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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17
AN IMPRESSIVE LESSON.

A decision which has just been given by court in Pittsburgh will have a tendency to make those who do busi- ness with trustees or guardians careful The case passed upon involved the ownership of stock worth S40,000 given to bank by a guardian as security for money advanced to be used, according to the representations of the borrower, for the improvement of real estate held by him in trust, and to be so used with the expressed authority of the court. It appeared that the only authority given by the court was to make i'm provements to the extent of $5 900 with funds in hand The loaning bank was under obligations, the court now rules, to have regard to the legal limitations of the power of trustees and was fur ther bound, in the exercise of ordinary prudence, to inquire into the extent of the alleged special authority given. When it did not do so it proceeded on it's own risk Its penalty in the Pitts burgh case was to lose the S40,000 worth of stocks which it sought to appro- priate on the failure of the guardian to repay the loan.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

milk and water, rice gruel, always something very light Walking with President Lincoln through the ward to the door he said, Well, nurse, we often hear the remark that these are days that try mems souls. I think these are days that try women's souls, too. I shall remember you and all the noble women of the north when this land is at peace.'
 The stories of the Sisters of Mercy at the end of the book not told by them- selves. of course) are singularly touch ing,
 What a life was the life of the army nurse, and it must touch hearts and pocketbooks to realize that fifty army nurses of Massachusetts are still in this state, and their old and infirm are to be aided by all patriots through the means of the fair next week at Horti- cultural Hall.-Boston Transcript
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

our nation and race, we might be wealthy and prosperous. We are los ing wealth. We are losing population. We are losing standing, We are fight ing capital and the fates are against us.
 It used to be bleeding Kansas It is now cranky Kansas
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17
ARE YOU A TOBACCO sLAvEY

Do you want to quit this practicel You ought to do it for the sake of your Heart, your Nerves your Lungs. Every chew, ey. cry smoke, hurts you. If you want to stop unless you have help. "G0oD-BY" will do it easily, thoroughly. No experiment, no fake, no injury. A sure, safe, speedy cure. Try it, it will not fail.
 NJ. BRISTOL S SONS. s54 Chapel st,
 ap24 tf Agents for New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

position of insecticides and funglcides and the method of applying them, the testing of milk, and the very practical matter of the preparation of products for markets in order to obtain the best prices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

"A bright Alabama legislator has in troduced a. bill in the general assem- ply there to render void all contracts calling for gold payments or for any other money than legal tender.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

Woman is the better everywhere. It is noted that the women of the royal families of Europe are on the average much stronger, IT entally and physical ly, than the men.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

Excessive tea drinking is set down as the chief cause of the high rate of in sanity in Donegal, and the theory would sem to be strengthened by the fact that there are three female luna- tics to one male.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

Chicago has everything worth hav- ing. She has forty negro lawyers, and one of them is a woman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

Peacock feathers do not bring i'll luck, according to MT. St. Clair Baddeley in D recent issue of Notes and Queries. an China, from which the bird first came, 1t is a bird of good omen. In Russia the feathers are 8 charm against the evil eye The early Chris tians used the peacock as 6 symbol of immortality. Louis TX. wore a pea cocks feather in his helmet, and the early Italian and Flemish painters The superstition that the feathers bring bad luck must be very modern one.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

A great scientific enterprise-tw ill fact-had its beginning about twenty years ago i'll New England college, and has come to have the support of both state and national governments. While the foundation is the scholarly spirit and deep thorough inquiry which belong to the higher university life, it takes hold of the most practical inter ests of the daily life of the people.
 This scientific enterprise is the inves- tigation of the laws of nutrition and the economy of the food of man.
 The pioneer and master spirit in this great work is W.O. Atwater, Professor of Chemistry in Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
 CONTINUED TOMORROW.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

A Massachusetts man has invented a device for expediting the dispatch of Especial delivery" letters mailed in post-offices where but few clerks are employed and where such letters some times lie for considerable time before their deposition in the boxes now used is noticed. The new arrangement con- sists of & sianting box, at the lower end of which there is sheet of metal working on swivel-joints. When a letter Is dropped into the box it slides down upon the metal sheet and holds the lower edge down, thus making an electrical circuit that rings a bell con- tinuously until somebody goes to the box and takes the letter out. The in- vention has been tried at Woburn and Boston, and the postal authorities re- gard it as of considerable value.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

