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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Traveller Pigeons Not Extinct.

There was general excitement at Lime
Ridge recently when q flock of American
passenger pigeons passed north over that
place, the flock being a mile long and so
dense as to nearly obscure the sun, says
the Minneapolis Tribune. Their appear
ance has created interest, as these birds
have not been seen for twenty years, and
even specimen hunters could not secure
a single bird. They formerly roasted
near Lime Ridge, and came every sum
mer by millions to nest and breed. The
people made pigeon hunting one of the
principal sources of revenue in those
days. They were slaughtered by the
hundreds of pounds, but still seemed to
increase in number. They suddenly dis
appeared, and were supposed to be eX-
tinct until their recent appearance.
Several theories are advanced as to
their disappearance. some thinking they
had all been killed and others saying
they had gathered on the eastern sea-
shore in great numbers and had been
driven out and persisted. Others claimed
an infectious disease had destroyed them.
However this may be, they are not ex-
tinct. 1t is great mystery where they
have been for so many years, as they
have not frequented their Southern feed
ing grounds during the winter for the
same length of time. The only possible
theory now is that they migrated to
South America. The people will do
everything in their power to protect the
birds from being needlessly slaughtered.
and it is hoped they may again become as
numerous as formerly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
THE CRYOF THE LITTLE PEOPLES

The cry of the little peoples went up to God
in vain;
The Czech, and the Pole, and the Finn, and
the Schleswig Dane.
We ask but little portion of the green and
ancient earth
Only to sow and sing and reap in the land
of our birth.
We ask not coaling stations nor ports in
the China seas,
We leave TO the big child nations such
IivalrieS as these.
We have learned the lesson of time, and
we know three things of worth:
Only to SOW and sing and reap in the land
of our birth.
leave us our little markins, waste ends of
land and sea,
A little grass and a hill or two and q shad-
leave Us our little rivers that sweetly
catch the sky,
To drive our mills and to carry our wood
and to ripple by.
Once long ago, like you, with hollow pur-
suit of fame,
We filed all the shaking world with the
sound Of our name;
But now we are glad to rest our battles and
boasting done,
Glad lust TO SOW and sing and reap in our
share of the SUM-
And what shall you gain if you take us and
bind US and beat US with thongs,
And drive us to sing underground in a
whisper our sad little song?
Forbid US the very use of our hearts own
nursery tongue
Is this TO be strong, you nations, is this to
be strong?
Your vulgar battles to fight, and yous shop
men conQuests to keep,
For this shall we break our hearts, for this
shall our old men weep?
What gain in the day of battle-to the Russ,
tc the German what gain,
The Czech and the Pole, and the Finn, and
the Schleswig Dane?
The cry of the little peoples goes up to God
in vain,
For the world is given over to the cruel
sons of Cain;
The hand that would bless US is weak, and
the hand that would break us is strong,
And the power of pity is naught but the
power of song,
The dream that our fathers dreamed today
are laughter and dust,
And nothing at all in the world is left for
man to trust,
Let US hope no more, Or dream, or prophesy,
or pray,
For the iron world no less will crash on it's
iron way;
And nothing is left but to watch, with a
helpless pitying eye,
The kind old aims for the world, and the
kind old fashions die.
Richard LIE Caffeine in London Chronicle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
A GIANT POPLAR.
1t was Known to be Over 200 Years
Old When it Died.

oiu w heh 1t DlCus
The Oldest and largest tree in Talbot
county is dead. 1t has been dying for
twenty-five years or more The tree is
mammoth tulip poplar in field of Poplar
Hill farm, near the public road leading
from Easton to Trappe, about a mile and
half from Easton The farm has been
named for the tree for at least 20C years,
and is the property of Mrs. Edmund Law
Rogers, nee Platter of Baltimore, and was
part of the original Platter grant made
in early colonial times. Scientific men
who have from time to time visited this
tree have said that it would take at
least 1000 years for this species of poplar
to grow to such a size in this locality. 1t
stands alone, a picturesque feature of the
landscape, in an open field, and can be
seen for miles from all roads and from
the water courses. The wonderful size
of the tree is in the magnitude and
height of its trunk. Approximately it is
$50 feet high and twenty feet in diane
ter. The head is comparatively small,
and the first limb is 200 feet from the
ground, and it carries its diameter SYM
metrically all the way up. From its top,
at night, for many venturesome and agile
climbers have assembled it, the light in
Sharp's Island lighthouse can be plainly
seen. A horse and carriage behind it can
not be seen from the nearby public road.
The lightning has not spared it. 1t is
scanned and gashed and split by the many
bolts which have struck it, and which
have also knocked huge limbs from it's
top. Tradition says that 200 years ago,
which is as far back as tradition claims
to have known the tree-it is named in
land deeds $50 years ago-it had light
ming marks on it, and even then showed
signs of failure. Three years ago it was
struck four times in one summer. This
fierce attack undoubtedly FASTENED it's
end Well, the giant is dead. The old
poplar of Poplar Hill probably saw the
beginning Of the Tenth century and died
Just before the beginning of the Tween
tieth. 1t was the Mount Shasta of the
Talbot Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Seventy-five Years in Boomers at
the PIOW.

