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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

A man dropped his wig on the street
and boy who was following close be
hind the loser picked it up and handed it
to him. Thanks, my boy" said the own
er of the wig; you are the first genuine
hair restorer | have ever seen. "-RoX-
bury Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

The Mexican flint knives were made
80 sharp that they could be used FOR
trimming hair.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

How inexpensive, and yet how effective is the
great substitute for sulphur baths, Glenns Sui
phur Soap.
Balls Hair and Whisker Dye, black or brown,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

Of seventy-three historic Kings of
Scotland siXty-one are said to have died
In Ia tie OF 10 have been murdered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

The saber is an Oriental weapon. 1t
was introduced into the French cavalry
in ITO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

The names of ffty-two Saxon Kings
are preserved, all of whom, with the ex-
ception of four. died a violent death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

ElTC Permanently Cured No fits nervousness after
II . first days OF Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Re-
storer FREE #2. trial bottle treatise.
Dr. IL. III. KLINE Ltd 9S1 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
SPINNING WHEEL.
THE PRESS AGENT COLUMN.

THE PRESS AGENT COLUMN.
Ye actresse ladye. light of heele,
And wondrous loude of hattie,
Stepped on a banana peele
And swiftly downe her satte.
But was she grieved? Nay, nay, in JOY
She rose and smoothed her dresse.
And straightaway called a message boy
And notified We presse
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

yisitor-"What are you crying about,
my little man?"
Little WHITEHALL my brothers hez
got holiday, and | hain't got none"
Nisitor-"Why, that's too bad. How
is thatF'
Little Willie between sobs)-"I-don't
go-to school yet."-Colliers Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
THE CHIEF THING
sn Maintaining Good Health is Pure
Rich kourishine Blood

The blood carries nourishment and
furnishes support for the organs, nerves
and muscles. 1t must be made rich and
pure if you would have strong nerves,
good digestion, sound sleep, or if YOU
would be rid of that tired feeling, those
disagreeable pimples, eczema, or sccofuia
No medicine is equal to Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla for purifying the blood. 1t is medi-
cine of genuine merit and will do you
wonderful good. Try it now.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

Halls Catarrh Cure,
Is taken internally. Price IS cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
YouTHFULNESS OF GENIUS.
ssThe Man who is Young In Years May be
Old In hours"


/ Dayy made his epochal experiment of
melting ice by friction when but 20.
Young was no older when he made his
first communication to the Royal society,
and was in his twenty-seventh year
when he first actively espoused the un-
sdulatory theory. Fresnel was 26 when
he made his first important discoveries
in the same field: and Arago, who at
once became his champion, was then but
two years his senior.
Forbes was under 80 when he discov-
cred the polarization of heat, which
pointed the way to Mohr, then 81, to.
the mechanical equivalent. Joule was
%, in 1910. when his great work was
begun; and Mayer, whose discoveries
date from the same year, was then 20,
which was also the age of HelmholtZ
when he published his independent dis
lcoyery of the same law. William Thorn
son was a youth just past his majority
when he came to the ald of .Ioule before
the British society, and but seven years
older when he formulated his own doc
trine of dissipation of energy. And
Clausius and Rankine, who are usually
mentioned with Thomson as the great
developers of thermo-dynamicS, were both
far advanced with their novel studies
Ehefore they We're 30. We may well
agree with the father Of inductive science
that 1.-The man who is young IN years
may be old in hours
Yet we must not forget that the shield
has a reverse side. For was not the
greatest of observing astronomers, Her
schei, past 80 before he ever saw tele-
Scope, end past so before he discovered
The hal ray Of the spectrum? And
had not Faraday reached middle life be-
fore he turned his attention especially
TO electricity? Clcartgg, then, to mar1
ahrac Do hox
added that 1.-The man who is old in years
may be young in imagination" Here,
however, even more appropriate than in
the other case-more's the pity-would
have been the application of his quail
flying clause: But that happeneth rare
lIy."-Henry Smith Williams, NJ. D., in
Harper's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

The ancient Mexicans used wooden
swords in war, that they might not kill
their enemies
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
ONE WOMAN'S WORK.
The Hard Life of Toll Experienced by
the Indian Woman Seems Incred-
ibIe to Their White Sisters of
To-day.
Perfect Health Gave Them
Power. -
Their knowledge of Disease and How to
Cure it the Secret of Their Health and
Their Ability to Accomplish Won
ders.

