Game Society is
endeavoring TO have a bill passed for
bidding for five years the killing of
spruce grouse. The sportsmen say that
there is great need of proteC ing this
large but stupid bird. 1t is fine eating
and much sought for by men and boys,
but seldom offers shots ANY sportsman
would take
They are very tame and stupid" one
man writes, allowing themselves to be
taken alive easily with a moose on the
end Of a pole which is quietly slipped
down over their heads
The spruce partridge is far different in
point of alertnesS from its near relative,
the ruffed grouse. It's habits when I'M
disturbed are much the same. particular
" in the mating season. They are both
drummers, one humping its breast with
its wings while standing on an old rot
ting log or on stone. The spruce part
ridge flies against the branches of a
dense spruce tree. then, tapping his
wings with Z loud thump-thump against
his breast and against the branches, de-
sends slowly to the ground, beating ali
the while 1t does not make the musical
sound of the ruffed grOuse's drumming,
but it is just as attractive TO one or
more of the females.
A spruce grouse once came out of
Michigan swamp and went to barnyare
over which a Spanish rooster held sway.
The partridge paid court TO handsome
bantam hen, and the big Spanish ROSTERS
comb and wattles grew red with rage.
He made for the green woodsbird with
angry clucks. The partridge stood still
till the rooster was close by, then leap
ing into the air, he came down on the
ROSTERS back. After while the roos-
ter tried to run. but the partridge, was
fighting mad, and half flying. struck the
rooster and rolled it over. The rooster
laid down with its head under a bunch
of grass while the partridge drummed
in triumph. In spite of its valor the
spruce partridge could net win the favor
of the chickens, although in other like
cases cartridges have been prime favor
ites-NeW York Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
INSECT CRIMINALS.
Almost Every Form of Wrongdoing
Prevalent Among Them.

Prevalent Among Them.
Almost every form and variety of hui
man crime is common with insects.
Cases of theft are noted among bees.
Buchner, in his "Physic Life of Ami
mails" speaks Of the thievish bees
which, in order to save themselves the
trouble of work, attack well-stocked
hives in masses, kill the sentinels and
the inhabitants, rob the hives and carry
off the provisions. After repeated en-
terprises of this description, they ac-
quire taste for robbery and violence;
they recruit whole companies, which get
more and more numerous, and finally
they form regular colonies of brigand
bees.
But it is a still more curious fact
that these brigand bees can be produced
artifcally by giving working bees a
mixture of honey and brandy to drink.
The bees soon take q delight in this
beverage which has the same disastrous
effect upon them as upon men-they be-
come ill-disposed and irritable and lose
all desire to work, and finally, when they
begin to feel hungry. they attack and
plumber the well-supplied hives.
There is one variety in bees-the Sphe-
codes-which lives exclusively upon
plumber They may thus be said to be
an example of innate and organic Grim
inality among insects, and they repre-
sent what Prof Lombroso calls the
born criminals that is. individuals who
are led to crime by their own organic
nstitution-Pittsburg Dispatch
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
FRENCH HERO HONORED.
A Monument Unveiled to Brare, Who Dis
pla!et Extraordinary Courage.

Monument Unveiled to Brare, Who Dis
pl'yet Extraordinary Courage.
There was unveiled recently in the vii
lage of Chatou, hard by Paris, a monu-
ment to one of the most daring and sue
cessful dispatch carriers through the
enemy's lines while the city of Paris was
ringed about, twenty-five years ago, with
German bayonets and cannon. His name
was Brare and he was a clerk in the
Paris postofhce. He accomplished five of
these perlouS Journeys and III the last
one lost his life.
Much OF Brare's success was due to his
cleverness IN assuming various DISCUSSES
HIS hrst four trips were highly successful
and though he had many hairbreadth es-
capes, he was not caught. His fifth and
last journey, which had a fatal ending
was the most eyentful, however, and
some of its details are worth recording.
1t was when he was outward bound
from Paris, after he had passed the first
lines of inTesture.- that he fell into the
hands of a German post. He was taken
by them to the forest of st. German,
where, despite the bitter cold they
stripped him of his clothing and ty-
ing him securely to a tree, began fog
glng him with heavy strap. While this
was going on some of the soldiers
finding dispatches in cipher.
What do they meanY' demanded the
chief of the detachment.
I do not know replied Brare, land
if l did | would not tell
He was again tiogged nearly to death,
but it was found impossible to extract
any information from him. He was later
tried before a council of war and sem
fenced to confinement at Versailles. He
made his escape III three days, however,
and at once reported to the French Off
Gals outside of Paris for. dispatches to
carry through the lines.
1t was a December night that he
reached the Seine, which was filed with
cakes of floating ice. He decided to
swim down and across the river, and told
his companions that if he reached the
other bank safe and sound he would
give low whistle. Then he plunged
into the water and disappeared. No sig
nal came. but a few moments later there
was a crackle Of musketry from the op-
pOsite bank.
Two months afterward they found
Brare'S dispatch bag floating in the Seine
and not far away his corpse. His head
pierced by a rifle ball and both arms
wpra broken
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
THE FACE IN ILLNESS.
To the Trained Eye it Quickly Shows a
Patients Condition.