One of the original champions of bloom
ers, Miss Susan Fowler of Vineland, n.
j., still wears a mannish dress, which,
she says, we'll fits her occupation. She
works her own patch Of farm, even to
the blowing, at the age of Is years.
Miss Fowler's singularity in dress has
not prevented her from receiving many
offers of marriage. But the right man
never came along.
81 am not opposed to matrimony,' she
says, "and | am not living single from
choice. for if | had a chance to marry
my ideal man | would do so.''
Her latest offer was from a retired
Western farmer twenty years her junior,
but she ended the courtship by offering
to be mother to him.
"No," said she, ''the dress has not been
serious obstacle to offers of marriage,
because, if man was sufficiently at
tracted to marry me, he would not be
driven away by dress, hoping and expect
ing that he could induce me to abandon
it afterward. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
The Letters of Children.

Children seldom show much individu-
atty in their letters. Occasionally bit
of originality crops out, and one sees
peeping through the formal dress the
and hears the music of the childish
speech through the carefully chosen
words. But because we grown people in
sist that written words shall not be
spoken words, and force upon small scrib-
blers vocabulary not their own, their
letters are apt to be stilted, and to be
very like the letters of everybody else
Thus in the schoolroom the whole classes
Will submit on composition day letters
which vary little from beginning to end,
which are as similar as buttons pressed
in a mould. The fact is that the little
writer's have been given copy to follow
and have followed it slavishly, and far
too often the teacher marks them not in
the order Of merit. for spontaneity, or for
cleverness or sprightliness, or keen pow
ers OF observation and nicely III reporting
things seen, but rather for the neatness
Of the general screed-for the absence Of
blots. the correct spelling, and the proper
use of names and appropriate placing of
the date. The outside appearance of any
letter is very important, and children
must be taught the etiquette of CORE
spondence, and not allowed to fall into
careless habits as to the spacing, folding
and addressing of the same. One of the
hall marks of gentle breeding is found
here, and the polite person. as distin-
guished from the awkward and unframed
one, may be known by the letter he or
she writes. Regarded as passport to
social success, an adjunct to business, ali
assistant in every department., the abil-
lty to write a graceful, direct, and in
tellglble letter is of great value, and
parents owe it to their children to give
them thorough training in this particular
branch Of education.-Ha Bazaar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Interesting Facts.

Mrs. Mckinley has $4,000 which she
does not know how to spend. Congress
appropriates a sum of money for the
white house expenses every year. Mrs.
Cleveland, like Mrs. Washington, chose
a carriageway. Mrs. Harrison invested
the money in dishes and linen, and in
consequence the white house is SO COM
plete there isn't really anything needed
Mrs. Mckinley has had suggestions
galore, for her friends are anxious to
have a finger in a white-house pie. One
suggested drinking fountain for the
benefit Of sightseers. A young girl friend
of Mrs. Mckinley made a plea for an
ideal tennis court A private smoking
room for the President is needed in the
white house, according to a Western SEN
n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Knew Her Husband.

The stories told about the brazen cheek
Of commercial gents" have been in
creased in number by the following:
Railway Official breaking the news
gently to the wife of q commercial trav-
eler)-'Ahem! madam, be calm. Your
husband has met with a slight-that is
to say, one of the front wheels of a pas
senger locomotive struck him on the
cheek, and"
round here in order to collect damages.
You won't get penny from me. If your
company can't keep its property out of
danger, it'll have to take the conse-
quences. You should have your engine
insured"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
20 HRS. RmAAam,
Lynn, Wass.
LETTER TO MRS. PIEKHAM NO. d1,2o7I

DEAR F'RIEND-A year ago 1 was
great sufferer from female weakness
My head ached all the time and l would
get SO dizzy and have that all gone
feeling in the stomach and was so
nervous and restless that l did not
know what to do with myself
My food did me no good and l had a
bad case of whites. wrote to you and
after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound as directed, / can
truly say that feel like new woman
and cannot tell you how grateful l am
to you.
&c have recommended it to all nv
friends and have given it to my
daughter who is now getting along
splendidly. May you live many years
to help our suffering sisters. ''-MRs. G.
CARPENTER, 253 GRAND ST., BROOKLYN,
n. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease a. powder to be shaken into the shoes.
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives
instant relief to corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery Of the age. Cures
swollen feet, blisters and calous spots.
Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for H.
growing nails, sweating, hot aching feet.
At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Trial
package FREE by mail. Address Allen 8.
Olmsted, Leroy, n. 7.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Hogs Tenacity OF Life.

