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SuaS1OnS.
 The keeping of high-priced chef.
 The owning of private yacht with ones own band aboard.
 The custom of keeping thoroughbreds for family use and not for trotting purposes for the men alone.
 These are but a few of the customs in- augurated by this famous old lady, whose beauty and social virtues will long be re- nowned after she has gone.
 The Waterloo of her life came when, In 1SSO she decided that the head of the fami- ly should be known as Mrs. Brown or Mrs Smith," and not Mrs. John Brown" or Mrs John Smith, and decided that 1t was proper that she should be called Mrs Astor.
 This point was bitterly contested by Mrs Waldorf Astor who thought she had the first claim to be called Mrs. Astor," ana the rupture between tine women drove uhe Waldorf Astors to Europe to live.
 There is mo othsr woman in society as old as Mrs. William Astor who caTrleS out successfully as many and as VafNed forms of entertainment.
 Now that 1t is Lem1 she has left New York to travel slowly to London, where she wdll visit her granddaughter or the Van Alen and Orme Wilson families; then sine VII go to Paris, getting there before Easter in time to amaze Parisians with her eserance Mnle Faure is her devoted friend Returning, sine will give dnineGS to Iondoners and will se1nj a message .o Victoria, whom she never visits formariy in the Monday drawing rooms on account of inc fatieue but whose dear fpiend she stiu is. The she wdn get back to New nog79 for the magnificent summer eeaFon, and soon she will be entertaining ah pne world in New York.
 She earns the title of "The Greatest Hostess in the World"
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IFS.

From the Washington Star. If those we mourn were murdered, We will prove the fact, and then Give no quarter to an enemy Of fiends in form of men
 We'll remember the Maine,
 And the victims slain,
 And keep stern account with Spain! If those we mourn were slaughtered By accident alone, We'll apologize for hate, And for distrust atone
 But forget not the Maine,
 And the victims slain,
 And watch our account with Spain! If the harbor of Havana Is honeycombed with mines Death traps for the unwary- These prove the fell designs
 So remember the Maine,
 And the vistims slain,
 And keep stern account with Spain! If we're morally convinced That murder has been done, We will act for our revenge North, South, East, West-as one
 We'll remember the Maine,
 And the victims slain,
 And punish the dastard Spain!
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by this queen of society for entertaining her friends, for she dresses well, as host esses of today sometimes forget to do, but which custom Mrs. Astor follows with old-time fidelity:
 A famous 'stomacher.... ............$ 5D0,O00 A pair of hazel-nut earrings....... 5,OOO A string of matched diamonds
 three yards long,. ................ 2,VV0,OOO diamond tiara. ...... .....a.......... 50.OO0
 Of finger rings she has bushel and of diamond pins hundred. These she wears in great profusion.
 In dress Mrs. Astor is peculiar. She clings to black and white. At her great ball. when she received, unasslsted by even her daughters, she wore white satin. Usually she wears black velvet, and when Carolus-Duran painted her he insisted in displaying the draperies well, as to look natural"
 The career of the greatest hostess in the world is also 8 remarkable one. She be- gan as the daughter of a rich New York trader, and when she married MT. Astor she dropped the name of Schermerhorn to take less worthy one. But immediate ly her good old Dutch blood began to show She inaugurated the system of en- tertaining guests from all over the eoun- try, and was the first New York woman to entertain a Chicago woman at dinner, and she was the first woman to ignore the foolish social rivalry which at that time existed between the two cltleS, NeW 1ork and Chicago.
 Among other social customs made popu- lar by Mrs. Astor are these:
 That of giving expensive "fayors Even Russia, the country of dinners, knew not favors before Mrs Astors day.
 The dinner dance," begun by her in Paris and brought here in time for the Newport season.
 The horse show which sprang into ex- istence through her encouragement.
 The grand opera. which was a tame af- fair until she dressed for it and sat high in a box with all her jewels on.
 The private ball room, first owned by one of her near relatives through her per
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Mrs Hetty Green, who is the richest
 woman in the world, and her daughter,
 who Is one of the greatest heiresses, are
 noh good hostesses. They lack certain
 qualities, whether generosity and genhality
 or what is not here stated, but no such
 record as that of hostess can be laid at
 their doors, however much they may pos
 eess other admirable tntaits.
 Mrs. William Astor spends five millions
 every year entertaining. Her great house on Fifth avenue, adjoining that of her son,
 is kept open all the year and supplied with caretakers so that the benign owner can reign there during December and January. In these two months she gives three din- ners a week at a cost of $500 each grand ball at a cost of many thousands, six din- ner dances costing a thousand for the music and favors alone, and receptions, teas and afternoons by the score. She is the most profuse entertainer in society.
 When Mrs Astor is gathered to her faith
 CTS she will leave gap that can hardly
 be filled, just as Ward McAllister did. If McAllister made laws Mrs. Astor carried them out If McAllister suggested a Four Hundred Mrs. Astor created it. If McAl- lister pointed out how to spend money Mrs. Astor spent it.
 The personnel of a woman who is the
 talk of the whole world for the magnifi-
 cence of her entertainments is interesting. These then, are the facts about Mrs. As tor. It is not polite to tell a ladys age,
 but you can guess it when you know that she introduced her granddaughter, Miss Van Alen, in society a year ago. Women do not have twenty-year-o,d grlanddaugh- ters until they are past sixty. Mrs. Astor' s youngest child, John Jacob, is S.
 She is of medium height. with half-gray
 hair, Is rather slender, with well-preserved figure and has very queenly bearing. At Mrs. Bradley Martins costume ball Mrs. Astor went as Marie Stuart "Whom did Mrs. fAstor resemble?" asked some one. "She resembied Mrs. kstor," was the
 ready reply, meaning that no queen was more regal than she.
 Here are some of the jewels purchased
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JOURNALISM UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
The Work of the Censor and the Press in
 Austria.