The Paris mint makes many medals. At the beginning of the century the value of the medals turned out from the Paris hints was only 2O0,- 900 francs, or about $40,00O. Last year this amount had been increased more than five times, and this year over 100000 francs worth of medals have already appeared. Of last years product, the largest number, as well as the greatest value, were the silver ones, of which there were 17S,779, while there were only 3,452 of the artistocratic gold pnes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

Maryland has fallen into line with several other States in the matter of in- stitutes for the education of the farm CTS. The work is to begin this winter with legislative appropriation of $3,- poo, which Is regarded as sufficient to provide for the holding of one or more institutes in each conty in the State. The broad intention in Maryland is to make these institutes a scheme of adult farmers schools or university exten- sion, in which information on all agri- cultural topics will be brought to the farmers by those skilled in all depart ments of agriculture. By lectures or practical lessons is to be explained the preparation and value of stock foods, the use and needs of plants, the com
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17
WATCH THIS.
 -HE For a few days we PEOP4E . ha11 us C FOOD this space,
 adv. of Seal

to give the substance of most va1ua- ble article ill a late issue of leading magazine entitled. 1.-THE PEOPLES FOOD-A GREAT NATURAL IN- QUlRY."
 The first portion of the article may be summed up thus:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

Probably the highest-priced stock in Ahe world is that of the London water company-the New River company one share of which was recently sold at auction for s625,oOO At this price it yields a revenue of 2 1-6 per cent Shares in the company were once to be purchased at less than $1,500. Now they are usually disposed of in twen- tieths or even hundredths.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-17

A Vermont man has discovered what n cfipmunk can do in the way of cart ing corn. Thirty kernels, which was thought to be pretty good load, were placed upon a board and the little chap took them all away at once without winking. Then 45 kernels were laid out for him with the same result At the next trial 70 kernels were laid out and the industrious little animal was beat en. He picked up 5S kernels, looked longingly at the others and left for home
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
THE AGES OF OUR PRESIDENTS.
Most of Them Have Been Well Advanced
in Years on Election.

The candidate of the Chicago conven-
ton was born March 16, 1860, so that
he is only four months past his thirty
sixth birthday. Not only is Mr.. Bryan
the youngest man ever nominated for the
presidency, but he is not far beyond the
minimum age named in the constitution,
which declares: Neither shall any per-
son be eligible to that office who shall
not have attained to the age of 80
years
Heretofore with few exceptions, those
who have held the position of Presi-
dent of the United States have attained
to it late in life. Particularly was this
true of William Henry Harrison, who
was the oldest of the Presidents, being
6S years of age when he took Office
Buchanan was 65 when he became chief
magistrate and next to him in point of
years was Zachary Taylor, the hero of
Buena Vista, and the eleventh President
of the United States. Johp Adams,
WaShingtOn's successor, was 81, and so
was Andrew Jackson. Madison and
Monroe and John Quincy Adams were
% when they attained presidential hon
ors. Washington, Jefferson and Martin
Van Buren, were each 81, Lincoln 50 and
James K. Polk was 40 Franklin Pierce
and Benjamin Harrison were next to the
youngest, each being 49, and Ulysses S.
Grant was A at the time of his inaugu-
ration. OF the vice-presidents, Tyler,
Fillmore and Johnson, the first was 81.
the last 50 and Fillmore was 80 Hayes
was 81, Garfield was 40, Arthur was
so and Cleveland was ~, but within
ten weeks of his forty-eighth birthday.
-Four Presidents, Washington. John
Adams, Jefferson and Madison. went out
of office in their sixty-sixth year. Eleven
days after Jackson retirement he was 70.
John Adams lived longer than any of the
Presidents. He died July 4, 1896, at the
age of 81. Jefferson died the same day,
and but a few hours later. Madison
lived to be "a, John Quincy Adams to be
81, Van Buren, 80, and Jackson to be
70. Monroe died at het age of 73 on
the 4th of July, 1898. President
Pierce retired from office at the age of
81. Mr.. Polk at 81. The latter died
three months later. Three of the Presi-
dents, Jefferson. John Adams and Mon
roe, died on the Fourth of July, the
former two on the same day. Lincoln was
% years old when ne was murdered
-Four of the Presidents died in Washing
ton; two-Harrison and Taylor-in thn
white house. Adams died in the capitol,
and Lincoln in a house opposite Ford's
theater. Washington died at Mount
Vernon, John Adams at Quincy. Mass:
Jefferson at Monticello. Madison at
Montpelier, Monroe in New York. Van
Buren, at Undertook, and Garfield at
Elberon, n. J.-Boston Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
The Silent Sisters.