The face is a good index to the state of
ones physical being, and from it symD-
toms Of disease can be detected almost
before the patient is aware that anything
serious is the matter with him. For in
stance, incomplete closure of the eyelids,
rendering the whites of the eyes visible
during sleep, is symptom in all acute
and chronic diseases of n severe type; it
is also to be observed when rest is I'M
sound from pain, wherever seated
Twitching of the eyelids, associated
with the oscillation of the eyeballs. or
squirting, heralds the visit of convul-
SiOnS.
Widening of the orifces of the nose.
with movements of the nostrils to and
fro, point to embarrassed breathing from
disease of the lungs or their plural in
yeStment.
Contraction of the brows indicates
pain in the head: sharpness of the nos
trils, pain in the chest, and Il drawn up
per lip, pain in the abdomen.
To make a general rule, it may be
stated that the upper third of the face is
altered in expression in affections of the
brain, the middle third, in the diseases
of the organs contained in the abdominal
cavity. Nurse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
Monster Thermolueter.

What is said to be the biggest Their
mometer in all the world was placed in
front of the Pulitzer building in Park
Row this afternoon. The extreme length
of the frame is - feet and its width 16
inches. The length of the glass tube and
bulb is between u and Is feet and the
tube itself is an inch in diameter. with a
bore for the dark blue colored liquid
spirits with which the thermometer is
filled of an inch in width The big bulb
is II inches long by 80 inches in dame
ter. When the sizzards and the billiards.
come crowds of curious folk for miles
around will not be satisfied until they
compare the registrations OF the small
fry with the scale of the long tube in this
huge triumph of American handiwork.
For people are built that way here
New York Letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
tack of Gown.

writer discusses the French woman at
dinner. He says that in Paris in these
days it is not the custom to allude to a
woman's dinner gown as decollete. but
that it is more chic to say that she is
en- peau (bare skim. This is certainly
rather a direct way of speaking of a
lady's gown, or rather, of the lack of it.
He goes on to say, however that when
she is at the dinner table en- peau, she
expresses in the undulations of her bare
shoulders and the movements of her I'M
incunbered arms and hands all of the
passing emotions of the moment"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
TRAGEDY IS FORECAST IN A DREAM
Brother of the Victim Has Night Visio
that Comes True.


People who believe in dreams will be in
terested in the case Of George II. Wheel
er, who was found dead on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad track in Washington. He
had in his pocket letter written a few
days before by his brother. who is IL clerk
in the Elk Ridge postoffice. The letter
follows:
Dear Brother:-I had a dream about you
the other night which worried me a great
deal, but l pray it is not true. l dreamed
that | and two other men hauled you home
IN wagon and that you were covered with
blood from head TO foot.
The dream was fulfilled almost to the
letter. The man was hauled to the hos
pital in a wagon and was covered with
blood from head to foot At the hospital
the letter was found. and when the physi-
clans read it they declared it a strange
coincidence. The dead man was an en-
ploye of the Pennsylvania company and
was killed by a train
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
East"r Eggs.

The Philadelphia school children have
discovered happy way of keeping ID
the association of eggs with the Easter
celebrations. On the day before Good
Friday every child who wishes to do so
there is no, compulsion in the matter)
to the teacher At the close of the SEES
sion the teacher arranges these eggs in
dozens and sends or take them to the
moor of the district. The children are
asked to send in privately the names Of
ceptable 1t is a thoughtful, inexpensive
charity The plan is we'll worth the at
tnntinn of Sunday schools
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
A MICHIGAN LEGEND.
Bloody Indian Battle was Fought Near
the site OF Cheboygan.


An Indian battle forms one Of the
first items of history in connection with
the territory now included in ChebOy-
gan county, Mich. 1t occurred more
than 200 years ago at the mouth of the
river near the site of the city of Che
boygan between the Ottawas, living
at st. Ignace, and the Ausegumugs, iy-
ing at old Mackinaw The Ausegumugs
had murdered a couple Of Ottawa
sQuaws while the warriors were on a
hunting expedition. On the return of
the Ottawa braves an expedition was
organized to cross the straits and
avenge the death of the women. The
AusegumUgs, meantime, had departed
on an expedition against some tribes
living farther south in the state.
Disdaining to avenge themselves on
the helpless women the OttaWas took
up the trail of their enemies. following
it as far as the mouth of the Cheboygan
river.
Here the Ottawas pitched their camp,
sure that the Ausegumugs would return
that way. 1t was in midsummer. The
avengers had not long to wait. 1t
was early in August when the Ausegu-
mugs, flushed with the triumph Of
victory, reached the shores of proud
Huron, whose face was like glass in
of danger the Ausegumugs warriors
plunged in the sparkling waters to
refresh themselves previous to re-
Stunning their journey. In the midst
of their exercises the shrill warhoops
of the Ottawas woke the echoes of the
adjacent forest and in a fash they
were in the water plying scalping
knife and tomahaWk against their
helpless foe Old Huron grew red with
anger, but still the work of death
went on, until Of all that band not a
warrior was left to carry the sad news
The murder Of the Ottawa women had
been avenged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
Bargains in Carriages and