Mark Twain in Harper's Magazine.
 There is censor of the press, and ap- parently he is always on duty and hard at work. A copy of each morning paper is brought to him at 5 o'clock. His official wagons wait at the doors of the newspaper offices and scud to him with the first copies that come from the press. His company of assistants read every line In these pa pers, and mark everything which seems to have a dangerous look; then he passes final judgment upon these markings. Two things conspire to give to the results 9 capricious and unbalanced look; his assist ants have diversified notions as to what is dangerous and what isn't; he can't get time to examine their criticisms in much detail; and so sometimes the very same matter which is suppressed in one paper falls to be damned in another one, and gets published in full feather and unmodi- fled. Then the paper in which 1t was sup pressed blandly copies the forbidden matter
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A PECULIAR FACT.
Thousands of People Have Dyspepsia in Its
 Worst Form and Do Not Know It.

AA
 Worst Form and Do Not Know It.
 A weak stomach is the ca;Ise of about nine-tenths of all disease, yet in most hases the wrong thing is treated and the lrue cause overlooked.
 This is because a weak digestion pro- nuces symptoms resembling nearly every disease because it weakens and disturbs the action of every nerve and organ in the body; poor digestion causes heart trouble, kidney troubles, lung weakness and especially nervous break down or nervous prostration, the nerves cannot ptand the wear and tear unless generous iy fed by well digested, wholesome food
 Keep the digestion good and no one need fear the approach of disease.
 Mrs. H. M. Lee of Rochester, N. Y., writes: For the sake of suffering nu- manity I want to say that from child food very often after eating and after a few years nervous dyspepsia resulted and for more than twenty years l have suf- fered inexpressibly.
 I tried many physicians and advertised remedies with only temporary relief for nervous dyspepsia and not until l com menced taking Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets last September, six months ago, have been free from suffering caused by the condition of my nerves and stomach; in short, chronic nervous dyspepsia
 I have recommended Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to many of my friends and now I want in e public way to say they are cure for stomach and nerve troubles. l write my honest opinion and will gladly answer any letter of inquiry at any time and feel that am, in my small way, helping on a good cause.
 etuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is not
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An Honest Man
.om Harner,s Magazine,