While some farmers were threshing on
the farm Of J. +. Cochran, near Kossuth,
o., an old straw stack that had fallen
down about the 10Th of March, was re-
moved, and underneath was found hog
that had evidently been caught and
buried During this period of over four
months the hog was deprived of both
food and water. 1t was weak and thin.
but is now able to walk and will prob
ably soon be as fat as ever.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Whales in Scotland.

Thurso bay, in the north of Scotland
is having trouble with whales A large
school of bottle-nose whales was recently
stranded in the shoals Of the bay and
driven on the beach. There is no way
of hauling them off, so that Thurso peo-
pie must hold their noses for a good part
of the summer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Over eighty thousand
such letters as this were re-
ceived by Mrs. Pinkham
during 1897. Surely. this is
strong proof of her ability
to help suffering women.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Intelligent Monkeys.

a CaDuchin monkey was given some
walnuts, which he tried to crack with
his teeth, but found he was not strong
enough. He then seized a stone which
was nearby held the nuts on the ground
with one hand and used his stone ham
mer with the other, with excellent re-
suits. Other monkeys have been seen 10
Utilize nutpicks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Only $174,135 was obtained for the
Marlborough collection of gems, just dis
persed at auction in London. The late
owner had paid 1852 800 for the collec
ton sold in one lot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

English collectors complain that the
prices of rare books on musical topics
are going up rapidly, largely on account
of the increasing demand for the libraries
of rich Americans
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Why, darling" exclaimed the pretty
brlde Of three weeks, as she rushed to
embrace her husband. How good it was
OF you to skip baseball once and come
home early. You're just too sweet"
And he accepted it all without saying
word about there being no game.-De-
trOit Free Press
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a family medicine with us since 1866
j. r. Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price IS cents

The telegraph will be extended 1000
miles south of Khartoum by the end of
tho ypar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Partisan gourmands devour 100000
pounds of snails daily.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

The greatest distance to which wire
less messages have been sent is forty two
miles
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

From the Deck-"Just look, Aunt
Mary shouted blue-eyed Mabel, as she
pointed out OF the stateroom window OH
the first morning out-'just look at the
water: it is all covered with t1ounces"'--
Harpers Pazar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Peter Tarr," was the reply. "Petah
Tah!'' exclaimed the old gentleman in
ama2ement ''Petah Tab! Where in the
- did Petah get anything to preach 2"
He doubted the validity of that Peters
orders
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Woman (angrily) you've
only given me 90 cents from that dollar
| gave you.' We'll, amt that right :?
Yer don't want to ride free, do yer?"
After another mental calculation she
blushingly subsidized, and the conductor,
as he reaches the platform, mutters,
And them's the things as wants ter
vote. Brooklyn Life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Could Not Eat, Sleep or Drink
OFFICE OF
SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co.,
Fort ATKINSON, w


SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co.,
FORT ATKINSON, WIS.
Restored to health, after submitting
my case in vain to several physicians, |
take pleasure in testifying to the merits
of ZaegeFs Genuine Swedish Essence Of
Life, hoping thereby to induce others to
try it with equally good results.
During my sickness | could neither eat,
drink nor sleep, and in short time lost
no less than 25 pounds. Everything was
done for me, but all in vain; | was grow
ing weaker from day to day until friend
induced me to try the above remedy.
After a few doses my stomach retained
food, my appetite returned, and, as [
grew stronger, again enjoyed good sleep
at night, and began from that time to
steadily improve, until [ am now entirely
well and have my former weight.
Would not do without it for several
times it's cost.
CARL T. BETHKE, JR.,
Manager Singer Manufacturing Co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

They tell an amusing story OF the
Marquis de Gallifet, the new French
minister of war, whose adventures with
a wheel have been noted. Once ON
time, when conducting a drill, his atten-
ton was arrested by red and blue OBJ
ject in pear tree. Approaching the
tree he found a young soldier. who, tired
by the heat and exercises, had decided
he would not be missed among SO many,
and so he was quietly skulking among
the branches, RECALLING himself mean,
while with the fruit. Aha called
Gallifet up the tree. How nicely l have
caught you. my hearty. Hurry down
here and off to the rally" The culprit
however, not supposing that the gen
eral could reach him and thus discover
the number on his KEPT, preferred to re-
main where he was. But he had reck-
oned without his host, for Gallifet, in
furiated by this defiance, hastily dis
mounted, and the next instant, despite
his sixty years, was clambering up the
tree Another second and the telltale
KEPT would have been in his possession,
but the lad was too smart for that, and
leaping from his perch to the ground
mounted the generals horse and was
soon gallOping off before the stupeted
officer. But the latter was equal to the
occasion, for, noticing a bicycle before
an inn just a few yards distant, he
hastily made known who he was,
mounted the machine and tore off in
hot pursuit, arriving at camp almost as
soon as the soldier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Kelly growing pathetic)-'Pity a poor,
unfortunate man, Kelliher. thots got to
go home to his woife.' Kelliher-"B Brace
up, Kelly. Brace up! Ye should be
thankful We are not the Sultann'-Puck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
IitigatiOn:

LluSatlOn:
To the lawyers brings elation,
To the clients CONSERVATION,
To the counsel animation,
To the devil reputation,
To the usher agitation.
To the jury aggravatiOn,
TO the witness Indignation,
To the judge consideration
To reporters expectation,
To the loser lamentation.
To the winner eXultatiOn,
To the public information.
London Punch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
SPINNING WHEEL.
''JOSIAH."

l never kin forgit the day
That we went out a-Walkin'.
An Sot down on the river bank,
An kept on hours a-talkin.
he twisted up my apron string,
An folded it together,
An said he thought for harvest time
Twas curious kind O weather.
The sun went down as we sot there;
Josiah seemed uneasy,
An mother-she began to call:
"Loweezy! oh, LoweeZy!'
An then Josiah spoke right up,
AS | was just a-startin'.
An said: "LoweeZy, what's the use
Of us two ever partin'?''
1t kind o took me by surprise,
An yet | knew t was comm,
! heard it all the summer long
In every wild bees hummin';
I'd studied out the way I'd act;
But, la! / couldn't do it.
] meant to hide my love from him;
But seems as if he knew it,
An, lookin' down into my eyes,
He must "a seen the fire;
An ever since that hour I've loved,
An worshiped my Josiah
Lewiston, Me-, Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
What the Duchess and 1 Saw il
Europe"

BY Lou J. Beauchamp, the celebrated
lecturer. Full of fun. 80 prototypes of
the worlds wonders. One agent sold 80
copies in one day. Complete copy with
terms for % cents. Earl Beauchamp,
Hamilton, Ohio. Agents wanted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

"Herbie, it says here another
octogenarian's dead. What's an octo-
genarian?'
Herbie-''Well, / don't just know what
they are, but they must be awfully sickly
creatures. You never hear Of 'em but
they are dying. "-Tit-Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
Two Weeks
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to readers of this pap,
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A book telling all al
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
ks!z sSe%E17:M?; ! !! y !, EA Ar

Gold has been discovered on the
Boise river in Idaho.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Father" asked the young hopeful,
do you really believe that the wicked
people will be tortured after DEATH
Certainly, my boy"
And that good people will have per-
feet peace and happiness %
Undoubtedly, Johnnie. You can read
for yourself that there will be no marry
ing in Heaven, so l expect it will be en-
forced as a special torture in the other
place. Pick Me-Up.
He-"Are all J. Millionaire Crawford's
daughters married?''
She-'Y es-all five of them
He-"Married some English syndicate,
| suppose? '-Harlem Life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Mrs. WfMslOyy's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething. softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08
CARL T. BETHKE, JR.,
Manager Singer Manufacturing Co.

The great blood
purifier Zaegel's
Swedish Essence
of Life is to be
given away free
er. This medicine
omach, Liver and
! remoUing disease
Hundreds of let
file in our office
Y day. A reward
l will be given to
that they are not
bout its wonderful
pile, large enough
s merits. will be
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Grubbs-"Perkins seems to be self
made man." Stubbs-"WeIl, if you ever
saw him when his wife was around you
would think he was made to order y
Ohio State Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

The population of Berlin on May IS,
1859, was 1,S17 ,24S.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

Excitement is often the cause of
strange kilograms as we'll as of other
strange manifestations. A man who had
been one of the passengers on ship
wrecked vessel was rescued almost by
miracle. On arriving at a place from
which he could send Geographic mes
sage, he forwarded the following dis
patch to his brother: Il am saved. Try
to break it to my wife"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-08

The Easton, Nd, Ledger tells of an old
Peter Tarr of that place, who was a
clerk when young man in a liquor deal
er,s store. My employer was a religious
man. said Mr. Tarr, "a regular protract-
ed meeting singer. Sometimes on Sunday
mornings negro called Uncle Jack
would try to buy pint of liquor, and
the dealer would sing with tune and fer
vor:
Il don't sell no rum on Sunday,
Glory haleujah!
Turn the spigot and help yourself
And put the money on the shelf,
Glory hallelujah!''
Mr.. Tarr was himself a local preacher.
who's going to preach at the Methodists
this morning. was once asked by old Mr..
Bullitt, the president of the Easton bank.