The Indian women were proverbially strong,
healthy and hearty. Such diseases as are
common with women of today were unknown
to them. They were worthy, indeed, to be-
the mothers of race that has become known
to history as possessing lives of great duration
free from pain and sickness. The reason was
due simply to the then great knowledge Of the
Indians as how to cure disease by the aid of
Natures remedies. The Kickapoo Indian
squaws, for any arrangements of the female
organs, used what is to-day known as Kick
apoo Indian Prairie Plant, and to it do they
attribute their long life and perfect health.
Kickapoo Indian Prairie Plant is identically
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

can hoos the guild wife, Sandy?' said
one Scotch farmer to another, as they
met in the market place and exchanged
snuffboxes.
did We no hear that she's dead and
buried: 20 said Sandy, solemnly.
Dear me"' exclaimed his friend,
alphabetically, ''surely it must have
been very sudden|''
''Ah, it was sudden returned Sandy.
eye see, when she turned i'll we hadna
time to send for the doctor, sac | gied
her a bit pouther that l had lying in my
drawer for a year or twa, an that /
had got frae the doctor mysel; but hadna
ta'en. What the pouther was | dinna
vera we'll ken, but she died soon after.
It's sair loss to me, | can assure We.
but is something to be thankful for l
didna TAX the youther myself
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

An English bishop once confded to an
old Welsh clergyman his difficulty IN
mastering the Welsh double J. The par
son replied: Put the tip of your apostolic
mouth, my lord, and then hiss like a
gander."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

The father of a lawyer now we'll known
in San Francisco, was in his last illness
talking with clergyman, when the latter
asked him if he had made his peace with
God. Sir" replied the old gentleman,
1.-The Lord and | have never had any trou
l. l.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

A minister once asked a sexton why he
bestowed more pains on the smaller
graves than the larger ones, and the old
mans reply was:
dren, OF such is the kingdom of heav-
en- and / think that the Savior is
pleased when He sees SO much white
clover growing around these little
graves"
But when the minister pressed the sex
ton for a more explicit answer, he said:
Sir, about these larger graves / don t
know who are the Lords saints and who
are not; but you know, sir, it is different
with the BARNS. They are all His
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

The intricacies of our language, from
the point of view of the foreigner trying
to learn it, are limitless and furnish a
never-ending supply of anecdote. In
our best circles" said an instructor of
English to his pupil. a young man who
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06

SSOOA Aii0 with Hoods SarSapara.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12

The official stamp of approval has
just been put on the most novel rail
road that has ever been built. A bal
loon is to be the propelling power used
in carrying passengers to and from the
top of the Hochstauffen mountain at
Bad Reichenhall, a beautiful watering
place in the Austrian alps.
The scheme is known as the aeroS-
tatic railway, and is the invention of
Engineer VOlderauer. He has spent
twenty years at work on this idea, and
many years of this time have been eX-
pended in endeayoring to get official
recognition. He has at last secured Il
body of engineering experts which has
said that the scheme proposed is fea-
sible and safe On this Recommended
ton the local authorities have sane
toned the roads construction up the
mountain.
Bad Reichenhall is 4 summer place.
visited each season by thousands of
persons, not only natives. but travellers
from other countries, who have been
drawn there to take the waters. The
top of the Hochstauffen mountain of
fers the most lovely view, but the
climb to the summit is a tedious and
uninviting one. Its well trodden paths
offer none of the charms and excite
ments OF mountain climbing, because
the mountain is so undiverSified. It's
sides present a steep slope, varied but
little. and this makes the walk unat-
tractive until tie top is reached. Here
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
HIGH PRICES FOR RARE COINS.
Sale of the Third Part of the MOHta-
cue English Collection.