From Harper's Magazine
 Now look here, Thompson" remarked Brown;~"it has been six months since you borrowed that five dollars from me-"
 "Seven," corrected Thompson, gravely.
 "Well, then, seven months,' snorted Brown, land you promised to give it back to me in week. Promised faithfully, you did, to return me it in seven days, instead of months"
 q know it," answered Thompson, sadly. drawing memorandum book from his pocket. 'That bill was Series F, No. 672,- 92e, issue of 1SS7.' I made the note, and then spent the money. Since then I've been trying to recover it."
 .'But." howled Brown, "any other would do as we'll"
 ''No," responded Thompson. shaking his head; "I'm Q man of my word. When you gave me the bill, I said, T will return this to you,' and meant it. Brown, old man just as soon as come across. No. 672,92e Berries F, issue of 1884, I'll see that you get it. for am not the one to go back on my promisAn
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into its evening edition-provokingly giv- ing credit and detailing all the circum- stances in courteous and inoffensive lan- guage-and of course the censor cannot say a word.
 Sometimes the censor sucks all the blood out of a newspaper and leaves it colorless and inane; sometimes he leaves it undis- turbed, and lets 1t talk out it's opinions with frankness and vigor hardly to be surpassed, think in journals of any country. Apparently the censor sometimes revises his verdicts upon second thought, journals after their issue and partial dis tribution. The distributed copies are then sent for by the censor and destroyed. I have two of these, but at the time they were sent for could not rmember what I had done with them.
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ACHES AND PAINS.

For headache (whether sick or nervous),. Dago, pains and weakness in the back, spine or kidneys, pains around the liver, Pledrlsy, swelling of the joints and pains or all kinds, the application of Railways Heady Relief will afford immediate ease. ana it's continued use for few days will erect a permanent cure
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regular periods of every year. She is the only woman who devotes her life to en- tertadnfng. For forty successive years she has done this; and now she has earned her title by right of long-coutinued possession as well as by right of hospitality.
 When Sydney Smith contemplated death some one asked him for what he wanted to be remembered. "FNor a host" said he, for that means the cardinal virtues. The generosity. hospitality, geniality, good na- ture, common sense, ability and virtue that are required in the ideal host or hostess bespeak the best and most ideal disposi- tion.
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FE}}>R R|'}1

Radway's Ready Relief cures the worst pains in from one to twenty minutes. Not one hour after reading this advertisement need anyone suffer with
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The greatest hostess in the world sailed for Europe last week on the Etruria. She went from New York, where sine has given the largest dinners of the winter, to Paris, where she will continue to entertain. Then she will come back to London, then to Newport, and finally reach New York again next November in time for the winter season.
 Mrs William Astor, or as sine prefers to be called Mrs. Astor." can rightfully be called the greatest hostess in the world, because she is always entertaining and because she entertalns in all the largest capitals of three nations at three
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patent medicine but they contain only the fruit salts, digestive acids and peptones necessary to help the weak stomach to promptly and thoroughly digest food.
 All druggists sell Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets at 50 cents for full sized package and anyone suffering from nervous dys- pepsia, sour stomach, headaches, acidity, gases, peicnlng, % .,,e etc, & w'n ma S,o them nos
 Send to Stuart Co.,, Marshall Mich, for little book describing cause and cure of stomach troubles giving symptoms and treatment of the various forms of indi- gestion. S-2-4-6-wkly
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It Was the First And is the Only Pain Remedy

That instantly stops the most excruciating pains, allays inflammation and cures Con- gestfons, whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels or other glands or organs, by one application.
 A half to teaspoonfnl in half tunbler or water will in few minutes cure Cramp, Spasms, Sour Stomach. Heartburn, Ner- vousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Di- arrhoea, Dysentery, Collie, Flatulency and all internal pains.
 There is not a remedial agent in the world that will cure Fever and Ague and all other Malarious, Bilious and other Fe- yers, aided by Railways Pills, so quickly as Railways Ready Relief.
 50 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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4 CURE FOR ALL

Colds. Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza, Bronchitis. Pneumonia, Swelling of the joints, Lumbago, Infammations, Rheuma- tism. Neuralgia, Frostbites, Chilblainy, Headaches. Toothache, Asthma, Difficult Breathing.
 Cures the worst pains in from one to twenty minutes. Not one hour after read ing this advertisement need anyone suffer
 Railways Ready Relief Is sure cure for every Pain, Sprains. Bruises, Pains In tho Back. Chest and Limbs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
PEASE'S BILL.
Presented at Council M~eeting-S3, SOC
for Legal Services in Cole Will Case.

