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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Hugh Grant.

A writer in the New York Press says
of Hugh j. Grant, eX-mayor of New
York, and Ulysses S. Grant. Jr: 1t is
not bit odd that they should have been
chums at college. Name often draws men
together One day, long after they had
cut their political eyeteeth, after Hugh
was sheriff, Buck" said, as they strolled
down Broadway: Hugh, why is it you
are so modest?" With a sly twinkle the
future mayor replied: "Modesty doesn't
do q man any harm in politics." Hugh
Grant may have an easy look about
his face, but he can hold his own with
the shrewdest. Naturally warm-hearted
he is as cold at business as Russell Sage.
At poker he is a recognized past-master
| have yet to see the man who can out
hold him, lay 'em down quicker when
he's beat, bet 'em harder when he's got
'em. and gather in the pot with a more
regretful air. His skin being clear and
his blood clean. he can blush like a sensi-
tive girl still tied to mothers apron
strings But, brethren, don't let that
blush fool you!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
MONEY IN IT IF PEACE is KEPT
Matin Estimates Millions of Profits
from the Coming Worlds Fair.

The caterers of Paris are in a state of
agitation. 1t is not "the affair" that
moves them, but the approach of the day
when the contracts for places of refresh
ment in the exhibition of 1900 will he
decided.
In 1889, according to a writer in the
Matin, who revels in exhibition statis-
tics, the contractors who secured con-
cessions for the eighty-six restaurants,
cafes and brasseries paid the authorities
IN the shape of rent upward Of l 100000
francs One of these concessionaires,
after covering all expenses, cleared l.
100000 francs Next year much greater
things are expected. In 1889 32,OO0,0OO
visitors came to Paris; next year more
than double that number will, it is es-
timated, come to the exhibition. If this
hope be realized. the gain to Paris will
be enormous. The visitors to the last
exhibition, it is said, left behind them in
Paris 1.25O, 100000 francs, or G5O,OOO,-
200. The receipts of the railways in
creased by 100000 francs, the income
of the postoffice by 100000 and the
Paris octroi duties by 100000. Fur
Their, the takings of the theaters were
augmented to the extent of 80 per cent.
These figures do not of course indicate
anything like the whole gain to France
from the exhibition of 1889. But they
certainly give an idea of the widespread
interests which have everything to gain
from peace and tranquility III 1900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
How the Choctaws Are Faithful Unto
Death.

Probably there is no other class of peo-
pie in the world in this respect like the
Choctaws. They believe in each other as
a child believes in its mother. When one
Choctaw Indian tells another that GER
tain thing will be done, it can be depend
ed upon that it will be done This Gus
tom of turning prisoner loose without
bail commenced among the ChOctaws
half a century ago. An Indian murdered
his sister. There was no Jail, and the
Choctaws had no money TO hire a guard.
After the Indian Judge had sentenced
him to be shot, the former said: Now
you can go free until your execution day.
Then | want you to come without being
told. If you fail to obey it will disgrace
your family" The Indian gave his
promise and appeared at the appointed
time. Ever since then it has been the
custom to allow condemned Indians to
run loose Never but once has a prison
er failed to come freely and alone to his
execution. The number of Indians thus
shot within the last half-century is over
one hundred.--Leslies Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Some Famous Newspaper scoops.