que English Collection.
The third portion of the collection Of
English coins made by the late Mr.
Hyman Montague has just been sold
in London, the sale taking seven days
and bringing in $43,9i9. The first two
portions of the English collection had
fetched S49.4CS, while the Greek coins
sold for $44 .SS 4,and the Roman gold
Coins for $65,0"0. The gem of this sale
was the JuXon medal for which $3.50
was obtained Among the other coins
that brought high prices were Il ryal of
Mary L., the queen standing in ship,
holding a sword and scepter, $40; an
angel of Philip and Mary, S10S; a
half-croWn of the same. $3.50; Eliza
beth, a half-crOwn, the queen with long
hair. S1S2; a spur ryal, $500; a half
crown of James l., S177.
There We're many patter pieces and
unique specimens Of the coinage OF
Charles l. and the Commonwealth.
The oxford silver pattern crown, with
the king on horseback, brought $640; a
siege piece. the Portefract gold unity,
5000; another, Scarborough silver
5-shilling piece, $500; a Bristol gold
unit. $126; an Oxford gold f3 piece,
500: Shrewsbury silver pound, Silt;
a Beeston Castle silver 1S-pence, 500;
two pattern breads. $3.50 each; a. silver
half-crown. with the king on horse
back, S205: a pattern penny, $36; n
crown by Briot, S212.
Cromwell's coins We're nearly all pat
tern pieces. Cromwell's crown of
1868, with the bust of the Protector
and the inscription. HAS nisi periturus
mini adilnat nemo,' brought S760; a
50-shilling gold piece, 1856, also by ST
mon, 1867; half-broad, of the same
year, with milled edge, $3.50; a silver
2-shilling piece, $50. a 6-pence piece,
1908, 500. The Simon petition crown
of Charles H.. 1868, fetched $3.50;
the silver crown with the inscription,
''Deddite Quae Caesars Caesari,' .
$500, and the same, in pewter. 1919; a
pattern crown, by Roeltier, with the
arms of England and France quar-
tered, 1868, $3.50; another. with the
arms on separate shields, 5000; a s.
shilling piece by Simon, S172: q 2
guinea piece of 1915, $222 The highest
price paid for a coin Of James II. was
$50, for a 5-guinea piece OF 1886, with
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12

on an easy going horse, with proper
escort, and an assortment OF we'll
primed reserve musketS.
There comes the king. now sad
one OF the guides. when the swedish
cavalry galloped UP III pursuit of a
routed brigade 'Now, watch that
pond, it will make them SLOW up bit.
There | thought so; let's trot little
closer, to give you a better chance
NO let me dismount, said the dead
shot 'I'll answer for everything, right
now; it spoils your luck if you don't
leave we'll enough alone
Are you sure he is in range-from
this distance"
Hes lost was the laconic reply,
confirmed by a shot that endorsed the
champion Of the Reformation as If he
had been lightning The ball
had hit the king below the right shout
der and traversed his body-just miss
ing the heart; but they used two-ounce
bullets in those days. and there was 10
need of those reserve musketS, though
the lucky marksman did blaze away
once more and wounded a brother OF
Gen. Wogern
Outing "A skirmish on the heights OF
Torres VedraS Il French sharpshooter
would probably Lave given a year
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12

l3ay for a second Glance Of that sort.
Quick" said his captain, there COMES
the sign post'-aS they nicknaned
Wellington on account of his wooden
stiffness. Don't you think you can
splinter his timber?'
Yes, if he stops another minute,
s2id the expert. taking Il careful aim
at a tall, stiff buttoned officer at The
edge of n British battery, and pitching
him over head foremost in the hoNt
trench.
oh. diabIe: You have hit the wrong
man!' cried the captain. Its that
ether fellow with the telescopes; load
quick, now, and try again.
The sharpshooter had killed Adju-
tant Riley, Of Pritchard'S brigade, and
tried to retrieve his mistake by reload
Ing in faveIsh haste; but the favorable
opportunity had passed. and moment
after the everfortunate had stepped
under shelter.
Heaven help him if he crosses my
range again." said the sllarpshOotei,
ard Napoleon the Great used similar
expression when the court martial
conN ictcd his rival. Moreau, of cOnspir-
acy, but permitted him to resign and
escape 10 America.
He came to the United States. and is
said to have eked out living by chop
ping hash for French butcher Of
South Pittsburg. They paid him only
S. per week, but he had better have
stuck to that job than get his fingers
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12