Presented at Council Meeting-S3, SOC
for Legal Services in Cole Will Case.
At last nights meeting of the COM
NOR council the bill of Harlow Pease
for legal services and expenses in the
litigation growing out of the will of
the late John w. Cole was presented
and referred to the Joint committee on
judiciary and finance. It is an item
lied account amounting to So, TT. 81,
the principal item being s., 500 for
fees. The balance is for expenses in
Cured. The bill contains a credit of
$540.82, the sui allowed out of the
income by the county court and paid
to Mr.. Pease by the city, leaving a
net balance due of So, 236.75.
A petition was presented, signed by
M. Carroll, Edward johnson, H. L..
Kerr, Mrs. John McGraw, Anna Nc
Mahon, Ella Rogan and Rose L. Rogan,
protesting against the proposed paw
ing of West Main street and also the
preparations for said paving. It was
referred to the board of public works.
Joseph Jantzen presented a bill of
SIS against the city for hauling the
Silsby engine to the Pilad fire. On
motion the bill was laid over to the
next meeting. incidentally the may
or remarked that a counter claim
should be made against Mr.. Jantzen
for damage to city hall entrance and
neglect of duty.
The ordinance authorizing the issu-
ing of school building bonds to the
amount of S., 900 was read the third
time and unanimously passed. The
fund accruing from this issue is to be
used in part payment of the new high
school.
Aid. Mayer introduced a resolution
providing for the placing of drainage
pipe in West Main street from Water
to Church, and for two catch-basins
each on the west line of Water, Wash
ington and Church streets. Adopted.
A resolution was passed directing
the waterworks superintendent to
sound the whistle at the power-house
at the hour of 8 P. NJ. during the
months from September l to March l
in each year, and at the hour of 9 P.
NJ. during the months from March l
to September l. This action was taken
to further the effect of the curfew or
dinance.
The contract for furnishing the city
with coal the ensuing year was let to
John F. McGolrick as follows: Scran-
ton at So. 95 per ton; Hooking Valley
at 1915 per ton.
In compliance with a recommend
alton of the board of public works, the
lot owners on the east side of Elev-
enth street were ordered to have
their fences removed to the estab-
lished street line within ten days.
A sanitary sewer " ordered con
structed in West Main street from the
bridge west to North Water street,
and connected with the sewer in the
latter street.
Aid. Mayer endeavored to have a
resolution passed providing for the
purchase of five rain-coats for the use
of the police force, but Aid. Brusen-
bach moved to lay the same on the
table, which prevailed by a vote of
z TO g..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
Serious Offense Charged.

Thursday last r. M. James was
brought before Justice Stacy on a
charge of obtaining money under false
%pretenses, the complaint having been
sworn out by Reinhold Schott. The
prisoner waived examination and was
held for trial, being committed to the
county jail in default of $500 bail.
James was employed here in Sep
TENDER as an advertising solicitor by
The Daily Times. October 10 he re-
turned here and succeeded in having
Mr.. Schott cash a check for $12 drawn
on a De Kalb, ILL.,, bank and signed
in the name of Frank Meade. The
check turned out to be worthless and
James. who had left for Fond du Lac,
was apprehended there last Wednes-
day afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Smith
brought him down here Thursday
morning. James gave his residence
a La Pierre, Mich. His wife was
with him at Fond du Lac.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
Private Fairfield Dead.

Death has claimed another young
soldier of the late war in the person
of Herbert Fairfield, a member of the
Second Division hospital corps, who
passed away yesterday morning at
the Emergency hospital in Milwaukee,
where he arrived Saturday from Jack
s%onville, Fla. His disease was ty-
phoid, with which he was stricken
while attending to the needs OF his
sick comrades. Young Fairfield was
a grandson of our townsman, Libori
Zeitler, 500 Harrison street, and
resided here up to six years ago, when,
upon the death of his mother, he re-
moved to Fort Atkinson and secured
employment. He enlisted last spring
with the company of that place and
went to Jacksonville, subsequently
being transferred to the hospital
service. The remains of the dead
soldier have been brought here and
tomorrow afternoon the funeral
services will be held at Turner Opera
house,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
IXOnia.