One Of the most potent factors III bring
lrg about the present trial OF Capt. Drey-
fuS at RenneS was the startling publica
ton of all the evidence given before the
COur de Cessation by lie Figaro. Ac
cOrding to newspaper parlance, this was
a scoop Of the first magnitude, and
well worth the perfunctory fine which
was levied upon the publishers of the
Figaro for their SO-called indiScretion.
How the news leaked out in this case
has not as yet been divulged. Sooner or
later the secret is bound to become known
within French newspaper circles, just as
similar English and American achieve
ments have become the common property
Of the editorial profession. One of the
most famous English scoops" is that
which is supposed to have furnished
George Meredith with the plot for his
Diana of the Crossways." In 1915,
when all the agitation was going on over
the corn laws, Sir Robert Peel, then
prime minister, declared that he would
stand fast by them. Yet at the begin
ming of December of that year the Times
created sensation by declaring that the
government was about to bring III a bill
for their repeal. Everybody was as
founded, and the feeling generally was
that the statement was not true, and
that the Times had been had Yet
the accuracy of the report was very soon
established, and then the question arose
as to how the Times had found out
Few people ever knew. The night be-
fore the Times made its announcement.
cabinet council was held. and it was
then actually decided to take the mo-
mentous step. When the members of the
government separated, one of them, Sid
ney Herbert, went to dine with q Mrs.
Norton. lady well known in society.
Ine combination Of a good dinner, ex-
cellent wine and feminine beauty result
ed IN Mr.. Herbert indiscreetly letting
the secret slip from his lips. His com
panlon made no remark. but as soon as
opportunity afforded she got in her car
rlage and drove to the Times office with
the news. Five hundred pounds was the
price demanded, and it was paid.-Col-
lier'S Weekly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
John Van Buren's ReDartee.

Once when John Van Buren,, son of
President Van Buren,. was making q
speech in behalf of his father, an old
Democrat rose in the audience and up
braided him as polter. Few men were
more effective on the stump or quicker
at repartee than John, and he replied to
the charge with an anecdote something
like this: "One day man on horseback
came up with boy who was contending
with an overturned load of hay. Instead
Of tossing the hay back in the wagon. the
boy was energetically tossing it hlther
and thither. regardless of where it land
ed. The traveller halted and said: My
young friend, why do you work so furi-
ously this hot weather? Why do you
not toss the hay back in the wagon and
be more deliberate in your labors?' The
boy stopped. wiped the streaming per-
spiration off his face on his shirt-sleeve,
and. pointing to the pile of hay on the
roadside, exclaimed: Stranger, dads I'M
der thar and then he set about to work
more furiouSly than ever"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
The Queens Wealth.

We have often heard that the Queen of
England is an exceedingly rich woman,
but few people are really aware of the
enormous wealth she possesses. Its full
amount VIII never be known, for the
wills of royal DerSOnageS are not dis
closed AS mere items of her present
income. however. may be mentioned the
yearly sum of 100000 which parliament
allotted to her spouse, Prince Albert, and
which has been paid her ever since his
death as the widow of that DensiOned
parsonage. Her mother, the late Ouch
ess of Kent, left her $4,000 year. Thus
nearly two hundred thousand annual dol
lars go to swell her private purse, wholly
outside of her royal revenues, which no.
body mentions in any exact terms, and
Of whose real amount nobody save GER
tain reticent officials are perhaps aware
Individuals, it is well known, have on
several occasions beQueathed the Queen
large fortunes. Her property in jewels
alone IS something prodigious. Her gold
plate, stored at Windsor Castle and
brought to London for use at court fes-
tivities at Buckingham palace, is of vast
value. 1t chiefly consists of dishes, flag
ons, stands and shields, and has been
accumulated, through many past genera
lions, by the monarchs who preceded
her. Other treasures in the way of fur
nlture, apparel, household ornaments
tapestries, rugs, carriages, horses, etc,
would reach huge sums if reduced to
pounds, shillings and pence Unless /
am greatly IN error, all the royal palaces
are exempt from taxation, and the state
defrays the huge expenses of maintaining
each 1t IS now and then affirmed, and
not without truth, that a President of the
United states has more power than the
Queen Of England. But his yearly f1O.-
coo make piteous showing beside that
copious stream of gold which pours CON
tinuously into the Golfers of Windsor.
And when one thinks of the 100000
per annum given the Prince of Wales.
and the smaller yet regal incomes dis
tributed among his brothers and sisters.
one realizes the tremendous financial
benefits which royalty obtains in one of
the richest nations of the world.-Edgar
Fawcett in Golfers Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
SAUCY, BUT SELF-RELIANT.
Such is the Typicnl East side Girl of
New York City.