balls at one blaze; we can help MT
ting one Cf the other"
They did hit ono horse and TWO
b:peds. ono a groom of a Prince de
Leichenstein, the other Gen. Moreau,
the honorary attache of the RUSSIAN
staff and the oracle of the allied mead
quarters.
Get Bonaparte est toujOurs hue
reuX,'' he muttered, when the surgeon
Of the car Informed him that his lnJu-
ries were fatal But for that Well
timed shower of iron the allies might
have been enabled to dictate the terms
of peace that very year, and saved
themselves the troubl eof three add
tional campaigns.
Gen. Montecuculi, veteran of the
Thirty-YcarS' war. used to say tIlI
there are three things needed to IN
ssire success in military operations.
First money; second, more money;
third, all the additional money that
one can borrow. beg or steal But that
same martial financier could also rec
ogniZe the benefit of extreme good luck
in craftsmanship; SO much so, indeed,
that he estimated the Importance OF
one specially fortunate Slot at the val
ne of two fair-siZed provinces. The
sEOt he referred to was fired by an al
tillerist at MittWeiler, near Salzbach,
and grievously wounded Chief En3i-
neer Hardin of the French army,
stunned his son, tore off the arm OF
Gen. st. Hilaire. then, rebOunding from
a splintered oak tree. wounded Col.
Dujardin and killed Marshal Turrenne,
generalissino Of the French armies and
victor of twentythree battles.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
Where He Would BE.

A pompous old gentleman was visit
ing a certain rural district last sum.
mer, and greatly desired to inspect
some celebrated ruins in the locality
He inquired for the oldest inhabitant
and assailed him with such yeritable
host of needless interrogations that the
ancient parsonage presently lost his
temper and said:
III tell you better way yet. &C
straight down yonder, take the frlsi
turning to right, second to left, over
four stiles, through a taterfeld, past
the Blue Boar. up Milestone Hill, and
over the common till you come to the
Windy Wood; go down till yu get into
the middle of that ere wood, and
then
We'll, and then what?, CURLY de
manded the exacting old gent.
We'll, then" said the ancient inhab
liant, complacently resuming his pipe
I'm blowed if you won't be properly
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
EFFECTIVE SHOTS.
Bullets and Arrows That Have
Decided the Fate of Nations.

When the news of Antonio Maceo's
fate reached the American continent
the New York leaders of the Cuban
Junta secuted the idea that the death
of the enterprising mulatto could be
considered an irreparable loss, and pre-
dictcd that his followers would find
dozens of leaders whose strategy would
more than balance the numerical SUI
periority of their opponents.
Ii is true that the Cubans have in
herited full share of that guerrilla
talent that broke down the empire Of
the Spanish Moors and baffled the pow
er of the first Napoleon, but the re-
moval of their most popular champion
at this special juncture may. Ileverthe-
less, wreck the hopes of the Cuban pat
riots The hero Of Cardenas was the
SparatacHs of the insurrection, and
Col. Cirujeda may well recommend the
promotion of the Catalan Sharpsho0ter
,ArruZ, whose bullets hit the center of
the human target that some twenty in
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
An Associate of Emerson.

For all our culture, however, we
cannot hope to produce another Elmer
son.
THAT is certain, and not strange.
Emerson was a genius, and genius is
not developed by any processes with
which we are familiar. In pure intel
lect he was the greatest man this coun-
try has ever produced He was the
product of an intellectual flame that
had been burning for eight generations,
and yet, when the full blaze of his
genius burst upon the world there was
nothing i'll any single ancestral light
that preceded him, or in all those an
ceStral lights that explained adequate
~ the source of his genius. | think we
should be satisfied with Emerson, as
England is satisfied with Shakespeare,
or as Germany is satisfied with Goethe,
whom, by the way, Emerson resem-
bled in intellectual features, although
our poet was moro spiritual-minded
than Goethe"
Was Emerson's character in keep
ing with the impression of profound
serenity that his writings leave on the
reader?'
Emerson was given to moods of alb
straction that might have been mis-
taken for inisantllropy. At such times
the presence of men. seemed an inter-
ruption and mild irritation. But, al
ways and ever, he was amiable and
agreeable, and his II / rl1ers were
marked by knightly courtesy. EN-
erson wrote his own character into his
books, and eXempllfied in his behavior
the high philosophy which he
preached. '-Interyiew with Frank i
SaDborn, in Boston Globe
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
A DECEPTIVE APPEARANCE.
THE Fair Novel Reader Was Not So
UnsOphisticated aS She Looked.