Intending purchasers of carriages, pha-
etons and .buggies would do we'll to write
to the Elkhart Carriage and Harness
Manufacturing Co. at Elkhart, Indiana,
for their new catalogue. These manufac-
turers deal directly from their factory
with consumers, and have customers from
Maine to California to whom they ship
and sell at factory prices. Their work
is good and honest, while their prices,
considering quality and finish, are so rea-
sonable as to attract attention wherever
their carriages are sold. Their advertise
ment in another column explains their
methods of dealing with purchasers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25

him. The cad is the blossom and fruit
of what we are told is an age of culture.
The helot of Greece, the gladiator of
Rome, the wash-buckler of Medieval
Europe, nay, the mere pander of Eliza
bethan England, were dignity, purity,
courage in person beside the cad of
these last years of the Nineteenth cen
tury" Strong language.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
Novel Wedding Ceremony.

Johanna Huiberdina van der Kaay will
be married by a ceremony as odd us ner
name She is the belle of Ginneken,
County Noord-Brabant, Holland TO
this place Theodore J. Bonte of Colorado
has sent a marriage license and a glove.
When these are received the couple will
Dutch marriage-by -the-glove custom.
Ronte, who is a Hollander, has lived
I'm tbis country for four years, and lost
his heart on a visit to his native country
some two years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
The Modern WSy

Uommends itself to the well-formed to
do pleasantly and effectualy what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disag reeably as we'll. TO cleanse the
system and break up colds, headaches
and fevers without unpleasant after eff
fects. use the delightful liquid laxative
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25

Professional hunters who hunt and
trap among the mountains along the
Snake and Grande Ronde rivers in Wash
ington say that the weather in that re-
giOn has been so mild all winter that
the bears never once went into winter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
T | NJ e
| T 4 NJ
NJ E T |
Il M 7 r.

Reading them backward and forward
and up and down gives the same result
that transposing the letters in the orig
inal does. Each of the four words is
repeated four times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
FOUR WORDS IN ONE.
nipple Transportation of Letters Which
Give Remarkable Results

Give Remarkable Results.
In all the long list of word puzzles
there is nothing interesting and per-
feet from the standpoint of those who
rack their brains in the discovery Of
these things as the the word time
From it can be made four perfect Eng
lish and one Latin word. Observe this
arrangement:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
Respectfully.
MRS. T. s FLOWERS

1t is not generally known that when
a person falls into the water a common
felt hat may be made use of as life
preserver. and by placing the hat upon
the water rim down, with the arm around
hnar man IN for hours
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25

IT you have tried Dlbbins' Floating Borax Soap you
have deci0ed to use 1t all the time. you haven't tried
1t 1t u yourself do Your grocer has 1t,
will get it. Be sure that wrappers are printed in
red
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25

The average annual payment to
British soldiers in pensions for wounds
is only $50 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a family medicine with us since 1866
J. r. Madison, 2409 42d ave-, Chicago,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25

-Utah's juries now consist Of eight
instead of twelve men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and 80
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free on request.
g. NJ. Conway, Milwaukee. shaking and
dumping CRATE; j. E. CrawIey, assgr Mil
waukee, feed water heater and purifier; E.
Griffin, Milwaukee, perforating machines
Peter l.. Jacobson, Milwaukee, sleeve hold
ing device; James l.. Judge, Milwaukee.
steam valve for radiators; David Karger
Milwaukee. sash curtain fixture and faSten-
ing; w. d. KenZie, BelOit. machine for
making glue joints; w. ]. Mccormick
Mount Hope, mechanical movement; Thorn
as L. McGregOr, Milwaukee, steam boiler;
Thomas L. McGregor, Milwaukee, manhOle;
". r. Shurtleff, OcOntO, stopper fastener;
Miles A. Hanson, Port Washington, chair
leg.
The canning pack at Astoria for
1888 amounted in value to $4,000, coo.
The wages paid out for this one in
dustry alone was $1,400,000.
For relieving Throat Diseases. Coughs
and HOarseness, use Browns Bronchial
Troches." Sold only in boxes Avoid
limitations.
-Fermanagh is from "Feara Mon
ach," the land of the monk, and was
known as Maguire's country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
EENNaEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind Of Humor, from the worst ScrofuIa
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 a 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 a 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, 1896-03-25

-Fermanagh is from ''Feara Mon
ach,' the land of the monk, and was
known as Maguire's country