SuSA As Tic ASDtchi last sue 1lrl OF
New York City.
The typical east side girl of New
York, writes Charles /. Brodhead in the
Ladies Home Journal, is simply prod
uct of her environments. She is sur
rounded by the good, bad and Indifferent
She Is in an atmosphere in which no girl
closed to many diSagreeable things around
she does not care to see and hear. Yet
it. The typical girl of that section is self
reliant, saucy, impertinent, slangy, quick
tempered, ready to fight with the tongue,
and even with fists if necessary. She will
dance all night and work all day, repeat
1t three or four times week, then de-
clare she isn't tired, and look bright and
fresh all the while. She will upbraid her
mother. whom she calls me ole woman; :
and abuse her father. referred TO by her
as me ole man. cuff the ears Of her
younger brothers; have hair-pulling
match with a sister; yet if any one should
dare utter a word derogatory to the MEM
bers of her family, Miss East Side
would go at them like Il wildcat. She
hirts outra geously with motormen, con
ductors and the like, and will laugh de-
risively at or slap the face of the we'll
dressed man who presumes to become ac-
quainted with her on the street: remain
night after night at the bedside Of girl
friend who is i'll and follow begging
cripple half d block TO give her last cent
for charity"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
WfPSs Johnson
Saved faaOsra
Insanity 10y
MssS. psEakgsaRas

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month l grew worse and at last
became SO bad that l found I was
gradually losing my mind.
The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but I got no better. One
doctor told me that l would be insane.
Twas advised by a friend to give Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
q have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
/ advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. I thank you for your good
medicine. Mrs. GERTRUDE M. JOHN
son, JoNEsBoRO, TEXAS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Was Born, Not Made.

One was from Kentucky, and, Of
course. colonel. and the other had
served in the Northern army during the
Civil war, says the New York Tribune.
They had been discussing with rising
heat the conduct of the Philippine cam
paign, when some remark of the colonePs
raised the Northerner's ire and he said:
What do you know about military
matters, anyway"
Il am colonel replied the Ken
tuckian, with dignity.
Il don't see what that's got to do with
it, rejoined the Northerner; you were
born a colonel
And then for five minutes their mutual
friends were extremely busy trying to
pry them apart.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Bernhardt's Brilliant Retort.

NJ. Huret, in his monograph on Sarah
Bernhardt. tells the following anecdote
o. the great actress:
.'One day Nine. Bernhardt happened to
enter Il Protestant church and heard thu
minister denounce her as an imp of dark
ness. a female demon sent from the mod
ern Babylon TO corrupt the new world
Before the day was over the clergyman
received this note:
My Dear Confrere: Why attack me
so violently Actors ought not be hard
on one another. Sarah Bernhardt' -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Cocoanuts When FIRST Picked.

The hard, white layer of meat inside
cocoanuts N our markets is not there
in the freshly-pluched fruit, except as .
creamy film about 4 sixteenth of an inch
thick, which has TO be scraped off with a
spoon. Sparkling liquid, in place of the
acrid milk known to American con-
SumerS, comprises the whole nut
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
WE WANT
body

That's interested in furnishing their
home and saving money to write for our
big catalogue. IT'S FREE. Wiscon-
sins biggest home furnishing store.
THE NEW ENGLAND STORE,
Cor. West Water and Cedar Streets,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

ear, started the tune in too high key,
and had to try again. A second attempt
ended like the first failure. "Oh, for ten
thousand tongues to sing my great
came the opening words for the third
time, followed by a squeak from the or,
gan and relapse into painful silence
Cody could contain himself no longer,
and blurted out: Start it at five thou
sand, and mebbe some Of the rest OF us
can get in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Mrs. Perkins Letter.

81 had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
/ began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough. -
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS. PEARL. La.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Keeping Flowers Fresh.