THE Fair Novel Reader Was Not So
Unsophisticated lS She Looked.
There was a young woman with
musical ear sitting in the corner OF the
cable car. Several times she locked up
with curious surprise as the conductor
rang the bell to register fares. The
bell did not always sound the same.
Sometimes it had dull clanking tone,
and every now and then it came out
sharp and clear, several notes higher
in the scale She was a demure little
crea tlre, with blonde friZZeS, and she
became 81 interested in the variations
played OH the bell that she quite neg
lected the paper-covered novel which
lay i'll her lap-a novel she was evil
IDENTIFY not reading for the first time,
for she had opened it at random, and
when she had dropped it to listen to
the bell she never troubled herself to
find the place.
But in the course of time she reached
more interesting portion of the work.
There were things which she appar-
emily desired to remember, for she
took lead pencil from a small bag,
ard began to mark passages here and
tIcre.
The old gentleman With white side
Nhiskers who sat opposite to her hoped
that it was proper book for young
woman to read and the angular wo-
man who was somewhat Hurried, ow-
ing to an unsuccessful attempt to pass
an out-Of-date Soda-Water ticket fOI
car fare, was sure that it wasn't.
She rode almost to the end of the
line. Just before the car finally STOP
ped she took out a note book The con-
ductor happened to come to the front
OF the car, and he glanced at what she
wrote 1t was the number of his car.
AS he walked toward the railway Of
fee he opened the door that looked out
on the front platform, and said to the
motorman:
Its all up, JIM"
Il told you somebody would notice
the difference in the sound of those two
bells Somebody was bound to Won
der about it, and discover that you
weren't ringing up all the fares in the
right place"
The conductors face was very pale
and his mouth was drawn at the cor
nerS.
1t was one Of the everyday tragedies
Of life; poverty, temptation, discovery
and regret that came too late.
The girl with blonde frizzes was n
Pinkerton Observation-Disclosures Star
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12
once more in the sausage machine of

once more in the sausage machine of
French politics.
During the campaign following the
Russian year of horrors the allies were
in sore need of an able leader-''lions
led by menagerie deer" Gen. Duroc
called them. only to be promptly called
down by his imperial master. Lions?
What are you talking about? They
are mere wolves led by jackasses.'
One of these donkeys, however, rec
ognized his own incompetence sutti-
GENTLY to invite q professional strate-
gist and, after trying in vain to seduce
Marshal Davoust, applied to the victor
of Hohenlinden. In an evil hour the
Pittsburg haSh-miller consented, and
few months after did stray in target
range of his formidable antagonist
DO ycu see those uniformed dandies
on that knob over yonder!' said Ma
poleon in the battle Of Dresden Call
Cournier" (the commander of a crack
battery. perhaps there are a few lit
tie generals in that gang Do try aud
pepper them with dozen cannon
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-12

the most enhancing view presents IT.
self, and is one which no sojourner i'll
the neighborhood permits himself to
miss.
The power by which visitors are to
climb this mountain is furnished by
captive balloon This runs along
track built at the side Of the roadbed.
A trailer furnished with many wheels,
clasps this wooden rail, and to this
trailer the passenger car is fastened.
The operator has a seat in the car,
and a cord swings between his place
and the balloon, by which the gas sup
ply is regulated. He has also several
brakes and safety devices at hand in
case of accident.
At the front of this unique railroad
is a gas tank and generator. Gas is
made here to illuminate the town, and
also for the purpose of filing the bal
car to the top of the mountain is given
it at the start, and when the grade has
been mounted. and all is ready for the
return down the mountain, a small
quantity Of gas is released and the car
starts down its rapid descent being
checked by the gas that has been al
lowed to remain in the balloon.
Permission to construct the aerostat-
is railroad was granted only after the
most searching Investigation had been
made Of the plans. There are many
novel safety devices to prevent any Sc
riOuS accidents.