''There is in Tennessee" says a travel
er in the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
ga family of three sisters which presents
some of the strangest peculiarities imag
Unable. These three sisters. all of whom
are old maids, live together on a farm,
their sole means Of subsistence, and work
early and late to earn a hveli-
hood. Two of them work in the
field; the third does the cooking
and other homework. There is but
one period OF the year when any
member of the trio. has anything to
say to any other member. All during
the winter, spring and summer they go
about their business with the seal of 81
lence on their lips. When fall comes
and the crop is harvested they break
the silence, and then only quarrel over
the division of the proceeds. When
each has succeeded in getting all that
she thinks possible, silence reigns again
until the next harvest time. Khe sisters
have made name for themselves. They
are known far and near as the deaf and
dumb triplets,' although this title is
scarcely appropriate"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
Value OF BOray,

The women of Holland and Belgium,
who make their linen so beautifully
white, use refined borax instead of wash
ing soda in the proportion of one large
handful of borax to about ten gallons
of boiling water. Thus they save in
soap nearly half Its effect is to soften
the hardest water, and, therefore, it
should be kept on every toilet table. 1t
is good for cleansing the hair, is an excel
lent dentifrice; combined with tartaric
acid and carbonate of soda it is a cool
ing beverage. Good tea cannot be made
with hard water, but all water may be
made soft by adding a teaspoonful of
borax powder to an ordinary-sized ket-
tie of water, in which it should boil.
The saving in the quantity Of tea used
will be one-ffth
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
A SPINSTER'S GIFT.
Lived a Hermit and Left Fortune to IA
Chance Acquaintance.


By the death of Miss Emma Temple
ton. aged 60 years, Ignatz Martin is
benefited to the extent of several thou
sand dollars. In her will the deceased
leaves all her property, real and personal,
to Mr. Martin. 1t will not be possible
to state the exact value of this property,
until an inventory has been taken, but it
is said to be fully 100000, possibly
more.
Eight years ago Miss Templeton came
to Brooklyn from st. Louis. When she
reached the City of Churches she rented
the house 95 Grove street A week later
several of her neighbors called upon her.
Their reception savored of the onyx OPP
tic, etc. In fact, Miss Templeton posi-
lively, and without giving any reason,
had declined to see any callers. She had
answered the rings at the doOrbell her
self and made the announcement in per-
son. She gave but one reason-that she
wished to be ''let alone"
Many were the inquiries made regard
ing the old lady. Her actions gave the
gOSSipS rich food for discussion. Day
after day she would not leave her house.
How she ate or what she ate were mys-
teries that greatly interested those who
lived in the vicinity of her residence
But she paid absolutely no attention to
her neighbors. She went out in the
street but seldom. 1t was not long be-
fore Miss Templeton was 1.-The hermit
1t was about six months after she
had moved to Brooklyn that Miss Tenn
pleton met Mr.. Martin. Coming to the
conclusion that she wished to invest
part of her money in real estate she
called at his Office and made inquiries
concerning the price of the house in
which she lived, and for which he was
the agent. She seemed at once struck
with his appearance, and after she had
concluded the details regarding the pur-
chase of the property, he. at her request
continued to call on her. AS she was
wont to say. he was the only friend
man or woman, she had in the world
Some weeks ago Miss Templeton fell
while going down the front stoop of her
house. Her hip was broken by the fall
She managed to cry for help, and the
to her bed. DR.. II. G. Matthews of 1874
Quincy street was sent for. He did what
he could for the injured woman, but the
fall FASTENED her death.
Friday morning Miss Templeton sent
for Mr.. Martin. To his surprise she ex-
pressed a desire to make her will and by
it to leave to him all her property He
declined to draw the will. but sent for
Lawyer Charles Reinhardt.
By the terms of the will. after all the
just debts and funeral expenses of Miss
Templeton are paid, all the real and
personal property remaining shall be
made over to Mr. Martin, and he is
made the sole executor.-New York Re
cor6or
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
Cherry Stone Incense.

French women often collect all the
fruit stones that come in their way dur
ing the summer-cherry, plum, peach and
apricot stones. They are washed and
boiled in clean water, dried in the sun
and put into chintZ or printed Linen bags.
When hot applications are required for
tooth or earache or rheumatic pains one
of these bags is made thoroughly hot
in the oven and laid on the affected part.
A bag of fruit stones thus heated is
good for cold feet. The stones give
pleasant, spicy scent and retain the
calOric for Il long time-TorOntO Mail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler 4 Wheeler. IS and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request.
E. Denis, Green Bay, staple; H. e. Har-
machine; Olaf Hetlesaeter, Milwaukee,
steam shovel, ditching machine and dredge;
A. Martinson. La Crosse, staple puller; NJ.
J. McQuade, Bayfield,, apparatus for cutting
or growing roadbeds; G. Nerud, EIroy,
handled clamp for holding plowshares; ].
O. Scott. Waupaca, making dental suction
plates; F. w. Weiss, Milwaukee, disinfect-
In annaratllS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
American Mail Tubes.