A pinch of salt or piece of charcoal
added to the water helps to keep the
flowers fresh. The water should be
pleaSantly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
SPINNING WHEEL.
MIR. JOSH SIMPKINS ON ETIQUETTE.

dR. JOSH SIMPKINS ON ETIQUETTE
I've studied up on etiquette,
Read every book that ! could get,
And yet
There isn't one in ali the lot
That tells a Teller it is not
De riSger to eat pie
For breakfast, hence why shouldn't |:
And, furthermore, l cannot find
In all the books | call to mind
A single line
That gives a reason worth whOop
Against z second plate of soup
When fellerS dine.
And as for eating marrowfats
Without a spoon, l think that that
fool
ish sort of rule.
When | eat pease
III do as | darn please!
And what is more till I'm a snob
I'll eat my corn straight off the cob;
And SparrergraSS I'll eat as l
Have always done in days gone by
A sort of dangling FROM the sky;
sort of gift from heaven come,
Held twixt my finger and my thump.
And as for those peculiar things
Called finger-bowls, | VOW. by Jlngs!
| will not use 'ena as they say
The bon-tonS uses 'em today.
If nv hands amt both good and clean,
The pump is where it's always been;
And far as ever could see,
It's plenty good enough for me.
/ don't stand much on etlQuette,
But yet
I'm too polite to wash my paws
At table spite of social laws.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Jiggs-'I tell you what it is, 1t takes
a baby to brighten up house.
Newpop-"1hat's right. Our first ar
rived three months ago, and we've been
burning gas at all hours of the night ever
since. Catholic Standard and Times.
French evidence: You say, sare, Eat
you ar-r-re convinced of zee guilt Of zee
prisonaire. On vat do YOU base ices
confidence?' Il will tell you, my gener-
al l vas told by a washerwoman Of the
Rue Sebastopol Eat she found in zee
insite pocket of zee vite vest Of Il hor-r-se
rubbaire of zee Petit Picpus, a Iettaire
from a scavenger of zee Quarter Latin,
in wheech he say Eat he has Just Over-r-r-
heard a boulevardier say to zee crossing
sweepaire in front of zee Grrand Op-
rr-r-ra house Eat hees gr-r-aumozzaire
called out in her sleep Eat D-r-r-eyfus vas
guilty" Profound observation-disclosures
Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Greene-"How came you to rec
ommend that girl you had to Mrs. Gray !?
You know you said you actually hated
the Girl.
Mrs. brownies: but | don't hate
her as much as l do Mrs Gray BIOS
ton Transcript.
Johannes Gelert. the New York sculp-
tor. was IN his studio one day when
man and woman called. They were APP
parently 4 welltOdo farmer and his wife
who were making their first tour in the
world of art The sculptor explained to
them the mysteries Of modelling and cast
ing. At the end the man said: Il think
l understand It pretty well now. but
there is still one thing that puzzles me"
What is it?' asked the artist. L I'M
derstand how 4 statue is in the piere Gf
hat 1,,+ Il
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house-D.
c. Albright, Miffiinburg, Pa, Dec. II,
,OS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Rich copper and silver ore has been
found in Plumbago canyon. Wyoming.
B. L. Farjeon, the English novelist,
is a son-in-law of Joseph Jefferson.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Great excitement prevails at Harri-
son, Ida, over rich find of silver and
gold veins.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Gen Leonard Wood is partial to
cigarettes, rarely smoking cigars, a fact
which commends him to the Cubans in
his province.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Alcohol was first distilled by the Ara
bians, and when we talk about coffee and
alcohol we are using Arabic words.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
HANDSOME WOMEN

are those who carefully guard their
health, and when mentally or physically
overworked, when troubled with nerv-
BUSINESS, headache or loss Of sleep, occa-
sionally take all appropriate tonic. Moth
ing answers the purpose so we'll as
ZacgePs Swedish Essence of Life-it hits
the right spot by stimulating stomach,
liver and bowels to healthy action and
supplies through them rich, pure blood
so essential to good health.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
11.11
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
One Truth from Out Of the Wcst.