There is to be a dance in Ixonia
hall Friday evening, given by E. Hum
phrey and Theo. James.
Miss Phoebe Hughes, of Wales, WIS.,
tied over Sunday with the Misses
Lizzie and Cora Humphrey.
John Grimm is doing some work
for George Severance on the lake
front.
J. Mccall and II. Gulickson made a
business trip to Beaver Dam last
week.
Farmers are more behind in their
work than they have been for years
around here.
Miss Winger began her school Mon
day in District No. s..
Dan Rutledge is on q trip to the
Omaha exposition.
G. r. Humphrey and w. J. Jones
were in Oconomowoc Friday.
Theo. James was in Concord Sun
day.
A number from here attended the
fair at Oconomowoc Tuesday.
The Moran family were in Water
town Saturday.
Mrs. G. Pautz, Jr., and children
are visiting in Tomah.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02

Bargains in secondhand square
or upright pianos. For sale or to
rent. w. d. SPROESsER Co.,
213 Main street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
A Sure Sign of Group.

Hoarseness in a child that is subject to
Group is a sur indication of the APP
proach of the disease. If Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is given as soon as the
child becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough has appeared, it will pre-
vent the attack. Many mothers who
have croupy children always keep this
remedy at hand and find that it saves
them much trouble and worry. 1t can
always be depended upon and is pleasant
to take. For sale by c. A. Gamm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
AN EMIT.

The Bank of Waterfowl takes pleas
ure in announcing the appointment of
Mr.. Edward j.. Brandt as second vice
president and Mr. Frank E. Woodland
as cashier, these positions to be as
sumed by Mr.. Brandt and Mr.. Wood
ard respectively on December 1, 1898.
Mr.. Brandt will, after t~wenty-one
years of successful service in the bank,
devote his time to his other growing
business interests, but will retain his
interest in the bank as heretofore.
Mr.. Frank E. Woodland is so we'll
and f~avorably known to the business
public that he needs no further in tro-
duction.
We take this occasion to thank our
friends and customers for their liberal
patronage in the past, and trust we
may merit a continuance of the same.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
"PR0FIcIENT AND ABLE WORK."

FoRT ATKINSON, Wis, Nov. Is, 1896.
/ have witnessed DR.. Secrist's tx
Ray" [ can speak highly of his prof
Gent and able work. A. F. NICoLAUs,
Pastor Ev. Luth. Church,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
Schumann. sunposed

Herman Schumann, supposed to
be a brother of Charles Schumann,
who is employed by the William Har-
tie Brewing company, is reported dead
at Knox, Ind. A telegram was received
here yesterday making inquiry as to
the parents of the deceased.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
Home ENDORSEMENTS,
"WORDS OF PRAISE"

Well known clergymen of Walworth
and Jefferson counties speak in highest
terms of DR.. Secrist and his work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02

The doctor may be consulted free
of charge at the Commercial hotel,
Watertown, on Wednesday. November
9. His success in treating chronic
diseases is well known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
"W0RK OF HIGH CHARACTER"

WHITEWATER, Wis, Dec. 81, 1896.
have found DR.. Secrist to be a cour-
teous and honorable gentleman, and his
work OF the high character he repre-
sents. Rev. G. N. PATTERSON,
Pastor Memorial Baptist Church.
DR.. Secrist has visited our county for
II years and has received hundreds of
testimonial letters from patients whom
he has restored to health. This fact is
worthy of the earnest consideration of
anyone who suffers from chronic disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02

We do a money Ioaning, insur
ance and real estate business.
Prompt attention given to p~robating
estates, correcting Titles and collect
ing accounts.
SKINNER & THAUER,
Lawyers and No5aries Public.
Office in Wisconsin National Bank
building.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02
g" RECON-

Fort ATKINSON, WIS, Nov. II, 1896.
[ recommend DR.. Secrist as worthy of
confidence. With pleasure I gave him
the use Of my church. VIM. M. ROSE,
Pastor Cong. Church.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-02

DIRECTORS:
VIM. BUCHHEIT, Pres.
JESSE STONE, Vice-Pres.
EDWARD j. BRANDT, Cashier
M. j. WOODARD,
G. WIGGENHORN,
THEODORE PRENTIss,
FRANK E. WOODARD.