A mail tube is under consideration for
carrying mail between the New York
and Brooklyn postoffices. If built it will
cross the bridge, and be operated by cleo
tricity or pneumatic pressure The
bridge trustees ask a rental of $4,000
for the first two years and $4,000 a year
thereafter. It is stated that the postof-
fee department is willing to pay from
$4,000 TO $4,000 year to company
that will transport the mail by tube.
The plan would undoubtedly greatly ex-
pedite the Interchange of letters between
the two cities.-Engineering News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
TemDerature in Mines.

It is ascertained that the precise tenn
perature at the bottom of the Red JacAt
shaft in the Calumet and Hecla mines,
a depth Of 1875 feet, is rs degrees when
the dyilling machines are working, and
that when the machines are shut down and
have remained shut down for some time
the temperature does not exceed 81 de-
grees. In some places in these mines,
however, the thermometer registers 1O5
degrees, and even as high as 10S de-
grees, this being in the pump rooms of
the eighth, sixteenth twenty-fourth and
thirty-third levels of certain shafts. Such
excessive heat is caused not by the in
ternal heat of the earth,' but by the
great 4-inch steam pipe which carries
the steam from the boiler-house on the
surface of the various pumps under
ground, even to the last one on the line,
$500 feet below the surface.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
A Veil of Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowlands, often carries in it's folds the seeds
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevails
no one is safe, unless protected by some eff
1icient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both a protection and a
remedy. No person who inhabits, or So
)ourns in a miasmatic region or country,
should omit to procure this terrifying agent,
which is also the finest known remedy for
dyspepsia, constipation, kidney trouble and
rheumatiSm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
fl1NAln YENNEnY az pnYpIIpY uEee
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROxBURY, MASS,

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Sorofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). Hehas now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, ali 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 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, 1896-07-29

pains caused by Ovarian and Womb
troubles. | cannot express my graft
tude. l hope and pray that other suf-
fering women will realize the truth
and Importance of my statement, and
accept the relief that is sure to attend
the use of the Pinkham Medicine. -
Mrs. JAMES PARRISH, 2501 Marshall
ST., n. E., Minneapolis, MINI.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
Swallowed the Writ.

On one occasion, counsel in a certain
drainage case submitted that the plain
tiffs, the Sewage Localization company.
had mo locus standi in this court"
Heaven forbd! was the fervent eiacu-
lation of the learned judge. Something
akin to this was the answer of the Judge
when complaint was made that luckless
process-server had been compelled to
swallow the writ he had endeavored to
serve. Il hope" said his lordship, grave
ly, that the writ was not made returna-
BILE in this court
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
To Cleanse the System

bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to a healthy activity, without irri-
tating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds or fevers use Syrup of
Figs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29

1T is understood that, though Mr..
Rhodes is no longer director of the
Chartered company of South Africa, his
views and policy will be represented on
the board by Rochfort Mcguire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29
He Was Cool.

A Massachusetts congressman who
was on board the train which was
wrecked at Hyde Park, Mass, last fall.
says that when the shock came, one of
the passengers was pitched over several
seats just in time to receive the contents
of the water cooler, which tipped over
and soaked his clothing with ice water.
A highly excited passenger rushed up to
him and told him to keep cool go
away, said the wet man; Il am the
coolest man in the car. l have just had
two buckets of ice water emptied down
nv back"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29

The oldest of the Grindelwald guides,
Christian Almer, celebrated his golden
wedding the other day, by making the
ascent of the Wetterhorn with his wife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29

tIISII dON1CC, UuO 1Ouu(
until l took Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Oh! what
a reA;ef it is, not to !
have that tired feel
ing day after day, in
the morning as much
as at night after a
hard days work, and
TO be free from al
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29

Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption cured me of bad lung trouble.
Mrs: j. Nichols, Princeton, Ind,
Mar 26. 1895.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29

Dandruff is an emulation from the
pores of the skin that spreads and dries,
forming scurf and causing the hair to
fall out. Halls Hair Remover cures it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-29

Mr.. Balfour is getting the reputation
of beng a reckless cyclist mid the Lon
don traffic.