The more horse sense a man has the
less he bets on the races.-Chicago Daily
News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Attend the Oshkosh Business College
and School of Shorthand and Typewrit
ing. Best in everything. Business Prac-
tice in Bookkeeping and Shorthand from
start to finish. Educates practically and
supplies business houses with competent
assistants. Esta blished Sept. 1, 1867.
No vacations. For catalogues address
w. w. Daggett, Oshkosh, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
Two Weeks
Treatment Free.

to readers of this pap
cures rheumatism, st
Bowel Complaints, b.
germs from the blood.
ters like the above or
are proving this ever,
of 800 Dollars IN Coll
anyone who can prove
genuine.
A book telling all al
cures and a free san
to convince you of il
mailed to all who write
to NJ. r. ZAEGEL s.
CO, 2. 0. Box S2S,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
A 2-cent stamp should
be enclosed in your let
ter to pay the postage
on this free sample.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
[LrrrER TO MRS. r1NxHAM NO. os,zs4l

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-For some
time | have thought of writing to you
to let you know Of the great benefit I
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

1.-THE look of contentment that comes
DER mans face on lighting his after
dinner cigar said the cornfed phllosoph.
err. somehow completely knocks out all OF
the moral effect of the lecture he gave
his oldest boy on the extravaganza OF
smoking. indianapolis Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Rheude's Business College and Mecflan-
ical Drawing School, Milwaukee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

The great blood
purifier Zaegel's
Swedish Essence
of Life is to be
given away free
Ell. This medicine
Liver and
= removing disease
Hundreds of let
/ file in our Office
y day. A reward
d will be given to
that they are not
bout its wonderful
lple, large enough
IS merits, will be
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Jiggs-"I tell you what it is, 1t takes
a baby to brighten up a house.
Newpop-'Ihat's right. Our first ar
rived three months ago, and we've been
burning gas at all hours of the night ever
since. Catholic Standard and Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Col. Cody helped to build church at
North Platte, and was persuaded by his
wife and daughter to accompany them
to the opening. The minister gave out
the hymn. whicl. commenced with the
words "Oh. for thousand tongues to
sing etc. The organist, who played by
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Write for circular of Spencerian Bust
ness and Shorthand College, Milwaukee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

-Woolwich arsenal has a sixty-ton an
vii
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

\ Conan DOYLE says that for absent
mindedness he holds the worlds cham
picnship, but we doubt if he could win
out against the Colorado woman who put
her baby in the oven to roast, and sang a
lullaby III an enaeavor to soothe TO sleep
the stuffed turkey she rocked in the era
dle.-Denver Post
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Dog insurance hourishes in New
Norl-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
: Patents TO Inventors.

Messrs Benedict & Morsell. solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building. Mil
waukee. report patents issued to Western
inventors September as follows:
A Anderson, Chippewa Falls Wis, cut
ter head; ]. E. Bean. Fond du --ac, Wis
cyclometer: II. +. Biersach Milwaukee,
stamping machine; ". P. Brown, Racine
Wis bride bit: r. B. Charlton Milwau-
fSh - es and punch for sloIting fish
plates: X. Durand. Apple River Wis milk
can: G. F. Johnson, Superior, Wis, shears
l. Z. kohier, milwaukee,, traveller for pipes
or conduits;. G. Mertel. Chippewa Falls,
Wis, threshing machine; E. E. Nelthorpe
and q r. Williamson, JanesviIle, Wis,
steam shovel; J. Scherer, Menekaunee. Wis.
repairing fractures in saw plates: A. NJ
Weber. Oshkosh Wis. e. skirt binder and
Iesha BreMne arc Co wanIee aoe Hao
trade mark; 81. Z. Purdy La Crosse
Wis, root-beer trade mark.
News from the Princess Maud, near
Republic, Wash. continues to be sensa-
tional. An average sample across three
and a half feet of the bottom of the
Wine returned 1919 ounces of gold and
112 ounces Of silver.
Write for circular of Spencerian Bust
ness and Shorthand College, Milwaukee.
Dog insurance fourishes in New
York
Rheude's Business College and Mechan-
ical Drawing School, Milwaukee,
Horses have a great dislike to cam
els. "
The Weekly Wisconsin is now only
Fifty cents PEI year.
Golf has been introduced in Constan-
tinople.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

The Weekly Wisconsin is now only
Fifty cents per year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Lord Brassey, owner of the yacht
Sunbeam. has figured out that he has
spent eleven years of his life on the wa
ter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Horses have a great dislike to cam
els.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19

Halls Catarrh Cure.
AIKEN internally. Price rs cents.